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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.
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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?
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"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.