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III YEARS A(iO
Dec. 27, liisa (Suniliiy)
Walter G. Gainer, 2t0!) E.
Main SI., of Cal-Ore Machinery
Co., elected president )( the
Jackson Counly Chamber of
Commerce.
Total of llll awards Riven to
4-H leaders taking part in the
1953 work; Mrs. Frank Myers
and A. T. Lalhrop honored lor
being club leaders for 1U years
each.
20 YEARS Alio
Drc. 27. HUH (Monday)
Eighty-year-old Frank Simp
son oldest entrant in Riverside
USO fiddlers' contest: other
contestants wore Charlie Skccl-
crs. 11. W. Conner and fieri
Johnson.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Reports
from metropolitan say many
Christmas tree dealers were
left wilh an over supply of Iheir
stock in trade on their hands,
feet, and elsewhere. This was
due to a sapling cost inc. more
than a portable sawmill."
:in YEARS AGO
Dec. 27, vm (Wednesday)
Jude.cs lor Mcdtord's Christ
mas lighting contest announced
by Chamber of Commerce; Ihey
Include Mrs. Lewis uini'ii. mrs.
Ralph Woodford and Col, W. II.
Paine.
E. 11. llcdrick, Mcdford school
superintendent, elected trustee
of Oregon State Teachers' as
sociation. 411 YEARS AGO
Dec. 27. 1SI23 (Tliiirsitav)
Attorney Harry Skyrman of
Eugene visits parents m Cen
tral Point.
Committee members for the
to? Kdc" UnVKlf'' "f Principles
v. h. Vawter, George Gates, j tlay-b.v-tlay and year - by
0. 0. Alenderfer, Allex Sparrow
and Scclcy !!!!!: j rpHE O&C lands came
mi years ago A through a curious
0. N. Nelson lold plans for
nwmiMi lull- ii'tini hp m- iicui
Now Year s I've (or nil Snin -
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dinavian fiimii.es in Uu .Mni-
lord area.
came to Oregon in 111 1 1, dies at
the home of son-in-law.
R. M
Kincaul.
Wliafs Your I.Q.7
Nine ot ten correct it superior;
seven or eight il evcellenl; live or
til il good.
1. What is Ihe principal re
ligion of the people of Indo
nesia'1 2. Was Lunula Tail a well
known actor, sculptor, or plav
write? 3. Till frummnc m ituin.
are in which Eumpcan country?
4. Genuflection pi inci nail
employs what joint?
5. What was the lebtiunshii
tietwccii .lohann Strauss a n d
HlrharH Stran1
6. In which harbor is Brdlue's;
Island?
7. The Zeiss camera liases
are well-known; are they pro -
G.ny.oV"iiy?
8. Who wrote the verses aboutl
the characters Wynken, Ulv nkeii
and Nod?
9. Name the highest mountain
peak on the North American
continent.
10. Who wrole the novel, "Old
Curiosity Shop"?
Ansuers: I. .Moslem. 2. Smli
for. 3. Grocer. I. Knrr. 3. Nut
related. 8. New York Harbor
7 Germany. 8. Eiigrnp I lrld.
9. Ml. Mrkinlrv. III. Iliikriis.
DECEMBER 2T, 1SB3
The O&C
The administration of the O&C lands of west
ern Oregon, it would appear, is about to enter a
new phase.
An abbreviated history of these lands can
help in understanding their unique status and
unique problems.
Originally part of the public domain, they
were granted to the Oregon and California rail
road as an incentive to connect Portland and San
Francisco by rail. They consisted of alternate sec
tions in a checkboard pattern located roughly 20
miles on each side of the railroad right of way.
rPHE TERMS of the grant were violated by the
A railroad, and the lands were "revested" to
the federal government. But, since originally they
were to have been privately owned, taxpaying
lands, the federal government recognized the
rights of the counties to income from the lands.
They are now administered by the federal
government, under a sort of "trust" arrangement,
with 25 per cent of the income from the lands go
ing to the government, ostensibly to pay the costs
of administration.
The other 75 per cent of the income was allo
cated to the counties. These include 17 west of
the Cascades, plus Klamath county. Incorporated
into the O&C lands are those granted for the
construction of the old Coos Bay Wagon Road,
which similarly were revested.
,
COR MANY years, the lands lay largely idle.
But, particularly since World War II, they
have become increasingly valuable, and the rev
enues have mounted into the mililons of dollars.
The income from them has become vita! to the
counties involved, permitting a lower level of
local property taxation.
But the counties have not been content just
to sit and accept the funds due them. They have
taken the enlightened attitude that investment in
development of the lands will pay dividends in
the long run. Thus they voluntarily relinquished
one-third of their share of the income from the
kinds (or one-quarter of the total income), first
for access road construction, and more recently
for reforestation and recreational development.
As a result of this plowing back of funds, the
O&C lands are among the most intensively man
aged of any forest lands anywhere in the nation.
rpHERE WAS a time when the O&C admin
istration (handled by the Bureau of Land
Management) was concerned almost wholly with
road construction and timber sales.
But today the administration is engaged in
the whole gamut of management and silvicultural
practices, designed to produce the best possible
forests for the future, and for uses ranging from
lumber production to watershed protection and
recreational use.
Because of this, the
now engaged in some hard introspective thinking
to this effect: "Where do we go now? And how
do we get there?"
70R ONE tiling, it has been proposed for study
that the O&C move in the direction of
ranger .'.'.ilriels (similar to those now used by the
LJ. S. Forest Service), to put one man in charge
01 a speciiic area, unis increasing nis lamiuarity
with it, and placing responsibility for it directly
on him.
At present, O&C foresters work out of a dis
trict office. While this has certain advantages,
it also has disadvantages which, in the minds of
many, outweigh the advantages.
The possibility of consolidating sonic of the
checkerboard ownership, through exchanges, is
being explored.
In addition, the responsible federal officials
arc seeking long-range goals, and a more clearly-
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:ll iiiiutiiQ- Oivuoii s greatest assets; eertamlv the
greatest single asset for
j IVrsistent efforts to
f t' I 1 1 . 1 1
1 ckvv. lantis nave uceu
' continue to be made.
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...M.V fcv .. ... v..v v,i.v....(, ..,..v,.,al uipu' ucsks ana serve uiiuci
tlll'V IH'ovide. desnite the historic and (le facto him. Which gave us all a feel-
circumstances Which entitle the 0 & C counties to
u lrit tln.v nxvive
UIUI till liuiu. .
ill tJuinwii v't(iiltv(
employed to raise money tor counly purposes.!
,i ,i ,ai , ,, ,,,, , i liii ....'seen tnose inv onices in uiei
S o i he ( i A- ( . pvc it's lip ns iic:i iirniiiM'f v : .... .. .. . ' .. . i
oiiuuHi uii'uftv icmiui.-. uc ium, loc.u j ii ii pel i.v
taxes would have to R'O lip somewhere around $3
million per Veal'. This is a measure of their illl-
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pol'Utnce to US all.
Ru i LA L. more important than the immediate
v-, dollars and cents
ran.ue values of the OcvC
: tlllUlllC 1'CVeiUie, SUl'cly,
civ,
, : ! ....I.fi:.
1 ine; lor economic stability
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1111 in. .inn I'liiviwin; .tu
Dill Sllll Vllal USCS to WHICH tile lillldS Cllll DC pill.
j n ihjnkinn' ahead, we are confident that the
' administrators will keep all these considerations
taiipote anil lniailRlDie lllllvC 111 111111(1 Wlietl
dcterinininn' plans and policies.
Too, while consistent procedures must be out
lined and followed, the administration must re
tain sufficient flexibility to meet new problems
and new requirements as thev arise.
II IS 1101 eas, Sel'ViniT
public I'lniilnvi'S must do. lint it must be :i ereiil
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posed tnercliy. h. A.
Resource
O&C administration is
and policies to govern
- year operations.
into being as tin entity
almost accidental
But they have proven to
the IS counties involved,
change the status of the
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ni.Kie, aim pnuiaoiy wiitito oe just use u. mmtu)
Othc
er counties would be
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vnu luiwii U ( lo
benelits are thc lone-
lauds, a
sources of con-
but ttlsi
but also as U lactoi' mak-
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and continued emiiloy-
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uir uinci icc inuv;iuiv;
many masters, as ail
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MEDFORD
"Ai A Matter Of Fact, I Have Several
Idea On The Subject"
Strictly
Personal
By Sidney J. Harris
(c) Held Entcrprlsei. Ine.
COURTESY AS THERAPY
A friend was driving me to the airport recently and I com
mented on his exquisite road courtesy. He was almost courtly
in his altitude toward other motorisls, and 1 asked him the reason.
"It's my own private form of
best and cheapest way I know to
me feel like a good scout."
"How does that work?" I
allogethcr saintly driving habits
"Well," he said, "most motorisls are so mean and miserable
to one another that when they come pxioss someone who treats
them with benevolence and courtesy, they practically break their
necks nodding, and smiling and waving.
"I'll start home from work in the rush hour," he con
tinued, "anil inside of ten minutes I've renewed my human
juices. Motorisls are absolutely flabbergasted when I let them
turn ahead of me, or wave them on. or show In any w ay that
I'm not competing as the fastest gun in the West."
"You just have a nice nature," I commented with some
envy.
"Not at all," lie answered. "I can he just as selfish and
pig-headed as anyone else. Only the traffic thing got so bad
I decided the only way to heat It short of selling my car
was to turn the other tender, as it were, and put the
Golden Rule Into practice in a small way.
"And whatever the moral values arc," he went on, "the
psychological reward Is tremendous. I drive home like a
prince everyone is smiling at me and waving thanks and
some motorists look as if they'd like to get out of their cars
and kiss my feet Just for being decent to them."
"Don't you ever gel taken advantage of that way?" I inquired.
"That's the surprising thing about it," he said. "My courtesy
makes other drivers more courteous at least for the time being.
They suddenly seem to realize with a shock that they're behaving
behind the wheel as they never would in any facc-to-face situa
tion, and it seems to humanize them again quite spontaneously."
"What if every motorist acted as you did?" I observed cyni
cally. "Then most of your pleasure would evaporate, . because
you'd no longer be the Prince of Peace, but just another ordinary
driver."
"When that great day comes," he smiled, "we'll all be so
good that we won't need to got pleasure from doing good. But
don't idle your motor until then, my friend."
Room at the Top
-But Not Much
By Arthur Hoppe
Everybody's amazed at how
smoothly Mr. Johnson's taken
over Ihc White House. And par-'seeing you brought it up, let us! was then our model or exem-; Brotherhood can he 'achieved Jocn 01 Reilt interest to me. 1 Most economists agree that
ticularlv at how firmlv he's con- j discuss that chalk line vou plar. Even then, before the close I only by love. ! h'lv'e watched him carefully, : the ability of human beings to
vinced 'the world he'll continue drew. It looks at least an inch i of the Virginia riynastv, the odd He mistakenly limits the; ;,ncl lm to thc Present I'm con-; consume is limited only by their
in Mr. Kennedy's footsteps. Me and an eighth on my side of the ! alchemv of time had already i brotherhood of man lo "Chris-! vlncc'1 hl is .honest and con-'ability to buy what they want,
loo. For Ihe life of me, 1 can't middle. Where is my half of our transformed Washington into the : tians" a grossly inadequate I cn,('l onl' with the welfare of So
sec where he's putting every- ruler? ; Father of Our Country all conception. ' ln0 nation's future. If automation can be used to
body.
Because one of Ihc first tilings
ne din 10 prove ne was going
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lrlm,B " . ,
ing o conummy auo me
0,1(1 tm."K, h? dld, V '," R
.in a whole lot of friends from
HU mil. r Mini mi umi hah.-,
"m- Vrv..".Z...K- ..
; Whitc House? Mr. Kennedy's
'people alone occupied every
' cubic inch. And they were .mos. -
I v just medium - sunt Bos -
,,,.,. Oh. 1 have an uneasy
'feeling trouble is brewing.
Scene: One ot the larger six-by-six
offices containing five
secretarial desks occupied by
nine secretaries and one execu
live desk Sealed behind this are
Mr. Larry F. (Irish) Mafia and
i j,,. im,.
lack Sweetwater.
MR. MAFIA: I do not wish factions of such different tern
to complain, Billic Jack, for 1 perament jammed into t h e
know we must work together in j White House like that, one of
harmony (or the good of our , Ihese days ink is going to flow.
rnnntrv Hut vnn havp iniirlvnrl-1 And snmebndv's enine In he
entlv slipped over to mv side edged out sidewavs. Mainlv be-i lor a new model oi exem
pt the chair again. Talk about cause there's not enough elbow plar has been growing with each
big Texas spreads. space to toss anvbodv out front-' passing year.
MR SWEETWATER: Well. wavs. This need has been growing
Now. Irish, l'rrt right sorry I Which all goes to illustrate because the change in our n.v
imust've done it when I reached
out to poke hack those there
Inaner of vours which vou kind
of accidentally been edging
across the chalk line onto mylferenl. And, if you ask me. the
hll 1)f d,sl(
i mr mafia Kindiv scrunch
MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD,
therapy," he explained. "It's the
bolster up my ego and make
asked, thinking of my own not-
and attitudes.
up
iime so 1 can sign mis,
postmastership application. And
! MR. SWEETWATER: Now
look at here. Matia. ou accus -
ing me oi ciaim-jumping: And
l . -ll . It
i your ciuow om oi my sas -
I'mum, ,u iwyw
'
j mi. .matia: jour saspa-
rilla! That's my choc malt.
na ao vou Know wnai you re
S'Pt"",S "''""R"7 lha,s lnc lilsl
straw hwcelwatcr. 1 am going
hi nm m imu ru-nmi'iii miu iu-
.mix. m r.r. i nw en: io vou
j. . . . .
don't, you Boston ward - heeler,
i It's my dav to use our phone.
! MR. MAFIA .leaping to his
1 feet): Then I'm writing a
I memo. Because this desk vou
; Texas varmint, isn't big enough
for both of us '
MR. SWEETWATER draping
to his feet too): Allright. Mafia,
go for vour pen. 1 ain't known
as Ihe fastest ballpoint west ot
the Fccos (or nothing.
No question about it. With Iwo
Mr. Johnson's problem. He
wants to reassure everybody
he's coine to be exactly like Mr
Kennedy Only he's very riif-
jWhite House isn't big enough
for both of him.
OREGON
African Students1 Demonstration Against
Discrimination Embarrassment To Russia
By
PHIL NEWSOM
UP1 Foreign News
Analyst
The violent demonstration of
African students against racial
discrimination in the Soviet
Union was an embarrassment
THE CHRISTMAS PRESENT
WASHINGTON - The city is
thickly blanketed with soft, cot
tony snow, which magically
transforms the dreariest back
streets into subjects for a Jap
anese screen painter. "Well,
people told you, as though taking
credit for a personal success,
"it's a white Christmas after
all."
For a great many people, how
ever, it was a dark Christmas,
still overshadowed by the mem
ory of the President's death, and
the dreadful hour when the news
came through from Dallas, and
the slow beat of the muffled
drums, and all the old great
men walking behind the caisson
that bore this young man to Ar
lington's autumnal hillside.
Perhaps it is foolish to look
backwards any longer, and to
reflect upon this loss that made
the whole world weep. Yet
Christmas is not just a season
of gew-gaw tinsel, and unwant
ed presents, and ritual overeat
ing, and trcc-cnchantcd children,
and tree-exhausted adults.
CHRISTMAS is also a good
time to think about the past
and future better than the
New Year, in truth, for this day
celebrates a unique beginning
that has hrough light and truth
to this world of ours for close
on two thousand years. And if
we now think about our own
American past, and consider the
American future, wilh all its
dreadful hazards and incompar
able opportunities, we find some
thing both curious and comfort
ing. We find, in fact, that from the
simple, classic era of the found
ers of our republic, down to
our own complex and dangerous
times, America has always had
a special need for a model or
exemplar.
Both history and recent experi
ence indicate that France tends
to require a ruler. The British
need is met by their monarchy,
sometimes in ways Americans
find hard to understand. But
here in (he United States, the
need is for a man about whom
fathers will say to sons, and
school principals will urge grad
uating classes: "Be like him!"
THESE instructions, so hope-
fullv uttered, are never more
than half successful in the best
i of cases. For the simple truth
is that the model or exemplar
is alreadv at least obsolescent
I by the time the instructions be -
gin to be given.
Even in Ihe voung America of
1820. no one starting out in life
could realistically hope to lmi-
I tatc Georee Washington, who
written in capitals.
j The earthiness that gave salt
lo W ashington s wisdom
the
. .. t'. . v
; practicality that underpinned his
noouny oi spirit, had ait mil
vanisned trom sight, ine la-
Ihers who told Iheir sons, "Be
like him." alreadv had in mind
somclhinc iikp Greeiiough's
marble Washington, now mold-
winR in ,ne Sraithsonian baso.
ment.
iv tup lt' lathinn
I nit SA.MH. lasnion. even as
i 1 ' ,. lv - h V, w
,,,', ,'h ...m
i m ViVa "the pslVwi War
j . S ' , i
'''rivs. Abraham Lincoln was
hal : ,,"cd, lni?
our national (ate. always lo he
loved, always to be remember
ed, but no more capable of im
itation than St. Francis of As
sisi. In our own America of t h e
strange, often cruel, sometimes
splendid years after the Second
ivorio ivar in mis new aiuci
ica half proud and half-bewildered
because of thc heavy, glo
rious, unwanted burden sudden
ly imposed bv History thc
donal situation has also chang-
co. overyining cise. it is no long
er enough for an American lo
be a good citizen of this repub
lie; lo be a good citizen of
i America, he must also be a
good citizen of Ihe world It is
to the Russians because it tar- In the battle to win men's
nished their imace as cham.lminds. both the Communist ;
pions of black Africa.
It also came as a shock to i
many Russians who saw the 1
demonstrators surge to tho
very gates of the Kremlin,
within sight of Lenin's tomb, in
the first such outbreak in 40
years.
It led the Soviet news agency
Tass to warn that "anyone who
does not want to abide by (our
rules and laws) is free to leave
our country at any time."
Matter
of Fact
By Joseph Alsop
jfc) New York Herald Tribune fijyndlwlc
no longer enough to remember
the great traditions of the
American past; it is necessary,
nowadays, to bring courage, and
energy, and good sense, and
above all, an open mind, to the
unending effort to meet the
wholly novel challenges of the
world present.
JUST this was done by the
" President we have lost, who
was also the first American
President horn in this century.
His memory requires no fur
ther eulogy. Now that he is
gone, even his enemies recog
nize that he was brave, and
generous, and humane, and
wise beyond his too few years.
What matters now is that
with all these olher qualities.
he was also, in a supreme de
gree, a man ol his own time
of our lime, which had long
lacked a model or exemplar
near enough and real enough
and good enough to set a style
and point a direction.
This mu.h he has left to us,
as an extra present under every
Christmas tree, as it were. It is
no small thing, either. It is
something to give thanks for, in
these last days of "the year the
President died." (as most peo
ple win remember 1 963 ) , just as
thanks should also be given
that, even in the turmoil and
triumph of Los Angeles three
years ago, this man thought of
his country when he saw to his
own succession.
Communications
lelters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer,
although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial
for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves Ihe right to
edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters
submitted tor publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters
printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of tr-4
paper. In fact the contrary is often lb case.
Larger Circle i how to love, must be drawn bv
To the Editor: In my letter
of Dec. 14 I asked Mr. Shafcr
to give SERIOUS consideration
to the problem of how the
brotherhood of man may prac-
tically he realized, my primary
object being to preserve the hu-
man race from extermination
by the hydrogen bomb. His an -
swer of Dec. 22 is disappointing.
He mistakenly asserts that
my "liberal aims and Commu -
mat guais coincide, how mucn
it would simplify the problem.
and how fortunate for the world
! it would be. if there were a
i shadow of truth in this slale-
1 ment. He mistakenly asserts that
the brotherhood of man which
1 desire (and which Christ
' sought to illustrate in the par-
aoie ol ine good Samaritan) can
only he achieved bv force!
Many nominal Christians are
; narrow, bigoted and arrogant
i They actually think they should
have greater civil rights than
non-Christians. Many of them
have so little understood Ihe
humane doctrine of their leader
that Ihey have endeavored to
"Christianize" the world by I
force of arms, destroying eight
to ten million victims in Europe ;
and fourteen million in the New
World. (Homer W. Smith, "Man
and His Gods," page 251).
The following I regard as
charter members of the real
brotherhood:
1. True Christians.
True Christians try sincerely
to follow the sermon on Ihe
mount lo be meek. kind,
generous, intellectually honest,
and considerate of all mankind.
2. Followers of all humane re
ligions. In Confucianism. Hinduism,
Buddhism and other maior re-
; iisu)ns 0idt,r than Christianity
many expressions of brotherly
love are found, including:
"Blessed is that man who is
beloved of all the Gods, who j
is afraid of no man. and of.
whom no man is afraid." ,
"0 Cod, show pity toward the
wicked: for on the good Thou
hast already bestowed T h y
mercy by having created them
virtuous."
:!. The millions of upright and
generous persons of nn creed.
Finally, all Ihosc "Christians
and non-Christians who present
lv exhibit no brotherlv love, hut
whom we all must learn some-
ana me western nations nave
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ICIICU Heavily ujuii cuuoliuii
as part of their strategy. I
Tho manyinn Fast Pnrnne
published by the Free Europe!
Committee, estimated in its
March issue that there are
about 30.000 foreign students in
the Communist bloc,, including
Red China.
At the same time, it said,
there are 168,000 foreign stu
dents in the four principal
Western countries the United
Slates. Britain, West Germany
and France.
On both sides of the Iron
Curtain, the problems of lhewere ot.n?r P 1
foreign student may have cle-: Communist political indoctrina
ments common to all. These : !on wnl?h T? diplomas to
would arise from differences of
custom, and especially the sen
sitivity of the underdeveloped
nations.
But in the Soviet Union and
the satellites it is clear that
many"s are
the treatment they were led to
expect. !
In Moscow the students werej
protesting the death of a Guani-:
an student allegedly slain be- i
cause he planned to marry a
Russian girl.
The Russians said he had
been drinking, fell down and
froze to death.
II wac nnl 4l,o fire! Ar,.;..,i !
protest against Soviet discrimi
nation. In lniiO, when the Russians
quashed an attempt to organize
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
In Germany the other day, 22
men walked into a court room
to stand trial for Ihc killing of
countless thousands of Jewish
people in the concentration
camps at Auschwitz some three
decades ago.
The charges against these
men include the killing of
roomsful of screaming chil
dren, the burning alive of moth
ers with babies and the strangu
lation of prisoners by such
grisly methods as pulling a
stick across their necks and
standing on it until the victims
suffocated.
The prosecution hopes to
prove that these were Ihe men
who turned the gas inlo the
chambers where Ihe victims
example and friendly persuasion
inl ,ne brotherhood,
clLcemb0 ' Markham'S
..y, drew a circle which shut
me out,
"Heretic, rebel, a thing to
flout,
"But Love and I had the wit
1 to win,
"We drew a circle which look
I him in."
1 Mr. Shafer is cordially invited
into ine larger circle.
Clarence M. Crews
4T0H x. Pacific Hwv.
Mcdford
Show Approval
To the Editor: In regard to
your evaluation of Senator'
Morse. I could not agree with
you less.
! senator Morses career has
We cry loud and long for
e c o n o m y in government. It
. miSnl e wis.e to sl,ow approval
of our officials who work for '
economy.
I just want vou to know there
are citizens who do not agree
wilh you.
Mvrtle Marsters
L B. Star RL. Box 178
Eagle Point. Ore.
Q.-Tiitj. t v.jt iu -nvrs
"Brsl gift
an all-African students' union,
three of its leaders later pub-
1 nnn loHftr" VhlN
usueu an upc
rWlarnrl
For Soviet leaders to pose
before the world as champions
of oppressed Africa while they
oppress millions in uieir own
country and their satellites is
hypocrisy at its worst.
The students further declared
their "wish to stress the great
danger communism is to trua
Africanism."
Among their complaints was
one that the Soviet authorities
refused to permit imports of
books and jazz records.'
But of deeper significance
those not adept in the slogans
of Marxist-Leninist doctrine.
In Hungary and Poland, Afri
can students have protested
their isolation. In Bulgaria 23
Ghanian students left school
j ZnK
tion but also the discrimination
and indoctrination to .which
they had been subjected.
In Czechoslovakia, the official
Communist newspaper found it
necessary to warn against at
tacks on African students and
to deny that they were living in
luxury, at the expense of the
Czech people.
News of the Moscow incident
received wide distribution in
West Africa. Nigerian dailies
accused the Soviets of preach
ing tolerance but practicing ra
cial discrimination.
I were to be Incinerated. nrl
! who selected from the river ot
incoming Jews those who were
to work as slaves and those
who were to die immediately.
IT'S a grim story.
A The only excuse for re-telling
it after all these years is
to point out what can happen
when too much power is placed
in the hands of the wrong kind
of men.
In this case, loo much power
was placed in the hands of a
former house painter named
Hitler.
'PHIS further thought:
1 Hitler played upon PREJU
DICE. Men who do that are danger
ous. IJUSINESS note in the news:
11 Sweeping transcontinental
airline fare reductions were ap
proved the other day by the
Civil Aeronautics Board in
Washington, D. C. Acting on a
petition of American Airlines,
the Board voted to authorize a
cut in first class fares on trips
of 700 miles or more and to ex
tend the "family plan" 25 per
cent discount to coach and other
types of fares.
Under the new (ares, effective
on American Airlines on Jan. 15,
the price of a first class ticket
from San Francisco to New
York will be cut from $186.90
to $160.9(1.
IVHY the cut?
' ' The answer is simple.
The objective is to GET
MORE BUSINESS by reducing
the price. If the planes can be
kept full by means of the price
reiluct.on. more profit can be
realized at the lower price than
31 me 'a n'Ener price.
'PHAT brings us around to au-
. tomatlon
. bring down prices, so that what
I people earn will BUY MORE.
I we'll he able to CONSUME more
and the' factories will be kept
humming to supply the demand
- thus, perhaps. PROVIDING
EMPLOYMENT FOR EVERY
BODY. At least, that's the theory.
It doesn't sound too unreason
able. T
we rver got!"
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