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4 A IUl)rOIUvkrTUBUNS "Everyone In Southern Oregon Reade The Mall Tribune" Published Dally exceptSaturday by 33 North Fir Ji, PivjIa-MU knm:f VI RUHL. Editor HERB GREY AdverUilni Manager GERALD T LATHAM. Bua Mir ERIC W ALLEN JR.. Una Editor EARL H ADAMS. Ulty tailor RICHARD JEWETT. Sports Editor OLIVE SI ARCHER Women'a Edlttu DALE ER.lCK.aON. CirculaUon lift An IndeDendent Newspapel Entered aa tecond claaa matter at filed lord, urecon unoer net at March 3, 1887 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Dm Mall In Arivanca Daily and Sunday 1 year 918.00 Daily and Sunday moa X0.00 Dally and Sunday 3 mol 9.00 Sunday Only One year S3.00 f-nnv (Mai Cdl KM By Carrier And Motor Route. Dally and Sunday 1 year ZI.OO Dally and Sunday l mo. i.ia Cunriuv Hnlv I mo. 900 Carrlei and Vendora Copy l Official Paper of City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press International full Leased Wire U. P 1 Telephoto Newsplcturee "MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU" Of CIRCULATIONS Advertising Reprentative: NELSON ROBERTS & ASSOCI. ATES OtMcee In New Vork. Chi cajio Detroit, San rranclsco, Lol Angelea. SeatUe. Portland Denver. NATIONAL E0ITOIIAI IA6T3; Mem Mr California Newspaper Publiihen Auoclation Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from lh files of Tha Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40 and 50 yean ago. 10 YEARS AGO May 30. 1953 (Saturday) HiEh cumulus cloud, threatening thundershow en and hail kept pilots lor the Rogue River Valley Traffic association In the air for 3 hours, 39 minutes today. 'Two more television sta tions have been received on the Trowbridge and Flynn Electric company's set at their Court st. warehouse. 20 YEARS AGO May 30, 1943 (Sunday) Two slot machines and cigarettes taken In burglary at Prospect store. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "The rain came and left the Older Girls in a quandary. They didn't know whether to take off their hat and ruin their hair-do, or leave their hat on and ruin both." 30 YEARS AGO May 30, 1933 (Tuesday) Judge Skipworth of Eu gene appointed to hear ballot theft trials here. Douglas county man dies of wounds received when shot by hunter mistaking him for a deer. 40 YEARS AGO May 30, 1923 (Wednesday) Fishing still poor in Rogue river due to melting snow In mountains. Low maximum tempera tures and prolonged rainfall continue to plague Medford area. SO YEAR3 AGO May 30, 1913 (Friday) Bolt of lishtnlnff kills hnras. in Jacksonville as hot weather ended by thunderstorms. Ten thousand trnnt from Elk Creek hatchery to be piamca in Kca Blanket creek, Mill creek and upper Rogue river by James Grieve of Prospect hotel. What's Your I.Q.? Nina or ran comet h superler; leen or eight Is eitalltnti fire or sia Is good. 1. Perpetual motion is me chanically impossible; true or false? 2. Which former heavy weight boxing champ was nicknamed "Madcap Maxie" because of his frequent clown ish tactics? 3. Helena is the capital of which State? 4. Mata Hart was a noted spy who ferreted out military secrets for the Allies, or Ger many during WWI? 5. Who composed "The Moonlight Sonata"? 6. in which city, and on what date, is the Rose Bowl football game played? 7. Name the chief river of Ireland. 8. Where did the Civil War battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac occur? 9. The tongue of a wood pecker is longer than the bird's head: true or false? 10. In early colonial days, Massachusetts drove Quakers out of the community; what was the penalty Imposed if they returned? Answorsi 1. True. 2. Max Adolbori Batr. 3. Montana. 4. Germany, S. Beelhoven. 8. Now Year's Day In Pasa dena, Calif, 7. Shannon Hirer, 8. Hampton Roads, Va. 9. True. 10. Hanging. WltM UllMiS VjJAHOCIATION THURSDAY. MAY 30. 1963 Bureaucracy The city of Alba, Italy, is Medford's "sister city." ' They have exchanged many evidences of good will. One of their citizens, Pino Dutto, visited with us last year. Another young man is com ing this year. Many Medford people have vis ited in Alba. School children in messages and indications of interest and good will. It has been a highly satisfying exercise in the "people to people" about everyone is joined in approving. I e a e . . fTHE most recent exchange was to have been of a cultural nature. Ten artists of the original paintings. These and mailed to Alba. Ten artists of the After struggling with a , ,i iT ... iape, me paintings arrived in roruana. There they sit. They are tied up in a skein of red tape and misunderstanding that no amount of explanations have thus Customs officials have made absolutely no effort to even find out what the true situation is, let alone to be cooperative with an international gesture of good will. IT IS a gross and insulting example of arrant bureaucracy. The Acting Commissioner of Customs, who conducted what might laughingly be called an "investigation" at the behest of Sen. Wayne Wayne Morse, said "The collector of customs at Portland . . . has advised us that the importer of the paintings has stated that they will prob ably be sold. They will NOT be sold. They will be exhibited as a matter of international friendship. If the paintings finally are admitted to duty free import (which at this writing is doubtful), there is another hooker. Customs says, "How ever, under this provision, free entry cannot be extended to the frames for such paintings. The frames will be subject to duty according to their component material of chief value under the appropriate provisions of the tariff act." Does the customs department think that the People to People Committee of the city of Med ford is a bunch of crooks? Frames ! ! ! Hellfire and damnation. CO, GOOD people of Medford, if you never see those paintings that the artists of Alba painted specifically for your enjoyment, you will know that a two-bit suspicious-minded bureau crat with the imagination of an earthworm and the soul of a dessicated boll weevil has "inter preted" the regulations to prevent it. And, good people of Alba, we hope you en joy the paintings which were sent to you. We're sorry we can't see yours unless our volunteers post all sorts of bonds (to insure, presumably, that the frames will not be sold!!) and fill out all sorts of forms. This may be done, eventually. But mean while we accuse the United States Bureau of Customs, Department of the Treasury, with stu pidity, pig-headedness and an arrogant disregard of the good intentions of the people of Medford. -E. A. Useless The undersigned editorial writer is "ignorant, not-neaaea ana biased. We have this on no less an authority than Columnist Charles M. Hills of The Clarion Ledger, of (guess where?) Jackson, Mississippi. We feel rather complimented considering the source. But we'll say one thing for Columnist Hills. He did reprint a considerable portion of a re cent editorial in which we replied to an insult ing and hypocritical letter from a member of the White Citizens' Council. a A ND for a paper in Jackson, Miss., to do so is rather extraordinary, since the editorial in question called for the extension of civil rights and equality of opportunity to every American citizen, regardless of race or color. After the reprint, the columnist continues, in part: "It would be useless to tell this obviously hot headed and biased Oregon editor that the Negro who vacated the Jungles as a head-hunter and a cannibal has progressed farther in the South than any race in history in short time, with the help of the South ern white man . . ." And so on. He's right. It would be useless. a e a a IT IS also useless for this biased editor to tell the columnist anything. We prefer, however, our way of thinking to his, and we find ourself in excellent company. t Among them is Pope John XXIII, who has said "the conviction that all men are equal by reason of their natural dignity has been gener ally accepted, .ami 'racial discrimination can no longer be justified." We have great sympathy with the people of the South, both black and white, durum this time of travail. But it will not be solved by clogs, fire hoses, bombs and beatings. Jackson Clarion-Ledger, please copy. E. A. At Its Worst each citv have exchanged program, on which just - Medford area painted were suitably mounted, Alba area did likewise. certain amount of red l n ii i far been able to satisfy. e a Dialog "That Wat for Paving the Road, Not Blocking It" ... Communications ... Loiters io the Editor must boar tho nam and address of tho writer, although under certain circumstances the uso of a pon name or initial for publication is permissible. Tho Mail Tribune reserves the Tight to edit all loiters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not oxcoad 400 words. Tho letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent tho views of tho paper; in fact tho contrary is often tho case. Memorial Day - 1963 To the Editor: The observ ance of Memorial Day has become a sacred trust to mem bers of The American Legion Legionnaires know that any meaningful observance of the day must serve the dual pur pose of a remembrance of those who have made and kept America great, and a reminder to those who are about to assume the awesome responsibility of maintaining and furthering the cause for freedom. Since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, more than 30 million Ameri cana have borne arms in the defense of their country in time of actual war. Nearly 3 million have shed their blood in the cause of freedom and more than a million Ameri cans have made the supreme sacrifice that liberty might live. It is to these valiant men and women that we pause on Memorial Day to pay spe cial tribute. It is from their memory and the knowledge of their fine deeds that we should draw new strength for the task that lies ahead. The cost of winning and holding freedom in human life and suffering alone has been staggering enough, but it is only a part of. the total cost. It Is often said that which is easily obtained Is lightly regarded. Let this Memorial Day serve once again as a reminder to all Americans that the heritage which we cherish was not easily ob tained, nor is it easily pre served. Despite the terrible losses which mankind has inflicted upon itself through the ages, by attempting to settle dif ferences through armed con flict, men still have not learn ed to live at peace with one another. It is not inappropriate on an occasion such as this to call attention to the major threats to freedom as they exist in the world today, and which would destroy the very virtues for which those whom we honor this day gave their lives to defend. Every American has a di rect and personal challenge to measure up to the highest standards of citizenship and patriotism if we are to meet and overcome the challenges of communism. Every citizen must respond with a personal devotion to the causes for which more than one million Americans have died. The American Legion has every confidence in the abil ity of the American people, individually and as a nation, to measure up to whatever commitment is required of them to achieve that glory. For it Is our firm belief that the wave of the future belongs to those who would seek to ennoble the spirit of man. and not to those who would degrade and enslave it. Ralph Ettcl. Post Chaplain, American Legion Post 13, Medford Law ef Vibration To the Editor: We were asked a rather provocative question recently. The ques tion was, what would space exploration of any scientific discoveries amount to? At first thought, all dls- covcrl. originate from some human being's idea to search for the unknown laws of the universe. First man Is born with the instinct of being curious about the univcr.se in which he lives, as well as wonder and ponder over the visible and Invisible laws. In other words, discovery, ex perience and investigations MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON have always been a' part of human trait. Man is simply born with an ever inquisitive mind from babyhood to the end of his earthly existance. Seems a few advanced human souls all through the annals of re corded history have been aware of the natural law of vibration. The Holy scriptures mentions the names of a few men who probably were adept in using the fine art of the mysteries. That is the reason for man to be forever seeking new knowledge. He lives to learn - (or is supposed to). Bert Kissinger, 322 South Riverside ave., Medford Ono Memorial Day To the Editor: May perhaps I'll paint a picture Of the acenes along the way, As we travel down the Freeway, On this Decoration Day. Dull and cloudy Is the morning As we start upon our way, But our hearts are glad within us, For this is a day of play. Down the roguish Rogue we ti.vel, T'ward the mountains by the sea, Going to the Illinois All God's scenery is free. Bill has often mentioned flowers In this valley mids't the hills, So I'll see the white azaleas By the river's rippling rills, We have passed through miles of forests. Wending first this way then that, I'm Just soaking up the beauty So I can't say where we're at. Flowers, flowers, flowers, flowers, Strewn profusely by the way: Should I name th t it would take me Quite a portion of the day. Every color of the rainbow And they blend in with the green. With the rocks and stumps and streamlets, In this ever changing scene. Yes. It's all a great big play ground By the Great Designer made, Vegetation in profusion Covers fence and tree and glade. Mother sheep, with each a lambkin, Browsing lazily on the green, While the popples bloom beside them. With their brilliant, golden sheen. With the homes that dot the hillsides. All this beauty gladly share, And the trees and grass, and flowers Show the blessed Master's care. Now we're near Eight Dollar Mountain Where the obra Lilies bloom. With their roots In clear, cool water. Flowing from the mountain tombs. Yes, the earth, is clothed with beauty By the Master's hand divine, J Just gaze at it and marvel For He tells me, "this is mine." Lilian Underwood 1983 Dale st. Med foid Would Add To Roll To the Editor: Memorial Day has been a time to honor th soldiers who have given their lives in warfare for our country. I believe that we ought to honor those -vlio Aldo Moro Given Job of Forming New Italian Government Before JFK's Visit By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign Nows Analyst Aldo Moro is a tall, shy big-boned man of 48 who has been given the Job of forming a new Italian government in time for President K e n n e d y's scheduled vis it to Italy, in LSlI June, P r e si dent Antonio S e g n i ' s ap- pointment of Moro was in keeping with the state of Ital ian politics because Moro is noted as a compromiser. And in the hodge-podge of Italy's political parties it will take a compromiser if the country is to avoid chaos. The government he is be ing called upon to head is to replace the left-of-center re gime of Amitore Fanfani, who has been widely blamed for heavy Christian Democratic losses in the April elections have made the supreme sac rifice. I propose that we add to this great body of citizens a new honor roll: those men of many nations who have beer, a part of the United Nations peace - keeping forces. They have given their lives in the hope that a universal police force could replace the nation al armies. Their purpose is to keep the peace by apprehend ing aggressors and to arrange to adjudicate the problems of conflict. These men have died because of great personal courage, courage to go any where at any time to what ever part of the world that their peace-keeping services were needed. This is a great advance over the scourge of war that has plagued mankind for cen turies. It is the dream of civilized man that there will be a world vithout war. Marie M. Bosworth Route 1, Box 62 Jacksonville, Ore. Dares to Compare To the Editor: In the S-23 issue appeared an item in communications from Lydia Burnham, asserting that the resurrection of Christ is pure ly mythical, and that His body had never been placed in Jo seph's new tomb, as stated so plainly in Matt. 27:57-60 and elsewhere. She dares to com pare this vital climax of the gospel story with the alleged resurrection of Osiris and Her cules, and dismiss it as incon sequential. To those who ignore the Biblical record of the whole gospel story this may sound plausible but "how can we es cape if we neglect so great salvation," Heb. 2:3. "And if Christ be not risen then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain ... ye are yet in your sins" 1 Cor. 15:14 17. It is the empty tomb that proves most truly and inco'n tcstably that Christ was the Son of God. Paul relates the facts that after His resurrec tion He was seen of above five hundred brethren at once" 1 Cor. 15:6. Yes, Christ lived again to declare "I am He that liveth, and was dead; and, be hold, I am alive forevcrmore. Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death." Rev. 1:18. If space would permit many ringing testimonies of former degraded heathen could be re cited to prove the cleansing power of our risen Lord. Their lives have been re shapeo by a living resurrected Lord who stands to help and redeem all those who call upon Him. This is the dis tinctive difference between our Saviour and all those who have claimed to be a savior of mankind. It is the open tomb that bears witness to the res urrection of the triumphant Lord, and continually reminds us that we serve a living Christ, One who abides with us in spirit. One who some day will come in glory to take us unto Himself. Harold J. Reith 113 Briggs Building Shady Cove, Ore. Humpty Dumpiy To the Editor: Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great (all Can all Orville's plan ning, and all of Johr's men put Humpty Dumpty together asaur The price of wheat m a y go up or down, but Humpty Dumpty has broken his crown. And great was the fall thereof. Bruce Y KlcinSmid 1719 SE Portola dr. Grants Pass, Ore. land correspondingly impres- I ve gains by the Communists. moras fate wilt depend largely upon his negotiations with Pietro Nenni's left-wing Socialists, whose passive sup port also was the keystone of the Fanfani government. For Moro's first attempt will aim at a government which also will be left of center. Business Decline The question will be just how far left. The Fanfani government's nationalization of the power industry frightened some in dustrialists and was blamed for some reduction in private investment. Other, less drastic, meas ures taken by the CDU-Social- ist allies included an old-age plan for housewives, some mi nor tax reforms and an in crease in the age for compul sory schooling from 11 to 14 years. Results of last April's elec tions have been a matter of interpretation. Christian Democratic con servatives blamed party de fections on the Socialist alli ance. Strictly Personal By Sydney J. Harris fc- Field Enterprises. Inc. PERSONAL PREJUDICES The chief difference be tween art and entertainment is the demand that , each makes upon us; entertainment permits us to remain passive, while art requests that we meet it at least halfway; it should be no wonder, there fore, that the great majority should always take the line of least resistance, and prefer the passive receptivity to the active approach. Somo languages can bo learned, and others only imitated; I am convinced that French cannot bo truly learned after the ago of 10. but only poorly imitated, because tho lips, 2he tongue and even tho noso aro uniquely positioned in spaaking the language prop erly. Seeing a revival of a Eu gene O'Neill play reminds one how much our psychological grasp has expanded in the last 30 years: half of what he says is already common place knowledge, and the rest has been discarded as obsolete. Most academicians talk about the "value" of an education in tho humani ties, but the best reason was given by some anony mous dean who said: "Tho primary purpose of a lib eral education is to make one's mind a pleasant placa in which to spend one's leisure." Love and justice are impos sible at the same time toward the same object; if we know an object with love, we can not help bestowing upon it more than justice. Male authors who writa about women in a patron ising or critical tone aro generally those who have been unsuccessful in their personal relations with women, and turn a temper amental flaw into a philo sophical position; oven so profound a talent as Nioli scho's was not exempt from this unconscious perversion. Nobody today has a right to insist that all we have to do is to "read the Bible" and follow what it says in order to obey the word of God - unless such a person has him self read the Bible in its earliest manuscrips, with no vowels in the text, no punctu ation, no capitalization, no spacing between words, and nothing but consonants. A rare and sensible per spective on ono't attain ments was expressed re cently in an intorviow. by Kingsloy Martin, long-time editor of "Tho Now States man" of England, who re marked: "Life consists of achieving things and then realising how small a thing you've achieved." Even though America may have the highest level of medical care in the world, not more than 10 per cent of the population at most is re ceiving the most advanced and sophisticated treat m e n t known to medical science - and this small percentage Is concentrated in three or four large cities. Those who end thair loi ters with tho phraso, "as over," aro giving reassur ance that they have not changed to posplo, perhaps, who wish they would. Senate Clears Bill For Grants Pass Court Salem - ilTt - Creation of a district court at Grants Pass is ordered in a bill that passed the Senate Wednesday. It cleared the Hose earlier. The Nenni socialists blamed the big Communist gains on government support of any new government. In the end, the price may be too high. Nen ni's hand has been strength ened by the fact he also is being wooed by the Commu nists, who are proposing a renewal of the old popular front. Neutral Stand In the last campaign, Nen ni demanded a wider degree of regional self-government, controls on ownership of homesites and other land, a definite program of econom ic planning, and agricultural and school reforms. The Socialists, once bitter foes of NATO, agreed to take a neutral stand toward that Matter of Fact CO New York Herald THE NEO COLONIAL PROBLEM Washington - In the swiftly developing race relations problem in the United States, most of us have been c oncentrating our attention too narrowly on the big, dramatic epi sodes, like the grim, Merci fully ended crisis in Bir- Js mingham. This is a grave mistake, however. Judging by a kind of census of Negro protest demonstrations all over the country which was quietly tanen Dy the Justice Depart ment at the end of the last week. In that one week, the Department discovered that there had been no less than 43 major and minor demon strations, of which 10 were in the North. The demonstrations ranged in character from a sit-in staged in Philadelphia to pro test segregated housing, and the protests in Englewood, N. J., against school segre gation there, all the way to a sympathy demonstration in Chicago that was touched off by the crisis In Birmingham. Not counted with the 43 politically motivated demon strations, moreover, there were two other grave and sympathetic episodes. In Chi cago, Negroes attacked a white policeman, and the at tack produced somethine verv close to a race riot. Some thing like a race riot also grew out of a fist fight be tween a Negro and a white man in Roxbury, Mass. OUCH episodes, betokening a rising anger In the Negro communities, and more par ticularly in the Negro com munities outside the South, are a fairly new phenomenon that should not be overlooked. These physical manifestations of the Negro mood have gone nana in nand, it must be added, with more and more aggressive statements by Ne gro leaders. One of the NAACP leaders recently said that if the Ne groes went beyond asking for mere equality, instead of de manding preferential treat ment, they would be entirely justified in view of the in justices so long inflicted on th n. But this was mild stuff (as well as understandable stuff) compared to the recent Har lem sermon by Rep. Adam Clayton Powell. In this ser mon he is reported to have said, "We've got the white man on the run: let's keep him running." Powell also attacked the NAACP for un due moderation, and for hav ing white men on its staff. fORE extreme statements than Powell's were appar ently made to Attorney Gen eral Kennedy at his far-from-successful New York meeting with the Negro novelist. I II JHM1 WW'Vd&J US' "Heavens, they're not dolinquontt . Vr'-i'T unemployed mtnl" alliance providing the govern ment missed no chance to press for world peace and some .kind of accommodation with the Communist world. As secretary general of tha Christian Democratic party, Moro had a large hand in swinging a large majority of the party in in January, 1962, behind a left-of-center policy and an "opening to the left." He has, however, managed to escape blame for April's election results, most of which fell on Fanfani. Moro first came into tha government as minister of jus tice under then Premier, MOW President, Segni. As an orator he is noted more for his sincerity than his skill. By Joseph Atsop Tribune Svndlca! James Baldwin, and other Negro intellectuals and stu dent leaders. It is time, in short, to take a closer look at this whole process, and to ask where it is leading. It is a dreadful thing to say, but truth compels saying that this process more and more resembles the end of a colonial period. It is a com monplace that the really pow erful and more violent move ments of subjugated peoples only begin after colonial oc cupiers have already begun to show moderation and even self-doubt. Such periods are not only marked by stronger and stronger, and often by mora and more violent manifesta tions by the subjugated peo ples. They are also marked by a competition in extrem ism - if that is the right word -among the leaders of tha subjugated peoples. Leaders who wore moderate in the era of the iron hand become very passionate indeed in the era of the velvet glove. fPHAT kind of competition - now seems to be going on within the Negro leadership. The Negro organizations may now be arranged in a sort of spectrum, from the modera tion of the Urban League, through the NAACP, to Mar tin Luther King's Southern Christian Leadership Confer ence and the competing Con gress on Racial Equality, to the Student Non-Violent Com mittee, and finally to the Ne gro Nazism of the Black Muslims. One must conclude that tha American Negro community, having at last made a few important though wholly in adequate gains, is in a much greater hurry precisely be cause of those gains. Henca the Justice Department ex perts are now half-expecting Birmingham-style demonstra. lion in the North. OUCH demonstrations will J be far harder to deal with if they come, for it is much simpler to desegregate lunch counters than to solve tha problem of the hideous Negro ghettos of the Northern cities. Yet, no one who has seen tha Negro ghettos will be able to blame the demonstrators. In the crisis that may be approaching, there are in fact two thoughts to hold, as the preachers used to say. For white people, the thought to hold is the degree of injus tice that has been and is still being inflicted on the Amer ican Negro community. Soma things are only too likely to happen which will be hard to understand if that injus tice is not daily borne in mind. For the Negro leadership, meanwhile, the thought to hold is the practical politics of the problem. If the Negro leaders are going to reject the strongest supporters of ab solute equality, like Attorney General Robert Kennedy, as James Baldwin apparently did, they will do worse than defeat their own purpose. s I
