MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE.
WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 22. 1961
Try and Stop Me
-By BENNETT CERF-
A STAID OLD TOWN recoiled in horror at the proposal
that a local radio station be opened just off the princi
pal square. "I'm danged," thundered the town's leading
citizen, "if this historic
community is going to
tell its birthright for a
mess of wattage!"
.
When Shelly Berman
opened at the Waldorf he
looked serious indeed and
muttered, "Tonight I'm like
a girl who flirts with the
butcher. I'm playing for
big steaks."
Mike Connolly started oft
the new year by reporting,
"I slept like a log last
night I must have. I woke . ,
up in the fireplace."
"George Jessel," confides George Burns, "showed me how to
cut 20 strokes off my golf game. He taught me to cheat"
1961, by Bennett Cerf. Distributed by King Features Syndicate
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
I n Washington, President
Kennedy sends to the con
gress a special message pro
posing an educational pro
gram that would authorize
five billion, six hundred mil
lion dollars in federal grants
and loans to:
Build public schools.
Boost teachers' salaries.
Increase college opportunities.
KEY provisions of the pro
gram proposed in the
President's message would:
1. Authorize federal grants
of $2.3 billion for public con
struction and teachers' sal
aries for the next three years,
with each state deciding how
much of the money would go
for each function. The money
would equal a minimum of
$15 for every public school
student in average daily at
tendance. 2. Establish a five-year pro
gram of state-administered
scholarships for up to 212,500
TALENTED and NEEDY col
lege students at an overall
federal cost of 557 'i million
dollars. The average scholar
ship would be $700. The max
imum would be $1,000. Col
leges and universities would
get $350 a year additional for
teaching each federal scholar
ship student. States would
have, to pass out the scholar
ships competitively without
regard to sex, race, creed or
color.
3. Extend the college hous
ing program for five years at
$250 million annually, and
provide $300 million a year
in loans for five years to help
build college classrooms, lab
oratories, libraries and related
academic figures.
THE President, in an effort
to win over lawmakers who
are fearful of federal control
of schools, said in his mes
sage: "Education must remain
a matter of STATE and LO-
PAT nrtnfrnl inrl hilhpr Pfhl-
cation a matter of individuals
choice.
These words sound reassur
ing to those who want to
keep the schools as close to
home as possible, but we must
remember that the HAND
THAT PAYS THE BILLS
wields a lot of authority.
HE added:
"In accordance with the
clear prohibition of the con
stitution, no elementary or
secondary school funds are
allocated for constructing
CHURCH schools or paying
CHURCH school teachers."
COMMENT?
Let's put it this way:
In recent decades, the idea
has grown up that if UNCLE
pays for it, it's FREE. That
isn't true. The money the fed
eral Eovernment spends comes
from TAXES. Taxes come out
of the pockets of the people
. . . the same pockets from
which come the taxes levied
by state and local govern
ments.
Federal money ISN'T
manna from heaven. .
0
NE other thing to remem
ber:
If the federal government
finances the schools, in whole
or in part, the management
of the schools will get farther
and farther from home.
THIS thought in conclusion:
If the federal eovern
ment feels that it MUST do
something for the schools, the
scholarship proposal contain
ed in President Kennedy s
message would be the best
way. TALENTED youngsters,
both the needy and the non
needy, are good citizenship
material in these days when
the thought often crosses our
minds that Russia just MIGHT
be getting ahead of us in sci
entific progress.
McNeil Protests
Methods of Crew
Soliciting Here
A protest against methods
used by a magazine subscrip
tion solicitation crew in Med
ford has been wired to the
"central registry" , of maga
zine solicitors by Don Mc
Neil, manager of the Medford
Chamber of Commerce.
McNeil said he has received
at least a dozen telephone in
quiries, which have reported
that solicitors seek to convey
the impression that they are
residents of the county, and
also represent themselves as
f o r e ign exchange students
"working for points on a
foreign tour.
Some of them speak with
an accent, he said.
"Is this necessary?" Mc
Neil asked the registry, the
office which has been set up
in New York to supervise
magazine subscription work.
No Direct Connection
At least one solicitor has
sought to connect himself
with the Mail Tribune colum
nist, Lynn M. Watkins, writer
of "Small Worlds Around Us."
(The column is received from
the Register & Tribune Syn
dicate, and Watkins has no
direct connection with the
Mail Tribune.)
One of the solicitors refers
to him in some manner. One
Mail Tribune subscriber call
ed the newspaper office yes
terday and demanded to speak
with Watkins, but hung up
angrily when the switchboard
operator could not make the
connection immediately.
Another letter, addressed
to Watkins in care of the
Mail Tribune, contained an
envelope addressed lo the
Golden Circulation Company,
and said "If O.K., please for
ward to publishing company;
if not, let me know what to
do."
Watkins has no connection
with any magazine solicitation
enterprise, nor does the Mail
Tribune.
NRHA Vice President Says Low
Point of Recession Is Reached
Tony Manno, owner of the
Acme Hardware store, Med
ford, and vice president of the
National Retail Hardware as
sociation, said Tuesday that
the low point of the recession
has passed, and the economy
of the country is now "bounc
ing back."
Manno blamed continued
recession and depression talk
on "some of the people in the
administration and Congress
who are crying "wolf" only to
mentally condition the aver
age person to accepting their
attempts to pass social legisla
tion." He excluded President
Kennedy from this group.
Manno, 47, has been in the
hardware business, both retail
and wholesale, in the southern
Oregon area for 25 years. His
present business, the Acme
Hardware store, will soon cele
brate its 16th year in Medford.
Worst Possible Thing
The worst possible thing for
the economy at this time, Man
no said, is continued reces-
cording to Manno, are the
Pacific Northwest and the east
central states, including parts
of Indiana, Michigan and Illi
nois. He predicted that the lum
ber industry and the Pacific
Northwest will hit bottom
within a month or two and
then start climbing upward
in April and May. This section
of the country always seems
to be some four to six months
behind the rest of the nation,
he said.
Manno said much of his op
timism is based on his recent
experience at the January
National Housewares Show in
Chicago. This show is held an
nually to give houseware
manufacturers an opportunity
to display their products to
dealers and buyers from all
over the United States and
Canada.
35.018 People Attend
This year, he said, a total of
35.018 people, the vast ma
jority of them dealers and re
tailers, attended the show
which represents a 73 per cent
sion talk. He explained that increase over tne attendance
when a man is told over andl3'!"? s.w in iaoa:
over that there is a recession,
and even if he personally is
not experiencing anything to
indicate that there is one, he
will still believe it.
He charged that today's
press is performing a disserv
ice to the country by printing
alleged recession news, when
it should actually be speaking
positively.
Manno declared: "I contend
that country-wide, on the av
erage, with the exception of a
few restricted areas, we have
already hit the bottom of this
so-called recession in October
and November, and we're al
ready on the way up."
Two Exceptions Noted
Two exceptions to the re
newed life in the economy, ac-
E. P. FFA Group
To Host Contest ,
Eagle Point The Eagle
Point Future Farmers of
America chapter is preparing
for the sectional parliamen
tary and public speaking con
test to be held at Eagle Point
Thursday, according to Nat
Etzel, vo-ag instructor and
chapter advisor.
Eagle Point and Crater
chapters will be competing
against Central Linn and Al
bany from the Willamette dis
trict in parliamentary proce
dure. Eagle Point was first in
the district contest and Crater
second. The same two schools
will be competing in public
speaking with Central Linn
and Scio, from near Albany.
Crater was first in public
speaking and Eagle Point sec
ond in the district contest.
Judges for the public speak
ing will be Glen McCullough,
head of the Medford Toast
masters' club; Bill Jess, Sams
Valley rancher, and Bob Lonz
way, of the Soil Conservation
Service. Jess will also be a
judge for parliamentary pro
cedure and Mrs. Marie Dwy
er, former state parliamen
tarian for the Lady Lions aux
iliary, will be the other judge.
The public is invited to at
tend the event to be held at
1 p.m. Thursday in the Eagle
Point grade school gym.
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This "tremendous" turn-out,
Manno contends, "belies the
story you keep having thrown
at you . . . from every direc
tion about recession and de
pression." The country is ex
periencing a recession, he
agreed, but added that "it's
not as serious as we're led to
believe."
'Manno feels that retailers
such as himself, are fairly ac
curate barometers of how the
country's economy is faring
He said, "we are closest lo
the people . . . because we
serve the everyday essential
needs of the people."
Among First To Feel
The retailers are among the
first to feel the signs of a re
cession or the signs of growth,
During his recent travels
around the country as vice
president of the NRHA, Man
no said he has found they are
now feeling the signs of
growth.
Regarding the estimated 5.2
million people who are un
employed, Manno said he
doesn't believe the unemploy
ment picture on the whole is
any worse now than it has
been percentagewise at many
times in the past.
He called it "misleading"
to compare the number of un
employed of today with the
numbcrof unemployed of a
decade or so ago, and then say
this recession is the worst
since the depression of the
1930's.
Population Increasing
It must be remembered, he
said, that the population has
been increasing at a rate of
about five per cent a year.
Therefore, he pointed out, five
million unemployed today
doesn't mean near as much as
it would have 10 years ago.
He said the unemployment
situation is further aggravated
by the "war babies" of the
early 40's. who are now be
coming old enough to enter
tlie labor market; and by
housewives who have worked
part-time, then quit their jobs,
and are now applying for un
employment compensation.
Asked if he things the coun
try can find jobs for the 5'A
million unemployed, Manno
replied that: "I have enough
confidence in our country . , .
that given the opportunity, I
see no reason why we should
n't lick this problem."
Manno called for less pessi
mism and more optimism on
the part of everybody - poli
ticians, businessmen, the press
and the workers - as a means
of hastening the recovery of
the country's economy.
Hi-Lead Logging
Discussed During
Tuesday Meeting
Problems of road construc
tion, access and the economics
of hi-lcad logging shows were
discussed at a meeting Tues
day in the Medford BLM tim
ber sales room, according to
Bob Kline, Kline Logging,
chairman of the half-day con
ference. The meeting attracted more
than 100 logging operators
and public agency representa
tives from southern Oregon
and northern California, and
served to create a better un
derstanding between the per
sons involved in laying out
and logging hi-lead tiinbcv
sales.
Kline, who arranged the
meeting at the request of
members of the Southern Ore
gon Conservation and Tree
Farm association, noted that
hi-lcad logging constitutes a
substantial portion of the tim
ber sales in this area and de
serves special attention, espec
ially in the important plan
ning and layout stages.
Special Equipment
Due to the necessity for
special equipment and logging
techniques, the hi-lcad logging
show can be economically
risky if it is improperly laid
out for efficient operation.
' Public agency representa
tives from the forest service
and the bureau of land man
agement explained the var
i o u s regulations governing
their sales layout procedures
and, in turn, heard sugges
tions from private industry
foresters for improving these
techniques.
Some concern was express
ed by logging operators that
sales layout personnel from
the public agencies were not
always well acquainted with
the special requirements of
hi-lead logging shows and as
a result sometimes threw an
Familiar Streets More
Danqerous, Records Show
National traffic records in
dicate that driving on familiar
streets presents a greater haz
ard to the average driver
than driving on unfamiliar
streets.
Medford Police Chief
Charles P. Champlin points
out that three out of every
four traffic deaths in the na
tion occurred within 25 miles
of tlie victim's home. He adds
that 85 per cent of all acci
dents in Oregon cities during
the first six months of 10(10
involved a local resident.
Champlin said he suspects
the reason so many accidents
occur near tlie victims home
has something to do with the
old saying, "familiarity breeds
contempt."
He said: "People drive the
same route every day; they
begin to feel as though they
could negotiate it with their
eyes closed; they begin to
take too much for granted
and that's when an accident
is most likely to happen."
One way of guarding
against this over-familiarity,
the chief said, would be for
drivers to make it a habit to
obey every stop sign or sig
nal, even if there is no other
car in sight. Also, drivers
should assume a train is com
ing every time they approach
a grade crossing. And, finally;
they should remember that
every caution or warning sig
nal they encounter is placed
there lo insure the safe and
efficient movement of traffic.
Candidate for UO
Post Interviewed
Portland - llll'll - The State
Board of Higher Education
interviewed another candi
date for the job of president
of the University of Oregon
Tuesday, but board spokesmen
said no decision was reached.
Interviewed was Fred Har
vey Harrington, 48, the vice
president of academic affairs
for the University of Wiscon
sin.
Harrington, a one time his
tory professor and an author,
visited the campus Monday
and met faculty members.
Board President Henry Ca
bell said the board also was
still interested in Arthur S.
Flemming, former secretary
of Health, Education and Welfare.
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unnecessary burden on the
operator to turn an tin-economic
layout into a profitable
operation.
Lumber industry represen
tatives were generally compli
mentary of the job being done
by the public agencies, Kline
said, and looked forward to
greater understanding of mu
tual problems as a result of
the meeting.
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Dinner Committee
To Meet Thursday
The general committee of
the 11th annual Roosevelt Me
morial Dinner, which will be
held Saturday, April 15, will
meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday
in the Medford Labor Temple,
Henry Padgham, general
chairman, has announced.
Speaker at the dinner will
be Sen. Frank Church of Ida
ho, whose acceptance to talk
was received by the commit
tee yesterday.
Other committee chairmen
and cochairmen on the din
ner committee are Mrs. Ed
ward McGinty and Jerry
Christean, tickets; Mrs. Stan
Zapell, program; Walter Mc
Mahan and Jean Mills, foods;
Mrs. Moore Hamilton and Pat
Redmond, arrangements; Mrs.
Dee Newton and Mrs. Hugh
Friel, reception; Mrs. Frank
Christian and Mrs. Margaret
Williams, serving; Mrs. Frank
Norton and Mrs. Lewis Ulrich,
decorations; Tex Phillips and
Mrs. Albert Straus, social; and
Mrs. Edward C. Kelly, publicity.
Ashland Author Has
Short Story Published
Ashland This week's Sat
urday Evening Post carries a
story, "Royal Elk," by Verne
Athanas, 81 Alida St., Ash
land. (
It is the Ashland author's
13th short story in the Post.
In the past nine years, the
magazine has carried four
novelettes and two serials by
Athanas. A photoraph of the
writer and a paragraph vig
nette are shown on the last
page, and the hunting tale is
illustrated in color.
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