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... Communications contrary it often tht case. I tht cast. Who's To Blame? To the Editor: As teen-agers and grown-ups press forward at high speed to organize a "Youth Center," let's bear in mind: Teen-agers who are setting juvenile records are the needy. This group seeks "attention" not "supervised rccrea t i o n." Merely setting up a center where games, dancing, etc.. are afforded will draw many but it will not draw "needy." This groups will not walk four blocks to watch their school play ball but this group will walk blocks to "homes" where no parents are at hand. Yes, this is the person(s) to blame. Homes like this (and there are many) lead the most worthy astray and homes like this tea-h the most worthy to resent his or her family and home. According to most teen-agers, we who supervise and set stand ards are "kooks" and our children become friendless after all, who wants to go to a home where you can not turn the radio on full - blast, where you can not make ten telephone calls within the hour, and where there most certainly will be no smoking allowed. Look around your nieghbor hood and you will soon put your finger on the "trouble spots." It's not the town, it's not the area, it's not the teen-agers it Is "you" who are much too busy to guide and direct. Teen-at'c Parent (Name withheld) Medford. Unfair Law To the Editor: Senate Bill 50 was introduced by the commit tee on Health and Welfare at the request of the Oregon Den tal Examiners. It was written to benefit the dentists of Ore gon at the expense of the peo ple who wear dentures, and it should be repealed and our law makers should have their sal aries cut and let the pressure groups that send them to Salem pick up the tab. There was no health problem involved at V ast in the two labs in this vicinity, both were san itary, both had a comfortable place to rest while one was waiting for his or her denture repairs and you always receiv ed prompt and courteous serv ice and at a price most any one could afford to pay. Senate Bill SO has changed all that, as both Poets' Corner Conducted by Arnold Eugene Jenny From: Morituri Salutamus" But why, you ask me, should this tale be told To men grown old, or who are growing old? It is too late! Ah, nothing is too late Till the tired heart shall cease to palpitate. Cato learned Greek at eighty; Sophocles Wrote his grand Oedipus, and Simonides Bore off the prize of verse from his compeers, When each had numbered more than fourscore years, And Theophrastus, at fourscore and ten, Had but begun his "Characters of Men." Chaucer, at Woodstock with the nightingales, At sixty wrote the Canterbury Tales; Goethe at Weimar, toiling to the last, Completed Faust when eighty years were past. These are indeed exceptions; but they show How far the gulfstream of our youth may flow Into the arctic regions of our lives, Where little else than life itself survives. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Written for the 50th anniversary of the class of 1825 at Bowdoin College. O Violin A voice steals forth from the throbbing strings, A voice that weeps and a voice that sings Unutterable, lovely things: An alien thing that yet is mine; A human voice, and yet devise; A voice that surges from my soul, Tears me apart and makes me whole. A voice that wings my spirit far To some familiar, lonely star; Then hurls me from that silence sweet Down to a hell of stark defeat; A voice whose deep, relentless pain Crucified my peace again. A voice steals forth from the throbbing strings, A voice that weeps and a voice that sings Unutterable, lovely things. Pearl Riggs Crouch Ashland, Ore. (Reprinted from DRIFTWOOD, by permission of the pub lishers, 110 Savage Creek Rd., Grants Pass, Ore.) O Our V. A. Farm Oh, the beauty of our corn On each wondrous, early morn As we walk this veteran's bower, Lauding vine and plant and flower: Our sunflowers grown so tall, Veteran farm "boys" bII look small; E'en the cucumber on the vine Relieves our anguish as we pine. "Only God can make a tree" Yet our veterans planted these! We're all aglow and all elate Strolling morns through our estate. -William T. Cuddy Roseburg Ore. O The Vase With deft brush in black, red and purple, A friend sketched my mood. A vase of swirling smoke emerged against (he canvas Acrid melancholy. Paint on, my friend, into the shadows of my mind Until we find the sun and there are flowers. Betty Cullers Salem, Ore. . " 'n iow in. have been put out of business so that the greedy AMA can get their hands in your pock et for an extra five dollars for an office call. Now you mr go to your friendly dentist, he sends your dentures to a lab of his choice but not your choice, then in two or three days you get your dentures back, but you pay an office call plus the cost of the repair. Just a small crack in a denture can cost as much as ten dollars and you go without your teeth for two or three days. This is legalized robbery in the first degree. There is no welfare involved, only what welfare the dentist receives out of the denture wearers. Being a dentist doesn't give any man a right to stick his hand in your pocket or mine just by calling Senate Bill 50 a health measure, which it isn't. In the name of justice and fairness to the many thousand of people who wear dentures, and to the men who's labs have been put out of business in the state of Oregon, this bill should be re pealed. How much longer will the pressure groups be allow ed to orrupt our law makers with their big contributions to compaign funds? Senator New bry is chairman of the health and welfare committee and I sincerely hope he sees this in print. John R. Schumpf, Route 1, Box 312, Central Point, Ore. Leprosy Of Sin To the Editor: A few weeks ago, I noticed in these columns an article by a correspondent from Iescott, Ariz., which re flected seriously upon the Chris tian religion and extolled the code of ethics set forth by Con- fuscius of ancient China. It occurred to me that the writ er was either unfamiliar v,.th, or did not take at face value, the plain statements of the Scriptures which make it clear that "Neither is there salva tion in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. (Acts 4:12). And then again Jesus's state ment in John 10:1,9, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber . . .1 am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved." The woman mentioned in Luke 8:43-48 received healing from an ailment of 12 years standing just by torching, in faith, the hem of Jesus's gar ment while others were crowd ing him. He said her faith had made her whole. Many of us today need healing from the leprosy of sin which can only be secured by consistently con tacting our Savior. The following poem by an unknown author asks some per tinent and challenging ques tions: "Is your soul in touch with Jesus? Do you know His grace divine? Are you in the Lord abiding, as the branch dwells in the vine? Is your soul in touch with Jesus? Is His love your sure retreat? Have you made a glad sur render? Is your faith in Him complete? Is your soul in touch with Jesus? Is He truly all in all? Are you joyful in His pres ence, and responsive to His call? Is your soul in touch with Je sus? Has your will been crucified? In His will are you rejoicing? Is He trusted Friend and Guide? Keep your soul' in touch with Jesus, keep Him with you everywhere, j Keep your soul in touch with Jesus, by the power of love and prayer." Harold J. Reith, Briggs Building, Shady Cove, Ore. Election Year To the Editor: Another presidential race, And each forthcoming vear Each party with a speed of pace re mesning into gear. Goldy says he's based on fact. Perhaps he is, of course, While Rocky, with his marriage act With rocks will use some force. And Nixon, as he lags behind, A dark horse in the race, With Rocky and Goldy in a bind, May quicken up his pace. And so goes our democracy, To the winner, glory be, To the plain or to aristocracy, We all shall wait and see. E. E. Packard, Route 1, Box 84, Applegate, Ore. Taxation To the Editor: Automation is here to stay but exorbitant high taxes need to go. Unemploy ment goes hand in hand with heavy taxation, not automa tion. We are speaking of high taxation at all levels but espe cially the federal level, who in fiscal year ending June 30, 1963, drained our state of $577,217, 291.00 in personal federal in come, gift and inheritance taxes, and handed us back 10 per cent in various grants. Add to this the 1,000 and one "hid den taxes," state, county and local taxes, and what have you left but the hidden hand . . . plus the pending sales tax. The hidden hand when brought out in the open is the ICC (In ternational Communist Conspir acy). As the late Adolph Men jou, a great American patriot, who thought far more of the preservation of his country than his clothes, put it: "The interna tionalists and communists arc generally found in the same crowd because they all have one' common ambition and that is to rule the world. Both made their first major step with the 16th Amendment (in come tax)." General Douglas MacArthur, another great American patriot, said, "the fundamental and ulti mate stake at issue ... is not merely our money it is lib erty itself, the excessive taxa tion of an overgrown federal government versus personal freedom. Our swollen budgets have constantly been misrepre sented to the public. Our gov ernment has kept us in a per petual state of fear . . . with the c of 'grave national emer gency ." The administration must cut spending, not only to reduce the burden of the people, but to eliminate "Arming the magis trate with a patronage of mon ey which-might be used to cor rupt the principle of govern ment. The greatest danger to a high level of employment is not automation but high taxa tion, which removes from in dustry the funds with which to expand and create new jobs for the increasing population. Ex cessive taxation produces re sults somewhat resembling the evils of slavery." The only "grave national emergency" we have to fear is this heavy burden of taxation, which goes in to "foreign aid" to make the world safe for communism. Therefore let's get behind the Liberty Amendment, 310 S.W. Stark, Portland, Ore., and get the government out of their 700 "tax-tree" businesses going in the hole $19 billion per year; repeal the 16th amendment; and don't forget, they own 52 per cent of you (Oregon) and 80 per cent of Nevada . . . just the beginning. What sensible business man is going to invest and risk 99 cents to make a penny? That is taxation and unemployment for yu. J. R. McGee, 633 Carrington, Medford Christian Profession To the Editor: I should like to pay my respects to another writer appearing in Communi cations recently; and to two whose communications, sent me through the mail, were so crude and indecent that even their authors must have felt they weren't fit for publication. First of all, I want to thank the Rev. Mr. Donald Krug of Central Point for his lucid ex position of Scripture references (10-25) which should clear away the confused and foggy notions others had revealed in these columns with regard to the Bible's teachings on race. Mr. Krug rightly pointed out that be cause the ancient Hebrews justi fied their prejudices against oth er nations or races, Christians cannot so justify theirs. Our final authority is not to be found in erring ancients, but in the life and teachings of Jesus who repeatedly condemned dis crimination against other chil d!3n of God and taught his fol lowers to show compassion and love toward all men:- e.g., the parable of the Good Samaritan, and his injunction, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." Responding to my recent com ments on the race issue, one un reconstructed racist in Jackson ville (who signed his name but whom I shall not disgrace by revealing it here) wrote me: "Your articles are about as stupid as any I have read. Why don't you shut up?" Another, whose letter was postmarked "Fortuna, Cal.," and bore the obvious pseudonym. "Henry Ward Beacher" (must have meant Beecher), perhaps to hide his true identity, said: "You expose your extreme ig norance .... You must have Negro blood in your veins." I'm quite willing to leave it to readers to judge who is "stu pid" or "ignorant" in these ex changes. As for race, I'm white or Caucasian. As to blood, per haps our neighbor below the border doesn't know that the military, Red Cross, and others concerned with blood and blood plasma long ago discontinued all segregation, having learned that racial origin involves no basic differences whatever. It really seems incredible how many people, wnue proiessing to be Christians yel reveai themselves to be such unlovely characters, full of hate and mal ice toward others who may not agree with them or who may be unlike them: forgetting Je sus' emphatic admonition, "Judge not, mat you oe not judged." Surely, such bigoted and uncnaruaDie persons ueny their Christian profession by their attitudes and conduct to ward others. May the good Lord have mercy on them and en tighten their dark souls. Arnold Eugene jenny Rogue Valley Manor Medford Death Trap To the Editor: In Oct. 20 M.T. Nelson Rockefeller states that it would be "disaster" to witn- draw from the United Nations. Disaster for whom? Please reaa on and see. It is an accepted fact among the Right wing that the UN is the "baby," the very special creation, of our alleged "Secret Government ot the U.S.", the Council on Foreign Relations. And, according to Tax Fpx No. 43 by Kent and Phoebe Courtney, Nelson Rockefeller is "one of the most prominent members" of, and "leading snnltpsmnn" for. Council On Knreien Relations. States this Tax Fax, "One of the prime goals of CFR is the disarma ment of the United States," while Dossiblv the main goal of r-FR is "to destroy America's national sovereignty and put the ! U. S. under a Socialist aorni- j -nated World Government." Any j S school kid could see that it we -were to withdraw from thej United Nations the achievement , of the above CFR goals would be impossible. The UN Charter was ratified by the U. S. Senate as a treaty. Therefore its provisions super cede our Constitution and are being used to tear down that great document, particularly the precious basic rights which it guarantees to its citizens. Since Nelson Rockefeller was one of the biggest ducks in the puddle at the United Nations Or ganizing Conference in San Francisco, he cannot plead ig norance to the above facts. He most certainly must know ex actly what went in to the UN Charter and the purpose of every ambiguous word and phrase, -uonsiuuiions ue t Darned, Say the International-: istis," by Dr. B. Bruce, states; on p. 56 that Mr. Rockefeller "worked closely" with fellow; Council On Foreign Relations me..bors Alger Hiss, Harry Dexter White, and Leo Pasvol- sky, chief architects of the UN Charter, all three of whom were i later revealed to be Communist agents. Don't ever (orget, it Is the United Nations which is to take over our entire U.S. armed forces and nuclear weaponry when the Disarmament Act goes into full force. It is the United Nations which will house the World Court with awesome pow er over U.S. citizens, the World Bank, the financial colossus whose strangling hands are al ready at America's throat, and the world government which will some day enslave the Amer ican people, bring them to their knees, and strip them of their wealth and freedom. I submit that the UN is a death trap for America. I sub mit that pulling out of this anti American organization will be a glorious day of reclaimed inde pendence and freedom for the American people, and "disas ter" only for Nelson Rockefeller and his "Council on Foreign Re lations" colleagues and the world empire they are building via the UN and their tax free foundations on our blood, sweat, and tears. Frank Koch 412 S. First St. Central Point, Ore. A Secret To the Editor: I have learned a goodly secret 'Tis the abiding presence of the Lord That will give comfort to my soul As it touches my heart's cord. I have found His strength Is the base of Christian living, It helps from temptation flee When His strength He's giving. The comforter He promised, I have the assurance of His word, He'll never leave nor forsake, When e're I pray, 'tis heard. I have drunk at His fountain, I am cleansed by His Blood, He gives me a melody, His song my heart doth flood. Let us speak to God in confi dence, Knowing His ear is open to our cry, Then let us listen for His an swer, They'll be words of wisdom for you and I. I know the confidence in His word, Have felt His strength and power, It loosens all of Satan's charms. Reveals God's own enchanting hour. My hope is in His word, His law better than silver or gold, It gives a remedy for sorrow And many blessings untold. All points the pathway to hea ven, It's a straight and narrow road, If we yield He'll fit. us to a pattern To make heaven our abode. Mabel Harmon 1035 Cherry St. Medford. Sportsmanship To the Editor: On a recent trip down the Klamath River road there was much talk in the various stores and fishing lodges of the "poor sportsman ship" of some of the fishermen at the mouth of the Klamath. At Happy Camp for lunch we heard many of the fishermen talking and they arc very unhappy with what is called a "hog line" across the mouth of the Klam ath river. Having never seen a hog line, my husband and I decided to see what all the uproar was about and so we went to the mouth of the Klamath and saw 500 boats side by side by side across the river and fishermen standing elbow to elbow upon the banks. Is this an exhibition of good sportsmanship? Many of the fisherman think this hog line is part of the reason for the decline of the salmon in the Klamath. Rogue and Chctco and Columbia rivers, as all the noise and beating of the waters fright en the salmon from coming up the rivers to spawn. There is talk among the Ore A Tribute to OUR PHYSICIANS Perhaps you do not realize the vital role that Ihete sincere, ever-ready-to-serve men play in your life, -indeed in the life of this entire community. Your doctor it your friend, your counselor, your health advisor. When you need him, he Is avail able night or day. Tireless, rarely consid ering his own wall-being and happiness, he it constantly on guard to protect you and your family from illness. He gives bountifully of his time without remunera tion to public hospitals and clinics. He is our great healer, our Symbol of Securltyl r a Medford W g . g m . 101 North Central, Corner 6th We Salute Surgeons Told Birth Control May Be Answer to World's Health Woes SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) Birth control may be the an- swer to many of the world s health problems, Dr. Robert W Kistner of Harvard Medical School told the American Col lege of Surgeons today. And thus, he said in a speccn prepared for delivery, the sur geons should follow the lead of the American College of Obste tricians and Gynecologists in adopting a resolution urging that "scientific research be greatly expanded in all aspects of human fertility and the in terplay of biologic, psychologic and socio-economic factors in fluencing population change." Kistner backed his suggestion with arguments that so-called medical" reasons are not the only important ones in deciding whether to use birth control, but the economic and social problems are equally important and tar more common. Discusses Future Developments In a news conference at the 49th clinical Congress of the College of Surgeons, Kistner also discussed some ot the pos sible future developments of oral contraceptives and the ex isting situation. In his formal report to the surgeons, Kistner said that the various social and economic as pects of child-bearing actually affect the medical aspects of birth control. Family limitation and child spacing are of vital importance to a married couple, he said, if a wife has a disease such as incapacitating heart disease, far advanced tuberculosis or vari ous other conditions limiting her activity or life expectancy. In these cases, he said, the major problem is not that the mother will be killed or dis abled in giving birth. Rather, it is the problem of "how will this woman, with limited activ ity, be able to deal with the physical as well as the eco nomic aspects of having three, four or possibly five more chil dren?" "There are only certain fa miliar diseases and rare medi cal conditions which specifical ly contra-indicate pregnancy gon sports fishermen that in the next legislature there will be a bill presented to put an end to any such hog lines in Oregon rivers. I have been told by many ui u.B u.u umeia ui nunc -r ,i u .! .u I.. . ... - a uum wneii une cuuiu wain across the Slate creek on the salmon when they came up to spawn. Now if we get five up the creek we think it is remark able. Most sportsmen come to Oregon to fish in the fall. If there are no fish they will not come. If we are to conserve our resources we had jolly well work at it and soon. Genevieve Briggs Whitewater Ranch Wilderville, Ore. Lawyers, Stay Home To the Editor: Congratula tions to you and to your Cham ber Manager, Don McNeil, for criticizing the Oregon State Bar's decision to hold its an nual meeting next year in Van couver, B.C. Many of us dis agree strongly with Portland lawyer Phil Roth, and feel that the Bar, which operates under the protection of state law, should hold its official meetings inside the state. The decision to go to Canada was far from unanimous and I doubt that many of the attorneys who vot ed "yes" fully recognized the implications of their vote. I would hope the Board of Governors of the Oregon State Bar would reconsider the de cision and resubmit the question of next year's convention site to the entire Bar for a written vote. Alfred H. Corbett Attorney at Law Corbett Building Portland 4, Ore. Pharmacy 772-6253 Our Town! -land delivery," Kistner said. "Actual 'medical' indications for contraception are almost as rare as those for therapeutic abortion." But, he said, the World Health Organization has defined health as a "state of complete physical, mental and social well being." Thus it is important that "the modern physician realize that aspects of preventive medicine, mental hygiene, sociology, eco Religion In America Protestants Donate Record Amount in Collection Plate By ROBERT M. ANDREWS United Press International Members of Protestant churches in the United States put a record $2,722,271,673 in the collection plate last year. In reporting this, the National Council of Churches attributed the all-time high in church giv ing to an increase in total Prot estant membership. But, the council added, there was no corresponding increase in dollars contributed per mem ber, so the average annual gift of the Protestant church-g o e r actually was less than in 1961. He gave $68.85 for all church causes in 1962, a decline of 3.1 per cent from the previous year. . Of the 42 churches, the small er ones accounted generally for the biggest per-member gifts during the year. The major de nominations were concentrated toward the bottom of the list. The 52,535-member Free Methodist Church led with a whopping $312.58 average f o r each follower. The even smaller Wesleyan Methodist Church was second with $246.40 per mem ber, and the Evangelical Free Church of America followed with $222.49 per member. Among the bigger denomina tions, the United Presbyterian Church in the USA was 20th with $88.08 per member, the Protestant Episcopal Church was 31st with $69.80 per mem- bur, the Methodist Church was 38th ($58.53), the Southern Bap tist Convention was 39th ($53.06) anu iiik and the Lutheran Church in America was 40th ($49.46) Roman Catholic bishops from nine English-speaking nations are busy in Rome preparing a common English version of the Mass and the Sacraments. The Second Vatican Council already has approved in princi ple the use of modern languages We learned something from We're not above borrowing o good Idea when we sea one. Tin idea o( a station wagon with the virtues ol a bus was loo good to resist. Which is why the Volkswagen Station Wagon has so much In common with other buses. The driver Is way up Iront, so ha con sea where he's going. The angina is in back, out o( Ihe way. There are windows all around 121) Including the skylight kind on top. The seots are chair-high. And you can even hove on aisle to step to the rear. The Volkswagen Station Wagon has MORSE 6th & Ivy nomics and public health are as valid indications for con traception as hemophilia or psychosis. "It is not unrealistic," Kist ner said, "to suppose that the ability of a couple to limit the family to the number they can realistically raise and educate might eliminate many world health problems." At his news conference, Kist ner said he believes a drug will be available "in maybe 10 in these rites. Pope Paul VI must endorse the council's de cision before it can go into ef fect. The bishops, including two Americans (Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan of Atlanta, Ga., and Bishop James H. Griffiths of New York), are Dringing in Bib lical scholars, musicians and experts in English language style to help them translate the ancient Latin rites into their own tongue. More than 4,000 rabbis, lay men and visitors from syna Try and By BENNETT CERF AT GEORGIA TECH, they're still talking about a iootball game where the visiting team was clinging to a precari ous lead, 34-13, with only a minute or two to go. The coach of the team in the lead sent in a new quarter back with instructions to run out the clock by use of simple running plays only. The new boy, how ever, had dreams of glory and when he spotted one of his backs apparently in the clear, he uncorked a forward pass in that general direction. Out of nowhere the homo team's speediest back flashed into the pic ture, intercepted the pass, and was off for paydirt but to the amazement of the on lookers, the substitute quar terback who had made tho pass overtook him and brought him down on the five-yard line. Seconds later, the final whistle blew. Later that evening the Georgia Tech coach grumbled to the coach of the winners, "I'll never understand how that sub quarterback of yours ever overtook the fastest boy on our squad." "It's simple," was the reply. "Your boy was running for a touchdown. Mine was running for his life." ,; .. ... . - ; - --. a-;;.,,,,: - ..; ,, ..i. ..r ; a bit less headroom than a real bus, but It has more doors IS in alll and a sunroof thai slides back lor lots of air and lots of view. There's so much room inside Ihe VW, you'll Ihink you're driving the real thing. But not when you park; theVW Wagon Is only 9 Inches longer than Ihe VW Sedan. lately, we've spotted a few other bus-type station wagons on the scene. So maybe things have worked out evenly after all. The big boys leorned something from us. MOTORS Phone 772-7155 years, mayho. tomorrow" which will permit use of the so called "rhythm" system of birth control without danger of conception. Present birth control drugs foe women prevent ovulation. But drugs may be forthcoming, Kistner said, which would sim ply bring ovulation at a pre dictable time so the woman would know when to abstain from sexual relations to avoid pregnancy. . gogues in the United States, Canada and Latin America are expected to gather In Chicago for the general assembly of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. Marking the 90th anniversary of reform Judaism in this coun try, the meeting is billed by its organizers as the largest Jew ish convention in the nation. The 50th anniversary of the Na tional Federation of Temple Sis terhoods, the women's branch of the movement, also will be celebrated; Stop Me t VOLWMN OF M(IC, INC. the big boys.
