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Fodav and Tomorrow By Walter Lippmann .. . -I THE PORTENT OF THE MOON ' The few who are allowed to j know about such things, and are able to understand them. are saying that j the launching of so big a sat ellite signifies that the So viets are much ahead of this country in the d e v elopment of rocket mis- fca&aiMU Slles" lneir be ll' alter UppmiQD ing so much ahead cannot be the result of some kind of lucky guess in inventing a gadget. It must be that there is a large body of Soviet scientists, engineering, and production men, plus many highly developed subsidiary in dustries, all successfully direct ed and coordinated, and boun tifully financed. In short, the fact that we have lost the race to launch the satel lite, means that we are losing the race' to produce ballistic missiles. This in turn means that the United States and the Western world may be falling bertind in the progress of science and technology. This is a grim business. It is grim, in my mind at least, not because I think the Soviet have such a lead in the race of armaments that we may soon be at their mercy. Not at all. It is a grim business because a society cannot stand still. If it loses the momentum of its own progress, it will deteriorate and decline, lacking purpose and losing confidence in itself. fpHE critical question is how we as a people, from the President down, will respond to what is a profound challenge to our cultural values not to the ideal of the American way o. life but to the way in fact we have been living our life. One response could be to think of it all In terms of propaganda, and to look around for some ad vice for doing something spec tacular to outmatch what the Russians have done. The other response would be to look in ward upon ourselves, and to concern ourselves primarily with our own failings, and to be de termined not so much to beat the Russians as to cure ourselves. The question then might be defined in this way: Why is it that in the 12 years that have passed since the end of World War II, the United States which was so far in the lead has been losing its lead to the Russians ho at "the end of the war were nearly prostrate? Mr. Khrush chev would say, no doubt, that giis is because Communism is superior to capitalism. But that dinswer really begs the question, 'hich is not why the Soviets ive moved ahead so fast but hy we, who had moved very ffcst, have not been moving fast pough. For while our society is undoubtedly progressive, it has not in the post-war years been progressive enough. 1DO NOT pretend to know the whole answer to what is for us and for our future so fateful a question. But I venture to think that even now we can discern certain trends that since the World War have appeared in American life and must be taken into account. We must put first, I think, the enormous prosperity in which, as the politicians have put it to the voters, the private standard of life is paramount as against the public standard of life. By the public standard of life I mean such necessities as defense, education, science, tech nology, the arts. Our people have been led to believe in the enormous fallacy that the high est purpose of the American social order is to multiply the enjoyment of consumer goods. As a result, our public institu tions, particularly those having to do with education and re search, have been, as compared with the growth of our popula tion, scandalously starved. WE MUST put second, I think, 'a general popular disrespect for, and even suspicion of, brains and originality of thought. In other countries, in Germany and in most of Europe and in Russia, it is an honor, universally rec ognized, to be a professor. Here it is something to put a man on the defensive, requiring him to show that he is not a highbrow and that he is not subversive. What McCarthyism did to the inner confidence of American scientists and thinkers has con stituted one of the great nation al tragedies of the post-war era. It is impossible to measure the damage. But the damage that was done was very great. It was done in the kind of think ing where the difference be tween creation and routine lies in the special courage to follow the truth wherever it leads. iriTH prosperity acting as a ' narcotic, with Philistinism and McLarthyism rampant, our public life has been increasingly doped and without purpose. With the President in a kind of partial retirement, there is no standard raised to which the people can repair. Thus we drift with no one to state our pur poses and to make policy, into a chronic disaster like Little Rock. We find ourselves then without a chart in very trou bled waters. (Copyright 1957. New York Herald Tribune Inc. Officers Eleded af Junior Hi-Y Meeting Sandra Kline was elected pres ident of the Junior Class Tri-Hi-Y at a meeting last week at the Medford YMCA. Other officers are Sandra Maxson, vice president: Danusia Kosecka, secretary; Shirley Lil ly, treasurer; Sylvia Baker, Chaplain; and Dewanda Winch ell, historian. The Y conference scheduled in Klamath Falls Oct. 26 was dis cussed, as were plans for a Hal loween project to collect clothes and other articles for World Ser vice. A committee was appoint ed to organize the latter pro ject. The club also discussed find ing a sponsoring committee of adults which the organization of the club requires. Sponsors act as an advisory committe for the club. The next meeting of the club is scheduled at 7 p.m. Wednes day, Oct. 15. at the home of Syl via Baker, 517 Beatty st., Med ford, at which time a name for the club will be decided. SHADY COVE-TRAIL Dinner Report Is Given BY EVALYN P. WATSON Shady Cove-Trail The HEC of the Shady Cove Grange met at the home of Mrs. Travis Lit tlefield on Rogue River dr. Wed nesday. A report was given on the Harvest Dinner held recent ly. Plans were completed for the Booster Night to be held by the Grange on Saturday, Oct. 19. The evening will start with a potluck supper at 6:30 p.m. fol lowed by a program starting at 8 p.m. Gail Hannan of Burns, Ore gon, neice of Mrs. Ole Horn seth of Shady Cove, is living in Ashland and attending South ern Oregon college. She spends her weekends with the Horn seths in Shady Cove. Mr. and Mrs. Max Lawson of Palo Alto Calif, are visiting Mrs. Lawson's brother-in-law and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Chamberlain of Shady Cove. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Clemens of Grants Pass, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Kelley of Shady Cove Tuesday. Scottie Parrick of Trail has returned home from the Veter ans Hospital in Roseburg where he went for a medical checkup. The regular meeting of Our Lady of Fatima club is sched uled to be held Thursday, Oct. 17, starting at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Carroll Wat son of Shady Cove. All members are urged to be present because final plans will be made for the Fall Carnival and Bazaar Saturday, Nov. 2, at the church hall. Oakland, in Shady Fred Cochran of Calif visited briefly Cove with Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Watson recently. Mr. and Mrs. Eric Bauer and children of Vaughn, Ore. are house guests of Mrs. Bauer's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Strother, of Shady Cove. Mrs. John Collins and daugh ter, Debby, of Independence visited friends in the Shady Cove-Trail area last weekend. The Collins are former residents of Shady Cove. Try and Stop Me B BENNETT CERF AT THE WHITE HOUSE in 1862, a visitor in search of a poli tical favor soft-soaped President Lincoln by assuring him, "In my state, folks know that two sources can assure them of happiness: God and Abra ham Lincoln." The President smiled frostily and murmured, -WelL you're half rightf The revival of "King Kong on television led a Hollywoodenhead to muse, "Wonder what would hap pen if something like King Kong ever did pop up in this country." "Stop wondering," coun-' seled Groucho Marx. "He'd be working for a Texas organ grinder." lo-n. A henpecked gent threw out his chest about a quarter of an Inch and announced, "This morning I definitely laid the law down to my wife." Candor, however, compelled him to add, "She repealed it." O 1957. by Bennett Cert. Distributed r Kin Feature Syndicate, PHOENIX Larry Lawrence Improving Ted Ryall of State Line, Calif is spending a moth as a house guest of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Paulson of Shady Cove. Mrs. Emma Merritt, of Cen tral Point, mother of Mrs. John Stille of Shady Cove is ill and Mrs. Stille is staying with her at her home in Central Point. Mrs. Margaret Walker of Shady Cove is visiting in Glad stone with her son-in-law's moth er, Mrs. Lydia Vincent. Pat Gusland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Gusland, of Shady Cove passed her physical examinations for the Air Force in Portland recently and is now waiting her induction orders. She expects to return to Port land and from there to go to San Antonio, Tex., where she will be stationed. Dr. and Mrs. A. J. Loeffler of Trail are on an extended vaca tion and are traveling through the New England states. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wright of Oakland, Calif, and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Holman of El Monte, Calif, were recent visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Williams of Shady Cove. Mrs. Katharine Bosworth an nounced that the Unity Study class will meet in Shady Cove every Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at the Rogue assembly room, at the Fagalde residence. This is affliated with the Unity School of Christianity at Lees Summit, Mo. St. Martin's Guild of Shady Cove-Trail met at the home of Dr. and Mrs. D. J. Loeffler of Trail with Mrs. Bill Massey as hostess. Fifteen were present and Mrs. Gary Monical of Trail is a new member. Discussion was held on money making pro jects and items that could be made for Christmas sales. A sewing project was held Fri day, Oct. 11, at the home of Mrs. A. Myklebye. Mrs. Cora De Tree of Stirling City, Calif, is visiting her friends. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Guslend, and family of Shady Cove. The next Inquiry class held by St. Martin's will be at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Everard Brown of Shady Cove across from Our Lady of Fatima Catholic church. The meeting will be held Mon day, Oct. 14. Mrs. Dolf Larson will be hostess. The annual fun raising event of the PTSA of the Eagle Point High school this year is to be an auction held at the Eagle Point High school Saturday, Oct. 26. Everett Elrod of Trail will be auctioneer. Some of the teachers have volunteered their personal services in various capacities and these will be auctioned off pro viding a good deal of fun. Any one desiring to donate articles of any kind or desiring further information may contact Mrs. Delbert Spain, TRinity 8-2064 in Shady Cove. Cartee W o o d, son of Mrs. Gary Sullivan of Shady Cove has returned home form the hospital and has recovered suf ficiently from his accident to be able to return to school this coming week. Phoenix Word of the release of Larry Lawrence from the Denver General hospital on Sept. 26 was received from Mrs. Lawrence in a letter to Mrs. Ma rie Furry, postmaster at Phoe nix. Mrs. Lawrence stated that when Larry started to get better that he improved rapidly. He is still in bed most of the time but walks out into the yard for a short time every day. The cards and money they received from their many friends was deeply appreciated Mrs. Lawrence said. Mrs. Lawrepce is now work ing at the Gates Rubber co. She stated that it would be at least Christmas before they could come back to Phoenix. Their present address is 2885 So. Dow ning, Englewood, Colo. Mrs. I. D. Canfielgl came home form the hospital Oct. 3 and is recovering satisfactorily after undergoing surgery. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Daven port are the parents of a six and three quarter pound baby boy born Oct. 9. They have named him Jefferey Eugene. Mrs. Dav enport is the former Gladys Ferns and attended the Phoenix schools. The maternal grand mother is Mrs. Mona Ferns. Marilyn Rose is the 'name giv en to the new daughter of the Reverend and Mrs. Martin Brown of Bridgeview. The baby weighed seven pounds 13 ounc es. Mrs. Brown is the former Mary Lou Knight, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Knight of Medford. She attended Phoenix schools, graduating from Phoe nix High in 1950. She later at tended the Nazarene college at Nampa. Idaho, where she major ed in music. Mrs. Henry Hurlbut Jr. came some from the hospital last Sat urday and is now convalescing from an operating she under went about three weeks ago. Sunday, October 13, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE Service Rivalry Said Not Needed In Missile Work Missing Woman Baffles Officers Boardman rtF The mysteri ous disappearance of a 66-year-old Boardman housewife had Eastern Oregon law enforce- Salem (IP Representative j ment agencies puzzled Friday. They said no clue had been Walter Norblad told the Execu tive Council of the Oregon Re serve Officers Association here Saturday that competition be tween the Services in the de velopment and testing of the new "super weapons" is both unnec essary and wasteful. "Each of the Services has mili tary as well as civilian scientif ic personnel working on its own particular missile project rather than combining their scientific knowledge and working as one," Norblad said. "Unfortunately they are not even using common testing sites as the Navy does its experimenting at Cape Magu, California; the Army at White Sands, New Mexico, and the Air Force off the southern coast of Florida. "I have heretofore expressed to the new Secretary of Defense my belief that the entire pro gram would be much farther along if the Services would join in one unified effort. Missile de velopment is unbelievably ex pensive and a great saving of the taxpayer dollar, as well as re sults in this field could be achieved by such coordination." ON THE FIRE Big Rapids, Mich. (W A fir alarm sent the local equipment to a spot where the firefighters found five boys huddled around a fire, roasting hot dogs. uncovered as to the where abouts of ClaraLouise Lovette, who disappeared Tuesday after noon after telling her husband, Jesse, she was "going on a long walk." ! Bloodhounds brought into the search failed to find a trace of the missing woman. But they sniffed at trails to the edge of the Columbia river several times. State police at Arlington called on the Coast Guard and Inland Navigation officials to report any unusual happenings or clues along the Columbia. ft WVISIOH 9F MCWC PAC5HC IMDUSTRIM. 16 S. Central Phone SP 3-5308 jygpg now. NO SPARKS! NO SMOKE! NO FLOOR DRAFTS! LOWERS FUEL BILLS! Uniform hot from floor to ceiling. Burn wood. presto-logs or briquets. You control fire ... your lkne ond family safer! SEND FIREPLACE W10TK and HEIGHT. RECEIVE Colorful Booklet FREE! SMITH-DYNGE LUMBER CO. 8ih at Fir Street Phone SP 2-7166 Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Judson are expected home this weekend after spending a six-week vaca tion in Arizona, Texas, and Cali fornia. Mrs. Judson is a retired school teacher and is a member of the retired teachers' group. They are the parents of Mrs. Henry Hurlbut Jr. and make their home with the Hurlbuts. BANK RESOURCES UP Chicago TO The combined resources of all United States banks have increased nearly eight billion dollars since June, 1956, according to the Rand Mc Nally International Bankers Di rectory. The final 1957 edition of the directory showed that bank resouces totaled $249,300, 000,000 as of June, 1957. In June, 1956, they amounted to S241,500,000,000 (B). Distributor "OIL TO BURN" Let Us Fill Your Tank Now Medford Fuel Co. Tel. SP. 2-2111 - Court & McAndrews DO YOUR BRAKES GRAB OR SQUEAL . . . DO THEY PULL TO LEFT OR RIGHT . . . DOES YOUR PEDAL GO TO THE FLOOR ... DO YOUR BRAKES REQUIRE PUMPING? Here's What We Do... It's A 31 Vakte r Iltma Frost WUh mmd hnal trek. Dnrm ad lime- 2 Clean. Impt snd R.pccfc Front Wbool Rearing. J Import Gtoom Wok. M CM mod Add Brat FtuW If 5Adjmt ttckm Skot Sea FJI Contact wirii Dram. Carofofiy Test brako. 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