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Newspaper Page Text'Junior! The Editor's Corner By Charles V. Stanton o r i a t Pa a e 4 The Newt-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Letters To Readership studies reveal that I h e "Letters to the Editor" column is one of the most popular features in any newspaper. ' The nveraite reader may Klance only at headlines in much of the newspaper, if he is in a hurry, but it is seldom he will pass up letters written in by various correspondents. Newspapers seek to encourage public expression. They have various methods of printing letters and use differing forms. They are called "Readertorials," "The Mailbag," "The Public Forum," or, as is done by The News - Review, "Reader Opinions." These various headings are used to provide immediate identification of the column and to promote readership. The column often is chullenKing, in spiring, thought - provoking: sometimes irritating, trite, repetitious. Vet, it is the desire of every editor and publisher to use just as many of these expressions from the public as space will permit. A writer in the Eugene Register-Guard recently had a rather exhaustive "crit ique" of that newspaper's policies. The editor, this writer asserted should "check doubtful facts," refuse letters in which the "facts" might not be correct; should stop correcting spelling and gram mar; spare organizations from "unfound ed criticism," etc. It long has been the policy of The News Review to insist upon truth in "facts." The News - Review, however, has not attempted to curb "ideas." Ideas may differ, but facts are facts. A News-Review contributor to whom a letter once was returned because of obvious inaccuracy of facts, replied in a most hostile vein claiming that a writer was justified in such inaccuracy as a means of conveying an idea. The News Review seeks to avoid such distortion. Writers normally express appreciation for having an error of fact called to their attention. It also is the policy of The News-Review to correct spelling and grammar. People employed in the editorial de partment of The News-Review are train ed and experienced in their work. Words are their "tools." Not many of these re porters and editors would be qualified THE LIGHTER SIDE: IE Floral Method By DICK WEST WASHINGTON' (UPI) - .Most of us have a few nrolnnn frlnn,l icw proianc mentis whose language causes us to cringe or blush, depending on whether we are cringers or blush ers. If you have friends like that then you might be interested in a new swearing technique 1 heard about recently. 11 suggesls n wuy you can help your friends not only clean up their language but make it smell better as well. Under this method, the person whose use of swear winds gives you offense is persuaded lo sub stitute the names of flo'nsr' for the objectionable term.'. No Crudt Connotations The floral world simply abounds with innocent little appellations that can be used to form epithets that arc expressive and yet de void of crude connolatijns. The first step in the rehabilita tion of your foul-mouthed friends Is to coacli tnrm In exclaim "great jumping geraniums!" when thev are startled or amazed. If we can get them in the habit of exclaiming "great Jumping ger- uniunisl" the next sctp will be comparatively simple. The next step is to rhungc their naughty manner u( expressing astonishment. Itccommciided sub stitutes arc "Well, I'll be a fringed milkwort" and "Well, I'll be a double daisy." Will Establish Pattern iiy mis ume a pattern win nave: - " -- been established and they UlidV removed higher values which soon be registering exasperation ur disgust with "Oh. horse chest-1'"' nuts!" rather than something m.irn crailllir The second phase of botanical " announced further studies cursing is likely to be more dit would be made to work out the Iicult. however, for it Involves the'rest land valuation problem be namcs your friends call oilier poo-1 lon making future adjustments Die. Break them in gently by sug- JO i E. Main SI. Roivtxiro. Oftfion Ttlrpnont 'i-AWI EntArtd aft IKOOd claift mantr Uay f. al tnt poll oflk-f at Rovpbwrg, Oft 09n. urMHf acl ol March , ll'V Publiihtrt Dally Eicapl Sunday by NEWS-REVIEW PUBLtSHINO CO J. V. Brtnntr Pubiithar Tbo Naws-Ravlrw li a mambar of '" uoii Burrau oi Circulation' ana ina Oman ! haoripapor PuoiiMwrft Aiuxiat.on Upon completion nf the countv's come this opportunity to study the NaVrcJr tZmZ r""".;!'''""1, P"W". "ey fterc.tru.h. about the "House That' His, Buiw.no, San FranciKo, cam set at levels in line with the in-! Built." for their own personal in- ca-riar int? riL p o Bo.fi , cr,50d values of the other lour twin, si .7i moriihiTsi" i yaa'.'sjToe. i counties. i v mm - m onewi: i irwMh, uit ji The Unn County values will Xo'tT't Vn.' tJT'"w rnUK-i to the levels of moniM, snii t moritrn. sic so, i Si i. oo. The Editor And to handle a plow, repair an automobile, engage in plumbing, or run a locomotive. Hut the people who engage in farming, mechanics, trades, professions, or are just plain retired, are full of ideas. Often they would like to comment, expressing an idea or discussing a current subject, yet they feel inadequate in the use of words. So, just as editors are not familiar with the "tools" with which correspond ents may be expert, they feel the .respon sibility to use the "tools" with which they have developed ability on behalf of those concerned with writing a letter for for um use. The writer to the Eugene newspaper holds to the theory that the reader should be permitted to judge the educational level of the author by having the news paper print a letter exactly as received. While there may be cases in which the educational level of the writer is a fac tor deserving of consideration by t h c reader, most editors consider it unfair to permit grave errors in letters from writers honestly and sincerely seeking to convey an idea, even though such idea may differ from the newspaper's avowed policy. It is the policy of The News-Review to refuse letters addressed to specific in dividuals, deliberate "g r i p e" or "re vpnge" letters, letters in which individu als seek to place matters before the pub lic when such matters are correctly for adjudication by the courts, letters of ex treme length, or letters containing libel ous statements. Too, The News-Review demands that all letters must be signed by the name and mailing address of the writer. Anonymous letters are tossed in the wastebasket. , This would indicate that many letters are rejected. Such however, is not the case. Most writers show good taste in their letters. Only on rare occasion is it necessary to return a letter or to refuse publication for some reason. Although every newspaper often re ceives letters in which the spelling or grammar needs expert handling, every editor worth his salt finds value in the ideas of people and often from people who may perhaps be lacking in some of the higher refinements of n literary edu Profanity Suggested gosling that they should "take that, you dastardly dogbanel" -7 "-"",4 """ we lnso Tl . . ,, ,,,, way while remaining within the bounds of verbal propriety. Then Ihoy can work lip to "un hand me, you hybrid hyacinth!" or "don't get gay with me, you perennial pawpaw." When your friends arn in a pet because someone has done Ihein wrong, admonish tlicm to say "I wouldn't be caught dead talking to that hydroponic hydrangea." They likewise can gel their point across by denouncing their antagonists as a "Virginia creep er." lit you con indoctrinate your friends in the floral method of profanity, it won't be long before you can associate with them with out embarrassment, even In mixed company. But be sure tu warn them that when they call someone "A son of sea grape," smile. Tax Commission Retains Values For Timber Land SALEM (UPI) - Timber land vnllli 111 llnntun 1 mm I inn I'n. lumbia and Washington counties ! will remain the same as they i were in 192. j j The Stato Tax Commission Mon I ! ', valuation division had ordered. I decision came after three ' ?' of fc' finding hearings held . . Week. I nn the land vnliina in Vilni.n Oregon. i average memnrr to have heen Tax commissioners said while ' concerned about the advances of they believed the higher land al-i,m" Mi'ld Communist movement ues which were originallv ordered "ml ,llc 'lncrs of Communist would have been sustained in j subversion in this country. The court, enough doubt had been i John Birch Society has provided raised In the hearings to Justify : 'he only militant program of study the additional study ' : and action IhmuKh which the frits- Timber owners and forestry ex-: (rations of these people can be re ports bad strongly disputed the leased " proposed Increasrd land values. H the League of Women Voters In I. inn Countv the commission really wanted to understand the established forest land zones and values for the first time this vcar. " in previously reappraised I counties. TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1963 The Facts Reader Opinions League Should Welcome Opportunity For Debate To The Editor: Mr. Hamilton beat me to an swering the League of Women vot ers on their refusal to debate the U.N. Willi the Birchers. They say: "The purpose of the League is lo promote political re sponsibility through informed and active participation nf citizens in government." 1 would ask how can members of an organization he in formed enough to promote politi cal responsibility if they will not study both sides? They apparent ly must not study ns individuals, but do what they are told to do, and believe all that they are told by their national leaders. May 1 infer that they do not study the U.N. enough to know its sinister intentions In destroy our American Nationalism? May 1 quote from UNESCO Pub lication 365: "As long as the child breathes the poisoned air of na tionalism, education in world-mind-edness can produce only rather precarious results. As we have pointed out, it is frequently the family that infects the child with extreme nationalism." In simple languago (Ins means patriotism to ward our nation is fostered in our homes and this evil thing must be countered. UNESCO, I am sure everyone must know, is part of the U.N. The John Birohors have been called everything (by the Com munists and their fellow travel- lcl's. the misguided idealists), but i they do study both sides. They as I judgment against the estate of the individuals are not committed to'i,r, n imi .unnrintend - movement. partv. or idea by , H . .. - .:,. UV?lV,l.... .''"n 1 -) The California Legislature recent- concluded a thorough invesliga- lon of the John Birch Society in lifornia. In their report thev said "The John Birch Society is neither secret, Fascist, subver sive, un-American nor anti-Semi tic." They repudiate all the epi thets and added We have found problem instead of going along as lellow travelers they should wel- formation and the protection of the American way of life, for them- selves and their posterity. Stacy Adams itox Z7 Yonralla, Oregon 9 uiap LWL, By PHIL UPI Foreign NEWSOM News Analyst When France lost the battle for Indo-China with the fall of Dien i Bien I'hu in 1954, the guiding genius behind the Communist at tack was Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap. Giap, whose tactics gave new meaning to guerilla warfare, now is the defense minister of Com munist North Vietnam and chief strategist for the Communist Viet Cong in South Vietnam and the Communist I'athct Lao in Laos. Like Mao Tse-Tung, the Bed Chinese leader whose tactics he adopted and improved upon, Giap has set forth his theories of war in a book. "Guerilla warfare causes many difficulties ond losses lo the en emy and wears him out," Giap I writes. VTo annihilate , enemy manpower and liberate land, guerilla warfare has to change gradually to mobile warfare. The change is made, he says, when scattered bands of guerillas can be grouped for swift, hard hitting attacks over a set battlefield. Confirms Situation I ism for which the United Arthur Dnmen, a UPI veteran 1 States voted in November lMil. at reporting the war in Laos, I The resolution demanded inde says this is about what the silua-j pendence across the board cvery tio'n has become there today. I where except in the Soviet em The Geneva accord bv which it'p're of captive nations. The honed to turn Laos into a neutral slate, gave the Pathet ; Lao Guerillas armv status by recognizing that there were three armed forces in Laos, lite Pathet ; Lao, Iho royal rightist forces un der Gen. l'houmi Nosavan and the neutralist forces of Kong Le. In the past year, according to Dommen. it has been discovered .Y... .i, 'p,,ii,t' i nn nnssM armed ; ,... , finmift uitii ineir own suinu . fi-ln hnsnilals. In the . . strategic Plain ol Jars which piu-1 i,i. m mil onlv to South' Vietnam but to Cambodia anil well, they have Thailand as fought in unit strength up to a battalion, carrying relatively heavy weapons and working with radio equipment. G lap's advisors work right up with Pathet Lao forward units. In addition to training Pathet Court Reverses Judgment Against I. B. Hill Estate SALEM lUPlt The Oregon Su- preme Court has reversed a 59.808 cut of Oregon Kairview Home. The suit atjamst the estate had been brought by Pauline Eliza beth Jarrett. who charged Hill was negligent in giving a leave of absence to a patient who as saulted her. The court ruled that Multnomah ultnomah Alan K sHii's ; County Circuit Judge Davis didn't have jurisdiction enter a judgmrnt again estate. It noletl that only the legisla lure ran waive the slate's linmii- i nily and that an action against j an agency of the state is actually I one against the slate. The court I said Hill could only have been I held responsible as superintendent and not as an individual. The trial court should have dis missed the suit, the court ruled. In other action today, the court reprimanded Eugene attorney Eu gene l.. Venn lor improper con- "net. He was found to have cemtnu- nirated dtrectlv with an adverse party who was represented by counsel. Venn is a former Ijiic ; County district altoincy. Streamlined w r Guerilla Lao officers in North and building up local Vietnam military units., the Communists arc pro- ceeding rapidly with the indoc under trination of populations their control Concede Cold Fact In Laos' capital of Victiane, Western observers concede that a hard-core regiment of North Viet- namcse veterans of the Indochina i WASHINGTON WINDOW Afro-Asian Popularity Bid Appears To Be Losing U. S. By LYLE C. WILSON United Pnss International .' The United States seems to he withdrawing from the United Na tions popularity contest for the smiles and approval of the Afro Asians. The Afro Asians almost have owned the U.S. proxy in U.N. Assembly votes. There was that unbelievable l assembly resolution on colonial- vi-u - or - not aspect, oi mis resolution was in a paragraph slating thai inadequacy of poht- !'cal, economic, social or educa "onai preparedness snoulti never serve as a pretext for delaying independence." The United Stales voted for the astonishing proposition. It was for some lime the habit of the United Slates to vote against its NATO llllv Piii-liiii.il unci in - -, .r Port of Afro-Asian comp! complaints !lti:iincl PnrlHillincn i,n,,in! nli v. ,.- cy. But in December 1962. the United States balked at an Afro- j Asian - Soviet resolution propos ing punishment of Portugal. The I United States, thus, began lo with draw from a popularity contest i with the Soviet Union for the love 1 of African and Asian nations, some I of them but lately born and scarcc i ly measuring up to status as states. i Turn On Heat The Afro-Asian heat was turned on last month on South Africa at I a meeting in Geneva. Switzerland, of the U.N. -sponsored Interna tional Labor Organization. The Afro-Asians demanded expulsion of the South African delegation. U.S. Assistant Secretary of l,a- : bor George L. Weaver headed 'he u s. delegation. He liked the 1 Reneral idea and announced that he would urge the U.S. govern ment to seek the expulsion of South Africa from the United Na tions. This pop-off by an official of the Labor Department did con siderable violence to established policy aunougn no one : r j ft Jn oUaijS Token lrom the tilt US ,m D.i. rJ.UJr..."' inn, vti-vit ,: i.irc- u mr nunc popular resorts in the county over the weekend. A total of ISO rars was ferried across the stream. Twenty-two cars were lined un al one time Sunday evening. This heavy traftic proves the necessity of a bridge at Lone Bock in the near future 25 YEARS AGO July 1. IMI A study nf fish life in the North Umpqua River, Steamboat Creek and numerous tributaries in that area is lo be made soon. The ob- warrare war could sweep the Plain of Jars now if they wished. But by the end of the current rainy season or by May of 1904, the Pathet Lao may be ready for the job themselves, thus main taining the fiction of Laotians fighting for Laos. The Communist countries then might call for another interna tional conference to ratify the battlefield victory. seemed to notice. G. Munnen Williams, U.S. as sistant secretary of slate for Afri can affairs, repudiated Weaver, finally, in a statement made al Monrovia, Liberia, in which he said the United Stales would up- pose exclusion oi aouin Airica from the United Nations. .Meantime, there was a London I"" A uisiuitii iL-iwiMiit; mill u.o. is- sistant Secretary of State Harlan Cleveland had been talking witli British officials about colonial- i ism and the United Nations. 1 Cleveland and the British agreed ; that extremists had taken over the U.N. Special Committee on Col onialism and. further, that the committee's extremist alti- tude was hindering the emanci pation of colonial peoples. Would Resist Pressure More significantly. Cleveland .was said to have luld the 'British 1 that Hie United States would re ! sist the Afro - Asian pressure j group demands for exclusion of , l oruigai ana souin Airica lrom i "1L L niteti canons and oilier in- u-i iiiuiuuai ootucs. mnn tue unit ed States and Great Britain are members nf the Special Commit tee on Colonialism. Cleveland's conferences in London may lead lo resignation of both from committee membership. The American people have not been paying much attention to the United Nations as these de velopments came along. Cleve land's London talks attracted little attention. The Afro-Asian pres sure groups and their allies in the United Slates will know all aixiui it wnen ine assemhlv con venes next autumn. Look then for some political efforts in the Unit ed Mates to restore the U.S. proxy to the Afro-Asians. TOOK IT HARO LINCOLN, England (ITU - Employes of the Lincolnshire lload Car Co. went on strike (or two hours today in protest of the firing of bus timer Roy Baker Baker, 0o. killed himself last 1 week, five hours after losinp his ton. I Ljonc i of The Ntws-Reviiw if0' Vht T,'hU.? TT secies of fish life, the food diniiBuif, ana ine improvement m physical factors, such as spawn ing factors and natural barriers. 10 YEARS AGO July 14, K1 AFL retail clerks struck and picketed markets in Albany todav. Failure lo reach a pay agreement brought the strike on. The present hourly pay is $1.40 for men and SI JO for women and a 4S hour week. The union is asking $l 75 for both men and women and a 40 hour week. Dangerous Precedent Noted In Interim Study Financing W. 0. Kelsay, representative from Douglas County to the Oregon Legislature, has been made chairman of an interim nnmmittPfl named to study the Game Commission's policies I and practices. The Committee look into the use 01 game and acquisition, policing, ana other operations. In Hiithnrizimr this committee the Legislature, in my op- i inion, set up a most dangerous precedent in that it is tak j ing the cost of the interim studies from the game fund. The Legislature authorized seven i interim committees from among ! the 20 proposed in various legisla tive measures. It appropriated S127.500 for the work of six of these committees. The costs of the committee on Wildlife, however, must be paid from the Game Fund, rather than from the General Fund. If the Legislature starts the practice of financing committee junkets from dedicated funds, such action could be dangerous. While proponents of the inquiry say that non-dedicated funds will be used for the study, there is, in my opinion, an interesting techni cal question of whether the funds, even though coming from some source other than license fees, can not be qualified as "dedicated. If such classification could be made there then remains the question of I been wasted in paying for the com whether the Legislature has the j mittee's travel, rooms, meals and. legal right to use funds raised for I possibly for a considerable quan definite purposes. These purposes j tity of whiskey, do not include investigation. ; Members of the Committee on! Wildlife include, from the Senate: Glenn Huston (D) Linn Co: An-1 drew Natcrlin (D) Lincoln - Tula-1 mook: L. W. Newbry, (Ii), Jack-1 son. From the House: Russell Bonesteele (R) Marion; K. Cannon! (R) Bend, Deschutes, Jefferson: W. O. Kelsay (D) Douglas: Don1 Mclnnis (D) Union, Wallowa. J Perhaps I am being cynical but i it seems to me the money spent on interim committees is one of Oregon's big wastes of public funds. It is extremely seldom, as we look back on legislative history that an interim committee report ever gets to lust oase vvien u comes back lo inc legislature Time and again we have interim committees duplicating work that has been done many times before, but when the Legislature gets around lo the issues involved, the committee work goes for naught. The Committee on Wildlife was created more out of desperation Ih.m for anv legitimate reason, 1 ' believe. I The Oregon Game Commission j was subjected to a torrent of abuse at the Inst., session. Its policies came up for vigorous criticism. I The charge is made, a charge i that I have heard Irani good an j thol.itv but for which I lack proof, th..t lh .,nKC 0r ilc Game Com i mission started as a "campaign' 1 v interests seeking to destroy the commission's prestige Cor purposes : cmm ss on s nr 0r SBecial privilege. The criticism. nnrc started, urougni ready re- spouse from honest people v illi , honest disagreement with policy.: There also was a motive on the ; part of those objecting to increased licenses which the Game Commis-1 Resolution Will Oppose Force In Racial Struggle LINCOLN. Neb. (UPI) The an-' nual Governors' Conference will ' be asked next week to deplore the j use of phvsical torce by either ; i,i in the racial integration . snuggle, it was disclosed today. The disclosure came from Ne braska Gov. I'rank B. Morrison, chairman of the resolutions com mittee of the conference. The con ference opens in -Miami Beach, Fla., Friday and continues until Thursday. Morrison saitl the resolution op posing use of physical force on either in the preservation nr elim ination of racial barriers would he introduced by Gov. Mark O. Hatfield of Oregon. The resolution will ask the con ference to acknowledge "(he fact ( that the color barriers that do exist require action bv each gov ernor to provide leadership in re solving the conflict resulting therefrom." Morrison said Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York would introduce a resolution calling lor "'e governors lo appoint a special committee on civil rights, The Almanac By United Press International Todav is Tuesday. July 197th day o( 1!3.1 with 16. the IBS follow . The moon is approaching its new phase. The morning stars are Jupiter and Saturn. The evening star is Mars. .daCore,0eab.,shed u,e Disuict of Columbia on the iniprnac. In 1SS2. David Farragut be- came the first admiral in the U.S. Navy. In lSilj. the first experimental test o( an atomic bomb was con ducted in New iexico. In 1901. Leopold 111. nf Bel gium, abdicated after semng for 17 years. A thousht for the dav Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky said: "Man is a pliable animal ... a hems who gets accustomed to everything." on Wildlife is ordered to iunus spent on niuiitiKeiiieiii, sion contends arc necessary to do a proper job of management. In any event, legislators weren't about to alienate a lot of votes as indicated by the widespread complaint. At the same time they didn't want to lose the votes of organized sportsmen who support the Game Commission and its pro gram. The easiest way out was to toss the whole thing into the lap of an interim committee, ordered to make a study of the matter, hop ing that the furor will die down by the time the next Legislature meets. If the common plan is fol lowed, the Legislature will ignore the work of the committee when the report is made and lot of mon ey from the Game Fund will have Day's News By Frank Jenkins Mishmash in the news: The Kingfisher (Oklahoma 1 Chamber of Commerce has just voted In tnll tlip IT K Pnsl nffl. u Department that the town of King- fis,ei- DOESN'T want a new post office. Instead, if favors improve ments on the present building that will cost only a fraction of the pro posed SI 10,000 new building. The chamber said it opposes spending tax money for unneces sary items and would like lo see the national budget "in the black for a change." And- A few weeks ago Congressman Al Ullman, of the 2nd Oregon District, told the Klam ath County Chamber of Commerce that he thought chances were good to get a $50,000 appropriation for another study of the algae problem in Upper Klamath Lake. In view of the fact that the algae ; Problem in Klamath Lake has been ' purveyed and resuryeyed and then aroused no enthusiasm. So, apparently, it has been drop ped. Question: Do vou reckon the dangerous her esy lo the effect that IE WE DON'T GET IT SOMEBODY ELSE WILL might be declining? Let's put it this way: If the time should come in the U.S.A. when reckless spending, just to be spending, LOSES votes in stead of WINNING votes, we will get economy and lower taxes. From Portland: Sol Maizels, operator of the Alad din Theater, has assembled the first foreign film festival for Port land. He has decided to call it an Art Film llootenanny. That leads the Oregonian's film critic to ask: "What's an Art Film Hootenanny?" He then proceeded to answer his own question. Like this: Well, it seems that everything involving more than two people or two things is a hootenanny these days. It started with folk singers, and it's spreading to other areas. Four people get together for cards, and it's a Pinochle Hootenanny. Two guys take their girl friends lor-a moonlight drive, and its ; Whoopee Hootenanny. So now we have a Film Hootenanny. It was inevitable. W hat tloes Webster say about it? His Collegiate Dictionary ignores the word. But in his Unabridged lie says: "llootenannv: Originallv in the sense of DINGUS, THINGUMAJIG. A lancdul coinage. Used also as a derogatory epithet. Assimilated in form to 'llootin' Annie' a meet ing of folk singers, especially for public entertainment.' " HMMMMM. What's a DINGUS'.' According lo the Unabridged, it derives from the South African t0 DING, meaning thing. Any device: gadget: humorous substitute for a name not known or temporarily (orcolten (slang.) What's a thingumajig? li s synonymous with THINGUM BOB which, incidentally, is an ex tension of older THINGUM. Thai brings us to JIGGER, A jig- ger. among other things, is ONE WHO JIGS. A jig. by the way. is a dance in which the dancers move n,ni.i, ,m sh ri.mn nr in ml fro. A small cup or glass used to measure liquor, usually containing one and a half fluid ounces. Jigger is also synonymous with dingus, thingumajig, thingumbob, etc. In conclusion: Aren't words wonderful" What would we do without dictionaries?