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History from tne files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Oct. 18, 1953 (Sunday)
The second complaint seeking
a decree "perpetually restrain
ing" the city of Medford from
erecting an east side fire station
at the corner of Valley View dr.
and Ruhl Way has been filed in
circuit court.
The state board of health has
reported that all 183 samples of
Medford's water were free from
bacteria.
20 YEARS AGO
Oct. 18, 1913 (Monday)
Jackson county births report
ed at 114 for September, all time
record.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudee Pot" column: "The last
half of the Pearl Harbor song
title. 'Praise the Lord and Pass
the Ammunition', is now war
bled by hunters, both deer and
bird, with much gusto ana great
depth of feeling.
30 YEARS AGO
Oct. 18, 1933 (Wednesday)
Early action on valley's pica
for irrigation district loans
promised.
Public speaking class organ
ized in city.
10 YEARS AGO
Oct. 18, 1923 (Thursday)
Siskiyou train robbers got no
loot, postal inspectors say; sus
pects held in all sections of the
land.
Harry Duhuque of Nebraska
purchases R. W. Elden place
near Central Point.
50 YEARS AGO
Oct. 18, 1913 (Saturday)
No chance for new post office
here seen until next vear.
Fourteen inches of snow at
Crater lake halts work on roads
and trails.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct Is superior;
seven or eight is eicellent; live or
six is good.
1. If described as a monodent,
how many teeth would a crea
ture have?
2. The U. S. Constitution for
bids the election of a woman as
president; true or false?
3. A dermatologist specializes
in the treatment of diseases of
feet, skin, or heart?
4. In direct sunlight, black and
white clothing is equally cool;
true or false?
5. What is the plural of the
word fungus?
R. Asuncion is the capital of
which South American country?
7. A warrant for arrest of an
unknown person is called a
... warrant?
8. Did the late Babe Ruth
throw baseballs with his right
or left hand?
9. Arc the earth's parallels
measuring distance from the
equator called longitude or lati
tude? 10. Half hitch, clove hitch and
square all refer to what?
Answers: 1. One toolh. 2.
False. 3. Diseases of the skin.
4. False. S. Fungi or funguses.
6. Paraguay. 7. John or Jane
Doe. 8. Left. S. Latitude. 10.
Knots.
FAVORS TAX CUT
WASHINGTON UPI) -Commerce
Secretary Luther H.
Hodges said Thursday that an
across-the-board tax cut now
would stimulate a lackluster
economy and "strengthen our
defenses against recession."
JkSjjAMOCIATION
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1963
Errors and
If you have gathered the impression that
there have been rather more typographical er
rors and boo-boos than usual in the Mail Tribune
in recent days, you are
We deplore it, and
to have things straightened out soon.
Actually, they result from changes in print
ing procedures and equipment which are de
signed to put out the paper more rapidly, more
efficiently, and, eventually (soon, we hope) with
fewer errors.
Meanwhile, "bugs"
unfamiliarity with new
in a higher-than-average
(NE of the new pieces
forator. It is part of
system.
Our United Press International copy comes
from the UPI offices in Portland and San Fran
cisco. The electrical impulses which cause a
machine in the news room to tap out the stories
as they are sent over the leased telephone lines,
also activate a machine in our printing shop. This
punches holes in a strip
These combinations of
senting letters and numbers.
When this tape is sent through another ma
chine, a sensing device converts the hole-code
back into electrical impulses which in turn acti
vate linecasting machines. These then automati
cally turn out the lines of
in the page forms for printing.
IN ADDITION to the imperforated UPI tape,
much of our locally-produced news copy also
is punched into tape by
is run through the teletypesetting equipment.
Learning how to handle the tapes, how to
make sure that corrections are made and editing
changes included in the
fairly complex.
Combined with the fact that the reperforator
used the first two days was faulty in operation,
this resulted in many more errors than usual,
more than our proofreaders could cope with.
"ERTAIN other changes have been made. In
the past the half-column "thumbnail" pic
tures used with columns by many of our regular
writers have been "buried" in the copy. Now, in
the interests of efficiency, many of them have
been incorporated into the permanent heads
which go over the columns, (Harris, Hoppe, Al
sop) or have been combined with by-lines at the
head of the column (Newsom, bevareid, bmith).
When we all get used to the new procedures
and machines, we hope to be producing a better
paper, and faster.
Other recent changes have been the adoption
of a new body type (used
and a speed-up in the receipt of UPI copy from
about 50 words per minute to about 70. This
brings us more news each day, and brings it
faster.
"YTHER changes over the past several months
and years have been the purchase of a new
high-speed press (and a new building to house
it), addition of the UPI newspicture service, the
addition of printing equipment of various kinds,
the addition of a number of new features, the
employment of more people on the news staff,
and an increase in the number of correspondents
writing for the regional page.
These are all part of our continuing program
of improvement and expansion to brine our
readers an ever-better
have a few more errors, temporarily, in the
process, we'll just have to grin and bear it.
And perhaps it is
these things now, inasmuch as this is National
Newspaper Week. E.A.
Watchdog for the CIA
Suspicions about the
Intelligence Agency have
cent months, and despite
an authority than the
States, the uneasy feeling about our cloak and
dagger operatives remains.
Are the suspicions justified? No one outside
the CIA and the National Security Council really
knows. And thats the trouble.
The CIA is so hush-hush that even Congress
men don't know what goes on or, except for a
very few, how much money it takes to run the
CIA. Its appropriations are disguised in the
budgets of other departments of government.
'TMIESE circumstances have combined to bring
about suggestions that a joint Congressional
committee be created to keep an eye on the CIA
and other such operations.
The New York Times recently pointed out
that the CIA has both intelligence-gathering and
covert operation functions. And it added:
"Communist Imperialism and the exigencies of the nuclear
age have brought us eons away whether we like it or not
from the era of 1929, when Secretary of State Stimson closed
the nation's only code-breaking organization with the remark
that 'gentlemen do not read each other's mail.' Today we
must read the other fellow's mail if we want to survive.
"But the C.I. A., like (he F.B.I., has gone too long without
adequate Congressional accountability. A Joint Congressional
Committee on Intelligence, so long urged but so often frus
trated by Congressional pride of place and petty Jealousies,
should be established to monitor our intelligence services,
to safeguard their security and to reduce the dangers secret
espionage and covert operations present to I free society."
We concur. E.A.
Progress
correct.
fight against it, and hope
in the equipment, and
procedures, have resulted
number of errors.
of equipment is a reper-
our new Teletypesetter
of heavy paper tape
holes form a code repre
type which are placed
our own people, then
finished product, is
for most news stories),
newspaper. If we must
appropriate to mention
activities of the Central
been increasing in re
assurances from no less
President of the United
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Can Greed
Save The World!
8 Arthur Hoppe
WASHINGTON In our con
stant search for world peace,
as you know, we've kind of
given up relying on the old
standbys of love and brother
hood. While in theory, they did
not pan out too well. So now
all we do-gooders are pinning
our hopes on a far more basic,
universal human emotion.
Greed.
And I'm delighted to report
the Peace through Greed Pro
gram is going great guns al
ready. But let us add a note of cau
tion: there are dark clouds on
the horizon.
The program was officially
launched by Mr. Kennedy's an
nouncement that we would swap
the Russians four million tons
of wheat, which they are greedy
for, in return for $250 million
in gold, which we are greedy
for. And it seemed like the
rosy dawn of a new era of
peace through mutual greed, in
which all men would lay down
their swords at last. In order to
pick each other's pockets.
True, there were some com
plaints from midwestern con
gressmen with militantly anti
communist constituents. "How
come," demanded these con
gressmen whose militantly anti
communist constituents also
grow wheat, "we are only sell
ing the Russians four million
tons?" When our allies are sell
ing them 15 million? What's
happened to American sales
manship?" But generally the reaction
here to the Peace through
Greed Program has been favor
able. After all, it's an approach
our congressmen can under
stand. And the only real oppo
sition has come from our
staunch friend. West Germany.
You know how virulently anti-
communist the West Germans
are. And you can't blame
them, living as they do in the
In the Day's News
By FRANK
As was rather generally ex
pected, the Oregon legislature's
$60 million tax increase measure
went down to defeat in Tues
day's referendum election.
Its worst drubbing was in Jo
sephine county, where 68.4 per
cent of the registered voters
went to the polls and voted 8,063
to 708 against it a negative ma
jority of 11 to 1. At McDcrmitt
precinct over in Malheur county,
18 of the 37 registered electors
turned out to vote. They ALL
voted NO. In Benton county,
home of Oregon State Univer
ril
POT AN END
TO NUCLEAR
TESTINfj
i fallwt , yvJns
I
"Sure, you helped, hut you can't rxpert Vm to give a Nnhel
Peace Prlir to everybody that marched with a placard:"
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD.
shadow of the Berlin Wall. Who
knows better the horrors of com
unism? Who better understands
the need to put the economic
screws to the Soviet bloc? In
hopes their evil regime will
fall?
And, oh, what an impassioned
warning sage old Mr. Adenauer
of West Germany delivered to
us before Mr. Kennedy approv
ed the wheat deal. How, Mr.
Adenauer asked with tears in
his eyes, could we even think
of such a thing? Would we, he
demanded, all choked up, reai
ly sell wheat to the commu
nists? And thereby betray our
loyal West German allies, "sell
the communists the noose
with which to hang ourselves?"
Would we, he summed up, ris
ing to oratorical heights, "fat
ten up our own butcher?"
Oh, how moving it was to
hear this old statesman put
principles ahead of profit. Of
course, it might have been more
moving if Mr. Adenauer hadn't
approved the sale of 35,000 tons
of West German wheat flour to
the communists the day before.
Which was part of 350,000 tons
the West Germans are selling
the Soviet bloc. Which is part
of the $1.4 billion in annual
trade between West Germany
and the Iron Curtain countries.
But, as I say, it was good to
hear him put principles above
profit. His principles above our
profit.
But a speech like that kind of
builds your faith in the Peace
through Greed Program. It
makes you realize how over
whelming this stimulus to peace
and understanding is. But I'm
a little worried about the West
ern Alliance. Can it survive this
new program? Look at me. Al
ready I'm sore at '.he West
Germans.
lguess it's that I can't stand
their greedier - than - thou at
titude. JtNKINS
sity, 65 per cent of the registered
voters went to the polls and
turned it down by a vole of 4,255
YES to 5.781 NO a negative
majority of nearly 1'; to 1.
Over the state as a whole, the
voting was about .1 to 1 against.
ACCORDING to the official
State of Oregon Bi-ennial
Budget Report, the recommend
ed appropriations for the 1983-65
bi-ennium for all funds came to
a total of $1,2115.7 million.
That figure is too big to be
grasped by most of us. So let's
spell it out. Spelled out, it comes
,-S
OVUilM'
Go u I art Is
Right and
By
PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News
Analyst
Back in April, 1962, when
Brazilian President Joao Gou
lart paid a state visit to the
United States, a Brazilian news
man pleaded:
Strictly
Personal
By Sidney J. Harris
(c) Field Xnterpriwi. Inc.
GOODNESS CLOSE
Watching the play, "A Man
For All Seasons," not long ago,
I was sadly reminded of that
baffling mechanism in the hu
man mind that makes it easy to
approve and admire goodness
in the past, while refusing to
exercise it in the present.
As you may know, "A Man
For All Seasons" deals with the
life and death of Sir Thomas
More, the English lawyer, states
man, author and scholar in the
reign of King Henry VIII. A
devout churchman, More was
beheaded by his monarch by
refusing to give assent to Hen
ry's break with the Roman
church.
Nearly everyone else around
him bishops and lords as
well as intellectual leaders
capitulated to Henry's decree,
whether or not they agreed with
it. More, who deeply knew that
a man is nothing but what he
believes and acts upon, wanted
to be neither a hero nor a mar
tyr and became both.
Hardly anyone today would
disagree that More did the
right and noble thing. He is
an admirable figure, to Prot
estants as well as to Cath
olics, to those who deny God
as well as to those who af
firm Him. The high estimate
of his person cuts across all
lines of faith and unfaith.
Yet the tribute we pay to
such a man is largely histori
cal; it bears little relevance
to the modern condition. For
if a man like More were to
rise today, and to take the
same position against the
current of the state and soci
ety, those same persons who
admire More would condemn
his latter-day emulator.
Not only that. Nearly all of
us would behave ill such a
situation like the friends and
associates of More, not like
the man himself. We would
rationalize, we would be
"practical" and "realistic,"
we would trim our sails and
perjure our convictions.
And, in order to make our
selves feel better about our
wholesale abdication of con
science, we would be forced to
call the modern More a "crank,"
or a "nut," or a "visionary."
We would not apotheosize him
as martyr; rather, in the de
nigrating jargon of modern psy
chology, we would accuse him
of having a "martyr complex."
Goodness cannot be lived with
t too close range; it makes us
el uncomfortable; it shows us
.he moral yardstick by which
we should measure ourselves,
and, as Alcibiadcs said in listen
ing to Socrates, it makes us
want to run away and hide from
to one billion, 285 million, 700
thousand dollars.
I rjREGON'S present population
I " is assumed to be about 1.-
800.000.
the proposed state
budget, the per capita tax
(meaning the tax for each per
son) would have been about
$357.00.
Which means
For the average family of
four, the annual state tax would
be $1,428.00.
OUT that isn't all.
According to Tax Founda
tion Inc.. Orecon's share of the
$98.8 BILLION federal budget
for the 1964 fiscal year will be
$899 million or a per capita av
erage of about $490.
Adding the two, we get a com
bined (federal and state) per
capita tax of about $847.
Or-
For the average Oregon fam
ily of four
An annual tax of about S3,-
388.00.
IH'T. you will say:
J "I haven't got that much.
! So how could I pay that much in
taxrsn"
DON'T kid yourself.
The cost of taxes is add;
to the COST OF PRODUCTION,
and therefore has to be adi.ed to
prices. Otherwise, all producers
would go broke.
In one way or another, we all
pay our full share of taxes all
taxes.
J,
Walking Tightrope Between
Left in Brazilian Politics
"Give him a chance. He is try
ing to be a friend."
During the two years of his
presidency, Goulart's chief dif
ficulty has been that in the ex
tremes of Brazilian politics he
has been forced to walk a tight
rope between right and left.
And in the last two weeks there
have been definite signs that
the rope is becoming frayed.
On both the oxtrema right
and extreme left, Goulart was
ourselves, else strike down the
man who utters these prickly
truths.
It is easy to admire More
from a distance of 400 years.
Admiration is the counterfeit
coin we pay to be relieved of
the obligation of imitating him
... Communications ..,
Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under
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The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view lo clarification and
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.
Not For Sale
To the Editor We are but
a few of the property owners
and residents of Tiller, who
take exception to the repeated
advertisements and notoriety in
your and other leading news
papers both in and out of
the state that our Town of
Tiller is for sale.
The townsite was named for
Aaron J. Tiller, who was
granted a claim by the United
States of America in a pat
ent dated Dec. 17, 1890, and
was recorded May 21, 1898.
Today, though unincorporat
ed, our town is comprised of
the following businesses: A
U. S. Post Office, nursery and
gardens, tavern, a leading gas
station and auto repair, a
prosperous cafe, a nationally
known oil company bulk plant,
a large truck and auto service
station and a supermarket. To
our knowledge, none of these
businesses that comprise the
active community of Tiller is
for sale as a town.
We have a public school
consisting of eight grades, a
community church, an active
PTA, and a local trap club
that has existed for many
years.
Also, interested persons will
find located at Tiller two For
est Service Districts. The
South Umpqua and Cow Creek
districts employ 120 people in
their peak seasons and trans
act approximately $2,000,000 in
timber sales. More than 125
patrons are served through the
Tiller Post Office, excluding
those on a rural route to Drew.
There are perhaps 20 pri
vate homes and rentals in the
immediate area. We feel we
are the center of our surround
ing logging operations, forestry,
agriculture, cattle raising and
ranching. We welcome new in
dustry and the public to enjoy
the many benefits our area tan
offer including six modern
Forest Service maintained
campgrounds, and excellent
hunting and fishing on the
scenic South Umpqua River.
The 155 acres and houses be
ing advertised for sale are lo
cated in part of this commun
ity. Some of the other homes
and businesses could possibly
be individually purchased, but
the TOWN OF TILLER is not
for sale.
Bud and Jane Porter
And Nearly 50 Others,
Tiller. Ore.
Jacksonville
To the Editor: A visit rocenth
from a member of the Jackson
ville Boosters club: in our con
versation on general topics of
the day he confided that he al
ways read the writers' letters
to the Editor in the Medford
Tribune. That quite assured us
that the daily communications
columns are read bv the general
public, and to also notice the ab-
sence of one. after a prolonged
time of omission.
The gentleman also "spoke
our languace when he uttered
those words, or is the dailv
: newspaper's cosmopolitan and
. ""vu.nc
rather a r.i.m Up -f i v, i ..." i
All we can hope for is. when -
:ever we have interesting sub-!obviate (ur hor incidents I ,. clL' whal-vah know- Hce
ects to write on. and providing ' nh " " ! , I ve been writing sheer non
! the Editor sees fit to publish our f'f n " ? ,e, f f" ;e"g ' sense for a coon's age and he
humble articles, we w,!l contin-i ""iv' ! shed "V
ue to be a booster o preserve
.h. hilnrir. er-.n-.rv ,nrl KIM.
ings in the oldest town in Jack
'on county. Jacksonville, Ore.
Bert Kissinger
322 South Riverside ave.
Medford
The Right To Know
To the Editor: There have
been reports that certain de
partments of the federal govern
ment have systematically cen-
a man without a friend. Coni
licating the already chaotic
state of affairs in South Amer
ica's largest nation was the fact
that maneuvering already has
started for the presidenti-ii elec
tions scheduled for October,
1965.
This week Goulart's minister
of education, Paulo de Tarso,
quit in what was interpreted as
a left-wing protest against Gou
lart's "opening toward the
center."
Charges Death Plot
In Rio de Janeiro, capital of
Guanabara State, Gov. Carlos
Lacerda, militantly anti-Com
munist and an avowed presiden
tial candidate, accused uniden
tified authorities "directly
linked" with Goulart of plotting
to assassinate him.
Lacerda freely has predicted
total collapse of the Goulart
regime.
Whether or not another man
might have done better, it must
be admitted that Goulart s iosi
tion has been an almost impos
sible one.
When the United States bailed
him out early this year with a
pledge of more than $400 mil
lion in aid, it was on the prom
ise that an austerity campaign
would at least slow down Bra
zil's galloping inflation and that
sored news from unfriendly
countries, but I believe the
accusation reparding news from
South Vietnam and eminating
from a Congressional Commit
tee headed by Rep. John E.
Moss (D-Calif.), is the first I
have noted coming from such
an authoritative source. Such a
censorship would be in harmony
with the State Department muz
zle, first applied by John Foster
Dulles and perpetuated by Dean
Rusk, by refusing passports to
American citizens wishing to
visit unfriendly countries.
One of the most flagrant
abuses of this gag rule is in
progress now in the prosecution
and persecution of some of the
59 young Americans who defied
the State Department ban by
going to Cuba. One of their
number has boasted that he
went as a "stool pigeon" ap
parently for the specific purpose
of discrediting and vilifying the
other 58 on their return home.
It seems clear that his story
was planned and largely written
before the expedition left the
United States, yet his story
seems to have been accepted at
face value by both the grand
jury that has indicted some of
the students and by the despic
able HUAC whose reputation is
one of intimidation and harrass
ment. What those young people
learned, good or bad, about the
present regime in Cuba is of
small moment compared to the
damage done to the American
citizen's "right to know" inher
ent in the State Department ban
on travel in countries about
which the administration seems
afraid to have the people know
the truth.
It seems expecially ironic at
this time when the great major
ity of Americans are giving
complete approval to the Ne
gro's fight for civil rights, that
the civil rights of every Ameri
can can be abrogated by a sum
mary order from the Secretary
of State.
If the courts uphold the power
of the State Department to en
force such a ban on foreign
travel, the next logical step
would be a ban on the press,
radio and TV, as regards any
news unfriendly to the adminis
tration in power at any given
time. Perhaps the most valuable
civil right of the American citi
zen is that of free speech and
press: THE RIGHT TO KNOW!
D. Ivan Fritts
974 Fortune Lane
Ontario. Ore.
Highway Advisory Plan
To the Editor: We wish to
compliment you on your excel
lent editorial, "Highways and
Esthetics," which was reprinted
in the Portland Reporter on
Sept. 23.
Your appraisal, and the con
structive suggestion for an ad
visorv commission, is the most
sensible idea voiced to date,
j The Highway Commission has
! done such an excellent job in
; creating the highway and park
i (,,, ,. ,u-
incidents involving theMarquam
Bndee and Jacksonvi e must
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1 a. V..;.'" ' "T! .L' .
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! hlS,0r - CSthetlCS, and the Com-
miinitv uolfara luuvtma faMn-c
: """" -".a
jum as inipunani as me geogra-
pny and tne cost of its acquisi -
tion and development. Thus con
sultants in these areas become
a requisite. .
Since our prufession is vitally
concerned with the logical and
beautiful development of our
city and state community, we
would welcome the opportunity
tax and land reform programs
would follow.
Instead, inflation jumped
nearly 50 ner cent in the fiist
eight months of the year. Labor
unions attacked iiouiart tor ins
resistance to wage demands,
nnrl r-nncArvntivp And ripht-U'hf
elements in congress jffectively
DiocKea lana reiorm.
Loudest Critic
Among his critics, Lacerda
has been the loudest.
As governor of Guanabara
State, Lacerda has established
a good record of building
schools, clearing slums and
pressing public works. Manda
tory wage increases and a
"13th month" of extra pay has
in general kept workers quiet.
Lacerda expects a swing to
the political right and will use
his record as governor to help
his presidential ambitions.
As for Goulart, there are
signs that he is working toward
cooperation with the middle-road
Social Democrats of former
President Juscelino Kubitschck.
Kubitschek is an amiable medic
who has no personal enemies.
It was he who led Brazil into
the forced-draft industrialization
which plunged it so deeply into
debt.
Kubitschek also is a presiden
tial candidate for 1965.
to serve with others on an ad
visory commission. We feel that
the Highway Commission and
the community would both ben
efit from the association.
Very truly yours,
Architects Northwest
Members of the American
Institute of Architects
219 Southwest Stark st.
Portland 4, Ore.
No Bus
To the Editor: Mr. Khrush
chev sent word that he wasn't
going to come over here for a
trip to the moon. He just ain't
going to get in the bus and
leave the driving to us.
Everett Acklin
Ashland, Ore.
Forest Dialectics
To the Editor:
A digger squirrel and a chip
munk Were exchanging views one day
Said the digger squirrel: "Old
buddy,
We are lucky, come what may.
Though we're 'lower order'
animals,
Without reason, not much
rhyme;
Without cosmonauts or rockets,
Fearing no consequence of
time;
Have no colleges or Wall
Streets
Mona Lisa or slot machines,
Dog races, nor Valachis,
And never utilize Marines
Just browse, while there is
food for all,
And when tired, we hit the
hay . . .,"
"Yippee!" the chipmunk
shouted:
"And no income tax to pay!"
George Distell
33 North Fir st.
Medford
War
To the Editor: There is noth
ing good about wars. That is
why they should be abolished.
I am sure that this is the main
reason why the United Nations
was established.
We blame and deride tha
Japanese for attacking Pearl
Harbor without warning. Did
anyone expect them to give us
advance notice of their inten
tions? Military men are agreed
that if the Japanese had fol
lowed up their initial advan
tage, they would have disabled
this country to such an extent
that a declaration of war by us
would have been foolish, even
dangerous.
To repeat, there is nothing
good about wars. Nations will
have to settle their differences
without resorting to the mad
ness of armed conflict. No
country can hope to win tha
next major war and no for
mal declarations should be ex
pected. David Frisch
P. O. Box 292
White City, Ore.
Whatyah Know?
To the Editor: In Sept. 27
Tribune under the heading of
"Tablet." a letter read "E. A.
: bas the making of a fine writer
i and. cu,! accomPlish much
I j"i
au-ni- Irn
away from brain washing tac-
tics.
, mouln 'n soap.
I C0UM ,...
I could never quite trust a
r., . .
leuer wnat scz "He s a
fine
0uer 'BUT' or 'IF'
1 i couldn't trust him if I be-
came acquainted with 'im, but
when I hear from him and
haven't even set my eyes on
'im I get doubly suspishus.
You all leave E.A. outa it, R.E.
Pearl Spackman,
General Delivery
Rogue River, Ore.
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