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Jackconvllle Gold Hill Phoenix Shady Cove, Rogue Rlv r Talent and on motor routei 1 Dally and Sunday 1 vear 818 00 - IW.lv and Sunday 1 mo 130 1 Carrier and Dealare copy lOo - All Terma Caih In Advanca Tlfflclal Paper of City ef Medford " Official Paper of Jackson County United Press International I FuU Leased Wire D P I Teleohoto NewaolMurea TfrMTCFR o: 1 AUDIT BUREAU , Or CIWUUL.AT1UWP t Advertising RepresentaUve:' "WEST HOLIDAY CO.. INC Of ".' flcea in New York Chicago. De. rntt Ran Vranrluoo. Loa Anlelea 3 Seattle. Portland St. Louis. At. lanta, Vancouver. B.C. MIWIPAPl. v WV uusmits ASSOCIATION E0ITORI Al Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the 'lies of The Mall Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40 and SO years ago. ' 10 YEARS AGO Sept. 18, I960 (Monday) . Ray Schumacher, prominent Medford realtor, has with drawn from the city council race because of business rea lons, he said today. Possible military use of portions of Camp White was indicated today in a govern ment refusal to transfer 1,000 acres of the reservation land to the state game commis sion. 20 YEARS AGO Sapt. 18, 1940 (Wednesday) Medford Corporation an nounces a $200,000 expan sion of their plant facilities here. ' ' ' From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "The Armenian wrestler aggra vates the cash customers so deeply some of them wish they had the pennies back thev eave to keep nis coun- trymen from starving in the days when they went to bun day school." SO YEARS AGO Sapt. 18, 1930 (Thursday) ,- East side residents have asked the city council- to do something about a flock of nlicons which have been ter rorizing the neighborhood lately. . Pacific coast advertising men have opened a three-day convention here. 40 YEARS AGO Sept. 18, 1920 (Saturday) -v Twenly-five prospective gridders turned out for foot ball at the local high school's Jirst practice session of the season. , Two Medford youths have left for the Oregon Agricul tural college -in Corvalllg to Teglster for the fall term. 80 YEARS AGO Sept. 18, 1910 (Sunday) There are 1,036 public school children in Medford compared to 854 last year- an increase of 20 per cent. The city council has or dered the Rogue River Val ley Electric Power company to Install 38 additional arc lights on Medford streets. What's Your I.Q.? Nina at fa aarract la luparler; wren or elahf fa excellent! five at l Is good. ' 1. Which is the highest ranking position in the Presi dent's Cabinet? , 2. Who wrote "Give My Re gards to Broadway"? 3. To whom did Pilate re fer when he said "I find no fault with this man"? - 4. What unit of measure denotes 12 dozen? , 5. Who wrote th novel "Kidnapped"? 6. In which state is the famous "Painted Desert" of the Southwest? : T. Are chocolate and cocoa obtained from the stalks, beans, leaves, or tree sap of the-cacao tree? - 8. Does flair or flare mean tn outburst of flame? 9. In what elty is famous "Newgate Prison"? 10. Whose , airplane was called the "Sacred Cow"? Aniwersi 1. Secretary of State. 2. George M. Cohan. 3. Jesus. 4. Gross. 8. Robert Lewis Stevenson. 9, Arlsona, I NATIONAL 7. Beans. I. Tlare. 8. London, I more than 27 per cent over England. 10. The plane used those of August, 1059. "To Jr JPsmMmi Truman. i tola sales for the month Curious Kennedy Campaign Sen. John F. Kennedy did not say in Oregon last week that the fiber of the American people is not as tough as it used to be. He did not complain that we have become fat and lazy and smug and complacent. He did not assert that we are shallow materialists, thrill seekers and television slobs. He did not charge that we cheat on income taxes and pad expense accounts. He did not hint that an alarming num ber of our politicial leaders are eager to be bribed. He did not observe that we corrupt our children with too much money and too little love. The Democratic presidential candidate did not say any of these tnings. But if he had said all of them, he might have been near to the truth. CEN. Kennedy did declare in Oregon that the United States is "a great country" and that the American people are a strong and vital people- But if we expect to lead the free world to vic tory over communism, "we can be, we must be, a greater nation," the senator added. This is the theme of the Kennedy campaign. It was enunciated at the Democratic national con vention in Lps Angeles and it was reiterated last week in Oregon, Washington and California. It is a curious campaign. The American people are asked to respond to a promise that they will be called upon to work harder, study harder, think harder and perhaps give up some of their luxuries. "I don't run for the office of the presidency promising that life is going to be easier," Ken nedy declares. "I think in many ways the 1960s are going to be the most difficult years of our lives." TfHE Massachusetts senator believes that "the future belongs to us," but he is not saying that it automatically belongs to us. If the American people cannot bear to be told the truth, if it is unwise for a candidate for the presidency to call these . disasters to their atten tion, then Kennedy is doomed to defeat. But we do not think it American people will rise to the challenge. What ever their faults and they have many we think they are tough. We think they are eager to move again. We think they will make whatever sac rifice, whatever effort is supremacy of the United of life. . They need only one dedicated leadership. The Oregonian Is Fearful i ' ' : : ' When vou criticize to improve it, aren't your enough to want to improve it you wouidn t at tempt a criticism of it. ' Doesn't that sound reasonable? So we thought. But every election year the opposite idea is put forward by persons who should know better. THE current gospel in this line is that anybody who criticizes our country's defense policy, or its position in the world picture, is a rat. He's trying to frighten the public. He's trying to delude the Soviets into attacking, under the impression the U.S. can't resist. : This is what we see in our big-city cousin, the Portland Oregonian. Its editorial writers are afflicted with a malady like the seven-year itch or the full-moon madness. It s sort of election vear wackiness. They ask, "Has Kennedy made you fearful?" Kennedy's sin, it seems, is criticizing U.S. defense policy. No one is allowed to do this, in the eyes of the Uregonian. it s taboo. If ENNEDY'S criticisms AV try's defense's. They his scorn. Political camnaiens candidate is called a rascal just for opening his mouth. You'd think the Oregonian would be fair- minded enough to realize this. But it's that election-year illness, you know. Poor fellow, tsk-tsk, ant mind, too. Bend Bulletin. What Mi-s. F.lpnnnr Rnnspvelt savs it's "nerfectlv silly" to restrict Premier Khrushchev to Manhat- . i a t 1 i1 ...... fVT ?i .1 tan, miring nis iortncoming u.in. visit, ana com ments that since he has "already been all around the U.S., how in blazes restricted?" Well, we can; But assuredly there is a reason able question what good will it do? Oregon Statesman, Salem. Savings Bond Sales U.S. savings bonds sales in Jackson county last month to talled $73,108 compared to $48,689 a year ago, according to itate savings bonds offi cials. Sales through Aug. 31 this year totnlled 51166,332 com pared to $028,818 a year ago. Stale Savings Bonds Chair man Thomna Br Pridcaux, Portland, reported Oregon's bond salcr last month Jumped is unwise. We think the demanded to assure the States and its free way thing. New, vigorous, Portland Reporter. somethiner, you're trying i it you cion t care ior it will not hurt this coun- will not wither under are of little value if one and he nart sucn a oruii- Good? can we now tell him he's Show Increase amounted to $2,870,689, bringing to $23,878,648 the amount sold In Oregon" for the first eight months of the year. These sales are almost 4 per cent above those of 1059," Pridcaux said. Pridcaux has Just received a congratulatory letter from Willinm H. Ncal, Assistant to the secretary of the treasury and national director of the savings bonds program. A new all-time high of $43.8 bil lion of Series G and H savings bonds ownership was announced. MEDFORD MAIL Dennis the Menace r i 1 1 Ac 'Wanna have a irrrte fun? Matter of Fact v jo-Ph ai.op ALSO IN THE "BAKU WORKER" Washington A threatened break between the Soviet Union and Communist China looks more and more like the missing piece In the deeply d 1 turbing puz zle of recent Soviet be havior. With Nlkt- ta S. Khru- JOSEPH ALSOP SUCH" - way here as an uninvited guest, it is certainly well to bear this point in mind. Even the smallest possibility of a Sino-Soviet break could be counted on to exert great pressure on Khrushchev. But the evidence suggests that the possibility is not small. It is no slim chance now, but a rather strong possibility. In the accumulating mass of evidence, three items have special significance. Pride of place should probably go to the publication in the Soviet Union, about three weeks ago, o f articles pointedly proving that China could not successfully "build socialism without Soviet aid. The first vehicles chosen were obscure provincial newspapers, like Soviet Latvia" and "The Baku Worker," but the Len ingrad "Pravda" later fol lowed suit. nnHIS kind of planned, only -1- seemingly casual, publica tion is an old Kremlin de vice for conveying a quiet but grim warning. And these articles were the first to put the name of "China" in cold print. The Chinese comrades had previously been called "blasphemers" by the Rus sians, but not by name. Second the leading Soviet theoretician and Presidium member spoke to both the Moscow and Leningrad Com munist party committees in late July. These speeches are now pretty well known to have contained a warning o' a possible break in "party re lations" with the Chinese Communists. The aim was obviously to prepare the rank and file. Third, more and more con firmation has been received by the earlier reports of a massive exodus of Soviet technicians who have been assisting China's industrial! zatlon program. There is no doubt here, any longer, that an exodus has taken place According to the best local estimate, no less than two- thirds of the Russians who were working In China have now been ordered home. N addition to these highly indicative items, there is a growing mass of data of a background nature. The first formal Soviet attack on the Chinese was a stern docu ment circulated at the Bucha rest meeting of Communist leaders in June. At the same meeting, Khrushchev elabo rated on the document, with even greater vehemence and anger, in a long speech. This speech, or something like it, was then sent out as second circular by the Soviet Cen tral Committee in July. There are also reports of a third circular, of the same character. No Intact copy of any of these portentous papers has as yet fallen Into western hands. But extensive chunks of texts from both the Bucha rest document and the second circular are now available for study by official Sovie tologists. The language is thought to leave no room for anything except substantial Chinese surrender to the So viet viewpoint, or an eventu- Sovtct break with the Chinese. It remains entirely possible, of course, that some sort of Sino-Sovlct compromjfe will yet be found. In mid-October. Khrushchev is due to go to North Korea, where he is ex Mi TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. I gotta X7a o-e! pected to meet privately with Mao Tse-tung or Mao's repre sentative. This will affo. d Mao a chance to back down gracefully if he wishes to do so. If this fails, however, the betting will be rather better than even on an open Sino Soviet break at the meeting of Communist leaders over all the world that is expected to be held in Moscow. In ap parent preparation for this eventuality, the Kremlin has already been making great and successful efforts to gain support against China in all key countries. North Vietnam and North Korea have lately fallen into line, leaving Pe king almost wholly isolated. AET before anyone begins cheering about this possibility- of the worst sort of trouble in the Soviet bloc, the subject of the dispute had better be weighed. The Soviets have been ar guing that Communism can win the world without mili tary risks, by the methods of peaceful co-existence. The Chinese have been insisting on the need for more aggres sive methods on the need to take quite serious risks of war, in fact. And they have been simultaneously arguing that the war-risks will not be very serious anyway, because the "imperialists are paper tigers." In other words, the Chi nese seem to have been chal lenging the long-established Soviet veto on their own ag gressions. If the Soviets think the challenge is . serious enough to require a break with the Chinese, it can mean trouble for other people be sides the overlords of Mos cow and Peking, (c) 1980 New York Herald Tribune Inc. BEATS THE ODDS ' Evanston, 111. - (UPD - James A. James, former history chairman and dean emeritus of the Northwestern Univer sity Graduate school, has beaten odds of 100,000 to 3. He was paid $4,000, the face value of two insurance poli cies Saturday on his 96th birthday. Reappraisal of de Gaulle Seen 'Agonizing1 Br ERIC SEVAREID An "agonizing reappraisal1 of President de Gaulle is going on in the private minds of public men, brought about by de Gaulle himself, who has once again des c n d e d from his mountain and handed out raven tablets containing his comma n d ments for the conduct of na tion states. Even many of these most admiring of his character, most relieved by his restora tion of dicipline in France, now realize that what Gaull- lsm implies for the West is al most total- repudiation of the Grand Design for peace and security as conceived and labored at for 15 years by the best and bravest of Western statesmen. The basic assumptions In the Grand Design were these: 1. That Europe Is too crowd ed and inflammable to permit a relapse into the national competitions that produced two world wars. 2. That Europe can never reach the American standard of living unless the thickets of investment, thechnolo g 1 c a I and trade barrier between the countries are cleared away. S, That in the age of titans and mass weaponry Europe can neither deter nor win a war savi by a closely inte Communications ... Laltara lo iha Editor muat certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial Th Mall Tvihun- r-larwx h rih -Ait .11 l.tt.r. condensation. Letters submitted tor publication must not printed in this column do contrary is onan me caae. Editorial Said Unfair To the Editor: Your editor ial "How Much Help for Vets?" is a very weak article. You refer to the "G.I. Bill of Rights." There was no G.I. Bill of Rights, in or for many years after World War I. There were many of us veterans of World War I, who were totally disabled during that war, and we have been denied a cure for the cause, if there is any. There are many of us vet erans in the same circum stance, although each per son's problems are entirely different from the other. Take my case for an ex ample. Cn May 20 I enlisted. On June 14 I started hav ing eye trouble (conjunctivi tis). On June 20, 1918, I enter ed the Army hospital; about July 14, I returned to my company. The next morning I went on sick call, and was sent back to the hospital. On July 23 I was released from the hospital. Since then, I have had a permanent disability from eye trouble, service connect ed. On Sept. 27, our company entered a gas pocket (a val ley full of gas). Since then I have had a nose condition (Injured membranes). An other service connected dis ability. On Sept. 28, I was wound ed (gun shot wound just above left elbow). On my way back to the field hospi tal, was given a spinal shot, that caused a varicocele, an other service connected dis ability. On December 14, 1957 39 years after my record of eye condition the Veterans Ad ministration was so generous that they allowed me 10 per cent service connection for my eye condition, Nothing for gunshot wound $19 per month. No mention of the gas or varicocele. On Oct. 21, 1997, at my age of 65, the V.A. changed my status from 10 per cent serv ice, connected to non-service-connected and gave me $78.75 per month. I am paying $40 per month for a place to live a totally disabled man not able to work and still in your words I am not entitled to a pension. Now, that is my condition, and for every 10 people (vet erans of World War I) you show me that are not entitled to a living, I'll show you 90 that are. I believe your article is very unfair. Just because the Veterans of World War II were given so much, there are too many people that say," What did do with yours?" If you look up the facts, we the Veterans of World War I, had very little income after they deducted the war risk in surance, war bonds and our allotments. We are either the forgotten men, or we are the abused men. Now let's be fair. Arthur C. Lewis, Apt. 4, 244 South Central ave., Medford. grated defense system and one to which the United States is fundamentally and perma nently committed. 4. That European defense is fruiUess wthout Germany, al ways the heartpiece of European-power, as part of it; and since Germany herself con tains seeds of menace, her military power must in large part be contained within a joint command. 9. 'Since the implementa tion of these assumptions could (and did) produce a Western balancing of Soviet might, there must be an over all world forum and instru ment for the airing and cush ioning of conflicts between the two sides. From these assumptions have flowed, these 15 years, the most sustained, imagina tive and promising works to ward unification that Europe has known for several cen turies. These efforts have cre ated the Coal and Steel Com- munuy, buratom, tl C m- mon Market, at least ti : fac-' simile of a European-Pariia- What are the probable cf ment, the NATO defense and fects of a de Gaulle world pol- eommand structure and, in the world background, the United Nations. Now General de Gaulle re veals that he Is not impatient with the slow forward move ment in this broad advance, but fundamentally opposed to it. He would tear away every thing in the edifice that re stricts national sovereignties. That means he repudiates the basic assumptions themselves, th lessons w all thought hit- baar iha namo and addraaa ' ef not necessarily represent the Log Trucks To the Editor: Regarding the three log truck drivers tound innocent in city court (Friday, Sept. 9 Mail Tribune). Judge Holmes stated that the city failed to prove that the vehicles were not under con trol. I do not know what all violations the basic rule cov ers. If it does not cover speed ing in a posted zone ot 20 miles per hour, then the ar resting officers are not on the ball. And as to the judge. I have followed loads of logs at different times in the past years from Riverside and Stewart avenues, on Riverside to Jackson St., and the rate of speed was 25 to 40 miles per hour, and all the other motor ists moved to one side or an other, just like for a fire de partment siren. They have iearned to respect a load of logs. Now I have been wondering why they are not stopped. The case mentioned above has fur nished me somewhat of an answer, I do not wish to go on rec ord that all log truck drivers are violators. I have noted and will say that one out of four is. Some folks might say what business it is of mine trying to make an issue of it. Well, my answer is this. I have had some mighty close calls. One time I never will for get happened on Hyatt rd. just of Highway 66. I noticed a logging truck coming at a high rate of speed. The road is very crooked and not too wide. So I pulled to my right as far as possible and stopped. I could see the driver pulling on his steering wheel for all he was worth. And somehow he did miss knocking me off the road. There were two other log trucks within five minutes and I must say they were cau tious and no excess speed We passed with a friendly high sign. (Name on file) Talent, Ore. More on Ghost Towns To the Editor: I've had sev eral . requests for more about ghost towns. I would say a ghost town is a once-prosperous village that has been deserted for new diggings. Perhaps it was once a tim ber or mining settlement be fore its source of supply ran out. If it hasn't been vacated too long, it brings memories to some, and former residents may return; perhaps meet cx- ncighbors there and sitting in some remembered nook-reminisce on by-gone days. If very, very old and over grown with weedy tanglea tion, it is rightly named a "Ghost Town." One doesn't have to believe in ghosts to feel their presence there. Did you ever stand in the big Redwoods - simply spell bound - hardly wanting to breathe for fear of breaking the silence? That's the way I feel when exploring dead towns. I said "dead," but still there hang the weather-beaten signs reading, "Feed Store, barber shop, hotel" and "gro ceries." tory had so painfully taught us. He wants a "Europe des Patries." If this means any thing different from the old system that was the affliction ot Europe and the world it is hard to see what it is. He would reduce all the s u p r a-national agencies, in cluding that now operating the Common Market, to pure ly technical and advisory lev els. He would grant, apparent ly for window dressing, a new European Parliament, but one with no more authority than the existing Strasbourg assem bly. He would change the ba sic structure of NATO and put the great defense decisions in the hands of a triumvirate composed of America, Britain and France. He would end the integration of armies, navies and air forces and be content with the old system of consul tation. He would extend the cooperation of the triumvirate to foreign policy decisions in volving Africa and Asia. As for the United Nations, he simply sneers at it, and in its greatest moment of crisis, . . . Icy in action? Certainly these, at least: A slipping back by European countries toward economic autarchy; victory for those forces in Britain now preventing Britain from com ing Into Europe; further com promising of bases and facili ties In those small and already nervous countries such as Nor way, which would have little enthusiasm for an alliance in which they had no vote; an end to th containment of Ger the writer, although under for publication is permissible. with a viaW to clarification and sxcaad 400 "words. Tffa !"" views ot me paperi m I There are worn places where both people and ani- mPerenm'al flo'wars struggle nn 10 Eive me p.., but it doesn't work; it always must be eerie and uncanny- unless? Yes, it does happen. Rider ville came to life, you know miff dwellings, too, are alnns that order, though never do get that feeling of awe when near them. Their vine ladders have decayed and crumbled. I came across some in New Mexico but didn't stop long. Deserted logging camps re semble ghost towns. Their log buildings still stand among second growth jack pines in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Jim Mather, a huge, red- haired hermit, took possession of one such camp a few miles from Pine River Trading Post in Minnesota. Jim's hobbies were good books and growing things. He kept a yoke of oxen to pull his plow. Also, he had two baby porcupines that rode on his shoulder. Old Jim was the cause of my being a Democrat. He taught me a lot about being a good citizen. Gram Jacksonville, Ore To the Editor: Tha "Empty" Gun A gun is no toy for a man or a boy.. And remember you're play ing with fire. "Oh, I thought it was empty, it wasn't loaded." And it almost seems you're a liar. "Yes, I thought it was empty, it wasn't loaded," Is always the same old cry. The hammer snaps down, someone's in the way, Who may be another to die. If all who have died by the empty gun, Could come bak from the grave some day, They would make a crowd so mighty big, You wouldn't know what to say. So be careful with guns, loaded or empty, They're not made to used as a toy. be If you follow the rule of good common sense, It's some thing that you can enjoy. John P. Gason Route 1, Box 310-B Central Point Bugs and a Lizard To the Editor: I got a big laugh out of Mr. Acklin s let ter telling about transporting California bugs into Oregon, and vice versa. He may be sorry he mentioned it, though, as next time they may take his radiator. I wonder if he ever got a big, fat lizard in his heating stove? I did. Never did figure out if that lizard was trying to be Santa Ciaus, or what. I opened up my heater and that lizard plopped on the floor. I just about left the country. Finally got up cour age and chased him with the broom. He high-tailed it un der the dryer. There he stayed for about a week. He wanted man strength and the virtual certainty that Germany .would become the dominant military power in West Europe. For France it would mean merely an increase In prestiee. not in strength or safety. As for joint, three-power coordi nation on African and Asian policies, there is not the slight est reason to believe there would be any more of that than there is at present. Nor could such coordination re place the vacuum left by the elimination or diminution of the United Nations, for no big power policies on Africa and Asia can ignore the aspira tions of African and Asian leaders, and the United Na tions is by all odds their chief avenue to prestige and world identity, Finally, the de Gaulle "plan" would fairly surely ac celerate the partial withdraw al from Europe of the United Stales. No American President or Congress could willingly submit to the reversal of our most basic convictions about Europe, upon which we have lavished billions of dollars and years of effort. I President de Gaulle is a great man, but chiefly in the purely nationalist context; that is to say. in the context of a bygone age. Historians of our time will measure greatness bv Twenti. eth Century terms; and this is the century whose mission It is to bridle nationalism if the world Is to live. (Distributed I960 by Th Hall Syndicate, Inc.) (All Rights Reitrvad) SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18. I960 to come out every time I ala my lunch, and when I washed dishes. I almost got gray head ed tiging to figure out how I was going to get him outside. One day I got the brilliant idea of opening up the back door. Mr. Lizard felt that fresh air and out the door he went. I'm scared to even open that heater door any more, expect ing another lizard to plop out. Mrs. Delbert Casey Route 1, Box 358 Central Point, Ore. Vol Right To the Editor: Election year, election year, Here it is again, at hand; With promises by the bushel Being scattered o'er the land. If people would just pause a bit, And listen in with me, I could straighten things out for them, As plain as plain could be. The first thing to remember is; The fellow on my side, Is the gentleman to vote for. I point to him with pride. His opponent is a rascal, A man you cannot trust: Don't rely upon a man, Who's just another bust. So, stay along with me, my friend, And I will keep you straight. I'll explain just how to pick The ones that really rate. It's so very, very simple, As I said here once before: It's the fellow who's on my side. Of whom you can be sure. He always says the proper things. His speeches are superb; He's decent, clean and hon est. There's nothing there to curb. His grasp on matters foreign, Are exactly wnat i think. He's forthright, frank and fearless; From the truth he will not shrink. His message to the farmers Is inspired from above; He offers them the proper tnings, Along with brotherly love. To the paupers, there will be no slums; To the workers, always work. My man just has everything; He will never, never shirk. Ask him any question; He 11 have an answer, sure. How can you better a man like this, So good, so fine and pure? Now, let us step across the line, Upon the other side. And see what they can offer, lo stem our worthy tide. Why! they're nothing but a bunch of crooks, And slickers, too. at that! You'de be about as safe with them As a robin with our cat. Their leader tries to make a speech, And everything is wrone: He mis-informs the public, with the same, old, sorry song. Hen ever seems to get things straight. He's never quite' in line: Yet, the fellows over on his side think , He's brilliant, witty and fine. How can you believe such gaff as that? You know it can't be true. He's simply using great big words To keep us in a stew. ' We're willing to wreck th treasury To pay ud all our bills. We're going to be strictly honest, Even though it gives us chills. Now the olher side won't do that. They say they'll take th axe, And if they are elected, Keduce the income-tax. Can you believe such trios as that? I'm telling you for sure, Rather than reduce our tax They'll probably ask for more. And so it goes, on down th line. Our boys, are alwava right: Those rascals on the other side, - Are putting up a fight. They want to be in office. With their fingers in th Pie. , So, I think the time has com To really do or die. Now, all of you vote for my oman, Let's change the political weather, And, if I've made one slight mistake. , We'll all go down together. ,'. G.H.E. Medford
