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MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEOFORD, OREGON SUNDAY. APRIL M. IMS ... Communications ... Lettert to the Editor mutt bear the nam and addrata oi tha writar, although undai eartain ciicumiiancet tha use oi a pan mmi or initial for publication it parmittibla. Tha Mail Tribuna retarves tha right to adit all lattara with a Tiaw to clarification and condantation. Letters tubmittad for publication mutt not axcaad 400 wordt. Tha letters printad in this column do not necessarily rapratenl tha viewt ot tha papar; in fact tha 1 ment aay our nation is based in( to look them up. Mrs. Ernest Santo 204 Lozier Lane Medford Editor's note: Two ques tions arise: 1. Where does any docu- contrary it often tha cata EDITOR'S NOTE I w e 1 c o m i n g home-coming the Interstate C o m m e rc e In a recent communication, I troops at the depot, all proper : Commission), "of finance," concerning an accident and ( with Mounted Police, the des- (our privately owned Federal subsequent trial, it was stated j perate committee in ram-1 Reserve System), (3) "rigid that the defendant was "ascer- shackle cars, took off to ob- censorship," (ilie Kennedy ad tained" to be drunk by med- scure houses, routed out the ministration has even defend- ical examination and blood Russian agents, the preacher- ed the use of deceit), (4) "fore man and female helper and a jble suppression of opposi- few strike promoters, soon ; ., ., . H Miiinni. isi had the Russians deported ' and the others clapped into any tendency toward exer Stony Mountain jail. City of-, cise of severe autocratic or ficials soon had strikers boot-' dictatorial control as over ed from office and the big others within an organiza city back to normal life. tion," (of persons as the illegal But the most damning state- mmmitment nf Gen. Walker ment came from the Free , t0 a menXal institution and of on the Bible? 2. If govern ment is ordained with the power to kill, why can it not rule on such minor matters as, say, fluoridation of weter? alcohol tests. In fact, how ever, he was found innocent of drunken driving in the jury trial. The Mail Tribune re grets the publication of the imputation of guilt, and here with retracts it. Why Did They? To the Editor: Too many there are who parrot, "It can't be that bad, it can't happen here." Let them be warned how Teamster Boss Hoffa say ing labor contracts should end on a single date, added he was "not proposing a general strike but that would be pos sible under his plan." But that's the very thing that did happen, in 1919. Three hard-core Russian Bol schiviks, fronted by a starry eyed preacher and a female helper, promoted a general strike in the 200,000 popula tion city of Winnipeg, just north of the border, reducing it to a shambles of primitive life. Clerks tossed aside aprons to ignore astonished customers. Police abandoned their beats that left unlighted streets to human jackels. City water was turned down to cottage level that rendered fire fighting equipment use less in emergency. Newspap ers were closed, telephone and telegraph wires cut and mail dumped outside city lim its. This was to have been dup licated in other Canadian cities, but something went wrong. Conditions went from bad to worse for some two weeks when, with great ex pense and risking life, offic ials of the Winnipeg Free Press escaped the eyes of prowling guards and smug gled in a radio sending and receiving set and soon re ceived the glad news that the Russians had NOT taken over all of Canada and the U.S.A. as had been word-of-mouthed about. With city and government officials under threat of death to act, a citizen committee took over. Under guise of Press, demanding why the post office had been closed. "Did not the Postmaster Gen eral recognize this stopping of His Majesty's mails as an act of war against the sovereignty of the Canadian Government? If they did so recognize it then why did they lie down under the affront?" Yes, why did they? Why does the present administra tion here allow Russia to es tablish a military base in Cuba, worse still, preventing Cuban patriots to do anything about it? Does it propose to downgrade the Monroe Doc trine to less than a scrap of paper? F. J. Clifford Route 2, Box 200F Central Point, Ore. Eudemonism To the Editor: Your wheels are flat, both front and rear, And you haven't got a spare, When you say the world could do without, The Rogue Valley Smoke Cured Pear! George Distell 33 North Fir St., Medford Fatcitt Principles To the Editor: Thank you, Mr. Allen, for the definition of fascism in the Tribune last night. It gave me a good ex ercise in application of those principles. (1) "any regime with severely nationalistic policies" - (wouldn't you agree that describes Russia perfectly?) (2) "exercising regimentation of industry (President Kennedy and the steel industry?): "of com merce," (arbitrary dictates of der to talk intelligently, we should keep an open mind about everything and be curi ous enough, now and then, to probe into a controversial sub ject on our own. There are those, of course, who protest that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing; but I still like what a school-teacher once said to me: "Use your imagination! Know EVERYTHING about something and SOMETHING about everything." How thankful we should be that great men in all ages HAVE used their imagination - daydreamers such as Colum bus and Magellan, who voy aged to discoveries that pro foundly changed the course oi Daydreaming To the Editor: Eleanor Roosevelt once said: 'We have to face the fact that either all of us are going to die together or we are going to learn to live together-and if we live together we have to talk." To this I presume to add: In or-1 world history: researchers such at Galileo, Newton, Dar win, Einstein and other im mortals, who persisted in their efforts to expound natural laws; writers like Jules Verne, who foresaw the coming of underwater craft; and inven tors of the caliber of Marconi, Edison, Ford and the Wrights, who gave us so many modern day wonders - to say nothing of the "space spectaculars" from Cape Canaveral. And now we have plans to go to the moon - alas, leav ing behind our "best of all worlds" In something of a mess! It seems that there are those who are trying to head us off: visitors from outer space, who arrive via their flying-saucers! The thought comes to me: Can we afford without making tome effort to ascertain their authenticity, to dismiss at "daydreaming" or "seeing things" the storiet of those who say they have actually talked and dealt with space-beings ot high intelli gence - especially when we recall the ridicule and dis honor that were heaped upon bygone prophets and revela tors of both spiritual and mun dane things? It seems that the space men are here to confirm what we ourselves have begun to suspect: that our social and moral awareness has fallen so far behind our physical achievements that we are dan gerously "out of balance.' They claim that their main objective in coming to earth at this time la to help us re store that balance and uaher in the millenium they call "The Golden Age." All I can aay is: Could be! Surely, with' the horrible nightmares that now beset our world, we new) someone from somewhere - to help SAVI US FROM OURSELVES! George M. 1ST Hospital i Ashland, Ore. Geo. Grabow 1365 Kings Hwy Medford Phone 772-8560 Uliratenle Cleaning o llocfronlc Timing Wl BUY OIB GOLD! 0 IsTTW J Poets' Corner Conducted by Arnold Eugene Jenny Of Hani and Poatt "They put on the wires today," said a unit from the telegraph desk, "an Irish poet saying when he's going to write a poem he has the same feeling a hen has when she's going to lay an egg." Carl Sandburg From the author's Complete Poems, p. 550, (c) Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc. 0 High Leaf Let me imagine your image, your face glowing with goodness again, that fine complection of purity . . . You were somewhat like this high leaf unfolding. tenderly green, half-opened heart. I cannot remember you clearly, only tall cleanness, and stern kindness, rejecting my love . . . And it was best: better now this broad light shining on you, on the leaf, than my love that was somehow darkness to you . . . Let me remember your brightness. Willis Eberman Portland, Ore. O Her Garden Among the butterflies and bees. Song birds and flowers She felt their gentle ministries For many happy hours She touched the ivory dog-wood frays, Watched iris wings unfold And gladly nurtured small rose sprays In scallop shells of gold. When pools of deepening shadows lay Across the polished grass She said that every closing day Smiled, as it hurried past. Helen Axtell Trail, Ore. o Vows Mystic moment, Timeless space. When two lovers, Face to face, At last declare Sweet naked words On breathless air. George H. Bell Medford O This One One laboring on Mammon's prickiy acres. Watering coarse and pithy stalks, letting The delicately tendrilled go a-thirst Chafing at durance, furtively peering Through gilt-staked fence toward freedom. The same one straining to see What those without make of their freedom. Then what shall this one do' Shall he shriek? Shall he sob inwardly'' Shall he make believe an acquiescent calm' Secretly should he search for some high ridge In Mammon-land, to transplant salvaged so-called weeds And. too, a height to search for evenina slar? His scourger names such a star a figment, A vapor, imagination stretched unto illusion. Someone bring succor: help this one to know His weeds are weeds no longer: his star is real Matthea Montgomery Ashland, Ore. groups as of the government's control over farmers). These are only a few illustrations of fascist principles in action. Have you ever, Mr. Allen, ex pressed one word of criticism concerning them? On the other hand you have frequently accused the John Birch group of being fascist. Following is the personal creed not only of John Birch members, but also oi ail so called right wingers. He wants to "run his own busi ness, select his own doctor, make his own bargains and buy his own insurance. He wants to select his own read ing matter, provide for his own old age, make his own contracts and select his own charities. He wants to edu cate "his own children as he wishes, make his own invest ments, select his own friends and provide for his own rec reation. He wants to compete freely in the market place, grow by his own efforts and profit by his own errors. He wants the privilege to dis agree with the administration he has helped to put into of fice. He wants to take part in the competition of ideas and be a man of good will. He wants to worship in a church of his own choice, which is free of domination by the National Council of Churches." In other words he is an American of the original breed. Against such as these you have frequently written very harsh words of disapproval. Such words are understand able from a Communist source, as they were origin ally, but they are incompre hensible from one who claims to be a loyal American. Will it not become somewhat ridic ulous to continue with such utterances when the opposite is so obviously the true fact? Anna M. Streed 38 North Peach at. Medford. Editor s note: Have you read the Bluebook of the John Birch Society recently? Divine Right of Government To the Editor: The question in my mind has been, am I for or against capital punish ment? Those who are against it say the Bible says "Thou shalt not kill." I took the Bible for my answer. True the commandments say we should not commit murder. But then we find Gen. 9:6 says "Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed." Lev. 24:17, "And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death." Duet. 19:11,12. "If any man hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for him and rise up against him and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities, then the elders (officers) of his city shall send and fetch him hence, and deliver him in the hand of the avenger of blood that he may die. 'Also Num. 35:30. "Whoso killeth any per son, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses, but one witness shall not testify against any II person to cause him to die. The government role is des ignated by the word of God. Humanitarian efforts must 1 respect justice and justice de mands that the innocent be acquitted and the guilty be i punished. Rorn: 13.4 is a com mission from God for the state to exercise authority. The Apostle Paul recognized that some crimes are worthy of death, that Government authority had the right to put II to death; and that he had no I right to protest against tne death penalty if he were guilty of a Capital crime. Acts I 25:11. In a Baptist convention at Raleigh, N. C, over 2,500 delegates were ready to vote for abolition of capital pun ishment, when Judge Johnson Hayes, who had been dealing ! with criminals since 1927 and I cited some of the cases as he spoke, sat down, there was a motion to kill the resolution. (Binghamton. N. 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