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' Clocks will stay the same In Medford, but most working hours will begin earlier, rep resentatives of businessmen and the city administration have agreed. 20 YEARS AGO April 27, 1942 (Monday) ' Medford leads slate in per centage increase of building during first quarter of 1042; valuation up 20 per cent to $81,405. . From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column; "The drive for defense metals is un der way. In going over the country with a finc-tooth comb, no doubt the old Ger man cannon in the city park Will escape, as usual." 30 YEARS AGO April 27. 1932 (Wednesday) ; Rogue valley orchardists re portedly will receive drastic reductions in costs of packing. storage and transportation of ( pears during 11132. ,' Most Jackson county voters "apathetic" as primary elec tion neurs; large number of independent candidates ex pected lo enter campaign. 40 YEARS AGO April 27, 1922 (Thursday) ; Ashland businessmen en dorse development of large granite quarry near that city; hope to increase the $20,000 in production reached in 1021. , Medford woman painfully injured following automobile accident when would-rcseuers turn car over on her. SO YEARSAGO April 27, 1912 (Friday) ' Long-lime southern Oregon miner reports rich strike of gold-bearing quart, ore in Fools Creek district. Medford postmaster an nounces start of Rural Route 3, to serve some 2.0011 resi dents in nine-mile radius northwest of city. What's Your I.Q.7 Nine or ten correct is superior; tevtn or eight is excellent; five oi sht is good. 1. On what island Is the city of Palermo'.' I ea TO '2. Do Brussels sprouts grow capaoie ot meeting virtually any situation, singly or in dumps on one This double approach lias opened the Presi s,c.!"' ,., . . ... ... ..'dent to charges of "softness," on one hand, and dance w.'ih castanets, tme or false-' 4. Complete the familiar phrase with Hie name of an animal: "The eaccr- ." 5. An object weighing 10 pounds will fall at a rale ten times as great as an object weighing one pound; true or false 6. Who was the first Chief Justice of the United Slab's'.' 7. In which city is the Metropolitan Museum of AiT' 8. I( you wanted to use a ketch, would you make salad dressing, go sailing or play cricket with if 9. How many men were on the dead man's chest? 10. What was George Wash ington's middle name' Answeri: 1. Sicily. 2. In clumps, 3. False. 4. Beaver. 5. False. 6. John Jay. 7. New York City. 8. Go tail ing. 9. Filleen. 10. He had none. FRIDAY. APRIL 27. 1962 The Testing Decision There's an old crack about the man who was so open-minded he had We suffer from this malady on occasion. Sometimes, in reading and hearing and studying both sides of a controversial question, we find both sides so persuasive that we can't make up our mind which is correct. This is an unsettling state of affairs partic ularly so when the problem at issue is serious. It is thus that our heartfelt sympathies go to those who must make crucial decisions MUST make them when both sides of the argument seem convincing. WITH this as preliminiary, let it be said more specifically: President Kennedy had a damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don't decision to make in the matter of resuming nuclear test ing in the air. There are so many arguments, and such good ones, on both sides, that it must have been an agonizing choice to make for a man who has, and knows it, responsibility for the lives and wel fare, not only of his own fellow-citizens, but for the whole human race. The President did not have the option of the open-minded, holes-in-the-head types, who can settle back and say "It's his problem, not mine." It IS his problem, and his decision to make, alone. "THERE is a large body of well-qualified scien- tific opinion that holds the aerial nuclear tests will sufficiently pollute the atmosphere to cause genetic damage of significant proportions to generations yet unborn; and also that addi tional knowledge gained from new tests would be insignificant. There are also manv who sincerely believe that, by resuming such testing, the United States has lost an infinitely valuable moral stance in the eyes of the world. There are still others in the above two groups) who believe that the arms race and the further testing of nuclear weapons is just another step toward a horrifying nuclear war, and that each such step tends to make such a war the more inevitable. rN THE other hand, a large and equally well-' qualified body of scientific opinion holds that the chances of serious genetic damage is mini mal, and also that more tests are needed to ex pand our knowledge of nuclear weaponry. There are those who a .1 la raging the worm opinion, increase its prestige by world opinion is unimportant or non-existent. Finally, there are those who believe that the "balance of terror" as it exists is (at least until some workable and enforcable test ban and dis armament agreement is reached) the best hope of avoiding war. yilESE, briefly, with the addition of other com- plicating factors, were what the President had to balance in his mind in arriving at his decision. Grant knowledgeability and sincerity to both sides, and one can see what a difficult choice he had to make. We are devoutly grateful it was not up to us to have to make such a decision. And, with the holes in the head to which we confess, we must concede that the President has far better sources of information, more knowl edge of facts perhaps unknown to the general public, and thus support him in the choice he had to make. E.A. A Future of Paradoxes Such paradoxes as the decision to resume nuclear tests while at the same time negotiating for a test ban ; as a record armament budget be ing requested while at the same time negotiating toward disarmament; and negotiating for a set tlement in Berlin while sending fighting men into Vietnam, are seen as samples of President Ken nedy's flexibility in foreign affairs. Chalmers Roberts of the Washington tD.C.) Post, in a review of the last lo months, points out that the President himself, during his State of the Union address, said: "On the Presidential tout of arms, the American eagle holds in his right lalon Ihe olive brunch, while in his left he holds a bundle of arrows. We intend to give equal attention to bulb.'' ""THIS, Roberts said, is in essence "diplomacy backed by a w illingness to use power." And not only nuclear power, as a horrifying last resort, but a wide range of flexible forces, "sabre-rattling" on the Icharires are both, in part. true, but nullifv other when considered R OBKKTS cutis his suinmarv this wav: "There is no end in sight of Communist hostility toward democracy 1 here is no end in sii;ht tor the Kennedy policy of in andislung both the bundle of ar rows and Ihe ohe branch. The world will see more paradoxes of mows low aid war and concurrent moves toward peace "Khrushchev, too, has his arrows and ohvc branch method - alternate phases of nuclear blackmail threats and pleas for peaceful coexistence. Sometimes both are evident on Ihe same day. in lad "But both sulcv today Hie keeping open the chan nels of communication, both are soi '.log to defuse Ber lin. And while thai Is true, there at least can be hope." There is hope hope that after a Umg, weary, tension-filled and fearsome period, an enforce able agreement can be reached whereby the cold war can be ended, and mankind can j;et busy on niakinj; the world a decent phu'e for mankind to live. EuL ' , holes in his head. thouirhuul individuals (some of them included ieel that, far iron, out- .1 l 1 t-1 i 1 Ml the united states win further tests; or that other. As we see it these each together. Dennis the Whatta YA WAN the cmaK aren't very Communications Letters to 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 iact the contrary is often the case. Detention Teacher Needed To the Editor: Ogden Nash once expressed himself in poetic sarcasm; "Why did the Lord give us agility, If not to escape responsi bility?" We of Jackson county, ap parently, are evading our re sponsibility respective to the dire need of a school teacher for the Jackson County De tention Home. Four times in as many years this issue has been discussed. Still we have no budget allocation for this purpose and the need remains, simply because of the inde cision over which pocket of the taxpayer from which the cost should be paid; the school systems, or the county. The Jackson County Juvenile Court Advisory Council has thoroughly studied this situa tion, and it is their decision the county payment plan (as used in Lane county) would best suit our needs. Average detention is 11 days. There were 74 children detained between five and nine days in 1901; 109 chil dren between 10 and 25 days; and 17 children between 26 and 64 days. This time is spent without benefit of school assignments. A great percentage of these children in trouble are marginal stu dents. The Detention Home is not primarily for punitive purposes, but for correction, guidance, and education, while the child is in its cus tody. A teacher available for the Detention Home would undoubtedly save some of these youngsters from being complete school drop-outs, and inspire in them a renewed interest in their present edu cation and faith in their fu ture. The other day I sat in on the hearing of the County Budget committee. The pres ence and appeal of Circuit Judge James Main to this group to seriously consider the allocation would imply his idea of the court's responsibil ity. County School Superin tendent Mekvold promised every effort to effect this pro gram, if the funds were avail able. 'Ihe complexity of fi nancing from joint funds through the several school districts made that plan un practical. OHS 419.519 says. "A person, agency, or institution, having legal custody has the follow ing duties and authority; . . . till To provide with care, edu cation and discipline." ORS 419.014 says. "All ex penses incurred in the main tenance of the facilities for detent ion and the personnel required therefore shall be paid upon order of the . . . County Court from County Funds " Let us not be "penny wise and pound foolish." We're dealing with the luture of American kids that need some redirection, and interest shown them, especially in their educative process. Let's not exert our agility to escape responsibility. Melvin W. Dixon. Minister St Luke's Methodist Church Medford ! Get Up to Date ! To the Editor: Which of us ! homemakcrs in Jackson coun ; ly would think of hauling w ater from well or using i a hand pump in our kitchen ;hcn a perfectly good piped water sv slem was available" Or who would piefer to hitch ! up a horse to make the trip ' to low n instead of turning the icnition kev of the family car'' Shouldn't we homeinakers S apply this same line of rea - 1 soiling to our go eminent" l.oveinnicnl is machinery to i help people get along well lucllicr a framework uj hw MEDFORD MAIL Menace which allows the greatest freedom and protection for all the people in a given area-a device through which they can deal capably and effici ently with the practical and human problems and needs of the area in which they live. The governmental machin ery of our great grandparents is not good enough for us to day. Because the sheriff col lected taxes for the King in early England is not a good reason to have this job per formed by a sheriff in Jack son county in the 1960s. Peo ple today use banking pro cedures instead of carrying gold coins around in sacks. Taxes should be collected by an expert in finance; the sher iff needs to be an expert in law enforcement. In our county government we have been trying to use the same churn and candle mold, bustle and dust ruffle methods that we love to see in a museum but couldn't pos sibly survive with in our own busy lives. When attempts have been made by the State Legislature over the past 100 years to bring county govern ment up to date, laws are passed which apply to all counties, but what is best for Harney or Lane counties, for example, is not necessarily best for Jackson county. County government by char ter which permits us to have home rule is the only way we can have Jackson county solu tions to Jackson county prob lems. Our cities and towns have been governed by charters for 50 years, so it is not a new and untried method. By and large, cities have had government as good as their responsible and alert citizens have re quired of them. Counties dif fer one from another and need their own tailormade solutions as well as cities do. We in Jackson county have long shown that we have capable and responsible citizens. Now we have a most special oppor tunity to exercise that citi zenship lo our own best inter, ests by bringing our govern ing equipment up to date. In our housekeeping we often differ on the color, make, or model of equipment we prefer, but such differ ences do not send us back to the pump in the kitchen sink. Let's vote for our own best interests and biing govern ment up to date. Let's have a charter in Jackson county. Let's vole for Home Rule on May 18. Jane H. Carpenter, Route 3. Box 124. Medford Takes Exception To the Editor: I wish to take exception to a letter by John Gutisten, Route 2, Box 7:i(i. and point out that he read his tea leaves wrong by bracketing the name of Wal ter Reeco along with L. G. Weaver. Alice I. Black and L. C. Powell. I believe they are upright people with strong i convictions and I respect them for it. but 1 am a social sci entist and a student of history and political economy. We live in a prejudiced class society, where one man's ; meal is another man's poison. ' A house divided against itself! cannot stand. Social orders are constantly changing. Ev- cry economic and political system has its own culture. Ihe Soviets are creating a new man by the means of edu cation, environment and ethi cal ideals, not in their attitude to the outside world hut to ward each other. Theirs is not a societv of dog eat dog. I but of social dependence As 1 a man tlunketh so is he. ! John llutisten implies that Walter lu'cce along w ilh the j others docs not know what Ihe Li talking about. 1 wish to TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON Hefty Prime Minister Confident of Halt In African Nationalism; Facts Belie Him By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst Sir Roy Welensky is a huge man who stands 6-feet-2, weighs close to 300 pounds and serves as prime minis ter of the Cen tral Afrl can If Ci F I Federa 1 1 o n, vf It V I one of the last and richest "al I British empire ! I in Africa. The assssm M aavsavfl to .1.,. I n n Newsom consists of Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland and has borders both with t h e Congo and with the Union of South Africa both of which have had profound effects on the huge territory over which Sir Roy presides. Southern Rhodesia is rank ed as a self-governing colony in which a British veto has not prevented the develop, ment of racial segregation whose harshness rivals if not stale that he, Walter Reece, is just enough of an intel lectual snob to resent that implication. Nor is he a John Birch toady. I learned my les son the hard way. It is true that our way of life as we know it is eroding away from the stress of time and change, but that does not mean that this country is going Com munist. There may be things worse than Communism, and taxes could be one of them. As long as we have a class society we will tolerate each other, but not too friendly. That is because we have so little in common. And private enterprise and automobiles are getting us farther apart every day. I grant that Mr. Gutisten means alright but he is a lit tle confused. That is not so good. Walter Reece, 77 Manzanita si., Ashland, Ore. Red Men To the Editor: This Is writ ten to bring the attention of your readers to our relatively little known organization, the Improved Order of Red Men, which is holding a district meeting here on June 9. The Medford area is affiliated with the Red Men and Pocahontas, Improved Order of Red Men of Northern California. The undersigned is taking this means of describing the be ginning, purposes, and growth of this oldest fraternity of purely American origin in the United States. The organization began with the "Sons of Liberty" in 1765. This early membership was responsible for arranging the Boston Tea Party, which was a colorful incident in our early struggle for freedom and self - government. Two members from that era were Samuel Adams and Paul Re vere-to mention a few famous names in early American his tory. From the very beginning the society grew rapidly. Members were given Indian names to maintain the secrecy of membership rolls. All were required to dress in Indian costume when assembled. It is historically recorded that from the membership of the "Sons of St. Tamina" came the committee, composed of Benjamin rranklin, Samuel Adams, and others, which met in Philadelphia as the Con tinental Congress and evolved our country's famous Declara tion of Independence. The name of the organiza lion has changed several limes, as in 1789 to the "St. Tamina Society," in the pe riod of 1813-1833 to the "So ciety of Red Men." and from 1833 to the present as the "Improved Order of Red Men." Some months ago certain groups and individuals, in cluding our capable Mayor John Snider, made payments to the particular English tea company as pro-rated compen sation for the tea which was dumped by "local" Boston area Indians into the harbor. The I. O R M. can accept the responsibility for this deed but has no intention of ever making financial restitution for this historic action, As far as can be dctermin- ed. our fraternity is the or.lv one chartered by Act of Con gress. This was accomplished during the administration of President Theodore Roose velt. The charter was granted in recognition of the organ ization's program for the care of orphan children. Our motto is "Freedom. Friendship, and Charity." The Improved Order of Red Men now numbers approximately 200.iHH members and is grow ing steadily in membership. The above comprises a brief equals the "apartheid" poli cies of the Union of South Africa. Northern Rhodesia and Ny asaland are British protector ates, both of whose African populations have been clam oring for independence, a move which would destroy the federation. This Sir Roy hopes to pre vent. For that purpose he called a federal parliamentary election lor today which he will interpret as a vote for continuing federation. He was able to lay his plans with certainty, since only about 30,000 out of a popula tion of more than seven mil lion will vote and only a hand ful of those will be Africans able to qualify under the vot ing rules. He has sneered that Afri can nationalism seems to have turned British bone marrow to jelly. But in a federation in which fewer than 300,000 whites dominate more than seven million blacks, there are few who believe Sir Roy will halt the nationalist tide. Strictly Personal By Sydney (cl General HOMOSEXUALITY OFTEN DAD'S FAULT Beginning with Philip Wy- lie's intemperate attack on Momism" more than a dozen years ago, the American mother has taken a tre mendous beat- i ine from some 4 of our more 3 hysterical so- ( "i cial commen- ' l.Un c k has been at tacked, excori. Harris ated and blamed for the weak ening of our moral fiber, the lowering of our physical standards, the decline in our intellectual prowess. She has also - mpst unfair- ketch of our organizational history. A detailed account of its history and accomplish ments would fill several vol umes. Yours in "Freedom, Friend ship and Charity." Roland "Bud" Wicker, Great Trustee, Great Council of California 809 Adams lane Medford Law Day To the Editor: We believe that faith in God gives mean ing and purpose lo human life: That the brotherhood of man transcends the sovereign ty of nations; That economic justice can best be won by free men through free enterprise: That government should be of laws rather than of men: That earth's great treasure lies in human personality: And that service to human ity is the best work of life. May 1st is Law Day in the United States of America. May 1st is also May Day in all communist countries. We, the Oregon Jaycees, be lieve in the fourth line of our creed that. "Government should be of laws rather than of men," and we further be lieve that to combat commu nism it must be done in courts of law where the rights and dignity of man must be up held. To promote this belief, we ask your assistance to publi cize through your media the above coed and text on or before May 1st. Throughout the state of Oregon, Jaycees on May 1st will be telling others of our creed and our belief. We thank you for your assistance. Orval Caverhill President The Oregon State Jaycees Portland. Ore. A Confession To the Editor: After read ing the Bible I'll make a short and true confession. I do not love the Lord God or Jesus or my neighbor as much as I do myself and other peo ple's money. Now I am happy and believe heaven is within me. Matthew chap. 7 v. 5. Marshall II. Waggoner 3487 Lenard rd. Grants Pass. Ore. Surprised To the Editor: You printed on Wednesday a statement from Public Welfare Board regarding establishment of remedial teaching at the Ju venile Detention Home. 1 am surprised that persons such as Mrs Padgham and Mr. Christiansen, with their ac knowledged acumen and ex perience, would publish such a statement without investiga tion of the circumstances which impelled us to place this request in us present channels Selh M Bullis 15 Florence ae. Medford. saaMsrt. r .Jk Washington Report By William (ci United feature Syndicate JFK AND MACMILLAN Washington - Perhaps the change is mainlv in the eye of the beholder, but it does r seem that the "J old great feel 5 ing of drama and high ex pectancy has gone from the trans -Atlantic visits of very important per sons. The melan- white choly thought occurs on the eve of British Prime Minister Harold Mac millan's arrival in Washing ton for another of his many conferences with President Kennedy. While the nature of their business could hardly be more grand or urgent, the air per- J. Harris Features Corp ly been castigated for the truly alarming rise of homo sexuality in American life. Her seductive, protective and anxiety - ridden ways with her sons, the critics insist, have produced a staggering increase of sexual deviates. It is more likely, however, that we have overestimated the influence of the mother upon her son, and have ne glected the importance of the father. Indeed, a new cau tious, objective medical sur vey on the problem qf homo sexuality tends to confirm the significance of the father in creating this tragic prob lem. Recently published, these findings by an eminent panel of medical researchers, who spent many years studying the backgrounds of hundreds of homosexuals, indicate that the "hostile - withdrawn" fa ther is the villain of the piece, if villain there need be. Nearly all the homosexuals interviewed disclosed that their fathers had shown little real interest in them as small children, had been impatient and punitive, or else detach ed and passive around the house. Many grew up scarce ly knowing their fathers at all, except as shadowy fig ures who either punished them or sat in a chair demand ing not to be bothered. With such a lack of a fath er - figure, the researchers agree, the role of the moth er becomes too dominant, and the boy identifies with her - either from fear of his fa ther or from the father's lack of response to the child's emo tional needs. Too many fathers, unfor tunately, are not interested in little children; they warm up to their sons only when the boys are old enough to enjoy baseball or fishing. But by then the boys no ionger need them so much; it is in the early formative years, be ginning with infancy, that a child requires attention from the parent of its own sex. No father can be a "pal" to his son of 10 who has not been understanding and sym pathetic when the boy was 2; rapport grows from the cra dle, it does not suddenly hap pen. And bad father - son re lationships seem more the rule than the exception in our so ciety. Blaming the mothers for "effeminating'' their sons is citing a symptom, not giv ing a cause. Try and i.t s- rtia By BENNETT CERF- TTERB STEIN tells about udy on, wno encountered a grasshopper in a field. "Do you know," inquired the bartender respectfully, "that a very popular drink has been named after you?" "Golly," nodded the grass hopper, obviously impressed. "Who could have dreamed there'd be a drink named Leonard!" Memorable lutes attrib uted to Stephen Leacock, the great Canadian humor ist: 1. There is only one beau tiful child in the world, and every mother has it. 2. Majiv a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl. 3. A fnend is a man who has the same enemies voc have. 4. Many college graduates need that sheepskin they get la cover their intellectual nakedness. a a e A. W. stmson defines childhood as "that wonderful afe hea ail you had to do to lose weight was to uke a bath." Baait Cerf. Dtmiputeil by Kaaj features fcallat S. White sists in being far from excited. Rather, it is much as though this were Just one more in an interminable series ot inconclusive meetings be tween two heavily burden ed men who avoid being wholly distracted by the bru tal range of the world's prob lems only by great personal strength and etermination. HPHIS is not to suggest that any man in his right mind regards this new Kennedy. Macmillan c o n f rontation in any attitude of mere ho-hum. But it is definitely to say that the sheen is off this form o sub-summit conference. Why has all this come about between the two powers which, after all, still hold the fate of the west so largely in their hands? Reasonably edu cated guesses might be ven tured. Jet-liner diplomacy general ly has become overly famili ar, both to participants and to this onlooking nation. No longer is it so necessary to hold back the cheering crowds as it is to encourage respectably-sized crowds to be on hand for the arrival of the visiting VIP. Moreover, Macmillan's face particularly is no longer even a slightly new face on the world's stage. From his long service as prime minister, he has become familiar, indeed. And the tale he comes to tell is always essentially the same. He wants us to go easy on this or that aspect of the cold war -no doubt to go easy in- our coming resumption of nuclear testing. TT IS remininscent of yet an other visit of an eldery and very cautious uncle, Macmil lan, to a fond but also strong minded and more powerful nephew, Kennedy, who has his responsibilities to a family of his own which has grown much larger through its in law conections. This family, of course, is the whole west ern alliance. While happily there has not been and is never likely to be any major break between this country and Britain, the harsh questions of the last year or so have left some controlled but genuine irritations. The prime minister has po litely but incessantly pressed the president toward cold war "solutions" seen here as may be loo soft and certainly too optimistic. The British Isles are far more vulnerable than we are, in every sense, and British expenditure in blood and treasure in the last war was much greater proportion ately, than ours. ALL THIS Washington un derstands. All the same, there are other factors which do not help. There is the wide belief here that Mac millan often goes a little too far as a politician in bending under home voter pressure for dubious "settlements' with the Soviet Union. And there is the fact that the British are too little concern ed w'ith our necessity to get along not only with them but also with our other principal allies, France and West Ger many. Only old friends, such as are Britain and the United States, can put things right out on the table. The Prime Minister would make no mis take here if i.t seeking reas surances that we won't be too impetuous, he gave some re assurances that he won't be too earless of the basic needs of the alliance in rightly try ing to preserve his party's political fortunes at home. Stop Me a bartender, in the country ior
