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4 TUE8DAY. ' "Everyone Id Southern Oregon Haada The Mill Tribune" P ibllihed DiUy except Saturday br MEDFORD PRINTING CO- 33Nqrtht,Ph:(:i4i """ROBERT W RUHL. Editor HERB GREY Advertiilng Manager GERALD T LATHAM, Bus MET KMC W ALLEN JR, Mn Editor EARL B ADAMS, City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN, Teleg Editor RICHARD JEWETT, Sportl Ed tor OLIVE STARCHER Womin'l Editor DALE ERICKSON. ClrcultlonMgr ' a WMnMriont NewiDaoer Entered at aecond clan matter it Medford, Oregon under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mall In Advance. Dally and Sunday 1 year (11.00 Dally and Sunday! moa. 10.00 ' Dally and Sunday 3 moa. 8.00 Sunday Only One year (3.00 Single Copy (Mailed! J0c .. ramr Anri Motor Route. Dally and Sunday 1 year (21. 00 ' Dally and Sunday 1 mo. 1.73 Sunday Only 1 mo. 50c Carrier and Vendori Copy 100 Official Paper of City of Medford Official raper United Press International Full Leased Wire t). p 1 Telephoto Newsplcturee Member of audit bureau Of CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative: NELSON ROBERTS i ASSOC. AO-PC milnu In MW VOTk. CM" cago. Detroit. San Francisco. Los Angeies. beiwe, Denver. NEWS 'A MR ruiiiiHiti ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The iMall Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO March 12, 1953 (Thursday) A total of 35,000 pondorosa pine seedlings are planted un der a bureau of land manage ment contract In the Butte Falls area. Split In Medford city coun cil over presidency seen near solution; seeking post are Paul Selby and Frank Runtz. 20 YEARS AGO March 12, 1943 (Friday) Meat, butler, cheese, fats and oils ordered on rationed list. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "The legislature completed a 40 flny job In 59 and has adjourn ed sine quit." 30 YEARS AGO March 12, 1933 (Sunday) Pear and apple growers to get harvesting loan. Twelfth arrest made by Oregon state police In connec tion with theft of ballots from the courthouse. 40 YEARS AGO March 12, 1923 (Monday) Police warn housewives to take in their washings before dark, as a number of clothes lines have been stripped. Bullis Lumber mill sold and will resume operations soon; William H. Fluhrcr pur chases Rex cafe. 50 YEARS AGO March 12. 1913 (Tuesday) Two sacks of seeds present ed to Roosevelt school by Congress. Eggs selling at 1 2 1 -a cents per dozen, as valley hens get busy. What's Your I.Q.? Nina ot ten correct It superior; seven or eiqht is excellent rive or sin ii good. 1. Which stale of the U.S. Is known as the Blue Grass State? 2. In the Bible, what was Paul's trade? 3. Is Iran in the Near East or Ihe Far East? 4. Which breed of cl Is famous for his lack of a tail'.' 5. Dy what name Is Oct. 24, 11)29 popularly known? 8. How old would an octo genarian be? 7. Which of these are mam mals - bats, fish, whales, bees, pigeons, horses, bears? 8. A King of Persia, an American financier and the Inventor of a harvesting ma chine has a common first name; what is It? 9. Name the fifth book of the New Testament. 10. The human body has how many pairs of ribs? Answers: 1. Ktnlucky. 2. Tonlmakcr. 3. Near. 4. Manx. &. Black Thursday (first day of stock market panic), 6. Eighty or mora years, but loss than ninety. 7, Bats, whales, horses, bears. 8. Cyrus - The Great, Fields, McCormlck. 9. Acts (of lhe Apostles). 10. Twalvo. TIME PRICE UPPED New York- il'PP -The news stand price of Time magazine lias been increased from 23 cenls to 30 cents. The publi cation also said that although Its circulation base had been increased from 2.7 million to 2.75 million there had been no increase in its advertising rates. MARCH 12. IMS Civil Defense" Misnamed An editorial-writine with a low boiling point at Uivil Defense as it is practiced in uregon, ana supported some members of the legislature who have attacked Gov. Mark Hatfield's Civil Defense budget. . Among other things, he said : "To me the whole idea of civil defense is revolting and downright un-American. I cannot conceive of hid ing in a hole in the ground while atomic bombs are raining down and then crawling out to face a devastat ed, poisonous landscape." Up to this point, we said so on numerous occasions. THE fact is, however, that "Civil Defense" in Oregon is about a 75 per cent misnomer. The program should title, something like Emergency Coordination Agency, with the "defense" aspects of it relegat ed to a minor and subordinate role. Civil Defense in Oregon, as presently const! tuted, is largely misunderstood. It has four prin cipal functions: 1. Disaster relief. 2. Emergency communciations. 3. Fallout shelter location and stockpiling. 4. Information, education and coordination. fF THESE FOUR, only the shelter function is directly and solely related to the possibility of nuclear warfare. We happen to think it is a largely futile endeavor. But it does not constitute an attempt to put the nation underground in H bomb proof caves; only to ameliorate the results of radioactive fallout. In addition, it is mostly a federal function, and is the result of federal Civil Defense policy. While the information, education and coord ination functions of the state and local civil de fense agencies are basically designed to function in wartime, they also have important peacetime functions, such as the ability to cope with peace time disasters, and the training of individuals and families in survival techniques surely a worthy objective. Communications are directly related to coord ination, and the dedicated work, including reg ular drills, of the local radio amateurs in the CD radio network, has paid off time and time again. FINALLY, it is our view that the disaster relief functions of the agency are of the most im mediate importance. Anyone who saw them in action during the Dec. 2 flood in this area value. Whether or not any actual lives were saved is a moot question, but the way in which the com mand post was set up, motor vehicles, including moving vans, were assembled, and assistance dis patched where, when and as it was needed, was a matter of inspiration. ' It is true that the Jackson county Civil Defense agency has been singled out as one of the best in the state, and that CD signally failed to make much of an impression upstate during the Colum bus Day storm. DUT there are reasons for the latter one of u the most overlooked being the fact that much of CD work is that of providing equipment and supplies in advance, of training, of working out chains of command, skelton organization, and of improving coordination and cooperation among existing agencies all for any type of emergency, whether flood, windstorm, fire, ex plosion or war. 1 he Ivoseburg News-Review reminds us that Civil Defense functioned admirably on that ter rible night in August, 1959, when much of down town Roscburg was shattered by a tremendous explosion. The paper says: "Unquestionably the advance planning by Douglas County Civil Defense leaders had much to do with the prompt response to Roseburg's dire emergency." THIS, then, is the principal real "excuse" for 1 the continuation of the agency not because ot the possibility of nuclear war. War, of course, was organization of Civil Defense, and still is its main "excuse." But changintr circumstances have civen CD other roles, as mentioned, until its war prepar ations actually are a relatively minor part of the LL mission. We wish this fact nizetl. And it is our firm in name of the agency fining its true nature, ceptance tor it. I IKE our editorial-writing friend, we " adverse reaction to the phase "Civil D So do a lot of other people, including many mem bers of tne legislature. Governor Hatfield agency, as now constituted, is widely misunder stood. And we suspect part to tne name. It is true, as Shakespeare said, that a rose by any other name will smell as sweet. But a public atrencv. suimorted hv nubile funds, should have a name which describes can be immediately understood. We suggest that an agency named, and func tioning as, the Emergency Coordintion Agency, would nave a tar better cnance for public under standing and support than one which brings with it connotations of bomb-shelters, block wardens, and air raid sirens, rather than of assistance to human beings in need of aid under emergency conditions. E.A. collearrue of ours one the other day teed off agree with him, and have have a new and different cannot question their the reason for the intial were more widely recog' conviction that a change would go far toward de and in gaining public ac have an phase "Civil Defense.' himself declares that the that this is due in large its functions so that they MEDFORD Beachcomber 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 th paper. In fact the contrary Is often the case. 12 Greatest To the Editor: I greatly en joy reading your editorials and was interested in your choice of "World's Greatest Men" Wednesday, March 6. I would like to submit my list of the 12 greatest fL'ircs of the human race, Jesus Christ that was born In Beth lehem of Judea, and 11 of his 12 disciples - Simon Peter, Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Thcmas, Mat thew, James, Thadacus and Simon. Pauline B. Knapp, 923 Harmony lane, Ashland, Ore. Discrimination To the Editor: There are young men in Medford who can't find jobs. Some of them have dependents. How come nobody suggests working grandpas get lost to make room for these lads? Not all working grandpas have de pendents. A lot of them just want a new Lincoln, good Scotch and fancy fishing gear. What's more, they get dou ble the money working grand mas do, dependents or not, and In many cases for the same type of work - and they DON T get charged double prices. Furthermore, many work ing grandpas have another source of income. hey re given 10 to 20 more wo-king years after the kids leave home in which to get set. Still furthermore, some work ing grandmas have even foot ed all the bills for these cod dled codgers! This is rank discrimination, Bobby, discrimination with vigah!! Mrs. Margarete Roscborough, RIO Oakdale dr., Medford Great Names To the Editor: Without res ervations, the 12 or 13 world's greatest men from medieval history may be a conjecture for ali time, although modern history concedes many names of men as of world renown. Probably looming as number one is the Master Jesus. Next in line would be Aristotle and Plato: J. Hcrschel, Isaac New ton, Thomas Jefferson, Thom as Paine, Benjamin Franklin, James Watts, Abraham Lin coln, Eugene Debbs, Dr. Alex, is Carroll, J. Krishnamurti, Hindu metaphysician; William J. Bryan, orator; William Shakespeare, also Francis Ba con and on through history, Great thinkers, all of them In their allotted time and age of an evolving creation. The above list of names docs not follow a direct line of nota bles, but Is chosen at random as memorized from the writ er's reading. Bert Kissinger. 322 So. Riverside ave., Medford. No Mind Chang To the Editor: I am sorry to bother you with this letter, but I just have to answer the two people who feel like try ing to reform me or change my mind about those two var mints who killed those chil dren in the most cruel way I've ever heard of. Yes, people the world over, I have hate, boiling hate in my heart for wrongdoers. What-Just what- would hap pen to defenseless babies of rich and poor without the Lindbergh kidnaping lawT If people know that they will get fed, pampered and so called attempts at rehabilita tion, they will give all kinds of promises with no intention of keeping them. We have no child law, just laws to let females do any thing with children. I wonder if maybe the children's father or grandparents tried desper ately to get the children and MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON Thanks To the Editor: On behalf of the Jackson County Heart As sociation, I wish to express our deepest thanks to you and the fine members of the Mail Tribune staff for the generous cooperation which our Heart Fund received during the month of February. We consider your support to be a heartening expression of faith in the work of our county heart program. The financial reports to date would indicate we are enjoying some considerable degree of success, and this is due, we feel, in a large part to the fine assistance and recognition we received through the Medford Mail Tribune in our efforts. Many thanks again to you and each of your staff for their help. J. W. Warinner Jackson County Heart Fund Medford Strictly Personal By Sydney (c) Field Enterprises. Inc. CONTRARY RESULTS That simple and platitudi nous phrase, "learning from life, " is so dil ficult in prac tice because the conse quences of our acts are often so contrary to our intentions. .1 F o r even lent inns are Harr good, and our techniques are adequate, there is a spirit of whimscy (if noth ing worse) in the universe that brings unforeseen conse quences. We learn so slowly because there is no obvious raise them decently with love and care? As it stands a fath er may come home and find his door locked, be told by authorities that he can no longer sleep in his own bed or see his children. But he must support this female monster for life's duration. What kind of law is that? Let's all watch over all the children, not just our own. We can make them better cit izens by making them safe and secure, mainly in their own homes, with both parents accepting their responsibili ties. In closing I will say, I will never change my mind and I hope those who have the pow er to wipe those varmims from the face of the earth will not change theirs. Harriettc Gibbs, 1375 So. Columbus ave. Medford. Precedent To the Editor: Concerning aid to released offenders, may 1 point out that although the original John Howard Society may be indigenous to Canada land I believe also to Lng land), a closely affiliated group, now several years old known as the John Howard Association, thrives in our 50th state, where it performs a useful role. During a recent period of residence in Hono lulu, 1 was privileged to serve as a member ot its executive committee. It would seem that Mr Holdt's task might be simpli fied were he to follow Ha waii's example by seeking to form a John Howard Associa tion for Oregon, since its pro gram already is well defined and can be judged in places where it now exists, by meas urable results. Grace N. Pearson Route 2. Box 50 Jacksonville, Ore. h Cuban Unrest Rises; As Advantages to Russians Leaving By STEWART HENSLEY United Press International Washington - (UPD - Admin istration officials have begun to talk with cautious opti mism about the possible over throw from within of. Fidel Castro's Communist regime. Secretary of State Dean Rusk has mentioned "evi dence of great and growing discontent" in Cuba and in telligence reports disclose in creasingly severe shortages of the necessities of life. This comes at a time when Soviet Premier Nikita Khru shchev is pulling some of his military personnel out of the island, lessening the Krem lin's ability to keep Castro in power against whatever oppo sition may be developing. There is divided opinion here as to whether the Ken nedy administration actually sees more hope for home grown trouble or seeks sim ply to justify the effectiveness of its policy of slow strangula tion as opposed to more dan Washington Report By William (c United Feature Syndicate HAIL NIXONI Washington - To the sur prise of nobody save those mostly emotional Nixon- H haters who buried h i m deep last fall with absurdly solemn incan tations, Rich ard Nixon has reentered na tional politics. More impor tantly, he has whit reentered in circumstances raising the pos sibility that he might become the Thomas E. Dewey of the mid-1960's. Dewey, like Nixon, evoked a strange, glandular animos ity from some going far be yond what his undoubted shortcomings could in any way warrent. But Dewey ral lied from two presidential de feats in the '40s to become the backroom master of the Re publican party at one of its most critical points in modern history - 1952. J. Harris cause-and-effect in human events, much as the historians and ideologues would like to think there is. Karl Popper, in his inaugu ral speech at Oxford some years ago, made the interest 1 T TWaw. ing point that in some cases what we do has precisely the opposite effect of what we in tend to do - indeed, the very act engenders its contrary. For instance, ha ax plained, a man who puis his house on sal intends io get the highest possible market price for it. Yet the vary act of putting it on sale tends to lower th market price for every additional house that goes on lh market de presses the price in that area. Contrariwise, i man who wants to buy a house (at th lowest possible market price) is raising th price of houses simply by becoming a potential buyer -for th more buyers, th higher the pric A wryly amusing exam pi of this odd phenomenon has been seen in th na tion's courts over th last fifty years. Firms devis a new nam for a product like sipper or nylon or eel-lophana-and spend millions not only to publicising th names but in defending them from infringements. Yet the irony in this situ ation i that the more effec tive the company is in promot ing the name, the more quick ly it becomes an accepted part of the language. In many such cases, the courts have unani mously ruled that what was once a brand-name has passed into the public domain be cause of usage. So here, too, we see that the very act ot picking a high ly saleable and descriptive name for a product tends to defeat itself in the end, and the consequences of such skill and imagination are quite the contrary ot what was in tended. And much the same contra dictions can be observed in marriage, in education, in pol itics, in diplomacy, In all the areas of personal and social endeavor. Today's greatest problem, indeed, is the "esca lation'' of armaments, in which spending more for de fense as a deterrent only spurs the enemy to do like wise, and creates the very conditions it seeks to elimi nate. How much have wc really "learned from life"? i gerous direct action such as an oil blockade. The administration rejects the argument by some Repub lican leaders that a selective blockade aimed only at stop ping Soviet oil deliveries to the island would not run the risk of war in the Caribbean. Most officials believe now that Khrushchev will fullfill his pledge to pull "several thousand" of his estimated 17,000 military technicians and troops in Cuba out of the island by Friday. This is the promise he made President Kennedy several weeks ago. Only the Russians know what they mean by "several thous and." American officials are watching closely to see whether the Russians evacu ated include the approximate ly 5,000 regular soldiers or ganized in four combat bat talions. These units, equip ped with the latest bat tlefield weapons, have been regarded as capable of help- S. Whit More than any other one man, he controlled the G O. P. convention of that year and led it to its decision to break with the orthodox Republi canism of the late Senator Robert A. Taft and so to nom inate Dwight Eisenhower for President. The party he could not lead from the vantage point of candidacy for office Dewey led from the vantage point of kingmaker. 'M'lXON, too, has known two t' defeats - first his loss of the Presidency in 1960 to John F. Kennedy and second, his loss to Pat Brown in Cali fornia's gubernatorial race of 1962. As was the case with Dewey after the roof fell in upon him in President Harry Truman's unexpected victory in 1948, Nixon may well be through, so far as any person al Presidential ambition is concerned. But, like Dewey in New York, he has in vast Californ ia a home-state base of great power. And California is a state in which the G.O.P. or ganization is at all events not already in the monolithic grip of any other politician. There is some room for maneuver here. And, as was true when Dewey prepared to go to the 1952 Republican national con vention, the party for 1964 suffers an awkward surfeit of Presidential possibilities -the ideal set of conditions into which an old pro can move as a consolidating, a mediat ing and possibly a decisive force in candidate-choosing. TN SHORT, it is becoming very clear that whoever wins the Republican nomina tion next year may need Nixon quite as much as Eisen hower needed Dewey more than a decade ago. The pres ent front - runner, Gov. Nel son Rockefeller of New York, is suffering nationally from local tax and budget troubles. It is now highly unlikely that he can got home to the nomin ation strictly on his own pow er; he will be looking for powerful allies. Senator Barry Goldwatcr of Arizona is a less remote possi bility than he used to be; he will undoubtedly be a strong force at the convention. Gov. George Romney of Michigan has got to be considered, for there are persistent rumors among national Republicans that former President Eisen hower has a friendly eye upon him. Gov. William Scranton of Pennsylvania Is for the mom ent the most reserved of the 1964 possibilities; but in the Important factor of instinc tive political savvy he is near the top among the four. JNTO all this mixed scene Nixon is moving with great care and forethought. In the understatement of recent months he has said he hopes to have "a voice" in the 1964 G.O.P. convention. In this coming fall, long be fore the convention of next summer, he will "make some appearances around the na tion." His role he describes as "to help to get the party united." This was exactly Dewey's role in 1951; to get the party "united" - but united behind the man Dewey would ulti mately support." How much Nixon may be able to control the way the big California delegation Itself votes at the Republican national convention is surely not yet predictable. The big point, however, is that re gardless of his position there he retains an immense influ ence among many - and in some states, most - of the prospective delegates from all the other 49 states. So. for the G O P. now the proper salutation Is "fare well Nixon - and hail:'1 t Dangers as Well ing Castro's government beat down any really serious threat of rebellion. If all of them have left or leave, Khrushchev gives up his most effective immediate means of controlling the situation in Cuba. U. S. officials, while pres sing for evacuation of every Russian, recognize that com plete withdrawel might well increase the danger of an armed clash involving the United States and Cuba. This stems from the fact that the Russians up to now have retained the control of the anti aircraft missiles capable of knocking down the high level U2 planes which Matter of Fact By Joseph Alsop (c) New YoHcrajddhunenlcate THE TABLES GENTLY TURNED Bonn-The outcome of Spe cial Ambassador Livingston Merchant's long visit to Bonn would be downright hi larious if it were not so inter esting and potential ly significant. In brief, Ger man Defense Minister Kai Uwe von Has- Alsop scl g e n 1 1 y turned the tables on the State Department theorizers and other t h i n k e rs of large thoughts who first floated the multilateral deterrent scheme which Merchant came here to expound. This scheme for a multina tional nuclear force, con trolled by a multinational committee, was originally pro moted - one may as well be blunt about it - not as a nu clear deterrent in the -usual sense, but simply as a deter rent of additional national deterrents. UACH member of the con Li trolling board or commit tee was to have a v.to on the use of the multinational force. That meant an American veto, as well as a lot of o'.her ve toes. Militarily, therefore, it was not at all clear why the multilateral deterrent would add much to the U.S. Stra tegic Air Command. Politically and psychologi cally, to be sure, the scheme offered undoubted advantages to the Europeans. It would admit them to partnership in a strategic nuclear strike force - the sign of be.ig a top power nowadays. Further more, the American nuclear warheads were to be handed over ouingnt, without any two - key - carrying American sergeants eternally attached to them. Above all, . it was hoped that the multilateral deter rent scheme would keep the Germans happy in the face of the potential temptations or oen. de Gaulle s force de frappc." The scheme was in fact warmly welcomed in Bonn when first presented here some weeks ago. T'HE German Defense Minis- try even contributed an amendment, by suggesting the possible use of surface ships to carry the new deterrent's missiles, instead of the much more costly Polaris subma rines. mis amendment was tentatively accepted by the Pentagon before the Merchant mission. Nonetheless, the question of cost remained dominant when Merchant reached Bonn. The estimated price tag was no less man souu minion a year lor 10 years. And this huge sum was to be laid out for a force whose value was Pri marily psychological and po litical - a costly adman's ges ture, indeed. Stripped of technicalities. THI5 1$ THE SHOVEL THAT CAN BURY CAPITALISM THIS 15 THE (jay THAT WANT TO WIT Ik 1 JJ ffi "Works like a charm haven't had en parses plain about high taxes!" i continue surveillance of the island to make certain no of fensive weapons remain. The Russians have held their fire, tacitly acknowledg ing the U. S. right to continue reconnaissanoe flights after Khrushchev - because of Cas tro's attitude -.was unable to make good on his promise to permit on-site inspections to verify removal of offensive weapons. It is acknowledged If Cas tro's trigger - happy forces get complete control of the weapons, there is increased likelihood of an "incident." Kennedy has warned there will be swift retaliation if any American plane is attacked. what happened while Mer chant was in Bonn was fairly simple. The German negotia tors headed by Defense Min ister von Hassel and technici ans from the Foreign Minis try were as warmiy welcom ing as ever. They cheerfully agreed to the American for mula for splitting the bill. one-third to the U.S., one third to West Germany, and one-third to other contribut ing powers like Iialv if Italv joins. at BUT they insisted on the un- contributing power a veto. They objected to what the American negotiators describ ed, in super-State Depart memesc, as "the rule of sov ereign equality." What if the Laborite Harold Wilson be came British Prime Minister, the Germans asked, or what if the Italian "openin to the left" went too far to the left? " On these grounds, von Has sel and his team proposed eventual abandonment of the veto in favor of majority rule in the multi-lateral deter rent's controlling committee. They did not ask for ma jority rule right away. But they did ask for it after some years, when most of the force would be operational and tested at sea. As anyone can see. this quiet German proposal revolu tionizes the theorizers' neat scheme. If the proposal Is adopted, what was to have been a mere deterrent of ad ditional national deterrents, governed by a U.S. veto, will first of all escape from U.S. control though not from U.S. influence. SECONDLY, the costly psy " chological-political gesture will be abruptly transformed into the germ, of first essay, of a European deterrent - for Europeans will be in over whelming majority on the control committee. If these transformations are not agreed to, it is doubtful whether the Germans will go forward with the scheme. Hence the ball is now back in the U.S. government's court. Despite the Congressional and other resistance that may be expected. President Ken nedy will be wise to give prayerful consideration to the German proposal. To be blunt about it. the Western Alli ance is ultimately doomed un less the American policymak ers break their own lonj ingrained habit of playi.-g governess to Europe. That is where Gen. de Gaulle is dead right. For Eu rope, conspicuously including Germany, will in the end break out of the Western Alli ance as now constituted, un less Washington concedes to Europe the fullest equality with the United States. To do this, the terrible nucl ar hur dle must somehow be jumped, and this is what the Germans have now asked. CAPITALISTS', LETS SHOW H'M-PAy MM Taxes",'
