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TUESDAY. NOVEMBER I. I960 ...Communications ... Letters to the Editor must bear tht nam and addrtss of th writer, although under certain circumstance! the us oi a pen name or Initial for publication ii permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted lor publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent th viw of the papri in fact the contrary is often the case. Aid Requested To the Editor Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of a new Medford newspaper. Mrs. William R. Uhrlne :J , 60 Summit ave. Medford. Congressman's View I To the Editor: We read an article in the Storm Lake Pi lot Tribune of Storm Lake, la., which we feel should be brought to the attention of the public. It is regarding a presi dential candidate. Congressman C h a r 1 e s B. Hoven was in Storm Lake for the "Hoven for Congress" Buena Vista Caravan and the Republican dinner. He stated "A Senator's reputation .as an effective legislator is built on actual performance and at tention to his duties and con stituency." "Senator Jack Kennedy's record of absenteeism is one of the worst in Congress," Congressman Hoven of Alton declared. - Hoven said, "In the Senate itself Kennedy has been ab sent on 331 roll calls since he became a Senator, and this does not include those he missed due to illness in 1955." The 8th District Congress man pointed out that Senator Kennedy is chairman of the African subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and is now speak ing with much authority about our foreign relations with the African continent. The record discloses, however that Ken nedy's concern is somewhat tardy since he did not call his subcommittee into session a single time this year, Hoven stated. Hoven said Kennedy also discusses disarmament, say ing, "no issue could demand more priority of top level at tention than disarmament, yet on April 4, 1960, the commit tee staff reported that Ken nedy had not attended a sin gle meeting of the committee since he was appointed to it in 1958." Hoven also pointed to the deep concern which Senator Kennedy now professes for problems of the aged. Ken .nedy is a member of the Sen ate's subcommittee on these problems but has never at tended a single one of their 20 meetings. "It is commendable for a presidential candidate to have Pharmacy Phacts From GENE WESTLAND Are you one of the almost two million who didn't die from illness in the lost fifteen years? Back in 1945 on average of 10.8 people out of every 1,000 died each year. But, today that av. erage has been cut down to 9.2 out ot every 1.000. Our annual death rate stands at the low- . : . est in all recorded . history, thanks to the many new mir acle drugs which are now available to guard you and your family's health. This also means that better than 1,800,000 people are alive today because of the great advances made through scientific research, and finonciol risks taken by the drug industry in this country. Are you in need of sick room supplies? We have everything you may need here at McLain's Drug Centre from hot water bottles to the newest antibiotics. Just call us at 2-71 13. odv. IS Counsel With... Mr. Insurance Fred Brennan Fred R. Brenncn, C.I.A. MEDFORD INSURANCE Agency PHONE SP 3-7343 27 North Holly Street high hopes, high spirit and lofty expressions," Hoven concluded, "but conscientious voters are more interested in a record of solid performance. The public should know that Kennedy's absenteeism record is one of the worst in the Congress." Mrs. I. C. Williams, 511 King si. Medford. What Is Bigotry? To the Editor: For some time I have wanted to write to the communications depart ment of the Mail Tribune. It is not conducive to do so how ever, in consideration of the obvious one - sidedness of is sues which approach any of the Mail Tribune's prejudices. Undoubtedly such letters as I wish to write, of truths, of facts, have been sent to you already, for a very few letters that hint mildly of vital basic truths have been printed, while documented, authenti cated facts are completely ig nored or passed through only by being toned down of the facts to a mild form or a faint shadow of the real. Why don't you print of the heartless butchering of well over five hundred thousand people in the area of Croatia in Yugoslavia in the years 1941-42. 'The atrocities com mitted in Columbia, South America in the last ten years. The bigotry practiced in Spain now. (The screen door said to the needle 'you got a hole in you'.) I have spent eight years of my life in residence of many foreign countries; not as a mis sionary, which would have been much, much better, but which occupation could guide one in approvals or disapprov als of the character of peoples, nor a government servant sub ject to restrictions. But I trav eled and lived witn people through Mexico, Central America, much of South Amer ica, oarts already mentioned in Europe, Asia, the Near East, the Far East, in fact in everv continent of the world. You are to be commended for not publishing letters of hate or malice of which there are undoubtedly some, though you seem to be void of virtue when it comes to suppression of hate letters against certain segments of Christianity or the United State government. But for suppressing vital basic facts or being partial to misleading statements and half-truths . which approach anything contrary to your par ticular Dreiudlces, wnue en. tnvinff vour unique monopoly of the news in this little val ley, while stating that you are impartial in communications, etc is this not bigotry? Dan Scott, 967 Gibbon. Road, Central Point, Ore. Frtitnr's note: We have, in deed, tossed into the waste basket some few letters which viciously attack the loyalty, faith and patriotism of-many r.f nnr fpllnw citizens. We do not believe, however, that we have been guilty of suppress ing "facts." The sort of thing montinnpH in the second para graph of the letter above have been rather thoroughly re ported in our news columns from time to lime. dm Better Than None To the Editor: A few days ago there was a complaint oiven ahnut the high prices Of the new skating rink. I'd like to say that they're gradually lowering the prices. If people iIH think of what they're getting I don't think they'd gripe so. There is a Dig iioor, music by an organ, snack bar and a host of other nice facili lips I've met the people who VOTE November 8th Good citizenship de mands that you VOTE. Don't let anything in terfere with the exer- eise of this privilege. work there and all I can say is that every one of them are wonderful people. The owner himself is a very nice man and he doesn't deserve to be talked about as giving "such ridiculous prices." He gave us a rink with his own money and time. What thanks does he get? Everyone only gripes about it, instead of being thankful that at last they have what they've been waiting for. If the people of Medford would only think of what they're receiving for their money and of the great amount of money and effort they took to build it, they will appreciate the arena better. 'One is better than none." Jerri Mcntzer 840 Palm Medford. Someone Must Pay To the Editor: Why is It that when the thinking Demo crats see war on the horizon they turn and vote Republi can? T havp lust finished read ing an editorial in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, "a ripmnrrat naDer." in which it states that the greatest prob lem which the leader oi me Ampriran npnnlp must face in the next four years is the communist threat oi worm domination, how to contain it now. and how to eventually trinmnh nvpr it. The editor endorsed Kicn- ard Nixon with high honors. stating that he is the best trained man ever to be a can HiHatp for thp riresidencv. Why would any one want to vote for a man who prom ises every one canay, as jonn Kennedy does, and tnen wno expects to reach into our pocket to pay for it. Our national debt now pvistintr which was largely of the Democrat's making, is now costing us minions in in tprpct nnnnallv to. maintain whv Hn up wish to burden our children and grandchil dren with a greater debt? Snmp nnp is eoine to have to pay for this foolishness some day. Ralph C. Oakes 943 Ross Lane Medford. Hprhlorlr Hit Aaain Tn (ho Editor: I'm writing in regard to the cartoon you printed in your paper e naay t nnHprcfanri vou get these pictures from a wire service. T .1.. .inriprctanH that this nmpr is Dredominantly JJem r I . ocratic. But snowing anuurci party in this light is going too far. Thi partnnn is trying to drag every other person that is of high standards down to the low level of thinking and speech that the ex-president apparently has. I don't think that Mr. Truman has brought either dignity or re spect to him or the office he once held. t moopd if this naDer can t find another cartoonist with litiip mnrp imagination so n nm in havp to die the bot tom of the barrel up and draw it into a picture sup posed to be a cartoon. I have spoken to many peo ple about this and they have mentioned it to me and they rtwaa with TT1P that this haS gone far beyond being funny or even good clean criticism. I have been so disgusted with cpvpral different pieces of journalism that I have come across on ine ironv ui tv,io nmnr hut thin has taken the cake.' I have heard Mr. Nixon speak many different times and never once have I ever heard him use slang, let alone this very educated way of speech. T am a first time voter and I don't think anyone really appreciates a candidate, run ning for this high office, be ing shown in this dim ngni I hope it doesn't occur again Mrs. J. R. Burns Box 78 Hilt, Calif. Fnaineerina To the Editor: I am rapidly coming to the conclusion that the engineering colleges are substituting a college degree for good old fashioned horse sense. I can show anyone in. terested some very good ex amples which would readily indicate the conclusion is jus tified. On the road going past Wil low Creek reservoir on the east side, the engineer who laid out the road evidently thought It worthwhile to go up hill if one could have the pleasure of going down the other side. I have been unable to find anyone who could mention a good reason for go ing about 50 feet above the dam when it would have been as cheap to construct the grade at a constant elevation above the high water mark along the east side of Willow Creek reservoir, and made it easier on log trucks and other ve hicles. west of Butte Falls can be seen a saddle in the ridge which was the best location for the road, but the county made no effort to go through the saddle. Instead they have spent several thousand dollars of public money over a period of more than 30 years in try ing to widen the curve nearly 100 yards southeast of the saddle so it could be consid ered reasonably safe. How ever I have seen a couple of loads of logs dumped on the outside of that curve. It's a miracle no one has been under one of them. The money spent in construction and widening of the curve would have put the road through the saddle and have been in a nearly straight line. I wonder how much ex-county Engineer Ryn- ning had to do with that. In contrast to the claims of the engineering profession, I say they waste more money than they save. I ll be glad to point these and other similar situations out to anyone interested. I'm very much inclined to think I ra right in the theory men tioned at the head of my let ter. Floyd R. McCabe Mt. Pitt Star route Butte Falls, Ore. Boyden Qualified To the Editor: The people of Jackson county are fortu nate to have available a com petent man like Mark Boy den for county surveyor. I am a .non-resident of Jackson county; however in my practice as a professional land surveyor, I have had to do a considerable amount of surveying in Jackson county, which gave me the opportu nity to come in contact with the surveys of other survey ors practicing in Jackson county. From this experience, I find that the surveys by Mark Boyden are of a very high standard.. People get something for their money when they have a survey by Boyden. The county surveyor is cus todian of the county survey records and it is necessary that these records be kept in order. From past experience, Mark Boyden is a very cap. able man for this position. Marvin C. Ramsey 724 N.E. Madrone st. Grants Pass, Ore. Frogs To the Editor: Some of us like living in Lynn M. Wat kins "Small Worlds" where Mother Nature blots out pol itics for a while. His tale of Chameleons re minded me of a sight I saw near Campbell, S. D., many years ago. Mrs. Bickner and I were going after her cows one eve when we came upon a natural amphitheater which she called a "Buffalo wallow." It was two-thirds full of muddy wa ter. Three sides of it were absolutely crowded with frogs. The fourth side was the stage where one frog performed as well as a human actor. He turned cartwheels and flip- flops in all directions. I had believed that a frog's whole life was spent in jumping for ward. I laughed and spoiled the whole scene, for in one instant every frog was out of sight beneath the mud. There must have been 300 frogs, at least. Mother Nature s Friend, Gram Jacksonville, Ore. Lancer1 s NEW LUXURY COMPACT WITH A COMPACT PRICE! dodge IANCER MEDFORD MAIL Both Candidates Touring California In Last-Ditch Try Sacramento -flJPD- John F. . and Los Angeles. His Los An- Kennedy and Richard M. Nix-j on have mapped last-minmei campaign sorties into Cali fornia in an effort to capture the state's 32 electoral votes. Kennedy will make his fin al bid for California support in a two-day swing starting in Los Angeles today with ad ditional stops scheduled in Long Beach and San Diego. On Wednesday the Demo cratic standard-bearer turns to Northern California with a major rally at the San Fran cisco Cow Palace plus an ap pearance at San Jose. Nixon Plans Swing Vice President Nixon will make his last appeal for votes in his home state in a concen trated swing on Friday even ing and Saturday, Nov. 4-5. The Nixon campaign plane will arrive from Spokane, Wash., at Fresno on Friday evening for a rally. On Sat urday, he plans to make ap pearances in San Jose, Hay ward, Oakland, Bakersfield Time of Need To the Editor: I can some what understand "Name on file's" feeling of abuse by un fair treatment, but it isn't going to do any good to feel that way. Being an amputee for many long years, I began following sawmill work and during the fall and winter of 1956, was unemployed and only receiv ed partial unemployment com pensation, which could not cover rent and food needs, so we moved into the coastal woods and slept in our car by a river and cooked in a fir bough lean-to. While dragging in fire wood on crutches one day, the crutches slipped and I fell driving the leg stump through my pants leg and the bone out through the flesh and deep into the ground. My daughter was going to try pulling me over to camp but before I pass ed out from shock and pain I asked her not to do so, but try to cleanse out the dirt and get the flesh back over the bone, then cover me until I became conscious again and could help move myself. We could not afford a doc tor and I could not draw un employment because of being unable to accept work. That was a tough winter and we knew that as the Lord alone saw us through by healing my leg without an infection and furnished fish and game while my daughter nursed me by constant care. Though it put her one year behind in school, we knew that the same Lord would extract payment one day from the individuals that felt so good over being capable of all refusal of need ed aid at the time of need, as he does now. My daughter did finish her schooling and as a gift of God received one term of Bible college. The same group made her quit to go to work to support me after people no longer hired me because of age and disability; we still do not resent the treatment by these people. The Rev. A. Gilman 322 South Riverside ave. Medford. The new Dodge Lancer has the lowest price (by a tremendous margin) of any luxury com pact introduced this Fall. That's not all. Lancer's got a fully unitized, rust-proofed body. Room for a family of six. Beautiful interiors. A superb ride. The Charger 225 engine is a sizzler. Inclined 30 degrees to the right it's got an uncanny way with a gallon of regular. Mounted on the engine is a new device called an alternator-generator. It makes the battery last far longer than usual. Visit your Dodge Dealer. Go see what Dodge has done for compacts. PARSONS MOTORS, TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. Sfes campaign Includes a two-hour telethon on Satur day night. Strategists for both candi dates obviously regard Cali fornia as a prime target since they are allotting two days of precious time in the final week of the campaign to the golden state. , Kennedy already has tour ed the state once in a whistle stop train trip and plane ride from the Oregon border to San Diego in September. The Democrats also turned all their firepower loose on California in the last two months Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson, Kennedy's running mate; ex-president Harry S. Truman, who delivered a typ ical "give 'em hell" attack on Nixon last Friday in Berkeley, and Adlai Stevenson, the par ty's presidential candidate in 1952 and 1956. Lodge Helps Out Republicans countered in force with Nixon spending four days in Southern Calif ornia earlier this month plus campaign swings ny nis run ning mate, Henry Cabot Lodge; "Non political" ap pearances by President Dwight D. Eisenhower and an assault by Thomas E. Dew ey, the GOP Presidential candidate in 1948. Both parties express confi dence in their chances of car rying California. But a sur vey of top party leaders in the past two days snowed Democrats predicting greater majorities for Kennedy in California on Nov. 8 than He publicans believe Nixon will amass. Despite their on-the-record optimism, a considerable num ber of party bigwigs say pri vately that California still is very much of a toss-up and that it could go either way depending on the success or failure of the last minute ap peals by the two candidates. Dewey Rules Out Post in Cabinet New York - (UTD - Thomas E. Dewey, two-time unsuccess ful Republican candidate for. president, has virtually ruled out any cabinet post for him self, if Vice President Richard M. Nixon is elected president. Dewey said Monday "I can't think of anything that would induce me ever again to take public office." The former New York governor was then asked if he was "leaving any loopholes" in such a rejection, and he replied, "I certainly am not." Dewey, whose political ad vice reportedly has been sought by Nixon, said that the p r e s 1 dential campaign be tween Nixon and Sen. John F. Kennedy was "Just about as close as it was two months ago." But he declined to pre dict who would ie elected. DON'T EVEN PAT IT Chicago - IUPD - Leslie D. Inglehart, 26, was accused Monday of causing $100 dam age to a small foreign can when he kicked It. got 315 E. 5th, Medford ft Campaign Quotes By United Press International Vice President Richard M. Nixon: (To reporters in Washing ton): "I think the tide is run ning our way and I think we're going to win . . . "Kennedy's campaign peak ed a little too early . , . Our campaign is moving faster and that's what counts." (To airport crowd at Teter- boro, N.J.): "America is at a critical point. Do we go along with experienced leadership or do we take a chance on in experience?" In a statement commenting i Kennedy's challenge to bring President Eisenhower to a fifth TV debate): "For a man who has Harry S. Tru man, Adlai Stevenson and the almost forgotten Lyndon John son sounding off in different directions, Sen. Kennedy's statement is juvenile. It sounds like a schoolboy trying to taunt his superiors. 1 u oe giaa la aeoaie mm and his whole family any time they like . . . What the country really needs is a debate between Jack and Lyndon, the Demo cratic vice presidential nom inee." (At Ridgewood, N.J., rally): "Kennedy has been showing such an ignorance of eco nomics that he has disquali fied himself for the presi dency. If this seems to be tough talk, It is meant to be tough talk." Sen. John F. Kennedy: (To student rally at Temple U n 1 v e r s ity, Philadelphia): "Nixon is afraid to go to New York alone so he is taking Eisenhower with him . . . 'What Mr. Nixon does not understand is that President Eisenhower is not a candidate In this election. Mr. Nixon and I will face the voters alone next week. It's Nixon vs. Ken nedy, the Republicans vs. the Democrats, and I look to the future with some degree of hope. (To predominantly Negro audience at Philadelphia hous ing project): "When the Rev. Luther King was arrested, Mr. Nixon's headquarters Issued a statement - no comment. If that's what you want, you can have him." (In nationwide TV speech from Philadelphia dinner): "If our people are complacent, self-satisfied, content with things as they are and un concerned with how they soon may be, then our prestige and our Influence will surely con tinue to decline . . . "I do not downgrade Amer ica. But I do downgrade the kind of leadership It has been getting from the Republican party . . , 'If we stay grounded on dead-center. If we content our selves with our material goods and our easy life and our rosy reassurances, then the gates will soon be open to a lean and hungry enemy." FEATURE WRITER DIES Los Angeles -d'PD- Darsie L. Darsie, 64, golf and feature writer for the Los Angeles Harold-Express who for a time served as assistant man aging editor and chief editor ial wpllpr nt thp camp nn.nt. paper, died Monday. itl Opllor.il it modest cost Wall Street New York-OIPU-Standard it Poor's believes that while it is Impossible to pinpoint the bottom of the market, stocks are not now very vulnerable on at least two counts: (1) They have been sufficiently depressed to make adequate allowance for an expected re cession and (2) Monetary fac tors via the Federal Reserve are such as to lend support. Spear & Staff says that much of the recent scare soli ng has been due to pre-elec tion jitters and the feeling, right or wrong, that business might be hurt by a Democra tic sweep. The ability of the market to bounce back re cently has induced Spear to feel that any such apprehen sion has been discounted. Accused Slayer , Takes Own Life Reno, Nev. - (DPI) - Simon Poth, 78-year-old accused slay er of his neighbor, committed suicide in his Washoe county jail cell Monday. Chief Criminal Deputy Wil liam Driscoll said Poth slash ed his throat with a razor blade. He was dead on arrival at Washoe medical center. Poth was held in connection with the stabbing of Leo Conn, 70, last summer. He disappear ed shortly after the slaying and later was apprehended in Astoria, Ore., through coinci dence when some Reno trav elers recognized him and noti fied police. WORKERS SETTLE Oak Ridge, Tcnn. - (UPD Striking atomic workers at a plant which produces fission able uranium ratified a new contract Monday night with Union Carbide Nuclear Co. calling for a pay increase of nine cents per hour. The vote by 1,850 members of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Work ers Union ended a 16-day strike. SAVE TAX DOLLARS This measure puts the State in the billboard business. It specifically provides that the few advertisers allowed space on State boards would pay for erection and maintenance of them. But who pays the tremendous cost of acquiring needed private land and building long access roads? YOU DO. Federal and State tax dollars .. . your dollars . . . would carry the burden of this costly measure. DON'T HURT JOBS & PAYROLLS This bad bill completely abolishes billboards on inter state highways, unwisely curtails them on 16 through ways. RESULT: Hundreds of roadside businesses such as motels, hotels, restaurants, vacation resorts, service stations, stores etc. would be denied the right to tell motorists of their facilities. Jobs and payrolls would be lost , , , Oregon's important tourist industry would suffer. IT'S A BAD BILL We agree, billboards should be controlled, but this had bill is not the answer. As one highly regarded Oregon newspaper editor states, it is a bill of "deceit". PRO TECT your pockctbook . .' I PROTECT Oregon jobs and payrolls ... On November 8th, vote NO on No. 15 . . . it's a BAD bill. COUNCIL ON HIGHWAY REGULATION H. 4v. tilph T. Holl.pc.li, Jr., Chilrmsn, 1737 S.W. Mmt Of, ftCHtML On. (OTVtign fkiDwHiirii UV J., ink Mt, retlM, I A 5 Chatter Investors Research company maintains that the market may back off jlightly but for nil practical purposes the September low will hold. Fur thermore, It says, we should see a period of general rally through the election and to the year end. International Statistical Bu reau advises that no matter who wins the election, gov ernment spending will con tinue to rise during 1961 al though the Democrats should be more liberal with the out lays. octors costless The average family spends only 566 a year , for doctor bills . . . only $38 for prescriptions. One pack of cigarettes daily, costs about $90 a year. 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