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o o . 0 MAIkTRllUMl thMmt, 0 Tessfey, May 24, Fvervon In Southern Orcxa Reads The Mail Tribune- published Daily except Saturday by S3 North Fir St.. PhSP 2-6141 " RORFRT W RUHL. Editor HFRB GHF.Y AdvertUin Manager GERALD T LATHAM. Bui MKT. ERIC W ALLEN JR.. Mm Editor EARL H ADAMS, City Editor HARRY CIMPMAN. Tele. Editor ftlfHABH .IRWFTT SoDfU Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Womtn'i Editor DALE ERICKSON, Circulation Mgr An Tndfirjendent Newspnper Entered as second class mutter at Medlora, Oregon, unner tc 01 March 3. 1B97 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance. Copy Ifw Daily and Sunday 1 year "o Daily and Sunday l moi. 8 00 Daily and Sunday 3 mo 4.25 Sunday Only One year $4 20 Wv i"nrrlr In Artuanre Med ford Ashland. Central Point E a jf 1 e Point, Jacksonville, Gold Hill. Phoenix, Shady Cove, Rogue Riv tr Tnlent and on motor routes, Daily and Sunday 1 year $16 on Dally and Sunday 1 mo. t-BO Carrier and Dealers copy 10c All Terms Cash in Advance "Official Paper of Citv of'MedfofiF Official Paptr of Jackson County """"United Press International Full Leased Wire TJ.R1. Telephoto Newn picture! ""MJEMTiFn OF AUDTT BUREAU ArtvitrtUlnir Renresentatlve WEST HOLIDAY CO., INC. Of fle In New York. Chlcnto. De- trnit, San Francisco. Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland St. Louis, At lanta, Vancouver, B.C. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATION A L E D ITO R I A I V ASfS0Cfc(iTIO Z J J Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History fro.fl the files of The Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO May 24. 1950 (Wednesday) Voters in Medford school district yesterday approved a $1 million 1050-51 school budget which is some $200, 000 over the 6 per cent limi tation. Oregon's exact replica of the American Liberty Bell will be on display in the city and county tomorrow. 20 YEARS AGO May 24, 1940 (Friday) Solicitation was tightened up in Medford today as the Red Cross campaign commit tee worked to place Jackson county among the first in the state to raise their quotas of funds for the aid of people suffering in the European war zones-this is first Red Cross campaign here since 1023. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "The memoricd halls of the high echool today lose 199 students and 10 young men who knew what football was for." 30 YEARS AGO May 24, 1930 (Saturday) Origin of Deuel building fire still undetermined. Geologists find man lived In Lake county 17,000 years ago. 40 YEARS AGO May 24. 1920 (Monday) Medford's Mayor Gates is a witness before a federal board investigating the high cost of sugar. 50 YEARS AGO May 24, 1910 (Tuesday) Veterans of the Grand Old Army of the Republic will pa rade down the streets of Med ford today for local observ ance of Decoration day. A special Portland Orcgo nian newspaper correspond ent who followed the Louis W. Hill visit to Medford says, "the 85-mile wagon trip from Klamath Falls to Medford is the best lesson that can be ob tained on the diversity of re sources in Oregon." What's Your I.Q.? Nine or fen correct Is superior; seven or eight is excellent; five or six Is good. 1. Indigo is what color? 2. The owner of a car in which of these vocations would most likely display a caduceus - clergyman, engi neer, or physician? 3. In which state Is Duke University? 4. Name the principal men in the controversial 1945 Yalta Conference. 5. How many living U.S. presidents have been depicted on U.S. postage stamps? 6. Under the social security program, how old must an insured worker be to collect benefits on the basis of his contribution? 7. Name the author of the poem "Snowbound." 8. Which of these Florida cities Is farther South: Jack sonville, Miami, Palm Beach? 9. CiV'ks know that there are 12, 18, or 20 tablespoon fuls In a cup measurement? 10. Is the State of Iowa east, or west, of the Missis sippi River? Answers: 1. Reddish -blue. 2. Physician. 3. North Caro lina (af Durham). 4. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Church ill, Joseph Stalin. 5. None. 6. 65 years. 7. John Greeoleaf Whlttier, 8. Iiami. 8. 16 10. West, ' o Thoughts on "Unity' Comes now Mr. E. B. Antley of Ashland, and says in just 103 words what we have been trying to say, and not getting said, in far more. Mr. Antley says: To the Editor: The perfect formula for an Admin stration to stay in power has been found, ft is simply to blunder so badly in international relations' that a crisis occurs. Then the party in power calls for nation al unity in the face of the new crisis. The cry, long and loud, is "don't rock the boat," even though the boat is headed for the rocks. Someone once said that a nation's condition, like an individual's, is not too bad until it begins blaming all of its problems on others. How in the world are we going to correct our mis lakes if we refuse to even recognize them? E. B. Antley 1495 Oregon st. Ashland, Ore. fUlR. ANTLEY'S letter and to the point. We cannot refrain from adding a few words, however, to the effect that the two-party system in this country grew up as an imperfect, yet so-far-unbeatable, way of providing for a great dialogue, a continuing debate, on the conduct of the nation s business. So when national leaders appeal for "unity," when they are "shocked" when Adlai Stevenson (for example) speaks some blunt truths, when responsible leaders of congress overlook bumb ling even outright lying on the part of the administration, the nation suffers. It's a Drettv stunid form of "natriotism" which calls for us all to ignore the mistakes which con stitute a real danger to the nation, and to "unify" behind a leadership which has demonstrated its incompentence to guide the nation through peril ous times. E.A. The Voters' Power Quite a number of Oregon editorial writers have referred to the ballots in last Friday's elec tion as being "the size of bed sheets." They weren't really; they just seemed so. Several of these editorialists have suggested that this is, in effect, a heck of a way to run a railroad. Party functionaries, they suggest, should be chosen through the party machinery, and the ballots shouldn't be cluttered up with long, long lists of names, many of them only vaguely fa miliar to the electorate at large. T'HERE are two ways of Oregon has long been ocratic of the United States. It originated the initiative, the referendum and the recall. And, these, particularly the first two, are in no small measure responsible for the length of the ballots, more particularly in gen eral elections. But it has tended to keep government "close to the people"; to make the voters the final au thority, not only on candidates, but also on leg islative matters. THIS can be frustrating. It is particularly frustrating to conscientious members of the legislature who knock themselves out (meanwhile going into the hole financially) to arrive at sound decisions on legislative matters, only to have the rug pulled out from under them by a referendum petition, or by having brand new legislation sprung on them through an in itiative petition. While it is an exercise of "democratic" rights, it is also a denial of the "republican" philosophy. (Please note that the two quoted words are not capitalized. We're not referrincr to party politics at the moment, but to the sometimes-conflicting republican ana democratic ideals of our gov ernment.) AS POPULATION grows, so does government as government grows, it becomes more complicated. And as it ed, the more difficult it its complexities. This, we believe, argues for greater authority for the people's elected representatives, and a corresponding decrease i.r. - ' i; ; i , uie individual voter. But, still, there is also a great deal to be said for keeping government, complex or not, close to the people, so that they n, is to De run. This is a debate of which more will be heard. In November, for instance, there will be a baker's dozen or more measures on the ballot, for the voters to decide. Few voters, however well informed, will be aware of all the ramifications of each measure. Some of them are fairly technical, and several are peculiarly vulnerable to misunderstanding. AS A result, responsible officials sometimes are inclined to tear their hair out when the people deny them the tools of government which they are convinced are necessary to do the job they are charged with doing. For ourself, we would be inclined to relin quish just a bit of our autonomy as an elector, and leave some of the major decisions of state government up to the legislature. Others, however, will disagree. There is, at some levels, an abiding distrust in the judgments and actions of elected officials, from the govern or on down a distrust not based on personalities nor actions, but simply on the basis that they ARE elected officials. Distrust based on experience is healthy and understandable. But distrust based only on un thinking resentment of those in authority is not a healthy condition in the body politic E.A. is a gem brief, succinct looking at this. one of the most "i dem- becomes more complicate becomes to understand in the direct authority of can have a say in how Dennis the Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the us 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 pub lication 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 Sen. Byrd for President To the Editor: We have come to the crossroads, and we all realize that the Demo cratic party has put out five men as eligible for the next President of the United States. Personally we do not feel that any one of them really represents the voice of the hard thinking people of Amer ica. When the last word is said and done there is but one man who right now can fill the office to suit both the Republicans and the Demo crats, and he should be draft ed. He is Sen. Harry Flood Byrd of Virginia. When he was 18 years old he was the head that built the greatest turnpike ever known, which is called the Valley Pike, aft erwards known as No. 11. He was just a little over 21 when he became a Representative; then under 30 as Governor of Virginia, and the best Gov ernor Virginia has ever had. When he went in as Governor, the state was In debt. He paid off all the debts and left mon ey in the treasury when he came out. We know that our Presi dent of today, Mr. Eisen hower, is a great man in giv ing money to foreign coun tries to retain their friendship. It has not worked. Mr. Byrd has the sensible idea. He has called to our at tention that we have millions of bushels of wheat, corn and other grains that the govern ment has stored each year. Mr. Byrd's idea is not to give money to these countries that need it so badly but to let them have this grain that is going to waste, and set them selves up against starvation in the future. Mr. Byrd has thousands of Ideas that we need. If this country would draft him it would make people happy and of better nature. I hate to say it, but all the foreign countries seem to have lost confidence in Mr. Eisenhower, and 'he repre sents the Republican party. They have the same thing to say about Mr. Nixon, and the same thing to say about the other five men who are fore most in the Democratic party now wanting to be President Read carefully what I say and then see if we cannot draft Mr. Byrd for tha next President of the United States on the Democratic ticket. Gen. Chas. S. Roller Jr. Principal Augusta Military Academy Ft, Defiance, Va. Evils of Smoking To the Editor: To the doc tors-how much lungs can have left? I smoked steady for 62 years, started when I was 14 - smoke a pipe and sucked the smoke down In my lungs. Same with cigars and cigarettes. Used newspaper for wrap ping store tobacco, and dyed brown wrapping paper, and paper that peaches come wrapped in. Even smoked mullen leaves, alfalfa leaves, dried grape stems. The last 20 years before I quit I would smoke 20 cigar ettes and sometimes as much as 30-40 cigarettes In 24 hours. I woke up in the night and smoked. All this smoke was sucked down In my lungs, or most of it. When I was about 45 I started to develop a cough and it got worse but I would not stop smoking. Got so 1 would break a piece of cigar ette off and put tt under my upper lip. It did help some from coughing, but only for maybe 10 or 13 minutes. I would go to a show and start to cough and I would go outside and get some fresh air in ni lungs and l)gUt a tifimr- Menace ur! 10 a often the case. ette and suck the smoke down in my lungs-cough and gag. The last year I started to spit up blood and get short of breath but would still smoke. In the winter of 1957 I had a bad cold and spit up a large amount of blood and would wake up in the night and smoke and cough and gag and spit up blood. I made a special trip to the store for a carton of cigarettes and the folks ordered things too. I got all of them but for got the cigarettes and after driving back home I was mad at myself for forgetting the cigarettes. So I thought to my self that If I could forget to get the cigarettes I could for get about smoking. I remembered that in the Bible it says that Jesus says to test him. I did not pray, I asked him to take the desire to smoke away from me and He did. I have never had the desire to smoke and outside of being a little short of breath I do not spit up blood now. Marshall H. Waggoner P.O. Box 753 Central Point, Ore. Program Praised To the Editor: Fred Stock the 20-30 club, employment offices and all others involved in the new summer employ ment program for teen agers deserve a big hand of applause for their new project. I've always felt that some far sighted group could contribute much to their community and today's youth, by just such an undertaking. As the mother of four sons, now long past this age group, I know the intense need of summer employment for these young people. I've known their restlessness-thelr long ing for jobs, their disap pointments . . . "we're not old enough." Tiiey want so desperately to be treated as adults, and an employment service of this kind can help make them feel a little more adult . . . and understood. How quickly we older adults forget the problems of our own teen years. One min ute we tell them "you're grown up now ... act like it", the next it's "you're not old enough". I sincerely be lieve young adults will re spond like young adults if treated as such. Most teen agers will sincerely strive to do their very best to please an employer. Remember how much more fun it was to fill the neighbor's wood box than your own? A smile, a word of praise would prompt us to lay each stick just so . . . and pile it to a height far beyond good sense . . . while at home we scarcely got in enough to keep the home fires burning. Let's hope all the Jackson county employers will lean over backwards, if necessary, to help these young people find at least part time em ployment. Mn. Alfred Oallacci, 4297 Table Rock rd Central Point, Ore. Dog Control "Swindle" To the Editor: In the past few years I have tried not to become involved in any political issue. But my anger has been aroused to such a point that I want to cry out, "I was swindled." I am speak ing of this dog control issue on the ballot. I voted NO. I am against control of dogs In the county. But, somebody whose mind la "more clever Uian fionest" worded the bill, so that a vote against the issue was a vote for the law. 1 thought that It was doclarrd illegal several years ago to so de ceive the people. I feci that the majority of the people went likewise deceived. In the Days News By FRANK JENKINS As a itraw in the wind, what of the Oregon primary election? It seems to foreshadow Ken nedy and Nixon as the con tenders in the big race. WHAT of Mr. Nixon? " In the Oregon primary, he got more votes than Mr. Ken nedy. But the Democratic vote was split among five contenders. The only clear lesson is that in Oregon, as of now, there are more Demo crats than Republicans. For Mr. Nixon it can be said that the absence of write ins it a point in his favor. If there had been a large write in vote, It would have been a black mark against him. WHAT of Senator Morse? Let's be as kindly as we can. In his political career, he has been a Republican, He has been i.n Independent. He has been a Democrat. He has just come a cropper in his home state. THE LESSON? Maybe it is this: Perhaps the person who knows what he believes, who really BELIEVES it and who STICKS WITH HIS CON VICTIONS through thick and thin, comes out ahead in the long run in public confidence. IVf AYBE there's a lesson there for the GOP. In re cent years, it has tended to ward fuzziness' in its econ omic convictions. It has flirt ed with the idea that maybe, in order to WIN, it should promise to outspend the Dem ocrats. If the Republican party heeds the lesson of Senator Morse, it will stick with its guns, stand up firmly for sound economic principles, such as balanced budgets, and let the chips fall where they may. Constructive conserva tism is nothing to be ashamed of. IN CONCLUSION In five Oregon cities-Port land, Baker, Astoria, Med ford and Warrenton - FREE DOM FOR DOGS was an is sue in Friday's election. In all five, the dogs lost. In all five, dogs must hereafter be kept on leash, or under VERBAL control, or must remain on the premises of their owners. No more following the promptings of their own sweet wills. Which is to say: In these four Oregon cities, the concensus was that dogs, along with people, must here after be TOLD BY GOVERN MENT what they can do and what they can't do. It looks like freedom of the individual is on the way out. Personally, I refuse to be lieve it. I'm going to go on hoping. First, I want to know who is responsible for this deceit ful outrage. Secondly, what can we do about this condi tion before our honorable county dog catcher becomes our Lord and Master? Another thing, were the people of the cities, namely Medford and Ashland, allow ed to vote on this issue that concerns them not? If so, why not allow us to vote on their issues which concern us not? We, of course, could pay the dog control officer his set fee to exterminate our dogs, but I think that out here on forty acres of land, we should have the right to keep dogs without leash and without a muzzle. I would not protest this Is sue if the bill had been pre sented in a legal and straight forward manner. Some one deliberately worded the bal lot to confuse the people. WHY? R. L. Brantley, Route 3, Box 59B, Medford Editor's note: The confusing wording of the ballot meas ures on dog control was point ed out repeatedly in the Mail Tribune in the days prior to the election, but it is manifest ly evident that many voters still were unable to vote their convictions. The wording of the ballot measures, in both city and county, is specified in state law -a law, we are Informed, that dates back some 40 years. We called for amendment to the law in a recent editorial. Meanwhile, whether or not enforcement could be restrained by an In junctive procedure in the courts is doubtful. No one lo cally is to blame for attempt ing to confuse the issue.. They simply followed the procedure spelled out in the old law. vArHfcihS Satree 25 Quinca. U.S.-Japanese Treaty Costly; Opposition Is By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign Editor As diplomats in Paris were sounding the requiem of the summit conference, the United States was winning an important vic tory in Asia. It was a victory that could be cost ly. After ap proximate 1 y 100 days of argument, the :W Phi) Nflwfom Matter Of FaCt By Joseph Alsop EISENHOWER'S SITUATION I work at all if the lull is to be Paris - General De Gaulle's emergence as the leader of the West, at any rate for the time being, was the least noticed but far from the least impor tant result of the explosion at the summit. A much greater debt Is owed to the jSu ffsop French presi dent than most people under stand. His untroubled percep tion, his icy imperturbability In a moment of potential dan ger, almost certainly prevent ed an even uglier result in Paris than the ugly result that was finally produced. De Gaulle, as the world now knows, was the first to learn from Khrushchev himself that the Soviet boss did not intend to negotiate at all unless Presi dent Eisenhower opened the conference with a humiliating public capitulation in the mat ter of the U-2. From that mo ment, after Khrushchev had called on him on the Sunday morning before the confer ence was to begin, De Gaulle was like a rock. The same cannot be said of Prime Minister Maemillan and President Eisenhower. The British leader definitely fa v o r e d gestures, concessions and apologies, in order to per suade Khrushchev to get down to business. Moreover, the President's viewpoint was not immensely different from the Prime Minister's, although the majority of the President's staff took Gen. De Gaulle's op posing view. DE GAULLE'S view was, quite simply, that Khru shchev would be satisfied with nothing less than total capitu lation, which would be fatal. Therefore he argued that half measures of appeasement would only add the embar rassment of eating humble pie (to the misfortune of the con ference's collapse). De Gaulle's sound judgment was proven by the response that Maemil lan got from Khrushchev, when the Prime Minister tried to glue the conference togeth er again after the explosion at the first session, Even before that, however, experiments with eating hum ble pie might well have been made, if it had not been for De Gaulle's influence in the other direction. In sum, De Gaulle's weight tipped the balance in favor of realism and dignity. The effect of all this on President Eisenhower's situa tion is decidedly curious. By virtue of the power of the United States, he ought to be the unchallenged leader of the Western Alliance. Until now, he has been just that. Now, however, solely by virtue of the strange power of his per sonality, De Gaulle has taken the lead. THE EFFECT of this subtle but undeniable change in the Western pecking order will depend on whether Nikita S. Khrushchev is merely plan ning on a lull at Berlin or wants a lull everyhere until a new president takes over. President Eisenhower him self has evidently decided on a policy of just keeping things ticking over for the rest of his term. Before he left Paris, he was strongly urged to break off the disarmament and nu clear test negotiations by Sec retary of Defense Thomas S. Gates and Chairman John J. McCone of the Atomic Energy Commission. He rejected this advice, which clearly implies the intention to keep things ticking over. If Khrushchev Is prepared to allow a worldwide lull, the policy of just keeping things ticking over will work very well indeed. But it will not Bob Rucker Counsellor OREGON FUNERAL PLAN tn Only FUNERAL PLAN y Oregon Funersl Directors Ass' . . SP 2-9210 pro-American government of Japanese Premier Nobusuke Klshi jammed through the Japanese Parliament ratifica tion of the U.S. -Japan mutual security treaty. The treaty, assuring the presence of U.S. military forces in Japan for the next 10 years, is bitterly opposed by Japanese Socialists and other left wing groups and has been the special target of Red Chinese and Soviet propa ganda. Premier Determined Kishl and President Eisen- limited to Berlin. Suppose, for instance, that the unprecedented indignation meeting staged in Peking on Friday presages new troubles in the Far East, in Laos, or worse still, on Formosa's off shore islands. No moves any where would better serve Khrushchev's obvious purpose of doing everything possible to divide the Western Allies before the next round of ne gotiations about Berlin. A re newed attack on the offshore islands would automatically produce the most violent emo tions in London. Another small scale but potentially de cisive invasion of Laos would be almost as bad. PRESIDENT E i s e nhower, alas, can no longer deal with such challenges as he dealt with them before. Be cause he has lost prestige and confidence in the alliance, he will risk all sorts of ruptures with the other allies if he simply goes his own way, as he successfully did in the Quemoy crisis. In short, he now needs to be assured in ad vance of the support which he was previously able to take for granted. Therefore, what now seems to be in order is Informal con sultation with De Gaulle about the various trouble spots where Khrushchev may attempt to probe. If consult ed, De Gaulle is the ally who can be most surely counted on to approve a firm policy. And Eisenhowe r-plus-De Gaulle will make a combina tion which the other allies will still feel called upon to fol low, as they used to feel called up on to follow Eisenhower alone. (c) I960. New York Herald Tribune Inc. Rockefeller Urges National Debate New York - (UPD - Gov. Nel son Rockefeller called Mon day for a national debate on "the general illusions lead ing to the summit conference" and on U. S. actions immedi ately prior to the Big Four meeting in Paris. Rockefeller, still considered by some a possible contender for the Republican presiden tial nomination, did not men tion specifically the U2 spy plane downed over Russia May 1, or the U.S. admission that the plane was on an es pionage flight. But he said "some aspects of American conduct, imme diately prior to the confer ence, demand examination of their purpose and prudence." Another 'D' in House Of Actor John Howard Hollywood-IUPD-Actor John Howard and his wife have another D in the house their fourth child, all of whose names start with D. A daughter was born to Mrs. Eva Howard Monday at Queen of Angels hospital. The couple named her Deirdre. Their other children are Dan iel, Debra.and Dale. Counsel With ... Mr. Insurance Fred Brennan iS Fred Brennan or call Mr. Friendly Bill Fish Phon. SP 3-7343 MEDFORD INSURANCE AGENCY 27 NORTH HOUY ST. May Be Voiced hower put their signatures On the ireaiy in Washington lt Jan. 19. Klshi then returned home determined to press it to final passage in the Japan, ese Parliament before Eisen hower's scheduled visit to Japan in June. In the early morning houn of last Friday, the opposition lost its fight to delay or pre vent passage in a free-swing ing brawl that make a mock ery of orderly parliamentary procedure, and Kishrs major ity party steam-rollered it through. Even staunch Japanese friends of the United States decried the government's final methods. Leftists promised massive demonstrations against Eisen hower when he arrives in Tokyo next month. Comparisons to the recently-toppled dictatorial govern ment of Korean President Syngman Rhee were numer ous. The Communist radios of Peiping and Moscow had a field day, linking the new treaty with the uproar over flights of U.S. spy planes over Russia, and charging that flights had been made from Japan over Soviet territory in Asia. Russian Protest A Russian note charged that the treaty was "exactly de signed to insure conditions for aggressive actions to be under taken from Japanese territory against the U.S.S.R. and its allies. . . ." Kishi led his Democratic Liberal Party to an . over whelming victory in elections a year ago, and he is one of Japan's most popular figures. But there are others who resent his close ties with the United States., To opposition and Commu nist charges that he is laying Japan open to a threat of war, Klshi points out that Japan has veto power over types and use of U.S. forces in Japan. But he has given his numer ous enemies a rallying cry. SOUR Bf ASH KENTUCKYBOURBON 1 1 - 1 11 - 1 1 1 J 1- ITOCMCHI KENTUCKY :t STRAIGHT i BOURBON IS ouaixu whiskey rr 80 'A Qt. S. E. HENDERSON CO.. LOUISVILLE. KY. 86 PROOF WEATHER PLANES Gather Information of all types . . . But for insurance Information IT PAYS TO SEE USI $AVE with Safety. e ' MM-i;it dim rii.i.icir pa. Bill Fish m03 0 S3 0
