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ItEDFORDlWrKIBVNt ""Everyone In Southern Oregon Rca.li The Mtl Tribune1' Published Daily except Saturday by MEUFOnD PRINTING CO. 33 NorthrirSt, Ph. 772-614,1 ROBERT W RUHL. Editor HERB GIIEY Advertlilnl Manager GERALD 1 LATHAM. Bui. Mgr. ERIC W ALLEN. JR, Mng. Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor nnnni vmi -..I... .. RICHARD JEWETT. Sports Edllor OLIVE s TARCHER. Women's Edllor DALE EKlCKSUNircuiailon MT: An IiTrfanVndent Newsoener Entered at second class matter at Medtwa. uregon. unner a oi March 3. 1897 R1IHSCRIPTION RATES By Mall In Advance. Copy 10c Dally and Sunday 1 year 119.00 uany ana ounnny a mup. a uu Dallv and Sunday 3 mos. 4.35 Sunday Only Ona year $4.20 By Carrier In Advance Medford, Aihlnnd. Central Point, I(l Point. Jacksonville. Gold Hill, Phoenix, Shady Cove, Rogue Riv er, Talent and on motor routes. Dally and SundBy 1 year IIB.,00 Dailv and Sunday 1 mo. 1 50 Carrlei and Dealers Copy 10O All Termiash lnAdvance Official' Paper of City of Medford OlflclalPaperjif Jackson County Unfted Press International Full Leased Wire U PlTetephoto Newsplctures MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU Of CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative: NELSON ROBERTS & ASSOCI ATES. Offices In New York, Chi cago Detroit, San Francisco. Los Angeles Seattle, Portland. Denver NEWSPAPER .USHERS SOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASftpCtHTIOlN Z W f- Jnnnnnc LU1 Flight o' Time Medford and Jacksori County History from th files of The Mall Trlbun. 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO July 12, 1952 (Saturday) John P. Molfat, manager of Mann's department store, Is elected to fill unexpired term of the late John C. Mann as director of Jackson Coun ty Federal Savings and Loan association. Cloud-seeding planes work for more than two hours on a threatening thunderhead for mation over the Greensprlngs and Siskiyou summit areas to prevent hail damage to fruit. 20 YEARS AGO July 12, 1942 (Sunday) The Jackson county scrap rubber drive yields 698,071 pounds, exceeding the most optimistic estimates by near ly 100 tons. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "What does it profit a speed-ldlot pa triot to have an auto horn that plays the Star Spangled Banner, feed V's on the wind shield and doors for victory, and flags fluttering from the radiator, if every time he turns a corner he rips off four-bits worth of rubber." 30 YEARS AGO July 12, 1932 (Tuesday) Jackson County Chamber of Commerce seeks $6,500, 000 in federal funds to aid In the completion of the rail road from the Rogue Valley to Crescent City and to ex tend it east to Klamath Falls. The chief engineer of the Public Utilities commission arrives In Medford to begin an Investigation to determine if Copco is operating on a fair rate basis. 40 YEARS AGO .July 12. 1922 (Wednesday) County clerk refuses to ac cept petitions nominating D. M. Lower as a recall candi date against Sheriff C. E. Terrill; they're not petitions, he says, they're recommenda lions. SO YEARS AGO July 12. 1912 (Friday) Medford and Pendleton gain nation, ldc attention for the publicity stunts of their citizens who attended the Flks convention In Portland. What's Your I.Q.? Nina or ten correct Is superior; seven or eight is excellent; tiva or sii is good. 1. There is less oxygen in a cubic foot of hot air than in a cubic foot of cold air; true or false? 2. To the number represent ed by the RomBn numeral C, add a baker's dozen, and sub tract the number of persons on a petit Jury; what number is led? 3. Name the two types of astronomical telescopes. 4. In American slang, what is a "grand"? 3. What Is a metronome? 6. Is c .i r b o n monoxide heavier or lighter than air? 7. What was the cause of death of Walter Johnson, fumed baseball pitcher? 8. What Is the difference between a comptroller and a controller? 9. In what field In science are the names Hcrschel, Cop ernicus and Hallry famous? 10. What is a shorter way of saying two thousand thous and? Answers: 1. True. 2. 101. 3. Reflecting and relracling. 4. $1,000. 5. Instrument for measuring musical time. 6. Slightly lighter. 7. Brain tu mor, 8. No difference, ft As tronomy. 10. Two million. THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1862 Sugar and Uncle Sugar The meeting of the Council of the Organiza tion of American States Friday comes at a most sensitive moment. A special session, it was called to consider a draft resolution presented by Costa Rica on its own behalf and on behalf of Nicaragua, Peru, El Salvador, and Guatemala. These countries want to get the OAS on rec ord before the July 16 meeting of the Inter-American Economic and Social Council's commodities committee. The subject at both meetings will be recent U.S. legislation on sugar. The five Latin American states are dissatisfied with their new quotas. 'THE Senate July 5 approved an amendment to an obscure House-passed bill designed to give the President authority to adjust inequitable sugar quota distributions in the Western Hemi sphere. This rider, plus Senate changes in the Sugar Act extension "provide for an improve ment" over the original House bill President Ken nedy told his press conference shortly thereafter. The original aim of the administration had been, as the President pointed out, eventually to eliminate all sugar import quotas except that of the Philippines, which is protected by treaty. But the House Agriculture Committee, head ed by Chairman Harold D. Cooley (D-N.C), came up with a bill subsequently approved by the House that would probably have been vetoed. It gave quotas to 30 countries as against the present 16 raised the size of all present quotas at the expense of the Cuban quota, and otherwise wrote in stipulations that limited the administra tion's freedom of action. THE Senate version of the sugar extension fol lowed the administration's lead. In confer ence the House version was watered clown some what. Quotas were set only through 1964 rather than 1966. And the principle of the ad ministration's proposed import fee was accepted. This means that sugar reserved for Cuba but purchased from friendly countries during the chill in relations with Castro will be subject to a levy bringing it more in line with the domestic market price. Underneath the technicalities, the basic sugar arrangement is to over-simply somewhat that the United States buys from quota countries about $53 a ton higher than the world price. All domestic sugar producers sell at the higher price. TO PROTECT and subsidize the domestic sugar industry thus cost the government last year $672 million. The U.S. housewife, who eventually pays the bill, ponied up $61.50 in premium for every ton of sugar sold. Sugar, like most sweets, attracts flies. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on July 6 voted to institute a full-scale, year-long investi gation into efforts by lobbyists for foreign gov ernments to "influence U.S. policies." The com mittee was acting on information that more than $500 million was paid these lobbyists. President Kennedy at his press conference suppressed his apparent indignation. "For every ton of sugar they (the lobbyists) get allocated to their country," the President said, "they secure payment of so much. Well, that is not satis factory." Ihe hearings on sugar lobbying, the Presi dent suggested, will serve as a "deterrent." It can be predicted safely that these sessions will be covered by the press as avidly as any in recent years. E.R.R.. Four Years ofKassem Relations between the United States and Iraq are at a nadir as Iraq celebrates, Saturday, four years of revolutionary government under Premier Abdel Karim Kassem. typical of the fulmmations coming from Baghdad these days was this June 26 blast from the government radio : "The Ameri can recognition of the agent Kuwaiti sheikdom is just one of the convincing signs of the U.S. leadership in all plots and reactionary movements against the sovereignty and security of the Iraqi Republic." Iraq regarded President Kennedy's formal ac ceptance of the credentials of the Kuwaiti envoy, June 1, as an "unfriendly act." Kassem promptly ordered the American ambassador, John D. Jer negan, to leave Iraq and at the same time re called his own ambassador from Washington. The U.S. State Department has reacted calmly to this diplomatic friction. TUST a year ago the British had to rush troops to positions near the Kuwaiti-Iraqi border when it appeared that Kassem was preparing to press his claim by lorce. occupies the central position in Iraqi oratory but the military action has shifted to the north where some Kurdish tribes are in a state of revolt against Kassem. An Iraqi military court not long ago imposed sentences of five vears imprison ment against five lawyers and three journalists who had signed a petition demanding peace in Kurdistan. Kassem recently announced that after the fourth anniversary of the "blessed revolution" he would begin preparing a lation for holding elections to the national assem bly, which is to include "freely elected people's representatives." Kassem hastened to add, how ever, that this national assembly "will not include any suspicious persons." Democracy, it would ap pear, has walked on leaden feet in the four vears since Gen. Kassem led his troops into Baghdad and mobs dragged King Faisal's torn body through the streets. E.R.R. Oil-rich Kuwait still constitution and legis "Kennedy's Right. Kid Today Aren't Activs Enough." Matter of Fact (cl New York Herald GRAIN FOR COMMUNIST CHINA? Washington As of today, the United States government stands at least three-quarters committed to give massive aid in food to the Chinese C o m m u n - ists, on con dition that the Peking g o v e rnment asks for this aid, and on other con ditions nor. publicly stated. This is a deeply important though little understood gov ernmental posture; and it will be useful to begin by showing how the government got into this posture. Some time ago, in brief, West Coast grain dealers, ap parently acting on specula tive impulse, asked whether they could enter into con tracts to sell American sur plus grain to Communist China, on the pattern of the existing Canadian, Austra lian, and French contracts. This inquiry touched off a round of the usual govern mental committee meetings. The meetings included the Assistant Secretary of State for Political Affairs, George McGhee, the Assistant Secre tary for the Far East, Averell Harriman, and other interest ed and quasi-interested par tics. The meetings produced a negative answer to the West Coast grain dealers. But they also revealed some senti ment, though by no means a unanimous sentiment, for providing grain for China In response to a direct request from the Chinere govern ment, and tinder conditions controlling the grain's distri bution and the attendant pub licity which the Chinese Com munists would find very hard to meet. SUBSEQUENTLY, the Presi dent at a press confer ence was asked whether he would provide grain for China. He answered, quite simply, that we had not been asked to do so. Leading American and foreign news papermen at once inquired what was behind this answer. On the basis of information from the highly placed offi cials who favor feeding China, these newspapermen then published the flat, un qualified report that we would indeed feed China at China's request. And this re port has not been denied to lliis day. For the Communists, this kind of undenied publication constitutes an invitation. For the rest of the world, it con stitutes, as noted above, ai least a thrre-tiuurtrrs com mitment. The President and tlie other top policy makers did not intend getting into tliis posture. But they have got into it, and the question thus arises whether it is a good posture to he in. In this connection, another series of government meet ings la.it December is decid edly relevant. In these rallies, the representatives of the huge intelligence apparatus Joined with other policy mak ers, to consider a crucial ques tion. The question was wheth er the Chinese Communist system might break down un der the strain of its own cruelties and follies. 4 T THAT time, the fearful ' character ot the present situation in China was hardly beginning to be appreciated in government crciev In gov ernment, official estimates made in the p.'sl, however deeply erroneous, always ex ercise in u c h influence on p r e e n t official opinion. Hence the December rallies reached the Judgment that the Chinese Communist re gime could not and would not If rr": 'aA Ik -5 Alsop MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON By Joseph Alsop Tribune Syndicate break down under any cir cumstances. In the subsequent grain-for-China meetings, this high powered (bui wholly illogi cal) December judgment had much influence. Government being government, any Judg ment by any highly-placed committee is always assumed to be as true as Holy Writ, until, as so often happens, it is proved to be laughably in correct. On the basis of the Decem ber judgment, therefore, the grain for - C h in a advocates could argue, and did argue, thai "we know that the Chi nese Communist system is not going to break down anyway. So nothing will be lost, no opportunity will be sacrific ed, if we feed Communist China at Communist China's request. And we shall also gain by doing the big-hearted, humane thing before all the world." e 'THE December judgment was illogical, simply be cause human ingenuity has never constructed a system of government which is immune to final breakdown if the government's follies, failur es, and cruelties pass a certain point. This feat of political design may perhaps be ac complished in the H-bomb age, but it has not been ac complished yet, in Commun ist China or anywhere else. For Instance, if the Chinese Communist army suddenly sides with the people, as the Hungarian Communis army did, the regime of Mao Tse tung will come to an end, there and then. What is more important, however, is the fact that the grounds for the December judgment have been drastic ally altered in the interval. Under pressure of new and better statistics from Hong Kong, the experts have reluc tantly retreated (for all ex perts hate changing estimat es) from an estimated Chinese diet-level of 1,800 calories per person per day, to an esti mated diet-level of about 1,500 calories per person per day. This is a difference be tween general misery and po tential catastrophe. Further more, the experts are veering toward a tentative forecast of another deficient harvest in China this year, which means, if correct, that China's down ward spiral will continue. Hence there is now a clear possibility (though nothing like a certainty) that the Communist regime may suf fer some kind of final break down. In this light, the ques tion of grain-for-China will be examined in a final report. Dennis the IfajtoH Jorsriao an tuimn scratchy aisens: Two Important, Inte Occupy Attention of By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst In Bonn, this week, two im portant and interlocking sub jects occupy the attention of West Ger man Chancel 1 o r Konrad Adenauer. One Is the po litical situa tion at home where his Christian Dem ocratic Union Just lost its Mewsom majority in Westphalia, West Germany's most populous state, and where cracks are beginning to show in his national coa lition with the Free Demo crats. The other is the sought-after political union of Western Europe, conpleting a transi tion which had its beginnings in the common market em bracing West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxem bourg. Hope for Settlement Last week the shape that will be taken by the Europe of the future came under in tensive discussion in a three day meeting between Ade nauer and President Charles de Gaulle. A final communique hailed 105 Varieties of Cancer Claimed To Afflict Human Race By DELOS SMITH UPI Science Editor New York - (UPD - After much scientific fretting and thinking, Dr. George E. (t&.wSSTt Moore, the ta- &H,&J. mous cancer "WS v.. ...-, f surgeon, has come to the conclusion that V M s 105 varieties ;TjA 3 of cancer at : Hill. tut; IIU" , m a n race. Rarely do you Deios smith find an ac knowledged cancer expert willing to name an exact num ber although they all know there are many. Previous ex pert numberings of varieties have ranged from 70 to 500. Moore decided the number ing of varieties was impor tant. It Is a way of empha sizing both to physicians and to the lay public that cancers have intensive individualities. "It should be emphasized repeatedly that no single cause - and hence no single magic, curative drug - is like ly to be found," he said. On the other hand, classifying cancers by variety is scientifi cally useful. Positive Approach It is an approach which cen ters on "the possibility of curing many Individual can cers in various individual ways, rather than on the gen eral incurability of cancer In general." This stimulates scientific work and, he continued, it "should also help to decrease the fear which the word can cer commonly engenders." Moore is director of the Roswell Park, Memorial Insti tute, Buffalo, N. Y. Editorial izing in the technical organ of the American College of Sur geons, he said the figure of 105 "is not a magic one, since the exact value depends upon your own personal philoso phy. "In the future, some tumor categories will probably be eliminated by combining them with others, whereas new ones will be added when etiologic (causative) factors have been found, new clinical syndromes have been describ ed, and specific responses to Menace !w5 the reconciliation between France and Germany and ex pressed the hope that diffi culties connected with Great Britain's request for entry into the European community would be overcome. Other decisions which may have been reached were cloak ed in generalities. But there was speculation that Adenauer, at 86, and De Gaulle, at 72, both hoped to get the political talks going again quickly, even before a final decision Is reached on British entry. This would be based on a belief that British entry may not take place until 1963, and by that time other changes could occur increasing the dif ficulties of political union. De Gaulle is pressing for a loose confederation which would permit France to main tain its independent nuclear policy. Adenauer in the past has favored a tightly nit federal union involving considerable sacrifice of sovereignty, but of late has acceded more and more to the De Gaulle view. Small Nation View Whether the talks can pro ceed without Britain depends on the smaller nations. They have regarded British entry almost as a mandatory offset to the weight of France and Germany. definitive therapy have been attained." More Than One You can be scientifically emphatic in stating that can cer is not a single disease, he said. Some kinds of tumors are entirely benign and some of those which are malignant "are rarely fatal." But op posed to the latter are the few kinds which are just about never cured. , Obviously, he continued, you can't classify cancers by their causes, since most of the causative agents are un known. Besides, he said, some agents apparently can cause several sorts of cancers, just as the bacteria responsible for tuberculosis can cause a num ber of different diseases. Nor can you classify can cers by the body sites where they rise. That would involve much duplication, and he cited one type of cancer which "arises from dozens of dif ferent organ sites." "The unpleasant fact," he said, "is that no one really knows how many kinds of cancers there are." Churchill Has Chest Condition. Bulletin Reveals London - (UPD - Sir Winston Churchill has developed a bronchial infection, a special hospital bulletin said today. "Since yesterday," the bul letin said, "Sir Winston has had a slight rise in temper ature due to bronchial infec tion." It was the first mention of a chest condition which could complicate his convalescence from a fractured left leg that also has brought on a throm bosis - or blood clot. Positive Note The hospital bulletin had one positive note. It said there was "some decrease in the swelling of the leg" he broke in a fall at Monte Carlo June 28, two weeks ago today. Newsmen who rushed to Middlesex Hospital for re lease of the special bulletin asked doctors what It meant. "It means exactly what it says," a hospital spokesman said. "A bulletin was Issued today because of this rise in temperature." No bulletin had been ex pected until Friday. The special medical bul letin was signed by Lord Mor an. Churchill's principal phy sician Prof. H, J. Seddon, Dr. Evan Bedford and P. H. New man, the surgeon of the case. Bulletin Due Friday Earlier, the hospital report ed that the 87-year-old former Prime Minister had spent a "comfortable night." A spokesman said another medical bulletin will be is sued Friday. Lady Churchill visited her husband today and told news men afterwards that he was "little drowsy this morning, but he seems to be in good spirits." Lord Moran had refused to discuss Churchill's condition with newsmen. "I cannot tell you anything about Sir Winston's condi tion," he had said before the sr:ial fe.ii:'.; m rlocking Subjects Konrad Adenauer At home, Adenauer is plagued by the increasing restlessness of his coalition partners led by Free Demo crat Erich Mendes. The Free Democrats did not like Ade nauer's handling of the Sarr question which ended with that rich area's accession to France. Nor have they approved of his handling of the Berlin problem. In the national govern ment thev hold the balance of power between the Christian Communications Lettera to the Editor must bear the name and addresa of the writer although undei cer tain circumstances the use ot a pen name ol Initial for publica tion la Detnnissible The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all tetters with an eye to clarification and condensation Lettera submitted for publlca Uon must not exceed 400 words Road Taxes To the Editor: On Page 1 of Sunday's M.T.: "New County Roads Resolution Signed." Taxes are levied and paid and thought to be used for schools, roads, and county needs. What does this new resolu tion mean? If a bridge is washed out or road damaged, is the owner of the land on either side of that road re quired to repair and pay for this improvement? The county roads have been taken over by rights of way and other means, so they no longer belong to individuals. Taxes have purchased coun ty road equipment and paid for the operation of them. Now what? Judge John L. Child of Del Norte county, the first gov ernor of the "State of Jef ferson," is dead, but the prin ciple of the State of Jeffer son might well be revived and used again. Delia A. Littlefleld P.O. Box 3 Shady Cove, Ore. Proud of Parents To the Editor: In reference to the article of "Fed up Citi zen" in July 8th's paper, may I ask by what right she seems to include all Russians and their boots trampling our flag in mud? In World War II, I had the privilege of fighting for the USA for 3 years and 6 days. Both my parents were Rus sian. How does she get off with criticising nationalities? Where did her parents come from? Do you not think, Mr. Editor, that an apology is in order? I happen to be very proud of my parents. Alexander Barry 109 West Sixth st., Medford. Green Deceiver To the Editor: Little green leaf. Glossy and green, Who would believe You are so mean. In summer's fair days, We walk through the woods, Admire your beauty. But we never should Not many days hence. We burst into rash. We scratch and it spreads, Like a lightning flash. Poison oak leaf, From this time hence, Your beauty I'll watch. From a respectful distance. Mrs. Delbert Casey Route 1, Box 358 Central Point, Ore. Try and -By BENNETT CERF- A SOVIET DIGNITARY died and found himself at th entrance to Hell. The demon in charge o admissions said magnanimously, "I'll give you a choice. Do you want to enter tne world ot perdition through the Capitalist or the Com munist tates?" "The Communist gate, of course," said the ex perienced Soviet gent without hesitation. "There's bound to be a fuel shortage in that sec tor." A young mother, discuss ing little Billy with her doctor, made no effort to control her son, who, de spite the remonstrances of the doctor1! secretary, was raising cain In the waiting room. Finally, a crash of bottlea disclosed the fact that he had reached the doctor's cabinet of supplies. "I hope," aimpered the mother, "that Billy's mischievous ways are not detracting you." "Not a bit," replied the doctor grimly. "Besfdes. he'll be quiet in a minute when he gets to the next shelf. That where 1 keep the poisons.'1 Jayne M&rurfleld recently was asked dirertlons for finding' her Hollvwcod home by a couple ahe had invited to dinner. Turn off Sunset Boulevard." said Miss M. airily, "and you won't b able to mis it. It's the house that sticks out furthest on the street. a Frank Boyden, famous headmaster of Deerfleld Academy, has) a little poem alwasi on tap for lajy students: "You can't go far Just by wishing Nor by sitting around to wait: The good Lord provides the fishing But you have to dig the bait." . it to fkufii trtDiibuted by Kmc rMtaree SyndJcat Democrats and the Socialists. Should they withdraw from! t h e coalition, Adenauer's hands on any problem would be effectively tied. Strictly Personal By Sydney J. Harris Field Enterprises Inc. PERSONAL PREJUDICES Nothing makes a miarfi- aged man feel the passage of time more painfully than picking up a new novel, her. aided as the finest ar.d deep, est work of fiction since Tol. stoi, and learning from the bookjacket biography that the author was born in 1936, or so. By the time a man gets around to proposing Jo a woman, she has already de cided on exactly what kind . of wedding-gown she will wear, who will br invited, and where the couple ought to live. What modern social psy chologists call "the theory o fulfilled e x p ectations" is most dramatically proved in the area of trust and mistrust: in that a person who is sus. picious of being cheated or betrayed will b6 treated that way by others, while one who expects decent behavior from others will customarily re. ceive it. Idleness it a delight only when there is work to be done that we are not doing - but idleness for its own sake soon becomes tedious; a lad may enjoy occasion ally playing hookey during the school year, but the long summer days when school is out often leave him bored and fretful. e It's a pity that the Israeli high court, before condemn ing Eichmann to death, did not first ponder the profound remark of Marcus Aurelius that "The most complete re venge is not to imitate the aggressor." The corruption of any so cial circle can be gauged by the extent to which speaking the truth to its members is callud "tommit ting an indiscretion." By this standard, diplomatic circles by their very nature are the most corrupt if all. Some people are so vain that even when they censuia themselves, it becomes an oblique form of praise - they are really saying, "See how fair I am, how noble my na ture, that I can publicly con fess my faults!" e The most moral men I hava ever known were those who never thought very much about "morality," but who would naturally do the kind, generous and decent thing; those who calculate their ac. tions on some moral scale usually find high-minded reasons for serving their own self-interest. In the early years, when rebellion against parental discipline must be some how expressed but cannot be openly voiced, it is true that a boy's best friend is his mutter. When two men dislike each other, it is generally because they are opposite types; but when two women dislike earH other, it is usually because they are much the same type. Stop 3 e
