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Flight o' Time
Medford and Jackson County
History from the file of The
Mall Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40
and 50 veari ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Sept. 29, 1950 (Friday)
The county court obliging
ly withdrew its i suggestion
for a name for the new
Rogue river bridge In favor
of the Rogue River citizens'
choice of "Tailholt bridge."
20 YEARS AGO
Sept. 29. 1940 (Sunday)
A huge list of cities, in
cluding Medford and Ash
land, has been turned over to
Congress by the CAA for con
sideration as possible altes
for expanded air defense fa
cilities. From Arthur Perry'a "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "In a
short time now hunters bear
ing resemblance to a deer
will have to be on guard, to
keep 'I from getting shot for
Chinese pheasant, packing
a milk pall out of a barn,"
30 YEARS AGO
Sept. 29, 1930 (Monday)
Local Democrats have de
nounced the Mall Tribune and
the Literary Digest straw
votes on the coming election.
An epidemic of mumps,
whooping cough and measles
has struck the children of
the city.
40 YEARS AGO
Sept. 29,. 1920 (Tuesday)
The 4'4 feet of snow that
fell at Crater lake during last
week's blizzard has now melt
ed and fine weather again
prevails at the park.
Much Interest is being
shown in city elections with
three candidates, Including
the Incumbent mayor, in the
running for mayor.
50 YEARS AGO
Sept. 29. 1910 (Thursday)
Circuit Judge Frank Cal
kins won .the nomination on
both the Republican and Dem
ocratic tickets as the candi
date to succeed himself.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct li auparleri
seven er elajht la excellent) five el
Is la seed.
1. Does the term "Senior
Senator" apply to age or ser
vice? 2. Is the term "vulnerable"
used in playing poker, con
tract bridge, or five hundred?
3. In which city In Mary
land is Fort McHcnry, the
birthplace of the N a 1 1 o n a 1
Anthem?
4. Did the Germans occupy
Denmark during World War
II?
5. At low altitudes, the
boiling point of water Is 212
degrees F.; would It require
a higher or a lower tempera
ture to boil water on Pike's
Peak?
6. Doc's the U. S, Constitu
tion prohibit the election of a
President and Vice President
from the same state?
7. Persons born between
March 21 and April 23 are
born under which zodiacal
sign?
8. For what deed la Andrew
Summers Rowan remember
ed? 8. What Is the plural of
axis?
10. "Training Is everything.
The peach was onct a bitter
almond; . cauliflower Is noth
ing but a cabbage with a
' c e e n"?
Answers! 1. Service in ihe
Senate. 2. Contract bridge. 3
Baltimore. 4. Yes. (April,
1940 la May, 1949.) S. Lewer.
9. No. 7. Aries the Ram. I.
Message ta Garcia. 9. Axes,
10. " college education,"
$21.24
Want to know how you can buy $21.24 per
month for $8.55 per month? Or, put another way,
do. you want to know how to save $12.69 a
month?
The answer is, buy your home on a 20-year
purchase contract instead of a 25-year plan.
The figures are not, obviously, universal, and
represent some arbitrary figures. But they're in-
eresting in a nation as
ship and monthly payments as the United States.
THESE figures were worked out by a banker,
1 and are on a hypothetical $12,000 mortgage
carrying 63t per cent interest.
Over 20 years the monthly payment is $87.72.
'Over 25 years the monthly payment is $79.17.
The difference is $8.55. That's the "extra cost"
of a 20-year contract. .
But, over 20 years, the TOTAL payment is
$21,052.80; and over 25
saving of $2,698.20 on
Put another way,
crease in the buyer's equity is $50 per month on
20 years and $40 per month on 25 years, or a dif
ference of $10 per month.
And, over 20 years the buyer pays an average
of $11.24 per month less
over 25 years.
THIS IS no argument against the need for low
post, honsino-. nor lnnF-tei-m nurchase con
tracts, as such. These are needed.
But it is to point out
always in selecting what
wav. or ' the cheapest
It is a graphic demonstration of the fact it
costs money to use other people s money.
Additionally, our banker friend points out,
the shorter the term of the
tract, the more money is
loans, and the freer is
make them. E.A.
Veterans' Loan Measure
While on the subiect
one method of increasing their availability will
be on the ballot in the
The measure is No.
Veterans Bonding and Loan Amendment.
It should be passed.
1 It will increase the amount of money the state
may loan to war veterans for the purchase of
homes and farms. O
IT WON'T raise taxes. It is entirely self-liquidat-f
ing through repayments of the loans. -
'5 It won't damage existing lending agencies.
While a similar measure had opposition of some
lending agencies two years ago, they are not on-
posing it this time. There
gage money around to satisfy the demand.
It won t change the
ment procedures. These were previously approv
ed by vote of the people, for World War II and
Korean War veterans. It will extend the dead
line for making application for the loans. .
IT WILL be fair. For it will extend to other eli
gible veterans the loan privilege which they
are now denied because of lack of funds.
It will assist the economy. For it will mean
more homes; more homes mean more lumber,
employment and productivity in Oregon.
1 It is, in short, a measure which will harm none,
and benefit many, and is deserving the support
of the voters of the state. E.A.
Covered Bridges
Up in Eugene, the Register-Guard notes the
rapid demise of a once-common sight the cov
ered bridge.1
It suggests that steps be taken to preserve one
or two of these familiar old landmarks of the
non-freeway age, so that in years to come we may
look upon them with appropriate nostalgia.
The suggestion is along the lines of one we
received not long ago from a youngster who lives
up the river a way, and who thought the Laurel
hurst bridge should be made "into a museum."
X7E TOO hope that one or two or more of the
old bridges can be spared, even though not
in use, for nostalgic and historic reasons.
One bridge, that across the Applegate at Mc
Kee bridge, built in 1917, has been replaced for
motor vehicle purposes by a concrete structure,
but the old one, near the campground, remains for
pedestrian use. Long may it remain.
At Wimer another wooden covered bridge,
built in 1927, is not in use, but has not been torn
down, The same is true of the Big; Butte bridge,
three miles below Butte Falls, built in 1922. (
ACCORDING, to Wesley Hartman, county
bridge superintendent, who helped build all
but the oldest of the covered bridges (Lost Creek,
four miles up the South Fork of Little Butte
Creek from the Lake Creek store, built in 1874),
reports that five covered bridges in the county
are in use.
They are Lost Creek, Minthorn (1927, Evans
Creek), Antelope (1932), Yankee Creek (1922),
and Flounce Rock or Laurelhurst (1909).
Two of these, Minthorn and Flounce Rock,
are scheduled to be replaced and torn down. The
other three will remain in use, for the time being,
anyway. 1
It would be nice to think that a few of them
would be around indefinitely; -E.A.'
For $8.55
conscious of home owner
years is $23,751, or a
a 20-year basis.
the average monthly in
interest than he would
that true thrift is not
is apparently "the easy
way.
average nurchase con
available for additional
the "money market to
of home-buvintr loans.
Oregon general election
13, and is entitled War
just isn't enough mort
existing veterans entitle
Dennis the Menace
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Today & Tomorrow
By Walter
MH. KHRUSHCHEV'S .
SPEECH
Mr. Khrushchev's speech
reveals how Soviet policy has
evolved since the crack-up at
the summit
last May.
The subject
of his speech
was the his
toric uprising
of the sub
merged peo
ples In Asia,
Africa, and
Latin Ameri
ca, against the
political and economic hege
mony of Western Europe and
North America. There is no
Issue between him and us
over the historic fact that this
hegemony is being liquidated
and that it is being replaced
by new constellations of sov
ereign states. The issue be
tween us is not whether what
he calls colonialism is to be
ended.
The Issue is how the tran
sition from dependence to in
dependence Is to be brought
about.
e
T IS on this point that his
position has changed since
the diplomatic disaster which
wrecked the summit and has
brought about a rupture of
communications and negotia
tions between the Soviet Un
ion and the Western powers.
Until the crack-up, as late
as April when he visited Pres
ident de Gaulle in Paris, Mr.
K., though a champion of the
colonial revolution, was pre
pared to recognize that the
Western powers have inter
ests, as for example in the
security of the European set
tlers, and that a certain toler
ance and patience were neces
sary In making the difficult
transition to Independence.
A crucial example of this
was his public indorsement
of President de Gaulle's Al
gerian policy, and this carried
with It the understanding that
during the series of summit
meetings which were then
contemplated, the liberation
In Africa would be Helped
and guided by the United Na
tions and the great powers.
e
NOW we see that since the
rrnrk-un in Mav Mr. K.'s
position in that he will not
facilitate the transition to in
dependence by allowing the
Western powers to collabo
rate. His new position is un
conditional support of the ous
ter of the Western powers
and a refusal to let them play
any part in the transition to
independence. The West, be
cause of its imperialist history
and because of the certain
residue of scmi-lmpcrialistlc
privileges today, Is In his
present mood disqualified
from assisting and guiding the
new states.
The assault on the Secre
tary General is a corollary of,
is incidental to, his policy of
excluding the West from the
transition. Mr. H a m m a r
skjold's conduct of the Congo
operation has been a faithful
and a skillful attempt to fa
cilitate the transition from
Belgian colonialism to Congo
lese Independence. Mr. Ham
marskjold's sin In Mr. Khru
shchev's eyes has been that
the U. N. mission has been
dedicated to helping the Con
go, which li not ready for
independence, to overcome
the obstacles on the way to
self-government. Mr. K.'s post
summit policy docs not per
mit Westerners to play any
Important part in such a tran
sition. e e
IT IS not clear as of now
how much of Mr. K.'s new
position is a continuation of
his wrath after the U2 a n d
President Elsenhower's avow
al of our right to over-fly
the Soviet Union. It Is not
clear how much of his new
position Is considered policy.
I would guess that not even
Walter
Llnomann
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Lippmann
Mr. K.' himself could answer
these questions today.
For what is now evident is
that these questions will be
answered only if, when, and
as the crack-up is repaired
and communication Is restor
ed. -
The speech Mr. K. deliv
ered on Friday is not the
speech he would have deliv
ered last April. For then he
recognized that Britain.
France and the United States
had a necessary and useful
part to play in the rise of the
new nations. On Friday he
seemed to say that we were
untouchables and have no
part to play.
rpHE issue he raised on Frl
day will have to be arbi
trated by the new nations.
They must decide whether
they want the help of the
West, the help of the Com
monwealth, and the help of
the French Community, and
the help of the United States,
We have no power and no
desire to compel them to ac
cept our help.
But if they are wise In
their own interests, they will
take help where they can get
it, and with the smallest
amount of string attached to
it. They will make sure that
they do not become wholly
dependent on any one govern
ment, and they will guard, as
they would the apple of their
eye, the authority and the dig
nity and the universality of
the United Nations.
They will find if they look
into it while they are here
that in these matters there
has been a great change of
opinion in the past few years,
There was a time when we
regarded their neutrality in
the cold war as immoral and
equal to taking sides with
Moscow. That is no longer
the official American opinion.
We have gotten our bearings
in the world as It is. We have
remembered our history.
And we know that the
American Founding Fathers
were right when they laid
down the precept that the
policy of a newly liberated
country is to be neutral in the
conflicts of the great powers.
(c) 1960 New York Herald
Tribune Inc.
Section of Plaster
Ceiling Crumbles
Portland -(UPB- A large sec
tion of plaster ceiling at the
Paget Mortgage Co., caved in
Wednesday night spreading
dust and debris over desktops
and office equipment.
No one' was Injured and
only Mrs. Pearl Wright, a
cleaning woman, was in the
office at the time. Mrs. Wright
said she was returning to the
ground floor office from the
second floor when the 12 by
40 foot section crashed down.
The mortgage company,
owned by Republican Nation
al Committeeman Lowell
Paget, Is located in the Henry
Building.
Radiation Level of
Milk Found Safe
Portland - HOT - Portland
milk has a safe level of radia
tion, the State Board of
Health said today.
Milk, tested for the first
time in April, showed 8.6
micromicrocurics of strontium
SO, the board said.
The level was far below the
33 mtcromtcrocurics per liter
or kilogram for water, milk
and foods recommended as a
guideline by the National
Committee on Radiation Pro
tection and the International
Commission on Radiation Protection.
Nehru Is
Neutrals'
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Editor
If there is one thing in com
mon among new nations, it is
an overwhelming desire to
avoid the
w h i p s aw of
the cold war
made fright-
eningly e v i
dent at the
c u r r ent ses
sion of of the
United Na
tions General
Assembly.
Phil nkwsom One of the
men they look to for guidance
is a thin, dark-skinned man
in jodhpurs who came to the
glass-encased U.N. headquar
ters this year reluctantly.
He is Indian Prime Minister
Jawaharlal Nehru, a sadder
and wiser man than only a
few years ago when he was
decrying Western alliances
and openly admiring the So
viet Union and Red China as
shining examples of a brave
new society.
This year as cold war ten
sions reach one of their peri
odic peaks and as neutral na
tions increase their voting
strength in the United Na
tions, there has been a cor
responding increase in specu
lation that there soon is to
emerge a so-called third force
which would function in the
vacuum between the Com
munist East and the capitalist
West.
Most Likely Leader
The neutrals, covering a
vast area of the earth and
with a population of hundreds
of millions, would comprise
this force.
There are men who have
openly aspired to lead this
force. Among them are Presi
dent Tito of Yugoslavia, Pres
ident Nasser of Egypt and
President Sukarno of Indone
sia. -
But none of these has the
prestige of Nehru.
Among them all, none
should know better than Neh
ru the difficulties of welding
such a force and the unlike
lihood that it ever truly will
emerge.
One ambitious attempt oc
curred in 1955. That was the
Bandung conference in which
Nehru was a prominent par
ticipant. Sukarno was the host and
he hailed it as "the first inter
continental conference of the
so-called colored peoples in
the history of mankind."
Opposed Colonialism
Nehru used It to urge non-
fj
Matter of Fact ,
Disappointment for Ghouls
Chicago - For the expect
ant ghouls of politics, the
finest of the long awaited
Nixon-Kennedy debates must
have been a sad disappoint
ment. Neither man fell flat on his
face. Neither
even stum
bled. Neither
looked weak
or foolish or
u n i n formed
or backbone
less. Both
were in fact
e n o r mously
i m p r e s sive
josm-ii alsoi- each in his
different and characteristic
way. For this very reason, it
is hard to believe the debate
was at all decisive, at least
In the way that has been so
often forecast.
It is impossible to believe,
in other words, that this de
bate constituted a great turn
ing point in the campaign,
making up millions of minds,
and leaving one candidate
with an Insurmountable lead
and the other laboring under
a hopeless handicap. Instead,
it was a mere episode in the
campaign, much like any oth
er episode except that it had
a vastly larger audience.
rfHIS was not the way either
their staffs expected the de
bate to turn out. The desper
ate preparations, the sleep
less night for countless staff
members, the interminable
strategy conference, the im
mense accumulations of de
bating ammunition on both
sides, all proved that the
main actors, like everyone
else, thought they might suc
ceed or fall in this single
hour.
Instead, the debate mainly
conveyed the difference in
the personalities of the two
debaters, while rather blur
ring the difference in their
viewpoints.
Vice President Nixon in
sisted so strongly that he
shared all Senator Kennedy's
worthy goals that one expect
ed a Nlxonian endorsement
of the Democratic platform
at any moment. Senator Ken
nedy insisted so strongly on
his belief in fiscal prudence
that one all but expected a
Kennedy announcement that
he would call back George M.
Mumhproy to the Secretary
ship of the Treasury.
E
VEN the difference in per
sonality was something
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Sadder0, Wiser Than Before On
Desire to Avoid Power Blocs
alignment with power blocs
and called NATO "one of the
most powerfut protectors of
colonialism."
But, from the start, the con
ference called to demonstrate
unity among the Afro-Asians
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contrary is often the case.
Tugman for Durno
To the Editor: Several peo
ple in various parts -of the
Fourth District have asked
me to amplify the brief state
ment I made last week an
nouncing my support for Dr,
Ed Durno for Congress to
replace Charles O. Porter
I have said that after talk
ing with Dr. Durno I am sure
he will give to the problems
of this district and the nation
the thoughtful and construc
tive attention they need.
Dr. Durno does not pretend
to have a ready-made answer
for all the ills which afflict
mankind, but his record as
a member of the Oregon State
Senate shows that he ap
proaches public problems with
that same dispassionate anal
ysis which he has applied for
years to his surgery.
I have not joined with those
who have questioned Charlie
Porter's patriotism - because
of his demands to recognize
Red China, his impetuous es
pousal of Fidel Castro, his
acceptance of trips to inter
national gatherings at the ex
pense of Cyrus Eaton, that
odd-ball millionaire who has
suddenly become Khrush
chev's friend and advocate.
Instead I have questioned
Mr. Porter's good sense and
his failure to appreciate his
responsibilities as a member
of Congress.
Dr. Durno will not make
so many headlines, but the
people of this district will
know he is on the job and on
our side.
I would be the last person
to say a congressman should
not criticize, but there is a
vast difference between con
structive criticism and such
mischievous meddling as ex
emplified in many Porter
statements and such antics as
suing the State Department
for a passport to visit Red
China.
Joseph Alsop
one caught only in glimpses
- as when the camera brief
ly caught the Vice President,
for instance, without his face
arranged for the camera.
The difference thus reveal
ed is not easy to describe.
Perhaps it is simplest to say
that Kennedy - the - politician
is like a marvelous natural
athlete who suffers a little
from insufficient training,
and therefore shows rough
nesses in his style. Whereas
Nixon, in contrast, is a self
made athlete, somewhat syn
thetic, if you will, in the
sense that his style is a mat
ter of desperate discipline and
careful training, but fully
able to contend on equal
terms.
The ghouls, who would
have liked to see one man or
the other pulled down into
the dust, will no doubt be
just as disappointed as the
partisans who would have
liked to see their hero utter
ly destroy his opponent. But
in fact, the failure of the
great debate to be either very
decisive or even very dra
matic is a reassuring and for
tunate thing.
ipOR THE difference
be-
tween the American po
litical process and the process
in other free societies - Eng
land, for Instance - is basic
ally a difference of speed.
This country is so huge and
so diverse; its people have to
consider so many local in
terests as well as national in
terests; we have, within our
borders, so many different
kinds of people. And for all
these reasons, It takes a ter
ribly long time for the Amer
ican electorate to be mobil
ized, to turn its attention to
the choice before it, and to
make the choice with thought
ful deliberation.
These are the reasons why
the English system of hold
ing snap elections after short
campaigns would be a per
fect disaster in this country.
These are also the reasons
why It is much better to have
the outcome of this desper
ately Important election de
cided, not by the momentary
hazard of a television debate,
but by the slow, ponderous
long drawn out business of
a national political debate.
Maybe we should all be
downright relieved, there
fore, that as of now, the out
come still seems likely to be
decided in the old, slow way.
(ci isso mw York
Herald Tribune Ins, i
demonstrated only that they,
too, were divided.
In the end, Red China stole
the show.
A year earlier she had
signed with India a pact of
non-aggression outlining five
Within the last few weeks
Mr. Porter is reported to have
told an informal gathering in
Eugene that he did not think
American investors in Cuba
should ever have any repara
tions because they had ex
ploited the Cubans, taken
home huge profits and "had
nothing coming."
Perhaps Mr. Porter would
care to answer these ques
tions: 1. Did you make the state
ments attributed to you?
2. If so, on what evidence
do you base your conclusions?
3. As a lawyer, how can
you reconcile such opinions
with our accepted constitu
tional principle that nobody's
property shall be taken with
out due process of law (even
allowing for differences in
Latin countries).
American diplomacy since
World War II has made in
numerable blunders; Ameri
can industries in foreign fields
undoubtedly have committed
many sins. In the early days
of the cold war, expediency
has driven us into alliances
with many petty dictators;
we are far from those ideals
which must be our ultimate
goal, but we shall not better
our position by appeasement
of Communist overlords
whose aim is to extinguish
freedom in the world.
Whatever our mistakes, no
nation in human history has
ever been so generous, so for
giving of former foes. This
district should be represented
in the Congress by someone
who will not apologize for
what we are, who has a posi
tive faith in American prin
ciples. Ed Durno is not a showoff
but he approaches this job
with a deep sense of its re
sponsibilities. -:
William M. Tugman
Box 63 1 .
Gardiner, Ore.
Prefers Man of Faith
To the Editor: Can a Cath
olic be elected president of
the United States - or, rather,
can an American, who hap
pens to be a Catholic, be
elected president of the Unit
ed States?
The word Catholic means
"universal, general, embrac
ing all, liberal, large hearted,
free from prejudice, includ
ing all mankind," so many
of us, whether we like the
name or not, are Catholic.
Our Democratic candidate
has never denied he is a Cath
olic, he has never hedged
about the bush about it, he
has never attended another
church because it was more
convenient to his home, or
because he might possibly
gain more political support
by courting the members of
two churches than by sticking
with one - witness the "Pol
ing Incident."
He has courageously stood
by the church of his faith
which Is more than can be
said of the Republican candi
date. Vice President Nixon was
raised a Quaker. He belonged
to and attended the Quaker
of Friends church in the town
where he grew up, Whittier,
Calif. But when he moved to
Washington, D. C, did he
hunt up and attend the church
of "his faith?" He did not.
Rather he attended the big
Methodist church that "was
nearest his home," thus at
tempting to win to his politi
cal support two of the chief
bodies of Protestant churches.
"You cannot serve. God and
Mammon." '
Personally, I prefer a man
who stands staunchly for the
church of his faith, rather
than a man who hypocritically
tries to straddle the fence.
Mildred B. Engman
1107 East Main st.
Medford.
Lois of "Freedoms"
To the Editor: I am sur
prised at your mild-mannered,
Milquetoast answer to your
Sherman county friend who
seems to be grieving so over
the loss of hn freedom to
starve death. I'm sure you
have the ability to have re
turned some blistering phrases
that would have made him
wince. Why so mild?
Yes, I read your editorial
on W hat freedoms have
you lost lately?", that
prompted Mr. French to grum
ble editorially about his free
dom to starve to death that
he so grudgingly has let slip
mrougn nis lingers.
Reflecting on the question
of ' what freedoms we have
lost, I realize they are many.
We've been losing them right
principles of co - existence.
This theme she also pressed
upon the participants at Ban
dung. Five years later, Red China
demonstrated its good faith
with armed aggression against
India's borders. ' '
along ever since Eve conned
Adam into cahoots on that
apple deal. Right then and
there we lost free run of the
place.
Ever since Columbus
the new freedom to squat on
this newly found land has
been vanishing, so fast, late
ly, it is almost impossible to
find a place to park without
getting a ticket.
Another freedom that seems
to have gone by the board
school board that is-is the
freedom to work out our ex
amples on the back of a wood
en scoop with a piece of char
coal by the light of the hearth
fire. What kid could get away
with toting a wooden shovel
and a piece of charcoal to
school nowadays?
We no longer enjoy the
freedom to take game and fur
and fish and birds until there
are none left for anyone. We
are not allowed to kill In
dians, rustle cattle and fence
waterholes, yes, and run off
other settlers by threat and
blackmail so we can be suc
cessful ranchers and eventu
ally be known as pioneers of
the old west.
Mr. French says, quote: "No
people can be free unless some
can fail; no society can make
progress unless the unfit and
unworthy can fail . . ." He
says that the laws just won't
let us be1 failures any more,
and without failure there can
be no progress. Gee! That's
a lota status quo!
Poor Mr. French! He still
lives by the might of the
sword and the right of the
lash. He can visualize no gain
without a comparable loss. Ha
just doesn't see anyone getting
ahead without someone else
going behind.
We have not lost so many
of our essential freedoms as
you might think, including
the freedom to starve to
death. We can still succeed or
fail. This is evidenced by re
ports that last year there
were more fortunes made,
more profits gained than
ever before. Also, in a recent
year, there were recorded
more bankruptcies than in
1929. -
George Bettz,
. 1119 Niantic St.,
Medford
Platform for Veterans i
To the Editor: Examination
of the respective party plat
forms discloses that It is the
Democratic party that is most
concerned with the welfare
of people rather than the wel
fare of concentrated wealth.
This is particularly exem
plified in the two parties con
contrasting positions in regard
to the special obligation, rec
ognized by both parties, that
the nation owes its war vet
erans. ,
To reasonably fulfill this
obligation, the Democratic
program for veterans, among
other things, calls for - cor
rection of the inequity in ben
efits dealt the now old and
unemployable World War I
veterans - pensions "adequate
for a full and dignified life '
-urgent expansion of domicil
iary and nursing home facili
ties - education for orphans
of deceased veterans con
tinuation of the federal veter
ans home loan program -G.I.
type educationai assistance to
servicemen.
The Republican program
for veterans merely offers to
continue the Veterans Admin
istration "as an independent
agency," something it has
been for more than 30 years.
In short, their message to vet
erans is the "Bradley Report."
W. W. Campbell,
Co-Chairman
Veterans for Kennedy
Johnson 926 S.W. Fourth ave.
Portland 4, Ore.
Gun Happy Fools
To the Editor: Well, I see
that the gravel pit on Agate
rd. la now closed to all shook
ing. It seems some good citl
zenn have been shooting bot
tles in the gravel piles,
which when scooped up and,
loaded in trucks, Is laid on
the roads to cut car tires. ' .
' I do hope you gun-happy
fools are satisfied now. I only
hope I don't go to the sama
hunting area you're in. . .
(Name on File) ' ; '
Medford. ' ' :"