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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE. SUNDAY. DECEMBER 25. I960 ...Communications T.nttnrc tn ihn PHitn a. ... Meet Thy Lord To the Editor: On Christmas Eve a shining Star Foretold His coming birth: On Christmas Day a Man ger-stall Proclaimed Him Lord of Earth; On Easter Eve a broken Cross Spoke of His death and strife; On Easter Day a broken Cross Acclaimed Him Lord of Life. A shining Star, the symbol lhat Ood still reigns above: A Manger-stall, the witness Of His unfailing Love; A broken Cross, the symbol Of man's full pardoned sins; An Empty Tomb, the wit ness That Christ is King of Kings. Therefore lift thine eyes and gaze Upon this wond'rous Star; And daily, on thy bended knees Pray by the Manger-bar; And always at the broken Cross Plead pardon for thy sin: Then at the empty Tomb each day Meet Christ thy Lord and King! Eric O. Robathan 616 Newtown st. Medford Holiday Memories To the Editor: Holidays. How they do change with passing time and tides. New Year's Day, most ancient, from cave and dawn-men ob serving the first reassuring sign of the sun's return with warmth and life -giving growth, all of which is much forgotten in our modern New Year's midnight doings. St. Valentine Day. Giving of cards, funny-mean ones for the ones we didn't like, but much labor and love on the one prepared for that certain one we were growing "sweet on". Prideful the young fe male who could display most of such. Sprinkled along here were birthdays, grand fun when it was the other kid getting a rear-end whaling, not funny at all when it was me, espe cially that last but not least, "and one to grow on." And mind you, there is no memory of a birthday cake to ease such painful occurances. Kids then didn't rate such things. Easter-time. Hiding out eggs so there would be plenty for eating. Often ears boxed for hiding out too many of ma's eggs with butter grocery trading. Fourth of July. Grandest of all. Firecrackers. My nickle with brother John's spent for a bunch, with a half link of bologna, each carefully divid ed. But oh, -that that nickle had been saved! For when the celebration was closing, a vendor waving aloft three bunches, all for a nickle. My frenzied financing for a nickle. No luck. But it did make for a memory enduring guide-post. Thanksgiving. A day of feasting with generally plen ty for we kids second-table eating, watched through door cracks. Tough to take but juvenile delinquency hadn't been invented, though we did get involved some by rattling sticks on front doors Hallo ween night and running for dear life. No trick-or-treat. Such effontry was beyond imagination. Christmas. Unknown till about my 10th birthday whal ing. It was much taboo among early English and Scotch who remembered the tears! still ess- Fred R. Brennan, C.I.A. From Mr. Insurance-Fred Brennan May the spirit of Christmas come to your house, bringing the light of good cheer and the warmth of good friends and good fel lowship. All best wishes to you! Medford Insurance Agency and blood won religious free dom some 250 years back. But we were allowed to go in to the town drugstore to see the new Christmas toys, me chanical monkey climbing a string and such things. Truly marvelous. We had been in dulged in some Santa Claus secretly giving gifts, mostly home made, mittens, etc. Sadly sweet memories now. Like my first attempt for1 a Christmas tree. A small tama- rac lugged up from Mud Creek swamp and decorated with colored bits of paper. It must have been the crude cross at the top that barred it from indoors. But Sis Jess, John and Albert helped dance around it outdoors and sing carols of our own making. F. J. Clifford Route 2, Box 200F Central Point, Ore, Bought of Folly To the Editor: If you get your Yule cheer from a bottle Then press firmly down on the throttle, Though of Santa you sure didn't ask it -You might get gift-wrapped in a casket! Ginia Ashland, Ore. Keep Us So To the Editor: Thank you for printing my autumn poem. I'm sending my Christmas one. I'm dreaming of a White Christmas, With the ones I love. Snowflakes softly falling From gray skies above. A cheery room, with fir light glow And Christmas carols drift ing over the snow. May the love of the Christ Child, Born in a manger so long ago, Bless and save us, And forever keep us so. Charlotte Scholer Williams, Ore. Will You Be There? To the Editor: We approach the day when many world wide will sing "Joy to the World, the Lord Is Come," and "Everywhere, Every where, Christmas Tonight." Christmas, the virgin birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world, the great est birthday the world has ever known. Why so? A few quotes from God's word and from inspired poets may serve in the ans wer, though "the half cannot be fancied, this side tne goia en shore. Oh, there He'll be still sweeter than He ever was before." "God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not Derish. but have everlasting life. For uod sent not nis son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved." Why was such an "un speakable gift" necessary? "All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on Him the in iquity of us all." "Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins." -"For this pur Dose the Son of God was man ifested that He might destroy the works of the devil." "ba- tan cometh not but for to steal, and to kill, and to de stroy. I am come that they might have life and that they might have it more abundant ly." "Who His own self bore our sins in His own Doay on the tree that we being dead to sins should live unto right eousness." "Jesus, Jesus, Je sus, sweetest name I know; fills my ev'ry longing, keeps me singing as I go." "There were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand . . . After this I beheld and lo a great multitude which no man could number . . . and cried saying, Salvation. . . ." "Lift up your heads, O ye gates; etc., and the King of Glory shall come in. Who is this King of Glory? The Lord of Hosts, He is the King of Glory." "Oh, that will be glory for me, glory for me, glory for me. When by His grace I shall look on His face. That will be glory, be glory for me." Kind reader, when the roll is called up yonder, will you be there? H. R. Bulman Route 4, Box 316A Medford Meaning of Christmas To the Editor: There are some who believe that the celebrating of Our Lord's Birthday is wrong. To these I say only this: The Birthday of Our Lord is remembered in the giving of gifts because, God gave to the world its greatest gift when He gave His only begotten Son, "That whosoever believed on Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." He also said, "And a little child shall lead them." And every child loves Christ's Birthday. Also He said, "Love they brother as thyself.' ' In buying for our loved ones, we usually buy what we would like for ourselves. I know I do. Some say, "But it only comes once a year. It should be kept all year." My answer to this is, God also said "use wisdom in all things," and there are few of us that could afford to keep it all year. But for the one day, give in His memory, ask for His gift of love and peace in our hearts, and have a happy day. God bless and keep all who read this letter. Merry Christmas. Peaceful New Year. Mrs. R.W. Gold Hill, Ore. A Better America To the Editor: On my desk is a textbook filled with sto ries completely unfit for the mind of a child. Some of the authors have been mentioned for the Attorney General's list, and from the list of sub- tects it is easy to see why; thev include such things as poverty in Panama, our Revo lutionary war, mixing oi rac es, and the William Tell story, These types of things are fa vorite subjects of Communist writers. It appears impossible to keeD such things out of'the textbooks. Further, as their education "progresses," it be comes worse. College tells them that we support "dicta tors" - Christian leaders like Chiang Kai-shek, Franco, and Trujillo - our power, there fore, keeps people in pov erty." Actually, we are de & ,r 0 gSQy- r - tf w & antfib "On earth peace, good will toward men." As we extend warm and sincere greetings to you, our friends and neighbors here in the Rogue River Valley, we hope that this Christmas message of old one of joy and hope will sing in your hearts today . . . and may the New Year bring to each one of you happiness, health and good fortune! CRATER INN MOTEL Bill and Mary Schei Pete and Mattie Thompson fending them against Commu nism. What do these radical edu cations produce? It was shown in the S.F. riots - students and so-called leaders declaiming our government, insinuating that our very own Congress is tinged with totalitarianism. They pick out the HUAAC, the followers of Sen. McCar thy, and Sen. Eastland of Mississippi and his group -(all of them fine Americans) and call them blind, greedy, proud - call THEM Un-American by virtue of their "intol erance and closed minds." They call dedicated groups like the John Birch Society "fanatics." Even the Supreme Court is infiltrated with Reds. When will this nonsense end? There is only one solu tion, being pioneered in Louisiana. We must abolish education. Keep the kids at home where they belong. Don't give all those Communist writers and editors a chance to grab their minds. History, Social Studies, and Literature are outdated in America, because we don't want our children to Be aware of poverty or mis cegenation, and these subjects can't avoid it! We should relate to them only the essentials; the com petitive system, the Commu nist menace, their pride in be ing Americans. They would be disciplined and sensible. nothing else. Two HUAAC subcommittees should be set up immediately. one to screen existing faculties and fill them in with Army personnel; the other to ferret out all objectionable books and other material and de stroy them. In both cases the changes would be nearly total. No doubt some unwitting persons will disagree with this letter, and this will show how deeply the Red menace has penetrated. It is like a cancerous growth, and must be poisoned now, while there is yet time. We hope that those fellow travelers can be saved. Yours for a better America. Truman O. Price, Jr. 2633-14th West Seattle, Wash, Equality To the Editor: We are con tinually told that it is un American to speak of class distinction, yet we find law makers doing everything in their power to create classes in this land. Laws are enacted to stop closed shops for workers. Many who vote for these-laws are themselves members of a closed shop union. Doctors and attorneys have the tight est closed shop of any group in America, Hospitals built with fed eral funds can and do have bylaws preventing any doctor not a member of the local medical society from having patients in the hospital under their care. A closed shop maintained by taxpayers' dol lars. In these United States citi zens have a right to bring suit and to be sued. Now, however, we find that a group of citizens feel that this right should be denied injured workers whose body has been damaged by negligence on the part of his or her employer. The cry being that attorneys are getting too mucn money. In my opinion divorce at torneys get too much money. Let us end having attorneys for this. No judges. No juries. Just some appointed commis sioner. In my opinion attorneys for insurance companies are paid too much money. Let us stop permitting these people to em ploy attorneys to try cases or to lobby for legislation or for or against candidates. Have another commission. No judges. No juries. No attor neys. Tax attorneys make too much money. Have all tax issues setled by those appoint ed for that purpose. Plug all loopholes. No appeals. No at torneys. No judges. No juries. No escape. Laws are to apply equally if this is a land of justice and equality where all people are to be treated equally. Let us practice what we preach. Let us have equality. Equal opportunity. Equal rights. Equal liberty. Equal responsibilities. L. L. Harris P.O. Box 205 Reedsport, Ore, Universal Law To the Editor: If anyone thinks all is well in the bus iness world, they should read a letter I recently received from a friend living in a mid west town. In his own words, I quote: "Business has gone to 'pot' here, especially real estate. I could not even sell my modest home at a normal price." Begins to look like the old beast of greed and usury has sustained a blow that really knocked the props out from under its worldly mansions of inflated ego. Way back in the days of the inception of the socalled "gold standard" basis of 1898, the cry was that what goes up, must, according to the law of gravity, surely come down. The same thing happened after 1908. It always happens in cycles of seven, 12 or 14 years according to the amount of power exerted by unseen forces involved. Man connives, but the power on high always strives to maintain equilibrium, a law of justice. The socalled masters of the old school of philosophy taught the same law and principle back in the hoary days of King Solomon, so above so below is a uni versal law. Bert Kissinger 520 Boardman Medford Road To Tyranny To the Editor: Your 12-22- 60, "Home Rule Question" ed itorial in its first paragraph is inaccurate and in conflict with previous reports emanat ing from you. The county home rule studies, including those in Jackson county ,have been presented as an investi gation into the matter in or der to determine only IF it is feasible (capable of supplying the people with a superior county government; one that is more effective while per petrating no infringment of justice,-and capable of furth ering the public weal). Arguments concerning the cumbersomeness and ineffi ciency of the present system leave much to be fteslred, be cause granting the cumber someness, you put forth an argument in favor of, not op posed to its continuance, for such a condition ensures, to a degree, deliberatness and thorough investigation before acting. Efficiency is rightly not the prime requisite for govern ment. In the final analysis the results, the effectiveness of a system is vital to discussions of change, and is meaured in proportion to the informed in terest and participation of those being governed, the electorate. County home rule, manager systems, or the whole idea of "Metro" has, and will continue to relieve the electorate of this prime re sponsibility. Such conditions of public apathy never come but for a staggering price. The unjust regimentation that invariably results from such programs as Home Rule, etc., is only a down payment. The entire cost, plus interest, is nothing short of tyranny! Robert J. Howard 828 B West 14th st. Medford Gold Crisis To the Editor: During the past year much has been said about this country's gold crisis. We, the taxpayers, have been given a liberal educa tion in the reasons for the huge gold withdrawals from this country. What we have not been told is the reason able way to stop this gold run. For the full year of 1959, our country produced a little over $50 million worth of gold. Last week our country lost over $200 million worth of gold in a seven day period. Banks and claims of foreign governments are already high er than our entire gold re serve. I believe our politicians were so busy buying votes on the evils of communism that our country was lulled to peaceful slumber while know ingly giving our wealth in an effort to buy loyalty from countries that have in some cases proven beyond a doubt to be Judas kisses. Why are the bulk of the U.S. Congressmen against putting our domestic gold mines into operation? It s be cause these congressmen are so short-sighted that they be lieve the Western States are the only states that would re ceive any substantial pay-off in the event of a gold price raise. Nothing could be fur ther from the truth. The western gold mines are nearly all closed down, thanks to an unbending policy of our Government in pegging the gold price at the unrealistic price of $35 per fine ounce as set in the depression years of the 1930s. If the gold mines of this nation were allowed to re-open, the effects on our economy would immediately be felt. The new mines would purchase tractors, trucks, oil, gas, cable, electrical equip ment, lumber and many other items that are manufactured from coast to coast. Starting this Nation's gold mines would not be entering competition against any other industry. It is interesting to note that last week's unemployment was pegged at a twenty year high . . . while our Nation's gold reserve was dissipated to a twenty year low. Is there a parallel? This country has nothing to lose in giving a gold price raise to all newly mined gold. Such action would stimulate not only gold mining, but many other industries. An ac celerated gold production would mean more gold in the United States Treasury, more confidence in our paper dol lar, more employment and more tax revenue. Philip W. Jungert, President, Idaho Mining & Milling, Inc. 407 Main St., Lewiston, Idaho Smoke, Liquor and Pear Trees To the Editor: There's a big agricultural crop grown in the U.S.A., two-thirds of it gets burned up and one third thrown away. The only time I tried chewing tobacco was for a toothache. I stopped the toothache, all right, but I felt a durn sight worse in my stomach. A former Medford attorney and postmaster told me once any farmer that raises tobac co ought to be shot. But how about those in radio and Tee Vee advertising? If I go to a meeting of any kind, out come the cigarettes. Those of more the Scots type take out their own little smudge pots so no tobacco would be wasted. Then every body gets fumigated, if they need it or not. And if you go to a banquet, first there is the social hour. Everybody fills up on hard liquor in an empty stomach, the first step to becoming an alcholic. Then too the vapors of Lady Nicotine start drifting over the tables, if you like it or not. Now how. many thousands of acres of land could be used for the production of food to feed the hungry of the world? How about the Hindus in India with their sacred cows that browse around to eat what could be used as food for the hungry? And how about the millions of hungry Chinese? They're raising popples instead of food, to poison the rest of the world including the U.S.A. Before DDT, the fruitgrow ers used arsenate of lead, killing the bees after pollina tion. But now they add the parathion to the late winter I 'Christmas Blessings and The Staff and Management of your ROGUE VALLEY STATE BANKS wish you a joyous Christmas sur rounded by all that's dearest to you. And may the Season bring you all the success and happiness that make for a rich, meaningful life. spray to kill the bees on the flowers that grow underneath the trees, before and after the fruit bloom, and they wonder about the poor pollination. A few years back, the bees were accused of spreading blight. Now their trees are dying. Why? With all that arsenic in the soil, the new combination of different sprays? Now it's supposed to be a virus. Well, take your choice. And again a loving God has, said Let's set the table for the bee, And in response it blos somed fast. The dandelion and cherry tree. Xavier Widmer Route 3, Box 186 Medford. Price of Gold To the Editor: In a recent letter to the editor the state ment was made that "any rise in the price of gold would make our 46-cent dollar worth 25 cents." The statement is based on the assumption that the price of commodities is tied to the price of gold, which is not true. When President Roosevelt raised the price of gold to $35 per ounce no cor responding rise in commodi ties resulted. The following definitions of money and inflation should help clarify the above asser tion: First: What is money? Mon ey is anything . . . beads, shells, copper, gold, or what ever can be traded for com modities, services or to settle debts. Second: What Is inflation? Inflation is a sharp rise In the price of commodities and serv ices resulting from the rapid increase in the supply of cur rency or credit without a cor responding increase in the vol ume of goods and services. Currency inflation is caused by excessive printing of paper money not backed up by met allic reserves, i.e. gold and silver. Credit inflation occurs as a result of excessive use of credit cither by govern ment or private individuals. To say that a rise in the price of gold is the same as, or equal to, devaluation of our currency Is a misstatement. The treasury would not nec essarily have to create credit inflation simply because It had an ample supply of gold It Is also wrong to suppose that should the price of gold go to, say, $105 per ounce there would be a huge flood of gold hit the treasury. It Best Wishes Now Two Offices To Strva You . 1109 Court Street 701 E. Jackson Blvd. would take at least a year to put the U.S. gold mines into production, and even then there would not be enough production to satisfy the de mand. Industry has bought more gold from our treasury since World War II than our treasury has bought from U.S. mines. An over production of gold is impossible no mat ter what the price. Sir Roy Harrod, emminent British economist, recently stated in the Christian Science Monitor . . . "An increase in the price of gold would be the happiest possible econom ic move for Washington to make ... a substantial rise in the dollar price of gold would have by far the great est effect in reinvigorating the economics of the tree world ..." The industrial demand for gold plus the world demand on our treasury for gold can never be met until the price is adjusted to make gold min ing profitable. A profitable gold mining industry is no more dangerous to our econ omy than a profitable lumber industry. Russ Mitchell, 412 West Jackson st., Medford At Your Service Your local White CrosB Man can be very impor tant to you and your family. 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