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Newspaper Page TextMEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEE FORD. OREGON SUNDAY. JUNE t. 1913 f 'gf m m it 6 n n e mi vvililllulllVUIIVIig Letters to to Editor mutt bear the iuu wd eddree el the writer, although under certain circumstances the us of pa nana or initial for publication la parmluibla. Tha MaU Tribune reserves the right to edit all lattara with a viaw to clarification and condensation. Latter submitted tor publication must uct exened 400 words. Tha latter printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views oi the papers In fact tha contrary is often tha case. Speaking oi Pictures To the Editor: Your editor ial of May 30 concerning the bureaucratic attitude of the U. S. Bureau of Customs which so far has prevented the acceptance of ten gift paintings from Medford's "sister city," Alba, Italy, il lustrates only too well the Biblical saying, "The letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life." Momentous pictures have been appearing in the news of late. One, clipped from the MT of 530, shows a pretty girl, dressed in a bath ing suit and with a camera in her hand, who was "picked as Miss Press Photographer of Pittsburgh, Pa." It is perhaps one of the photos that could well be placed in the corner-stone of some great building of our time to give citizens of per haps a century from now an idea of what our civilization was most interested in. If we did, we certainly would have to include photos such as the following, which I also gleaned from your news paper. I am afraid, however, that the people of A.D. 2063, when viewing them, would come to the judgment: "Their inhumanity to man did, in deed, make countless thou sands mourn!" Photo 1 shows an empty school room: "NUN PRE SIDES The children have not attended this Louisiana school since it was ordered desegregated by the archdio cese of New Orleans. Here a nun presides alone." Photo 2 shows several Negroes sitting or lying on the floor: "DEMONSTRA TION The sit-in demonstra tion, a silent weapon per fected by Southern Negroes fighting for civil rights, moved into the state capital building at Sacramento, Calif., to protest the delay of action on a civil rights bill." Photo 3. "RACIAL BEAT ING Memphis Norman, 21, is shown as ha was kicked and beaten by a man identi fied as Benny Oliver, a for mer policeman, after he was dragged from a lunch coun ter in Jackson, Miss. Two other Negroes, besides the Wiggins, Miss., student, were also beaten." Thank goodness, an addi tional photo that might be included also will show to viewers of the future that we did at least have some pity in our makeup even if extend ed only to a bird! "LIGHT HOUSEKEEPING Wall-to-wall traffic and stop-and-go existence don't seem to bother this sparrow which took up housekeeping in a traffic light at an intersec tion in Redding, Calif. Per haps a citation should be issued in this case for fortitude." In any event, in view of our flair for social status and other relatively inconsequen tial things of our day, I hope that history will not record of us, as it did of Nero, of Rome, "They fiddled while their country burned!" Geo. M. Babcock 427 Hospital dr. Ashland, Ore. terest You, out there should visit Jacksonville's old mu seum, the Pioneer Village, and all the antiques, indoors and out. I'm the only "Hick" over here: The other oldsters are all human. You'll like 'em. Put on your glad rags and go places. You'll be glad to take a weekly trip once you get started. I should have said "Un quote" for it wasn't a wood pecker that warned me that the bus line could quit us, but she was red headed, and she wasn't talking through her hat; she wasn't wearing one. Just a J'ville booster. Pearl Spackman Jacksonville, Ore. Ride the Bus To the Editor: and all my neighbors far and near. If we'uns don't get to ridin' that 'ere Evergreen bus, we commuters are apt to be rid ing Shank's mare one o' these days, and the one I used to de pend on is balky. She's done gone and got bumble-foot worsen a darn old hen. It costs ' jut $2 an hour to run even a small bus, and since I've been a lone pass enger several times, I know my 30 cent ticket won't stretch that far. Of course ol Pete does his share; likely likes those pretty, young wo men drivers. Anyhow you 'uns who begged the bus own ers to keep the line going are sure backsliders. No bus-biz can run on prom ises, and if they do not "squormerate"-(Yah, I know: It Isn't in my dictionary, either) then this old gad-about can't go to her clubs, or chestra, picnics, and just anywhere. Besides, those drivers need lobs, the busses need gas, and you'uns need to get out and see both sides of the trail be tween bus stops. The lovely yards and their flowers, the new buildings, the people on the walks just so much of in- Poets' Corner Conducted by Arnold Eugene Jenny water of tha mighty Colum bia. Commenting on California's desperate plight, tha Oregon! an says, "One result, too, might be removal of water starved Industries from Cali fornia to Oregon where water is plentiful. This would seem to be the simplest solution." Of course! It would be so much simpler to uproot and transplant an entire state than to build a pipeline to California. (The millions of acres of farmland would prob ably present the most chal lenging transportation prob lem.) I suppose the peoples of all regions will have neither peace nor security until the thieves fall out completely. Certainly it is not in their na ture to share, except for a price. E. L. Forster 5104 N.E. Cleveland ave. Portland 11, Ore. JBs and Christians To the Editor: In the June 5 issue of M.M.T. there is an article regarding the book, The Last Temptation of Christ," and linking the lady's name with the John B. so ciety. I understand the John Birch group is active in fighting unAmerican propa ganda and any people who speak against this group are giving aid and comfort to the communists. The book, the lady men tioned, was unfit to read. I don't know. But this I do know: There was no tempta tion that Jesus Christ suf fered that he did not over come and gave his life, shed his blood on Calvary that all who believe in him might re ceive Eternal Life. We are judged on how we receive or reject Jesus, who is the only Begotten Son of God. We can't be a Christian and a communist at the same time. Mrs. Mary Morgan 618 East Ninth st. Medford. Rumpling Brains My interest In young people is In rumpling their brains as you might rumple a good head of hair. Robert Frost. (Diner's Club Magazine; reprinted in Reader's Digest, De cember, 1962). O Tha On Great School Of Poetry The one great school of poetry Is the poets in their poems, and there is no other. Any writer who really wants his work criticized need only turn to the masters to ask of their pages in despair if he is capable of reaching them and capable of honest despair what is wrong with his own. John Ciardi, In Saturday Review, 12162. 0 For John Ciardi And Robert Frost How does a poem mean Never a Joke to seem? Snmpfhinff T CJinnot sav. Essay or ever glean. Yet on this winter day, Here by a white-capped bay, Searching my texts I find Little that makes me gay. How can a simple mind Eke out the words that bind Frost to a birch bent low, Making the critics kind? Onward these rhymes could flow, Never assured to know; How does a poem grow? How does a poem grow? Lloyd B. Halverson Medford O . Poetry If poetry be what the sages say And who can doubt when history so proves Then poetry should rightly have its day. And to that worthy end the trend now moves. The Book of books in cadenced melody, From Job's lament to David's Shepherd lay, Isaiah's warning words and prophecy, Was written in Hebraic poetry. The English bard whose sonnets, songs and play Gave him that place so honored, safe and high No other has attained throughout all days. Decreed that poetry should never die. High tribute to the wise, discerning one Who sees its scoDe and gives it recognition. Blanche Ellis Norvell The Manor, Medford O How Often . . . How often have I told my heart: Beware Of dreams that lure but never can come true To find it still pursuing paths that dare The unknown heights, the unrecorded blue? Charles Oluf Olsen Portland, Ore. O North Star I mav be small, nor shine as bright As other stars that gem the night, But while the Dipper circles ME I find no fault with things that be. Ethel E. Griffith Portland, Ore. O Rainbow My arms cradled A new-born child. I watched a stormy sky Suddenly a rainbow appeared and I knew I held the gold. Ivth R. Edmunds Portland, Ore. Sordid Things To the Editor: I go along with and thoroughly agree with a Mrs. Ella Powell, com ments 6663. I can see no good reason for anyone, whether a liter ary giant or one like me, to make fame or perhaps for tune by recording or writing, let us say, the filth and the sordid things of life. There are far better and wonderful things that may be recorded and words print ed, in my humble opinion. than this trash book. I would hope and I would like to see this book burned and the writer along with it, particu larly if he made money out of it, which I have no doubt he did. I am perhaps 73 years old, have seen quite a lot, both good and bad. I am not con vinced, nor do I believe that I should advise, tell or pro mote my young offspring about the rotten things of life either by written word or mouth. I do believe if I thought otherwise I could write a movie or maybe a TV script. The essentials to be of course sex with no details left out., And of course the smash line, "Adults Only," commer cially speaking, I mean, would cinch it. Hardly expect you to agree with me on this. If you read this and want any more, which I doubt, with the pa per, I have a dandy about His Honor the Mayor and his look in or investigation on crime, vandals, break-ins, rob beries, etc., etc., etc. The old boy must have run out of gas or shears to cut ribbons with or something. Anyway no report from what if any thing he has done or not done about it. T. T. Goldfrap 775 Posse lane Medford Two Books To the Editor: This letter Is concerned with the recent let ters printed in your Commu nications column regarding two books, and one in particu lar, that two persons seem to consider lewd and immoral. I had hoped that book-burning would never begin in our valley, but now that it has, It is too dangerous to be ig nored. Granted, there are some books which children should not read, but where is the justification in denying these books to adults simply because they might corrupt a child? I am no stranger to litera ture. I am an English and lit erature major at SOC. Though do not know either Mrs. Black or Mrs. Mosley, I think I am justified in saying that they have no more right to tell other people what they may or may not read than I do, and I have no such right. I read both the books in ques tion in high school, and I have yet to be called perverted or immoral. I took the books for what they are: A presentation in an original manner of some aspects of human experience, both material and spiritual. I would like Mrs. Mosley to prove her statement that there is "a well planned pro gram now being efficiently carried out by subversives in America to entirely corrupt the impressionable young minds of her children." And if this insidious plot did exist, where is the proof that these books are part of It? In the past, such books as "Huckleberry Finn," "Tom Sawyer," and the "Tarzan" books have been banned by book-burners. The truth is, if one goes intc a book looking for something lewd and im moral, he is sure to find it. This is as true of the Bible as it is of anything else. The dif ference is that people recog nize the Bible for what it Is: A devoted religious work Why can't these same people treat other books for what they are? They are too busy looking for smut to see the real values of the book. As for the case of an actual removal of "The Last Tempta tion of Christ" from the Santa Ana library, if it were taken to court, the book would soon be back on the shelves. Are the courts of America subver sive? Certainly not. They re alize what Justice Is. They know that no one has the right to dictate what other people will read. They despise book-burners, because they undermine their own cause by their actions: they take away one of the rights of the individual. In conclusion, let us not grant a minority that does not seem to understand the pur poses of literature the right to tell the majority what to read. Let us not- let Jackson county become the home of book-burners. Dan Hays 431 South Front st. Central Point, Ore. ceases to benefit materially from tha subjugation of another group and opportu nity is available for all will the artificial barriers of race fall away and the aspiration for human brotherhood be fulfilled. The following, quoted from "Man's Most Dangerous Myth - The Fallacy of Race, by Prof. Ashley Montague, is in teresting and informative: 'There Is every reason-to believe that a single stock gave rise to all the living va rieties of man. All belong to the same species and have the same remote ancestry. AH hu man varieties are very much more mixed than are plant oi autmal forms. From the biological standpoint the phys ical differences which exist between the varieties of man kind are so insignificant that when properly evaluated they can only be described in terms of a particular expression of an assortment of genes which are common to mankind as whole." Can anyone doubt that all blood is red and all tears are salt? Lydia Burnham 814 Warne st. Prescott, Ariz. A Plea To the Editor: I am a W.W.I and II veteran and was in a car wreck and lost a leg. I would like to see some V.A. men who could let me know in what way to get an artifi cial leg. I was in W.W.I and II, discharges, character ex cellent, and don't know why I am not entitled to a leg, or what is wrong with the V.A. rules. I would rather be dead as the way I have been left. I love the outdoor life. R. L. Hubbard Holland Hotel Medford A Phoenix Oregon" To the Editor: It happened years ago when Miss Mildred was 13 years old, as she had watched her father starting out, and sometimes with local men. But this man was a stranger to her, the men on horseback headed off over the mountains, and would be gone for weeks on end. The next morning a sound came with a deep moaning in the early twi light, as if whatever was burn ing was groaning out of pain. Mildred flipped back the covers and ran to the window, and Staring at the fire. She held her breath, then caught her throat, then said, "It is Tom's place." It was a big fire with leaping flames. She noticed the black smoke pour ing from the broken windows of Tom's home. Tongues of flame licked up toward the attic dormer. "Oh dear," she had whis pered, shrinking back, when a knuckle pounded on her door, and she whirled for her robe. "Yes, yes, I will be there," she called out. It was her girl friend, with a blanket thrown about her nightdress. Her dark eyes were wide with terror. Her friend said, "The town is burning up. By that time she was fully dressed. The thought came to her, the fire had too much of a start. However, she con cluded, If the wind doesn't vary soon the whole town is doomed. Breakfast was served a lit tle past noon on the second day, and it seemed to follow the fire. There was no life and an unnatural stillness lay everywhere. As was the cus tom, everyone pitched in, and soon a new house was built, raising from Its ashes like a Phoenix, a bird of great beau ty, the only one of Its kind to raise from its ashes in the flesh of youth, from that to another cycle of years. D. E. Rogers 245 North Grape Medford. could hava brought tha Unit ed States, and not Russia, into the world scene as the first Communist nation." Gentle people, tha Interna tional gangsters who rail roaded the 16th Amendment through our Congress and fastened the unlimited income tax on our backs knew exact ly what they were doing. Through this tax they are making you pay for the raging Socialism now rampant in America. You are paying for your own destruction for the destruction of the sov ereignty of your nation, your Constitution, your Bill of Rights, your freedom. And more, through the foreign aid billions of your tax dollars you are being made to finance Socialism and Communism all over the world; and to finance empires of foreign industries which are now taking over American markets, both for eign and domestic, and closing American factories. With this unlimited bite on your pay check America is being taxed and plundered as no other na tion in all history. No, Mr. Redden, the income tax proviso in the Liberty Amendment is no "gimmick." It is the very core of the Amendment, even as the con fiscatory, Marxist Income tax, itself, is the very core of the conspiracy which is now sub verting and socializing Amer ica. Were you and your col leagues really too "busy" to face up to your responsibility of doing your part in taking this lethal weapon away from the Marxists? Or were you just plain scared? L. C. Powell 316 S.E. Eighth st. ' Grants Pass, Ore. Difficult To Understand To the Editor: It will al ways be difficult to under stand why you make such un fortunate moves in choosing words to describe the ideas and positions of others when they are opposed to your own. You have repeated this tech nique In your editorial of June 6 concerning the Issue of a certain book now in the li brary. As a Journalist and editor, you constantly find yourself involved in the kind of activ ity you call "bookburning". Of course, it Is bookburning only when others advocate this activity. As a newspaperman you must pick and choose what will be printed. It is at this point we feel you avoid neces sary distinctions: Have you not, on occasion, allowed some things to be printed that you later wished you hadn't? Well, you make these deci sions, and once printed, the decision cannot be reversed. Sometimes you can correct or apologize for an error in judg ment or oversight. Now peo ple, or someone at the library makes decisions as to what will be allowed on the shelves; but are these deci sions necessarily and always final? If there Is an error In judgment or an oversight, must the decision be irrevers ible? It so, why? Earlier In Communications, Mrs. Loucks asked about standards at the library. If there are standards, do they allow for books such as the one in question? If tho book does not meet these standards should it not be removed? And if it should, surely "book burning" Is not the label for it. Such action would be more accurately described as pru dent anaor responsible. You have made this point Mr. Allen The opportunity to remove certain books from the library can be abused: but such a possibility should be greatly minimized when the procedure Is made public, as in the present case. Robert J. Howard 702 Beekman St. Medford. Hard Nut To the Editor: There is an old saying among certain strata of society, give that guy an inch and he will take a mile. A news item In the S.F. Chronicle shows a straw in the wind as to what might happen In the proposed inte gration of the black and the white. The Chronicle Item stated that at a municipal council meeting a member, named Johnson, a Negro, had pro posed that the council Issue an ordinance to integrate China town at once. Mr. Johnson's proposal was Immedatcly re- A 5 Jected by all the other mem bers, Johnson being the only Negro member. The S. F. Chinatown has its own Integral government and would not want to integrate either with white or black. Besides the Chinaman of tha top class in Chinese society has, for 6,000 years or more, been in possession of as high or even a higher culture than the white man, except that for the past 200 year or so the whites have risen above in science. Now here is a Negro, recent, ly a jungle dweller, telling people to have a section of Chinatown dwellers to be moved out and slum Negroes to move in. That is exactly what Mr. Johnson's proposal said, All I can say Is that the in. tegration proposal will prove hard nut to crack. John E. Ring 104S West 11th st. Medford. CHURCH of CHRIST EASTSIDE An Invitation by the 1047 low St.. AihlMd, Or. To attend a GOSPEL MEETING Sun. Jun 9 thru Sun. Jun 16 Sunday Servicts 10:30 a.m. 7:30 p.m. Strvicci Week Nights 7:30 p.m. Eslon Catlett, Minister When Thir Fall Out To the Editor: The Jolt handed parched Southern Cal ifornia In the Colorado river tug-o-war exemplifies a grow ins economic condition in the western trade "community" regional selfishness. The con flict rages not only between states but also between the United Slates and Canada, Ja pan and the common market. As the tax bite continues to have profit margins and pop ulations continue to increase, the battle will grow more des perate and bitter. Northwest industry is one of the worst offenders for repulsing all pleas to share the power and Red and Salt To the Editor: Why does racial prejudice persist in spite of scientific demonstra tions that have disproved the superstitions of the racial doctrine? Science has exposed as utterly without foundation the racist theory of Inherent "superiority" and "inferior ity" of racial stocks, and it has assembled impressive evi dence which points clearly to the conclusion that given equal social, educational, and economic opportunity, no sin gle race of men will excel another in Intelligence, abil ity, genius, or moral char acter. Notwithstanding this, the cankerous growth of race prejudice remains to plague mankind. The reason is, of course, that the class and ma terial interests which are served by race prejudice re main. Only when one group Core of Conspiracy To the Editor: In' this col umn of 51263 Rep. James A. Redden attacks the Liberty Amendment without explain-' ing that the 700 corporations operated unconstitutionally by our federal government in direct competition with pri vate enterprise are run at a yearly loss of about $40 bil lion ($44 Vi billion with for eign aid); more than the an nual revenue of the federal personal income tax amounts to. If and when the Liberty Amendment takes our govern ment out of these businesses and stops this Insanity of pouring these billions down rat holes, there will be no need of a federal Income tax. Rep. Redden also attacks the integrity of Mr. Willis Stone, the man behind the Liberty Amendment, infer ring that he, Mr. Stone, con siders the Income tax proviso in the amendment an imprac tical "gimmick" put in just to attract attention. This I do not believe of Mr. Stone. For like any other well Informed patriot on this subject he cer tainly knows the following facts: 1. 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