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(OITORIAl a i 1 . fv ASPCMTIKH Z7 Memoer Calllornla Newepeper PubUihera Aeeoelatlon Flight 0' Time Medford) and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 yea's '0 10 YEARS AGO April II, I9S3 (Thursday! Ownership of the public housing project, constructed during the war on West Jack son st., has been transferred from the federal government to the Housing Authority of Jackson county. Fourteen students from Southern Oregon college this week are attending the third annual "Model United Na tions" meeting in Berkeley, Calif., on the University of California campus. 20 YEARS AGO April 18, 1343 (Friday) Congressman Harris Ells worth reports Charles Ressc Bralev Jr., Medford, hcada list for appointment to U S Naval Academy. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "As high as $17 has been paid for a sirloin steak in the Middle West by a lady. At that price he should wear it a while before frying It. 30 YEARS AOO Applegate region to get first Civilian Conservation corps camp. Pear crop undamaged by freak hail and snow storm; buds not far enough advanced to be harmed. 40 YEARS AGO Sunday hottest day of year With temperature of 85 re. corded; highways and roads crowded with motorists. John Moffat, William Ham mett and Henry P r i n g 1 e among "lucky" fishermen on first day of season. SO YEARS AGO Erection and operation of $50,000 cement plant assured at Gold Hill as Beaver Port land Cement company file articles of incorporation at Salem. Bud Anderson, Medford, knocks out "K n o c k o u t" Brown. New York, in 15th round before 8,000 spectators in Vernon, Calif., arena. What's Your I.Q.? Nine at ten correct Is suaerier; aavon or eight is eacellent; five or tie Is food. 1. For what act committed on August 20, 1940. did Ro man Mercader spend many years in a Mexican prison? 2. How long is the term of a patent? 3. What relation to you is the daughter of your first cousin' 4 Name the statea of the i5XWwMh 5,Vl.S.?.b 5 What time oi day Is pcllcd the same backward kWjUlllHla Vj-AJIOCIAIION a ZZru . a a M cutting the higher education budget to below 6. John Chapman wandered ., , i . , , j , i ,i extensively through Ohio and the ah oatiy inadequate level recommended by the Indiana during the early, governor, let it ponder this: lHuownatdidhedoonthisj Economists estimate that education is di- 7. Shakespeare was ihr fectly responsible for between ;0 and 50 per centj Bard of Avon; who was the j of America's growth and productivity. Bad w.,Ayr!h',rc? , T,1C Individual with a college education can I 8. Who wrote the tragedv . . . . , .r,w , . , "Mourning Becomes Eicctra :1'. expected to earn some $400,000 during his 9. in what aport is the term j lifetime the high school graduate will earn some j riposte used? $258.000 : the elemental v school graduate will dent wu the capital of pilln mc $182.000 OT Well Under half of that beria namcsd? of the college graduate. Answers, i Aaaaisinaiion It is ;t faet that higher education in Oregon of Leon Tralsky. 2. Savontoan : . . i : it n . , yeara. j. rirat cousin onca re- 18 acclaimed for excellence nationwide. If a com-1 moved. 4. There aro none. 5. bination of politicking and stupidity in the leg-1 itoon. 6. planted appia traaa I Mature compromises that excellence, and if it KVayHS? reduces the educational opportunities of Ore- Fencing. 10. Monrovia altar Kol,s .VOUtll, it will be coming dailgCl Ollslv close I James Monro.. ' to malfeasance in office E.A. TUESDAY, APRIL It. 19S3 'Inexcusably House Speaker Clarence Barton, Democrat from Coquille, is a pleasant-spoken man with po litical ambitions. Speaking from the podium afforded by a daily morning press briefing, he has been hit ting the front pages of afternoon newspapers with some regularity. This is a pretty good deal for a man with an eye on higher elective office. Recently, though, he's put his foot in his mouth with such regularity that he's beginning to make Republican Governor Mark Hatfield look a lot better than he has looked before. "fHE Governor is seen to emerge as the staunch champion of higher education despite the fact that he and his financial advisors cut the higher education budget far below that submit ted by the state board of higher education. The Governor is now defending his own budg et from the slashes threatened by some of the ways and means committee. In doing so, he is making Barton and other critics look like par simonious enemies of education. Barton and the others disclaim this role. But thev are not at all convincing. One wonders how they can justify this attitude that higher edu cation can be cut drastically with the education plank in the 1960 Democratic party platform: "The Democratic Party of Oregon believes that the crisis in American education still exists and that continued evasion of the crisis is inexcusably Irrespon sible in light of our national needs and world obliga tions." DY THEIR own actions and words, then, the I Democrats who are dragging their feet are "inexcusably irresponsible." by any standard one can use financial, so cial, cultural, or economic investment in educa tion is the best investment we can make. Higher education, better education, education for more young people these are the impera tives of today if we are to meet the challenges of the cold war, of automation, of a changing society, and of a civilization which grows in com plexity from day to day. rennv pinching parsimony in education it allowed to happen will this legislature for years Legislator as Educator The current dustup centers around a statement made by the board of higher education as to what they would do if the governor's budget for higher education was cut by $5 million. Note, please, they were AbKUD tor tins by members of the ways and means committee. When they gave it members of the commit tee exploded in outrage. What did they expect? Chimes? The board ib charged bv law with the admin istration of higher education. The members spend uncounted hours sweating over the manifold problems confronting them, year in and year out. Yet when, in response to a direct request, the board tells what in its best judgment it would have to do to meet a $5 million cut, they are roundly criticized by those who asked for the statement. GOVERNOR Hatfield called the board's state ment "carnfiil rpulistir. fnrthricrht. Rnrl hon est." We agree heartily. We also consider the reaction of the legisla tors to be just the reverse careless, unrealistic, devious and something less than honest. House Speaker Barton declares, with what sounds suspiciously like sanctimony, that the leg islature is the voice of Baloney, three times over. It is their elected representatives, not their voice. If Barton would stop thinking in terms of talk, and start thinking in terms of construc tive action, he'd command greater respect. I EUISLATORS come from all walks of life. - Just because they are named by the people to represent them does not make them experts on anything and everything. The board of higher education is also a lay board, but it spends vast amounts of time study ing the problems of education, far more than legislators can. It has the assistance of dedicated, intelligent men who have devoted their lives to the field, who know the special problems, and in many cases the best answers for them. If the legislature wants to run the state's col leges and universites, it can abolish the board. But it is mean and petty to carp at the board for doing its job the best way it knows how. WE HAVE said frequently that the legislature is u Innnti hiirhwiiv cnmmissimi As u statp r8"1 of higher education, the legislature would o a revolving minor. 11 the ways and means committee is serious Irresponsible haunt the members of to come. E.A. the people. 6d&JtofaQS, ui teus Mat "How coma your profession doaan'l give annual awards for achiavamant like everybody alat? ... Communications ... Letters to lhe Editor must beer the name and address of tha writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pan nana or initial for publication ia permissible. Tha Mail Tribune reserves tha right to adit all lattara with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication muat not axctad 400 worda. Tha lattara printed in ihia column de not necessarily represent tha views of tha paper; in fact tha contrary ia oftan tha case. A Matter of Prida To the Editor: The Moscow press in Russia has been ask ing that our House Commit tee on Un-American Activi ties be abolished. And its American counter-part here in the U. S., including the Com munist newspapers, "People's World" and "The Worker," have also been beating the drums for abolition. The House Committee wrecking crew in America consists of the Communist Party, USA, and practically every Red front and pro-Communist organization in the na tion. As of now, this wrecking crew is headed by "The Na tional Committee to Abolish the House Un-American Ac tivities Committee," the ex ecutive director of which is Frank Wilkinson, who recent ly served a year in prison for contempt of Congress. About 95 per cent of the American people have t h e same affection, admiration. and respect for our world fa mous, pro-American "Com mittee" as they do for J. Ed gar Hoover and the FBI. And they'll proudly defend it at the drop of the hat. For thev know that it Is a mighty bul wark against Communist trea son in America. For 25 years it has stood between America and Red disaster. For 25 years It has kept the Reds at bay. No wonder they want to get rid of it. And no wonder we Americans are so proud of our "Committee." Yet last year Oregon suf fered the undying shame of having one of the six Con gressmen who voted against this Committee. While this year our shame is greater than ever. For Bob Duncan, our new Congressman, has also voted against our staunchly loyal "committee." All of you nice, but apathetic, people who so carelessly voted Mr. Duncan into office should be right "proud" of yourselves. Frank Koch 412 South First st. Central Point, Ore. Dictatorahip To the Editor: If the Lcgis lalure of Oregon is deter mined to have the proposed new Constitution defeated in referendum at the first sub mission to the 'people they need only continue with the scheme to make the Governor dictator of Oregon. It is true Oregon has too many semi independent commissions and boards, the most objectionable of which is the Board of Con trol, which should be abolish ed in the new Constitution. Other boards having too much power can be curbed at any time by act of the Legislature. We. the people, hold the Legislature responsible for the state treasurer's office for which they can provide an auditor when necessary, and I would look with considerable fear on the type of financial ! dictator contemplated in the 'proposed Constitution, who ' would appear to be almost j impregnable once he is in office. There is a school of thought that considers the Attorney General only a legal adviser to the Governor but 1 believe there is no doubt that to most Oregonians he is the inter- preter of the law for all of the people and that hit election II a constitutional officer is a ; necessary part of the system i each other too well by visit of checks and balances that ! ing between hands. Then be are needed to continue demo cratic government. Most of us can remember that in recent years the fact that the Attor ney General was of a differ ent party than the Governor has been of tremendous value to the people of Oregon Those of us who have lived in a state where a political machine operated under a strong Governor learned by experience to distrust a sys tem that gives too much pow- M-DFORD HAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON cr to any one official and would oppose the plan for an all - powerful Governor sur rounded by yes men. Oregon has ,always been a two party state and in late years a con certed and planned effort has been made to make these par ties unified, responsible or ganizations. T o concentrate power in the hands of one man is efficient, certainly, the world dictatorship have proven that throughout the years, but it is not democracy, it is not rule of the people. D. Ivan Fritts 744 Fortner Lane Ontario, Ore. o Editor's note: The President of the U.S. (and his "spare tire," the vice president) are the only nation-wide elected officers. Why are there no cries of "dictatorship" con cerning the federal govern ment then? Back Pat To the Editor: As wc go through life it is well to pause a moment to give someone a pat on the back - as per en closed letter. David Frisch P.O. Box 292 White City, Ore. O Dear Mr. Frisch: Thank you for your letter of March 26 addressed to the Administra tor commending Mr. Robert G. Tugman upon his leaving the Veterans Administration to join the University of Ore gon. We are pleased to know that our employees get along well with domiciliary mem bers. We agree with you that his assignment to this new position Is well deserved. John W. Walsh, M.D. Acting Director, Domiciliaries and Restoration Centers Veterans Administration Washington, D C. Revamping Neadad To the Editor: From whence came the familiar phrase: "Nero fiddled while Rome burned?" Well, some thing tells us the economy is sagging, or is it just getting lopsided and a bit threadbare from over-production or un der consumption, as the case may be? Some 1 1 million citizens who are 65 years old and over could not afford to pay a sales tax on food let alone a higher tax contemplated on cigarettes now suggested. No wonder we see so many personages in the news pic tures smoking their favorite brand pipes. What our econ omy needs is a revamping to sustain the present frontier. (Name on file) Medford. Let 'Err. Guess To the Editor: My letter on busybodies caused real home ",,IU1S" , S ' " a"swcr i mis comer if I may. 1 I'm asked what causes peo-: nln 1., ...... ,1,., vn.J it to make others believe they are better than the subject they are so shocked about. It doesn't work. They may have heard it from parents, not enough other interests, not readers of good books, idleness and get tine too "thick" with nthr I , . .'. . .!.-' (PIO, .... ... (1 11(1,. deal, and I found that if the same group played together! much they learned to know ' tween other betweens. they discussed each others' faults and the prairie fire starts rolling. Tell nobody anything Let 'em guess. I've scon it hap pen in clubs. Each has se cret faults: Let's keep em Now, I go to one club that ; smiles "Hello,'' passes the time of day, eats together, j then dances Dancing is fine j exercise and people do not Recent Easing of Tensions in Western Alliance More in Attitude Than By STEWART HENSLEY United Praaa International Washington -0OT- The ten sion and confusion within the Western Alliance appear to have diminished somewhat in recent days, but the change ia one of atmospnere rather than substance. American officials hope to take advantage of the new mood to restore some of the momentum in NATO planning which was lost under twin military and economic blows from French PresidentCharles de Gaulle last January. Wash ington realizes, however, that the opportunities are limited and the approach must be de vious. The improved atmosphere in the alliance seems to stem from two factors, both of them somewhat intangible: -Renewed French cordiality toward Secretary of State Dean Rusk and British For- drown out the music with blabbing. Gossip doesn't stand a chance. One's best friend may have a thrillaway tongue, so watch out. Like 'em all, but none too much. Keep your business to your self and you may not get in volved, but I wouldn't bet on it. One match can burn a city and one word snaps louder. Let us look for only the 'good' in others. It's there. A large group of little tads dropped in Easter eve. They went through everything, broke pencil leads, drew pic tures, spoiled paper and squealed. Though it's long since I've been around youngsters (and though, "O dear me?") I hated the stillness after they were gone and really enjoy ed cleaning up after them. No wonder Christ loved lit tle children. Little ones can lead us far back down Memory Lane and make us younger by years. Pearl Spackman Jacksonville, Ore. Common Sanaa To the Editor: I was Just wondering what is going to happen to the Pope? From all reports he must be pro-Communist, or maybe just soft on Communism. He had better not get too far away from home base or the H.U.A.C. will investigate him and you know Khrushchev's son-in-law could have brainwashed him, and the Birch boys will prob ably want to impeach him. Goldwatcr will probably want him declared incompetent. And you know he could be long to some Communist front organization. Of course if you want to check on that just contact the F.B.I. You know J. Edgar Hoover writes books on Com munism while crime increases five times faster than the pop ulation. But take it all in all, it sounds like good common sense to me. and I hope that there will be enough pressure put on this government of ours to check-rein the military-industrial complex that is leading us fast to nuclear war. In closing I want to say 1 am not a Catholic. Ray Prichard 414 South First st. Central Point. Ore. Write Like an Expert. Hank To the Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to comment on Mr. Hank De Voss's article in the Medford Mail Tribune. April 12. In answer to Mr. DeVoss's statement that the Game Com l ll . " ii e ..un.a puu"- m i.x press thctr views on big game management, let us hope he is the only citizen of this coun . ,h h. M, DeVoss. concentration camps are full of people who are not allowed to express their opin ions, and they are probably not experts. The supporting opinion of others seems good logic to me in this case, and it has a lot of support, support from people who believe their eyes and not blindly led by the Game Commission, or ex- PC" , Let me remind you, Mr De-' Voss. the world has been run i by experts from the beginning of tune, proven by the fact that they would have to be experts to get it in the mess It is in. Mr. Bowles made the state ment that the blacktail would ; have to be harvested because the timber in Western Oregon ; would grow back, choke out the brush and the deer would starve These are the words of an expert. At the rate timber is being cut and brush grow-1 ing back in its place, a person worrld have to be pretty naive. Indeed, to believe Mr Bowies' eign Minister Lord Home dur ing allied consultations in Paris last week. -Increased evidence that other European members of NATO resent De Gaulle's tac tics and are not willing to sup port his efforts to create an inward - looking Europe re moved from U S. and British influence. The second factor may have had some effect in bringing about the first. In any event, the Kennedy administration i s pushing plans to give NATO program ming the appearance of for ward motion, despite some criticism that the United States is resorting to "gim micks" as a substitute for pol icy. Faced with De Gaulle's flat refusal to help create a NATO nuclear force and his insist- story. Mr. DeVoss, do you fall into this category? We have experts in forestry and the lumber industry who would like to see all the deer and elk killed. We have ex perts in the Cattleman's Asso ciation who believe deer should be kept off government land because the deer deplete the feed on their cheap graz ing ranges. Then we have the experts of the Game Commis sion wiio are not able to cater to pressure groups of the min nority (listed above) and make the majority (the hunters and concerned public) see some thing that isn't there at the same time. Mr. DeVoss, you represented the Jackson county chapter of the Izaak Walton League at this meeting, stating it sup ported the Game Commission in management of big game. I would like for you to answer the following questions in your next article: 1. Was it brought to a vote of the membership as to whether they approved pres ent management of big game? 2. If so, what were the re sults of the vote? 3. Or did a few representa tives vote for the entire mem bership? Mr. DeVoss, I am one of the majority who believe our deer herds are diminishing at an alarming rale, caused by the killing off of the does. I had hoped that you would share our concern, eat a little crow, and join us. After reading your last article, however, I think you are doing us far more good where you are; write some more like it. We like to hear from an expert. Joe D. Allison P. O. Box 335 Rogue River, Ore. Where Ara the Dear? To the Editor: In Friday's Tribune, 4-12-63, Hank De Voss really spoke out like an advocate of what we common folks consider a dictatorial form of government. He seems to feel, "If I say it's right, that's it. Let us that know alt take care of it." Mr. DeVoss seems to be of the same opinion some of our illustrious grand pappys held about the buffalo shoot 'em before they starve to death. And they did a real good job. Very few buffalo starved tQ death. A person tramping these woods day in and day out as a lumber-jack has no suggestions to offer the game management that might be of any value? Even a person going out only once a year as a deer hunter, and they aren't all im beciles, is bound to notice changes in range conditions and the amount of deer. Does the fact that Mr. De Voss knows how to write a newspaper article make him an authority on game man agement? I think the average hunter notices changes in the game situation and if he or she isn't learned enough to full evalu ate it. they surely should be heard by the powers above so I 8 as 1 -' rc Pa'in8 ihi- , Wagcs of the experts nf , ..,. . rf.v. in wi,dIil, ,,,. . nf this country. In spite of Mr. DeVoss' idea that we're stupid, so long as wc vote, pav our taxes, buv duck stamps, salmon tags, steolhead tags, deer tags and so forth, it would seem to me we could walk up to a game commissioner and speak our little piece without feeling guilty. If Mr DeVoss is so con vinced the ranges around here are over-populated with deer. would he mind taking a cou ple of us country boys on a field trip and show us where the deer are. or have been. i or the bones left where they starved to death'' Why not publish the corn- men's made at these game control meetings and let us , make up our minds w hat we think of it? Our family enjoys your newspaper, even though wc don't agree with Henry (D for 1 Doei DeVoss Glen Stinger 3386 Lone Pine Medford ence on going ahead with in dependent plans. Rusk came up at Paris with a flanking move which may or may not succeed. The new idea is to coordin ate under the NATO com mander, subject to U. S. veto, targeting plans for some Brit ish nuclear bombers, three U. S. Polaris submarines and aircraft of eight other NATO countries which have ar ranged to secure U.S. atomic weapons for some of their planes. France is among these eight, since she agreed recent ly to take atomic weapons for two of her fighter bomber squadrons based in Germany under NATO command. This end run, if successful, would create what Rusk now calls the "interallied nuclear force." Its effect would be principally psychological. It Strictly Personal By Sydney (ct Field Enterprises. Inc. WHICH MAN IS THE "SENTIMENTALIST?" One man is opposed to cap ital punishment. Another man is in favor of it. Question: Which man is the "sentimen talist?" Most people would answer, 1 think, that the man who op poses capital punishment is the sentimen talist. He is the "bleeding heart," t h e Herri" idealist, t h e one who is "soft on criminals." This is how words contin ually betray us. For all the facts we have available indi cate that the man who op poses capital punishment is the realist, while the man who favors it does so for emotional reasons and no oth er. e O' e In a new pamphlet, "Tha Unexamined Death," an an alysis of capital punishment by Hana W. Mattick. for merly aaaiatant warden of tha Cook County Jail, tha author atataa in hia con clusion, "tha avidenca indi cates that lhoae who favor capital punishment are sen timentalists, pure and sim ple." The hard haadad and practical paopla ara thoaa who have actually exam ined tha evidence and found that "capital puniahmant ia irrelevant to tha homicide rate." It ia indafenaibla on any rational grounds, and ia simply a form of legal ised vengeance or "corpor ate murder." Thara ara. I believe, good moral and paychological reasons for abolishing the The Natives Are Getting Restful By Arthur Hoppe Macuto. Venezuela There you are, loafing around the house. And here I am in the thick of things, fighting com munism. Just like Mr. Nixon. Mr. Nixon, as you may re call, came down here as Vice President to fight communism and cement the bonds of Venezuelan-American friend ship. And Mr. Eisenhower had to call out the Marines. So, with Mr. Nixon's ex ample in mind, it was with some inner queasiness that I stepped off the VIASA jet airliner better equipped though I was in my football helmet and drip-dry suit. Somebody cleared his throat. "Hit the deck." I cried. And then seven of them rushed me. Three just wanted to shake hands. A fourth gave me a bottle of Venezuelan rum. Another presented me with a souvenir corkscrew and a battle opener. And the last handed me a punch. In a tall glass with a cherry in it But you know why they love me? It's because they recognize a dedicated Communist-fighter when they see one. And that's exactly what I am. It's economics. You see. President Bctancourt. who is a Good Guy. has got a couple of mountains full of iron, plus oil all over the place. But he's got to "broaden Venezuela's economic base" iwhalever ; tnat means) to eliminate pov- erty and defeat the Commu nists. So he's opening classy hotels around the country to "attract tourist dollars." Which are the best kind. Therefore, if you have any ; old tourist dollars lying I around the house, it is your bounden duty ';o come down I here into the Iront lines and Reality would be a pale shadow of the "multinational" force envis aged by President Kennedy and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan at Nassau. The force would add nothing to the nuclear s-irtking power of NATO. Its warheads, ex cept for those of the British, would have to remain in cus tody of U. S. military officials until Kennedy actually or dered a strike. However, coordination o f the force, limited though it might be, would save face by providing something which could be called a NATO nu clear group which might sat isfy to some extent demands of European allies for an in creased voice in nuclear strat egy. They could participate, on the NATO staff, in plotting the targeting for an interal lied nuclear force. J. Harris death penalty. But I am not concerned with them here; what interests ma in Maltick'a brief and pun gent atudy of tha aubject ia tha overwhelming evidence that capital punishment pre vents no murders. It does not do tha one thing ita pro ponent insiat it can do. What capital punishment docs do is to provide society with an unjust and irration al outlet for its anger and fear. Furthermore, it permits us to close our eyes to the multiple causes of crime by getting rid of the symptoms only. Meanwhile, the crime rate continues to increase ev erywhere, despite more strin gent penalties. I have argued the case against capital punishment In previous columns, and I have never seen a factual refuta tion of it. But what is most ironic in this whole contro versy is that the label of "sen timentalist" should be attach ed to the opponent of capital punishment, while the propo nent smugly believes him self the "realist" in the mat ter. If realism means under standing cause and affect, if It means proportioning the methods to the ends, if it means being for something be cause it really works in fact, if it means refusing to be swayed by emotional consid erations then it is the op ponents of the death penalty who are realists, in any mean ingful sense of that abused word. (For a free copy of "The Unexamined Death," write to the John Howard Association, 608 S. Dearborn St.. Chicago, 5. III.) fight communism. Personally, I'm entrenched at the Macuto Sheraton hotel and I can hon estly say I've never seen a better place to fight commu nism. Built under the old regime of dictator Marcus Perez Ji minez (a Bad Guy), the hotel has been standing vacant for the past five years and is just now opening under lease to the Sheraton people It's got 17 kinds of Italian marble and cost a reported S40 mil lion to build. Or better than $100,000 per guest room. With lanai. But the rooms rent for S10 a day. So being a dedicated Communist-fighter is not only patriotic. It's relatively cheap. And yon can't beat that. Of course, fighting commu nism is not without its hard ships. There are grave deci sions. Should we sit on the lanai looking up at the tow- ; ering green Andes? Or in the patio looking out over the blue Caribbean? And which of the two huge pools should we dip into? Or the crystal waters lapping the private beach? Ah. me. And what kind of wine, do you feel, goes best with the filet de bouef? Should we golf this afternoon? Or go deep-sea fishing? Is there time before cocktails to . . .? Hold it. A gentleman just room carrying a bottle of walked into my $100,000 Scotch, two bottles of min eral water, a fresh pineapple and a bucket of ice. I don't know about Mr Betancourt. but I think I'm winning And now. if you'll excuse a dedicated old Communist- ; fighter who is trying to fo. . low in the footsteps of Mr. Nixon. I think I'll go out on I the lanai and get stoned
