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WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 19, I960
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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.