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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.
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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.
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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. Election is scheduled
for 2 to 8 p.m.
All qualified electors in the
state who have lived in Ihe
water district for 90 days
prior lo the election are en
titled to vote, it was reported.
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2.000 miles failed Saturday
when the rocket's second
stage veered off course and
had to be destroyed.
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