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... Communications ... certain" ri J...Edll0r USl bear tt nBm although und.r Th Mail tS? 'h' U" 01 1 P,a initial for publication is permis.ibl.. if. . h right to edit ,M utt.rt with a i.w to clarification and VJntl in m V ,ub,mI""d Publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters contrary often '.heT. MC""lU P" W' ' Veterans Day To the Editor: Veterans Day, Nov. 11, is more than a day set aside to honor men and women who served their coun try in time of war. Citizens everywhere will join with the 22 million living veterans in re dedicating themselves to pre serve the blessings of peace for which America has fought, and, although in many circles these days it is thought to be corny to have patriotic thoughts, this is one of the times, corny or not, that we should all show a little pride. On this 45th anniversary of . the signing of the Armistice" that " ended World War One's hostili ties, we of that war marvel that so many people do not think of the day as having any sig nificance. To veterans of the war that occurred in those long past years, because of the title change to Veterans Day, there IK flnthin.0 left hilt nnr mam- ones, and the veteran of World War One has to withdraw to himself, to trot out the image of Kaiser Bill, Hindenburg, Luden dorf, etc. They were so impor tant then that who would think then imprint on so many mil lions would become so dim as it is today? ; Much was accomplished by . that little fracas called Wnrlrt War flno ulth.iiioh tho WnrlH .was not made sate for Democ racy" as the aim and purpose ..was declared. But a turning - point in our thoughts came with i ..our victory on that at Nov. 11 mnrnmtf nrhon tha mine ouro hushed on the battlefields of ..France. To change the name from .-..Armistice way to veterans Day .seems annrnnrialp. heransp Imp ! Peace was never realized on a world wide scale from that day to this, but the fact remains that Nov. 11 is, or should be, . a day of commemoration of the : bravery and sacrifice of many young Americans of the Fracas .t nn 1nio TU : was just as intense then as it was on any battlefield, before or since. Pat Graham, Commander District No. 7 Veterans of World War I Medford Poets' Corner Conducted by ' Arnold Eugene Jenny 111, IF I 111:3 Poetry is not written by sentimental old ladies (or young ones) oozing self-expression, but by - technically skilled craftsmen who way ot experiencing lite. . . . une ining is certain one win never : write a poem by determining to do so. This merely ties in knots what must be relaxed and free. Jean Burden, in August 1963 ttutnor at juurnuiist. TVlinIit. in A sweet aisuraer A lawn about the Into a fine distraction. An erring lace, wmcn nere ana mere Enthrals the crimson stomacher, A cuff neglectful, and thereby Ribbands to flow confusedly, A winning wave (deserving note) In the tempestuous petticoat, A careless shoe-string, in whose tie I see a wild civility, Do more bewitch me, than when art Is too precise in every part. - Robert Herrick (1591-1674) o Mctamornhosis T caw o hurl with Unfold with stately grace and drink The sun and dew and sparkling air That washed across its petals fair. With subtle power beyond the ken Of stupid, boasting finite men, ine OUU U1U luie aiiu game! up Within its coral tinted cup The nectar'd sweets of summer days, Of wind and dew and solar rays. '; When summer days were done and o'er, 1 came out iouna tne oua no more; Where it had been, I found instead ,: A luscious apple, sweet and red. For Do vou remember how "Fairies and maeic ' on 7- And from the colored square create a world Of castles, feasts and costumes for us all? We used whatever patches came to hand, Light shades or somber, gay designs or plain; There was no thought of "Trade you mine for yours," , Each share of that small quilt was fixed and set. Since we have grown into a larger world And Life has brought its patches gray or bright. You've made good use of those which came to you, Lightened the dark and shared with us the fair. Now take the year's reward be gay Accept these words of love and praise today. Amy M. Rehmus Palo Alto, Calif. o Studio of Shade and Light Only God's majestic brushing ;. Studio of shade and light Paints for all suspended pictures Unframed blue and wafting white. Only He towers floating cities: . ; Bright, celestial of plan, They are soundless as His footfall Passing over head of man. Vesta Wells Gustafson Portland, Ore. Through the Kaleidoscope To the Editor: Those of us who have reached the age of threescore - and - ten have welcomed and taken part in many changes; but today, when we look through the kaleido scope and see so many gro tesque ethical patterns, we won der what the world is coming to! In our day, juvenile delin quency was unknown; regular chores tended to keep us out of mischief and free from the the costly acts of vandalism now prevalent. As for our health, we didn't need fads to keep us in trim. "Jogging" was well taken care of on the farm by following the plow and in the city by working a newspaper or other route. No psychiatrists were re quired father took care of our mental problems in the woodshed! Nor did we go in for beauty contests to' titillate our jaded senses. A girl's beauty of char acter was more prized than her symmetry of face and form. The title "Mrs. Homemaker" was what every young woman sought "Miss Universe" would have been meaningless. And certainly we never wasted our talents on such idiotic con tests as the one recently re ported from North Carolina: "Watermelon Seed Spit Mark Broken!" What a complex and chaotic world our children and grand children have inherited! Morals are lagging far behind scientific knowledge; half the world is tryug to "stop" something which the other half wants to do or believe in; and govern ments are urging their people to be honest citizens while they themselves are plagued with "conflict of interest" and other scandals, threats of war, and even undeclared wars. And is it any wonder that today's youth are resentful when they find they were rushed into a good education, only to be informed later that millions of them will never be able to ob tain jobs? As one government official put it: "Teen-age em ployment could develop into one of the most explosive social problems in the nation's his tory." In spite of this warning, Congress is still dragging its feet in passing puwic-worKS leg I UCU T sensitively alive, clear-headed, write Doems because it is their Disorder in me aress shoulders thrown nptnts ninlr Frank Roberts Medford O a Birthday we used to play the patcnworK spread, islation to forestall such a catastrophe. It would seem that about the only "job" a young man of to day can be sure of getting is hitch in the armed lorccs. And even there he may not be needed, for we have already been assured that our atomic arsenal can destroy all possible enemies by just pushing a few buttons! George M. Babcock Route 2, Box 63-B Jacksonville, Ore. Our Business To the Editor: Re the letter of Mr. Gascon, M.T. 103063. I do not disagree with, what you have said, but it does prompt a question or two. How may the legislators ascertain just what the voters want in advance .' For many years it has been my conviction that our political system is about as hodge-podge as possible, and I marvel that we do as well as we do. The legislator gets very little guid ance until things come to such a pass as they did by this latest tax law. I don't beiieve that even 10 per cent of the voters tell a leg islator, in advance, what they expect of their lawmakers. It is true that the candidate ex presses his own views by means of posters, radio, T.V. and news papers. He speaks before open meetings where only a small portion of voters take time to attend and then the only guid ance he gets is the applause or the lack of it. The number that ever write to their representatives, I will wager, is pitifully small, and when they do write their views are so divergent as to form no pattern. Most of us who do cast a vote seem to think we have done our duty. We have but only part of it. The representa tive is left to assume what is expected of them. How will he know? Another question, why don't we form some sort of a club or at least have get-togethers of the indi vidual voters and prepare a report of what the majority wants? In Government, we have the greatest gift man can have, a voice in his own destiny. It will be just as good or bad as we make it. Too many take too little inter est in politics until our toes are stepped upon, then great ex pense is incurred to correct the situation) when in reality pon tics is most vital to all of us. I am not trying to remove all the blame for latest boo-boo but I would like to be fair and encourage better handling of public affairs. Government Dusmess is your business and mine. Let's tend it as we would any other business. C. R. Burrill, 834 Cherry St., Central Point, Ore. Railroad Gates To the Editor: The picture on the center of the front page of the Mail Tribune, Nov. 7, has brought a question to my mind as I'm sure it has to many other citizens. As long as we have to tolerate a railroad through our lovely city, why can't we protect our citizens from such accidents by installing auto matic gates? The gates would come down with reflectors on them so all drivers can see them plainly. Medford tries in most every other way to help the drivers' safety. So why not prevent such II -aOttsy kJS MEDFORD accidents by making sure the motorist sees the railroad cars and signal, and install a gate in front of him? Mrs. L. J. Rentz, 317 Lynnwood Ave., Medford Taxes Vs. Church To the Editor: Your article in M.T., Nov. 3, is very well placed and should give us all a chance for some serious think ing on our spiritual world. I myself have reached beyond the age of earning power and have to be satisfied on the small amount of Social Secutity I re ceive, but my taxes on my home, which is IS years old, raised $85 last year and $40.09 this year. Where will it end? Church taxes might help us. History is repeating itself. Look in the history of dark ages and see how the church seized properties tax free. I think it would be a good idea for those who are support ing the church to read the ar ticle in Readers' Digest, Novem ber, 1961 (Should churches be exempt from business taxes?). Also it would be very helpful if we would search the scrip tures for a little more of the truth which I will give you here. Born again, laying on hands, speaking in tongues, rapture of the Church, chosen remnant, coming of Christ, anti Christ coming soon, message going around the world, false Christ,' Christ's Kingdom on the earth, saved by grace which was given to the Gentiles. . Who are we in the United States? If you hunt carefully you will find we are part of the ten lost tribes of Israel, and many others, but the most as tonishing fact that will rock the spiritual world is that I would like for someone to point out in scriptures where we have to belong to some church and tithe in this period to be saved. - If you wish answers to these and any other biblical problem kindly write enclosing self ad dressed envelope. No doubt you will wish some thing about our future and end ing. One .important fact I wish to state here is the present out come with our difficulties with Russia. There will be two im portant wars first, we will par ticipate in one before the final conflict with Russia. Yes, those that we have poured out our money to will turn on the hand that fed them. After reading this have you made a good invest ment in your spiritual world. R. E. McManus Route 1, Box 339 Gold Hill, Ore. To End Wars To the Editor: O, I remember many slain so young, Mine eyes, all tears, scarce tell that l am strong, Flowers cropped untimely, that now are stars in Heav en Because of whom this bad world is forgiven, An host of saints, not least our holiest pride, Who adorned Ashland-town and in Deutschland died. Saint Robert of the lilies, the good child, All crystal, the wise rose, the undefiled, So white: O may we all, as he, drink up Christ's burning Wine out of the precious Cup ... War, why? Essentially, war is caused by economic rivalry. This rivalry is a certain product of the capi talist system as well as the Russian despotism because, un der both systems, the workers receive in wages only a fraction of what they produce. Hence, they can buy bark only a frac tion. What the workers cannot buy back, and what the capi talists and bureaucrats cannot use up in extravagant living, or use in expanding industry, must be sold in foreign markets. This is the reason nations will do anything, even to the point of MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, waging war, to preserve and ex tend their foreign markets, spheres of influence, and to ob tain sources of raw materials. So the society that exploits its working class is a society, or nation, that is heading for war. Manifestly, prevention of war then requires the abolition of the exploitative society. That means the abolition of capitalism and the abolition of the Russian state despotism. The workers of America have more than the necessary num bers to vote capitalism out and Socialism in as proposed by the Socialist Labor Party. We urge all workers to organize into an integral, mighty Socialist In dustrial Union, with the goal of taking, holding and operating the industries for the benefit of all society. In a Socialist society there would be no need for war be cause we would produce for use instead of for sale and capital ist profit. The Socialist society, resting on a basis of economic freedom, can be brought into being by the workers alone who have the interest and power to forever put an end to war. Henry R. Korman Box 541 Longview, Wash. Church and State -To the Editor: President Ken nedy promised that if elected he would observe the constitu tional separation of church and state. He has, as I suspected he would, broken his word. Not only has he compromised on the question of church and state when it comes to church colleges, but he has permitted $15,783,164 worth of government land to be given or sold at a dis count to Catholic institutions. The total amount paid for this $15,783,164 worth of property was $319,014. He appointed three Catholic men to be in charge of these give-aways. They are Secretary ot Health, Education and Wel fare Anthony Celebrezze; ex congresman Jim Quigley of Pennsylvania and General Serv ices Administrator Bemad Bou tin. One of the most important dis count give-aways of federal property was 22 choice acres, part of Mitchell Field, L. I., deeded to Cardinal Spellman's archdiocese for a parochial school and convent. The proper ty, valued at $540,999, was sold to the church at a 70 per cent discount. The New York regional di rector of H.E.W. who handled this was Joseph B. O'Connor, also a Catholic, tu n..ui:A .i:..,-:.. n o yuum. uwuiw. " M?a.aw.aPPle? ,or Part of the Mitchell Field acreage. as did Nassau County, which wanted the land for a commun ity center. However, G.S.A. Administra tor Boutin declared the land in excess to military needs, turned it over to Secretary Celebrezze, who acted on the recommenda tion of Regional Director O'Con nor and alloted the coveted 22 acres to Cardinal Spellman's archdiocese for school and con vent. I sincerely hope the Kennedy dictatorship is not so thoroughly entrenched in this country that we will not be able to tear it out and also every one of its blood sucking roots. Leila Morrow 531 N. Bartlett St. Medford Reptiles and Mice To the Editor: Regarding a recent article in your paper about rattlesnakes, I would like to put in my little bit. Reptiles, lizards, and mice maybe we could start a bigger argument. I was born and raised in Ore gon Rogue River territory. There we had six different kinds of snakes and it seems to me I was told by my folks that some kinds of snakes bear young, while other types lay mf.Rif.nnc mucnTscnncR the German alpiniste, wore her dia mond wrist watch when she conquered Katmandu. Marilyn Murphy got hers when she conquered William Schultze. Is there any gift more suitable for a really special event? All over America girls (and theiryoung men) are falling in love. Zale's has a perfect diamond design watch for every one of them. And, at a suitable price. William only paid $99.00 for Marl lyn's. There are others from $29.95 to $995.00. He used Zale's convenient credit terms, too. Why don't you? ZALE'S WELER3 218 Esil Main Ph. 779-1331 OREGON eggs and hatch their young, so i wouia assume the rattlesnake would bear its young and not likely take its young into its mouth for protection, more or less on account of the poison ous fangs in its mouth. However, when I was a small boy about 11 years old, I was playing in my grandfather's placer -mine one summer day, walking up the sluice race which was lined with rock walls on either side. I was looking for a little gold the old folks might have missed and as I came around a bend I came right close to a rather large garter snake, and it made a kind of a little hiss and opened its mouth wide and three or four little tiny snakes about three inches long ran right into her mouth and she disappeared into the rock pile. Now, I actually saw this happen. I assume the lit tle ones turned around and their heads were in or near the moth er's mouth, and as soon as she got them out of danger, they smugly crawled back out. Now encyclopedias or not, I think there are some things wrong in them. Those little dark lizards, and I imagine sev eral other types, lay eggs and hatch their young. The eggs of the little fence lizard look quite like a small jelly bean and are white, and curved. And now, I have also discovered a rare mouse that I have never been able to find listed in the encyclopedia. I have seen four of these mice in my travels in a period of 63 years. I saw one near Grants Pass, Ore., in 1900. And one in the upper regions of the Trinity River in 1941, and two on the north side near the top of the Siskiyou moun tains in 1932. Their habits are about the same as the muskrat and beaver. They live in and around the water and swqmpy places and go under the water and dig into the bank and up to above the water line, where they make their nests just like muskrat does, and they look so much like an ordinary house mouse for size and color that I suppose most people that have seen one just considers it a house mouse and paid no at tention to it, so I suppose it has never been listed. Jim Cook, the bugologist. P.O. Box 123, Marysville, Calif. Claptrap & Flapdoodle To the Editor: Anna M. Strced accused you (117) of having made many false statements in your recent editorial on "Birchers and Believability." About the kind of response to be expected from Birchers or nthat avtMmicta nf tha fiaht ..b..v. These people always cry "false" or "unfair" whenever anvone exposes the claptrap, flapdoo dle, and sometimes plain lies, peddled by their mentors Hargis, Schwarz, Smoot, Welch, and others of their ilk. Miss Streed's diatribe can evoke only pity for her mis guided zeal. What constantly amazes me is that she and oth ers like her are so gullible that they accept as gospel the non sense preached by these hate mongers and prophets of doom, without ever subjecting their preachments to critical analysis as to their historic authenticity or truthfulness. Her latest screed consisted mostly of an attack upon Gen eral Eisenhower. To impugn his patriotism on the basis of' the 'facts" she cited Is lust too ri diculous for anyone to take seri ously. However, If only to con firm the complete unreliability of her sources, I wish to give but one illustration. She assert ed that in a deal with Stalin, Eisenhower "returned all refu gees in Western Europe to the land of their origin," thereby consigning "2,000,000 men, wom en and children ... to torment, slave labor camps and death" in Russia; and that "thousands of these men had fought in our armies." Incredible falsehoods! Twelve shimmering diamonds enhance 14K gold case, precision 1 -jewel tigm $99 pi VI tOI In the first place, dealings with Stalin could have been made only on higher, civilian levels and no such deals were ever made. On the contrary, upon our government's insist ence, no displaced persons were to be repatriated against their will; and most certainly, none who might have served in our armies (and I know of none such). Moreover, we had rela tively few DPs of Russian origin in the U.S. Zone of Ger many; most were from other countries. I can testify to these facts from first-hand knowledge. As District Secretary for YMCA YWCA Service to Displaced Persons in the U.S. Zone, and in that capacity also an official of UNRRA, I had occasion to prevent several forced repatria tions of DPs to Poland, at tempted by erring young U.S. Army officers. I quote from my official report to my headquar ters, dated 112545: "(These attempts) were clear ly out of line with American policy announced a few weeks ago by General Eisenhower, both in letter and in spirit." Arnold Eugene Jenny, Rogue Valley Manor, Medford No God, No Satan To the Editor: Henry John son Jr. wonders how thinking individuals can deny the exist ence of God mid also say there is no devil. The answer is sim ple. It's because they ARE think ing individuals. Contrary to the belief of so many people .that the "proofs" for the existence of God are "so evident every where," the facts are the exact opposite. Science and reason and hu man experience combine to prove that no supernatural pow er exists to which the name "God" could properly be ap plied. The physicist has dem onstrated that matter - energy, the basic substance of all nat ural objects and processes, is indestructible; and that which cannot be destroyed could nut have been created. It is there fore both illogical and absurd to assume that the universe had a maker. This holds true, not onlv of the belief in a God that is omni- present and "impersonal," but also the belief in a God that is omnipresent and also "person- ai." rnat is to say, tne Ucllel in an intelligence without a body that sees without eyes, hears without ears, and thinks without a brain. The "supreme ruler" of the universe is na ture. Every effect is the result of some natural cause, and the same conditions will always produce exactly the same ef fects. Some call attention to the so - called order of the universe beauty, love, etc. as evidence of a Creator. This Is a delusion. 10"8' Bust 6 beautiful camera studies are taken of your child. From the 2 best poses of your choice, we will make you a lovely bust Duette Portrait as shown above, ..unmounted, suit able for framing. You get all this for only , . . Fhotogrphs taken of babies of 5 weeks up to children 12 years old. No appointment necessary. Limiti 1 Duette Portrait per child, 2 per family. Children's group pictures taken at 99f per child. Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back. SEARS Satisfaction Guaranteed or Your Money Back SUNDAY, NOVEMBER That which holds the planets in tneir oroits and establishes what appears to be perfect order, is not the power of a God, but the power inherent in the sun and the planets themselves through the natural forces we know to be gravitation and centrifugal action. These forces exist only because the planets they affect exist. There is no attraction without something to attract and to be attracted, proving that such powers are inherent in the objects themselves and do not exist o itside of them. As for the supposed existence of an evil entity called "Satan. the devil," no thinking indi dividual could for one moment subscribe to such an utterly nonsensical belief. The fact of the matter is that a thinker is never a believer, and a believer is never a thinker. Therefore, it would be a waste of time to try to cure Mr. Johnson of his manv delusions as expressed in his letter. But I can't help wonder ing when he speaks of the Bible "with all its truths" whether he ever really read it. Lydia Burnham 814 Warne St. Prescott, Ariz. Irish Patriot To the Editor: During the school year of 1961-1962, I taught at the Medford Senior High School and during that time I spoke to a number of service clubs and organizations of citizens in the bonnie Rogue River Valley. In a number of my speeches, I referred to an Irish convict who escaped from Tasmania to the U.S.A. and who eventually became a state gov ernor. However at that time I was unable to document this strange story and I should like to supply details for your read ers. The convict in question was an Irishman named Thomas Francis Meagher, M.P., who had been elected to represent watertord in tne House of Com mons at Westminster. Neverthe less, Mr. Meagher was an Irish patriot and his patriotic activ ities led to his being arraigned for high treason at Tipperary in the year 1848. Mr. Meagher was sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered, which sentence was eventually commuted to transportation for life in Tas- mania. In the year 1851, Mtag- her escaped from Tasmania in an American shin named the "Elizabeth Thompson," which ship took him to New York, where he received an cnthusias- tic welcome from the Irish com- munity In that city. Mr. Meag- her next proceeded on a lecture tour of the U.S.A., the profits of which were applied to the study . . . . .y of law, which he successfully nrnpnppn fnr uime vani-n Pm Inn outbreak of the American Civil War, he played an active part in the formation of an Irish bri gade. 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