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4 Meotow&Tribunb - "Everyone In Southern Oregon Reads The Mail Tribune" published Daily except Saturday by 33 North Fir St., Ph SP 2-6141 ROBERT W RUHL, Editor HERB GREV Advertising Manngex GERAUJ T LATHAM Bus Mgr ERIC W ALLEN JR.. Mng Editoi EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Tnleg Editor RICHARD JEWT.TT Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER Women's Ed.tor DALE ERICKSON, Circulation Mgr An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford. Oregon, under Act of March 3. 18F17 SUBSCRIPTION RATES My Mail -- In Advance. Copy 10c Daily and Sunday 1 year $16 00 Dally and Sunday 6 mos - 8.00 ' Dally and Sunday 3 mos. 4.25 Sunday Only One year $4.20 By Carrier In Advance Medford Ashland. Central Point Eagle Point. Jacksonville Gold Hill Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue Rlv er. Talent and on vnotor routes Dally and Sunday 1 year SIB 00 Jja:,iy anrt sunnay i tno i. 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Benson and Winston Foley, brothers from the Howard community, walked off with most of the top honors at the 4-H fair. 20 YEARS AGO Aug. 23, 1940 (Friday) Postal employees of south ern Oregon will hold their an nual picnic at Union Creek Sunday. - From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "The nights of late have been cool .nnnsh In use the blankets 'purchased at the August blanket sales." 30 YEARS AGO Aug. 23, 1930 (Salurday) Governor Norblad plans to delay the opening of deer sea son for a month, unless it rains; hunters protest. Some 128,888 persons have visited Crater Lake so far this season. 40 YEARS AGO Aug. 23, 1920 (Monday) Pacific and Eastern rail road, Medford, was sold to the highest bidder for $190,000 at an auction yesterday. Aubrey G. Smith arrives in Medford to assume his job as the new superintendent of schools. 50 YEARS AGO Aug. 23, 1910 (Tuesday) Refugees from surrounding forest fires are pouring into Butte Falls with only their clothes on their bucks; the fire situation is much improved, but several fires in the area are still out of control. Another fire has been burn ing out of control for the past two days across the river from Grants Pass. What's Your I.Q.7 Nine or ton corroct is luporlor; loven or eight il excellent! five el lix is good. 1. Which state of the US . Js known as the "Blue Grass Stite"? 2. In the Bible, what was Paul's trade? 3. Is Iran in the Near East or the Far East'.' 4. Which breed of cat is famous for being tailless? 5. What is the normal tem perature of the human body? 6. How old would an octo genarian be? 7. Which of these animals are mnmmals-bals, fish, bees, whales, pigeons, horses, bears? ' 8. "Leatherneck" is the nick name sometimes applied to personnel of which component of the U. S. Armed Forces? !). Name the 5th book of the New Testament. 10. The human body has how many pairs of ribs? Answers - 1, Kentucky. 2. Tentmaker. 3. Near East. 4. Manx. 5. 98.6 degrees. 8. Eighty or more yean old, but loss than ninety. 7. Bats, whales, horses, bears. 8. Ma rine Corps. 9, Acts of the Apostles. 10. Twelve pairs. Salem - HOT - All persons . convicted of felonies would be sentenced to jail terms of at lease five years if the legis lature carries out the recom mendations of its interim com mittee on criminal law revision. Agonized Alcoholics The "common drunk" has long been an object of amused scorn. But in recent years, scientific investigation has shown, beyond any question, that alcoholism is a disease a real illness, which most victims cannot conquer, alone and unaided. The affliction of alcoholism (which is, in effect, one symptom of deep, underlying mental or physical stresses) is both widespread and cost ly, to individuals, to families, to society. "THE statistics are frightening. George Dimas, director of the Oregon Alcohol Education Committee, speaking here last week, recounted some of them. Of the United States' total population of near ly 180 million, about 70 million (better than a third) use alcohol. Of these, 1 out of each 14, on the average, is or will become a problem drinker" one who has lost all or part of his control over his consumption of alcohol. This means some 5 million people for whom alcohol constitutes a serious problem. (The num ber in the state ot Uregon is variously estimated at 26,000 to 31,000. If the percentages hold good, more than 600 Medford people have a "drinking problem.") TKESE people cannot do their jobs as well as they should. Some cannot work regularly at all. They provide a higher-than-normal incidence of unhappy homes, separations and divorces. They are a hazard on roads and highways. They provide a serious problem to law en forcement officers and agencies, and to the courts of law, and to welfare organizations. They can bring embarrassment to themselves, their tamilies, their friends, their organizations. 'HpO the conscientious man or woman who is fighting a tendency toward alcoholism, and who finally acknowledges it, this isn't funny. He is agonized. He is scared. He writhes with self-disgust when his compulsion overwhelms him. On hung-over mornings he can barely live with himself. He needs help and he knows it, but he hesi tates because seeking help is an admission of weakness; because he fears the amused scorn of others, because he doesn't REALLY want to put behind him the blurry comfort, the temporary, artificial peacefulness of a few drinks.' So, in his agony of self-contempt and humili ation, he seeks that false and short-lived solace. DROBABLY only an alcoholic or one who has been through this and has painfully dried himself out can fully understand this. Certainly the "prohis," the holier-than-thou scorners, the tea-sipping "temperance" workers, have little conception of to the straggler. They see the results, in human degredation and misery, and call down curses on the liquor industry; call for a return to prohibition, or for limitation of liquor advertising, and so on. ' They are honest and sincere, according to their own lights. But the answer can hardly be found in legislation, or a return to the "noble ex periment" which made law-breakers of half the nation and introduced women to the under-the-counter drink or home-mixed "cocktail." "THERE is little hope for the man or woman who is a confirmed alcoholic, and who lacks the insight or the desire to pull out of it. One can pity them, but, until they really want to stop drinking, little can be done to help. It is the individual who has the disease, who knows it, and who desperately wants help, yet shies away from it, who merits our real concern. Alcoholics Anonymous has helped to salvage many useful citizens, and continues with its good work. So has Al Anon, the "auxiliary" to AA. Physicians, ministers, and welfare and social agencies also have, in some measure, assisted. OUT until society as a whole recognizes alco holism as a disease, susceptible to treatment, the role of the alcoholic who wants to stop drink ing will be a doubly difficult one. ' The Alcohol Education Committee, an official state agency, is working to make that day come sooner, and is organized to assist various locali ties in the state set up groups which will be able to bring the needed help. Such organizations, to be successful, need the combined efforts of many agencies, and the vol untary assistance of those who understand, and are willing to offer a helping hand. E. A. Temperance Plea . . . This is no plea for a return to prohibition. That would produce even greater chaos than be fore, because it does not have the support of the former climate of opinion against liquor. It is a plea lor temperance, for full seu-con-trol, for developing the moral strength to limit one's drinking or to abstain entirely if one lacks self-control. It is a plea also to keep liquor from young people, and discounts the idea that serv ing cocktails is a social obligation. While this is no plea for prohibition, it is a warning that if conditions continue to deterior ate, a revulsion of attitude will occur which will point to greater restrictions on the vending of alcoholic beverages. Meanwhile, individuals must develop self control, either by drinking in moderation or by abstaining from drinking, or naou nrag tnem aown. This is my "temperance sermon." Charles A. Sprague, in the Oregon Statesman, Salem. what this struggle means and not let sociability I MEDFORD MAIL Dennis the ? v i, www n HBRB COMZSVEWS.mmHG LIKE TUB DEVIL AFTf2 ...oh-oh; heps combs na.tvaov," ' Communications Letters to the Editor must 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. Grangers To the Editor; "This is the forest primeval, the whisper ing pine and hemlock, clad in garments green, indistinct in the twilight, stand like Druids of Eld with beards that rest on their bosoms." The beautiful phrasing of the prelude of Longfellow's Evangline came to mind as we wound down and around to the Elk's hide-away be side the swift flowing Rogue north of Medford a couple weeks ago. The sound of voices in song lent an air of elfin erie quality till we came into view of some 300 Oregon Grangers gathered for their summer reunion pic nic. They wore renewing mem ories of old-time folk-songs, amplified with a most mod ern PA system there for the occasion. A most pleasing and hunger kindling obligato was the smell of roast-beef quar ters on the barbecue plates. Rancli sizes of this with other eatables was cafcteriaed to long white-papered tables set in the welcome shade of an cient pine, fir and oak trees with an occasional cedar lend ing its incense to the happy gathering of the soil-tilling and stock-herding clan. There seemed to be little of lengthy orations, political or other wise, mostly light entertain ment with introduction and cryptic remarks by the vari ous Grange Masters. Late afternoon found them hurrying away to chores that will not wail, for Sundays are far from days of rest on the farm that demands a sev en day work schedule of ten to sixteen hours of toil each day. This seems to be neces sary in our national economy, that other groups, closely or ganized, can have their eight hours or less work-day, with paid vacations and various fringe benefits. By and large, tillers of the soil do not mind the long work hours, if by that they can maintain tneir indepen dent way of life. This, to my way of thinking is why they secretly despise the farm sub sidy payments. But with the steady lessening take of their share of the consumer dollar, relief must be had s o m e where, if the farmer and stockman is to remain sol vent, for somehow, someway taxes and insurance must be paid. So when they can spare time to gather with others and forget farm worries a little while, farm and ranch homes will be welcome re treats. F. J. Clifford Route 2, box 200F Central Point. Leave the Crappiesl To the Editor: I have been reading the communications and have been very much in terested in your editorial con cerning Hyatt lake. We understand from the people at Hyatt that it was being drained to repair the dam. Your editorial suggests, however, that the main pur- pose of the drainage was be-, cause of snags and the sec- ondary purpose was to poison and eliminate all unwanted fish (crappie) and restock It with bass and bluegill. No mention of any dam. We have been fishing at Hyatt for a number of years and particularly enjoy the crappie. They are great fun to catch, especially for the youngsters, and the large ones put up a great fight for young and old alike. The small ones make a tasty dish and the large ones are delicious fillet TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORB. Menace Besides the fishermen don't have to quit after part of a day because they have their limit. The small crappies give the children the thrill of fishing without great skill or tiresome waiting, while the large ones are as crafty as any bass. I say, fine, to anyone who wishes to fish for bass or blue gill, but why not leave the crappie so the fishing can truly be a family affair for "little people" as well as old timers. Perhaps I am alone in my opinion, but I hardly think so, judging from the families we've seen on the lake, the people we've talked to, the youngsters who have enjoyed themselves so tremendously, and the good times our entire family have had due mainly to the crappies. I say leave the snags in Hyatt alone, too. The best fish ing spots are right around the logs-and also with them gone -as in every other lake around here, it will be declared open to water skiing. Let's have one spot for fish ing boats and fishing only, let's not be so tourist minded with our money-and let's worry about the local people and their enjoyment and PLEASE leave the crappies alone. Mrs. Joe Nelson, 1334 Spring St., Medford. Likes Summer Program To the Editor: I would like to take this means to say 'Thank You' and to express my appreciation of the city recreation program, the di rectors, and especially the girls who so faithfully planned, directed and played with the youngsters at the various schools. I had the opportunity to ob serve the girls al work at three of the schools and felt that they were doing a fine job in helping .active minds channel their activity along the lines of supervised games, quiet story hours, and crea tive handicraft. Ti t baseball program was received with enthusiasm by the boys and even proved ex citing to my 7-year-old, who, although too young to play, entered into the feeling of competition and cheered or groaned as 'his' team won or lost. I would like to say a special thanks to Mieke Noble, who endeared herself to my son as well as my 5-year-old daugh ter, during the summer pro gram at Hoover school. They gained much, we k n o w, through this supervised activ ity that solved summer bore dom. We hope the program can be continued in the future years. Clifford W. Hutchins, 2424 Barnett rd., Medford. Car Herders To the Editor: To me, the highway and street markings within the city limits are ex ceedingly plainly marked and very adequate insofar as corn- mon driving is concerned. Yet it is a rare occasion that I do not see at least one car going against traffic on a one-way street, and too often it then makes another wrong way trip up another street to clear the error. It's bad enough to be on the same road with ever so many "car-herders," let alone meet them under such circum stances. Rev. A. Gitman, 322 South Riverside ave., Medford. Russia, China Each Seeking Leadership Of Red Camp; Open Break Not Foreseen By K. C. THALER London - (UPD - Red China appears to be out to assume leadership of the Communist I world camp. The challenge to Russia's hitherto uncontested leader ship in international Commu nism is the real issue behind the ideological double talk that has filled the pages of Moscow and Peiping party or gans. Ostensibly the Peiping re gime still pays occasional lip service to the Soviet leader ship of the socalled socialist camp. Questions Housing Proposal To the Editor: This is to Judge Miller and the County Court: The news in the Trib une that it is proposed to re quest money to build $12,000 units as housing for older peo ple caused me, a taxpayer and senior citizen, great concern for several reasons. 1. Projects such as these al ways cost more than esti mated. We were told the Juvenile Detention Home would cost $65,000 to con struct; completed it cost $110, 000. We were told it would cost $10,000 a year to operate. This year the request is for $64,000. Also when a project is completed the public fre quently learns too late that it has been short changed. 2. How many of the older people who would occupy these units have been living in $12,000 homes? Have not those who have so lived been able to manage their affairs so that they can continue to live in the homes to which they have become accustom ed? 3. Taxes in this valley are almost confiscatory. Many people, not only in the older age group, but also among the young people who are just beginning to own homes and found families, are find ing it difficult to carry on and also meet the ever-increasing tax burden. Would it not be the part of wisdom to ap ply our money from timber sales this year to school costs in order to reduce the tax load? The cost of our schools account for about 70 per cent of our tax load. Such housing cost would have to be paid by our children. 4. It is a law of economics that expenditures increase as fast, or faster than, income. The unusual family saves in creases in income, at least in part. Usually the family looks for other reasons for spend ing the income. A community is only a collection of fami lies. Is it not time our com munity should set an example of foresight and thrift and not look for new reasons for spending? 5. The fifth law of the Deca logue reads: "Honor thy fa ther and thy mother." To God this law is so important that He added: "that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee." This is the only Com mandment which contains a promise. We do not honor our parents when they are forced to accept the humili ation of requesting public support. Should it not be a matter of pride on the part of children to provide for aged parents? 6. The organization of the 50-Plus club was very much needed because of its social advantages for our senior citizens. But if this group is to be so manipulated by others for their advantage that it be comes another pressure group, its value to the community becomes questionable. Anna M. Streed North Peach st. Medford. Against Annexation To the Editor: I see by the Sunday Tribune the opinion poll on the annexation of the South and West of Medford is going to be presented to the city of Medford. Nowdays, the little people arc forced to take a back scat and the Big People are taking over to do things as they want them. We had two open meetings for the Public. Then the rest of the meetings were closed. Why? Because in the open meetings the Little People had a voice and the Big Peo ple didn't like that. They wanted no one to know what was going on. The chairman of the committee for annexa tion promised my husband he could attend these closed meetings and would call him and let him know when they were to be held. Shucks! He never called. I hope the people will band together and demand the right to vote. We are a district. We are entitled to vote, no matter how anxious the city of Med ford is, trying their level best to annex us. If the opinion poll showed about 450 for and 10 against that showed the people who took the opinion poll around didn't want the "No's." I took one around for Sun set Court and only had one But the signs have increased lately that Red China is out to establish herself as the true ' defender of pure Leninism and, behind this cloak, as leader of the Red bloc. The Kremlin, apparently fully aware of this threat to its authority and seniority, has begun to react with marked sharpness. Broadcast Terse Statement For Russia a great deal is at stake in this controversy. The Kremlin appears to be looking ahead to the time when Red China's strength will be greater, especially for it. The owner lives in Cali fornia and the renter had to do what the owner wanted her to do. We live 300 feet off Sunset Court but get our mail and paper there. We are farm land, having 10 acres. Farm land has no business in the city. So we are against the annexation. South of us is a big pear or chard. West of us is a big dairy and also another large farm. In this area, there is about 89 acres of farm land where I live between Sunset Court, Oak Grove rd., and Stewart ave. We are just Little People in this area. The Big People are trying to take the land away from us by pushing us in the city of Medford. It isn't fair. This is America. We are supposed to be free. Let us have the right to vote for or against it. The chairman for the annex ation said "We do not want farm land." But the city engi neer made up the map exact ly like he was told to do. So far, the map has not been changed. Get busy, folks. Times a' wasting. Lillian Green 2411 Sunset Court Medford. Slams & Music To the Editor: Americans are the most neurotic people on earth. Why? Because for one thing 100,000,000 doors are being slammed every day. Talk about American ingenu ity and inventiveness! Why does not someone come up with a simple gadget that could absorb the shock of a banged door? And then, why must we have music wherever we go? A friend writes that she dare not sit in the lobby of her hotel because music is being continuously piped in. At Memorial stadium here, the hapless spectator is compell ed to listen to a lot of lousy records being played. There is a distinct division of the populace in this coun try, with noise and wild ac tivity on one side, and quiet ness and relaxation on the other. Which side is the more numerous? Quit your kidding. David Frisch P. O. Box 292 White City, Ore. Barefaced Boy To the Editor: With apol ogies to John Greenleaf Whittier: Blessings on thee, little heir, Barefaced boy, with cheek to spare; With thy tailored, costly coat (Did it indeed come here by boat?) And altered hairdo; Oh, are you sure It makes you look much more mature? From my heart I wish you joy, For I was once a barefaced boy. Prince thou art - grown-up man Only is Republican. the Let the millton-dollared ride Barefaced, with Lyndon at his side, For I have more than than you can buy In reach of voters' ear and eye. My voting record brings me joy. Blessings on thee, barefaced boy. Run forth with brothers Bob and Ted, For too soon summer's days have fled. And when" the leaves turn brown and sere. You'll wake to find the fall is near. If from your lofty perch you've slipped Your wings, like falcon's have been clipped, You still have daddy, and, oh joy! You will still be a barefaced boy. Mrs. Mary Ragland 3182 South Pacific Highway, Medford. once she has the nuclear bomb. Last week Moscow radio, for no obvious reason, broad cast the terse statement that "The Soviet Union is the lead ing power in the socialist camp." This loaded reminder was accompanied by the implicit warning to China to keep in step with Russia's form of Communism and to abandon her attempts to reach the Com munist Utopia through her communes ahead of the So viet. Moscow added that all socialist countries will make the transition to Communism "simultaneously." Another warning against Red China's aspiration to leadership of the Communist camp has come from Yugo slavia's Vice President, Ed vard Kardelj, one of the lead ers of international Commu nism. Makes Accusations In a new book he accuses the Peiping regime of aiming Washington Report By WILLIAM LITTLE PEARL HARBOR Washington - Is it a "mis sile lag" or a "space lag" that shnnld most frnuhle us as we C-V- -aHfel confront the'tral Intelligence Agency. massive and brooding hos tility of the Soviet Union across the world? Or is it, in stead, really a lag in our na- white ter, a decline in our standards of personal guts and personal responsibil ity? What value all our prog ress in the weapons we pro duce if we are to produce fewer and fewer strong, grown-up men? What price the old words like "duty" and "honor"? Has a sophomoric pseudo-sophistication snicker ed these words out of our na tional language? These melancholy questions arise in this correspondent's mind in the afterlight of the Moscow trial of Francis Pow ers, the pilot of the American "spy plane." It is not a com fortable thing for a man who works in safety to pass judg ment on another man caught up far from home in an alien, so-called "court" for a "crim inal mission" on which his superiors had sent him. HPHE easy, the sentimental A way would be to sympa thize with Powers - to say that, after all, he had his life to save and so why should he not have cooperated with his Russian accusers? But this would be a view as stickily dishonest as it would be superficially com passionate. For Powers was cooperating not so much with his own accusers as with the accusers of his government and his country. He was not, in the language of the American criminal courts, simply "cop ping a plea" for himself. He was copping a plea for the United States of America. First, he had saved his own life by permitting his aircraft and its secrets to fall into en emy hands, at the expense of his own country's vital inter ests and in violation of his duty. Next, in the trial itself, he again saved his life by join ing his country's assailants in slandering that country, in violation of his responsibili ty as an American citizen. T)UT he was more than a "private citizen who had got into difficulty abroad. He Counsel With . . . Mr. Insurance Fred Brennan Fred R. Brennan, C.I.A. PHONE SP 3-7343 MEDFORD INSURANCE Agency 27 North Holly Street TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1960 at "hegemony" over other members of the Communist camp and of trying "to impose its own political monopoly." The Sino-Russian relation ship is still shrouded in mys tery. Much that is happening has left little doubt, however, that the Moscow-Peiping axis is under a strain. Nevertheless, Western ex perts firmly hold that there is no question of an outright break between the two Com munist giants, because neither can afford it for some time to come. The Soviets cannot tolerate a break-up of the Red camp which would weaken Mos cow's political influence tremendously-far more than the break with Titoite Yugoslavia did in 1948. Red China may be less wor ried about an ideological break. But for some time to come-maybe years-she needs Soviet material and political backing, unless her leaders rashly overestimate her pres ent strength. S. WHITE was a soldier, if not in uni form, of the United States -specifically of its most urgent I ami 111 Hie C arm in the cold war, the Cen- When he accepted his job -and at $30,000 a year it was an infinitely better job than his background could ever otherwise have found for him -he took his chances. Here was no little boy who had lost his way in the Soviet lab yrinths. Here was a man on a high mission who knew in advance of its risks-and of its privileges. Was he entitled then, upon capture-a capture which it was bluntly his duty to avoid at every cost, including the final cost of death itself - to save himself in the way he did? Is a ship's officer on a raft flung from a sinking liner entitled to kick off the pas- sengers if the raft, loo, begins io sinK.' iiis duly is tar more than theirs; for he is a part of the ship's responsible com mand. NOW I know it is seeming ly a cruel thing to say that another man should die, if dying is the only way to pro tect his country. But millions of men, far less favored than Powers, have died when they had to die to maintain their duty. Many of us have seen hundreds of our friends so die, not gladly but stoically, in the infantry outfits of the United States Army. An intelligence officer has no more immunity from death, when death is required of him, than any exhausted pla toon leader, in Normandy, or Iwo Jima, or wherever. With no wish to persecute one man, it is still sadly neces sary to say it: In that Moscow courtroom we have suffered a small, an intimate, a per sonal Pearl Harbor-but not, unhappily, an insignificant one. (Copyright, 19B0, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) Pendleton Couple Killed in Wreck Yakima (UPII A 59-year-old man and his wife were killed Monday night when their car was struck by a southbound passenger train at a highway railroad crossing near here. They were identified as Emmett Edward Murphy and his wife Gladys, ages un third is located within three FOR PROFESSIONAL INSURANCE SERVICE CALL A CERTIFIED INSURANCE AGENT "Certified Insurance Agent" Is a designation conferred by the Oregon Association of Indepen dent Insurance Agents to de note professional standing in the business. Call a "C.I.A." Medford has five such Profes sional Insurance Agents.
