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Newspaper Page Text4 Thursday, November 27. 1931 MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. Medfori?8KTeibunb "Everyone tn Southern Oregon Readi The Mail Tribune" Published Daily except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO 33 North Fir St. Ph. SP 2-6141 ROBERT W RtJHL. Editor " HERB GREYdvertising Manager GERALD LATHAM. Business Mgr. ERIC W ALLEN JR, Managing Editor EARL H ADAMS, City Editor HARRY CHIP MAN. Teleg. Editor RICHARD JEWETT Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Women's Editor DALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford Oregon under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance. Copy 10c. Daily and Sunday 1 year $15.00 Daily and Sunday S mos. 8.00 Daily and Sunday 3 mos. 4.23 Sunday Only On year $420. By Carrier In Advance Medford, Ashland. Central Point. Eagle Point. Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix, Shady Cove. Rogue Riv er. Talent, and on motor routes: Dally and Sunday 1 year $18.00 Daily and Sunday 1 mo. 1.50 Carrier and Dealers c o p y 10c All Terms cash in Advance Official Paper of City of Medford Official Paper of jacuson county United Press International ' Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU- OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: mrT.Hfti.iniv m rwr Of. flees in New York. Chicago. De troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles, Seattle. Portland, St. Louis, At lanta. Vancouver. B.C. NEWS PA Pit . PUBLISHERS k "ASSOCIATION ESS NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCHATCqN SB U J Flight 'o Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30 and 40 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Not. 27. 1948 (Saturday) The Rogue River Ramblers motorcycle club sponsors its second annual "turkey run," with first, second and third prizes being a turkey, a duck and a chicken. Skiing conditions are good at Crater lake, with seven Inches of surface powder and weather clear to partly cloudy. 20 YEARS AGO Not. 27. 1938 (Sunday) A large deer comes to school in Phoenix, but after bounding over the fence into the school yard thinks better of it and retires to play hook ey in the hinterland. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "For these things, and many more, thanks can be given today: For community peace, so firm ly planted, it couldn't get mad over taxes, or the right to shoot a coyote." 30 YEARS AGO Not. 27, 1928 (Tuesday) . The Copco Players go on the air with the latest Helen Norris radio drama, "The Guardian." Flu sufferers here are re assured that the bug afflict ing them is far different from the one raising havoc in Cali fornia. 40 YEARS AGO Not. 27, 1918 (Wednesday) The Medford school board eliminates the Christmas vac ation except for Christmas itself and New Year's day. From the editorial: "If ever the United States had cause to be thankful, it is this Thanksgiving day. A great world war has been success fully waged and won." What's Your I.Q.? Nine Aer fen correct is superior; seven or eight is excellent; five ef she is good. 1. A famous duel occurred In the early history of the U. S. at Weehawken,' N. J. Who were the two duelists? i 2. Which tribe of American Indians were engaged in the battle at the Little Big Horn river, in which Custer's com mand was destroyed? 3. Correct the v following sentence: "He did noble." 4. What is the name for the hat customarily worn by a 5. What aromatic herb is liked by cats? 6. Which is the capital of South Carolina Columbia or Columbus? 7. Is lead heavier, or light er, than quicksilver? 8. Which branch of our armed forces makes principal use of 100 octane gasoline? 9. When water freezes, does It expand, or contract? 10. A baked pudding of apples and bread crumbs in layers is called a B B ? Answers: 1. Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr; 2. The Sioux; 3. "He did nobly"; 4. Sombrero; 5. Catnip; 6. Co lumbia; 7. Lighter; 8. The Air Force; 9. Expands; 10. Brown Betty. . Talking Turkey The increasing popularity of fresh-frozen, pre stuff ed turkeys, their gizzards neatly packaged in foil, is becoming something of a national crisis. Gone or well on their way are the days when Tom Gobbler made his appearance in the backyards weeks in advanced, and strutted about sedately between forced feedings to the delight of children and fur-bearing pets. Gone or growing scarce as hen's teeth is that traumatic scene, The Chase, with Papa wield ing a hatchet sharp enough to shave the entire Yankees infield and Mr. Gobbler giving ground with much fuss and flutter like Mr. Khrushchev at the prompting of Peiping. OING too is the ritual of the kitchen the hours of singeing, plucking, cleaning, scrap ing and trussing up the pounding of bread crumbs, the chopping of celery, the grinding of herbs. Today, it seems, we have not only the last word or thereabouts in kitchen appliances, but are insisting that someone else do most of these simplified operations for us. The era of "Brown 'n Serve," we contend, takes not only the chores but much of the joy out of cooking. We are well aware that in discussing this sub ject we have invaded to our peril the province of womenfolk. Our real concern, however, is in the broader implication of "Oven-Readiness." After all, Thanksgiving Days were originally harvest festivals. Families who had plowed and sown, cultivated and reaped, gathered together to enjoy the fruits of their toil and to ask the Lord's blessing. A ND what of us, today, we tillers of the super " market's bright shelves? We have worked, yesl We have earned that money we spend at the check-out counter. But somehow it's not the same. Wishful as we might have been once for mod ern conveniences, and thankful as indeed we probably were when they first appeared, never theless we now are taking many of them for granted. And what is more, almost imperceptibly, we may be beginning to take Thanksgiving itself the least bit for granted too. SOMEHOW, between -rVae'ri-T'ivwon tiirli-ov difficult to count our blessiners. Possibly it takes too much time, more likely too much concentration. Tt's pflsv enoup-h to many blessings around today, and point to re cessions and international crises and all the spiritual uncertainties that surround us. But they are there, believe us. And on mis one dav at least, let us take the time and the effort to recognize them. E.W. Moviemakers9 Hazard One of the silly little extra-curricular activi ties we enjoy is watching for technical errors in movies. While fiendish, this harms no one, and .-' . ja mn i 1 delights us out 01 all proper proportion wnen we spot one. Such things, in particular, as telephone wires showing up in westerns presumably located in the "old west," long before there were such wires, we look for. The same goes for automobile tire tracks in the dirt, and so on. These often are difficult for movie-makers to eliminate, but their increasing skill and care has made them more and more rare in today's motion pictures. , HOWEVER, the advancing skills of the U.S. Aik T?rt-a Viora a no axt nrnMpTTi for movie makers. Over in the Bend western picture, and at shooting for several hours. The cause? A high-flying jet had gone over load, and left a loner, white contrail across the sky a mark of modern story of the last century. And the Bend Bulletin recalls that in another picture, "Oregon Passage," filmed in the Mt. Hood area, there was a scene with Mt Hood on the skyline, with a covered wagon train rolling along the base while high overhead was the contrail of a warplane. E.A. It Was Nice His wife and two daughters took a man we know to the Bolshoi ballet movie the other night. Everyone enjoyed it thoroughly (including, rather to his surprise, our friend). But the thing that impressed him most, aside from the film itself, was the almost total silence of the audience. No whistling, no hooting, no foot stamping, and only about two sacks of rattling popcorn in the entire place. He had just about forgotten that movie audi ences could be courteous, quiet and thoughtful of the rights of others. It was nice. E. A. Education Board To Discuss Budget PorUand -IUPD- The State Board of Higher Education has scheduled a meeting here Friday to talk about money problems. . Education leaders will dis cuss a threatened cut of $7 million to $8 million in the proposed biennial budget. The State Department of Finance and Administration made the the cold, war and the wo -finrl if. a Ht.t.lo mnrp sav there iust aren t that ' area they are filming a one point had to hold up civilization ill-befitting a WANT CONVENTION New York -UPB- New York City will put in a bid for the 19 6 0 National Democratic Convention. Mayor Robert F. Wagner will head a delega tion which will discuss the matter with the Democratic National Committee Dec. 5. The city, wUl offer $300,000 to the Democrats as an incentive. budget-cut proposal. The proposed operational budget of Oregon campuses for the 1959-61 biennium is $81,949,000. ' Dennis the Menace KISS AN HUG! KISS YOUR SWEETIE ON Matter of Fact NASSER'S DILEMMA Beirut, Lebanon - Gamal Abdel Nasser has not had a particularly merry fortnight. The disastrous failure of the attempt to kid nap King Hus sein of Jor dan was bad enough. The Khartoum coup d'etat was worse, since it is Joiipta Alsop Kiiuwnwudve not only forestalled a virtual Egyptian political take-over in the Sudan, but installed a government committed to keeping the Sudan indepen dent. All the same, the Egyptian dictator is probably just as much disturbed by another, much less noted current de velopment. For, even within the ranks of the most con vinced Nasser-style Arab na tionalists, a certain resistance is clearly developing to Nas ser's claim to be the unique, aU-powerful leader of all the Arab lands. The core of this resistance is the difficulty Nasser has encountered in Syria, where the cheers for Arab union have died down into a low, ominous grumble about Egyp tian rule. But Syria is not the only place where Arab nationalists have been chal lenging Nasser's unique au thority. F)R example, Kamal Cha rlerehi is the JLrah nation alist leader with the greatest personal following in Iraq. He was not included in the new Iraqi government of Brig. Gen. Karim Kassem, perhops because his moderate views on all subjects except Arab union made Chaderchi repug nant to the Iraqi Commu nists. Yet Chaderchi retains great influence. Hence he had much to offer Nasser when he went to Cairo after the coup d'etat in Baghdad, to talk about the terms of Iraq's association with the United Arab Republic. According to highly author ative reports, however, the Nasser-Chaderchi talks ended in- a blazing disagreement. Chaderchi was passionately anxious to help in realizing his long-cherished dream of Arab union under Nasser. But he also dared to insist that Iraq ought to be allowed a certain local autonomy within the union, that political parties ought to continue to exist in Iraq, that a measure of free discussion should be permitted within the press, and so on. Nasser apparently rejected all these claims, in sisting his own way was best. Both Chaderchi's bargain ing and Nasser's violence were no doubt motivated by Try and By BENNETT CERF- A FAMOUS MOVIE QUEEN agreed to lead the Thanksgiving Day parade in a Southern city, but cancelled by telegram at the last minute. This is how the local gazette handled the story day by day: First day: Miss Fifi Who- sis, reigning Deauiy oi me screen, will be our guest this year. Second day: The ravish ing Fifi Whosis, irresistible siren of Hollywood, tells the secrets of her beauty. Third day: Fifi Whosis, who will lead the parade day after tomorrow, will live up to her reputation for charm and affability and sign all autographs. Fourth day: Fifi Whosis, 53-year-old former motion picture actress, has cancelled her appearance in our fair city. Peter Gabel is fond of the tale about two stalwart janitors in a Wall Street skyscraper. Seems they are broom mates, they've even swept together, and are, to sum up, dust Inseparable. O M6fc by Bewtt Cert PtotribuU by Stof rutauu Sjrafeeifc n-7f' a AN' HUG! SMACK THE MUG' . By Joseph Alsop the already-mentioned exper ience in Syria. Here the de velopment has a p p a r ently reached an acute stage, judg ing by the Cairo radio's re cent demure announcement that the Syrian Vice Presi dent of the United Arab Re public, Akram Hourani, has been deprived of all his exe cutive powers. In order to un derstand the extraordinary character of this announce ment, a little past history is needed. IN brief, the Kremlin, rather than Nasser, was the prime mover in the first Syr ian coup d'etat last summer. Until this coup d'etat occur red, all Soviet dealings with the Arab nationalists in Syria and everywhere else had been channeled t h r ough Nasser personaUy. The Damascus coup , d'etat greatly strength ened the Nasserite national ists in Syria. But it produced an even greater tacrease of Syrian Communist strength. For example, the coup install ed a party member, Gen. Asis Al Bieri, as Army Chief of Staff, and it gave wide new powers to the Kremlin's chief local agent, Defense Minister Khalid Azm. For just this reason, Akram Hourani was visibly disquiet ed when this reporter visited Damascus just after the first coup d'etat had taken place there. As the leader of the ul-tra-Nasserite but non-Communist Baath party, Hourani then enjoyed vastly more in fluence in Damascus than Chaderchi has ever had in Baghdad. In the person of the formidable Chief of the Syr ian Army Intelligence, Col Abdel Hamid Serraj, Houra ni also had a loyal and im mensely strong partner in the Army at that time. Hourani and Serraj, work ing together, were therefore able to stage what amounted to a second coup d'etat. They nipped the bulk of the Com munist strength in Syria in the bud, by the simple device of taking Syria into the Unit ed Arab Republic. The effect of this sudden union of Syria with Egypt was so dramatic that the Syrian Communist leader-in-chief, Khalid Baq dash, left the country for a while. BUT the temporary absence of Badtiash by no means settled the grave question of the future working relation ship between the central gov ernment in Cairo and the new Syr ian province. Hourani very obviously expected Syria to enjoy the same meas ure of autonomy that Chad erchi asked for Iraq. He fur ther expected to be recogniz ed as the effective viceroy of Syria, as his service to Nasser demanded, and he was in- Stop Me -JJj POUffn Editorial Comment PAROLE FOR D'AUTREMONT The attempted robbery of Southern Pacific train No. 13 at tunnel 13 near Siskiyou in Jackson County on October 11, 1923, was no crime of passion. It had been planned for weeks by Ray and Roy De Autremont, 23-year-old twins, and their 19-year-old brother Hugh. The young men had bought a car in Port land in which they hoped to escape after robbing the train. They stole dynamite and a detonator, set up a camp in the mountains, carefully burn ed a tarpaulin and tool box to destroy evidence of their guilt and devised a hideaway in the mountains near tunnel 13 to which they hoped to take their loot. The four murders they committed in attempting the robbery were as cold-blooded as the earlier plans. Their first victim was E. E. Dough erty, the mail clerk, whose body was consumed by fire which swept the mail car after it had been dynamited inside the tunnel. Engineer Sid Bates and Firemen Marvin Seng were shot through the head when the robbers dis covered that the dynamite blast had been too strong and that the crime was a failure. Brakeman C. O. Johnson was shot as he came through the tunnel with a red light to see what was wrong with the train. If the three De Autremont brothers (the name is now used correctly as D' Autre mont) had been caught imme diately there is no doubt they .would have been sentenced to die. But it was nearly four years later that Hugh, ar rested in the Philippines where he was serving in the Army under an assumed name, was brought to trial in Jackson county. .By then tempers had cooled somewhat and the jury undoubtedly also was swayed by the youth of the bright young man. It found him guilty but recom mended life imprisonment. The older brothers were cap tured in Ohio while Hugh was on trial. They pleaded guilty and received the same sen tence as Hugh-life. For years, the D' Autremont case has come up regularly before the Parole Board, as do the cases of all prisoners. Roy has no chance for re lease, as he is insane. Ray apparently is not Being con sidered for parole, at least not at the present. But Hugh will go free, by action of the Parole Board, as soon as he completes pre-release school ing. The Parole Board's action was courageous. It is bound to be criticized strongly by those who believe aU the D'Autremonts should spend the rest of their natural lives in prison. But prison is for rehabilitation as well as to protect society. For more deed granted great authority when the United Arab Repub lic was first formed. Yet even at the outset, still greater authority was concen trated in the hands of the for mer Egyptian Ambassador to Damascus, Gen. Mahmoud Ri- ad, who now in effect became Nasser's High Commissioner in Syria. If the Hourani-Ser- raj partnership had nonethe less continued, different ar rangements might have been forced upon passer in the end. But Serraj now dropped Hourani, and seemed to be content to serve as Nasser's Syrian Deputy-High Commis sioner and Police Chief. rjHHUS the way was prepared for the recent Cairo an nouncement. It was issued shortly after Akram Hourani had been temporarily called to Cairo and reportedly order ed not to return to Damascus. The announcement transfers all Hourani's former execu tive authority in Syria to Dr. Nureddine Kahla, the techni cian who heads the executive council of the "Syrian re gion." Dr. Kahla is expected to be a pliant tool of Gen. Ri ad's without any of Hourani's inconvenient tendencies to have ideas of his own about his country's future. What had happened to Hourani, to whom Nasser owed so much, is ironically and wonderfully Nasser's fun damental dilemna. His dilem- na consists in the fact that all the cheers for Arab national ism and Arab unity in these last years have not silenced and cannot silence the still, small, obstinate voices of Ar ab particularism and Arab lo calism. Copyright 1958 New York Herald Tribune Inc. HELP US! We Neid Clothing, Sheet, Dishes, Furniture. We Pick Up. HELP OTHERS! The . Salvation Army SPring 3-7335 than 31 years in the peniten tiary, Hugh D' Autremont has been a model prisoner. The likelihood is that he will live as peacefully outside the walls as inside. Recently Nathan Leopold was paroled from prison in Illinois. His crime was per haps even more repulsive than D'Autremont's, if that is possible. Thousands of mur derers who were sentenced to life imprisonment have been released on parole, and pe nologists say that as a class murderers are the best risks for parole. Hugh D' Autremont has dem onstrated that he is as good a risk as the majority of pris oners who are released. If we are to have a parole system, it should be applied on an equal basis among those whose prison records indicate they have been rehabilitated. Despite D'Autremont's ex tremely vicious crime of 35 years ago, the parole seems justified.-Oregonian. Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address oi the writer although under cer tain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publica tion - is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit 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 ease. Best Advice To the editor: About the best advice that has ever come out of our court house in Jackson County was given to us by the late Judge Cole man when he stated that every one was complaining about our high taxes yet would vote on every bond is sue that would come along. Our County Assessor in the Wednesday , communication, gave us some real food for thought. He stated that after the bond issue had been de feated by the voters, that the city officials of Medford pro vided in the budget for 1957 1958 $50,000 for off street parkmg, also for 1958-1959 the sum of $7,000 was budget ed for the same purpose. Would it not be well for the . officials of the city of Medford to report to the tax payers how much of that $57,- 000 had been spent and for what purpose? A public official is such only as long as they realize that they are a public servant. When they feel it is not neces sary to respect the will of the public their value as a public official has ceased. This the ory was completely vindicated at the polls on Nov. 4. The tax payers who pay the bills have a right to know what the score is. Frank Howell .' 205 Laurel st. Medford. From John Gribble To the Editor: A few cor rections are apparent with ref erence to the ''Mystery Tree" writeup in Thursday evening's paper. The writeup states, "Gribble enclosed a seed of the tree with leaves when he wrote the school of forestry." My letter (which I let the reporter read, along with Mr. Randall's re ply, knowing the bunglesome way some reporters state things) reads: "Herewith are a few leaves and seed keys," etc 'Twas a handful or so of seed. "A seed of the tree" sounds rather silly, don't you think? But the "Boasts Knowl edge" heading and "boasts prodigious knowledge of trees, according to his fellow work ers" adds a lie and insult to injury. I'm sure my "fellow workers" never heard me boast or brag of a "prodigious knowledge of trees," or any thing else, and I'm just as sure they , never made such re marks. Indeed, I feel very humble, for I realize that my knowledge is limited. Such a writeup needs both explana tion and an apology. However, if I was of a bit of service in helping on the "free-gratis -for-nothing" pro gram of city street parking tree inventory I am thankful for having been able, and glad to have helped. The work was fascinatingly interesting, and it was a pleasure to work with Mrs. Eden and Mrs. Tucker. John Gribble, 139 Kenwood ave.f Medford. (Editor's note: The Mail Tribune freely apologizes if THE DANMOORE HOTEL 1217 SW Morrison St. PORTLAND, OREGON All transient guests. All these who come, return. Rates net high, net lew. Free garage, TV's and radios. Reputation for cleanliness. Reservations by long distance phone refunded en request upon, arrival Russian Note Seen To Reduce Military Threat Washington - (UPD - Ameri can officials said today the Russian note on Berlin ap peared to reduce the imme diate military threat but throw it into the realm of diplomatic and propaganda pressure. They said, however, that the Russians have now made it abundantly clear that their eventual aim is the complete ouster of Western Allies from the former German capital. This was true, they said, even though the Kremlin is trying to reach this goal by successive sugar-coated steps instead of a single blunt ap proach. No Formal Comment A spokesman said there would be no formal comment from the State Department until officials had received and studied a translation of the lengthy document released in Moscow early today. Informed officials, however, described the Russian com munication as being more or less along the line of what they had expected from the Kremlin. They noted that Secretary of State John Foster Dulles Wednesday had said the Rus sians mignt De trying to de cide how to present their de mands in a form which would appear more reasonable than Khrushchev's original Nov. 10 blast. Will Have .To Be Met The Russian demand for creation of a "demilitarized free city" in West Berlin with possible United Nations ob servation to guarantee the in tegrity of such an arrange ment, did not delude anyone in Washington into believing the Russians were backing down on their long-range ob jective to expel all Western influence. It was noted that the Rus sians said it was "natural" that such a "free city" should eventually be brought to gether : with Communist-con trolled East Berlin. Soviet in sistence that whoever is in West Berlin must there deal with the East Communists for access emphasized that the blockade problem eventually would have to be . met one way or another. Lumber Index v Down 87 Cents Portland (CPU CrowTs lum ber price index dropped 87 cents in the last two weeks with declines in green Doug las fir mainly responsible. Dry fir and Western pine .species also slumped. The lumber market news service said quarter-inch AD fir plywood managed to hold its $76 level on the whole, with unsanded 5-8 inch CD panels at about $95 for DFPA- stamped stock. Hungary has some of the world's largest deposits of bauxite, used in the produc tion of aluminum. Mr. Gribble, long an ardent and effective worker in the realms of conservation and beautification, feels he was misrepresented. Indeed, he could "boast," if he were that kind of man. In fhe story, however, the word was used in the dictionary - approved sense of "possess" knowledge which Mr.Gribble does, to the admiration of his co-workers.) C) Jt 111 aft SSSGfZ . Aaou from the Courthouse FtANK MOtSAN - HAXOIO SNOOGftASS. FUNEKAl DRECTOtt DAY OR NIGHT MZ PHONE SP 2-6030 Mi In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS The latest on Berlin: Walter Ulbright, the East German communist boss, pre dicts the Soviet Union will announce its Berlin intentions this week, but the feeling is growing in the West that Rus sia is having second thoughts about precipitating a major crisis now. IlfHAT'S in the wind? Nobody knows per haps not even the commun ists. But here is an interest ing little dispatch that came out of Washington last week. "American officials say they are convinced that one of the principal motives be hind Russia's Berlin moves is Khrushchev's intense desire to prove that a communist satellite government can maintain authority without the presence of Russian guns." SCREWBALL? Not entirely Put yourself in Khrush chev's shoes. He rules a mid-European satellite empire by cold, brutal force. He is seeking to con vince the backward peoples of a large part of the world including Asia, Indonesia, the Arab countries of the Mid dle East and most, if not all of Africa-that communism is a better way of life for them than the way of life offered by the Western nations. But- He has to contend with the perectly obvious fact that if Russian troops and Russian guns were removed his satel lite empire in. Mid-Europe would fly apart like the fabled joint snake. THAT isn't just conjecture. It is established FACT. It was PROVED in Hun gary a couple of years ago. Only Russian troops and Rus sian guns, shooting to kill, held the Hungarians in line. It seems reasonably probable from what we read and hear that only Russian troops and Russian guns hold the Poles in line. The Poles are a bold and courageous people. Over the centuries they haven't hesi tated to stake their lives at long odds on rebellion against oppressors. But they are also a rational people. They realize that with bare hands they can't hope to win their free dom from communist Rus sian WITH GUNS. ; " r!"S a pretty safe bet that if Khrushchev withdrew the Russian guns from East Ger-many-which is all of former ' Germany east of the Elbe river-the GERMANS of East Germany would rise and throw out the communist car petbaggers who now rule there. It is only RUSSIAN GUNS that keep the GER MANS of East Germany in submission. The myth that the Russian satellite empire in Mid-Europe continues to exist because the people of these conquered countries prefer communism as a way of life is too flimsy for even the Kremlin to believe. If Khrushchev pulls his troops out of East Germany and relies on -the East Ger man commies to handle the situation, he'll have to send his troops back in again. If he sends them -back, they'll have to come back SHOPT- ING. Maybe Khrushchev isn't ready for that yet. As many as the stars Our Blessings, For these ice are thankful.