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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
April 3, 1947 (Thursday)
Jackson Coiuity Chamber of
Commerce will hold a tourist
host school at Rogue Valley
Country club April 14.
From Afthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: Baseball,
the national sport, is beset by
bickering. At times, it looks like
the national sport is bickering
20 YEARS AGO
April, 3, 1937 (Saturday)
A large increase in out-of-state
automobile registrations during
March over the previous -month
is reported by Lee Garlock,
local AAA manager.
Residents have been invited
to inspect civilian conservation
corps operations at the Jackson
county fairgrounds this Sunday.
30 YEARS AGO
April 3. 1927 (Sunday)
Radical changes are in -store
for railroad companies, accord
ing to Harper Leech, well-known
writer of economic subjects.
Stage owners and officials
meet at Stage Terminal hotel to
consider uniform passenger rate
on the Redwood Roosevelt high
ways.
40 YEARS AGO
April 3. 1917 (Tuesday)
President Wilson urges Con
gress to declare a state of war
between United States and Ger
many.
Carl Heilbronner, chief yoe
man, and Arthur Perry, yoeman,
first class, are first Medford men
to receive call to active duty.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nina or tea correct Is superior; sev
en or eight is excellent; five or
six Is good.
1.. What is hyperthyroidism?
2. How many pairs of ribs do
human beings have?
3. Bible: "And it came to pass
at the end of 40 days, that Noah
opened the" what?
4. Investigation of depreda
tions uDon U. S. mails is under
jurisdiction of the Federal Bu
reau of Investigation; true or
false?
5. Are swordfish, tuna, or bar
racuda known as "tiger of the
sea"?
6. Chess may be played on a
checkerboard; true or false?
7. Mosquitoes are a common
pest in Alaska; true or false?
8. A pintail is a western sad
dle horse, wild duck, or deer?
9. Does "all-around" mean the
same as "all around"?
10. 'The louder he talked of
his honor, the faster we counted
our" -what?
Answers: 1. An overactive thy
roid gland. 2. Twelve. 3. "win
dow of the ark." 4. False, (it is
under the jurisdiction of the
Chief Inspector, Post Office De
partment, Washington. D.C.). 5.
Tuna. 6. True. 7. True. 8. Wild
duck. 9. No. 10. "spoons."
Emerson.
East German Refugees 8
Put Up Real Squawk
Hamburg, Germany (U.R)
Eighteen East German reiugees
put up a real squawk Tuesday
when they were handed over to
East German police after a
three-month illegal visit to the
West.
The "squawk" was as real as
18 geese could make it.
The birds floated 75 miles
down the Elbe diver on an ice
flow last January in a 10-day
voyage that took them from East
German Mueggendorf village to
West German Hamburg city.
MAIL TRIBUNE
Berrydale s Choice
If the Medford city council follows the path of
logic, it will again give to residents of the Berrydale
district a chance to decide with their votes whether
or not the area should be annexed to the city.
This we.believe for several reasons. These include :
1. The area proposed for annexation is smaller and
more compact than the area in which annexation was
rejected by a vote last fall.
2. Polls of the area indicate there is a much strong
er pro-annexation sentiment now than there was five
months ago, particularly since many residents have
become convinced that annexation is the best and
for the immediate future, the only solution to their
sanitation problem.
3. Alternatives are either too far in the future, or
too costly.
4. The sanitation menace is getting worse, not bet
ter. And it's pretty bad now.
I ET us grant for a moment that the arguments
voiced in 1 and 2 above are debatable and not,
within themselves, sufficient reasons to call an an
nexation election.
This leaves the questions of what else can be done,
and what the problem actually is.
As we see it, the alternatives are annexation, on
the one hand, or a long period of impotent waiting
for "somebody to do something" on the other pos
sibly capped by a costly, forced program based on
the public health hazard.
Before we go further, it should be pointed out
that the city has refused (and with good reason) to
approve use of its Camp White disposal plant by the
Berrydale area as long as it remains outside the city.
For legal and financial reasons, it can no longer offer
the facilities owned by the people of Medford to non
residents, who have no legal obligation for their
maintenance.
i
")NE alternative is to wait for some hypothetical
piece of legislation (not yet enacted) which
might or might not make solution easier.
Another is to do nothing. In this case, the public
health authorities may be forced to act. Dr. Harold
M. Erickson, state health
"Under existing laws the state board of health does not
have authority to build sewej systems and to charge the
cost to the property owners. However, either the state board
of health through the state sanitary authority or the Jackson
county health officer could under existing circumstances
certify to the Jackson county court that an emergency ex
ists in the area requiring that immediate action be taken to
protect health. The county court could then proceed accord
ing to law to install the required facilities at the expense of
the property owners. . . In the case of the Berrydale district,
the most economical and practical method for disposing of
the; sewage would undoubtedly be by discharge into the
Medford sewerage system. If the city refused to contract
... for such a. service, then a separate treatment plant
would have to be built. This would greatly increase the cost
to the property owners in the district. Furthermore if the
county has to build the facilities it wiU be considerably
more difficult for the people to finance the cost because
it is doubtful that due to constitutional limitations the
county has authority to issue local improvement (Bancroft)
bonds for this purpose. . . In view of the above facts we rec
ommend that if an annexation election is held it be ap
proved by the voters."
THOSE are blunt words. But they spell out in unmis
takable form the situation the residents find them
selves faced with.
It boils down to this: Either the area can join the
city and obtain sanitary facilities as part of the city
and in the manner that city residents now do. Or it
can wait, hoping for the best, and find that other
solutions are impossible or far more costly.
There seems to be no third choice.
The fact is that the situation has progressed to a
point where the community as a whole has a vital
interest in the problem.
THIS ispointed out graphically in another para
" graph of Dr. Erickson's letter, where he says :
"The state board of health is greatly concerned about
the health hazard and insanitary conditions created in the
Berrydale district adjacent to the city of Medford due to the
lack of adequate sewage disposal facilities. Because of the
extremely unfavorable soil and drainage coditions which
prevail in your area there is only one solution to such a
problem and that is the installation of a community-wide,
sewer system."
The county health department's report on the area
makes unsavory reading. Here are excerpts:
". . . Regulations governing the disposal of domestic
sewage and other household wastes state that 'No human
excreta, kitchen wastes, laundry water, sink water, toilet
wastes or other septic tank effluent shall be allowed to dis
charge or flow upon the surface of the ground or into any
ditch, gutter, street, roadway or public place. . .'
"It was found that all of the residences located along the
east side of Merriman road, without a single exception,
were in violation of the above. . . Some residences had short
sections of pipe leading away from the septic tank and then
into open ditches. Other places had longer pipes . . . leading
to the back of the property, but here again the effluent was
found on the surface of the ground or in swampy areas. . .
". . . Those residences along the east side of (Connell)
street appeared to be all right, but those along the west side
of the street were all having trouble and the liquid wastes
were appearing on the surface of the ground. Some people
may feel that because the installation contains enough pipe
to carry the sewage over the brow of a hill and ofit of sight,
there is no problem. As long as sewage is allowed to come
to the surface of the ground there is a constant health men
ace from flies, mosquitoes and other means of transporta
tion. "Of those residences on the east side of Elliott street, it
, was found that three-fourths of them have systems that
were not functioning properly. . . (Those) along the west
side . . . were having the same trouble.
"It was found that all the residences on Mace road, be
tween Howard avenue and Elliott, have improperly function
ing systems without exception."
THIS is a situation which must not long continue.
The city is again offering its facilities to the area,
provided only that it join in shouldering its share of
the full responsibilities of the city along with its other
residents.
The decision is up to the Berrydale voters. But they
should know that a decision against annexation will
only postpone a solution, which will be more costly in
the long run. E.A. .
Wednesday, April 3, 1957
officer, recently wrote :
Chancellor
Tha n Ever,
By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Correspondent
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer
of West Germany is making a
big political comeback.
Only a few
weeks ago the
Social Demo
crats, the chief
opposition to
Adenauer's
Christian Dem
ocratic Union,
were confi
dent they
would throw
Charles McCann mm oui in xne
parlimentary election to be held
Sept. 15.
Now political experts in Bonn,
the West German capital, are
predicting an Adenauer victory.
The old man himself he
was 81. on Jan. 5 is mapping
out a whistle-stop campaign in
order to show West Germany's
35 million voters that, despite
his age, he still is vigorous and
able to lead his government for
another four-year term.
He plans to cover the country
in his special train, taking his
big black Mercedes sedan on a
flat car for detours, and "make
at least three or four speeches a
day in addition to a series of big
set speeches spaced through the
campaign.
Adenauer Getting Stronger
It is interesting that Adenauer
seems to be getting stronger
while the leaders of the other
three big governments in West
ern Europe Prime Minister
Harold Macmillan of Great Bri
tain, Premier Guy Mollet of
France and Premier Antonio
Segni of Italy all are in trouble
over one issue or another.
Adenauer had succeeded in
putting over an unpopular re
armament program including
conspription. He was compelled
Teamsters Guard
Seriousness of
Break With Beck
Washington (U.R) The
Teamsters Union high command
today wrapped in secrecy the
seriousness of its apparent break
with Teamster President Dave
Beck.
At the same time, the Internal
Revenue Service was reported to
have referred the results of its
investigation of Beck to the
Justice Department for possible
prosecution. The department de
clined to comment.
Beck, in taking the Fifth
Amendment 117 times before
the Senate Rackets Committee
rather than discuss his finan
cial activities, said he had been
warned he might be indicted on
income tax charges.
Campaign Said Rejected
Members of the Teamster Ex
ecutive committee refused to dis
cuss what went on at a many
hours-long secret meeting at
which the committee is reported
to have overwhelmingly rejected
Beck's proposed $1 million
"truth" campaign.
The only public clue was is
sued late Tuesday by Beck in the
form of a three paragraph state
ment. It said the committee unani
mously approved a "public rela
tions program" to fight "anti
labor legislation." Sources said
the committee voted to spend
$150,000 to $200,000.
Union's Answer
The campaign possibly was
the union's answer to statements
by a number of senators saying
they would favor legislation to
correct alleged abuses turned up
by the Senate rackets investiga
tion. No mention was made of the
campaign announced by Beck
last week to tell the nation's 1,
400,000 Teamsters and the pub
lic the "truth" about Senate
charges that he took $322,000
in union cash for his own use.
Nor did it deny reports that
the committee rejected the
"truth" campaign with only
Beck and his executive assist
ant, Vice President Einar Mohn,
voting in favor.
Greeters to Meet at
Elk Lumber Company
Members of the Jackson Coun
ty Chamber of Commerce and
interested local residents have
been invited to a "coffee clatch"
at the administration building at
Elk Lumber company, Medford,
Thursday morning.
. Those planning to attend may
go directly to Elk Lumber com
pany by 8:45 a.m. or meet at the
Medford hotel at 8 a.m. where
transportation will be provided,
according to greeter's committee
members.
Lumber industry representa
tives will attend the meeting
and give a brief explanation of
the "industry." George Flana
gan and Herb Samoert, of Elk
Lumber company will act as
hosts for the meeting. Inspection
tours through the Elk plant also
have been arranged.
Bill Abbott and Ken MacDon
ald', co-chairmen of the chamber
greeter's committee, arranged
the special meeting with lumber
industry officials in Jackson
county.
Adenauer Stronger
Despite Predictions
to reduce the draft term from' 18
months to one year. But the first
batch of 9,733 draftees entered
service Monday without incident
and the draft is being accepted.
At the moment, oa his way
home after a state visit to Iran,
Adenauer is preparing to enter
important trade negotiations
with Russia.
The Soviet government has
long been seeking better rela
tions with West Germany on
its own terms.
Though he reluctantly estab
lished diplomatic relations with
Russia, Adenauer has not proved
responsive to Russian gestures.
No Russian Talks
He has said publicly that he
does not care to confer either
with Soviet Premier Nikolai A.
Bulganin or with Soviet Deputy
Premier and Trade Minister
Anastas I. Mikoyan, who also
wants to visit Bonn.
Adenauer's reason for his cold
Today and
By Walter
THE PRESIDENT
AND THE BUDGET
In talking about the budget at
his press conference last Wednes
day, the President extricated
himself from
the untenable
position he had
taken before.
Then he was
saying, so Con
gress and the
rest of us had
supposed, that
the budget was
too high, that
he would like
Walter Lippmann
to see it reduced but that -since
only Congress could reduce it, it
was their responsibility, not his,
to revise the budget. This general
understanding of what he be
lieved was, of course, heavily in
fluenced by the famous press
conference in which Secretary
Humphrey had spoken so harsh
ly of the President's budget.
After several weeks of con
fusion, the President has changed
his position, and he has now
made- himself the defender and
the advocate of his own budget.
Whatever one may think of the
budget, this is a sounder attitude,
both legally and morally, than
his earlier one.
UNDER existing law the Presi
dent is obligated to present a
budget which he believes in and
is prepared to justify and defend.
The law (Title I, Chapter 31 of
the United States Code) says
that "the President shall trans
mit ... to Congress the budget
which sets forth . . . estimated
expenditures and proposed ap
propriations necessary in his
judgment for the support of the
government."
Until last week's press confer
ence, what we had instead was
a budget which the Secretary of
the Treasury said was too high,
which the President said could
be reduced if the Congress would
repeal or amend some of the
great spending programs which
Congress and apparently Con
gress alone had enacted.
In order to justify this alarm
ing abdication of the executive
authority, the President pictured
himself as a humble servant of
Congress whose orders he is car
rying out. "We have worked
many months on the develop
ment of the budget," he said on
March 13, "and each item in
there has been developed with
the idea of performing to the
very best of our ability the re
sponsibilities laid on the execu
tive department by Congress for
carrying out its mandates." Con
gress, he asserted, has ordered a
number of "great programs"
which cost money, and there can
not be "any great cuts in the
budget" until and unless Con
gress votes for "the cutting out
or the elimination or slowing up,
at least, of some of these great
programs."
31 Donors Make
Appointments
Appointments have been
made by 31 persons for the Red
Cross Bloodmobile which will
visit Medford Tuesday, April 9,
recording to Red Cross officials.
Donors needed will be 350
with the quota for the visit 290
pints. Appointments, which are
being accepted now, may be
made by telephoning the blood
bank office, 3-3813, officials said.
The Bloodmobile will be at the
Elks temple in Medford between
1 and 6 p.m. and in Ashland,
Wednesday, April 10.
Appointments have been made
so far by Dan Krotz, Lester Wal
lace, Edna Harris, Sidney Har
ris, Beryl Karfan, Helen Barnes,
Mrs. Don Bergman, Caroline
Perrine, Betty Kistner, K. G.
Denman, H. C. Mason, Fred R.
Brennan, Walter Higgins, K. W.
Cook, Donald E. Herried Ed
mend E. Haas, R. M. Johnson,
John H. Quitt, Lois Rone, Edna
Miller, Grace Robison, Janet
McKee, Irene Williams, Mflrie
Vinson, Wilma f Phillips, June
Toews, Alyse Myers, Harold
Head, William Prentice, J. A.
McDougall, and Arnold Opgrand.
ness to the Russians is because
the Soviet government will not
agree to Germany's reunifica
tion. He is determined, too, to
keep West Germany tied to the
North Atlantic Treaty Organi
zation unless there is a revolu
tionary change in the European
situation.
It is reported in Bonn that
Adenauer is preparing to send a
new communication on reunifi
cation to Moscow within the
next few weeks.
Because of the unification sit
uation, Adenauer has refused to
enter a formal trade agreement
with Russia. Hence the negotia
tions which are to start late this
month or early in May will be
for an informal trade agreement
instead of a formal trade treaty.
Russia is so eager for the
agreement that it is likely Mi
koyan will head the Soviet trade
delegation despite the fact that
Adenauer is on record as not
particularly wanting to see him.
Tomorrow
Lippmann
rpHIS was a strange picture of
how the government happens
to oe engagea m the great pro
grams" that cost so much money.
Are they really the work of Con
gress alone, initiated in Con
gress,' developed in Congress,
with the President waiting hat
in hand at the door of Congress
for his orders? Anyone who
thought this was a true and can
did picture of the origin and
character of the great spending
programs has only to recall the
President's messages to Con
gress, the platform on which he
ran for President, the proud cam
paign speeches he made about
the record of his administration.
The President's first position
on the budget was untenable, as
the reaction in Congress and in
the country made quite evident.
Last week, in a not-very-happy
mood, he made himself the cham
pion of his own budget.
.
rpHE country, or at least a large
and vocal part of it, is star
tled by the size of the budget. Is
the size of it really startling? It
is startling, but only when it is
measured by the campaign prom
ises of 1952, especially the prom
ises made by General Eisen
hower after his famous covenant
on Morningside Heights with
Senator Taft.
But measured "by the . cam
paign promises ' of 1956, when
the President adopted the philos
ophy of the new Republicanism,
the President is entitled to say,
as he is now saying, that his bud
get proposes to carry out con
servatively what the voters have
been promised.
The crux of the matter is that
between 1952 and 1956 the Presi
dent committed himself to the
"great programs" which cost so
much. At the same time he was
compelled because of the state
of the cold war to have a great
program of military defense.
WHEN General Eisenhower
ran for office in 1952, he felt
able to offer big promises of re
duced expenditures because he
made two assumptions. One as
sumption was that he could end
the war in Korea, and that this
would be followed by a peace
which permitted important re
ductions in the military spend
ing. His other assumption was
that he could stop the expansion
of, and even cut back consider
ably, the grants and subsidies of
the welfare programs.
The basic difference between
the orthodox Republicans and
the Eisenhower or new Republi
cans is over these two assump
tions. The orthodox Republicans
still believe in these two assump
tions where the President does
not.
Thus the orthodox believe that
much money can be saved, es
pecially out of what now goes to
foreign aid, by a more isolation
ist foreign policy.. The President,
on the other hand, believes in
collective security, which can
not be made to work without
subsidies to foreign countries.
The orthodox believe also that
the welfare measures can be re
duced, and that a lot of money
Lean thus be saved. The President
and the new Republicans have
become convinced that the party
cannot win elections unless it is
able to attract those large blocs
of voters who had become an in
vincible coaltion under Franklin
Roosevelt.
. . .
rTHE President's budget is not
a, series of great programs
commanded by Congress. The
budget is the new Republican
ism, in this time of unabated
cold war, when translated into
dollars. It is what it is because
of decisions made deliberately by
President Eisenhower himself,
and the Congress has been well
justified in insisting that he take
the responsibility, be it to defend
the budget or to say where it
should be reduced.
(c) 1957 New York Herald
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Knowland Eyes 'Great
Debate' on Assistance
To Satellite Nations
By RAYMOND LAHR
United Press Correspondent
Washington (U.R) Senate
Republican Leader William F.
Knqwland thinks it's about time
for another "great debate" on
foreign policy.
So far, the issue which is
bothering him has not aroused
any fervor for debate on either
side of the political aisle by men
of comparable stature. But it
could come when Congress con
siders the administration's for
eign aid program and perhaps
when the Senate reviews the
treaty to put the United States
in an international atoms-for-peace
agency.
Knowland is troubled because
he believes the administration is
moving toward a "Communist
Marshall Plan," a program of
aid for the Russian satellites of
Eastern Europe.
Against Polish Aid
Since early winter he has been
sounding alarms on this subject.
More recently and more specifi
cally, he has protested against
offers of aid to Poland in nego
tiations last month.
He aso dissented from the ad
ministration on one provision of
a biU passed by the Senate this
week. The provision would per
mit the administration to barter
surplus farm products to Iron
Curtain countries for strategic
materials.
Knowland said the Commu
nist countries could buy agricul
tural products from tho TTnitprl
States with dollars, if they
wished, thereby reducing the
dollars available to internation
al Communism for subversive ac
tion against this nation.
Senate Votes Favorably
The Senate voted against
Knowland on this issue, 54-23.
GOP Senators split almost down
Texas Election Win
Hailed by Demos;
GOP Denies Claim
Washington (U.R) Demo
crats today hailed the election
of a Democratic senator, Ralph
Yarborough, in Texas as affirm
ation of the grass roots strength
of the Democratic party.
Republicans denied it. They
poiniea out tnat despite the
Texas swing to President Eisen
hower in 1952 and 1956 it is a
Democratic state.
However, the Democrats cele
brated a double victory. Not
only had they defeated a sena
torial candidate backed by the
President but they had 'again
managed to hold their slim con
trol of the Senate by doing it.
Election of GOP senatorial
candidate T h a d Hutcheson
would have meant a 48-48 split
in the Senate. That would haye
enabled Vice President , Richard
M. Nixon to cast his tie-breaking
ing vote, throwing Senate con
trol to the Republicans.
Would Have Had Control
, The GOP would have taken
over control of committee chair
manships and the flow of legis
lation , through the Senate.
Senate GOP leader William
F. Knowland said only Tuesday
that "anytime we get 48 votes
we are prepared to move for re
organization of the Senate."
After Hutcheson's defeat he had
no immediate comment.
Senate Democratic whip Mike
Mansfield said the defeat of
Hutcheson was "good news for
the country."
But Sen. Andrew F. Schoep
pel (Kan.), chairman of the Sen
ate GOP Campaign Committee,
said "Texas is a Democratic
state fundamentally and I am
sure the Republican candidate
made a very fine showing."
He said there is now. a great
er chance than ever before for
a two-party system in Texas.
Panama Canal Sets
Record for Ship Use
Panama (U.R) The Pan
ama Canal handled more ships
last month than any month in
its 42-year history.
The Panama' Canal Co. releas
ed figures showing 981 vessels
used the waterway in March,
123 more than the previous rec
ord of 858 set last December.
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the middle with 21 supporting
his amendment and 19 opposing
it.
The California senator, who
often has foreign policy disputes
with the administration, argues
that any help to the satellites
gives at least indirect help to
Russia. He also has suggested
that any such help would mean
either enlarging the overall for
eign aid program or subtracting
from the aid given to U. S.
allies and neutrals.
The other side of the argu
ment is that any moves to pro
vide aid for the Soviet satellites
would be intended to encourage
their independence from Russia
an argument Knowland win.
not buy.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
The U.S. supreme court that
is to say, the court of last resort
has refused to review the fed
eral pow?r commission licensing
of three private power company
dams in Hell's Canyon on the
Snake river between Idaho and
Oregon.
A PRIVATE power company
(the Idaho Power Co.), act
ing on the authority of a license
issued by the federal power com
mission, is already proceeding
with the construction of three
dams that when completed will
flood out the proposed federal
power site.
Since the supreme court has
refused to intervene, it is to be
presumed that these dams will
be completed in due time and
the Hell's Canyon federal proj
ect, over which so many billions
of impassioned words have been
spilled, will pass into the limbo
of forgetfulness.
MAYBE it shouldn't be that
way. -But
A lot of power will be made
available in the near future
WHEN IT IS NEEDED.
And
Over the years to come a priv
ate business enterprise will pay
into the treasury of Oregon a lot
of tax money which the state
of Oregon can certainly use.
So maybe all isn't lost.
OREGON'S Republican party
hoping, the newsmen tell
us, to get .away from the "Port
land influence" is getting a new
headquarters city (Salem), a new
state central committee chairman
(James F. Short, succeeding Wen
dell, Wyatt who resigned) and is
to be put under the microscope
and studied intesively for several
months by a committee of the
party's members to be appointed
by the chairman.
This committee will investi
gate the merits of making the
chairmanship a full-time paid po
sition. As an alternative to mak
ing the chairman a full-time
paid employee it will consider
the idea of " enlarging the sal
aried office staff. It will also
look into the value of organizing
county chairmen by congression
al districts as it is believed by
many that the Oregon GOP lacks
"organizational strength at the
district level."
I SUPPOSE that's the way to go
about it.
But I can't help wondering
what would happen if a bunch
of grassroots Republicans be
lieving fiercely that what their
party stands for is better for
their state and their ' country
than what the opposition party
stands for, should get together
and draw up a platform that
would be so SOUND and so SIN
CERE that it would command
the respect of all who read it
And then select a list of candi
dates so able and so outstanding
that their names and their per
sonalities would guarantee the
putting of the platform into ef
fect And then go before the peo
ple on the sole issue of a plat
form that would stand the acid
test and LEADERSHIP that
would translate the promises of
the platform into actual perform-
SHUCKS!
I must be dreamins?.
The Founding Fathers did it
that way, but that was a long,
long time ago.
Mrs. Lirwiller
"It is better to know us and not need us,
. than to need us and not know us."
v.