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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
March 10. 1950 (Friday)
The Starlite Drive-in the
ater on South Pacific highway
will open March 17, following
extensive remodeling.
Water content of snow in
southwestern Oregon is 20
20 YEARS AGO
March 10, 1940 (Sunday)
Harry Thurman and Rich
ard Schuchard of Medford
High school take top honors
in sixth annual state high
school forensic tournament in
Salem.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "A
number of valley Republicans
have announced they will
write . in the name of Tom
Dewey of NY for president
on the primary ballot."
30 YEARS AGO
March 10, 1930 (Monday)
Plans to eliminate death
curve from highway near
Prospect brings protest from
property owners.
, Fishing to be banned on
Applegate and Fish lake.
40 YEARS AGO
March 10. 1920 (Wednesday)
Drilling for the Triangle
Oil well here will start this
week.
Superintendent of schools
refuses to resign as asked to
do in petition.
50 YEARS AGO
March 10. 1910 (Thursday)
Home Telephone company
is installing telephone poles
between Medford and Jack
sonville for a line to connect
the two cities.
Crater Lake highway com
mission gets 30 pledges for
$100 by noon on first day of
drive for money to build
Crater Lake highway.
We had a quick glimpse into the age of com
mercial jet aviation the other day. We liked it.
Much has been written about the big new jet
transports, and there will be more. We have no
qualifications to report on the technical aspects
although they are many, and complicated.
-- . (For instance, each time one of the big planes
take's off, a long list of variables has to be com
puted in advance, each of which can make a con
siderable difference to the pilot's plans. Altitude
of the airoort. temperature, amount of fuel on
board, number of nasseneers. amount of luggage
weather aloft, including wind directions and ve
locities, other air traiiic all ot tnese, ana more,
must be taken into consideration in a flight plan.)
TTO THE ordinary passenger, however, little of
of this technical preparation is evident.
There is the huge plane, a united Air L-mes
DC-8, sleek and lovely. At a distance it looks
much smaller than it is, presumably because of its
graceful lines, and only as one approacnes, is
it realized that its tail is far taller than many
buildings in downtown Medford.
There are the well-drilled and courteous flight
attendants in their trim uniforms.
There are the comfortable, convenient and
well-thought out seating arrangements.
THE interior of the plane, actually, is not start-
1 lingly different than that of other big pas
senger planes. The difference becomes vividly
apparently only when the engines are started.
They are quiet. When they start, the noise is
a whisper, barely discernible above tne excitea
chatter of those in the nearby seats. (The hurricane-howl
outside cannot be heard inside.)
As the Diane taxis to the runway, one is sen
sible of a calm sort of motion, but there is little
other sensation. As the plane, all 20 to 30 tons of
it, (depending on load,) approaches the end of
the runway, the excitable may become excited,
the calm may remain calm, but it is because of
their individual temperaments, not because of
anything the plane does or doesn't do.
DRE-FLIGHT formalities are taken care of dur-
ing the taxiing. The plane wheels on to the
runway and stops. The brakes are set.
Then it is that one gets the first notion of the
pftfJ?JZT?nkletr The engines' throttles are increased and, even
al-state cooperative snow sur-1 . ,o , . 1 ,
vey reports. ; tnrougn tne sounu-prooung ui me piusii cauui,
the whooshing ot the jet engines becomes evident.
The plane quivers. It vibrates a little. One has the
sensation of power in check.
Then the brakes are released.
' The huge plane surges forward, like an animal
released from a leash. The motion is quick, but,
because of the bulk of the plane, it seems insig
nificant at first.- "Can this thing really get off
the ground?" the landlubber wonders.
THIRTY-SEVEN" seconds later (or 40, or 42:
1 ,or 50 depending on the variables mentioned
before) it leaves the ground.
It isn t a gentle rise.: It .is sharp.
And in the long half minute or more that the
plane is gathering speed, one feels in one's bones
the tremendous power which is pushing one for
ward. It surges. It thrusts.
As the huge craft is airborne, a sensation ot
speed quiet but undeniable speed comes over
the passengers.
The plane goes alott almost like a kite and
the simile is not inexact, for the aerodynamic
forces' are similar. Up it goes, the sensation of
speed remaining, even though the noise is never
such that it blots out conversation, or cows one
as a piston engine can at full power.
. .
THE intercom announces that we will climb to
Q Hfift -Poof tlion fotain that nlKfnrlo "fnv IT
number of minutes, then climb again at two
thousand-plus feet per minute at a speed of near
ly 400 miles per hour, and then level oil at z ,UUU
feet and cruise at a speed of about 550.
The figures, in common human experience,
are, in a way, unbelievable. One has read of this.
But the real experience is something else again.
The steady surge of power, and feeling of speed,
quiet but pervasive, continues.
At 27,000 feet we level off. The rain, the fog
and clouds, the ground, attachment to every-day
reality all are gone.
The moon (it is 2:15 p.m.) hangs. in a deep
blue sky. On the other side of the plane, the sun
is brighter than mid-summer. Several thousand
feet below is the cloud deck a white, fluffy,
configurated, insubstantial frame of reference.
-
THE passengers chatter, and wander up and
A down the aisles, peering at the conveniences,
looking out the windows, inspecting each other,
tsk-tsk-ing over the quiet and calmness.
Fonvard, in the "office" or pilot's compart
ment, four highly-trained, highly-skilled men hov
er over their instruments. Their precautions re
mind one of the inherent hazards of high-altitude
flying oxygen equipment at the ready, seat-belts
and shoulder-belts in place, a calm but intense
concentration on the vast array of instruments.
One glances out a window, and finds the
"horizon" of the cloud-level far above "level"
sight, then 'looks to see the passengers standing
"upright", (as regards the plane) but "leaning"
(as regards the ground) at perhaps 20 or 30 de
grees, all unaware the plane is in a steep bank.
The plane dives, and seeks a hole in the
clouds. Soon, wre land.
In the short hour aloft, we have been more
than five miles straight up and traveled some 400
miles. . :
The age of jet travel, for everyone, is here.
We found it exciting, and fun. E.A.
Nasser Again Beating Drums Against Old
Enemies; Cause May Be Domestic Unrest
UPI Foreign Editor There are manifold reasons
United Arab Republic Presi- behind Nasser's wrath.
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'DlD 'yOU TO TELL YOUR WIFE THAT 1 LIKE SWEET
PICKUPS BETTEf'N SOUR ONES?
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Story Is Corrected
To the Editor: I feel com
pelled to strongly protest the
remarks of Detective Lieu-
What's Your I.Q.?
Nina or ten correct is superior;
seven or eight is excellent; five or
sis is good.
1. Fourteen gauge wire is
heavier, or lighter, than ten
gauge wire?
2. What high federal gov
ernment office is held by
James Paul Mitchell?
3. Which Western State
contains . this country's larg
est copper mines?
4. The title of what book
comes to your mind when you
hear the name John Bunyan?
5. Why is white clothing
worn in the tropics?
6. If you engage in oscula
tion, what are you doing?
7. Name the last eight Pres
idents of the United States.
8. Name the four strings
on a violin.
9. Which is. the capital of
Kentucky-Louisville, or Lex-
. ington?
10. The largest and strong
est bone in the human body
is the femur; where is it
located?
Answers: Lighter. 2. Secre
tary of Labor: 3. Montana.
4. ''Pilgrim's Progress." 5. It
is cooler as it reflects heat
6. Kissing. 7. Eisenhower,
Truman. F. D. Roosevelt
Hoover, Coolidge. Harding,
Wilson. Taft.
8. E.A.D.G.' 9". Neither
(Frankfort is capital). 10. In
the upper leg. .
tenant Lyle Perkins in the Pal
Club article published in the
Sunday, March 6, edition of
The Mail Tribune.
I would have been amused
at the various inaccuracies in
regard to the over-all history
and function of the Pal Club
had it not been for Lieuten
ant Perkins' unthinking and
unfortunate remarks concern
ing the "juvenile delinquent"
who recently made the finals
of the Golden Glove Tourna
ment at Seattle.
If the youth to whom Lieu
tenant Perkins made refer
ence was "one of the worst
juvenile delinquents" he ever
saw, I can only say that he
would not recognize a juve
nile delinquent if the lad
came up and stole the lieu
tenant's badge, gun and hand
cuffs. The youth in reference is
one of the finest young men
I have ever personally known
and to my knowledge he has
never been in trouble of any
kind. He is an exceedingly
clean - cut, well mannered
young man who, in my studied
opinion, is one of the most
courageous youngsters with
whom I have ever worked
since Jim Zack and I found
ed the original boxing group
in 1950 which ultimately be
came the Pal Club. He is now
attending Washington State
university on a scholarship
after two years in the Marine
Corps.
From 1950 to 1938 while
Jim Zack and I coached this
boxing group we, of course,
had occasion to work with
many hundreds of boys. While
it is perfectly true that a few
of the boys were problem
lads in the normal sense of
the word, the vast majority
could only be accused, not
of juvenile delinquency, but
merely of high spirits need
ing a vigorous physical out
let which boxing helped to
satisfy.
The majority are and were
fine young men; I could fill
a book with examples and per
haps someday shall.
While we are on the sub
ject of inaccuracies, the Med
ford Pal Club did not go in
active for the reasons given
by . Lieutenant Perkins (lack
of facilities in which to hold
fights) but rather from a lack
of competent trainers to in
struct and supervise the boys
five nights a week in their
training quarters.
During the approximately
eight years I was associated
with youngsters in this box
ing group I had always felt,
and of course still do, that
the important thing is to help
them.
Hugh P. Jennings
1414 Crown ave.
Medford
Editor's note: Lieutenant
Perkins states he was in error
in stating that the boy now
attending Washington State
University was "the worst ju
venile delinquent he had ever
seen prior to coming to tne
Pal club. The boy has no rec
ord with any police agency,
to his knowledge, Perkins
stated, and he added that he
is of good character and a
credit to any community. He
asked that his apologies be ex
tended to the boy and his fam
ily, apologies in which the
Mail Tribune joins.
Against Federal Aid
To the Editor: Recently you
wrote an editorial espousing
federal aid to education, and
referred to the article in the
Saturday Evening Post by
John K. Galbraith. May I join
in recommending the article?
Much of it presents ideas that
deserve consideration.
In speaking of federal fi
nancial support of education
Galbraith states that the fed
eral government "has access
to fiscal resources inherently
far greater than that of states
and localities." This is saying
that the whole is greater than
the sum of the parts and is
a fallacy.
A fair argument might be
made that there are tax meth
ods available to the federal
government that are not
available to subordinate gov
ernments,, but the resources
themselves are within the
reach of the taxing authority
in which they are located.
The taxing capacity of the
federal government is already
deeply committed. Maurice
Stans, director U.S. Bureau
of the Budget, says that the
$290 billion federal debt, plus
committed obligations, add up
to "the almost incredible to
tal of about $750 billion. That
is the government's mortgage
on our future, beyond the
regular annual costs of de
fense, welfare and com
merce."
Each year our school popu
lation increases. Each year
the total body of knowledge
that these children need to
learn is expanded. We must
meet the problems created by
this . double expansion but
we need not compound the
problem by adding to the cost
the additional c o st s that
would be created by federal
intervention.
The government plans to
build a federal building here.
The cost of the building was
estimated to be $2,600,000
plus for 81,000 feet of floor
space. This figures out at a
cost in excess of $30 per
square foot.
Our local school board re
cently constructed two new
elementary schools. The ap
proximate cost of Hoover
school was $9.25, of Wilson
school $8.62 per square foot.
This comparison is convinc
ing evidence that we cannot
meet our education problem
by such extravagant meth
ods. : Our children need the best
education facilities it is pos
sible to provide. Our country
needs the best educated citi
zens that we can provide.
This goal can not be attained
by adding federal adminis
tration and its high cost fac
tors to the necessary costs
of the facilities themselves.
Dick' House
113 East Eighth st.
Medford
Adages
To the Editor: I believe the
majority of people have felt
nothing but contempt and
pity for the ignorant persons
who have set themselves up
as judges of unwed mothers.
I'm certain God didn't send
them into tt.is world free of
sin or as perfect examples of
human behavior. If they were
they'd "love thy neighbor as
thyself.
Have they ever felt enough
compassion or pity to ask
what circumstances surround
ed a woman that, caused her
to become an unwed mother?
As for their - children being
undesirable that's the biggest
bunch of hogwash we've
heard yet. In fact if they're
that stupid they'retoo ignor
ant to even begin to under
stand this letter!
And Mrs. Doran, the' old
adage "people who live in
glass houses shouldn't throw
stones", still applies to the
majority of us. Or are you
one of the minority?
Marie Talbot
Route 1, Box 246
Medford.
(Additional communications'
.. . on P"9 5)
dent Gamal Abdel Nasser has
been beating the drums
against some
old adver
saries this
week among
them, the
United States.
Others are
Israel and
Israeli Pre
mier David
Ben - Gurion,
vhti Newsom Kms Hussein
of Jordan and Premier Abdul
Karim Kassem of Iraq.
Ben-Gurion's present visit
to the United States comes in
for special attention from
Nasser who says he is "run
ning to his masters for help."
Jordan, he says, has "yield
ed" itself to "British imperial
ism and America to act against
Arab nationalism."
As for Kassem, he says that
"Anglo-Communist forces in
Iraq tried to destroy Arab
nationalism but failed. Arab
nationalism shall achieve a
victory in Iraq."
From Cairo, UPI Corres
pondent Wilbur G. Landrey
reports that after a year of
relative sweetness and light
"it's almost like old times
again," with Egyptian news
papers attacking the United
States for "pampering the ag-
xviasser has been speaking
from platforms in Syria which
two years ago joined with
Egypt to form the UA.R., and
where lately unrest against
the union has been reported.
The unrest has been partly
political and partly economic
as result of crop failures.
In that sense, Nasser's tour
has been a political fence
mending job in which it was
necessary first to set up enemy
strawmen before knocking
them down, and thus convince
Syrians that their future lies
with the U.A.R. :
Nasser's dislike for Kassem
is long-standing and springs
from the ambitions of both
men to be recognized a lead
er of Arab nationalism. Fur
ther, Kassem has made no
secret of his hopes to woo
Syria away from Nasser.
Attacks Follow Truce
The attacks against Hussein
follow a period of armed truce
and are the outgrowth of a
meeting of the Arab League
recently concluded in Cairo.
There, Hussen's government
successfully blocked a Nasser
supported move to set up a
"Palestinian Entity" to drama
tize the plight of one million
Arab refugees displaced in the
Arab - Israeli War. Jordan
claims Palestine west of the
Today & Tomorrow
By Walter Lippmann
Walter
Lippmann
ments and
THE SIZE OF THE
PROBLEM
Here at home the overrid
ing question is how to pay
for the public needs of our
growing pop
ulation in an
era when our
social order
is relentlessly
challenged
These pub
lic needs in
clude not only
the rising
costs o f the
race of arma
the competition
among the underdeveloped
nations. They include also the
rising costs of scientific re
search, of better public
schools, of more adequate hos
pitals and public health serv
ices, public works, roads, wa
ter supply and sewage dis
posal, slum clearance and ur
ban renewal.
mere are some who say
that 'we cannot meet all our
public needs without aban
aonmg tne ireeaom oi our
society. There are others of
us who -say that we must
meet these needs, that we can
meet them without sacrific
ing our liberty, and indeed
that by meeting them we
shall strengthen our liberty.
This is the central issue of
our tune, and no one who
is interested in public life can
ignore it.
N EXCELLENT newspa-
ner whirh T read regular
ly and greatly respect, "The
Wall Street Journal," said re
cently in an editorial that to
argue, as I have done, that
our public needs have to be
met is "to invite us to start
surrendering our liberties in
panic, r or to meet tne needs
will cost a lot of money, and
this will put us on the
"dreary road of statism" and
"when - the individual must
face the faceless state, he has
only as much free choice as
the state chooses to grant."
This would indeed be mon
strous if it were allowed to
happen. How are we to make
up our minds whether it will
happen if we decide to devote
to defense and to other pub
lic needs enough of our
wealth to pay for them? One
way to go about deciding it
is to look at the problem
quantitatively and concretely,
and not abstractly and in gen
eralities. Let us then look at
some figures.
I taking my figures from
the Fourth Report of The
Rockefeller .Brothers Fund
which was issued in 1958. It
covers all government expend
itures, Federal, state, and
local, which are for the pur
chase of goods and services.
It omits transfer payments
which, like . the interest on
public debts, "do not make a
direct claim on our produc
tion of goods and services.,"
The report contains figures
for the year 1957 and esti
mates for the year 1967. The
Report is, by common con
sent 1 believe, expert, dis
interested, and obviously it is
not partisan.
-
rl 1957 all government pur:
chases of goods and services
came to $86.4 billion.
In 1967, if we meet , the
public needs for defense and
other things which the au
thors of the Report are agreed
upon, tne cost will be $idj
billion (in 1957 dollars).
This gives us an idea of the
dimensions of the problem.
The question then is whether
I J-t nwnnJ,i X 1 1 -
cAcuuiLuie iur puDilc
purposes of $153 billion in
1967 would revolutionize our
society.
TN 1957, when we spent
$86.4 publicly, we were tak
ing 20 per cent of our na
tional production, leaving 80
per cent in private hands.
What would be the situation
in 1967 if we carry out the
programs to meet public
needs which are recommend
ed in the Reckefeller Report?
The answer to that question
will depend on our rate of
growth in the next ten years.
The Rockefeller estimates
show that on the feasible as
sumption that our gross na
tional product can grow at a
rate of 4 per cent per year,
the share taken for public
purposes in 1967, if their rec
ommendations as to what is
desirable are followed, would
be only 24 per cent and the
share left in private hands
would be 76 per cent.
This would mean that the
rise in private consumption,
which on the average has
been 2 per cent per year,
would drop to 1.4 per cent.
We would not be raising our
private standard of life quite
so fast as we are now. But
we would be raising our pub
lic standard and we would
be doing it with three-quarters
of our product still in
private hands. No one can
say that on these fairly con
servative assumptions we
would not still be a free so
ciety.
rpHESE figures make the as
sumption that we can grow
only at the rate of 4 per cent.
If, however, we could raise
the rate of growth to 5 per
cent, the position would be
changed substantially. We
would then be spending for
Dublic purposes 22 per cent,
which is not much more than
the present share of our
spending, and there would
still be left in private hands
73 per cent. At the same time
consumption would be rising
at 2.8 per cent, which is above
the average.
Jordan river- as part of its
kingdom. Other Arab states
say Jordan holds Palestine
only in trusteeship, pending
establishment of an Arab. Pal
estine State. - -
In any event, observers
closest to the scene expect no
real fire to emw-gs from the
present snoi, nor to se U.S.
UA.R. relationt decline to
the low point which followed
the Suez Crisis.
Nasser is too busy with am
bitious schemes at home to
want a war ho.
Matter of Fact
L
THE FAR FROM UGLY
AMERICAN
Havana - This city resounds
with oratory, mostly anti-Am-e
r i c a n. The atmosphere is
charged with
passions, most
ly hate. The
scene is filled
with large, un-
w solved policy
problems,
which loom
up like a
srhonl nf
Xlfk Vl J stranded
Joseph alsop whales, long
dead and getting gamier by
the minute.
In these distressing circum
stances, it may be a bit frivo
lous to send a report about
going to a cockfight with Er
nest Hemingway. But it was
an experience too special and
too enjoyable to be forgotten;
so here goes.
The prelude to this happy
afternoon, then, was a glorious
luncheon at the Hemingways'
big, rambling, unpretentiously
agreeable old country house
at San Francisco, a small Cu
ban village. If this space were
devoted to social notes from
all over, a good deal might be
said at this point about Mrs.
Hemingway's pre-eminence as
a hostess, about the delight of
hearing one of the few un
doubted modern masters of the
English language talk about
his work and the world. But
our story really begins after
coffee, when the expedition to
the cockfight was organized.
IT BECAME clear that the
occasion was going to be
fairly special the moment we
entered the jerrybuilt, pack
jammed local cockpit. At 60,
to be sure, Ernest Hemingway
is a man who would be no
ticed anywhere. With his fine
cut features, his thick cap of
white hair and his white
beard, he somewhat oddly sug
gests a handsome, particularly
burly saint in hard physical
condition. But his neighbors
of San Francisco noticed Hem
ingway in a special' manner,
with obvious affection. They
welcomed him to the cockpit
in a way that seemed to say,
"We're glad you- came; it
wouldn't have been a real par
ty without you." -
For this reporter, perhaps,
the fact that it was his first
cockfight put an extra-sharp
edge on the ensuing experi
ence. Although enjoyment of
bullfights is now generally re
spectable almost wholly be
cause of Ernest Hemingway-
enjoyment of cockfights is still
widely disapproved. Yet I
must admit that the cockfight-
mg we saw seemed to me ex
traordinarily moving and ex
citing.
.
THE COCKS themselves are
strangely beautiful, . with
their tiny, vicious heads, their
slender, hard-muscled bodies,
and their air of pure, concen
trated combative purpose. The
fights have their own strange
terrible beauty, too, which
gains, power, somehow, pre
cisely because each fight must
end in mingled triumph and
tragedy.
The cocks' indomitable
courage, their fury at the on
set, their obstinate power to
come back from seeming-sure I
defeat, their will to fight that
does not leave them even as
their heads sink downwards
in the grip of death - t&ese
are all unforgettable; and
these give each main event be
tween two well-matched cocks
something of tha quality of
great drama.
If your emotions are in
tensely engaged for hou: on
end - if you haye in fact
reached the stage of yelling
your head off like a kf9 at a
high school football gme -you
tend to lose the cool im
partiality of the correctly
critical observer. Perhaps,
therefore, I tend to exaggerate
the other memorable aspect of
this afternoon with Ernest
Hemingway. This was its curi
out quality of being a giant,
non-stop party. G
For every party-goer any
really big party has its spe
cial nucleus. For roe, the nu
cleus was situated in our sec
tion of hard wooden seats high
above the circular pit.
TJERE were my host, and
his charming young Irish
secretary, and the Hemingway
butler, who placed our tt?ts,
and the Hemingway gardener
who also trains the 40 fight
ing cocks at the bottom of the
garden. But here also were a
contingent of young revolu
tionary soldiers led by a wildly-bearded
sergeant with long
hair neatly gathered iij a bar
rette; and here was a local
Chinese merchant who is a
notable cock breeder; and here
were several small farmers
and shopkeepers of the neigh
borhood and other miscellane
ous elements of -the population
of San Francisco, and other
villages round about. "
In the emotion generated by
the cockfight, our little nucle
us became wonderfully min
gled, almost to the point "of
being homogenized. At one
moment, I found myself play
ing Atlas for a fortunately
diminutive bettor, who cheer
ed his chosen cock from the
vantage point of my shoulders.
At another moment, we were
plunged into deep, unanimous
sorrow, because one of the
youngest soldiers entered a
fine high-fighting- chicken
with much promise, only to
see it quickly struck down. At
all moments, the barbudo ser
geant amiably flirted with
Valerian the pretty secretary.
And at almost all moments
bottles of beer were being
communally passed about.
No doubt the warm good
will that flourished in our cor
ner of the cockpit was extra
striking because gf the con
trast with the Havana politi
cal atmosphere. Possibly I was
also too much struck by the
way the major commanding
in that bit of countryside," and
all sorts of other local not
ables, and many little people
too, would come up to have a
word with Ernest Hemingway
whenever there was a lull in
the proceedings.
Possibly it does not matter
that an individual American
is much, cherished and admir
ed in a land -where the "hate
America" cry is now Heard on
all sides. But it seemed to mat
ter to me, and so I have tried
to convey some of the flavor
of this happy afternoon.
(c) 1960 New York Herald
Tribune Inc.
r
T IS evident then, that the
argument of "The Wall
Street Journal" is based on
an assumption which is not
stated. The assumption is that
the U.S. economy, in this age
of automation, cannot increase
its productivity fast enough
support our growing public
needs.
The figures I have cited in
dicate that if we can now
achieve a growth rate equal
to that of the years 1947 to
1953, that is to say an an
nual rate of growth of 4.7
per cent, instead of the 2.3
per cent rate of the years
since then, we shall be able
to provide the needed public
services while maintaining
approximately the same ratio
of public to private spending
as we have today. .
X am sorry to use so many
figures. But they are neces
sary in-order to put in its
true perspective the, size of
the great problem of our era.
When we look at this prob
lem Quantitatively, compar
ing our growing needs with
what can be our economic
growth, we may conclude that
our tasks are big, wnicn
makes them interesting, but
that they are' quite within
our capacity. : ' -
(c) 1960 New York Herald
Tribune Inc.
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