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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Apr'. 17. 1945
(It was Monday)
The body of the late President
Franklin Delano Roosevelt rests
on the family estate overlooking
the Hudson river; President
Harry S- Truman says he will
supnort and defend "Roosevel
tion Ideals."
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: Several
backyard gardeners report they
have planted the socially ob
noxious, but succulent, green
onion.
20 YEARS AGO
April 17. 1935
(It was Tuesday)
Olin Arnspiger, Herb Grey,
Roland Hubbard, W. F.Thierolf,
K. W. Kendrick, H. A. Theirolf
and Eugene Thorndike elected
to serve two years on the board
of directors of the Jackson Coun
ty Chamber of Commerce.
"Dizzy" Dean struck on ths
leg by a line drive and carried
off the field in the first inning
of the first game between the
St. Louis Cardinals and the
Chicago Cubs.
30 YEARS AGO.
April 17. 1925
(It was Thursday)
Medford school board calls
for an election May 5 to vote
bonds for a new high school
site and building.
Over 100 postal cards were
mailed at the local post office
yesterday with insufficient post
age by people who apparently
forgot the new postal rates went
into effect.
40 YEARS AGO
April 17, 1915
(It was Friday)
From the Local and Personal
column: A new hotel will be
built at McCloud to replacS the
one burned last month.
Medford experiences its hot
test day this year, and farmers
and fruit growers confronted
with water shortage problem.
What's the Answer?
(Can You Get 4 of the 7?)
Copr. 1955. Editorial Research Report
1. The Supreme Court was
unanimous or divided May 17,
1954, in ruling against racial
segregation in public schools?
2. Cash incomes of over $4000
a year are enjoyed by more or
less than half of all U.S. families
the?e days?
3. The Cadillac car is named
for i sports figure, educator,
scientist, explorer, inventor, or
business leader?
4. The Hippocratic oath binds
dentists, lawyers, gov't employ
ees, Communists, doctors, or
teachers?
5. Of each dollar spent by
housewives for food produced
by the U.S. farmer today, he
gets about 33c, 43c. 53c, 63c,
or 73c?
6. The name of premier Scel
ba of Italy is pronounced Skelba,
She'ba or Selba?
7. Loupe is a species of wolf,
part of downtown Chicago, men
tal deficient, knitting stitch, air
plane stunt, or jeweler's magni
fying glass?
Tte Answers: 1. Unanimous.
2. Slightly more than half. 3.
Explorer (founder ot Detroit).
4 Doctors. 5. About 43c. 6.
Shelba. 7. Jeweler's magnifying
glass.
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MAIL TRIBUNE
Dulles Needs a Holiday
We would not criticize President Eisenhower for
taking so many golf vacations, but we wrould criticize
Secretary Dulles for not taking more.
In fact we can't recall that Mr. Dulles has ever
had a vacation. If he has in recent years, at least it
is a fairly safe wager he took his brief case and1 at
least one secretary with him.
"All work and no play" makes even the most
scholarly and skillful member of the cabinet a dull
boy.
And there is a vast accumulation of evidence that
the Secretary of State is in danger of having the first
half of his name emphasized as much or more than
it was when he ran for the U. S. Senate, if he doesn't
watch out and take more time out also.
pVEN the stalwart and loyal Republican Oregonian
is complaining. It terms the recent ouster of Ed
ward J. Corsi as special assistant to the Secretary, for
example, as astounding.
We quote:
"There is something radically wrong with the adminis
tration's personnel programs and the best way to get on with
correction is to face it. . . . Perhaps the storm that has arisen
will shake the administration into a realization that major
changes in personnel policies are in order."
But who was responsible for this "astounding"
action?
None other than Secretary of State Dulles. He
had to eive the preen liffht and the red one. Moreover
Mr. Dulles declared the prominent New York Repub
lican of Italian origin the best choice imaginable for
taking over the administration of the immigration
laws, and then 90 davs later, kicked him out, declar
ing him insubordinate and
DUT that wasn't all. Before this explanation "Mr.
Secretary" said he did not question Mr. Corsi's
loyalty or ability, but he had to let him go because
the appointment had been for only 90 days and his
term had run out. As was suggested at the press con
ference at that time, why couldn't a reappointment
be made, a question which was ignored, but another
appointment was suggested which the gentleman from
New York declined. Mr. orsi remarked then that
nothing had ever been said to him about a 90-day
term, had there been he would have not agreed to
serve. He did not go so far as to question Mr. Dulles
veracity, but he did question his "good faith," and
what he termed his "integrity."
A HEARING regarding this case is now in progress
rt-nA rwnVvo Vvlir fVia rool fofe will ViVniiorhf nnf
particularly as to whether
because of incompetence,
had expired or as some observers believe, because of
vague charges of the McCarthy variety, that at some
time in the dim and distant past, Mr. Corsi was a
member of the Communist party. .
But we are not so greatly concerned with this
Corsi case, per se, as we are with the cumulative evi
dence of which it is only a part. And that evidence
makes it clear our Secretary of State is showing the
effects of strain and fatigue and is in need of rest and
recreation. " .
THERE was the release of the Yalta papers for ex-
ample, a short time back.
When Mr. Dulles was asked just why he took this
action at the time and place he did, instead of answer
ing he flew into a rage, turned on the interrogator
with clenched fist and stalked off to his plane, leaving
his companion, the Canadian ambassador, alone and
forced to run to catch up with him.
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THAT is not like the self -controlled, scholarly and
courteous head of the state department, either dur
ing the present administration or the preceding one.
In fact, a tape recording of the Secretary's recent
remarks regarding domestic and foreign affairs, from
Formosa to the recent speech by Adlai btevenson,
would reveal an extent of confusion and contradic
tion which can only be explained by the fact the con
scientious head of our state department had tried to
do too much of late, and should have a holiday.
We have a high opinion of Mr. Dulles' devotion
to duty and country, his fund of knowledge, his vast
and varied experience but too much is too much.
And that is what Mr. Dulles had had the past year
or two.
SO OUR suggestion to the Oregonian and the pow-ers-that-be
in Washington is that the Secretary
be given a well deserved vacation, and let the second-in-command
take over for a while.
If such action would necessitate the President
cutting short his vacation in Atlanta or cutting a few
holes of golf, we are quite sure the President would
be not only willing but delighted to do it for the sake
of the cause. R.W.R.
The McCarran Act
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled massesj'
the wretched refuse of your teeming shore; send these the
homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the
golden-door."
That is the well-known inscription on the Statue
of Liberty beneath the torch that has been held aloft
in New York harbor all these years.
lHEN the Corsi inquiry ends there is little doubt
the fact will be clear that the basic trouble in the
controversy has been in the acceptance of the philos
ophy of that Lazarus sonnet, by one side, and its rejec
tion by the other.
The McCarran immigration law was designed,
and even more clearly, interpreted, to keep "the hud
dled masses" out of the country, and admit only the
better grade of citizens, with a particular scrutiny of
Sunday. April 17, 195S
inefficient.
Mr. Corsi was removed
because his 90 day term
Matter of Fact By Joseph Alsop
Taipeh, Formosa Partly be-
cause of the extraordinary vacil-
lations of the Eisenhower admin-
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lstration, trouble on Formosa
must certainly
XT "
Quemoy and
. , -, .
the Matsus are
finally sur
rendered to
the Commu
nists.
lry to do
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what our pres.
euimmt.yiiuuL-
ers seem never
to do. Look at
the record of
American action on the issue of
me oiisnore isiana mrougn the
eyes of those most directly af
fected and you realize at once
that the danger of demoraliza
tion here on Formosa is bound
to be considerable.
Item one on the record is
President Eisenhower's famous
"unleashing of Chiank Kai-
shek," and his sharp attack on
the Truman administration for
pursuing precisely the policy that
the Eisenhower administration
has now embodied in the For
mosa treaty. To give reality to
the "unleashing," the American
policy makers strongly pressed
the Generalissimo to occupy the
offshore islands in force.
Until this pressure was ap
plied in 1953, even Quemoy was
rather lightly held. Everyone
on Formosa assumed that the
island - positions were expend
able before they were occupied
in force. It was by American
request, then, that the Generalis
simo in effect committed him-
self, before his army and his
people, to defend the offshore
islands with aU his power.
Item two on the record is the
quick switch that the Eisenhow
er administration made last fall,
as soon as the Chinese Commu
nist threat to the islands became
serious. Overruling three of the
four Joint Chiefs of Staff, Presi
dent Eisenhower decided that the
islands which the Generalissimo
had committed himself to defend
by American request, were now
to be abandoned without a fight.
The result was the Administra
tion policy paper widely known
in the inner circles as "Fifty
Four FortyNo Fight." As de
cided by the President, this
paper took the firm position that
the United States would not as
sist in the defense of the off
shore islands.
"DUT in January, came item
three, when "Fifty-Four
Forty No Fight" was suddenly
junked in favor of a new de
cision to abandon the Tachens
but to defend Quemoy and the
Matsus. This new policy was so
firmly agreed on that on Jan. 19
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles formally promised Chi
nese Foreign Minister George
Yeh that Quemoy and the Matsus
would be publicly guaranteed by
the President himself.
According to Dulles, the Presi
dent was going to give this pub
lic guarantee as soon as the Con
gress had passed the Formosa
resolution. On the strength of
the minutes of the Dulles-Yeh
conversation, American Ambas
sador Karl Rankin also publicly
forecast a guarantee of Quemoy
and the Matsus here in Taipeh.
Meanwhile other American mili
tary and political leaders were
making fighting noises of the
kind that were also heard in
Washington in the early stages of
the Dienbienphu crisis.
Finally, the fourth item in the
record was the President's re-
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pudiation of his Secretary of
state s promise; his refusal to
give any public guarantee of
Quemoy and the Matsus; and the
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resulting adoption of the policy
or is it the non-policy? of
'Keeping them guessing." This
phase has lasted to the present
day, with such incidents as Ad
miral Carney's background talk
about atomic war by April 15
to give it spice.
From this truly
fantastic
Ttrivprca.
record of continous tergiversa
clearly. The importance that
Quemov and the Matsus have
El
ph AM
now acquired in the eyes of officials.
Formosa and of Asia is marked The contractors include Bes
"made in America." We might sbnette and Graff, Myron Cor
have'got away with abandoning coran, F. J. Fairweather, and
the islands after pressing the Don Jacobs, all of Medford; Min
Generalissimo to occupy them. shaU Construction company,
But we could not and cannot get Jacksonville, and H. G. Carl Con
away with abandoning the struction company, Salem. The
islands after the much publicized Salem firm is now working on
January decision to" defend them, construction of the county court
The first half of the Dien Bien house annex.
those from southern Europe and their political lean
ings with special regard for leanings to the left.
The assumption of the authors was that the more
the refugees needed a home, needed aid, the less de
sirable they were.
MATURALLY, however, Mr. Corsi, from Southern
A" Europe himself, did not accept this line of reason
ing and as long as he was in. office fought for the
rights of "the homeless and the tempest-tost, the
wretched refuse of your teeming shore." He was ac
cused of disregarding the law, but he probably merely
tried to establish a more liberal and democratic inter
pretation. If this view is correct there seems little doubt that
whatever the exact result of the inquiry, the political
effect as far as New York is concerned, will not be
received with any outbursts of joy by the leaders of
the Republican party, in that populous common
wealth. R.W.R.
Phu pattern, of big, bold, brave
talk, has again been traced out
m Washington. If we also re-
yc-ai. we seuuua hull vi uiai pai-
n , ,
braye taJk witQ a quick slink
when the chips are down, the
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i cucci wixa uc audkiciiUK iu Asia.
And it wiU bg mQst snattering
of all here on Formosa.
1ITITH some reason in view of
the record, an American re-
Lk. .-l j ,;u v,
I tilts laiauua wui a-ivw uc xcgaiu-
ld here ag a shocking betrayal.
K can t least be expected to
I u v,-r,n ,nti.Am;
n;w;n. ..n.j
. x: i m i
Ltion And they are likel to
be much more serious than the
"nrn-austeritv" riot at a Sinn-
American charity fashion show
which was then organized by
the more anti-foreign group in
the government.
How much further the thing
will go, is far more difficult to
tell. On the one hand, there
is the record of 1950, the last
time when the Communists were
seriously threatening to attack
this island. In the period be
fore the outbreak of the Korean
war ended the threat to For
mosa, there were the most wide
spread and alarming signs of dis
affection here.
Among a considerable number
of traitors in key places, the
most significant was the deputy
chief of general staff, Gen. Wu
Shieh. Gen. Wu Shieh led a
considerable group recruited
within the general staff and in
other key positions, and he was
in direct radio communication
with Peiping.
According to weU authenticat
ed report, Wu Shieh and his
group might never have been
caught, if they had not actually
dared to hold an after hours
meeting in the "government
palace itself. A clean up coolie
blundered into the meeting with
his mop and pail. One of the
conspirators over excitedly shot
him on the spot. The noise
brought the guards, and so the
plot was revealed, and Wu Shieh
was executed early in June,
1950.
There is no doubt at all that
the Peiping government is now
trying to encourage new. treach
eries here on Formosa. The re
turn to Communist China of the
Generalissimo's old favorite,
Gen. Wei Lihuang, was part of
a well planned and weU organ
ized effort. Other such returns
are to be expected. Part of the
same effort, too, is the promin
ence accorded the turncoats al
ready in Peiping. In the reor
ganization of the Peiping govern
ment, ex-associates of Chiang
Kai-shek have been given over
a score of places on the Commu
nist National Military Council.
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THE other side" of the
ledger, meanwhile, there is
the stern and efficient police job
that has been done on Formosa
by the Generalissimo's son,' Gen.
Chiang Ching-kuo. However
much key persons may be tempt
ed to throw in the sponge if
America abandons the islands,
the fact remains that treachery
on Formosa is no longer the easy
business it once was.
Balance the strictness of
Chiang Ching-kuo's police
against the evidence on the other
side, and you get a very real
doubt. It is certain that if the
United States does not assist in
the defense of the offshore
islands, the militarv and nnliti-
cal demoralization here will be
severe. But it is uncertain, be
cause of the prevailing police.
annig uuiict
measures, whether this demorali.
zation will lead to innro nnonlv
serious consequences. Most prob-
ably it will not, but the risk
J UUb, -nut iac A.
cannot be altogether ignored
(Copvriahl. 1955.
New York Herald Tribune Inc.)
Six Contractors Plan
To Bid on CP Building
Central Point Six -contractors
have submitted prequalification
forms and havp hppn inirtlo4
nr V.t.U S
submit bids on construction of
the proposed city fire hall-li-
brarv annex, according in ritv
Communications
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although under certain circum
stances the use of a pen name or
initial for publication is permis
tible. The Mail Tribune reserves
the right to edit all letters with an
eye to clarification and condensa
tion Letters submitted for publica
tion must not exceed 400 words.
Many Gates to Heaven
To the Editor: It matters not
what one's religious belief
chances to be, not one particle
bit so long as it helps you to
be a better man or woman, con
tributing to the harmony of your
community and your country,
for there are many, many gate
ways to the realms of heaven.
It is most presumptuous and
displays a lack of wisdom for
any one group to hold that theirs
is the only one, the right one.
The great worry is when any
one group . becomes over-dominant
and starts imposing its be
lief on others, like the old blue
laws of early days when it was
a serious offense for a man to
be seen kissing his wife on Sun
day.' And yet, it took a sizable
barrel of whiskey to help or
dain a minister of the gospel in
those times. And the sod of Eng
land was stained red . in the
time of Bloody Mary in her en
deavor to impose her religious
belief on others. One reason why
many of our forefathers came
here where independence for the
individual is honored.
But the most reassuring
thought to me and many others
of my acquaintance is the sure
knowledge that goodness of
heart reigns in the majority of
mankind. No matter how we
may backslide into a welter of
brute savagery, blood and tears,
our overall progress is to a bet
ter, a more tolerant way of life.
When gospel crusaders come
to our door, thev are asked in
side to where the flag of our
country reposes in a corner of
the living room, ready for dis
play on suitable days. Honoring
the flag is the first request, then
they can tell their story if they
make it short, and it is generally
short for they do not seem in
terested that it is that flae whicn
guarantees their right to do what
thev're dome.
It sure does give me a good
feelintr to know that these visit
ors, obviously intolerant, are not
in position to impose their will
on me. There is at least that
much good derived from such
meetings.
F. J. Clifford
1211 W. Main st
Poisonous Sprays
To the Editor: The February
17, 1955 edition of the Oregon
Farmer quotes Dr. David E
Price, assistant surgeon general,
U.S. Public Health Service, as
stating in an address that: "Or
ganic phosphorous compounds re
cently. introduced, sprayed on a
plant, translocated to other parts
of that plant, including the fruit.
Was considered quite unstable
Recent experiments have shown
this is untrue. Fruit sprayed
heavy with these compounds re-
mam toxic to experimental am
mals for many months."
The Pacific Grange Farmer of
March 5, 1955, says of the super-
hush G-gas, the nerve gas which
is deadly in droplet form . . . b
used on apples and pears this
vear. Dematon, which is gen
eral name . . . available under
the label of systox.
Dr. Coda Martin of New York
in talks on DDT and related poi
son spoke of needed research on
these dangerous chemicals which
are indiscriminately and lavishly
sprayed on food.
The Geneva conference passed
laws prohibiting use of chemicals
on our enemies during the war
yet we use the same kind of
chemicals on our foods with the
sanction of our government.
This seems to be insane to say
the least. Remember these poi
sons are cumulative in soil, food,
animals and men. Some are more
sensitive to the chemicals than
others.
Julia Grissom,
Rt. 3, Box 75,
Medford, Ore.
Not All Delinquents
To the Editor Nowadays we
hear so much talk about juvenile
delinquents, and very little men
tion of the juveniles who are not
delinquent, I feel it is time I told
of an experience I recentiy had
with two teenage boys who might
well be classed in the latter cate
gory. I had occasion last . week to
pick up a passenger at a bus
depot in Medford and while
there my purse feU out of the
car. I did not discover the loss
until I got home. I returned im
mediately to the bus depot but
could not find the purse. Upon
my return home a telephone call
from the Medford police station
informed me that a couple of
boys had found and brought in
my purse.
There was quite a consider
able sum in checks and cash in
the purse and everything was in
tact when I recovered the purse.
Although I gave the boys a
small cash reward, I feel it isn't
enough to expfess my apprecia
tion and besides I wish to call
attention to the fact we do have
some teenagers who are not de
linquents. So let us not condemn
the whole group, but give praise
when it is due, and we will prob
ably find more to praise than to
censure.
Thank you again, boys, if you
should read this.
Mrs. R. E. Hughes,
Rt. 2, Box 220,
Medford, Ore.
POTLUCK
(By M-T Staff and Contributors)
. Nine-year-old: Daddy, what's
Norman Vincent Peale's ad
dress? Daddy: I don't know, off
hand. Why?
N-Y-O: I want to write him
to ask how to make other kids
do things I want to instead of
what they want to.
Assigned to view one of the
new industrial installations here
last week, a reporter returned
to the office exhausted and in a
complete state of befuddlement.
The scribe related that on reach
ing the plant site he contacted
his guide-to-be and they started
out. The guide first rushed over
to a big pile of dirt, peered brief
ly into the hole from which it
had been scooped, cursed brief
ly but feelingly and galloped to
ward another dirt pile some
distance away. The reporter,
wondering what was in the hole
to cause the agitation, also looked
in but saw nothing except a
small pool of water at the bot
tom. The process was repeated
at three or four more dirt piles,
the guide's excitement and the
temperature of his vocabulary
increasing at each stop.
Finally, the guide haying run
out of dirt piles, and expletives,
the reporter caught up with him
and asked what the trouble was.
"Leaks!" said the guide. And
thus ended the inspection and
the interview.
Staff member got to won
dering last week if Medford
Elks are polygamous.
Asked why, she explained .
that many of the notices which
come to the paper from the
Lady Elks start out:
"All wives of Elk mem
bers . . ."
Camp White "Blackie" is
now one of the veterans handi
capped by having only one leg.
He doesn't seem to mind his dis
ability, hopping around with the
others, and making the best of
things. It is interesting to watch
him catch his balance, lean over
In The Days
By FRANK JENKINS
As these words are written
the world' is beginning to adjust
itself to the probability that
polio is about to join smallpox as
a grisly terror that once was but
no longer is.
Dr. Thomas Francis Jr., who
headed up the job of evaluating
the Salk vaccine, says he plans
to return to his work on the in
fluenza virus on which, he says
plenty of work remains to be
done.
Nobel Prize Winner ' John
Enders of Harvard Medical
School picks measles as the next
target for vaccine protection. He
tells the American Academy of
Arts and Sciences in Boston that
gamma globulin protects against
measles for a few weeks, but
something more lasting is
reeded.
There is a new lead on leuk
emia, the grim killer that de
stroys the blood ceUs and the
organs that produce them. Al
most every day there are new
developments that lead us to
hope that the conquest of can-
Editorial Comment
WINDFALL
Schools in Jackson county are
sure now there is a Santa Claus.
He is the Jackson county budget
committee consisting of the
county court and three appointed
members. -This committee de
cided to distribute $685,859.07
of the $815,000 coming from the
county share of O&C reserved
funds to the school districts of
the county on the ratio of the
school census. Use of the funds
will be limited to payment of
bonded indebtedness of the
school districts. The process by
which this allocation will be le
galized will be through adoption
of the county budget for the next
fiscal year.
These funds are derived from
the proceeds of sales of timber
from the so-called controverted
lands. This controversy extended
over many years and related to
lands that would have been in
the O&C railroad grant but were
locked in national forests. Re
cently the dispute was termi
nated by a new law and by a
court decision. The funds which
were held in escrow in the treas
ury during the interval came to
a total of around five million
dollars. The O&C counties are to
receive 75 per cent of this sum
Budget committees of other
counties will have to decide
what use to make of their share
of this windfall. (Unfortunately
Marion county s share .is not
large.) Some will devote it to
road improvements, others may
spend it on county buildings.
Jackson county sets an example
by giving schools the lion's
share, and friends of the schools
in other counties may press for
similar recognition. - - -
This windfall will come only
once. Hereafter distribution to
counties will be made on an an
nual basis, as has been true of
receipts from the two. million
acres administered by the bureau
of land management. Oregon
(Salem) Statesman.
and pick up what he wants from
the ground.
Blackie "belongs" now, and
the other birds pay no attention
to his struggles to keep up with
them on his one leg. And he
manages to get along fairly welL
There is not a peep out of him.
Blackie is a one legged black
bird, who hops around in the
flock that alights on the lawn at
the guard house and forages for
food. He has no trouble at aU
in flying. And the way he man
ages to cover ground and stand
on one leg is a marvel.
Many birds, especially water
fowl, stand on one leg as a habit
But they don't have to move
around so much. '
Hans Sorenson doesn't mind
the birds coming into his garden,
and he has several pets, chief
among whom is Blackie who he
regards as another handicapped
veteran. And he didn't learn
how to overcome his handicap
from corrective therapy. Nature
taught him how to make the ad
justment in order to survive.
"Baby." the bantam chicken
shown on the society picture
page today with Nathan Weth
erbee. 3Vi. was a frustrated
mother for a time recently.
She was found last week on
a hidden nest, sitting on 17
eggs, in true mother-hen style.
The eggs, however, were in
fertile, so her owners took
them from her, but provided,
her with four new hamptbire
red chicks.
She makes a good mother to
the chicks, it is reported, but
the Wetherbees are wondering
what will happen when the
chicks get to be larger than
she is in just few weeks,
too.
Mother to five-year-old son as
they entered a local hospital to
visit a friend: "We're going into
the hospital where you were
born."
Son, all excited: "Do we get
to see the machine?'
News
cer is not too' far distant
And so on.
WOULDN'T it be wonderful if
""someone could find a way
to destroy the bug that causes
the disease that leads ambitious
despots to GO TO WAR when
they can't get what they want
any other way? :
rFHAT brings up another lnter-
esting little squib in the news:
According to the' latest esti
mates of the bureau of the cen
sus, the population of the Uni
ted States on March 1 of this
year was 164,367,000.
Our population is expected to
exceed 200 MILLIONS by 197S.
TTOW COME?
"Well, as we check the ra
vages of disease, fewer people
die. As thanks to the flowering
of the mechanical revolution
the future seems more secure,
more babies are born. Families
increase in size. ,
With more people being born
and fewer people dying at an
untimely age, it is inevitable
that population will increase.
IS THAT good?
Or im It kai
At the moment, I wouldn't
know. I found it necessary to
drive across the fabulous area
that we call the city of Los An
geles the other day. It took near
ly four hours.
It took so long for a simple
and fundamental reason. In snita
of eil the huge freeways that
are being built in that area,
there just ISN'T ROOM
FNOUGH for aU the automo
biles to get around.
So one spends more time wait
ing than he spends moving.
WHY IS Lot Angeles so eon-
The answer to that one it
quite simple. Everybody in the
country has taken a notion to
live in Southern California
OR ELSE. Los Angeles will go
on growing until the time comes
when there is no longer any
more room to stand on.
That time isn't here but it's
getting closer.
A'S LOS Anceles 2eta mora
congested and standing room
gets scarcer, people are moving
northward. The Bay area i
crawling with people. As the
Bay area gets still rrore con
gested, people will go on mov
ing northward.
The era of the wide open
spaces is drawing to its close.
WHAT of the future?
5aiu x wuiuan i jtnow. ui
here's another interesting little
Tho TTn?-J r.x .....
"wu states nu jusv.
addd another new citizen. He is
Dr. Wehrner von Braun, the
41-year-old German scientist
MOST AUTHORITY ON SPACE
TRAVEL. He was naturalized im
Hunstville, Ala. '
Maybe, as this globe we call
The Earth gets more and more
concested. hu ...
- - - u vcaui us now MJ
move on to other planet.