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. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3. ..Communications ... Letter, to the Editor mut bear the nam and address of the writer, although under I""'" "rcumstance. the uie of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. ia 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 printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the papen in fact the contrary is often the case. Indiana's Recommendation 10 me taitor: Both of our presidential candidates and ' their respective platforms ap pear to condone much more Federal deficit spending. Mr. Lyle Wilson, vice president of UPI and Mail Tribune cor respondent, said that all bright and alert citizens chntllri .Lkl.. 41. ! lU- wutvi IfUUUl-l IIIUIII 111 uie uuurge wasningion saia, -" If is eloquence-it is force! Like fire, it is a dangerous His vice president and the second president, John Adams, saia, "there never was a democracy that did not com- ' mit suicide." In its 85th General Assem- " bly the Indiana State Legis lature Dassen a vprv wisp resolution: "Indiana needs no guardian and intends to have none. We UnnciopD K1,n 1. 1 - our sister states-were fooled - for quite a spell with the magician's trick that a dollar .. 4:ivnH mil nf n,,.. nnn(.nn 1 sent to Washington will be ; bigger when it comes back . to us. We have taken a good ..look at said dollar. We find it has lost weight in its jour ney to Washington and back. I lie political brokerage of bureaucrats has been deduct ed. We have decided that there . is no such thing as 'federal' aid. We know that there is no wealth to tax that is not al ready within the 48 states. "So we propose henceforth to tax ourselves and take care of ourselves. We are fed up with subsidies, doles and pa ternalism, we are no ones stcrjchild. We have prnwn nn. We serve notice that we will resist Washington, D.C., adopt ing us. oe 11 nesoivea Dy me . House of Representatives of the General Assembly of the '. State of Indiana, The Senate concurring: inat we respect fully petition and urge Indi ana's Congressmen and Sena tors to vote to fetch our coun ty courthouse and city halls back from Pennsylvania Ave nue. We want government to come home. Resolved, further, that we call upon the legisla tures of bur sister states ' arid on good citizens everywhere who believe in the basic prin ciples of Lincoln and Jeffer ,Son to join with us, and we with them to restore the American Republic and our ,48 states to the foundations built by our fathers." Having 50 states doesn't laller the wisdom of this docu. ment on whit! Dorian F. Woods, Prospect, Ore. Straight Ticket to tne Editor: ine cam paign premise of the Demo- ' cratic platform-if kept-will prove to be an intolerable Durcicn on ine taxpayers, ur Ct-.-!., ....... ...K 14 trtnl, 41m ,711 dUKUij. iriiuugii 11 iuuiv liic honorable Charles Porter, this paper's congressional candi date, to put into words just how ridiculous it all is. Last week in the televised Durno, Mr. Porter commented that the taxpayer can no long er offnnH tho h i rh hvdE fir cost of supporting our schools, so the federal government must step in!! Now, finally, through . no .particular degree of honesty, or desire to divulge the true facts, we have it. So we can't afford it? Well then, Mr. Good Reading for the Whole Family News Facts Family Features ' "The Christian Scitnc Monitor Ont Norwoy St., eoiten 15, Mom. Send your newspaper for the time checked. Enclosed find my chccK or money order, t year S20 6 months $10 D months $5 City Stole PB.K 1960 Porter, does Senator Kennedy have a money tree? If he does not, then I feel that I should point out that there is no good fairy. This money that we can t afford must come from the taxpayer, not the rich man, but you and I. Herein lies the fallacy of attempting to depend on good old Uncle Sam to take care of our each and every prob lem. At some point Uncle Sam must get his money from us. This would be foolish enough, but we can never get all of our money back. Some of it must go to pay for administrative costs. Now here is the real clinker. Since Oregon's per capita in come is higher than many of me other states we will wind up subsidizing all the other states on the economic rungs below us. They in turn would receive back about the same amount of their contribution or in some cases a little more. This sort of thinking, as loose as it is, will appeal to the voter who wants some thing for nothing. Strangely this same voter is the one who voted against the last local school tax in his district and very likely any other tax measures. What is wrong, does tne kniie hurt less just be cause it is 3,000 miles away? I can' only feel that this type of program is presented in a deliberate attempt to buy votes with the money of these very voters. Elmo Smith and, Edwin Durno are not the silver tongued orators that Mrs. Neu berger and Mr. Porter may be, but they are not attempting to deliberately mislead p the voter. I have never voted a straight party ticket in my years as a registered Democrat or since I changed my registra tion, lhis year, however, I feel that I must for the preser vation of our economy and our freedom. Forrest Hibbard, 3290 University, Eugene, Ore. Supports Appling To the Editor: I am sure your readers, must share the concern of most Oregonians- and, for that matter, most Americans-over the soaring cost of local, state and federal governments. Taxes to sup port these .costs now take more than one-third of the average wage earner's income and, if the advocates of more government spending have their way, the bite will keep on getting bigger. One way we can stop and even reverse this trend is to elect men to public office who not only talk economy but have the integrity and ability to practice it. I am very much impressed with Howell Appling as a man who can do this. He has said on numerous occasions that government does not have to cost as much as it does, and during his occu pancy of the Secretary of State's office, he has achieved substantial savings without impairing essential services. In fact, contrary to the cur rent trend, his deoartment's budget request has been actually reduced by several hundred thousand dollars. This represents money in the taxpayer's pocket; in yours and in mine. For these reasons I urge all thinking voters. Republicans and Democrats alike, to sup port Howell Appling for Sec retary of State. Robert G. Balk, 1608 Lenora dr. Medford. DST, Billboards and DAs To the Editor: I wish to ex press an opinion on three of the measures now referred to us, "the sovereign people." No. 2. "Daylight saving time." Seems to me a childish means for a good purpose. If a grown man can not get up an hour earlier without monkeying with the clock, that appears silly. No. 15. "Billboard control." Why should our fine highways be cluitered up with bill boards, cutting off beautiful scenery, any more than the sides of the road be filled with tin cans and beer bottles? No. 4. "To permit a district attorney." ONE MAN. "to commence criminal prosecu tion without an indictment by the grand jury." That is a most vicious and insidious measure. It is basically con trary to the intent of the con stitution of the United States, an attempt to destroy one of the basic freedoms won by our Revolutionary War. To any student of history such a change would be a ter rible step biick toward the days of the "bloody assizes" under Lord Jefferics in Eng land, with no jury at all, or to France before their own revolution, when a man could be thrown into prison merely by a "lettre de catchct," with no trial at all. jiVote "No" on No. 4, and then get out your constitu tion of the United States, re read our "Bill of Rights," and never let anybody try to take even ONE of them away. Horace W. Thompson, 3642 Hilsinger rd., Medford. For the Best Man To the Editor: In regard to the candidacy of Paul Ryn ning for county commissioner, I would select a man, who is or has been a successful businessman or farmer. In other words some one who has succeeded through their own initiative, and not de pended on a public job the most of their life. During the years he served as county engineer for this county, he did not prove to be out of the ordinary as a road construction and main tenance man. In fact I could point out many instances when we road users could have enjoyed a much better road at no additional cost, if Mr. Rynning had relied on the judgment of those work ing under him, such as county road supervisors and con struction foremen. The election next Tuesday, Nov. 8, is one during which he will have an opponent, and with no personal animosity to Paul, let's vote for the best man. Harvey F. Morgan, Elk Creek rd., Trail, Ore. White House To Court House To the Editor: Dr. Durno, gunning for Porter's seat in Congress, comes out squarely for no federal aid for educa tion, no Social Security medi cal aid for the aged and weary. Most of the top G.O.P. candidates ditto. However, when they discovered they had grabbed the hot end of the poker, capitulated, sudden ly got "religion" and came out for some aid for school room construction, but no help for the teachers, and a watered down poverty oath, snide deal for medical aid. They opposed the Kenncdy Forand bill for Social Secur ity benefits for medical care for the oldsters, which would not cost the federal govern ment one penny, and financed by future benefactors under Social Security, to the tune of $13 per year, 25 cents per week-the price of a pack of cigarettes or milk shake a week if the Social Security worker's salary did not ex ceed $400 per month, higher proportionately if above $400 per month. The medical profession is a noble one, and perhaps one of the most useful and needed of all the learned professions: yet doctors are wedded to the G.O.P. concept of scarcity, which fosters monopoly and high prices, in contrast to the Democratic concept of abun dance and lower prices. There are 143 doctors registered for voting in Lane county 4 Independent, 7 Democrats, 132 Republicans. The medics know who butters their parsnips. As for education, Durno says let the schools be fi nanced at home level. Broth er, there is no Santa Claus. We have the choice, then, of either cutting educational services, or making it up at the home level instead. Where is the saving'.' In 1936, when the Social Se curity measure was brought to the floor of Congress, every last Republican voted against it. Said it would, and are still saying it will, bankrupt the nation. There is a backlog of over S20 billion in the Social Security fund, transferred to other services to save federal goverment from issuing bonds. This fund will be gradually fed back to Social Security fund as needed. All has been paid in by the workers them selves and not one dime by the federal government, yet the G.O.P.'sters claim it costs Uncle Sam too much. Bah! Let's give 'em the bum's rush, from White House to Court House. Dart Johnston, Route 1, Box 486A, Cottage Grove, Ore. From an Ex-Candidate To the Editor: I have re ceived a letter from some peo ple who said they voted for me in the primary election last May and their votes were not counted. Seems some skullduggery is going on in some precincts. Just think how Folger's nnrrcc W 69',. i-ox. Folger'i QQ. NSTANT 07 Christian's Store 1135 Lozier Lane I could liven up the proce'i- ings if I were to demand a recount at this late date just before the general election, ami how crestfallen my op ponent for the nomination, if he could be called that, would be to find out his was not the proper name on the general election ballot. Floyd R. McCabe, .' Mt. Pitt Star rt Butte Falls, Ore. Tactics Deplored To the Editor: I received to day a letter from Mrs. Ivan Hoy of Sweet Home, who asked me if 1 would also de plore "publicly, the persons (Democrats?) who threw to matoes and eggs at Vice Presi dent Nixon," since I deplored, publicly, the person "a Re publican, you said" who threw a glass of whiskey at Senator Kennedy. I would like to say to Mrs. Hoy, and any others who are interested, that of course I will deplore publicly (if you print this letter) those - and I presume they were Democrats - who threw eggs and toma toes at the Vice President. But I have yet to hear a Demo crat hurl the epithets "trait or" and "communist" at a Re publican. There are many document ed instances where Nixon himself has used, if not di rectly, then by implication or innuendo, these epithets against his Democratic op ponents in his campaigns for Congress and for the Senate. In 1954, while holding the high office of Vice President, he charged - publicly - Adlai Stevenson with spreading pro Communist propaganda. Nix on has never publicly de plored the late Senator Joe McCarthy's description of the whole Democratic Party as "the party of treason". In fact, I have never heard any Republican, including President Eisenhower, public ly deplore these actions on the part of the Vice President or the late Senator McCarthy. On the contrary, Republi cans continue to use Mc Carthy - like tactics in their campaigns and this can be readily seen right now in the 4th District of Oregon in Dr. Durno's campaign against my husband. A good example ap peared in Monday's Eugene Register-Guard, and possibly your own paper, Priscilla Porter (Mrs. Charles O.) 2680 Baker st. Eugene, Ore. Laughable or Tragic? . To the Editor: Your guest editorial of Oct. 31, "Peace Or Else," would be almost laughable were it not so hor ribly tragic. Fear may be activated in various ways. Your guest speaks as though all who cri ticize Charles O. Porter and Mrs. Neuberger must be peo ple moved by fear of the So viet Union. Now in reality these same people are moved in part by a fear of the grow ing attitude of so many of our own citizenry. Porter and Neuberger are well aware of people's weak spots, and they seek to capita lize on these weaknesses. Their actions must be de plored. "Peace Or Else, meaning we must participate with the communists, is a gross over simplification, or more accu rately, shameful nonsense. A famous American once de clared: . . . "Give me Liberty, or give me death!" But today it appears to be unrealistic to be so stuffy about liberty. Now our minds are being pressured and molded to ac cept the "inevitable reality" of slavery. Negotiating with commu nists presupposes the possibil ity of, or in your guest's terms, the need of, agree ment. Such agreement further takes for granted each party is participating in good con science. The absurdity of this position is readily apparent when we begin to realize the aim of world communism is to destroy all semblance of conscience. The shibboleth of nuclear war Is being constantly waved before our eyes, instill ing fear and horror of its re sult. We are told to compro mise with the Soviets; make agreements to save the world, for the alternative is extinc tion. This is a positive sham and morally disarming. Nuclear war is not impos sible; neither will standing for truth make nuclear war inevitable. When the communists deal in good faith they will no longer be communists. Their claim to good faith must be preceded by corresponding good actions, and the genocide in Tibet, the slaughter in Budapest, the rape of Poland YOUR TAX DOLLARS the State in the billboard business. - PROTECT YOUR d Ad COUCtl ON MIGHAAY If&UlA'.OM, Vp T HoiUtP . Jr., Cr.rm tH. Utw Br, fettlind, Ore. Ctmpi.je Hn yil Ml. . POIIUM. MEDFORD MAIL the bloody exploitation In Africa, the stranglehold on the satellites, the degeneracy in Red China, the agony in Russia Itself, the frustration of the United Nations, the mammoth cubversion in the United States, the schooling in violence, the debasement of human nature and the gro tesque comedy of Cuba hard ly enters the realm of good peaceful actions. Robert J. Howard 828 B West 14th st. Medford Claims Punctured To the Editor: Governor Hatfield, on one of his in frequent visits to Oregon in recent months, has attempted to shift the responsibility for the referred income tax bill (Ballot Proposition 14) to the Legislature. The Republican candidates for Secretary of Slate and State Treasurer have likewise sought to cloak themselves with virtue in de nouncing this measure, which will admittedly produce more revenue than is presently needed. This is a completely phony issue and the Governor and his two political appointees know it. These are the facts relative to the passage of this tax measure, and no amount of political caterwauling will alter tnem: 1. Both the Governor and the Legislature were advised by the Governor's own ap pointees and experts in the Slate Tax Commission that 10 to 12 million additional dollars had to be raised to balance the budget for 1959- 1961. 2. The Governor, as a re sult of this advice, caused to be introduced and then lob bied for his own income tax bill (House Bill 460), that would have raised MORE MONEY than Proposition 14. 3. When his own bill could not pass the Legislature, he signed and approver! Propo sition 11, which did pass. Having punctured that bit of political misinformation that is being handed the vot ers, let us examine another one. On at least two television appearances, the Republican candidate for Congress from the 4th District has stated that he voted against a "Right to Work bill in the Oregon State Senate in 1959. I will donate $100 to any charity that the good doctor will name (except the American Medical association) if he can prove this. As a matter of fact, there was no such legislation introduced in the Legislature on which he had an oppor tunity to vote. The people should insist that politicians stick to the facts, as Monroe Sweetland, Ward Cook and Charles Por ter are doing, and repudiate those who don t. Clarence Barton State Representative, Coos County P.O. Box 365 Coquille, Ore. Sonny Boy's Votes To the Editor: John Ken nedy's actions speak much louder than his many words. This fact is brought out by his record in the Senate and House. Kennedy, who offers strong, alert, on-the-job lead ership, has not lived up to this promise in the past. For instance, in the 86th Congress, which began Jan. 6 and ended July 5, 171 roll call votes were held. Kennedy was absent for 129 of these. He missed voting on such import ant bills as Civil Rights, Aero nautics and Space Appropria tion, TV regulation and De fense appropriations. Ken nedy's average on votes missed is 35 per cent, nearly three times as high as the ave rage Senator or Representa tive. Kennedy was summoned to session 105 times. He did not show up 93 times. Kennedy has been equally negligent on his committees and sub-committees. He Is chairman of the subcommit tee on African affairs. He has not called one single meeting on this most Important sub ject. Kennedy has not attend ed one of the meetings of the subcommittee on disarma ment since his appointment to it. Kennedy, on the subcom mittee on the Problems of the Aged and Aging, has not at tended one of its 20 meetings since his appointment, includ ing one in Boston, his home town. On the minimum wage Increase Sen. Joseph Clark, a Democrat himself remarked, I think the Senate will pass a minimum wage Increase if we can just get Sonny Boy back from the cricks and hol lers long enough to report it out of his committee.' On a few occasions when Kennedy did vote, this is what happened. He voted yes on a bill to cut Military 3id would be used to POCKETBOOK - TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. funds by $200 million. He voted yes on a bill to cut mu tual security defense funds by $90 million. He voted no on a bill to bar military aid to Tito's Yugoslavia. He voted no on a bill to bar aid to countries shipping strategic materials to Russia and the Communist Bloc. He voted no on a bill to add $50 million to funds for Asian economic development. He voted yes to cut $45 million from military personnel housing funds. I think that Kennedy summed up things very nicely on how to make our country a better place to live. ". . . If more politicians knew poet ry, and more poets knew poli tics, 1 am convinced the world would be a little better place to live." This was quoted from the Congressional Rec ord of Feb. 21, 1957. John Doherty Rt. 1, Box 17 Gold Hill, Ore, The Democrats and Workers To the Editor: In thinking back over the years since the war, I recall Republican bus inessmen stating the law of supply and demand deter mines prices. Of course they wanted the price control abol ished, so they could get their greedy hands on more profit, but the recession has uncov ered facts that contradicts this. With purchasing power, or demand, reduced because of widespread unemployment, and with inventories, or sup plies, overstocked, prices are still going up, raising the cost of living and creating more in flation. Now since this administra tion has been in office, the value of the dollar in terms of its purchasing power has dropped 20 per cent. Our main problem is one of equit able distribution of these goods. This inflation of prices puts the squeeze on those with fixed incomes and all con sumers in general, including the Government, which has to increase taxes to pay for the added cost. Those who have been bene fiting the most from our free enterprise system-the wealthy owners of capital who do not have to depend upon employ ment for their livelihood, have spent billions of dollars to in doctrinate the public with a blind fear of the word Social ism through many years of cleverly advertised propagan da. For .instance Government medical insurance, which could .be included in Social Security benefits, has been labeled "Socialized Medicine m, . , - tti-1. 1 ltl by employers who are re quired by law to carry Work man Compensation Insurance. It is about 30 per cent lower than corresponding rates of private companies, in addition about 15 per cent ol tne prem ium is returned each year to the policy holders. Is 11 any wonder that the insurance companies now own mort gages on a big percentage of the property of this nation? Don't be cowed by the pow erful American Medical Asso ciation, which appears to be pouring thousands of dollars in the Republican campaign, which will force the old peo ple that need medical care to take the paupers oath or die. Nixon Is staging his cam paign on the assumption that the American voters can be led around like a herd of cut tle, that they don't know the difference between lies or the truth. The working man has a better chance to have his standard of living raised by voting for Charles O. Porter, John Kennedy, Maurinc Ncu- Jackson County Needs a Man With EXPERI ENCE for the Office of COUNTY COMMISSIONER PAUL RYNNING Hit Itt PAUL RYNNING will look after the Interests of the taxpayers. PAUL RYNNING is interested in the preservation of county resources. PAUL RYNNING favort the development of recrea tional areai, PAUL RYNNING will continue expansion and develop ment of the County Road System. ELECT Paul B. Rynning County Commissioner VOTE 123-X Pd. Pol. Ad by L. C. Tylor, Chirmn, P.O. Box 65-4, Medford berger and the rest of the Democratic ticket. Sam and Edna Dickey, Route 1, Box 271, Rogue River, Ore. Hahl To the Editor: Hah! So Mr. Gregory does speak English! He also has a better than av erage memory, for when I talked to him, I was asking him about the legislative items he listed in the informa tion handouts that he distrib uted at the Candidate's Fair. Enclosed find one of those handouts. You'll notice there is no mention whatever of a minimum wage in the hand out, nor did we discuss a min imum wage at the coffee hour! If Mr. Gregory is so strong for a minimum wage of a dollar nn hour, why is it not listed in his campaign propaganda? Mr. Gregory's letter in Communications, Oct. 28, is an ill concealed attempt to twist the meaning of my pre vious letter. In referring to his lack of for sight, I point out to you his proposal to defer the property taxes of our older citizens. This idea is a sort of live now, pay later, deal, one which any thinking person can sec the falseness of! Twist as Mr. Gregory may, those at the coffee hour who had the misfortune to hear his profr.nity cannot be fooled! Let me also say that I vote for the person, and not the party. Dick Anderson, 735 Broad st., Medford. Too Long To the Editor: Dr. Durno calls the old folks "free load ers" when they ask. for a medical aid plan under the Social Security system. The doctor doesn't mention the fact that the free loaders have been getting medical aid at the taxpayers' expense for many years. The presi dent has been tne biggest re cipient of free medical aid, as he has had his free for most of his adult life, and surely he is able to pay. Would it be proper to call it socialized medicine? A headline in the Mail Tribune said "Ike found to be in top physical condition." That headline speaks woll for the socialized medical care is sued at Walter Reed hospital. Is It any wonder that the sen ators, congressmen, cabinet members and many others, Just love it, and still the ma jority of them deny it to those who pay the medical bills lor them The time is long past due for the Forand-Kennedy bill 4 1, .JJ.J 4 4L C C IU UI3 HUUL'U IU IIIC kOUClUl PC land and New Zealand all have prepaid mcdicnl aid plans and they like it. The AMA is spending gobs of money to put Dr. Durno in the house where he can per petuate the seven dollar of fice calls and the high price of drugs. The doctor is against fed eral aid to schools. The fact s he Is against anything that is progressive, if it is going I to take any dollars out of the millionaires' pockets. I Who is putting up all the dollars for Dr. Durno's cam paign? He is on TV several times a day, very near every where you look the doctor has his name on something, car bumpers, fences, in the papers, just about every where. Somebody is sure spending a lot to kill any legislation of a social type. When you go to the polls next Tuesday remember that vote for the Republican party In the national election might cost you a lot in medi cal bills, and higher property taxes to maintain your cduca- tlonal facilities. The property tax for school purposes is back breaking now, and will get worse In the years to come. Vote right this time. We have been living In the past now for eight years, which Is too long. J. R. Schumpf Route 1, Box 312 Central Point, Ore. Baby, It's Cold Outside To the Editor: At our house, we have learned to estimate the temperature, outdoors, by timing the Family Dog through the doorway. II. W. Robertson. 103 North Centra! ave., Medford Do It Now! . AllDF ... Protect'0'1 YOUR OLD DIAMOND IN A Columbia '7k?' DIAMOND COLUMBIA DIAMOND RINGS Give Your Watch the Care It Deserves Depend Upon Our Expert for Watch Repairs Bulova k. Series BULOVAIg Style-Value Performance Your Choice 2475 piu.t.x. 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