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(i MAIL TRIIUNE, Madferi. Ot. Tuesday, Oct. 20,-1939. UNI B7ryWi a Southern Oregon ada The Mali Tribune"' FuEftl) D-il except SaturdajTry iBrtnin wuntiho co 13 "forth ril 8t Ph SP 2-6141 fipetRT W RTJHL Editor 1.HD GRaft Advertislna Manages GEr-AJJ LATHAM Business M(i fRIC VT AXLEN JR. MarjMlrat editor Brl7 ADAMS. City EdJtoT BAflf CHIFJaAW Teleg Editor JKIM JKVVETT Sports Editor ttllfS STARi'HER Women a Editni PAfcgETUCKSON Circulation MT Ika ladeeenden Newsoaner a aorwni eiaaa matter al Oretron under Art of Man S 189? StJSSCRIPTlON RATES afr Wat , In Advance Codv 10c Jta5 id Sunday 1 year SIS 00 4waly and Sunday 4$ moa 8 0(, Oleiil? ani Sunday 3 mos 429 -ovtjaeaay Qnly One year $4.20 By Carrier In Advance Medford Aajnaa Central Point Eagle OMajt Jacksonville. 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Vancouver B C NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION E0ITORIAI AsgCTIN ... .Lm flight 'o Time m taeafferd and Jackson County aJMary from the files of The kWI Tribune 10, 20, 30. 40 asj M y&rs ago. iaJL 8f ION AL afcfCABS AGO Cart. 0, 1949 (Thursday) Congressman and Mrs. Kar ri llworth pay a brief and ' gjrffirii1 visit to Medford- a proposal that Bonneville avtf be substituted for Cal persia Oregon Power com ? power when available is fisewssed before th.e Ashland aaftr aouncil. 0 YEARS AGO Qrt. tO, 1939 (Friday) fjfedford taxpayers are in efeKsted in the proposed $30, 00 bond "issue for develop trrfRt of a city park, but a ma feity of those approached in B oll decline" to express their Views for publication. ... - i tllT itnm Artnur .rerry s ic gmudge Pot" column: "A val ley grower reported yesterday 4h present price of onions "Was enough to bring tears 9e His eyes.' . M TEARS AGO 9k 20, 1929 (Sunday) Talley hens suddenly stop laying eggs - and a shortage ' aC "hen fruit" is reported in teal stores. A rumor on the local streets hat oil was struck in Grants .ffaae proves unfounded. TEARS AGO art. 20, 1919 (Monday) A. local boy, 11, is nabbed :per joy-riding and lectured by aaolice. Medford is denied a squad- ton of Army airplanes for -its Armistice Day. celebration. ft YEARS AGO Oct,. 20, 1909 (Wednesday) The ' Medford Commercial lub presents its annual High finks. Congressman W. C. Hawley "expresses surprise at Med ord's growth. -' What's Your I.O.? 4Min ar ten correct is superior: una At aLiht is excellent: five et m is good. " 1. In bullfighting, , which one kills the bull-the picador or the matador? 2. What kind of coal was first discovered 1 in Carbon Countv. Pa., in 1791? 3. According to the pro , verb, what is worth a bird in the hand? 4. Who founded the Amer ican Red Cross Society? ' 5. If you wished to visit the Isle of Capri, would you go to Manila Bay; Bay oi Nap 1m or Bav of Biscay? . . - ; "What is - the only ele ment, that does not solidify when .subjected to temper- tures approaenrng absolute i 7. Into what sea does the Rhine River empty? 8. In what city is George town University located? 9. Of what kind of tissue is the heart principally made? 10. Is it the east or west front of the U.S. Capitol that is being extended? - . Answers: 1. Matador. 2. Anthracite. 3. Two in the , bush. 4. Clara Barton. . 5. ' Bay of Naples. 6. Helium. f7. North Sea. 8. Washing . : ton D.C. 9. Muscular tis ; ua. 10. asl. I 'Brandy Is ' distilled from grape wine; It got its -name from the German Brantwein, meaning burned wine. Ashland's Renaissance . Once again, Ashland has done it. On Friday, by a margain of about 5 to 1, voters in Ashland approved a $350,000 bond is sue to finance construction of a badly-needed new hospital. It is renewed evidence of what looks, from here, like a resurgence sponsibility and interest, which once was most notable by its absence. IT WOULD be difficult, if not impossible to determine just. when this renaissance in the spirit of Ashland began: But its first became evident when the city oversubscribed by 40 per cent its quota in the fund rasing drive to build a new Oregon Shakespearean Festival theater.. Then it passed a big school bond issue. . Now it will build a new hospital. This is the kind of spirit which makes a com munity a good. one, with a real sense of civic pride and responsibility. E.A. Simple . Ashland's hospital problems, of course, will not be cured by building a new structure. Hospitals everywhere are in the midst of seemingly insuperable problems, particularly in keeping their charges down within reason, and their costs within their ability to pay. One commentator blames much of the trouble on the fact that in every community there is a certain percentage of hospital patients who can not pay for their treatment, that for humanitarian reasons hospitals cannot turn away patients, no matter what their financial status, and that local governments do not pay hospitals enough for charity patients to cover the costs. AS A result, the hospitals are in a pinch. A number of patients cannot pay, the hos pitals do not recover 'enough in charity funds to cover the costs, and as a result must, if they are to remain in business, raise their charges to other patients, thus aggravating the problem and breed ing resentment.. ; -" It is a real problem, and a real dilemma. And it seems to us that it is un to the local governments involved to bility for chanty cases, pital (and its other patients) do not have to as sume that burden. 1 ' ' IT BOILS down to a choice between these alter- 1. Shall hospitals reject patients who cannot pay for their medical treatment? . - -'-'v 2. Shall they accept keep up; their already-high charges to ' pother patientscharges which, even to a solvent cit izen, come at the worst possible time? - " ; 3. Or, shall local governments accept uie re sponsibility of making realistic reimbursement to 1- 1 ?2 1 1 "J O me nospuais ior cnaniy If we reject the inhuman first alternative, we are iacea witn mis cnoice eitner. everyone (through their taxes) pays for the hospital's in digent cases; or else they are paid by; other pa tients,, through the imrealistically high, charges the hospitals are forced to make. -l And that is a pretty simple choice, isn't it? E.A. i - r . . v . . j. Why Foreign Aid? h ! Ever wonder what this foreign aid stuff is all about? . Why our hard-earned tax dollars should be "sent abroad to help some nation we hardly ever heard of? One of the best succinct explanations we have seen was contained in a letter to Sen. Richard L. Neuberger, from Ernest K. Lindley, of News week magazine, who recently returned from an extended tour abroad. Here are excerpts: "VOU are right in consistently supporting f or ... .eign aid., Taken as a whole, our foreign aid programs-military,' technical, economic have been a great success. They, are producing results. ; . "A global struggle between communism and the free way of life will be settled, I believe, in Asia and Africa. It will not be settled in Western Europe, unless we lose our nerve. "In the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia, and East Asia, we are making marked gains. The changes since - my previous visit to these areas are substantial and heartening. They rest largely-on our economic aid program, at though most of our collateral and supporting policies are also proving sound. MUR gains will be lost if we cut back on j; V: economic aid or, indeed, military aid at the present time. The plain fact is that our aid in certain countries ought to be increased. The struggle for Aisa will not be finished until we get the free countries on their feet economically and in a position to move ahead at a pace comparable with, or at least not too far shart of, the Soviet Union's and Communist China's. "Not to do this would be a teiribly costly and possibly eventually, fatal who nas had a chance to see the overall results, I do not regret one penny of my money which has gone into foreign aid." E.A. The race for the presidency is the only one we know about that permits a man to run halfway around the track before entering the race. Sherman County Journal . - -. - - of a spirit of civic re Choice assume their, responsi and make sure the hos ,.. chanty patients, and then cases: blunder. -As a taxpayer Dennis the I SAlP PUT'yOUR MOTHER OM THE RffOKE WHAT? ygS.jM STILL AWWVGUl HEOO? VNH?fl5MVS... Washington Report By WILLIAM Quiet Debate Washington -Fateful changes in high foreign policy are taking place in an almost total absence of public dis cussion among the politicians. Such a na t i o n a 1 "de bate" now go ing on offi cially is more a series of whispers than of roars, With isolated exceptions, , William 8. rV- White - ination of the Eisenhower Administration's turn ;to negotiations with the Russians is nonexistent. Most Republicans seem sincerely to approve. But approve or not -and many privately do. not- they are stuck with the policy because the head of their, par ty has made it. The Democrats generally are stuck with it, too, 'for. dif ferent reasons Within , the Democratic party there is ac tually a very wide anxiety about the Eisenhower 'Khru shchev exchanges. But here, too," there is nothing remotely approaching an open and full throated questioning. Totally lacking now is ,.the. kind of fierce controversy, that both J rocked and informed the country two , -decades ago when we began to reject the notion of Fortress America and isolation. r PLAIN -FACT, the Demo cratic opposition cannot responsibly now oppose. First, it has too little real informa tion to risk making majoij judgments. Only political juveniles are willing to ''op pose in such an area simply for the sake of opposing. Sec ond, recent excesses of opposi tion, like that indulged by many Republicans in the Korean War, have taught, re sponsible politicians to think twice before rocking the boat. And, third, the nuclear age has raised a serious question whether- aU - out and official foreign policy opposition will ever again be fully possible. When it is in , the power of nations to destroy mankind by ; a single act of. button pushing, the political minor ity may no longer be permit ted to challenge, high policy. Whether we are wise, in dealing with the Russians, or whether we are courting dis aster, only .' time can tell. One thing, however; is clear: Never before in our history have, so few leaders' under taken so much in the f ace.of a public able torknow so littie about it all. t ; -: M't ; : . - . ; " ASSUMING: no ' vast ; a n d early change in" the cold war, ;,there wfll be no real foreign policy debate at the earliest w until a new Admin istration and a new Congress have been installed in Janu ary of 1961. - : ' . Nobody in the 1960 election campaign can or will run against ."peace." Therefore, there is a strange vacuum. To fill this void is impossible in present' circumstances.- But the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is trying, .in a whoUy bipartisan way, to do at least something about it. The committee is sponsor ing 15 major objective, and nonpolitical studies df world affairs at a cost of $300,000. The work is being done by scholars in the universities and foundations who are not running for office and not running anybody else for of fice. - , - ONE OF THESE STUDIES, which the. Foreign Rela tions Committee itself in due time will either endorse or reject, makes somber reading. It was conducted by the For . Menace S. WHITE eign Policy Research Institute of the University of Pennsyl vania. , Ironically these academic people speak much the same language once spoken by the politicians.' , :It; is ithe acade mies who arevnow the most worried about the possibility of appeasement. They urgent ly, recommend more rather than less military strength in the .Western . alliance; more rather than less suspicion of what they flatly call "Soviet blandishment and blackmail. .Whether they are right or wrong is not the present point. The point is that one group is still speaking up in the tradi tion of the great foreign pol icy debates of the past. And the academies are now about the sole 'Open backers of the "tough" line which used to be the copyrighted possession of the politicians. - Communications ; Letters to the Editor must : bear e name and address of the write although nder cer tain circumstances tne use ot a pen name m .initial for publica tion is peinissible The- Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit aU letters-with an eye to clarification, ano condensation Letters sulmitted for publica tion must tut exceed 400 words Ends and Means To the Editor: I feel under a certain obligation to write and tell you that I enjoyed and agreed with your editor ial of last Friday in reference to raising money to send the band to Sah Francisco. I fear that you will receive much adverse criticism for this point of view and, therefore, wish to state my congratula tions. I want to be particularly careful not to imply any crit icism of our Medford school system which, I feel, is out standing, not only in Oregon, but in the United States. Their highly professional attitude assures all our children the best possible education for their, capabilities. , ; I would also like to add to your criticisms of the meth ods of money-raising. The ad vertisements of the smorgas bord were misleading. They advertised all a person could eat for 30 cents. However, if a child asked for a larger por tion (and the portions were miserable), none was forth coming. I do feel tiiat our children, without cafeterias, were in the position of . a cap tive audience -bad enough -but what is even worse, a pay ing captive audience.: .- ... We here in the United States bitterly criticise the philosophy of the ends justify ing the means, and ;it makes me uncomfortable to see it cropping up in even a petty situation of this kind. : Mrs. George RodeV 7 Cherry Heights, ' Medford. "j.i Kittens and Oldsters To the Editor: I have a pet cat and a pet peeve. Of either, one is enough. I am thinking of- people who are so tender hearted that they just cannot stand to have their unwanted kittens put to sleep, so they drop them off beside the road to starve, slowly, to death. One such little fellow came to the Fifty Plus club one day. I took it around to over 60 members and the only one who could give it a home was an old gentleman who lived alone. I've never dared ask him what became of it. Now with oldsters, it is dif ferent.' The Fifty Plus club means recreation for Med ford's old people.: Any one who is in need of real frinds can visit or become a mem ber. Just walk right in any Friday noon. Meeting is called to order at 12:30 at the Guild hall at Fifth and Oakdale. You'll find friends galore. Each brings a sack lunch next time. We'U have the coffee. But . please, pretty please, don't drop those pitifully mewing orphan kitties around. Pearl Spackman, Jacksonville, Ore. . Examine His Eyas To the Editor: The hunter that shot my big grey ; and white tomcat on Sunday af ternoon needs to have his eyes examined and also his head. I didn't know a Dheasant looked like a cat, before. I nope the hunter will read this. Mrs. Burton Green, 2411 Sunset Court, Medford. . Economic Penetration To the Editor: Four men were active in the industrial revolution that changed .the tribal economic system into the Feudal economic system. They were Abraham, Moses, Christ and Spartacus. . ; It was Abraham, the asari- an, who told his fellow tribes men the land they tilled was based solely on production for use and could not be sold or exchanged. To Abraham, the earth was the. beginning and end of aU individual ex istence. Moses, the stone mason, carved the industrial laws of his organization on a tablet of stone and armed with the tools of their trade, led his followers into a land of milk and honey far away from the kingdoms of the usurpers and slave holders. This is what King Solomon meant when he said, "Tools to the workers are the life blood of a coun try - for without them, em pires perish and nations dry rot." r Christ, the carpenter, along with Peter the fisherman, Simeon the Tanner and other labor leaders found sanctuary underground in the catacombs of Rome only to be accused by the ruling classes of seek ing to over-throw the govern ment and met their fate by crucifixion. It was Spartacus the slave gladiator who led the slaves of Rome into battle that de feated the might of Rome only to meet betrayal with the advent of the feudal lords of Europe. Emperor Con- stanune in collusion witn xne high priests of Rome there upon combined church and state into a" form of govern ment legalizing.its;; edifices of superstition that, conceals the true facts of history - housing the non - productive clergy that ignore the , cause and effect of poverty. The good earth awakens to reprisal, the masses stir in rovolt. No long er will Faith, Hope . and Charity take' the place of Food, Clothing '. and Shelter. Economic ' Penetration rends assiinder the cause of poverty and by Education, Health and Welfare restores to the earth the heaven of 5s origin. ' Tom CaldweU 408 Laurel st. Medford v v: Dog Problems'; To the Editor: The policy statement for dog control seems out of line as a humane view. There are, too, thoughts, and they are common sense and common knowledge. It is common knowledge that dogs have the worst dis ease, named distemper, and it should be common sense to find out . if those dogs have been vaccinated before any operations are done. It was stated the 13 females, after being spayed, died from distemper. This disease alone is a torture, to say nothing of being operated on. Then you cry cruelty by taking a chance with a living being, and if you ask yourself, chances are dangerous. You've got to know", or something suffers, ''The veterinarians' fees are too high. In the middle west these fees are six to seven times less, as in the spaying, $2.50 and all shots. This is not done by dog hospitals, but vets for the farm and home. One dollar a day is too much for a non-profit dog program, with one meal a day. The care of a $400 or $500 horse, care including hay, water, clean ing and a handful of grain, $1. The $5 mutt without a name costs as much as an animal which is 25 times bigger. I can't see any inhuman treatment in using these con demned dogs for human use, as to find cures for man. The kennels are a breed ing place, as anyone knows, and especially when dogs come from every nook and corner of the county. Dog is much like man,, he is accus tomed to a home and home surroundings, whether they be inside or outside, and if these surroundings are not afforded, the animal gets homesick and gets off his feed, and disease creeps in. I feel that putting pets for adoption is a sin and a shame for any dog over six months old to be dealt with in such inhuman ways. The intelligent animal never forgets his or Strains Sesh Coming Soon in U.S.-Brazilian Relationships By PHIL NEWSOM -UPI Foreign Editor jl The traditional bonds of friendship between the Unit ed States and Brazil are in for some se vere strains in the coming month. Some will be the results of next year's eawpi election cam I Daien in which Brazilian Na tionalists and Newsom the nation s strong Communist Party both will indulge in their favorite sport -of flailing the Yanqui whipping boy. The other will spring from Brazil's always - precarious economy and her attempts to cure those economic ills through flirtations with the Soviet Union and the satel lites and with Red China. A hint of things to come was seen in a recent warning by the U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, John Moors Cabot, that overtures to the Com munists could wreck the pres ent "fruitful collaboration" between the two nations. Spoke Hard Truths Cabot spoke '. only hard truths. The U.S.. not only is Brazil's biggest buyer but it also has the greatest foreign investment in Brazil. . U.S.. dollar aid was the main factor in preventing Brazil from going broke long before now. Any close alignment with the Communist nations not ony would be distasteful to the U.S. economically, it also would presents a strategic threat. Brazil now has an agreement with the U.S. per mitting U.S. missile tracking stations on Brazilian soil. Despite optimistic Brazilian statements about the nation's financial condition, these are some of the conditions now exisiting: Brazil ended the first half of 1959 with a -balance of payments deficit of $150 mil lion. ' Her trade deficit was $32 million. Searching For Funds - This year she must service thei government's foreign debt to the tune of $250 million The government points out that coffee exports have jumped since July, and that foreign investment is up. - Critics, of the government contend that these, develop ments simply stave off the evil day for the Brazilian economy, unless Brazil is will- her master. Each dog has a history and if it not be known, bow can you know what to do to help the animal? The man who sells must know his animal and give an intelligent history and facts for the dog's own protection. If one cannot give facts and advice, he should put the col lar around his own neck and just grin. Leo A. Rif enbark - 1131 Pinecroft ave. Medford. An Appreciation . To the Editor: On Sunday afternoon, I thought to add my presence, plus one dollar, to the support of a worthy cause, namely: the appearance of the Portland Junior Symphony. Having rested assured, these many years, that the San Francisco Symphony under direction of Pierre Montieux, was the outstanding feature of music on the coast, I expected to say, "They did very well." Complacency is the word for it, and I was most certain ly put in my place. The Beethoven Fifth Sym phony, the old war horse I have heard since the hey-day of Walter TJamrosch, emerged from the depths of despair to victory with a continuity not attained by many more sea soned conductors. The Enesco Roumanain Rhapsody, so often used in re pertiore of leading symphon ies, was a revelation in tech nical ability and changing tempo. In the Londonderry" Air one could- positively hear voices with organ accompaniment -comparable to the national theme on a desolate Finnish shore as portrayed by Jean Sibelius. The music teachers and group of budding genius (col lectively) were conspicuous by their absence. Incidentally, 'Mr. Avshalo mov did not heed my pres ence. He could have perform ed -in a lumber yard, without human response, so far as in spirational necessity was con cerned. (Name on file). Medford. Husbands! Wives! Get Pep, Vim; Feel Younger Thousands of couples tie weak, worn-out, exhausted because body lacks iron and Vitamin Bi. For a younger feeling after 40, try new. Improved Ostrex Tonic Tablets. Contain iron and high-potency dose. Vita min Bi for quick, new younger pep. vim. 3-day "get-acquainted" size only 69. Or . get veonomy size, save tl.67.All diuggirta t Phil ing to install a harsh auster ity program. Meanwhile, in a desperate search for new funds, the gov ernment has began to look toward the Communist na tions. ' Matter of Fact i?h mmp KEROUXC, KEEP OUT! Kyoto Over one of the proud gates of the Daikokuji monastery here, there is an inscription by U me junperor V ft I a i tf n ' gllpil "P eerless lempie 01 uie I ' J Zen Sect" U $ J I ' 5 the pious Go- - x daigo had not died six cen turies ago, he wo u 1 d now add: "But Not Joi-on Alsos for the Beat Generation." After seeing and hearing some of tne seii-comessea American Zen practitioners, it is a very odd experience to go to this monastery which is Zen's fountainhead. Its beauty is undefeated. The precinct is peaceful and fragrant with its pines. The great pavilions, built of dark cedar, ar3 soberly splendid. At least three of the Daito-' kuji's counUess gardens are among the most lovely man has ever made. But go visit the strangest and most marvelous of these gardens a miniature yet grand mountain landscape largely made of rocks and raked sand, with only a little moss and a shrub or two sug gesting the greenness of na tural growth. Here one smells defeat. THIS garden's pavilion, be in? a .Tananpsp national treasurer, is under repair. The old monk who lives here, with no tourists to pay for his performance of the tea ceremony, has put off his priestly robes. You find .him enjoying a jolly bourgeois meal with his wife and moth er. Two-thirds oi the. Daitokuji Is now like this a place to see the wonders of the past but no longer a place to seek the inner light. Yet this an cient tree which has- died back so far, .still' obstinately, puts out a few green shoots of faith. This you-discover if you visit the pavilion of Chief addou uaa aesso. Here there is no married monk taking an easy lun cheon. Here, on the hard bench of the handsome en trance, is a young man in shabby pilgrim dress frozen in the antique petitioner's at titude, head bowed upon knee. So he must remain, silence as a statue, until he is accept ed as a novice. The silent place, the silent figure have their effect. The effect is not diminished when a barefoot, black robbed priest noiseless ly appears, noiselessly pros trates himself, and wordless ly beckons the visitor to en ter. "V TfHE visitor is led to an in- -- ner room,' giving on a gar den. Still with no sound, Chief Abbot Oda enters t a man on whom discipline has con ferred beauty, spare and graceful in his spotless white and pale tobacco brown robes. Is he 50? Or 60?,Or 70, one asks. But who can guess the game of a face so linelessly serene? At length the Abbot speaks in a low bell-' like voice: r "Have you some reason for coming to see me?" The visitor, suddenly reluct ant to mention the long-haired, unwashed young men and women babbling of the Budd ha over ccjffee in San Fran cisco, mumbles something about "the great interest in t a-- . Counsel With . . Mr. Insurance Fred Brennan JliiM ' ft Fred Brennan or call Mr. Friendly Bill Fish Phone SP 3-7343 - MEDFORD , INSURANCE AGENCY 27 NORTH HOLLY ST. Inside Brazil, Nationalist and- Communist forces 'are clamoring for 1 e g i slation which would bear down heav ily on the 500 million dollars . in U.S. money already invest- ed . there. . :. .1 Zen in America." The Chief . Abbott speaks again, very gravely: - "Zen is the key to under standing of the civilization of the Far East. And the key to Zen are meditation and pur-, ity." SEEMING to look inward, he briefly expounds " hie faith. Then he is asked whe ther he has felt any of the effects of the quickened in terest in Zen abroad. Smiling, he says he has indeed, and talks for a while of the tot--" eign Zen enthusiasts who have come to the Daitokuji. Gener ally they come without a word of Japanese, as though they would absorb a new faith from the air, but the Chief Abbot is undisturbed by this. A plant, grown in a new country, may often bear dif ferent fruit,, remarks the Chief Abbot calmly. "So we must expect Zen to bear changed fruit, now that it has been planted abroad." . At this point, although the atmosphere is exceptionally anti-giggle, it is hard to re press a giggle at the thought' of the novels of Jack Ker ouac. But the giggle is suc cessfully swallowed and the Chief Abbot continues: ' "It is good for us, this new interest in Zen overseas. It may teach our own people to value this treasure, as for eign interest has taught them to put a higher value on their architecture and' their gar dens." Thus the opening is given to ask about the true state of the Daitokuji. Again the Chief Abbot answers calmly but a little sadly. Reading between the lines of what he says, one can see that most of the Daitoi kuji's two score pavilions have become the poor con cessions of the married Driests who keep them, who are paid for showing them to tourists, and who hand them on to their sons. But in some pav ilions, like the Abbot's, the true doctrine is still taught "PIFTY years ago, the. Chief A Abbot of the Daitokuji in structed no less than 70 nov ices. Now there are only 10. Yet these novices follow tke old discipline, meditatimg daily, daily practising the Ze questions and answers with their master, begging theij bread each day in the streets, and doing all the work of th place as well. "Perhaps their noviclat will not last 16 years, as mine did," says the Chief Abbot with a smile. "But they stijl learn and they still come to learn. Once we priests of Zeh were outlawed and persecuted and ' forbidden to wear our robes; but we still preached and we preserved our faith. Zen has come back befor this; Zen will gain strength again." ,The talk turns to more re mote topics. Almost gaily, the Chief Abbot discourses on such matters as the beginning of Taoist influence on Zen with the sixth master of the sect. A great gong sounds and a slow chant begins in the neighboring pavilion. As th visitor takes his leave, the pe titioner is still bowed and frozen on his bench. Has he come," one wonders, because he has heard that Zen is mak ing a great noise overseas? And what on earth would hap pen if one of those young men in San Francisco should take the petitioner's place? " (c) 1959 New York Herald Tribune Inc. BE CENTSABLE! About your INSURANCE,; we mean. It makes GOOD CENTS to insure with Med-' ford Insurance Agency; where you get, $AVINGS WITH $AFETY. 1 Bill Fish f
