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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1060 , a ; ; MEvaryon In Southern Oregon Reads The Mall Tribune" KibTUhccTbAliy except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO S3 North Fir J3l., Ph SP2-6U1 ROBERT W RUliL, "editor HERB GREY AriveHlstnn Manner GERALD T LATHAM Bus Mffr KMC W ALLEN JR.. Mne Editor EARL H ADAMS, City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Teleg EdilOT RICHARD JEWETT. SporU Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Women'i Editor DALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr An Independent Newspaper Entered ai second class matter at Med ford. Oregon, under Act of March 3. 1807 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mai) In Advance. Copy 10c Dally and Sunday-! year $15 00 Dally and Sunday 8 tnoi 8 00 Dally and Sunday 3 mo 4.39 Sunday Only One year 84.30 By Carrier In Advance Med ford Ashland. Central Point Eagle Point. Jacksonville. Gold Hill Phoenix, Shady Cove, Rogue Riv er, Talent and on motor routes. Daily and Sunday 1 year 818 00 Daily and Sunday 1 mo I JO Carrier and Dealers copy 10c All Terms Cash in Advance "Official Paper of city of Medford jOfflclal Paper of Jackson Count? United Press International Full Leased Wire tl jM.Telephoto Newspicrures "TSEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS XdvertJsine Representative: WEST HOLIDAY CO.. INC Of fices in New York Chicago. De troit. San Franclico. Los Angeles. Seattle. Portland St. Louis At lanta JVancouverBC. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAI Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the tiles ot The Mill Tribune ,10. 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO July 28. 1950 (Friday) A shortage of boxcars has compelled two mills in the Medford area, to lay off 185 men with more layoffs in prospect if the existing situa tion does not improve. School District 6 has ac cepted a low bid of $432,932 for construction of a new high school at Central Point. 20 YEARS AGO July 28, 1940 (Sunday) Work on the 400-foot wing dam being built by the Beaver Portland Cement company at Gold Hill was completed last week. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "The Hitler invasion of Great Brit ain, scheduled to start 'any day,' after the folding of France, has encountered so many postponements since that tragic event, it is apt to be launched any decade now.'.' 30 YEARS AGO July 28. 1930 (Monday) Rumors have it that a seven-story building will be erect ed at the corner of Main and Bartlett sts. Searchers found a Medford couple alive but exhausted after they had been lost in Crater Lake park for some 31 hours. 40 YEARS AGO July 28, 1920 (Wednesday) The county sprinkled the highway for five miles on each side of Prospect to keep down the dust. A local tent theater has opened and is drawing large crowds. 50 YEARS AGO July 28, 1910 (Thursday) The first carload of Rogue river Bartlett pears of this season will be shipped Fri day. Colonel E. Hoffer, Salem, a candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor, is campaigning for good roads throughout Oregon, including the Rogue valley. What's Your I.Q.? Nine er ten correct is superien even er eight It ecellent; five er il fa good. 1. Who founded the orig inal Standard Oil Compeny? 2. Is "yew" the name for a female sheep, an evergreen tree, or a personal pronoun? 3. Alexander Hamilton died as the result of a wound re ceived in duel with whom? ' 4. A teacher had five apples In a bag. How could she give one to each of five children and still have one of them in a bag? 5. From whom did Jack Dempsey win the world heavyweight boxing title? 6. Name the survey line marking the boundary be t w e e n Pennsylvania and Maryland. 7. Name the capital of South Dakota. 8. What does the color blue in the American Flag signify? 9. Do mulberrrles grow In vines, trees, or bushes? , 10. Who was Robin Hood's father confessor? " Antwersi 1, John D. Rock rfeller Sr. 2. Evergreen Ires. 3. Aaron Burr. 4. Give one child an apple In the bag. . Jess Wlllerd. 8. Mason and Dixon Lint, 7. Pierre. 8. Loy ally. I. Trees, 10. Friar Tuck. Ike s Valedictory President Eisenhower's speech before the Re publican convention Tuesday night was a good one. It was vigorous, outspoken, and forthright. It also revealed the essential honesty and dec ency of the man the qualities, along with cour age and ability to lead men, which have made him such a revered figure in America. His speech also was far better delivered than Mr. Eisenhower usually manages. This may be, at least in part, a result of the "indignation and resentment at criticisms of his administration. f")NE certainly could not expect the President to agree with his critics'. We are convinced he is completely sincere in his belief that his adminis tration has been all he says it has been. And one takes his hat off to the President for making such an effective defense of his pol icies and his people. It was his moment of glory, and he earned it, and all the applause and affection which was showered on him in Chicago Tuesday evening. the gitt to the gracious Mrs. Eisenhower only added to the warmth of the occasion. 1E HOPE that Mr. Eisenhower, after com- pleting his term next January, will be in a position to offer advice and counsel to the in coming new leaders; whoever they may be. And we also hope that watching younger men, who have been less sheltered and protected, who have been better informed and more aware of what's going on in the country and the world, will not injure Mr. Eisenhower's sense of pride and accomplishment. ' He has presided over the country during a period of euphoria, a hiatus in its march forward, a period of contentment and consolidation and relaxation, and his administration has been in tune with that mood. The mood has changed, and the nation's lead ership is changing too. If Mr. Eisenhower is a bit wistful about it, who is to say him nay? The changing of the guard is always an occasion for some sadness. E.A. Road Building Flurry Not for some 40 years has there been such progress in road-building in this area as now. (Jackson county, as old-timers know, was a pioneer, in the "good roads" improvement some four decades ago, and was the first county to bond itself for the purpose.) The present stimulus, of course, comes from the Federal government's multi - billion-dollar highway program. This, combined with continued activity by both state and county, is resulting in an ever widening transportation network. 1MOST recent announcement is from the state highway department, which hopes to have the freeway essentially completed along the floor of the valley in the Central Point-Ashland area within three years. From Seven Oaks south past Central Point, the highway is nearly ready for paving, and the necessary structures are well along. And the first contracts for the rest of the work will be let soon. (Incidentally, we have felt all along that run ning the freeway right smack through the middle of the city is a monumental error. But the decision apparently meets with majority approval, and the plans are too far along to change. We just hope we're wrong.) IN ANY event, the completion of the freeway in southern Oregon is going to make a big change in the travel habits of us all. We're now accustomed to driving to Eugene in little over three hours, and to Portland in about six or less. When the new highways are done with in the next couple of years, this time will be cut down considerably, with a resulting decrease in wear and tear on cars and tempers, and in lowered costs to the driving public. Equally significant to this immediate area is the new trans-Cascade highway, now under con struction this side of Lake of the Woods, which will considerably facilitate our communication and transportation between the Klamath Falls and Medford areas, in all weather. IN ADDITION, dirt 'is flying in quantity on the Crater Lake highway, between Trail and Cas cade Gorge, where the worst of the switchbacks and grades are being removed, and a high-standard road will soon be completed to provide far easier access to this area's greatest attraction. Another job of some significance is the start on the Oregon mountain tunnel and highway relocation just south of the Oregon border on the Redwood highway, which will cut off several miles, and probably a half-hour or more in travel time between here and the coast. Of lesser local importance, but of considerable interest, is the progress being made in Douglas county in providing a good road from Roseburg to the Diamond lake area. DROBABLY the biggest bottleneck as far as north-south transportation is concerned is in the area between Rock Point bridge and Grants Pass. This will be eliminated soon, and it will be four-lanes all the way, on the north side of the river, leaving the existing highway for local travel, and for access to the popular river resorts on the south bank. All this is not without considerable cost and local dislocations and unhappiness. But. overall. t.VlP flttfivo nnmmiiiiiftr will Vnnn - 1 - , iiv.ii, HUUi 1 Will UCllC- flt from tr)A incrpnanrl anoorl aofafir I I'll i m I nn.1 li.tw, .... navea, anu Hum tuwer custs oi u ansportation 101 1 - - P 1 . i I ' f Dennis the 'I WASHT SOiHG TO LEAVE OU AIL ALONE! HONEST! VOkV. COME ON, TELL ME ... WHERE 0(0 X5U HIDE MY SHOE?' Communications Letters to the Editor mutt bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for 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. Basil of Criticiim To the Editor: The writer of this letter is the commit teeman who voiced criticism of Bob Boyer at the Demo cratic Central committee meeting which was publicized in a letter to the editor and by your PoUuck column in the July 24 issue of your paper. My criticism was not limit ed to Boyer's open and no torious support of his Repub lican law partner but of Boyer's qualifications to di rect a campaign with our party for the election of our next president, John F. Ken nedy. My main criticism of Boyer was that he has so lit tle rank and file support among his fellow democrats. No one suggested that Boy er vote a straight party ticket or actively support all of the Democratic candidates. How Boyer votes is his own busi ness ' and protected by the secret ballot. We Democrats seek Republican votes for our candidates as Republicans seek Democratic votes. This is democracy. However, since your paper and Boyer's fellow County Planning Commissioner, Ron James, have voiced opinions as to what occurred at our meeting, I shall state my per sonal opinion concerning Boyer's advocacy of a Re publican. Boyer has been awarded a number of honors by his par ty: central committee chair man, state chairman and al ternate delegate for two na tional conventions. These hon ors probably influenced the Kennedy committee to select Boyer for their chairman in this area. Because of these honors, Boyer should have some loyalty to his party. He should also have loyalty to his law partner because of their business relationship. I do not expect or demand that Boyer support his law part ner's Democratic opponent since this would be embar rassing both to Boyer and his partner. Neither should Boyer openly advocate the candid acy of his law partner, since this is an abuse of the honors awarded him by his party and misuse of his party pres tige for personal reasons. Most honorable men faced with such divided loyalties would remain neutral and si lent to avoid embarrassment to his party or business as sociate. I would not expect a Republican leader for Nixon to openly support other Dem ocratic candidates. It is my understanding that the decision of the central committee was only to in form Boyer of the possible embarrassment he could cause the party and not to request him to support any of our Democratic candidates. 1 have never considered loyally and honf to be silly or foolish. Cecil M. Norris Cherry Lane Medford. "Piftle" To the Editor: Early in the first session of the current Congress, Representative Charles O. Porter stated on the House floor, "It Is easier to defeat an incumbent than to fill his shoes." Lots of voters already knew that fact, but those who did not have since had ample demonstra tion. Now at the end of his sec ond term and running for a third term, Mr. Porter ad mits he "made mistakes and still has a lot to learn." Would a corporation give an employee third chance Menace after he admits he is inade quate and can after four years point to not one solid accom plishment? Remember those COPE paid for billboards of the young man in a hurry to get back to Washington? What did he do when he got there? One thing Mr. Porter did do. He had inserted in the ap pendix of the Congressional Record, in the first session, and at your and my expense, 137 pages at $81 per page, material which the editor of the Eugene Register-Guard protested as largely "guff," but which Porter replied was "back-scratching." If you missed the SEP story, "The Night the Town Blew Up," the story of the Roseburg disaster, well, you will help pay for its insertion in the Record. Mr. Porter comes out for "People, Principles and Peace" as watch words, what ever that means. He should complete the alliterative jar gon with "Piffle." He spoke of a return to "our deepest tra ditions," "using our heads and our resources to avert chaos and disaster." He of course failed to tell that his was one of 20 votes against draft ex tension. Likewise he would like to forget that he invited the bearded psycopath to Wash ington, helped build up Cas tro's prestige .in Latin Amer ica. Deceived him? The State Department had a pedigree on the bearded one as long as your arm. John Q. Stewart Sr., 933 NE 12th St., Grants Pass, Ore. Important Election To the Editor: I want you to know how much I have en joyed the letters in your pa per. Since so many are ex pressing their views, I won der if you will permit me to express a few of mine? It seems to me the people of this country should wake up, and start thinking and making decisions for them selves, especially when it comes to voting at this most important of all elections, one that could mean life or death, not only to us humans, but to our beloved country. To my way of thinking it is the most Important election of life, and I have seen many. We should think and act very carefully, and surely in picking the men to run our country for the next eight years, ones who have good clear minds, souls, hearts, and above all a clear consciences, ones who cannot be swayed by money, or politics, and only have his country and people's interests in mind, even above and before their own. After all, the working peo ple pay the highest income tax and should have the big gest vote. This country has always been behind other countries in the amount of votes cast. So let's all get out and vote this time. And let's not forget our senior citizens. After all, we or our beautiful country wouldn't be here If it wasn't for them. They did it the hard way too. About business not being what it should, and people not buying, people can't buy if they haven't Jobs to make money. I for one am tired of buying things made of inte rior material, with a big price, also bum, tough meal with an exorbitant price. Some vegetables are green as gourds and will never ripen so they are fit for consump tion, At a high price too, It has been that way ever since Nixon Analyzes November Voter, Finds He Must Carry Uncommitted 15 Per Cent By LYLE C. WILSON 1 n li-L'iml tiinn I Amphitheater, Chicago -llll'll- Vleo President Richard M. Nixon's own analysis of the pros idential campaign goes like this: About 40 per cent of Uie e 1 ctorate is committed ns now to vote R o p u b lican next Novem- L1. C WIlM -T. rtUUUl in per cent is committed now to vote tho Kennedy Johnson ticket JV Social Revolution, Born From Economic Pact, Sweeps Europe By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign Editor A social as well as economic revolution is occurring In Western Europe. It was on May 8, tunu, that French Foreln Minis ter Mau rice Schuman pro posed a six-nation common market of 160 m 1 1 lion con- Phil nkwso.m Germany, Italy, Tho NeUierlands, Bel gium and Luxembourg. An immediate objective was to so integrate French and Today & Tomorrow By Walter NIXON AND ROCKEFELLER By the end of last week Nixon was threatened wilh an open break by-Rockefeller. PqpaamMei Had It been I carried to the K -1 ,loor ot ,he con venuon. nmirri! .jA-VU . J1 m i g h t well have hurt the e publicans e r lotisly In the election. Wilier ., u Lippmann 1 1 o n before Nixon was how to appease Rockefeller without Rolling into trouble with Elsenhower. In answering this question Nixon lived up to his repu tation as an exceedingly astute and daring political operator. He succeeded in appeasing Rockefeller and although it cost him an angry but per functory statement by Sen. Barry Goldwntcr, he had no trouble explaining to the President timt he had not given away anything essential and significant in the Eisen hower policy. IT WAS a neat performance. For on the central Issues Rockefeller is just about as far away from Eisenhower as is the Democratic party. How then did Nixon do it? He did it by agreeing with Rockefel ler on things about which there is no disagreement, no disagreement between Rocke feller and Elsenhower, no dis agreement between the Re publican and Democrats. These undisputed things arc the AIMS of national policy, that we. should be strong, that we should meet our public needs, that we should do so by producing more wealth. There Is no argument about any of these aims as long as they are not described specifi cally. The harmony on aims was achieved by omitting and evading a discussion of the MEANS - of how to promote the increased production of wealth which is to pay for the bigger armaments and the school buildings and the rest. Here Nixon was very deft. He avoided any committment which would be a departure from the line of Eisenhower's policies. He made no com mitment to Increase expendi- they took the celling off. Tho sky has been the limit. 1 think w should get off our space ship and come down to earth, and try living by the Bible saying, do unlo others as we would like to be done by, and slick together for we may need each other some day as there Is only strength in being united. Oth er countries have found that out. Fern C. Andrus, 301 South Mountain avc Ashland, Ore. Hot Air To the Editor: Putting all the fires out, No matter "here" or "there," Wherever our good Gover nor is, There also Is "hot alr"l Ho left his home stale To solve lis own fate, But is the air hotter here, or "there?" Mnlemilte Slim While City, Ore. Nixon's problem is to get tho wavering balance. He is convinced Unit can be done only In the Inst three weeks ot tho presidential campaign, lie believes lie cannot win If lie siicrUlces the voles he al ready hus the Republicans with their minds nuule up to win the votes he hasn't, the independents and conserva tive Democrats. Nixon Is confident that his credentials are excellent In the field of foreign affairs, lie feels himself not without friends among Komun Catho lics because of his antl-Com-muiilsl record; strong among German Industry that future war between tho two would be Impossible. A long-term objective was a Unlled States of Europe, joined politically as well ns economically. Out of It first came the coul-stecl community and then the common market and Eu rntom. , . Started a Boom Its success has equalled Die most optimistic hopes of Its founders, soiling off a busi ness boom which shows no sign of declining. Tariff walls dividing the six nations are breaking down and by the end of 1I1B1 will disappear entirely on industri al goods. Industries have been lippmann turcs on armaments or on any thing else. He allowed Rocke feller to quote from a speech made In 10S8 In which he had said how nice it would be if we achieved a 5 per cent rate of growth. Hut on the crucial question - whether such a high rate of growth Is pos sible, or is even desired, in the Elsenhower policies - the Governor and the Vice Presi dent seemed to have said nothing. That Is at bottom why they agreed so well. ON THIS crucial question, which will be strongly ar gued in the campaign, the real Eisenhower policy is honor able and perhaps right. But politically It U highly em barrassing. For the real Elsenhower position is that an average rate of growth of S per cent, which Rockefeller and the Democrats advocate, which Nixon has flirted with. is bound to cause Inflation, and Is therefore not desirable. For al such a booming rale of production there will be virtually no unemployed, in deed the demand for labor will often exceed the supply, and there will be almost no unused plant capacity. In such a boom prices and wages arc certain to rise, especially in those industries, like steel for example where big busi ness corporations and big la bor unions have a near - mo nopoly. As a defense against Infla tion is has been the policy of the Eisenhower administra tion to deflate booms, which means that the Eisenhower policy does not desire full em ployment or the full use of plant capacity. This means unemployment at an average level of about 5 per cent and a reduced rate of economic growth, and a fairly stable price level. rrHIS Eisenhower policy, which many believe in but no politician running for of fice can avow, is challenged by the Democrats. The real Issue between Nixon and Ken nedy will not be whether a B per cent rate of Increase would pay for our public needs. It will be whether this high rate can be achieved without inflation. If It is to be achieved with out inflation, we shall be driven inexorably to some kind of public supervision of price and wage agreements and decisions in the big scml monopolistic industries. Rockefeller knows this. That Is why he advocated compul sory arbitration In the big strikes. The Democrats know this too. Though they will not ask for compulsory arbi tration, which is unpopular both with labor and with business, they will not be able to escape from other forms of controlling price and wage ln creases. The Eisenhower policy has been to avoid all fufmg of government Intervention In prices and wages except to use the prestige of the Presi dent to plead with the big corporations and Hie big unions to show restraint. This pleading has not worked too well even In tho deflationary climate which ,lhe Adminis tration has maintained. THE general subject o eco' nomlc growth - which la Negroes because he believes they (rust hint. Hat New Idees The toughest 11)110 cam palgn Issue for the Republi cans, Nixon believes, will bo farm pulley, lie has Insisted (hat he could nut speak out on farm policy until the presi dential noiuhintioii hud been given him. Nixon has liild friends, however, thai once nonilnuted ho would abandon the Klscnliower-ltcnsnu farm policies and come up with new Ideas which will (unelion and be fiscally sensible. Nixon has avoided any di rect statement regarding Ag- relocated, regardless ot nullon ill boundaries, In the areas where they can function most profitably, But the accomplishments have not been without pnin, France found that to com pote on equal terms with West Germany without benefit of protective tariffs vast sections of Its Industry had to replace both outmoded methods and machines. This meant wide spread shutdowns and conse quent labor unrest. Social Revolution Out of this Is coming the social revolution. To meet llie human emer gencies which were being cre ated, the high authority of the coal-steel community has un dertaken a plan unprecedent ed both in its m-opc and its Implications for both labor and Industry. Shutdowns and reorganiza tions meant unemployment for 110,000 miners and steel workers In Belgium, Ger many, France and Italy. For them, the high au thority has set up a system of resettlement, reemploy ment and payment of secliil allowances. For example. Die closing ot an uneconomic mine in Bel gium threw 90(1 miners out of work. The high authority al loted 350,000 and the Belgian government similar amount toward a new aluminum works to be built on the mine slle, employing 900 of the dis placed miners, f central to almost every other question of national policy - Is a hard one for both parties to handle. Nixon cannot stand against the public needs of the 'sixties and he cannot meet these needs without pro ducing more wealth. He can not say, which is what Eisen hower does, that the public needs must be skimped in order to deflate the economy in order to avoid inflation. Kennedy, on the other hand. Is committed to the public needs. But he cannot afford to have another round of In flation. He is bound there fore to face the truth and to tell the country that when prices and wages arc fixed by monopolistic corporations and unions, the public through government must have a say. Both positions are tricky and full of pitfalls, especially because the whole subject is complicated and Is a new one in American public debate, But to bring new Issues to a public debate Is one of the great functions of a free elec linn. (c) I860 New York Herald Tribune Inc. hahd ' Mohtuaw Atr6u liem the Couithoui HANK MOItOAN -HAROID SNODORASS, FUNEKAl DIIICIOM CMroiNiGHr iiHiil phone wj.jom Ask u about the OREGON FUNERAL IN5URANCI PLAN which we heartily recommend snd andoris. rlculturo Scerelitry K.ni Tafl., Benson, Asked whether h-i thought he could peisuade ; U.S. f iinncm that lleusoil was, '. their friend, the vice president ' Just smiled. Ho thinks It la up to the Ilepubllciin Party ' to persuade tho farmers tliut" the party Is their friend. It will bo Nixon's purpose us the Republican presidential V nominee lo nuilntalu constant . Unison with the left and right wingers of the Ilepubllciin Party, lie told friends lie would try to hold both fur the ticket by offering each . side things which each can be for. Ho Intends nut merely lo oppose Iho Democratic pro- . gram, bul lo offer alterna tives. Ho will pinpoint overall , spending, but nut nltack spending for Individual Hems. Studies Truman Campaign Everybody, the vice presi dent explains, Is for the Indi vidual Items, all of which are for good works. Revulsion comes only when Die total Is cited In terms of new tuxes, new deficits und Inflation. Nixon has studied closely the 10'IR campaign In which Hurry S. Trumtin won a surprise . vlotory over T homes E. Dewey. Dewey's mistake, Nixon be lieves, was that he merely was against Democratic ob jectives and methods and fail ed to come up in positive fashion with forward looking alternatives. By implication. Nixon Indl- ' call's thai the toughest deci sion confronting him is what to do aboul Benson. The least he could do, perhaps, would be to announce that Benson would not be a member of a Nixon cabinet. Announced or not, Benson will leave with Uie Elsenhower administra tion. That will not hurt Benson's pride. Ho would rather be right than be secretary of ag riculture, mid the mun from Utuh is supremely confident that he is right about what ails U S. agriculture. REACH AGREEMENT Tokyo-JUPD Communist Chi- . na and Burma have agreed on "Important subjects" in their border dispute, the New Chi na News Agency reported to day. The Communist news agency said the delegations met In Pciplng Tuesday for their first talks In China. An earlier session was held in Burma. artvvrlUvtnrnt FAT OVERWEIGHT Available to you without 4 doctor's proscription, our Hrurj called ODRI NEX. You mutt lose urjlv fat in 7 day or your money back. No ttron uoui exercise, laxatives, masiaqe , or taking of to-called reducing can dies, cracker or cookies, or chewing gum. ODRINCX ii a tiny tablet and 1 easily swallowed. 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