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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
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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."
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'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
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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.
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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!"
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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.
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