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NEWS-AM PUIUIHftS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASbc4ATiaM Memuer California. Newapaper Publishers Auoclatlon Flight o' Time Medford end Jackson County History from the files of The Mall Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 veers ago. 10 YEARS AGO April 25, 1953 (Saturday) Front st. buildings are con tracted for by a partnership of three Medford business men. Rogue River Boosters form ed w promote a national rooster crowing contest there. 20 YEARS AGO April 25, 1943 (Sunday) Jackson county sales in second War Loan bond drive reach total of $1,002,981. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Health experts urge people to 'keep fit' and not throw any.. Tan trums should be barred for the duration." 30 YEARS AGO April 25. 1933 (Tuesday) Civilian Conservation corps camDs to be opened in south ern Oregon within three weeks. 40 YEARS AGO April 25. 1923 (Wednesday) Southern Pacific officials and Medford city councilmen confer on Sixth st. crossing problem with no decision reached. Crater Lake highway sched uled to be opened to the lake two weeks ahead of 1922 sea son. SO YEARS AGO April 25. 1913 (Friday) Maude Adams, in "Peter Pan," to open new Page thea ter In Medford. Mayor W. W. Eifcrt and Medford city councilmen ap prove promotion of Pat Mcgo Irom olflcer to sergeant on the night police force. What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct It superior; uvon or eight li tucctlcnt; live or id It good. 1. Cusllllc and A r u g o n when combined formed the heart of what modern coun try? 2. How many equinoxes arc there each year? :t. Who popularized the term relativity? 4. On ChincolCHgui' Island. V.i . there is an annual round up of what wild animals? S. Nitrate can be obtained from air: true or false? t). Where is the last strong old of Nationalist China since 1050? 7. What man served as a U. S. Senator, later as Presi dent of the U. S. and later as a Representative In Congress? 8. What English novelist wrote "Great Expectations'"' 9. Will one cubic foot of helium lift about an ounce, a pound, or a ton? 10. Does El Salvador lie on the Pacific or Atlantic coast of Central America? Answern 1. Spain. 3. Two. 3. Einstein. 4. Wild ponies. 5. True. 6. Formosa. 7. John Quincy Adann. 9. Charles Dickens. 9. About an ounce. 10. Pacilic. RELEASES PRISONERS Tokyo - (UPii - Qpmmunist China announced today it has I till MMM Im.I, ,,, nric. oner of war captured during ,nrA. . flnl.l.ni. !..( ...info mum i iiiiititK mat (Tiiitt-a JFK OUIDES GROUP Washington -iljPli President Kennedy, acting as his own White House guidt , Wednes day took a group of 32 labor leaders on a tour of the ex ecutlvt mansion's private liv ing quarters Ok? THURSDAY. APRIL 25, 1963 Danger On the Right Gov. Mark Hatfield made an interesting and, we believe, accurate remark the other day at Phoenix, Ariz., where he was attending the western governors' conference. He said that the Fascists "are here now." They have, he said, gained an aura of respecta bility through backing from some business lead ers. And he added : "It tends to oversimplify but if you want to say that the left wing is Communist oriented, then you must recognize that the right wing is Fascist oriented and they are both anti-American." 17HAT IS a Fascist? " tends to follow the And what is Fascism? Webster's Third says: "Fascism ... (a) any regime with severely nation alistic policies, exercLsing regimentation of industry, commerce and finance, rigid censorship, and forcible suppression of opposition, (b) any tendency toward or actual exercise of severe autocratic or dictatorial con trol (as over others within an organization)." Hatfield also said: "I have no doubt there are men engaged in the fantasies of sitting in the White House in uniform and engaging in a blood bath in carrying out their hate campaigns. "The blood bath would mean the literal destruction of the minorities Jews, Catholics and Negroes." IN OUR view, since the end of World War II I'whir'h w9b fnno-ht tn rlnrrnv FuKfiym iihrnarll the dangers of this ideology have been over looked. This is only natural, since our attentions have been focused on the munism an equally hateful form of despotism which in many of its methods and teachings is almost indistinguishable But there has always been an incipient Fas cism in the United States, and it has popped into the open in times of stress. William Dud ley Pelly's Silver Shirts, the Nazi - American Bund, of pre-war days, the Ku Klux Klan, the John Birch Society out-and-out Fascistic, or leaned in that direction. We will be doing ourselves a disservice if, in our preoccupation with Communism, we over look the potential dangers of our native Fascists GOVERNOR Hatfield also said: "I have no time for the extremists or fanatics of either wing of the spectrum . . . Both do violence to the basic concepts of the respective (political) parties as well as American ideals. Often, Lhcy are similar in the camouflage and disguises they use." We agree fully except as to having "no time" for them. We'd better take -time to inform ourselves of the dangers to American liberty, civil rights, democratic procedures and all the other rights and privileges we hold dear. "Eternal vigilance is never truer than it is today. And the vigilance must be in all directions, and not be half-blind ed by seeing the danger from the left while ig noring the danger from the right E.A. Bay Area Rivalry In California particularly in the Los An geles area, and to a lesser extent in the Bay re gion it is not unusual to have a whole lot of contiguous cities, where the city limit of one is also the city limit of the next. There are fewer of these in Oregon. But to the small list, add one. Coos Bav and North Bend, neighbors und perennial rivals, now touch each other, where for years they have been sep arated by an unincorporated "strip." In an election the other day, the residents of tne strip voted to annex J70R SOME reason we to fathom fully, but complex ol teelings and emotions about city pride, jealousy and rivalry, the residents of the Coos Ray-North Bend-Empire region have al ways resisted becomine wnoie area is mult up, barriers between the communities of any icance. Perhaps now that Coos Bay and North Bend are cheek by jowl, instead of almost cheek by jowl, the citizens of the area will be Impelled to review the consolidation proposal again, be fore too long. It was narrowly defeated last November. But IIIC Sil l ) annexation vote, Willie ClOSC (llo It) 97) may indicate a continued swing in the di- rection of a consolidation. Some day, we believe, the communities will join. E.A. Statistics Here are some vital statistics for April, 1868: This is the -'oth day of April. So far 28 traf fic deaths have been recorded this month in Ore gon. On April -. 1962, '-'() persons had died. This is the 116th day of 1963. So far this year, 142 people have died in traffic. Last year, 11!' had succumbet by this j f-fmn c I tVW O 77117 Again? On the cover of the current issue of a maga zine devoted in large part to pictorial studies of feminine anatomy ana masculine deeds of der-ring-do is this teaser: "Lady Chatteiiy's Lover L'nexpurgated condensation." E.A. ft V One who adheres to, or teachings of, Fascism. International Dictionary cold war with Com from fascism. all of these were either the price of liberty" was to Coos Hay. have never been able probably involving a one citv, althoueh the ana there arc lit) actual 3ignif- datt K.A. Department "Well, Back To ... 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 end condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do contrary is often the case. Bast Possible Park To the Editor: The unani mous agreement of state and federal officers on the im portance of the Oregon Dunes National Seashore makes it almost certain to be establish ed by congress this year. Let us hope that it is the finest possible park This can be accomplished only if the area between the highway and the lakes is pro tected and available for rec reational use. The lakes are the ntural eastern bound ary. Unless they are the boundary, we will have a corridor of unrestrained com mercial exploitation running through the heart of this great recreational area. Senator Neuberger has in troduced a bill that is a fair compromise of all points of view. It permits the private homes presently there to re main, but protects the unde veloped land from being de spoiled. Its passage would mean that our children will be able to see and enjoy this wonderful area as we have. It would benefit Oregon's third largest industry, too, the tourist industry, for it would be a nationally known recre ational area that would bring people to Oregon from across the country. Mrs. David Burch Vice Chairman. Benton County Demo cratic Central Commit tee, Corvallis, Ore. Rally Against Communism To the Editor: Until (wo years ago we thought that the Monroe Doctrine was a Mag inot Line for the defense of this hemisphere against the aggressive march of commu nism. But the Soviet pres ence in Cuba has made litis i doctrine obsolete, and has de-! fied us in the teetlt of our military might. Today Cuba has become a challenge to our hemispheric safety, and is bristling with all kinds of intrigues and conspiracies which aim at the overthrow of all Die regimes In Latin America. It is lite duty of every American to be on con stant guard against the per ils of international commu nism which is ninety miles away from our shores. On us lies the sacred duly not onl to defend this countrv from th,s menace, but all the free governments ol Asia. Africa and Latin America. Some months ago m form ed the Council For Freedom And Democracy, a non-profit corporation In Washington which has a number of prom inent mcbers of the Congress on its board The objectives of our Council are to impress upon tne countries of Asia. Africa and Latin America the bnflls and accomplUhmenti if the democratic wav of life .ind to warn them against the alien and totalitarian doc trines which arc likely to impede their economic de velopment. In doing so nol only do we win the friend ship of the newly independ ent countries but we also atrengthtn the frontiers ol our democracy. Though we know everj patriotic American is againsl Communism, we would like to hear from your readers who are eager lo acl with Us In these positive steps against Communism. With their help W can build an effective American organization thai will const ruclively assist in meeting the challenge ol Communism on all fronts and a!I continents D G Savarkar. Executive Vice-President Council For Freedom .ind Democracy . P.O. Box 1347, Woodhavcn 31, N Y M-DFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. The Old Grind" not necessarily represent the Still Whittling To the Editor: and those who called to find why I am keeping so still: Too rainy. I whistle all day when it's cloudy to keep my spirits up, and 1 can't write and whistle at the same time. Crowing hens may come to a bad end, but this ol' hen has whistled most of her years. Father said 1 whistled before I could talk, and the trail lead ing to a bad ending looks like a smooth one-way highway to me, but that ending place must be around a curve some place. You may stop sending those pretty "get well" cards, for I am able to do my home-work now. My flowers are blooming and I am learning to live by myself in this old house. It makes little creaking noises when the wind blows at night, but it doesn't matter since I can't sleep much anyhow. You writer friends who ask directions for coming to call on me will find me at 307 South Fourth st., Jacksonville if I'm here. I roam a bit. Call 899-1637 first. If you drive, turn left bc- Iwecn the Myrtle Shop and Jubilee restaurant after pass ing the post office. Three blocks hillward, left corner of Fourth and Fir-a light green house with brown trim. If coming by bus ask the driver to let you off at the Myrtle Shop, and hike. I'm seldom here from nine til five Wednesdays, Thurs days and Fridays. Just got the air mattress out lo put under the sleeping bag. Bet you guessed it leaks air. It docs!! Everything gels old. Yours for getting rid o' Father Time. Pearl Spackman Jacksonville. Ore. International Outlaw To the Editor: I have here a letter from Senator Morse and 1 have his permission to have it reprinted in Commu nications. The last paragraph should be enough to see which way we are headed. Ray Prlchard 414 South First si. Central Point, Ore. Deat Mr. Prlchard: Thank ; you very much for your letter : of March 14 in which you ex-1 nnutxiMl vnnr pnnenrn nvnr on. at lions of the United States In the arena of world affairs. It is my belief that soate form of check should Oe es tablished over the Central In telligence Agency. The notion popularized by Allen Dulles that the CIA is sacrosanct is completely contrary to the democratic form of govern ment. Congress at the present time has no power whatsoever "It's lika eonUmporary eye and out the oiher!" MEDFORD. OREGON Proposed From Red By ARTHUR J. DOMMEN United Press International Hong Kong 'UPIi Commu nist China, which always ob jects to intervention by other countries in Asian nations' affairs, has made known its displeasure over the prospec tive new nation of Malaysia. State Chairman Liu Shao chl has expressed the opinion that the proposed Malaysian federation is a "trap of neo colonialism." Millions of Chinese live In the territories which will form the federation next Aug. 31. Peking's official opposition to the plan appears to be de vised more to appeal to sym pathetic factions and to stir up trouble than to prepare the ground for any forcible obstruction, either diplomatic or military. In the opinion of Commu nist affairs observers. Peking can make use of the conflict- views of the paper; in fact the to check the activities of the CIA. For this reason I have sup ported efforts to create a joint committee which would over see the intelligence activities of the United States. The joint committee has been very suc cessful in maintaining Con gressional control over Ihe atomic energy program of the United States and could do the same with the intelligence activities. There is good reason to feel, as you do, that the United States may take the aggres sive role in world affairs. Within the Pentagon the de mand for a pre-emptive strike increases all the lime. I for one will never urge that the United States make itself an international outlaw forever by engaging in preventive war. Wayne Morse U. S. Senate Washington, D C Parade A Success To the Editor: This is to express my appreciation to the many persons who helped make this year's 10th Annual Pear Blossom Festival Par ade a success: To all the committee mem bers who planned and worked on the arrangements for sev eral months; to the members of the Retail Merchants, both downtown and the shopping center groups; to the Medford Junior Chamber of Com merce and the Medford Po lice Department for their assistance in assembling and running the parade: all the bands and marching units who participated; all the youngsters and organizations that entered to make this 1963 parade a very success ful affair. A very special thank you to the Medford Mail Tribune for excellent publicity and coverage of the special event and the parades; and to KMED-TV and the several radio stations throughout the valley for their promotion of this annual event. Mrs. John L. (Kay) Mansfield President. Pear Blossom Festival Committee. Medford. This Is America To the Editor: I would like 10 "Uggesi mat you cnangc the name of your ' Commu- nioatlons column to read "Complaincrs Corner." 1 am really appalled at the altitude of so many people these days. It seems that the thing to do is sit back and com plain, then wait for "George" to do something about it. I'm sure that our forefathers must be turning over in their graves! I read Mr Benson's letter music only this goes in onr ' : ill " Malyasian China; Friction Stir - ing currents surrounding Ma- i away a diplomatic opportu- laysia to foster just the prop- nity of the first order. Quot i cr degree of friction among j ing Sukarno approvingly fur neighbors whose previous re- thers Peking's aims much lations have been peaceful. ! more efficiently. Peking's stand is carefully ! By declaring its opposition : phrased to make maximum advantage of Indonesia Presi dent Sukarno's well known feelings on the subject. Thus. Liu Shao-chi's speech J at Denpasar. Bali, on April I 18, stated according to the official New China News Agency: "The Indonesian govern I mcnt opposes the neo-colonial-! ist scheme for Malaysia and supports the people of North Kalimantan in their struggle tir inHrimnHrnro anri frpp- dom. T It e Chinese govern-' Vienna - In a rather dusty, , dust ethnological surround ment and people resolutely ! half-deserted room in the lo-1 ings. The Quetzal Crown support the just stand and great efforts of President Su karno and the Indonesian gov ernment, and arc convinced that such efforts will surely achieve satisfactory results." To have said merely that I Ihe Chinese government op poses the Malaysia scheme would have been to throw- in your column and also the One Mr. McCabe wrote on t he same subject. However, I have heard the other side of the story. loo. and I'm not so sure that many people bothered to find out about it. I'll never believe that the members of our school board are not acting in the best way to benefit the people of our community. After all, they are taxpayers, loo. as arc the members of our school ad ministration! The Eagle Point schools are growing at an astounding rate and yet the administra- tion has managed to keep the standards man. litis is cer tainly nol done by someone who is only interested in fill ing his pockets. As for full pockets, President Kennedy certainly is not lacking in that capacity, and yet he re ceives a salary worthy of the President of the United States. These men have more important things than mon ey on their minds, such as the welfare of our children and the betterment of our coun try. There were also a couple of other letters that were certainly worthy of notice. One was signed "Name on File" in the April 18 edition and the other was from "Out sider Ditto" in the April 22 edition. We've all heard the expression that you only get out of an organization what you put into it. This is true of a community, too. New people and new ideas are al ways welcome in Eagle Point. Those who live in a shell of self pity are certainly not contributing anything: there fore, what do they expect in return? There is a place in every community for all types of people, but each person must find his own place and step into it. After all, litis is America! This country was built by free men through free enterprise. No one did it for them; they got out and did it for themselves. Let's all get out and do our pari I so as to be worthy of the her-! itage inose great men nave to us. Thank you, Mr. Editor, and please DO print my name. I sincerely believe in what 1 Strictly Personal By Sydney Field Enterprises. Inc. PERSONAL PREJUDICES The two rarest public types in the world of politics are the liberal who knows what requires to be changed and the conservative who knows which things are worth eon serving but these arc only one out of a thousand, in both camps. Small children instinc tively feel more at home with animals than with adults; and this natural af finity. I think, is simply thai animals do not pretend to be, or feel, what they are not. Some critic? pay so much veneration to the authors of antiquity not so much out of; reverence tor the clean as out of spite and envy toward the living The fatal flaw that for ever prevents the clever man from becoming t h e wise man is his refusal to accept !he truth of La Rouchefoucauld maxim: "On peut etre plus fin qu'un autre, mais non pas plus fin que tous les autres"-"One person can be astuter than another, but nol astuter than all the others." A person may not believe your flattery, and may like you no better for it, but still he cannot help being pleased that you consider him worth flattering. When we say that some ona has "independent means.'' we usually mean precisely the opposite - that he or she has inherited or Nation Draws Fire to Malaysia, Peking also cur ries sympathy with the Chi nese in Singapore, who face the prospect of being a mi nority in the emerged feder ation government by a Malay- stock government To potential sympathizers in tile Borneo territories, Pe - Matter of Fact to New York Herald cal ethnological m u s e u m, spread out in -1 U ,.Un... tcrs a jewels few: : Alwp I have done. ever The design us simple. From headband patterned with smaller feathers, bright blue and red and yellow, and sewn with row upon row of heavy sequins of pure gold, the high coronet of quetzal feathers soars outwards and upwards, blue-green, iridescent, a 1 1 glory and all grace. The crown u-ed to be called the "Cape of Montezuma"; for its form is cape-like when it is flattened out, although it was in fact a royal head ; dress. Whether the prince who wore the Quctzel Crown was truly Cortez's unhappen Em- peror-captivc, no one nowa days can be quite sure. rFHERE is no doubt, how ever, that it is one of the few surviving objects from the extraordinary collection Aztec and Maya feather works, gold and emerald flowers from the jewelry-gardens of the Inca, and the like -that the Conquistadors sent home to Spain, to show the king, their master, what man ner of lands they had con quered. Only the bullion and the jewels mattered much to the Spanish Court, so almost all these marvels are now lost. Yet. somehow or other, the Quetzal Crown came into the possession of Archduke Fer dinand of Tyrol, that all-voracious collector who gather ed everything from narwhal horns and two-headed calves and stuffed crocodiles to the finest books, most glorious pictures, and richest armor of his time. His daughter was the ugliest woman in Europe; but profitable marriage was the policy of the Hapsburg House. Thus the Quetzal Crown came to Vienna. It is odd to find this most superb of all remaining soti- Aztec Em Ire Tn 0h . , f .u . ..I n,-l have said. Also. I'm proud to DC a resident oi cagie ruiiuij.. FrcHrrirk it i..r,,- ' and the Rogue Valley and : I'm proud lo live in America! Mrs. Keith Krambeal ' Eagle Point. Ore. J. Harris married money and is de pendent upon the legacy achieved through another's efforts. Such "indepen dence" most often exacts a high price. Watching a beautifully groomed and skillfully made- mT I, k T !a5T k " 1" gcrs and adjusting her coat collar, it occurred to me that If a woman lacks repose all her contrived appeal turns to ashes in the beholders eyes; and a woman who is overly- conscious of being well turned out. and preoccupied with the impression she is creating, ut- it-. i ucauujri wuii sue . uv - jng to achieve (And wasn't il Madame Recamier's definition or a "lady" that "she never thinks of being one"?) To explain away a mistake is a more grievous error than making the mistake in the first place - the consequences of making a mistake can usu ally be rectified, but the habit of explaining sway prevents all future learning and growth. If people were prevented from chattering about the recent books they have read, nine-tenths of the vol umes on the best seller list would perish in their first edition. Knowledge is power only when it is based on self-knowledge; otherwise it becomes ei ther ineffectual or self-destructive. UpSeen king speaks of Mai a y a n Prime Minister Tengku Ab dul Rahman's "ambition to re d u c e Brunei, Sarawak and North Borneo to colonies of the Malayan federation." The men in Peking are con fident that the new federation will be open to infiltration and subversion by Red agents, and that the lack of experi ence In self-government will expose the new nation's po- , tential stability to undermin- 1 ing. By Joseph Alsop Tribune Syndicate i would be more at home one ! cannot help feeling, in the , , a treasure rooms of the Aus c a s e UKe a, . . brilliant but-1 lrlan Imperial Palace, the t e r f 1 y pre- i Hofburg, where they show served in an i 'he regalia of the Holv Ro. unworthy box, man Empire, the Quetzal ... Crown shim mers and glitvriiHE Quetzel Crown would A thou ,.!,,., IV. Hnlv , Empire's Coronation Cape. Yet, as an object heavy with i romance, it could make no mgher claim than the cape makes. The cape has other competitors in the treasure rooms - the Crown of ihe Empire, made for Olho the Great 900 years ago. but now lacking Otho's greal Talisman-Jewel which Walthcr von der Vogelweide called the "wise" stone and the Holy Lance of Lombardy: and the Gospels of the Empire, let tered in gold and silver on purple vellum in the Palace ' School of Charlemagne Yet of all these, somehow. Ihe Coronation Cape is best. It is scarlet silk, embroid ered in gold and colors. In its center is the Tree of Life -the oldest motif in the his tory of art, coming from Su mer itself, from the first civ ilized men. Flanking the Life Tree are lions attacking the camels - the ancient Asian animal style's classical motif of the combat between flesh eater and grass-eater, which you will find in other ver sions in Scythian goldworks, In lite earliest reliefs from the Acropolis at Tthens, in the Ordos bronzes, and over and over again elsewhere. The border of this rich hut savage garment bears an Arabic inscription, wishing health, prosperity, and joy to the "king." The king was Roger II of the Norman Dy nasty in Sicily, who reigned in the twelfth century. Rog er's weavers used Arabic be cause the Norman knights who won the rich island never displaced its Greco-Saracen culture. There were only a few hundred of them against several million Sicilians; and the Normans were rude sav ages in any case, in compar ison to Ihe people they con quered. , FT MT """ 01 Sicily, t h e Coronation Cape came down to the strangcst genius of the Dark mundi. The marvel of the world wore the cape at his coronation as Holy Roman Emperor; and it was used thereafter at each succeeding imperial coronation, until Na poleon's unhappy Austrian father-in-law glumly pro claimed the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire, by Napoleon's peremptory com mand. Look at the Quetzal Crown and you remember Cortez's march from the sea, and the captivity of Montezuma, and the glories of ihe Palace of the Birds, and the long, hard fight on the Causeway, and the Aztec warriors terrified by the Spanish horses, and I last- improbable triumph i ol tne Conquistadors I Look al lhe Coronation Cape, and you arc reminded of Norman5 si. cily mucn a$ Cortcz an h mcn sejzed Mcxi and o Frcdcnck and his lo st . ,c wUn (hfi p t loncs of Krcdcri5Sf wlsdom and wickedne and the sad 1 ja,iL pai- i . i of Frederick's race. OUT above all. both crown and cape are beautiful yet stern reminders that even the mightiest empires are born, as men are born, with their ends foreordained Wealth and power, splcnder and learning come to dust, or at least to a mureum cupboard, at the last. To some states, only a generation is given, to some ten. to some twenty; but twenty generations Is a long lease. This fact of history is too easily forgottcn-which is why it may be well to reflect, for a moment, on the Coronation Cape and the Quetzal Crown in this very different age of Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the H-bomb, when men have the power to bring history itself to an end t
