Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983, March 13, 1963, Image 8

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    ALTON F. BAKER JR.
Editor and Publisher
EDWIN M. BAKER
General Manager
RICHARD A. BAKER
Managing Editor
ROBERT B. FRAZIER
Associate Editor
A.. H. CURREY
Associate Editor
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EUGENE,
Hasty EWEB Action a Blunder
Action by Eugene's Water & Electric
Board to eliminate the 10 per cent
extra charge levied against electric cus
tomers outside the city limits seems to
have been taken precipitously, to say
the very least.
This decision is bound to be unpopu
lar with many residents of the city the
actual stockholders in the municipal
power system. Despite whatever else
may be said, elimination of the sur
charge will only add to the independent
attitude which many residents of Eu
gene's suburbs already have, in spades.
This can only make it increasingly dif
ficult for the city of Eugene to expand
in logical, orderly fashion. It can only
spark increased resentment among city
taxpayers who already feel that they are
providing far, far too many free or cut
rate services for their suburban neigh
bors. Many of Eugene's traffic and parking
problems, for example, are directly
traceable to the coming and going of sub
urbanites' cars. The suburbanites may
argue that this is, in large part, because
they are driving in and out of the city
on buying errands which result in the
enrichment of the city. But this is only
a partial truth, and it is being eroded
more and more as super-shopping marts
keep springing up in the suburbs, them
selves. Every dollar that goes into Eu
gene's street improvements must come
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Hatchets Buried
The little flare-up in Salem, involving
the governor and the presiding officers
of the House and Senate, seems to have
quieted down. All parties deny they are
sore at anybody and contend there is no
"feud."
That's fine. We don't want any feud
ing for feuding's sake, nor for the sake
of advancing or ruining anybody's polit
ical career. At the same time, however,
the presiding officers and governor still
have a responsibility to the people to
speak out on controversial issues. The
people need to know how these impor
tant officials feel about public affairs.
If that leads to a little squabble now and
then, so be it.
Understanding Necessary
A timely, perhaps profoundly impor
tant, meeting will be held Friday in Coos
Bay. The Coos County Court has invited
Lane and Douglas County administrative
heads to reopened discussions about
zoning needs along the coasts of all
three counties.
Lane County's commissioners re
cently made it known that they do not
intend to push zoning down the throats
of western Lane residents. They could.
State law so provides. But the men at
the head of Lane's government feel that
effective zoning must be preceded by
public understanding of its purpose and
public conviction of its necessity.
This sort of understanding and con
viction has boon generally established in
central Lane County, probably because
it is easily seen what detrimental ef
fects can occur in a more populous area
when mixed land uses arc not controlled.
In lime, certainly, the need for zoning
to protect land values and to prevent
the senseless intermingling of residen
tial, commercial and industrial develop
ments will become apparent to residents
of Lane's coastal area.
But it would be tragic, truly tragic,
If this realization were delayed until ir
reparable harm was done to that beauti
ful and economically blessed area or
to western Coos and Douglas Counties.
Some confusion has arisen about the
Interdependence of zoning problems and
proposals for the creation of a national
park in the coastal regions of Coos, Lane
and Douglas Counties. This is regret
table, rcrhaps at Friday's meeting it
can be made clear that local zoning
action would, indeed, blunt the argu
ments of some who say that a supcrsize
national park must be established to
uv the enchanting central portion of
ct-isuatft
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
ALTON F. BAKER, Publisher, 1027-1961
The Register-Guard's policy u the complete and
impartial publication in tts news pages of all
news and statements on news. On this page, the
editors of the Register-Guard offer their opinions
on events of the day and matters of importance
to the community, endeavoring to be candid but
fair and helpful in the development of construc
tive community policy. A newspaper is a
CITIZEN OF ITS COMMUNITY.
Published every evening and Sunday morning
by the Guard Publishing Co.
OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1963
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directly from residents of the city, or
from state-shared revenues based upon
the population of the central city.
Nor is that all. City police problems
are compounded by the coming and go
ing of suburban residents. So are street
cleaning chores, railroad overcrossing
safety control problems, maintenance
of city parks and recreation facilities,
even community health problems
which, for example involve the excel
lent milk inspection program which Eu
gene taxpayers provide for themselves,
and for many suburban milk consumers.
A lot of residents of unincorporated
areas around Eugene hold jobs inside
the city. They come, they work in places
which could not employ them if it were
not for the operation of the municipality,
and they go home,' without having to
spend a cent for the police or fire protec
tion they have while they're in town,
without spending a cent for the use of
the streets they travel, without neces
sarily spending a single cent to help the
city in any way.
Perhaps EWEB's directors do now re
gard themselves as trustees of a utility
system which serves a super-city. But
before they acted Monday night in a way
which may delay the over-all develop
ment of that super-city they would have
been wise to consult with the City Coun
cil and Planning Commission, in the
spirit of promoting the greatest good.
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Oregon's coast from commercial and,
possibly, eventual industrial blight.
More importantly, however, it should
be made clear that residents of coastal
Coos, Douglas and Lane Counties will,
themselves, be saved from sorrowing ex
periences and financial loss if zon
ing regulations are adopted to prevent
honky-tonks, machine shops and other
incongruous developments from despoil
ing their fine residential and potentially
magnificent resort areas. It should be
made clear that zoning provides for all
types of legitimate land uses and only
keeps them from intruding with dis
astrous results upon one another.
To Cut Car Thefts
Auto thefts are costing the American
public more than half a billion dollars
a year, according to FBI Director J. Ed
gar Hoover. Cars are being swiped at
the rate of almost 1,000 a day across the
nation. Most are recovered, of course,
but too often not until they have been
stripped of tires, accessories, their entire
engines or until after they have been
involved in damaging accidents.
Many car owners make it easy for
thieves by carelessly leaving keys in ig
nition locks. However, even those who
take habitual care not to be so foolish
are not guaranteed that their cars are
theft-proof. On most models, it is a rela
tively easy matter for car thieves to
"jump" ignition locks with simple wir
ing gimmicks.
It shouldn't be so easy. Manufactur
ers could make it virtually impossible to
start a car without the proper keys if
they used steel armored cables for ignition-lock
systems. And the cost, com
parable to an extra touch of needless ex
terior chrome trim, would be nominal.
Some cities have initiated the practice
of fining drivers who leave their cars
with the keys inside. That may be a good
start, but why shouldn't state legisla
tures, or the Congress, take the more
practical step of requiring auto makers
to install fool-proof ignition locking sys
tems in all new cars?
Viewpoint
Wafrrr I.ipptnnnn tn .Vru'sireek.'
If the U.X. can provide the authority
and protection the Congo needs, keeping
the services of the foreigners and pro
viding the additional technical help
necessary for its development, it will
have a success which could not have
been achieved by any other authority
in the whole world.
Letters intended for the
Editor's Mailbag must be
signed with the correct name
and address of the writer. No
anonymous letters will be
published. Letters of less than
300 words in length will be
given preference as will
those in which the writer con
fines his letter to one topic.
Urges Concern
SPRINGFIELD (To the Edit
or) If we were to be invaded
by an enemy, would we not be
fighting for our freedom, or
even our lives and those of our
loved ones? Are not these dirty
movies another type of enemy
out to destroy the lives and
morals of our young people?
Enclosed is a letter from Sen
ator Morse, telling us t. whom
we should write concerning this
problem.
May I suggest to all those con
cerned with this problem to
spare a few minutes of their
time to make their views known.
The more citizens showing con
cern for this problem the better
chance we have for winning this
battle.
MRS. G. W. FEtiRELL
1858 I Street.
(Editor's Note: The senator's
letter suggested that letters be
addressed to Newton Minow,
chairman of the Federal Com
munications Commission in
Washington, D.C.).
Tax Question
EUGENE (To the Editor)
I have been out of town recent-
ly, and while catching up on the
news in back issues of the Regis-
ter-Guard I came across the pro-
posal to place non-profit-making
institutions on the property tax
rolls.
I heartily agree with this idea.
These non-profit institutions de
rive the same benefits from lo
cal services as do businesses,
and should, in all fairness to
property-taxpayers, pay at least
a part of their share of the cost
of running the local govern
ment GEARLD D. TIBBETS
1449 Pearl St., No. 4
Sylvia Porter
Record of
During the final four fiscal
years of the Eisenhower admin
istration 1958 through 1961
the federal government piled
up three budget deficits and
the $12.4billion
deficit of 1959
stands as of now
as the largest
peacetime defi
cit in our entire
history.
Not one of
those deficits
was predicted in
advance by
Presid e n t El
senhower. Porter
In fact, in each of his orig
inal budget messages, Eisen
hower forecast a surplus, and
in that famous year of 1959 his
original estimate was a half
billion dollar surplus. In only
a few months, higher than pro
jected spending, plus a disap
pointing tax take resulting from
the sluggish growth of profits
and paychecks switched that
into a massive deficit.
ln his first two fiscal years -1962
and 1963 Kennedy also
originally predicted surpluses
which ended up as deficits.
(The new estimate for this year
ending July 1 is a deficit of
$8.8 billion.)
Now for the first time in his
tenure of office, Kennedy not
only has dared to "plan" a
whopping deficit of $11.9 bil
lion for 1964 but also has dared
to forecast it openly and to de
fend it as sound policy under
today's economic conditions.
Daring this is indeed, for by
so doing Kennedy has focused
the nation's attention as never
before on the size of our defi
cits and the almost unbroken
record of red ink in recent
decades. By defending the 1964
deficit, he has horrified finan
cial traditionalists and offended
many who were eloquently urg
ing lax reduction before they
saw the budget and details of
his tax program.
This deficit picture, even
more than the hodgepodge of
tax reforms he presented with
his tax reduction proposals, has
hardened opposition to tax re
duction, rallied his opponents,
split his supporters.
1.01's be honest about this
deficit picture. Let's at least
(ace some obvious facts, even
if we don't approve of the facts.
A first obvious point is that
there's no chance of avoiding a
budget deficit in the year lo be
gin this summer none at all.
On the one side, despite the
tough talk Congress won't be
willing to slash government ont-
memuk.r or
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W. R. JOHNSTON JR. Auditor
AR.VE STROM ME R frcdueuoi
Letters In the Editor's Mailbag
Neighborhood Affairs
EUGENE (To the Editor)
I wish to express my apprecia
tion to members of the city
council, planning commission,
other city officials and the en
tire community for the support
which has been given our com
mittee the past two and one
half years which I have served
as chairman of the Committee
on Neighborhood and Communi
ty Affairs. I have enjoyed serv
ing as its chairman and have
seen our committee grow in
service to neighborhoods
throughout the community, solv
ing their particular problems.
As neighborhood problems
arise, I hope that citizens will
contact our group to improve
the community.
I have appreciated the sup
port that I received, and I am
sure that Mr. Alison Wysong
will carry the leadership of our
committee toward even greater
achievements.
MILES KONTICH
Past Chairman,
Committee of Neigh
borhood and Commun
ity Affairs,
1116 Willamette St.
Apology
EUGENE (To the Editor)
I guess I owe the residents out
South Willamette St. way an
apology. I didn't realize that
the city extended out so near
the garbage dump when I wrote
the letter about the goat ranch-
ers. 1 was under the impression
that it was the farmers out
around there who were doing
the complaining about the
smoke.
So ladies, I wish to apologize,
but I do think there will have
to be something done about the
garbage situation. Jumping from
one gravel pit to another, try
ing to bury all that junk, is
prohibitive. Fire is the only
thing that will destroy it prop
erly. I would 'suggest leveling
off the top of Spencer Butte
and burning it up there. That
would be so high above the city
I don't think the smoke would
bother, and besides, the tourists
'Unplanned
go to the point where projected
government income would match
it. Moreover, were Congress lo
wield the "meat ax," it would
knock the props out from under
our economy, send us into a
slump which would shrink the
tax take to the point where the
new deficit really could blow
the lid off our economy. On
the other side, Congress certain
ly isn't going to raise federal
taxes this year. We're already
bending under the federal bur
den and increasing state, local
and social security taxes are
adding to our load right now.
A second obvious point is
that by presenting his tax re
duction package along with a
huge budget deficit, Kennedy
has invited critics of government
spending to a Roman holiday.
Moves now must be made to
control the budget and surely
there is room for some cuts.
Although the cuts chosen may
be risky, the risks should be
taken if the alternatives are
either no tax reduction worth
the name or spending control.
A third obvious point is
that with or without a tax cut,
the deficit originally projected
for 1964 could turn out to be
conservative. Loefk at this rec
Pages From Our Past
Walking Was U.S. Craze
By KENNETH I HOLMES
Proleasor or lllslorj, Llnfleld CoUee
1 don't know about you, but I
am intrigued with this craze of
walking 50 miles at a stretch
at the behest of a man in Wash
ington. D. C, who sits stead
fastly in a rocking chair. People
are walking everywhere. It was
back in the 1860s and 1870s
though, that the craze of "pe
destrianism" was at its height,
lo be supplanted later by the
six-day bicycle race.
The great American walker of
the '60s was Edward Tyson
Weston, w ho started an amazing
career as a result of a bet dur
ing the election campaign of
IRtiO. He wagered that if Lin
coln became president of the
I'nited States, he would walk
from Boston lo the inaugura
tion in Washington. D. C, about
480 miles, in ten consecutive
days. He carried out his prom
ise, arriving just as the inaugu
ral ceremonial came to a close.
Weslon remained in the public
eye as the nation's most famous
walker for many years after
this. In 1867 he won $10,000 by
walking from Portland, Maine,
to Chicago in 26 days. During
his 70th year in 1909 he walked
clear across the country from
New York to San Francisco in
103 days.
Walking in Pacific XW
This heel aml tve walking is a
peculiar sight. Those who have
seen the 3.000 meter walk used
in the Olympics know that these
strange participants are fol
lowed all along their way by
giggles and laughs of the fasci
nated fans. One writer once de
scribed them "straining every
nerve md mujcli to get ahead,"
would think we had a volcano.
Vnnr fnr hotter earhaee dis-
posal and less smoke.
PALMER E. BRICKEY
2103Vi City View St.
Tax Plan
EUGENE (To the Editor)
Your editorial in the March 10
edition of the R-G concerning
the proposed tax on cigarettes
was well written and brings out
a point most voters either do
not know or care about. Why
should we overtax certain items
and people and let others have a
free ride?
How many people know how
much U.S. tax is paid on cig
arettes now? I called the man
ager of a large wholesale firm,
trying to find out, and he didn't
know. It is probably 70 per cent
or more, is paid at the factory
and added to the cost before
the product arrives here. The
proposed state tax would add
another possible 40 per cent to
the cost price before taxes.
I propose a state tax of 20 per
cent on non essential articles
listed below to more evenly dis
tribute the tax burden. These
taxes would be based on the
cost of the merchandise exclu
sive of any state or federal
taxes; would be collected at
the wholesalers' or jobbers'
level; would allow them 1 per
cent for tax collection and keep
all collections out of the re
tailers' hands.
20 per cent tax Cigarettes,
cigars, pipes, all tobaccos and
snuff (for nose or mouth con
sumption), cigarette papers,
cigarette-rolling devices, etc.
All soft drinks, sodas, imita
tion fruit drinks and ingredients
to make such drinks.
All candies (bar or bulk),
chewing gum, frozen bars, etc.
Take the taxing power (by
raising prices) on alcoholic bev
erages away from the Liquor
Control Commission and give it
to the representatives of- the
people. Who orders these price
raises now, and who determines
how the monies so collected
shall be spent?
W. H. COCHRAN
3840 Bell Ave.
U.S. Deficits
ord and you'll see why Kennedy
well may be about to take over
from Eisenhower the dubious
distinction of running up the
largest peacetime deficit in our
history (in billions):
Year ending Original budget Way It
June 30 estimate turned out
1958 $ 1.8 surplus $ 2.8 deficit
1959 $ .5 surplus $12.4 deficit
1960 $ .1 surplus $ 1.2 surplus
1961 $ 4.2 surplus $ 3.9 deficit
1962 $ 1.5 surplus $ 6.4 deficit
1963 $ .5 surplus $ 8.8 deficit
1964 $11.9 deficit ????
A fourth obvious point is
that if our economy does gain
new power and does start mov
ing strongly ahead from this
plateau, the tax take from pay
checks and profits can in a few
years finally balance a budget
kept under control. The goal to
which the nation agreed with
remarkable unanimity as the
year began was across-the-board,
solid, substantial tax reduction
in 1963 lo stimulate business
investment and consumer spend
ing and thus speed our growth.
If we permit this goal to he
obscured and postponed, we
harm only ourselves.
niMrlhulert, 196.1. bv
The Hall Syndicate, Inc.
hut that Ihcy seemed to have
"entered into an insane compact
not to employ the natural and
obvious means of doing mi."
I was curious to find out
whether "pedeslrianism" caught
on in the Pacific Northwest in
its heyday during and after the
Civil War. Sure enough. 1 found
the answer in the "History of
Oregon Newspapers" by my
good friend, Professor Emeritus
("eorgc Tumbull, vif the Univer
sity of Oregon School of Jour
nalism. The walking craze
reached our area in 1861 and
was recognized by the Portland
Oregonian on Feb. 6 of that
year witti the following story;
'No Rapidity of Action'
"Pedestrian ism. A pedestri
an named Brady is engaged at
the gymnasium building trying
to walk eighty hours without
ceasing. Our latest reports indi
cate that after walking thirty
hours he showed but little sign
of fatigue. The manner of
achieving this feat explains the
apparent impossibility of it. The
walker puts himself in thorough
training for a week or two he
fore commencing. He walks
very slowly, taking from eight
to ten seconds to turn at each
end. The feet are not lifted
from the floor, but both of
them bear some part of his
weight ail the time. Upon the
last day he supports himself
upon horizontal bars with his
hands, Now. this is no fair test
of the endurance of a nun.
There is no rapidity of action.
The amount of muscular force
expended is not equal to that
ordinarily used in ten hours
brisk walking Besides, snme
minutes are taken every four
T-jpU..' Pav
Ccnneia lay
EUGENE (To the Editor)
I appreciate your publishing the
data concerning 1963-64 salaries
for personnel of School District
No. 4. This appeared on page
31 D of your March 7, 1963, is
sue. Unfortunately, the article
docs not state that only two full
time teachers will earn less than
$5,000 this next school year. Nor
does it state that the indicated
salaries are for the basic 190
working days for teachers or 10
month years for other person
nel, and that additional salaries
accrue to those who teach sum
mer school, carry on research
projects, coach athletics, etc.
Sick leave of 10 days per year,
cumulative to 100 days also is
provided the teaching staff.
My insistence on having the
salary data was not meddlesome
curiosity. Rather, it is my firm
belief that the school board is
required by law (ORS 294.325)
to furnish this salary data to
the budget committee and also
to publish this data as an in
tegral part of the budget for
approval by the voters. Failure
to disseminate this information
could conceivably void the 1963
1964 school budget.
Having succeeded in getting
this statutory information after
repeated requests, as your re
porter well knows, it is astound
ing that he did not relate my
purpose. You will surely agree
that no budget committee can
function intelligently without
complete knowledge of the
budget contents. (Payroll costs
in the proposed budget amount
to $8,523,848 or 81.9 per cent
of the total.) You will undoubt
edly further agree that it is not
the responsibility of each budg
cteer to ferret out this salary
information for himself, as was
suggested that I should.
An interesting comparison of
personnel costs for the last
three budget years of School
District No. 4 can be furnished,
if you would care to publish it.
EDWARD E. RUBEY
2730 Laurelwood Ln.
Carmichael
i'
slow Voi) KNoW.FoR
TW PRto if HAS
10 B& PHt'VSAMf
Piffle-
Century Ago
hours to bathe. External stimu
lating applications are made
frequently, and everything that
diet and the most perfect phy
sical training can do is done to
ensure success. The feat only
proves that a man can keep
upon his feet eighty hours if
somebody is always present to
encourage him and all the pre
cautions mentioned arc taken.
The feat, if accomplished, is
not comparable to Kenovan's
who has walked upwards of a
hundred hours, and then was
quite brisk in his motions."
'Without Their Attractions'
Brady walked on and on.
When Sunday came, he was still
on the move, hut according to
the Oreconian of Feb. 10, had to
he carried off the course by the
marshal to a hath house to he
revived. The pioneer newspaper
excoriated tho5e who pushed
Brady along even after he was
virtually unconscious and also
complained about the misuse of
Sunday. "While religious per
sons were attending their de
votions in a neighboring church,
the compound din arising from
tenor and hass drums, fifes and
other head stunning and ear
splitting instruments invaded
the place of worship . . ." The
writer went on to say that the
affair had "the appearance of a
re-enactment of the Babylonish
orgies of Venus, without their
attractions." The same issue
contained a note, evidently
written later, saving "Uncover
edThe pedestrian Brady has
entirely recovered. After a
night's re-t he became a good
as new "
So what's new about walking
SO mile?
David Lawrence
Coup d'Etat
More Likely
Than Revolt
WASHINGTON Many
people who lately have cher
ished hopes for an early libcrav
tion of Cuba must have had a
cinlrinrt (aaiino when lhau roarf
a news dispatch
from Santo Do
mingo the othee-.
day stating that':
some "Western -diplomats"
ar-;"
riving from Ha-."
vana saw little--chance
of a revV.
olution against--Castro.
They re-';
ported, more-.!
Lawrence over, that the-;
Soviets had effectively trained!
uprising.
But this is an unrealistic !
view. It is not borne out by the-;
facts of history. For out of the!;
hundred or more revolutions in--Latin
America in the last halt
century, rarely indeed has an .
uprising involved large military;
forces on both sides.
Jt is probably true there is
todav no armed force in Cuha'
secretly organized which could
oust Castro. But a look at past
revolutions, not only in this
hemisphere but in other parts
of the world, will remind us
that the most successful "revo--lution"
is the one that arises
from within and is usually de
scribed by the French phrase
"coup d'etat." The dictionary
defines it as "a sudden decisive
exercise of force whereby tha.
existing government is subvert
ed." The word "revolution" usual
ly suggests a war between two
armies inside a country. But in
modern times, even in a country
of vast area, it is seldom nossi-
ble to establish a military or
ganization of any size without
running the risk of defeat in the
initial stages.
Negated By Experience
. A "coup d'etat," however, is
different. Inside the army, or
the navy or the air force, there
gradually develoDS a revolution
ary "underground." It stays loyr'
al on the surface but waits for
tne propitious moment to sinne.
The same "Western diplomats"
who were given as the source
of the information that Soviet,
technicians had trained the Cas
tro army and furnished them
with the latest weapons made
the further point that secret
police methods prevalent in Rus
sia had been introduced in Cuba
and made unlikely any subver
sion. This theory, however, is ne
gated by experience inside dic
tatorship countries in the past.
Who, for instance, had a better
secret police than the czar of'
Russia, or a more efficient
army? And what army was con
sidered more loyal to its mon
arch than the czar's Ironns nrinp
to the revolt in 1918?
The Last to Know
Internal revolutions without
organized fighting have occurred
in the Middle East snd in the
Far East and have overthrown
governments. Latin America,
however, furnishes the most
dramatic example of how
changes at the top of govern
ment are made in what are
called "bloodless revolutions."
ln rcrent years in Brazil, in
Argentina, in Venezuela, in
Peru and in Santo Domingo
there have been some instances
of armed conflict, but they have'.
usually been engineered by
high-ranking officers of the -army,
navy or air force who or-,
ganize successful plots to force
out the incumbent rulers.
The last persons in the world
to know anything about an in
cipient revolution are the resi
dent diplomats of foreign coun
tries. Nor is a coming revolt ad
vertised in the newspapers or
brought out in public places.
Potential revolutionists are,
numerous in any country where
there is economic discontent or
where the tyrannical hand of
the ruler has wiped out friends
and relatives. A general with
personal magnetism and skill
fulness can often take over an
entire army by a single stroke,
and the political head of the
state will suddenly find himself
helpless to resist.
A Primary Influence
When the anti-Castro revolu-.
tion does materialize, it will not
be initiated by armed bands
swooping down on Havana but
by officers in the Castro regime
itself, most of whom will he
patriotic rnough to wish to re--turn
freedom to their people.
Tho clav a "rnnn it'olil" 1,
pens in Havana, the entire army
will quickly go over to the revo
lution. For in that army will be
thousands of Cubans with starv
ing relatives and children
threatened with illness as well
as continued famine.
Infiltration by underground
methods, supported by leaders
in exile, is a primary influence
that helps to bring a successful
revolution. The seeds of revo
lution are economic. Nikita
Khrushchev, for instance, has
been politically wise enouch to
recognize this fact as he strives
to maintain a reasonable stand
ard of living. He. too. however,
cannot indefinitely spend mon
ey for armament that should cn
to improve the lot of 200 mil
lion people. And when the whole
country comes to be of one
mind, the standing army nat
urally will respond tn the con
certed will nf the nation.
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New Y?rk Hera'.d Tribune Inf.