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Newspaper Page TextWEDNESDAY. MDFOuUSkTlIBUMl "Everyone In Southern Oreion published Dully except Seturtley by HEDKOUD PRINTING CO. 83 North fir St., Ph. 772-6141 ' ROBES"" W ntjHl. Kdltor HERB GREY Advertising Marnier GERALU t LATHAM. Bus. Mr. ERIC W ALLEN, JR. Mn. Editor EARL H ADAMS, City Editor HARRV CHIPMAN, Teleg. Editor RICHARD JEWETT, Sports Ed tor OLIVE STARCHER. women's Editor DALE ERlCKSONClrcuUtlon Mir An lurienendent Newspaper Entered second cUaa matter It Medtnrd. Oregon, under Act of March 3. 1807 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mall In Advance, Copy loo .. Dally ind Sunday I year I1B.00 Dally and Sunday 6 moa. 8.00 Dallv and Sunday 3 moa. 4.25 Sunday Only Ona year lao By Carrier In Advance Medlord, Aahlknd, Central Point, E a f i e Point Jackaonvllle, Gold Hill, Phoenix. Shady Cove. Ro(ua Riv- i er, Tulent and on motor routea Dally and Sunday 1 year $18.00 ' Dallv and Sunday 1 mo. 1.50 Carrie and Dealera Copy too All Terma Caah In Advanca "Offlfiaf Paper of City of Medford OlflclaJJparockfOBCoii uyty United Press International Full Leased Wire U P 1 Telephoto Newiplcturea "MEMBER Of AUDIT BUREAU OFClRCULATIONS Artvertlsinf Repreaeritatlve: NELSON ROBERTS 4 ASSOC1 ATES. Offices In New York, Chi. cago Detroit. San Franciaco, Lot Angelea Seattle, Portland, Denver NSWSPAMH PUBIISHEKJ ASSOCIATION NATIONAL fOITORIAl Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson ' County Hljtory from the files of The Mall Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Aug. 22, 1952 (Friday) j Jackson county's filth and sixth case of infantile paraly sis in 1952 were reported by the county health office. An announcement from Washington, D.C., quotes the Army as reiterating its previously-announced plans for the limited reactivation of Camp White. 20 YEARS AGO ( Aug. 22, 1942 (Saturday) Jack- Moffat, son of J. P. Moffat, leads . high school group that manufactures mod el airplanes to be used in aircraft recognition classes. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "The 'backbone of the Medford heat wave' has broken. The spinal Injury was welcomed by Wil lamette valley editors, who Buffer from the local heat more than they do their own." 30 YEARS AGO Aug. 22, 1932 (Monday) City officials decide to move offices to old county courthouse at Fifth and North Central; uncertain when they will leave present city hall at Sixth and Front sts. Following shift in political situation In Germany, Adolf Hitler, leader of powerful na tional socialist party, makes bid for chancellorship. 40 YEARS AGO Aug. 22, 1922 (Tutiday) H. L. Walther, Modford, Is named to the state fair board by Governor Olcott to replace C. E, Gates, also of Medford. Committees meet here to plan "biggest fraternal and Labor Day picnic ever held in Oregon." 50 yeXrs AGO Aug. 22. 1912 (Thursday) Owner of 57-acre valley orchard is shot and seriously wounded with own revolver while resisting arrest follow ing $2,500 train robbery near Toneka, Kan. Medford Poultry company Incorporates here, plans to es tablish chicken ranch stocked with 6.000 to 8,000 laying hens. What's Your I.Q.? Nina or ten correct is superior) seven or aijht it tacallent) fix el six is good. i. J ne system oy wlilch an employer deducts union dues from a worker's paycheck is known as what? 2. The English Channel sep arates England from Ireland; true or false? 3, What three European countries are known collec tively as the Low Countries? 4. In which State is the re sort town of Blloxi? 3. In what city was the charter of the Unlled Nations drawn up? 6. Who was the famous fath er of Robert E. Lee? 7. Lan a person move a greater weight by pushing, or by pulling? 8. Which was first Invented the first successful fountain pen, or the first typewriter. !. Is a canvas-back a type of insect, fish, bird, or suit case? 10. Correct the following "They manufacture guided missiles here ." Answers: 1. The check-off. 2. False (Irish Sea). 3. Bel gium, Netherlands and Lux embourg. 4. Mississippi. S. Sen Francisco, Calif, . Henry (Light Horse Harry) Lee. 7. Pushing. 9. Typewriter. 9. Bird. 10. "Guided missiles are manufactured here." 4 A AUGUST 22. U2 Growth and Zoning Between the censuses of 1930 and 1940, Med ford grew little. In 1930 the population was 11,007; ten years later it was 11,281. Then came the war, and by 1950 it had spurted to 17,305. The increase continued after the war, and in 1960 the population was 24,425. Last year it rose to an estimated 25,254, and the population of Medford as of July 1 this year was estimated at 25,750 by city officials. The results of this "little population explos ion" are everywhere in evidence new houses, new stores and shopping centers, new roads and highways, new office buildings, new schools. ""THERE are some periods where growth is so slow and steady that it is almost impossible to visualize it. But this is not the case today. We drove home a different route than usual the other day, and counted five new houses going up on what a week or so ago were vacant lots, two new streets in the process of being opened, the new freeway nearing completion, a Dig new store, and other evidences of growth and change. Some of this is attractive in nature. But some evidences of change are less so. By and large, the growth within the city lim its of Medford is of an attractive nature (always excepting the monstrous freeway over head). a THE REASON or at least the major one is the fact that Medford long ago adopted and enforced a system of zoning, which is nothing more than an orderly plan where conflicting land uses will not be plumped down side by side. (There are, of course, existing eyesores, but most of them dated from before zoning days, and merely remain, to be gone if and when their "non conforming" use is at an end.) Zoning, then, is a strong force to protect owners of existing property from encroachment by other kinds of use which might damage them. This is a point which is always difficult to get across when zoning is at first proposed. Too often property owners think their rights are going to be taken away, when in fact it is their rights which are being protected. a THE GROWTH of Jackson county has paral leled that of Medford. It went from 32,918 in 1930 to 36,213 in 1940; 58,510 in 1950, and 73,316 in 1960. Last year the estimate was 76,523, and we would not be surprised if this year's state board of. census estimate will reach the 80,000 mark. Zoning is designed to prevent a slaughter house from existing next subdivision ; a wrecking to an attractive store; and other equally damag ing juxtapositions. Zoning for Jackson part of it, must come. It what zoning IS and what Space Race Going to the moon, proposition. Estimates range from $20 to $40 billion, and the costs may exceed that before the first man stands on Luna. The sheer figures are inconceivable. When one things that could be accomplished with the same expenditure, one may be is worth it. What is sometimes the moon project will both in the way of gadgetry, and in the way of basic scientific discoveries. QNE OBSERVER, as a matter of fact, is of the opinion that the actual financial benefits of the moon project will, outlay. William L. Stringer, Washington correspond ent for the Christian Science Monitor, writes: "The nation's material wealth is created by pro duction i- and already spate Is an industry approaching the size of the automobile Industry, though with more funds going into research and development. The moon drive may concentrate overmuch In a few giant com panies - and this must be watched - but there will ba tremendous byproducts In electronics, metallurgy, energy sources, organization, weather control - and in basic learning, too. "Enriched by all this effort, the country will bene fit in improved standards of living and break throughs on a dozen fronts. In short, the $20, 000. 000,000 to $40,000,000,000 will bring dividends beyond the moon, anyway." 1MOST of these byproducts are still unknown to us, and will come about either "accident ally," or as the result of directed research. But already some technologies are showing the results of the sjiace effort tiny transistorized radios, heat-resisting ceramics, wider knowledge of the universe surrounding us, advances in medicine, to name only a few. It is a fact deplorable but still a fact that technology has always spurted ahead in war time. World War I was largely responsible for the development of the airplane, for instance, and World War II for the development of the jot engine and the improvement of the rocket engine. We are not, at the moment, in a shooting war. Still, the cold war, and the race toward space, furnish the same drives that wartime did in tech nological development. We prefer it that way. -E.A. door to a residential yard from going in next county, all or a major will come when we learn it IS NOT. E.A. Byproducts as noted, is an expensive appalling, and actually thinks of all the other inclined to wonder if it forgotten is the fact that have many byproducts, ultimately, exceed the "I Don't Know I Recently Read About Some Sedative That Had Bad Effects" Communications Letters lo the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen na.ue or initial for publication is permissible The Mail Tribune reserves the tight to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper) in fact the contrary is often the case. Seeking Truth To the Editor: I have found religion to be taught in 277 denominational churches in the United States alone. Peo ple have been disillusioned by understanding. Accepting word of man for Gospel truth is the lazy way to Heaven. How can they say how far the truth was twisted if they fail to search facts for them selves. Someone said they were living in the spirit of God. This is a spiritual atti tude but an evil one of reality of worldly possession. . Entering many a church in my day I find women teach ers. In 1st Timothy 2nd chap ter we find, "Let woman learn in silence and I suffer not a woman to teach nor take au thority over man but' keep silent." Unpleasantness being found in the word results In efforts to hide, or discolor truth. . A woman possessed by the divine spark which being fanned is a spiritual fire, shows cruelty, being ag it is a desire to fraud, gain, profit, power and so-called honor by the vicious moaning, groaning and twisting about the church floor. It's nothing more than the teenagers twist dance. They are betrayed kneeling on a bench yelling their head off. I get plenty of that at home. I wouldn't need go to church for yelling in a Tarzan lan guage. In Jeremiah 51:37 through 42, there will be heaps, dwelling places for dragons, in astonishment, hiss ing. They roar like lions and yell like whelps. In the heat I make their feast and will make them drunken, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake. I will bring them down like lambs to slaughter. Remitted by God a Bible for study. The result of not finding the answer is not read ing and analysis of each verse. There's no half way about it, no way a man with secret sins can cheat his way through. There's no one can show any one the entile way to Heaven. You can walk with man only a certain portion of the way. Religious minded people I have found bear for some of their fcllowmcn resentment and jealousy. Result of con fusion, ignorance, disobedi ence to faith inwardly and a living example of faith out wardly. This causes a sense of guilt and discomfort. Per mitted to .run Us course it finally poisons the mind. MRn lives In freedom by law of man. Bible says, "Seek the truth and it shall make you free." E. Dykes, Box 58, Eagle Point, Ore. Road To Perdition To the Editor: Here is a little-known sidelight on a highway leading into this val ley. I am now at the once famous "Loop" of Old Pacific Highway 99 - north side of Siskiyou Range. It is said a little boy designed It. I, a pedestrian, am now at the bridge where the road Crow es itself and the railway be neath. Here Is the story as it was told, overheard by me when I myself was a small boy. The engineers were faced with a perplexing problem: With a minimum o' labor, for they had only horses and men to do the work, with crude tools by our standards, they must build the highway over or under the railway wilh perplexing grade prob lems. As they talked and pondered, a little boy, son of one engineer, listened. Final-, ly he spoke, "See," he said, "this is how I would do it." And with tongue in hand of ,1s to have peace in the hearts his little toy wagon, he pull-iof men of this world. Other ed the wagon up a theoreti-jw Ise. there will be no peace, cal grade, made a grand loop. And families, and everyone MEDFORD MAIL and crossed over both rail way and highway and passed on up the mountain. The men were amazed, approved, and went forward and designed the highway according to the little boy's plan. Those were the days of low engine power in automobiles, when a long grueling climb and much patience brought a motorist to the top jf many a long grade built by arduous human and animal labors. Marvelous, however, were both the highways and the machines - as mankind em erged from the torpid, slow, toilsome age of man-muscles and horses with only a few crude tools to assist. Here I stand just now on top of the once-famous loop bridge, as modern high-powered cars go by. A few min utes ago, one came down the road and stopped where I sat writing, interrupting me. The driver, who was alone asked me, "Is this road crook ed as this all the wa. to Med ford?" I tried to talk to him, but he was impatient, saying lie was in a hurry. He could have taken the main, straight highway not far away. Final ly, I answered hirh, "About seven miles of it." Other cars hastened by as well as they might around the long turn, rustling the wind. All prob ably with drivers cursing the marvelous engineering feat, which slowed their haste to God knows where. Today as. stand here, a pedestrian, I realize as few can that these people neither appreciate nor deserve the blessings of the miracles that human genious has created for them, nor the wondcrous assist they enjoy from devices in their struggle for survival. But I grew up in an era when science, truth, and beauty were admired, instead of easy living, easy money, thrills, and bigotries. For this gener ation has gone mad with Pleasure, and for Profit. Probably their haste on this crooked road is to Perdition. Ralph McKinnis P. O. Box 321 Ashland, Ore. "Incredibly Prophetic" To the Fditor: I have just received my Aug. 26 copy of Saturday Review, the cover carries a large picture of Will Rogers. On page 15 is a small er picture of Will wilh the caption "incredibly prophet ic." His biographer, Donald Day, would be most incredi bly surprised should he ever hear of this letter. A quarter of a century ago I was a prisoner in the little Penitentiary of Arizona at Florence. The place was In spiritual riot in the myster ious prelude to World War II. One afternoon a "voice" call ed me and said "Get ready. Will Rogers has to die to morrow." I never knew what I was lo get ready for. I had been a publicity man but had never met Will Rogers or handled any of his work. The very next afternoon - as I was in formed - Will and his friend, Wiley Post, crashed at Point Barrow. Alaska, awesomely slain from that little un known little prison. Will Ropers was not "in credibly prophetic'' some convict was' (Name on File) White Citv but The Way to Peace To the Editor: With your permission. I d like lo tell the readers of your paper, and the whole world, the only way to hnnu peace to tiiis world, as I see it The most important thing. TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON Indonesian Has Wide By BRUCE W. MUNN United Press International United Nations, N. Y.-fliPD-The transfer of West New Guinea from the Netherlands to Indonesia may have far reaching consequences that extend beyond the bound aries of those two countries. The transfer, formalized in a U. N. agreement last week, was a loss-of-prestige deal for the Dutch, although it was evident they had wanted out of the Southwest P: Ific ter ritory for years. It Involved The Hague's signing away of the last rem nant of the once great Dutch East Indies empire, a chunk of territory eight times the size of the mother country. Loss of West New Guinea, which cost the Netherlands some $30 million a year - a sizable sum for the Dutch budget - left as Holland's principal possessions the rela tively rich South American territory of Surinam (also called Guiana) and the Neth- must stay together, and work together, and believe in the saying, "The family that stays together, prays together." And never forget your bene factor. If you have gone ahead in life, and accumulated a for tune, never, and I do mean never, forget the ones who helped you, when the going was rough, as so many I know have done. Always show appreciation to God first, and then the wonderful people, who have helped you. And never forget them, and let them know they were the ones that helped you to fame, and fortune, for know of many hearts that have been broken, when they aion t. . Another thing I think would help to keep the people from getting so despondent, is for the newspapers, radio, and TV, in their news headlines, to print some cheery news, in stead of all gloom, and disas ter. It certainly doesn't give the readers much hope, and something to look forward to, And above all, thank God every day, for all your many Blessings. He likes to be thanked too, you know. Thank you one and all. Mrs. Fern Andrus 301 South Mountain ave. Ashland, Ore. Mother Hubbard's Problem To the Editor: Said one authority to the women, "For shame! you damsels fair. The last time I went to town I espied some undie wear." Said another to the first, "Shush! Don't be a prude! The surest way to purity Is to hop about in the nude." Said my wife to the lite-of- her-life, "Pray, what shall I wear? Shall I dress like Mother Hubbard Or her cupboard bare?" Pat Patterson P.O. Box 452 Jacksonville, Ore. To the Editor: After read ing a recent issue of your pub lication and the letter to the editor that it contained, I feel that some measure of support is due Mr. Bill Herring's let ter regarding his recent ter mination as humane officer. I have known Mr. Herring for the past several years and have often seen the conscien tious manner in which he exe cuted his duties while serving as humane officer. I know of several instances when Mr. Herring used not only his own funds to better the Humane society, but that he also spent many long hours laboring to see that the animals were well cared for and that homes were found for these unwanteds and strays whenever possible. Since I am not familiar with the circumstances that surrounded this termination I can only say that the citizens of Jackson county have in deed lost a good humane offi cer and that a big "thanks" is due Mr. Herring for the fine work that he has done in the past. (Name on File) Medford Tolerant Attitude To the Editor: In reference to Mr. Bulman's communica tion in the Aug. 20 edition of the Medford Mail Tribune: "Obscenity is in the eye of the viewer." Perhaps many people are disregarding a sense of val ues when they refer to nudist camps as being shameful Those who do regard such Take-Over in New International Implications erlands Antilles in the West Indies, including oil-impor tant Aruba and Curacao. Whatever the government's thinking on the West New Guinea territory, it was an unpopular move with the Dutch public. It brought sharp criticism of the United States, which turned down Dutch overtures for American fighting help when Indonesian President Sukarno started to talk of war to take the territory, and placed a new strain on ever taut NATO relationships. Sukarno claimed the ter ritory, retained by the Dutch when Indonesia became in dependent in 1 9 4 9, on grounds that it was geograph ically part of the former Dutch East Indies. He argued that the native Papuans were In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS In Berlin, thousands of an gry West Berliners gathered at a cross-over point on The Wall that divides the free world from the slave . and stoned both Russian and American military vehicles. Rocks were hurled at a Soviet army bus that had crossed over into West Berlin on its way to the Soviet war memorial on the West Berlin side with replacements for the Russian guards there. The barrage of paving stones smashed windows of the bus and sent the Red Army sol diers diving for safety on the floor. ' A few hours later, a few stones were thrown at two jeeps carrying U.S. military police patrols as they drove up to the checkpoint in the wall. The crowd jeered at the Americans. WHY the demonstration? The West G e r m a ns were Infuriated by the killing two days before, by East Ger man communists, of an East Berlin youth who was trying to escape to freedom in West Berlin. Their anger was di rected chiefly at the East Ger man communists who did the killing. But - They were angry at the Americans for not interfering to save the boy's life. IT'S a grim situation. About all that can be said In defense of the Berlin, ar rangement is that it dramatiz es the brutal fact that East Germany, a communist satel lite, is a PRISON, with guards on the wall whose instruc tions are to KILL anyone who tries to escape from the com munist paradise. Communism is a strange sort of Paradise. IiHIS modern world note: The U.S. Public Health Service disclosed the first confirmed case of smallpox in the U.S. since 1947, and urged any persons who may have come in contact with the vic tim to be vaccinated imme diately. The victim, a young Cana dian, had entered the U.S. from Brazil on August 11, eight days ago, with other members of his family. They came in at New York's Idle- groups in this manner are showing their own low stand ards by not understanding the real reason for them, and only look, shall we say, on such a retreat as being im moral. I have had no personal contact or experience with nudist camps nor would I particularly like to partici pate in one, thus being no authority: however, I believe that for some families and in dividuals a camp of this sort could be both a healthy form of relaxation and a natural relationship wilh nature without superficial motives, yet still retaining human dig nity in their behavior. Also we must remember that in any culture or society, no matter how large or small, the norms or standards set up by that society are the ones to be followed, or rule by the majority. Here we may consider the nudist camp as a small society in itself and their standards are set up for this particular type of group. There is a place for minority groups in our culture. I do not regard the nudist camp as being a main source of evil in this world, but those who criticize such groups without doin due re search and investigation into the matter and without an open mind arouse adverse public opinion and make more problems for all con cerned. Until we know more about the mores of unfamiliar groups a tolerant attitude is more a virtue rather than a vice. Patty A. Barnes 2895 Hillcrest Rd. Medford the same stock as Indone sians. And he boasted that the Indonesian flag would fly over the territory ' before the first cock crows in 1963. Capitulation of the Nether lands on his terms - including the stipulation that the Indo nesion flag will be hoisted in Hollandia Dec. ,31 although Indonesia's sovereignty does not take effect until May -gave him a popularity-building bone to throw to his peo ple. Sukarno agreed to the Netherlands' demand for an "act of self-determination" by the natives by 1969. But the agreement makes no pro vision for the possibility, un likely by then, that the Pa puans may vote in such plebiscite to go back to Dutch control. wild airport and spent much of the day in Grand Central Station before boarding a train for Toronto. The boy was hospitalized at Toronto, on arrival there, and the disease was diagnosed as smallpox. The incident has created relatively little stir. WHERE- was a time, within - the memory ot living per sons, when it would have been otherwise. The whole vast city of New York would then have been terrified be cause a person with smallpox had wandered around for a day in a big railroad terminal, in contact with thousands of people. Toronto would have been terrified because a youth with smallpox had been hospitaliz ed there. The terror would have exceeded by far the present-day terror of fall-out. THAT was before the discov ery of the preventive power of vaccination. The mo dern world has its shortcom ings. But it has IMMENSE ACHIEVEMENTS to offset its drawbacks. We have plenty of reason to be thankful that we live in the modern world, Familiar Names Win in Wyoming Cheyenne, Wyo. -(DPI)- For mer Gov. Milward Simpson and Rep. William Henry Har rison (R-Wyo.) won Wyoming primary election victories Tuesday as voters set up a bal lot for November filled with familiar names and old rivals. Simpson, 65, in a political comeback, defeated former University of Wyoming and professional basketball star Kenny Sailors, 41, for the right to face Sen. J. J. Hickey, (D-Wyo.) in November. It will be a chance to even an old account - Hickey's defeat of Simpson in the 1958 gover nor's race. Hickey ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination. Harrison, 66, crushed G. L. Spence, a county attorney half his age to win the nomination for his fourth term in the House of Representatives. Rancher Clifford P. Hansen defeated attorney Charles M. Crowell and former Cheyenne Mayor R. E. Cheever in the Republican gubernatorial race. With returns nearly com plete, acting Gov. Jack R. Gage led William (Scotty) Jack in the Democratic gov ernor's primary. Cheyenne at torney Louis Mankus had a comfortable lead over two opponents, former Laramie Mayor Stephen W. Movie and George W. K. Posvar of Cas per, for the Democratic con gressional nomination. Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF A TRAVELING Scotsman was given expense money to put over a big deal. His reckless and most unusual spending aroused the suspicions ot the bartender on his block. "Don't worry," the Scotsman told him sharply. "I'll know when I get to my own money!" a m An aspirant for political office pointed out at a rally, "When Christopher Colum bus started out, he didn't have the faintest Idea where he w-aa going. When he got there, he didn't know where he was. When he got back, he couldn't tell where he had been. And he did it all on othr peo ple's money. Mv friends. Christopher Col urn b-.is didn't have a thing on my distinguished opponentl" OVERHEAD: At the snack Inr of a drug store: "She's a typical. college girl: poor on history but great on dates." Newlywed to his bride: "Save the recipe for that tapioca, pudding, darling. I have to mend a patch in the driveway." Cannibal upbraiding his sen: "How often do I have to tell you it's bad manners to talk with someone in your mouth?" O 1X3, lj lionet Cut. Suuibuud by auag returns Sjuliute Guinea Australia holds the eastern half of the island, part under y. N. trusteeship. The Australians admittedly were more comfortable with the Dutch in control of the western half. Fears now. are being expressed opei-ly that Indonesia's next move might be against the holdings of Australia. Strictly Personal By Sydney J. Harris (c- Field Enterprises Ine. INTERESTING COMMENT My recent column on the) corporations' use of comput ing machines as a status sym bol brought some interesting comment from a number ot sources. Apparently, over-use of machines is even mora prevalent than I had thought. One letter, from a dean of science at a famous uni versity, called to my atten tion a pertinent comment made by Hans Bethe. one of the world's leading nu clear physicists. In a recent interview on "The American Character" series sponsored by the Cen ter for the Study of Democrat ic Institutions, Dr. Bethe ob served how the computing ma chines could actually harm academic and research work: "I am a theoretical phsl cist, and so I have a lot is do with calculations," he pointed aui. "We used to do all our calculations by hand with a slide rule. Then we bought a small calculat ing machine, costing a few hundred dollars, which we punched on the desk. Aft er this, we spent most of our time thinking about ways to understand the problem and to make it so simple that a very short and easy calculation would give us the result. In the process, we spent weeks and months simplifying the problem in our own minds. "Nowadays," Dr. Bethe went on, "people have enor mous computing machines costing millions of dollars, and the customary thing is to take a theoretical phys ics problem and code it for the computer. You put it on the computer and let the computer give you the an swer. "As a result, many sci entists think only of how to put the problem on the computer. THEY NO LONG ER THINK ABOUT THE PROBLEM. (The emphasis is mine-S.J.H.) By using mechanical devices, people are concentrating much less on a real understanding of the problem, and they lose the inspiration and sugges tions for further research that came from the intimate contact with every phase of the calculations." a i Apart from research, In terms of teaching. Dr. Betho adds, "only if you have a real understanding can you transmit to your students all the thought and the steps that go into the solution. You ob-' viously can't do that if the) computer gives the solution . . . In many cases, if a ma chine costs, say, several mil lion dollars, people become) more concerned with how they are going to keep thin machine in operation 24 hours a day than with solving the questions of physics." Dr. Bcthe's comments, t think, cut to the core of thn matter - not merely about computing machines, but about teaching machines in general, and their ultimata effect upon the thinking proc esses of human beings.