MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 22, t!W3
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Question Mentality
To the Editor: Having failed
in their attempts at brainwash
ing and scare tactics to cram
this outrageous tax increase
down our throats, they have now
resorted to the questioning of
our mentality as to whether we
really know what we do want.
One thing that is very obvious
fo them is that we do not want
this tax increase, and plan to
vote against it come Oct. 15.
It is an insult to the intelligence
of the people of this state to try
to tell us that our property
taxes will be raised as a result
of a vote against these new
taxes. We know our taxes will
continue to rise regardless of
whether we vote for it or not,
just as they have done for sev
eral years running already.
The old story that the increase
In population has warranted
higher taxes to meet expenses
does not hold water either, as
these people also have to pay
taxes.
If they would place more im
portance on trying to cut out
unnecessary and wasteful spend
ing we would be much better
off. They try to tell us there
is no waste, but unless one is
blind in both eyes it is easy
to see waste all about us.
As to our children's education
suffering from lack of funds,
this is a lot of hogwash. It
might prevent a lot of frills and
unnecessary things they teach
now days in school, but with
proper management, our kids
would still get their needed edu
cation. If the state would allow us
to keep more of our money,
perhaps more of us could put
away a savings for the future
educational expenses of our
children. With less taxes, more
business would be inclined to
move here, hence more employ
ment and less on welfare and
more taxes for the state treas
ury at the existing level.
As to a sales tax, I think most
people would go for that if they
would eliminate income taxes.
There are many ways to go
about getting needed taxes with
out adding a heavy burden such
as this new tax law would give
us. The people know this, and
our legislators knew that we
didn't want this tax bill before
they passed on it, but they were
pressured by the big spenders
into giving in to them.
Unless our legislators can get
together and work out a more
sane and acceptable tax plan,
then it is up to the people to
Poets' Corner
Conducted by
Arnold Eugene Jenny
An Unsealed Desert Peak
(To the memory of Professor Margery Bailey)
I
I have walked valleys, through the sodden
Fields of drowsy days that lay untrodden
Now, and over the low, rolling hills of
-. The Coast Range.
I have trailed Bear Creek to the russet
Rogue, and my body sweat two gusset
Stains beneath my arms. I have known
God's green peace.
In the forest I have seen:
The White-Tail Deer with dappled fawn,
The upper Smith where Chinook spawn,
And the Scrub Oak.
In the forest I have seen:
Black Cap Berries, the wary Cougar,
And sentinel Oregon and Sugar
Pine.
In the forest I have seen:
The coarse Brown Bear by Diamond Lake,
The. Timber Rattlesnake;
And Laurel Tree.
In the forest I have seen:
Everything between the South Umpqua
And the Redwoods' towering awe
I have lived there.
I have sal on salt-washed sands; the motion
Of the sun and flat Pacific Ocean
Have brought me peace. I have slept on
God's green ground.
II.
Today I lay where dust-brown lizards
Crawl around, where only sand blizzards
Blow: a barren slope of an unsealed
Desert peak.
A hot, asthmatic wind plays wooer
To a chiseled stone that appears newer
With each gust of air. But it becomes
So much older sand.
In s desert I see:
A fainted sun holding hack
A cooling night, a spider's track,
And hills of rock.
In a desert I see:
Lazy buzzards, fat and dull,
Prickly pears, a coyote skull,
And tumbleweed.
In a desert I see:
Anonymous insect nests.
Scorpions, other pests,
And organ pipes.
In a desert I see:
An arid sea that dramf and saps
A man with waves csand perhaps
A place to die.
I have left the clear springs and fountains,
Left a perfect past of green-cloaked mountains,
For this desert peak that could be scaled
If one would wish to.
Thomas L. Ferte
Ashland, Ore.
Mr. Frog,
Wurrumph
Mr. Frog.
Looking out on our smog of busyness,
Cogitates a wurrumph.
He is placidity.
Sitting on a rock or log in contemplativeness
Mr. Frog is not a cog.
Marjorie S. Wiseman
Portland. Ore.
Geo. Grabow
1365 Kings Hwy., Medford
Phone 772-8560
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protect themselves by exercis
ing their rights to vote against
a thing that is a detriment to
our economy and ourselves. If
they want to call us stupid then
let them. Here is one stupid
voter among many who plans
to vote against this bill Oct.15.
Mrs. C. T. Poole,
Eagle Point, Ore.
Letter lo Senators
To the Editor: Enclosed is a
ropy of a letter sent to Sena
tors Morse and Neuberger
which I would like to have print
ed in your Communications.
Thank you.
Claus C. Charley,
L.B. Star Route, Box 160,
Eagle Point, Ore.
Dear Senator Morse:
It seems to be the general
opinion of our military leaders
that the test ban treaty would
be to our disadvantage mili
tarily but to our advantage po
litically. Therefore, it would
seem to boil down to which is
most important, our military
or political strength. If we lived
in a world where right is right,
I would say the political, but
do we live in such a world?
Considering advances of Com
munism in Eastern Europe,
China or even Cuba, which pre
dominates, right or might?
I question whether so-called
neutral nations are governed bv
the same ethics of right and
wrong that we are. I believe
Ihey would be more impressed
by our military might than our
soft words.
I wonder if we realize with
what a formidable foe we are
dealing? So far, their philosophy
of dialectical materialism has
succeeded in completely confus
ing, not only common people of
the world but most of our train
ed diplomats as well.
Considering the clever and
cunning teachings of Marx and
Lenin and the steady advances
of Communism since World War
II, I question that we are able
to compete with Communists po
litically. Giving full consideration to
hazards of air pollution and
thinking of millions of innocent
people who have been ruthless
ly slaughtered, I feel our chil
dren and grandchildren growing
up under Communism would be
worse than air pollution.
1 feel the test ban treaty would
be a sad mistake.
Claus C. Charley
Experience At The UN
To the Editor: I want to share
with you my most, recent experi
ence with United Nations af
fairs. I am attending the opening
of this session of the General
Assembly today and tomorrow,
and before this first experience
I attended the World Federation
of the United Nations Associa
tion meeting.
On the invitation of the Amer
ican Association for the United
Nations, the World Federation
of the United Nations Associa
tion (WFUNA) held its Eigh
teenth Plenary Assembly in New
York at UN Headquarters, Sept.
9-14.
This is the first meeting to
he held in the United Stales.
Since its formation in Luxem
bourg in 1M6. WFUNA has met
in Bangkok, Brussels, Warsaw
and Monrovia, in addition to
those assemblies held in Gen
eva, headquarters of WFUNA.
After the. opening plenary ses
sion, the assembly divides itself
into four commissions: educa
tion and information; political;
general program and budget;
and economic and social.
Irving Salomon is chairman
of the executive committee of
WFUNA; Mrs. Leo Spitz is dep
uty treasurer.
There are now more than 40
member associations of the
World Federation of United Na
tions Associations.
The AAU.V delegation will in
clude Rufus A. Clement, Oscar
A. de Lima, Clark M. Eichel
berger, Arthur N. Holcombe,
Charles L. Marburg, John A.
Roosevelt, Mrs. James Sch
ramm, Herman W. Steinkraus,
Obert C. Tanner and Sidney
Willner.
A total of 225 delegates from
member UN Associations were
in attendance at the assembly.
Some of the delegates will
visit other sections of the Uni
ted States.
Among subjects lo be debated
was disarmament, and what the
WFUNA and its member asso
ciations do to reduce tensions
and to promote goodwill and
mutilal understanding among
nations, and what can WFUNA
and its member associations do
for the settlement of urgent in
ternational problems in Africa
in the spirit of the UN Charter
and in light of recent resolu
tions of the United Nations?
Also discussed was World
Development Decade, and prac
tical implications of the freedom
from hunger campaign, the im
pact of world trade on econom
ic and social development of de
veloping countries, and the
place of human rights in bal
anced economic and social de
velopment. I hope for great success in
directing the UN activities dur
ing the month of October in our
community.
Marie M. Bosworth
Route 1, Box 52
Jacksonville, Ore.
From the Heart
To the Editor: We recognize
that each individual has the
right to choose his own friend
ship and social relationships.
I am convinced that forced
integration will never work.
You cannot make two races
love each other and accept
each other at the point of
bayonets.
It must come from the heart
j if it is to be successful, other-
1 wise, we can build walls of
I hatred and prejudices that
jwill take generations to over
( come.
; Christ said that our problems
came from within.
"Out of the heart are the is-
sues of Life."
The supreme court can make
all the decisions it feels are
necessary; but unless they are
implemented by good will, love
and understanding, great harm
could result.
P. G. Pcdersen
701 North Modoc avc.
Medford.
Transformation Needed
To the Editor: A carefree sing
ing group of colorfully arraved
Swiss folk board a jet liner,
many for their first ride and all
for their last ride. Minutes after
the takeoff the fir clad Alpine
slopes echo and re-echo to a vio
lent explosion. Eighty lives are
instantly snuffed out.
Hundreds of yelling, cursing,
drunken youth, take over or at
least try to, an Oregon coastal
town.
Heads of the world's great
powers sign agreements in an
attempt to prevent nuclear hol
ocaust. Yes, the daily news headlines
are enough to make one ponder
and wonder. What's it all about?
Is this the age of peace so many
have looked for? With two world
wars in the recent past and a
third on the horizon, what have
we to hope for?
In view of the earth-shaking
events all around, the writer
senses something more forebod
ing. It is of all things the apathy
and seeming "I don't care" spir
it existing among the professed
followers of Jesus Christ. One
great Christian writer puts it
thus:
"The great day of the Lord is
near, it is near, and hasteth
greatly; but where do we behold
the true advent spirit? Who are
preparing to stand in that time
of temptation which is just be
fore us? The people to whom
God has entrusted the sacred,
solemn, testing truths for this
time are sleeping at their post.
They say by their actions: We
have the truth; we are 'rich, and
increased with goods and have
need of nothing;' while the true
witness declares: Thou knowest
not that thou art wretched, and
miserable, and poor, and blind
and naked."
And one more paragraph from
the same writer: "Many who
profess the faith are easily sat
isfied; if they come up to a few
points of self denial and reform
they do not see the necessity of
going further. Why is there such
a resting on the lees? There is
no halting place for us this side
of heaven."
If those who profess Jesus
Christ in this area and believe in
His soon return could fully sense
their own real need, what a dif
ference we would sec. Our out
ward daily lives would show to
all around us that Christianity
really has the only answer to the
world's problems.
Unless a decided transforma
tion takes hold of us we will
be swept off our shaky moor
ings. The cares of this life will
cost many, eternal loss.
Henry Johnson Jr.
2315 Highway 66
Ashland, Ore.
Against Dunes Parks
To the Editor: President Ken
nedy is expected to fly over the
sand dunes south of Florence
later this month after which he
will probably say that this
"unique area should be pre
served for the public to enjoy."
The facts are, the sand dunes
area is already "preserved" be
cause it is administered by the
U. S. forest service, some ifl.OOO
acres along the coast from Flor
ence almost to Coos Bay. Eleven
recreational areas with 272 over
night camp sites, boat ramps,
access roads and other facilities
tare maintained by the forest
' service.
i In addition, there are state
1 parks, including Umpqua Light
house of about 3,000 acres and
. Honcyman of 522 acres. These
! two state parks outdraw Crater
Lake National park. There is no
1 vanishing seashore here and no
i need of wasteful duplication.
I The Neuberger dunes park
j project would also take in about
; 276 homes and private busi-
nesses. Although there is a pro
' vision in the bill prohibiting con
i demnation of homes, this means
little. Sen. Ernest Gruening of
Alaska has declared "sooner or
! later the home owners would be
i squeezed out." Conrad L. Wirth
stated plans call for returning
the area to wilderness and re
moving all housing.
Wirth, director of the National
Park Service, has written, "An
other thing I would like to see is
the elimination of private hold
ings in national parks." The
agency can make it inconven
ient for home owners, as theif
water supplies, roads, etc., de
pend on the park officials who
don't want them there in the
first place.
The proposed park would take
in a large tract of private prop-
j erty which now helps through
taxes to support local schools,
! hospitals.
unlike the lores! service, the
park service locks up its hold
ings. Only 2 per cent of Yellow
stone is used and about the same
in Olympic Park where few of
the 880,000 acres will ever be
visited by vacationists.
If President Kennedy really
wants to economize, protect
home owners, and provide re
creation for the American peo
ple he will speak out against this
sand dune park.
Dr. Thomas M. Hunt
Florence, Ore.
War and Poker
To the Editor: Since the be
ginning of recorded history war
has been the most popular out
door sport of nations. It is very
much like playing poker. When
as a young man I played poker
with four or five other fellows,
the game always ended the
same way.
After a few hands one or two
of the boys had all the money. If
we wanted to keep on playing,
and we did, the winners had to
lend some of their winnings to
the losers to keep the game go
ing. Sometimes the winners even
loaned money to the kibitzers so
they could play. When the same
losers, or the kibitzers lost again
there were always hard feelings.
As the winners of World War
A 5
II we are loaning to the losers so
they can have another chance to
show their skill at making war
and keeping the game going. If
they are tired of playing we in
vite the kibitzers into the game
and stake them to the ante. If
we keep this up long enough
their turn to win is sure to come.
They are playing with marked
cards, and time may prove we
are the suckers.
Bruce Y. KleinSmid
1719 SE Portola dr.
Grants Pass, Ore.
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