MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE.
SUNDAY. MARCH 5, 1961
Poets' Corner
Coaducte'd by
ARNOLD EUGENE JENNY
Creativity
(This porm is rrcoenlzr-d as one
of the oldest Chinese folk-poems
which has come down to the
present time. It is the first poem
recorded in the book. Origin of
Ancient Poetry (Chinese). It
may be rouchly dated 2500 B.C.)
When the run rises, I go to
work;
When the sun goes down, I
take my rest;
I dig the well from which
I drink;
I farm the soil that yields
my food.
I share creation; kings do
no more.
Translation by Y. S. Han
Outwitted
He drew a circle that shut
me out
Heretic, rebel, a thing to
flout.
But Love and I had the wit
to win:
We drew a circle that took
him in.
Edwin Markham
Those love truth best who
to themselves are true,
And what they dare to
dream of, dare to do!
James Russell Lowell
Precious Freedom
The hard won p re c 1 o u s
freedom,
Our long and proudest
boast,
May not be ours to spend
again,
In peace from coast to
coast,
If we who can, refuse to do
Our duty to our land
And find our feet are tread
ing ' On a road of shifting sand.
"God bless America"
Is just another prayer
If all we do is stand and
chant
"Let freedom ring." The
air
May soon be filled with
lethal bombs,
A hellish, fiery flood;
The clean wide sweep of
grassy slope
May turn o'er night to
blood.
Then bend our every sinew
To the tasks that lie
ahead.
Let's do that first, then ask
our Lord,
"Give us our daily bread."
For if we shirk we cannot
blame
The Lord for our travail
And we find that we must
travel
Down a weary, shameful
trail.
W. A. McKeltrick
Medford
Home in Alaska
I must go back again to
find a dream
I left beside a river, long
ago.
I must go back again to
hear the night birds
Serenade to ripples of the
river's flow.
There I shall listen while
deep shadows whisper
Their message of years, be
tween the "then and
now."
The night bird's voice will
speak their names as
I walk familiar paths, be
neath each bough.
The old dam, the mill race,
the pond above, will
Have changed. Other things
will be new and strange.
But there'll be the old river
flowing out to set,
And distant hills whose
f a m i 11 a r 'faces never
change.
Owen C. Gearhart Sr.
("Malmute Slim")
White City, Ore.
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Good News
To the Editor: Good news.
Splendid in its hopeful eco
nomic stability trend. It is a
news story, Mail Tribune,
Feb. 23:
."Plasterers Union Refuses
Pay Hike. Los Angeles IUPD
A local plasterers union
kicked off what it hopes will
turn into a nationwide anti
inflation move by turning
now a wage increase.
"Local 2 of the AFL-CIO
union, by majority vole to
its 1,376 members, passed up
a 12.5 cent wage increase to
support President Kennedy's
campaign to stop inflation
and to set an example for
other unions and businesses
across the country.
" 'I hope some others will
follow through,' President
Bert Chapman said today.
Under terms of a two-year
contract with Southern Cali
fornia contractors, the pay in
crease was due to go into ef
fect May 1. Chapman said the
members generally felt their
present wage of $4.25 an hour
was sufficient."
The printed word is indeed
revealing. But more so that
between the lines. It grimly
tells that there are labor
unions, who with their own
strength of conviction and
thinking, are refusing to go
along with an obviously col
lective agreement in demand
ing wage increases, even
though backed by President
Kennedy. And this, believe it
we must, against a two-year
contract between the plas
terers union and the contrac
tors. One of the unpredict
ables bidding contractors
must seriously consider.
Evidently some or many of
the 15,445 businesses that
closed in 1960, as given in the
Wall Street Journal Jan. 3 by
Dun & Bradstreet, highest
since the 19,859 in 1933, did
not do this.
All this, men in position to
know tell me, is the reason
why the 29 electrical execu
tives did make a practice of
meeting in secret collective
agreement to measure and
guard against such disasters
to industry, for the sole pur
purpose of survival as a going
institution. That there was no
INTENT to defraud the gov
ernment or anyone else, doing
this to guard and promote
trade. Yet, by some strange
reasoning, a U.S. District
court judge branded them as
criminals and sentenced ac
cordingly. But when power
ful block-voting labor unions
meet in secret to arbitrarily
demand wage rises by threat
of strike, plainly in restraint
of trade, what happens? Noth
ing. Who was it said something
of sauce for goose and gan
der? Or it is no longer in the
Constitution?
F. J. Clifford
Route 2, Box 200F
Central Point, Ore.
Spring Song
Do you smell the coming of
spring in the breeze?
The strange, sweet tang
of the upturned soil,
The fragrance distilled
from the budding trees
While grass grows greener
and ferns uncoil?
Can you think of anything
nicer to smell
Than little brown buds just
beginning to swell'
Do you feel the coming of
spring in your heart?
The ancient call of the
wakening earth
To come out in the open
and have your part
In the wondrous rapture of
her rebirth?
What tonic the care-fretted
spirit restores
Like sunny spring days in
the great out-of-doors?
E. M. Hurll
Information. Pleasel
To the Edior: In your edi
torial, "Freedom and Secur
ity," Feb. 22, is the statement
that, "To call a man a Com
munist is, in the United
Stales today, libelous per se'."
Would the editor please
make clear just what idea he
intended to convey? Did he
mean that the "call" is libel
ous in itself, or did he have
reference to some statute,
law or decision making it li
bel to call a man a Commu
nist, "today".
If there be any such law,
the editor would be doing a
public service by explaining
just what it is.
A. E. Bliss
Route 2, Box 34-A
Jacksonville, Ore.
O
Editor's note: The following
are excerpts from a book en
titled "Say It Safely . . . Le
gal Limits in Journalism and
Broadcasting," by Paul P.
Ashley, noted Seattle at
torney: "The term 'per se' means
'by or in itself.' When the
defamation is evident from
the article itself, it is called
a libel per se. A libel per se
is actionable per se; in itself
it is a sufficient basil for a
cause of action.
"Here classified are a few
specific expressions typical
of those which should be
considered libelous per se
when referring to: Affilia
tions, atheist, communist, fas
cist. Ku Klux Klan, Nazi . . .
etc."
He's Encouraged
To the Editor: f have just
read my favorite amateur
preacher. Henry Johnson Jr.'s
letter. It is encouraging to see:
ho hnc Glaring rnaHina thp
Bible. I wonder when he will
discover what it says about
women, and auit trying to got
the men to join the Ladies Aid !
society.
Howard Veach.
Route 1, Box 52,
Eagle Point, Ora.
The Rogue's Water
To the Editor: Our Stale
Legislature has two bills be
fore it that are of grave im
portance to the people of the
Rogue River valley and the
people of Oregon.
House Bills 1497 and 1551
both have as their purpose the
industrialization of the waters
of the main stem of the Rogue
river. These bills are consid
ered necessary by those who
wish to bring the pulp and
paper industry into this area.
This conclusion is based on the
fact that sufficient water is
already available for any oth
er type of industry that de
sires to come to this valley.
VJter is available through wa
ter rights granted the cities
of Medford and Grants Pass.
The tributaries also are open
to appropriation for industrial
use.
The pulp and paper indus
try will bring many serious
problems to this valley:
1. Air pollution created by
this type of industry is exem
plified in the plant at Albany.
With our local temperature
inversions our populations
would find no escape.
2. A 500 ton kraft type mill
has the daily pollution equiva
lent of a city of 236,000 popu
lation. 3. A 500 ton sulphite type
mill has the daily pollution
equivalent of a city of 1,910,
000 population.
4. Since the Rogue river al
ready has a critical stream
flow - temperature situation
the withdrawal of a large
amount of water would be
disastrous to a fishery that is
seriously tnreatened.
5. This effect on the fishery
would jeopardize the benefits
potentially possible through
any future plans of river de
velopment such as a dam at
Lost Creek.
The Rogue fishery supports
a tourist industry of at least
$13 million.
Until the pulp and paper
industry is able to resolve its
pollution problems beyond
question, all conservationists
should oppose any possiblity
of their establishment on the
Rogue river.
The Stale and Federal Af
fairs committee of the House
has their first hearing on this
bill at 8 a.m. March 8. The
committee members include
John Dellenback of Jackson
county.
Jack Hanel, President
Jackson County Chapter
Izaak Walton League
200 Erie st.
Medford.
Version of History
To the Editor: Appended to
Mr. Howard's letter of Feb.
24 was an editorial comment
questioning if he could name
"One country which had fal
len to Communism solely
from within."
The phrase, "Solely from
within," is of course, suscep
tible of legalistic interpreta
tion. Marxist Communism has
achieved its conquests in two
ways: by force of Communist
arms; by boring from within.
It is at work in every coun
try of the world, with varying
degrees of success. Our coun
try is the great prize of all.
Therefore the forces of evil
are at work. lis dopes and
dupes, its apologists, are to be
found in some colleges and
universities, among students
ignorant of history and lack
ing in the basic anchor of
religious belief.
The Council oi Churches,
when infiltration into some
pulpits was exposed, reacted
violently, "did protest too
much," abused the HUAC as
if it and not Communism were
our deadly enemy.
The Baltic states fell to
Russian brutality. Roumania
was geographically not in a
position to resist. Hungary's
strong Communist party
quickly formed liaison with
Russia, and rather than be
tray his country Masaryk
committed suicide, Imre Nagy
"fell out of a window." A
brief interlude of freedom
was crushed by Russia, and
Hungary is now cowed and
hopeless.
Albania was delivered to
Russia by its own traitors,
and Czechoslovakia likewise.
Yugoslovakia (sic) boasts of
its own brand of Marxism,
but it is homegrown Commu
nism. Tibet was brutally
crushed.
Cuba's revolution was
cheaply captured by Commu
nism. And China. Japan had two
enemies, the forces of Chinese
Communists and those of
Chiang Kai-Chek. After Ja
pan's defeat, Chiang turned
on the Communists and pur
sued them clear across the
geography book. But then
Secretary of State Achcson
and some fellow travelers, be
mused by the innocuous
words, "agrarian reformers,"
pulled the rug completely out
from our staunchest Far East
ern ally, withheld munitions
and aid. Now look at the
mess, and the menace of Red
China.
General Marshall was sent
to China to try to work out
a union between the Commu
nists and Chiang Kai-Shek.
His efforts came of course to
naught. When the full enor
mity of the inherent futility
of his mission and how he
had himself been duped was
evident, that noble old soldier
was overwhelmed by grief
and tears.
Yes, Mr. Editor, countries
have fallen from within, and
the people of our country look
to the press, the pulpit, the
courts, the Congress lo be
alert lo the insidious dangers
of creeping Communism, and
not lo waste efforts in down
grading the enemies of it.
John Q. Stewart,
933 NE 12th st.
Grants Pass, Ore.
I will bet you a piece of
muck-tuck, Mr. Speaker, thai
I know of an Eskimo tribe
who would have all three of
these' last cases all disposed
of by this time. No fuss, no
muss and wouldn't have cost
an 'ell of a lot, either.
Malcmute Slim
White City, Ore.
No Muss, No Fusi
To the Editor: This is an
open letter to Speaker Bob
Duncan.
Dear Speaker Duncan: You
have have seen my name
occasionally in the Mail Trib
une. I have managed to get
my long nose into some one's
business, also to get out.
I rooted for you to get the
speaker's job and do believe
that you are on the way up.
politically. I can still argue
with you.
Old Malemute Slim, must
however, disagree with you
in the statement you made
to the Washington County
Central committee: "Vindic
tive justice has no place in
the Oregon Penal Code."
Neither docs justice, a:
now see it. Mr. Speaker. If
one is paying a just debt to so
ciety, docs it have to be "vin
dictive justice."?
The death penalty might
not only add "one whit", but
"two whits" to the public's
protection, if that death pen
alty was made as horrible as
that which the murderer in
flicted upon his victims, such
as rape, stab, strangle, shoot,
beat the head in, etc.
You will have to excuse
me, Mr. SpeaKer, bui i nave
lived for the past 24 years
the largest state in the
Union. Up there we are not
used to such things happen
ing three times In one week
or so.
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Myths
To the Editor: At long last
proof of the old adage: "When
one waits long enough all
things will be revealed pro
viding patience lasts."
After waiting for a satisfac
tory answer for over half a
century from some distin
guished prelate on ancient
myths, we now will relax and
repose our imaginary inquir
ing mind since reading the
editor's editorial in Thurs
day's Tribune. Acording to
Webster's unabridged diction
ary a myth is a noun mean
ing a legend or a fabulous
narrative.
Now, "unidentified flying
objects" have been recorded
by scriptural writers over a
period of several hundred
centuries. We assume that
also can be attributed to a
myth, even though there are
actual sightings made by re
liable persons and recorded
over the past 15 years the
real truth is, as far as evi
dence is concerned.
The fact remains, anything
not subject lo proved exist
ance is still a myth and
allegory.
Bert Kissinger
520 Boardman st.
Medford.
Drifting With the Tide
To the Editor: Last evening
I stopped in to chat for a
few moments with some
friends. The whole family was
watching the cartoons on TV.
What was being portrayed on
the screen was too fantastic
and absurd to have ever hap
pened. Yet I suppose that
raucous laughter and chuck
les were going up from thou
sands of homes in this area.
The mother of this family out
and said, "TV is the best baby
sitter I ever had." She went
on to state how she could go
on and get her work done
without being disturbed.
Just the evening before I
chanced to view another
scene that this modern "baby
sitter" is putting out. Two
women were shown in a bar
room. They were not accus
tomed to such places. They
were there in search of a
painting of, I believe, one of
their relatives. This painting
of a near nude reposing fe
male had through some fan
tastic mistake found its way
to a position right back of
this bar. These women were
offered service by a bartend
er. They refused on the
grounds they'd have nothing
to do with the "devil's cup."
That last statement was not
made to portray the truth
that it should, but in such a
way as to make light of the
facts.
Now I am not an old sour,
somber, long faced fuddy-duddy
that some might think I
am. I enjoy a hearty laugh
and good humour. Yet I am
reminded of a scripture text
that states "the thought of
foolishness is sin."
What are we parents think
ing, anyway, when we allow
our children to absorb all of
the low, vile, obscene and
suggestive degenerating mate
rial being flaunted before us
today?
Think for a moment of that
little innocent 4-year-old tot
whose lifeless, mutilated form
was found in New York the
other day. On the floor were
35 beer cans plus numerous
cigarette butts.
No thinking parent would
turn their child over to a
known sex degenerate, yet In
thousands, yes, millions, of
homes we are laying the foun
dations for just such crimes.
TV is not the only offender.
The blaring de-dumpcrash-bang-be-bop
rhythms blaring
from radio speakers alike
urge their listeners on to
what? Why can't we do sonic
thinking instead of drifting
with the tide?
Henry Johnson Jr.
2315 Highway 66
Ashland.
CARE Needed Hero
To the Editor: My business
is the preparation of income
tax reports, and has been for
the past 20 years. I feel this
gives me a good idea of con
ditions in the county.
1 was amazed lo read in
your paper, Tuesday, Feb. 28,
that Judge Miller had decided
there was no need for surplus
food allocation in the county.
1 can't see how anyone can
know of the conditions in the
county and not think that we
should provide this surplus
food for those needing it.
If they lived in a foreign
country we would be very
much concerned about them.
Many elderly people and
widows trying to make their
own way are living on such
low incomes that they should
have the use of this food. It
would relieve the taxpayers of
the $1,000,000 cost of keeping
it in storage while it rots.
A news letter from Mrs.
Edith Green, nearly a year
ago, stated that Oregon was
one of the three states not tak
ing advantage of this surplus
food for the low income
group.
A widowed friend with a
child, living on Social Secur
ity, had to have surgery twice
last year. When surgery was
needed again this year, I sug
gested that she go lo the Wel
fare and see if they could not
help her wilh the hospital bill,
and if the county doctor could
do the surgery.
She was informed they
could not help her, because
she was not on Welfare.
Following a tour of ten
countries of Europe last sum
mer, we decided Europe
should be sending CARE pack
ages to the needy of America.
Clco Canoose,
55 Ross Court,
Medford.
"Granny" U Irritated
To the Editor: Have been
somewhat wrly amused from
time to time by the attitude
of news writers toward, of all
things, grandparents in the
news. Items noted included,
for instance - "Grandmother
hikes from coast to coast";
"Grandfather rescued from
high ledge in moulain climb
ing attempt"; and, more re
cently - "Flying grandfather
takes off into the wild blue
yonder," and all that old jazz.
But no one even hinted that
(1.) Grandmother was, in all
probability, perfecting a new
reducing technique, or maybe
attempting to prove that high
heels are really beneficial for
long - distance hikes. - (2.)
Grandfather No. 1 was seek
ing publicity for his used car
lot, or any one of a dozen oth
er good and valid pursuits,
and Grandfather No. 2 might
well have been merely trying
to get away from Grand
mother!
No. The implication was
plain. The attitude of the press
is obviously that once one is
so blessed as to become a
grandparent, one automatical
ly sinks into one's wheelchair
and starts croaking remi
niscences about the Gay
Ninties! - and that is whether
one was born in the Gay Nine
ties or in 1920!
What a field day some en
terprising reporter could have
in our neighborhood - items
such as "Grandfather teaches
young daughter to water-ski.'''
Or "Grandma plays basketball
at the Y.W.," or - here's a real
gasser for you - "Grandmoth.
cr rides Uncle John's bicycle
lo buper Market - wears
SHORTS!"
Really, I do have news for
you, Big Dad, (Oh, I beg your
pardon, that should be Grand
son!) The fact that there are
a great many people indeed,
born in the Gay Nineties or
out, who are grandparents,
and who go about the business
of living, working, and play
ing in this world in such a
quiet and casual manner that
one can hardly tell them from
ordinary citizens!
So what? So they lived
good, clean lives. Cheer up,
darling, your dreams could
come true, too!
Forever Granny,
Gold Hill, Ore.
Well . . .
To the Editor:
The chimp didn't know it
Till they plugged the sockit
Into the rockit
That it wuzn't just a buckit.
He never had a tickit
For riding in-a rockit.
He only had a pockit
When the rockit, hit the
pockit
JED went sailing through
the orbit
Now his problem wux
explicit
And he dare not miss it
He's got to git
That old coltin pickin'
pockit
Back in that thar rockit.
Everett Acklin
Ashland, Ore.
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