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-4 WEDNESDAY. APRIL 25. 12 "Everyone in Southern Oregon Beedi The MU Tribune" Published Dally except Saturday t UEat'OHD PRINTING CO 33 North fir St, Ph SP 2-8U1. ROUERI W RUHi-, Editor HKRB GREY Advertising Manafei GEHALD T LATHAM Bua Msr ERIC W ALLEN JR. Mn Editor EARL H ADAMS, City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN Teles Editor RICHARD JEWETT Sports Edltoi OLIVE STARCHER. Women's Edltoi DALE ERICKSON, Circulation Mjg An Independent Newspaper Entered aa second class matter al Medford. Oregon, under Act ot March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mall In Advance. Copy iOo Dally and Sunday 1 year $18 00 Dally and Sunday rooa 8 Ou Daily and Sunday? mos 4.23 Sunday Only One year 20 By Carrier In Advance Medtoro Ashland. Central Point til It Point. Jacksonville Gold Hill Phoenix. Shaay Cove Rogue Riv er Talent and on motor routes Dally and Sunday 1 vear 818 00 Daily and Sunday 1 mo so Carriei and Dealers copy loo All jrernCaahJnAdvance "oftlcTal Paper ol City of Medford Official Paper nfJjcjnCounty " United P-ess International Full Leased Wire DJ.l Telephoto Newsplctures "MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative- NELSON ROBERTS ASSOC1 a Tro rtifw in New York. Ctit- raco Detroit. San Francisco Loi Anrelea Seattle. Portland. Denver NEWS PA PER PUBllSHEtS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL IDITORIAl Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from fht files of Tha Mail Trlbunt 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO April 25, 19S2 (Friday) An all-day search has (ailed to locate the body of the in fant son of a Shady Cove merchant which hB been missing since last Tuesday when the child's mother -was found drowned on a Rogue River sand bar. There are now 32.822 reg istered voters in Jackson county - the largest total in history - and the Republicans have increased their lead over the Democrats to 4,189. j 20 YEARS AGO April 25. 1942 (Saturday) Chairman R. G. Fowler an nounces names of persons tak ing part in Jackson county scrap iron salvage drive. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "The 'Victory Hat' adorns a num ber nf local and valley gals. It is quite chic and looks a lot less like defeat than most feminine headgear. 30 YEARS AGO April 25, 1932 (Monday) Junior high school candi dates for city offices during "National Boys' Week" in clude Dick Woodcock for mayor, Hugh Collins for city judge, and Ray Etlnger for city treasurer. Medford High school senior class presents play written by class members to help defray costs of graduation. 40 YEARS AGO ' April 25. 1922 (Tuesday) Medford merchants discuss plans for 1922 county fair, expected to be biggest in local history. Louis Ulrich resigns as Jacksonville postmaster de spite reluctance of post office to accept resignation. 50 YEARS AGO April 25. 1912 (Wednesday) Sarah Bewick Colby, pio neer women's suffrage work er, addresses large gathering of Medford women in city library. Medford Commercial club offers to donate land to any firm or persons who will con struct combined "up-to-date" pickle factory and fruit can nery. Yhat's Your I.Q.7 Nint er (en correct ii luptrior; seven or eight it excellent; five ot tii it good. 1. Does an obelisk have a total of four, six, or eight sides? 2. Why was the White House first painted white? 3. May a woman be elected President? 4. Premier Marshal Tito heads which country's gov ernment? 5. Caracas is the capital of which Latin American repub lic? fi. Does the Danube River empty into the Mediterranean. Black Sea or North Sea'' 7. Who wrote ' Something in riim-ii in lilt; oimv 'i n- 8 In which State of the U. S. is Mammoth Cave" 9. Name the three metals used in the alloy for printing type? 10. Who slew the giant Go liath? Answtrsi 1. Four. 2. To conctal firt marks of British burning. 3. Yta. 4. Yugoslavia. 5. Vtntsutla. 6. Black Saa. 7. Shaktsptart. 8. Kantucky. 9. Lead, fin and antimony. 10. David. Unanswerable Questions The other flay, up in Salem, a youth who was described as a good, hard-working, moral boy, panicked when a police officer turned on his siren to stop the car he was driving. The boy. took off at a high speed, the police man chasing him. The fleeing car crashed into another, killing one man immediately and fatally injuring another. . Shortly thereafter, the boy was quoted in the paper as saying, "I suppose this means I'll lose my driver's license." HTHIS kind of tragedy happens every so often, and it brings pain and grief and moralizing and a lot of unanswered questions. Why did the boy, previously law-abiding, panic? Should the officer have given , chase? Or should he have turned to a safer rriethod of ap prehending the boy? Why did the youth make such a callous sounding remark? Was it confused values? Or just confusion brought on by shock, grief, and sedation, as some friends claimed? Can he ever be forgiven by those whose lives he has damaged irreparably? Or by himself? 'T'HE questions, of course, are unanswerable. But we wish that every young person who as sumes the responsibility mobile would stop and A car is more than of transportation, a status It is also a deadly weapon. One second's mis- judgment can result in recrimination.' E.A. Distrusting . Oregonians, for some reason or other, do not trust their legislature. . (Perhaps it is because of such snafus as the daylight time mess last summer and this.) But, whatever the reason, voters historically have proven their distrust. The best example is the fact that thev have consistently refused to allow the legislature power to set the salaries of its members. Another example is the number of constitutional amendments which have been made through the initiative procedure. . . THAT many of these in nnnnftnf rif ennci Cllljr VU1IV1. ly V7X Lituiil Vit jjUrvi iniiviivi uvi vs.fj in the constitution, seems to make no difference. They are put in the constitution, rather than en acted into statute law, solely because then the legislature cannot amend be done only by another Ihus we have such things as veterans home loan bonds, earmarking of gas tax receipts for highway use,. and other matters which, in theory, should be statute law, not part of the basic char ter of government. (An attempt is being made this year to enact a constitutional amendment to guarantee standard time for Oregon, another example of something that should be statute law, not con sitional law.) XT NEXT month's primary election, the voters, '"'once again, will be asked to trust the legisla ture to the extent of letting it set legislative salaries. We hope the measure will pass, but are in clined to doubt it, in view of the long-demon strated distrust mentioned before. The present legislative salaries of $(i00 per year are totally inadequate, and becoming more so as service in the legislature comes to take more time. This is occasioned, at least in part, by the number of . interim committees, which make studies of needed legislation in between sessons. As a result, many good men (and women) are unable to run for the legislature, and many arc forced to quit after One Or tWO Sessions, tllUS depriving us of badly-needed experience. IT'S sort of a vicious circle. The people distrust the legislature and refuse to pay them enough to attract good people; the standards of the membership lowers; foolish laws (like the DST mess) get passed; the peo ple are confirmed in their distrust. And so it goes. There are many high quality men and wo men serving in the legislature, but they are do ing so at considerable personal sacrifice. And there are quite a number who are no credit to the legislature, or the state. A raise in pay would not automatically en sure a high quality legislature, but it would make it possible for more good people to seek 0 ice. r.. A. a lemica A reporter in the Washington (D.C.) Post has discovered a Congressman who has found a chemical test for determining whether his cor respondents are "leftist" or "rightist." He said ; "If the constituent is exercised about flurori- elation of WatlM', lHlt lim lUt II tllO chemical strontium !H, he's the left." H. A. more Oh, Adding to the confusion dept.: California voters in June will vote on a posal to extend Davlieht Saving Time in state from the end of October. K. A. of operating an auto ponder them tor a bit. a convenience, a means symbol, or a toy. a hietime ot guilt ana Legislators amendments do not, by V Id o'nuoi'nmDni" VsplnnCT or repeal them. It can vote of the people. Test down as a rightist. he is worried about is apt to be over toward No! pro that September to the em of Dennis the ' fflMD W KlfUNOlRM flOWERPOT OH ffl P08CH! PHOTY MAT.HUHJCHWIV ... Communications ... Letters lo tht Editor must bear tha name and address of the writer, although under certain circumslancti tha 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. Effort Needed To the Editor: Your edi torial, "Medical Care Bill," April 19, 1962, puts the case for the King-Anderson BUI very well indeed. This legis lation for medical care for the aged through the social securi ty system does not, as you in dicate, cover everyone nor does it cover all costs. But it is a very practical approach, first developed by my friend and former col league In the Congress, Aime Forand of Rhode Island, and, on the Senate side, by Wayne Morse. Enactment is overdue. These expenses are truly a atter of life and death for many people. You are right in suggesting that your readers make their support known to their con gressional representatives. They should also join or sup port clubs and associations that have been formed to study and to press for improv ed social security legislation. Only by a vigorous and sus tained effort will we win over the Dixiecrat-Republican coalition. Charles O. Porter Dcmocratice candidate for Congres, Fourth District ' Eugene, Ore. A Warning To the Editor: Usually, the movements of peoples from one area to another have been of great masses, rather than nf smaller groups of people. The westward movement into Europe also called for armed strength, as witness the Nor man conquests of England. This story has been far dif ferent in the peopling of the New World, of course. The era of conquest and expansion that followed the invention of the compass has been of an almost conglomerate nature, insofar as mankind is con cerned. Navigators and ex plorers from many nations of Europe mingled together in this mighty search for new land and the building of new governments. It did not hap pen spontaneously or within any given century, but came by patience and daring over several centuries. The people came, it is true. Yes, with the DST To the Editor: JAVD OUR. FUTURE ASTRONAUT- Day Jiefrt MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON Menace influence of old governments, with their support - but by choice rather than by man dates of sovereigns. That gave birth to a new concept of law and liberty. In fact, it left be hind most of the heavy ma chinery of Old World govern ments, and led to a search for better and more secure meas ures for law and safety. Such has been the case with the United States, in par ticular. But 'now, within the oast 50 years, we in the United States have seen a new system arising - one that has called for the relinquish ment of the independence which we had achieved, and the substituting of law and principles left over from the dark past. Such has been the sum total of the recent alli ances of this, the American Republic, with Old World sys tems. Let us be on our guard, lest we lose more than we realize of our earned freedoms and liberties. These achievements are quite properly termed 'in alienable rights in the early Declaration of Independence. These arc reaffirmed within the Constitution. True, it may be beautiful to look upon the structure of the United Na tions, fpr example, and to pro claim, "this is, in large part, our work". Let us make sure that neither this association, nor any other similar associa tion shall come to be, ever, our "Pygmalion!" That is, to say, that it should ever be permitted to undermine prin ciples of law and government as we have provided that they should be. Such a warning has come to us from many wise and ex perienced men. Let it not be forgotten! Fee Clifford E.stcb 153 North Oakdale ave. Medford "Calories Don't Count" To the Editor: Paul Harvey, speaking in regard to critics of right wingers, stated that only those having something to fear from their activities crit- icized them. The extent of their fear enuals the efforts made to destroy them. The same rule is true for critics of Calories Don't Count " Potpourri of April '.20 lists Sd.vm& time. M.ny Lutiian Pacific Hilmdv Medford. President Influence By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Fortign News Analyst President Kennedy has thrown his personal influence into the effort to establish a nmitpal a n v. n m e n t in Fi?' v X-i Laos. It is a : us i 'n situation cer tainly not to the President's liking, it is done only on 9 5S: IX trI the basis Jhat 11 EL I, J a neutral Laos provided a n escape from NewionT an intolerable situation. The President's action came in a letter delivered to Lao tian King Savang Vathana, re iterating United Slates insist ence that the right-wing gov ernment of Laos join neutral ist and pro-Communist rebels in a coalition government. The U.S. decided more than a year ago that its policy of support for a strongly pro Western government in Laos simply was not paying off. Dr. Fred Stare of Harvard Medical school as one of its critics. He disregards the tes timony of thousands who have used the diets with excellent results, both in weight reduc tion and general health. In Boston is a group of peo ple interested in nutrition calling themselves The Boston Nutrition Society. Some time ago they put on a campaign to alert Bostonians to the dan gers inherent in the use of "enriched" flour. At the same lime Dr. Stare was the edi tor of McCalls' Magazine for a nutrition column to which readers could send pertinent questions. In reply to a ques tion from a reader about The Boston Nutrition Society Dr. Stare, in the March 1959 issue, wrote that the society was a "food faddist" group and used "cruel and reckless fraud" and "scare taclics" in connection with its campaign against white flour. The society sued Dr. Slare for libel. The opinion of the supreme court was unanimous that the appelation of faddist was libelous. This is the first time that a high ranking uni versity authority on diet and nutrition has been brought to account for promoting pro cessed toofls. Dr. Stare could not refute their arguments for he knew they were scientif ically sound so he turned to ridicule. It is a well known fact that the financial sup port for research in his de partment comes from the sug ar trust and food processors. It is also known that when a school accepts money from a donor it also must work for that donor. If an individual follows the diets in the book he will dras tically reduce his use of sugar and processed foods. This will result in greatly improved health. With the many thou sands reading the book and using the diets it is bound to result in less use of sugar and processed foods. There is no doubt that this will affect the earnings of the groups conlrib- j uting lo Dr. Stare's research, Also it will stimulate thp thinking of large numbers of Americans. If Americans could be aroused to the dan gers that are in our foods it is certain that drastic action would be demanded. Perhaps this is what they fear. Anna M. Streed, 36 North Peach St., Medford. Law and Liberty To the Editor: Those who advocate the proposed Charter stale that at present it is slow , and difficult to get new laws passed by the State Lcgisla- ! tore, and therefore it is de sirable to make the passing : of laws quicker and easier ; by investing such legislative authority in body of com missioners "nearer to the peo ple." I question such reasoning, I because it then might be casi- i er not only to get good laws passed, but also bad laws. 1 j thins ii much easier for a selfish minority group to put pressure on four commission- j ers than on a majority of a state legislature. And remem ber any law, by its very na ture, takes aw ay some liberty, -so Hut a l.iw .should be very good to warrant Us existence ( Hor.u-e W. Thompson. 3ti41! Hilsmeer rd., ! Medford Bad Barter To the Editor: icing on record as a sporadic critic of the County Court. I may be walking a tight-rope in oppos ing the Home Rule Charter. However, one becomt s attach ed to one's right to vote, even if it is only for dogcatcher. i We ought to put doccatchcr on the ballot, to give a chance ' tin- people who wouldn t vote for him if he were run - Reluctantly Uses Personal In Intolerable Laos Situation The American-trained Lao tian army had a far greater record of retreat than of ag gressive action. The Communist-trained and supplied Pathet Lao rebels al ready were occupying nearly half of the country and threat ened to take more. If the pro-Western forces were to win, it became appar ent that American money alone would not be sufficient American troops on a scale at least comparable to U.S. ac tion in South Vietnam would be necessary. This not only was opposed by Britain and France, two of the United States' chief allies, but also involved the likeli hood of Red Chinese inter vention in the manner of Ko rea. Thus the United States' di lemma. Having passively supported the overthrow of neutralist Premier Prince Souvanna Phouma and actively support ed his successor. Prince Boun Oum, the U.S. made a com plete turnabout and declared for the return of Souvanna ning for dogcatcher). In short, I am a primitive Democrat, in favor of all governmental positions being elective: Tell me not we ought to barter The County Court for Home Rule Charter; T like problems politic, But not high-toned arith metic, Like: If it takes three garden variety commissioners, work ing full-time, four years to produce confusion, how long will it take seven commis sioners, working two days a month, to achieve anarchy? Give me simple courthouse hacks, Adept at grinding their own axe, Handpicked by the party bosses, Supported by precinct workhorses. But save me from the pure and high Non-partisan, whose spirit ual eye Covets an appointive elite To rule the simple man-on-thc-street. A vote for the charter aris .tocracy Is a nail in the coffin democracy! George W. Rode, Fluhrer Bldg., Medford of View on Economics To the Editor: I notice your readers write you on subjects that are nearest to their hearts, and which concern them most. I wrote you before on Food Surplus: Today I would like to write on Ameri can Economics. I began to believe there was something wrong in this country away back during the year following the Wall Street crash of 1929, when my father's small business in California went to pieces. I was only 13 years old then and knew nothing of the sub ject of cconomics-of capital ism, of socialism, or of the social experiment in a coun try I dare not mention. I knew only of right and wrong It was nrettv obvious In us i at the factory owners were that the factory owners were not paying enough to work ers in wages so that they could buy back the things they had made with the labor of their hands, which caused things to be produced that could not be sold, factories to be closed down, and working men to be thrown out of work: which made matters still worse. Some of my people were among the unemployed. My faith in Franklin Del ano Roosevelt, elected Presi dent in 1932, remained un shaken till the outset of World War II, and I grieved at his death. His constructive efforts ! toward the cure of the ills of ! this country were damned and I stopped on every side by the j selfish rich, both great and : small. Only his emergency measures to relieve human J misery were allowed to sue- j ceed. and this caused the be ginning of cur present s!u-' pendous national debt. I Today, of course, our gov-! eminent buys surplus coods : and subsidizes weak indus- j tries, and tinkers with the stock market, v, hich seems lo ' me a superficial and shaky J remedy for the ailment. For! though we may prev ent a ma- 1 jor Depression-could we pull' out of one"1 When I think of our mili j tary productions and our men I and women out of the labor force in military services, I am in much doubt You see. j during the Roosevelt era we were largely demilitarized and truly Pacifists. i Ralph McKmnts. i j P.O. Box .121. Ashland. Ore ! New Guinea Story To the Editor: Some time: i ao vou I wrote a lettrr which j printed, describing mv contact tv mail with sonic j 1 Christian friends in New Gui-1 head a neutral i committed nei-1 ther to East nor West. In this it had the support of Britain and France and the promise of the Soviet Union that it would assist in main taining a truly neutral Laos. But the U.S. action was taken without reckoning on Defense Minister Phoumi No savan who stubbornly has re fused to cooperate. Since February, the United States has been withholding monthly payments of $3 mil- j lion to pay Laotian army and police costs, although contin uing other economic and mili tary aid shipments. The feeling that a neutral nea. They even mailed me a tape recording. To hear gospel melodies coming from the lips of former raw heathens is in deed thrilling. To any here in America who would doubt the exist ance of a God, I would point them to the transformation wrought in the lives of these "fuzzy-wuzzies" out in the Pacific. It takes more than human power to effect this change. Some of your readers may cringe at what I'm about to relate. Parts of New Guinea are still in need of the rays of light that Christianity of fers. Recently L. H. Barnard, one of the mission leaders at a. leper colony, sent, two na tive converts to begin work among the primitive Karimue people. These Christian lads were accustomed to seeing filthy natives, but the Kari muis were the vilest, degrad ed, sick, and unkept natives they had ever seen. The Kari muis arc cannibals who use human skulls of their own dead for eating and drinking vessels. Not so long ago Paul, one of these mission converts re turned to Goroka, headquar ters of the Eastern Highland mission, and related a horri fying experience through which he had passed. He told of the death of the cannibal chief's son. The villagers along with the parents gathered around the corpse, planning to eat the body in accordance with their tribal ritual. Paul now knew that it was his duty lo try and persuade these cannibals . to change their custom. He told them that civilized people bury their dead. The parents de cided to place the body in a hut where they could mourn for it, after which they said the "doctor boy" could bury the corpse. The mourning continued five days. Then Paul was sur rounded by the villagers who clamored to eat the now de composing body. The mission lads, however, won out and those natives witnessed for the first time a burial service. Up lo this time there was no cemetery at this village. The chief was so impressed with this new ceremony and single story of the resurrec tion that he requested some religious picture to be left to remind him of the wonderful gospel story. Truly the world is in need of a Saviour. Henry Johnson Jr. 2315 Highway 66 Ashland, Ore. j Safe'y Poem lo the Editor The follow ing poem of four stanzas was written by a man named Sey mour Taylor, and is so sug gestive and good that I felt constrained to pass it on to you and your readers. May I insert here that along with others I am. and always have been, glad for the Communi cations Column, enjoy and profit by it. When I read the poem as written by the author. I wish - cd he had added another note to the fine thoughts express ed, and so if I am permitted to add another stanza, as one contributor asked you to do to a poem he had started, (and which, by the way, you did very creditably), I will add the stanza. IF EVERYONE If everyone who drives a car could lie a month in bed W'ith broken bones and j stitched-up wounds, or i fractures of the head: , And there endure the ago nies that many people do. They'd never need preach safety any more to me or you. If everyone could stand be side the bed of some close friend. And hear the d"ctor saw "No hope.'' before that ; fatal end: And see him there uncon-1 scions, never knowing ! what took plare. 1 The laws and rules of traf-1 fic I am sure we'd soon ' rmhrace. j If everyone could meet the wife and children left! behind. I And step into the darkened ' home where once the( sunlight sinned; And look upon "The Vacant Phouma lo government Laos must eventually drift in. to the Communist camp springs from the belief that Souvanna, Phouma would have; neither the inclination nor tha strength to ovenule them. The situation has not bol stered the confidence of ei ther neighboring Thailand nor other Southeast Asia, na tions such as the Philippines. Both Thailand and 1 South Vietnam now expect stepped up Communist Infiltration. Strictly ; Personal By Sydney J. Harris ci Genera Features Corp. 'FIRST-CLASS' UNJUSTIFIED One way for the airlines to start making a profit would be to stop serving meals and 1 i n n n T n n fcieWNsJC1! short trios, in ! iy a lira t- ? class" fare. I V flew by jet from Chicago to Pittsburgh ' and back last J week. The trip took about an Harii hour each way. Going, the two steward esses served canapes and high balls for most of the hour; re turning, the two stewardesses served full dinners. Apart from the fact that these young, ladies , shquld have more useful services to perform than acting as wait resses and barmaids, there is simply no . reason or excuse for serving anything but a cup of coffee or tea on a flight so short. . , As we move into the jet age, most airplane flights are two hours or less. Serving meals and booze aboard such flights is expensive, laborious, cumbersome and time-consum. ing. Most passengers don't want it, but they take it mere ly because they have paid a "first-class" fare. The cost of the food and al cohol, the catering service, the equipment, the food trucks and the extra personnel for deliveries could be transfer red to the airlines' meager profit column with no protests by passengers. Moreover, the whole silly scheme of dividing, big planes into "first-class" and "tour ist" sections - with the first class passengers paying an ab surdly large premium for a bigger bite of food - should be junked as soon as possible, More and more companies are forbidding their execu tives to take first-class reser vations on company business, as a needless expense; and most of the jets I have ridden lately have been crowded in the cabin class, while rela tively deserted in the first class compartment. A much more sensible ar rangement would be to mak all flights first-class during the best and most convenient hours for travel; and desig nating as tourist class all flights at night, arriving at awkward hours. In this way, at least, the first-class pas sengers would feel that they were getting s o m e . positiv values for their extra pay ment. Transportation' has becom so important in modern Amer ica that the archaic and an archaic systems that crippled the railroads' passenger serv ice cannot be tolerated in the new and expanding air net work. Not more than 10 per cent ol all Americans have 1 evcr ridden in a plane: to at- tract more customers, it will be necessary to offer some thing beside champagne flights, fictitious "first-class" accommodations and blaring press agentry. Chair" were daddy used to sit' I am sure each reckless driver would be forced to think a bit. If everyone who takes the wheel would say a little prayer. And keep in mind those in the car depending on his care: And make a vow and pledge himself to never take a chance: The Great Crusade for Safe ty would suddenly ad vance Added stanza: If everyone who makes this pledge and sacredly that vow. Would never once consider, nor ever once allow A drink to pass within his lips to steal away his sense: How few would fear his driving: How few the accidents' H. R. Bulman. Route 4, Box 316A, Medford its. - v
