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Newspaper Page Text4 A TUESDAY. JUNE 23. 1963 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, HEDPORD. OREGON "Everyone in Southern Oregon Eeada The. Mill Tribune" fublUhed Daily except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO 33 Nurtb FirSl.. Ph.m-sli """ROBERT W RUHU Editor HERB CREV Advertl.uu Manager CERAU1 T LATHAM. Bu Mr ERIC ALLEN JR, Mn Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIHMAN, Telei Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHEB Women i Edltoi DALE ERICKSON. ClrcuUUon Jlft An Independent Newapapei Bntered second class matter at Medtord Oregon, under Act ol. March 3. 1897 ' SUBSCRIPTION RATES Br Mail In Advance Dally end Sunday 1 yeariiaoo Daily and Sunday moi 10 00 - Dailv end Sunday 3 nioa. 500 . Sunday Only One rear S3 00 Single Copy (Mailed! J0o y Camel And Motor Route. Dally end Sunday 1 year 21 00 Dally end Sunday 1 mo 173 Sunday Only I mo. We Carrtel end Vendura . Copy 100 ArnrlVl Paner of Cltv ol Medtord Official Japer mt Jack-tin County United Press International lull Leated Wire V. P I Telephoto Newipleturee MEMBER Or AUDIT BUREAU or cmt.tjLaiJu.ia i i a. n R-.nrBntatlve NELSON ROBERTS & A8SOC1. . &m Ot.lj'ea In New York. Chi cago Detroit. San rranclaco, Loa Angeles, sejsxue. rarsiaau , Dearer. NfWS'AM ruiiitHits (UTIONAl EDITOR. U MemDer Calllornie Newipaper publishers Aaaociatlon e2 Flight o' Time Medford end Jackson County Hlitory from the iMei of The M.M Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40 and 50 vea't ago. 10 YEARS AGO June 25. 1953 (Thuriday) Weatern clothes are the or der of the day this week end In keeping with Mayor D. L. Flynn'i proclamation that the week of. June 21 to 2B Is Posse Week. A new log binder, known as the Humboldt Cinch Bind er, used to secure logs on log ging trucks, is being manufac tured In Medford by H. V. Martin, 1321 North Riverside ave. 10 YEARS AGO June. 23. 1943 (Thursday) Teen-age recreation rooms tn citv discussed. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudtte Pot" column: "So far this June, rare June days have been as rare as hen's teeth, priceless germs or a thick piece cf ham." 30 YEARS AGO June 23, 1933 (Saturday) Frank DeSouza slated as lo cal postmaster over big slate of Democrats. H. W." Conger named presi dent of Lions club. 40 YEARS AGO June 23, 1923 (Sunday) Bankers of Juckson and Jo sephine counties to aid farm ers. Gus Schneidau defeats Ted Thye when he is Injured in wrestling match at Cold Hill. 30 YEARS AGO June 23, 1913 (Tutsday) June rainfall abnormal, 1.94 Inches, to date. Glendale bank robber caught at Gold Beach. , What's Your I.Q.? Nina ran correct h superior: seven at eight Is icellent; tl ol til IS fOM. 1. Name the capital of Pennsylvania. 2. Jose Iturbi, Ray Lev, and Rudolph Serwln are all well known for their talent on what musical instrument! 3. Of the 32 permanent teeth, how many are molars -4, 8, or 12? 4. In the Old Roman calcn dar, was December, March, or April the first month of the year? 8. Is linseed oil derived from the seed of olives, flax, cotton or squash? 6. The snorkel breathing device is used in high alti- tude planes, submarines, or coal mines. 7. Which one of these would be moat likely to use a snw horse: Jockey, baker, or car penter? 8. Identity the scientist who advanced the theory of relativity. ' 9. Flora is a term applicable to plants: what doeg (he term fauna express? 10. If you plant an acorn would you expect a pine, but' ternut or oak tree to grow? Answers! 1, Herriiburg. 2, Piano. 3. 12. 4. March. 6. Hex. t. Submarine. 7. Carpenter. I. Albert Einstein. 9. Animal Ufa. 10. Oak. Miss Claire Hanky The untimely death of Miss Claire Hanley deprives this community, indeed, the state of Oregon, of one of its best known, best loved, and most respected citizens. Were it not for her warm human qualities, her gentle strength and her kindly heart, Miss Hanlev would have qualified as an institution, She and her sisters were "The Misses History" in Jackson county. Whenever anyone wanted to know something about the early days of the area, "Ask Miss Hanley," was the best advice one could eive. One of her strengths was in her leadership, over the years, of the Southern Oregon Histor cal Society, which in turn was and is the cus todian and reference point for knowledge of our origins in southern Oregon. a a rEATH, which often can be cruelly dilatory, was mercifully quick when it claimed Miss Claire Hanley in the vigor of her mature woman hood. Yet the rapidity and unexpectedness of the blow left those who knew and loved and looked up to her with a loss which only healing time can soothe. , This daughter of indomitable pioneers was, herself, an indomitable pioneer, whose very life was a tribute to the men and women who have gone before, and to the generations still to come, who will benefit by the dedicated work this gentle but determined woman performed. Southern Oregon will never be quite the same. E.A. Tax Referral Petitions Petitions are now being circulated in an at tempt to obtain enough signatures to place the ate, unlamented Legislature s tax bill on a refer endum ballot this October. At first because of our disenchantment with the tax measure we were of a mind to sign such a petition. On second thought, however, we're not so sure. For if the tax bill is referred, a whole Pandora's box of unpleasant possibilities will be opened up. e a , a FILING of petitions with enough signatures would hold up the effective date of the tax law, with its resultant loss in badly needed state revenue. And, should the tax bill be defeated by a vote of the people, it is a virtual certainty that the Governor would have to call a special session of the legislature, simply to keep the state and its services going. The regular session of the Legislature, in a few minutes more than 141 days, was unable to come up with a balanced, sound and progressive tax program. One wonders if a special session, which cannot be limited to a single topic, could do any better. pLARENCE BARTON, speaker of the House of Representatives, has hinted that, rather than rewrite the tax bill, or adopt a new one. the Legislature might simply hack some $60 million off the budget. And $60 million taken away from a budget which is already skimpy enough for vital services, particularly education, could be disastrous. If we were convinced that the Legislature could do a better job than it did in the Spring and Winter, we would be Inclined to sign a refer endum petition. But since we have little confi dence in the Legislature particularly the Senate we doubt that we shall do so. There's too much of a chance that the same bitterness and feuding and backbiting would re sume, and that a special session would wind ud with state finances in a shambles. The present tax program, unpopuar as it is, is one we can live with for two years. And one hopes that the 1965 Legislature will be a more responsible group than WIC lUVO Ol-ODIUII vUlllCll UUt UJ UC. Ci. t. "Look, Everybody, I'm not Paying Any Attention" ;s5tta" J-JN,r- Negotiations for Spanish, Portuguese Bases by U.S. Complex and Difficult ... . 1 1 t 1 e.1 e.1 a. L. TB. By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst When the United States and Spain negotiated their 1933 agreement on U.S. naval and air bases in Spain, both LOST OR DISCARDED Southend, England-JUTO-Of-flcialg of the local lost and found office are wondering what to do with the item found on a street Monday. It was white-iced, one-tier wedding cake. Post-Session? Ever since the Legislature adjourned, news papers and political observers about the state have been holding "post mortem" discussions as to what can be done, organizationally or other wise, to improve future sessions. Many of them deplore the record length of the liibd session, but we are inclined to agree with the Eugene Register-Guard that mere length is less important than the lack of constructive accomplishment, and that the worst thing of all is the last minute confusion when the end is near and everyone is pressing for adjournment. It is then that bad bills have their best chance of being passed, and good bills the best chance of dvinir. Is there anything which could be done to eliminate this dangerous last-nunute pell-mell rush? DERHArS THERE IS. Annual sessions, one de- voted to taxes and finances, the next to general legislation on the model of California has been one suggestion. Another we would like to see considered is the proposal that after the regular session has ended. a post-session, automatically called two weeks after adjournment and limited to one week, be convened. . Such a post-session, held after a couple of weeks of reassessment and calm, and after the last-minute actions have been sorted out, would have a chance of correcting mistakes and errors in judgment. It certainly would be no panacea, but it might be of significant help. E. A. i Communications Letters to the Editor must beer 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 rlaht to edit ell letters With a View to clarification and conrlenutlrnv Latter submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. Tha loiters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of tSe paper, in recr me contrary is orttn tna case. Golden Age To the Editor: As we enter the Aquarian Magnetic Field of expression, many subtle but significant changes are taking place throughout our entire Solar System. For the present, however, let us consider the effect of the higher vibration al rate of Cosmic energies and essences in respect to Earth and its inhabitants. Man will be quickened In every area of his life-spiritu-ally, mentally and physically. Me will experience a greater degree of intuitive perception as his body, mind and soul are brought into closer alignment with each other. He will be come more keenly attuned to the higher mental and spir itual planes, and certain bod ily changes are required for such attunement. Some are at- ready occurring; others will come about more gradually over an extended period of time. There will be a change In the mineral content of the body. For instance, there is an Infinitesimal amount of alum inum in the brain which in the past has served as insul ation from psychic, electronic energies in the Cosmic atmo sphere. Now, however, the aluminum content will de crease while the magnesium and iron content will Increase, rendering the brain an effi cient receptive focal point for all manner of psychic com munications, both from within and without the Individual. The entire head area will un dergo similar changes; of par ticular importance will be the Increased concentrations o f these minerals In tha pituitary and pineal gland centers. The blood stream will con tain a greater quantity of iron This la a magnetic substance and essential in making possi ble a harmonious Interplay In man i Inter communication system as he becomes a more integrated unit. There will be an Increased amount of copper and cal clum In tha nervous system. Copper is a conductor of elec tronic Impulses, and messages and Impulses of the body will be mure easily carried through the nervous syslema to the various cognition centers. Cal clum is a relaxant, compen- sating for the tensions and stresses of modrrn living Every cell of man's body will receive more phosphor ous, riioaphorous radiates light and Is, In a sense, radio active. An increase of this ele ment will allow man to cotv Unite to set loose hii own ra dio-active rays in vibratory harmony with the radioactive Cosmic Rays of the Aquarian Magnetic Field. The hyper-tension and nerv ous disorders apparent today are due to the fact that at present man's nervous systems are advanced over the rest of his body In adapting to the new vibrational influences. Louise Wopschall Route 1, Uox 408 Eagle Point, Ore. r- y. LIS -Jewsosi sides won Im portant bene fits. The Unit ed States won a v a 1 u able forward base against Com- n i s t aggres s i o n and Spain a much- needed economic shot in the arm plus a start toward re entry into the family oi na tions. Now, amid considerable secrecy but with some of the facts known, they are ap proaching a renegotiation of the agreement which expires in September. Both sides seek certain gains. A somewhat similar agree ment with Portugal on the strategic U.S. base in the Azores already has expired, with negotiations at present reported deadlocked but by no means abandoned. Both the Spanish and the Portuguese agreements bear heavily on U.S. strategic plan ning, especially since Presi dent Charles de Gaulle's snub of the Atlantic Alliance, the gain in Communist voting strength in Italy and U. S hop-s for a mixed-nation na val force based on the nuclear-tipped Polaris mutisle. All of these conditions would seem to be cards in Generalissimo Francisco Fran co's hands. There are Indications the Spanish asking price - la not cheap. The 1953 agreement gave the United States the use of three air bases by the Strate gic Air Command, the big naval base at Rota and of er installations including naval depots, radar sites and a pipeline system. There is evidence now that the United States would like to make the Rota base avail able to NATO submarines carrying nuclear ballistic missiles. In return, Franco wants either Spanish membership in NATO or, at the least, closer political ties with the Ui d States. Spanish membership in NATO has in the past been adamanUy opposed by the low cou-tries, Denmark and Norway and, to a lesser de gree, by Britain. Spain also wants an in crease in economic aid which since 1953 has totaled more than a billion dollars, plus modern military equipment including rockets and mis siles. On its part, the United States would prefer that the agreement continue much as it is and to wait as long as possible to determine how Europe's strategic and politi-J Boiled down to simplicities, cal alignments finally are to work out. It further has warned Spain that, because of the unfavorable outflow of U.S. gold, free military aid to Spain will have to stop; that instead, she will expect Spain to spend some $250 million of her own money on new equipment. The deadlock is the nego- tiotions with Portugal is oil an issue less complex but equally difficult. The 20-year-old agreement with Portugal expired last Dec. 31 but use of the base which is an strategic link with Europe and Africa, has continued. the Portuguese are insisting that the United States aban don its support in the United Nations of the Afro-Asian na t i o n s demanding indepen dence for Angola and Mo zambique, Portugal's two big territories in Africa. Both the Portuguese and the Spanish negotiations go far beyond the mere questions of bases. Matter of Fact Where Are Wt Headed? To the Editor: A few years ago Russia kicked God out and adopted Communism. Today the United Stales is doing the same thing. Why? Is it constitutional to teach' and discuss Commu nism In schools and colleges. under freedom of gpeech, and not constitutional to mention God? Where are we headed? Burrell Wyant, Lake Creek, Ore. I Only One Defense - 10 tne Editor: What are the facts about the safety of bomb shelters in the event of nuclear war? Propagandists for fallout shelters have gone so far as to picture nuclear war for most Americans as two cozy though somewhat tedious weeks in the confine ment of a family bomb shel ter, after which they would emerge to carry on in rela tive security, apparently the war s victors. But anyone with a real knowledge of the unimagina ble destructive power of megaton nuclear weapons knows that, in cities at least, shelters or no shelters, there wouldn't be anyone around to emerge. "If there were a 100 megaton attack on New York City," said New Jer sey'a Gov. Robert Meyner some time ago, "you wouldn't have any .'.people around to go to a shelter. You wouldn't have a shelter left." Rural populations, if they were lar enough away from the target areas to escape the firestorms that would spread with jet-flame speed over hundreds of square miles, might survive, for a time. They might come out of their shelters, but Into what kind of a world? What would they use for food? What would they use for water? There Is no plan to put the livestock In shelters, and no one has yet designed shelters for reservoirs. Those who have fallen for the cruel nonsense of under ground shelters probably pic ture the post-attack period as though nuclear war were Inside Story of The Inside Story By Arthur Hoppe Washington - It is the duty of us Ace Newsmen, as you know, to create a better-in formed public by ferreting out the Inside Story of the news behind the news. So that something like a flood, hurri cane, or earthquake, alter which everyone pitches in to clean up the debris, assist the injured, and rebuild the stricken areas. But nuclear war would be worse than all the floods, hurricanes and earthquakes that ever happen ed, all put together. No gov ernment or public power could maintain authority un der these conditions. Fear of a kind never experienced by man would lurk everyhere No one would know if the food he ate or the liquids he drank were poisoned with ra diation. Yet no one could long reject the food and drink available, even if he did know. Governor Meyner has right ly said: "There is only one defense, and only one, against a nuclear war, and that is peace." But like everyone else, he hasn't learned the basic cause of war, he does not know how peace can be attained. The people must be educated on the subject of how to bring about a peace ful world. Lydia Burnham, 814 Warne St., Prescott, Ariz. Strictly Personal By Sydney J. Harris (c field Enterprises, ine. wast r 4 IMMORTALITY The teen-age boy was asked what his ambition was, and he replied, only half-facetlously, "I want to live forever." One of the first things we can notice in a child Is his Inability to to compre hend death, except on a purely verbal nam level. The child may accept the fact that other people die, but he can not believe that he will ever rile. This "tense of immortal ity" often persists Into and beyond adolrscence; some, in deed, never lose it. It may be said to be the emotional acceptance of one's certain mortality that marks off the adult from the child. It also happens to be the prin cipal psychological feature of human beings, as distinct from all other animals. Only man knows he will die, and this fact shapes much of his life, or mis-shapes it. Immortality, on this plana of existence, would really be a horrible fata lor any Individual, no matter how appealing tha idea teems to the young, who have not lived long enough to appre ciate tha necessary cycle of birth, growth, decay, and death. To think about living her fortver. to think about it seriously, reveals how appalling it would bet its attraction it wholly super ficial, a vestig of Infantile desire. Tha finite human mind cannot grasp what "forev er" Is, to let us imagine living avtn only loo or 300 years, at tha only ageless person en aarth. No one wa knew would ba alive; wa would ba a parson out of lima, and out of communi ty, a true stranger en tha aarth. Our predominant feeling would ba one of ex haustion, spiritually and emotionally, Wa would cry for death at a most welcome relief from this Intolerable burdtn, a Or. to carry the philosophic isniasy in another direction: suppose that everyone alive were conferred Immortality. Could anything more ghastly oe imagined? With no deaths, there could be no births, for there would be no room. We would drive one another crazy by the second century of life- tne search for change, for nov elty, would become maniacal: and a profound depression and inertia, akin to suicide, would settle. on us. Aoam ana tve were pre sumably created for immortal ity, but this was before they had any knowledge of good or evil. Their just punishment was exile from Eden, not death -death was a gracious gift to prevent them from going mad; for to live forever with the knowledge of our infirmities and mistakes would be a worse hell than Dante con jured up. , Young people want to live forever because "time" as a concept has no meaning when we are young-to them, people of 40 are Just as old, as "half dead," as people of 80. It is only as we ripen into adult hood (if we do) that time be comes a friend, not an enemy. you, a better-informed public, will know what's really going on: And Washington, nerve cen ter of the free world, is, of course, the place to ferret them out, as anybody in Wash ington will tell you. But, if I may reveal a trade secret, we ace newsmen don't really have to ferret them out. They're kind of lying around everywhere. In fact, every body whoSs anybody knows hundreds of Inside Stories which they are dying to press on tis ace newsmen. So we will realize they are some body. In fact, I've been here 12 hours and already my note book is chockfilled witn In side Stories. Allow me to quote a few pages so you will be a better-informed public, Mr. Kennedy has high hopes of pushing a vigorous civil rights bill through Congress. Mr. Kennedy has some hope of pushing a compromise civil rights bill through Congress. If he doesn't get some kind of civil rights bill through Congress, Mr. Kennedy will kill himself. Mr. Johnson has suddenly become a Northern Liberal. Not because he wishes to run for President in 1968. But be cause that is what he has al ways been in his heart. (His what?) But Mr. Kennedy 'remains confident as he knows that Mr. Johnson will continue to carry the South for the Demo-crats. Like a cross. Miss Christine Keeler is really a CIA agent. She is not. That's a rumor planted by the CIA to improve the image of its agents. Mr. Kennedy has confided to close associates that he is now gravely concerned about either the Nassau Pact, the NASA Pact or the Passer Pact. They asked him to write down which. That's a joke. It Is not. Mr. Shriver, Mr. Rusk, Mr. McNamara and Mr. Billmark are threatening to quit their Jobs in protest over lack of firm Government support. Mr. Billmark, however, is the only one to confirm this. "If they don't make 18th street all one way," said Mr. Billmark in an angry statement issued from the driver's seat of his traffic-stalled taxicab, "I'm going to quit." While Mr. Billmark doesn't trust the Government, it Is also true that the Northern Liberals don't trust Mr. John son, who doesn't trust Mr. Bobbie Kennedy, who doesn't trust Mr. Adlai Stevenson, who doesn't trust the Irish Mafia, who don't trust any body. And in Washington, that's a good idea. And that's just the begin ning. My notebook is chock filled with a whole lot of oth er Inside Stories that would interest you. And, now that you are feeling, I'm sure, like a better-informed public, let me caution you that this is only the beginning. My note book is chockfilled with scores of other Inside Stories that you wouldn t believe. So if you will excuse me. I will now go lock myself in my hotel room. I figure if I hear one more Inside Story. I will begin to understand what's going on around here. f By Joseph Alsop (c New York Herald Tribune Syndicate AJsnp THE IMPOSSIBLE DIALOGUE Washington-As such things go, the President's White House meeting with the lead ers of the prin cipal Negro o r ganizations seems to have been highly sue c essful. But imbedded in the meet ing, so to say, there was also a fragment of impossible di alogue. This dialogue, impossible in the sense that the partici pants were quite largely speaking at cross purposes, was deeply revealing for this very reason. It began even before the main meeting, when the President and the Rev. Martin Luther King talk ed briefly alone. The President was fearful that King would actually hurt tne chances of the new Civil Rights Bill, by the huge dem onstration that is being plan ned for Washington in August, in the expectation of a need to protest a filibuster of the Civil Rights Bill. OUT Martin Luther King - was mainly fearful that if the Negro people did not "keep the pressure up," the deep - rooted problems that have caused the current crisis would soon be forgotten again, as they have been in the past. ne could only promise the President to do everything in his power to insure a peace ful, law-abiding march on Washington. At the main meeting, the question of demonstrations and their political effects was again raised, this time by one of the Negro leaders, Whitney M. Young Jr., the able direc tor of the Urban League. Once again, there were warn ings, amply justified by much evidence from all over t h e country, of the political dan gers of going too far. "The President didn't seem to realize at first that not a person in that room could stop the demonstrations, even if he wanted to," one of those present said later. "The issue, which I think he realized pretty quickly, is not whether we can stop the demonstra tions. We can't. The issue is. rather, whether the responsi ble Negro leaders can go on channeling the pent-up emo tions and frustrations of our people into peaceful, non-violent expressions." AFTER the meeting was over, Martin Luther King had his own comments to make on the same point, in his characteristic, oddly Bib lical style: "We stand today on the threshold of a new age," he said, "or at any rate, I hope so. But we would not be standing where we are now if we had heeded the ad vice of our more cautious friends. "They were worried by tha Freedom Riders. They thought we ought to wait, in Binning ham, until the new city ad ministration took over. But if we'd waited in Birmingham, I kind of think there might not be a Civil Rights Bill now. And If our people do not now have peaceful, non - violent outlets for their feelings, there will be more danger of a dark night of terror." If you think about the ex changes at the White House meeting and Martin Luther King's subsequent comment, they will be seen to sum up all the main political aspects of one of the most painful and urgent problems the Unit ed States has ever faced, a IiHE President is of course rinhr in i . . --a--- nvuj auuui xne proposed Washington demon stration's being counter-productive. Anything that sug gests a Negro attemDt to In. timidate or bully the Congress will have the opposite of tha desired effect. By the same token. th President and Attorney Gen eral Robert Kennedy are of course right to be haunted by the nightmare already de scribed in a previous report in this space. If the Negro drive for equal rights sDilla over into excess, whether by intent or By accident, the moderate white opinion that nas thus far supported the Negro drive will quite sud denly turn sour, with the gravest Imaginable conse quences. Yet the Negro leaders are also quite obviously right, in their insistence that they could not stop now. even if they wished to do so. And they are also right when they point out that they have only got as far as they have got by going out of the courts of justice and taking their causa into the streets. . 'THE simple fact that both the President and the Ne gro leaders were entirely right, even though their dia logue about this matter verges on the impossible, in turn proves how delicate, danger ous, and urgent this matter now is. Right there is the central point. The Civil Rights Bill the President has now sent to Congress is quite unlike any of the similar measures of the past. It cannot safely be pal tered with, or filibustered out of existence, or compromised to the semi-vanishing point. as has happened to most ot its predecessors. By dealing with the new bill in this manner, in t h e existing climate of the Negro community, will invite some thing like a nationwide explo sion. If we are not "standing on the threshold of a new age," in fact, we are probably standing -on the brink of the worst domestic trouble this country has seen for many years. at The Ntgrat tho' "nut! ar cr.tting a bad image ef America with those li'l ela demonstrations Ain't join to be nobody res peel this here flagl"