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NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL -eg Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO March 13, 1851 (Tuesday) City officials, firemen and a large crowd of curious citi- . .nvlnii.lv thlfi WtllLllCU OMrtiuwj ....... morning as $30,000 worth of new fire truck was gently cased out of a railroad box car onto a platform here. Approximately $210 was stolen In a burglary of the Jackson County Housing au thority offices at 820 Prlddy St., last night. 20 YEARS AGO March 13, 1941 (Thursday) The Lithia hotel at Ashland, one of the most modern struc tures of its type In southern Oregon, will be subject to tax foreclosure sale on Thursday, April 3. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "The legislature la expected to wind-up this week, maybe. The leading question, how ever ls,-who wound them up In the first place." 30 YEARS AGO March 13, 1931 (Friday) Mild weather here is help ing to find work for many poverty-stricken transients. A deficit of $3 million In stnte expenditures is expected this year. 40 YEARS AGO March 13, 1921 A young doe, who ventured Into the city yesterday, died after becoming frightened in heavy traffic and ran into a fence. Total rainfall since Scptenv bcr here Is 17.08 inches. 50 YEARS AGO March 13, 1911 (Monday) A committee of Jackson county Socialists have wired President Tnft protesting his general mobilization orders in support of the Mexican gov eminent. The Rogue valley Is said to be in the forefront of the nation In scientific aids to frultmen In combatting frost damage to fruit. What's Your I.Q.? Nina oi ten correct It superior; seven or eijhl Is ocolltnt; live or six Is good. 1. Is the short, full skirt worn by Greek men called a pantanclla, f u s t a n clla or full skirrct? 2. Docs the zebra have a black background with white stripes or vice versa? 3. A combination of mist and fumes, which reduces visibility to a few hundred yards is called s ? 4. Name the largest library In the world. 5. Which great dam Is lo cated on the Colorado River? 6. In the duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aar on Burr, who was wounded? 7. What is the name given 'to the food of the larvae of queen bees? 8. Which of theso Is NOT a variety of cheese: Edam, Cheltenham, Cheddar, Ca membort? 9. What sort of creature was Cerberus, the guardian of the entrance to Hades? 10. What country has the oldest parliamentary assem bly In the world? Answers: 1. Fusianella. 2. Vlce-varsa. 3. Smog. 4. Libra ry of Congrats. 5. Hooter Dam. 8. Hamilton. 7. Royal Jelly. 8. Cheltenham. 9. Three headed dog. 10. Iceland. MONDAY. MARCH 13, 1961 Jockeying on Judgeships "My optimism is always high, and I hope we might be remembered in this distribution, be cause judgeships are really choice patronage pro ducts." Thus commented the shrewd, ironic Sen ate minority leader, Everett M. Dirksen, March 3, on the subject of new federal judgeships. The GOP spokesman really meant that he would be surprised indeed at every choice of a Republican judge by Democratic Attorney Gen. Robert F. Kennedy. And for that matter, as Dirk sen would privately admit, if the political situa tion were reversed, the Democrats would be just as certain to go hurting for judgeships. Chairman Emanuel E. Celler (D-N.Y.) of the House Judiciary Committee, on Feb. 28 put it as candidly as possible. "The leadership gambled and won. He was referring to the fact that the Democrats, in control of both houses of Congress last year, sat on a judgeship bill even though the Eisenhower administration had promised that about half of the 35 new judicial seats then pro posed would go to Democrats. What the leader ship was gambling on was a Kennedy victory; in this kind of politicking, winner takes just about all. rIRKSEN had suggested that the Senate await new recommendations from the Judicial Con ference of the United States, convening in Wash ington today and tomorrow. The conference is composed of the Chief Justice of the United States, the chief judge of each of the 10 judicial circuits, the chief judge of the Court of Claims, and a district judge from each judicial circuit. It makes comprehensive surveys of the federal courts and submits recommendations aimed to expedite their work and to bring about uniformity of procedure. The conference most recently in September, I960 recommended the creation of 59 new judgeships, which was President Kennedy and his Attorney General brother on Feb. 10. However, more than a month earlier, on Jan. 9, Celler hopper a bill to create 63 And the senate Judiciary Committee on b eb. 28 proceeded to report a bill that would have provided 69 riew judicial seats. Just for good measure, four more judgeships were slipped into the measure as it sailed March 3: The Senate committee aim in the House is to get end of the month ; the House Judiciary Commit tee began hearings' on the Celler bill March 2. By the time the bill comes up in the House the new recommendations of the conference could be made available, should Chairman Celler be in a mood to listen. DOBBY Kennedy has said frankly; "If there are a good number of Democrats more quali fied than Republicans, the Democrats will be selected." This is the iron law of politics on judge ships and it is enforced with equal severity by both parties. Franklin D. Roosevelt crats and eight Republicans to the federal bench. Harry S. Truman's choices split only slightly less one-sidedly: 118 (D) to 12 (R). And Dwight D. Eisenhower was tougher on the opposition than Truman; he appointed 175 Republicans and 11 Democrats. At the moment, the political make-up of the federal bench is, by the sheerest chance, just about in balance. It most certainly won't be if this administration gets the opportunity to re ward with judgeships 70 to 100 deserving Demo crats during its term of office. E.R.R. Hen Brandt's Visit The Governing Mayor of West Berlin, Willy Brandt, arrived in the United States for. a nine- day visit Saturday. He will confer today and tomorrow with "official representatives" in Washington. Brandt, who will be Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's antagonist in the election in West Germany this autumn, guest even it he were not tne cmer magistrate ot the city which acts, in his words, as "the clamp which holds these divided (German) peoples together." A German native, he fled Hitler's Gestapo in 1953, changing his name from Her bert Karl Frahm in the process, and became a newspaperman in Norway. AS A soldier he was captured when the Nazis "invaded Norway in 19-10, but was released, fortunately, before the Gestapo recognized him. Then he sat out the war in Sweden, maintaining contact with the underground in both his native and adopted countries. After the war, he returned to Germany as a Norwegian diplomat and two years later renewed German citizenship. Still an admirer of the i'lexi ible progressivism he observed in his long exile, he now calls himself even as the candidate of the West German Social Democratic Party (S.P.D.) for Chancellor a "Scandinavian Social Democrat." E.R.R. Morse Urges U. 5. To Atlanta - UTO - Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) said Sunday night It is up to the U. S. to "be in the lead'' In proposing changes in the United Nations. Morse, in a dinner address to a local post of the Jewish War Veterans, said these changes have been made nec essary through the breakdown of relations between the five major allies of World War II the number requested by had dropped into the new judgeships. through the benate on held no hearing. The action on a bill by the appointed 217 Demo would be an engaging Take UN Lead and the entrance Into the or ganization of iminy new na tions since the UN was found ed. "I think the United States should be in the lend in trying lo re-establish the essential checks and balances which were provided in the UN char ter but which have largely disappeared through their abuse and misapplication," the Oregon Democrat said. Dennis the 'What are you gonna Buy with Communications Letters lo the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view 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 the contrary is often the case. Echo Sentiments To the Editor: Regarding Virginia Card's entry of March 9. With all . sincerity, I echo and re-echo her intelligent and constructive sentiments. Truer words were never spoken. While I pondered and wondered how to speak them, the lady took the words right out of my mouth and rear ranged them far more expres sively. It is reassuring to know that there are those among us who hold religion as a thing whose first duty is to uphold human dignity and so strengthen the bonds of mankind. Many of us would like to worship with others-but we lack sufficient respect for the anthromorphic God that man has created in his own image. Well done, Miss Card. Thclma Carson Star Route Box 60, Prospect, Ore. Kept Before People To the Editor: The issue of segregation or desegregation should be kept constantly be fore the American people. Ne groes constitute JO per cent of the population, too large a mi nority group to be repressed with safety. The writer recalls vividly his first experiences in the deep South, where he saw and heard at fitst hand. And yet the while families entrusted the cooking, gardening, in fact all housework, including the care of children to these same people. All human beings have it within themselves to rise above poverty and degrada tion. But they need a chance and encouragement. The fine manners, consideration, and other qualities of an educated people can be attained by Negroes too, to the well-being of the entire country. David Frlsch P.O. Box 282 White City, Ore. About Lobbyists To the Editor: After read ing that article from Capitol Hill the other night, 1 feel like stating my own views concerning lobbyists. In my opinion they represent one thing: "Temptation to our elected representatives in the legislature." Reason: Suppose they are there to represent a certain business or Industry. Wo, the consumers, foot the bill by paying more for the com modity produced or manufac tured by such business or in dustry. On the other hand, if they are there lo represent any of our educational programs, the taxpayer digs just a little deeper to support them. An education should be the goal ot every American, but why add the cost of a lobbyist? This correspondent also staled that even though thou sands of dollars arc spent by lobbyist groups during a ses sion of our legislature, none of our legislators could be swayed by any of the numer ous special favors. This may be true (we have little proof to doubt ill, but as long as the lobbyist is there he presents a temptation to any and all of our legislators. We voters selected the most eligible men to send lo Salem, and therefore I think they should be able lo make llieir own decisions as to how to vote on bills pertaining to or regulating our personal and public welfare without any help or hindrance from the lobbyist. 1 wholeheartedly agree with former Governor Holmes, to the effect that a reference li brary be made available lo all members of our legisla ture. In conclusion, I'm sure Menace aw dap's quarter V most any legislator would find time to dig up a little infor mation before voting on cer tain measures that might catch up with him on next election day. Nolan R. Clark P.O. Box 27 Eagle Point, Ore. Favors Hunting To the Editor: This is in re sponse to the editorial written by the women condemning the rabbit hunting picture on the Outdoor Sportsman pro gram. In talking with other pesple about it, the largest percent age of them really enjoy this program and especially the hunting stories. We hope that Mr. Conway will overlook the thinking of a few, and put the deer hunting and other hunting stories back on the program. On the front of my televis ion set is a knob which will turn my set off. If they don't like these programs they must have a knob like mine. I would 10. times rather have my son out hunting and fishing than getting into trou ble while running in the streets. We used to live two houses from some neighbors who had two sons who spent all their spare moments par taking of these pleasures and they have never gotten into any trouble. This is a cheer in response to the ladies who stood up and endorsed the pro gram for their youngsters. . We sincerely wish that Mr. Conway will return the ani mal hunting pictures to his program. Glenn M. Wilkins, 1503 Kings Highway, Medford. Answers Letter i To the Editor: Answering Mildred Engman's letter, Old Malcmutc Slim wants to admit he was wrong. However, did Mildred Engman happen to Washington Report By WILLIAM MOVE TO CHALLENGE Washington - The Republi cans are now moving from a phase of mere scattered and u n d erground resistance to a direct and g e n e r a 1 - though care- ful - challenge to the present high popular ity of the Ken nedy adminis tration. wmte r or tne nrsi time since last November, the GOP Is genuinely astir with plans of its own. The central objective now of its leaders from left, right and center is to develop an opposition of a kind which will show that the GOP can stand its present ad versity. The central single problem within this objective is to bring every Republican fac tion within agreement on a few fundamentals. The watch word is to accentuate the past tive and eliminate the nega tive. rMlE parly leaders don't want 1 to oppose the Kennedy ad ministration just for the sake of opposition. Particularly, they don't want to leave any impression, this early in the tenure of a new president, that they are simply sniping automatically at him and "not giving him a chance." Thus, even the most scarred veterans of all-out partisan ship, like Senators Styles Bridges of New Hampshire and Barry Goliiwa'.cr of Ari zona, are now acting with un accustomed reserve. Bridges, the dean of Senate Republi MDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDr'OHD, ORE Quotations from Kennedy Are Discussion By LYLE C. WILSON Washington (UPD - Every body is talking about Presi dent Kennedy's firm stand against his own church and on feder al aid to schools. There is al so talk about the firm stand of House ma jority leader John W. Mc Cormack (D- Mass.j against Kennedy on the same subject. Not everyone knows what he is talking about, however, so some quotations are in or der. This, for example, from the President's March 1 news conference: "The situation clearly pro hibits federal aid to the paro chial school. There is no doubt about that. The Everson Su preme Court case, probably the most celebrated case, pro vided only by a 5 to 4 deci- see the picture in all of the papers, where about 100 moth ers of little children stormed the police lines in N. Y. City, clamoring just to get their hands on the rapist murderer of that innocent four-year-old girl? ("Give him to us!" "Let us have him!") "Yes! I was wrong Mildred. The police should have turned him over to them." (Darn it, why couldn't I have thought of that first.) I don't quite get your re mark "a chain reaction," but then, I always (was) dumb. Dodging the psychiatrists, I am. Malemute Slim White City, Ore. Altitude Warranted To the Editor: I hope Dorian Woods will be charitable with me for questioning the evi dence submitted in the recent communications "Red Dope Traffic." World-wide preju dice seems to warrant such an attitude. Maybe I should not have used Mr. Snow as a witness. I know he made extensive in vestigations of conditions in that country, accounts of which appear in his book "Red Star Over China." In the light of much other evidence, I con cluded him to be an honest and intelligent reporter. Since his integrity was acceptable to Look magazine, I supposed that he could be expected to be a reliable witness by those assuming the negative side of the question. I am writing the persons and sources referred to for more evidence to combat the serious charges made against a noble race of people who are trying to rise above the ter rible wrongs that have been perpetrated against them for so long. Bert Harr Copper rd., Box 77 Jacksonville, Ore. S. WHITE cans, has got the Senate Re publican policy committee speaking in low key when it attacks the Democrats. He is, moreover, deliberate ly introducing humor and Re publican sclf-kidding. Once a week, under his general lead ership, the top Republicans of Senate and House meet to gether, mainly in order to have a small megaphone through which to retort, though in good feeling, to what comes from the great White House megaphone in the hands of President Ken nedy. SENATOR Bridges refers to this gathering as the mod ern equivalent of what the late Senator Arthur H. Van- dcrberg of Michigan in the thirties called "the Buckwheat club." This was a breakfast meeting of Republicans dur ing a period when their num bers In the Senate had fallen to a rock-bottom 15 out of what was then a total Senate rosier of 96 men. "Van" liked to tell his col leagues to cheer up. For after all. he would say, their party could go nowhere but up. Bridges does not put the thing quite that way now. but that is much the spirit of the new buckwheat club. Goldwatcr, for his part, as a right-wing Republican presi dential possibility for 1964, continually tries to imnrove the human climate between himself and the left-wing Re publicans whose choice for '64 is Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of New York. Former Vice Presi dent Nixon's people stand in the middle, offering all assis tance In this major push to if on Federal Aid to Education sion that it was possible for a local community to provide bus rides for non-public school children. Clear Prohibition "All through the majority and minority statements opin ions on that particular ques tion there was a very clear prohibition against aid to the school direct. The Supreme Court made its decision in the Everson case by determining that the aid was to the child, not to the school. Aid to the school is . . . prohibited by the Constitution, and the Supreme Court has made that very clear. "The aid 'we have recom mended to colleges is in a very different form. We are aiding the student in the same way the GI Bill of Rights aid ed the student. It is aid to the student, not to the school or college and, therefore, not to a particular religious group." That is the President's in Foreign News: New Brewing in By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst Notes from the foreign news cable: New Headaches for De Gaulle President Charles de Gaulle seems to be have some success in his efforts to settle the A 1 gerian re volt, but new troubles may be brew i n g In A 1 geria, the Moslem Ramadan fes tival ends March 16 with Newsom tne traditional Moslem Feast of the Sheep. French officials believe this may be marked by big pro rebel demonstrations in Al giers, Oran and other cities and touch off counter-attacks by European extremists. The French are stepping up security precautions to deal with possible major trouble. At home, there is a fear that with the advent of good IP i West Considers Two For Service Awards For Association " By DICK WEST i Washington - (UPD - I re cently received a billet-doux frorh the American Political Science asso. ciation invit- i n g me to nominate can- d i d a t e s for "c o ngression al distinguish- ed service awards." This is a heavy respon- clhi llv to have placed on one's shoul ders, and I have been giving the matter a lot of careful thought. The fact that the same re sponsibility has been placed on the shoulders of about five thousand other newspapermen docs not, as I see it, lighten my own load one bit. In outlining our duties as nominators, the association ob- conciliate all factions - for the time being, anyhow. TNDEED, the Congressional A Republicans have now reach ed wide agreement that the first necessity is to draw the party together, to forget what divides Republicans and to concentrate on what unites them. The next necessity is to keep the party in the public eye. And a third and unadver tised necessity is to keep the real leadership of the party in Congressional Republican hands, just as the Congression al Democrats kept that party's real leadership in their hands all during the eight years of President Eisenhower. In sum, the Congressional Republicans know they have got to deliver - that is, to run an opposition neither too "tough" nor too softly ineffec tual - lest non-Congressional Republicans move in and seize the leadership of the party. It is they who in any event must bear the sole real re sponsibility for the first Re publican comeback campaign effort, the 1962 Congressional election. Thus the last thing they want is to be saddled with some Republican equiva lent of the free -wheeling Democratic advisory council w h I c h unelected politicians sought In the Eisenhower years to press upon the Demo cratic Congressional leaders. The D.A.C. was a wonder ous thing at talking: but a great nuisance to those who held responsible and elected positions in the party and so had to act as well as talk. (Copyright. 1961, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) terpretation of the Supreme Court's interpretation of the Constitution. Majority leader McCormack, like Kennedy, is a Catholic. He disagreed with the President in the following quotation: No Question Involved "There is certainly no con stitutional question involved in the federal government making long term loans at reasonable rates of Interest for the construction or the renovation or the repair of private schools." Prelates of the Roman Cath olic church oppose the Ken nedy school aid program be cause it excludes private schools. That opposition could become a powerful factor in defeat of the school aid pro gram. Leaders of the Negro politi cal pressure group support the President. They fear federal aid to private schools would leak to private institutions set France's weather, labor may step up its demands for pay raises to match the rising cost of living School teachers already have been staging a "rolling strike in different regions of France. This week there is to be a 24-hour strike of state em ployees. Later in the month, the 300,000 workers of the state-run railways and the bank employees are planning to join the campaign. New Soviet Drive In Hamburg, Germany, army offices are predicting a new Soviet effort to drive a wprlee between the Germans and their Western allies. The Eichmann trial is expected to use it as a springboard for new charges that Germans cannot be trusted as allies. Asia Airlift From Phnom Penh, Cam bodia, it Is said the reports that former Laotian Premier Souvanna Phouma, currently in self-imposed exile in Cam bodia, may make a tour of served that the House and Senate "have many hard working and distinguished members, whose services to their country often are not reflected in the daily press. "The award program will seek to call attention to dis tinguished service, whether or not it is of the kind likely to come to the public's atten tion," it said. Difficult To Measure I have tried to keep this point in mind in weighing the qualifications of prospective nominees, and I find that it rather adds to the burden, I mean, distinguished obscurity is a hard thing to measure. It's true that some of the things our congressmen do are not called to the public s attention. But on the whole, this probably is a good thing for both the congressmen and the public. Nevertheless, by dint of ex haustive research 1 have been able to find two relatively un- publicized actions that I re gard as worthy of the associ ation s consideration. One of my nominees, there fore, will be Rep. W. R. Poage, a Texas Democrat who last month took a firm stand against chanting by livestock auctioneers. Poage said he attended an auction and found he could not tell what cattle were sold, who bought them, or what the price was. Furthermore, he said, "One of the largest cow men tn Texas confided to me that he did not know when he was raising his own bid." Lauds Poage's Action If cattle buyers have been raising bids without knowing it, that probably accounts for the current price of beef steaks. Therefore, 1 credit Poage with a truly distin guished service in demanding that auctioneers "go back to the use of the English lan guage." My other nominee will be Rep. Seymour Halpern (R-N. Y.), who called last week for an embargo on imports from Cuba. Buying Cuban tobacco, he said, puts money in Cas tro's pocket and "dangerously increases the menace of this Communist satellite." Halpern contended that ci gar smokers in the United States could switch from Ha vanas to Jamaican cigars with out undue hardship. He point ed out that Sir Winston Churchill has been sn-.oking Jamaicas for years. As a cigar smoker myself, I appreciate Halpern's pro posal. It pains me to think that I might be aiding Communism every time 1 light up a cheroot. Used in up in the South to avoid the co-mingling of white and Ne gro school children. Negroes comprise a political power house. Constitutional Reference The constitutional reference to religion is in the first 16 words of the first sentence of first article of the Bill of Rights; "Congress shall make no law respecting an establish ment of religion, or prohibit ing the free exercise thereof;" That article continues to guarantee freedom of speech, of the press, of assembly and of petition. In the Everson case, to which the President referred, the Supreme Court said this: "No tax in any amount, large or small, can be levied to support any religious activ ities or institutions, whatever they may be called, or what ever form they may adopt to teach or practice religion." Be your own judge! Troubles Algeria other nations after his visit to the rebel stronghold in Laos. Sources said the strong ly neutralist Cambodian gov ernment was embarassed that the former premier to whom they gave asylum apparently picked sides in the dispute, thus com promising Cam bodia's neutral stand. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS In a telegram to the Radio and Television Executives So ciety, which is holding its an nual meeting in New York, Ex-Vice-President Nixon says: "Television is powerful and as yet it is only an infant factor in politics. Its full forco is yet to be seen and employ ed. "But it will never supplant the printed word." IT IS generally agreed that TV was the factor that up set Mr. Nixon and elected Mr. Kennedy. Wide use of tele vision in a political campaign tends undoubtedly to put a premium on personality. Skil ful use ot it gives an advant age to the finished actor just as skilful use of radio a couple of decades ago enabled Franklin D. Roosevelt lo capitalize his exceptional abil ity as a persuasive and appeal ing public speaker. But The printed word has this in its favor: YOU CAN GO BACK AND READ IT AGAIN IF YOU GET TO WONDER ING JUST WHAT THE MAN DID SAY. rpHAT is important. Among other things, the RECORD of the printed word tends to make orators who are seeking votes more careful in what they say. Without the record of the printed word, they would feel freer to soar off into the wild blue yonders of political showmanship. We have enough of that al ready. May heaven save us from MORE of it. jROM Washington: "President Kennedy yes terday sent to congress a S3.25 billion save-lhe-cities hous ing program, to be run by a proposed new cabinet-rank de partment of housing and ur ban affairs. "In a special 10-point mes sage, Kennedy called for prompt housing legislation to spur the economy and rein force the cities in their DES PERATE STRUGGLE AGAINST BLIGHT AND DE CAY." rjNE can't help wondering " how Portland and San Francisco, to mention just a copule of our cities, feel about this sweeping inclusion of them in the ranks of the blighted and the decayed. Portland, for example, is growing and burgeoning, as it hasn't grown and burgeoned in half a century. The big, new, modern Lloyd Center, is expanding the business dis trict of Portland, as the Wil shire Boulevard shopping dis trict years ago expanded the business distict of Los An geles. The glittering new Sheraton hotel is already built and functioning. The big new downtown Hilton hotel is be ing pushed along as fast as men and money can push it. New shopping centers are all over town. And San Francisco has Us new and fabulous Jack Tar hotel up on Van Ness avenue, already completed and func tioning. The new multi-story Fairmont Tower, long discus sed and often delayed, is now in the finishing stages. The big new plans for city trans portation, including SUB WAYS will put the City on the Golden Gate on a par with New York and London. And so on. CITY "blight and decay?" Where? Certainly not out here in the Far West. I i
