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o SUNDAY. OCTOBER 9, I960 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. ... Communications ... condensation m.ll . V-.t.h'J r3ht ' ,dit M wi,h cl.rific.lion and rnted in thi, uh m'M.ed Pbli"" muit not exceed 400 word,. Th. Liter. Mrs. FDR & HST To the Editor: "Is Senator Kennedy too young and inex perienced to be President?" Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of former President Franklin D. Roosevelt, said he was, That was before the Los An geles Democratic convention when she was pulling for Ste venson. Shortly after Kennedy's nomination, he made a flying pilgrimage to Hyde Park to see her. After a love-feast he made his peace with her and now she is singing his praises from the house top. Before the convention Har ry Truman, former President, also said Senator Kennedy was too young and inexperi enced tor the presidency. That was when he was boosting for Symington. He was emphatic about Kennedy, claiming that too much money was being spent on the (Wisconsin and West Virginia primaries in his behalf, and that the con vention was being rigged for him. He was so angry about it he announced he would not attend the convention, al though he was a delegate from Missouri. After boycotting the convention, Governor Blair of Missouri pleaded with him to reconsider the decision, but he stood pat and didn't go near Los Angeles. Then on Aug. 20 Senator Kennedy made another flying trip, this time to Independ ence, Mo., to see Mr. Truman. There they met privately in the Truman library, "kissed and made up," and now Harry Is for him 100 per cent. Why all these sudden changes? How can they con scientiously endorse Senator Kennedy's candidacy today after branding him immature and inexperienced for the presidency? It is evident they are out to elect a Democrat for Presi dent regardless of his quali fications. C. C. Buckingham; 8045 Manchester rd., St. Louis, Mo. Stave Off the Inevitable To the Editor: What is Bob Duncan doing to us? He is handing us over to the Union Bosses. If you don't be lieve it look at the way they "graded" him . for the last epssion of the legislature. He voted "right" 27 times and "wrong" only 2 times. He is their "boy," and if you send him back again it will Just tignten ineir grip uu our throats that much more. For he is an "ambitious man." I have come to the con clusion that the only one that does not have a personal ax to grind and can withstand the powerful lobbies and pressure orouDS is Eve Nye. She is the only bright spot in this whole sorry - mess What grade did the Union Bosses eive her? They said she voted "right" only 5 times and "wrong" 22 times. Eve Hid an excellent lob for us last session so let's send her back again. And as we continue to send her back she will gain authority through seniority until she can make her influence felt for us here at home. She says she needs Dellenback to help her. He is a young lawyer arid as senior member of the team she would be the Boss. So let s send him too. Many serious thinking peo ple say this is the last free election the American people are going to have. I believe it. It is already too late for the Democrats. Their conven tion was "rigged." Truman told them so. Did you know that the U.S. is 60 per cent controlled by the Communists? Fifty per cent is said to be the "dead line," and we went over the hump this year. Neither the Democrats or Republicans can stop it but the Republicans seem to be dragging their feet a little more, so let's vote a straight Republican ticket this time and stave off the inevit able a little longer. Perhaps the good Lord in his infinite mercy will come to our rescue. Leila A. Morrow 531 North Bartlett St., Medford Slreel-side Incident ' To the Editor: "How are the mighty fallen in the midst of battle?" wailed King David, and all Israel. That was when their best 'wire-service' of long ago, a sweating panting runner, brought fateful word of their idolized counselor- warrior Jonathan fallen in battle. ' Somehow, that Bible-told tragic wailing comes to mind when studying the increas ingly rare news pictures of the Lincoln -like sad-faced veteran Lyndon Johnson, playing second fiddle to the youthful and so obviously in experienced John Kennedy, contender for the presidency of the U.S.A. For that idoliz ed and trusted counselor warrior of. the Lone Star state is now a fallen and lost hero there. Sure is, Ii testimony of a traveler from that big hunk of land is universal. We were stopped at that rights-of-others street - crossing red-light. 'Lyndon sure did double- cross us, the lanky Texan bitterly remarked to my ten tative feeling out for other s thinking. "Dun sole us doun the riva. But he sure do re gret hit naou. Thet's why he has thet-air apolo-getlc, hang- dawg look y all jes ask we about. An hit's why that young head-man Kennedy is complainin' of Lyndon's drag- gin his feet. But the man's 'what s tne use?' manner made a sud den change when asked what kind of pressure was brought onto Johnson to coerce him into taking second place. The swarthy, grim - faced Lone- Star-stater wheeled with clenched fists and blazing eyes as if to give me a fast one-two. Instead he gritted out, "Y'all tell me, and Ah'll tell ten-thousand and mo' back home." Then, more to himself than me, he trailed off, "Hit mightn jes be thet thet boy Kennedy an a lot of other schemin' Dolitickers dun con-vinced Lyndon thet thet-air church thing was buried in the hills of ol' Virginy. But hit waren't." Added emphasis was given when turning away for the third green-light, his hand was seen to flick eyeward. What wonderment- lilting it would be for someone to go to his loved illa-hee and do an Alsop house-to-house and get it right. F. J. Clifford Route 2, Box 200F Central Point, Ore. Close Pandora's Box To the Editor: When loyal ty to country is equated with total approval and acceptance of the decisions of the leader, Democracy will be dead. In its place there may be "peo ple's democracy" or one or another of the misnomers used by Fascists or Commu nists, but the -American credo of freedom for all men and all beliefs will have been cruelly corrupted. It appears inai Mr. Nixon is trying to divert the Ameri can people from the issues by a fog of self - satisfaction, righteousness, and unthinking jingoism. It seems the only conclusion to be drawn from his insistence that there must be no talk of national weak ness at home or abroad to give comfort to the unspeak able Mr. Khrushchev. As we have too often seen it happen, the accusation of "lending aid and comfort to the enemies of our country" develops murkily and insid iously into a questioning of the motives of the person "on trial," and finally, even more insidiously, into the es tablishment of doubt about the basic loyalty to his coun try. Senator McCarthy used this technique to discredit his political opponents; so did Mr. Nixon; so did a great many others who do not like to be reminded of it today. And it was wonderfully -rather, tragically - effective. Playing with "American ism" or "un-Americanism" is immediately an evil thing, because it is based on deceit, because of the irreparable hurt it inflicts on Individual, because it cheapens and per verts the virtue of patriotism. It strikes at the very heart of Democracy and the sickness it brings about is not easily cured. Mr. Nixon should close the Pandora's box of "loyalty." The issues remain, more crucial than those faced by Americans at any time in their history. Let the candi dates debate them. Ken Corliss 1564 Myers Lane Medford, Ore. Even bur aborigines, in a manner of speaking, felt it was only proper that someJ dead should be offered, even though it might be but a trin ket, a knife, or perhaps a bowl. With all the great resources of our land, the Veterans Ad ministration itself, veterans' organization or a church group, someone, somewhere, I firmly believe should have observed our customs and not sent him on his way friendless and alone. Are we all so engrossed in caring for the millions of others in foreign lands that we forget our very own? I do know this, had I but known he was going in such a way something would have been arranged. What is happening to us? A. Reader (Name on file) White City, Ore. He Grew Wingi To the Editor: On a recent very windy morning two chaps were putting up cam paign posters, when suddenly a terrific gust of wind picked up a poster, tore it into sev eral pieces and carried it high in the air, right in the path of a flock of ducks head ed for the river. All but one dodged the pieces, but one poor duck and the portion with the candi date's picture met head on, running its head and neck through where the nose was. Thus handicapped, he was several moments behind the others and as he came in for a landing one of them spotted him. "Take off fellows, take off," he quacked franticly. "Here comes that pill man, and danged if he hasn't grown wings!" Claude M. Hall 2860 Hortley lane Grants Pass, Ore. tax which taxes according to the ability to pay? Howard Wilson Route 1, Box 280 Central Point, Ore. Pungling and Bungling To the Editor: Der morning Oregonian says: "Canada pun gles up foreign aid." Veil; Ve do der same ting in America, only Ve call it, "Bungles up." Everett Acklin, Ashland, Ore. What Is Happening To the Editor: The other morning services were held in the Chapel of Camp White over the remains of a de ceased U. S. veteran. Following this the casket was taken to the hill for in terment. Who he may have been at one time I do not know, nor do I know his name. . At the graveside brief words were properly said. I am shocked and very sad dened to know that the mor tal remains were committed to the grave without the pres ence of as much as a single flower or a token artificial wreath to wish him well. For What Purpose? io tne Editor: i ooudi ii vnnr er&duallv increasing fer vor for Mr. Kennedy has sur prised anyone very much. Cer tainly his policies would more nearly conform with your so cialistic ideology than would those of our vice president. Personally, i una most oi his statements ridiculous. He says we must have greater production. For what pur pose? Surpluses are our num Vr nnA ppnnnmip nrohlem al- fisoHv. Whnt. nri we to do with this flood of goods he nrnnnwR to nrnHnpe? He in- ij ' i --- sists we must worK naraer In stnv ahead of the interna tional "Joneses" while the struggle to keep with the in dividual "Joneses" has forced vast numbers of our mothers to aoanaon tneir nomes ana children and work out. Of course, we could give mir cnrnluR eoods to the neo- ple of otner coumnes wno hnuA nn desire to work as hard as we do. Personally, I have little sympatny lor xne so-called "dependent" or "un developed" countries. Surely, none of them is more primi tive tnan was our own wnen settled by a largely uneducat ed but energetic people. Per haps they envy our high standard of living but not enough to want to put forth the necessary effort to attain it for themselves. As to the Forand Bill, why is it so important that the cost of medical care for the a Bert he horn bv a tax on the first $4,800 in income of our working people rather than by the graduated income Porter and the Dunes To the Editor: In connection with your editorial entitled "Porter vs. Durno," we would like to make the following comment, concerning in par ticular the Oregon Dunes Sea shore issue. You state that Porter sup ports the proposal and has worked actively to obtain a workable, fair bill which would "set aside this magnifi cent area for the benefit of Oregonians and their visitors." These are, of course, Porter's own words, used to divert the layman's attention from the fact that it is wholly unneces sary to promote something that already exists at a very high cost to the U. S. taxpayer. He completely ignores the fact that many handsome develop ments in the area are already in progress to accommodate the increasing population; that recreation in this area is ex tremely flexible and varied and is commended by all who visit the area; that present recreational development Is in no way harming the beauty; that the combined efforts of the State of Oregon, the U. S. Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, Lane coun ty and private developments are carried forward in a beau tifully coordinated program conceived in multiple use and protecting the multi-purpose economy of the area. Dr. Durno s decision to op pose this foolish legislation was not made in haste. He took considerable time visit ing the area and viewing, its facilities before reaching his conclusion. This conclusion has also been reached by the Lane County C h a m b e r of Commerce (composed of nine cities in Lane county), several Izaac Walton League chapters, many Granges, many of the primary candidates, both Re publican and Democratic, opposed. Our group, the Valley Vot- Try and Stop Me -By BENNETT CERF- A LITTLE GIRL in the second grade of an Ohio school, reports Howard Smith, was studying enunciation and voice inflection. She and her classmates were being told now to maxe use oi punc tuation marks in their reading to get desired effects. "How are you doing?" read the girl dutifully, but it came out flat, dem onstrative instead of in terrogative. "No, Hilda," said the teacher. "See that mark at the end oi the sen tence? You must include it in the way you read. Now try it again." So this . time, Hilda ' ' read, "How are you doing, little buttonhook?" . Mrs. V. H. Patrick writes that one afternoon the mlspiaced her wrist watch. "Maybe it's upstairs," volunteered her 5-year-old son Roger. "Now how would a watch get up there?" she ecofed. Roger thought a bit, then said, "Maybe it walked un on its hands." Last Thursday I packed fruit for nine hours down at S.O.S. I knew the x-ray ma chine would only be here until 6 p.m. but if we quit at 5:30 I would still have time to make it. As it happened, Thursday was the day we fin ished up and it took a little longer. My girl friend and I practically broke all speed records getting down here. As we drove into the Elk's parking lot it was 6:05 but the machine was still there, lights on and door open. We said, "Oh boy, we made it anyway." But as we drove up a man quickly turned out the lights and SLAMMED the! door. My friend opened the door and pleaded with them to just take two more. She told them we had packed fruit for nine hours, and broken all records getting down here and were only five finutes late. He said, "No; no' more, that's all, sorry." We were quite perturbed, to say the least. He acted as though he owned the whole thing when actually it be longed just as much to us, and we were belnrf denied the right to use it. In the first place, why wasn't the ma chine kept until 8 or 9 that evening? Many more people the man was tired, he had been on the job since 11 a.m., but we were tired too. We had been there since 7:30. I know I can go to the Sacred Heart Hospital in Medford on Thursdays, be tween the hours of 2 and 5 p.m., and for $1.75 I can have a chest x-ray. For this I am very grateful. One thing is very consoling to me and that is - He said he was sorry. Mrs. Ann Yorton . P.O. Box 804 Ashland, Ore. Bury the Dead To the Editor: Your daily feature writer, H. J. Jr. of Ashland, sounds like quite a preacher. Wonder what kind of Bible he uses. Long ago someone said, "Let the dead bury the dead: But go thou and preach the 'Kingdom of God.' " If H. J. Jr. came out of Egypt and Sodom, why docs he walk backwards? We each will be so busy trying to make our selves fit enough to live God's way that we won't have time to figure out what is wrong with everyone else, or we will still be trying to show how Perfect we are when in hell would have had an ODDortuni-1 with them. ers Association, which is an tv in have v-rava that couldn't! Amos Keeto opinion group concerned sole-1 set here between the hours! 148 West 10th st,' ly with this Issue and strictly 1 0f u a.m. and 8 p.m. Maybe non-partisan, has something - over 4,000 members from all over the State of Oregon and grows daily. We have found in talking to many people that those who favor this idea ei ther don't know the area or don't know the facts. We would welcome corre spondence from any of your ....... M Mlra tn know the facts. They'll never get them from Mr. porter. Valley Voters Association of Oregon Leonard D. Jacobson, - M.D., Secretary Eugene, Ore. He Was Sorry To the Editor: Let's have a little change of topic and talk about the x-ray unit that was in our city last Thursday. I can remember when the machine used to park on the street, an attendant would stop people on the street as they passed by, and ask them to come In and have an x-ray. It is quite a different thing now. A 5 Exams Announced for Civil Service Jobs The civil service commis sion has announced that ex aminations for filling account ant or auditor and cotton tech nologist positions will be scheduled soon. Additional information may be obtained from the civil service representative in the Medford post office. INSURANCE MAN DIES Hartford, Conn. -tllrvV John C. Alexander, second vice) president of the Casualty Fir Agency of the Travelers In surance Companies, died Thursday. LEE RIDERS For the Family Gibson Saddlery 225 Wait 6th Medford WE HAVE AMPLE SPACE FOR FREE PARKING! 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