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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30 and
40 years aco. q
10 YEARS AGJD Q
June 5, 1948 (Sunday)
Anglers from (to 60 are
expected to (fee on the trail
to TouVelle state park today
for the annual Rational Cat
fish Derby arid picnic.
The hearing Tuesday on al
ternate plans for development
of the Rogue basin will be
divided into four parts irri
gation, fishery flood control,
and business interests.
20 YEARS AGO
June 5, 1938 (Sunday)
Eight Jacksonville Boy
Scout leaders were given an
insight into forestry the past
week by executives of the
Rogue River national forest.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pt column: "It turn
ed hot Friday causing the
well-dressed males t weas
lay hats and ice crim pants."
30 YEARS AGO .
June 5, 1928 (Tuesday)
Charles Talent, state traffic
officer, with headquarters at
Ashland, arrested last night
for parking on the wrong side
of the street.
Because of the continued
warm weather in this area
the forest fire situation is be
coming dangerous.
40 YEARS AGO
'GJune 5. 1918 (Wednesday)
George Hays of Tacoma,
who was a resident of Jack
sonville 28 years ago, is here
for several days.
From local and personal
coluaan: "All owners afid man-
agers of hotels, rooming
houses must be licenses and
be of good moral character,
according to a city ordinance
passed last night."
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct is superior;
seven or eight is excellent; five or
siv is good.
1. What is the bjrth stone
ior tne snontn ot June:
2. In a bullfight, does the
picador or the matador kill
the bull! O
3. What date is fixed by the
Constitutional amendment as
the date for the beginning of
regular sessions of Congress?
Gi. Monrovia is the capital
of what African Republic?
5. ie armed forces of the
TT ; have ripen mprffpH in A
single Dep&tment; name the
Department.
O 6. Did Hitler become dic
tator of Germany in 1931,
1932, or 1933
7. How rny hoursr In
a 365 day calendarcyear?
8. Who is generally regard
ed as the greatest biographer
of Abraham Lincoln?
9. Name the capital of
Maryland
10. What
Philippine
wejt?
f$a bounds
Islands on
the
the
Answers:
1. Pearl. 2. Mat
ador. 3. The 3rd day ot Jan
uary. 4. Liberia. 5. Depart
ment f Defense. 6. 1933. T.
8.760. 8. Carl Sandbeft. 9.
fnnapolis. 10. South hina
Philadelphia (UPD Her
man D. Kenin, violinist and
attorney, was elected presi
dent of the American Federa
tion of Musicians on the basis
of unofficial returns in ballot
ing at the union's 61st annual
convention today. j
Editorial Correspondence . . .
RiceMoumtain Lodge, Paul Smiths, N.Y. As Jack Benny
would say, the weather here has been "execrable." We
have been here two weeks it seems like only one and
there has been practically no sunshine, a great deal of rain,
several thunderstorms, wind, frosts and what have you. The
fact that according to the weather records this is "excep
tional," doesn't help much. The one consolation is we did
not tome here for a holiday but to see the most recent
addition to the family of grandchildren. And with character
istic grand-parental modesty we asseverate the young lady
is worth seeing, (which incidentally is an understatement).
If there were a baby show around here we would surely
enter Maria, and file a vigorous protest" if she failed to get
a "blue ribbon." On the basis of beauty and crew cut hair-do
she might get the "sweepstakes." - , .
We wish we could say this enthusiasm is returned. Tne
young lady no longer yells bloody murder at the sight of
another man in the house and a queer looking one with
such a high forehead, while the one she has known, has a
forelock like a percheron but she reserves her interest
entirely for the women six of them particularly when
they have a bottle, white and warm, in an outstretched
hand. But as remarked the acute, allergy has departed,
unless the elderly intruder with the high forehead makes
any improper advances and to Princess Maria anything
more than a furtive peek over the edge of the crib is taking
liberties which are vigorously resented.
However our once proud and haughty spirit as far as the
gentler and deadlier sex is concerned," has long since
been broken, and instead of resenting such shabby treatment,
we accept our fate as an inferior form of animal life, and
render praise to Allah, that without giving the counter
sign or extending tribute we are still allowed to enter the
house, and get a seat at the "first table." 1 -
'
Once again, like Will Rogers, weonly k'now what we
read in the' papers. And only one newspaper the Jf.Y.
Herald-Tribune. Like the Oregonian in Medford, we only
get the early edition of the same day, so the baseball
results are seldom complete. And for some reason we are
more interested in the St. Louis Cardinals than General
de Gaulle and France. Probably because we know more
about what is going on in St. Louis where the Cards are
staging a belated comeback
do about General de G, and
Paris. The trouble is or has
paper reports have been so conflicting and confusing the
General has been in one day and not in the next; a military
dictatorship is certain on Friday and de Gaulle denies any
such intention on Monday. In short when one onlv knows
wnai one reads in the newspaper, one doesn't know much
Two men who know much
and conditions in France than
are strangely agreed. One is
omer is iormer resident Truman. They both seem to think
if France is to be saved from a major catastrophe and
piooaoiy civil war ueneral de
can do it. Well, as frequently
of de Gaulle and never have,
and informed leaders of the
eye we are disposed to go along with them. Tt lnolrs t. i.c
like a question of two evils
uc a sicaiei tdiamiiy man a ue
Motoring around here one
primeval forests for they are just that they have not
been civilized so to speak, since the" first American settlers
came to Lake Champlam. Most
forest preserve, which according to official U.S. reDorts
contain 250,000,000 trees over
areas were cut-off, in fact at so alarming a rate that in
1894 the N.Y. state government became alarmed and the
constitution was amended to
a state forest preserve and the
or another 2,500,000 acres, were left in private hands. This
preserve or state park is,, we believe, the first example
of forest conservation in the country, and still remains the
largest, it started the ball rolling which later was increased
in speed and mileage so skillfully and Datrioticallv hv
Teddy Roosevelt and Gifford
ly on ine facitic coast is a vital issue today.
The practical monetary value of such a rjoliov is arknnwl.
edged around here by everyone for thanks to it half a
million tourists come to the Adirondacks every summer,
and many come for winter sports throughout the winter.
"dU iUI;n action not been
De practically a desert at least
Inere is another unusual
iiem is aimost entirely in tne hands of people from the large
eastern cities, who aside from building a "camp" and a
roao to it, nave lett the forests untouched. They have wanted
the primeval forests to remain because they have wanted
to escape from the big cities
tar away from the "maddening crowd."
as a result here we have 5,000,000 acres where the
forests as forests are today much the same as they were
hpfnrp PnlnmVmc Aicrr-wTrYrA a . . : mi
vuv....Uuo wioi,u v ti
many nsn, not so much game, but considerable of both
iiu u me muians snouid return the FORESTS would be
virtually tne same. R.W.R.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
General de Gaulle gets all
the powers he demanded and
now sits alone in the driver's
seat. All he has to do is to re
store faith in government
squash a dangerous revolt in
Algeria and pull France out
of bankruptcy.
Lets wish him luck and
pass on to other problems.
SPEAKING of problems,
there's iha rfl'lomma tnoA
by the London police. A con
trite thief showed up this
morning and admitted stealing
three pounds (S8.40 in bird of
freedom- money). He turned
the cash over to the bobbiesy
J?ut for the life of him," he
said, he couldn't identify the
victim.
Without a victim, the thief
cant be tried.
ITS A puzzler, all right.
They might try advertis
ing. But, even in London,
three quid are three quid and
a lot of claimants might turn
up. A NEW problem would
then arise how to identify
the RIGHTFUL victim.
Ah, me! The problems that
face this modern world. There
seems to be no end to them.
WORE trouble in Britain
1"J- where they have social
ized medicine and the govern
ment picks up the tab for
medical treatments.
The just-published reDort of
the P e o p 1 e's Dispensary,
which passes on the bills, in
cludes the case of a tame
mouse that had 20 stitches
after a, terrible start, than we
what is actually hatmenine in
been until today the news
more about General de Oanllp
most of the
President Eisenhower anH th
Gaulle is the only man who
stated, we don't think- mnph
but when two such respected
two major parties see eye to
and we grant civil war would
- uauile premiership.
is constantly impressed bv the
of them are today in the U.S
8 inches in diameter. Some
place 2.500.000 acres in a
rest of the Adirondack area
Pinchot and which particular
taken the Adirondacks would
deserted today.
feature the land privately
to their wilderness retreats
rujici x nere are not so
taken in its head after an en
counter with a cat.
II'HAT would YOU do with
T that qne? .
I suppose, if it was your
pet mouse, you'd reason that
it all comes out of taxes anv
way and you might as well get
your share. If you don't,
someoody else will get it.
At least, that's the way we
Americans reason in the case
of government grants for this
and that and the other. We
figure that if we don't go after
tne money some other com
munity will and so it will cost
us just as much in the long
run.
TUT enough of Britian.
We have troubles of bur
own. - ..
In Pensacola, a regional
meeting of letter-carriers is
in progress. Included in the
business of the session was a
formal report on the dog situa
tion. The report recites in
precise and formal language
that only one mailman in five
escapes a dog bite in the
course of his professional
career. - -
It adds that carriers 'ose an
average of ONE PAIR OF
PANTS PER YEAR because
of these attacks upon them by
man's best friend.
TTMMMMM. ,
How come this" canine
aversion to the mailmen?
THE DOGS DON'T HAVE
TO PAY THE BILLS THE
MAILMAN CARRIES.
Dennis fhe Menace
.'Did ya fcVER knock m All
Today & Tomorrow
By Walter iippmann
THE TASK OF DE GAULLE
Washington General de
Gaulle has come into power
because he alone offers any
hope of being
able to make
peace in Al
geria and in
North Africa
He has staked
the fate of
his govern
ment on his
ability to do
waiter Lippmaan this, and every
thing els e
the reform of the French con
stitution included depends
upon his success in Algeria
That his supreme objective
must be peace in North Africa
is attested by the fact that he
has asked for special powers
only for a limited period of
six months. If his objectives
were to make war in order to
suppress the rebellion by mili
tary force, six months would
surely not be enough time.
The limited terms on which
he has asked for special pow
ers and the moderate charac
ter of the Cabinet he' has ap
pointed can have only one
meaning that he believes he
can arrange an acceptable set
tlement without much : more
fighting and in the next few
months.
.
THE CRUCIAL question, on
whinh his snereso rlenenrfs
is whether he can count upon
the whole loyalty of the
Army in Algeria and in
France. If he can count upon
it, the civilian extremists will
not be able to veto the politi
cal concessions which any con
ceivable negotiated settlement
will, require, them to make. If,
on the other hand, the Army
in Algeria with support from
the Army in France is with
the civilian extremists, Gen.
de Gaulle must fail and civil!
Communications
Letters to the Editor must bear the
although under certain circumstances
for publication is permissible The Mail Tribune reserves the right to
edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters
submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters
printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the
oaper; in fact the contrary is often
Misinformation
To The Editor: It is a rule
of logic that if something is
withheld in the premises,
something must be wanting in
the conclusion. . That rule
would show, then, that we
cannot develop an intelligent
atomic policy if we do not
have all the facts regarding
nuclear testing.
We do not have all the facts.
For instance, the Atomic En
ergy Commission has an ex
tensive report on strontium 90
which is a part of fallout from
nuclear tests. Strontium 90, a
carcinogenic substance, is
stored in the bones of human
beings. So far, the AEC has
refused to permit this report
to be made public.
Also, the AEC has released
stof ies that proved to be false.
Not long ago the AEC con
ducted an underground nu
clear test. - Then it reported
that the test had been detect
ed not more than 250 miles
away. However, Congressman
Chet Holifield, of California,
did some investigating and
found that the test had been
detected at least as far away
as 2,300 miles.
Agencies associated with
the AEC are responsible for
additional misinformation. I
wrote some time ago to the
State Department to . make
known my opposition to the
continuance of nuclear tests.
Mr. Maurice S. . Rice acting
chief, public services division,
acknowledged my letter and
enclosed ' a press ' release of
Secretary Dulles'' news con
ference of April 1, 1958. :
According to this press re
lease, a reporter asked Mr.
down
war will be, it would seem,
i unavoidable.
Thus far, the indications
are favorable. There is reason
to think that in the insurrec
tion in Algeria the Army was
not acting on behalf of the civ
ilian extremists but for reas
ons of its own. The first of
these reasons was that by tak
ing command of the rioting
mobs, the Army maintained
law and order during the dan
gerous interval when there
was no responsible govern
ment in Paris. The other rea
son, one may venture to
think, is that the Army's
grievance against the parlia
mentary government in Paris
was that it was too weak to
make war and too weak to
make peace. It is highly prob
able that while the civilian
extremists are really inter
ested in white predominance
over the Moslem masses, the
Army's primary interest is to
see concluded with honor to
itself an indecisive and inglor
ious war.
HHHIS would account for the
Army's faith in Gen. de
Gaulje. For there is nothing
he has ever said, there is
nothing in his record, to sup
port the notion that he would
espouse the purposes of the
civilian extremists, of the so
called Algerian lobby, who
have stultified all the preced
ing governments. There is, on
the other hand, his whole rec
ord as one of the great his
toric figures of our epoch to
guarantee that he will pro
tect the honor of the French
Army.
I have known many a
Frenchman who has looked to
de Gaulle as the only man
who could extricate France
from the horrible predica
ments of an indecisive war.
name and address of the writer,
the use of a pen name or initial
the ras
Dulles the question: "Mr. Sec
retary, returning to those al
ternatives that you outlined
at the beginning, are we to
understand you to mean that
when we have achieved a
smaller, cleaner tactical bomb
we will then be prepared to
eliminate from our atomic ar
senal the megaton bombs and
the kiloton bombs?"
The April 7 New York
Times said that the reporter
had asked a different question
from the one the State Depart
ment released. According to
that newspaper, the reporter
had asked: ". . . but we will
not retain any of the larger,
megaton bombs and dirty
bombs in the arsenal?"
Please note that the word
"dirty' has been changed to
"kiloton" although the words
do not sound alike "and they
do not have even a similar
meaning.
I wonder if it is the belief
of - the Atomic Energy Com
mission and the State Depart
ment ihat the only "good"
public is a misinformed or un
informed public?
Henry R. Korman
. 2640 Garfield St.
Longview, Wash.
Nation of Killers?
To the Editor: Is America
preparing to become a nation
of "killers"? Why is our na
tion so insensitive to the aw-
tul dangers of preparing for
nuclear war, let alone the hor
rors of such a war itself?
Can a nation remain moral
and humanitarian while si
lently approving continuing
H-bomb tests, when one single
test of a super bomb may well
doom 1500 people to die of
The feeling of these French
men that de Gaulle can do
what no other Frenchman can
do is not unlike the popular
feeling in this country in 1952
that only Gen. Eisenhower
with his great personal pres
tige had power to bring to an
end the stalemated Korean
war.
GEN. DE GAULLE has been
much criticized for not
offering a blue-print for a set
tlement in Algeria. He has
been wiser than his critics. He
has avoided what might have
been a fatal mistake. In order
to make peace in Algeria, a
modus vivendi must be found
in which the extremist fac
tions can acquiesce. This will
become possible only if, on
the one hand, the extremist
leaders among the'French set
tlers know that they do nbt
have the support of the
French Army; if, on the other
hand, the extremist leaders of
the Algerian rebels know that
they do not have the. support
of the Tunisian and Moroccan
governments.
To create this situation, in
which peace would become
possible, there must be a gov
ernment in France which can
not be sabotaged and over
thrown. This government
must have, as Gen. de Gaulle
does have, an impeccable rec
ord in defending the honor of
France and a record of magna
nimity in dealing with the de
pendent peoples of the French
empire. The government must
be free, because its authority
is not . in doubt, to shake off
the extremists and the fan
atics and to propose compro
mises which no weak govern
ment would dare to sponsor
HE Administration here has
acted with perfect pro
priety and with wisdom dur
ing the French crisis. The
American government has
every reason to wish Gen. de
Gaulle well and to hope for
his success. If he can bring
peace to Algeria, he will not
only avert a disaster which
might well involve the whole
of North Africa. He will also
open up for France, which is
full of young energy, the road
to a much happier future. Our
vital interest in France is not
be measured in terms of the
NATO air fields, depots, com-
munications centers, and divi
sions. Our interest, the inter
est of Europe, the interest of
peace require a strong and
prosperous France. With such
a France there can be no irrec
oncilable issues, and our le
gitimate interests will be safe
In this connection the ap
pointment as Foreign Minis
ter of the former French Am
bassador to Washington, M,
Maurice Couve de Murville, is
most gratifying reassuring. He
is a very extraordinary man.
as cool, as objective, and as
penetrating a judge of inter
national affairs, as any West
ern diplomat now in active
service. Though still a young
man as such things go, he has
already had a distinguished
career, and he should have,,
one has the right to believe, a
brilliant and invigorating part
to play in the diplomacy of
the Western coalition.
(1958 New York
Herald Tribune Inc.)
lukemia, tens of thousands
more to die of bone cancer
and other diseases and 100,000
seriously defective children
born to future generations?
These are some of the ques
tions raised by the article of
Dr. Linus Pauling, one of
America's noted scientists, in
a recent address appearing in
the May issue of the Social
Questions Bulletin, official
publication of the Methodist
Federation for Social Action,
an unofficial fellowship found
ed in 1907.
Mark A. Chamberlin,
Chairman
Oregon Chapter
Methodist Federation
for Social Action
P. O. Box 327,
Gresham, Ore.
He Still Shifts Gears
To the Editor: In regard to
the letter in the Mail Tribune
of June 3 by M. Hall ... I
cannot say whether Japanese
plywood is hurting the econ
omy of the west coast but I
cannot agree with his (or her)
attitude in regard to the pur
chase of foreign-made automo
biles. I reckon if the Ameri
can automobile industry were
to make the kind of automo
bile desired by the people
they'd generally have no dif
ficulty in making sales to
American people.
The attitude of the Ameri
can automobile industry is
evidently that "Bigger means
better." Here's one Irishman
who will not buy any of the
curren- wiop of American au
tomobiles. In fact, I don't
think there are any salesmen
in Medford "super" enough to
give one of the cockeyed
things to me. I won't promise
a beating. But the next sales
man who tries to sell me an
eight cylinder automobile or
truck will hear by opinion in
terms not considered suitable
for printing in The Medford
Mail Tribune. The American
automobile industry has . not
built a decent nor sensible
vehicle in more than 20 years.
Anybody too lazy to shift rys.
Top Reds Seen Under Attack
By 'Stalinist' Communists
By CHARLES M. McCANN
UPI Foreign News Analyst
The No. 1 leaders of both
Soviet Russia and Red China
appear to be under attack by
the "Stalin
ists" in their
C o m m u nist
par ties. Dis
patches from
Eastern Euro
pean capitals
say this party
dispute lies be
hind the new
C o m m u nist
denunciations
Cbarles M.
McCann
of President Tito of Yugo
slavia for his persistently in
dependent attitude.
The "Stalinists" the men
who insist that a harsh dicta
torship is essential in a Com
munist country are directing
the anti-Tito campaign.
It is said also that the Chi
nese' Communists are the
prime movers in the anti-Tito
offensive and that they put
pressure on the Russian Com
munists to join in it.
Prestige Loss Indicated
Dispatches say the dispute
in the Russian Communist
Party was so serious recently
that Soviet Premier Nikita S.
Khrushchev was threatened
with loss of control of the rul
ing Presidium and Central
Committee.
It is reported also that Chi
nese Red Leader Mao Tse
Tung has lost a considerable
degree of party authority to
Liu Shao-Chi, the Chinese
Communist Party's chief theo
retician who for years has
been regarded as the real
No. 2 man.
If the reports are accurate,
it means Khrushchev and
Mao are paying the penalty
for the party crime of liberal
ism, and that Tito is being
made the whipping boy.
Realizes Strategic Mistake
Khrushchev has long been
aware that he went too far
in his denunciation of Josef
Stalin's policies. He could
hardly fail to realize that, be
cause it was his denuncia
tion of Stalin-type leadership
that led to the Polish and
Hungarian revolts.
Mao, of course, made the
same mistake. In his now
famous "Let a hundred flow
ers bloom" speech, he invited
criticism of the Chinese Red
regime.
The response was so en
thusiastic, both inside and
outside the Communist Party,
that a drastic purge of the
critics became necessary.
Mao appears to have suf
fered more blame than
Khrushchev for the failure of
the liberalization campaign.
own gears or steer the vehicle
is too lazy for words. I have
my faults, but as I told a sales
man once in Medford, (he'd
tried to sell me a new car with
automatic tr a n s m i s s i o n).
"When I get too lazy to shift
my own gears it'll be time for
me to quit driving.
Now to get back to M. Hall
People usually buy a vehicle
which fits their needs. Not
everyone is continually trying
to "impress the neighbors." As
told another salesman once,
'I don't care if the neighbors
are impressed, unimpressed,
depressed, or preferably sup
pressed" N
Mr. (or Mrs.) Hall, after
reading this you should be
able to understand, if you
have normal intelligence, why
there are people who prefer
the smaller foreign automo
biles. Floyd R. McCabe
Mt. Pitt Star Route,
Box 80, Butte Falls
Elks Convention
Roseburg (UPI) The an
nual convention of the Oregon
State Elks association opened
today. New state officers will
be named Saturday.
Chapel Mortuary.
Across from the Courthouse
Frank Morgan Harold Snodgrass
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
The Chinese Communists
are represented as fearful not
only of internal unrest, due
to a bad industrial and agri
Matter of Fact Joseph aisOP
BETWEEN ENDING
AND BEGINNING..
Paris The airplane for Al
geria, advertised as at least
equal to a flying camel in
both speed
and comfort,
leaves in one
hour's time.
What will one
find t h e r e
the signs of
future defeat
or the promise
of e v e n t u al
success for
General de
Joseph Al&tB "
Gaulle's great experiment?
There is no use trying to
guess the answer to a question
which events alone can an
swer in any case. But at this
breathless moment, between
the ending of the Paris crisis
and the beginning of de
Gaulle's vital Algeria venture,
another point is perhaps
worth noting. In this tefise
Paris crisis, one has also seen
at least the beginning of the
end of what may be called the
postwar world.
The postwar world was
chiefly characterized by the
enormous number of highly
provisional arrangements tjat
were made in countries which
had been deeply unsettled by
the war. There were very few
countries except the United
States and the Soviet Union
in which the war did not pro
duce some sort of change of
system. In a great many coun
tries, the first attempts to
cope with the change were not
merely provisional. They
were downright ramshackle.
In this latter class, the most
important country was the
third Western ally, France
A S ONE looks bacfc France'
Fourth Republic never was
anything but ramshackle and
provisional. No government
that is constitutionally inca
pable of dealing decisively
with any problem engaging
the deep feelings of the na
tion can hope to endure for
ever. The Fourth Republic
suffered from this incapacity
and so it did not endure.
All the same, the Fourth
Republic was the old friend
known, predictable, familiar
as an old shoe, of all the other
Western allies and, in particu
lar, of the Washington policy
makers
The relationship began to
emerge, significantly enough
at the moment when' Gen. de
Gaulle left the French gov
ernment in 1946. The main
lines were pretty well set by
the end of 1948. And the
friendship developed along
the pre-set lins for next 10
vears. without being vastly
affected by any of the changes
of government in France' up
to now. The present change
is quite different, however.
Fortunately, there is very
little reason to fear that Gen
de Gaulle will now attempt a
nlete reconstruction of
France's foreign relations. In
mid-crisis, at one of those mo
ments when it seemed de
Gaulle might come dto power
the next morning, one of the
men closest to the General
made a significant call on Am
bassador Amory Houghtfc,
for the sole purpose of calm
ing American fears.
THE emissary represented
the General as the very
opposite of hostile to NATO,
although vague reference was
made to "improvements" in
the NATO structure. By the
same token, the emissary also
stated that the GeneraP be
lieved France must remain
loyal to her European com
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cultural situation, but of ny
lessening of world tension
which would weaken Russia's
part in the cold war.
mittments, to the Common
Market and the like, although
again there was a vague ref
erence to possible "adjust
ments." Gen. de Gaulle himself
seems to have gone consider
ably further than this, in the
assurances he offered to the
NATO-minded leaders of the
M.R.P? and the Europe-minded
leaders of the Socialist
party. The character of the
brilliantly able new Foreign
'Minister, Maurice Couve de
Murville, is a sufficient guar
antee against such often-rumored
adventures as unilat
eral negotiations with Mos
cow. And in any case, with
only six months to negotiate
an Algerian settlement and
prepare a constitutional re
form, Gen. de Gaulle will
hardly have time to revolu
tionize the landscape in many
other ways as well.
This bging said, however, it
is also plain that the old shoe
relationship between France
and her allies has now come
to an end. If Gen. de Gaulle
fails, the ending may be very
terrible indeed. For then the
Western allies will have to
deal with a France which is
either Communist or Fascist.
But even if Gen. de Gaulle
succeeds in all that he is now
attempting, the old, familiar
wajQ will surely change and
the old familiar faces will
surely be replaced by new
faces y quite a different sort.
I
N THE former period.
France was always being
cossetted by her allies on the
one hand, and always being
taken for granted by her allies
on the othhand. A France
in which de Gaulle has suc
ceeded will no demand much
cassetting. But such a France
will not accent being taken
for granted enfter. That is all
one can foretell. But even
Mnat is enough to provide the
basis for another prophecy.
The formerQhape, the former
relationships, the former ideas
and purposes of the Western
Alliance are all due to be re
cast in the period that ljes
ahead.
In other countries besides
France, notably in the Middle
East, the provisional and
ramshackle postwar arrange
ments are also breaking down.
In these other countries, new
arrangements, new systems
are also emerging. And these
other new systems, while
probably more stable, will al
most certainly be less easy to
live and work with than the
old.
In sum, what lies ahead is
an enormous effort of adjust
ment to a wholly transformed
world situation an effort
which will require the utmost
intellectual flexibility, the ut
most in imagination, even the
utmost In mere physical stick-to-it-iveness
among the Wash
ington policy makers. One
cannot helpi but wonder
whether the Washington of
Eisenhower and Dull is ca- -
pble of such an effort.
(1958 New York
Herald Tribune Inc.)
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