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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEA8S AGO
April 21, 1947 (Monday)
Frank J. VanDyke elected pres
ident of the Southern Oregon
Bar association at a meeting in
Grants Pass.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: The Pro
fessional Women of Southern
Oregon met here Sunday, and
tackled problems caused by ama
tew man.
3 YEARS AGO
31, 1937 (Wednesday)
Application for a franchise to
operate a street car bus service
Medford is filed with city
ancil by R. Harnish and J.
Ruddies.
City council defers action on
special committee report recom
cmndlng public vote on $50,000
tSwolving fund for street repair.
m YEARS AGO
JLfett 21, 1927 (Thursday)
Sew Owen - Oregon sawmill
Indicated at public celebration.
Phoenix High school glee
club will give a show tomorrow
in the high school auditorium
under the direction of Charles
Hazelrigg.
40 YEARS AGO
April 21. 1917 (Saturday)
Chairman Simon Benson of
the state highway commission
notified Medford Commercial
club $50,000 will be devoted this
year to the Crater Lake high
way. The. high prices of eggs in
Medford is due to the shortage
of production caused by high
prices of grain, according to ag
riculture officials.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct Is superior; sev
en ct eight Is excellent: five er
six Is good.
1. Exports 1801: 65,000 bbls. of
rice; 8,000,000 lbs. of cotton;
8,500 bbls. of indigo; 5,996 hogs
heads of tobacco from which
state?
2. Jesse James was once Sec
retary of Commerce; true or
false?
3. Bible: Is the word "razor
mentioned in conjunction with
the word "barber's"?
4. Was Henry Hudson an Eng
lishman, Dutchman or German
5. What is the unit of measure
ment for diamonds?
6. In which ocean is the Sar
gasso Sea? '
7. How many stars of insignia
of rank does Douglas MacArthur
wear?
8. The "Nick Carter" stories
were known as novels?
9. How is the word "flageolet"
pronounced?
10. "D'ye ken John Peel when
he's far, far away.With bis
hounds and his horn in the morn
ing?" Unknown. What is the
title of this old English hunting
song?
Answers: 1 South Carolina.
X False. (Jesse Jones was ence
Secretary of Commerce, Jesse
JSaroes was a bandit.) 3. Yes
Cpzek. 5:1). 4. An Englishman
fin Dutch employ). 5. The carat.
6. The Atlantic. 7. Five stars.
8. Dime. 9 Flaj-o-let, 10.
"John PeeL"
MAIL TRIBUNE
More "Double-Talk"
We have often criticized the magazine "Time"
for slanting its news, but that does not mean we never
agree with its editorializing.
In the current issue, for
with its characterization of
Humphrey, as a master not
political double-talk?
The sketch is entitled
its conclusion is as follows, quote :
"The (Humphrey) disservice haunts those fellow mem
bers of the administration who believe the budget is the
minimum price for providing the services that an expand
ing U. S. needs domestically, and the leadership that the
world needs abroad."
That, in a general sense is the opinion of this pa
per. We don't deny that the budget could be cut here
and there without a disservice to the country and its
welfare at home and abroad; but it is our belief, it
could not be and should not be cut drastically
or indiscriminately, and that, as a whole, it should
be held intact, substantially as it is.
.
THIS was once the view of Secretary Humphrey.
As "Time" points out when the budget was
first presented the President's Sec'y. of the Treas
ury gave it his blanket approval, reading to his press
conference a prepared statement "written with White
House assistance and approved word for word by the
President.
But then came the question and answer period,
and as "Time" expresses
struck out on his own to-wit:
"If long range expenditures are not reduced the nation
wiU see a depression that will curl your hair, because we
are just taking too much money out of this economy that
we need to make jobs the budget could indeed be
cut and if we can make sufficient reduction now, then we
would be in "a position to reduce taxes a year from now."
THAT was taking as
iiroiucui,;) uuugci da
of the administration dared, but as Time empha
sizes, it was not until many weeks later when Presi
dent Eisenhower cruised to Bermuda for his confer
ence with the British premier, that he finally decided
HE would HAVE to go all-out for his budget if it was
to be saved.
So the President did go
Whereupon, again according to Time, Humphrey
tried publicly to reconcile his views with those of the
chief executive but made what Washington calls a
"flap" but to this department appears to have been
more of a "flop."
e
IN SHORT, the secretary
bv many ujLLxciciib eiueo cu. cue uuuget queauuu,
that it is impossible now, of has been at any given
time in the past to tell just where he does stand.
He gave it his formal and complete "ok," then he
said it was too big and should be materially reduced,
then asked to give an explanation of why he opposed
the leader of his party, he denied this and claimed
he had been "misquoted"
Pretty hard to follow.
WHAT is the truth, anyway?
"UT11 O A TT 1 J.l
t en, ao we see n, oecieicti y nuiiipnrey is uie
Outstanding exarrmlp. of the division trtprp is within
the Republican party between those who really be-
1-! ' n i Ty i et i -, t
ueve m rresiaeni iisennower s modern Kepuoncan
ism" and those who don't but who for the sake of
party harmony, when put on the spot, deny it.
Secretary Humphrey, who not only inherited the
Mark Hanna properties in Cleveland but inherited the
Mark Hanna view of practical politics, versus busi
ness, belongs to the ultra-conservative section of the
Grand Old Party. He has no more use for Ike's "wel
fare state" propensities than his predecessor of the
M. A. Hanna company would have had 60 years ago.
But he undoubtedly 'is a loyal and devoted per
sonal friend of the President's, and is equally devoted
to the G.O.P. Therefore, he gives lip service to every
thing the President does and says, but time after time
(as "Time" points out), when put in a spot, demon
strates clearly he isn't saying what he really believes.
A LL OF WHICH doesn't add up to any crime, but
is merely another example of the eternal hypo
crisy and make-believe, that, regardless of party, is
such a striking feature of contemporary politics.
R.W.R.
As to Juvenile Delinquency
We have been asked to give our opinion of the
"Juvenile Delinquency" problem.
That is a reasonable request, so here it js, to-wit:
We know such a problem exists, but we don't know
any sure-fire solution of it. Nor have we heard any
thing offered that sounded to us like one.
Many years ago the answer was "boys will be
boys." Today added to that is "girls will be girls,"
also. 1
Adolescence is a dangerous period of transition,
change and readjustment. It is not a new problem, but
with the advance of population, and particularly the
advance of science and the automobile, it has become
a more complicated and perplexing one.
So while we realize the problem exists and is a
serious one, we don't, as so many newspapers do,
know the answer to it.
A LL we really KNOW is this:
" The Mail Tribune has been dealing with "teen
agers" as paper carriers and otherwise, for over 50
years.
They have never been
have always been noisy, obstreperous and completely
ignorant of Roberts Kules
Post. .
But today they are as
Sunday, April 21, 1957
example, we entirely agree
Secretary of the Treasury
only of high finance but
"The Humphrey Flap," and
it: "George Humphrey
strong a stand against the
even cue puiiuccti enemies
all out.
of the Treasury has been
models of deportment, they
of Order or Miss Emily
a group, more efficient,
I WOULDN'T MIN0TAKIN' A BATH WHEM I
AffP ONE. SAY, ONCE A YEAR. BUT.. ..'
In the Day's News
By, FRANK
Budget (and tax) item:
President Eisenhower sug
gests to congress today that his
proposed record peacetime budg
et could be cut a billion, 858
million dollars.
But
He adds
Substantial reduction in his
spending program can not be
made UNLESS CONGRESS RE
VISES OR REPEALS CERTAIN
LAWS OBLIGATING THE
GOVERNMENT TO SPEND
SPECIFIC SUMS FOR SPECIF
IC PURPOSES.
THAT makes sense.
And ' .-
It puts the bee on the con
gress which holds the purse
strings.
ON THE subject of agriculture,
the President says his admin
istration is taking a fresh look
at the whole farm, program
hoping to work out a new long
range program to reduce the de
pendence of farmers on federal
subsidies.
THIS process of filling up the
storage warehouses at subsi
dized high prices and then emp
tying them again by cut-rate
sales and giveaways is expen
sive. The current report of the
Commodity Credit Corporation
shows that the government lost
a total of $837,764,000 in carry
ing out programs for handling
Communications
Footlighieri Thanked
To the Editor: Once atrain the
FooUighters have performed an
outstanding community service
in the field of mental health and
happier family living. The 12
periormances put on by some
members in cooperation with
the child euidarlce clinic for
parent, teacher, and church
groups throughout the county
have been a skilled contribution.
The child guidance clinic board
wishes me to exDress their
warmest appreciation and thanks
lor this major effort.-
Frances C. Wimberly
President
Southern Oregon Child
Guidance Clinic Assn.
Medford, Ore.
American Indians' Tragedy
To the Editor: A few lines in
the Association on American In
dians Affairs 4557 letter tell
of more white man's disregard
for solemn vows with America's
first citizens, and greed for the
few remaining acres "allotted"
to American Indians long ago:
. . . When we think of what
we are doing to the American
Indians, nave we a right to live
in peace? At a ruinous rate In
dian land is being sold out of
more energetic and more
fore.
Thev ar aa far ns
great bunch of kids" there
ill .
just as mere are exceptions in a barrel 01 appies, Dut
in this instance the exceptions certainly prove the
rule.
This IS Tr enomilotinn
v ujlVUiUlUUU " rJ
no theorizing or cmpas-wnrlf it is a matter of what
might be called "clinical
SO WE can't share the
ionable these days.
We admit there is iuvenile crime, but we refuse
to admit there is more per capita than there was a gen
eration or two ago.
In fact, we are perfectly
limb, and as a result of our long experience with "teen
agers" predict, that when the present juveniles be
come adults they will, as a
efficient and more responsible citizens than their par
ents or their grandparents, for that matter. "
iney will only prove
particularly in the democratic world is a funda
mental law of nature. R.W.R.
JENKINS
and disposing of surplus supplies
acquired under farm price sup
port programs during the seven
month period ending Feb. 28."
That amounts to a daily loss
of about four and three-quarters
million dollars.
ITS a lot of money aU of
which comes out of the tax
payers' pockets.
The pity of it is that it doesn't
seem to be solving the farm
problem. We fill up the storage
warehouses with subsidized sur
plus crops. Then we empty them
by means of cutrice sales and
giveaways. Then we turn in and
fill them "up again. -
It's a good deal like a kitten
chasing its tail.
CHANGING the subject:
Mount Etna, in Sicily (at the
toe of the Italian boot), the high
est and hottest active volcano on
the continent of Europe,' burst
into violent eruption this morn
ing, sending a stream of molten
lava gushing from its principal
crater and another lava stream
from a smaller crater farther
down the mountain's side.
llfELL, why shouldn't Etna be
' erupting?
Everybody else is more or
less all over the world.
fT. ETNA, incidentally, is a
"I rugged customer. In some
500 eruptions in the historic
past, it has killed more than a
million persons.
Indian ownership in the Great
Plains and N.W. . . . Now a new
disgrace. The United States has
a treaty with the Seneca Indians
of N.Y. State, promising to leave
them undisturbed for, ever on
the land which remained to
them after the American Revo
lution. This treaty is the oldest
continuing treaty the U.S. has.
It was ratified by George Wash
ington. It has been proudly re
garded by the Senecas and hon
ored by our country since 1794.
. . . Now it is proposed that this
treaty be broken, against the
clear wiU of the Indians, in
order that 9,000 acres of Seneca
land may be flooded for a dam
which experts say is not essen
tial for the public welfare. . . .
In a special section of our news
letter, Cornelius Seneca, presi
dent of the Seneca Nation,
speaks for his people. . . . What
is happening to Indian lands
from New York to Idaho is not
what Americans want to happen.
. , . Americans all over the coun
try want the Indians protected
in the ownership of their lands
and helped to prosper in their
tribal communities. . . ."
"Today there is a yawning ab
sence of national policy in In
dian affairs. This does not result
responsible than ever be
triis naner is concerned, "a
are exceptions of course,
a 1 11 i
in trio ai"n flf the TlSVChic.
FACT."
pessimism regarding the
willing to crawl out on a
whole, make better, more
again that human progress
Matter of Fact ey
STUFF FOR SCHEHERAZADE
Amman, Trans-Jordan The
immediate significance of the
stirring drama that has been
c o n v u 1 s ing
this little king
dom lies en
tirely in what
has been pre
vented. The scheme
was well-laid.
Young King
Hussein was
at the very
Joseoh Aisnn least to he re
duced to an Impotent figure
head. A decisive step was to be
taken towards a merger be
tween Jordan and Svria. Above
all, Jordan was to be firmly and
finally gathered into the ex
treme anti-Western camp of the
Arab world, taking its nlace as
another satellite of Egypt with
tnat extra, openly pro-Soviet
tendency that Syria also dis
plays. All the odds favored the
scheme's success. The Baath
Party of the Prime Minister. Su
leiman Nabulsi, not only con
trolled the government, but also
tne street crowds which habitu
ally nlay such a tumultuous nart
in Jordanian politics. More im
portant still, Jordan's famous
Arab Legion was commanded
by Major Gen. Ali Abu Nawar.
And while he enjoyed the King's
confidence, All Abu Nawar was
m fact Nabulsi s sunnorter and
most probably his active colla
borator. inis comDinauon oi lien. Abu
Nawar and Prime Minister Na
bulsi was in turn sustained by
the two powerful and intimately
linked network's of Egyptian
and Communist agents. It
seemed, indeed, that the scheme
could not fail. The story of how
it did fail, with its hell-for-leather
drives and its wild tri
bal intervention, is stuff for
Scheherazade's thousand and
one nights: and this reDorter
cannot resist belatedly attempt
ing to tell the tale in full.
THE tale's central motif is
friendship betrayed. It begins
a couple of years ago when
King Hussein, then hardly more
than a schoolboy, paid a visit to
Paris. In Paris he met Jordan's
military attache, Ali Abu Na
war, who was then a mere Ma
jor. Hussein took a liking to
this fiery and ambitious young
officer with his flashing eyes
darkened in the Bedouin man
ner. .
Over the protests of the Arab
Legion's seasoned English Com
mander, Glubb Pasha, the King
insisted on bringing Major Abu
Nawar back to Jordan as palace
aide-de-camp. Glubb Pasha's
worst forebodings were rapidly
confirmed. All Abu Nawar
played a leading part behind
the scenes, first in the Baghdad
Fact crisis and then the King's
sudden dismissal of Glubb Pasha
himself. Thence the step was
short to Ali Abu Nawar's glit
tering promotion from Major to
Major General, and his appoint
ment as the Arab Legion's new
commander.
Having gained so much by
the King's sole favor, Ali Abu
Nawar quickup set about the
task of transferring the Arab Le
gion's loyalty from the King to
himself. In the ensuing period,
the political trend in Jordan
also went further and further
against the West and towards
the left. The final result was the
extremist Nabulsi cabinet which
included such overall pro-Soviet
members as the Minister of State
for Foreign Affairs, Abdullah
Rimawi.
RING HUSSEIN, meanwhile,
without losing faith in his
Arab Legion commander was
turning more and more against
the trend represented by Nabul
si and his colleagues. The final
break was caused by the cabi
net's insistance upon purging
the civil service of a large num
ber of officials whose main
crime was their known loyalty
to the King. The cabinet's inten
tion to recognize the Soviet
iTnion and to move towards mer
ger with Syria were also in
volved. There is no space here for the
intricate convulsions of the long
cabinet crisis that ensued when
the King dismissed the Nabulsi
government. Throughout the
crisis Ali Abu Nawar claimed
and seemed to play the part of
moderator. The crucial day
came last Saturday, at the end
of a week of rumor and intrigue,
in freedom for the Indians to go
their way. It results in license
for enemies of Indian rights to
destroy them. ... In 1953 the
83rd Congress hastily philoso
phized, in House Current Reso
lution 108, that the Indian policy
of the United States was to ter
minate Federal protection of In
dian rights and property as rap
idly as possible. Legislation cut
ting off five Indian groups was
passed the following year, . . .
dropped from the orbit of na
tional watchfulness. . . . Our
government is without policy.
Those unfriendly toward Indian
communities are not. They know
exactly what they want to do,
and they are doing it.
"The United States needs an
honorable, clear, strong Indian
policy, desired by the Indian
tribes and expressing the deep
will of the American people."
By their cunning a few rob
the many.
John E. Gribble
139 Kenwood Ave.
Medford, Ore.
Joseph Alsop
when King Hussein offered the
Prime Ministership to the Jor
danian elder statesman Said El
Mufti.
At this point, Ali Abu Nawar,
half dropping his moderator's
disguise, went to the Kings own
nominee and told him that it
would go ill for hLn if he con
sented to serve as Prime Minis
ter, Sail El Mufti bowed to. the
implied threat. Following Ali
Abu Nawar's advice he also rec
ommended to the king a cabinet
headed by Soleiman Nabulsi's
ally, Abdel Halim Nimr.
rpHE king sent for Nimr and
the end seemed to be in
sight. Very great concessions
were to be made to lull the King
once again. And then, this week,
the scheme was to be carried
through as planned. Incident
ally, Ali Nawar, with any luck,
was to emerge as the strongest
man in a transformed Jordan.
But one factor had not been
included in the calculations the
warlike Bedouin of the three
great Jordanian desert tribes,
the Beni Sakr, the Howeicat,
and the Beni Hassan. The Be
douin and their sheiks were
loyal to the King. They had no
liking for the Nabulsis and
Nimrs. And they heartily detest
ed Ali Abu Nawar, who had
been sharply discriminating
against the large Bedouin ele
ment in the Arab Legion pre
cisely because of their strong
attachment to the Hashemite
house.
Last Saturday afternoon, dis
order began in the . Arab Le
gion's camp at Zarqa. Here there
was a sharp division between
the faction following Ali Abu
Nawar and the Bedouin loyal to
the King. Disorder was sparked
by representatives of the Mos
lem brotherhood. Through their
sheiks, the. Bedouin legionnaires
sent word to the palace in Am
man that a plot against the King
was hatching in the Legion. The
shieks moved up their own peo
ple towards Amman until some
where between two and four
thousand armed tribesmen were
encamped in the hills around
the city. And they told the King
to be of good heart, for they
would stand by him always.
SUCH was the situation when
Ali Abu Nawar and the new
Prime Minister-designate, Ab-
6-1 Halim Nimr, presented them
selves at the palace Saturday
evening. Nimr's terms were too
stiff. The King refused them.
And shortly thereafter, word
came from Zarqa that actual
fighting had broken out between
the Arab factions in the camp.
Taking with him Ali Abu Na
war and a force of the palace
guard, the king at once set out
for Zarpa. At Ruseifa, about 15
minutes fast driving out of m-
man, the six cars carrying the
king and his party encountered
a great crowd of Bedouins.
The tribesman cheered the
King to the echo, but they
howled down Ali Abu Nawar
as a traitor, and called for his
execution on the spot. Accord
ing to a highly probable report,
the bold Major General cowered
behind the King and pleaded
with his friends to save his life.
This was the turning point
The King sent his Maj-r Gen
eral back under guard to the
Dalace in Amman. With con
trasting courage, Hussein him
self drove wildly on to Zarqa,
to confront his enemies. As his
motorcade roared into the camp,
the sullen fighting was still con
tinuing and ab; t a dozen lives
had already been lost.
IN a sudden hush, the young
King mounted an armored car
and spoke to the troops. His plea
for their loyalty, his own pro
testation of loyalty to the Arab
cause, produced an instantane
ous effect. All but a few officers
too deeply implicated to turn
back, now rallied to Hussein.
These officers . were placed
under arrest. The King's motor
cade, now strengthened by a
number of armored cars, roared
back to the palace in Amman.
There Ali Abu Nawar had al
ready once tried to escape. But
although he gave orders as their
commander, he had been turned
back by the Bedouin Legion
naires who had moved up to
guard the King's house. . What
passed between the King and
Ali Abu Nawar when they final
ly met again before dawn, no
one knows. Once again, Ali Abu
Nawar was sent out under
armed escort. This time he
sought help from the same Said
El Mufti whom he had - been
menacing the previous morning.
It is strongly presumed that
Said El Mufti advised the King
to permit Ali Abu Nawar to flee
to Damascus with his family and
possessions, as he did later on
Sunday.
. In Amman, with the Bedouin
tribesmen oiling their rifles in
the encircling hills, all was out
wardly quiet on Sunday. Else
where, in Nablus, Jericho, and
Jerusalem, there were minor
disorders; and in Ramallah,
groups hostile to the King even
succeeded in seizing the main
Jordan government radio sta
tion. But the scheme to take
over had failed all the same.
THE King, who had by now
not slept for thirty-six hours,
went on the air on Sunday over
the smaller Amman radio sta
tion, making much the same
speech to the nation that he had
made to the troops the night be
fore in Zarqa. Four Bedouin
units were ordered into Amman.
Word was tent to the left-wing
POTLUCK
(By M-T Staff and
Contributors)
The remodeling and face-lifting
of the M-T building is getting
to a point where it is possible
to visualize what the final re
sults will be.
The facade of the building
now is a great expanse of ply
wood, which will serve as the
under-surface for an attractive
exterior, finish, to be erected
soon.
As a result, two women who
were to meet someone else at
the Wooden Shoe (the restaurant
and lounge of the nearby Hotel
Holland) were slightly confused.
Standing in front of the bare
wooden face of the M-T build
ing, one was overheard to re
mark, as she looked at the waU,
"Well, it's unique, aU right, but
wnere's the entrance?"
Memo to Poiluck editor
from reporter: "I think we
ought to have a Poiluck item
about County Agents Earle
Jossy and Glenn Klein play
ing with yo-yos on extension
service time."
The annual advent of the or-
chard heating season presents
problems not solely confined to
orchard men, housewives and
those with sensitive mucous
membranes. It also affects the
coloration of dogs.
The black and white puppy.
whose chest is usually a furry
expanse of white, last week
padded dolefully about with a
smudge-grey bib.
And the Irish terrier down
the street, normally a furzy
combination of black, brown
and off-white, became a small,
uniformly-drab animal, almost
undistinguishable against the
grey rocks of the driveway.
A family on South Holly it.
has two boats, named, respee
tirely, Leakin Lena I and
Leakin' Lena II. They recently
purchased a third boat. Neigh
bors watched expectantly for
the name of the new vessel,
and receired a small shock
when the name was painted
on. It was Sinkin' Sam.
The following springtime tale
is told us by a proofreader, who
probably knows better. -
Neighbor No. 1: Sorry about
my chicken scratching your
petunias.
Neighbor No. 2: Thafi OK.
My dog ate your chicken.
Neighbor No. 1: Well, that's
all right. I just ran over your
dog.
.. . , .
Mayor John Snider had no
formal "budget message" last
week when the citizen's budg
et committee met for the first
time, but he did have a gift
to present each member of the
committee a small pencil
sharpener.
Do you, by chance, feel old?
Well, remember that you're
younger now than you ever wiU
be again.
Committees of National Guid
a n c e, Communist infiltrated,
that if they tried to stage any
public demonstrations, the or
ganizers of the demonstrations
would be summarily executed.
Outwardly, a tense calm con
tinued to reign.
Actually, Syria had all but in
tervened that same day. Since
the Suez crisis, some Syrian
forces have been stationed with
in Jordan, at the northern town
of Mafrak. Reinforcements of
these units began on Sunday.
According to one apparently re
liable report, the young King
found time in this tense and hur
ried day to drive furiously
northwards, and to teU the Sy
rian commander that he would
immediately call for military
support from Iraq, if the main
body of the Syrian army at
tempted to enter Jordan.
In any case, the fact is well
established that a certain ' Sy
rian intervention was actually
halted by the counter-threat of
Iraqi intervention.
STILL there was no cabinet,
although the King had sent
for six former Prime Ministers
just after dawn on Sunday to
discuss the problem of cabinet-
making. Hence on Monday, he
called an assembly of the not
ables of the kingdom to the
palace. Nabulsi and his ally.
Abdullah Rimavi, according to
one report, had to be ordered to
attend the assembly.
The King offered the 300
notables" the immediate choice
between martial law and a gen
erally agreed upon cabinet. The
result was the present compro
mise cabinet headed by Dr.
Hussein Fahkri Khalidi. Since
the King wanted agreement, the
cabinet includes Suleiman Na
bulsi as a necessary gesture to
wards the strong sector of Jor
danian opinion that he repre
sents. But this is a Nabulsi with
his plans frustrated.
Both King and cabinet con
tinue to protest their loyalty to
the Egyptian alliance. But this
is altogether different from the
sort of violent, Soviet-influenced
protestation in the Syrian style,
that we should now be hearing
if the great scheme had suc
ceeded. As of now, Jordan's fu
ture is stiU darkly cloudy, but
Jordan's fate at least is not
sealed.
Copyright 1957, New York
Herald Tribune Ine.