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History from the files of The
Mall Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and SO years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Jan. 25, 1953 (Friday)
Sherltt Howard Gault has
declined to either confirm or
deny the rumor that he has
applied lor the position of
U. S. marshall In Oregon.
Medford city police said to
day two cases of larceny from
autos and about 10 other un
reported crimes were solved
when a 12-year-old boy admit
ted Uie thefts.
20 YEARS AGO
Jan. 25, 1943 (Wednesday)
George A. Codding, special
attorney for department of
Justice, reports most farmers
who sold land to government
for construction ot Camp
White have received pay
ments From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot'" column: "The
usual unusual weather con
tinues as usual. If the Ground
Hog sees the sun next Tues
day, so will the rest of the
population."
30 YEARS AGO
Jan. 25, 1933 (Friday)
Capt. Lee Bown, head of
state police division at Med
ford, elected president of
Southern Oregon Peace as
sociation. "Important reduction" In
freight rates expected to bene
fit Rogue valley nrchardlsts.
40 YEARS AGO
Jan. 25, 1923 (Saturday)
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column. "There
are several reasons why Sixth
street should not be opened.
Firstly, the town might grow,
and secondly, it might dis
commode the Espee."
Phoenix, Ariz., newspaper
praises Judge Frank DcSouza
who has just left that city to
make his home In Mcdlord.
50 YEARS AGO
Jan. 25. 1913 (Monday)
Rogue Valley Cooperative
Fruit association discusses
plans for construction of new
warehouse In Mediord.
Twcnty-eiRht-ycar-old By
bee bridge declared unsafe for
traffic: county court makes
plans to replace spun.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nina or ten correct is superior.
seven or eight Is excellent; five er
six is good.
1. During the War of 1812
who was President of the
United States.
2. In which hour after his
crucifixion did Jesues die?
3. Docs bread contain Vit
amin A?
4. How many one inch pipes
are required to convey as
much water as a four inch
pipe?
5. Which was the last suite
admitted lo the Union, prior
to Alaska and Hawaii?
6. What letter Is missing
from this scrambled word
meaning allow and beginning
with F: Pmtri?
7. Arc Britisli and U. S.
gallons the same?
8. Does the U. S. derive a
large portion of Its regulatory
power through Interstate or
Intrastate commerce?
9. Which Is the Ugliest gas?
10. In what year did Na
tlonlist China's government
flee to Formosa?
Answers! 1. James Madi
son. 2. Sixth. 3. No. 4. 18
square of diameter). S. AH.
ona. 6. E (permit). 7. No.
8. Interstate. 9. Hydrogen.
10. 1949
Capitol Punishment
After two weeks in session, the Oregon leg
islature appears to have accomplished little
enough. A number of bills have been introduced,
to be sure, but the number that have been passed
is lnnnitesimal and perhaps non-existent.
This appearance, of course, is deceptive. For
an organization which includes 90 people, plus a
number of employees, and is divided into com
mittees, and must consider, at least briefly and
sometimes at length, up to 1,500 separate meas
ures, takes time to get itself organized, down to
worK, and producing.
Too, an important part' of the legislature's
job is rejecting bills, as well as passing them.
The simple fact of non-passage of measures
doesn t mean work isn t being done.
THE pressures upon a conscientious member
of the legislature are tremendous enough,
perhaps, to justify the term ' capitol punishment."
They are fair game for a wide variety of
lobbyists and special interest groups, ranging
from dog racing proponents to supporters of high
er appropriations for education. Some lobbyists
operate honorably, openly and sincerely; others
use more devious means to influence legislation,
ine worK-ioad oi a legislator a conscien
tious one can be fantastic, involving long hours
of "homework," reading and studying, attending
long committee meetings at which evidence and
opinions are presented, and, finally, attendance
at the sessions of House and senate.
THE latter, while the most spectacular, are
really a relatively minor part of a legislator's
duties. Most of the serious work is done in com
mittee, and most of the bills which do come to
the floor of the House or Senate with a "do pass"
recommendation, are enacted.
There are exceptions, of course, and a "floor
fight" over a bill often is the most interesting
and exciting show the assembly cant put on. But
even in such a case, the outcome is usually fore
gone; the decision actually has been made be
fore, and few votes are changed by the debates in
open session.
One may question whether this constitutes
the best and most democratic procedure, but it is
necessary. If all 90 legislators had to consider
all 1,500 measures submitted, they'd never get
home.
e e '
THE legislators work under one severe handi-
. ml. i ai f ai
- cap: ine oniy oiiice space mey nave is men
desk, which is not too large, and usually is shared
with a secretary. Ihe secretaries have access to
typing rooms, and each member has additional
tiling space, but that s all.
Considering the volume of their correspond
ence, the fact that they are eager to greet and
talk to visiting constituents from back home,
and the amount of work they have to do indi
vidually and in committee, one wonders, some
times, why the members are willing to take the
punishment.
Add to this the tact that, up until the present,
the amount of pay would not coie close even
to covering their expenses, and the wonder of it
is that we have been as well served by past leg
islatures as we have.
rURING the coming weeks, the tempo of actual
legislation will increase. Committee discus
sions will culminate in hearings, hearings in more
discussions and in committee action, and a steady
stream of bills will start coming to the two
houses for action.
The volume of measures will increase until
on closing day, very likely some time in June,
the lawmakers will spend a long day passing bills
like mad, adjourn, and then stand around sing
ing "Auld Lang byne.
It is a fascinating, inefficient, disorderly way
to run a state, and mistakes are bound to happen,
By the same token, however, it is a system de
signed to give maximum consideration to the
needs and desires of the people of the state, and
most of the time it works out just that way. Far
better the inefficiency and disorder of a repre
sentative assembly than the neat dictates of an
authoritarian society. E.A.
Volunteered Reading Matter
One of the benefits (?) of writing editorials
is that people, lots of people, bring you things
to read.
They may include a magazine article that
someone louiul of particular interest; an old
newspaper clipping; a promotional brochure;
propaganda for (or against) concrete as opposed
to asphalt for new highway construction; argu
ments lor (or against) a bill m the legislature
the list is virtually endless.
At the extreme, we receive at least four peri
odicals for which someone unknown subscribed
to in our name.
COR all this wc are duly grateful, and make an
1 honest effort to read, or at loast scan, all of
the offerings. Aftentimes, they are of extreme in
terest; at other times they are of passing note
only.
Motivations, of course, varv. Frcouentlv it is
simply a friendly gesture of passing along some-
tmng ot lnicrest. un other occasions someone has
an ax to grind, and hopes to motivate an ecu
torial. On still others, it is an attempt to prove
to the editorial writer how wrong, stupid and
bull-headed he is.
All in all, it helpsanake life interesting. E.A.
"Stop Him He'i Digging A Hole!"
j
Washington Report
By William S. Whit.
(c) United Feature Syndicate
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HMMaWtbkBSI
HARD-USED COUSIN
Washington - A hard-used
cousin of the United Slates
has fallen ill. and wearily so,
and now re-
quires our
help and un
d e r standing,
for the sake
of ord 1 n a r y
decency but
most of all for
the sake of
ourselves.This
cousin is
while Great Britain.
And this national illness is
like that personal illness
which comes as a chilling
vision upon a middle-aged
war veteran long, long after
the guns have rusted in the
silence of the yesterdays. Sud
denly, as though in t..e mid
dle of the night, he sees clear
ly that all his old exertions
and perils have ended in dust
and ashes for him and that
his late rivals and even ene
mies are doing far better than
he in the world they lately
sought to destroy.
He wears, along with his
wound stripes and the invisi
ble medals that bring no
profit in the market place,
the grey badge of economic
fear while more fortunate
men are living it up on top
of that world which only his
valor and honor had helped
to make for them.
THIS parallel between an cx
snlHlar nnw snffprinir nnsl.
combat fatigue and a nation
suffering the same, through
no fault whatever of its own,
is not inexact. It is plain, giv
en the smallest preception and
understanding, that todays
Britain has had altogether
too much to bear for altogeth
er too long.
(And it is a petty under
tone to the tragedy that the
most brittle of Ti-land s
young entertainers now wow
them on this side of the Atlan
tic by venomous commen
tarics on the land of their
birth.)
The nation which so long
stood all alone against Hitler
Ism - a Hitlcrism backed for
a time by Stalinist Rt ssia, too
- now finds itself barred from
its best hope to recover its
wasted strength, the Euro
pean Common Market. And
by whom? By the country,
France, which went to its
knees before Hitler's very
first blows and left that island
kingdom across the channel,
that England which was once
forever green, naked to
storm which blew not merely
against England but against
all free men everywhere.
rrilE nation whose civilians
uncomplainingly u n d e r-
went, not days and weeks,
but months and years of
bombing from the skies and
freely spent its substance and
its lives, awoke at last from
the nightmare of war. And to
what? To an implacable pres
sure (at which the United
States of America stood at the
very forefront) to strip from
her all that she had in coloni
al wealth; to tear from the
living body of the old Com
monwealth every overseas re
source she might have had to
repair her ravaged strength.
But not even all this ends
the tale of the hero of war
who was to fare so ill in the
peace which so indispensably
he had helped to win.
The harsh realities forced
the United States to pour out
treasure not uson tired and
broken old England but upon
those other lands - whether
ex-enemy, as in Germany, or
ineffectual ally, as in France
- which it was now necessary
to bolster against the sick
appeal of Communism.
We could always depend
upon the British, tired and
broken or not. So to Britain
we gave, perforce, our sym
pathy; to the others we gave
our billions. So at length
these others, notwithstanding
their past guilt and failures,
became not Britain's fair
equals but Britain's subsidized
superiors in the economic rat
race which was one of the
legacies of the war.
fTHE British are sto fel
lows, and very proud, too.
But, to repeat, they have had
altogether too much to bear
for altogether too long.
They would reject pity; but
manly help in mutual respect
they need from us. Help in
the economic rat race. But
beyond this a more sensitive
kind of assistance, a deter
mination here that no Charles
de Gaulle and no dozen
Charles de Gaulles shall fur
ther push Britain down, eco
nomically or otherwise - that
storied first home of an
American republic whicl was,
after all, raised up by British
men.
What, then, is required of
us? Why, simply, all that may
be required by them to keep
that honored place which by
blood and valor and brains
and historic decency they
have a hundred times over -
earned.
If they arc no longer quite
a top power in this world
they have irreplaceable values
to offer still. And that world
without them would be poor
beyond belief - for us as well
as for them.
Betancourt Still Miraculously Surviving
Attacks by Venezuelan Reds, Castroites
u- , .. ....mt Venezuela's Centra) Uni- ground It 1. amazing
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
When Venezuelans this
week observed the fifth an
niversary of the fall of dicta
tor Marcos Pe-
CWS01B
r e z 'imenez,
it was in a
manner which
almost h i be
come a way
of life. ' Con
8 1 1 1 u t ional
guar: ntees
had been sus
pended since
last October,
and in the streets of Caracas
gunfire crackled as polk; bat
tled leftists intent upon bring
ing down President Romulo
Betancourt.
As Betancourt has sought
to lead Venezuela down a
middle course toward prac
ticing democracy and eco
nomic stability, he has in
curred enmities on both right
and left.
That he has thus far sur
vived nearly four of his five
elected years in office may
be considered a near-miracle.
Once while in office he
escaped an assassination at
tempt. Five military uprisings
have been attempted against
him.
Serious riots, with scores
killed and hundreds injured,
have occurred at least 20
times in Caracas alone.
Five times, with one action
often overlapping another, he
Strictly
Personal
By Sydney J. Harris
(ci Field Enterprises, Inc.
WtL.tk-.H 11.4
"Boy, just our luck being part of the 4 million un
employed when they're talking about a tax-cutl" t
SMOKERS
I have developed a theory
about the cigaret smokers
who are able to quit and
those who do
not seem able
to kick the
habit, even
though they
would like to.
If a statistical
study were
made of the
succ e s s f u 1
swearer - of-
nirrii fers, I believe
it would show that these
were the persons who began
smoking relatively late in life
for social reasons of one sort
or another.
The real addicts-those who
know they should quit but
cannot bring themselves to -would
turn out to be, I am
convinced, those who began
smoking at a comparatively
early age for reasons of de
fiance or rebellion against
their parents.
We know that cigaret
smoking is not a physiologi
cal addiction, in the way
that dope is; cigarets do not
set up in the body an irre
sistible craving for tobacco.
The addiction to cigarets is
almost wholly psychologi
cal; the unconscious mind
is gripped by this source of
gratification.
The type of smoker who
began at a relatively early
age, as a gesture of inde
pendence toward his par
ents, cannot bring himself
to quit because quitting
would represent a return
to dependency of his youth,
would in some way sym
bolise a retreat to ihe
earlier patterns of child
hood. This all may sound very
fancy and far-fetched, but
how else account for the
psychological addiction of
cigarets? If some can quit,
and others cannot, there
must be an unconscious re
straint blocking the free
will of those who would
like to kick the habit but
find it impossible to do.
amoKing begins in many
young people as a badge of
adulthood; as Oscar Wilde
said of war, so long as it is
considered wicked it will be
attractive; when It is con
sidered merely vulgar it will
lose its appeal. Since smoking
is considered (or was con
sidered) slightly wicked for
children by most parents, it
was Invested with great at
tractiveness for them.
If the child's conflict with
his parents - cither on the
conscious or the unconscious
level - was deep and long
standing, then the act of smok
ing came to represent a re
bellion against dependency
and a continuing reassurance
mat the smoker is a person in
nis own right.
I am as sure as I can be
without any statistical proof
that young people whose re
lation with their parents are
sound and henlthv xl'i.nr h.va
To desire to smoke, or if they
ao smoke, are quite rational
ly able to quit when con
fronted with the medical evi-
aence that it Is harmful to
them. Those who persist in
smoking In the face of such
evidence are re-enacting daily
the adolescent act of defiance.
and arc in bondage not so
much to the nicotine as to
the unresolved conflicts In
their early family life. I
has felt forced to suspend
Venezuelans' constitu t i o n al
guarantees.
Even when certain liberties
were restored, they did not
necessarily allow full freedom
of the press, radio and tele
vision and the right of as
sembly.
Complaints have come even
from members of his own
party.
But while Betancourt s
methods may be debatable,
the nature of the war being
waged against him cannot be.
In Caracas it is being fought
by young Reds and Castroites
from the privileged sanctuary
versity which enjoys the un
written law of autonomy giv
ing Latin Americen u......
sities protection from govern
ment authorities.
Venezuela's estimated 35,
000 Communists know they
have no immediate chance of
taking over the government.
Their announced objective
is to create enough civil strife
to throw the country into an
archy, and finally goad mili
tary officers into establishing
a military dictatorship.
"Then," they say, "the peo
ple will rise in revolution.'
With this in the back-
11,-1
Venezuela has been able to
show a slow recovery trom
the excesses and corruniin.
of the Perez Jimlnez dictator,
ship.
The budget is balanced, pri,
vate investment has Increased
a new steel mill is in opera!
tion and thousands of previ.
ously landless farmers have
been placed on land of their
own.
If Betancourt can complete
this last year of his term and
hand his office peacefully
over to his successor, he will
be the first In ISO years ot
independence to do so.
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contrary is oilen ine case.
Modern Music
To the Editor: This letter
is written in response to Mon
day's MT review of the Gregg
Smith Singers wno appeared
Sunday at Medford High
School on the Civic Music
Concert Series.
Although the reviewer naa
kind words for the choirs
Quality and part of its pro
gram, he went into a lengthy
"expose" lambasting modern
music that was almost unbe
lievable coming from a music
critic in 1963.
The reviewer stated that
the works of Billings and
Charles Ives, two little known
but important American com
posers - particularly Ives -"gained
nothing for the pro
gram." He further stated that
musical art would be better
off If modern composers were
"put into space programs.
And to add authority to his
thesis he quoted Pablo Casals
one of the few great living
musicians who refuses to ac
cept anything written later
than the 19th century. I feel
such remarks are uncalled
for and absurd.
The reviewer also stated
that the modernists "are still
trying to thrust their experi
ments onto the public." How
is musical art to develop it
the public is not given the
chance to hear and respond to
that which is new? Isn't art
of all forms continually try
ing to reinterpret the old and
familiar through new devices,
interpretations and insights?
He stated that works of the
Netherland contrapuntists are
not heard anymore because
they have no spark and are
not art. Saying these works
are not art is a redundant
statement, but the important
thing is that these works
were performed at the time
and people were given the
opportunity to accept or re
ject them. Let us not forget
that Bach's music was not
accepted in his time, and Mo
zart and Beethoven were con
sidered radical, daring and
modern in their dayl
Also, to this listener, the
Ives setting of "Psalm 67"
with its polytonality, poly
rhythms and dissonant coun
terpoint was one of the most
forceful, meaningful and mov
ing works of the evening.
Considering Ives' historical
importance as well as the
quality of his music and the
aesthetic and affective re
sponses such music is capable
of producing in the percep
tive listener, I feel this work
rates very highly - experi
mental or not.
Granted the modern idiom
is difficult to understand and
appreciate. Granted also the
MT reviewer has a right to
his opinions and a right to
express them AS SUCH. How.
ever, one would expect a mu
sic critic to have an under
standing of, if not an appre
ciation for, all periods of com
position including those of the
last 60 years.
Gary Lovre
722 Crater Lake ave.
Medford
Doe Deer Petitions
To the Editor: Monday in
Salem, acting in behalf of
the Central Point Sportsmen's
Club, I handed to the Gover
nor a petition signed by 2,200
local hunters soliciting his aid
in closing of the hunting sea
son on doc deer and also clos
ing the extended deer season
in order that the deer popu
lation could have a , nance to
recover from Its present very
low numbers, caused by the
very heavy kill of doe deer.
The Governor expressed
sympathy for the hunters' po
sition but asked for more
proof of a shortage of deer
as the State Game Commis
sion had supplied him with
proof that the deer had not
declined but were on the In
crease despite the heavy kill
of doc deer.
I pressed the point that the
petitions being circulated
throughout the state with
some 30.000 signers, more or
less, protesting the killing of
doe deer was enough proof of
shortage of deer to support
our request and these earnest
people signing these petitions
should carry more weight
than information gained by
civil service employees work
ing for the State Game Com
mission.
The hunters are asKin ior
rhanee in management to
give the deer a fair chance for
survival ana increase.
This mistake of the State
Game Commission has been
carried on for several years
in the face of a declining
deer population and a heavy
rino deer kill. If this mistake
r-annnt be remedied now it
would reaulre only a few
thousand dollars and a little
work to make these commis
sioners elective and subject
to the will of the people who
are carrying the cost of game
management, instead of by
appointment and beyond the
will of the people they serve.
Chauncey Florey,
RFD 2, Box 441 E,
Medford
Wrong Again
To the Editor: In your edi
torial of Jan. 22 you contend
that buying slave made prod
ucts from the Iron Curtain
countries is helping this coun
try and making more labor
for our workers.
If you are right, let us put
all American made goods out
of our stores and sell slave
labor goods only.
Of course, I think you are,
as usual, wrong about these
things.
John C. Stille
Shady Cove, Ore.
P.S. The person from Eagle
Point who wrote the com
munication "U.F.O." did not
sign his name. I don't blame
him.
Mantle of Snow
To the Editor: In your col
umn, Flight 'O Time, an ex
tract from a Medford Tribune
of another age records, "A
thin mantle of snow covered
the ground this morning," a
simple, prosaic, impersonal
statement.
But what a day to the pil
grim of 8 about 45 years ago
A new world was unfolded
white, still, with columns of
smoke pouring from every
house. The only sounds were
human voices and perhaps the
taint clanging of a blacksmith
shop or the wheezing of
pump being coaxed to give
water.
It was unanimous, of course,
that you had to get your sled
and Join the gang in hitching
rides behind the wagons. And
if you were lucky, the grocery
deliveryman would bring you
right to the store where you
could eat all the peanuts you
wanted out of the barrel, if
you didn't fill your pockets
Then the trip down to the
creek, the animal tracks, the
wonder of the flowing stream
in us icy canal.
Yes, a lot of things hap
pened that day. But that was
a different world and a dif
ferent era.
Old Timer,
(Name-on-file),
White City, Ore.
Contradictions
To the Editor: How docs
one explain the following con
tradictions that have long ex-
isiea in numan society?
we have a world full of
high ideals and low actions.
We have great wealth on one
hand and extreme poverty on
ine otner. there is a vast ac
cumulation of knowledge and
yet there Is general icnorance
We have peace societies and
we nave war lords, proclama
Hons of human brotherhood
and interminable wars with
their hates and cruelties:
songs of love and hymns of
hate. There Is a professed be
lief that all men are born free
and equal, but then there are
Classes with special Drivileires
We have petty criminals in
prison and big criminals in po
sitions of high rank. There is
much lip service to freedom
and there is slavery: loud nro.
fessions of loyalty to the prin
ciples oi justice, and Injustice
everywncre.
What Is the answer to this?
Lydla Burnham,
814 Warnc st.,
Prescott, Ariz.
Smear and Vlllliication
To the Editor: Your edito
rial of 12163 smearing and
viiniying our House Commit
tee on Un-American Activities
reads like it had been lifted
word for word right out of
I "People's World," "The Daily
Worker" (Communist mouth
pieces). You should be thor.
oughly ashamed. Didn't you
Know mat tne drive against
this committee is spearheaded
by the "National Committee
To Abolish HCUA," the exec
utive director of which is art
Identified Communist, Frank
Wilkinson? Just how official
and direct from Moscow the
orders are to get our House
Committee abolished is shown
by the fact that the instruc
tion to do so was published in
the October, 1962, issue of the
World Marxist Review, and
that every left winger, Com
munist sympathizer, fellow
traveller, and "card packing
member" in America is jum.
ing to obey. Our precious
House Committee on Un-
American Activities MUST ba
destroyed because it stands
squarely in the way of Red
subversion in the U. S. A.
Not once have I ever heard
of a loyal American complain
ing about being questioned or
investigated by HCUA. It is
only the 5th Amendment
pleaders and Communist front
organizations who show their
bitter resentment, invariably
because their fowl (sic) deeds
of subversion are exposed to
the public. These "5th Amend.
ment boys are using our Con
stitution as an umbrella while
they bore away like termites
to destroy the very Constitu
tion that protects them. So
their extreme concern over
the 1st Amendment is as pho
ney as a 3 dollar bill.
. There is not one daily news
paper in Oregon that is telling
the citizens of our state the
full, unvarnished truth about
the deadly and terrible danger
the American people are in,
On the contrary, you editors
are ,-lanting the news and
your editorials to the left. And
you are greasing the skids un
der us as we slide down into
Socialism, or something far,
far worse. Helping to destroy
HCUA is what I call "greasing
the skids" with a vengeance.
Don't ever forget that it
was this valiant Committee
that exposed Alger Hiss and
his henchmen while they were
in the highest echelons of our
government, awakening all
America to our internal Com
munist threat. Since then our
Committee has stood like the
rock of Gibraltar between
America and a Commuist take
over. All loyal Americans who
would like to keep it this way
should write, wire, or phone
his Congressman as soon as
possible (Hon. Robert B. Dun
can in 4th District) requesting
a larger appropriation and
stronger backing than ever
before for the House Commit
tee on Un-American Activi
ties. Copies of wires and let
ters should be sent to Con
gressman Francis E. Walter,
Chairman of HCUA. AddresJ
them both at House Office
Building, Washington, D. C.
Do it now, before you forget.
L. C. Powell
316 S.E. Eighth st.
Grants Pass, Ore.
Bad Manners
To the Editor: I meant to
keep my opinions to myself
thinking that the comments
on Mr. Fry's article were go
ing to die down. But I find it
hard to ignore the ones who
brazenly, disgustedly, and,
with very bad manners make
fun of and berate Mr. Fry's ar
ticle and his "A-Lan."
I am sure these people or
most of them were not
brought up this way. Of
course NOT ONE of us can
say for sure if it was true or
not as I, like all of you, will
never know for sure. But the
article was interesting or it
would not bring so many com
ments. The point of this is the way
these comments were made.
You who ridiculed the inci
dent In the Intolerable way
you did. Indeed showed very
bad manners. I would not
sleep if I made fun in this ill
mannered way of something
out of the ordinary that can
not be explained. I agre
whole heartedlv with "Name-on-File,
Eagle Point" in Tues
day's paper.
Mrs. W. H. Mesloh,
P. O. Box 316,
Eagle Point, Or.