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Newspaper Page TextMAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. ; MEDFORDtWTRIBUNE -r very one in Southern vregon Read! The Mail Tribune" Published Daily except Saturday by 33 North Fir St. Ph. SP .2-61 41 5?5?.9LREY Advertising Manaeei Ilk ?. LATHAM. BusinesTMgr SHIO- ALLEN. JR. Managing Editor EARL H ADAMS City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Teleg Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sports EaUor OLm; STARCHER. Society Editor DALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper v!?1 ? second class matter at Aledford Oregon under Act of iiirui lay t SUBSCRIPTION RATES ln Advance: Copv 10c ' 5a-!y "nd Su"day 1 5ear"$15.00 Daily and Sunday 6 mos. 8.00 Daily and Sunday 3 mos 4.25 bunday Only One year S4.20 y V.3"161 Ir Advance Med ford Ashland. Central Point. Eagle Point. Jacksonville. Gold Hill Pno.nlx- Shady Cove, Rogue Riv r Talent and on motor routes. Daily and Sunday 1 year $18.00 Daily and Sunday 1 mo. 1.50 AffJ and Dealers copy 10c . AH Terms Cash in Advance 0ii?I.paper of Cltv o MedfoTd Official Paper of Jackson County .United Press Full Leased JVire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU O Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLIDAY CO.. INC, Of fices in New York. Chicago. De troit, San Francisco. Los Angeles. Seattle. Portland St Louis. At lanta. Vancouver B C. v rv; NEWSPAPER 23 . PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL IasTocITatiQn U KJ FlighJ 'o Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30 and 40 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO June 29, 1948 (Tuesday) L. Verdell Ragsdale, who has been coaching at Mount Angel preparatory school, named head Medford High 1 Pl XI 11 1- acnooi iooiDciii coacn. Frank J. Van Dyke, Med- fordand two Ashland repre sentatives appear before the chairman of the state highway commission to renew a plea for improvement of the high way between Medford and Ashland. 20 YEARS AGO June 29. 1938 '(Wednesday) The first 5,000 of 75,000 parasitizes! earwigs, ordered from Portland, arrived in Medford to combat the pests locally. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: "The drive for sanity of the Fourth of July has started getting results. Some drivers are crazier than usual." : 30 YEARS AGO June 29, 1928 (Friday) Phoenix purchases new fire truck with two chemical tanks and 900 feet of four-inch hose. The Sams Valley Grange is sponsoring a Fourth of July picnic on Rogue river just back of the Nealon ranch. 40 YEARS AGO June 29, 1918 (Saturday) Thirty per cent over the iop is the report on the War Savings stamp campaign in Jackson county. When the registration of alien German women closed, nine Medford area women had registered. What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct is superior; seven or eight is excellent; five or ix is good. 1. Was the District of Co lumbia once larger or smaller in area than it is now? 2. Which Federal govern ment agency is responsible for the calculation of tables of the tides? 3. In the 1936 election, who was the Republican candidate for President? . , 4. The European' city, .Ge neva, is in which country? , 5. Do pythons kill their prey by venomous bites or by constriction? 6. In which national ceme tery were the remains of the W.W. II unknowns buried? 7. Is pure tin subject to rusting? 8. In what unit of measure ment does the Weather Bu reau measure rainfall? 9. What is ornithology? 10. Is a W o o d p e c k e r's tongue longer than his head? Answers: 1. Larger (the por tion ceded by Virginia was x&ceded to that State). 2. United States Coast Guard. 3. Alf Landon of Kansas. 4. Swilxerland. 5. Constriction. 6. Arlington National Ceme tery. 7. No. 8. Inches. 9. The branch of zoology which -treat of birds. 10. Yes. On July It was July z, 17 b, memorated as the Day of Deliverance," John Adams wrote from Philadelphia to his good wife Abigail back at Braintree, Mass. For it was on July 2 that the Second Continental Congress voted for independence. on July 4 was to adopt and defending its July On the preceding June 7 Richard Henry Lee; for Virginia, had moved that these united colo nies are, and of right ought to be, free and inde pendent states." After action was postponed delegations could get home. MEANWHILE, on June 11, Jefferson, Frank Alin, John Adams, Roger Sherman and Rob ert R. Livingston were "prenare a declaration" lution. To Jefferson was assigned the drafting, This delay in voting how slowly, even reluctantly, the colonists came around to the idea. Indeed, actual hostilities against Great Britain had been going on for more than a year before the introduced. - There was still hope, dying hard, that George III would redress the wrongs against which arms had been taken up, so that his American subjects could still hold on to the British crown. In tha event, would the colonies pendence later, or have governing British commonwealth like adjacen Canada today? fN JULY 1 the attack on independence was w led by John Dickinson of Pennsylvania accepted as deeply sincere. For one thing, Dick inson argued that a vote make Britain intensify inevitable defeat lor Gen. Washington s army. John Adams was the chief replier to Dickin son. He was no orator, testified that on this occasion Adams was impres sive. For one thing, the eminently practical colo nists realized that they the help of France, and help unless a piece of actually to be broken off. "NLY nine states lined w tion on July 1. But on Pennsylvanians shifted Carolina waited no longer for instructions, Caesar Rodney arrived to make Delaware 2-1 instead of 1, only New York still Jefferson had accepted a few suggestions irom nis ieiiow committeemen m nis Declara tion. He said later it had not been his duty to LL J T ti il M AA invent new laeas aitogetneiy nor to oner any sentiment never expressed before. Even so the debate on July 4, a hot, The South had to be appeased by deleting Jeffer son s diatribe against the THE first part of the Declaration expresses the philosophy, deriving largely from John Locke, that government was a reneges on his end of the are released from their oi me Declaration itemizes now lieorge ill naa reneged. The members had copies of the Declaration, and a new and clean copy was ordered. (The one from which the printer worked disappeared.) So only John Han cock, president of the on July 4. Embossed on parchment, the Declara tion was signed by the Congress on Aug. 2 and later. New members had come along, and several signed the Declaration who had not voted for it, and several members on July 4 never did sign. L.K.R. Hospital Insurance Higher Hospital insurance costs more all tlie time, because hospitalization costs more all the time. Whereas physicians' fees averaged from 60 per cent to 75 per cent higher between 1936 and 1956, rates for hospital rooms jumped ho less than 265 per cent. Hence many state insurance commissioners, in sanctioning higher premiums for hospital insur ance, have stipulated at the same time that steps be taken to cut costs. The New York officials told the Blue Cross it could make "some econo mies" in its advertising, personnel costs, office and other administrative expenses. UOSPITALS also are under pressure to save, 1 by joint purchasing, sharing equipment, standardizing costs, using beds and facilities more effectively, better accounting practices. Even within the same geographical area the costs often vary sharply between one hospital and another. And doctors in treating insured Americans about three in every four of us are being warned against unnecessaiy operations, unneces sarily high fees, unnecessaiy commitments to hos pitals, unnecessarily long hospital stays. Such practices, runs the warning, could make the insur ing agency price itself out of the market. And that in turn would threaten the whole present voluntary system. E.R.R. 4, 1776 tnat ougnt to be "com it. What the Congress did a statement explaining 2 vote. some debate, further to July 1, so tnat some instructions from back named a committee to supporting the Lee reso on independence proves Lee resolution was even have achieved full inde developed into a self- for independence would its military effort, with but Jefferson himself could hardly win without that France would hardly the British empire was up for the Lee resolu July 2 a majority of the to .independence, South abstained. sultry day, was intense. slave trade. compact. When a ruler agreement, his people part. The second part heavily interlined their Congress, signed for it Dennis the Menace Washington Report By William HOMING CHICKENS Washington The postwar world has seen no blacker example of chickens coming home to roost than is now sadly apparent in the Leba non crisis. No American can take any pleasure in this. But no American should refuse ivillam S White lO lOOB. dk 11 A- 1 1- i. Si. squarely, if only for lessons for the future. For the situation illustrates that in certain things and at certain times nothing could be more dangerously irrelevant than any party label. . The Eisenhower Adminis tration' is twice cruelly self- fettered in its honest desire to end in Lebanon a Communist- backed conspiracy to press the West farther and farther back in the strategically vital Middle East TN the first place, this Ad- ministration came to power in 1952 in part because of a savagely partisan and pro foundly irresponsible Repub lican attack on the Korean War. Whatever its shortcom ings, that was war tougnt oy the Truman Administration as the one practical means of re sisting a Soviet drive in Asia similar in purpose to what is now going on in the Middle East. Those in this country who had responsibility for Korea were bitterly repudiated and politically destroyed. And re pudiated, too, was the whole concept of fighting "brush fire" wars as alternatives to intolerable Soviet expansion and then a third world war No politician Republican or Democrat has forgotten what happened to those poli ticians who put in with the Korean action. , Thus, what the Republicans themselves did as to Korea, to break public toleration of lim ited warfare, now turns upon them. To a significant degree they are enfeebled and made timid in their own approach to what may become the ter rible necessities of Lebanon. In the second place, the Ei senhower Administration late in 1956 joined the Russians in condemning the British, French and Israelis for their attempt, by mvasion of Egypt, to sanitize the center of Communist infection in the Middle East. That center is still there, only more virulent now. THOUGH in 1956 action against that invasion was no doubt within the spirit of the United Nations, it was a hopeful evasion and a sterile legalism and nothing more. Moreover, it compromised the last remnant of real British power in the Middle East and left the United States holding a very ugly baby. The first lesson for the fu ture is that the country simply cannot afford extreme parti sanship in world affairs certainly not in a hot war or in a cold war that might at any moment burst into flame. The Democrats, whose backs are still sore from the blows of 1952,. are under great temp tation to seek partisan re venge in the difficulties that the Eisenhower Administraton has so largely created for it self. The question now is wheth er they will heed the demands of national safety and refrain. Inquiry among them indicates that they will.. No party has better reason to undertsand the impermissible danger of any other course. The attitude of powerful Democrats, in the Senate and elsewhere, suggests that they will be critical of the Admin- S. White 1 istrauon u we become in volved in Lebanon but will basically support the enter prise. Some believe intervention by us and the British, even under U. N. sanction, might do more harm than good They fear this would make it politicaUy impossible for our remaining friends in the Mid dle East notably the leaders of Iraq and Jordan to re main our friends. For, of course, anti-Western propa gandists would raise a hissing all over the valley of the Nile that the West was moving imperialistically." iiLVJ!.nxiiJ!,jJjii&s, t n.e s e same Democrats will do nothing, if the chips must come down, to harass the con duct of operations. Those who may mutter angrily will also have their shoulders to the wheel. There will be no real political division in Washing ton. As to the second lesson, figures of incontestable loyal ty to the U.N. are increasing ly perturbed by its limitations. They have told this corres pondent that they can sum mon little faith in the Middle Eastern mission of the U.N. Secretary General, Dag Ham- marskjold, though they have the highest respect for him. As they see it, he necessar sues of the Middle East agai ily approaches the harsh issues of the Middle East against the background of all that he is. He is heir to a centuries-old Scandinavian faith in neutrality which has never understood the sometimes- necessary use of naked power. And his instrumentality, the U.N., must in the end flinch from naked power. In short, these men believe that the U.N. will no more clear up the Middle East in 1958 than it did in 1956. They do not wish in any way to injure the U.N. They simply want people to see it for what it is not, and cannot be, as well as what it is, lest public disillusion at length destroy it. (Copyright, 1958. by United Features Syndicate, Inc.) Editorial Comment SHARPSHOOTING AT THE SEATON BILL The Seaton bill to provide for orderly disposition of Klamath reservation assets, in connection with termina tion, which passed the senate without opposition, is under fire in the house. It may not be able to get through that body without some changes from the senate version, but the people of Ore gon have a great stake in see ing that it is not amended to death or defeated outright. Among the principles which must be preserved are those of a fair deal for the Indians, sustained yield operation of the 4,000,000,000 board feet of timber and protection of the Upper Klamath marsh as a waterfowl refuge. Sen. Richard L. Neuberger, who spearheaded the passage of this administration - spon sored bill through the senate, is rightly outraged at the tac tics of the National Lumber Manufacturers associ a t i o n, which, in attempting to kill the bill in the house, is using the name of an Oregon lum berman in its attack.. The NLMA had earlier . declined to testify at hearings either in the senate or house. Sen. Neuberger contrasts this with the attitude of the Weyer haeuser Timber company, which had some reservations about the original Seaton bill but is wililng to support it with minor changes, changes Matter of Fact MUNICH IN BEIRUT Washington Nothing quite like the Anglo-American per formance in the Lebanon has the world stage since C h amberlain and Deladier made their exits. That is 4 the first point one- wants .to mil ting home Stewart Aisop again. The similarities of the Leb anese crisis to the Munich crisis are in fact rather num erous. Britain and France guaranteed the independence of Czechoslovakia, because they knew that a successful attack on Czechoslovakia would make Hitler the master of all of Europe. In the same fashion, the United States and Britain promised to protect the in dependence of the Lebanon, because they knew that a successful attack on Lebanon would make Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser the master of all the Arab lands of the Mid dle East. In both cases, friendship had its role in the quarantees that were given. But in both cases, the role of friendship was minor. The real reason for guarantees was the urgent need to protect the vital in terests of the nations that gave the guarantees. Yet in both cases, these same nations began to wriggle and writhe and delay doing what they had promised to do, just as soon as the real crunch began. TT IS too early to say, as yet, whether the Lebanese crisis 'will end in a Middle Eastern Munich. But it is by no means too early to say that a heavy price will have to be paid, in one way or another, for the wriggling and writhing and delaying of the last month. The chief responsibility for all this wriggling and writh ing furthermore rests on the American government. Wash ington pleaded for delay, it can now be revealed, while London long ago urged honest fact-facing and quick action. If the original guarantee to Lebanon was right, London was certainly right. At the outset, of course, it was entirely natural for the Washington and London policy-makers to hope that the Lebanese would be able to solve, their own problem. Within two weeks after the crisis began, however, it was already clear that the Leban ese could not do anything of the sort. Theoretically, per haps, the Lebanese Army sjjjg fjj Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the althouah 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 4C0 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views or the paper; "in fact the contrary is often Partisan Persiflage To the Editor: I believe most of your readers can rec ognize, without help from me, that the statements made by Fay Bristol in his letter of June 16, 1958, are partisan opinions, not facts. 1 11 not at this time comment on his opinions about Talent and Al Sarena although I'd be glad to point out his errors if any one is interested. What I want to make sure is that none of your readers mistakes Mr. Bristol's opin ions about my interest in min ing for facts. Although I can't recall any letters from him, I have received many communi cations from miners in the which Neuberger says he is willing to accept. It should be pointed out that the Western Pine associa tion, which opposed the Sea ton bill in the senate, has made no move against it in the house. Western Pine had taken the 'position that some change had to be made in public law 587, which will be come effective unless the Seaton bill passes this session. Western Pine had stated that present law would have a "catastrophic" effect on the Klamath area economy, would give the Indians less than fair value and lead to unsound forestry practices. The point to be remember ed now is that the Seaton bill is the only alternative to pub lic law 587, and this is the last opportunity for change. It's either the Seaton bill or chaos, and this is recognized by many people in the lumber industry for whom the NLMA does not speak. It is recog nized by leadership of both political parties in Oregon. Nor is it a partisan issue in Washington, D. C. It is hoped that the broad base of support which this measure has will outweigh in the minds of house members the effects of -the NLMA's snapshooting. Oregon Jour nal, Portland. Joseph AIiop Commander, Gen. Shehab might still have crushed the rebellion by more determined action. Practically, however, it was clear that President Chamoun could not induce Gen. Shehab to take such ac tion. flNCE this unpleasant fact had been 'established by experience it was fully es tablished about a month ago the whole picture was auto matically transformed. It was no longer reasonable to hope that the problem would be solved by the Lebanese alone Hence it 'became desirable to come to the aid of the Leb anese government as rapidly and as decisively as possible Everything ought to have been done to encourage Presi dent Chamoun to ask for our aid at once, if we meant to aid him at all. A 1 ... instead, everything was done to discourage President Chamoun- from asking for the aid that we had promised Our reiterated pleas, added to Chamoun s own natural hesi tations, were entirely success ful. Thus a month has passed, in which the situation has worsened immeasurably. The rebels in Lebanon have been heavily reinforced and have dug themselves in rather strongly during this wasted month. Passions in Lebanon have risen, too, and it has be come far harder to solve the political problem of legally electing a legal successor to President Chamoun. jiurisiuji; the .Lebanon, in " this, wasted month, our own indecision has tempted some of our best friends, es pecialy Canada and the Scan dinavian countries, to take the curious position that we have no right to comply with an allied government's re quest to safeguard it from ex ternal attack. The same in decision has also tempted the Soviet Union to begin to strike threatening attitudes In sum, what could have been done quite cheaply a month ago can only be done now with much risk and cost. Meanwhile, although still admitting that the subversion of Lebanese independence will be a mortal blow to Western interests, we are still placing the whole burden of decision on the shoulders of President Chamoun. Alone and without advice, he is to decide wheth er we come to his aid before it is too late. Thus the great powers of the West1 are in effect allowing the beleaguer ed President of little Lebanon to decide their whole future policy in the Middle East, (c) 1958 New York Herald Tribune Inc. name and address of the writer, the use of a pen name or initial the case. - Grants Pass area and else where. I hope to receive more. Ask Bruce Manley of Med ford or Hollis Dole, the State Director of Geology and Min eral Industries, who spent several weeks in Washington recently, whether I am sym pathetic and cooperative. There are serious problems in the development of our mineral resources, whether chrome, nickel, gold or some thing else. I've still a lot to learn, no doubt about that, but to say as a fact as Mr Bristol does that "all" I've done is "try to discredit any mining in the State of Ore gon" comes under the heading of partisan persiflage. I'll con tinue to oppose timber-mining in the National Forests and to support in every way I can bona fide mining ventures. Charles O. Porter Member of Congress Honesty in Medford To the Editor: On our vaca tion. I made a 'phone call in Medford to my brother's home on Pioneer rd., from Standard station No. 632 (at 237 North Central ave.). Why I left my address book, Stand ard and also Union oil credit cards, I'll never know. We were in a hurry- Next day we went back and Mr. Jim Hobbs, manager, had mailed it to me the night before. We offered him money for a reward, but this he refused. This is just to show there are some hon est neonle. and most of all the kind gentleman who found my book in the phone booth and gave it to Mr. Hobbs. we thank him kindly. I lived in Medford three years before World War II on the Frank Bybee ranch, and made many friends. We have been here in Pomona since, and every year we have vaca tion, we go back to Medford to visit relatives and friends, also hunt rocks. This time we made it as far as Agate Beach, Ore., for one night only, and back home, fast as we could (By M-T Staff In a word, that was a spec tacular storm a week ago to- day. The police log, in describ ing the plight of the man trapped in his car when a live electric wire fell across it, stated that "Mr. Staten ap peared to be nervous." Well, with 2,400 volts shooting through the car who in heck wouiont appear nervous? Another nervous individual was the big collie dog that lives across the street, and whose owners were gone dur ing the storm. He took shelter at our house, cuddling up to the man of the house (of whom he'd been a bit leery before) and sticking his head under the man s arm. Finally the dog came right into the house, and paced, trembling, back and forth, rather to the unhappiness of the dog that lives there. As the lightning flashed and the thunder cracked, another neighbor (this one human) and his son dropped by. And the embattled group three adults, three youngsters and two frightened dogs watched and listened as the rain rushed down in rivers. The dogs weren't the only ones upset by the sudden on slaught. The householder and his wife were sitting on the sofa by the widow when the first lightning bolt struck seemingly only a few feet away and the thunder crashed at almost the same split second. Suddenly he found his wife sitting on his lap, quivering. This hasn't happened in years. And one of the more popu lar western TV shows was cut off by the storm just as the hero had been shot and pronounced dead, leaving the fans breathless to know whether he came out of it all right. Up around Hiatt lake, en of the residents claim ed that tha hailstorm piled the icy pellets 18 Inches deep near the lake, and that cars had to be winched over the road to the resort area. A man who heard him suspects he's getting fish stories and weather stories mixed. Speaking of Hiatt ' lake, does anyone know, FOR SURE,- how it's supposed to be spelled? It is spelled Hiatt by some, Hyatt by others, and both appear to have equally re spectable bona fides. The bu reau of reclamation says it should be "i" and cites as authority the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. But a B. of R. map. and a sign at thejake, both spell it with a "y." we have two county maps in the office, both "official" ones. One spells it Hiatt, the other Hyatt. What's a 'poor confused newspaper reporter to do? A large group of people visited Hiatt (or Hyatt) the other day on a tour of the Talent project, and one of the men that went along reports a wide yariety in wearing apparel en the trip. A local man, lie said, wore a bright plaid sports cap, together with a set of khaki pants and shirt, making him look like a retired officer of a Highland regi ment. In fact, our man said, he looked more like a colonel than the only REAL colonel that went along. . He added that, periodical ly, there was an interesting snac dod and crackle heard during the walking part of the triD. It wasn't breakfast food, he explained: just the joints of some of the more sedentary members as they got up from their rest periods and started walking again. Now that school's out, kids are underfoot more and more, and we have a report from one of our con fidential observers of the passing scene who say that . the tempers of more and more mothers are getting to the breaking point, as the "little devils' get more and more obstreperous. But, he says, he really didn't realize how far it had gone until he saw a recent, story from a local 4-H club, in which one of the members said that the program concluded when "two of the members' kids were also dehorned." We received a letter last week which read, in part, as follows: drive, and made it in time to go back to work. Will be in Medford on va cation next year, among hon est people. Susie and Clarence Goodin 1780 James Place Pomona, Calif. and Contributors) "... A week ago Tuesday I went home to supper to find things strangely disarranged in my small apartment. The tumbler and toothpaste were in the washbowl, the toaster was on the table instead of the shelf, the geranium was resting upside down on the African violet, the screw top was off the jam jar, the paper napkins were crumpled and scattered over the floor, and ' the Readers' Digest I had been reading at lunch was riddled. Yet every door and window was closed and fastened, and nobody seemed to be within. "After half an hour of per fect quiet, I heard a stirring just as I was about to leave. I couldn't find anything, but when I called, out from be hind the refrigerator crept a little grey squirrel who ap parently had . been napping there in a nest she was mak ing of paper napkins and Readers' Digests. "She must have come in during the morning when I was at home and been shut up when I went to work at noon. She's been there before, on what I thought was a purely social call. I had no idea she was 'casing the joint'." The same letter, reported on another couple who live in the country, and who re cently found a little brow snake in the silverwaae drawer. Back to the storm again, and here's a note we found the day after, from a man we know who takes great pride in his gardening: "As one of the refugees . from the hail-devastated areas of Medford, I should like to report that we are facing shredded lettuce, crushed corn - stalks, broken and mangled berry vines, a half-a-tree-load of plums on the ground, twisted and broken artichokes, macerated spin ach, mangled tomatoes, crush ed apples (no cider), frizzled gladiolus, frowzy daisies; feathered rhubarb, degoosed gooseberries, eclipsed sun flowers, obliterated pansies, diced onions, denuded carrots and depilated asparagus. "However, we are deeply grateful for not having a greenhouse, because it could have been much worse." Some of the good people of San Francisco, keeping in mind the current furore over Sherman Adams, and so on, must have been startled at a recent headline in one of the S.F. papers, which, in large type, said: "White House Sold; Top Aides Named. Sale Brings $2,850,000." Down In the story it explained that the transaction was not what one might expect these 9 days, but involved the sale of a San Francisco store named "The White House." In f he Day's Newt By FRANK JENKXYS On the cold war front: For weeks we've been dis cussing with the Kremlin the idea of holding a meeting of nuclear scientists to see what can be done in the way of making a ban on testing of nuclear weapons (atom and hydrogen bombs) workable. The -meeting was scheduled for Geneva (Switzerland) next Tuesday. Then, the Russians eame through with a statement that they won't attend the meeting unless the United States agrees in advance to END THE TESTING OF NU CLEAR WEAPONS. TS THAT bad? - What real good can come of making agreements with peo ple (or nations) whose word you can't rely on? THE Moscow radio promptly unleashes a new propa ganda attack on the West. The broadcast condemns the segregation situation in the United States. It says the up roar over recent Hungarian executions was "drowned out by U. S. machine guns turned on the Lebanese people." The Kremlin "reds also blasted, the French for their stand in North Africa and the 1956 invasion of Egypt. ITfHArS it all about? -' It sounds like the old technique of the pot calling the kettle black. LETS be serious for a mo ment. The purpose of the Krem lin communists is to conquer the world for communism. They will be diverted from that purpose only by a clear showing that the free world is too strong and too tough to be tackled. Our job is to STAY STRONG.