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4 Friday, MarJi 27, 1939
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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago. .
10 YEARS AGO
March 27, 1949 (Sunday)
Emil Kroeger, Richard NeiU
and E. E. Sheldon are appoint
ed Ashland's new city council
men at a "harmonious" coun
cil session.
Gov. Douglas McKay signs
a bill paving the way for the
proposed $90 million Rogue
river basin project, including
a dam at Lewis creek.
20 YEARS AGO
March 27, 1939 (Monday)
Children of Washington
school find a white robin who
regularly patronizes the school
lawn a fine topic for nature
study.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "There
will be no daylight saving in
Oregon. Therefore, no restric
tions are placed on wasting
darkness."
30 YEARS AGO
March 27, 1929 (Wednesday)
The Greater Medford clubj
favors airport bonds.
The city council of Med
ford is to consider issuing a
new dog license at a special
meeting.
40 YEARS AGO
March 27. 1919 (Thurtday)
Central Point protests any
change in the Pacific highway
route between that city and
Seven Oaks.
The forest service asks for
bids on construction of the
Crater Lake road from Pros
pect to the park boundary.
50 YEARS AGO
March 27. 1909 (Saturday)
A grand jury returns 14 in
dictments as efforts are made
to halt the local traffic in
illegal deer hides.
It is reported that 75 per
cent of newcomers to the Pa
cific Northwest last year took
up farming, dairying or stock
raising. What's Your I.Q.?
Nina or ten correct i superior;
seven or eight is excellent; five or
six it good.
1. What act in U.S. history
was called Seward's Folly?
2. During the Revolution
ary war, at what city in Vir
ginia did Lord Cornwallis
surrender?
3. In "Uncle Tom's Cabin,"
what river did Eliza cross the
Ice?
4. Does the window sash
hold the window jamb, the
window sill, or the glass in
the window?
5. Do you connect the name
of Benjamin F. Fairless with
automobiles, steel or oil?
6. Correct the following:
"Either Joe or Jim is going
to go."
7. Which of these is not na
tionally known as a fraternal
order, Moose, Elks, Lions,
Eagles, Mules?
8. Who was the first presi
dent of the U.S. to wear false
teeth?
9. There are no fish in the
Dead sea; true or false?
Answers: 1. Purchase of
Alaska. 2. Yorktown. 3. The
Ohio. 4. Glass; 5. Steel. 6. It's
correct. 7. Mules. 8. George
Washington. 9. True.
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Two-Edged Sword
We are not fond of dictators.
This goes for a Stalin or a Khrushchev or a
Tito, and it also goes for a Trujillo or a Hitler
or a Franco.
Despite the fact that free men's greatest war
was fought against the forces of Facism, as exem
plified by Hitler and Mussolini, the current "set"
of the times is against the communist dictators.
Sometimes it seems that this very natural pre
occupation with the threat of communism tends
to blind us to the threat of the tyranny at the
other end of the political spectrum.
pREEDOM lives in the middle.
It is threatened by the authoritarianism of
both the right and the left which are, in fact,
closer to each other than they are to the demo
cratic forms to which we. adhere in the west.
Both are insidious. But the danger of commu
nism has been made so thoroughly understood
that it is universally acknowledged. On the other
hand, the danger from fascism was down-graded
following the defeat of the Axis powers, and also
as a result of the fact that its remaining protagon
ists, Franco, Trujillo, et al, present no immediate
danger to the security of the United States.
They don't no. But the authoritarian philos
ophy which they represent, does, always has, and
probably always will..
NE of the side effects of the nation's preoccu
pation with communism has been a sort of de
facto alliance with fascist-type regimes.
Much of the American aid which has gone
to Latin American dictatorships has been given
under the pretext that it was to help them fight
communism which is a flimsy sophistry, at best.
The same is in part true of our uneasy alliance
with Generalissimo Francisco Franco, the Span
ish dictator, although because Spain furnishes
bases for our planes, there is somewhat more
justification for the practice.
OUT is Franco a "bulwark against communism,"
as is always alleged?
Salvador de Madariaga, Spanish ambassador
to the United States in 1931, now living in Oxford,
England, an historian and diplomat, recently
wrote to the New York Times to point out some
of the facts about communism in fascist Spain.
He declares it is thriving. And he cites these
reasons:
"All parties being forbidden by Franco, the Com
munist is the only Spanish party which possessed a
technique of clandestmity,
"Spain receives a score
none from a free world point of view.
"Franco accuses all his enemies of being Commu
nists, which automatically raises the prestige of com
munism, since opposition to Franco is popular and
general in spain.
"American friendship and aid to Franco generate
a chain reaction of emotions on the basis of: friends
of my enemies are my enemies and enemies of my ene
mies are my friends, which, of course, works fatally
in favor of communism.
"The people get used to apathetic obedience, which
. paves the way for communism.
"The regime has increased the scandalous gap be
tween rich and poor; and the poor are denied any out
let in free working-class organizations of a syndical
ist or social-democratic type; so they go Communist."
CENOR MADARIAGA'S arguments, while not
conclusive, certainly tend to show how it is
possible for a violent anti-communism, through
ill-advised repression, to encourage the very thing
it fears and detests.
Not only is this food for thought about our
policy of cooperating with Franco and his ilk.
Perhaps even more important, it is one more
reason why we should look with suspicion at those
in our own midst who would curb the freedom
of others under the pretense, or excuse, of "fight
ing communism."
That is a sword which cuts both ways. E.A.
Oregon's Seashore
The Eugene Register-Guard, which serves
much of the area proposed for the new National
Park 'Service seashore area, reports that reaction
there to the proposal has been mixed.
Approval of the idea appears to be in a sort
of inverse ratio to the distance from the site, the
Guard indicates. Those closest to it see the diffi
culties most clearly; those at a slightly greater
distance, can see both sides, and those at some
distance away see mostly the advantages.
In Florence, the Lane county town nearest to
the great and beautiful expanse of beaches, sand
dunes and freshwater lakes which comprise much
of the proposed National Seashore, some residents
are fearful of such things as property being
removed from the tax rolls, and other hindrances
to the local economy.
"THE GUARD also pointed out that there was
1 opposition to the establishment of Yosemite
National park, on much the same grounds, but
that Yosemite now is inestimably more Valuable
as a national park than it ever could have been
as a grazing area or source of timber.
The area in question is largely undeveloped
at the moment. And about its only real use is
for recreational purposes.
How much better that it be protected and pre
served, in its own natural beauty (together with
appropriate but unobtrusive facilities for visitors)
than that it go the way it has already started,,
with haphazard and often objectional "resorts,"
hot-dog stands, and cocktail lounges.
Based on our friendly contacts with the
National Park service, as represented by Crater
Lake, we know it can do an outstanding job and
preserve for. our children the area which has
given others so much solid enjoyment in the past.
, E.A.
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ommunications
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paper; in fact the contrary is often the case.
Ashland Bond Issue
To the Editor: By unani
mous agreement we, the mem
bers of the Ashland School
Board, would like to take this
opportunity to approach you
as a public spirited and im
portant segment of our com
munity with the object of ob
taining your active support in
the passage of the $1,275,000
School Bond Election to be
held April 22nd. We know
that in your position you
wield a great influence in the
formation of public sentiment
and that your support is most
vital to the passage of this
issue.
The need for a new junior
high school in Ashland has
been clearly established. It
has been the objective of the
school board to present a pro
gram for Ashland which is
neither the most extensive nor
the most limited but rather a
junior high school program of
which Ashland can be proud
and comparable with pro
grams in Oregon cities of like
population and economy.
The bond issue is a culmi
nation of three years' plan
ning by the board. Passage of
this issue at this time is vital
and we urgently seek your ac
tive support. Should you de
sire more information for
your own satisfaction or as an
aid in serving our cause, we
will be most happy to give it
to you.
Howard S. Wiley,
Chairman
Mabel M. Stemple
Carroll W. Smith
A. C. Fries Jr.
C. D. Fortmiller
Be Therell
To the Editor: Ordinarily,
flaunting my personal ire
through your column would
seem an imposition on the
rights of others, but I honestly
feel the adult population of
Gold Hill and of that area dis
graced themselves and the
town shamefully Wednesday
night!
Adults shake their heads
woefully and moan and wail
over the activities and the
future of the "younger genera-tion"-but
they can't leave the
sidewalks rolled out for a cou
ple of hours longer and spend
that much of their time to
support worthy endeavor of
those same young people,
even when it is to their own
personal gain.
The Explorer Scout Post of
Gold Hill has been planning
for many weeks on' the Red
Cross First Aid course which
they are sponsoring. It is an
excellent project-for a small
town with no medical facili
ties or personnel, it is of
even greater importance that
the citizenry be trained in first
aid, and the long range hope
of these Scouts is to establish
a mobile rescue unit for that
area. The first meeting was
well publicized-an excellent
report in your paper, equally
good coverage on four local
radio stations, placards in
markets, barbershops, etc.,
bulletins to the two major
industrial plants in town, as
well as word-of-mouth promo-tion-and
Mr. Ralph Merton
drove from Medford, donating
his time and effort for a civic
service, for a total turnout
of 17 souls-two Scout advis
ors, nine Scouts, one Girl
Scout, three Scout mothers,
and two dedicated citizens.
And I think the adults of
Gold Hill should hang their
heads in shame. There, Ive
said it, and I'm glad!
Incidentally, the class will
meet again on next Wednes
day night, at 7:30 p.m. at the
Scout Hall, and this week's
work will be reviewed and the
class extended another week,
if attendance warrants-so it's
not too late for redemption,
and the life you learn to save
Menace
OlDNT WJ CALL tVKUBR? W?
just might be very dear to
you personally, so BE THERE!
Mrs. Jack C. Petterson,
268 Second ave.,
Gold Hill, Ore.
Supports Bill
To the Editor: The state
senate is to be congratulated
for passing SB 16, which
makes it unlawful to dis
criminate in public employ
ment because of age if a per
son is over 25 and under 65
years of age.
It should now follow up by
passing SB 17, which has the
same effect in private employ
ment for employers of three
or more persons, and places
employment under the Bureau
of Labor.
Sen. Alfred H. Corbett (D-
Portland) is particularly to be
praised for sponsoring these
bills, which give our capable
senior citizens their needed
right to support themselves
and their families with dig
nity. As Senator Corbett has so
ably pointed out, these are
by no means charitable meas
ures designed to give our sen
ior citizens something at. the
public's expense. We need
them in our labor force.
Oregon has a high propor
tion of senior and junior citi
zens to middle-aged citizens,
compared with the past. Bur
geoning demands for labor
would in time require us to
go outside the state for pro
ductive hands if we didn't
utilize the sizeable and able
group of experienced senior
citizens within our own bor
ders. The point of Senate Bills 16
and 17 is that many employ
ers -have blind prejudices
against senior citizens as
workers. There is therefore
a need for legislation to pre
vent such employers from dis
criminating unfairly on the
one factor of age.
As under present Jaw, em
ployers can, under these bills,
refuse to hire anyone whose
other qualifications don't meet
the requirements for the jobs
for which they're being con
sidered. In summation, senior citi
zens have a right to an equal
opportunity to match their
skills and experience against
those of others seeking em
ployment, and the state needs
their helping hands.
I hope the Legislature will
pass both bills.
Dave Epps,
Chairman, Democratic
Party of Oregon,
360 State st.,
Salem, Ore.
A Lesson in 'Semantics
To the Editor: The corres
pondence headed "What is an
Amateur?" in your Wednes
day edition was an amusing
piece which flew sycophanci
fully to one extreme and real
istically to nowhere. Even the
inaccuracies in the .letter of
fered some amusement. It is
solely by these inaccuracies
that I am prompted to reply.
The rest of the Wednesday
communication merits no an
swer. The foremost discrepancy
is apparently the result of a
misinterpretation of a phrase
contained in my initial letter
wherein I alluded to, "... one
of like (amateur) experience."
Grammatically and semantic
ally, "like (amateur)" was
used to denote the apparent
degree of the reviewer's ex
perience as evidenced by the
quality and content of the re
view(s). I further compared
the, "... amateur endeavor
of those on the stage . . ." to
that of, "... the one on the
page . . ." In short, I did not
"refer" to the reviewer as an
amateur; but rather stated
that the work and the level
of play-reviewing develop
ment indicated by it were of
Iraqi Premier's Response to Communist
Demands
By PHIL NEWSOM
iUPI Foreign News Editor
Baghdad, Iraq fDPD The
Communists have served eight
remands unon Ma. Gen. Ab-
del K a r i m
Kassem, Iraq's
strong man.
Western ob
servers be
lieve that how
he reacts to
those demands
filially will
d e t e r m i ne
whether Iraq
Phil Newsom is xo go loiany
Communist or whether the na
tion still has a chance to strug
gle through to some sort of
democratic freedom.
Of the eight, two are out
standing. They urge Kassem:
"To execute the just ver
dicts of the people's court
passed on the old and new
traitors." And-
"To arm the people in order
to enable them to defend ef
fectively the safety of the re
public side by side with the
amateur stature. The excep
tion taken was to the mater
ial, not the author. Any state
ment based conversely is an
argument of personalities
rather than issues and as such
is an argument built upon
sand. .
With regard to the question,
"What is an Amateur?"; the
word amateur has interesting
Latin roots. Considering the
defensive tone of Wednesday's
letter, your correspondent
seems to have taken the word
at its most pejorative conno
tation. However, that is her
privilege if she feeis such
connotation is warranted.
Finally, there was in Wed
nesday's letter an inept anal
ogy concerning "hand biting."
One does not "bite" a thorn
in one's side. One removes it,
discards it and forgets it. If
at some later time others fol
lowing the same path find the
thorn and take it up, they may
have it to do with as they
wish. Should they not elect
likewise to part with it, they
have the alternative of keep
ing it. If they decide to re
tain it, they may at their
leisure insert its barb into
their respective persons, se
lecting for the insertion what
ever areas of their anatomies
they may deem most appropri
ate. Alvin Reiss,
513 Dakota ave.-,
Medford.
New Oregon Magazine
To the Editor: A new pro
ject is being undertaken in
Oregon . . . and frankly, we're
quite excited about it! It's a
new quarterly magazine, call
ed "Oregon Horizons."
Oregon Horizons magazine
is a new concept in quality
quarterly magazine entertain
ment . . . the only publication
of its kind designed to have
a wide appeal to all the citi
zens of the growing north
west.
To get Oregon Horizons
magazine off to a good start,
the Oregon Centennial com
mission has designated the
summer issue, to be on the
newsstands in : May, as an
"official centennial edition."
The governor and the cham
ber of commerce are enthus
iastic about Oregon Horizons.
Writers, such as Stewart Hol
brook, Richard L. Neuberger
and Ernest Haycox will be
found in the pages of Oregon
Horizons. The children's writ
er, Nan Gilbert, has worked
out a special section just for
the children, toq.
Oregon Horizons magazine
will be put together in an
excitingly readable style . . .
intriguing layout and rich full
color illustration will be a
smart contrast to the sparkl
ing black and white photog
raphy. It's "the best of Or
egon" in Oregon Horizons
magazine!
Oregon Horizons magazine
will have a guaranteed circu
lation of 40,000, putting it in
the same category with some
of America's most popular
magazines. To begin with, Or
egon Horizons will be circu
lated throughout the 11 west
ern states by a famous inter
national news agency, nation
ally by the centennial com
mission, and by subscription.
It all adds up to 64 breath
taking color and black and
white pages of Oregon Hor
izons ... the northwest's new
and only prestige publication.
We wanted to let your read
ers know about Oregon Hor
izons magazine . . . and to let
them know, too, that we are
always interested in new
ideas for Oregon Horizons.
We shall look forward to
hearing from you!
Keith Bacon
Oregon Horizons magazine
P. O. Box 541
Eugene, Ore.
Legislative Comments
To the Editor: House Bill
138, which I warned about in
this column some days ago,
has passed the house of repre
sentatives. It was a bill to permit col
lective bargaining in all our
p. u b 1 i c services, including
; C .J
Seen Key
brave army."
Death sentences so far have
been passed on nine former
leaders.
Once Best of Friends
Among them are former
premier Fadhil Jamali, former
Deputy Premier Abdel Salem
Aref and Rashid Ali Gailani.
Aref formerly was Kassem's
best friend. He is accused of
being a pro-Nasser plotter,
but was convicted specifically
of attempting to draw a gun
against Kassem with whom he
was a partner in the July 14
revolution.
Rashid Ali is an old-time
conspirator who once plotted
against the British, but who
was convicted this time for
leading another pro-Nasser
plot.
Kassem so far has resisted
demands that the death sen
tences be carried out, thus
demonstrating that Commu
nist influence over him so far
is not totals
For the greater number, the
schools, etc.
There is very little chance
that it will be defeated in the
senate. I asked you to write
to Governor Hatfield and urge
him to veto the bill. If you
meant to do so and just put
it off, please do so right away.
Four editors of the Oregon
ian newspaper, of Portland,
were subpoenaed to appear
before - a legislative . commit
tee for daring to criticize and
express views on taxation,
which were contrary to the
opinions of the tax commit
tee. This is the first infringe
ment on the right of a free
press.
The Democrats were swept
into office with a majority for
the first time in many years
and know they are inexper
ienced and inadequate, to
the task of running a state
government.
At the same time they are
bloated with the feeling of
power that being in the ma
jority and having the com
bined backing of the A.F.L-
C.I.O. would bring.
Some who have visited this
session of the legislature come
home stating that in the sen
ate they often act like a
bunch of fish -wives. Name
calling and verbal abuse is
a common occurrence.
This disgraceful, undigni
fied conduct shows the cali
bre and quality of the men
that have been selected to run
our government.
I might say in passing that
we have received splendid re
ports about the people Jack
son county sent to Salem to
represent them. Eve Nye, Dr.
Durno, and Bob Duncan, seem
to be well above the average.
Bob Duncan, as speaker of
the house of representatives,
rules with an iron hand, and
does not permit the type of
conduct that is common in
the senate.
Some day you may tell your
grandchildren that you can
remember when we had a
free press, and our schools
were also run by the people.
You can tell them, that a
lady wrote a piece in the
newspaper, that warned the
people what was happening.
Some were afraid to do any
thing because they had union
jobs, at high wages. Others
were afraid of the union
goons. And there were others
who just didn't seem to care
- at least not enough to do
anything about it.
Leila A. Morrow
531 North Bartlett St.
Medford
Postal Department
To Speed Delivery
Washington -0JPD- The Post
Office Department is deter
mined to lick patron com
plaints that it takes two or
three days to get a letter de
livered that was mailed with
in a radius of 20 miles.
Postal officials have devis
ed a so-called metropolitan
area plan which they claim
assures letter writers next-day
delivery within their towns
and surrounding points.
Under the new routing pro
gram, the big city central post
offices are by-passed and mail
destined for nearby areas is
relayed to satellite postal sta
tions or "concentration cen
ters." So far, the plan has been
put in operation in 19 U.S.
areas serving 59,000.000 per
sons. By the end of June, the
plan will be expanded to cov
er 22 more big metropolitan
areas.
Ultimately, the department
expects to broaden the pro
gram to between 80 and 90
metropolitan areas.
The mountains of Jamaica
tower 7,000 feet above sea lev
el. We Give
GREEN STAMPS
CENTRAL REXALL DRUG
Main and Central
to Future of Country
I demand that the "people" be
armed carries far-greater dan
ger. Westerners fear that if
this demand is met, blood
really will flow freely in the
streets of Baghdad.
The demand applies spe-
cmcaiiy to the so-called re
sistance fighters who have a
loose organization supposedly
under army control. They are
youths, mostly between the
ages of 15 and 20, and after
nightfall they control the
streets.
Lifts News Ban
Meanwhile, there are other
indicators of the Communist
power in Iraq.
The recently appointed min
ister of guidance, under whose
office falls control of Baghdad
newspapers, recently ordered
the leading Communist news
paper closed for two weeks
because of attacks on former
Washington Report
By WILLIAM
THE SCENE SHIFTS
Washington - The Western
world's diplomacy has enter
ed a new era, full of promise
and of dan-
ger. And in
that diplo
m a cy the
British have
r e a s s umed
the Western
leaders h i p
which they
lost to the
TTnitod Ktatec
William S.
wwte after the sec
ond World War.
Prime Minister Harold
Macmillan has returned to
London, after a fateful tour
of great capitals, carrying in
his brief case the baton that
now leads the Western con
cert. To deny that it is the Brit
ish who now hold the initia
tive might make us as Ameri
mans feel better if we wish
to look at it all as a competi
tive enterprise between Wash
ington and London. But to
deny it would be to reject
the plainest of obvious reali
ties.
For the Eisenhower - Mac
millan decision to meet the
Russians in the summer at a
summit conference is now
fixed and final in fact. It is
true that President Eisenhow
er has reserved the right to
refuse, to go along with such
a conference, after all, if an
intervening Foreign Minis-
ters meeting produces no
justification in our eyes for
the big show.
BUT this is a technicality.
The British are bound and
determined to have the big
show regardless of what hap
pens at the Foreign Ministers
talks in between. Macmillan
feels quite confident that no
Foreign Minister or anybody
else but Nikita Khrushchev
can bind the Russians to any
thing at all, anyhow. Thus
he is absolutely resolved to
meet the boss man himself.
And it is too late now, in
a world thrilled with hope
for a summit-made peace (and
maybe altogether too thrill
ed, if it comes to that) for us
alone to turn back and" say
no when the time comes.
Nobody is going to read the
fine print of our reservations,
no matter what we may say
and hope from time to time.
Thus, whether we should or
should not have got into this
position is now water over
the dam. Realists will now
prefer to look not at where
we might have been but
where we actually are.
THESE, then, are the essen
tial facts:
1. The policy of "rigidity"
toward the Soviet Union so
long attributed to the ailing
Secretary of State John Fos
ter Dulles is gone forever.
For just as in actuality we
simply must go to the sum
mit, we also must be prepared
to negotiate when we get
there. And to negotiate means
at least to contemplate giv
ing up something of known
value in exchange for some
thing of possible value from
the Russian side.
2. The whole heart of inter
national negotiation has now
nassed to this coming summit
meeting - and to others that
well may follow. The old
power center of ,the United
Nations, the Security Council,
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members of the Iraqi cabinet.
The editor ignored the
orders and went straight to
Kassem. By .Kassem's order
the ban was lifted.
But, almost concurrently,
pro-Nasser newspapers were
closed and wrecked.
Western ambassadors have
virtually no contact with the
Iraqi .government. Requests
for meetings with Kassem are
ignored, while the Russian am
bassador moves freely in and
out of Kassem's office.
But Communists or not,
there can be little doubt now
of Kassem's popularity with
the masses. Shortly after 4
p.m. each day, his car moves
along crowded Rashid street.
Traffic halts and a rhythmic
clapping of many hands ac
companies his slow progress
through the crowded, narrow
street.
S. WHITE
has now become almost as
obsolete as the League of
Nations. The Security Coun
cil, the high committee of
the big nations within the
U.N., was formed to handle
precisely the kind of explos
ive issues we are now passing
upward to the summit.
Only the most uncritical of
U.N. lovers will deeply mourn
the unannounced demise of
the Security Council, which
has been paralyzed for years
by Soviet vetoes. But there
is great peril to another in
stitution which ought to be
allowed to stand in strength,
and indeed in ever-increasing
strength.
THIS is the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization, the
military alliance of the free
West.
The 15th anniversary of
NATO, this great association
of honorable power, is going
to be celebrated here on April
4. Its comparatively little
members, Belgium for one
and Italy for another, have
been faithful allies. For 15
years Italian governments in
particular have sturdily stood
with NATO, often under sav
age pressure from a large and
howling Italian Communist
minority.
The Italian Foreign Minis
ter, Guiseppe Pella - and oth
er representatives of the
smaller powers in NATO - is
coming here in wistful hope
that the needs of these small
but loyal allies are not alto
gether forgotten when the big
fellows foregather on the sum
mit. Those who want NATO
to go on will wish these little
fellows well. Summit or no
summit, we cannot do with
out them, and this it would
be wise not to forget in all
the general fanfare.
For the true shield of the
West cannot be found on any
summit. The shield of the
West is found in NATO's
militarv headauarters j U t
outside Paris, Supreme Head
miartprs Allied Powers in
Europe. Negotiate and nego
tiate, ves. But history has not
been kind to those who have
preached that there is any
final substitute for collective,
repeat collective, power in
dealing with any dictator,
anywhere.
(Copyright, 1959, by United
Feature Syndicate. Inc.)
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