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printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of t!e patter; in iact the
contrary is often tha case.
School Drop-Out
To the Editor: As a high
school drop out, I know better
than many the value in Mr.
Kennedy's campaign against
dropping out of school. True, I
am young and have been out
of school for a comparatively
short time, but I have seen the
jobs lost because of the lack of
a diploma. I have had the re
jected feeling of seeing school
mates go on while I sit here
getting nowhere terribly fast. I
have seen the truth in many
wise and heartfelt words spoken
by advisors, parents, and
friends. I have seen all this too
late.
A wise statement that I have
repeated many times, I take the
liberty of using here: "Of all
gad words of tongue or pen,
saddest are these, IT MIGHT
HAVE BEEN." I use this in my
everyday life to urge me on
that I might not be in such
sorry shape that I must use
those four words.
I have been attempting to
make something of my life re
cently. I am young, I have a
long life to live, and I would
prefer to live it in a respectable
and proud manner. I have no
wish to try to raise my future
family on the charity of the
public in such fields as unem
ployment checks or in the
pride destroying checks from
the Welfare department. I want
my children to go to school well
dressed and with their honor. I
want my wife to be proud of
me and to have some of the
little luxuries in life. I want to
retain my own human dignity
by being able to support my
family and to be able to die say
ing that I have enjoyed living.
Death is so long, I want to
make something of my short
life.
My wishes have been long in
making themselves clear to me.
Before I saw them, I was a
irresponsible, ignorant and care
free idiot. I was more of an idiot
than is allowed of a youth. I am
a bit better now. I am not say
ing that I am incapable of do
ing stupid things. Far from it,
but I do realize that of all the
stupid things I have done, the
worst was quitting school.
I cannot say that the school
board has not given me every
chance up to date. They have
Poets' Corner
Conducted by
Arnold Eugene Jenny
All Men Are Poets
The poet appears as one who is able to experience consistently
and in a marked manner those responses to life which all normal
people desire to experience and do experience to a more limited
degree. Hence . . . there is no actual inconsistency in saying
that all men are potentially poets.
Bonaro Wilkinson, in "The Poetic Way of Release."
O
Homeland Pride
Man, through all ages of revolving time,
Unchanging man, in every varying clime.
Deems his own land of every land the pride,
Beloved by Heaven o'er all the world beside.
His home the spot of earth supremely blest,
A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest.
James Montgomery
O
Autumn
.lust yesterday the hills were clothed
With 'purple, gold and yellow,
A flaming sheen from out the store
Of Autumn, rich and mellow
Last night when slumber fled my couch
And the sullen northwind muttered,
A countless throng of pattering feet
Across my doorstep fluttered
Today beneath an ashen sky
The wooded hills are lonely;
Their princely garments plundered, gone,
All shorn, bereft, uncomely.
Frank Roberts
Medford
O
This Is True
I sat beneath a shady pine
Where a creek ran free and wild,
And dreamed of golden days gone by
When I was just a child.
The pine seemed so much taller then
And the creek seemed so much wider,
When I sat and watched a silver web
Being spun by a busy spider.
The narrow trail that I see now,
That leads to this wonderland,
Had once seemed oh! so different,
So wide and steep and grand!
It "s hard to believe that it's the same,
This place that once I loved so;
I doubt if I'd believe it,
But my feet know where In go.
It seems, somehow, so very odd
How dreams appear to change,
For when, some day, one comes again
Remembered things seem strange.
But really nothing's different,
All things are still the same;
The only difference is the date
On which, both times, one came.
Wilma May Hulse
Medferd
(Composed by the author at aje 17.)
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ttw it erros end trows fainter,
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been understanding and helpful,
they have been very patient
with me. But on my latest ap
peal, I was rejected. I am the
cause of failure, but I would
like to have one last try. I can
do it. This is an appeal.
I appeal to the taxpayer to
decide if he wants his hard
earned money spent on getting
me an education. I am willing
to be interviewed by him to see
if I am worth it. I am a minor
taxpayer myself. I have seen
some of the products of my and
others' money, boys and girls
with I.Q.'s of 20, carrying an
average of D, with citizenship
records of F. But as I was told,
there isn't enough room for me
in the high school. I am told that
because of a fight I was in,
which I didn't start, and a sin
gle curfew ticket, I would be
such a bad risk and a bad in
fluence that I cannot get an edu
cation. I admit that I dropped out
three times. I will tell anyone
who wants to know why. The
reasons are personal, but I feel
they were valid. Regardless, I
do not feel that it is right to
refuse a taxpaying citizen an
education. Likewise, I am not
too impressed with the reasons
for my rejection considering
that I can name three students
that dropped out the same time
I did that were reenrc"ed this
year. Two of these students
have police records. Is it fair or
just? I really don't think so.
In summation, I will say this:
Medford School District 549-C
has the monumental task of try
ing to educate thousands of
children and young adults every
year. But must they run it with
out a heart? It took me a life
time to grow up. All I want is
a chance to show the people with
faith in me that I am worth it.
I want to be a citizen of this
great country. I want to be able
to enjoy it and I want to be able
to add maybe a little something
to it. The school board has in its
hands the key to the life en
lightening education that every
one needs. Can't they open their
door for me? Thank you.
Wayne Ken Howard
Route 2, Box 39
Jacksonville, Ore.
and grows fainter.
further and further, r,
the end
end.
'S3 i!u:tf rhieB Hb School,
tiM, ooo
Mnngrelization
To the Editor: The theme
"mongreiization of ethics" ap
pearing on the editorial page of
the Sunday, Sept. 29 issue of
The Oregonian, (review of book
by Margaret Halsey), is apro
pos. This began of course long
before the Second World War,
and can be associated with and
pretty well attributed to the
"mongreiization of races" in
this country, just now beginning
in earnest. Anyone who dares
mention "purity of race" at
present, and Caucasian especial
ly, is at once a pariah.
It occurs to me that the
present deep sag in morals is
not due merely to the accept
ance by the Americans of peo
ple of the Negro culture and
moral influence that began dur
ing the lost generation decade
following World War One, but
to the mongrel breed of men
being created by this "Melting
Pot": First the culture, then
the morals (ethics), then the
blood-breed of mongrels. Of
course the "culture" of white
men was accepted by the Ne
gro and Indian also, else they
had had little more than barb
arism. The influence of Orient
al true-culture in our society
is insignificant, unless one ac
knowledge Christianity as such,
which of course was from the
Near East.
"Mongreiization" is said to
produce a low grade of dog,
however hardy, effacing his se
lect and special virtues: Can
it be denied that the same is
true of men?
Ralph McKinnis
P.O. Box 321
Ashland, Ore.
Coverage Liked
To the Editor: Recently our
association, the Oregon Veter
inary Medical Association, held
a convention in your city.
We would like to compliment
the staff of your publication for
the excellent news coverage of
this event.
While many of the activities
were of a technical and pro
fessional nature, your agricul
tural editor, Mr. Joe Cowley,
did an outstanding job of inter
preting and presenting these
facts to your readers.
I know that many veterinari
ans from other parts of the state
were impressed with the Med
ford Mail Tribune's competence
in reporting this convention.
Our thanks and congratula
tions to you and your staff.
0. H. Muth, D.V.M.
Secretary
Oregon Veterinary
Medical Assn.
Corvallis, Ore.
Job for Representatives
To the Editor: Why all this
hue and cry about our current
state income tax bill? Much that
has appeared in these columns
in opposition to the measure
struck me as utterly illusory,
inane, or even irresponsible.
Of course, it is not a perfect
bill, as the legislators them
selves have acknowledged. What
tax bill ever is? But this is about
as good a bill as we could get
and we might as well accept it
in good faith and spirit, as re
sponsible citizens then work
and hone for a better one to be
produced by the next legisla
ture. Some of the arguments
against the bill are without basis
in fact; mere conjecture or wild
guesses, at best. Such abuse as
has been heaped upon our legis
lators, governor, heads of state
agencies, educators, and other
advocates of the bill, is as un
warranted as it is downright in
decent. These armchair critics and
would-be tax experts would have
us believe they know so much
better than the governor and his
advisers or the legislature, now
to budget and raise the finances
needed by the state. They are
hardlv to be taken seriously.
Much of their ill-informed com
ment appears to be of the "off-
Ihe-top-of-the - ncad variety;
and their invective, from their
spleen.
Let us not forget that our rep
resentatives and senators are
neither fools nor knaves and
that we elected them to do this
iob. and others, for us. Certain-
Iv
rs arc about as anie, con-
tors as we are ever likely to
get; and it is reasonable to as
sume that this holds (or most
of the others as well.
"Politics is the art of the pos
sible" and much legislation nec
essarily the result of comprom
ise, as in the present case. Com
mittees in both houses worked
long and diligently to produce
as fair and reasonable a bill as
possible, after careful scrutiny
of all phases of the budget sub
mitted by the governor and con
sideration of many proposed al
ternative methods of raising it.
It seems to me very presump
tuous, therefore, for any less in
formed citizee to claim flrMter
knowledge or wisdoaa in thf
matter.
Referral to a)ie voters of in
dividual tax proposals, such as
a general sales tax or a selec
tive one on cigarets, is fite
in order; but the drafting of a
general tax measure tn finance
all operations of the slate gov
ernment and ita subsidiary
MEDFORD
agencies is a job for our elected
representatives.
Arnold Eugene Jenny
Rogue Valley Manor
Medford
The Deer Hunt
To the Editor and All Bored
Stay-at-Homers:
With a house-trailer, tent and
station wagon our party camped
on a pumice flat among dead
weeds and dust.
We'd several mattresses, but
I took my sleeping bag out
into the aromatic cedered fresh
ness. Did ye ever crawfish into a
narrow bag and try to zipper
up a zipper what won't zip?
Ugh! I inched outta there,
fussed, then more crawfishing
and inching; finally I voiced
words that scared all the deer
outta their habitats and went
to sleep.
Next while feeling of some
lively bugs to ascertain "were
they spiders? I came fully
awake to the sound of running
water.
'Somebody trying to douse a
timber fire," thought I. Then
came footsteps in those sands of
time. I peeked out; there skulk
ed a ghost in the shaders. Not
believing in ghosts, I snickered
right out loud. It shouted
"What'd you say?" Not wanting
to awaken Coxe's Army, I
ducked back under that dusty
hood. The white-clad figger
pussyfooted tentward. ,
I musta dreamed that 'ere
water racket.
We didn't linger to hobnob
with them red-lidded dears who
milled around. Before starlight
quit we broke camp and hied
us to a slashing about two thous
and feet up the mountain.
I dug out by myself and took
a stand wiiere orusn wouia
shade my riffles' glitter.
I saw a voung buck and he
saw me. One second he was
outta the jungle and the second
second he worn t.
Later, I saw a fox, chipmonks,
small doe and one of our
party who decided I was lost,
began yelling "Pear-ull?" I let
lm holler for a spell, but to
stop the hullabaloo I stuck my
hat out and follered it. Shucks!
We ate a sandwich and de
scended. Soon as we see to things at
home we are going back with
plenty of salt along to put on
them deers' tails. I got my
fingers crossed, but iffen the
salt idea didn't work, yuh won't
hear from me for ages. I don't
get lost among trees either;
they re only overgrown tiowers
to shelter my wildlife friends.
Pearl Spackman,
(Formerly from J'ville)
General Delivery,
Rogue River, Ore.
A Worse Mess
To the Editor: In a recent edi
torial you discounted the pos
sibility of a sales tax being lm
posed as a result of a No vote
in the coming tax referral elec
tion. You seem to think that the
Granges and Labor will again
be able to make their opposition
to it effective.
I think that in this opinion
you are wrong.
Whetner Dy design or acci
dent, the situation, even though
more complicated, is similar to
that which was brought about
to put Daylight Saving Time
over.
Admittedly the present tax
setup is a mess (but it is a
mess that can be lived with)
and quite obviously a No vote
in the Oct. 15 election will put
us in an even worse mess (one
that cannot be lived with).
A Sales Tax will be pushed
and touted and clamored for as
the solution to our difficulties.
Under the extreme emergency
conditions that will obtain in the
event of a No vote, it will be
inpvitahle.
I rio sueeost to those who have
been planning to vote No in the
coming election that they re
member the process by which
we ended up with DST. A time
mess was created ana me soiu
tion to it was the thing we didn't
want. A tax mess exists and a
far worse one impends the
solution of course will be a Sales
Tax.
Jim Selleck
130 Hargadine, Apt. 4
Ashland, Ore.
Don't Make Sense
To the Editor: For many
years the recognized historians
have told us that too high taxes
were one of the main causes
for the fall of the world wide
Roman Empire. But now we
receive this voters pamphlet list
ing the terrible results that we
mav exnect. if we vote "No"
'in the coming tax election
For instance it states that "A
Yes vote will guarantee that so
cial security payments continue
not to be subject to any state
tax." Just let the Legislature
try to pass a law contrary to a
U.S. law! Phoocy!
The pamphlet also says tnai
this tax law "is to prevent de
ficit spending." Again just let
them try to spend money that
they do not nave wnen our uwu
constitution requires that all
bonds on which they can borrow
money must be voted on by the
people. That sounds just as
about as sensible as that they
could guarantee that Oregon
v.ll have some rain this winter.
Their arguments do not make
sense to me. We have some
splendid safeguards in our basic
laws, so I plan to vote "No.
1 wish to put the affair squarely
in the Governor's lap. He is
vested with the power to call a
sfwial' session of the Legisla
ture and to outline a good tax
MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD,
law, telling them clearly that
he will promptly veto a bad
law. He can "speak softly, but
carry a big stick." They will
lack the nerve to pass it over
his veto. But if they adwurn be
fore making a good law, he can
do as able teachers used to do
with bad little boys, make them
stay after school and do their
homework. The Governor has
the brains to plan a good law,
the good will to wish for one,
and I hope the "guts" to veto
bad one.
I feel sure that some econo
mies can be made, such as not
sending two voters' pamphlets
to one household; that some
mere chair warmers can be dis
pensed with, and that some non
educational activities can be
curtailed in the schools. For in
stance there is so much em
phasis put on winning football
teams that it rather looks as
though the tail wags the dog.
A Legislature should not be
too strongly influenced by spe
cial interests. If needed, they
can put a tax on luxuries and
especially on such things as do
great harm to people, cigarettes
with their product of lung can
cer, and whiskey with its prod
ucts of automobile wrecks and
crime. It is only just that they
help to bear the terrible costs.
But again that takes courage.
It may be necessary slightly
to increase the percentage on
the old income tax rates, but
certainly not to impose a five
dollar poll tax on little old ladies
who now can barely make ends
meet.
Horace W. Thompson
.1642 Hilsinger rd.
Medford
Phophesy
To the Editor: The test ban
treaty has been signed by so
many nations; perhaps a big
deal with Russia in wheat; the
letter by the late Pope John,
"Peace on Earth," and th. re
cent prayer of Pope Paul for
peace and understanding be
tween the Catholic and Protes
tant churches, which no doubt
has much to do about allowing
the Protestants more liberty
and freedom in worshipping
God as they choose in Spain.
Judging by these trends and
the many inventions in the last
100 years, especially radio and
TV, it seems the prediction in
Joel 2:28 is literally being ful
filled, where he says in sub
stance, "And afterwards I will
pour out my Spirit upon all
Flesh. Uld men would nave
dreams. Young men visions.
And also upon handmaids and
servants in those days will 1
nnur out mv Spirit."
The invention oi me ranio ami
the TV are a great help to bring
tn nass the Drediction our Savior
made in Mat. 24:14, "And this
Gospel of the Kingdom shall be
nreached an all the world, for
a witness unto all Nations. Then
shall the end come."
He must have meant by thai
the same everlasting Gospel
with its officers and priesthood
he established in his Churches
and Kindom and that was also
connected with his Father's
Kingdom in Heaven. (Mat.
16:19). The Apostles Luke and
Matthew use almost the same
words in declaring, "The law
and the prophets were until
John, since that time the King
dom of God is preached and
every man presseth into It."
And Jesus told nicooemus ne
had to be born of water and the
Spirit (Holy Ghost) to enter into
the Kingdom of Heaven. And
also the Apostle John saw an
angel flying through the midst
of Heaven bringing the everlast
ing Gospel to preach to them
that dwell upon the Earth. (Rev.
14:6-7). And the Prophet Mala
chi speaking of the last days
says, "I will send my messen
ger and he shall prepare the
way before me. And the Lord
whom ye seek shall suddenly
come to his Temple." That is
plain, the Lord will prepare a
people to build a Temple and
meet Him when He comes to be
the King of Kings.
John F. Peterson
611 South Holly st.
Medford.
Important Decision
To the Editor: We Oregon
voters are being called upon to
make an important decision Oct.
15.
Oregon's constitution requires
that expenditures must be bal
anced bv income therefore a
tax program had to be enacted
to produce an approximate $60
million to balance a general
Bob Anderson
Is Now Associated
With tha
MUSIC CENTER
Areada Bldg., 126 E. Main
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OREGON
fund budget of $404 million. Thehate, suspicion or rebellion. It
win minion general tuna ac
counts for approximately one
third of total slate expenditures.
The two thirds is spent for
highways, game commission,
S1AC, etc., and is financed from
dedicated funds from which
none of the $60 million could be
taken.
About 60 per cent of the gen
eral fund budget is appropriated
for education. State aid to local
school districts through the Ba
sic School Support fund and
from apropriations for special
education programs account for
35 per cent of the state general
fund. It is clear that education,
oecause it represents this siz
able portion of the general fund
budget, has probably the most
at stake in the referendum.
State general fund support of
elementary and secondary edu
cation began in 1942 with edu
recognizing that real property
could no longer carry the entire
burden of education. It was the
people in 1946 who approved the
present Basic School Support
Fund. The voters in 1950 and the
Legislatures since have consis
tently attempted to lighten the
property tax burden and equal
ize educational opportunity by
increasing tne size ol the fund.
It is significant to remember
that the fund was increased by
$19 million in 1961 and $16 mil
lion in 1963, making a total in
crease of $35 million during the
past two sessions. This amount
would have been otherwise lev
ied as local property taxes.
A NO vote could be interpret
ed that the people no longer be
lieve that the state should main
tain its present level of support
which is now about 36 per
cent of local district operating
costs. Actually, many state
groups, including educa tion,
school boards, Grange, Farm
Bureau, PTA and others have
positions urging that the state
provide 50 per cent of operating
costs or more from state reve
nue sources.
Oregon has had a tradition of
stable even conservative
governmental finance. There
has not been a major slate tax
increase since 1955, although
property taxes have increased
substantially. Our per capita
state tax is ninth out of the
eleven Western slates.
This pattern of an orderly
meeting of the most pressing
needs for state funds is the real
issue in the Oct. 15 election. Our
tax structure is reviewed every
two years by the Legislature, or
the people may initiate chance.
A YES vote will indicate that
the citizens of Oregon are will
ing to pay for the services that
they have requested and that
are necessary in our growing
state.
Eugene H. Fisher,
Chairman,
Oregon State Board of
Education, and member,
Elkton School Board
Oakland, Ore.
Uncertain Trumpets
To the Editor: It is true that
this is an age of tension when it
is possible to become overbear
ing and unbalanced in our ob-
s e r v a tions concerning the
trends in our governments,
schools, churches, etc. We ap
preciate those who caution us
concerning these possible ex
cesses. This Is no reason, however.
for us to feel that we have no
further duties to our God, our
country or our communities in
being alert to the evils as they
take root and grow.
God has, in every generation,
appointed His prophets and His
watchmen to sound the alarm
and warn the people, whether
they respond or not. "Whether
they will hear or whether they
will forbear . . . Yet shall they
know that there hath been a
prophet among them." (Ezek.
2-5).
Just because these prophets
and patriots are "contending for
the faith once delivered to the
Saints" does not indicate fear,
Jl Open Friday
Nilas 'lil 8
is love of God, love of country
and love of our friends and
neighbors which causes us to
cry out in protest as we sec cur
freedoms being snatched away,
one by one. The Bible says,
"Woe unto them that call evil
good and good evil, that put
darkness for light and light for
darkness, that put bitter for
sweet and sweet for bitter."
(Isa. 5:20).
Those "Christians" and
"Americans" who can lightlj
stand by and voice no objection
when the enemy is at the door
step should re-examine their
responsibilities to God and to
our nation. If the trumpet give
an uncertain sound, who shall
prepare himself to battle?" (I
Cor. 14:8).
Mrs. F. M. Patterson
Route 1, Box 161
Rogue River, Ore.
No Clouds
To the Editor: We saw the
Presidential jet returning from
the inspection of the Lost Creek
Dam-site, and here, eight miles
down river, the sun was shining
without any cloud cover.
P. H. Karner
Route 1, Box 340
Trail, Ore.
Hard To Believe
To the Editor: It Is difficult
to believe Congressman Dun
can's statement that President
Kennedy was unable to see the
Preserve the Rogue associa
tion's sign, "Another Pork Bar
rel Dam," if he was shown the
exact location of the proposed
Lost Creek Dam.
Visibility was unlimited at the
time the President's plane flew
over with no intervening clouds
discernible to ground observers.
The lettering was placed direct
ly on the site of part of the pro
posed dam.
It is entirely possible that
neither the President nor Mr.
Duncan saw the sign, but, as I
said, it is hard to believe if they
were looking at the proposed
dam site.
Martha P. Brooke
Trail, Ore.
The Choice
To the Editor: The current
battle over the Legislature's
new tax bill involves much
more than the level of taxation
for the next two years.
It is well and good and pol
itic to be against higher tax
es. Most of us are. To sentence
the youlh of our state to medi
ocre education and the needy
to less subsistence is something
else again.
A responsible vote on the tax
referendum must consider all of
these consequences. I for one
would rather pay more taxes
than have the expenditures for
basic school support, higher ed
ucation or welfare reduced.
The prize for the most irre
sponsible statement on this sub
ject should go to Senator Walter
Pearson, who distains quality
education and belter teachers in
our colleges and universities.
More young people are going
to college than ever before. Oth
er state and private universities
are expanding and improving
their faculties. Competition for
quality professors is greater
than ever. If we want to main
tain the present quality of our
higher education, we probably
need to spend more money than
the present tax bill provides.
For me the choice is simply
between this tax bill and some
other tax measure designed to
raise the same amount of mon
ey. Despite the shortcomings
and compromises In the present
hill, there is no evidence that
the Legislature could do a bet
ter job the next time around.
And if it did, the new tax bill
would probably be referred. By
the time we voted on It, fiscal
chaos would become a way of
life;
T. W. Phillips,
2254 Aloha,
Medford.
SLG
SUNDAY, OCTOBFaH
Contradiction -To
the Editor: In answerto
GHB's editorials in Sept. 30
Business and Trade Ethics
which presents, among other
things, a strange contradiction
or dilemma of American Busi
ness ethic and American Pa
triotism. GHB objurates a local
merchant for misleading the
public for not going out of busi
ness as advertised. On the other
hand he patriotically lauds the
wheat farmer for production of
an 'unneeded' surplus.
This editorial reminds me of
a recent discussion with a
friend, reputed to be somewhat
erudite in the area of "Busi
ness Ethics." He maintains that
since World War Two, business
executives feel that many of
the ethical problems on the pro
duction side of American Busi
ness are solved. In his words,
"Minimum wages, bargaining
right, child labor laws," etc.,
protect the worker from uneth
ical practices. However, like
GHB, many of the problems of
distribution still pose ethical
questions: "The executive finds
that he still rapes the consumer
with poor products, high prices,
basing point systems," and ad
vertising practices such as the
Medford merchant.
The dilemma posed by GHB
arises, perhaps, out of the ex
ecutive's solution to these ethi
cal prob.ems of distribution. My
friend went on to point out that
from the "marketing concept"
developed since WWII, execu
tives have approached the dis
tribution problems by asking,
What does the consumer really
need? They answer this ques
tion before production of a com
modity begins. Thus the ethics
of it is that to produce some
thing that isn't really needed
or which is a waste is highly
unethical.
Now to my point: What Is
more indicative of the failure of
"American Capitalism" than the
SURPLUS wheat? What is more
unethical and more costly to
the American consumer than the
production of this "unneeded"
wheat grown simply for the
purpose of storage and the main
tenance of the few farm families
engaged for the supporting sub
sidization? Those families, by
the way, are less than 1 per cent
of the consuming public.
What co"!d be more indicative
of the success of the Russian
system than to be able to buy
wheat at a price lower than
production costs to themselves?
And at a price which is a loss
to the American consumer?
I would be interested in hear
ing GHB's answer.
Kay jonnston
1875 Jefferson St.
Eugene, Ore.
Qualified To Vote
To the Editor: From all of the
comments that have appeared
in the newspapers about the
tax referral, it surely, must
strike many people that we need
a clear, strong voice of wisdom.
I may not necessarily qualify,
but I would like to remind the
readers that I do have some
special qualifications, to-wit:
1. I worked by way through
college selling Real Silk hosiery;
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Pauline Resphigi takes hers off when
she does the dishes.
High life to housewife Zale's
has a diamond design watch for every
woman.
So even though Pauline does her
own dishes, her husband was smart
enough to understand how very much
that one touch of luxury would mean
to her.
Since Zale's prices range from a mere
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you can easily see that somewhere
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2. I killed a ouail with on n
throw of a stone on my seventh
birthday;
3. I once went a week earlv
to a wrong wedding;
4. l am tne only person who
ever ran for Willamette Student
Body President after having
graduated once; and I hold an
other record there too I sang
m nrsi piace rresnman Ulees,
in three different classes!
5. I have had political careers
in both major political parties,
and have only been defeated for
public office four times;
6. I am a Unitarian my wife
is a Lutheran one of my sec
retaries is a Mormon and the
other a Seventh Day Adventist;
7. I drink lots of Papaya
juice.
And, I defy any of the others
who have ventured their opin
ions on the crucial issues to
show such qualifications.
Now, having qualified, I ven
ture my opinion:
1. I think it is far too early
to complain about the legislative
pay raise. Let us have at least
one or two elections to see if
the pay raise brings out some
better candidates;
2. Let us remember that even
in government cool and advised
action is to be preferred to im
petuous and unreflective im
pulses; 3. That knocking out the tax
proposal daes not automatically
recall the Governor or the leg
islators or stop petty finagling.
or reduce property taxes or stop
the demands of a growing popu
lation for public services;
4. I hat should a sales tax be
substituted, the economic bur
den would then fall even more
heavily on a large percentage
of those who are frustrated and
displeased with things as they
are, and
5. That those of us who are
really going to take the whack,
and I'm one of them, on this
income tax raise, are the ones
who can best afford to pay a
tax increase.
I trust the reader will re-read
my qualifications, and being
duly impressed, cast a wise
"YES vote on the referral
measure.
Steve Anderson
541 Court St., N.E.
Salem, Ore.
Rampart Project
Report Studied
PORTLAND (UPD-Army en
gineers said today they expect
to have a feasibility and design
report for the proposed Ram
part Hydroelectric Project on
Alaska's Yukon river by early
next year.
Maj. Gjn. W. W. Laps'.sy,
North Pacific Division engineer,
said a report by Alaska District
Engineer, Col. Kenneth T. Saw
yer, had arrived at his office.
Before Gen. Lapsley prepares
his report, statmenta from in
terior Department agencies such
as Bureau of Reclamation and
the Fish and Wildlife Service
will be received.
Rampart dam would be the
largest of its type in the world,
costing $1.3 billion.
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