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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.
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