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Sunday, Jan. 17, 1960
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10 YEARS AGO '
Jan. 17, 1950 (Tuesday)
Petition presented to city
council opposing ordinance to
close car dealers on Sunday.
Senator Jenner (R-Ind.) says
China "debacle" is proof that
bi-partisan foreign policy
should be abandoned.
20 YEARS AGO
Jan. 17. 1940 (Wednesday)
Medford man arrested by
state police near . Keno . just
before he was to kill his wife
and two other relatives; anon
ymous phone call is credited
for action.
r rom Artnur - rerry a . xe
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Smudge Pot column: uan
' didates have started asking
fanners how the spring wheat
is coming along, and when
the Grange will hold a chick
en dinner."
30 YEARS AGO
Jan. 17, 1930 (Friday)
High hopes are expressed
that nations of world will
agree to Naval limitations to
insure world peace.
Mayor Pipes issues appeal
for citizens to clear snow off
sidewalks.
40 YEARS AGO
Jan. 17. 1920 (Sunday)
General Pershing will pass
through Medford by train to
tomorrow, may stop - off" for
speech.
Allies resumed trade rela
tions with Russia yesterday
50 YEARS AGO
Jan. 17. 1910 (Monday)
New first district judge
learns of appointment by
reading Mail Tribune, even
before Governor could tell
him.
The forestry bureau of the
department of agriculture will
spend $10,000 on Crater Lake
next summer, over half will
be to improve roads. "
What's Your I.Q.?
Ulmm ir ten correct is suoarior;
seven or eight is excellent; five or
six it good.. .
1. Is bronze a metallic (ele
ment, or an alloy?
2. What mythological fig
ure is represented as bearing
the earth on his shoulders?
3. Is Nelson Rockefeller the
son, or the grandson, of the
late John D. Rockefeller Sr.?
-4. When our eyes adjust
themselves to a darkened
room, are the pupils expand
ed or contracted? r . '
5. What great mountain
range lies between India-Pak
istan and China?
6. Was George Washington
an only son?
7. Which of these has horns
- rhinoceros, or hippopota
mus? ,
8. In what country, is Tel
Aviv?
9. How many feet in a stat
ute mile?
10. When it is 3 p.m. Stand
ard Time in New York, what
time is it in San Francisco?
Answers: L Alloy. 2. Atlas.
3 Grandson. 4. Expanded. 5.
Himalayas. 6. No. 7. Rhinoce
ros. 8. Israel. 9. 5280. 10.
: Noon.
Billboard Barf -
The Highway Protection Committee the other
dav filed a cnnv of an initiative measure with
the secretary of state. Now it will begin the task
f ' on frr i. j-T
ox accumulating some aa,uuu signatures on peti
tions to put the measure on the November ballot.
They should have little" difficulty in doing so.
And we believe the measure will be made into
law when the voters pss upon it.
We also believe that the outdoor advertising
industry has brought this upon itself by its indis
criminate and undisciplined abuse of the privi
lege of using public highways for advertising.
TTHE measure itself is not as strict a one as some
people wanted to see. ......
But it's strict: enough. Aftd it goes far, far
beyond what the industry, was willing to do on
a voluntary basis despite pious declarations that
it was going to "police" itself , and put up no more
billboards along the freeway north of Salem.
(The Capital Journal reports they've been go
ing up at a great rate, even since the industry's
declaration of policy.) :
IN BRIEF, the proposed law would ban all ad--
vertising billboards from an area 660 feet on
each side of an interstate freeway. In Oregon,
this means the full length of Highways 99 and 30.
It would permit directional and informational
signs, and signs advertising certain services along
the rights of way.
It would not affect most city billboards.
I But; the big, blatant boards along the high
ways in the country would be effectively .banned.
I It would also require existing signs in viola
tion of the law to be removed within five years.
And if the owners won't, the highway commis
sion can take them down, and bill the owner.
.
'JTHE measure's preamble tells its purposes :
"In order to promote the safety, convenience and
- enjoyment of public travel and the free flow of com
' merce, to protect -the public investment in interstate
highways, "to attract visitors to .this state by conserving
the natural beauty of areas " adjacent" to such roads
upon which they travel in. great numbers, and to in
sure that information in the specific interest of the
traveling public is presented safely and effectively, it
is necessary and in the public interest to control the
erection and maintenance of advertising signs along
interstate highways." - .
The officials of the Highway Protection Com
mittee are, to us, an assuranee-of the-group's bona
fides. The list contains ?m any distinguished
names, the bearers' of which are moderate, rea
sonable people. They include Ex-Sen. Rudie Wil
helm Jr., chairman: Edwin Armstrong, former
secretary of the late Douglas McKay; State Sen.
Alfred-Corbett, Grangemaster Elmer McUlure,
State Treasurer Howard C. Belton, Mrs. Marshall
Cornett, Mrs. Dave Epps, Ed Geary, Senator Neu
berger," Former Gov. Charles A. Sprague, Mayor
John' Snider and .others equally respected.
We hope, and expect,, the bill -to pass by a
big margin. E. A." .
Coach Stays, President Leaves
We're glad that Lett Casanova decided to re
main as lootball coach
Oregon. V
We're sorry that 0. Meredith Wilson decided
to leave the post of president of the University.
And no one can successfully quarrel with the
decision of either of them, for it is. a personal de
cision, and based on many factors, not all of
which may be known to the public. -,r
AS LONG as college football jsito receive the
overemphasis which it does, we like to see
men like Casanova in charge.
While he is as anxious as the next coach for
a winning team, he does not go to the lengths
that some coaches do to obtain, one. And he has
not lost sight of the essential, important reasons
for. collegiate athletics a healthy, competitive
spirit;- a lesson in sportsmanship ; an opportunity
for obtaining physical skill arid physical training.
. The fact that hi? hasdecided to remain at
Oregon, -rather than succumb to lush offers in
the more professionalized sports arenas of Cali
fornia, is a tribute to the man, and to his attitude
toward what sports are all about.
rR.' WILSON'S problem was a little different.
Since the. academic -(as distinct from the
athletic) world differs less from campus to cam
pus, he need be less concerned about differing
philosophies. " :
More money than Oregon can pay him must
have been one consideration in his decision.
.'But knowing him as a dedicated scholar and
educator, we have a-feeling that the deciding
factor may well have been the fact that he would
have a larger area in which to wield his influence
on behalf of quality in education. -- ' - V
AMBITION is ; an admirable -trait, as long as it
is directed towaid admirable goals.
In Casanova's case, apparently his ambition
is to remain at a smaller and more congenial
school, where, as the Register-Guard says, "He
has. raised the caliber of
level, and a more successful one too, than any
of his predecessors. He has proved in the tough
est of competition that both nice guys and stu
dents can play outstanding football. We like it
that way and believe most citizens . . . agree.
In Dr. Wilson's case, the added prestige of a
larger school, with more students, closer to the
nation's intellectual centers, may have seemed to
him too good an opportunity to reject.
Both men are : top-level people.' Both have
done a great deal for the University, and for
Oregon as a whole.-rE.A. - !. .
I
at the University ol
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athletics ".v. to a higher
Dennis the
LOOK AT RUFF'S PRETTY TEETH. AH'VE&HOTSO
CPAZY'tiOUT MILK'
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Family Aided
To the Editor: Since fire
destroyed our home Sunday
night, Jan. 10, wonderful peo
ple everywhere have come to
us with help. We could never
tell you the feelings and grati
tude that we have but may
we, . through this paper, say
thank you and may our Lord
bless each and every one of
you wherever you are. Thank
you for everything. ;
Mack and Mabel Griffin
and children, Dick, Ja
mie, Laura . and Jerry
P. O. Box 681
Jacksonville, Ore.
Birds and Flowers
To the Editor: In yester
year's vaudeville, Kolb dis
cussed with Dill the strategy
of "Killing two birds mit vun
rock." 'Cannot this desirable
end also ' be accomplished in
garden planning? .
In striving for color with
flowers or berries in winter,
is it not possible to gain same,
yet simultaneously help birds?
In writer's garden several
items seem attractive to our
feathered guests.
rTubular flowers, even cer
tain type of fuchsias, furnish
hummingbird food. Certain
other flowers through the
year give us who plant mass
ed color, yet are as welcome
to birds as ice cream cones
to frecklefaced Junior. The
"French" marigolds (really
Mexican natives and ranging
across the Border into Big
fB e n d -National Park) give
food to goldfinches, also
whitecrowned sparrows.
Another welcoming signal
toward birds becoming guests
is planting shrubs with ber
ries. Our experience with ce
dar waxwings and robins is
that they exhaust first the
native toyon or Christmas ber
ries. Then they eat the red,
next the yellow pyracantha,
(Himalayan natives). Lastly
the blue-black myrtle berries.
Birds also utilize both
shrubs and trees as shelter
(whitecrowned, also golden
crowned, fox sparrows). Like
wise shrubs and trees are
nesting sites. The list of 78
species in our garden is evi
dence as to how birds can be
attracted.
C. M. Goethe
371 Tea st. .
Sacramento 16, Calif. '
Suicide Amendment
- To the Editor: You have
named the proposed 23rd
Amendment the "suicide
Amendment."
The 23rd amendment will
repeal the 16th amendment,
which authorizes the individ
ual income tax.
I think you have misplaced
your title of "Suicide Amend
ment." It properly applies to
te 16th amendment. In sup
port thereof I submit:
The "Bill of Rights" states
that the people shall be safe
in their persons and effects
from unlawful searches and
seizures-shall not be required
to be self-incximinating or be
a, witness against one's self
shall not take personal prop
erty'; for ; public use without
just compensation, among
other rights; last, but not least
-no arbitrary taxation.
Congress, by authority of
the 16th amendment, has au
thorized the Internal Revenue
Service to make its own rules
and regulations as to the in
come tax law enforcement,
and those "rules and regula
tions" are such that they take
laway and deny" you our "Bill
of Rights" as enumerated in
our federal constitution.
The federal courts have
thrice held that those receiv
ing gratuities by way of
"tips" must report them and
pay taxes thereon, or be sub
ject to "penalties. The Internal
Revenue Service, by its "rules
and regulatins" provides that
if ..the. taxpayer .doesn't keep
Menace
an "adequate" record of the
"tips" the I.R.S. will estimate
the amount of tips received
and force the taxpayer to
meet the ' tax the "Service"
has ARBITRARILY arrived
at.
These "rules and regula
tions" are disclosed by a
U.P.I. report from Washing
ton, D. C. - .:
- From this we have, on one
hand, our constitutional rights
and the "spirit of 1776.'-'--and
on the other hand we give the
government the right to scut
tle the constitution and our
"Bill of Rights"-a socialized
government a government
that repudiates the constitu
tion and enslaves its citizens
Communistic? If not it . is
right next door to it.
Which is - the "Suicide
Amendment"?
If you believe your state--ment
made in your Editorial
of Jan. 14, "Government, of
any size, is good when the
people are its master; gov
ernment, of any size, is bad
when it is master of the peo
ple," then I say to you that
your writings belie your be
liefs. . . - . ; -
Yours for: constitutional
government. ,
Ray O. DeMarrs
708 West Second st
Medford .
Bride, Pride
To the Editor: O.S. in her
Potpourri column of this and
that, spoke of difficulty in
origin of the word bride. Now
it so" happens that the source
of words in reading and study
of grammer was the main in
centive. But grammer that
word still gives me the creeps,
for it and my doleful doubts
of ever getting the sixth grade
behind me, was the main in
centive behind my third run
away to escape it, and par
ental demands for something
worth-while to my : dull '..but
inquiring mind.
Somewhere out of the long
ago, haunting of public-li
braries or joyous contact with
elderly, inquiring, but well
informed minds, is a wispy
memory that bride and pride
had the same spelling as
pride, but often had a quite
different meaning, what kind
of a mate the young husband
got hitched to. It appeared to
be back in Shakespearean
times when every writer was
much a law unto himself as
to the use and wording of the
English language. Evidently,
some young husband - writer
got hitched to one of the
Bard's Irish shrews, possibly
the one who tried to tame
her. Be that as it may, this
wordy crusader wanted no
truck of pride with his, er,
pride. So he shifts the little
curve down to the bottom of
the letter p, thus making it a
b, which made distinction
t'wixt the two, with bride
meaning a young wife and
pride retaining its status quo.
Why in the name of prog
ress couldn't that - worthy
have done some man-handling
with that word, row, that de
pending where used, could
mean a row of beans, or. a
row with the little woman or,
less dog-houseish, her mother,
or mayhap better still, a row
in a boat away from it all.
What say?
F. J. Clifford
Route 2, Box 200F
Central Point, Ore.
Teacher-Pay Research "
To the Editor: It is always
a pleasure to read your edi
torials regarding public edu
cation in Oregon. You have
been extremely kind in your
support and have not failed
to state the issues as you see
them. -.
In regard to the letter from
James A. Johnson concerning
salaries of teachers in the
Medford school system and
your editor's ' note . regarding
Matter of Fact By Joseph Alsop
JOURNEYS AND JUNKETS
Washington-The scene was
the Elysee Palace. The chief
actors were President Eisen
hower and
Gen. Charles
de Gaulle.
But in this
curious scene
that took
place last
month in
Paris, the
speaking part
belonged al-
joseph alsop most wholly
to Eisenhower. De Gaulle
merely listened "in a silence
that was glacial, almost hy
perboreal." The President was protest
ing , American good will to
ward France, in North Africa.
He was explaining that the
American failure to vote with
France on the Algerian reso
lution, in the United Nations
had by no means meant what
the French thought it means.
He believed, evidently, that
the Franco-American misun
derstanding could be straight
ened out. James Hagerty was
even waiting in an outer
roomno doubt to superintend
the. issuance of a cordial
joint communique.
But the misunderstanding
could not be straightened
out. 'While the President's
explanations and expressions
of good will continued, de
Gaulle maintained his silence.
When at last the President
also fell silent, de Gaulle was
content to answer in two
frigid words, "Je regrette -I
am sorry." And so the meet
ing ended with no joint com
munique, ' as badly as it be
gan.
rpHIS summary of Gen. de
- Gaulle's own account of
his meeting with the Presi
dent comes from an undoubt
ed Parisian source. It is worth
attention at this time pri
marily because the President's
plans for a South American
journey have ; just been an
nounced, while a visit to the
Far East after the Soviet Un
ion is already being talked
about. The point is that the
inglorious episode in Decem
ber : stemmed directly from
the President's glorious tri
umphal tour of Europe in
September. .
" On that tour, France was
the high point. Never, said
everyone, had there been
such a reception. No one, said
the whole world, could have
done so much to improve the
always difficult relationship
with Gen. de Gaulle.
But what the President did
in September was to give de
Gaulle promises, or what
Were interpreted as promises,
of all out support for his Al
gerian policy. With consider
able justice, de Gaulle in
terpreted the American U.N.
vote as a betrayal of those
promises. It was the sense of
betrayal, much more than the
U.N. vote itself, that made
the ugly trouble when the
President visited Paris again
TN OTHER words, these
--good will journeys that the
President so much enjoys can
be exceedingly dangerous as
it, I should like to point out
that the salaries for directors,
supervisors and consultants
are not included in the teach
ers', salaries.
In the foreword to the
study is this statement: "AU
teachers' salaries reported by
the districts were to include
the contract salary, plus extra
pay for extra duties." This
explanation is included be
cause it is practically impos
sible in Oregon to report only
the salary which is included
for classroom teaching. Thou
sands of teachers have extra
duties, teach an extended
year, or are heads of depart
ments, and this is the basis on
which contracts are written
I do not believe that there are
enough teachers in this cate
gory in the Medford district
to put the average very far
out of line. I presume the
highest figure quoted for the
teachers in the Medford sys
tem is probably that of the
football coach.
The OEA Research Study
on Salary Schedules which
was published in September
carries further warning re
garding the use of the statis
tical material. The foreword
to this study points out that
perhaps additional studies
need to be made, especially
one regarding extra pay for
extra" services. Many school
districts use this extra pay
for extra services as a form
of merit pay.
There are limitations to all
statistical material and those
using it must know how to
interpret it. Therefore, I can
not agree with you that the
OEA research materiel is mis
leading. The 1 primary prob
lem is that those using it must
know how to interpret the
material.
This, of course, is a diffi
cult problem but we hope
that, over the years we can
improve the research material
and that those using it will
through the familiarity of its
use become more able to in
terpret it.
: C. W. Posey
i Executive Secretary
Oregon Education
. Association
; 1530 S.W. Taylor st. :
. Portland 5, Ore.
well as enjoyable. The danger
is, very simply, that the Presi
dent will awaken xpecta-
tions which he cannot or does
not wish to satisfy. He did so
in France, with reaUy grave
results. There are some signs
he also did so in India. He
had hardly left Delhi before
Nehru, at a press conference,
delicately but quite , plainly
hinted that he now expected
much more generous Ameri
can aid. Judging by the man
the President has chosen as
his economic emissary to In
dia-former Budget Director
Joseph Dodge Nehru's expec
tations are also due to be
disappointed.
At the risk of seeming iron
ical, it is interesting to com
pare the Eisenhower, method
with the method of Nikita S.
Khrushchev, who is also go
ing junketing this spring to
India, Burma, and Indonesia.
India has an inflamed border
problem with Communist
China. Burma has a smolder
ing border problem. Indonesia
is in a bitter row with China
over the status of the over
seas Chinese in Java. Khrush
chev will quite certainly talk
about these problems during
his junket.
Almost equally certainly,
there is a decided chill in the
relationship between Mos
cow and Peking. The Western
policy makers are currently
much stirred by the report
of a semi-public lecture at
Moscow University, in the
course of which the Chinese
Communist leaders were
sharply rebuked . for their
improperly cold" reception
of Khrushchev at Peking . in
October. There is other evi
dence of the same sort. But
now, apparently, the adroit
Khrushchev is going to turn
the Moscow-Peking child to
his own advantage. He will
use it, in fact, as proof of his
admirable impartiality, and
thus assume the role'of jolly
mediator between China and
India, Burma and Indonesia'
nnHERE are symptoms, al-
ready, that Khrushchev is
doing what he needs to do for
this purpose - persuading and
bullyragging the Chinese into
agreeing in advance to ar
rangements which Khrush
chev can then offer to the
other Asians as generous
compromises. The outlines of
the Indian compromises are
already visible, too. China
will retain de facto . posses
sion of Northern Ladakh
with its crucial strategic
road, while giving ground on
the eastern border, in the area
of the MacMahon line.
The Chinese have lately in
creased their force in Tibet
from 70,000- to 100,000 men.
The Indians-now really fear a
serious attack on their bor
der. Thus they will quite
Today Cr
By Walter
DIVIDED EUROPE
Mr. Dillon, the Under Sec
retary of State, is in Paris
for a meeting which is con-
n cerned with a
t subject that
T i x
uas no i yei
i n t e rested
American s
very much. It
i s, however,
one that in
terests Euro
peans passion
ately. This is
the division of
almost all of Western Europe
into two large trading groups,
which are known as the Inner
Six and the Outer Seven.
The Inner Six call them
selves a "community," which
is in itself significant. They
have organized a common
market within a customs un
ion and they are in the pro
cess of developing other com
mon financial and adminis
trative institutions. The Outer
Seven call themselves by the
looser name of an "associa
tion." They are pledged to
grant free trade to each other.
But as regards the rest of the
world they have no common
tariff.
The Inner Six consists of
France, West Germany, Italy,
and the Low Countries. The
Outer Seven consists of the
United Kingdom, the three
Scandinavian countries, Swit
zerland, Austria, and Portu
gal. There are five other nom
Communist nations which do
not belong to either group.
They are Iceland, Ireland,
Spain, Greece, and Turkey.
And of course, Canada and
the United States, though they
belong to NATO, do not be
long to either of the Euro
pean trading groups.
"CACH of the two groups
"will have preferential tar
iff discrimination in favor of
its own members and against
not only the other groups, but
against all the outsiders. .At
present and for the foresee
able future the tariff around
the Inner Six will be consid
erably higher than the aver
age of the tariffs, of the Outer
Seven. -
All these . discriminations
and differences will create
much discord within the At
lantic community. But they
Waiter
Lippmami
(By M-T Staff and Contributors)
We found a note on our
desk Friday, upon our return
from lunch. It said:
That sound in the air. is
the constant shuffling of feet
as potential political omce
candidates watch to see who
is planning to run in the 1960
elections."
So THAT'S what that noise
is! All along we had thought
it was only the subdued thun
der of jet planes flying far
overhead.
But, since it has been prop
erly identified, it is, indeed,
recognizable as tha,t every-
second-year murmuring.
Will Walter Nunley run for
district attorney? Or for at
torney general? Will Bereth
Hopkins make a bid for Ralph
James' county commissioner's
chair? Will Ed Mann?
Who will run against Bob
Duncan (provided he runs for
reelection)? And who against
Eve Nye (ditto)?
Is Paul Rynning a shoo-in
for surveyor, the job he has
held so long, along with his
former post as engineer? Or
will some younger man try
to get it away from him?
What Republicans are look
ing at the office of treasurer.
where Karl Janouch is (em
phatically) seeking reelection?
Only one thing is sure, and
that is that while the Presi
dential race may take the
spotlight, there is going to be
plenty of political activity
hereabouts.
What with all this, plus sev
eral state offices (treasurer,
secretary of state, attorney
general, etc.), plus a bakers
dozen measures on the ballot,
it's going to be lively.
Get braced, fri:.ds, for i
lot of hot air.
Tom Reeder, who bowed
out of the race for district
attorney last week to re
turn to private practice next
year, was discussing Don
ald Thompson, the convict'
ed Safeway robber, whom
he helped to convict. He
added, "You can say that
Thompson and I have both
given up 112.000 per year
jobs."
If someone's red and white
station wagon has a few more
probably be grateful for
Khrushchev's compromise. In
this event,, their gratitude
will teach the lesson that
there are even more ways of
generating good will than
there are ways of skinning a
Cflt
(Copyright 1960 New York
Herald Tribune, Inc.)
Tomorrow
Llppmann
are undoubtely negotiable,
especially as the real interest
of West Germany, whiph is to
have lower tariffs, is likely in
the end to prevail over the
protectionism of the French
manufacturers. In a negotia
tion to deal with the lowering
of European tariff the United
States has powerful cards in
its hand, and can surely take
care of its own interests.
UR most important interest
"in the whole subject is not
economic. It is political. It has
to do with the peace, order,
and unity of Europe. It is in
this context that we should
discuss and form American
policy towards the rivalry of
the two European blocs. I
must hasten to say that it is
not clear to me now what our
policy should eventually be.
But it is clear already that
the real problem is not one to
be dealt with by tariff ex
perts alone but rather by
those concerned with politi
cal planning and strategy at
the highest level.
The Inner Six, with their
common market and their
growing agreement to har
monize their internal affairs,
must be regarded as the nu
cleus of a new European
power. It is correct to say, I
believe, that the conception
of the European community
was born at the end of the
war out of the dramatic les
sons taught by the war. One
lesson was that the Franco
German feud, which had pro
duced three wars in 70 years,
was suicidal and that it must
be ended. The other "lesson
was that the greatness of
Europe in the world could
never be restored by the
European nations separately,
and that if they were to
count among the great powers
of the earth, they would have
to unite.
llflTH these purposes our
" government has always
been In sympathy, and we
have not let the probable in
conveniences of a customs
union deflect our support.
That has been, no doubt, the
right policy. But itis not a
sufficient policy, and the time
is at hand when a greater
sophistication and less naivete
are needed.
In their push towards a
miles on the speedometer than
the owner thinks it should
have, we know the reason.
One recent lunch hour three
bank officials decided to visit
fourth, who was in the hos
pital. None of their cars were
parked near the bank, so they
asked a fellow-worker if they
could borrow hers. "Sure,"
she said. "The keys are in it."
They drove to the hospital.
returned, parked the car at a
spot a bit away from where
it was parked before, and
then brought the keys in to
her.
Those
aren't MY keys,"
she said.
Her car, she said, was
green and white. The car they
had taken was red and white.
They rushed back to it,
moved it to where it had
been, and left the keys in it
after checking to determine
that no identification could be
found.
One of our young men.
who regularly telephones
the hospitals on news mat
lets, says that one thing he
likes to hear is the war
the switchboard at one of
the hospitals slows down to
drawl when a one-time
southern belle from Georg
ia takes over.
Two other young men join
ed our staff recently.-"
To look at them, you'd
think they are nice, clean-cut.
intelligent, rather conserva
tive people.
But they have a guilty se
cret.
They dig beatnick jive.
Crazy.
They not only dig it, they
even write it, when others'
backs are turned.
While rummaging through
a waste-basket the other day,
we came across the follow
ing, which illustrates what we
mean:
oooooooo, man
machines go clickety.
clackety, clickety, daekety.
clickety and paper goes
flip, flap, crinkle
and keys go bip, bap.
bippity, bappity
but
like
nothing.
This rather graphic missivfe
was signed "ag" - which, we
are led to understand, stand?
for Allen Ginsberg. ' s-
You'd never know It to
look at them. Sigh.
greater European unity, to
wards some kind of confeder
ation, the planners and strat
egists of the Inner Six have
relied upon the energy of
vested interests in the larg
er .market to overcome local
and national obstructions.
They have been eminently
successful.
But the methods they are
using to integrate the Inner
Six are making it more diffi
cult to bring a greater unity
into Europe as a whole. This
is the point which calls for
sophisticated examination In
Washington.
The integration of the In
ner Six-essentially of France
and West Germany-has called
into being the loose defen
sive association of the Outer
Seven. This division of Eu
rope is not, however, incur
able and ominous, once France
can be persuaded to permit
the common market to adopt
a low tariff policy.
1UT for the longer run there
"is something more serious
in the way the Inner Six are
developing their community.
As they intensify the integra
tion of West Germany with
France, they make it increas
ingly - difficult to reunify
Germany. The East German
economy cannot be Integrat
ed with the West German
except very slowly and very
gradually. That is why there
is no enthusiasm for reuni
fication, far from it, in the
inner circles of the common
market community.
Moreover, the increasing
political integration of th
Inner Six makes it increas
ingly difficult to envisage the
entry of the East European
nations into an all-European
trading community. The inte
gration of the Inner Six,
which is too strong medicine
for Sweden, Switzerland, and
Austria, would surely be
much too strong for, let us
say, Poland or even Yugo
slavia. The community of the In
ner Six is a good thing. But
it has grown to a point where
what it needs in the govern
ment at Washington is not so
much a sentimental uncle as
a candid friend. This candid
friend would be concerned
not only with the discrimina
tion of the customs union but
also with the larger problems
of unity -of the unity of the
two Germanys, of the unity
of the Atlantic community,
and of the unity of all of
Europe.
(Copyright 1060 New York
. Herald Tribune, Inc.)