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I MAIL TRIBUNI, Medford, Or. ' A frlday, April 22, 140 Tveryone in Southern Oregon Readjijrhelanjrrtbune KBTiihed Dally except Saturday by MKDFORD PRINTING CO. 3S North rSt..Ph SPi-ll ROBERT W. RUHU Editor HERB GREY Advertising Manager CERA1.D T LATHAM. But. Mgr. ERIC W. ALLEN JR, Mng. Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Teleg. Editor RICHARD JEWF.TT, Sporte Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Women's Editor DALE ERICKSON, Circulation Mgr An inaepcniiciiv i.cnHK. Entered as second clan matter el Mealora. Oregon, unaer nvi w March 3. 1807 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Wv Mall In Advance. Copy 10e Dally and Sunday 1 year $15 00 Dally and Sunday mos. 8 00 Dally and Sunday 3 moa. 2S Sunday Only One year 20 By Carrier In Advance Medford Ashland. Central Point Eagle Point, Jackaonvllle. Gold Hill, Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue Rlv. er, Talent and on motor routes Daily and Sunday 1 year SIB 00 Dally and Sunday 1 mo. 1.50 Carrier and Dealers copy 10c All Terma Cash InAdvance "oftlrlal Paper of "City of MedforJT Official Paper of Jarkson County United Press International Full Leased Wire U P I. Telephoto Newspletnrea "TffiMBFR OF AUDIT BtrREAU WEST HOLIDAY CO.. INC. Of. i I KT-... Vnrlr fVllfts trl fill. IIITCS 111 lirw . - troit. San Frnnc.hco. Lo Angeiei. Sen Uie, rnnmriu. 01. uwu. - larta, Vancouver. B.(.. NEWSPAMR PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATION At E DITORI At ASfebC&ATItori Z W KJ Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the filei of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. in YEARS AGO Voter registration In coun ty shows 27,536 persons reg istered - 14,068 Republicans and 12,748 Democrats. The Jackson county rural school board says It will re quire nearly a one million dollar budget to operate 25 rural schols during 1950-1951, which will be $100,000 less than this year. 20 YEARS AGO A Carberry creek miner who ran amuck with a rifle last week, shooting at, but Tnllntf several D 6 I lOm, pleads guilty to a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. Fmm Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudga Pot" column: "With everybody s pockets turnea in side out, and looking through old vests for stray dimes, there comes the word irom Washington: 'The country has too mucn goto . 30 YEARS AGO April 22, 1930 (Tuesday) Closing of Rogue river to commercial fishing urged by fisherman as "salvation of the state." Medford citizens at Cres cent City hearing advocate building of harbor there. 40 YEARS AGO April 22, 1920 (Thursday) A Curtiss airplane has ar rived at the local airstrip and is giving daily flights to per sons paying the fee. First Presbyterian church will burn mortgage next Sun day at a special service. 50 YEARS AGO April 22. 1910 (Friday) Highest price ever paid in valley for unplanted orchard land was paid Thursday for the John Cox place, one mile southwest of Medford, which sold tor $120,000 or $428 ench for the 2R0 acres. What's Your I.Q.? Nina er ten correct Is tuptrlor; seven or eight Is excolltntj five or iti Is good. 1. Daniel Defoe was the author of a famous novel about a shipwrecked sailor; name the novel. 2. Who was the first man to hold the rank of Lieuten ant General in the U. S. Army? 3. What instrument Is used for finding In what latitude a ship is? 4. Docs the modern, stand ard typewriter keyboard have printing keys numbering more than 30, more than 40, or more than 50? 5. How many months are there in spring? 8. After beet and cane su gars are refined, is it pos sible to distinguish one from the other? 7. Senator Margaret Chase Smith represent which State in the U. S. Senate? 8. In our Navy, how many (tars are worn by an Admiral of the Fleet? 9. In the same medium, which travels faster - a light beam from the sun, or a light beam from a candle? 10. In what body or water is the island of Malta? Answars 1. "Robinson Cruset." t. George Washington) (July 3. 1798). 9. Saxtanl. 4. Mora than 40, 5. Three months. . Mo. 7. Main. 8. Five stars. 1. Sam speed. 10. Mediterranean. Call It by Its Right Name Yesterday in this space, we commented about one f oirn of religious bigotry. Today, let's talk about another kind. We refer to anti-Catholicism. It has long been a rather strong, though we are convinced a minority, prejudice in the United States. Most of the time it is a latent force, felt or spoken quietly. But it is coming to the surface, these days, undoubtedly the result of the fact that the lead ing contender for the Democratic nomination for the Presidency, John F. Kennedy, is a Roman Catholic. . a . . THERE are several rationales for anti-Catholi- cism. There is, for instance, the simple, unthink ing prejudice which arises for a difference in re ligious viewpoint. This is the same bigoted and stupid motivation which is at the root of most anti-Negro bias, as well as that aimed at still other races or religions at anyone, in short, who is "different" There is the "defensive minority" viewpoint, arising from having lived among a Protestant minority in a mostly-Catholic community, and based on the understandable resentments which being in a minority can breed. THERE is, in addition, the sincere concern for a principle of government, the separation of churcn and state, which may be a matter of leg itimate concern, but which is not limited solely to the Catholic church a fact too many people forget. 1 And finally there is the prejudice based, at least in part, on theological grounds, on teach ings and canons of the church, which some peo ple fear would destroy our democracy if carried to their logical extremes, and were implemented by Catholic office-holders. These then, as we see it, are the principal sources of anti-Catholic bias, although there are undoubtedly otherjess prominent ones IT IS, we think, possible to disagree, perhaps even violently, with some of the teachings of the Catholic church, and still retain a respect for it as an institution, and for its communicants as fine, patriotic, dedicated Americans; people we can, honestly and sincerely, know as good, close friends. In our personal relationships with our Catho lic friends, we do not let visions of some of their beliefs, which may differ from our own, destroy our friendshiD and resoect. Why, then, should their religious oeneis De any bar to their holding public office even the most exalted one? i l T MUST be admitted nnrl positions of the and strengthened the latent forces of anti-Cath- olicism. This usually occurs where church dogma lm ninrres on matters of trovernment policy, or on the beliefs and rights of others. The position of the church on birth control, for instance, is fro zen into law in some of the New England states. The Legion of Decency has offended many by its view of motion picture morality a view which some consider narrow. There are other similar instances which can be quoted. But what, ' essentially, do all these nave to do with the qualifications of an individual for public office? We say nothing. WE FIND it impossible dartaA Proairlont nf takes a sacred oath to support and defend the constitution, would in anv wav let any religious organization dictate his History proves ine reverse. Ohp hpsirs nf t.ho "influence" the Pone would have on a Catholic president. Well, the Pope has been notably ineffective in influencing the gov ernments ot France ana naiy ior tne past cen tury or two countries which are predominantly uainonc. Some of America's most distinguished and respected statesmen, short of the Presidency, have been Catholics. A number of governors are of that faith, and hardly anybody is dis turbed. WOULD Senator Kennedy, a man who was wounded in his country's sen-ice, and who lost a brother in the same war, be any less patri otic, any less dedicated to honest service, in pub lic office than in military sen-ice? . We cannot believe it. To answer "yes" is to denv both his sincerity and his patriotism. If given an opportunity, we will vote for, or against, Senator Kennedy on the basis of what we believe to be his qualifications, and the quali fications of his opponent, . not on the basis of what church either attends. a THE Senator himself declares, and we believe with sincerity, that he wants no votes simply because he is a Catholic, any more than he wants any votes cast against him solely on the same basis. A man's religion is his own business. It is probably too much to hone for that it will not be mucn of an issue in tne campaigns to come. It already has been raised, both in Wis consin and in West Virginia. But at the very least, we should remember that in all elections we are being asked to pass judgment on a man as a man and as a public sen-ant; not as a member of a church. Anything less we can UlgUUj. La. t. that some of the actions church have aggravated to believe that any man t.Vin TTnit.prl States, who actions. call by its right nams Dennis the 'I GOTTA CAT'N RUN! Ale ftkSrtT IN THE MIDDLE OF A Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters, printed In this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the contrary is often the case. "Inconvenience" To the Editor: On April 23, 1959, there ocurred a debate in the Senate on an amend ment offered by Sen. Holland of Florida to give the states specific power to deal with sabotage of electric lines and other facilities during strikes. The state of Florida found itself helpless to deal with sawing of power poles and dynamiting of installations. Among other casualties was a dairyman with 170 cows. In opposition to Sen. Holland's amendment to enable states to protect themselves against such catastrophes, Sen Kenne dy, on page 6043 of Congres sional Record No. 64, opined: Mr. President, I oppose the amendment offered by my friend from Florida. Many of the examples cited caused great inconveniences to the people of the areas involved. If the carriers do not operate, that is an inconvenience, but every strike involves incon veniences. Those 170 cows could have been milked by hand." Thus Sen. Kennedy, who aspires to be President, thus sumarily disposes ot an "in convenience." John Q.-Stewart, 933 NE 12th St., Grants Pass, Ore. Two Kinds of Trim To the Editor: Der Demo crats und der Republicans trimed der budget vun dollar und forty cents. You could get much better trim in der barker chair. Everett Acklln, Ashland, Ore. More About Dogs To the Editor: Regarding the small historic town of Jacksonville, a letter publish ed in the April 21 issue signed "taxpayer" represents the sen timents of a number of people. Especially those traveling Uirough our small town. The object of the dog con trol law in Jacksonville is ap parently to protect the lawns, gardens, etc., of the citizens. Would these citizens who are raising all the fuss take a good look at their neighbors' yards? Old car parts-junk- refrlgerators-not to mention various livestock in general from goats to cows-far worse than the old family dog asleep on the front porch. If you are really interested -Just drive slowly into town and it speaks for itself. To enforce the dog law would require a full time dog catcher. If you are leally in-tcrested-agaln - Just meander around the streets after the 10 o'clock bell has rung and also again in Uie early morn ing hours. In my opinion, every dog thnt is dumped off In the town, or is a stray - and the town is small enough that every dog not belonging to the town is Immediately rec ognizable - should be picked up by the dog catcher, any dog thnt Is not licensed should be picked up, and also any dog that Is ill, not fed prop erly to the point he is living off garbage cans, be also picked up. Many of the so called dog lovers In Jackson ville are guilty of this neglect of their "beloved" family dog. Some of these dogs are even left to fend for themselves while the family goes off on a week end Jnunt. These are the dogs that will suffer if the law is put Into effect. For if these dogs must fend' for themselves while free, what must they suffer when they are tied and have absolutely no defense? Another Taxpayer, Jacksonville, Ore. Menace AN'TOMMARE HOtBf The Milten To the Editor: Names. Place-names and phrases. How they do intrigue us as to their origin. Like the 'Orphan Annie' name of our state that is still doubtful of its why and wherefore. And the an swers, so simple and logical if and when they come. For Instance, a while back in the 'council-corner' of our dearly loved humble home over-looking a white sea of valley pear - blossoms and snowy summits of the Slski yous in the blue distance, we were renewing old-times with good neighbor 'snoos-eatin' State of Mainer' Charley Bur rlll. The puzzling phrase of 'gettin'-the-Mitten' came up. My colorful reminiscencer re marked, "I escaped that un wanted honor by going to sea at 13 years old to have better health, learnln" to climb with others to let out the t' -gallants for dying winds, gazing down unafraid at the st'-board sea far below, then the trim deck and port-side as the old Glen garry Castle square-rigger rolled to the ground-swell. "But I had heard a-plenty of 'getlin'-the-mitten,' an old, old State of Maine saying when a love-lorn swain got Uie brush-off." Neighbor Burrill went on to say as he remembers, that many years before, a capri cious young female was play ing the field in a hard to get way. A hard to brush-off lov er was seeing her home, Charley was not sure If it was from Aunt Dinah's quilt In' party, but the stars were glittering on the crunchy snow. A pale moon might have shown the girl with back to the comforting door of her home as the persistent young swain insisted "for another date. But she waved him off in a 'get-lost' manner. He made a wild grab for the hand he wanted so badly. But alas and also alack, all he got was the mitten as the frisky gal slipped her hand out, slammed the door shut behind her and clinched the dismissal by yanking out Uie friendly latch-string. Of course, the story went round and round how young so-and-so 'got the mitten' but not the girl. Least-awny, it got to Michigan where it was common in whispered gossip among females, old and young. Girls being then in rather short supply, they could be more choosy than those of today. But the hu miliating phrase is long gone now and the mitten seldom seen. F. J. Clifford, Route 2, Box 200F, Central Point, Ore. Midwest Lumber Markets Improve Portland - fflPB - Crow's Lumber Market News Serv ice said trading in parts of the Midwest and East showed signs of improvement during the week end ending today. However, the California Market remained on the quiet side because of an oversupply situation at the consuming end. Eastern and midwestern markets experienced heavier demand for 2x10 In all spe cies ' while the rate of de mand for other items was un changed. Pine area mills continued to find a slow market for two grade sheathing boards. Doug las fir plywood mills got prices ranging from $64 to S68. The DAR's in Washington Again; Joy at The Thought Is Not By DICK WEST Washington- This is the week when it is our pleasure to play host to the annual convention o: the Daughters of the Ameri can Revolu tion. I use the pronoun "our" in Its collec tive, or city wide, sense al though I am obliged to add that the pleasure is not always unanimous. It is no secret that the DAR ladies have a way of getting on the nerves of some of our government officials. Former President Truman, you'll re- Venezuela's President Faces Increasing By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign Editor The man of the weeki President Romulo B e t a n court of Venesuela. The place: Caracas, The quote: "The govern ment will dominate the sit uation within a few hours." It was Betancourt's replay to army rebels who had seized control of the garrison in the southweste r n capital p r o v 1 n cial capital of San I Cristobal d e 1 JTachira. But in the 8 V (J minds of many ' whether the govern m e n i actually 'iiii Nvwsom would domi nate" the situation was a question that largely was aca Washington Report By WILLIAM THE 'KENNEDY CRISIS'' Washington - The supreme political fact of today Is an ever-sharpening "Kennedy crisis" which is gripping the whole Demo cratic party just below the surface. Never have c ircumstances so peculiarly and so power fully focussed on a single William white man. Senator John F. Kennedy runs himself for the presiden tial nomination. But he is be ing run for the vice-presidential nomination by every sin gle one of the rival forces which hope to stop him for the big job. There Is now one view of unexampled urgency and una nimity within all factions of the party: Kennedy must, sim ply must, accept the second place if the first turns out to be beyond his grasp. SO, IF THIS drive for the Iod nomination should fal ter-say by a poor showing in the current savage West Vir ginia primary "popularity con-test"-he will be under almost unbelievable pressures to ac cept the vice-presidential des ignation from the Democratic national convention. Support ers of his rivals for the presi dency are the first to say this. Kennedy himself has declar ed repeatedly that for him it must be the top spot or no spot at all. Men all over the Demo cratic party will stop at al most nothing to persuade him or to force him to reverse this decision, if he fails for the first place. For the belief is now gener al among the Democratic pro fessionals that "the religious issue" has become so embitter ed that a ticket wholly exclude Ing Kennedy would invite election-day disaster. It is now also undeniably possible that a ticket having his name at the top might be very danger ous, too. Practically speaking, it does not matter much who started it." The overwhelmingly plain fact is this: Inside and outside the state, the West Virginia primary election of May 10 is going to be treated by millions simply as a contest between a "Catholic," Senator Kenne dy, and a "Protestant" rival for the presidential nomina' tion, Senator Hubert H. Hum phrry of Minnesota. s. WANTED Experienced Building Plumbing DEPARTMENT MANAGER Good Salary Departmental Ovtrrid Commbiion on Personal Sale OTHIR BENEFITS MONTGOMERY WARD 117 South Central Medford, Oregon call, 'Was one of those who was not exactly enchanted by the ladles and I do believe this feeling was reciprocated. Back in those days, before the White House was reno vated, it was found that the upstairs floor of the executive mansion was weak, ' particu larly in the vicinity of the President's bathroom. Truman used to entertain the idea that the floor might collapse one evening while a DAR reception was going on downstairs. He further envis ioned that he would be in the bathtub when it plummet ed into their midst. To this day, I can conjure up a sharp mental -picture of the undraped Chief Executive crash-landing among the Unrest, Opposition demic. They believed that if this rebellion did not succeed, there would be another, and, if it failed, another after that. For Betancourt had been nominated as the president least likely to remain long in office. Has Many Rumblings '' For months the rumblings of political discontent have been coming from Venezuela, with news dispatches from Caracas telling of arrests and political conspiracies almost commonplace. Up to now, the army had been Betancourt's mainstay. Betancourt took office in January, 1959, in an era of reform which saw Venezue la's first free elections in 12 years. Betancourt, who leans to the left politically, pledged to combat unemployment, to S. WHITE If ENNEDY himself has now acknowledged the passion ate existence of an "issue he never wanted. He is openly de nouncing the theory that s man's religion is any proper test of his capacity for public office. Angry men on Humphrey's side claim in private that Ken nedy has solicited backing simply as a Catholic. Angry men on the Kennedy side claim in private that some Humphrey people are delib erately inflaming anti-Catholi cism. This correspondent does not believe either for one mo ment. He has excellent rea sons to be sure that neither Kennedy nor Humphrey has willingly raised this business. He is equally convinced, however-as would be any man writing for publication who reads his own mail - that the so-called "religious issue" is an enormous fact of life, deeply regrettable though it is. So convinced, too, is nearly ev ery competent politician in the national Democratic par ty. Thus an extraordinary dilemma confronts them all on the unhappily likely as sumption that religious differ ences will be more and more rubbed up as the pre-conven tion campaign goes on. IN THESE circumstances a Democratic convention re jection of Kennedy for the presidency might offend great groups of Catholics. An ac ceptance of him for the presi dency might be used by many who are anti-Catholic, or who oppose having a Catholic pres ident, as an argument to go Republican. But the most dangerous' thing of all would be for the j convention to wind up with : Kennedy nowhere on the j ticket. If he should adamantly refuse the vice-presidency it j would be taken to reflect his I own belief that he had been! unfairly treated because he is ' a Catholic. But if he should j accept it the "religious issue" might oe largely neutralized. since there Is no evidence of any Jeep feeling against a Catholic for vice-president. Thl.-, at any rate, will be the art, iment hurled ceaseless ly at Kennedy from every side of his party. It will require a most colossal determination to resist it to the end. Poison Oak? Try a Bottle of ZEMACOl Yeu must be satisfied er rout money cheertulty refunded. Oat a botrle today at WESTIRN THRIFT, Entirely Unanimous DAR ladies. Somehow I don't think they would have been surprised. "Harry's at it again," they probably would have said, and then gone right on serv ing tea. I personally am not as com posed as a DAR lady and so I was a bit startled this week when a young woman who had served as a page girl at previous conventions filed a $25,000 suit against two oi the daughters. The plaintiff, Jean Perrett, apparently was outraged be cause the DAR failed to renew her invitation to serve as a page chief at this year's con niavo Mnranvpr. she claimed she was slandered in the pro cess. erect schools and public hous ing and to diversify Venezue la's economy, including agri culture. As a gesture to his political opponents, he included in his government representatives of both major opposition parties - Republican Democratic Un ion and Socialist Christian. Rift Widens But instead of healing wounds, the rift between the president and his opposition widened and unrest appeared In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS From Washington: The armed services are con ducting research on what hap pens to dental fillings during space travel, how soldiers re act to loss of sleep and wheth er sunburn can be prevented by a pill. These projects were dis closed in closed-door testi mony just published by a House appropriations subcom mittee. HMMMMMMMM. Ain't research wonder ful! MORE space age stuff: Once the romance of space travel has worn' off,, it is going to be as tough to find men to live on space stations as it now is to find lighthouse keepers. Thats' the opinion of Fred A. ' Payne, manager of space planning for North American Aviation at Los Angeles. He offered this statement in a paper prepared for delivery this morning before a man ned space station symposium. HE WENT on to say: "One feature to make permanent space stations more attractive for living would be the creation of ARTIFICIAL GRAVITY by SPINNING THE STATION." He added: The revolution rate per minute for one-half G (a G is the force of gravity at sea level) is about the same as a carousel (carousel, by the way, is a fancy word for merry-go-round.) Space plan ner Payne then explained: "Most people accustom them Now Available In Booklet Form M il m ir7 . JlEW FRONTIERS I'm in living ii i njsp You may obtain the booklet by filling out the coupon below and enclosing 50 cent with your order ad dressed to The Register and Tribune Syndicate, Box 957, Des Moines, la. Register and Tribune Syndicate Box 957, Det Moines, Iowa - Please send me copies of the reprint booklet of Howard Whitman's NEW FRONTIERS IN LIVING, which appeared in the Medford Mail Tribune. v (Name) (Street or P.O. Box (City) Please enclose 50 cents for According to her complaint when she asked DAR offici als why she had been over looked, she received a letter from one of the daughters which said: "You will remember . . . that I warned you to stay away from (sergeant X), Sev eral of the girls had gotten into trouble with the presi dent general because of him he even reported several of them himself-and I knew you were neglecting your chief page duties because of him . . , -saw you in the basement with him several times but didn't realize you were stay ing away from your post so much of the time." The plaintiff claims the let ter was defamatory and wants the court to award her dam ages. It could turn out to be an interesting case. It might even be more interesting than the hypothetical flight of Harry Truman's bathtub. inside his own Democratic Ac tion Party. Betancourt also had failed to cure the nation's economic ills. Unemployment had passed the quarter million mark. Liv ing costs were rising and gov ernment spending exceeded income. On the hills surround ing Caracas thousands lived a bare existence in shanties. Adding to his troubles was the growing influence of Venezuela's Communists, es pecially in the universities. selves to this motion quickly and if visual cliies were re moved would be unaware of the motion." THAT is to say: If you applied for a job at a space station, and GOT the job, you would be housed in a room where there was NO GRAVITY. In other words, you would FLOAT AROUND LIKE A BUBBLE. Floating around you in the room would be tables, chairs and any other furniture not tied down. If you were fry ing an egg for breakfast, for instance, the egg might just float off at any moment. Like wise the coffee, the bacon, the toast, et cetera. If- That is- No steps were taken to off set the absence of gravity. The step he recommends would be spinning the room around at about the speed of a merry-go-round. He ignores simple little things like where would you stand while you were installing the machinery to keep your quarters spin ning at the proper speed. COMMENT? Well, I know ONE ap plication that ISN'T GOING TO BE MADE for a job in a space station. I'll take mine out on terra flrma. Some body else can have these space jobs. London - (UPD - The Nation al Union of Mineworkers sought a pay raise Thursday for 30,000 Derbyshire miners on the nightshift because they missed evening TV shows. A bookie'.' reproduc ing in its entirety the 12-part series, NEW FRONTIERS IN LIV ING, as it appeared In the Medford Mail Tribune, now hat been made available to readers. This pub lication is in response to a heavy demand for this vital series of articles for perman ent use. No.) (Zone) (State) each booklet requested. J
