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contrary is often tha case.
Mfcae From Bondage
To the Editor: With so
much being said and written
about the U.S. Constitution,
civil rights, separation of
church and state, religious
freedom; Khrushchev, Moa,
Popes and other dictators, it
might be well to meditate on
escape from bondage.
Too slowly man escapes
from bondage, bondage under
some foreign monarchy
which acquired its authority
through wars against other
despots, fought by those in
bondage; a family inherited
dynasty; political intrigue,
murder of opponent, exten
sions from the dark ages,
feudalism. History relates all
these, and more, and we have
observed the fall of pontiff,
king, emperor, czar, and
to on.
American patriots, assisted
by a few freedom-seeking
aliens, waged the American
Revolutionary War to cast off
foreign tyrannical yokes,
sever despotic chains; and a
foundation was laid for' a new
kind of government for a new
nation in this New World, a
government for, by and of
the people, with justice, equal
rights and protection to all,
to think, do and say as one's
conscience directs, so long as
it does not abrogate the rights
of others.
More and more people are
coming to recognize and ap
preciate the far-sighted wis
dom of those who drafted the
foundation for this new na
tion. The planners wisely
, built for the separation of
f i church and state authority.
, They had abundant prece
dents of corruption and de
cay in both spiritual decline
and indifference to civil laws
where ecclesiastics interfered
with and evaded state civil
government. The builders,
with vision and wisdom, de
clared and proclaimed that
no public funds shall be used,
directly or indirectly, to sup
port any church.
Yet, an alien autocracy de
mands that United States
public funds support its pri
vate special interests organi
zations. January 15, 1779, George
Washington appealed to Pat
rick Henry to "come forth
and help save the Colonies
from the pertinacious, per
I"
Poets' Corner
Conducted by
Arnold Eugene Jenny
Nocturne
How quiet is the eve, how calm the air!
Man's work is done, his petty chores have ceased,
And earth is for a few brief hours released
From captive bonds to breathe again. How fair
And far above the strife those tall trees stand!
They whisper of the things revealed today:
The pride of man, his greed and cruelty,
His vain ambition-striving to be free
That he may bind the weak of every land.
How quiet is the eve! The queenly moon
Again ascends her sliver throne, where soon
Her face shall shine amid the starry throngs.
The day is man's, the night is Beauty's own,
Who would for men's iniquities atone.
-Thomas Curtis Clark
Maywood, 111.
O
Phantoms
The quiet wind, like a caress,
Gently touched the grass;
A whispering of tenderness
To stir a blade and pass.
The stars laid silence on the land
And where the night grew deep
There was a way to understand
The mystery of sleep.
Only the owl could not be still
And owls are wise, you know
He hoot-hoot-hooted with a will,
His yellow eyes aglow.
-Charles Oluf Olsen
Portland, Ore.
O
We Know a Sea
White wings row the grey overhead
Undulating with a motion
From heaving swells brought in by gulls,
Crying, hungry for the ocean.
We know somewhere a sea slams in
Too high to skim by winging
The angry deep, its green ears back
That even spume rides, clinging.
Cast off to calmer hills of green
Are white gulls, lonely heard and seen,
Hungry, crying for their ocean.
-Vesta Wells Gustafson
Portland, Ore.
O
Desert Summer
Desert summer has dusty hands.
Stifling breath, uncombed strands.
Sun-scorched eyes and tattered weeds.
Tired and flaccid, she drops old deeds.
Sits the long day weaving her ch-earn
Toward autumn, lost to a new esteem.
-Helen Gerhardt Russell
' Los Gatos, Calif.
O
What Is a Summer's Day?
It's the wind that strides over mountain and sea,
tha sigh of a pine that it touches in passing;
sjneulslerinf races that flame when stars strike the dawn;
th sHlver chimr of a lark's sweet song across megriou
tro yr'm of a stream as it flows over stone,
oJ a willow that bends to trail in the water;
it's the scent of newly-cut hay warm in the sun;
it'syletttiilrfftirby in a cerulean sky
ana the shadow it casts on land and the sea;
it is the scarlet of sunset brushed on the sky
and the iirst star to herald the approach of night.
(y) -Mystery Alires
Portland, Ote.
sistent selfish special inter
ests." Now, every American
whose rights, privileges and
freedoms were provided for
by those early day founders
of this nation, and were guar
anteed by its Bill of Rights
and Constitution, may well
appeal to every fellow
America nto "come forth and
help save America from the
pertinacious, persistent selfish
special interests," of what
ever nature. Big special in
terests ignore, suppress, indi
vidual personal rights.
John E. Gribble
Medford, Ore.
Winning the World
To the Editor: Following
his recent trip to Europe,
where he saw many of the
hundreds of tlioujands of our
servicemen overseas, Presi
dent Kennedy is reported to
have said, "Despite all the
advances of modern science
and the sophisticated technol
ogy of modern warfare, it
was clear to me that the ca
pacity of our Army to with
stand aggression will depend,
in the future, as always, on
the hardihood and endurance,
the physical fitness, of the
American GI."
There is one important ele
ment that the President
overlooked. It is the reason
for maintaining our demo
cracy a consuming belief in
the ideology for which we
fight that makes for strong
resistance to aggression.
Stewart Lancaster, writing
from Italy, said, "In Italy
Russia launched a massive
film campaign, Rumania sent
a ballet, the United States
sent an aircraft carrier."
From Latin America also
came a group of dedicated
young people presenting a
play depicting the winning
of peace and friendship by
love of their fellowmen.
A sailor from the Ameri
can aircraft carrier attended
the play. After the perform
ance he said to a member of
the cast, "I wish we could
fight every day as you do
for what you believe in. We
are trained to fight in case
of war, but we have no idea
how to win men with ideas."
Too long have we, as a na
tion, been trying to buy the
friendship of other nations
with the "almighty dollar."
Too long have we made
might our major weapon.
These alone cannot accom
plish our purpose.
We must believe so firmly
in democracy, and in the
brotherhood of man, no mat
ter of what race or color,
that our interest and our ac
tion, will be recognized as
unselfish helpfulness. Only
then will we "win the world
for democracy," as we were
so strongly sloganized to do
in World War I.
A. Ray Neptune
Rogue Valley Manor
Medford, Ore.
The Test Ban Treaty
To the Editor: That portion
of the American public which
simply will not face cold
reality is already grasping
eagerly at the test ban treaty
as "good news" and more or
less of a guarantee of "peace
on earth" and "goodwill
among nations."
Please let me point out that
in the past 29 years, out of
3,400 meetings between the
U.S. and the Communists, in
cluding Teheran, Yalta, Pots
dam, Panmunjom, and Gen
eva, there have come 52 ma
jor agreements. And Soviet
Russia has broken 50 out of
the 52. The Communists have
meticulously followed Lenin's
dictum on treaties and agree
ments: "Promises are like pie
crusts made to be broken."
Stalin put it this way,
"Words must have no rela
tion to action otherwise
what kind of diplomacy is
it? Good words are a mask
for concealment of bad deeds.
Sincere diplomacy is no more
possible than dry water or
iron wood."
This fully agrees with
Lenin's command to the Com
munists, "We have to use any
ruse, cunning, unlawful
method, concealment, and
veiling of the truth." What
did he mean by this? The
Soviet Red, Dmitri Manuil
sky, explained it this way in
a speech at the "Lenin School
of Political Warfare" in Mos
sow, "To win we shall need
the element of surprise. So
we shall begin by launching
the most spectacular peace
movement on record. As soon
as their guard is down we
shall smash them with our
clenched fist."
Under no circumstances
should the American people
ever believe or trust these
treacherous, scientific liars
who have consistently de
ceived our Nation's officials
from Roosevelt through Tru
man, Eisenhower, and Ken
nedy. Our Christian Nation
should not be signing. treaties
or making "deals" of any
kind with these atheistic,
Godless people.
All that we will accomplish
by the present test ban treaty
is to agree to suspend devel
opment of our own nuclear
defense, here in America. In
telligent patriots in Washing
ton, D.C., and elsewhere, are
terrified by this plan. Be
cause this agreement with
Russia will give them the
chance of a lifetime to ad
vance the development of
their nuclear weapons in
treacherous secrecy while we
keep our word and paralyze
the only defense we have
against Red aggression. And
we will keep this agreement,
too. Even as we slavishly obey
the UN Charter which no
other nations obey. The ap
peasers in our State Depart
ment, the Pentagon, and
among the White House advis
ers will see to that.
L. C. Powell
316 SE Eighth st.
Grants Pass, Ore.
Discusses Heaven
To the Editor: Today I
wish to discuss Heaven, Un
limited. Space will be limitless; the
number of spirits dwelling on
that celestial sphere will be
countless. Food and drink,
if you must have them, will
be in abundance. No one will
work, get sick, tired, bored,
lonesome or feel crowded.
A sheet, at the most (choose
your color), will be all that
will be required for clothing.
Schools will be closed for
ever. There won't be any
jails, workhouses, asylums or
correctional institutions. No
one will ever get angry, con
sequently, there won't be any
arguments.
Do you really want to go
to Heaven, or would you pre
fer a way station?
David Frisch
P.O. Box 292
White City, Ore.
Would Stock Hyatt
To the Editor: In a recent
issue of Readers Digest there
was a picture of one of our
ex presidents fishing near
Medford. People all over the
world have heard of our good
fishing in southern Oregon.
One nf our first lakes,
Hytt !Re. has been neglect
fi be) our game coitiniilsiiW.
Our tjin. a busy executive
for General Electric, whose
home is in San Jose, Calif.,
and business keeps him trav.
eling to Japan, Italy and
many places where the art
treasures of the world are
seen, on his vacation gathers
MEDFORD
up hit family and comes to
Hyatt lake. Its part of the
heritage he wants to leave his
ions. His grandfather was one
of the engineers that helped
build Hyatt lake.
There can be no greater
contribution to the joy of
boyhood and the strengthen
ing of a boy's vision, curios
ity and patience, than just
fishing and these qualities are
badly needed as the armies
of boys march into national
life year by year. Catfish and
bass are tun but landing a
fighting trout is a thrill a boy
will always remember.
The stretch of forest and
mountains in their manifesta
tion of the Maker, it is all
these that soothe our troubles,
shame our wickedness and in
spire us to esteem our fellow
men, especially other fisher
men. Let's stock our paradise
at "Hyatt" not only for we
old timers but for our future
generations.
Mrs. D. B. Long
R. 3, Box 236
Medford, Ore.
Suffering From Boredom
To the Editor: The history
of nations, like individuals
has whims and peculiarities,
their seasons of excitement,
boredom, and recklessness.
Whole communities will
suddenly fix their minds on
an object, such as human be
ings, owing to race and color
of skin, going mad in the pur
suit.
Yodling their crazed reli
gious scruples in the street,
the schools, over the radio
and television, they suddenly
shed rivers of blood and will
sow a field of groans, water
it with tears only to later
be reaped in the lowest glory
of the crazed yodlers.
The population has lost its
wits, and will be destroyed
by means of mass poisoning
of the mind. The colced man
is by no means cause for a
civilized country to see vis
ions and go beserk under the
polished words of mental poi
son.
This illusion has lasted
long enough to make history.
It's amazing what grown up,
well educated people will do
just to amuse themselves.
What can be accomplished by
these murders committed
without scruples?
People, like roses, come in
many shades of color. Al
though all the roses are not
white nor pink, no one thinks
to destroy them. God chose
the spirits, color and destiny
of man was man's choice to
make. There's no Biblical law
says push the Negro off the
street, nor punish him should
he look at you or yours, nor
was there stated in the Bible
any one should judge the
character of another by the
way one lives himself. No 6he
is his own maker or tne
maker of another, but man
is taking upon himself to
make his own laws be the
benefit of himself.
Any one who can't find time
to be kind to his fellow man
is always able to find trouble
with them. It's only dullness
of mind. It lakes greater pains
to reach the excess of stupid
ity some well educated hu
mans strive for than to be
good-hearted and kind to
every one.
Bored people cannot and
will not arrange to live to
gether in peace. The shame
of it all is we all do have to
live on the same globe to
gether for as yet there's no
way getting oft and slaying
alive without returning to it.
Americans have suffered
from boredom a number of
years, it's obvious the impres
sion of all ill-fated happen
ings are mental, a matter con
ceived by desire and envy a
mixture which causes hatred.
The mind cannot and will nol
be hindered by another's
wishes for the good of man
kind due to the fact some peo
ple see trashy dirt in every
thing and every one but them
selves and actually claim not
to have any faults of their
own.
Ersla Dykes,
Central Point, Ore.
Pipe Dreams
To the Editor: In recent
writings the material of glow
ing accounts to be realized in
the future of mankind to
quote some recent letters,
were in our time spoken of
and dismissed as pipe dreams.
The meat and potatoes life
as we know it, will be moved
into "a magnetic field
to
"quote" and so will exceed
the wildest thoughts of ex
istence compared to the pres
ent and past.
Should we add some of the
accounts expressed by some
learned brotherhoods in their
printed copy, that is in the
interest of duping egotistical
minds, then there is no limit
to the material for this pur-
pose.
The
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Keeping Cool in Nation's Capital Is Discussed
By MARIJANE DUNCAN
Washington, D.C. There
are ways and ways of keep
ing cool in Washington, D.C,
in the summer. One of the
best is not to read the daily
paper. Another is to stay
away from Senate and House
hearings on civil rights. But
the best the really unique
way is to go swimming in
a fountain.
This is a summer sport in
dulged in joyfully and clan
destinely for many years by
the urchins of all sizes and
colors that abound in the
streets of the Nation's Capi
tal. It remained for Caroline
and John Jr., who were re
cently seen splashing happily
in a fountain on the White
House lawn, to transform
what was once just good
clean fun into something
fashionable.
We haven't yet seen any
of Washington's society ma
trons in these new watering
places. Nevertheless, the ac
tivity has achieved enough
status that police watchful
ness has been tempered to a
point where most any hot
and humid summer afternoon
finds small fry bathing pub
licly in the decorative capi
tal fountains.
One of the most popular
spots is the fountain in front
of the Library of Congress.
Citizens Should Be
More Fire Conscious
Because of
Responsible citizens must
be more fire conscious than
ever this forest fire season
because of an explosive fire
possibility in slash resulting
from the Columbus Day storm
in Oregon, Jackson County
Agent Earle Jossy has warned.
"Persons, whose activities
of either work or recreation
take them into the woods,
should be extremely cautious
with any source of fire such as
power saws or smoking. Don't
smoke while traveling in the
woods. Stop and smoke in a
safe place. Motorists should
remember that Oregon law
imposes a $500 fine on throw
ing away hurning material,"
Jossy cautioned.
Those burning trash and
debris should obtain the nec
essary permits from fire chief,
district forest warden or for
est ranger.
Picnickers and campers
should select campfire sites
where sparks cannot ignite
dry fuel, the county agent
suggested. In preparing a site,
clear away all flammable ma
terials down to mineral soil.
Use water to drown campfires
and test ashes with fingers to
be certain coals are dead.
Owners Should Cooperate
Woodland owners should
cooperate with the district
forest warden. Special blow-
down hazard warning signs
are available without charge
from the Keep Oregon Green
association, county extension
office or from the district for
est warden.
They could be posted on
trails, roads, fence lines and
other strategic places near
blowdown hazards. Roads and
trails should be kept open in
case of emergency, and haz
imaginations is nol new, for
we quote Genesis 8:21, reads,
The imaginations of man's
heart is evil, and to add.
Romans 1:21, But became
vain in their imaginations
and their foolish hearts were
darkened; this explaining that
there is room for light from
Heaven.
So that these dream decep
tion writings can be chal
lenged for reality, and value,
and in no wise runs parallel
to the promises God makes,
as much of today's reality has
changed little since the ad
vent of mankind, for man
has not yet or will experience
any Rood without God, and
to accept God's promise,
quote, In that day knowledge
will increase is a certainty,
and we know of it.
Why do people depart from
a truth and teach imagina
tions unless there is a motive,
and to quote Romans 16:18,
And for they that are such
i serve not the Lord Jesus
Christ, but their own belly,
and by good words and fair
speeches deceive the hearts of
the simple. There is no mis
take in God, and His will and
and forever. It is easy to
way and His plan, will be-now
know of Him and His blessing
in contrast to pitfalls by false
teachings.
Oscar Jacohson
3395 New Ray rd.
Central Point, Ore.
OREGON
This particular fountain hhs
the distinct advantage of
permanent inhabitants in the
form of large tarnished sea
nymphs, sea gods and horses
to climb on. A few blocks
away, in front of Union Sta
tion, the large statue of
Christopher Columbus looks
benignly down on young
swimmers from its lofty
perch in the middle of a
fountain. In the event an
over - zealous policeman
should arrive in the vicinity,
the bathers can run a few
blocks on to the beautiful
tiered fountain at the tri
angular intersection of Penn
sylvania and Constitution
aves. These three are by far
the most popular Washing
i n g fountains for s w I na
ming, at any rate.
For a city notorious for its
intolerable summers, Wash
ington could use much more
in the swimmingbathing de
partment. There are not
enough municipal pools, and
on really warm days these
are quite crowded. There are
YMCA's, but not all have
pools and membership is lim
ited to those who can afford
to join.
In our suburb S liver
Spring, Md. the "Y" is big
and beautiful and its pool is
Olympic in size its rates
Olympic In price. What's
Danger
ardous areas should be pro
tected with fire trails and disc
fire lanes along field borders
to prevent fires reaching
slash areas from the field.
"If this summer is a dry
one (and it would take only
a few days of hot, dry, weath
er to produce bad conditions),
forest fires could 'blow up'
and bring back the dark days
of the Tillamook Burn."
1,000 Passengers
Flown by West Coast
Passenger boardings of
West Coast Airlines planes at
the Medford municipal air
port during July totaled an
even 1,000, according to
Agent Don Kocina.
Kocina said this was the
highest total for a July since
1953, when 985 boardings
were recorded.
The agent said West Coast
set a record during June in
the passengers carried and
total revenue categories,
Some 36,976 passengers were
carried throughout the West
Coast system, reversing a
downward trend since 1981.
He said revenue was up 10
per cent since March, 1962.
IN PUBLICATION
Ashland Descriptions and
drawings of an invention de
veloped by Dr. William M.
McKinncy, Southern Oregon
college geographer, appear In
a reprint of an article, "Lab
oratory Demonstration and
Mathematical Geography,"
from the May issue of the
Professional Geographer.
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Have Own Pools
There are a number of
country clubs with their own
pools, and "community
pools" have mushroomed. In
both cases, the expense is
very high, and limited. The
Potomac river is fine for
boating but unsafe for swim
ming because of it's polluted
condition. Over in Virginia is
Lake Barcroft, around which
has grown up a large colony
of swimming and boating
families. Use of the lake,
however, is limited to resi
dents of the area.
Early in the summer,
swimming is fine on the
Chesapeake Bay, despite the
drive of at least an hour.
However, each year the jelly
fish arrive in July or August,
some years worse than oth
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it truly rewarding.
"Where you buy is lust
important as WHAT .
you buy."
SUNDAY. AUGUST 4.
Bay have protective netting
to keep out the jellyfish
which have a painful sting.
However, this is never com
pletely effective and a certain
number of these marine ani
mals manage to drift through
the netting. This summer is
one of the "bad" years for
jellyfish and there is an un
usually large number of
them.
Beaches Are Private
Unfortunately, a number of
the Maryland beaches on the
bay are "private" private in
the discrimatory sense. One
public beach, Sandy Point
State park, located near the
Chesapeake Bay Bridge, is
clean, open to all and with
reasonable fees..
Rehoboth Beach in Dela
ware becomes a seaside mecca
in the summer and is a pop
ular place for congressional
and diplomatic families. How
ever, it is several hours drive
and is more of a week end
broad loom
youVe ever seen
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or vacation spot rather than'
a place selected for an after
noon swim.
Yes, keeping cool here is a
problem. Many people depend
on air conditioning. It seems
tnat every home boasts soma
kind of unit for one or more)
rooms or at least an attic)
fan. -;
Many cars have air-conditioning.
All hotels, resturants,
large stores, and public build
ings are artifically cooled.
The lucky resident who goes
from air-conditioned house to
air-conditioned car to air-conditioned
office hardly needs a
swimming pool. He doesn't
even know it's summer!
This air-conditioned city
dweller of today probably
forecasts the future of us all.
Maybe he isn't so lucky after
all. Thank of the fun his de
scendants will miss when foun
tains are once again only
scenic attractions.
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