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Newspaper Page Texthuunlsday, "Everyone in Southern Oregon Heads The Mall Tribune" Publ;n?ri Daily except Saturday by 33 North fir Si.. Ph 77.1-6141 ROBERT W RUHL. Editor" HEHB GHKV Advertising Manuger GERALD T LATHAM, Bui Mgr ERIC .V ALLEN JR . Mn Editor EARL H ADAMS, City Editor HARHY LH1FMAN. Telea Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Spurts Editor OLIVE SI ARCHER Women' Edito DALE ERICKSON. Circuit! Uon Mgr An IndeDendent Newtnapei Entered at second class matter at Men ford oreaon unner aci oi March 3. 181)7 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Rv Mali In Advance 'Daily and Sunday 1 year 118.00 Dailv and Mjnnay o moi iu.uu DaiU and Sunday 3 moi SOU Sunday Oniy One year 5 00 Single Copy (Mailed) ilOc Rv 'amei And Motor Route. uaAv and Sunday 1 year $21 00 Taily and Sunday 1 mo 175 Sunday Only 1 mo 50c Carrier and Vendora Copy 10c orfirtaV Paper of City of Medford Official Paper of Jackton County United Presi International V ull Leased Wire U. P 1 Tclephoto Newspicturea "MEMBKH OK AUDIT BUREAU" Or CIRCULATIONS Advcriisins Representative: NELSON ROBERTS St ASSOC!' atv.h nttifc in New York. Chi- caco Detroit. Ran Francisco, Loi A nge !.&. Seattle, roruina Denver. NlWSPAMt PUIIUHEKS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL Vy I I ASlSO CMTIQN Z J U Member California Newspaper Publishers Asiociatlon Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from tne files of Th. Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. in VKARS AGO Ocl. 23, 11153 (Friday) Bids on reconstruction of the spclinn of Highway 99 between Medford and the new Gold Hill bypass will he received by the state highway commission oct. 2!l. Floyd llait, president and general manager of Timber Products company, has been named lo head a six-member survey team, which will begin a study of the Department of Interior's bureau of land man agement Oct. 26. 211 YKAKS A(iO (lit. 2:1. 11143 (Saturday) Steve Dippel scores only touchdown as Medford High football learn defeats Grants Pass. (I lo 0; Doug Plumley, Bob Walson and Gil Tumy also star fur Black Tornado. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "J. Jerome of Hie airways was ed itorially spanked by the K. Falls paper for his broadcast of the B. Tornado's fourth football loss in 29 years at the hands of the sister city squad. The broadcasting was called 'High ly partisan and bitterly preju diced.' It didn't sound that way here." :ill YEARS AGO Oct. 2:1. I'lXI (Monday) Fire fighting crews report five blazes sol by firebug in Applcgatc district have been brought under control. Early action on construction of Medford sewage disposal plant assured by Oregon slate board of health. Ill YEARS AGO Oil. 2:1. I!l2:i (Tuesday) Local law enforcement offi cers organ 1 .p a posse to in vestig.itc reports that Siskiyou tunnel bandits have been in hiding mar Yreka. Mr. and Mrs. V. K. Parker, longtime residents of Willow Springs district, observe 32nd wedding anniversary. 5(1 YEARS AGO oci. 2:1. 1 1 1 :t (Thursday) II. Chandler Kgan chosen with Portland golfer to play against Hay and Vardon. out standing English golfers at Wavcrly country club in Port land. 1 What's Your I.Q.? j Nine or ten correct is superior; ; seven or eight is excellent; five or 1 sis is good. I 1. Was the District of Colum-I bia once larger or smaller in area than il is now? 2 Which Federal government agency is re.sK)tisible for the cal culation of tables of the tides'.' 3. In the limn election, who was the Republican candidate for president '.' 4. The Furoiean city, Geneva, is in uhich country? .V Did Naxileon invade Russia before or alter the American Revolution? fi. In which National Cemetery were the remains of the WW. II unknowns buried? 7 Is pure tin subject lo rust ing'' 8 In what unit of measure ment dors the Weather Bureau measure rainfall? 9 What is ornithology? 10 Is a woodpecker's tongue longer than his head? Answers: 1. Larger. 2. United Stales (oast Guard. 3. All Lon don of Kansas. I. Switzerland, i. Aller im;. 6. AiTwigion Na tional. 7. No. K. lnilrs. 9. Study of bird's. 10. Y. 4 A. OCTOBER 23. im The "Greeks" "Rush Week" is that year during which fraternities and sororities look over prospective new members. "Heartbreak Week," according to the Oregon Statesman, is the week following, when many students learn that their hopes to join the house of their choice has been turned down. Fraternities and sororities, by their very na ture, are discriminatory. It is, in fact, the chief reason for their existence, so that like-minded young people can live, study and play together, excluding those who differ. The other benefits of "Greek" living, while substantial, are almost incidental: board and room, encouragement, social life. D Y THEIR very nature, then, Greek letter living organizations are undemocratic just as are all other organizations which put various kinds of restriction on membership. It is, after all, a free country, and we can still associate or not associate with whom we please. Still, in a nation which has always had a tradition of equality (of opportunity, and before the law, if not actual physical and mental equal ity), it becomes a question of policy if tax-supported institutions should lend support to groups which are, almost by definition, undemocratic. This, basically, has been the basis for criti cism of the fratenity-sorority system over the years. They also have been heatedly defended. The argument is "freedom to choose" their asso ciates, on one hand, and "inequality of oppor tunity" and undemocratic attitudes, on the other. 17HEN, in addition to this basic conflict, the element of racial prejudice and discrimina tion enters in, the argument is compounded. The Greek houses can say, and in many cases with complete honesty, that a qualified Negro is not pledged, not because of race or color, but because his or her personality or attitude does not go well with the members of the house. Whether or not this is the case, it is a fact that Negro members of Greek houses are about as scarce as the proverbial hen's teeth. So, in most cases, arc Jewish dents, and others readily ance, race or religion. IN PRIVATELY supported colleges and univer- sities, the Greeks have only themselves and their consciences to answer lo. But in a publicly- supported institution the people 01 the commonwealth we see little excuse for their continued existence. They make it impossible for all to participate on an equal footing for education. And Heartbreak Week brings mis ery to the hundreds who are rejected no matter what their color. We do not see how tax-supported institutions can be a party Lo the continuation of such organ izations, and the snobbery, phoney superiority and clannishness they Editorial As previously noted, papers 111 Oregon supported the tax measure i i 1 .1 "linn w i.-i i voiHiiniiiijiy last week. Hut at least three opposed it. It is interesting to note the reactions to the defeat given in editorials since then. Manv editors have said, in effect, "The people have spoken. Now let's get on with the job." The Grants l'ass Courier, which opposed the tax measure, said on Monday : "There's a slicing temptation lo gloat when one is on Ihe winning team . . . We'll try not to be insufferable winners and 'rub it in.' Instead, we hope to lend a con structive hand at getting a stale fiscal plan thai will satisfy those who have to pay for it." Good for the Courier. ANOTHER nearby newspaper had this to say : "By coincidence I i (ho editor) had to leave town on the day alter election. "Which is just as well: had I been around I might have been tempted lo gloat over the results "(And I don't like a gloating editor any more than I like a sniveling, pontificating, platitudinous editor.) "Anyway, back home today and it's good lo see that the schools are still open and few. if any, have committed harnkiii. "Note in reading Ihe back copies of the slate's 'influen tial' newspapers lhat most of the editors have spent the past week either il) explaining lhat they really do have Influence most of the time or i2 thai the people weren't intelligent enough to understand - "One editor of one of the 'influential' papers had Ihe cllronlciy lo claim that he really didn't try lo 'brainwash' the people anil thai he guessed everything was hunky-dory since Ihe people 'leaded' lo his editorials. "Come on down out of your ivory lowers. Inns, throw away your quill pens and join the hoi polloi. "But please. ou leading newspaper' editors, walk with a trace of humihtv. "(Like Ihe man said last Tuesday, you ain't the leaders no more.)" IT IS nice that he was able to resist his natural temptation to gloat. He did not, sadly, resist his temptation to misquote and quote out of context. Rut no matter. The Corvallis Gazette-Times editor, one of those who got clobbered by the election, said it this way: "What is difficult in this game is to go out and bleed and die for a cause you know will lose regardless of whal you do. It would be much easier lo go along with Ihe majority " It sure would. -E.A. and Our Taxes period of the college! students, Oriental stu identifiable by appear one supported by ALL the advantages of an engender. E.A. Reactions all but a few daily news IP , i i .i . uiricciiuu uy inc ulci o : GOD I BLESS "It doesn't make sense that a strong stand on civil rights can hurt a politician. But this is America!" Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under 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 view to clarification and condensation. Letter submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words, The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of tr- paper, in fact the contrary is often the case. The Meaning To the Editor: It is surprising to me that such highly educated people as Dr. Branford Millar, of Portland State College, and our respective legislators, are so confused and at a loss to grasp the meaning of our recent spe cial election. It is very apparent, and has been (or many years, to anyone that will take the time lo look, that the entire tax struc ture of this state is not and has not been conducive to a well balanced prosperity. It is my opinion that the pres ent system of taxation in its en tirety should be abolished, and replaced with a tax structure consisting of a reasonable in come tax, both personal and cor porate, coupled with an adequate sales tax and cigarette tax. Anyone can see that the work ing man is taxed to the hilt, whereas the many seasonal transit workers and vacationers by the thousands come into the state and leave it without con tributing to any kind of taxa tion. Industry, so badly needed, shies from the slate, due to the present tax regulation, and you wonder why it is in such a sorry condition. William Stanfill P. O. Box 1093 Medford Tax Computer To the Editor: Many people in Oregon are confused about what should be done about taxes. What's wrong with asking the computer? If man s brain power has be come so lax that he has to de pend upon a machine to give him such simple answers as wucic iu lucaie a piaui ami whether Tom Jones i or Bill Brown should be promoted, etc., I "ier. and believe the public (M.T. Oct. 15. '63) whv not give should encourage them, not that computer a reai problem ; olll' the people but the city, all to answer? clubs and organizations and the I. as many others, don't mind Police department in particu paying taxes, but I want the lar. money spent intelligently. It has been my privilege to I want no aged person, men- observe Ihe workings of some tally retarded person, or others groups of this nature in other incapable of taking care of places and have been impressed themselves, to be in need, be- with the success of such ven- cause I was unwilling to do my fair share. Mrs. Delbert Casey Route 1, Box 358 Central Point.Orc. I-Ulucation To Ihe Editor: I observed in iin,l.i- It,. I Oil TV. I..... .. . w..,,,.,,, . i.v,. ,,,uvilll'. WC,. have another member added lo the higher education group, as an honorary degree was con ferred upon a prominent person age. You can always get il by hook or crook if you run with right gang Also in Ibis same edition is a picture of a school room equipped with at least two tele vision sets lo teach the chil dren. Why teachers at all when a baby sitter can do (he same thing for less than S5.U00 a year? Does it take three or four years in college to learn how to plug in a TV? At (he pres ent rale of teaching il could be. Just Ihe other day a lady said lo me. "Now lhat the (ax bill has (ailed they may cur tail much of the schools' pro gram, and may even close some of the schools Our children may have a chance lo learn to rread and write and figur . i once nearu me leiepnone w,th three small hovs can make, companies wont hue men lo Bui Sunday morning Miss tJ was dig postholos unless they have gone-leaving wilhoul a word as a college education , h,-r reasons for such a sudden How much dirt is there in a departure, hole twelve inches in diatue- We all miss her She was pe ter, by six foot deep' If you Uc with bright, intelligent eyes uu him miow wrue me a per- sonal letter. Harry Krurger P. IV Box 176. Eagle Point. Ore In Ihe Soup To the Editor: Regarding Ihe "Vox Republic'1 referendum. I'm sure you will get a variety i of answers lo your question-, aire reflecting different shades of opinion on the Oregon lax problem. My persoaj.il opinion A1EOKORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOID, is that the voters want some old fashion economy without serious damage to necessary government services. Second ly they want a serious attempt to develop a long range tax program which would allevi ate property taxes but not in crease income taxes. This would require a sales tax in cluding cigarettes, but exempt ing foods, etc. I wish to commend your good taste in not adopting the child ish and petulant attitude of the Oregonian and others. What is needed is constructive leader ship. Contrary to the views of Hat field and the Democratic ma jority, the special session of the legislature should face up to the problem now. adopting required economies, but devel oping a tax referendum for the spring primary embracing a new stax structure. Secretary of State Appling has taken a constructive position. Unless the governor and the Democrat controlled legisla ture can meet their responsi bility, I predict they will be in the soup with the taxpayers. (Name on file) Medford. Teen-Age Center To the Editor: I was very much interested in a news ar ticle (M.T. 10-17-fi,'!) stating that a group of teen - agers came before the Medford park and recreation commission ask ing help to establish a teen age recreation center. I think this is one of the finest movements I have heard about since the young folks started an employment center last sum- lures. They can be of signifi cant value to a community if they get the proper encourage ment from Ihe adults and Ihe police. If properly organized and supervised they can do more to relieve youth prob lems than any one else, for thev ;' " , . "', , u I , l, :.. ..:. on in their area, not only the benefits they can show in this respect but a good clean, well managed club is an uplift to any group. Since laws, customs and con ditions have so encompassed our young folks, I believe that this sort of organization is a must and can succeed if giv en the help and encouragement thev are asking (or. C. R. Uiirr.ll I'll'.- Cherry St., Central Point. Ore Miss ( To the Editor: Dear Readers: K you should see a lillle lady wandering about your neighbor hood wilh apparently no goal in mind, would you notify us. please'' MiS O fil n nt.'flv intn rtnr household We thought she was completely adjusted to (he hub- huh :nH H:itl.M' t)Ml a i imilv an, such a n e.isinc nci-son.i ilv Her only indulgence w a s graive-eating She was so particular about her hands Actually she was vain ! about them, continually washing and gesturing with her long. del- icale fmtei Her fascination with Ihe piano we accepted patiently although we could delect no talent alor.g thai line Some (oiks muhl think her hahil of tree-climbing bit cen- OIWGON Italian Economy Good, But Underneath Political Difficulties By PHIL NEWSOM LI'I Foreign News Analyst On the surface, Italians never had had it so good Wages were up and sales of automobiles, refrigerators and television sets were booming. Unemployment -not counting, the unemployables was down uiaa ilnum almost to zero. And of the nations of Western Europe, only West Germany and France had more money in the bank. But underneath there was trouble, some of it due to the very factors mentioned above and some of it political wherein Italy's large Communist party saw its greatest chance since 1948. Events of the next few weeks would determine Italy's imme- diate future. Italy's troubles were inter twined. Politically, the question was whether Italy's largest political party, the Christian Democrats, could or would renew its part nership with the left-wing So cialists of Pietro Nenni to set up a governing center-left coali tion. A previous attempt under former Premier Amintore Fan fani collapsed after last April 28 elections in which the Commu nists picked up a million votes. Caught in the ensuing tu?-o(-war were the Nenni socialists who in their party congress tl'is week will be asked 'o de:ide wneiner 10 continue uieu ues , Th Common Market and with the Communist piny ori . to accept a sufficiently moder-lne Third World: Economics, ate stand as to permit renewal 'because that s a subject Im of their partnership with the 1 desperately interested in. Christian Democrats. j True. I'll admit I wasn't al- The Communist part in the i ways desperately interested in camnaien followed a familiar ! "The Common Market and pattern of strikes and violence, the Third World: Economics j was terribly impressed when I including one particul i:iy vio-jlt used to be that whole days would happen to mention cas lent demonstration In Hnnie and I would go by without my once j ually: "Please pass the canapes - ! and I am going to England to In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS The big news as this is writ ten? Let's put it this way: There isn't anything in it that people with weak hearts need to be afraid of. PERHAPS the most interesting story in the news concerns what is known in the news as Exercise Big Lift. II will send 14,000 Army tank troops to West Germany in more than 200 Air Force transports. An advance party of 440 went over on Satur day. Heading across the Atlantic at the same time will be a llii plane composite air-strike force numbering about 1500 men. This strike force will provide air sup trio lvli t. nro -Q in iitn or question the motive behind such an activity We can 't believe Miss Q really intends to stay away forever. Mavbe she just had to get aw av for a few davs. " if vnn shm'ilH c hor urM t, so grateful if you'd let us know. The collar on her neck may help distinguish her from other racoons. Mrs Vanita Browning ( phone 772-7576 ) 224 Arnold Lane Medford No .Myslery To the Editor: I have read your editorial. "What do the tax payers w ant ." 'and in my opini on, the questionnaire is a waste of time and money by stale of ficials. And Ihe die-hard-losers are cither the dumbest, or else the craftiest, men who ever lived First they say. "The people have spoken, loudly. Let their will be done. But what, pray tell. IS their will?" It is not quite clear to Dr. Branford Mil lar what they have spoken about. Maybe the people want a cigarette or sales lax. But it ap pears to me that Clarence Bar ton was the only one who had brains enough to understand what (he taxpayers want, for he said. "The people aren't inter ested in any new taxes. They want spending cut. ll this squirming around and playing dumb is a foxy way of visit, and it isn't improbable trying lo shove something else that the invitation will be ac down Ihe taxpayers' throats to j ccptcd. get Ihe money for the big spend ers, in one way or another Many are old enough to re member that 20 years ago Ore gon was a backward state in many things, but now. we have become so modernized that we are superior lo mosl oilier states We went from one ex treme to another And as F. A said. "Frank Jenkins summed il all up in eight simple words. They bit off more than they could chew' " i Editorial con densation) There is no mysirry to all this, because with a little common sense anyone could see thai the defeat of Ihe tax measure was lo notify state officials that the people of Oregon want to live within their means 1 John P. Gascon Rome 1. Box 310-B Ciiuil Point. Ort resulting injury to IJ5 Roan police. A pawn in the struggle is the Italian economy whose rise rs been among the most spectacu lar of all the European Com mon Market countries. Part of the price paid by the Christian Democrats in the last experiments with center - ie.'t government was agreement to Socialist demands for naii mali- 1 zation of the elcctrie P w' r in i a , The "su was an investment 1 nnnir nnich saw raniral inucct. r,t ,., ........ , hilljnn ... . . dollars below estimates and a flight of money to Switzerland. At the same time, a tight la bor market touched off a wa'je price spiral which in turn started a consumer boom. Consumer spending continues to be the largest single factor in the Italian economy but alio continues to be a mixed bless ing. This year for the first time since the 1950's Italy will show a deficit in its balance of pay- ' ments as result of the heavy How of imports. The Communists have refused to tie wages with the increase in national production and have demanded that the Socialists join with them in what could be The Third World So Who Needs If? By Arthur Hoppe LONDON I'm in England to attend a two-week conference port for the armored tank Iroops in maneuvers after the troop lift is complete. The purpose of the exercise is to sliow the world that the United States can put a striking force of 16,000 Army and Ail Force men, with supporting air craft, into Europe within a mat ter of some 72 hours. WHY IS THAT so important? The BIG THING is that it promises the outdating of OC CUPYING armies. To make it work effectively, of course, there will have to be BASES there for the troops when they arrive. But the bases won't hove to be so heavily manned. And . . . 1 he hasos can he 1 3 r D e 1 v , manned by our allies in Europe, . ' iTHIS sys,em of AIRLIFTING military forces could mean ' ,nal ,ne linle is near wnen llle j U. S. ( as the most powerful and I the most advanced nation in the world) will no longer need lo keep a HUGE military establish ment, at great cost to U. S. lax payers, and with drastically un favorable effects on our balance of payments, in the countries that are (riendly to us and to our wav o( life. rVHE LIFT, of course, will cost - a lot of money. But what it will cost is in finilesimal in comparison with the cost of keeping big military forces overseas for years and years. So . . . You sec . . . Modern progress offers even oppor I il n i 1 1 e s for SAVING MONEY FOR THE TAXPAY ERS. That would be something. MORE NEWS that doesn't hlnw vnnr hat off- blow your hat off Yugoslavia's Tito is still in Ihe United States. and hasn't been able to cot out lie lui u 1 ov a i il no: t i hi, ivi h,,i ii' h ,,- ly possible that we may be able lo survive that disappointment. He has invited our JFK to come of Yugoslavia for a return QUESTION: Do you reckon all this in ternational visiting around is worth whal il costs the tax payers'1 It's hard lo saw If such a visit STOPPED A WAR FROM HAPPENING, it would be worth while HOWEVER. It's quite unlikely thai the U S and Yugoslavia will ever go to war. Yugoslavia is a little too small for us to jump on unless Ihe Yugoslavs insulted us in some unforgivable way and even in lhat event we ought lo be able lo handle the situa tion wilh one of these airlifts Mavbe it might be jusl as well if a lot of this international vis- King er stopped ( lesst until e get caught up will) our bi.Lv Are Troubling j a calamitous attack on both the ; economy and any new govern' ' ment. The stopgap government of Premeir Giovanni Leone is to step, down within the next two weeks to make way for what Strictly Personal By Sidney J Harris (c) Field. Enterprises WHAT WORDS MEAN Every decade or so. we are treated to some new translation of the Bible, which is supposed ly clearer, more accurate and j "more modern" in language than the archaic versions our forefathers ' were nourished ' upon. j Nevertheless, these ancient , editions maintain their hold j upon us, because what one learns as a child becomes a ! comfortable incantation in later life, and we need never think it afresh or feel it anew. Besides, asking myself: "I wonder how the old Common Market and the I Third World: Economics are j getting along?" But that was : before I stopped off in Washing-! ton en route. As you know, conferences on subjects like this are very big in Washington. And everybody j discuss the Common Market and the Third World: Economics." Everybody who didn't know me. that is. But friends kriit asking embarrassinq nir.l ions. Like: "You're WHAT?" Or' lar worst. "So wliat's Ihe Third World?" Really, the number of people in Washinglon who didn't know what the Third World is would shock you. Some would say. "Oh. that's General de Guaile." While others equally adamantly held it to be "the Afro-Asian b 1 o c." Personally, I stood staunchly on middle ground, maintaining it was obviously the world between the Second World and the Fourth World. But I confess to certain feel ings of uneasiness. After all, if 1 were going to spend two weeks discussing The Common Mar ket and the Third World: Econo mics, prudence dictated that I first find out what the Third i world was So I ihe State Denar went over to Jlt"1 ra ,,- them for language, Now. producing language is a very vital function of our State Department. A Congressman wishes to make a speech on. say. I lie llliAJi ioulc ui gator to the Overpopulation Problem in Uranda-Burundi in- I. .f the All,. and he calls up the State De partment. "Got any language on that'.'" he says. And State semis him a couple of yards of official ly approved language. Which makes him astute, informed and. above all. safe. So this nice man in Public Affairs at Slate said sure, they must have some language on Ihe Third World lying around some where. We'll call S. T R ." he said. S. T. R ? "The Office ot the President's Special Repre sentative for Trade Neogolia tions." he explained. And S. T. R. said thai was a swell question. Only they hap- penec to oe oui oi muso-bc u. : that. How about I. H. I & R . "That's our Bureau of Intelli gence and Research." the nice man explained. i ney snuw . 1 .. - . .. everything." Only they flmn (. , But thev were very kind, iney sent aiuuiui Hie hjhhi iui .win, language. To the European Com munity Information Service And I got some swell language from them. It's a foot long, three in ches thick and some of Ihe lan guage is even French Which is 1 very impressive, necaii-e i non i ' understand it And nowhere does it tell whal the Thud World is. So you can understand why I'm desperately inleresled m conferring wilh all my inter national colleagues at llrs hicji level conterence By George, I'm going to find out whal the Third World is if it takes two weeks And then I'm going lo call mv own conference, enlitled: "The Third World and Do We Need it Or Deal We Have Enough Prohlems A!read?" PRESENTS CRLDLNITM s LISBON. Portugal itTP New U S Ambassador Adm Geo! ge W Ande; son pi esentcd his Pre credentials lo Portuguese dent Adm Amerua Thorn- a Tuesday An,irrson sua Burke C. Elbnck oi, V.-. ";vv still is expected to be a coalition of Christian Democrats and So cialists. An alternative would be new general elections and along with them the spectre of possible new Communist gains. j the powerful and oid-fashioned phraseology of the King James version maintains an hypnotio ally awesome effect upon us. Consider, for example, St. Paul's famous words about the "flesh' 'and the "spirit." Every one who knows the Bible a lit tle bit knows that the "flesh" is bad and Ihe "spirit" is good. But hardly anyone, except a few ignored theologians, knows what (he Bible means by "flesh." We suppose, in our hap hazard and semi-educated way. that St. Paul was talk ing against "physical" things I li ;il by "Ihe sins of Ihe flesh" he meant gluttony and drunkenness and fornication and Hie immoderate satisfac tion of all the appeliles. He meant nn'.hing of the sort. The "llrsh" refers lo the natural man," as opposed (o Ihe "siipprnalural man." II is the total human personality of Ihe man who has nnl hern "reborn." Thus. Ihe sins of I lie flesh, accoriling lu Paul and Ihe fa Ihers of (he Cliurch, arc pri marily those atliludes and activities which cuntrasl mosl sharply wilh Ihe supernatural virtues: greed, vanity, pride, rrurlty, injustice, and in; hardness of heart thai is al the core of all of llirm. In fact. Ihe one lesson lo he learnrd from a carrful read ing of the gospels is thai .lesns cnunti-d lliesp sins in finilely worse than Ihe indul gence or perversion of 'he ib. seal appetites. Kverv llting in lh" gospels indicates lhat He preferred Ihe com pany of Hie disreputable lo Hie company of Ihe respect able hypocrites. Recause so many have not understood what the Bible means by "flesh," it has hc:-n assumed thai the "worst sin3" are physical, when, of courte, every competent ihcolop-m news thai they are "sniriuial." Many so-called religions peo ple even believe that' the pi inio sin of Adam and Eve was s-i-ual in nature, which is an m sane distortion. Theirs was spiritual sin of pride and dis obedience. New versions of the Bible nv valiantly to con-eel these error's and misro:H')iio"s of words, bill the c:r,o:icnal lies to the. p-'st are too slror.g. We live bv words rather than by ideas, and when the w rong word is damn ed lo an idea at an earlv age, il is much easier for us 'to fol low the word than to examine Ihe idea behind it. (ana Man MoPflC LW'jVrlit, i I I liCQUj- League of Cities PORTLAND (UPI) Eugene City Manager Hugh McKinlev was elected president of the League of Oregon Cities as the group ended its 38th annual con vention here Tuesday. McKinlev succeeds Astoria l ity Councilman Arnold Swan son Salem Mayor Wiliard Mar shall was elected vice president and Gladstone Mayor Eugene Bauer was re-elected treasurer. Among resolutions passed bv Ihe group, was one asking that local government share in money from any new major state lax. Other resolutions created a committee of citv officials I n work with the legislative interim committee which i .....j. . ... "uy ,iS cnanws ,n the lormula " wnicn nignways unis are allocated to cities and counties: asked a study of improving city personnel administration, and recommended that federal laws be revised lo permit com mercial banks to. purchase mu nicipal revenue bon is. BcavsrionYofsrs Pass Bond Issue BEA'i:irroN ,'UPD - Resi-d'-nts of the Be.iverton School District Tuesday approved a S.t " million bond elect ion. At i''e same lime. Columbia School District voters acreed to bu:M their own high school The Bc.uerton vole was 4.718 to :r:i:. The money will he UM-d for school additions and n,-u rrn-tH:et'on foIiitibM Distnct resident voted 174 in 141 lo empower the brunt tn hold Pond elections for the money to build a n e w M-Niol in a ;., -, siir north of rottl.ind folii'iinn p'Ts.-ntlt rnds 1 in h eti si htnii stiii'iu:... to Phikiu-a and Portland high schools. (i) 0 U O () ) )