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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Oct. 17, 1946 (Thursday)
A meeting here of representa
tives of all AF of L unions in
southern Oregon is called to dis
cuss the strike of the Crater
Lake lodge of Machinists against
Automobile Dealers association,
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: One of the
local fair sex flaunts a $200
cigarette lighter. Like the $2 va
riety It occasionally unexpected
ly bursts into flames when pro
perly approached.
20 YEARS AGO
Oct. 17, 1936 (Saturday)
One of the most patriotic cele
brations in years will be staged
in Mediord Nov. 11, according
to Legion Post IS.
League of Western Writers
meet at Medford hotel for the
first regular session of the fall.
30 YEARS AGO
Oct. 17. 1926 (Sunday)
The new, modern, electrically
equipped mill of the Owen-Ore
gon Lumber company will be in
operation March 1, 1927, accord
ing to James H. Owen, general
manager.
P. C. Bigham returns from the
Lakeview country with the sea
son's record mule - tail deer,
weighing 300 pounds.
40 YEARS AGO
Oct. 17, 1916 (Tuesday)
The highest price received in
the Pacific northwest this year
for Jonathan apples so far, was
on fruit shipped to Glasgow.
Scotland, by J. McPhee Fergu
son, Yakima, Wash.
Dress-Up Week, Oct. 14 to
21, is not being held in Medford
alone, but is nation-wide.
50 YEARS AGO
Ort 17. 1906 (Wednesday)
A business deal involving
Rogue River Valley fruit lands
has been consummated with J.
N. Davis, Portland, with the
mirrhase of the M. A. Edal place.
above the Burrell orchard, and
containing 175 acres.
The Mail Tribune is now lo
cated upstairs in the Miles build
ing on Seventh st. and apolo
gizes for missing three issues.
What's the Answer?
Can Tou Get 4 of the 7 T
Copr. 19SS Editorial Research
Report
1. With Justice Minton re
placed by Justice Brennan, the
Supreme Court now has more
Republicans or Democrats?
2. Full membership in the
American Legion is or isn't open
to Negro war veterans?
3. Who was the last Republi
can vice president before Nixon?
4. State with "Water Wonder
land" on its car tags is Califor
nia. Illinois, Massachusetts,
Michigan, or New York?
5. The Hatch acts are on tak
ing liquor, women, or stolen
cars across state lines, or cor
rupt political practices?
6. Less than 10 per cent, or
about 20 per cent, or over 35
per cent of 11 Americans are
left-handed?
7. Mrs. Roosevelt is now be
tween 65 and 69. 70 and 74, 75
and 80, or over 80?
The answers: 1. Still more
Democrats. 2. Is. 3. Charles Cur
tis under Hoover. 4. Michigan.
S. Corrupt political practices. 6.
Less than 10 per cent. 7. Be
tween 70 and 74.
MAIL TRIBUNE
Who s
If you are a parent
probably keep an eye on
you practice a prior censorship to protect your young
sters irom contact witn material which you, as a re
sponsible parent, believe might be damaging. As they
grow older and more discriminating, you gradually
permit a wider lattitude
ture, you feel, if you have
equipped to read anything their judgment dictates,
1 his is your business
If you are a good citizen, however, you do not
try to tell your neighbors
It s none of your business.
e
RESPITE this despite
is none of my business and what I read is none
of yours there is a fairly strong movement these
days to tell other people
This is done in a variety of ways, but the one
which is attracting the greatest amount of attention
throughout the nation is an organization called the
National Organization for
Their motives may be
But their methods are
least. John t ischer, editor
engaged in an un-American activity which is as
flagrant as anything the Communist party ever at
tempted and which is, in fact, very similar to Com
munist tactics. They are harming their country, their
Lhurch, and the cause of
THOSE are strong words
only to keep from the
pressionable writing which
good.
But their attempt uses,
suasion, but to state it baldly, coercion and lntimida
ion. Thev Dlace themselves in the nosition of nne who
says "I have decided that
shall do what I can to prevent you from getting it.
This is done by compiling a list of books of which
the NODL disapproves (and which, incidentally,
contains works by some of the most highly-regarded
authors writing in English), and then circulating the
list to dealers of paper
threat, express or implied,
are not removed from sale.
MO ONE can deny to any organization the right to
attempt to influence, or even discipline, its own
members in what they do
m that group is voluntary.
But we do challenge
attempt to influence the
choice of others.
The fact that the NODL is a Catholic group is
beside the point, for such attempts can arise within
any particular religious
that some of the group s
churchmen.
For instance, Father
h.J., protessor of moral theology at Woodstock col
lege, said:
"Any religious minority group has the right to work
toward the elevation of standards of public morality . . .
through the use of the methods of persuasion and pacific
argument," but, "No minority group has the right to impose
its own religious or moral views on other groups through
the use of methods of force, coercion or violence."
THE problem which the
solve through means we
is, nonetheless, a real one. A glance at almost any
magazine or paperback-book rack will give evidence
of the fact that there is a lot of trash around sala
cious, suggestive, even
rather our children didn t
However, while we suggest that parents keep a
quiet cnecK on what is available to their children, we
also suggest that any attempts to regulate what read
ing material is available to others be conducted
through legal means, not
tempted intimidation.
Virtually all states, including Oregon, have laws
against pornograpny ana indecency in print. But the
right to decide what is illegal rests NOT with snooDers
and pryers, nor with any self-constituted police
censorship agencies. It rests with the courts. And anv
j. - t J A - 1- il
citizen is enuuea to Dnng me matter to court.
CHARLES A. Sprague, former governor and editor
rrtrt CfnfAr-mnn 4.1.-
vi uic uicguu uiabcouiaii, puuj it uns way.
"To teU other people what they should NOT read is both
dificult and dangerous. Tastes are different, intellectual ma
turity differs, interests and purposes are different. Almost
without exception, efforts at censorship have broken down
because of disagreement over what should be tolerated
and what should be prohibited. Boycott and coercion are
offensive and provoke a reaction, so they quickly burn
themselves out."
As in so manv other Tjroblems wrnVh nn'o in
y . u. atJW A J. I
democracy, w-here freedom of choice and independ
ence of action must, at all costs, be Tnainrainprl the
solution to this problem is not an easy one.
But here again, the approach to a solution lies
m the UDbrineinS' of our vrmnrr nennlp Fnr o vnnncr.
, t-J i 1 " .T wv.-.
ster with a solid and decent background of family
me ana mends, who has high ideals and standards,
will not be harmed by pulpy trash.
And the dlfllCUltv in Pettinc riri nf railnv tracri ic
. , " o
in its definition, and in the
to say what is and what is not "fit" for other people to
reaa. ivuisuui o mat good. Jfc.A.
Wrench Left on Planer Kills
White Salmon, Wash. (U.R
A 42-year-old planerman at the
Sprague Lumber mill here was
killed yesterday when a pipe
wrench left on the planer flew
through the air and struck him.
Wednesday, October 17, 1956
To Say?
of immature children! you
what they read. In effect,
of selection, and when ma
done a good job, they are
as a parent.
what they can or can t read
the fact that what you read
what they cannot read.
Decent Literature.
commendable.
questionable, to say the
of Harper s, says they are
freedom.
for a group which wants
eyes of the young and im
it feels will do them no
not "education" or per
this is bad for you, and I
backs and so on, with the
of a boycott if the books
so long as membership
the right of any group to
life and the freedom of
faith. And it is also true
most, effective critics are
John Courtney Murray,
NODL is attempting to
believe to be misdirected.
pornographic; stuff we'd
read.
through boycotts or at
... "
o ij .r J " xvj
spleprinn
Lumber Worker
Police identified the man as
Chester Lehmann. They said he
apparently started the machine
without noticing the tool left on
a flywheel. The wrench flew in
to the air and struck Lehmann
in the head.
Communications
Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although
under certain circumstances the use ot a pen name or initial for publication
is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a
view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must
not exceed 400 words.
Thoughts on the Roosevelt PTA
To the Editor: I attended a re
cent Roosevelt PTA meeting be
cause I wished to see the pro-
iiuonaation film which was
shown. I was very much in
trigued when the operator pour
ing the sodium fluoride into the
city water system was protected
only by a pair of rubber gloves
lne directions on a can of so
dium fluoride sold as rat poison
stress scrupulously avoid inhal
ing the dust. To avoid inhaling
cover the nose and mouth with a
wet cloth while using." There
are other factors in the film
equally misleading. In actual
practise the operator must be
covered from head to toes with
a heavy rubber suit.
I have before me a copy of the
proceedings of the annual con
ference. State Dental Directors
with the Public Health service
and the Children's Bureau,
Washington, D.C., June 6, 1951.
The purpose of the conference
was to instruct the state officers
how to promote fluoridation. Ac
tual statements by Dr. Frank
Bull of Wisconsin include: "Let
me tell you the PTA is a honey
when it comes to fluoridation
Give them all you have got."
"Now in regard to toxicity I
noticed Dr. Bain used the term
'adding sodium fluoride.' We
never do that that is rat poison.
You add fluorides. Never mind
that sodium fluoride business.
All these things give the opposi
tion something to pick at with
out our giving them more. But
this toxicity question is a dif
ficult one. I can t give you the
answer on it.
Throughout the entire discus
sion the emphasis was on not
letting the opposition have an
opportunity to voice their facts.
The Roosevelt PTA was an ex
cellent example of such tactics.
Mr. Verne Shangle had been
granted the privilege to speak to
the group for only five minutes
because the program was too
long. But the program was re
arranged in such a manner that
the group could be dismissed in
a matter of seconds, which was
done as soon as Mr. Shangle en
tered the room. Surely fluori
dation is a very shaky proposi
tion since it must rely on blat
a n 1 1 y misleading propaganda
films and literature and prevent
the opposition from ever being
heard in order to secure accept
ance. Surely such totalitarian
methods have no place in Amer
ica and least of all in our public
schools.
Miss A. Streed,
36 North Peach St.,
Medford, Ore.
Difficult to Understand
To the Editor: It is difficult
for me to understand the small
group of people fighting such an
idea as fluoridation of drinking
water, based on tremendous re
search by highly trained and
qualified personnel.
Can this same small group be
the same sort who fought vac
cination, purification of water
supply, adequate sewage dis
posal, etc.?
Now one might say these for
mer were life saving measures,
but only one further look at the
result of tooth decay and ab
scesses to see such monsters as
certain types of arthritis, kidney
disease, heart valve damage,
sinusitis and any number of
other diseases where chronic In
fection could well be the cause.
This is a high price to pay in
human wffering and pain which
could be so easily alleviated by
a fluoridated water supply.
The thing fluoridation would
do, to my way of thinking,
would be to help those young
sters whose parents are unable
to afford adequate dental care.
Surely these children deserve
something better than complete
dentures or no teeth at all by the
time they are in their 20s.
Mrs. Elliott Harlow
301 Ardmore
Medford, Ore.
Man Quotations
To the Editor: Am enclosing a
clipping from the Klamath Falls
paper on fluoridation, given to
me by a friend.
Would like to have it printed
in The Mail Tribune, also, as
we the people, need all the in
formation we can get on this
important problem before elec
tion day.
Will you please print it in
your paper?
Mrs. Ruth Hertager,
47 North Orange st.,
Medford, Ore.
(The letter follows.)
Klamath Falls (To the Editor)
Benjamin Neslin, M.D., direc
tor of laboratories for the New
York City Department of Water
Supply, was quoted m the New
York Mirrorof April 25, 1955:
Never in the history of water
supply has a substance so toxic
In nature with such a high de
gree of physiological potency and
associated with so mucn adverse
evidence affecting public health
been seriously considered for in
troduction into the public water
supply."
S. L. Zimmerman, DDS, Ard
more Pennsylvania, president of
Pennsylvania Pure Water Asso
ciation, stated October, 1955:
'Sodium fluoride is a metallic
inorganic protoplasmic poison
and no human power can change
it. Inorganic means that it does
not belong in the human body.
It is not the lack of fluorine in
teeth that causes dental caries. I
add the voice against this das
tardly plot to poison the city
drinking water supply."
Please print this, the truth, so
people wil know how to vote on
this Nov. 6.
Mrs. M. B. Foster
She Is For Morse
To the Editor: I have been
listening to the Republican can
didates tear down Wayne Morse
for disloyalty to the people of
Oregon and for not representing
Oregon and the voters of Ore
gon. I would like to cite an inci
dent that happened to me about
three years ago.
My husband was attempting
to get his combat pay from Ko
rea. We had made several ap
plications and were turned down
on each occasion.
On one last hope, I wrote to
two of our Republican politicians
who were in Washington, D. C. I
received nothing for my labors
from either one so I wrote a sec
ond time. This time I received a
mimeographed form from the
Republican representative ask
ing me for support in the elec
tion. Finally I wrote to Senator
Morse about our plight and in
less than a week, I received a
personal letter from the Senator.
He asked for complete informa
tion on the subject and offered
his complete assistance.
In less than two weeks we re
ceived a personal letter from the
head of that department of the
Army with a complete explana
tion as to our refusals by the de
partment. I realize that this may seem
like a comparatively minute ex
ample of Wayne Morse's charac
ter, but to my husband and me,
it meant a great deal.
We won't forget the Republi
can who was so busy represent
ing Oregon that he couldn't even
acknowledge our letter, and we
won't forget Wayne Morse, who
took the plight of two people
he had never even heard of to
heart and helped us.
Wayne Morse may not be for
Eisenhower, but he is for the
people of Oregon, even the little
ones, and that's good enough for
me.
In November, I'm going to say
Thanks, Senator Morse," and
I'm going to say it with a great
big "X" next to his name on the
ballot. He is not only for Prin
ciple above Party, but also for
People above Politics.
Mrs. D. L. Johnson
110 Renault ave.
Medford, Ore.
Why Not Another Assay?
To the Editor: Would it not
be a good thing to arrange for
another assay to determine
whether or not the Al Sarena
mining claims justified the so
called "give away" on the part
of the Hon. Douglas McKay,
while he was acting in the ca
pacity of a "give away" func
tionary as secretary of , the In
terior?
It is conceded that the Mac-
Donald's were entitled to patent
their claims if they could show
the presence of commercially
valuable minerals. But it is
significant that the assay on
which they based their claims
was made in Alabama, and the
samples on which the assay was
made were destroyed. A prev
ious assay failed to justify the
patent when Chapman was Sec
retary of the Interior.
So, why doesn't the Hon. Mc
Kay, through his government
connections arrange for another
assay, thereby relieving himself
of charges of skullduggery In
the Al Sarena case, maybe. I
think that that "maybe" is what
prevents that course of action.
He prefers to attack Morse s
record, with the help of the
Oregonian and the Portland
Journal, helping thereby to
cause the people to forget the
general skullduggery rampant
in Washington since the Eisen
hower gang "got in the saddle."
C. B. Walker
3917 SE Woodward,
Portland, Ore.
P. S. The people living around
the Trail area knew that there
was no mineral on these Al
Sarena claims. They knew that
all the MacDonalds were after
was the timber, and they got
it, when McKay got in the
saddle."
Open Letter
To the Editor: An open letter
to M. White of Central Point:
Regarding the Opinion of Ex-
Governor Sprague regarding
Wayne Morse, Senator . . . After
first reading, his long brochure
seemed to harbor plausibility,
but further study soon revealed
that he left his attempt half un
done. Using over a thousand
words, he failed to mention one
of the things constructive to Ore
gon and the entire nation, that
are indelibly in the books to
Morse's credit. Is that fair ac
cording to your own code, Mr.
White?
As to his negative reactions to
the Senator's traits, that is a pat
tern that this writer himself is
familiar with from long experi
ence. This comes about from the
fact that his parents trained him
to be truthful, helpful, honest
and well-informed at all times.
Dutch, Greek Royal Families'
Difficulties Aired in Public
By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Correspondent
The private lives of two of
Europe's few remaining royal
families are being given an em-
b a r r a s s
ing public air
ing. Queen Juli
ana of The
Netherlands is
being subject
ed to criticism
because of her
close friend
ship for a wo
man faith heal
Charles alcCann
er.
It is being asserted that the
faith healer has become a sinis
ter influence in Netherlands af
fairs. King Paul and Queen Freder
ika of Greece are being accused
of spending too much money on
themselves and of permitting in
fluence peddling by members of
their royal household.
The situation in The Nether
lands has become so serious that
it is quite possible Juliana may
decide to abdicate in favor of
18-year old Crown Princess Bea
trix. Paul Pacifying Critics
It looks as if Paul is on the
way to pacifying his critics. But
conditions in Greece are such
that, in the long run, the pos
sibility of a radical change in
the situation cannot be ruled
out.
Political Movements
Both Right and Left
Seen in This Campaign
By LYLE C. WILSON
United Press Correspondent
Washington U.R) This pres
idential, campaign is demonstrat
ing positively that the likeliest
movement in
American pol
itics is to the
left, and to
the 'right.
FDR started
the leftward
activity with
h i s 1932-36
New Deal,
some of which
Lyie . wiisuii fresioent Ei
senhower suspects as "creeping
Socialism.
air. Eisenhower, however, is
moving the Republican Party's
center of gravity leftward. He's
on the New Deal trail. All Re
publicans do not applaud move
ment in that direction, nor did
all Democrats approve of FDR's
strategic march to the left. How
ever that may be, the Demo
cratic Party as led by Franklin
D. Rosevelt and Harry S. Tru
man became the majority party
in the United States. It can and
repeatedly has outvoted the Re
publican Party m national elec
tions. Right Wing Stir!
There is life stirring, how
ever, in the conservative right
wing of American politics. J,
Strom Thurmond led a success
ful right wing, states' rights raid
into Southern Democratic terri
tory in the 1948 " presidential
campaign. Thurmond won four
Southern states and 39 elector
al votes in his effort to prevent
either major party candidate
from obtaining an electoral col
lege majority. The election of
the president would have been
the responsibility of the U.S.
House of Representatives if no
candidate had won a majority
of the electoral vote.
Resistance to the leftward
trend of major party politics
continues to create splinter
Yet almost daily, lesser informed
people rush pell-mell at him and
call him a liar, a "dope" or
"crazy!" Unlike the eminent
Rev. Emerson Fosdick, many
people do not know how to ad
just themselves to those who ob
viously are better equipped on
more subjects than they them
selves are! Instead, they react
with an uncontrollable bitter
ness. We can now understand
why the harassed Senator Morse
has to speak in his own defens
. . . he is compelled, often ,to do
this the unpleasant but necssary
way. How else could he justify
to himself his continuance in the
long fight for better legislation
for all the people!
However, supposing that
Wayne did have to over-indulge
in the usage of his name with
regard to the doings of the nation
. . . supposing! Let us hark back
to the philosopher Francis Ba
con. He said that to carry out his
life's work he found it necessary
to do things as a Lord Chancel
lor that he would have preferred
not to do were he merely a
plodding layman. And his life's
work? Do we need to tell that
it was hp who spt in mntinn trip
great mechanical age? He is the I
father of every machine ... I
every formula. So, no matter the
petty irritations of some inc'i.
viduals, the life's work of Sena
tor Morse, already so fruitfully
on its way, MUST GO ON. We
must gratefully grant him his
due recognition as a better
equipped man for the enactment
of the public weal, than most of
us (including the ex-Governor).
Walter Gabriel
617 South 18th St.
Omaha, Neb.
' Juliana's trouble stems from
the fact that her fourth and
youngest daughter, 9-year old
Princess Marijke, was born with
defective eye sight the re
sult of an attack of measles
which the Queen suffered dur
ing her pregnancy. Physicians
were unable to restore the
child's sight to normal.
Prince Bernhard, the Queen's
husband, heard of a faith healer
who was credited with some re
markable cures. Square-shouldered,
masculine-looking Greet
Hofmans was taken into the roy
al household in 1950. She had
no better success with her healing-by-faith
methods than the
physicians.
Bernhard did not like the
way things were going. He
thought Miss Hofmans was too
prominent in palace affairs. But
Juliana refused his demand that
she be sent away.
Rumors Start Circulating
Rumors started to circulate
that either Miss Hofmans was
influencing the Queen's judg
ment in national affairs or that
the influence was being exert
ed by intriguing persons who
used Miss Hofmans as a tool to
get their views before the
Queen. A coolness arose between
Juliana and Bernard.
The situation was brought into
the open last June by a German
weekly magazine. It was ignored
party protest movements. The
conservatives are looking for
more conservative leadership.
Former Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue T. Coleman An
rews this week accepted the
presidential nomination of a
constitutionalist or states' rights
party tendered in his native city,
Richmond,' Va. The vice presi
dential nominee is former Rep.
Thomas H. Werdell (R-Calif.).
They are a conservative team.
Slaiei In 13 States
Andrews' backers expect to
have slates of conservative elec
tors on the ballot in 13 states.
Another conservative presiden
tial ticket will be represented
on the Indiana ballot next
month.
Candidate Andrews caught
some sudden attention last win
ter after leaving the Internal
revenue Service. He denounced
the income tax system as unfair
and confiscatory, unduly bur
densome on the middle-income
brackets. He would abolish the
income tax.
"America today," said An
drews, "is in the death grip of
taxation."
These so-called third party
movements are- sufficient evi
dence that something is stirring
among conservative voters.
There is likely to be more,
rather than' less, of it. Such is
the way major parties are born
by an - anxious dissatisfaction
among a substantial element of
the population.
Shell, Standard Plan
600-Mile Pipe Line
San Francisco (U.R1 Shell
Oil Co. and Standard Oil of Cal
ifornia are considering building
a 600-mile pipeline from north
eastern Arizona to Los Angeles.
The two companies said the
line would pipe oil recenUy dis
covered in the "Four Corners"
area where the boundaries of
Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and
Colorado meet.
The line would follow gen
erally uninhabited route from
north of Flagstaff and Kingman,
Ariz., through the Mojave des
ert. It would have an initial
capacity of 50,000 barrels daily
and an ulitmate capacity of 100,-
000 barrels.
Former Congressman
From Oregon Dies
Portland U.R) Judge Wil
liam Alexander Ekwsdl, 69, a
former Oregon congressman and
a member of the United States
customs court in New York,
died here last night from cancer.
John Ekwall, who came to
Portland in 1903, was elected
to Congress in 1934 and was de
feated for reelection in 1936 by
Nan Wood Honeyman.
He took his seat on the cus
toms court in 1942, an appointee
ofthe late President Roosevelt.
Survivors include his widow.
Lina, and two daughters.
Here Today!
Here Everyday!
Your BEST
Food Buys!
in The Netherlands at first. Fi
nally the government and the
royal family were compelled to
recognize it.
Miss Hofmans was sent away
from the royal household. But
it is asserted that her influence
remains.
In Greece, beset by increas
ingly troublous economic condi
tions, opposition politicians
started accusing the royal couple
of extravagance.
Influence Peddling Charges
It was asserted that Paul and
Frederika were lavishing money
on luxurious yacht cruises and
visits of state junkets
abroad. Frederika was accused
of using secret funds to buy
costly Parisian clothes. There
were charges also of influence
peddling.
A blow-up came when parlia
ment increased the King's an
nual allowance to $383,000 tax
clear.
Paul decided to roll with the
punches. He announced Tues
day that he would close his main
palace in the interest of econ
omy and would reduce the num
ber of his court officials. Four
of the officials were ousted on
the charge that they used their
jobs to advance their business
connections.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
A survey just completed by
one of the leading professionals
of the country shows that as of
now politics is the topic of con
versation of only 44.7 per cent
of the 102 million Americans
old enough to vote.
It finds that more persons
talk about politics in the West
than in any other area of our
country and that men talk mora
about politics than women do.
NOTE, please, that these poll
sters are concerned only with
people who TALK about poli
tics. I wish they'd give us a
count on the people who THINK
CONSTRUCTIVELY about
politics.
That would be really Inter
esting. THE head of this survey outfit
his name is Sindlinger and
he's presently accepted as one.
of the toppers in the business
adds that it is STARTLING to
see how more and more millions
of people start talking politics
as the election gets closer.
Heck! There's nothing start
ling about that. As this is writ
ten, another tornado is brewing
off of the southeast of Florida.
It isn't creating much excite
ment yet but as it gets
CLOSER everybody in Florida
will be talking about it.
Something that is going to
happen tomorrow is always
more exciting than something
that is going to happen week
after next.
THE teletype tells about a man
named Grusgecki who found
a woman's purse on the Pennsyl
vania Turnpike and drove 100
miles out of his way to deliver
it to her in Pittsburg.
The story labels it as another
instance of the brotherhood ot
SHUCKS! Lets be realistic
about these things. He was
probably looking for a little
publicltv.
He could have MAILED it to
her for a tew pennies.
I MENTION this because In
these modern days too many
people do things for the public
ity they get instead of doing
what they believe TO BE
RIGHT.
The world would be better
off if more of us followed the
advice of Matthew (VI-3): "When
thou doest alms, let not they
left hand know what thy right
hand doeth."
THE dispatches tell us that a
knotty diplomatic problem
may develop in San Francisco if
the district attorney decides to
file a shoplifting charge against
the wife of the Yugoslavian
vice-consul Stanislav Juznic.
She was arrested Saturday on
a charge of taking merchandise
worth slightly more than $26
from a San Fancisco store.-
Her case is remindful of the
Russian ballet dancer who was
arrested in London for shoplift
ing. That one caused quite a
flurry in diplomatic circles.
I7HY.are these problem!
"knotty?"
It's quite simple. Diplomats
are VISITORS. They are pre
sumed to be friendly visitors.
Suppose you caught a visit
ing FRIEND, or a member of a
visiting friend's family, lifting
stuff out of your dresser
drawers.
It would pose a knotty prob
lem for you.
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