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A
Flight o' Time
Medford and Jackson County
History from the files ol The
Mail Tribuno 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
July 3. 1952 (Thursday)
President Truman signs ap
propriation bill which in
eludes S700.000 for rehabili
lalion of Savage Rapids dam
on the Rogue river
Construction of the new
terminal building at the Med
ford municipal airport to be
gin July 14.
20 YEARS AGO
July 3, 1942 (Friday)
Safeway's "store of tomor
row" at Main st. and Oakdale
ave. schedules its grand open
ing. From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "An of
ficer in the Women's Army
says 'applicants better forget
about flirting as this is war.'
To stop this nonsense is going
to be a job. Blinders will have
to be put on cither the lady
soldiers or the men, and jusl
to be sure, all of (hem."
30 YEARS AGO
July 3, 1932 (Sunday)
Army worms attack the Ap
plegate district.
Many people report to po
lice that groceries they left in
their cars have been stolen.
40 YEARS AGO
July 3, 1922 (Monday)
From "Local and Personal"
column: "They says step-cut
piston rings have been re
duced to 25 cents each at Busy
Corner Motor Co."
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Put" column: "James
Midttletan Cox will attend a
social function of the King of
England while abroad, and ap
pear in short panls. The way
lie uilked in 1112(1 he was wear
ing them then."
SO YEARS AGO
July 3, 1912 (Wednesday)
Sen. Jonathan Bourne Jr.
manages to get a $1(10,01)1) gov.
eminent appropriation for im
provement of Crater Lake
park.
What's Your I.Q.7
Nine or len correct Is superior;
seven or eight it excellent; five or
six is good.
1. All I' S senate commit
fees have one iimir member
from the majority party than
from the minority party, true
or false''
2. If the wind is blowing
loward the north, which way
does the arrow ol the weather
VHne point''
11. What live states border
on the Gulf of .Mexico'
4. What do oil men mean
by a "wildcat well"?
5. Is bas-relirf sculpture
that where the figures are
raised or sunken on the flat
surface''
B. What four letters of the
Kllglish alphabet look the
same forward, backward and
upside down''
7. What three duplicated
surnames are in the list of
presidents of the U S.'.'
8. On the Lincoln pennv.
what kind of necktie is Abra
ham Lincoln wealing''
S. Name Hie river boun
dary between L' S and Mex
ico.' 10. The name of whicn
month of the year has the
most letters in It"
Answers: 1.. Falsa, (Select
committees hav
n quai j
number ol each.) 2. South. 3.
Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Alabama, Florida. 4. On in
area not known to be pro
ductive. S. Raised. (. H, I,
O and X, 7. Adami. Harrison,
Roosevelt. 8. Bow lit, 9. Rio
Grande. 10. September.
LA
uiTinNil (01
TUESDAY, JULY 3. 1962
For
Time
The people of Oregon will vote on Daylight
Saving Time once again this fall.
The measure, which was referred by the leg
islature, is in the form of a law which would put
the entire state on Daylight time during the sum
mer months in future years.
If it passes, the state will once again be all
on the same time standard ; if it fails, the present
law will continue in effect and, unless the 1963
legislature does something about it, the same
time confusion will continue.
Two initiative measures which would have
outlawed Daylight time failed to get enough
signatures to be on the ballot.
TE HAVE often reiterated our view, to the
" effect that we don't
er we re on DST or PST, so long as it is uniform
throughout the state.
The only way to achieve uniformity, as things
stand, is to pass the Daylight Time proposal in
the fall. This also would bring Oregon into step
with the other Pacific coast states, much to the
relief of travelers and those who do interstate
business, both on the coast and to the east.
Hertford's time has been blessedly uncon-
fused this summer, in sharp contrast to last sum
mer, but the state has been a hodgenode of dif
fering times, to the vast
concerned, and in some
there have been three
all at once.
IT MUST be confusing and exasperating to the
thousands of tourists who have crossed our
borders this summer, to have the clocks jumping
around without reason.
We suspect that many of them think Oregon
ians must be crazy to allow such a situation to
develop. It wasn't the people who were crazy:
it was the legislature, which passed the bill to
allow part of the state to observe Daylight time
(and, of course, many local pressure groups,
which persuaded various localities outside the
DST area to observe fast time).
The legislature and the governor (who didn't
veto the bill) excused themselves by saying there
was no way of foreseeing what would happen.
TVtAYBE so. But if they had read the Mail Trib
une editorial coiumn for April 16, 1961, when
the bill was being debated, they could have got
ten a hint. It said :
DON'T DO IT. FHIENDS1II
Honestly now, legislative friends!!
What will it be like if Portland decides to go on
daylight saving time, Salem stays on regular time,
Eugene goes DST, and Medford stays standard?
That, or something close to it, will be the result if
you give final passage to that utterly asinine bill to
permit "local option" in setting the lime of day.
Holy mackerel it was to get away from this very
sort of confusion that the railroads finally got to
gether some 75 or so years ago and set up standard
time In the first place.
Don't, friends, be suckercd In by a few Portland
big-shots who don't give a hang about the rest of the
state, jus! so long as they can go along with Washing
ton and California.
Don't forget that the people of Oregon last fall
turned down a chance for DST throughout the state.
Personally, we don't much care whether the state
state stays standard or goes DST. But whichever it is,
it ought to be all together on it.
In short, legislative friends, don't make utter fools
of yourselves just to please the Oregonian and a few
others. Don't do it!
MOW, having said "we told you so" as pointed
A " ly as possible, we suggest that it is time for
Oregon voters to begin considering seriously how
they will vote.
Two points stand out:
1. The only way statewide uniformity can be
obtained, as things stand, is to vote for DST.
2. The only way uniformity with Washing
ton and California can be obtained is to vote for
DST.
Those two reasons alone are sufficiently im
pelling to cause us to vole for Daylight time this
November. 13. A.
The People
In addition to the DST measure, the legisla
ture referred six other measures to a vote of the
people in November.
Most of them are "housekeeping" type meas
ures, of not substantive importance, although one
or two of them will generate some heat.
Also, there will be at least two, and perhaps
three, initiative measures on the ballot, for a
total of either nine or ten. Might initiatives failed
to get enough signatures.
Nine or ten measures, in addition to all the
candidates, makes for a long ballot. But this fall's
will be fairly brief, compared to the time not too
many years ago when a grand total of 18 meas
ures was on the ballot.
QliKC.OXlANS, who pioneered the initiative
v ami referendum, have always insisted on a
greater measure of "pure democracy" in their
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people, themselves, have
share of the legislating.
It makes for unwieldy
loim-delaved decisions,
trations on the part of legislators'and administra
tors who are faced with immediate problems.
It also poses a considerable task for consci
entious voters, in informing themselves on the
issues. But, apparently, Oregonians wouldn't have
it flnv other way. 13. A.
Unformtty
particularly care wheth
confusion of everyone
cities, such as bugene,
different kinds of time
Legislate
always done a good
government, often for
and sometimes for frus
"It's OK, Boy Industrials Just Went Up!'
I M 1 IS
111 ji If
Matter of Fact
(o New York Herald
THE TAX DEBATE
Washington The debate
about U. S. tax policy gets
brisker by the hour. It has
even united
Walter Reuth
er of the CIO
and the U. S.
Chamber of
Commerce in
a highly un
likely p a r t
nership. Both
want immedi
ate tax cuts
,iinp of upwards of
$10 billion. More important,
same debate is also going on,
albeit in a lower key, among
the economic policymakers of
the Kennedy administration.
Certain concrete results have
already been produced, which
are well worth reporting.
To begin with, the adminis
tration is decidedly less re
luctant to ask for immediate
tax reductions to stimulate
the economy. The change is
subtle, since Secretary of the
Treasury Douglas Dillon stat
ed quite flatly that he saw no
need for tax cuts now. But it
is a real change nonetheless.
The new line is that the
administration must wait and
see what the next economic
indicators look like. The sta
tistics on the performance of
the economy in the second
quarter of the business year,
if they are discouraging, may
be enough to crystallize a de
cision to ask for tax cuts. Or
if the figures on the second
quarter are merely neutral,
such a decision may be taken
if the employment picture in
July looks unsatisfactory.
'P11E odds would fairly hcav
A ily favor an immediate re
quest for tax cuts, if the Pres
ident and his advisors did not
regard such a request as their
anti-recession weapon, and
were not also convinced that
this weapon can only be used
once. And despite mcse opin
ions, the odds on early tax
cutting action are at least 50
5(1. If an immediate tax cut is
requested, it will almost cer
tainly be limited in time, ex
tending from June 30 of this
year to June 30 of next year,
for instance. By this device,
the economy will get Its shot
in the arm, yet the President
will avoid having to ram a
tax increase through Congress
if a return to the old rates
later seems desirable. By this
device, too, the President will
conserve the promise of per
manent tax cuts, as a lever
to push through a program
of tax reform.
- Yet the area of tax reform
is precisely the area where
the greatest shift in trends
of thought has taken place
within the administration.
There Is probably a connec
tion here with the President's
new habit of seeking advice
'about his relations with the
; business community from
I leading members of that com
j nniniiy.
I ...
SINC'K the steel crisis and
the slock market panic,
he has called to the White
: House for consultation both
Robert A Lovett. of Brown
i Brothers Ilai riman, and the
j former chairman of the Chase
i National Bank, John J. Me
CMoy. The President has also
been in correspondence with
j the present head of the Chase
! bank. David Rockefeller. The
circle of consultation is to be
; widened, too.
The President's interest in
restoring business confidence,
, betokened by these consulta
tions, must certainly nii''ate
! against the root-and-branch
",r,VV;Tv.Kori !
'formerly had in mind. An.t;-;
rr adverse r.i,-t,r. and per-'
"'P a more powerful factor. .
Ihe reassessment of the
' Congressional outlook that
: has also been in progress.
The tip off, here, was a re
cent meeting between the
1 President and Sen. Hnln-rt
Kerr ol Oklahoma, w ho is
now the most influential sin
t gle member of I h e upper
chamber. Since Senator Kerr
may atso be dcrgyrihccl as Mr.
Oil-and-Gas - Depletion Al
j lowiince, he had been much
'upset bp reports that a pro-
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD. OREGON
By Joseph A I sop
Tribuna Syndicate
gram of root-and-branch re
form was under active study,
as indeed it was.
rtHE meeting with the Presi-
- dent was reportedly satis
factory to the Oklahoma Sen
ator. And now the word in
the administration is that any
tax reform program will have
to be put through with Kerr's
help, rather than over his
dead body.
The oil and gas depletion
allowance has become the
grand symbolic tax loophole,
disapproved (as well as en
vied) by just about everyone
but the oil industry. If this
allowance is not to be altered
in ways unacceptable to Sen
ator Kerr, the change will be
moderate, to put it mildly. Be
cause of the symbolic charac
ter of the depletion allow
ance, in turn, a failure to take
drastic action against it will
effectively forbid drastic ac
tion against any other loop
holes. Elimination of the tax ex
emption on all kinds of in
terest on loans, an attack on
the tax-free status of state and
municipal bonds, and the oth
er strong measures which
were being considered, have
thus become very unlikely
indeed. Moderation is the key
note, all along the line .
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
In Washington the senate,
"turning back a Republican
economy push," passes and
rushes to the White House a
bill "temporarily" raising the
national debt limit to a rec
ord 308 billion dollars.
The house had already
passed the bill increasing the
limit, and the President of
course signed it.
A GOP move to cut the
administration request for
more leeway in the debt limit
by two billion dollars (mak
ing the limit $308 billion in
stead of $308 billion) was re
jected in the senate by a vole
of 52 to 37.
11 was only a political ges
ture aSiyway. It makes little
difference whether the debt
limit is increased by eight
billion dollars or by only six
billion dollars.
As a matter of fact, the debt
"ceiling" is a joke. If we owe
it, we OWE IT and will have
to pay it-in one way or an
other. The big thing is to quit
spending It and putting it on
the cuff.
cm wins
J ILL, who broke his leg In
a fall in bis hotel room in
Monte Carlo, is flown back to
London The dispatches re
poit that he appears to be
on another of the amazing
recoveries that have marked
a long history of illnesses and
injuries.
His color Is described as
"back to its ruddy pinkness."
He was intensely curious
about all that was bring done
for him and had a smile and
a wave for everybody as he
entered the ambulance at the
Monaco hospital for the air
port. The French doctors In Mon
te Carlo are not too enthusi
astic about the prospects tor
a quirk and complete recov
ery. They say there is no cer
tainty that a fracture will
heal easily for a person his
age. (lie s 87 )
Let's hope they're wrong.
Sir Winston Is grand old
man.
f ORE news:
' The Washington report-I
cr tell us that Jacqueline I SERGEANT YORK OK AY
Kennedv is expected to be the Nashville, Tenn. -HIT- Offi
BIG HIT in Mexico City, as!'-''"1-'' St. Thomas hospital
she was in Pans. Her clothes ! "'d Monday that Alvin C.
for the visit are described a j York's recovery from surgery
fabulous and, being fabulous. : 'r removal of an enlarged
it w ill be obvious that they prostate gland has been excel
are expensive VERY expen- lent. They said the 74-year-old
jiv e j World War I hero probably
Question. would be permitted to return
What feet w ill that hav e to his Slrm homa at Pall Mall
on the MexltOn peons, v, ho I FndQy.
Strictly
Personal
By Sydney J. Harris
lc Field Enterprises Inc.
WEATHER AND PSYCHE
Those elaborate weather
forecasts one hears on tele
vision remind me of Lincoln'!
remark about a colleague,
that he can
compress the
smallest
amount of
thought Into
the 1 a r g e st
amount of
words of any
man I know."
These baro
metric bores
Harm get so wound
up in cold fronts and high
tides and wind velocities that
sometimes the forecast has
ended and I still don't know
if I ought to take a raincoat
to work tomorrow morning.
What would be infinitely
more useful to viewers is a
kind of "emotional" weather
forecast, warning people
what they might expect of
themselves and others in the
way of behavior during the
next day or two.
There ii no doubt that
weather factors exercise
a n enormous Influence
upon our psyches and our
social conduct. A research
team of doctori and meteo
rologists in Austria a few
years ago announced the
discovery that certain com
binations of weather con
ditions produce definite
psychological effects.
For instance, the warm
dry wind known in Austria
as the "foehn" is upsetting
to tempers, making people
restless and angry, and re
sulting in an increase in ac
cidents, suicides, deaths
during operations, and a
dec.'ine in school examina
tion successes
A spokesman for the
group, in fact, suggested
that radio and television
forecasts in the future
should contain references
to emotional patterns. Per
haps something like this:
Foehn weather is ap
proaching. This spells addi
tional danger for drivers
and machine operators, and
an Increased likelihood of
accidents. Difficult and
complicated operations and
school examinations should
be postponed if possible.
There is increased danger
of crimes of passion."
This is no mere fanciful
theory. Anyone at all sensi
tive to atmosphere can sense
"dangerous" weather the
minute he steps into the
street. On hot, muggy nights,
with a certain kind of wind,
the motorists drive different
ly; there is an emotional vi
bration in the air, as if peo
ple are looking for trouble,
as if discontent and anger
are ready to break out at the
slightest provocation or
without any provocation.
We are much more affected
by climatic conditions than
we suppose. Rises and falls
in the pressure, of which we
are unaware, can raise or
lower our levels of efficiency
and stability. A sharp turn in
the wind, a sudden change in
humidity, can bring us to re
bellion or relief.
Who cares what the level
of the tide was at Sandy
Hook at 6 a.m.? What we
want to know is - will tomor
row be a good day to petition
for a raise, and will the drive
to the picnic be spoiled by
irritability as much as by
rain?
can barely afford a cotton
shirt and a pair of frayed
and worn cotton pants - or
skirts, in the case of the wom
en? Also-
What effect will it have
on the Mexican upper class
ladies who may be outshone?
I ET'S keep this straight:
" Jacqueline Kennedy is a
charming young woman. She
is kindly and thoughtful. It
is JACQUELINE KENNEDY
who impresses the people
who meet her-not just the
clothes she wears.
can't help wondering
if on a visit to Mexlco-whose
big BIG trouble lies in the
fact that the few at the top
have TOO MUCH while the
MANY at the bottom have
too little -it might have been
a little wiser on the part of
the state department people
who arrange such things to
dress the President's wife In
the simple garments she can
wear so effectively, rather
than in Tans creations that
obviously cost fortunes.
... Communications ...
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condensation. Letiers submitted for publication must net exceed 400 words. The letters
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conirery ie osien ine case.
Better Service
To the Editor The follow
ing letter was received
through Senator Morse, April
30, 1960:
Dear Senator Morse: We
have considered Mr. David
Frisch's complaint that the
available space and canteen
service are inadequate at the
Veterans Administration Dom
iciliary, White City, Oregon.
We Investigated a similar
complaint made by Mr.
Frisch last November but
could not support his princi
pal allegations except for the
inadequacy of space. A proj
ect is scheduled for 1983
which should correct the
space problem.
We are sending a copy of
this letter to the Veterans
Canteen Service Field Direc
tor, San Francisco, California,
with the request that during
his next visit to this station
he and the manager consider
talking with Mr. Frisch to
see if a better understanding
can be reached.
Sincerely yours,
William S. Middleton, M.D.,
Chief Medical Director,
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.
O
The first reaction of the
Veterans Administration to
any new proposal is to say
"NO." An addition to the cof
fee shop was erected in the
summer of 1960. Now another
major change is under way in
order to render better service
to the members.
David Frisch,
P.O. Box 292,
White City, Ore.
Who's Laughing?
To the Editor: I think there
is something rotten this side
of Denmark when a Supreme
Court will rule against any
kind of prayer offered in
schools, especially officially
prescribed prayers, since
Jesus Christ himself pre
pared the Lord's Prayer for
his followers to repeat when
they wished to pray and per
haps would not know how to
express themselves as ably.
What is wrong with start
ing each day with prayer? I
venture to say that SO per
cent of youngsters in this so
called "religious country" are
not taught religion in their
homes. Read First Timothy,
2-8.
As soon as a child gains un
derstanding he is told about
Jack the giant killer, Cinder
ella's wicked step - mother,
Blue Beard who murdered his
wives, and the bad wolf that
ate Red Ridinghood's grand
mother. Somewhere, s o m e
how, they later learned about
God. He hadn't entered into
their bedtime stories and he
wasn't very exciting anyhow.
He sounded "fishy" to some.
If Kiddie did go to church
he sat stiffly on the scat,
chewed gum and kicked the
shins of the next seated.
Are we not a big laugh to
the Communists?
I couldn't enjoy life if I had
no Heavenly Father to turn
to when comes "one of those
days." I can talk to him at
any time as I go about my
daily tasks, and I think our
youngsters should learn to
know their wonderful, ever
watchful friend.
Those who know me would
never call me a "pessimist,"
but I do know that when we
salute our flag, leaving out
"Under God" and take him
out of the class rooms it is a
sure sign that those laughing
Communists now have one big
foot in every open door.
Each American must be
honest, loyal, cheery but
brave to do our bit, but how?
Pearl Spackman,
Box 33
Jacksonville, Ore.
Victory
To the Editor: Just one
more letter to cigarette smok
ers that want to quit smoking
but lack the power.
The early morning was
beautiful along the river and
as I unlocked the gasoline
pumps, preparing for the
north-bound traffic. I noticed
a man on foot coming on the
lower road, signifying that he
was, probably, a camper from
up Shasta Canyon. He said
not a word as he drew near
but went directly into the
store. 1 followed him in and
stepped behind the counter
as he threw some money on
the counter and said. "Give
me a package of cigarettes."
"No." I replied, "we do not
handle them here." "What?"
he questioned, "running a
store and don't keep ciga
rettes?" "Yes," I said. "That s
right. T expect to face the
judge nf the universe some
day and I do not want Him to
charge me with selling some
thing that would do a man as
much damage as cigarettes
do."
He was angry, t told him
that there was another store
up the road about a mile and
that they sold cigarettes there.
I then asked him if he would
like to hear my experience
with tobacco. He gave a re
luctant consent: then I related
to him the circumstances, the
effect upcai ay toi-t ej c.
lungs and how the service had
rejected my application when
I tried to enlist, then how I
had tried, in my own power.
and had failed so miserably
to quit smoking but was vic
torious when I asked Jesus
for deliverance ,f r o m the
craving.
He started away in the di
rection from whence he had
come and I said to him ques
tioningly, "Are you not going
after your eigarettes?" He
gave no response other than
a fling of his hand.
I had forgotten about him
but he evidently had not for
gotten me, for here he came
again about the same time in
the morning with his hat in
his hand swinging it high,
low, and handsome and shout
ing, "It works, It works." He
was beaming with happiness
and seemed to want the whole
world to know it. Then as he
came near he corfided that
his partner was going to try
It too. Sure enough, in anoth
er week or so, here they both
came, overjoyed with their
victory through Christ's prec
ious name.
James J. Williams
P. O. Box 441
Jacksonville, Ore.
Ve Too
To the Editor: Aye yust sent
a telegram to Congress, und
Aye say: "Vy don't you send
us some passenger trains, so
ve vill hafe somet'ing to save
10 per cent on, ven you elim
inate der tax on passenger
train tickets. Ve in Oregon
like to save too."
Everett Acklin,
Ashland, Ore.
Cask ef Eyewash
To the Editor: Some time
ago, in a Mail Tribune edi
torial on segregation, the
phrase "unmitigated eye
wash" was coined. It seems
as though it would be hard to
find a more apt adjective or
phrase to describe the absurd
lamentations of the self styled
"Preservers of the Faith" who
bemoan so eloquently and so
religiously the recent Su
preme Court decision regard
ing state prayers.
In the first place, the Su
preme Court made no law
against prayer. For that mat
ter, the Supreme Court has
no law muking powers. The
decision only prohibited the
governments of the states
from coining official prayers,
when these espoused only one
religion or deity. How it is a
death blow to the American
way of life to block church
state relationships (so zealous
ly condemned during the Ken
nedy campaign) is beyond any
conception of reason I can
muster.
If the prayer under scrut
iny espoused Buddha, I am
sure that these same people
would be very much In agree
ment with the decision. Yet
may I remind them that there
are Jews, atheists, and agnos
tics, plus many others, in
America. Take the Jews as
an example. There are mil
lions of them in this country,
including two on President
Kennedy's cabinet. A prayer
which was basically Christian
In nature would be a deep
sacrilege to them. Is this re
ligious freedom?
I have attended a Christian
church almost .very Sunday
since I was 2 years old, and
I believe deeply in my te
ligion. But I do not approve
of religious suppression or a
church-state link, even when
it is my religion which is
favored. People who oppose
such things as this only when
their own ideas are opposed,
not only live by a double
standard, but have no true
conception of the meaning of
freedom. ("I do not agree with
what you say, but I will de
Try and
By BENNETT CERF-
ART LINKLETTER was entertaining a little girl named
Ellen, and a boy she obviously adored named Stcvie.
"When I grow up," confided EUen, (all of five) "I'm going
to warry Stevie." "That's
treat, enthused Link
letter. "Do you feel the
same way about EUen,
Stevie?" "Nah," scowled
Stevie. "Never u lonf as
I live." "Why not?" per
sisted Mr. L. "Because,"
explained Stevie with
some dignity, "every time
I turn around at school,
she paints my nose."
e e e
K practical joker up
Westchester way mailed tn
a eoupen for one of those
rock 'n roll record clues.
eigninr the name of a highbrow banker who lived down the road.
Said beaker waa outraged when the records begn arriving at
hia home, but deepite several letters to the record company ex
plaining the situation, and ordering them to ceaee and desist, the
monthly "choiee" kept arrtruif;, along with letters demanding
payment for all the records he had returned. When the fifth
automatically punched bill arrived, he took a pen knife and
added several holes of hit own, then !iled n back. "This should
produce an Interesting result," he told his wife. It did, too. The
aext menUi he received rwe records instead of one.
e e
Ttl tell you how old I really am." confided Jack Benny re
cently to an acquaintance. "I waa born tn the decade when it
ettll waa poesible to tell the difference between a bathin; be are
aad a nudist colony."
laavjr eeelOartii Kr1WI4( W'IlesrSrjra Br&l'"
fend to the death your right
to say it.")
Also, the most unmitigated
lump of this whole cask of
eyewash is the argument that
this decision is a step towards
Communism.
Now the "decent American
Right-Wing" extremists are
not only calling those who dis
agree with them politically
Communists, they are doing
it to their religious opponents.
If anyone can see a reasonable
way in which a reaffirmation
of religious freedom is a step
towards government owner
ship of industry, Socialist
Utopia or police-slate auto
cracy, I would say that he has
extraordinary powers of per
ception. Strange that there
seem to be so many who can.
Dave Force,
P. O. Box 253,
Gold Hill, Ore.
Yucca Blooms
To the Editor: Just a word
about Yucca plants: I can't
believe the story about the
plant which appeared in your
paper recently (with picture)
of this plant only blooming
once in ten years. This is not
true with the one I have.
I have one at my home,
372 Stewart ave., which was
planted in 1954. When it
first bloomed, I do not know,
but I moved to the place July
1957 and it had one nice big
bloom and the next year two
big blooms and each year
two large blooms till this
year, 1962 - THREE nice big
blooms. Anyone interested in
this story may check on same
by driving out and taking a
look - it is now in full bloom.
Just wished to "set the record
straight." You are welcome
to take a picture of my Yucca
plant if you wish.
E. Schultz
372 Stewart ave.,
Medford
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Editor's note: "For the rec
ord," the article mentioned
above said the plant was 10
years old and had bloomed
for the first time, not thatt
it bloomed only every 10
years.
Editorial Liked
To the Editor: I salute you
for your fine editorial "Mc
Carthy Reincarnate" which
was reprinted in the Corvallis
Gazette-Times on June 13.
Your remarks were long
overdue from our local press
and I am cheered by the cour
ageous stand you have taken,
for no doubt you have re
ceived numerous letters criti
cizing your remarks. It is my
sincere hope that you hsvs
received at least equal sup
port from your readers.
Today I am sending my re
print on to a friend in Wash
ington, D.C, who was horri
fied when she first heard Mr.
Smoot on her first trip to the
Northwest. Thought she'd be
glad to know not everyone
agrees with the gentleman.
Mrs. John W. Wolfe,
3235 Crest dr.
Corvallis, Ore. !
Astoria Sawmill
Idle. 145 Workers
Astoria - (UPD - Columbia.
Hudson Lumber Co's sawmill
was closed down this week.
Management notified the em
ployees that the closure was
due to the continuing influx
of Canadian lumber and the
depressed U.S. lumber market.
The company sent letters
last week to the 145 em
ployees notifying them of the
' indefinite" shutdown.
A spokesman said officers
and stockholders would meet
this week to consider further
action.
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