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4 A WdiUi),MirU,INI Everyone In Southern Orefoa WdfJMiUTrlbune ut'.Uhed Dilly except Saturday my MEDFORD PRINTING CO. S3 North Tir St,PriSPa-jn41 "ROBERT" W. RUHL. Editor HERB GREY Alvrtllna Manaew GERALD T LATHAM, Bui. Vr. ERir W AM EN JR.. Mne Editor KARL H ADAMS, City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN, Teleg Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sporti Editor OLIVE STARCIIER. Women'! Editor PALE ERICKSONCIrculallon Mgr. Entered as second claas matter al MediO'u. Tenon, unnrr w March 3. IBS' SITRSCRIPTION RATES Dally and Sunday I year IJ Daily arm nunaay mv " Daily and Sunday 3 moi. M Sunday Only Out yaar 30 By Carrier In Advance Medtord Aahland. Central Point E all a Point, Jacksonville. Gold Bill. Phoenix. Shady Cove, Rogue Rlv. .a tnninr rniitec. Dally and Sunday 1 year flSJJ Daily ano nunnay i niw Carrier and Dealera copy 10c All Terma Cajh inAdvnce "Sfilelal Paper of city of MedforJT Official Paptr of Jackson CoontT United" Preia International Full Leased Wire TJ P I. Tclephoto Newaptcturea TlEMSFririF AUDIT BITREAO Of CIRCULATIONS Adverttalnr Representative: WEST HOLIDAY CO. INC. Of flcea In New York. Chicago. De troit. San FrancHco Loa Angelej. Seattle. Portland. St. LouU, At lanta. Vancouver. B.C. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIA A ASfSbCifATIOh z w w Flight o' Time Medford and Jackjon County Hiitory from the filet of The Mall Trlbuna 10. 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO May 23, 19S0 (Thursday) Recalled Ashland Mayor Thomas Williams quietly step ped down from his position at last nlght't city council meet ing. Construction of the second pipeline from Big Butte springs to Medford should start some time in August 20 YEARS AGO May 25, 1940 (Saturday) Public Utilities commission hearings will be held Tuesday and at which the Pacific Tele phone and Telegraph com pany will be called upon to justify a recent five-cent toll for calls between Medford and Jacksonville. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Sev eral have reported some fifth column workers have been in the flower gardens." 30 YEARS AGO May 25, 1930 (Tuesday) California power interests propose big power plant on lower Rogue and fishermen aroused. Edison Marshall, the author, returns from Georgia for a visit. 40 YEARS AGO May 25, 1920 (Wednesday) Mayor Gates claims city "double-crossed" in efforts to get a sugnr beet factory here. Baking powder and flour advance in price here. 50 YEARS AGO May 25, 1910 (Wednesday) The Medford city council last night adopted fixed water rates which for an averaged' sued dwelling are $1.50 a month minimum. A Curtis aeroplane arrived in Medford by rail today packed in three huge crates, it will be assembled and flown at air show later this week by the lamed faul Ely. What's Your I.Q.7 Nina or tan correct if tuparfor: even or eight li excellent; five or ill li good. 1. The oil mentioned about 200 times In the Old Testa ment is what kind? 2. Was the noted French novelist George Sand a man or woman? 3. Near what river is George Washington's tomb? 4. Identify the founder of Boys Town, a community In eastern Nebraska for home less and abandoned boys. S. Mnrie Antoninetlc was married to what French ruler? 6. How many years does a centennial denote? 7. According to Greek leg end, what part of Achilles was his one vulnerable spot? 8. Both the male and fe male mosquito have the abil ity to bite humans; true or xniseT 9. What is the lingular of aicesT 10. In the poem by Joyce Kilmer, what line follows "Poems are made by fooli like me?" Answers! 1. OIIto Oil. 2. A woman 3. Potomac RWer. 4 Mgr. Edward J. Flanagan (1886-1948). 5. Louis XVI. 6, 100 years. 7. His heel. S. Only the female can do ii, 9. Di 10. "But only God can make tree." Youth Work Program Over the years we have heard a number of complaints along these lines : "There's not much for kids to do in the sum mer." "Why doesn't somebody (unspecified) setup a summer work program for teen agers?" "If kids had constructive things to do, not as many of them would get in trouble." "Recreation for high school students is fine but so is a job, only they're tough for them to get" THE welfare office for several years has been operating under a state policy which termin ates aid to dependent children for older boys and girls in the summertime, under the theory that they can get jobs during that period. The young people, themselves, have been rest less, and sometimes bitter, over the fact that sum mer vacation jobs for them are limited. Some few have "made" their own jobs, set ting up a routine of baby-sitting, or gardening, or lawn mowing. But for most, summer is when there is more time than things to fill it. THESE are some of the reasons why we hail with real appreciation the cooperative young people's work program, inaugurated with the co operation of a number of people and organiza tions, and centered in the Oregon state employ ment service and the Medford 20-30 club. Details of the program were outlined in a story in this paper last Sunday, but some of the pertinent points bear repeating. (The story, which ordinarily would have merited Page 1, was shoved aside by the volume of election returns. ) Young people may file their work applica tions at the employment service office, 119 North Oakdale ave., or at the East Side Drag Store, 264 East Main st., Ashland, whichever is nearest. They should do so by Monday, June 20. Prospective employers (and this means peo ple with yard work, house-cleaning or baby-sitting jobs, as well as business firms) may call either of the two offices to place "orders" for young workers. Work permits, when needed, will be issued by the employment service. e THAT, in essence, is all there is to it. "Ma Vifra if will Via cnnnnccfn 1 Tf Vi-fU V.nve it aivjw v trial v j, and girls who want to plications, and if prospective employers will file their work orders, there is no reason at all why it should not be a resounding success. If it is successful, it undoubtedly will be con tinued. If it isn't, it probably won't. It is to be hoped that it will prove just as successful, and helpful, here as it has in other communities where it has been tried. E.A. "The Enemy" Do you know who "the enemy" is? Well, amonff others it includes the AFL-CIO, the Episcopal church, the Catholic Interracial Council, the Elks lodge, the U.S. Department of Justice, the YWCA, and the U.S. Air Force. At least, it does to the the White Citizens' Councils of America, pub lished in Jackson, Miss. THESE "enemies" are im1 viirllfa Qtii-1 ant Villi til I It tuivl JUlivt M- ILIllt llWlli We don't favor "anti-South legislation," but we do favor civil rights, on the theory that one citizen of the United States should have the same privileges as any other. So, as an "enemy," include us in. E.A. What Can We Afford? There are two schools of thought in Amer ica today, about national spending policies. On one hand, there are those who believe that a balanced budget, a reduction in the national debt, and, when possible, cuts in taxes, are vital to the country's well-being. On the other hand, there are those who be lieve that the nation is not putting enough money into its basic resources and productive facilities into education, housing, natural resource develop ment, slum clearance, and the stimulation of pro duction and the minimization of unemployment. fF THE second view, those who hold the first will sav, "We can't afford it. Our taxes are too high. The national debt is too' high." This may be. If it is true, it is chiefly and di rectly attributable to the size of our necessary de fense expenditures, which accountior more than half of the national budget. But IS it tine? There is evidence to suggest otherwise. For instance: In 1949, the Federal debt was 93 per cent of our gross national product, but in 1959, it was only 62 per cent. In 1949, the national debt was equal to 115 per cent of our national income; in 1959, it was only 71 per cent. 1MANY economists are concerned that our rate " of growth, despite the fact that these figures show it to be outstripping our federal growth, is not nearly high enough. They believe, if it is to increase to a rate above the present 3 per cent per year to a rate more nearly approximating acnieveu by tne boviet stantial investment will Much of this must come from private enter prise. But, at the same time, much of it must come from federal sources. in a nation where the all-time high, the excuse "we can't afford : is a pretty lam one. E.A. Duvvuiuit uuvu wujg work will file their ap monthly newsletter of damned for "favoring iRrntV, lnrriclcit inn ' tne b per cent per year Union, a much more sub bo necessary. living standard is at an Dennis the IF yOU CONT WANNA GO VISIT THE BETTER 6TAKT LOOKM TREP' ' Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and addresi 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 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 often the case. She SHU Has Questions To the Editor: Your articles on the "token" reduction in the proposed school budget seem to stress the need for increasing the budget, but fail to inform us as to how much money, if any, will be left from the current budget at the end of this school year. Isn't it reasonable to expect a surplus from a school bud get that is over $1,000,0000 more than the city budget for the same period? Much has been said about the necessity of competitive bidding for members of our school administrative staff and faculty. Why? Isn't it a fact that we are already pay ing larger salaries than a dis trict twice the size of Med ford? Or is that just true of the administrative staff? Have we really grown so selfish that we would place a man on the auction block to be sold to the highest bid der? Can we buy a man's right to advance in his profession? In fact isn't it downright un fair to place a man in the position of having to choose between money and the pres tige of advancement in his career? How can we expect to make room for the many fine young people who are majoring in education if we cannot allow anyone to pro gress beyond our own little district? Isn't this theory that we must keep Dr. Mayficld here at any cost based on pride rather than on actual need? For many years Medford schools have maintained a higher than average standard of educational level. Hasn't this become a matter of such great pride that it would con tinue if Dr. Mayfield should decide to accept one of the opportunities he has had for advancement? The school district is not just a few select persons it is you and me and all the other taxpayers whose money helps support our schools. Can't we be gracious enough to drop this pressure and leave the decision to Dr. May field? He shall be missed by his friends if he should choose to leave Medford, but we will be able to take pride in every step he makes up the ladder of success. Verna Flowers 355 Berrydalc ave. Medford. Couldn't Do Any Better To the Editor: Of course, no one seriously thinks that Mr. Eisenhower should be im peached in office. To say the icast, his time is short enough that it would scorn that his most severe critics should be able to bear with him for his remaining stay in the White House. However, it is interesting to note the press reports and the fact that for the first time since he has b-rn President, the word 'impeach' has been heard upon the Senate floor. It was, of course, spoken by a Republican who merely said, "The critics of the Presi dent should not talk about Mr. Eisenhower unless they are ready to try to impeach him." There are no doubt many partisans on the other side of the fence who would seize upon the challenge if they thought there was any chance of success. But they are smart enough to know that, despite his share ot errors at home and abroad, Mr. Eisenhower has done his best. He simply cannot be impeached because he couldn t do any belter. Fee Clifford Kutcb P. O. Box 1022 Medford. Menace BARNES' TONIGHT SOW Demon Alcohol To the Editor: The other day I stood by the bedside of a friend In a Medford hospi tal. Across the room lay an other patient. One could plain ly see that it would be some time before he would be out and around again. The visits of many young friends, plus the flowers, helped. In spite of it all this young chap was going through an unforgettable experience. I was told that he was there because of a drinking driver. The mangled limbs and bruises he was displaying were mute evidence that the demon alcohol had been up to his assigned task. The master brewer, and I refer to the one who has caused all the ills and heartaches this world knows, is intent on ruining every boy and girl if he can. The following facts are tak en from the little magazine, "Activities," a monthly publi cation of the International Temperance association. I quote from the May issue. "Of the 139,608 alcoholics committed to civilian mental institutions in the United States during the years 1953 55, a total of 23,188 were diag nosed as having chronic brain syndrome or permanent brain damage resulting from alco hol, reports the National In stitute of Mental Health." "Alcoholism is up 250 per cent since legalization of liquor." "In 1933, the last dry year in the U.S., we had 750,000 al coholics. Today we have more than 5,000,000." "The legal liquor industry says $10,700,000,000 worth of liquor was sold in 1958." 'Our crime bill In the Unit ed States in 1958 was $22, 000,000,000, three times as much as in the last dry year." "Fifty-five per cent of adults in U.S. drink." "One out of four mentally disturbed Americans is an al coholic." "It's a fact that 60 per cent of all arrests are alcohol re lated." "Seventy out of every 100 alcoholics started drinking in their teens." "Problem drinkers in the U.S. are increasing at the rate of 200,000 a year." In view of the foregoing, plus the evidence all around us, how can we sit comfort ably by and let the evil one keep plying his hellish arts? If a murderer were at large in this area we would be on guard. Yet I can assure you that a murderer is on the loose. We coddle and fondle him. His alluring words spread lies through all ave nues of communications. What will our answer be in the day of final judgment? Henry Johnson Jr. 2400 Highway 66 Ashland, Ore. Word From Happy Camp To the Editor: It has been of considerable interest watching the Mail Tribune capture circulation along the road and the river of the California Klamath. It will be just as Interesting to lee this foothold nailed down. The Tribune Is the only pa per taken by many locals who have no interest in Gov ernor Hatfield, and are no longer Intrigued with Senator Morse, since a once hoped-to-be ambassador to Brazil told ut why he actt the way he dues. But we are in the main Democrats and the Tribune has excellent national cover age Would we be asking too much for an occasional run down on Sacramento s more I important events; and since Smaller, Neutral Nations Finding Bond In U.S.-U.S.S.R. Summit Disputations By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign Editor A tightening of the bonds among neutral nations and an increasing demand that they I '-ipfZ nava a strong er voice in ae t e r m i n 1 n g world events which may de. cide their fate is one of the results that may be expec ted from fail ure at the ihii Newtom summit. World reaction over recent events in Paris Indicates no general fear of a new world In the Days News By FRANK JENKINS Let's talk today about sum mits. Russia's Mr. K has been doing a lot of talking about them - and most of his talk is moonshine. For example: Back in 1958, when the U.S. sent troops into Lebanon (in the explosive Middle East) Mr. K demanded a summit meeting, and finally agreed to hold it in the United Nations Security Council. A week before the Security Council session was due to begin he called it off, giving as his reason that the lineup was rigged on the American side. THEN Almnsl VinfnrA 41i 4nct had settled He started whooping it up again for a summit session. President Eisenhow er somewhat unenthusiastical ly agreed, but contended that the foreign ministers of the Big Four (U.S., Britain, France and Russia) should meet first to lay the ground work. Mr. K said this was a waste of time, as the Foreign ministers were only under lings and only the Big Shots can settle anything. But . . . he finally went along, grudg ingly, and the summit meet ing was set for Paris. Then Just as the top men were assembling for the session, Khrushchev BLEW IT UP. His excuse for blowing up the summit was that an American spy plane had flown over Russian territory and had been so unfortunate as to get caught. CONCLUSION: The only kind of summit meeting Mr. K is interested in is one that is DOMINATED BY RUSSIA. QUESTION: How important Is a sum mit meeting? For an answer, let's turn to history. T'HE summit conference idea isn't new. A very famous one was held in 1815, 145 years ago. It was known as the Congress of Vienna. It met to fix up the mess Na poleon Bonaparte had made of the Old World. To appraise the Congress of Vienna properly, we must re member that only 25 years before it met the French Rev olution had shaken the world of that day as shatteringly as the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 shook the world of our day. Napoleon arose out of the French Revolution much as Stalin arose out of the Bol shevik Revolution. For hu manity as a whole, the French Revolution held Immense promise. Napoleon WRECK ED this promise. The Bolshe vik Revolution held similar promise for mankind. Lenin and Stalin wrecked it. T ETS GET back to the Con- AJ gress of Vienna - which was a SUMMIT meeting. What did it do? All it could think of to do was to put a Boubon king back on the throne of France. (It was the towering, fantastic recklessness of the Bourbon kings that brought on th French Revolution, just as it was the cruel oppressions of the Russian czars that brought on the Bolshevik Revolution.) rTHE moral: Thn fnnffrAM nf Vienna was a summit meeting. It FIZZLED. The summit meeting at Paris - which Mr. K was obvi ously determined to RULE or to WRECK - could well have fizzled. So let's quit mourn ing Its demise. We may be much better off as it is. ACCOMMODATING HOST London -HTP- Marcus Guise said today that thieves have robbed his fish store so much that when he locks up at night now he always leaves a little cash out for them. we are all cabled in on Eure ka's channel 3, could their dally program, or at least their specials, be printed? Jack Miller . Happy Camp, Celif. war. But admitted U.S. spy tactics and the violence of Nikita Khrushchev's recation to them reminded small na tions forcefully that each of these two powers has the ca pability of destroying the world. It also reminded them that Individually there is little they can do about It. Outside the Communist world, Khrushchev received most of the blame for the sum mit conference's failure. Neutrals Worried In the United Arab Repub lic it was felt that the blow-up proved the correctness of President Abdel Gamal Nas ser's policy of neutrality and that his prestige had gained accordingly. In Dublin, visiting Ghana Prime Minister Kwame Nkru mah voiced the thoughts of Washington Nomenclature Is Baffling, Congressman Finds Washington - (UPD - All of Washington is divided into two parts "The Hill" and "downtown." "I was up on the Hill to day," a bu reaucrat will tell his wife as he staggers home In the evening. She will im media tely send the chil dren out of a damp cloth Dick West the room, put on his forehead and pour an extra hooker of gin into the martini pitcher. Truman's Article Discouraging to 'Draft' Hopefuls By LYLE C. WILSON Washington - (UPD - Recom mended reading for the draft Rockefeller operators is Har ry S. T r u- man's article in the current issue of Look magazine. HST's word for all draft ope rators is that it is next to impos s i b 1 e for s draft strategy nominee for Lyle C. Wilsoo to produce president of the United States. Truman is not concerned in this article with Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York. The piece is about Adlai E. Stevenson and why Truman believes Stevenson was licked in 1952 and 1956. It applies, however to Rockefeller. Makes Two Points Truman makes in this ar ticle two notable points: That Stevenson could not have been nominated but for Truman's intervention in the 1952 convention. -That Stevenson's failure to support without qualification the record of the Truman ad ministration assured his de feat. Ex-Gov. Smith Lauds Newsboys Eugene - (UPD - American newsboys are perfect ex amples of free enterprise, Ex- Gov. Elmo Smith said Tues day. Smith told Pacific North west circulation managers meeting here that the counter part of the newsboy is not to be found inside the Iron Cur tain. ' The Republican nominee for U. S. senator said "Ameri ca's newsboys learn early the rights of a free American citi zen. They learn to seek the job of their choice. They learn to engage in their own In dividual business enterprise and to earn the rewards of their individual efforts." He said this experience pre pares them for responsibility later on of participation in government and of free Amer ican citizens using their right to vote. "Behind the Iron Curtain." he said, "there is no free press, no freedom for people to work as they choose, no political or religious free dom." 1on't NtqUct SITpplia, FALSE TEETH Do faiM tMtfe lro. tup or wobbla hen you talk, laugh or inctwf Don't b nnofd and crabarruaasl bt tucb handicaps f ASTKCTH. aa aUkalint cooa-acitl) pawdtw to iprtn ki on row p'.itft. ktaea falta tenfe mora flrmtr att Olvaa rwifldaiit fteU lea of taxuriw and aaawJ frnfor. Nn ffummT. ffioT, pajty tata nr trafc Inc Oft ''TBlfifl Vagf gk U 11 if 14 many when he said it was In deed I "horrifying reflection of our age that the fate of the whole of mankind should be left in the hands of the lead ers of four nations." In Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Communits President Tito criticized both the United States and Russia, and said it is clear "that countries can. not support any actions or policies that would be con tray to mankind's deep striv ings for peace." For this, he was roundly criticized in Moscow and at tacked as a "revisionist" by both the Moscow and Peiplng radios. To be a revisionist in Communist jargon is to ask for the hangman's noose or the firing squad. India Fearful India feared that the sum mit blow-up might lead Red At least, that's what she should do. In the peculiar parlance of the capital, he was telling her that he had been testifying before some congressional committee and had had a hard day, "The Hill" - short for "Cap tol Hill" - has come to mean anything having to do with Congress. The rest of the gov ernment is lumped together as "downtown." These terms seem to imply a geographic distinction but this does not always follow. For instance, the Supreme Court is located on Capitol "When the 1992 convention opened, a deadlock develop ed," Truman wrote. "I got the leaders of the convention to confer with me and I told them I regarded Stevenson as the logical candidate. As a result, he received the nomi nation. "Some of Stevenson's sup porters anticipated that he would be drafted but a draft would not have materialized. A draft rarely can be worked on a convention. It required the intervention of the Presi dent to get Stevenson through. "Then Stevenson went out and conducted a campaign that was not in support of the program of President Frank lin D. Roosevelt and myself. You cannot successfully run as a Democrat with a Demo cratic administration in pow er, without running on the record of the administration." Nixon Supports Record The foregoing expresses the political judgment of one of the fastest guns in politics. HST faulted Stevenson on other grounds, but his failure to run on the administration record was No. 1. Eisenhower's interest in the 1960 Republican presidential nomination will be more in policies than in personalities. Vice President Richard M. Nixon is publicly committed to seek the nomination and to run for President on the Eisenhower record. Rocke feller is not. Nixon may re shape, but he will not repudi ate Eisenhower policy. All of this may be discour aging to the draft Rockefeller operators, especially such ex pressions as this from Tru man: "A lesson all candidates should remember from the 1952 and 1956 campaigns is that you cannot turn your back on your party s record. You can improve on it, but you cannot deal with the fu ture without tying into the past." AVERY IMPORTANT SERVICE ... Mrs. Litwiller his been our lacfy as sistant ever slnct we came to Ash land in 1935. In addition to regular duties, she furnishes vocal music when desired and is our regular Organist. All without added cost to our patrons. . . this has resulted in savings of many hundreds of dollars. This is our way of saying "Thank You." LITWILLER FUNERAL HOME Highway 66 at Normal Ave., Ashland. Dial MU 5-4541 Only local member of Oregon China to take a tougher line igalnit India in their border quarrel. The U.A.R., Ghana and In dia are avowed neutralists. Tito long has cultivated close ties with both India and Egypt In an attempt to estab lish a neutral bloc. Now, more than ever, it may be expected that the neutrals and the undecided nations will resist attempts to draw them Into either camp. By the time the next U.N. General Assembly rolls around, seven more African nations are expected to held U.N. membership. They will add their votes and their voioes to the de mand for a greater role in world affairs and to the pre vention of i war nobody wants. Hill but is considered "down town." Some other "down town" agencies are located several miles out in the coun try. Representative Has Problems I don't know why I am telling you all of this except that it seems to fit in with the problems that Rep. Jim Wright (D-Tex.) has been hav ing with our abbreviated lin go. Recently, a lady constituent who was visiting here tele phoned Wright's suite in the House Office Building and asked to speak to the con gressman. "Sorry," said the secretary who answered. "He's on the floor"." "My land!" exclaimed the caller. "Is he ill?" The secretary then was obliged to explain that "on the floor" meant that Wright was attending to duties in the House chamber. When the congressman heard about the incident, he instructed his staff not to use that expres sion any more. A short time later another constituent called and was told that Wright couldn't come to the phone because he was "in the House." "Well," came the indignant response, "I didn't expect him to be out in the yard." Wright Informs Voters Wright reasoned that this was no way to influence vot ers and In a recent "newslet ter" to the home folks he en deavored to straighten things out. If you should chance to call here at such a time," he wrote, "be prepared to hear a rather lengthy explanation that I cannot be reached at just that moment because I am attending a session of the House of Representatives, which meets in the Capitol, which is across the street from the House office building, which is where my office is." Wright's only worry now is that a constituent will try to contact him while he is mak ing a speech in the front part of the chamber. If that hap pens, the visitor is almost cer tain to be informed by a page boy that the congressman is "in the well." CIABBS M0NE!4I"M0SETLANJ" -worll'i tut financial iton ehirglng monty li about Hk tharflns anything tjlM-you borrow It now, pay for II latar. mine Iruiit! 16 S. 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