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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1. 1962 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON : J.iM til if; yr- . - . 1 - -- 1 If iraVmMi 'Friends of French Opera" Said Starting Cultural War By DELOS SMITH New York -HOT - Cultural wars begin so quietly and so politely you may not even know a new one has stalled. This is to tip you oil that one has, and the aim of the ag- cressors is to get into your heart and mind. They want to make you ESTES ON TRIAL Billie Sol Esles, on trial at Tyler, Texas, lor theft charges growing out of manipulations with fertilizer tank deals, Is shown with his wife during a recess in the trial. IUPI) Compensation Data Printed By SIAC Workmen's c o m p ensation benefits available to workers injured by accidents arising out of and in the course of their employment are detailed in a revised, updated, illustra ted booklet available for pub lic distribution by the state industrial accident commis sion, George I. Hessevick, gen eral manager, announced this week. ...... The booklet, titled "How- ' t Make a Claim Your Benefits Under the Law," provides in structions to workers regard ing their rights to benefits following injury as provided under the Workmen's L"m pensation law of Oregon, Many new workers have been added to those already prelected under the law, and every worker should know how In make a claim and the benefits he will receive under the law, Hessevick slated. To facilitate distribution, in dividual and group requests for the booklet, by mail or tel ephone, will be acknowledged through SIAC regional offices at Portland, Salem, Eugene, Mcdford, Pendleton and Bend. Truckers Pay Record Weight-Mile Taxes Salem (UPU Public Utility Commissioner JnncI C. Hill said Wednesday that Oregon truckers rolled up record mileage in Oregon in October, and paid a record weight-mile tax - $1,702,545.. This was up 4 6 per cent over October, lnfll. Collecllnns for a 10 month period ending Wednesday were $13. ft million, up 5 !) per cent over a similar period last year. State Not To Sell Christmas Trees This Holiday Salem No sales of Christ mas tree stumpage are expect ed this year from state-owned land during the holiday sea son, Oregon state board of forestry announced this week. Slate Forester D w igh t Phipps, in making the state ment explained that Christ mas trees for the taking from Oregon's forest lands is a pass ing tradition. The value of these young trees in produc ing a future crop no longer permits an indiscriminate har vest by the public. The cutting or removing of trees from the lands of another without pei mission is now a misdemean or of some consequence, he explained. This has become especially significant in recent years with the increasing ef forts of landowners to refor est their lands. Intensive Patrol The stale forestry depart ment has expended much pub lic money to establish a new crop of trees on forest lands under their management, Phipps explained. An intens ive patrol is to be maintained throughout the cutting season this year in order to protect this investment. The public is reminded that a 1!)57 law requires individ uals transporting more than five Christmas trees to have evidence of ownership. This Includes the bill of sale, the name and address of the ori ginal owner, the number of I roes purchased, and t he de scription of the land. The on ly exceptions are where the individual owns the land or where a common carrier is in volved, Phipps noted. aware there is French opera and to make you unhappy be cause so little of it is around in our country. Their feeling is American opera lovers have been so saturated with Italian opera by now they've forgot ten about the other kinds. These people are musicians and opera lovers who have formed themselves into "The Friends of French Opera." There is irony in French op era now needing organized "Friends;" persons over 40 can remember when it had a respectable share of the Amer ican Operate repertory and those over 60 can recall when it shared the repertory more or less equally with Italian and German. These "friends" are not ba-; sically francophile, under stand. Basically they're oper-. alic people who think the American operatic diet has been heavily unbalanced -j much, too much pizza and spa-; gclli and practically no crepes suzetlcs and fluffy omelettes. Mad Argument In its new season now bril liantly under way, the Metro politan Opera made their ar-, gumcnt for them. The season opened with an opera which is admitted even by Italians to I be second-rate in the Italian I operatic scale-" Andrea Che- nicr." What's more, there are ; other Italian second-raters in this year's repertory. But there is only one French opera, Debussy's "Pclleas el. Mclasande." There are six German operas and a Russian and a German opera which have been anglicized. The re maining 14 are all Italian. Of these 14 most are univer sally acknowledged master pieces and not even the most ardent admirer of French op era would give off even a faint sneer. But in the French repertory are many a superior of "Andrea Chenicr" and even of "Andriana Lecouvreur," (to name another of the Mel's dubious Italian entries.) Massenet's "Thais" and "Don Quichotte," for in stance; or Thomas' "Hamlet" or Halvey's "La Juvie" or Berlioz' "Les Troyens." There was a time when American opera-goers sighed and gushed over them and considered them the very essence of the operatic art. One Was Joke Once it was said as a joke, but more and more there is truth to the Met being "the greatest Italian opera house outside of Italy." Yet there can be no criticism in that. Clearly there is an enormous and enthusiastic audience for Italian opera. The Met gives its patrons what they want Observers with a mind for history and cultural evolution readily see the explanation. Italian immigrants came to these shores in great waves. Their descendants are now in terwoven into the American : fabric, together with their in-1 hcrited operatic tastes which they have given to Americans of non-Italian antecedents. To these observers the ef- j forts of the friends of French I opera are too little too late. Americans now are so attuned to the Italian they're not like-1 ly to find a place in their op-1 cratic hearts and minds for rivals. I However that may be, the "friends" are launched on their cultural war. This sea son they'll sponsor two French operatic concerts in Carnegie hall, one Nov. 11, the other Jan. 18- Next season they plan to present four French opera in their full lengths. SEEI HEARI LARRY SHEEHAN! 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