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Communications Letters to the : Editor must bear the name arte! address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune, reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the contrary is often the case. Are We "Hoodwinked"? . To the - Editor, and the people of Medford: How much longer are you going to be hoodwinkedyby officials of this city? Please read the "City Man ager returns from Regional Conference," on Page 6 of the Mail Tribune on Wednesday, March 2. - Having served you the pub lic on the fire department for 22 years, and having resigned as Fire Chief in 1951, I wish to call to your attention, quo tations from the City man agers report on fire insurance ratings and the Medford rate. He stated, "Medford now ranks 5 on this scale." That is the same rating Medford had when I went to work for the fire department on July 1, 1929. Let him tell us how Astoria, Oregon can rate 2. Ask him why he was not interested in 1951, when I re signed, with fire insurance ratings? I worked with the consultant the city hired from the Portland fire department, drawing up fire prevention rules, and regulations and they laid on the top of one of the filinff cabinets in Citv . Hall, gathering dust, and that is as far as they got. 1 also worked with an en gineer from the Gamewell Fire Alarm system, and what did we get? Mr. Duff, in the Tribune at another time, bragged how much money he had saved on fire alarm boxes. What did we get? Camp White's discarded guard telephones, that can easily be sabotaged and they do not meet with the National Board of Fire Underwriters; The National Board of Fire -TTnHrwritor An nnf fiav anything to say to cities of less than 100,000 population. We come under the Oregon Insurance Rating Bureau. The National Board of Fire Underwriters do put out good fire prevention plans, movies, radio, and T.V. programs, but I never could get it to you the people on account of the cen sorship of the iron curtain at 5th and Central and I have not seen any of it brought to you yet. The $125,000 Bond issue and the 4 mill continuing levy (which has cost you hundreds of thousands of tax dollars) nas not neipea your rating in the past nine years. Why shouldn't we be re gressing? Taking in all these districts. One thing sure, for all they take in, they get the 4 mill levy. In 1950 that amounted to $60,000. In another year or two, they will be wanting us to vote another bond issue for the fire depart ment nd tell von it will heln the rating and cut your, fire insurance. Ed Canoose (Resigned Fire Chief) 55 Ross Court Medford. mand an adequate ordinance settling this thing once and for. all. ' For the sake of dogs and pets made to suffer the lack of proper protection; For . the sake of children who, . by example, are , de prived of the best understand ing of democratic and religi ous ideals; And for the sake of those whose peace of mind, their property and many times their health and happiness are endangered," let us all exercise our duties and see that proper control is exercised in this matter. John D. Bowdish. 616 West Jackson st. Medford On Being Merry ' To the Editor: In the Trib une of Feb. 7 I read an article addressed to retired people. It started "Help us to help you." It means "us." God put "us" on earth to help each other. And, too, it reminds me to tell all oldsters to keep men tally alert by getting together with others who have hobbies, and the same interests at heart, mainly what to do with ones self at this stage of the game. It helps to meet and ex change ideas. To . eat, sing, visit and play together. Too old to play? Not so. I am old and I love to play. I could no longer make "first" base on a ball game, but I think I still could pitch and catch, but parlor games, de bates, discussions, programs all things to keep us from thinking and worrying. We have to think about taxes, but "death" fooey! When we were working hard we enjoyed a rest. That's all death is a nice rest from all this hustle and bustle. " We may miss being busy at work but we can learn to en joy life as is. Don't mope and relive the past, or cross fu ture bridges. Let's live for to day and others. Meet with us at you-know- what club. It s strictly for old er people. Give its cheery members a chance to know often some parents objecting to marriage between couples of different faiths.- ; , When an upright andma ture . couple experiences true love, it is entirely their own affair. , .. '7 What church they attend is a small matter against holy matrimony, "f. - "What God has joined .to gether, let no man. put asun der" is just as( true as if they were already married. I don't know why. there is this discrimination against another faith. " " In the first place there is only one God, one Son and one set of Commandments. It is as though we had not fully emerged from our co coon of darkness. At least our. wings are not dry enough to let us ascend to higher levels of true understanding. - Mary E. Atkins 1634 Orchard Home Dr Medford. . ... "There. But For. . : ." To the Editor: Heil Robert son! D. W." Robertson's letter sounds like, something out of Mein Kampf. Perhaps you could intro duce legislation, to erect an other Auschwitz or Dachau right here in our "green Ore gon" to get rid of all the "un wanted, underprivileged" off spring and sub-normal wom en. Then there would be room for more children of "parents of responsibility, both moral and financial." My definition of "moral re sponsibility" obviously isn't the same as yours. . What a marvelous Chris tian attitude you have. Try reading St. Luke, chapter. 16 verses 19 through 26, about the begger Lazarus and the rich man. Also read St. Luke, chapter 18 verses 9 through 14. s Some people might disa gree with me, but I like the phrase that goes, "There but for the grace of God. go I." Mrs. Jo Ann Gordon , Box 218 Jacksonville, Ore. - you. Pearl Spackman Jacksonville, Ore. Control of Pelt To the Editor: Everything said in Communication of March 2 regarding control of dogs, and especially the nui sance and ruin caused by lack of proper regulation, must.be approved by every dog enthu siast, everyone who considers the other fellow's property and rights deserving of the same protection as his own. First, let's consider the dog and his owner. Ask any au thority on the subject, your vet, dog trainer and kennel club officials. . I am sure any and all of these will agree that pets al lowed to run loose become unmanageable. They revert to the wild state more or less, and adopt habits that are un natural even to a wild animal. They gang up, kill sheep, chickens, etc., and in pairs go on foraging trips, turning over garbage cans, tearing clothes off lines, chasing cars and bikes, the neighbors cats, in short, becoming dangerous nuisances. All of this is said through no lack of admiration for dogs or other pets, but rather a dis like for uninformed and sel fish owners. When cattle become a haz ard, grazing along a highway, we soon adopt a herd law. When personal privileges lap over onto public rights we have continually tried to adoDt regulations, limiting such privileges. These controls should not be limited to two or three months. Our flower beds and gar bage cans :are with us the year around. If one wanted a few banty chickens for pets and to con tral earwigs and other pests, . t. : . -r 4W uie crowing . ui me iuumci might disturb some uneasy sleeper, so-no chickens. Who would think of permit ting a boy or girl raising a pet 4-H sheep, or goat. This could go on, "making comparisons" for pages, but I think enough has been said to convince any considerate voter he, or she, should de- Holy Matrimony To the Editor: In the "Fam ily Counsel" column there are The Pure Russian To the Editor: Did you say there had been quite a few protests against a remon strance made in this column condemning the use of lip stick and rouge by women in and about Medford? Listen to the remonstrance made by Russian authorities in Moscow as shown by the following verbatim quote from "The National Voice": ''How stupid can we be? "A Dlan bv our government to give away $130,000 worth of lipstick and rouge to Rus sians at the American exhibit in Moscow was squelched by the Russian authorities, who Text of Hatfield JLetter pn We I fa re C o m rriiss i o n P r o b I e m Editor's note: Here is the text of the controversial "sterilization" letter Gov. Mark O. Hatfield wrote, . which has been in the news . since publicised by State"" Democratic Chairman Rob ert Straub: "? " October 8, 1959 Mr. J. H. Luihn, Chairman State Public Welfare Commit sion - 1 State Office Building Portland 1, Oregon - - Dear Mr. Luihn: V- " ' . V During the time of our recent meeting, I mentioned that I would forward to the Wel fare Commission an outline of the matters which I felt were of major concern. That out line follows: 1. General concern for dis charge of state responsi bilities v efficiently and equitably. (a) First concern: Care of the unfortunate. --. ."(b) Of almost equal con cern: Minimum legiti mate cost to the i tax payer. ' .i 2. The matter of standards of support. (a) General assistance food allowance at 85 per "cent of standard. (b) Would it be reasonable to reduce federal pro gram standards? (Are we now above the minimum : for matching purposes?) (c) What other standards could be reduced? What -would the result be? (Left $285 a month wel . V fare to take job as la borer with state at $275 per month.) 3. Standards of eligibility. (a) What real purpose is served by placing recipi- ; ents on general assistance grants while checking eligibility f or f e d e r a 1 programs? -. (b) More stringent enforce ment of resident require- ' ment for general assist ance applicants. (c) What can be done to . discourage abuse by re cipients of the system of welfare programs? (1) Sterilization of un wed mothers. (2) Statement on back of welfare check. . (3) Vigorous enforcement of relative . responsi bility provisions. did not want their women to get the habit." .' - v National Voice - H. R. Bulman Route 4, Box 316A, Medford Beau Chateau carpet by armucfy Whether you're just beginning to collect beautiful furniture ", ' or you tare a houseful, this js your carpet. The clarity of its - 13 colors in deep, soft wool lets Beau Chateau set the tone of a perfect - " :" V room. 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'.".'.-- Sincerely yours, ' Mark O.Hatfield . Governor The" Cocos-Keeiing islands in the indiah Oceanare a link in the Australian,-South Africa air route. Lent Said Time of Giving in To Way of Life in Jesus Christ By DR. J. CALVIN ROSE ' Minister of Miami Shores Presbyterian Church Miami, Fla. . . : Written for UPI Lent is not so much a time of giving up as of giving in to the way of life ' in Jesus' Christ; It is only when a mans life is in tune with the time less life of God that he ,is truly happy. Happiness is not in the purse but in the per son. ... . On Way to Being Saved .The person who gives up his besetting sins, whether of the flesh or of the spirit, and gives in to the love of Jesus Christ, is on the way to being saved from the misery and hell of selfishness and self pity. ; People are oft times miser able to live with and to work with because they are miser able with themselves. Self ac ceptance in Jesus Christ is the key to a happy productive life. 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