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4 A """Everyone in Southern Oregon"" Reads The Mall Tribune" Published Dally except Saturday by : MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 33 North 2lrStHl77a-141 " ROBERT W RUHL. Editor HERB GREY Advertising Manager GERALD T LATHAM. Bin Mgr fRIC ALLEN JR.. Mne Editor ARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN, Teleg Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sporta Editor iui ki arhher Women'! Ed tai DALEJRlCJNIrcuJaUonMjr An Independent Nowipapei Entered aa second class matter at Medforo ureaon unaw nvv u. March 3, 1897 ' SUBSCRIPTION RATES n Mail In Advance. Dally and Sunday 1 year SIB 00 Dally ana aunaay n w Dallv and Sunday 3 mos 5-00 Sunday Only One year $5.00 Single Copy (Malledl tot By Camel And Motor Route. Dally ai-4 Kunday 1 year S21.00 Dally ana ounaay i mo. Eiiniln OnlV 1 mu. 500 Carrleijnyendorsopy lOo Official Paper of City or Mearora Official Panerot Jackson County United Press International Vtill Leased Wire U. P 1 JTelephoto Newplcturei ' MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU Of CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative: NELSON ROBERTS It ASSOC. ittq nttiyM In rji-w York. Chi cago Detroit. San Francisco. Los Angeles aeaiuc. i-rnu Denver. NATIONAL EDITORIAl Member Calllomla Newspaper Publishers Association Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mall Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago., 10 YEARS AGO July 2. 1953 (Thursday) A heavy snowpack is still on the ground at Crater lake, It was reported today by Park Superintendent John B, Wosky. ; Bankruptcies in Oregon In creased 24 per cent during the first six months of this vinr over a year ago, referee In bankruptcy said today. 20 YEARS AGO July 2, 1943 (Friday) Salvation Army organizes girl guard unit here. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudce Pot" column: "The , fiirrpnt hatch of wca"icr, while possessing a few minor defeats, comes as close to pleasing everybody as could be expected." 30 YEARS AGO July 2. 1933 (Sunday) Swing stolen from porch of South Oakdale home. Victor Anderson of Cen tral Point wins milking con test. 40 YEARS AGO July 2, 1923 (Monday) Dr. J. C. Hayes returns from short vacation and is ag In.ln.hts office. Fair and-warm. High 87, low 47. SO YEARS AGO July 2, 1913 Judge TouVelle presented with goat at monthly court session. New York Missionary Union lecturer to speak here. What's Your I.Q.? Nina tan coirtcl It lupsrlor; seven or aight is aicallenli five sis Is good- 1. Ara all four feet of galloping horse ever off the ground at ihe same time? 2. Is coot a bird, an in sect, or a fish? 3. What is the name for a solid object having twelve plane faces? 4. What is the origin of the name Friday? 8. Who won the first Tun ney Dcmpsey heavyweight championship fight? 6. Correct the following: "There are two reasons, neith er of which are mentioned." 7. Into what body of water does the Ganges river empty? 8. Name the writ command ing a person to appear before a court to testify as a witness. 8. What university founded In 1836 has been continuously operated longer than any other institution of higher learning in the U.S. 10. How many keys are on a standard piano keyboard? Answtrat 1. Yas. 2. Bird. 3. Dodecahedron. 4. Ftem lha N O r g goddess, Frigga. i. Tunnty. S. " . . . neither of which is . . ." 7. Bay ol Ban gal. t. Subpoena. 9. Harvard. 10. II. JJ'ASIOCIATION TUESDAY. JULY 2. 1963 The Race for the Moon Is it worth an estimated $30 to $40 billion to put a U. S. astronaut on the moon? Or would the money be Detter spent on sucn tnings as eau cation, hospitals, slum clearance? Given a choice, we rather than the moon. But, practically speaking, there is no choice The U. S. is in the race not, and it a going to stay in it. We hope the U. S. record of the Soviet Union in space spectaculars, starting with the first Sputnik, would indicate they have a considerable head start. PRESIDENT Eisenhower recently commented that anyone who would spend billions to get to the moon for prestige "nuts." And there does seem to be an element of lunacy (no pun intended) in putting such vast sums into space hardware, particularly when the needs of education in this country are so desper ate, and the needs of other parts of the earth are so far and away greater. But mankind was blessed (or, if you prefer, cursed) with an insatiable curiosity. It was this curiosity which brought him down from the trees and out of the caves, across the rivers and oceans of the world. It has taken tific knowledge once undreamed of. We predict it. will take him to the moon, perhaps beyond, THE race for the moon is partly the result of mnnkinrl'n riiriiiHi'rv. Rnf. if. npvpt- would h-avp come about without the -stimulus of the compe tition between Russia- and the U. S., both mili tarily, -in the development of ballistic missiles, and in the "non-military" aspect of spaee which is inescapably interlinked w-ith the military. Cynics can pooh-pooh the military applica tions of space ' as much as they want, but this does not alter the fact that the nation most adept at spaceinanship has an tary advantage too. This is -true not only because of the virtually une-xplored military potentialities of space, but perhaps even more important, in the .development of hardware with military value. The prestige fac'otr though we would agree that prestige alone is- hardly sufficient rea'son to go to the moon. VXHAT benefits, if any, can be ex-petted from " man's conquest- of space? Aside from the obvious ones of increased knowledge of techniques-, the question is a-lmost unanswerable today. Only- time can tell. That there will be benefits of one sort or another is almost certain. They will include such disparate items as greater knowledge of the uni verse and advances in metalurgy. Already, with space science in its infancy, it has resulted in miniaturization, new metals, new plastics, prog ress in ceramics and electronics, and others. OUT it is also possible though by no means certain that space exploration will make possible changes we can guess about. New 'forms, ergy; new materials; new concepts all these are a distinct possibility. Many such discoveries may nave no imme diate "practical" application. But it is yesterday's "impractical" discovery which makes possible today's new technology. The venture into space into the unknown, just as than, was Columbus's voyage across the Atlantic 470 years ago. A ND it is not outside the realm of possibility that the first successful moon voyage will have as much of an impact on society and- civil ization as did Columbus's voyage. The result of that was the re-making- of- the economy of the western world, a reshaping of its society, and a stimulation to the intellectual and spiritual climate of the times that was tor rential and irreversible. No one can predict what will be the precise results of the opening of inter-planetary space. But one can with confidence predict that they will be immense. Can we afford to go to the moon? It occurs to us that we cannot afford not to. E.A. Sino-Russian Split If, as Joseph Alsop confidently predicts to day, a final break-up occurs between the Russian and Chinese Communists this week end, it will truly be a milepost in world events. One of the more obvious bits of Communist propaganda one which we in the U. S. have been pretty well suckered-in on over the years is that "world communism" is a monolith. t It has been shown that this a phoney, and it is becoming more evident every day. IF THE two giants of the Communist world do, in fact, turn out to be major adversaries, who knows what the result will be for the rest of the world? It is not inconceivable that Russia might even wind up in a gingerly partnership with the western nations again. This is what De Gaulle has confidently expected all along. Anyway, such a happening would make it necessary for all nations to reconsider their inter national relationships. But the nation in which such a reappraisal would be the most ajronizincr would be Russia itself. Khrushchev's job .1 rr- would opt for education to the moon, like it or wins, too, although the purposes is, in his word, him to heights of scien almost insuperable mili cannot be ignored, al now hardly venture to even new kinds,' of en then is truly a venture much as, perhaps more is no bed of roses these "Ha Ha Ha 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 edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letter. submitted for publication must not printed In this colomn do not necessarily represent the views of l!-e paper. In tact tha contrary Is often Sin Is Alive To the Editor; Thank you, sir, for your question, "What Happened to Sin?" Also for the opinions of scholars con cerning their findings; your o.w-n summation is eloquent. It.seemn that man would rather suffer anything than to confess to the transgression of- God's Law; some, however, are willing, to confess, but not knowing- where te confess, make the mist-alee of confess ing their sin against God to a human being and thereby yet ne.ta.in. their guilt;' others are too proud to confess in secret to one who declares himself to- be their High Priest, the Lord, Jesus Christ, Who sits at the ri-ght hand of Gced the Fa Hie r-; sbme.-thougli knowing the tr.ut-h, and that it is n'eces sar.y to ma-ke such a confes sion, have so calloused their spiritual conta'ct with repeat ed Inf-rln'gement that they be come immune to the pleading of the Holy Splr.lt; some feel ing that they ar.e sinners but not hawing received punish ment for tr.ansgr.essi'on, feel that they are immune from such punishment. Sin is very much alive and attacks at unexpected planes, the nearer to the sanctuary It may come, the more it pleases the instigator of the deadly acts; that once holy being-, now called Satan, knows that his time is short, therefore he is entrappjng, If possible, e.v- ery individual tirat maK.es mention of Chr.ist's.dear. namer He will be compelled to an swer for confessed- sin. The wise will confess- their sins and- forsake them be'fore it is too late. Many will con tinue on in sin until it Is too late. Let us "not. be-in the- lat ter category but call up.on Him, the Lord Jesus Christ, while He is near - "He w.il-1 save to the- uttermost, them that com'e- unto. Go'd- by Him." Hcb. 7:25. jam'es William's if. O. Box 441 Jacksonville, Ore. No Other .Way To the Editor: This I would like to say, to anyone who has thought nbout God or con sidered him at all. It matters not, if you are thought well of, or not at all; if you are of wealth, or poor; if you be free, or In prison. If you will read, in the Bible, the gospel of Matthew, Mark, Luke or John, any of these four, and truly believe their report of Jesus, you shall receive mer cy of God, and baptized of the Spirit of Jesus. And I swear to you, that no one Is worthy of this mercy of God. But it comes to you because you believed in Jesus, and there is no other way un der heaven, or on earth, whereby you may obtain the mercy of God. All the good that you do Is to prove that you believe, for you will be saved because you believed. Believing is faith. I do pray that you read and believe, that you will be able to with stand the thing that shall come to pass. Tor the Lord will comfort you In the time of trouble, for it Is written that perilous times must come, before the Lord will gather from the earth, all those who believe In him. And the wrath of God will be poured out on all who would not believe, which Is no small matter. One of those plagues will be so grievous to them, that they will seek death day and night for five months. This is one of them, there are six others. And I say to you who think of yourselves as Just and upright, and worthy of mercy land will not accept Jesus, be MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFCHD. OREGON and Ho Ho Ho" Mail Tribune reserves the riant to exceed 400 words. The letters the case. cause of the things that shall be, you will grow cold, and hard, and full of hate, to your own destruction. So be not highminded, fear God. And I testify that these things are true and sure, and shall be in this generation. And I pray that everyone that turns his heart to God, will abound in the graces of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Ted M. Sletten Route 1, Box 224 Rogue River, Ore. Insulting the Btadens To the Etfitor: Never before in the history of the nation has there ever been a strong, deep-rooted resentment of our Supreme Court s Rulings as there is now, all the way frem our grass roots citizens to the members of our U.S. Congress. With all due re spect to your Editorial of 6-28-63, this, is not just a "period of flaring contro versy." It is a permanent, growing, righteous anger. For the average American is be-' ginning to awaken to the fact that his country and his free dom are being endangered by this unbridled, willful Court, and Its unconstitutional de cisions. You refer to conscientious objections to these illegal de cisions as "know nothing slanders." But a great many of our best men in Congress, the majority of our state su preme court justices, and the American Bar Association are among the objectors. Ar.e yoa calling these highly respected legislator's, lawyers, and-J.udgr es know nothing slantier. crs"? You state that "e-v.en tho.ugh the- Count Is bojurtd to make its deolsi'ons on fact- ant) law, the facts and- the laws- charrge under chan-g-tng sond-itrons." (Oh brotmjr!) Asnd that "even the Constitution- is sufficiently flexible to perm-It different interpretations in dilfer.ent centuries-". You are Latching on fast, Mt. A-Hen to the thinking and spirit of today's Court, but you haven t caught up with therrp, yet. They have been known to iiMer.pr.ct 3.6 former Supreme Court desi- sions differently, all in the last three decades making, a mockery and complete chaos of our Constitutional law. And when that old Constitu tion gets entirely too bother some, they just toss It out the window. By his own ad mission. Chief Justice Earl Warren ignored our Constitu tion when he wrote one de cision admits he based it on the "modern scientific author ity" of known Commu-Social-ists who have publicly pro claimed their contempt for our Constitution and hntred for our form of government. You state that the latest religious ruling "Is fully justi fied on Const it utlonal grounds, alone". But a large section of the American peo ple don't read it that way. We feel that if no law can be made respecting religion. no law can be broken by our teachers. Therefore, we see In this deliberate annihilation of a sacred, historical custom the beginning of a bold at tempt to destroy the spiritual foundation of our nation steap toward Communizing America. To compare the lib errl, leftist, legal hacks of today's rampaging Court with Justice Holmes and the Court of 1913, as you have d?ne. is an insult to the highly honor ed and respected Justices of that day. Sorry, E. A., but to ask America to be proud of our present Court's thirty plus pro-Communist, illegal decisions which have almost torn this nation asunder is an insult to your readers, also. L. C. Powell 318 S. E. Eighth at. Grants Pass, Ore. Russia, China Both Seeking Supporters; Eastern Euorpean Sattelites Skittish By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst As the Soviet Union and Red China have approached the showdown stake in their d i s p u t e over Nikita Khrushchev's policy Of co existent v JV. I the Chinese hard line, both have I tX, I sent emissar I sSLI lies through I I aJ out the world. wm seeking sup port. rvnrusncnev lost the sup port of Ho Chi Minn of North , Viet Nam but won Outer Mongolia. Similarly, he won the support of Fidel Castro but lost the Commu nist party of Indonesia, larg est outside the Communist bloc. With less to begin with, Red China seems to have made the great gains. Most of the Asian Commu nist parties have lined up on her side and a majority of Communist parties through out the world at least have Chinese factions . So, it hardly could have been accident that Khrush chev, when he decided to help East German strong man Walter Ulbricht ob serve his 70th birthday in East Berlin this week, a-Iss decided to invite along the leaders of Communist Po land, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia. Perhaps significai-tly, Ro manian President Gheorg-he Gheorghiu-Dej did not an swer the summons, limiting. himself mst-ead to a mes sage of coHg-rat-ula-tioBs to Ulbricht. For Khrushchev, when Ire related the ha-rs'h dista-tes of Matter o f Fact tel New York Herald THE CHBROH MV-IDED Washing.ton-On Friday ef this week, anrfther temporary patch-up of the bitter dispute between the Soviet and Chinese Com- munist-s was ; supposed ' t o ; begin in Mos cow, a t the 'scheduled ; Sino Russian 'meeting to 1 discuss differ Alsn'p ' ences. Only a month or so ago, this was the all-but-unanimous forecast of the leading students of the Communist bra-nch ef demon ology. With a true embarrass ment ef riches te cheese f-rom, both the Chinese and Soviet parties had already named tnei-r most thoroughly nastv high petssena-ges as their nego tiators a-t the Mqsoo.w meet ing-. But despi-te this negative sig-n,.a pfetoh-up w.a's still ex pejete'd. Today, in sharp contrast, tne ep.ert forecast is no patch-up, and probably a f-inai break between the tw.o chief Communist parties of Hie world. This- gre-at shift In expert opln-ion is Important in ftself, since the Communistidtfmonolog.ists are influential counselors- b.f- e.v.er.y wiestern govcrment. ISH'E reasons' for Hie rfhCtt-ane compelling, (They ha to Be oomp.eMing., for the experts- loathe changing, their- minds-.) First of al'l, the Ch'inese. hae broken all previews- rceords- wwh a wiGious- denunoia'tion of N'ikita S. Khrushchev and all Ms w.c-rk, published- less than a fortnight before the supposed- "reoonei'M'aitio.n" meeH-ng. For the first time, there fore, the Western e-x-perts- hawe been reluctantly driven- to eonel-Mde that the Ohtnese Communist leadens acti-v-eiy DES-I-R-E a f-iraa-1 bnca'k- wi-t-h Mosco.w-altho.ug-h a brea-k which can be blameVl on Mos cow if p.jsible. The old view, that the sacred unity of Hue Communist bloc must domi nate the decision-making of both sides, is therefore out the window at last. The Soviets, meanwhile, have shown not the smallest sign of giving way to the Chinese. On the contrary, they have now let it be known that at the recent clean-up of ine soviet communist party s Central Committee, "the slan derous attack" of the Chinese "forced" the three eminent hard-noses who are suposcd to meet with the Chinese, Sus lov, Andropov, and Pono marcv, to speak their minds about Peking in no uncertain terms. i T THIS writing, it is far from clear whether the Moscow meeting will even be held. But it is abundantly clear that, if one of the two parties to the row actively desires a final break, a break will quite unavoidably take place sooner or latex. It is sure to come eventually, un less Mao Tse-tung dies, or Khrushchev dies, or some other vast change alters the whole equation. Stalinism, not only incurred the enmity of the Red Chi- nese, he touched off an un expected show of independ ence among the Soviet Union's East European satel lites, With the exception of Al bania, all support his de-Sta- linzation program. But other differences present a picture which is far from the united front sought by Khrushchev. Romania, showing an un expected economic vitality and an unexpected Indepen dence, recently thumbed its nose at the Soviet leader by sending an ambassador to Al bania and signing an econo mic agreement with Red China. The Romanians also have published excerpts of a hard line Chinese letter which the Soviets themselves refused to publish. Romania, preferring to de velop her own economy, has all but withdrawn from COMECON, the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, which began as a Commu nist answer to the U.S. Mar shall Plan for Europe. . Under COMECON, it was the Soviet plan to allot to each of the satellites produc tion assignments which would be coordinated with the Communist economy as a whole. The Russi-ans sou-g-ht to persuade the Romanians they should consent-rate en oil and oil products and on food supplies. But the Romanians, with products easily converted te hard cash en worm markets, moved instead toward indus trialization a-nd worked out trade agreements around the world f-rom India to Brazil. Even before re-estatilish- meH-t si good pel-a.t-iens be- Jffsep'K- ATsSpi Tribune Syndicate It lis time, therefore, te Chink about the character of the new world-pattern that is likely to be produced by such a transforming event. With due respect, the best way to en.v.ision the eKect-s of a final break between the Soviet and Chinese Communist parties is to recall the great church- d-iv-isiens, wtiich took plaoe when the Pat-riar-eh of Con-stant-inope proolaimed his in dependence of the Bishop of Home, and when Martin Luth er nailed his theses to the church door at Wittenberg. This brea-k will have some of the character of both of these rifts in toe church. In other words, there will be a basic territorial division, li4e the aneient divisien between the Eastern and Western Churches. The Chinese Com munists have already gained the adherence ef all the other Oriental Communist parties e-xeep.t the North Vietnamese who will almost certainly have te follow Peking when- me momient of crisis arrives B-UT in addition-, this brea-k-w.i-H p.ut Moscow on tins de fensive, just as the Protestant Reformation- piut the Vatican on the defensi.v.e in its first sta-g.ei This is because . the Chinese ha.v.e-chosen for th'em splwes the more militant, un- oompr-om'isings ang-ry., anvj revolutionary role. To be sure, Moscow hold's. most o'f- the trumps- in most of wie fcommunist parties- out sidle A-sia-. A careful survey maae in tne s.tate Bepartment at- the- b.ebest of. Gov-. A.verill at the behest of- Gov. Averill H'ar-r-lman- re.v-eais no non-Asian partic i e-x-cept those In A-I- b'aniai New Zealand-, and-prob acy Venezuela-, in which the Chinese faotion has- a olear majority. Furthermore, the parties In wh'ieh the Chinese factions-are even strong emough to cause ser.io.us trouble are limited to those in Ktewies, Bra-zil, and Ecuador, the Scandinavian countries with special emphasis on Norway, and just possibly Great Britain. THE Muscovites. hay.e ai ready expelled the pro Chinese in the Belgiian and Australian parties, and in India they have handed the pro-Chinese breathren over to Nehru's police. When the break comes, expulsions of Chinese factions are bound to follow In many other Com munist parties all over the world. Yet mere expulsions will not tidy things up, by a long chalk. The dreary, rigid, tradition-b o u n d Moscovite parties will then have to com pete with new. violence drunken, pro-Chinese parties, claiming to expound the true scripture and calling all and sundry to revolution tomor row. Moscow has bought the loyally of Fidel Castro at a high price, in preparation for the break that now looms, but the example of Castro is still the one the Chinese will point to, after their own supreme example. In sum, this great event will offer opportunities to the West, but it is also pretty like ly to create grave problems. tween Yugoslavia and the So viet Union, Romania was working with Marshal Tito's regime to expand facilities on the Danube. Poland has been another that has quarrelled with COMEON plans and sought hard currency from the out side world instead. Economic rivalries or dif ferences have created ill feelings between Czechoslo vakia and most of its Com munist neighbors. All resent the heavy burdens placed on them by Soviet programs of Strictly Personal By Sydney J. Harris fc field Enterprlsei. Inc. ANTICS WITH SEMANTICS I am amenable to reason; you are easily persuaded; he is bribable. I make my subordinates to the mark; you like to crack the whip; ha is a petty tyrant. I answered the awkward question with a "pcrfite eva sion"; you answered in dou ble-talk; he answered whith a .whopping He. (Speaki-ng of q.ueslions, most of them ar sematical an'd nothing more: for in stance, the newt time some one as-los you, "Can you keep a searet?," answer "No," and you will be told the secret anywa-y.) What a difference a little preposition makes - a promis cuous and unattached male is amia-bly referred to as a "man about town," but a woman of the same habits and inclina tions is disparagingly referred e as en the town. fSfiy son is "1-hie reatttr. among his peers, " but your son is "the chief kistig.ator of his gjn-g-." I bought the long, la-rge and expensive car beeause "It's heavier, more comfortable, and holds the road better"; but you boug-ht H as a "status symbol." If you are pnoposnrg a chamge I disa-gr.ee w-ith, I call it an "innovation"; but whn I am proposing a change I call it a "neoe'o sar.y alteration." My illicit affair is motivat ed by "passion"; yours is prompted by "desire": his is driven by "lust." Someone w-h-o was erm til 40.9 yean ago, w.a ds-ig-nate aa "a man of the Ren aissance"; someone in our midst w-ho is versatile, w-a designate, as- "a jack of aM trades!" A risque book I happon to enjoy is "Ratielaislan"; one that I happen to d-islHoe is 'o'bsaene." The pnirfcip;a1 dif-lereniie bet.w.een a "disturbed" aiito loscent. an'd a "dlinqulent" one it a'Bout- S25;000 in Hi arfn.ua-1 in-ccfme.of 1-h father. We ha-ve a "government," but our enemiies have a- "re- gme '; like-wise, we have "al lies" while they have "con federates-," and v.ve enga.ge hi the "oraf-t of intelligenee," whi-le they possess a "spy sys tem." Wh'en yu ar sla-n'dvned and- ask- my ad.v-ica, I trH y.ou- to bear it in sHanoe, aa th i ,st ef-fecti.va- retort to ca'lumn.y- hut. whan- I am sl-ander.ed-, I am convinced that- my si'larft w.ould gi ta'cit- affirmation to- th lie. Pupils in civics classes are InstruoteS that the three mst important prosesses in our democratic society are the In itiative, the Referendum and the Recall; but such classes are useless unless they ex plain also the Importance of the Pay-Off, the Kick-Back, and the Cut. "On a glorious day hlp but fl lov area fet ptopl ef aid to under-developed na tions. There must be times when. Khrushchev thinks President Kennedy's problems look easy. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS In an editorial page piece the other day, the Eugene Reg. ister-Guard found occasion to comment on the tendency of EDUCATED people to string it out too long when they write letters-especially letter for publication. In its piece, it offered this comment: "ITNFORTUNATELY, the educated man has two strikes against him. Too often, he knows so much about a subject that he can't writs about it in fewer than a few thousand words. "Letters (intended for pub. lication) that are most often returned (by editors) because of length are letters of well educated people who lust couldn't stop writing. These writers just do not realize that a short letter that makes its point quickly is many times as effective as a long, involves! letter tivtt goes unread. "When a reader mile o.u. a long article 'to read when I have time' he has moved that article one step nearer the VOLTAIRE, who is listed by most of the critics as .n.. of the literary GHEATS of ail time, put the importance ( brevity ad clarity about aa well as it has ever been put whe.n he said in a letter t a friend: "I hope you will earelan ihU long letter. I am very busy te. day and I HAVEN'T TIME t write a short one." It takes time to write so briefly and se clearly that NO ONE can fail to grasB tha meaning of what has lee OA written. A NOTHER of the great pra. titioners of brevity anal clarity was Abraham Lincoln. H-is Gettysburg address hag been called the only great prose poem of classical pertec tion in modern English. Yet it contains only 267 words in ton sentences. But Lincoln chose those 2B7 simple, noble words with such care that NO ONE, even to this day, a century after they were spoken, can fail to be thrilled and inspired by them. TWEEE is a strange tradition that Lincoln wrote his Gettysburg address on the back of an envelope on his way by train to the GeMys- ourg battlefield. Nothing could be farther from the truth. He madte FIVE handwritten drafts of it. It was the senend of the five that he finally ohose as the ie that most clearly expressed his deep feelitg. Battlefield, oonseorated and government are three ef the longest werds he used. But these were essential te tha thought he wanted te eonvey. If you will re-read his immor tal address, you must eome to the conclusion that net a sin gle word ceuld have been le-'-t out w i t h e u t eloudm$ ties meaamg-. IN HAMLET (Act II, SccKU II) William ShaJaisasK'e. one of the Great Masters of the English language, caused Polonius to say to the Queen: Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit, "And tedipusness the limbs and outward flourishes, 'I will be brief. Your nobl son is mad." There's no doubt that the Register-Guard is right in its advice to letter writers. If you want 'em read, make) 'em short. And to the point. like this, you can't for your fallow man ether races!" 1
