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SUNDAY. AUGUST 11. 1963
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Poets1 Corner
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Arnold Eugene Jenny
The World
The world is too much with us; late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers:
Little we see in Nature that is ours;
We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!
The sea that bares her bosom to the moon;
The winds that will be howling at all hours,
And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers;
For this, for everything, we are out of tune;
It moves us not. Great God! I'd rather be
A pagan suckled In a creed outworn.
So might I, standing on this pleasant lea,
Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;
Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea;
Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.
William Wordsworth
O
Tlia Return
What richness fills the heart: what sorrow-joy
Wells in the breast, Temembering you again:
now once forgotten ecstasy and pain
break like a wave upon me, and employ
my heart as though it were a mere decoy,
attracting those wild birds I thought were gone:
hope, and a wild delight I thought had flown
away forever. . . . You come, and we enjoy
the splendor once again. But I have learned
all splendor ends. All brightness fades away.
So let me love you mildly, leaving grow
these seeds within: even as they yearned
your warmth, let them endure this burning day,
before you turn once more from me and go.
Willis Eberman
Portland, Ore.
O
Tomorrow
I am afraid
Because I do not know
This twisting uphill trail
Or the strange places it may go.
Lush, overhanging growth
Hides what lies belond.
Do rocks and roots await my stumbling feet.
Or will the path be smooth and flecked with sun?
I stand and listen.
Faintly drift the notes of a refrain.
Could it be gay birds singing wild and free,
Or is it the sighing wind and strumming rain?
Verna Slane
Grand Ronde, Ore.
O
Extramitr
Some who have grown science-wise,
Who like to rise above the sod
And soar bird-like through the skies,
May feel no need to worship God.
With deafening roar they cleave the air;
Above the mountains, plains and seas
The pilots chart their course with care,
Inspire their trust, promote their ease.
Yet should disaster strike a plana
A loss of fuel; the engines pound;
A flock of birds; a hurricane
It ends in wreckage on the ground.
If life exists 'midst this debris
That soul seeks God, with earnest plea.
Elizabeth Ricketts Taylor
Portland, Ore.
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How To Start Writing Poetry
First, you must feel, believe in or sense "something you
wish to share." Something with special meaning for you,
something best expressed through symbolic imagery. Write
this something of yours down in simple form but get it
down on paper. Opening paragraph of an article by Mar
guerite Kingman in "Author & Journalist," March, 1963.
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 Mail Tribune reserves the right to
edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letter
submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters
printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of t.e
paper. In fact the contrary is often the case.
Claud Ealherly
To the Editor: The story of
Claude Eatherly and his
feelings for his part in drop
ping the bomb on Hiroshima
may help many citizens to
understand their own feelings
and bring to the surface the
excessive fears that lurk be
low in the unconscious mind.
Will you please publish this
explanation that came to me
from a friend.
(Name on file)
Jacksonville, Ore.
Editor's note: The clipping
follows:
Born and reared in Texas,
Claude Eatherly was a star
high school athlete and an
extremely popular student,
going on to study law. In 1944
he was assigned to the special
unit training for the first
atomic mission. He was not
the man who dropped the
bomb on Hiroshima-his as
signment was to fly ahead and
check the weather: his word
that conditions were favor
able doomed Hiroshima and
thus involved him in one of
the most ghastly murders in
history. Promoted to major,
Eatherly volunteered for fur
ther atomic tests and it was
not until 1947 that he with
drew from the Air Force and
began a slow mental crat.
up. His marriage broke up.
He lost jobs and began to
drink heavily. He was arrest
ed for robbery and for for
gery. In his dreams he saw
himself pursued by waves of
Japanese men, wonen and
children. Twice he tried to
commit suicide.
Hailed by society as a hero
he tried to explain his rob
beries and forgeries (which
were senseless, unnecessary
and badly planned) as an effort
to force society to punish him
and, in recognizing his guilt,
to sense its own guilt. The
government psychiatrists tried
to convince Eatherly other
wise: he should not feel
guilty and he was mentally
ill.
Then he received a letter
from a Viennese philosopher
and pacifist, Gunther Anders
insisting that the psychiat
rists ' were wrong: that in
fact he was guilty, enormous
ly, overwhelmingly, terrify
ing guilty. "Not without rea
son," wrote Anders, "do the
screams of the wounded
deafen your days . . ." Anders
maintained he was sane-that
guilt was the only sane re
action. The inability of some
psychiatrists to comprehend
the meaning of sanity was
illustrated with painful clarity
when Dr. John Talley, a psy
chiatrist in private practice,
examined Eatherly for 45
minutes and testfied: "He has
schizophrenic reactions. He
has an idea of a mission for
world disarmament. This is
not an unnatural idea, but the
extent and fervency he be
lieves in it goes beyond the
normal."
Claude Eatherly is not a
hero. He was directly and
consciously involved in the
most terrible war crime ever
committed by the American
government. He is, however
a living and tragic symbol of
the involvement of all of us
in Hiroshima, of the agony
through which men and wom
en must pass if they would
remain sane.
Society's Thanks
To the Editor: At the Au
gust meeting of the board of
directors of the Southern Ore
gon Historical Society a reso
lution was passed unanimous
ly commending the Mail
Tribune for its fine publicity
and cooperation in dealing
with the work of the Society.
May I add that our museum
curator. Miss Mary Hanley,
and her entire staff join with
the officers and Board in
sharing this feeling.
Thank you for everything.
Arthur S. Taylor
President
Southern Oregon
Historical Society
Editor's "note: Writing this
letter was one of the last ac
tions of Dr. Taylor as presi
dent of the Historical Society.
His death Friday morning is a
loss to the entire community.
God's Word
To The Editor: In the I.Q.
column of July 26 appeared
a Biblical question to which
an incorrect answer was
given. That is the answer was
wrong if the one conducting
the column claims Bible
questions are answered from
the Bible.
The Question, "What Is
the Fourth Commandment"?
The Bible answer, according
to both my King James and
Donay versions, is the com
mand enjoining the observ
ance of the Seventh Day, the
Sabbath. Some may wonder
were the I.Q. column obtained
the answer given?
The writer owns a copy of
a doctrinal Catechism plus a
547 page book entitled "The
Faith of Millions." Both of
these volumes are printed by
a church well known through
out the world. Both of these
books list the Ten Command
ments, that is they claim to.
The answer as given in
the I.Q. column is exactly as
given in the volumes by this
church.
Here are the Command
ments as this church teaches
them.
l.-I am the Lord thy God,
thou shalt not have strange
Gods before Me.
2 -Thou shalt not take the
name of the Lord thy God
in vain.
3. -Remember that thou
keep holy the Sabbath Day.
4. -Honor thy father and thy
mother.
5. -Thou shalt not kill.
6. -Thou shalt not commit
adultry.
7. -Thou shalt not steal.
8. -Thou shalt not bear false
witness against thy neighbor.
9. -Thou shalt not covet thy
neighbor's wife.
10. -Thou shalt not covet
thy neighbor's goods.
Now turn to Exodus 20 and
read them as the Bible gives
them.
In this day of conflicting
ideas over religious matters
should we not turn to God's
Book for our answers? Are
man-made ideas to be super
imposed over Scripture? After
all, does it make any differ
ence whether we believe God
or take someone's Idea?
I hold no i 11 feelings
against the individuals who
comprise the large church
which printed the aforemen
tioned books. In fact some of
their pastors are personal
mends and many of the lay
members are fine people.
Yet I find in the Holy Bible
warnings against tampering
with scripture, against taking
away from or adding to.
When God warns against
something there is always a
consequence for failing to
heed that warning.
It is high time that thinking
people searched the prophe
cies of Daniel and Revelation
(apocalypse) for themselves.
These books clearly foretell
history in advance. This at
tempted change in God's law
was even foretold.
Henry Johnson Jr.
2315 Highway 66
Ashland, Ore.
Pear Picking
To the Editor: I just heard
a commentary on KBOY ra
dio about the Bracero Mexi
can program.
The farmers really don't
need the Mexicans. If the
farmers would build a camp
for white people to live in
free, and furnish transporta
tion to and from the orchards
for whites like they do Mex
icans they would have help.
I drive 60 miles a day to
pick pears and no one farmer
has paid for my gas yet.
Also, if the farmers would
buy aluminum ladders women
could handle them. (I bought
my own after picking pears
five years with a heavy wood
one.) It would take time to
teach the women how, but
the farmers would have a
work force for years if they
took time to show the women
how.
Also, there are several
farmers who won't let chil
dren in their orchards. That
would have to stop or they
couldn't get many women.
I have six children and
pick every year. It's not hard
to keep them under my trees.
Ana mis extra money does
help to buy school clothes.
I don't think the field crops
they call stoop labor have
bee- getting as many Mexi
cans as they used to because
more of them have been pick
ing iruit every year. Also I
know several white guys who
have been turned down from
picking pears and were told
they couldn't hire them be
cause they're not Mexicans.
The farmers in this valley
have discrimination against
whites I guess.
Guess I've said all I should
but I do hope some farmers
read this.
A. Humphrey
Route 1. Box 1B2E
Rogue River, Ore.
P S. I made $600 last year
picking pears.
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