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Gross Income Tax
To the Editor: The Townsend
organization is deeply disturbed
over the possibility of cuts in
the welfare program and high
' taxes already in effect and the
continued increase in taxes; and
the state of Oregon's difficulty
in meeting the necessary state
expenses. We, the Townsend
Area Convention in session in
Portland, Oct. 19, 1963, ask that
' our state Legislature investigate
the gross income tax as used
successfully in Hawaii and Indi
ana. Therefore be it resolved that
the Oregon State Legislature
adopt a gross income tax as the
Oregon state tax base.
This resolution to be sent to
the House, Senate, Governor,
and the press.
Dr. Irene Waldo
Publicity Chairman
3036 N.E. Everett St.,
Portland, Ore.
Alliance Comments
To the Editor: Having lived
abroad for considerable periods
and traveled widely on five con
tinents, I always like to see
others' pictures and hear their
talks whenever posible: to re
live some well-enjoyed exper
ience, to gain some new knowl
edge or insight, or just to com
pare reactions.
Similarly, I also like to read
others' accounts, especially such
as the recent, well-written series
on Italy appearing in the MT
under the title, Veni-Vidi; or re
ports of exchange students or
teachers, though some of these
tend to be rather superficial,
with few real insights into the
life of the country or countries
visited or any appreciation of
their cultures, problems, or con
tributions to the world's good.
Judging by the report in the
MT on the talk given by N. B.
Bender at the 1021 Chamber of
Commerce Roundtable, it would
seem to fall into this latter cate
gory: uninformed, superficial
and, more seriously, grossly in
error at some points. Of course,
there is much "deprivation and
squalor among the common peo
ple in South America," but it is
Poets' Corner
Conducted by
Arnold Eugene Jenny
Men Should Be Judged
Men should be judged, not by their tint of skin,
The Gods they serve, the Vintage that they drink,
Nor by the way they fight, or love, or sin,
But by the quality of thought they think.
Laurence Hope
From the author's book, Stars of the Desert, published by
Dodd, Mead & Co.; reprinted by permission of the publisher;
suggested by Dr. Earl T. Johnson, Medford.
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Migrant Child
Child of raven hair and moonlit eyes
Gowned in hand-me-downs,
But dignified by lift of head and haunting smile,
Where, or where is Home? Awhile
it was in orchard tree.
Sister of the oriole you are devotee
of ripened peach and plum;
But is it still afar in some
quaint, latticed dell
beside a field, where bean pods swell
to fulness, that you have made your home?
North south east west?
What singing lures you on in quest
of dreams?
The dust of stars and planetary paths
define your eyes, it seems.
Your home must lie beyond the sweep
- of harvest road
A mansion made of stars and sun,
of fields and trees
This, your heart's abode.
Emmabcll Woodworth Davis
Grants Pass, Ore.
O
After Reading Mark Van Dorcn's "Undersong"
As organized as music is,
is the seemingly insane,
obvious world. But wait,
listen, observe: you'll hear
such beautiful mathematics. Walch
closely: life forever shows
great snowflake patterns, perfectly;
and interruptions to these start
new patterns, seemingly. But all
adjusts forever into the forever,
which is forgotten music forms
re-formed: the perfect arc returning.
Willis Eberman
Portland, Ore.
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Summer 1963
Summer is always nice and warm
And we rarely, if ever, have a storm.
We swim and play and have such fun
In the heat of the summer sun.
This summer's been different from that,
We've had to wear a coat and hat.
So, if that is the way it's going to be,
Thpn it seems ouile nlain to me
That we should go on having fun !
Even without the summer sun. !
Dianne Berry (age 11)
Portland, Ore.
"Written after her Daddy had sent her inside saying it was
too cool to play outside" so wrote her adoring grandfather,
Clif C Berry, who submitted the poem. I
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Poets: Enemies of Tyrants !
It is no accident that Russia's tyrants regarded Russian poets
r as their most dangerous enemies. ... To a Russian the word
' "poet" has overtones of the word "fighter" Russia's poets were
always fighters for the future of their country and for justice.
Her poets helped Russia to think. Her poets helped Russia to
struggle against her tyrants.
Veveeny Yevtushenko. young poet of the U S S R, and idol
of her young people. From
ridiculous to say that since "this
has always been their lot . . .
they're happy with it." Evident
ly the speaker had little or no
contact with any of these de
prived people.
Viewing a "revolution" from
a hotel balcony hardly qualifies
one to appraise its basic causes
or motivations or to prescribe
remedial measures. The many
notable achievements of the Al
liance for Progress (along with
some admitted failures) belie
the speaker's rash assertion that
"It's just like pouring money
down a rat-hole."
In his recent book, "The Wine
Is Sour," Dr. Milton Eisenhower
comments on his extensive study
of conditions in South America
as far back as 1953, for his
brother, the President: "Neither
they nor I saw what was to
emerge later a surging, swell
ing, revolutionary demand, not
just for aid, but for rapid social
revolution in country after coun
try." And he points out that the
idea for an Alliance for Progress
really first found expresion if
very belatedly in the Eisen
hower regime's Social Progress
Fund and in the Inter-American
Development Bank launched in
1959.
"Washington 'do-gooders' un
duly concerned about conditions
in our neighboring continent,"
Mr. Bender? Hardly.
How many Castro revolutions
must we have before we recog
nize their basic causes and the
fact that only a program like the
Alliance for Progress holds out
any hope for their prevention?
Arnold Eugene Jenny
Rogue Valley Manor
Medford.
New Group
To the Editor: This month is
the first anniversary of the
Jackson County Property Own
ers Rental Association, a non
profit corporation the purposes
of which are educational and
charitable, for the aid and as
sistance of all owners and
lessees of rental properties, per
taining to the management, fi
nancing and legal problems; to
assist members with problems
of planning, zoning and legisla-
"A Pr acieas Autobiography"
tion pertaining to the rights and
interests of the rental industry
in Jackson County.
There are Rental Associations
in many of the larger cities as
well as a National Apartment
House Association, and these
groups aid the Tental industry
in many ways. The following
are some of the services offered
by these groups to the rental
industry:
A. Conduct monthly meeting
for the discussion of important
topics that will add to efficient
and economical operation of
rental properties.
B. Publish monthly magazine
which carries interesting and
educational ideas; and through
affiliation with the National
Apartment Owners Association,
maintains a channel of informa
tion on national laws and legis
lation effecting the rental indus
try. C. Maintains important com
mittees on taxation, legislation,
operating costs, and public re
lations. Conducts quarterly sur
veys of vacancies to prevent
housing shortage or surplus.
D.' Supplies standard forms
which create more efficient and
uniform methods of serving the
renting public.
These are some of the serv
ices offered to the communities
in other areas by rental associ-
ations and it is hoped that the
rental industry of Jackson Coun-
ty might find this Association
beneficial and worthy of their
participation and support.
On their first anniversary, the
present participants are vitally
interested in finding what the
feelings of the rental industry
might be regarding this Asso
ciation in Jackson County and
if there is sufficient interest and
support for a successful Jack
son County Property Owners
Rental Association (JACK-
PORA).
Mrs. Mark E. Boyden,
2541 Sandy Terrace,
Medford
More Tears
To the Editor: I was just
thinking what a golden oppor
tunity tnose m the upper brack
ets now have to shed some hon-est-to
- goodness practical tears
for the poor, the blind and the
needy. How about slashing some
of their own fat salaries and giv
ing it to the poor, the blind and
the needy. Betcha that would
cause some real tears of joy
among those who now face more
slashing of their meager fare.
Ever stop to think that every
time the big ones give them
selves a raise, there are a lot
of little ones who never get a
raise that have to live on less
to give the big ones more? Ever
stop to think that might be a
contributing cause of the rapidly
increasing welfare, and who,
may I ask, pays for welfare?
Remember, our governor had
intended to add 256 welfare case
workers if the present tax bill
had stood unchallenged. I won
der if he knew that he would
need them to care for all of
the little guys that would have
been knocked off of the bottom
rung of the ladder when that
tax that they could not pay hit
them. Many are now hanging
on by the skin of their teeth.
The last legislature gave our
governor a salary raise of $1,500
which gives him now $21,500 a
year, plus $600 a month for ex
penses, which I am told is tax
free. He and many others in
the higher bracket could shed a
lot of practical tears for the
poor, the blind and the needy
and still have more left than
most of those who are giving
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to keep them in green pas
tures. The Good Book says, "Cast
thy bread (life sustenance) upon
the waters (peoples) and thou
shalt find it again after many
days." I wonder if that could
mean that if a few real practical
tears were shed now for the
blind, the poor and the needy,
that they might come back in
the shape of votes on election
day to those who are seeking
re-election. People on welfare
still have a right to vote and a
welfare recipient's vote is as
good as Rockefeller's.
I know I have stepped on
some toes, and I may be shot,
who knows. Please, Mr. Editor,
don't make me sign my name.
Underdog's friend,
(Name on file)
Medford.
Fed Up
To the Editor: Why is it so
terribly difficult for people like
Lyn Newbry, James Redden,
Dr. Branford Millar, and many
others, to understand that the
taxpayers of Oregon have over
whelmingly shown that they do
not want more taxes of any
kind, type or flavor.
Many of our so-called leaders
have the mistaken belief that
the average Oregonian has a 12
ycar old mentality and that he
just isn't responsible and has to
be led around by the nose and
shown what is good for him and
what isn't.
The taxpayers have made it
exceedingly clear that the one
thing wanted most above all
others is economy in govern
ment. Yet, these so-called lead
ers go blithely on their way
questioning what the people
want and deciding it is more
taxes with a different dressing.
No, Mr. Newbry, and all the
others with their heads in the
clouds, we do not want a sales
tax or any other kind of tax.
We want you and the others to
closely scan each and every gov
ernmental budget and plug up
the holes and leaks and kick out
the deadwood. The resulting
economies would leave ample
revenue for necessary govern
mental functions.
The recent tax vote has great
ly reaffirmed my belief that the
Oregon citizen is fed up to here
with waste and inefficiency in
government and either you
boys responsible for clearing the
mess up do your job correctly
now or forget running for re
election next time. You will go
into discard as your recent
idiotic $60 million tax plan did.
M. J. Olsen
Route 4, Box 325
Medford.
Bureaucracy
To the Editor: America has
become a strange place in
which to live, and some of the
American people are getting
tired of bureaucratic, unrea
soning behavior. Federal, state
and county are vying with each
other and spending millions of
dollars trying to attract tourists
to the various states. Then when
the tourists do arrive and are
guests of your state, you treat
them as it they were imposing
upon you personally by being
there. Is this a new approach
to winning friends?
Recent guests in our state had
a rather rude and unthoughtful
experience at the hands of the
guide service at the Oregon
Caves. Dr. and Mrs. L. E. Mar
tin of Hillsborough, Calif., after
taking a trip down the Rogue
and back, decided to fill in their
last day by seeing the f a m e d
Oregon Caves. Upon arriving at
the caves Sept. 9 they were told
by the guide they had to wait
until a party of 16 was formed
as this is the quota for each
group. Dr. and Mrs. Martin
waited all day and only 10 peo
pie came to go through the
caves so the guide declined to
take anyone through. Some of
these people had come across
the United Slates and were
frankly disgusted with the be
havior of the Park Department
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sen I had my turn at the frankly i
ridiculous behavior of the Park
Department, which insisted on ,
a stewardess seating people for
Dreawast. inis upset my hus-;
band no end. He, like most men
just wants his breakfast sans
folderol and foolishness, and
since breakfast was late any
way there was some fast foot
work to keep out of an argu
ment. Yosemite National park has a
strange way of greeting tourists.
While at the park, one is sup
posed to put his dog in a kennel
for which they charge dearly.
Why do they not tell the tourist
in their brochure that dogs are
not allowed? Why is the Park
Department all of a sudden be
ing run for the employees of
the Park Department and not
for the tourists that are paying
for the park in taxes and for
the accommodations they have
received and they are not
cheap in any man's language?
I would suggest that at the
end of tourist season when the
salck season comes there could
be arrangements made, since
the guides are still on duty, that
a party of five or even three be
taken through the caves.
In most fine motels they know
you have a dog and they have
your name and address and
since I own a dog that has trav
eled from Canada to Mexico and
from the behavior of most of
the motel owners they are proud
to have us return to their mo
tels, why can't the Park Service
do likewise? Has flexibility and
reason vanished? I would fur
ther suggest that chambers of
commerce and all those who
handle tourists let courtesy and
graciousness be your watch
word. Genevieve Briggs
Whitewater Ranch
Wilderville, Ore.
Tale
To the Editor: Now that the
election is over and the Ha
waiian picnickers know what
the score is, I think that an
incident which I understand
happened at the Governors
meeting in Denver will give
the voters a good laugh and
help them relax. Denver is a
mile high and usually cool even
on the hottest 'days of the sum
mer, but the gab-fest room, with
all windows open, air condi
tioner working perfectly and
numerous fans buzzing, became
just too humid for comfort. So
they decided to throw a com
bination picnic and talk-a-thon.
They chose Grand Lake which,
if still like it was when I was
there in '31 and '32, is one of
the most beautiful spots in the
world.
When it came Mark-o's turn
to mount the rostrum he, as
usual, commenced inflating a
trial balloon and it was about
the size of a football when it
was grabbed by a sudden vio
lent gust of wind and carried
high into the air, right into the
path of a bunch of ducks head
ed for their favorite feeding
grounds. All but one dodged it.
This poor chap and the balloon
met, kcr-smack, running his
head through it and thusly han
dicapped he was moments late
in reaching the home port. As
he came in for a landing one
of the ducks spotted him. "Take
off fellows, take off," he quack
ed frantically, "here comes Ole j
M-oney O-r H-ell, and danged
if he hasn't sprouted wings."
Claude M. Hall,
2860 Placer id.,
Sunny Valley, Ore.
Homework and Family
To the Editor: I have a grow
ine conviction that one of the
important factors contributing i
to the current disintegration of
American family life is the ex
cessive amount of home work j
our children are required to do, j
and I am wondering if other j
parents share this opinion. My
child, now in grade 6, is bring-1
ing home assignments wnicn, in
length and content, are equiva-
1 lent to what I was given as a
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freshman in high school,
She spends between one and
two hours per day riding the
bus. (Formerly she did work
requiring memorizing during
this period but now the bus is
equipped with a radio which
makes concentration on lessons
impossible.) Experience has
demonstrated that she requires
from 9 to 10 hours of sleep per
night to maintain good health.
Being old-fashioned, I require
that she perform certain chores
morning and evening as her con
tribution to family living. The
net result is that all of our re
maining hours, both before and
after dinner, are spent sub
merged in home work, since the
assignments are of such nature
that she cannot hope to accom
plish them without virtually con
tinuous parental assistance.
Whereas we once had time to
listen to good music, take turns
reading aloud from worthwhile
books, view home movies, or
merely share in conversation,
we now have time for nothing
but dictionaries, encyclopedias,
erence books.
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Education is important and
essential, I grant, but not if it
must be achieved at the total
sacrifice of other values which
in my mind are even more es
sential. My , child, a conscientious
worker, is in the major group
in her class, and I am proud
to have her there, but not if it
means the end of wholesome
family living. Heretofore, I have
urged her to put forth every ef
fort to do her best work, but
now, seeing the result family
wise, I am advising her, in self
defense, to ease up and if need
be accept poorer grades so that
we may once more have a little
free time in which to enjoy
living and to enjoy one another.
Solely to spare embarrass
ment to my child, I am asking
that my name be withheld.
(Name on File)
Jacksonville, Ore.
('oil's In His Heaven
To the Editor: I wonder how
many people are enjoying this
beautiful fall weather? I live on
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Applegate river. The trees and
shrubs are putting on their gor
geous attire for a last fling be
fore winter sets in. The grass is
getting green on the mountain
sides. With the rain everything
is looking so green and bright.
The neighbors keep their dogs
and cats and other animals at
home. We have the telephone
and electricity. The mail is de
livered six days a week with an
efficient mail carrier. Even the
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logging trucks across the river
sound good, as they break the
monotony. God is still in His
heaven working wonders with
nature here on earth.
I have lived in this part of
Oregon for over 43 years, and
19 of them on the Applegate, and
I have found the valley pleasant,
and it has been good to me.
Nellie Rose
Route 2
Jacksonville, Ore.
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