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contrary is otten me case.
Red China and the U.N.
To the Editor: The Ameri
can public is continually ap
pealed to for financing of Ra
dio Free Europe and the Voice
of America so that the "de
luded" people behind the Iron
Curtain may know truth. At
the same time we are given
statements that cannot be veri
fied by facts.
We are told that "Red
China" is unfit to be a mem
ber of United Nations because
she is an aggressor and be
cause she threatens to take
Formosa by force. Mr. Chiang
has never ceased to declare
that he will retake the main
land by force, yet he seems
quite secure as a member of
that organization. By what
type of warped thinking could
such an act be condoned in
the one and condemned in
the other?
It is not difficult to prove
that Chiang's right to For
mosa falls far short of con
forming to legal title. Truth
is that he has no more right
to Formosa than he has to
the Hawaiian Islands or Al
catraz. Because of China's defeat
in the Sino-Japanese war, For
mosa, under protest, was
ceded to Japan in 1895. At the
Cairo conference Nov., 1943,
it was unanimously agreed
that Formosa should revert
to the Chinese empire of
which it is an integral part.
On March 3, 1955, Harry Tru
man nullified the Cairo pact
by arbitrarily making a deal
with Chiang loaning him the
Seventh fleet to help main
tain his possession of Formosa
and the Pescadores. Mr. Tru
man justified his dictatorial
act because of Chinese volun
teer action in Korea. One of
our most, sacred traditions is
the right of the" accused to
fair and impartial trial. Had
Mr. Truman practiced that
policy we would have had to
reconcile Chinese action in
Korea.
My purpose in saying what
I have is not to make anyone
feel worse than they deserve.
Loose, unreliable statements
have not been confined to the
chatter of commentators, col
umnists, or riff-raff in the
streets, but has been parroted
by those in executive posi
tions. Adlai Stevenson and
ClarK Eichelberger have both
said that China is war-like
and an aggressor. These are
men upon whom we rely to
make United Nations success
ful and bring peace to the
world. In this we will never
be successful until we learn
that we must be honest and
. just and make it clear that
United Nations is an organ
ization free from prejudice
and the influence of any one
particular nation.
Bert Harr,
Copper Road, Box 77,
Jacksonville, Ore.
presidency the committee
came to his home to notify
him. After the addresses were
concluded he pleasantly re
marked, "Mrs. Lincoln will be
pleased to see you gentlemen.
You will find her in the other
room. You must be thirsty
after your long ride, you will
find a pitcher of water in the
library." Some friends had
offered to supply liquor for
the occasion but he declined
saying, "I have no liquors in
my house and have never en
tertained my friends in that
way. I cannot permit my
friends to do for me what I
will not myself do."
In company with a Ken
tucky Colonel on a coach one
day, the Colonel offered Mr.
Lincoln a drink of whiskey,
he replied, "No, Colonel,
thank you, I never drink
whiskey." After a number of
miles the Colonel offered 'him
one of Kentucky's finest cigars
saying, "If you won't drink
with me, then maybe you will
take a smoke with me." Mr.
Lincoln said he was such an
agreeable companion that
maybe he should smoke with
him but first he wished to tell
him a story of an experience
he had as a boy. He then told
of his mother who one day
when he was nine years old
called him to her death bed
and asked him to promise
never to use whiskey or tobac
co as long as he lived. "I
promised my dying mother I
never would and have kept
that promise to this hour.
Would you advise me to break
that promise today?" With a
trembling voice the Colonel
said, "No, Mr. Lincoln, I
wouldn't have you do it for
the world. I would give a
thousand dollars today if I
had made my mother a prom
ise like that and had kept it
as you have."
A kept promise made Mr.
Lincoln the good and loved
man that he was. Patient,
courageous, tender - hearted,
he was a successful ruler of
men. Hear more on temper
ance at the Woman's Christian
Temperance meeting Feb. 16,
1:30 p.m., Presbyterian
church.
Mrs. Ernest Santo
204 Lozier Lane
Medford
lieved it. Well, anyway, he
always seemed to enjoy tell
ing of the experience.
Bert Kissinger
520 Boardman st.
Medford
Lincoln and Abstinence
To the Editor: As Ameri
cans we pause to pay tribute
to that Great President ot luu
years ago, Abraham Lincoln.
We are reminded of the many
savings and examples he set,
which have been used by some
of the later Presidents. But
unlike many of his followers
he was almost alone for total
abstinence.
The day after the conven
tion that nominated him for.
Story Tellers
To the Editor: Back In the
historic days of the flourish
ins gold miner and prospec
tor, there was never a lack of
a professional story teller to
amuse the week-end crowds
of hard rock miners that gath
ered around the small town
taverns to swap jokes and
listen to "hot stove" miners
blast a charge of TNT. Then
a jester would make the re
mark that alter me "snoi
the proprietor should raise a
window to clear away the
imaginary smoke accumulated
for another breathing spell.
One of the catchy puns
often asked a newcomer was,
how to make "a dollar slick"?
The jester's answer to the
joke: "Grease the dollar."
One of the old fifty-niner
Indian war survivors of lower
Table rock battles always
maintained he jumped across
Rogue river to escape the
savage redskins one time. We
always thought the old war
hero had told the story so
many times that he really be-
Hunting Films
To the Editor: Recently you
published a letter severely cri
ticizing one of our Outdoor
Sportsman programs. The pro
gram dealt with the hunting
of a disease bearing rodent,
known to every Oregon cat
tleman as the jack rabbit.
Every year these pests des
troy thousands and thousands
of dollars worth of crops, big
game range, nesting areas for
our game birds, valuable habi
tat, etc. They also carry a di
sease called tularemia, which
can be contacted by humans.
The jack rabbit has absolutely
no earthly use, except perhaps
to provide a fast and tricky
target for thousands of our
citizens who enjoy varmint
hunting. I cannot possibly
think of this animal being re
lated to Bugs Bunny in any
way.
I am truly sorry if the
youngsters watching my show
were offended or upset by
this film. I devote a great deal
of my time to young people
interested in hunting and fish
ing. The outdoor recreational
activity we have in our beau
tiful state is the biggest ob
stacle to juvenile delinquency
we have. If we could get
more of our boys and girls to
take up hunting and fishing,
we would be doing them a tre
mendous favor for these out
door activities are something
that can be enjoyed their en
tire lives.
This particular film was
viewed in Portland without a
single critical comment. My
own youngsters have enjoyed
plinking at rabbits with 22 s.
I don't consider my children
bloodthirsty killers.
In the future I will show no
more rodent pictures in your
area. I do have several films
on hunting ducks, geese, deer,
pheasants, and other birds and
animals. Also, I hope to bring
some Alaskan films before the
youngsters.
I would appreciate your ex
pressing your views and I will
be guided by the majority of
your letters. I will carefully
read all comments.
In showing my outdoor
films, I hope to generate
enough interest in our out
doors so that we can protect
our fish and game from those
who would destroy it. If you
have the opportunity, join an
organized sportsmen's group
and help keep our great recre
ational areas for our children.
Jim Conway
"The Outdoor Sportsman"
4035 S.W. 94th
Portland 25, Ore.
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Brush Car
To the Editor: There wuz
an article in the Mail Tribune
about a Brush car which I
never wrote. It said: "There is
a Guy in Ashland who drove
a Brush. He put mountain
dew in the gas tank and got
31 miles to the gallon."
The figures are wrong.
Sometimes I used a gallon of
gas to get away from the fire
plug. Sometimes I made 91
miles and never used a drop
of gas. It all depended on the
carburetor, thermometer, ba
rometer and altimeter. When
I made 91 miles, I used teen
agers to push the car. We tried
everything to start the en
gine. Place the car in gear,
prop up one wheel and try
Russian roulette. Not a bang.
The football team would put
the car in gear, pick-up the
hind wheels and run, then
drop the hind wheels onto the
ground and see what happen
ed. It didn't start the engine,
it just blew the spark plug
down the northeast side of ol
Pompadour, the engine wuz
spinning like it never spun
before, but it didn't start the
engine. The high cliff was a
great temptation, but we i
didn't.
The only time I ever got
the engine going good wuz
when I put mountain dew in
the carburetor and cranked
the car in reverse. It leaped
over the sidewalk into a plate
glass window of a jewelry
store full of diamonds. The
newspaper said: "High school
student hits S10.000 diamond
jackpot with S2.49 Brush car."
After this happened, I never
cranked the car on the same
side of the street as the Po-1
lice Station. I figured there
I wuzn't no use taking the wind
I shield into the Police Station
to eet a ticket on it. I ain't
the guy wot started puttin' I
windshields on cars. Since
they put windshields on cars
and parking meters in JacK-
son county, I ain't done!
nothin' but pick parking
tickets off the cotton pickin'
windshield.
There is a law against past
ing literature on the wind
shield, but there ain't no law
acainst a Policeman plaster
ing the windshield with $15
worth of parking tickets.
Everett Acklin,
, j A inland, Ore.
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