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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
SUNDAY. AUGUST 25. 1963
... Communications
Lttrs to in Editor mutt beer th mm ind eddress oi th writer, although under
certain circuiniiancai in us ol a pen nam or initial for publication ii permissible.
The Mail Tribune reserves the right ts edit all letters with a view to clarification and
condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters
printed in this column do not necessarily represent the iwt of the paper; in fact the
contrary is often the case.
Perfect Portrait
To the Editor: Tucked away
on the bottom of page 10 of
Wednesday's Medford Mail
Tribune where it won't show
much, is a very important
bit of news for every citizen
of Oregon! I quote:
"MAHONEY REGRETS
VOTE ON TAX BILL
"Portland-niPD-State Sena
tor Thomas D. Mahoney CD
Portland) told Governor Mark
Hatfield Monday he regrets
voting for the tax bill passed
by the 1963 Legislature.
"He asked the governor
to call a special session of the
legislature to repeal the law
if the current petition drive
to secure a referendum fails.
The legislator has signed one
of the petitions.
"In a letter to Hatfield,
Mahoney said he would ask
the lawmakers to pass the bill
again at special session, after
attaching a clause referring
it to the people. He said vot
ers should 'have a voice in
this important matter'."
What goes? Now that the
people are up in arms and
thousands signing petitions for
a referendum, has Senator
Mahoney seen the handwrit
ing on t h e wall come time
for reelection?
Governor Hatfield admits it
is a bad law, 'a mess' he calls
it, but he didn't veto 'the
mess,' and now tells the people
if the referendum gives the
people a chance to vote it
down they will have an even
worse tax bill! He also said
the people had a right to vote
on this tax bill.
These are the men elected
to represent us the people of
Oregon! With such legislators
in office, raising their own
salaries besides spending our
money at $18 a day for 140
days, to fight among them
selves, how can Oregon hope
to have more people and cor
porations move here to help
develop our state?
These lawmakers must have
guessed the people would not
take this tax bill without pro
test because they voted mon
ey and even set a date for a
special election, which will
cost money that could be used
toward helping on the budget.
But those protesting feel that
the expense of one election
is the lesser of two evils. If
they don't protest now they
will have this tax burden put
on their back for YEARS!
The time has come for our
legislators to quit fighting
among themselves at taxpay
ers' expense and get down to
business of passing a more
acceptable tax bill, otherwise
there may be some new races
in Salem come a general elec
tion! Petitions don't lie..
Someone in your office has
a sense of humor-maybe an
accident. He put Senator
Mahoney's news right next to
the Doan ad, "Oh, my poor
aching back" a perfect por
trait of an Oregon taxpayer.
I suppose you won't print
this letter, but hope springs
eternal!
Anne B. Fisher
Rogue Valley Manor
Medford.
Things Are Happening
To the Editor: I'm a far cry
from a good writer, but this
T must sav.
The "thing" the P.U.C. is
trying to put over on the log
truck drivers is shameful. It
would be a sad day and a
gross injustice to let a hand
ful of government officials, be
it state or federal, dictate to
a man how many hours he can
devote to making a living for
himself and his family.
In a logging area the truck
driver is already at a disad
vantage, having to battle the
elements. Since nature puts an
automatic limit on the log
ging season, the truck driver
must make his living in 9
months to compensate for a
3 months lay off.
It seems to me this ruling
would infringe on another of
our civil rights.
If a man wants to put in
20 hours a day at his job, be
it servicing his truck or what
have you, it should be up to
him. He should have to an
swer to no one but himself
Poets' Corner
Conducted by
Arnold Eugene Jenny
Flight by Radar
Deep in some cavern of eternal night
A Lilliputian flyer in brown fur
Is sleeping, upside down. Not till the light
Of outer day has vanished does he stir
Ready to take off on his nightly flight.
Loosed from his hangar, he starts signalling:
Intense, staccato, supersonic cries
Are hurled to space: the echoes, answering,
Are his unerring pilots as he flics
Out through the blackened cave, still trumpeting
His high-pitcned radar signals which no ear
Except it be another bat's can hear.
Mary Boyd Wagner
New York, N.Y.
O
Lai Summer
The trees are murmuring a lonely sound,
Green -whisperings of feathered tenants fled,
Spring is recalled when songs of birds abound:
Deep-hid in leaves, they build the fledgling's bed,
The hungry open beaks, the search for food;
Alert and watchful lest a lurking thief
Should in their absence harm their helpless brood;
Time of their growth and winging forth, so brief.
The boughs are still as green as in the spring,
Quiet and emptiness alone foretell
Fulfilment, fruitage which all autumns bring
With their enchantment swift and golden spell.
As sure as winters go, springs will appear,
And birds will nest in trees another year.
Blanche Ellis Norvell
The Manor, Medford
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Business Sans Cash
Today's first customer was a tiny girl
Who wanted a small box for her hamster
And, after completing our transaction,
Thanked us gravely and left
Permitting us to wait on our second customer,
Who wanted some nails
And said he forgot to bring his money
He'd pay tomorrow.
The morning was well under way
After our third customer
Returned a quart of paint
And requested his two-sixty back.
Leo E. Schottland
Bethpage, L.I., N.Y.
From the author's collection, "The Compleat Hardware
Merchant."
O
Sea Mist In The Cornfield
Down in the cornfield, hoeing, hoeing,
Steady as ever a boy could be,
Yet through his head, like sea mist blowing,
Whirl and eddy his dreams of the sea:
Dreams of a wet deck rising, falling
(Dreams are wings that feather and grow),
Always the ebb-tide pulling, calling:
Boys may dream, but they needs must hne.
Long corn aisles and an endless motion
What wide spaces lie over that hill?
Cities and wharves with their feet in the ocean.
Windy voices that never are still
Bows to hoe, and the wheeling ravens;
Dust on the feet that shall yet be free;
Sails all set for the unknown havens,
Thoughts that are thistledown, wafting to sea.
Summer again and the pollen blowing:
Never a lad was so steady and good,
But his heart was a stream to the deep sea flowing
The boy has gone, as we knew he would
Frances Holmstrom
(Submitted by the deceased author's son, Rolf Holmstrom,
Medford)
and his employer.
Next they'll be telling the
farmer how many hours he
can farm. Sounds funny does
n't it?
Don't say it can't happen.
All one has to do is look
around. These thing are hap
pening all the time because
we let them!
Mrs. O. L. Hardesty
Route 1. Box 240
Rogue River, Ore.
Jacksonville Liked
To the Editor: We have
been coming to this area every
summer for the past eight
years, having been drawn to
the valley and surrounding
mountains not only by its cli
mate and beauty, but by its
colorful history, particularly
the Jacksonville country.
It makes us most happy to
see that measures are being
taken to restore the old build
ings and put Jacksonville on
the map as an historical at
traction tourist-wise.
Among the many people
who have worked so hard to
achieve this it would seem to
us that Mr. George Mcllne
should receive special men
tion for his Jacksonville Stage
Coach Line and Pioneer Vil-
lage, the authenticity of
which is a refreshing change
from the commercialism of
such replicas one sees in other
areas.
We wonder if the state or
federal government, or some
philanthropic organization,
could not subsidize some of
this effort to preserve this
very interesting part of Ore
gon history?
Vivian O. Bradshaw
Jacksonville, Ore.
(Home address:
Orinria, Calif.)
They Can't Do Itl
To the Editor: For months
now I have read the dozens of
organized hate attacks by the
John Birchers and other right
wing addlepates in this col
umn. They are trying to destroy
our faith in our government
by the people, our Supreme
Court, our President, and any
part of the Declaration of In
dependence, the Constitution
and Bill of Rights that does
not meet with their twisted
philosophy of hate.
They ridicule the President
of the United States by such
names as "coward, stupid, Be
trayer of America," and many
other epithets. This they say
about a man who has won
Navy and Marine Corps med
als as well as a purple heart.
Is a man stupid who gradu
ates cum laude from Harvard?
Who wins the 1957 Pulitzer
Prize for literature? Who was
elected to his office by the
people of the United States,
obviously not Birchers?
These 100 per cent, double
dyed, triple - distilled, flag
waving super-patriots wish to
mold the minds of real Amer
icans to their way of thinking.
They can't do it!
These bigots attack any at
tempt at arms negotiations.
What do they want? Unlim
ited nuclear warfare that can
destroy the world?
They ridicule and call trai
torous the attempts of consci
entious men of good will to
halt atmospheric nuclear test
ing because of radiation and
the inevitable explosion which
comes with war-mongering.
How happy the Communists
must be to see in print state
ments from Birchers. Quote
. . . "Kennedy's civil rights
bill, which is part and parcel
of the Communist drive to
destroy the soverignty of the
United States." What rot!
President Kennedy is obli
gated under law to uphold the
Constitution of the United
States and to give all citizens
equal rights and opportunities
regardless of race or color. He
is doing just that, and poison
venom dripping from rabid
rightists is not going to i
change it.
t helieve in the Constitution
of the United States and the
Bill of Rights. I have faith in
our President, John F. Ken
nedy, a brave, intelligent fam
ily man who carries the awe
some power of life and death
to every creature on this
planet. Therefore I support
my country and my President
in this crucial hour.
Can you Birchers say
much?
Howard Splane
Applegate, Ore.
Not Too Late
To the Editor: Answering
Lydia Burnham's article of
Aug 21. Yes. Lydia, as tobac
co and liquor destroys the
body, so does unbelief destroy
the soul. Read what unbelief
caused the great apostle Paul
to do and how it marred his
soul. (1 Tim. 1:11-17.) As to
your words "immortal soul,"
the Bible teaches no such
thing. The word immortal ap
pears only once in all the
Bible and refers to God. "God
formed man of the dust of the
ground and breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life and
man became a living soul."
(Gen. 2:7.) Man had condi
tional immortality only, for
God warned that disobedience
would bring death (Gen. 2:17),
implying that man has a mor
tal soul. Satan, "said to the
woman, ye shall not surely
die" (Gen. 3:4), implying that
man has an immortal soul.
Christ, referring to these
Scriptures, said: Satan is a
liar. (John 8:44.)
These are facts set forth by
God with His inspired Word,
the truth. I could quote many
world famous people, but
their words, like yours and
mine, are worthless when pit
ted against the inspired Word
of God who created the heav
ens and the earth and all
things therein.
Christ said: The words I
speak unto you, they are
spirit, and they are life . . ,
He that believeth on the Son
hath everlasting life: He that
believeth not the Son shall
not see life." (John 6:63; 3:36.)
Yes, Lydia, unbelief almost
destroyed the great apostle
Paul, it left a thorn in his
flesh and many scars upon
his soul that only the blood
of Christ can erase. Some day
you will understand. I pray it
is not too late for you or oth
ers who read this.
F. E. Beverly
112 Geneva
Medford
Back The President -
, To the Editor: In reply to
a letter (M.T. 81863) let me
say that the remarks used by
a Negro recently on T.V., as
cited, is an age old gimmick
employed by most all parties
at one time or another and
has been accepted as a legiti
mate bid for votes.
To quote a paragraph of
said letter, "The Kennedy
dynasty has lust about sunk
the ship of state in trying to
keep their campaign prom
ises. Do they think the Re
publican party will be fool
ish enough to compound this
by making more?"
So, at last it revealed that
there is a Party who consid
ers it foolish to keep cam
paign promises. Thanks, it
has long been suspected, but
in answer to the question, the
answer is yes.
If, by "ship of state," the
writer refers to State's
Rights, let me say The "ship"
States' Rights is about as my
thical as is the "Flying Dutch
man." If, by the question the ac
tion taken on the Bill of
Rights is referred to let us
bear in mind the 14th amend
ment to the Constitution of
the U.S. went into effect July
28, 1868. The party in power
at that time was the Union
Party, composed of both Re
publicans and Democrats,
and that Congress was at that
time predominantly Republi
can. The pitiful thing is that no
administration until the pres
ent one had the intestinal for
titude (you know what I
mean) to enforce it. And by
this did not each President
fail in their sworn duty to
uphold the constitution?
The Supreme Court man
date during the Eisenhower
administration was a noble
act but lacked the follow up,
thus leaving it up to the pres
ent administration to save
our country from ridicule the
world over by making equal
ity a reality.
I am proud of Kennedy's
stand on many issues. He
broke down the religious bar
rier and has the racial prob
lem well under control. All
that is needed now is for the
public to lay down their
party prejudice and back the
President for upholding the
Constitution.
C. R. Burrill
834 V4 Cherry st.
Central Point, Ore.
Inside and Out
To the Editor: There are
people, as well as trees, moun
tains, etc., that have to pay, in
destruction or health, for the
convenience of super high
ways, natural gas, etc.
Since digging the pipe line
through Blackwell Hill, for
natural gas, first started I
have had to be in the house
with the doors and windows
shut and the lonitron or air
conditioner operating con
stantly, and miserable day af
ter day from the small amount
of dust I did breathe.
After spending two months
(April and May) in the house
from another allergy, I look
forward to fall when I can be
outdoors.
As a friend of mine said
would a lot rather be on the
outside looking in, instead of
on the inside looking out."
Mrs. Delbert Casey
Route 1, Box 358
Central Point, Ore.
Heaven
To the Editor: My thoughts
still are turned to that inex
haustible subject, Heaven.
I am thinking of the year
6,963, five thousand years
hence. In this period so much
progress will have been made
in the field of human rela
tions that all prejudices to
wards one another will have
disappeared. Even races will
have gone with only one re
maining, which I presume will
be white, unless a new blend
of colors will appear.
It is going to make recognl
tion of one's forebears and de
scendants up in Heaven quite
difficult. It may be necessary
to use a numbering system.
David Frisch
P.O. Box 292
White City, Ore.
Gullible American
To the Editor: Recently I
read a book entitled "The
Truth About the John Birch
Society" In which the author
documented many of the ac
tivities of this far right group.
One of the items mentioned
was the Society's use of the
Robert Welch letters-to-the-editor
mill. According to Au
thor Vahan, the Birchers'
leader, Mr. Welch, writes a
good many "form" letters to
editors which are mailed to
the various branches of the
Society, Then the members
pattern letters after the form
and mail them to editors.
Vahan documented this, leav
ing little doubt that this is
done.
Having a little experience
in newspapers, this writer
must extend some sympathy
to editors, such as the Mail
Tribune's, who have to print
letters from people who prob
ably don t mean what they
say, or at most, don't know
anything at all about what
they write.
The John Birchers are mak
ing a point, though. They are
showing Mr. Average Citizen
that he doesn't know how the
Communists get their point
across. Mr. Average Citizen
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Taking Part in Event
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fails to realize that the Birch
Society is using many of the
same tactics. So we 11 change
his name to Mr. Gullible
American.
Lowell Lux '
208 Hargadine
Ashland, Ore.
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