Medford mail tribune., April 10, 1959, Image 4

4 Friday. April 10, 1959
MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE.
MEDFORDtSWTBIBUKE
"Everyone tc Southern Oregon
Reads The Mail Tribune"
Published Daily except Saturday by
MJJDFCJRD PRINTING CO.
33 North Fir St. Ph. SP 2-6141
ROBB.F.T W RUHL, Editor
ITERB GREV Advertising Manager
GEPALD LATHAM, Business Met
ERIC W ALLEN JH,
Managing Editor
EARL H ADAMS. City Editor
HARRY CHIPMAN, Teleg Editor
RICHARD JEWETT Sports Editor
OLIVE STARCHER Women1! Editor
DALE ERICKSON, CirculaUon Mgr
An Independent Newspaper
Entered as second class matter at
Medforrt Oregon under Act of
March 3. 1897
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
By Mai i In Advance, Copy 10c.
Daii- and Sunday 1 year $15.00
Daily and Sunday 6 mos. 8 .00
Daily and Sunday 3 mos. 4.25
Sunday Only One 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.
Daily 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 Jackson County
United Press Internationa
Full Leased Wire
MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU
OF CIRCULATION
Advertising Representative:
WEST-HOLIDAY CO.. INC. Of
fices in New York, Chicago. De
troit, San Francisco. Los Angeles,
Seattle, Portland. St. Louis. At
lanta. Vancouver B.C.
NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHERS
ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
c3fel liy5t
xrt ,. ,...,.
Flight 'o Time
Medford and Jackson County
History " from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago. '
10 YEARS AGO
April 10. 1949 (Sunday)
The Jackson County Cham
ber of Commerce directors
endorse a House bill that
would provide permanent
wage increases for county
officials.
A parade, drilling and ex
hibits mark the Army day
festivities here. -
20 YEARS AGO
April 10, 1939 (Monday) "
About 500 musicians are ex
pected to arrive here next
Saturday for the district high
school music contests.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "The
$200 automobile Is reported
'just around the corner.' Now
there is nothing "to do but
locate the $200."
30 YEARS AGO
April 10, 1929 (Wednesday)
The heaviest smudging of
the season leaves a pall of
smoke over the city.
The paving of Park ave. Is
half completed.
40 YEARS AGO
April 10, 1919 (Thursday)
The newly formed city band
gives an impromptu concert
in front of the Page theater.
Dr. R. W. Clancy is award
ed the Belgian Cross for brav
ery under fire.
50 YEARS AGO
April 10, 1909 (Saturday)
Large crowds attend dedi
cation ceremonies for the new
high school building.
Col. E.. Hofer of Salem, a
speaker at the dedication, de
nies reports he is a "candidate
for governor.
Whal's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct is superior;
seven or eight is excellent; five or
six is good.
1. What type of eagle is
represented in the U.S. coat
of arms?
2. There are two South
American countries which are
land-locked; which two.
3 . On an average, do men, or
women, in the U.S. have -the
longer life span.
4. In which State is the
University of Notre Dame?
5. "Boston Strong Boy"
was a nickname for which
noted heavyweight fighter
whose first name was John.
6. Which is the only mam
mal that is capable of true
flight?'
7. Would you guess that a
gallon of water weights 6 13,
8 13. or 10 13 pounds?
. 8. Iodized salt is said to be
good for preventing g ?
9. Which planet is some
times called the twin of the
earth?
10. If a camper said that
he needed some lucifers, what
would he need?
Answers: 1." Bald. 2. Bo
livia and Paraguay. 3. Wom
en. 4. Indiana. ' 5. . John L.
Sullivan. 6. The bat. 7. 8-13.
8. Goiter. 9. Venus. 10.
Matches. - - --
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE
Washington-flJPB-A National
Aeronautics and Space Ad
ministration official was ask
ed how the agency eliminated
men with unsympathetic
wives from the candidates for
astronauts. "That's easy," Wal
ter Bonney said. "They didn't
volunteer."
ShillyShally Session
The New York State Legislature recently fin
ished a whirlwind session which was largely
dominated by the determination of the new gov
ernor, Nelson Rockefeller, not only to maintain
and extend the state's services, but to pay for
them.
In common with many other states, New York
has been spending more money than it has been
collecting in recent years. Rockefeller, new to the
governor's chair, decided this couldn't last.
Through a combination of what leadership,
coercion or persuasion it is impossible to tell at
this distance, the governor rammed his program
through. Not only will the state maintain its level
of governmental services, but some pretty stiff
tax hikes were made to put it all on a pay-as-you
go basis.
IXT'HAT a contrast when one looks at Salem,
''where the 50th legislative assembly is now
in its 89th day!
Governor Hatfield's leadership has not been
noteworthy (although it is only fair to point out
that as a Republican, he
lature which has a Democratic majority, whereas
Rockefeller, a Republican, had a GOP legis
lature). '
And the Oregon legislature itself has been
divisive, not only along partisan lines, but m some
cases in intra-party squabbles.
Individually, there are some highly competent
and sincere and intelligent people in this session
Collectively, they lack cohesion and a willingness
to work together for the
,
IT WOULD not be fair
been accomplished. Some worthwhile bills have
been passed, and some bad ones tabled.
But from here, the general, overall impres
sion is of pussy-footing, an unwillingness to come
to grips with the big issues, and too much preoc
cupation with putting silly slogans on license
plates, killing billboard control measures, and
jockeying for partisan political advantage.
Such a verdict is bound' to cause irritation to
some of the more conscientious and able legisla
tors who have been working hard at their jobs,
doing the committee chores to which they are
assigned, and expending their best efforts for
what they think is the right kind of legislation.
But if the oyerall impression is not of inde
cisive shilly-shallying, we don't know what it is.
E.A. '
A Few Specifics
Perhaps, with the generalities (above) out
of the way, we should get down to specifics.
The legislature is playing with dynamite (to
say nothing of human sensibilities, dignity and
hunger) in casually lopping off $700,000 of a
welfare department deficiency request.
Grants to people on old age assistance, and
dependent on aid to children, are small enough
even when fully "standard." Cutting these arbi
trarily brings with it a
suffering. .
It isn't too late, for
this terrifying mistake but it is too late to avoid
at least some of the consequences, as the welfare
department has already put some of the cuts into
effect under legislative assurance it would not
get what it needs.
T'HE HOUSE this week
of the state to build a Columbia river bridge. The
amount specified is $24
repayment is specified, although there is talk of
raising the $.10 auto registration fee to $17.
lhe worst effect of
abrogate the principle
supervision of highways, and its power to allo
cate funds were most needed.
The legislature, consisting of 90 members
from every corner of the state, harried and har
rassed by multiple problems and pressures, makes
a lousy highway commission.
,
THE LEGISLATURE has killed a bill to in
crease the AMOUNT of state aid to schools
sufficient to keep the PROPORTION of school
aid about where it is. -
This means either (1) higher local property
taxes, or (2) lower .school standards.
Meanwhile, school budget committees are in
a terrible bind, not knowing, even yet, how much
state aid to anticipate.
Higher education, likewise, has been chopped
down below the level of support it needs to pre
pare for the vast future influx of new students
students now in primary and secondary schools
students who can be, counted,
The legislature presumably prefers to pretend
they do not exist.
rFIME has been .frittered away by stupid sub
. ppenaing of editorial writers ; by using a legis
lative committee as an instrument in one or two
members' personal vendetta with the highly
respected superintendent of state police; and by
similar though less spectacular irresponsibilities.
The desperate needs of Fairview home, for
added facilities for custodial care and treatment
of the mentally retarded, are apparently to be
ignored. ,
Other needed buildings are being lopped off.
These are samples, only, that come to mind
-immediately.
It is not a record of which the legislature
need feel very proud. E.A.
has to deal with a legis
good of the state.
to say that nothing has
spectre of real grief and
the legislature to correct
passed and sent to the
million. No method of
the bill, however, is to
of highway commission
Dennis the
X .M .
i-P
JU 6t back in a sec. I'm eom teu. urn vwte mneiev.'
Today & Tomorrow
By Walter
Editor's note: Walter Lippmann
has just returned from Europe,
where he has taken a first-hand
look at the Berlin crisis. This is
the last of a four-part report on
the situation.
THE TWO GERMANYS
AND BERLIN
IV
At the end, the question for
us is how we should deal with
a situation which neither we
nor the Rus
sians can
change. We
cannot change
the fact that
there exist
two German
states and that
West Berlin is
a special prob
lorn
Lippmann The Soviet
Of.lt..
Union will not allow East Ger
many to be absorbed into the
Western military and political
community; if it did so, it
would sacrifice the strategic
control of Eastern Europe
The Western allies will not
allow West Germany to unite
with East Germany in some
sort of neutralized confedera
tion. For that would destroy
the fundamental basis of
NATO which now rests on )he
strategic position of Western
Germany and the reinforce
ments which are coming from
the West German army.
An international agreement
to reunite Germany is at pres
ent impossible unless either
the Soviet Union or the West
ern allies abandon what they
regard as their vital interests.
Since neither side will aban
don its vital interests, since
neither can compel the other
to abandon its vital interests,
all of us must live with the
fact that there are two Ger
manys and Berlin.
'.. '
SPEAKING for myself, I do
Tint. Hlr this sitiiatinn T hp-
long to the minority who have
long argued that German na
tional feeling will not accept
the partition of Germany, that
some day and somehow the
West Germany will come to
terms with Eastern Germany
and the Soviet Union in
order to reunite their coun
try. The case for apolitically
neutral Germany and for the
disengagement of non-German
troops has been inspired by an
attempt to find an orderly set
tlement of the problem of
German reunification to
avert a disorderly deal
brought about by an explo
sion of frustrated national
German patriotism.
But the attempt to negoti
ate a general settlement to re
unify Germany has failed.
That is the meaning of the
present German crisis. Both
sides are against an agreed
reunification and they must
now live with the conse
quences. These consequences
include the grave risk that the
German people will not accept
the partition of their country.
THE best we can expect from
the coming negotiations is
not a settlement but a modus
vivendi. The big question, as
I see it, is whether to recog
nize and regulate the situation
that we cannot now change,
or to accept the facts as they
are but to refuse to recognize
them on the theory that some
day and somehow, the facts
will change for the better.
Insofar as there are conflicts
of opinion among the West
ern allies, they arise primarily
over this question. There is
Dr. Adenauer's view, which
has the formal support of Gen.
de Gaulle, that while there
are in fact two Germanys,
nothing must be said or done
by the Allies which recog
nizes the existence of the oth
er Germany. Thus Dr. Ade
nauer's subordinate officials
negotiate traffic ' and other
agreements with the Commu
nist officials. They argue that
if we did the same, we would
destroy the fiction that the
East German state does not
really exist as a fact in the in
ternational world.
As against this thert is the
Menace
v rQ I
Lippmann
British view which is based
on the practical and prosaic
idea that since the East Ger
man state does in fact exist,
we shall aU have to live with
it, and there Is no point in pre
tending that the East German
state does not exist.
-
"DEFORE we meet the Rus
sians in the coming con
ferences, this country will
have to make up its mind
about where it stands in the
argument between the Ger
mans and the British. It is a
hard choice to make. For
though the issue is posed in a
theoretical forum, there are
grave substantial risks which
may follow either choice.
The essential argument for
Dr. Adenauer's doctrine of
non-recognition does not come
from any passionate interest
his in the reunification of
Germany. Dr. Adenauer
knows that reunification is
not practical politics and it is
no secret that as an old Rhine
lander his heart does not bleed
for a close political union
with the Prussians and the
Saxons of the East. What Dr.
Adenauer distrusts and fears
is German nationalism, which
in its most respectable form
derives from Bismark and in
its degraded and malignant
form from Hitler.
His. doctrine of not recog
nizing the East German state
is a defense against German
nationalism which, if it goes
on a rampage for German
unity, may upset the whole
applecart-NATO, the Com
mon Market, the entente with
France, and the alignment of
Western Germany with the
Western society against the
barbarians of the East.
In the last analysis, we are
asked to follow Dr. Adenauer's
doctrine of the non-recognition
of the fact of the two
Germanys in order to avoid
the defeat of his party in the
German elections of 1961.
ALTHOUGH I do not agree
with it, it is, I admit, an
impressive case. But the risks
of the Adenauer policy are
greater than those of the Mac
millan policy. For the British
are, I believe, essentially
right in wishing to recognize
the facts of life as they are,
and to regulate them by a ne
gotiated agreement.
The case for recognizing
that there are two Germanys
and that there is, therefore, a
special situation in Berlin is
this: It is our best chance to
arrange for an orderly evolu
tion in Germany. If we could
get an international charter
for Berlin, we could greatly
reduce the risks of dangerous
incidents caused by mis
understanding, by the reck
lessness or carelessness of sub
ordinate officers and officials,
or by mischievous provoca
tion. If we could bring the
two German states into a le
gal relationship with each
other, there would be a chance
that the movement towards
German unity, which is cer
tain to grow, would be open
and visible rather than clande
stine and conspiratorial.
IN WEIGHING the two views
which we have called
roughly the German and the
British we must bear in
mind that we are not chosing
between a divided Germany
and a reunited Germany. Mac
millan and Adenauer and de
Gaulle and Khrushchev are
agreed in realizing that the
two Germanys are not going
to be reunited. The question is
whether to recognize this situ
ation or to drift along without
recognizing it.
If we drift along, accepting
the fact of the partition but re
fusing to recognize it, hoping
to stand pat against the evolu
tion of things, we can prob
ably manage for a while.
When the Soviet Union or the
East German government
grunts, we can growl, and
since neither of us wants war
or dares to have a war, we
Adenauer's Decision
Of West
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Editor
Man of the week: Konrad
Adenauer, chancellor of West
Germany. The place: Bonn.
The time:
Tuesday, April
7, 1959. This
week a politi
cally stunning
announcement
came from
Bonn. It said
that West Ger
m a ny's "Iron
Man" Chan
cellor Konrad
agreed to be
foil tvewsom
Adenauer had
come a candidate for presi
dent qf West Germany.
The announcement was the
more stunning because it
came almost within a month
of the start of East-West nego
tiations critical for the future
of Germany, and at a time
when the Western nations
were striving desperately for
a united front with which to
meet the pressure from Rus
sia and its Communist satel
lites. may be able to keep things as
they are for a little time to
come perhaps until all of us
have had our elections.
But we need not try to be
proud of ourselves if this is
what we do. For what we
shall -have done is to buy a
temporary standstill for our
selves at the risk that at some
later date there will be an ex
plosion of the pent-up popular
feelings which we have man
aged to frustrate. We shall be
better off and we shall feel
better about it all if we grasp
the realities and do not avade
them.
Then we can say to our
selves, "Out of this nettle,
danger, we pluck the flower,
safety."
(c) 1959 New York Herald
Tribune Inc.
Editorial
Comment
DID THE BILLBOARD
LOBBY, GOOF?
- Oregons powerful billboard
lobby, aided and abetted by
some members of the state
legislature, has been success
ful in burying the proposal
to control billboards along
such interstate routes as high
ways 99 and 30.
First the lobby worked on
the interim committee which
studied the problem prior to
the opening of this legisla
tive session. As a result the
committee came up with a
report which said the prob
lem needed "more study."
It's been studied for years,
and it was obvious the "more
study" was solely for the pur
pose of killing any control
measure.
Then the legislature went
into session. Into the, hopper
went a measure designed to
provide minimum controls,
under federal standards, of
the billboards along scenic
routes. 1
A Senate committee killed
the measure the other day.
Only Sens. Yturri of Ontario
and Boivin of Klamath Falls
voted against the big bill
board industry. The rest of
the members of the commit
tee fell quietly into line.
Organizations favoring con
trol represented many thou
sands of Oregonians. Those
opposing it were not nearly
so strong excepting financial
ly. As a result of an initiative
proposal is being readied. An
attempt-almost sure to be successful-will
be made to place
it on the 1960 ballot.
And the initiative will not
be nearly so palatable to the
billboard industry and its
friends as was the bill before
the legislature this year.
Before the whole thing is
finished the billboard lobby
will probably realize it goof
ed. Billboards would have been
much better off with the bill
before the legislature than
they will with the one which
will-we predict-be passed by
the voters 18 months from
now. Bend Bulletin.
Try and
-By BENNETT CERF-
DURING HIS CAREER as a law man in the Rocky Mountain
area, where he personally arrested more than 3,000 culprits,
Gen. D. J. Cook (of the Colorado Militia) adhered strictly to one
frequently enunciated prin
ciple: "Never hit a prisoner
over the head with your
pistol, because you may
afterwards want to use your
weapon and find it dis
abled." The story of Gen. Cook's
battles with horse thieves,
murderers, road agents, etc,
from 1859 to 1882, is told in
a new University of Okla
homa publication called
"Hands Up."
From a pep talk delivered
group in Arizona: "One day as I sat musing, a kindly voice came to
me from out of the gloom, counselling. 'Cheer up. Uungs could be
worse.' And so, gentlemen, I cheered up-and sure enough things
got worse.'
Germany Said 'Stunning News'
The announcement raised
two questions immediately:
Who possibly in West Ger
many could fulfill Adenauer's
role?
How much influence could
Adenauer, now a "lame duck"
chancellor, wield on the May
11 foreign ministers' confer
ence on which Germany's fu
ture may depend?
Neither Question Answered
At week's end, neither ques
tion had been answered.
And the second question
was complicated by the fact
that it was the second major
change in the Western lineup
since last November when
Russian Premier Nikita
Khrushchev began applying
the massive pressure designed
to throw the Allies out of
West Berlin and achieve a
recognized independent status
for East Germany.
Communications
Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the writer although "nder cer
tain circumstances tne use of a
pen name or initial for publica
tion is pe-missible. 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
Disapproves of Coverage
To the Editor: No one read
ing the daily accounts of the
Click trial can possibly see
how the jury arrived at its
decision. Readers are led to
believe that Mrs. Click was
acquitted because her hus
band deserved death. All of
the local papers were guilty
of omitting any testimony in
her favor, printing instead
only one side of the story. Al
so withheld was information
concerning the laws govern
ing self-defense. Threats upon
your, life and a great fear for
your life justify your attempt
to protect it.
I resolve to never again
base my opinion of a jury,
judge, prosecutor or defense
attorney on what I read in a
newspaper. I suggest Mr.
Wolfe do the same.
Mrs. Bob Stuart,
1608 Crown,
Medford.
Double Mistake?
To the Editor: In accord
ance with a letter printed
from a Mr. S. R. Calloway, a
visitor to Medford, I would
like to stress one point. It
seems to me that if Mr. Cal
loway could be mistaken
about the type of service
Copco gives, he could be mis
taken on another point. I re
fer to the stated "ignorance
and rudeness" of Medford
teenagers, especially those at
tending Medford High school.
Miss Tanya Enders
(M.H.S. Student)
1 Acorn way,
Medford.
It Will Repay Them
To the Editor: I would like
to thank the committee and
everyone who worked so long
and faithfully on the Medford
street tree project.
Going home from my work
at the Girl Scout office to
night, I felt wonderfully up
lifted at the sight of all the
beautifully arranged flower
ing plants and trees in the
many containers on Main
Street. Just think what this
will mean to us this summer;
something alive and green as
we walk home each night at
the end of a very warm day.
I wonder how many others
felt this soothing presence of
Nature today when our city
blossomed out over-night with
God's greatest gift to Nature
a living tree.
One is also grateful to the
many merchants who will
keep alive this beautiful proj
ect. The pleasure they will de
rive from caring for these
plants and trees, will in many
instances be a surprise to
them and the pleasant effect
it will have on their custom
ers will come back to them a
hundred fold.
Mrs. Max Leischner,
135 North Holly. sf.,
Medford.
Stop Me
to Seek Presidency
Cancer knocked U.S. Secre
tary of State John Foster
Dulles out of the lineup, even
though his influence remained
enormous.
Dulles and Adenauer be
tween them had been recog
nized as the West's most un
yielding opponents to retreat
before Communism.
Whatever his future, Ade
nauer's past has been impres
sive. Now 83, he has been West
Germany's chancellor, since
its establishment as a single,
operating entity.
Despite the fact, that Ger
many had been divided be
tween East and West, the fact
that West Germany still con
tained more than 40 million
persons made it inevitably
one of the world's major
powers.
And coupled with that was
the fact that under his lead
ership, West Germany had
risen from the ruins of World
War II to become Europe's
major financial power.
Along with the nation's me
teoric financial rise was an
equal rise in the income of
labor. i
No Doubt of Future
Adenauer managed to re
establish diplomatic relations
with Russia without once
yielding an inch in his stand
Washington Report
By WILLIAM
THE JEOPARADY
DECISION
Washington-The power of
the prosecution to take away
a man's liberty may now be
incalculably broadened now
or in some foreseeable tomor
row. This seems to be the human
meaning of
the Supreme
Court's recent
6 to 3 decision
that the state
and Federal
courts may try
the same man
for the same
offense. Deep
lv snnhisticat-
WWhwS ed legal ques
tions, it is true, are bound up
in the ruling. And it is not
wholly new, though to inex
pert eyes the precedents seem
to be a bit thin and compli
cated. Most people had thought
that if the Bill of Rights guar
anteed anything, it guaranteed
that, speaking generally, a
person could not twice be put
in jeopardy for one crime.
The court has said, much more
explicitly than ever before and
over a much larger area of
human affairs, that this is not
necessarily so.
EVEN the top prosecutor of
them all, Attorney General
William P. Rogers, obviously
thinks a new situation has
been created. With highly
decent instinct, he has warn
ed the various Federal district
attorneys they must not sup
pose they can now have a field
day. He will not permit the
Federal government to go in
to court against a man already
acquitted in a state court "un
less the reasons are compel
ling." What is "compelling?"
This Rogers must decide, case
by case.
This correspondent is no
lawyer. But the constitution
is everyboy's business; in this
field perhaps any layman can
look at the most learned legal
king. A layman, therefore, can
confidently predict the fol
lowing practical results of the
Supreme Court's action:
Federal prosecutors will be
more and more able to over
turn the verdicts of state juries
in criminal civil rights cases.
Let Alabama, say, acquit an
accused person. The Federal
government may step in and
have another go at him.
It might well be that in
certain cases this would best
serve immediate and obvious
justice. But it is at least con
ceivable that sometimes the
verdict of the Alabama jury
Come In and Browse
ffi
XD03
mtsmmm
ON ALL CASH
that ultimately the two Ger
manys must be reunited.
And, often to the extreme
irritation of his Western Al
lies, his determination that
a democratic West Germany
must stand equal with other
nations won for West Ger
many a leading voice in world
affairs.
While the world may won
der about Adenauer's future,
the "old man" seems to have
little doubt himself.
On Wednesday, he said he
is quitting as chancellor to
assure that his policies con
tinue in effect unbroken. He
has made it clear he intends
to choose his successor and
dictate his works. Whether
his influence extends that far
within his Christian Demo
cratic Union remains to be
seen.
In Communist circles his
resignation will be taken with
rejoicing. But the rejoicing
may be shortlived. Adenauer's
previous stubborn refusal to
quit his office or to select a
successor has been a cause
for deep concern in Germany
and for a Communist hope
that upon his demise West
Germany would sink again to
chaos. It apparently is to pre
vent such a disaster that Ade
nauer finally reached his
decision.
S. WHITE
will be a jury verdict.
MANY, however, will ap
plaud this opportunity for
dual prosecution, particularly
many pro-labor liberals who
believe with some justifica
tion that much of the South
intends to nullify Federal ci
vil rights sanctions.
But they may find that this
blade has two edges. For if the
Federal government can in
tervene above state juries in
Alabama, any state govern
ment can go over the Federal
government's head in a labor
case.
It is well known that the
South is generally less than
anxious to find that criminal
acts have been committed in
civil rights. But it is no less
well known that many states,
in North and South, are far
less sympathetic to labor than
is the Federal government.
Thus a Federal court may ac
quit an accused labor racket
eer, for example, only to
have a state court than move
in and convict him.
But, most of all, there is
this: One of our national
stereotypes is expressed in
endless complaints about "the
law's loopholes." This corres
pondent repeats that he claims
no kind of legal expertness.
He does claim, however, to
know a tort from a tortoni
sweet. And in earlier life he
had long experience in watch
ing criminal justice where it
works with and against indi
viduals. THIS was in the police
courts, the criminal courts,
and in all those quasi-legal
machines, like Congressional
committees, which can be ar
rayed in all their terrible
power against individual man.
The totally non-legal but at
least long-considered conclu
sion from that experience is
this: What are called '"the
law's loopholes" are usually
the perfectly proper Constitu
tional protections of a defend
ant. Far from being too nu
merous, these "loopholes" are
far too few. This slogan about
"loopholes" is mostly used by
good and learned people who
often have not been in the
sweaty pit of reality where
shivering human beings are
involved.
The Supreme Court must al
ways be obeyed, in all its de
cisions, if the Constitution it
self is to survive. But this is
no reason to turn away from
the probable consequences of
this latest of its decisions.
(Copyright, 1959, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
PHONE MU 5-8771)
arm eft rttnrrn
PURCHASES