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Newspaper Page TextO 4 A, MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, QUE. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 29, 19bu Everyone in Southern Oregon PublUhed Dally except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO 33 North Fir 61. It BP2-SM1 " piSbeht w RIjHL. Editor HERB GREY Adv-Jlslns Manager GERALD T LATHAM Bui Mgr. ERIC W A1XEN JR.. Mn Editor EARL H ADAMS. Cir Editor n.nnU MIIVU1U TbIm WAItntt RICHARD JEWETT. SporU Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Women'e Editor DALE ERICKBUW, utrcuianon mgr An Indenendent rlewspapi Entered ts second ela matter at Medford. Oregon, under Act ox March S, 1107 . 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NCWSPAM puiosher association NATIONAL EDITOKIAI Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the file of The Mall Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40 and 50 veari ago. 10 YEARS AGO Sept. 29, 1950 (Friday) The county court obliging ly withdrew its i suggestion for a name for the new Rogue river bridge In favor of the Rogue River citizens' choice of "Tailholt bridge." 20 YEARS AGO Sept. 29. 1940 (Sunday) A huge list of cities, in cluding Medford and Ash land, has been turned over to Congress by the CAA for con sideration as possible altes for expanded air defense fa cilities. From Arthur Perry'a "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "In a short time now hunters bear ing resemblance to a deer will have to be on guard, to keep 'I from getting shot for Chinese pheasant, packing a milk pall out of a barn," 30 YEARS AGO Sept. 29, 1930 (Monday) Local Democrats have de nounced the Mall Tribune and the Literary Digest straw votes on the coming election. An epidemic of mumps, whooping cough and measles has struck the children of the city. 40 YEARS AGO Sept. 29,. 1920 (Tuesday) The 4'4 feet of snow that fell at Crater lake during last week's blizzard has now melt ed and fine weather again prevails at the park. Much Interest is being shown in city elections with three candidates, Including the Incumbent mayor, in the running for mayor. 50 YEARS AGO Sept. 29. 1910 (Thursday) Circuit Judge Frank Cal kins won .the nomination on both the Republican and Dem ocratic tickets as the candi date to succeed himself. What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct li auparleri seven er elajht la excellent) five el Is la seed. 1. Does the term "Senior Senator" apply to age or ser vice? 2. Is the term "vulnerable" used in playing poker, con tract bridge, or five hundred? 3. In which city In Mary land is Fort McHcnry, the birthplace of the N a 1 1 o n a 1 Anthem? 4. Did the Germans occupy Denmark during World War II? 5. At low altitudes, the boiling point of water Is 212 degrees F.; would It require a higher or a lower tempera ture to boil water on Pike's Peak? 6. Doc's the U. S, Constitu tion prohibit the election of a President and Vice President from the same state? 7. Persons born between March 21 and April 23 are born under which zodiacal sign? 8. For what deed la Andrew Summers Rowan remember ed? 8. What Is the plural of axis? 10. "Training Is everything. The peach was onct a bitter almond; . cauliflower Is noth ing but a cabbage with a ' c e e n"? Answers! 1. Service in ihe Senate. 2. Contract bridge. 3 Baltimore. 4. Yes. (April, 1940 la May, 1949.) S. Lewer. 9. No. 7. Aries the Ram. I. Message ta Garcia. 9. Axes, 10. " college education," $21.24 Want to know how you can buy $21.24 per month for $8.55 per month? Or, put another way, do. you want to know how to save $12.69 a month? The answer is, buy your home on a 20-year purchase contract instead of a 25-year plan. The figures are not, obviously, universal, and represent some arbitrary figures. But they're in- eresting in a nation as ship and monthly payments as the United States. THESE figures were worked out by a banker, 1 and are on a hypothetical $12,000 mortgage carrying 63t per cent interest. Over 20 years the monthly payment is $87.72. 'Over 25 years the monthly payment is $79.17. The difference is $8.55. That's the "extra cost" of a 20-year contract. . But, over 20 years, the TOTAL payment is $21,052.80; and over 25 saving of $2,698.20 on Put another way, crease in the buyer's equity is $50 per month on 20 years and $40 per month on 25 years, or a dif ference of $10 per month. And, over 20 years the buyer pays an average of $11.24 per month less over 25 years. THIS IS no argument against the need for low post, honsino-. nor lnnF-tei-m nurchase con tracts, as such. These are needed. But it is to point out always in selecting what wav. or ' the cheapest It is a graphic demonstration of the fact it costs money to use other people s money. Additionally, our banker friend points out, the shorter the term of the tract, the more money is loans, and the freer is make them. E.A. Veterans' Loan Measure While on the subiect one method of increasing their availability will be on the ballot in the The measure is No. Veterans Bonding and Loan Amendment. It should be passed. 1 It will increase the amount of money the state may loan to war veterans for the purchase of homes and farms. O IT WON'T raise taxes. It is entirely self-liquidat-f ing through repayments of the loans. - '5 It won't damage existing lending agencies. While a similar measure had opposition of some lending agencies two years ago, they are not on- posing it this time. There gage money around to satisfy the demand. It won t change the ment procedures. These were previously approv ed by vote of the people, for World War II and Korean War veterans. It will extend the dead line for making application for the loans. . IT WILL be fair. For it will extend to other eli gible veterans the loan privilege which they are now denied because of lack of funds. It will assist the economy. For it will mean more homes; more homes mean more lumber, employment and productivity in Oregon. 1 It is, in short, a measure which will harm none, and benefit many, and is deserving the support of the voters of the state. E.A. Covered Bridges Up in Eugene, the Register-Guard notes the rapid demise of a once-common sight the cov ered bridge.1 It suggests that steps be taken to preserve one or two of these familiar old landmarks of the non-freeway age, so that in years to come we may look upon them with appropriate nostalgia. The suggestion is along the lines of one we received not long ago from a youngster who lives up the river a way, and who thought the Laurel hurst bridge should be made "into a museum." X7E TOO hope that one or two or more of the old bridges can be spared, even though not in use, for nostalgic and historic reasons. One bridge, that across the Applegate at Mc Kee bridge, built in 1917, has been replaced for motor vehicle purposes by a concrete structure, but the old one, near the campground, remains for pedestrian use. Long may it remain. At Wimer another wooden covered bridge, built in 1927, is not in use, but has not been torn down, The same is true of the Big; Butte bridge, three miles below Butte Falls, built in 1922. ( ACCORDING, to Wesley Hartman, county bridge superintendent, who helped build all but the oldest of the covered bridges (Lost Creek, four miles up the South Fork of Little Butte Creek from the Lake Creek store, built in 1874), reports that five covered bridges in the county are in use. They are Lost Creek, Minthorn (1927, Evans Creek), Antelope (1932), Yankee Creek (1922), and Flounce Rock or Laurelhurst (1909). Two of these, Minthorn and Flounce Rock, are scheduled to be replaced and torn down. The other three will remain in use, for the time being, anyway. 1 It would be nice to think that a few of them would be around indefinitely; -E.A.' For $8.55 conscious of home owner years is $23,751, or a a 20-year basis. the average monthly in interest than he would that true thrift is not is apparently "the easy way. average nurchase con available for additional the "money market to of home-buvintr loans. Oregon general election 13, and is entitled War just isn't enough mort existing veterans entitle Dennis the Menace l! ! l""i J ! - v fr- 'i Km si ' YA KNOW WW? TO LIKE ' STORy IN COlOU, OH WIDE Today & Tomorrow By Walter MH. KHRUSHCHEV'S . SPEECH Mr. Khrushchev's speech reveals how Soviet policy has evolved since the crack-up at the summit last May. The subject of his speech was the his toric uprising of the sub merged peo ples In Asia, Africa, and Latin Ameri ca, against the political and economic hege mony of Western Europe and North America. There is no Issue between him and us over the historic fact that this hegemony is being liquidated and that it is being replaced by new constellations of sov ereign states. The issue be tween us is not whether what he calls colonialism is to be ended. The Issue is how the tran sition from dependence to in dependence Is to be brought about. e T IS on this point that his position has changed since the diplomatic disaster which wrecked the summit and has brought about a rupture of communications and negotia tions between the Soviet Un ion and the Western powers. Until the crack-up, as late as April when he visited Pres ident de Gaulle in Paris, Mr. K., though a champion of the colonial revolution, was pre pared to recognize that the Western powers have inter ests, as for example in the security of the European set tlers, and that a certain toler ance and patience were neces sary In making the difficult transition to Independence. A crucial example of this was his public indorsement of President de Gaulle's Al gerian policy, and this carried with It the understanding that during the series of summit meetings which were then contemplated, the liberation In Africa would be Helped and guided by the United Na tions and the great powers. e NOW we see that since the rrnrk-un in Mav Mr. K.'s position in that he will not facilitate the transition to in dependence by allowing the Western powers to collabo rate. His new position is un conditional support of the ous ter of the Western powers and a refusal to let them play any part in the transition to independence. The West, be cause of its imperialist history and because of the certain residue of scmi-lmpcrialistlc privileges today, Is In his present mood disqualified from assisting and guiding the new states. The assault on the Secre tary General is a corollary of, is incidental to, his policy of excluding the West from the transition. Mr. H a m m a r skjold's conduct of the Congo operation has been a faithful and a skillful attempt to fa cilitate the transition from Belgian colonialism to Congo lese Independence. Mr. Ham marskjold's sin In Mr. Khru shchev's eyes has been that the U. N. mission has been dedicated to helping the Con go, which li not ready for independence, to overcome the obstacles on the way to self-government. Mr. K.'s post summit policy docs not per mit Westerners to play any Important part in such a tran sition. e e IT IS not clear as of now how much of Mr. K.'s new position is a continuation of his wrath after the U2 a n d President Elsenhower's avow al of our right to over-fly the Soviet Union. It Is not clear how much of his new position Is considered policy. I would guess that not even Walter Llnomann 939 6; TO SEE 7WS SCREEN I Lippmann Mr. K.' himself could answer these questions today. For what is now evident is that these questions will be answered only if, when, and as the crack-up is repaired and communication Is restor ed. - The speech Mr. K. deliv ered on Friday is not the speech he would have deliv ered last April. For then he recognized that Britain. France and the United States had a necessary and useful part to play in the rise of the new nations. On Friday he seemed to say that we were untouchables and have no part to play. rpHE issue he raised on Frl day will have to be arbi trated by the new nations. They must decide whether they want the help of the West, the help of the Com monwealth, and the help of the French Community, and the help of the United States, We have no power and no desire to compel them to ac cept our help. But if they are wise In their own interests, they will take help where they can get it, and with the smallest amount of string attached to it. They will make sure that they do not become wholly dependent on any one govern ment, and they will guard, as they would the apple of their eye, the authority and the dig nity and the universality of the United Nations. They will find if they look into it while they are here that in these matters there has been a great change of opinion in the past few years, There was a time when we regarded their neutrality in the cold war as immoral and equal to taking sides with Moscow. That is no longer the official American opinion. We have gotten our bearings in the world as It is. We have remembered our history. And we know that the American Founding Fathers were right when they laid down the precept that the policy of a newly liberated country is to be neutral in the conflicts of the great powers. (c) 1960 New York Herald Tribune Inc. Section of Plaster Ceiling Crumbles Portland -(UPB- A large sec tion of plaster ceiling at the Paget Mortgage Co., caved in Wednesday night spreading dust and debris over desktops and office equipment. No one' was Injured and only Mrs. Pearl Wright, a cleaning woman, was in the office at the time. Mrs. Wright said she was returning to the ground floor office from the second floor when the 12 by 40 foot section crashed down. The mortgage company, owned by Republican Nation al Committeeman Lowell Paget, Is located in the Henry Building. Radiation Level of Milk Found Safe Portland - HOT - Portland milk has a safe level of radia tion, the State Board of Health said today. Milk, tested for the first time in April, showed 8.6 micromicrocurics of strontium SO, the board said. The level was far below the 33 mtcromtcrocurics per liter or kilogram for water, milk and foods recommended as a guideline by the National Committee on Radiation Pro tection and the International Commission on Radiation Protection. Nehru Is Neutrals' By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign Editor If there is one thing in com mon among new nations, it is an overwhelming desire to avoid the w h i p s aw of the cold war made fright- eningly e v i dent at the c u r r ent ses sion of of the United Na tions General Assembly. Phil nkwsom One of the men they look to for guidance is a thin, dark-skinned man in jodhpurs who came to the glass-encased U.N. headquar ters this year reluctantly. He is Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, a sadder and wiser man than only a few years ago when he was decrying Western alliances and openly admiring the So viet Union and Red China as shining examples of a brave new society. This year as cold war ten sions reach one of their peri odic peaks and as neutral na tions increase their voting strength in the United Na tions, there has been a cor responding increase in specu lation that there soon is to emerge a so-called third force which would function in the vacuum between the Com munist East and the capitalist West. Most Likely Leader The neutrals, covering a vast area of the earth and with a population of hundreds of millions, would comprise this force. There are men who have openly aspired to lead this force. Among them are Presi dent Tito of Yugoslavia, Pres ident Nasser of Egypt and President Sukarno of Indone sia. - But none of these has the prestige of Nehru. Among them all, none should know better than Neh ru the difficulties of welding such a force and the unlike lihood that it ever truly will emerge. One ambitious attempt oc curred in 1955. That was the Bandung conference in which Nehru was a prominent par ticipant. Sukarno was the host and he hailed it as "the first inter continental conference of the so-called colored peoples in the history of mankind." Opposed Colonialism Nehru used It to urge non- fj Matter of Fact , Disappointment for Ghouls Chicago - For the expect ant ghouls of politics, the finest of the long awaited Nixon-Kennedy debates must have been a sad disappoint ment. Neither man fell flat on his face. Neither even stum bled. Neither looked weak or foolish or u n i n formed or backbone less. Both were in fact e n o r mously i m p r e s sive josm-ii alsoi- each in his different and characteristic way. For this very reason, it is hard to believe the debate was at all decisive, at least In the way that has been so often forecast. It is impossible to believe, in other words, that this de bate constituted a great turn ing point in the campaign, making up millions of minds, and leaving one candidate with an Insurmountable lead and the other laboring under a hopeless handicap. Instead, it was a mere episode in the campaign, much like any oth er episode except that it had a vastly larger audience. rfHIS was not the way either their staffs expected the de bate to turn out. The desper ate preparations, the sleep less night for countless staff members, the interminable strategy conference, the im mense accumulations of de bating ammunition on both sides, all proved that the main actors, like everyone else, thought they might suc ceed or fall in this single hour. Instead, the debate mainly conveyed the difference in the personalities of the two debaters, while rather blur ring the difference in their viewpoints. Vice President Nixon in sisted so strongly that he shared all Senator Kennedy's worthy goals that one expect ed a Nlxonian endorsement of the Democratic platform at any moment. Senator Ken nedy insisted so strongly on his belief in fiscal prudence that one all but expected a Kennedy announcement that he would call back George M. Mumhproy to the Secretary ship of the Treasury. E VEN the difference in per sonality was something 4 Sadder0, Wiser Than Before On Desire to Avoid Power Blocs alignment with power blocs and called NATO "one of the most powerfut protectors of colonialism." But, from the start, the con ference called to demonstrate unity among the Afro-Asians ... Communications ... Letters to the Editor must bear ihe name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the us of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all Utters with a view to claritication and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paperj in fact the contrary is often the case. Tugman for Durno To the Editor: Several peo ple in various parts -of the Fourth District have asked me to amplify the brief state ment I made last week an nouncing my support for Dr, Ed Durno for Congress to replace Charles O. Porter I have said that after talk ing with Dr. Durno I am sure he will give to the problems of this district and the nation the thoughtful and construc tive attention they need. Dr. Durno does not pretend to have a ready-made answer for all the ills which afflict mankind, but his record as a member of the Oregon State Senate shows that he ap proaches public problems with that same dispassionate anal ysis which he has applied for years to his surgery. I have not joined with those who have questioned Charlie Porter's patriotism - because of his demands to recognize Red China, his impetuous es pousal of Fidel Castro, his acceptance of trips to inter national gatherings at the ex pense of Cyrus Eaton, that odd-ball millionaire who has suddenly become Khrush chev's friend and advocate. Instead I have questioned Mr. Porter's good sense and his failure to appreciate his responsibilities as a member of Congress. Dr. Durno will not make so many headlines, but the people of this district will know he is on the job and on our side. I would be the last person to say a congressman should not criticize, but there is a vast difference between con structive criticism and such mischievous meddling as ex emplified in many Porter statements and such antics as suing the State Department for a passport to visit Red China. Joseph Alsop one caught only in glimpses - as when the camera brief ly caught the Vice President, for instance, without his face arranged for the camera. The difference thus reveal ed is not easy to describe. Perhaps it is simplest to say that Kennedy - the - politician is like a marvelous natural athlete who suffers a little from insufficient training, and therefore shows rough nesses in his style. Whereas Nixon, in contrast, is a self made athlete, somewhat syn thetic, if you will, in the sense that his style is a mat ter of desperate discipline and careful training, but fully able to contend on equal terms. The ghouls, who would have liked to see one man or the other pulled down into the dust, will no doubt be just as disappointed as the partisans who would have liked to see their hero utter ly destroy his opponent. But in fact, the failure of the great debate to be either very decisive or even very dra matic is a reassuring and for tunate thing. ipOR THE difference be- tween the American po litical process and the process in other free societies - Eng land, for Instance - is basic ally a difference of speed. This country is so huge and so diverse; its people have to consider so many local in terests as well as national in terests; we have, within our borders, so many different kinds of people. And for all these reasons, It takes a ter ribly long time for the Amer ican electorate to be mobil ized, to turn its attention to the choice before it, and to make the choice with thought ful deliberation. These are the reasons why the English system of hold ing snap elections after short campaigns would be a per fect disaster in this country. These are also the reasons why It is much better to have the outcome of this desper ately Important election de cided, not by the momentary hazard of a television debate, but by the slow, ponderous long drawn out business of a national political debate. Maybe we should all be downright relieved, there fore, that as of now, the out come still seems likely to be decided in the old, slow way. (ci isso mw York Herald Tribune Ins, i demonstrated only that they, too, were divided. In the end, Red China stole the show. A year earlier she had signed with India a pact of non-aggression outlining five Within the last few weeks Mr. Porter is reported to have told an informal gathering in Eugene that he did not think American investors in Cuba should ever have any repara tions because they had ex ploited the Cubans, taken home huge profits and "had nothing coming." Perhaps Mr. Porter would care to answer these ques tions: 1. Did you make the state ments attributed to you? 2. If so, on what evidence do you base your conclusions? 3. As a lawyer, how can you reconcile such opinions with our accepted constitu tional principle that nobody's property shall be taken with out due process of law (even allowing for differences in Latin countries). American diplomacy since World War II has made in numerable blunders; Ameri can industries in foreign fields undoubtedly have committed many sins. In the early days of the cold war, expediency has driven us into alliances with many petty dictators; we are far from those ideals which must be our ultimate goal, but we shall not better our position by appeasement of Communist overlords whose aim is to extinguish freedom in the world. Whatever our mistakes, no nation in human history has ever been so generous, so for giving of former foes. This district should be represented in the Congress by someone who will not apologize for what we are, who has a posi tive faith in American prin ciples. Ed Durno is not a showoff but he approaches this job with a deep sense of its re sponsibilities. -: William M. Tugman Box 63 1 . Gardiner, Ore. Prefers Man of Faith To the Editor: Can a Cath olic be elected president of the United States - or, rather, can an American, who hap pens to be a Catholic, be elected president of the Unit ed States? The word Catholic means "universal, general, embrac ing all, liberal, large hearted, free from prejudice, includ ing all mankind," so many of us, whether we like the name or not, are Catholic. Our Democratic candidate has never denied he is a Cath olic, he has never hedged about the bush about it, he has never attended another church because it was more convenient to his home, or because he might possibly gain more political support by courting the members of two churches than by sticking with one - witness the "Pol ing Incident." He has courageously stood by the church of his faith which Is more than can be said of the Republican candi date. Vice President Nixon was raised a Quaker. He belonged to and attended the Quaker of Friends church in the town where he grew up, Whittier, Calif. But when he moved to Washington, D. C, did he hunt up and attend the church of "his faith?" He did not. Rather he attended the big Methodist church that "was nearest his home," thus at tempting to win to his politi cal support two of the chief bodies of Protestant churches. "You cannot serve. God and Mammon." ' Personally, I prefer a man who stands staunchly for the church of his faith, rather than a man who hypocritically tries to straddle the fence. Mildred B. Engman 1107 East Main st. Medford. Lois of "Freedoms" To the Editor: I am sur prised at your mild-mannered, Milquetoast answer to your Sherman county friend who seems to be grieving so over the loss of hn freedom to starve death. I'm sure you have the ability to have re turned some blistering phrases that would have made him wince. Why so mild? Yes, I read your editorial on W hat freedoms have you lost lately?", that prompted Mr. French to grum ble editorially about his free dom to starve to death that he so grudgingly has let slip mrougn nis lingers. Reflecting on the question of ' what freedoms we have lost, I realize they are many. We've been losing them right principles of co - existence. This theme she also pressed upon the participants at Ban dung. Five years later, Red China demonstrated its good faith with armed aggression against India's borders. ' ' along ever since Eve conned Adam into cahoots on that apple deal. Right then and there we lost free run of the place. Ever since Columbus the new freedom to squat on this newly found land has been vanishing, so fast, late ly, it is almost impossible to find a place to park without getting a ticket. Another freedom that seems to have gone by the board school board that is-is the freedom to work out our ex amples on the back of a wood en scoop with a piece of char coal by the light of the hearth fire. What kid could get away with toting a wooden shovel and a piece of charcoal to school nowadays? We no longer enjoy the freedom to take game and fur and fish and birds until there are none left for anyone. We are not allowed to kill In dians, rustle cattle and fence waterholes, yes, and run off other settlers by threat and blackmail so we can be suc cessful ranchers and eventu ally be known as pioneers of the old west. Mr. French says, quote: "No people can be free unless some can fail; no society can make progress unless the unfit and unworthy can fail . . ." He says that the laws just won't let us be1 failures any more, and without failure there can be no progress. Gee! That's a lota status quo! Poor Mr. French! He still lives by the might of the sword and the right of the lash. He can visualize no gain without a comparable loss. Ha just doesn't see anyone getting ahead without someone else going behind. We have not lost so many of our essential freedoms as you might think, including the freedom to starve to death. We can still succeed or fail. This is evidenced by re ports that last year there were more fortunes made, more profits gained than ever before. Also, in a recent year, there were recorded more bankruptcies than in 1929. - George Bettz, . 1119 Niantic St., Medford Platform for Veterans i To the Editor: Examination of the respective party plat forms discloses that It is the Democratic party that is most concerned with the welfare of people rather than the wel fare of concentrated wealth. This is particularly exem plified in the two parties con contrasting positions in regard to the special obligation, rec ognized by both parties, that the nation owes its war vet erans. , To reasonably fulfill this obligation, the Democratic program for veterans, among other things, calls for - cor rection of the inequity in ben efits dealt the now old and unemployable World War I veterans - pensions "adequate for a full and dignified life ' -urgent expansion of domicil iary and nursing home facili ties - education for orphans of deceased veterans con tinuation of the federal veter ans home loan program -G.I. type educationai assistance to servicemen. The Republican program for veterans merely offers to continue the Veterans Admin istration "as an independent agency," something it has been for more than 30 years. In short, their message to vet erans is the "Bradley Report." W. W. Campbell, Co-Chairman Veterans for Kennedy Johnson 926 S.W. Fourth ave. Portland 4, Ore. Gun Happy Fools To the Editor: Well, I see that the gravel pit on Agate rd. la now closed to all shook ing. It seems some good citl zenn have been shooting bot tles in the gravel piles, which when scooped up and, loaded in trucks, Is laid on the roads to cut car tires. ' . ' I do hope you gun-happy fools are satisfied now. I only hope I don't go to the sama hunting area you're in. . . (Name on File) ' ; ' Medford. ' ' :"