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Newspaper Page Text4 A- IwyoneTirSoutfcrnOrij;o0 o-.. th. Mali Tribune Kblliilwd Dilly eicept Saturday by ERIC W ALLEN JR. M"' Editor KARL H ADAMS. City Editor uiflRy cMPMAN. Teleg Editor SlCHARD JtWKTT. Sporla Editor OUVE STARCliER Wom.n l Edlto. DAli EWCKSONCIrculaUonJ ATTlrdependent Intern cond ela.e metier at Medtord Oregon under Act of W March 3, 1897 m SUBSCRIPTION RATES W.-dAdVy'y..t...oo Dally end Sunday- moi 10 0 D. Iv end Sunday 3 moi 5.00 Sunday Oniy-On. year 15.00 Simla Copy Mailed! , ,M By C.me.-And Motor Route Dally and Sunday 1 year i 00 Dally and Sunday-1 mo. 15 Sunday Only I ; mo. "jg Carrlei and Vendore jCopy 10c 61fltlal"Papr of city of """"'J Slfleill Paper, L Jackson County United Preca International full Leaaed Wlro tj P 1 TeltphoU) Newbplcturea, 5jS?o1erTsXaoci. ATE8 Ol'icea In New York. Chi cYo Detroit. San rranclaco Loi Anielea SeatUa. Portland Denver. RATION At EDITORIAL Memner California Newspaper PubUahera Aaaoclatlon Flight o' Time Medlord and Jackson County History from ih files of The Mall Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO May 27. 1953 Wdnoiday) Sen. Wayne Morse dnd. Ore.) charged In Washington today that readers of the Mcd ford Mail Tribune were his only constituents in Oregon to have an opportunity to read the truth about his ac tivities in Congress. Preliminary budget esti mates for Mcdford's 1053-54 city budget show an Increase over this year of some $49, 829, with $(108, 860 In expen ditures. Estimate receipts are 1352,650. SO YEARS AGO May 27, 1943 (Thursday) Medford Craters baseball team, managed by Don Eaton, to play first game of season against Camp White soldier team. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "The War Production Board has de cided to 'frcoze' fashions or women. Platoons of buttons, holding nothing up, or togeth er, will not be tolerated." 30 YEARS AGO May 27, 1933 (Saturday) Paving of Pacific highway between Talent and Ashland started. Ballot theft eases to open In circuit court here tomor row. 40 YEARS AGO May 27, 1923 (Sunday) ; Rogue VHlley penr crops look ' promising"; other crops appear lighter than in 1022. Medford Memorial day pro gram to be held in Page thea ter as rain predicted. 50 YEARS AGO My 27, 1913 (Tuesday) Jackson and Siskiyou coun ty officials to meet June 6 to make plans for construction of bi-state highway. "Schooner rigging" wireless musts to be removed from Medford hotel, leaving hotel In San Dicso only one with ''schooner rigaing." What's Your I.Q.7 Hint ai tan toned h tuperier; seven or aiflhl is eicallentf tive or Sit Is food. 1. What is the capital of Kentucky? 2. What is (he namr of the world's largest office build ing? 3. What arc U S battleships named for? 4. What am the font free doms? 5. What Is the blrlh stnne for May? 6. llow many scguare rods to an acre? 7. What did Jack Sprat Ind his wife do? 8 Where Is the Unllrd States Coast Guard Academy? 9 Whose portrait appears on the two dollar bill? 10. What insignia docs a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army wear? Answorsi 1. Frankfort. 2. Th Pentagon, Washington. DC, 3. Slates. 4. Speech. Worship from want and from fear. 5. Agele. 6. 160 7. Licked the platlor clean. I. New London, Conn. I, Jof iarson. Ul. Silver eek leaf. I -rt'VNIW$APa "5ffl Milium Vji-A'sSOeiATION MONDAY, MAY 27. 1963 Legislative Today the legislature hopes will be its last week in session. Most of its business few items, major ones, remained as of this morn ing. The two most important were the tax pro gram and the new Constitution. The legislature may kill the Constitution, al though we certainly hope not. Last week's com promise over apportionment in the Senate com mittee kept the document alive, by only a slim thread. However, the Constitution has just barely skimmed through all the long distance it has come in the legislature, winning House approval with only one vote to spare. So we still hope. JF SOLUTIONS to the two main remaining ob- stacles are found early enough, the legisla ture could adjourn and or Thursday. There are If it keeps going until will make a minor prophet of the undersigned. Last Jan. 16, just after said in this space: "We would not be surprised if the Assembly Is still in session by the first of June, depite veteran legislator! who think it can be done by early May." It has not been a distinguished session. It has been marked by undue between both houses, and Governor, by a steadfast more than a temporary paste-up job on the tax program, by a niggardly attitude toward such important matters as education and public health. WE ARE NOT alone in this assessment. , The newspaper published by the Oregon Education Association commented as follows: "From the start, the 1063 Legislature seemed to move slowly and the problem of finance overrode other consid erations. It brought forth no long-range solution to the financial needs of cither state government or the public schools, only temporary accommodations to current ur gencies." The Oregon Labor Press likewise was critical, declaring: "Not only has the 1063 Legislature become the longest and costliest In history, but from labor's standpoint it is also the worst. "The 'worst in my experience' label was hung on the session by James T. Marr, executive secretary of the Ore gon AFL-CIO, whose legislative experience dates back to 1045." ITS TAX program whatever it finally turns out to be will alienate a large segment of the voters. 1 Other segments will be alienated by other ac tions or lack of action in other fields. And those who are upset will remember their disappointment far longer than they will remem ber the constructive things which have been ac complished. There have been constructive actions, but they have been all but obscured by the politics laden measures that have drawn most of the at tention. a IF ANY SINGLE factor is to be pointed out as , 1i a-s i-nnt!Ai. frtH flits atltAi iartpaccintT anatanla it seems to us that it was a failure in leadership. Clarence Barton, the speaker of the House, a Democrat, is a pleasant person, but has been out spoken on many issues where he would have been more successful if he'd kept quiet. A moderately liberal Democrat, Barton is reportedly ambitious politically, and the thought of future elections can do strange things to an aspiring politician. Ben Musa, the president of the Senate, a much more conservative Democrat than Barton, has also been outspoken, but usually in a negative way. If the Legislature fails to pass the new Con stitution along to a vote of the people, he will be as responsible as any single individual could be. fN THE sidelines, as it were, sits Governor Hatfield, who, despite his many fine and often courageous qualities, has shown an uncven ness in leadership and has not always been able to be effective even in carrying with him the Re publican minorities in the House and Senate. His program has had only mixed success. His budget, in hu ge part, has been approve d. Whether his net receipts tax proposal will be adopted remains to be seen. Most of his reorga nization proposals were shelved, notably the one for a department of natural resources. His recommendations for added power for the state sanitary authority to take action in cases of severe air and water pollution were largely followed, but were vitiated by cuts in the health department budget necessary to carry them out effectively. a THIS IS the 10th Legislative session we have ob- served, cither at close range or at a distance. We are well aware of the many pressures, con flicting and often severe, to which members are subjected. We are also aware of the fact that each mem ber conies to the session w ith his own preconcep tions, his own public and private interests, his own set of values. To be effective, a legislator must have both principles to guide him, and the ability to com promise with others a balance not easy to achieve. Still, if we were a member of this 5'Jnd Lciris- lative Assembly, we'd prefer to have it remem bered as the one which helped education and ap proved a new constitution, rather than the one that nut reflcctorizcd naint on our car licenses. E.A. tv Wind-Up began what everyone is taken care of ; only a go home by Wednesday indications it may do so. Saturday, however, it the session opened, we partisanship, by jealousy between them and the refusal to do anything I,' "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way To Kicking Out 1,000 School Kids " Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and eddress of the writer. althouah under certain circumstances for publication Is permissible. The edit all letters with e view to clarification end condensation. Letter submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of & paper, in tact tne contrary is otten Arts and Crafts To the Editor: I have just had the pleasure of attending the arts and crafts exhibit al Medford Senior High school I wonder if we fully realize the tremendous amount of time and energy, skill and im agination that these students have put into their paintings and drawings, their cabinetry and sculpture, their Jewelry and metal craft? This showing reaffirms my faith in our younger genera. tion. We read so much about delinquency and its problems and effects, but I wish every one could have seen this out pouring of creativity. This ex hibit gives lie to the general ity that youngsters in their teens are somehow lacking and at a loss. The students can be very proud of this exhibit of their God given abilities and of their teachers whose guidance and patience brought forth the flowering of this latent talent. Our children are but mirrors reflecting the knowl edge that their teachers pass on to them. This exhibit was to me a testimony of the really fine job that our school teachers do every day of their lives. Donald Kent P.O. Box 868, Medford. Amen and Remedy To the Editor: This is writ ten in response to your edi torial dealing with the rude ness of audiences, both con cert and motion picture. I wish to add a hearty AMEN to your comments and men tion a possible remedy for the latter, which this writer had the pleasure of observ ing. It was a Saturday after noon audience in a Portland theater. As you commented, Saturday is perhaps the worst possible time to attend a mo tion picture theater. T h e au dience, consisting mostly of junior barbarians andor brats old enough to know bet ter, became increasingly bois terous and, when the noise level began to approach that of a boiler factory, the screen suddenly went dark with the curtain remaining open. At this point, as might be expect ed, the noise level Increased pcrccptably and I assumed that the film had broken. However, the house lights then came on and the man ager strode onto the stare. He informed these little mon sters in no uncertain terms that the show would start again only when peace and quiet was restored and, if the disturbance resumed, the show would again be stopped. It workcdl What worked In Portland should be equally effec tive here. If people create a disturbance at a concert, the conductor could simply stop the music, explain his reason for doing so and teach a few people a badly needed les son. Needless to say, our local motion picture theaters could very well use this tactic too. W. L. Stevens, Jr. 82 West Vilas rd Central Point, Ore. Human Neture To the Editor: In regard to human nature, it has no norm, standard or pattern. It runs in a gamut of variations. Acqui sitiveness is quite a common trait, that Is for sure. There is an old saying which holds true -'There is a little bit of larceny In most of us." Human beings arc children of nature. Just plain animals, with whatever traits the Crea tor has endowed them. Some are gifted, talented, capable of doing great deeds; Inven tus:, artists, scientists, business men, etc. Most of this Vjjper MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON I Iv Aeetafi" the use of a Den name or initial Mall Tribune reserves the rioht to the case. class is of the acquisitive type. The business Has mnf-p n because our way of life, free enterprise, makes it a race of competition and anyone who finds fault with it had better learn to like it. Why? Because business steers our ship of state. The dissenters, our wish ful thinkers, who want to see a changeover, are out on a limb. The prehistoric men who lived in the open spaces when the world was young and the population was one person or icss per square mile, had no social system as a rule. It was every family for themselves, although there were cases on some of the oceanic islands and some Indian tribes, in cluding the Incas of South America, who lived under a paternalistic social system. But it is generally believed that the caveman headed one separate family. However archaeologists, dig ging in Peruvian locations, found evidence in kitchen middens, accumulated over untold generations, indicating that large family groups lived under patriarchal conditions. (See "Peru," by G. H. S. Bush ncll, Medford Library.) As to social systems, wheth er absolute or competitive, tyrannic or benevolent, they are all the work of nature. To change an established order in any country is usual ly a slow evolutionary pro cess if it is to be done peace fully. A sudden change means a bloody fight. The one instinct, to survive, is common to all animal life. As to other "human nature" traits, they differ greatly among various individuals for various reasons, not so easy to explain. Some of them depend on inherited traits, some on acquired traits. Hence, as an individual, you may define human nature In your own fashion and be right at that. John E. Ring 1049 West 11th st. Medford Jesus Defended To the Editor: Lydia Burn ham's letter titled "Purely Mythical" in 32363's Trib une makes one shudder and heartsick. Instead of holding ill feelings toward what her attitude is. It is time all of us who believe the blessed res urrection story to pray thai God in His mercy will by His Holy Spirit open our friend, Lydia's, eyes. 1 do not know who Pierre van Paasscn, the Unitarian writer, is. But I am convinced beyond a shadow of doubt that what he has written con cerning our Lord's death and the events surrounding the cructiixion are purely myth ical." I do not say this with any ill will. But when any one sprakj so of my Friend Jesus Christ, I must defend Him. Lydia mailed me some printed material which clear ly set forth her views. But in view of my unshaken faith in God's word as told In the Bible, I cannot accept man's conjectures. Skeptics, agnostics and in fidels have through the ages assailed the B!-sscd Book. It lives on. Millions have will ingly laid down their lives in defending its claims. Without the certainty of the nope in Jesus Christ our Lord what is there to look forward to in this world? In this, the springtime of the year, my heart is more than ever turned toward my Maker. The air made vocal with the singing birds, the lush green, the warm sun shine, all remind me of a God who knows and cares. To my friend Lydia Brn- Foreign News: Nuclear Subs in Khrushchev's Party By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst Notes from the foreign news cables: Nuclear Subs Japan, first and only nation to suffer an atomic attack, is extremely touchy about the proposed visits of U.S. nu clear - powered submarines to Japanese ports. Inform cd sources say the Unit- t iP I cd statcs i! v.v I wi"ins to put tight limita- I laZ. I tlons on tne I I visits. The 1 tL I f"bs would use only the Kewsom ports of Yoko suka and Sascbo. They would call no oftener than once month and stay no longer than two weeks at a time. They would come and go only in daylight. But by U.S. law, their power plants would not Strictly Personal By Sydney J. Harris fc. Field Enterprlies. Inc. SCHOOL PARODY In his recent attack on the American education system (with which I largely agree), Robert Hut chins remark ed the famil iar fact that "Sep;. European stu jr rt 1 dents of Ihr- fiamo atrp anrt 3?H grade are far liJj more advanc ed academical ly than their Harria American counterparts. This is certain ly true, much to the embar rassment of those of us who have met European high school and college students, and have compared them to our own native products. Yet I wonder if a genuine superiority exists in the Eu ropean system of education - or if it is simply the basic attitude of the students them selves that makes the deci sive difference. In Europe, being a stu dent is a privilege. School it a serious matter, since without proper schooling, the young person cannot Tide up the social and eco nomic escalator. If is the one feasible method of breaking out of the more or less rigid caste system that still obtains In most European societies. Certainly, the children fhoro are no brighter; and I doubt that the teachers are much more proficient. if any. The chief difference is one of motivation: they' are deeply motivated by economic and social con siderations that do not seem to carry as much weight in our culture. School in America is con sidered largely a bore, a ham or any others who share her views I direct these clos ing lines. Thirty-nine years ago my parents laid a little 4,i year old daughter to rest. I was a year younger but still re member her. God in His infinite mercy and foreknowledge knew the end from the beginning. nrougii tlic years I have seen other loved ones laid to rest. The uppermost thouaht in my mind is the looking for ward to the reunion day at the resurrection. It thrills my innermost being. No friends, death is not the end for those who share this hope. Eye hath seen, car hath n o t heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man, the things that God has in store for those who will only accept Him. His promises are sure, true and slcdfast. Henry Johnson Jr. 2315 Highway 66 Ashland, Ore. In Apprecietion To the Editor: We would like to extend our thanks and deep appreciation to our friends and neighbors for the many kind ways in which they have helped us since my husband's illness. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Landry Trail, Ore. No Entrance Tee To the Editor: In regard to the letter of Mrs. Elmer Good man (May 12) we want to sound a very loud "hooray." We want you and ALL the commissioners to know you have voiced our sentiments 100 per cent. 1 am sure there are a great number of others who feel the same way. Let's hope they come for ward and let their feelings be known publioy and fight this entrance fee. Lewis D. and Branchie Clark, Route 2. Box 580C. Central Point. Ore. be open to Japanese inspec tion. Homework Nikita Khrushchev is be lieved to have spent at least part of his Black Sea week necossery evil, a marking of lime until tests are passed and grades are given and diplomas are awarded - and "reel life" then begins. The waste that is so ap pallingly evident in other aspects of our notional life - watt of food, wast of resources, wast of products through "planned obiolet cenet" - Is as shockingly ob vious in our school systems. Much high school work re peats what should have been learned in the upper primary grades, and wasn't. Much col lege work repeats what should have been learned in high school, and wasn't. If the aca demic "water" were wrung out of our educational sys tem, the eight years of high school and college could easi ly be compressed into six. Moreover, the boys who are now being graduated from col lege are being called up for military service, which adds perhaps another three years to their "preparation" for adulthood. It is little wonder that they marry premature ly, when the vista ahead seems so dark, so dull, so end less, and so pointless. Our intellectual and emo tional approach to schooling in America is schizophrenic: on the one hand, we believe ardently in the Importance of a "good education;" on the other hand, we are impatient and contemptuous toward the works of the mind. Until we resolve this split in our na tional personality, our schools will continue to be a parody. In the Day's News By FRANK Mishmash in the news: The other day Queen Eliz abeth of England paid a cer emonial visit to the little town of Abergavenny in Wales. Ac cording to ancient tradition, when the Queen of England visits Abergavenny she must go first to the city hall. From her carriage to the door she must walk on a rich red car pet. The carpet must be provided by the town of Ab ergavenny. This year it was different. There was no red carpet. There was no red carpet be cause the town could no long er afford to buy or rent one. A special tax would have had to be levied, and the town fathers came to the conclu sion that the people just could not afford to pay any more taxes. CO- - Thev riecirlrrl-- The Queen would have to walk this year from her car riage to the town hall on stone steps painted with red liquid linoleum. She did so and cvrything went off all right. The Queen was just as gracious as if she had walked in over a red carpet, and the people were much happier than they would have been if they had had to dig into their pockets for more taxes to pay for the red carpet. A THOUGHT: If governments EVERY WHERE including the U.S.A. would follow this example set by the town coun cil of Abergavenny, I think they would find that less ex travagant government would be just as efficient as more extravagant government, and that the people who pay the taxes would be much happier. What do you think about it? N SAN Francisco, postmen have begun arming them selves with a new weapon for their everlasting combat with the dog kingdom. As a part of a four-city test in the Bay Area, some 500 mail carriers are to be supplied w-ith a new anti-dog weapon called Halt. It con sists of a mixture of ordinary mineral oil and capsicum an extract of cayenne pepper. Each carrier volunteering for the test program will be sup plied with small half-ounce acrsol containers loaded with the mixture. The idea is that when the d"jg starts to bite the postman will spray the stuff in the canine's face. Busy Father Fills Date, Pleases Son Topeka. Ken. - 'Iff - John Anderson III wet delected several days ago when he asked hit dad If he would bo busy tonight and hit father laid he would. Youny John. In some dis may, then expltined he had counted on hit father at tending promotion exerciset at Roosevelt Junior High school. "Oh. I'll be there. I'll b speaker," said John Ander son Jr.-governor of Kansas. Homework; Red Bid a I 1 I. I . ....aa,l tr flat lltttaY T.l end doing his homework in preparation for the June IB meeting of the Central Com mittee. The meeting will be devoted to party Ideology and undoubtedly will lay the groundwork for the position the Soviet Union will take in its meeting with Red China now scheduled for July S. A special Soviet asset Is the fact that Khrushchev now seems to have Fidel Castro safely in his pocket. This is important because it was the Soviet withdrawal of its mis siles from Cuba last October that brought the Sino-Soviet We Shall Endure! (In Triplicate) By Arthur Hoppt The trouble with newspa pers, as evcryooay says, is they re always priming sen sational, scary stories. Like: 'War Imminent!" And in these troubled times I think we ace newsmen should try harder to ferret out happy, reassuring stories. Such as what we're going to do when the bombs fall. Because it we know our Leaders have got plans, I'm sure we'll all feel more secure. Nor are our Leaders sitting on their hands. Typical of their planning ahead, I feel, is the new '"Administrative Manual L O E O M 0799." Drawn up by our State De partment of Employment for use by its local offices in the event of an "All-Out War with Attack on the United States." The Manual lists the step-by-step procedures local of fices should employ when dis- JENKINS Preliminary tests show that dogs thus sprayed put their tails between their legs and beat a hasty retreat. In most cases, the experiments show, dogs exposed a time or two to the stuff never again at tack a postman. THE experiment is to be car ried out over a fairly wide area. In addition to the Bay Area, postmen in Baltimore, Miami and Detroit will be supplied with the anti-dog weapons. They will be expected to keep track of the number of times they are bitten and the number of times they suc ceed in repelling canine at tackers. The experiment will be carried out over a period of three months and if it proves successful mail carri ers throughout the nation will be supplied with the Halt equipment. In San Francisco, where according to official statistics 76 postmen have been bitten by dogs in the past year and a half, 500 carriers will be provided with the anti-dog stuff. ?? Well, our kindly old Uncle is to be congratulated because of his solicitude for his em ployees, but it Just might be that he is picking the wrong kind of individuals to be mail carriers. In the Hot Springs district over in Klamath Falls, there has been for many years a mail carrier who has no need for anti - dog contraptions. Each morning, he is joined at a certain point on his route by a friendly neighborhood dog that convoys him all the way around. Never, so far as known, has he been even looked at crosswise by any of the numerous canines of the vicinity. Maybe Uncle might do bet ter to look for postmen of that particular type of personali ty. V! "SO r. -a. ajuous Uiarj "Why invade Cuba? Thafi Japan; quarrel to its climax. Last week's friendship rally for Castro spotlighted once again the absence of two ailing So viet leaders. Frol Kozlov and Anastas Mikoyan. Kozlov re portedly is suffering from a brain hemorrhage. Mikoyan's problem is said to be flu. An Invitation The French Communist par ty is putting out feelers again to the Socialists to join in a revamped "Popular Front" movement. French Socialist leaders are unlikely to take the bait. aster strikes in order to out through bureaucratic red tape. The Manual is 48 pages long. a a For example, you are a sur vivor of the AU-Out War. You crawl from the wreck age of your office or factory. What do you do first? Un employment insurance. You stumble down to the nearest State Employment office. The local administrator checks Ad ministrative Manual LOEOM 0799. On Page Two, it tells him precisely the drastic emergency procedure to fol low: "(1) New Claims - Use the DE 1101 set and in addition an affidavit on DE 455 show ing base period employers and earnings by quarter. Com pute the MBA and WBA us ing the benefit computer DE 3000. The 1101A will be sta pled to the original 455 and batch filed by date. No at-' tempt will be made to keep these documents in alpho betical or SSA number order . . . " And so forth. But note that in the event of a war destroying our civ ilization, our DE 1101 sets, our DE 455s and our MBA and WBA data will not have to- be filed in alphabetical order! It shows our Leaders are facing reality with a steady gaze. The Manual goes on, page after page, with the most me ticulously detailed planning for disaster imaginable. "Ob serve endorsement stamp con trol procedures in 117.515," it cautions grimly. "Prepare a letter, in triplicate, explain ing all signature card chang es," it warns forbodingly. And it takes up policy matters, too: "Veterans preference (should)be resumed as soon as possible." Or: "Refer older qualified workers where ra diological contamination is present or suspected." But most of all, of course, the Manual is concerned about the supply of forms. "Local offices," it says, should have "a minimum of one month's supply of normal op erating forms in their stock rooms at all times." But should the stock room suffer a direct hit. Heaven foibid, the Manual contains sample emergency forms whicli can be duplicated by hand in the local office. Moreover, with each Manual comes a pack age ominously labeled: "Open Only Under Extreme Emer gency Conditions!" Inside are more forms. So war may incinerate our homes, destroy our factories, flatten our very cities. But in the unearthly stillness that follows, we now know that be neath the radiated rubble will sound the heartening ruffle of papers, the staccato drum beat of the stapler, the com forting whir of the mimeo graph machine. What could be more reas suring? For It proves, as our Leaders keep telling us, that nothing, absolutely nothing, can destroy our system of gov ernment. simple because it's there!'"