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Newspaper Page TextMEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD, ORE. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 19, I960 Everyone id Southern Oregon ; ' dabai THm Mail Trlhiinit" ' Published bally except Saturday by 33 North Fir St., Ph 8P 2-614X ROBERT W RUHL. "Editor HERB GREY Advei-tining Manager nRALD T LATHAM Bui Mffr. ERIC W ALLEN JR.. Mtlg Editor EARL a AUAMo. (Jlty Editor nanow qiTDUlM Tlu Ett J1AIIH 1 Will HHIH, ig uuetui RICHARD JEWETT Sportt Editor OLIVE ST ARCHER. Women's Editor DALE kricksow, circulation Mgr An Independent Newsoaoer Entered aa second clan matter at . MedtoTO. uregon under act or March 3, 1807 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mai) In Advance. Copy 10c Dally and Sunday 1 year tlS.OO ' Daily and Sunday 6 moi 8.00 Dally and Sunday 3 moi. 4.28 Sundav Only One year 14.20 By Carrier In Advance Medford Ashland. Central Point Elll Point. Jacksonville Gold Hill Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue Rlv er Talent and on motor routes ' Daily and Sunday -1 year 818 00 Da'.ly and Sunday 1 mo 1.90 Carrier and Dealers copy 10c AH Terms Cash In Advance Official Paper of City of Medford Official Papur of Jackson County United Press International Full Leased Wire tl.P.f Teipnhntn Newsolcturet ! MEMBER Or'AUDIT BUREAU" OF CIRCULATIONS WEST HOLIDAY CO.. INC Of flfn In Maw Ynrk Chicago De- ; 4rnlt Ran FrnnnluM Lns AnffeleS. Seattle. Portland St, Louis At lanta. Vancouver:B:C NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION EDITORIAI Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files ot The Mall Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. ' 10 YEARS AGO Oct. 19, 19S0 (Thursday) The oath of office as county defense director will be ad ministered to Col. Ben Staf ford tonight when the coun ty's civilian defense agency meets at the city hall. Oregon Congressman Harris Ellsworth, campaigning for reelection in Rogue River last night, urged voters to write directly to President Truman protesting the possibility of the admission of Red China to the United Nations. 20 YEARS AGO Oct. 19, 1940 (Saturday) The : city fire department has warned residents that burning trash or debris on city streets is prohibited be cause it damages the streets; they advised that all burning be , done in vacant lots. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" columnj "The campaign is getting hot and citizens are jumping to arms and lead pencils." 30 YEARS AGO Oct. 19, 1930 (Sunday) Dead Indian road is sched uled to be completed by mid November. .' Grants Pass defeated Med ford High school 7-6 yesterday in a football game marred by poor officiating. 40 YEARS AGO Oct. 19, 1920 (Tuesday) The city council has sug gested the old Washington school grounds as a site for the proposed courthouse. Most gardens in the Butte Falls area were rendered use less for the year yesterday by the first hard frost of the season. , SO YEARS AGO Oct. 19, 1910 (Wednesday) More than 3,000 persons at tended the opening of the new Medford Commercial club headquarters In the Natator ium building last night. Medford was officially wel comed into tlie ranks of cities having more than 10,000 pop ulation by Southern Pacific railroad officials during their speeches dedicating the new $50,000 railroad depot here. What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct is superior: seven or eight Is encailant) Nve ei ii is good. 1. With what branch of ani mal or plant life does an ich thyologist deal? 2. What country in (he Western Hemisphere is the largest In area? 3. Grindstones are kept wcl to keep them cool, lo retard the crumbling, or lo keep the knife from overheating? 4., Do ordinary constant speed electric motors use more current when starting or when running at top speed? 8. Can an ordinary man lift a 6 inch cube of gold? 6. What color results from mixing yellow and blue? 7. Whose idea was the wooden horse of Troy? fl.'What two rivers meet at Pittsburgh and form another river? : 9i In what position do bats .sleep? 10. In what garden was Jesus arrested? Answers: 1. Fish. 2. Braill 3. To keep the knife cool. 4. Starting. S. Yes. (ISO lbs.). 6. Green. 7. Ulysses 8. Alle- . ahanr and Monongahtla form : the Ohio. 9. Hanging upside down. 10. Gethiemane. NATIONAL Building Needs- Which Way? ' Ballot Measure No. 8 in the general election would allow the legislature, if it deemed it nec essary or desirable, to issue up to $40,000,000 in bonds over a 10-year period for the construction of state buildings. Whether this is supported or opposed is large ly a matter of how one looks at it. A bi-partisan majority of the legislature passed the measure, believing it was sound prac tice. A bi-partisan minority opposed it, thinking that the state should continue on a "pay-as-you-go" basis for building construction. "THE state government is about the only unit of government which does not now use bonds to build buildings as they are needed, and pay them off as they are used. It has levied taxes to build the buildings, and in doing so has had to fit these needs into the general fund budget each biennium. Facing the state, in the next decade, will be the need for many new buildings not only those on the college and university campuses, but also at the intermediate institution, Fairview, Dam masch hospital, and others. Should they be paid for out of current tax revenues? Or should they be built, at least in part, with borrowed money, and be paid for as they are used? Basically, those are the Questions which will i 1 11 IT utj answered Dy measure IXf HEN the measure passed the legislature, V State Sen. Edwin R.,Dumo (R) and House speaKer itooert uuncan (U) voted for it. Mrs. Eve Nye, (R) in the House, voted against. It can be considered should be considered solely on its merits. The the favorable argument i, no opposing argument to say: A survey by the state in 1859 for a 10 year period . . . disclosed that minimum building needs would be $164,221,508. 1 'State hospitals and penal institutions would need $54,500,000; the university and colleges, $90,635,000, and $14,000,000 for buildings at Oregon Technical institute, all to come from the general fund. ' . "In the past the legislature has been unable to appropriate sufficient funds to meet building needs, particularly for higher education. "The legislature (under this proposal) would be restricted to the issuance of $15,000,000 in building bonds each two year period. The bonding authority would expire in 1971. "This bonding plan would provide a limited cushion which the legislature could use to meet building emergencies which could not be met out of present tax revenue ..." IN EFFECT, then, it gives the legislature a little more leeway than it would have otherwise in meeting building needs for the state. And, if the legislature used it, the costs would be spread over a, period of years, rather than bunched all at once. ? If it were used, interest costs would be added to the total, but added costs due to inflation and rising prices would, jo some extent, be avoided. Since the legislature is charged with the re- sponsibility of formulating the state's building program, we are willing legislative majority. The alternative would immediate building needs. It's a little like decid ing whether to buy a house for cash, or to take out a mortgage. ' We trust our legislature now to allocate al most a billion dollars each objection to adding another $15,000,000 to that total. If we trust them for one, why not the other? We recommend a yes vote on JNo. o. h.A. The "Prince" Polls A week or so ago, one of our "Communica tions" was from voune: graduate of Medford High school, now a fresh man at .Princeton. . He reported on a poll taken by the Daily Princetonian among undergraduates, which in dicated that some 70.b per Nixon. We printed his letter, the "Prince" poll was to query faculty members the following week, wrote him to ask that he send us the results of that one. COURTEOUSLY, he did so. It revealed that . Princeton faculty members were for Kennedy by about 72.3 per cent. This motivated time magazine to quip that Princeton's students and each other in political science. The results of neither poll taculty or student has much overall significance. But of the two, we would be inclined to the opinions of mature men and women, experts in their own fields, than the words of one writer tonian, dutifully accept good Republican homes." Contest Deadline Near We'd like to remind high school students that only a little more than one week remains for them to get their letters to the Mail Tribune's election letter contest. A $25 savings bond will go to the writers of each of the best letters of 300 or fewer words, one supporting Sen. John F. Kennedy, the other Vice President Richard M. Nixon, written by high school students in the Mail Tribune's cir culation area. Deadline is Oct. 29. E.A. VT i-i jno. a. committee named to rive in the voters pamphlet was submitted) had this , : to go along with the be higher taxes to meet biennium. We see no Doue Kliever, a 19(30 cent ot them were lor and then, noticing that faculty were "flunking give greater weight to to the students, wno, in of a letter to the Prince "the ideology of then- E.A. Dennis the Menace 'AiitiGHT.AucE'. Have WGmmtwiimzmm'low'ifflH' ... Communications ... Loiters to the Editor must certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication i 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 orinted in this column do not contrary is often the case. All Stop Living To the Editor: Mr. J. P. Wirth is just being ridiculous. He doesn't know what hunting is all about. The venison lovers would all have to go to the hospital or to jail to partakeof a little meat, according to Mr. Wirth. Did Mr. Wirth ever go out and enjoy God's great out doors? So what if we don't bring back a buck, we got away from the everyday grind and spent a few days enjoying the natural outdoor life that God gave us to enjoy. The woods are at their prettiest this time of year with the trees putting on their new Fall coats. Why not put an end to auto mobiles too? More people are killed that way than in hunt ing accidents. And what about the accidents reported in the home each year? According to Mr. Wirth any- think with a little danger in it should be banned, so all sports and childrens games should be halted - well, let all stop living and then ng one will get killed or hurt. .; .. .. i Helen L. Wilson 613 Cherry st. Central Point, Ore Big Mistake To the Editor: A big mis take is being made if Sacred Heart Hospital is allowed to go. The people of this valley should realize that when we lose freedom of choice we lose something that should sadden any American. The people should awaken, before its too late. With one hospital, one will have to accept care regardless of kind, and at a cost that may be higher than at present. I have nothing materially to gain by writing this as I am not an employed R.N., nor am I a Catholic. Mable H. Butchino (R.N.) 519 Union St. Medford Those Bumper Strips To the Editor: It has come lo my attention that a number of people have been annoyed by the fact that "Kennedy" bumper stickers have been at tached to their cars without their permission. . The Citizens for Kennedv- Johnson Committee has at no lime authorized or arranged for placing bumper stickers on cars without the willing permission of the car owner. The only time that anyone from this office has placed bumper stickers on cars with our knowledge, was last Sat urday afternoon when for a period of about two hours two high school students worked at the parking area of the shopping center, attaching bumper slickers. This was done only AFTER securing the consent of the car owner. I have checked with the Democratic headquarters In the Medford hotel, and have been Informed that they have had nobody out putting stick ers on bumpers at any time whatsoever. The only explanation we can offer Is that perhaps some mischievous children have at tached the stickers without the owner's permission; if this is the case, we sincerely re gret it. Mrs. Inez M. Friul Headquarters Chairman Citizens for Kennedy Johnson 122 East Eighth st. Medford Who Owns Truth? To the Editor: As a resident of Jackson county tor many years I have been in position to read your paper many times, and have always found you ready and willing to print Ihe tiuthQkor what it is and without etas, 1 I I il bear the name end address of necessarily represent the views of the paper; in tact ine We are all aware of the po litical issues being discussed today, and almost everyone is interested in the outcome. That is why I would like to make available to. you at this time some information you might like to use. Therefore I am enclosing a magazine which discuses quite freely the issues we are faced with today. I feel sure you would be interested in reading this doc umented information set out in this special issue of "Awake." , Name on File Jacksonville, Ore. Editor's note: The enclosure was a copy of "Awake," pub lication of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc., which is af filiated with Jehovah's Wit nesses. We have read earlier issues with interest and re spect. However, this issue was devoted solely to various at tacks on the Roman Catholic church-attacks based chiefly on differences in Biblical in terpretation, , doctrinal be lief, and historical concepts. In our view it little be hooves one religious minority to attack another. And the timing, during an election when religion has become an issue, can hardly be consid- erea a coincidence -' even though no candidate is men tioned by name. We are sadly disappointed, not only in "Awake," but also in the publications of other small religious groups. Don't they realize that EVERYONE is a member of one minority or another? Campaign Observation To the Editor: I have been waiting for Dr. Durno to leave vague political generalities in his campaign, and take a specific stand on issues. To date, the wait has been in vain, and his position appears to De as follows: Durno's Inferno, or Who put the sugar-coat on Dr. Durno's pills? I believe in democracy And continued prosperity: (My opponent favors retro gression And campaigns for the next depression). Who else stands for mother hood And nations united in brotherhood? I love my country, and family, too; Before them, voters, I love you! -1 could really be terrific If I chose to be specific About how I'll be progres sive, . i Favor taxes non-regressive, Promote natural conserva tion, Be a friend to education, Give your child a silver spoon, Beat the Russians to the moon, Pay the ageds' doctor bills. Cure our spreading social ills, Sponsor the Society For the Prevention of Ju venile Delinquency, Boost our national produc tion, Bring to prices a reduction. Vitalize our capitalism, Squelch our creeping social ism. Promote labor's higher wages, Protect business from j their outrages. But issues should not be debated. For voters may be alien. atcd; (Besides, you numbskulls don't have the sense To fathom problems of Khrushchev's Meddling in Alegria One Of Lesser By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign Editor Among the lesser thunder bolts hurled by Soviet Pre mier Khrushchev during his three-week so- "V, journ at the United Na tions was his announce- ment that he had given "de facto" recog nition to the Algerian rebel government. PIUL NEWSOM The un abridged dictionary defines a de facto government as "one actually functioning as a result of a revolution or re bellion but not yet perman ently established or recog nized." - Khrushchev shrugged off the announcement as one that should occasion no surprise since, he said, President de Gaulle himself also had given de facto recognition to the Algerian rebels. the writer, although under governments; "And, If you did, your low ideals Would fall far short of us -big wheels). Let me leave one thought with you (Since thinking hurts, just one will do), Fearlessly I take an af firmative stand For equal justice in our fair land; . (After Election, it's my private boast, My friends will be equaller than most). George W. Rode Fluhrer Bldg. Medford Education , To the Editor: Vice Presi dent Nixon says he is in favor of giving federal aid for the building of new schools but none for teacher salaries. What, I ask you, is the good of a lot of fancy new school houses with no teachers? ' A well known educator once said the main things needed to make a good school were "a good teacher on one end of a log, and an apt pupil on the other." Socrates, -one of the- greatest teachers' of all times, never had a school house but taught while wan dering around in the woods. Nixon says he doesn't favor paying teachers' salaries from federal funds, for fear the fed eral government might then begin to think it should tell the teachers what they should teach. Ask any teacher you know if the ones that pay his or her salary have anything whatsoever to say about what is to be taught. The salary comes from the school district and is paid out of funds paid into the district for that pur pose. He or she is told what to teach and how much by the course of study that has been adopted for that particular school district. Senator Kennedy says he favors granting federal schol arships to worthy students who could not otherwise af ford to further their educa tion because, I believe, he re alizes that the future strength of our nation depends on de veloping everyone's education al potential to the nth de gree. Nixon. on the other hand, says he would be willing to forgive" even as much as half, if necessary of a loan that the federal government might loan to students to com plete their education. Which plan do you think would de velop the -greatest scientists, technologists, doctors, even painters and writers? Alfred Lord Te nnyson, Chaucer, Robert Browning and others did their best lit erary work while acting as poet laureate for, or sudsi- dized by, the British govern ment. The translation of the King James' Bible from the ancient manuscripts was made possible by the subsidies granted by King James to tne learned men who knew tne ancient languages. In Prince Edward County of our state of Virginia at this very time there are 1,800 Negro children without any school of any kind, while their parents pay taxes to provide tuition grants for the white children to attend private schools. Is that "liberty and justice for all?" Let iis hope that whoever becomes our next president will be able to correct this in justice. Mildred Engman, g 1107 East Main st, Medford. Local Issue To the Editor: We arrived in Eugene a short time ago from Long Island, New York, in order to settle here per- Results of This the French would heartily deny, but even so it might have been dismissed' as just another Soviet pinprick had not Khrushchev followed it up with these words: "The Soviet people always are in sympathy with colo nial peoples ... We will al ways render them the utmost aid possible the aid which will be useful to them in at taining their freedom." This - week, Khrushchev's words were being translated into action. The Soviet trade union newspaper Trud announced that 120 young Algerians would be invited to the So viet Union for technical train ing in factories. It also dis Lodge, Johnson, Dewey; Talk Spreads Campaign Speculation By LYLE C. WILSON - Washington - (UPD - Henry Cabot Lodge is the surprise package of this presidential campaign. Ev idence accum- u 1 a t e s that Lodge is as important to the Republ can ticket as is Vice Presi dent Richard M. Nixon t or exam Ljie C. tVllsoo wiieii sue chips are down in the conclud ing weeks of the campaign Lodge will be given the job of making New York State safe for Republicanism. He is to be assigned five days of manently. One of the import ant reasons for our move was that we have been impressed by the consistently high cali ber of those who represent Oregon in Washington, D.C, We are proud and happy to become 'residents of a state that elected Senators Morse and Neuberger, and of a dis trict represented by Charles Porter. Certainly one of the cru cial problems of our times is the achievement of a peaceful world and the avoidance of an atomic holocaust in which we, our children, and our civilization would perish. There are few men in Wash ington who have given this matter more thoughtful atten tion than has Representative Porter. He has, informed him self personally by traveling abroad whenever possible and thus has based legislative action on first-hand studies. He has even tried to go to China, one of the trouble spots in today's world. We are grateful to Congressman Por ter for these efforts. We have already had the privilege of attending a meet ing at the county courthouse addressed by Mr. Porter, and we were very impressed by his concern with local as well as with national and interna tional matters. Someone in the audience asked the con gressman whether he expect ed to be reelected on his ac tions on local issues or be cause of his stand for dis armament and peace. "No is sue, he sata (quoting sena tor Humphrey, is more local than your children," whose lives depend on a peaceful world. Mr. and Mrs. George Streisinger 1945 Woodlawn ave Eugene, Ore. Brainwashing To the Editor: Just how gullible does Nixon think peo ple are? He must think they are idiotic. He said he was shocked" to see that Ken nedy was using references in some of the replies in the de bate. I don't blame him for being shocked, as there was no way for him to contradict them, even though he is a well known controvert. Nixon must not realize that there are quite a number of people that take the Con gressional Record, also that some people go to the public library to get the statistics. In order to avoid three differ ent questions that . he was asked by the panel, he wormed out of answering the questions by saying, "I am preparing a speech that will cover that next week." He knew that Kennedy would make him look bad. Tricky Dick is saying that if he is elected he would make Ike a roving envoy. That would not help our prestige one bit. He has lost prestige during the eight years he has been in bffice. It would be spending the taxpayers' money uselessly. I wonder how many votes he thinks that scheme would get him? ' According to the Society of Friends (Quakers) which Nix on is a member, they said that he was regarded completely unscrupulous, in view of Nixon's close affinity with Senator McCarthy. On the night of the debate they were talking abouftMr. Truman making an apology: for calling Nixon a liar, yet tlie same night Nixon told an , Sojourn in closed that a Soviet ship was loading at Odessa with ma chine tools, automobiles, tractors and combines for Al gerian refugees in Tunisia. To rub more salt in French wounds, it was disclosed that Algerian orphans would be transported to the Soviet Union to "recuperate" in Communist youth camps. A spokesman said the relief pro gram was necessary because of "atrocities of the French colonialists." " , Not Yet Official It is noteworthy that the program comes under the sponsorship of the Soviet trade unions and does not yet bear the official Soviet gov ernment stamp. campaigning in New York Republican strategists know that the ticket carrying the five or six top industrial states wiU win the election. Those are the areas in which Lodge has been heavUy exposed. with more to come, especially in New York. The Democratic vice presi dential nominee's principal responsibility is the opposite of Lodge s Sen. Lyndon B." Johnson was added to the Democratic ticket in a bid for the South, For Johnson, Democratic stra tegists want a minimum ex posure in the South and Southwest. -i The left wing of the Demo- ungracious lie. He proclaimed that American prestige in the world has never stood higher, (If being spat upon in a for eign country, and Ike not being able to go to Japan, high prestige, what would low prestige be?) They should give straight shooting, Baptist, Mason, uive 'em hell, Harry Truman, time on the networks to prove that Nixon is what he called him. The Republican party knows that he could prove it by the records. A liar is a liar no matter if he's President or a stumble bum; he should be exposed. I am a Protestant and do not believe in Catholicism one bit. I have never been brain washed to sacrifice my judg ment and common sense for the sake of religion. And faith ful Charles Porter, is my choice. , ' ' !i Samuel L. Dickey Route 1, Box 271 Rogue River, Ore, Sorry Record To the Editor: Dr. Durno and his supporters are saying good deal about his great record in the state legislature in the 1959 Session. On search ing my memory I was unable to remember being very mucn impressed with his achieve ments as a state senator, recently I did a little research and following is a summary of his voting-record: He voted: Against federal aid to edu cation. Against allowing state agen cies ' to bargain with em ployees unions. Against expanding the state veterans' loan program. Against allowing counties to provide group medical in surance for employees. Against allowing counties to provide civil service pro tection for employees. Against repealing the un fair anti-picketing law. Against restoring trade with China in non-strategic goods. Against creating a . state scholarship commission to as sist worthy students. Against requiring school districts to protect employees against damage suits. Against modernizing state government by elimination of the board of control. He voted: For a general retail sales tax. For forcing already insured motorists to buy an extra policy to protect themselves against uninsured motorists, Dr. Durno was the author of only one bill when he was in the legislature: this is a biU to Increase doctor's contribu tions to the State Medical So ciety from $10 to $15. It is inconceivable that a man with as sorry a record as this should be considered as a candidate for Congress of the united States. If this is the best he could do for Jackson county, I dare not think about his performance as represen tative from the Fourth Dis trict. Elizabeth Post'on 2616 West Main i Medford Farm Journal and Ads To the Editor: "You goofed." These words were directed at me in a recent phone conver sation. The party thus speak ing is the manager of one of our valley communication media (not a newespaper). For a moment I was a bit taken aback. "No Henry," he said. '.'You have me wrong." Then he U.N. It indicates that Khru shchev is not yet ready - to push his African policies to the point of an open break: with France. ' De Gaulle has said he will sever relations' with any na tion which recognizes the Al gerian rebel regime. A break with France now would not help toward other pressing objectives also high on Khrushchev's agenda for coming months. These .in clude a summit conference in, the spring and some progress toward settlement of the Ber lin issue. Meanwhile, he can be ex pected to press his disruptive tactics in Africa. . ' ' . cratlc party with command posts in the great Northern cities resented Johnson's nom ination and said so. There was resentment in the South, too, but the resentments of North em left wingers and Southern conservatives were on con flicting grounds, ., Southern conservatives re sented Johnson's collaboration with a New Deal-Fair Deal presidential candidate and his endorsement of a far left-of-center platform. The clamor of Northern protest against Johnson has subsided. His achievement has been mora positive in the South. ; Outside Virginia and Mis sissippi, the top Democratic office holders are supporting the Kennedy-Johnson ticket, although many of them reject in anger the Democratic plat form. Sen. Harry F. Byrd, D-Va., and Gov. Ross Barne'tt of Mississippi are balking. Byrd is withholding endorse ment of the Democratic presi dential ticket. Barnett is In active opposition. The consensus of pulse-feelers in the South is that John son, so far, has done a pretiy good job of preventing .'a break-away in that area. ,' . Could it be that Thomas E. Dewey is coming to Washing ton, after all? Yes, it could be, replied a top Republican stra tegist who should know what he is talking about. Devey might come to Wash ington in a Nixon cabinet, in that strategist's opinion. It was suggested that Dewey would be tempted by only two posts, State, and Defense, in that order. No, the strategist replied to another question, he probably would not be tempted by the Supreme Court. That does not seem reasonable, but that is what the man said. . . ,' Dewey's claim on Nixon 5s valid. He has ability and a knowledge of the world. Also, he almost invented Ike-for-president and, but for Ike, where would Nixon be? ; went on to say that he had read one of my letters to the editor in which I had men tioned radio and T.V. as pro moting certain harmful prod ucts. He felt that in all fair ness I should have mentioned the newspapers. I'm sorry,. I failed to widen my scope. Per haps it would be well to in clude magazines as well. The August issue of Farm Journal contained a personal message from Graham Patter son, its able publisher. He has granted me personal permis sion to quote from his mes sage. Here are some excerpts: as a parent and grandpar ent, I have been shocked by some of the books being pub lished today . . . The filth, the lust, the four-letter words glorified in these books is enough to sicken any decent adult today. To allow such lit erature to be seen bv innocent children is unthinkable . I would blush with shame just at the thought of a guest find ing such trash in my home . . . Happily, I found that I was not alone in my disgust." . . Mr. Patterson then says, Friends wrote me askiriff what could be done . . . Many pointedly declared that The Farm Journal, which through the years has never accented beer, wine, or liquor advertis ing, snouia be in the forefrorit of the struggle for decent lit erature. Farm Journal answered the call of duty and created the Farm Journal's Familv Bookshelf." Mr. Patterson, I believe, and his staff are to bs commended for their stand. Would that other publishers would follow suit. Certainly there is much warped thinking today when. we promote in any way prod- ucts that ultimately lead so many on the downward path to destruction. Mr. Graham Patterson's Family bookshelf sounds interesting. One can obtain more information h writing The Farm .Journal, r arm Journal -Bldg., West Washington Square. Philadel. phia 5, Pa. , Henry Johnson Jr., i 2400 Highway 66, Ashland, Ore.