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o o O D o Today and Tomorrow By Walter Lippmann Walter Uppmu' THE ROLE OF THE OPPOSITION The briefing of the Congres sional leaders at the White House on Tuesday foreshadows, indeed it seems to make certain, a 'great party struggle on the issues of the country's res ponse to the Soviet chal lenge. The D e mocrats, however di vided they may be on the problem of segrega tion, will be very much united in their criticism of the Eisenhower .administration for falling behind in the race of armaments. They will insist that the Ad ministration was well informed and clearly warned by its own intelligence services that the Russians were forging ahead, that, nevertheless, the Adminis tration suppressed and ignored these warnings, and that even after the Sputniks and all that they signify, there has been no sense of urgency, no bold and resourceful planning to deal with the situation. No doubt, there will be sub stantial majorities in Congress for specific requests for more money. But there is no prospect at this time that there will be the kind of non-partisan unity in the next Congress which there was, let us say, after Pearl Harbor. Why not? The country finds itself in a very serious situation, otW which, if it is not righted, can have fearful consequences. Why, then, is there no good pros pect that the Congress will close its ranks, and rally to the Pres ident's standard? only effective means by which the real situation can be brought home to the people, and the crit ical issues thoroughly discussed. This is a time in our history when a loyal opposition is an in dispensible organ of good government. THE answer, I am afraid, is that the President has raised no standard to which the coun try caa rally. After Pearl Harbor it was clear to everyone that the country must unite in order to n 1LA U;nK tiil cn nAivl.r win liic Wdi wiiiLii iiau iicai ijr been lost, and that this meant raising and equipping great mil . itary forces. But as to Sputnik, there is no' such clarity about our oWectives and our duty. - For, as the scientists have been ' telling us, we have fallen behind j i the race of armaments because j we have fallen behind in our technological capacity as it re lates to the instruments of pow CK This is a default that cannot 'be corrected quickly. Moreover, tbough it cannot be corrected without the expenditure of much moer money and much more ef fort, no one inside or outside the Administration is as yet able to define adequately a concrete pro- A concrete program equal to the emergency in which we live can be worked out only after the real situation is known and re- ali7pH Viv thf rnnntrv anH thfn ; only alter there has been a searching public debate. We shall know what to do only as (aftd when we have explored the causes of our great default and have discussed the many rem etffes which are proposed. This is a time when our salvation is most likely to lie not in trying to ignore the two party system, but in looking to it its leaders being responsible men as the IirHY, one may ask, is it a time j ' when the role of the opposi j tion is so big and so important? The answer is that the Adminis tration cannot be counted upon to furnish the leadership which our situation demands. There are two reasons fo rthis. The one is that the great default took place because they ignored their own intelligence. Human nature being what it is, it is easier to ack nowledge the real situation under the pressure of an opposition than it is to confess it voluntar ily. The second reason is that the President is in no condition to exert the enormous energies which the situation calls for, and to endure the fearful strains of carrying out great programs. Let us remember the situation in which we find ourselves. We have lost, or we are almost cer tain to lose in the near future, that command of the air on which our world position has rested. For many reasons, which seem to me good reasons, I do not think this means that we shall be attacked and devastated. But I believe it does mean that until an unless we are able to right -the balance of power which is now against us, our in fluence will decline, our alli ances will become enfeebled, our positions abroad will tend to dis integrate. THE men among us who will know how to deal with this grim probability are those ,who know, not merely say but know in their bones, that there is no cheap and easy way out. (c) 1957 New York Herald Tribune Inc. Candidates Will Be Initialed Monday A class of candidates will be initiated into the rank of Page at 8 p.m. Monday by members of Talisman lodge 31, Knights of Pythias, in the Pythian building. A social hour will follow, James O'Duane, chancellor command er said. Daniel R. Kadin and Robert D. Dames, both of Medford, became full-fledged Knights last weei:. Eddie Bostwick is the master of work in charge of all lodge in itiatory ceremonies. Election of officers for 1958 will take place Monday, Dec. 16, and all members who have had a birthday since June 30, will be honored at a party after the meeting Jim O'Duane, Ed Bost wick and Joe Fritsch will be in charge of the entertainment program. LIQUOR AND GASOLINE Montpelier, Vt. (IP William McKee, highway safety coordina tor and secretary of the Emer gency Highway Council, said drinking was "directly involved" in 36 per cent of the 90 fatal motor accidents in the state so far this year. 'Maf?&r Of FaCf By Joseph Alsop Joseph AIsod KHRUSHCHEV WILL PLAY HIS ACE Riyadh, Saudi Arabia In the desperate , game for the Middle East, the Soviets are now pre- gy-i paring to be- c o m e the champions of the Arab claims against Israel. This is the ace of trumps that Nikita Khru shchev has has long been keeping up his sleeve for the right moment. The ace will be played in the form of active Soviet support for a United Nations resolution re quiring Israel to return to the frontiers originally' drawn in the 1947 resolution partitioning Palestine. It sounds innocuous enough. But it will confront the American policy-makers with a dilemma more basically difficult than either the Berlin blockade or the Korean aggression. Urgent action is perhaps still possible to convince the Krem lin that it will be altogether too dangerous to go on tampering with the explosive Middle East ern situation. But failing such ac tion, the expected Soviet initia tive will leave the American and Western policy-makers with only two possible choices. THITHER they must assent to the destruction of the state of Israel for that is what a re tun to the 1947 frontiers will amount to. Or they must expect to see the Kremlin's champion ship accepted, at least with out ward eagerness, by Saudi Ara bia, Iraq, Jordan, and all the other currently anti-Soviet and pro-Western Arab states. There is more to expect, too. The enforced change of align ment by all the West's Arab friends will inevitably cause se vere inner strains and stresses. As a result, some if not all of these stategically vital countries will almost certainly fall into the hands of openly anti-Western and pro-Soviet governments. These are-, so to speak, the minimum tricks the Kremlin can reasonably count on taking by playing the anti-Israeli ace. The only real risk of this simple ma neuver, moreover, will lie in Israel launching a war of despair against the united Arabs. ' It may seem odd to be predict ing perhaps the most important Soviet cold war initiative since the death of Stalin from this re- .mote, still half-medieval desert town, where the most sternly anti-Communist of Arab rulers, King Saud of Saudi Arabia has his dynastic capital. THE reality of the danger is only underlined, however, because confirmation has been obtained here in Riyadh, of all places, of this Soviet intention long ago foreseen in this space. If King Saud's government has not officially joined in the pre liminary discussions of the fu ture Soviet maneuver, some of his advisors have at least done so. Neither King Saud nor any member of his entourage desires to line up with the Soviets, for very obvious reasons. "They would join hands with the devil himself against I s r a e 1," as Crown Prince Faisal once re marked to this reporter. But they do not wish to do so, and therefore their warnings might normally be taken with a grain of salt. The warnings were altogether too specific and factual for com fort, however. Saudi leaders speaking with unimpeachable authority flatly stated that the intended Soviet maneuver had already been discussed "not on a really high level but quite of ficially with another Arab gov ernment." A communication by the Soviet Ambassador in Cairo to the Egyptian government was clearly indicated. FURTHERMORE (and here was' the real shock), there was de tailed analysis of the United Na tions voting pattern that would be produced by active Soviet support for the Arabs. All the votes of the Soviet bloc, plus Yugoslavia, were added to all the Arab votes. All Asian votes were also claimed. Indian sup port was insisted upon in a way that suggested preliminary soundings at New Delhi. It was all very much like a pre-conven-tion count of delegates by the managers of an American Presi dential candidate. "What we want is a two thirds majority in the U. N. As sembly," said the most highly placed of this reporter's Saudi official informants. "Even if you vote against us, as we expect, we can still get a two-thirds ma jority if you do not bring pres sure on other countries to vote with you. All we ask is that you vote for yourselves alone." Discussed in this manner, the kind of resolution the Arabs want and the Soviets are getting ready to back does not sound especially inflammatory. In reality, all those who know the past background and the present facts also know that nothing could possibly be more inflam matory. The background is simple and discreditable. In 1947, with a blindness that could only have been induced by the most vul gar expediency, the graet pow ers pushed through a crazy quilt partition of Palestine into Jew ish and Arab areas. After this in sane partition into unworkable bits and pieces, the tortured country was supposed to be co operatively managed by the bit ter enemies, the Arabs and the Jews. The Soviets voted for this fantastic arrangement, . presum ably with the sound expectation of making future trouble. THE Arabs, refusing to accept 'the partition, went to war against the Jews and were bad ly beaten. When the armistice was arranged, the frontier of the Jewish-occupied part of Pales tine extended far beyond the frontiers laid down by the U.N. The armistice frontiers became Israel's de facto frontiers. There after an ingathering of a million and a half Jews of the Diaspora filled Israel's new living space to the bursting point. A return to the 1947 frontiers will therefore displace a million and a half Jews. Just as the ori ginal partition orf Palestine dis placed a million tragic Arab refugees. Furthermore, Israel must surely cease to exist as a state if forced back to the crazy quilt frontiers of 1947. For just these reasons, "the 1947 frontiers which the United Nations originally voted for" have now become the great rallying cry of the Arabs, who Let Own Tasle Be Best Guide To Redecorate Home Washington OP) Don't let a mother or a well-meaning friend tell you how to decorate your home, says one interior designer. "Your own taste is best," said Gladys Miller in a recent lecture series sponsored by the National Housing, Center. "Too many peo ple are afraid of their own taste so timidly follow advice of moth ers, older sisters and friends. "This doesn't mean that pro fessional interior d e c or a t ors should be thrown out the win dow, however. With their ex perience and knowledge of fab rics, lighting and color, they can give the homemaker an objec tive plan with a view toward practical furniture and fixtures to suit the individual familv's tastes, pocketbook and living habits." Lois Reed, coordinator of home furnishings ior a Wasn ington department store, empha sized the importance of color in every element of the home from ashtrays to afghans. "Unsuitable colors will tire you out. Choose color schemes you can live with," she advised. Women at the Center's "school" showed a preference for green, beige, pink and blue. Industry surveys showed muted or neutral colors as the favorites. The school ran four nights, with a complete program each night. The programs stressed two im portant factors in proper interior design: Advance planning and budgeting. Accessories Important "Thorough planning insures the right thing at the right time," the experts said. "Never rush to get everything at once, 'picking up accessories and single pieces of furniture should be a year round pleasure. The homemaker who buys all her furniture and leaves no money for accessories will complain that her rooms look bare and unfinished. "Never buy a painting for the signature of the artist or as the fashion of the day. Pictures are personal and should be purchased only if you intend to hang them, not pack them away and forget them." "Children's rooms should be given special attention," said Serge Sacknpff, head of interior design at one firm (Mayer and Co.). "A child feels his room is his palace. It's a big letdown for him when the family moves into a new home and the child discov ers the parents and guest rooms have been decorated before his." Sundew December 8, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE Pendleton Airport Gels Extra Business Pendleton Pi The Pendleton airport was a "must stop" for planes bound for Pacific North west airports fogged in and with low visibility Thursday night. Officials at the Pendleton air port said landings were not made Thursday night at AValla Walla or Tri-Cities airports in Wash ington. West Coast Airlines sent two extra flights into Pendleton Thursday afternoon and two more Thursday night to make up for those going to or from the Tri-Cities, Walla Walla and Yakima. Passengers to those three areas were taken to their destinations from the Pendleton airport by taxicab and airline limousine. Pear Shippers Support Promotion Program The Medford Pear Shippers association voted recently to support the merchandising and promotion program of the Pa cific Coast Canned Pear service. The program is supported by voluntary pro-rata assessments on all pear tonnage sold to pro- YOUNGER HOME OWNERS Chicago (IP Forty per cent of today's home owners are be tween the ages of 25 and 34, ac cording to the United States Savings and Loan Laegue, com pared with 30 per cent in 1949. cessors on the Pacific coast. 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