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4 A "Everyone (n Southern Oregon Published Daily .'ept Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. SorUiJtPh7:i-ll ROBERT W. RUHU Editor HERB GREV Advertlilnl MeoatW GERALD T LATHAM. Bui. Mir ERIC W ALLEN JR- Mn. Editor EARL H ADAMS, City Editor HARRY CH1PMAN, Teles Editor RICHARD JEWETT. SporU Editor OLIVE STARCHES Women1! Editor DALE ERICKSON, ClrcuUUonMr A 1ni4nnrii-nt NewMDer Entered BE lecond claw matter at Medford. Oregon, under Act ol March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES , By MaU In Advance. Dally end Sunday 1 yoar 118.00 Dally and Sunday moa 10.00 Daily and Sunday 3 moa. 3.00 Sunday Only One year S5.00 Single Copy (Malledi 00 By Camel And Motor Route. Dally and Sunday 1 year 2' 00 Dally and Sunday 1 mo. 1-jrs Sunday Only 1 mo. 30c Carrier andVendora--Copy 10c Official Paper of City of Medferd nr.lalPaperof Jackaon County United Press International "ull Leaaed Wire TJ. P I Telephoto Newsplcturee MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU" Of CIRCULATIONS Advertising NELSON Repreaentative: nnnp.RTS & ASSOCI ATES Ot'lcee In New Torn, wni. cago Detroit, Han rranciBco, l,ob Angeles. Seattle, Portland NEWSPAPER PUIIISHERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAl EDITORIAL 2r Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 end SO yean ego. 10 YEARS AGO March 1, 19S3 (Friday) Medford and Grants Pass areas may liave television by late this summer. Active planning is now un der way for the 1953 Pacific Northwest Shrine association convention, to be held in Medford May 14, IS and 16. 20 YEARS AGO March 1, 1943 (Wednesday) Associated Oil company employs two Medford women to operate service station be cause of manpower shortage caused by war. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Weeds have started showing up in backyard gardens and are making better progress than the early cabbage." ' F 30 YEARS AGO March 1, 1933 (Friday) Franklin D. Roosevelt in augurated as 32nd president of the United States. Medford High school bas ketball team scheduled to meet Phoenix for district title and right to play In state tour nament. 40 YEARS AGO March 1, 1923 (Saturday) Organization of Boys and Girls clubs In southern Ore gon expected to be complete by late March or early April. Medford Elks minstrel show returns to city after "barnstorming" trip to Klam ath Falls and Weed, Calif. SO YEAriS AGO March 1, 1913 (Sunday) E. G. Pcrham enters low bid of $18,800 for construc tion of span over Rogue river to replace old Bybee bridge. Rogue river fish bill passes over veto of Gov. Oswald West; Jackson county dele gation of Rcamcs, Carkin and Westerlund vote to sustain veto. What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct h auperior; even or eight is excellent) five er alx U good. 1. What common name was shared by one Portuguese King, four French Kings, and eight English Kings? 2. Which U. S. President had the middle name Birch ard? 3. What do we call an angle which is between 180 and 360 degrees? 4. Scientists tell us the earth came Into existence 3 million, S billion, or 9 tril lion years ago? 5. Name Biblical Caspar's two wise associates at the manger. 6. Does a giraffe, man or mouse have the higher blood pressure? 7. Mouse Is to nice as moose Is to what? 8. Who looked back and turned Into a column of sod ium chrlorlde? 8. What fictional boy had a pair of purple shoes with crimson linings and soles? 10. The Battle of Trafalgcr was to Lord Nelson as the Battle of Chancellorsville was to whom? Answers! I. Henry. 2. Ruth erford B. Hayes. 3. Reflex cr re-entrant. 4. Fire billion. S. Wiseman Melchior and Bel lhasar. 6. Giraffe. 7. Mooae. 9. Lot's wife (salt). 9. Little Black Sambo. 10. Stonewall Jackson (both killed). Km FRIDAY, MARCH 1, IKS Single Education Board? The State Board of Education is the state agency which conducts .teacher certification, au thorizes textbooks, adopts courses of study, and provides other services to the elementary and sec ondary schools of the state. The schools them selves are operated by local boards of education. ihe state board of higher education has ac tual physical and administrative control of the state s nine colleges and universities. Should the two be combined, as suggested by Gov. Mark Hatfield? Could they be combined, despite their widely differing functions, into a coherent and effective department of education, from kindergarten through post graduate work? VLTE ARE inclined to doubt it. There is nothing sacred about the existing system, and if change is indicated, change should be made. But it seems to us that the case for consolidation has not been made. One board is both policy-making and admin istrative. The other is devoted to coordination and providing services. The dissimilarity of function alone is enough to cause grave doubts that a merger would De a good move. TMORE importantly, the needs and ramifica tions of both systems are so great and com plex that it would be difficult indeed for mem bers of a combined board alone function efficiently Study of the proposal is certainly in order, particularly if the governor has reason to believe a change would be beneficial. But, up to this point, we have seen no evi dence to cause us to conclude that our generally excellent educational systems need change. E.A. Interim Game Study It probably would be a good idea for a legis lative interim committee to undertake a study of game management and the Oregon State Game Commission to clear the air and provide better understanding, if for no We have not been overly impressed with the complaints leveled against the commission and its game management methods. It seems to us that the commission's biologists, who have made a life-long study of wildlife, and who are in the field the year around, not just for a few days during hunting season, are better experts on the situation than once-a-year hunters, or legislators. Still, there has been so much noise and criti cism that a two-year study is desirable. It would either confirm the Game commission's methods, or provide the logical and studied basis for leg islation not now available. THE crux of the matter whether or not the deer herds in the state are vanishing (as many hunters claim ) or are not (as the uame commision contends) should not be too difficult to as certain. The related problem whether there should be seasons for the huntinp- of anterless deer, in cluding does hinges on this, as does the com mission's stated objective of managing the deer herds so there will be enough for hunting, but not too many so that ranges are overgrazed or that many deer die of starvation. If the commision's methods of game manage ment are ineffective they should be changed, but if they are good, they should be retained. The legislature is entitled to find out. E.A. Telecasting Trials There is a constitutional conflict between an individual's right to a fair and impartial trial, and the right of a free press to report public af fairs without hindrance. The conflict does not involve the pencil-and-paper reporter, but the "electronic journalist" the radio and televsion men. Many judges and lawyers maintain that the use of cumbersome equipment including lights, the whir of cameras and recording devices, the use of still cameras, is an interference with the dignity of the court, and may prejudice the rights of the litigants. fN THE other hand, some newspapers and other media maintain that modern equipment can be unobtrusive, and can be used with a minimum of disturbance. Former Oregon Supreme Court Justice James Brand, testifying this week before a letrislative committee on a bill which would open Oregon's courts to broadcasters and telecasters, makes an effective cHse for bannincr them. He said jurors would that tliey were being watched by a wide audience, judges would handle the gavel with an extra nourish, and attorneys tory. fVR own experience w cooperation with the 1. ...U : ! iiiucugirijii is iiuuiu, quieuy una niscieeiiy, it, in no way upsets the proceedings of the court. But the same cannot be said of the complex equipment, wires, lights, cameras and micro phones, of the broadcast media. Courtrooms, bv law. and the public includes me proceedings, i nis is imperative. But we part company with those who feel that the right of a free press includes the right to telecast the proceedings, believing as we do that tne ngni to a rair, to grasp all of them, let in both areas. other purpose. be conscious of the fact would lean toward 01a indicates that when, in presiding judge, a news 1 I. !. . are onen to the oublic. the press, which reports impartial and dignified MEDFORD "What A Workout! I Hate People Who Hold Up Dinner Like That" Communications Letters' to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letter submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of &e paper, in fact the contrary is often the case. Jobs for Girls To the Editor: There is a situation in our town that should be brought to the at tention of our local business men as they ar the only ones who can remedy this unfair condition. What chance does a young girl looking for work ha e here? Our stores are staffed by middle aged and elderly women who are usually work ing Just to escape the bore dom at home or for a new car, rug, etc. I have listened to our young girl graduates begging from one store to another for any type of employment. If they are , lucky enough to find a Job they are the first to be layed off during the slack seasons, while the old women who have husbands to sup port them are kept on. Some girls are trying to earn money for college and some just need to work. It Just isn't fair. I feel sorry for them. In the end many are driven to conclude marriage is the only answer, then every one is quick to call them "silly" for marry ing so young. What else Is there for our Medford girls when our local business men turn them aside for grand mothers, many of whom are on Social Security? Let's hear from others on this subject. (Name on File), Medford Needed Legislation To the Editor: There are four salient threats to our orderly way of life that need particular attention. First, the archaic procedure to control and prevent juve nile delinquency. The pres ent method of coddling, lack of punishment and probation are encouraging criminality ana aiding the youths of the land on their Journey to the penitentiary. The victims of their depredations have no recourse. Suggested cures are a parental responsibility law, publishing of the names, pun ishment based on the knowl edge of right and wrong com mensurate with the severitv of the crime and the effect on the community. Where all or most of these remedies are in the law, there has been a considerable decrease in crimes committed by Juve niles. More than half of the 100 per cent increase in crime in the past 15 years is chargeable to teen-agers. Second, saving of lives on the highways and preventing teen-age delinquency by en acting a law raising the auto driving license age to 18. Why do many insurance companies require a premium Increase of SO lo 75 per cent for auto Insurance Issued for ages 15 to 24? The risk and hazard re quires the additional premi ums. Third, pass suitable laws to prevent invasion of state powers by the federal govern ment In violation of the U.S. Constitution. A sample Is an Invasion of educational In stitutions. Power and dieia- tion follow the purse. The expansion of the federal gov ernmcnt is accomplished al the expense of the rights and freedoms of the people. Pass suitable regulations or laws limiting the expansion of the stale government at .he expense of the rights and pow ers of ihe cities and counties. The same would reduce the expenses of the state govern ment and be.ter protect the personal rights of the people. Follow the above regula tions and laws with more economy In stale government and a real constructive serv ice would be render d unto the people of the state. Ed Black. 2573 Camp Joy rd., Granu Pass, Ore. 4 MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON Germ of Life To the Editor: The M.T. letter of 2-24-63 entitled "What Truth Is" was very good. But it seems the writer overlooked the most signifi cant point about the growth of the corn. Truth cannot have anything to do with the law God has given this earth, that governs the plant and animal life. Only in so far as we speak about it in truth, then it becomes a most pre cious part of our lives. We are told by our Savior, "Truth shall make us free." If we should boil the seed corn and kill the germ of life in it, it would be im possible for it to grow, and it would disintegrate into the ground. In the tomb-like recess or an egg there is the germ of life and intelligence that are associated, and when the law that has been given by an all wise creator has been obeyed, the chick will emerge and eventually the hen that can reproduce her kind, and will love and protect her off spring. The tree existed before it grew upon the earth in the spirit form, and we all lived In the spirit form before this earth was. created. Adam and Eve were the first spirits to be clothed upon with the material things of this earth. With the germ of life and intelligence our entity has al ways existed. Hence we are eternal, and on our journey in the eternities we can go on into eternal progression and perfection, and become perfect as our father in heav en is perfect. His glory is his knowledge and intelligence, and we are saved no faster than we gain knowledge. John F. Peterson 611 South Holly st. Medford. Overdone To the Editor: To clarify Vera I. Stewart's confusion about my dog-in-the-manger attitude, it's not that I mean to be selfish, it's just that I don't like to be told to arise and defend my right to col lect trading stamps when I don't even like trading stamps. It is true that I have ob jected before to their nuisance value to the fact that they lake up one whole kitchen drawer, wad themselves up in my pockets, clog the wash ing machine and give the baby indigestion, and that it is a waste of time, energy and spit (only the Tribune changed that to saliva or something. I guess "spit" is not a proper word In Med ford) to paste the stamps into books and buy things I don't want and can get cheaper on sale down town anyway. Vera I. Stewart and I seem to have crossed swords, or tongues (ooh-glag-rnakc it pens) on this subject before. I really don't know anything about the proposed bill but I do know that I don't get something for nothing. I do know that I pay a little more for what I buy when I am "given trading stamps, and that it would be econom ically unsound to refuse them or throw them away. sure, i like to cash in a stamp book for a couple of dollars when I m short on grocery money, but I do not delude myself Into thinking this is good management nor suffer the illusion that the grocer is really giving me that two dollars. I am not especially in fa vor of outlawing the stamps entirely, but I do think we have too many different kinds to save, sort, paste and parley yellow stamps, green stamps, gold stamps, silver (lamps, green green stamps not to mention coupons, box tops and labels. I don't know. Vera. It's Soviet-Chinese Split Observers; Bv PHIL NEW80M UPI Foreign News Analyst How the Soviet-Red China dispute finally resolves itself 1 s important to the whole world and not alone to Com munists. But as it runs its course it con tinues to baf f 1 e Western observers. In recent weeks alone expert speculation has run the gamut from ' forecasts of a total break between the two to pre dictions that the quarrel soon would be patched up. For each there has seemed to be tangible evidence. After the withdrawel of So viet missiles from Cuba, words exchanged between the two were those usually re served for enemies. Then, Nikita Khrushchev's friendly approach to the Cri nese ambassador at a recep tion in Moscow led to a new round of speculation that they were approaching a solution to their troubles, if only to take advantage of the obvious split in the Atlantic alliance. Mixed in with Western speculation also have been questions which fall in the category of "which came first, the chicken or the egg?" These have been such ques tions as whether the dispute actually was economic or ide ological or whether it is less a matter of ideology than an outright fight for Communist leadership. Henry Shapiro, a UPI cor respondent in Moscow for more than 25 years, makes it simpler. He says there never has been a unity of viewpoint between the two and that the late Josef Stalin favored an alliance between the Russian Communists and Chiang Kai- shek In China simply because he knew he could not control the Chinese Communists if they came to power. Each school of thought gained In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Some of the news is on the weird side. For example: Rus sian scientists say they have brought two historic Tritons (vertebrates resembling liz ards) BACK TO LIFE, after they had lain frozen aolid for 5,000 years in Siberia. ' The claim is made in a Mos cow radio broadcast heard in London: (Editor's note: This column was written before Russian scientists repudiated this story.) THE broadcast gave this ac count of the find: "Some time ago Soviet geologists found something resembling a lizard at a depth of about 25 feet in the frozen ground of northern Siberia. It revived after being kept at room temperature for some time. "Scientists finally classified it as a four-toed Triton, one of the oldest and most primitive orders of tailed amphibia that just that the whole bit seems a little overdone. Mrs. Betty House 19 North Orange st., Medford. Dirty Air and Water To the Editor: Congratula tions on your article in Fri day's Tribune on air pollu tion. You are as correct as can be. They hold the air pollution meetings and talk about how they have correct ed this and that, and measur ing it. If you want to measure the air pollution just wash your car and let it sit out for 30 minutes and see how much soot from the mill drift is on it, or a nice white paint job on your house and see how long before it is black. Thanks for your article. Now Bear Creek, I'm used to them throwing about everything in it they don't know where to put. But I did hate to sec them kill all the fish. The boys had lots of fun. I wonder if anyone knows where the radiator re pair shops dump their muria tic acid solution. I waded Bear Creek from Nashes Gravel pit to McAndrews rd and my conclusion was what ever killed all the fish came from the Jackson st. storm sewer on the west side. It's about that time again to dump the solution. Aubrey E. Goff. 1311 North Riverside ave.. Medford. Hotter To the Editor: we sent a thermometer around the Planet VENUS. We found out it s 600 degrees hotter than a baked potato. Everett Acklin, Ashland, Ore. A Basic Causes Are Disputed a certain amount of support. The People's Daily: Attacked the Khrushchev policy of co existence and Moscow's new friendship with On Feb. 26, the Peking People's Daily lumped all the lines of speculation and dumped them into one basket. Washington Report By William (c) United Feature Syndicate TINPOT PUTSCH Washington-President Ken nedy's highest priority for this session of congress, his ni-"Vin tax-cut bill to H7 'rA l stimulate b u s i ness, is e n d a ngered now by two vastly differ ent forces. One is the great complex of finance and industry rep- Whlte r e s e niea ay the American Bankers Asso ciation, which is not opposci to tax reductions as such but which fears the builUn fed eral deficit they would bring in the absence of a reduction in all federal expenditures. The President has just met the men of the A.B.A. here in a mutually grave and mu tually courteous seminar to examine the great problem. And they have parted in mu tually respectful agreement to disagree responsibly and as adults; they have parted in civility. THE other danger has been raised in the senate by Democrats who tirelessly pro claim themselves to be the most pro-Kennedy of all pos sible Kennedy Democrats. And this danger is without any civility at all' and abso lutely innocent of any touch of adult reasonableness. This is the bitter chaos within the inhabited the earth in the Mesozoic Era (the dinosaur age.) Judging by the state of the earth in which it was found, biologists concluded that the Triton had been asleep for about 5,000 years." PRETTY creepy? You haven't heard any thing yet. The broadcast went on to say: 'On awakening, the crea ture behaved exactly as it presumably acted thousands of years ago. It ran around. It ate and slept. It was not afraid of people, willingly eat ing wild berries, flies and mosquitoes that were fed to it. "It died after three weeks. Another Triton was found frozen about 13 feet under ground. This one also revived and lived practically all sum mer. ' ARE the Russkles pulling our leg to use the Brit ish phrase for telling a tall tale? In the communist code of ethics, lying is a creditable and patriotic thing when it serves some allegedly useful purpose such as spreading the idea that Russian scien tists are supermen. But There are the entire bodies of mammoths that have been found frozen in the ground of Siberia. These finds are fully authenticated. The flesh of these ' frozen monster pre historic beasts was so good when it thawed out that dogs ale it eagerly. Presumably man would have done so if his more civilized stomach hadn't rebelled at such fare. AND- The encyclopedias tell us When the solid sheets of ice of the ice age melted, an imals and plants CAME BACK TO LIFE. Then, these accepted scientific accounts continue, the ice sheets moved in again and the remains of these animals and plants were burled again. Presumably, what has hap pened before can happen again. BESIDES U Is i story to the effect that lizards that have re mained frozen in the Ice in a state of suspended animation for thousands of years any more eerie than the FACT that we have been able to send for millions upon mil lions upon millions of miles out into space a man-made ship equipped with robots that are able to send back to us in robot language capable of being translated into mod ern English words the news that the planet Venus is in capable of sustaining human life because its temperatures run upwards of 800 degrees Fahrenheit? It's a weird world and the chances arc that it will get even weirder as time passes and research proceeds. Still Baffles President Tito of Yugoslavia (political). Attacked Moscow's failure to support China in its border war with India (challenge for leadership). Attacked the Soviets for "perfidiously" tearing up hun dreds of contracts with the Peking regime (economic). S. White Democratic side of the Sen ate, which for seven weeks has been fanned by a hand ful of ultra-liberal Democrats whose determination to change the rules and power balances to suit their personal wishes has now ended in fore doomed failure - and in mani fest injury to any and all parts of the Kennedy legisla tive program. Because of them, the Sen ate ' for these seven weeks has not turned a legislative wheel, on taxes or anything else. Indeed, only now has it been possible to form those legislative committees, normally formed in the early days of January, which must now so belatedly start to be gin to grapple with the leg islative business of congress. The ultra-liberals, led by Senators, Joseph Clark of Pennsylvania and Paul Doug las of Illinois, set out first to waste weeks in demanding a curb on free debate. Predict ably losing this, they pro ceeded to challenge their own parly leadership and the vast majority of their own Demo cratic colleagues by attempts to pack Senate committees to their own private liking. TkJOTABLY, their goal was the tax-writing Senate Fi nance committee, which will now be fortunate if it is able to act at all on the President's tax bill before fall. Turned back by their own people in the Democratic caucus, the ultra-liberals next chose to appeal to the whole Senate, endlessly crying out for majority rule." This fi nal test they managed to lose by a margin of nearly four to one. They marshaled 17 votes to the 68 cast against them. These 17 men formed the "majority" for which they spoke, in the most pet tily irresponsible action taken by a splinter group against its own party, Its own party lead ership and its own chamber within at least' three decades. And it was all done under the slogan of "protecting" the Kennedy program from being "smothered, crippled and im peded." A senator who must be presumed to be somewhat in terested in the "Kennedy pro gram of his brother, the President, did not see it this way. Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts joined the 67 others in opposing this tin- pot putsch against orderly procedure in the Senate. ONE result of it all, apart from that of bringing the Senate to a dead halt for nearly two months, has been that this tiny, rule-or-ruin minority has fouled its own Democratic nest as it has not been fouled in many years. Another has been to com promise the capacity of the patient and moderate Senate Democratic leader, Mike Mansfield of Montana, to ' ad any kind of reasonably united party in behalf of the Presi dent, Nothing ever done or likely to be done by his Republican opposition will have such punishing consequences for the President as this ugly episode caused by men whose persistent ineffcctuality as legislators has led them to look everywhere but within themselves-to cry foul against the rules, the umpire, the playing field or whatever -for the real reasons for that ineffectuality. "I can'l stand veu moping Why don't you got out and Again proposed a Commu nist summit conference but only on the basis that the So viets accept the Chinese view point. In the grim Chinese deter mination to go it alone if nec essary, the economic factor still exists. Without the So viets there would be no oil for the war lamps of China. Strictly Personal By Sydney J. Harris (c. Field Enterprises. Inc. MORE NAME WORDS My recent column on names of characters in fic tion that have passed into tha common vo cabulary o t English speech has been supple m e n t e d uy readers from all part of the country. A few of my ov sights were Harri" excusable on ly on the grounds of tempor ary imbecility. For instance, I mentioned Dickens' "Fagin," but neglect ed the for more popular "Scrooge." I credited Shakes peare with "Romeo," but ig nored the equally well-known "Shylock." And somehow I overlooked the adjective "quixotic," which Cervantes contributed by Don Quixote. One correspondent sug gested that "Walter Mitty" belongs in this small and select band of characters, and while it is still too soon to tell, it is probable that James Thurber's endearing dreamer will prove as enduring in the language as Nabakov's "Lo lita." Medical men speak of the "Walter Mitty syndrome" to describe certain types ot repressed and fantasy-laden personalities. My reference to "Lo thario' as being tha only remnant of the works of Nicholas Row to remain in memory brought from a professor of English in Cali fornia the reminder that the phrase, "simon-pure," is another strange vestige of an otherwise forgotten work. A comedy written in the year 1717 by one Susanna Centlivre, called "A Bold Stroke for a Wife," intro duces an impostor who goes by ihe name of Simon Pure, pretending to be a Penn sylvania Quaker of good repute. Miss Centlivre. her play, and her character, have been long forgoiten but for some inexplicable reason, "simon pure" has remained In our speech. And a bacteriologist in New Jersey points out that the word "syphilis" has achieved a dubious immortality through the little-known book of the 18th century, "Syphilis Sive de Morbo Gal lico," by an Italian poet and physician. The hero of the book was a man named Syphilis, meaning "friend of swine." His name quickly passed into our medical term inology for the disease. Of course, hundreds of common words have entered the language from the names of real people boycott, bloomer, guillotine, mesmer ism, ampere, braille, chauvin. ism, derrick, dunce, galvanic, macadam, masochism, nico tine, sadism, sandwich, saxo phone, silhouette, fuschia, and innumerable others. In our own time, one of the few candidates for this lin guistic honor is the infamous Vidkun Quisling of Norway, who was hanged in 1946 for betraying his country by coN laboratlng with the occupying enemy. "Quisling" enjoyed a considerable vogue for a num ber of years, but only time and the needs of language will decide its immortality. around the hout. alt da. picket something?" u itti is a i jkih y inui in us i ntn ue imnngea. tu, a. i t
