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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
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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-
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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-
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