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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
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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
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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!"
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