10 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Wedneid.y, April 8, 13
Americans Beginning To Display
Humility, Prominent Triton Asserts
Oregon News Briefs
By LOUIS CASSELS
UPI Correspondent
New Brunswick, N.J.JUPD
Fop the first time in their na
tional history, Americans are
beginning to display humility.
This new-found virtue was
painfully acquired through a
series of shattering disappoint
ments that destroyed "the il
lusion of American omnipo
tence." But it may become
America's greatest asset in
giving the world mature and
responsible leadership.
That appraisal comes from
Prof. Denis W. Brogan of Cam
bridge University, a distin
guished British political sci
entist who has earned a repu
tation as "the foreigner who
knows America best."
Brogan, a short, rotund man
with a ruddy complexion and
bristling' white eyebrows,
speaks with the cultural ac
cents of Oxford University,
where he was educated. But
he also speaks in the idiom
and often the slang of Amer
ica, which he has visited more
than 30 times and about which
he has written a dozen sym
pathetic, penetrating books.
Wit and Wisdom
His high-proof blend of wit
and wisdom is currently being
bestowed upon the students
Quotes From the News
By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
Washington-The wife of former Rep. Usher L. Burdick,
when she received word from a friend of her husband's that
the 80-year-old former lawmaker was in Minnesota and had
not disappeared:
"You can't imagine my relief hen this man called."
Los Angeles-Former President Truman, reporting he was
for a good scrap in the next presidential elections and adding:
"I hope they nominate a certain fellow from California
because he'll be the easiest to lick."
Little Rock, Ark.-Gov. Orval Faubus, warning the fed
eral government that he would not use his police powers to
force any federally .ordered integration of the Little Rock
schools:
"I don't think the people of the city are in a mood to take
lnfegioiion.
Wellington, N.Z.-U.S. Undersecretary of State C. Douglas
Dillion, reporting that the Southeast Asia Treaty Organiza
tion has played a vital role in the free world's defense
system:
. "Only in the upside-down language of international Com'
muniim is SEATO anything but a purely defensive alliance."
New Dehl, India-P. N. Menon, Indian press chief, telling
newsmen his government's attitude towards news contacts
with the refugee Dalai Lama:
. "We will not put any undue restrictions on the Dalai
Lama.
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and faculty of Rutgers uni
versity, in the form of a spec
ial lecture series endowed by
the Johnson & Johnson surg
ical supply firm here.
To' listen to Brogan, either
when he is glaring over the
lectern at a spellbound audi
ence, or conversing informally
over a warm glass of "almost
British" beer, is to have the
gift sought by the poet Robert
Burns, "the power to see our
selves as others see us."
' This dispatch and two sub
sequent ones will attempt to
share with the reader the ex
perience of seeing present-day
America through the eyes of
a friendly and extraordinarily
well-informed foreigner.
To Brogan; the most strik
ing aspect of America today
is-its"mood of proud disil
lusionment." Americans in the
past were the world's greatest
optimists. Their nation was
"born in the age of progress,
baptised in the religion of
progress, created and peopled
by men and women who be
lieved in progress." Their be
lief was "our " children will
have it better than we."
Americans are convinced
that, given time and a little
help, the rest of the "world
would recognize the superiori
ty of the American way of life,
and would imitate the political
and economic institutions that
had provided both freedom
and abundance here. Thus
Americans marched off in
World War I to "make the
world safe for democracy."
And thus, after World War II,
they poured out aid with a
generosity unmatched in all
history, in an effort to secure
political freedom and eco
nomic progress in other countries.
Goals Shattered
But these hopes have been
shattered by the swift-moving
events of recent years. The
rise of Russia as a rival center
of power and influence; the
incredible tendency of many
undeveloped nations to look
to- Soviet communism rather
than- American democracy as
a iripdel; the apparent ingrati
tude of many free nations
which accepted American aid
but resisted American leader
ship all of these things con
tributed to the. new. mood of
pessimism.
But the chief source of
American disillusionment, in
Broean's view, was "the dis
covery that China had been
saved from Japanese imperial
ism only to fall under Com
munist control." '
Amercia's interest in China
had been ."more missionary
than economic." but it was
deep and genuine." To see
it pass under Communist rule
was an "embittering and
blinding experience" that sent
Americans , on : a frantic and
hurtful search for treason in
their own government as the
only possible exception of
such a catastrophe. .
The Korean War which
Brogan calls "a humiliating
American defeat" and the
shocking news that their na
tion, for all of its vast power,
was not "omnipotent."
"Today the American is be
ginning to realize that he can
not remake the world accord
ing to the American plan, and
that he cannot contract out.
He sees that the human story
is not inevitably a success
story, as he always believed,
but that it may go wrong. He
finds the American people in
extricably involved in the
common, dangerous and only
intermittently hopeful destiny
of the human race."
Although this grim awaken
ing has produced a mood of
"real and alarmed pessimism"
among Americans, it also had
led to something'else,- which
Brogan finds far more reas
suring. That is humility
Modesty has never been
accounted an American virtue,
but it may be the best Amer
ican card today. In the un
wonted sense of bewilderment
and humility that has befallen
the American people in the
last year or two, there lies the
best hope for a new and more
effective kind of - American
leadership for the world."
The great challenge that
faces Americans today, Brogan
believes, is learning to adapt
their policies to the realities
of an unpleasant world ... to
settle for limited but attain
able goals rather than doing
all or nothing for the millen
ium. "Can the American people
accept limilations on their
power of action and power of
leadership? Can they learn to
settle for less, much less, than
their own way?
"I don't know the answers.
I only have a faith that the
American people, with their
prodigious energy and their
deep if sometimes clouded
sense of human responsibility,
will adapt themselves to reali
ty, and will learn to give the
kind of leadership the world
deeply wants the leadership
of a people; that is willing to
learn as well as to teach."
Next: Brogan's views . on
American women and sundry
other matters.
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Owyhee Treasure
Seekers Believe'
Gold Cave Found
Ontario - (WD - A treasure
seeking party that spent a
week in the wild upper Owy
hee canyon in eastern Oregon
was back in Ontario -Tuesday
without the gold they sought.
But the searchers believe
they have found the cave in
which 'the gold treasure was
reported placed more than a
century ago... .
It may be some time before
they know whether the cave
holds the gold cache because
the entrance has been blocked
by a landslide.
Mutt Clear Debris
Lloyd Russell, a resort op
erator at Lake Owyhee, said
before a search; of the cave
can be made it will be neces
sary to clear away the slide ;
and shore up the cave en
trance. . The party was spurred on
by tales of murder and gold.
Mrs. Robert Thomas, an In
dian woman known as "Mo-1
doc Annie"-who led the party
into the region, told of watch
ing over a cave when she was !
a child that supposedly was
filled with gold left behind
when Indians massacred 12
U. S. cavalrymen in 1853. The
soldiers were said to have
been taking a payroll from i
Wyoming to a garrison in Call
fornia when they were slaughtered.
SALARY MEET SET
Salem-dTi-The State Board
of Control, the Civil Service
commission and the Depart
ment of Finance and Admin
istration will meet soon to
discuss salary ranges for in
stitutional personnel. Board
of Control members said they
believed such a meeting was
needed because of variances
in recommendations made by
the Board's staff and the Civil
Service1 commission. The
board's classification of some
ranges is higher than .that of
the commission.
HEARING CONTINUED
Salem -(LTD -A hearing on
application of State Transport
company of Corvallis to ac
quire the permit of the Wil
liam Mayer Truck Service has
been continued until May 4,
MAN KILLED
Halsey, , Ore.-CPD-Floyd H.
Gearhart, 31, Siltcoos, was
killed Tuesday when struck
by a car on Highway 99 about
two miles south of here.
The coroner's office said
said Gearhart had run out of
gasoline and had stopped a
truck, After talking to the
truck driver Gearhart stepped
around the truck and was
struck by a car driven by
John Lee Billings, Eugene,
police said.
VIRUS CASES HIGH
Portland - (LTD - The State
Board of Health said today
4195 more cases of respira
tory illness were reported in
Oregon last week. But it said
there was evidence that at
least part of the current near
record epidemic might be due
to some virus other than in
fluenza. Viruses not yet iden
tified have been isolated from
three victims of the outbreak.
Dr. Harold Erickson, state
health officer, said specimens
from all patients proved nega
tive for influenza virus. '
MARTIN SEARCH ,
Portland-ttJPD -Two Multno
mah county detectives planned
to check out a section of the
Columbia Gorge east of here
today in an attempt to deter
mine if some clothing found
and turned over to the sher
iff's office Tuesday had any
connetcion with the missing
Ken Martin family. "
Detectives Gene Niece and
Walter Graven said if their
investigation 1 turned up any
thing a large party might can
vass the area Thursday.
The items of clothing found
included a child's green sweat
er, a pair of blue pedal push
ers and a red shirt about the
size that Ken Martin would
wear. The Martins and their
three daughters vanished last
December after setting out in
their station wagon to collect
Christmas greenery.
JUSTICE BILL PASSES
Salem-OJPD-A bill to fix the
terms of chief justice of the
Oregon Supreme court at six
insstead of two years passed
the Senate and went to the
House Tuesday.
BILL ABOLISHES iBOARD
Salem-(LTD-A bill to abolish
the Board of Control was ap
proved by a ways and means
subcommittee Tuesday. The
measure now goes to the 14
member Ways and . Means
committee. Functions of the
board would be placed under
the governor who would es
tablish a department of institutions.
COLLEGE BILL APPROVED
Salem-(UPD-A bill to create
a way for establishing com
munity colleges in Oregon
was approved by the Senate
Education committee Tues
day. It now goes to the Ways
and Means committee. It
would authorize by a vote of
the people creation of two
year, post-high school educa
tional institutions.
PROPOSE ARTS AGENCY
Washington (LTD Sens.
Jacob K. Javits (R-N.Y.) and
Joseph S. Clark (D-Pa.) have
proposed legislation to estab
lish a United States Arts
Foundation to assist and en
courage production of plays,
concerts, ballet and other
performances.
Four Thefts Are Reported in City
Four thefts, including the
loss of candy - valued at
$108.38, were reported to
Medford police Monday and
Tuesday.
The 57 boxes of "Savior's
Unusual Candies" were taken
between noon Sunday and 3
p.m. Monday from a truck
parked at Franklin Storage
warehouse, Second and Fir
sts., police were told.
Roberta Ethelyn' Wolfe, 55
Quince st., told officers that
items valued at $342 were
taken from her homfc Mon
day. The stolen articles in
cluded a diamond ring val
ued at $200: .22 rifle, $25;
portable radio, S39; electric
mixer, $35; waffle iron, $25;
and an iron, $18.
A three-ton chain hoist was
reported stolen sometime dur
ing the past two weeks from
a wash shed at Martin Auto
Grooming, 517 South River
side ave., police were told.
Gerald Lewis, 1003 East
Jackson st., reported that a
number of wrenches and ra
dio knobs were stolen from
his auto while it was parked
at his residence Monday
night.
Driver Hauling Insane
Persons Found Insane
Monza, laly- (LTD -Federico
Villa, 45, who for 20 years
drove a van carrying inter
nees to the local insane asy
lum, has been declared insane.
Oregon Will Host
Secretary Convention
Salem-(LTD-Oregon will be
host to the national conven
tion of secretaries of state
Sept. 3-5, Howell Appling,
Oregon secretary of state, has
announced.
A recent survey found that
who buy foreign cars already
owned at least one auto.
SUES FOR DIVORCE
Los Angeles - (LTD - Shaik
Dastagir, older brother of ac
tor Sabu, was charged by his
wife in divorce court Monday
with throwing a glass pitcher
and ash tray in their house.
Mrs. Bertha Dastagir, 39,
sought $750 monthly support
from Dastagir, a furniture
store owner.
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American Artists
Set for Program
Eugene-Two American ar
tists, a composer and a writer,
will participate in the univer
sity's Summer Academy of
Contemporary Arts beginning
June 22.
, Roger Sessions, noted com
poser, author and professor
of music' at Princeton Univer
sity, will conduct a two-week
lecture and discussion course
in contemporary, music, July
20 and 31.
. Paul Engle, poet and pro
fessor of English and director
of the Iowa Writer's Work
shop at the University of
Iowa will offer a two-week
lecture and discussion course
on contemporary American
and British poetry and short ;
fiction, June 22 through :
July 3.
The summer academy, di-:
rected.by James B. Hall, as
sistant professor of English,
wilj consist of four two-week
sections on major develop
ments since World War II in
contemporary literature, mu
sic, painting and drama. Ar
rangements for guest artists to
conduct the drama and paint
ing sections are nearing completion.
Bomb Discovery ;
Scares Londoners
London - (UPD - Discovery i
Tuesday of a 2.000 - pound;
World War II German bomb
in central London closed rail
traffic across the Thames riv- j
er for more than five hours, i
An army bomb disposal unit
defused the weapon 5 hours
and' 15 minutes after it was
found and rail traffic return
ed to normal shortly before
start of the morning commu
ter rush hour.
The bomb was' found on a
building site south of the river
between the Festival Hall and
Waterloo Station.
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care and planning that goes into these two
Big Annual Events, involving Months of
Planning and Coordination among the mer
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It takes time and lots of energy to accom
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