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Newspaper Page TextFRIDAY, "Everyone in Southern Oregon Rarii The Mail Tribune Published Dally except Saturday by 83 Norlh FtrJ5t Ph. 7711-6141 " nnREBfw RUHL. Editor HERB CREY Advertlilnl Manyier ERIC ALLEN JR.. Mm Editor EARL H auamb. tiir uarrv rmwMAN. Teles Editor RICHARD JEWETT. SporU Ed tor OLIVE STARCHER Women'a Edltoi DALE ERICKSON. ClrculaUonMr An Independent Newipapei Entered aa aecond elaaa matter It Mediora urcgua March S, 189? SUBSCRIPTION RATES o.. 4n In AHunr Dally and Sunday 1 year $18 00 Dally and Sunday moa 10 00 Dailv and Sunday 3 moa. 8.00 Sunday Only One year 88.00 Single Copy (Mailed) JIM By Carrier And Motor Route. Delly and Sunday 1 year 82100 Pally and Sunday 1 mo. L75 Sunduy Only 1 mo. 500 Carrier and Vendora Copy JOo Official Paper of"clty of Medford Olllclal Paper of Jackion County United Presa International lull Leased Wire D. P 1. Telephoto Newsplcturee iMEMBEH-OF AUDIT BUREAU" RRoiTi,ui;vvoc. ATES Of'icea In New York, Chi cago. Detroit, San rranclaco, Los Angelea. Seattle. Portland. Denver. NATIONAL EDITORIAL Member California Newipaper Publisher! Association Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from tne files of Tha Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 yean ago. 10 YEARS AGO Sept. 27. 1953 (Sunday) A hearing on a California Ore gon Power company request for "an across the boards" 20 per cent rate increase will be re sumed here Tuesday after be ing in recess for several weeks. ' Forest fire dangers in south ern Oregon eased up slightly to day after a light rain fell last night and tnis morning uirougir out the area. 20 YEARS AGO Kr-nt. 27. 1943 (Monday) Mexicans, soldiers help solve fruit harvest Droblem. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "There are many signs Indian summer approacheth. This Is one season of the year not Diamea on me aborigines ana noDoay wants tu give it back to them." 30 YEARS AGO Sept. 27, 1933 (Wednesday) Near riot at Salem when job less demand cash payments. State to seek $8,000,000 relief fund. 40 YEARS AGO Sept. 27. 1923 (Thursday) Many local women adopt new bobbed hair style. Phoenix school district votes to build gymnasium. 50 YEARS AGO Sept. 27, 1913 (Saturday) Pair resentenced to die on gallows for murder of Medford man. Fashion decrees false hair must go, Medford Pharmacy ad vertisement says. Whai s Your I.Q.? Nina or tan corrtct h tuperierj even or eight li eactHent; five ar six li good. 1. A two-family unit house is called what? 2. Name the capital of Iraq. 3. Castcl Gandolfo is a resi dence of what personage? 4. What is the chemical synv bol for Iron? 5. Name the reputed author of the fable about the boy who called, "Wolf, won." 6. In which of these states was Thomas A. Edison born Ohio, New York, or New Jersey? 7. In which state is Muscle Shoals? 8. In the nursery rhyme, who was It who lost her sheep? 9. In 1959, Charles Hallcck re placed what Massachusetts Con gressman as U.S. House G.O.P. leader? 10. Which four states of the U. S. have names beginning with "New"? Answers: I. Duplex. 2. Bag dad. 3. The Pope. 4. Ke. 5. Ae sop. 8. Ohio. 7. Alabama. S, Lit tle Bo Peep. 1. Joseph Martin. 10. Hampshire, York, Jersey, Mexico. Portland Ice Arena Being Torn Down PORTLAND (UPI)-Wreckers Thursday began tearing down i Portland landmark the Port land Ice Arena in the northwest part of the city. The area has been the site of basketball, ice hockey, skating and other events in the past, but was ordered closed In 19S3 by a ruling from the fire marshal's office. It ofened In IBM. 4 A- W& f)tL,tHtts vJakociation SEPTEMBER 27. 1963 Tax Measure Summarized We have received several requests to print the text of House Bill 1846 the controversial income tax measure which will be voted on Oct 15. This sounds reasonable enough, on the face of it. But it can't be done, and for several reasons. The first is that the have the equipment to ent type faces used in the bill. One is plain type. Another is italic type, to indicate new matter. The third is type designed with cross-out bars so it is readable but also indicates tne material which is to be stricken FURTHERMORE, there is much technical, le gal language in the 30-plus pages of the en grossed bill which has little to do with the im portant sections of the measure, or which is far better described in non-technical lanuage. But the principal point made in the requests, namely that the substance of the law be given, is reasonable. Such descriptions have been print ed, but there is reason to believe they should be repeated so that voters know just what they will be voting on. One of the best summaries of the new law was prepared for an article in the September issue of the Oregon Business Review. H ERE is the summary: House bill 1846 is concerned with raising revenue solely for the General Fund of the state. Approximately 90 per cent of the General Fund expenditures are used for the pur poses of state support to local school districts, higher educa tion, public welfare, public health (including mental hospitals and other health institutions), and public safety (including state police and penal institutions). SUMMARY OF MAJOR PROVISIONS I. Personal Income Tax. A. Changes in rate structure. 1. Rate structure lowered (from 3 to 9'4 per cent to 2 to Vk per cent). 2. Minimum tax ($5 or 1 per cent of adjusted gross income) required of all taxpayers filing a return. 3. Return required from all taxpayers with net income of $500 or more. 4. More numerous brackets (17) created and narrower bracket spread established. 5. "Head of household" may use joint return provisions if adjusted gross income is less than $8,000. B. Dependency exemptions and credits. 1. Tax credits ($22 and $20) replace $600 dependency exemption. 2. Student earning $600 or more may be claimed as a dependent. C. Personal deductions. 1. Federal income tax deduction eliminated. 2. Upper limit on medical deductions removed. D. Capital Gains taxation. 1. Maximum 5 per cent rate established if asset held more than one year. 2. Limits imposed on capital losses carry-forward provided. 3. Special treatment of gains reinvested in Oregon eliminated. E. Provision made for accelerated collection of withhold ing taxes (if tax income insufficient). F. Provision made for possible local property tax relief (if tax income exceeds estimates), II. Corporate Income Tax. A. Six and a half per cent bracket established for non manufacturing firms earning over $25,000 (formerly a flat 6 per cent). B. Rate on manufacturing corporations reduced from 6 per cent to 4 to 4Mi per cent. C. Personal property tax offset for manufacturing corpor ations eliminated. (Income not taxed: Social Security benefits, life insur ance, health insurance, workmen's compensation benefits, and similar income.) THE MEASURE is designed to increase income taxes by an estimated $48 or $49 million. An additional $12 to $14 million could be raised if needed by speeded up withholding near the end of the biennium. These, then, are the principal provisions of the bill. But the legislature, while generally un enthusiastic, decided that the added funds were absolutely necessary for the operation of the state, and that this compromise measure was the best that could be brought out under the circum stances If you agree with the legislature, a "yes" vote is indicated ; if you disagree, vote "no." E.A. Sample Tax Ballot Sample ballots for the tax election Oct. 15 have been printed and are available. Here is how they read : SAMPLE BALLOT Special Election for Stale of Oregon To be held on Tuesday, October 15, 1963 Mark cross (X) or a Check ( ') Word "Yes" or After Referred To the People Title and Statement of Purpose i; "PERSONAL AND CORPORATION INCOME TAX HILL Purpose: To increase state rev enues. Abolishes federal tax deduction. Lowers personal tax rales. Provides minimum tax. increases corporation rates. Effective on or after January I, 1963. ESTIMATE OF FINANCIAL EFFECTS; If Ballot Measure 1 (Chapter 627, Oregon Laws 1963) is approved by the voters, it is estimated that the in"rrnsp in slate revenue over that which would be provided by existing law from personal income taxes will amount to about $24,750,000 per year or $49,500,000 for the bi ennium and the Increase from corporate ex cise taxes on income will amount to about $350,000 per year or $700,000 (or the biennium, based on present levels of income. The Ballot Measure also authorizes a possible "speed-up" of personal income tax payments withheld by employers that would permit an increase In 1963-1965 revenues by $14,000,000, without in creasing the tax liability of the personal in come tax payer. If Ballot Measure 1 is defcaled, expenditures in the 1963-1965 biennium will need to be re duced by approximately $60 million below (he level of appropriations made by the 1963 Legislature, or other revenues must be sought, or some combination of revenue Increase and expenditure reduction totalling approximately $60 million must be made in accord with the requirements of Article IX and XI of the Constitution of Oregon. Mail Tribune does not produce the three differ out of the old law. in the Voting Square After the the Word "No". by Referendum Petition YES NO "We Must Face The Step, This Country The Road tiro iT mmmmr ... Communications ... Letters io the Editor must 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 riew to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the riaws of the paper; in fact the contrary is often the case- Ticket To the Editor: For those con servative Republicans who have not made up their minds as to whom to vote for in the next Presidential Election: For President: Barry Gold water. For Vice President: Orville Faubus. For Secretary of State: Gov. Wallace. For Secretary of Labor: James Hoffa. For Treasurer: Dave Beck. For Speaker of the House: John Birch. For Chief F.B.I.: Frank Sin atra. For Chief Joint Chiefs of Staff: Douglas MeArthur. For Chief Justice: Vincent Hallinan. This could also be known as the TARFU ticket. 1 very much doubt that you would publish this and, for ob vious reasons, I would prefer that you do not use my name. (Name on file) Medford. Editor's note: John Birch is dead. How about Robert Welch? Until Wrong? To the Editor: Mark Hatfield says we must increase state in come taxes or the schools will collapse. John F, Kennedy says we must decrease federal in come tax or the country will collapse. Some people believe both of them. Dick House P.O. Box 692 Medford Prejudice? To the Editor: How long has it been since vou reviewed a text on the basic fundamentals of journalism? It must have been ages, for you certainly have forgotten the purpose of the front pnRc. Maybe you have decided to throw the book awav. I thought the front page and the editorial page had separate func tions. Or by combining the two, have you modernized the Mail Tribune so that the reader need only glance at the headlines to determine its editorial view point? Whatever has occurred, your Sept. 23 issue is a nauseating ex ample of page one editorial com ment. Wouldnt one banner headline on Goldwater's defeat have been sufficient? The eve ning newscasts on TV only gave him one sentence. Edward M. Albright 303 Maple St. Medford O Editor's note: Oh, come on, now! We can't help what the TV stations do with their scarce and precious news time. But there is no question that the defeat of the Gnldwatrr reservation was one of the major stories of thai day. For instance: "Goldwater Treaty Restriction Beaten" (Corvallis Gazette-Times, ban ner headline); "Solons Reject Barry's Plan on Test Pact" iltoseburg News-Review, top of Page 1); "Senate Rejects Gold water's N-Treaty Reservation" (Snlem Capital Journal, banner headline); "Senate Turns Down Treaty Reservation; Goldwater SSKSSrf VI 'm , Registcr-Guard (top r ight of , Page 1): "Senate hills Kestnc-. tion on N-Treaty ( A 1 b a n y r ,av !' ''""J? .D?l!e"ti.?ol2w"ler,' Clear tuba Clause (Klamath , Falls Herald & News, banner . headline); "Goldwater's Test Ban Rider Fails (Grants Pass Courier. Page 1); "Defeat ot Goldwater Curb Clears Wav tor N-Ban OK" (Oregon Journal,! Portland. Page 1); "Goldwater Uses Hid To Block Test Ban" , (Coos Bay World, banner head- line); "Goldwater Treaty Bid , Loses" (Ashland Daily Tidings, four column banner headline); MEDFOHD MAIL, TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON Ugly Fact That, Step By May Be Led Down To Peace" bear the name and address of "Goldwater's Bid To Modify A Pact Fails" (Oregon Statesman, Salem, Page 1). There were others. The editors of these papers range from conservative Repub lican (Klamath Falls, Corvallis, and Roseburg) to liberal Demo crat or independent (Coos Bay), but the editors are smart enough to leave the play of the story up to the trained desk men who know a story when they see it. Whose prejudice is showing? And who should read a book on journalism? Organized Religion To the Editor: What is true religion? There is a vast de ference between what might be called natural religion and the organized religion of narrow creeds and fixed dogmas. True religion is universal. It exists among all people everywhere. It is not confinde to any class, creed or organization. Universal religion is common and equal to all men, being man s response to tne pne- nomena of nature and the expression of his finest and best emotions and ideals. Organized, creed-bound, dogmatic religion springs from and is based upon castes, classes, and their priv ilege to dominate and rule over others. Freethinkers advocate the re moval of organized religion from the control of life, and a re-statement of those social qualities that have been ex pressed in a religious form so that their real nature will be apparent to all. ReliBion. as generally observ ed, hasn't a thing to do with moralitv. There isn't a single useful or worthy quality that could possibly suffer from the disappearance of orthodox re ligion. The activities of organiz ed religious groups dissipate the energies of otherwise good men and women in a penecuy use less manner. A world without organized re lieion would be a world in which the sole ends of endeavor would he those of human betterment through enlightenment, for there is no real betterment without enlightenment. Lydia Burnham 914 Warne St., Prescott, Aril. Save the Turf? To the Editor: I don't know whose idea it was to schedule all Sophomore home games to be played at the Fairgrounds Ball Park, but in my opinion it wasn't a good one! This is a disappointment to the players and was even a bigger disap pointment to the spectators when they realized they would have to miss most of the plays unless they pushed in front of someone else running along the side lines. The inadequate bleachers were too close to the playing field, making it impos- sible to see above, around and , between other people. Someone said they thought the reason tor playing at the ball park was to save the turf at the stadium. How ridiculous, on a warm dry evening? In August the same turf was used for a tog show with trailers, etc., on I V. 1.n Gf I - k.i t ivpn Permission to play rfM ' Mrd(ord Hi Sla(1iurn, wnifh , " ,d , Wna, is th ral roasnn for not IX-P milling (he Sophomore team to ' ,ay on (n(,ir own (jfld, , r lojs nwini,,r Fr.nmi.tt(, 538 Franquette Medford Com, Wages, Buildings To the Editor: A short time hack vou published a letter. written bv a man (I've forgotten his name) that criticized the cost of putting t child through school, I am siding right with lfcim Unrest Increases in France, But Signs Point Toward De Gaulle Staying in Power By PHIL NEWS0.M UPI Foreign News Analyst Among President Charles de Gaulle's detractors at home, the charge most frequently voiced against him is that he has "isolated" France. His in dependent nu clear policy is isolating h i m from the Unit ed States and his NATO al lies, and is im- posing upon France a heavy tinancial burden. His "grand design for France, which led him to ban Britain from the continent as a member of the European Common Market, has irritated not only Britain but also West Germany, with whom he seeks especially close ties. In addition, the grand design is threatened by internal pres sures. There is mounting unrest in labor and among French farm ers. Inflationary pressures threaten the hard franc which the writer, although under as I also believe as he does, that a good deal of this demand placed on our pocket books is unnecessary and in fact some what stupid. A typical statement of a mid dle class parent used to be, "I would like to put my child through college, but I don't think I can afford it." Now, many of us must say the same of high school, and at the present rise in the cost of educating a child, we may have to say the same, in regards to grade school education. When a high school student must pay a day's wages for books, then pay a fine at the end of the year for having the corners of the pages folded, something is wrong, especially when he can't keep the books, and the student coming up be hind him the following year must buy new books also. And though I may be a ma jority of one, I'm getting a little sick of hearing about how our teachers are so badly un derpaid, when actually a good many are getting paid a danged sight more than they are worth. Not many of us working peo ple get a year's pay for 9 months work, and then take a vacation to Hawaii for a month. And I know this happens, in fact few of us can afford to dress like some of these teach ers, and drive the model of car many of them do. I know of a lady school teach er, who is quite honest about it all, and she says that the teachers, for the most part, have it plenty good, but they have cried about being under paid for so long, that it's be come a habit. Another wail from the teach ers is that they have too many students in their classes, and can't devote enough time to in dividuals having problems, hence all the homework that kids must do nowadays. The truth of the matter is, if more time were spent teach ing, instead of watching movies, dancing, and traveling all over the country to ball games, a child's education would be com pleted in half the time. One more thought. The kids now days must have palaces to learn in, consequent ly we don't have enough schools, as after building one of these palaces, there isn't any money ieft to build another. Two completely safe, ada- Suate schools could be built for le same cost of one of these chrome plated institutions of lesser learning. (Boy! I II bet I catch it now). G. L. Murray, P. O. Box 904 Central Point, Ore. How Much Longer? To the Editor: In regard to the proposed tax bill: As it stands. I will vote no, and by doing so I am cutting my throat, oocause i am a properly owner. Every day I read in the papers that if I don't vote "yes" to the proposed tax bill I will be punished by higher property taxes and I will deprive my children of a proper education. I would much rather cut my own throat than have the state slowly bleed me to death. ! Why can't we do as California, , a sales tax (if it will reduce; state withholding and property taxes r.' Why not a graduated automo- license fee, like California? Also why not a higher fee on motorcycles. $5 in place of $.1. Also a $.1 license fee on boat trailers and a tax on cigarettes cause ot a poor tax svstem we and liquor. ! are losing industries,' and we I do not feel this would be . the taxpayers and property own an unjust tax. I consider the r are losing our shirts, above mentioned luxuries, all of How much longer can this which I own or do. go on' In this manner all of the poo- i An Unhappy Oregonian, pie would share in the lax load. Byron Lambert, including the tourists. I 1537 Grand ave. One more sore point. Tjiy Medford. I helped transform France from the sick man ot Europe io one of the healthiest. Among aging world leaders few would admit that another man could do the job better. Least among these would be De Gaulle. And so it comes as no sur prise that De Gaulle is begin ning to drop hints that he will seek a second term as presi dent of the French Fifth Re public. Because all of the projects un.ier attack are particularly De Gaulle's. The strongest hint of De Gaulle's intentions thus far came in his current tour of France's Rhone Valley. He said that for a quarter of a century he had understood the wishes of the French people. And: "I am determined to continue to do so since 1 have the strength." Strictly Personal By Sydney J. Harris (cl Field Enterprises, Inc. MASCULINITY At dinner a friend commented on a paragraph of mine about men who are so insecure about their masculini ty that they won't carry a woman s u m- brella in a sud den downpour, "We have some neighbors," she said, "who have a little boy about a y e a r Harn and a half old. The father won't let him have a doll, or play with a teddy bear. He says it will make the boy effeminate. Don t you think there's something insecure about a man like that?" I certainly do. Every young child, it seems to me, needs some object it can cuddle and pet and love as its very own. Until considerably later in life, little boys and little girls are very much alike in this respect. The fathers who want their sons to be "all boy" can ruin a child as easily as a mother who overprotects her sons. "All boy" is a hideous desig nation, anyway, if it implies a neglect of such essential traits as gentleness, sensitivi ty and grace. Although we still know com paratively little about the sub ject, I venture to guess that as many boys are turned into homosexuals by a crude and tyrannous father as by a soft and doting mother. If the boy cannot easily identify with his father, he turns to his mother as an "ideal" figure. Boys who are "all boy" are as unwholesome as girls who are "all girl." The profession al female, who simpers and flounces all over the place and takes advantage of her fem ininity, is as emotionally de formed as the hearty mascu line character who thinks that loudness and coarseness con stitute virilitv. Modern genetics teaches us that every human being has a small percentage of the oppo site sex in him, which is na ture's way of balancing our traits. What we call "normali ty" is often a matter of custom and convention: the elegant 18th century gentleman would seem swishy to us, even though he may nave Deen braver and more adept at fatal swordsmanship than we are. I am convinced that the rise in the number of sexual devi ates among young bovs slpms from the fact that they are not given enougn paternal love of the right sort, and that the mother is charged with the py. elusive responsibility for their conduct. And it is a terrible punish ment upon these fathers that so frequently their frenetic ef fort to turn a son into "all boy" creates a son who is no boy at all. but a bewildered and re sentful adolescent, uncertain of his manhood and unable to re solve his conflict. Only a father afraid of his own masculinity would take a teddy bear away from a child. ' " are we driving new industries 'rom our state? If an industry so much as thinks of movins into Oregon we tax them, while Washington and California greet the new industries with open ! and loving arms. I The state of Oregon is telling 'he industrial world thev are , not welcome to our state. Be- De Gaulle's present seven year term ends at the close of 1965. On Nov. 22 of this year, he will be 73. For some time now the ques tion of De Gaulle's successor has been a favorite subject of speculation among French news papers. But recently the same newspapers which had been pull ing out the names of various "crown princes" suddenly erupt ed with reports that De Gaulle might not quit after all. There is reason to believe the reports were planted by De Gaulle himself. De Gaulle's nuclear program is still some 8 to 10 years away from making France an effec tive nuclear power. Among his possible political successors are many who gladly would welcome Britain into a Good Breeding Will Ruin Us All By Arthur Hoppe We do-gooders in The League for Total Birth Control, which is dedicated to solving all the world's problems in a single generation, are wearing black armbands these days. It's those quints. Not that we give a fig that Mr. and Mrs. Fischer of Aber deen, S.D., have increased the world's swollen population by five. Five more is but a drop or five drops, if you will in the bucket. It's the disastrous effect the Fischers' smashing success will have on our do good campaign. Just look at what's happening. Already, the quints' law firm of Siegel, Barnett 4 Schultz (all quints are born with law firms) has sold the radio, television and magazine rights for "sub stantially in excess of $50,000." (You know, for stories by the parents like: "We Must Protect Our Quints from Publicity." with full-page pictures.) Already, says senior partner Stanley Siegel happily, "we've had doll companies, calendar printers, children's book pub lishers all kinds of people come after us." Not to mention advertisers. Why, there isn't a sponsor alive who couldn't give a bundle to Mr. and Mrs. Fisch er for endorsing his product. Ex cept maybe Enovid. So these are golden days for the quints and their parents. Moreover, when the quints get to be 32, they can write a book about what a lousy childhood they had. It's a life - long bo nanza. Which is grand for the quints, I'm sure. But what about the insidious In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Mishmash in the news; Up near Canyonville, the other evening, a hitchhiker was picked up by seemingly kindly motor ists. At the first likely loking spot, they pulled off to the side of the highway, beat him se verely and robbed him of his wallet and his suitcase. Quite properly, the item made the front page of the Roseburg News-Review. It was UNUSUAL as is the case when a man bites a dog. Hardly a day passes when some kindly motorist fails to be beaten up and robbed by some wicked hitchhiker whom he has picked up. This time it happened the oth er way around. NOSTALGIC thought: I Wouldn't it be wonderful if the olden golden davs when one could UNHESITATINGLY pick up some stranger who need ed a ride and safely carry him on his way could come back again.' What has happened to us, any way? arryXolw "Everybody says he' handsome enough to be in movies. s snip. snip, and he's got Hollywood name!" united Europe, scrap De Gaulle's own grand design and willingly sacrifice some French sovereignty in exchange for that unity. Before he steps down, De Gaulle wants to be sure that France irrevocably is bound to the course he has outlined. One theory gaining ground is that De Gaulle may decide to quit dramatically next year and then announce a plan to run again as his own successor with a hand-picked vice president This would permit him to build up and train his man and then perhaps to quit around 1970. It would require constitutional changes which would be nothing new to De Gaulle who is used to having his own way. But what ever his plans, De Gaulle has no intention of becoming a lame duck. effect all this is going to have on the many, many American families who are dedicated to Total Birth Control? Dedicated to it, that is, in their own fami lies. There the husband sits at the breakfast table, reading the pa per. "Hmmm," he says, "in ex cess of $50,000. And then there's the movie rights, newspaper serialization, sweatshirts ... Of course," he says reading fur ther, "the odds against you are 54 million to one, but . . ." "Are you thinking of buying another Sweepstakes ticket?" says his wife, frowning. "Sweepstakes?" he says. "That's chickenfeed. This is a real payoff: world - wide fame, a fortune beyond your wildest dreams, security for life. We could even send the kids to col lege." "All four of them?" says his wife. "All nine of them," he says. "Honey," he adds, putting down his paper, "did I ever tell you how ravishing you look in pin curlers?" So you can imagine the gloom around League headquarters. Oh, we're all going to be killed in the Population Explosion for sure. And all we League mem bers can do is emphasize those odds of 54 million to one. But, frankly, we don't think it'll do much good. For the queerest thing of all about the human race is that it knows full well the odds are stacked against it. Yet it keeps on trying. It's enough to make the League for Total Birth Control throw in the sponge. T ACK in a Westchester county " suburb of New York City during the Christmas season last year, patrons of an elementary school erected on the school lawn a creche depicting the birth of Jesus in the manger. Sixteen residents of the suburb protested that the creche on the school grounds violated the first amendment to the constitution. As such, they claimed, it was a violation of the federal guar antee of separation of church and state, as well as the state constitution and the New York education law. lrTHAT happened? Well, fortunately, the case came eventually before a sensible judge who ruled that it was not a violation because it was merely a "passive accomo dation of religion" and no ona was FORCED TO LOOK AT IT. T ET'S put it this way: u Thank the good Lord for SENSIBLE judges.