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Thiifsday, Av. 13 1959
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Medford and Jackson County
History from the file of th
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Aug. 13. 1349 (Saturday)
Rogue, valley amateur ra
dio "hams" are helping pub
licize this- area in foreign"
parti.
The Medford school admin
istration ig seeking housing
for 30 new instructors this
fall.
20 TEARS AGO
Aug. 13, 1939 (Sunday)
Medford City Councilman
H. S. (Hob) Deuel is injured
in an automobile accident.
From Arthur Perry's "Y
Smudge Pot" column: "Many
people are in the tats, look
ing for gold. The same thing
is going on in town."
SO YEARS AGO
Aug. 13, 1929 (Tuesday)
Eight fire in the Pleasant
creek district are" reported
the work of a firebug.
The winter pear committee
plans to offer prizes for the
best essays on Bosc pears.
40 YEARS AGO
Aug. 13, 1919 (Wednesday)
Mrs. Fred Fick and her
daughter, Virginia, of Jack
sonville leave on a trip to
Iowa.'
Two members of the state
highway board file their res
ignations. SO YEARS AGO
Aug. 13, 1909 (Friday)
Harvesting of Bartlett
pears is reported to be in full
swing.
Surburban stores are de
Scribed as giving Medford
the appearance of a real city
: 1
YAah Yor I.Q.?
Mine er ten correct (t superfarj
even er eight it escetleat; five et
fix is good.
1. In connection with police
work, what is a "Black Ma
ria"? 2. According to the Apos
tles Creed, on what day did
Jesus rise again from the
dead?
3. The U. S- Constitution
requires the testimony of how
many witnesses to the same
overt act in order to convict
A person for treason? -
4. Addis Ababa is the capi
tal of what kingdom situated
in northeast Africa?
3. Name the inventor of the
cotton gin.
6. If your boat sank to the
bottonf of a lake which was
10 fathoms deep, would it be
30. 45, or 60 feet down?
7. "Ben Davis," "Northern
Sdv " and "York Imperial."
are all names of what kind of
fruit? '".
8. Name the wife of Hiawa
tha. the Indian heroine in
Longfellow's "Song of Hiawa
tha."
9. Is it easier to lift an ob-
lect in water or m air?
10. A farmer had a bushel
of flour left after he had paid
the miller 19 of his flour
for grinding the wheat; how
much flour did the wheat
make?
Answers: 1. Prisoner van. 2
Third day. 3. Two. 4. Ethiopia
f Abvssinia). 5. Eli Whitney. 6
S0 feet, 7. Apples. S. Minne
haha. 9. Water. 10. 1 and 1-9
bushels.
ZIONIST LEADER DIES
Haifa, Israel -ffiPtt- David
Pinski. 87. a pioneer in mod
ern Yiddish literature and a
leader -of the labor-Zionist
movement, died Wednesday
After a long illness.
. - i
Tripe-and a Lie
An ordinarily pleasant young man by the
name of Ed Elder is sheriff of Lane county Re
port has it that he's been a good sheriff,
Recently he announced that he is going to
seek the Republican nomination for -Congress
from the fourth Oregon district. And he's been
running as hard as he can ever since, even though
the primary" election is 10 months away arid the
general election is 15 months away.
Most of his running, understandably enough,
has been against the office's incumbent, Con
gressman Charles 0. Porter.
MOW politics is a fascinating business. It is
also, on occasion, a rough -and tumble busi
ness. It's no place for a man with a thin skin.
And Charlie's skin is about as thick as that of
anyone we know.
But.that's no reason why Elder should begin
with a-barrage of villification, half-truths and at
least one outright lie.
A press release from the "Ed Elder for Con
gress Committee" contains remarks 'Elder made
at a Kiwanis club meeting recently. Most of it is
the usual political business of questioning an op
ponent's qualifications, intelligence and motives.
Most of it is pure tripe, but the kind of tripe
one gets used to in the political arena.
DUT then Elder gets on even shakier ground.
Using Porter's well-publicized talk with
James Hoffa, Elder takes off on a new tack. His
pressrelease says:"
"Elder said that Porter's open reception of Hoffa
was another indication of Porter's selectivity of dic
tators whom he favors; others that Porter favors are -Fidel
Castro of Cuba, whose recent display of control
of the presidency, leaves much doubt as to his support '
Of democratic principles; and Mao Tse-Tung, of Red '
China; while among those of whom Porter openly
disapproves are Franco of Spain and Tfujillo of the
Dominican Republic."
If you examine this paragraph you find it to
be a suDerb bit of innuendo, with one or two
facts scattered around to
"
70R instance, Porter has made no secret of his
r animositv toward Truiillo. and of his jaun
diced view of the Fascist
But to sav that he "favors" Castro is a half-
truth at best. Porter saw
tion against the dictator Batista; counseled witn
him in an attempt to convince him of the neces
sitv of democratic Drocesses: reioiced when it
looked as though Castro
veen uisuesseu. wiieu 11c
astray
Likewise tn call Porter's unexpected chat
with Hoffa an "open reception" is stretching the
truth a bit. But let tnat
TO SAY, however, that Porter "favors" Mao
Tse-Tung is another matter. It is a lie.
. Portei supports the view (with which many
Oregon businessmen aeree) that China offers a
tremendous potential market for OregdU procU
ucts, and has advocated an exploration of the
possibility of opening trade with it, under certain
conditions.
This view, certainly, is debatable.
But to twist it into a statement that Porter
"favors" the" head of the Communist Chinese
regime is to stretch even the flexible limitations
of political comment past the point of decency
and truth.
Porter abhors dictatorship in any form. To
sav otherwise is to smear a man with whom one
may disagree, but whom one must, if honest,
respect. E.A.
DSTfor Oregon?
In November of 1950, the voters of Oregon
cast their ballots in favor
time." The vote was 277,633 to 195,319.
In November of 1952, they voted again to
retain standard time. 399,981 to 256,981.
In November of 1954,
this time turning down
a margin of 300,007 to
In November of 19bU, tney will vote on tne
daylight time proposal
THE first time, the margin was 82,314 votes;
tVio oann-nA it trrocs 149
time it dwindled to 47,707 votes.
In each case, a considerable portion of the
anti-DST vote came from organized labor, or
was influenced by the substantial advertising
campaigns against DST sponsored by labor.
. Such will not be the case in 1960, for the
Oregon AFL-CIO last week voted to reverse its
historic opposition to DST although the vote
was by a narrow, margin.
But it means, at the very least, that organized
labor, as such, will not
DST as in the past.
AND this, of course,
sreat manv votes,
rectly. If only 1 voter
against DST in 1954 or
changed, DST would have been approved.
The AFL-CIO action
to tip the balance next year.
But the Register-Guard points to another fac
tor which might influence a pro-DST vote the
fact that since 19o4 television has arrived m
vast majority of Oregon homes. An inconvenient
re vision, of viewing habits occurs in a non-DST
state wrnen the networks
. These factors, plus
Oregon to start observing daylight time come
April oi iyt)i tt.A.
lend it verisimilitude.
Franco.
hope in Castro's revolu-
woul,d succeed; and has
gave eviucuce ui gvwg
pass.
of "universal standard
once again they voted,
daylight saving time by
252,30o.
once again.
ftflA vnfoa anrl thft t.hfrrl
oppose and fight against
could influence a very
either directly or indi
in each 12, who voted
fewer than 25,000 had
alone might be enough
shift to daylight time
others, could well bring
Dennis the
'ooNtyeaATg-miSTAN'AMyflg iuMAK nr
Matter of Fact ;,, ai
The Labor Reform Tangle
Washington The labor re
form 'fight has produced the
worst legislative tangle, the
... ' 1 most flagrant
lobbying, and
the greatest
output of heat
without light
in the recent
history of the
House of Rep
r e s entatives.
Yet it is
worth trying
i . . a
lasob Alsoo xo inreaa one s
way through the tangle.
Three different bills are. in
volved, to begin with. Least
severe is the bill sponsored
by Rep. John F. SheUey, Dem.,
of California. It mainly calls
for disclosure of union finan
cial transactions. It has been
called the "milk and water"
bill. But it is actually roughly
comparable to the quite sig-j
nificant labor reform bill pass
ed in New York state by Gov.
Nelson Rockefeller. (Editor's
note: This is the bill defeated
in the House yesterday.)
Second, there is" the bill
sponsored by Rep. Carl Elliott,
Dem., of Alabama, which was
favorably reported by a ma
jority of the House Commit
tee on Education and Labor.
Besides strong requirements
f6r disclosure, the Elliott bill
regulates secondary boycotts
and Other dubious labor prac
tices. It is roughly comparable
to the bin that passed the
Senate.
Third there is the bill spon
sored by Reps. Robert P. Grif
fin, R., Michigan, and Phil M.
Landrum, Dem., Georgia. The
Griff in-L a rt d r u m bill goes
much further than the Elliott
bill in its restrictions 6fl sec
ondary boycotts picketing,
and so on. In view of its ori
gin, this might better be call
ed the bill of the U. S. Cham
ber of Commerce and the Na
tional Association of Manufac
turers. It has also won Presi
dent Eisenhower's public en
dorsement. AMONG the labor leaders,
James R. Hoffa of the
Teamsters and old John L.
Lewis of the United Mine
Workers are opposed to aU
labor reform legislation, no
matter what. Even the Shelley
bill would handicap Hoffa.
Hoffa's lobbyist, John Scazi,
has flatly Said that "labor"
(meaning Hoffa) "cannot live
with" the middle-of-the-road
Elliott bill.
The Shelley bill is support
ed by labor leaders who have
acknowledged the need for re
form, like George Meany of
the A. F-. L.-C. I. O. It is in
fact their bill, hot Hoffa's, and
they are its only backers.
Meany and the ethers like hint
are actively opposing the El
liott bill, saying it is anti-labor.
As for the Griffin-Lan-
drum bill, it arouses the same
labor emotions as the right-to-
work issue-which did not con
spicuously aid the Republi
cans in the last Congression
al elections.
Communications
Beyond Our Neies
To the Editor: I would like
to thank all' those who called
in response to my letter in
last Sunday's paper. It is en
couraging to know I'm not
alone in my desire to have
something done about air pol
lution. However, I did receive one
note in protest, unsigned, and
with no return address, which
I am asking the editor to print
in order that I may answer
it. .
(Editor's note: The note re
ferred to reads as foUows:
"Why don't you gd back to
LA. Where you belong. We
are getting too many of your
type here now. You live out
in the boondocks so why not
keep your mouth shut. Where
would you be if it weren't for
the mUls; It's people like you
that keeps this world in a ter
monial.") To the Lady or Gentleman
Menace
" ,
Despite labor's opposition to
it, the middle-of-the-road El
liott biU has the support 6f
Speaker of the House Sam
Rayburn, all the House's mod
erate Democrats, and the 10
to 15 Republican members
who care about the labor vote
in their districts. This group
in the center is being badly
squeezed, however, between
the union-controUed left wing
Democrats and right wing
members.
The real leader of the fight
for the Griff in-Landrum bill is
the hew House Republican
leader, Rep. Charles Halleck
of Indiana. In discussing la
bor legislation, Rep. Halleck
has said, reportedly, that he
wants a killer, or no bill at
all." This is also the approach
of the employers" associations.
These have been putting 6A
the heat for the Griffin-Lan-
drum biU in a Style that can
only be compared to the style
of Hoffa..
TO. COMPLETE the tangle,
the burning issue of civil
rights iS indirectly but impoT-
tantly involved.- The conserva
tive Southern Democratic fac
tion headed by the immensely
powerful chairman of the
House Rules Committee, Rep,
Howard Smith of Virginia,
would like to pass stringent
labor legislation. Yet many of
these Southerners would be
amenable to . Speaker Ray
burn's persuasions, if Smith
and HaUecit did not have an
understanding on the civil
rights issue.
The existence of the under
standing wiU of course be de
nied by HaUeck, With many a
self-righteous roar. But the
fact is well known aU the
same. Halleck has undertak
en, in effect, to 'help Smith
block action on civil rights,
if Smith helps him with the
labor biU and other measures
of special interest to the Re
publicans.
AS these words are written,
no one can tell whether
Halleck's Republicans plus
Smith's Southern Democrats
can substitute the Griffin
Lartdrum bill for the middle-of-the-road
Elliott bUl." The
House has never been so buf
feted by industry pressures,
labor pressures, and White
House pressures (for the White
House lobbying squad has also
been hard at work). The Shel
ley bill has no chance, but
otherwise the outcome of the
House voting is quite unpre
dictable.
One can predict, however,
that if Halleck passes his
"kUler" bin in the House, n6
law wiU reach the statute
books. For the Senate con
ferees wiU never accept the
"kUler," whereas they would
accept with cheers the biU
that Hoffa's own lobbyist says
Hoffa cannot live with.
(Copyright 1959 New York
Herald Tribune, Inc.) .
who wrote that, I would like
to ask "what was meant by re
ferring to me living in Med
ford as living in the boon
docks? It grieves me to show
my ignorance, but I just don'
get it!
I have never advocated get
ting rid of the mills, as your
note seems to imply. I am as
aware as anyone how vital
they are to the economy of
the valley. However, this does
not mean they should be ex
cluded from taking steps to
control the ' smoke and ash
situation that now exists.
Some people must SEE
smoke to be assured all is
well, and jobs available. This
is far from true. I suggest you
might do a little studying on
air pollution and industry, in
order to clarify your ideas
If you had read the articles
in the paper during June, you
wbuld realize that the major
ity of mill owners and man-
Italy Shows Disquieting Signs of Coming
Apa
rt at Seams as Republic, Writer Says
W TT IfAlltf mi A , .-mm ... - : .
By DANIEL F. GILMORE
Rome - (UPD - Italy is begin
ning to show some disquieting
Signs of coming apart at the
Seams as a republic.
It is" something like "states
rights" in the U.S.A., the
North-South hangover from
the American Civil War, and
then some.
Italy is a unified word for a
peninsula and island whieh
have many aspects.
The sun-baked and turbu
lent island of Sicily a land
of passion and politics - the
Austrian speaking northern
region of the Alto Adige
(South Tyrol), and the moun
tainous, French-aligned region
of Valle D'Aosta are Causing
acute headaches.
Each of these regions is
autonomous," with its own
local government; each is
fiercely proud of local tradi
tions, culture of language.
Some Foreign Assistance
All are causing trouble to
the Rome central government.
In some cases there is active
assistance from abroad.
The Communists, always
eager to add to a boiling pot,
are riding the "independence
from Rome" tide for all it's
worth.
And Austria, which gained
its independence as a neu
tral" state only four years
ago, is by no means impartial
about the Austrian minority
in northern Italy.
A bitf chunk of northern
Italy once belonged to Aus
tria. . -) '
agers are as concerned about
the problem and its solution
as the average citizen.
We wish only to work
WITH them in finding this
solution, which wUl benefit
all who live here now, and
in the future.
If I wished to die a slow
agonizing death - I certainly
would return to L.A. as you
suggest, and I have no doubt
you are not alone in your
wish.
Those of y6u who have lived
here most of your' lives do
fiot fully realize how fortun
ate you've been in having a
beautiful clean community in
which to live and raise yotif
families.
A few Oregdnians are un
able to understand how an
outsider could love the valley
as you do. In many cases this
feeling is intensified, because
we know what it is to live
in the rush and filth of a met
ropolitan area.
It is because of this love
that I am trying, in my Small
way, to regain ana noia ine
beauty and sparkling aif you
once had.
You may not like it, but
Medford is growing!.
The effects of air pollution
may not be disasterous NOW
But it would be weU worth
our while if we would aU try
to look a little farther than
the end of our noses.
Mrs. Leonard Matheus,
1124 West 10th st.,
Medford. -
Must Regain Trust
To the Editor: These lines
are not being written to stir
up any trouble. However in
this age of hustle and bustle,
with crime and dishonesty on
most every fside, one some
times wonders about some
things.
Most everyone is aware or,
the fact that we've had a. fire
in this area. Whose fault?
WeU, nd one is sure, but the
gaunt ash-covered, once green
hills testify to the fact that
something, or someone, was
responsible.
Hundreds of men have
fought the flames. Officers
have done their duty in direct
ing traffic and in trying to
keep order. I was well made
aware of this fact on aunaay
when I attempted to drive up
the mine road, we have a
patch of everbearing straw
berries up there that are in
need of constant attention.
The officer who stopped me
at the foot of the hill was
adamant. He was carry tog
out his orders to let no one
but property owners and au
thorized persons by. I com
plied. You would have too.
I didn't have a . gun On my
hip and what is more would
not have shot anyone if I had
had one.
At any rate we did get up
there Monday and harvested
our "hickory" smoke flavored
picking of berries. The owner
of the place was a bit de
jected. You would too if you
had lost a 40-year" accumu
lation of shop tools and min
ing equipment.
He and i friend were the
only ones able to' fight the
flames , when they broke out
in his area. The crews had
not arrived. His friend fell
exhausted to the gfOund. In
fact he passed out. The flames
were near. The lady in the
house phoned for assistance.
A friend rounded up four men
and started for the scene. He
was stopped at the foot of the
hill and refused admittance.
Another lad attempted to
pass. He lied that his father-
in-law had had a heart attack
and eot through.
We live in a tense, com-
Dlicated age. A businessman
The Austrians still call it
the "Sbuth Tyrol," the south
ern part of the Austrian pro
vince of the same name The
Italians call it the "Alto
Adige" - the region above
the Adige river.
Constant Friction Present
This 2,800-square-mile area
has been a constant source of
Italo-Austrian friction ever
since this country annexed
it at the end of World War I.
After World War II, still-
occupied Austria and a liber
ated Italy signed - under pres
sure front the Western allies
- an accord whereby the reg
ion was declared part of Italy
but entitled to separate pro
visions.
Italy guaranteed" the Aus
trian minority full equality
with Italian-speaking citizens
and Special rights as regards
schools, customs, language,
and other things.
Bombings, Explosions Oceur
The Austrian minority, with
vocative Support from the
Vienna government, claims
that it is being "submerged"
by the Italians.
Incidents, including bomb
ings and explosions, erupted
early this year. A renewal of
agitation on a far wider scale
is predicted by some sources
for this winter.
Publicly, the Italian govern
ment says that irritations are
bound to emerge but that
everything is under control,
. Privately, the Christian
Democratic party is worried.
The signs would make Gari
baldi turn in his grave.
iu the Bay area told me, "A
man when he comes through
my door is a crook until
prove him otherwise." What
a pity to 'have such mistrust
and crime. Even some so
called ministers of the Gospel
don't help matters when they
tear down the foundation of
God's government and tell us
that the Ten Commandments
are no longer binding. I say
we need to revaluate our posi
tion and regain our trust in
both God and man.
Henry Johnson Jr.,
2400 Highway 66,
Ashland, Ore. ,
4-H, FFA Fair
. To the Editor: One Of the
outstanding events of the year
Is just in the offing. What?
The 4-H and FFA Fair!
The average citizen is not
interested and equally many
of their own families " take
iust a mediocre interest in
these youngsters, who are am
bitious enough to produce
Some article or raise and fin
ish some animal for produc
tion Or market. These chil
dren are preparing them
selves to be worthy citizens
to our county.
Last year the sale was pa
thetic, not much interest nor
hutch enthusiasm. Now, this
year Some of the kids are to
be denied the privilege of the
annual livestock sale at the
fair.
Can't you remember back
when you were young and
what it would mean not to be
a participant in the Big Show?
You worked hard and did the
best with what you had to do
with. It wouldn't have seem
ed right that you should be
segregated, just because you
didn't come up to "snuff."
Let's remember that this is a
Character building achieve
ment rather than just a com
mercial activity. Let's give all
the youngsters their chance
to bring their animal into the
ring to, be sold at their own
livestock sale. Expression and
recognition means So much to
the beginner as well as the
Older members. It isn't fair to
draw a line by grading and
selling some at a public auc
tion after the fair. We cannot j
Consider time when a future
is at stake.
Hundreds of thousands of
dollars are spent annually on
juvenile delinquents. It brings
to mind the old adage, 'Tick
ing the barn after the horse
hs been stolen." Now, here
in the 4-H and FFA, we have
a preventative for juvenile
delinquency, a character
building expedient as weir as
developing business ability.
It Surely is true that a con
structively occupied child is
NOT vulnerable to trouble
some activities.
It would be a credit to some
high city or county official to
address these young people on
the evening of the livestock
sale and offer a few words of
encouragement. It would be a
worthy effort for the mer
chants, organizations, lodges
to make this year's 4-H and
FFA Fair and sale a tremen
dous success.
Jackson county owes this
to our 4-H and FFA young
people!
Mrs. R. Bennett,
Route 1, Box 5d6,
Talent, Ore. -
BIBLES SENT TO RUSSIA
New York-flJPlThe Ameri
can Bible Society Wednesday
sent a number of Bibles to
MOSCOW in place of Testa
ments reported to have been
removed or damaged by use
at the American Exhibit there.
The shipment included Bibles
in Russian.
Today 6 Tomorrow
By Walter Lippmann
FACTS OF LIFE
When the President goes to
Europe he wUl talk separately
to our three principal allies,
first with Dr,
Adenauer,
then with Mr.
Macmillan and
then with Gen.
de Gaulle.
There is, it
seems, to be
no common
meeting of the
four Western
heads of gov
ernment. The separate meet
togs, which Gen. de Gaulle
has insisted upon, are sup
posed to make it clear to the
world that When President Ei
senhower talks with Chair
man Khrushchev, he i not
the authorized negotiator of
the Western world.
Although it may look as if
this weakens the President's
position, in fact it w i 1 1
strengthen it. In no circum
stances could the President
wish to make a private deal
with Mr.-K. affecting the in
terests of any of our allies.
They wUl all have to be con
sulted and each will have to
give his consent to any agree
ment. But, just because the
President has no official col
lective mandate from the at
lies, he will be free to explore
without embarrassment all the
possibilities of co-exisence. It
will not be like Geneva, where
nobody on either side was free
to maneuver, much less to ne
gotiate.
rpHERE is. no great mystery
-- about the significance of
the Eisenhower - Khrushchev
visits. They-are a recognition
Of the fundamental fact Of the
world today that the issue of
peace or war wiU be decided
in Moscow and in Washing
ton. Only the U. S. S. R. and
U. S. A. can wage a nuclear
war, and . they alone, there
fore, can make the ultimate
decisions which mean peace
or war. They cannot delegate
to their allies: the ultimate
decision and, whatever the
appearances they maintain,
this underlying reality wil
prevail.
These are the facts of life
in the middle of the twentieth
century. Because of- them,
Whenever the cold war
reaches a point of irreconcil
able conflict, the- two powers
have to find a way around it
That is what they did at Gen
eva in 1955, when nothing
was settled except that for
four years there was in fact
a standstill about Germany.
That, presumably, is what
they wUl do once again in
1959. Most probably no legal
settlement wUl be agreed to.
But a way may well be found
to avoid a showdown over
Berlin.
If a way is found, it will
be because ' Moscow and
Washington have decided that
they do not intend to have a
world war about Berlin.
IN THIS connection, there Is
a misunderstanding abroad
which, in the interest of gen
eral political hygiene, must
be cleared up. It is that the
British and ourselves, now
that our policies have con
verged, are less resolute and
courageous in facing war
with the Russians than are
Germany and France. This is
such sheer nonsense that if it
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were not frequently insinu
ated, it might be politely ig
nored. Tne truth is that
France and Germany are for
all practical purposes dis
armed in Europe, and separ
ately or jointly they are
quite unable even to contem
plate a war with Russia.
The real difference within
our Western alliance is that
Dr. Adenauer and Gen. de
Gaulle think that Mr. K. is
bluffing about Berlin. The
British do not think he is
bluffing, and neither do we.
It does not seem likely to us
that Mr. K. would abandon
his campaign about Western
Berlin just because we called
his bluff by refusing to nego
tiate with him. He would be .
bound to- do something and,
unfortunately, he is able to
do quite a lot. He is able to
give the officials of the East
German Communist state con
trol of the access to Berlin,
and to let them-always by
measures short of war-make
an infernal nuisance of them
selves. Then our bluff would be
called. For we, the French
and the West Germans in
cluded, are not going to ODen
road to West Berlin by
driving the East German
troops and police out of East
Germany, and we are not go
ing to use nuclear bombs to
clear out the East German
bureaucrats making as much
mischief as they can get away
with.
It might make us look very
silly to enter into a contest
to determine who 15 bluffing
the most.
THERE is another aspect of
the two-power parleys
which is poignant. It is the
effect of the exchange of
visits on the refugees in
America and on . the under
ground resistance in Eastern
Europe. There is no doubt at
all that these visits could 'not
take place if it were the se
rious and deliberate policy of
this country to encourage re
bellion in Eastern Europe and
to support rebellion if it takes
place. But this is not our pol
icy. If it ever was Our policy,
it has long since been aban.
doned. We did not intervene
during the uprisings in East
Germany, Poland, and Hun
gary, and in fact, though not
explicitly, we have adopted
the view that freedom in
Europe -must be gained not
by revolution but by evolu
tion. This is a realistic, a sound,
and a humane policy. For the
opposite policy, that of in
citement to rebellion, can lead
only to bloody disasters after
heroic and futile sacrifice.
The other way is the better
one. A relaxation of interna
tional tension between the
U. S. A. and the U. S. S. R.
wiU relax the tensions inside
of Eastern Europe, and free
dom there, as freedom every
where, flourishes best in an
atmosphere of peace. This is,
I am confident, the view of
the wisest patriots among our
friends in Eastern Europe.
We must beware of the pro
fessional agitators here in
this country, especiaUy those
who are playing American
politics with what Theodore
Roosevelt used to call the
hyphenated vote..
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