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4 Frifay, September 12, 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
Sept. 12. 1948 (Sunday)
Alf Dyrnes, young Norwe
gian tenor and vocal teacher
has arrived in the valley and
will offer local voice pupils
lessons. '
Medford city councilmen
convene at noon tomorrow to
discuss calling for bids on the
Camp White trunk sewer.
20 YEARS AGO
Sept. 12. 1938 (Monday)
A good crop of Newtown
apples is expected this year.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot'.' column: "One
school of economists holds
there will be an autumn busi
ness upturn. Another school
figures there will be an aut-
tumn business upcurl.
30 YEARS AGO
Sept. 12, 1928 (Wednesday)
Thanks to rain showers, the
ban on deer hunting has been
lifted.
The city council has agreed
to sell surplus Medford water
to the Berrydale area.
40 YEARS AGO
Sept. 12, 1918 (Thursday)
Three patriotic songs are
to be featured in the Mothers'
day "procession of song" on
Sept. 21.
From 2,200 to 2,400 men of
Jackson county between 18
and 45 years of age began reg
istering for the draft today.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct is superior;
seven or eight is excellent; five or
six is good.
1. Who wrote, "Early to
bed, early to rise, makes a
man healthy, wealthy and
wise"?
2. Which is colder, zero de
grees Fahrenheit, or zero de
grees Centigrade?
3. Who was
mon's mother?
King Solo-
4. In England, a faucet or
spigot is called a ?
5. A famous Notre Dame
football coach lost his life in
an airplane crash in 1941;
who was he?
6. Which is heavier, copper
or steel?
7. The tail of a decapitated
snake will continue to wiggle
until sunset; true or false?
8. According to legend,
who rode horseback naked
through the streets of Coven
try, England?
' 9. What is the name of the
hard rubber disk which is
used in playing ice hockey?
10. Who is called, "The Fa
ther of Medicine"?
Answers: 1. Benjamin
Franklin. 2. Fahrenheit. 3.
Baihsheba. 4. Tap. 5. Knute
Rockne. 6. Copper. 7. False.
8. Lady Godiva. 9. Puck. 10.
Hippocrates.
PLANS U.N. APPEAL
Cairo - (UPD -The National
Liberation Front, a leading
Algerian rebel organization,
said Thursday night it would
"appeal once again to the
United Nations General As
sembly to condemn the
colonial war and conquest
that, France is waging against
Algeria and appeal for recog
nition of the right of the Al
gerian people to independence-
End Capital Punishment
Elsewhere in today's Mail Tribune appears
the last in a series of three articles concerning
capital punishment.
The subject is of special interest to Oregon
voters this year, for at the general election on
Nov. 4 they will vote on a proposal to abolish the
death penalty in Oregon. Murder is the only
crime for which the death penalty is prescribed
in the state constitution.
The proposal is a simple one, to amend the
constitution by repealing Sections 37 and 38 of
Article I of the Oregon constitution.
gECTION37says:
"The penalty for murder in the first degree shall
be death, except when the trial jury shall in its verdict
recommend life imprisonment, in which case the pen
alty shall be life imprisonment."
Section 38 simply revived provisions of laws
repealed when the death penalty was reinstituted
in 1920, after having been abolished in 1914.
The repeal of these two sections would have
the effect of leaving it up to the legislature to de
termine what penalties should be provided for
murder and other major crimes.
.
DUT, if the two are repealed, the legislature
would have two things to consider, the first
that the people of Oregon voted against the death
penalty, and the second that another section of
the constitution, Section 15 of Article I, says :
.Laws tor the punishment of crime shall be found
ed on the principles of reformation, and not of . vin
dictive justice."
The death penalty, surely comes under the
heading of vindictive justice, and by no stretch
of the imagination can be considered reforma
tion.
Thus a vote in the fall election against the
death penalty would in effect be just that: a vir
tual end to capital punishment in Oregon.
AS we see it, those who favor the death pen
o If it Ar an -Prw rn a i-i-P fin vno ovn o nv o nevm.
ciXLy ou lui vug ui li. ii V i wauviijj vi a, win
bmation :
1. The Old Testament rule of "an eye for an eye"
-that is, for revenge or vindictiveness.
2. The idea that the death penalty serves as a deter
rent to murder.
3. That death to a murderer is the only sure pro
tection of society from a repetition of the crime.
Much as one may disagree with the firs"
point, it is difficult to argue with, for it is an emo
tional, not a rational, position. And one can argue
until blue m the face with an opinion based on
emotion, and never get anywhere.
..
THEREFORE, the death penalty is to be argued
V on a reasoned basis, one must consider the
second and third points, of deterrence and pro
tection.
If, in fact capital punishment does discourage
murders, then there is something to be said for it,
But does it?
We have nowhere seen any statistics which
show that it does. The statistics we have seen, in
fact, are inconclusive. Some states which have
capital punishment have a relatively low homi
cide rate : others have a high rate. And vice versa
In states where it has been abolished, there has
been no surge of the homicide rate.
SINCE the evidence is inconclusive, it follows
f V of fVia A oof Vi nflnolhr moVoc Tiff la rli-f-f tornn ro
as to the homicide rate in any particular state,
and that other factors social, sociological, and
environmental must be the deciding ones.
As to the third point protection death wil.
of course prevent a murderer from striking again
But there are other ways. "Stand-by" laws en
acted last year by the legislature to take effect
if the amendment passes provide that a man con
victed of first degree murder would serve a life
term, and not be eligible for parole for 15 years,
instead of the 7' years as at present. (The law
also provides an exception to the death penalty
ban m the case of a man serving a lite term who
commits a murder) .
There is the added fact that in Oregon, no
one convicted of murder and released on parole
has ever been returned to prison for a crime of
violence. Prison and parole authorities have
found that murderers actually are among the best
parole risks.
THOSE who oppose capital punishment do so
laigdjr uu live jltcioo
1. It serves as no effective deterrent to murder.
2. There is always the horrible possibility (one that
has been proven in many instances) that an innocent
person will be punished irrevokably.
3. Administration of the penalty is inequal-poor
men cannot put up a long and costly legal battle.
4. Juries and judges vary, some sentencing mur
derers to life imprisonment, others to death, and this non
uniform administration defeats the whole purpose of the
death penalty. (Over the years, Oregon has executed
fewer than 1 per cent of its convicted murderers.)
5. It is as morally wrong for the state to take a life
as it is for an individual.
GRANTING point 1 (and on the evidence we
believe it valid) , then the second point is the
strongest m our mind. Innocent men HAVE died.
AncLas long as death is the supreme penalty un
der our inexact system of justice, they will con
tinue to do so.
Close behind are the two points dealing with
inequality. And under our system, inequality is
injustice. One man should not die for a crime
while another, equally guilty lives, no matter
what the reason.
As for morality, this point is asrain unargu
able, as is the opposing "eye-f or-an-eye" position.
Ihe weight of the tangible evidence that
capital punishment is no effective deterrent, that
here is always the possibility of an innocent
man being executed, and that the death penalty
is not always applied with eaualitv convince
us the state of Oregon should end its use. E.A. ,
Dennis the Menace
&yciiiutidid ,vly wain jears
In Fall Election, Wilson Says
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'IMAGNg SQHggOO WAJIfflNlO TAKg AH AfTeMOOH HAP?'
Washington Report
By William S. White
MEMO FOR MR. MUSKIE
Washington This column
might be called a memo for
Mr. Muskie.
Gov. Edmund S. Muskie of
Maine has be-
come that
state's first
p o p u 1 arly
elected Demo
cratic Serfator
in history
with his over
whelming vic
tory over a sit
ting Republic
an S e n a t or,
William S. White
Fredrick G. Payne.
All present portents suggest
that this loss of a seat on the
Republican side in the first of
this year's Senate and Con
gressional elections will be
followed by several others. If
the Democrats are . on the
march even in Maine of all
places it must be assumed
that they are on the march
elsewhere.
Thus, a good many new
faces mainly Democratic
faces may be seen when the
Senate reconvenes in January.
At all events, there will cer
tainly be one, that of Edmund
S. Muskie
Mr. Muskie, therefore, might
find it helpful to know some
things about the place to
which he is coming certain
unwritten rules in the club he
is joining. These, while not
exactly top secret, are per
haps not universally known
Possibly interested, too, might
be the thus-far .unknown num
ber of other freshman Sena
tors who will arrive, with
him, in the chamber on the
northwest side of the Capitol
HPHE extraordinary nature of
his feat in Maine and it
is all of that will do him no
harm in the Senate. But, to be
honest, it will do him no par
ticular good either. There are
a dozen ex-governors already
in residence, so to speak, in
this club, not to mention an
ex-cabinet officer and an ex-
ambassador.
Any new member what
ever his distinction and what
ever his future prospects, even
if these prospects should seem
to involve a chance at the
Presidency itself-will run in
to certain unvarying realities.
In the Senate he is auite
definitely "a new boy," even
though he may have been a
very powerful and very rug
ged old boy in the state from
which he comes. Officially, he
holds all the rights and priv
ileges held by the old mem
bers. Officially and actually.
his rights are much more re
stricted. TIE IS entitled theoretical-'
"ly to talk as often and
as long as the senior mem
bers. He will, however, he
quiet for at least two years
while the Senate is taking
his measure. If he is not quiet,
nothing will happen to him
openly, but subtly unpleasant
things will be transpiring all
the time.
A man breaking the un
spoken code by pressing him-'
self too far and too soon will
discover, for example, that the
Senate is strangely inatten
tive to any of his speeches and
oddly cool to most anything
he proposes.
There will be many occa
sions when he will greatly
need the help of his older col
leagues especially when he
wants to get through more or
less local or special legislatio:
for his people. This kind of
assistance is not readily ob
tained by a new Senator un
less he has behaved in what
the Senate thinks is the way
proper to a newcomer.
If OREOVER. the new Sena
"later is expected to adopt
in his committee work much
the same unaggressive atti
tude that he is expected to
show on the Senate floor. He
must not be too ready to ask
questions or to make any sort
of demands. His is to reason
why; but not to act, ever, as
though, it were do or die. No
where on earth is the advice
"take it easy" more applica
ble.
For this place, the Senate,
is a very strange place. Men'
power there usually is not
really related either to where
they seem to be going politi
cally or where they have al
ready been. Far more simply,
it iis based upon what they
are and, above all, how they
fit in.
A man can be a halting
speaker, from a little state
with practically no national
importance politically, and
still be a Senate powerhouse.
He can be a striking orator,
from a large and critically im
portant state which he may
hold in the palm of his hand.
and still not be too significant
in the Senatorial forum.
By LYLE C. WILSON
United Press International
Washington-(UPD-Byi rule of
thumb based on last Monday's
state of Maine election, the
Democratic party should gain
at least 21
seats in the
House of Rep
resentatives in
next Novem
ber's polling.
The Demo
crats g a i ned
one seat Mon
day in Maine's
1st District
Lyle C. Wilson " " - "
been represented by Republi
can Rep. Robert Hale since
Jan. 3, 1943. Hale was defeat
ed by Democrat James C. Oli
ver by nearly 8,000 votes of
approximately 106,000 cast.
Of all the Republican seats
in the present House, Hale's
was won two years ago by the
least margin. His bulge over
Oliver in 1956, as determined
by a House committee, was
111 votes. Maine's 1st, there
fore, was notable after 1956
among what politicians call
marginal districts.
A marginal district is one
in which the winner obtains
55 per cent or less of the total
vote. Thirty-eight Republi
cans, including Hale, from 21
states hold such marginal seats
in the present House. Fifty
one Democrats from 28 states
won marginal district elec
tions two years ago.
It is among the marginal
seats of the opposition that
each party always expects to
make its principal gains, if
any. Shifts in the balance of
the political substructure are
felt first and most forcibly in
these see-saw districts.
Movement Underway
The difference b e t w e e
Hale's margin of 111 votes in
1956 and Oliver's bulge of
8,000 last Monday suggests
that a movement is underway
in the basic political substruc
ture of the United States. It
is a movement in the direction
of a big Democratic victory
next November, the Demo
crats having already gained
one marginal Republican dis
trict with 20 to 59
States in which Republican
representatives hold marginal
seats are widely scattered ex
eluding, of course, the South
ih addition to Maine, they
are: Arizona, California, Colo
rado, Connecticut, Delaware,
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,, Kan
sas, Maryland, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska,
New Jersey, New York, Ore
gon, Pennsylvania, Washing
ton and West Virginia
There are 233 Democrats,
198 Republicans and four va
cancies in the present House
A 21-district loss would re
duce the Republicans to 177
seats and increase Democratic
seats to 254, excluding the
members returned from the
current vacancies.
The Low Point
That would not be a low
point for Republicans in the
House. Democrats held 322
seats, Republicans 102 after
the 1934 congressional elec
tions in which the GOP first
felt the impact of FDR's New
Deal coalition of Democrats
and leftwingers. The remain-
In this place it is personal
character and personal atti
tudes that make personal in
fluence. And, right or wrong
as it may be, there is no pos
sible way successfully to buck
the system.
(Copyright, 1958, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.
MAY VISIT U.S.
Tokyo (UPD Phibun Song-
gram, former Thai prime
minister who has been living
in exile in Japan, may leave
for the United States Sunday,
informed sources said today
Portland 0JPD The Legisla
tive Interim Committee on
Mental Retardation has called
most unwise if he proceeds on a meeting here for Saturday
any sucn assumption. In prac- at 1 p.m. to investigate recent
nee ne will be expected to be ! criticisni of Fairview Home
Try and Stop Me
-By BENNETT CERF-
PIERCE HARRIS tells about a kindly country parson who "had
lust man-im? a vauikt Mnnl. 1 3 . j .
j "unc auu iiau a. pmung wuru ior me
groom: uiess you, my son.
trouble." A year later, the
groom reiurnea to moan.
What a year I've gone
through! And you're the
one who told me I was at
the end of my trouble."
"So I did, Son," soothed
the parson, "I just didn't tell
you which end."
You're at the end of all your
One of the masterpieces of
literature is Gibbon's volumi
nous "Decline and Fall of the
Roman Empire." And what
did England's dike of Glou
cester (brother of Kine Georee
HI) say when, to 1781, author
Gibbon presented him with the just-published work?
Here, according to Gibbon's diary, were the good Duke's words:
"What? More of those damned, fat, square, thick books? Always
scribble, scribble, scribble, eh, Mr. Gibbon?"
Q 19 by Scone tt Cert retributed by Kins Features Syndicate.
Scientists Warn of
Radioactive Waste
By DARRELL GARWOOD
United Press International
Geneva r- (UPD - Scientists at
the world atoms-for-peace
conference warned today dis
posal of deadly radioactive
waste materials was becom
ing one of the major problems
of the nuclear age.
U. S. Scientist C. E. Ste
venson of the Argonne Na
tional Laboratory told the 69
nation gathering the United
States alone had more than
60 million gallons of highly
radio-active liquid wastes pil
ing up in underground storage
tanks. ... . ... '
Stevenson said another 10
million gallons would be
buried in tanks before an
other year goes by.
He gave no locations, how
ever. Give Impetus
The claims gave impetus to
Treasury Expects
$12 Billion in
Red This Year
Washington (UPD - Presi
dent Eisenhower's budget di
rector, admitting to a "sense
of discouragement," Thursday
night revealed the Treasury
expects to wind up more than
$12 billion in the red this
fiscal year.
Budget Chief Maurice H,
Stans also indicated the ad
ministration may seek high
er federal gasoline taxes and
another round of postal rate
increases next year to avoid
adding to the record peace
time deficit.
Stans said the deficit would
be $12,000,000,000 for the
fiscal year which began last
July 1 and ends next June 30
Must Decide Soon
He told his news confer
ence Thursday the President
and his advisers must decide
within 60 days about raising
federal gasoline taxes by
close to SI billion next year
because the federal highway
trust fund used to finance in
terstate 'highways will be ex
hausted next fiscal year.
Stans declinded to forecast
Eisenhower's ultimate deci
sion. But he made clear he
personally was shooting for a
return to a balanced budget
in fiscal 1961 and would pre
fer hiking the "user"-type tax
on gasoline to bigger red ink
spending.
Postal Deficit Seen
Congress recently added
one cent to the cost of first
class and air mail, but Stans
estimated the Post Office De
partment will hav a deficit of
$73 o million this year, partly
because of new postal pay in-.
creases.
He said that if the adminis
tration took a" consistent"
position, the White House
would ask Congress for an
other postal rate increase next
session.
Stans' review estimated the
government would take in
$67,000,000,000 and spend
$79,200,000,000 in the 12
months ending next June 30,
leaving a deficit of $12,200,-
000,000. This would push the
public debt to $283,000,000,
000. "
the disposal question, which
raced into the spotlight Thurs
day when Britain and Amer
ica admitted here they had
been dumping radio-active
waste products into the oceans
for as long as eight years.
The U. S. and British dele
gates insisted the amounts of
radioactive material put into
the sea were too small to be
harmful.
But the disclosures were ex
pected to trigger a new round
of controversy about how to
exploit the peaceful benefits
of the atom without increas
ing radioactivity dangers.
Peaceful Explosions
Although radioactive waste
disposal so far has been
problem in such installations
as nuclear power plants and
research centers, U. S. dele
gation leaders Thursday point
ed out there was a new entry
on the list-that of peaceful
nuclear explosions.
The U. S. scientists, in
formal press conference,
stressed the possible benefits
of peaceful nuclear explosions
for such projects . as blasting
harbors and tunnels.
But they admitted that even
among U. S. scientific leaders
there was disagreement as to
whether the possible advan
tages of such explosions out
weighed the possible, radiation
dangers.
Fir Lumber Demand
Claimed Subsiding
Portland -(UPD-Crow's Lum
ber Market Service reported
today that the demand for fir
lumber from consuming areas
has subsided in the past
week.
Crow's said, however, that
mill prices have risisted the
downward trend. Utility and
economy dimension have sag
ged a little in price. Mills are
still forced to turn down or
ders for kiln-dried standard
and better dimension.
California demand for wa
ter shipment has been very
strong and prices have moved
up in the past two weeks,
Crow's reported. Eastern
prices appear to have leveled
off but at a strong level. Sand
ed fir plywood is at an $80
market for the quarter-inch
grade. Sheathing is strong at
$110-112.
Research Center
Said Due Portland
Portland -(UPD-Sen. Richard
L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) said
here today that He has re
ceived renewed assurances
that the University of Ore
gon Medical School would re
ceive a Federal grant of $1,-
250,000 later this month for
construction of a medical re
search center in Portland.
The state would be required
to match the grant on an equal
basis.
Neuberger said he had been
assured by Chancellor John
Richards of the State System
of Higher Education that the
state's share of the project
"will have a very high pri
ority listing."
ing seats were held by left-
wing splinter parties.
Worse was awaiting the Re
publicans, however. They
were able in 1936 to elect only
88 U.S. representatives. That
was the year in which FDR
won the electoral votes of 46
states against Alf. M. Landon
of Kansas. It enabled James
A. Farley to wisecrack: "As
goes Maine, so goes Vermont."
The Republican party has
not achieved a solid political
success in 30 years, not since
1928 when Herbert Hoover
was elected President and
Congress was maintained in
Republican control. FDR's po
litical magic hexed the Re
publicans. He made of the
GOP a minority party and so
it remains, as will be demon
strated By the polling Nov. 4.
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Letters submitted for publica
tion must not exceed 400 words.
From State Fair
To the Editor: The Oregon
State Fair commission and
management wish to express,
through this medium, their
very sincere gratitude and ap
preciation to the people of
this area who participated as
exhibitors, workers and pa
trons of the 1958 Greater Ore
gon State Fair.
. It is our deep conviction
that the Oregon State Fair
belongs to the people of Ore
eon and that its success or
failure depends upon each
citizen's efforts. This year the
State Fair commission, tried
t(5 present a bigger and better
State Fair than ever before
with reorganization and
"new look." The response to
our efforts has been gratify
ing and we hope that you too
have liked what you saw.
The next step is to do even
better in 1959. In order to
accomplish this we need the
help and support of all of you
and we shall be pleased to
receive any suggestions for
improVement.
Oregon State Fair
Commission
By Marguerite E Berg,
Chairman
Salem, Ore.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
As this is written. Red
China has backed off from
her warlike attitude in the
Formosa straits area. The
guns that have been batter
ing Quemoy Island have been
silent for hours and Red Chi
nese Premier Chou En Lai
has called on the United
States to resume talks on the
embassador level to keep the
peace.
We welcome the idea of
talking instead of shooting
and the White House issues a
statement in which it says the
American ambassador in War
saw (Warsaw is in Poland
and Poland is a Russiaa com
munist satellite) "stands ready
to meet the Chinese Com
munist ambassador there
promptly" to resume talks on
the Formosa dispute.
On Capital Punishment
To the Editor: As many of
our voters know, there is to
be a measure on our ballots
in November to provide for
abolition of capital punish
ment in Oregon. Now, I will
not dwell on whether or net a
guilty person should be ex
ecuted or whether the state
or, shall we say, the people.
have a right, morally, to exe
cute a condemned person.
My only purpose in opposi
tion to the theory of capital
punishment is to insure that
an innocent person is not
executed. There have been
many cases of persons exe
cuted for crimes they did
not commit, only to have evi
dence crop up, perhaps many
years later, which indicated
their innocence. -
Most newspaper readers
have read, over a period of
several years, of the efforts
of; Caryl Chessman, con
demned to die in the Cali
fornia San Quentin prison gas
chamber more than nine years
ago, to escape the death pen
alty. Some evidence, whether
admissable in court or not,
has been cited to indicate that
Chessman was not guilty of
the crime for which he was
convicted. There is a lot of
evidence, however, which
clearly showf him to have
committed many robberies,
and clearly it would be a very
poor policy to permit a man
of his type to go free. How
ever, I do not believe that he,
or anyone else, should be
executed for a crime that he
did not do. ,
Of course, I am in no bet
ter position than any other
person in Oregon, or else
where, to say whether or not
he is guilty.
But to return to the situa
tion m Oregon, I intend to
vote for abolition of capital
punishment in Oregon in the
November election. Perhaps
in that way I can help to in
sure that no one will be exe
cuted for a crime of which
they are innocent.
In the case of Billy Jumor
Nunn, I feel that he definitely
is guilty, but recognize the
very slender possibility that
he could be innocent, in spite
of his confession and trial and
conviction. , ' "
I expect I'll raise a stink
over my ideas in the matter,
but I think it better to have
person serve time in prison
than to execute them. You
can always turn a person loose
from -prison but no one has
devised a means of bringing
them back from the grave.
Floyd R. McCabe,
Mt. Pitt Star Route,
Butte Falls.
IVTHY in Warsaw?
Well, we don't have di
rect diplomatic relations with
the Chinese communist gov
ernment. But we have an am
bassador in Warsaw and the
Chinese communist govern
ment has an ambassador in
Warsaw, so it is diplomatical
ly possible for the two to get
together and talk things over.
We emphasize only that in
the talks we will not be a
party to any arrangement that
would prejudice the rights of
our ally, the Chinese Nation
alist government. The reason
for that reservation is that
we mustn't let our ally lose
face. That would be equiva
lent to losing face ourselves.'
In this ruckus with Red
China, keeping face for every
body is tremendously import
ant. '
WHAT is Red
China gun
ning for?
Red China wants to be
CHINA so far as world af
fairs - including the United
Nations - are concerned. .
What are we gunning for?
That is simple. We are gun
ning to get the shooting stop
ped. ,
AT will we do?
expect that over the
long pull we will come around
to recognition of the fact that
as a world power Red China
IS CHINA. After all, facts are
facts. We might as well face
them and learn to live with
them. If we try to insist that
the island of Formosa (which
is about the size of Vancou
ver Island) IS CHINA and
that all of the vast Chinese
mainland that has been con
quered by the reds IS NOT
CHINA we will be flying in
the face of history. China has
been repeatedly conquered,
and history tells us that In
the long run the conquerors
have come around to be ac
cepted by the world as
CHINA. "
TETANY of our troubles-now
that we have risen to be
the world's No. 1 power-arise
out of our general unwilling
ness to face facts in the world
at large.
There is DEMOCRACY, for
example. We think everybody
should have a democratic gov
ernment JUST LIKE OURS.
The plain fact is that a whale
of a lot of people over the
world don't want a govern
ment just like ours. And a
whale of a lot more people
over the world aren't capable
of handling a government like
ours.
Over most of the world-
the United States, Canada,
Australia, New Zealand and
the enlightened nations of
Western Europe being about
the only exceptions - people
are accustomed to being
TOLD what to do and more
or less PREFER to be told
what to do. They aren't ready
yet for a form of government
like ours and probably won't
be ready for centuries.
IS LONG as we hold that
naive idea we'll probably
be in for trouble. In World
War I, for example, we in
sisted that the world must be
made safe for democracy
meaning our particular brand
of democracy. Instead it lifted
the curtain on a series of
ideological despotisms that
brought on World War II
Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin, etc.
I find it hard to escape the
notion that it's high time for
us to begin to learn to live
and let live in the world.
Otherwise we will run the
risk of burning up our en
ergies and our resources in
an effort to make the world
over according to our particu
lar pattern.
Daily's U-Drjve
Medford Airport