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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON Communications b.k!.',l0 !? Edi!?r, T' b" ,ha nim tnd o' wfitr, 1. VJ" ,el!H"mi!nce ,h of . pen mm. or Initial fcrpublketlon is permissible. Th. Mail Tribun. reserves h. right to hL Li I" S ,.,V'ew ,0 clri,i"'l" and condensation, fetter, SESJmI IK publiM,il'n mu" " xed 400 words. Th. letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of tr- paper. In fact the contrary to often the case. TMs Is Not the Answer" . Had anv of mv rhilHmn hn in school at the time of this tragedy, they would have been brought home out of respect for a great man who in my opinion died helping the people of this nation to live in freedom and greatness. We the people gave Mr. Ken nedy the responsibility of run ning this nation, and now that this murder has been commit ted the least we can is to show the respect that he so deserved. When a 5-year-old child can feel the effect and cry over the loss this country has suffered, the least so called adults can do is show in every way humanly possible the respect and grief due Mr. Kennedy. He was one of the best Pres idents this country has ever had or will in the future elect. Karen Medcalf Route 3, Box 186-B . Medford. SUNDAY, NOVEMUEK 24, 1963 . To the Editor: I find it hard not to be prejudiced when a ca tastrophe envelopes you, your way of life, your thoughts, your country as a whole. To look logically for an answer is im possible . . . for there is no answer. The reasoning behind people who cause a holocaust for pri vate thought, gains, or hate is beyond' our comprehension. In sanity is the end seems to be the only answer. What will probably happen next? The majority of American people since World War II have just sat back, have had a life less and uninterested concept of, "Let the other man do it." I hope that the people of the United States will not make this mistake in this time of grief, sorrow, and confusion. From this trying experience I hope the people will see a need for peace of mind and of soul. It cannot exist in its entirety in today's world of barriers and hate. I pray earnestly, that from this shocking experience a love for mankind might develop, leav ing a world to live in. I am not trying to be idealis tic, forgetting the realism that surrounds us in our daily living. But as we look at our realistic world we can see much need for improvement. Let us try as responsible hu man beings to back our heads of state through right, wrong,' and the many shades of gray. You owe your executives this much respect. He never created a transgression that deserved death as a vote of thanks. The final word is not that the greatest sin has been commit ted. The greatest sin may be created by the American people if they allow complacency to be the answer. Mike Hoover 2 White Oak Dr. (Medford Senior High School Student) Respect To the Editor: The Medford school board expressed the feel ings of a great number of peo ple in this country. "So what?" Race and Religion To the Editor: Speaking of tolerance, perhaps people would remain composed if they real ized that no one is one-half Jew ish, including Barry Goldwater. Because Judism is not a race, but a religion, Mr. Goldwater, a Christian, is certainly not one- half Jewish. He may be part Hebrew (I don't know his racial background), although many Jewish people are not Hebrew This is not meant to infer that if he were Jewish in faith, his ability as a president would be lessened. However, saying someone is one-half Jewish, or one-half anything for that mat ter, may infer an undesirable quality. As you previously stated, a man should be judged by merit, not religious affilia tion. But just for the record, Mr, Goldwater can not be one-half Jewish any more than he can be one-half Protestant or one-half Catholic. Cindy Anderson. 1341 Murray St. Medford. O Editor's note: An interesting point, but not quite accurate. Webster's Collegiate Dictionary defines a Jew as "any person of the Hebrew race or whose re' ligion is Judaism." But defini- Poets' Corner Conducted by Arnold Eugene Jenny tions differ. Many Israelis do not practice Judaism, but proud ly claim to be Jews. On the other hand, a Roman Catholic priest of Jewish origins recently was rejected when he claimed citizenship in Israel. In popular usage, however, the word Jew applies to both race and re ligion. Status Symbol To the Editor: Referring to Mr. Schiffman's talk on the fu neral business, I wonder about the statement "Costs of contem porary funerals and burials co incide with the deceased's sta tion in life." Evidently the American way of death is to present ourselves to our Lord and Creator as a status symbol, which prevails as an integral part of the American way of life. Julia M. Smith. 21S N. Columbus Ave. Medford. Guidance Clinic To the Editor: This is written to show my gratitude for the help given to me with my emr tional problems by the "Family & Child Guidance Clinic of Jackson County." Unable to keep my job due to anxiety, and having no physi cal problems other than those caused by my emotional upsets, my doctor arranged an appoint ment for me with a Social Work er at the Guidance Clinic. It was a difficult step for me to take. This was in July and now in November, I feel ready to return to work shortly. I was amazed when I learned there was no charge for me be cause I am unemployed. You pay according to your income, You may continue to go until you are well. It might take two weeks or two years. I hope that if any of you have an emotional or mental prob lem, you will not hesitate to seek their services. They pub lish a very fine pamphlet ex plaining the clinic. You may pick this up at their office in the Third Floor, Courthouse An nex. It is free. Many people do not know about this fine service our val ley has to offer. The staff con sists of Dr. Erin Merkel, clini cal administrator, a psychia trist, a psychologist, and three social workers. The board of directors consists of 21 and there are eight oh the Technical Advisory Board. This non-profit organization is financed by the state, Jackson county, United Medford Cru sade, membership fees and pri vate donations. It deserves all the praise and support, finan cial or otherwise, Jackson Coun- can give it. Believe me, know. I speak from experience, (Name on File), Medford . Closure Disliked To the Editor: The Oregon State Game Commission's in tention to close the Rogue River to spring salmon fishing above Elk Creek has come to my attention. Trout season opens a month late so the young salmon can return to the ocean. Since this is the only solution to the salm on migration this is of a neces sity. But. to close the upper Rogue, when the entire length is involved, and to state that this is for "resting pools", when snagging is the major factor, is like closing all the highways because of a few traffic viola tors. For years I have stood shoul der to shoulder with the snag gers and have watched them in action. Proper fishing gear will eliminate them completely. Snaggers' best gear is the larg est legal treble hook, needle sharp, . with nothing but yarn on it. Eliminate the treble hook, make single hooks or the small treble hooks the only legal gear, and you eliminate the snagger, above and below Elk Creek. I have fished Rogue River for salmon for the past 33 years and use small triple-strength treble hooks, preferably a No. 2 with proper size drifters or spoons, and have fished day after day above Elk Creek with out snagging a single salmon. I, personally, think this type of legislation, closing of the Rogue River above Elk Creek, to eliminate a given problem, is a direct and clear vision of the Game Commission concern for the sportsman. Somewhere I once read electricity iouows the path of least resistance." Monroe McGonagle, 1417 S. Whitman St., Medford P.S. A copy of this letter has been forwarded to the Game Commission. A Good Poem Celebrates Life A good poem celebrates life and quickens us to it. Not only to the mysteries but to the commonplace, which it makes both mysterious and precise, and both at once. The good poet cannot fail to shame us . . . through our senses by awakening us to a new awareness of the peaks and abysses locked in every com monplace thing. John Ciardi, in Saturday Review, 323.63. O How To Make A Poem Just take a bit of inspiration; Embellish H with rime; Lace with lilting, lofty phrases; Let season for a time. Now, add a dash of ecstacy; With metaphor adorn. If artfully you blend it all. A poem will be born. Malcolm L. Melville The Manor, Medford Of course, there's a lot more to It than this, or even In what Clardl said, above. Snund guidanre and technical advire may he found In such honks as the followinc (all available at the Public Library): Making a Poem, by Melville Crane; A Poetry Primer, Gerald Sanders; First Principles of Verse, Robert BUlyer; and How to Revise Your Own Poems, Ann. Hamilton. AEJ. O In Present Dark, for Future Need: A Sonnet Sequence - Sonnet II To dream and work within the shadows of The dreamers and the masters of the past, Is like the wish to love, yet not to love; Or hiding in the shade until the last ' Of wanted sun has set and darkness fills The world and weary mind. It may be late, But surely when tomorrow flames the hills A renaissance can come; destroy the fate Of those who struggle needlessly. To hold A steadfast faith and build upon the past, In present dark, for future need, is gold That will not buy redemption but will last. And so we travel on in search of light. To lift our minds from history's endless night. Lloyd B. Halverson Medford ' 'Begun 1117,' to be continued in four further instalments, O Speak Not To Me . '. . ' Speak not to me of gilded banquet hall Where wealth and beauty grace the glifring board, Where glint of gems on snowy bosoms call A challenge to the gleam of radiant wine, Where softened music like a pleasant dream Steals on the sated ear in strains divine; But kindly spread my banquet 'neath the trees, With tried and kindred spirits clustered 'round, Where wealth of intellect and grace of soul And trusted friendship ever may be found. Richard Posey Campbell From "Dick Posey's" "A Daushter of the Roium." A Tale of the Rncue River Valley, published 1919 in Ashland. Courtesy of Alice Appleiate Pell, Th. Manor, Medford. O "That Which Goes Up . . ." Today I baked a cake Which at first rose as if on ' the incandescent wings of Hope! A gust of wind rammed my tower. My cake suffered a traumatic shock And sank Like the leaden anchor Of Despair. Rodney A. Badger Gold Hill, Or. Written while a lookout on Huckleberry Mountain In eastern Oreton. comments the author: "The very title reveals the gravitational forces wblrh are In direct opposition to aoy elevated position and hints of the possible fate of anythlnr or anvone whlrh seeks to rise above his natural position. (Hut) hco t wrote the piece. 1 merely (had In mind) 'a requiem tor a lost chocolate layer cake'." t I assertions of nonsense -about race" that appear to pass as facts" among the uneducated and prejudiced. You will find in Adolph's pages all the current arguments" against the Negro (as well as against white non- "Aryans ) that have for years been trotted out by anti-Negro southerners (or Northerners). In 1942, M. F. Ashley Montagu of the Department of Anatomy, Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital, Philadelphia, pub lished his "Man's Most Danger ous Myth: The Fallacy of Race," summarizing the find ings of science on the subject of "race". He stated that all but a few individuals take it for granted that scientists have es tablished the "facts" about "race" and that they have long ago recognized and classified the "races" of mankind. Dr. Ashley Montagu con cludes: "... There are no superior or inferior groups by birth. If there are any inborn mental differences associated with the physical differences which distinguish different eth nic groups, then science has been unable to discover them. Physical differences are pure ly external and are only super ficially associated with cultural differences existing or imputed. Yet these external differences provide a convenient peg upon which to hang all sorts of imag ined internal differences, moral, intellectual, mental and emo tional. In this way physical dif ferences become the basis for social discrimination and the creation of social inequal ities ..." And Jean Finot concluded his scholarly work, "Race Pre judice," first published in 1905, with the statement that the dif ferences among men are only individual, and that true solidar ity and equality arise and are founded on "a rational senti ment of respect for human dig nity." K. Osthimer (Former Medfordlte) Route 1, Box 12 . Pennsvllle, Ohio Facts and Fancies To the Editor: Anna Streed's solicitude (117) for my well being was much appreciated and is warmly reciprocated. However, her new recital of "facts" to prove General Eisen hower a "traitor" is no more reliable than her earlier absurd ities. Moreover, when she pleads for my tolerance of others' opin ions she only compounds her confusion. Opinions, facts and truth are not necessarily syn onymous; indeed, opinions often are totally devoid of fact or truth. I have written much here and elsewhere in defense of freedom of expression even if reading a lot of arrant nonsense parading as opinion is disagreeable, at times even nauseous. But "facts" which are obvious fab rications and "truth" which proves falsehood I not only can not abide, but must expose and disprove, wherever found. By quoting from the Congres sional Record, Miss Streed pre sumably seeks to establish the authority of and respect for her sources. I would remind her that the mere fact of publication in the Record by no means authenticates anything. Not only are many utterances of mem bers of Congress, mere piffle and twaddle sometimes even clear perversions of the truth but as Miss Streed should know, the "distinguished mem bers" often obtain consent to in sert in the Record extraneous matter never before seen or heard in the halls of Congress ("there being no objection" from other members to such In sertion). I repeat that Eisenhower not only never "returned 2,000,000 men, women and children to Russia to torture, slave labor camps and death" but, on the contrary, he proclaimed Amer ican policy that no displaced persons were to be repatriated against their will as I proved (1110) by quoting from my reports as YMCA-UNRRA of ficial in Germany, 1945-46. Most DPs having been forced workers or prisoners of war in Germany, their fondest hope and first aim after liberation by Allied forces naturally was to return to their homelands and families as soon as they could. It was Allied policy to lend them every assistance possible. Altogether, out of more than 8,000,000 DPS over 7,000,000 were repatriated. Significantly, out of 2,288,300 citizens of the USSR, 160,300 chose not to re turn. Similarly, out of 1,232,700 Poles, as many as 358,200 re mained in Germany to await op portunities for resettlement in other countries. Miss Streed may believe the fables she reatU, and that is her privilege. I prefer to stick to historical facts, especially when I was an eye-witness to, them or even helped establish them. Arnold Eugene Jenny Rogue Valley Manor Medford No Added Taxes To the Editor: Mr. Murray's statement that some tactics used to discourage negative votes have confused voters (M.T. 11-15) is an understate ment. Over 9,000 Jackson Coun ty recistration cards were for feited last year. Doesn't this in dicate that too many voters have become so discouraged they have given up? We also have a large number of poten tial voters who have never reg istered because they felt their vote didn't count or that they were not intelligent enough to vote. One contributing factor could be that it seems even the members of our Legislature have forgotten they are paid representatives, not rulers, ot the people, and that it is their duty to consider the will of the people in their legislation. Aren't we a bit premature in arguing about what a proposed sales tax would do? What can we hone to gain bv naving one tax from one side ot tne pocket to save what is in the other side? I think those who read the statement to the In terim Tax Committee, by for mer state representative George Annala (M.T. 10-27) as to the inadequacy of the Senate's 3 per cent sales tax bill, know it could never have been anything but an additional tax. We should be concerned with the problem of cutting non es sential services from all tax supported budgets. We have the old rule that a state, as a form of government, should only pro vide for the people sucn serv ices as they cannot better pro vide for themselves, to guide us. It could be, though, that the Legislature does not have control over all budgets. If my memory doesn't fall me, just a few years ago one of our rep resentatives told members of the Portland press that the self supporting boards, bureaus and commissions should be allowed to set their own policies and rates, as the Legislature was wasting too much valuable time regulating them. However that is the task we nave piacea in the hands of the Ways and Means Committee. Let's not confuse them with talk of additional taxes, but let's concern ourselves with the problem of convincing every adult taxpayer that the right to citizen participation in the law making procedure Is worth fighting for. To paraphrase an old song "If everyone marked iust one little ballot, what a wonderful change there would be." Mrs. Verna Flowers 355 Berrydale Ave. Medford Three Reasons To the Editor: In regard to the proposed closure of the Rogue River to salmon fishing above the mouth of Elk creelc: There are three good reasons for. writing this letter. First, I like to catch and eat what to me Is the best fish to eat there is. Second, we have some very good friends in the motel busi ness. And third, my complete disgust of and my lack of confi dence in the way the Game Commission has conducted its so-called fish and game pro grams. What will those "arm chair" fish and game counters think up next? The closure of this part of the river to salmon fishing will be a terrible blow to the motel owners and the river guides. These good people look to the sports fishermen for the major part of their income for the en tire year. How many fishermen will stay along tbis part of the river, lust to eaten a tew lousy tame hatchery trout? Very few. They will go over to the coast to spend monev and time. The mo tel and guiding business is a tough way to make a living at best and with salmon out of the picture, they face a rather ma jor calamity. Now as to the third reason. From here it looks like this clos ure to salmon fishing is an out and out admission by the Fish and Game Commission that tncy cannot cone with the problem of enforcing the fishing regula tions. It is an admission tnat tne state police have been unable to enforce these laws. Ana nere is a Question. Do the state police want this job anyway? Haven't they got enough to ao in just performing their other many duties? And the "snaggers" have had many a good chuckle. The police warden might as well go along ringing a loud cow-bell or use a loud-speaker saying "Look out boys. Here comes John Law." So. the Commission would like to take the easy way out. We will just close this part of the river. This will make enforce ment very simple and at the same timu we will give the "snaesers" a good sound spank ine for their many misdoings. What this will do to good honest fishermen and many others at- fected by this closure is out of our department. Hope all you guys and gals signed that petition of your good friend Lewis Clevenberg and sent it in. If not, please do so, pronto. Bill Brewster, Route 1, Box 550 - Trail. Ore. Peculiar Creature To the Editor: It may be said that man is a peculiar creature who lays claim to a spiritual nature, often in a most ma terialistic manner. We may see this peculiarity at work espec ially in tne American sown ana in connection with the Negro people in our democratic na tion. Spiritually, men claim to be products of a Divine Spirit; yet, even concerning tneir icuow man who is black, some men seem to reveal a Satanic and rather materialistic belief in some supposed "white superior ity". 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