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P 1 Telephoto Newspjcturea "MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU" OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising RJresenUUve: NELSON ROBERTS 4 ASSOCI ATES Of'lcea In New York. Chi cago. Detroit. San Francisco. Los Angelea. Seattle. Portland Denver. NATION At tOITOIIIAl Memner California Newspaper PubUiheri Association Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from tne files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and SO yean ago. 10 YEARS AGO Dec. 13. 1953 (Sunday) Four articles in the November issue ot Oregon Educational Journal written by Jackson County teachers; (our contrib utors were Giles Green, Ash land High; H. Bruce Mclzgcr, Oak Grove School; Mrs. Maxine Smith, Medford Junior High School, and Alva W. Graham, Southern Oregon College. 20 YEARS AGO Dec. 13, 1943 (Monday) Featured sneakers at Mediord Toastmasters meeting include Frank B. Gray and Roy Harri son; Dr. A. A. Soule presides after President George Buchan an opens the session. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "The cold weather of the past few days has caused English spar rows hereabouts to puff up like they had been appointed to a minor federal job." 30 YEARS AGO Dec. 13, IMS (Wcdncsdny) Survey for highway over the Siskiyous ordered for section between summit and state line; Von dcr Hcllcn and Piorson hold contract or unit between Neil and Wall Creeks. 40 YEARS AGO Dec. 13, 1923 (Thursday) Professor 1. E. Vining, Ash land, escapes dcalh in auto aeci dent while en route home after speaking before Medford Cham ber of Commerce. Peonage charges filed with California state immigration board against Rogue Valley rancher. SO YEARS AGO Dec. 13, 1913 (Saturday) 3. W. Slingcr sells Little Butte ranch to Tom Farlow of Lake Creek for $18,000. Professor P. J. O'Gar'a named forest pathologist for the de partment of agriculture in the Medford district. What's Your I.Q.? Hint or fen correct It superior; even oi sight Is excellent; live or til it good. 1. What is the largest port in South America? 2. What city of the world has the largest population? 3. Who wrote "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"? 4. By population docs Berlin (combined East and West) more closely equal the population of New York, Los Angeles, or Chi cago? 5. In the history of American musical composition, who was known as the march King? 6. What strait is at the tip of South America? 7. Do most varieties of sharks lay eggs, or give birth to com plctcly formed young? 8. Christopher Columbus ob tained financing for Ins initial voyage to the new world from whom? 9. Argentina Gauchos most nearly parallel American c ? 10. Cenlcrboard, outrigger, . booms and forcstays arc all parts of what? Answers: 1. Buenos Aires. 2. Tokyo, 3. Washington Irving. 4. Chicago. 5. John Philip Sousa. . MagrlAin. 7. (live birth to completely formed young. 8. (fueen Isabella of Spain. 0. Cow boys. 10, Boats, 4 A ViN(frUitllHI$ jJ-AlSOCIATION DECEMBER I.I, IWJ Unanswered Question In Woodland, Ga., a principal of an elemen tary school faced the task of informing his stu dents of the assassination of the President of the United States. When he did so, some of them cheered and laughed. The principal, shocked at such disre spect both for the office and for the solemn occasion, admonished the students. ' For this he was criticized by PTA groups the parents of the children whose homes were the soil in which such utter callousness grew up. The principal quit his job. IN DALLAS, Tex., a school teacher, grieving for the President and ashamed of the attitudes of her own city, wrote a letter to Time magazine, telling of her shame in the "political climate" and the mood of repression in Dallas. The letter was printed. She was suspended from her job. (She later was reinstated but the fact that she was suspended at all is blister ing evidence that she was right when she wrote the letter.) Also in Dallas, a Methodist minister similarly condemned the city for its miasma of hate and fear, and students for cheering the assassination news. He had so many threats that police had to set a guard at his house. e THESE are only symptoms. Probably they are arvnif-nl pvpn in thp Smith But they are symptoms of a creeping illness which is endemic in many parts of the nation. It has cropped up in our own pleasant and friendly southern Oregon communities from time to time. Usually it is a period these strains of sick hatred to the surface. The Ku Klux Klan rode high in Oregon in the 20s. The Good Government Congress came close to destroying orderly government in the 30s, The John Birchers and similar types have spewed forth their venom in more recent years. CARL WARREN, Chief Justice of the United States, a frequent target of the hate-every-body fanatics, is a great, good, and kindly man who certainly will rank among oui great jurists, despite the ignoramus attacks. He has more reason than most to be aware of the vitriol which has entered the body politic. In eulogizing the late tice Warren said: ". . . If we really love this country, if we truly love jus tice and mercy, if we f rvcntly want to make this nation better for those who are to follow us, we can at least ab jure the hatred that consumes people, the false accusa tions that divide us, and the bitterness that begets vio lence. "Is it too much to hope that the martyrdom of our be loved President might even soften the hearts of those who would themselves recoil from assassination, but who do not shrink from spreading the venom which kindles thoughts of It in others?" We can only await the answer hopefully. -E. A. The Presidential Succession John W. McCormack, speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives, will be 72 years of age a week from Saturday. He has been a mem ber of the house, representing a Massachusetts district, since 19zs. Should President Johnson die within the next year, McCormack would become President. Next in line after him is Carl Hayden, S(i, Presi dent pro tern of the Senate, then, in order, would come members of the Cabinet, starting with the Secretary of State, but excluding the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. This line of succession was established in 1947. Prior to that, the directly after the Vice President in the line of succession. The Speaker and President pro tern were inserted on the theory that elected officials should have priority over appointed officials. 'TWERE is, justifiably, considerable concern 1 being voiced now, partly due to the age of both McCormack and Hayden, and partly clue to the fact that neither is considered to be of Presidential caliber. (As a practical matter, the line of succession would stop with the Speaker of the House, inas much as a new Speaker would be elected soon after the accession of the former one.) Suggestions have been made that the line of succession be returned to that in effect before 1 D-17. But there is some doubt that the Congress would do this, considering that it might be taken as a personal affront by McCormack. rpilERE is a fallacy in the "elected rather than appointed" theory as to the succession. The Speaker is elected to Congress by a tiny segment of the population of the nation, and his election to the Speakership is by a vote of the majority party membership. So his election could hardly be construed as representing nationwide senti ment. An appointed official, however, such as the Secretary of State, is far more apt to be of the deceased President's political coloration, and more experienced in the problems of the execu tive branch of government. Too, in miming Cabinet officers, Presidents get the very best men they can find. It is more likely that a Cabinet member would be a more effective, and really a more representative, Presi dent than one who, through the accidents of seniority and Congressional politicking, had be come Speaker. Meanwhile, let us all wish health and long life for President Johnson. E. A. of stress which brings President, Chief Jus Cabinet members were "Hey Pop, You Are Really Jl Strictly Personal By Sidney J. Harris (c) Field Enterprises. Inc. INDIANS AND TULIPS Not long ago, I was seated across the dinner table from a Dutch businessman who had recently arrived from the Nether lands on his first visit to this country. We were chatting about vacation spots, and when I told him that I spent my vacations in northern Wisconsin, he asked me if it was worth his driving up there to see some Indian tribes. "Well," I said, "the only Indian I know up there runs the popcorn machine at the local drive-in movie, and fixes TV sets in his spare time. There's also an Indian trading post up there, where you can uiy ceramic ashtrays made in Japan in the shape of a tomahawk." He seemed disappointed at this bleak information, and so I asked him gently, "Tell me, when Americans arrive in Holland for the first time, what do they ask for and what do they expect to see?" "Ah."' he said, "it is depressing how little they know of us. They look for windmills, wooden shoes, and tulips. Some times tlicy even expect to see the little boy with his finger si 111 In the dike!" "And this is not what Holland is like?" I prompted. He regarded me with ill-disguised contempt. "Certainly not," he sputtered. "It is a fable of long ago, and a liud joke to the Dutch people, who arc among the most modern and progressive in the world. But, of course, all the Americans know arc the pretty pictures of Dutch costumes in their children's coloring books. They have some anllquc image in their minds, and arc often disappointed when the reality is nothing like the image." "Now you know how we feel," I said, "when visitors come to America looking for Indians and buffalo hunts or when (hey come lo Chicago and ask (o be taken (o sec (he gangsters. I have lived in the heart of the city for 40 years, for 25 years v of (hem as a newspaperman and not once have 1 seen a gangster performing his feats." "But the reputation your city has," he insisted. "It's the same as your wooden shoes," I replied. "We have no more crime than any oilier big American city, but we're the victims of our repu tation. If a visitor is robbed in St. Paul, he regards it as an accident, or an act of fate; if he is robbed in Chicago, it becomes a scundal, and he goes back home convinced that everything said about the city is true." "So everywhere it is the same," he shrugged. "About other lands, we all live in the past." I nodded, and passed him a piece ot Danish pastry. "Have a slice," I said. "They've never heard of it in Denmark." In the Day's News By FRANK JtNKINS The news at this moment in history? It has some interesting angles. M 'i ,s m lrouble' , Huge as his country is, it isn't producing as much food as his people need lo Keep mem happy. In particular, it isn't producing enough wheat to pro - , ., . ,. ,,,, , . .,i, vide them with as much biead as they want and need. As everyone is aware, l;c has been buvina wheat wherever he M lv hanric .m ii lln has been having some trouble fi-1 nancing his wheat purchases. j WHAT'S wrong? ' Mr. Kroosh lays the hbme on a bad growing season. Rut the real trouble seems lo lie i deeper than Ihat. The soil is Ihin. It needs vast quantities of chemical fertilizer. To get the necessary amount of fertilizer, I he's going to have to spend I wimwhflrp in th nii'hhnrhrwwl of 42 billion rublies (about $-16 billion) to build the chemical plants ncded to produce the fer tilizer he must have to make his : land produce enouah food to keep his tHHiple contented with I communism rpilAT suggests this thought: Can he finance all this as well as nuclear weapons and space travel along with all the tilings his people are going to want to keep them happy'' i Anil j If he doesn't give his people ' what they w ant, can he hold j their confidence'.' And if he j can't hold their confidence, what I WILL he do? He ran i put a sol jdier to watch each peasant. I'IMIAT would take too many - soldiers. And the soldiers i also are going to want a ,it of things Ihat the people of kite West have. History tolls him I Ihat if he can't provide the MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHU. Think CigareU Dangerous?" 1 things his people want, he' going to face BAD trouble. I WHAT to do about it? ii FORGET all this communist I T hogwash. Communism never has provided the people with u ... i f .me inings mcy i. j Start with your farmers. They ! Provide the food your people must have to keep them nappv G,w Mch Russja; famef 0Wj pjoce f nnd. Let him work it as he pleases. Let him KEEP WHAT HE MAKES. The first thing you know your farmers will be producing all the food your people need. We learned Ihat trick at James town and Plymouth. It WORKS'. Communism DOESN'T work. "Heavens, there are only a fen dus Irll III 'politu va vusual' under Ihe moratorium on politics!" OREGON Soviet Army To Leave Hungary; Story Recalls Bitter Days of Seven Years Ago PHIL NEWSOM UP1 Foreign News Analyst UI'I Foreign News Analyst "The Soviet army, which crushed the Hungarian revolu tion seven years ago, plans to leave Hungary in the next few months, diplomatic sources said ' today. UPI news dispatch from Moscow. It was 8 o'clock in the morn- ing on Nov. 4, 1956. and over Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and addres; 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. Letter submitted tor publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of tr paper, in fact the contrary it often the case. Rales a Paragraph To the Editor: Disaster is big news, rates banner headlines: Hurricane Flora in Haiti, earth quake in Iran, dam breaks in Italy. Within 24 hours, the mail begins bringing checks, bills, money orders to CAKE, with one directive: Help! Hunger is a quieter calamity; it doesn't hit Page One. But it kills just as surely, if more slowly, with the added tortures of despair and disease for mil lions around the world. This, I hope you'll agree, rates a paragraph, including the fact that we'll deliver an average of 27 pounds of food overseas for every SI your readers sent to the CARE Food Crusade, New York, N. Y. 10016. (There is no zippier code than that for speeding aid to the wifh nv ihanK anH hi I wishes for the Holiday Season ..... j ishps fnr thp Hnhf av Season, Sam Kaufman for CARE fiBO First Ave. New York 16, N. Y Kind People To the Editor: I would like to take advantage of this column to thank some very kind people that went out of their way to catch a stray horse. There aren't very many people that will take a lot of time and energy to catch some one's stray animal, especially when they both have no idea to whom it belongs. Mr. George Mcune from the X , ,u B k T a woman wrote an article for , Wi HwlshrrV'h0 UT " Comm"ns in the Med Bullock Rd., caught my horse ; ford Maj, Trjb (h , for me and not having any idea , a m(,mb f (h , b h' who the owner was took care mici,ij fi " , of him as if he was their own. : d. feel a great urge tin. i t i . i .u t answer n a sour strain. In When I found out where the , ,h (j , the Security teeS,rlC.,,"P m " I Benefit club of Medford has i. i ' l;,r. m To-iri iJnotnl"S ' do with ,1 .......... ..... , know that in this big world where so many tragic things happen. Ihat you will find won derful people like these two men, that will restore a per son's faith in humanity. Thank you gentlemen, your kindness and thoughtfulness is deeply appreciated. Janice Haslcr HUM Crater Lake Hwy. Medford. Christmas Greetings! To the Editor: To all '"ends and neighbors we send , our . bcst 'shcs for a """7 I Christmas and a Happy New ',, " i f . ii greeting cards this year, and in the name of friendship and appreciation are donating I h c cost of cards and mailing to our Roque River Public Library. We feel that the purchase of new books for our library will be a more lasting Christmas greeting noi omy to you. our friends, but lo your friends and all who use this wonderful fa- inis ttoiuicriui la- cility with ,it, ; books of reference for our school ch.ldren and books I , Budapest Radio came the des- might have been would come I Hungarian military leaders perate cry: later. I meet with the Soviets to nego- "Help Hungary! ... Help us On that morning in the tiate withdrawal of Soviet .. .Help us!" tblasted streets of Budapest i troops. The Soviets arrest the Just before that had been the men, women and children i Hungarian leaders and launch playing of the Hungarian na-i hurled their home-made Molo-i their attack. It was the same tional anthem, and before that j tov cocktails beneath the treads ! treachery which had been an announcement by Premier ! of Russian tanks or threw i employed against Polish mili Imre Nagy. - j themselves bodily against tank tary leaders in 1945. Soviet troops attacked ; the Hungarian capital with the open purpose to overthrow the legal government," he said. "The Hungarian troops are in combat. . .This is announced to our people and to the world." The following days were a story of human courage raised ito incredible neignts. oi treacn- : ery compounded, and, in the West, a time of agonizing in- decision. The reappraisals and the harsh recriminations for what to instruct and entertain all of us. With love and best wishes The Ralph Smith familv (Ralph, Mary, Pat, Mike and Debbie) 8825 Rogue River Highway Grants Pass, Ore. A Better Life To the Editor: E.A.'s editorial, "The Oswalds Among Us," was thought provoking. Parents have the first respon sibility toward a child and many are incapable of that responsi bility, so part of the blame starts in the home. Society has its cliques, which often don't include the sby, hard-to-get-acquainted-with person. Everything has to come as easy as possible, including friends. . ' nav6 been taught many won- derfu essons bv being pitient, . . . . b and making triends with what some people would probably call an odd ball. Oswald's mother, so anxious, now that her responsibility has ended, to make restitution by writing a book pointing out the criminal character of her son's life, and in this crime bringing herself into the light, we can see where the pattern began. May we all live, and help oth ers to live, a better life. Mrs. Delbert Casey Route 1, Box 358 Central Point, Ore. Misjudged To the Editor: On Nov. 27, Central pn,nl,, J Point's dances excepting that a few members go there for exercise. I am a member of that club, though I did not attend the dance mentioned; I am familiar with their fine music and am glad Ihat writer stopped to lis ten to it, but sorry that little village got so ashamed of their own party. I am sure our ex President would have wanted them to carry on as scheduled. I think most of us shed tears at John Kennedy's passing, and I am sure he would be one of the first to say that this would be a belter world if scandal mongers were to. look into cir- : cumslances before judging oth- ers. Also. I am a meany and I hope our little lady gets asham ed all over again. Pearl F. Spackman, R.F.D. 1. Box 11, Rogue River, Ore. Wednesday's Child To the Editor: I would like to urge that persons interested in .l nrui.,m- . it w,' l , .,Wcdnesdav.s Cmld ,r wh,i'cmn' will be presented on Channel 5 Sunday, Dec. 15. at 3:30 p.m. right after the professional foot ball game. This is a provocative, un biased presentation of the prob lems, criticisms and benefits of the Aid lo Dependent Children program in Oregon. There are statements by bolh critics and W eaver merely meant to suggest ed for survival through the next defenders of public welfare in-1 that Washington would not have : billion years or so. and which eluded. H o w ever, the main surrendered his principles to ap-: presently does not exist, theme is illustrated by showing , pease Communism, or put im- ' Now that these gentlemen actual scenes in the personal ; plicit failh in the present Com-1 have had their fun. and given life of a young Oregon mother ; munist leaders in other words, ; me the familiar Communist who is receiving Aid to Depend- i ,ncrc are things we should be smear, I wonder if they would cut Children. i willing to die for. and we not anee to join me in studying Jackson Counlv Public I should not lot down our guard. ; out the serious and worthwhile Welfare Commission, j lf ln;d is a" that Mr. Weaver ; proposal of my letter, which is David J. Kuhns, really meant to convey, we are (this: Administrator, ! not in disagreement. He did ex-1 I'ow, if at all. in Ihe present Mediord j press himself quaintly, I think, sorry state of the world, can we, I approve the policies of all without appeasement and with- Congressman Duncan our recent Presidenis. Roose- out abject surrender, find a way To the Editor: Would you be velt. Trum.in (including Korea), of giving practical effect to the kind enough to allow me a little Eisenhower and Kennedy (in- admonition. "Love your enc space in your paper to say ! eluding the Cuban quarantine) mies, bless them that curse you, somelhing to the voters of the in try ing to hold Communism in and do all manner of good to Fourth District about Congress- j check until the threat of its tvr-. them w ho revile and persecute man Robert B. Duncan. ' anny has passed. These gentle- you." I would like this means to men have been conscientious In that direction. I think, lies express my appreciation tnt Mr. j and dedicated patriots, with.it the brotherhood of man. Duncan, and to tell the voters : exception j Clarence M. Crews that I feci very deep apprecia-l Mr. Shafer asserts that I seek 4706 N. Pacific Highway lion for the time and help he I to create an IMPRESSION of Central Point, Ore. portholes. It was an unarmed popula tion against 200.000 Soviet troops and four to five thou sand Soviet tanks, and before it was over more than 20,000 Hungarians were to die. These were some of the memories evoked by the dis- patch sent from Moscow seven ! years later. j This had been the sequence! of rapid-fire events: Oct. 27-28 Nagy announces i Soviets had agreed to immedi-demn the Israeli - Anglo ate withdrawal of Russian French invasion of Egypt, final- troops from Budapest and ne gotiations for withdrawal of troops from the whole of Hun gary. Oct. 29-30 Nagy ends single party rule, forms an all-party government and promises free elections. The new government includes Janos Kadar. Nov. 1 Nagy repudiates the Warsaw treaty and proclaims Hungary's neutrality. I Nov. 3 On this night, on a Soviet guaranty of security, I Hate Hatred or You'll Hate Yourself By Arthur Hoppe The Right Wing is furious at Mr. Earl Warren and so what else is new? But what they're especially furious about this time is Mr. Warren's blaming the President's assassination on some misguided wretcn wno was stirred up by "hate groups. Oh, the wrath of the Right Wing! How dare Mr. Warren make a snap judgment like that? Mr. Dean Manion, wbo is sort of their kindly old philoso pher, was particularly enraged. For, as he tnumpnaniiy poini ed out on his weekly radio broadcast from South Bend, the assassin wasn't a "misguided wretch" at all. He was "a Com munista Marxist and proud of it." Nor, cried Mr. Manion, was the assassination a plot by some "hate group." No, it was far more likely a plot by the Com munist Party. so graciously gave me in estab lishing my claim for disability under social security. I am a widow living alone; and, when my claim was reject ed, the only thing I could do for myself in a cast was write a letter. I solicited Mr. Dun can's help; and he, personally, looked into the matter and as sisted me greatly in getting the social security payments to which I knew I was entitled. We, the voters, want a Con gressman we can turn to with our personal problems. He has proven to me he will give them the consideration they merit. Our Congressman, Robert B. Duncan, has kept his word to the voters. I have no doubt the voters will keep him in Wash ington. When you need help, you can write to him not only as your Congressman, but as a friend, as if he were your next door neighbor just moved away. Virginia H. Nielsen, Route 2. Box 1714, Coos Bay, Ore. Coexistence To the Editor: The criticisms I of Messrs. Weaver and Shafer of I my letter of Dec. 1 are noted. I had answered in the affirma tive Mr. weavers question: "Can you imagine Washington fldvnralinp npapofii. rrwvi:tn- with Communism?." pointing out Ihat the alternative would be NUCLEAR war. I understood Air. weaver to oe demanding war with Russia. Mv dictionary defines "peace" as "absence or cessation of war." and it defines "war" as "a contest between nations. CARRIED ON BY FORCE AND WITH ARMS." When two or more persons live simultaneously they, of necessi ty, coexist. My critics say I have misin - terprcted the question that Mr. Nov. 4 josepn cardinal Mindzenty takes refuge in U.S. legation in Budapest (where he still remains). Soviets recog nize turn - coat government of Kadar. Nagy takes refuge in Yugoslav Embassy. It was on Nov. 22 that Nagy was tricked from the Yugoslav Embassy and June 17, 1958, that his executioners announced his dcatn. There were other far - reach- ing results. India, quick to con- ly came to realize the brutal ity of the Soviet attack on Hun gary. President Tito of Yugo slavia condemned the Soviet action as a "mistake" and a new period of coolness resulted between the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia. But more important, the heroism of the Hungarian free- dom fighters frightened tha Soviet leaders and did gain a relaxation of sorts for all of tha Soviet European satellites. Personally, though, it seems ! to me the Right Wing is making ! a pretty sweeping generalization j here. It's perfectly all right for Mr. Manion to defend the Com- munists. If he wants to. But to say tnat no Communist is "misguided wretch" is carrying things a little far. I'm sure there must be some misguided wretches in the Com munist Party. One or two at least. Any group of human be ings has its share. And you can't say Ihat just because a man's a Communist he isn't a i misguided wretch. That would be innocence by association. And that isn't the American way. On Ihe other hand, I do (eel Mr. Manion is on firmer ground when he distinguishes between the Communist Party and a "hate group." Of course, the Communist Party hates a lot of things: cap italism, the bourgeoisie, abstract art and Mr. Manion, to name a few. But all political organiza tions hate something of other. It's the main reason for them. And to call the Communist Par ty a "hate group" simply bs cause it hates a lot of things is, I agree, tarring with a pretty broad brush. So bully (or Mr. Manion. It takes gills to stand up in public and defend Ihe Communist Par ty these days. I just hope he isn't accused of being soft on Communism. Too often. Oh. I know what you're going to say. You're going to say I've got the whole thing backward. And Mr. Manion was really de fending himself. By claiming the assassin wasn't a member of one of Mr. Manion's Right Wing "hate groups." Which Mr. Man ion apparently feels are com posed solely of "misguided wretches." Well, maybe you're right. Yet, even so, you can't help but ad mire Mr. Manion for courage ously admitting he and his col leagues are all misguided wretches who belong to hate groups. It's certainly the height of healthy self-criticism. Oh, I can hear him now addressing the next Hang Earl Warren An nual Dinner: "Fellow misguided wretches of our wide-awake hate group . . ." So that makes Mr. Manion the nl' ma" ln hlslory 10 admlt ' nonosll.v he belongs to a hate i ?Luup' PP' n'c' ''Vc, fol'me!i The Verb-lhe-Noun Society.' You know, be intolerant of in tolerance, bigoted against big otry and love love. But above all, its going to be a hate group. well being which does not exist. On the contrary, my letter fully recognized the gravity of the present situation. I seek to help 1 to create a state of well beinff ; which will be desucratelv need-
