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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mall Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40
and SO years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
April 22. 1953 (Wednesday)
Medford's 17-ycar-old dog
confinement ordinance was
repealed by a vote of S to 2
at last night's city council
meeting.
Community clinics, a Jack
son County Chamber of Com
merce prpject to determine
public opinion on the county's
most urgent needs, got under
way witli a scries of three
meetings here yesterday.
20 YEARS AGO
April 22, 1943 (Thursday!
Medford area lumber work
ers to receive wage boost of
7Va to 11 cents an bour under
War Labor board ruling.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pol'' column: "Spell
ing of Maine as 'MaymC has
been declared legal In a will
by a Texas court. It still Is
no way to spell the naymc.
30 YEARS AGO
April 22, 1933 (Friday)
Medford High school team
to meet Bcoverton for state
debate title.
Moss meeting of Jackson
county farmers called to dis
cuss means of delaying mort
gage payments.
40 YEARS AGO
April 22, 1923 (Saturday)
State traffic officer arrests
15 persons in one day for
speeding; gruup included
Jacksuii county's stiite sen
ator. SO YEARS AGO
April 22. 1913 (Monday)
Raid on Chinese rooming
houses nets 30 tins of opium
in Ashland and nothing in
Medford; Sheriff August D.
Singler believes Medford Chi
nese were tipped off.
Petition, requesting paving
of Jackson st. ut east end of
bridge over Hear creek, cir
culated on east side.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine oi ton correct ii uporior;
icvtn or flight il icsllcnt; tlvi or
is it good.
1. Laws giving manufactur
ers the right to set minimum
retau Prlej0' f' modjof Higher Education has
In what island group is '
the Island of Leytc?
3 llow many cubic feet
re mere n a corn o. wooo.
4 What department ot the I
Fedi'i .it
government
passport
.md visas'"
3. Was the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization created
in una, 1948. or I860?
b u New Jersev most noted
J rental?
seashore resorts
7 What is the largest mem. '
family of
bcr of the grass
plants?
8 Is Cos! Rica north
south of Panama
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SF. . .Slllil". in, ill... Mill!
is called an a-o-l -'
10 in what sport is the
term "daily double used? 1
1. Fair Trade Lews. j. 1
Philippines. 3. HI cubic feet.!
4. Department of Stale. S.
1 Hen. o. aeatnore. r. oamDoo.
t. North. 9. Au.om.ton. 10.
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MONDAY. APRIL 22. 1983
The Pope 's Message
The encyclical which Pope John XXIII ad
dressed to all humanity Easter week has struck
a responsive note among millions. Protestants,
Jews, Buddhists, Moslems, Communists and athe
ists have joined Catholics in approval of the
Pope's moving words . . .
The feature that sets the Pope's appeal apart
from the conventional calls for peace is its gener
ous humanitarianism. John XXIH's basic doc
trine is that the common humanity which binds
all men and all nations is more important than
the doctrinal or radical differences which divide
them.
On these premises, he calls for an end to the
arms race, for disarmament under effective con
trol, and for voluntary acceptance by all nations
of a world law.
a
THE MOST striking demonstration of the
Pope's desire for reconciliation of all man
kind is in the encyclical's veiled, but unmistak
able, references to Communism.
Great historical movements, the Pope de
clares, cannot be simply identified with the
vague, false philosophical teachings from which
they may have originated. These teachings
the Pope clearly means Marxism-Leninism re
main the same; but the movements themselves
may evolve to meet changing historical situa
tions. And as these movements evolve, the Pope
concludes, they can come to "contain elements
that are positive and deserving of approval."
What a blow this attitude deals to the ideo
logical fanatics on both sides of the doctrinal
dividing line who reject all idea of a reasonable
compromise and think only of burying their opponents.
AT THE core of the Pope's thinking is the real
ivutirm rhur in this thprmnnnr-lpar pi-ji mpn
must learn to live together lest they all die to
gether in the inferno of fusing atoms.
To accomplish this, he calls for negotiation,
mutual concessions and the understanding of the
common interests which unite all of us. This is
an inspiring doctrine, the only sane response to
the terrible dangers that threaten all life on this
planet. It will not be easy to realize this pro
gram in a world riddled
and hatreds.
But it can be done if
follow the Pope's example and rise above nation
al and doctrinal hatreds that lead only to dis
aster. New York Times.
The War Babies
The Ways and Means Committee of the Leg
islature is looking closely at the building pro
gram of the state System of Higher Education.
The committee must decide how to finance it.
It is a big program, biggest in the history of
i I j "i rt i. j t?.I- tn.l mLL ;
me scaie eysiem oi mgner rjuueauon. mis is
because enrollments at
tutions of higher education will climb sharply
over the next three years and the buildings
which the Legislature approves now will be for
the coming three-year period.
Any buildings approved by the 19b5 legisla
ture could not be ready
year, so the 1963 Legislature is looking at a
building program tor the
THE La Grande Observer had an editorial last
u'luiL- thai miiArVkf Infn fi-wuit? fno full imnoitf
UVUi l II. I, WIWIIIII. lilt.''
of the college enrollments
us. Here is the editorial:
Whatever doubts one may have about the econo
my, there is one thing In America that won't go any
where but up as far ahead as anyone can see. This is
college enrollment, which has been rising at a striking
rate in recent years.
According to projections released by statisticians
of the College Entrance Examination Board, the trend
not only will continue but accelerate.
In 1D00 about 4 of every 100 children of college
age attended college.
Today the figure is slightly more than 36 per cent
out of a total of 2.8 million in the age group.
The Statistician predict that by the school year
11I65-8U, there will be 3.B million in the group and that
41 per cent of them will enroll In college.
The big boom Is expected to begin this fall and
continue through the fall of 1063. In that two-year
period, tile number of students entering college will
increase by nearly half a million.
Growth will slow somewhat after thai, but by
1069, the number of college entrants 1,8 million -will
be double the number in 1039.
THOSE predictions are
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It tile IJOaill llllS Cl'IVl
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,ron schools iliul the estimates Of llOW lllilllV of
j, wnnl button after high school wad-
nation can be well suhslnnti.-it...! I
m. . , ,
1 lie yoling8ter8 WW) ace Coming Oil to the COl-
! leees in the years imniedi.-itelv nhenrl mil the
i '11,1 ...'. kokl , " f .. l, , 1.. .1 .Vj, U ... , I
I ce!( 1,1 aU'(l ,NV ; ' educators have
said so much. Hundreds of elementary, and then
I secondary school classrooms have been built in
this state for tin- war babies.. Now. they are on
the threshold of their last migration, to college,
-
, fREGON 1 ANS have provided well for the war ,
y babies as they have progressed through the
1UDI1C SCIIOOIS. UreeoillailS have provided well,
ItOO, for their institutions
Kill IliiV.ir sisfis, ., s - ss
.-"I .....SI USIl'U HIS!
as much for hielier prlncnfJrin n
asked to do in the yeai immediately ahead. Now
they must finish the education job for the war
babies and it's going to cost a lot of money.
Having brought the war babies this far we
. , ,,.,,., Hi-flcrtinlaiin to nhanrlnn thnni
, - ---r , ,
on the last mile of their
I hast Oregolliail.
A
by suspicions, jealousies
the leaders of the world
the state-supported insti
for the 1965-66 school
years 19bJ-b4 to 65-bb.
l,Ut.UO lilt. I nil nil I 'til. t
that are almost upon
not fanciful. Noithei
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s:sus usilii, ills os is is- ui'iusi
made
111 Its predictions It IS
lint it ,-, ,nl,l nni ttw mih.
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lium i n sua UOlO 111 Ull-
"c t-unan Hate Castro
of higher education.
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I S.IIS.S IIS S II ll.-ISS II SSJ SSSI
thev will be
. rs
journey. PetftJleton
"So Nice You're Going To Moscow. Perhaps
They'll Let You Have Another Look At
Those Missiles"
Exclusive: How
Cuba Looks Today
By Arthur Hoppe
Macuto, Venezuela - I
waited to bring you my ex
clusive eyewitness report on
How Cuba Looks Today un
til I could clear it with the
CIA. My country first, I al
ways say. But I am now
ready to give you a precise,
accurate, unbiased, overall
picture of exactly how Cuba
looks today.
It's mostly green, with
some patches of brown. And
it's far longer than It is wide.
The reason I m able to
bring you this precise, accu
rate, unbiased, overall picture
is that Cuba lies smack dab
between New Orleans and
Venezuela down here in the
upper right hand corner of
South America. And VIASA,
the excellent Venezuelan Air
line, saves $132.20 in kero
sene for its big 880 jets if it
doesn't have to spend an ex
tra 20 minutes dctouring
around Cuba.
"Most days Castro gives us
permission to fly over," says
Mr. Joe R. Pardo, a VIASA
executive. "But some days
he says no. Then we got to
go around.
While Mr. Pardo said he
didn't know why Mr. Castro
sometimes refused permis
sion, I assume it's for aerial
safety. I mean there are so
many American reconnais
sance planes flying over Cuba
these days, an airliner might
interfere with the flight pat
terns. a
Whatever, Mr. Castro was
in a good mood the day we
flew down and thus I'm able
to bring you another cxclu-
ive eyewitness report. From
30,000 feet. Which I'm sure
you've been waiting for. Be
cause eyewitness reports on
Cuba are very big in journal
istic circles these days. And
one thing for certain:
I vc got the Big Picture.
First of all, Cuba, despite
numerous articles to xiie con
trary, looks in very good con-
dition, generally speaking. I
1Te. T
ri.rwt ..' , w.n u i
E 1? AtlZZZZZ SEE iu'.
in is. isiiiisisitu us s.sjsiiar nits i
may be there.
Now, as to the reports of
Russian missiles, I am unable
either to confirm or deny.
True, I didn't actually see any
Hussion missiles. But they
may well have been hidden
in caves, or under banana
leaves. Although I'm pretty
Stirs) 1 saw a banana planta
tion, I didn't see any caves.
This could be significant.
However, 1 can accurately
report that the whole time I
observed the Cuban scene, I
didn'l see a single bread line.
And while I can't say the
Cuban people look happy and
'U. 1 Ctn't say they look u ti
happy and skinny either.
On the other hand tlsr.r ,
obviously a desperate short-
"f lUcln? e
Caslro r,,,ii,VV ne single
MPISSSI VS'SIISI S,S SISISISSI III
the whole island Not even a
Dnsttan tablet Oh, the suf
fenng thai must be going on
,,,., 0,,rt Mm,s lrlM anA
hay fever, if nothing else.
...
f ,1'
have been dying to ask: "Do
f "'" my vantage poi
"&2S
int. I
cj and ,
pco-
1 pie hate Mr. Castro And no
many Cuban people don't But
' s.s .uim-is ,inu suioiT-
..irrniil It Ill all
i southwestern tin of the Is.
land and I have an exclusive
photograph of it to prove it
If it comes out. Just think,
it'll be the first Cuban under
current ever photographed.
And now. if you'll excuse 1
, nie 1 havc to c.i rush niv
wwliMoitte The!
I CIA and the press Oh, I'll!
1
M-DFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON
be rich. Of course, you're
probably saying, "Pooh, an
eyewitness report from five
miles up isn't worth any
thing." Nonsense. First of all, that's
83 miles closer than most eye
witness reports on Cuba these
days. And secondly, I've been
studying the market for eye
witness reports on Cuba. And,
believe me, we'll buy anything.
In the Day's News
By FRANK
Mishmash in the news:
In a fountain at the Uni
versity of Kansas City there
are two marble maidens who
have gone without clothing
ever since they were sculpted
back In the 1930s. The other
night, some kind-hearted (or
perhaps prudish) person paint
ed bathing suits on them.
Question:
In view of the weather this
winter and spring, might not
FUR COATS have been more
appropriate?
rjR. PETER van de Kamp,
" professor of astronomy at
Swarthmore college in Penn
sylvania, reports the discov
ery of Barnard's Star B -which,
he says, is an INVIS
IBLE planet six light years
distant from the earth, 500
times the size of the earth
and one and a half times
larger than Jupiter, the big
gest planet in the solar sys
tem. Quostlon:
If Barnard's Star B is in
visible, how did he find it?
He explains that he found
it by tracking the movements
of Barnard's Star, whose "ir
regular movements," he says,
indicated the presence of Bar
nard's B.
1 i nvr
improbable, you say?
i ,,.;,
nilliuic
Did .vou ever watch a jack
rabbit that in its turn was
watching a coyote? You could
Dot see the coyote, but by the j
way the jack rabbit was act- i
ing you knew a coyote was
there.
That's the way Dr. van de
Kamp found his new star.
EROM Salem:
A battle over the major
revenue bill ot the 196H ses
sion of the legislature the
Ml, i, 111'., I tsist MMllfsta IhmSmi.
tax raged Friday on the
floor of the House. In addition
to the income tax. which
would raise $34 million per
biennium. the House again de-
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HOT-LINE I JLik"
riiKTT jot IHE. SSxJiu I 1
wmm
"Don't panic! Don't panicl It could be
...... wrong number!
Foreign News: Laos
Japanese
By WILLIAM J. FOX
United Press International
Notes from the foreign nawi
cablet.
Laos Fighting
The latest outbreak
fighting in Laos comes
of
no surprise to informed ob
servers. The question ever
since last year's precarious
truce was reached has been
when, not whether, the shoot
ing would begin again. And
attempts to reconvine the
Geneva Conference which ar
ranged that truce are meeting
resistance from Britain.
London hopes that behind-the-scenes
diplomatic efforts
and pressures may help save
the peace in Laos, for any
resumption of talks in Gen
eva could reopen the entire
question of the way things
are set up there and could
drag on for months.
Russia, which was co-chairman
with Britain of the first
Geneva Conference on Laos,
also appears reluctant on new
talks. Red China is a member
of the Geneva group, and
Moscow may be anxious to
avoid a confrontation with
its estranged ally across the
conference table with West
ern and neutral observers
looking on.
But the real problem of
Laos, not solved by the truce
and vexed by the fresh fight
ing, remains: How to make
a stable country out of a land
that never was a unified na
tion to begin with, but a land
that happens to be the stra
tegic corridor between Com
munist China and Southeast
Asia.
Rival Claims
Both the government Con
servatives and the opposition
Socialists claim victory in last
week's local elections in Ja
pan. Both could be right. The
party that unquestionably
JENKINS
cided the fate of a proposed
four cent a pack cigarette tax
which would raise $18 million
a biennium. Both finally were
passed.
The cigarette tax measure
has already led a stormy life.
It was rejected by a 33-24 vote
in Jhe House on April 8, and
reconsidered and sent back to
the House tax committee the
following day. The tax com
mittee reacted by sending
down a three per cent sales
tax bill. The tax committee
anticipated correctly that the
sales tax would be defeated,
but sent it to the House to
clear the way for considera
tion of the income tax and
reconsideration of the ciga
rette tax.
OMMMMMMM.
atat rj0 yOU remember the an
cient talc of Finnigin, the rail
road brakeman, and his brief
report of the derailing of a
car in his freight train? It
read like this:
Off ag in,
"On ag in.
"Gone ag'ln.
"FINNIGIN."
That just about describes
the career of the cigarette tax
in the present session of the
Oregon legislature.
OEIUOUSLY
What about this cigarette
tax business?
IT S true that Oregon is now
the only state in the Union
that doesn't have one. That's
something of a distinction
it
is expected to raise about S15
million, which is quite a
chunk of money. And it will
raise the price of cigarettes,
But this must be said for it:
You can pay the tax, or vou
can QUIT SMOKING the
tilings. Or you can smoke a
pipe. Or you can roll your
own.
You have a choice.
That's more than can be
' said for most other forms of
I taxation
mm
ivr: 1
Party Claims; Talks
suffered, and admits it, was
the middle of the road Dem
o c r a t i c Socialist Party.
Caught in the squeeze be
tween Socialists and Conserv
atives, the Democratic Social
ists saw their local assembly
seats cut down from 135 to
86.
Disarmament Hecess
Delegates to the 17-nation
disarmament conference in
Geneva may get a month's'
vacation after all. The con
ference had been scheduled
to take a month's recess at
Easter. But the neutral dele
gations insisted the talks stay
in session because of a lack
Communications
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edit all letters with an eye to
clarification and condensation.
Letters submitted for publica
tion must not exceed 400 words.
Railroad Futurama 1
To the Editor: In a San
Francisco address, President
John W. Barriger of Pitts
burgh & Lake Erie Railroad
unveiled his Railroad Futur
ama. Our present railroads
bear only the same relation
ship to the potential super
railroads that ordinary roads
do to super-highways or im
proved waterways to the orig
inal channels. At a fraction
of the per mile cost of super
highways or artificial water
ways, railroads can deliver
economical, unsub s i d i z e d
transportation.
Attrition of rail traffic is
the result of 50 years of na
tional transportation policies
punitive towards railroads
and promotional towards their
competitors. Rigid price con
trol has placed a fiscal block
ade around the railroad indus
try, denying it access to the
capital required for its full
technological development.
President John F. Kenne
dy's inspired transportation
message proposes to establish
equality of opportunity in
transportation. Naturally, the
beneficiaries of the monstrous
political subsidy featherbed of
non-rail transport oppose Con
gressional enactment of the
message. Particularly unhap
py are truck and barge inter
ests who are required to re
linquish the protection of
minimum railroad "umbrella
rates."
K. Fritz Schumacher,
Former
Santa Fe "Rail".
81 West Grand View
ave..
Sierra Madrc, Calif.
Whai's Un-American?
To the Editor: Someone has
said that jumping at conclu
sions is about the only exer
cise some people get. Whether
or not he gets any other, Frank
Koch was back with more of
that kind in his letter of 416.
Because many Americans
have been opposed to some of
the un-American activities of
the HUAC, as have commu-
isls al home and abroad for
q,uite different reasons, Mr.
LCIB lumps mem
all together into one reckless
"wrecking crew." Then, with
marvellous clairvoyance or
fust wild "guesstimate
he
tells us
About 95 per cent of the
! American people have
tbe
same affection, admiration,
and respect for our world
famous, pro-American 'Com-
mittce' as they do for J. Ed
gar Hoover and the FBI.
j Doubtless, most Americans
j havc rcal respect for the lat-
i Ier- many pernaps also admir
anon, but altection.' - pernaps
a handful. As for HUC.
many have been impressed -because
taken in - by its
voluminous and self-praising
propaganda, but its actual
performance has disillusioned
as many equally loyal Ameri
cans. Applying Mr. Koch's quaint
logic, one might lump togeth -
: er into one amorphous mass - , that ,ics Jusl ahead j
good or bad according to one S . . ,
predilection or prejudice - all An equate capita ,m
1 atheists and believers, capital- Pavement budget will not
I lata and communists. Demo- uc approved by the Legisla-1
crats and Republicans, etc.,
who happen to be opposed 10
nuclear evnlosinns tav i.
SMS, vivisection: or what
e you. Obviously, being for
creases
. .."VuIlbonH borrowine.
prompted by widely varied
motivations. Therefore, to as-
sunie that all opponents oi
HUAC must ipso facto be coin-
i munist or leftist "wreckers"
not only is utterly illogical
but just plain silly.
The conservative and re-
spected New York Times on j
3 1 stated the matter suc-1
cinctly:
"The Rules Committee of,
the House of Representatives
did a psior days work when
it killed a proposal to abolish
the I'n-Anierican Activities
Committee as an independent
1 agency and give its functions !
j to the Judiciary Committee
I This proposal was put forward
j by such a responsible and j
intelligent member of the
Fighting
of progress in reaching a
treatv aa-reement. Now there
are increasing rumors that a
month's break may come in
Strictly Personal
By Sydney
rc) Field Enterprises Inc.
COLLEGE TUITION
If I give a hundred dollars,
or a thousand dollars, as a
contribution to any college of
my choice, I
am allowed an
income -tax
deduction. But
if I send my
child to a pri
vate college -thus
relieving
the public col
leges of a fi
nancial bur
den I am
not allowed to
deduct a cent.
Of all tne inequities in the
lax laws (and there are many)
this one strikes me as among
the most senseless and unjust.
The public colleges and uni
versities are bursting at the
seams, and all the states are
heavily pressed to cope with
the rapidly expanding school
population.
If we grant incentives to oil
men and farmers and ship
pers and other segments of
the population, how much
more sensible to grant some
tax relief to those parents who
are putting their children
through increasingly expen
sive private colleges.
e
Several such bills hsve
been proposed in Congres,
and the arguments for them
have leemed overwhelm
ingly persuasive to me; yet
all of them have died in
committee, because there is
no cohesive group of voters
willing or able to pressure
their congressmen on the
matter. There is no parents'
lobby, and Congress is net
House as Representative John
V. Lindley of New York.
"It was a sound proposal,
since many careful students
of Congressional procedure
have long considered that the
Judiciary Committee ought to
have exclusive control over
all criminal statutes, assign
ing to a sub-committee on
subversive affairs whatever
matters in that area needed
to be dealt with.
"But let it never be for
gotten that if it is 'un-American'
to accuse without evi
dence and slander without
proof, then the House Un
American Activities Commit
tee itself has been repeatedly
guilty of un-American activi
ties." Arnold Eugene Jenny,
Rogue Valley Manor,
Medford
A Crossroads
To the Editor: Higher edu
cation is at the crossroads in
Oregon. This could very well
be the month of decision -the
month when the State de
cides whether it is going to
fettle for mediocrity or con
tinue to move toward excel
lence. The Board of Higher Edu
cation submitted a budget to
the Governor and the Legis
lature which would make it
possible for our colleges and
universities to cope with in
creased enrollments and still
provide a high quality educa
tion. This budget will not be ap
proved unless the citizens of
the State make it clear that
they are willing to pay the
necessary taxes to insure a
high quality program in high
er education.
The Board of Higher Edu
cation also submitted to the
Governor and the Legislature
a capital improvement budget
for the construction of aca
acinic buildings. I nis pro-
of a backlog of building needs
tlmt hoe gepiimiilalnH cinrn !
World War and t0 provide
1 ,r lh. nrnmn, Vnininn
ture unlcss tne taxpayers
make " clear that thc' Jre
willing to nave these lm-1
i Provemcm, financed through
, eurm aopr.at.ons or by
Harris
Unle there is favorable U,e5! , arc r,d'n on
action, our universities and Thank you John Benson for
colleges will find it difficult -vour timely letter and also
,0 retain and recruit superior j Mr McCabc's answer. There
faculty members. The compc- j are those who think thehool
tition is so keen for such per-! '5 supporting this comiriunity,
sons that they have no diffi- out lel rnc remind them that
eulty in obtaining positions " ls the community that sup.
in States that have demon- Prts the school. Many of the
strated their willingness to llaxPaers lere arc poor pec
make sacrificial investments P'c wllo send little ragged
in higher education. Once cl,ildrcn to school while they
men of this caliber begin to help pad the pockets of the
leave Oregon, a stampede adr"inist ration. The sense of
could develop values in this area has be-
It is important for citizens e0"1 a little "cockeyed "
who believe in excellence in Thank you M.T. if you print
higher education m the State this letter and let me just
at Oregon to write at once to sign my name:
the members of the Taxation Outsider "Ditto"'
Committees in both Houses' fNaine on filev
and to the members of the Ea trie Point. Ore
Resumes;
To Recess
late nay or eariy June lo
permit all delegations to go
j home and take .stock ot
I things.
J. Harris
responsive to unorganised
(if widespread) lentiments.
Education it the biggest
business in America today.
More is spent on our
schools, from kindergarten
up through colege. than on
any other segment of our
domestic economy. A huge
share of our taxes, at iha
town and county and slate
levels go lo pay for the
building and operation of
the school system.
Those parents who send
their children to private
colleges are paying twice
and sometimes three limes
as much as those who take
advantage of state and mu
nicipal colleges. In addition,
they are substantialy reduc
ing the population (and
therefore the expenses) in
the public colleges.
i
'. It would seem only just
that a tax deduction be grant
ed for such tuition; not the
whole amount, perhaps, but
certainly the difference be
tween the amount paid to the
private college and the
amount that would have been
paid to the public one.
If we are to encourage edu
cation at the higher levels
and our national need is great
in these areas-parents should
not be penalized for sending
their children to relatively
small, top-grade, and expen
sive colleges.
More of this, indeed, should
be encouraged, to take some
of the burden off the im
mense, sprawling and deper
sonalized state universities.
Any rational system of tax re
form would include college
tuitions on its priority list for
the national welfare.
Joint Ways and Means Com
mittee and indicate Uieir will
ingness (1) lo pay the neces
sary taxes in order to pro
vide higher education with
an adequate budget and (2) to '
support a program for taking
care of the emergency need
for academic buildings
through current appropria
tions or by bond borrowing.
It is likewise important for
similar letters to be addressed
to the citizens' own represen
tative in both Houses of tho
Legislature.
We urge that you write
such letters at once. If you
wait until tomorrow it may
very well be too late.
Hilbert S. Johnson
President, Oregon
State University
Alumni Association
Alfred T. Goodwin
President, University
of Oregon
Alumni Association
Loneliest Year
To the Editor: and the dear
lonely Caucasian outsider in
Eagle Point: In answer to your
letter. 4-18-63. let me say that
you opened up deep wounds
that are just beginning to
heal over. The difference be
tween you and me is that
you have been here seven
years while I have been here
three years. But I am learning
fast.
Your words expressed my
own feelings exactly. In fact
words, thoughts and feelings
about this s-ubjeel rush like
a torrent over me so that if
I was a weaker person I'd go
under. The loneliest year I
ever spent in my life was the
first year in "my" new com
munity. Because I refused to
be ignored I've made a few
acquaintances (most of them
have heard my bitter com
ments too) but as for friends,
ha! I can count them on 0110
thumb and have a knuckle
! ftl 'CW SSSS ",0USl1
..n.ij SIS, asiicsmis'.
However, I, like you, have
found it to be a favor dono
to me to be classed as an
"outsider."
No one has told me that I
"don't belong" They don't
have to. But like you, dear
1 Lady. 1 have learned to make
my own life without them
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: , -J
: and feel relieved to know that
lnc P'nk cloud they think