4 Wednesday, Auguit 6, 1958
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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Aug. 6. 1948 (Friday)
The Jackson County Pro
gressive party will launch its
1948 campaign with a picnic
Sunday in Lithia park, Ash
land. The community fair at
Fred .Ingle's ranch south of
Ashland drew 400 visitors.
20 YEARS AGO
Aug. 6, 1938 (Saturday)
A cooperative pear-canning
agreement between the
Rogue River Valley cannery
and Bear Creek Orchards an
nounced today.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
.Smudge Pot" column: "Mos
quitos continue quite plenti
ful and rapacious, but are bit
ing the female shank at their
own risk."
30 YEARS AGO
Aug. 6, 1928 (Monday)
The Medford Electric com
pany opens four-day cooking
school here.
The state highway commis
sion will be asked to run its
magnetic sweeper over Med
ford's streets to remove tacks
scattered during the Ameri
can Legion convention.
40 YEARS AGO
Aug. 6, 1918 (Tuesday)
Men, mules and machinery
arrived at Gold Hill Saturday
for work on the Foote's creek
irrigation district.
Forty-seven sailors bound
from California to Washing
ton and 27 draftees - bound
from Washington to Califor
nia passed through town to
day. What's Your I.Q.?
Nint or ten correct it superior;
seven or eight is excellent; five or
ix is good.
1. What is the singular
form of the noun "scissors"?
2. Samar is an island in
which group of Pacific Is
lands? 3. Which is the better insu
lator for electricity: glass,
rubber, paraffin?
4. Who wrote the book "I
Never Left Home"?
5. In what month in 1945
did the atomic bomb fall on
Hiroshima?
6. Is chives something to
eat," or a disease?
7. Was Jefferson, Franklin,
or Madison the nation's first
Secretary of State?
8. Plato or Pluto was a
Sreek mythological charac
ter? 9. There are two, three, or
four umpires at World Series
games?
10. Would you say that fin
gernails or toenails grow
faster?
Answers; 1. Scissors. 2.
Philippine Islands. 3 Paraf
fin. 4. Bob Hope. 5. Au
gust. 6. Something to eat. 7.
Thomas Jefferson. 8. Pluto.
9. Four. 10. Fingernails.
Cuban Army Claims
Defeat of Rebels
Havana 'ITI The Cuban
army says it has inflicted a
"decisive defeat"' on the rebels
in a three-day battle in the
eastern mountains, causing
"very heavy losses" to the
anti-government forces.
A communique issued late
Tuesday said rebel forces
which swarmed in from moun
tain hideouts to attack a "lost
battalion"' were decimated in
an ambush by loyal troops.
Couplet
The opening of the one-way couplet in down
town Medford with Main street traffic going
west and Eighth street traffic going east is the
first major, tangible result of the "arterial street
program'- approved by the voters of the city two
years ago.
We believe it will go a long way toward
speeding cross-town traffic, as with other parts
of the program, as they are completed.
If all goes well (and it's a rare day when a
major undertaking such as this doesn't have a
few "bugs"), traffic congestion will be eased, the
flow of traffic will move along through the series
of stop lights on a progressive basis, and everyr
one will be pleased.
"IITE FORESEE one possible bad spot the
block on. Riverside between Eighth and
Main streets, where traffic going north, ., and
traffic which ultimately will go east on Main, will
be "doubled up" for a block.
If that isn't a nightmare at peak traffic hours,
we'll miss our guess. We hope we're wrong, vand
that it moves smoothly along. "
Even if it is bad, it's only temporary until
the new Eighth street bridge across Bear creek
can be completed, probably next spring.
WTe are in a period of growth and change,
and the temporary inconveniences which result
in the city's trying to keep pace are but part of
the price of that growth and change. E.A.
R
umors
Rumors are funny, persistent things.
Half a dozen times in the last month or so,
we've been solemnly assured by people who
claimed they knew that Mexican nationals would
help pick the pear crop this year.
Now the people who are in charge of bringing
them here if they come know nothing about
it. Neither do the orchard operators. .
And, they declare, so long as there are enough
people to pick this year's fine fruit crop, no Mexi
can nationals will come here. And, if they are
found to be needed, the fact will be reported.
Perhaps the presence of some pickers of Am
erican citizenship, but of Mexican derivation,
who ARE helping with the crop, started the ru
mors. But then, on a newspaper, . one gets used to
tracking down rumors. It happens all the time.
E.A.
Length of a Meter
How long is a meter?
The answer depends on how precise one
wants to be. If a child asks, the answer is apt to
be "about three feet," or "about a yard."
The next degree of precision, culled from the
World Almanac, tells us that a meter is 39.37
inches, or 1.094 yards. '
That, surely, is sufficiently exact for most
purposes. But there are purposes for which it is
wildly inadequate particularly in those realms
of science where a gnat's eyebrow is roughly as
wide as a six-lane freeway.
CROM the encyclopedia we leam that, for scien
tific exactness, a bar of platinum-iridium al
loy is kept at the bureau of weights and measures
near Paris. One meter is the length of this bar at
a temperature of 32 degrees Farenheit. Eveiy
principal nation has a copy of it.
; The length of the meter is based on one ten
millionth of the distance from the equator to the
north and south poles of the earth.
The other measurements of length or distance
in the metric system (millimeter, kilometer, and
the others) are all based on the meter.
This system, far more logical and understand
able than the hit-or-miss system of inches, feet,
yards, miles, and so on,' has been in use in the
scientific community for many years, and up until
recently has been sufficiently accurate.
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B
UT no,Ionger.
The accuracy of the
maintained at present within two parts out of 10
to the seventh power that is, 2 parts out of 100,
000,000. But this degree of exactitude "no longer
meets the -demands of the most precise metrol
ogy," according to the advisoiy committee for the
definition of the meter, of the International Com
mittee on Weights and Measures.
The advisoiy committee came up with ,a rec
ommendation that the meter "be defined by
means of the radiation corresponding to the
transition between the levels of 2d10 and 5d5 of
the atom of krvuton 86." and that the meter
ought to be defined "as equal exactly to 1,650,
763.73 times the wavelength of this radiation in
vacuum."
THIS recommendation will be considered in
A October by the International Committee on
Weights and Measures, and if approved, it will
be recommended for adoption to the 11th Gen
eral Conference on Weights and Measures
which will meet in Sevres, France, in 1960.
If the new standard for the length of a meter
is adopted, it will increase the precision factor
between 10 and 100 times probably the latter,
according to the president of the advisoiy com
mittee. Quite a difference from the offhand defini
tion, "about a yard." E.A.
Due
"international meter" is
Dennis the Menace
AW, CAST LBS ARB OLD
build AMorei.r
Khrushchev's Ahout -
Tip
on Chinese Red Dominance
Editor's note: Nikita Khru
shchev's sudden backdown from
the summit T u e s d a y night
shocked the world. It may mean
more than a mere diplomatic
change of wind it could be the
handwriting on the wall for
Khrushchev's future. This possi
bility is assessed in the following
dispatch by U.P.I.'s chief Eu
ropean diplomatic correspondent,
a veteran of the first summit
conference and an expert on the
twisting of Soviet policy since
then.)
By K. A. THALER
UPI Correspondent
London (UPD Soviet Pre
mier and Party boss Nikita
Khrushchev has been over
ruled by Red China's leader
Mao Tse-tung.
This was the verdict today
of diplomatic quarters and So
viet affairs experts on Khru
shchev's dramatic somersault
on the summit theme.
It aroused speculation that
Red Propaganda Net
Now Being Tossed
At Latin America
London (UPD The Com
munist diplomatic offensive
has been officially and form
ally extended from the Mid
dle East to Latin America.
The propaganda war is now
officially on in America's
"backyard."
The new move stems from
a joint decision of the Krem
lin and the Red Chinese re
gime in Peiping.
It was taken at the secret
three-day talk last week in
Peiping between Soviet Pre
mier and Party Boss Nikita
Krushchev and Red Chinese
Leader Mao Tse-Tsung.
What can be expected from
it is an all-out propaganda as
sault on the Latin American
nations with the UniteS States
as the chief target of. the at
tack. '
Peiping Fires Away
Within 48 hours of the de
cision, Peiping in fact opened
up its guns with a broadside
attack on the- United States,
alleged "enslavement" policy
on the Latin American conti
nent. The Red bloc's decision
emerged from the joint Sino
Russian communique issued in
Peiping Sunday at the con
clusion of the Mao-Krushchev
secret talks.
Red China and the Soviet
pledged themselves formally
then and there to "give firm
support to the just struggles
of the peoples of 53 United
Arab Republics, the Republic
of Iraq, and the other Arab
countries as well as the na
tional independence move
ments of the peoples in Asia,
Try and
-By BENNETT CERF-
HORACE DODGE had an old gatekeeper on his estate who
neglected his duties shamefully, but had been around so
long nobody dared criticize him too severely. One day, how
ever, JJoage's ire was ar
oused to the point where he
hollered, "You're fired!" and
drove off in high dudgeon
to Detroit. When he drove
home that evening, how
ever, there was the old gate
keeper big as life.' "Con
found it!" roared Dodge.
"Didn't I discharge you this
morning?" "You did,"
agreed the gatekeeper
cheerfully, 'but I forgive
you."
In Providence, a thirsty soul
fnnnrt an unorthodox use for a
Gideon Bible. He entered a hotel room occupied by one of his
Scottish associates and slapped the book on the bureau. "Put your
hand on this -Bible," he commanded, "and swear you haven't got a
drop of whiskey in the room." He got two old-fashioneds.
'
Heard about the tiger who cornered Mr. Aesop and ate him for
Sunday dinner. "Well, Aesop," said the tiger pleasantly, "I suppose
you'll be making a fable about this now, too."
135S, by SenaeU Cert Distributed by King reiturei Sjndiute.
FASHIONED. IET&
the Sovet leader may not be
the strong man after all that
he appeared to be.
The defeat may have reper
cussions nearer home where
a hard core of Stalin-type pol
iticians and personal oppo
nents have been biding their
time for a possible day of
reckoning.
No Imminent Danger
There was no question of
an imminent danger to the
burly Soviet leader; but some
experts felt there' was writing
on the wall.
The key to the events of the
past 36 hours lies' in the sec
ret talks between Khrushchev
and Mao in Peiping during the
weekend.
What happened there is a
well guarded secret and is
likely to remain so.
Africa and Latin America,"
the communique announced.
The listing of Latin Ameri
ca in line with Arab nations
left little doubt of what is in
the minds of the Red leaders.
Word It Out
Soviet affairs experts have
read into the blunt announce
ment a sort of declaration of
a propaganda war by the Unit
ed Reds in the "backyard" of
the United States.
Soviet designs on this
sphere have been increasing
ly evident for some time past;
but nothing or little was said
about it officially in Moscow.
Now, the word is out. Latin
America has been formally
and officially included in the
"sphere of operation" of the
Red propaganda machine, call
ing for "independence" from
American "domination and
exploitation."
Significantly, R edChina
has given its backing to the
move just as it has become a
prime backer of the "inde
pendence" campaign in the
Middle East.
Mao Taking Over
More people "demonstrat
ed" in Peiping against the
United States and Britain's in
tervention in Lebanon and
Jordan than did in Moscow
last month.
This tends to confirm the
growing impression that Mao
is taking over gradually the
leadership of Communist ide
ology and its application from
Moscow.
Latin America has for some
time past been confined large
ly to more discreet behind-the-scenes
infiltration tactics.
Stop Me
Battle for the Pocketbook: Fair Trade
Fight Shaping, Merchants vs. Customers
Washington The outcome
of a lobby battle now building
up in Washington will help
decide how much you pay for
everything from automobiles
to toothpaste.
The issue is whether Con
gress, through a Federal law,
should let manufacturers de
termine how much the con
sumer shall pay for their
products.
Bills to allow such price
fixing are before Congress
now. . If passed, the legisla
tion would amount to a fair
trade law for all 48 states,
District of Columbia and the
territories. It would not make
any difference if the state did
not want a fair trade law.
The Federal law would still
apply.
About the only thing volun
tary in the proposed law con
cerns manufacturers. They
could decide whether they
wanted to set wholesale and
retail prices on their goods or
not.
Once the manufacturer set
Face Seen
But the suddenness of the
trip and the secrecy surround
ing it suggested at once that
sornething went wrong. The
signs now are that Khru
shchev dashed to Peiping to
appease an irate Chinese chief
who has been assuming quiet
ly an increasingly important
role in the leadership of world
Communism.
How To Bow
It appears that Khrushchev
had to bow to Mao's terms in
cluding the abandoning of his
cherished idea with a summit
meeting with the Western
leaders.
The precedent has estab
lished a virtual Red Chinese
veto over Russia's major pol
icy decisions in the interna
tional field.
The conclusion drawn from
this development by diplo
matic sources today was that
Russia no longer can do it
alone.
This development followed
earlier indications that Peip
ing has been increasingly as
suming the lead in the ideolo
gical sphere of Communism.
Officially, Mao has been
paying lip service to Moscow's
lead in the Socialist camp. But
in effect it was Red China that
forced Khrushchev to revert
to the tougher Stalin-type pol
icy line in recent months.
Communications
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edit all letters with an eye to
clarification and condensation.
Letters submitted for publica
tion must 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.
"Let's Get Interested"
To the Editor; After read
ing the article in Sunday's
paper showing circulation of
petitions for nomination of
city councilmen it causes one
to evaluate our city govern
ment and the manner in
which it is formed.
This is in no sense an accus
ation, but only to point out a
potential. -We, the people, by
our choice of city manager
council form of government
gave up most of our electoral
rights in that we no longer
choose city officials with the
exception that we do vote for
mayor and city councilmen.
We must get full advantage of
that vote. The councilmen
and mayor are the only ones
that represent us' voters in
city government.
- Under "home rule," as our
city government seems to
operate, it is very important
that we the people make our
own choice of representatives
and not accept "hand picked"
candidates that could be more
interested in a city manager's
or some other influential fac
tion ambition or wants rather
than that of the electorate.
A matter in point upon
recommendation of the plan
ning commission and the city
manager our councilmen
chose to act for the people
and .approved the annexation
of Kenwpod-Grandview dis
tricts ana thereby saddling
the citizens of our city with
some S141,000 bonded indebt
edness that we all must pay
and the annexed districts hav
ing an assessed value of but
812,514. Why was this done?
Why did they decide not to
let us, the ones paying the
bill, vote on it? I would like
for those interested in the an
swers to ask our city manager.
My present interest is in
who should be our representa
tive in city government.
I am not " personally ac
quainted with the nominees
for wards 3 and 4 as filed
with the city recorder by
Councilman Meyers and past
Councilman Jones, I know
his prices, any wholesaler or
retailer who charged less for
the branded items could be
haled into court. This means
discount houses would risk a
court suit every time they ad
vertised a bargain. Under the
proposed law, anybody hurt
by cut prices could sue the
discounter in state or Federal
court.
Lobby Pressure ,
There is tremendous pres
sure on Congress to pass a
Federal fair trade law. The
National association of Retail
Druggists, representing 36,000
members, is the most vocal
proponent. They are support
ed by national trade associa
tions representing appliance
dealers, photography shops,
tobacco wholesalers, gasoline
stations, hardware stores, hab
erdashers and book sellers.
These proponents say a
Federal fair trade law is the
only way to save small busi-
nessmen from extinction.
They contend retailing will
end up in the hands of a few
giant chains under the present
set up. Then, they say, the
consumer will be at the mercy
of the giants. There will be no
corner druggists or grocer to
worry about. The giants can
then charge whatever they
want. Proponents point to the
rising number of bankrupt
cies among small retailers as
ample warning of the onrush
ing disaster.
Typical Complaint
In hearings before the
House committee considering
a Federal fair trade law, a
photography store owner
voiced a typical complaint. He
said he did such a fine job of
promoting a, camera that his
customer went right out to a
discount house and bought
one. Then the customer
brought it back to the nice
guy in the small shop to learn
how to use it. Retailers com
plain discounters are cashing
in on the small businessman's
salesmanship. They claim dis
counters only give bargains
on a few bait items and make
it up on other ones.
Many manufacturers large
and small are pushing for a
Federal fair trade law, too.
Coty Inc., General Electric,
Johnson & Johnson and Sun
beam Corp. are among them.
They claim they have a right
to protect their investment of
research and national adver
tising by setting prices on
their products. - Discounters,
who sell branded products be
low cost cheapen them in the
public eye, manufacturers
contend.
Hot Item Cools Off
The small manufacturer is
especially upset about what
discount houses are doing to
his distribution system. Take
M. R. Bissell III, president of
the relatively small Bissell
Carpet Sweeper Co
Bissell told the House com
mittee that his company came
out with what looked like a
hot item a rug shampooer to
be retailed at S14.95. One of
his retailers promoted) it
through advertising and face-
lo-face persuasion. The retail
er's sales started' to roll. Then
a discounter in the area sold
the shampooer below cost.
The small retailer, since he
nothing of their qualifica
tions. However, I look at them
questionably . because they
seem to be "hand picked" as
favorable to the desires of the
city fathers and I am inclined
to believe that they may fol
low the "home "rule" rather
than what is to the best inter
ests and wants of the people.
It is worth your while to
look into what the cost of our
city government is today in
comparison to what it was
three years ago. Allowing for
inflation and expansion we
have had enormous increases.
So once again I say to you
"let's choose our own nomi
nees for city councilmen"
and not take just what is of
fered to us.
Let's get interested in our
city government and welfare
of our citizens.
Ray O. DeMarrs
708 West Second st.
Medford
Editor's note: The bonded
indebtedness of the Kenwood
Grandview districts at the
time of annexation was $151,
000, not $141,000, and the as
sessed valuation was $866,680,
not $12,514. Actually, resi
dents of the city will benefit
in the long run on a purely
tax basis, due te the overall
increased assessed valuation
of the city created by the an
nexation as was explained
in detail at the time of the an
nexation.
Now Many Wear
FALSE TEETH
With Little Worry
Eat. talk, laugh or sneeze without
fear of insecure false teeth dropping.
slipping or wobbling. FASTEETH
holds plates firmer and more com
fortably. This pleasant powder has no
gummy, gooey, pasty taste or feeling.
Doesn't cause nausea. It's alkaline
(non-acid). Checks "plate odor"
(denture breath). Get FASTEETH at
toy drug counter.
could not meet the price, j
stopped selling Bissell's shampooer.
The same thing happened
in other areas because dis
counters sold the shampooer
for as low as $8.88. Bissell
claimed he lost so many small
retailers this way that over
all sales of his shampooer
dropped. He ended up laying
off factory workers, even
though he was convinced
there was a big public de
mand for his new product.
Opponents View
But there is another side to
the story. This comes from
the American Farm Bureau
Federation, national consumer
organizations and General
Federation of Women's Clubs.
They say the Federal fair
trade law would make it a
crime to give the public a
truly fair price. Several econ
omists, the Justice Depart
ment, Federal Trade Commis
sion and Commerce Depart
ment Are on their side.
Opponents see the fair trade
law as the biggest disaster
ever, to befall the consumer.
They say it would lead to the
monopolistic cartels which
wrecked the European econ
omy. They claim the proposed
law offers little safeguard
against manufacturers getting
together on prices. No matter
what the retail price, the con
sumer will have to pay qr go
without. Formerly competi
tive stores would all have the
same prices.
Penalize Efficiency
Opponents also claim the
fair trade law would reduce
the retailer to a dumb vend
ing machine. No matter how
low his rent was, or how effi
cient he was he could not
pass on his savings to the con
sumer. And why. opponents
ask, should the Federal Gov
ernment put a protective um
brella over one segment of
the economy? The farmers
would not get a set price for
their tomatoes but .would
have to pay a set price for a
can of tomato juice. And, op
ponents continue, the law
forces the retailer to do
the manufacturer's bidding,
whether he signs a contract
or not. This arrangement,
they point out, has been de
clared unconstitutional.
In the Day's News
By FRANK
Good news if true:
The defense department is
expected to confirm the belief
that the U.S. HAS MATCHED
RUSSIA IN POSSESSION OF
AN INTERCONTINENTAL
BALLISTIC MISSILE CAP
ABLE OF CARRYING A NU
CLEAR WARHEAD.
Missile men believe they
proved it over the week-end
in the successful testing of a
fully powered Atlas missile at
Cape Canaveral. One source
said the test put our nation A
YEAR AHEAD OF SCHED
ULE in development of the
missile.
WHY is that so good?
Wel-1-1-1
If Russia has such a weapon
and we haven't, Russia may
decide at any moment that
now is the time to start a war.
If we have such a weapon
ALSO, Russia WON'T decide
that now is the time to start
shooting.
That's about the long and
the short of it.
TAD NEWS in any
lan-
guage:
A missing eight-y e a r-old
boy was found suffocated in
an ABA.NDONED ICEBOX in
Weymouth, Mass. The victim
was Dennis Dalrymple, who
vanished Saturday. B lood
hounds finally led police to
the icebox.
Police say Dennis apparent
ly slammed the door on him
self after climbing inside. An
investigation is now under
way to find out who aban
doned the icebox without re
moving the door hinges as re
quired by law.
AFTER all the tragic deaths
of children here and there
throughout our country in the
past few years, it is certainly
A NEW
AMBULANCE
. . has recently been
added to our auto fleet. It
is fully equipped with first
aid and oxygen, to render
C. M.
Litwiller
an even better service than ever before.
v . -
For over 23 years we have tried to serve you faithfully and
promptly, 24 hours of every day.
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Home
Mountain View Chapel
Hwy, 66 at Normal
Office 88 N. Main
.ASHLAND
We Never Close
than
The Consumers Information
Bureau in New York charges
that support for the Federal
fair trade law is coming prin
cipally from drug manufac
turers, wholesalers and retail
ers who are "making enor
mous profits and want to con
tinue this situation forever."
The Bureau listed for the
House committee profits drug
gists normally make on brand
items. The list showed a box
of 200 aspirin that the drug
gist bought for 25 cents sell
ing for 89 cents and a bottle
of 100 vitamins that he
bought for $4.60 selling for
S9.45.
Lobby Battle
Subcommittees of the House
and Senate Interstate and
Foreign Commerce Commit
tee have held hearings on the
proposed Federal fair trade
law. But with adjournment
so close, there is -little chance
that the bill will become law
this year. -
However, the adjournment
battle will not put an end to
the fight. "If anything," says
Maurice Mermey, director of
the druggists' national infor
mation bureau, "lack of Con
gressional action in 1958 will
step up our efforts. We won't
rest until a Federal fair trade
law is on the books." Mem
bers of the National associa
tion of Retail Druggists are
being urged to fan out over
the country during the Con
gressional recess to talk fair
trade to their Senators and
Representatives.
Already the lawmakers are
shell-shocked from a steady
bombardment of letters and
telegrams demanding a Fed
eral fair trade law.
To combat this giant lobby
effort, a new organization is
being formed in Washington.
Called the National Anti-Price
Fixing Association, it is being
organized by 'Alex Akerman,
Washington lawyer and for
mer executive director of the
Federal Trade Commission.
He said his group is fighting
to protect the millions of con
sumers in the country who
have the most to lose but have
had the least to say on the
fair trade issue.
Congressional Quarterly Inc.)
(Copyright 1958,
JENKINS
had news that ANYONE
would be so thoughtless as to
put out one of these death
traps.
JUST for a change, let's talk
today about NEWS ITSELF.
What is news?
How should one read it or
lisen to it?
Is what we read (and hear)
truthful and Reliable?
If not, why not?
IN GENERAL, there are two
kinds of news:
1. Factual news.
V 2. JAWBONE news.
Factual news concerns what
actually happened. Jawbone
news concerns WHAT SOME
BODY SAID and why. Fac
tual news is generally accu
rate and dependable. Jawbone
news can be utterly inaccur
ate and undependable de
pending on the motives of
who said what.
NEARLY all the cold war
news is jawbone news be
cause it is normally based on
what somebody said for a pur
pose. The purpose is usually to
MISLEAD an opponent as to
what is going on so that he
can be hit when he isn't look
ing. Most of the "summit"
meeting stuff is jawbone news
because if a "summit" meet
ing is held it will be used
chiefly for propaganda.
Nearly all political news is
jawbone news. The exception
is the way the voting turns
out at electons. That is factual
news.
I
S THIS sum-up too cynical?
I don't think so.
If you will keep these defi
nitions in mind, you will ex
perience less difficulty and
less mental confuson in read
ing and interpreting the news
of each day. ,
Mrs. Litwiller
'It is better to know us and not need us,
to need us and not know us.