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MfcLUnu itirtiu imouub, MLurUhU, UHLGUN Communications Letters to ihe Editor muil bear tht nam and addratt of iha writer, although under certain circumstances the us of a pen na.ue or initial for publication is permissible Th 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 letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of th paper; in fact the contrary is oiten the ess. True Charity To the Editor: Halloween has come and gone but happy memories linger among our little folk who traipsed mer rily from door to door with their UNICEF boxes to col lect funds to aid the needy of the world. Many grown-ups remember happily, too, the light in the eyes and the joy in the hearts of their children as they told of their evening's adventure especially of the warm welcome at most homes and the kindly response of their occupants. Unfortunately, there is an other side to this story: of the few homes where the children's appeal was rebuffed with some curt, though vague, comment about not being "in terested in helping commu nists." Tracking down a few of these instances, it was not surprising to learn that the source of this confusion was the base and mischievous propaganda circulated by the so-called but badly misnamed "Freedom Center" of Port land, and other organizations and individuals similarly claiming to be "Christian" and "anti-communist" but who often out-do the communists in misrepresentation and per version of the truth, as illus trated by the following nor- Poets' Corner Conducted by Arnold Eugene Jenny Thanksgiving We plough the fields and scatter The good seed on the land, But it is fed and watered By God's almighty hand; He sends the snow in winter, The warmth to swell the grain, The breezes and the sunshine, And soft refreshing rain. We lhank'thee, then, O Father, For all things bright and good, The seed-time and the harvest, Our life, our health, our food: No gifts have we to offer For all thy love imparts. But that which thou desiresl Our humble, thankful hearts. Matthias Claudius (1782) O Autumn A brooding warmth from summer's embers dying Across the hills gay colored banners flying, A leasing wind that plucks at golden leaves, Adown the field the rows of garnered sheaves; Ripe fragrant nuts from branches softly falling. A lonely quail his mate is gently calling; The waning sun to light the fields is striving: A reverent hush the brown autumn is arriving Frank Roberts Medford O The New Loyalty Let us no more be true to boasted race and clan, But to our highest dream, the brotherhood of man. Shall Babel walls of greed and selfishness divide? Shall not the love of friends illume the patriot's pride? For moated arsenals let shrines of art atone; Where armies met in blood, let garden plots be sown. Let royal hunting grounds be parceled out anew That little children's feet may know the grass and dew. No more shall Mammon play with pawns of toiling men, No more shall blood be spilled that Green may count its gain. Let patience be our power and sympathy our court, With love our only law and faith our only fort. New thoughts, new hopes, new dreams, new starry worlds to scan, As Time proclaims the dawn, the brotherhood of man. Thomas Curtis Clark O My Lost Love 1 heard her when full moon on cdc,e of nightfall Fashioned silver ribbons in her hair. Gathering shadows formed a velvet stair. And from its height I heard her softly call As she descended . . . and I waited there. The night winds sang in a leafy Iree. And soon we saw the first stars strew Joy in a garden we walked through. Rena Ferguson Parks Portland, Ore. Circle Silently, in the nighl, Thoughts in flight Circle 'round. Now aground, now alight. Dusty answer In a rry Of dusty question, why? No suggestion ... No reply. As a circle has no end. Wearily the mind must bend Around the track Forth and back . . . Elizabeth. Olsen Portland, Ore. FIFTH AND BARTLETT 772-6185 OFFERS YOU... AMERICA'S NO. 1 ECONOMY WINNER '63 AMERICAN GLB. SDH. FUUY EQUIPPED with Individual reclining front stats, heeler, oil bath air cl.aner, undercoat, whit, side wall tires, outside mirror. 1999 FULL S PRICE Payments $43.66 per Me. INCLUDING INTEREST No Payments Until 1963 rible examples from a recent "Freedom Center" leaflet: "There is more TRICK than TREXT to Halloween these days, boys and girls . . . (You) are being tricked into collect ing monev which will go to PRO-COMMUNIST NATIONS . . . The great majority of the money it (UNICEF) raises goes to COMMUNIST DOMINAT ED COUNTRIES and is used against us by our enemies , . . It is another TRICK to de ceive Americans into financ ing their own destruction." Monstrous nonsense! Noth ing could be farther from the truth. It is downright wicked for anyone thus to try to poison the minds of our chil dren who have caught the real spirit of America and of our Lord's parable of the Good Samaritan, and eagerly and joyously are trying to give it effect in their own lives by helping to meet urgent human need. Here are some true UNICEF facts: In 1961, 100 govern ments were contributors and 107 countries were assisted. Of the latter, b'R also made voluntary contributions t o UNICEF's central fund. Since 1950, 5 countries with Com munist governments (includ ing Cuba) received aid. These same governments made con tributions to UNICEF. In 19fil only 3 countries with Com munist governments received aid; 10 such countries con tributed to UNICEF. Approx imately 84 per cent of UNICEF expenditures are for direct material aid to the needy. True charity knows nothing of politics, only human need. All honor to our churches who teach that to our children! The Medford Chapter, American Asociation for the United Nations By Esther Robinson, Secretary Job For Experts . To the Editor: F. H. Oakes of White City had a letter printed in Thursday's Mail Tribune in which he under took to portray life at the Veterans Administration dom iciliary. I have no doubt it was a well meaning letter. ' However, I question his au thority and also his statistics. For several months this writer was engaged in the task of creating belter community re lations for the domiciliary. The qualifications of this writ er are well known to the edi tors of the Mail Tribune. And since this letter does not intend to enter into a dispute over questionable sta tislcs, conclusions, misinfor mation or misguided judg ment, a few paragraphs should suffice. But first allow me to say that of the hundreds of inches of correspondence written by the writer and printed by the paper, never has there been any interference by the man agement of the domiciliary. Only the fullest cooperation and understanding were evi dent. Nor has the management ever dictated a line nf policy. Nor docs the management know of this letter. Now, Mr. Oakes pulls a figure out of the blue and allows that 75 per cent of the members are alcoholics. I am certain the doctors here could not substantiate that guess. We are a hard drinking nation. So Mr. Oakes could well say that 75 per cent of the nation are alcoholics or that 75 per cent nf the people of Medford are alcoholics. Al coholic is a word. And as a word I like the description of a New York columnist who said, "An alcoholic is a guy who drinks as much as 1 do but I non't like him." Or I like the New York writer's opinion that we are a hard drinking nation and that no matter what comes of the missies, etc., we need not die sober. Once I had a talk with one of Mcdford's leading mer chants about the domiciliary. And he noted that our bus was too small to carry many alcoholics - even if it made a trip every 20 minutes. He said, "We know there are only a handful of men who drink too much out of the 1,000 there." And a good bet would be that the same percentages among the people nf any cla.-s. status or town or city would run about the same as 'he domiciliary - alcoholic im Men gel hurt in war and sometimes the scars do not show for many years because they arc Inner scars. Men get hurl, as well, in our great productive economy and there arc many casualties. We do not believe in extermination s did, say, the Nazis and oth ers. Hence, veteran domicilia ries, hospitals, social security, pensions and other care. The establishment of good community relations, whether It be a college or university, bank, business. labor, govern ment, hospital, domiciliary, etc., is a difficult and delirale undertaking Iim Ciillan, W hite City, Or. Heelth Center To the Editor: Let's make our Naval base in Cuba avail able to the United Nations for a badly needed health center for the Caribbean area. Earl Goodrich P. O. Box 173 Rogue River, Ore. SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 18. 1SS3 A Correction To the Editor; Lest anyone interested in the position of Postmaster for the Medford area be misinformed, it should be pointed out that I am not, as stated in the Friday Trib une, a member of the commit tee appointed by the chair man of the Democratic cen tral committee to screen can didates for that position. The screening committee is composed of past - chairmen and "elder statesmen" of the party, while 1 am a first-term member of the central com mittee. I am sorry that your report er was somehow misinformed. Mrs. Thomas Rutter, 1033 Queen Anne Ave., Medford Olives and the Gospel To the Editor: Well, I'm back from the olive groves. But my heart is saddened that so few have indicated their desire to sample the fresh olives 1 brought back. Could it be that word got around that uncured olives taste like green persinimnos? Maybe aft ter I get the bitter things pro cessed I'll be more popular. So much for green olives. It is rather amusing and almost pathetic lo see a Webfoot eat his first one or I should say, try to Gelling into a more serious vein my heart is really sad dened to sense the apathy on the part of some, yes. even Christian friends. We live in such a materialistic age that far too many have lost their vision for Eternal things. This pathetic fact is evi denced, I must admit, to a great extent, among members of the church I worship with. I'm not judging anyone. But when motor boats, swank aulos, television and so on, take the God given time and means of Christians, some thing is wrong. I didn't say these things were wrong. Please don't get a wrong im pression of what I mean. Yet when pressing calls come to carry the gospel mes sage, far loo many are so loaded with worldly cares, that the pleas fall on deaf cars. Not many weeks ago the writer came up against a situ ation that was disheartening but he's not discouraged. The dooi of opportunity swung wide open lo have a certain well loved gospel radio pro gram aired, so that hundreds more in the local area could hear it. All the funds were promised but S5 per week. But some, through a misunder standing of the importance of the matter, failed to voice or support the matter. Yes, KRVC could for this additional amount place one of the world's finest religious program on its list. The writer is not personally soliciting any money. But if this plea touches the hearts of some who will read these lines, I shall be happy to inform you how you could help. To those who enjoy the lovely harmony of Ihe king's Heralds and Del Delker's con tralto voice, this will be of interest. In closing let me say, no one, no organization, asked me lo write these lines. I couldn't keep quiet but did it on my own. Henry Johnson Jr. 2315 Highway fifl Ashland, Ore. Majority of One To the Editor: The follow ing is addressed to all the wonderful people who voted "no" on lhat idiotic proposal known as "daylight saving time" bul saves nothing now, never did save anything and never will save anything. May I suggest that on that day when the clocks are to be set ahead by those who desire to do so, that we, the oppo nents of the so-called "day light saving lime," set our clocks back one hour. That way we can get an extra hour of sleep in the morning and can watch the TV or listen to the radio one extra hour in the evening (or would it he two hours'.'). If you do not desire lo how down In Ihe will nf Ihe mer chants and while-collar crowd, just be stubborn and refuse, like me. to change your clork. Floyd R. McCabe Mt. Pitt Star rt. Butte Falls, Ore. HELP US! We nttd clothine, sheet, duties, furniture, end btddme. We Pick Up. HELP OTHtRS! Th Salvation Army JO N Hill, 77J-7JJJ Ugly Americanism? To the Editor: On the first page of its Nov. 14 issue, the Medford Mail Tribune made quite a contribution to the image of the "Ugly Ameri can." Under the heading, "Only Guamaiiians Killed in Typhoon," we read, "Only na tives were killed or injured on Guam due lo Typhoon Karen, the Mail Tribune was notified today by United Press International." My home was in India from 1922 to 1959. From experience I know that nothing irritates citizens of an Asiatic country more than for foreigners to call them "natives" - it smacks to them of imperialistic con descension. Why not use the proper designation, even if it is such a peculiar made-up name as "Guamaiiians "? Still worse is the implica tion in the words, "only na tives were killed." How in tense is our superiority com plex! "Only natives," indeed! Are we not all equally God's children? How can we so ar rogantly refer to the death of "only natives "? As long as we continue in Ihis presumptuous attitude, we do irreparable harm to rela tions between citizens of Asian and African countries and our selves. Margaret Wallace, Rogue Valley Manor, Medford eration to the threat to peace which he revealed and to take appropriate action to deal with it. The unanimous sup port of the Latin American countries (outside Cuba) was indeed prompt and impres sive. Prompt, dramatic and his toric, too, was the action taken by the UN. It proved again how invaluable and indispen sable that world organization is, if only to provide us a for um before which we could slate our case to the whole world. Recall, for example, that memorable confrontation of Adlai Stevenson with the U S.S.R.'s Ambassador Zorin: "Yes or no! Don't wait for a translation-yes or no!" The Russian's evasive answer evoked derisive laughter throughout the chamber and we gained the sympathy and support of well-nigh all una ligned nations as well as of our allies. But the UN is more than an invaluable world forum. It has served and is serving also as an effective behind-the-scenes negotiator whose full contri bution we probably shall not learn until after a final solu tion of the Cuban crisis has been achieved. Arnold Eugene Jenny, Rogue Valley Manor, Medford. Can't Have It Both Ways To the Editor: Some of the chronic UNophobcs seem to have been caught on the horns of a dilemma of their own making. On the one hand, they have been inveighing against their supposed UN control of our, or any, coun try's defense against aggres sion. But now, in the Cuban situation, these same critics are chortling over the UN's impotence, as they see it, to give us any effective help. Ob viously, they can't have it both ways. Actually, there is nothing in the UN Charter that would subject any nation's self-defense to UN control but,, on the contrary, lhat right is spe cifically proclaimed: "Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective self- defense if armed attack oc curs against a member.',' (Ar ticle 51). Moreover, the very first purpose of the UN, according to Article 1, is "To maintain international peace and secur ity, and to that end, lo take ef fective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace ..." For 15 years all the republics of this hemisphere repeatedly agreed in their treaties upon this inherent right of self-defense under the UN Charier, and upon the means for de termining when a threat to the peace requires measures of self-defense. It is significant lhat, in his historic address lo the nation and the world on October 22, President Kennedy called upon both the OAS and the UN to give; immediate eonsid- The Dial of Time To the Editor: We live and move in an aging and chang ing world. The age of the universe, the march nf events and the vagaries of life make some of us wonder just wither we are headed and what time in the history of our world it is. In spile of our growing knowledge, there are many things we do not know. We do know that the world and time had a beginning and will have an ending. But how far on the dial of time have we, the human race, come and how many marks are there yet to go? At one time, according to geologists, the Great Lakes were one body of water, dash ing and rolling like any of the Seven Seas. In some unknown era this inland sea was di vided into what we now call the Great Lakes. All our lands, mountains, valleys and plains, were hid beneath an oceanic flood and some where on time's dial, this sub mersion came lo an end. Our rock built cities will some day crumble into dust - and the Good Book tells us that life, civilization and the earth itself arc going to end. So, some of us find ourselves wondering today: What lime is it? But deep in the innermost recesses of my mind, there is not wonder, but an all-pervading conviction lhat whatever time it is, it is high lime for Truth, Fairplay and Justice to be heard. (From old Age Forum, Aug ust, 1955.) Bert Kissinccr 322 South Riverside avc. Medford. SOC Delegation Attends Convention Ashland - Dr. Bill A. Samp son, director of teacher educa tion at Southern Oregon col lege, served as pro-tem rhair man of the National Thela Delta Phi convention recently at Oregon College of Educa tion in Monmouth. Others attending from SOC were Dr. Elliott MacCracken, chairman of ihe science-mathematics division and adviser of the local fraternity; John Morrow, Medford. president nf local fraternity; and Dar- win Bevins. Ashland, frater nity member. Sampson was elecled lo new interim office of executive sec j rotary - treasurer and will ! serve in this capacity until th. ' next fraternity meeting at which time reorganization will he effected in line with pro 'posed constitutional changes. Vienna - IPli- Austrian vot. today in nationwide election! i which could bring the Com imunists hack into Parliament. Water District To Elect Commissioner The Jacksonville Highway Water district will hold an election Dec. 3 at the Oak Grove school for water com missioner for a three year term. The term would expire Dee. 31, 1964. 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