Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 16, 1963, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextWEDNESDAY. JANUARY 16. 1883 4 A "Iveryone In BouthertPOrSoiT" Reads ThMillTrIbune', fubllthed Daliy except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 33 North Tit BU Ph. 772-SU1 ROBERT W. RUHU Editor HERB GREY AdverUilnl Manaiat GERALD T LATHAM, Bui Mr ERIC W ALLEN JR.. Una. Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Teleg Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sporta Editor OLIVE 8TARCHER Women's Editor DALE ERICKSpNlrculaUonJltr An-Independent Newspaper Intared ai lecond clan matter at ' Madford. Oreaon. under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mall In Advance. Daily and Sunday 1 year 118 00 - Duly and Sunday rnoe 10.00 Dallv and Sunday 3 moa. 5 00 Sunday Only One year SS00 Simla Copy (Mailed) JOo By Carnei And Motor Route. Dally and Sunday 1 year 831.00 Dally and Sunday 1 mo. I TS Sunday Only 1 mo. SOo Carrlei and Vendora --Copy lOo Official Paper of City of Medford Olllclal Paper of Jacjiion County United Preaa International Full Leased Wire tj. P. I Telephoto Newplcturea . "MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU Of CIRCULATIONS Advertiilns Representative: NELSON ROBERTS t ASSOC! ' ATES OlMcea In New York. Chi. eaito. Detroit. San Francisco, Los Angeles. Seattle, Portland Denver. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON NATIONAL EDITORIAL NEWS PA MR UILIIHIRS A$$OCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of Tha Mall Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago, Inaugural 10 YEARS AGO Jan. 16, 1953 Wdnsday) ' Rogue river and other Jack son county streams were slow ly falling today after the area's most damaging flood In recent years. Five men were pulled out of the raging Applegate river yesterday after a grueling six hour rescue operation that at tracted hundreds of spectators to the banks of the flood swollen stream. 20 YEARS AGO Jan. 16. 1943 (Monday) Dr. Martin H. Bickham, na tinnnl Christian leader, ached ulcs talk for soldiers at Camp White. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Noth ing can be said about the weather except nobody is run ning around asking 'Is it hot enough for you'?" 30 YEARS AGO Jan. 16, 1933 (Wednesday) Six Inches of new snow re ported in Sams Valley district. Medford Rotary club sched ules discussion of theories of "Technocracy." 40 YEARS AGO Jan. 16, 1923 (Thursday) Portland man killed while hunting deer in Foots creek area. First sunny weather in two weeks in Rogue valley; weath er bureau reports tempera tures will reach 44 degrees during the day. SO YEARS AGO Jan. 18, 1913 (Saturday) Jackson County Represents tivc C. L. Reamea submits "the first bills" to the Ore gon state legislature. Jackson County Senator Von dcr Hellcn "boomed" for governorship of Oregon in Portland newspaper. What's Your I.Q.? Nina ten correct Is superior: seven or eight Is excellent; fiva or sti li qeod. 1. What is the chief In. dustry of Glasgow, Scotland. 2. What Is the third period of Bible history called? 3. What is a mnemonist? 4. Of which African coun try is Cairo the capital? 5. Is the famous Anzlo beachhead, taken by Amerl can forces In World War II located on the cast or west coast of Italy? 6. Brazil has ten, twenty, thirty or forty States? 7. The character Sherlock Holmes was the creation of what writer? 8. Correct the following sentence: Where shall we go to? 0. What arc fire dogs? 10. Under which depart ment of (he U. S. Government does the Secret Service oper ate? Answers! 1. Shipbuilding. 2. Period of Israelite People. 3. A memory expert. 4. Egypt. 5. West coast. 6. Twenty. 7. A. Conan Doylt. 8. Wher shall wa go? 9. Andirons. 10. Treasury. A Official state ceremonies can be a bit stuffy, sometimes; boring and pompous at others. The inauguration of Gov. Mark Hatfield for a second term in office was all of these, in measure. Yet at the same time, for reasons some what obscure, we found them also impressive and moving a ceremony both human and official, over-organized and a bit disorganized, confused yet orderly, all at the same time. The National Guard officers, standing around importantly in their dress blue uniforms, added a note of near-inconcruity. The bright and massive floodlights necessary for television, and the ubi quitous television cameras, detracted trom tne unity and dignity of the occasion. , CVERY available seat was filled, and there "were some people standing along the wall. The crowd was huge, and consisted of Senators and Representatives, their secretaries and in many cases their families, what seemed like every state official above the rank of clerk-stenographer, innumerable reporters, photographers, TV cameramen and radio announcers, pages, clerks, sergeants-at-arms, doorkeepers, university presi dents, members of boards and commissions, and a sprinkling of the "general public." The elected officials of the state were escort ed in. Then the supreme court. Then Governor Hatfield. He was sworn in for his second term by Chief Justice William McAllister of the Oregon Su preme Court, using the simple, impressive oath of office in which ne swears to uphold the Con stitutions of the United States and Oregon, to ad minister the laws, and to serve the state to the best of his ability, "so help me God." THE GOVERNOR presented his long (5,500 words) address rapidly, and managed ' to squeeze it into a 45-minute TV time slot. Those present joined in singing, somewhat uncertainly when it came to the words, "Oregon, My Oregon," and then the recessional took place, with the dignitaries being escorted out again. There were a few fumbles and ' miscues during the ceremonies, but mostly it was carried off as planned, and the mis-cues only served, to emphasize the human qualities. " ' AS THE 700 or more people present moved A Will Vew llVUkU VilHIllUi;! UltVlf lyilC lUUUJf IvllUl was the usual crush, with much greeting of old friends and acquaintances, of reunions, and of pushing, toward the Executive' Suite where the Governor conducted an informal reception. The ceremonials were over; the work remain ed to be done. And a lot of work it will be. We would not be surprised if the Assembly is still in session by the first of June, despite veteran legislators who think it can be done by early May. But the size of the task ahead is formidable, as was evidenced by the broad sweep, and some challenging proposals, . contained in Governor Hatfield's address. E.A. Decision Still Misunderstood The Second Battle Of Britain One of Hatfield's proposals follows: "When the Supreme Court of the United States In terpreted the Constitution so that the privilege of prayer in schools was challenged, citizens expressed their concern to me in rather full fashion. There has been no Congressional action to clarify this point. Foreseeing no such action in the Immediate future, I call to your attention the fact that the state enn in itiate a constitutional amendment. This Legislature can make a start if it shares my view about the privi lege of prayer in our schools." We doubt the legislature will do so par ticularly if its members have read, and under stood, the Supreme Court opinion on prayers. The Court did NOT challenge "the privilege of prayer in schools." What it DID was to reject an insipid, oincial, state-written prayer which was recited by rote in school classrooms, whether or not the students wished it. ' IT IS the privilege of United States citizens to 1 pray as they wish, when they wish, and to Whom they wish; or if they wish to refrain from prayer. It is not the privilege of any government to tell its citizens when, where, how or to Whom they should pray; or indeed that they should do so. That is none of the government's business. Frankly, we're disappointed the Governor brought the matter up, since the prayer decision is coming, more and more, to be understood for what it is a bulwark of religious freedom. .. We reserve the right to say or not say our prayers anywhere, anytime, and in the man ner we wish. We also reserve the right to tell anyone who attempts to dictate where, when and how we shall do so to go jump in the lake. E.A. Where to Write With both Congress and the Legislature in session, we have been getting calls requesting the names and addresses of our representatives. Here they are: U. S. SENATE Sen. Wayne L. Morse Sen. Maurine B. Ncubcrgcr Address both: Senate Office Building, Washington, D. C. U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Congressman Robert B. Duncan House Office Building, Washington, D. C. OREGON STATE SENATE Stale Sen. L. W. Nrwbry. State Senate, Capitol, Salem OREGON HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State Rep. John R. Dellcnback Stale Rep. Edward Branchfleld Slate Rop. James A. Redden Address: House of Representatives, Capllol, Salem. Ore . E. A. t. I 'Moment of Truth' Approaching for Bid By Britain for Place in Common Market By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst In the words of no less a personage than Prime Minis ter Harold Macmillan, the moment of truth is ap proaching for Britain's bid to Join the Eu ropean Com mon Market. I VV I Unless a I XlvJ I change can LJLlLJ be b r o u g h t about in French Presi dent Charles de Gaulle's atti tude the chances appear no better than even, and perhaps less than even. Much depends on these pro tracted negotiations, as can be seen in a flurry of confer ences - Macmillan to Rome, Italian Premier Amintore "Jewsom .. . Communications . . . Letters to the Editor must bear tha nam and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the us of a pen nam or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right is edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. Tha letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper) in fact the contrary is often the case. Thanks To All To the Editor: I would like so very much to express our sincere apprecation to the wonderful people in the Med ford and Ashland areas for their overwhelming response to the call for blood for my husband, after his near fatal accident in the woods several weeks ago. I'd like to mention our great appreciation to the Red Cross, the Medford Mail Tribune, the Ashland Daily Tidings, and the many wonderful donors. My husband and I wore deeply touched by the tre mendous response. You 11 nev er know now mucn your kindness and generosity has meant to us. May I also add our thanks for all those lovely cards, flowers, and letters of en couragement. They were such a help especially during those first uncertain weeks after the accident. You might be interested to know that my husband is progressing nicely and within lime should have full use of both legs and also his injured arm. He is still in the hospital in California, but we are look ing forward to having him moved home to Medford in a few weeks. Thank you all again and may God richly bless you. Mrs. John Bratton Route 4, Box 316 Medford the E-mc2 To the Editor: We've read torlcs about UFO, And saw a pictured megatherium, But, never have I encountered one. Unless suffering with delirium. The stories running 'round, of late, May be quite true, as stories go, But, the DT's no longer bother me. Cause I shucked the bottle long ago. Yet, now and then, you may have guessed, I'm struck with a parapsychic spasm; When that occurs, drop all your chores, Y'all come and sec my r , ectoplasm) George Distell, 136 Vashtl Way, Medford. Languages ' To the Editor: Americans are weak on languages other than English. Their attitude always has been: "Let them learn English." meaning of course, the rest of the world. One reason perhaps, that Americans are disliked In some quarters. Now with thousands of fam ilies of service men living in foreign lands, the children, at least, are learning to speak languages other than thrlr native tongue, ll could, very well, become one of the major gains of the cold war, David Frlsch, P.O. Box S!l2, While City, Ore. Help From A.A. To the Editor: Realizing the greater need for publicity of "AA" program here In Medford, which is doing a much needed and helpful service for many people here, radio station K.D.O.V. de serves many thanks and much praise for tho free time which they have allowed to this pro gram, which I don't believe is done by any other place. You people who have loved ones in your family who are addicted to this terrible habit, please contact this fine group of people known as "A A ", and you will be glad you did. as I was a few months ago. I just called a relative of mine on the phone and aked him if he would just talk to one of these people. He agreed to and was taken to one of their meetings that night, 'and due to his "shaky" condition, he passed out, but continued coming to other meetings and now he speaks over radio, trying to help others to com bat this trouble for others. He helps make the coffee, builds the fires and now is on call, helping any others who may need him at any time. All you need to do to re ceive this assistance, is just go In, pull off your hat and sit down. You don't need to say anything unless you want to, just attend and see if you like it, drink a cup of coffee, eat a donut, and you're in, for help if you want it. You don't have to tell your name, if you don't want to. Many of the wives and mothers attend the group meetings also, to learn how to cope with people with this problem, some having stayed sober for many years. Now they arc doing all they can to help others. We, our fam ily, feel like we are going to live again since we be came acquainted with this fine group of people known as "A.A." or "alcholics anon ymous." As this is my first attempt at writing to communications, I feel like we need more pub licity on this problem and and so many could have this wonderful help if they would call and ask for it, call 664 2006 at 404 Walnut or call 773-4848 at 27 North Fir, or see the advertisement in your daily Mail Tribune. Being so thankful for the help my son has received and thankful that he's back at work again, I hope others will avail themselves of this help before it's too late. I wish to remain anonymous, please. Hoping others that have been helped will write In too. (Name on file) Medford Please try Information Pleas To the Editor: After a pro longed and disgusting half hour of trying .to get a local television station to answer their phone at 7:30 in the eve ning, I approached the next best source of information (I thought) . . . the Medford Mail Tribune. I realize the evening shift at the Mail Tribune is not an Information center but all I wanted to know is the time and name of a certain TV show if they could possibly give it to me. If they were unable to give out this sort of information it would have been much nicer if the wom an's voice answering the phone merely explained that this cannot be done and let It go at that. What I got was entirely different ... a very unfriend ly voice telling me that if I wanted to know anything to come to Medford and I could buy a copy of the paper list ing this information in the Tribune building lobby for a nominal fee. At this I flipped. I could have gone to the trouble to drive to Medfnrd, puked up my purchase of one local pa per and driven happily back home . . . but at this point and after such uncourteous treat ment, I wasn't that happy. Perhaps if I were inquiring about a UFO or an unusual cloud formation or something a little less apprehensive I could have gotten further. Which brings up a certain editorial that appeared on this page several days ago. Maybe if the Mail Tribune were to charge the TV and radio sta tions for the space used to list their programs, then per haps the Tribune would owe the public a little more than Just to trll them that they can buy a copy of the local digest in their lobby. I pleasantly and warmly re-1 grasp.1 ceived the information I wanted from the competitor of the TV station in question. I shall try from now on not to misplace my copy of the local journal. Best remedy of all . . .TV station, please answer your phone. Jerry Miller 255 Charlotte Ann Medford. -O- Edltor's note: There is no evening shift at the Mail Tribune newsroom. You were talking to an answering serv ice, which did not have the information available. "Rusty, Don't Cry" To the Editor: When the last neglected camp-fire has blackened its share of tree-lands and the last cigarette-butt turning to ashes, the "last of big stick" stands. When beetles have finished the hemlock, 1 Doug-firs, also the sweet scented pine and the "big-blows" flatten left-overs-will we sigh, will we cry, will we whine? v Or will time's long record be proving we made most of that what we had in making good heed of the loss, son, in the gaining from it, makes us glad. For trees will return where they once were like the rain flowing back to the sea, like the migrant bird to its nestings, Thy will be done; for you and for me. (c) FJC -F. J. Clifford Route 2, Box 200F Central Point. Ore. Fanfani to Washington, Ger man Foreign Ministers Ger hard Schroeder to London. Until the issue is settled, perhaps within the next 60 to 90 days, the question of a common European defense policy must be held in abey ance, as must European po litical unity and negotiations toward a freer world trade as seen under the United States' trade expansion act. Without a final decision, British businessmen have no way to forecast the future and British foreign and domestic policy must remain at a stand still. At the center of this is De Gaulle, and to a lesser extent Chancellor Konrad Adenauer of West Germany. This week De Gaulle reject ed both President Kennedy's offer of Polaris missies for France and the Nassau agree ment pn a multinational nu clear arsenal for NATO. He also sounded what could be In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS President Kennedy Monday delivered to the congress his State of the Union message. It is much too early, as this is written, to attempt an intelligent analysis of it, but here is a quickie summary of its more important proposals, as boiled down for us by the press associations: TAXES: " '. He proposes a ten-billion-dollar reduction over a period of three years, starting with a six-billion dollar reduction this year. He adds: "In an early message, I shall propose a permanent re duction which will lower lia bilities by $13.5 billion. If this, $11 billion results from reducing individual tax rates - which now range between 20 and 91 per cent, to a more sensible range of 14 to 65 per cent, with a split in the present first bracket. "Two and a half billion re sults from reducing corporate tax rales from 52 per cent -which gives the government today a MAJORITY interest in profits - to the pre-Korean rate of 47 per cent. This is an addition to the more than $2 billion cut in corporate tax liabilities resulting from last year's investment credit and depreciation reform.'1 AS TO peace, the President savs in his message that CAUTION is the word. He foresees no spectacular re versal in communist methods or communist goals. As to the economy, he says America must EXPAND the long run strength of its eco nomic system. It must move, he says, toward a higher rate of GROWTH and full employment. WHAT our President is say ing, in effect, is that if we PROVIDE MONEY ENOUGH TO PAY FOR IT, our people will BUY ENOUGH THINGS to keep everybody at work at good Strictly Personal By Sydney J. Harris (o Field Enterprises, Inc. GUESSING GAME Today we are going to play a literary guessing game. to identify the authors of the following pas sages: 1. "Few realize h o w ardently Bal zac wrestled with the prob lem of the an gel in man. I say this in order to con- Harris fess that, in slightly different guise, this same problem has been an ob session with mc my whole life long. I believe it has 'al ways been the chief preoccu pation of every creative indi vidual . . . The artist is obses sed with the thought of re creating the world, in order to restore man's innocence. He knows, moreover, that man can only recover his In nocence by regaining his freedom." 2. "In on of his essays. D. H. Lawrence pointed out that there were two great modes of life, the religious and the sexual. The former, he declared, took prece dence over Ihe latter. The sexual way was the lesser way, he said. I have always thought that there is only one way. the way of truth, leeding not to salvation but enlightenment. H o w v er on civilisation may differ from another, however the laws, customs, beliefs, and worships o! man may vary from on period to another ... I perceive in the be havior of the great spiritual leaders a singular concor dance, an exemplification of truth and wholeness Inch ven a child can 3. "A new world is in the making, a new type of man is in the bud. The masses, destined now to suffer more cruelly than ever before, are paralyzed with dread and ap prehension. They have with drawn, like the shell-shocked into their self-created tombs; they have lost all contact with reality except where their bodily needs are concerned. The body, of course, has long ceased to be the temple of the spirit. It is thus that man dies to the world - and to the Creator." 4. "To m it seems that sex was best understood, best expressed. In the pagan world, in the world of the primitives, and In the re ligious world. In the first it was exalted on In esthetic plan, in the second on the magical plane, and in lh third on the spiritual plane. In our woorld, where only In our world, where only functions in a void. 5. "Never has there been a world so avid for security, and never has life been more insecure. To protect our selves, we invent the most fantastic instruments of des truction, which prove to be boomerangs. No one seems lo believe in the power of love, the only dependable power. No one believes in his neigh. bor, or in himself, let alone i supreme being." Answers: All five pas sages are from the works of Henry Miller, that au thor of "dirty" books. Since moraliaers are always pick ing out selected passages as examples of "obscenity," I thought it just as easy to find passages demonstrating Miller to be a serious, thoughtful and perceptive artist. the death knell for British entry into the common mar ket. Yet, unless he is willing to stand totally alone, De Gaulle might not hold the final answer. De Gaulle's strategy has been aimed at ever closer ties with West Germany, and Ad enauer has gone along, in cluding De Gaulle's tough terms for British common market membership. But Adenauer is a lame duck chancellor. Schroeder wants Britain in the Euro pean family, as do a reported 80 per cent of the West Ger man people. Italy, facing isolation In a Europe dominated by a Paris Bonn axis, not only favors Britain in the common market but also supports the idea of a multi-nation nuclear deter rent under NATO. The small NATO nations want Britain inside the Euro pean community as a counter balancing force to the big countries and have refused to go along with the idea of European political unity until Britain's membership has been accepted. The next few weeks will be crucial ones both for NATO and the future of Euro pean unity. Today & Tomorrow By Walter lippmann (c) 1063. The Washington Post wam.l:.Tsi THE EMPHASIS ON TAXES Tax reduction first became a big public issue after the break in the stock market last May. At that time, the 1 n d i c a t ors which econo mists use to make their p r e d i c tions were pointing downward. It was generally believed that LiDDmann business would decline toward the end of summer and that there would probably be another recession, like the three Eisen hower recessions, in the late autumn or early winter. To avert the threatened re cession, a quick tax cut was much talked about. But while the President was interested, he found that, last summer, Congress would not vote a tax cut before it adjourned. At about the same time, the statistical indicators began to be less gloomy. As it turned out, though business is not booming, it has been not too bad, and the threat of a recession this win ter has evaporated. 1WE EFFECTS of this exper ipnpp arA in hp ppn In fh President's message on the State of the Unjpn. Whereas. 1 as t summer, he decided against a quick tax cut be cause Congress would not vote it, now he is making tax reduction and tax reform the paramount business before Congress. The significant fact about all this is that, though the pressing reasons advanced last summer for a tax cut do not at present exist, the Presi dent has committed himself more deeply than ever to tax enough wages to provide enough money to create a market for everything we can produce. IT'S AN intriguing theory. As outlined by President Kennedy - who has never in his life had to worry about where the next dollar - or the next MILLION DOLLARS -with which to pay his bills will come from - it sounds like it might work. But - It has a startling resem blance to the theory that if the kitten can just keep on going ROUND AND ROUND, FAST ENOUGH, it will even tually be able to catch its own tail. TljAYBE so. Most of us have watched kittens chasing their own tails. Up to now, we are forced to admit, no kitten has ever been able to catch its own tail-unlcss it fudged. But If we can send men to the moon - and perhaps other planets, and teach them to LIVE THERE under condi tions totally alien to condi tions here on earth where man has developed to his present status - MAYBE THERE IS NOTHING MAN CAN T DO. We'll see what we'll see. reduction and tax reform. What had been talked about originally as a remedy for tha emergency of a recession has now become, in the absence of a recession, a proposal for a permanent fiscal policy. This evolution In the philos ophy of the tax proposals is highly significant and also, it seems to me, constructive and sound. The problem that hM to be solved is not how to prime the pump when tha business cycle turns down ward, but how to cure what has come to be a chronic slug gishness In the American economy. This sluggishness showed Itself in the later years or tne Elsenhower admini stration, and it has persisted under Kennedy. It produces a large amount of unemploy ment and of idle plant. This deprives the country of wealth and of revenue which it can ill-afford to go without. Military defense is a heavy Duraen. we have to pay fof it now with inadequate school buildings and low teachers' salaries and urban congestion ana tne like. We have to do this because we do not pro duce the wealth we could produce to support the de fense we must have and still meet our other needs. The burden of taxes feels heavier than it would feel if we wero producing some $30 to $40 billion more wealth that we now produce. THE ADMINISTRATION tax nrnernm. which flip Presi dent summarized very briefly in his message, is addressed to the problem of chronic slug gishness. The program i s based on the conclusion that our present tax rates and tax structure are indubitably the prime, even if they are not tho only, depressant on economic growth. The tax system is a patchwork put together dur ing the wars of this century and the social struggles of preceding generations. This tax system must be remodeled to serve the kind of economy that we have today. The President is proposing a tax program which confides the task of expanding the economy and stimulating growth to private enterprise to private consumers, employ ers and investors-and there is good reason to believe that it will work. But, as the Presi dent points out with clarity and candor, tax reduction and tax reform are not the only conceivable methods of pro moting economic growth. Tliere is an alternative meth od, which he rejects. This would be "a massive increase in federal spending." It is a necessary reminder. For the choice before Con gress is not between the tax program on the one hand and on the other a contented and complacent sluggishness. The tasks of the American nation and the increasing needs of the people have made the economic sluggishness an evil and a peril. The compulsions,' and the necessities of our time will demand that in one way or in another the econ omy be made to work at or at least near full capacity. REPUBLICAN DRIVE "llbl Jfej Ml OH THE S0LID SOUTH'' Ij.wff Mi itiii " 'Course I know they're mostly Yankees. When y'all going to leern there's good and bad in all kinds!"