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Newspaper Page Text4 A WEDNESDAY. MAY 22, 1963 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON "Cveryone In Southern Oregon naiui 1 1 . ...... Publiiirmd Dally except Seturdeyoy S3 North flr SU Ph. 77H-8I41 ROBE Iff-W RUHL. Editor utnn r.RKV Adve.tlilne Manal GERALD T LATHAM. "Sue Mir CMC ALLEN JR, Mne Editor HARRY CHIHMAN. Telej Editor RICHARD JtWETT. Sporle Ed tor ir .,c miDI'UVD Ofnni.lll U Ul DLERICKSON.IrculUonMr An inoepenoeni nm.t". Entered wcond clue matter , Medford Oregon under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Dally end Sunday I rear 118.00 Duly end Sunday ira WJO Dallv and Sunday 3 moe 8.00 Sunday Only One year 88 00 Slnile Copy (Mailed! KW By Cainei And Motor Route. Dally and Sunday I year ' 0J LJauy ano ounuay t tuv bunnay uniy j niw. Carriei and Vendure Copy 10c Olflclal Paper of City of Medfora Official Paper ol Jackmn County rull Leaied Wire MEMBEifbF AUDIT BUREAU Ad vert lit ng Repr""1 NELSON ROBERTS & ASSOC!' ' cago Detroit. 8an rrnncUco, Lot Denver. 0 NIWJfAfl Ulllf Hill 'ASSOCIATION NATIONAL iOITORIAl Memr California Newipaper Publlihera AiaoclaUon Flight o' Time Medford arid Jackjon County History from the filet of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and SO yeari ago. 10 YEARS AGO May 22. 1853 (Friday) William Merle Neal Jr., 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Ncal, 2104 Roberts rd., will go to The Netherlands In July as one of 120 Civil Air Patrol cadets to go abroad under an exchange program. John Rossi, Ashland High school basketball and baseball coach, has resigned, eflectlve at the end of the school year. 20 YEARS AOO May 22. 1943 (Saturday) "Flashing lights" on Roxy Ann butte lead to arrest of car thief wanted In Tacoma, Wash. From Arthur Perry's !'Ve CmiulDi Pnt" column: "On Attu, In the Aleutians, the troops sprang a rat-trap and the rats .'ought line trappea Japs." 30 YEARS AGO May 22, 1933 (Monday) Medford man suffers break down and ordered to hospital by court after being convicted of second degree murder. Medford Gleemcn in uproar after member refuses to wear tuxedo for formal program. 40 YEARS AGO May 22. 1923 (Tutiday) Representative o t Rogue valley poultrymcn leaves for Petaluma, Callt., to survey market situation. East German Communists reported rioting at Essen. 30 YEARS AGO May 22. 1913 (Thursday) Ray LaMar, class president, makes brief speech during orurliintlnn exercises for Med ford High school class of 1913. State Isiues first forest fire warning for southern Oregon What's Your I.Q.? Nine n lea correct h niserleri toven er Klojhl H eicellenti lle ei ill h toed. 1. Which of these is not a wine: Moselle, Chablls, Te quila, Sautcrnc, Champagne? 2. What is cttevon? 3. Is Old Faithful a famous volcano, geyser, hot spring or canyon? 4. Is the ceremony of bap tism a part of the ritual of Die Society of Friends? 3. In which group of Pa clftc Islands is Ccbu? 8. Name the body of water In which Alcatrai Island Is lo cated. 7. The portrait of which President is on one dollar bills? 8. In how many boula did Joe Louis defend his heavy weight title? 9. The British crown Jewels repose In a Bank of England vault, the Tower of London or Buckingham Palace? 10. It is a widespread nu lion that oyalers are good to eat only in those months hav Ins what In their names? Aniwerit 1. Tequila. 2. Coat meat. 3. Geyier. 4. No. i. Philippine!, I, 8an Franciaco Bay. 7. George Washington. t. 23. 9. Tewer of London. 10. An "r". YANK DISPLAY PLANNED Belgrade. Yugoslavia- m -American Industrial goods will be displayed for the first time at the annual Belgrade Technical F,r openl"' hen Friday, according to an an nouncement here. Km Constitutional Battle It is a near-miracle Constitution for Oregon has. Over the past decade, it has come from the merely talkinjr stage, through a series of legis lative considerations, up of a draft constitution by a top-flight com mission, then passage (slightly but not signifl cantly modifided) by the House, and finally to the Senate, where yesterday it was embroiled in a battle. ' It would be almost time and effort has gone into its preparation, it should be lost almost gling over relatively through political jealousies and rivalries. a e VESTERDAY'S Senate battle was over appor- tionment of the legislature. And it is entirely possible that the proposed Constitution will suc ceed or be defeated question. This is too Dad, m our or four plans of apportionment which have been considered the Commission version, the House version (which is almost identical to the one in force at present), and two different senate ver sions are all far more states have. The people of the state could live with any of the four, and not be representation. AS THIS is written, the outcome of the Senate firrhr in nnf vet Irnnum Mn mnttpr what happens unless the Senate kills it outright further action is called If the Senate finally the plans suggested in the Senate, it will still have to go back to the House for (a) concurrence in Senate amendments, or (b) to a House-Senate conference committee to in the two versions. Finally, it will have Houses again by a go to a vote of the people. Jiven if the senate dies in a deadlock between the two Houses, the proposal is not necessarily and finally dead. There is enough organized support for it through out the state so that taking it to a vote of the people via initiative would not be too difficult, e e THE reasons why Oregon needs a new Consti tution have hppn statprl nnrl rpslatprl nvpr the past decade. It has been pointed Constituton was written fashion, largely adapting tion, mote tinuutuuii, it, than 100 times over the lessly (there are two contains much material oi' which should belong in the general laws rather, than in the basic charter. Few people can argue people of the state as served from their Constitution. If the Legislature allows the Constitution to die because of relatively merely make even worse the middling-to-miser-able record it has so far compiled. E. A. Bad Manners A recent letter in the umn complained bitterly people attending a high school concert. We too attended the concert, and we too were appalled at the thoughtlessness of those who came in late, banging the doors to the audi torium, clompin down and so on, after the concert had started. We were also surprised that the school au thorities did not better control the late-arrivals. It is only proper that no one should be admitted to a concert after it has started, at least until the first number is over. A NOTHER letter received in this office re "cently, not intended for publication, likewise complained about similar discourtesies when attending a local motion picture theater. It said, in part: "Impudence, Intolerance, and Just plain ignorance have caused the ruination of our theaters. Possibly one ot the troubles is due to the great informality of television viewing. Usually talking and Joking, plus running for the refrigerator between acts Is tolerated and widely practiced by the majority of onlookers. What too many unthinkcrs do not comprehend is that ' a movie theater cannot and should not be treated like a living room-kitchen combine . . " The writer has a point so good a point that in our own family we hesitate to attend a movie, and almost never nights, simply because experience that our pleasure will be ruined by esthetic vandalism. IS THERE an answer or a remedy? We're inclined to doubt it. Unless by some mischance plain and simple good manners once again come to be regarded as something worth while, and are taught to children while they are young enough to absorb If certain parents were aware of what brats their children can be would be overcome with shame. Or would they .' In any event, the popcorn-chomping, paper rattling, soft drink-gulping, foot-shifting, arm- swinging, loud-talking, silly-giggling crowd of neo-barbarians have driven us from the theaters on week ends joined, we'll wager, by many another who resents plain, simple rudeness and bad manners. E. A. that the proposed new lias come as far as it then the actual drawing tragic if, after all this by default through bog' unimportant details, or over the apportionment view. Any 01 the tnree progressive than most deprived ot enective for. passes it, with either of work out the differences to pass one or both two-thirds vote before it can Kills it outrignt, or lr it out how the the original in a rather slap-dash the Indiana Constitu nets uuun aiueuuuu mure years, sometimes care Article VII s;, and now which is either obsolete, that it now serves the well as they should be minor points, it will in Public Communications col about the rudeness of the aisles, shifting seats on Friday or Saturday we have learned from them. at public events, they 07&At.2) Sinews jws "I can't bring myielf to encourages disrespect for anarchy!" Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication Is permissible. The Mall Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with e view to clarification and condensation. Letter Eubmltted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper. In fact the contrary Is often What Price Modernity? To the Editor: The modern chicken is an efficient egg factory. It must never, never move about or scratch in the ground. It is confined in its nest under bright lights day and night to concentrate on egg production. When care fully recorded output slumps the chicken is promoted - on toast - a-la-king! Similarly, the modern busi ness executive must constant ly fly in pursuit of the big deal. He must never, never relax on a train. He must grind out executive decisions without letup until ulcers or stroke lay him out-on a slab a-la-morgue! K. Fritz Schumacher Former Santa Fe "Rail" 81 West Grand View ave. Sierra Madre, Calif. Call It Something Else To the Editor: Those chaps In Salem are sure running up against a lot of roadblocks In their search for a suitable tax program. Four groups, each against any and all but their own ideas. The sales tax, ciga rette tax, filing fee and low ered exemptions. Benjamin Franklin once said, "When fitting two boards it is sometime neces sary to trim some from each," so maybe If they'd accept this idea they could get some where. Cut the sales tax to Hi per cent, the cigarette tax to 2 cents per pack, the filing fee to $2.30 and the exemp tion; from 1600 to $300. Then lump it under one heading and everyone, even the tax payers, should be happy. Then as a generous gesture to those who have to dig up the cash eliminate, for all time, the word TAX, replace it with one having a more pleasant sound, LYCKO for instance, for that is what we all need and wish for. Claude M. Hall 2860 Placer rd. Medford Wants Standard Time To the Editor: I wonder how many more years we'll have to put up with these businessmen, governors, and what have you. If they want to play golf, let them open their businesses an hour early and close an hour sooner. Why subject us poor peo ple who vote against fast time to such? We hate it, everyone hates it, and still we get stuck with It. In the fall our children have to get up early on stand ard time to catch school buses, let alone getting up an hour early. I think we people who hate fast time should have an up rising, march on the gover nor s mansion and such. Won't someone with Influ ence In these matters please help us get standard time back? Mrs. Humphrey. Route I, Box 182E, Rogue River, Ore. Anti-Cruelty To the Editor: On Sundav, May 12, the editor of this paper was kind enough to print a letter from me, which attempted to reveal condi tions shocking and sickening and in many instances totally unnecessary in the 9,000 pharmaceutical and medical animal research laboratories throughout the country. In the letter, I urged writing to our own Mr. Robert Dun can and the chairman of the Investigating committee. Mr. Kenneth Roberts, who will de cide which of the five similar corrective bills will reach the House (both these gentlemen should be addressed at the heap ebuie on the ump it authority and could lead to the case. House Office Building): and our two Senators, Wayne Morse and Maurine Neuber ger, who receive their mail at the Senate Office Building, all at Washington, D.C. The very fact that there are so many bills with the same aim is significant. Peo ple are aroused but are they sufficiently , aroused to take the trouble to help these voice less and completely defense less small creatures? If all of us would write one postcard each to our people at Wash ington, we might do it: a card asking support for H.R.4856 (the Randall Bill), an anti cruelly, NOT an anti-vivisection measure. Because the ad ministrator of this bill will be drawn from the Justice department, H.R.48S6 is gen erally thought to be the strongest of the five now up for consideration. , Every year the Federal gov ernment allocates approxi mately $400 millions to this type of research. They are OUR animals and we permit this outrage: We allow them to be abused We allow them to be beat en We allow them to be burn ed We allow them to be crush ed to death We allow them to be scald ed to death We allow them to starved We allow them to be de prived of the senses of sight, hearing and smell and then subjected to electric shock and other tortures over as much as 10-20 weeks and from these and similar abuses they are left to die slowly and In agony. (For confirmation, see fold er "Proof of Cruelly in Lab oratories'" issued by the Hu mane Society of the U.S., 1145 19th St. N.W., Washing, ton, D.C. Here we can obtain documented description of these atrocities.) I often wonder about this woid "humans.'' Are we? Any writing that Is to be done will have to be done at once; the bill will reach the floor soon, or not at all. Ethel Morlcy Rogue Valley Manor Medford Newscast Criticised To the Editor: A local news report on May 29 related an incident of illegal possession of alchohollc beverages. Ac cording to the newscast, the liquor was purchased by an adult for an 18 year-old. As a result, the 18-year-old was ar rested and released on bail. The newscast gave the name of the 18-year-old, but not that of the adult. I am not attempting to diminish the guilt of the young man. I am. however, questioning the val idity of protecting the adult by withholding his name. If we arc protecting the adult by not revealing his identity, we are shifting an unfair por tion of the blame to the young man. Someone is being protected unfairly. Regardless of whom he may be, he should not be protected if the 18-year-old is not. Larry Tutllc Age 17 Medford Senior High Medford Oregon Wheat Farmers Reject Kennedy Plan Portland - Wl' - Oregon wheat farmers Joined those of the rest of the nation Tuesday In rejecting President Ken nedy i program. The Oregon vote was S.032 to 4.637 against the plan, the Department o( Agriculture reported. U.D. UlSDieasea YYiin ivorean But Two Nations Remain Bound By PHIL NEWSOM UPi Foreign News Analyst The United States, never fully enamored of South Ko rea's military regime, has for several weeks f -, -'i I dencing a spe- ar I cial disDleas- 'VI . it: I ure with the VJJ I generals in I Seoul. A low I re. I in relat ions I eajjf I c a m e on I I TLJ March 16, when the rul i .". g military Junta headed by Gen. Park Chung Hee reimposed a ban on political activity and dis closed plans to continue mili tary rule for another four years. Under U.S. pressure, this scheme collapsed on April 6 Today & Tomorrow By Walter A) 1963. The THE EAGER AMERICANS Among the Atlantic allies who are meeting in Ottawa this week, we seem i.- be in the position of wanting some thing much more than they want it. We want as many of them as possible to agree to have something t o do with nu- Lippmann clear weap ons. For a beginning, we are pressing for an inter-allied nu clear force to which the Brit ish will lend their bombers and we will lend three Polaris submarines. Beyond this modest pro posal, there is the project of a multilateral force in which the Germans, who can not participate in the inter allied force, would pay 40 per cent of the costs of the multi lateral force and have a more or less corresponding equity. THHE striking fact about the - whole discussion is that we are active and eager while the Europeans are reluctant and skeptical. General de Gaulle will have nothing to do with the whole business. The Germans are more inter ested in pleasing Washington than in the project itself. The Italians say yes, because it would be inconvenient to say no. The British are waiting to see what they will be asked to pay. Our eagerness springs from a belief that, if we do not induce Europe to organize a sterilized nuclear force, Gen eral de Gaulle and some Ger mans, who are supposed to be waiting in the wings, will de velop unsterillzed and uncon trollable nuclear forces of their own. So we are trying to persuade Europe to do at once something which would prevent Europe from doing something else in the future. As a result, we find ourselves the advocates of expensive nu clear projects which will add nothing serious to the total nuclear forces of the Western Alliance. There is no such hurry, no such urgency, as we are dis playing. Neither France nor Britain can have a serious in dependent nuclear force for many years to come, and Ger many is bound by solemn treaties, which cannot be broken with impunity, not to make nuclear weapons. OUR eagerness should be considered In the light of Europe's reluctance. Is it true, as we arc assuming, that the countries of Western Europe arc losing interest in the NATO military establishment because they do not have the only weapons which count in the world today? If this were true, then there might be a revival of interest in the NATO establishment if the inter-allied and multilateral nuclear projects were carried out. But the evidence, as I read it, goes to show that Europe has never taken the NATO establishment as seriously and as literally as we have. The Europeans have always want ed to have American troops stationed in Germany as a pledge that the U.S. strategic air force would become en gaged If Europe were at tacked. The Europeans have never thought it mattered greatly whether they had many troops or few troops In the NATO establishment. From the very beginning in 1949, the NATO establishment has been for Europeans the device for mak ing the Atlantic Alliance work promptly - a device to bring the United States into the war when the first shot was fired. rpilUS. General de Gaulle has kept most of his army, his air force and his navy outride of the NATO organ! xat on. He can have done that only because he does not think that the NATO establishment is, as Americans have been taught to believe, a substan tial part of the real defense of Europe. when Park rescinded the po litical ban and agreed to fall elections for res. oration of civilian government. The agreement eased but did not remove the strain be As concrete evidence of its displeasure with Park, the United States had withheld an extra $25 million in aid which the Korean govern ment said il needed to pay for important purchases. Although Park reluctantly had fallen into line, the extra aid still was not forthcoming. This week the reasons seemed apparent. From Seoul, U.S. Ambassa dor Samuel D. Berger, who has been in almost daily con sultation with Park and other members of the junta, will travel to Washington for "rou tine" conversations. lippminn Washington Post And whatever the general may say about his doubts as to whether the United States would become engaged if Europe were attacked, his ac tions prove that he has no real doubt. His actions say that he knows (which is the fact) that the United States is, willy-nilly, engaged in Europe. If the general doubted that we HAD to become engaged, he would not dare to make the alienation of America from Europe the cardinal ob jective of his foreign policy. ONE of the worst results of this alienation is that Paris and Washington do not know how to talk with one another at the very moment when be neath the surface of events there are such profound move ments in human affairs. It is a great pity that the prophetic vision of General de Gaulle and the practical efficiency of President Kennedy are sepa rated from each other. For the world as it was when the NATO establish ment was organized more than 10 years ago is a very different world than the world is today - what with the Sino Soviet conflict, the movement among the Soviet satellites in Europe, their developing rela tions with the Vatican, the Soviet reconciliation with Tito, the quiet on the Berlin front and, in the Western World, the departure of the postwar leaders. This does not mean that the NATO establishment is obso lete and should be abolished. Not at all. But it does mean that, if we are going to de velop a real foreign policy, not merely improvised gad gets, we shall have to begin by realizing how much the world has changed since Gen eral Eisenhower was appoint ed supreme commander of the NATO establishment. A-OkaylsNof C-Satisfactory By Arthur Hoppe Mr. Cooper (at liftoff): Fuel is go. Oxygen is go . . . Faith 7 is go. She feels real pretty. Mr. Schirra (1 n Mercury Control): You look real go, Gordo . . . You're smack dab in the middle of the go block. Mr. Cooper: Boy-o-boy! Mr. Schirra: Have a good drive, Bub. Mr. Cooper: Thank you. Buddy. And with these historic words, man-kind's latest epic voyage Into the vast regions of uncharted space began. It's a crying shame. e Don't misunderstand. No one is prouder of our space explorers than I. True heroes all. And I'm all for our space program. Couldn't be more so. But I can't help hoping I shall live long enough to see that golden day when America suc cessfully launches the first English-speaking astronaut. Perhaps this technological glossolalia has some purpose. Such as confounding enemy ;pies. But the problem is that it's already insidiously dis torting our mother tongue. In Washington, New Fron tiersmen speak of "the present thrust of my opinion is to ward . . ." Agency chiefs tes tify glowingly in behalf of their "ongoing programs." And "A-okay," as you know, is now common usage. Which is "D-barcly passing," as far as I'm concerned. True, the English language is evcrchanging. And 1 find purists a stuffy lot. But in this space age are w-e not perhaps being forced to absorb a new vernacular too rapidly? Take the minutes of our local PTA meeting last night. Madame Chatrlady: . , . four . . . three . . . two . . . one . . . Blastoff! Old business? Mrs. Hc.-kmi (an elderly Almost simultaneous with this news, came a blunt warn ing to Koreans from U.S. aid director James S. Killen. In Seoul, the U.S. director said the Koreans were at tempting to stir up an artifi cial economic crisis only to extract more money from the United States. "The prospect of additional American support ... is not a d v a n ced by lunrestrained talk of economic crisis which is not supported by fact," he said. Taut nerves and harsh talk between the United States and its Korean allies have been fairly commonplace In the In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS As this is written, it is be coming rather clearly appar ent that the 1963 Oregon leg islature has no use for sales taxes of any kind - either the one-shot, selective kind such as a tax on cigarettes only, or a tax of a certain percentage on a wider range of goods or services. The dogma was long since laid down in Oregon that a sales tax is a sinful tax. The dogma still rules. All but a handful of the states of our Union now have sales taxes, but Oregon refuses to Join the procession with a GEN ERAL sales tax. IN OREGON, however, we do have a specific sales tax, a one-shot sales tax - the tax on gasoline. As this writer recalls the circumstances, Ore gon has a pretty good claim to the honor of having Invent ed the gasoline tax. It was proposed by Oregon's first Highway Commission, and was adopted by popular vote. It made possible the building of Oregon's present magnifi cent highway system without imposing an unbearable bur den upon the Oregon public. In effect, it was like build ing a house and paying for each board as it was nailed up. Under such a system, the Oregon highways were paid for as they were constructed. The Oregon public liked it. As the word spread, other states adopted the gasoline tax. It is now universal throughout the United States. AUR old uncle in Washing " ton knows a good thing when he sees it. So, In the course of time, he latched onto the gasoline tax - thus adding the Federal tax onto the state taxes. The combina tion of the two has raised bil lions piled upon other billions of dollars for the building of highways all over the United States. It is doubtful if the fan tastic sums of money required to build the federal highway system - IN ADDITION to the state highway systems. lady): As secretary of Your Committee to Inspect and As sess Our Mimeograph Ma chine it is my tragic duty to report that it is, at the present time, inoperable. Mrs. Merkwiler (a young modern): No-go eh? We have to get this bird off the ground. My thrust's toward an appro priation so she'll feel real pretty. Mrs. Hosklns (huffily): 1 happen to feel reasonably pretty as it is. And as for some flibbertygibbcts . . . Mrs. Merkwiler: Your track ing tapes are no-go, Bub. Mrs. Hoskins: And further more, when it comes to which one of us more resembles a bird . . . Madame Chalrlady: Bud dies, please! Let us all try to Join together smack dab in the middle of the go block, as we say. Remember our PTA motto: "All Systems Go( ex cept progressive education)." A-okay, Buddies? Mrs. Hoskins: Block? Go? Systems? Are you implying . . . My word, it s driving me out of my mind. Mrs. Merkwiler (sarcastical ly): Have a good drive. Bub. (There followed, the min utes show, a brief fistfight before adjournment for coffee and cookies.) So you see what I mean. Communication's hrraki n n i rinn'K An4 I'm .ni.t ... heroes using a special lan guage. The trouble is each of us wants to be a hero. So we emulate them. And consequently I have the uneasy feeling that in one sense it doesn t much matter whether we or the Russians win the race to the moon. Either way, it's going to be grave defeat for us English speaking puopics. ivegims, Together nearly iu years since the end of the Korean War. The U.S. spends about $500 million a year in Korea and without it the Korean govern ment could not exist. Since the war, U.S. aid amounts to around $3 billion. Regardless of differences, the U.S. and South Korea are bound together. To abandon South Korea not only would leave her exposed to a pow erful Communist enemy but also would expose the flank of Japan, As for Korean lead ers, both military and politi cal, they know that without the U.S., they also have no future. and the county highway sys tems and the town and city streets - could have been raised by any system of taxa tion other than the gasoline tax - which has the peculiar merit of being paid a little at a time as the transportation represented by the gasoline purchased is used. For that reason, our gaso line tax, which is a sales tax, is PAID UP ALL THE TIME, instead of coming in one back breaking lump sum, as is the case with other taxes. The same is true, of course, of all sales taxes. They are added to the price of the goods purchased, and are paid when the goods are paid for. Strictly Personal By Sydney J. Harris fe field Enterprlei. Inc. SENTIMENTAL IDOLATRY One of the most famous quotations In the world, which has been attributed to everyone from Marcus Aurelius to Robert Louis Stevenson, is this: "I ex pect to pats throuch this t'l world but once; any good thing, narri' therefore, that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to my fellow creatures, let me do it now; let me not defer or neglect It, for I shall not pass this way again." Although praised by many as a truly scriptural senti ment, it is utter nonsense-high-minded nonsense of the sort that sounds good in a speech, but means nothing in either philosophical or practi cal terms. For those people whose good impulses are in the ascendent, such a stimulant is not needed; and for those very many more whose bad impulses too often dominate, the senti ment it worthless because they will draw precisely the opposite conclusions from it. "I shall not past this way again." Then why does it matter what I do? Why not ruin the fields, deforest the woods, litter the roads, pol lute the streams, trample the flowers, and treat peo ple as a mere meant ts one's own ends? This quotation admirabily illustrates, indeed, the deep difference between genu ine religious feeling and tpeciout sentimentality. If the determining factor is our not returning this way again, why not indulge In any species of fraud or de ceit or cruelty or exploita tion? In fact, only If tome people were forced to re turn to the tcene of their exploits might they refrain from selfish and inconsid erate beharior. The reason for kindness to our fellow-creatures has noth ing to do with passing this way once, or twice, or a thousand times! it has to do, rather, with the knowledge that we are commanded to act thus, that it is a very condition of our humanhood, that not to do so tears the fabric of creation, violates the natural law. and perverts the proper goals designed for us and our descendants. What most of us practice In the modern w o r 1 d if wo practice it at all is the re ligion of sentimentality, of faith In faith, of good sayings and warm feelings. And what is wrong with this attitude Is that it is essentially frivolous and superficial. It docs not engage the deepest parts of our personality, and most of all, does not give us the strength to resist the evil in ourselves, only in others. Atheism has never been formidable enemv of reliflinn: but idolatry has always been. The chief Idolatry of our age is sentimentaltsm. and ils only dogma It "No dogmas just warm feelings."