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THURSDAY. KEDFORDv&fTRIBUM ""Everyone In Stuthefn"Oron Rei!Ih"-iy?Yi5uneI Subllshed Dally except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO 33 North Fir St., Ph72-814l """ROBERT W RUHL, Editor HXRB GREY Advertising Minilit GERALD T LATHAM, Bui Mgr ERIC W ALLEN JR., Mng Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Teleg Editor BICHARD JEWETT. Sports Ed or OLIVE STARCHER Women'! Editor CALRJCJNlrcultlonMjr An independent Newspaper Entered ai second claw matter M Medford. Oregon, under Act 01 March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance. Dally and Sunday 1 year 18 .00 Daily and Sunday moa 10.00 Dallv and Sunday 3 moa. t.OO Sunday Only One year S5.00 Single Copy (Mailed! 20o y Camel And Motor Route. Dally and Sunday 1 year 2 00 Daily and Sunday 1 mo. JJa Sunday Only 1 mo. w Carrier and Vendora S?-1-Otfidal Paper ol City of Madiera Olflclal Paper otacJonCiunty ' United Press Infematlonal Full Leased Wire TJ P I Telephoto Newsplctures EMBES-6F AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative: NELSON ROBERTS & ASSOC -ATES Of'icea In New York, Chi cafo. Detroit, San Francisco, Los Angeles. Seattle. Portland Denver. NATIONAL EDITORIAL NfWJPAMK "USHERS ASSOCIATION Flight or Time Medford nd Jackson County History from tht files or ine ii.ll T.lknn. 10. 2U. OU. wan i - - and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO rw A. 1SS2 (Friday) Highway and air traffic to and from the Rogue valley was starting to return to normal today after the biggest storm of the season naa diock cd all mountain passes and dumped 2.54 inches of rain on the valley. The 1953 campaign for funds by the Greater Medford Community Chest will close on Dec. 15. 20 YEARS AGO Dec. 6, 1942 (Saturday) Rogue valley "defenses" re ceive test in mock air attack; hosDitals blacked out and streets blocked by auxiliary police. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: Sev- eral farmers are now recoiling 1 the dry years when they had to go to the movies to see a good rainstorm. 90 YEARS AGO Dec. 6, 1932 (Monday) Slate budget director asks discontinuance of fund appro priations for southern Oregon experiment station at Talent. Two inches of snow, first of the season, falls in Ashland; more predicted for Rogue val ley. ; 40 YEARS AGO Dec. 6. 1922 (Tueaday) Gold Hill man Invents gun sight "that will revolutionize the practice of driving a bul let to the exact center of the point aimed at." Nellie Wright mine on Blackwell hill reopened; when closed in 1901, was producing ore assayed at from $18 to $20 a ton. What's Your I.Q.? Nine er Ian cerract fa superior aaven er eight it excellent! five er alt il good. 1. Is the source of the St Lawrence River In Canada or the U. S.? 2. Are there about 50, 150 or 230 Islands that make up the FIJI Islands? 3. What numbers are need ed to complete the following series; 5, 8, 6, 5, 11, 11, 9, , , 12? 4. Who is popularly credit ed with first saying, "If this be treason, make (he moat of It"? 5. Is It possible lo go from Chicago to New Orleans en tirely by water? B. About what proportion of an iceberg remains above valor? 7. Do stars ever appear In the crescent of the moon? 8. Which docs a fire need fo burn - oxygen, or carbon dioxide? 9. What is another mime for the bore size of a rifle or pistol? 10. Are deserta ever found In cold climates? Answersi 1. U.S. - Minne sota. 2. 250. 3. 5 and 14. 4. Patrick Henry. S. Yea. 6. About . 7. No. I. Oxygen. 8. Caliber. 10. Yea - very often. State To Advertise on Liberty Bow Program Snlem -ITI- Liberty Howl football fans with a yen to go west will be Invited to vis it Oregon. Forrest Cooper, slHlc high way engineer, said that the highway department's travel division will run a full-page eolor advertisement on the back of the bowl game's offi cial program. Oregon State playa Villa nova in the Liberty Bowl Dec. IS at Philadelphia. 4 A DECEMBER 6, 1962 Good Causes and Good People Medford seems to be blessed with more than its share of those singular individuals who are able to get hold of a good idea and, with purpose and resolve, see it through to a successful con clusion. The story of Wilbur Gardner and his fight to have shoe manufacturers list the materials used in their products is, deservedly, well known. Less well known, but also deserving of praise, is the almost single-handed work of Mrs. Edith Eden to beautify downtown Medford with trees and flowers. "THE latest to join this select group is Mrs. Gig (August) Farfan. And probably no one is more surprised than she to find herself in this category. Last Thursday morning, she got an idea. And within a miraculously short space of time, the idea was transformed into a reality. She decided that Medford needed a commun ity Christmas tree, and she took it upon herself to see if she could get it one. She took to her telephone. We do not usually print long lists of contribu tors to worthy causes, for they are too frequent and too many, and all too often someone gets left off the list and has his feelings hurt. We breach that custom this time, simply to provide an example of the many good folk who, time after time, come through in behalf of worthy causes. FIRST, the Medford Corporation agreed to pro- vide the tree. Next, Glenn Jackson, chairman of the state highway commission, arranged for a permit for the tree to be placed on the traffic island at the intersection ol Highways 99 and bz. Howard Rickman and E. C. Spence, em ployees of Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone com pany, volunteered crews and equipment to erect the tree. Decorations, lights and extension cords were donated by Trowbridge Electric company, Steek Electric company, Dunham Surplus store, Simms Cycle and Hobby shop, local Westinghouse and General Electric supply' houses, and Tom Car- dona. Cash donations for decorations were made by Cal-Ore Machinery company, Copeland Lumber company, Medford Lumber company, and Bruce Bauer Lumber company. j Tile casings to support the base of the tree were donated by M. C. Lininger and Sons Con struction company. Pacific Power and Light com- pany has volunteered to e .ee WE HOPE we haven't If so, we're sony. But the point is tnat erous people would not cise their willingness to project unless someone second, the spunk to do something about it. i Our congratulations and thanks, Mrs. Farfan, not just because Medford now has a community Christmas tree for the first time in recent memory, but more because you have reminded us once again of what the individual can accomplish if he perseveres in behalf of a good cause. G.H.B. More on Forest Ranges On Page 14A of today's paper is a lengthy statement from the Applegate Stockmen's As sociation, written in response to an editorial which appeared on this page last Sunday. We are glad to provide space for the stock men's view on the range problems of the U.S. Forest Service, and, while feeling that the Forest Service has, up to this point, the better of the argument, we are entirely sympathetic to the stockmen's problems. It boils down to whether the range is, in fact, suffering from overgrazing and resulting deteri oration, or whether it is not. THIS is a highly technical matt like to see the Forest Service its study methods and the results obtained, pre ferably by some of its top range people. Stockmen should also be consulted during the course of this reexamination. If, as a result, it is determined the Forest Service's conclusions as to range conditions are sound, then the range management plans should be carried forward. If it is not, then whatever changes appear desirable should be made. But above all, Forest Service, stockmen and the general public should keep in mind that the forests belong to everyone, and must be managed in a way so that their resources will be available to future generations. E.A. Virtue and Profit A four-ccnUi-a-pack cigarette tax ami another 15c a bottle on the cost of liquor ought to make non-smokers and prohibitionists out of people . . . but it won't. Virtue takes a lot of profit out of men's vices. Oregon Statesmen, Salem. A Thought The things other people spend money for sure look foolish. Sherman County Journal'. hook up the lights for left anyone off the list. all these good ana gen have been able to exer be of help in a good had, firet, the idea, and Iter, and we would e reexamine both "Well, Invite Somebody! Send For That Albanian." Drummond Reports (Wjlt.tr Lippmjnn ii in Europe. Roscot Drummond report., from Wishington In hit abience.) (c) 1962 Nw York Herald Tribune Inc. THE DIFFICULT DE GAULLE Paris In the wake of his tremendous parliamentary victory, one thing needs to be said candidly: President Charles de Gaulle is a wel come but will be an Increas ingly difficult ally more difficult than ever because he now has more power at home. Most Americans rejoice that the French voters have given Gen. de Gaulle such decisive support both in his own right and in the Nation al Assembly. For the United States the assets outweigh the difficulties, however trouble some the difficulties may be in the coming months. THE assets are these: Thp nolitinal underntn- ning of President de Gaulle's leadership of France will be stable and secure for the du ration of his term and prob ably as long as he chooses to stand for election. This Is an incalculable boon, not only to France but to the whole free world. When de Gaulle steps down, the transition to a President of lesser stature will ba easier and safer. The recent approval of the con stitutional amendment pro viding for the direct election of the French chief executive will give Gen. de Gaulle's successor much of the inde pendence which de Gaulle has embodied because of his commanding personality. He will be largely independent of parliament because his au thority will come from the whole electorate, not from a coalition of political parties. Finally, there Is now a fair chance of reforming the multi-party system, which brought the French govern ment to such a state of im potence that it turned in des peration to de Gaulle's per sonal leadership in 1958. The latest elections showed that until the multi-party system is reformed, the French peo ple will demand Presidential rule over parliamentary rule. BUT there will be difficul ties probably mounting difficulties for the United States and some of the other allies in dealing with Gen. de Gaulle, who is now more politically secure than ever. U.S. policy and de Gaulle policy are headed in diver gent directions at three cru cial points: NATO FORCES France is fur below Its contribution of conventional forces to the NATO command. It was understandable that Presi dent de Gaulle should with draw the French divisions from NATO because of the Algerian war. There is no Al gerian war today. The French divisions have returned home, but they still remain uncommitted to NATO. De Gaulle is holding them aloof, cither for bargaining power on oiher allied Issues or be cause he feels there is little danger of Soviet attack or just because de Gaulle is de Gaulle, the supreme nation alist. The U.S. view Is that a prompt build-up of conven tional NATO forces Is urgent in order to deter the Soviets from venturing some action in Berlin which, because of NATO's weakness in conven tional forces, could lead to nuclear war. NUCLEAR ARMS De Gaulle is pressing and spend ing lavishly to obtain an in dependent national nuclear force. We deem it militarily u.-oless and harmful to have nuclear power spread to countries which do not al ready possess it. We see it as a dissipation of resources which, if used to Increase the conventional force levels of NATO, would produce a bal anced and more needed deter MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON rent to the Soviets. Britain, it appears, would be willing to integrate Its nuclear wea pons into a NATO nuclear capability under collective command. Be Gaulle is un interested. THE COMMON MARKET The United States is deep ly concerned that Britain be come a member of the Euro pean Common Market. De Gaulle appears to be little concerned. It is France which is raising the maximum diffi culties either because de Gaulle is suspicious of Bri tish political motives or is in tent upon retaining the maxi mum economic advantages for France. XT should be noted that none of these matters brings France and America into di rect dispute. They are pri marily Alliance issues to be resolved on an Alliance basis. My understanding is that the U.S. will not press de Gaulle on any of them in the near future. Undoubtedly the is sues of conventional forces and nuclear forces can better be resolved when it becomes clear that Britain Is to be a partner in integrated Western Europe. But with all the difficul ties, let us never forget that "la Grand Charles" is a val uable and rock-like ally in the clinches. In the Day's News ty FRANK JINKINS The Big News today? It's a bit on the fuzzy side. A lot of Interesting things MIGHT happen including a wider split between the Russian and Chinese brands of communism. But nothing very decisive HAS happened yet. So let's talk about art in the news. WHEN Prince Philip, con sort of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, was In California a while back, he was shown through several of the big art museums, including some ex hibits of modernistic art. He is reported to have given one of these specimens a careful examination, and then com mented: "Hmmmmmm. It looks like something to hang your hat on." 4 ND In Moscow tha other day, Premier Khrushchev was tak en on a tour which included paintings similar to those commented on by Prince Phil ip. After leaving the exhibi tion, he is reported In the dis patches to have said: "It looked like something that has been smeared by somebody's thumb or by a donkey's tail." These Big Shots have their human side. IrmOM Paris comes this squib in the news: When Artist Paul Gauguin wrote an article for a Paris newspaper some 60 years ago, the manuscript was refused. But. the other day, a letter protesting the rejection sold for 7.000 new francs ($1,400) at an auction. In the letter. Gauguin denied that he had been influenced by Artist Vincent van Gogh, lie insisted that Van Gogh had written to his brother, saying: "I owe everything to Gauguin. " SHORTLY after his death, he became famous. The prices of his paintings soared. As his posthumous fame grew, single paintings sold for more than he had received for all the canvases he had painted j annus his entire litctime. He is known as one of the pioneers of Post-Impressionist painting, and his work has had a tremendous influenca on Twentieth-Century art. De Gaulle's Renewed Political Potency May Result in Further Western Annoyance BY PHIL NEWSON UPI Foreign News Analyst President Charles de Gaulle's Olympian attitude toward him self, toward France and toward the world has been a source of annoyance to other world leaders ever since he emer ged at the vewsom head of Free French forces In World War II. The fact that he frequently has been correct in his seem ingly arbitrary judgments probably has not eased that irritation. Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of tha writer although undei cer tain circumstances the use ot a pen name oi Initial (ot publica tion is permissible The Mail Tribune reserves tha right to edit ali tetters with an eye to clarification and condensation Letters submitted for publica tion must not exceed 400 words Frienda In Need To the Editor: Last Sunday, that old saying "A friend in need is a friend indeed," sure ly rang true. Only we would make it plural and say friends. When that old river got up pretty close to our back steps, the phone started ringing and friends and neighbors were at the door with many offers of help and advice. It all gave us a mighty nice feeling deep down inside to know that so many were concerned with our welfare. Two Lodge brothers came up and helped move two heavy articles for me and pretty soon two officers of Steelhead Post of the V.F.W. came in to see how things were going and with the offer of their hall for storage if needed. One neighbor brought over small radio so we could keep posted on things. And here we wish to say what a grand job Radio Station KBOY did In broadcasting news and directing help where needed every few minutes. Also the people of Medford should be very grate ful for their sheriff and po lice departments who did a great job during all the trouble down there. I've always said that a river that didn't get up and raise Hell once in a while, wasn't a real river. We like this river and that Is why we have lived at this location for 17 years and we expect to for a long time to come. Where else could we? My wife and I say "1 Hanks a million to every one." Bill Brewster Box 550 Trail, Ore. Telephone Plan To the Editor: To the Senior Citizen readers: This is directed to those of you who live alone. Upon hearing that a lady I knew who lived alone, had been found dead, I began to wonder if a phone service would be useful here In the valley. The service would call and check with each member, once or twice a day. If no answer, then someone would be con tacted to go check on the per son. The senior citizens, or their families, would pay a fee, on subscription basis. There would be membership rules, members would have to in form the service If they plan ned to be away from home for a day or two, and so on. If there Is an interest in such g service, please write me. If the interest is large enough to prove worthwhile, plans, rules, and fee will hp decided, to fit the needs of the members. A decision on interest will be made one week from the time this letter is published, so if you are interested, either for yourself, or a parent, please wrile. Miss Ann Floyd Route 4, Box 427 Medford Third Choice To the Editor: Everybody wants peace but we differ on how to go about it. Some sug gest a strong military force will discourage attack Others say that an arms race will lead us to destruction. Fortunately we now have a third choice available. At the very least, this third choice offers survival for a large chunk of the human race. At the most, this choice offers a method of gradual disarma ment free from the paralyzing grip of disagreement. At the 1961 session of the UN, the representative from Sweden recommended a Non Nuclcar Club, to be composed of such nations aj would vol untarily agree to neither make nor stockpile nuclear weap ons. A number of nations have already joined this club, and more are considering it, The Non-Nuclear Club has a very decided advantage In present day diplomacy. Since the very joining of tills club Insures the member nations And now that he has upset the political chartists by winning a landslide victory in French general elections, the world had better prepare itself lor more of the same When French voters swept proGaullist candidates Into office in November they did so Strictly Personal By Sydney J. Harris io- Field Enterprises Inc. PERSONAL PREJUDICES We speak of going from the sublime to the ridiculous as if it were a vast leap across an abyss, when in reality it is a thin line that we cross and re-cross without taking a deep breath; a flip through the pages of Wordsworth's poetry will clearly reveal how the sublime and the ridiculous meet and often merge. Emotions may ba roughly divided into those that are arrows and thoaa that are boomerangs - straight amo tions go directly to their ob ject, but crooked amotions (like hale and anvy) return Jo their wielder and injure only him. One of the most tolerant and understanding of observa tions about the aged was made by Conrad, when he wrote, "It is unjust to think old people selfish; if they think only of themselves, it is because they have lost all who once loved them." Tha reason so many women dresa badly it that they don't know tha differ ence between "fashion" and "style." Fashions change, and not all fashions look good on all women. But etyle, being a permanent eathetic quality, doea not change, and a woman who knows her style will always dress with appropriate dis tinction. Watching a famous and glamorous symphony conduc tor knock himself out on the podium, I was reminded of Helen Wills Moody's remark many years ago, "If you see a tennis player who looks as if he is working very hard, then that means he isn't very good." One of the most accurate gauges of a person's in telligence Is hit autcepti bility to oratory; the world may very well be aaid to ba divided into those who examine speechet and those who merely react to them -and as long at the latter clasa la by far the most numerous, wa can hope for little advancement in pub lice affairs. Outside of a handful of large cities in America, a small town that contains a good college with a bad foot ball team is the best place to live. Speaking of placea to live, when will communi ties learn .that putting cen sorship in the hands of po licemen it as dangerously absurd at putting professors of literature on tha Homi cide Squad? Is there a wife who doesn't believe, either secretly or overtly, that her husband had terrible taste In women -until he met her? Unlike men, by the way, most women have two "tele phone voicet" - the firtt it an artificial one that it used in answering the phone, and the aecond depends on who the caller is. against attack, there is no need for any treaty or negoti ation. Our recent difficulties at ironing out agreements at the conference table should make us more receptive to a peace plan that by-passes ar gument. At the same time that our scientists are making more de structive weapons, they are also perfecting the means of pinpointing their delivery. This means greater and great er safety for non-combatant nations in case of war. However, there is a greater hope inherent in the idea of t Non-Nuclear Club of nations. It is the possibility of declar ing great areas, even within nuclear nations, as being dis armed. This can save many millions of lives in case of ail accidental or purposeful war. It can be seen that this de velopment can help us to deal with the big obstacle of 'in spection' In our disarmament plans. Since 'inspection rights' offer safety to wide areas of a nation, it is within the na tions' self-interest to declare non-essential areas as dis armed and open to inspection. As time goes on, the very momentum developed by Non Nuclear Zones will inevitably protect greater segments of Ihe world s population against war. Eventually, it may even be possible for our little hu man race to achieve true peace on earth. j h. DeVries. ::0 Fulton st , New York 7. N. Y. on no clearcut program other than that they had never had it so good and that they were for De Gaulle. The election results swept oldline parties and old-line politicians out of power and appear to have placed France well on the road to one of De Gaulle's main goals -political stability much in the manner of the United States. H e wants independence from the United States. Basic would be a reorganized pro fessional French army station ed on French soil equipped with nuclear weapons and closely allied with West Ger many. Involved are two De Gaulle concepts. They are that the United States will one day pull out of Europe, and that Europe should be free to make its own decisions without U. S. Interference. Matter of Fact sy jotePh m,oP it) New York Herald Tribune Syndicate KENNEDY AND STEVENSON Washington - Inside the ad ministration, there is justified excitement about a remark able article on the Cuban cri sis which has just been pub lished in the Saturday Eve ning Post by this reporter's brother Stew art Alsop, and another expe- Aisnp rienced Wash ington correspondent, Charles Bartlett. The flash-point in the arti cle was the picture painted of the role played by the Am bassador to the United Na tions, Adlai Stevenson. Through a spokesman Ste venson has now denied the "allegations that (he) 'wanted to trade the Turkish, Italian, and British missile bases for the Cuban bases.' " This description of Steven son's position was in fact quoted by the authors from an unnamed official specific ally characterized as no Ste venson admirer. The authors themselves only take respon sibility for the statement that Stevenson was "willing to discuss" with the Soviets our European missile bases, and even the naval base at Guantanamo "after neutrali zation of the Cuban missiles." 'THE latter statement, with -- its slightly different shade of meaning, is attributed by the authors to a "Stevenson spokesman;" and it has not been denied by Stevenson. In any case, the argument is clearly procedural. Whether he wished to trade" bases or "discuss" bases, it is a well-known and undoubted fact that Ambas sador Stevenson wished our overseas missile bases, and perhaps even the Guantanamo base, to be used as bargain ing counters in one way or another. Furthermore, it is equally well-known that he was alone in advocating this. The obvious truth that Am bassador Stevenson's position was decidedly isolated is to be found in a series of other facts concerning the Cuban crisis. These deserve more no tice than they have received to date. N THE germinal period when the right response to the Cuban challenge was be ing debated, for instance. those "ancestral voices proph esying war," former Secretary of State Dean G. Acheson and former Secretary of De fense Robert A. Lovett, were oracles much consulted. Though without official posi tions, both Acheson and Lov ett had larger roles in the harsh days of choice than the Ambassador to the United Na tions. When the President's choice r, iSsI lJ I! if; ... and Jackie wore a yellow silk sheath gown ilh a tequin-ttudded grey ehiifon everbloute and cape. Boy, I d hate ta wath that dretal" De Gaulle rejects as Utor ian the idea of a politically tightly knit Europe with its consequent surrender of na tional sovereignties. He prefers a loose confed eration of independent Euro pean nations from which eventually would emerge, under French leadership, a third force capable of dealing as an equal either with the Soviet Union or the United States.- Ha sees no need for british entry into the European Com mon Market, especially for so long as Britain continues to maintain its special nuclear association with the United States. But In the far distant fu ture, he continues to foresee an essentially united Europe extending form the "Urals to the Atlantic." was made, moreover, it was then decided to give Steven son a coadjutor in the task of carrying the ball at the Unit ed Nations. Those close to Stevenson have stated that he "asked for" the chosen coad jutor the third of the great triumvitate of foreign and de fense policy veterans, John J. McCloy. It is true that Ste venson picked McCloy among a list of possible coadjutors proposed to him by the White House. But it is far from clear that he wished to be faced with such a list. By the same token. It is quite clear that Stevenson had nothing to do with the sec ond, closely-linked decision, to keep McCloy on the job after Nikita S. Khrushchev had agreed in principle to with draw all offensive weapons from Cuba. The President and Secretary of State Dean Rusk decided on their own hook to place McCloy in charge of the ensuing haggling with Vasily Kuznetsov. Stevenson was merely notified of the decision. rpHESE facts are worth un- derlining, not because they involve well-known personal ities, but because they make a basic political point of soma significance. The point is, quite simply, that there is a deep difference in outlook be tween Ambassador Stevenson and the administration he serves in Washington. Both kinds of outlook no doubt have their value and their place. At the United Na tions, the special Stevenson ian brand of liberal world mindedness apparently goes down like slip-and-go-down. Indeed it should; for Steven son and those who share his outlook give vast importance to the nations who rather odd ly describe themselves as "non-aligned;" and these peo ple now constitute a UN ma jority. At the center of power In Washington, meanwhile, the decidedly sterner outlook re vealed in the American man agement of the Cuban crisis is quite clearly the dominant outlook. Stevenson . minded persons are to be found here and there in the capital, in the State Department and elsewhere; but they are con spicuously absent from tha core-group of policy-makers. Not one is to be found, for instance, on the highly indica tive list of members of the Executive Committee" for the Cuban crisis. Quite obviously, it suits the President to have Ambas sador Stevenson at the UN, both because he does a good job there, and also because his presence gives useful po litical representation to a highly vocal faction in the Democratic party. But this does not mean that the Pres ident and his UN Ambassador see world problems in the same light.
