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MEDt'OHD MAIL "IHlbUNE, MtUt'OMU. OHtUUN bUMUAl. MAHCH ill, 1963 . Communications Letters is th Editor must bear th nam ind address el th writer, although under certain circumstances th us of pan name or initial tor publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letter! 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 ei the paper; ia tact the contrary is often the case. First Principles To the Editor: Several weeks have passed since Mr. Jenny had his final word on what he called my limited concept of Brotherhood. Since then I have compared this concept with the Scriptures, and can only say that I will neither bind nor loose Broth erhood any further than the Scriptures do. Mr. Jenny throws Brother hood open to everyone with no strings attached. He is not satisfied to endorse the open ing of the gates as done by our Lord's inspired apostles, he must tear down the walls as well. The Apostle Paul states in Galatians 3:26 and 27 the only true basis of Brother hood. The gates are open here but the wall still stands. Jesus is the door, but of what need is there of a door if the walls cease to exist? We are told to "try the spirits wether they be of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world." (I John 4:13). How will we know a false prophet? "By their fruits we shall know them." The fruits of the flesh and those of the spirit are plainly set forth in Ga latians 5:19 to 26. Read them, lest we forget. I don't ask special favors, Mr. Jenny, just that you try Communists and Conserva tives alike with the same standard. I do not mean to provoke you with my letters but to reason with you. This is hard to do when you automatically label all I write as irrelevent, irrelevent. Remember also that respect for our elders is not based on their longevity, education or the strength of the poison in their pen, but on their matureness and wisdom of discourse. Elders who ne glect first principles and launch out in to theoretical flights of fancy in economics and untried systems of gov ernment will not hold the re spect of younger more dili gent students of history for long. ' James K. Shafer Route 2, Box 210X Medford such things, because these things are frills, and those of us who want them badly enough should pay for them. I, for one, certainly abhor such fiascoes as the National Guard Armory, built with public funds in excess of what was voted and then built on public lands. Vours for a great R. R. Val ley. (Name on File) Phoenix, Ore. Battle Score To the" Editor: So Evelyn W. Reith (326) thinks you've given me too much space? Could be. Certainly, your pol icy of according space to all writers, however wise or fool ish, is very generous and em inently fair which I, for one, greatly appreciate. I hope I have not taken undue advant age of the privilege. To be sure, I have been one of your most frequent contri butors since comine to our val ley, this being my 90th letter (a surprise to me as it may be to you and our readers). However, 1.2 of my letters dealt with noncontroversial subjects, e.g. in praise of Med ford, in behalf of CARE and other help to the needy, and the like. The other 78 were in defense of freedom of speech, brother hood, our churches and church leaders, the UN, UNICEF, etc. Many of my letters were in response to 112 (not counting others of which I kept no record) by 38 different per sons, some in legitimate op- osition to my points of view; more of them, however, also abusive-not a few even dan gerously close to being stand' erous and libelous. So, my op ponents have had much the better if it, almost 2 to 1. In dividual high scorers had, re. spectively, 23, 11 and 10 let. ters, the rest 1 to 5, in opposi tion to me (not counting other letters they had in Communi. cations) each; quite a formid able opposition! Though a retired preacher- ln my denomination at that! (though I do not recall his identifying himself in any of Boring Meeting To the Editor: I don't know how so many voters attending the recent public hearing of school budget for 549C could take the weak explanations without protest. . lieve, fought for additional One school, Jefferson, I be rooms. The last bond issue for $750,000 included rooms for this school. As they asked, 1 ask, where are the rooms? More important, where did the $750,000 go? The meeting was so boring to the school board members one could not stay awake. However, they met with the budget committee as soon as the hearing closed and put the usual "rubber stamp" ap proval on this top heavy bud get. Is this the way the taxpayer is to be treated when they ask questions? Remember the date and get out with your vote. Dick Peterson 330 North Front st. Medford How To Do It To the Editor: Who can deny that the things you men tion in your editorial of March 28 are not desirable? Most people would agree that they would be wonderful to have. The big question would be, who is to pay for the con struction and maintenance? It would seem to me that some of these items should fall on the voters of the city of Med ford, some on the voters of the county, and some should fall on the group or groups particularly interested in the Item In question. To be specific, it would seem to me that air pollution is a valley if not a county problem, billboards are a county if not a state problem, anj artprials. narks and downtown parking appear to be more of a city neea. When I think of a stadium and an auditorium, I think of the pride the people of tne whole rountv and area can feel for such things as the Rogue Valley Memorial nos pital, the Shakespearean Fes tival facilities, the grand stands at Medford High .t,mt anA tht- nnn-to-be new Sacred Heart hospital. You remember how these things were accomplished - o y a group of individuals who ; wanted something enough that they raised the money through pledges and built them: and when they were completed, everyone was proud. I would not be an un willing contributor to an area auditorium built in Medford or a well-designed multipur pose stadium built on other than countv lands, but I would find it most repulsive lo see county funds spent on j Poets' Corner Conducted by Arnold Eugene Jenny his letters), L. G. Weaver can be pretty mean, and 'not al ways careful of the truth as expert with innuendo and in sinuation as any: a pretty sor ry spectacle! In his latest broadside (327), he appears at his clev er worst. "As to the Russians who are visiting the United States in the guise of Russian Orthodox priests . . ." he writes: ignoring the fact that the 16 include also Baptist, Lutheran and I believe Ar menian clergy; without either first-hand acquaintance with or knowledge of any of them; and in complete disregard of the fact that distinguished American churchmen, lay as well as clergy, who have known these men as devout Christians had invited them as such to visit this country. For shame! Rev. Weaver. Arnold Eugene Jenny Rogue Valley Manor Medford A Lesson in Brotherhood To the Editor: To Arnold Eugene Jenny: To you, every thing but your own deduc tions are "out of context, or irrevelancies." Good outs but not proof. You had to take the whole Bible out of "context" to get what you teach. No, Dan Smoot did not hap. pen to be my informant, but he is entriely reliable. The House Committee on Un- American Activities informed us of these wolves in sheep's clothing. Bob Duncan voted to abolish this fine committee Your defense of the RSV Bible indicts your own state- ments, and I quote, "Whoso ever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother." That still gives us two brotherhoods. Even in that short phrase, "whosoever does the will," are two groups. Some do not, and that in cludes that KGB agent who is being wined and dined by the N.C.C. throughout the N.C.C. churches of the land. Jesus said "other sheen I have which are not of this fold; them I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold and one shepherd. (John 10:16.) 'Time" could hardly be used in defense of Betancourt, being as how it is owned by Henry Luce, owner of Life and Fortune, An anti-Communist sounding article from Time is Henry Luce talking from both sides of his mouth, but then, we've had that for 30 years. Seems like people would learn this double-talk sometime. Funny thing how these lib erals will stand up for the Communists regardless of the fact that they have murdered. tortured, made slaves of mil lions. They stick up for the writers of smut books, they stick up for murderers and never a word of condemna tion for any of them. "Love them," they cry! Love is all for the murderer who stamps out the life of a small child after having had his will and desire upon that little body-yet-the cry goes up, "He couldn't help it, his home life was bad." There was a day when men were men, men who knew something, believed some thing and stood for something. Ella Powell, Box 621, Central Point, Ore. The Us of Figures To the Editor: When one uses figures it seems one can arrive at any answer to serve one's purpose. Let's look at the Medford School District budget for '63-'64 as it relates to last year's budget: The '63-'64 Budget calls for a total expenditure of $5, 150,618.47, and, after deduct ing receipts and cash balance of $1,521,986.17, we find the amount of $3,628,632.30 need ed to balance the budget. Last year, 1962, the district received $1,380,830.69 from the tax levy; and $85,556.18 from previous year's tax levy; and $81,902.66 from rural de linquent taxes. Add these to gether and we have a total of $1,548,289.53, actual tax money received in 1962. This year, 1963-64, the as sessed valuation of all taxable property in the Medford school district has been in creased by not less than 20 per cent overall, therefore, "higher valuation for taxation which should bring in to the tax office a larger return un less, because of the increased valuation, a smaller millage is assessed. In any event, tax receipts for 1963-64 should equal 1962-63 tax receipts Thus the school district should receive not less than $1,548,- 289.53 tax revenue. Add the other "sources of Income" which is $1,264,184.36 making a total of $2,812,473.89. Take the total budget of $5,150,- 618.47, less income of $2, 812,473.89, leaving $2,338, 144.58 as the amount neces sary to balance the budget. The budget makes a showing of $3,628,632.30 to balance. From my figures, an excess of $1,390,487.72. and to top this off $170,295.97 is added to the tax levy to cover "re bate" and "unpaid" taxes. Reviewing the published personal and real property delinquent tax list, the total thereof, of the property with in the school district does not equal the amount by far the estimate of the budget com mittee, $170,295.97. If my figures are correct, the voters should take a sec ond good look at the proposed budget before approving it In fact a reduction of some $1,560,683.69 before it should be approved. Ray O. DeMarrs 708 West Second st. Medford o Editor's note: Mr. DeMarrs is correct in saying "When one uses figures It seems one can arrive at any answer to serve one's purposes." The tax levy is the last source of revenue determined for a school district, and is nut included in the known sources of revenue, as Mr, De Marrs has done here in as suming the district "should receive not less than $1,548,- 289.53 tax revenue." The school district budget procedure goes like this: 1. Expenses are determined; 2. known revenues are determin ed; 3. known revenues are subtracted from the total ex penses to find the amount necessary to balance the budg et; 4. other sources of income, such as state basic school sup. ! port and any support from , the county more than the $10 : per census child required by ! law, are deducted from the j amount necessary to balance j the budget. j Then what remains is levied ' against property in the form j of taxes to make up the dif ference between known and ; actual income and the amount j needed by the district to op erate the schools. Since a large share of the money will come from prop erty taxes, some allowance is provided in state budget forms for unpaid taxes and for the rebate if the taxes are paid before Nov. 15. The estimate of unpaid taxes has no con nection with present delln quent taxes. 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