Fodav and Tomorrow
By Walter Lippmann
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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.
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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.
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