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... Communications ... cerilin 7 !?U" bw n'm nd dd"" Th. M.H ' h' UM 01 p,D W initial for reserv " 9ht to edit all letter, with I t j i v. "UDmitted A in ftUI I i r ; 1? d0 ry 15 often the case. ,,..U.SM contra The Finest Park To the Editor: The false and distorted statements about the Oregon Dunes National Sea shore in the recent letter of Jack Parker are so gross that they cannot be ignoted. It is loo bad when personal inter ests lead a man to make such "statements about a major re creational development which would have widespread bene fits for Oregon, for the nation and for future generations. ', First, the TV documentary on the Oregon Dunes was not prepared by an advertising man, but was a public service feature prepared by the sta tion because it believed that people should know the facts about the rjrooo.sorl Orpoon n.,nn.U..iinn.l Bnl f .. , oeconu, secretary uaau am not say that campsites would be eliminated. On the con- irary, me auonairarK aerv-; ice has always said that here would be a substantial in-1 crease in camping facilities. It r nn!v mmn;9l ....... , .would be moved outside the Dunes Seashore, where they would accommodate the tour ists who would come to visit til is scenic recreation area. Third, the National Park -Service docs not plan to "lock up" the land. The Oregon Dunes National Seashore is in tended to be a major recrea tional development to be en joyed by the maximum num ber of people. It will provide opportunities for all forms of outdoor recreation compatible with the natural beauty of the area. The restoration and pres ervation of the natural beauty of this area will make the Ore gon Dunes National Seashore one of the most attractive areas on the coast. The policy of the Park Serv ice will be essentially the same as that already estab lished by the Forest Service for its land in this area, which made recreation the primary use and eliminated any log ging or other activities de structive to its scenic quality. The creation of the Oregon -Dunes National Seashore will give Oregon a tourist attrac tion of national stature, and enable our children and their children to enjoy what we have enjoyed. Our major con cern should be that we have the finest park that can be created. Carleton Whitehead Co-Chairman, Committee for the Oregon Dunes filll! Corbett Bldg. Portland, Ore. Schools' Needs To the Editor: I am not a writer of letters-to-the-editor, but I have been aroused and am venting my spleen while the dishes stay dirty, the clothes unironed and the floor unswept. Wednesday the people of the Eagle Point school district voted down the bucket for the operation of the school this next school year. I have heard from several sources that peo ple were called and asked to vole against a large bond is sue which the schools were trying to put over on the Good People of the district. I wonder how many people took this as they were told and went to the school and j marked their little "no" vote i without even reading the bal lot .. . Is there any better invest- j mcnt in this country today than the education of our chil dren? True, they don't learn the exact same things in the exact same way that we older folks learned them. The teach ers are too busy trying to take the parents' places in moral and social training. Many mothers now seem to be more ; concerned about popularity than they are about morality. ' Was this budget overly ex cessive this year? I personally know of several things which were needed by the schools and were omitted from the budget. Will the cuts now be made in the athletic program or will they be made in good Instructional materials and personnel'' Let's not be naive. We must keep our display on 'field and court for the good townspeople! The teachers don't com plain too much about using old desks and torn books. Or perhaps no desk at all There isn't too much objection to the pupils' desks that were used by their parents, except when they are so scratched and scarred that they require sev eral sheets of paper for pad ding to get a usable writing surface. The only reason they need new desks is to enable them to cram more into a room. There were things in v,Hopt that I didn't like the but the board can't put in or take out enough to please every one Somehow I feel the schools, imperfect as they are are doing a pretty fair job o teaching our children bu they cant do it without money. . I guess I am vented. Please lor publicati r"fIMH III US I HO J I'AU't'U 1UU WUIU3, A 11c it lit. i not nly repreienl the views of lht paper; in Uci the ion must not Z"? rne'lU "IS! uring more economic reper cussions than this already has Thank you for your pa tience. (Name on file) Eagle Point, Ore. A View of Subversion To the Editor: In your 'edi tor's note" under the letter of D. Ivan Fritz 14 16231 you ask why there are no cries of "dictatorship" concerning the federal government. It may be a shock to you to learn that there have been-all over the U.S.-and right here in this column - particularly during uie Kennedy crack-down on steel manufacturers-also durillP the invawinn onW Mwk. i i f 7.Ti i Z. . ... a"1 s ngms in iiis- sissippi. uur President appoints ov "" .u positions 01 ; power to our government, a huge bureaucracy which owes I no allegiance to the American ,1,1, ar.,1 .... 1-.- ....vi u.ci which uie voters have no control. This places altogether too much power in the hands of our President. And this is exactly what we DON'T want in Ore gon, as Mr. Fritz has so ably told us. The new Oregon constitu tion is not a streamlined, re arranged version of the old constitution. It is a completely Poets' Corner Conducted by Arnold Eugene Jenny Death's Emissaries Devouring Famine, Plague, and War, Each able to undo mankind Death's servile emissaries are, Nor to these alone confined. He has at will More quaint and subtle ways to kill. A smile or kiss, as he will use the art, Shall have the cunning skill to break a heart. James Shirley (1650) o The Old Oregon Trail. 1963 How many bones lie decayed in this dust where innocent trust of women and children held to this trail In Conestoga wagon with spun flax veil? How many arrowheads of wicked black jet are buried yet where the desert clay bakes in the valley kiln and the wagons didn't make It over the hill? Not yet obliterated by erasures of time, erosion and slime, wheel ruts record testimony on the Grande Ronde floor where wagon trains mired a century before. Winifred Heiskell Layton Salem, Ore. o The Tear-Drop So very nearly did I reach my mark Scaling carefully, the rainbow's arc: Clinging to the bright-hued dreams, Resting now and then on love's moonbeams. Just one tiny tear-drop made me slide A tear born of self-pity and of pride And weariness from clinging, climbing, crawling: One shiny, tiny tear-drop sent me sprawling. The rainbow's curve I could no longer tread When lubricated by the tear I shed. 1 lost my grip and landed, bruised and battered, In the dust where rainbow dreams lay shattered. When once again the heights I would attain And tears would come of weariness or pain, I'll have a little sunbeam at my beck and call To dry away my tears before they fall. Verna Slanc Grande Ronde, Ore. O Lines Of Protest On Widening a Small Town Street Denuded lies Broadway The axe of Progress swings aloft and chops away The splendid trees that cast their shade Where folk once strolled And children prayed: No more the gentle soughing of the leaves, No more the quiet beauty of the street. The town of Bethpagc stands aside and grieves As Progress smirks At God's retreat '' Leo E. Shottland Bethpage, L. I.. N Y. "The trees their quiet, shade and beauty: God's retreat.' O Note Of Nostalgia Dear child of mine, though winter's dead, Spring's greatest thrill you'll never share: The ecstacy the day you shed That itchy, long-legged underwear. Anne Bcebc Smith Ashland. Ore. BRAKES RELINED Super Heavy Duty All 4 Wheels Including Labor on All U.S. Cars and 4-Ton Trucks 3-YEAR WRITTEN GUARANTEE FREE ADJUSTMENT AT All TIMES NATIONAL BRAKE CENTER 1216 N. Court St., 2 Blocks South of Big Y, Hiway 99, Medford-OPEN SAT. . writer, although under publication is permiible. a view to clarification and exceed 400 words. The letters T ' nSti!U,i0.n : such as has been, or is being pushed in ever other state in the union. Some parts of it sound familiar- a few parts are exactly as in the present constitution. But the bulk of the revised constitution is bas ed on and copied from the "model constitution" put out by the National Municipal League which allegedly is the "model law" and "model con stitution" writer and distribu tor for "1313." Chicago, 111., home of the "metro monster government." The commission members who wrote the new I constitution admitted this be fore the Joint Senate and House Constitution Commit tee, according to March, 1963 "Serve Our State" News Bul letin. AU those wno want to know wno it is that lans and parcs the laws for state and ..Hmai i, ,..,, i. ...... i M - WHIW NiWtllHUq, NN Hn sures them through law-making bodies-who it is that is changing our traditional Re publican form of government into the alien, socialistic mon ster of centralized power now in Washington, D.C.-and soon to be in many of our states should send to Tax Payers Ac tion, P. o. Box 148, Woodland Hills, Calif., for the book. "Constitutions Be Da m n e d MED FORD Say the Internationalists," price S2. This book will also tell you why and how our educational system is being subverted why school text books pro mote socialistic ideas and dis credit free enterprise - why - ' W "r government favors Com- mumstic governments and is soft on Communists in the USA- n-n, other grip- ; ping and fascinating things You won t be able to lay it down once you pick it up. L. C. Powell 316 S. E. Eighth st. Grants Pass, Ore. Drunken Driving To the Editor: Recently 1 was called to testify in court In the case of a man who was accused of drunken driving. This man was being chased by police officers at speeds up to ! 0 m.p.h He ran into a Volks wagen at the Dodge bridge area. One of the Volkswagen p ' urlu nurse, was permanently injured in this accident and will never be able to serve as a nurse again. After proper medical examination and blood alco- hoi tests, the fact that this man was drunk was ascer- tained. Tlun UMl-nac. In Drnnnn state laws, the blood test was I abolishing capital punishment. l not admissible in court. De- Executions actually appear to ! y.'ded mankind with a sanc spite medical testimony and 1 stimulate murders, just as !fled ""mortal ' His erea- blood tests, the jury declared j public executions of pickpock this man not guilty. ' ets once provided the occasion There is a bill (S.B. 348) be-, fore the state legislature now, j which would compel a driver! to submit to blood, urine, j breath or saliva tests for aleo- hoi. or automatically have his ' driver's license suspended for 90 days. It is universal knowledge. I confirmed in hospital emer gency rooms and police sta tions, that alcohol is a tremen dous factor in the cause of a great number of automobile accidents. Therefore. I would urge our legislators, lawyers and Ore gon editors to consider seri ously Senate Bill 348. It is al most impossible to convict an offender of drunken driving under the current laws of our state. J. R. Watson, M D. 832 East Main st. Medford. The M T Goofs To the Editor: April 15 -"The Week in California" - Jesse M. Unruh (D-Engle- wood). ENGLEWOOD, New Jersey or INGLEWOOD, Calif.? April 11 - "Recipe" - Page 8 - "1 pkg. of cake years." Thanks for a million laughs. Like the store last Thursday who had BEEK on sale and Thunderbird usually sells SHERBIT. I send them all over the country to poor bedighted (sic) people who only have nice sane papers to read. If you haven't already, you'll surely make the Read er's Digest soon. Dorothy J. Gungle Gold Hill, Ore. Spoiled To the Editor: Mistah Ken nedy had his whole dahned Easier vacation spoiled with steel raises. Everett Acklin Ashland. Ore. How Long? To the Editor: How long must we go on livng under a law that is out-of-date, inef fective, and inhumane - the law of capital punishment? Nn one who knows anvthins about the history of capital punishment can argue that its abolition will destroy law and order in society. This argu ment has been made by dis tinguished and uninformed persons for hundreds of years and has been refuted by the facts of history for precisely as long. Capital punishment is on its way out. It has already been abolished in Alaska. Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota. North Dakota, Rhode Island and Wisconsin. Only 16 states in the United States actually inflicted capital punishment in 1959 Twenty states have not used the death penalty for more than 10 years. Most of the South American countries have abolished it and those which retain the death pen alty have become more and more reluctant to use it. If one lives or travels in Austria, Belgium, Denmark. Finland. West Germany, Ice land, Israel, Italy, Luxum burg. Holland, Norway. Port ugal, Rumania, Sweden. Switzerland. Travancorc In $495 MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, India, and Queensland in Aus tralia, he is safe without the protection of capital punish ment. One cannot find an eminent sociologist, criminologist, pe nologist or psychologist who supports capital punishment. Dr. Glueck, Professor of Crim inology, Harvard University, said: "The presence of the 1, pufene of our penal system bedevils the administration of criminal justice all the way down the line, and is the stumbling block in the path of general reform in the treatment of crime and criminals." If the state kills, it sets an example for doing the very thing which it condemns. The use of force and violence against criminals teaches the lesson of force and violence The death uenaltv discredits tile whole relormative pro gram. The finality of the death penalty is totally in consistent with the philosophy of correction and rehabilita tion. It does not save the state money. In six years, without the death penalty, California would have saved $150,244 in administrative costs alone, plus savings in court costs, The majority of the ward- one in llln l'nit...j Rt&tofl fai'nr for more pocket picking, Lydia Burnham 814 Warne st. Prescott, Ariz. Sh Likes PP' To the Editor: Normally. when I read a Communication that disturbs me, I consider the fact that we all have many different opinions-none of them necessarily right or wrong. However, the lady from Eagle Point, whose name is 'on file', repeated a remark have heard once too often in my 15 years in the Rogue river valley. When I arrived here, a near ly broke and a not very at tractive mother of three small children, I didn't expect a red carpet welcome. I did ex pect people to be people, just as everywhere. I like people. At times, during periods of economic stress, I ve been tempted to leave Utopia, but the thought cf leaving my many friends too always holds me here. I can't walk down the street without meeting someone I know - and I love it! During a recent personal tragedy, dozens of these "dear natives" demonstrated their affection for me and mine in countless ways. In fact, my friend from Eagle Point, the many Medlordtles I've met seem to be just people, with different tastes and desires but with a great capacity for love. I am not a "socialite". My acquaintance with the Coun try Club is limited to attend ance at Safety council meet ings and Christian Women's Club luncheons. Both of these groups are open to the general public. Many of my friend ships were formed through my attendance at a local church and my participation its activities. Membership this organization is also available to the general public. Next time you are in town, call me, and I'll brew you a cup of coffee. Not a member of the Cham ber of Commerce. Carol Waltermirc, 3335 Forest, Medford BALANCED FU INVESTORS MUTUAL, I COMMON STOCK INVESTORS STOCK FUND J86k Jwafo6 man Ha represents INVESTORS Diversified Services, Inc., exclusive national distributor for these mutual funds. For pros pectus-booklet on any of these funds, call telephone number below. Or clip this complete adver tisement, circling the service which Interests you and mail it to your INVESTORS Man: ARE PAUL R. Dis. 1425 Whitman EDW. E. BERRIDGE 755 Stevent, Apt. 15 779-1051 G R. (Dick) TRITES 495 Ray Line, Ashland 482-3396 I.VH HUI.ll.'llHMJ.HBM.IM IUni OREGON Substitutes To the Editor: Some years ago when I was a boy in Grants Pass, a sad faced lad entered Luke's Bike shop. In his hand he held a prized pocket knife with a broken blade. "Luke, can you fix this?" he queried. Where upon the proprietor took the knife, it in his hands and shook it up and down. As he was' doing this he mumbled, "hokus-pokus - and a can of rotten tomatoes." He then opened his hands and to the boy's astonishment handed him a knife without a broken blade. What the bike repairman did not tell the boy but later told me, was that he happened to have an identical knife in the showcase. He had, un noticed by the boy, switched knives. The old knife was not fixed at all. It remained un changed. A substitute had been palmed off on him. Reminds me of another sub stitute that has been palmed j off on the majority of people in Christian lands. The writer believes in the literal Biblical account of earth's creation. Also that the days of creation were literal 24 hour days. At j the end of the six days God At this season when the Christian world is not sure ! even when to celebrate Easter, it is gratifying to know that i God's memorial still stands ; unchanged from creation. Our unchanging God has provided all mankind with His memo rial which points to Him as the only true God, the one who created us. Man may try to make God's word of no effect by word and action. But the God whose Son arose victorious from the tomb nearly 2,000 years ago, never changes. It is well and good to think of His resurrection. But let us not forget that our Lord is coming back again, soon. Henry Johnson, 2315 Highway 66, Ashland, Ore. Family Squabbles To the Editor: "Home is where the heart is," says one. "Home is where the laughter is." declares another. Indeed, Home is where a lot of things arc including, on occasion. A WAR OF WORDS. In view of the variables that beset matrimony nowadays, it is something of a miracle when one finds a long-lasting union. Recently I was privileged to help celebrate the Gold wedding anniversary of couple. After the other guests had departed, 1 ventured to ask the proud husband: "Could you name any one thing that has helped to keep you folks together for many ears?" "Yes," he responded. started out in the business world by owning a store. As I sold largely on credit, I had to set up a bookkeeping ac count entitled, 'Reserve for Bad Debts.' When I married, I carried over somewhat the same idea in an account, 'Reserve for Bad Days.' A squabble never got us down we usually locked ourselves in a bedroom and didn't come out until we had solved our problem on the basis: 'Not my way; not your way; but OUR way.' " Then, noticing the knowing expression on his wife's face, he added, with a twinkle in his eye: "Actually, we more often settled on HER way A BOND PREFERRED STOCK men MOORE Mir. 772-6060 rather than mine! The sweet reasonableness of my logic was usually drowned out by her tears. A man, you know, leads with his chin' as they say in boxing only to have a woman knock him galley west with a counterpunch to the heart." One early-spring day I strolled through enchanting Lithia Park and eventually found myself upon an old stone bridge that spans Ash land Creek. 1 stood contem brings you wool broadlooms with the cobbled random look of American hand-crafts 11 1 ftiuMMiM iimfMKMmMMUmmmmmmMKm&tuBmBmmBm Densely woven loop pile "Hobbiehill" HobMehilT FRESHEST, NEWEST LOOK IN CARPET. . , 29 UNIQUE MULTI-TONE COMBINATIONS! 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