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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
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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-
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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.
Growers in Oregon, Washington
and California are participating.
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Salem (IP) Karl Greve Jr.,
Portland jeweler, has been ap
pointed by Gov. Robert D.
Holmes to fill the Republican
vacancy on the three-member
Oregon Liquor Control Commission.
went to war to defeat the origi
nal U. N. vote. By the same to
ken, the Jwes, who insisted in
1947 that they did not want an
inch of territory beyond those
frontiers, are more than likely
to go to war to prevent those
frontiers from being enforced
today.
Copyright 1957, New York
Herald Tribune Inc.
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