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Newspaper Page Texto FRIDAY. Medford&,Tribuni "Everyone In Southern Oregon iteaas ine ubu xTipune Published Daily except Saturday by 33 North Fir St, Ph BP 2-6M1 RflRRHT W RtlHL. Editor HERB GREV Advertising Manager CERALD T LATHAM Bui Mgr. ERIC W ALLEN JR., Mng Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor tiipnv miPMAN Telee Editor RICHARD JEWETT, Sporta Editor OLIVE ST ARCHER. Women's Editor DALE ERICKSOW, uircujajionjwE An "TnHpnnriimt Newsoaper Kntered as second class matter at Menford. uregon. unacr nvt w. March 3. 1807 SUBSCRIPTION RATES llv Mail In Advance, Copy 10c Dally and Sunday 1 year 100 Daily and Sunday mos 8 00 Dallv and Sunday 3 mos. 4.25 Sunday Only One year $4.20 Bv Carrier In Advance Medtord Ashland. Central Point t a g I e Point. Jacksonville. Gold Hill Phoenix. Shady Cove, Rogue Riv er Talent and on motor rnu'M Dallv and Sunday 1 year 18 00 Dallv and Sunday 1 mo 1 .go Carrier and Dealers copy 10c All Terms Cash In Advanca -?."cil Paper of City of'lWedfnrd Official Papar ol Jackson County ' United Press International ITitll fanned Wire TJ P I iTelephotoJJeywpJcturei TSEMBErToF AUDIT BimEAlT OF CmCULATjONS Xdvertlslne Renresentatlve: WEST HOLIDAY CC. INC Ices In New York cam. De troit. San Francisco Los Angeles, Seattle. Portland St Louis At lota Vancouver B C NATION At EDITORIAL LIU Flight o' Time Medlord and Jackson County History from the flies of The Mall Tribune 10, 20, 30., AO and 50 years aoo. 10 YEARS AGO Feb. 3, 1951 (Saturday) A "wildcat" walkout of railroad switchmen on the West Coast, has affected Med lord so badly that a passenger train scheduled to leave here . for Portland last night was unable to do so when the crew failed to report for work. State Rep. Robert Boot (R Medford) said today his "little Taft-Hartley act" is intended to strike a balance, between the rights of labor and the rights of management in Ore gon. 20 YEARS AGO Feb. 3, 1941 (Monday) The Jackson at. bridge was threatened with destruction this morning when a large tar melline machine that is Be ing used during bridge repairs went up in names. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Rural residcnls report frog male quartettes in their pastures have started singing Locked in the Muddle of the Puddle. This is one of the surest signs of spring." ' 30 YEARS AGO , Feb. 3, 1931 (Thursday) The county court, will se lect an architect soon to de sign the new county court house to be located on the old Washington school site. A Jury was selected yester day for the trial of a con fessed killer charged with slaying an Ashland city po liceman. - 40 YEARS AGO Feb. 3, 1921 (Friday) The Trigonia oil well In Fern valley is now down 800 feet and signs of oil are said to be more pronounced. The Greater Medford club Is urging citizens . to plant trees on their property. SO YEARS AGO Feb. 3, 1911 (Friday) . The county court yesterday appropriated $7,500 toward construction of a national guard armory in Ashland. What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct is superior: avon or eight is excellent; five el Ix ft good. 1. Which noted American said "I will return"? 2. Was it a King or a Queen who reigned longest In Eng land? 3. A group of lions is called a P -1 - c? 4. Which deceased New York Governor was frequent ly called "the happy war rior"? 5. Name the motion picture actress who had the leading role in the movie, "Mother Wore Tights." 6. Jade is always green; true or lalse? 7. Is the State of Massachu setts, Wisconsin, or Now Jer sey the leading state In cran berry producUon? 8. The zodiac sign for those persons born between Oct. 23 and November 23 is Sagitta rius or Scorpio? 9. Bruno Hauptman was ex ecuted in 1935 for the kid napping of whose baby? 10. The noted painter, Rem brandt Van Rijn, was -t Dutch, Swedish, or Norwegian nationality? Antwern 1. Douglas Mae Arthur. 2. A Queen (Victoria - 1837 to 1901). 3. Prido. 4. Alfred E. Smith. S. Betty Gra bit. 8. False. 7. Massachusetts. 8. Scorpio. 9.Th Charles A. Lindberghs' baby. 10. Dutch. 4 A Ca NEWSPAPER V--ASSOCIATION FEBRUARY 3, 19S1 Who Represents Who? Bob Taylor, newly-installed president of the Medford Chamber of Commerce, is a forthright guy who calls the shots as he sees them. He did so in a talk at the chamber's round table the other day, and painted a splendid and optimistic future for Medford and vicinity. With most of what he said we agree. We're just as optimistic as he is about the future of the Rogue valley, while at the same time believing that it's going to take some forethought and plan ning to make it (or, perhaps we should say, keep it) an attractive and livable place. -. DISAGREE, however, with a few of his " remarks. In particular, this one: "I don't think we have the caliber of people on the council to represent business that business is entitled to." Well, Bob is entitled to his opinion. But he's on pretty shaky ground here. For instance : Or the eight members of the city council, five are members of Bob's own chamber of commerce. Six, if you count the mayor. Four of the eight are definitely "business men," and others certainly could be called that. "TAYLOR is understandably concerned with the business community, and therefor is serving the chamber of commerce which is to his credit. But the city council was not created to serve the business people of Medford it .was created to govern the entire city, population, not just business people. : , There are about 725 members of the chamber of commerce ; the population of the city is about 25,000. One could make business is OVERrepresented on the council. The principal reason is that the members of them, anyway take their duties seriously, and consider it their job to represent all the people who elected them, not just business. . THE CHAMBER of commerce is a worthwhile ni'fra niV'ifi'nn HPl-io .TVTi.il TVili ntm ic a rviiiYir.oi (Its immediate past-president, in fact, is a Mail Tribune executive.) Ihe chamber is designed to represent busi ness; the city council is It the day ever comes the economy is in the administration, the city That is not true now. of the members of the council businessman, attorney, barber, schoolteacher, or whatever wno up io mis point nave for the best interests of a small part. hi. A. - "Boeing Well, now that the settled on the Jjoardman for future expansion of its missile operations, maybe the rumor about Boeing moving into the Medford area will cease for a while, anyway. . We've been hearing the rumor for the past dozen years, in one form It popped up again uist the other day. A man telephoned us ,to report that Boeing was trying to buy a large acreage in the Talent area, and that it was "being held up" by the city council. - IUST how the Medford city council could stop f a company from buying land around Talent wasn't explained. But, as always, we checked the rumor and found it without foundation. Having spent years tracking down rumors, 99 out of 100 of them baseless, we'd like to know how they get started. We know of one way. A city official (no long er with us) once remarked to a friend, "I'm going to start a rumor in the Elks club today and see how long it takes it to get to the Mail Tribune." It took just 17 minutes. E.A. Morgan Makes Things Interesting It was just 22 years ago, if memory serves, that a young man named Howard Morgan was serving as president of the student body of Keed college in Portland. , He had just weathered a crisis in student gov ernment, and at a later meeting was presented with a plaque. It said : "No matter what else can be said about the times in which we live, no one can say they aren't interesting." It was true then ; it's true today. V A ND ONE of the reasons it has been interesting is because of people like Howard Morgan, who was named to the Federal Power Commis sion the other day. , Howard is a tough cookie ; a man of strong opinions,, keen intelligence, and the diplomacy of a Hereford bull. He is also dedicated to serv ing his concept of the public interest the inter est of all the people, rather than a few. He proved himself to be both tough and fair when he served a tour of duty as Oregon's public utilities commissioner. And' he was tough and sometimes ruthless when he led the fight in the Democratic party which was responsible for it coming to life again in Oregon after many years of hack leadership. IN THE process of making life interesting, How 1 ard Morgan made powerful enemies, many of whom are a credit to him. H is a man who neither asks nor oives Quar ter in a fight, and that is a good omen for the difficult job he will be taking on in one of the most controversial of government airencies." ! It is a credit to President Kennedy that he put I abilityforMolitics (Morgan was a Stevenson nan; in maiuiij; ins cnoiee. 1VA. and to serve its entire a pretty good case that this is not really the case the council or most of not. when one segment of driver's seat in the city will be misgoverned. And that is to the credit naci ine courage to wont ALL the city, not just Boeing Aircraft Co. has site in eastern Oregon or another. Dennis the Menace 1-3 'YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD GO GOOD WITH THIS GLASS OF MILK? A SIASS OF ROOT BR!' ...Communications ... Letters to the Editor must bear tht nam und address of ihe writer, although undsr certain circumstances, the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves ihe right to edit all letters with a viow to clarification 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 paper; in fact ihe contrary is otten me case. For Fair Taxation To the Editor: The bum bling, stupid and confusing methods of financing the cost of education in this state are enough to make strong men weep, The recent revelation of how the allocation of O&C funds for Jackson county dis tricts penalizes taxpayers is just another example of the ridiculous, obsolete and dis criminatory laws governing school finance. The use of the so - called "Property Tax" to supply ap proximately two - thirds of school revenue is a vicious dis crimination against those who take the most pride in their homes and communities. Gold Hill is currently undertaking program reminiscent of the Make Medford Beautiful" campaign conducted in Med ford recently. The amount they will be penalized for their efforts will depend upon how well they succeed in this praise-worthy endeavor. The term "Property Tax" is obviously a misnomer. When property is defined as wealth, "possessions", "any thing of value", how do we justify the owner of a $500 equity in a $15,000 home pay ing $300 a year tax, while the holder of the mortgage pays nothing? What of the millions of dollars in the state that are invested in stocks and bonds? If we are 'to tax wealth, let's tax all wealth equally. Our own Mr. Duncan would relieve businessmen of the oppressive tax on inventories, a worthy objective, no doubt, but will It apply to farmers' inventories of livestock and produce? Another bill would relieve property owners over 65 of their taxes. Might there not be others below this age in equal neca ot relief? Our obvious need is men in Salem with the- intelligence and courage to face the fact that tax laws that may have served quite well a hundred years ago, no longer fit the needs of the present. Instead of trying to appease various pressure groups, give us just and equitable taxes, based on the ability to pay. Until they do this, they are not earning tneir ?ouo a year pittance. Howard S. Wilson Route 1, Box 280 Central Point, Ore, Not As Strangers To the Editor: Perhaps it would interest you to know that through the means of your Communications page. friendships have been made. It is true that some of your readers are in disagreement with many things written here. We live in a free coun try, so aside from holding differences of opinion to our selves, we can express these views publicly. The other day the phone rang and the individual on the other end stated that he and his wife had been enjoy ing the communications col umn. He indicated that thoy would be happy to meet me as they had been interested in some of my letters. So again our circle of friends has broad ened. An interesting Sunday afternoon visit resulted. It is a small world, how ever, for we soon found that they knew many of our friends. In the conversation which ensued we found that we had many things in com mon. One. can almost liken contacts like this with the refreshing breezes that wafts down from the mountains on a hot summer day. Yes, they were total strangers, but yet they were not. When Christ ian people meet they are really not strangers. They have the same Heavenly Father. True they might wor ship in a different church, bl" if lhc lovc of Cnrist is SJlTJS i might find tomt of my MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE. own close friends taking me to task for such a statement, We are all one in Christ. True all Christians may not be fol lowing all of the light that there is in the Scriptures. But as long as we step out and fol low that light as it is revealed to us, then we are safe. "Of all the lessons to be learned from our Lord's first great temptation." In the wilderness, none is more im portant than that bearing upon the control of the ap petites and passions. In all ages, temptations appealing to the physical nature have been most effectual in corrupt ing and degrading mankind. Through intemperance, Satan works to destroy the mental and moral powers that God gave to man as a priceless en dowment. Thus it becomes im possible for men to appreciate things of eternal worth through sensual indulgence. Satan seeks to blot from the soul every trace of likeness to God." Credit to the foregoing lines in quotes, goes to the book "Desire of Ages." A volume I highly treasure. It's com ments draw one closer to Christ and His word. Henry Johnson Jr., ' 2315 Highway 68, Ashland, Ore. First-Grader Bill To the Editor: The follow ing is a letter sent to State Reps. John Dellenback and Robert Duncan, and State Sen. Monroe Sweetland, chairman of the Senate committee on Education, in support of House Bill 1097: Dear Sir: I would like to take this opportunity, to urge that you support the adoption of House Bill 1097 which sets a new entrance age of July 1 for be ginning first grade pupils. Thousands of immature children who are both physic ally and emotionally unpre pared to cope with first grade work enter the first grade each year. Statistics show that there are many times the num ber of retentions in the pri mary grades among these im mature children than there are among those whose birth days fall earlier. The first year a child spends in school is most important in forming at titudes he will retain through out his school years. The suc cess and achievement he ex periences are vital. The extra few months gained by this new proposal would be of un told benefit to immature chil dren and would certainly be of harm to none. As both a. parent and ad ministrator of a primary school, I feel that only those who have dealt with this situ ation really understand its seriousness. Please help us keep before the legislature those educational bills that k-e des-igned to impsove the qua-M-ty of education for our children. William Brewster, Principal, Jewett Elementary school, Central Point, Ore. Good for the Dads To the Editor: We, the stu dents of West Side school, would like to take this oppor tunity to publicly thank some of our dads for constructing and installing our new score board. Through the efforts of Mr. Bob Kaay, Mr. Bill Warren, and Mr. Joe Brooks we were able to enjoy it at our first home basketball game on January 26. The team and the entire student body are very appre ciative of the interest shown by our dads and of the extra time that they expended for our benefit. David Culbertson, Secretary, West Side School Student Body. t Kennedy In House By LYLE C. WILSON Washington -IUP1K The Ken nedy administration and the Democratic party confront ifff jreiLia their greatest ffsfc&fSSrl challenge now House of Rep resentatives; The Presi dent and his party are on their own. Thle political battle over control of the Wilson House Rules committee was widely publicized. It was ex plained to the voters in sim ple terms. The explanation was like this: Bad guys, some Democratic some Republican, were joined in partnership to control the Rules committee. This combi nation often was able to pre vent the House from consider ing certain New Dealish legis lation. The Kennedy adminis tration and the House Demo cratic leadership considered Monopolies ' To the Editor: May I at tempt to answer Mr. Clifford's letter in last Sunday's M.T.? Free-enterprise, in the com mon usage of the term, de notes a desire to engage in a business or undertaking un hampered, and as many of its proponents would have it, un regulated. This leads to mo nopoly. Organized Labor is a loose but misleading term used to describe any coalition of workers. Labor is far from being completely organized. The original intent and pur pose of organized labor is to protect and promote the wel fare of its members, and is to labor what chambers, clubs and associations are to the businessman. In the course of progress each of these groups have so developed as to become each a colossus, and being diamet rically opposed have created the present conflict. , This conflict between labor and management is in reality a - struggle for wealth and domination, on the one hand and a struggle for justice and freedom on the other. History shows certain men came into power through pos session in ways not always ex plained in detail, and that lust for more power and greater wealth induced them to usurp the production of labor through slavery. Slavery has been abolished, largely, during the last few centuries, but not without great suffering in strife, hun ger and bloodshed and in the present century unions have acted to regulate working con ditions and wages, promote health, stimulate economy by increasing the purchasing power of the worker and dis tributing the proceeds more evenly. Yet unions are not without fault. Neither is free enterprise untarnished, for at times it has .been too free and too enterprising for its cloak of respectability to conceal the horrors and human suffering it has created in the past. One need not go'back more than a hundred years to re veal many of the abuses I have mentioned. A monopoly is a dangerous thing regardless of the field in which it arises, be it business, labor, politics, church or other phases of hu man relations. Let none of them get too powerful or trouble is close at hand, as history will attest. There is a solution If we wish to use it. C. R. Burrill 122 Vilas rd. W Central Point, Ore. Mfen and 9oors To the Edjtor: After sitting and observing people walking in and out of a super xnarhset with autoMWtic deers, I have come to the cona-Vusiom Svrt seme nee we net loeaeV ier them. Of all'.he weee I tijsevvejel, not one put their ii.mm out e push open the door. Some men walked in ati out without using their riands. Others put their hand out to push open the door and when it flew open, put then" hand back to their side as fast as possible. One man put his hand out and when the door flew open. rubbed the back of his neck fast. Another man did the same and looked around to see if anyone was watching and scratched his head. One man stood in the door way watching that door, as if he just dared it to close. What if they some day have automatic doors on cars? Think of all the steps the men would save, and the wear on his shoe leather. But what a dull life! Mrs. Delbert Casey Route 1, Box 358 Central Point, Ore. Forces Find Great Challenge of Representatives This Year this bottle neck intolerable. They broke it this week with a House vote authorizing Speaker Sam Rayburn to add two Democrats both good guys to the Rules commit tee. . One Republican Added House Republican Leader Charles A. Halleck at the seme time was authorized to name one more of his party to the Rules committee. This new Republican is to be a bad guy but Rayburn's twq addi tional members will give the good guys committee control. So, the good guys' have it. Unlike the Roosevelt and the Truman administrations, the Kennedy administration will not be able to blame the House Rules committee for any legislative setbacks. Har ry S. Truman made a lot of hay in 1948 with his campaign against the Republican 80th congress as the worst, ever. When the House Rules com mittee successfully challeng ed FDR in 1936-37-38, Roose velt moved against the Demo Go m u I ka Tightrope By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst Polish Communist leader Wladyslaw Gomulka is a good Communist who likes to push !sJ!J his luck. .Jj How long nis iuck win i u :i ly against so formidable an o p p o nent as Nikita Khru shchev, is a matter of con jecture. Nowsom -inis line or thinking comes from two bits of information from behind the Iron Curtain. One said that the Soviet Union is weary ing of Gomulka's persistent at tempts to strengthen and in crease Poland's commercial ties with the West. The other comes from noth ing less than Nowe Drogi, an official publication ; of the Polish Communist party." Pea Soup To the Editor: We see some personality haggle creeping into our Gold Hill hasslei Why lose sight of the over-all Issues in these trivial person against person sparnngs? "P"s for Personalities Some pea soup's yellow, some is green While some is colored in be tween; - So the pea soup issue could be wide On which, perhaps, to choose a side. But when it comes to split each pea ; To prove it's yellowish green degree-, Right then and there we have to say, "We change our order Consomme!" Gold Hill Billy, Gold Hill, Ore. to Lovely City, Lovely World To the Editor: Gold Hill is a lovely city. I said it and I mean it! I grew up in the large city of Portland, and though it shall always remain very close and dear to my heart because of relatives and many "old friends," I wouldn't go back there to live after having lived here in Gold ill. Here in this small city, I've found peace, contentment, time for reading things I love to read, to study things I've always been eager to learn. Our children have the op portunity to enjoy growing up without the many restrictions of a large city. During summer there is the beautiful Rogue River for swimming, fishing, boating, etc. Throughout the year the hills surrounding us are dressed in gorgeous colors of varied shades. There are the fsesh-looking green of the trocs and the soft velvety green of Wie grass in early Qfln AiO.CVGiVIST vAe ;iM i tfm w-wwei 5 gags get .i -:?.' rse IW:i iar cently. After he iai strung out his fifteenth aalM(i 'a. chairman interrupted to tell him gravely, "We've decided to ask you, sir, to please put your speech back on the cob!" Two drunks were stag gering through the lion house in a zoo when one lion gave a terrifying roar. "Let's get out of here quick," quavered the first, drunk. "Don't be a fool," reproved the second. "The picture's just starting!" A promising young f manied- French intellectual confessed to Voltaire why he was not man.ecL he adored women-but they terrified him. All the more reason to marry at once." Voltaire sssured him. "A m.tn m "JJ only to fear one woman; an unmarried man lias to be afiaia oi all of them." ...... 5 1961. t Bennett Cert Distributed by King Feeture. Syndic -U - cratic Rules committee chair man and licked him in a New York City congressional elec tion. The Kennedy-Rayburn challenge to the Rules com mittee was on a broader front. The margin of victory was narrow, however, so narrow that a shift of three House votes would have defeated the President and Rayburn. GOP Fought Change Halleck and the Republican leadership went all. out to pre vent the addition of good guys to the Rules committee. It is a fact, however that the House Republican leadership and Re publicans, generally, were fearful of what the conse quences, would be if they won. Halleck and his associates were determined that they would not put their party on the hot seat it occupied in 1948 when Truman was able to blame everything, includ ing bad weather, on the Re publican party in Congress. The fact is, the -administration's victory is not likely Still Wa I ks Between In a declaration of inde pendence with possible wide spread repercussions, Nowe Drogi proclaims the right of Communist nations to conduct their own internal affairs in the light of the "ma,. features specific to their respective countries." Foreign Solidarity But then, perhaps as an ap peaser, it threw in that In the field of foreign affairs there must be solidarity "as a basic condition of the unity of the whole Socialist camp." For all this, Khrushchev can chalk up another mark against the Red Chinese. . .. For its immediate source must be the squabble between Red China and the U.S.S.R. over interpretation of Com munist doctrine and Red China's determination to con duct her own affairs, both in ternally and externally. With varying degrees of success Gomulka has been spring. Did you ever go bare foot on the grass, fresh with dew? It gives one a "deli cious" feeling all over, . Silly? Maybe. Have you ever gotten up just! before dawn, viewing the sun as it rises and then - all of a sud den, it seems, every bird in the world is singing - and I guess they are! So many of us go through life automatically - like a ro bot - not really seeing, hear ing, feeling, smelling all the glorious, wonderous sights, sounds, things' and smells around us. Life is given to us for a purpose and to be enjoyed no matter who you are, where you live or what your station in life - rich or poor or just in-between. All peoples must learn to live together in harmony -peace, love and understand ing - regardless of race, creed, national origin or status. How ever, some people exalt them selves; others are humble. Remember, you are the most important person in the world and you are no better nor any worse than anyone else. All of us have the same rights and privileges, so as long as we always try our best to do what is right, we don't have to worry what anyone thinks or says. Let's start right now, todayi to be thankful for the things we have at this present mo ment - for our husband or wife, for our children, for our friends and our neighbors, for our home, for our job, our food, our schools, churches, etc. Do you know your neigh bor? Get acquainted if you don't. A better city begins with "me." Also, a better world. Mrs. R. P. Corona 904 Fifth ave. .(P.O. Box 19) . ' Gold Hill, Ore. mi much to change the House legislative routine this yegr. For self protection, the House Republican leadership would have supported : the Rules committee good guys in send ing most legislation to the House floor for consideration even if the administration lacked Rules committee con trol. Republican policy usually would have been to permit the Rules committee to give the House an opportunity to vote for bills which the Re publican leadership opposed rather than to hold such bills in the Rules committee. ' "We'll take our chances on licking 'em on the floor in a vote of the House," a top Re publican explained. And the chances still look pretty good, too. The House votes oti the Rules committee change was 217 for, 212 against. Those 212 "no" Totes represent the Heuse strengt! of the bad guys or, as they sometimes are described, the conservatives. U n ea sy East West battling Khrushchev since Oc tober 1956 for Poland's right to run her own internal- af fairs. He has, as- well, shpwn himself to be a realist. Two examples will illustrate, Gomulka, after once being imprisoned as a Titoist, moved back into power in 1956 in the upheaval which followed Khrushchev's renunciation o Stalinism. , He demanded that Poland be allowed to conduct its .own internal affairs and success fully resisted Khrushchev's charge that he was a "traitor" who wished "tq sell the coun try to the Americans and, the Zionists." . But less than a year later, Gomulka also was declaring that an alliance with the So viet Union is "necessary' for Poland to exist." Gomulka's motto seems to be: To live, Poland must de pend on the Soviet Union. But first, it must eat to live, and that depends upon the West. From "Y" To the Editor: Let me take this means to thank you and your firm for your support in i advertising our YMC A weeks activities. ' , s At times we neglect to show our appreciation to the many supporters who help promote the YMCA but this does not mean it goes unnoticed. - Wa want you to know that we don't forget your support which has been coming year after year for many years." ; The board of directors, staff, members, and myself thank you again for your help and support in promoting our YMCA. Bob Nelson Medford YMCA. ; Cigarette Law To the Editor. The Oregon State law states that anyone under the age of 18 is not. al lowed cigarettes, etc., in his or her possession. Why is this law not enforced (as it was in the fall of 1959)? In my opin ion, everybody has goofed. The stores have quit asking the young people the proof of their age to smoke. The police forces have slack ed their measures of enforce ment on this low. Also the law states persona under 21 are not allowed to buy liquor. So why should young people under 18 be al lowed to buy cigarettes? : ' (Name on file.) Medford Commentary To the Editor: "Setting It Straight. In a personnel letter to Speaker Rayburn: Ike says indeed he would like to have five-star rank restored with some of its benefits such aa medical care." The quote is found on the ninth page of the Jan, 23, 1961 issue of Newsweek 'magazine. The . above ,ex-cerit, . frdje. Newsweek is ene of ike rsoi appropriate c s i e t s Medieal Ca--e 'nt 'rrs imjuA As '3 Isowa ftHDejMnk is. oVp liSs ieMftt. . . . . ro ls m. t&e itfft CftMJpie. ?e Mw Ktw: A few years .3, we wore on the gold standard. You didn't like gold, you were afraid you might lose some out of your wallet, purse or pocket. In 1934, the New Deal took your gold and gave you paper. You have lost 53 cents out of every dollar which you possessed. Could you have lost that much gold out of your wallet? I hope Mr. Kennedy will make a good President, and I think he will, but I don't see why he is so upset over conditions in America. After all, it ain't nothin' but New Deal chickens comin' home to roost. Everett Acklin, Ashland, Ore.