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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 . . .
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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
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" 'Course I know they're mostly Yankees. When y'all
going to leern there's good and bad in all kinds!"