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condensation. Lattari tubmittad for publication must not axcaad 400 word. Tha latlara
printed in this column do not necessarily rapraiant tha views of tha papan in fact tha
contrary it often tha case.
Comments From Viiitor
To the Editor: I have spent
three pleasant weeks, recent
ly, in your good city. The val
ley, encircled by hills and
oftened shadowed by fine cu
mulus clouds, appears a beau
tiful site for a city. If I were
resident here, I should hope
, that Medford would never
grow to be a big town, al
though - it must be realized
that population pressure and
business interests make such
a. limitation 'difficult If not
Impossible. The city is now
, of a good size tor homes and
for living. Life here can be
relatively peaceful and satis
fying, as it has been over the
years in many communities
that have remained small, in
England, New England, and
elsewhere.
The community is well
served by business and indus
try, and by surrounding farm
land, supplied with water for
irrigation. The pears produc
ed here are famous far and
wide. Medford possesses good
utility services, privately
, owned and municipal. The
city possesses a few parks -but
not yet enough. In my
opinion, a serious mistake has
been made in permitting the
new freeway to pass over, and
overshadow, the two bridges
spanning Bear Creek. Irrep
arable damage is done to the
usefulness and beauty, of
Hawthorne Park, and natural
extensions to the park system,
" along Bear Creek, become
impracticable. The city has
incurred these disadvantages
for a "mess of pottage." Many
of the better managed smaller
cities in the country have had
the wisdom to avoid this
damage by express highways
constructed through town.
The city . possesses many
nice trees, and the continuing
campaign of planting is most
desirable, providing addition
al shade and beauty for the
city. In time, perhaps, such
avenues as East Main will be
improved. An admirable
treatment - albeit expenslve
would be to provide a park
ing strip, planted with trees,
down the middle of the ave
nue through the good residen
tial portion, placing curbs
along the sides of the street
and making provision for
sidewalks. Glen. Oak court,
for example, is so treated.
Personally, I would be
called a "crank" and old
fashioned, for I deplore the
undue emphasis on the motor
car, with its noise and ex
haust nuisances, its parking
problems and its dangers to
life and limb. New York and
Los Angeles are "horrible ex
amples." It is, in my opinion, unfor
tunate that the city has lost
its railway passenger services
which is indispensable to a
proper economy. New Eng
land, In particular, is suffer
ing from the tragic curtail
ment of railway services.
I appreciate the opportun
ity of presenting my opinions
in your admirable journal.
Louis Elliott,
co American Express Co.
Lausanne, Switzerland.
Motherhood
To the Editor: I picked up
my Wednesday's Mail Tribune
and was greeted by a picture
of a "mother" and her pal.
I perused all the news but
kept seeing this picture of the
nice "mother" from Oregon,
who loved her children so
much she murdered them. I'm
really glad that my Mother
did not love me that much.
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On this bright sunshiny
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usual I get the same news I
got last night from my Trib
une. Looking at me from the
upper left hand corner is the
same picture I saw in the
Tribune last night of this won
derful "mother" who loved
her children so much.
Of course having spent the
last 24 years in Alaska, I may
be a bit "old fashioned". I
would think that with that
much love she might have
insured her own life for about
$25,000 and then dived head
first over into that 3S8 foot
deep gorge. With the children
as beneficiaries . she ' would
have proved her. love. '
I wonder if my friend Bob
Duncan, the Speaker of the
House, is not wavering a little
bit in his convictions regard
ing capital punishment, or
how much of this is it going
to take to break him down?
I threw the Journal in the
basket and turned on the ra
dio. Every station from here
to Giles County carried the
story, topmost. I shut it off
at once.
Motherly love has sure
changed since I was a child.
Well! Hasn't it?
Malemute Slim,
White City; Ore.
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companies might take a dim
view of your suggestion, Slim.
Mail Order Customers -
To the Editor: I am about to
do what I have made it a
point not to do before - place
an order' to an out-of-state
mail-order house; -
Since the Medford mer
chants are making it so diffi
cult for us to do our shopping
there, we will accommodate
them by taking our business
elsewhere, now and in the fu
ture. We have, in the past, done
what we could to support the
downtown merchants, but this
circumvention of the will of
the people nullifies any loyal
ty that might be due them. v
What is the use in voting?
In view of what is happening
in Oregon, how do you ex
plain the advantages of "demo
cratic" ' government to the
children?
We know the loss of our
business is not going to affect
anyone materially,' but we
are hoping that enough others
feel the same way that there
will be a noticeable drop in
revenue. This seems to be the
only way to get the merchants
to respect the wishes of their
customers.
Mrs. Harold Sharp
Box 126
Jacksonville, Ore.
Must We Jump?
To the Editor: "Local mer
chants will change to 'Day
light Time'."
Are we ruled by the vote
of the people or by the Retail
Merchants committee of the
Chamber of Commerce? Must
we jump every time Portland
snaps its fingers?
Ida M. Simon
(Mrs. J. E. Simon)
18 Vancouver ave.
Medford
Mixed Up Clocks
To the Editor: It seems that
most folks think Oregon is
the only state in the U. S.
that doesn't go on DST dur
ing the summer. .
Such is far from the truth.
I saved a clipping from the
Oregonian in 1959, just two
years ago, which tells how
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irregular and haphazard,
about half of them go about
it. That is mostly a few east
ern states. The Deep South
never has used it.
Montana has only the city
of Butte on DST. Iowa does
not have It, but parts adopt
it if close to a city across the
line that has it.
Illinois is mixed up with
some rural districts staying
on standard time. Maryland's
court houses stay-on standard
time, while the county ob
serves DST.
Lexington and Frankfort.
Kentucky, have fast time the
year round while the rest of
the state changes back to
standard time in winter.
These are just a few sam
ples of how the eastern states
mix things up.
As of April, 1959, 24 states
had none of it whatever.
Of course, we now have 50
states and other states besides
Washington may have made
some changes also.
Ndw, I believe in getting
up early if you have work to
do, and who doesn't?
.The people should talk it
over with their employers
and vote on it, to set their
alarms up only.
One time we had a very
hot summer and I went out
to hoe my garden at 3 a. m.
It was light as day. I sure
would hate to be such a dunce
as to wait until some one
with a "white collar" posi
tion told me when I could
get up.
In the old days we worked
from sunrise to sunset. (Glad
we don't now anyway.)
Some work five hours a
day, others six, seven or eight
hours and call it a day. What
ever set of hours concerns
you, where have you saved
any light?
Silly, leave the clock alone
and just get up.
Mary E. Atkins
1634 Orchard Home dr.
Medford.
Dictatorial State?
To the Editor: I, and quite
a number of persons that I
have talked to, have been
wondering what has happen
ed to our state government.
The majority of the people
of the state have voted
against daylight saving time a
number of times. We, the peo
ple,, seem to be under a dic
tatorship for a state govern
ment. Seems as though these
merchants could set their
alarm clocks for 8 a.m. in
stead of 9 a.m. if they really
want the trade. The mills are
going to work at 7 a.m. If
the merchants went to sleep
at a reasonable hour they,
too could get to work at a
reasonable hour. Seems to me
the merchants are laying
themselves liable, as it is
against the state law to set
the time ahead, "Or Possibly
We have None."
Anyway, the people of Ore
gon voted against Daylight
Saving Time, so would it not
be against the law for them
to change their clocks or time
pieces?
Shorty Hibbard
1302 Sallng ave.
Medford.
Gnaturallr Gnaity Ajnalomy
To the Editor:
An indigenous person said,
"Grats!"
Each Spring I'm belabored
by gnats;
The mosquitos, they pester,
Their bites burn and fester,
Won't someone invent plas
tic gspats?
H. W. Robertson
103 No. Central ave.
Medford.
Innocence Not Proven
To the Editor: In reply to
your latest attack upon the
film "Operation Abolition":
Whether the young rioter
was convicted or not does not
necessarily prove his inno
cence of attacking the official.
A movie camera filming a mob
scene cannot always catch the
heart of the action, unless
it is staged by professionals.
So the fact that the attack
may not show In the film
proves little. The truth is,
several officers were injured.
Also, as your paper has
sometimes pointed out, occa
sionally a person may be un
justly convicted, even of mur
der. It therefore follows that
he may also fail to be con
victed of a committed crime
through clever legal manipu
lation. Your reprinted Washington
Post editorial tries to attrib
ute the riots to spontaneous
student activity, without com
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munist influence, while con
ceding some communists "may
have been among the stu
dents. The film clearly shows
well known communists
among the students and at all
times leading the heckling,
no amount of editing could
place these vociferous charac
ters where they were not.
The communist party, as
you may know, at its 17th
national convention in New
York City in December, 1959,
passed a resolution for activi
ty to abolish both the House
Un-American Activities Com
mittee and the Senate Inter
nal Security Subcommittee.
Their activity to wreck the
San Francisco hearings began
In early 1960 when the hear
ings were finally assured.
Therefore communists did not
just happen to be among the
rioting students. Communists
never "just happen" to be
anywhere. They are master
planners, now planning our
destruction.
This information is taken
from J. Edgar Hoover's re
port on these riots entitled
"Communist Target - Youth."
It also outlines all the back
ground preparation made by
the communists in arranging
these riots. Parents of college
students and those about to
enter college, and all others
wishing to be truthfully in
formed may obtain this report
from the Government Print
ing Office, Washington, D .C,
for 15 cents, or from Repre
sentative Edwin Durno, House
Office Bldg., Washington, D.C.
In closing I should like to
add my voice to that of How
ard Commous in asking, "Why
does your paper consistently
appear to espouse the commu
nist line?"
Marie B. Franklin
1470 Kings Highway
. Medford.
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Editor's note: We were
taught as a youth that in this
country a person is presumed
innocenfr until proven guilty.
Is this no longer true?
Logger's Wife Laments ,
To. The Editor:
When I married t'was just
my luck to hook a guy with a
logging truck. i
And I'm weeping o'r my
ills, have not a cent to pay
my bills. '
I've swept with a broom, no
vacuum ease, scrubbed the
floors on my hands and knees
I've owned not a dress; 'tis
britches I wore, and washed
on a board till my fingers
were sore.
I've dragged out of bed at
four in the . morn, and lost so
much sleep that I'm wrinkled
and worn.
I've built hundreds of
lunches and caught tons of
hell; and to -think in this trap
I deliberately fell.
My mother once told me of
women's sad woes, the conceit
of a man as husband, not
beaus, '
But I didn't listen and In
best bib and tuck, grabbed
off this nut with a big logging
truck.
The grand attitude of my
heart's desire, is "after me,
you first, if I don't need a
tire."
It's reaches and binders,
fithooks and scale, broken
rear ends and motors that
fail.
There's gas bills and tow
bills and a bill from McGee,
what's left will be grabbed
by the old P. U. C. i:
It's a losing game I plainly
can see, for never a penny
Is left over for me.
I just left the market with
a mere bag of beans, and
drooled as I passed a big
rack of greens.
But there's payments to
make and winter to buck, for
my husband owns a big log
ging truck.
Collectors are beating a
trail to my door, the sher
iffs department Is sure get
ting sore.
They're taking the stove,
the kids ain't been fed, the
old man's in hiding under the
bed.
In the summer it's heat, In
winter it's rain; fall brings
deer hunting and that's a big
pain.
When spring comes the
wind blows, I hang on in
vain, till my hubby is back
to his hauling again.
Mrs. Art Backes
P. O. Box 1
Jacksonville.
Phoney Palliative
To the Editor: Undoubtedly
many people have wondered
where they could get the other
side of the story about the
John Birch Society. This let
ter Is written for those who
may be interested in the
truth about the J.B.S. and
their slogan "This Is a Repub
lic, not a Democracy-Let
keep It that way!" -I
wondered where one could
get such information ... I
found it in the Dan Smoot
Report, dated May 8, 1961
(Broadcast No. 301).
Send for this Report, to Dan
Smoot, P.O. Box 9538, Lake
wood Station, Dallas 14,
Texas, 25 cents a copy, or six
copies for $1. This Report
shows what the J.B.S. stands
for and how it functions.
Read our Constitution. No
where will you find the word
"Democracy" mentioned. This
is a Republic. Our Pledge of
Allegiance states it. Thomas
Jefferson habitually referred
to America as "Our Repub
lic." The ' word Democracy has
come to mean a phoney pal
liative for every ill that besets
a civilization. This is the myth
that destroyed the Greeks, the
Romans, and is responsible
for France's troubles in Na
polionic times, and France's
recent crises.
Send for this report and
judge for yourself.
Leslie R. Wedekind,
116 Granite Hill rd.,
Grants Pass, Ore.
"Target-Youth"
To the Editor: Instead of
publishing an editorial from
the Washington Post in de
fense of the Herblock cartoon
of May 8th, which criticized
the film "Operation Aboli
tion" and the H.C.U.A. in re
ply to Mr. Howard Commons
protest, why didn't you pub
lish the report by J. Edgar
Hoover, Director of the F.B.I,
entitled "Communist Target
Youth" in which he states on
page 8, "One student provides
the spark that touches off the
violence when he leaps over
a barricade, grabs a police of
ficer's night stick, and begins
beating the officer over the
head."
Also, on page 4 of this same
report he says, "The Commu
nist attack on the H.C.U.A. in
San Francisco was in line
with a longstanding party aim
to destroy not only the
H.C.U.A. but also the Senate
Internal Security Subcommit
tee" and every other "enemy"
seeking to expose the threat
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Plenty of Off Street Perking
which Communist activities
represent to the internal se
curity of this Nation. The
party (Communist Party) reaf
firmed its dedication to this
aim at it's 17th National Con
vention, held in New York
City, December, 1959, when
it passed a so-called political
resolution calling for activity
to abolish the "witch-hunting"
H.C.U.A. and the Senate In
ternal Subcommittee. ,
Mr. Hoover adds on page
10, "Looking at the riots and
chaos Communists have cre
ated in other countries, many
Americans point to the
strength of our Nation and
say, 'It couldn't happen here.'
The Communist success in
San Francisco, in May, 1960,
proves that it can happen
here."
We believe that you owe it
to the readers of the Medford
Mall Tribune and your coun
try to publish this J. Edgar
Hoover report, in full, Inas
much as there has been so
much controversy over it. If
you do not have a copy we
shall be happy to give you
ours, or you may obtain one
by writing to Congressman
Edwin R. Durno, House of
Representatives, Washington,
D.C.
Being a Pulitzer prize win
ner doesn't mean that a per
son is loyal to this country.
Arthur Miller, author of the
"Crucible" and many others
was a winner, too, however
he was convicted of contempt
of Congress for refusing to
answer questions put to him
by the H.C.U.A.
Yours for a patriot Ameri
ca. Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Yerxa,
Star Route,
Trail, Ore.
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Editor's note: We have read
Mr. Hoover's report. Since a
jury of 12 unanimously found
the accused youth (first para
graph in letter above) inno
cent of the charges, we have
written Mr. Hoover to inquire
as to his present views. We
will report them when we
hear from Mr. Hoover.
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