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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
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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!
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"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'