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e"Vv t --Cii fcAaaA-JaWli 1'-.''--,T" FRIDAY, "iveryona in Southern Oregon Re aria Tha Mall Tribune" Published Dally except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO .r, n U Norlli fir St, Ph. 773-1141 ROBERT W RUKU Editor KERB GREY AdverUiinl Menace GERALD T LATHAM. Bua Mr ERIC ALLEN JR.. Mna Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIP.MAN. Telea. Editor RICHARD JEWETT, Sporta Editor OLIVE SI ARCHER Women'e Edltoi DALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mjr An Independent Newspapel Entered aa tecond elaia matter at Medford Oregon under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Br Mall In Advance Daily and Sunday 1 year $18 00 Dally and Sunday I moa 10 00 Daily and Sunday 3 moa. 5.00 Sunday Only One year 15 00 Single Copy (Mailed) aoo By Carrier And Motor Route. Dally and Sunday 1 year 921.00 Daily and Sunday) mo. 1.75 Sunday Only 1 mo. 50c Carrier and Vendora Copy 10c Official Paper of City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Presa International lull Leated Wire U. P 1 Telephoto Newspteturee MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU" OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising" R-preaentative: NELSON ROBERTS it ASSOCI ATES Ol'lcea In New York. Chi. eago. Detroit San Francisco. Los Angelea. Seattle. Portland Denrer. NATION A I EDITOIIAL l AS)ClrATI0!N Member California Newspaper Publlshera Asaoclatloa Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from fa file of Tha Mail Tribun. 10. 20. 30. 40 and SO vun) age. II YEARS AGO Sept. . ISM (Sunday) The third annual state con ference of Alcoholics Anony mous closed in Medford today. H. Paul Kliss, leading actor with the Oregon Shakespearean theater in Ashland for the past three seasons, has been engaged as director of dramatic activ ities for the Oumansky School of Dance and Drama, Portland. 20 YEARS AGO Sept. 20, 1043 (Monday) irlne V.a',1 nn Nnrth Front St. said robbed before fire; blaze damages business nrms. IP-nm Arthur Pprrv'R " Smudge Pot" column: "There will be no scrap mciai salvage drive in Oregon and Washington this tall, due 10 ueiay m gnui cring up piles collected in first one. When shipping same avidly to Japan, no such delays were encountered and it's closer to Pittsburgh than Osaka." 30 YEARS AGO Sept. 20, 1933 (Wednesday) County charity to be available only on Red Cross approval. Crater lake highway surfacing to start soon. 40 YEARS AGO Sept. 20. 1923 (Thursday) Restraining order issued to prevent using Jackson school as junior high school. Horses at large in Table Rock area do considerable damage. SO YEARS AGO Sept. 20. 1913 (Saturday) Rails distributed along Main st. for trolley line. F. C. Elliott sole owner of Pan torium Dye works. Whal's Your I.Q.? Nina or ten cornet ll supariat; seven or tight it iceHent; five at sia la good. 1. What shell fish is common ly believed to be fit for human consumption only in months containing the letter "r"? 2. What is the official Rus sian news agency called? 3. Harriet Beecher Stowe is famous as the author of what book? 4. What was the one word that Poe's raven repeated? 5. If pen and ink cost sixty cents, and the pen cost fifty cents more than the ink, what did the ink cost? 6. What game is sometimes called "barnyard golf"? 7. Elephants drink through their trunks; true or false? 8. A contagious disease is the same is an infectious disease; true or false? 9. Warren O. Harding was President of the U.S.; for what did the initial G. stand? 10. Does the Pacific Ocean fnvar ahntit one-fourth, one- third, or one-half of the earth's surface? Answers: 1. Oysters. 2. Tan. 3. L'ncle Tom'i Cabin. 4. "Nev ermore". 5, Five cents. . Horse- . I. vaL 1 Palest. I. Ha VSjJJ-AMOCIATION .... .. a mallei. 10. One-third. CHARGES DEDUCTED NEWCASTLE, England (UPI) A Irwal hnn.nwnftr noted lad- ly that business fell off when the city put parking meteri In front of his store. Business his picked up ever since hi tin ted deducting thi parking chirgci from the. customer'! bill. SKPTfc.MBKR 20, MM Prison Journalism We have, on a number of occasions, visited penal institutions in the course of reportorial duties, and have a superficial knowledge of what goes on inside them. But no one who has not been confined as an inmate in a jail or penitentiary or correctional institution can really know, really understand, what it is like. It is, in many ways, an entirely different world, with a different set of attitudes and customs and habits and traditions. , It is not a pleasant world. But, because the inmates are, after all, human beings, most of them make the best of it, and in whatever ways they can, strive to live as normal lives as possible under the circumstances. This isn't easy. rpHESE THOUGHTS came to mind this week when we received several copies of "The Forum," the weekly publication of the inmates of the Penitentiary Unit of the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex, in Lincoln, Neb. It was sent to us by a former resident of Shady Cove, who is associate editor. He told us that he great pride in producing since he now is a subscriber to the Mail Tribune, which he reads with interest, he thought we would enjoy seeing The It offers a glimpse of us will (we hope) never live in, and into the attitudes of the men who OXE OF THE most interesting bits in the paper uac un Arlitnrfsl iri'itfaor. taKnitf an inm'ila HII - VS4iiVl 4UI It I. k. i I nuvrub la, 1 J 1 1 li 11 IV who had been given permission to have an honor leave to attend the funeral of his father, and who had taken the occasion to escape. The editorial commented: "This act was the severest slap in the face ever felt by a thousand men at the same time. The violation of trust ex hibited by the escapee placed in critical jeopardy the most precious privilege inmates have the privilege, not right, to visit their immediate family in times of severe illness and death. This privilege is considered to be the most com passionate extension of understanding ever granted men be hind walls." That was written by the new editor, who was taking over after several years as assistant, when the former editor was to be released. rpnh JfUUMLK editor icresi, too. He points out tnat prison jour nalism is "similar to nothing else on the face of the earth." Among other things, the editor of a prison newspaper, he said, must remember "that he works not only for himself, but the inmate body and their interests, hoping that through this weekly medium he will somehow reach someone with a shocking eye-opener, perhaps enabling him to adopt a new philosophy." He adds: "No matter how much journalistic education or experience the prison editor may have had in the free-world, he is never taught the queer style of writing necessary to successfully run a penal publication. ... In short, this style of writing is that in which the editor says something, while really not laying it at all. His statements necessarily have to be so clouded by subtleties that on the surface the text means something entirely different from what was intended. If this seems like double-talk, well, just chalk it up to frustration . . . "This has not been an easy assignment for us, especially when one stops to consider that the editor must ride a very high fence between the administration and the general popu lation . . . We can only say that we sincerely tried to benefit the cause that the inmates generally demand; bridging the still-existing gap between the two, completely opposite societies." LIE ADDS that much remains to be done, large- ly because of apathy or disinterest among the inmates. And he concludes: "Until the day arrives that inmates will consciously stop to recognize and assume the total of their self-made debt, ind then do something about it, then neither we nor any of our successors can ever successfully assist any inmate to adopt i progressive philosophy, promote a just cause for the ma ligned, or influence our guardians and free counterparts to take I more interested hand in the affairs of we who have strayed . . ." How effective this "rare journalism" is in effecting changes among the prison population is open to debate. But it must certainty have an effect on the individuals who practice this form of writing. The mere act of thinking through and writing an editorial such as the one ex cerpted above is an act of contrition and cour age, in the circumstances faced by the writer. rpHE REST of the issue includes a couple of columns, snorts cnvprsurp (thp nrison All. Stars defeated the Offutt i I l. ..II o n :.. irt. in u.isuuiui, o iu i in iu innings;, news in prison staff personnel, reports on a musical-comedy pre sented by inmates, news of a recent escape and recapture of an inmate (Floyd Running Hawk "flew the coop," was apprehended 15 hours later, , . . ' . . . .. ' i a . .. ..u ...i n , .1 a and IS now HI the "maximum security COOp" , lnidom T , M ' "",, i ...i...., .. . . ..' . , "ends meet because we cannot ana cieiaus oi volunteers search. The newspaper varies from chatty and hu-! morous to philosophical. It reflects in larirel measure the hopes awd nn f, on tr. ,.. a -II C UHJ.-IIUCU OUWCIJ, .Will JCl Y 110 sun reiain an me leeungs mai nee men possess. We are certain that the nrison would be a poorer place without The and his colleagues take the weekly paper, and, Forum. We do, indeed into a world which most must make the best of it. s valedictory was of in- Air Force Base team i . . assisting in meilical re despairs of men who arc' .,..:. j ...u i Forum. E. A. , "Of Course, I Abhor Violence Have A Book Of Campaign Matches, Bud" 1 ,mj ail -.-?-. 1 ir? r,i ... Communications ... Letters to the Editor musl cartain circumstances . the use The Mail Tribune reserves condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the Tiews of the paper; in fact the contrary is oiten the case. Don't Want Children I lature go back and figure ways . men. Go to your slum areas To the Editor: What would the to eet our monev: make them I and spp the conditions that some residents of Medford do if a family in their own city were to have quintuplets? Would they make sure of the. children hav ing diapers and college? I imagine they would, and some times I wonder. We have been looking for a decent home to rent for the last two weeks, and have looked at some that aren't suitable. But do you know what the most asked ques tion is when you say "Have you rented your home yet?" It is "How many children have you?" In our case, five very well behaved children. The usu al reply is that they don't want that many children in their house, not always that the house is too small, but 85 per cent of the people just won't rent to large families. I guess it's be cause someone before has lett quite a mess. But what of the large families who do a good job of taking care of other peo ples homes? I've been in larger places than Medford, and haven't faced this problem quite this severely. Also, where do the homeowners think the majority of the rent ers work? We sure don't work in the gold mines. This is one of the highest rental districts I've ever seen, for what the local industry has to offer, and I'm sure if you were to take a survey you'd find that is true. Robert Steele, P.O. Box 373, Medford Man On the Moon To the Editor: Writers of love songs will be in for a pretty tough time the day a man lands on the moon. He may turn out to be an American with a large family and no longer inclined to wards romance. I look forsvard In swinn a rliffprpnt Ivnp of Invp song being written with no words rhyming with moon. David Frisch P.O. Box 292 White Citv, Ore. Dollar Value To the Editor: It seems our esteemed legislators do not Know wny im- 'J: 1 ' J , ' 1 a . inrrtuu, k inn nf Innks llkp . u , . '. i . j u .. nry nwiu me ia.pnei.t wanu-u ui-iuii: they spent all that time and money dreaming up this mess, and therein, I believe, lies the answer to their big question. You don't give your son $10 to spend until he proves to you that he wisely spent the last $5 you gave him, even though he need ed $7.50. nnen me ..r uuu.-. money and shows us proof thai they got dollar for dollar value out of what we have given tnem. we will give them enough to do their job witn. is it so mmpe that the taxpayers are finally using a little control over their hired help? What is all of this trash about the various state agencies cut ting their services! How can they cut their services now, when the $no million increase is not due or available to he used ""'Lr.1' Tlr.? " -" .' ....... year's taxes now. putting us that much more behind next year? Sounds like the proverbial snowball doesn t it . A rt t., ,. our money and make cuts here demand an extra thousand from someone, so we think it's time the legislature and state took a mneurTm ire not tryir onomics mg to scare the ''RSll"1's ni'r- Wf r,""" ising. promising that until wi : ising, promising that until we Jnown , ,n(t , ire shown in black and while wc ire getting our money's worth we ire not going to continue feeding that bottomless pit. Taxpayers: don't let thlegis- MLDFOKD MAIL TKIBUNE. .MEDFORD. OREGON 0 bear tha name and address of of a pen namt or initial the right to edit all letters with go back without pay and find a , way to get along on the millions j we nave already given inem Raymond D. Roberts 1127 Saling Medford. Parents Responsibility To the Editor: At last you are beginning to ask "What Do Vot ers Want?" (MT 9 1563). You may be opening a whole new world of valuable information. I would like to suggest a few an swers to your legitimate ques tion: Where, why and how does a state of less than 2,000,000 people spend $405,000,000? No one sug gests the $405 million is not jus tified, but too many legislators do not know if this amount is truly justified; and it is not ir responsible for the voters to want to know and if the legis lators did not know, from whom can the voters get such informa tion? ' More participation in, more cooperation with the educators (administrators and teachers). In a previous editorial last week, you hit upon a most pernicious error when you wrote, in effect education of children is the re sponsibility of the teachers. No! the primary responsibility of ed ucating children belongs, by na ture, to parents. This responsi bility is grave and is not fulfilled by a mere acquiescent nod of the head when the bill for educa tion is presented. The whole case as you and other spokes men have been stating it seems to state that education is so complex, so involved, mere par ents cannot comprehend either its methods, aims or cost. (In other words. "Pay the bill and be silent"). You seem capable of registering onlv contempt for anyone who dares to request an intelligible accounting of state expenditures. especially in edu cation. This is not to implv funds I are being mis-used; but the re-1 sponsibility for the expenditures lies with the voters i usually par- j ents). Why must you be contin- ually berating them for wanting to acknowledge and live up to this responsibility? Also, if the voters were to take vou, the spokesmen for educa . ' ' t'on, at your word, a large, or anv cut in education will immcd- iately reduce students in genera! i ih. in. i nf -..j pf ! course that is a little, ah. ex-. (remc. poem in your paper on Friday, pinto a tizzy, and she wound up When education is trulv short ! sPt- 20- 0nc Wr "Ro this j in a psychiatric hospital con of necessary funds the parents I da,e ', s- -'a Coffman, wife j fused, disturbed and unsure of will be the first to make the I of Ilie Coffman at Jacksonville, ! just about everything except needed funds available. Parents, ; mxl away. I wrote this poem that she missed her dog. when thev know of a real need ; fur their children are seldom ' f(mn() (, skj r.lthe. ,np ,on donn. js , v(,r do . K may lake a defeat of the tax K.n ,th 3 c,ilw.uirtnt i . , s,atP "rMH,njIIllrps to i vour unh jn pamMS (vo,. ers). Robert J. Howard 702 Bookman st. Medford. All Human To llie Editor: In answer to the letter written Sept. tri by a Mr. Ralph McKinnis, who pre sumably (eels he earned his right to feel so superior. The Negro is a human, with hpnri and soul, who feels , . l . - i i. ioe, naie, sorruw anu nainn-1 ne.-s. just as the white man No wan van ciiooM1 uie coiur oi ins Ukm or his nationahtv. To judge . . . ,. - , him because of these things is 1 stupid and ignorant. 1 To be sure, there are bad Negroes and also bad whites. There are also money hungry ; While another just beside you neighbor was having troubles of and power hungry Jews and j Gathers honor, love and health her own. Her dog was off its again the same applies to the j Vain to choose or grasp un- feed and was acting in I strange whites. I duly, manner Look around you, at your su- i Broken is the perfect ball i "So she was having her psv perior white race, before you j And there ire so many pieces chiatrist in even- other day io condemn all others. Read in No one ever finds them ill. see what might be done to bring your newspaper ibout the Laun Fittig Coulter , the dog back its normal self.'" crimes committed by white! Guilali, Cihf. I What world! Spain and Directions By PHIL KEWSOM L'PI Foreign News Analyst LISBON, Portugal Spain and Portugal, the two nations which occupy the Iberian Pen insula, are go ing in opposite directi o n s Africa. The Spanish regime of Gen- e r a 1 1 s s i mo Francisco Franco, moving cautiously to- IJSaJ w a r d greater participation in world affairs and seeking to soften its image as a dictator ship before the world, is acting to improve its relations with the new nations of Africa. As such it is talking autonomy for Spanish Guinea. In contrast is the embattled Portuguese regime of Premier Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, de termined to retain its holdings as the largest remaining Eu ropean power in Africa Salazar has dismissed as of minor consequence either trade the writer, although under for publication is permissible. a view to clarification and whites live in. Because they have no choice, you say. But then that's true of the Negro. too. Given a chance to live as equals, they will live up to it, as any human would do. And after all, sir, isn't our country made up of many races? The only pure American was the copper skinned Indian, as far as I know. Even the Pilgrims were foreigners here at one time. I have known Negroes and , which carries the local post have found that they are a ; mark. The amounts varv from a friendly, kindly people, very sin-' cere and gentle as a rule. 1 have gone to school with Negro children, who, though patched and mended, were cleaner than some white children. Their homes, though poor, were clean and neat. On the other hand, I've also known white people, who, by the way, feel as you do about the Negroes. These same people live their lives sponging off anyone who will help them, giving nolh ing in return. They live in filth and squalor, with no personal pride in themselves or what little belongs to them. Discon tented, they move from one place to another, leaving piles of unpaid bills behind them. These same people feel that the "filthy niggers" should be wiped off the face of the earth. To me it just doesn't make much sense. It might be that some white men are afraid to give the Negro an equal chance because they may prove that they aren't inferior and then who would there be for the white man to look down on? So. Mr. McKinnis. don't throw up your hands in despair. Just wait a while and give it a chance. It will take a long time but you may find that this country will be a better place to live in when a man is judged, not by his color or nationality, but by the good he does and what he makes of his life. Just relax, open your mind and watch We are all human be- mgs, even you Joyce Williams. Route 1. Box 4111. Central Point. Ore m vieinoriam To the Editor: Would vou P,(,asc Pr'nt this letter and this J". memory ol Lola, my dear ,rlpn" a"o scnoot nays cnum wnen we auencieo scnoois n tne Applegate and Ruch. Ore. ll;innirpss j: tikp a prvvtl Fair, exquisite and clear j Brokcn in , , million pieces j Shattered, scattered far and near big headlines will sell a lot of Now and then along life's path- papers. way i As a result, Kiki was found Lo! Some shining fragments ; and restored to her owner, fall I whose doctors agree that the re- Rut there are so many pieces turn of her dog "may help her No one ever finds them all. j greatlv to regain her grip on re J ality." Yet the wise, as on their jour- ney, j IN CONCLUSION- Treasure every fragment clear, At a meeting in Portland Fit them as they may together the other dav. I sat next to a Imagining the shattered sphere, I parninu o pr In hp IhunL-fnl Though their share of it ' ...... is ",IB11 For it has so many pieces ,nr fin.i it,pm i No one ever finds them all. Vou may find a bit of beauty Or an honest share of wealth Portugal Going in Different in Attitude Toward Africa or diplomatic boycott of Portu gal by independent African na tions. He has declared instead that Portugal will fight to the last to retain its place in Africa. Spain and Portugal have been bound in the Iberian Pact since 1939, but it pledges them to mutual defense only in the met ropolitan areas of the two na tions, and not in Africa. Last May 14 and 15, Salazar and Franco met in a Spanish tourist inn in the town of Merida. In Portugal the subject of their conversations has been kept a close secret. But in Spain it was widely oe lieved Franco urged upon Sala zar African reforms consider ably more far-reaching than tiiose in the new work code placing Negroes upon an equal footing with Portuguese workers and in the organic law giving Angolans a greater voice in their own affairs. In Spain there also is concern lest the sudden loss ol Portu j guese overseas territories create a crisis and perhaps upheaval at home which would pose a threat on Spain's own borders. Whatever the subject of the meeting, it seemed scarcely co incidental that a new wave of arrests followed in Portugal, most of them labelled Commu- j nist. In any discussion of the Portu j I " In jhg Ray r NgUK I ' ,,w" By FRANK JENKINS Mishmash in the news The little town of Dodgeville. ! ZZT u lmou. j anonymously through the mail I to various persons, many of them aged, who in his opinion have a REAL NEED FOR .MONEY. How does he pick his bene ficiaries? Nobody knows. The money just arrives in a nlain pnvplnnp few dollars to a hundred dollars. rrHE word is getting out, and Editor John Miller of the Dodgeville Chronicle says he is getting letters from all over the country asking how the writers can get on the list. They ask him to pass on their names and ad dresses to the "mysterious fairy." Editor Miller says he wishes he knew the address, and adds that if he did he'd try for some of the money on his own ac count. IT'S turning out to be a weird business, the Dodgeville edi tor says. Some people are using the method to MAKE DONATIONS TO CHARITABLE CAUSES WITHOUT GETTING ON A MAILING LIST. Which is to say: These people sincerely want to help good causes, but they don't want the word to get out fearing that they will b e swamped with requests for money from all over the coun try. A I ANY Dodgeville people, Edi tor Miller reports, are being asked to pay old debts either long forgotten, or NEVER IN CURRED. In other words, rack eteers are getting into the game, hoping that people sillv enough to be giving monev awav would be silly enough to fall for the alleged debt racket. rpiIEN there's the case of Kiki, the missing poodle down in the Bay Area. Kiki had been left by her owner, a 45-year-old blonde divorcee, in the car. When her mistress came back there was no Kiki. The shock sent Kiki's owner I 1 1 Lit sad case got into tne i " hp nra tiuiws uh rh : the newspapers which, as evenbody knows, are public benefactors, ever anxious to help those in distress and also (es pecially in our big metropolitan I cities) ever anxious for a good story that when played under distinguished citizen of Oreaon uhn Viae pitiouj in c... ,,....-. r .1; 11Ui1wuuiniw.wmnuMdii- fornia I asked him how all was going in his new location. He replied, in substance: "Well, when I left to come i back up here for a few days our neighborhood was in something o( an uproar Our next door guese and Spanish attitudes to ward Africa, the Portuguese are quick to point out that Portu guese problems are different. And they are. Beyond Snanish Guinea, Spain also holds Uni, a fishing enclave, the Spanish Sa hara and the northern garrison towns of Ceuta and Melilla where 50.000 crack Spanish troops are stationed. Spanish sources say Spain would fight to hold Ceuta anil Melilla but otherwise has little interest. To Build Prosperity Jk We Need Chiselers By Arthur Hoppe tlVJ Everybody is very much con- have. To install automation, cerned with the Poor People. I Ah, well, I never did under Here in America we've got mil- stand economics. But I still like lions and millions of Poor Peo-1 The Trickle Down on Them The pie who can't get jobs and real- j ory. It seems to fit in so well ly have it tough. But at last we with our whole humanitariaa people who do have jobs and credo these days: live reasonably well arc going I "Let your conscience be your to do something about it. SwAe- Bllt d0"'1 get caught." e re going to cut our taxes. I know it's a terrible sacri fice, but I'm proud to report most Americans seem willing to make it. And even our con gressmen stand ready to go along. Let the chips fall where they may. The idea is Mr. Kennedy's. He says that if we W'cll - off Americans gird our loins and cut our taxes $11 billion, we'll , ' '""c j'V , , "V lvinE around that some of its bound to wind up in the hands of the Poor People. Now I don't understand eco nomics. But I believe this is what economists call: "The Tri ckle Down on Them Theory." Personally, I'm highly in fa vor of The Trickle Down on Them Theory. The whole idea of paying less taxes in order to help the Poor People is enough to make a devout humanitarian out of me. But as a devout homanitarian, I wonder if our government is going far enough. Do not we hu manitarians have a duty as in dividuals to do our utmost on behalf of this humanitarian pro gram? Say along about next April 15? There you are. staring hap pily at your Form 10-10. Will you include your basset hound in your list of dependents? Or won't you? Resist temptation, I say. Include him. Do you real ize the $(100 exemption you'll get for him is enough to sup ply 11.793 fishhook to 47 hun gry Navajo Indians in the Great Mojave Desert? Let us. at a time like this, think of others. And, above all, be charitable. Especially when you get to "Charitable D e d uctions" on Page Two. Did you slip $20 into the Poor Box at your neighbor hood church this year? Be mag nanimous. Make it $200. Remem ber: It is far better to give on Page Two so as to receive on Line 19. Pane One. (Tax Due or Refund). After all. the Poor People are counting on your charity. All the charity you can get away with. Expense accounts? Profits and Losses? Capital Gains? Try to approach these subjects with a full heart, sympathy for the un fortunate and two sets of books.. ... . These are but a few of the i modest sacrifies anv humani ; tarian should be eager to make for the Poor People. It is. after all, the least we can do. And I can only hope that there will be a few saints among us who will be so moved by the plight of our cold and hungry unemploy ed that they will make the su preme sacrifice, comparable to the self - immolation of t h e Buddhists: They'll pour gaso line over their Form 1040s and set them afire. So let's all pitch in and cheat like mad so the Poor Peoole can get jobs. Because under The Trickle Down on Them Theory the more we save on taxes the ' ing and perspective. In the end, more things we'll buy. And the , nobodv is more deluded and de more things we buy, the more i feated than the man who builds money our businessmen will ! his life on facts. l & H i0 if $ i$ Z l u cbri, 'A ft i & Z- Cfniv j v --. sue j INI "Pt, young lady, would ou like to buy i bunch of ulographrd, Sinatra albums? ' For Portugal, the African overseas territories not only are a source of national pride. They also provide outlets for Portu guese exports and for Portugal's excess population. Through ar rangements with Lisbon, they also are a source of foreign ex change. And finally there is another worry. Said one Portuguese: "To have 450,000 settlers thrown back on Portugal would mean chaos." Strictly Personal By Sydney J. Harris (ci Field Enterprises, Inc. Tit IK FACTS" A reader has suggested lhal I incorporate in my next j; prejn- t m.ud column paracraoh about the use of the phrasn "true facts." He insists, and properly, that this redundan- cy is a com- jmon error. since anything jjthat is really a ipci nas 10 Da Harri "true." Gram matically speaking, he is cor rect. We use many redundan cies in speech and writing: some of them come out of ignorance or sloppiness or the felt need for emphasis. A few, like "trua facts." can be defended. W hy does anyone say he wants the "true facts" instead of mere ly "the facts"? What he means, I think, is that he wants moro than the fads he wanls tha true significance underlying them. We all know hnw master We all know how inaslor propagandists, orators, politic ians and special pleaders c m lake facts (all of them true mi themselves) and glue thorn to gether to give a totally false picture of a situation. All of us, at times, have been overwhelmed in conver sations with persons who seem to have all the facts about a particular problem in their possession. They can rattle them off glibly: and yet their position and conclusions do not satisfy us. This is because facts do not satisfy us. We are often in the strange position of believ ing them to be true and false at the same time: they may be true in a physical sense, false in their implications or in the values they seem to carry. It is a fact, for instance, that Lincoln suffered from in volutional melancholia and some times contemplated suicide. What can we do with such a fact? His political enemies might use it to indict his sanity or stability, but we rightly reject this indictment because it tells us little about his true charac ter. And adding up all the facts about an individual still does not give us the essence of his personality. Grammarians may sneer at the phrase, "true facts," but this only because thev are not psychologists, and fail to see be- j neath the words into a deep hu ! man huncer for value and mean Si . NJ
