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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30 and
to years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
April 15, 1946
(It was Monday)
Team of Janet Horsley, Bill
Moffat, Glenda Fields and Jerry
Igo take third place for Medford
High in debate at state speech
tournament.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: The
meadows were dotted over the
week-end with epicureans pick
ing mushrooms. No toadstools
crept into the pail all reports in
dicate. 20 YEARS AGO
April 15. 1936
(It was Wednesday)
Philip B. Lowry of Medford,
William Leevers of Ashland,
Sidney Thurston of Central
Point and Patricia Thompson of
Phoenix win scholarships to
state universities and colleges
on basis of good high school
grades.
Seven wild horses corralled
during week in Applegate area,
according to Lee Port, forest
ranger.
30 YEARS AGO
April 15, 1926
(It was Thursday)
Work costing $54,000 to start
soon in Crater National forest
according to Hugh B. Rankin,
supervisor.
Building outlook for year said
to be god by Building Inspector
Rinabarger.
40 YEARS AGO
April 15. 1916
(It was Saturday)
Warnings for spraying issued
by C. C. Cate for pears, apples
and other fruit.
Prospecting for tungsten ore
becomes popular in Jackson
county because of good price.
What's the Answer?
Can You Get 4 of the 7?
Copr. 1955. Editorial Research Report
1. Total population of Monaco,
new home of Grace Kelly, is
about (a) 20,000, (b) 120,000, (c)
200,000, (d) 520,000 or (e) 1,200,-
000?
2. Many more U. S. homes are
heated with gas than with oil,
or many more with oil, or is it
almost 50-50?
3. The U. S. is or isn't a mem
ber of the so-called Baghdad
Pact?
4. Most Southern Democratic
leaders are favorable or hostile
to Gov. Harriman of N. Y. as
1956 presidential nominee, or
are neutral toward him?
5. British colony of Hong
Kong is on the Chinese seacoast,
an island just off the coast, or
an island just off Formosa?
6. Khrushchev, . top man in
Russia, is of Great Russian, Po
lish, Caucasus, Ukrainian or Si
berian origin?
7. Which stage and screen
star was originally named Em
manuel Goldenburg?
The answers:
1. About 20,000.
2. Almost 50-50.
3. Isn't.
4. Most are hostile.
5. Island just off the coast.
6. Ukrainian.
7. Edward G. Robinson.
Tokyo (U.PJ Communist
East Germany has presented
North Viet Nam with equipment
for a 500-bed hospital, a 16-class
school and two mobile dispen
saries for rural areas Radio
Peiping reported.
MAIL TRIBUNE
Don't Forget April 26th
There is no doubt about public sentiment in Med
ford and Jackson County regarding the Southern Pa
cific. The people consider its treatment of this section
of the state, particularly in view of the profits en
joyed in freight operations, a shame and a disgrace.
They bitterly resented the abandonment of all
passenger service north and south on the fallacious
claim of losing money when on their total opera
tions the S.P. was not only making money but break-ino-
nil rprwds. And thev were 100 behind the ef
fort of Public Utilities Commissioner Heltzel to force
the railroad to resume
service.
yHERE have been so many delays and postpone
ments however since the order against this action
was issued that many people have lost interest in the
controversy and many more have forgotten that a
hearing on the question will be held here in the court
room at the Federal Building on April 26th which
is only about ten days away.
ELL this is written to
AnH it. is also written tn noint out that the oeo-
ple themselves have a vital role to play in this effort.
If there isn't more public interest shown in this
hearing and the transportation problem in general
this year, than has been true in the past then
the "billion dollar corporation" which advertises its
friendliness on the bill boards, and for years has
shown nothing but hostility to the ,people of this sec
tion of the state, will win as usual, virtually by de
fault.
pOR if the people don't care enough about the re-
sumption of railroad passenger service to this sec
tion of the state to make a fight for it, no one else will.
And the only way they can now show they do care
will be to appear at this hearing in force.
And while there either themselves or through
their representatives make their wishes known.
DOTH the Ashland and Medford Chambers of Com
merce have passed resolutions supporting the
state in this action and will be represented at the
hearing.
It is hoped not only such organizations and busi
ness firms, but the people as a whole will be repre
sented as well.
Public sentiment at this stage of the proceedings
can do more than any other one thing to get the sort
of transportation service for Southern Oregon that
its increased population and productivity deserve.
SO IT is not too early to start to see that when this
hearing opens on April 26th at 10 a.m. the "SRO"
sign is pinned up a short time thereafter.
The SP and its staff of high priced attorneys will
be there of course, the more its passengers or for
mer passengers who gather to listen to their story
and present their own, the better the chances of jus
tice being done, and the SP being forced to do what
by the terms of its original charter it should have
done voluntarily. R.W.R.
"She Likes Ike "
There is one citizen in Medford who likes Presi
dent Eisenhower too much to vote for him.
In fact this person is going to vote for the Demo
cratic candidate whoever he may be on the theory
that such action will do as much as ONE individual
CAN to allow "Ike" to enjoy a well-deserved and
greatly needed vacation.
"The President has done enough for his country as
the heroic leader of World War II and as President
of the United States for four years" maintains this
voter "and while I suppose nothing can beat him, I
am going to do what I can in that direction and if
.1- 1 1 T i i 1 1 i i 1
possiDie give mm wnat i tnmK ne wants ana deserves
a quiet life on his beloved Gettysburg farm, free
from stress and strain, relieved of a job he doesn't
really like, and responsibilities which he should not
be called upon longer to assume."
THE above is not entirely a figment of the writer's
imagination. At least one other staunch Republi
can has expressed similar sentiments, although our
guess is when it comes to election day he will find the
political habit of years too strong to resist we can
conceive of him NOT voting for Eisenhower but it is
hard to conveive of him voting for a Democrat. Our
guess is he will take a walk.
LIOWEVER that may be, there is more sense to such
1 1a position than most Republicans will admit, and
there. is no doubt of the Democratic judgment that
such a decision would be sane, sensible, national and
humane!
There is little doubt also that off the record "Ike"
would frankly admit that if he should be beaten there
would be tremendous personal compensations. The
defeat would hurt his pride of course, but he would
have the satisfaction of at least being able to do what
he really wants to do, and at the same time feel there
has been no shirking of responsibility, that he had
not quit the fight, but had gone down with chin up
and flags flying, as "a good soldier" should to the
end.
THERE is another point to consider. The more this
prevailing adulation of President Eisenhower, es
pecially among the women voters, grows the more
likely this one sentimental voter will be joined by
others.
The Republican National committee better sic
one of its best feminine psychologists on the problem,
before it is too late ! This somewhat fantastic method
of serving Ike might spread. R.W.R. j
Sunday. April 15, 1956
this greatly needed public
remind them.
Concerted Effort Designed To
Get Out Record Vote in 1956
Washington (CQ) The Big
Question of 1956 will receive a
64-Million-Vote Answer if regis-tration-and-vote
drives currently
being launched prove successful.
Political parties and citizens'
groups will use every technique
of persuasion from the doorbell
rung by the precinct captain
(three times between now and
election) to the commercial sung
by a Tin Pan Alley trio (24
times a day, if the station per
mits). And all for one purpose: To
lure, entice, embarrass or shame
every eligible citizen into the
polling place next Nov. 6.
Non-Parlisan Drive
The big non-partisan drive
again will be spearheaded by the
American Heritage Foundation,
which sparked a similar cam
paign in 1952. That year more
Americans 11 million more
voted than ever before. The
total fell from 61 million to
42 million in 1954, but still
set a record for non-Presidential
election years.
This year the American Herit
age Foundation and its partner,
the Advertising Council, have
enlisted more than 100 grass
roots organizations in the reg
istration - and - vote campaign.
Everyone's in it, from the Amer
ican Legion to Zonta Interna
tional. The Foundation has a three
phase program, including reg
istration and primary election
voting, publicizing issues and
candidates, then the final drive
for a big vote. Advertisements
in newspapers and motion-picture
theaters, on radio and tele
vision will tie in with commun
ity drives by the 100 or more
participating groups.
Parties Not 'Idle
While this is going on, the
Republicans and Democrats will
not be idle. The parties favor
voting as an exercise in civic
virtue, but their concern with
the size of the tally also has a
frankly partisan basis.
Both GOP and Demorcats stra
tegists proceed on the assump
tion that the bigger the vote,
the better off their party will
be. They can't both be right, but
there's no way of knowing until
Nov. 7 who guessed wrong.
The big-vote strategy of the
Republicans is a repeat of their
1952 formula, but a departure
from earlier procedents. During
the New-Fair Deal years, the
Democrats scored heavily in the
big-vote Presidential years, the
Republicans staged comebacks
in the small-vote non-Presidential
election years.
Stay-at-Home Appeal
In 1952, the Republican strat
egy board decided, with Mr.
Eisenhower's concurrence, that
the "Me Too" campaign, aimed
at the independent or liberal
vote, could not win. What was
needed, the GOP strategists
agreed, was an appeal to the 45
million stay-at-homes. The re
sults confirmed to the Republic-
Communications
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Dairy Prices
To the Editor: Dairy farmer
and dairy products every day
on the radio over KMED we
hear about the dairy farmers
receiving only 45 cents per hour,
and judging from my experi
ence on a farm that is setting
it high. But there is no mention
ing of dairy products company
employees wages in comparison
If I dare say they are from three
to five times or even more, than
the farmer receives.
I received a St. Paul Pioneer
Press from Minnesota dated of
April 3, 1956, and in it I noticed
an ad of one of the super mar
kets in St. Paul. Two quarts
regular homogenized milk 27
cents, XA gallon; and coffee, two
cents a quart or 45 cents, two
And at the same time here in
Oregon the retail price is 23
cents quart or 45 cents, two
quarts, Vi gallon. There is a dif
ference of 9 cents per quart or
18 cents per one-half gallon.
I would like for some one
of the dairy produce industry to
explain the cause or reason for
such a large difference. The
winters -in Minnesota are longer
and a .lot more severe than in
Oregon.
Name on File
Talent, Ore.
A Rose Without Thorns
To the Editor: As a reader nf
Medford newspapers for almost
a half centurv before and evpr
since the advent of The Medford
Mail Tribune, may I congratu
late you on 50 years of service?
The Medford Mail Tribune has
broueht to its readers an pvpf.
increasing abundance of local,
state, national and world news;
all quite comparable to many
lareer citv dailies. It kppnc nc
abreast of affairs at home and
abroad. And editorials, on varied
and sundry subjects, have been
of high quality and eauitahlp
well on a par with practically
any u.b. daily newspaper. Keep
up tne good work.
John E. Gribble
139 Kenwood ave.
Medford, Ore.
ans the wisdom of their choice.
One party leader estimates Mr.
Eisenhower received three
fourths of the new votes lured
to the polls.
In 1954, the GOP again played
for a big vote, but this time fail
ed to get it. The falloff in the
vote was as deadly to Republic
an hopes as an A-bomb fallout.
The Republicans ; dropped 13.8
million votes from their 1952
Presidential total. The Demo
crats dropped only 5.1 million.
The difference cost the GOP
control of Congress.
The 1956 problem as seen by
the Republicans is this: To draw
as big a vote from a country
contented with the Eisenhower
Administration as they obtained
from a country dissatisfied with
the Truman Deal. "If those who
appreicate the peace and pros
perity don't vote," one Republic
an leader says, "we'll be beaten
by the doctrinaire Democrats
and and the small pockets of
discontent in the country."
Matter of Fact
NO BEAUTIFUL
BLONDE SPIES
Washington It is strange
how the highest Administration
officials stubbornly disbelieve
what their
own intelli
gence experts
tell them.
Take, for ex
ample. Secre
tary of De
fense Charles
E. Wilson's re
cent testimony
before the
Stewart Aisop House Appro
priations committee
No national myth dies hard
er than the notion that the Sov
iets are technically backward,
capaDie only of slavishly copy
ing what the West has already
produced. But it is really very
odd that Secretary Wilson, after
more than three years in office,
snouia sun Deiieve in this com
fortable myth. For throughout
those three years, "Wilson has
been literally deluged with evi
dence pointing in precisely the
opposite direction.
"THERE IS, moreover, nothing
particularly m y s t e rious
about the great bulk of this evi
dence it does not come from
beautiful blonde spies. Most of
it comes, instead, from such
items as a long, profusely illus
trated book called "Aviation Gas
Turbine Engines," by G. S. Sku-
bachevski. Mr. Skubachevski's
formidale work was published
in Moscow last year, and it is
freely available in technical
bookshops in the Soviet Union.
When it arrived in Washington
recently, it caused quite a flut
tering in the intelligence dove
cotes. It contained, for one thing,
numerous cutaway drawings of
something called a "split com
pressor engine." The split com
pressor system is used in the
most advanced American jet en
gine design, and all diagrams
and performance data are top
secret. Yet here was a mere
textbook, distributed to mere
student engineers in the Soviet
Union, containing numerous de
tailed diagrams of the split com
pressor engine.
"THE NOTION that "they get it
all from spies," which is a
companion myth to the "back
ward Russians" myth, does not
hold up in this case either. The
text of the book contains not dn-
ly a highly sophisticated discus
sion of the split compressor en
gine, but a number of jet en
gineering techniques new to
American experts. Soviet spies
could not have stolen these ideas
from us, simpley because we
didn't have them.
Reliable information on Sov
iet weapons progress from such
overt, non-cloak-and-dagger
sources as Mr. Skubachevski's
book,' is not as impossibly diffi
cult to come by as it is often
cracked up to be. Last year, for
example, the magazine "Avia
tion Week" published excellent
photographs of the mass flights
over Moscow of the new Soviet
heavy bomber, the Bison the
same plane which Mr. Wilson
had previously opmed was a
fake, or a mere hand-made pro
totype The publication of these pho
tographs . caused horror in the
Pentagon, and the editor of the
magazine was called on the car
et to explain where he got such
"top secret" material. He ex
plained that he had called the
New York representative of Sov
foto, the Soviet propaganda
agency. Sovfoto had happily of
fered him as many excellent
photographs as he could use,
and motion picture films of the
overflights as well.
THE NOTION that aU informa
tion about Soviet weapons
developments comes from beau
tiful but highly untrustworthy
blonde spies is one reason why
such officials as Wilson do not
really believe their own intelli
gence. Another reason is that
men like Wilson and Secretary
Democrats wholly disagree
with his analysis. They regard
the 1952 election as a "freak,"
believe Democrats successes in
the last three years indicate
their party again is the majority
choice. State and local Demo
cratic organizations are in top
shape, the leaders say, and are
ready for a major campaign
effort.
- Both parties have placed
emphasis on precinct work
door-to-door or telephone can
vasses to locate every potential
voter of the right persuasion, be
sure he's registered and then see
that he votes.
The GOP has a "Republican
Recruit" plan, designed to double
the precinct working force. The
Democrats have set up a special
division in the National Com
mittee to work on the absentee
vote. Both parties have more
tricks up their sleeves.
For the average citizen all
this effort means one thing: It's
going to be down-right hard to
avoid voting this year.
By Stewart Alsop
of the Treasury George M. Hum
phrey tend to regard the intelli
gence experts as impractical
longhairs:
Secretary Humphrey, for ex
ample, recently became much ex
ercised when he learned from
a British steel tycoon who had
made a tour of the Soviet Union
that Soviet steel mills were as
good as the best in Britain. As
a member of the National Se
curity council, Humphrey had
been repeatedly told exactly the
same thing in intelligence brief
ings. But he only really believed
it when the learned it from a fel
low businessman and payroll-
meeter.
A third reason is that the Cen
tral Intelligence agency is pro
hibited from making compara
tive estimates of Soviet and
American weapons development.
so that the estimates lack mean
ing and impact.
But there is also another reas
on why high officials tend to
disbelieve or disregard their own
intelligence experts. Believing
them would inexorably suggest
all sorts of highly expensive and
highly inconvenient action.
Copyright 1956, New York
Herald Tribune Inc.
Mrs. Tummers Returns
From Portland Meet
Mrs. Alex Tummers, Mon De-
sir dining inn, returned last
week from Portland where she
was honored at a Portland Sym
phony champagne ball where
chefs de cuisine received rec
ognition of. their culinary arts.
The event was held at the Mult
nomah hotel. Mrs. Tummers was
introduced and recognition was
given to her- and to the dining
inn.
The inn also has been selected
for the "restaurant of the
month" for the May issue of the
Oregon Food and Beverage mag
azine, edited by Gene Rossman,
who did the selecting. The mag
azine also is the official organ
of the Associated Restaurants
of Oregon, the Chef de Cuisine
of Portland and the Portland
chapter of the International
Stewards and Caterers associa
tion.
Otto Spitzer, editor of the
Chefs and Stewards publication
with national distribution, also
has featured Mrs. Tummers in
an early issue.
Beekeepers to Hold
Public Classes Here
Rogue River Valley Beekeep
ers association will sponsor two
public classes in beekeeping this
month, it was reported Satur
day. Provided in the two night
sessions will be pointers for be
ginners as well as general Infor
mation on beekeeping.
Chief discussion leader will
be Dr. W. P. Stephen, assistant
professor of entomology at Ore-
Editorial Comment
NEITHER NEW NOR
COMPLICATED
For the third time the people
of Marion county,- on May 18,
wilL vote on county' zoning. For
the third time the Capital Jour
nal supports it.
The first time the question
was voted on, in' 1952, it was
quite decisevly defeated and
the second time, in 1954, only
narrowly so. This time it should
win with a good majority.
County zoning frightens many
voters because it sounds . com
plicated, and as if some group
of men, called a board or com
mission were going to have dic
tatorial power to change the
way of life of the people of the
county. Even if such a commis
sion had dictatorial ideas it
would have the county court
standing as a bulwark against
any .injustice.
The commission will be only
advisory to the county court.
After adoption of zoning, or land
use regulations by the court the
commission will administer
POTLUC
(By M-T Staff
Overheard in the office one
day last week:
"My husband, b 1 e s his
heart, bought me a lovely bou
quet of wildflowers, and now I
have poison oak."
Newspaper offices can, indeed,
be pretty hectic places some
days. One such day was last
week. There were at least a half
dozen visitors to the office,
bringing in news, or voicing
complaints, or just talking to the
busy staff members.. Telephones
were ringing. The teletype was
chattering away in its own clat
tering gibberish. The deadline
was approaching.
Then, as the paper went to
press, one of those inexplicable
and sudden moments of quiet
descended. The visitors vanish
ed. The telephones and the tele
type hushed.
In the midst of the odd silence,
the elevator door opened and
out came a delivery boy with a
box for the society editor. It evi
dently contained a corsage.
The shock of the silence and
of the innocent visitor without
story or complaint, only a gift
was too much. The staff broke
into irrationial laughter.
The delivery boy looked con
fused, and who can blame him?
And who can explain just what
the laughter was about, either?
V
Elsa Maxwell, the portly
professional part y -giver, is
quoted as saying: "Flattery is
one thing I can eat up. It is
not fattening."
Today and
By Walter
The U.S.A. and the U.N.
The main line of American
policy in the Palestinian dis
orders has been clarified very
con siderably
by the state
ment that the
President, i s
sued from
Geo r g i a.
We shall work
primarily with
and through
the United Na
tions, relying
Walter Lippmann
in case of big
fighting in Palestine upon the
Security Council to determine
who is the aggressor, and who
is the victim to be defended.
rTHIS is, I believe, a better line
-- of policy than the alterna
tive, which would be for London
and Washington and Paris
to make themselves the sole
judges of aggression and to as
sume the whole responsibility
for intervention. This alterna'
tive line, which would make the
Tripartite Declaration of 1950
rather thanthe Charter of the
U.N. the sovereign documc-it,
has two very serous disadvan
tages.
This first disadvantage is that
it asserts a Western jurisdiction
in the Middle East which is con
trary to the facts of the actual
situation and also to the spirit
of the times. The second disad
vantage is that an Anglo-Amer
ican attempt to pacify the Mid
dle East would carry with it the
incalculable risk that the Soviet
Union would then have a free
hand to throw its weight around,
TPHE great advantage of
-- working through the U. N. is
that it seeks the collaboration of
the Soviet Union in working out
agreements to prevent war, and
it fixes the fact that the Soviet
Union has., a solemn responsibil
ity for the prevention of war.
It is the part of wisdom not to
have the Soviet Union operat-
gon State college. Dates of the
meetings will be announced next
week.
Attendance was reported good
at two similar classes sponsored
by the association last year.
them, not adopt them as a law.
Only the county court may en
act subdivision regulations, zon
ing or planning ordinances and
only after public hearings.
Something to remember as
you go to the polls is that a
county zoning ordinance does
not regulate lands used for graz
ing, agriculture, horticulture, or
for growing of timber. It will at
tempt to regulate in cooperation
with the county court, the de
velopment of residential, recre
ational, commercial and indus
trial areas for the protection of
the individual and his neighbors.
County zoning is not new.
Some Oregon counties already
have it. We have a commission,
appointed some years ago by au
thority of law, which has done
a lot of basic work. It now needs
some administrative authority.
Marion county, with residen
tial plats, promiscuously lo
cated industries, and trading cen
ters mushrooming past the city
boundary lines, needs zoning
regulation. Capitol Journal,' Salem.
and Contributors)
Only above the neck, Elsa.
One of our volunteer infor
mants writes to tell us that a lo
cal radio commentator last Wed
nesday, talking about Ex-President
Truman's forthcoming trip
to Europe, was debating the
question of whether Mr. Tru
man would travel as an "elder
statesman" (something Harry
denied).
Leading up to his story, our
man said: "Mr. Truman, accom
panied by Mrs. Eisenhower, is
planning a trip to Europe In
May."
We know of a girl who look
ed at the scales not too long
ago, and decided to shed a few
pounds. She went on a diet,
which included a ban of most
sweets, including chewing gum
a favorite habit of hers, and
one which, of course, is ban
ned at the school she attends.
Last week the authorities at
the school decided to lift the
ban in certain classes for spe
cial reasons. Our friend is now
madly searching for a non-fattening
variety of gum so she
can chew in school legally.
A Medford housewife was ask
ed by a friend to visit to receive
a gift prepared for her. She went
to the friend's home, and found
the gift a cake with three can
dles. .
The friend had remembered
her 33 13 birthday her thlrd-of-a-century
mark.
Tomorrow
Lippmann
ing, so to speak, from the out
side and with a free hand, pub
licly accountable to no one.
An Anglo-American attempt
to act outside the U. N. and with
out consultation with the U. N.
could go a long way to giving
the Soviet Union a moral right
to exercise a free hand of its
own. The Soviet Union ha3 en
tered deeply into the Middle
East and, as she is a principal
power in the U. N., she now
holds the keyss to war and
peace.
The threatening Palestinian
war is just the kind of war that
the United Nations is designed
to prevent. There are no great
powers directly involved. The
United Nations recognizes in the
veto provision the fact that if
the great powers themselves are
in direct 'and vital conflict, the
U. N. can do nothing more than
attempt to conciliate. But where
only small powers-are involved,'
it is possible to limit if not to
prevent war, provided the Big
Five concur.
A PALESTINIAN Avar can cer
tainly be limited and prob
ably prevented if the Big Five
concur. The Soviet Union has
already concurred in the deci
sion to send Mr. Hammarskjold
to Palestine. The American pol
icy is surely right in assuming
that the next step is to seek
more of that collaboration on the
implementation of Mr. Ham
marskjold's recommendations.
It Is not feasible, it seems to
me, to take the alternative line,
which would leave the Soviet
Union on the outside releived of
responsibility under the Charter.
A unilateral Anglo-American in
tervention in Palestine, which '
ignored the power and the re
sponsibilities of the Soviet Un
ion, as well as the opinions of
the rest of the United Nations,
would be subject to all the risks
of Soviet intervention.
Palestine is not right up
against the Chinese frontier.
Nevertheless Soviet interven
tion in the Middle East by in
filtration, by propaganda and by
arms running could not be pre
vented. This might not lead to
a world war. But it might well
lead to a long, indecisive and
frustrating guerrilla war.
rpHE keys to peace are, I say
again, in the hands of the
Soviet Union. If Moscow speaks
the word in Cairo and we speak
it in Tel-Aviv, there is everv
reason to think that war can be
prevented. The word that needs
to be spoken in Cairo is that the
Soviet Union is opposed to war
as the way to settle the Pales-
tinion conflict. The word that
needs to be spoken in Tel-Aviv
is that Israel, while defending
itself against these provocative
raids, must not forfeit the sup
port of the U. N. and of Britain
and America by going on with
the policy of big retaliatory
blows.
The word should be spoken
everywhere through diplomatic
channels and publicly through
the information services that
this is not only a test of the
U. N. but its greatest opportun
ity. For it is committed to pre
venting a war which the U. N.
can in fact prevent. All that is
required is the concurrance of
the great powers, everyone of
which has vowed that is is a
peace-loving state.
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