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MAIL TRIBUNt, Medford, Or. W.dn.idiy, Apr. 27, 1960 "Everyone in Southern Oregaa Rnnria Th Mall Trihunn PubliehedTBaily except Saturday by MED FORD PRINTING CO. 33 North Fir St., Ph SP 2-flUl ROBERT W. RUHL. Editor HERB GREY AdvertUlng Manager GERALD T LATHAM, Bui. Mgr. ERIC W. ALLEN JR., Mn. Editor EARL H ADAMS, City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Tele. Editor RICHARD J EWE TT. 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Flight or Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO April 27, 1950 (Thursday) United Airlines will start using the new four-engine DC-4 here on a regularly scheduled basis next Sunday. Motor vehicle registration office located at the south city limits of Medford, will open for business at the end of May. 20 YEARS AGO April 27. 1940 (Saturday) Stan : Laurel and Oliver Hardy star in their latest show "A Chump at Oxford" at the Rialto starting today. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Wild flowers are now more plenti ful along the highways, than wild drivers upon them." 30 YEARS AGO April 27, 1930 (Sunday) Medford was darkened for I few minutes yesterday dur ing an eclipse of the sun. Registration figures show there are 62,102 more Repub licans than Democrats in the date. 40 YEARS AGO April 27, 1920 (Tuesday) The mercury rose to 81 de grees In Medford yesterday, the hottest day of the year. Chamber of commerce re veals plans for extensive re modeling of its building. SO YEARS AGO April 27. 1910 (Wednesday) Jacksonville wants a rail road to the Blue Ledge cop per district so much that citi zens themselves are acquiring the right of way. Work will start on a $100,- 000 gas plant here as soon as materials arrive from the east, contractor says. What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct Is superler; seven or eight Is eicellent; five e sli (s good. 1. Which U.S. President ex plored an area In South Amer . ica? 2. Opium Is extracted from what plant? 3. Is the Leaning Tower of Pisa in France, Italy, or Greece? 4. The pituitary gland Is lo : catcd In what part of the ha '. man body? ' 8. "In the beginning" are . the opening words In what great and Important book? 6. Can a rocket ship travel , In a vacuum? . 7. In what stale Is Sun Val ley? 8. For what purpose is a corneal transplant attempted t In surgery? 1 . 9. Senator McClcllan, Dcm ocrat, represents which State ; in the U.S. Senate? 10. Of which South Ameri- can country is Caracas the caDital? Answer si 1. Theodore 4. jSSOCIAIION NATIONAL EDITORIAI ; Roosevelt. 2. White poppy. 3. Italy. 4. Base of the brain. 5. Bible. 6. Yea. 7. Idaho. I. ' Restoration of sight. 9. Ar kansas. 10. Venezuela. . Retired Professor '.At Oregon State Diet Corvallis-OIPD - Roger Wil liam Morse, 69, retired pro fessor of dairy husbandry at Oregon State College, died 'Tuesday. He was associated with Oregon State College for SO yean. Democrats Ahead What is the significance, if any, in the fact that Democratic registration in Jackson county exceeds Republican, for the first time since the mind of man runneth not to the contrary? Maybe there isn't much. Maybe there is a lot. It reflects, for one thing, a more active "reg ister to vote" campaign officials than that put on That alone could account which at this writing is DUT, since Jackson county has long been in the Republican column, by a margin of a few hundred to several thousand, it also reflects a basic change in the electorate. There are probably change. First among them, we believe, is the in flux of new residents, dominantly Democratic tration is probably as a matter ot political philosophy. But many of them, undoubtedly, are also con vinced Democrats, and Finally, we suspect the registrars strengthen a few people who have long been registered, nom inally, as Republicans, istration. IT WILL be interesting wide registration figures tell when they are all in and totaled. Oregon has been a "Democratic" state only a few years, a Republican majority. Whether this trend weakened remains to be seen. But on the basis of what has happened in Jackson county, so long staunchly Republcian, and on what is reported to be happening in Josephine county, even more dominantly G.O.P. than Jackson, gives a hint of a statewide shift. We will be much surprised if the Democrats do not lengthen their lead over the Grand Old rarty when the final count is in. fc.A. Poll Results A similar message can be read in to the re sults, announced today, of the poll received from more than 20,000 constituents by Congressman Charles O. Porter. On airain. as was the case with the Ques tionnaire sent out by Congressman Walter Nor blad( reported here recently, the results should be viewed with caution. The fourth district has a majority of Demo cratic voters, and Porter, as a Democrat, is apt to receive more replies from Democrats than from ReDublicans. So the poll results cannot be taken as an an accurate sampling of opinion, within the district. DUT the results are, nonetheless, interesting particularly in view of the increasing Demo cratic registration totals. For instance, of those support legislation such as the Forand bill, pro viding medical care for social security retirees. This is a position more often favored by Demo cratic candidates than by Republcian ones. Again, federal financial aid for public schools, so long as there is no lessening of state and local control, is favored by 5b per cent. (In Jackson county along, the figures on these two questions were 70 to 30 per cent on the first, and 53 to 47 per cent on the second. IN THE preference for the Presidency, those responding to the poll voted similarly to those in the whole fourth district. Here is how the respondents in the district, and Jackson county, gave their preferences for President: Candidate 4th District Jackson County Humphrey 7 6 Johnson 8 6 Kennedy 14 14 Morse 17 12 Stevenson 9 12 Symington 4 8 Nixon 33 ' 38 Rockefeller 8 11 AS INDICATED, there can be as many different interpretations of the results of the poll as there are those who read them. But, as a source of political speculation al ways fascinating they are interesting. Here are a few points to ponder: In the district Morse leads Kennedy; in Jack son county, Kennedy leads, and Stevenson moves up to tie with Morse among the Democrats. Rockefeller is stronger in Jackson county than in the district generally but so is Nixon. What does it all mean? We'll have to wait until May 21, and Nov. 9 to find out. E.A. Proofreader Needed Howell Appling Jr., Oregon's Secretary of State, needs a proofreader. Being somewhat vulnerable on the subject of proofreading, (as is any newspaper,) we simply point out that two boo-boos have been made in the preparation of ballots in Appling's elections division. And on Page 125 of the 1959-60 election laws, put out by the division, we find the word "chusing," rather than "choosing." They're simple errors, and could happen to anyone. But we are more used to seeing "typos" fours and others) in daily newspapers than in official state documents. on the part of Democratic by the u.U.r. ofhcials, for much of the margin only about yu votes, several reasons for the many of them from pre- areas, and whose regis much traditional as it is will vote their convictions. (and talks with some of this suspicion) that quite have changed their reg to see the story the state- after decades of having will be strengthened or replying, 73 per cent E.A. Dennis the 'Wm,m.lAcizii. Dennis asked Communications Letters to the Editor must 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 views ot the paper; in tact Communism In The Churches To the Editor: Your editor ial entitled "Cheap, Silly, Ir religious" surely reveals how little you have studied the subject which you judge with such authority. Recently a minister wrote to the Department of Defense asking for official comment on this matter of Communism within the National Council of Churches. Wint Smith, House of Representatives, an swered the letter with this quotation: "Seven hundred and nineteen (719) of the offi cers whose names appear on the roles of the National Council of Churches have rec ords of Communist affilia tion." Anyone who understands the alms of Communism would realize that the very most logical place to plant her agents would be within our churches where well meaning persons such as yourself will publicly shield her as she subtly and stealthily progress es toward her goal of destroy ing the church, eventually, and all that it represents. Don't forget that when and if Russia succeeds in overthrow ing this country, the Chris tians will be the first on the list for liquidation. The Bible says, "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principali ties, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God that ye may be able to withstand In the evil day, and having done all, to stand." (Ephesians 6:12, 13). Mrs. F. M. Patterson Route 1, Box 161 Rogue River, Ore. Dog Eulogy To the Editor: With all the discussion now going on in this county about the pro posed dog leash law it may be well for all of us to review Senator Vest's "Eulogy Of The Dog." "Gentlemen of the Jury: The best friend a man has in this world may turn against him and become his enemy. His son or daughter that he has reared with loving care may prove ungrateful. Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust with our happiness and our good name, may become trait ors to their faith. The money that a man has he may lose. It flies away from him per haps when he needs it most. A man's reputation may be sacrificed In a moment of ill considered action. The people who are prone to fall on their knees to do us honor when success is with us, may be the first to throw stones of mal ice when failure settles its cloud upon our heads. The one absolutely unselfish friend that a man can have In this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves un grateful or treacherous, is his dog. "Gentlemen of the Jury, a man's dog stands by him In prosperity and In poverty, In health and In sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground where the wintry winds blow and the snow drives fierce, If only he mny be near his mas ter's side. He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer; he will lick the wounds and sores that come from encount er with the roughness of the world. He guards the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a prince. When all other friends desert, he remains. When riches take wing and reputation falls to pieces, he is constant In his love as the Menace us fWNaou this saw. bear the name and address of not necessarily represent the the contrary is often the case. sun In its Journey through the heavens, "If fortune drives the mas ter forth an outcast In the world, friendless and home less, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that of his company to guard against danger, to fight against his enemies. And when the body is laid away in the cold ground, no matter If all other friends pursue their way, there by his graveside wili the noble dog be found, his head between his paws, his eyes sad but open in alert watchfulness, f a 1 1 h ful and true even In death." Henry Corbin, Box 623 Rogue River, Ore. State Not Clean To the Editor: This Is the first letter I have ever writ ten to a newspaper. However, your editorial concerning the N.C.C. deserves recognition. It is a great blow to my poor ego, though, to realize that I must henceforth be known as 'stupid and irreligious' be cause I do not share your un biased views. The Bible, which should have been a little more in evi dence In your editorial, does not promise a religious group immunity from false prophets. Instead, the Christians are warned to be ever watchful for these people who will creep in and lead the sheep astray as wolves In sheep's clothing. A church organization does not automatically become holy just because it is a church organization, and the individ ual does not attain salvation solely because he belongs to a church group. The salvation Christ offered on the cross was offered for each individ ual to consider, then accept or reject. When Paul preached to the Bereans, he commended them for their wisdom in not just believing him in everything he said, but '-they searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. (Acts 17:11). Shouldn't we, in a mat ter so important to us In this life and after, search the facts to see if those things be so? Is it so hard to believe that great satanic force which has come to control so much of the world In just 40 years would not be so gallant as to leave our spiritual programs alone while undermining us on every other side? If labor unions can be Infiltrated, the Manhattan project betrayed, and police departments cor rupted, where is the blas phemy in believing that Com munists may and do infiltrate our churches? What better place could an enemy find to work unmolested than in our churches where they are pro tected by well meaning peo ple? I noticed tltat other letters have mentioned J. Edgar Hoover's book, "Masters ot Deceit" and Edgar C. Bundy't Collectivism in the Church es. The congressional nee ord of the hearings of the House Committee on Un American Activities would also make good reading tor anyone who would honestly consider the facts. I feel your defense of the N.C.C. is not based on any thing factual. A screaming, lashing denial of guilt, even by editors, does not wipe the slate clean. Fred Buchling, Box 353. Jacksonville, Ore. The School Budget To the Editor: On Monday, May 2, 1960, we are asked to pass the proposed school budg et tor 1960-61. Glue-Like Attempts; .1 1 . 1 I . Washington - IUPD - If we could figure out a way to bot tle the adhesive qualities of Ezra T. Ben- son, we prob ably could make a for tune in t h glue business. More than seven years have passed since the call went out to Salt Lake City beckoning Benson to Today & Tomorrow By Walter NEW LEADERSHIP After his visit to Washing ton, it can be said that on the German question Gen. de Gaulle is now the leader and the chief spokesman of the West ern alliance It was high time for a change. For until recently we have had no German policy. We have had only a tangle of slogans and fictions about reunification which could lead to no solution and settlement of the German The Medford School Board, Budget and Advisory Commit tee, prepared a 15-page book let explaining this budget, and meetings have been held to help familiarize the public with the budget. This proposed budget is $4- 409,756.46, of which $1,978,- 404.99 is outside tne 6 per cent limitation and must be approved by the voters. To advocate a lesser-sum of money for the education of our children is to be classed with the undemocratic and unresponsible citizens. Must we never-the-less call a halt? Dare we continue year after year exceeding our 6 per cent limitations? Will this pattern that we have set jeopardize Medford School Districts' credit? When we over-extend our selves to provide for public education, are we not then en. dangering our very ability to educate? We must, of course, main tain a school system that meets the standards required for the basic school fund; and that permits our graduating high school seniors to enter our state universities. What has happened to that fine old Yankee tradition of economy? The "Facts and Informa tion" booklet put out by the School Board has made sug gestions concerning what it may be necessary to do if the budget does not pass. I would like to see an aus terity budget proposed which would include the 5 per cent increase for teachers' salaries, but that did not exceed our 6 per cent limitation. Vivian S. Collins, 40 Glen Oak Court, Medford. Nothing's Done Right To the Editor: We, the peo ple (?) of Medford, have hired a recreation superintendent, according to a story in your paper. As usual, a man from out of the state. We are to keep the present parks and recreation driector on the Job too. Are we to build shelters there for the old folks on Social Security who are being taxed beyond their ability to pay on their homes? I have noticed now many that are hired by the city are from out of the state. Yet every few days we are told through your paper about ine wonderful schools Medford has and how much higher Oregon schools rate than the other states. I would ask for an explanation, but like so much that goes on in the city there is no explanation. Now, I would go along with hiring outside help if neces sary (and it seems to be) to find out why Medford's water system Is a non profit making business. Other cities find their water and garbage dis posal helps carry the taxpay ers' load. Not Medford. We sell more and more water, at a high rate, and hear that we may have a shortage of water for Medford. We are selling something that we will need at no profit. Now what kind of business is that? Our city charter says they may sell the surplus, but must reserve suf ficient for the city. We might go out of the state for budget committees. They might ask why, although Med ford has doubled its popula tion, we need several times the number of employees. For instance they might check the engineering department and ask why so many have been hired, and they have to build a bridge, and direct traffic Welter LlQeminn Benson Resists All West Sees Farewell ... ..... Washington to become Presi dent Eisenhower's first secre tary of agriculture, The way Benson heard it. the call beckoned him to be come Eisenhower's first and only agriculture secretary, As subsequent events were to prove, when Benson gets cali he is a hard man to dis connect. Such grey-beards as can remember Benson s ar rival here say that even then he had a settled look about him, as though he Intended to stay a long, long time. Lippmann problem, and were not seri ously meant to do so. Gen. de Gaulle has assumed the leadership of the alliance by sweeping aside the hack neyed slogans and the equivo cal fictions. He has given tne alliance a new lead in how to think and how to talk about the cold war and about Ger many. Let us hope that the speech writers in the Pentagon and the State Department will give close attention to the change in style, which was demonstrated in the press con ference on Saturday and the address to Congress on Mon day. PERHAPS the greatest dif ference between Gen. de Gaulle's way of thinking and the conventional thinking of the day is that he sees and treats the Soviet Union as pri marily a European great power, and only incidentally as the headquarters of world Communism. For him Russia existed long before Lenin and will exist long after Khru shchev. Russia is a European nation with national interests in Europe and the central clue to policy in dealing with Rus sia is to be found not in the writings of Marx and Lenin but in the history of Russia. This does not mean that Communism, which is a secu lar religion, does not play a great role in the Soviet Union and in its relations with the rest of the world. What it does mean is that in negotiat ing with the Soviet Union, the statesman should fix his eyes on the Russian national inter est, not let himself be razzle dazzled by the ideology. Having fixed his eye on the Russian national interest, on what ANY Russian govern ment would protect or aim at, the statesman can know where lies the true area of negotiation. When he stands "firm," as the saying goes, he knows concretely where to stand firm, where is the point at which Russia's national in terests and ours should be ac commodated. GEN. DE GAULLB is 0 n e whom not the most fool ish among us would call soft on Communism. And yet, when he speaks of the Soviet Union, he does it with cool and Impeccable courtesy. He does not stoop to the vulgar epithets which the ghost writ ers feel they must sprinkle through almost every official utterance. This courtesy comes from the fact that Gen. de Gaulle sees France and he sees Russia as perennial na 1 1 o n s within a European society. This style and tone does not mean, as some may think, that Gen. de Gaulle Is a lordly figure left over from another age. There is much reason to think that in talking with Mr. K. -as the head of one Euro pean power to the head of another European power, he holds the key which can un lock the door to a detente, that is, to a relaxation of ten sion. The key to the door is that the national interest of France demands that there shall be no revival of pan-Germanism, and that even a political union of the two contemporary Ger manys should be put off for a long time. This is also Russia s national interest. Communist Ideology no doubt demands over it, to see that they have created a bottleneck. They also might check on the wide scale difference. Some of the men taking the orders from city hall are very much overpaid while some of the men who carry out the orders and do the work are paid starvation wages. I hope the people do not wake up too late. Mrs. Edward U. Canoose, Jr. 55 Ross Court Medford More Comfort Wearing FALSE TEETH Here Is a pleasant way to orercome loose plat discomfort. FA8TEKTH, sn Improved powder, sprinkled on upper ftud lower pistes holds them firmer so that thev (eel more com fortable. No gummy, toney. pasty taste or reellns. its alkaline (non acid) , Does not sour. Checks "plate odor" (denture breath. Get FAS TKXTH today at any drug counter Since that fateful day, host of congressional Demo crats, plus a goodly number of Republicans, have used everything but a shoehorn to try to pry Benson out of his cabinet seat. When last seen they were shopping for a shot- horn But even his most die-hard critics finally came to realize that trying to "dump Benson" was about like trying to skin dive in the Great Salt Lake. Nevertheless, time is at last running out on the tenure of the undumpable secretary, Under the 22nd Amendment, Eisenhower can't seek reelec tion and not even Benson ex pects to stay on board after the new president is inaugur ated next January. So when I heard that Ben son was going to testify before the Senate Agriculture Ap propriations sub committee, the thought struck me that it might be my last chance to see him confront his critics. When I arrived at the Sen ate Office Building, Benson already was ensconced in the witness chair and was express ing "deep appreciation" to the subcommittee for the "cooper ation" it had given him over the years. If what Benson received from any congressional group was "cooperation," then he and I have different defini tions of the word. I figured he either had a short memory or was tendering an olive branch, garnished with by gones. As it turned out, the sub committee members also were in an Auld Lang Syne mood. It is true they made some rather pointed comments about Benson's programs. But nobody read aloud the airline schedules to Salt Lake City or anything like that. When the hearing was over, I went to the Senate library and looked up the testimony that Benson gave the first time he appeared before the subcommittee on April 13, 1953. "The time has come," he said then, "when we must face the hard facts of squaring our spending with our income." Then I noted that since the unification of all the Ger mans under a Communist state. But the national Interest of Russia is different from that. The Russian national in terest is to prevent the rise of so formidable a competitive power in Europe as all the Germanys would make. Rus sia has quite enough competi tion of that sort in China and the rest of Asia. e rpHIS is the reason why the Khrushchev-de Gaulle talks have been followed by such an improvement in the cli mate. Undoubtedly Gen. de Gaulle made it clear to Khru shchev what Is the French In terest in relation to the Ger man question, and that at bot tom it is not radically differ ent from the Russian national interest. Since then, Mr. K. has known that if he wants to protect the national interests of Russia in Germany and in Eastern Europe, an under standing is possible. But if he wants to expand Communism instead of protecting Russia, he will run into a stone wall. The leader must remember that statesmen cannot say these things in so many words. What Is happening cannot be openly avowed officially or legalized In formal documents. Many faces will have to be saved. There are critical elec tions here this year and in Germany next year. For some time to come we shall con tinue to hear the old slogans and fictions about reunifying Germany within the NATO alliance but nevertheless, no matter what we hear, if this was ever a German policy, it has been dead for years. It has been dead not only because the Russians would have none of it but because so many in the West never wanted it at all. (c) 1960 New York Herald Tribune Inc. TO THOSE WE SERVE In beautiful surroundings, in a quiet location, we serve with devotion to duty, all who call. LITWILLER FUNERAL HOME Highway 66 at Normal Ave. Ashland Dial MU 5-4541 Only local member ot Oregon & Ouster Hearing .... T 1953, the Agriculture Depart. ment budget has risen from $2,917,000,000 to (6,201,000,. 000. The times apparently changed even if the secretary didn't. In the Days News .By FRANK JENKINS From Washington: President Eisenhower and French President Charles de Gaulle concluded their ore. summit talks in general agree ment on grand strategy for next month's Paris meeting with Soviet Premier Khrush chev. After a top-secret ses sion yesterday at Camp David, tney announced that thev were in accord on "how w. shall proceed at the summit." president de Gaulle's H. dress to a joint session of the congress, the correspondents report, evoked "ringing recol lections of the 182-year-old alliance between the turn countries." FIRST, I think we should takp n niraiaht InnU ..j- ,ui. ----.. iuur n WJiB alliance"-asainst which Pr.. ident Washington snoke in hia Farewell Address, when he warned his countrymen against PERMANENT alii ances. It has been INDivrniTAT. Frenchmen, rather than French governments, which have been uniformly bad or at least weak, that have led to our reeling oi friendship with France. -THAT is true now. 1 It is DE GAULLE, rath- er than France, to whom we iook. Ana, in De Gaulle's case, this is the big question: Can he, or can't he, bring France back into the com. pany of the great nations? rVHE answer, I think, it that only time can tell. The French have a stranm background. Basically a great people, a likeable people, they have been stymied and frus trated and maybe wrecked by a centuries-long sequence of bad governments. 'TWERE was Louis XIV, the fabulous spender who set the all-time pattern for reck less government spending and in the process brought France and its people to the point of desperation that resulted in the bloody French Revolution and finally led to the coup d'etat that put Napoleon in power. After Napoleon wti all through, after he had strewn all Europe with the bones of Frenchmen, after he had soak ed the soil of Europe with the blood of Frenchmen, all that France could think of was to put the Bourbons back on the throne again-the Bour bon kings of whom it is said by the historians and the phi losophers that "they learned nothing and forgot nothing." It must be said, in sor row and not in anger, that in this present case it is De Gaulle in whom we must put our trust rather than In any confidence arising out of France itself. The French are wonderful people, but over the long swings of history they have shown little talent for good government. Let s wish him luck. cnuiMomiTMomiair -world i tut .illicit! itin harg.ng monay It about llht harging anything it-you btrrowH , now, pay torn later. mine 6 S. 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