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History from tne files of The
Mail Tribun. 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 yean ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Oct. 25, 1951 (Sunday)
The trial involving two grand
jury indictment charging tor
gery against a Medford man will
not be heard tomorrow because
of a defense motion for a change
of venue.
Optimistic reports on the pos
sibility of reaching United Med
ford Crusade's $101,000 goal
have been Issued by UMC offic
ials. 20 YEARS AGO
Oct. 25, 1943 (Monday)
Medford Ministerial Associ-
-!- nMn,nEla anhiwtllltnO' nf SUO-
HUUU ,IUH3an o..-"""o
day football game by Army
mils i University of Oregon.
Millard W. Grubb, Ashland
nnst muster, d es alter iwo-
month illness.
30 YEARS AGO
Oct. 25, 1933 (Wednesday)
'Jackson county officials re
port the county has no funds
for the old age penslons unt"
financial situation Improves.
Carload of pork arrives in
Medford for distribution to
Jackson county residents who
are on relief.
40 YEARS AGO
Oct. 25. 1923 (Thursday)
Rawles Moore, district attor
ney for Jackson county, resigns
from office.
County authorities receive re
ports that suspects in Siskiyou
railroad tunnnel robbery have
been seen in New Mexico,
Maine, and Toronto, Canada.
50 YEARS AGO
Oct. 25, 1913 (Saturday)
Bud Anderson, Medford,
scheduled to meet Louis Rees,
Los Angeles, in lightweight box
ing match at Oakland; Ander
son, in top condition, rated 10
to 6 favorite.
Rudy Scholti, Medford, stars
for Santa Clara freshman foot
ball team In victory over Stan
ford frosh.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or tan carreer ia superier;
aeren sr eight fi eicellent; tle er
an is flood.
1. Chimpanzees are monkeys;
true or false?
2. Are the Cascade Mountains
east or west of the Rockies?
3. Name the author of the
novel "Hawaii."
4. Which two bodies of water
are connected by the Erie
Canal?
S. Name the largest of these
planets: Mercury, Venus, Mars
Earth.
6. In which U. S. city was
President James A. Garfield
shot?
7. Is the Suei Canal a sea
level or a lock canal?
8. Is the Tropic of Capricorn
north or south of the Equator.'
(. Apple trees do, or do not,
grow in Normandy, Trance?
10. Name the Premier whom
(he Communists ousted when
they Installed their government
Hi Hungary.
Answers: 1. False (Anthropoid
pes). 2. West. 3. James Mich
ener. 4. Lake Erie and the Hod'
ton River, i. Earth. (. Washing'
ton, D.C. J. Sea-level. I. South,
t. Dot It. Ferenc Nagy.
4. A
vJamociation
OCTOBER 25. 1M3
Tax Poll Results
A newspaper poll, where respondents have
to clip out a ballot, mark it, put it in an envelope
and address it, put a stamp on it and mail it, is
not a scientific way to ascertain public opinion.
A scientific pollster will carefully study the
Qfoa in hp nnpripH. splprl. a "samnle" bv nroven
means, and will ask questions which have been
prepared witn studious
reflect opinion without
A newsrjaDer noil.
instrument for determining opinion. But, when
enough people feel strongly enough about a
certain topic, such a poll can be highly revealing.
THE poll conducted this week by the Mail
Tribune was revealing.
As the returns came in during the early part
of the week the trends were established almost
immediately, and varied but little as further
bundles of ballots were opened and counted.
For this reason, as well as because of the intense
interest made evident, we are convinced that
the returns are a fairly accurate reflection of
the varied attitudes toward the tax measure
defeated Oct. 15.
And. if this is true, there are some surprises
in store for many people.
THE election was a "tax revolt," all right
But this poll (and others now being re
ported around the state) would indicate that
it was far from a mandate to slash the budget
to the bone. If anything, it was a mandate to
combine greater economy in government with
a more equitable tax program.
Most people apparently realize that the state
can't get along on starvation-level income, and
realize that some new taxation is imperative.
Of the 917 who took
to the poll, only 103 said there should be no
new taxes of any kind. Only a little more than
a third thought the budget was too large. ,
i
rpHE largest single votes cast indicated that
the tax bill was defeated because it was
poorly written and unfair, and that Oregon
needs a new tax program. ,
The largest single vote for what should be
done now (more than a third) was to revise the
tax program.
And the largest votes for what kind of a
tax should be enacted, if one is needed, were
for a cigarette tax (well over one half of the
total) and a sales tax
This indicates a tax "revolt but it does
not indicate a mandate for deep and indiscrim
inate budget-cutting.
THERE was, both in
ments accompanying
sentment both against
Legislature. But this
pression, although it is
in many replies.
Many respondents
vent their spleen against their pet peeves,
whether or not they were
And many, of course, are simply, bitterly,
irrevokably, and determinedly against, not only
new taxes, but against the level of taxes they
are already paying. Quite a few mentioned the
level of federal taxes as a motivating factor.
And a significant number mentioned the pres
ent high level of property taxation.
4
THERE were a number of interesting comments
mnrlp in rtntna offinmnnnvinff fho hollrtta
One was that the retroactive feature of the
measure, which would
1963 tax in a lump sum,
people could possibly dig
One respondent suggested, as new taxes,
levies on "beer, liquor, motor scooters, bicycles,
trailers, gasoline, and men and women who wear
shorts and tights in public."
Here are some other
representative and some
". . . Stop the hiring of only professors with a doctor's
degree . . ."
"Stop creating new commissions . . ."
". . . Opposition to the tax measure was due to in
flation In all its many forms . . ."
"There are many Items could be mentioned, but it all
sums up to more efficiency in spending. We know that
the people will spend willingly when they get their
money's worth."
"I have heard more people say, 'If E. A. is for some
thing, 1 will vote against it because I know he is wrong.'
Tell him for me."
". . . We need a welfare system, a highway system and
good schools because of our particular population and
economic needs. So the only answer is to find new sources
of revenue without unduly burdening the Individual tax
payer. People should not be penalized for living in our
state, which is what it Is beginning to amount to . . ."
". . . There seems to be a good deal of mis-use of
state funds in this (public welfare) department. The
state welfare program is the principal reason I voted
against the tax measure."
". . . The people will vote a sales tax if they will
specify it Is strictly for schools and then lower our other
taxes. But the people don't trust the people running our
state."
"I am PROUD to live in America, to have been able
to have the chance to vote and am willing to listen to
any side of any story. Thank you again."
SPHERE were a few evident misconceptions
(many do not realize that Oregon doesn't
tax liquor; it buys it, then sells it at a profit,
and has raised the price several times recently).
Some were also misinformed.
But we are convinced that most people voted
out of one of two convictions: That taxes are
just plain too high, or that a new and fairer
tax program is imperative.
We are most grateful to the 917 readers who
took time and trouble to respond to this poll.
It will, we believe, be read with great interest
by legislator andpublic officials. E. A.
auempis 10 mane mem
prejudice.
then, is not a precision
the trouble to respond
(also over one half).
the ballots and in com-
them, considerable re
the Governor and the
was not a majority ex
possible it was implicit
took the opportunity to
germane.
require payment of all
was more than most
up.
random comments, some
isolated:
"Man, It Looks
Old-Fashioned
Free Speech Is
A Real Bargain
By Arthur Hoppe
LONDON Everybody's for
free speech. Couldn't be more
so. And in America everybody's
got free speech. Except maybe
the Communists or other disa
greeable people like that. But
there's no question we let any
body who agrees with us say so
freely.
Now in England, it's a bit
different. Being the home of
free speech, the English are
very, very proud that anybody
in England can say wnat ne
pleases.
Where they can say it, as you
know, is in Hyde Park. There's
a place in the park called
Speakers Corner where any
body who wants can get up on
his soapbox and say anything he
wants. In order to see how this
system works, the first thing I
did in London was to hustle over
to Hyde Park to listen to the
free speeches.
a
Speakers' Corner turned out to
be perhaps half an acre of as
phalt which contained, when I
arrived shortly before 11 a.m.,
a refreshment stand in which
three ladies sat moodily, a bum
sleeping on a bench and maybe
a dozen pigeons. One of the
ladies explained none of the
speakers arrived before 11.
Sure enough, at 11:02 the first
speaker, a stocky, elderly man
with an interesting face, showed
up. What was interesting about
his face was the fact that he
had a heart tattooed on the end
of his nose. Plus a heart on each
cheek, a large daisy on his chin
and a huge rose with trailing
leaves across his forehead.
While he was setting up his
podium (a five gallon oil can),
I asked what subject he was
going to speak on. "Criminol
ogy,' 'he said. "And I'm not like
these amateur blokes who come
down here and shoot their
mouths off about things they
don't know what for. I know
In the Day's News
By FRANK JtNKINS
Speaking at Los Angeles the
other night to the Council of:
Profit Sharing Industries, Ore'
gon's Governor Hatfield told his
hearers that profit sharing by
employers will help employee's
morale and will improve their
attitude toward free enterprise.
Q
UESTION:
True or false?
Answer:
It all depends.
IF THERE IS A PROFIT, the
employees' morale will be
improved and their attitude
toward free enterprise will be
much friendlier.
If there is no profit, the em
ployer will go broke and the
employees will lose their jobs.
That's about the long and the
short of it.
rpURNlNG to automation. Gov-
Hatfield said he has no solu
tion of the problem but believes
that business leaders must pool
together to solve it.
He added:
"I believe that within the
NEXT DECADE the work week
will be down to 25 hours."
HAT about that?
Let's put it this way:
Wafer Flouridated for
51 Million Americans
WASHINGTON (UPI) - More
than SI million Americans were
drinking fluoridated water as of
1962. the U.S. Public Health
Service reported.
Communities with controlled
fluoridation numbered 2.317.
with a population of nearly 44
million. More than 4,000 com
munities had natural jnr con
trolled fluoridation.
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD,
Like A Real
Hallowe'en"
what I am talking about. I'm
an expert. I spent 30 years of
my life in prisons."
And with that he proudly pro
duced yellowed clippings prov
ing he was a Mr. jacobus Van
Dyn, 67, once one of the Al
Capone mob. Plus a letter an
nouncing he was still wanted for
violation of parole if he ever
set foot in New York. "See what
I mean?" said Mr. Van Dyn,
swelling his chest. "I got cre
dentials." Mr. Van Dyn then got up on
his oil can and gave me and
the pigeons a free speech on
criminality. Which, if I caught
his drift, he was in favor of.
After half an hour or so, two
other speakers appeared. One, a
bearded young man, addressed
himself to the bum on the
bench, advising him loudly to
"repent for the day of judgment
is at hand!" The bum rolled
over, made a unrepentant ges
ture and went back to sleep.
The other, an elderly lady in
a long green overcoat, wasn't
exactly a speaker, she was a
singer. She sang "The Rose of
Tralee. This free song lnfur
iated Mr. Van Dyn, who said
free speech didn t include free
singing. "All that woman's sing
ing does," he said grumpily
from his podium, "is interfere
with the sex life of the pigeons."
On my way out I noticed a
large sign saying "the following
acts are prohibited" in Hyde
Park without written permis
sion. Including: "Making a pub
lice speech ,or address except in
the public speaking area."
Which just goes to show that
even in England everybody be
lieves in free speech. Within
limits.
Nonsense. I think it's perfect
ly safe to let anybody say what
he wants anywhere, anytime.
For if there's one thing about a
free speech, it's that hardly any
body will buy it.
A work week of 25 hours for
fjve-day week will mean an
average of five hours of work
per day.
The result of that will prob
ably be a lot of MOONLIGHT
ING. 11 1 ORE business news:
According to a statistical
note in the Wall Street Journal,
the profit margin after taxes
1 of U. S. manufacturers rose to
! five cents per dollar of sales in
the second quarter of 1963 from
1 4.2 cents in the first quarter
and 4.7 cents in the correspond
i ing quarter of 1962. It was the
I highest since the second quar-
l ter of 1959.
fiUESTlON:
vl Is that good news or bad
news .
I suppose it all depends on
your point of view. If you in
cline to the belief that profit is
a sinful thing and ought to be
done awav with, vou will regard
it as bad news. Many politicians
in these davs lean to the belief
or at least PRETEND to that
a good profit is wicked and
shouldn t be permitted.
I ET'S put it like this:
" If you continue to make a
profit, your business expands
and you hire more people. These
added people provide more cus
tomers lor other businesses.
If you don't make a profit,
you go broke and your em
ployees lose their jobs. If you
go in the hole, you don't pay in
come taxes and so other people
have to PAY MORE TAXES tto
make up the difference.
And so on. It's i strangt world
i we're living in, isn't
sn't it?"
OREGON
Many Policy Differences Separate U.S.,
France, Though Old
e-
fa
PHIL NtWJOM
UPI rorelm Newi
Analyst
In the light of nearly two cen
turies of close releations be
tween the United States and
France, it seems sad now that
Paris feels it must explain that
it is not anti-American.
That there are frictions be
tween the two, and that these
frictions have been increasing
for nearly a year there can be
no denying. But from the
French point of view they can
be explained by saying they
arise from policies which are
not anti-American but instead
are pro-French. '
And so any study of the dif
ferences between the two first
must settle on a definition of
terms.
Thus President De Gaulle can
say that France is determined
to be independent of both the
United States and the Soviet
Union.
And his spokesmen at the
same time can deny that De
Gaulle aspires to leadership of
a uura lorce.
At any rate, in the last few
days prominent Frenchmen
have gone out of their way to
deny that De Gaulle's policies
either are anti-American or are
leading France into isolation
from its allies.
une sucn spokesman was
French Ambassador to the Unit
ed States Herve Alphand who
in a speech in San Francisco
pointed out that France retains
her firm commitment to de
fense of the West.
Another was French Foreien
Minister Couve de Murville in
an interview with the French
publication, Notre Republique.
He also declared mat m de
fending the interests of the
West, including those of Ger
many, there likewise were no
differences between the United
States and France.
The French foreign minister
is reported anxious for a meet
ing between De Gaulle and
President Kennedy, perhaps as
early as February.
Strictly
Personal
By Sidney J. Harris
(c) Field Enterprliei. Ine.
"ORDINARY" PEOPLE
A rather strange and rather
wonderful paradox occurred to
me the other day, while riding
up 18 flights in a crowded ele
vator. As I looked at the passen
gers around me, it seemed sud
denly plain that what we call
the "extraordinary man" is re
ally the ordinary man.
By "extraordinary," I am not
talking in terms of any special
talent or prowess, but in terms
of character, of rock-bottom
decency, of the "niceness" that
we immediately recognize as a
sign of strength, not of weak
ness. Such people are extremely
rare, which is why we term
them extraordinary. Yet I have
the feeling that these few are
the "ordinary" people, and we
many are the "extraordinary
ones even though in numbers
we far outweigh them.
What do I mean by this odd
statement? To understand it,
consider the common cold.
For the human organism, a
cold is an unusual thing, an
abnormal thing, an "extra
ordinary" thing, if you will. If
a person were wholly himself
all the time, it he were what
he is meant to be, he would
never have a cold. It is not a
"normal" thing for men to
have.
Now, this abnormal condi
tion is something that almost
everyone has at one time or
another. Only a handful of
people never have a cold.
This, of course, makes them ,
I J ri - ii l ii ivt-v.'.
"Get lost, lady. X lost:"
But regardless of whether the
French position is anti
American or simply pro
French, there are in the ap
proach to world affairs impor
tant differences and in the op
inion of many the gap between
the two is widening.
There is agreement that
changing conditions warrant a
revision of the NATO structure
but total disagreement as to
how it should be done.
The French have suggested
that other European nations
might participate witn ner in
an independent nuclear force
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contrary is often the cast).
Biblical Interpretation
To the Editor: In the Mail
Tribune of October 21 there is a
letter entitled "good neighbor"
which cannot be passed up
without comment. As a Chris
tian pastor. I .deplore the type
of Biblical interpretation rep
resented in this article, and teel
compelled to comment upon cer
tain statements made therein.
The writer states categorical
ly: "God started segregation."
From her letter, it appears that
her statement is made on the
basis of a thoroughly mistaken
interpretation of Genesis 10 and
11. First, the story of the tower
of Babel is neither a scientific
nor a historically true account
of the origin of different lan
guages. This legend is, rather,
the result of reflection upon
such facts of experience as di
versity of race and language
which already existed at the
time. The legendary nature of
the narrative is best indicated
in the false etymology of Gene
sis 11:9, in which the name
"Babe 1" (Babylonia bab-ili:
"gate of God") is fancifully de
rived from the Hebrew balal,
"to mix", "to confuse" . Never
theless, the religious content of
the narrative has permanent
validity for the Judaeo-Christian
tradition, embodying the truth
of the futility and emptiness of
"extraordinary" when, in
point of fact, they are ordin
ary and we millions who get
colds are abnormal. It is not a
matter of numbers or statis
tics, but of departures from a
norm.
It seems to me that the
moral and psychic and emo
tional norm for man is also
not to have a "cold" that is,
to be like those few individ
uals who immediately im
press us with the decency and
largeness of spirit. The only
thing extraordinary about
them Is their ordinariness,
which makes them so rare,
valuable and respected.
They are what we ought to
be, are meant to be, and could
be. They represent the natural
man, somehow uncontaminated
bv the infections that plague the
rest of us, more or less fre
quently. They show us what it is
like not to have a cold in the
head, and we know instinctively
that they, and not we, represent
the basic form for mankind.
We struggle along with our
self-created burdens, our van
ities, our lusts, our pettiness,
our piques and our resentments;
and through all this, we think
of ourselves as quite "ordinary''
people.
Perhaps it is worth consider
ing for a moment whether we
are the extraordinary ones, snif
fing and blowing through life
and they are so ordinary, so
much what man was designed
for, as to seem freakishly re
mote from us.
Friendship
which could include Britain if
she were to forego her close
ties with the United States. The
suggestion was rejected by both
Britain and West Germany.
On the other hand, the U. S.
proposal for a multi-nation nu
clear naval force within NATO
is far enough advanced that
discussion of details may start
soon. West Germany backs the
U.S. plan.
The French position is that a
reyived Europe has outgrown
the time when it was forced to
rely upon the United States for
human effort divorced from the
acknowledgement of and obedi
ence to God.
With respect to the descend
ants of Noah, any attempt to
identify them with particular ra
cial or cultural groups is fu
tile. Even if one were to at
tempt to use the geneological
tables of Genesis 10, gross in
consistencies remain which
make any positive identification
impossible. Further, the letter
writer's attempt to explain the
meaning of Hebrew names and
their origin is badly confused.
Ham does not mean "sun
warmed". It may mean "hot",
provided its root is Hebrew in
origin. However, in the Psalms
it is used as a poetic designa
tion for Egypt, and might plau
sibly be connected with the na
tive Egyptian word for black,
referring to the black soil of
the Nile valley. Cush (not
Crush) refers to the land and
people of the southern Nile val
ley. Its root meaning is not
known. Canaan refers to the
p r e-Israelitish inhabitants of
Palestine. The entymology of
the word is doubtful, but the
sense "lowland" is favored.
There is utterly no warrant for
saying that it means "black
man". Now Biblical commentaries
are in general agreement that
Genesis 9:25 is an attempt on
the part of the Hebrews to jus
tify their prejudice against the
Egyptians and Canaanites. That
they did so does not make it
right for us. Christian conduct
in this matter must always
consider the fact that God
sought to reconcile the world to
Himself through Christ (2 Cor.
5:19-20). Segregation does not
produce reconciliation.
The Rev. Donald Krug
P. O. Box 803,
Central Point, Ore.
Atheist, Go Home
To the Editor: A few days
ago, we received a letter from
a missionary friend in the Phil
ipines. A Filipino had asked,
"Do you know that in the
U.S. the Bible is not allowed
to be read in your schools?"
He grunted a feeble "Yes".
She said, "I thought America
was a Christian nation. You
come here to tell us of the
Bible, to read and study it and
pattern our lives after Chris
tian principles set forth in the
Bible, and yet your Govern
ment has more respect for the
opinions of the non-Christian
and atheists than the Chris
tians and their Bible?" His
head was bowed in shame, what
could you say?
It makes one wonder where
the "New Frontier" is taking
us. Are we to say goodbye to
our government "of the people,
by the people and for the peo
ple"? Our country is in a dis
mal state. The minority seems
to be ruling instead of the
majority, when one person can
influence the Supreme Court to
rule out the Bible in our schools.
Now they are trying to rule
out "In God We Trust" on
our coins, the mention of God
in our flag salute, do away
with chaplains in our prisons
and armed forces. No mention
of God in our National Anthem
and songs of our beloved Amer
ica. Instead of "The land of
the free, and home of the
brave", are we to say "the land
of the Reds and home of the
slaves"?
Unless we wake up and fall
on our faces before God and
send people to high places of
authority who believe in God
and the Bible and keep out pre
cious liberty, we will have be
come a heathen nation. GOD
FORBID.
History reads pages and
books of what has happened to
the nations what have placed
the Bible in second place. The
Bible is being neglected in the
homes, therefore it should be
read where and when ever it
can. "Thy Word is a lamp unto
my feet and a light unto my
Path" (Psa. 119.105). It is the
only book that can lead our
nation out of the confusion it
is in.
Let all who do not believe
in God and the Bible take a
one-way ticket to their Commu
nist brothers'
homeland and
stay there. No doubt many
wouia oe giaa to pay for their
ticket.
Mrs. Ernest Santo,
204 Loner lane.
Medford
Remains
help and guidance.
The French resent U.S. ef
forts which they believe are at
tempting to force the West Ger
mans to decide between Wash
ington and Paris.
They disagree with U.S. ef
forts to keep lines open to Mos
cow on the grounds that it
gives the Soviets the initiative
in the subjects to be discussed.
They also disagree with what
seems to be a U.S. tendency to
side with Moscow in the Mos
cow - Peking dispute. They be
lieve a policy of strict neutral
ity is called for.
Good Neighbors
To the Editor: Sunday last was
Layman's Day in the church.
Their theme was, "Your Neigh
bor." It was based on the story'
of the Good Samaritan as told in
the New Testament. If Jesus
were in Medford today He might
tell the story after this wise.
A Negro timber taller went
down from Eagle Point to Med
ford on a Sunday afternoon. He
got into a crap game with soma
fellows on Front st. He didn't
know the dice were loaded. Afler
a few games he was broke. They
even took his new silk shiri.
When he remonstrated the fel
lows bundled him in their car
and took him for a ride.
Out in the country they beat
him up-and dumped him in a
barrow pit at the side of the
road. There he lay all night,
cold, sick and wounded. Earlv
the following morning the chair
man of the official board of a
church was driving by and saw
the poor fellow lying in the ditch.
He stopped and looked at his
watch. "Oh, me, oh my." he
said to himself, "I have only 10
minutes to get to our breakfast
meet at North's Chuck Wagon."
And he hurried on to attend the
business of the church.
About mid-morning a minister
passed that way. He saw the
poor fellow in the ditch and
stopped his car. Then he looked
at his clean hands and his min
isterial garb. He said, "You poor
fellow, I wish I could help you,
but I have an appointment with
a young couple to counsel them
about their wedding on the mor
row." And he hurried on to at
tend to his ministerial duties.
About noon time a Japanese
gardener came loping along in
his old jalopy. He had been in
terned during the war and after
ward stayed on in the valley be
cause he liked the nice friendly
folks. The Jap jumped out and
ran to see about the fellow in the
ditch, who was moaning. "Wa
ter, water."
Running back to his car. he
grabbed his canteen and first aid
kit. He slipped his arm under
the fellow's shoulder and gave
him a drink of cool fresh water.
Then by a little help from the
victim he half carried and half
dragged the big man to the seat
of the Jalopy. Then he drove
as fast as he dared to the hos
pital. When he called for help
a doctor and a nurse came out.
The Jap said, "Please help my
brother. He is sick and hurt. To
morrow I bring money to pay
for his knee." The doctor said to
the nurse, "He calicd him my
brother. Can we do any less?"
Then they went to work to givo
him the best care in their power.
Now please pardon a personal
reference. One day wc found in
our mail an envelope addressed
to us, with no return address. In
the envelope we found two slips
of paper, one a picture of Alex
ander Hamilton, the other bear
ing these words, "with best
wishes from Mary Doe." Thank
you Mary Doe, a good neighbor.
And thank you SI T. for Com
munications. L. G. Weaver
301 Haven St.
Medford
Truth Defended
To the Editor: I am inclined
to go along with Mr. Crum in his
defense of Gen. Joseph V. St 11
well, in his article in Commun
ications M-T, 10 16 63 How
could anyone say Gen. Stilwell
was "a foolish and violent old
man"?
One of Gen. Stilwell's finest,
if not his greatest, quality was
his truthfulness. Who of lis can
dispute truth? Mr. Frank Crum,
White City, is to be commended
for defending these brave men,
who dared to tell the truth
,G. Hallenbeck
1059 Morrow Road
Medford.
Who Will Support Thorn?
To the Editor: Clifford .1.
Young, Baptist minister of Ea.-t-side
Church, would like for Med
ford to get prepared to receive
Negro families. If Medford docs,
who will support these people ?
Would Mr. Young like (or the
whites to give up tVr jobs to
them? There isn't enouch work
here for the people who live
I hers, why bring in more unem-
ployed. Perhaps he would give
up his work to a minister
Mrs. H Dawsoa
3628 S. Pific Highwv
Medford Q (6