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Food For the Hungry
To the Editor: Half the world
k slowly starving, while our
government has over 6 billion
dollars worth of surplus food in
storage. American people are
standing helplessly aghast at the
heartlessness of this situation,
and also over the fact that it is
costing our taxpayers more than
$700,000 daily for the storage of
this food.
Why can't we spend, NOW, a
portion of that enormous sum,
and send this food to needy
areas, both at home and abroad?
Much less expense would be in
volved, and we would be using
the strongest weapon possible
against Communism the weap
on of "Amazing Kindness."
Something should be done Im
mediately. If every taxpayer
would write to Washington, D.C.,
and make this suggestion to our
Secretary of Agriculture and
also to our Senators and Repre
sentatives, I believe we would
get swift action.
From the Parable of the Good
Samaritan we would conclude
that any one In need is our
neighbor.
We who are longing with un
speakable desire to see our be
loved country survive the threat
of future war are deeply inspired
by the words of Jesus, "I was
hungry and sick, naked, in pris
on and a stranger, and ye took
me in. Inasmuch as ye have done
It "unto one of the least of these,
ye have done it unto me.
Mrs. Elizabeth Brown,
P. O. Box 1442,
Medf ord, pre.
Gas Regulation
To the Editor: Since you pro
fess to be an independent news
paper, I hope you will see fit to
publicize some of the facts about
government regulation of nat
ural gas production.
a Your editorials and news items
on this subject appear generally
to favor the socialistic views ex
pressed by our "New Deal" pol
iticians.
C. S. Pope,
Rt. 2, Box 435,
Medford, Ore.
Screens For Ihe Dam
To the Editor: A copy of your
editorial "Screens for the Dam"
published in your Jan. 25 edition
was referred to us by our divi
sion vice-president, Col. Paul H.
Weiland.
As you mentioned in this edi
torial, the Oregon division of the
Izaak Walton League passed a
resolution at its 33rd annual con
vention relative to the screening
of the turbines at the Savage
Rapids dam.
V e wish to take this opportun
ity to commend you and thank
you for your very timely edi
torial comments,' in support of
one of the activities of the Ore
gon division. Your support of
this particular position is cer
tainly a fine contribution to the
cause of resource conservation.
Allan L. Kelly, Secretary,
Oregon Division Izaak
Walton League of America,
' ; Portland, Ore.
Stand Up To Ivan
To the Editor: To ."convince
someone against his will who'll
be of the same opinion still" is
surely a futile and unrewardine
task. But the obviously hasty,
and critical, letter of Mr. W
R. Johnson's in the Feb. 1 M-T
contains so much more proof of
our people's concern of the
Soviet bluff and bluster across
the world map that additional
comment might help some, for
it s worse than foolish to be like
sheep who rush to their own
destruction when a predator ap
pears.
We should be ever rirenared
and ready to march straight to
"the brmk of war" when chal
lenged. Like little but coura
geous Norwav when Ivan.
"scheming mit der brains," in
vading .Norway's recognized ter
ritorial water, got some 14
"chips" knocked off his shoulder
in the way of fishing-boats that
include a sizable one of a mother-
ship, which are now under Nor
wegian guns in Aalesund Fjord,
Now this mav trieeer all-out war
but mv opinion is otherwise. At
least it did not when modern
"Ivan The Terrible" in bloody
handed Stalin backed off from
little Yugoslavia who challenged
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him at "the brink of war."
Stalin lost a lot of face but noth
ing like his henchmen, Khrus
chev and Bulganin, who recently
staged a coyote-grinned baggy
pants parade to win the redout
able Tito 'back to the Kremlin
fold. Had the other now-slave
satellite small nations under the
Russian heavy yoke displayed
the same courage, they would
also likely be free and inde
pendent people.
Don't forget for one moment
that the Soviet is watching our
every move, even to the letters
like Mr. Johnson's and mine, for
he must know how bewildered
and uncertain we are in order to
further his "scheming mit der
brains," rather than all-out
fighting. For he must remember
that little June 17th uprising in
East Germany that could spread
to fatal proportions if he was
engaged all-out otherwise. FDR
refused to enter World War II
till we were steamed up and
united by the Pearl Harbor
sneak attack. Napoleon was not
defeated by the Russians or
Wellington at Waterloo. It was
the fading faith of his men and
people that halted his world;
conquering ambition.
F. J. Clifford,
1211 West Main St.,
Medford, Ore.
More About Hospital
To the Editor: I, along with
hundreds of others in Medford
and surrounding areas, wonder
why Osteopathic physicians and
surgeons are not going to be
allowed use of the new hospital?
Being that the- large funds
donated by Ford Foundation,
a thoroughly democratic institu
tion, which believes in helping
all races, creeds and colors, and
as America is supposed to be
a country where free enterprise
thrives, do you think Henry Ford
would like it, if he knew a cer
tain click is going to use the
fund?
I know personally and feel
sure many hundreds of people
who have and will have Dr.
Rutter and his fine staff and hos
pital take care of their loved ones
know, what a fine doctor he is,
and the well run and efficient
staff in his hospital can't be
duplicated anywhere here. The
personal care he and his staff
give you is perfect. I fail to find
any doctor or hospital that can
beat it around here.
I work among the public and
know their feelings in this thing,
as the hospital is supposed to be
for good of valley and people
therein. Then where does a cer
tain click get off, barring their
choice of doctors to take patients
there. I know Klamath has such
a reputation, but I never thought
Medford would. I thought people
who donate to the hospital would
have choice of their personal doc-,
tor. I can tell you, there will be
mrny more donate if they can
use their own doctor. As some
of the money, was appropriated
by government,, then I feel we
should be allowed our choice
of doctors, as government is sup
posed to be democratic. I don't
feel it is fair.
I would have been a widow
today if it had not been for the
immediate care and quick re
sponse, when I called of Dr. Rut
ter and his wonderful wife.
Mrs. Anna Dale,
252 Strawberry lane,
Ashland, Ore.
Who Is Satan?
To the Editor: Many people
are perturbed about the evil
they see in the world about them.
They seek to know the cause
They ask, "Why so much sin
and crime and war in a world
the Creator evidently intended
to be a good world?"
I don't know all the answers,
no one does. But I think I can
see some parts of the answer.
An important part of the answer
to the sin in the world is our
human propensity to' shift re
sponsibility. We look for some
one to blame when things go
wrong. So few are willing to
stand up and say, "I . am to
blame.
In the third chapter of Gene
sis, the Bible tells of the first
sin. It is a story of an attempt
to satisfy selfish desire contrary
to the will of Grd and unselfish
love. When Adam was confront-
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ed with evidence of his sin he
quickly said, "The woman gave
me to eat." Eve just as quickly
added, "The serpent beguiled
me." The poor old serpent, un
able to find some one else to
blame, snuck off into the bush
and he has been sneaking ever
since. Thus began the human
pastime of passing the buck.
We may follow the story on
through the Bible and through
life. Always at the root of sin
is the attempt to gratify selfish
desire. When the tempter said
to Jesus, "Make these stones
bread," Jesus rejected the idea.
He rejected it not because it
is wrong to eat bread to satisfy
a legitimate hunger, but He con
sidered it wrong to use His
divine power to do what human
hands and effort are supposed
to do.
What did Jesus mean by call
ing Simon Peter a Satan, Mk.
8:32-33? He did not call Simon
Satan. He was speaking to the
selfish spirit Simon represented
vhen he tried to dissuade Jesus
from the way of the cross. Sin,
Satan, Selfishness, they all stem
from the same root.
If you take the selfishness
out of a . man you find a saint
no matter what nomenclature
you apply to the process. As the
Holy Spirit is the essence of
unselfish love and obedience to
God, so Satan, the antithesis of
all good, is the essence of. self
love and rebellion against God.
Who then is Satan but a per
sonification of selfishness to the
lowest extreme.
Sin, Satan, Selfishness, one
and the same. You may not agree
with me, but 'them's my senti
ments. L. G. Weaver,
1453 Poplar Dr.,
Medford, Ore.
Resent Discrimination
To the Editor: We were im
pressed, but not favorably, by
the appeal made by two medical
doctors last Tuesday night over
KBES-TV for public support, by
donations to the Rogue Valley
Memorial hospital project. They
related how the hospital would
be open to everyone and all
classes of people; that it would
be closed to certain groups, such
as osteopathic physicians and
surgeons; that to do otherwise
would cost the hospital it's recog
nition by the American Hospital
association, etc.
We are wondering how long
certain communities, as our own,
are going to put up with preju
diced and discriminatory tactics
because these medical societies
refuse to accredit institutions
that allow physicians, other
than their own societies' mem
bers,' to participate in their use.
We know that there are a few
hospitals in Oregon as well as
many more in other states less
prejudiced where the two pro
fessions share the same commun
ity facilities.
Beth professions spend the
same number of years in their
pre-medical and medical train
ing, depending on the degree of.
specialization desired. The fact
that osteopathic doctors of medi
cine may have a slightly differ
ent or independent approach,
should not "outlaw" them.. Con
sider the progressive work done
by Sister Kenny.
According to last June's Ore-
gonian, a team of expert medical
educators examined the osteo
pathic colleges and teaching
hospitals, then made a favorable
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In TKe Day's
By FRANK JENKINS
As this is written, we have
just engaged in ' another diplo
matic exchange with Soviet Rus
sia. Premier Bulganin proposed
to President Eisenhower a
year friendship - treaty whose
first article reads:
"The contracting parties
(meaninsr the U.S. and Russia)
will develoD and strengthen, in
the spirit of sincere cooperation
and mutual understanding,
friendly relations between the
DeoDles of the Soviet Union and
the United States of America on
the basis of equal rights, mutual
respect for state sovereignty and
non-interference in internal af
fairs."
In addition, the treaty pro
nosed that the United State and
Russia agree, in conformity with
the charter of the United .Na
tions, "to settle all their inter
national disputes by peaceful
means" and to contribute to. the
development and strengthening
of economic, cultural and scien
tific cooperation between the two
states on the basis of the princi
ple of mutual benefit and equal
rights."
ALL THIS was put on paper
and delivered to the Presi
dent of the United States with a
perfectly straight face by the
rulers of the Soviet Union de
spite the fact, that for ten years
all these. things have been pro.
vided by the Charter of the
United Nations, which was sign
ed by both the United States
and Russia, and during all these
years of cold war Russia has
been VIOLATING THEM! .
Can you beat it?
TO ALL of this, President Eis
enhower replied that "a
stroke of the pen cannot bring
peace."
He asked bluntly . how there
can be hope for peace through
words, when the SPIRIT has not
changed.
He reiterated: "We know that
it is DEEDS and not WORDS
ALONE which count."
He added: "Since Geneva the
world situation has deteriorated
report to the AMA hierarchy,
suggesting closer cooperation be
tween the two professions. But
the politicians of the ruling
body, by a close vote, vetoed the
recommendations of its own edu
cators and examiners, and as
sumed, again the attitude of
"whole hog or none." We main
tain that if such an attitude must
prevail here in the Rogue Val
ley's "public" hospitals, and if
medical societies rather than our
local citizens are to dictate the
policies that must be followed,
then why not make the medical
societies build and finance their
own hospitals, just as they have
made the osteopathic physicians
do for years? Then, let us use the
truly public hospitals for all the
people, and staffed by all the
doctors limited only by their
state practice rights.
We agree that a better , hos
pital is imperative. We agree
that the ' public should support
such a project. But we deplore
a policy which calls on the public
to build a work shop for just one
politically - powerful group of
doctors under the- guise of an
"all-community" benefit.
Loyd C. Morrow,
Box 355, Rogue River
and 19 others.
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further because to us it has
seemed that your government
had, in various areas of the
world, embarked upon a course
which increases tensions by in
tensifying hatreds and animosi
ties implicit in historic interna
tional disputes."
TKE THEN declined to accept
the proposed "treaty of friend
ship (when the ', Communist
rulers have made it crystal, clear
by their actions that there IS NO
FRIENDSHIP and isn't going to
be any friendship so far as they
are concerned) because accept
ance of such a proposal might
work against peace by creating
a false illusion of accord.
So that's that.
Personally, it seems to me
that in this latest international
sparring exhibition we came out
ahead.
SPECIALLY so since Presi
dent Eisenhower's rejection
of this latest Communist offer of
sucker bait was phrased in words
of the gravest and most thought
ful courtesy. ' -
He spoke softly, but made it.
plain that we carry a big stick
which we shall not be afraid to
use in defense of right and de
cency and international fair deal
ing. tyHAT were the Russians up to
this time?
I wouldn't know
But I suppose they were offer
ing us this phony "treaty of
friendship" ' to see if we would
be saps enough to accept it. If
we had accepted it, I'm sure they
would have said to themselves:
"Aha! These Americans are
SCARED OF US. Being scared
of us, they're still willing to AP
PEASE us.
"We've got 'em on the run!"
IF THE Communists ever be
come convinced that we're
scared of them, LOOK OUT!
The next thing will be bombs
on our cities.
To Call Bids Soon
On Shopping Center
. Bids will be called soon for
a new Medford shopping center
on South Pacific highway, ac:
cording to Thornburn Reid,
president of Medford Shopping
Center, Inc. and Roseburg Shop
pin Center, Inc. Safeway will
be the key occupant in both the
Medford and Roseburg struc
tures, g
Plans for the Medford center
were announced last February
by O. R. Blair, Portland realty
manager for Safeway.
The 22-acre site is . located
east of the highway between
Kim's restaurant and a Stand
ard service station. Two other
buildings are planned for later
construction, one for one tennant
and one for several shops.
More than $1,000,000 is to be
spent on the project, according
to Blair. The first building, for
Safeway and adjoining shops,
will provide 43,750 square feet
of floor space and an additional
30,000 square feet will be added
with the two other structures.
Local sources indicated that
space in the first building have
been rented to a number of local
and Portland firms.. It was not
known when construction would
begin.
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Exforf ion Attempt
At Inglewood Bank
Inglewood, Calif. (U.R)
FBI agents. said Saturday non
explosives were inside two suit
cases planted by an extortionist
who threatened to blow up the
Inglewood branch of the Bank
of America unless he got $100,
000. The suitcase, left at the bank's
headquarters Friday Were rip
ped apart by police and demo
lition experts and were found to
contain only non-explosive but
inflammable highway flares.
A note wired to one of the
suitcases was reported to have
stated, "want $100,000 in $5, $10
and $20 bills." It went on to tell
where the money was to be left.
Inside one of the suitcases
were 27 highway flares, the in
sides of a radio set which was
made to appear like a detonat
Four Eugene Youths
Drown In River
Mapleton. U.R) Four Eu
gene teenagers were drowned in
the Siuslaw river two miles
west of here Friday night when
their car hit slippery pavement
and plunged into the stream."
Police identified the victims
as John White, 19; Jannett Gar
rett, 17; Sharon Singer, 18; and
Danny Poppe, 19. Officers did
not know which youth was the
driver of the car.
They said the car went into a
ditch on one side of Highway
36 and then veered across the
road and plunged into the river
on the opposite side. The acci
dent occurred about 10:45 p.m.
A diver attached a cable to
the car after it was located and
a truck dragged it to the sur
face at about 3 a.m. Saturday.
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