Washington Report
By WILLIAM S. WHITE
SPAAK OF NATO
Washington-In world diplo
macy not even the greatesUof
power is yet a substitute for
1 People, for in-
t; dividual man.
I And in diplo-
j&- mi macy it is im-
i p o s s i b 1 e to
' f j o v e r e s t i-
mate the val
ue of a long-Iestablish-
'Mit Mm ed reputation
LM iad for special in-WSS-
tegrity, for
ability, for common sense.
This is why a statesman
from one of the smallest of
the Western nations is filling
an ever-increasing role in the
West's search for a unified
approach, in the coming sum
mit conference with the So
viet Union. It is all very well
to keep one's eyes on the
mammoths-on Washington, on
London, on Moscow. But it
would be a mistake to spare
no glance to Paul-Henri Spaak
of Belgium.
Spaak comes from a coun
try that has few troops; but
even fewer soft and foolish
illusions. Stalin cynically
asked during the second
World War of the Pope: "How
many divisions has he got?"
Belgium, like the Pope in this
regard, is short on divisions.
But Belgium has Spaak. Or,
rather, Belgium has provided
Spaak to be the leader of the
North Atlantic Treaty Organ
ization as its secretary-general.
And this Spaak is no mean
force on the side of the West.
FOR Spaak speaks now not
for Belgium; but for what
is, after all, the sole collec
tive military and political
force of the West, the NATO
alliance. He is not now simply
that middle-aged, calm, rock
like Belgian who used to lead
his own country with the
skill of the true professional.
He is now the embodied voice
of the free West; the sage of
the Allies.
Those who please to do so
are welcome to compare
Spaak to Dag Hammarskjold
, of the United Nations. But
there is, in fact, a big differ
ence, all the difference in the
world. Hammarskjold as secretary-general
of the UN
speaks for an organization
that is immense on the outside
but next to powerless on the
inside. Spaak, as secretary
general of NATO, speaks for
an organization that is unique
in international politics.
This organization, too, can
negotiate and mediate. But it
can fight, too, if it must, from
a vast arc of real bases con
fronting the Soviet Union
across half the face of the
earth.
SPAAK, that is to say-and
this is the core of the matter-understands
both persua
sion and power and is fully
at home with either. He is a
kind of human bridge now,
and more and more will be
one, between the bigger part
ners of NATO. This he could
never be, notwithstanding h'is
official position of a dozen
official positions, but for the
kind of man he is. It is not the
title that is significant here;
it is the human personality.
Spaak stands now at the
point of what is in sober
truth a genuine division in
spirit within the Western al
liance as how to best jointly
to deal with the Russians at
the summit. It would be false
and destructive to inflate this
into some bitter and rupturing
row. But it would be equally
false, and perhaps destructive
too, to pretend that no kind
of disagreement exists at all.
Certainly, the United
States, West Germany and
France are troubled by the
fear that the British may be
ready to offer the Russians
too much too soon. Certainly,
some of the smaller partners
-Belgium among them, for
that matter-are similarly
troubled. And certainly the
British, on their side, are wor
ried that we may offer unduly
difficult preconditions to ne
gotiating at the summit.
rpHUS it will be necessary in
- the weeks immediately
ahead to accomplish two
things of an almost-unspeakable
gravity:
1. To see to it that the small
er members of the Western
alliance are kept fully and
currently informed of what
the big-fellows are preparing.
These smaller members are in
no "big four." But their wis
dom is not defined by their
size. And they can contribute
much, both in the preserva
tion of Western unity and
even, perhaps, in sound pro
cedural suggestions to the big
fellows working upstairs.
2. Most of all, to make cer
tain that the big powers do
not gain the summit only to
lose the alliance itself.
There is good reason to be
lieve that Spaak is setting out
now on just such a delicate
mission as this. It would be
drawing the bow too far to
say flatly that he can do this
historic job. But it is certain
ly fair to say that if anybody
can do it, that somebody will
be Spaak of Belgium.
Neuberger Hopes
For Billboard Vole
Portland-UPD-Sen. Richard
L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) says he
hopes, an Oregon group will
go to work and get a measure
placed in the 1960 general
election ballot to limit bill
boards on federal highways.
A similar measure died in
committee at the Oregon Leg
islature last week.
Neuberger said he was sor
ry the bill was tabled and
predicted that it would pass
by "at least a four or five to
one vote" if submitted to the
people in 1960.
"Oregonians are proud of
their wonderful scenic gran
deur and deplore billboard
jungles along their highways,"
he said.
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high schools participated Fri
day and Saturday in the
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ners in the individual con
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category include, serious
reading, Shirley statterfield,
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Hunt, Medford, second; Ted
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tory, Carolyn Mencke, Med
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field, Grants Pass, second;
Alan Miller, Grants Pass,
third; humorous reading, Tom
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Bill Lawrence, Ashland, sec
ond; Carol Scott, Eagle Point,
third; after-dinner speaking,
Steve Peterson, Ashland, first;
Jim Frake, Medford, second;
Jim Hayes, Crater, third; ex
temporaneous speaking, Jim
Frake, Medford, first; Jane
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Johnson, Grants Pass, third.
Poetry reading, Karen Nel
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radio speaking, Glen Tabor,
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Carol Johnson, Grants Pass,
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cinnati Royals of the Nation
al Basketball a s s o ciation
have a "free throw fund" in
which a player chips in 15
cents every time he misses a
charity toss.
Debate team winner for
division A was Jane Yaple
and Nancy Liniger, both Ash
land, who will participate in
the state meet.
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Amman, Jordan - (LTD - Au
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nounced that high school stu
dent Abdalla Salim, leader of
the cell, was among those
seized.
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