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Communications
Letters to the Editor muii bear the nam and address
certain circumstances tha uia of a pan nama or initial
Tha Mail Tribune reserve! tha right to adit all letiera with a view to clarification and
condensation. Letters submitiad tor publication must not exceed 400 words. Tha letters
printed in this column do not necessarily represent tha views of tha paper; in fact tha
contrary is olien the case.
Elders As Teachers
To the Editor: Why don't
they salvage the learning of
older retired people tor the
teaching of the young?
Classes are taught by other
young inexperienced people
that know nothing of the out
side world as to working and
living in it.
Older successful people, re
tired or not, know how to suc
ceed in their given line. Per
haps unless they were retired
they would not have the time
and inclination to talk to
young people about to enter
business in their line of work
and training.
Of course times change but
the principles of courage, in-
dustry, and high character are
something to talk about. There
are other things that enter
Into success, luck, tricks of the
trade and other tricks, I guess,
but it's a beautiful idea any
way. Give older retired exper
ienced people a chance to tell
them what they know tor a
fact.
Pay them for it, put them
up there and save time of
others, of those who would
listen. At least food for
thought.
The example of others
should help keep the United
States ahead that much, not
waiting years to learn what
has been learned once by
these successful people.
They could offer counseling
on subjects to young people,
for a price, but to be sure they
know what they are talking
about should be screened by
proof of ability.
Also I would say yes to a
hospital at Camp White. An
emergency hospital some
place near Medford is. needed.
Cities have them. Some people
could die here waiting for aid
In this hick town.
(Name on File) .
Medford. 1 .
Decline and Decadence
To the Editor: What would
be the evaluation of a compe
tent historian concerning our
contemporary western culture!
Poets' Corner
Conducted by
Arnold Eugene Jenny
Ancattral Home '
The two-room cabin that Grandfather 'built
When he homesteaded on the lush new land
Was like the first block in a patchwork quilt
Grandmother pieced. The house was never planned,
But kept pace with the growing family,
Spreading its wings to meet each new demand,
Blending itself into the scenery
Like native rock or distant mountain peaks,
And rooted firmly as a live-oak tree.
It teems with life-each joist and rafler speaks
Of birth, of death, of laughter and of tears . . .
All through the quiet night the stairway creaks
With friendly steps, and In the dawn one hears
Blessings' of homcfolk coming down the years.
Mary Boyd Wagner
New York, N.Y.
Mrs. Wagner was a pupil of Mrs. Alice Applcgale Poll
(now of RoRue Valley Manor) when the latter taught high
school in Klamath Falls, 1004-08. The above poem is from
her published volume, "Roots," and is reproduced here with
her kind permission. k -
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From "Meditations by the River Mlkvari"
If mortals of this world we are and bear the form
of man,
Our duly is to serve our land and WHlk the ways of
man.
Unworthy is the one who's but a mass of worthless
clay,
Who dares to shun all mortal cares, yet In this world
docs stayl
Nicholos Baratashvili
' 10th
From Anthology "l Georgian Poetry, translated by Verna
Urushadzc: courtesy of Dr. Leonard B. Mayfield, Medford.
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Perspective
I hold each day a piece of small design
To fit the whole (and wonder where they go).
There is a plan: I am too close to mine
To watch the emanating patlcrn grow.
What pair of wings, what unexpected flight
" Shall sometime thrust my consciousness above
:: ' The outstretched fields of figured shade and light,
To where my eyes achieve clear glimpses of
' A panorama outlined on the plain?
There, yet-untravelled boundaries hold the clue
J To old conundrums puzzling heart and brain
When earth-bound focusing distorts the view.
Then I shall know all artists work In vain
Who ask no vistas of the things they do.
Madeline B. Hcarn
Portland, Oregon
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"Wa Remember"
On the green lawn of an Oregon city hall
one may see a natural rock monument.
Across its mottled surface where the lichens grew
are hieroglyphics, inscribed by young
Celilo Indian; the symobls that he knew.
His tribal home was shore of wide, big waters;
(Celilo Falls, the Columbia).
In season of the salmon his people held pppsmnmpnt;
the Klickitats were neighbors, as were many tribes
beyond the shining mountains they visited each other.
Time and ponderous waters of a great dam. in pillage
claimed the fishing rocks, the river shacks,
the hall of pow-wows, and salmon bakes; the village
Trails to summer mountains are scars among the ferns;
and always hieroglyphics and native tongue will say,
"Nun-mip-ni sheek" "(We remember").
Rena Ferguson Parks
Portland, Oregon
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Tattle-Tale
It ibIIi up there in the clear blue sky;
A silent, silver thing;
But far behind we hear the roar
Of a "Jet" that's on the wing.
Marlhn Ella Mlnnlck
Central Point, Oregon
SUNDAY. JUNE 10. 1962
and civilization? Are there
marks of Occliiie and decad
ence which will lead ultimate
ly to Its demise?
I am concerned about two
factors which I do not con
sider wholesome:
1. The increasing dictator
ship of the executive branch
of government. You will re
call that not too many months
ago the laborers at Cape Ca
naveral were told by this
branch of government that it
was against public Interest to
strike. Thus the right to strike
was taken away. Now uie
steel companies are told that
they cannot raise prices. (Aft
er four wage rises since 1958
one price rise would seem to
be justified.) Actually, our
steel industry is losing its
market to producers of Eu
rope and Japan because of
lower labor costs, wnen we
have dictatorship by govern
ment at the expense of free
dom, we no longer have a sys
tem of free enterprise.
2. The second thang that
bugs" me is the concept that
life is a "gravy train." Many
youth today commence with a
free car or motor scooter; they
expect free education . . . free
vacation trips with pay . . .
free training for efficient use
of their skills. Not every per
son can ride the "gravy train. '
What happens to those who
never "get on board," or "fall
off" on the way?
Mieht not Mr. Competent
Historian state at the close of
this age of history: "At one
time the people of America
(i.e. United States and Can
ada) could have done some
thing to correct these situ
ations. The tragedy lay in
their apathy."
Clifford J. Young,
1549 Lenora Dr.,
Medford.
It's Will Power
To the Editor: Re Mr. Wil
liam's letter on the cigarette
habit, how he conquered it
by praying to Jesus. Sounds
simple, but I doubt thai many
disciples can win that way.
century Georgian poet (Russia)
of tha writar. although undet
for publication ia parmissible.
The power to quit smoking
lies in your will.
I started smoking the cof
fin nails when I was 17 years
old and kept it up for 43
years. By the time I was 60,
I was suffering from a
chronic throat ailment and
bronchitis. I decided to quit
the habit, and for two years
kept up "quitting" and start
ing smoking endlessly for
shorter periods, of a few day:,
or as long as two weeks. I
was stubborn about wanting
to quit, and held to the say
ing: "If at first you don't
succeed, try and try again."
Finally I did succeed, and
when I was 62, smoked the
last cigarette.
That was 22 years ago. My
throat and lungs cleared and
my physical condition im
proved; when I was 65 I
could go a mile in seven min
utes, (walk and jog-trot) and
make a deep knee bend on
either leg. But to break that
lifelong habit, I used my God
given will power.
Maybe prayer to Jesus will
help some. Prayer is just
wishful thinking, or one can
say willful thinking. So if
you want to win, use your
will-repeatedly.
John E. Ring
1049 West 11th st.
Medford.
Unwholesome Influences
To the Editor: The June 7
"Review and Herald," a
Washington, D.C., publication
carries a article entitled "The
'Beat Generation'- Its Cause
and Cure." Its author, D. E.
Rebak, is an experienced edu
cator and bis remarks are
directed in a scries manner
to Christian youth.
He writes that "our youth
are surrounded by a 'shook
up generation', by a 'beutnik
generation' of young people,
and by all that has produced
this TV- and movie-molded
generation of the sixties. To
say that our youth are not in
fluenced by all that they see
anil hear is sheer nonsense."
Mr. Rcbak goes on to say,
"Children and youth did not
create their environment.
They are but the victims of
an adult-made world, and the
adults who make their world
are of the kind who live in
Hollywood, the kind who op
erate the roadside taverns, the
sort who make the "stuff" for
young people to drink, 1 to
smoke, to eat, to wear, to
read, to see, and to hear."
The writer then quotes
Princeton University Presi
dent Robert F. Soheen as say
ing, "Near and far the cheap
and tawdry are glorified over
achievements of solid worth.
opiates of half-truth are seized
in preference to realities of
fact and need ... we find
ourselves as a nation on the
defensive and as a people
seemingly paralyzed In self-
indulgence.
And finally, Dean W. C. De-
vane of Yale college is quoted:
1 he world that a young man
enters today is a glittering
and insidious thing ... we
must acknowledge that the
loss of faith In our world.
our destiny, our religion, is a
cloudy and dark climate
which most America finds it
self living in today. The indi
vidual mny do what he likes
to further his own gains. Hie
man of wealth owns a whole
district of slum dwellings, and
feels no pangs of conscience
for the hunger, squnlnr and
disease he encourages. The
aggressive salesman makes
outrageous claims for the
product he wishes to sell. The
novelist writes a scrofulous
book in hope of being on the
best-seller list, and TV cor
rupts the public taste."
Space will not permit fur
ther quotes from the article
mentioned.
It seems, however, that our
youth generally conduct them
selves as though life were
one grand holiday.
How much better to com
pare our course of life with
that of our Lord who made
the Infinite sacrifice for our
salvation.
Henry Johnson Jr.,
2315 Highway 66,
Ashland, Ore.
Connally Amendment
To the Editor: In a recent
letter, more emotional than
factual, Mr. L. C. Powell at
tacked the International
Court of Justice and express
ed his fear that the Connally
Amendment would be repeal
ed. Mr. Powell's letter did not
define the Connally Amend
ment nor give a clear buck
ground of the subject matter.
Phrases such as "slobbering
Judges," "wolf pack of neu
trals," "a Bengal tiger
crouching," merely define Mr.
Powell's emotions. This letter
is written to supply factual
background.
The International Court of
Justice Is composed of 13
Judges. The United States has
the power of veto In the elec
tion of these judges. They do
not represent their own coun
try, but are elected on the
basis of their knowledge of
law and their own high moral
character. No two Judges
from the same country can
serve at the same time. The
present judges are from the
United States, the United
Kingdom, France, Peru, Aus
tralia, Greece, Japan, Nation
alist China, Mexico, Panama,
Argentina, Italy, United Arab
Republic, Poland, and the U.
S. S. R. These judges, in ac
cordance with statutes in the
United Nations charter, rep
resent "the main forms of civ
ilization and principal legal
systems of the world."
The Jurisdiction of the court
is defined as "(a) The inter
pretation of a treaty; (b) The
existence of any fact which,
if established, would consti
tute a breach of an interna
tional obligation; (c) The na
ture of extent of the repara
tion to be made for the breach
of an international obliga
tion; (d) Any question of in
ternational law."
It is quite strictly limited
to international affairs. As a
further precaution against in
terference in our domestic
affairs, the resolution of ac
ceptance which Senator Morse
introduced in the Senate in
cluded the specifications that
it should not apply to matters
which are essentially within
the jurisdiction of the United
States of America. The Con
nally Admendment added six
words: "as determined by the
United States."
These lasi six words were
well intentioned and seeming
ly harmless. However, since
1946 experience has shown
that they have had the fol
lowing effects:
(1) They have led the way
for seven other nations to in
sert similar "self-judging" res
ervations in their acceptances.
(2) They have legally dis
armed the United States in
affairs that should be settled
by international law. Because
of the reciprocal nature of
law, the United States has no
argument against another
country which also claims
self-determination of what
shall be adjudicated.
The Connally Amendment
has effectually aligned us
with the Soviet Union in a
professed dislike for interna
tional law and order.
Roy Neal, President,
Jackson Co. Chapter,
Oregon Assn. for the
United Nations,
310 Bridge st.
Ashland, Ore.
Announces Candidacy
To the Editor: Maybe some
of the other people of the state
may not think my idea is very
good, BUT
I'd like to see "cross filing"
adopted in Oregon. I am sure
most people would uo along
with the general idea. That
way your friends in the op
posite parties could vote for
you In the primary election.
One could be more likely to
be "the people's choice."
Folks - barring unforeseen
events - I'll be a candidate for
County Commissioner again-
two years from now.
Floyd R. McCabe,
Mt. Pitt Star Route,
Butte Falls, Ore.
No Good Solutions
To the Editor: After read
ing the letters to the Editor, It
occurs lo me that getting fresh
information on any subject is
difficult for the average per
son. The best one can do is to
do one's best to properly eval
uate the information one does
get. It also seems to me that
Mr. Jenny's remarks sounded
familiar and not original and
I preferred John s conclusions.
It is too bad more people
did not hear Mr. Ray Wise's
talk on Social Security given
a few weeks ago to the Jack
son county Chamber of Com
merce Round Table, In which
he showed by statistics that
while Social Security is a bo
nanza to the first people to
receive it, in the course, of a
few years it will become an
unbearable burden to younger
people coming on.
Another side of the present
discussion on medical care
that seems to be getting too
little consideration, is the ef
fect on young men considering
a medical career. Between the
long years required for ade
quate preparation and the
heavy financial outlay, and
some other interesting career
costing less in time and
money, a hoy would lake a
serious look before choosing.
The reports on medicare in
England and Canada don't
sound as if their variety is
working well at ail.
This subject should be dis
cussed in a way to get the
best solution and no one has
as yet come up with even a
very good solution.
Mrs. George B. Dean,
263 Jannev Lane,
Medford.
No Zip
To the Editor: "The Amer
ican economy lacks ZIP," says
Mr. Kennedy. WELL! It was
Mr. Kennedy who kicked the
ZIP out of it.
Everett Acklin
Ashland, Ore.
P. S. - It won't take much
time to read this on radio.
Will someone volunteer!
Wage Standards
To the Kdiior: Franklin O.
Roosevelt is quoted as having
made the following statement
while in 'he offuv of Presi
dent: "It is highly desirable
to continue the policy, which
was inherent in the Jtmes
Cotigan Act, n( efteetitatmi;
the principle that an Indus-
try which desires the protec
tion afforded by a quota sys
tem, or a tariff, should be ex
pected to guarantee that it
will be a good employer. I
recommend, therefore, that
the prevention of child la
bor, and the -payments of
wages of not less than min
imum standards be included
among the conditions for re
ceiving a Federal payment.
How far the Agriculture
Department, which has au
ihnritv to fix a "fair and rea
sonable wage" for sugar work
ers, has deviated from tne
principle of justice enunciat
ed in this statement by Ex
President RoLsevelt, is shown
by the fact that for this sea
son, the department has put
the stamp of approval on
wages as low as 60 cents an
hour in the state of Louisiana,
which probably means all of
the cane sugar producing area
of the South. Meanwhile, men
doing the same work in Ha
waii, the largest U.S. cane
sugar producing area, are re
ceiving an average hourly
wage of $1.74 by virtue of a
union c ntracl, and the Sec
retary of Agriculture has
also approved this as a "fair
and reasonable wage," after
the contract was negotiated.
The Jones-Costigan Act,
known as the Sugar Act, was
passed at a time of great in
dustrial depression and was
intended to do three things:
raise and stabilize sugar
nrices without hurting con
sumers, shift some of the in
dustry's net Income from the
nrosDerous processors to me
destitute growers, and insure
lhat underpaid farm workers
share in the benetits. xne
first two objectives have been
well met and have placed a
substantial segment of farm
ers on a stable and prosperous
base, but that the third pro
vision has been largely ig
nored is proven by the fact
that in this year, 1962, when
the cost of living is at an all
time high sugar workers over
much of the nation are paid
at a wage level of peonage.
A recent repo.t ot me Agri
culture Department to the
House Committee on Agri
culture states: "The domestic
sugar Industry has a substan
tial capacity to expana ai
present prices for sugar crops
and present price relationship
with competing crops." With
this rosy picture in view is
there any logical reason why
the Sugar Act should be ex
tended or renewed without a
specific provision that the
"fair and reasonable" as set
forth in the Act shall be no
less than that established by
the Fair Labor Standards Act
minimum, which is at this
time $1.15 per hour?
D. Ivan Fritts
794 Fortner Lane
Ontario, Ore.
Ducks Need Help
To the Editor: Ducks and
geese need your help.
S.. 1988, an act to promote
the conservation of the na
tion's wildlife resources on
the Pacific Flyway in the
Tule Lake, Lower Klamath,
nd Upper Klamath National
Wildlife Refuges in Oregon
and California, is now in the
Interior and Insular Affairs
Committee. The Irrigation
and Reclamation Subcommit
tee has the bill.
Those opposing the bill are
connected with local irriga
tion and reclamation associa
tions. They are supported by
the three county governments
nd wealthy landowners of
the Lasin. They do not want
S 1988 enacted because it
would prevent them from
carrying out tncir plans to
place about one-half of Tule
Lake Refuge and parts of the
other two refuges in private
land use for farming.
All of these lands are es
sential in the proper man
-555a- llTU LAUNDROMAT STIWART
D0liT0lNUmtfT &- AV6
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MEDFORD MAIL THIBUNE. MEDFOHD. OREGON
agement of the refuges. Fur
ther reducti., in areas are
unacceptable because more
than 80 per cent of the Pa
cific Flyway's waterfowl use
them for nesting, resting and
feeding. Prevention of crop
depredation in the Sacra
mento Valley is largely de
pendent upon holding water
fowl at these refuges until
crops are harvested.
All the help you can mus
ter is urgently needed to get
early favorable action by he
subcommittee.
William J. Young, President
Jackson County Chapter
Izaak Walton League
Route 3, Box 163
Medford
Who Decides?
To the Editor: In reference
to a front page article in June
8 Mail Tribune, titled, For
eign Nations Warned Against
Illegal Arms Use:
We have a lot of planes and
tanks that we would like to
sell to you, but to use them is
illegal, lest we tell you what
to do.
For Pete's sake, who is to
decide whether war is legal or
illegal? "That's all."
Paul F. Wilson,
614 Berrydale ave.,
Medford.
Start Worsting
To the Editor: Members of
veterans organizations are
aware, as the general public
may not be, that establishing
a hospital at the White City
domiciliary does not mean
building one from the ground
up. The buildings are already
standing, and with a little re
habilitation can be readied
for use.
A tour of the premises
would win the active support
of that large body of citizens
interested in the welfare of
veterans.
It would be a fine thing for
the Rogue River valley and
the Far West. However, just
thinking and wishing won't
bring about a miracle. If you
veterans and friends really
want a hospital here, get busy
and start working now. The
fiscal year begins July 1.
David Frisch,
P. O. Box 292,
White City, Ore.
Open House Set
At Iron Gate Dam
Pacific Power' and Light
company will hold open
house at its Iron Gate hydro
electric plant on the Klamath
river during the week ends
of June as part of its observ
ance of the anniversary month
for the company's 52nd year
in the electric service busi
ness. F. A. Benesh, PP&L district
manager at Medford, reported
the power plant will be open
to the public on Saturdays and
Sundays throughout June
from noon until 4 p.m. each
day.
The plant will be closed,
however, to the public over
the week end of June 23-24,
when it will be open only to
Pacific Power employees and
their families.
Benesh emphasized the
plant would be opened to the
general public all other week
ends throughout June.
"We hope that many hun
dreds of our customers in the
area will accept the invita
tion of our district employees
to visit the plant that is an im
portant part of the power sys
tem serving the southern Ore
gon area," Benesh said.
"Since it was put on-the-line
early this year, the Iron Gate
installation has been a steady
producer of hydroelectricity
for the company's customers,"
he commented.
Kentucky produces more
coal in a year than France
and Spain combnied.
ANNUAL' CRUISE The USS Constitution, "Old Ironsides,"
makes her annual "turn around" cruise in Boston Harbor.
The ship is reversed yearly to prevent prevailing winds and !
sun from warping her masts
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