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Communications Letters to the Editor mint bear the nam md address of tha writer, although under certain circumstances the uie of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible.; The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and j condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters' printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the, contrary is often the case. I ' Moonglow To the Editor: No love songs will be needed when the presence of intrepid men '11 be felt some future glorious night upon our little satellite. The reason I write these lines now 's because I think, or feel some how that when men start soaring to the above they won't have much time to hate or love. George Distell 33 North Fir St. Medford Miasmic To the Editor: Thank you for the letter of 9 2663 and its pompous, ostentatious super abundant deluge of linguistic phraseology. However, the mul tiplicity of supersyllabic leaves . even the sycophant somewhat flabbergasted by its miasmic at- mosphere. Frankly, my dictionary is left badly thumbed and dog-eared after this exhausting search for 16-cylinder words. Really, I have other words I could use with greater ease to make said letter more understandable, even to its author. I am confident that those who peruse the edifying communica tions column would find it far more comprehensive if broken down to the vocabulary level of the homo-sapiens. In short what DID you say? I wonder if the author of said letter is a member of the In '. terim Tax Committee? If not he surely is a prime candidate. He could do much to becloud the ' wording and confound the mean ing to the average citizen when he reads the law as printed. By ' the way, when a tax law is pub lished and put out for public reading why could it not be ' broken down into everyday lan guage, free from legal and tech nical terms? It is beyond the knowledge of average man to know what is meant when such a document continually refers sec tion, paragraph, or sentence of any number of other acts related to the same subject. C. R. Burrill R34is Cherry st. Central Point, Ore. o Editor's note: That's how law ers make their living. Poets' Corner Conducted by Arnold Eugene Jenny September September is the month when time stands still And ageless peace rests lightly on each blue Aster-starred meadow; even the whippoorwill Is less insistent, and the heavy dew Bends ripened grasses to the dusty road: Deep in the woods, the unaccustomed sun Shines down through branches, lightened of their load Of rainbow leaves, that float down one by one. September is the month when dreams revive, Beauty is winnowed with the harvest grain, And weary hearts are glad to be alive As autumn dances down each country lane. Winter will come, but all its storm and snow Can never quench the lingering autumn glow. Alice Mackenzie Swaim Dillsburg, Pa. Submitted by the author; previously published in "Ave Maria.' Need For Apple Seed Martin Luther must have know apple orchards could be grown hallowed, showing early summer Duchess and Greenings in pics keep rural churches going. A farmer in the Northwest can push back his hat, fold his arms, and talk juicily of Gravensteins, Pippins, Jonathans, Delicious, the pruning of a Newtown tree, or speak of the Winesap, Baldwin, and Winter Banana reminiscently while paring a piece of description from a spittingly-polished Rome Beauty. The tangy insides of a Mcintosh impart the sting of smarting sleet. When an apple orchard is bare, even snow falls tiptoe on gentle feet. Through imagination's trumpet I can hear Martin Lulher say: "You tell me the world will end tomorrow? I'll plant my apple tree today." Winifred Heiskell Layton Salem, Ore. Sybarite Let me dine! 1 care not for your wine In glasses glowing. 1 want things a la king, In dishes intricate To fully sate That gnawing! Those meals and gravies! Beans, reds and navies! I cram each cranny Of my twenty-seven foot canal And yet have room for The sweets I adore Pastries! The soft, sweet flesh Can enmesh And make a grave so snug For Ambition that is dead. My chin is tripled and benign Mv eves peer out Through slits, that let me see Onlv a cafe sign. "Yes, another part ait, miss Matthea Montgomery Ashland, Ore. Neglected Arguments To the Editor: Some argu ments never given in the discus sions of desegregation: Desegregation should have been brought about 50 years ago. Too many whites picture southern Negroes as uneducated and shiftless instead of looking ahead and seeing them as they could and would be, given the same oDDortunities afforded them, the whites. Negro families want to live in the better white neighborhoods mainly for the benefit of their children. It is a complimentary gesture misunderstood. Southern white families of means, who can trace their an cestry back for centuries seem to fm-ont that their family es tates were built on slave labor. The colored races of the world, black, yellow, brown and red nutniimhnr the white and are awakening. Watch Africa and Asia! We had Deuer oegm iu treat them with more consider ation. David Frisch P. 0. Box 292 White City, Ore. Rights of Americans t iho Rriitor: Lewis Perry wrote (9-23) that he "is not op posed to Negroes having tneir riaht a Americans, but only when they are ready to accept those rights as Americans, me last clause of that statement lm nncne a limitation which, quite obviously, has no standing in American law. under our ieu eral Constitution, ALL rights are guaranteed to ALL citizens regardless of race or creed. Mr. Perry also erred grievous ly in making the baseless charge that the "majority toi iegru; . . . want not equality, but su premacy." Absurd! Equally nrannclprnilS IS his description of the sorry conditions that would ensue it negroes were encouraged to settle in Medford, r.rants Pass and Ashland. Man for man, Negroes are much like their white contemporaries: as good or as bad, under compar able conditions and opportuni ties, to make the most of their potentials, l.iko Ralnh McKee and some other recent contributors to Communications, Mr. Perry al so raises the bugaboo of mis- ponnnalinn Rpttpr infnrmpd. and therefore more dependable, testimony is wiaeiy avauaoie as, for example, .in the following quotation from declaration of a MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. few years ago by some 80 white ' pastors ("all southerners, eith er by birth or by choice"), of; Baptist, Christian, Congrega tional, Episcopal, Lutheran, Methodist, Nazarene, Presby terian, and other churches of Atlanta, Ga.: "We do believe that all Amer icans, whether black or white, have a right to the full privi leges of first-class citizenship. To suggest that a recognition of the rights of Negroes to the full privileges of American citizen ship, and to such necessary con tacts as might follow, would in evitably result in intermarriage, is to cast as serious and unjusti fied an aspersion upon the white race as upon the Negro race." Another false notion, slated or implied in the communciations referred to above and widely held by others, is that the Negro race is biologically inferior to whites. Emphatic refutation was furnished two years ago by the American Anthropological Asso ciation in a resolution adopted by a vote of 192-0: "The American Anthropologi cal Association repudiates state ments now appearing in the United States that Negroes are biologically and in innate men tal ability inferior to whites, and reaffirms the fact that there is no scientifically established evi dence to justify the exclusion of any race from the rights guaranteed by the Constitution of the United Slates ... All races possess the abilities need ed to participate fully in the democratic way of life, and in modern technological civilia tion." Arnold Eugene Jenny Rogue Valley Manor Medford Cause. Economy Ignored To the Editor: Those against the new tax ignore both its cause and the cost of what they call economy. School budgets increase be cause every year there are more students, and will be until our population stops growing. Can less be spent? Build less, and already crowded classes will drown in floods of students. Pay less, and lose teachers the best first. Raise tuitions, and colleges will train the wealthy, not the able. Skimp now, and mortgage the future. Bob Scott 320 Bridge st. Ashland, Ore. Care For Our Own To the Editor: I am glad there are others who are so concerned about the tax situation in Ore gon, I for one do not intend to be hoodwinked into voting for that tax bill just because they are using the threat of our chil dren's education to persuade us, is it so necessary to spend such a large part of our school fund for things that are not pertain ing to education, such as taking the busses & taking the high school children to the park swtmming, to the bowling alley, & to all parts of the state & farther to ball games, will any of this get the knowledge he is going to need to get into a good college, lets teach school at school & leave some things to the parents such as keeping our children physical fit, & too their social life, I am for earing for my own & not giving all my wages to the state to do it for me. Hazel Oppie 1642 Ridgway Medford. Equitable Plan To the Editor: One of the high lights of the AFL-CIO state con-; vention at Eugene last week was i a resolution favoring a "yes" vote on the tax program offered ; by the 1963 session of the Ore-1 gon state legislature at the com- -ing Oct. 15 election. Certainly j we are not satisfied with the j program. We don't like the low ering of the income tax rate in the higher brackets from 9'-j to Ti per cent. The specious ex cuse for this reduction in rates is to attract industry into the state but Gov. Hatfield stated unequivocally, at the Bully Creek Dam dedication in Mal heur county a few weeks ago, that the influx of industry into Oregon last year was greater than that into either Idaho. Montana or Washington. In light of that statement the ex cuse falls flat. Neither do we like the $5 head tax to be assessed to those who do not make enough to pay in come tax and are therefore un able to own property on which to pay a property tax. This seems an evasive substitute for the general sales tax the legisla ture had not the intestinal for titude to attempt because it might cost some of them the next election. But: can we live with this tax program for one biennium. and if we reject it the Governor will, almost certainly, be compelled to call a special session at great expense to all of us and consist ing of the same men subject to the same pressures. It is naive to expect anv better program i under such circumstances and ! it is possible that we might be i confronted with a much worse jnne. So the consensus of opinion in organized labor is that we ' should support this lax program MEDFORD, OREGON and use the interim to plan a , better one and to eliminate i from the halls of the legislature some of the tools of the corpor-1 ations who were elected by pos- j ing as friends of the people. j This is not a political party plan. Much as we regret to ad- mit it there are a number of j representatives in the present j legislature who were elected on j the Democratic ticket and with i labor endorsement w ho used the j opportunity to knife labor in the j back for the benefit of corporate monopoly. Neither would such a plan to reorient the 1965 legislature be for the consideration of labor only. A fair and equitable over all tax plan based on ability to pay is of vital interest to every one, farmer, labor and business man. D. Ivan Fritts 974 Fortncr Lane Ontario, Ore. Common Sense To the Editor: You have asked if we believe our Oregon legis lators and educators are fools. May I ask in return, do our leg islators, educators, and editors believe the Oregon voters are stupid or illiterate or both? If your answer is no. then may I suggest that instead of .spending thousands of dollars and print ing millions of words urging the people to vote yes on the new income tax law you could pub lish the text of the law and let the voters decide for them selves whether to vote yes or no. In failing to publish the law you are in effect asking the people of Oregon to sign a blank check next Oct. 15. Please in the name of com mon sense stop comparing Ore gon with Nevada, Washington, and California. We know there are more people living in the Los Angles area alone than there are in the entire state of Oregon. We also know that bil lions of federal funds are being spent on defense contracts in our sister states, while we in Oregon receive the larger share of our income from privately owned industry, and I believe it is an accepted fact that such industry can rarely compete with government spending. Judging from recent news stories I have been convinced we can operate the entire state services on S60 million dollars. What are they going to do with the other $345 million? Just curious. Ella Hogue Route 4, Box 414 Medford. Cold Noses, Warm Hearts To the Editor: The Sanctuary, a refuge for homeless dogs on an old hill-farm, comes again with asking hand. I, who am the staff, take new courage as sum mer is over the land. First, I would thank all who have helped in the years just past. I would like you to know how responsible I feel in the use ot the things you have sent and how much com fort they have given. We need food (of any sort), old blankets (or pieces), old sheets and towels. Just about anything can find a place here and will be used with care and appreciation. Cold noses and warm hearts remember! Ixmise Wood The Sanctuary, Route 2, Wilbur rd., Martinsville, lnd. 46151 Overnight To the Editor: In reply to the letter that made the assumption that the Negro was responsible for the murders of the small girls: Birmingham has had 50 bomb ings that can be ascribed to j racial conflict since 1947. If a Negro had been guilty of the j crimes they would have been solved over night. (Name on File) Medford ! Maybe a Change? To the Editor: Since so many people are dissatisfied with the daylight saving time due to the hardship it works upon them, their school children, and work, Governor Hatfield was sent a letler of protest some time ago. His answer was "that the Ore gon people voted for it." But he failed to see they wanted a standard daylight time for Ore gon, not a daylight saving time. He also failed to mention that the people voled it down before but it was adopted anyway due to an official approval. But if the people who are displeased by the daylight saving plan will write the Governor he will real ize they do not approve of it, and may make a change. Mrs. G. C. Cunningham "46 Maple st. Central Point, Ore. Vegetarian To the Editor: I fully (igrec with Mrs. Thelma Ritler, "Elim inate Frills," 9-25-63. There are loo many entertain ing frills sponsored by our schools today and many parents can't afford them. And even if Geo. Grabow 1 365 Kings Hwy., Medford Phone 772 8560 Ultrasonic Cleaning Electronic Timing WE BUY O'.K GOLD! they could, the schools are for educating our children and not to entertain them with games and the like. They could eliminate the vari ety of classes not essential to basic education and then the voters could afford to live up to their responsibilities of educat ing their children. A large part of the space in the papers is taken up with "scare" warnings that must be kept in mind by voters on Oct. 15. It reminds me of the fluor idation and daylight saving time tactics. The wolves are still try ing to asure the lambs that they are really vegetarians at heart, .lolin P. Gascon Kt. 1 Box 310-B Central Point, Ore. The Road of Life To the Editor: The road of life we walk today Is strange as what Israel trod, We need the cloud as well as they, We need the guiding hand of God. He sent His light, His Spirit fire To lead us through the desert sand, Encourage, by giving our hearts desire When the way's rough in arid land. No enemy can block our path Or slop our progress on our way Unless he feels the Eternal's wralh That leaves our path as plain as day. No river will bar the way Unless God wills it so, His mighty hand can clear the way And let His children onward go. No lion's den can make us faint, The angry lion's jaw He'll close As He did for the Hebrew Saint And God's mighty power dis close. Prayer three times a day. Was Daniel's pledge to God, It gave him strength that day When under the King's chasten ing rod. The road of life for us today Still needs God's strength and way, The way individually, His own We must pray and touch His Throne. Mabel Harmon 1035 Cherry st. Medford. Law of Nature To the Editor: The Law ot Nature prevails in our free so ciety. There is much wishful thinking among the have - nots. Those who own and control the means of production of the world's goods naturally protect their nroncrty and take care of it to the best of their ability in order to carry on and survive. Laws are enacted for that pur pose. Societv can be likened to a large tree with many iimbs or branches. The main bole it tne tree we can picture as the prop ertied class, the business cle ment, including its machine parts of governmental law and order. Better yet, we can liken it to a large fruit tree, say an apple tree. Now. apple trees, to bear clean fruit must be sprayed at the right time with the proper poison to kill worms, bugs and pests, or much of the apple crop will be lost. Now among the members of our human society there are a lot of rotten apples. So the simi le here fits only in a certain sense. The fruit on the social tree is composed of living, mov ing figures, endowed by God with a brain and faculties to govern their own lives. But they are not endowed with a will to think and act alike. They are not automatons. In fact, biologically, there are no two human beings alike. The nearest to that are identical twins. In fact they arc more alike than a mother and child. So says the biologist. So, the more or less unfit members of society are amor g most nations, cared for by the government and-or charitable organizations, wishful thinkers to the contrary. There is no sign yet of a change to a socialist or der of society. The best .hat Hie poor can hope for right now is a welfare slate, which, here i.i the U.S.A. we seem to have right now. John E. Ring 1049 West 11th st. Medford. Sopex '(i.'l To the Editor: At the meeting of our exhibition committee Inst week we voted lo give you our certificate of appreciation for the generous coverage you gave us for SOPEX '63. Our annual stamp show more than doubled the attendance of last year. We had more out-of-town entries than ever before and the ex hibits were all outstanding and well chosen. Stamp collecting In the span of a century has gained interna- tional status and with its more than 22 million members in about 25,000 clubs is recognized as the world's greatest hobby! Stamps are tiny storybooks, each carrying a message for those who look for it. Nations are born and countries are ab sorbed and the little stamp is one of the first heralds. Collecting stamps calls for in dustry, concentration, research and intelligence and for that reason is encouraged by the Boy and Girl Scouts of America and other national youth organiza tions because they feel that those qualities have merit in de veloping their future character and inclinations. William B. Giles, M.D. Exhibition Chairman Southern Oregon Philatelic Society 229 North Bartlett st. Medford. Take All Analysis To the Editor: We air nflun prone to Dass illHomnnl nn someone, even though we know so little of the facts or reasons for them doing or saying what they did, especially if it might be some information coming to us at second hand. It michl be well to tak an analysis of the man (or woman) whom we think could nnt ho guilty of saying or doing any- ining wrong, it was asked to submit the following poem and that it would be a belter world if we could all face: THE MAN IN THE OI.ASS When you get what you want in vour strucele for self And the world makes you king tor a nay, Just go to a mirror and look at yourself And see what THAT man has to say. For it isn't your father or mother or wife Whose judgment upon you must pass: The fellow whose verdict counts most in your life Is the one staring back from tne glass. Some people may think you a siraignt-shootin chum And call you a wonderful guy, uut tne man in the glass says you're only a bum If you can't look him straight in the eye. He's the fellow to please, never mind all the rest, For he's wilh you clear up to the end. And you've passed your most dangerous, difficult test If the man in the glass is your friend. You many fool the whole world down the pathway of life And get pats on the back as you pass. But your final reward will be heartaches and tears If you've cheated the man in the glass. Mrs. Ernest Sanlo 204 Lozier Lane Medford. Test Ban Treaty To the Editor: Is it possible that Congress and the people of the U.S. are placing any faith in a treaty signed by a Communist representative? About one year ago they broke a similar treaty by testing and exploding the most powerful bombs ever ex ploded in the atmosphere. They have broken 51 of 53 mm 2 DAYS LEFT-OPEN A lUft HOME agreements. When it fits their purpose they will break any agreement. How about their promise to remove all nuclear weapons from Cuba? It seems hardly possible that the people of this great country are again deceived after the examples of perfidy of recent history relative to trusting the Russians. They are continuing on their objective of take over in many countries of the world by fair means or foul. Khrushchev boasted after the test ban treaty was signed that he had the nuclear weapons necessary to destroy the U.S.A. in less than an hour. Let us hope that the people are not being deceived about our prepared position with all necessary means and weapons of defense as they were de ceived in regard to the Cuban debacle. The tragedy of the test ban treaty reliance is lowering our guard and turning all our mili tary defenses over to the U.N., a foundation for one world gov ernment formed by Communists. That would be a splendid way to commit internal suicide. Public law 87-297 has put us on record to dissolve all of our military forces within a period of nine years. A good time for all patriotic Americans to wake up is now, not tomorrow, as that might be too laic. Ed Black 2573 Camp Joy rd. Grants Pass, Ore. It's Happened Again! To the Editor: It has trans pired again! What? That trans gression which aroused God's righteous indignation and also that of every true Christian who heard of it. It was by a group known as Christian, but who act like those who are breakers of God's law; admit that the Lord's day should be kept holy; and yet, and yet, as the market owners and others who disregard God's express commands for monetary gain, advertise the fact in their ads by these words, "Open seven days a week for your conveni ence." So has this group done "business as usual" by their Sunday auction Sept. 22, well ad vertised by the roadside sign and other means! Yes, this transgression has been written grimly in the an-j nals of Medford history and in the Book of God. What a shame! What a disgrace! What a trav-i csty on the Christian name and nn the cause of Christianity that a group which once had a high standard now lowers it, sets a glaring example of defiance to God's law, teaches the same to young people whom they are supposed to help! They bring reproach upon themselves and upon the cause of God and Christianity in general! What can we expect of our t rising generation as to their I moral standards when they are coached and taught by a group who break the old established standard of the years, and teach those committed to their care the same custom? God is angry with the wicked every day. (Psalm 7.11) Thou, even thou art to be feared; and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry? (Psalm 70.7) Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished. (Proverbs 11.21) In the last days perilinus days shall come (2nd Timothy 3.1) r' II t I Phone 826-4351 In th Ntw Ciiodt Shopping Center t WHITI CITT n FURNISHINGS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER Christians, those who care be ware! The perilous times are here! Standards once held high are being lowered and broken, in fact trailed in the dust! Who will not join with me in saying in loud tones, shame, shame, shame! And also let us join in presenting to them a many -, signatured petition ask ing that they either drop the name Christian or as an al ternative act as Christians before the same world to whom they now advertise their wrong. As it is, as of the prevent un saved men who speak candidly, simply say, "If that's religion, excuse me!" H. R. Bulman, Route 4, Box 316A, Medford. Clipping To the Editor: I dug up a clipping about Robert Holmes' talk to educators that I thought was pretty nice and thought others might like to read it, if you would be so kind as to put it in the Communications, J. R. Hoffman Applegate, Ore. o PORTLAND (UP) - Dele gates to the Oregon Education association meeting here last night were told bluntly by Gov. Robert Holmes that their job is to educate the youth of the state and they are in danger of losing recognition in that respect. "I feel certain that you are in danger of becoming known as tax experts, accountants, budget jugglers and financial planners instead of being Known by your ancient and most hon orable title, teachers of Ameri can youth," the governor told the group. He told the delegates that in continually talking of taxation and districting problems they "are implying that you are ex- .BACKACHE Excruciating headaches may be caused by eyestrain. Eyestrain can also reduce working efficiency, promote fatigue and irritability and may be allied with other physical troubles, such as neckache, backache and upset stomach. Why suffer needlessly? Protect your eyes with properly fitted glasses. Heed the danger signs. Be sure of proper eye care. Have your eyes examined at least once a year by Dr. Nolei Optome trists. e Complete Eye Examination e No Appointment Needed e Convenient Credit rniunl ahopplnff wltn convenient parking lira. Omar J. Nolcs and William T. Hodion 5 Elliott Moved to Retired Reserve Maj. Jay J. Elliott has been transferred to the retired re serve after 25 years of active and reserve service, Maj. Wil liam C. Tycer, commander of the reserve unit has announced. Major Elliott's last assignment prior to retirement was com manding officer of the 382nd Quartermaster Battalion. USAR. Major Elliott .started his mili tary career by enlisting in the 41st Division of the National Guard in 1938. In 1940, he en tered active duty with that di vision and served until 1942, when he was graduated from OCS as a commissioned second lieutenant. Elliott was assigned to the 84th Infantry Division in the European theater of operations and engaged in four major cam paigns in that theater in World War II and was awardod the Infantry Combat badge.. He joined the U.S. Army re serves upon separation from ac tive duty, and was active as de tachment commander of the 382nd QM Battalion reserve unit up to Aug. 31, 1963. Major Elliott is employed by Pacific Power and Light in the sales department. changing your ancient and most honorable craft for a business that really belongs at the local level to the school boards and at the state level to the Legis lature." The governor said questions regarding what the added money would do for the child are going unanswered while the educators talk in general terms of needs. lRAfiM Mist 3S? -4""llsB 29, 1963 e We give !i!9C Green Stamps COLUMBIAN OPTICAL CO. MEDFORD SHOPPING CENTER Phono 772-9990 SIM !
