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W A S H IN G T O N
By
C. W I L S O N
P U B L IS H E R S
A S S O C IA T IO N
EDITORIALS
r i,
L F D
n
By Paul Hornbeck
AUTHORITIES PLEAD FOR MURDER
"We want more murders, bigger crim es— more lawbreaking
of every kind. " That is the backhanded plea which has for years
issued from our foremost governmental authorities and most in
fluential citizens.
The latest payoff was the system atic murder of 8 nurse train
ees in Chicago by a 24-year-old expert who should still have
been locked up in the penitentiary at Huntsville, Texas. Com
panion lawlessness and evidence of freedom from all moral and
leg a l restraint appears in the race riot in Chicago, the thieving,
looting, mugging, robbery, raping, kidnapping, pernicious van
dalism and every other brand of crim e in every city from Boston
to San Francisco end Houston to Minneapolis, which is intended
to include Washington, D .C ., M iam i, Atlanta, Seattle, Med
ford and Central Point.
The President of the United States makes speeches and says,
"We are against c r im e ," but sits supinely by w hile the Supreme
Court and most of the lower courts in the country are busv turn
ing crim inals loose so they can repeat. The courts are Joined by
mos- of the editors of the country, the foremost writers, the lead
ing clerics of the church (masquerading them selves as Christian
m inisters), university presidents and other leading educationists,
vast social-betterm ent organizations, and many other categories
of individuals and co llec tiv e bleeding hearts. All these have
been prating for years about rights of the poor criminal, spending
vast tax money to "rehabilitate" him , while unm ercifully down
grading every law enforcem ent agency in the country, presenting
the most horrible picture possible of "police brutality."
Last week 3, COO Illinois National Guardsmen were ca lled into
Chicago to queH the so-called rioting, looting, anon, etc . Af
ter a couple of days of it the commanding officer reported that
the crim inal actions were incited, the young Negro and white
hoodlums trained and agitated by imported insurrectionists. The
FBI, CIA and Congressional investigating com m ittees have y ea n
and mountains of invincible proof that Communist subversives
have been m ixed up in these instigation activities a ll over the
United States; but the above mentioned individuals and organiza
tions of the previous paragraph say it isn't so. They and the
President are afraid that such charges made out loud would of
fend the Krem lin. We have no such qualms and the Kremlin is
plenty w elcom e if they choose to be offended when we say they
are the biggest rotters on the face of the earth.
The Illinois National Guardsmen have guns, as do a ll other
law enforcem ent officers. But the guardsmen were given im pli
cit orders not to shoot unless shot at. In other words, If they saw
a "rioter" looting a store or setting fire to a building or assaulting
a citizen, they were there to arrest and ja il him . "If the crim i
nal resists arrest or attempts to escape, don't use your gun unless
he shoots at you fir st." In other words, "Give the crim inal a
fair chance to k ill you before you shoot at him . He is more v al
uable than you are."
Shades of Matt D illon.
DISARM
The goings-on noted above give emphasis to the matter of
disarmament. During the last few y ea n there has been mote
than enough agitation from the mentioned bleeding-heart indi
viduals and organizations to strip all law enforcement o ffic en of
their sidearms. The same idea has carried over to the national
lev el and backs the great McNamara and Statesman Rusk in their
effort to strip the United States of its armament power. It is
much more bloodless to turn ourselves over to Communism or
other world despotism through negotiation or through the United
Nations.
The United Nations organization could be an influence for
world am ity. But it isn’t . Instead of accepting die bland advice
of our beloved American in telligentsia, it riiould be the self
survival interest cf every intelligent American to investigate,
without bias, the present makeup, policies, objectives and po-
tentials of the UN. Who controls it? Who constitutes the Secur
ity C ouncil, and how w ill it be affected when Red China fr
eventually admitted. Who gives up and pays and pays and pays
with blood and money? You might even be surprised at the
fear» which began to congeal in the mind of Adlai Stevenson be
fore his death. Nor is he the only one. Outlaws, individual or
international, cannot be made law-abiding sim ply by agreem ent
upon the part of those who are law -abiding. Force— gunpowder
force— is the only thing they w ill respect.
PROBING CONSENSUS; A NFEDLESS, SENSELESS ACTIVITY
Had you ever thought about how foolish it b for lawmakers,
national or Mate, to be running home all the tim e to "find out
the consensus of the grass roots?" In our opinion, the elected
representative who deem s it necessary to do this and who propos
es to let hb voting on considered measures be guided by what he
interprets as the day-to-day consensus of hb constituents, b not
worthy of the office to which he has been elected .
Now we are not saying that the elected representative has no
business knowing what hb constituents are thinking. But when he
b elected he should know that thinking fairly w ell and the theory
b that he and the majority are in something of the same mind
when they have selected Mm. The theory o f representative gov-
emment then requires that he b obligated to act upon the various
particular lame« which confront him by exercising the best Judg
ment of HIS mind towards what is right as opposed to what is
wrong. In following that course, without regard for a ll outside
influences, he w ill be representing the interests of Ms constitu
ents to the best o f Ms ab ility, morally and in tellectu a lly .
We have representative government because it would be im
possible for a ll the people to Judge all the merits of a ll the ls-
m es that arise, and even if they could, the process of expressing
thorn Judgments would be too cumbersome and In effective. That
fa r rn o u g h so th a t the« w o u ld
l>e w a y below th e s u p p o rt le v -
e l. Ih r lo an le v e l, so th a t w e
c o u lil l l i r r e b j get c o m p lia n c e
tb> fa rm e r s in th e feed g ra in
c o n tro l p r o g r a m i. T h a i w as th e
w h o le In te n t an d p u rp ose and
th ru s i of th e p ro g ra m ."
• a a
This Is e v id e n c e d in the W est
w h e re L a b o r S e c re ta ry W illa r d
W lr ta . w o rk in g h a n d In glo ve
w Ith
th e
la b o r
bosses, an d
a id e d by th e big c ity so c io lo g i
ca lly
m in d e d d i earners w h o
n e v e r p la n te d a c ro p In th e ir
liv es, a re s e ekin g to d e s tro y
d o m e s tic a g ric u ltu r e .
C o n g r e s s m a n G ro s s then
pointed out that ri-eently the
C h a irm a n of the Council of
Economic A dvisers appeared
on television to say. "I m en
tioned the tact that incrcuses
m tile supplies of pork depend
on the d iffe re n c e betw een the
price of hogs and the price of
corn, and w e re try in g to hold
dow n th» price o f c o rn "
a a a
Senator George M u rp h y. C a l
ifo rn ia. is «in record w ith w e ll
docum ented evidence that th«*
big farm operators w ho have
the resources. are m oving to
Mexico, leaving the sm aller
farm ers holding th«' bag
a a a
In o th e r w o rd s , t l i r p ro g ra m s
w h ic h fa rm e rs so ug ht at one
lim e
a re
now
being
used
t
s -ti
.
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to .u
i.
a
a a
Anil this points up the p ro b
lem Ihe A m erican fa rm e r faces.
Ih e uninfo rm ed big city mass
es are p olitical reservoirs w hich
must l>e curried no m a tte r w hat
happens to the fa rm e r
r in . i r p o to>: M u - it ...
1» why a fully dem ocratic government could not operate »uccets-
fuQy, and so we have a republican form of government. But
again, we are not saying that individuals have no business ex
pressing their w izhes to their representative» at to how they want
them to v o te. However, we do »ay that a constituent hits no
right to demand that hi» representaive vote »uch and such a way
just because he so desires it. His desires may be w holly selfish
and his convictions biased beyond reason. He has every right to
request his representative to measure his convictions against the
constituents's lo g ic a l reasoning, based upon what he honestly
considers the right and wrong aspects of the issue. The represen
tative has no obligation to yield to the constituent's thinking, un
less he is convinced that right would be better served thereby.
"You w on't get my vote unless you vote such-and-such-a-w ay" .
is just as much a bribe as ten thousand dollars, and w ill be dis
dained by every honest p olitician.
Having said the» things, it should be seen that we have more
than a little basis for asserting that it is indeed an immoral pol
ic y which has prompted President Johnson and Ms coterie of State
Department aides to seek out the consensus of opinion not only
in America, but in a hundred nations of the world as to what he
diould do in V ietnam . The consensus has been sought not in an
effort to determine right or wrong in the issues Involved, but
purely and sim ply an attempt to find out what policy cr degree
of policy or lack thereof would secure the most votes and p oliti
ca l support for the administration.
Regardless of what Moscow and Peking say, w e know and the
world knows that U. S . involvem ent in V ietnam b neither ag
gressive nor im perialistic. All honest Americans, which should
include the P resid ed , know that the Communist nations and
their satellites are not capable of honorable negotiation. It is
therefore im m oral to ask for such presumed negotiation. The
only possible position of right for the President to take b to de
termine what b the right and just course for the United States to
take— and then take it, regardless of what American factions
may think or the Russians oPthe British or Nasser cr de Gaulle or
anybody c b e may think.
If the President o f the United States would follow that course,
the V ietnam war would be over in short order and the spilling of
American blood over there would be quickly reduced to a trick 1.
— and w e could get back to minding our own business, which
would by no means be lsolationbm , regardless o f what d ie smart
boys say.
"
W hy is it im portant to prevent litte r and safe
guard beauty? L itter is not only a health and safety
menace, but is expensive to clean up. Some $ 5 0 0
m illio n in tax money is spent each year to de-litter
highways, city streets, parks, beaches and other pub
lic areas, according to Keep America Beautiful, Inc.
Conversely, a clean well-kept community gener
ates citizen pride, indicates stability and property
values hold up.
Then what can the average person do about it?
A great deal. In fact, he is the only one who can stop
it because he is largely responsible fo r it. Here are
some specific do’s and don’ts: Keep a neat litter-
free home and back yard. T
S your children not
to litte r and most imports.
all set a good ex
ample by not littering yourself. A good example
w ill ru b o f f on y o u r c h ild re n ; also on your
neighbors.
Always carry a litterbag in your car and be sure
to use it. Encourage local youth groups to sponsor
anti-litter projects. Use your influence as a taxpayer
VOter tO m ,^e »l>re local anti-littering ordi-
nanceB ,re «"forced.
Remember, only people are litterbug«. And peo
ple’s habits can be changed.
As reported in The Wall
Street Journal; "Though some
people appear to forget It, the
government's outlays give It
both the right and the duty to
oversee the money's u se ....
Pin. ECONOMY MARKET Cenl'11 Po1"’
HARDER
A liltlc o ver .10 years ago. in a g ain st th em . T h e p ric e d e f la
.1 pei’itsl of evonomiv stress. the tio n p o w e rs e x e rc is e d by g o v
n a t i o n 's f o r m e r s turned to e rn m e n t th ro u g h sto red s u r
W ashington for a solution to pluses Is e n o rm o u s.
a a a
th e ir then existing problem
• • •
Thus, w hen g o v e rn m e n t-p ro
in fla tio n a ry
pressures
N o w t h e i r c h i c k e n s h » v e m oted
cause a rise in the price o f
co m e ho m e Io roust.
• • •
pork chops, the p olitical reper
T h e e n t i r e s i t u a t i o n w a s cussions of ang ry consumers in
the big cities blows up a storm
placed III l»'i •■ B ’"
Hence. In m o llify the irate
s p e r in e r e - »
housewife, the pressure is put
I» > K
on the farm er.
Congressm an B
a a a
H H G r « s »
T h e A ra b s h a v e long w a r n e d
of low a whi»F
ag ain st p e r m ittin g th e c a m e l
s ta le d
th a t
to g e l his nose In th e te n t. T h e
last y tmi thv
A m e ric a n fa r m e r Is now le a r n
S t'C ivtaiy of
in g th e m e r it of th is p ro v e rb .
Atf l ieu 11 u i c
I
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.
>
i
a a a
b la n d lx e x
For not only is governm ent,
p lained Io ihe ■■M & gá 1
once hailed as the saviour of
H o u s e a g |i-
C W Hsidei
c u ltu re com m ittee why the gov the fu im e r. now set king to
ernm ent sold m illions of bush m an ipu late th«’ price he shall
els of surplus corn on the open get for his products, blit it is
also seeking to dictate to h im
m arket
* • •
w hat labor he shall have, and
" W e p u rp o s e K so ld." h r said. w hal he shall pay for it
a a a
" In o rd e r to m o v e p rice s «low n
NEW SPAPER
r d A a L i A A Y V
420 E
AND
-"SM ALL BUSINESS”
in the State of Oregon and $ 4 .0C outside the state.
T n > t c t r
THURSDAY, JULY 21, 196«
C E N TR A L P O IN T T IM E S
No matter how openhanded and
unquestioning the government
may say it is, sooner or later
its hand is likely to become
the firm fist of federal con
trol.”
8 to 9 DAILY
LETTERS
EDITOR
D e a r Editor:
Mental Pain . . . T h is Is
the sleep er In the Civil Rights
Act of 1966, and if the Bill is
passed with this clause . . .
it will close the iip.s and pen
of every Patriot.
There is not any defense
against a claim of causing
"MENTAL PAIN", and any
Politician, Communist. Anti-
Christ or other person who is
out to destroy you . . . will be
able to use this clause in
doing so.
If the "MENTAL PAIN"
clause Is retained in this BUI,
every Patriotic Organization
and Publication will have to
fold up.
The " M E N T A L PAIN"
clause is what the Adminis
tration wants most of all; they
wiU give up on Open Housing,
providing they can get ihc
‘ MENTAL PAIN" clause . . .
because this will give them
complete control over what
you may say, write or print.
The Communists have for
years been trying to get this
law on the books; however, in
order to do so, they had to in
clude It in a Bill that would be
so controversial that this
"M EN TA L
PAIN" clause
would slip through without be
ing noticed.
If Gus Hall, leader cf the
Communist Party In the L.S.A.
OR Martin L. King claimed
that you had made a remark
about Mm causing Mm Mental
Pain . . . what would your de
fense be??? Remember the
U.S. Attorney General would
be on the side of the Prosecu
tion, and could also sue you.
TM s is one of the most
abominable clauses ever In
serted In a Bill presented to
Congress.
Wake up and do something
about it III
R.W. Walworth
Georgetown, C ecil Gounty
Maryland
COMPLETE BEVERAGE LINE
FRUITS & PRODUCE
DELICATESSEN
mocracy Is a frail, fragli In
strument made of hope, prav-
er, and Yankee ingenuity. Ira
held together by Ith of July
flag waving patriotism and
we’ve almost exhausted our
supply of It.
Try tMs test. Lift your eyes
to a flag then sing out as loud
as you can that old antique
freedom hymn you learned as
a child. For purple mountain
m ajesties above the fruited
plain, America, America, Cod
shed his grace on thee. Now
if you feel a little pride well
ing up Inside of you, if you
feel a little m ist In your eyes,
then thank God for you Mis
ter, you’re still an American.
Sincerely,
Sue Robinson
Recreation News
APPLEGATE RANGER
STATION
Trails: All trails in the Oregon
portion are open and main
tained. The trails in the Cal
ifornia portion are all open
except Dutch Creek and some
high country portions of other
trails still blocked by snow.
Middle Fork frail is open but
rough.
Roads: All roads are open and
maintained except Glade
Creek. Logging traffic is light
on Elliott Creek roads Monday
through Friday.
Campgrounds and picnic area:
All are open. Swimming Is
good.
Wildflowers: Abundant at
higher elevations.
Fishing: Poor to fair in easily
accessible areas. Generally
good in areas away from the
roads.
Summer o ffice hours: 8:00 a .m
to 5:00 p. m . , seven days a
w eek .
To the Editori
Central Point Times:
In the June 30 issue of the
Central Point Tim es, Norma-
Jean mentioned the recording
"Day of D ecblon" which has
becom e so popular with dbk
jockies and the public nation
w ide. I too think it's about
tim e w e awakrnded to the
fact that patriotism is NOT
dead.
I a m enclosing the words to
the recording for the benefit
of those who have not yet
heard the record on the radio.
DAY FOR DECISION
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ASHLAND RANGER DISTRICT
Snow Elevation: Few drifts on
north slopes at 7, 000 feet.
Trails: D aley Creek, Hepsie
Mountain, Skyline and Brown
Mountain are a ll open.
Campgrounds: Fish Lake, Nor
th Fork, Beaver Dam, D aley
Creek, Bull Cap are open.
Fishing: Fair at Fish Lake and
in the streams.
Wildflowers: To be found are
shooting »Ur, Indian paint
brush, asters and lupine.
BERRIES: Blackberries are not
yet ripe.
Sum me- O ffice Hours: 8:00
i ” , to 4:30 p .m . Monday
through Friday.
The other day I heard som e
one say, you know America Is
in real trouble. It's true, Old
Glory has never fallen so
BUTTE FALLS RANGER
close to earth. The blood of
American soldiers Is soaking
DISTRICT
foreign soil In nam eless, why-
Lakes: A ll lakes are open.
less conflict. Men are dying
Trails: Construction under way
for Ideals we so -ca lled Amer
icans have abandoned.
on Blue Canyon trail from
America’s r e a l trouble
Peak Lake to Island Lake,
doesn't lie In the rice paddles
also in the v icin ity of Frog
of Viet Nam or in the over
whelming ’ m asses of Red
Lake on the 7-Lakes T rail.
China. I?s here. TMs Is the
Campgrounds and Picnic
age of the American cynic.
grounds:
The year of the unbeliever.
The day of doubt. Love of God,
Parker Meadows still closed
country, and family have been
but a ll others are open.
thrown to the Junk heap. We
Fishing: Good in Blue Can
stare at our shoelaces when
they play the National Anthem.
yon and Willow Lake. Has
We change channels when a
been
poor in 7-Lakes.
political discussion com es on.
Summer O ffice Hours; 8:00
We wouldn’t be caught with
our eyes closed during public
a .m . to 5:00 p. m , , seven
prayers.
days a w eek.
We've decided that elections
and politicians are bought and
sold like cattle. Patriotisn%
PROSPECT RANGER STATION
the old hand over the heart,
Snow
Elevation: No snow.
flag waving, marching, singing
Trails: Sugar Pine, Abbott
patriotism has been condemn
ed. Somewhere back there in
Prairie, Varmint Crack, Ginko
our rush for progress and
Creek,
Golden Stair, South
power we've changed, we have,
Bessie Rock and Cold Spring»
you and me. Our enem ies know
it. They've seen new sreels of trails are open. Work is in
t h e discontented marching
around the capltoL The draft progress on Mudjekeewis.
card burning. They've driven Storms in the mountain« caus
steel wedges in our wall of ed the work to go at a slower
solidarity. The new idea is
why attack America, it will p ace.
eventually fall under the Roads: A ll roads are open »« h
weight of its own corruption.
And did you know it's working. passable with heavy logging
TMs deadly complacency traffic on Jim Creek, Flat
once stamped beneath the Creek and the Woodruff a cc
bloody feet of a tattered Con
tinental army in 1776 once ess road. The bridge over Mill
drowned with U.S.S, Arizona Creek on Red Blanket and
in Pearl Harbor Bay has risen M il Road f 3247 w Ul ba out
ain. This
sneering let
orge do it attitude.This bet o f order for six weeks starting
ter red than dead cancer is July 18.
more feared by the American
Campgrounds: Boundary p ic
soldier than all the Commu
nic arsa and A bbott Craak
nist bullets. It kills the vitali
ty and spirit of America. Dq-, Campground are sp an .
S
1
9 to 9 SU NDA Y -
"The Snitching Posts"
1
T h e " a n lt chin« poat," Back
In the 1930’ s when the firs t
parking m eters were in tr o -
duced, the nickname giver to
them had by no means an af
fectionate tune.
A lit t le more than 30 years
ago C .C . Magee, then editor
of the Oklahoma News of Ok
lahoma C ity, was having pro
blem s. Serving an the local
tra ffic com m ittee, he was one
of the men called upon to re
solve tlie Increasing ikiwntown
parking problem . Parking was
creating headaches a ll around.
T h a t Is , until Magee had a
brainstorm .
Why not lim it
the length of tim e a m otorist
could spend at any one park
ing spot?
Why not In s tall
coin-operated m eters to reg
ulate that time?
And so the "snitching post"
was born. In 1935 the firs t
m eters in the nation appeared
an the streets of Oklahoma
Q t y . Objections im m ediately
arose from every q uarter. C i
tizens w ere disgusted. M o to r-
lets w ere outraged. Parking
meters w ere an infringement
of the rights of freedom, they
claim ed. And with that, law
suits sprang up.
But I t dltbi't take the local
merchant» long to re a liz e the
potential of parking m eters.
Business began to pick up
sharply. No longer were Just
one o r two cars parked out
side th e ir stores fo r an en
tire day. With the turnover
in tra ffic came a turnover in
Farm or Fish?
In a recent House address
Rep. Frank T. Bow i R. Ohio)
said he received a photocopy of
a postcard which read as fo l
low s: "Do you w aul to work
all summ er, w hile your n eigh
bor is fish ing? If not rent your
corn and cotton to the Gov
ernm ent. Final date fot- sig n
ing up in thè fo o d 'g ra in and
cotton- program s is April* 1,
1966. So hurry."
He added that the postcard
w as se n t to th e fa rm s o f
C hester County, Tenn., h.v the
local A gricultural and S ta b ili
z a tio n office in H en d erso n ,
Tenn. P ostage fees were paid
by the Departm ent o f A gri
culture.
“ T his must corr.e as a shock
to farm ers," Rep Bow con
business.
M o to ris ts, too, discovered
that
the
"snitching post*?}
wasn't so objectionable after
a ll. At least one could be sura
of
finding a parking place
somewhere with the new sys
tem .
Soon packing meters
began to ap|>ear In nearly e v l
ary city in the United States,
and slowly they became a p a rt
of the modern street Beene,
T h e Idea of inserting coins
in meters became acceptable
but m otorists didn't always
feed the m eters Am erican
coinage.
Washers
Jangled
down th e ir throats, transit
tokens
choked, th e ir
C urrency from a ll around the
world a p |*a re d In t)ie m eters,
from the coins used In Rus
sia’ s pre-C om m unist days to
m ins presently In use In the
Philippines. But even that Is
changing now. M ete r manu
facturers are constantly Im
proving the efficiency of me
te r mechanisms and today It’ s
not so easy to outsmart a me
te r.
Parking m eters now belong
to o ur tra ffic picture, and It
looks as i f they're here to
stay, at least until a better
innovation comae along.
In
the meantime they're proving
beneficial, fo r not only do
they provide everyone with
an equal chance to find a park
ing
spot but, with today's
high coat of living, ttiey^re
ana of the few rem aining b ar
gains.
sloag.
tinued. For generation* we
have lauded them in s,Mrt?h«»«t
poems and songs for their Ini'd
work, diligence, p erso n era nt'«
despite hardship, drought and
floods. And now their <»<■••«>-rn
m ent is u rgin g them to JUopf
" L a z y b o n e s” fo r a th e m e
song."
"And 1 m ight add,” he eon
e lu d e d / " th a t
no m a ile r- how
successful th is appeal may be
in sig n in g up farm ers.loc their
corn and cotton program s, it
has the p ossib ility of produc
ing a dungernus boomerang
effect on c ity folk. If t h e y get
the idea that their tax dqllurs
are being used for a farm pro
gram that encourages farm ers
to fishing, the farm program
may be in real trouble."
90 th Anniversary
Saie!
CRATER LAKE MOTORS, INC.
See
at WAGON TOWN
C SC EN TR AL POINTI
2nd & E. Pine S 9 S B H H 6 6 4 ' 2864
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