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CtNTKAl FOMT TIMES W A S H IN G T O N C E N TR A L PO IN T T IM E S , IN C . P. O . Bax 94« 21« E. Ptoe St. Ceatra! Point, Ore. 97502 Entered at second class m ail matter at the post office at Central Point, Oregon 97502, under act of Congress Mar. 3, 1997. Subscription S3. 00 per year in Jackson County. $3. SO in the state of Oregon and $4.00 outside state. A N tf*** " S M A L L B U S IN E SS Publuhed w eekly every Thursday by By This session o f tin- Congress the nation w ill undoubtedly face one o f its severest tests ns :i d em ocracy. • • • EDITORIALS FREE PALAVER The butue w ill be a v e r the proposed re p e a l ol Set lion H -B o< the T a il-H a r tle y t i t which p erm its states to pass law s b arrin g the closed shop, or the so-called "rig h t-to - w o rk " law s presently in force in IM stales. • * a By Paul Hornbeck OREGON G .O .P . REFUSES TO FACE F A C T S ..............We have reason to believe that the large majority of Oregon Republican rank-and-filers are conservative. But the party leaden in the state refuse to recognise the fact and are scared to death that the Democrats w ill attach the conservative label to them and they just can't stand any such onus because it would rob them of conformity. They want to conform to the Democrats' winning image. Why doesn't somebody get it over to them that there is a very sizable proportion of the Democratic rank-and-file that is also conservative and would welcome the opportunity of crossing the line into a conservative haven. Peter Gunnar et al learned some of the facts in his recent fight to retain the Republican state chairmanship. But he and the Governor didn't learn enough to turn them from their leaning to socialism. They are just as determined as ever to turn the Republican party into a socialistic grab corps, just like the Democrats have done with their party. And here in Jackson county the Republican leaders are just as adamant in their determination to conform to the eastern Rockefeller- Scranton- Javits- Romney le ft wing minority— anything to go along with the powerful Democrats. So for their big Lincoln Day dinner they w ill bend their eats to Pennsylvania's Senator Scott. As a humanitarian jesture we suggest they first go to Lincoln's tomb and tighten his body bands— so the poor fellow won't be able to turn over too many times. POPULATION PROBLEM; C OM M UNISM WANTS F A M IN E ............. During the past week there appeared in leading newspapers in the nation a page ad to President Johnson. It was signed by 83 prominent people, including college presidents, newspaper editors and writers, former representatives o f our government and m ilitary forces, bankers, industrial heath, medical men and religious leaders. It pointed out the presence of famine spots around the world and pointed up the expectation that famine w ill reach disastrous magnitude before long. It revealed die fact that food production in most countries of the world is either declining or no more than staying lev e l, while population is Increasing by leaps and bounds. "The United States has shipped abroad, sin ce.. . 1954, food products amounting to the gigantic sum of $12 billion, mostly on a give-away basis." It went on to adm it that even should we continue this tremendous largess to the exhaustion of our own land, the eventual world famine trend would be little affected. The burden of the message was that the only way to prevent the holocaust of famine was to stop the population increase. The profound conclusion was that this population problem is our transcendent challenge and the President was implored to place it ahead of every other project facing our nation today. No suggestion for action was made. But the last sentence was significant. It reads., significant. It reads, "Hunger brings tu rm oil- - and turm oil, as we have learned, creates the atmosphere in which the commun ists seek to conquer the earth. " Now we do not know what these good people who sent this open message to the President think can be done about the popilation problem. We are fairly sure they have in mind an effort at birth control. Our government and other governments can and probably w ill make some effort; in fact, it has already started. But intelligent people should not be so naive as to expect any appreciable check on world population increase through birth control education. A square look at facts, including human nature and the tim e elem ent w ill reveal that P u b lic opinion polls show that the public is sub- s i a n 11 a 11 y a g a in s t r e peal of Sec tion H -B .T h e nation s inde- pcntleiit busi ness p ro p rie tors. voting through t h e C. W . H a r d e r N a tio n a l F e d e ra tio n of In d e pendent Business, strongly op- imsc tins re p e a l And as was presented to tin Congress, about o ne-th ird of the union m e m b e rs oppose re|»-:il C. W I L S O N 11 HARDER debt by d e liv e rin g m illio n s »1 w o rk e r* into c a p tiv ity . • • • It is p ro bably impossible to rtnd at any lim e p rio r in A n w r- lean history w here naked p<>\\. e l has been so unleashed to negate the w ill of the m a jo rity , and at the sam e tim e d e liv e r a larg e segm ent of the |»>|iu- la l i o n into bondagi F o r es sentially th e re Is little d ll ference in saying to a m in i th a t you shall not eat w ithout pay uig trib u te to the union bosses and in saying you shall not eat unless you a re chained to a galley our T h e re is sume d ilte re n e e ui d egree, but none in p rin c ip le. • • • It is not inconceivable if the A m e ric a n people su b m it to this p o litic a l pow er p la y , es p ec ia lly since Su prem e Court decisions have now m ade It possible for unions to be run by eum m u nists. th a t the shades w ill be d ra w n even m o re close . ly to blol out the shining light of A m e ric a n liberty and tre e - dom w hich was such a beacon of hope to the e n tire w orld. • • • T h e re is of course, a last • • a ditch recourse the m a jo rity of In fac t, the hard core of the I the people have before the c u r d riv e to m ake e v e ry w o rk e r tains a rc closed subject Io union con tro l stem s • • • Iro n ) the union leaders who T h a t is lo w rite or w ire Sen w ant Io be able to collect d ue* ators and Congressm en, e x fro m a ll. T h e ir desire is aided pressing th e ir views. and prosecuted by those who J • 00 m ade p o litical c a m p a ig n p ro m At B unker H ill the d estiny of ises In the union leaders. the A m e ric a n people rested • • » w ith the com m on people who Thus, the a tte m p t is to d is re w ere both dedicated anil in g ard m a jo rity w ill in o rd er to d ignant. pay olT a p o litic a l debt • • • • • • T he destiny of A m e ric a n In anc ie n t H o m e p olitical freedo m again rests w ith the debts w e re often paid out by- A m e ric a n people. II the people p ro vid ing fre e spectacles in the w rite th e ir view s lo th e ir m e m ( olisseum w ith c a p tiv e g la d i bers of Congress and th e ir sen ators. In m odern A m e ric a it ators. the ligh t of freedom can is sought lo pay off a p o litic a l s till be p reserved. t Nuii.Hial »tderail.^i .4 I rw tetre mien I Hu* 1 tre«' High School Pupils Invited To Enter News Story Contest High school students through out Oregon are again invited to enter the annual high school newspaper article contest, t h e sponsoring Oregon Wheat G row ers League announced t h i a week. Don Woodward of Pendleton, president of the grower organ ization, said that two subjects have been selected for t h i s y e a r’s competition — “ Advant ages of Wheat in the Everyday D ie t” and “ Production and M a r keting of Oregon W heat.” The contest opened Jan. 3 and cloe- Demo Platform Convention Set » The Jackson County Demo cratic Platform Convention w ill be held in Ashland at the M a rk Antony Hotel on Feb. M , ac cording to E. M . Madden, Jack- ion County Recorder. Registration for the event starts at 9 a m. on Feb. 5. Principal speaker for the con vention w ill be Robert Straub, Oregon State Treasurer. He w ill speak at a Feb. 8 banquet. Any registered Dem orat is invited. A reception w ill precede the dinner from 8-7 p.m. State Rep resentative James Redden w ill be the master of ceremonies. Co-chairman for the convention w ill be Ralph Poston of M ed ford. es with entries postmarked on or before M ay 1. Woodward announced that all Oregon students in grades nine through twelve a re eligible to compete, with the exception of those whose parents hold offi cer posts in the W heat League or the Oregon W heat Commis sion. E n try blanks and research m aterials m ay be obtained by w riting to the Oregon Wheat G rowers League. P 0 Box 400 Pendleton. Essays submitted on either of the two subjects must be typed and should not exceed 1,500 words. Cash Awards Cash awards w ill be made for the winning entries. Woodward reported, with $75 going to the author of the best article, and $50, $35 and $15 prizes for the second, third and fourth place entries. The winning papers w ill be published in a number of Oregon newspapers and farm journals, he said, and the win ner w ill be a special guest of the W heat League at its annual state meeting in December, Entries w ill be judged, t h e league president said, on origin a lity , subject m atter, spelling and composition and summ ary. In addition to the four cash awards, m erit certificates w ill be presented to 25 runners-up. W inner of the Wheat League's 1965 newspaper article contest was Linda Glennie, a h i g h school sophomore from Pendle ton. the scheme just won't work effectively. Forced application of some controls would not be beyond the contemplation of some, but the results would indeed be sanguinary in the long run. Well-intentioned people just as w ell get It through their heads that from now on, as long as humanity continues to excercise dominion in this earth, population is going to increase prodigiously In spite of everything and anything they can do about it. The only related problem that is in some measure solvable is the production of food. Food production can be increased just as prodigiously as the increase in population. But it cannot be done by desk-top agrarian planners distri buting fiats and subsidies, as in the United States, not by collective farming as in Communistic Russia, nor by other socialistic schemes and practices being employed in many other nations of the earth. From the inception of our own nation until the 1930's, the American people demonstrated how it can be done. Most of the teeming millions of the earth could take care of themselves If they were given the liberty to do to. Some of them would need capital and become w illing instruments for our destruction, because it has so tar brought the popular votes for continuing them in power. And most of them want to perpetuate themselves in office much more than they want to perpetuate Am erica nism, Doesn't sound resonable, and it isn't. But it is a sad fact. Famine? Charles Shuman, President of the American Farm Bureau, sayst "The world does not need to starve, if the underdeveloped areas can be induced to accept the in centive method of capital form ation--com petitive capita lism , The farming business can be good if we give farm fam ilies the opportunity a nJ the incentive to use their abi lities and resources to produce things that our customers w a n t." Dealing with this subject several weeks ago, this column suggested that such an unlikely thing as religion is retarding the production of food for the world. An experienced Assoc •gricultursl education, which should be the objective and the lim it of our foreign aid program. Those who would not iated Press writer recently returned from a visit to India. He said, "Indian farmers are unable to produce enough food far the rapidly expanding human population, not to mention care to accept such would deserve no more of our sympaty or concern. vast numbers of rats, monkeys, sacred cows and other ani One other very important point bared in that last Un» which we quoted from the ad is that our American leaders, Including Mr. Johnson and his whole administration, know very w ell that Is the unaltered objective of the Comm.mtw», they "seek to conquer the earth. " Hunger and famine never In history brought troublesome turmoil except when It was whipped up by a few opportunist trouble makers. But truly, the Communist are past and present master* in the art of trouble m aking-.for the expediency of gaining their own. ends. And one of their most effective expedients is the In ducing of a ll kinds of government controls. They know it w ill k ill any nation's industry, agriculture and a ll other pro ductive project*. W ittingly or unwittingly our leaden have I T H U R S D A Y , JA N . 13, 19«« C F N T F AL P O IN T T IM E S P AG I 2 f mals . Many Indians are reluctant to k ill any living thing, an attitude that stems from the variety of religion or beliefs, and the common Hindu belief in transmigration of r li e , wherein a human may be reborn an anim al or insect......... The frain lost to rats would not only be enough to remove the present threat of famine, but would transform India into a food-surplus n atio n ." I f Americ ans would use their inmate common sense and practice it among themselves, they could redeem American ism and perhaps lead the world back to some semblance of sanity at the same tim e . Instead of yelling our needs to the White House, let's begin demanding less freehand looseness with our money and products. The Editor, Sir; One im m utable truism of life to that the eesieet thing to take aw ay from someone to that which he does not know he poe tesses E v e r hear the queetion, “ W hat became of such and such a right or privilege w e once had?” The (ruth to, not enough of you knew about and appreci ated having that right or p riv il ege or were w illing to demand its retention. Hence, It was lost. Why should anyone strive to deprive you of theee priceless possessions? Sometime, a mis taken faith upon the p a rt of concientious law m akers b u t , more often, a determ ined effort by powerful selfish interests and for personal gain. Section la A r t 9 of your con stitution clearly makes all tax measures subject to referen dum. Y o ur last Legislature passed H JR 24, allowing any tax b ill to c a rry the “ emergen cy clause” , thereby enabling it to become law without being subject to referendum. T o be brutally frank, it would allow any tax bill to be ram m ed down your throat. How contro versial to this bill? Passed by the House (no surprise) but de feat J on its first trip to the Senate, it was recalled for re consideration and passed by a narrow m argin by rationalizing that, since it entailed a constitu tional am endment, final deter mination would have to be made by a Vote of the people. The dead albatross to now hanging about your neck. Yes, you w ill actually be ask ed, at the coming election, to surrender one of your constitu tional rights which has guarded you faithfully since Oregon’s in ception. Proponents of the m ea sure w ill, of course, prior to the election, ngske every at tempt to convince you of the vast advantage of placing your future totally in the hands of menters and that (lik e unto the income tax fiasco of 1994) Oregon w ill become bankrupt, d ry up and blow aw ay If they are thwarted. A prom inent Tax Comm ittee m em ber has stated for publication, " T h e Legisla ture can never peas a good tax reform program as long as they are "ham pered” by not being able to put on the emergency clause.” I challenge thia state ment w ith the conviction that no kind of dilem m a, ta x o r other wise, can ever be solved by the simple expedient of rem ov ing a constitutional right of the people. D ilem m as just aren’t corrected this way. "W e, the people” to a most powerful concept but only If ex ercised. W ill you deliberately vote aw ay your constitutional righto? V icto r H . Croxton Central Point The E d ito r, Sir; D a n S m o o t ’ s Christmas Broadcast, taken from his book, " T H E H O P E O F T H E W O R L D ,” was a beautiful thing. W i t h strong and loving hands he paints a tremendously thrilling picture in words of the relation ship between A m erica a n d Christianity. Our finite minds cannot grasp the infinite love and mercy which sent our Savior into the world. But Smoot points o u t that Christians can, and did, grasp the idea that such love from our Heavenly F a t h e r makes each one of His "child ren” of individual, infinite im portance to H im . He sent His only begotten Son into the world to make a blood atomement for individual human beings, not for the masses, or society. From Christianity sprang this, the most revolutionary idea ev er born into the world • that the individual human being, no m atter how lowly, is of infinite importance • more important than the masses, vastly more important than human govern ment. The life of Jesus, H i s teachings, and every act of His disciples stress this idea, magni fy it, and make it the very core of Christian faith. And afte r germ inating in the minds of men for 18 centuries this simply stupendous Christian idea, “ the sacrednesa and in finite worth of the human per sonality ... found expression in à C h arter of Government fo r a great nation, the United States of A m eric a.’ In our magnificent Declara tion of Independence appear these marvelous words, “ We hold these truths to be self evi dent, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their C reator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the persuit of Happiness ’ In the first ten amendments to the Constitution our founding fathers did an am azing, unheard of thing. In place of asking Governm ent for any rights they specifically ltoted certain God- given rights which the govern ment M U S T not. C O U L D n o t tam per w ith. The individual cit izen was supreme, the Govern ment his se rv an t As Smoot puts it, *T h a strength and culture of Am erica w ere built on faith in Jesus Christ.* W hile. “ The strength and culture of Communism-So cialism -Fascism a re built on faith in the alm ighty State, or Governm ent ... the individual to nothing; the State (o r society, or the masses, or government) is everything... no treatm ent o f the individual is considered abuse; m urder, kidnapping, a r son, robbery, blackm ail, treason - all are justified if meted out to serve the Socialistic cause. L. C Powell Grants Pass lot with cheerfullnesa except for that new beck ya rd fence. When we moved into the city from Bellview that fenced back yard became a challenge. He would ra th e r ait on the front steps and w ait for our return. I built it higher and he went through it or under. He outsmarted that fence at every turn. Only last F riday I stapled another ten dol lars worth of woven wire on it, but Saturday he found h it last hole. We returned from a New Y ea r's breakfast to find him dead, the victim of vicious Stry chnine. His tra il was plain in the snow. Down the street, up a drivew ay and through a back yard to an alley. Each trash can investigated and then out to the next street and up. one block over. Then through a yard or two back to the alley, out to his street again, across and then the tracks showed where he foundered and roee to dreg him self home. A twenty minute ,au nt if he tended each poet and shrub. We tried so very herd to keep him in hie back yard , even took h im to w ork with us when the T o the Editort fence had a known leak. We Many thank > should be ex know that he w alked in your tended to the Editor of the flowers, he might even have Times for his fine work In so been the culprit who knocked over your trash can. I would short a period of tim e. have cleaned it up for you if Central Point has been a you had but called him to you city for some tim e. With the and read m y num ber on his arrival of the Times, it has be tag. I would have eppologized come a more important city. and paid for any damage. And now M r. Poisoner, I hope l a m a strong believer of that your methods Justify the newspaper reading. I hope results and that you elim inated citizens of Central Point feel the nuisance which envoked you th<* tame way. In return, the to take the life of my pet for I ehall try very hard to find Editor w ill feel his efforts have you. Perhaps in another way I not been waisted. can let you feel the emptiness The efforts of Sgt. Jim Corliss of that kitchen corner or look fearless, gifted, with a wonder jn to the innocent eyes of my four-year-old grandson and tell ful penonality appearing on the him why “ T u t” is not there to city streets, a ll help to make a play with him M aybe you could fine c ity . With the help of flush the pheasants from a Police C hief Edward Zander, the brush pile or tell me when the Fire Department and other telephone rings, that I cannot hear. You, who can start a New city personnel, Central Point Y e a r with this dastardly art is certainly becoming a proud should be easy to find and I city. w ill look upon you. The c ity government has come Whitland T. Locke 276 Harrison Street a long way in Its few short yean Ashland US National Names Region M an ag er B. C. Swells, vice president and m anager a t U. 8. National Bank of Oregon's M etropolitan branch, has been named man ager of the bank's newly creat ed southern region, President E. J. K olar has announced. The southern region encom passes the area from D ra in south to the California line and from the Pacific Ocean east to Lakeview. There are six regions based on geography and population in the realignm ent of U. S. Nation al's senior management struc ture that was approved at last Thursday’s monthly board m eet ing, Kolar said. Five of the re gions are in the western h alf of the state, and the sixth co vert the eaatern half. Swails haa been with U. 8. National for 25 years and has been manager of the M etropoli tan branch since December, 1963. P rio r to that he was man ager of both the Astoria a n d Sheridan branches. In addition to his 25 years with U. S. N a tional, he was a National Bank Exam iner with the U. S. Comp troller of the Currency in Wash ington, D .C ., for four y e a n . County Makes Interest Funds Interest earned through In vestment of county funds not Im m ediately needed b r o u g h t more than $100,000 to Jackson County in the past six months, according to County Treasarer Chet W. Guches. The exact amount. $100,454.98, is the high est figure ever earned during a six month period in Jackaon County and covers the period of July 1, 1965, to Jan. 3. 1996, Guches stated This compares with approxim ately $92,000 earn ed in the same period last year. The general county fund «rill benefit in the amount of $96,- 921.43 and school district bond and interest funds, irrigation dis tricts and sanitary districts ac count for the balance. Three reasons were given by Guches for the increased in terest earning: Jackaon county received the revenue from O and C allotm ent about six wreaks earlier than usual thia p a s t year and was able to put the money on tim e deposit sooner; higher interest rates and keep ing a sm aller amount in the demand account of the county. The treasurer’s office to at tempting to keep approxim ately 90 to 95 per cent of the county’s available money on tim e depos its in local downtown banks, Guches added. of existence. A good job w ell done as I see it. Sincerely, Howard H . Brown 907 Gilm an Rd. Medford The E d ito r, Sir; He was my friend, he under stood A ll the vagaries of my mood When I was happy, he was 9«y When I was sad, he seemed that way He held with trusty common sente A ll I told him in confidence He died... and now I look around , A friend like that i t seldom found I m it t h it kindly pretence yet A dog like that it hard to 9« W ill H. Locke D ear Sir, I wish to compliment you on your recent article concerning the State of U. 5. Finances. It Is the clearest and most concise article that I have ever read in any publication and that goes for the W all Street Journal and New York Tim as. Please tend me half dosen copiez and b ill me for the same. Respectfully, Carlton Deggeller Ski Tips Here are some ski tips from the M t Ashland Ski Patrol: L— When you put on your ski boots, settle your heel into the heel of the boot by banging it on the floor before lacing. 2. —Unlace your boots at noon to rest your feet and this also insures a new and snug lacing job for the afternoon’s skiing. 3. — Polish your boots with good skiboot w ax afte r they-Are dry following each weekend of use. | 4 —Safety Bindings—adjust to fit your ability and type of slope you ski. I f adjusted properly for both sideways and frontal release they should pop free with a hard blow of your fist to the side heel of the boot when locked in the binding Happy Skiing. S till Stand Traces ui the ancient Ro n i a n lortifications — s to n e drinking t r o u g h s , gateways and the ruins of stone guard h o u s e s — still stand in Eng land T U T L O W __________ Funny how these words w rit ten by my father many years ago come to mind. He was just a medium sized " y a lle r” dog of doubtful origin named Tut- low. He looked directly at you with soft brown eyes and hit bushy tail was always ready with a friendly wag. He node with equal comfort in an a ir- plane or my old pickup and trotted at the heels of m y big yellow horse obeying the com mand to heel with understand ing. His claim to fam e came when he appeared with rrqy daughter in a photograph which waa fea tured by the Richfield Oil Com pany in their 1959 Wildflower1 Booklet featuring the Oregon Centennial. Accepted with wel come by some of the West’s leading motels and hotels he carried him self with dignity. He never once in his ten years plac ed a paw on a peice of fu rn i ture and denied the run of the house, found h it w arm corner in the kitchen. He accepted h it 4 "For pvr« old fovoromant rad tops», you can't boot Amorko« «Itili ond bow -how ,"
