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"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.
"
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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. Distributed by King Features Syndicate
a cauie boat we once visited.
Cadiz, Spain, tlfen Barcelona
port the troupe will travel
take along their two horses,
is this (Monday) and on the
weather like this New York
we don't care to use it as such.
are continuing to please this
another double-header to the
top of the league bv onlv
us either. For a team WVo
lead, is rather like Gallant
in the handicap final.
in contrast to crossing San
a raft of freighters, scows and
who wanted a job and would
or wouldn't he?
passed, no special favors askpri
answer.1
an "air-aee" need onlv An viif
37th street and Lexinttnn tn
had dinner nearby and then
which covers an entire hlnrfc
for all ages were represented
Israel.
the tickets are sold, and the
the airfields on Long Island.
stronger and more forbidding
has devised as yet. 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.
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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
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