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MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD. OREGON SUNDAY. OCTOBER 14. 1962 A 5 ... Communications ... ..Letters la the Editor mutt bear the name and addresi of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use oi a pen na.ua or initial lor publication is permissible -The Mail Tribune reserves the riqht to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views oi the paperi in tact the contrary is oflen the case. Understanding Issues To the Editor: Your editor ial. "The Controversial Dr. Teller," on Thursday, Oct. 11, urged serious consideration of Dr. Edward Teller's opinions on survival. I agree that how to survive is a grave problem in this nuclear age and one that many persons ignore be cause it is too horrendous. Do you know how to keep this question open for debate and discussion? How can every citizen be given the op portunity of judging for him self whether the accumula tion o increasingly destruc tive weapons is the road to -survival or to disaster? Perhaps through your edi- torial section more space could be given to Dr. Teller's views and then equal space to rebuttal as his views pro duced agreement and vehe ment dissent from readers when presented at length in .three issues of the Saturday . Evening Post last February. Eight scientists and genetic--ists, faculty members of east ern universities presented their opinions and conclu sions later in the April 14 "Post. The latter article points out that the majority of Dr. Teller's fellow scientists dif fer sharply with his judg ments. They believe that it - will do no good to continue :the fiction that we are deal- - infi merely with unimportant difference of opinion between technicians. To let Dr. Tel lcr's proposals go unexamined and thus increase their chances of adoption may cause the loss of incalculable ', lives. The arguments of these ,' learned men need to be heard "by all our neighbors and friends. Los Angeles organi zed a three-session Seminar on Survival. The forum could be carried from your paper : to the community. This kind of effort would help us to understand the is sues being negotiated at the United Nations, banning nu clear tests and disarmament. Mrs. H. P. Bosworth Jr. Route 1, Box 62 Jacksonville, Ore. Dozens of CORE men and women have been brutally manhandled, several slain, but not once has a nonviolent re sister so mucn as whacked an attacker. With both legal statutes and moral ethics on their side, they uncompromis ingly stand for law and right with an all-but-human fear lessness and courage. To per suade they solely rely on in tellectual convincement, in nate goodness and determined winsomeness; never forces oi presures, either physical or mental. With steadily increasing arms caches among both whites and blacks in numer ous multi-racial communities, it is only the correspondent spread of nonviolent (non-military) philosophy by such in terracial groups as CORE (and some three or four others), that, most likely, has prevent ed to date wide-spread rioting and slaughter. The misleading connotation of the above 'militant' seems, as well as basically untrue, tragically unfortunate. Charles A. McCalmon, 616 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland, Ore. In Their Hearts To the Editor: On behalf of my colleagues in the United States Office of The Exper iment, and on behalf of the more than 1,700 nationals from 72 countries who shared the warm hospitality of Amer ican homes this past year, I wish to extend my deep grat itude to the people of Med ford, who gave so generously of their time and effort to make Giuseppe Dulto not a stranger from Italy visiting the United States, but a true member of the Medford com munity. The preamble to the UNESCO charter states that "since wars begin in the minds of men, it is In the fenses of peace must be con structed." The people of Med ford have amply demonstrat ed that the defenses of peace are being constructed, not only in their minds, but even more significantly, in their hearts. Gordon Boyce, President. The Experiment in International Living, Putney, Vt. Comparison Welcomed To the Editor: I would like to publicly thank the Medford unit of the League of Women Voters for affording me the opportunity of appearing on their recent Candidates Fair program. Ballot box decisions are good decisions only when the voter has good knowledge of the views of the candidates. Such meetings as the one sponsored by the LWV cer tainly give the voters an ex cellent opportunity to make comparisons. I welcome com parison. The voters of Jackson coun ty also demonstrated in this instance that they are truly interested in the campaign. When a crowd of that size turns out on a wet and windy night it is obvious that there is high interest in the elec tion. A candidate can ask no more than this. Carl Fisher Republican Candidate for Congress Fourth Congressional District 119 East Broadway Eugene, Ore. Animals Not Hurt To the Editor: I read the article "Cruelty" in Sunday's Poets' Corner Conducted by Arnold Eugene Jenny Insult To Oregonians To the Editor: Because they were denied representation In parliament, American colo- nists in 1773 rebelled against . British imposition of taxes on ,-lca and other imports. The .battle cry "no taxation with out representation" expressed the determination of the American colonies either to secure fair and equal rcpre irntation or, as the alterna . tive, to seek independence. Today in Oregon an at tempt is being made to give some citizens greater voting strength than others. Ballot , measure 9 would have some . representatives in the legisla ,'.ture with four times the num ber of constituents as other representatives. The proposed constitutional amendment is unfair and contrary to the cherished principle of one man, one vole. It would arti ficially increase the value of votes cast by people who live In sparsely populated counties at the expense of people who live in densely populated areas, whose votes would be come seriously devalued. Seats in the legislature should be apportioned on the basis of population, as at pres ent and as the Oregon Consti , tution has required since we gained statehood in 1859, so . that each slate representative , . represents as nearly as possi . ble the same number of pco . pie. Ballot measure fl would lead to taxation without equal . . representation. It would mean minority rule instead of ma jority rule. It is an insult to Oregon and to Oregonians. " Fair minded voters, no matter where they live in Oregon, should vote against measure 9. '' Myron Katz, 1061)2 S.W. 55th ave., Portland 19, Ore. Not Militant To the Editor: Re: Sunday edition, Oct. 7. 1962; page 4-D. top column 4. News story headed Ashland is probably verbatim as sent in by correspondent. And nat urally, no one person at edi tor's desk can possibly cen sure all releases. However, ever appreciating profoundly the tremendous job you are doing in giving us a great (In my opinion) daily. I think maybe it not out of place to call your attention to the er ror in using 'militant' to de scribe either James Farmer or CORE Whatever for or against cither Farmer or CORE may be said, they arc the direct opposite, complete inverse and obverse, of mili um. Nonviolent direct action, in order to attain racial inlera t ion or any olncr significant social goal, under no circum stances countenances compul sive force. CORE coopcrators. with smiles of goodwill, ac cept suffering but never in anv situation inflict suffering Communications pertaining to rodeo livestock. 1 disagree whole hcartedly with the article sent in by Clara Donelson. My father has been con nected with rodeos ever since he was 12 years old. He's 63 now. Dad started me when I was nine years old to learn and love this profession. We rodeo ed steadily for eight or ten years and have taken care of rodeo stock. A bucking horse or a Brah ma bull are not made to buck. They are born with this art bred into them. These two particular animals have a very easy life compared to some of the animals alive seen in the Rogue River valley. A bucking horse and a Brahma bull work 8 seconds at a time, and work about 3 or 4 days in a year of actual total work. They arc fed, sheltered, and handled about the best of any livestock any where. Dad moved from John Day to Klamath Falls in 1936. In 1937 he started work for Max Barber, who at one time had the best rodeo string around the country. He started as a pick up man. Previous to this he had his own rodeo string near John Day. As to spurring a horse or bull, it does not hurt them. You do pull a little hair out, but we all know it doesn't hurt much. You have to spur an ani mal to keep yourself in a sit ting position, to pull you up on your bareback rigging or bull rope, so you can score and participate in the finals. A flank strap is not needed on many animals to make them buck. Also It doesn't hurt the animal in any way. It is rougher on the rider than the livestock. Is a rodeo stock furnisher going to pay $1,000 to $2,500 for an animal just to have it mistreated? I know they won't abuse these animals in any way. A guy who has had his share of bumps (Name on file) results along any line of or ganized power. Now more than any other time, whether Republican or Democrat, should combine their best efforts to bring about peace and contentment to this nation, yours and mine, America, to overcome the existing difficult conditions that are gnawing at the peo ples' minds and bring about a happy and prosperous situa tion. I am not in favor of a split in political parties, but if each party thinks that his party is right, let them combine all their efforts to make it a bet ter America, and be Repub licrats. Let us coin this new word for Togetherness. J. C. Carnevele Route 1. Box 31 A Rogue River, Ore. K 1 17 S. Central 773-7301 Reflections en Boyhood Days Do trout await the tempter's bait Under the alder shade, And are there tracks In river silt An anllered monarch made? Do quail still haunt the hillside Where manzanita grows, ' And pheasants rise with startled cries From corn and orchard rows? And tell me, do mushrooms still come In fertile pasture loam? These things a little boy would know, Grown old and far from home. George McDonald Dufur, Ore. R.F.D. For Me You can have the city With its booming traffic roar; I'll take the country With the green grass for my floor. You can have your subways Your theaters and shows; I'll take a winding path Where the laughing flower grows. You ran have your penthouse, Apartment or your flat; But it's by a peaceful cottage That I'll spread my welcome mat! Carmen Adams Medford Of Writing It's there. A piece of paper A pen And you. There's no problem. Because it's so simple: 26 letters A piece of paper A pen And you. Others have done it well, With the same tools Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Keats, And they became famous. God, it's hard to write. S. Stephen Eichclbcrger Medford (From Anlholocy published by Jackson County Com mittee for the Study of Able and Gifted Children) O Georgian Elegy The full-orbed moon her lustre sheds And floods the land with lambent light. The snowy ridge of distant mounts Dissolves into the heavens bright. Deep quiet holds the breath of night; My mother-land in silence lies. Yet oft is heard an anguished moan As Georgia in her slumber sighs. I stand alone . . . The mountains, shades, The slumber of my land caress. O God! O God: when will we wake And rise again to happiness? Ilia Chavchavadze 19th ccnturv Georgian poet (Russia) From Anthology of Georgian Poetry, translated by Verna Urushadzc: courtesy of Dr. Leonard B. Mayfield, Medford. Togetherness To the Editor: Things which have been created are always groups. They consist of one reality which is an idea. Anything which exists as a factor or condition anywhere, anytime, is the outpouring of the activity of a group of ideas. The law requires that two or more must gather be fore power shall become evident. A group of Ideas working together produce a result which is know generally a reality. When all the ideas work toward a common pur pose or idea, the work of the group is constructive and up holding, harmonious and healthy, it produces happi ness, peace and contentment. When ideas argue or quarrel, or disagree among themselves. there must be some sort of adjustment. Ideas are always at work. They are always In action. It is found that the superior con trols the inferior, the stronger govern the weaker. A group of ideas muster more power than an individual idea, the individual ideas seek com panionship with others of their kind, as the common saying, "Birds of a feather flock together." Individual ideas and each individual helps do the work of the whole. When the entire personnel or a household or a combined body of an organiza tion, or government body work together, each for all and all for the welfare of each, that house prospers. Such division of the house hold of mentality is referred to by St. Paul, where he pro claimed the fact that he was split personality, and that one part of his mind did one thing, while another part re pudiated what the other had done, and therein gave expres sion to the fact more or less common to us all "The things I would do, 1 do not and find that there is a warring among members". Conscious purpose, consistent effort will produce Coyotes To the Editor: Deer hunters are bringing disturbing re ports, for the farm folk at least. A party from the south Bly lands of eastern Oregon were more than surprised to find their favorite hunting spot invaded by coyotes. And the onetime exclusively prairie-wolf appeared quite re sentful of the bi-legsed invad ers, voicing it in his stacatlo. resentfully yelling at any un due noise or needled imita tion, sounding off distantly as well as surprisingly near. Plenty of old deer tracks but none new. This held lo the fourth day slay when the coyotes seemed to have dis gustedly left. At least fresh deer track showed, but the seasoned hunters returned home empty handed. They seemed to get some consola tion in reporting one camp of some 25 hunters with one deer credit. It would be interesting to Know what the Fish and Wild life chiefs think of the above in connection with the recent MT reporting of a 4 per cent cut in lederal money for pred atory animal control. In a kind of confessed sad istic way, I can't help but ad mire the sagacity of the coy ote. Time was when he was quite willing to cat second table lo the big loafer buffalo killer wolf. But the coming of the bi-legged killer changed all this. With the buffalo soon gone, little prairie-wolf, with great adaptability, started eat ing second-table to the white invader, and alt too soon changed it to first-table eat ing, even unto this day, de spite hunter and dog, trap and poison. His economic brother, the Indian, held the coyote in great respect, never, even In the hungry moon of February and March, laying lethal hand on smart brother coyote. For said coyote was the native tribesman's pipe-line straigh to the Great Spirit's wickiup. When in dire need, the coyote was ever ready to listen to his economic brother's call for help. If properly tanned and decorated robes of buffalo, deer and elk were properly displayed on sacrificial bush, coyote would report same to the Great Spirit and said Great Spirit would delegate coyote with proper power to accomplish what his distressed brother so desired. Evidence of which is interestingly seen along the great Columbia river today, as well as other places where the Indian and brother coyote roamed free as the winds that blow. F. J. Clifford, Route 2, Box 200F, Central Point, Ore. no monthly povmerats I '? l --- C UIKU-.100-1 Vote Early To 1he Editor: Seems nice lo be back "home," rain and all. Just had to return, to c that every good citizen gets to the polls and voles, espec ially for our two very able men, Thornton and Robert Duncan. If you voters appreciate the privilege of living in this great country, as I do, you will most certainly be con cerned regarding its future, and vote, early. Marv A. Williams 711 Cedar st. 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