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Portlaod. Denver. I iZi NIWI'AM FUfUUHIKS ASIOCIATION NATIONAL E0ITORIAI " i i r Memoer Callfornle Newapaper , BubUahere AaaocltUon oP Flight or Time Medford end Jackson County History from th files of Th Mall Trlbun. 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago- Marl in YEARS AGO ComDletlon o i loutbern Oregon mllfc cooperative or ganization U expected soon. Contractors and lub con tractors have started pre liminary work on relocating of 1.23 miles of the Jackson- ville-Provolt highway. 20 YEARS AGO , Naval authoritiei appeal to public to aid In search for Navy dive bomber believed miising in Medford area. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "One wonders at the final fate of the midwestern draftee, who, when called up for examina tion, claimed exemption on the ground of poor eyesight and brought his wife along ai evidence. 1 30 YEARS AGO Medford city council itudlcs proposal for widening Eal Main at. First Civilian Conservation corps camp in county estab lished on Upper Applegate. 40 YEARS AGO Medford motorists warned to drive to curb and stop when city fire whistle blows. Local residents planning to go to Portland to hear sched uled talk by President Warren G. Harding on Fourth of July. SO YEARS AGO Prof. P. J. O'Gara, county pathologist, predicts Rogue valley fruit crop will be larg er in 1013 than in 1012. Medford Choral society to make second public appear ance; group requests donation of an organ for big scene in production. What's Your I.Q.? Nina ) ran cornel li superior: eeen a tlaht li eacellent) five or ii la ojoo. 1. Technically, when a per son votes for President is he voting as a citizen of the U.S. or as a citizen of his slate? 2. In the event neither Presidential candidate or Vice Presidential candidate re- , ceivca a majority of the elec toral vote, who chooses the Vice President? ' 3. What docs a football re feree announce when he places both hands upright above hit head? 4. Which is the swiftest moving planet In the uni verse? 5. What Is the composition of danca routines called? , 6. How many pieces are used In the gama of domi noes? 7. What was Thomas A. Edison's first patented inven tion? A. What two slates touch both Kentucky and Mary land? 6. Approximately how far beyond the earth's surface does its atmosphere extend? 10. Luther Hodges of North Carolina la secretary of which federal dr-partment? Answers! 1. Slats. 2. Sen ate. 3, A score. 4. Mercury. 5. Choreography, 6, Twenty tight. 7. Elaclrtcal olo coun ter, t. Virginia and Watt Vir ginia. I. 120 miles. 10. Com-mare. THURSDAY, MAY 1. 1113 " Bisecting Jacksonville ! V Some days ago, the voted to request the state highway department to find an alternate route for its proposed relo cation of Highway 238 through that community. Why it reversed its earlier vote this weeK is unclear, but presumably it was because of the "take it or leave it" department, which said the only choice was the route along Jackson creek, right through the middle of the community. Faced with this ultimatum, the council de cided that the new route, despite its drawbacks, was better than none. As it is, the highway fol lows Fifth and California streets, and the thought of heavy logging traffic along them this sum mer is a bleak prospect. i . . CTILL, the affair raises some interesting ques- tions. If, in the view of some of the nation's most respected authorities on historic sites, architec ture and communities, the new road eventually to become a four-lane highway will damage irreparably many of the town's principal values, how is the highway department going to justify its action? With the citizenry nearly equally divided (at least on the basis of "votes'1 which weren't votes at all, but merely a sampling of opinion), can the council justify a decision which will irrevok ably alter the character of the town? '', ; TOO, is it possible that Klnto anrl nation hIsd ture of Jacksonville, not, perhaps, quite equal to that of residents, but of a substantial nature because of the historic values there I . No detailed surveys of the other two possible routes along he north bank of Jackson creek, and through t. gap in the hills north of the cem etery have been made: or if they have, they have not been publicized choice of alternatives can be made. Can the highway department justify its "this route or nothing" ultimatum when the pros and cons of the alternatives are unknown? THERE are many pressures on highway ccm- jr.issioners and engineers -for this, road, against that one, for and against proposed routes. And theirs is the legal and moral respon sibility for making decisions, and for spending millions of tax dollars. But the whole Jacksonville affair proposed without public notice, surveyed in a hurry, rushed through a public hearing, then thrust upon: the city council with an either-or ultimatum leaves open to question the department's sense of the fitness 01 things, and of the proprieties of democratic procedure. Personally, we don't want our tax money to be spent in cutting Jacksonville in two, and we think a whale of a lot of other people feel the same way. K A. r ; Giles Always Said "Nooop!" It is urobablv not earth shakintr news in Southern Oregon that Giles French has sold his nmirct-tanni' anT trtar nnct t( fViA erutna mncr vln- orous editorial voices will But in the newspaper circles, and in politics all of which have claimed French's attentions the event is of considerable significance. for OUes French crusty, outspoken, conserv ative in the best sense; a prickly, thorny char acter who is never afraid to say "no" is one of the state's most respected (and occasionally cussed-at) personalities. . , f"NE of the most vivid memories we have of French noes back to the 1945 lccislature. when he was representing an Eastern Oregon constituency in the house. On roll call after roll call, the clerk's spoken "French" would be an swered by a loud ''Nooop 1" The dang legislature passed too many 'dunged laws anyway, French thought then and thinks today. He later ran for Congress, and when de feated turned his talents to authorship ("The Golden Land,", the story of his own Sherman county, published by the Oregon Historical So ciety), and to running his newspaper. He is best known as a paragrapher, turning out a column of one-paragraph quips, comments, opinions and observations each week in the Sher man County Journal. They have been widely reprinted. IT IS doubtful whether we ever have or tver would agree with Giles French on any polit ical or economic matter. But our respect and affection for him are unbounded. He is an individualist, a non-conformist, a burr under the civic saddle, a nagging conscience, and a man who holds that change for change's sake is infantile folly. Men of his kind arc in short supply, sadly, in a world of men which sometimes seems to be turning into a vast sea of vanilla custard bland, tasteless and shapeless. French was spice, We wish him well. E. A. 5 The Pacific coast including Washington, California and all of Oregon; all, that is, in the Pacific time zone went on daylight saving time this week. And the republic still stands. E. A. Jacksonville city council attitude of the highway other residents of the havfi a stake in the fu so that an intelligent thus be silenced. business, in historical Here "Wht Do You Mean, I Communications Lettere to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer although under cer tain circumstances the use of a pen name or Initial for publica tion la permissible, The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all lettera with an eye to clarification and condensation, Lettera eubmitted for publica Uon muat hot exceed 400 words. Bells f:- " '' , To the Editor: I read an ar ticle regarding the campaign to ring "Liberty Bells" across the country on this July 4th. One of the enthusiasts about this project is Governor Fau bus of Arkansas. Oh, yes, the "Hero" of Little Rock will ring the bell of lib erty loudly and clearly. Mrs. E. Reith 826 East Main st. Medford For the Future -To the Editor: I agree com pletely with Mr. Plngle. Our school board is composed of fine men who have each lived and worked here for a good many years. They are an as set to our community. I am sure that they have nothing but the welfare of our chil dren and our community at heart. It is a tough job and sometimes they must make regret table decisions, but basically wise ones.' ; ... I urge all to get out and vote. Vote as you wish, but be sure to think about your vote. It will affect otic schools and community 30 years from now as well as tin next few years. (Name on flic) ' Butte Falls, Ore. Answers To the Editor: I should like to answer Carlcton White hcad's accusations that I was inaccurate in a recent letter In your newspaper. (1) I said Secretary Udall stated In Florence that there would be no overnight camp ing in the proposed dunes sea shore. Here is the question I asked: "Mr, Secretary, will there be overnight facilities provided If the dunes park is established?" Answer: "No. They will bo left to concerns outside the park area." Others heard tills reply. At present there are 24S family camping places with many more planned by the U. S. Forest Service which manages the dunes. These camps are very popular with families who sometimes stay for several days, people who could not afford to stay at motels. (21 I said TV coverage of the Udall 45-mlnute "survey" was provided by a Portland advertising man. Of course, the actual shooting was done by a Portland station but In asniuch as the advertising man heads a group in that city plugging for the park and in asmuch as he was a member of the Udall party, it can be safely assumed that he had a lot to do with It, especially in making arrangements. (3) Mr. Whitehead says the park service docs not "lock up" areas. Answer: Look at Olympic National Park where sonic 800,000 acres arc going to waste with an estimated 5 per cent of the tract being available. Millions of board fect of fallen and ripening timber could be salvaged. Ac cording to recent visitors, the fire roads built by the U. S. Forest Service before the park officials grabbed the area are overgrown. , Is this huge tract, which could be administered for multiple use, locked up, or isn't it? Decently National Park of ficials blocked a road to the south Jetty of the Siuslaw river which would have open ed up six miles of beach for family recreation on the grounds that they might have a park there. There is some thing wrong with the Nation al Park Servicf) a. id peopm i mvmviri xiv-' mil MEOFOBD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON Can't Take It With Me ?" Romney Liked -By Businessmen Washington (UPD Michigan Gov. George Romney, who used to be one himself, ap parently has v."i the hearts of some leading businessmen in his role as a political figure. Romney. former president of American Motors, drew an emotional and enthusiastic re sponse Wednesday when lie addressed business leaders at the annual U.S. Chamber of Commerce meeting. The reception added more lustre to his chances of be coming the GOP presidential nominee In 1964, although Romney has disclaimed any candidacy for the White House. The dapper, animated Re publican won a standing ova tion from the delegates. They appeared captivated as much by his political style as his message. , , Romney warned them against: using politics as an instrument of economic pow er. He urged the formation of political party that would have true citizen appeal, with enough independence to tell big business or big labor where to go if either got pushy. The talk in the hotel lobby and cocktail bars afterwards suggested that Rom'neys speech was the highlight of the chamber's three-day meet ing here. ; - . . Boeing President In TFX Hearings Washineton-IUPP-Boeing Co. President William Allen was called before Senate investi gators today as the first indus try witness to testify in. the stormy TFX werplane con tract hearings. Allen was expected to out line Boeing's efforts in the year-long competitive strug gle to get the contract for the jet fighter plane, one of the largest military procurement awards in U.S. history. The investigation subcom mittee, headed by Sen. John L. McClcllan (D-Ark), is in quiring into whether favorit ism or errors affected the award which went to General Dynamics Corp. Instead of Boeing. Allen was accompanied by Edward Wells, vice president in charge of engineering, and other Boeing officials. Comptroller G e n e r a 1 Jo seph Campbell said in testi mony made public by the sub committee that Air Force cost estimates "could not be used as a basis for comparing" the rival Boeing and General Dy namics bids. Campbell said this left the possibility that other figures were used. "However," he said, "we have found no inde pendent or additional cost es timates covering the TFX pro gram as whole, and the sec retaries have advised us that none exists." , Colder Than Usual Temperatures in West Washington - itW - The Weather Bureau Wednesday predicted above normal tem peratures in the South this month and colder than usual In the West and northern bor der stales. For the rest of the country, the bureau said in its 30-day forecast, average tempera tures will prevail but with large fluctuations. Above normal rain was pre dicted for states west of the Continental Divide as well as in areas extending fror.i the northern plalivs U.rouch liu Grcat Lakes and the Ohio Val ley. are out. beginning to find that Jack Parker Box 1033 Florence, Ore. i I I ri Italian ciecuons seen as anaive isuwu Of Political Sentiment; Few Changes Seen By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst Italian voters gave Italian Communist boas Palmiro Tog liati a belated birthday pres ent this year, but it seems too early for Moscow to do much celebrating. The general elections which gave tile Communists a rec ord number of voles actually were a shakedown of Italian political sentiment and seem likely to have little effect on the "left-of-cenlcr" policy which Premier Amintore Fan fani launched in February 1962. Any changes that do come about can be expected to be internal rather than external, having no effect cither on Italy s NATO tics or on its membership in the European Common Market. All this is bubed on the as sumption that the political forces which made Italy's left-center government retain their tics and that the left wing Socialists of Piclro Nen ni do not heed Togliatti's siren call to join the Communists in a "new Dolitical course." To do so would be to plunge Italy into the greatest political chaos since World War II. Past action makes such an event unlikely. Strictly Personal By Sydney fc) Field Enterprise. Inc. PERSONAL PREJUDICES To achieve self-honesty, we should approach with mistrust all those "principles" we up hold that coincide so neatly with our profit and self-inter est: it is only when we hold to a principle that does not benefit us (and may, indeed, injure us in a material way) that we may leel reasonably confident of its truth. From many writors, wo learn something; from a few writers, we become some thing: only the latter are ultimately of any value. The men who make a rev olution are usually the first ones to be unseated by it, as the Old Bolsheviks were swift ly executed in Russia; and the fatal flaw in all revolutionary doctrines is that they provide no pattern of steady succes sion, and simply create an at mosphere for their own over throw. . . It is a -singular irait in Anglo-Saxon society that brilliance in conversation is the surest way to evoke sus picion in tho company; un like the Latins, who appre ciate and admire vorbal dexterity, wa and the Eng lish instinctively suspect any man who speaks fluent ly and amusingly of being ilher "slippery" or "n o t quite sound." No laborer works as hard for his necessities as the exec utive docs for his luxuries; and this is the irony of mod In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Senator Magnusou's bill is offered at the request of the Interstate Commerce Commis-siou-which, one suspects, may be beginning to wonder how the heck interstate commerce can be carried on at all if (as seems not improbable at the moment) every slate in the Union - and maybe, every town and every county-has a different kind of time. , QUESTION: ' Just what is a DAY? AGAIN you may be sur prised. There arc DIFFERENT KINDS of days. The pcrinH hrtwc time when the sun moves across the great circle in the sky which extends north and south thrmich a point DI RECTLY OVER US. is called the "apparent solnr day." More complications: This "apparent solar day" Li not always the same in its length, because the motion of the earth varies in Its orbit, or path around the sun. There fore scientists have developed a unit of time which is intend ed to be always the same in length. That unit has been adopted as the standard fur the meas- Thc news today? You niiiy be surprised. The federal government is considering the idea of taking over the problem of Daylight Saving Time. NAMED TO POST Corvallls - Jame.' A. Al bright. 1S78 Orchard Home dr., Medford, hits been circled an officer in his liwng croup at Oregon State university. He Is treasurer of Hugall Thorn, ono of iho campus dor mitories. Albright is a fresh man this year ai OSU in the school of science.. . ? C When Fanfani began his left-wing center government a little more than a year ago, it was in search of a political stability unknown In Italy since the post-war govern ments of Alcide de Gaspcri. Fanfani's own. Christian Democratic party remained the largest in Italy but it was a pptchwork of elements rang ing from tiie moderate left to the extreme right. Since the war, Italy has had 22 govern ments. Conflicting interests within the smaller parties such as the neo- Fascists, the mon archists, the liberals and others made successful coali tion impossible. Meanwhile, the left-wing Socialists who had joined the Communists in a popular front in 1946 and split with them two years later, were drifting steadily farther away from their former allies under the leadership of Ncnni. ' . In 1962, Fanfani obtained agreement from his own party for his left-center experiment. His new government was com posed of his own Christian Democrats, the Republicans and the Social Democrats. It had the outside support of the Ncnni Socialists in re turn for promises to nation alize the electrical industry, to decentralize state adminis J. Harris ern-day affluence, as com pared with the poverty of by gone eras-lhat what used to be called the "leisure class" is now the coronary class. The psychological reason that it is necessary to re spect excellence was shrewdly put by Goethe, when he observed: "There is no defense against some one else's superiority except love." No superstition of the ig norant is half as damaging as the chief superstition of the educated - which consists in the erroneous belief that knowing the proper words for something signifies that we comprehend it and are in con trol of it. Men of similar vices band together, not for company but for camouflage; for when the birds are all of a feather, tha poculiar strip ing of each docs not stand out so much. The conscious search for sercniiy is one, of the main sources of continual agitation and perpetual unfulfilment. The real reason that it is profoundly immoral to live by the rule that "the ends justify the means" is that nobody can know what tha ends will be (so often are they contrary to our best intentions), and all we can regulate are the means we use; and if these are cruel or evil, they in themselves pervert and deflect the ends we aim at. rpHREE bills to that effect - are now before the Senate commerce committee . . . One of them is by Senator Warren Magnuson, of our neighboring stale of Washington. Another is by Senator Norris Cotton, of New Hampshire. The third is by Senator A. Willis Rob ertson, of Virginia. Senator Magnuson and Sen ator Robertson arc Democrats. Senator Cotton is a Repuoli can. So, you sec, the idea that the federal government should take over the Daylight Saving Time mess is getting so popu lar that ncithpr narlv want tlie,)10 nihr-r narlv In nnl Ihn credit for bringing it about. Thai's the politics of it. SENATOR Magnuson's bill kJ provides for a federal agency to establish, after hear ings. Daylight Saving Time within zones. It would set the change-over dates as the last Sunday in April and the last Sunday in October, urcment of time, and is called the "mean solar day." It is as long as the average "apparent soiar day" in 1900. ND At one time The mean solar day was considered to begin at noon. The civil day used for meas uring the day for calendar purposes began at midnight. But in 1923. the use of a solar day beginning at noon was abolished by international agreement among astronom ers. Day is now considered to begin at midnight. This day and night business is a com plicated affair. li's little wonder that we get all snarled up when we start trying so make changes in the way we handle day and night. ' CL.!,. ft.,..' tration by creating regional governments, to institute school reforms and develop ment plans, especially for the south. -i It alienated both the ex treme right ana the e.:treme left and it was anticipated that some votes would flee Matter of Fact (c) New York Herald' THE ATTACK ON . McNAMARA Washington - This' week, Sen. John McClellan's Special Investigating Committee will resume its hearings on the TFK contract. The word is going round the capital mat tne Sena tor, a determ ined man, means to keep the hearings going until July, and ex- AiMio jocts to turn the TFK contract around." That means, in effect, that Sen. McClcllan hopes to force the resignation of Sacrctary of Defense Robert McNamara. For the Secretary can hardly accept the reversal of his de cision, to award this contract to General Dynamics Instead of the Boeing Co., without re signing because his judgment has been reversed. The TFK controversy turns upon technicalities which out siders, conspicuously includ ing Senate investigating com mittees, are by no means well qualified to weigh. Secretary McNamara, who had to fight hard to get even one brief hearing from the Committee, has had no real chance to tell his side of the story. BUT the rights and wrongs of the TFK affair are very much less important, in any case, then the rights and wrongs of the attack on Mc Namara, for which the TFK affair is merely the vehicle. If this vehicle had not served, another one would have been made to serve. That was ine vitable, In view of the nature of McNamara's effort. Since the Defense Depart ment was established, all the successive Secretaries before McNamara have been divisi ble into two categories. The good Secretaries were primar ily interested in national de fense. To these, the contem porary members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff invariably be haved with extraordinary ar rogance. The bad Secretaries were primarily interested in bud getary economics. To these, the Joint Chiefs invariably be haved with shameless servil ity. When the pic was big, in short, the uniformed chiefs of the armed services com plained because there was not more pie; and when the pie was limited, they bowed to the ground to get the larg est slice. Alumni Group Plans Formative Dinner Ashland-Thcte will be a formative dinner meeting of Douglas County Alumni chapter of the Southern Ore gon College Alumni associa tion Saturday, May 11, at the Roscburg Umpqua hotel, Dale Truax, alumni secretary, has announced. Dr. Elmo N. Stevenson. president of Southern Oregon college, will be guest speaker. tniertainment will consist of music and dancing by mem bers of the Hawaiian club and folk singing by the Letter- man, a college quartet. ' Alumni wishing to attend the meeting may make reser vations wilh Mr. and Mrs. John Foust. 1478 NW Eden lane, Roscburg. Tickets also will be available at the door. CUBAN EXILES ORGANIZATION rug THE UBEtATiON OF CUBA m LvBJ , J I KMbltrf I PuJ.7CLr.WI I 'L Irv I "It li obvious, not Before wt can overthrow Castro wa must first overthrow this Kennedy!" both the Christian Democrats on the right and the Nenni Socialists on the left. In the Sunday-Monday elec tion these predictions were borne out. But the present combination Is practically tha only one able to rule with any degree of stability. Joseph AUop Trlhune Syndicate THUS curious rhythm wag only once Interrupted. In . the early summer of 1943, after the Czechoslovakia!! coup d'etat, the Joint Chiefs confronted James V. Forrestal with combined requests for a defense budget of $24 billion. Forrestal, although intensely defense-minded, rather than budget-minded, knew he could not get so large a sum in those days. Hence he atkerl the Chiefs' help in makin cuts. Knowing Forrestal wss defense-minded, the Chiefs re fused to help. Forrestal then worked almost from dawn until late at night, day after day, week after ween, Uirough all that summer and au tumn, making his own line-byline cuts to reduce the de fense budget to $18 billion. The strain of that unaided ef fort was what, in fact, killed Jim Forrestal. Despite that warning, Mc Namara has set out to accom plish more than Forrestal ever attempted. He is just as defense-minded as Forrestal was, and his first requirement is a fully adequate national de fense program, but he has) also been trying to reduce the) unit-cost of national defense, which has risen continuously and remorselessly, and not least under the economizing Defense Secretaries like Charles E. Wilson and Louis Johnson. - a rpO OBTAIN maximum de--- fense at minimum cost, in turn, McNamara has had to use his own judgment, just as Forrestal was driven to do in that summer of desperate overwork which caused hia breakdown and death. For a Secretary of Defense who wishes to do what McNamara is trying to do, there is no alternative to relying on his own judgment. This is the case because the Army, Navy, and Air Force have never been able to agree among themselves, not just on their own roles and missions, but also and far more im portantly, on the basic strate gy and tactics of our national defense. With three wholly different defense concepts, the Chiefs of Staffs invariably ask for appropriations to defend the country in three different ways at once. In these circumstances, if there is to be a unified strate gic and tactical defense con cept, it has to be imposed on the Chiefs of Staff by the Defense Secretary. In the ex isting system no one else can insist upon a unified concept. Yet if a unified concept is not insisted upon, one of two re sults must follow. EITHER the cumulative bill for satisfying three con flicting concepts will be com pletely astronomical. Or the bill will be reduced to meet budgetary limitations and the defense program will be in adequate. In the last 16 year9 the Joint Chiefs have repeat edly shown that they prefer the risks of an inadequate de fense program to the strain of agreement on a unified de fense concept. McNamara has been trying to change all this, by improv ing a unified concept. In other words, he has been try ing to get the United States the best weapons that money can buy, but no more weapons than are really needed, and at the lowest manageable unit cost. That is the source of his troubles with the Joint Chiefs, which are the sourceSi in turn, of the TFK affair. I RETUEN FrXJ
