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9U m 1 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON SUNDAY. DECEMBER , 1963 Poets' corner i ...Communications... Conducted b Arnold Eugene Jenny Brave Heart Now Stilled 0, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Brave heart now stilled by mortal wound, You must, and will, live on and be Enshrined in hearts now wrapped in gloom, There to inspire the faith and hope Which were the mark of your great soul's Devotion to the nation's good, And ever challenge us anew: "Not what our land may do for you "Must be the question that you ask "But rather, what your life can do "For country and the common task." God rest your soul and give you peace, Now that from care you've found release. Arnold Eugene Jenny O Sail on, O Union! (From "The Building of the Ship") Sail on, 0 Union, strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate! Sai! on, nor fear to breast the sea! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee, Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears, Our faith triumphant o'er our fears, Are all with thee, are all with thee! Henry Wadsworth Longfellow So Live (From "Thanatopsis") So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, which moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfailing trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. William Cullen Bryant In Present Dark, for Future Nrcd: A Sonnet Sequence Sonnet III The tapestry of winter lingers bleak And barren of all growth, and spring is slow Cascading buttercups along the creek Where banks are strewn with rocks still capped with snow. The world is scarcely faster, for it wakes And buds, and then, when beauty nears, a war Cuts short the growth of centuries. It takes Enduring cycles to sustain the floor Of earth where man and nature walk. Both walk Alone and rarely hand in hand. But one, Consistent to the end, has need to talk; The other need to hear, before undone By ruthless self or final ice or fire The other might inflict and both expire. Lloyd B. Halverson Mcdford 'Begun 1117, to be continued in three further installments. When Dusk Falls Athwart the mountains shadows fall, The birds are hushed, the woods are stilled; Evening creatures call and call The night is theirs, the day was filled To its demanding brim. The thrush sings sweetly; the nightingale Pours on the dreaming air its pleading; Below there lies a darkened vale, The world beyond is fast receding. I stand as mute as any tree, In grip of things I cannot sec. Charles Oluf Olscn Portland, Ore. Letters to the Editor must beer the rume end address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in tact the contrary is often the case. Answers Letter To the Editor: In the Nov. 27 issue of the Mail Tribune, in the Communications column, ap peared a letter from an ashamed" lady, Mrs. nuoy u. Tungate. The cause of her red ness of face seemed to be that a dance was in progress in the American Legion Hall Saturday night, while the nation was in mourning by reason of the assassination of our President. I do not know where she got her information from which she made the statement that all of the dancers belonged to a Club that holds meetings each Wed nesday in Mcdford. If she was inside the dance hall she could have roughly guessed correctly, that some were present who belong to the Security Benefit Club, which is the one she describes as so dis respectful, but if she was inside the dance nan, sne certainly would have paid admission, as they do not keep a free-loader's list at that dance. If she was not inside, how can she make such a statement as she did as to the dancers all being members of the Club she insinuated against; Such a re mark by her, if believed by the general public, would cause peo ple to think the dance was be ing run by the Club mentioned. And if she was inside, she could not possibly have missed notice of the occasion at 10 p.m. of the stoppage of all music and movement in the nail, lor a period of reverent respect and silent prayer for the late Presi dent John F. Kennedy, and his bereaved survivors, as well as the grieving public. Such accusations and remarks as these made by this lady might be marie without malice, but such mis-statements, by in ference, go a long way toward the building up the hatreds that keep good Americans apart in beliefs and cause the conten tions that lead up to tragedies in many cases. Folks in attendance at the dance in question came from Medford, Central Point, Grants Pass, Gold Hill, Ashland and way points. They come because of the good music. Patrick Graham Program Chairman Security Benefit Club Medford My son was paying $135 for six months of insurance, but then he learned that he could get more reasonable insurance through the Government Em ployes Insurance Building, Ver mont and K Streets NW, Wash ington, D. C. This is information you can pass on to your sons and daughter in the service. Another item recently brought to my attention is that those in the service can check with fam ily service at their bases as to whom to trade with in various cities like Sacramento, San Die go and San Francisco. There are repairmen in these and oth er cities who take advantage of servicemen and charge exami nation costs and high rates on repairs of such items as wash ing machines and radios. Genevieve Griggs Whitewater Ranch Wilderville, Ore. Insurance To the Editor: For the benefit of persons who have served or are serving in the Armed Serv ices, here is an item I happen to have learned: All military personnel are classified as as signed risks, which means they must pay top rates lor tneir automobile insurance. For the Needy To the Editor: If we are going to give away our surpluses, why not give them to people who really need them and will work to earn them? Allowing the So viet bloc to have our food on credit is equivalent to giving it to them. They haven't been pay ing their bills. In this case the taxpayers of the U.S.A. would have to. The food would be used to further Communism. Why give food to people who plan to eventually bury us? If their people are hungry, they have gold to buy food for Ihcm. Or would they rather build bombs to kill us than feed their own people? There are many people in the world who will work to improve their lot by building schools, ir rigation systems, hospitals and anv number of uselul projects, taking their pay for labor rend ered in food. Why not give our surpluses to them; You can do this through organizations like CROP or Church World Service. You can give your surpluses di rect or cash to Buy up sur pluses. Your church will take care of your gift. If our economy is stagnant because of surpluses, we should do something about it. But let's give it to needy people wno want to help themselves and not to those whose leaders wish we'd all drop dead. Frances Ray Ralston, Wash. ing of my Dad, and he meant he had him unto death, then he backed away. As soon as 1 was able I screamed out and my dad came up to my room. I told mm tnere was a man in the oth er room but he didn't believe me, but I was relieved lo see him alive. Recently he came again in a night vision with great hale and determination to do me in, but I was given power of God and he could not prevail against me. Within a year's time after that first appearance my dad went away, and he has never had a part in our family since, which I know was the will of God. Whatever it was that he had done to bind his soul to satan and to death, he either lied or called a lie or spoke against the words of the Holy Ghost in the Bible, or directly, which are the only sins that will never be forgiven. A certain young lady some time back said to my daughters, we don't believe in that stuff you believe about Jesus, he was just a good man. Yet her par enls say "amen" at my giving of thanks to God in Jesus name, and are partakers of my sac rifice, in that I glorify Jesus, and thereby commit hypocrisy against God. There has been sickness and troubles in their house for over a year continual ly, consider what the Apostle Paul wrote concerning them that were drinking of the Lord's cup and breaking of bread, un worthily for this reason are some dead and many sicklv among you, for know you not that who ever drinks of the Thomas Jefferson, "I shall need denying the rights of the ma jority? Is this a government of the people, by the people, or a rule of the people by a small minority for the benefit of athe ism, socialism and commu- Shall the tail wag the Lords cup unworthily, is guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. Let everyone who has no strong conviction toward God take heed to themselves not to speak against the things of God, so that in the day that you might seek him, there be noth ing held against you. Fred M. Slctten Route 1, Box 224 Rogue River, Ore. Justice To the Editor: In regard to the assassination of President Kennedy : "Vengeance is mine: I will rcpav, saith the Lord" (Romans 12:10). I have heard a number of people voice their desire to ap ply the "life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burning for burning, wound (or wound, stripe for stripe" (Exodus 21:23, 24, 25) vengeance to the man who shot and killed our Presi dent. Whether Oswald was guilty of this outrage we do not know, but I have more than a faint idea it would be nearly impos sible to find a thoroughly un prejudiced j..ry to try him. I believe the same applies to the man who in turn took the lite of Oswald. On the one hand, most people would favor the execution of Oswald. On the other, many people would turn Rubinstein loose or give a very light sen tence for having "done a duty to the world". So It may be dif ficult lo find a jury which would convict Rubinstein. Floyd R. McCabe Ml. Pitl Star Route Butte Falls, Ore. Foundations of Freedom To the Editor: March 4, 1805, the favor of the Being in Whose hands we arc, Who led our fa thers as Israel of old from their native land and planted them in a country flowing wilh all the necessaries and comforts of ; nism? life; Who hath covered our in- j dog fancy with His providence and our riper years with His wis dom and power, and to Whose goodness I ask you in supplica tion with mc, that He will so en lighten the minds of your serv ants, guide their councils and prosper their measures that whatsoever (hey do shall result in you; good, and shall secure to you the peace, friendship and approval of all nations. March 4, 185.1, Franklin Pierce, "Let not the foundations of nur hope rest upon man's wisdom. It must be felt that there is no national security but in the na tion's humble, acknowledged de pendence upon God and His overruling Providence." These quotations and count less others show the foundations upon which our country has been built. Our country has been a much better place in which lo live, for the atheist and non-Christian as well as the Christian, because the majori ly of our leaders and our peo ple have sought the help of God in our affairs. If the foun dation had been otherwise, the atheists would not have such a Constitution to protect the rights of minorities. If, as claimed, there arc 40 million atheists in the country of approximately 180 millions, 60 per cent of which are church members, the atheists' are less than 23 per cent of population and 27 per cent of the church population. In demanding the elimination of religious exer cises from schools, are they not L. G. Weaver 301 Haven St. Medford Alternatives To the Editor: In Mr. Weav ers letter, published Nov. 18, he asks: "Can you imagine (George) Washington advocating peace ful coexistence with Commu nism?" Yes, Mr. Weaver, I can. No sane informed person, in to day's circumstances, could ad vocate anything else. It is clear ly beyond our power to impose our will by force of arms, and peaceful solutions are always preferable, but today the alter native to peaceful coexistence is NUCLEAR WAR. President Kennedy has said that nuclear war would cost 75,- 000,000 American lives (more than 40 per cent of our entire population) in the first 18 hours. Other casualties would, of course, be more numerous than deaths in that period, and ad ditional deaths would follow. There would be widespread fail ure of electricity, water and sewers, extensive destruction of residences, stores and highways and disruption of organization, communications, medical and hospital services, and transpor tation. There would be contam ination through radiation, of air, water, food and every ob ject that one might have to han dle. Panic, physical suffering, famine and anarchy would pre- A 5 vail for a short time, followed by extinction or near extinction. Survivors, if any, would envy the dead. Is this preferable to peace ful coexistence? Does Mr. Weav er hate Communists so intense ly that he would elect this re sult in preference to the pos sible overcoming of Communist antagonism without r e s o r t to war? How many Communist lives docs he demand? How many American lives would lie be willing to spend? Who, as sumir.g some survivors, would be benefited by such war? How would Mr. Weaver's views be advanced? Might he hope, through extermination, to be come happy (?) majority of one? In time, the tyranny of Com munism and the tyranny of Christianity will ine v i t a b 1 y come to an end, but the hy drogen bomb will not. Even with those issues closed, there will always be some new ad versary available to hate. Un less human nature is radically reformed, uninformed persons on both sides will continue to de nounce peaceful coexistence, and to demand nuclear war. There is no immediate rem edy in sight, but eventually we may, with enough patience, per sistence and good will, bring about a permanent peace, and establish the universal brother hood of man. Certainly we should all strive to correct our own harsh attitudes, and direct our energies toward educating and persuading others to a more generous and tolerant outlook. The need may be more urgent than anyone of us realizes. Clarence M Crews 4700 N Pacific Highway Central Point, Ore. Take Heed To the Editor: Little over 25 years ago, I was awakened late at night, and saw a man stand ing at the foot of my bed, and he said to me "I have got him, and I'll get you." It was con veyed to mc that he was speak- NEW! ZALE'S 106-PIECE DINNER COMBINATION Beautify your table with this delightful combination 45-pc. Mtlmc 50-pc Stainless flatware 10-pc. 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