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History from thi filet of The
Mill Trlb-jnt 10. 20. 30. 40
ind 50 v' ao.
10 YEARS AGO
No. 3, 1960 (Friday)
Final plans for Medford'!
iccond annual gala Christmas
opening of downtown stores
re being completed by the re
tail trade committee of the
Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce.
The ferry M. H. Chessman
was lost in the fog off the
mouth of the Columbia river
fnr three hours today but was
finally found 5V4 miles off
Us course by the uoasi uuara
20 YEARS AGO
No. 3. 1940 (Sunday)
Gov. Ralph O. Brewster of
Maine predicted in Medford
today that Wendell Willkle
will be elected president over
franklin D. Roosevelt. .
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "The
campaign in Jackson county
was so calm and peaceful, and
lacking in hale, it is doubtful
If a Law and Order League,
had one been formed, could
have created any disorder."
30 YEARS AGO
Nov. 3, 1930 (Monday)
E. M. Wilson has been elect
ed mayor of Medford by 14
votes, according to unofficial
returns.
Voters of the city elected
to retain the city's water com
mission by a large majority.
40 YEARS AGO
Nov. 3, 1920 (Wednesday)
Farmers will hold a mass
meeting at the armory next
Mnndav to oraanize a local
Farm Bureau.
There were six days of kill
ing frost during October in the
valley.
SO YEARS AGO
Nov. 3, 1910 (Thursday)
With election day only a
week off usually genial Coun
tv Clerk Bill Coleman has t
e5
: third-degree grouch on trying
to get things ready in this
county.
The grocery firm of Allen
and Reagan which has done
business for many years at the
corner of Central ave. and
Main at., has been dissolved.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nina er Itn correct li luaufor:
mm ar tight It ncilltnti Hit
imi Is good.
1. Near what body of water
was the miracle of the loaves
and fishes performed?
2. A member of the Society
of Friends is known as what?
3, Name the state nearest
the equator.
4. Who marched from At
lanta to the Sea during the
War Between the States?
S. What is the most distinc
tive feature of gothic architec
ture?
6. Name two kinds of
American seafish which
cend rivers to spawn, or lay
their eggs.
7. What Is a lodcslone?
8. How many signs of the
Zodiac are there?
9. Which American State
was first to abolish slavery in
our history?
10. Who practiced oratory
with pebbles In his mouth In
order to improve his diction
and increase his projection?
Answtrst I. The Sea of
Gallia. 2. A Quaker. 3. Ha
waii. 4. Gantral Sherman.
5 Pointed arch. 6. Salmon,
shad, herring and some eels.
7. Piece of magnetic iron
ere. 8, Twelve. 9. Massa
chusetts. 10. Demoiihenee. .
Program
In an interesting, readable, detailed and (to
us) convincing article in the Saturday Evening
Post, Walter Lippmann, the dean of U.S. col
umnists and commentators, dicusses the economic
bases for the theory that we can take care of our
major commitments, retain our growing stand
ard of living, and avoid
U.S. increases its rate of growth.
This is the proposal advanced by both Gov,
Nelson Rockefeller and
in response to questions
btates can afford :
1. To remain strong militarily.
2. Help emerging and underdeveloped na
tions to independence
d. Take care of our fast-rising domestic needs.
4. Continue the rise in our standard of living.
I IPPMANN wrote the
with economist Francis M. Bator, who has
studied the proposal in
"The Ouestion or Government Spending: .Public
Needs and Private Wants."
If is engrossing reading.
Linnmann also disijoses of the cries of "social
ism" which almost inevitably greet proposals for
the government to take a stronger hand in the
management of the nation's economy.
first of all, he points out that whatever the
government does, even it
a tremendous impact on
ND he adds:
"Socialism involves the public ownership and op
eration of the means of production, of the mines, the
factories and of all public utilities. What we are talk
ing about is the rate of growth of private production
In order to support a steady rise in personal consump
tion and an unavoidable. and desirable increase in the
amount of goods purchased from private industry by
all levels of government.
"We are talking about how to pay private con
tractors to build missiles and aircraft carriers, schools,
hospitals and parks not about how the government
can build them. The program we have in mind calls
for government purchases from private firms and the
hiring of civil servants in a free labor market. Only
by an unscrupulous use of language can this be called
socialism,"
This, certainly, is a continuation and broaden
ing of the American tradition. E.A.
Measures Recapitulation
We have been asked
the lb measures on Tuesday s election ballot.
Accordingly, here are
nail" description, and our
No. 1 Fixing commencement of legislators'
terms. A "housekeeping"
ment. Makes sense. "Yes."
No. 2 Daylight Saving Time. Would oermit
Oregon time to correspond with major business
and communications centers in summer. Vote
your preference. We shall
No. 3 Financing urban development proj
ects. Does not affect taxes as such, but would per
mit urban redevelopment projects to help pay
for
: themselves. Subject
No. 4 Permitting prosecution by information
indictment. Would allow district attorny to
by-pass grand jury in criminal cases, whether or
not accused wanted grand jury hearing. Gives
too much arbitrary authority to one man. "No."
No. 5 Authorizing legislature to propose re
vised constitution. We don't think they could do
., but no harm in giving
Would need two-thirds vote to approve new con
stitution, also a vote of the people. "Yes."
No. b btate bonds for
ities. This is important for the future of Oregon's
colleges. It would NOT raise taxes, but would
authorize borrowing to
which would then be paid
tion or the present successful program. "Yes.
No. 7 Voter qualification amendment,
Would allow otherwise
for president and vice
residence requirements.
No. 8 Authorizing
program. The question :
out of current tax revenues, as at present, or do
we borrow and pay for
used I Ur, do we buy a
out a mortgage? Same
ample safeguards and
No. 9 Compulsory
Some of our greatest jurists have been over 70
and 75. Too arbitrary. "No.
No. 10 Elective offices: when to become
vacant. Uneeded: politically motivated. "No."
No. 11 Financing
rule counties. Makes sense, and gives greater dis
cretion to local government. "Yes."
No. 12 Continuity
attack, bensioie. Yes.
No. 13 War veterans' bonding and loan
amendment. Does not increase taxes, continues
present program, makes money for state, fair to
veterans who have not
No. 14 Personal income tax bill. Not need
ed. New program to go
No. 15 Billboard control measure. Provides
reasonable regulation of
ways. Would make money
harm our economy, despite hysterical claims by
billboard lobby. "Yes."
No. 16 Dogs running at large. For voters
in Medford, where dog control is, and will re
main, m effect, we recommend they not cast a
vote at all on this measure. For voters elsewhere
in the county, which would be affected, vote your
preference. And remember, a "yes" vote is FOR
dogs running at large,
running at large, thus for control. E.A.
for Growth
inflation, provided the
Sen. John F. Kennedy
as to whether the United
and economic health.
article in consultation
preparation for his book,
it is nothing at all, has
the nation economy.
to recapitulate briefly
measures, a thumb
own recommendation.
constitutional amend
vote "yes."
to local control. "Yes.
them authority to try.
higher education facil
build needed buildings,
for by fees, a continua
qualified voters to vote
president only, despite
Fair enough. Yes.
bonds for state building
Do we pay for buildings
them while they're being
house for cash, or take
thing. The measure has
restrictions. Yes.
retirement for judges.
improvements in home
of government in enemy
yet received loan. "Yes
before leeis ature. "No."
billboards on major high
for state, and wouldn't
"no" is AGAINST dogs
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Today & Tomorrow
By Walter
THE EISENHOWER SPEECH
On Friday at Philadelphia
Mr. Eisenhower made his first
frankly political speech. The
climax of the
speech was
challenge and
a charge. The
challenge was
to ask how
the Democrat
ic pledges are
to be paid for.
The charge
was the Demo
crats are re
sponsible for the recent specu
lation in gold on the London
market.
According to Mr. Eisenhow
er, the Democratic pledges
which call for greater expen
ditures on defense, education,
medical care, and other civil
ian public needs, can be paid
for in only one of three ways.
One way is to raise taxes.
Another way is to run a deficit
and print money. Another way
is to cut existing government
programs. We may dismiss
the last two. Nobody around
Mr. Kennedy that I know of
is in favor of deficit financing,
except of course as an emer
gency measure In case the
present slump develops into
a severe recession. There is,
furthermore, no prospect of
any substantial cut in exist
ing programs, especially since
the farm problem is so acute
and so difficult to handle.
Thus, according to Mr.
Elsenhower's reasoning, Sena
tor Kennedy must choose be
tween raising taxes and aban
doning his program.
THIS is a debater's dilemma,
one worked up by a speech
writer, which quite misses the
realities of the problem. The
true Kennedy position, as
against Mr. Elsenhower's chal
lenge, is plain enough from
his own speeches and from
the writings of the extraor
dinarily able group of econo
mists who advise him.
Kennedy intends to pay for
his program (1) by raising
taxes, social security taxes,
to finance care; (2) by taking
in more revenue as result of
a reform of the tax structure
which will not only close the
well-known loopholes some
what, but will strengthen eco
nomic growth by tax incen
tives to capital Investment;
and (3) by encouraging and
stimulating the growth of the
economy in order to put an
end to the sorry record of
three recessions in the past
seven and a half years. If the
economy can grow, since it
has idle plants and idle men,
it will produce profits and
Income which will increase
the government's revenues
from the existing corporate
and Income tax structure.
However, if the economy re
mains sluggish and depressed,
if reform of the tax law
falls, then the vitally neces
sary program for defense, edu
cation, and for other public
needs will have to be paid
for by increasing taxes and
slowing up the improvement
in the private standard of
life. If necessary these public
needs must be met by private
sacrifice. Defense, education,
health, resources develop
ment, and urban renewal are
In the minds of the Kennedy
Democrats a first priority,
and they come ahead of a
continually rising private
standard of consumption.
IT IS significant that In issu
ing this challenge Mr. Eisen
hower never mentioned at all
the idea that these programs
can be paid for by stimulating
the American economy to pro
duce more wealth. Mr. Elsen
hower says It is already pro
ducing a great deal of wealth.
So It is.
But its average rate of
growth under Eisenhower has
been less than 3 per cent a
year, which Is less than the
national average for over a
5
Walter
LlDDmann
Lippmann
century, which is less than
that of virtually all of our
industrial competitors in the
world market.
The reason Mr. Eisenhower
did not mention economic
growth as a way to pay for
these programs is that his ad
ministration has deliberately
adopted a policy of combatting
inflation by depressing the
economy. The Administration
has no program for com
batting inflation in a flourish
ing economy, and Mr. Eisen
hower has come to believe
that in order not to have infla
tion there must be a kind of
chronic depression. That is
why he can never afford to
meet the needs of our rapidly
growing population. That is
why the progressive Eisen
hower of 19S2 and 1956 is
now far to the right of the
late Sen. Robert Taft.
MR. Eisenhower's speech
alio contained a grave ac
cusation. It was that the gold
speculation in England and
the outflow of gold from the
United States are due to the
Democratic platform and to
Mr. Kennedy's speeches.
This is quite unworthy of
the President of the United
States. Gold had been leaving
the United States for about
ten years, and in large quan
tities since 1998. The gold
problem is President Eisen
hower's responsibility and
not Senator Kennedy's.
It is a difficult problem and
it will not be solved easily.
It arises from the fact that
our export surplus is not big
enough to sustain our mili
tary and economic commit
ments abroad and to sustain
the outflow of American capi
tal to the European Common
Market and elsewhere.
There Is no quick, sure, and
easy way to correct this im
balance. It will require meas
ures concerted with other na
tions to economize the use
of gold. It will require meas
ures taken in concert with
big business and big labor
to bring down the prices that
are pricing us out of the
world market. It will require
measures to induce Germany,
Italy, Japan, France, Britain,
and Canada to make a much
bigger contribution to collec
tive security and to the financ
ing of the underdeveloped na
tions. In view of the general
condition of the world econo
my, too great a proportion
of the burden is upon us.
THE one thing that correct
ing the situation will not
require is a devaluation of
the dollar and a rise in the
price of gold.
My own certainty about
this comes not only from Mr.
Kennedy's declarations but
much more from the reasons
behind them. He and his ad-
Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERF
IN BILLIE BURKE'S botmcey "With Powder on My Nose,"
she declares, "I never was 'like a sister to any man. And
neither was any woman except a sister." She also states,
There s a lot of non
sense written about how
money won't buy happi
ness. Well, I've had a lot
of money and a lot of
happiness simultaneously.
Arid I've been poor and
happy. But let's face it:
the most fun m being
happy and having money
at the same time!"
An sBgttrioae genttemnn
In Boston composed trrte
summary of Me five mar
riagable daughters:
Mincrva-ltke majestic Mary moves.
Law, Latin, Liberty teamed Lucy love.
Eltia's elegance each eye espies.
Serenely silent Susan's smiles surprise.
From fools, fops, flattery, fairest Fanny flies,
Hb by eaett Cart Ctotrtbutel by Xtaf Felre SjradtaM
Strange, Unprecedented Trial Under Way
On Turkish Island; Defendants Total 500
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Editor
On the Little Island Yas-
siada in the Sea of Marmoa
off Istanbul, a trial without
his t o r I c a 1
pre cedent is
taking place-
It is the
mass trial
of the for.
mer president
of Turkey, his
prime minis
ter, h i s cabi
net and the
m a J o rity of
the members of the former
Turkish Parliament. All were
members of the now-outlawed
Democratic party which was
headed by President Celal
Bayar, with Premier Adnan
Mendercs as his first deputy.
Altogether, the defendants
total nearly 500.
Over 10 Years
They are accused of consti
tutional violations over a
period of 10 years, dating
back to when the Democratic
party took over in May 1950
from the former ruling Re
publican party of the revered
Kemal Ataturk.
For Bayar, Menderes and 36
others, the death penalty has
been asked.
m
Matter of Fcrcf y Joseph ai,o
En Route With Kennedy -
On this semi-final vote-hunt
ing safari, the mood of t h e
Democratic candidate is so
berly confi
dent.
The sobrie
ty is impres
sive. A less
hard - headed
man than Sen
ator Kennedy
would be
be downright
intoxicated by
JOSEPH alsup "le ae oi me
crowds he draws and the
strange, vibrant rapport that
he has with all these people.
But from a practical political
standpoint, the confidence is
the interesting feature.
The first reason for this
confidence that Kennedy now
feels is the trend shown by
his own opinion surveys. The
Nixon camp has been passing
out the hopeful figures pro
duced by polls of key states
by the Republican pulse-feeler,
Claude Robinson. The Ken
nedy camp discloses none of
the details of the polls taken
for the senator by Louis Har
ris. But it can be stated, on
the best authority, that if
Harris is right, Robinson
ought to shut up shop.
On the same authority, it
can also be said that the state-by-state
results, which are
often close, are less impres
sive than the pattern and the
trend.
AS TO the pattern, it shows
a modest-to-decisive Ken
nedy lead in all the big indus
trial states with the possible
exception of Indiana, plus a
real pick-up in the South. One
state checks against the other.
In the two most important
states, New York and Califor
nia, the Kennedy surveys also
check with tests locally made,
in New York by "The Daily
News," and in California, by
the Field Polling organiza
tion. The trend of the surveys
has shown a gradual but con
sistent movement of voters,
viscrs realize that if the Unit
ed States were to devalue
the dollar, Britain, France
Germany, Italy, Japan, and
all the rest would instantly
devalue in proportion, leav
ing us no better off than when
we started.
On the other hand, a rise
in the price of gold, without
doing any good whatever to
us and much harm, . would
be an enormous gift to the
two great gold-producing na
tions, namely the Union of
South Africa and the Soviet
Union. Nobody is in the mood
to subsidize them.
Copyright 1960, New York
Herald Tribune Inc.
LVLJ
In less perilous Umes, this
story would be on the front
pages of newspapers across
the country.
For, aside from the death
penalties which Turkish news
men freely predict will be
pronounced on Bayar and
Menderes, the outcome of this
trial will be a test of the en
during qualities of democ
racy in Turkey.
The end for the Bayar gov
ernment came on May 27 of
this year.
High-ranking Turkish army
officers led by the former
commander of land forces, Lt.
Gen. Cemal Gursel, routed
Bayar from his bed and ar
rested Menderes as he at
tempted to flee along a high
way.
It was the climax to in
creasingly harsh measures by
which Bayar and Menderes
had sought to maintain them
selves and their party in
power. Civil liberties all but
disappeared. Newspaper edi
tors were jailed for the slight
est criticism of the govern
ment.
Prison for Handshake
A handshake could be a
reason for imprisonment.
The final blow came in a
away from Vice President
Nixon, into the undecided
group, and onwards to Sen
ator Kennedy. Ever since the
first television debate, Nix-
on's support has been drop
ping, Kennedy s support has
been rising. The undecided
group remains large enough
to swing the election in most
states, and in most states, too,
the proportion of undecided
voters has stayed about the
same.
The sobriety of the Kenne
dy mood is perhaps due to
this persistently large number
of undecided voters. But the
crowds that turn out for Ken
nedy encourage the Kennedy
camp to hope that a great
many of the undecided will
eventually decide for the
Democrats.
THERE are two factors that
need to be borne in mind
in judging the Kennedy
crowds and the comparable
crowds that greet Vice Presi
dent Nixon. One factor is
money. The Democrats are
short of cash, contrary to the
common impression, The can
didate's nationwide television
time on Monday was within
an ace of being cancelled, for
instance, just for want of
funds to pay for it. Thus the
Kennedy advance men can
never attempt what the Nix
on advance men have been
doing as a matter of course.
In Michigan, for instance,
the local Republican bigwigs
boasted that no less than 90,-
000 telephone calls had been
made to insure a big crowd
at the Vice Preshident s im
portant rally in Grand Rap
ids. The Kennedy crowds turn
out despite a very much small
er investment in telephone
calls, in buses, and in all the
other devices for getting out
crowds.
As to the other crowd-factor,
it is not easy to define
but it is very real nonetheless.
Its nature is indicated by the
striking difference between
the Kennedy crowds and the
Nixon crowds, which has been
noted by just about every re
porter who has travelled with
both candidates.
"IXON, with his set speech
full of "applause points,"
gets plenty of cheers. But be
tween Kennedy and the peo
ple who come to see and hear
him, there is this curious
electric or magnetic rapport
already mentioned. It starts
the old pros on the safari
reminiscing about Franklin
D. Roosevelt. It must, they
say, "mean something," and
one can hardlv believe the
old pros are wrong.
finally, Kennedy has a
more basic reason for his con
fidence at the end of the race,
It derives from the way his
opponent has chosen to run
the race.
At the end of the Republi
can convention, in brief, the
Vice President had positioned
himself for the kind of na
tional campaign that Gov.
Nelson Rockefeller would
have waged. In the field of
foreign and defense policy,
especially, Nixon was entirely
free to offer a Rockefeller-
style assessment of the nation
al situation, and to make a
Rockefeller-style appeal. Ken
nedy was deeply fearful that
he would do so, since Kenne
dy's own call to the nation
to "move forward" would
then have sounded thin and
meaningless.
Anyone who knows the
Vice President well knows
that he really agrees with
Governor Rockefeller. Yet he
rejects the strategy which
Kennedy expected him to
adopt, choosing instead a Mad
ison Ave. approach. If Kenne
dy is elected, this will be the
rock bottom reason.
(c 1960 New York Herald
Tribune Inc.
dictatorial law aimed finally
at wiping out all political op
position. Student demonstrators took
over the streets of Istanbul
and Ankara in April, and in
May, the army acted.
The mass trial, being con
ducted with careful legality,
has not yet reached its cli
mactic stage.
So far it has been concerned
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Porter and Durno
To the Editor: How un
fortunate it is that Dr. Durno
has been unable to resist the
temptation to resort to the
McCarthy campaign tactics of
his predecessor, Geddes. In
spite of repeated protests that
he "does not join with those
who question Charlie Porter's
patriotism," in speech after
speech, ad after ad, he con-
in the Days News
By FRANK JENKINS
As this is written, the 1960
Presidential election cam
paign is nearing its end. Less
than a week remains before
election day.
I think everyone must agree
that this is one of the most
important elections in recent
decades. We face a powerful
and menacing enemy. Not
since 1940 has the need for
sound 'eadership been so
clearly apparent. If our lead
ership in the coming months
and years is wise and sound,
we may be able to keep out
of war.
If our leadership in these
coming years lacks wisdom
and soundness and courage,
we might GET INTO WAR
and a nuclear war could be
more terrible than any war
ever was before.
VET, down
here in the
X
Southwest, where these
sketches are written, there is
little evidence of UNUSUAL
interest in this national elec
tion campaign.
THERE is interest, of course.
People wear Nixon but
tons, and they wear Kennedy
buttons. There are Nixon signs
on the bumpers of cars, and
there- are Kennedy signs.
There are Nixon signs in a few
windows, and there are Ken
nedy signs in a few windows.
Occasionally a stranger hears
political discussions in the
hotel lobbies and the lunch
eon spots and the bars and
other places where people
congregate.
But
Almost invariably
These discussions are more
concerned with who is GOING
to win than with who OUGHT
to win. They are more aca
demic than personal. Almost
nowhere does anyone seem to
be very much heated up about
it all.
AND-
In Nevada, in New Mex
ico and in Arizona interest in
the local and state election
campaigns FAR exceeds in
terest in the national election
campaign for President.
Down in these states, road
side signs are quite popular
as a political advertising
medium. For every Nixon or
Kennedy sign you see, there
must be 100 signs urging votes
for local and state candidates.
The same is true of political
advertising in the local and
regional newspapers.
GETTING back to Nixon
buttons and Kennedy but
tons, this appears to be evi
dent: Nixon buttons seem to be
prevailingly worn by busi
ness men, bankers, lawyers,
doctors, salesmen, etc. Ken
nedy buttons tend to show up
more often on the lapels of
working people.
The same thing seems to
be evident in the case of
bumper banners and window
signs on automobi'.es. Driving
along the highways and the
city streets down in these
states the stranger seems to
note that there are . more
Nixon than Kennedy signs on
the Cadillacs and the Imper
ials - and even on the Buicks
and the Oldsmobiles.
The Kennedy signs seem
more numerous on the smaller
cars and the older ones.
ANYWAY
This Is a curious election
campaign. By all the accepted
rules, more people OUGHT
to be interested in this elec
tion than in any election In
this generation.
But. if that is true, u isn i
apparent to the eye of a cas
ual observer down In this
corner of the U.S.A. On the
contrary, there seems to be
n unusual LACK of Interest.
mostly with sordid details of
private lives. But in the end,
Bayar and Menderes will be
charged with inciting riots
against Greek residents of
Turkey, of endangering the
lives of opposition political
leaders and of attempting to
destroy the Turkish constitu
tion. The outcome seems a fore
gone conclusion.
sistently finds a way to do
just that.
This method is the stock-in-trade
of the demagogue and
Nixon, of course, is the master
of it, but Durno is learning
fast.
Without actually making a
direct accusation, he attempta
to appeal to those who are
beset by hate and fear while
holding fast to the image of
himself as the kindly, con
cerned family doctor whose
only wish is to serve.
If he would devote his time
to discussing the issues which
are of such vital importance
to the Fourth District and the
nation, instead of endlessly
impugning Porter's loyalty,
knowing it to be as abiding
as his own, the voters would
perhaps find it easier to judge
his qualifications.
My high opinion of Con
gressman Porter's character
and performance in the past
is again increased by the high
caliber of his present cam
paign. Under great provoca
tion he has maintained his
customary dignity and self
control, basing his campaign
solely on the issues, from
the courage of his convictions.
It is a pleasure to campaign
for him, knowing he wilt
never cause embarrassment
by using questionable campaign-tactics.
Gwen Edwards, '
2092 Ridgeway dr.,
Medford.
Time Marchea
To the Editor: Oh! The
vagaries of life! After reading;
a dozen or so articles con
tributed by Walter Reece, I
had him neatly filed as just
a bitter crackpot, when in his
last article, "Time Marchea
On", he displayed a glimmer
of intelligence in his analysis
of the presidential candidates.
It should be clear to every
one that if Kennedy should
be elected, he would indeed
take us another step down
the road toward statism.
Now, if our friendly Com
rade will just stop mouthing
those stupid cliches and plati
tudes of communism, and try
thinking for himself, perhaps
he would realize that man la
not a senseless insect driven
by a compulsive instinct, but
an intelligent being, capable
of reason, whose aspirations
cannot be fulfilled by a
deathly monotonous and
dreary life in an ant heap.
Our social orders have not
been formed by any river of
evolution. The very first so
cial order, the tribe, was no
doubt more truly communis
tic than is that of Russia
today.
A better comparison would
be with the ebb and flow of
the tides. Twenty years ago,
we were told the wave of the
future rested in the Fascistio
movements of the' extreme
right, yet today they have all
but vanished from the world
scene. The forces of the left
are full flood today, yet they
tnt urlll lt,f mr-lv r.p.a ,
as Time Marches On. ,
Howard Wilson,
Route 1, Box 280,
Central Point, Ore. v .
The Paper Boy
To the Editor: How much
respect do you show your
paper boy? Are you one of
those that growl every time
he comes to collect, slam the
door in his face quite often.
or tell him off everytime you
teei a bit off for various
reasons?
Why pick on him? He has
more get-up (and I do mean
get-up, from 3 to 4 a.m. to
deliver papers) thsn most
adults, and even more ambi
tion going to school all day,
delivering papers in the eve
ning plus soliciting and col
lecting (which Includes run
ning back as much as three
times a customer sometimes)
in their spare time.
These boys deserve every
penny they get and a little
respect thrown in. Rain,
snow, fog, or dogs, you still
get your paper. Think it over!
Pay him promptly and with
a smile, and he won't forget
you!
A Mother
(Name on File)
Medford