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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 17, 1963)
i... Communications ... Lttttrs to the Editor mutt bear th nam and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances th u oi a pen nam or initial ior publication ii permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves th right to edit all letteri 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 th views of the paper) in fact the contrary is often th case. Following Dad To the Editor: Summer time is here again, I'm sittin' here and wishin' That far away from hunts of men We could just go fishin'. I see the brook we knew so well Runnin' past us laughin' Of all the secrets it could tell Of "whopper" sly and bafflin'. I'd clamber over rocks and logs And under wooden fences, Get chased by farmers irate dogs. And lake some awful chances. I'd wade ice water to my neck And fall off slippery rocks, Come up lookin' like a wreck With "craw dads" in my socks. My goal at last came into view, My heart was light and glad, For though it took an hour or two I'd followed Dear Old Dad! Myrtle Kesier, Portland, Ore. Feeding a Dead Horse To the Editor: I am glad that Mr. Prichard was naive enough to hold up as a shining example such leaders of the union as Sacco, Vanzetti, Mooncy. They were what may be called the positive type. Positive that anyone who op posed the union should be dead. ' It is not the unions that I am fighting, but the ones that govern the organizations and their methods. Mr. Prichard. I don't give a darn for what happened 50 years ago. I am sorely oppressed by the bur dens being laid upon the working man today, and by the labor leaders. They don't even have to have a gun to hold a man up for a half a month's wages when he gets a job. Our lawmakers have provided the weapon - the closed shop. The unions fought tooth and claw against the best leg islation that has ever been enacted for the worker - the Taft-Hartley law, a law that guarantees against discrimi nation, against you being Poets' Corner Conducted by Arnold Eugene Jenny Winter Delight When the red sun is setting in the west And winter day draws swiftly down to night, A deep nostalgia fills my restless heart Not even beauty's fullness can requite. Such longing is not for a yesterday Far off and glowing through the years. But for a rapture glimpsed and never known -A haunting loveliness akin to tears. Elizabeth Olscn Portland, Ore. 0 Evening Came All day a huge cloud capped Tillamook Head. We read poems: heard Sibelius and William Faulkner on records; rejoiced with great minds; walked the wild dunes, heard meadowlarks scatter their polished song; saw young deer against dune-grass, powdery forms fused with the landscape . . . Evening came: the long fog, lifting, left a fringe of waves white below blue horizon of the sea. We stood and watched the sun: it set, incredibly red, leaving no afterglow . . . And someone spoke some lines of poetry. - William Eberman Portland, Ore. o Cold War Hear Winter rage his propaganda. Listening, you'd think : He had Sweet Summer blitzed and Autumn Prisoned - barred in a long forever. Almost he had me fooled. I cried, "If icicles will free my beard some day, The Sun's bright shears will clear the eaves - Only then can icicles be beautiful: Hear me, lee-tyrant! There'll be a fire -Some day the Sun! Fire! Sun! Never-thawing icicles I hate!" From underneath the glacial curtain A sound too muted for a despot's ear: "We're here - down here - your seasons, - Your underground resistance!'' Love those icicles on your beard And on the eaves. Soon they'll drip Before a fire clatter to the porch. - Matthea Montgomery Ashland, Ore. O O, Little Bundles of Delight! The day is gloomy, Mist abounds; The world is clothed in hazy light. Comes the sound But near my window Of cherry, musical delight. A little group Of tiny birds Flutters and twitters cheerily -No wit deterred by gloomy hush. But flit around the sleeping bush -In gay and happy, sheer delight. O, darling birds. O cherrful hearts! Your music to one's soul imparts A gayncss to the gloomy day. So that our burdens fall away - O, little bundles of delight! - Kenneth F. Osthimer Mcdford 1 I fired if the boss doesn't like the way you part your hair. But the thing that galls the union is. it prohibits them from gouging you for contri butions to any cause, such as a million buck mansion for a leader here or a fleet of Cadillacs for another there. During the war the unions pulled H.OfO strikes and caused 36 million idle man days per year. No credit to them that we won the war. In 1959, there were 3,700 strikes and 69 million idle man days. That year's lost time would build 10 dams such as we want on the Rogue. The union's battle cry has always been less work and more money. Man was made to struggle for his existence. Take away his cause to strug gle and you have destroyed him as an individual, '"."e shall cease to exist as a na tion long before wc become one fingered button pushers. I will admit the worker is riding the gravy train but why does he have to pay so much to get on and ante up every mile of the way. We are still feeding a horse that has been dead for 20 years. Let's bury the critter. Geor? Brown, Box 259, Prospect Mental Illness To the Editor: At least 1 person in every 10 - 18,000. 000 people in all - has some form of mental or emotional illness (mild to severe) thai needs psychiatric treatment. With good care and treat ment, at least 7 out of 10 patients can leave mental hospitals partially or totally recovered. Data from a num ber of states show that about 75 per cent of those admitted are discharged within the first year. The chances of partial or total recovery from the serious mental crippler schizo phrenia, have jumped from 20 per cent to 70 per cent in the last 40 years. In the past, readmission rates have been as high as 35 per cent of the patients discharged within a year. Re search has shown that this figure can be reduced to about 10 per cent with thor ough rehabilitation service, including medical, social and vocational after-care. Schizophrenia falls befveen IS and 35 years of age. In volutional psychosis falls be tween 45 and 60. Manic-depressive psychosis falls be tween 35-50. Severe alcohol ism between 25 to 55. Psycho neuroses between 25 to 45. Mental illness occurs at all ages, including childhood. Since facial expressions oft en reflect emotions, some mental patients will obvious ly appear to be different. However, in most instances it would be impossible to separate normal from men tally ill persons in a large group providing they were similarly dressed. It is safe to say that not even one mentally ill person in a hundred is dangerous. About 30 per cent of depress ed patients ma, be potentially dangerous to themselves be cause of suicidal thought. "Cast from shackles which bound them, this bell shall ring out hope for the men tally ill and victory over men tal illness.' Medford (Name on File) Concentration Camps To the Editor: Another ultra-liberal on the rampage, Mr. Ray Pritchard (MT 2-10-63), worried about a U. S. senator, a secret society and a dog food commentator mak ing the United States into a concentration camp. If you really want to worry about this concentration camp business Mr. Pritchard, don't waste grey hairs on any ama teurs. I hear that there is an outfit headquartered in Mos cow, who have had us in mind for this camp operation for quite a spell. They are experi enced along these lines, too, and have many camps thriv ing today. Why, they have one real close, just off Florida. Florida, as someone said, is a non-Communist country 90 miles from Cuba. These Communists are such experts that they have solved all the problems. No big busi ness, no "vested interests," no labor corruption, no business corruption, no freedom, no strikes. Why, they haven't had a strike since that one in Hun gary. A lot o mal-contents left through Berlin but they solved that, just built a wall. Now, I doubt if Technocra cy would stand much of a chance against them. Lately (last 30 years) democracy hasn't done too well either. Now a republic with a good constitution might just make out pretty well, but we must have lost them or else they've been pretty well liberalized lately. Yep, if it's concentration camps Mr. Pritchard, I would not worry about amateurs. We've had lots of U. S. sen ators, secret societies and plen ty of dog food but very few concentration camps. Now don't let this Commu nist thing worry you, after all, they are clear across the ocean, well, across 90 miles ot it anyhow. James K. Shafer Route 2. Box 210X Mcdford. Stratagems of Debate To the Editor: Abuse, in sinuations and false accusa tion are stratagems of a debnl er who has run out of legiti mate arguments. When he as sociates these with references identifying his opponent public discussion without di rectly naming him, he com pounds his mischief with a lack of candor, forthrightness and possibly even courage. James K. Shafcr's letter of 210 was of that kind. "Liberal," "world traveler," "education received in the cast'' (as though that were something awful! - actually obtained also in the south, west and abroat), "white shirts laundered more cheap ly than sport shirts," "Irrele vant" - these were some of his relatively innocuous referen ces to me, though my name was not mentioned. However, the rest of his letter unfortun ately consisted mostly of mat ter falling in to -be categories cited in the opening sentence, above. Mr. Shafer's ill-humurcd re marks evidently were trigger ed by my assertion that most of his comment has been ir- rcvclant Well, to absolve himself of the charge he needs only to cease being irrelevant and, instead, to stick to the subjects at issue. Our present discussion be gan with my query about the spectrum of phobias charac teristic of a number of writers in these columns. Mr. Shafer among them. Subsequently, seeking to justify himself, he rambled all over the lot with more, assorted irrelevancies (i.e. matters not applicable or germane to our discussion). When he professed his be lief in brotherhood - with certain limitations, and in the Constitution - up to a point, MEDFORD I suggested that Jesus' teach ings put no such limitations upon brotherhood; nor the Constitution, upon liberty and justice. But Mr. Shafer con tinues to indulge his predilec tion for irrelevancies instead of confining himself to these points. His dispute, really, is not with me but with our Lord's plain teachings on brotherhood and the equally clear provisions of the Con stitution. Brotherhood, liberty and justice are indivisible and of universal application. Any at tempt to limit, restrict or dis tort them constitutes a denial of them. These are the facts with which I have been chief ly concerned. They arc not opinions, whether Mr. Shaf er s or mine. And as tacts. they are irrefutable and no arguments on his part or mine can deny or diminsh them. I pray that Mr. Shafer may learn to accept the Gospel and the Constitution in all their fullness, and to live like Lin coln, "with malice toward none, with charity for all" -and thus enlarge his own soul and the sum total of good in the world. Arnold Eugene Jenny Rogue Valley Manor Medford Answers Question To the Editor: What do I mean when I say. "There is no 'ism like Americanism? Americanism means life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Life that is free from the threat of Commu nism or any other ism that is foreign to tne American concept of a free society. Lib erty to worship as one de sires; to vote without intimi dation, and to move about free from fear; pursuit of hap piness, to strive for economic well-being and obtain a liber al education without discrim ination because of race, re ligion or nationality. David Frisch P. O. Box 292 White City, Ore. Need Good Tonic To the Editor: We have been taught to take evil seri ously even though it was not our fault that sin exists. Evil is an effect of desire, passion and lust, which might be cured if women were not such shocking lofty souls. Women are indeed delightful to see and are necessary. The secure, motherly, image of woman, that tradi tion has cherished has given place to the now woman, some thing unknown, disturb ing and problematic. In any case In was man who has pro duced the decisive turning point in woman. They should never allow woman to carry the blame alone. Man is like unto a narrow necked bottle in sharing the blame of woman's actions. The less they have in them, the more noise they make getting out of a tight spot. Women are soul savers and have been criticized desper ately. For it is their strength which men condemn in their morals of what they are try ing to save the souls from. Since it was woman who first sinned, God put man in the lead and woman to follow him. But where are our men leading the women? Most Christians are weak and ane mic, weak from parasites fast ing on the life they lead. What Christians really need is a good tonic of the Sermon on the Mount. E. Dykes, Eagle Point, Ore. Kcnncdy'sT ax Program To the Editor: Tax Cut? Re ports out of Washington say that Kennedy wonders why people do not show more in terest in his tax program. lie calls it a tax cut (to get votes), but check the tax to be paid under Kennedy's Tax Bill. People have come to the conclusion that it should be known as Ken nedy's Tax Increase Measure. I am sure, for the citizens of Oregon, that it will be a tax increase. For those citizens that own their homes and contribute to church and community . . . it is a tax increase! For the lumber industry, It is a tremendous tax increase. The same is true for the farm er. This lakes in most of the people of Oregon. If you live in an apartment, own no property, do not help your neighbor or church, you will get a very small lax cut. So, let's call it by its right name, Kennedy's Tax In crease program. Fayette I. Bristol, 5(1(10 Rogue River hwy., Grants Pass, Ore. Wish TheyWeMHere To the Editor: Recently, some friends of ours, an Army physician and his wife, took a trip to California, their pur pose being, to find a desire able community in which to WHO? See Thursday's Mail Tribune T MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, live and practice after the doc tor is discharged from the Army. We, being Oregonians, faith ful and true (even though we live in Texas), suggested that as long as they were going as far as Redding they might as well look in on southern Oregon. There, we told them, you will find a truly marve lous place to live, work, school your children in first rate schools and so on. Not satisfied with Califor nia, they followed our sug gestion. They fell in love with the beauty and charm that Oregon offers, even though it was raining "pitchforks." Being strangers, yet want ing to know more about Med ford, they telephoned a physi cian, in the same field as our friend, and he graciously welcomed them into his home to discuss Medford, the sur rounding area and its need, if any, for another doctor. I can't begin to tell you how proud we felt when our friends, upon their return, called to tell us that we didn't exaggerate about Oregon's beauty and her friendly people. I wish I were there! Agnes Herman, (Mrs. Charles Herman), 5207 Munim lane, El Paso. Tex. Best Forgotten To the Editor: When I re plied to Mr. Raymond D. Rob erts' letter (Communications, Feb. 5) it was not my inten tion to start a personal ven detta with him. It still isn't. I will point out, however, that while my figures did not agree with his, the very fig ures Mr. Roberts quotes repu diate his own contention that a control bill is not needed. As far as waste in the cost of legislation is concerned, I would suggest that both Mr. Roberts and myself could bet ter turn our guns . . . er, type writers on a much more fool ish bit of legislation now pend ing. I refer to the archaic Sun day closing law, which is a relic of the past and, along with all other such Blue Laws, is best forgotten. This last statement I clearly identify as opinion and not fact. W. L. Stevens Jr., 52 West Vilas rcl Central Point, Ore. Next USE ..- -- ni 1 v"-"' i mjff Return bv 2 Elegance f Ji The discriminating buyer vr jv'y will find all the concepts of f ! gracious hospitality for W Kt which McGuire's is f' p! becoming famous- Jp personalized service, Vi " '" 'fir splendid surroundings, and . , t above all, furniture L a $A par excellence. Jd v$A Classic elegance is the tXi essence of McGuire's l?vr. v furnishings, amplified by jjj. uT Nw unparalleled attention to 1JjM v 'S ' 4$S$. flKm your personal needs- MmK " Ik OREGON Asked a Question To the Editor: I have been asked, "What about that verse in the Bible that says, if they hit you on one check turn the other?" I once heard about an Irishman who had the answer and 1 give you the story as it was given to me. Bully hit Irishman on one check. Irish man turned the other cheek. Bully hit Irishman on the other cheek. Irishman beat the -you know what-out of bully. Bully respected Irishman for ever after. If all of the free nations of the world would unitedly do likewise to all of the bully nations that are trying to rob them of their God given rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, me thinks the cold war would end "pretty soon q u i c k." There is only one word in a bully's dictionary that he un derstands and that word is force. My Bible tells me about a bully that was so wicked the Lord had to strike him blind before he would depart from his wicked ways, and thereafter, that man became the Lord's most beloved apos tle and served Him faithfully unto death. Acts 9:1-19; 2 Tim. 4:6-9. Excuse please, the bit-o-Irish that shows. Mrs. Alice I. Black, 812 Newtown St., Medford Presents His Views To the Editor: This is a copy of a letter which I sent to a constituted who was con cerned about CD (civil de fense). It prelty well states my views. L. W. Ncwbry Slate Senator I sincerely appreciate your letter on the subject of Civil Defense. Certainly your con cern is justified and is shared by us all. First of all lev me make my position eminently clear. My opposition to the civil de fense budget Is not based up on the philosophy of the peace movement as present ed by the Eugene Peace In formation Center or any other group advocating peace at any price. 220 NORTH BARTLETT lo Greyhound Phone 773 OUR CONVENIENT PARKING My criticism of civil de fense, on the state level has been of its lack of accomplish ment and of its expenditures. I feel that wc as taxpayers are not getting value received for our dollars. This is not entirely the fault of our state directors since they must necessarily look to the Fed eral Government for guid ance. The Federal Program has been confused. They start ed on a program of evacuation which is now generally agreed to be impossible and ridiculous but this program cost us several hundred thou sand dollars. Now the pro gram has switched to one of fallout snclters, this program on the state level alone cost $390,000 during this biennial and they are requesting $410, 000 for the next two years. Testimony before our com mittee indicates that this pro gram is now in doubt on the Federal level and may be altered or abandoned. The Director of Civil Defense ad mitted that they did not warn the people of Oregon of the Oct. 12 storm because they did not know of it until it actually hit. The assistance that Civil Defense claims to have offered after the storm only amounted to offering communciations to the state agencies. The actual disaster relief was carried on by long established agencies of gov ernment, which until disaster hits, are known as the police department, water depart ment, electric department, street or road department, etc. As your representative in the Senate and as a member of the committee on ways and means, it is my duty to see that you are retting value received for your lax dollar not only in the area of Civil Defense but in all areas of State government. During the campaign people indicated to me that they wanted expen ditures cut. This is absolutely necessary, otherwise we are faced with the prospect ot much higher taxes on the state level. Again thank you for your letter, I hope my comments will be of help in understand ing my position. L. W. Newbry State Senator - 4394 LOT SUNDAY. FEBRUARY, 17. 1963 Radiation Fallout Shelters ' To the Editor: Reading about "shelters" brings some vague and apprehensive thoughts, whys, wheres, for whom? etc. From sources we presume, "radiation fallout poses no threat to human health," from OSU radiation specialist, J. R. Prince, and olher sources. If true, why all the scare added to the already over burdened public emotions and confusions? And why added millions of tax dollars? Who'll get them, shelters and dollars? If in a courthouse or capitol building, who'll get into the shelter, and by what authority will others be kept out, and how.' The judge, the gover nor, wouldn't leave his fam ily out; the janitor must get in to keep the place clean, if not sanitary; the sheriff must be there to keep order; clerk to keep records: a cook to prepare food; waiters to serve meals, or would each "eat himself." a saying when one tends to his own hunger needs. Who'll be the chosen few? A recollection comes to me of the Chicago Iroquois thea ter tragedy about 1905. Over 600 persons died, mostly tram pled and crushed in the pan demonium when one word, "fire," was screamed. Bodies were piled higher than the door tops in vain efforts to escape. I saw truckloads of bodies, men, women and chil dren's feet and legs extend ing from grocery delivery wagons, police wagons, every kind of rig that could be pressed into service to haul the dead to morgues. Bodies were tossed into wagons like hunks of wood. Who would prevent similar cataclysms at shelter en trances, and how? Law re quires outside doors of public buildings to "open out," since the Iroquois catastrophe. At schools, pupils, teachers nor parents, crazed mothers, could control nor be controlled. Shelters might cause more deaths than they'd prevent. Instead of shelters from for eign enemy radiation fallout, wc do need shields against methods used to acquire wealth and power by some posing as good American citi zens. In her letters to the editor. "Where You Buy Is Important As WHAT You Buy.' Medford Mail Tribune 327 60, 3463, and others, Mrs. Marie Bosworth sounds, and thousands of other warnings have been sounded, as to where the missile race is lead ing. . . . Must civilized, Chris tianized, educated man de stroy the hopes man's strug gled for up through the grief and pain, and ignorance of centuries? John E. Cribble, Mcdford Appreciate Interest To the Editor: We are grate ful for the opportunity to present the adult education curricula tc the Rogue valley community. We particularly appreciate your keen interest and efforts in presenting such attractive layouts. Wc sincerely appreei ate your friendly assistance and participation in this program. Lindsay M. Vinsel, Director Adult and Vocational Education Proposes Boycott To the Editor: Will all who object to the tall billboard monstrosity at 10th st. and the freeway, please boycott those business firms? Or at least we, the public, should voice our disapproval to all business firms who thus create such objectionable structures. (Name on File), Mcdford i"Well Flip My Wig" KIWANI9 Feb. 27, 28 Mar. 1, 2 Just As' v 3T
