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4 A- KnrwBM&SkrTiuuiiB "Everyone la SouthcnTOrcgoa" Rgadi Tne Mail Tribune" Published Daily except Saturday bj MEDKORD PRINTING CO 33 North fir St, Ph. 77H-S141 ""ROBERT W ROHU Editor HERB GREY AdverUttns MuHll CERALD T LATHAM. Bui Mir ERIC ALLEN JR. Mne Editor EARL H ADAMS, City Editor HAKRV CHIPMAN, Teleg Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sporu Edltoi OLIVE STARCHES Women's Edltoi C ALE ERICKSON. ClrculaUon Ml FRIDAY. JUNE 7. 18E3 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON An Independent Newspapei Entered as second claas matter at Medlord Oregon unaer nci oi March 3, 1887 SUBSCRIPTION RATES a. Mail In Advance Dally and Sunday 1 year 111 00 Daily and Sunday 4 mua 10.00 Datlv and Sunday 3 moa 500 Sunday Only One year $5 00 Simla Copy (Mailed) lOe Sv rai-nei And Motor Route. Dally and Sunday I year 121.00 Daily and Sunday i mo i.o Sunday Only 1 mo. 90c Carrlel and Vendun opy 10c Official Paper of City of Mtdfora Official Paper of Jack Kn County United Press International full Leased Wire O. P I Telephoro Newsplcturee "MEMBER OK AUDIT BUREAU" Of CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative: NELSON ROBERTS & ASSOC!. ATES Of'lcee in New York. Chi cago Detroit, Ban Francisco. Lot Anieirs Seattle. Portland Denver. NATIONAL NiWIMMI UltlSHItS ASSOCIATION We Must Make a Choice EDITORIAL N Member CaJIfornla Newspaper PubUiheri AuoclaUon Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the titer of Tha Mail Trlhune 10. 20. 30. 40 and SO years ago. In the Communications column today appear a couple of letters which deal with the racial problems of the nation both of them dispar aging the character of Negroes as a whole, one of them deploring the "forced social entry" of colored people into provinces long the exclusive domain of white people. "On this I stand up to be counted," the latter concludes. We too stand up to be counted on the side of simple justice. Unless one can argue, in the face of the U. S. Constitution, the laws of the land, the findings of science, and the conscience of morality, that people with colored skins are not human beings and therefore not citizens of the United States one can come to no other conclusion than that they like all other citizens are entitled to equal treatment under the law. a e e e THE CURRENT disturbances are not men scattered evidences of dissatisfaction. They are far more than that. They are part of a time people's revolution t levuiuuun uKumai ceinune ui ouureBuioii, in justice, discrimination, beatings, lynchings, de nial of Constitutional rights. Too long has the Constitution been flagrantly violated the Constitution of the United States, which is too little known by the very people who prattle of "returning to the Constitution. Let us be reminded what the Constitution does say. The Good Earth 10 YEARS AGO June 7, 1953 (Sunday) West Coast Airlines will be gin passenger service between Medford and Klamath Falls June 29, it has been an nounced. Planes of the Rogue River Traffic association flew a total of 1 hour and 47 minutes yes terday, most of the time seed ing high thunderhead type clouds to prevent them from becoming hail clouds. ao years' ago June 7. 1943 (Monday) ' William McAllister, Med ford attorney, receives cap tain's commission from Army. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudae P o t" column: "A number of the more farsighted rural residents nsve lanvii the cross-cut saw by the horns to combat the fuei shortage next winter. 30 YEARS AGO Juna 7. 1933 (Wednesday) Medford Chamber of Com merce vetoes plans to have two-day holiday July 4 and S. Annual Medford Elks picnic scheduled for June 22. 40 YEARS AGO Juna 7. 1923 (Thursday) Prominent Medford attor ney fined $50 for remarks dur ing liquor trial in , Jackson ville. Special meeting set Monday for discussion of possible con struction of new high school. SO YEARS AGO Juna 7, 1913 (Saturday) Sixty-five Medford resi dents leave for Portland to at tend annual rose show. Investigation reveals "dvna- miling outrage" on Ashland pluza was hoax to advertise Fourth of July celebration. ratal's Your I.Q.? Nina ten correct h tiparieri tavan ei etaht is tsctllenti five ar six is good. 1. In tennis, what Is t h e term for no score? 2. Name the parents of John the Baptist. 3. Is a pintail a deer, wild duck, or western saddle horse? 4. About whose life did Plato write in "Apology" on the future life? 5. Upon what two articles of food and drink were the Greek Gods supposed to have lived? 6. What Is the customary fuel of rural Ireland? 7. What type of naval ves sel is an E boat? 8. Is an armadillo a biped or a quadruped? 9. What river flows for 1, 761 miles through Alaska? 10. Name the Postmaster General of the United States. Answersi 1, Lore. 2. Elisa beth and Zachary. 3. Wild duck. 4. Tha daalh of Bocra las. S. Nactar and ambrosia. 6. Peat. 7. Motor torpedo boat. (. Quadruped. 9. Yukon. 10. J. Edward Day. Gutjahr Attending Portland Conference Medford Assistant City Manager Gilbert J. Gutjahr attended a meeting of the Ore Ron Association of Airport Managers in Portland today. Robert Dunn, director of the state board of aeronautics, will discuss his department's proposed activities for the coming year at the meeting. The status of the federal air- Jhm-U aid program will also b AMENDMENT XIV: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States . . . are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or im munity of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law: nor deny to any person within its juris diction THE EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAWS." - . Amendment XV: "The right of c i t i z e n s of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state, on ac count of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." These provisions of the Constitution have been in effect for nearlv 100 vears. Yet thev have never truly been observed. And as a result, millions oi American citizens have been citizens in name only. THERE ARE A multitude of arguments bandied about why Negroes should not be granted iuij ciuzensnip, ana tne equality or treatment unaer law and the equality of opportunity which go with citizenship. ... It can be said that "thev" Cthe Neerocsi are shiftless, lazy, diseased, dirty, uneducated, im- muiai, criminal me list is enaiess. These are all half-truths at best, as anv cur sory glance at the outstanding 'members of the Negro community will attest. isut. where thev do applv. where lies the blame? Does it lie with those who. because thev have been deprived of effective citizenship and the opportunities that go with it, have had no cnance to raise their own standards: Or does it he with the rest of us all of us collectively who have denied them any true chance at improvement? AE ARE NOW dealing with a new generation " of Negroes, many of whom have at last, against, oacis, auvaneeci up tne ladder of educa tion sufficiently to know what the score is. And they now are demanding the opportunities which rightfully, legally, morally are theirs. Thank God it has been done, so far. with relatively little violence (mostly on the part of wnue men aeiermineci to turn them back). If the moderates in the ranks of the Netrroes ever lose their leadei'ship to the extremists of the Black Muslim variety, the national will be on the brink of interracial warfare. Our correspondents may not realize it. But we are on the verge of a new era in human and racial relationships, There is still time to choose which way it will develop. CITHER IT WILL develop in an orderly, legal, V humane and forthright way which is the core of the American tradition. Or it will degenerate into a horror of violence, bloodshed, hatred, fear and desperation. It is ours to make the choice. Shall we attempt to look at Negro Americans as fellow citizens, fellow human beings, and at tempt to judge them as individuals like anyone cist? J Or shall we let ancient prejudices and fears oima us to reality IS ALL THIS academic here in the Rogue Val ley? Is it pertinent in Medford? You can bet it is pertinent here. For, while we have seldom had Negroes in any number living here, or for very long, a glance at the census statistics, and the fluctuations and trends in population figures, indicates we un doubtedly soon will. And when this happens we must be prepared to decide whether the Constitution and the laws of the nation and the state mean what they say, and shall be observed. If we decide otherwise, we shall lose our right to call ourselves law-abiding, self-respecting and loyal citizens of th United States. E. A. a I Initiative Remains With Red China in Quiescent Border Conflict With India Communications Letters to tha Editor must bear tha name and address of tha writer although under certain circumstances tha use of a pen name or initial for publication Is permissible. Tha Mail Tribune reserves tha rlnhr to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letter. submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. Tha letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of & paper, in fact tha contrary is often the case. Divided Wa Fall To the Editor, and Mrs Abble Bufkln: Relatively cer tain am I, too, that there is a large measure of behind the scenes directing on the part oi Mr. K s seconds here in our country, especially in connec tion with the racial absurdi ties. Intentionally, this sub ject was omitted from my former commune because of the ominous nature it pre sents. Certainly, unrest from within is a prime cut of beef for the commie propaganda to savor, Just as sore relation ships between Negro and white give them an excellent myriad of leaverage points In the never ending search for America's weaknesses. The tragedy Is in the fact we are permitting this soft spot to remain rather than routinj out the antagonists or squelching them. The latter, being the simpler and surer method, may be accomplished by proving that we are strong and proud of our ability to live united, ("One, a nation under God, Indivisible, with liberty and justice for all"). We must quiet the quib bling. Refusing to live the forceful promise of our Pledge of Allegiance, we are, in effect, chanting mighty, but hollow, meaningless words. each time we say it. To be sure, It would be nice if we could forget the whole mess, but just as a marriage. salvaged from the brink of divorce, can never forget the mistakes of the past, so, too, the nation must profit by its mlsjudgments and keep look ing ahead, to the wedding of the people, as a nation rather than two separate, unjoined, bodies of people, each breed ing hatred of the other. Incidentally, how recently have you stopped to observe our flag and say with heart and soul, for yourself, alone. to relish, the Pledge? Perhaps you have never bothered to say this Pledge simply be cause you felt like it, but pre fer to reserve this ritual to perform only in public dis play. When each of us can, with clear conscience, whisper silently this unequalcd credo, and know that we are living its very promise, Mr. K's at tempts to gain foothold here will be futile. Take a second, deeper look into this pledge and r eon 11- "Unltrd we stand - Divided we fall!" It's still true. Phyllis lwls P.O. Box 402 Talent, Ore. own sake, it won't make too much difference as I have my quota in extension work, but I really can't understand the lack of Interest and anti-intellectual attitude of peoples living in and around Grants Pass. To be interested and to be curious seems to me the normal thing. Now that summer is here, I, like most students, won't miss the hard grinding work. I will miss my many new friends and hearing their thoughts and ideas about Important is sues of the day. In this day when one hears much about the under privileged and our crowded conditions of classrooms, I must confess, I felt slightly guilty sitting in a half-filled room taking up a university instructor's time. I wish I had been more brilliant and ab sorbed everything that was offered. A Grants Pass Junior College Student (Name on file) An Appreciation To the rdltor: Last night I completed 32 hours of college work at Grants Pass Lower Di vision College. Anyone lack ing college training or train ing in the particular courses offered missed the bargain of a lifetime. I have been en rolled In night courses for the past three years and I can say with all honesty the standards and quality of teaching this past year were outstanding. I competed with absolutety bril liant students. Adults who go to night school and the teachers that Instruct them are interested in education and learning in gen eral, uur instructors were some of the best In Oregon, mostly from Southern Oregon college, and we were allowed no privileges because of our extension class status. The same quality of work was ex pected from us. in less time and under more trying cir cumstances, as was expected of full time college students. 1 think we gave It a good try. I was very disappointed when I returned home to read that all courses would be dis continued next year. I'tj- my Todays Teenagers To the Editor: My husband daughter and myself attend- ed the "Youth Inc." meeting Wednesday, June 8. To others like myself that have not at tended these meetings, this is a new organization designed to aid the youth of our com munity in obtaining employ ment. This is run by the youth with the help of a Sen ior committee. Their future office on cor ner Main and Bartlett donat ed by Bill Hansen, is soon to be opened, but before they can open, they need money for lights, Installation of their telephone, etc. Several wonderful sugges tions were made by adults and teenagers, and after be Ing discussed thoroughly our teenagers felt very strongly that they must earn this money. So very soon you will be seeing, "Car Washes," etc., under adult supervision by our teenagers all donating tneir time for "Youth Inc.' All this money will be given to "Youth Inc." This islhcir goal, not only on opening their office but to keep it open, not for one year but many years. As I ve said before, "Aren't today's teenagers wonder ful?!" Mrs. Irene S. Kennedy hit Johnson st. Medford. By PHIL NEWBOM UPI Foreign News Analyst When Red China last De cember declared an arbitrary cease-fire in its border dispute with India, it already had demonstrated a decisive su periority in at least three de partments es sential to suc cessful w a r- fare. Its troops were better trained, espe cially for high mountain fight ing in the Himalayas, were better equipped, and had the best communications. Through the winter the Chinese also retained the tac tical advantage, holding the high passes while the Indians remained in the plains below. Whether the Red Chinese mounted their attack for ter ritorial gains or to embarrass India before the world, they did touch off chain reactions which have continued through the winter and into the spring. India, forced to abandon Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's cherished position of co-existence, turned to the United States and Britain for military aid which was forth coming to the tune of $60 mil lion apiece for the U.S. and Britain, assisted by members of the Commonwealth. The U.S. aid and the prom ise of more to come led to an immediate chill in U.S.-Pakis- tan relations and disrupted the unity of the CENTO pact which is the Allied defensive link between NATO in the West and SEATO in the East. The Pakistanis charged that long-term aid to India meant writing off any settlement of the long drawn-out Kashmir dispute and created the pos sibility that India would use the arms against Pakistan. On their side, the Indians accused the Pakistanis of being "willing tools" of the Red Chinese and cited as evi dence the recent trade and border pacts concluded be tween Pakistan and the Chi nese. The chain reaction touched off other Important develop ments. The Red Chinese also con cluded a border pact with Mongolia and used it and the Pakistan agreement to trum pet its desire for peaceful co existence with its Asia neigh bors. In another important area, the Soviet Union's decision to send Mig jets to India and to continue aid to India industry further irritated Sino-Soviet relations already at a new low. Peking has accused India of "further provocation" along the disputed frontier and has warned that any Indian at tempt to regain some 12,000 square miles seized by the Chinese would be for New Delhi to drop a stone on its own feet. The renewed Chinese trucu lence has led to concern that they are attempting either to goad the Indians into an attack or to frighten them into nego tiations on Red Chinese terms. Estimates of India's military needs over the next five years range from $1.5 billion to S500 million. The U.S. hopes to help build up India's air trans port system, to establish mili tary training missions and to improve road and other sys tems of communication. It hopes Britain will take I But in the meantime, tha over the job of building up air initiative remains with Red defenses. I China. The Watchers A Silent Barrier 6 Arthur Hoppe Editor's notei Tha follow ing column was written after tha Human Rights march in San Francisco re cently, conducted in sym pathy with tha Negroes in Birmingham, Ala.) It was, as parades go, not much of a parade. No flowery In the Day's News y FRANK JINKINS ' Strictly Personal ' By Sydney J. Harris fc. Field Enterprises, Inc. Tinted Glasses To the Editor: Well, the seed our president scattered in his personal telephone call to tho spouse of chief trouble maker King down Alabama way, is bringing a heap of chickens home to roost, black unes niosiiy. Ana lis our guess that some are roosting on a oust oi rallas just above somebody s chamber door and that somebody is getting some disturbed sleep, even though he tries to keep the snuuer closed. Well, he asked for it, just like he has asked for far too much. So much so that a growing resistant congress is a-boming ideas of its own. With that presidential per sonal call to their "credit the blacks are now demand ing, (much to brother Bobby's consternation), mat the Dres dent come down to Alabama and personally conduct the two or more black students past the resisting form of Gov. Wallace for integration into the University of Ala bama. The president don't seem to relish doing this. Instead, he proposes that Gov. Wallace prevent his physical self from barring away the would-be stu dents of the black race from entering Alabama s all-white University. Just how this is to be done is a bit befogged as is much of the President's reasoning. For, it is not the mere in tegration of the all-white school the blacks are seek ing, or the integration of any other all-white places of meet ing, public or private. They fully realize that their low learning capacity is proven in the NEA Ranking of States, Research Report - 1983 - Rl, page aa, col. 48, its per centage column approx- 1 m a 1 1 n g Negro popula- tlon state by state (all this from state and government records) as befog beyond argument. All this forced en try into social intimacy with the anciently resisting white race, is but a buildup to the black's idea of equality. This he proposes to do by degree till he, the black male, has gained entry to daughters of white parents, that by com mon law or marriage vow the white girl is seeded with the brand of the black man. At that segment, the white race ends, the black race con tinuing on with their progeny gaining full equality at last. This the white southerners have long ago learned. The Northern whites still wear ing their Uncle Tom's Cabin tinted glasses, has it yet to learn. On this I stand up be counted. F. J. Clifford, Route 1, Box 200F, . Central Point, Ore. to Theater League To the Editor: The board of directors of the Broadway Theater League of Medford wishes to thank you for your help in publicizing its recent membership campaign. The cooperation of many civic-minded citizens is nec essary for the success of such a venture in a city the size of Medford. We appreciate your willing response to our plan for help. Mary Jane Casterline Secretary Broadway Theater League of Medford Whose Expanse To the Editor: I talked with a young local boy that has been working back East. He tells me the Negroes where he works goof-off and if they are reprimanded they cry "discrimination." One white man was served notice that he had made a remark that he should not have made and to watch him self, for If It were repeated he would lose his Job. He Iocs not know what he said or when he said it, and the boss retimed to tell him. Be ing a man with a family to support, he took the repri mand. There are three young Negro women employed in the office where this young man works and only one of the three carries her share of the work load. The other office help do not dare to complain. What are we doing to our selves? The Kennedy administra tion say they need the Ncaro vote to be re-elected in 1964. but at whose expense? Leila A. Morrow, 331 North Bartlett st., Medford. ?rj It -MI Harrla solve the BELONG VS. STAND OUT There . are two contradic tory, but equally strong, de sires in the modern human being who lives in a mo bile society such as ours. One is the de sire to "be long"; the oth er is the de sire to "stand o u t." How successf u 1 1 y we can re tension between these two contradictions is the measure of a society's growth and stability. And such ten sion can most easily be seen, for instance, in the world of fashion and style, Edward Sapir, writing some years ago in the "Encyclope dia of Social Science," de scribes the "contradictory functions of fashion." Style on the part of women is always an effort to arbitrate, to strike a balance, between the desire to stand out in the crowd and the need to belong and be ac cepted by the group. A woman would not customarily go out for an evening In a hat or gown that was 10 years out moded; she wants to be in tha currant fashion. On tha other hand, if her hat or gown Is too much like soma others at the same party, she feels humiliated or cheated out of her individu ality. What she is looking for. in Sapir's phrase, is "adventurous safety." The contradiction was put in more basically psycho logical terms by Lin Yu lang, in his witty epigram) "All woman's dresses ar merely variations on the eternal struggle between the admitted desire to dress and tha unadmitted desire lo undress," Society, like all institu tions, tends toward con formity, toward uniformity, lowikid group solidarity. Yet the individual, while needing the comfort of "be longing." also possesses the opposite urge to be differ - ent. to stand out. to assart his uniqueness In one way or another. e e e Changing fashions can be understood only as a psycho logical means of giving ex pression to both these ten dencies at once - the women all wear sack dresses or clorhe hats at the same time, and yet each one endeavors to look as distinctively different as tws- sioie. A good society seeks to preserve as much diversity as possible within the unity of the group. And although the United States prides itself on being the land of "individual ism." we too often limit this to our economic life alone. and discourage individual ex pression in ideas, in ways of living, in the eccentricities and idiosyncracies that give a people color and vitality and charm. A country without a "beat movement" of some sort, with out its rebels, its innovators, its iconoclasts, would be spiritually and intellectually Petrified. And economic In lividualism could not long hrive in such a climate ofj locial conformity. Grim note in the news: A hard-working mother of six small children was raped and killed early the other day following a furious strug gle in her neat Sunnyvale (California) home. She was Mary Ellen Stackhouse, pretty 30-year-old wife of a Moffet Field chief petty of ficer. She was left by her attack er in the hallway of her home -her face battered, her blouse ripped and her throat slashed. A bloody butcher knife from the kitchen lay near the body. In the living room, de tectives found a blood-stain ed hammer. They theorize that she was in the living room watching TV when the attacker struck her from be hind with the hammer. . UESTION: What will be done with him if he is caught, tried and convicted? Will he be put in jail - to escape later, maybe, and try it again? THAT'S at least a thought - for California's legislators, who are being importuned to forbid capital punishment - which is admittedly a grim and awful thing. There is only ONE excuse for it. It puts that kind of people PERMANENTLY out Of the way. T ET'S turn to pleasanter news. Pan American World Air ways announces that it has ordered supersonic (faster than the speed of sound) jet airliners that will fly 1500 miles per hour and make trans-Atlantic flights in 2Vs hours. WHICH is to say: If you live on the East Coast and have an itching foot and plenty of what it takes and get a yen at break fast some morning to have lunch at Claridge's in London or the Ritz in Paris, all you'll have to do is to get to the airport along about 8 a.m. That will give you time to make it, if you're lucky in the way of taxicabs at the airport on the other side. And if the traffic isn't too bad on your way down town. AND- If you choose Or if y o u have a dinner appointment with friends on this side for that same eve ning, you can still get back home in time to make it. This is getting to be quite a world, isn't it? THIS new plane WONT be another America first. It will be built jointly by British and French corpora tions, with the aid of govern ment subsidies. It can land or take off at existing airports and will cruise at weather proof 65,000 to 70,000 feet altitudes some 12 to 13 MILES up in the air. When will it go into serv ice? About 1968 which will give most of us just about time to save up enough money for the round trip. floats, no mincing majorettes, no big brass bands. Nobody in step. They merely shuffled up the middle of San Fran cisco's Market street under the gray Sunday sky in a long, thin stream. And what marked the parade was its silence. Occasionally, a sound truck, it's banners proclaiming "Hu. man Rights Day," would go past, blaring a tinny record, ing of "We Shall Overcome." A few a very few of the) marchers were singing, al most defiantly, their voices loud in the stillness. But most looked straight ahead or soft ly chatted with each other in a self-contained sort of way. The thin crowd on the side walk was quiet. There was nothing to applaud. They just watched as the marchers filed by. Silently, quietly, they stared across the gap of naked pavement that separated marchers from onlookers like a wall. Nor did the marchers look at them. And what struck you most In the silence was the thick air of embarrassment. March ers and onlookers alike. We stood, my family and I, on the curb near Fifth street. I had wanted to see what those who march in a North ern city these days looked like. They looked as you might expect: Negro families in their Sunday best, young white men, in beards and sweaters, long shoremen, a minister in clerical garb. But from the ranks of the solid, respectable, middle class there were precious few. We stood there on the curb and watched. Not even talk ing to ourselves. Next to us were three middle-aged wom en, neatly-d r e s s e d, well coiffed. Silent. On the othef side stood a man in white sad dle shoes with a little boy. Once he said something to tha boy, but he said it so quietly you couldn't hear. An old man came by hawk ing flimsy American flags on sticks- He seemed angry no body would buy one. We just went on watching. And then we saw a Negro boy of perhaps 10 or 12. His right leg was in a brace and he swung along on crutches. Suddenly, I wanted very much to leave the onlookers and join the parade. Very much. But with so many silently watching, the gap of naked pavement between those of us standing on the curb and those marching by loomed in surmountable. How exposed you would be to all those eyes if you crossed it. How vul nerable. How embarrassed. It was then that we saw someone we knew in tha line of march, a fellow news paperman in sportcoat and tie with his wife and children beside him. His was the first familiar face we'd seen. If he could, we could. And oddly, once we were in the parade the embarrassment seemed a smaller thing- It was there, but it was shared. In a way the experience was like diving into a chilly pool. You screw up your courage and you take the plunge. And afterward you feel much bet ter. Which is the only reason for doing it. And so we marched up Market street, joking quietly among ourselves about the absence of police dogs and fire hoses. And not looking at the onlookers. And that is how it is these days in the North. XifiM Uft T Wake up, Amera before It's too lata!