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MAIL TRIBUNI, M.Jford, Or. Sunday April 24, 1960 Everyone In Southern Oregon Keaac- i n mmu tnuuiw VuErifhed Daily except Saturday by medford printing CO. S3 North Fir jit., PhBP 3-6141 - "RfiRFPT W. RUHL. Editor HERB GREY Advertising ManafW GERALD T LATHAM, Bus. Mgr. ERIC W ALLEN JR., Mng. Editor EARL H ADAMS, City Editor narrv chipman Telet. Editor RICHARD JEWETT.SporU Editor OLIVE STARCHER, Women'i Editor DALE EHlCKauw. i:ircuiimon mgr XiTlndepenrJent Newspaper Entered ai second clasi matter at Medford, Oreuon, under Act ol March 3, 1807 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance. Copy 10c Dsllv and Sunday 1 year $19 00 Dally and Sunday 6 moi. 8 00 Dally and Sunday 3 moi. 4.25 Sunday Only One year $4.20 By Carrier In Advance Medford Ashland. Central Point Eael Point. Jacksonville. Gold Hill Phoenix, Shady Cove, Rogue Riv er. Talent and on motor rout at. Dally and Sunday 1 year $18 00 Dallv and Sunday 1 mo. 150 Carrier and Dealer copy 10c All Terms Cash InAdvance Tifftrlal Paper of City of MedfofJ Official Paper of Jack won County United Press International Full Leased Wire U.P.1. Telcphoto Newsplcturei "MEMBFR OF AUDIT BITREATJ" OF CIHUULATIUINB Zrtvrtl1nff nnreKentatlve WEST HOLIDAY CO.. INC Of fices In New York. Chicago, De. trolt, San Franelnco. Loa Angeles. Seattle, Portland St. Louts. At lanta, Vancouver, B.(!. NEWSPAPER rUBUSHERS ASSOCIATION EDITORIAt Flight or Time4 Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mall Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO April 24, 1950 (Monday) California -Pacific Utilities company announces a 2.2 cent cut in gas rates here. Dr. Ralph Thompsen an nounces opening of his offices in the Fluhrer building. 20 YEARS AGO April 24, 1940 (Wednesday) United Air Lines announces the addition of one north bound flight from Medford bringing the total flights north to four; the total south remains at three. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "In the mountains the dogwood trees ', are now In blossom. They .are being; picked In wholesale lots by members of tne fair sex, who think they look nicer in a vase in the parlor, than on a tree in the forest." 30 YEARS AGO April 24. 1930 (Friday) William Dougherty Jr., of Medford High school, wins state high school oratory championship. Census gives Medford a population of 10,847, and Cen tral Point 821. 40 YEARS AGO April 24. 1920 (Sunday) Local merchant returns from east and predicts prices will go higher. Flour reaches highest price In history; expected to go up to $15.50 a barrel here. SO YEARS AGO April 24, 1910 (Sunday) Construction will start soon on an inter-urban electric trol- ley line to run from Grants Pass through valley cities, to Ashland. Medford city council gives Luihbert and Company per mission to erect a temporary tent building at Sixth st. and Central ave., but fire com pany says no. What's Your I.Q.7 Nine or ten correct Is superior; seven or eight Is eicellenti live er Hi Is flood. l.In what book would vou 4A NATIONAL VV I Ia . expect to read about "Simon degree"? 2. Which of t h e s e is the . most malleable -gold, silver, ; or platinum? S. How many numbers are there on American roulette ', wheels? 4. What Is the Interest paid 1 per month on $100, when the annual rate Is 6 per cent? 5. Which slates of the Union ire named for Presidents? 6. Complete this adage: "A ...... horse for a race." 7. A small nation wholly dominated by a large power ii known as a 1 .... e? 8. What Is the capital of Brazil? 9. Which of these are not light wines-champagne, port, burgundy, muscatel, claret, sherry? ' 10. What Is always the Inst unit for a freight train? Answerw 1. "Unele Tom's Cabin." 3. Gold. 3. Thirty eight. 4. Fifty cents. S. Wash ington is iha only one. . "A lean horse for a long race." 7. Satellite. I. Brasilia, t. Mus cateL port, sherry. 10. Ca- Committees "Good Lord." the mumbled into our left that all you have to do is appoint another com mittee and the problem is solved." He has a point. American society sprouts committees for this, that and the other thing. "Refer it to a committee for study" is one of the most frequently heard tional work. And anyone lem is just apt to be named chairman ot yet an other committee to do something: about it. But it is also a fact progress made if there at all. IN A democratic nation, practically every 1 thing worth while is done, one way or anoth er and sooner or later, by the possibilities inher ent in a blending and mixing of talents, abilities and skills the committee system. Even the great "ragged individualists" with the exception of those engaged in writing or the arts are in some measure indebted to groups of people working together: committees. Men of independent talent or genius will al wavs be needed. But even for we live in a society erative, or it is no society. IN government itself, committee work is the heart and soul of progress and accomplishment. Congress is utterly dependent on committees to make the detailed studies necessary in working out acceptable legislation, lhe supreme Court is, in essence, a committee of judges. And even the executive department and its departments, boards, bureaus, divisions and services are run, to a greater or lesser degree, by the committee system, whatever it may The committee system racv. The alternatives are itself is dependent on committees to enact its de crees) or anarchy and mob rule. AND so, while it is nnr nvprnro-anized liferate, we do not scoff when a problem is re ferred to a new committee. It may lav an earg; it may do nothing. But it may produce problem; or come up with a significant docu ment; or create an entire new approach or attl tude. The human mind is a sometimes a group of human minds is better than one. And once in a while a group of minds will catch fire and produce a work of genius which one, alone and unaided, ... . ...To Solve The committee which bor's grumbling is one proposed to consider ways and means of preventing (as opposed to treat ing) the problems of juvenile delinquency and crime. Despite the skepticism rumbling sotto voce into our ear, we are convinced that study of the problem is merited. And for these reasons: 1. Juvenile crime and ing problem ; it is growing not only as the popu lation grows, but also as moral standards change, homes break up, and young people find them selves lacking a sense of 2. Today all our formal, organized etforts are spent on correction, and they are spent expen sively, through police departments, jails, deten tion homes, courts, penitentiaries. Little or no concerted community effort goes to prevention. 1XHAT can be done about prevention of juve nile crime and delinquency? There is no one, no single answer. But during the course of 2y2 hours the other night, a couple of dozen people came up with as many, or more, ideas. Some might work; some might not; some might be of some small help and others might be of great help. The point, though is this: Without group ef fort ("committee work") none of these ideas would be be broached; nothing would be clone; we would be no closer to a solution. WITH cooperative endeavor, it is possible that liitlo nr nnthinrr mow ha rlnna Rut- if 10 olart ' " V. .ww...i all... V MUIIV. U .0 QIOU possible that a great deal will be done. Men, working together, have solved tougher problems than this. Men, grumbling about "too many committees," have solved darn few com munity problems. And the problem posed by the increasing number of potentially good kids who are getting off the tracks IS a community problem. If looked at objectively, analyzed rationally, and ap proached cooperatively, who says we aren't capa ble of taking steps which will lead in the direc tion of a solution? Our grumbling friend doesn't passively ac cept the status quo when he diasapproves of it. And this is an instance where the status quo leaves much to be desired and to be done. E.A. We have passed through the stage where weapons are obsolete after they get into opera tion. Now we are in the era when weapons be come obsolete while still being developed. As taxpayers, we can look forward hopefully to the stage when the weapons will become obsolete while they are still on the drawing boards, thus saving us the tremendous cost of building useless hardware. Oregon Statesman, Salem. I CAN Help.., man sittinsr next to us ear, "some people think suggestions in organiza who dares pose a proo- there would be darn little weren't any committees they depend on others, which is essentially coop be called. is the genius of demoo authoritarianism (which undoubtedly true that in sncifitv committees nro- a solution to a pressing magnificent organ. But never could have done. Problems motivated our neigh delinquency is a grow direction. Dennis the -25 ' Q MS. WALKER IS GONW GIVE MB TEN CENTS A WEEK, TO PUT HER GMBteZ IN OUR DISfOSAU 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. Changes Said True To the Editor: The expose' of the National Council of Churches is a sincere and timely effort by both the Daughters and the Sons of the American Revolution to stop Communist infiltration into our churches. It does exist and it is deadly serious The proof of it is positive and undeniable. Any who doubt the foregoing state ments please obtain and read the book ' Masters of Deceit by J. Edgar Hoover, or "Col lectivlsm in the Churches" by Edgar C. Bundy, or request factual data from The Church League of America, Wheaton, Illinois, or from Circuit Rid ers, Inc., 18 East Fourth St., Cincinnati 2, Ohio. AH data and names of personnel in all the foregoing are verified, documented, and authenti cated. As to the editorial attri buted to The New York Times, let me say that the statements on this subject contained in the recently re called Air Force Training Manual have been declared factual in public statements by many United States Sen ators and Congressmen of both parties. The Manual was recalled not because of ob jections to subject matter for manual use and NOT because the contents are untrue. In my opinion "E.A." owes the D.A.R. a public apology for this bitter editorial at tack In the Mail Tribune's issue of April 21. Walter H. Jones 1958-59 President, Ore gon State Society, Sons of the American Revo lution. Box 947 Medford. Editor's note: Opinion noted. The Council and the Gospel To the Editor: Thursday's defense of the National Coun cil of Churches borrowed from the New York Times still is an attempt to pass off a man- made substitute for the Chris tian Gospel. While a man has a right to his own religion, he has no right to corrupt another's faith by his own views, and call his correct and best because he happens to believe them and say he is right because he snys he is and has a few de grees to prove It. Christ never went to a seminary. Neither did the Twelve. Paul had to forget everything he learned in seminary to serve Christ. So did Martin Luther. John Wesley was thrown out of the Church of England for putting Christ first. (He never sup ported or even joined the church which claims him as Its founder.) The Social Gospel Is a man- made attempt to create heaven on earth by human effort. It teaches that man Is Inherently good, and merely needs to be taught to find his proper role in this new society, and all will be well. Society will en lighten and educate man to serve its ends, and bring in the mtllenlum. This Is the aim of the National Council of Churches. Those who oppose the NCC are called "socio pathlcs" or even psychotic by the NCC, the press, the UN. and all leading communica tions media today. This is brainwashing. The National Council of Churches considers the per sonal return of Jesus Christ a fool's hope. They do not ac cept the Bible as God's Word. They do not agree that man must be born again and that Christ's death on a Cross can cover man's sin if he will ac cept it. This idea is called "horrible" in their churches. II I sell oleomargarine lor Menace butter, I can find myself In jail. The National Council of Churches is putting over a far greater fraud, and getting a medal for it from men who hate the Gospel. If this Gospel is God's Word, as true as the law of gravity these men are not serving God but instead serve a person they claim does not exist Satan. If this be irreligion. Jesus Christ was the most so- ciopathic individual who ever lived, and got what he de served when Society put Him away. Personally, I'm with Him. Parkey Bailey 542W "A" st. Ashland, Ore. Acklln on Politics To the Editor: Yesterday, Aye bought a new pair uf shoes in Medford. It vas easy. All Aye had to do vas pay for der shoestrings, und dey let me bring der shoes home. It vas different ven der Demo crats vas in der Vitehouse Aye had to pay for der shoes, yust to get der shoestrings home. Everett Acklln Ashland, Ore. Kidney Fund Drive To the Editor: I would like to personally thank all the merchants in Medford, Cen tral Point and Gold Hill who so kindly accepted the can isters for the National Kidney Disease Foundation. Also, I would like to thank all the fine people who generously contributed, for without you the drive could not have been a success. The Mail Tribune and the radio stations were very kind, too, with the publclty they gave us. The communities response to the canister appeal conduc ted here for the first time this year will represent an encour aging beginning in our fight against the nation's fourth ranking killer disease. . The funds collected locally will be used to finance re search currently underway at 45 medical centers and uni versities, and a substantial portion will be used in this community to supply life-saving steroid drugs to childhood victims of nephrosis. Again, I would like to thank all of you who drop ped a coin in our special K Day canisters. By doing so you helped provide durgs for sick children and adults, and of increasing research in order to add to lhe store of medical discoveries already made. Mrs. Gordon T. Elliott 1960 Chairman In Med ford for the National Kidney Foundation. 1991 West Main St., Medford. Zoning To the Editor: Something's rotten in Denmark; smell rat, smells fishy; and like sneaky are choice sayings that revolve around the word, in trigue. Whatever the phrase to fit the situation, I wonder why all of the secrecy about the proposed zoning of the area with the boundaries of Bybee Corner and Jackson ville to the South, near John's Peak to the West, Scenic Av enue to the North and the S.P. tracks to Central Point and along the Hanley Hill rd. to the East. Petitions are being circu lated in favor of zoning the area. However, either the planning commission has not defined the terms well or the whole truth is not being pre sented to the public. Of course, should the said area be zoned, individual property would fall under either of two headings, "agri- cultural" or "Individual dwell ings." Being interested in finding out all of the facts concerning such a petition, my brother checked with the office of the Jackson County Planning Commission where he discovered, after much "beating around the bush," that in order to be considered an agricultural establishment where livestock could be raised, the property must con sist of at least 10 acres. Naturally we talked this over with our neighbors, and being rather disturbed about the welfare of their daughter's horse and the welfare of oth er small landowners, a very civic minded neighbor called the Commission which, after much "evasiveness," disclosed to her that the acreage re quirement was 5 acres. Final ly, during the same discussion, they confided that the de cisions were to be made dur ing the planning meeting to be held the week of May 30. I would like to know just what is going on, why de cisions were made before the meeting; what day of the week of the 30th the meeting will be held; and who will be the chosen few to make decisions concerning the issuance of permits for such structures as Individual garages, the con tinuation of already existing businesses such as the Mt. Pitt Company and the granite quarries; and the amount of livestock, If any, per acre for each rancher or farmer. Patricia Lull, . 3498 Military rd., Medford. Editor's note: The zoning proposal is still just that a proposal. If enough signatures are obtained, a public hearing will be held, at which the de tails of the proposal will be explained. Incidentally, no zoning law can affect present land use; It can, however, lm pose restrictions on future changes In the use of land. What Is a "Derelict"? To the Editor: Well, as they say, another country heard from, but I keep thinking about "The Derelict." You see my husband too kept drinking more and more after return ing from the service and it no doubt was a factor in his death. He often talked of how he had seen those young boys when dying, crying for their mothers. And one especially was crying and didn't want to be buried at sea. So he held him in his arms, and as Bud had done a lot of diving, he told him how beautiful it was and like a garden, and so calmed a lot of his fears. And I think of that veteran at Camp White. He said the boys seldom came into Med ford. Why? Who has more right to walk the streets of Medford-or any other city for that matter than those boys who have given so much, and I might add, received so little? Battle 'board ship can have its terrors Burial at sea can have no charms A young lad crying for his mother Dying in a Bos'n's arms. Would they know when all is over And they're old and worn and sick To some who were not In the battle They are just a derelict? But, we know that they are heroes And when troubles 'round them fall Some will take it in their stride Wading deep in alcohol. So, let's try and help our brothers. Pray about what things are said, May we guard each word we utter And help to save the living dead. Thelma Glad 1427 Lawnridge, Medford. An Orderly Speaks To the Editor: It is Inter esting to note the number of complaints prompted by your article on the "controversial convulsive." This article has done much harm to our hos pitals. If one is to form an opinion, wouldn't it be better to determine the facts of the issue first? Many people are not aware that no one may be admitted as a bed patient in either of our two main hospital unless so ordered bv a physician on the staff of that hospital. If admission IS ordered, neither hospital can very well refuse, no matter what the financial status of the patient. Since Sacred Heart hospital denies refusing to admit the convulsing patient, one can safely assume that the attend ing physician did not consider it necessary to admit the man to the hospital. Is the police officer, then, better qualified to diagnose than the doctor? The man Is said to be a dia betic as well as convulsive. Either disorder is more than reason enough In itself for complete abstinence from al cohol. As if that isn't enough, he hadn't even bothered to take the medications pre scribed to keep him alive and well. Do these seem to be the acts of a responsible person? One asks why he is not eon fined to an institution? Now, as for the woman v.-ho held the burned child for so long, emergency room patients are always asked for their choice of doctor. If there is a preference, every effort must be made to summon the doctor requested. It the pa tient has no preference, or, for any reason la unable to specify a choice, the doctor "on call" is notified. If this woman had asked for any other doctor, or had been will ing to have the doctor on call see her child, the child would have been seen much sooner. It Is said by some that hos pital personnel are indiffer ent to pain and don't really care. But, have you ever had to tell the family that has rushed a heart patient to the hospital that they didn't start out soon enough; that their loved one was dead before you ever opened the door of their car? Well, I have, and it isn't easy. Have you ever seen nice, healthy teen-agers come into an emergency room all smashed up from a car ac cident? Well I have-and re cently too. Call us methodi cal, if you will, or even hard boiled, but please don't say that we didn't care. A Hospital Orderly (Name on File) Medford Think Again To the Editor: Two para graphs in your editorial, 'Who Is Guilty?' in the April 19 edition of the Mail Tribune, to my mind, make an implica tion to which I would like to take exception. These para graphs state that a child given proper parental care, love and guidance will not be harmed by, "television, bad comic books, pornographic litera ture, amoral motion plctures none of these can penetrate the essential armor of his training." We accept the responsibil ity of our society to furnish good roads, police protection, fire protection, public health service, and many others which contribute primarily to our physical welfare, we nave failed to realize that our so ciety also has a grave respon sibility in helping to provide and maintain a moral atmo sphere in which those quali ties of honesty, morality, in dustry, and other like attri butes can flourish. With these characteristics lacking any culture and any nation will soon decay. The editorial Implies that all the forces of greed and degradation can just as well be loosed upon society and god home training will pre vail against them all. Look around you carefully, study the records of the Juv enile courts, and think again. Clarence L. Miller, 2200 Ruhl Way, Medford. Hospitals Need Help To the Editor: I have been wanting for some time to ex- pres in some way my appreci ation to the Sacred Heart hos pital and its staff and it looks like this is an appropriate time. I feel that about the most sensible comment on the whole problem involving the poor Camp White veteran, was made by you, namely, that it points up the great need for more assistance to hos pitals from tax funds for these welfare" cases. It certainly seems to come that we cannot condemn anyone else until we as taxpayers have insisted to our government that it use the proper share of our money to take care of such unfortun ate people. I think we could all profit by keeping in mind the won derfully wise remark Jesus made when people were busily Try and -By BENNETT CtRF- A GREAT BIG HE-MAN from the West wrote a great big novel which he submitted to a New York publisher with this note attached: "I don't want any of your typical Eastern discourtesy and careless ness. Read this manu- .BEAD THIS script carefully. It's great. MANUSCRIPT. And if you're too stupid T5 OSCArf to appreciate its possibiU ties, don't send me one of your insulting printed re jection forms. I want a personal letter telling ma why!" In due course the West erner got his manuscript back with this letter from the publishing house: "We are overcome with the opportunity of cor responding with a won derful author of your calibre. Our editorial staff was so carried away by your novel it took some of them a week to get back to the office. But what would happen if we pub lished your masterpieceT We would be establishing a stand ard we obviously never again could attain. Rather than reach the pinnacle, therefore, only to plunge later into the abyss, we are humbly standing aside to let a compeUtof triumph with your magnificent novel which we are return ing under separate cover, collect" C UW by Paa&sU Osrt Platrlbutaa by fim Tttif Pytmn't POTLUCK (By M-T Staff and Contributors) .. MasjBB""ss mlmmllP-fKimm Let's have an end to all this sports car nonsense which has been cluttering up the columns of the Mail Tribune for lo these many weeksl Before we do call a final halt, .though, we thought our readers ought to see for themselves a picture of Doll T (above, rear) and her mistress (above, foreground), both of whom have been featured in recent column comment. And that's about the only excuse we can think of at the moment for printing the picture. Kenny Knackstedt snapped it, also for no particular reason. But in a column such as this, which is more than half nonsense anyway, who needs excuses and reasons? f - Living on a budgat is iha same as living beyond your means, axcapi thai you have a record of it. County Commissioner Ches ter Wendt may not know for sure whether or not the new sheriff's department cars are all in good working order, but he can vouch for the sirens. Wendt was driving a sher iffs car when he and Sheriff Joe Walsh were en route to a 1 a w enforcement officers' meeting in Grants Pass the other night, when he started to dim his lights for an on coming car. His foot hit the siren button instead, and, with a very red face, the commissioner rolled into Grants Pass with the siren button screaming, and cars scattering before him. One of the more promln- condemning a poor sinner; Let he who is without sin among you cast the first stone. In stead of casting stones, lets look deeper for sensible so lutions. About a year and a half ago we lost our little two-year-old girl in an auto accident. She died at the Sacred Heart hos pital after living for 24 hours in more or less of a coma. My arm was broken in the acci dent and was in traction so that I was unable to go to her or even see her again before she died. But later I got to meet some of the nurses who had been with Coralee when she died. One nurse in particular I shall never forget, Irene Bro phy. I should like to try to give her some idea of the com fort and help she gave me, al though words are so entirely inadequate. She told me of how she had sat with my little girl her last night on earth a great deal of the time. She had held her hand and prayea for her as hard as she had ever prayed in her life. She squeezed her hand every so often and although Coralee was not really conscious, she did show a recognition of this loving care by squeezing her hand in return. Whatever mistakes' our hos pitals have made, let no one think they are cold blooded institutions. We never re ceived a bill from the hospital for the prayers those nurses sent up for our little daugh ter. Who can put a price on prayer? I do hope and pray that the people of the valley will find the way to help keep our fine hospitals financially solvent and open. Marie Ottosen, Route 1, Box 251, Eagle Point, Ore. Stop Me nt legal lights in Medford (himself a former politician) dropped in to the Mail Trl bune news room the other day, after attending a speech by a candidate of his own political adherence. He remarked that the talk was mo s t refreshing. It should have been. He slept through a good part of it. According to tradition, those Martians who visit the earth in science fiction stor ies and bad jokes are "little green men." We wonder if tht color is wrong, however. One of our eagle-eyed read ers spotted a Mail Tribunt classif ied ad which sought the return of a "light blue ladies' billfold." The horrid suspicion is that those "light blue ladies" might be from extra-terrestrial space. And that billfold probably contained their plans for taking over the world. Bobby Kolksmo, In tht Haven Herald, writes i "poem" as follows: , J "1 had a dog who's namt was Rover Who went in the zoad and got ran over So I buried him' In the clover. The Haven Herald, in addi tion to everything else, is de voted to the fine arts, as evi denced by the above. ...- One of our young man was walking on air, last week. He'd finally broken 100 in golf. (That's in 18 holes, not 9, he assured ui.) Anyway in a spirit of brava do, wrote the following note, which we found on our desk early one morning: "Residents of Ashland (or, for that mailer, anyone else wanting a good laugh) can watch our regional edi tor play golf at the Oak Knoll Golf course nearly very Sunday morning at 11 o'clock." It may be there will be reply to this, but if there is you'll have to look for it In "Out On a Limb." A group of county offi cials were discussing a naw proposal for group health insurance for county offi cers and employees. One of them said it discriminates against the elected officials, because it allows for treat ment of mental and ner vous disorders of em ployees, but doesn't for elected officials. And just who needs this coverage the most? Hmmm? . The Hoover Hl-Llte, known to our faithful readers as one of our favorite publications, has an item by Kathy Dickey, In 3R. we Ike. Kathy says: "The Indians lived In wig wams and did not go to school because there were none. In the night, bears prowled around. There were no churches.' There were lots of trees. There were no streets.' It sounds pretty good - all except the bears, anyway. Eddie Mayer, in JS, writes interestingly. If a liny bit confusingly) "David Dellenback brought a caterpillar. He spun a cocoon last autumn, and stayed all winter. Without warning he came out of his cocoon. Now the room has him in a jar." Wa w o n d r, Idly, how David enjoys being in a Jar. ; On Friday we received a "news release" from a Port land radio station, and this Is what it said, in full: "To fertilize his new lawn, KEX deejay Carney Keep drove out to the Alpenrose Dairy for a truck load of manure. When the well known Portland, Oregon deejay was recognized, his $1.00 payment was refused. This has him wnrrivrl. I a free load of manure payola?" :