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SUNDAY. JANUARY 8. 1861
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- Z?a u Pu1bll""n not exceed 400 words .The letters
printed in his column do not necessarily represent the views of the
paper, in fact the contrary is often the case.
' Three Cheers
To the Editor: Three cheers
' and a loud hurrah for that
magnificent editorial in Fri
day's Mail Tribune!
Where in the world has this
other Oregon editorial writer
been all these years, from
F.D.R.'s early lend-lease pro-
gram to Harry Truman's
' amazingly successful Marshall
Plan, right on down to the
, present administration's latest
' economic or technical assist
ance to underprivileged coun
tries? , You quote this benighted
scribe as having said, "I do
, not pretend to know the ans
wer but I do know that the
r foreign aid program as we
know it does not work." Then,
. so gently and generously you
, say, "He should have quit
j when he was ahead - after the
. eighth word." Indeed. Better
..still, if he never had said
, a word about a subject con
tcerning which he admits he is
uninformed. Bad enough to
display his own vast igno
! ranee which the daily read
;; ing of the newspapers long
cinna chnnM a AlcnnMnA
, but to spread his ignorance
. abroad via his own editorial
column, that is well nigh in-
unforgivable.
More than once, since I have
u 1
' paper during my brief resi
' dence of three months in Med-
'. tnvrl T u i ...
'cellent editorials on a variety
tional and international - and
I've bragged on" therm to my
family and'friends in the east.
But Friday's, so effectively
' giving the lie to that silly
cry, "It Does Not Work,"
- surely raies among your Desi.
' It is superb. Many thanks for
tion and to the nations we
' have been and are helping so
.effectively and splendidly!
Arnold Eugene Jenny,
Rogue Valley Manor,
Mecuord.
Tree Burning
; To the Editor: Monday
eve's burning of Christmas
' trees is remindful of Ben Hur
Lampman's editorializing on
same in the Oregonian of the
' early depression 30s. It was
in reference to my protesting
' letter, that was triggered by
the sight of a Christmas tree
' in a backyard mud and slush.
Remnants of tinsel and orna
ments were pitiful reminders
of its yesterday's symetrical
and revered loveliness in an
honojed pface of the living
room.
Only a Ben Hur Lampman
lilting word apprisal could
have sparked the belated
drive. For, the children sing
ing to the incensed crackling
fire that lighted their young
faces, lighted, we like to
think, in obvious offering to
Him who did choose to die
on the age old cross of those
times, for His "sin" in defense
of His faith and teachings and
salvation of all mankind as
He envisioned it.
Doubtless, there were like
burnings in varying degree
preceding this one. Obviously,
n would De gratuying to an
concerned to know the where
and when of such in a com
munity-planned way. For it is
a cause of constant wonder
ment why such pride-of-ac
complishments to so many can
be so long delayed.
But it may endure as a sym
bol, better than New Year's
night revelry, of the sun's re
turn in bringing welcome
warmth and renewed life to
all earth's children, those ever
anchored to one place of
nourishment as well as the
gad-about kind, changing
their sources of survival
where favor or circumstance,
if any, may provide.
F. J. Clifford
Route 2, Box 200 F
Central Point, Ore.
Parable for Our Day
To the Editor: I wrote a let
ter to Communications last
year, stating that the message
given by the Angel, or Lady
of Fatima as she wis so
named, would be revealed to
the world in 1960. But Pope
John has not revealed the
message to the world, appar
ently for fear of rebuke
against the Church. It was the
third or fourth appearance
that the lady revealed the
message, but at the same time
that she gave them the mes
sage she also asked that the
people pray for the conver
sion of the Russian people to
God or that the errors of
communism would spread
throughout the world, and
that nations would be anni
hilated. With the atomic bombs of
today, nations can be annihi
lated quite swiftly.
Janacinta. the younger of
the two girts, said in her lat
ter . days that wars are the
judgement of God against na
tions for their evil deeds. And
is also recorded in the Bible.
Here is a parable, consider
this well. A father owned a
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large valley, a portion being
good land, buituie bigger por
tion was quit? poor. Now the
father had many sons. He
called in the wiser of his sons
and gave them to be in
charge, as he was taking a
long journey and wouliO be
gone many years. Now a. he
was returning after many
years, he came first upon the
poorer portion of his land and
there found the lesser of his
sons and grandchildren and
they were in poverty and
starving and had increased to
a large number. 'As he came
upon the good portion of land,
he noticed that much of the
land was not in use, and all
the sons living in this portion
were living in the best of fash
ion, and when he inquired as
to the condition of his lesser
sons, they said they have
nothing to offer for our goods,
and there is no profit in deal
ing with them.
The valley is the world, and
God is the father.
T. M. Sletten
Rogue River, Ore.
Thanks For Help
To the Editor: My husband
and I and our sons would like
to thank those many kind
people and their families who
gave us bedding, linens, food
and clothes, after our home
burned Monday, Dec. 26,
1960, in Central Point. And
those special people who
loaned us furniture to use
until we are on our feet again,
and all members of the St.
Peter's Lutheran church in
Medford.
Also Dr. Turner of Central
Point for his special deed on
the same Monday. And Dr.
Hanawalt for his work and
kindness in saving our dog
after she was taken out of the
fire. And all our wonderful
relatives and friends who
have been so kind with work
and understanding.
Rev. King Jones of the
First Presbyterian church m
Jacksonville for his kind
words.
Thank you from our hearts.
God Bless you All.
Ken and Terrie Snook
and Boys
835 Cherry st.
Central Point, Ore.
No Benches for Students
To the Editor: The children
who live on Morrow rd. have
to walk down to Biddle rd.
and stand in the sun, rain or
snow, no matter what the
weather. Not only on Morrow
rd. but all over Medford the
school children have this to
do. If they get colds or get
sick, just look who has to pay
the doctor bills.
I guess we will get a big
tax raise from this question
but I still would like to know
why?
M. Turner
1327 Morrow rd.
Medford.
Freedom To Starve
To the Editor: Sometime
back during the heat of the
political campaign, I seem to
remember an editorial in
which one of the "ills" of the
Republican Administration
was "the freedom to starve."
While reading "The Rise
and Fall of the Third Reich"
by William L. Shirer, I ran
across the following para
graph which I jnymld like to
quote:
Tl
How to Ansfir
The Telephone
To the Editor: What did I
do in old Placerville when the
"littler was liquidating the !.. wmlri ,
past, with all its frustrations dle o ,he nigM? Firsl ling
and disappointments. Step by ' j stm.,cd ,ookjng fm. ,,,
step, and rapidly (as we shairfcnimllcy and u wlma easy
see in detail later), he-waslo fjnd jn a kH(,hen 3Q . ,
freeing Germany from the square. We didn't have any
shackles of Versailles, con
founding the "ctorious Allies
and making .'rmany mili
tarily strong again. This was
what most ''ermans wanled
and they were willing to
make the sacrifice which the
Leader demanded of them to
get it: the loss of personal
freedom, a Spartan diet ('Guns
before Butter') and hard work.
By the autumn of 1936 the
problem of unemployment
had been largely licked, al
most everyone had a job again
and one heard workers who
had been deprived of their
trade-union rights joking over
their full dinner pails, that at
least under Hitler there was
no more freedom lo starve.
'Gemeinnutz von Eigennulz!'
(The Common Interest before
Self!) was a popular Nazi slo
gan in those days, and though
many a party leader, Goering
above all, was secretly enrich
ing himself and the profits of
business were mounting,
there was no doubt that the
masses were taken in by the
new 'national socialism' which
ostensibly put the welfare of
the community above one's
personal gain." i
History has noted the ter-I
riMo offrtM nr. (ho Hnrman I
worker, the German citizens,
and the rest of the world as
the result of this loss of the
freedom to starve. It probably
can't happen here, but it
seems lo be a basic law that
nobody gets sometlun' for
nothin'!
Gene M. Williams
1017 Reddy
Medford
electric lights, but we had a
good system to find the chim
ney in the dark.
I would come out of my
bedroom, walk along the East
wall of the kitchen, run into
the kitchen table, continue
until 1 fell over the vood-box
and back of the kitchen cook
stove. When I got up I bump
ed my head on the stovepipe.
All I had to do then wuz to
follow the stove-pipe to the
chimney.
The stove - pipe went into
the south side of the chimney.
The telephone wuz on the
north side of the chimney,
seven feet from the floor. It
wuz made for six foot cow
boys. I wuz a cowboy in the
fourth grade. I rode a burro,
old Swevendorferbiscuits.
I couldn't reach the tele
phone receiver by about two
feet, so I had still another
! problem. I would start look
! ing for an apple box to stand
on, and step into the mouse
trap. By the time 1 got the
mouse trap off my big toe, the
party calling would beback
in bed.
Der next nighl dcr tele
phone vouldn't ring, und ve
vould catch a mice.
Everett Acklin
Ashland, Ore.
To Friends and Customers
To the Editor: This is ad
dressed to our friends and
customers:
Because of my husband's
recent nervous breakdown,
the store is closed until fur
ther notice.
Until we can thank each of
you personally, we wish to
extend our thanks and appre
ciation to everyone for their
interest, prayers, and offers to
help. It proves what we have
DurnoNamesAide For This Region
Mrs. Agnes Smith of Med
ford has been appointed by
Congressman Edwin R. Durno
to serve as his part-time aide
in this area. She is one of
three part-time aides picked
by Durno to work in Oregon.
The others are William Tug
man, former editor of the Eu
gene Register-Guard, who will
circulate around the fourth
district, and look into local
problems for the Congress
man, and a secretary to assist
Tugman,
Durno named a Portland
I woman to head his Washing-
ton staff. She is Genevieve
Cooper, who first moved to
Washington in 1941 to work
for the late Sen. Rufus C.
llolmnn. Miss Cooper and two
others named to his staff,
Dorothy Crockett and Sally
Gjcrtson, are all former mem
bers of the office force of
Sen. Wayne Morse. The latter
RUSSIA (QALLENGED
C3'ashington-illPI)-.The United
States has chiQenged Russia
to agree to the abolition or
reduction of travel curbs with
in the two countries as a ma
jor step-toward easing East
West suspicions and tensions.
two women are from Minne
sota. The fourth member of his
Washington staff is Mrs. Her
lha Cornett of Washington,
D.C., who worked for a New
York congressman last year.
always known - that we havc-j
the most wonderful people
right here in the Rogue val
ley. After my husband regains
his health we hope to reopen
the store and do our utmost
to serve even better, you, our I
loyal friends and customers.
Irma Moore
816 South Riverside Ave.
Medford.
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Noisy
To the Editor: This is an
open letter to President-elect
Kennedy:
Sir:
If you can find the time to
arrange it, please come to our
mess hall for a meal, but don't
expect to enjoy it. Instead, be
prepared to eat in a boiler
factory atmosphere with ex
pert from long practice
coffee pot lid slingcrs and
chair bangers (employed) to
make you want to leave the
place in a hurry.
If you think all this is
exaggeration, come yourself,
or send a representative, to
have dinner with us some day.
, Yours hopefully,
David Frisch
P. O. Box 292
White City, Ore.
Ugh!
To the Editor: These are
some "Snacks I can do with
out." Disconcerting to a feller,
Is the bisquit-coated fly,
Or the apple's severed
dweller,
Or the nut shell in the pie.
Harvey W. Robertson
103 North Central ave.
Medford
Try and Stop Me
-By BENNETT CERF-
A SPORTING GENTLEMAN rented a horse and set out
for a canter in the park. Unfortunately, the horse fell
down, so the sporting gentleman went back to the stable
and selected another
horse. That one fell
down too.
The sporting gentle
man angrily reported his
misadventures to the
stablemaster. "Nothing to
get upset about," toothed
that worthy. "Just go to
the back of the stables.
You'll find about fifty
more horses, lined up
there. Take any one that
suits your fancy but
don't take the one in the
middle or they'll ALL
fall down!"
A Providence restaurant owner had a horrible nightmare re
cently. He dreamed that he had to cat a six-pound marshmallow.
When he woke up, his pillow had disappeared.
A glamour girl broke a New Year's Eve date last Saturday
night. She went out with him.
1960, by Bennett Ccrf. Distributed by Klnr Feiturei Sj-ndlcile
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