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Member California Nawiyapar Publlllwra AaaodaUon Flight 0' Time Medford and Jackson County n . kaa filsta of Th Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO April 19, 1953 (Sunday) A series of five traffic sc cldents brought death to one man and Injuries to several others in the Medford ares late Saturday and early Sun day, according to state police. The Jackson county budget committee will hold its or ganizational meeting Tuesday, sccordlng to County Judge J. B. Coleman. 20 YEARS AGO April 19. 1(43 (Monday) Jackson county farmers, short of critical year - round farm labor, urged to place orders Immediately for work ers being brought into this area by the Federal Security administration. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "This is the 54th birthday of Herr Hitler. He should be given 54 spanks, and for good measure, a bullet behind the right ear." 30 YEARS AGO April II. 133 (Tuesday) Oregon State Mining con gress sessions scheduled to open in Medford. "Crackmens" blast local service station safe and make off with $100. 40 YEARS AGO April 19, 1923 (Wednesday) Price of milk to go up four cents a quart in Medford dairies because of high cost of hay and labor shortage; to sell for UVi cents a quart. Medford attorneys Rive fare well Dartv for Frank Farrcll, scheduled to leave for Cali fornia. SO YEARS AGO April 19. 1913 (Friday) Porter J. Ncff, Medford, ex pected to resign as director of North Pacific Fruit Distribu tors after Rogue valley fruit men decide to market through Northwestern Fruit Exchange. Mayor W. W. Eifcrt pro claims that May 1 will be cleanup day in Medford. What's Your I.Q.? Nlnt or ten corrtel ii iwM" even or r.qht It CICf llf fit; ill Ii good. 1. what two Michigan towns ooin claim uie nonor 01 ocuig th. 1,,,. 1 t...,. of 11,,. ,.,, nil. can Party? 2. Whose 'llght-olovc' was 'the lady that's known as Lou'.' 3. is (lie body of a Sphinx that of a tiger, lion, or pan ther? 4. What city Is called the motor - car capital of the world'' 3. What metal product is obtained from the ore baux ite? 6. How many shillings are in an Knglish guinea? 7. Which playing card is called "the devil's bedposts "? 8. What famous American patriot made t h c copper sheathing placed on the hull of the II S S Constitution, bet ter known as Old Ironsides' ' 9. Who was King Solomon's mother? 10. Which President said, "A house divided against It self cannot stand"? Answers: 1. Ripon and Jack son. 2. Dan McOrow in "Tho Shooting of Dan McGrew. " 3. Lion. 4. Dotroit. Mich. a. Aluminum. (. Twenty-one. T. Four el clubs, t. Paul Revere, f. BathaaiilM. 10. Lincoln. K0'lS PUIlliHItl NATIONAL lOITOIIAl FRIDAY. APRIL II. IMS Education-or About 10 months ago, the U. S. Supreme Court ruled that a prayer, written by the New York Board of Regents of the public school sys tem, and prescribed by them for daily reading in public schools, was unconstitutional. The ruling created a the idea that the (Jourt had "banned uoa irom the schools," whereas, in fact, it had merely ruled against an "official" prayer, and a pretty insipid and meaningless one at that. As, through discussion and study, the decision came to be better understood, the furor died down somewhat, although there is still wide spread misunderstanding and resentment of the decision. a a a rVO OTHER cases in the same touchy area have recently been argued before the court, and decisions may be forthcoming soon. One in volves the reading and recitation of the Lord's Prayer in the public schools; the other involves Bible reading in the public schools. If, as seems possible, tne uourt rules against these practices as violations of the freedom of religion, will there be an outcry comparable to the one last year? It mav well be. An article in the current Saturday Review discusses this, and these ques tions: "Will clergymen, through some mysterious magic, suddenly become authorities on Constitutional law and experts on American history? "Will our political leaders, oiessea wnn me wisaum of campaign experience, leap up to defend Cod, attack the Supreme Court, and view with alarm the advance of Communism? "Or have we learned from the school prayer battle of 1962 that vituperation serves neither God nor freedom?" WE HAVE LONG maintained that the state, or anv subdivision of it. has no rieht to tell anyone what he shall believe, how he shall wor- shap, or how he must pray. If the state savs that a child MUST listen to a Bible reading or the Lord's Prayer whether or not it is in accordance with that child's own be liefs the state is violating that child's religious freedom. It matters not if the Buddhist. Moslem, free-thinker, atmostic, atheist, or merely one who believes that school is neither tiie time nor place for religious observance. The principle is the same. IF THE Supreme Court rules against these prac tices, it will be in effect telling the state (in this case the school) that it cannot establish re union in the schools in this manner. On the other hand, were the court ever to ban personal, private prayer Ul it IIIUIIICIII, S JJttUOC W at the bcinnninar 01 a class fringing on the free exercise of religion. If the First Amendment means anything at all, it means that the state has no business with religion, one way or the other. It cannot impose relic-ion. or its forms, on anyone against their wishes; nor can it deny tice his religion as he wishes. THE SATURDAY Review article concludes this WQV "If the Supreme Court rules against the Lord's Pray er and Bible reading, we can restage the unhappy re ligious conflict of last summer. Or we can turn to serious reconsideration of the place of religion in the public school. Instead of bitter battles to maintain a feeble recognition of religion by means of opening exercises with little meaning or educational effectiveness, school boards should be encouraged to adopt a program based on the proper function of the public sehools-not worship or Indoctrination, but education . . . "The purpose of the public school is to impart know ledge, not to instill faith. This, In Itself, is not a small task. Real understanding by pupils of the place of religion In the development of our civilization should be the goal for every public school. Parents, clergy, and other citi zens should support the schools In working for that goal." We should keep the distinction between edu cation and indoctrination well in mind. E.A. Birmingham Jail "The Right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the Unit ed States or by any state, on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." j Amendment XV, Consitution of the United States f a ,,.:. 01 Amenta. Birmingham, Ala.-WPt-Sixteen Negroes were arrested here a they marched to register to vote. Police Chief Jamie Moore appeared at the church where yesterday's march formed and told the group: ". . . If you march In a parade you will be in violation of a city ordinance . . " The Negroes sat quietly while Moore spoke, but JO of them later left the church and started toward the courthouse. Thirteen soon turned back and the other 16 were halt ed after they had covered less than a block. "Let's slop It right there," an officer yelled. "This is not a parade," one of the Negroes replied. "We are going down to register to vote." Police Commissioner Eugene (Bull) Connor was on hand . . . and when someone suggested the marchers be transported to jail In a patrol car. Connor replied: "Car, hell . . . put them In the patrol wagon " Police then moved Into a nearby park where 400 Negro spectators had gathered and broke up the crowd "Congress shall make no law abridging the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of griev ances." Amendment I, Constitution of the United States of America. The old song, "Birmingham Jail," has an added poignancy these days. E. A. t, Indoctrination? furor. Many people got child be Jew, Hindu, (such as Grace at lunch, injUCDb UlUll, kuiuuiivv i, men it wouia oe in anyone the right to prac "This Guerrilla Stuff It ... Communications ... Laftors te the Editor must boar the name md address of the writer, although undst certain circumstances tho use of a pen nana or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune rosarvos tho right to adit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters lubmittod for publication must not exceed 400 words. The lettari printed in this column do not nacossarUy represent the views of the papar; in fact the contrary is often tho case. Play Liked To the Editor: I am writing this letter because I know there must be hundreds of people in Medford who would be as thrilled on seeing the play, "Five Finger Exercise," as we were when we saw it Thursday evening at the Fair grounds theater. From the mo ment the curtain goes up you are witnessing a plot as real and palpable as life It self, and the two hours have seemed only minutes. And what is most fortunate is that every member of the cast seems a natural for his part and performs with feeling, ensitivity, and skill. Instead of a half-filled the ater, this performance de serves one to overflowing, and for anyone wishing to spend truly delightful evening I recommend the light drama, "Five Finger Exercise," which runs through Saturday night. Curtain time is at 8:30 p.m. Mrs. Esther Robinson 29 Ross Court Medford. Still Our Government To the Editor: Mr. Frank Suniga, P. O. Box 66, Flor enrc, Oregon, within the last few days published a letter complaining that the Depart ment of Interior and particu larly the National Park Serv ice vetoed the idea of a road to the south jetty of the Sius law River near Florence. Mr. Suniga correctly reports that at the meeting to which he refers, someone from the De partment of Interior expressed the view that no roads should be constructed until the Dunes Seashore Park matter had been settled. Mr. Suniga does not report, however, that this matter was immediately brought to my attention. I was advised that all that was required from the Department of Interior (BLM) was an easement across Fed eral lands, and that local in terests, including the Port of V lorcnce and Lane County were prepared to construct the road. 1 immediately con tacted the Department of In terior and urged that such an casement be granted, and that, in my opinion, a road would be beneficial regardless of what transpires in regard to the Park. Within iiours, 1 was advised that the BLM w ould grunt the casement if the road were con structed and maintained as a public road by the local units of government. They have In structcd their local people to! negotiate the precise location of Hie easement with tile in terested local government of ficials. This information was widely published in the pa pers of the 4lh District on or about March 20. Apparently, it was not brought to Mr. Sun iga's attention. This government of our is big. but it is still our govern ment yours and mine. Mis takes are made and misunder standings can occur. But this government is responsive to the wishes and needs- of the people and it is my Job as Congressman lo sec that it remains so. Here Is one ex ample of prompt remedial ac tion by sympathetic and un derstanding administrators' in the Department of Interior. 1 hope that no one in the 4th District will hesitate to let me be of service In their re lations with the Federal gov ernment. Robert U Duncan Member ol Congress Washington, D. C No More Taxas To the Editor I do not agree with Mr, E A that II is a lot of baloney when our leg- Ulaturcs say that they arc li ving to abide by the w ishes of the people in holding the line on any increased taxes, j 1 would say by discussing litis with many people ' aj the MLDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON A Different Type War" majority of the people are very much against any tax in creases for any purpose at this time. In refusing to be pres sured into going against the people's will, this legislature has, I am sure, impressed the majority of the people most favorably. I think that we should write to them express ing our gratitude for their con sideration. As to this business of giving the property owners any tax relief by an added sales tax, or any tax method, is a lot of baloney. It is just another way of making us like what we get a little better. For what difference if we pay it in a sales tax or a property tax? I have two children in school and I am as much for good education as any one, but at the same time the old pay check is already straining to meet the other needs and ne cessities of my children, not to mention a savings for college for them, and I am sure many others are having the same difficulty as I. 1 say it is a lot of baloney that the answer to every problem lies in bleeding a little more blood in the way of taxes out of the people. If it were more difficult for them to take more taxes, per haps they could come up with a better managed budget to meet the needed expenses and trim off a lot of nonsense and unneeded expenses. After they have spent wildly they come to us for more money and tell us we are against progress if we don't want to cough it up. They tell us they have to have it so we may as well take our medicine and like it. Our Federal Government recognizes the need of a tax cut to bolster our economy. We also need the same in our stale; with less taxes more business would come into the state, hence more jobs avail able, hence more taxes for the state treasury. Progress is not made by taking it away from the people and giving, it back in the way ot weliarc, out al lowing the people lo be inde pendent is the only thing that has made our country great and powerful. Lei us not help Mr. Khrushchev to bury us as he has said he would by al lowing ourselves to be taxed into complete dependency upon our state and govern ment for our existence. '.Name on File) Eagle Point, Ore. Write-In Urged To the Editor: 1 wisli to sub mit the name of Henry Padg liam as a write-in candidate for the position of school board member for school dis trict No. 549C. Henry Padgham expressed a desire to run tor this posi tion at a date prior to the deadline that was placed on registration petitions. Through some misunderstanding he did not get a nominating pe tition In to place his name officially on the ballot. Be cause his name will not ap pear on tile ballot in the for'h- coming election. 1 urge you 10 give serious consideration to adding his name as a write-in 1 candidate. Henry Padgham is a long lime resident of the Rogue j Valley He has been a busi- j MssRIan for many years in hti own glass and millwork i establishment. He has been a , pillar In the Congregational Church for many years. He is a staunch supporter of public education, as may be wit-1 nessed in the recent election for state senator. As you re call during the last election. he took a definite stand on several educational issues. He g a man who has the couraje 0f his convictions, as may be witnessed by his stand at that meeting where he withdrew his candidacy because he fait that he honestly could not "go along with the crowd ' 4 Reorganization of Congolese Army Has Many Ramifications; By BRUCE W. MUNN United Press Intarnaiienal United Nations, N.Y. -flJPIl- Tho rnn.i h.aHailm has TP turned to plague Secretary General Thant This time, the cause of the recurrent trouble is political, rather than military. Recent fighting in and around the Jadotvillc mining center ap peared, up to now, to have been only a recurrence of in ternal tribal battles that have always marked the country's history The seat of Thant's African headache this time is the prob lem of retaining the Congo lese national army When the Belgians gave the country independence in 1860, they left a native army of 25,000 men, none of whom ranked higher than master sergeant. Overnight, non-com missioned officers became generals, and disorder, mut iny and riots, followed. Through my acquaintance ship with Henry Padgham, I have known him to be a fair, just individual who is not afraid to make decisions when decisions must be made. I am confident that his approach to education will be the best possible program for the least possible cost. I am confident that he will do his utmost to meet the needs of our con stantly changing approach to education that is being studied and instigated under the Ore gon Program. I am sure much more could be stated as to why I feel that Henry Padgham is a most highly qualified candidate for the position of school board member for school district No. 549C. I consulted him con cerning h i s willingness to serve if he were to be elected by a write-in vote. He assured me that he would be most willing to serve and work to the best of his ability to serve our community through pur public schools. I, therefore, submit the name of Henry Padgham as a write-in candidate for the po sition of school board member of school district No. 549C. I hdpe your readers will join me in electing Henry Padg ham. Duanc O. Richardson 749 West 14th St. Medford Good Hunting To the Editor: If our sports men do not do something about the decreasing of our deer and elk, who will? As far as the Game Commission, they do not stop to think how many more thousand of hunt ers there are in the hills now, then even ten years ago. The Game Commission has the money, if they haven't where are the thousands of dollars that are taken for hunting licenses alone, beside tags for this and tags for that? Feed the elk and game in winter. They used to in the thirties and forties, but no more. I have hunted since 1927 and never have missed a year yel. and only four years in 29 years of elk hunting, and believe me. I can see the de crease in both, especially the elk. It is terrible. I'm in favor of closing the elk season for four or five years. But. no! Tile big cattlemen and sheep men would not stand for that. They want them all killed off. They want the range. I have heard it dis cussed among them years ago. Hope to see you in the hills again this season. Good hunt ing. Emma E. Jantzcr 4044 Crater Lake avc. Medford mMkMfa ill '.'ti.Jf 3t "1 t t,i The whole qutstion sf outlawing boxing is ridiculous it'i like outlawing war just because s few men get killed." 1 Wi.hrr tho TTnitpri Nations I nor the central government I headed by Premier Cyrille I Adoula wants to risk this hap- 1 pen.m? aga'n Under the U.N. resolution which authorized the Congo military operation successful ly completed in January, all countries are forbidden to sup ply military assistance to the Congo "except upon the re quest of the United Nations through the secretary gen eral." Strictly Personal By Sydney J. Harris (0 flaw Entarpriaea. toe GOOSE AND GANDER I admire and envy a writer friend of mine, who takes the proper stance on a matter I feel strongly about, but rarely have the courage to enforce. S i t ting with him in his study a few weeks ago, I over heard a tele phone conver sation be tween him and a man from a radio station. The man, had called my friend to partici pate in a round table pro gram; as he had a loud, clear, radio-type voice, I could hear both ends of the conversation. a "I got tho picture," said my friend, "What fee arc you prepared to pay for this job?" "Well." said tho radio man, "it's a suiiaining, public-service program, you too, and so we don't have any money allocated for speak ers." "Are you being paid tor your work en it," asked my friend, "or are you con tributing your 0 r v I c 0 s, too?" "Naturally," said tho man. "I'm getting my regu lar salary. It's part of my job." "It's not part of mine," said my friend. "What sbout tho engineer in tho control booth for tho program. Is ho getting paid?" "Well, certainly." said tho radio man. "It's hit job loo." "I thought that perhaps he was volunteering after hours, ss a gesture of gen erosity and good will," my friend remarked. "Now tell mo this - what about tho announcer, tho producer, the director, and tho man who comes in and sweeps the floor afterwards? Ars any of them doing it as a public service?" "No, of course not," ad mitted the radio man- "But wo just don't have anything in our budget for speakers. There's no money avail able." a "I can go along with that," said my friend. "I'm not greedy for money. But I'm sure you don't want charity either. Since you're asking a service of me, why can't you reciprocate with one for me?" "Such as what?" asked the radio man. "There's a lot that needs doing around my house - the walls need washing, the base ment should be calclmlned, and some bookshelves have to be put up. Why don't you come around on Saturday, or send someone around, to do these chores - and then I'll gladly let you have my serv ices for the program." "I've never heard of such a thing in my life," sputtered the man. "Neither have I," purred my friend, "but I think it's high time we both heard it You'll let me know, won't you? Thank you - and good by." Some Are Political Early this year, the Leo- poldville government, through Thant asked for help from five NATO powers and Israel to train its army to the point 11 could preserve order defend the country and let the U.N. force, now reduced to 16.000 men, go home. The Congolese wanted Ca nadians to help organize its military communications, Nor wegians to retrain the navy, Italians for the air force, Isra elis for the paratroops, Amer icans for supplies and logis tics, and Belgians for general reorganization and schooling. The request caused a polit ical storm. Hadn't the United Nations gone into the Congo to end Belgian colonialism, the Africans asked. The Arab countries objected to Israel's participation. The Congo's Julio and the Capitalistic System By Arthur Hoppe Caracas, Venezuela - Cara cas lies cupped by the tower ing Andes in a green valley back away from the sea. It has 1.3 million people. In cluding Julio, our cab driver. I'm glad it has Julio. I can't tell much about him even though he drove us around Caracas all day in his cab. He is a lean, brown man of perhaps 45 with a straw hat, a gap-toothed grin and an innate dignity. He didn't speak much because his English is limited. But when he did speak he had something to say. During the long, hot day I was growing more and more depressed. Because it seemed the more we saw of Caracas, the more I felt it reflected not only what was wrong with Latin America, but what was wrong with our whole economic system. Let me try to explain. Caracas is sheer chaos. Huge modern apartment buildings have gone up every here, seemingly with neither rhyme nor reason. The nar row streets writhe up and down the hills. Traffic is in credibly thick. And freeways, on which work has stopped, lead abruptly into twisting lanes shsded by flower i n g tulip trees. The new homes of the wealthy, built in the free- spending days of Dictator Perez Jimincz corrupt re gime, lie on the slopes of the valley, garish and moderne. Most have fences and the wealthiest have armed guards. And around the fine new homes, and in the shadow of the big new apartment build ings, and under the unfinish ed freeway, and smeared across the ridge of a hill just behind the posh hotel, sit the patches of slums. A dozen, a score, sometimes a hundred slope - roofed little shanties made of scraps of lumber and tin and cardboard huddled jam-packed tight against each other as though for protec tion. Not one big slum, but little slums, here, there, ev erywhere. Disorganized, dis united, so thoroughly unplan ned - like the mottlings of a rare disease. And then, late in the day. I got talking to Julio. He talk ed about his wife and his four children and how his' oldest son was in the army, i And how maybe it wouldn't DC a bad thing if the army took over (you hear a lot of this in Caracas), "because they stop the Communista." We were passing by a slum and I asked him, seriously, whv he wasn't a Communist. He thought about that. "To-1 Let's not get too badly ex day," he said, "I make five cited YET. dollars. But tomorrow, mavbe i Remember the corn silk ci I make ten. Maybe not." And 1 garettes out behind the barn? then he said with great in-1 'I it's forbidden, it's attrac tensity. "Anyway. I like toltive- If it's DANGEROUS, it try." Suddenly. I thought of East Germany. So planned, so orderly, so regimented. So grim and gray and dull. And all at once I loved Caracas It is beautiful. It is also ugly. But it is much more than either: It is varied, ex- 1 cuing ana. aoove an. anve. 1 the Braille edition of the I think that's what Julio Reader's Digest from cover J encompassed in his limited , to cover. She speaks German 'English. Our economic sys- and French in a beginning Item may have its faults its way. She is interested in mu slums and its inefficiency ; sic. She WANTS TO BE A and we must keep on trying NEWSPAPER WOMAN. to correct them. But its ex-i citing and alive. V0R lhis teen-ager, there is And the defense of our sys- no BOREDOM. For her. it tern should not be that it lis a fascinating world, and makes life more efficient. (I ! she is Interested in all the doubt that it does.) But that wonderful things that are it makes life more joyous. For' going on in it. it gives us. as Julio pointed I wish some of these thrill out in his few words, an all- seeking teen-agers could talk important joy: The joy of try-! to her. It would do them ing. neighbors wanted more rep resentation. Russia screamed foul about turning the program largely over to NATO powers. Thant could simply relay Leopoldville's request to tho governments concerned and let it go at that. But he has recognized the "delicate polit ical implications" and hopes for a compromise. Actually, Thant-like many of the Western powers-while recognizing that Belgium was the villain of the Congo piece and, indeed, has paid nothing for either the military or ci vilian programs in the coun try, the Belgians are the peo ple who know the Congo best and the only ones who can really help effectively retrain its army. In the Day's News ly FRANK JENKINS As this is written, a reader has just called on the phone to report that her teen-age daughter thinks she heard on the air this morning a broad, cast to the effect that soma Southern schools are consid ering asking their legislature to pass a law requiring that Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn be called in and rewritten in "good grammar." She says sho would like to know if any one else heard the broadcast. ITMMMMMMMM. " What I'd like to know is what it would sound like if Mark Twain's immortal mas terpiece was rewritten in what people of that ilk would call good grammar. PROM Salem: An amended bill for CONTROL OF STRAY CATS was approved by the senate military affairs committee of the Oregon legislature. The bill passed the house earlier. As revised by the senate committee, it now au thorizes counties to operate programs for control of stay cats. Other provisions were deleted. Q UESTION: ment providing for control of the characters who are too tenderhearted to drown or chloroform or otherwise pain lessly put out of the way lit ters of kittens that they re gard as surplus and so put them in a sack and carry them out into the country and dump them out on the roadside to STARVE TO DEATH? ANOTHER QUESTION: A What the Sam Hill busi ness is it of the military af fairs committee of the senate of the Oregon legislature to draft laws for the control of stray cats? Are stray cats coming to be a military problem? PROM Eugene: A Teen-agers here are play ing with death by taking in jections of chest rub medica tion into their veins, the Lane county health department warned. It reported three cases of teen-agers using this "new form of thrill-seeking" have been reported recently by the Eugene police depart ment. Dr. Edward Goldblatt. of the county health depart ment, said teen-agers may be lieve that this is a "non addicting method of achiev ing roughly the same results as are obtained from nar cotics." has to be tried. TJUT A I can't help remembering a teen-ager who visited me in my office a few days ago. She was born blind. She is now 13 iust hpcinninff her ! teens. She reads Braille. She writes Braille on a special typewriter. On that morning, she had just finished reading I good.