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■, W A S H I N G T O N
CENTRAL POINT TIMES, IN C .
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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,
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Jackson County, $3. SO
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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
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