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Newspaper Page TextSUNDAY. DECEMBER 25, 1960 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON (TRIBUNI "Everyone In Southern Oregon Reads The Mall Tribune" FubUshed Dally except Saturday by 33 North fir St. Ph 8PMM1 ROBERT W RUHL, Editor HERB GREY Advel-Uslng Manager ERIC W ALLEN JR.. Mns Editor EARL H AUAMO. l-liy a.uiwr tnnu fiiTTDll A M TmIkv IMltn nrnuAon in-uru-T'r- Snnrta dltor OUVE STARCHER. Women'a Editor DALE ER1CKSON. CjTMjaHOT Mgr An Independent Newspaper Entered ai iecond class matter at Medlom. Oregon unncr nvi March 3, t87 . aitnarnnyrinN RATES By Mall In Advance. Copy 10c Dally and Sunday 1 year iov Dally and Sunday moe 8.00 Dally and Sunday 3 tnor as o..-K nnli On vaar 14 20 By Carrier In Advance Med'ord a. Mind Central Point Eagle Point. Jacksonville Gold Hill Phoenix Shady Cove. Rogue Rlv t.1m An inntnr route! Dally and Sunday 1 vear tlfOO Daily and Sunday 1 mo I SO Carrier and Dealers copy i AllJTernwCa sh ln Aavanc, "o'iciaI Paper of City of Hertford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press International Full Leased Wire DPI Telephoto Kewspletures TfEMBEn OF AUT1IT BTmEATT or CmCULATIONS AdvertisInK Representative: wrwcT uni.mAV CC. INC Of fice, in New Vork. Chicago De troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles Scuttle. Portland St Louis At lanta. Vancouver, o v NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION N ATI O N A I EDITORIAI 5gai(6Th lTWillMIMUJJJJ Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the file, ot Th. Mall Tribune 10. 20, 30. 40 and 50 vean aflo. 10 YEARS AGO Dec. 25, 1950 (Monday) Despite a rash o traffic mishaps which sent more than 30 persons to hospitals, Ore gon police reported only, four accidental deaths during the three -day Christmas week end. The Jackson County Cham ber of Commerce has petition ed the civil aeronautics board asking permission to be rep resented at a hearing In Wash ington, D.C., which will con sider a proposed upward revi sion of airline rales to the east. 20 YEARS AGO Dec. 25, 1940 (Wednesday) The Medford post office handled the largest volume of Christmas mail In its his tory this year, according to Postmaster Frank DeSouza. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "First returns from the Christmas accidents reveal not a single Santa Claus ignited his cotton batten whiskers on a pink candle." 30 YEARS AGO Dec. 25, 1930 (Thursday) Forest fire damage in Ore gon during 1030 was the smallest since 1018, according to the forest service. A considerable amount ot Christmas mail is still in the post office awaiting a belated delivery. 40 YEARS AGO Doc. 25, 1920 (Saturday) "Listen Lester," a musical comedy, will be featured In tonight's Christmas program at the Page theater. Christmas was observed to day throughout the city and county with a general display of good cheer. 50 YEARS AGO Dec. 25. 1910 (Sunday) No paper today. Merry Christmas. What's Your I.Q.7 Nina or ten correct fi superior; seven or eight (s excellent; five r la is good. 1. Who is Sir John Giclgud? 2. Bible: What was the orig inal name of Abrahnm7 3. Correct the followlnx "The fox dived quickly in his noie. ' 4. Was "When Johnny Comes Marching Home popular song in the Mexican War, Civil War, or Spanish American War? 5. Was Vermont one of the original thirteen States? 6. Docs a filibuster have the effect of hastening, or of delaying, legislation? v 7. What is the abbreviation for the word Admiral? 8. What is a cygnet? 8. With what Island Repub lic in the west Indies do you associate the phrase "Piatt Amendment"? 10. Is caraway the name of a bird, herb, or vehicle? 1. Shakespearean actor and producer. 2. Abram. 3. "The fox dived quickly into . . ." 4. The Civil War. 5. No. 6. Delaying. 7, Adm. 8. A young win. 8. Cubi. 10. Herb. , MEDFORD. eg Merry Christmas In every country in the world with a Chris tian heritage, Christmas, under one name or an other, is observed with a huge number and var iety of symbols, customs, legends and traditions. But everywhere it is a day of hope and re joicing, of friendliness and good will. The tales which' have arisen about Christmas would fill many books, traditions in different lands. 1WIANY of the customs have a pagan origin, but have been so adapted and blended with the religious aspect of the holiday that they are now as much a part of the celebration as the Na tivity itself. The Yule log, the Christmas tree, the use of candles and lights, the sprigs of mistletoe and holly and greenery, the hanging of stockings, Santa Claus and his reindeer (which are pecunary American), and very likely the timing of the day itself, near the winter solstice all are derived from sources other than strictly Christian ob servance. And, in large measure, they help to account for the universality of brated in this country Christian and non-uhnstian alike. N recent years a movement to "Keep Christ in Christmas" has grown up, motivated in large part by objections to the holiday, and perhaps, to a lesser extent, by objections to the traditional but non-religious nature 01 certain aspects It may be, however, universal as it is largely because or the wide variety of ways in which it can pe celebrated within the many traditions. TO SOME the sacred commemoration of the To others the festivity mount. To all it is the hardiest, most iovful holidav of the year, and the seasonal greeting, "Merry Christmas!!" is as nearly universal in America as anything can be in this wonderfully diverse nation. E.A. Psychology at Christmas The Catholic Digest tells a Christmas stoiy we like about a young Red Cross girl who was working in an Army hospital overseas. Came Christmas clay and she found many of her patients overcome with gloom at being away from home, and hospitalized, on the most home centered holiday of them all. Nothing she could do individual little Christ mas trees, funny gifts, seemed to lift their spirits. buciaeniy she had an CHE came to a halt in the middle of the ward, J dabbed at her eyes with a handkerchief and cried: "Oh, boys, I'm so homesick. I can't pre tend any longer. I feel just terrible." ihe results were startling. One soldier said, "Aw, come on miss, it's not that bad." "Strike up some music, boys," ordered a sergeant. "We have to cheer her up. And so it went. As merriest Christmas any naa gone overseas . . . Cross worker. E.A. Poetry at Among the many other traditions of Christ mas is that of poetry. Perhaps the most famous of this genre is "A Visit from St. Nicholas," by Clement Clarke Moore, which did more to establish St. Nicholas (and his familiar lineal descendent, Santa Claus) as a symbol of Christmas, particularly in America, than anything else. DUT it always seems to draw out those who '"'otherwise don't attempt poetry or if they do, don't publicize it. Several examples will be found on these pages, and if all of them don't live up to FJC's description of "petal perfect," we can indeed overlook this in the warmth of the season. And, as to poetry as such, we shall have a lurther announcement some time next week. E.A. Most Blessed Story The shepherds in the fields abiding . Were first to hear the joyous tiding: "To God in highest heav'n be glory, And peace on earth!" So runs the story. But ever and anon proclaim it, Till men and nation, in one spirit, Prefer to honor each the other And Christ as Lord and Elder Brother. Then may again the angels' singing Throughout the whole world go ringing: "To God in highest heav'n be glory, And peace on earth I" Most blessed story. A.E.J.I as would the different the day, which is cele by just about everyone, overcommercialization of of the celebration. that the holiday is as and gaiety are para nor a lively ouartet inspiration. it turned out, it was the of them had since they especially a certain Red Christmas Dennis the Menace 'Of COURSE, THgy NEVER LOOK LIKE MUCH BEFORE ipu GET THE PJ?Stf7& UNDER THEM." Today & Tomorrow By Walter RELATIONS WITH EUROPE There is some uneasiness in Europe arising from a feel ing that American attention is turning away from Europe to- wards Latin America, Afri ca, and Asia. This uneasi ness exists believe, only in the minils of those Euro peans who Lippmann have not yet adjusted them selves to the fact that West ern Europe has recovered from the war. Inevitably and happily the relations between Europe and the United States are changed by this fact. In this country we now look upon the Euro peans not as our clients and dependants, but as our part ners. There is no more need for baby talk or a bedside manner or for a nanny in Washington. We have not lost interest in the alliance but we no longer think of it as a delicate child needing constant atten tion. The child has grown up and he is out in the world. And we now look to him for help, material and intellec tual and moral, in dealing with the grave problems, too long neglected, in the other continents. IF I had to make a guess, I would sav that this chanced relationship, once we all get more used to it, will bring about more consultation, ra ther than less, with London, Paris, and Bonn. During the post-war era, which is now ending, we have to an un healthy degree coupled our aid and our protection to Europe with a stubborn and self-centered conviction that we know best and must have our way. To differ with us on any of the great questions, such as China, Germany, or the newly emerging nations, has only too often been re garded as morally reprehen sible. On the European side there has during this period been an embarrassing subservience not only to our principles but tn our fo bles and to our fol lies. There has been a fear of speaking out as a good ally should lest the Administra tion take offense or Congress be annoyed and the flow of aid cut off. To all of this I would say good riddance. Let us have an alliance of equals. riiHE need for an understand ing among equals is most conspicuous in Africa - in North Africa, Central Africa and in South Africa. Although Americans are deeply con cerned, we have to start with the recognition that we can not have an independent American policy for Africa. We are inhibited because we are such a long way from having solved the problems of our own citizens of African descent. For that reason alone, although there are others as well, we can practice philan throphy but not international politics in Africa. This means that we have to play our part through the United Nations, through the Commonwealth, and through the French Community. We cannot ourselves deal with the Algerian problem We may be able by wise and judicious diplomacy to do something to help Gen. de Gaulle solve it. We cannot deal with the Congo except through the UN, and it may be, eventual ly through some understand ing with Moscow, possible to let the UN take the Congo out of the cold war. We can do little or nothing about the fearful trouble that Lippmann is brewing in South Africa ex cept to hope that the Common wealth will have enough in fluence to avert a catastrophe. rpHE more closely one looks -- at the problems of Africa, the plainer it is that no policy is possible which ignores Europe, which is not in fact intimately related with the policies of the European gov ernments. Africa has been a colonial dominion of the great Euro pean empires, and it is the mission and duty of the Euro pean democracies to prepare the way for the liquidation of those empires and the estab lishment of African inde pendence. Africa cannot be, as Latin America is, a primary inter est of the United States. In African affairs we cannot lead the Europeans and the Afri cans. With a proper modesty we can help them. (Copyright 1960 Now York Herald Tribune, Inc.) In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS This is Christmas Day. Last night was Christmas Eve. The patron saint of Christ mas Eve is St. Nicholas-now adays usually called Santa Claus. HOW did the Santa Claus mvth eet started? It isn't wholly a myth. Saint Nicholas was the youngest and one of the kind est bishops in the history of the Church. During the Mid dle Ages he gradually became the patron saint of school boys. European schoolboys celebrated his feast day by electing a boy bishop. Dressed in magniticem robes, the boy bishop led a parade that wound through the narrow streets, hardly wider than a modern alley and paved with rough cob blestones. Sometimes the pro cession entered the churches and proceeded solemnly down their aisles. There was much feasting, but on the whole the occasion was a solemn one. AS THE Middle Ages waned, the Saint Nicholas feast and procession gradually waned with it. But in Belgium and The Netherlands they are still celebrated in many places. In the celebrations a person representing the saint and wearing the robes of a bishop rides through the streets on a white donkey and the tra dition still holds that if Hans and Katrinka have been good children all through the year they will find gifts in then wooden shoes on Christmas morning. But If .they have been BAD children, they will find in their shoes on Christmas morning a bundle of switches. rpHAT is where in these mod- em days In these ULTRA modern days, one might say without fracturing the truth- we get the story we sometimes toll to our children. The story that if they are good little boys and girls Old Santa will fill their stockings with gifts and goodies, but if they are bad little boys and girls Santa will pass them by and on Christmas morning they will find their stockings empty. , One fears that when we tell the tale we have our tongues in our cheeks and that our children are aware of it. Anyway, in these rela tively abundant modern days, relatively few stockings arc totally empty on Christmas morning. Matter of Fcrcf By Joseph Alsop STORY OF TWO BROTHERS Washington-In all the com motion over the choice of Rob ert Kennedy for the Attorney Gen eralship, f pssraw -4 what may be r m called the hu ? man point of this remark a b 1 e nomina tion has some how been missed. Since the human point helps to illuminate the Alsop political point, it is still worth trying to make. The point is, very briefly, that the President-elect virtu ally had to dragoon his broth er into accepting the post he had destined for him. At Hyannis, in the imme diate aftermath of the victory Robert Kennedy had done so much to organize, the older brother first offered the At torney Generalship to the younger brother. In his char acteristically uncommu n i c a- tive way, John F. Kennedy had evidently made his own decision about the right way to use Robert Kennedy, long before he could be sure that he would have Cabinet places to give away. But he had given no hint of his decision to anyone, including Robert Kennedy. rpHUS the offer at Hyannis "- tooK rtobert Kennedy whol ly by surprise. He immediate ly, almost instinctively, but still quite flatly refused the offer. He rightly feared that such an appointment would be sharply criticized, and he was apprehensive that this would do political damage to the Kennedy administration. Hence he did not want the job. These same fears continued to haunt Robert Kennedy dur ing all the long weeks that followed his talk with his brother at Hyannis. But he was also haunted, one must suppose, by the feeling he once expressed during the roughest period of the Presi dential campaign. A friend then asked him whether he really intended to leave the national stage and go into Massachusetts state politics after election day. "You don't get into a show like this for the fun of It, or even for your brother's sake," he answered. "You get into it because you believe in something; and if you believe WHAT with high taxes and high prices, we moderns are often inclined to feel pretty sorry for ourselves. We talk wistfully of the "good old days" when (we allege) everything was lovely and the goose hung high. It might be a good idea if old Doc Won- mug could clap some of us into his time machine and send us back to the Middle Ages. It would be an eye opening trip for a lot of us who complain of the burdens of modern life. Even a trip back to the days of our pioneer ancesters -whom we often think of as lucky . stiffs, with plenty of free land lying all around waiting to be taken and gold out in the hills to be had for the digging-might be a re vealing experience. BUT let's get back to Santa Claus. How, it may be asked, did we ever get Santa Claus out of Saint Nicholas? Christmas: By ERIC SEVAREID It is the compulsion and perhaps the failing of those who write about the public affairs of the t..v ' world to trv ; to find pat 'tern and meaning and direction in diverse and p a r a d oxical events. Not since the the bleak De Sevareid cembers of the last great war, surrounded by sorrow immeasureable to the point of senselessness, has this correspondent found such dif ficulty in accommodating the Christmas meaning to the be havior of men. A few days ago I walked the banks of a lovely stretch of water called the Holy Loch, in Scotland. It got its name, the villagers say, be cause, once upon a time, a ship carrying soil from the Holy Land, destined for the foundation of a church, foun dered there and sank. In a few weeks time an American submarine will float in those waters, over the remains of that consecrat ed vessel, a submarine carry ing enough missiles to destroy human beings to the number of millions and churches to the number that exist. A local minister voiced the "sensible" view. "The govern ment must know what it is 1 -4, in something, you want to stick around and see it hap pen." The conflict between this impulse to "stick around and see it happen," and his fear of handicapping his brother in the heavy task, evidently gave Robert Ken nedy considerable pain in the months after the election. The pain can be deduced from the curious, almost desperate character of his attempts to escape from the conflict. AT ONE point, he began to look for a university job in Massachusetts, with the vague intention of entering politics there later on. On another occasion, he actually asked a leading newspaper publisher for an assignment as a foreign correspondent, in order to "get away from the whole thing." But while the younger brother all but bat tered his head, in this man ner, against the predicament that caged him, the older brother held firmly to his original intention. It was a moment of waver ing, to be sure, after the cries of "nepotism" that were rais ed when the choice of Robert Kennedy for the Attorney Generalship was first publicly hinted. The older brother then briefly considered naming the younger brother to the Depu ty Secretaryship of Defense. But the more the President elect looked at the problem, the more he was convinced that his first decision had been right. Thereafter the older broth er insisted; but the younger brother still resisted. At din ner with the President-elect in Palm Beach, just a day or so before the appointment was officially announced, Robert Kennedy again flatly refused the Attorney Generalship, this time, as he believed, for good and all. But at the last mo ment, his resistance was over come by a renewed appeal which the older brother made at the family breakfast table the next morning. rpHERE are several things to be said about this undoubt edly authentic story of the two brothers. To begin with, it hardly reeks of nepotism, in any normal sense of that word. The extreme reluctance of the younger brother, and the dogged persistence of the older brother, are equally striking. They speak volumes, both about the nature of the appointment and the charac ter of the appointee. They reveal an appointee who showed, if anything, an excess of delicacy in scruple -an appointee very unlike the hard, ruthless, and totally un- HERE is the accepted ex planation: The early Dutch settlers in America brought the Saint Nicholas tradition and the Saint Nicholas customs with them to New Amsterdam (now New York City.) The English settlers in America eagerly borrowed the legends and the festivities surround ing the kindly old saint. Eng lish children tried to pro nounce the Dutch name for him, which was San Nicholas. But they said it quickly and excitedly and soon the name changed to Santy, or Santa Claus. Try it yourself. Say San Nick-o-Iaas. Say It fast. You'll soon see how the transition from San Nicholas to Santa Claus came about. IN conclusion Merry Christmas! Or Christmas Gift!, as they're apt to say in the South. Can We Make the Paving Hold? doing," he said, as he rubbed his chillblained hands in his frosty study. "It would be im moral for us to ask them to put the base somewhere else, for others to take the risks involved." But Scots wear their con science like thick and scratchy underwear. The Presbyterian hierarchy is brooding and is most un happy. More and more does the power of imagination col lide with the logic of Chris tianity. The hierarchy does not live comfortably with its memories of the last great war. They had solemnly pro nounced that they would sup port the war on condition that Christian Britain attacked no civilian populations, and then remained silent when Chris tian Britain obliterated Dres den, on a scale of horror with Hiroshima. What is the duty of Chris tian man who believes in the promise and verity of Christ mas? To some of the Scottish Kirk, like the fiery Reverand George MacLeod, the former moderator, the duty is clear: Let Britain and all others who will, throw away all nu clear weapons, whether non Christian Russia does so or not. So great is their power of belief in the power of their faith that they have convinced themselves Britain could then negotiate for peace from a greater, not a lesser strength, POTLUCK (By M-T Staff and Contributors) Merry Christmas MANY Christmas greetings are received in the news room of the Mail Tribune at this time of the year. All are appreciated. But the ones that carry a really poignant mes sage are those which indicate an understanding of some of our day-to-day problems. One such was on a post card re ceived from a regular con tributor of items last week. It said, "Merry Christmas, and thanks for overlooking the messes." EVER since we were in high school we've had difficul ty in remembering all the po sitions in the President's cabi net. Not long ago we dreamed of a mnemonic trick which works perfectly. It is the non sense word "stapmclad simply meaning State, Treas ury, Attorney general, Post master general, Health-educa tion-welfare, Interior, Com merce, Labor, Agriculture and Defense. Now, children, how many can name all the pres ent members of Mr. Eisen hower's cabinet? Or Mr. Ken nedy's for that matter. TJOBERT Frazier of the Reg " ister-Guard in Eugene gives warning to those pun sters who, inevitably, will re fer to the Pentagon staff, after Jan. 20, as McNamara's Band. ijeminus us a little of a comment in a Salem pa per, which said, "Now it's of ficial. The electoral college met and announced 'Its a boy'." VESTERDAY (this is being written Friday) a police car with siren wailing bored through the fog. An office wit looked up and asked innocent ly, "Grass fire?" . ! ! f scrupulous fellow Robert Ken nedy has been portrayed as being. Equally, they suggest that the motive of the appoint ment was not family duty (which had been amply ful filled by the first, instantly refused offer at Hyannis), but by the considered opinion of the older brother that the younger brother was the very best man for the job. Whether this opinion is cor rect will prove, in the end, to be all that matters about this allegedly shocking broth erly appointment. Meanwhile, when you think of the sordid connivers and squalid hacks who have so often been tol erated in the. Attorney Gen eral's office in the last 30 years, the current cries of pious horror seem a trifle odd. The bold, downright innovat ing choice of an Attorney Gen eral who is quite obviously in telligent, vigorous, and cour ageous, might better be greet ed with sighs of relief. Copyright 1960. New York Herald Tribune Inc. from the strength of "Moral Example." Even so, men like MacLeod assert, better the Christian man or nation ac cept destruction than inflict destruction on others. Better Communism everywhere, if it came to such a choice, than the elimination of the human race; ' tyrannies pass, as Eu rope knows. The current logic of the po litical faith, of course, is that only the existence of the wea pons, whose use in war is not possible by any logic, will save us not only from tyranny but from war itself. The poli tical logic dominates, almost everywhere; old Europe grows stiff with the new weapons. These words are written in a Paris office where an American diplomat, whose first name is Christian, has been describing the American suggestions for duplicating Holy Loch and its dilemma in many other parts of Europe, with scores of Polaris mis siles. He then flew home to his Christmas festivities and devotions, clear of conscience and who may say for sure that he is wrong? Murder en masse goes on, in the Congo, in Cuba, in Ethiopia, in Laos, in Algeria. "Let us find our Christian passion again." the Rev. Mr. MacLeod exhorted that Glas gow audience. But it is the other, the dark and ancient passions, that loose m o.s t easily. The passion of love. CHRISTMAS has many he roes, but the one dearest to the heart of one feminine shopper we know is a basket- boy at a local super market who, during the fog last week, periodicall ychecked all the cars in the parking lot. Where patrons had forgotten to turn off their lights, he did it for them. HOPING to make the Ten Commandments come alive to his Sunday school class, one teacher recently asked his class, "Why should we honor our parents?" One of the replies was this: "Gotta give 'em some credit. After all, if it weren't for them, we wouldn't be here." REALLY rare are some of the annual Christmas pro grams put on by schools and Sunday schools. One of our staff members, a connoisseur of such things, asks, "Why is it that so often the orniest pupils suddently sprout an gels' wings during these events?" TNTERESTING Christmas card arrived at the district attorney's office the other day. It was signed, "Bow, Wow, Wow," and came from Chris Hagler and his dog control crew. SMUDGE pots, lining the streets and glowing brightly, might be the answer to fog problems, someone sug gests. And they do just that at the country club, we found to our relief one day last week. THERE are many drivers who solve the fog prob lem simply by sighting the tail lights of another car and following them. If we recall correctly, this practice com pletely filled up the parking lot at Bear Creek orchards, much to everyone's surprise, one thick day last year. TlfEDFORD High school played a basketball game at Hedrick Junior High the other night, and a senior girl attended, promising her par ents she'd be home by 10 p.m. She called home at 9:30, re porting she was leaving Hed rick in a cab, and should be there in 10 minutes. An hour and a half later she arrived, the cab having gone out Grant st., the driver getting lost, winding up at Modoc orchards and radioing in for directions. At that, she was fortunate. She was charged only the regular fare for her around-the-valley trip. A RCHIBALD, who frequent ly comments on the doings of the day in the column writ ten by Vic Freyer of the Cap ital Journal in Salem, suggests that the perfect gift for the man who has everything is a calendar marked with when the payments are due. SO WE COME to the end of another year of Potluck. The next one will appear in 1961. It's been a good year, by and large, for the Potluck edi tor, and since he's a silly, soft hearted sentimentalist at heart, despite his crusty ex terior, he extends to all his readers (five, at last count) the warmest good wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Hap py, Peaceful New Year. f ! f does not seem to lend itself to collective forms, to tables of organizations. Last night I dined in a new restaurant in the Place de la Bastile. After despairing of Algeria and predicting that de Gaulle would be assassi nated and France becoma another blood - drenched Spain, the proprietor casual ly mentioned that his wina cellar was a former Bastilla cell, still swarming with lean, grey rats. It is paved over now, but still here, only a few feet down the darkness, tha fears and hatreds, the evil in man. I suppose this is the only way modern man can look at Christmas and its meaning: A paving, a thick crust. Here and there it breaks; we fail in, we climb out. we repair once more and trust our weight upon it onca again, believing because we must that one day it will hold us all and for sure. In the measurement of time past and time not yet, we stand but a few inches from our old, dark cave of origin, and miles from our summit of Christian love. After all, love is a new idea in the world. We are members of the first, hastily gathered, blundering paving crew. Christmas is testimonial to the fact that we have learned at least a few of the tricks of the trade. (Distributed 1960. by The Hall Syndicate, Inc.)