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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
March 15, 1951 (Thursday)
All but nine of Medford's
173 school teachers were re
elected to their positions at a
special meeting of the school
board this week.
The Medford Klwanis club
this year won the achievement
award in the Pacific north
west district of Kiwanls in
ternational. 20 YEARS AGO
March 15, 1941 (Saturday)
The Douglas county court
today selected newspaper edi
tor Harris Ellsworth as the
new state senator and he took
his bpbI In Salem with pros
pects he would serve about
nine hours before the end of
the legislative session comes.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Col.
Tou Velle of J'vllle slipped
by another mile-post Thurs.
He Is still as young as he ever
was, but growing older."
30 YEARS AGO
March 15, 1931 (Sunday)
Emergency work programs
on county roads ended yester
day. ' .
A Jackson county grand
Jury has exonerated state law
enforcement officers in the
death of a man during a re
cent raid on a moonshine still
near Eagle Point.
40 YEARS AGO
March 15, 1921 (Tuesday)
The newly-organized Med
ford YMCA Is planning a
twilight baseball league pro
gram. .
. Rurelnrs blew open tne
Tniont hank vault last night
but got nary a cent for tholr
troubles.
50 YEARS AGO
March 15, 1911 (Wadnatday)
Mann's Department store Is
holding its first annual spring
opening event this week.
- Many persons locally are
predicting war soon between
the U.S. ana japan.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nina 01 ten corietl li superior!
even or eight It eicalltnt) ilva ar
Vx Is good.
1. Which U. S; President
was nicknamed "the rail
splitter"?
2. How old was Moses when
he died?
3. Royalty, the press, or the
legal profession, Is called the
"Fourth Estate"?
4. Did the U.S. acquire the
Virgin Islands from Den
mark, Norway, or Sweden?
5. Name the author of "The
Legend of Sleepy Hollow.'
6. Are the Hawaiian Islands
north or south, of the Equa
tor? 7. Name the American
naval hero who is famous for
the saying, "I have not yet
begun to fight"?
8. What is a somnambulist?
9. Albany Ii the capital of
which state?
10. Which King tent the
Spanish Armada against Eng
land in 1S58?
Aniwerti 1. Abraham Lin'
coin. 2. 120. 3. Tha prats. 4,
Denmark. 8. Washington Irv'
lno. 6. Norlh, 7. Jonh Paul
Jones. 8. Slaap walker. 9,
New York. 10. Philip II of
Qggf
The Irish and a great many others who like
to think of themselves as Irish will be talking:,
naturaly enough, of blarney and leprechauns, of
Killarney and the fair city of Dublin, of the River
Lifiey, and of counties Meath and (Jork.
New York and Boston, and other cities with
large Irish communities,
with gaiety. And down
there will be what President John J. Kennedy,
the first real Irish-American to be elected to that
office, calls "our own little celebration" when
he receives a gift of shamrocks from the Ambas
sador of Ireland, Thomas
As always, St. Patrick's Day will be full of
surmises and Daradoxes.
Irish but it s also a great day tor i'onsn, Hun
garians, Jews, or what you will.
I AST year an enterprising reporter took down
-4 the surnames of what he called a fairly typical
rank of marchers in New York City's St. Patrick
parade. The assorted Irish were: Mennit, Cam
pagna, Neill, Goldner, Gillespie, Corbo, Cotata,
de Prophets, Caughlin, Carney, Hall, and Janelli.
At least two Chinese were among the paraders..
This figures. The influence of the Irish in this
country, as Paddy's Day always demonstrates, is
out of all proportion to their number. The U.S.
Census Bureau hasn't even prepared working
sheets on national origins indicated by the 1960
enumeration, but in 1950 there were only 504,961
natives of Ireland resident here, and only 2,396,
456 first-generation plus native Irish.
Actually, Great Britain has replaced the Unit
ed States as the nation to which most Irish emi
grateand Ireland loses about 25,000 young
people a year, enough to offset the normal in
crease in population. The peak representation of
native Irish, like President Kennedy, whose for
bears came from Wexford County in southeast
reland, have roots going back more than one
generation.
e
1M0RE paradoxes and
Day is a social but
New York City, when most smart employers
figure they're not going to gel; any work done
anyway, so why not let the help have some fun?
In Dublin it's a legal holiday, but all the pubs
are closed.
Reviewing the traditional New York parade
will be, presumably (he doesn't enter the hospital
for minor surgery until two days later), Mayor
Robert F. Wagner, a Catholic but of German
descent. Not since bumbling John r. (J linen
won the mayoralty election of 1932 has Tammy
Hall, the traditional political wigwam of the
New York Irish had a true son in the top office
at City Hall. (Bill O'Dwyer was Irish enough,
born on the ould sod, in Bohola, but he owed little
to Tammany.)
THE feast celebrated by wearers of the gn
on March 17 is sucoosed to be the 1500th
niversary of the. death of St. Patrick. No one
knows exatcly where Ireland's patron saint is
buried, but most opinion settles on the graveyard
of the Church of Ireland, a Protestant institution
in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland.
A couple of years ago
in Indiana. Pa., created auite a stir bv contending
and these are his words,
that Patrick was "firmly linked with the Protes
tant Church of Ireland, not with Roman Catholic
Church." And the notion of a paradox like that,
faith, is enough to chill the blood of a Cenneidigh
or any other self-respecting Gael. E.R.R.
Tunisia and the Maghreb
The fifth anniversary of Tunisian independ
ence next Monday finds that nation reaching its
ascendancy in North African diplomacy. Habib
Bourguiba, its Western-oriented president, is act
ing as the main intermediary between French
President Charles de Gaulle and Algerian rebel
leaders.
It is no little credit to Bourguiba that he has
the confidence of both sides to the Algerican
dispute. To the French he represents an Arab
leader who by and large has protected vulnerable
French interests in Tunisia in the years following
independence. The Algerian rebels remember that
two days after independence had been won Bour
guiba had declared that the Tunisian people "can
not be truly happy . . . until their sister nation
Algeria regains ner sovereignty."
WHILE much of the Arab world has been
drifted away from the Western sphere, Tu
nisia has remained faithful. The London "Econo
mist" notes: "President Bourguiba has always
stood as President Nasser's chief Arab opponent,
and he has lately been exerting himself to mobi
lize the moderate nations of Africa as a counter
to the more militant ones."
He also has looked to the West, principally
the United States, for the economic aid and priv
ate investment Tunisia needs to save his already
poor country from becoming poorer.
Bourguiba'8 long-range goal is that of a "unit
ed Maghreb" a political and economic federa
tion or union of Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco.
In a communique issued in Rabat, March 2,
Bourguiba, King Hussan II of Morocco, and Fer
hat Abbas, premier of the Algerian nationalists'
provisional government based in Tunis, "reaf
firmed their determination to build the Great
Maghreb" when Algeria becomes free.
Bourguiba is in a position to play a leading
role in such a union; his nations economy is
making heartening progress and his political
leadership at home is virtually unchallenged.
E.R.R.
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for ffe fr
will bubble and blaze
in Washington, D.C.,
J. Kieman. .
it s a great day tor trie
surprises. St. Patrick's
not a legal holiday in
een
an
a Presbyterian pastor
please to remember
Dennis the Menace
'ISNT IT ABOUT TIME TOG A
Communications
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edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensaton. Letters
submitted for publication must 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.
Reply lo Letter
To the Editor: In regard to
your letter, Virginia Card, I
must admit that I agree with
you in at least a few in
stances, such as Bishop Pike
being a wise man in step with
universal evolution.
It would be interesting to
know what you use as your
measure of truth, or false,
realizing that most text books
are revised from year to year.
Personally I cannot see that
we could safely use such in
formation. I am sure that no one cares
when you rest or shop or
what you do in your private
chambers, so long as it is
within the bounds of man's
law. Also man cares not for
what you believe or think.
I would like to inform you
however that God is Love
(John 4:8). In fact God loved
you so much that He sent His
only Son to die that you
might live. God not only
loved you who no doubt Is
a good person, who does good
for your neighbor and will
one day be repaid for that
goodness, on this earth. But
also God loves the liar, the
drunkard, fornicator, and
even the murderer. Can any
of us claim such love? God
also has given you a free will
to believe this or disbelieve
this. And I am sure you shall
never be coerced against your
will.
But I beg of you to use
your human reasoning power,
and ponder just one question.
If Jesus Christ is false, and I
have preached a lie, what
have I lost? It would mat
ter not because there would
be no God to judge me any
way. But if I have believed
and preached the truth, what
have you lost? Jesus said, "I
am the way, the truth, and
the Life, no man cometh to
the Father but my me." (John
14:6.)
I know it is difficult for
one who does not believe the
Holy Bible is the Word of God
to be converted, but if we be
lieve In a truth or false, we
must have some means to
weigh the facts. "In Jesus
Christ I put my trust, the
Author and Finisher of my
faith." The fear of God was
placed In my heart when I
was 10 years old, 33 years
ago. The scripture says "The
fear of God is the beginning
of Wisdom." (Psalm 111:10.)
Donald Ullom
Star Route, Box 32
Eagle Point, Ore.
Reviews Correspondence
To the Editor: I've been
reviewing some interesting
correspondence from some of
your readers. One gentleman
tells me he spent six hours
writing the letter I received
from him. It was interesting,
even though I cannot agree
with him that Christ has come
the second time and that the
days of creation were 7,000
years each in length. Another
writer wants to send me lit
erature that she claims proves
that there is no devil.
Many of us have been en
joying the "It Is Written" pro
gram. Anyone can view this
program without getting pro
voked at the speaker even
though his remarks might cut
across preconceived ideas.
I do realize that the re
ligious organization which
sponsors pastor Vandaman's
"It is Written" program has
In the past and eyen present
been the subject of remarks
and propaganda from some
sources.
I would like to quote a
portion of a paragraph from
a letter received this week
from the Bible Study Hour,
which is affiliated with Etern
ity magazine. They are speak
ing of the same group which
sponsors "It Is Written." 1
quote: "We are delighted to
do Justice to a much-maligned
group of sincere believers,
MEJF OHO MA
COCOA BREAK?'
name and address of tha writer.
and in our minds and hearts
take them out of the group
of utter heretics ... to ac
knowledge them as redeemed
brethren and members of the
body of Christ." The late
Donald Barnhouse, a well
known Presbyterian radio
speaker is the one credited
with the quote.
Dr. Barnhouse went on to
list "areas of thought with
which most evangelicals
would be in agreement," in
cluding those who sponsor "It
is Written." I give the list:
1. "The Old and New Testa
ment, inspired by God, con
taining the all-sufficient rev
elation of God's will to men;
the only unerring rule of
faith and practice." 2. "The
Trinity." 3. "The Deity of
Christ." 4. "The necessity of
the new birth." 5. "The resur
rection of the just and the
unjust." 6. "The second com
ing of Christ, as literal, per
sonal, visible."
By the way, I understand
that pastor Vandaman will
make a personal appearance
in Medford on Wednesday
(today), March 15, at 7 p.m.
at the McLoughlln Junior
High gym. It will be interest
ing to hear him in person.
Henry Johnson Jr.
2315 Highway 66
Ashland, Ore.
Gets Clarification
To the Editor: Irl the Mail
Tribune of March 7, I had a
letter in regards to the stu
dent -riots in San Francisco
last May when the House Un
American Activities commit
tee was holding its hearings
on Communist activities in
California.
In this letter I quoted from
a talk by Mayor George
Christopher of San Francisco
to the St. Paul Chamber of
Commerce and later broad
cast over radio by Fulton
Lewis Jr. To this letter Mr.
Allen appended this com
ment: "Mayor Christopher's
views on the riots are a bit
clouded by .the fact that he
wasn't In town when they
were taking place; he was at
tending a luncheon in Bur
lingame and did not return
until the trouble had sub
sided." (Christian Science
Monitor Feb. 15, page 3).
I sent Mr. Christopher the
letter with the comment and
asked for a clarification of
the matter. I received the
following:
"Mayor Christopher has re
quested that I respond to
your communication of March
8 concerning the unfortunate
incident at the City Hall dur
ing the hearings of the House
UnAmerican Activities Com
mittee. For your information
the mayor arrived fifteen
minutes after the riot started
and took immediate command
of the situation by calling in
student representatives and
others involved.
"I also wish to inform you
that during the three-day dis
turbance he was at all times
in touch with the situation
and Is fully aware of the cir
cumstances leading up to this
most unfortunate Incident
that happened on the final
day.
"The Mayor wishes to
thank you so much for the
clipping that you enclosed
with your comment, and
thank you for taking the time
to write him in this regard.
"Signed:
Joseph J. Allen
Executive Secretary
to the Mayor."
Anna M. Strecd
36 North Peach st.
Medford.
Does Not Like Stamps
To the Editor: Reading Vera
Stewart's letter about a bill
designed to regulate trading
stamps now pending before
the Oregon state legislature, I
seized three postal cards and,
for the first time in my life,
wrote to state representatives,
X TF.-'BlKE, !EI?POBt). ORE
UPI Corre
Bothering
By LYLE C. WILSON
Washington (UPI) It was
just like old times when the
President smiled his recogni
tion of UPI's
M e r r i m a n
Smith and be
gan answering
the newsman's
press confer
ence question
The Presl
dent's answer
wouldn't
parse.
The Pres-
Wilton
ident was
handsome young
John F. Kennedy. The old
times were those of Dwight
D. Eisenhower. The occasion
was last week's Kennedy news
conference when Smith asked
a question which has been
troubling Washington news
men.
The White House has been
receiving a great deal of mail
protesting the deportment of
reporters who put questions
to the President. TV viewers,
being wholly uninformed of
news conference tradition, be
lieve the reporters are too di
rect, or abrupt with their
President of the United States
that they do not accord him
proper respect.
Plenty of Respect
Nonsense, of course. Respect
is accorded in full measure to
the man and to the office he
holds. There is a scramble,
however, for recognition. Re
porters leap to their feet, there
is the noise of their rapid
movement. But no disrespect.
That is what Smith asked
about last week, whether the
President felt himself abused
or disrespected.
"Mr. President, I'm sure
you're aware, sir " was the
way Smith began. That "sir"
is the reporter's salute to the
presidential office, that and
a courteous tone and manner.
expressing my views. I do not
- repeat, do not - like trading
stamps.
To my mind, they are a
waste of time, space,
patience, energy, and money.
They are a whelming nui
sance; they take up kitchen
drawer space, clutter my
pockets, and sift through the
cracks in my wallet; they
choke the vacuum cleaner,
plug the washing machine,
and give my child indigestion.
When, finally, I struggle
down to the premium store,
clutching and counting, I find
little that I really want. And
pillow cases are on sale down
town that week for less than
the $2 to $3.50 value of the
stamp books, anyway. Then, I
have a quarter of a book too
little, or three-fifths of a book
left over. Here, the pages are
stuck together, because I had
to use glue when the stickum
wouldn't stick, and there, I
somehow missed two whole
pages, and can't get what I
had chosen, after all.
The whole concept of trad
ing stamps is an insult to my
Intelligence, thrift, self con
trol, and common sense. Vera
Stewart cannot have checked
prices carefully or inclusively.
She does pay for those stamps.
Many housewives are willing
to pay for them; it is the
easiest way to sneak money
out of a household allowance.
I would rather save my own
time, space, and money, and
spend them without the re
striction imposed by what
someone else thinks I might
want to do with them.
I do not know, of my own
knowledge, whether the bill in
question is designed to regu
late trading stamps, as it
states, or to eliminate them,
as Mrs. Stewart insists. Per
sonally, I am for it in either
case, but there are doubtless
many to whom it would make
a difference. E.A., could you
clarify this for us?
Betty House
19 North Orange st.
Medford
O
Editor's noter Following are
excerpts from the Bill Digest,
page 86, on the trading stamp
bill:
"Comprehensive act licens
ing and regulating sale of
trading stamps. Administered
by corporation commissioner
who must approve prices
charged. Requires stamps and
books to list value and other
data to be redeemed In money
or merchandise at option of
stamp holder . . , Stamp com
pany required to issue stamps
to any merchant who can pay
for them within 60 days of
application." The bill also pro
vides for trading stamp com
panies to be bonded of be
tween $25,000 and $100,000,
depending on gross Income.
How About 'Demorepi'?
To the Editor: I have no
ticed in recent editorials a
disposition .to refer to errant
Democrats as Republicrats.
Come, come - do you think
this Is quite fair?
If Republicans are to re
ceive the credit for Demo
cratic mistakes then justice
demands that Democrats re
ceive the reward of Republi
can boo-boos.
If you are going to persist
in this, how about referring to
Republicans who step out of
your line as Dcmorcps?
Ilene Hull
7 Eastwood drive
Medford
spondent
Newsmen
The President replied:
"Well, you subject me to some
abuse but not to any lack of
respect, I don't I must say
that I do not know that there
are any difficulties, but if,
and I know that it places bur
dens on members of the press
to have to stand up, particu
larly when I'm not able to
recognize them.
"On the other hand, if it
were changed, and one mem
ber stood up, then, perhaps,
that would not be a satisfac
tory device. So that I think
that along with the old saying
about 'don't take down the
fence until you know' why
it was put up,' I would say
that we should stay, with what
we now have."
Dr. Syntax would shudder,
Today & Tomorrow
By Walter
THE RELIGIOUS PEACE
On. March 3 Archbishop
Alter of Cincinnati issued a
statement on Federal aid to
education. He
the Adminis
trative Board
of the Nation
al C a t h olic
c o n f e rence
which speaks
in the name
at?W nf the Roman
Lippmann Catholic bish
ops of the United States.
The statement says that "in
the event that there is Fed
eral aid to education we are
deeply convinced that in jus
tice Catholic school children
should be given the right to
participate. Respecting the
form of participation, we hold
it to be strictly within the
framework of the constitution
that long - term, low - interest
loans to private institutions
could be part of the Federal
aid program."
This opinion on the con
stitutionality of such loans
differs, as we know, from the
expressed views of President
Kennedy. The difference is
very important indeed. But
the different is not so impor
tant that it should be allowed
to prevent the enactment of
the Presidents program to
give Federal aid to the public
schools. Whether, as the bish
ops contend, there should also
be Federal aid to private
schools, is a separate question.
It is a question that can be
settled conclusively only by
the Congress and the Supreme
Court. In the first instance the
Congress must decide whether
as a matter of national inter
est it is willing to grant long
term, low-interest loans to pri
vate schools. The President,
it is fair to assume, would not
veto the bill if Congress pass
ed it. Then the Supreme
Court would probably have to
pass on its constitutionality.
OVER this practical solution
of the controversy a cloud
has been cast by the final sen
tence in Archbishop Alter's
statement. The sentence says
that "in the event a Federal
aid program is enacted which
excludes children in private
schools, these children will
be the victims of discrimina
tory legislation. There will be
no alternative but to oppose
such discrimination."
This seems to say that If
Congress refuses to authorize
the loans to the parochial
schools, the bishops will seek
to defeat the Federal aid pro
gram. If this is what they
mean, then with great respect
It must be said that they are
entering upon dangerous
ground.
V
THIS ground is the assertion
that to use public money
for the public schools and to
deny it to private, schools is
discrimination." Why7 Be
cause the Catholic parent, or
for that matter any parent
who sends his child to a pri
vate school, is paying twice
over - once as a taxpayer for
the public school which his
child does not attend, and
once as tuition fees to the
private school which his child
does attend.
Whether It is fair to de
scribe as "discrimination"
such double payments for edu
cation can best tested by ask
ing what would be the situ
ation if private schools were
supported by the taxpayer.
In that case the parent whose
child goes to the public school
will be paying twice over -
once to support the public
school which his child attends
and once to support the pri
vate school which his child
does not attend.
The charge of discrimina
tion cuts both ways and tt can
not illuminate, it can only
obscure, a very difficult ques
tion - that of the relation be
tween church and school -
which has troubled the Wes
tern world for many cen
turies. ON' this question there is an j
v American doctrine, enact
ed In the First Amendment
and in all the state constitu
tions, which holds that re
ligious freedom can most sure-
r
Asks JFK Question
in TV Conferences
if he were still alive, to read
those two paragraphs. That Is
the way Ike used to talk in
news conferences. The egg
heads who listened to or read
Eisenhower were saddened.
"His syntax," they would com
plain, "is atrocious."
Now comes the new Presi
dent with news conference re
sponses that simply will not
parse. What to do? Best thing
to do is to consider what
meaning the President sought
to convey. His crack that the
newsmen did subject him to
some abuse was facetious, ob
viously so. The reporters do
not do that.
Neither are they disrespect
ful. President Kennedy made
that fact clear enough. Nor
does the President want any
Lippmann
ly be combined wilh religious
peace by making it unlawful
to grant public money to the
churches. This venerable
American principle has never
been Interpreted harshly. For
the churches and their edu
cational Institutions, though
they are debarred from re
ceiving public money dirctly,
enjoy the privilege of tax
exemptions.
The origin of the First
Amendment is in the contro
versy of 1785-1786 over the
Virginia tax levy for the sup
Dort of the established (Epis
copalian) church. It was then !
that Madison and Jefferson
made articulate what is now
the American doctrine. This
doctrine is, as the Supreme
Court held in 1947 in the Ever
son case, that "no tax in any
amount, large or small, can
be levied to support any re
ligious activities or institu
tions, whatever they may be
called, or whatever form they
may adopt to teach or practice
religion."
TlHESE words are quoted
from the majority opinion
of the Supreme Court handed
down by Mr. Justice Black.
The majority spoke these
words in a decision which up
held the right of the State of
New Jersey to spend public
money to reimburse parents
for the bus fares of their chil
dren attending parochial
schools. The dissenting Jus
tices argued that bus fares
are unconstitutional, so strong
was their feeling that what
Jefferson called "the wall of
separation" between church
and state must not be lowered.
In effect, the bishops main
tain that despite the strong
language of the Everson case,
the court would hold that
long-term low -interest loans
to private schools are, like bus
fares, constitutional. Whether
the bishops are right in their
views on the constitution can
best be tested by submitting
the question to Congress and,
if Congress agrees with the
bishops, to the courts.
TN candor it must, however,
- be said that the chances of
Congress and of the courts up
holding such a loan bill ap
pear to be very small. The
chances would not be in
creased by threatening to de
feat the measures to give Fed
eral aid to the public schools.
The defeat of the Presi
dent's program under such
conditions would have grave rentllry
consequences for it would in-; rTJR own George Washins-
troduce into the center of
American public life the pro
foundly troubling issue of
clericalism. Under the rule
of the First Amendment we
have been happily free of this
issue. We have been free of it,
thanks to the principle built
into the constitution by Madi
son and Jefferson.
If we are to maintain the
religious freedom which we
enjoy, we must preserve the
religious peace and tranquil
lity which is the air that free
dom breathes.
(c) 1961 New York Herald
Tribune Inc.
Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERF
A FTER A KNOCK-DOWN, drag-out fight with his wife,
T . u hus?a,nc with a low burning point was in such a rage
that he cried, "I m throughl This is the last straw. I'm head
ing out of this place and
do what I've always
wanted to do. Me for the
wilds of Africa where I
can track down lions,
tigers, cobras and canni
bals!" He strode determined
ly to the door, flung it
open, then ran quickly
back into the living room.
"Lucky thing for you,"
he muttered in a strange
ly subdued voice. "It's
drizzling!"
dtoTTn rl; 8?,rei',roat lndd went ' tto home of a
Jn JL? The d00r waa Pi y t" doctor's
deleter DP taRUd'ble croak' the man "ii"1". "I"
an.' m Whlaper' "I" low, the doctor's wife
answered, "No. Come on In."
changes made at this time In
his news conference routine.
This assay would serve its
purpose if the TV viewers
would read the President's
scrambled words and consider
the meaning of what he said.
The ill-informed TV critics
of newsmen are trying to ap
ply to the news conferences
their own childish TV formu
la the good guy (one) and
the bad guys. Silly, isn't it?
h the D:y's Kcvs
By FRANK JENKINS
Text for today:
Douglas William Johnson,
the man who found the money
bag on a busy Los Angeles
street. It had fallen out of
a Brink armored car. The
driver hadn't noticed the loss.
Nobody had seen the bag fall
out.
It contained $240,000 in
crisp new greenbacks-none of
them marked. The finder
himself hadn't noticed the
printing on the bag, which
stated the contents. When he
did notice it, the thought ap
parently never occurred to
him that here was an un
exampled opportunity to
SKIP THE COUNTRY and
live the life of Riley from
that time on.
He took immediate steps
to find the owner.
WHY?
The answer is simple:
He is an HONEST man.
TT WAS quite a story.
" The radio newscasts pick-
! ed it up and made a feature
of it. The newspapers front
paged it.
J. B. Allen, general man
ager of Brink's division, was
in Houston (Texas) when he
heard it and shortly after
ward saw It confirmed in
nrint. He grabbed a plane and
rushed back to L.A. Describ
ing his emotions, he says this
morning:
"I spent a sleepless niht.
All I could think of was HOW
COULD WE FIND A WAY
TO EXPRESS OUR THANKS
TO A MAN LIKE THIS?
"What could we possibly
do to properly express our
gratitude and our respect for
his integrity?"
TTE ADDS:
"I thought, of course, of
giving him a MONEY reward.
But - THE TAX WOULD
TAKE A SIZEABLE PART
OF IT. Besides, he has been
Betting .along without help
for 50 years. The chances are
a man like him doesn't need
money now."
TTIS decision?
iA It was a good one.
A LIFE JOB FOR JOHN
SON, and a collese education
for his oldest son, a boy of
16.
AS FOR Mr. Johnson, the
finder, he can say to him
self with sincere conviction:
HONESTY is the b est
policy.
He will be right.
rvUESTION:
v1 Who coined the nhrase:
Honesty is the best policy?
The earliest recorded user
nf U was MWtiel de Cervantes,
author of Don Quixote, and
creator of Don Quixote, the
raeupd knlht. and Sancho
P a n z a, his wise - cracking
smilre.
He wrote back in the 16th
" "n. In his Farewell Ad-
dres to his countrvmen. pick
ed up Cervantes' advice in
thee words:
"I hold the maxim no less
aonlieable to public than to
private affairs, that honestv is
ALWAYS the best policy."
Bfff To Eliminate
Youth Group Boat Fees
Salem-IUPD-A bill eliminat
ing boat fees for small boats
used by youth groups was ap
proved Tuesday by the House.
The measure now goes to
the Senate.
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