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4 MEDFORDfe.TRIBUNB "Everyone tn Southern Oregon nA. Tk. Mnll Trthiine" 5ST(hed "Daily except Saturday by 33 North Fir StPh SPJWUU ""Tii"iiii? num. RHItnr HERB GREY AdvelHslng. Manager . GEKAL.U T L-Altlftm oum U.K.. ERIC W ALLEN JR.. Mni Edttoi EARL H ADAMS City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Teleg Editor ....... nn lottTcnvr gm4i rriltnr OLIVE STARCHER. Women Editor DALE ER1CK5UH. ircuiauuiijysi . t j ' t,a m'rt MwKnaner Entered as second class matter at Ueaiora. ureKon. unua March 3. 1897 By Mall In Advance, Copy 10c Dally -no ounaay , -r Dally and Sunday 6 moi B oo Daily and Sunday 3 mos - Sunday Only One year M-20 By Carrier In Advance Medforo Ashland. Central Pol nt E ! Point. Jacksonville. C.old H Phoenix Shady Cove, Rogue Rlv er Talent and on motor rmii Daily and SundayI vear I1B 00 Dally and Sundav 1 mo 1 so Carrier and Dea'.irs - copy too All Terms Cash lnAdvanco "official Paper of City of Mf'" Official PajMTol JaclMon CounlT iinlterl Press International Full Leased Wire TJ P.l TelephotoNewsplcturea -MEMBKR"Or- AUDIT BimEAO OFIRCULATIONS Advertising Renresentatlve: WEST HOLIDAY CC INC Of fice. In New York. Chicago De troit. San Francisco, ts Angeles, Seattle. Portland SI Louis. At Innta Vancouver, e n NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL i.nffii.iii.'.n.'.i.na Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mall Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO March 21, 1951 (Wednesday) The Medford- city council last night took steps 10 ciem the way for construction of a railroad spur line from Tolo to Camp White, by releasing several acres of right of way to the federal government. Rep. Henry Jackson (D., Wash.) asked the interstate commerce commission today to investigate the shortage of railroad cars in the Pacific Northwest. 20 YEARS AGO March 21, 1941 (Friday) The first train of CCC en rollees, carrying 1,100, left here today in their quarterly reasslenmont of members. From Arthur Ferry's "Ye Kmudee Pot" column: "Spring officially arrived yesterday at 4:21 p.m., and showed signs of shving over towards the lap of Winter." 30 YEARS AGO March 21, 1931 (Saturday) The city council ordered the darkening of the "Welcome" sign at Main St., and Riverside ave., as an economy move. A new street lighting sys tem for the city is being con sidered by the Medford city council. 40 YEARS AGO March 21, 1921 (Monday) An unidentified gunman held up an axuillary mail carrier here in broad daylight yesterday, but got nothing. The Ashland WCTU has started a membership cam paign. SO YEARS AGO March 21, 1911 (Tuesday) The Sister, of Providence have announced they are ready to start construction on a new $100,000 hospital here, to be located on Knob hill. Gov. Oswald West was here on a visit yesterday and re ceived an official thanks for his veto of a bill that would have reopened the Rogue river to commercial fishing. What's Your I.Q.? Nina or ten correct Is luparlor; even or eight It iitcollent) five or six Is good. 1. Who composed "The Moonlight Sonata"? 2. In what year did t h e "Munich Conference," which preceded World War II, occur? 3. Is Iceland a dependency of Denmark? 4. Which federal agency regulates certain stock trans actions and Issues in the U.S.? 8. Name the former State Department official who wrote a book, "The Time for Deci sion." 6. Why do ostriches stick their heads in the sand? 7. Are the Federal Reserve Banks owned by the U. S. government? 8. Does a solstice or an equinox occur in December? 9. What do the Initials FTC In reference to the govern ment represent? 10. The Statue of Liberty In New York harbor Is a sin gle hollow casting; true or false? Aniwtrti 1, Beethoven, 2, 1938, 3. It is an independent country. 4. Securities and Ex change Commission. S, Sum ner Welles. 6. To seek water, 7. No, 8, The winter solstice. 8. Federal Trad Commission. 10. False. (It ii fabricated of many metal plates.) TUESDAY. MARCH 21, 1961 Transcontinental Notes This writer, accompanied by the family secre tary of health, education and welfare, recently returned from a 10-day New York, Washington and Milwaukee, This type of, trip is made with increasing frequency by people in all walks or. lite, these days, and a recounting of it in personal terms may have nothing new for some readers. But others may find personal observations of interest, so for the next few days, this space will be devoted to such an account, after which it will return to the customary commentary on a variety of subjects, " I7HEN we left the Medford airport, our watch- es read 11 o'clock. the Manhattan hotel, thoutrh the clock on the The transition from Medford to Manhattan in 9 hours is rather unsettling to small town folk, although those who make the trip routinely have become used to the speedy transition and the mixun in times. The first part of the trip included the familiar flight over the Siskiyous and down the Sacra mento valley. THERE was a brief stop in San Francisco (so brief, indeed, that our luggage didn't make the connection, and continued on to Los Angeles, finally catching up with us in New York the next day) and then aboard a The family secretary discernible reason, presented an orchid before boarding, and the flight itself lived up to that. Snannincr the continent, from ocean to ocean, in some 4y2 hours, is something that must be ex- nenenced to be believed. First the lovely bay of St. Francis, then the lush fields of the central valley, then the shows and crags and forests of the high Sierra, and then mile after mile of utter desolation; crinkled, dry mountain ranges and ancient alluvial plains some 5Vv miles below. CVEN at altitudes ranging from 29,000 to 31, " 000, there remains a sensation of speed in the big jets, and the ground unrolls below like a constantly changing, moving map. As we passed the Rockies, the weather began to becloud our view, and by the time we reached the midwest, the ground was completely hidden. At one point we saw a thunderstorm, and the flickering of lightning below was eerie. Not until we reached the Atlantic states aid the clouds berin to break, permitting: a view of jewel-like masses and i-ii a ? . .1 Li- . lignts 01 cities ana tneir pOMING down, we flew along the New Jersey coast until New York lay spread before us a carpet of lights on which the tracery of black, formed by thev bays and rivers, etched the bor oughs of the city, with Manhattan the brightest. Our descent took some time, much of it cir cling over the Atlantic, Long Island, and the sound, but finally we landed at Idlewild a land ing with one high bump and a series of lesser ones which the family HEW secretary still claims was a "near miss." Anyway, the luxury of the flight, the excel lent service, the delicious meals and other ap purtenances, were over. The contrast between this, and the shoving, hauling, curt and snarling crowds and minor officials at the airport was disheartening. AS AN aside, after patronizing five different "airlines, and observing procedures at eight different airports, we concluded that the airlines are exceedingly efficient and solicitous of their customers in the air, but completely abandon them to their own devices on the ground. This, we feel, is the greatest weakness in air service today. After an unpleasant half-hour spent trying to find the missing luggage, we finally obtained the last two remaining seats in a hot, dirty, over crowded, smelly bus, and jounced our way into Manhattan, debarking at one of the two airline terminals downtown. From there it was a brief cab ride to the hotel which, despite its polished brass, seems indinerent and disinterest ed almost hostile toward its patrons. DEFORE going to bed, we strolled down to Times Square a block away, and watched the amazing bright and noisy confusion there, ming- mg with the atter-theater fully and somewhat wistfully, keeping an eye out for a familiar lace. Sleep, for the most noise of the city drifted events of the day turned Can one be stimulated and excited at new experiences and the prospect of more, and a bit depressed and uneasy certainly can. A FEW random thoughts on New York City: "Here is, truly, a melting-pot. On the streets one sees black and white and yellow faces, beard ed and shaven, bodies clothed in a wild -variety of garments. The "well dressed" New York woman hardly exists, according to our provincial standards. Hair of all colors abounds, both natural and un natural in tint, including light green. And the eye makeup is garish, with no attempt made to make it look like anything but what it is black or blue or purple or green crayons, smeared on promiscuously. New Yorkers, generally speaking, are cold and unfriendly. An exception: the cab drivers. E.A. trip which tooK tnem to When we checked in to they read 8 o'clock, al lobby wall said 11. twa - yuy jet. of HEW was, for no strings which were the l: j i connecting ruau aims. gleaming marble and crowds, and, unsuccess part, escaped us, as the in the window, and the over in our minds. at the same timet One Dennis the Menace : ; rr- 3-21 .... an' keep an eye ON WATCH H IM AIL THE TIME 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. Against Doe Season To the Editor: This is ad dressed to the State Game commission: I have hunted deer for over 50 years and have never shot doe. I am strongly opposed to a doe season. As you well know, countless thousands of does are shot every year and left in the woods to rot. I am trongly in favor of one deer of either sex in the regular hunting season. If legal the greatest number of these does will be tagged and brought out. No doubt this would con trol the does to a great extent. All private lands in the valley are being justly posted. Please no more doe seasons. C. W. Corey P.O. Box 144 Phoenix, Ore. A Challenge To the Editor: In the Wed nesday, March 15, paper, Don- Id Ulman's letter to Virginia Card hit a sour note. The fear of God is the be ginning of wisdom. Then, brother, you better get scared and read a few more of those Scriptures. You say God loves the liar. Read I John, chapter 3, verse 8, also John, chapter 8, verse 44. Now about God loving the drunkard, -read Matthew, chapter 24, verse 47 through verse 51. Sounds like an aw ful lot of suffering for the drunkard and who has such a loving Savior. Concerning what God thinks of all kinds of sinners, 1 challenge you to read Ro mans, chapter 1, starting with verse 18 on through verse 32. Finish up with St. Mark, the whole chapter 13. You must have forgotten some of the fear your mother gave you. May I renew it for you. There definitely is a Jesus Christ unless you have a defi nite proof there isn't. Ersla Dykes Central Point, Ore. How To Do It To the Editor: If the offi cials of a large high school are planning on integration in the near future, I suggest that they get in touch with the V.A. at While City, to learn how it is done, painlessly. Malennite Slim, White City, Ore. Not Lately To the Editor: Did you ever sit on top of a cash register full of $5 gold pieces and an swer the telephone? I did in Placerville, but I ain't 'done it lately. Since the Democrats got in, I can't even sit on a one dollar bill. Everett Acklln, Ashland, Ore, Nature's Error To the Editor: The unem ployment problem has become so desperately serious! It seems that society is either circumventing nature or that nature made a great error, to start with, when she provided us with hands and feet. Why hands and feet if everybody lives on Old Age Benefit, retirment insurance, unemployment compenstntion. Job Insurance, Red Cross, Sal vation Army, welfare allot ment and all the other "rockin' chair" do-dads and devices? Hands and feet are such superfluities when there Is no work. Two Hands And Two Feet Too Many Old Mother Nature! We blame her because She don't make too good of j an Old Snnty Claus She made us quite bald, took the teeth from our jaws; She left our hind legs and she left our fore-paws; She took away stutf we had further use for And left us with Junk we can't use any more! "Gold Hill Billy" Gold Hill, Ore. JOEY, 'CAUSE I can't ' . Stamps and Prizes To the Editor: I have been thinking over the "stamp" situation, and would like to say a few words about it answer to the "Medford busi nessman." If the merchants are spend ing the "cream" from their profits for stamps, I believe the people would meet them half way. If instead of stamps, they, the merchants, could re duce prices on all the mer chandise they sell, so the con sumer might enjoy a little "cream" also, instead of noth ing. I think the same about those merchants who put on big drives and offer large prizes to one or two, or maybe three, lucky winners, these prizes all paid for out of the cash paid them by their cus tomers (who never are lucky) at the usual high prices. It seems to me if the mer chants all would take consid eration of the customer, and do unto them as they would like the customer to do unto them, the merchants, every one, would be able to live and let live, also prosper. Perhaps the customers, who are now "paying through the nose" for a subsistence would then rally to the aid of these poor busi nessmen who are losing so much. "A dollar saved is a dollar earned" works both ways, so why can't we all come in on the savings? It is about time, and the busi nessman had better wake up or the "Goose that lays the golden egg" may quit laying. Even one or two dollars is better for all than buying a big prize for one customer. If these merchants would re duce prices, they would soon find they would profit by it more than by the stamp method. If they persist in keeping these high prices, then let them buy stamps. People deserve something for their money. This reminds me of a cer tain Queen, who lone ago said, when told that her sub jects were starving because they had no bread, "If they have no bread, let them eat cake." Now if the people who earn the wealth of this nation, and have fought and died for it, they and their children and grandchildren, have not basic foods, and cannot buy enough to live decently because of the enormous profits the 'businessmen" must have, let them go on welfare, and let taxes pay for it, although we protest these high taxes. Let the working man pay them. A Customer, (Name on file.) Central Point, Ore. A Clarification To the Editor: I have just read a communication by a Mrs. William Zieglcr, who seems to misinterpret my in tentions in a previous letter. Much of what Mr. Pike savs I agree wholeheartedly with, but I cannot accept his view that most of the Bible is myth, though In a lesser degree than many. Even Khrushchev ac cepts the Bible as mvth, ex cept for the parts of it Hint he feels will help him gain his own beliefs, Mrs. Virginia Card gave a very good Inter pretation of a person who believes by myth, in all sense of the word. Though Mrs. Zieglcr and myself are not in disagree ment in belief. Ihere seems to be a misunderstanding in the word "myth." According to my dictionary the nearest that the word myth might be ap plied to the Bible is "a tradi uonai or legendary story: usu ally concerning some super human being or beings." and the meaning of the word tra ditional "the handing down o( beliefs, legends, customs, etc., from generation to genera tion If It were the handing i down of beliefs from genera- ments quoted as truthful al tlon to generation, any simi- though they really cannot be MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. ORE Italy's Communist Party In Trouble; Membership Drops By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst The largest Communist party in the free world is showing some signs of old age. The party which almost took over Italy in the 1940s has never recover ed the loss of membership it suffered as re sult of the Soviet Union's bloody sup pression of the Hungarian re volt, and is finding it more and more difficult to win new young recruits. ' Bureaucracy and opportun ism are said to have replaced the revolutionary spirit. Party membership was given officially as 2,035,353 in 1956. In the following year, a deputy and a former senator left the party, and 300,000 others simply failed to renew their membership cards. larity of our Bible of today and when it was first started would be purely coincidental therefore I cannot accept this line of thinking at all. But from the beginning till now, the "Holy Bible" has been in the hands of the Holy Ghost and has been written accord ing to his will. For even the prophets of the Old Testa ment said that they neither knew or understood the things that they wrote, not all things, but things that are even yet to come. I hope that this will clari fy any misunderstanding be tween Mrs. Ziegler and my self and any others who might have misunderstood my inten tion. Truly the fear of God is the beginning of knowledge. Through the fear of God some six years ago, I now seek to know Him who I professed and he has strengthened me for the things to come, and it is no light matter. Truly if you fear anything, above all fear God. There is a way that seemeth right unto man but the end thereof is death T. M. Sletten, Route 1, Box 224, Rogue River, Ore. Billboard Compromise To the Editor: I am writing relative to your editorial of Feb. 2 entitled, "Billboard Compromise". There is one point in the compromise on which there has been misunderstanding and certainly no agreement, refer to the limitation of outdoor advertising on the two Federal Interstate High ways in Oregon. I suppose it was your im pression that the limitation would apply to the total mile age. That was the intention of the Highway Protection Committee r e p r e sentatives, but when negotiations began on SB-235, as prepared by the Council on Highway Regula tion, we learned that the limi tation corresponded with the bonus feature and applies only to those sections of the Inter state System built wholly on right-of-way acquired since July 1, 1956. Because Oregon had done so much on her In terstate System before that date, less than one third of the mileage has been or will be purchased after July 1, 1956. This means that only about 200 miles will be pro tected from distracting signs by this bill as it now stands. Your editorial is being dis tributed to imply that you were quite satisfied with the compromise bill. Certainly persons reading the thousands of copies distributed and as quoted in the Oregonian would take it to mean that the limitation applied to the entire mileage. Your comment on this would be appreciated. David B. Charlton President Oregon Roadside Council P. O. Box 1557 Portland 7, Ore. O Editor's note: Our comment is that a billboard control measure was severely defeat ed in last fall's election, and that those of us favoring some measure of billboard control had better settle for what we can get. This "compromise" bill appears to be it. If, later, the billboard industry lacks the self-policing and self-control of which it boasts, the resulting contrast will be even more startling, with some stretches of highway under regulation, and with public support the law could then be amended to extend the reg ulation. The Medical Big Li To the Editor: So much is being wrilten about medicine these days that we are in the position of having many state- ill Drives Unsuccessful Despite successive member ship drives, official party fig ures in 1960 showed that it still totaled only 1,793,900. In January of this year En rico Berlinguer, head of the party's organization bureau, reported that only about 58 per cent of last year's mem bership had paid for their 1961 cards. Others undoubted ly would renew later, but, said Berlinguer: The lag cannot fail to worry us." Berlinguer said the lag was slight or non-existent in some northern areas such as Turin, Ravenna or La Spezia. But it was "serious" in central and southern Italy and still more so in Sicily. This was a reversal in trends. Immediately after the war, communism was power ful in the industrial north and Matter of Fact AUTHORITY OR POWER Washington - The Kennedy Administration has now pass ed the two-month mark, and a kind of pre liminary as sessment is in order. How has it shaped up? Where has it succeeded, and where failed? This Admin istration has shaped up, to Alsop begin with, as just about the ablest government, man for man, that has been formed in the United States in historic memory. So many exception ally intelligent and competent men have seldom if ever been assembled before in Washing ton to do the public's bus iness. Ana precisely this is President Kennedy's most tangible success to date. This good side of the coin is so obvious that it does not need to be emphasized or elab orated upon. But it is high time that some attention be paid to the coin's other side. There is a grave weakness in this Administration. It ap pears to be caused by a mix up - a mix-up in the Presi dent's own mind - about two crucial words, "authority' and "power " rNE of the books which has "most greatly influenced President Kennedy is the brilliant study, "residential Power," by Richard E. Neu stadt of Columbia University. Because of his book, Dr. Neu- stadt has been asked to spend half of every week in the Budget Bureau,' helping the President with such matters as finding the right relation ship between John J. Mc- L-loys disarmament group and the Pentagon. Following . the Neustadt prescriptions and his own substantiated in fact. I felt that this must have been the case in your ediorial of Feb. 12, about which I wrote to you on Feb. 27. Your failure to offer any proof of the state ments made in your editorial, confirms my belief that you may have been misled by some of the falsehoods being circu lated today. Editorially, I have called these statements, indicating that the medical profession is "always against everything, never for anything" and that "many people are unable to get medical care," as The Medical Big Lie. If you have reason lo be lieve that the implications made in your Feb. 12 editor ial are based on actual unmet needs, I believe, as a good journalist, you should be able to offer some evidence from your own area. I hope you are not so gullible as to accept without question the state ments emanating from those who are trying to break down the private enterprise system by division and the attempt to conquer medicine. I seek only the truth about the situation in your area. If you happen not to have the information, I think it would be a nice piece of newspaper work to assign a reporter to the investigation. I do not expect to publish any communications received from you directly but will un doubtedly have more to say about the Medical Big Lie from time to time. I would appreciate hearing your opin ion. Herbert L. Hartley, M.D. Editor Northwest Medicine, 500 Wall st.. Seattle 1. Wash. O Editor s note: Our opinion is that Dr. Hartley had best conic down from Cloud 9. for get about the AMA's political oropacanda campaign, and find out for himself iust how severe the problem of medical care for elderly people is to day. We are not going to name any nnmcs of older people who todav cannot afford ade quate medical care, but if Dr. Hartley cares to come to Med ford we can put him In touch with people who can tell him the fact of Ufa. almost non-existent in the south. Later, as paychecks swelled, the northern reds lost some of their revolutionary fervor, but the party gained ground among the poor farm hands in the south. May Lose Alliance Berlinguer s report was especially significent because the Communists also are in danger of losing their years long alliance with the left- wing Socialists led by Pietro Nenni Premier Amintore Fanfani's government is in an all-out drive to win Nenni over to the non-Communist camp. The fall in party fortunes does not mean the Commu nists will disappear from Italy. But it could mean new trouble ahead for Palmiro Togliatti. who has been a lead er in the Italian party since its founding in 1921. By Joseph Alsop highly developed instincts, President Kennedy has al ready gained an astonishing command of the entire execu tive branch. He now has au thority, in the sense of abili ty to impose his wishes on everv department and bureau of this vast machine, which goes considerably beyond the authority enjoyed by any of his predecessors. How Presidents gain, and how they retain this kind of authority, are the real sub jects of Dr. Neustadt's book. It should be called "Presiden tial Authority," in fact, rather than "Presidential Power" A ND right here, unfortun- ately, is where the mix-up exists. For Kennedy, with all his unparalleled authority, his growing popularity, his remarkable knack of doing and saying just the right thing at the right time, has not yet "acquired real Presi dential power. If Presidential power means the ability to get hard things done, and make difficult na tional innovations, Kennedy today does not have anything like the power of Harry S Truman in his first term of office, when Truman was al ways asking all and sundry to pray for him "because I need it." In these terms too, Kennedy does not have any thing like the power of Frank lin D. Roosevelt in his weak est period - the years just after the New Deal's heavy set-back at the polls in 1938 and just before America's en try into the war. Power in the White House does not mean authority over the executive branch. Power in the White House means the power to command support for great new ventures - to launch a Marshall Plan, oi found a NATO, or repeal a propaganda-hallowed neutral ity act, or pass a lend-lease bill. In the periods above referred to, Roosevelt and Truman both had this kind of power. But Kennedy, with more authority than they, does not yet have this kind of power There is no anomaly here, however. Beginning with the end of the first Truman Ad ministration, a great change, immeasurably more import ant than most constitutional amendments, has gradually taken place in the American political system. Having al always been the most open government in the world, ours has now become what C. P. Snow, in his Godkin Lectures, calls a "closed government." A CLOSED government, by definition, is one which does not communicate the facts that underlie the big de cisions to the general public, and it is also a government which seeks to present those decisions (if they are revealed at all) as already accomplish ed facts. The idea that closed government is a good thing originates in Britain, where it is at least a feasible kind of government because of the pe culiarities of the British Par liamentary system. Closed government also sui'ed Presi dent Eisenhower admirablv. since he did not often want the power to act. But closed government cer tainly did not pass the Mar shall Plan or the Lend-Lease Act. In America, support for such great innovating meas ures can only be secured by open government - by gov ernment which permits and positively stimulates the wid est publication of all signifi cant facts, and the most ac tive advance debate of all alternative courses of action Here in America, the need for mighty deeds must be ptib-j licly established, before! mighty deeds can be safely; attempted. Unfortunately, President; Kennedy, who greatly likes authority, quite rightly senses that Presidential authority is diminished by open govern ment, without seeing how open government can enhance Presidential power. So the choice, so far, has been to continue with closed govern ment. (Copyright 1961. New York Herald Tribune, Inc.) In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS From Sacramento: A state official claims that visitors to California have spent more money in the last four years than the state pro duced IN GOLD from 1848 to 1860. Charles DeTurk, chief of the California Division o Beaches and Parks, said at the California Association of Con vention Bureaus conference this week that the average California visitor spent $172 during 1959. He said the total visitor spending in California in that year was 839 million dollars or about TEN TIMES the val ue of the gold mined in the best year of the California gold rush. I HMMMMMMMM. The gold rush years were GREAT YEARS in California. They were great years up here in Far Northern Califor nia and in Far Southern Ore gon. They were glamorous years. We can't help a touch of nostalgia when we look back on them. But If what Mr. DeTurk says is true - and we have no reason to doubt it - we have here in Southern Oregon and Far Northern California a poten tial resource that can make the value of the gold mined in the gold rush years look like pocket change. What is it? It's the tourist industry. IN MEDFORD the other day, representatives of six South ern Oregon and Far Northern California counties (including county courts on the Oregon side and boards of supervisors on the California side) spent the better part of a day con sidering projects to increase our share of this tourist spend ing that in California year before last amounted to some 839 million dollars. Here are some of the possi bilities that were considered: According to the best fig ures available, 5,058,293 tour ist visitors passed through our area in 1960. According to the records of Oregon's Tourist Information Division, mini mum expenditure of each tour ist visiting Oregon last year amounted to $6.24. Which is to say: If we could have induced each of the 5,058,293 tourist visitors who passed through our area last year to spend ONE MORE DAY with us, we could have added $31,563,748 to the economy of our South ern Oregon-Far Northern Cali fornia region. In one year! HERE in what we call our State of Jefferson, we have a peculiarly favorable situation to get tourist money. We are on what duck hunters call a FLYWAY. Most of the foreign (Eastern) tourists who come West are apt to want to see the whole Pacific Coast. To do so, they must pass through our area. Oregon, Washington and British Columbia tourists tend to go south. That brings them through our area. California tourists tend to go north -especially in the summer, which is the big tourist sea son. That brings them across our area. The problem is to stop them longer - at least ONE DAY longer - in our glamorous and beautiful region. THE problem is how to stop them. That is the nroiect that was under discussion in Medford the other day. Is the project worth while? Keep this in mind: If we could stop each tour ist one more day, we could add 30 MILLION DOLLARS to the economy of our region. That seems worth going after. Rusk Says Nuclear Test Ban Possible Berkeley, Calif.-(UPD-Secre- tary of State Dean Rusk said Monday a mutually accept able nuclear test ban treaty can be negotiated at Geneva if all three parties have a real interest in getting one. Rusk told a news confer ence the United States enter ed today's talks with Great Britain and Russia "with great seriousness of purpose." Rusk in a speech then call ed on the world's small na tions to reduce their arms without waiting for the major powers to get on a disarma ment plan. He spoke at charter day ex ercises at the University ot California. Port lander Named lo BLM Post in Capital Washington - (I'M) - James F. Doyle. 56. Portland, has been named as assistant direc tor for plans and legislation of the Bureau of Land Man agement. Interior Secretary Stewart L. Udall announced the pro motion of Doyle from area administrator for Oregon, Washington and California to the post in Washington. D. C, Doyle has been with the department for 23 years, in cluding the last 14 at Port land. 1 4
