Medford mail tribune., November 06, 1960, Image 5

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER i, 1960
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE.
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contrary is often the case.
Tax Dollars at Home
To the Editor: On a tour of
Europe this summer, we found
there was no worry about
money exchange if you were
well supplied with $1 Ameri
can bills. We became curious
as to why they were so anx
ious for these dollar bills.
A recent Dan Smoot report
answered our question. We
cannot get gold for the bills
but the foreigners can.
Enough of them In the hands
of the wrong people can
wreck the economy of our
country if they demanded
gold in exchange for these
bills. .
A sign In a perfume display
case at the Napoleon Bona
parte Hotel in Paris stated "A
30 per cent discount on all
perfumes wilh American Trav
eler's checks."
We traveled 3,000 miles by
bus and train through 10 coun
tries and we saw more pover
ty in New York City than in
all the other countries.
We saw many signs of
thrift. Whole families work
ing in the fields, but neat,
clean, well kept homes of
brick or stucco with nice
yards and beautiful flowers.
Even along the highways and
railroad tracks. No trash or
garbage scattered about.
People who have traveled
in the United States say we
are suckers, giving our money
way instead of providing for
our own people.
During our tour we saw sev
eral military bases with large
well kept buildings. Our tour
director told us that when
they moved out they would
just leave everything, that
that was the way the Ameri
can government did.
He showed us a beautiful,
very large building in Paris,
that was built later but was
now being torn down as they
had built a new one which he
also showed us. We took
movies of the one to be torn
down from the Eiffel Tower
and I did not see a building
at our capital, which we vis
ited in 1955, that can compare
to it.
In going through customs in
Cherbourg, France, and
Southhampton. Eng., they had
counters to place your luggage
on so that it could be inspect
ed quickly and efficiently. In
New York we had to put our
luggage on the floor, line up
i to take our turn getting a in
sDector to come and inspect it,
while we "hunkered" on the
floor, and then get in line
again to get a porter to come
and carry your luggage to an
other line where you waited
vour turn for a taxi.
We need our tax dollars
spent in our country and not
given away.
Cleo Canoose,
, 55 Ross Court,
Medford.
its endeavor to nullify exist
ing legislation protecting us
from Communist treason. He
has voted to pour millions of
your dollars on Communist
governments like Yugoslavia
and Poland. He has voted to
resume the sale of farm sur
pluses to the Communist bloc.
He joined the smear campaign
which led to the rejection of
ami - Communist Lewis L.
Strauss as Secretary of Com
merce. He voted in favor of
liberal " appeascr Charles E.
Bohlen as Ambassador to
Russia. He favors the repeal
of the Connally Amendment
without which our constitu
tional sovereignty would be
left at the mercy of unscrupu
lous International World
Court Judges.
The above is all a matter
of public record. It is further
corroborated by the testimony
of the ADA (Americans for
Democratic Action) an organ
ization of notorious leftwing.
ers. For the past two years the
annual ADA report has given
Senator Kennedy a 100 per
cent rating, a dubious honor
reserved for those who have
voted according to ADA
promptings on every single
issue that counts.
Do you wonder now why
the Senator during his cam
paigns cautiously avoids
bringing up the matter of his
voting record?
Another interesting phase
of Senator Kennedy s political
career is his close relationship
with Walter Reuther, a ruth
less labor dictator and the un
challenged king-maker in the
Democratic party. It is under
standable that Kennedy, for
obvious reasons, is eager to
use his senatorial influence to
protect the interests of this
radical leftwinger.
Is this the kind of leader
our country needs in the de
cisive encounters now being
schemed by the Russian Bear?
Thelma Howe,
119 North Keeneway dr.,
Medford.
Try Someone Else
To the Editor: Congress
man Porter admitted Wednes
day night on a paid political
telecast that he still had a lot
to learn. This, I will agree
with. Why do we have to pay
for this education by sending
a representative to Congress
that does not care to learn
about our problems and does
declare publicly that large
Dlvwood imports do not even
exist. Mr. Porter has been
confronted with this problem
of the plywood industry by
the Douglas Fir Plywood as
sociation, fellow Congress
men, the plywood and lumber
unions and plywood manuiac
(rorc Hp still blatantly bur
ies his head in the sand and
says the people, not he, are
misinformed.
Plywood is by far the larg
est industry in Josephine
county. If it is to be ham
strung by larger imports by
this so called "Free Trader,
we arc all going to suffer.
I believe we should elect
someone who will try to help
this situation for a change.
Jackson Beaman
P.O. Box 386
Grants Pass, Ore.
stay home for . a while and
HELP with the yard. He could
settle down like the rest of
us husbands and quit this run
ning around all over creation.
Fellow citizens of the fourth
district, let's not pass up this
opportunity to help a lady
in distress!
Jack Parker
Box 1033
Florence, Ore.
Full-or Right?
To the Editr: After what
seemed to be an eternity of
pre-election presidential pros
and cons, I d like to stick in
the proverbial oar.
Though neither of these
fair-haired boys arouses me
to any great heights of en
thusiasm, I shall vote as wise
ly as I'm capable. Perhaps
it will be for the best or the
worst.
However, as I study the
news and hear of millions
and millions of dollars spent
on campaigns, another pro
vocative thought enters the
picture.
Time and tide has a strange
way of distributing so-called
necessities. How many multi
tudes of people are there, I
wonder, who would just plain
"rather be full than Presi
dent." G. B. Farfan
723 South Newtown
Medford.
At $1 a yard, that does not
make good sense to me. I told
him so. He said, quote: "That
Is the way it works" end of
quote.
So, It is time to elect a
man that will see to it that
the taxpayers will get a
square deal.
I am going to vote ior Mr.
Ed" Taylor. I believe he
ill give us an eye for an
eye and a tooth for a tooth,
as the old saying goes.
Lillian Green
2411 Sunset Court
Medford
Supports Holmes
To the Editor: For the first
timo in my life I am writing
a newspaper on a matter of
public concern. I trust that,
at this late date, you may find
the space to print it.
I wish to speak as a bus
inessman, on the policies and
conduct of the office of dis
trict attorney.
My business requires my
personal attention until 4 p.m.
when a relief man takes over.
On three occasions I have left
my place of business at 4 p.m.
and arrived at the District At
torney's office between 4:30
and 4:45 to find no one in at
tendance. The calls were in
regard to bad checks and I
now find myself in possession
of these worthless checks with
no possible course of action.
As Mr. Scannell has been
trained and indoctrinated in
the policies and procedures of
Mr. Reeder as District Attor
ney, it is only reasonable to
assume that he will continue
to operate the office as has
been done in the past.
I have listened to Mr.
Holmes on TV and I have met
him on a number of occasions.
I believe his promise to keep
the district attorney's office
open to the public during reg
ular courthouse hours is of
vital importance to every res
ident of Jackson county,
i iiavo heen a lifelong Dem
ocrat, but after careful
thought and consideration, I
frel that Mr. Holmes' quaim-
cations for this office are not
only equal to, but superior to
those of his opponent. Again
mav I sav. that as a Dusiness-
man, I fool that a vote for
Alan Holmes for aistnci at
torney is a vote for better bus
iness representation in our
county.
R. S. Green,
Laffing Gas Service,
P. O. Box 306,
Rogue River, Ore.
Kennedy's "Leftwing" Record
To the Editor: The follow
ing Is taken from an article
written bv the Rev. Dr. J. B.
Carol, editor of the Catholic
scientific publication, "Mar
ian Studies."
In general: Kennedys vot
ing record in the Senate dur
ing the past two years and a
half reveals that on 87 roll
calls on key issues he voted
93 times in perfect agreement
with Sen. Hubert Humphrey
of Minnesota, admittedly the
most obnoxious "liberal" egg
head in Congress (See "Ken
Record Is Like Hum
phrey's," in Human Events
for March 10, 1960).
Specifically: Kennedy has
vo'ed consistently to condone
the dictatorship oi umu..
bosses. Hr has voted to sup
port Increased Government in
tervenes in housing, educa
tion .md other fields, thus
fur'nsring the cause of state
norialUm. He has voted for
inf:aii.niy measures, regaru-
1 of the st'g.rintj naoKsi
rfpfic't. Me hs voted aains'
curbinf th Supreme Court in
Gallant Suggestion
To the Editor: While I have
never been unduly impressed
by her husband, I must say
that a recent picture of, and
article about, Mrs. Charles O.
Porter reveals a lovely and
gracious lady.
But there is one thing that
bothers me and I should like
to call it to the attention of
my fellow citizens in the
fourth district. Mrs. Porter
complains that the uncer
tainty of politics make it hard
for her to have a feeling of
being settled, and that what
she wants more than anything
i tn work in her yard.
It came to me that the least
we voters of the fourth dis
trict could do is to see that
she has this wish, certainly
a modest one, fulfilled.
Wp can do this by voting
for Edwin R. Durno for Con
ffress. The more 1 think of
it, the more I teel it is our
duty. We owe It to mrs. rur-
tor
Wilh no internal affairs to
wnrrv about, her husband
would not have to fly off to
such places as Latin Amer
ica Cuba and perhaps outer
Mongolia. There would be no
reason why Charlie couldn't
Give Back the Roads
To the Editor: In the home
of the brave and the land of
the freeway, the creeping
clutter of roadside signs has
aroused the citizens to in
itiate a billboard control
measure before the new high
ways are similarly taken
over.
These people are tired of
paying taxes on fine roads
that are used as snow win
dows for the national brands
boys with something to ped
dle. They are tired of having
their scenery cheapened, their
orivacv invaded and their in.
telligence insulted by a blight
of ever-increasing billboards,
80 per cent of which are for
the sole purpose of indoctri
nating a captive audience in
brand-name familiarity.
Billboards are a business,
a commercial enterprise, and
belong, if anywhere, in indus
trial areas along with other
business. They do not belong
on our tax-supported roads,
where they are actually tres
passing on our line of vision.
A flood of misrepresenta
tion and scare billboards has
been put out by the opposi
tion from their huge war
chest to stampede the voter.
The latest blast, a "newspa
per." credits the billboards
with every good for mankind
short of the cure for ath
lete's foot. It extols them for
saving lives" with huge traf
fic safety signs. Well, taking
your eyes off the road while
driving in order to read a
traffic safety sign comes un
der the heading of waking
someone up to take his sleep
ing pills. But it is indicative
of a certain type of think
ing.
Since tourism is our third
greatest industry and the tour
ist comes here primarily to
see our scenery, it would be
nice if he could. If he wanted
to catch up on beer and car
commercials he could stay
home and watch TV. If board
advertising is so important to
motels, why do not more of
them use it?
Billboard control is not
new. Many states have seen
the need for it. In Maryland
a desperate citizenry got it
through their legislature in
sDite of a powerful billboard
lobby, to salvage what was
the junkiest state in the un
ion. Their bill, more severe
than Measure 15, has worked
out very well. (Reader's Di
gest, "The Great Billboard
Scandal of I960",)
Must we resign ourselves
to seeing our magnificent
new federal highway become
another billboard alley? We
have a wonderful chance to
get free from the abuses of
entrenched billboard inter
ests. This is the little peo
ple's fight. Vote Measure 15
Yes and give the roads back
to the people who pay for
them.
Mis. Virginia Wcsterfield
1090 South Mountain ave
Ashland, Ore.
Too Little, Too Late?
To the Editor:
I'm only a poor old country
clod
Who makes his living tilling
the sod.
There are things going on I
don't understand,
Seems like a squabble all over
the land.
The papers have it, the radio
too,
I can't believe a half of it's
true.
I turned on my TV the other
night,
Picked up the start of a ter
rible fight.
There was smiling Jack and
Tricky Dick
Going at each other lick for
lick.
One would parry, the other
feint.
'I've hit him hard," "No you
ain't."
Jack hurled one from down
by the knee.
Dick was staggered but said
'I agree.
They kept battling all over
the place
A blow to the body and one
to the face.
Jack kept smiling at Dick's
dark frown.
They did their best, but nei
ther went down.
Dick said we're strong in na
tional defense.
Jack claimed we're just up on
a fence.
They each declared what they
would do
And hurled at each other Que-
moy and Matsu.
Jacks said there's thousands
without any food.
Dick promptly said "T'was
never so good.
Now, one might assume he
was happy indeed,
The factories are closed, the
workers in need.
Dick claimed a foul In this
grueling selge
And said he was hit in the
"National Prestige."
Dick looked around for the
bald old champ,
Who calls the shots in tills
boys' camp.
For he should be with Rocky
and Lodge
Telling their boy when- to
duck and dodge.
When Jack asked about some
shady caper
Dick replied "I am writing a
paper."
You're trying to turn into
total loss
All the efforts of me and my
Boss."
Dick looked around in grave
despair
For there was Ike on the golf
links fair.
To the rescue came Ike in his
golfing cart-
Tm with you my boy, right
from the start
tried for a Birdie at each of
the holes
But don't like the way this
little ball rolls."
Will the judges say "Too
little, too late"
When they render the verdict
November 8?
M. T. Reeder
Central Point, Ore.
stroy millions ot acres of cot
ton, corn, and wheat.
H.S.T. spent in five years
$191,081,394,191. This does
not include the war debt. Mr.
Kennedy says the present ad
ministration has been waste
ful. Ha! Take a look and then
do some thinking-all the 31
previous presidents spent
$112,112,167,644 in 156 years.
Did this terrible wasteful
expenditure of the people's
taxes solve the farm problem,
did it solve any of our prob
lems? If spending is the an
swer we should have been
living in a Utopia. After all
that spending our defenses
were at an all time low when
President Eisenhower became
President. I can remember
our boys were sent to Korea
poorly trained and with prac
tically no armaments, but had
to ration ammunition in the
front line trenches. Do you
think 1 want a Democrat for
my Commander - in - Chief?
Neither do I want more and
more taxes held out of my pay
check to be wasted like the
two past Democratic adminis
trations. I have noted our Republi
can state government has cut
large sums from its expendi
tures instead of spending us
into the red like the Demo
cratic government in the state
of Washington.
You young voters are
hooked for taxes for past
debts for life now. Will you
vote for more?
, Luther Burk,
392 Redwood ave.,
Grants Pass, Ore.
Federal to aid a state.
The best it can do is to col
lect taxes from the individ
uals comprising the state
and then redistribute, through
various formulas, their money
back to them ... a process
that sooner or later will
bring control and domination
of the educational program
by the distributing agency.
'Finance of education must
be maintained at the state
and local level if we are to
assure our children and our
children's children continued
free development of the mind,
unfettered by the regulation
of centralized thought. With
our system of individual re
sponsibility and free enter
prise, we can reward the
genius of all the people. This
Is not possible under central
ized regulation by the Federal
Government."
Dorian F. Woods
Prospect, Ore.
Eyes and Teeth
To the Editor: Good Griet!
Don't tell me that Paul Rynn
ing is running for the office
of County Commissioner. I
will not vote for him and this
is why;
Sunset Court is a public
road. What a mess it is now
since Paul Rynning sent hi
crews to work on It.
An estimator was sent out
to tell the property owners
the county would charge
them SI a yard for grading,
gravel and oil, payable in ad
vance.
This is the way it works
told to me by Paul Rynning
in his office, then, of the
County Engineer. The min
imum would be S100, but you
only got 75 yards of gravel
Two Faces
To the Editor: Two faces-
one a physician's, one a poli-clan's.
One appears cold, hard,
grasping, narrow, parochial.
The other appears warm
sensitive, humane, idealistic,
far-seeing, statesmanlike.
Let s return the one to the
private practice where he has
done so well, and the other
to the halls of Congress where
he has done so well.
In the above cases appear
ances are not deceiving, an
examination of their public
records convinces.
E. B.Antley
1495 Oregon St.,
Ashland, Ore.
Only One Side?
To the Editor: As a college
student living with a girl
from Medford, I have been
reading the Medford Mail
Tribune. It appalls me that in
a free thinking country a pa
per, to which many subscribe.
must carry only the views of
its editor.
I realize that each has a
right to state what he believes,
but any medium of communi
cation has a responsibility to
its audience to present both
sides of an issue.
You as an editor and Her-
block as a sadistic satirist
seem to be confused on politi
cal affairs. I would like to re
mind you that Eisenhower as
President for the past two
terms has been thwarted by a
Democratic Congress. Obvi
ously then, Mr. Nixon has not
decided the policies nor has
he alone passed or vetoed any
bills. These, gentlemen, have
been decided by the Demo
cratic Congress.
Therefore, the paper's car
toons are greatly in error. For
example, the cartoon in lues-
day's paper (Nov. 1) is a gross
misrepresentation ot tne lacts.
The administration is repre
sented as Nixon, when every
one knows that "Ike" has been
president for the past eight
years. In this cartoon, Mr.
Nixon is also blamed for the
so-called "lags." Tell me then,
what has the Democratic uon
gress been doing all this time?
The noint that I am trying
to make is that you as editor
have the right to express your
views, but that it is also a
newspaper's duty to give each
candidate and every issue a
fair representation.
Connie Read,
Box 248, Carson Hall,
U of O,
Eugene, Ore.
Daylight for Fishing
To the Editor: in voiiiinu-
nications" of Nov. z.
Stewart's letter gave his rea
sons against, or rather his
lack of reasons against,, any
light saving time. This Is typ
ical of those who would vole
against the issue.
Here in tne noguc
hnvp a multitude oi out
door activities. Most of these
would be more enjoyaoie uui
! rfnvliffht hours. Such
things as fishing and hunting
are illegal unless iv i
i:M
For those who work at
least 8 hours. eacn oay,
jou npr week, vote YES on
2! We would appreciate these
extra hours ot oayngiu,
they can harm no one:
Ernest R. Hook Jr,
646 West 11th st.,
Medford.
Nature Lover
To the Editor: Perhaps this
verse, entitled song oi a
Modern Nature Lover," by
Dean Collins, would be of in
terest before the election.
Come, come my love and
drive with me
And to the woodlands we
will fly.
And we'll be happy, gay and
free
Watching the whiskey signs
glide by:
And we will note on every
side,
The scenic beauties it affords
On hill and dale, on every
side
Of various types of nice bill-billboards.
Look, Look! How brightly
yonder blooms
That giant spark plug and
that tire.
The brandy signs, soaps and
perfumes.
Insurance against loss by
fire.
I love that "dye and cleaning"
sign;
It is so colorful and gay-
I'U call up that landlord of
mine
And have him plant one
out our way.
How sweet that lovely lipstick
ad
That high above yon wheat
field towers.
To see-such always makes me
. Bind
Hiding those common road
side flowers.
I sec they've cut that wild
rose hedge
That used to clutter up '.he
seene
And planted all along the
priim
Bright billboards of a Coke
machine.
Let's stop beside this billboard
here
Which shows how one re-
i moves one's bunions.
And have our lunch and gin
ger beer
And sandwiches and cheese
and onions:
Toss off the wrappings and
give thanks
That advertisers, loyal and
hearty.
Are trimming all our brass
and banks
And making Nature TRU
LY arty.
The moral: Vole yes1 on
Measure 15 on Tuesday.
Rudie Wilhelm Jr.
Chairman
Highway Protection
Committee
Portland' 4, Ore.
Franco who had recently
committed the horrible trans
gression of attempting to give
positive and material aid to
the Hungarian Freedom
Fighters; or to Chiang Kai-
shek who must be despised for
his harboring, along with
hundreds of millions of other
Chinese, an indomitable love
for their own mainland; or
to Syngman Rhee who made
the foolish mistake of being a
patriot. Then too, we call dic
tator such picayunish tyrants
as Batista and Trujillo who
have never had any influence
outside their own mainland.
On the other side of the
ledger -Khrushchev is a "pre
mier," Castro is a "strong
man"; Nehru is a "prime min
ister"; Sukarno is a "presi
dent"; Bctnncourt is also a
"president"; Golmuka is an
administrator"; Nasser is a
colonel."
The noise surrounding the
castlgation of Trujillo gives
us a picture of the future and
what we can expect from in
ternational law as presently
proscribed and practiced. It
may be factually impossible
to exonerate Trujillo from
any complicity in the assas
sination attempt on Betan
court; but the process carried
out at the recent meeting of
OAS never even attempted to
prove this accusation.
And remember, Trujillo
has been economically boycot
ted for this alleged part in
the assassination attempt, not
for his "fascist-like regime,"
which would have been easier
to prove, and the boycott
would have at least entered
the world of justice, belatedly
though it may have been. It
may therefore be Mr. Porter's
desire ndt to be credited with
any complicity In the latest
farce In Latin America.
Porter would deal swiftly
and positively with "dicta
tors," but with Communist
premiers' and presidents,
and prime ministers, he would
sit down and negotiate for
peace!?
HoDert J. uowara
828 B West 14th St.
Medford
tve begin "learning better how
to negotiate" with the major
tyrants, Mao Tse-Tung and
Khrushchev.
Dick Chrlsllunson
1369 Forrester Way
Eugene, Oregon
Weighted for Charles
To the Editor: Many are baf
fled at the many conflicting
statements and opinions con
cerning the acts and antics of
Charles Porter, but I am not.
Apparent Inconsistencies and
acts of non-conformity follow
a true pattern.
The meanest thing I know
about Charles is that he Is a
Democrat. And the best thing
1. know about him he is a
non-conformist. As such, many
other things must be said
about him. "Tries to run the
Stale Department." "Friend
of the Dictator" (Caslro). "Dis
graces his office by walking
picket lines," etc. On and on,
a long slory.
But history has some very
interesting examples of those
In the past who would not
conform. Jesus was a "friend
of publicans and sinners." Did
worse than try to run the
State Department of his day,
actually tried to set himself
up as "King of the Jews," so
they said, and got the little
nephew of Julius Caesar, Au
gustus, hot under the collar
which got him something far
worse than verbal blasts.
And Socrates was another
as also was Galllleo, Isaac
Newton and Copernicus. Mar
tin Luther, another who really
blew the lid off, and all the
Register-Guards of his day
were hollering, "Why do you
do it, Martin?"
But non-conformists did not
all stay in Europe. Some
slipped away, such as our pil
grim fathers, Roger Williams
and many others- on down to
John Brown "whose body lies
moulding in the grave?
Ralph Waldo Emerson loved
all who would not conform
and wrote lofty passages in
their defense.
Not that they are always
right and make no mistakes,
they do. But their one point
of difference is they have the
courage of their convictions
and will act upon them regard
less ot consequences.
I do not like Charles' Demo
crat philosophy, but I do like
his non-conformity, which
gives me mixed emotions -like
the fellow who saw his
RaDoed Knuckles
To the Editor: I enjoyed
your excellent editorial in
Tuesday's Mail Tribune. It is
high time someone rapped
Durno's knuckles for the kind
of campaign he is waging. I
thought he would have learn-. mother-in-law go over the cliff
ed a lesson irom wnuv nHHpeu- lu 1,1, new Cadillac,
ed to G e d d e s in 1958, who But mv emotions are weight-
Aoainst Spenders
To the Editor: I received a
voting record from Portland
telling me who voted right
and wrong. I am sick and
tired of Union bosses using
my dues money to promote
the election of men with
whom I completely disagree.
That takes in all-ALL-who
want to add more and more
spending, increasing the huge
debt of $92,000,000,000, thus
increasing the tax burden of
the working man, because
there is not enough of the
wealthy, and they can only
keep about 10 per cent of
their Income now.
I'll be voting first time this
year. Last year the Federal
government took about $800
of my wages in income tax. I
have to pay taxes to pay debts
that were made by two Dem
ocrat Presidents, some before
I was born.
The first two terms of
FDR's administration, he
spent 567,518.746,001, this
does not include the war debt.
It does pay for the WPA ex
periment, the payment to
farmers to kill millions of
pigs and dairy cows and de-
m..l,lnntnn and Aid
To the Editor: The Slate
uioehindnn mav get a new
governor in the elections next
week. When 1 was up there
last summer many of the peo
ple with whom I talked were
unhappy with the high spend
ing Democratic goveiuui.
had expected to be elected
in a "walk in," but the Ore
gonian now states that he is
"scared and running hard.
. staip of Washington
has gone further into the red
in spite of SU'-i m"" "
revenue increase in the ad
ministration of Gov. Rosse
lini. Lloyd J. Andrews has
brought economy to the
school system and now Is of
fering to do the same In the
Governor's office.
Mr Andrews realizes that
. nmnnl cannot spend
money on every scheme that
comes along ana sun vi -kin.
in a statement of his
convictions about federal aid
to schools this Washington
State Superintendent of
Schools said:
"It is mv opinion that the
Federal Government has ab
solutely no business oriering
aid to the stales for educa
tion. It U impossible for the
Campaign Trickery
To the Editor: I was won
dering how long it would be
before someone else noticed
Durno's billboards. It's not
enough that he has money
pouring into his campaign
like water: he still has to use
misleading advertising in the
hope of fooling the uninform
ed voter that he is the in
cumbent Congressman.
His advertising agency stat
ed that the wording would be
changed but I notice the bill
boards are still up in all their
glory, saying, "Elect Durno
. . . Your U.S. Congressman,
Of course, he also, uses the
other old Republican trick of
omitting the word, "Republi
can" from all hs campaign
materials, trying to trap un
wary Democrats.
These examples of GOP
tactics are typical, and clear
ly illustrate their contempt for
the average voter's intelli
gence.
I suggest. Mr. and Mrs
Average Voter, that you show
your contempt for cheap Re
publican campaign-trickery by
voting Democratic next Tues
day.
Henry F. Fadgliam Jr,
Box 294
, Medford
Strongman and Dictator
To the Editor: Your Nov,
1 editorial should have some
comment during these last
days before the election
Hopes for Cuba previously
held by Mr. Porter and the
whole free world should De
qualified to exclude those
"witch hunters" in tnis coun
try who told Porter and the
"whole free world" as early
as three years ago Castro was
under Communist influence.
This brings up a glaring
point. You call Castro the
"Cuban strongman," and seem
satisfied he is merely "red
tinged." He docs not yet rate
the name of dictator. Dictator
is a name reserved by the lib
eral press for Individuals like
used the same tactics and was
defeated as a result.
I hone the voters will ex
press their disapproval of
such methods by voting for
Charlie Porter..
Arthur C. Lewis
' 244 South Central ave,
' Medford ,
Cuts Both Ways?
To the Editor: In observing
the hnhlts of that particular
specie of political bird called
a "liberal," I have discovered
ihnt one of the distinguishing
characteristics of some of them
is the tendency to answer crit
icism of one of their members
with the cry that the critic is
a mud slingcr, is conducting a
smear campaign, or is using
McCarthy tactics. Especially
has this been typical of some
of the flock around Mr. Porter
who have recently been in
particularly loud voice. This
protective detense mecnanism
emnlovcd for their loader
might be excused on the
grounds of partisanship 11 11
weren't for Mr. Porter's de
vious utterances against his
opponent. Dr. Durno.
For example, what slyness
for Mr. Porter to begin a po
litical talk, as he did on
KVAL-TV the other evening,
with a reference to "my oppo
nent, the' 'retired' Doctor."
This Is, of course, an attempt
to plant a false Illusion about
the man who retired only six
months ago to enter this po
litical contest. Mr. Porter
couldn't attack Dr. Durno's
Harvard Medical School back
ground, his war record of serv
ice in two World wars, or tne
fact that he was Oregon's first
All-Amcrican football player
and an All-Coast basketball
player, or, finally, his 30 years
of service as a physician;
hence the Innuendo.,
Another example' of Mr.
Porter's attempts to undercut
Dr. Durno came out In the
debate between the two on
Oct. 27, when Porter asked if
his opponent's campaign fund
came from the American Med-
loal Association, the China
Lobby (Supporters of Chiang
Kai-Shek) or the National As
sociation of Manufacturers
To this, Dr. Durno has public
ly stated that, "not one penny
tor my campaign has come
from any of those organiza
tions mentioned by the con
iressman, cither directly or In
directly." Certainly, such a
contrived attempt tq create a
false picture docs no credit to
Mr. Porter,
Further, it clearly gives a
hollow ring to the cries of
outrage of his followers when
their hero s actions re parad
ed before him. Particularly Is
this true, when Mr. Porter's
most serious errors of Judg
ment are questioned, such as
his late disenchantment with
Castro: his persistent advo
cacy of bringing Red China
Into the U.N.; his acceptance
of aid from Cyrus Eaton; and
finally, his posture of militan
cy aaalnst petty tyrants such
is Trujillo, yet insisting' that
ed in Charles' favor, even
though his foresight (Castro
and others) was not as good
as our hindsight.
George E. Owen
A life-time Republican
Box 1115
Springfield, Ore.
Facts Twisted. '.".
To the Editor: You perform
ed a real service in your edi
torial, "The Old Plywood
Bit," by pointing out the true
causes for the slump In the
plywood industry. Mr. Bob
Davis, who was on television
Thursday evening, carefully
omitted to tell his audience
that, besides being general
manager of Southern Oregon
Plywood, he is also Dr.
Durno's campaign manager in
Josephine county.
By omission and commis
sion he managed, in 15 .min
utes, to twist the facts con
cerning the slump in plywood
beyond recognition. He did
not, however, explain why he
and the other producers of
plywood had failed to ap
proach the Tariff Commission
in an effort to solve their
problems. Obviously, they
knew that the Tariff Commis
sion would not accept their
phony claim that Importation
of Japanese plywood caused
the slump.
This Bob Davis is an ac
complished and convincing
speaker; what a pity he uses
his talents to twist and dis
tort the facts affecting the
livelihood of hundreds of ply
wood workers for political
purposes ... in short, to get
Charlie Porter, as he told him
he intended to do.
This man Davis, who was
known for his success as a
prosecutor and whose services
were available for hire by
District Attorneys throughout
the state, has now transferred
his talents from the court
room to the political arena.
He Joins a select group of
hatchetmen whose . target is
Congressman Porter; in their
book, the end Justifies the
means. They know that
Charlie has neither the time
nor .the means to answer these
vicious and unwarranted at
tacks four days before the
election.
I cannot believe that the
voters with an instinct for
fairness and decency will elect
to Congress of the United
States a man who sanctions
such contemptible practices.
Charlie Porter has demon
strated his sensitivity, his
honesty, his Integrity through
out his four years In Congress
and three campaigns. Durno's
campaign practices have only
served to increase Charlie's
stature.
I applaud wholeheartedly
your unreserved endorsement
of Charles O. Porter, the man
who deserves re-election, our
confidence, our gratitude and
a "whopping majority." '
Pat Mills,
924 Alta st.,
Medford
Durno Defended
To the Editor: I cannot rec
ollect that I have ever writ
ten a letter to the editor sine
I began the practice of law
in Eugene in 1926. However
I have read recently about
Charles O. Porter's attack on
Senator Edwin Durno's rec
ord in the 1959 session of our
legislature. As a member of
that session and four previous
sessions, plus one special ses
sion, I have had a good oppor
tunity to observe many legis
lators. I can say without any
equivocation that Senator1
Durno did an outstanding Job.
Colleagues, both Democrats,
and Republicans, have praised
him for his Intelligent and
constructive leadership In this
his very first session. There,
fore, I feel I cannot let Mr,
Porter's distortions go entire
ly unanswered.
Now, I notice that Mr,
Porter claims that the ad that
appeared in Monday's Regis
ter-Guard of Oct. 31, 1960 and
other newspapers, which waa
hcadllnod "Why does Porter
encourage Castro," was not a
mistake as Senator Durno
publicly acknowledged, and
intimating that this was in
tended that way rather than
"Why DID Porter encourage
Castro" as Senator Durno
claims. I do not know who
writes Senator Durno's adver
tising but I do know that Sen
ator Durno knows that Mr.
Porter has too much intelli
gence to be supporting Castro
now. There can be no doubt
that until very recently, Mr.
Porter has encouraged and de
fended Castro, which Is sup
ported by the many pages In
the Congressional Record and
in many newspaper stories
and headlines.
Porter is also screaming
about the money that Durno
has for his campaign. I have
no knowledge of the amount
of money available to Senator
Durno, neither have I made
any effort to find out, but I
do know that he is not receiv
ing a yearly salary of $22,500
from the U.S. Government,
clerical payroll of from $35,
000 to $40,000 a year by
which Mr. Porter can hire
excellent clerical and research
help plus many other fringe
benefits. This salary goes on
while Mr. Porter is campaign
ing. Senator Durno, on the
other hand, has had to give
up his practice of medicine.
Mr. Porter and members of
his party have known HOW
to use distortions and half-
truths to Very good advantage
and have ridden such Issues
as "Al Sarcna" "give away
crowd" and others sufficiently
hard to get themselves elected
to high public office. .,
Donald R. Husband, '
' 1944 Chernelton ;-""
' " Eugene, Ore. "'.'f'.:- ,
She Agrees
To the Editor: I would like
to be on record as agreeing
100 per cent with Democrat
Walter Pearson, president of
the state Senate, who said In
an argument about Monroe)
Sweetland in October 195B,
I have never been partic
ularly fond of the double talk
that flows from the Senator's
(Sweetland's) mouth,"
Mr. Sweetland's entire cam
paign has been one of calling
'smear when . legitimate)
charges are made against
him. He has yet to tell the
voters how he proposes to
save the taxpayers a quarter
of a million dollars in the
Secretary of State's office a
Howell Appling Jr. has done.
Indeed, If he is in favor ot
saving at all, why is it that
he alone of the 30 senator!
voted against giving the peo
ple of Oregon an 18 per cent
tax cut in 1957 despite tne
fact that the state was accru
ing a surplus of the taxpay
ers' money approaching $74,-
000,000?
Marina Gardiner
3777 Old Military rd.,
Medford, . ,;
Why Should You?
To the Editor: The UPI
news service Item, Sunday,
Oct. 30, Mall Tribune, shows
the Roman hierarchy's tyran
nical unchanging practlcei
and politico-church power:
Marchers Protest Chutcn
Voting Ban in Puerto Rico.''
If insufficient to convince any
fair-minded person of Rome's
determination to throttle free
dom of thinking, voting, the
press, and other expressions
ot man's minds, hundreds
more factual references are
available, and up-to-date too.
The list of criminal acts list
ed In your Oct. 26 editorial
are only a portion of them.
There are many, though some
less blood-curdling, where politico-church
pressure power
has been and Is being prac
ticed. Political means now ire)
at hand. If Rome's desires are
not met this way, mora dras
tic means may be expected,
as In bloody Spain and other
places, not In the "dim peat."
The Roman Catholic churctt .
doesn't deny practicing these
things currently against Free
dom. Why should you, for ltt
John E. Grlbble,
139 Kenwood ave.,
Medford -
Editor's note: We don'i
What we do deny Is that these
things have any relevance te
American politics today, or
to the loyalty and patriot!
of American Cathollaij. -