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SOCIATIO.'J
Flight o' Time
Medford and Jackson County
History from tha files of Tha
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Oct. 30, 1952 (Thursday)
IH T. Macomber. 29
today was back In Oregon
State penitentiary from which
he escaped Sept. 15.
The big alarm bell at the
main Medford fire station lias
clanged 25 times, alerting
firemen for a run, since ine
new telephone directory dis
tribution began yesterday.
20 YEARS AGO
Oct. 30, 1942 (Friday)
Building permits valued at
533,025 issued In Medford
during October; war priority
regulations blamed for sharp
decline from October, 1841.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "There
will be an election Tuesday.
There are signs Republicans
will vote Republican and
many Democrats will do the
same. Nobody is in a high
dudgeon over it."
30 YEARS AGO
Oct. 30, 1932 (Sunday)
Between 65 and 70 per cent
of the eligible voters expected
to cast ballots in 1932 general
election; turnout of about 13,
000 seen.
Couple working "mining
slock" swindle bilks promi
nent Medford family out of
several hundred dollars.
40 YEARS AGO
Oct. 30, 1922 (Monday)
Fire of undetermined origin
causes $8,000 damages to Lib
erty building in Medford.
Total of 914 carloads of
apples and 728 carloads of
pears shipped from Rogue
Valley between July 1, 1921
and July 1, 1922.
50 YEARS AGO
Oct. 30. 1912 (Wednesday)
Oregon Gov. Oswald West
endorses Frank L. TouVello's
candidacy for election as Jack
son county judge.
Announcement of death of
United States Vice President
James S. Sherman made by
President William H. Tail.
Whal's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct It superior;
seven or eight is eicellent; five ei
six Is good.
1. What type of U.S. coins
were withdrawn from circula
tion in 1933?
2. Which two conn tries
fought the Punic Wars?
3. Is "gerrymander" a term
used in boxing, naval warfare,
polities or tennis?
4. Who created the movie
cartoon character Mickey
Mouse?
5. Was William Kidd a
hero, or a villain?
8. The world's busiest river
Is in the United States; is it
the Mississippi, Hudson. De
troit, or Columbia?
7. What country has the
oldest parliamentary assem
bly in the world?
8. Is the percentage of sil
ver in the U.S. dollar 40. 50
70 or 00?
P. Name the most decorated
u.o. rtrmy u nicer Irom
World War II.
10. The famed summer re
sort oi tsar Harbor is in
which slate?
Answers: 1. Gold coins. 2.
Rome and Carthage. 3. Poll
tics. 4. Walt Disney. 5. Vil
lain. 6. Detroit. 7. Iceland.
8. 90 per cent. 9. Audi Mur
phy. 10. Maine.
BEYOND SALVAGE
Brest. Franoe-flTI)-Shlpplng
A
P U B LI S
authorities laid today Pan
amanian cargo ship which ran
aground near here over the
week end could not be salv
aged The ship is the 11.000
Liberty ship Xenophon. Its
28-man crew has been safely
put ashore.
4
OCiuri GO, lbt.2
As Simple As That
For some reason we do not comprehend, Day
light Savings Time, to be voted on a week from
today, has not turned into the violent issue almost
evervone exnected it to.
Three letters concerning DST elsewhere today
are among the few we have received during this
campaign. They sum up rather graphically the
reasons for the discontent with the present situ
ation discontent which has been heard loudly
the last two summers when the time in Oregon
went every which way.
It is nossible. of course, that people are more
passive on this issue at
1 , .i . ,i i
may ue mat mey ieei it, is naruiy worm wtiue iu
say much about it. The fact remains that there
hasn't been very much to-do about DST in recent
months, even with the election getting closer.
E HAVE a hunch that the DST measure may
nass this time, for
is the only way in which Oregon can get time
uniformity not only uniformity with Wash
ington and California, but uniformity within the
StcitB
To expect California (population almost 17,
000,000) and Washington (population almost
3,000,000) to "conform" with Oregon (popula
tion about 1,800,000), as one correspondent sug
gests, is plainly unrealistic.
Additionally, over the years the voting trend
has gradually become more favorable to DST
in Oregon.
yHE history of the situation is too well known
to need repeating; suffice it to say that the
combined reluctance of the people of Oregon as a
whole to go for DST, and the desire of the
metropolitan area for DST, caused the legisla
ture to pass the ill-advised split time bill.
So now the issue is simply this: We vote for
DST if we want uniform time ; we vote against
it if we are content with the present situation, or
if we trust the legislature to straighten things out.
We don't like the present mix-up, and we
question whether the legislature will straighten
tilings out.
We don't much care what time it is so long
as it is the same time throughout the time zone,
so we'll vote for DST. It's as simple as that. E. A.
Infamous No. 24
Despite the fact that a certain percentage of
the Mail Tribune's circulation is in the state of
California, thus far we have not commented, ex
cept in passing, on the many candidates and is
sues to be decided by our California neighbors
next Tuesday.
The Nixon-Brown and Richardson-Rafferty
election contests have drawn the most attention
as far as candidates are concerned, and the in
famous Proposition 24 the most attention of the
measures.
Proposition 24 would, in the words of the
New York Times, ask "the voters of our fastest
growing state to abrogate their own constitu
tional guarantees on the excuse that special
powers are needed to fight the internal Commu
nist menace."
THE MEASURE, ostensibly to strengthen anti
rninmnniL't nt-ifiirifinc in thn t:itn ie 'A Inno
V U 1 1 1 1 1 1 U 1 1 1 0 L, CIV H I.IVU ill i. i w wmv-., ... . v . . q
step backward to the star chamber, to the face
less accuser, to trial without jury and witnoui ap
pealall the things the U. S. Constitution was
designed to thwart.
Proposition 2-1 would
nenn 1p f'nnv ... officer ... of the Govern-
ment of the United States" for instance, which
could include almost any Government employee)
to judge who or what is a Communist, a Com
munist trout, or subversive organization. And
from that judgment there would be no recourse.
I he proposition is
Brown and Mr. Nixon,
substantial organization
slightest study of it.
YET THERE is a danger that it might pass,
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II 1 1 H.'fS"t llll'Wll t UlllO (Ut- vu vi avu vutiif,vi i.-.
With too many people the mere tag "anti-
Communist" is enough to
ter what it concerns or
In this case "anti-Communist" is being used
:is a t;nr for what is one of the most un-American
and anti-American proposals ever to be placed
on a ballot in the United States.
If it passes, it almost certainly will be de
clared unconstitutional sooner or later, but at
u'lml n 1'iisit in snsnieion mill in justice no one can
tell. It should be turned
voters of California. L.A.
On Communications, Again
With the election only one week from today,
there remain five more issues of the Mail Tribune
in which political communications can be pub
lished. It appeal's that a restatement of policy
regarding letters to the editor during this last
week is needed.
We shall publish no political letters without
the name AM) address of the writer. Those sent
in already which ask that the name be withheld
will not lie used unless the writers grant permis
sion to use their names.
Preference will be given to short letters, to
those lii.'h nresont fresh nnints of view or opin
ions, and to those from
not written to the department recently or lre-
quently.
Mnrn snueo th:in nsit:il will be ilevnlerl to
to "Communications" this week, but we cannot
promise to print all received at the last minute.
E.A.
this time of year. Or it
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the simple reason that it
empower a long list oi
opposed by both gov.
and by virtually every
wnicn nas maue me
be convincing, no mat
trom whom it comes.
down, decisively, by the
individuals who have
Ki.. w.il)
"What? . . . Huh? . . .
Have fun,
COMMUNICATIONS
Letters to the Editor must bear the
although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial
for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to
edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters
submitted tor publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters
p. inted in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the
paper; in fact the contrary is often the case.
DST Issue
To the Editor: It is only a
few days untill we are to go
vote for both state and con
gressional candidates as well
as a number of measures on
the state ballot.
Most of the voters, like my
self, find themselves confused
by the arguments pro and con,
but this is nothing new. I be
lieve that most candidates are
not well enough known by
the voters at large.
There appears one measure
which most of us thought was
taken care of, namely Meas
ure 6. Daylight Saving Time.
In relation to this measure,
the people voted that Pacific
Coast Standard Time be the
official time for the WHOLE
state of Oregon, but the leg
islature took it upon them
selves to override the peo
ple's wishes and passed an
amendment allowing Mult
nomah, Washington, Clacka
mas, Hood River and Colum
bia counties to adopt "Day
light Saving Time'' and Gov
ernor Hatfield signed this
amendment into law.
It is understandable that
a complex group like the leg
islative body can, and often
does, make a Boo-Boo, yet,
while this one of ignoring the
vote of the people is an all
time high in this field, it is
inconceivable and indefensi
ble that the Governor did not
veto this bill but signed it
into law, with a flagrant dis
regard of the wishes of the
people as expressed by the
outcome of the state - wide
ballot.
If this dereliction of duty
on the part of Gov. Hatfield
was a move to gain votes in
populous, daylight time lov
ing counties, it is doubtful
that the remaining counties
will forget or forgive the con
fusion in time and disregard
for the expressed wishes of
the people, but clearly indi
cates that a new and different
Governor is needed. 1 am sure
that many will express their
disapproval in the coming
election.
This Is an issue greater than
the time element, it is the
protection of our sacred right
to rule by the majority as
expressed in the br.llot. If we
do not preserve this right the
.sacrifice made by the hun
dreds of thousands who have
laid down their lives for de
mocracy has been in vain.
Think before you vote, but
vote.
C. R. Burrill
1 19 Crater Lake ave.
Medford.
From Mrs. Fisher
To the Editot. As time Is
running out and election day
is almost here, 1 would like
to share my thoughts with
you and offer a word of
thanks to several residents o(
Jackson county.
During the past months I
have traveled this congres
sional district, trying in some
small way to a-sist my hus
band, Carl Fisher, in his cam
paign for Representative in
Congress.
He is a husband and father
of whom I am very proud.
: We have shared this rxpen
' enee and, believe me. the best
part has been the wonderful
' people we have met.
In Jackson county Richard
; Travis. Robert Balk. Mrs.
' Lloyd Bishop, Maggie Sclby
: have worked very hard in
i their efforts and are deeply
appreciated. There are. of
i course, many others who
merit praise and I am sorry
i thry cannot all be listed here.
My hope is that on election
day tiie people Carl bus not
(met personally will take mv
i word, or the word of those
I who hae met him. that he is
a sincere, hard working per
! son who would do his level
best to be an outstanding
' Congressman
I Mrs. Carl (Lois) Kirfifr,
! 4H0 Palomino dr.,
' Kugene. Ore
bMu 'li.ui.L, KtaDI'GRD,
Ohl heh, heh, hen
kids . .1"
name and address of the writer,
Against No. 9
To the Editor: The mem
bers of the Metropolitan
Civic Club of Eugene-Springfield,
Oregon, at their Oct.
26, 1962 meeting, unanimous
ly agreed to recommend to
voters a "no" vote on Ballot
Measure No. 9. The conclu
sions of the club report read
in part:
1. " . . . representation
should be according to popu
lation." ". . . the petition does
not relieve tiie basic inequities
of the current apportionment
of the Oregon legislature. It
is clear that the fixed districts
principle will not necessarily
remedy inequities in the fu
ture." 3. "The wording of the peti
tion is ambiguous in Section
6B and hence amendable to
each of two diverse interpre
tations." 4. "Some proponents of the
petition to tiie area represen
tation plan of the United
States Congress . . . such an
alogy (is) erroneous because
the various states maintain a
certain degree of sovereignty
in relation to the federal gov
ernment and as sovereign po
litical units these states have
representation both in the
House and Senate regardless
of population. On the other
hand, the various counties of
the Slate of Oregon are po
litical sub-divisions of the
state, were created by the
state, and can be changed by
the state. The counties are in
no way sovereign units. Since
the counties lack sovereignty,
there is no need to afford
them protection by any con
cept of disproportionate rep
resentation." The report which led to the
organization action states:
"The provision of reapportion
ment according to population
is a provision to be cherish
ed, not one to be abandonded
because of inept application
of the general principle."
The nonpartisan Metropolitan-Civic
Club is made up of
men and women in the Eugene-Springfield
area who
who have joined together in
order to study local and state-
i wide issues and take action
upon them in the public in
terest. B, J. Robers, Mayor,
Springfield. Ore.
Keith D. Skelton
Co-chairman, Commit
tee to Keep Oregon's
Voter Quota One
Voter, One Vote.
R:i5 East Park st.
Eugene, Ore.
DST Issue
To the Editor: Again the
issue of DST is before us
May I remind all Oregonians
of the resentment so many of
us expressed in 1961 when,
after a majority vote for
STANDARD time, a lot of us
had DST crammed down our
throats. Whv 5 counties out of
36 should have been allowed I
to set aside election results I
they didn't like and force j
their own brand of time on
people who suddenly found ,
themselves gerrymand (red
from a majority as Oregon-1
lans I have never understood. !
But it happened, in this Amfr-1
lea which has been so proud
of its institution of the ballot, j
And delighted Portlandcrsi
smugly said it should have '
happened had to happen-be-
cause Big Sister must not be 1
ruled by smaller members o(
the f.imily, and lucks and
country cousins.
Now, alter losing two miui
nieis of standard time w hich '
wc can never gel back, we can
vole agam but not for stand
aid time or DST -only for DST
or "confusion "! Thtse tactics
may be legal (although I'd !
like to see that legality tested
as far as the Supreme Court'
but I hold them to be acts of
citizenship so rotten that we
standard timers' arc from
now on free to be equally poor '
OREGON
Khrushchev's Tongue-Lash Diplomacy
Reached Height1 in 1960; Future Uneasy
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
At a Moscow diplomatic re
ception a little more than a
year ago, First Deputy Anas-
t a s Mikoyan
remarked that
the Soviet
Union's great
est secret
weapon was
Nikita Khru
s h c h e v ' s
tongue.
Indeed, the
fast- talking
v.
Newiom K h r ushchev
was riding high. He held the
initiative in Berlin and used
it to threaten to squeeze out
the Western Allies through a
separate peace with East Ger
many. With his declared policy of
losers, to hate DST for that as
well as for its own galling irri
tations, and do whatever we
can to sabotage it.
However, it seems to me
that the main issue on Nov. 6
should not be whether we
want uniform time. Our real
guide to marking Measure No.
6 should be: Shall we ratify
the means by which DST got
a footfold here? Shall we con
done the principle that a mi
nority of malcontents may set
aside a legal election that
didn't suit them? Or shall we
repudiate an act of bad citi
zenship by voting "No" on
Measure No. 6 and then try,
as often as necessary, to pro
duce a ballot so worded that
we can choose between stand
ard and daylight saving time?
As the present ballot is word
ed DST's supporters will gain
no matter how the voting goes
-total victory if we declare
for uniform time; partial vic
tory if we vote "No," because
they can still keep DST with
in its present limits. Let's
fight to give them the lesser
victory!
Ernest M. Cooper,
4522 N.E. 34th ave.,
Portland 11, Ore.
All Go Down and Vole
To the Editor: Tuesday, No
vember 6, ail members of the
House of Representatives will
have to be re-elected if they
are to continue on their jobs.
And that goes for one third of
the U.S. Senators: also there
will be slate officers and
county officers to vote for or
against.
If enough people think as a
few do, that their own little
one vote would make no dif
ference one way or another,
and if the same people should
act as they thought, we would
never be able to "kick the ras
cals out" as the old saying
goes, or get the desirable can
didtes in.
Frankly, it is hard for us to
understand why people take
the bother to register so they
will be allowed to vote, then
fail to take the time to make
use of the privilege.
We are going to be gov
erned by somebody who the
majority of those who do vote
will place over you; if you
have not cast a vote either for,
so you can be proud of your
choice if O.K., or against, if
not O.K., you will have no
moral right to boast or beef.
Nikita Khrushchev knows
full well that a democratic
government always depends
upon the cooperation of the
people to make it work. And
lie knows the secret ballot is
the keystone of democratic
structure.
If a large number of people
do note vote, it shows that
they arc not cooperating and
are indifferent to the fate of
their nation, a marked sign
of decay, and the main hope
of Communist Russia is that
the USA will decline and fall
from within.
The entire power of a de
mocracy rests in the vote of
the people, and with it they
affirm faith in the incumbent
office holders, or "throw the
rascals out."
From lazy citizenship comes
corruption; from corruption,
political confusion; and from
confusion, the death of free
dom. So if you wish to please the
pig-faced roly-poly dictator of
the Soviets, don't vote Nov.
6. or at any time in the
future elections. If you are in
favor of doing Krushchev a
favor, stay home all day
Nov. 6.
But if you wish to protect
your right to cast that one
little vote of yours, go down
to the polls and vote.
Pat Graham,
173 Jcanctte St.,
Medford.
Conform Wilh Us
To the Editor: It has been
stated several times in the
editorials that our only alter
native regarding time in Ore
gon is to conform with Cali
fornia and Washington and
vote for Daylight time.
I disagree. Why couldn't
they conform to us and go on
Standard time Why must the
people of Oregon bow down to
a sales tax and six months
of Daylight time simply be
cause California and Wash
ington do
California is now on Day
light time from April through
the month of October. Ours
peaceful coexistence, his call
for immediate freedom for all
colonial peoples and for imme
diate and complete world dis
armament, he sought to pic
ture himself as a champion of
peace standing against West
ern aggressors.
Using Soviet missile and nu
clear successes as his propa
ganda springboard, he sought
at the same time to spread
fear of Soviet power among
small or wavering nations and
the neutrals. Western peace
organizations also became ve
hicles for his propaganda.
In 1960 he reached a peak.
In that year, at the abortive
summit conference in Paris,
he tongue - lashed the Presi
dent of the United States.
He demanded the resigna
tion of United Nations Secre
may not start out that way
but once voted in it would
have to be extended to coin
cide with California and once
voted in it would be forever.
It would never come before
the voters again.
Remember the ballot does
n't just say uniform time, it
says Uniform Daylight time.
The confused time last year
did just what it intended. To
confuse people into saying
"Better Daylight time than
this."
It doesn't have to be that
way. It can just as well be
Standard time and doggone it,
if we vote for Standard time
we should be entitled to have
it throughout the state.
I have always admired the
people of Oregon for their in
dividual stand against sales
tax and Daylight time. Others
in our neighboring states do
too or they wouldn't be mov
ing to our state at such an
amazing rate.
I know it's discouraging to
keep voting against something
and still have it crammed
down your throats regardless,
but who knows, if we perse
vere, one day California and
Washington may conform to
Oregon and go on Standard
time.
Don't be forced to vote for
Daylight time because it's the
only alternative. It isn't.
Mrs. Margaret Rose
3R North Orange st.
Medford.
Deer Grip
To the Editor: But mainly
to the people who dump gar
bage in the country!
This year, for the fifth time
in a row, someone has dumped
their deer hide and the rest
of the remains when dressing
out a deer, plus a lot of other
garbage, on our property. right
at our driveway. One year it
was a poached deer's remains,
and we had quite a time con
vincing the authorities that
it was not ours.
We called the State Police
about the dumped garbage
and were told that they could
not do anything unless we
knew who was responsible.
Something should be done
about this!- It only costs 50
cents to dump a load of gar
bage. And the dump is just
as close to town as we are!
If I knew who was dumping
on our property, I would be
tempted to take a load from
the slaughter house and dump
it on their front lawn!
We were very unfortunate
this year in the fact that our
two deer were wormy. My
husband took time off from
work so he could take the
meat out to the city dump to
be disposed of properly. Why
can't other people have the
same consideration?
Thank you for letting me
air my gripe.
Ella L. Fitzsimmons
Route 4, Box 400
Medford.
A Man
To the Editor: My hat is off
to Carl Fisher, Republican
candidate for Congress. In
answer to some extremely
pointed questions from our
conservative group he took
the following, uncompromis
ing, beautifully conservative
stand. Answer to question No.
1 - "I firmly oppose the re
peal of the Connally Amend
ment." (Repeal of this Amend
ment would repeal our Decla
ration of Independence, and
surrender our sovereignty).
Answer to question No. 2 -"I
have been, and Intend to
remain, firmly opposed to ad
mission of Red Chi . to the
United Nations." (Admission
of the murderous Red Chi
nese criminals to the UN
would be stabbing Chiang
Kai-shek and Nationalist
China, and the entire free
world in the back.) Answer
to question No. 3 - "I do not
agree with the proposals to
be found in the State Depart
ment Document 7277. I was.
in fact, quite shocked that
any thinking person could
subscribe to such a theory."
God bless Carl Fisher for
his stand cn this red hot ques
tion which vitally concerns
our survival as a sovereign
nation. In its Document 7277
the State Department has set
forth a plan for the gradual
and complete disarmament of
the United States and sur
render of our Army. Navy,
Air Force, and all our nuclear
tary General Dae Hammar-
skjold for policies frustrating
to the Soviet Union in the
Congo.
He declared Nationalist
China a "corps e" which
should be thrown out of the
U.N.
More important to the
present, in that year he had
his emotional meeting with
Fidel Castro at the United
Nations and in that year de
clared: "We consider that the Mon
roe Doctrine has outlived its
time . . . has died . . ."
In July 1960 he warned
that the Soviet Union would
use rockets against the United
States if this nation inter
vened militarily in Cuba.
He repeated the threat in
April, 1961, when he said that
weapons to the United Na
tions. America now faces the
acute, and simply staggering,
danger of having this plan
put into operation through
the Disarmament Bill enacted
by Congress in September,
1961.
Mr. Fisher closed his letter
by saying, "I do not side wilh
the fuzzy thinkers who refuse
to recognize the very serious
threats this country faces. We
are in a struggle for our ex
istence against a tenacious,
dangerous enemy."
Folks, it looks like we've
got ourselves a MAN - one
who knows what the score is,
and who will fight to preserve
our country, our sovereignly,
and our Declaration of Inde
pendence. Let's not lose him.
Let's get out to the polls Nov.
6 and vote for him.
L. C. Powell,
316 S E. Eighth St.,
Grants Pass, Ore. .
Robot Egg-Head
To the Editor: Our political
big-wigs seem really concern
ed with the apathetic reac
tions of the voting potential
to problems of the day, report
edly at a minus 70 per cent.
Lacking brain capacity to
come up with a possible rea
son, we can only suggest that
all avowed candidates for pub
lic office have their names fed
into our latest robot egg-head
and let the thing decide the
all-important issue that seems
too muchly much for we ordi
nary humans to cope with.
Also, may we suggest, to
have on hand a scuttle or two
of dry-ice in case the robot
egg-head gets all hot and both
ered when alleged candidates'
qualifications are fed into it.
Remembering the genius we
wildly applaud today, is often
the "fool" we ridiculed yes
terday. F. J. Clifford
Route 2, Box 200F
Central Point, Ore.
Endorsement Meaningless
To the Editor: Just recently
by news release on television
and in the press the Railroad
Brotherhood's L e g I s 1 ative
League of Oregon endorsed
Hatfield's bid for re-election
as governor. Implied was that
all railroad labor was backing
him.
This is simply untrue and
considering that very few rail
road unions are members of
this almost defunct legislative
league, and the number is
dwindling as time passes, this
endorsement is misleading as
well as meaningless. As in the
past it will be ignored by the
majority of railroad employ
ees come Nov. 6.
Edwin E. Collom
P. O. Box 602
Ashland, Ore.
Tax Base
To the Editor: Your editor
ial of Oct. 19 and the pro
arguments in the Voters'
pamphlet both contend that
the proposed changes in the
constitutional tax limitation
(Measure No. 7) will prevent
taxing units from continuing
the levy of unnecessary taxes
in order to maintain a tax
base.
What is overlooked here is
the simple fact that a taxing
unit is rtot interested merely
in keeping some kind of tax
base but rather in having one
sufficient to meet its needs.
Since the base is presently
related to the highest levy of
the preceding three years,
there is a strong inducement
to raise the levy every third
year, not to maintain a mini
mum base but to preserve one
high enough to meet any con
tingencies that might arise
in the future.
This is exactly what Jack
son county was doing until
public opinion finally com
pelled it to abandon a levy
completely, since it does not
need one. The proposed tax
limit amendment was drawn
up primarily to restore to
Jackson county the base it has
lost by levying no tax for
three consecutive years. But it
will not prevent the levy of
unnecessary taxes. The pres
sure to levy a tax in excess
of needs will merely be shift
ed from every third fiscal
year to every third taxing
year. and. so far as Jackson
county is concerned, w ill open
the way for eventual resump
tion of excessive levies w here
the pressure for such does not
presently exist.
The voters of Portland, Eu-
Soviet Union will "render the
Cuban people and their gov
ernment all necessary assis.
tance in beating back the
armed attack on Cuba."
Khrushchev's anno u n c e
ment Sunday that he is order
ing his missiles in Cuba dis
mantled and shipped back
home is a major retreat but
not yet a retreat of historic
dimensions. Nonetheless, his failure aft
er years to settle the Berlin
problem and now the unfavor
able events in Cuba might,
provide just the ammunition
needed by the Stalinists and
others who oppose his brand
of personal diplomacy.
It could be that Khrushchev
will have to do some fast talk- -ing
at home as well as to
Washington.
gene, Salem, etc., will be per
mitted to help make the final
decision as to whether Jack
son county shall have a tax
base of almost $700,000 re
stored to it, regardless of
what the county's voters think; .
about it. Without a tax basa
the county can still submit
any levy to the voters for
approval, as the school dis
tricts do, and this would like
ly keep the tax down to mini-.
mum requirements.
These comments are not
meant to be critical of the
members of the county court,
past or present. This deplora-'
ble situation is due not so
much to them as to the ob
noxious provisions of the tax;
limit under which they must
operate. So long as the tax
base is related to past levies
instead of property valua
tions, there will be pressure
to levy unnecessary taxes.
F. LeRoy Spangler
325 Ardmore ave.
Medford.
Are They Necessary?
To the Editor: Most people
are shocked and alarmed at
the hike in their property
taxes. It would seem to be a
good time for all to think
ahead and plan to be sure
these taxes do not go up any
more than is necessary.
Two projects are currently
proposed that would co?t the
county considerable money,
both to build and to main
tain. A whole new Jackson
County Fairgrounds plus
buildings is proposed. With
all of the moi" rn recreation
and diversion activities avail
able to us, can such a facility
(at great cost) be practical to
day? The buildings that we
have at the old fairgrounr's
are adequate for the fine 4-H
program and show that we
have here. These buildings fit
idle most of the year. Is it rea-.
sonable to build even bigger
and better facilities at current -high
costs? Considering that
the attendance at the State
Fair has fallen off, will the
attendance and interest jus
tify the great expenditure?
A new ball park is propos
ed, which will also be costlyl
Should we build these facili
ties? It is my proposal that if
the county is to consider
building things of this type
in the future, that the inter
ested groups raise at least
half of the building costs
themselves before wc are
burdened with the balance o
the cost and the maintenance.
As long as Jackson county
receives O&C funds wc will
make out. But In running up
these bills we should consid
er the tax bills we would"
receive without O&C, when
we would have to support
and maintain the frills out of
our own pockets.
Vera Chandler.
Route 3. Box 192,
Medford
For Dumas
To the Editor: For State
Representative from this dis
trict we may vote for three '
men. Of the six nominated, '
three are lawyers, three are
not.
From these we choose the
men entrusted by us to make
the decisions forming the gov
ernment under which we live.
Many voters feel one of the
three men chosen to represent
us should be a businessman.
We have in Al Dumas the
finest man of this type to fill
the position. Raised as a farm
boy, AI Dumas knows the
problems which confront the '
working man, for he is one
himself. Hard working, hard
driving, he gets things accom
plished. The devastating fire
which al! but took his laun-
drv husinesc in 1QKO
j have been the undoing of
many a good man, b-.it Al
Dumas came through.
Alexander A. Dumas exem
plifies the very quality of
manhood through which our
nation has grown. His quirt
but firm leadership, wise
Dlanninff. and moral int,("ritv
have won for him the respect
of his fellowman.
! Let's keep our state grow
j ing with wisdom, strong with
i good work, free with integ
rity. Let's vote Al Dumas for
State R'presentative .
Mrs. John B Lynch
139 Kenwood ave.
Medford.