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4 A - WEDNESDAY. JUNE 12. 196J MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOHD. OREGON "Everyone lo Southern Oregon nruli ThM Mail Tribune fubli.htd Dliy except Saturday b meupuhu i-run i utj w 33 NorUi FUJU Ph.m-1JL ROBERT W RUHU Editor HERB GREY Adveruslnj Manafet GERALD T LATHAM. Bui Mfr ERIC ALLEN JR.. Mm Editor EARL H ADAMS, City Editor HARRY CH1HMAN. Teleg Editor RICHARD JfcWETT, Bporu Editor .-ti ivr ktari'HER Women's Edlto DALERICKSONlrcuUUon Mfr An lnifenendent NewSOSDel Entered heeond class mailer at Medtoid Oregon under Act-OS March I, JB7 SUBSCRIPTION RATES a ftj.it In Ariwanea Daily and Sunday I year U 00 Dsllv and Sunday 6 mot 10 00 Dailv and Sunday S moa 500 Sunday Giuy One year ISM Slnile Copy IMalledl 0e c .. r Anrl Motor Route. Dally and Sunday 1 year Ml oo Dally and bunaay i w c.nH.u rtnlvl mo. 0O Carrldi undVendor opy 10c initial Paper of City at Medford Kflrlal Paper oi aacawn -""" United Press International till iated Wire U. P t Telepholo Ncwplcturee MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU Of ORCULATIONS Mvertlalnl 'Pl''""vt.:ar.r, NELSON ROBERTS 4 ASSOC. Tire rM.. In H.W Vorll. Chi' caso Detroit. San franclsco. Los Anfelt-a. oeaiue. r -Deni'er. I Teaching About Communism NIWSPAf II UlLllHIftl ASSOCIATION NATIONAL E0ITOIIAI AS($bC4TIJ(rl J U J I Memoor Calllornla Newspaper i Publishers Auoclatlon Flight o' Time Medlord and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40 and SO years ago. 10 YEARS AGO June 12. 1953 (Friday) Young growing fruit In an extensive area west of Med ford was badly bruised by hail this morning. New infections of pear icab are now appearing in many Rogue valley orchards, ac cording to county hortlcul-turallsts. 20 YEARS AGO Juna 12. 1943 (Saturday) Joseph Andrew William Skcctcrs, Talent,, born In Jacksonville April 19, 1864, dies at his home. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Farm- ers are now urged to save Btraw as a shortage looms. Fears are felt there will not be enough to show which way the wind blows by Nov. 1. 30 YEARS AGO June 12, 1933 (Monday) Nearly 1,000 men reported en route to Medford area Civilian Conservation corps camps. Local interest high as jury completed (or second Jackson county bullot theft trial. 40 YEARS AGO Junt 12, 1923 (Tutiday) ' Mrs. D. R. Wood and party, Medford, first to reach Crater lake from here this season. Special election today on bond Issue for new Medford high school building. 30 YEARS AGO Juna 12, 1913 (Thursday) Southern Pacific and Pa cific and Eastern railroads plan three early season ex cursions from Medford. ' From Along Rogue River Items: Attorney Kelly and Mr. Putnam were out lo the river twice this week. Sunday they caught 32 trout. What's Your I.Q.7 Nina or ten correct Is superior; sevan or eiM is escslUe.li five or sia Is toes'. The State Board of Education recently ap proved a course of instruction concerning Com munism. We view the action with mixed feelings, It is right and proper that every young person in this country know about Communism, both the theoretical variety which has never been practiced, and the actual variety, which poses such a threat to us, militarily and ideologically, in international relationships. Also, it is richt that this information be pro vided in the schools, with skilled instructors who are able to put things in their proper context. IT IS this last point which concerns us a bit. By singling out Communism, of all the doctrines and beliefs, current and past, in which mankind has been involved, do we not run the risk of put ting too much emphasis on Communism Could such emphasis tend to create in the minds of impressionable students that this is an all-black-and-white world; that all the answers are known ; that all the facts of history and po ltical science and economics are indelibly on file? The answers to these questions depend, in large part, not only on how skillfully the course has been prepared, but perhaps even more im portant, on the knowledge and ability of the teacher whose task it is to present it. IF COMMUNISM is presented, in a special course, as the one great and overriding issue of our times, then the presentation is wrong. If, however, it is presented as one facet in a many-faceted history of humanity; if it is shown in context, with its origins and development and relationship to other ideologies clearly deline ated; if it is described clearly and accurately, and without a simplistic black-and-white orienta tion if these things are done, it will be of great assistance to the student in understanding the world of today. Ihe student must be made to understand that the world of today is in a process of change and flux, and that it always has been. Today is not static; tomorrow will bring something new. a e a A SHORT 20 years ago we were allied with .Qnvinf Pllacio in -j ficrVif fnr alii-vival aoraincf Germany and Japan. Today we are allied with Japan and part of Germany, and our Cold War opponent is that same boviet Kussia. And what will tomorrow bring No one knows. Twenty years from now the world's align ments could be as drastically revised as they have been in the last 20 years. Communism, if the truth is known, is today little more than a label, and means just what the person using the word wants it to mean. It is, in differing contexts, an ideology (which differs with time and place;, an economic and political system (which vanes with time and place), or a set of beliefs and attitudes (which differ sharp ly in different parts of the world, and from time to time). Communism is not the same in Russia as it is in China ; not the same in Cuba as in Czechoslo vakia; not the same in Albania as in Poland. IF THE student can be made to see and under- stand these complexities, he will be better able to find his way m today's world. But if he is instructed that Communism is monolith, huge, threatening and implacable ; that the only choice before us is total victory or total surrender; that we cannot expect any of today's facts of life to change, and that we must look forward to centuries of ideological strife along the lines of today if he is taught this, he will be short-chanced. The danger of teaching about Communism in the schools is not that the student might become indoctrinated with the hated ideolgy; the clan ger is that too much emphasis on it, outside of the whole matrix of a complex world, may give him a warped and fearful and fatalistic attitude And that would be too bad, both for the stu dent, and for the society which looks to him for enlightened leadership in the dangerous but challenging years ahead. b.A. 1. Upon whose land In Cali fornia waa gold discovered? 2. The tendency of lumber to absorb more moisure on one side than on the other causei what? 3. Is the eagle, elephant, or tortoise, reputed to have the longest lite span? 4. Dot-s a patent automati cally expire upon the death of the Inventor? S. In golf, what is an eagle? 0. What Christmas decora tions grew as a parasite? 7. Correct the proverb: Marriages are made 8. Correct the following: Nelllu-r the boys nor John are going." 9. Other than July and Au gust, what two consecutive months have 31 days. 10. Who was the first Presi dent of the U.S. to live in the White House? Answerst 1. J.P. gutter V.'ei&ino. 3. Tortoise. a 8. Two strokes under par. I. Mistletoe. 7. "...in heavan. . "... Is going". I. Decern oer ana January. 10 , Adams. 1. No John Beyond Comprehension Our Communications column is intended to do a number of thinirs. includintr servinc as an outlet for the need for self-expression, as a forum for the discussion of issues of the day, as a place wncre a variety or opinions may be sampled. In some measure, it fulfills all these tasks. But it is sad when it merely becomes an address ledger for cowards and crackpots. It is sail when those who choose to express opinions become the victims of poison-pen letters, vilification, and even threats. A SENSE of outrage at these tactics has been 'well expressed by one of the lotter-writei-s She said : "To the Editor: This is written for the edification of anonymous letter writers Individuals who do not have Hie courage to sign their names to the scathing leltrrs they send lo those with whom they violently disagree about something or other. Don't they realise that by such cowardly tactics they harm no one but themselves, revealing their lack of character and their own m-riout shortcomings? "What can sensible, reasonable, self respecting people think of those who, figuratively speaking, stab others In the back and then hide In the bushes? What anyone can expect to gum by stooping so low as to resort to such action is beyond my comprehension." I Lydia Burnham 814 Warne Street ,,,, , . . Preacott, Arii. What indeed? E. A. Judgment At Moscow Buddhist-Christian Conflict Confuses Viet War Issues; U.S. Advice Ignored By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst The saffron robes of the Buddhist monks and the gleaming Buddhist temples are as much a lje eMaeTeWit-tr Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters 'with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of tSe paper. In fact the contrary is often the case. Tortured Souls To the Editor: The editorial of June 7 concerning racial prejudices was soothing to the eye after reading the letters of Miss Morrow and Mr. Clif ford, in which they stated their belief in color superiori ty. Mr. Clifford's letter was particularly disturbing be cause of his use of awe-inspiring government statistics. The potency of these figures rap idly diminishes, in this case, when it is understood that these figures can also be ap plied to the standard-of-llv- ing level of the states, and more specifically, to the qual ity of their educational facili ties, These persons no doubt sincerely believe that they have sufficient reason for be lieving as they do. Negroes are, as a whole, less educated. The majority of them do have personality problems, mostly as a cover-up for the feelings of Inferiority developed in them during many years in which traditional prejudice was practiced by their white neighbors day in and day out. A large majority have very poor personal habits - their cars are dirty, their homes are run down. The biggest complaint is their conduct in public, for here, of course, is where contact is made be tween the two races. But granting all these faults to the Negro is grant ing nothing save the fact that millions of human beings arc living in an environment which makes them so em barrassed and self-conscious in public that they strut and shout and push like anyone would, white or black or tan, who is being tortured by an over- powering, constantly nurtured inferiority complex. If nothing else is learned in the twentieth century, this simple psychological truth should be. The difference between the two racial groups is that this personality problem occurs in frequently in the more-secure white community, and Is thus seen In scattered, individual cases, while it is so common to the colored race that It appears to be a racial trait. If those persons arguing for racial supremacy have not yet completely closed their minds to argument, it would do them no harm to consider not only the what's and when's and how much's, but also the why's. If in the end they still think that the white race is superior and that the social problem of the Negro is simply due to racial in heritance, then they should take an additional step, one which a superior individual might do, fur quality lies not In color, but in action. Be ever so kind to these tortured souls. Frank D. Long, man Ellendale dr., Medford with a prayer in mv heart and after years dragging away on those filthy, life taking things, I came upon an idea of how to stnn amnlrlno- Anyone who wishes this in- lormatton may write me. Wot long after this, another doctor asked me to spend the winter in Arizona, which I id. Upon returning, he aH. vised me that I must at once relieve mvself of all resnnnsi. bilities. So, much as my busi ness meant to me, I now had no career, because of those terrible cigarettes. Since then I have talkpri In dozens, nnssihlv himrlmHs cautioning them against what cigarettes nad done to me. I could tell you of many who are gradually developing eith er lung cancer or that dread ed disease, emphysema. May I make this statement in a most kind and humble way: it is my opinion that so long as we deliberately go against God's will, science win never find a cure for these dread riUpnspe Tho Bible says (I Corinthians 8:19, zu), tnat we are the temple of God, and that we are bought with a nrirp. and the nrl. ! Christ on the cross. Think of it. What a Drice H nalri fnr Our healthv hnritps onH up. deliberately go against His will and Join Satan and de stroy our healthy and lovely temple. We must ston tnhnr-rn arl. vertisinff. and there must hn a better way to attain finan cial am lor our government. We must create a better ex ample for our young people if we are to survive. Just rec ently our government had to can vaa.uuo men to find 198, 000 unharmed bodies to rep resent our country's armed forces. It is sad to think that the youth of our country feel tnat they are missing some thins when thev see ri carpi. tes advertised on TV. And if you ask me, they ARE mis sing something - a sieklv and broken-down body plus the waste or their money. So olea.se. kids think ha. fore becoming addicted, be cause once you form the filthv habit vnu hppnmp an addict and then a victim of emphysema or cancer for which there is no cure. A. J. Huencrgardt P. O. Box 451 Phoenix, Ore. Please. Kids To the Editor: Not many years alio, the cigarette conv panics thought of clever little sayings for women, such as "Reach for a Lucky instead of a sweet," and "I'd walk a mile for a Camel." and "Not a cough in a carload." 1 am not sure how many I smoked, but I developed the cough they suggested, and that cough, after a very few years, deteriorated m y bronchial tu Ik-s and lungs until thry de veloped that terrible and in curable disease, emphysema. And now I can't walk a block, even for something worth while. This disease caused me to have a heart attack and a Portland doctor ordered me to the hospital. Only a few, years before, another promin ent specialist had advised me to stop smoking. So now, Editorial Liked To the Editor: Thank you for your very fine Editorial of June 7. I don't believe that F. J. Clifford "needs to be count cd." As for Leila A. Morrow -one must be sure of her or his information, before mak ing statements concerning in flamatory issues. Mrs. Frank Madden P. O. Box 73, Coburg, Ore. Twister Answered To the Editor: The needle travels 3' inches. Radius of record is 6 inches, less grove less radius of 2' inches, less blank t inch on outside edge of record. This leaves only 3' inches for the needle to move from the outside groove to the inside groove. Joe Sayre and Ray Beliveau Western Thrift Store Medford o Editor's note: Correct. Or correct enough. One twister worker said that, since the needle travels in an arc form ed by the motion of the tone arm. it would be a tiny frac tion more than S' Inches. But that's quibbling. I and the Buddhists, It is an in ternal matter, and one sort of thing. Its effect upon a war in which the United States is deeply committed and upon the feelings of millions of Southeast Asians toward the United States is still another. For, like it or not-and many Americans in South Vietnam do not-the United States is committed to win the anti-Communist struggle in South Vietnam on a ' slo gan "Win with Diem." The United States is doing its best to disassociate itself from the present dispute. UPI Correspondent Neil Sheehan reported on the ba sis of reliable sources in Sai gon that, privately, U. S. Dep uty Chief of Mission William Trueheart has urged Diem to settle the quarrel and get on with the war. U. S. military commander As a religious dispute be- Gen. Paul D. Harkins has or- tween the Catholic president dered all American advisers part of South east Asia as the monsoons and the rice paddies. Bud dhism is the I 1!, I state religion I ZL I of Thailand, l M LaoJ u Budd. hist and in South Viet nam it is estimated that 70 per cent of the population is Buddhist. Which helps to explain mounting United States con cern over the harsh repres sive measures of South Viet namese President Ngo Dinh Diem's government against the Buddhist majority there Be Patriotic- Go Kick Somebody DlKi! By Arthur Hoppe 1iyi "Stamp out non-violence!" It was good to see my old friend, Miss Amanda, again with fire in her eye. Again. She is, as you may know, National Commander of "!", the super patriotic action group. Which stamps out things. I inquired why she was so violently opposed to non-violence. "It's a Communist plot!" she cried, ' slamming down her reticule. "I suspect ed it all along! Ever since those Peace Marchers started going limp! That showed right there that non-violence was a clever Commie device!" Why's that? "Because anybody who's for peace is a Commie!" I said that made a heap of sense. "That s not all! said Miss Amanda. "In no time. Communist racial agitators were refusing to strike back at police officers!" Commu nist racial agitators? "That," she explained, "is a Negro who wants to sit at a white lunch counter!" Strong evidence of some thing, I said. "And now we have conclusive proof!" said Miss Amanda triumphantly. "We have checked! And dou ble checked! There is no ques tion! Our Commie-infiltrated clergymen are preaching this very same insidious doctrine of non-violence!" No! "Yes! 'Love thine ene my!' 'Turn the other cheek!' That's the kind of subversive ideology our supposedly pa triotic ministers are spread ing." Were their congrega tions practicing it? "Not yet!" said Miss Amanda. "But they could be brainwashed any day! Our Republic is in mor tal 'peril! As usual!" I said I was sure that was true. But I wasn't sure exact ly why. "Why!" shouted Miss Amanda. "Because such talk is a dagger in the heart of two-fisted Americanism! That's why! We must stand up and fight! Fire, when you see the whites of their eyes! Don't tread on me! That's what any decent red-white-and-blue-blooded preacher should be preaching! But they are all pawns in this nefari ous plot! Doom! Doom! Doom!" I thought over what Miss Amanda had shouted very carefully. By George, I told her finally, she was right! It was a plot. Come to think of it, I ' had documentary evi dence that a bearded revolu tionary was behind the whole thing. And that these doc trines had been first adopted by a little band of fanatics who . . , "Good boy!" hollered Miss Amanda, her eyes sparking behind her bifocals as she whacked me on the back. "You are a true American! I certify you as such! Here are your membership cards in Project Alert, Project Awake and Project Up-and-at-Em! We will march forth to gether, shoulder to shoulder, to smash this plot! Stamp out nonviolence! May I sell you a pair of boots?" Well, I said, even though it was unarguably a plot I wasn't exactly for stamping it out. Indeed, I kind of thought non-violence was a pretty good idea. And I was even sort of glad to see it might finally be catching on. After only 2,000 years. "You're a dupe!" shouted Miss Amanda, hefting her walking stick. I went limp. The only trouble with prac ticing non-violence, if you ask me, is that it certainly tends to make other people violent. In fact, they always seem to want to crucify you. Still. Strictly Personal By Sydney J. Harris (c) Field Enterprises, inc. MOCK-SERIOUSNESS A man I know was talking at lunch about a widely known columnist who special izes in humor and whimsy. "Why doesn't he ever write about serious and impor tant things?" he asked me. "Certain. J ly he's amus- Ham are more sub stantial matters in the world to write about." I disagreed with his point of view. "Each person should do what he does best." I sug gested. "And this columnist is excellent as a light enter tainer. He fills a need, does no harm, and gives people pleasure. Why ask more of him?" The man at lunch was a victum of what" I call mock seriousness. He wants every one in the public prints to focus on the important issues, and he ignores the obvious fact that some writers are not equipped to comment on matters beyond their Imme diate perceptions. a The columnist in ques tion is modestly aware of ' his limitations. He haa a keen eye for foibles, a deft way with language, and a puckish tense of humor. K he tried to do more, he would end up doing consid erably less; like Sir Arthur Sullivan forsaking t h e blithe Savoyard opperettat for ponderous "serious music thai is mostly unlis tenable to today. I would make precisely the opposite criticismi that there are too many com mentators who are floun dering beyond their depths, who lack the background, the intellectual stature, and the analytic powers to convey more than a super ficial (and thus distorted) picture of what ia happen ing and what it meant. . There are many who de plore the tact that so wit ty and saturnine a tportt writer at Westbrook Peg ler, for instance, decided to cover the larger arena of world events, for which nothing in his background had prepared him. Over whelmed by the complexity of hit subject, hit- humor turned corrotive and hit perspective became warp Many people, it is true, do not live up to their potential but Just as many, it seems to me, are trying o Mvo beyond theirs. The ait- is liiled with voices pontificating oo every thing from birth control to bomb-testing, and the voice of Uie reformed disk-jockey is often louder than that of the man who has devoted a life time to studying such mat tcrs. Too much is said about everything, and not enough1 of it has any meaning. The puckish columnist is to be commended for work, ing within his severe, but ad mirable, limitations, and re fusing to become an oracle. What he does is small, but craftsmanlike, and it is a real pleasure among so many pundits whose volume is equalled only by their vacuity. not to accompany Vietnamese units suppressing Buddhist demonstrations. But this counts for little when the Vietnamese use eas ily identifiable airplanes and equipment obtained through American aid in their repres sive actions and Indelibly link the United States with them. Once more from Saigon sources Sheehan reports that the United States so far has refrained from publicly re buking Diem out of fear of losing what little influence it now has with his govern But U. S. representatives are finding it more and more difficult to maintain a posi tion that Diem is leading a broad, popular movement, when at the same time it is obvious he is in deep political trouble with a majority of his own population. This is far from the first time that Diem has ignored U. S. advice. U. S. military forces in South Vietnam are there to advise and not to command. Diem himself assumes di rection of all military opera tions. As a result, a large portion of the South Vietnamese Army is held immobile against a supposed threat of mass Communist attack across the 17th parallel from North Vietnam. "Clear and hold" operations against Communist - held vil lages usually result in the immediate return of the Reds once government forces de part. Enemy casualties are exaggerated and some oper ations fail simply because of faulty intelligence. U. S. aid has helped to stem the Communist advance in South Vietnam. But, if events continue to follow their present course, the fat well could be In tho fire. Today & Tomorrow By Walter lippmann (O 1963. The Washington Post LSI: Lippmann POINT OF NO RETURN The President, as his recent speeches show, is becoming more and more deeply engag ed in the case of equality of rights and sta t u s for the American Ne groes. H e is bound to find himself drawn further into far-flung and as yet by no means clearlv- visible commitments. For historical exrieripnpp shows that there is, so to speak, a point of no return in a movement for the redress of grievances. That point is where gradual reform and to ken appeasement become sud denly not only insufficient, but irritating: the long-stand ing grievances, which have been patiently endured, are suddenly felt to be intoler able. Then instead of putting up wun a tittle done slowly, there is a demand that much must be done suddenly. hot us, tne point of no re turn was marked and symbol ized in Birmingham. AFTER the point of no re ctum has been passed, events are likely to take 'a course which is disconcerting to men ot good will. As action is taken to redress the most ugly grievances, for example, discrimination in the use of public facilities and accom modations, the sense of griev ance does not die down. On the contrary, it becomes sharp er. Thus, we shall almost surely see that the administra tion's legislative proposals. though just and essential, will be followed by more, not less, pressure and discontent. This, of course, is also the view of the convinced and confirmed segregationists, and indeed of all die-hard conser vatives. To give in a little, say with token integration, is, they insist, to strengthen the demand, by feeding it, for complete integration. The an swer to those who think this way is that, for a century, their remedy has been tried in several states. There is no longer any doubt that it can no longer be carried on. The brutal truth of the mat ter had better be spelled out: it is that the rebellion of the Negroes against segregation cannot be suppressed, because the American people as a whole will not consent to the use of the violence which would be necessary to sup press the rebellion. The fire hose and the police dogs and mass arrests have shocked the country. Yet, they are a mere slap on the wrist compared with what would have to be done to restore law and order on the bases of complete scg THE legal disabilities ot NprrrnpG ara Knlna ,4nnl4 with by the judiciary and the executive and presumably by the Congress. The resistance of the die-hards has become a lost cause, and there is a place in history waiting for me soumern senator who takes the lead in the rlisma'nt. ling of the remaining legalized discrimination. But, close at band, there ara already manifest the begin nings of a demand not only for legal equality and for equality of status in public places, but for the substance of equality. The National Ur ban League, which is an old and respected organization, has just spoken out powerful ly on this subject. What the Negroes are now demanding are better schools, better housing and better jobs. Few will say them nay. But the hard truth is that, while the Negroes are making these demands, the country is in fact short of good schools, good housing and good jobs. This makes the Negro prob lem part of a generalized na tional problem. By law and with good will, segregation can be wiped out in airports; bus depots, lunch counters, movie theaters, public parks and the like, without substafr tial difficulties. But it is not possible to desegregate all the schools and universities and provide equal educational op? portunity for Negroes and whites. There are not enough good schools. The same is true of housing and of jobs. The basic fact is -that the pie, which is supposed to be divid ed equally, is too small. IN THINKING about this, I am tempted, to look into the crystal ball and to ask from what is dimly visible there a question. Is the rising discon tent which is showing itself among the 20 million Negroes going to change in important ways the shape and pace of American politics? B i g popular movements, such as Populism in the last century, the Square Deal and the New Deal In this century, have had an explosive nucleus of popular trouble and anger-i the bankruptcy ofifarmcrs, the ruin of small ousinessmen, the mass unemployment In the cit ies. The Negroes, besides suf fering the disabilities of caste prejudice, are a badly-injured minority. : Does the crystal ball say, then, that there will be a new popular movement of internal development and reform r without which the substantial grievances of Negroes cannot be redressed? STUDENTS! f GET YOUR SCHOOL ANNUAL AT THE OfffCE "I i t going to be a busy summer . . 'tit-ins', ban the bomb demonstrations', 'civil-right demonstrations' . . . Boy. It's exciting being an American these days'
