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Today and Tomorrow By Walter Lippmann DEVALUATION AT GENEVA The Geneva meeting brought into the open the historic fact that there has been a big change of feeling in the Soviet Union and in .the United States. The r e m a r kable thing about the new friendliness is that it has oc curred with- waiter Lippmann out any cor responding change in the de clared policies of the two coun tries. What then, we may ask, has happened to the great con flict of policies about Germany and about China to the big un solved and as yet insoluble is sues of the cold war? What has happened, I think, is hat while the conflicting poli- - cies are as yet unchanged, the imoortance of the issues De tween the two countries has been re-examined, and then down-eraded and devalued. Both '. governments. Dushed and backed by a mounting public opinion, have concluded that the -nprifie issues Germany, China. Formosa, the satellites. Vietnam, the bases are not of such vital importance that they must be settled at the nsK ot nu clear war. Both countries can live, in fact they are living, with these issues unsettled. Each would, of course, prefer to settle them on his own terms. But rather than take the risk of war, they will talk politely about the issues, and they will wait and see. that they too were afraid of war, Eisenhower had this whole coun try behind him. He could go to Geneva with the avoidance 01 war as his paramount aim. Secretary Dulles said on Tues day that as a result of Geneva the diplomatists can now prac tice diplomacy without fear- of war. Among the Geneva powers at least, this means that they are, as it were, darmed. They do not have to make concessions and thev cannot enforce their demands. All they can do is to argue and if they settle, it win be because they have strucK a bargain, because they have given up something in order to get something. THIS devaluation the down grading of the policies and the up-grading of the danger of war occurred in Western Eu rone more than two years ago. Tt was made articulate by Churchill. His appeal for a meet- ine at the summit, which ne made in Mav of 1953. was in spired by the conviction that once the statesmen realize, as they had not yet realized then, what the nuclear weapons meant, they would have to agree ' on the avoidance of war. Once again the great old man has been proved a true prophet. In the two years that have passed, the realization has come to both Rus sians and Americans, and it .has affected profoundly not so much the specific terms but the spirit of their conflicting policies. The realization has also af fected profoundly the balance of political forces within each country. It is manifest from the public documents that there has been a creat change in Soviet military thinking, due to a new and recent appreciation ot tne nnrlpar wpannns Tt is also mani- r fest that Soviet foreign policy is deeply influenced, pernaps even directed, bv the re-educated military leaders of the Soviet Union. THE West German press taxes a dark view of this, having recognized at once that insofar as Geneva did anything aDOui German unity, it down-graded the issue and reduced the com- nulsion to settle the issue. It is, therefore, most improbable that Mr. Dulles will be able by diplo macy in the Foreign Ministers' meetines to induce the Soviet Union to acceDt Dr. Adenauer's terms. For what has he to offer the Russians in return for their arrpntine a reunited and re armed Germany within NATO? In the Geneva climate Germany can be reunited only by bargain ing and compromise. The Ade nauer terms do not permit mucn bargaining and compromise, and the prospects are that unless they are revised, there will be no German settlement. THE first effect of the down oraHiru nf the issues is. as I have been saying, that the easiest thing to do is to leave the issues unsettled and as tney are. But this cannot, of course, GAL 2 Today & Tomorrow go on forever. So we shall see, I think, that as the great powers do not make settlements, the nponles affected will tend more anH mnro to take their own fate into their own hands. There will be a national popular move ment in Germany on both sides nf dividine line. There will be. or rather there already is a strong tendency toward accom modation across the dividing line of the Formosa Strait. The pn marv concern of the big powers will be to see to it that their own clients or satellites, do not involve them in a great war TN this country, the cause be -I hind the immediate causes of thi rollanse of McCarthyism and Vip pffarement of the war party has been the popular realization that modern war is intolerable. President Eisenhower has al ways been opposed to the war party. But even as late as last Januarv. he resisted them with difficulty and felt compelled to appease them considerably, it may have been the threat of war over such an absurdity as Ouemov and Matsu which was . the trigger that set off the " Ampriean revulsion asainst a third World War. In any event, once the Soviets began to show TKDR there is now a worldwide X nnmilar fpelins that none of rvi the existing conflicts of interest are worth a nuclear war. Eisen hower has always shared that feeling himself. It is moreover the real feeling of most Amen rim Tint hitherto it has been suppressed until Eisenhower ex pressed it. At Geneva he was able to identify the United States with the sentiments of the great mass of mankind. He was able there fore to build a bridge across the chasm to our great adversary. and to knock awav the worst ot the barriers and stumbling blocks that separate us from our friends. We are, as a result much less alone. Convrioht. 1955. Ntw York Herald Tribune Inc Baker (U.R) Clifford G Murrav. 30. former Pendleton Ore. nolice sereeant. has been named new chief of police at Baker, effective Aug. 15. La Grande (U.R) Police Chief Robert K. Lord has submitted his resignation to the La Grande City Commission. Dead line for Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday. Is That So? Although the vocal music of birds plays an important role in our forest chorus, don't overlook the fine instrumental players h vL-nndnecker. snipe, mourn ing dove, ruffed grouse, Hum mingbird, nighthawk and owl. Surely, the hollow drumming roll of the songless ruffed grouse is one of the best sounds of the forest The male takes his stance atop his favorite stump or fallen log and with a roll of drums proclaims at once the state of his affection towards his demure hen while issuing a warning to all males to keep their distance. This accomplished drummer i ,,ms He makes his hol low drum-like roll with rapidly- beating wings, a blur to tne on- 4tv,r nr asainst his body but bv striking the air with a furious tempo. The sound, wonaenui starts slowly and then quickens to a roll which seems ot tho time to mi c""- woods. "Thurmp. Thurmp . . . lllllHUlUi l- . 1 Thrrrrrrruuuuuummmmmpppp: Tur t.rith the volume ai peak,' it breaks off suddenly. But the volume of tne souno. v-.. 4ka w hirrincr wines attests to the bird s great breast muscles which extend from necK to tan otin to winetip. In contrast, that instrumental ist the downy woodpecker raps out a furious beat on a favorite reverberating dead limb. It is not that woodpeckers are voice less in fact, the tucker nas a , solid, rich repertoire. But day in and dav out, the downy wood-1 pecker will beat a rat-a-tat-tat against an old tree trunk, mak- ; ing the wood fly as he digs out ; insects. But come spring, it is ui , tr- Snsppts Then he goes back ! to his special reverberating dead limb or a metal rainspout io hammer out a fine, rolling tattoo which proclaims his territory, his feeling toward his mate, anu warns all males to stay out oi his preserves. Wings Make Noise A different sound, and yet a part of the woods, is the wing- flapping of many biras, noiaoiy the heavy ones. Unmistakable is the slow and heavy flap of the great blue heron, his neck fold ed into a flat S, as he pioas nis solitary way through the sky to the beaver pond to eat his fill of small fish and frogs, ine rapia-, flying teal's wings whistle as it : shoots along the course of a river, following each bend. or want of a better word to describe , the flight of the mourning dove, j its wings "winnow the air ana i make a sound unlike any other in nature. Aside from this sound, the mourning dove makes no ; noise other than a long-drawn, moaning coo from which it takes j its name. With the lengthening shadows j of the afternoon comes another ; 'winnowing" sound again for . want of a better word the ; eerie, aerial higtypitched winnow j of the jacksnipe. This is an en- j thralling twilight sound ana liKe that of the mourning dove is made with feathers and wind alone. This "song" comes from nr. hiph and no one is yet sure of its exact making but apparent ly as the snipe circles and drops to earth in fast flight, the tre mulous wonderful notes are made by the air rushing past its outer tail feathers. Night Hawk Misnamed The night too has instrumental choristers. As night falls, the niPht hawk sadly misnamed takes to the air. I say "mis named" because this is no hawk at all but an insect-eater and a near-relative of the whippoor will which it closely resembles. By EUGENE BURNS Ranger-Naturalist As it wheels and whirls in the night sky it catches insects dex terously. In doing this it emits a series of "beeps" but the climax to its performance is instrumen tal. As the night hawk dives steeply, about 20 feet from the ground, it throws its wings out ward and down and as the air rushes past the quills, they pro duce a tearing "boom" while he rockets skyward again to repeat and repeat the performance. Great horned owls can clatter their mandibles and make a fear ful sound but this and their hoots are far from being great music. However, one ot their kind, the short-eared owl has an instrumental performance which is good. After crying his mating song from the sky a series of unmusical "toots," he may dive and in doing so, brings his wings - . together under ms Doay wnn a claDDine sound, most unusual for these soft-winged silent fliers. And except for the rare night drumming of the ruffed grouse, this is the last of the instrumen tal bird songs of the day. (Copyright. 1955, by Eugene Burns) (Released by McClure Newspaper Syndicate) In the Day's News Sunday. July 31. 195 WEST WITH COHFDENCE AT FIRST FEDERAL Investments made by the 10th of the month earn divi dends as of the First. SAFETY FIRST-Your account is insured to $10,000 by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation. ADEQUATE RETURN Our current divi dend is at the rate of 3 per annum. INVEST NOW-Secure your own future with savings. Savings & Loan Assn. of Medford 27 North Holly R. F. Kyle, Secretary miir By FRANK JENKINS Mere off-the-cuff stuff about In this ever - changing world, one is' always running into something new some gadget that makes it possible to do some given job quicker and at less operating cost. Along that line, there's one for the book in Pendleton, its designed to enable mo torists to register injiotels with out ever getting out ot the car: It's in use at the Temple hotel, run bv Morris Temple, who in vented the thing. ITS operated by a contraption that will remind an ex-infan tryman of a shrunken pillbox. it sits at the curb in front of the hotel. You drive up to it and reads the printed directions. Then througn tne noie oui of which, if it really were a pill box, the muzzle of the machine- gun would be sticking you look into a television screen. On the screen, you will see the room clerk. It's a two-way out fit and through a lens at the the room clerk will see you. Over a two-way lound-speaker arrangement you will talk to the clerk and he will talk to you When you've completed vour deal, a bellhop appears, takes your signature on a registration card, gives you your key and directs you to the hotel's free garage or parking lot. Then he carries your baggage up to your room. When you've parked your car, you stroll up at your leisure and find everything cozy and nice. HERE'S a point that will ap peal to the traditional Scotsman- When you reach your quar .... i i,i ters, there will De no Deimup fiddling with the window or turning the heat off or on while he waits for you to reach for your change pocket. He will have cleared out before you get there. If you're of the type that in order to feel properly import ant just must shower aown wun a tip, you can of course hunt the boy up and crowd it on him. riH. ves. As you drive up, a " neon sign informs you whether there is or isn t a va cancy. Everything has been thought of. 1R. Temple frankly admits i-'A that it was the growing com petition of the roadside motel that started him thinking along the lines that led to his mven MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIYg Three Oregon Cities Receive Recognition Salem (U.R) Secretary of State Earl Newbry said Friday three cities and the state of Ore gon have been recognizca for outstanding traffic engineering and police safety work during the past year. The cities are Portland, fcu- trene and CorvalllS. Fortlana earned a second place award in the 350,000 to 500,000 popula tion group by the Institute of Traffic Engineers, Honorable mention went to Eugene and Corvallis in awards by the Inter national Association of Chiefs or Police. Oregon was judged best among the Western states by the traffic engineers. tion. The motel is easier to get in to. His problem was to make his hotel easier to get into, thus putting him on an even footing with his competitor. The motel is also easier to GET OUT OF, and the present model of Mr. Temple's robot doesn't take care of that situation. He's still mul ling that end of it. But I presume T.ik-P all the rest of us busi ness men, he's more interested in getting customers into tne store to buv than in getting them out of the store alter they've made their purchase i wvwiv his invention is a shining example of Amen ran enterorise. tf now. the rjoliticians had ar rived a decade or so ago at the that what every- hnrlv wants is GOVERNMENT GUARANTEE OF HOTtbi AnH Tf the motels had combined to grab off the bulk of the traveler business AND If the hotel vote had been big enough to make it seem politi rallv worth while Well, in that event, the poll ticos would have solved the problem by the simple expedient of voting a subsidy sufficient to make up to the hotel people the difference between the business they actually got and the busi ness they thought they OUGHT to get. THAT'S the political way ta handle such situations. 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