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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 5. 1969 "Everyone In Southern Ore joo H..V1. The Mill Tribune" uhllhed Delly except Seturday by MEDFORD PrUrftlNG CO 3orth.JhSPaill. ROBERT W RUHU Editor HERB ORXV AdveltUlni Manefer GERAiSt LATHAM. Bu.. MT. ERIcV ALLEN JR.. Mn. Editor f idi n ADAMS. City Editor HARRV CHIPMAr), Telef. Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sporty EdUor OLIVE STARCIIER. Women CdKor DALE ERICKSgClrculeUon Msr .iS .rtnd elui matter t Medfort. Oreon. under Act 01 SOBSCKiriiun ..... By M.U - In Advance Copy 10c Dally ana nunu.j -- Dilly and Sunday moi. a.oo Dally and Sunday 3 moi. kri.s!..rs,o.dEM.? Phoenix, Shady Cove. Ro.ua Riv er. Talent and on motor rnutei. Dally and Sunday 1 year tlB JO Daily ana ounuw Carrier and Dealer! copy too "fiflitSTPaper of city 'of Med' Of(lclaptrjfackion CmSf. ' United Preie International Full Leafed Wire O P L Telephoto Nevpcturei EMBErTOF AUDIT BUREAIJ Or LIKLULAIlwn Xrivertlslne. Representative: . WEST HOLIDAY CO. INC. Or ' (let. In New York. Chlcao. De troit. San FrnncUco, Lo Anlelej. Seattle. Portland St. Loula, At limta. Vancouver. B.C. NEWSfAPil PUIOSHEIS ASSOCIATION N ATI O N A t EDITORIAI SET A5fct)ATtf0h Zl KJ J Flight o' Time Medford and Jackwn County History from the tiles ot The Mall Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO . Beat. S, 19S (Tnday) A protest against European .conomlc administration poli cies regarding Marshall plan purchases of southern Oregon irults and lumber products has been referred to Secretary of State Dean Acheson. Evangelist Billy Graham and his party were to arrive In Medford from Eugene this afternoon, to prepare .for his big rally at the high school stadium tomorrow night. 2t YEARS AGO Soft. S, 1943 (ThurteUy) . The! president of the WCTU today filed a petition in Jose phine county seeking prohibi tion of the sale ot intoxicating lUiinr. In that county. From Arthur . Perry's "Y n a M - Pni pnlumn: omuun - "Changes are now proposed in .. in.i.i Dnrn.m' nrnuram ine aocim i-' : by congressional action. A little more soclaliblllty and a little less reform might help. M YEARS AGO Seeil. S. 1994 (Saturday) ;, The Kermlto Metal com pany has announced plans to erect a slx'story building at Main and Holly its. Next Wednesday Is chil dren's day at the 'Jackson county fair. 44 YEARS AGO 81. 4, '19M (MWay) Fire destroyed the Houston hotel in Klamath Falls last night and from 10-15 persons are believed to have perished in the. flames. More than 2,000 autos par ticipated in the Labor Day parade here and the dedica tion of the airport field at the . fairgrounds. SO YEARS AGO Sept. 5. 1910 (Monday) Some T2,900 in prizes, in cluding a five-passenger tour ing car, are being given away by the Mall Tribune In this year's subscription contest. There are now more than 1,000 telephones In Medford. . T.e weekly Rogue River Courier in Grants Pass has announced plans to become a dally newspaper. What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten eerrect li luaariar: even or tliht It eicellinU five at lis It feed. 1. Which Scandinavian country was not invaded by Germany In World war 117 2. Bible: Is the 'Revised Standhrd Version' of the Bi ble an authorized revision? 3. In which country Is the Tlsza river? 4. Name the two English "houses" that fought Ihe War of the Roses. S. Is a bonlto an oil gusher a form of blessing, or a kind of fish? 6. Correct the following sentence: "The data on vet erans' benefits ll ready for publication." 7. For what was Duncan Phyfe famous? 8. Aluminum Is obtained from B e? 9. Nam the capital of Ver mont. 10. What is the rank of President Eisenhower"! ion John? Answersi I. Swdn. 'I. Yes (for soma PreiMlani church s), 3, Hungary. 4. Lincaslar (Red Rosa) and York (Whlta Rasa). 5. Fish. i. The data . . . are ready . , . 7. Cabinet mak ing. 8. Bauxite, f. Montptlltr 10. Lieutenant Colon!. Why Were They Born In Louisiana, a new law has shut offwElfare to needy if they have had illegitimate children while they are on the welfare roles. This was reputedly to answer the standard contention that "loose" women disport themselves while on the dole, at public expense. The law is having a terrible effect on mother and children alike. Youngsters are passing out with hunger in welfare offices, pleading for food which the law withhold In Oregon, it is urged that illegitimate chil dren be made wards of the courts. Some feel this substitution of a statute book for the warmth of mother love will cure women from having bastard children. L; ' 'FHESE are two instances of a growing trend an old trend but a growing one nevertheless to punish children for their parents' having given in to the desires of the flesh without bene fit of wedlock. The fact that illegitimacy is more prevalent, or at least unhidden, among the poor of any society, and among those least able to make their way no matter what the conditions of their propa gation, drives the good-people wild with anger. There must, they feel, be some connection be tween being on welfare and sin ! So they take it out on the children, by mak ing them social outcasts, or by starving them to death, or by making them wards of the court so their parents can't try to be parents to them, or by any other kind of device by which we can brand them forever, as punishment for having been born. Coos my Good Old Good old Sigma Nu land to one of those shabby and saddening dem onstrations of collegiate bigotry last week. In national convention at the Sheraton hotel, the errand council of the barely legal, clearly dishonorable "way out" for those chapters faced with expulsion from college campuses because of racial restrictions on mem bership. The Portland amendment to Sigma Nu's mem bership rules would permit certain chapters to appeal to a high council of five national officers for a waiver of the restrictions based on race, color, creed or national origin. The high council may grant the waiver only if the chapter is up against a regulation of law which threatens its very existence. THE Sigma Nu fraternity boys showed an obvi mi a volnnf QMn in m olr r atan f Vi l a fnnnoccirtn to racial tolerance, human decency and the broth erhood of man. Kichard Fletcher, Lexington, Va., executive secretary, said the fraternity could not force uni versities to respect "our constitutional rule, but we trust the members' judgment as to what will keep the fraternity intact." So Sigma Nu, the nation's fourth largest fra ternity, is modifying its membership restrictions, but not its racism. The leaders of the organiza tion trust that their brothers now and in the future will be properly nurtured in bigotry and will not be so indiscreet as to propose a Negro or an Ori ental for initiation into the elite. AS a voluntary association, good old Sigma Nu " has a right to select new members on any basis desired by the group, subject to the prior right of universities to regulate campus organiza tions. Yet, the Portland members from both North and South, vividly ecalls much that is shallow and evil in the social fraternity system in the Reporter. ( View of Shakespeare . . . Morning found us in Ashland, checking in to the Mark Antony Hotel. (This town IS Shakespeare conscious. 'The hotel, recently re named after one of Shakespeare's most famous characters is remodeling and redecorating to fit the name. It also is planning a luxury motor hotel addition similar to that of the Marion Hotel.) Evening found ais attending "The Taming of the Shrew" at the Shakespearean Festival Thea ter. I approached this with trepidation (mv re membrances of my high school Shakespearean studies being that of-some dull, stuffy writing that was almost impossible to understand), but determined to get a touch of culture if it killed me. . . . Frankly, it was one of the most enjoyable evenings of my vacation. Shakespeare, brought to life by expert actors, is not only understandable, it's excitingly interesting. I'm beginning to under stand why many Salemites g8 back year after year and stay to see all four productions each time. Vic Fryer in Salem Capital Journal. 9 Good The Legislative Interim Committee on High ways has recommended that Oregon license plates be "reflectorized" by 1963. This would make cars easier to see in the dark, however hard it might be on persons with a sensitive par to the language. tine idea. Put the reflector rrnnn on and fnlfP that "Pacific Wonderland" slotran off. Eutrene n . , rt . Kegisier-ijuara. World. Sigma Nu fraternity treated Port fraternity provided a performance, involving United States. Portland Swap o o Dennis the Y0U HANS ON TO MV HAN0, AN' I'll HANGONToMOM'S HAND, AN'MOAUl HANG ONTO.... PAD, CAHyOfSWM7' Communications Letters io Ihe Editor must bear the nam 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 io 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. Flight of Industry To the Editor: A reader of M.T. sends us an excerpt from the Congressional Record and asks us to write a letter to the Editor on same. The item being quite long, we must paraphrase the gist. The substance is from a speech by Congressman Jim Wright from Texas. He hoists a storm signal for small busi ness craft on economic waters. A warning to American small business. He fears that our economic system and business enterprise is in danger of foundering. In fact he points out that our great industrial enterprises, like rats on a watcrlogRed ship, are leaving the derelict and swimming to safety in foreign lands, where they are setting up snop in greener pastures, this long grass being a third and better of labor cost, the labor cost being but a third of ours. Now it is the opinion of this writer that thinking people should consider the implica tion of this situation. Where and what Is our situation ex cept a cozy spot behind the eight ball? This data was compiled by economist George Burger Jr. at the request of Mr. C. Wil son Harder, president of the National Federation of Inde pendent Business. It is a mot ly parade of American Big Business. It ranges from as pirin to autos. (The aspirin is for the American automobile Industry). Here is a partial list of the goods and commodi ties that are being imported that plague American pro ducers: it ranges from kitch- enware to cameras, clothing to chemicals, sewing machines to stainless steel, office ma chinery to oil, cars to carpets, bicycles to bull dozers, furni ture to farm machinery, drugs to doodads, plywood to putt ing clubs. On and on, the list is endless. Even printing presses and perambulators. These factories are being bought and bargained for, built and leased from Briton to Belgium, Sweden to Switz erland, Germany to Japan, Brazil to France, Argentina to Chile; Italy and Scotland, Mexico, Latin America and Spain, South Africa and Aus tralia. Wherever the sun shines on free soil, American Industrialists arc setting up heavy artillery to bombard the American market. The tide has turned. We arc on the defensive. If 'the trend continues American skill and "know how" will be seeking employment In for eign lands, if automation docs not beat them to it. Walter Reecc Galicc rd. Merlin, Ore, Plan for Peace To the Editor: It has hap pened before, and may occur again, that an obscure citizen comes up with an idea that catches on like wildfire. Be ing a born optimist, your cor respondent Is confident that soon we shall witness a great and dramatic movement for peace, generated by the com mon people of America. Three key united States senators were approached on this subject, but that was a mistake. It should be stimu lated by a grass roots drive that would convince skepti cal Soviet leaders of the sin cerity ot ordinary citizens of America praying for peace In our time. This suggested plan is the most practical, sensible, and realistic proposal yet made to win the hearts and minds of the men and women of a potentially dangerous foreign power. Men-ace In brief, here is my sugges tion: That our government pay for a tour of the United States by 100,000 Russians a year every year for five years. My thought is to go over the heads of the rulers of Soviet Russia directly to the Russian people; the toilers the students in schools and universities; store clerks, of fice and transportation work ers. ' The mad race between So viet Russia and the United States to match missile with missile, rocket with rocket and satellite with satellite, can lead only to trouble, even bankruptcy. At an expendi ture of approximately $100, 000,000 a year for five years, to gain the good-will of 100, 000 Russian visitors, and through them millions of their countnymen, we can stave off disaster. Does the cost bother you? What of the alternative: ar maments; perhaps war, de structive and chaos? A few thousand American tourists to Russia, and a like number of Russians to this country, can hardly lead to a better understanding between us, because they are too few in number. We must invite them en masse to see and learn at first hand the kind of people we are. Otherwise, we will face a half-century of tension and hostility the cold war. Should the Russian dicta tors oppose this plan, it would put them on the defensive, with the difficult task of ex plaining to their own people their reasons for opposing it. David Frisch P. O. Box 292 White City, Ore. No Mora Boo-Boos To the Editor: My hat is off to Councilmcn Van Sickle and Bradford in at least try ing to do what was right on the city of Medford's radio bids. The people of Medford should have more like them. I realize the council was within its legal rights in ac cepting a higher bid, but the reasons given for such a de cision were based on, for the most part, misinformation. Maintenance costs arc com parable whether the equip ment is Motorola, G.E., .RCA or Bendix, just to name a few. With the new equipment and proper maintenance the chances ot a failure are very unlikely, although not impos sible. With all the checks be fore a missile launching a rocket has stayed on the ground because a 25 cent part failed. It is true that the city was operating some of their equip ment Illegally after Aug. 1. For approximately one hour's work per unit the sets would have been legal until 1963 under the license of KOB 312. Notice I stated under KOB 312. The new city radio station license is another mat ter, the base station and mo biles are needed to comply with FCC regulations regard ing new station licenses. All I can say now is tms: Picas., councilmcn, get your facts straight .and unbiased before you make any more Boo-Boos. E. S..GIIkcy Comm. Tech. License P2-13-2132 Central Point, Ore." A Curious Situation To the Editor: Since the re cent gasoline price war end ed here, I have noticed what I consider to be a curious situ ation which I shall call the stretching gasoline tank. I own a Volkswagon auto- Champ'vs. Elections By LYLE C. WILSON Washington - (UPD - Wendell L. Willkie accepted a Repub lican nomination way back there bef ore the atomic era and bawled in defiant chal lenge to FDR: "I wanna meet the CHAMP." He met him. That was in 1 9 4 0. For L,i. c Wllio. years peiure and after in presidential cam paigns, the nominee of the Outs had to meet the nominee of the Ins who was, of course. "the President of the United States. As the Incumbent president seeking re-election, the nominee of the Ins was, Washington Report By WILLIAM mFATTVE nillFT 1 Washington - There ought to be a permanent holiday on the unduly elaborated discus sions, surveys- in-depth and polls dealing with so-called r e 1 igious is sues in this campaign. A constant c 1 a c k ing going on over a profoundly intimate area private human affairs that is no proper part of any public policy. True, re ligion is obviously going to play some role in the presi dential election. True, this is regrettable and cannot be wholly and always ignored. But it is quite as true that the more people point out how regrettable it all is, no matter their total sincerity, the more they will keep the whole thing alive - and growing. De bate, inquiry and all manner mobile which is hardly a thirsty beast. One of its vir tues is the possession of a re serve fuel apparatus enabling me to switch to a reserve fuel supply when the main tank is exhausted. I know that I can then travel an additional tliir- tyish miles before I am stranded. I usually tempt fate to the extent of 20 miles and then lose my nerve and dash into the nearest station for a refill. From experience (some of it bitter), I am usually able to guess within two tenths of a gallon of the point where I shall be running on fumes. Now the curiosity of which I speak is that lately my guessing has been atrocious. At two separate local stations I have required 11.2 and 11.5 gallons of gasoline to fill my 10.5 gallon tank and my mile age per gallon has suffered accordingly. I m u s t conclude, further, that this expansion only oc curs here in Medford, since I find I am a better gucsser when I buy my gasoline out of town. Earl T. Johnson Fluhrcr Bldg Medford Think and Be Free To the Editor: Communists know the weaknesses of man kind but they do not know the power of God. If there are enough righteous people In the world to do His will, Com munism will fail miserably. If not, civilization will fail by destroying Itself. Communism can't win, for God alone is Almighty. Their seeming progress is made be cause not enough free people are thinking and acting. Too many are selfishly living only for themselves. They can't seem to see the hopeless web they arc entangling themselv es in. They refuse to consider what the future must bring. Peace with freedom, happi ness and well-being for all the world could be had if people would think. God has thought out the answers. They are all out there in the cosmos wait ing to be dialed in to thinKing, praying, meditating minds. But tve seem to be afraid to think. We take millions of dollars worth of tranquilizers so we can't think. Where but from God did the Idea of electricity come? And didn't it take years of thinking by dedicated men to bring It in? Atom power was given to mankind because there were those who were willing to spend years of their lives thinking each step out. Just so is there a way to bring peace and goodwill to the earth. But that will take dedi cation of ALL the people. We can never hope for right to win if we refuse to think and do our part to establish right. We cannot afford to let a few do our thinking. The power we thus grant them, corrupts them and we soon cease to be free. We are free to think, let uj think and be free. Frances Ray Ralston, Wash. i William a. White of intensely Challenger Element1 Lacking; First Since indeed, the CHAMP until he got licked. More often than not the champ prevailed over the challenger, - It has been only eight years since U.S. voters last were offered a choice between ma jor party presidential candi dates, neither of whom was a president seeking re-election. That was in 1952. The last previous time was in 1928 when President Calvin Cool idge "did not choose to run." Incumbent Has Advantage The 1928 contestants were Republican Herbert Hoover," then secretary of commerce in Coolidge's cabinet, and Al fred E. Smith, Democratic governor of New York. Hoov er won that one but lost four years later to another Demo- S. WHITE. of shouting back and forth are indispensable to free gov ernment. But questions about men's private lives are really not proper subjects for debate and ought to be approached. if we simply must approach them, with the greatest pos sible reserve. e rpHERE is much to be said -- in these matters, for s creative quiet. No one who writes politics can doubt that the more efforts are made to put down "the religious is sues" the more they continue to rise. And whenever and where ever attempts are made to describe in dramatic terms a "Catholic vote," a "Jewish vote," a "Protestant vote," an instant if unintended disserv ice is done to the whole elec toral system. To begin with, every such attempt lays down as an lm plied fact a premise that is doubtful to start with: that there are decisive blocs which more or less infallibly will vote, regardless of the proper and measurable public issues of which any campaign is surely full enough, solely on private religious views. npHIS is by no means auto- - matically true. It may be come true, however, if there is ceaseless agitation tending to set one religious group against another - to say in effect: "Look, you Protestants (or Catholics or Jews), what those other fellows are doing. They are all lining up to gether. Hadn't you better do the same? To be sure, every political observer knows there are some religionists who will thus act automatically. But it does not follow that all, or anything like all, will auto matically do the same. For Protestants, Jews, Catholics are just people - rich, mid dling, poor; Democrats and Republicans; pro-labor union and anti-labor union; pro-farm subsidy and anti - farm sub sidy; pro - additional civil righs legislation and anti-ad- ditional civil rights legisla tion. An affecting war memory is of the vast and true and un- selfconscious tolerance that came upon all fighting men in outfits made up of every kind of religion. This was not brought about by constantly talking about how different were these religions. It was brought about by letting the subject alone and treating it tor what It is - a strictly per sonal one. e e e rPHESE men were there to do one Job, to fight to gether. The American voters have one job now: to elect president to handle the public business - not either because of or in spite of the fact that he is a Protestant or a Catho lic. Any other voting motive is unworthy - and unfair to both candidates. This correspondent has known long and well both Democratic candidate Ken nedy and Republican candi date Nixon and also their run ning mates. It is my deep con viction that none of them wants these so-called religious issues to be hashed over day and night. All would be happy li tne topic could be filed and forgotten. That, of course, is too much rationally to hope. But per haps one could hope that everybody concerned will go a little easier on this thing. For whoever wins this elec tion will desperately need to be backed by a true unity Irom a diverse people - and so will the country need just that, (Copyright. 1960, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) tSK AiOUT NirxlON INMALANT, HIASANT AND PROMPT RllltP I VI niOM TNI MOST DltTMSSINO SYMPTOMS am T PHARMACIES Western thrift itori cratic governor of New York, FDR. Modern American political history suggests that an in cumbent president seeking re election enjoys a real advan tage over the challenger who seeks to put him out. Roose velt's 1932 triumph over Hoover was an exception. After 1932, the president in office - the champ - licked the challenger in each succeed ing election, through 1948. The most recent presidential election -1952 - when neither candidate was in the White House, was affected by very special circumstances. The candidates were Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Re publican, but also a national hero, East, West, North and South; and Democratic Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois. Compared to the glamorous World War II general, Steven son was and remained rela tively obscure. Eisenhower's war record more than com pensated for the fact that he was not in office as president when he ran in 1952. So, it adds up to this: Voters West's Tiny Tobacco; Farm Ineligible For Crop By DICK WEST Washington - (UPD - The Brown 4t Williamson Tobac co Corp. has been sending out ft'"j'ilfl tobacco seeds and miniature plan ters as part of a cig arette promo tion cam paign. When I re ceived one of these kits, I placed it in the k 1 1 c h en window s oit would get plenty of sunlight and be near a wa ter supply for irrigation pur poses. Nothing has happened yet, but if all goes well I ought to get my first crop sometime this winter. I had in mind selling the tobacco back to the company, or perhaps trad ing it for a pack of cigarettes. But after checking into the situation further, I have con cluded that about the only way I can profit from the ven ture is to roll my own. - Under Price Supports Tobacco, I found, is one of the crops under the govern ment price support program. This cheered me at first, for it presumably meant I would be guaranteed a tidy little sum when I marketed my har vest. The trouble is, in order to qualify for price supports I will need an acreage allot ment. The way these allot ments are controlled, I stand about as good a chance of qualifying for the 1964 Olym pics. There is, to be sure, a pro vision . in the price support law authorizing the Agricul ture department to issue new allotments. x In order to qualify, I would need at least two years ex perience growing the type of tobacco for which an allot ment is sought. That automat ically rules me out, one rea son being that I am not cer tain what type of tobacco I am growing. Crop of 24 Inches Moreover, I would have to live on and work the land covered by the allotment and gain at least 50 per cent of my livelihood from it. Since my present crop covers about Think of Tomorrow When a family is overwhelmed by grief, it is hard to face practical real ities. Ease the burden for your family by making complete arrangements be fore the neer arises. Call us for counseling. irt 190 1952 up to the age of 52 years will ; ballot this year for the first j; time uninfluenced by the need ( to choose between a chal- ? lenger and a champ, and not subject to the glamorous at- t traction of a war hero seeking I high political office. The last such choice was in 1928 and if today's voter missed that eleo j tion by reason oi age, it can be assumed that he is up to 52 years old. There's a man in this office who is within that age group. He is convinced that, because of the foregoing, this election will be somehow and impor tantly different from those preceding. It is his belief that the candidates get away to a fairer start as is the case this year than when one of them campaigns from the White House or any such pinnacle of fame. Perhaps our man is right about that. If so, it is bad news for the pollsters. This champ-and-challenger concept of presidential elections sim ply adds another imponder able with which to weigh ther polls. Supports 24 square inches, these con ditions could only be met b a family of cut worms. 1 I can, of course, sell my" tobacco without an allotment but I woijd have to pay a stiff penalty for doing so. If I sold a pound for 58 cents; the government would fine me 45 cents. I can make more than that using my window ledge for petunias. Anyway, I thank Brown & Williamson for sending me the seeds and planter. It's been an enlightening expert, ence. But next time they dis tribute something, I hope it will be cigars. Nixon Volunteer Group Picks Aides Washington -(UPD- A formee Mississippi lieutenant . gov. ernor and a Democratic can didate for the Montana state legislature have been named to head campaign drives in, their states for the Republic can presidential ticket. Selection of the two Demo-? crats was announced by the national "Volunteers for Nixon-Lodge" group. Sam Lumpkin of Tupelo; Miss., a former speaker of the Mississippi house of repre sentatives and Democratic lieutenant governor from 1948-52, will head the Missis sippi Nixon-Lodge volunteers. Lumpkin is city attorney of Tupelo. - . Robert E. White of Billings, Mont., a Democratic nominee for the state house of repre sentatives, will head the Mom tana group. Both appointments were an nounced by Charles F. Rhyne, national chairman of the vol. unteer group and former press ident of the American Bar association. Wallowa FFA Group . Wins Missouri Trip ; Salem-dlPD-Future Farmers of America from Wallowa high school Saturday won a trip to the National FFA judg ing contest in Kansas City, Mo., this fall after livestock competition at the 1960 State Fair. "7 V.1 r fox PERL Funeral Home SPACIOUS PARKING LOT
