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Newspaper Page Textr o 4 A -Everyone In Sou UierrTOrrfon iteada rhe MaU Tribune" KibTlihed Dally except Saturday b 33 Worth rirjit., Ph SP a-lA ROBERT W RUHL. Editor HTRB GREY Advertising Manager GERALD T LATHAM. Bua. Mgr. ERIC W A1XEN JR, Mn Editor EARL H ADAMS, City Editor UARRV f'HlPMAN Telea Editor RICHARD JEWETT, Sporta Edltol OLIVE STARCHER. Women1! Edltoi DALE ER1CKSUN. circulation wg An Indenendent Newspaper Entered u second class matter 1 Meaiora, urenon, unaer abi ei March 3. 1897 RIlHRf!BIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance, Copy iOe Dally and Sunday 1 year $15.00 Daily ana Sunday o mam. o.w Datlv and Bunday 3 mou. 4.25 Sundav Onlv One yeu $4.30 By Carrier in Advance Med lord Ashland, Central Point Eaala Point. Jacksonville uoia ruu PhAniv Rhariv Cava Roarua Rtv Talent mnA m motor routes. Daliv and Sunday 1 vew $18 00 Dally and Sunday 1 mo T.60 Carrie; and Dealer copy 10c All Terms Cain in Advance "Official Paper of City ofMedfofo" Official Pap cr or Jackson uoumy United P-ess International Full Leased Wire O.P.I. Telepnoto Newsplctures MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising RepresentaHva: NFl.SON ROBERTS St ASSOCI-iti-s nffirni in New York. Chi cago. Detroit. San Francisco. Lot Angeles seatue, roruina, wrnvti NIWSPAPK USHERS SOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL Flight o' Time Medford ind Jackson County History from the files of Tht Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and SO years ago. 10 YEARS AGO May 2, 1952 (Friday) Most of Medford was back to regular hours on Pacific standard time today. Patsy White, with a Spanish dance number, placed first m the amateur talent show stag ed at the Bedford high audi tnriurn bv the local chapter of the Marine Corps league, o 20 YEARS AGO May 2, 1942 (Saturday) United States yar depart ment orders construction of facilities for a military garri son at Medford municipal air port. Fro Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "A lo cal resident reports that a stranger recently asked him for a match instead of a dime. he gloomier finance experts say this won t last and soon the request will be for match and a dime." 30 YEARS AGO (j-lay 2. 1932 (Monday) Frank Perl, arandldate for Jackson count) coroner, cho sen best looking candidate in primary election by members of Enterprise Grange. foScZTroVe7n .utek Rufus Holcman, candidate treasurer, spcks here before meeting of Medford Realty board. 40 YEARS AGO May 1922 (Tuesday) John W. Opp, new man ner of Coast railroad, an nounces start of improvement on company's tracks ntOr Jacksonville. o Oregon secretary of state reports that "over 100,000" automobiles are registered to Oregon residents. o SO YEARS AGO May 2. 1912 (Wtdnasday) Cast of Roosevelt school play includes Edward Kelly, Gordon Kershaw, Isobel Stu art. Archie Pierce and George Jackson. Porter J. Neff elected chair man of Jackson County Dem ocratic Central committee. What's Your I.Q.? Nina or ten correct il superior; even or eight ii excellent; five ei tix Is good. 1. Is the earth the second, third, or fourth planet from the sun? 2. What is the difference be twecn a bison and a buffalo? 3. In what harbor is Ft. Sumter? 4. Nsmc the first American war veteran tc have his pic ture depicted on a U.S. post age stamp. 5. Is the average height of a new-born baby in the U.S. 12, 20 or 24 inches? 6. Is a truffle a woman's neckpiece, choice table delica cy or piece of embroidery? 7. Any member of the arm ed forces whose last service terminated honorably is enti tled to burial in a National cemetery; true or false? 8. Correct the following: "He will sure come home." 9. In World War II. was the Aru.ln beachhead landing ac complished In Normandy, Sic ily, or Italy? 10. What have the following In common: Kickapoo, Dela ware, Cheyenne? Answers: 1. Third. 2. None. 3. Charleston, S.C, 4. George Washington. 5. 20 Inches. I. Choice table delicacy. 7. True. 8. He will surely ... I. Italy. 10. All Indian tribal names. WEDNESDAY. MAY 2. 1962 A Fairy Tale Let us visit, for a court (which is not a court) of the mythical county of Noskcaj, in the state of Nogero. The Shire Reeve (who is charged with law enforcement and tax collection) is speaking to the Judge (who judges nothing) and the Com missioners, who are the Equals of the Judge but not quite as Equal. "I need mrye money to hire more men to collect the taxes, Oh Judge," said the Shire Reeve. "We cannot afford more money to collect more taxes," said the Judge and the Equal Com missioners. CO THE Shire Reeve thought about publishing a list of those who had not paid their taxes, and asked for money for the publication. But the Judge and the Equal Commissioners said they could not afford that, either. e Years went by. The uncollected taxes remain ed uncollected, and finally amounted to a total of nearly a half-million ducats (which is the odd currency in this fabled land). Meanwhile, because these half-million ducats had not been paid into the coffers of Noskcaj county, all the other taxpayers had to pay more. Not a lot more, you understand, but a little more, Some there were, however, who thought that the amount was less significant than the fact that the Judge and the Equal Shire Reeve had neglected to follow the dictates of The Law. J7INALLY a day came when a clerk expert in the ways of money discovered that The Law was not being followed, and that the uncollecxed taxes were not being collected. Hecalled upon the Judge and the Equal Com missioners and the Shire they should collect the uncollected taes, and fol low The Law1 and ease burden of taxation on alfthe rest of the citizens. So the Ainds wen? Reeve made a list of all Anc' it was published. But, alas, it was too them. For many of those moved away, or died, or this burden (though ever so slight! remained on the people of the county who paid their0taxes6 o MOW it so0 happened yiat there was in this ' aounty group of citizens who had labored hard to formulate a kind of government which wouldoreplac? the Judge (who judged nothing) and the two Equal Commissioners, with a larger group of governors, 0vho would manage the af faire of the county ,lor the name and with their consent, .o These citizens thought that the Seire Reeve should perform his duties under the direction of the enlarged Board of Commissioners, and be responsible to them, so th&f he fjpuldno longer ignore The Law. And it camg to them the incident of the half million ducats was a perfect example of hy the change should be made. Under the system which thy proposed, it would be difficult nay, impossible for this added burden0ot taxation be im'?,d UP .the. system wouici see 10 it county performrrjl their o o IN DUE time, the citizens of Noskcaj county were called flpon to goto the polls to decide5 whether the Old System should be continued, or whether the People and Voters of Noskcaj coun ty, acting through their Ctynmissioners, would rule, instead of the Nogero Legislators, who met every tvo years some hundreds of miles away. Of its 90 members, only throe came from Noskyij county, and many and many a time it was diffi cult, or impossible, for those fhree to pursuade therjither iff menders to enact laws for the bene fit of Noskcaj county. Q But mafly people thought that it was import ant for them to bg able to ote for the Shire Reeve, andofor the Keeper of the Ducats, and for the man who was incharge of Metes and Bounds, and for the Keeper of thcrJ.ccoids, and the other technicians and hirelings. And many others thought that all officials of the county should bear labels, either Tarcomed or Nacilbuper (which were the principal political groups), rather than votintofor the best man. THE people of Noskcaj county still do not know whether most of Jjiem want' the new system (called a Home Rule Charier), which will net:- mit them to decide for themselves on important local questions. Under the Old System, the Judge and Equal Commissioners cannot ttQ the Shire lvjv (or any other technicians and hirelings) what U do. But many people think that the Old SvstenPis sonai property tax upon the good. When they vote on the Charter, thev vilLdaifl wh,ich !,,,y bccame il,F; . . ,. J , . i i i i This has been a source of vote to continue electing technicians and hire-1 embarrassment l0 me, in that lings, and not for Commissioners who will fol-'u has been nrccssarv for me low the Will Of the people. ! borrow money from the . 1 , . , bank, and upon which 1 haw- T,,,,-, i ip ! had to pnv interest, but mv HIS never happened, of course, for it is ajlax payments have rn on Kairv Tale. Nowhere but in a mythical land i tune, would the peio!e want to elect hirelings and' ,n ,h,e AM6lfo IM;,il,Tri" . , . . i , , . . a . . bune of AVil 30 I find an technicians, and not elect a widely . epresentative article in which it states that Board of Commissioners, who would sunemise "the sheriff tries to. avoid 3the hirelings under a system where a half-million ,i . , I, Ci tt . i ducats in taxes could noJ-o uncilocted. Yes, this is a Fairy Tate. And all good Fairv Tales should have a moral. ' The moral of this Fairy Tale is borrowed from ueorge .vasninglOll. U 1 lie basis Ol our political systems IS the right of the neonle to make l'cl,l"e iu ft Hons Of government. moment, with the county Commissioners and the Reeve, and told them uf ever so slightly) the provided and the Shire the uncollected taes. o late to colftct many ol who owed taxes had become bankrupt. So people, acting in tneir eens, for the new mat tne oincers 01 me lawful duties. IS mis: and alter their coiwtitu- rtiui dun nun loilMllli-, L. A. I Dennis the Menace it iiiiiiiiiiiii i i n . .ii rn L ... Communications .: Letters to the Editor must bear tht name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for nublicalion ia Dermiasible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Lc'iers submitted for publication must spot exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the contrary is often the case. Firearm Registration To the Editor: The fire arms registration bill men tioned In your Sunday edito rial deserves more clarifica tion. 0 Thg registration bill to com bo crime and juvenile dclin queSly is sponsored by a con gressman of New York, N.Y. the city with the strictest gun laws in the nation and the highest crime Qite of any staja? in the unioo. Tell juveniles to register homemade zip guns Sure they will! o Firearms r e g i s t r ation is frightening, as this B always the first step in any nation bg'ore private ocitizens loose their weapons. There yr only one reason for registration regardless of intent, to make po:ible the sofzure of private aiflis when deemedOdesirable by political authorities. If firearms were cjiol easy to come by, would a critfrinal not find some other imple ment to acOimplish his pur pose? Would not the work ol the police and F.B.I, be harder, as the registration of hun dreds of thousands of private armjvould mean administra tive burdens, taxes and con tacts? Control a n d regulation should be aimed at the use of firearms anrLnot firearm own ership The second amendment to the United State. Constitution is not a safeguard for unreas onable arms legislation Siough it was certainly ftitended to be so. Statutes, holh Federal and Stat have been enacterjnd upheld by the courts which in their operation tend to de prive the law-abiding gun- yiwner ot if guns or tneir use mroiiKii excessive reHiuauuu, Amei- gi freedom is a free dom of individufl men, a free dom of individual responsibil ity and individual rights. America is not so brain-washed or weakened that the peo ple must be protect from themselves. As it is every Aiv icafP cit izen's duty ft'hcn called on tu don a uniform and bear arms for hisncountry and give up his life if necessary, ceie1 tahily should 19- his right a. own Cf'ms ithout undue rcstrict whether ne uses them ions. for hunting, target shooting, collecting home and 'rson (t) protection or anothcr le gitimate reason. No firearm, registered or nofi will ever commit a crime by itself, nor Sill Ogislrion deter ju$'nile Minquency. Gun owners should protest dm bui I m"n' Will to their congrcss- liam N.ORedhead 2449 Obispo Dr. Medford. O SotOe of Embarrassment I Tr thi. VHilni" Vnf iha nact several years I have made a sincere effort to pay both my real estate tax and my per- publu'a,ion lo. voidw0mbar- rassmeni io tne taxpayers. ;lMv fourtil En(!li5h teacher taught us to avoid i,hp usc ot Um '"""' "voids.) iSVL" city tax (in some cases) is to "llow ,or delinquent personal nro,cr,v Uxcs- 1 ,in(1 in so ; inR ovrr lax receipts that my persoVal property tax III irie)iKiui-- tiuti-ii u uwnln me organized unnerworia MEDFORD 'OH.We OlDNiTtWwWlti'. W JlTTSnN'aXTg&tU5,' roughly 10 per cent as much as my real estate tax. This leads me to believe that I have been paying dou ble on my personal prope'jjy tax, so (Jvhcn T'- Common Market agreement comes in to being, and I am no longer able to compete with foieigii labor in the marketing of my product, and as a result canrj not pay my person. proper ty tax, I can look for my name on the Who's Who in Jackson County, and know that I will not be embarras sed. Gordon C. Warner o P.O. Box 695, Medford. Firearms Act To the Editor: One of the most dangerous - but least noticed - of the laws which stretch the meaninj," of "inter state commerce" into infinity is the Federal Firearms Act of 1938. Thus, the Congress which enacted it, opened a Pandora's jx of horrors for all Ameri cans who love their freedom. The 1957 Treasury Depart ment carders (proclaimed un der the authority of Jhe 1938 Firearms tjlet) were modified before full implementation; but if t, lftd been fully en forced, the Treasury Dep:jt- wou,d )lave permitted agents ot the International Revenue Service, without warran, to enter and search the private premises and property of dealers in fire arms and ammunition, a cftnr violation of the Fourth Amendment to the Costjju tion, wftch ensures (freedom tAm unreasonable federal search and seizure without a warrant. The regulOion is a clear infringement of the right to keep and bear arms as sifSted in the Second Amendment to the Constitu-V tion. Action 2 of Mr. Anfuso's bill states that the "unrecordO ed possession of pistols im poses a biftden on commerce K it fcrilitato thP IISP I f r,iii tn rrv ni rrim involving goods in com merce. Criminals do not now (jnd will not if rejjr. Anfuso's bill is passed) legally buy and dutifully rcgieyrcjheir guns Weapons used liy hoodlums are generally stolen. If a fQ man cannot steal aoweaijyn, he can make one. O Congress makes a vague grant of power to bureaucrats in the administrative agen cies, enabling them to make whatever rule and regulatfuns they may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of the laws 0-hich they are suppos ed to administer and enforce. Tlir "administrative" rules and regulationPhave the force Oof law; and the bureaucrats can change the "law' any time they wish, without con - sultii anyone. What happens when a cv.- izen. or a business firm, runs afoul of one of these "laws "? The bureaucrats who made the "law" are ti ones who bring tne cnarges. 1 ney in- rff.es. I n of They make determinatio guilt ot innocence iirequentiy withiu.r even letting the ac- cused know j-jiat they have been accused oil and thev bitrnrily assess penalties. The above paragraph. I just kind of put together for the O L C C. O Alfred W. Hanenkrat TLO. Box 523 Jacksonville, Ore Investigate It To the Enitorp The rural school buriuct is not our big gest tax expense: but it seems 1 to be one that w e pass auto-; maticallv because we don't want to invr.mgate it or don t ! understand it. With budge creased $500.00 t that has in- 000 since 1959- MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON Some Disturbances Mar San Salvadorian Election, But Result By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst On some San Salvador streets, nails are scattered to puncture automobile tires. Some names were missing from qualified voter lists. And signs pro cl a i m e d El Salvador's one man, one-party e 1 e c t ion simply waa boost for Newiom "military tyr anny and the Yankee em- mil the election returning El Salvador from provisional to cor.(utional government went off rather peacefully, chiefly because the elegion of former army Lt. Col. Julio Adalberto Rivera was a force' gone conclusion. His nation al conciliation party was the only one in the race. AHhot).h it is traditional in El Salvador, tiniest and 60 (the budget for the year ending June 30, 190 was $2,080,844.27; the estimated expendituresofor the ensuing fiscal yea- will be $2.53,585. 93), I think it is time to Out out something, or at least cut several things down. Thi.year the budget allows for salary increase in the county school superintend ent s4 office of $13,037 over last year and for the curricu lum center of $14,769 over last year's budget, an overall salary increase of $27,806. Specific iO'reascs in salary allowed are for County School Superint endent Mekvold, frn $9,700 to $11,000; for Assistant S u p e r'i ntendent .Dealojis Cox from present $750U to $8500 and for Cur riculum Center Dirgctor Jinjy iviuivTMicuu, ciu iiici i-ast: xiuiii $7200 to $8200. I grant .sal ary increases are necessary yo keep efficient hegy, but mis aocs seem to be a rainer drastic increase. Transportation allowan c e s have also been increased by $2,785 over last year and a car and panel truck have been allowed in addition to mile age increases forthe depart ment. The amount needed to bal ance the budget this year is $153,792.93. Last year the mount needed to balance the budget was $96,969.40, show inpoan increase this year of $56,053.86. o This increased budget seems Especially amuzing when, ac cording to siy-eral reports, plans are in the air to discon tinue the office of county school superintendent. It sometimes seem impossible to do away with an office where there are so matiy ployees and so much equip ment. At present, there are ' " """'as '"i cii i will; cm yiuyws ill the coOity superintendent's office and the curri?ulum cen ter. In the curriculum center, cthcre is, according to Mr. Cox, f ru""l--'y J.-OU.UUU worm b equipment and this years IsL p. bungct allows for $5,500 for repairs to present equip.tVnt and curriculum and $9,500 for the purchase of new cur riculum supplies. I hope0 you willoconsider these figui-Q and investigate before you vote on the rural school biOget on May 7 at the school eleei?on. Mrs. Ray Burnette, Route 1. Box 388, o Talent, Ore. A Reply u To the Editor: After read ing the letter in the paper Sunday, and receiving a copy in the mail "Oughta Son," I should like lo say, it is the biggest bunch of unadulter ated bullfrog Slang I have ever received Your big frog in his little 1 green puddle has croaked too loud once too often. o You and your letter have j done more to convince me j that Mr. Stephens is twice o e niHn Mr. Ottosen will ! ever be. and he has done no back stabbing to prove him- self. I have little respect fij" a man wno las to run som( , d )om, cIn, down , ordef (() mako him,.if r may attd Mr ottosen hasn't .M.ucn an me -acts, and I am aware of tOetn. ii ,t . iaii we re j examine your retard I hi,iiM lit-., ..I. ifi... ,.,., .... (3 ., ' cial figures to show the huge cImL iZ "l'rC 7 ?TUl1li made by the steel cor U y Cim 3f "rd ,h,!'porations in 1961 and to the luxury of a man such as vou !,...-. rnHnr- A ...... I . limn null nrt.s mil made one contribution to his party, or was even seen at a committee meeting unlll ho . decided to run for sheriff " here was he the night of the Roosevelt Memorial Ban- quet:Hc wasn't rOsscd be- "iim- .ir. airuncns was there I w ith fmile handshake and a for everyone. He most densely populated coun try in Central America, that no presidential candidate can succeed without support of the military, Rivera had la bored manfully to remove himself from the army label. He campaigned on the slo gan that a candidate need only know "the problems of his people and how to meet them." o The single candidacy left something to be desired in the way of democratic pro cessi. Rivera's army rack- grouna aisiurDea some ana his announced policies of so cial reform bothered others, especially those aligned with the "14 fgjnilies" who for generations have held most of El Salvador's land arvd practically alLof its power. But the lack of opposition could not be laid entirely at Tivera's door step, and throughout Latin America the ejection itself had a signific ance out of proportion to El Salvadcfl's size. The issues in volved precisej yu the require ments set lortn Dy tne unuea States for participation in the Alliance for Progress Pro gram. In the last year, and a half, the tiny coffee countryOhad seen two bloodless militr.ry revolts. The first of these, on Oct. 26, 1960, overthrew Presidftit Jose Maria Lemus, wtiose po- repre:4iUs his party. Sir, C)ou have not only dis gusted me, but every other committeeman and woman I have talked to has feltQthe same as I. IfHou had t,yed your head before3 your mouth, you may have had a chance. It is with renewed effort and vigor thai, we will try to 'defeat you. o Mrs. Ernest Chriss i Stephens for Sheriff Committee 2718 Hward Medford. p It Stunkl O To the Editor: Mrs. Irma HendersoiCand S;Oa Thorson in Tuesday's Tribune ex press our feelings exactly on Saturday's Blossom Buck auction. When I saw some young fellows with large brief cases full of BlSssom Bucks, some of tilery in bunches neatly stacked, I wSmdeftd now iney nau cuine uy mew After the bidding started and I saw the way things were going I knew that was no place for an honest per son so I left. If our chamber of com merce and businessmen try anything like this again next year, they are welcjme to go ahead as far as I am con cerned, for I will not take part in any Say In a Pear Bloftom festivffl. It stunk! Howard Glascock 233 Beatty st. Medford Terrible Farce To the Editor: Blossom Bucks FloppoiJ? Bucks! This was a rrible farce to pull on the general public. It seemed there was very little forethought on the whole pro gram in general, and if, in deed, they expect to repeat it agaig next year there should be some set rules to make it fair to fteryone. First, that) the merchants, their families, all business personnel, and anyone c$iecied with the Blossom Bucks program be barred from entering in the auction-jst as any other con test is handled. And another rule should be that anyon. under 18 Wears of age not be allowed to bidQ The average amount pf Bucks honestly gained per family,I would say. was frem 500 to 1.000, and when two and three families "pooled" their Bucks, and were lucky enough to be near enough to bid, and still didn't have enough to even buy one of the little surprise packages-weli! What do you think? JoycCSp?ir.o P.O. Box 85, Shady Cove, Ore. Like Andy Jackson To the Editor: "Hats off" to President Kennedy for the manner in which he handled the steel dispute? His swift ness and thoroughness was as if Andrew Jackson had sud denly come back to life. Drjoite the inconsistencies of the man. one must admit that in the matterf the steel ispute he moved like a champion. I'm afraid that there are n,,merous Points concerning the stel situation that Rob- 1 1 I rttimius litis i.uiiijii-ici; j . t r . - i .....i t..i.. 1IUM t-ll. First, there are the finan- H'1- Secondly, the Steel Work ers Union signed a one year agreement with the corpor- ation tn work for verv little or no gain in wages; which in nsen snouia prove mat me workers do not have a firm grip on the industry. It w as . in the form of a "gentleman s ! agreement." to the effect that the workers would not Will Aid 'Alliance1 lice brutality against student demonstrations had aroused widespread resentment. The new rulers prove un able or unwilling to halt a drift to the lea and them selves fell on Jan. 25, 1961. On Feb. 15, President Ken nedy announced the new Sal vador government had de clared its "determination to bring about free and demo cratic elections . and it seeks solutions foP the eco nomic and social difficulties whQh that country has faced . . . we hope to be able to assist El Salvador. . . " Both the United States and the new government actecd swiftly. The U.S. set up loans or credits totalling around $40 million and sent in ex perls to aid Salvador's agri culture. In almost daily de crees the government set up jidespreaCrefofrns, including both tax and land. "Last December Colonel Riv era's national conciliation party won a landslide victory in elections for a constituent assembly on a platform which pledged to continue and re- ask for a wage boost if the V diiieiiieiii wuuiu liui ue- mand a higher price for steel. Workers would, however, ap prove of a very slight in crease, but nothing as ridicu lous as $6 per ton. Thirdly, the workers sign it) aO'no strike" pledge. ' Mr. Famous: Just who is te intervene in a situation like this, if it5 not the President? Again: Just what do you mean wsn you state that by letting the steel companies have Weir own way, "a true economic balam-e may have been achieved"? Is it economic balance to allow millionaires to make billionaires out of themselves 'at the expense of our national strength? Your que.-on: "Now will industry have to look with one eye toward government when it considers expansion or price movement?" The answer could be either yes or no? depending on the circumstanOs. As for expansion, the an swer is usually no. Also a liberal tax deduction is of fered by government to en courage expansion as long as expansion is reasonable. As to Jirico, fixing, the In dustry has a voice ifi the mat ter as long as it does not go completely out of bounds in monopolistic gractices, to the extent that it will -weflten the nation. If an? s(t3l firm makes such ridiculous demands .ft a $6 per ton "price increase after it has shackled its work ers, and theif double-crossed them, then it's pot only the President's right to intervene, but U's als. "Everybody's business." o Warren E. Wood P.O. Box 102. . Shady Cove, Ore. a A "Sucker" .peaks To the ditor: Te Cham ber of Commerce must still be laughing at all the local "suckers' who honestly and earn9st6' went out of their way to collect Blossom 8cks from the merchant who is- sucO them. It wiijild have seemed that anyone with 1,000 to 2.000 Blossom Bucks had a good char.SL- of getting one of the nice iten-aaeU the auction. Each dollar spent was one blossom iftck. Everi with the frequent offer of double bucks, one could hardij' hope collect more than aouple thousijjid. Imagi.O the disappointment and anger felt by 95 per cent of those present when it was scn0discovercd a few persons having anyvAere from 5,020 to 30.000 dollars in BlossoTn Bucks jjvere walking away with the action. It would appear that it was better to be a good friend of someone handling the Blos som Bucks instead of just a good customer! 0 J. R. B. (Name on file). Medford. Try and Stop a By BENNETT CERF "II fRS. GREEN, invited to a Broadway musical, hired a A new baby-sitter to take care of her obseoerous brood "I don't care how much they protest." Sirs. Green ijld the girl. "I want every last oy of them in bed by ! ten o clock. O "When she came hnmp. humming the hit song from the show she had seen, she asked the baby sitter, "Well, did you get them all tucked in bv ten?" "I did," reported the girl proudly, "but that oldest boy, the red-headed one, put up an awful holler first." "The red-headed one?" echoed Mrs. Green. "THAT'S e3 a John Drury tells of a south Georgian bov who was taken to Chicago one January and saw anow for the first time. He stared in wonder from hi hotel imm u-inHmi.. ,i, ...... v.. j itreet below and cried to his mother, "Look, m! Grits all over"" O 13. by Bennett Cert Dtatrlbuttd by Kmc raaturea Syndicate inforce the reforms already instituted by the revolution ary junta. Opposition parties with drew from this week's elec tions, resulting in Rivera's lop-sided victory. For tha moment at least it also was a victory for the Alliance for Progress. Strietly Personal By Sydney i. ffarris (c Field Enterprisee Inc. FREEDOM NEEDS A GOAL p In his new book, "A Search for Civilization," which l9in reservedly recommend to all O ;prinii read. ers, John U. Wof lhairman ; of the Com- i mittee on So- V cial Thought at the Tjyiver sity of Chica go, makes tha pungent o b- servation tjhat narriP "Freedom c sists in choosicg the right slavorv." o Lik? most genuine para doxes, th remark contains a deep and subtle truth. It reminds us, as we constantly need reminding, that freedom for itself is not attainable, lor even desirable. iitu. 1 t i : 1IIC IICCUUIU UL LUC I1IU1 vidual is restricted in every moment of his life," write? Pressor Nef, "at least by his physical and psychical con stitution, by the size of his income, and even .y his free dom, if freedom o is offered him without his knowing what to do with it. o "As as ultimate aim," ha continues, "the emancipation of the individual isn't even a happy dream. It can cor. demn him to one of the worst forms of slavery slavery to himself." He explains further: "When a man is left to choose, with out an ideal beyond himself to inspire his choice, all tha values that he needs to strengthen himself are likely to drown in the multiplicity of choices. . . If he lacRs a hierarchy of values, such a man is incapable of making a choice that will satisfy even him." "he only true rrjad Jo free dom, he emphasftes, is tha road of love-and the o.ly means of loving is to forget oneself. "Love is the highest form of slavery." All of us are slaves to ca thing or another-to our ap petites, our ambitions, our prejudices, our fcara and fol lies. The young person who breaks away from the ties of home and community to achieve freedom for its own sake soon learns that he has tied himself to other chaiiPs. All freedom must have a goal, or it ends in anarchy, boredom, dissatisfaction, and the premature death of tha spirit. o The fundamentjl quest of the human bei'!-which par alle'aj the search for civilization-is to find a set of va'jes large enough and firm enough for him to devote his freedom to. To be emaoipated from political and economic bond agio is not enough, for free dom is an activity, and not a state. It consists in uftirking as a voluntary slave for goals that e beyond ourselves. In "A sArch for Civiliza tion," Professor Nef suggests what these goals ought tg be. He forces us to reflect seri ously on the meaning of ni em industrialolife, to re-examine our ideas of science and religion, art, and excel lence, wisdii'n and its dang- ereiis counterfeits. It is a practical book, be cause only through such a search can eve learn what is worth practicing to ensure tha survival and growth of our civilization. op MY Hi;SFU vnr f . .1 9 1 o o o o e o O0