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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1962)
... Communications ... Lelte" 1 the Editor must bear the came and address of ibe 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 not exceed 400 words. The lelteri printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the contrary is often the case. f ir and Equal with 47.475 Klamath county To the Editor: One mcas- residents to share a represents ure on the November ballot j tivc. This is but one example affects every voter in the state of Oregon and their rep resentation in the state legis lature. This is Measure 9 for legislative a p p o r t ionment. which deserves the study of every Oregonian and a yes vote on Nov. 6. The many citizens and groups who do support the grass-roots movement initiat ed by 56.248 of your neigh bors from every county in Oregon, want the true picture concerning the merits of Measure 9 presented. A natur al way to accomplish this is through your local newspaper where the staff is able to an alyze the data and deliver it in an objevtixe manner in In an objective manner in torial columns. Slated simply, Ballot Meas ure 9 maintains majority rule on a population basis while it assures that every part of the economy of the state will have a voice in the legislature which understands the prob lems of that segment of our economy. It also restores to Oregon's citizens a guarantee that no person be too far re moved from his representa tive; nor will a representative be too far removed from the communities of interest that he represents. The measure will eliminate the political manipulation possible under the present set up. In my own district, a new one, where I have both Dem ocratic and Republican nom inations for re-election, I will represent 7,158 Lake county people who are now combined Poets' Corner Conducted by Arnold Eugene Jenny All Beauteous Things I love all beauteous things. I seek and adore them; Cod hath no better praise. And man in his hasty days Is honored for them. I loo will something make' And joy in the making; Although tomorrow it seem Like empty words of a dream Remembered on waking. Robert Bridges (1844-1930) Problem Child Atoms are a problem Mathematically deriding. For when they starl to multiply It seems they're just dividing. Evejyn D. Young Portland, Ore. Oriental Reflections Bamboo forest. Paper flags. Fields of rice. Boys in rags, Shuffling of a hundred feet. Wooden wheels on cobbled street. Rickshaw runner, blind and old. Evening mist when night was cold. Temple bell and incense smoke. Silence, when the aged spoke. Dust and rain. Fireflies. Cherry blossoms against the sky. Pagoda. Moonlight. Giant gong. Clouds at dawn. Night bird's song. Morning sun on a mountain peak. Silken screen. Polished teak. Bamboo fenre. Pillowed floor. Bitler tea but wait, there's more: My own heart without a door! (Copyright, 1962) Emile Abbotl Los Angeles, Calif. Centered Perspective When star-laden branches glow . Through my midnight window, Illusion prints a pleasing scene. ' Disposing of all space between Tree limbs and lights: yet fades from the surety That One who designed the night-gemmed tree Designed (he lighted spheres: made measuring And challenging of space a human thing. Ruth Cowley Tigard, Ore. Snow Down from the sky white rain comes, falling, falling. So white and pure the falling flakes jeem to be. Some time has passed and now whitp rain In slush has changed. Slush! Dirty slush! Is this the way our life must be? James A. Albright Mcdford (From Anthology published by Jackson County Commit tee for the Study of Able and Gifted Children) 1 nf Ilia olai-inf, inpnilitP that exist throughout our state in combining counties. Logical ly, as provided in Measure 9, Lake county should be com bined with a county of com parable size which would give everyone a fair shake. Ballot Measure 9 will cor rect these inequities. The desire to be fair to all parts of Oregon is the simple reason why so many people, who have taken the time to become informed on Measure 9, feel that it is a good plan for big and little counties alike. It is our hope that our fel low Oregonians will fully in form themselves on the mer its of Measure 9. Thoughtful study will convince every vot er that Ballot Measure 9 de serves a YES vote to restore fair and equal representation to all of Oregon. George Flitcraft, State Representative District 30, 1946 Earle si. Klamath Falls, Ore. Morse's Philosophy To the Editor: It would be wise for all Oregon voters wanting to uphold the govern ment of the United States to decide for themselves just what is Wayne Morse's polit ical philosophy. Political parties frequently draft platforms or programs identifying their political philosophy. Candiates if elect ed to office, are bound to fol low these programs. "It some time appears" (record of Wayne Morse") "a candidate with a zeal for personal ambi tion, or to misuse and cor rupt for a deceptive purpose, may stoop to trickery and de ception to obtain support of a political party." Count the parties to whose philosophy Morse has claimed to support! Wisconsin's La F o 1 lette? (Morse's campaign literature 1956). Republican? Independ ent? Labor? What parly is he supporting now? Democrat? Until election lime Morse has castigated Democrats from Pres. Kennedy, saying, "The truth is not in him," to Ore gon Democratic chairman. A party which doesn't sup port freedom of the press in its philosophy, believes in government control of com munications. Our Constitution does not agree with this. Docs Morse, who wants com munications satellite under government control? Does this show Morse's po litical philosophy? Passport restriction on Communists is vital issue in U.S. Eisenhower, when Pres ident, urged immediate ac tion." Each day and week that passes without it exposes us I to great danger." House of Representatives acted, but Senate? Is it still held today in the committee on foreign relations? Morse and others (S. 806) provided a Commun ist or loyal citizen should have equal rights to passports except in war time. If passed, a Communist could travel anywhere in the world under protection of our government! Does this show Morse's po litical philosophy? The "Institute of Pacific Relations" in December 1961, "Guide to Subversive Organ izations and Publications" (ask the F.B.I, where to get one) is listed as "an instru ment of Communist policy, propaganda and military in telligence." "Who's Who in America" volumes from 1934 through 1952, lists Wayne Morse as a member. Once again, what is his po litical philosophy? Within recent weeks news media carried the report, "Morse in a three hour Sen ate speech demanded that the government return" two men "deported in 1960 as undesir able aliens" for their associa tion was subversive organiza tions. Docs Wayne Morse's polit ical philosophy now show a pattern, some thread of con sistant policy? Others with a deeper mo tivation, knowing these im plications, may defend with smuggly arrogant denials or suave practical skill offering "reasonably" explanations. Loyalty, devotion, never doubted, I prefer to see Morse Ousted! Catherine G. Lynch 139 Kenwood ave., Medford. Gaining Additional Poise To the Editor: How many of your readers are interested in gaining additional poise and an alert mind in carry ing on conversation, whether it be in social groups or with the persons one meets cas ually? How many would like to improve their ability to give an occasional talk before their club or church group with a minimum of nervous ness, apprehension and for getfulncss? Or who would like to learn how to plan and develop cither a formal or in formal speech or talk? Would some of your read ers like to learn how to pro perly perform as an officer of the organizations of which they are members, whether it be as secretary, treasurer, president or a special chair man? Would they like to know the protocol rules to be used when there is a special dinner and honored guests? All this and much more Once in a you buy a piano ... for your own pleasure, or for a child's benefit. You will be money ahead and better served if you choose a prestige brand, like Baldwin. Monthly pay ments as low as $18.00 . . . three-year Baldwin financed. fy BALDWIN V) ,? 1 sVWcV,.W'' j Join Our. . . MLUtUHJJ may be learned as a member of the Mcdford Toastmistress club. One may enjoy in addi tion, the friendly atmosphere of interested members. One is given not only constructive criticism, encouragement and advice in one's endeavor for improvement, but is taught how to evaluate the perform ance of others. Opportunity is given to exercise one's talents whether it be in the way of planning meetings, dinners, table decorations or speaking. In other words the Toastmis tress club provides leadership training. The Mcdford Toastmistress club is interested in women of all ages who are concerned with these features of self improvement and self expression. For information call Miss Voda Brower, 773-5039 or the president, 773-2427. Mrs. Ruth Acord ( V.E.) President of Mcdford Toastmistress club. 3976 Crater Lake highway Mcdford, Ore. Objects to Hospital To the Editor: The VA in Washington objects to a hospi tal at Camp White, for the reason that it is too far from a medical school. Should veterans be mane guinea pigs of by these medi cal students? Camn White could ce staffed by a skeleton medical staff. Specialists could be flown there when needed on short notice. Veterans hospitalization is very crowded now. Just what will it be 10 years tiom now. Every veteran and citizen should fight hard for tnis hospital. C., w. torey Phoenix, Ore. Only One Vole To the Editor: tie: ivn. eu Horial of 10-17-62: Your overwhelming gener osity in giving Mr. jaiuL Dunlevy the office of mayor ic not vnur privilege. You can cast only one vote-YOURS. Freedom of tnc press is great American privilege to express one's opinions. But you, an editor ot a papei, have an obligation to the vot ing citizen to state ALL the facts, not just biased ones. What is Mr. Dunlevy's ac tual PLATFORM? Or is he still artfully riding the fence, per usual? He IS articulate - tor ni benefit; personable, yes; well-liked, yes; sense ot hu mor I question. Mr. E. A., aren't your qualifications de scribing a PROP rather than a candidate? Just one more question: isn't Mr. Dunlevy a personal friend, and have you PER SONALLY met the other can didates? Your editor instincts, I feel, will overcome your per sonal ones to print this. Katie Lumsden 817' Niantic ave. Medford. Board Against No. 10 To the Editor: At the regu lar meeting of the Medford School Board, members of the board unanimously went on record as opposing repeal of Oregon's reorganization law as staled in Proposition 10. This action was taken be cause the board members be lieve it would result in con fusion and be a backward step for Oregon's education program if the law were re pealed. It is tiie belief of the board that the current law has brought about more effi cient, logical, and better or ganized districts and would continue to result in belter education for the boys and girls of Oregon at the most economical cost. Therefore, our board rec ommends that citizens of Ore gon be urged to vote against Proposition 10. L. B. Mayficld, Superintendent, Medford Public Schools JFK Should Pay To the Editor: When one considers that President Ken nedy's decision not to give air support to the Cubans in vading Cuba at the Bay of Pigs until It was too late for these Cubans to give up their X lifetime i 1 MAIL 'litlftUMfa. MLUtUHD, ill-fated attempt, it would , seem only fair for the Presi-1 dent, personally, to pay the ' ransom demanded for the I prisoners release. This might give other coun tries a great feeling of confi dence in the behavior of our state department. Mrs. George B. Dean 265 Janncy Lane Mcdford. On Measure No. 9 To the Editor: At the con vention of tire National As sociation of County Commis sioners held in New York City a couple of months ago it was pointed out by a number of speakers thai Hie gradually weakening position of rural governments with reference to urban governments was forc ing rural people to take a close look at Home Rule as tne best means of maintain ing rural independence from big city domination. Many states, Oregon and California among them, have large rapidly growing cities that draw political power away from the rural areas. Here, as elsewhere, rural counties that are losing out in the population race arc never theless trying to maintain the legislative power that was once theirs by apportionment schemes that give advantage to the rural vote. Measure No. 9 on which we will vote in November is such a proposi tion. It is the usual approach to the problem. It is designed 10 increase the already over sized voting power of voters in rural Oregon. Oregon is divided by the Cascades into Eastern and Western sections. Western Oregon, roughly one-third of the stales, comprises 19 coun ties with 1.515,000 people who elect 48 representatives to the legislature. Eastern Oregon, two-thirds of the state, com prises 17 counties with a population of 253,000 which elects 12 representatives. The Western section has a representative advantage of 4 to 1 but a population advan tage of 6 to 1. So Eastern Oregon is already heavily over represented and Measure No. 9 will give them several additional representatives and further increase the disparity that already exists. It would promote minority rule. Ma jority rule is a basic tenet of democratic government. Since Measure No. 9 favors a few at the expense of many it will doubtless go down to de feat and the march toward urbanization in Oregon will have another big step for ward. Proponents of rural power are barking up the wrong tree. They should heed the advice given at the recent County Commissioners' meet- ONLY A FEW SMOKE DAMAGE ITEMS LEFT! PRICE REDUCTIONS CONTINUE ON ALL MERCHANDISE 8-pc. DREXEl TRADITIONAL DINING SUITE Further reduced Rag. $73870 $449 NOW Custom Mad TRADITIONAL SOFA Reg. $499.50 $249 Price 6-pc. Contemporay Bedroom Suite Reg. $773 60 $234 SAVE Sofa Pillows Vi to Vi OFF OREGON Advance Party of Visitation Group Will Leave on Tuesday An advance parly of six people will leave Mcdford Tuesday, Oct. 23, for Lexing ton, Mass., where they will begin an in-service observa tion session in connection with the Oregon Program to improve education. The Oregon Program is being financed by a $3 5 mil lion Ford Foundation grant ovct a three-year period. It is a program designed to study and implement ways of im proving education and teach ing in Oregon. Participating in the pro gram in this area are Southern Oregon college, Ashland, and the Medford school district. People planning to lc:ive Tuesday are Miss Gladys Dur- rand, elementary supervisor, Medford public schools; Dr. Betty Lou Dunlop, associate professor of education. South ern Oregon college: Bill Ruck, Oregon Program director for Medford: Dr. Irene Hallberg, state department of education, Salem: Stanley Jobe, superin tendent of Ashland public schools: and Charles Meyer, superintendent of School Dis trict 6C, which includes Cen tral Point, Gold Hill and Sams Valley. Accept Invitations Jobe and Meyer accepted invitations from Medford school officials to accompany the group. Ashland and Cen tral Point districts, although not participating in the Ore gon Program this year, are in terested in new teaching methods used in schools to be visHed. Observations in the cast coast and Chicago area schools will be centered around teach ing methods such as team teaching, flexible scheduling, intern teacher program, and other new developments in methods of teaching as well as plant facilities. The methods will be studied In detail to provide ideas on how new programs may be adopted in Oregon, and spe cifically in schools in this area. Participants in the visi tation will be required to sub mit written reports to local school officials as well as the ing in New York and abandon these unsuccessful efforts to weight the rural vole and turn to Home Rule as the besl approach to the problem of maintaining the rural way of life. W. E. Davies Route 1, Box 111) Eagle Point, Ore. Description Famout Nam Brand Beige Carpet 12'x24'6" $422.95 TRANSITIONAL 6 PC. CHERRY ITALIAN BEDROOM SUITE . COLD TRADITIONAL LOVE SEAT HI-BACK COLONIAL SOFA 6 PC. COLONIAL BROWN TRADITIONAL SOFA . 90" COLONIAL KING SIZE MATTRESS t BOX SPRING stale department of education, The 22-member nartv visit-! ing the schools will be the largest single delegation from Oregon on such a trip, and the study and observation of leaching techniques and pio ci dins planned will be one of the most complete ever con ducted by an Oregon group. Not to Buy Anything Elliott Bee ken, assistant superintendent of Medford schools who has worked close ly with the Oregon Program along with Ruck, stressed at a meeting Friday of visitation participants that the group is not "going there to buy any thing." He said the group will see how new innovations in teaching work, how they are accepted, and how effective they are. Architects Wayne Strublc, Mfdford, and James Payne, Salem, will accompany the party which leaves Friday, Oct. 26. They plan to study plant facilities at McPhcrson, Kans., Lexington, Mass., nnd Norwalk, Conn., and how they have been adopted to new teaching techniques. Some of these building im innovations may be incorpor ated in a new high school planned in Mcdford for which Payne and Slruble are archi tects. Other schools where teach ing techniques will be ob served include Wayland High school, Wayland, Mass.; New ton South High school, New ton, Mass.; Evanston Town ship High school, Evanston, III.; Highland Park High school. Highland Park, 111.; Rlrigewood High school. Nor ridge, 111.; Bloom Township High school, Chicago Heights, 111.; and University of Chi cago Lab school, Chicago. Not all members of the par ty will visit all of the schools. Members of the Medford and Central Point school boards. Dolos Williams of the stale department of education and architects will visit McPher son, Lexington and Norwalk school only. They will be gone one week. Dr. Leonard Mayficld, Mcd ford superintendent, will visit me same schools, and con tinue In the Chicago area. Other members of the group will remain at Lexington and Norwalk for longer times, and others will spend more time In the Chicago area. Most of them will be gone about two weeks. Central Point school board members accompanying the Regular 8' SOFA BEDROOM SUITE ...... SOFA bUititi. i wo en group are Bill Anhorn and Wilton While. Medford school ! board members include Keith ; Mrs Carrol', Hal,pcr( Dr I David Boals and William Barker. In addition to Dr. Hallberg and Williams, the slate de partment of education also will be represented bv Tom Cnlkins. Others In the group include James Backcn, head of the English department, Medfoid High school; Miss Josephine Kirtlcy, assistant principal, Medford High; Alex McDon ald, dean of boys, Mcdford High school; Bruce Metzgor, principal, Jackson schoil, Medford: and Mrs. Jo Anne Smith, head of the social studies department, Medford High school. Speech Contest Winners Listed Miss Carole Foolc, junior at Crater High school, won first place in the annual soil ! and water conservation speech contest sponsored by the Rogue district of the Soil Con- j servation Service. Her parents i are Mr. and Mrs. Waller Foole, Central Point. The contest was held in the district's office, 711 East Main St., last week. The topic was "Water Conservation." I According to Harlan Can-! trail, chairman of the board of supervisors. Miss Footc will represent Rogue district in the area contest Thursday, Oct. 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the Vo-Ag room at Illinois Valley High school, Cave Junction. Second place was won by Dave Force, Gold Hill. Other winners were Lorraine Hix son, third and Larry Ford, fourth. All the winners arc Crater High school students. Cantrall said each winner will receive a cash award from the district. C. W. Jensen, Rogue River, was contest chairman. Judges were Mrs. Jensen, Mrs. Joe Dugan, Talent and Bert Cas ter, Central Point. Miss Foote's brother, Dave, won Ihe contest when he was a student at Crater High school. Washington -IUP1I- The De fence Department has ordered the armed services to cooper ate closely with local civil defense organizations to pro vide fallout shelters at mil itary installations. 679.50 648.85 369.50 469.50 698.35 399.50 399.50 249.50 yLAMPsf Reduced To I 50 V Now $OAQ ' Pr- Colonial-Quilted WING AQQ CHAIR 499 Reg. $299.50 ea. tllQ NOW .. e. 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Pol Adv. Robinson for Mayor Comm., J. V. McGood- win. Chairman, 1507 E. Main St., Medford. .... i 11 STATE REPRESENTATIVE Honest Copoble Experienced (M Pol. AH by S. V. McQueen. 2136 H.llcesl Evening Piano and Organ Classes Now! Bob Anderson, Instructor LUSK MUSIC CO. 333 South Riverside V "Formerly Lippert's" '.A 1
