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Newspaper Page Text4 A-- "Everyone In Southern Oregon Re.li The Mill Tribune Published Dally except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 13 North HrSt..Ph;772-eUl ROBERT W RUHU. Editor HERB GIILY Advertising Manager GERALD T LATHAM. Bui. Mgr. ERIC W ALI.EN. JR.. Mng. Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRV CHIPMAN. Teles. Editor RICHARD JEWETT, Sporti Editor OLIVE S TARCHER, women I Editor DALE ER1CKSON. CirculaUon Mr. An Independent Newspaper Entered it lecond cliu mitter it Medlord. Oregon, under Act or March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES y Mill In Advince. Copy 10c Dally ind 8undiy 1 yeir 15.00 Daily and Sunday 6 moa. 8.00 Dallv ind Sunday 3 rnoa. 4.23 Sunday Only One year 430 By Carrier In Advance Medlord, AahlMld. Central Point. Eagle Point Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue Riv er Talent and on motor route Dally and Sunday 1 year 818.00 Dallv and Sunday mo. 1.50 Camei and Dealer! Copy 10c All Tcrma Cash inAdvance "Official Paper of City of Medtord Olllcjal Paperjrf Jadklon CouMy United Prea Internauonal Full Leaaed Wire U P I Telephoto Newaplcturea ""MEMBER OF AUblt'BUREAU NELSON ROBERTS It ASSOCI ATES. Olflcei In New York. Chi. eaao Detroit. San Francisco, Loa Angeles Seattle. Portland. Denver O NIW1PAPII UHISHUS ASSOCIATION DITOfMAL 351 lc6T,gN .....mi. II I II! Flight o' Time Medford end Jackson County History from th tiles of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Aug. 16, 1952 (Saturday) The 1952 Medford-Ashland telephone directory, to be is sued about Nov. 1. will be the "big city" size for the lirat lime. . About 300 people gathered Sunday at TouVelle State park on Rogue river to pay tribute to Judge F. L. Tou Velle, Jacksonville, pioneer Oregon road builder. 20 YEARS AGO Aug. 16. 1942 (Sunday) The Alwyr company, Med ford, is given a war produc tion board contract to con struct wood and metal buoys for the Marines; this is the first WPB contract to be awarded any Jackson county firm. , ,, From Arthur Perry s Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Clark Gable ot Hip he-man films has Joined 11. Fluhrer. the late demon baker, in the air corps in Florida where both will work for Uncle Sam." 30 YEARS AGO Aug. 16, 1932 (Tueiday) Joseph O. Grey, business man and city councilman, an nounces he will be a candi date for citv treasurer's office. Boat loaded with fresh pears from Medford, Hooil River and Yakima leaves Portland for Liverpool, Eng land. 40 YEARS AGO Aug. 16. 1922 (Wednesday) Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin J. Trowbridge and Mr. and Mrs. Diamond L. Flynn leave for a week's visit in San Fran cisco. Half-hour street dance on Ivy st. follows concert of Elks band at city park on West Main st. 50 YEARS AGO Aug. 16. 1912 (Friday! Excursion trip to Weed, Calif., is marred when W. P. Minard steps in front ot train, suffers broken arm. Applcgatc farmers meet with Copco to encourage ex tension of electric power into their area. What's Your I.Q.? Nine er ten tarred fa superior: seven er eight is eicellent; five ei sii Is good. 1. Are black or white pri mary pigment colors? 2. Is helium or hydrogen the lighter gas? 3. Does Africa, Asia, or North America have the great est water power potential? 4. Who was the last Vice President to succeed to the office of President' 5. Did George Washington publish his famous farewell address on the occasion of his retirement from tile army or presidency? 6. Which province in Ire land bears the same name as a man's overcoat? 7. Is Uncle Abner detec tive of fiction, a comic strip character, or an old time ac tor? B. Is the prairie dog a small, large, or medium-sized dog? 9. Which state is nicknamed "Garden State"? 10. Who said. "No man Is born an artist nor an angler"? Answers: 1. No. 2. Hydro gen. 3. Africa. 4. Harry Tru man. 5. Presidency. (. Ul ster. 7. Detective of fiction. 6. Neither-ground squirrel. I. New Jersey. 10. Iiaak Walton. iirinNIL THURSDAY. AUGUST II. 1362 Reapportionment Compromise "One man, one vote." Few would quarrel with this maxim as an ideal to be sought in devising a system of repre sentational apportionment for legislatures. Practically, however, it is impossible to achieve, given our present political structure. 1 ne best that can be done is to eliminate, insofar as possible, gross inequities, such as those mention ed in recent court decisions, where in some cases one man's vote was 50 or 60 times as potent as another man's. ""THERE are other factors which tend to modify the "one man, one vote" ideal. The founding fathers recognized this when they allocated two Senators and a minumum of one Representative to each state, no matter how small a state's pop ulation. In Oregon's 1857 Constitution, legislative ap portionment was based, as closely as possible, on "pure population," but nized the impossibility of attaining this ideal, and set up the so-called "major fraction" system whereby counties or districts which do not have sufficient population to entitle them to a Repre sentative or Senator, still would be allocated one if they had more than half enough population. The same provision was contained in the 1952 reapportionment amendment, now in effect, but it also spelled out in more detail how the legisla ture should be apportioned, and gave the Su preme Court power to review subsequent reapportionments. DUT the apportionment plan worked out by the " legislature following the 1960 census was found by the Court not to conform to its interpre tation, and as a result some of the less populous counties suffered drastic cuts in representation. It was this that led to the writing of the reap portionment amendment which will appear on the ballot this fall. At letter in today's communeiations column attacks this proposed amendment as "vicious" and "un-democratic." We dispute this. It is our belief that the pro posed amendment is closer to the intent of the original Constitution, and the intent of the 1952 amendment, than is the interpretation of the 1952 plan given down by the Court. 17HY DO we say this? Primarily because it re- stores the major fraction rule as the basis for allocating all the senators and most of the repre sentatives. Many probably most students of apportionment problems believe the major frac tion rule is the fairest that can be devised when allocating representation to counties and districts of widely varying size and population. The plan also has these other features, which we believe to be steps in the direction of fairness and equity: 1. It recognizes that no citizen should be too far removed from access to his representative, and in doing so recognizes the principle of mini mum representation. 2. It is sufficiently flexible to meet changing population trends. 3. It retains the historic county lines as the basis for senatorial and representative districts, and recognizes that when counties are combined to form a legislative district, the combination should be based on a community of economic, agricultural, geographic, social and cultural inter ests. 4. It retains population as the primary basis for representation entirely, in the Senate but also takes into consideration, in the House, the needs of sparsely populated areas. 5. It retains Supreme Court review in case the legislature fails to act in reapportionment, or acts unconstitutionally. 6. It provides an odd number of members in both houses, to avoid deadlocks, but retains the ratio of about 2 to 1 between house and senate. 7. It has a built-in safeguard against excessive over-representation of any area. IN SHORT, supporters of the proposal believe it will recognize the rights to adequate repre sentation of similar numbers of people, whether in a metropolitan county or a rural combination of counties. They believe that to deny representation to combinations of small counties, on a minimum basis, would in effect disenfranchise the resi dents. They believe it is fair, because it recognizes the legitimate demands of population, yet gives minimum recognition to the state's varied areas, resources and economic and social patterns; that it is not regional because its benefits would ac cure to all parts of the state, and that it is non partisan, because it is supported by outstanding citizens of Oregon from both parties. IT IS FOR these reasons that we support the pro- posed amendment. It will not satisy those who want a "federal plan," with each county, no matter what size or population, having a senator. Nor will it satisfy those who believe that no weight should be given to the points enumerated above. But, to fair-minded people between the two extremes, it is a fair and workable compromise, an honesty compromise, which "liberals" and "conservatives" alike can support in good con science. E. A. the authors also recog r ri 'I promised Mew i wouiwr ao through trash cans no MORS, SO I'M SONNA TeU yOU WHAT 10 SAVE ... Communications ... Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen na.ue or initial for publication is permissible The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must r.ot 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. Step Backward To the Editor: Every sup porter of fair representation in Oregon's Legislature, based upon people rather than area, should be concerned that the Associated Oregon Industries area representation plan, vari ously described as the "An nala Plan", the "Citizens Com mittee Plan", or "Ballot Prop osition Number 9", is being presented to the voters at the Nov. 6 General Election. While I am confident that the voters will defeat this vicious proposal, if they un derstand what it is intended to accomplish, unfortunately, Oregon's Supreme Court re fused to approve a properly descriptive ballot title. In view uf all the national publicity on reapportionment, many voters, unless they are informed to the contrary, may think that a more represen-.. tative rather than a less rep resentative proposal is being submitted to them. This is not the case. The people's best recourse is to support the efforts of the Bi-partisan Committee to Retain Equal Representation to defeat this undemocratic proposal. No one but the selfish special Interests is ever benefited by the destruction of grass roots democracy which this amendment pro poses. Fortunately, on the ques tion of the adoption of this proposal, every man and wom an in Oregon will have an equal voice, with each being entitled to cast one vote, with out regard to how much land he owns, where he lives, or how wealthy he is. I cannot believe that tlic people of Oregon will knowingly give up their sacred right to an equal voice in government. Oregon has the most repre sentative legislature of any of the United States. Let's stay in first place and not take "9" steps backwards!:! Vernon Cook. State Senator. Multnomah County, SI 9 N E. Fourth st., Gresham, Ore. O Editor's note: Sec comment in Editorial column. Finches I To the Editor: Making wild i gooseberry jelly at an August High Sicrran campfire is fun. I Aflcr such an evening, one's I next morning's sleeping bag ( snooze may be rather pro- Can't Let It Pass longed. At such a time, one To the Editor: In yestcr mny be awakened by the Cas- day's Medford Mail Tribune, sin Finch's call notes. PRe 8-B, there was an item This finch has found its concerning the Southern Ore niche In the high mountains, gon Humane Society in which It thus has acquired peculiar it stated I had resigned the food habits. Its lowland rela- position of humane officer. I live, Ihe redheaded linnet is I want it clearly understood a weed-seed eater. This slmi- by all the membership of the larly colored finch, in adapt- Humane Society and by any iiiK itself to alpine conditions, of the board of directors that can make a living off pine or might have such an idea, that fir buds. This is important it is entirely false. My scrv where the season that affords ices were terminated two days bird seeds is likely to be un- after 1 was released from the comfortably short. hospital following an opcra- The Ciissm "purple" finch j Hon for hernia and t was still is a bird that endears itself to ; unable to go back to work, visitors into the High Sierra j No member of the board as in (lie Back of Yosemite. of directors visited me during Wilh such short summers, its i the five days spent in the hos nestini: may commence in I pita, nor did any one of June Its "cousin." the linnet, 1 (hem let me known thev were usually has completed its kindergarten by this time. The linnets cheery song almost has ceased as Cassin's is commenc ing. Perhaps the time one appre-j dates the company of Cassin most is on a ski trip. The cneery little Hashes of red-1 deal of my own money and heads are gladsome as they iahor helping to get the or (orage on huds protruding , (jamiatinn on its teet and pav from limbs bent with snow I ing o(( $2.noo judgement wi'igm C M Goc.the .1731 Tea st. Sacramento 16. Calif. Plan of Salvation To the Editor: My views on to be n opportune time to item appearing in the Oregon entering into our spiritual ! terminate my services" an papers recently under the life, as discussed in Helen 'exact quote of the one board heading. "Mutual Funds Ree Prevos recent fine letter in member that has contacted me i ord Good." and with the first r r- r the M-T, would be by faith and works. In James 2:26 we are told, "as the Body is dead without the spirit so is faith dead without works." The apostle Paul says in Col 2:12, "We are buried with Christ in the watery grave." And we come forth, symbolic of his resurrection into a new life. Is not that then the first step in entering into -our spiritual life? Our Savior was born a mortal from his mother's side, and the first part of his mis sion on Earth was to be born of water and the spirit (Holy Ghost). As he told Nicodcmus. (John 3:5) Jesus had no need of being baptized, but He said to John, "suffer it so now that all rightousness may be ful filled." God's law is rightous, and the Holy Ghost descend ed upon him in the form of a dove. He had then obeyed the fundamental principle of the plan of salvation. That must have been given to us at the same time he was chosen to be (he Lamb slain before the foundation of this Earth, and we all sang and shouted for joy over the promise of this Earth life (Job 38:1-7). When Adam ale of the for bidden fruit, he brought our temporeal death, by the change in his body from the spirit of God to our Earthly element we call blood? He must also then have suffered a spiritual death, as he could not walk and talk with God face to face any more. And God gave Adam the plan of salvation in the tem poral priesthood. And Jesus came in due time and estab lished his church and spiritual part to overcome Adam's spiritual death, through the higher pristhood and the gift of the Holy Ghost with it?, ordinances. Jesus is the light and life and spirit that is giv en to all both good and evil. But the gift of the Holy Ghost is given to us by the laying on of hands by one who has that authority, (Heb 5:4). And its function Is to enlighten our minds, and to lead us into all truth and rightousness. as Jesus told his disciples (in John 14:16 to end of chapter) shortly before he departed from them. John F. Peterson fill South Holly st. Medford contemplating replacing me. I i was notified by special do- livery letter and no reason was given for my discharge. After devoting 24 hours a day for four years of my lite (thejsion trusts, and other invest- first year without one cent in pay. in fact, I spent a good against the Society and then building up the good will and services to the point it is self-supporting) it is bit 1 shocking to be kicked out! simply because. "It was found : MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON Stepped-Up Aid to Latin America From Europe Seen as Increasingly Needed By PETER KNOX United Press International London - (UPD-There is a growing feeling in Europe that the old continent might have to bail the United States out of trouble in Latin Amer ica. The story running the rounds of the diplomatic chan nels and getting increasingly into print is that President Kennedy's Alliance for Pro gress plan is moving with dis appointing slowness. One reason for the tortoise pace, as seen from this side, is the age-old suspicion Latin Americans feel for North American motives. Sober pa pers like the London Times and the Guardian of Manches ter both have mentioned these doubts in articles on the al liance. Few people here believe Europe could ever seriously expect to rival the United States' influence in Latin about it, before or since. I hadn't intended making a public issue of my ill treat ment, but to let an article like that pass, stating that I had resigned, was more than I could stomach. William O. Herring P. O. Box 171 Medford. The Prospector To the Editor: Re Aladdin's Magical Lamp (Bert Kissinger, Mail Tribune, Aug. 14, '62). He stood on a hill; then he bent, looking down To a trench he had made in the gumbo ground In pursuit of a vein of quartz with it's mold, A token of float, speckled yellow with gold. He was young and the urge of success was strong And he reasoned no harm in the delve, or wrong As the search for a metal in virgin soil Would rob neither wid ows nor orphans by toil. There was sweat on his brow and his anxious face As he plied the pick for the Illusive trace The months had rolled by and there yet was no sign To encourage the pros pect of golden mine. But just then came a voice, from he knew no where -"Why not seek for the lasting", came out of the air. From that moment onward, as new thoughts took hold Old thoughts were divert ed to new kind of gold. So precious its prospects, so gorgeous Its find No tongue can describe satisfaction of mind. The peace to the weary is beyond compare - Peace comes to Christ's children, comes out of the air. When you prospect for wealth, by whatever means Will you weigh in the balance, and watch the scenes? World's wealth is uncertain and cannot bring joy. Just masses the troubles and things that annoy; But when you find Jesus, His riches are yours, Tbis world and its pov erty, loses its lures An Heir of Salvation, a "Joint Heir with Him", The richest of persons, your lot, and His kin. He purchased that balance on Calvary's tree To justify all that will hear and be free The prospector's strike can be yours, no compare - He's calling. He's calling you, out of the air. James Williams. P.O. Box 441. Jacksonville, Ore. Mutual Funds To the Editor: Both before and after the great decline in the stock market from March through June of this year, we have seen many news stories concerning the Securities and Exchange Commission's invi. ligation into the operation of the nation's securities markets and the operations of stock brokers, mutual funds, pen- ment groups. Despite this pub licity, you see a great many news stories by financial writ ers which are grossly mislead ing. In fact. I would wonder if most of the big press asso- ciations stories on the stock j market are not written by spe- j cialists in sports or advice to the love lorn. This particular letter is the result of an Associated Press America. Fewer still believe Europe would want to. There is a growing body, however, that thinks Europe is going to have to step up its help to Latin America. The indication are that President Kennedy and his advisers would not only not resent Europe showing some more interest in Latin Amer ica, but actually are encour aging it. Latin Americans over here, both diplomats and business men, also have shown that paragraph reading: "NY (AP) - A new survey of first half performance showed Friday that many bal anced Mutual Funds did bet ter than the popular stock market averages while some small growth funds suffered damaging blows." The news story is a brief synopsis from an article ap pearing in. Business Week which was actually headed, "Few Funds Played It Right" (the understatement of the decade). The Business Week Article emphasized that the Dow Jones average had fallen 23 per cent in six months and many mutual funds had suf fered even greater loss. The article did not emphasize that mutual funds did better than the popular stock market av erages, and that only small growth funds suffered damag ing blows. In fact, the article emphasized that the 40 com mon stock funds surveyed, 29 showed even poorer results than the non-selective Dow Jones Industrial Average. Such stories as this make one wonder if the public is being really informed by such stories, or whether these gar bled, self-serving articles are not mere "plants" by the mu tual fund industry. As another example, many will recall that the newspa pers, television, and radio em phasized that the great stock market crises on May 29 was prevented from developing into a 1929 type crash by mu tual fund buying. Again, this is just not true. The latest re ports on the first six months of mutual fund operations show that many did very little buying, and in fact, many joined the public in panic selling. It appears to me that the mutual fund industry had a horrible record from the point of view of preserving the cap ital of the investor in the re cent stock market crash. These institutions advertise expert and astute manage ment, but the facts lead me to seriously question such claims. If the worn out bogey man of inflation disappears, one will be able to tell how expert the management really is. My sincere hope is that it will be much more expert in the future than it was during the recent stock market down trend. Our nation needs individual investor's capital, but if these investors are going to continue to invest in mutual funds, these funds must begin to manage and stop concentrat ing on sales based on "status portfolios." Dale M. Harlan, Alty., 1108 Main St., Milwaukie, Ore. Enough Hate To the Editor: It is certainly easy to agree with Mr. Dykes as to other people's cats and dogs that live naturally on his properly. It also makes me ill to see tons of love poured onto some animals when millions of children could use a few pounds of it themselves. The type of person that behaves that way with an animal needs love himself desperate ly, but that is another story. If everyone would provide consideration for their ani mals and fence their own yard for them, many others would be attracted to dogs and not repelled. This is pure dream ing on my part, but the dog would be first to appreciate it. His ego wouldn't be hurt when someone had to chase him off a patch of grass, he wouldn't suffer the pains of a hit and run driver, and he would be around to be ap preciated by the hands that feed him. It is my opinion that a dog deserves a certain type of af fectionate handling. If you own a loyal animal that acts intelligently it is easy to be come attached to them. Mr. Dykes right now is seeing the worst side of uncared for an- " He hould retaliate. He j i complains but offers no con- i '. structive ideas. Why doesn't , "e purchase an intelligent i watchdog that would scare the heck out of the other hecklers? Also I'm sure he would be able to keep fleas off as they have a pill out now that gets rid of them. Soon the hate would leave ana gradually a certain type of love would fill the empty spot. There Is enough hate in this world and too little pre cious time to fill your life with it Mrs. James Anderson. Coker Butte rd.. Route 3. Box 64. Medford. they want more European money, know-how and en couragement to lessen their dependence on Washington. Under present plans. West ern Europe, together with Ja pan, will chip in about $300 million annually for Latin America, against the $1.4 bil lion the U.S.A. is pouring in there apart from another $300 million which comes from the international agen cies that are also heavily de pendent on U- S. money. Everyone recognizes that it will be tough to get more money out of European gov ernments for Latin America, although West German Min ister for Economic Coopera tion Walter Scheel has visit ed there on an extended tour discussing ways to improve cooperation. Even if the government money were to be slow in moving to Latin America, In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS In his first radio-television report to the people since last March, President Kennedy re jected an IMMEDIATE "business-spurring" tax cut. The latest figures for July, he said, do not indicate the country is drifting into a new recession. Looking ahead, he said, there is every reason to expect fur ther progress. But he promised to summon congress into emergency ses sion to slash levies if the econ omy skids later this year. He then added: "I want to make it clear we are not talking of letting spending GET OUT OF CON TROL." WHAT he has to say about keeping spending under control is interesting, but this question arises: "What, in his opinion, is the point at which spending will get OUT OF CONTROL?" To a lot of us of the con servative persuasion, that point seems to have been reached already. We are so conservative as to believe that when our nation owes three hundred billion dollars and its annual INTEREST BILL is larger than the entire cost of running our federal govern ment only 22 years ago spend ing has ALREADY got out of control. IN HIS report Monday, the President assured the American people that he still is going to ask congress next year for tax reforms that Strictly Personal By Sydney lc) Field Enterprises, Inc. PERSONAL PREJUDICES It puzzles me that scientists can design a method of pro tecting spacemen against a crash impact fifty times the force of gravity, and yet we haven't wanted to, or been able to, build an automobile which protects riders in high way accidents. A great deal of what we call "molding" and "im proving" our children con sists in systematically re moving the spontaneity and direct honesty they were endowed with, and replacing these with docility and hypocrisy. While it is true that, as Kin Hubbard long ago observed, intelligent people are always on the unpopular side of any thing, it is equally true that many disgruntled personali ties take the unpopular side merely because they think it makes them seem intelligent. Teamsters Clash With Bricks, Bats Philadelphia - mm - A thou sand Teamster Union mem bers clashed last night with bottles, bricks and bats-rebels versus supporters of James Hoffa. Two policemen and 12 team sters men were hurt in the brawl. Police confiscated 12 baseball bats and an assort ment of steel tools. Police said three shots were fired through the windows of Local 102 s waterfront head quarters before the melee began outside. Ten cars were damaged. Police dogs and fire equipment helped break up the battle. Violence had begun earlier in the day at a trucking termi nal shut down when the union local's insurgent faction. "Voice of Teamsters 107." walked otf their jobs and began picketing. An estimated 60 million or more native-born Americans have no legal proof of their j birthplace. there was a growing feeling that it would find its way there eventually. One commentator said: "There is clearly a limit to the amount the United States can provide in her position as foster parent to the. whole subcontinent. "This means that the door is left wide open for far-sighted businessmen from East Germany, Holland and Italy who are prepared to take a fairly safe gamble on the fu ture of what is a rapidly-expanding market. If at any time they falter, then the So viet Union will be more than willing to substitute." The fear that communism will sweep Latin America is a real fear here, although per haps not as vital as in the United States. But it is an impelling motive for Europe to help out increasingly in the area. would include a reduction in rates, effective back to Jan. 1, 1963. THAT also is interesting. Federal tax rates are staggeringly high. For example: If your taxable income (meaning your net after per mitted reductions) is not over $2,000, your tax will be 20 per cent of it. Twenty, per cent of $2,000 is $400. That's a lot of money to take out of an income of $2,000. SUPPOSE your taxable in come is $2,000, but not over $4,000. In that event your income tax will be $400, plus 22 per cent of the excess over $2,000. Suppose your taxable in come is $4,000, but not over $6,000. In that case, your tax will be $840, plus 26 per cent of the excess over $4,000. Again, that's a lot of money to be taken out of taxable in comes of from $4,000 to $6,000. There is a lot of moonshine to the effect that the Big Shots pay the bulk of our federal taxes. Sure. They pay a LOT of taxes. But the people down at the bottom brackets ar VERY numerous. The Big Shots are relatively few in number. WHY these staggeringly high tax rates? The answer is absurdly sim ple. It is because of too much RECKLESS SPENDING. J. Harris Some married couples get along so swimmingly not because they are well-adjusted but because their maladjustments happen to mesh; the clinicians call this "interlocking neurosis." but I heard a more vivid and accurate description t h other day: "The rocks in his head perfectly fit the holes in hers." Some of the most pioiu people I have ever known have also been the most par simonious: perhaps on the warped theory that if they place all their trust in God, they don't have to place any in their fellow men. We are not nearly as care ful In choosing our pleas ures as we are in avoiding calamities -'and we never learn, until too late, that the latter generally come from the former. It is essential to most re formers that they never suc ceed; for success would give them nothing to be against, and the dynamics of their personality would collapse. . What we call "faith" in the modern world is largely a substitute for genuine re ligious belief: it is a "falsie" worn to uplift the soul, and not the real thing at all. "Whatever liberates our spirit without giving us self control is disastrous." said Goethe, thus anticipating by two centuries the danger points in "progress" and "de mocracy." The lowest form of hu man life consists of those pathetic and contemptible creatures who gather around the scene of a fire, accident, or any other catastrophe, with no desire to help but only to gawk and to obstruct those doing their diffi-u t duty. If I were I rman or police men wo-hing under such circumstances. I would sprey xhe crowd with a high pressure hose until it dis persed. Those who try to impress wi:n their superiority su, ceH olv imTresslr.i; .;iem 7; it it their d-.'-rate need to make an impression.