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History from the file, of The
Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30 and
10 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
May 30, 1948
(It was Thursday)
Final drills for the sheriffs
posse drill team before leaving
for the Rose Festival In Portland
held at the fairgrounds.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: There is a
shortage of "chicken feed" for
poultry in the northwest. Finan
cial reports show it is not as
plentiful as a few months back
in pant's pockets.
30 YEARS AGO
May 30, 1938
(It was Sunday)
Plans are being made by the
Medford Lions club to attend
the Oregon district convention
at Newport next week.
Completion of a ventilating
system in the basement dining
room of the Hotel Medford an
nounced by P. G. Denson, man
ager. i
80 YEARS AGO
May 30, 1928
(It was Sunday)
H. T. Hubbard, secretary of
the local Lion's club, who is at
tending the Lion's club district
convention at Corvallis, an
nounced that Medford was un
animously decided upon as the
conventoin city for 1927.
Rozue River company an
nounces that it has been success
ful in effecting arrangements for
Captain S. M. Tuttle to become
manager of the new cold storage
plant.
40 YEARS AGO
May 30, 1918
(It was Tuesday)
The latest book issued by the
Southern Pacific is their annual
book "Oregon Outdoors."
Newly elected democratic
county committee will meet in
Medford Wednesday evening
and elect chairman and secre
tary. What's the Answer?
1. May 30 originally was gen
erally known as Memorial Day
or Decoration Day, or were the
two terms used with equal fre
quency from the very first?
2. There are (a) 3, (b) 6, (c) 9,
(d) 12 or (e) 15 nations in the
Arab League?
3. The Wayside Inn, made
famous by Longfellow, restored
by Henry Ford, and virtually
destroyed by fire last winter,
was in Cambridge, Mass?, Ken
nebunk, Me., Walpole, N. H., or
Sudbury, Mass.?
4. British Prime Minister Ed
en is a descendant of a colonial
governor of which American
state?
5. Woman suffrage was made
nation-wide by the 16th, 17th,
18th, or 19th amendment to the
Constitution?
6. U.S.-Red China talks on the
ambassadorial level, begun last
August at Geneva, lasted one
month, were called off at the
end of the year, or are still con
tinuing? 7. Lincoln was the tallest
President (63"); who was the
shortest President?
The answers: I. Decoration
Day more common originally. 2.
9. 3. Sudbury. 4. Maryland. 5.
19th amendment (in effect Aug.
26, 1920). 6. Still continuing on
U. S. prisoners in China and
other topics. 7. Madison (just
over 5').
MAIL TRIBUWE
Memorial Day
As the nation's wars recede in the nation's mem
ory, Memorial day seems more and more to become
little more than another holiday.
This apearance may, however, be deceiving.
Tor memory -is a thing of the heart and of the
spirit, and is no less real when it is quiet and inward
than when it is demonstrated outwardly.
I
N a nation which, because of the automobile, has
become increasinelv mobile and lncreasintrlv fam
ily-centered, the customary public observances of
Memorial day tend to be de-emphasized. The parades
and speeches of earlier years still survive, but fewer
people seem to attend them, and more seem to find
satisfaction in their own private ways of paying honor
to the memory of those who have gone.
Memorial day originally was instituted as a day in
honor of the dead of the War Between the States. La
ter, as the Spanish American war, World War I,
World War II, and the Korean war came along, the
scope of the day was increased to include them. .
But whether the families of those who have given
their lives in the nation's service choose to watch a
parade and hear orations, or whether they choose to
make a quiet visit to the cemetery, flowers in hand,
the same purpose is served. .
e e
A RTHUR Perry, for many years a reporter and col
rx umnist on the Mail Tribune, each year made a
practice of reprinting Walt Mason's lines about Me
morial day. Since his death eight years ago, other
members of the staff have continued that custom, for
the poem is evocative of the "feeling" of Memorial
day, and of the spirit and tradition in which it was
established.
Here is the poem : '
LITTLE GREEN TENTS
THE LITTLE GREEN TENTS, WHERE THE SOLDIERS
SLEEP, AND THE SUNBEAMS PLAY AND THE WOMEN
WEEP, ARE COVERED WITH FLOWERS TODAY; AND
BETWEEN THE TENTS WALK THE WEARY FEW, WHO
WERE YOUNG AND STALWART IN SIXTY-TWO, WHEN "
THEY WENT TO THE WAR AWAY.
THE LITTLE GREEN TENTS ARE BUILT OF SOD,
AND THEY ARE NOT LONG, AND THEY ARE NOT
BROAD, BUT THE SOLDIERS HAVE LOTS OF ROOM;
AND THE SOD IS PART OF THE LAND THEY SAVED,
WHEN THE FLAG OF THE ENEMY DARKLY WAVED,
THE SYMBOL OF DOLE AND DOOM.
THE LITTLE GREEN TENT IS A THING DIVINE; THE
LITTLE GREEN TENT IS A COUNTRY'S SHRINE, WHERE
PATRIOTS KNEEL AND PRAY; AND THE BRAVE MEN
LEFT, SO OLD, SO FEW, WERE YOUNG AND STAL
WAR IN SIXTY-TWO WHEN THEY WENT TO THE WAR
AWAY.
E.A.
it
Other
Just about everyone in southern Oregon realizes,
to a greater or lesser extent, that this area is fabulously-blessed
as a place in which to live.
This general impression is strongly reinforced
once in awhile, though, by some experience which
brings it home with an impact which is irresistable.
"1X7E HAD such an experience earlier this week. It
TT was a flight to Portland, a lunch stop at Salem
en route home, and south of Eugene a slight detour
to the east, over the low slopes of the Cascades, before
dropping down into the Rogue valley.
The beauties of the flight are impossible to de
scribe in words which begin to give a true image. The
dark green of the forest below graually fade into blues
and lavenders as range upon range of hills tumble be-
yon each other to the horizon. Glistening streams of
white and silver and blue and green wind their cours
es in the valleys. There is an occasional patch of green
or warm brown where a homesteader runs a few cattle
or raises an acre of crops in the midst of the surround
ing forest.
A ND THE LAKES the lakes are dotted among the
massive forested or snow-topped summits: from
tiny spots of blue-green to
lake m its magnificent camera, shimmering with a
blueness which is deeper and darker and more intense
than that of the skies.
As the plane came down over the rolling, lower
foothills, the floor of the valley showed up, flanked
by the flat-topped Table Rocks, and the rounded
slopes of the familiar mountains. The valley is green
at this time of year green and lush and beautiful. It
is not, perhaps, as green as the Willamette valley, for
there are the stretches of the Agate desert which most
ly are unusable for agriculture.
But the valley, lying almost jewel-like amidst its
mountains, is reminiscent of William Shakespeare's
feeling for his own "sceptered isle," of which he said:
. . . This other Eden, demi-paradise.
This fortress built by Nature for herself
Against infection and the hand of war,
This happy breed of men, this little world,
This precious stone set in the silver sea,
Which serves it in the office of a wall
Or as a moat defensive to a house,
Against the envy of less happier lands . . .
e
THE BEAUTY of the scene, coupled with the over-
4 lying haze of mill smoke, leads one to wonder
what are the important values of living in an "other
Eden and whether progress is as important as
a good and rich life close to the out-of-doors.
If "progress" were to turn the Rogue Valley into
a western Pittsburgh or a
many would think twice about remaining? E. A.
SOC President Named To
Ashland Dr. Elmo N. Steven
son, Southern Oregon coUege
president, has received word
from the executive committee
of the American Association of
Colleges for Teacher Education
of his appointment to the nom
inating emmittee of the Pacific
Northwest tone,
Wednesday, Mar 0, 1981
Eden
the vast expanse of Crater
northern Los Angeles, how
Nominating Group
J. Frederick Weltzin, dean of
the college " of education, Uni
versity of Idaho, has been named
alternate.
Dr. Stevenson is also the state
liaison representative of the as
sociation for Oregon. His term
expires in December, 1836.
Congress Moves To Honor Civil
War Vets on 88th Memorial Day
Washington, D. C. As the
nation observes Memorial day
for the 88th time. Congress is
moving to have gold medals
struck to honor the four surviv
ing veterans of the War Between
the States. All over 100 years
of age, they are Albert Woolson,
of Duluth, Minn., last surviving
veteran of the Union Army; Wil
liam A. Lundy, of . Laurel Hill,
Fla.; John Sailing, of Slant, Va.;
Walter W. Williams, of Frank
lin, Tex., all formerly of the
Army of the Confederacy. (The
House voted the medals on May
21; its bill is now pending in
the Senate.)
Although only one veteran of
the Union Army still lives, there
are 4931 surviving widows of
Union veterans drawing Veter
ans Administration pension
checks. Federal pensions are
not paid to widows of Confed
erate veterans, but most South
ern states provide them.
To Honor Dead
The first formal and official
observance of Memorial Day
was at the National Cemetery
at Arlington, Va. The day was
Communications
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tion Letters submitted for publica
tion must not exceed 400 words
Before It's Too Late
To the Editor: Now, that we
have been granted a reprieve by
the State Highway Commission,
is the time for the citizens of
Medford to awake to their re
sponsibilities in voicing an opin
ion on the route of the proposed
highway. It is a MUST.
A good many people think the
road would not be a problem, ex
cept to those whose property or
means of livelihood were in the
way of the "By-Pass."
That is not true each and
every member of the community
and the surrounding areas will
be affected, either in personal
discomfort or earnings, or both.
Don't let the names used, such
as "Genessee," which is only
two blocks long, nor "Hillcrest"
which is slightly longer, fool
you. Either way would extend
over many more as yet unnamed
streets.
Highways are not built over
night. They take weeks and
months to pass a given point,
with the dirt and rock hauling
and torn up pavements. Your tax
money will be used to repair the
damage, traffic jams, irritating
delays and nerve strain, result
ing in a non-access- highway in
the middle of town to funnel our
third largest industry away from
some of the most beautiful coun
try in the world, into our neigh
boring states with loss of tourist
money to hotels, motels, restau
rants, service stations, etc.
Have you seen accidents or
pictures of accidents occurring
on our present highspeed high
ways? Can you picture a large
truck-trailer breaking- a wheel
and plunging over the side of
the road in a residential area,-or
on the Main Street Overpass?
I can and I don't like what I
see . . . Do you?
Wouldn't an access highway
on the Westside HILL section,
with roads in and out, similar to
the Pasadena throughway, be
more practical?
Now is the time for the citi
zens of Medford to voice their
opinions not after the highway
is in use, for then it will be
much too late ...
Jess Vail,
P.O. Box 387,
Medford, Ore.
Battle Commemoration
To the Editor: The Coos-Curry
Pioneer and Historical associa
tion will be host at a picnic and
program Saturday, June 9, at
Illahe, commemorating the 100th
anniversary of the battle of Big
Bend. This battle was fought
May 27 and 28, 1856, between
the U. S. soldiers under Capt. A.
J. Smith and the Rogue River
Indians' under Chief John. The
Indians were defeated and, dur
ing the summer of 1856, were
taken to the Coast reservation
at Siletz and Grand Ronde.
Captain Smith brought his sol
diers from Ft. Lane, opposite
Table Rock near the Gold Ray
dam, to unite his company with
the forces of Colonel Buchanan
near the mouth of the Illinois
river. He was saved from defeat
by the arrival of Captain Augur,
stationed at Ft. Orford, near Port
Orford, whose men were opening
a trail to Big Bend at the time
Smith was attacked.
The .picnic and program will
be a short distance up Foster
creek, near the ridge where the
battle was fought, about 30 miles
south of Powers on the Agness
road. Several speakers .will be
heard. There will be music. Din
ner will be eaten at noon and the
program will begin at 1 p.m.
The Forest Service is cooperat
ing with the association to make
the program outstanding.
T. S. Easton,
Program Committee
Coos-Curry Pioneer and
Historical Assn., s
Myrtle Point, Ore.
established for the purpose of
honoring the war dead by a mili
tary order to all Grand Army
of the Republic posts by Gen.
John A. Logan, G.A.R. commander-in-chief.
The principal
speaker at Arlington was James
A. Garfield, then a member of
the House of Representatives,
later to become President of the
United States.
Memorial Day has long been
an occasion for mouring those
who died in all U. S. wars. As
for the living veterans, there
are now 22 million of them, or
Time Running Out in
Congress1 Attempts
For Clean Vote Laws
Washington (CQ) Time is
running out on Congressional
efforts to improve the antiquated
laws on campaign spending end
political contributions.
Three months have passed
since a gas bill lobbyist's $2,500
offer to Sen. Francis Case (R
S.D.) turned the glare of national
publicity on the way money is
used in American politics. There
has been no action to modernize
what one legislator calls "the
horse-and-buggy' election proce
dures we have m a jet age."
Interested Congressmen have
not given up hope, but some are
beginning to doubt whether any
thing can be done in time to af
fect this year's election. Many of
the primaries, they point out,
are already history; money-raising
for the faU campaign has be
gun in earnest.
Still Confident
Sen. Thomas C. Hennings Jr.
(D-Mo.), whose "clean elections"
bill has been on the Senate's cal
endar of pending legislation
since June 22, 1955, told Con
gressional Quarterly, "I am stUl
confident it will be brought up
soon."
Rep. Stewart L. Udall (D
Ariz.), who introduced a similar
measure in the House last year,
says "action wiU have to be
taken in the next two or three
weeks four at the outside" by
the Senate if there is to be any
hope of subsequent House action.
Disagreement over two ap
proaches to election law reform
has stymied Senate action so far.
One measure is sponsored by
Hennings; the other by Senate
Majority Leader Lyndon B.
Johnson (Texas) and Minority
Leader William F. Knowland
(Calif.).
The Hennings bill, product of
eight days of public hearings
last year, won 5-4 approval from
the Senate Rules committee. It
would require fuller disclosure
of campaign expenditures and
limit the amount of money a
candidate could accept from any
individual. The Republican mi
nority objected to provisions
covering political committees
that operate in one state only
and the extension of contribu
tion and spending limits to pri
mary elections and nominating
conventions. They also com
plained the bill did nothing
about the "widespread abuse"
of labor union political funds.
No Showdown Vote
In view of this partisan split,
the Democratic Policy Commit
tee, according to Johnson
"thought the (Hennings). bill
should be considered further be
fore being sent to the floor."
Johnson told Hennings last June
and again in February he would
support a move to bring Hen
nings' bill to a vote any time
the Missouri Senator wished,
though he did not think it could
pass in its present form. To date,
Hennings has not asked for that
showdown vote.
Meantime, the Johnson-Know-land
bill, written in the heat of
the Case incident controversy,
has been waiting in the Senate
Rules committee. The bill elim
inated some controversial fea
tures of the Hennings proposal,
notably the coverage of pri
maries and conventions. It added
new provisions for a tax deduc
tion on political contributions
and a modification of the "equal
time" radio-TV rule. It quickly
attracted 85 of the 96 Senators
as co-sponsors.
A Rules committee spokesman
says the Johnson-Knowland bill
"has not been shelved, but it
poses a problem when you have
a bill with 85 sponsors. Is there
any point in holding hearings?"
The spokesman said the Commit
tee is "seeking guidance from
the leadership" on what it wants
done.
Busy Revising Bill
The leadership Johnson's
aides on the Democratic Policy
committee have been busy re
vising the bill the Rules commit
tee is holding. Despite the over
whelming support given the orig
inal version, need has been found
for changing and clarifying some
of its provisions. The latest draft
circulated by Johnson's aides
has nine major changes from
the original.
These changes eliminate the
tax deduction feature of the
original bUl; boost the fine for
one election law Infraction from
more than one in seven of the
population.
Veterans' and survivors' bene
fits will amount to $4.4 billion
this year, and will rise under
present laws to $6 billion next
year. These estimates come from
the April 22 report of the Spec
ial Presidential (Bradley) Com
mission on Veterans' Pensions.
The commission's recommenda
tion: War pensions should be
gradually eliminated as Social
Security and other pension pro
grams are broadened to cover
more and more of the popula
tion. Editorial Research Reports.
$1,000 to $5,000; set an absolute,
$10,000-a-year limit on individ
ual campaign contributions; ex
empt intra-state political com
mittees that spend less than $500
a year from federal jurisdiction;
and suspend for one year state
laws more restrictive than the
proposed federal law.
Unofficially it is reported that
Johnson, Hennings and Know-
land are trying to get together
on a compromise bill. If agree
ment is reached, Hennings' bill
wiU be called up for debate, with
the sponsor and the two party
leaders endorsing a mutually-
satisfactory set of amendments.
Would Clear Way
Such an agreement would, in
the view of most observers, clear
the way for Senate passage. The
feeling is the Senate wants to
pass a clean elections bill this
year, if it can do so without too
much partisan wrangling.
Johnson says, "I believe every
member of the Senate will agree
with me that the present elec
tion laws are obsolete. We are
hopeful we can have en honest
election bUl to cover the 1956
election."
' On the House side, Udall says,
"We'd have to work from the top
down," in urging Speaker Sam
Rayburn (D-Texas) and Majority
Leader John W. McCormack (D-
Mass.) "to get the House Admin
istration committee to report the
Senate bill. The Committee's not
much interested one way or the
other in this subject."
Whether any change in the
election law at this date could
affect the 1956 contest is in dis
pute. Will Wait v
The Secretary of the Senate
and the Clerk of the House, who
are responsible for collecting re
ports on campaign spending and
contributions, say they "will
wait until the last minute for
Congressional action and do
everything possible to 'see that
candidates comply with the law.
But one expert in this field told
Congessional Quarterly a major
change in the regulations at this
time would "make a mess of
things."
There is an undercurrent of
opinion in Congress that the
whole problem should be put off
until next year, when new hear
ings could be held and new bills
written and debated in a "non-
political atmosphere."
(Copyright 1958, Congressional
Quarterly)
Ballots Mailed for
Opinion on Aid in
Federal Beef Plan
Ballots are in the mail this
week to all members of the Ore
gon Cattlemen's association ask
ing for approval or rejection of
government aid in the beef pro
gram.
Initial vote was taken on the
resolution at the state conven
tion in Bend earlier this month
and ended in a tie after lengthy
discussion, according to Charles
Stanley of Eagle Point, execu
tive committee member of the
association.
All ballots must be marked
and returned to the association's
office in Prineville before noon
June 9, he said.
Points of Resolution
The resolution points out the
beef industry is endangered by
increasing supplies of beef in
spite of record per capita con
sumption; diverted acres from
supported crops have become an
important factor in increasing
the already surplus amount of
beef on the market; the proposed
soil bank has implications of in
creasing the ' supply, and beef
supplies are directly related to
the number of producing fe
males.
Cattlemen recognize the need
for some type of federal assist
ance, it is noted on the ballot,
end the need is immediate and
pressing, Stanley said.
The ballot points out the fed
eral program will be temporary,
will avoid accumulation of sup
plies in storage . in excess of
available outlets, and will not
entail controls over production.
Jet Transports Near;
Problems of Aviation
Control Multiplying
By MARTIN PACKMAN
Washington Two years
from next December, jet trans
port planes will be put into ser
vice on some of the transocean
ic routes of American air car
riers. Six months later the jets
will be flying from coast to
coast across this country.
Around 200 of the giant craft,
capable of carrying from 100 to
150 passengers at speeds of 500
to 600 miles an hour, are now
on order.
The only thing that might pre
vent jet service on schedule in
1958 and 1959 assuming the
planes are delivered on time
is failure meanwhile to develop
airport and air traffic control
facilities to handle them. Defi-
ciences in that respect probably
will not halt advent of the new
service, but they might hold up
early expansion of commercial
jet operations.
Air Lanes Congested
Growth of flying in general
already is congesting air routes
and airports. Between 1946 and
1955 the fleet of scheduled do
mestic airlines nearly doubled to
total of around 1,200 planes
and passenger-miles tripled. Mis
cellaneous commercial and pri
vate flying involves many more
planes and accounts for 2V4
times as many aircraft-miles.
Control of even the portion 'of
this traffic that uses the Civil
Aeronautics Administration air
ways is a complicated business.
Fast and slow planes have to be
merged into a smooth combined
operation. Controlled traffic now
moves at speeds ranging from
less than 100 to more than 300
miles an hour. The problem
ahead is to fit into the pattern
jet planes at much higher speeds
In bad weather planes must
have a large block of airspace
artmnd them to prevent collis
ions. Under present control
methods, this would have to be
so extensive for craft traveling
at jet speeds that a ten-minute
separation would restrict traffic
to an Impossible extent.
More Instruments
Instrument flying on the CAA
airways now is controlled by
radio" and a system of manual
posting of position reports that
has been in use for 20 years. It
is said that all flying, in good
as well as bad weather, will ev
entually have to be put under
instrument control. To do so will
require much more extensive
employment of radar and other
improved devices than now pre
vails. Whether today's airports can
handle' jet transports is one of
the questions demanding urgent
attention. It is asserted by some
authorities that only seven U.S.
airports now have runways long
enough to permit fully loaded
jet transports to take off safely.
Others contend that the major
airports will be able to accommo
date jets for domestic, though
possibly not for overseas, flights.
The problem is not limited to
length of runways. It extends
to other airport facilities, such
as counter space for checking
in passengers and equipment for
expeditious handling of bag
gage for planes that may carry
nearly twice as many people
as any now in service. Growth
of air traffic in general is put
ting severe strain on such facil
ities. Unless they are greatly
expanded, a good deal of the
time saved in fast jet flights will
be lost at the airports.
Five-Year Plan
The CAA last April made pub
lic a five-year plan to modernize
the air traffic control system at
an estimated cost of $246 mil
lion, and an initial appropriation
is on its way through Congress.
Federal funds are in sight also
for grants to be matched by local
Fooflighfers to Hold
Get Acquainted Meet
A "get acquainted" meeting
for all persons interested in
civic theater work will be held
by the Medford Footlighters at
8 p.m. Friday at the fairgrounds
theater according to Mrs. Max
Wimmer, president.
A variety show with Lenore
Zapell as master of ceremonies
will be presented.
Announcement of tryouts for
the next Footlighters play, "Late
Love," by Rosemary Casey, will
be made at the meeting, Mrs.
Wimmer said. The play, a three
act comedy soon to go into re
hearsal, is scheduled for produc
tion in late June or early in
July. Refreshments will be
served.
Dr. Jouett P. Bray
is attending a Convention in Port
land and will return to his office at
317 Lozier Lane
MONDAY, JUNE 4th
funds for airport expansion and
improvement. Airport authorit
ies are planning to step up ex
penditures to a combined total
of about half a billion dollars in
the next four years.
Such problems of jet opera
tion thus seem to be on the way.
to eventual, if not prompt, solu
tion. Another problem that may
be harder to solve is the noise
nuisance for persons living or
working in the vicinity of jet
operations. Jets make a scream-
ing roar at take-off that is much
harder to endure than the noise
made by conventional planes.
However, the transports on or
der for this country's airlines
are to be equipped with silen
cers or suppressors that may
considerably abate that nui
sance. In the Day's News
- By FRANK JENKIM1
The big question:
How's business in the U. S.T
THAT prompts another ques
tion: Do you want a political an
swer, or a bread-and-butter an
swer?
I
F YOU want a political an
swer, direct your question to
the national chairmen of our two
great political parties.
Mr. Butler, the Democratic
chairman, will tell you business
in America is SHAKY and un
sound and rests on an insecure
foundation. PERMANENT good
business in our country, he will
add, can be assured only by re
turning the Democrats to power.
Mr. Hall, on the other hand,'
will tell you flatly that business
in our country is WONDERFUL
and will stay wonderful as long
as the Republicans are kept in
office.
That's politics. It always has
been that way, and it always
will be that way.
rr YOU want a business answer
to your question as to the pres
ent state of our economy, you
must go to business men. No
segment of American business is
better equipped to diagnose the
present state of our economic
health than the men who do the
BUYING for American business
concerns. In the jargon of busi
ness, these men are known as
purchasing agents.
The National Association of
Purchasing Agents has been in
session for several days. During
this time it has been taking the
U.S. economy apart to see how
it is ticking. It sums up its
analysis in these words:
"U. S. business is JOGGING
ALONG at the moment not
galloping."
VfOT so good?
Wait a minute.
Did you ever try to ride a cafe
tie pony 40 miles in a day? If so,
you learned the lesson, that you
can go farther and faster by
jogging a part Of the time than
by spurring your pony to a dead
run all the way.
If you keep him on the dead
run all the time you'll wear him
out maybe KILL him.
In that event, you'll have to
WALK the rest of the way.
MUCH for business.
How about national security?
F)R an answer, we must go
again to MEN men who
know their business.
Nevada Senator George Ma
lone (nickname Molly) says to
day he favors four-fold increase
in our plans for big Jet bombers.
He wants an air force that can
strike anywhere in the world
from THIS continent. He pro
poses 2,000 jet bombers of the
B-52 class, rather than the 500
we are now planning.
The deputy commander of
NATO, Britain's best-known sol
dier, Field Marshal Viscount
Montgomery, (nickname Monty)
warns this morning against plan
ning the next war in terms of
the last. At a news conference in
Winnipeg, Canada, he" predicts
that within ten years GUIDED
MISSILES will replace 70 per
cent of tactical air forces.
VyHOM shall we believe
' ' Molly or Monty?
FTHIS case, I don't Tcnow.
History tells ue generals have
often been right and politicians
tragically worng. Hannibal is an
outstanding example. He was
hamstrung by the politicans of
Carthage. As a result, Carthage
perished.
But
In our own Civil War, General
McClellan was persistently
wrong and Lincoln, the poli
tician, (in this case the states
man) was right when eventually
he had to fire McClellan.
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