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Maw's DT
To the Editor:
Maw'i been handy helper,
' Cuttin' firewood and uch;
Hoein', milkin', gloppin' hogs
: Chorea that need a woman'i
touch.
J think ahe wants a little rest,
- So, come Sunday, I'll allow
.Her do the steerin' for a
change,
And I'll pull on the plow.
(Name on file)
Medford
Unnecessary Cru.ltiH
To the Editor: This letter is
addressed to those of us who
are sickened by the document
ed reports which, for some
time now, have emerged from
the more reliable and hard
working of our humane so
cieties, concerning the un
necessary abuse, indeed tor
ture, of our animals in many
of our 9,000 experimental
laboratories, both medical and
pharmaceutical, in the United
States. .
Estimates of the number of
small animals used per annum
vary from 175 to 300 mil
lions. Even many of our doc
tors in this country, who
previously, and understand
ably, have hesitated to com
plain,, are becoming vocal
over the unspeakable cruelties
perpetrated, some times re
peatedly on the same animal,
and sometimes over a period
of years.
There are now several bills
before the U.S. Congress with
similar aims - the reduction
' of unnecessary cruelty. They
are not anti-vivisection, but
i anti-cruelty Their very num
ber would suggest that peo
ple, accustomed to our Ameri
can system of check and coun-
- ter-check, are becoming in-
. creasingly concerned over
what goes on behind the
closed doors of the labora
tories. England haa had a law
since 1876 which exercises
certain controls over this mat-
' ter. It is time we turned our
'attention in the same direc
tion. We have grown too large
' too fast.
,. In Washington, D.C., at
1145 10th St. N.W., we have a
dedicated group, made up
, very largely of men, who call
. their great organization The
Humane Society of the U.S.
(H.S.U.S.). Solidly behind the
passage of the Federal. Hu
mane Slaughter Law, and
working hard for it over a
period of years, they saw it
passed in 1958, in the face of
terrific opposition from meat
packers, livestock and wool
growers, the White House, the
' Deoartments of Agriculture
' end Interior and the Budget
Bureau.
So there is hope! But not
' unless we are organized. We
.are natively a compassionate
1 people, and we must not allow
' these laboratory atrocities to
continue. Literature describ
ing conditions and practices
in named laboratories can be
hart hv writins the above so-
ciety.(Ask for folder "Proof of
Cruelty in Laboratories." ) Ol
the several bills up for con
sideration, the H.S.U.S. favors
H.R. 4856, the Randall Bill,
regarded as the strongest, one
of the reasons being that its
administrator will be drawn
- from the Justice department,
The bill may be had on re
quest. Write postcards (pett-
tions receive scant attention)
; to our three people at Wash
ington plus Representative
Kenneth Roberts (chairman of
the investigating committee)
aticing them to support tms
bill, and write soon! Mention
number of bill.
The undersigned will be
glad to answer inquiries and
provide addresses. In the
. event of temporary absence,
please leave your telephone
' number. But please WRITE
to Washington!
Ethel L. Marlcy
Rogue Valley Manor
Medford.
Alitrnatt Rout
To the Editor: It seems that
there is no agreement on
proposed highway route
through Jacksonville. I would
iik to make a suggestion.
Why not have it come
straight up Poorman's Creek
to the Sterling Creek road.
then on east to the divide of
the west branch of Griffin
Creek - down Griffin Creek
to South Stage road and then
on east to Vorhels Crossing?
That would make It practical
ly a straieht road from For
est ' Creek to the Griffin
Creek Grange hall.
This would make an easy
grade and eliminate all the
curves and icy spots on Jack
sonville hill. The only ngm-of-way
necessary to procure
wmiM h nhnrt distance es-
tween Sterling Creek road
and Applegate highway, as
there is a county right-of-way
the rest of the distance.
Gilbert G. Knips
491 Oak Grova rd.
Medford.
Tha !j:u
To the Editor: 'The United
Nations . . . Right or Wrong?"
is to be the topic of a talk in
Medford this coming Monday,
May 13, by Dr. Urban Whit
aker of San Francisco State
college.
Some Americans are saying
we should get out of the
U.N. It is my opinion that
rather than withdraw we
should work to improve its
effectiveness. Too many of us
are indifferent about the fu
ture of the U.N. Such apathy
is a threat both to democracy
and peace.
Let's face the facts and dis
cuss the issues.
Marjorle Kellogg
Sardine Creek
Gdld Hilt, Ore.
Liberty Amendment
To the Editor: This is in re
sponse to a letter from Mrs.
G. S. Jennings (M.T. 5563)
regarding the so-called "Lib
erty Amendment" which was
tabled early in this session.
Mrs. Jennings is correct that
I made the motion in the
House Committee on State
and Federal Affairs, of which
I am vice-chairman.
House Joint Memorial 6
calls for Oregon to request
our federal Congress to pro
pose a federal Constitutional
amendment to (a) Take the
Government out of all busi
ness, (b) Sell such business
and (c) Abolish income, estate
and gift taxes.
Although this may sound
wonderful, I did have good
reasons for voting as I did on
HJM 8:
1) None of the sponsors
(Rep. Elder and Ouderkirk
and Sens. Ireland and Ma-
honey) were willing to carry
the bill on the floor if it got
there. Further, they even de
clined to testify at the hearing.
2) In a public statement
they expressed their intent to
vote against it themselves.
3) Not a single member of
either House expressed inter
est in seeing it come on for
debate, and no member has
said they would vote for it.
As to the effect of such ac
tion by our Federal Govern
ment, it should be pointed
out that:
a) The ''businesses" to be
eliminated would Include
TV A. Bonneville. Atomic En
ergy projects, rural electrifi
cation, the patent office, and
inumerable other necessary
assists to private enterprise.
Camp White would go, as the
Government could not be in
such a "business,"
b) Inasmuch -as this coun
try could no longer stand up
to our enemies, it is obvious
that eliminating the tax on
income, estates and gifts
would mean heavily increased
excise and corporate taxes, to
gether with a probable 1U
per cent federal sales tax on
all items. . .
Clearly this could not help
our country by destroying our
businesses. Would private
corporations "buy out these
federal businesses'' realizing
that corporate taxes would
crush corporations? Not like
ly. Mr. Willis Stone, the as
sociation's "traveling wit
ness," admitted to my ques
tion that the income tax pro
viso was Included because it
attracted attention although
not too practical. In other
words, it's just a "gimmick."
Many imporant measures
occupy our time in this ses
sion, with 12 and 13 hour
days the general rule. There
is no point in adding to floor
action a measure that Is right
ly doomed to defeat.
James A. Redden
State Representative,
Jackson county
Salem, Ore.
Sacrad Heart
To the Editor: It was re
quested by the late John Vest
Wheeler Sr., that this letter
be written. We wish to call
public attention to the kind,
loving care shown by the
third floor staff of Sacred
Heart Hospital. We feel sure
that this is indicative of the
entire force of this fine organ
ization. The late Mr. Wheeler was
hopeful for complete success
of Sacred Heart Hospitals
campaign, for better and
more modern facilities, that
they mav continue to render
the excellent care shown to
him, and undoubtedly the
rest of our community.
Mrs. John Vest Wheel
er Sr., and family
29 South Peach
Medford
Mills of God
To the Editor: On Thursday.
May 2. President Kennedy
substituting for Mrs. Kennedy
in addressing a group of con
gressional wives, quipped:
Mrs. Kennedy is engaged in
Increasing the gross national
product in her own special
sy." While this remark is
considered by some to be in
rather poor taste concerning
motherhood, it is in keeping
with th Keynesian theory of
economics, which ties in the
increase in population with
expanding markets. And
everyone knows how dear to
the heart of President Ken
nedy is the Keynesian theorv
So here President Kennedy
consistently stays in character.
But . . . charge an error to
those estimable gentlemen on
our government payroll whose
amy it is to watch over and
control all news releases to
the public (otherwise known
as voters to the administra-
tion). For that very same day
news item appeared in the
press, headed "U. S. Birth
Rate Declines, as Deaths Show
Rise." It goes on to show the
rate of decline at 3.8 per
cent. This about parallels the
continued rate of advance in
the cost of living. Could there
be a connection? "Though the
mills of God grind slowly,
yet they grind exceeding
small.-'
Bruce Y. KlelnSmid
-1719 S.E. Portola dr.
Grants Pass, Ore.
Ishmatt
To the Editor: The attached
questions are from the paper,
Tuesday, May 7. According
to my books, Hulbert's "Story
of the Bible," page 68, and
"The American College Dic
tionary," Ishmael, the son of
Abraham and Hagar, is the
man the Arabians claim de
scent from.
Am I not correct?
Janice Hooper
Sixth grade student
Jefferson School
1441 Whitman st.
Medford.
P.S.: My father thought
Seth was the right answer
also.
O
Editor's note: You are cor
rect. But Seth was one of the
three sons of Adam and Eve,
and is presumed to be the an
cestor of Abraham.
Praise or Dispraise?
To the Editor: Praise or dis
praise? Happy are they who
can justly praise her who was
or is their mother! Mothers
are to be praised who became
true Christians, and continued
so by God's grace. Such was
the one who gave the writer,
his brother, and our sister,
birth and care. The memory
of the just is blessed; it is easy
to pay them tribute.
Our mother was not famous
as the world calls fame. Hers
consisted in being a faithful
wife and mother, and a true
Christian. A writer said,
"When love begins to sicken
and decay it uses an enforced
ceremony; there are no tricks
in plain and simple faith.
Mother's love did not sicken
or decay, hence there were no
tricks in her life. Hera was
an unalloyed sweetness of de
meanor at home or abroad.
She never bought presents for
husband or children to atone
for nasty actions, her Chris
tian grace kept her ever gra
cious. Mother was a beautiful
woman. The beauty of the
Lord her God was upon her. It
began in her transformed
heart, and shone out in all
her life. She was neither arti
ficial or superficial. She used
no make-up of any kind. Her
beautifully combed hair was
never distorted by curlers or
permanents. She was not
proud or vain. I never saw her
spend time oeiore a mirror
admiring her face or form.
She had no trouble with her
appearance. Her beauty with
in couldn't remain there. She
was never "out of form," or
out of sorts. She never looked
or acted daggers toward us, so
we never feared to go into her
nresence.
Cowper said, "Affectation is
my perfect scorn." It was so
with our mother. The fashions
and foibles of this world
didn't sway her steady walk,
so in all her 83 years she wore
no spike heels, or peek-a-boo
waists, or dresses too far from
earth and not near enough to
heaven. '
"Though we were sometimes
wayward
MEDFORD
She was aiwayc kind and
good; ,
So patient, gentle, loving
When we acted rough or rude:
Our childhood griefs and
sorrows
She would gladly with us
share;
And how happy we are to
add the rest of the poet's
words and say, "Oh, angels
tell our mother we'll be
there."
Telegrams coined by my
brother-in-law and sister, in
whose home she spent her last
days, came to my brother and
family, and to my wife and
me in August, 1945, "Mother
passed through heaven's por
tals this afternoon without a
struggle." She died as she had
lived, full in the faith.
H. R. Bulman
Route 4, Box 316A
Medford
Questions
to tne tailor: wtiy ts a
new survey going to delay
construction of the Medford-
Provolt highway by one year,
when the previous survey was
taken in few days including
Washington's birthday? If the
highway commission was
seeking the shortest point be- j
Poets Corner
Conducted fcy
Arnold Eugene Jenny
Th Poem Crying To B Wrfitsn
' I have a feeling that every human being has at
least one poem that's crying to be written. , , . But . . ,
most of the people who would like to write poems
aren't able to make the words rime or the lines scan
(conform to metrical rulesL-Margaret E. Sangster in
Reader's Digest, January, 1S63.
'
Short Milium
From an Ode
It is not growing like a tree
In bulk, doth make man better be;
Or standing long an cak, three hundred year.
To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere:
A lily of a day
Is fairer far in May,
Although it fail and die that night-
- It was the plant and flower of light.
In small proportions we just beauties see;
And in short measure life may perfect be.
-Ben Johnson (1573-1637)
O '
Vote Of Tha Oppressed
You, dear Lord, who fasted forty nights and days
That Satan's hateful thrall might come to naught.
Give strength to hearts that languish by the way
To serve Your righteous cause in deed and thought.
-George S. Whittakcr
Grants Pass, Ore.
'
JJ'i-c-p? '.'.."..,......
Old,' older than Ming
Is the gossamer dark .
Of an evening In Spring
- In the three-corned park, . '
When footprints in grass
Are a necklace in jade
And flying geese pass
In a V-piaited braid.
And we sit, you and I,
In a comfortable chair
By a noisy T.V.
Like a hypnotized pair.
-Jesse Osgood
' Ashland, Ore.
O ,
Brans In Th Sddt
A crisper dawn,
a day too wide
dries out its dew
and he has to ride.
Rolls out this morning -asks
for his pay
(the three days, his)'
with as little to say.
His stirrup's creak
is a leathery word.
We neither speak.
So long. He nods
and slaps his bay;
, His horse and he
move - one, away.
Bronze in the saddle,
He won't pitch hay.
-Vesta Wells Gustafson
Portland, Ore.
O
Oh, Shoot !
When I've loaded my brain like a pistol
To fire repartee tilt I'm blind,
If the targetpproaches my vision,
I've nothing but blanks on my mind!
, -Evelyn D. Young
Mountain View, Calif.'
Wen's 3in CU
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ONI Of AMERICA'S MOST HIGHLY RESKCTEO
Or CUSTOM TAILORED CLOTHES FOR
Wilt CONDUCT A TRUNK SHOWING OF THEIR
IN OUR STORE.
Tuesday, May 14
Mr. Ray Gagi
W Guartn) to fit th "Hard-to-ftf" mn or th man
who wants an Individually 'styled suit
Suif $85 -$203 - Sport Cetfs $60. $148
Slacks $29. $67
JiM. 111
DREWS Manstore
MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD,
tween two points, why didn't
they survey the highway
through the museum, or per
haps through the Beekman
bank?
In conclusion, three cheers
for the free press and the
Southern Oregon Historical
Society.
P. M.,
(Name on file),
Medtord
Riilsclorind Plata
To the Editor: In your edi
torial of Friday, May 10, en-i
titled "A Small Laugh for the
Senate," you asked an inter
esting question. "Why do we
need reftectorized license
plates?"
I ask you to consider the
safety angle of this affair.
Imagine yourself driving
down the freeway some night.
Bam! What happened? You
just hit a car that was im
properly parked alongside the
freeway, that's all. Don't yoa
think that if his license plate
were reftectorized, you might
have avoided this accident?
Another view. Someone is
doing something illegal, we
can call it speeding, just for
argument's sake. As the po-
lice car comes after the speed-
MOOUCMS
MEM
ENTIRE UNE
OREGON
er, our criminal turns off his
lights, takes a side road, and
goes his merry way, leaving
a befuddled policeman. If his
license plate were refleetor
Ued, the policeman could
catch him, or at least get hia
license number for later ap
prehension. ! think instead of ridiculing
this hill which caiis for re
tiecterued plates, we should
all work for its passage.
Jerry Wright,
320 King st
Medford
Ho Ft
To the Editor: Mr. County
Commissioner Don T b e r,
what will you want to do next,
put a fence around all the
streams and rivers and charge
everyone who waaia to use
them also?
I'm not stingy with my
money, but good heavens, any
more you buy a fishing li
cense, and that is not enough,
you have to pay for the privi
lege to get close enough to
the lake to use them, or even
put your boat in the water to
have a little tun.
We have always liked to
fish at Willow creek lake but
if we have to pay for that
privilege well find some
where else to fish.
Mrs. Elmer Goodman,
P.O. Box 284,
Prospect, Ore.
Miliien Dollar Rsbsuy
to the Editor: Plans for the
one million dollar passenger
motor vehicle license plate
robbery of 186S have been an-
nounced. The people of Ore
gon can sit back, reiax, and
enjoy ft. The leader of this
band of modern day brigands
none other than Coos and
Curry counties' own Demo
cratic senator, Richard F.
Chapman. The extortion
weapon is traffic safety. The
million dollar bullets are re
fiectorized license plates. The
victims of this bold daylight
holdup are the people of Ore
gon. We will either way pay
directly a million dollars for
reflectonzed license plates.
or the Highway Department
will suffer a loss to the dedi
cated highway fund- of a mil
lion dollars.
Here on the Oregon coast
, -v:.v v -a - 1 -
Deep in Glamour....
For
where the air is clear and the
thinking sharp we support the
importance of traffic safety.
We also support highway con
struction s Important to traf
fic safety. The routes Tilia-mook-Asloria,
Corvailia-New-port,
Saiem-20 Miracle Miles,
Klamath Fiiis-Medford, Rose-
burg-Coos Bay.Wmnemueca to
Coos Bay, and many more
route in Oregon have a pri
ority need for this million dol
lars. It would also be one mil
lion dollars well spent in the
interest of traffic safety.
It is important that our
driver-improvement and high
school driver training pro
grams, as well as our Oregon
state police have more trained
personnel. Ait of these are
vital and have true merit In
traffic safety. A million dol
lars invested in any of these
program is a million dollars
well spent.
A million doifars of our
money spent on the reflector-
feed license plate scandalizes
the good name of traffic
safety.
James F. Johnson,
1142 N. 10th st.
Coos Bay, Ore,
Labels
To the Editor: It seems that
in alt ages of the world people
have suffered from derisive
appellations - "labels" I call
them - often contrived by
those with closed minds as a
substitute for thinking.
In the East, where I grewj
up, we had them m abun
dance. We youngsters were
enjoined not only to stick to
the various occupations fol
lowed by our forebears, but
were instructed to observe
rigidly ail the family tradi
tions and community provin
cialisms In social, political and
religious matters. We were
taught more or less to take
things for granted. I recall
that when we kids "played
soldier" the enemy was al
ways either the Redcoat or
the Graycoat - but we scarce
ly knew what was behind it
all.
Racial prejudices were ram
pant - the Idea of the melting-
pot of our national life hadn't
fully taken hold. All Redskins
r,.. .
MfUOLCUU afl wool
brings you beauty .on a budget
Tha it carpet la fcsppy ith. It inngs new
Umour to jour home, sew rich texture tad
sparkling color. Yet so matter how much yoa vtlk
oa it, dsnce oa it, roll patty earn aerost ft, nethutg
disturbs its beauty, ?ery locked is tsof tpruigs
itlkt back, Wb; break joar budftt vEsa
I: .
Yaur Csnvenfanea W tnvit
SUNDAY, KAY II,
were cruel and would scalp
you; all Sheenies were money
mad and about to take over
the country; and alt fortune
telling Gyps were thieves and
would kidnap you. Even the
section-band Micks on the
railroad - themselves earlier
unwelcome to our shores -complained
bitterly: "The Da
gos and Polacks are taking
the bread out of our mouths
by working too cheap!"
Other sections of our coun
try also applied their labels.
The West, for example, early
concocted Heathen Chinee,
ami later came up with such
as Wetback, Raghesd, Arkie
and Okie. "Nigger," alas, is
stilt heard in our land!
Such appellations are, of
course, not as prevalent as
they once were; yet, one won
ders at times if the old saying,
"The more things change, the
more they are the same,"
doesn't still apply' It is still
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too easy ts dismiss with
word something we dss't tut?
dersiar.d - or don't WAST to
understand! So many of us
are inclined to seek oat only
those people who have the
"good sense" to agree with
our own viewpoints. Like the
proverbial birds, we prefer
to "fiock together."
f recaii what one. Lard
Taylor, wrote; "When people
behave strangely in tee eye
of their neighbors, there is
always a reason for it. Some
times it is because their iseas
are right. Sometimes it ts be
cause their ideas are wrong.
But always it is because their
ideas are different."
If we coufd only understand
the "way" of things! If only
the nations would cease their
narrow propagandas and
strive for WORLD PEACE!
Geo. M. Babcocfe i
427 Hospital dr.
Ashland, Ore,
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