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0 4 Thursday, Jum J 9, 19S8 MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE. MedfordSwTribune "Everyone in Southern vregon Published Daily except Saturday by :LtJJt UKiJ riu.Mi.Mi to 33 North Fir St Ph. SP.2-6141 ROBEHT W RUHL. Editor HERB GREY Advertising Maoafei GERALD LATH Ail. Business Mrr. KRIC ALLEN. JR Managing Editor aiu. n limvi3, i ty ccuior HARRY CHIPMAN Teleg Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Society Editor DALE ERICK5QN. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford Oregon under Act cat March 3,189i SUBSCRIPTION R.tS Mail In Advance: Copy He. Daily and Sunday 1 yr 415 98 Daily and Sunday moa. 8.00 Daily and Sunday 3 mos. 4-23 Sunday uniy one yWir fci.20 By Carrier In Advance Medford Ashland. Central floint. Iale roan, jacKsonviiier uold tun Phoenix. Sbady Cove. Rome Riv er Talent, and on motor routes: Daily and Sunday 1 year (18.00 Daily and Sunday 1 mo. 1.50 Carrier and Dealers copy 10c All Terms Cash In Advance Official Paper of City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLIDAY CO.. INC Of fices in New York. Chicago. De troit, ian Francisco. Los Aneeies. Seattle. Portland. St. Louis. At lanta. Vancouver. B. C. , o NEtfSPAM f U0Uf HfBS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITO&I v Ax ASSOdlAT Z7 Flighto Time .Medford and Jackson County "History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30 and 40 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO June 19, 1948 (Saturday) Dick Woodcock' elected president of the Medford Ac tive club; Jim Bidgood named vice president. E. T. Clark, secretary-manager of the Pacific Northwest Loggers' association, speaks at meeting of Southern Ore gon Conservation' and Tr e e Farm association. (20 YEARS AGO June 19. 1938 (Sunday) Herb Gray, advertising man ager of Mail Tribune, elected treasurer of Oregon Newspa per Publishers association at convention here. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: "Quite a number of valley Democrats are still mad about the way things went in May, and give prQiise of staying ths way till November." 30 YEARS AGO June 19, 1928 (Tuesday) C. C. Lemon elected to re place Emil Mohr, whose term expired on the Medford school board. Ashlfd traffic officer fined $5 in Jacksonville court for parking on the wrong side of the street. 40 YEARS AGO June 19, 1918 (Wednesd?) Rock Point id Gold Hill scpol districts approve pro posal for consolidation ftt t special election? Washington state woman killed in accident at railroad crossing just south of Med ford. What's Yonr I.Q.V Nine or tenOeorrect is saaenar; seven or eight is excelfcat; rive er six is good. 1. Wllich American states man named his estate Mon ticello?0 Q . 2. Name the capital of Ber muda. o 3. The State of Main is noted for its production of w!te potatoes or sweet po tatoes? 4. Who wrote the book, "The Razors Edge"? 5. What ambitious engine ering project was started and abandoned in Maine as a pow er supply source? ' ' 6. In which group of Pa cific islands is Guam? 7. Who invented the light ning rod? T O In 8 which country is Sofia? 9. Is brass an element or an alloy? 10. In musical composition, what do the letters 'ff in dicate? Answers: 1. Thomas Jeffer son. 2. Hamilton. 3. White potatoes. 4. Somerset Maug ham. .5. Passamaquoddy proj ect for harnessing the tides. 6. The Marianas. 7. Benjamin Franklin. 8. Bulgaria. 9. Alloy (copper and zinc, sometimes tin). 10. Fortissimo (very loud). " " - ' Editorial Correspondence . . . New York City, N. Y. Well the second mission has been completed. Family No. 2, "bag, baggage" and four bi cycles are somewhere at sea. Just before the ship sailed a flashily-dressed individual with an eyebrow mustache tinged with grey, accosted us, produced a camera with a telescopic lense and asked unctiously if we wanted a "closeup" of our "dear ones". Under ordinary circumstances the undersigned would have told the brassy gent to jump in the ocean, but the circumstances were not ordinary. So he was allowed to take "close-ups" of four of the "dear ones" leaning over the port-rail the other two as befitted their greater maturity (pa pa and his'eldest son) were on the deck above viewing the scene, with proper restraint and dignity. t . The ship sailed from Hoboken so we had to take the Erie ferry to get there which brough back- many youthful memories. For as has previously been noted in this depart ment, we lived in New York a few years at the turn of the century, working as a reporter on the long-since defunct New York Cpmmercial-Advertiser, and had in the course of our duties to take the ferry to Hoboken now and then. We don't know for sure this ferry was the same one we travelled on in the "good old days," but it might well have been. A sturdy and commodious craft built for the ages, mak ing the "S.P." ferries plying between Oakland and SF look slim and make-shift in comparison. The same bootblacks-in-blue were walking up and down the commodious aisle, a bit down in the mouth with no customers, but they must have some business during the rush-hours or they would hardly be oiTthe job. Stained glass over the doors, faded lithographs, and extremely muscular and very courteous deck-hands com pleted the picture. Another nostalgic touch was when the few passengers hurried through the gates for the Erie and Lacka wanna trains. Trains may be going the way of the stage coach, but it's going to take a long time. " o The ship was an American Export freighter carrying over 100 passengers named the "Exeter," about 8,000 tons com pared with the modern trans-Atlantic liners of 50,000 and over. An extremely trim and attractive ship, however, with a snippy crew of young men, looking in their whites like 19581 graduates of the U.S. Naval Academy but of course they ren't. Also a swimming pool on the after-deck slightly larger than Nero's bathtub. The mfin salon, the dining room all set for dinner, spark ing glass and silver a . veritable floating palace compared 1 : i. A A, . . . . . . . tu mc iiist Auanuc ireignter This ship's first stop will be and Marseilles, from which through f ranee in a rented "bus" so as to accommodate the four bicycles. (Why they didn't tnree dogs and one cat is not clear!) - .-.'.- It was a lovely day so cool side, thank Heaven.. With is a perfect summer resort but tnanic you: The New York Yankees casual visitor, ihey dropped lowiy Detroit -tigers yesterday, making it four in a row mat puts the Yankees at the 7 points. But that doesn't fool the Yankees to have a 7 point Man being given low weight Crossing New York harbor, Francisco bay, demonstrated what a wonderful harbor Man hattan has and how it leads the western hemisphere in ocean traffic. Ihree big passenger-liners went out to sea before the Exeter sailed, one after, and barges4-some of the latter-carrying parts of freight trains. It is a busy place and from Hoboken the N.Y. skyline is truly iaouious. Suppose the employment head of General Motors was asked by the President of the company (or his special representa tive; to iook out lor a Mr. X apply tne following day? Would the employment head eive special consideration to Mr. X There Would be no money there would merely be that word from the President's special representative, to take note of the "X" application. Would that give Mr. X a great advantage over other applicants or not? This is a question for Mr. Sherman Adams, special rep resentative oi tne resident, to ....- Anyone who doubts this is the N.Y. Air Terminal down at have the doubt removed. We wanted tnrougn the building, There' are two floors packed with ticket windows, where one can get a piane to any part of the world except the North and South poles. At least we saw no signs naming the earth's extremities, but we did see practically every other section nf the globe represented. It was about 6 p.m. so there was no crowd, but there-were plenty of people with air travel bags setting off on night journeys. There was quite a party headed iur israei, prooaoiy a family, Family ties must be strong in This terminal is only' where cabs and limousines are taken to xue nua town tunnel to the Island adjoins the terminal. Across the street from there is a public playground sur rounded by an iron fence much than any "iron curtain" Russia is aamnted, however, through hard-to-find side gates. A soft ball game between the Daily News employees and a neighbor- hood nine was in progress, much more excitement, and parti sanship evident than one usually sees at the Yankee stadium, particularly on the part of the individual players. They were playing to win, and believe it or not sliding to base on solid cement to attain it. We have seen softball games before but never saw such fast and skillful underhand pitching before it was uncanny the way the pitchers managed to control the over sized pellet. If the cool wind blowing here from the northwest is blowing similarly on the Atlantic the "Exeter" must be hav ing some hefty waves to climb. R.W.R. Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF TTERB SHRINER has an unreconstructed Arkansas neighbor AJ- who raised a first-class ruction when her husband got tired swatting mosquitoes and screened the entire house. "Dawgone!' screamed ; the lady "You ain't a-goin' , to get me breathin' that strained air!" It all depends on the point of view! An American doctor, titled a - magazine piece, "Will We Be Able to Stand a Four-Day Week?" The article was translated into French, but the Paris editor changed the title to "What Are We Going to Do With a Three-Day Week end?" The author's com ment: "Apparently the French see the hole rather' than the doughnut" A psychologist's wife asked him why he never would let her play golf with him. "My dear," he admonished, "there are three things a man must do alone: testify, die and putt." Q 1958. by Bennett Cert. 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The public Dennis the Menace 1 JU6T WAHTBO TO StfOtV VOU HOW DIRTY OTHER PEOPLE LET THEIR KIDS GBTl Fear of Tifoism' Seen Cause Of Nagy Maleter Executions By CHARLES McCANN UPI Foreign News Analyst Fear of "Titoism" seems to be emerging as the chief rea son for the execution of Hun garian revolt leaders Imre Nagy and Pal Maleter. - For months, Russian and satellite Com munist' leaders have been try ing to pull back from the Charlei M. McCann liberal ized policy whicli Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev inaugu rated after the death of Josef Stalin. ' There has been no indica tion that the rulers of any Today G Tomorrow By Walter Uppmarin STRATEGIC PLANNING On the bill to reorganize the Pentagon the President got from the House most but not all of what he he wanted Broadly speak ing, the House which is un der Democrat ic control, fol lowed him in everyth ing that has to do Walter Lippmann With the COm mand of the armed forces. But the House opposed and defeat ed him on certain basic Ques tions which have to do with strategic planning funda mentally on the question of whether the high and longer range planning shall be cen tralized in one staff or shall remain the joint responsibility of tne services. During the past months since the President put for ward his proposals, it 'has often been said that on a mili tary question the country was bound to accept the views of its most famous soldier.- But the majority in the House drew a line between the President's recommendations which they would accept and those which they . rejected. They followed Gen. Eisen hower on those military ques tions where as the former Supreme Commander during the World War he could'speak with great experience and au thority on the questions which relate to the command and operation of great com plicated forces. But the ma jority did not follow him in the field where he has not had great experience, and has not earned any special distinc tion. This is the field of strate gic planning. - THUS during the Second World War Gen. Eisenhow er was a successful Supreme Commander. But he did not do the strategic planning of the war. That was done at a much higher level than liis, at the level of Churchill and Roosevelt yid of the combined Chiefs of Staff. Gen Eisen hower was in the European theater the supreme operator, not the supreme planner. When for a time after the war he was in the Pentagon as Chief of Staff of the Army, which was before the Korean war, he did not make a rec ord for strategic insight and foresight. And later, when he became Supreme Commander of NATO, there is little in the record to show that he grasped the import of nuclear weapons on the strategical planning of the NATO forces. There is, therefore, substan tial ground for the discrimina tion shown by the House in following him on operational matters but not on strategic planning:'"' Ked-ruied country had any reason, to fear an uprising an anti-Communist popular ex plosion. -Nor has there been any in dication that there was any organized "Titoist" activity in Soviet Russia, Communist China or the East European satellite countries. But official and semi-offic ial statements coming from Moscow and Budapest, the Hungarian capital, point to fears that a popular uprising is possible in one or more of the satellites and that a ten dency, toward what Red lead ers can litoism, revision ism" and "nationalism" is dan gerously strong among Com munist Party members in Rus sia and Red China as well as rpHE basic issue between the President and the leader ship of the House is expound ed in the very able report brought in by Rep. Vinson for the Committee on Armed Services. There are, says the re port, "two well, defined sys tems of strategic planning and direction of military opera tions. One is the authoritarian system, topped by an all pow erful single military Chief of Staff, supported by an overall Armed Forces General Staff which he dominates and con trols. This system ... is super ficially effective in arriving at swift decisions a faculty which, it possesses because it is' shaped to eliminate from consideration, alternative courses of action. The second system for strategical planning is exemplified by the Joint Chiefs of Staff," each of whom "is subject to the civilian au thority of the Secretary of De fense ... is free to express and to advocate his views and to present and press for the full, proper and effective em ployment of the particular cababilities of his own serv ice." . What the President asked for was. not in name a Gen eral Staff system. But he did ask for something very close to it in principle. He asked for the virtual suppression of the civilian secretaries of the various services and he want ed to take away from the Chiefs of Staff their present right to appeal to the Con gress. It is Jthis right of ap peal which prevents any one of the services from being overridden by a combination of the other two, and makes certain that on a - great issue its views cannot be suppressed and must be debated.- FT WAS on this point that the House opposed the Presi dent. It is a point of great im portance.. In the President's hot - tempered statement of May 28, he described the right of appeal -to Congress, which is in the present law, as "le galized insubordination." It is a revealing and tell tale phrase. For it. shows that the President is fundamentally opposed to .the principle of strategic planning by the joint Chiefs; he is really in favor of a staff system of planning which will give quick and un contested decisions "so that the man at the top has only to approve or disapprove but not to weigh alternatives." That is the most effective way to command and oper ate an army. It would be a dangerously inadequate way to make high military policy, to do the strategic planning for our global commitments and our rapidly evolving weapons. (c) 1958 New York Herald - - Tribune Inc.' ' ! Debt Ceiling Rise Likely This Year By Congressional Quarterly Washington (CQ) Don't be surprised if the Adminis tration asks for another in crease in the public debt limit before Congress adjourns in August. . A temporary increase of $5 billion to $280 billion was approved in February, over the strong objections of Chairman Harry Flood Byrd (D-Va.), of the Senate Finance committee. Byrd maintained a $3. billion increase was all the Treasury needed in the light of his own estimates. But the financial outlook has changed radically since the President, in his January budget message, forecast a $400 million deficit for the fiscal year 1958, ending June 30, and a $500 million sur plus for fiscal 1959. , The Budget estimates have not been' revised officially, as yet. But "Administration of ficials are freely predicting a $3 billion deficit by the end of this month, to be followed in the satellite states. 'Will Frighten Others "This. will frighteri others who intend to attack the peo ple," the official Budapest ra dio said of the executions "the people", meaning the Communist Tegime. Dispatches from Belgrade, President Tito's capital, and from Western European capi tals speculate , on the possibil ity that there may now be a wave of executions in the Communist world that would mark a reversion to the bes tial, sadistic purges of the Stalin era. That may or may not be. But it is pretty certain that the Russian Reds will increase their pressure, already heavy, on Polish Communist leader Wladyslaw Gomulka to give up entirely the partial inde pendence from Moscow domi nation which he won as the result of the 1956 Polish re volt. Gomulka Wins Revolt f By avoiding anti-Russian riots. Gomulka won his re volt where Nagy failed in Hungary. - But there can be no doubt that Gomulka is regarded by the Kremlin as second only to Tito as a horrible example of independent-mindedness. There is speculation that, following the Hungarian exe cutions, the Russian Commun ists may try to take some ac tion against Tito himself. But what they could do, short of open war, is hard to figure out. Tito is a formidable enemy. It will be 10 years on June 28 since the Communist Informa tion Bureau, the now defunct central propaganda agency of the Communist countries, de nounced Tito for "undertaking an entirely wrong policy on the principal questions of for eign and internal politics, which means a retreat from Marxism-Leninism." What that really meant was that Tito, once called Stalin's most loyal satellite leader, had refused to subordinate his own country's interests to Rus sia's any longer.. Stalin raged and threatened. But Tito fail ed to get scared. To the amaze ment of the whole world, he got away with his defiance. It was Stalin's biggest defeat of all time. Communications letter to the Editor must bear the name and addresa of the writer although under cer tain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publica tion is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit aU- letters with an eye to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publica tion mvsX not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this :olumn do not necessarily repre sent the views of the paper, in fact the contrary is often the case. TV Programming Hit . To the Editor: Our much- praised KBES-TV really uses good taste in their program ming. ' ' This evening we were hav ing dinner with some friends at our home. We have a small portable TV set that we move to the dining room to see and hear the news during dinner. After the news what comes on but a minute description of a sewage disposal plant. Needless to say the TV set was turned off at once but very shortly after, dinner was fin ished only half eaten. Frankie and her medical program also comes on usually at dinner' time. A fine Appetizer. Way to go KBES-TV, keep the peo ple happy and keep reading the letters about how terrific you are. Harold Haroldson, . 514 North Fir sU " Medford.' " V by a $10 billion deficit in fis cal 1959. Such a deluge of red ink could boost the pub lic debt to about $295 billion a1 year hence. Impact Due This Year What is not so obvious about these figures is that the full impact of the $J0 billion deficit would hit the treasury during the first half of the fis cal year -. and before Con gress reconvenes next Janu ary. The reason is that the Treasury always runs a heavy deficit from' July to Decem ber, whether the budget is balanced or not. Government expenditures tend to remain fairly stable from month ' to month, but the staggering of tax payments holds Govern ment receipts in the July-December iperiod to about 40 per cent of the total for the year. In 1956 there was a $7.9 billion deficit in the first six months and in 1957 a $5.7 bil lion deficit, although the gov ernment ended up each of these years with a surplus of $1.6 billion, thanks to higher receipts in the second half. Last January the Treasury estimated it would run a def icit of $6.1 billion during the July-December period this year (first half of fiscal 1959) and a $6.6 billion surplus in the January - June period next year, leaving a net sur plus of $500 million. Now assume a $10 billion deficit instead and see what happens. Suppose that only $4 billion of this takes effect in the July-December period (receipts down $2 billion) ex penditures up $2 billion). The $4 billion would come on top of the "normal". $6.1 billion shortfall already forecast for this six-month period, making an operating deficit of $10.1 billion by the end of Decem ber. "'. " .. Checks Might Bounce Could the Treasury finance that big a deficit under f the $280 billion debt ceiling? Fis cal experts doubt it. Aside from unused ' debt authority (which won't amount to much more than $6 billion on July 1), the only substantial source of available funds is the cash balance, which , the Treasury likes to keep at about $6 bil lion. If that balance distrib uted through thousands of banks were allowed to run down to $2 billion, ' a lot of Government checks could be expected to bounce. The mechanics of the situa tion suggest, therefore, that Secretary of the Treasury Robert B. Anderson will have to ask for another increase in the debt limit before Congress adjourns. How much of an in crease is another question. The Treasury could squeeze by with another $5 billion, in all probability, and may choose to ask for no more than that at this time. But year from now, a continuing deficit could mean a debt of $290 billion more by Decem ber, 1959. V If Anderson is to be able to borrow new" money on the best possible terms, while at the same time refinancing the more than $85 billion that matures every year, he is go ing to need considerable lee way. Some authorities, for this reason, argue that the ceiling should be raised to $300 billion. That's not a likely prospect this year; it has a better chance next year. (Copyright, 1358, Congressional Quarterly, Inc.) Teamsters Express intment Portland (UPI) Some Oregon teamsters today ex pressed disappointment witn announcement of a new wage agreement for Teamster truck drivers in the 11 western states. . The. objectors claimed, that wages under the new pact would" be based on .. mileage rather than on hours and that Oregon truckers operating over mountainous routes would' be at . a , disadvantage compared to truckers in -t flat ter country. One member of the Portland local said the agreement could mean lower pay for Oregon drivers ano even dismissal of some. Local Secretary Floyd Men HenViall said, however, that the criticism was not based on facts. , Mendenhall, .. who was a member of the negotiating committee, said returns from balloting at the local level in dicate that t Oregon ...drivers had turned down by a slim margin the single-line con tracts. But they will be bound by overall results. Oregon sleeper-line drivers approved the new agreement by a one third majority, according , to Mendenhall. Under the agreement, both single-line and sleeper driv ers would get a:10-cent hour ly pay increase retroactive to May 1 and additional "10-cent hourly . boosts - in -1959 -and 1960. Mileage rates would be increased by one fourth of a Disappo Matter of Fact By Joseph Alsep THE CASTLE The castle at Mukhtara is in fact a dilapidated but won derful jumble of big old Arab houses, rising from courtyard to s un n y courtyard on steep : hilltop. In . the court, grapevines of fer shade, and there - is the rush of water. Views across the valley to wards, the sea Jo-pn AIiop "e so niagiui icent that you applaud the old crusader who first put a castle there. J ; . Such is the physical ' set ting of the headquarters of the rebels in the Lebanon. You get there by taxi. This little 'hill town, where these words are written, is .the last government ouptpost. A few kilometers from here, there is a broken bridge. Your driver stops arid whistles. "A raga muffin rifleman appears from nowhere. After a long wait, an .ancient motorcar also ap pears. And you drive on through the mountain to Mukhtara. . - - - . THE reason for; Mukhtara stand in the remote past. Back in the 16th century, there was a brave attempt to throw off the Turkish yoke in the Lebanon. The. people of the Druse sect, who live in these high hills, joined en thusiastically in the fight un der the leadership of the first of the . Jumblatt Emirs. The Emir had his stronghold at Mukhtara, and from that day onward, the Jumblatt .clan have ruled the Lebanese Druses from their hilltop cas tle. . ; When you reach the castle, you find the atmosphere of "Scottish chiefs" brought rather inadequately - up to date. Scores of men-at-arms Druse tribesmen with bando liers of cartridges and well- polished rifles are lounging everywhere. Chickens and children play underfoot in the courtyard. The main recep tion room is full of the Chief's retainers , who never tire of singine the Chiefs praises The impression begins to be less romantic, however, when the principal retainer starts to sound like a particularly odious cheap recording of the Cairo radio. Then the Chief himself enters, or rather floats into the room, with the motion of a piece of seaweed carried by a gentle tide. KAMAL JUMBLATT, pres ent Chieftain of the Leb anese Druses, son of the great leader of the Druse tribe who caused the French long, bitter years of war, is a pale, atten uated, cadaverous man. He has a high voice raised, in moments of emotion, to an al most bat-like squeak. Here, in his hill castle swarming with men at arms, he rambled amiably on and on about Paschal, Henri Berg sori, and the early Hindu mys tics. He is, it appears, a long time convert to the Hindu doctrine of non-violence. But he says there are also times when "violence becomes a duty." Violence is a duty now, he explains, because it is neces sary to drive Camille Cha- cent this year and by a simi lar amount next year. The agreement is for the next three years. You Tell Me I Am Getting Old . . .Q You tell me I am getting old I tell you that's not so! . ' . The "house" I live in is worn out and that gi course, I know. . Q It's been in use a long, long while; it s weathered - many a gale; I'm really not surprised. you think its getting somewhat fraiL - , The color (changing on the ' roof, ' the windows O getting dim, The walls a bit transparent tnd looking rather . thin, ... .-. . The foundation not so steady as once it used r to be ' , ' My "house" is getting shaky, but my. "house' ' isn't Me! My few short years can't make me old. I feel I'm in my youth. Eternity lies just ahead, a life of joy and truth. I'm going to live forever, there; life will go on it's grand! You tell me I am getting old? You just don t understand. The dweller in my little "house", is young and bright and gay; Just starting on a life to last throughout eternal day. - - . You only see the outside, which is all that most folks S6C - ' " " i You tell me I am getting old? You've mixed my "house" with ME! by Dora Johnson (88 years young) '" : In "Mutual Moments" Day or Night - Dial 3-7331 Qia; pel Across from the Courthouse -Frank Morgan Harold Snodgrass . FUNERAL DIRECTORS m moun from the Presidency of Lebanon. "But did not Cha moun's government support Jumblatts power in his own hills in the last election?" It . is luricrous, he says, it is outrageous that the rebellion against Chamoun has been in spired by Egypt's Gamal Ab- del Nasser or any other out sides. Chamoun must go, must go at once, but only be cause the people of the Leba non insist upon his going. "What about the report that Gen. Shaukh Shukair is with you?" Jumblatt is asked, i "Oh," he answers, with it frondlike wave of his long slim hands, "naturally Gen. Shukair pays me a visit from time to time, but.it is very long since I have seen him" i A T THAT moment,' one can discern Gen. Shukair in the courtyard, seemingly giv ing orders to two of Jura blatt's officers, who are . mighty respectful although the General is wearing civil ian clothes. Nor is this border-crossing by the Druse General, who used to be Chief of Staff of the Syrian Army, the end of the story. The taxi driver who ar ranged this odd pilgrimage subsequently reports that at least half of the castle's men- at-arms are Syrian Druses. It is pretty certain that the oth er military leader of the Jum blatt forces is the Jordanian Gen. Ari Hayari, exiled for his role in last year's Nasser ite plot on- the life of King Hussein. In truth, although he may not know it, it is pret ty doubtful whether Kamal Jumblatt, the Druse Chieftain, any longer controls his own revolt in the hills. It is easy enough not to take Jumblatt seriously, but in fact, in his almost unattack able hills, with something like 2,000 tough Syrian and Leb anese Druses fighting under his peculiar command, Jum blatt ft a very serious phe nomenon indeed. - VirHO are the other elements is this fantastic civil war in Lebanon? The pattern is eve rywhere approximately the same. It does not matter whether the local leader is the .addled idealist, "Jumblatt, or the unsavoury Chieftain of the Beirut Basta, Saeb Salam. Or Rashid Karami in Tripoli. In each center of revolt, you'll find a man enjoying a strong local following for one rea son or another, who dislikes the Chamoun regime for one personal reason or another. And always this man is both resourceful, . strong, and in creasingly controlled "by aid from Egypt's Nasser. : j This is a drama, "indeed, much more odd and more pro tracted than last year's Jor danian drama, but a drame every' bit as crucial. Last year, Nasser tried to win all the Middle East by destroying King Husseinoin Jordan. This year, skillfully turning to ac count all sorts of internal Leb anese diseruntlements and rivalries, Nasser is again try ing to win all the Middle fcast v.w destroying Camille Cha moun in Lebanon. And as Vips words are written, tne outlook is far from bright. (c) 1958 New York Herald Tribune Inc. -i Th . border between the United States and Canada is known as the longest unforti fied frontier in the world. Mortuary r
