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Wednesday, Jan. 13, 1960
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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
Jan. 13. 1950 (Friday)
Emil Britt, 88, well-known
southern Oregon personality
and son of area's first photog
rapher dies in Jacksonville.
Nationalist bombers attack
communist invasion fleets and
supply lines in hopes of pre
venting expected invasion of
Formosa. '.
20 YEARS AGO
Jan. 13, 1940 (Saturday)
Belgium has mobilized all
troops in face of reports that
German forces are massing on
her borders.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "It
turned off chilly Friday,
catching a number ofautoists
without 1940 license plates or
anti-freeze." '
30 YEARS AGO
Jan. 13. 1930 (Monday)
Delegations from valley ap
pear before state highway
commission to urge Williams
creek rd.
Next legislature expected
to investigate Rogue river
fishing question.
40 YEARS AGO
Jan. 13. 1920 (Wednesday)
Barney Oldfield, famous
auto racer, visits Medford for
several days.
Republican campaign slogan
in next campaign will be
"Carry on, carry on."
50 YEARS AGO
Jan. 13, 1910 (Thursday)
Work on a $50,000 SP
passenger depot will start
within 10 days; it will be the
second largest in Oregon.
SP to landscape and made
a park area along right of way
through city; will remove un
sightly structures and prom
ise utmost cooperation with
city.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nina er ten correct is superior;
even er eight is excellent; five er
sis is good.
1. The highest military
medal awarded by France is
called what?
2. All mammals have some
hair; true or false?
3. What substance, required
in the manufacture of ex
plosives, is extracted from
scrap grease, fats and oils?
4. What was the nationality
of the designer of the Statue
of Liberty?
5. In mythology, who ad
judged Venus the fairest of
the goddesses?
6. "Eureka" is the motto of
which Pacific Coast state?
7. Is a practitioner of the
culinary art a doctor, painter,
cook, or writer?
8. On what continent are
the llama, alpaca, guanaco
and vicuna found?
9. In early American his
tory, what was the chief whal
ing port in New England?
10. Is the moon self-lumin
ous?
Answers: 1. Medaille Mili
laire. 2. True. 3. Glycerin.
4. French. 5. Paris. 6. Cali
fornia. 7. Cook. 8. South
America. 9. Nantucket. 10.
No.
UNSUCCESSFUL BOOK
Los Angeles -(OPD- Title of
a book found in a suitcase left
Tuesday by a forgetful person
in Los Angeles Municipal
Court: "School of Memory
r
Improvement." .
Two Kinds of Jury
, There are two kinds of juries in the American
legal system, grand juries and trial juries, and
they are sometimes confused. '
They shouldn't be, for their functions are en
tirely different.
A grand jury's principal duty, as far as crim
inal law is concerend, is to make a preliminary
inquiry to determine, first, if a crime has been
committed, and, second, to see if the evidence
immediately available warrants holding a person
for trial.
If the evidence is such that there are reason
able grounds to suspect the guilt of a particular
person, the grand jury can issue a "true bill,"
which serves to indict the suspected individual. If
not, a "not true bill" is issued, clearing the in
dividual. -
ATRIAL jury, on the other hand, has the task
nf Vipnrino- detailed evidence, and ascertaininp;
r.he cmilt. nr innocence of
Even the methods used in their different tasks
by the different kinds of
The orand iurv meets
tive informality. It follows no set rules of evi
dence and trial procedure, and is virtually un
limited in the nnestiona it can ask. Usuallv the
only legal advice they
. . . , , -i ji
met attorney, ana tney can even dispense wim
him.
A trial jury, on the other hand, is bound by
the very strict rules of evidence and trial pro
cedure, has a judge trained in the law to guide
it, and opposing lawyers to present the cases of
both prosecution and defense.
,
TTHUS it can be seen that the grand jury is, in
effect, a sort of "screening process" in crim
inal matters and a strong: bulwark of freedom
against the type of capricious indictment we now
assc late with totalitarian countries. It deals not
with guilt or innocence, but with probabilities.
The trial inrv is a second bulwark of freedom.
where guilt or innocence
v -a m
ance, under strict rules ol procedure.
Neither is Derf ect. Neither guarantees that the
innocent shall go free, or
punished.
And vet. between them, thev Guarantee Amer
icans the assurance that
leges, their guilt or innocence, will be weighed
in scales as nearly perfect as imperfect men have
yet been able to devise. E.A.
Instructing Jurors
Speaking of iuries, in many cases those serv
ing on them are doing so
It is a sort ox nervous experience iui . many
such folk, for the responsibility of deciding guilt
or innocence, or in assessing blame or damages,
is a serious one.
Some time ago, we suggested that the Oregon
Bar association should take upon itself the prepa
ration of a little booklet
juries, to assist the "newcomers" to understand
what are their duties and responsibilities.
I TP IN Bend, the lawyers have done something
about this problem, we leam from the Bend
Bulletin.
The Central Oregon
erating with Circuit Judge
pared a "Handbook for
to all members of iuture
The Bulletin savs it is
and is a clear explanation of a juror's duties,
dispelling the mystery
hangs around some court procedures.
1EE Bulletin puts the problem this way:
"An uninformed juror, or one who lets the evidence
go in one ear and out the other during the course of
trial, is a real danger to our system of justice. The
jury trial demands jurors who know what they are
doing, and who undertake the job with a real sense
of responsibility ..." !
Our system of justice is predicated on the
theory that every accused person is presumed
innocent until proven guilty, and that each is en
titled to a fair trial by a jury of his peers.
Anything which detracts from this is a dis
service to the national ideal.
Anything which reinforces it . is greatly to
be desired. E.A.
Labor Statesmanship
In a day when "gimme, gimme" sometimes
seems to be the national watchword, it is refresh
ing to find a group of people voluntarily giving
up personal gain for the benetfit of those less
fortunate.
A New York local of the United Hatters, Cap
and Millinery Workers International Union has
negotiated an agreement with employers which
provides no increase in pay for better - paid
workers.
INSTEAD, the negoitators for the union agreed
that pay increases should go only to those
workers at the bottom of the pay scale most of
them newiy-employed and many of them Puerto
Ricans. . V
The skilled workers, whose .wages range from
$2.50 to $4 per hour agreed that the minimum
pay should be brought up to $50 for a 35-hour
week.
, This is an example of labor statesmanship and
consideration which does much to restore one's
faith in organized labor, which has taken so many
lumps recently. E.A.
the. accused individual.
juries are far different.
in secret, and with rela
have is given by the dis-
j j
is weighed in the bal-
1
that the guilty shall be
their riarhts and rcrivi-
for the first time.
of instructions for trial
Bar association, coop
Robert Foley, has pre
Jurors," wThich is mailed
jury panels.
written m simple style,
which, for the layman,
Dennis the
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Communications
Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer,
although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial
for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to
edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters
submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters
printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the
paper; in fact the contrary is often the ce.
Well-Hello!
To the Editor: Your news
item in the Jan. 11 issue of
your paper, as regards inten
tions of county officials to
file for reelection, I believe
needs clarification for better
public understanding so far
as the case of Karl Janouch,
county treasurer, is concern
ed. Your paper stated (1) I de
clined to state whether I
would be a candidate, (2) My
wife who serves as my assist
ant, (3) said emphatically
"No".
Point by point, ; I wish to
state:
. (1) I did not decline to state,
etc. I said, "I am working at
it."
(2). My wife is not my as
sistant. My assistant is Mrs.
Orpha Leschensky and my
wife works at the office in
termittently, when called, to
enable usv (Mrs. Leschensky
and myself) to complete work
on schedule and as required
by law.
(3) My wife said "Hello" to
your reporter, not "Hell no,"
I am . filing for reelection
today. My reluctance to an
nounce my intentions hereto
fore was caused by personal
peculiarities derived from the
way I was "fetched up." I
tried to avoid being No. 1
filer for reelection. "
Jarl L. Janouch
Jackson County
Treasurer
Young Folk ... . .
To the Editor: May I just
say thanks i to Mr. Henry
Johnson Jr. for his nice letter
in the Mail Tribune on the in
terest of our dear little chil
dren and young folks.
Where are aU our good
ministers and good church
workers? Our dear old family
Bible is only a deck of cards
to most of the people now
days. How can parents that
love their homes and children
go by the Holly theater and
see all ' of those pictures?
Many a dear young boy or
girl may go behind prison
bars over dirty shows and
guns, and the parents are to
blame for it.
Emma Perkins,
115 Mistletoe st.,
; Medford. .
We Need a Cold Snap
To the Editor and Readers
of the Mail-Tribune: You have
never heard from me through
this medium, but it has
dawned on me that' I have
something to say touching on
a subject that r have never
seen referred, to in print.
There is something needed in
this western Oregon region;
northern California also, . I
suppose, though I . have not
checked the matter there.
It is definitely nothing that
any of us .would enjoy, per
sonally, but our oak trees cer
tainly should. Brace your
selves for a shock: ' What is
needed is ten degrees below
zero! In December, 1919,
when ; it did get that cold,
there was some damage done
to certain shrubs and trees,
but a lot of good was done,
too." It killed aU .the mistle
toe, and it was some ten years
before it got reestablished
noticeably. ' .
The mistletoe, or perhaps I
should say mistletoes, are a
strange parasitic order , of
plants. That species that in
fests the oaks will hot grow
on any -other tree. There is
another species found only on
junipers - observed in eastern
Oregon; another on mesquite
(n o t e d " in Arizona), and
another on pine; The pine
mistletoe is peculiar in that
when the seed gets ripe it ex
plodes, scattering the seed far
and wide. I don't know how
our mistletoe gets to the top
Menace
of the high oaks. Let's say
"It's for the birds."
I do not see much, if any,
of this growth on the younger
oaks. Can it not be that there
is some enzyme in their sap
that immunizes against the
mistletoe, but that in time
loses its potency?
Something else. The bugs,
They are getting to1 be more
of a pest every year, it seems
to me. A good freeze should
eliminate a lot of them.
So bear in mind, please,
that if it ever gets that cold
again there will be compen
sations, even though our teeth
chatter when we contemplate
it.
Frank L. Applegate,
615 South Oakdale ave.,
Medford.
Pels and Policies
To the Editor: I've been re-
quested-by a friendly enemy-
to write articles on my belief
regarding Politics and Re
ligion. I am. sorry; I observe
botn-with much interest, but
I never open my big mouth
on either subject.
My husband is a Republi
can and I am a Democrat; he
is Catholic and I am a Prot
estant. We get along beauti-
fully and never - weU, almost
never-get in each other's hair.
It's either old age, or we got
hotheaded in a more temper
amental age and ruined the
roots. We haven't much hair.
I just read that the Golden
age is the best ever because
we. can whistle while brush
ing our teeth. Happy thought!
I whistle from morning 'til
night, anyhow. It exercises
the face; besides, when that
dense fog lowers til one can't
even see what the neighbors
are doing, there's nothing to
talk about.
Between fogs a large flock
of robins have been hopping
on lawns. Today Jan. 10-
I've seen only two. i
I've always fed birds dur
ing winter months, but I can't
do so now, for Smoleyhoke
the cat, helping (?) me to
write-loves birds as much as
I do, but not for the same
reason.
Our Fifty Plus pianist,
Maud Arnold, says our cat is
black, but if she'd part the
fur she'd find it is white.
Smoley just wears a black
coat to fool superstitious peo
ple when she crosses in front
of them.
This morning a neighbor's
pups started down the line
with our Sunday Mail Trib
une between them, and my
pajama-clad other half three
jumps behind them. Blame it
all, I never do have fresh film
in the camera when things
happen!
I went to Medford's Fifty
Plus club at 12:30 Friday as
usual. The St. Mark's Guild
Hall at 5th and Oakdale is a
wonderful place to meet.
We have a new guest book.
You folks out there should
write your names in it.
We have our new officers
for the first half of 1960. I
see by the blackboard that I
am a new officer. Instead of
the Publicity Chairman, I am
now correspondent secretary.
Oh, well, scribbling would be
my hobby if I could think of
things to write about.
I am too old to start think
ing. Stay healthy! - '-
Mrs. John Spackman,
. Jacksonville, . Ore.
Suburbs and Country
To the Editor: Many of your
readers perhaps read the fol
lowing lines which appeared
some time ago in the M-T. I
quote: "Suburban Areas
Breeding Ground for Tension
Disorders. Chicago -(Science
Service)- rapidly growing
suburban community is a
Status Symbols in Washington
Worker Habits, Emolnments, Importance
By DICK WEST
Washington (UPD By now
you likely have read, or at
least read about, a book
called "The Status Seekers."
It is all about people who
aren't content with the status
quo.
The book tells us how to
recognize status seekers by
their status symbols. It is a
best-seller just about every
where, except in Washington.
I suspect it lost sales status
here because it made people
self-conscious. Few places are
more status-minded, or have
more status symbols, than the
U.S. Capital.
I have done some research
on federal 'status seeking
which I offer, in the interests
of science, as a footnote to
the book.
For laboratory purposes,
Increasing
Red Chinese Adopted by U.S.
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Editor
As the date of a four-power
summit meeting with Soviet
Premier Nikita Khrushchev
draws nearer,
the United
States seems
to be adopting
an increasing
ly tough line
toward Red
China.
Army Sec
retary Wilber
M. Bru c k e r
pwi Newsom inis week car
ried another step forward the
evolution of U., S. policy in
the Formosa area when he
declared that the U.S. would
act to stop Communist ag-
good breeding ground for ul
cers and other tension disor-
dsrs, evidence presented here
today indicates."
The quotation then went on
to say: "An investigation of
three communities - a stable
rural area of moderate
growth, mixed rural region,
and a rapidly expanding sub
urb - reveals that the mush
rooming suburb housed the
highest percentage of patients
with coronary thrombosis,
duodenal ulcer, and high
blood pressure."
rranKiy speaking, we
Americans have a real' prob
lem on our hands. Our ex
ploding rate of population in
crease is being evidenced on
every side. Where contented
cows once grazed and or
chards bore their luscious
fruit, we now hear the rum
ble of bulldozers making new
streets and the sound of ham
mer and saw as new homes
appear almost over night.
These new homes, brightly
painted, with green lawns in
front, are indeed quite at
tractive. Yet it seems that
with all the hustle and bustle
so evident everywhere that
we Americans are not as con
tented as were our grandpar
ents.
Our children gather in
groups on the streets with
nothing to do. There is no
room in back of the house for
the garden and wide open
spaces. The neighbor behind
us has his back yard planted
against ours. A power mower
keeps the lawn groomed and
if a two-by-four garden plot
is available, a power tiller is
purchased to work it. Pa
works in some office or fac
tory. Ma frets and fusses over
keeping the house so-so. The
children, instead of getting
exercise walking to school are
hauled to a consolidated in
stitution. There they find huge
and impressive gymnasiums,
provided by the taxpayers.
Even electric hand dryers
blow the moisture from their
hands.
Sometimes I really think
that I have lots to be thankful
for. True, we don't have a
house with the biggest win
dows on the street and a super
market doesn't supply all of
our wants.
My wife can and does bake
real whole wheat home made
bread. She -makes vegetable
soup from our own garden
that excels CampbeU's and
Van Camp's. We even grind
our own cereals including
corn meal from corn we
raised. The children love to
shell and pop our own pop
corn. In the summer their
faces are smeared with straw
berries that excel the trucked
in variety.
All in all, my heart goes
out to the modern parents
who aren't enjoying the God
given country, the only place
to. bring up your children. ;
Henry Johnson Jr.,
2400 Highway 66,- -
Ashland, Ore.
Everett's Old Cars
To the Editor: I have always
been a newspaper reader, and
I .think the Medford Tribune
is Oregon's greatest news
paper. Some years ago, I read an
article in the Tribune about a
railroad conductor who had
just completed 4 million
let us divide the seekers into
four classes - civil servants,
bureaucrats, very important
persons (VTPs) and eggheads.
Then let us examine their
status symbols in the follow
ing fields:
Transportation To Work:
Civil servant-rides bus. Bu-reacrat-has
permit to park
own car in government lot.
VIP-has government limou
sine and chauffeur. Egghead
walks. Office Space: Civil servant
has small desk in large outer
office. Bpreaucrat-has large
desk in small inner office.
VIP-has large' desk in large
inner office. Egghead - has
briefcase.
Lunch: Civil servant-eats
in government cafeteria. Bureaucrat-has
two-hour, two
martini lunch in downtown
Toughness Toward
gression against any of Na
tionalist China's territory -including
the Quemoy and
Matsu Islands.
It was a forthright state
ment of a U.S. attitude which
has been developing steadily
in the last year, but which is
a considerable extension of
the U.S. - Nationalist Chinese
Mutual Security Treaty an
nounced in December, 1954.
That treaty defined the ter
ritories of Nationalist China
as being limited to "Formosa
and the Pescadores."
Question Excluded
The question of the off
shore islands, of which the
Quemoys and Matsus are a
part, deliberately was ex
cluded.
It is possible that Brucker's
statement at this particular
time is a part of the p re-summit
jockeying taking place as
both the United States and
Russia seek to place them
selves in the most advan
tageous position at the con
ference table.
In this category may be
placed President Eisenhower's
announcement removing the
ban on further U. S. nuclear
tests.
Brucker's timing was sig
nificant both in light of the
summit meeting now sched
uled for May 16 and the fact
that the date also coincides
miles. This article was par
ticularly ; interesting to ; me,
for : I . had just completed 3
million miles. A reporter was
sent to interview this man. It
was a very short interview.
Only one question was asked,
and only one answer was
given.
The reporter asked the con
ductor, "What were some of
the interesting things which
happened on this long trip?"
"There were none, I just
rode from one terminal to the
other," the conductor re
plied.
It seemed strange to me that
something of interest didn't
happen on this long journey.
He could have at least had one
flat wheel.
I had a darn good record by
the time I was 7 years old,
hadn't made a thousand miles,
but already, . I had wrecked
two: cabooses and a bicycle.
I wasn't even thinking of
joining the railroad. I just got
off to a good start. With a
start like this, I shouldn't
have any trouble going all the
way to Alcatraz.
I've written a good many
letters to the Tribune, mostly
about some of my old taxi
cars. Over 200,000 people
rode in these early model cars,
people from every state in the
union and from many foreign
countries. Almost everyone
who lived in southern Oregon
from 1910 till 1928 did at
some time ride in one of these
taxi cars.
Many people rode with me
in our old Reo, the car with
the pasteboard body and hard
rubber tires. Those who rode
to Crater Lake in the pumice
dust and corduroy roads had
something to write home
about. .. Every year someone
goes through Ashland and in
quires about the taxi driver,
the one with the old Reo. No
one who ever rode in this car
could ever forget it.
I do not know if the people
of southern Oregon are inter
ested in these old cars. Per
haps I'm like the old Italian
well digger I used to know
in Julesburg, Colo., Uberto
Gabello, who spent most of
his life digging caves in the
sandhills of Colorado. "Just
to keep warm in the winter
time," he would tell us.
Everett Acklin
. Ashland, Ore.
Worry of .
FALSE TEETH
Slipping or Irritating?
Don't be embarrassed by loose false
teeth slipping, dropping or wobbling
when you eat, talk or laugh. Just
sprinkle a little FASTEETH on your
plates. This pleasant powder gives a
remarkable sense ot added comfort
and security by holding plates more
firmly. No gummy, gooey, pasty taste
or feeling. It's alkaline (non-acid).
Get FASTEETH at any drug counter
restaurant. VIP-has two-hour,
two-martini lunch in private
dining room. Egghead-brings
own lunch in briefcase.
Cocktail Hour: Civil servant
-has two beers at home. Bureaucrat-attends
big cocktail
party given by lobbyist. VIP
attends small cocktail party
given by lobbyist. Egghead
has two glasses of wine at
home.
Dinner: Civil servant-eats
at home. Bureaucrat-has two
hour, two-martini dinner in
downtown restaurant. VIP
atends two-hour, two-martini
dinner party given by lobby
ist. Egghead cooks own din
ner. Parades: Civil servant
watches from sidewalk. Bureaucrat-watches
from office
window. VIP -rides in pro
cession. Egghead - ignores
whole thing.
with improving weather con
ditions for military operations
in the Formosa straits.
Should Red Chinese irrita
tion that they have been ex
cluded from the summit meet
ing lead them to adventurous
ideas of their own, they cer
tainly would not overlook
that particular advantage.
Dates Back To '48
The Formosa dispute dates
from the collapse of National
ist Chinese armies on the
mainland in 1948 and has wit
nessed a total turnabout of
(J.S. policy. '
In 1950, President Truman
declared the U. S. "has no
desire to establish military
bases on Formosa at this
time" and will "not pursue a
course" involving it in China's
civil war.
In that same year, Secre
tary of State Dean Acheson
omitted both Korea and For
mosa in his definition of the
U.S. "defense perimiter" in
the Far East.
The switch came after Red
Chinese intervention in the
United Nations Korean police
action and which since has re
sulted in upwards of a billion
dollars worth of military aid
to Chiang Kai Shek's Formosa
bastion.
Brucker's statement not
only is a reiteration of U. S.
support for Nationalist Chi
nese President Chian? Kai
Shek, it also places the U.S.
defensive line within gunshot
of the Red Chinese coast.
New Recording
System Told
New York (OPD - A revolu
tionary recording system that
could record all 24 volumes
of the Encyclopedia Britan-
nica in 24 minutes on a reel
the size of a spool of thread
has been described here by
scientists for the General Elec
trie company.
The new system called
thermoplastic recording com'
bines the processing speed
and much of the versatility
of magnetic recording with
the storage capacity of pho
tography, while offering ad
vantages over both systems,
according to Dr. Guy Suits,
GE vice president and direct
or of research.
He said the new system,
which is still under develop
ment, can concentrate 100
times as much information in
a given space as can magnetic
recording and will do even
better when perfected.
Like photography, Suits
said thermoplastic recording
possesses the advantage of al
most instantaneous recording
and will produce pictures
either in color or in black
and white. However, it does
not require the chemical pro
cessing needed by photograph
ic film and the tape used can
be erased and reused as
desired.
Portland (OPD The Legis
lative Interim Committee on
Criminal Law meets here Fri
day and Saturday.
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Ample for every need. A setting of simplicity and reverence
that will endure in memory throughout the years. Litwiller's
Mountain View Chapel .'. . Weddings and funeral service.
LITWILLER
Funeral
Home
Mountain View Chapel
Hwy. 66 at Normal
Office 88 N. Main
ASHLAND
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Pinpoint
Receptions: Civil servant-
not invited. Bureaucrat - in
vited. VTP-stands in receiving
line. Egghead - invited but
doesn't attend.
Travel: Civil servant-commercial
airline, makes own
reservation. Bureaucrat-commercial
airline, secretary .
makes reservation. VlP-gov-ernment
plane. Egghead-rides
bus.
Press Relations: Civil servant-writes
letters to editor.
Bureaucrat leaks news to:
reporter. VIP-holds press con
ference. Egghead-buys news
paper. Congress i o n a 1 Hearings:
Civil servant-carries bureau
crat's briefcase. Bureaucrat
testifies before subcommittee.
VIP-testifies before full com
mittee. Egghead - tells TP
what to say.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS "
Egypt's Aswan dam, which
has been in the big headlines
for lo these many years. It's
finally getting under way. On
Saturday, President Gamal
Abdel Nasser pressed a but
ton that set off IIV2 tons of
dynamite and started con
struction on this biggest proj
ect in Egypt since Uie Suez
canal a century ago.
TT IS getting under way with
-RUSSIAN MONEY - which
is assumed to be a diplomatic
defeat for us and a great vic
tory for Russian diplomacy.
That, of course, is the as
sumption of the diplomats. It
is just possible that -American
taxpayers (who put up
the money the diDlomats
spend) may have a somewhat
aiiierent opinion. It may oc
cur to them that when the
Russians put up the where
withal to get the dam going
me American taxpayer won't
have to foot the bill.
Anyway, the Russians are
chipping in the American
equivalent of one hundred
million dollars and are Dro-
viding Russian engineers and
technicians and Soviet-made
equipment with which to get
the job going.
TTERE'S a thought - perhaps
.''a cynical one:
The Aswan dam will pro
vide much more stored water
with which to irrigate MUCH
MORE of the immemorially
rich Nile valley. This expan-
"'aac avdiuDJe
many, many more acres on
Which to erow mor FiMmfion
cotton to be sold to the na-u
tions and the peoples . who
used to buy and use the
American cotton that we now
stash away in storage ware-,
houses instead of selling it on
the markets of the world at"
prices determined by the law
of supply and demand.
WELL-
" At aiw rate
That will be wonderful for
the poor devils of Egyptian
farmers - who for centuries
have been among the most
poverty - stricken of the
world's peoples. So let's re
joice with them over what has
happened.
And-
I suppose one should add -Let's
congratulate the Rus
sians on getting into the busi
ness of doing good in the
world. It will be a wonderful
experience for them. It will
teach them a lot of things
they don't know now.
0'
NE thing remains to . be
seen:
Just how long will it be
until the Egyptians begin to
shout: ''
"Russkies, GO HOME!"
pETTING closer home:
" In Louisiana . former Gov
ernor Jimmy Davis, singer of
hillbilly songs and maker of
hillbilly movies, defeats de
Lesseps Morrison, New Or
leans civic and business lead
er, for the governorship of the
state.
That seems to be what the
people want.
So-.
Let's watch Louisiana and
see what happens. Maybe it
will all work out wonder
fully.
Mrs. Utwiller
"It is better to know us and not need us
than to need us and not know us."'"