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P 1 Telephoui Newaplcrurea "MEMBER Or AUDIT BUREAU AdvertiatnK Representative: NELSON ROBERTS li ASSOC -ATES Of'lcea In New York, Chi cago Detroit. San Francisco Los Anialee. Seattle, Portland. 1 Denver. n I PUILISHUS 'ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL Mem tier California Newipaper PubUihera Aiioclatlon Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 yean ego. 10 YEARS AGO May 13, 1963 (Wednesday) The Medford city council last night voted to eck a 10 day extension on an option to buy a lite for an east side 4Wa elation after some 40 home owners appeared to pro test construction on ine pro posed site. The "Arabian tent city" erected by Al Kader temple of the Shrine In Hawthorne park will be opened at 10 a.m. tomorrow, 20 YEARS AGO May 13, 1943 (Thursday) Mri. Modlne Skinner rec ommended by county Demo- crati for appointment as aci inn Phoenix Dostmaster. Prom Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Valley weather sharps predict there will be no summer, summer Is taking Its time about get ting here, but will be here when it does." 30 YEARS AGO May 13, 1933 (Saturday) ' ' Prohibition agents seize wine cache in Ashland. . Plans completed for Med ford Memorial day observ ance. 40 YEARS AGO May 13, 1923 (Sunday) Oregon Caves opened to public. Cars expected to be able to reach rim of Crater lake by June 20. SO YEARS AGO May 13, 1913 (Tueiday) Vice President of San Fran cisco railroad says many mid western people planning to move to Rogue valley. Six "prominent" local men arrested by U.S. deputy mar shal and charged with start ing forest fires. What's Your I.Q.7 Nine or ran correct la superior; even or eight is excellent; five or III Is flood. 1. Lying north of Cambodia, Its area is 88,000 square miles, its population is 3.000,000, Its monetary unit is the Kip and it is often in tho news; what country it? i. is it a King or a queen who has reigned longer In England? 3. A group of lions is called what? 4. Which deceased New York governor was frequently called "The Happy Warrior"? 5. Name tho nwllon picture actress who had the lead role In "Mother Wore Tights." t. Jade la always green truo or false? 7. Is the state of Massachu setts, Wisconsin or New Jer sey the leading state in cran berry production? 8. The Zodiac sign for those born between Oct. 23 and Nov. 23 is Sagittarius or Scor lPio? 9. Namo the capital of Ver mont. 10. The noted painter, Rem brandt Van Rljn, was of Dutch, Swedish or Norwegian nationally? Answers! 1. Laos. t. Queen , Victoria. 3. Pride. 4. Alfred E. Smith. 5. Betty Grable. (. False, 7. Massachusetts. I. Scorpio, t. Montpelier. 10. Dutch. MONDAY, MAY 13, 1963 Kuchel's Speech Disgusted and at the same time alarmed by the quantity of "hate" mail he has been receiv ing, Sen. Thomas Kuchel, Republican of Cali fornia, in a speech in the Senate assailed the peddlers of hate and fear. He remarked that some 10 per cent of his mail comes frorri right wing extremists who relate fantastic tales of im minent threats to the United States, what time they are not accusing him of near treason for not believing them and acting on them. Here are some samples of the prevalent paronoia he cited. ' The Army is training troops in Georgia to take over the country for United Nations. It is called "Oper ation Moccasin." There are African Negro troops who are cannibals, stationed in Georgia, 16.000 of them, complete with nose and ear-rings. "Yes, we know of the U.N. plans to place Mon golian and Congolese troops over our dear United States." Another letter to Kuchel: "Water Moccasin! We are asking you to give us a report on what you are doing to protect our constitutional rights. Also repeal income taxes." There is an Army training evercise in the South, for training in counterguerrilla warfare. Such army exercises are frequently conducted over the country. . As for these charcres about Water Moccasin, the Claxton, Georgia, Enterprise had heard them too. and its editor tagged them as "hysteria, the result of a sick mind, duced hallucinations. XHAT we have is a T T of the individual whose mind can unleash its imagination so freely, will credit such absurd One explanation may motive. It becomes profitable to peddle hate by soliciting funds (wealthy men and widows are suckers for solicitors for such causes) and by selling literature. The more fear they can engen der, the more generous will be response from those who are carried away ... In his speech, Sen. Kuchel said : "The curious fact is that the fright peddlers, from the simple simpletons to the wretched racists, all claim to be conservatives. "They defile the honorable philosophy of conserva tion with that claim as thoroughly as the Communists defile the honorable philosophy of liberalism. "I have nothing but contempt for the orginators of the hoaxes and swindles, from the ludicrous lead ers of the Birch Society to any and all of the several hundred similar self-styled 'patriotic' groups. "They are anything but patriotic. Indeed, a good case be made that they are unpatritoic, and down right un-American." ItfUCHEL is ordinarily a mild mannered man. He is a middle - of - the time chairman of the California Republican state committee. He is simply fed up with the noxious rumors that are set afloat to disturb the minds of the uncritical and the suspicious. He was the 'man to California is pitted with and other croups who build up each other's fears and spread them among The country relaxed thyism, and rejoiced that some fresh air was blowing again across the country. DUT the business of fanning fears did not die, " for there were still weak-minded to be swayed and timid to be aroused ganda to be extracted. freed of alarmists; but trade of hatemongering fresh places, never gaining a wide following, but gripping what passes for the minds of some with a blind and senseless fear. Sen. Kuchel's speech of hate leaflets,' but it should warn the general public to post guards at the doors of their minds to keep out the whispered or broadcast or printed alarms, such as have reached the California sen ator's desk. Charles A. Sprague, in the Oregon Statesman, Salem. Stirrings in the Church When Pope John XXIII was asked why he convened the Second Vatican Ecumenical Coun cil he was reported to have opened the nearest window, saying, "To let some fresh air into the cnurcn. I his has proved r or centuries the stock image of the Roman Catholic Church has been one of monolithic, un bending authoritarianism. If that image has not always been accurate, it has to be said that on some occasions and in some countries the Church has indeed played that role. Hut the nanal zephrys are stunner up some significant straws. For example, there is a strong lkeiihood now that when next September The Pope will issue an official statement endorsing uni vei'sal and complete religious liberty for all per sons. A few weeks ago Autrustin Cardinal Bea, one of the Pope's closest advisers, told an American audience that man's right to choose his own re ligion is an accepted teachintr of the Church. In similar vein the Rev. Hans Kung, dean of the theological faculty at the University of Tub ingen in West Germany, has said that ecclesias tical obedience never requires anything to be done contrary to conscience. If Cardinal Bea and Father Kung are repre sentative of the thinking of the present-day lead ers of the Church, as there is every reason to be lieve, the fresh air is already blowing with gale force in one of the most venerable ana most ven erated institutions of all mankind. New York Times. carried away by self-in problem in psychology and of the crowd which fabrications. be found in the profit - road Republican, one make the speech because John Birch Society cells the people. alter the orgy of McCar- and money for propa Congress is pretty well out in the country the survives, bursting otit in will not halt the flow to be no idle gesture. the council reconvenes and his fellow bishops "Onward And Upward, But Not Too Far" Communications ... Letters lo the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, aitnougn urmer certain circumstances the us of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the light to edit all letters with a view lo clarification ana condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The '' printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paperj in fact in contrary is often the case. Statistics Lie To the Editor: I am sure most people have heard the story of the man who walked across a river with an aver age depth of two feet, and drowned in the middle where its depth was twelve. This man used as much common sense as Mr. Irving Thomas in his letter to "Com munications," 5-10-63. Mr. Thomas .might also say that the Negroes in Birming ham, Ala., are more criminal than those in Portland be cause, per capita, there are more in jail. Many times, we read where "business is up 20 per cent over last month," yet local businessmen are complaining. Statistics may not lie, yet very often they don't neces sarily tell the complete truth either. Ernie Hook, Jr. (a non-Catholic). 40 Bush St. Central Point, Ore. Won't Vote for It To the Editor: No I won't vote for It. I read where the House Constitutional commit tee has asked for a revision of the death penalty from death to life Imprisonment, with eligibility for parole aft er 15 -years. I am against capital punish ment. But I say if a person takes another life, and a death sentence would be the verdict, amend this to a life imprison ment with no parole. This is the only way to protect so ciety. (Name on file) Medford. Measles To the Editor: Little round spots, All red as a barn, You are so slow, In showing your charm Miserable head, For over three weeks Before those spots Appear on your checks. Then you appear Like a speckled egg, Mad at the world, Shake a speckled leg. Who was so. kind? And gave them to me? Be careful my friend I don't give them to thee.. Mrs. Delbert Casey Route 1, Box 358 Central Point, Ore. Birch Vers To the Editor: In answer to Senator Kuchel's attack on the John Birch Society, I have this to say: S-ir, may I take issue with your views of the right? E-xclaiming that Birchers are peddlers of fright. N-umerous people all over tho States, A-re learning the TRUTH from various debates. T-hat the John Birch Soci ety stands together for good; O-f our country's RIGHTS, as well it should. R-adicals we don't have, and violence we abhor, It's Patriots we want to fight the cold war. K-eep in mind, please, lib erty can't be reserved: U-nless we keep fighting, it won't be preserved. C-alling us "Devil's Work ers" and accusing us of hate, H eartily smacks of a left wing trait. E-ach liircher Is dedicated to work for the riRht, L-ove of God and Country is tile aim we cite. Mrs. Albert C. Livingston 148 Van Ness ave. Ashland, Ore. Where It Justice? To the Editor: I appreciate Mrs. D. L. Swank's letter of 5-9 in the Mail Tribune. Also MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOHD, OREGON my sympathy for the lady who was fined $50 for trying to protect her property. Now don't misunderstand me. I love dogs in their place. We voted last year on the dog issue here. The decision was to keep dogs shut up, or from running at large. It nev er stopped the nuisance. I called the County Dog Control (or uncontrol) board, and they informed me a rul ing was in effect which per mitted dogs to run at large if they were equipped with a muzzle. Why vote? From my observations ev ery day, and always when I mow the lawn, I am convin ced instead of muzzles, they need buckets on the other end. Not only do I have to clean the yard, (and pay the gar bage man to haul it away), but constantly have to replant plants that are dug out of the garden by these precious dogs after they mess things up. People in this community as well as others have been warned time and again to keep them from running. They definitely do not intend lo keep them in, but intend to defy the law. If my neighbors and the people of this community do not respect my rights as a cit izen when we spend so much time and money on our place to keep it nice and clean, and if the law protects them and their nuisance, where will we who love nice things go for justice? We need a Humane Society to protect Humans. , If John Dellenbeck's cat control law works as effect ively as the dog control, we as citizens of Jackson county have wasted lots of money sending him to Salem. Oh, well what do we care for money? The taxpayers have lots of it. I understand the colored people have invaded and taken over Washington, D.C., and the dogs, Jackson county. H. E. Kruegcr P.O. Box 176 Eagle Point, Ore. Riled Up To the Editor: I read an article in Communications which concerned space travel in our skies, which got me kind of "riled up." Although I'm only 14 years of age, I think I know my Bible quite well. This woman sincerely believed that there was truely space travel in our own im mediate skies. By space travel I mean from other planets and not just travels like the one John Glenn made. She also said that this travel from outer space was confirmed in the Holy Bible. Now I don't think it would be asking too much for her lo please state which book with chapter and verse or verses she found this. She also stated that this "mission of mercy" was two fold (1) to bring greater en lightenment to us preparing us for the "Golden Age" and (2) "to save us from our selves." I would like very much for her to please tell me what the "Golden Age" is. We have no reason to be "saved from ourselves" If we are truly Christians. We arc saved from eternal separation from God by accepting Jesus Christ the Son of God as our own personal Lord and Savior. Lori Dawson Rout 1, Box 320 Trail, Ore. Constructive To the Editor: I read the article called. "Statistics" written by Irving Thomas, and all I have to say is that the Mail Tribune must be pretty hard up for copy to Foreign News: French Living Costs;, German Election Trends; Talent Raids By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst Notes from the foreign news cables: Da Gauule Dilemma A rapidly rising cost of liv ing is threatening France's zooming economy and Presi dent Charles de Gaulle is looking for ways to bat ten down trie lid. One prob lem is to get upper income Frenchmen to pay their taxes. Anoth ajewsum er is general dissatisfaction among workers in the naturalized gas, elec tricity, railroad and transport industries who complain their wages are lagging behind those paid by private indus try. De Gaulle's aim has been to hold wage increases to 4 per cent. But French coal miners broke through the ceiling ear- let such rabble rousing gel into print. Today our country is in great need of strength, free dom and unity. Mr. Thomas's article tears apart unity, unity that good Christians have been trying to build stronger. It's too bad that Mr. Thom as doesn't put his effort on something constructive; rath er than his own destruction. J.R. (Name on file) Medford Gimmick i To the Editor: Your recent editorial regarding Forest Camping Fees states, "We feel certain most campers would be willing to pay a modest fee if, in return, they are as sured of better accommoda tion, better sanitary facilities and ultimately, the develop ment of more forest camp grounds." Therein lies the gimmick, for thus far it is this assurance that is lacking. You state further that these user fees will provide funds for camp ground operation and maintenance as well as for improvements, but no one else has said so. i All, I repeat, all Forest Service receipts go into the General Fund from which Congress makes appropria tions for Forest Service op erations, including camp grounds. To date, no directive has been issued ear-marking user-fees for the purposes you have mentioned, so they, too, will go into the general fund along with our ever rising total of tax dollars. In return the public will be rewarded with the same niggardly con gressional appropriations for camp grounds that now pre vail. This is a source of real concern to Forest Service ad ministrators and it should arouse the public to prompt action if we value our ex isting recreational facilities and desire their expansion. Grace N. Pearson Route 2, Box 50 Jacksonville, Ore. Easy Money To the Editor: Just say charge it, or credit for the teenager. The stores have set up a plan for credit for the teenagers, of course with par ent's approval. It is hard to think that the stores have decided to corrupt trie younger generation with this easy credit plan. I feel the younger generation will lose the value of money with this credit card. It makes the children think it almost free, not to mention the 10 per cent service charge added on. Of course if the children do not pay, the parents are expected to. That's the whole idea of this plan. If the parent doesn't have the money to pay the children can quit school and get a job to pay fur his mistake to save face and probably never get back to school. He or she will now know the true value of money. It looks to me the Idea of charging is in full swing to bring out children up to this idea to accept this charge us you go plan. To live in a world of credit now, pay later, or charge for next year and spend this year paying past due accounts. Will it ever stop? Can the children afford it? Can the parent really afford this plan? David J. Sletten 121 Reaecr St. Medford. CASTRO IN ASIA Moscow -1'M- Touring Cu ban Premier Fidel Castro has arrived in the central Asian city of Brat.k, Moscow Radio reported today. Castro ar rived in the Soviet Union last month for a visit that has taken him through thousands of miles of Soviet territory. aaeeMajasajeaa Ml ly in April with pay raises of 6.5 per cent. Increases in private industry are running closer to 10 per cent. Election Trends, German West Germany's Christian Democrats, the party of Chan cellor Konrad Adenauer, are In the Day's News Br FRANK JENKINS Question for today: What kind of person is the normal, average American wife? YOU'LL be surprised. She is "astonishingly nor mal." She is physically at tractive. She is emotionally healthy. She is a good mother. She is a CONTENTED wife. But OH, she's DULL! WHO says so? Well, it isn't just back yard gossip, or cocktail chit chat. It is a carefully consid ered profile of the wives of "normal" American males, as reported last week at a meet ing in St. Louis of the Amer ican Psychiatric association. HOW did the study that re sulted in this conclusion get started? It s quite a story. In an at tempt to discover the char acteristics of "the normal American male," the psychia tric investigators first studied 50 men who 12 years ago as ninth graders had obtained normal personality scores on tests given to almost 200 Min neapolis students. That study attracted so much attention that later the wives of 38 of these men who had married at age 26 were studied. The combined results were made public at St. Louis as a part of the Psychiatric Association's week-lpng con ference. 10ST of the couples, it was "-B- learned in the study, were religiously devout and had attained the same levels of education. None had even temporarily separated from a spouse and there was no evi dence of critical marital dis cord in their futures. On test items reflecting "contentment with lot and life, effectiveness and over-all adjustment" both wives and husbands rated high, but on items reflecting "richness of personality" the ratings were LOW.- rpHE verdict of the psychia- x trists? Strictly Personal By Sydney fcl Field Enterprises. Inc. UTOPIAN Not long ago, I discussed the perversion of the world "sen timental," in regard to the people who oppose capital punishment pointing out that the real s e n 1 1 mcnt a 1 is t s are those today who Insist on retaining this outmoded ami Harrl- n e i icciuai form of vengeance. Today I'd like to examine another very much abused word, "Utopian." This is a word often applied by con servatives, or even by middle- of-the-roaders, to those who seem to favor a left-wing phil osophy, or who appear to be tinged with a "communistic" leaning. Actually, it is one of the ironies of language and po litical thought that Karl Marx, the founder of com munism, reserved his most withering scorn for the "Utopians." They were the socialists of his day who held that social reform must come from the people themselves. The widespread commu nist movement in the world today is precisely the op posite of "Utopian." It is pragmatic, dogmatic, im posed from the top, wedded to violence, the enemy of all voluntary movements, and toally repressive be neath lis thin layer of hu manitarian verbiage. Communism has not mov ed toward "the withering away of the slate." as Marx predicted it would, but in the opposite direction: worse, it has bred the equal ly poisonous reaction of fascism. The Utopians may have been right or wrong and, in my opiion, they were a little of both but it is un just to equate them (now or then) with the Marxists, For decades, the ' bitterest foes of the communisti were not the capitalists but the non-Marxian socialists who saw all too well, and all too clearly, where Merxism was headed and they were sil enced by assassination of exile. counting heavily on the May 19 elections in L,ower aaxonv to reverse losses suffered in other recent provincial elec tions. Their hopes are based on Economic Minister and Chancellor - Designate Lud wig Erhard's success in medi ating West Germany's worst post - war labor - management dispute. In the last state elec tions in Lower Saxony, in 1959, the Christian Demo crats won 51 seats against 65 for the Socialists. They are not looking for any landslide Happiness Is a y ' j Simple Plurality -lfl By Arthur Hoppe fVJ Good-by, Mr. Nixon. Fare well; farewell. Lots of luck in New York. And as you trudge off eastward into the sunrise of a new day, let me say I think you re right: if you can t win in California, try a smaller state. Oh, I know. It takes a lot of old-fashioned courage to set forth on a new path. Es pecially one going in that di rection. Because our whole success-obsessed culture de mands we keep climbing ever upward to greater challenges. But you and I know this rat- race philosophy is false. There's a lot to be said for be- Here it is, in a nutshell: "If these couples epitomize what may now be a relatively common adapation of the pop ulation at large, we wish to express our mixed feelings about this adjustment. "Such a population would promote stability or a firm backbone of the country. But THESE COUPLES' LIVES SEEM ESSENTIALLY MUN DANE AND DULL." WELL TT i Maybe so. But this admittedly old fashioned scribe would like to go on record here with an opinion to the effect that if ALL our American young peo ple who finish school and get married and tackle the job of making a living and raising a family would go about it after the manner of these young people who were studied- by-- psychiatrists we wouldn't need to do much worrying about the future of our country. J. Harris If Marxism had been able to become more genuinely Utopian-that is, if it could have understood the libertar ian striving of the early reformers-then it might not have become as evil in prac tice as its twin, fascism. By re jecting the Utopians, by con demning them as "mere sen timentalists," the Marxists abdicated their humanity and . betrayed the very goals they so nooiy proclaimed n their speeches and manifestoes. We cannot understand the nature of modern communism unless we comprehend its his torical roots. It is a perver sion of a good idea (some em inent theologians have even called it a "Christian heresy") and Its great appeal is based on the fact that it APPEARS to offer the under privileged peoples greater so cial justice and economic equality. It cannot do so, of course. But to dismiss these goals as "Utopian" is to misunder stand the communist revolu tion and to misread history. The American idea is indeed a Utopian one, and we should bring the word back to respec tability and recognition, on our side. $0fy t-7, victory in this predominatly socialist state but do hope for impressive gains. Raids Japanese industrialists have) joined their British opposite numbers in complaining about technical talent being hired away by U.S. compa nies. Japanese scientists and technicians are not leaving home, simply going to work for the Japanese branches of U.S. firms. ing a big frog in a small puddle. Besides, it isn't as though the trail you have taken is unmarked. And when skies seem gray, when you feel lost in the thickets of doubt, you can always hold aloft as a shining beacon the name o the man who blazed the way before you: Mr. Harold Stas sen. I'm sure his example was much in your mind when you made your grave decision. Re member how he arose out of Minnesota like a comet and burst on the Washington scene? In no time, he was run ning for Vice President! Heir apparent to Mr. Eisenhower! The White House itself clear ly within his grasp! And after that, of course, ho moved down to Pennsylvania and ran for Governor. And after that he ran for Mayor of Philadelphia. And after that . . . But, as you and I know, who Is to say he is not the happiest of men today? Wherever he is. Yet here are all we Amer icans, striving to get ahead, seeking status, accumulating tail fins and ulcers. And whose fault is it? Our leaders. Being successful they natur ally demand we follow them. And so they drag us ever up ward from one hollow tri umph to the next. Until we crack. Is this happiness? No! And that, Mr. Nixon, is why I wish to pay tribute today to the only two true leaders of our time. You and Mr. Stassen. For only by emulat ing you can we Americans dis cover the direction in which true happiness lies: downhill. Thus I have faith you will find happiness at last in New York. What, may I ask the cynics, is wrong with running for Mayor in Scarsdale? It is a decent and honorable job, a job worth doing. Or, hopefully failing that, a spiritedly un successful campaign for county selectman? As you have so ably pointed out, it is the desire to serve, not the status of the job, which counts. Perhaps, with a bit of luck, you will be able to struggle onward. Then finally, the ul timate: "Dick Nixon for Pre cinct Vice-Captain Exper ience Counts!" Ah, and when you have lost the last r A m r n i a n hn.,t I blessed you will be by true inner peace, true contentment, true . . . Just a minute. "Dick Nixon for Precinct Vice-Captain?" I think I've gone too far. Maybe I ought lo revise my thesis and put it this way: Only by rejecting the success rat race can all we Americans find true happi ness. All we Americans, that is, except politicians. Fire Protection Assotiation Convenes Portland - IUP1I - The 67th annual meeting of the Na tional Fire Protection associa tion got under way at th new Hilton Hotel today. Some 2,000 persons are ex pected to attend the five day meeting. i
