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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (July 10, 1960)
SUNDAY, JUt Y 10. It&O From Oregon's Press Oregon'i newipapon aro, fjonerally, vlrjoroui and woll-oclllod. The followlnu aro dllorlali, arllcloi or column comment from varloui Oregon paptn, quoted either In ; full or In part, and talecled bocauie of their general Intereit, Their publication doet not Imply either approval or dliapproval on the part of the Mall Tribune of the opinion! given. MEDFORD MAIL. TRIBUNE, MEDFOBD. OCT. THERE IB HOPE We ere tho problem drink JiiK pnllnnts or the Oregon Kliliu i lOKpltn I ul Huli'ni. Ura gon. Somollmei, we lira called "AIlmIii)1Ic"; oiu'o wo wi'ro. Wo lire here to lieciimo fine of the problem (if (Irlnltlnii. We wunt to nuvor ugiiln kiiuw tlmt cloudy, diioil, fuzy tnl nd iind nick body Ihul nl cnluil cronies mid the troulilita Jt brlnui. We wnnt to know good lienllh iiK'iln, to return to our families iiiui friends am) to acquire new friends mid a wider Inloresl In life. To restore un us we once were li our object mid tho object at tho Stuff of tho Hospital. , KniiwledKu of propensities of iileuhul unci of our own personal prulilum Is tho first l IK atop wo linvo to tnko. To tlili end wo huvo mootliiKi, lectures, forunm und confer ence! with stuff py clilut rlKlit. The apnntiineous ennversii lions between pntlenls mid tho rending uf book! mid nr tlclca contribute u ureal dent to our knowledo of alcohol mid of ourselves. Yot, nil thin would be lost If we did not linvo hope Unit wo con be cured of tho prolilom of drinkliiK. Alcoholism li alckneaa. It li as real na measles, inuiiipa, tiiberctiloala, lienrt trouble or Jaundice. It hns been call united that there ar between Jour million mid four million flvo hundred thousand per sona iiifferiuii from thla sick neaa in the United Stolen nnd mure nod more Join the rank end) year ua the popiilntliin Increnaea nnd na Indulgence In ulcoliol aprenda. We lire not nlono. However, we do livo In the ahndowi of those who liuve none before ua nnd of those who nro coming to Join ua. The former, nt lenal, )i li v e contributed to our knowledge of this slcknesa. For more thnn four thou nnd years of reeordod time and until compnrntlvely re cently nleoliollam wna retard ed na n practically hopeless Ickness. It was hopeless be cause tho only treatment the alcoholic ltt wna being scorn ed by more fortunnto people, belnn culled a "drunken aot" and un "alcoholic bum." Ho wna shunned by aoetety and rrKiilnrlly tossed into Jail. He wna shamed and brought shiimo upon his family. No one understood or offered a helping hand. The hopeless alcoholic sunk deeper into the pit of hopelessness. We are fortunate Hint wc Jive In these limes. Beginning with the lOlli century addic tion to alcohol gradually ho enmo to be regnrded us n slck nesa thul could bo beaten. Many, ninny tliouaauds of those Buffering from it hnve bent It and returned to the lionlth and hnpplnesa which the alckness deprived them and Ihen ruined their lives. t cannot bo "cured" In the manner of olhor aiekneasea; no splint will hen! Us pongs. There l no vaccination against U. There la no anti dote for alcohol except more alcohol. There arc no mnitlc words, pllll or simple vows that will beat it for ua. These nro basic truths. It Is n basic truth, too, that tho alckness enn be beaten. The alcoholic who hns been restored to society enn never attain drink alcohol. It hns be come to him, a poison-alow, lure, effective. It Is not n merciful poison; there la no quick end. Ilowovor, an al coholic can lenrn that ho dooa not need alcohol, lie can come not to wnnt It. With knowl edge he can reach a point where he never niinln will drink alcohol. Many, mnny thousand! have'. , Alcoholism can be beaten, perhaps even prevented, only by knowing the complete fuels about this ruinous, In .tfiin,,a alfUness and bow to ovorcomo It. It is for this pur pose we hnve conic to me Oregon Stale Hospllal.-"On Center," publication by, for and about alcoholics, publish ed at tho Oregon Stale Hos pital, Snlcm. WHAT DO YOU THINK? This Is an election yenr nd we'vo got to expect sumo nonsense. A little nonsenso Is all right In an election your Jf the people who dish It out and those to whom it Is fed recognize thai it's strictly nonsonsn. Some of strongest doses of non-sense nro administered by parly officials. Thus, II was tho Oregon stnto chair man of tho Republican Party who Insisted It wns wrong for the late Sen. Rlchnrd Nou berger to wrlto for mngn silnos and newspapers In his ipure time. And now comes the nation al Republican commllteewo man for Oregon, Mrs. Collls Moore, with tho charge that "foreigners" are trying to "buy" the oloctton of a Unit ed Slates Senator. Mrs. Moore la speaking of financial glfti which Muurlnii Nouburgor hns rncolvod from oulsldo Oregon to further liar campaign for tho aeul her husbnnd held. Hun, Nouberger win a prom inent mnn who hud promi nent frlcndi throughout the country. It la tlioso friends who nro trying to naalat Mrs. Nouberger In hor campaign by giving her o little cash, of which alio hns almost nono. Friendship la Involved here und so Is tho fuel that those people huvo reason to believe Mrs. Nouberger would fur ther programs her husband begun, programs they atoutly support, Mra. Moore knowa, of course, that there's nothing wrong with this. Funds come Into this state every election yenr fur candidates for na tional offleea. When they come in tills yenr from some big corporations for Mra. Neu berger's opponent, Elmo Smith, will Mrs. Mooro hi atal that they be returned? Whnt do you think?-Pondlt-Ion East Oragonlan. IT DID HAPPEN HERE One would any, It enn't happen In Oregon. Hut It did. A Negro family la building a new house In a Portland suburb. The bourd of Rich land Wnter District suddenly discovered It needed tho lot they had purchased und start ed to condemn it. Federal Judge William East blocked this move. Sunday night ar sonists set fire to the luilf comploted home. Undaunted by tills, the owner, Rowan M. Wiley, anld he would rebuild right awny. Fortunntcly for him the loss wus covered by Insurance. When wc rend of bombs thrown nt dwelllnga of Ne groes or swastika slgna made on Jewish synagogues usually such Incidents are at dlstnnt plncea. We nrc sure Oregon people nre more tolerant, more mature In their think ing, F.vldently thla confidence la excessive, as the Wiley case attests. Why, ono may nsk, dues Wiley persist In trying to lo cate in a district where he nnd Ills family are not want ed? It la the desperate effort of the colored race to break out of tho ghetto or "pale." Some families hnve to endure the scorn and the hurt to establish themselves as cltl icns free to reside where their Instes prefer and their puraca permit. -Thla breakout Is necessary If the Negro race Is to enjoy equality of oppor tunity and have a chance to rise in the social and eco nomic Bcnlc. Oregonlana of the Caucasian race must learn lo accept na equals and as neighbors pcraona of different color, Juat as Americana arc learning to end discrimination on grounds of religion. A group In the Richland Wnter District hns organized lo defend the Wileys In their rights nnd lo welcome them ns neighbors when they move Into their house. This atti tude is not only more in ac cord with the principle of human brotherhood, but is far more realistic for the ago In which we now are llvlng. Oregon Statosman, Salem. WHY PLAYGROUNDS? Some oldllmers complain thnt "wo didn't need expen sive fenced-off parks to play In when wo were klds-nor paid city employes lo tell us how lo play, cither" These critics seem to forget that today's youngsters have few empty fields, old burns or tree-houses at their dis posal. They fail lo consider handicaps put on kid s play opportunities by whizzing auto traffic, pollution of streams and ponds and other adult depredations. Actually, It's queatlonublc whether enough can bo done lo compuuauto our youngsters tor tho fun-robbing conse quences of what adults cull "progrcaa." City purks and playgrounds lire pallid substi tutes for prlmovul glena, mys terious thicket! nnd adven turofllled groves. Concrete swimming pool! aro safer, but muddy - bottomed iwimmlng holes wero never so crowded. As the cartoon on this pngu loduy Indicates, Eugeiio'a neighborhood park! uro num erous. And youngster! are iwnrming lo them dully. But there aro aoveral populoua lector! where the city hain't yet been nble to develop suit able playgrounds. Those who scoff at the wiidom of further expanding tho neighborhood playgrounds system should go now to see whut rich rcturna the taxpayers nro getting from previous Investments In Ibis system. Let them meas ure these dividends In terms of youthful laughter, scamp ering und obvious dollght. Lol them then consider wheth er or not they feel the city tins gone far enough in pro viding Bultublo substitutes for pleasures of youth they knew themselves - und which their own generntlon despoiled. And, let them reflect upon why they didn't need expen sive fenced-off pnrka and playground supervisors. And why toduy'a youngsters need them in every neighborhood. -Eugene Register-Guard, Portland Sanitary Hearing Sought Portlnnd -flJPB- Harold F. Wendel, chairman of the State Snnltitry Authority, snld Wed nesday the authority will seek "nn Immediate hearing" In its wnter pollution suit against the city of Portlnnd. The statement by Wendel followed a Tuesday meeting In Snlem with Gov. Mnrk Hat field and Curtiss M. Everts Jr., itulo annllary engineer and authority secretary, Tho suit asks a court order which would require Portlnnd to halt the dumping of raw or Inadequately treated sewage Into the Columbia nnd Will amette rivers. The suit alao aaka that Port lnnd be compelled to under take construction of proper sewage collection and treat merit facilities. Opinion Directs Court to Pay Fee A legal opinion from the district attorney'! office Fri day directed the county court to pay the contractor for part of the construction of the new 4-H nnd FFA fair build ing. Through nn oversight, the county court neglected to car ry over into the new fiscal yenr $20,000 in the capital Improvements fund. This mon ey will he used to pay pnrt of the $72,000 totnl estimated cost of the now fnlr building, County Commissioner Ralph James said. Tho building had been scheduled for completion by July 1, beginning of the new fiscal year, but construction wns delnycd, James explained. Porllnnd - lUPD - Mrs. Mnu rlno Neuberger, Democratic nominee for U.S. Senator from Oregon, will lenve by plane Sunday night for Los Angeles and tho Democratic National Convention. She will take pnrt In the Women's Day ac tivities there on opening day Monday, Try and Stop Me -By BENNETT CERF- A T ONE OF THOSE lavish, cost-bo-damncd parties in Hollywood, relates Cynthia Lindsay, the host courted disaster when ho hung cages of white doves overhead in tha ballroom for decoration. 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