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4 """"Everyont In Southern Oregon tublished Dally except Saturday b MEDFOKD PRINTING CO SJ North fir St., Ph SP J-8UI. ROBERT W RUHU Editor HERB GREY Advertising Manager GERALD T LATHAM Bus Mgr. ERIC W A1XEN JR, Mng Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN Teleg Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sports Ed.toi OLIVE STARCHER. Women Editor DALE ER1CKSON. Circulation Mgr An Independent Newspaper Entered aa aecond elasi matter at Medford. Oregon, under Act or March 3, 1B97 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mall In Advance. Copy lOc Dally and Sunday I year 1 00 Dally and Sunday moa. 8.0u Dally and 8unday 3 tnos 4.J5 Sunday Only One year S30 By Carrier In Advance Medlord Ashland. Central Point Eagle Point. Jacksonville Gold Hill Phoenix. Shaoy Cove. Rogue Riv er Talent end on motor routee. Dally and Sunday 1 vear SIB 00 Dally and Sunday 1 mo ' 00 Carrlei and Dealers copy 10c All Terms Caah In Advance "Official Paper of City of MedfnrT omclalperjJjukjonCojity United P-ess International Full Leaaed Wire P.P.I. TelepnotoNewBplcturea ""MEMBER 6r AUDIT BURKATr" Or CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative: NELSON ROBERTS 4c ASSOCI ATES. Offices In New York, Chi cago. Detroit. San Francisco. Los Angeles Seattle, Portland, Denver NIWSPAMt UiLISHItl ASSOCIATION c ditoriai SCTIN Flight o' Time Medford nd Jackson County History from the flies of The Mall Trlbuna 10, 20, 30, 40 nd SO years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Ma 9. 1952 (Friday) A howling storm roared high over, the Rogue valley last night; it dumped a quarter-inch of rain as It went over, and some hail fell dur ing the storm. Interest in the most holly- contested of the local primary election races-that for the Re publican nomination for dis trict attorney - continued to mount in Medford this week. 20 YEARS AGO May 9, 1942 (Saturday) Ned R. Leibman, Medford, named winner of Willamette university scholarship award for 1943. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Thou sands regret the passing of the installment buying plan under a federal curb. It marks the finish of the aulos that would Dav for themselves In six months but never did." 30 YEARS AGO May 9. 1932 (Monday) County Jail inmates organ ized by jailer to search for 70-year-old man missing in Ash land area. National economic expert states "80 per cent of the re tail business failures in 1031 were due to lack of capital." 40 YEARS AGO May 9. 1922 (Tuasday) Oregon Gov. Ben Olcotl is sues proclamation banning Ku Klux Klan members wearing regalia from all city streets. SO YEARS AGO May 9. 1912 (Wadnesday) Medford city council re ceives more than 100 applica tions from persons seeking Job of manager of newly con structed municipal market. Jackson county Democrats seek recognition from parly for this section of state; plan to endorse Medford Mayor W. H. Canon as candidate for na tional committeeman. What's Your I.Q.? Nina or ten correct Is superior; seven or eight Is excellent; flva ei six Is good. 1. Is Bermuda a peninsula, group of islands or a conti nent? 2. Of what Army was Gen eral William Booth the found- 3. With what subject does a miscegenation law deal? 4. What number. is repre sented by the Roman numer als DCCC? 5. Did the U.S. acquire Puerto Rico from France, Italy, or Spain? 6. Francis Scott Key wrote both the words and music for The Star Spangled Banner; true or false? 7. The words, "When In the course . . ." are the opening words of what document? 8. Is wormwood a tree, an aromatic plant, or the prod uct of termite Infestation? 9. Do you associate the name of Arnold Palmer w golf, bridge or football? 10. Ice cannot -become colder than 32 degrees F; true or false? , Answers: 1. Group of Is lands. 2. Salvation Army. 3. Interracial marriage, 4. 800. S. Spain. 6. Falsa. 7. Declara tion of Indapandanca. I. Aro matic giant. 9. Golf. 10. Falsa. Heidelberg, Germany -UNi-Among 2d rules for happy liv ing posted in U. S. Army family houses here the brief est Is: "Curtail domestic squabbles. " Km NATION A l WEDNESDAY. MAY , 1962 To Avoid Racial 1 'Problems A few years ago there was a minor flap in Medford when the U.S. Weather Bureau assign ed a technician here who happened to be a Negro. After some arm-waving, some tut-tutting, and a bit of vicious rumor-mongering, the forces of humanity and justice and legality lined up to gether, the family was accepted in the neighbor hood where they lived, and little more was heard of the "problem." A year or so later, the meteorologist was pro moted'and assigned to a new job elsewhere. And that was that. 1MEDFORD once had the reputation of being a "sundown" town, where Negroes (and in some cases, Orientals) were not welcome, and were often told to be on their way by sundown. This is no longer true, and Negroes are not as scarce here as they once were. Many of them are entertainers here for engagements ranging from a few days to several weeks. The sight of a dark face no longer creates a sensation. The day will come when more and more of our neighbors will be those of different ethnic origins, as population moves westward. IHEN this day comes, it would be well to be prepared for it, and for the panicky hue and and crv which inevitably who still believe that color, or creed, or nation al origin, are valid measures of worth. Oregon is among the leaders in progressive civil rights legislation, and the bureau of labor has been active in seeing that it is both under stood and enforced. The basic state civil rights laws are these: A 1953 law banning discrimination in places of public accommodation (hotels, restaurants, etc.) on grounds of race, creed, color or national origin. A 1957 law banning discrimination on similar grounds in all public and most private employment. A 1959 law banning estate agents in the showing or leasing or sale of property. A 1961 law banning discrimination in places where personal services are rendered the public (barber shops, beauty parlors, etc.). FORMER Gov. Charles A. Sprague, editor and publisher of the Oregon Statesman in Salem, and retiring chairman of the Oregon advisory committee to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, comments: "Thus Oregon has plenty of law. What it needs is better respect for the law. Enforcement of these laws is in the hands of the civil rights division of the Bureau of Labor, which is sympathetic to their purpose, and has been discreet in enforcing the laws, using education and persuasion before taking legal action." No matter how "discreet" the enforcement, there will be some who resent the fact that the law says they must accord equal treatment to those of differing coloration or origin. cut that is what the accord with the ideals voiced in the Declaration of Independence, and in also in accord with our our democratic ethic. "IX7ITH adequate laws ' a matter of heart those who are different as American citizens with the same rights as the rest of us. lhe precepts of Christianity indeed, of all morality instruct us that as we would wish to be treated. And this is not limited to white Anglo-Saxon Protestants, either. Beyond this, the panic which sometimes oc curs in a changing society ing increasingly heterodox simply is without foundation, in most cases. Governor Sprague adds: "The remarkable fact-only it isn't remarkable after all-is this, as members of minority groups are per , mlttcd to have the same privileges In the way of per sonal service, Jobs, housing, education, the bogeys fade away. Those of 'other' races and religions are usually so fully Americanized Hint they will fit into the various levels of our social structure without dis aster. "To repeat: Oregon's laws against discrimination are now quite adequate. The people need to 'grow up' to the principles embodied in the laws. In all com munities, persons should be ready to exert leadership so that conflicts which may arise may be handled wllh speed and equity." SOME may say, "Why Till 111 UltUlUI U. Perhaps not, at the had in the past, and the conditions will arise in the future which could become a "problem" if we permit it. The only way, in the long run, to avoid "racial problems" is to face up squarely to the fact that this is 20th Century America, a land dedicated to the equality of opportunity of all men, and to insist that this equality of our community, no matter what their name, their color, their religion, or where their ances-1 tors lived. If the rights of citizenship are denied to some, I iihithey are precarious for Sixth of Six It was wfth considerable gratification that we read that former Major General Edwin A. W;rtk er, a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Texas, came in sixth in a field of six. 0 He will, he says, "continue the fight against Communism" presumably by continuing ) make slanderous allegations against some of the nation's most respected citizens, E.A, will be raised bv some discrimination by real law says, and it is in the Constitution. It is highest aspirations and on the book, it becomes and mind, in accepting we should treat others on the way to becom worry. We have no prob- moment. But we have shall apply to all citizens: , everyone else. E. A. I Dennis the Menace o 'Wduip you like to fat uiMcMotrsia? From A PAPER SACK? LIKE AlU WORKMAN? ... Communications ... Letters to tha Editor must bear tha nam and address of lhe writer, although under certain circumsiancea tha use of a pan name or initial for publication is permissible. Tha Mail Tribune reserves tha right to adit 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 nacassarily represent tha views of tha paper; in fact tha contrary is often tha case. On Bearing Arms To the Editor: Your editor ial of 42962 and the letters that have followed have all expressed the thoughts and fears of the average person, and more truly those people who find a comfort in the use and possession of firearms. The threat embodied in this very unAmerican bill touches still deeper those, who like myself, have lived by a gun for years, those who have lived in a country where meat was an essential only to be had by use of a gun and man's only protection against living things, both man and beast, depended upon his firearm. It was both assurance and in surance. Those of us know the comforting feeling of a fire arm hung from his belt or clutched in his hand, a man alone in an unsettled land, many miles from civilization and law enforcement. Then there are those whose monotonous and mundane life only allows a few days each year into nature, perhaps bag a deer or some other game, restore their health and know a satisfaction not found under other conditions. Those who look forward to getting out in the timber and hills and in contact with the way of living that has produced the back bone of Americanism, free and self-reliant. It is impossible for this class of people to sit quietly by while some self-styled re former snatches another great chunk of freedom, of which we have loo little left. Registration is the first step toward confiscation. If you are a good American prevail upon your Representa tives in Washington to kill this atrocious bill presented by Rep. Victor Anfuso of N.Y., and protect your right to own and use firearms in protec tion of person and property as well as for hunting. To disarm the public and place all control of legalized firearms in the law enforce ment agencies will not serve the best Interests of the peo ple. Criminals can and do ob tain firearms without the con sent of the law. Self preservation is the first law of nature, so to disarm the honest citizen would create an unequal and unriesired bal ance of power. No, let the Second amend ment to the Constitut ion stand, permitting the people to "Keep and bear arms." C. R. Burrlll, 119 Crater Lake ave., Medford. Porter His Man To the Editor: I heard Mr. Duncan on T.V. Monday eve ning. He seems to be accusing Porter of pro-Communist lean ings. That is the Nixon for mula. Mr. Poole must have hit him where he is vulnerable or he would not have scrcam e dso loud. Mr. Duncan must lean a little to the Birch side. Well, anyway, Porter is my man. Ray Prichard 414 South First st. Central Point, Ore. Musical Evening To the Editor: Last night. I had the extreme pleasure to attend the Choral Concert at St. Mary's High School, pre sented by members of the Marian Choir, the Boys' Glee Club and the Choralettes. Such a wonderful blend of talent, effort and enthusiasm had the effect on me of bringing back to life those latent feelings so often lost when hijn school days are over. 1 hope that as many Med ford people as possible will read and follow my example and attend repeat perform ances of this concert, which wibe given on Wednesftiy and Thursday evenings at , V9 fM GETTW'oM TttIR NERVES, HUH? p.m. at the school on Black Oak Drive. From the opening note of "America" to the final chorus of "The Buccaneer," no one could deny the depth of feel ing, the test of musical train ing and the boundless spirit so evident in the Choral Con cert presented last evening by the young men and women of St. Mary's High School. And the enthusiasm of the per formers was matched by the audience. The first portion of the pre sentation was devoted to very listenable classic and religious choral numbers interspersed with capable solos. An espe cially outstanding con tribu tion was made by Miss Mari lyn Guldan and Miss Sarah Robinson at twin pianos play ing Grieg's Concerto in A Minor. The second part of the con cert was titled "Musical Selec tions from The Buccaneer". And musical it was. A mini mum of staging and costum ing was used and this par ticular comedy in music was given completely void of dialogue. So closely knit wore the actions and music that the barest narration was required to keep the thread of the story together. It was lighthearted and gay and wonderfully ap pealing. No special mention of In dividuals would be in order and no denial could be made that all did their parts with capable stage presence; flaw less articulation and ardent appreciation of their under taking. These young people of St. Mary's deserve the highest praise, as docs Sister Miriam Joseph, their teacher and instructor. If you live in or near Medford, make it your business to enjoy a most wonderful performance on either Wednesday or Thursday evening at St. Mary's High School on Black Oak Drive. Curtain time is at 8 p.m. You'll be more than glad that you did. Bill Dugan 325 South Holly st. Medford Surprised at Bob To the Editor: As I watched Bob Duncan on TV Monday evening. I couldn't help being surprised by his attack on Charlie Porter. In 1960, when Charlie was running for Con gress against Dr. Durno, Bob campaigned hard for him in both Jackson and Lane coun ties. Charlie's position hasn't changed since 1960 and Dun can spoke very highly of his record and performance then; I wonder why at this late date, he has seen fit to attack Char He for the very things he ap plauded him for in 1960? The only possible reason I can think of that would account for this change is that Bob is feeling the stress of the cam paign. Listening to Mm last eve ning. I couldn't help remem bering that this was how the Republicans campaigned against Charlie in 1960: Dr. Durno used the very same ap proach. Could Bob have really meant what he said? It's hard to believe. He will be using Jap plywood next. Remember Bob. Charlie has nrver thrown any mud at you. Wilbur L. Gardner Jackson County Chairman. Return Porter to Congress Committee Medford Na Need for Experts To the Editor: How could the earlier settlers, of this beautiful valley have made it uie parame ii is, wuiuuii the help of the big "I" on the hill? It's unfortunate they i had to struggle along before an expert came to the valley j to tell us how wrong they I have been. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON U.S. Policy Shows Some Evidence of Growing Success By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst Just a short year ago. Pres ident Kennedy met in Vienna with Nikita Khrushchev and learned at first hand the nature of his enemy. It seems p r o fa able that out of that meet ing was born the determi nation for what since has Newsom become ad ministration policy. This week, in Canberra, Secretary of State Dean Rusk has been explaining that policy to U.S. partners in the ANZUS Pact, Australia and New Zealand. That meeting followed two others with U.S. allies in the NATO and CENTO agree ments, altogether involving 20 nations. It was at Vienna in early June that Khrushchev served an ultimatum on Kennedy- How very timely the de linquent personal taxes were brought before the people, many who have been out of business for years, some dead and others who had never been notified. I understand it takes a few years to make up the County Home Rule Charter. The delinquents of the past few years are now revealed to the public, just as they try to push the Charter. The paper could scarcely have been off the press before a letter was published advising we need Home Rule to keep it from happening again. It was all very well planned. Do we need the American Municipal Association to send in experts to change our local government? Why should these people be imported to reside a few years then tell us what to do? If the Board of Commissioners are non partisan, and appoint officials of their choice, then any So cialist, Communist or what have you could be appointed. Home rule never brings rule by elected home folks. It brings rule by appointed experts, over whom the tax payers and voters have no direct control. It takes full management of local govern ment with no regard to the rights of the people. They will make the decisions on all major issues including taxation and assessments without referral to voters. An efficient way to fleece the people whose only func tion would be to pay them. Ask those who have lived un der Home Rule in other places. We agree there needs to be a change in our present government, but not by Home Rule. Why jump from the frying pan into the fire? A government big enough to give all the people all they want is a government big enough to take away every thing they have, including personal liberty. As Christian Americans let's try to keep what little freedom we still have by DE FEATING Home Rule. Mrs. Ernest Santo, 204 Lozier Lane, Medford Should Not Ba Misled To the Editor: Either Mr. Don Stathos is deliberately trying to deceive the people of Jackson county or he is politically naive in saying that a sales tax would lower prop erty taxes. As a candidal- for state office he shnnM k aware of the state's financial and tax structure. At the pres ent time the state is consider ing ways to broaden its tax base and the sales tax rrmM only be a means of increas ing taxes, not lessening them. It is certainly all right for Mr. Stathos to favor a sales tax, but the voters should not be misled. Mary Lubbers Box 186 Phoenix, Ore. Tha First To the Editor: Av. vhere a stunt flyer 'flew a Plane thru a cardboard house SO VOT! Aye vas der first person in der vorld to drive a vun cylinder pasteboard Brush car thru a vooden barn. Everett Acklln Ashland, Ore. Is Ha "Way Out"? To the Editor: In all the glib arguments in Communi cations favoring "Home Rule" I notice that the writers care fully avoid, or are wnpfnllv ignorant of. tjy fact that vir- mnu.v au mr orive Tor Home Rule," or "Metro" O. ern. ment, as well as the "experts" who do the governing, comes from 1313 E. 60th st , Chicago III.; that this giant political I cancer cell, whose political) of Strength Over Past Year that the allies get out of Ber lin and declare it a "free city" by the first of the year or lose all their rights there in a separate Soviet peace treaty with Communist East Germany. In Washington and in week end conferences at Hyannis Port, Ma., -vita) State De partment and defense officials and with U.S. ambassadors summoned home from abroad, the U.S. reply began to take shape. It was a steady buildup of U.S. military strength, accom panied by clear warnings to Khrushchev that any move against Berlin could touch off a nuclear war. In Europe, two U.S. am bassadors explained it to this correspondent this way: "The President is determin ed that the United States shall not be swayed by Soviet tac tics of hot and cold, and that U.S. and allied military strength must be built up to meet any condition." - In the past year there have been tangible results. An important one was that the end of the year passed without Soviet action. Militarily, the United States: Increased its manpower in Europe. Resumed nuclear testing. Turned over five nuclear- leukemia attack's and abol ishes divisions of free govern ment, is financed by tax free foundations; that "M e t r o" government is the core of a movement to establish in the United States a Soviet-style arrangement - dividing the nation into metropolitan areas - each governed by an ap pointed expert in direct viola tion of the Constitutional pro vision that each state shall have a Republican, or check and balance, form of govern ment. And further - that the gov ernmental merging of city county under a county man ager is only the first step to ward a "Soviet" United States, with step No. 2 being county regional, obliterating county lines, and step No. 3 being regional-state, fusing the states together; each step taking us deeper into the ex treme danger of centralized power and dictatorship. The Metro-drafted "model" Constitutions, charters, and laws, which are so 'sloganeer ed as "strengthening the gov ernment are, in fact, dis guised proposals for the abol ishment of Constitu t i o n a 1 rights, and for overthrow of our form of government by interstate compact. Do I sound "way out"? Is this really happening? The answer is yes. Miami Dade county is an example of "Metro" step No. 1, com pleted. Southeast Michigan represents step No. 2, county regional, in formation. North east Illinois represents step No. 3, regional-state, where the states of Wisconsin, Indi ana, and Illinois are impli cated. If anyone should even sug gest that those who are so energetically and insistently pushing "Home Rule" were subversive, I would be the first one to jump to their de fense. For I don't think that the majority of them have the least conception of what Metro "Home Rule" really is. However, if they do succeed in destroying our traditional, Constitutional Repu b 1 1 c a n form of government, which has made our country the greatest nation on earth, they will have accomplished the primary objective of the Com munist party, U.S.A. L. C. Powell 316 S.E. Eighth st. Grants Pass, Ore. All Questions To the Editor: Was that long list of delinnuent npr. sonal taxes published at this time to Dring out the laxity of our county government and encourage us to vote for coun ty home rule? Now under county home rule how would they go about collecting it? Take the property away from those who can't Dav. or reduce our property taxes so we can: Personal DroDertv Is nnr tools that are used to make a living. If that is taken away irom us, what next? I am all questions. Burrell Wyant Lake Creek, Ore. For Padgham To the Editor: When I heard the brief hut sensible state ment by Democratic candidate for the State Senate Henry Padgham on television the other night. I was favorably impressed again, as I have been so often in the past, by the quiet effectiveness of this outstanding local citizen. Successful in his own busi ness for many long years, Henry Padnham has always been ready and willing to put his shoulder to the wheel in all the causes that benefit the people of this community. armed Polaris submarines to NATO. Built up its European weap ons stockpiles and permitted disclosure that it was experi menting with floating arms depots in Southeast Asia. These depots permit the Unit ed States to fly troops to any emergency area and to have weapons and equipment al ready awaiting them. Disclosed that it has set as a goal the ability to fly two divisions to Europe within a matter of days. Relaxed its nuclear secur ity to the extent that it now will permit its NATO allies to know the locations and ex tent of nuclear stockpiles in their individual countries. It gives the allies reassuring knowledge of U.S. striking power and its consequent de terrent force on the USSR. In his report to the nation on his Vienna meeting with Khrushchev the President enunciated another important point of U.S. policy. He said: ". . .The chances of a dan gerous misjudgment on either side should now be less. . . The men on whose decisions the peace, in part, depends have agreed to remain in con tact." Public health, the schools, welfare problems and com munity betterment, his own church and the local U.N. -all have had his dedicated time and attention. As chairman for the Citi zens for Kennedy campaign in Jackson county during 1960, he demonstrated the same quality of leadership and know-how that he brings to every public project in which he participates. As a life-long Democrat and native of Jackson county, I shall be proud to vote for Henry Padgham for the State Senate on May 18. Mrs. Lewis Ulrich 839 Minnesota ave. Medford Irish Mafia To the Editor: My under standing of the basis of the Home Rule Charter is that all county residents of legal voting standing may vote in the selection of Commission' ers. Further, all candidates may be from urban areas. Further, municipalities are exempt from rulings of these Commissioners. Thus the su burban areas may be con strued as being taxed without representation. How is this an improvement over the State Legislature ruling us? It seems to me that this proposal is a step away from Constitutional G o v e r nment and toward a Government of executive fiat, similar to that being practiced by the Irish Mafia in Washington, D.C. C. B. McGarvie P.O. Box 28 Rogue River, Ore. On Its Belly To the Editor: I believe it was Napoleon who said: "An army travels on its belly." He need not have stopped there. According to the idea of "Materialistic conception of history," all progress travels on its belly. After that the mind and emotions take over and clears the way for "belly logic." The greatest conflict in the world today is the struggle of the old economic and social system to survive. We have pet names for the old order such as the "free world," our way of life, segregation, God loving and God fearing men, but it all adds up to the struggle against change. A contest between the haves and the have nots. It has ever been thus. This writer receives litera ture from most every source gratis, due to the human de sire to please and enlighten others of the human race. Everything is read with in terest and profit except health insurance and other "axe grinding" material. We are too busy to turn private grind stones. One element of interest is literature of Dan Smoot of TV fame. He not only travels on his own belly but also on a dog's belly. In short he sells dog food on TV. I have never eaten any of his sponsors' pro duct and therefore am in no position to speak with author ity on it. My specialty is psy chology and social science. And from where I sit Dan is a great comfort to true in tellectuals in their camp. He is in the fortunate positon of making hay in any kind of weather. That is because he gives the impression of beins objective in his comments. He sounds a warning to the old order and great cheer to the new. Both right and left ex tremists can embrace him as an authority as well as a com rade in arms, or Ai speaking terms anyway. This writer does not know I the source of Dan's informa tion but the conduct of right wing politicians tends to sub stantiate and give substance to his general thesis. But as all roads lead to Rome, Amer ican statesmen and pollcfans can be pardoned fi? their coiP In short, the President will keep on talking but he be lieves his policy of strength is paying off. Strictly Personal By Sydney J. Harris (c Field Enterpriiei Inc. RESPECT FOR LAW A British jurist with whom I was lunching not long ago made what I thought was a strange re Ta" " s?i mark. "One: of the prob 1 e m s with Am e r I c a n criminals," he said, "is that they have con tempt for the law." "Isn't that Hams exactly what makes a criminal?" I asked. "Do criminals elsewhere in the world have more respect iur me law; "Oddlv enoueh. lho w he smiled. "Let me explain what I mean. Your American Prosecutors, bv and laraa out to get convictions, because tney want to pile up a good record in office, and thus be re-elected. "For instance, when I was Visiting in Michigan not Inn ago, a Circuit' Judge publicly reprimanded the prosecutor's office for presenting witnesses wno were favorable to tha state, and suppressing wit nesses whose evidence w fa vorable to the defendant in an assault case. "This, I gather, is fairly standard practice in America. The prosecutor is not consid ered - nor, in most cases, does not consider himself -as an agei.f of all the people, whose task it is to defend in nocence as well as to prosecute guilt. He is primarily a puni tive agent, and like a base ball player, he is judged by the number of 'hits' he gets at bat." "And this isn't true else where?" I interjec:ed. "By no means," he said. "In many countries, the ac cused feels he will get a square deal in the prosecutor's office. In Britain, for instance, such officials are not elected, and therefore they are under no political compulsion to amass a high record of con victions. "The effect of this is very evident on the criminals -and especially on the rate of repeater's in different coun tries. Very often, when your criminals come out, they have a chip on their shoulders. They feel that the processes of law and justice are rigged against them, and they are bitter. "In this rp.snppl T mnn he explained, "they have more contempt for the law than elsewhere. They see deals be ing made, sentences reduced for one man and not for an other, and even when there's no direct corruption - and I don't suggest there is much corruption of that sort - there is a tremendous inequity of treatment. "You Americans," he went on, "keep emphasizing tha punitive aspects of handling crime - severer sentences, stiffer laws, and so on. But in Britain, where the rate is much lower, the aver age sentence is much shorter than in the U. S. The differ ence is that our justice is swift, sure and even-handed. Our criminals, In a curious way, respect our laws and their process - and that is our greatest advantage in keeping the crime rate down." Shivelys Plan To live In Mexico for Year Ashland - Guadalajara, Mexico, will be the home ad dress for Mr. and Mrs. Thorn. ton T. Shively, Ashland. Shively, reference librarian at Southern Oregon college, has received a year's leave of absence to do advanced study there. Shively. who has written a number of articles and stories for national publications, has been on the staff at SOC since 1958, shortly after receivins his master of library science degree at Hastings college, Ne braska. The Shively's plan to leave for Mexico in June. I- I victlons and choice qf roads. It is quite obvious to the least astute that we live in a changing world and change is gaining momen'm. And it travels on Its belly. Walter Reece. 77 Manzanita St., Ashland. 1
