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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.
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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.