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submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters
printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the
paper, In fact the contrary is often the case.
Weather-Whether or Not
To the Editor: Yesterday
was ground-hog day. Whether
Mr. Ground-hog saw his shad
ow or not. will not affect the
weather one way or another.
1 have done considerable re
search Into this and even con
tacted one of the foremost
ground-hogs in this neck of
the woods. This is what he
wrote in reply:
"Dear Sir:
"Once and for all I want
to destroy that canard about
us ground-hogs butting in on
the weather bureau. Throught
out ground-hog history
there have been many
changes in the calendar, and
as we do not have any calen
dars in our domiciles, we
know from nothing when
Feb. 2 comes. If some stir
rings of instinct should send
us out of our holes on Feb.
2 or there-a-bouts, it is not
to look for any shadows. We
may come out to look' for
some nuts, grubs or possibly
for some herb to re-condition
our blood after sitting by our
firesides all winter. If we
should be observed to scurry
right back into our hole, it is
not because we have seen our
shadow, but because of all the
observers watching us. Judg
ing by the antics of these nuts,
they are already cracked, but
this is not the kind of nuts
we are looking for. Trusting
this will answer your inquiry,
I am, yours for less but bet
ter superstitions."
Wood Woodchuck
(Vassar '44)
Carl Bjordahl
P.O. Box 343
Medford
Bad Management
To the Editor: The article
in the Jan. 31 edition by Mr.
Kupillas warrants a reply. I
happened to be present when
this very, very young man
took the floor and tried to
take up too much valuable
time by reading a book on
game management.
This meeting by the sports
men was packed with people
in all walks of life who feel
that something must be done
to stop this bad management.
After thousands of petitions
have been sent to the Game
Commission over the last ten
years and lately to the Gover
nor with no results, it was
time to take a different ap
proach. This was to organize
the entire state by county
chapters and take the issue to
the Legislature where it be
longs and let's do away with
the appointive jobs. Surely all
the thousands upon thousands
of people who are unhappy
are not stupid.
There is no problem of feed,
the Greensprings for example.
The season was opened on
Sept. 1 and was still open on
Nov. 25. These deer were chas
ed and molested during their
breeding season, and on Dec.
27 a California game warden,
whose job it is to watch over
this herd during the winter,
stated to two Medford busi
ness men that there was not
many of these animals left.
This situation is of vital im
portance to every citizen in
this state, taxpayer or not.
Join this movement and get
the job done.
W. H. Pelser
1001 South Peach st.
Medford.
Believe What You Read
To the Editor and Robert
E. Howe: You came to the
right stop to find your half
brother. T'other night, after I had
tried the windows and looked
under the bed, I felt strange;
the air smelled sulphuric.
Hearing a slithering sound
outside, I peeked out.
By the light of the street
lamp I saw a circular con
traption straddling the deep
ditch in front of my house as
slick as a button. (No car can
park there.) Pussfyfootin' out
of it came a little shrimp
with a poker face and four
pairs of black eyebrows.
Poets' Corner
Conducted by
Arnold Eugene Jenny
Mom told me to beware of
men, but she didn't mention
space critters, so when he
knocked like a Fuller Brush
man, I opened the door
little. He put his foot in.
Says he, in a sorta ghostly
falsetto-"Do you know how?"
I was stumped! "How what?"
I says. He answered, "Not
what - who." (Like a hooty
owl.) "Do you know my half
brother Bobby HOWE? When
I went up, he stayed put." I
told him "No, but he must
be further north, cause I
herd the Injuns up there call
ing his name once."
Not knowing any more, I
ottered nun some coltee. "I
don t cough," he says. I ex
plained mat cotfee is what
clockwatchers take a break
will), but he didn't savvy.
Having pushed all the
glassware under the sofie be
fore I let him in, I offered
him a box of gum drops a
feller had given me and he
made such a pig of hisself
that he floated right out the
door. I slammed it shut, but
I sure would like to a rid in
that 'ere flat thing. He didn't
give me no invite; spect he
thought I'd rock his saucer.
When he took off it sound
ed lak the store man's big
vacuum cleaner. It woke up
all the roosters and dogs in
this here burg.
I agree with Mrs. W. H.
Meslon; I know Eric would
never print anything untrue.
You can believe everything
you read in the papers, but
if I were you, Mr. Howe,
I'd discount all relationship
as overhead.
Ol' Lady Spackman,
Jacksonville, Ore.
Poetry Is a Learned Thing
Poetry is a learned thing. To say it is a learned thing is
not to suggest that it Is an academic one. Poetry will for
ever be the heart's thing. But the heart that counts in
poetry will beat in a human being who has learned the nature
of his formal illusion.
- John Ciardi, Saturday Review, 12162
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Rogue Valley Manor Anniversary
Hail! ye noble Lords and Ladies
Of the Manor on yon hill-top:
'Tis a time for celebration
Now of two years' happy living
With our many friendly neighbors,
And the start of yet another
Year of bright and gay adventure.
Lay aside all cares and labors;
Deck the halls with flow'rs and bunting;
Let them ring with song and laughter
As we join in merry-making
And in hearty, royal feasting.
Pledge anew your faithful friendship:
Each for all and all for each one.
Thus our home, assured of blessing.
Shall remain a bit of heaven
Here on earth, come rain or sunshine,
True alike for saint and sinner.
- Arnold Eugene Jenny
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Longtvity
Four generations of toil-hardened men
Sleep by their wives upon the goodly land
Where each lived out his fourscore years and ten.
Time-mollowed, farmhouse and out buildings stand,
Sheltered by hundred-year-old apple trees
Enduring testimony to tne nana
That turned the virgin soil. The springtime sees
Them decked in bridal white, suffused with rose,
And vocal with the drone of pilfering bees.
Then when Hie summertime draws to a close,
The promise of their blossoms is fulfilled
By lush fruit, suckled by the earth which flows
With life . . . The hands that swaddled them are stilled.
Their dust long mingled with the soil they tilled.
- Mary Boyd Wagner
New York
'Klamath Falls hish school pupil (104-05) of Alice
Applegate Peil, now a resident of Rogue Valley Manor, j
Medford.
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Peiception
Not when the procession is in motion
and all moves in order to a destination
without alternative-not when, stonc-taced,
you watch the silver trappings deftly placed;
not at the contours of grass where in June or December
garlands are placed by those who can only remembcr-
cven then no tears, for the benumbed heart is slow,
the eye dull and arid from the blow.
But later, when for the first time alone
you look upon an anguished world grown
parentless and realize as the toll of a knell
t. I f;ni;tr snrj all vnn fnront in tpll
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that no longer is there tomorrow when, subject to weainer, g
you might co wis or mat logemer.
Only then does grief release at last:
then does the heart reap its past.
But when you rc:a!! how in the magii iir
of Christmas gifts appeared on a fragrant fir
you know there can be no possible death as such
to sever the invincible span of sunlight and dust.
- Dorothy Pruitt
Medlord
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In Retrospect
When daddy dins his youthful sins and bids us shun 'em,
It seems like day is almost glad he done 'em.
- Jack Finel
Central Point, Ore.
Right To Work
To the Editor: Under the
Constitution every man is giv
en the right to do anything
that pleases him as long as it
does not interfere with the
rights of others.
But woe is us. One by one
our rights have gone down
the drain. Our spineless law
makers have permitted a few
of the sharpies to lay burdens
upon us that they themselves
would not touch with a little
finger. The greatest of these
is depriving the working man
of his right to work.
I believe in a man's right
to join a union if it suits him.
I believe in a man's right to
work for whatever or where
ever it suits him, without first
having to pay sometimes as
much as a month's wages to
an organization that has never
and will never contribute one
red penny to his welfare.
The unions today are as ob
solete as tne horse and buggy,
There are state and federal
laws to protect the worker
against everything except ex
ploiting by such as the Becks
and the Hoffas. It is long past
time that the worker realizes
this, and stands upon his own
two legs and in a loud voice
demands his God-given right
to work for what, for whom,
and wherever he fancies.
Georgo Brown
Box 259
Prospect, Ore
No Guts
To the Editor: Mr. lloffa
says the Unions lack guts.
Now I've seen union men who
were not worth $1.50 an hour,
but they charged $7.50, and
that takes a lot of guts. It's
the New Frontier in Washing
ton which doesn't have the
guts to control the unions.
Everett Acklin
Ashland, Ore.
Abolish or Amend
To the Editor: Periodically
a cry is heard in this land de
manding the abolition of the
House Committee on Unamer
ican Activities, or some other
anticommunist movement. I
would suggest that all Ameri
can citizens read, "Masters of
Deceit" by J. Edgar Hoover,
long time head of the FBI.
On page 184 wo find this
statement, "A primary tactic
of the Communist Party is to
preserve the legal status of
the Party. Thus any organiza
tion which has the duty to
investigate or expose commu
nist activity is singled out for
attack. For years the Party
has campaigned against the
House Committee on Unameri-
can Activities, the Senate In
ternal Securities Subcommit
tee, and the Senate Investiga
ting Committee. The Depart
ment of Justice and the FBI
have not been spared, and we
have come to judge our effec
tiveness by the intensity of
communist attacics." There is
much more.
Recently there have been
renewed attacks by James
Roosevelt, Harold Fey, the
Coos Bay World and others,
endorsed also by the local In
telligentsia. Now, I would not
accuse these people of being
communist nor impugn their
motives. God alone knows
their hearts and in His own
good time will judge.
But, unfortunately, good in
tentions do not always guaran
tee good judgement. Too many
wen inteniioncd people today
are mouthing communist
propaganda thinking they are
promoting peace or protecting
the right of freedom of speech,
even while defending the very
ones who would destroy the
Constitution under which they
hide.
What if the HCUA has made
mistakes or overreached their
authority? Does that mean it
should be destroyed?
These committees are the
creatures of Congress. Cannot
Congress amend or restate the
policies of such committees as
it sees fit? Is capital punish'
ment for HCUA the only or
best answer while we agitate
for sentence commutation for
murderers?
Suppose the House should
abolish the HCUA, what then?
The next step would be to at-
tack the Senate Subcommit
tee, then the Senate Commit
tee of Investigation, then the
FBI. Already these agencies
have been attacked. Any one
who has studied communist
history and tactics can see the
pattern clear, the goal, com
plete destruction of our de
fenses and ultimate world
domination b y communism
under the guise of peaceful co
existence.
When, consciously or un
consciously, intentionally or
otherwise, by voice or pen,
you mouth communist propa
ganda, you are making the
communist job that much eas
ier. For my part, I do not want
my name linked to any sort of
propagand emanating from
communism's headquarters. I
believe there are ways of test-
ting propaganda whether it
bears the marks of truth or
falsehood. St. Paul says, "Test
all things, hold fast to that
which Is good." Study the
communist pattern where it
has borne fruit.
L, G. Weaver
301 Haven St.
Medford
Keep Looking Up
To the Editor: Yesterday a
friend dropped in for a visit.
This man and the writer have
much in common. Both of us
fondly look forward to that
day when the Christians' hope
will be fully realized. I refer
to the glorious, personal ap
pearing of our Blessed Lord
in the consummation.
When the theme of one's
thoughts and words are fo
cused on this, the Blessed
hope, daily annoyances and
trials sink into insignificance.
Life seems to be made up
of detours. Many times pre
conceived plans have to be
changed. Reminds me of a lit
tle experience Abe Lincoln
once had, when as a young
man he was plowing a field.
A large log, much too large to
move, obstructed his way. Abe
just plowed around it.
So we must do. When ob
structions beset our life's
journey just detour or "plow
around them. True, it s easier
said than done many times.
This is especially true when
supposed Christian friends
place "logs" in your pathway,
We humans are peculiar
creatures, loo many a time
we feel that if our fellowmen
do not do things as we think
they should be done that their
efforts should be thwarted. So
instead of waiting and letting
God have His way we mini
mize and throw cold water
on the efforts of another.
The writer believes in or
ganized Christian effort. But
never forget that "God works
in mysterious ways His won
ders to perform." The work
of individual Christians is
never to be minimized. Thank
God that we were not made as
cogs in a piece of machinery
and had to be forced to work.
The loving service comes from
the heart that loves his God
and fellowmen.
Reminds me of one of
America's most loved radio
pastors. I'm sure he won't
mind my referring to him.
Pastor J. L. Tucker and I have
been personal friends for a
number of years. Twenty-six
years ago he began broadcast
ing from Portland. The Quiet
Hour is now heard throughout
the nation and overseas. We
hear it locally at 9 a.m. Sun
day on KRVC.
Many a time Pastor Tucker
had "logs" placed in his path
way by even fellow church
members. With God's help he
plowed around them. The
work Christians fail to do
now in peacetul times will
have to be finished in days of
turmoil.
According to sacred scrip
ture perilous times are ahead
But beyond these hectic days
lies God's tomorrow. So let's
not despair but keep looking
up.
Henry Johnson Jr.,
2315 Highway 66,
Ashland, pre.
liave food taxed from their
mouths by such a tax.
Excessive taxes are encour
aging waste and the give
away brainstorms of Congress
and slate legislatures. The
same are discouraging produc
tion and ownership of prop
erty. Also providing the
means to expand the func
tions of tl.o federal and state
governments, at the expense
of the liberties and freedoms
of all the people.
If the voters wore so lack
ing in wisdom to see and vis
ualize the results of permit
ting any elected body to fix
tneir own salaries, those vot-
communist influence and indi
viduals, and follow this up
with appropriate legislative
recommendations; but that
you "don't like their methods."
So this leaves us with your
claim that HCUA actions
toward loyal citizens is Ah,
deplorable, to say the least.
We simply counter that a loy
al citizenry,' perhaps not be
cause of, rather in spite of the
ordinary means of mass com
munication (radio, television,
newspapers, etc.), would not
be aware of much of the de
ceitful work of otherwise un
known communists through-
ers must abide by the conse- out the levels of our society,
quences.
Economy in Government
has become a tragic joke.
There are many times the
ways to spend tax money than
are suggested as ways to econ
omize. As a matter of fact the
payers of the bills are won
dering if they get any consid
eration whatsoever from the
spenders.
There is a clause in the
Constitution which reads, "No
money shall be drawn from
without HCUA. HCUA ex
poses these subversive activi
ties and individuals and rec
ommends appropriate legisla
tion designed to eliminate
their harmful influence.
At any rate, Eric Allen, the
Coos Bay World editor, the
Christian Century editor and
"some eminently respectable
people, (We do hope you do
not mean to imply that sup
port of HCUA docs not in
clude "somceminontly respect-
the Treasury unless in conse- able people") and "pinkos and
quence of appropriations their dupes" (again E.A.'s
made by law and a statement words), at present find them-
of receipts and expenditures selves representing a distinct
shall be published from lime minority opposing not only
to tllVIO " Uos nr.......
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noticed a published statement
of receipts and expenditures?
A sample of what has harj-
penod to the people as a con
sequence of faulty and ex
travagant Government caus
ing unreasonably hieh taxes.
First, a postage stamp is now
five cents, was two cents. Sec
ond, a pair of shoes of a well
known brand were in 1930
five to seven dollars, now the
same shoes are $19 to S25.
Many other necessaries
in about the same proportion.
borne remedies suggested
for the .dilemma are: first. Bet
me v.a. uovornment out of
business in competition with
private industry, second, more
cmuiency and experience in
Government officials, third
appoint all officials
of ability rather than political
cxpraicncy, tourth, more
economy in government from
top to Doitom, fifth, rec-eal the
income tax law, thus cutting
off the supply of monev tn
waste on extracurricular ac-
uviues, sixin, Americanism
in place of internationalism.
seventh, bind all legislative
bodies down with the chains
oi tne U.S. Constitution.
Ed Black
2573 Camp Joy rd.
meaiord
HCUA but most of the other
loyai citizenry, including vir
tually the whole United States
House of Representatives, all
of whom instinctively know
and recognize that HCUA ful
fills a vital function in a man
ner acceptable to reasonable
men.
Robert J. Howard,
702 Beekman St.,
Medford.
Church and State
To the Editor: It is most
disturbing to read that almost
the first official act of newly
elected Rep. Edward Branch
field is to introduce legisla
tion which would attempt to
breach the separation of
church and state. 1 am referr
ing to the article in the Trib
une of Jan. 30, which quotes
Mr. Branchfild as saying that
he will introduce a bill to
amend the present law which
limits the expenditure of tax
money for the education of
gifted students to students
from public schools, in order
to permit students from St.
Mary's High school of Med
ford to participate in the pro
gram. Mr. Branchfield states
that no tax money is involved.
This is erroneous. Every dime
spent tn this program comes
out of taxes.
The United States Supreme
Court and the Oregon Su
preme Court have deciided
this issue time and time again.
If the parents of St. Mary's
High school students want
their children to have his
opportunity, let them send
them to public schools whera
they can compete for the privl
lege on the same basis as other
children.
We fervently hope that Mr.
Branchfield will reconsider
his ill-advised proposal and
devote his time to legislation
of significance to this county
and the state.
A. C. Fries Jr.,
806 Harmony lane,
Ashland, Ore.
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YalNTiNes
Thurs., Feb. 14
217 I. Main,
Medford, Ore.
Taxes and Economy
To the Editor: In 1894 an
income lax of a modest 2 per
cent with a $4,000 exemption
was proposed. The Supreme
Court killed the lax before a
dime was collected, declaring
that such a tax would spoil
iate private property. What of
the present tax, of 20 to 91
per cent? The Court might
possibly declare such a rate
of taxation to be confiscation
of properly with due process
of law.
There is a tax proposed for
consideration of the Oregon
Legislature which would in
clude all Incomes, without
any exemptions. Many baby
sitters and those in the low
est income brackets would
Vital Function
To the Editor: Moat nf ih.
material in- your editorial
(Mr 1-27-63), consists of the
iraaiuonai inaccuracies lev
eled against the Hons Onm,
mittee on UnAmerican Activ
ities, it was significant how.
ever, that you admit support
iur your opposition to HCUA
includes (in your own words),
". . .pinkos and their dupes."
We wonder why "pinkos and
their dupes" oppose HCUA
and by whom they are influ
enced. You must feel they are
not being influenced by you.
on you would not have ap
pealed to "hysterical name
calling" (pinkos and dupes arc
not attractive labels). It docs
seem safe to say your
"pinkos and their dupes" are
influenced by communists,
whose opposition to HCUA is
universally known. Now, docs
the communist campaign dif
fer essentially from your own?
In substance, the difference is
not noticeable. Then do you
differ in intent? If so, we feel
you would have to admit
HCUA is effective in exposing
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