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History from th files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Fab. 19, 1951 (Monday)
Because of a delay in mail
service, the Blondie, Buzz
Sawyer and Barney Google
comic strips did not arrive for
publication today; they will
be published upon their ar
rival. Approximately 3,000 per
sons saw the Kiwanis Kapers
and Minstrel show during its
four performances last week,
members of the club here esti
mated today.
20 YEARS AGO
Feb. 19, 1941 (Wednesday)
John W. Snider, 528 Penn
sylvania ave., is among the 28
youths from this area who are
to leave for Portland tomor
row where they will be given
their final check-up for a year
of military training.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "A
number of county courts of
the state have started dis
cussing weed control. They
are looking for a way to con
trol fungus growths without
burying them beneath a serv
ice station."
30 YEAHS AGO
Feb. 19, 1931 (Thursday)
The Jackson county court
plans to tour county court
houses in the. Willamette val
ley preparatory to erection of
a new courthouse here.
The state legislature has
called for a special election to
vote upon the "intangible" tax
issue.
40 YEARS AGO
Feb. 19, 1921 (Saturday)
The Elks Minstrel show
will be held at the Page
theater tonight.
A new law is in effect re
quiring all Oregon brides to
pass physical examinations.
SO YEARS AGO
Feb. 19. 1911 (Sunday)
Representatives of a group
of 200 members of the Inter
national Workers of the
World, who were ejected from
a train near Ashland Thurs
day night, told the Mail Trib
une today they will proceed
to their destination in Fresno,
Calif., by foot, If they have to.
By a vote of 18 to 12, the
stale senate Friday passed the
Pierce fish bill which reopens
the Rogue river to commercial
fishing. ....
What's Your I.Q.7
Nine or ten correct is superior!
seven or eight is excellent; five ei
us is good.
1. John Paul Jones did, or
did not, serve in the Russian
Navy?
2. Does the "ship of the
desert" have wheels, a pro
peller, or feet?
3. What does U. S. P. stand
for on the label of a medici
nal product?
4. Sound travels faster in
water, iron, or air?
5. Which country is our
closest Latin American neigh
bor? 8. Which rank In the army
corresponds to Ensign in the
Navy?
7. Who wrote the book "I
Chose Freedom"?
8. What sort of work Is
done by a cooper?
9. The Frisian islands are
off the coast of what country?
10. What is the Capital of
South Carolina?
Answers: 1. Did. 2. Feet
(camel). 3: United Slates Phar
macopeia. 4. Iron. 5. Mexico.
6. 2nd Lieutenant.' 7. Victor
A. Kravchenko 8. He makes
barrels, casks, etc. 9. The
tj-h.-.i.-a. UV Cnlnmhlii.
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FEBRUARY 19, 1981
Any Reason
While a new Administration is searching for
new frontiers, the 20-year-old House Un-Ameri
can Activities Committee is back at the same old
stand, searching for new appropriations.
One of the ironies of the November elections
was that it produced a liberal President but a
more conservative House. A realistic count of
noses has discouraged plans by Representative
James Roosevelt of California and others to in
duce the House to abolish its gumshoe group.
"It is still politically dangerous," Mr. Roose
velt says, "for many members of Congress to
express by means of a direct vote their innermost
feelings about the committee."
ASA substitute for abolition, the Calif ornian
" hopes to get the House to examine and reduce
the committee's appropriations. These have been
running at ,T3z7,(J00 annually.
In the last Congress, only two House com
mittees received more funds, and they conducted
major investigations of
television scandals, among other business.
The Un-American committee, by contrast,
provided nothing really new in the way of sub
versive activities investigations or legislation. It
did provide documents for a private lirm to pro
duce a defensive and twisted film called "Opera
tion Abolition." And the private company has
sold copies to the Defense Department, another
branch of government.
jyiR. ROOSEVELT has a public responsibility
to ask whether such a committee deserves
more funds than the essential committees on
armed services, ways and means, education and
labor, and agriculture.
But the funds involved are not the main
reason for examining the committee's appropria
tion. The main reason is to oblige the committee
to justify its demand for funds, and thus justify
itself. Every legislative committee ought to have
a legislative purpose. What is the purpose of the
Un-American Activities
Chief Justice Warren
tion less than four years ago in the Watkins
case. Holding that there was no legal power to
expose tor exposure s sake, he asked, Who can
define the meaning of 'un-American'?"
TO THIS day the committee has offered no
"Inf in if rr Tn afoarl if Viaa nnm r lor? a voi-trwr!
of insinuation and intimidation.
Congressman Roosevelt reduced the commit
tee's logic to this : the committee is anti-Communist;
anyone who opposes it is anti-anti-Commu-
nist; ergo, since two negatives make a positive,
anyone who opposes the committee is pro-Communist."
The House should ask its pampered inquisi
tors to justify their expenses. In doing so, they
ought to justify the committee's purpose and con
tinued presence in days of new frontiers, so far
removed from old mists of hysteria.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
What Is the U.N.?
The United Nationsas an idea and as an
institution is an extension of the western ideas;
of the western belief in the worth and dignity
of the individual ; of western ideology ; of western
parliamentary tradition.
ern ideal of representative
T 1 l. !l Al
in snort, it is tnorougnty anti-totaiuarian.
When one stops to consider the philosophical
foundation of the United Nations, it is easier
to understand why Premier Khrushchev pounds
the desk in frustration. . . .
So we must, I believe, cherish, preserve,
strengthen this great experiment in international
collaboration m these days of savage attack and
severe testing. We should use it not as a device
in this cold war, nor just in defensive reaction
to Soviet initiatives, but affirmatively to advance
its great purposes to liberate man from the
scourges of war, poverty, disease, ignorance and
oppression. ...
It is a mistake, in my judgment, for us to see
in the U.N. merely a desperate survival operation,
without also exploiting its potential as a coopera
tive search for belter answers to the overhanging
questions, 'After survival, what then?'
Peoples are best cemented together, after all,
not by mutual fear but by mutual hope. From
Adlai Stevenson's testimony before the Senate
committee on foreign relations, prior to his con
firmation as U.S. Ambassador to the United
Nations.
Taming the Flu Virus
Britain has been hard-hit with an Asian flu
epidemic this winter and reports from' Japan tell
of school closings in Tokyo caused by the same
scourge. U.S. Public
doubt that this country will experience influenza
in epidemic proportions this year, even though a
few cases are bound to be brought across the
oceans.
Flu normally comes in two- or three-year
cycles, and the United States suffered an extra
ordinary number of cases
lation at large should have developed enough
natural immunity to resist the virus this year.
Nevertheless, flu immunization is recommend
ed for certain "special risk" groups : persons with
chronic diseases (especially respiratory), preg
nant women, and all persons (55 years of age or
Vivid, i lie HUW Vilv.v.HIL'K, illltl illll.lUHIUl.tS IrtlstJ
much of the frifibi out of thew ord "fiu." EJwR.
for Being?
commodity surpluses and
Committee?
raised that same ques
Its roots are in the west
government.
1.1.. l! !
Health Service officials
in 19(i0. Now the popu
Dennis the Menace
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"AwZWW HlS RANTS AF SO
Today & Tomorrow
By Walter
CRISIS IN THE CONGO
In the Congo, the U.N. and
the U.S.A. now find them
selves in the middle. They
have tried and
failed to paci
fy the irrecon
cilables on the
Left and on
the Right. On
lVXI the Lumumb-
al p r o v i nee,
now led by an
Lippmann a uthentic
Communist, Gizenga, and op
enly supported by the USSR.
On the Right is the province
of Katanga led by Tshombe,
and supported by Belgium.
The two warring extremes
have several things in com
mon. Both are opposed to the
U.N. and both are demanding
that the U.N. troops be with
drawn. They want a field to
fight their civil war. Both are
opposed to conciliation and
each believes in a civil war
it has the most to gain. Both
hate the peacemakers.
Presumably the Left be
lieves that with the help of the
USSR and of the United Arab
Republic and the other Casa
blanca nations it can conquer
the whole Congo. Presumably
the Right believes that with
Belgian support it can at least
hold the rich and crucial prov
ince of Katanga, and in the
course of time draw the West,
including the United States,
into more and more active
support of its cause.
1WE grim fact is that among
It.. 1 -i ;
uic vuiigutese ictuiiuns
which have arms and some au
thority there is none that
looks to the U.N. for a solu
tion. This is true of the Com
munist Gizenga in Stanley
ville, of the Belgian Tshombe
in Elizabethville, and of our
somnolent Kasavubu in Leo-
poldville.
There is indeed reason lo
suspect, in view of the se
quence of events, that the
murder of Lumumba was per
petrated when it began to ap
pear that the Western powers
were agreed on proposals for
the pacification of the Congo
including the release of Lu
mumba. The men who mur
dered him wanted not only to
do away with Lumumba,
whose hold on the masses was
growing while he was in pris
on. They wanted to establish
the Idea that Ihe only way to
dpal with the Congo is to fight
out thccivil war.
As against this, there is the
n !!
roimcai
z - -
'Pitt, nlirnsp. "nnlitiritl hon
eymoon" is being used every
flay, but it ones not tit ine
case. What
President Ken-
1 nedy is enjoy
i Ine is not the
j usual per 1 o d
of good mi
ni o r e d toler
ance automati
cally accorded
a new leader
hv the fair
s.vr.id mindc(i Amer
ican people. He already pos
sesses, because he has boldly
reached out for it, something
far more important than pa
tient toleration from those
who were against him and
those who were skeptical.
What struck me at once upon
returning for a visit to this
country was not so much the
happy sense of confirmed
judgment among those who
had always believed in him,
as the frankly volunteered
admission by many of his
natural political enemies that
he has caught their fancy in
spite of themselves.
How long this simple, vis
ceral response to Kennedy's
strong lead will last no one
can guess. So far, it affirms
once more the observation of
Woodxow Wilson, who said
ija is
. 1
MtDfOML) Mh.il 'IttlbUiic, McUiOMU, OHt.
tiqhTW Ff?OG
Lippmann
fact that a collapse into inter
national civil war in the Con
go will involve most of Af
rica in the cold war. If that
happens, it will be a lethal
blow to the hopes of the new
African state for peaceable de
velopment. Even if these states are not
involved in the fighting, the
big powers both East and
West will have little time, en
ergy, or money for assisting
their development. For this
reason the vital interest of the
new African states lies in pre
serving the United Nations.
OUR best hope in Africa is
i it.:. nt
btttivt:u uii una mau. rui
many reasons including our
own Negro problem at home,
the United States can make
no military intervention in
Africa without pushing popu
lar sentiment toward the So
viet Union. Only if our actions
in Africa are not military, are
technical and humanitarian,
can we expect our, influence
to be accepted.
The bold spirits among us
who think otherwise, and
would like us to intervene in
the primitive states of Africa,
will have to learn that Rud
yard Kipling and Queen Vic
toria are dead, besides which
they were not Americans.
(C) 1961 New York Herald
Tribune Inc.
Youfhs Reminded of
Draff Registration
The Jackson county draft
board reminded young men
they must register for the
draft on attaining the age of
18. The Jaw requires that
every young man must reg
ister on his 18th birthday or
within five days thereafter.
Members of reserve groups
or the National Guard must
also comply with the law.
Men on regular active mili
tary duty must register with
in 30 days after discharge
if not previously registered;
or if they have been previ
ously registered, they must
report within 10 days of dis
charge. Failure to register on time
could result in the person
being declared delinquent, re
sulting in the possibility that
he could be prosecuted or in
ducted ahead of others. Reg
istrants are reminded also to
bring their birth certificates
when registering.
ii
noneymoon Loes nor m waste
that if a President "rightly
interpret the national thought
and boldly insist upon it, he
is irresistible." The deepest in
stinct of America, Wilson
wrote, "Is for unified action
and it craves a single leader."
The President is obviously
aware of this; he knew by in
stinct that the equally divided
November vote did not mean
one half the people preferred
to cling to the status quo,
the other half desiring action.
It seemed to me at election
time, and I so wrote, that the
country did want to move, but
was uncertain of the address
it had in. mind.
It is always for the nation
al leader to identify the ad
dress, and this Kennedy is
doing every day. In the doing
of it he has created a "honey
moon" spirit in the country
quite different from that en
joyed by Mr. Truman, out of
sympathy, in 1945, or that en
joyed by Mr. Eisenhower, out
of affection, in 1953.
Kennedy and his unortho
dox colleagues have created
a true momentum, and it
would be hard to exaggerate
the importance of prolonging
it. In at least twoi- and pos
sibly three fields of policy the
government is In the critical
position of band of men
... Communications ...
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condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters
printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the
contrary is often ihe case.
Something To Work On
To the Editor: Medford
High school is fortunate in
having a fine athletic system.
You -would have to go far to
find athletic prowess on the
whole better than ours! Just
think what physical health,
what mental giarits we would
have if the students would go
back to the bicycle!
OOdles of cars are parked
every day all around the
school and believe it or not I
only found two bicycles.
I challenge and suggest the
student body president, the
student heads of the senior,
junior, sophomore and fresh
man classes get together and
change the world-yes I mean
change the world, or at least
the United Slates.
I feel sure an interested or
ganization, or newspaper
would cooperate and help,
Take before and after pic
tures. For instance now you
have many, many cars around
the school and practically no
bicycles. After all bicycles
and no cars.
What a revelation, what a
shot in the arm for the school
and the city of Medford, with
a little promotion on this by
the heads of the students, by
setting the example and riding
the bicycles themselves. I
really believe with a little
slapstick promotion showing
a skinny young man before
and suddenly after riding a
bicycle to school he becomes
a young Charles Atlas that
Life magazine and the United
Press would put Medford,
Ore., on the map.-
Students, this you can do
yourselves and receive glory
and rewards galore but it
mainly takes the place of the
intestinal fortitude (guts) that
us fathers lack in denying you
folks automobiles.
No bitterness, just trying
to help.
Bill Launne,
396 Pierce rd.,
Medford, Ore.
P.S. Maybe the teachers and
businessmen and doctors could
completely solve the parking
problem by riding bicycles to
work.
Come on students lets work
on this.
Stand Solid, United
To The Editor: Way, way
back the Kaizer's legions
were ripping their "der tag"
across the face of Europe
and the ghastly first im
pact of airplane warfare, as
predicted by dishonored Billy
Mitchell, was being rained on
weeping farm, city and village
folk of Norway, Holland, Den
mark and other lands, bend
ing over the blasted and bleed
ing bodies of loved-ones, rais
ing their hands and faces to
God Almighty in Heaven.
Why all this should be?
' A year or two later, my
own personal affairs were be
ing hurried into shape so my
dear one could take over in
providing for our two small
children as grim notification
had come for me to be ready
for over-seas duty. Solemn
faced middle-aged men were
being assembled in the square
of the upper Columbia river
country of north central
Washington. They were being
briefed by Spanish War Veter
an Frank Thompson, (many
years gone now) of Ashland,
administrator of the Butler
public relief fund for the Elks
Lodge there.
"You men," my old time
Till-i-cum told them, "have
volunteered for last desperate
home-guard duty as many
thousands of others are doing.
Dedicated as you are for the
sacrifice of your last ounce
of treasure and life if need
be. You have honored me to
be the CO for the time being.
Now, it does not matter in the
least what you think of Frank
i r tvi"
trying to push a heavy, stalled
vehicle over a rise in the road.
If they get it to the top, it
will coast in the clear and
its engines will pick up again.
If their strength, their levers
and pulleys fail, the vehicle
will not remain where it is,
but will roll back upon them,
careening and wrecking with
increasing speed and damage.
One such vehicle Is the do
mestic economy. As employ
ment creates more employ
ment, so does unemployment
create more unemployment;
and one has the feeling that
this recession is very near
the critical point after which
it will rapidly feed and grow,
if it is not checked now, on
its own poisonous, self-generated
fuels.
The second such vehicle is
the Atlantic alliance. It is not
merely spinning its wheels in
stationary position-it is defi
nitely slipping downhill under
the gravitational pull of dis
integrative forces, too com
plex and numerous for ex
planation here, but which in
clude the spreading phychol
ogy of European neutralism,
the impasse over nuclear
strategy, and de Gaulle's re
sistance to further unification
until France is in a position
to lead the new Europe,,, an
Thompson. He may be just
a yellow dog in some of your
estimations. But the hard fact
remains that in choosing
Frank Thompson as your CO,
you place him as a living sym
bol of the colors your flag
bearer holds aloft. So when
he gives orders, it is the flag
of your country speaking to
you, which you must carry
out to the best of your abil
ity." So today, as our majority
choosen CO, John Kennedy
shoulders the heavy burden
of presidential duties and
must alone make the many fi
nal and fateful decisions, we
must, regardless of how we
may disagree with his policies
and promises, stand solidly
and unitedly with him to our
last ounce of treasure and life
if need be.
For as he warns us, our sur
vival as a nation is at stake.
And our best weapon of de
fense, it seems to me, is to
present a united front to the
enemy wherever he be, that
we are dedicated to the cause
of freedom of a government
of the people, by the people,
for the people that shall not
perish from the earth.
F. J. Clifford.
Route 2, Box 200F,
Central Point, Ore.
Lucky Monkey
To the Editor: We put a
chimp into a nose cone of a
rocket and shot him into the
air. He sure wuz a lucky mon
key. He never went where I
said he wuz going.
Everett Acklin,
Ashland, Ore.
Asks 'Equal Time'
To the Editor: Lately, there
seems to have been a number
of letters of a religious nature
appearing in the Communica
tions column. I have no quar
rel with the Mail Tribune's ed
itorial policy in this matter,
and ask only for "equal time."
In his letter, appearing in
the February 14th Mail Trib
une, Mr. Henry Johnson Jr.
takes issue with a certain min
ister and his radio station. In
this letter, Mr. Johnson states,
All of us do not have a radio
station on which to air our
views or questions." Is one to
assume then, that Mr. Johnson
would proceed to air his views
if he were possessed of such a
facility?
This writer does not partic
ularly agree with the radio
evangelist, or with Mr. John
son either, for that matter.
Neither do I appreciate the
musical taste, or lack of same,
displayed by this station s pro
gram director. It seems a pity
that the management of the
station has not discovered the
wealth of truly beautiful re
ligious and secular music writ
ten by such composers as Han
del, Bach, Schubert, and many
others. Of course, it is just
possible that the station man
agement may not wish to ori
ent its programs toward peo
ple who would enjoy that
type of music. Such listeners
might not be so readily per
suaded to send in "free will
gifts and offerings" to a sta
tion which is being operated
as a commercial enterprise.
Oh yes, indeed, the station
docs have commercials.
But, I digress; the point I
wish to make is simply that
most radios come equipped
with a little knob. . .
W. L. Stevens Jr.,
1208 Saling ave.,
Medford, Ore.
Why the HUAC?
To the Editor: I have been
a steady reader of the Mail
Tribune for some lime now
and in general think that it
is a fine paper. I especially
find the Editorial and Com
munications columns interest
ing and informative.
r r: n
outcome still years away' at
best.
'
A third such precariously
situated vehicle may well be,
not U.S.-Russian relations in
general, for which no smooth
highway is even in sight, but
the mutual U.S.-Russian need
and desire to begin on con
trolled disarmament. Success
in this must be desirable in
and of itself, illusory as it is
to assume that a success here
must lead to further successes
in liquidating the worldwide
cold war.
In the first two of these
efforts it seems certain, and
in the third it seems likely,
that unless the Kennedy mo
mentum is maintaincd-and for
months ahead-the relative de
cline of Western power and
influence will not only be ar
rested but will precipitously
increase.
We will all have to remind
ourselves from time to time
as he makes mistakes in his
haste-as he surely will-that
haste is by no means imposed
upon the government solely
by the President's nature but
by the disintegrative nature
of the West's present condi
tion. (Distributed 1961
By The Hall Syndicate. Inc.)
(All Rights Reserved)
However I have been dis
turbed by your comments per
taining to the House Un
American Activities Commit
tee and their investigation
into the Communist conspi
racy in this country. Without
a doubt this House Commit
tee has made mistakes and
may continue to make some,
but let us realize that the
United States is making the
same mistake now as in the
past if we think we can ap
pease this thing called Com
munism and continue to live
as free men and women.
Lenin, Communism's first
dictator, wrote, "Marxists
have never forgotten that vio
lence will be an inevitable
accompaniment of the col
lapse of capitalism and of the
birth of a socialist society".
The Communists have
planned well to destroy the
House Committee of Un
American Activities, they call
it, "Operation Abolition."
They make no secret of the
fact to discredit this commit
tee or the F.B.I, and its direc
tor J. Edgar Hoover. Ycu
have stated that this Commit
tee is an insult to the Ameri
can tradition of Freedom and
an ugly misuse of the powers
of Congress. With this I can
in no wise agree. My question
is this, if .this Committee is
abolished, who or what is to
replace it and do the job of
ferreting out the Commu
nists in this country today?
J. Edgar Hoover writing in
his book, "Masters of Deceit,"
states that as long ago as 1919
when he was Special Assist
ant to the Attorney General
of the United States, he was
assigned to prepare a legal
brief on the newly formed
Communist Party and nt that
time in this brief he conclud
ed: "These doctrines threaten
the happiness of the commu
nity, the safety of every in
dividual, and the continuance
of every home and fireside.
They would destroy the peace
of the country and thrust it
into a condtion of anarchy
and lawnessness and im
morality that passes imagina
tion." In the passing years since
1919 the horror of Commu
nism has become a realty to
many millions.
God help us to see that our
very civilization is threatened
by this criminal conspiracy
Please print this in the
Communications column if
you have the space available.
Thank you for your time.
Hugh M. Van Dewalker
404 Wilson rd.
Ashland, Ore.
O
Editor's note: See the St.
Louis Post-Dispatch editorial
elsewhere on this page. All
that Mr. Van Dewalker says
about communism is true.
Our objection to the commit
tee stems from the fact that
it has been virtually useless
in ferreting out commu
nists," with one or two ex
ceptions; that it uses methods
at odds with American tradi
tions of freedom, justice and
decency; that it gives Ameri
ca a bad name, and that it is
an utter waste of time and
the taxpayer's money more
than $300,000 last vear. Let
the FBI and the courts do the
job. They're trained for it,
and employ acceptable
metnods.
Pleasant Surprise
To the Editor: On Feb. 3,
ioi, a leuer irom me was
published telling of my feel
ings about Gold Hill, etc.
Now I had no idea how far-
reaching it could be, but in
my mailbox Feb. 9, 1961, I
had a most pleasant surprise.
There was a letter addressed
to me with a return address
of San Francisco. I was rather
puzzled and thought that
probably one of our friends
we had known in Portland
moved down there.
After opening the letter and
reading a few lines. I learned
that this wasn't from anyone
I knew, but from a wrman
who had read my le'itrr " -ay
down there." She expl"i--a'i
that she and her husband had
subscribed to the Medford
Mail Tribune because they
have chosen the Medford area
as the place they would like
to live in the near future.
Through reading my letter,
she said, they're convinced
they haven't made a w.ong
choice.
Now, you see what our
Chamber of Commerce could
do? Do you see what even
you, an individual, could do?
I'm now in the process of
writing an answer to this new
friend. I want to tell her many
things.
First, I want to impress on
her mind all of the good
points, advantages, opportun
ities, etc. To tell her how
much we'd love having hr
and her family here in our
city. Let her know how peace
ful it is, how very picturesque
and beautiful. How, when one
looks up at the silent master
fully colored hills and ?s
the delicate white clouds lazy
ing around in the soft, gentie
blue of the sky, you can ac
tually "feel" God nlace His
I loving hands on all you see,
smell, hear, touch and "feel."
How one can go up into the)
hills and survey a most breath
taking sight below-our city!
Then, too, I mun tell her of
the things that, at present, do
not seem to be too good but
will be better when the right
time comes for them to be im
proved. We were planning to leave
here-but we can't. One reason
is that we're happier here
than we've ever been. Anoth
er is that we evidciUy haven't
finished the work we were
meant to do here. We all have
a purpose for being here.
Did you know that you're
living in Gold Hill because
this is where you want to be?
Mrs. R. P. Corona,
904 - 5th Ave.,
Gold Hill, Ore.
Her Banners Wave
To the Editor: In the letter
of Feb. 9. titleri "Homo wri
To Be Done," entered by W.
Keece, challenging a state
ment in the letter of Poh ?
titled, "It Is Very Late,"' he
accuses the playwright of mis
casting the hero, (in this case
Uncle Sami. in the rolf, nf -a
judge to dispense equal jus
tice in an economic, cultural
or racial controversy," be
cause of his cultural nature
I had maintained that he
could do this, but it would
have to begin at home.
In the light of prevailing
world circumstances, the dra
ma cannot be rewritten to
"fit" the actor.
True, I carry a torch for
victory. Because, like Presi
dent Kennedy, I believe that,
"On earth God's will is in l ho
hands of men." And because,
mere is too much apathy and
not enough will.
I a aware nf Unrip Ram'.
cultural heritage, and the dis-
advantages ol some of its cul
ture complexes - especially -capitalism,
isolationism, and,
directlv affeetinir the npnnlo-
sociology's boomerang - the
social "group" ideology.
A culture trait can be. and
often is an asset. But when
a complex such as "group"
consciousness pvtenHs itspiP
beyond the line of beauty and
amy to encompass the very
thought processes, such con
firmity becomes a sort of self
imposed tyrnanny.
In other words, "We The
People" have inherited and
nourished, a stepchild of iso
lationism named expediency.
And meanwhile have created
and Cultivated, a wiriosnrparl
modern custom called, pack
aged thinking. Together, they
offer a kind of amoral haven
of false security, out of which
the bottom is falling!
My conviction is simply
that-U. S. ("us," in this in
stance) is actually "made of
better stuff.
Times and conditions have
altered radically.
Yesterdav's rnld
become today's Frankensteins.
wny not appraise our atti
tudes and prejudices and un
leash originality, courage and
fortitude. This will give Uncla
Sam something lo work with.
With a revamped cultural
nature he may be able to lake
the 'lead' and play the part
like a "trouper."
Meanwhile, my banneri
wave.
Thelma Carson,
Star Route, Box 60,
Prospect, Orel
One Mors Question
To the Editor: Just ona
more question, please. Tell me
how the engineers tested the
formations at each end of the
Emigrant Damsite before con
struction was started?
Personally, I do not believe
that there was any such
testing made, like there has
been made on the several
Rogue River plans. I spent sev
eral days watching such oper
ations, crews of men and
equipment worked for months
drilling in solid bedrock here
and there spending many
thousands of dollars, and Ihey
are slill testing. Camps were
made at different locations,
roads were built into the
grounds, and water was piped
for great distances for such
testing in some areas.
I never could get a man or
an engineer to walk a block
to look at the great crevasses
which sunk into the mountain
and canyon near the dam
where rotten bedrock had
parted between spots of clay
.-.nation along the adobe
i ail !ess than a block from
the il. .,i site. Now if they dis
covered these crevasses or
even knew about them, I have
never seen or heard of an in
vestigation which looks to me
like the "Devils Kitchen" at
Yellowstone National Park.
The only exception is that
these crevasses are in general
adobe location, which in my
opinion, the cast wall of the
dam is joining such formation.
I would greatly appreciate
having disinterested govern
ment engineers investigate.
E. M. Tucker,
President, Tucker Sno-
Cat Corp.
Medford.
O
(Editor's note: See pictures
and text concerning Emigrant
dam on Page 2 and 3B of to
day's Mail Tribune.
FARM STATE
Nashville - About 75 per
cent of all Tennessee's land is
in farms and upwards of 60
per cent of all Tennessee's
people are engaged in agriculture.