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o MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 22,, 1960 4 A "Everyone In Southern Oregon Read! The Mat! Trlbune" published Daily except Saturday b7 MEDFORD PRINTING CO 3,3 North Fir St.. Ph SP 2-6141. ROBERT W RUHL, Editor HERB GREY Advertlilnl Manajer GERALD T LATHAM Bua Mirr ERIC W ALLEN JR.. Mng Editor EARL H ADAMS, City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Teleg Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sporta Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Women'a Editor DALE ER1CKSON. Circulation Mgr An independent Newsr.aper Entered at second etasi matter at Medford. Oregon, under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mali In Advance. Copy 10c . Dally and Sunday 1 year $15 00 Dally and Sunday 8 mol 8.00 Dallv and Sundav 3 mos 4.25 Sunday Only One year 14.20 By Carrier In Advance Medford Aihland. Central Point Eaele Point. Jacksonville. Gold Hill Phoenix. Shady Cove, Rogue Riv er. Talent and on wiotor mules. Dally and Sunday 1 year $18 00 Dally and Sunday 1 mo 1.50 Carrier and Dealers copy 10c All Terms Cash lnkdvance Official Paper of Cltv of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County. United Press International Full Leased Wire TJ.P.1. Telephoto Newsplcturee ""MEMBER OF AUDIT BlfREAU- OF CIRCULATIONS ' Advertising Representative: WEST HOLIDAY CO. INC Of fice! in New York Chicago De troit. San FranclHco. Los Angeles. Seattle. Portland St Louis. At lapta. Vancouver. BC NEWSPAPER M PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAI - l " 1 - i r-N. y-. Sf ASfSOCtfATIOh Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files or The Mall Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. , 10 YEARS AGO June 22, 1950 (Thursday) ' Medford has a serious short age of lumber box cars, which may force some area mills to shut down, according to the public utilities commission. The population of the "Greater Medford area" which Includes all persons within ' a six-mile radius of Medford has reached 20,244. 20 YEARS AGO June 22, 1940 (Saturday) The Medford Craters base ball team shut out Jack and Jill Tavern club of Portland 2-0 last night before 1,000 fans at the fairgrounds field. From Arthur Perry's "Ye t Smudge Pot" column: "John Moffat was elected school di rector Monday, by an ava lanche of votes totaling 34." 30 YEARS AGO June 22, 1930 (Sunday) Petitions are being circulat ed asking that the city keep open its public market, which It decided to close last week. A total of 6,291 persons vis ited Crater Lake last week, a new high for the year. 40 YEARS AGO June 22, 1920 (Tuesday) . James M. Cox of Ohio looms as Democratic choice for President: Oregon and Jack son county Democrats arc preparing to flock to the con vention which starts this week end In San Francisco. Fishing has improved con siderably in the smaller val- ley streams but still remains poor in the Rogue river, 50 YEARS AGO June 22, 1910 (Wednesday) Rogue river valley patholo gist P. J. O'Gara returns from a tour of valley orchards and predicts that the valley pear crop this year will be the largest in history. A picture company of 25 people arrived in Medford to day to begin a month of pic ture taking; the pictures will be exhibited all over the world. What's Your I.Q.7 Nlnt oi fen correct li superior seven or eight Is eseellcnfj five er ill is good. 1. Is "Shank's mare" a fil ly? 2. "Then conquer we must." Quote the next line in the "Star Spangled Banner." 3. Which famous baiter in baseball was nicknamed "Georgia Peach?" 4. Hurry F. Byrd represents which slate in the senate? 5. What causes a jumping bean to Jump? 8. The Brenner Pass con nects Italy with Switzerland true or false? .. 7. Who is known as the "Father of Baseball?" 8. How many bonks does the Pentateuch contain? 9. Is geriatrics concerned with the later years of life, or mimicry? 10. Which U. S. general headed the army which in vaded Austria during World War II? Answers! 1. No. A person's feel. 2, "When our cause it li just." 3. Tyrui (Ty) Ray mond Cobb. 4. Virginia. 5. The larva In It. 6. Falsa. With Austria. 7. Henry Chad wick. 8. Five. 9. Later year's Qf lit. 10, Gen. George S. Patton (3rd Army). Subversion and Freedom "To Insure the continued freedom of expression for succeeding generations, let us pick up the rein of responsibility of citizenship and act now to thwart the activities of subversives within our midst, and consequently to win out in any race by reason of the moral truth of our existence." The above is an excerpt from a recent letter printed in the communications column. The question is, what's a subversive? The desk dictionary who acts to subvert. And subvert is defined as "to overturn: overthrow; mine the morals, allegiance, or faith of; corrupt." That sounds pretty nasty. yHE authors of the Declaration of Independ- ence, by definition, were subversives. They undermined allegiance to England; the result was the overthrow of the mother country's authority in America. Jesus Christ was probably the greatest "sub versive in history, if one uses the word accurate ly. He overthrew and undermined both allegi ances and faith of existing religious systems, and the result was a change in the entire history of western religion and civilization. Martin Luther was another great "subver sive." The Reformation which he sparked certain ly undermined the universal church of the period. POES subversion look context? Doesn't it depend on whether a subversive action is destructive or con structive? And isn't this country possible Ireedom to the individual commensurate with the public welfare? How does our correspondent's commendable advocacy of freedom of expression for all, and his concern for our winning by reason of moral truth, jibe with the suggestion that the activities of subversives be thwarted? THERE are, of course, two kinds of subversives : Those who attempt to subvert by convincing others they are right in their views, and Those who attempt to subvert by stealth and chicanery; by force and and revolution. The second variety world, can best be "thwarted" by the established agencies for that purpose which has a good record along this line. The first variety can best be countered by a free interplay of public discussion by a full exposition of all sides of all Questions so that the public can, ultimately, decide. 'HE theory of freedom was founded calls for that he who is wrong and heard equally. And, sometimes, those convince a majority that they are actually "right," and thus change the shape of the future. It has happened. . At other times, those who are wrong will not prevail in the public mind, and "right will con tinue to be "right." It, however, we thwart anyone by depriving him of his right to speak, we are subverting our own ideals. a.A. Doubly Difficult Task In a country where there is freedom, the task of leadership is doubly difficult. In an authoritarian society, leadership is the forcible imposition of the leader's ideas upon the people. In an open society, tions: lo chart the course, and then convince the people to follow, willingly. If either of these two the leadership is ineilective. IN THE case of the present administration, Presi dent Eisenhower s personal popularity and the trust of the people m his leadership has been phenomenal. In that he leader. But in charting the has tailed. He and his associates have not charted a course at all; they have merely reacted to each new wind, each new current, and the resulting leadership has been more of a sail-trimming ex ercise than a purposeful national voyage. If the president, by tige and popular approval, had laid before the American people his plans for a bold venture into the Mih Century, thev would have followed him. RUT, instead, he chose " least resistance. The result has been American influence world hasn't been at such a low ebb since long belore World war 11. nation have not been met. And the good will President radiates, with match for the wiles and which we lace across the Our hopes that, whoever the next President may be, he will be able to exercise both facets of leadership necessary in a land where government is by consent of the governed both the ability to set goals and work toward them, and the ability to carry the people along with him. b.A. defines subversive as one ruin utterly; to under a little less nasty in this what one believes as to based upon the greatest violence; by conspiracy of subversive, in today's principally the FBI, on which this republic freedom of sneech. so he who is right can be who are wrong" can leadership has two func functions is neglected, has been a successful course of this nation, he mobilizing his vast pres to follow the course of catastrophic. and leadership in the Ihe public needs of the and honesty which the utter sincerity, are no duplicity of the forces Iron Lurtain. Dennis the I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF VOL) WAS ALL PISHT. 1 DREAMED I BEAT V UP" Communications Letters lo the Editor must bear the nam and address of th writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen nam or initial for publication if permissible. Th Mail Tribune resarves th right to dit all Utters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for pub lication must not exceed 400 words. Th letters printed in this column do not nacossarily represent th viawi of th paper; in fact th contrary is often th case. Poor Fellow To the Editor: People in the cities feel a need for leash laws for dogs and other pets. Some animals take smoothly enough to these restraints, others do not. In the choosing of pets, It would be a show of wisdom to select those pets which fit naturally into the way of things. Some species of dogs do, many do not. Even var ieties of cats take to civilized manners more than others. Also, there are birds who do not mind cages. Others war constantly against being caged. The instincts of ani mals of the same general type differ greatly as to breeds. From birds,-canines, felines and animals in general, to the human animal, is a long, long step, where discussion of their traits are concerned. Yet, were human beings to be in carnated into animal or bird form (God forbid - but follow my point) they could not be wiser and more practical than to take the transfer in their stride. But to aid them, they would find themselves with natural gifts they do not now possess. I think that people, whether they own, or do not own, any sort of pet, fish, or fowl, or legged animal, can show intelligence by learning from these species facts that can materially benefit them. And the human animal - what about him? Well, as to types he is found to possess characteristics w h o 1 1 y un alike, biologically, psycho logically, i n t e 1 1 ectually. I think the more advanced hu mans are, the more the mis takes made, since, they can not grasp the nature of the gulf separating themselves from those of other char acters and talents; incipient, that is, with their existence. It's a complex arrangement, with many challenging phases of mystery, that fills our world, and it is man, the poor fellow, who, even after four score years plus, makes less out of it - or understands less his place In it - than any other. Fee Clifford Esteb Box 1022 Medford. Open Hearts To the Editor: I have no ticed some interesting signs that some home owners adorn their property with. "Keep out," "mean dog," "no ped dlers," and so on. Not long ago one caught my attention. It read, "If you have something to sell we don't want it." Evidently someone had been the victim of high pressure salesmen and was now barring his premises to future Intrusions. As a lad I used to peddle (and push) my bicycle up the Slsklyous and then coast down over the California line to Hilts. Once I bypassed the Hilts juitttlon and arrived tired but alive in Yreka. It being July It wasn't cool. Mother and I would bundle up around 20 dozen gladlolas which were secured to the bike's carrier. These were welcomed by Hilt housewives for 25 cents a bunch. A bit of Oregon greenery looked good In Hilts in July. On one of these jaunts I noticed some competition as far as selling goes. Two In dustrious looking young men were engaged In presenting character building mnlerinl In the form of good books. They were students from a Chris tian college. Their dust-covered model T Ford reposed down the street. When they found my meth od of transportation they de cided to set Oregon, at least Menace the state line. They loaded my bike on and up we chug ged, past the state line to the summit. Since that day I love book salesmen, that is, of course, salesmen of good books. It's pathetic how some folks will go down to a newsstand and spend money on material that will only lower one's ability to cope with life's problems. Yet let a clean-cut individual knock on their door with character building ma terial and they are ready to sic the dog or call the police. Who knows, he may be sell ing the equivalent of $1,000 bills for $1. To me the right type of character building material for my children is worth that much in comparison. I've even heard of people who de cided against purchasing a product because it was put out by an organization that had beliefs contrary to their preconceived ideas. I'm using Japanese made products right now but I don't go along with Shintoism. Let's be logical. If we are not Mormons, will we spurn using a Rambler because it is made by a company whose president belongs to that church? Yes, let's love our neighbor and have open hearts. Henry Johnson Jr. 2400 Highway 66 Ashland, Ore. Zoning Laws To the Editor: Oregon Re vised Statutes, 215.130 subsec tion (1), definitely states "No ordinance adopted under ORS 215.010 to 215.190 shall regu late lands used for grazing, agriculture, horticulture, or for the growing of timber." The people living in the West Side here in Jackson county opposed zoning their area for several reasons. The area has always been, and is today, an agricultural area. By acreage, at least 85 per cent of the occupied and un occupied land is devoted to agriculture, and as such, can not, under the law, be zoned: and no abnormal growth is taking place. Zoning isn't the cure all so many believe, but is highly controversial and argumcn tive. Until the 1959 session of the legislature, the people held the authority to grant zoning power to the countv zovern- ing bodies. It should be the nrst order of business at the next session to return to th people their right to vote, in stead of wasting time "devis ing ways to prevent loopholes in me zoning statutes." This is another instance where the vote of the people is beine re placed with rule by commis sions and bureaus. Many ex perienced legislators at state and national level, jurists, Judges, and ordinary citizens are voicing concern at the trend. Better still, it seems it would be more logical and economical if the legislature would repeal the whole zon ing statute and give assistance to cities by restoring their right to control subdivisions within a reasonable distance from their corporate limits, and within the fringe area developments, by making the services and powers of the county sanitarian, public health department, county surveyor, and the county en gineer available to their of ficials to Insure them that areas In future annexation proceedings would fit into their programs of streets in renard to grades, water and sewer connections, and for storm drainage. Worldwide Reaction to Summit, Japanese Blow-Ups Almost Unanimous: U.S. Suffers By LYLE C. WILSON Washington - (UPD - The big political news from New York state is good for the Republi cans, bad for the Democrats and worse for Adlal E. Stev enson. The good Republi can, bad D e m op eratic, news is this: New York state narn-.Hn. Ljls C Wilson in a bitter, all-out factional fight. The worst news for Steven son is this: His supporters in New York state are taking a bad licking, so far. Reform Supporter! Stevenson's New York sup- Hsai .i-.Nf I seal Demos' New York Battle Bodes No Good for Stevenson Hopes By PHIL NEWSOM . UPI Foreign Editor As President Eisenhower concluded his Asian tour this week, worldwide reaction as to its results appeared almost unanimous. It was. first of alt, personal sympathy for the President who has im- p r e s sed the world with sincere desire for peace but who has. twice in a little more than a month suffer- j'ihl NKU'So.M ed humiliating setbacks at the hands of the Communists. Second, it was agreed that the leftist forces which forced cancellation of his visit to Tokyo, had inflicted a severe blow to U.S. prestige which the Communists now could be expected to exploit vigorously- Merriman Smith, UPI White House reporter who has ac companied Eisenhower on his globe circling tours, reported it unlikely that the President would attempt another trip during his remaining six months In ofice. Hopes Glimmer Thus with the blow-up of the Summit Conference in Paris and the Tokyo incident had gone glimmering the Pres ident's hope that to his succes sor he would leave the herit age of a firm platform upon which world peace could be built. ' Of the President's Asia tour, UPI President Frank H. Bartholomew wrote from Tokyo: The most that can be said is that the interests of the Western world have not been benefited by the President's well-intentioned visit. The Times of London said: "The cancellation of the Tokyo visit is the biggest blow to the prestige of an American president and the United States government since the war." Man-in-the - street reaction stories cannot be taken as in dicative of the feelings of whole nations, since of nec essity they cover only small segments of a population. But a UPI poll of such re action in more than a dozen European nations, reflected a general theme: Initiative Lost A lwaycr in Madrid and a clerk in Brussels believed the United States had lost the cold war initiative. An airline clerk in Sweden and a policeman in Zurich be lieved America should follow a "tougher" line. A Frenchman thought the United States should listen to advice from President de Gaulle. A London store clerk thought "Ike Is doing the best job possible." A West German barber in Frankfurt tempered The county court, with these county officers, could plan better than the present tax supported, expensive type planning commissions, and could adequately control pop ulation growth for the "public health, safety, morals, and general welfare" of all, and would be more in harmony with the character and growth needs of the counties. Helen Florey Route 2, Box 441-D Medford. V Don't Know To the Editor: First ve got easy money, ve spend money like monkeys, und ve get in flation. Vcn ve get inflation, dor Government pulls-tip dor vallet strings, ve spend money like Jack Benny on televis ion, und ve got deflation Right now, ve got-INDEFLA- TION. Dot is vot ve got ven ve don't know vot ve got, und ve don't know vot ve got most uf der time since 1932. Everett Acklln Ashland, Ore. , mm porters are reformers. Their leaders are Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and former Sen. Herbert H. Lehman. The Roosevelt - Lehman political leadership in New York was absolute over the years of FDR's magic. After his death, FDR's widow became an ef fective leader in her own right. Two years ago, Mrs. Roosevelt and Lehman fell out with Carmine de Sapio, the boss of Tammany Hall and of the New York Demo cratic party. The Roosevelt-Lehman re formers e'enounced De Sapio's boss-rule. They ganged up on, and defeated, this spring some of his Tammany primary can didates. Meantime, they were maneuvering to try to win the Democratic presidential nomi it with: "America is doing a pretty good job as the leader although she makes her share of foolish mistakes." Recent events have dealt Eisenhower a bitter personal blow which history may show could or could not have been prevented. This much is certain. Both the blow-up at the Summit and the Tokyo Incident were West Turns Attention to Lack Of Action By DICK WEST Washington-IUPD-These are uncertain days in the law making trade. It's hard for me to tell whether Con gress is racing toward ad journment or dying on its feet. However, it seems fairly certain the p r e s ent ses sion will come Dick west to an end, one way or an other, within the next three weeks. So I thought this might be a good time to review the legislative record to see what has been accomplished and what remains to be done, I might as well begin the In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Well Japan's Premier Kishi lost his nerve and cancelled Ike's visit. But He regained it' in time to sit tight and let the time limit pass, thus permitting the treaty to go automatically into ratification. It is now in force so far as Japan is con cerned. WILL the treaty be support ed by public sentiment in Japan? For what it is worth here is an opinion: Chief Cabinet Secretary (whatever that is) Etsusaburo Shiina says: "The treaty is supported by the overwhelming majority of the Japanese people . . , The widely publicized left wing demonstrations represe n t e d the opinion only of the minori ty .. . They were FOMENTED BY THE COMMUNISTS . . . The revised treaty is in con formity with Japan's policy of co-operating with the free nations." SPEAKING of the demonstrations- Senator Keating of New York said in Washington Sat urday morning that he was told by a highly reliable source that the communist "demonstrators" in Tokyo were PAID SI. 65 PER DAY -which is very high pay in Japan. State department "sources" (meaning somebody willing to talk but unwilling to be identified) had said pre viously they had information that communist money .had been sent to Japan to finance the huge riots that led to can cellation of Ike's visit. WHICH is to say: The communists knew the Japanese people were not opposed to Ike's visit. So they HIRED AGITATORS by the tens of thousands to MAKE IT LOOK LIKE the Japanese were opposed to the visit. How To Hold FALSE TEETH j More Firmly in Place Do your false teeth annoy and em bat-rasa by tupping, dropping or wob- i blind when you eat, Ituich or talk? 1 Just sprinkle a little FASTEKTH on i your plates This alk.iltne (non-acid, j powder holds false teetn more firmly . inu uiurr trKiiiiriaoij. pt'"'j, t ooey, pasty taste or ferltng Does not 1 tour Checks "plat odor (denture 1 breath. Oet PASTKTH today a I n (1ni cnuntU. I nation for Stevenson. Last week the New York state Democratic committee met and rejected Lehman as a delegate-at-large to the Dem ocratic National Convention by a vote of 284-to-14. The committee did not even con sider Mrs. Roosevelt for mem bership on the convention delegation. De Sapio's boss rule was working well. This faction fight among New York Democrats will get hotter before It cools. All of this leaves Stevenson and the Democrats on a tough spot. The party dispute is the best promise in sight that the Re publican presidential nominee can and will win New York's 45 electoral votes next No vember. As for Stevenson, two pow- events deliberately generated by Communist leadership at a time when the United States is preparing for a change in its own leadership through general elections. Thus Eisenhower was the personal victim of a larger plan by world Communism to sow mistrust and unrest at a time when the United States is in a period of transition. on Vital Legislation review with House Joint Reso lution 602, which authorized President Eisenhower to pro claim the week of May 15 as National Transportation Week. This measure was passed by the House on April 4 and by the Senate on May 13. Therefore, I suppose it could technically be entered on the plus side of the ledger. Little Celebration Time However, by the time the President signed it on May 20, only one day of National Transportation Week was left. This didn't give us much time to celebrate. House resolutions 11600 and 11601 were introduced last April by Rep. Daniel K. Inouye of Hawaii, who was disturbed by the fact that some of the laws already on The commies, you see, stop at nothing. WHAT of Kishi? The Associated Press reports that most observers in Washington feel that now he has achieved his goal of bring ing the new security pact into force he will step down, dis solve the Diet (parliament) and call for new elections. This belief is confirmed bv Frank Bartholomew, president of United Press International, who is in Tokyo. He says: "Resignation of Kishi and dissolution of his cabinet are expected in Japan now within a relatively short time. The fact that he lost control of the situation briefly (and with drew the emperor's invitation to Ike) is believed to have constituted a loss of face that he can not survive." TN THAT event, it will be A the Japanese elections that will tell the tale. It will be safe to bet one's bottom dol lar that the communists will STOP AT NOTHING to win the new parliamentary elec tions when they come up. We'll see what we'll see when that time comes. HELEN KELLER DAY New York-fflPD-Mayor Rob ert F. Wagner today proclaim ed Sunday, June 26, Helen Keller Day. Miss Keller will celebrate her 80th birthday on Monday. Located Advantageously... ' Near the final resting place in Mountain View Cemetery. Ade quate off-street parking. Elimin ates processions through con gested streets. LITWILLER FUNERAL HOME Highway 66 at Normal Ave. Ashland Dial M0 5-4541 Only local member of Oregon & erful politicians - who had hoped to be on the New York convention delegation and to work from there toward Stevenson's nomination r- will be on the outside looking in. Moreover, the alliance of Mrs. Roosevelt and Lehman, with Stevenson demands that De Sapio prevent Stevenson's nomination. If he is unable. Lo block Stevenson, De Sapio might even consider knifing him in the November election. , Withhold Patronage If Mrs. R. and Lehman ever get their own man into the White House, they would be well on their way to ousting De Sapio as Tammany boss. The method would be by with holding patronage, a deadly device: So, with Mrs. R. and Lehman benched and Da Sapio confronting a fight for life against Stevenson, the latter's chance of a renomina tion have grown dimmer. There is good news for Re publicans from another big state, California. I have just returned from California. The word on Democratic Gov. Ed mund G. Brown is that he has had it. That is what the news men in California report on Governor Pat. Many of them assert that, as of now, ha couldn't he elected dog catch er. Others, more charitable, claim that the governor COULD be elected dog catch er. the books did not fit the prob lems of our newest state.. Inouve proposed that the Federal Flood Insurance Act of 1956 be expanded to pro vide flood insurance for vol canic eruptions, which sound ed to me like a fair proposi tion. I can't understand why tha other lawmakers haven't ap proved it, even if they don't have volcanoes in their , own states. Possibly they were waiting for Alaska to demand flood insurance for t ava lanches. In a companion bill, Inouye called for an Army engineer study of the feasibility of erecting flood control dams in Hawaii to stem the flow of lava. I think it should be enacted, too. ?. ' ' ' Hole in Dike You remember the -old story of the plucky Holland boy who discovered a leak in the dike and saved his country by plugging the hole with his finger. Well, imagine what would happen if an Ha waiian youngster tried that in a lava dike. It could open a whole new chapter of folk lore. There are so many other worthy measures awaiting ac tion that only the U.S. gov ernment can afford to print the entire list. However, I would be remiss if I did not call attention again to the failure of Congress to choosa a national flower. This issue has become so controversial it may never be settled, but a joint resolution introduced May 23 by Rep. Robert J. Corbett (D-Pa.) might offer a way out. It would designate red and white carnations and the blue cornflower as the national floral emblem. Thus, if Con gress can't agree on 8 single blossom to represent the coun try it can at least unite be hind a national bouquet. 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