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Newspaper Page Text""Everyone la Southern Onion Rcsdi Tlx Mill Tribune" published DsUy except Ssturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 13 North fit St, Ph.77-i-Ul ROBERT W RUHL. Editor HERB GREY Advertising Mensjer GERALD T LATHAMrBui Mr ERIC ALLEN JR, Mne. Edltof EARL H ADAMS. City Editor BARRY CHIFMAN. Teles Editor RICHARD JEWETT, Sport! Ed tor OLIVE STARCHEB Wonnri'l Edltoi DALE ERICK8QN. Circulation Mr An Independent Newspapel Entered second elass n,' Medford. Oregoa under Act 01 March 3, 1B97 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Br Mall In Advance Dally and Sunday 1 yaar 118.00 Dally and Sunday mm 10 00 Dallv and Sunday 3 moa. 900 Sunday Only One year 15.00 Slnfle Copy (Mailed! . J0o By Carrier And Motor Route Dally and Bunday 1 year 21-00 Daily and Sunday 1 ma L7 Sunday Only 1 mo. we Carrier and Vendors jopyJOo Official Paper of City of Medford nfflftal Paper of Jackson County United Press Internationa lull Leased Wire TJ. P. 1 Telephoto Newsplcluree "member of audit bureau Advertising RJ iresentatlye: TRTfl A, ASSOC1- NILSUH ku SSS".. i, Ni- York. Chi. cago. Detroit, San rrsnciscp, Los Angeles. Seattle. Portland Denver. NATION A I C0ITOI irAc6T,3' Member California Newspaper Publishers Association Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 yean ago. 10 YEARS AGO July 26. 19S3 (Sunday) Ashland will have's new post office building by March 1, 1954, local post office offi cials said Saturday. Results of an investigation of the circumstances of the death July 1 of Camp White member probably will be pre sented to Mayor Diamond L. Flynn tomorrow. 10 YEAR AGO July U. 1 (Monteyl Public invited to take part in "Organization Day" for Camp White hospital. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "A number of piscatorial enthu siasts caught messes of ftsn yes. on a Blue Professor fly and gasoline they saved out of four gallons a week." 30 YEARS AGO July 3' 133 (Wednesday) Surplus cats of city prove problem for humane society. School house at Buncom used for brewing of beer, state police discover. 40 YEARS AGO ' July 26, 1923 (Thursday) ' First three cars of Bartletts shipped east by Pinnacle com pany. Road to Diamond lake open ed to travel. SO YEARS AGO ' July 26, 1913 (Saturday) Governor West to arrive in Medford Sunday, Portland paper favors es tablishment of University of Southern Oregon at Medford. What's Your I.Q.? Nina or ten correct h superter; even er siifjM h escellent; five w tlx ll (04. 1. In what country ll Port-au-Prince? 2. In which State Is Shenan doah National Park located? 3. What la the 4th Com mandment? 4. What sort of research goes on at Hanford, Wash.? 5. On which Japanese city was the second atomic bomb dropped in 1645? 6. Correct the following: "MX and two make eight." 7. Is red alder a toft wood, or a hard wood? 8. How often is a census of population taken In the U. S.? 8. With what Industry In the U. S. do you associate the names of Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick? 10. All ocean currents north of the equator go clockwise; do those south of the equator go the same or counterclock wise? Answers: 1. Haiti. 2. Vir glnla. 3. Honor thy father and thy Mother. 4. Atomic. 5. Nag asakU 6. . . makes eight, 7. Hard. I. Every ten years, ; t. Steel. 10. Counterclockwise, rfj&L VHIWf MM! W8rWilHIM FRIDAY. JULY It. 1963 The Ends of Government What are the uses, the functions, the ends, the proper aims of government? The question is an eternal one, and has been debated since man forst joined family to fam ily and the need arose for an ordered society. The form of government alters to fit differ ing situations and differing needs. It has varied from the most absolute and tyrannical monar chies and dictatorships to permissive near-anarchy. . Today, at least in what we know as western civilization, the debate increasingly centers on how far government should go in controlling the actions of its citizens; how to achieve liberty with order; law with freedom; individual rights with the common good. e "NE of the most commonly heard comments, usually attributed to Thomas Jefferson but in standard reference works assigned to Emer son, is the saying that have, the better. Carried to its logical conclusion this would mean that the best government is no government at all, which is plain silly. But the saying does imply that government of So the valid question is, what are its proper ends? Lord Macaulay said, "This is the best gov ernment which desires to make the people happy, and knows how to make Senator Rufus Choat, a contemporary of Lord Macaulay's, said, ment is not to exert restraint but to do good. THESE were admirable , i ! l 1.1 in me iirst, nau ui me ivui ueniuiy, aim it main so today. But what Federal Judge Thomas J. MacBnde of Sac- ramento, in a recent graduation address, voiced this caveat: "I must ask you graduates to accept one premise, and It la this: That as you leave this school you are entering - a world of labor, of business, the professions, civil serv ice, the sciences, or even more education, all of which is being regulated more and more by government and . will in the future be regulated by government in ever increasing degree. "This is so regradless of which political party must be dominating the city council or the Congress of the ' United States, and no matter who is in control in Mos cow, Brasilia or New Delhi. "As the population of this earth increases and its nat ural resources are consumed; as new nations of people become educated and sophisticated and demand their places in the sun and in trade and in political equality; as science and technology continue to give us a greater life span - then the peoples of this nation and this earth are going to need more and more help from their re spective governments to make possible a living together In productive and enlightened harmony." e e A PLEASING prospect? Havdlv. . . " But Judge MacBride making his prediction stantiated by the record WJien America was with "unlimited" natural was, and could be, a minor matter in the lives of most men. A sheriff, legislative assembly, and a President and Congress ernment anyone wanted or But as the land became settled, as neigh bor became closer to neighbor, as settlements grew to villages, villages to towns, towns to cit ies, and cities to huge, sprawling metropolises, the need for more government for more laws, regulations, rules of behavior; for police and fire protection these grew likewise and sometimes disproportionately. DEOPLE, sadly, need to be protected in their rights and privileges from other people. And the more people there are, the more restrictive become the necessary rules and regulations. As populations grow, planning and zoning and building regulation; the need to protect natural resources and natu ral beauties; the need to reation; the need for schools and colleges; the need for streets and highways; the need for gar bage and sewer and water services, for utilities ; the need for assessors and tax collectors; the need for jails and prisons and juvenile detention homes; the need for mental hospitals; the need for agricultural experts ; the need for charity and welfare workers. Do we like it? No. Can we get along without it? No. esse MODERN industrial 1TA niaMvoA onrl intofrlniionrlont Men tnrlnv v- ll4awia HIIU iiiivi must depend on others And one of the most vital ed society. This means government. The fact that one out of every eight nation is on a public payroll a total of some 9.2 million last year this need. Too many? Perhaps. But it is a response to people's need for services which they can no longer, as m frontier days, perform for them selves. Lord Macaulay was over-optimistic in thinking that government knows how to make people happy. The best it can do is to provide conditions where the pursuit of happiness is possible. Senator Choat's ambition for government, to do good, is a laudable 8ary for government to restraints become needed. And, as Judge McBride warns, both the do- good function and the restraint function of gov ernment will increase, long as civilization continues to crow more com plex and so long as more late me earm. Cj.a. "The less government we some sort is a necessity, them happy. "The final end of govern and laudable sentiments iriiL r i s lies ahead? is on sound ground in ground which is sub, of history. a sparsely settled Jand, resources, government a judge, a governor, a in far-off Washington this was all the gov needed. so grows the need for provide space and rec society is complex, spe- iv jJviiMviiui 4 1 a. v a a vw,e.o(y for most of their needs needs is for an order employed persons in the is a direct outgrowth of one. But it is also neccs exercise restraints when rather than decrease, so and more people popu "At I Wa Saying, the Administration Has Failed To Take a Bold, Fearless Stand " Communications Letters to the Editor must certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication Is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves lha 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 the paper; in fact the contrary is often the case. Thanks To the Editor: Dear Friends and Neighbors: We would like to express our gratefulness to all of you for everything you have done since we lost almost every thing In our recent fire. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Elmer and Joy Baker and family Eagle Point, Ore. Someone Explain To the Editor: I've just heard a very interesting story from a friend who is afraid for her own children. Seems a child on her street was run over by some teen-agers in a car. The teen-agers left the scene of the accident betore the police came to investigate. When the police finally did come they were not very help ful. What I'd like to know is why these kids in cars are al lowed to squirrel around in the residential area where very small children are. This particular child was also on her own property when hit. Now would someone kindly explain this situation so I wouldn't be so mad? Mrs. R. S. Ashcnberner 12D4 Corona ave. Medford. Prophecy Fulfilled To the Editor: Having con sidered a few of the changes to occur in the body and elec tronic structure of man as he journeys through the Aquar ian magnetic field, let us turn our attention to other Interest ing changes to take place. Notable advances will be made In religious philosophy and science, and these two will become a great deal more compatible than they have been heretofore. Art, litera ture, music, architecture, In dustry, farming, rural and city life, education and the methods of learning, modes of transportation and communication-all will undergo vast changes as will every field of man's endeavor, due to the higher vibrational frequency of the New Ago of Enlighten ment. I will not go into these at length, but you will be pleased to know that free energy from the ethers will replace present day fuels, and air pollution will be a condition of the past. Had certain "big business boys" not seen fit to blow up the laboratory of Nikola Tesla several years ago, this advant age would already have been ours to enjoy. By the use of certain elec tronic rays, foods will be grown under snow and on the desert, then ripened and pre served without the aid of re. frigoration as it is now known. Crops will even be raised and harvested in the sea. Certainly hunger, too, shall be relegated to the past. At this time the Golden Age docs not appear to be too "golden." There is always great turmoil when our Earth leaves one magnetic field to enter another of a different vibratory rate; the "rains'" of all the inter-relatcd cosmic powers constituting the field fall on all alike, so all of Earth and Its Inhabitants are exper iencing the quickening influ ence of the Aquarian frequen cy. This could be confusing enough to many of us, but being still on the cusp of the Piscean Age, we are exper iencing the slower frequency of that field of expression as well. We are going through a house-cleaning stage: evil, as sisted by nature, must destroy itself, the destructive, non progressive elements are be ing swept away to more suit able quarters for them, that MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON in wA-ttiTaw tvr bear the name and address of the constructive, progessive and peaceful ones may inherit the glorious New Earth. This is the age when the prophecy, and the Earth shall be filled with the Glory of God, as the waters cover the sea," is to be fulfilled! Louise Wopschall Route 1, Box 408 Eagle Point, Ore. Can't Forget To the Editor: I have tried to find out when the Kansas day picnic will be held and where, so far no luck. But I would like to dedicate this poem to all Kansas Jayhawk ers who now live in our beautiful Oregon. KANSAS Out on the prairie of Western Kansas Once a tree you'd seldom see, Then the pioneers planted them They needed shade, 'twas tnelr plea. well they planted ' groves and hedges To give shade in the heat of day. Along the fence and pasture edge The Honey-Locust tree held sway. They withstood the blistering heat And the winters freezing cold, Their pea like blossoms were so sweet, But their thorns grew long and bold. Hedge-row or windbreak, which ever you please It has sheltered many a beast and man, In its shade they can relax with ease Their branches seem to act as a fan Raised rapidly did the black clouds. Quietly, Miss Lightning sends her message. But, Thunder roars his aloud. Then Rain and Hail becomes outraged. Blizzards howl, as only a blizzard can, But the trees stood tall and as one, To shelter a lost horse or a man, From the cold or the heat of the sun. You can see as far as the eye can look Rolling hills and shallow stream, A campfire with a cowboy as a cook Enjoying this country, so it seems. Have you viewed her fields of golden grain Where heads of grain and sun had met, And fields of waving wheat of sugar cane? It's a memory you cannot forget. Mabel Harmon, 1035 Cherry st., Medford Rockefeller's Articles To the Editor: Regarding Governor Rockefeller's six articles which he set forth recently, we must admit they embody some good ideas. They are very good. In fact they arc so good that they were included, by word or Infer ence, in the Declaration of In dependence andor the Con stitution of the United States. Thanks to the Governor for railing our attention to them. But 1 see nothing new or original in his statements. Any sensible American c i 1 1 1 e n should be able to accept, ap prove and support these tr- N Congress at Standstill; Wilson Loss of Sam Rayburn and LB. By LYLE C. WILSON United Press International It is President Kennedy's bad luck that Sam Rayburn died and that it was deemed necessary to p u t Lyndon B. Johnson on the 1960 Dem ocratic presi dential ticket to hold the Deep South. " M r. Sam' and Johnson were congres sional leaders who knew how to lead. That cannot be said of the leader ship of the 88th Congress. The Democratic party enjoys ma jorities in the House and Sen ate, Democrat chair tne com mittees, occupy the seats of power. The President in the White House is a Democrat. With all of that going for the New Frontier, the Ken nedy administration is unable to move its legislative pro gram. The U. S. Congress does not function much beyond tne routine of convene-recess-con- the writer, although under tides of Faith. However, if the Governor had acknowl edged their sources instead of letting it appear they were his own ideas it would have been more becoming him. But, unfortunately, modesty does not appear to be one of the Governor's outstanding vir tues. When a man's conscience begins to stir, two roads are open to him. He may repent and confess his sins, or he may take the human way and say, "Look at Tom Jones, he is a worse sinner than I am." It is obvious that Mr. Nel son Rockefeller senses the fact that he has lost some status. He cannot confess and make restitution. And so, he points his finger at Conserva tives and cries, "Extremists, lunatic fringe, etc.," and hopes some of the tar will land on Senator Goldwater. That was the same kind of smear Kennedy urged Pat Brown to fling at Nixon. And Dick, as politicians some times do, opened his mouth and stuck both feet in. Wheth- Goldwater will do likewise remains to be seen. But Amer icans would better wake up. Regardless of labels, demand that we must have govern ment that is sane, sensible and sober. Otherwise Com munism will not bury us. We will do it ourselves as other nations have done it, via loose liquor, loose living and loose lucre. Those are the L's of destruction. Wouldn't that be an 'Ell of a destiny for America? L. G. Weaver 301 Haven st. Medford Hard Nut To the Editor: According to a report from Washington, the railroads declared them selves willing to carry on as is for another month in order to give the President and Congress time to work out a settlement. This the RR man agement is willing to do re gardless of the fact that they lose $30,000 in that time. (Their statement). If such be the case it should be worth while for Congress to tike over and nationalize the rail roads. In doing to taxes could be reduced for people who need relief and everybody would be happy. But when the question of na Uonal takeover of railroads comes up. there Is always a howl against it, the antis say ing It won't do to have gov ernment in business. So that is another hard nut to crack. John E. Ring 1049 West 11th St. Medford. Mora About Hospital To the Editor: More on the subject of a hospital at this domiciliary. David Frisch, P.O. Box 292, White City, Ore. -O- Dear Mr. Frisch: Thank you for your letter of July 9. I appreciate your continued interest in the establishment of medical facilities at the Camp White Domiciliary. I intend to continue to do what I can to convince the Veterans Administration of the need for this service. Robert B. Duncan, Member of Congress, Washington, D C. P.S. Enclosed is a copy of further correspondence with the V.A. It is obvious that a long battle lies ahead. -O- Dear Mr. Duncan: This is in reply to your letter of May 28, 1963 commenting further on the question of a hospital at White City, Ore gon. It is true that the build ings at White City have been ssssaTL- vene - recess again, more a vegetable than a living organ ism of government. The President has complica ted more than simplified the leadershin Droblems of his legislative agents. For exam ple: There are at this moment before Congress three major Kennedy proposals, each with an A-l priority. They are: tax reduction and reform, civil rights and railroad strike leg islation. This is the seventh month of the 88th Congress. All but two of the routine appropria tion bills await action. Fewer than half a dozen major bills of any kind have been enact ed in this first seven months. The President recently re ported himself content that he had got the country to moving again. If so, it is time ne turn ed his attention to the Demo cratic 88th Congress. No economy nor system of government nor political ad ministration can long endure an absolute stagnation of pub lic business. If Republicans would knock off fighting among themselves long enough to consider the stagna tion now prevailing, they might discover the delights of Strictly Personal By Sydney (cl Field Enterprises. Inc. NO SOLUTIONS There are some problems that have no solutions. Being by nature and background an almost in curably opti mistic people, we Americans do not like to admit this may be the case, and we struggle against it furi ously. Consi- Harn der the run ning argument over the sub ject of divorce: is it better for the children if hostile parents stay together, or if they sepa rate? There is absolutely no answer to this question. Those who oppose breaking up marriages can point to a wealth of evidence indicating well maintained. However, they are of interior frame construction with brick ve. neer and do not meet safety standards for hospital care. Our experience has been that it is economically unfeasible to alter such buildings to pro vide modern hospital care. The small medical and sur gical service which has been established at Roseburg pri marily serves the needs of the psychiatric patients, but may also be utilized for emer gency admissions from the surrounding areas. The cost of establishing1 and operating such a unit in a 654-bed hos pital complex is far less than the establishment and opera tion of a complete hospital. We recognize that addition al facilities would be needed in many areas if all eligible applicants for hospitalization were to be provided care. However, the statutes provide for hospital care for non-serv ice connected veterans only within the limits of Veterans Administration facilities. In 1959 the President established a ceiling of 125.000 beds as the limit of Veterans Ad ministration facilities. Our planning for hospital beds must, therefore, be based on the most equitable distribu tion possible within this limit. Joseph H. McNinch, Chief Medical Director, Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C. Alcoa Defends Component Prices Plttsburgh-mPT-Thc Alumi num Co. of America has term ed "unjustified'' a charge by the General Accounting Of fice that Alcoa's prices for atomic reactor components were "unreasonably high in relation to previous cost ex perience." The charge appared in a GAO report to Congress. "The GAO portrayal of Alcoa as a sole-source sup plier charging unreasonably high prices is conmpletely un justified," Lawrence Litch field Jr., Alcoa's board chair man, said. The charge stemmed from Alcoa's dealings with E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. which used the parts at the Atomic Energy Commission installation in Savannah Riv er. Ga. "All orders were obtained by bids submitted in the be lief that competition existed." Litchfield said. "Alcoa did not act with the knowledge that it was the only supplier cap able of producing the requir ed parts." lining up together to fight the Democrats. Republicans should be the last to forget that a lost and hopeless cause produced a political miracle in 1948 when Harry S. Truman directed his presidential campaign exclu sively against the Republican 80th Congress. HST called the 80th the worst. On its record so far, HST might want to revise his estimate in favor of the 88th Congress. This session probably will continue through Thanksgiv ing to Christmas. President Kennedy made an effective 1960 campaign complaint that President Eisenhower had failed to provide the nation with leadership. That invites attention now to the situation in Congress where the Demo cratic leadership does not lead and the Democratic ma jorities reject the leadership of President Kennedy. This situation, of course, will change considerably in the final weeks of this session. Then there will be a hurri cane of legislative activity. Congress will be on a day and - evening schedule to en act vital legislation. This will be accomplished by short J. Harris that the children of broken homes are often in trouble, psychically, socially and aca demically. There is no doubt that a child with only one parent is severely handicap ped in growing up. e Those who take the oppo site view point out that it is healthier for a child to grow up with one parent than in a bitter and wran gling atmosphere, in which the child often becomes an emotional pawn between the parents and suffers life long scars. Neither side can ever convince the other, be cause there is no solution for a bad marriage: staying together is terrible for lha children, and so is break ing up. There is only a choice of evils. Every well, says the opti mist, but there must be a lesser evil: we can surely make some rational esti mate of what is less bad for the children. And that wa will choose. The doctrine of the "less er evil" is one that has be guiled mankind since lha beginning of time, and its pursuit has always proved a will-o'-the-wisp. Lesser evils have a way of turning out to be as bad as the greater evil, if not worse. Where human beings are concerned, there is no cal culus of probabilities for the future. The fact is that mistakes must be paid for, and when children are involved, they are paid for by the children. This is what the Book means when it says, "The parents eat sour grapes, and the chil dren's teeth are sot on edge.' In a bad marriage, whatever one docs is wrong. We are realistic enough or grown-up enough to under stand or accept the bargains we have to strike with life. We think of life primarily in terms of "problems" and "so lutions" - but much of life is simply a predicament with out a truly satisfactory way out. Man has been defined as "the problem - solving ani mal." But he is also the problem-creating animal, with a capacity for devising prob lems that he cannot solve. Unless we begin to compre hend the self-defeating nature of many of our activities, we will think we are finding solutions when we are only changing the symptoms of our malaise. "Sellouts!" Mourns Johnson cuts, half - baked debate and consideration. Emerging is likely to be a great deal of ill - considered legislation. That is the environment, for example, in which the Senate probably will be com pelled to consider the test ban treaty now in the works in Moscow. The session - end leg. islative traffic jam will not permit time for intelligent consideration of a test ban treaty although the fate of the humaan race may be writ ten between the lines of that document. Too bad Lvndon and Mr. Sam can't take over again. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS You may have noted ihf all over the country politici ans are out on limbs. In Mi ami Beach, for example, where the governors of our 50 states assembled in con vention to consider: 1. The problems of the na. tion. Z. The problems of the) states they represent. S. Ttieir own personal prob lems. OF THESE, No. 3 is the most imnnrlant o,n.ninll.. , - . . .. wo(jv,diijf m the Republican governors. At this moment in history, no body knows whom the Repub lican party will choose to be its standard bearer in . tha Presidential race next year. oo - If some Republican govpr. nor could just come up at Mi ami Beach with a diamond. studded proposal that would sweep the governors conven tion off its feet and go on to sweep the country like a prai rie ure, ne would nave it made. rpHE situation at Miami - Beach this year is a good deal like the situation at Chi cago back in 1896, when tha Democrats were similarly un certain as to whom to nonV nate as their candidate for President and William Jen nings Bryan came up with his famous speech in which he said: "You shall not crucify mankind on a cross of gold." The speech won him tha Democratic nomination for President. IF SOME Republican gover nor could just hit the jack pot at Miami Beach like Bry an hit it at Chicago 67 years ago, he'd have it made. It's little wonder they're all giving their best. The prize at stake is a big one. POLITICS these days is full of problems. They have one down at Fres no, where the Western Sun bathing Association is holding its annual convention at tha Calyptus Grove nudist camp near Fresno. rpHEY'RE looking for a speaker. But the prospects are all shy. The Mayor of Fresno - who, the reporters say, seldom turns down an opportunity to make a speech - begs off. "I'm no prude," he says, "but I honestly don't think I could do it justice." Everybody else seems to feel the same way about it. rTHE chairman of the con- vention, a Mr. Howard Lane, says: "We have run into this kind of problem before. Civic leaders are just too sen sitive." He adds: "I've thought of asking tha Fresno convention bureau for help, but I suppose that's out loo. One of our agency's prin cipal functions during a con vention is to have pretty young women fill out nama cards and PIN THEM ON DELEGATES. That, you know, can be a painful pro cedure." PROBLEMS. Problems everywhere. It's a weird world we'r living in.