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Newspaper Page Text4 A "Iverjonc Id Southern Oregon Beads Toe Mail Tribune Published Dally except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO S3 North fir StPh;7r.M141 ROBE W RUHL. Editor HXRB GREY Advrt.lng MlUHt GERALD T LATHAM, Bill Mr ERIC W ALLEN JR.. Mno Editor EARL H ADAMS, City Editor uaodv ruinllM T.I.. tbtltar RICHARD JIWETT, Sports Editor OLIVE ST ARCHER Women's Edlto. DALE ER1CKSON, Clrcuituon Mar An Independent HmHMI Entered as second class matter 01 Modlord. Oregon unoer Act 01 March 3, 17 SUBSCRIPTION RATE Dally and Sunday 1 yaar IIJ OO Dally and Sunday moa 10 .00 Dally and Sunday a moa 3.00 Sunday Only Ona yaar s 00 Simla Copy (Mailed! aoo c nH Motnr Route. Dally and Sunday 1 year 3100 Dally and Sunday mo. Ip Sunday Only 1 mo. ooe Carrlat and Vendora Copy too Official Paper of City of Mtdford official Papar at Jacssoa County United Preai International full Leaeed Wirt O, P I TaUphoto Newsplcturea "MEMBEiTor AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Artvertiilni Representative' NELSON ROBERTS i ASSOCI ATES Ofloaa In Now York Chi cago Detroit. San Francisco Lot Denver. NIWSFAFIR rumiHitt 'ASSOCIATION NATIONAL I0ITOIU1 AsfibcAriaN Meinner California New. paper PubUihara Association Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mull Tribune 10. 20. 30. 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO April 12. 1SS3 (Sunday) Budgeting of funds for a fuU-time special investigator for the district attorney's of fice was recommended here today by the Jackson county grand jury. The organized search for light plane missing in this area since April 4 with four persons aboard ended yester day; no trade has been found. 20 YEARS AGO April 12, 1943 (Monday) County war bond sales amount to $304,249 on first day of second war loan drive. From Arthur Perry s Ye Smudge Pot" column: "One of the local social queens balks at wearing the glasses the doctor ordered. With them he sees better but looks worse, she says." 30 YEARS AGO April 12. 1933 (Tuesday! Medford residents urged to use more canned food in order that grocery shelves can be cleared for new stock. Medford Elks lodge holds annual crab fee. 40 YEARS AGO April 12. 1923 (Wednesday) City Chief of Police Charles Adams loses star; reward of fered for its return. SO YEARS AGO April 12. 1913 (Friday) Clarence Rcames, Medford, said "almost assured" of ap pointment as United States district attorney for Oregon, Jackson school pupils ob serve Arbor day by purchas ing three dozen roses and us ing them to construct an arch In front of the school. What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct is superior; seven or eiaht is excellent; five or sli is good. 1. The prolonged cry of a horse is called what? 2. Which is the smallest In area of the six Central Amer ican Republics? 3. A crane on Ihe side of a ship used for lowering a boat Is called what? 4. Who was the siren of the Hhin. who enticed sailors to destruction'1 5. What article of dress is frequently used in a jazz band to mute a trumpet? 8. A hard rubber disc is used in playing ice hockey; what is its name? 7. If u company passes a dividend, do the stockholders usually feci glad, or sorry? 8. Did Christopher Colum bus make two, three, four, five, or six voyages to the Western Hemisphere? 9. Which pair of words bail completes this statement: basement Is to attic as (1) na dir is to zenith (2) zenith is to acme? 10. Who is called The Fath er of Medicine? Answers: 1. Neigh. 2. El Salvador. 3. Davit. 4. Lorelei. 5. Hat. 8. Puck. 7. Sorry. 8. Four. 9. Nadir is to lenlth. 10. Hippocrates. WON'T USE CAR Washington -HOT- Speaker John W. McConnack said to day House Clerk Ralph R. Roberts has agreed not to use h i s government provided limousine to go to nearby race tracks any more. McCormBck told newsmen Thursday that "Mr. Roberts will use the car atrictlv for official mirrw,... r ----- i FRIDAY. APRIL 12. IMS Pork-Barrel Highways We have said before and we say again : The state legislature makes a lousy highway commission. Over the past several sessions, it has been conned into approving the issuance of bonds for specific projects which are not high on the high way commission's list of priorities. As the bonds have been issued and sold, interest payments have increased to a point where they now con sume a goodly portion of the money available to the commission, thus depriving other areas of needed highways. The highway bond grabbers are at it again. ONE can sympathize with the highway "have not" areas. But we cannot agree that bonds should be issued to help them at the expense of other and more populous parts of the state. As in the past, the current attempt to legis late where highways shall go, ana 10 doiyow money to pay for them, becomes a matter of porkbarrel log-rolling in the legislature. And it raises hob, not only with highway financing, but also with the orderly and well-thought-out prior ity list for highways prepared by the highway department. The legislature should do its job passing or rejecting laws and let the highway com mission to its iob which is building highways with funds available and where tney are neeaea the most. E.A. Education Tax Deduction It so happens that we checks one to Uncle Sam in payment of our income tax obligation, the other for the monthly installment for board, room and tuition for the college freshman in the family. Thus we are in a position to appreciate the suggestion that educational expenses be made tax-deductible. Congressman Walter Norbald's annual ques tionnaire mailed to his First District constituents recently showed that 57.2 per cent of them would favor a plan where "parents of college students would be permitted to claim their tuition, books, and other educational deduction." The proposal is not enacted. The possibility THE only deductions Tifmr ullnuwwl Ku f i r 1 "w" WtkeVW VV WU WJ i V i v t HHI'IIU. WA AM tl(j Ul Is for education of a self-improvement character, designed to improve one's professional skills. But, with the increased emphasis being given to higher education, it deduction would do as to encourage young people to continue their edu cation at the college and university level. It would, in effect, be "federal aid to edu cation," in one sense. But it would be a back door approach, assisting rather than the colleges thus avoid a lot of the federal aid to education. From a public interest standpoints as well as a perfectly selfish one at the moment we would support such a proposal. E. A. $2 Bill Revival In the midst of all sorts of crusades and cam paigns, some dead-serious and some zany, it is comforting to find a one-man campaign which is designed neither to ban the bomb nor to clothe naked animals nor to hike 50 miles. This campaign, being waged by an ordinarily serious-minded university professor, is designed to increase the circulation of $2 bills. He has conducted his project from Oregon to Wisconsin and back again. He explains: "In this age of conformity and rule by rote, America needs a lighter touch, something to break the straitjackel of life . . "The $2 bill is indeed hard to come by. It is never returned in change over a counter. Apparently it is used principally to place or to pay off bets at race tracks. Or it is a Christmas or birthday gift (or chil dren. There are some people who will have none of it, for the $2 bill has a reputation of being unlucky." ""PHIS professor has found, however, that he can obtain supplies of $2 bills if he goes di rectly to a bank, preferably one in a large city, and specifically requests them. Then he uses them in making his various pur chases, and delights in noting the reaction of the clerks and salesmen. N'o one. so far in the . , 1. t lu-iuoii 11 nojeci. I as l emseu to accept a v-1 0 lhc Editor; Concerning bill, but he has found some skepticism about his I Arthur Hoppcs proven ss campaign. lam on birth control. It has been so long since we have seen a bill one with all four corners torn otf for good ! ried couDle should have to luck that We are seriously considering eilllSt- i illir in the trood nroftwsor's el'livide K A "lb I" WW gvruu 1'iuiisMJi a irutMlUB. c. n. Almost The New York legislature recently adjourned, I " la . r il. i. i i . , ti i 'a must uj ine session was OUt Of news in New York CitV, caused by the newspaper strike. mi 'v, v- . ,. . .. ,. I i ne iiew ltiiK tunes, Session, stated: "The newspaper strike blacked out much of the session. If the public is wondering what was being done at Albany, it has had its answer now: almost nothing. To attain this end the Democrats made their contribu tion. They helped the Republicans do nothing." One hopes the Oregon legislature will not be subject to similar caustic comment when it imallV adloiirns next month, or t ip month fn lowing. Its recOlU Up to nivi vo A 1 u . recently mailed off two costs as an income tax new, but it has yet to be that it will be remains. for educational purposes m 1 1 innm-no frav lutire am seems to us that such a much as any single thing families of students, themselves, and would current arguments about . e i . . ..-, Nothing heltl during the black- in commenting on ine tills point IS not imVvM'. ' world s exploding population MEDFOr "You Want A Hot Line ... Communications ... Letters to Ihe Editor must bear the nam gnd address of the writer, although under certain circumsiances the us of a pan nana or initial for publication is permissible. Tha Mail Tribune reserves tha right to adit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. Tha letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent tha views of tha papar; in fact tha contrary is often tha case. Brain Powers To the Editor: Thank you, oh brave pioneer in our fron tier wilderness of practicality and infant technology, for your daring "Mystic Brain Powers." Before the cranks' pooh poohs bury you, please will they read Nobel prize winner (1932) Werner Heisenberg's "Uncertainty Principle." This foremost German physicist stated "-that nothing is for certain:-that there is on inter action between the observer and the observed so that each is altered by the other in the experiment by an unknown and undetermined amount-." And a later experiment is noteworthy, when three phys icists with preconceived no tions sat to an electron micro scope to observe and find, once and for all, and to tell the world, just what are atom ic particles: No. 1 believed they were static particles, as dust, and this is what he saw; No. 2 believed them light rays and he saw vacillating light rays; No. 3 had no idea what he expected to see, and he saw nothing, and thus, today, we have the scientific term "par ticle waves" because "-nothing is for certain." Henri Polncare, a great mathematician, credited this strange brain power with the making of mathematicians, in his "Science and Method." Einstein lately pleaded the nations of the world to pre vent atomic disaster by the simple means of altering their attitudes. Jesus Christ told what could be done by brain power if it were utilized, comparable to that of a single mustard seed, (positing. Himself, that seeds also have brains). Howard Fast, in "T h c Naked God," reveals the us age of such power by Russia, as he learned before leaving the Communist party. Norman Peale gives cre dence to E.S.P. and countless healers of Catholic, Indian, Protestant, and jungle prove its realism. So lar, 1 can't think a tree slump out of my yard, nor can we concentrate the clouds away, so you'll gel yours for bringing this up. But somc-how-I'm awfully glad you did, and 1 hope you are not ever sorry. Virginia U. Card Jacksonville, Ore. Hoppe To the Editor: If you care to use the following without giving my name here it is: 1 like Arthur lloppc belter wiln most of his face cov ered (behind the glasses! and 1 value your paper more with out his contribution. iName on file) Cold Hill. Ore. Toaelherness separate In ordat to control ,lu' raU' 01 blrlns U" wc n,V' I todav. Could it be that ha has gone from doctor to doctor, i asking each separately for very simple and easy opera- tion which would then ..l.l u.n). I .t,.. rate .,f their family. Mrma- nenlly. and also permit then to live together In peace ,.( mind without the fear of lii'V- inr, another accident' 1 have' And every tingle doctor 1 have talked to sail no. and some even refused to talk about the matter One doctor said that lie might con sider performing surgery it I was 35 or 40 and if I had I or 4 children. So I ask why all Ihis con-, trovcisy about why people The medical men of our I ! D MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON To The Capitol Too?" area, and I would venture to say most other areas, will re fuse to help even when peo ple have sound reasons for asking of them some profes sional help. Maybe Arthur Hoppe's idea is proven, but if he wants people to start helping him stamp out togetherness, why doesn't he move a motion to stamp out marriages to be gin with, as isn't that the root of all togetherness? Richard M. Atkin P. O. Box 335 Shady Cove, Ore. Publicity Agent To the Editor: Bill Jessen seems to be the only reliable source for truthful news and reporting on the Public San itary district and County Plan ning commission meetings, through the radio station KDOV public opinion pro gram. I, as well as many others, who attended the meeting, will verify and witness his testimony and news on how these meetings are conducted. The chairman of South Tal ent Sanitary district asked for volunteers to serve on the budget committee. I was the only one to volunteer at that time, to serve on the budget committee of the South Tal ent Sanitary district, and was not recognized, as Bill men tioned. Am I a nobody? It seems we should have a publicity agent at these meet ings who is, and who wc could hold, responsible for the truth m regard to articles which arc printed and permit ed in any public newspaper. Arne Borreson Route 1, Box 239 Talent, Ore. P S. -Print as is written Slow Downl To the Editor: A open letter to those who use Clover Lane as a Race Track: 1 wish you could have seen the look of anguish on Ihe child's face as he picked up his little dead dog, and known the heart break that he feels as he has now lost his little pal and friend. And to think thai a child was standing within a short distance of this killing. Please, people, take a les son from this and slow down! it won't be one of our children next. (Name on file) Medford Now It The Time To the Editor: "Not only arc land values being inflated by this speculation - an in flation which can only in crease the eventual cost of this park to the people of the United States - but the valu able natural resource which Congress sought to preserve is being whittled away and destroyed." Those are Congressman Cohelan's words in the Con gressional Record, April 2. 1983. He is not referring to our proposed Oregon Dunes National Seashore Park but to Point Reyes National Sea-1 shore ,n California just north : of his coneressional district The land speculators want the Duncan bill because it j docs little more than change : the jurisdiction of public land already devoted primarily to recreation from the Forest Service to the Park Service. It is clear that recreational needs will require the P.irk to be enlarged in a few years. Land in that area will then cost us taxpayers from twice to six times as much as now. Mrs. Neuberger's bin pro vides for a larger park with out disturbing any home own- ers Her bill allows for ar area larae enouch to be do vcloped for wide and varied I recreational use - but it does cramp the style of land succti N ors. 1 ow is Ihe lime for Uen cemcd Oregonians to write to 1 i Pope John's Praise of United Nations In Encyclical Strikes By BRUCE W. MUNN United Press International United Nation. N.Y.-IUPll- Pope John's encyclical appeal to strengthen the United Na tions as a peace-keeping au thority with power to nego tiate and act struck a respon sive chord here. It was the lirst time a Pope had spoken out directly in support of the world organ ization, although previous pontilical pronounc emenli have supported U.N. objec tives and philosophy. The Pope extended his ecu menical principles beyond purely religious affairs into global politics in what was interpreted here as a plea for political coexistence. He walked carefully down the line between the East and West Power blocs, departing from that path only in re marking that while a state must be based on belief in God and human rights, "it is im- Bob Duncan, House Office Building, Washington, D. C, and to Maurine Neubcrger, Washington, D. C. Charles O. Porter 858 Pearl st. Eugene, Ore. Eattar To the Editor: Easter takes us back 19 centuries to three men dying on three crosses and three groups of people showing three attitudes to ward the man on the central cross. The soldiers' was one of apathy. It meant nothing to them that He suffered and died in agony. The second group, out of hatred, had de livered Him to death. Their attitude was antipathy. "Away with Him! Away with Him!" they cried. The third group's attitude was one of sympathy. Some of them would have willingly died in His place. They suffered with Him until the last loud cry, "It is finished!" Apathy, antipathy, sympa thy. One of these attitudes to ward the Saviour must be ours today. That Thursday night, after instituting the communion service, Christ walked into the garden of Gethsemene - taking the sins of the world upon Himself Only then did He realize the weight of that sin. As the Son of God staggered under the load of our sins - He fell on His face and prayed the Fa ther three times. "O1 my Fa ther, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me." That cup was His death, to atone for the sins of the world. The Fa thcr may have had two alter natives - save His Son and let the world perish. Abolish the law of ten commandments, for where there is no law there is no sin. (Rom. 4:15.) If these two alternatives were possible, the Father ig nored both of them, letting His Son die a sacrifice on the cross to atone for our sins. This proves beyond doubt the perpetuity of God's law, the ten commandments. The Saviour said: "Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or tittle shall in no wise pass from the law." Every ill in this world is or has been caused by the disobedience to God's Law and our antipathy toward it. In the beginning, the same as now, sin is the transgression of that law. (1 John 3:4.) The carnal minded say we have too much Scripture. Such antipathy causes our world leaders to cry out: "I am haunted by the feeling, that we will soon have 15 or "0 nuclear powers." Thank you Mr. Editor for the valuable space. Like eter nal life it is free - only be cause some one else pays for it. I do appreciate the Tribune and its editorials. F. E. Beverly, 112 Geneva, Medford Can t Understand To the Editor: What I can't understand is that ... the more people that have to pay ih mnr i... ih. are that people have to pay' in business the more goods that arc manufactured and sold. the less it costs to manu facture and sell and the more profit is realized. But ordi nary citizens do not under stand the mysterious work ings of (modern) government Their end of the deal is sim ply to supply the money for research, committee investiga tions, subsidies, foreign aid. salaries, expense accounts, fringe benefits for govern ment employees. losses in gov eminent business ventures. e,c- clc How much more of this ho-, cus pocus can poor, tired busi-1 ness nana in-forc it closes up : con-ltbon entirely . and thus puts a stop to the whole mess? i possible to determine once and for all what is the most suitable form of government." "It is our earnest wish," the Pope said, "that the United Nations organization - in its structure and in its means -may become ever more equal to the magnitude and nobility of its tasks, and that the day may come when every human being will find therein an effective safeguard for the rights which derive directly Try and -By BENNETT CERF- TWO SOUR-V1SAGED fanners liked to complain about conditions together. "Never did see hay grow so short as mine this summer," sighed one. "You think yours is snort," scoffed the other. "I had to lather mine to mow it" e e Senator Keating of Near Terk la pondering an invi tation to lecture ha re ceived recently from an up state group. It concluded, "Pleaae come. Senator. Everybody here la mighty anxious to hear the dope from Washington!" a They have invented one of those chain letters for hypochondriacs. It goes something like this: "Send your symptoms to five friends, and if you're lucky, you'll start an epidemic. Ona man broke the chain and ended up healthy." e a Have you heard about the new sport developed by two clergy men' behind their church? It's played with racquets and a shuttlecock. They call it goodminton. O UM, by Beaaett Cart Distributed by Kiai features Syndicate Troubled Student Not Always Having Serious Problems By DAVID NYDICK UPI Education Specialist Parents can be helpful to successful students as well as those having difficulties. The successful student prob ably already has been given the necessary support and as sistance, but continued guid ance and understanding will be valuable. The overwhelming amount of advice concerning students with problems may lead par ents to believe that a great many problems exist. But we should keep in mind that a large majority of students are successful. U n f o r tunately. there always will be a small percentage of children with problems. Then, maybe we could start over again from scratch-with a clean slate. Bruce Y. KleinSmid 1719 S.E. Portola dr. Grants Pass, Ore. Duncan's Stand To the Editor: Representa tive Robert B. Duncan's stand on Oregon's O & C timber land funds should scare every taxpayer in Jackson county! A splurge of wrathful let ter writing to Mr. Duncan is very much in order. His strategy of non-resistance to the attack in Congress on the vital interests of the O Sc C counties in the state of Oregon is incredible. The O & C funds belong to these counties as legally as the deed to a homeowner's dwelling. The Oregon Demo cratic Congressional delega tion has adopted a position of non-resistance to present in roads on our O Ac C revenue. Don't delay. Write, wire or phone Congressman Duncan today. Here's a chance to do something about prevent i n g tax increases in Jackson coun ty. This is our money and it is up to us to protect it. H. P. Jennings Chairman. Jackson County Republican Central Committee P. O. Box 1572 Medford 8 Oh. say can you tee. i Responsive Chord from his dignity as a per son . . . "A public authority, having world-wide power and dowed with the proper means for the efficacious pursuit of its objective must be set up by common accord and not imposed by force." The Pope's implied sugges tion for putting teeth into the United Nations is not new. The charter provides for a U.N. military force to carry out Security Council direc Stop Me Parents should recognize that a child having some dif ficulty is not always in seri ous trouble. Be concerned if the problem is consistent or reoccurs regularly. Do not ex pect perfection. Learning in cludes errors as well cor rectness. Alt these experiences contribute to progress. Naturally, a successful stu dent should receive encour agement. This does not mean constant praise. When suc cess is overemphasized, the child may develop feelings of pressure. He may get the idea that he must succeed in order to be loved. This problem can be avoided by also show ing some type of approval when an activity was not worked out properly. Of course, this does not refer to dangerous behavior. Help children build upon their interests. When a child shows a desire to pursue some activity, a parent may en courage it by helping supply the needed materials and op portunity. Allow children to grow up. Many successful students are hindered when it is not rec ognized that they are rapidly approaching adulthood. Ap propriately increase their re sponsibilities and opportuni ties for decision mantis. On the other hand do not be come too lax. Children need organization and guidance. They respect sincere assist ance and interest. They want to share successes and fail ures with sympathetic and un derstanding parents. Mutual Respect The successful relationship is one in which parents and child grow together. There should be mutual respect. A child is encouraged when he realizes that he is considered an important member of the family. Most parents have children who have made good social and academic adjustments. There is no question that ex isting problems with students or schools should raise con cerns. The important aim is not to create problems for a child who is showing good progress. the hypocrisy tives, but the major powers. never have been able to agree on its make-up. The pontificial appeal for negotiation echoes the pur suit of "quiet diplomacy" practiced effectively by Sec retary General Thant and his predecessor, the late Dag Hammarskjold. Pope John's encyclical re called the U.N. creed enunci ated by Thant at a news con ference last September. "I am convinced that this world is heading for a syn thesis," Thant said. "If we may recall a little of history, I am sure you will agree with me that religious tolerance 200 or so years ago was re garded as a sin, and not only as a sin, but as a colossal crime. But it is no longer re garded as such in the 20th century. "Now, of course, political tolerance or tolerance of po litical ideologies or beliefs is still regarded, if not as a sin, as some sort of crime. I believe strongly that this attitude is also a passing phase . . . "To give a religious anal ogy: I am a Buddhist; I be lieve that Buddhism as a re ligion is superior to other religions, but this conviction does not blind me to the fact that there are hundreds of millions of people who believe otherwise. I understand this, and because of this under standing I believe in peace ful coexistence." Strictly Personal By Sydney J. Harris fc Field Enterprises. Inc. ON OPEN EARS I was about to recommend a newly published book of es says by that remarkable Frenchwoman, Simone Weil, who died dur ing tne Sec ond World War at the age of 34, and who has been described by T. S. Eliot as having "a kind of geni us akin to that of the saints." Harri- One of the essays in the book, titled "The Power of Words," more effectively an alyzes the false and irrational conflicts in the modern world than anything else I have read. Yet it occurred to me that it is precisely the people who most need to read it who will not bother, and the ones who will read it are the ones who need it least. This is the frus trating aspect of communica tionthat only the converted have open ears. From the letters I get in response to many columns, it is evident thai, what ever their views, most peo ple do not listen to their antagonists. They are look ing only lor arguments that will confirm their existing opinions. They do not know how. and do not want to, receive any kind of stimula tion from the other side. But a real education is obtained only in this way. Those we disagree with are the only ones who can 1 1 r a t c h our intellectual muscles, who can make us question and re-examina our basic beliefs. For example. I have rec ently been reading a slim paperbound edition of "Nietzsche and Christian ity." by Karl Jaspers, tha fine theologian. Nieiitcha was a bitter enemy of Christianity in all aspects and yet Jaspers finds in hit pages many illuminating in sights into the nature of religion. Hit willingnest to delve into Nieltsche't thought, honestly and deeply, hat clairified. strengthened and purified his own beliefs: for nobody who fails to under stand the enemy can truly understand hit own posi tion, its implication! and its limiialiont. e Likewise, one of the strong est opponents of Plato's thought in modern times has been R. H. S. Crossman. the British political theorist. But, as on of Plato's severest cri tics, Crossman has conclud ed: I still find the Republic' the greatest book on political philosophy which I have read. The more I read it, the more I hate it; and yet I cannot help returning to it time after time. This is the only civilized attitude a man can take to ward his serious adversaries; it is the only way we grow, learn, change, develop, and genuinely mature into a hu man being. But the ones who j most need to know this are the ones who stopped read ' ing at the second paragraph.