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BUhDAY. JUhE 3d. U63
"Controlled Newt"
To the Editor: My letter in
May concerning the Ameri
can citizen's right to own
gold (the first time in 30
years incidentally), brought
sharp criticism from you re
garding its authenticity.
On May 23, I gave you a
short letter with proof of my
statement. (Judge Mathes'
Federal Court of the South
ern District of Calif., Aug.
16, 1962. plus the fact that
Bobby Kennedy's Justice De
partment began an appeal of
this memorable decision and
then dropped the appeal.)
When two weeks had passed
and you had not printed this
letter I phoned you and you
told me you had been gone for
five days but that you had the
letter and you were holding
onto it because you had writ
ten off for further infor
mation. I view of the fact that
more than a month has
passed and you still haven't
printed the letter, one or two
facts are obvious. Either your
pony express news gathering
facilities are in complete
chaos or we now have "con
trolled news." In other
words feed the public what
news you want them to have
and withhold the rest.
M. J. Olsen
Route 4, Box 325
Medford
Editor's note: Mr. Olsen's
suspicions are unjustified.
We have authenticated the re
port of Judge Mathes' deci
sion, but have information to
the effect that it is not now
binding. We have requested
Congressman Robert Duncan
to obtain an authoritative re
port on the status of the le
gality of gold ownership, in
view of the decision and a
subsequent Presidential
order, and will make it
known when received, we
hope soon.
Facing Facts
To the Editor: ook burn
ing? Ves! I clean closets and
yard and burn the trash.
Books are no different; some
good, some bad. And to those
who call us bookburners, let's
face a few facts.
The A.D.L. in Look maga
zine takes full credit for get
ing "The Merchant of Venice'1
by Shakespeare and "Oliver
Twitt" by Charles Dickens re
moved from school libraries.
They also claim credit for re
moving the Bible, Christmas
carols, prayer, American his
tory and patriotic songs from
schools wherever they can.
The Civil Liberties union
is working night and day to
remove all mention of God,
the Bible, salute to the Flag,
the Declaration of Indepen
dence, baccalaureate services
and patriotic songs from
schools and public services.
If you think they aren't
succeeding just ask yourself
how long its been since you
heard a real oldtime patriotic
program anywhere. Christmas
carols are off the air, patrio
tic days are hardly mentioned.
And all the time Atheism,
Deweyism, Marx, evolution,
communism and filthy books
have full sway in our schools.
One atheist can 'embve the
Bible from a whole state and
a hundred citizens or Chris
tions have no voice in the
matter.
The NAACP was the power
that removed Mark Twain's
"Huckleberry Finn" from the
N.Y. schools.
A teacher in Washington
told his class that "if Darwin
was right then the Bible is
wrong and I'd rather believe
the Old Book than a theory."
He lost his job.
A teacher in northern Cali
fornia admitted that he was
teaching his class commu
nism and the whole school
board stood with him against
the irate parents. He kept his
Job.
Gus Hall is furnished an
audience by our schools while
a patriotic American can't
get in. I've no objection to
Gus Hall or anyone else using
the schools for meetings.
They've always been used for
public meetings. But I do ob
ject to furnishing our young
people as his audience.
Ella Powell
Box 621
Central Point, Ore.
Likes Medford
To the Editor: We recently
moved up here from San
Francisco, Calif., and I would
Poets7 Corner
Conducted by
Arnold Eugene Jenny
Like A Sleep
The days close in around me like a sleep
As I take inventory of my joy,
Attempting to discriminate and keep
Only those rare delights time cannot cloy.
Let the world move without me, while I pause
To savor once again, like well-aged wine
Transient moments of unearned applause
Here in my secret and secluded shrine.
And at my heart's core fondle and caress
Not festivals of blatant noise and light,
But interludes of faith and tenderness,
Illuminating the long halls of night.
The days close in, the last sleep holds no fear,
A long awaited friend, grown strangely dear.
Alice Mackenzie Swaim
(Reprinted by permission of the publishers of DRIFT
WOOD, 110 Savage Creek Rd., Grants Pass, Ore.)
O
New Day
After the disappearance of dark night.
Fresh day dawns clear, and beautiful, and bright.
The lark's enchanting call rings 'cross the grass,
Where strings of pearls shine brightly as we pass.
The warming sun chases cold mist away,
Which, like a curtain rising, shows new day.
Far off, fierce elements may be at strife;
But here and now is fresh and lovely life.
The wak'ning roots herald the coming Spring;
The tiny shoots their beauteous glories bring.
The wondrous blue of heaven everywhere
Spreads breath of life precious and free and rare.
It is such glorious morning that we would
Wander such realms forever if we could!
Kenneth F. Osthimer
Medford, Ore.
O
A Story In The Snow
This morning as I walked to school
Across the fluffy snow.
I came upon a bunny's tracks
A Jumping, zig zag row.
He must have hurried very fast,
For here and there I saw
Along his jerky, winding trail
The print of Rover s paw.
I set my lunch-pail in the snow
And stood there very still.
For only Rover's clumsy tracks
Led down the little hill.
Then suddenly I thought I heard
A rustling sound close by:
And there within a grassy clump
Shone bunny's twinkling eye'
Pearl Rigss Crouch
Ashland, Ore.
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Objective Changed
There was a time when I was young
And tried to guide the ways of man.
But down the years no praise was sung
In honor of my noble plan.
Todav I feel no urge to drive.
I'll let the world spin on its axis.
Remain content to be alive
And have the cash to pay my taxes.
Elizabeth RickctU Taylor
Portland, Ore.
o
I Sing And Sing
I ling and sing from morn till night.
' From cares I'm fre and my heart i light.
Debboirah Trainer (Age 0)
Central Point. Ore.
I
like to say we really appreci
ated the warm welcome of
the "Newcomers Service,"
and "The Welcome Wagon,"
to new residents of the area.
It is a good way to get
acquainted, and also meet
the local merchants.
Mrs. Jack Kennedy of
Newcomer Services, and Mrs.
Jack Sanborn of The Wel
come Wagon, have been
especially helpful to all the
new residents they visited.
The Rogue River vallev and
its mountain ranges are just
beautiful. We find the reo-
ple here very friendly, and
tne snort time that we have
been here, have enjoyed the
city of Medford very much.
Edna Kumas
1610 Johnson st.
Medford
Week End Pay
To the Editor: One major
issue in the lumber industry
siriKe deserves more public at
tention. I refer to the em
ployers' demand that their
employees give up overtime
pay for work on Saturdays
and Sundays. An employee
would still get overtime for
all hours in excess of 40 that
he worked in any one seven
day period, but hours worked
within the 40 hour limit on
Saturday and Sunday would
be paid for in straight time.
This demand by the em
ployers would reverse a 21
year old precedent in the in
dustry's working agreements.
It would in effect decide that
Saturday and Sunday are just
like other days and that a man
might just as well have his
"week end" in the middle of
the week.
The fact is that Saturday
and Sunday are different. The
children aren't in school. So
cial and sporting events are
more often scheduled. Sunday
is still the Sabbath, Many em
ployees want to go to church
with their families.
I understand why employ
ers want to keep their expen
sive machinery in operation
continuously and as inexpen
sively as possible, but on this
issue the employees should
prevail. Their neighbors, in
particular ministers and
church - minded public offi
cials like Governor Hatfield,
should help them make it
clear to the employers that
they are entitled to live nor
mal lives or to be paid extra
for working on Saturdays and
Sundays as is done at present.
Charles O. Porter
858 Pearl st.
Eugene, Ore.
Meeting Place Needed
To the Editor: I didn't get
to go to Klamath Falls Fifty
Plus club with our club be
cause of a previous engage
ment, but the report was that
they have the huge Klamath
Army auditorius rent free,
and no dues. I wonder how
they had such a wonderful
dinner if no dues were paid?
They told me the Greyhound
bus trip costs only a d-llar
each way. What a nice
Wednesday trip.
Doesn t Medford have some
nice large place for our Fifty
Plus club to meet rent free?
I think you fellers should
commence to get wise to the
needs of oldrters. You are
going to get that way your
self if Satan doesn't grab you
before you age. Why not sorta
prepare for "yourselves" now
while you are big?
I just read an article be
ginning on Page 10 in the Sat
urday Evening Post of June
22 that I wish every parent
and law maker would read,
and carefully, so it will sink
in. Tell others what Judge
Robert Gardner wrote there.
It is just the line ) believe
in. but neglected to write.
I haven t time to answer
the personal letters, but you
may meet me Wednesdays at
the Security Benefit club, next
door north of the Groceteria
store on Grape St., Medford
Am there from 12 till 4.
Thanks for your kind mes
sages. I love you, too.
Pearl Spackman
Jacksonville, Ore.
A Retrospection
To the Editor: The sky was
dark, told and gloomy, and
the black and yellow enemy
were trespassing on their noc
turne flight.
Out of the wild and stormy
night there came the assassin,
armed with a club, wielded
with a mighty thud and
there lies murdered upon the
cold damp ground-A Potato
Bug.
Bert Kissinger
322 Riverside ve.
Medford
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Its our ONCE-IN-A-YEAR Clearance Sale. We re
half -way through the year and its time for a real
door-to-door, ceiling-to-floor clean up! To make way for
new merchandise we're cutting prices to an all time
NO-PROFIT LOW. For Instance. . . we found 8-piece sets of
stainless steel cookware that were so popular for Mothers Day. Now with
reckless abandon we're practically giving them away at just $14.88 a set.
We've only got 6 Westinghouse steam irons left from our last shipment...
a real HOUSEHOLD GEM... but they've got to go. We've tagged them
with a ridiculously low price of $8.89. You'll have to hurry for one of
the 5 remaining 4-transistor tape recorders. . . because they're going at
only $15.88 each... at this price they WON'T LAST LONG. Hiding
on the very top shelf were 4 sets of CalDak Fiberglass TV. trays. We
need the space so we are closing these out at only $6.89 a set. They
originally sold for much more. And when our central office hears that
we're selling Admiral 4-speed automatic phonographs at only $34.88
they may just fire our whole staff. NO ONE CAN RUN A
BUSINESS WITH PRICES LIKE THESE! July will never be
as hot as this buy. ..19 inch round metal serving trays. . . choice of
patterns. Perfect for serving on the patio...just 99c each. This whole
store is SIZZLING WITH THE HOTTEST PRICES IN
TOWN. Everything is being swept clear out of the store. To make
room for new shipments of china coming in we are pricing our
present stock for quick sale. 47 pieces, service for 8, only $24.88.
If you were ever thinking of buying a wrist watch of
any type. .. NOW IS THE TIME! We must
sacrifice 500 watches at unbelievable prices.
All brands included. . . nothing held back.
For example a man's 23 Jewel Bulova
watch at the unbelievable price of $44.00.
Ladies' Dolly Madison Bulova, 21 Jewels
just $39.00, Men 's and Ladies ' 1 7 Jewel
Wrist Watches, your choice $12.88.
Entire stock of Watch Bands reduced
up to 50!
Better hurry for Zale 's July Clear
ance sale, it's a once in a year
clean sweep and it's worth
a trip from anywhere to
shop at Zale's.
Ute the Urte Perk I
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Reer tntunce
AS ALWAYS YOUR MONEY BACK
WITHIN 60 DAYS IF YOU CAN
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