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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
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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.
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