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Judge James Alger Fee has adjourned federal court here Saturday after placing his sig nature on 700 documents. 20 YEARS AGO March 4, 1943 (Saturday) Red Cross campaign opens; Jackson county goal set at $22,800. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "The first toadstot' has been pick ed for a mushroom, but its identity was revealed before a doctor was needed. 30 YEARS AieO March 4, 1933 (Monday) Mrs. Ada Jolley, state pres ident of the WCTU, visits In Medford. Depression shows up in sale ot Jackson county dog licen ses: only 426 sold to date, compared with 1,126 last last year. 40 YEARS AGO March 4, 1923 (Tueiday) Sheriff's deputies seeking thief who obtained $15 in burglary of Gold Hill barber shop. Local chamber of com merce announces plans to re duce dues if membership reaches 300. 60 YEARS AGO March 4, 1913 (Wednesday) New services offered by Medford department store in elude "Babies checked for 10 cents an hour; tea five cents a cup." Emu Hrltt elected mayor of Jacksonville. What's Your I.Q.? Nine ar tan correct It superior; even or eliht h excellent; flue or lis is good. 1. What defensive rock rises above a British Colony? 2. What Wisconsin city and an Indian sport share the same nnmc? 3. Name six of Snow White's seven dwarfs. 4. What famous line did Admiral Dewey give during . the Battle of Manila Bay? S. Who would use a cara- bluer, plton and bclayer? 6. Congress sits in Washing' ton; Parliament sits in Lon- don; where does the Storting sit? 7. What mountain name sounds like the combined words for a thin cushion, a possessive pronoun and a trumpet? 8. A number which cannot be divided, without fractions except by itself Is called what? 9. How many sides of scalene triangle are equal? 10. Add the number of de grees in a right angle and a straight angle and divide by the square of 3; what is left? Answers! 1. Gibraltar. 2 La Crosse. 3. Bashful, Doc Dopey, Grumpy. Happy Sleepy, Sneeiy. 4. "You may lira whan ready, Gridlay. ' 5 Mountain climber. 8, Oslo, Norway. 7. Mallerhorn. 8 Prima number. 9. None. 10, Thirty. 0(&!PUtll3HII VjA.'sSOelATION MONDAY. MARCH 4. 1SS3 Separation of Powers In Oregon the Board of Higher Education recommends a budget for each biennium. That budget goes to the State Department of Finance and Administration, and thence to the governor and thence to the Ways and Means Committee of the Legislature. If the governor's budget is substantially low er than the sum the Board of Higher Education thinks is necessary for operation of the institu tions members of the board and their administra tive officers are permitted to argue their case before the Ways and Means Committee. This has been a very satisfactory process in Oregon. Higher education has been well served in this state. TTHE state Senate last week passed a bill, 22 to 8, that sets up a legislative watchdog com mittee to review the rules and regulations set by departments between legislative sessions. That the senators who voted for this were looking di rectly at the state system of higher education was evident when the president of the senate, Ben Musa, said to a reporter, "The Board of Higher Education thinks the legislature can t make rules for higher education. Well, I've got news for them!" This measure goes now to the House where 39 of the 60 members have their names on it. That seems to assure passage of the bill there. If it gets to the governor we must assume it will be vetoed. Because of the infringement upon the authority of the executive branch of govern ment it seems to us the governor must veto it. But there may be enough votes in the two cham bers to overrule that veto. e THERE is a little evidence in the House that this hill mav hnvr snmr trnnhlp f.hfirp Snmfi members of the Ways and Means Committee last week were discussing higher education in Oregon. It was suggested that the legislature should con sider exercising some control over day-to-day ad ministration of the state schools. To this three members Alfred Corbett, and Reps. John Mosser spoke opposition. This was encour aging, but it is well to note that only three or the wiser heads in the legislature took that stand. There are many members of the legislature who would like to exercise full executive as well as legislative control over almost all functions of state government. IN THIS conversation of last week regarding tlm mluiinvialim nf tVin lnrrislntliro tfi VllVVlpr education, one man suggested that the legislators couldn't find sufficient time to administer higher education. We would hope that a legislative committee that set itself un to administer higher education would be prepared to spend a great amount of time on the iob. Hicrher education would be poor ly served by any legislative committee that did not do its homework and that isn't something that can be done in a few minutes. There are three of Higher Education John Merryfield and George Layman. Members of the legislature should Walsh who has been on the board several years, how much time the work takes and whether he thinks the time he gives to it is necessary to come to decisions. IF THE state system of higher education is not being well managed the legislature should demand that, the governor conduct a thorough investigation and make some recommendations for changes. But the legislature can out violating the separation of powers so cx- plicity spelled out in the state constitution, it the legislature is going to hire and fire college administrators and professors and make hun dreds of other decisions involving the operations of the institutions we've got to change the constitution. Does a majority of legislators want to do that? We think not. Pendleton East Orcgonian. Ban Red Speakers Those who believe we must protect our col lege students from Communist pitchmen will sup port a bill introduced in the legislature by Rep. Phil Lang. It would prevent members of sub versive organizations from using tax-supported facilities. We believe that bill that its supporters are wrong on several counts. 1' irst, we believe they seductive Quality or danger of Communist ideas, During the depression may have been well founded. Sccondy, we believe supports of such legis lation underrate the intelligence of college stu dents and professors. Most college students aren't too simple and naive to apply critical judgment to Communist pitches. We believe spokesmen for all ideologies should be given free access to campus platforms, Permitting the expression another is a dangerous cedent on the campus, society. However well-intentioned, those who would bar subversive speakers would burn library books with which they clisa grec. We believe our young people need more ae cess to the arguments of subversives and others, rather than insulation from the ferment of the world in which theywill Journal, Salem of the committee, Sen. Stafford Hansell and ex-legislators on the Board Chairman Bill Walsh, consider asking Mr. t go beyond that with should be defeated, and overrate the anneal of of the l'JoOs, such fears of one idea and barring and self-defeating pre or elsewhere in a fret are akin to those who live and vote. Capifa H MEDFOHD "Boy, Could We Pas If We Ever Decided To ... Communications ... Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the-writer, although under cartain 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. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the contrary is often the case. On Tax Increases To the Editor: President Kennedy's proposed tax cut, already offset by the increase In Social Security, and the Increase in postage, appears to have been considered by many state's governors a di rect invitation to share with the Federal Government their big bite on the income tax. If this is a sample of state's rights, it is state's rights (Lib eral Style), and most of us would rather leave our state tax laws as they are bad as they are. Governor Hat field's ready acceptance of this invitation seems evidenc ed by his proposed slate in come lax increase. There is a fast growing feeling especially in Oregon that it is time to have done with school-boy theories on political economy. They have been tried and found wanting. What these impractical theor ists, with no business experi ence, can't seem to under stand is that there is just so much earned income. The more the various departments of government seize to finance and increase their powers over the citizens who hire them to administer our laws, the less money there is left with which to pay them. Thus they throw the whole econ omy out of balance. The earned income in Ore gon is already too heavily taxed. If Governor Hatfield has his way, his increase in our slate tax will hit us where it will hurt the most. We thought the old-time bar-room politicians were bad enough. But they had a sort ot thieves' honor. And they were smart enough not to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. Maybe we ought to give the stale back to the Indians. Their chiefs al least did not fleece the members of their own tribes. If they tried to they didn't slay chiefs very long. And that was not such a bad idea. Bruce Y. klcinbmld 1719 SE Portola dr. Grants Pass, Ore. Rich Man, Poor Man To the Editor: Men are live easiest of all creatures to know. When he speaks one thing he means another. Men come in two classes, the rich class and the poor class. The rich man is con fusing, frightening, and sick ening to the pour man. He smothers the poor man with his money for trying to have an eaual reputation. The gov ernment takes 10 per cent of the poor man's nuincy for taxes, the rich man gets 80 per cent for rent and the poor man has a headache left. Rich men and tHxes are like a disease eating away "Look st that crummy' wall falling apart. They jutLj don't make crallimen like they ued tol" MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON Those Foreign Model Get This Thing Fixed (wMt"laj.WP at the poor man like a cancer. But there wouldn't be rich men if it weren't for poor people. Fear of the rich man is the greatest of all terror, the deepest of all dread, the commonest of all mistakes. From it grows failure. Be cause of it life is a mockery. Out of it comes despair. A rich man pays a compli ment as though he expected a receipt. A poor man can live for two months on a good compliment. The rich man has a better memory than the poor man. He is superstitious and a great observer of set days and times. He usually surprises the poor man by informing him another payment is due. It's good to have money and the things money will buy. Money will take you any where but through the pearly gates. One could get along beautifully without money if other folks weren't so crazy about it. I don't actually like money but it helps calm my nerves. When a man starts saying money can do everything, that settles it, he ain't got none. Whenever it's a question of money everyone has the same religion. If you want to know what God thinks of it look at all the people he gave it to. A nickle may not be worth as much as the dollar but it sure goes to church more often. E. Dykes, 173 West Gregory rd., Central Point, Ore. Makes Comment To the Editor: In regards to Mr. Peterson's letter, 1 should like to make this com ment. One should hardly expect to produce life trom a dead beginning. Jesus used the parable of the corn to explain the way of Truth in the nat ural as well as spiritual life, for both work on the same principle. Every Spiritual child that God creates must start from a living seed of truth (Jesus) planted ill ihe mind. This seed flows out of God, it hast to be touched by the husband Christ (spiritual pollinaOin) or it will abide alone and eventually die out. If ani when it is touched or mar ried to Christ it is joined to Ihe Father and becomes whole or one. And believe me, this new life flows out of death as does all existing life. When the natural, includin one's self recognition is out of the picture, we are set free and by faith wc can see the living way. Mr. Peterson calls a natural man his Savior. We cannot build a Spiritual house on a natural founda lion: Jesus tried to tell that Foreign News: U.S. In Asia Unhappy About Uncle By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst Notes from the Foreign News Cables: Influencing People U.S. friends and allies in Asia do not make a hobby of criticizing Uncle Sam but for various r e a- sons many of them are un happy. The Philippines is unhappy over recent U.S. f. f' 4, I iXr. I support for I VTSfcl I the projected I Yi I Malaysia Fed eration which """m would include North Borneo, to which the Philippines lays claim. Thailand's foreign minister has said that the Mansfield Committee has recommended a gradual reduction in U.S. aid to Southeast Asia, did not spent enough time in the area to get a real grasp of the problems. South Vietnam is yet to react officially to the to the world. He wanted us to look inside his natural flesh and find the true foun dation pf the law of life thai God, the Father, planted there. Helen Prevo, 222 West Jackson st., Medford. Comments on Editorials To the Editor: As so often before, several of your recent editorials have rendered an important public service. As one appreciative and grate ful citizen, I should like to comment on them briefly (though inadequately because ot your quite reasonable space limitations). Billboards along the Free way? Disgraceful! City action to keep them out should be made permanent and retro active. Advertisers should realize, anyway, thai through travelers aren't going to turn around at the city's edge and come back to patronize them. If there's any justification for roadside "ads" they can be effective only at approaches to cities, but even here U.ey should be kept within bounds. Why not a neat, orderly di rectory at a convenient turn out there? Air and water pollution? High time effective action was taken to eliminate them. The serious hazards alone make it imperative, but con siderations of civic beauty and enhancement of econom ic values should not be over looked. Prompt and decisive action by city, county and state authorities is urgent. School support? How very right you are! It is indeed "the most serious problem facing the state" and our legislators should come to grips with il realistically and in far-visioncd, statesmanlike fashion. Let them, and taxpay ers, face it: the kind of edu cation our times demand will cost more, not less - and wc cannot afford not to meet this urgent need: our nation's fu ture depends upon it! Betancourt? Yours wag a magnificent reply to Frank Koch and all equal)" misguid ed souls who follow the mis erable, un-American Smoot- Bircher line of "susnicion. fear, hale, slander, lies, villi- fication. Americanism, in deed! What a travestiy upon it! Have these people no re spect for truth and honor? Their dastardly attacks upon Komulo Betancourt play right into the hands of the commu nists whose hatred for him led them to make repeated at tempts to assassinate him and thus not only :o sabotage, but to end, his efforts to make democracy work in Venezucl after its years of eclipse un der ruthless dictatorship. Now, a final word concern ing James K. Shafcr's limited concept of brotherhood. Our Bible teaches us that all men are Gods children, that Christ's love encompass's all men. however sinful. Our brotherhood also must be in clusive to be real. We may dis- aurce wun incorics or sv terns of government or even oppose them, as wc must in the case of communism. But wc canno' revile nor hale anv man. else our profession of brotherhood proves a fraud. Arnold Eusene Jenny, Rogue Valley Manor. Medford. Questions Reasoning To the Editor: After read ing the article on pay in creases for county employees (2-2o-6;i). I question very much the reasoning of Judge Mil ler. "Judge Miller said 90 days accumulated sick leave was too much . . . Few em ployees use the present 45 days accumulated sick leave . . ." It seems to me that if t!'. county employees don't use Mansfield report criticizing its regime but Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu, president Diem's influential sister-in-law said "certain foreigners" see her country as an "experiment ground." Japan is Irritated at plan ned U.S. cuts in textile im ports coupled with demands that Japan spend more for de fense. The Japanese also feel that the U.S. helped under mine the South Korean mili tary junta, thus endangering attempts to put Japanese South Korean relations on a Washington Report By William (e) United Feature Syndicate ANOTHER DIVISION Washington - Another spring is to bring another bit ter division within the Su fTTyTF ? preme Court j Jand within l " f J the United HSt jStates-de- t e r m i n ing II whether any f chemical trace of reli gious feeling, however vol untary and white non-sccterian, is to be allowed expression in the public schools of the Unit ed States. The court last June for bade as unconstitutional the voluntary recitation in New York schools of a 22-word non - denominational prayer prepared by the school au thorities. Now it is to decide two other questions: Will constitutional govern ment be threatened if such of the children of Baltimore as may care to do so continue to open each school day with Bible reading and by repeat ing aloud the Lord's Prayer? Will constitutional govern ment be threatened if such of the children of Pennsyl vania as may care to do so continue to open each school day by hearing a reading of ten paragraphs from the Bi ble? e CESSIONS of the Supreme Court itself are opened wun an invocation of God's blessing upon its work Pub. lie officials, including the President, traditionally take oath upon the Bible. The Na tional Anthem the one an them of every man. woman and child, whatever his re ligion or the lack of it still recognizes the existence of God. All this notwithstanding however, the outlook is not good for those school children who wish to participate in ceremonies acknowledging that divine mercy and divine justice still exist in America of increasing materialism and private hopelessness. For the arguments recent ly heard before the justices on the Baltimore and Penn sylvania cases which prob ably will be settled along in June - -have strongly indi cated that some, at least, in tend to read the doctrine of separation of church and state" in such a way as to permit God to be mentioned in the schoolhouscs hereaft er only under one's breath. IHE first amendment to the ' rnnctitlltinn rlarn, ( religion: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." This is where the doctrine of separation arose. But surely the true issue here is not that someone is trying to make an "establishment of religion" namely, to set up one state church superior to all others. Surely the true issue in volved here is involved in the latter half of that amend ment, that forbidding inter ference with the free exer cise of religion. Any minority, including the ultimate minority of one pu pil, has the undoubted right to refuse to participate in any religious exercise. This columnist, for one, would support such a right to the end. But does a minority have the right to forbid the ma the 45 days, then they won't use the 90 days. If this is the case, it won t cost the taxpay crs anything, so why not let them have the additional time? Most working people do not eagerly anticipate us ing up accumulated tick leave, but when t h e need arises it is wonderful to have it available. Judge Miller's comment indicates that the cost of the additional time would be negligible. If he is right, and I assume he is. I believe that the county budg et would not be endangered by offering this additional benefit to the county employ ees. G. Smith 2665 Syringa dr. I Medford. it 5 M Friends, Allies normal basis. The Japanese feel that U.S. attempts to dis courage China trade only make Peking more isolated and belligerent. No Test Ban Observers in London and Geneva are ready to write off as a total loss the current Geneva nuclear test ban and disarmament conference. The chances of agreement on a test ban treaty, safeguarded even by a minimum of intei national controls are rated near zero. Khrushchev has said he will make no conces- $. Whit jority such an exercise, if this be their faith and choice, on the extra-ordinary argu ment that if the majority do choose to pray this somehow invades the rights of the mi nority? If so, what becomes of the second half of the first amendment? IF SCHOOjj children violate the cpMM ifnf inn hw imlnn. J tary prayer aknowledging a divine being, what of singing the Star-Spangled Banner in school, having in mind its ex plicit acknowledgement that "In God we trust?" Is respect for tradition it self to be declared unlawful, on the ground that some peo ple reject tradition? If one child chooses to pray, does he really make "an estab lishment of religion?" How in God's name if the ex pression may be pardoned does he harm the child who does not wish to pray? Even if, as atheists claim in im measurable sadness, faith is only a legend, is it in any way ugly? Are beauty and gentleness and tenderness also to be declared unconsti tutional? In the Days News By FRANK JENKINS . From Salem: A panel of three circuit judges took under advisement a motion to dismiss a labor union suit seeking to bar the state from using convict labor in the construction of a new women s prison. The judges heard argu ments by the state and an attorney for two union offic ials o"er whether the unions nave power to sue the state, rpHIS is the background of tile situation: Use of prison labor on the project was authorized recent ly by a majority vote of the Oregon State Board of Con trol, which is composed of the secretary of state, the state treasurer and the gov ernor. At the session of the board at which the use of prison labor was authorized, Secretary of State Appling and State Treasurer Bolton approved it. Governor Hat field voted against it. Appling and Belton said it would cost the state $18 mil lion per biennium if use of convict labor and inmate labor were outlawed in state institutions. Governor Hat field, presumably, opposed the use of convict labor on principle. QRGANIZED labor brought v the suit because it felt that construction of state fa cilities should be accomp lished by FREE labor. The legal question involved in the hearing before the three circuit judges is whether the unions have power to sue the state, and a decision on this point is ex pected in a few days. Trial of the suit has been set for March 12. CO MUCH for the facts. In conclusion, let's take a look at the principles that are involved. In the relatively small state of Oregon, the sum of S18 million isn't hay. There arc roughly 1.800,000 people in Oregon. The addition of $18 million to the cost of gov ernment would mean an addi tional tax of $10 per person or $40 for a family of four! jut- " It isn't just the $18 mil lion. It's the principle of it. PERSONALLY. I cant es cape the conclusion that WORK is good for those who have ben unfortunate en ough to have committed a crime and have been convict ed and sent to what we HOPE is an instittion devoted not only to punishment but to REFORMATION and REHA BILITATION. I'm so old-fashioned as to believe that reformation and rehabilitation are more apt to be accomplished when the unfortunates ho have strayed from the straight and narrow way arc kept busy at useful tasks than when thrv re CONFINED I.N IDLft NESS. M Sam sions. The U.S. has said it cannot go below what it con siders the safety margin of nationals which at the mo ment stands at seven on-site inspections. There have been sugges tions that only direct ex changes between Khrushchev and President Kennedy can break the deadlock. But even these would do no good if Khrushchev maintains h i s present take-it-or-leave-it atti tude. De Gaulle Holds Lin President Charles de Gaulle is said to be confident he can hold the line against a new wage-price spiral, head off a major show - down with or ganized labor and prevent in flation undermining the Gaul list "hard" franc. He hopes to do it by bearing down on food prices and offering regular periodic consulta t i o n s be tween the government and labor unions. Hope For Nuclear NATO United States officials in Paris are more optimistic about prospects for a multi national nuclear fcrce inside the North Atlantic Treaty. Preliminary sound ings . by Presidential Envoy Livingston T. Merchant have indicated substantial support from about one-half of the NATO member states. This, of course, does not include France. Strictly Personal By Sydney J. Harris (ci Field Enterprises. Inc. CREATIVE PROCESS "That was a most amusing piece you wrote the other day," remarked an acquaint ance at lunch. "You must have been in a very good, mood." I nod ded, and turn ed to soma other subject. As it happen ed, I remcm- h tt r A rf 4l,.,t Harrn day quite well - and 1 had been in a terrib'a mood. My cold was worse, my plane was late, and my funds were low. One of the deep and un fathomable mysteries of tha creative process (if I may usa so pompous a phrase to de scribe my own little efforts) is that it seems to bear no direct and immediate relationship to ones mood or feeling, situa tion or circumstances, at tha time. Most of Robert Louis Stevenson's endearing and amiable tales were written while he was writhing on a bed of pain. Sorr of Mo lari'i gayest and most feli citous melodies were com posed while he was in the slough of despond, seriously ill, deep in poverty, utterly depressed. Glorious Sonets of exaltation have been written in prison, and rol licking comedies have com out of the most wretched personal conditions. It is loo easy to say that the creative process acts as a compensation for reality, o that wc use art to coun terpoise the weight of life. For just as often, happy works are created in happy times, and tragic works in tragic times. What seems to be true, however, is that creation is largely a process of the un conscious rrMnd, with the conscious holding only a light hand upon the reins. And just as a horseman with a heavy hand cannot get the most out of his steed, to an artist who tries too consciously to manipu late and direct lhi nronsi finds himself stumbling to a halt. The only rule in the world of creating is that there is no rule. Some work best in ona mood, some in another; soma need the spur of failure, oth ers the glow of success: soma require stimulation, and oth ers solitude; some respond to the pink of sunrise, others to the purple of twilight, and still others to the blackest midnight. Every writer, composer, painter, needs to "get in the mood ": and this is effected by various magical rites and in cantations - sharpening a cer tain number of pencils, eating apples, taking a long walk, drinking copious quantities of tea or coffee, or some equally absurd (and equally effective) preparation for the deep plunge into the unconscious for the buried treasure of the mind. But not the bad cold, nor the late plane, nor the low funds, can account for what is written or painted or com posed at any given time. Tha forces here at work know nothing of such matters; they are busy translating the past into the future: and the pres ent is quite forgotten whc( the dive begins.
