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cornu ■, W A S H I N G T O N CENTRAL POINT TIMES, IN C . P. O. B ob 84« 216 E. Pine St. Centra) Point, Ora. 97502 By Zjt-wed a* secoed class n u li mattar at thè post office at Central Point, Oregon 97502, under net of Congress Mar. 5, 1097. Snbeerlptloo 00 P * y«*r Jackson County, $3. SO NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION EDITORIALS *P Paul Hetebeck HISTORY LEARNS ABOUT WARS . . . . Until recent yean, wars were the decisive events In history's turning points. The turning points came when one nation or another took over authority or domination by forcing a former nation to give it up. In between, developments o f consequence within individual nations brought about the changes or trends that led to aggression and conquest oo the one hand, or an invitation for such moves on the part of neighbors. Deterioration such as came to Rome was an invita tion to pillage. There were other war causes such as revolutions on the part of oppressed peoples, some disastrous, some successful. But the other day one of our philosophic intellegentsia gave forth with a new oner NO WAR WAS EVER WON. So what history tells us about the beginnings of our own good old America is a ll misleading. What we nostalgically review as the Revolutionary Wan about M r. Cornwallis surrendering to Mr. Washington has now been mythologised by our good (?) philosopher friend. We use this admittedly too lengthy introduction to see i f we can find out what our present war is a ll about. Viewed only as war, we could no doubt find about 100* of our people against It. But viewed from the standpoints of motivation and objective, the percentages change up quite substantially. We believe our motivation can be very simply stated: We want to help some other people regain or keep their freedom. We have to admit there are some among us who wouldn't go for that, but their percentage is low. Until recent years, die immediate objective in a ll wars was victory. It began to look differently at the end of World War n when Berlin was insanely abandoned to the Reds. So when Korea came along we proved very definitely that we were not in it to win— and we didn't. However, the percentage of us who expected to win proved to be an enormous but disappointed and astonished majority. Now that we are in this V ie t Nam thing, a ll of us who hate war want to get out of it as quickly as possible. But how we get out leads to another great division in percentages, based upon differing processes which may be employed to extricate us from the conflict. A lia b le , yet comparatively small minority, led by Oegon's own far-from-Extinguished Senator Morse, a y "Pull out, period; and the Devil take the hindmost". But the other side of the coin, where stands the vast majority of us, ' is divided not only in matters of objective, but in means being used or which might be used to attain the desired objective. Now we are 100* with the President for prosecution of the war. But in spite of a ll Mr. Johnson's very positive declarations that we are going to see the South Vietnamese through SUCCESS C. W I L S O N deeply religious Po rtu - trip le sales nt tom ato es for dol- Kurse on c e rta in fes tiv a l days lars fu rth e r a g g ra v a tin g p re carry statues of th e ir v a rio us,U 'ariou s U S b a'a n c e of tra d e p..trun saints in procession#'^ situation * • • • OS This custom m a y have given The above d w a rfs fa c t Cal rise to the undoubtedly un ifornia fa rm e rs also lost over founded ru m o r they » I I I ca n a m illio n d ollars fro m the im onise I S L ab o r S e c reta ry planted acre a g e . M illa rd W ir t i and c a rry o a a through their tom ato H eld * a But it is d ou btfu l the A m e r statue of St. W illie . P a tro n of ican housew ife w ill applaud Portuguese Paste. the sanctity o f W irtz . for the price .if to m ato paste which lia s advanced fro m SB per case in 1964 to $9 75 cu rre n tly w ill increase the p ric e of many p ro cessed foods Thus W irtz has s> s huge to perhaps done m o re to increase m a to indus the cost o f liv in g than the try . P o rtu gal a lu m in u m producers would now sells to have done rn u t o paste * • * in the U.S in N ext y e a r's prospects also huge volum e seem good fur the Portuguese, • • • C W . H a rd e r T o m ato paste, a con c e n tra t and less than good fo r the ed puree, is a most im p o rtan t housew ife. Building Is being product. Sot only used by rushed on tom ato picking m a m any housewives, it is in huge chines w ith 600 expected in dem and fro m food processors. operation next season, or about tw ice the n u m b e r used in the • ♦ • But last season, due to 1965 season. The m achines ap W irtz s in te rfe re n c e the C a li p a re n tly can handle 60 Io 100 fornia to m ato a c re a g e went acres per season, so prospects down fro m 143.000 to 116.000 are th a t plantings w ill be held Production dropped fro m a l down to the c a p a c ity of the most 3-1 10 m illio n tons to j a v a ila b le m achines. T he s m a ll about 2 'z m illio n tons a c c o rd er p la n te r, unable Io affo rd a ing to the Canners League of I m ach ine, w ill be forced out. • • • C a lifo rn ia : would have d ro p -' ped fu rth e r except for most i So. w h at was gained Cost fav o ra b le w eather. of living goes up. m o re d o llars • • • go overseas A m e ric a n f a r m A m eric a n food processors ers take a loss, c an n ery w o rk w e re forced to look for other ers lose incom e m o re s m a ll supplies of paste. P o rtu g a l is fa rm e rs a re forced out A ll this sharing in this bonanza. Ii. all for w hat purpose M e re ly to 12 months of 1964 paste im p orts hold jobs open fo r people, who fro m P o rtu g a l w ere less than when the need for them was 2 m illio n pounds. In the first c ritic a l, refused to take the six m onths of the 1965 crop sea jobs And now. through auto son, the im ports exceeded I S m ation. opportunities for these m illio n pounds. w ith six jobs them selves disap pear • • • months le ft to go. • • • Could this possibly be the Thus. P o rtu gal, alone, m a y w ay Io build a g re a t society? t \ a li< U t a l ► n k l a ' t.X i 4 Ir n le p e lw l^ n t H u s ifte « « to us during our recent auto mobile accident. Despite the tragedy which befell us there, our thoughts of Medford w ill be forever tempered by the wonderful quality of human kindness which we experienced at the hands of everyone with whom we came in contact. LETTERS TTH°t EDITOR ( Editor's Note: The following letter was received by Lt. Francis Marshall of the Cen tral Point Rescue Aid. The Bakers' were victims in an auto accident about one mon th ago while traveling through tiie area. The rescue squad answered the accident call and offered the usual assis tance. ) Our two children are still in a coma. It is now 25 days since the accident, but we are still hopeful of their eventual recovery. Again our thanks for your loving kindness. Dear Kk. Marshall; Youn Sincerely, Jim and Marge Baker My wife and I wish to con vey, through you, our thanks to the crew of the Rescue Truck who were so helpful Dr. G M b . J. R. Baker Victoria, British Columbia FULLY, we don't believe he means it. ff our philosophical peace-monger friend, with whom we started this discussion, had said, "No war was ever won (or ever would be) by negotiation", we would have agreed with him lO fti. If Mr. Johnson and Mr. Rusk and a ll the other top boys don't know that a negotiated -peace" with the Communists would again be worth much lest than die parchment so inscribed, they are simply numb in the cranium; and we don't think they are. The only way anybody w ill ever get anything Just from the Reds is to te ll them the way it is going to be, mean it, and make it stick. We a ll know that. So why BEC for negotiation? Then a couple of weeks ago this column said it was a FOOL tiling to be sending our shaggy-haired, apologetic, week-kneed emisaries a ll over the world trying the "explain" our presence in V ie t Nam. Everywhere we went they already knew why we were in V iet Nam; none of them are exactly dumb. What this column is saying is that their approval or disapproval shouldn't have one iota of influence on our decisions in V ie t Nam. We don't care what they think or pretend to think. to try on their own to liberate their people from usurped Com munist domination on the mainland? Why do we refuse to per m it Cubans to pitch Castro into the brine? Why did we refuse to win in Korea and unite the benighted land? We are 100* for prosecution of the war in V ie t Nam. But why not do it in the way that would be quickest and surest--and In 1952, while campaigning for the presidency the first tim e, Eisenhower told an American Legion convention: "The Ameri can conscience can never know peace until these people (the iron curtain peoples) are restored again to being marten of their own fate. " In the G .O .P , platform of that year, that expres sion of conscience became an American commitment for efforts towards liberation of enslaved peoples. Yet in 1955, Presld«nt Eisenhower openly concluded that any attenpt by Chiang K a i- Shek to liberate his fellow countrymen on the mainland would be regarded at "aggressive war, " and that we could have no part in it. Such has continued to be the policy of our government to this <*y. even under the present Democratic adminlrtration. Ac cording to a ll recognised international law, we have every right to assist unjustly enslaved peoples to obtain their freedom. And because we feel that it is a moral obligation, we are today in And since the reason would be the a same, why are Berkley Auguast Plnkham, 151 Glenn W a y , Central Point. Disobeyed stop sign. $5. TRAFFIC COURT Caran Barry Norman, 765 S. 5th , Central Point. V iolation P A IN TE R 'S WARNING Never use anti freeze alcohol to thin ahellac. Only high-grade denatured akdhol is succesaful Your paint dealer will advise you. Three hundred and forty-two c a n of pean moved out of the Medford area to market during December, according to figures of the state-federal s i' point inspection service. The inspector» ale three c a n of onions a n d ____ sacks of potatoes from the Med ford a n a . Hood River, the only other district shipping pears, had 281 c a n checked for shipment. ‘O/i yeah? If you’re a news photographer, of the Basic Rule, $25 forfeited where's your trench coat and press camera?’ Harold Eugene McGrath Jr., 7917 Division Reed, White C i ty . Driving with expired licens« $10 forfeited. Robert Eric G riffith, 30 Crater Lane, Central Point. Backing into intersection. Fined $5. W a nting Cha s l c s l l ilk e y , 5240 Table Rock Road, Cen tral Point. Improper lane us age, $2.50. Leon Eugene Blanchard, Rt. 1 Box 277, Central Point. Op erating vehicle on wrong side of highway. Fine $15. Leon Blanchard (same as a - bove). Obstructed vision (front and back windshields), $15 suspended. Steve Smith, 98 Bigham, Cen tral Point. Obstructing side w alk. $ 2 .5 0 forfeited. Max McAbee Overstreet, 411 W . Jackson, Medford. V io la tion of the Basic Rule, $15. Colleen Jean Speck, 150 N. 3rd, Central Point. Operating vehicle on learner's permit unaccompanied by an adult. Fine $10, warrant $5. T o m Irw in in the Iow a C ity Press C h in a How do some families manage to save for an EXCITING VAGATION Eisenhower personnally attended the Geneva Conference In 1955, Communists over Cuba and Castro still thumbs down his nose ■ very sizable and w ell-trained army of Asians waiting and begging for the chance to run the Reds out of China and give It back to the Chinese people. W illard Ray L illy , 906 Mur phy Road, Medford. V iolation of the Basic Rule, $10. Earl Michael Spacciarne as above). V iolation of the Basic Rule. Fined $10, warrant $5. at Y a lta . Truman negotiated with the Communists about Ber lin and East Germany. Then he used George Marshall to nego tiate away the freedom of more than 600 m illion Chinese. Truman and Eisenhower negotiated with the Reds over Korea. turned loose to fight as only a war should be fought. But to withhold bombing on grounds of so-called humanitarianism And speaking of supporters, we a ll know that without the Delores Brown Armstrong, 318 Bush Street, Central Point, violation of the Basic Rule. Fined $5. V ie t Cong of their source of supplies, and no one can fight long without supplies. Russia wouldn't much want to help Mao and couldn't help much If they wanted to. Among Roosevelt negotiotions with the Communists was that out of which came "peaceful co-existence" with the Commu support of Russia and Red China the Cong couldn't last long. We know that the Reds occupy China Illeg itim ately and that the bulk of China doesn't want them. We know that there is warrant $5. nists while enslaved people rot. Kennedy negotiated with the to us. Under Johnson, our Supreme Court has freed the Com munists in this country (even though there were none here un t il that tim e) giving the Communist party equal status with the Democratic and Republican Parties. This in spite of the fact the Communists have openly and always vowed to over throw our Constitution and bury us. And now, in his January 12 speech to the nation, Johnson vows to protect V ie t Nam from Communists oppression and in the next breath strongly recommends that Congress expand trade with Russia and her satellites, even to lowering ta riff barriers to give them competitive advantage over our domestic producers. And on top of that, he declares no other objective in the V ie t Nam war than NEGOTIATION with the Communists. Now you name one tim e we have ever benefitted ourselves or our friends by negotiations with the Communists. Then you explain to us why we, American people, should desire to negoti ate anything with the Communists. The least of us knows, and Johnson knows that the Communists would keep no negotiation agreement not strictly beneficial to them; and to them nothing is beneficial unless detrimental to someone else. Mart we , the American people, supinely submit that when President Johnson, McNamara, Rusk, Reuther, Fullbright, Lodge, ...IT’S EASY ask F IR S T ! (W a ll guard your vacation monay a« if if war» our own) Wazren, Goldberg, Harriman and a ll the rest of the bureaucra- tic gang favor the Communists at every turn, without regard to our own interest, and the interest, of the people, we pretend to be protecting? The bigger the boy, who run us through the wringer the less we like them, with no apologies. 27, IM « 342 Cars Of Pears Leave Madford During December the way that would a save the lives of more American boys? We knew ? u * the Chinese Reds are our main enemy in V ie t Nam; a Chinese Nationalist assault upon the Reds would rob the Could the V ie t Nam war be won in a reasonable time? The boys and generals over there say it could be If they were not only fails to win wars, but is a shortsighted boomerang that kills and malms more American boys-- for nothing. We don't believe our boys are as expendable as the V ie t Cong and their supporters. Earl Speck, 150 N. 3 rd ., Central Point. No operator's license on perarn, fine $5, HARDER Thr In th * «tate * f Oregon and S4.00 ootaidt state. FREE PALAVER Audlne Tum ey, 55 N. 5th, Central Point. Parking too far from curb. Warning given. AND "S M A L L B U S IN E S S " PehlUhed weekly every Tbunday by V ie t Nam . THURSDAY, JAN. CENTRAL POINT TIMES P AG I 2 CENTRAL POINT BRANCH v ou’ll find First National people are as happy as you are when you’ve reached your savings goal. We’ll help you reach it, too, with an automatic savings plan that makes it easy for you to save regularly at a convenient full-service I' irst National branch. So if you're dreaming of that special vacation, (or any other savings goal) make it easy on yourself! Ask FIRST! 1 we today unwilling to assist the Chinese , or even permit them » F IR S T NATIONAL B A N K or orooow - reee.si o*e««.i meu«an<a C»»**.**«*«
