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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mall Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40
and 50 years aoo.
May 12, 1950 (Saturday)
Miss Wanda Norton, spon
sored by the Phoenix PTA,
was crowned queen of the
two-day Phoenix May festival;
highlight of festival will be
the dedication of the new
Youth Center building.
Sen. Wayne L. Morse will
speak twice tomorrow for the
"Youth Day" program which
is being held here In connec
tion with National Security
week observances.
20 YEARS AGO
May 12. 1940 (Sunday)
Medford's Crater baseball
team lost a three-hour "de
bacle" to San Francisco a Pa
cify Greyhound club here last
night by a za-iu score.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" colunmn: Ex
citing war news Is on tap, via
the press, the air, and citizens
who make up their own."
30 YEARS AGO
May 12, 1930 (Monday)
Rain again causes abandon
ment of Child Health day
parade here; but school Su
perintendent Hedrick makes
up for it by giving 1,500
school children free ice cream.
Salem census shows the
population of that city to be
26,000.
40 YEARS AGO
May 12, 1920 (Wednesday)
Mail carriers In Medford
have been wearing coveralls
on their job for the past week
as i protest against the high
er cost of living.
C. E. Gates buys out Inter
est of William A. Gates In
the Gales Auto company.
50 YEARS AGO
May 12. 1910 (Thursday)
Louis W. Hill, head of the
Great Northern railroad has
announced definite plans to
extend it from Ontario down
the Malheur canyon where it
will connect with the Oregon
Trunk and Pacific and Eas
tern from Medford.
. Hailey's comet appeared
much brighter in the skies
over Medford this morning
What's Your I.Q.?
Nini or ten correct i tuptrior;
tevtn or tight it oicetlent; flv or
it Is good.
1. What is the modern name
of the American League team
formerly called the Highland
ers? 2. Is the term of a United
States patent 17, 27, 37 years?
3. Name the fourth Presi
dent of the United States?
4. Who, as recorded in Gen
esis 1, said "Let there be
light"?
5. Were U.S. gold coins
made of gold alloy or solid
gold?
6. Is matter granular,
composed of a continuous
whole?
7. The male sheep is a ram
what is the female callod7
8. Is New Hampshire or
Maine nicknamed the Granite
State?
9. Are all sounds audible to
the human ear?
10. Was Walter Raleigh the
first to introduce pipe-smok-In
In Europe?
Answers: 1. New York
Yankees, t. 17 years. 3, Jamei
Madison. 4. Cod. 5. Gold allov
6. Granalarj im II li
of panicle, f. f we, 1. net
Hamoihlre. 4V ato. 10. Wi
There Wnffctif it Ik
lain Cntetfuxjf,
What Happened...?
What happened to the "Great Crusade"?
What happened to the government "clean as
a hound's tooth"?
What happened to the administration which
promised the nation "modern Republicanism,"
as opposed to Old Guard G.O.P. stand-patism?
In the last part of President Eisenhower's
last term of office, these questions still go un
answered. Amid rising concern for the adequacy
of our defense, the unfulfilled needs of Amer
ica's capital plant, the neglect of the pressing
problems of schools, air and water pollution, na
tural resource development, decreasing interna
tional prestige, we find ourselves warned that the
budget is the main thing.
AND this, of course, despite the fact that the
"national debt now is less, per capita, than it
was seven years ago ; that the national outlays for
the benefit of the nation have risen almost not
at all, while both population and gross national
product have increased.
And now, to cap the sorry record of misman
agement, conflict of interest, actual moral myopia
in high office, comes the Connole affair.
Howard Morgan, the sometimes controversial
former Oregon Public Utilities Commissioner,
(and even his enemies will grant he is a man of
integrity,) discusses that case in the following
letter, circulated to Oregon newspapers.
jyjORGAN says:
"During the two years In which I served the peo
ple of Oregon as Public Utility Commissioner, I never
met nor had any correspondence with Commissioner
William Connole of the Federal Power Commission.
Yet I came to know him through his decisions and
dissents from Commission actions as one of the few
perhaps the only-member of a Federal regulatory
agency during the past seven years who consistently
and unswervingly fought for the public interest.
"Particularly In the field of natural gas rate regu
lation, where the behavior of the majority of the FPC
has been such as to merit the most searching investi
gation of their actions and attitudes, with every prob
ability that successful prosecutions could be based on
such investigations, Mr. Connole fought as a one
man minority In case after case for adequate and
honest rate regulation for the protection of the con
sumer. Always outvoted but never out-argued, he be
came In time a painful thorn In the sides of the natural
gas lobby and the Elsenhower administration by which
he had been appointed.
"It has been an open secret for the past two or
three years that a top priority project of the White
House has been to find a presentable excuse for fir
ing or refusing to reappoint Commissioner Connole,
Here Is how the project was carried out.
"Tommy Corcoran, a former Democratic brain
truster who In recent years has broken out with an
aggravated case of dollar-signs on the eyeballs and is
now a gas company lawyer, approached most and per
haps all members of the FPC, asking them to vote his
, way In certain cases. Let me say there is no way a
regulatory, official can prevent an unscrupulous law
yer or company official from doing this; all he can do
is to follow his conscience and the facts in deciding
the case. To do otherwise is to penalize innocent per
sons for actions of which they had no knowledge.
You have already guessed what is happening: Corcor
an's Involvement is keeping the Democrats quiet, as
H was Intended to do; all the Commissioners who have
done Corcoran's bidding in the past as well as in this
affair are perfectly safe; Commissioner Connole, to
whom Corcoran talked but who has not abandoned
the consumers, Is losing his Job.
"The foregoing is the background necessary to an
understanding of the following amazing excerpts from
President F.isenhower's news conference of Wednes
day, April 27, as reported by the Wall Street Journal
the following day. These words deserve-they demand
-a far wider circulation:
"Q-(Sarah McClendon, EI Paso Times): 'Mr. Presi
dent, sir, last December the 2nd I asked you a ques
tion and you said you'd look Into It, and that was
about the ex parte conversations of Thomas Corcoran,
a lawyer, witli members of the Federal Power Com
mission, and actions that resulted In an Increase in
rales not once but at least twice. I wonder what you
think about this?'
"The President: 'Well, I don't recall, but I assure
you this, that I told them to do It. Do you have
anything (conferring with Mr. Hagerty)?'
"Mr. Hagerty: 'Yes, but it's too long an answer now.'
"(Laughter).
"The President: 'Come over to Mr. Hagerty's office
and see if he can give you the exact answer.'
"Q-(Snrah McClendon): 'Sir, I've been over there
several times and asked that question-'
"(Laughter.)
"The President: 'Well, do you think you or I should
do the correction from Mr. Hagerty, one of us will
have to do it.'
"(Laughter.)
"Aren't these astounding replies by the President
of the United States when asked what he (not Mr.
Hagerty) thought about the situation? Are you
laughing?
"A few minutes Inter the New York Times, not con
tent to allow the only question on this matter to come
from a newspaper deep in the heart of the Texas gas
country, engaged in this colloquy with Mr. Eisen
hower: "Q-(Rlchard E. Mooney, New York Times): 'Mr.
President, Senator Bush has said that he has been
advised by Uie White House that Mr. Connole will not
be reappointed to tile Federal Power Commission. You
have received several representations on behalf of
Mr. Connole's reappointment, most recently from a
group of mayors. Could you tell us. first, are you
not going to reappoint Mr. Connole; and second, wliy?'
"The President: 'First why, this: Because it is my
responsibility to appoint people and to get the best
people I can. This Mr. Connole came to see one of
my staff in December to ask about his reappoint
ment, and they said they'd look Into it. I think I can
get a betler man. that's all.'
"There is a cruel saying that people get the kind
of government they deserve. Not since Warren G.
Harding have so many people been so unaware of
what is happening to their vital Interests at the
Federal level. Worse still, most of those who do know
what is going on are cynical or indifferent. Some of
them even laugh, It follows as naturally as night
follows day that not since Warren G. Harding have
we had a president who acts and sounds as Elsen
hower does In the passages I have quoted and In many,
many more. While some of us must accept more blame
than others, there Is plenty of blame for us all."
Howard Morgan
Black Butte Ranch
Sisters, Ore.
One wonders, strain,
Great Crusade, the "hounds tooth" administra
tion, and to "modem Kqublicarum." E.A.
what happened to the
Dennis the
!t5 xk Mother. I rot mpr i just shot "you four times
NOW SHE'S 6CREAMIN' fOP SOft&eCOV....
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Freedom to Advertise
To the Editor: Referring to
your recent anti-billboard edi
torials, It is my belief bill
boards help the economy of
Oregon.
Since we operate a restau
rant greatly dependent on
Highway 99 travel, the law
which you recommend would
deal a death blow to our busi
ness, and ours would not be
the only one to close. Our
neighbors, the House of Mys
tery and the Old Oregon Mu
seum both advertise on 99.
Their billboards not only
bring business up Sardine
Creek, they also keep many
tourists in this area an extra
day. This extra day means
millions of dollars each year
added to Southern Oregon's
income, spread through mo
tels, reftlauranlii and gas sla-
tions from Ashland to Grants
Pass.
For years this road has
drawn week-enders from hun
dreds of miles and vacationists
from everywhere, as well as
local residents and their vis
itors. We have talked bill
boards to travellers and local
residents, and here is their re
action. They travel by infor
mation on bilboards and bill
boards break the monotony of
driving. None would stop
every 12 miles to read about
30 signs all in one confusing
bunch. Billboards do not keep
tourists out of Oregon.
Most of us work for a living.
A law to kill legitimate indus
try is wrong. A thinking pub
lic would not vote to kill bus
iness. Taxes would have to In
crease to make up the differ
ence when gas stations, mo
tels, restaurants and others
would have to close because
of the decline In tourist trade.
Oregon is a small state from
north to south. With no sign
boards to Inform travellers of
things to see, they could drive
about four hundred miles and
spend their vacation money In
Washington or California . .
a good way to destroy Ore
gon's economy.
Since 1955 Oregon has had
a fair and equitable billboard
law. Why erase a good law for
one that will destroy our econ-
omy?
We could ban ALL adver
tising and not discriminate. Of
course, we do not advocate
banning advertising in news
papers and magazines, and on
radio and TV since we believe
in our right to advertise as we
choose. How many times news
papers have screamed about
fredoin of the press! May the
November ballot preserve our
freedom to advertise as we
choose.
(Mrs.) Ruth McLain,
Alderbrook Cafe,
Sardine Creek road,
Gold Hill, Ore.
Distortions and Falsehoods"
To the Editor: The Medford
Mail Trioune fur Thursday,
April 21, 1960, has an editor
ial attacking the Daughters
of the American Revolution,
entitled "Cheap, Silly, Irre
ligious.
Just because something ap
pears In the New York Times
doesn't necessarily make it
true. In fact the New lork
Times has absolutely lied in
the editorial which you re
print and to prove that they
lied 1 am enclosing a copy of
the hearing given to the Secre
tary of the Air Force and his
aides before the House Un
American Activities commit
tee. You will notice that the
Times says that the Air Force
"withdrew" the manual "with
apologies."
The Air Force did not apolo
gize to anyone within the Na
I tional Council of Churches or
to anybody else.
t In order that ytm might Vw
Menace
not necessarily represent the
contrary is often the case.
enlightened as to why the
Daughters of the American
Revolution passed the resolu
tion they did, I am enclosing
for your edification an article
by the Director of the F.B.I. ,
John Edgar Hoover, entitled
"God or Chaos?" in which he
discusses not the question of
whether the Communists had
penetrated the church groups,
but he discusses how far they
have penetrated the churches!
I am also enclosing a copy
of the testimony that was giv
en by undercover agent Her
bert A. Phllbrick, a member of
the American Baptist conven
tion which is aligned with the
National Council of Churches.
He discusses how prominent
preachers were used and how
others were members of the
Communist party in spreading
the Communist program.
You fellows are the first
to scream "freedom of the
press" the minute you think
the government is wlth-hold-ing
information from you. But,
If you continue to reprint dis
tortions and falsehoods you
are not exercising freedom of
the press but rather license to
smear and slander a good or
ganization and individuals.
You would do better if you
would spend your time read
ing the testimony given under
oath to the committees of the
Congress and the statements
of men and women who have
served their country as under
cover agents for the Federal
Bureau of Investigation in
stead of reading the tripe that
comes out of the New York
Times which has long been
one of the most active and vo
cal supporters of the Nation
al Council of Churches in the
United States.
Edgar C. Bundy
General Chairman
National Laymen's Council
Church League of America
1407 Hill ave.
Wheaton, 111.
Editor's note: It depends on
who one believes. Neither
Mr. Philbrick nor Mr. Hoover
Impugns the National Council
of Churches, as Mr. Bundy
chooses to do.
Y.M.C.A. Criticised
To the Editor: At a largely
attended auction last week the
auctioneer announced an auc
tion to be held next Sunday
afternoon, May 15, under the
auspices of, or under the su
pervision of, the Y.M.C.A.
That's right, no mistake!
Let's sec. Y. stands for
young; M. stands for men's;
C. stand for Christian; and A.
for association. Now In the.se
commandment-breaking days,
had it been Y.M.Association,
we hadn't been too surprised
or chagrined, for many young
men do not fear God nor re
gard man, but to our knowl
edge the C. is still included
in the name.
How triumphantly and
gieei'uiiy wia atheists and
sinners in general laugh and
snicker and easily say, "We
break the Lord's day, but
then we don't make any pro
fession of being Christians;
but that Y.M.C.A. 'Christian'
association breaking the con-
mands of God by having an
auction on the Sabbath day!
That's the limit! If that's re
ligion, excuse me!" Young
Men's Christian Association,
how sad! They have brought
forth a monstrosity now with
the birthmark of the devil
upon it!
God's word plainly con
demns and forbids buying and
selling on the Lord's day, but
modern Christianity as shown
by the Y.M.C.A. doesn't re
gard God's commandment as
applicable and binding today!
We lived near Eugene. The
newspaper advertisement said
tht Y.W.C.A. mould hv a
Women of tht Nations meet-
Hammarskjold's 'Quiet Diplomacy' Not
Helpful in
By PHIL KEWSOM
UPI Foreign Editor
Dag Hammarskjold recent
ly gave recognition to the fact
that the United Nations Is re
f5SW''H ceding from
I 'w fl Ine Puu''c eye.
I f M 1 The secre-
f jp tary - general,
wnos press
relations have
never been the
best, mainly
because of his
reluctance t o
part w 1 1 h a
Phil Nemom smidgeon of
news voluntarily, made the
recognition at a news confer
ence. And he placed the blame
for it "in part," he said-on
the press.
He was asked if he didn't
think that his pet brand of
"quiet diplomacy" had been
too successful, and thus had
forced the United Nations out
of public consciousness as a
news story.
"I think you are right," he
replied, "that the lack of pub
lic interest -and the gentle
men and ladies of the press
have some responsibility to
carry in this context-ln what
happens in the United Nations
Ing to promote a better un
derstanding among women.
A general invitation was giv
en. As a drawing card a full
length cut was given of a
woman representative from
South America dressed-par-don
me partly dressed, and
showing near all of her lusty
legs and limbs. As part of the
program she was to "dance
the Samba", We confess a
happy ignorance as to what
"the Samba" is, nor did we
grace the meeting by our
presence to find out. We had
no inclination to promote any
such understanding among
women! Such things as these
in so-called Christian associa
tions are a positive shame!
They are a travesty and dis
grace of the name!
Let s present them a many-
signatured petition requesting
that they remove the name
Christian in each ease, or re
pent and reform, for Chris
tian means being like Christ.
We think if Christ were here
in person today He would
rather be again using a
scourge of small cords to
drive out such distracting
iniquities from our land!
Painfully yours,
H. R. Bulman,
Route 4, Box 316A,
Medford
No Hemlock for Socrates
To the Editor: Articles on
religion are always controver
sial. They cause much dissen-
tlon, but I think he who is a
nonconformist is a brave man;
whether he is right or wrong,
we do not know, but in this
age we cannot make a Socra
tes out of him "for corrupting
the minds of youth" and make
him drink the hemlock.
Homo sapiens have been
trying to find the answer to
the riddle of life and death
ever since life began, "from
the most ignorant savage
weeping over his dead to the
most learned divine." Have
they found the answer? Some
think they have through faith
and belief, but "he who never
doubted never thought."
I quote from Gibbon's
"Rome":
"Constantine, who made
Christianity the state religion
of Rome (though he broke
every law of the moral and
ethical code) laments that the
Christian people who had the
same God, the same religion,
should be divided by such in
considerable distinctions, and
he seriously recommended the
clergy of Alexandria that they
follow the example of the
Greek philosophers who could
maintain their argument with
out losing their temper, and
assert their freedom without
violating their friendship".
This is still good advice even
after 1500 years.
H. G. Wells said: "History
from the 5th to the 15th cen
tury is very much the history
of the failure of the religious-
political system to prove it
self in practice." Our Ameri
can forefathers were close
enough to the religious intol
erance and persecution to
wish for a better system, so
they established a secular
government, separating
church and state.
George Washington in ad
dressing a Hebrew congrega
tion said: "The Government
of the United States which
gives to bigotry no sanction, to
persecution no assistance, re
quires only that the citizens
demean themselves as good
citizens . . ."
The United States treaty
with Tripoli around 1800
states. "The government of
the United States Is in no
sense founded on the Christian
religion," thus giving assur
ance of no religious bias or
bigotry to even Moorish
pirates.
Charity R. Sander
408 Oak Grove rd.
Medford.
Preys for Eye-Opening
To the Editor: Our timt
Mr. Wirth has gives us sooie
Publicizing United Nations
is In part back of the phenom
enon that we observe, of a
certain tendency to look for
solutions outside the United
Nations or at least organs very
loosely connected with the
United NaUuns."
Few Papers Us
Hammarskjold said he in
dulged personally in "very
public diplomacy" with a
statement on April 28 to the
10-power disarmament confer
ence at Geneva. Few papers in
Europe or the United States
publicized it, he noted.
The "public diplomacy"
was a carefully-phrased lec
ture to the 10 powers that if
they were thinking of setting
up an international peace
force to patrol the world in
the event of disarmament, the
U. N. Charter already provid
ed for one.
It was an appeal to the big
powers, who have shown they
want little part of the United
Nations in the disarmament
question, not to continue to by
pass the organization. But it
was couched in such obscure
diplomatic language that it
took an expert to explain it.
And, as has happened with
several of Hammarskjold's
major pronouncements, it was
interesting lines which to
ponder. He, with us, should
be thankful that we live in a
land where we can believe
and worship as we see fit.
Just the other day there
came into our hands a tape
recorded lecture by a man
recently returned from Rus
sia. This man is the editor of
a world-wide church paper. I
wish it were possible for Mr.
Wirth and any others who are
atheist in belief to hear this
talk. He had gone to Russia
to visit with and see how his
church members were faring
over there. His story makes
me heartsick. What a vast
difference there is in Russia
today compared to our own
land.
We sometimes complain
about conditions here. If you
want to go to a land of fear,
my friend, then visit Russia.
Your every move will be
watched. The youth of that
great country are being
taught that there is no God.
Yet in spite of it all, the
Christian people of that land
have In their hearts a great
peace. "Perfect love casteth
out all fear."
Space does not permit me
to go into answering Mr.
Wirth's arguments here. I
wish it were possible for him
to go with me to some of the
islands of the sea. A few years
ago many of these savages
there would have eaten you
up. Today thousands of these
people have a new hope. The
message of a true God, a res
urrected and living Savior,
has changed their entire lives.
Why? Because there Is power
in Gods word. I might stick
my finger in a light socket.
I get a shock. Can I see the
electricity? I see the trees out
side moving from the wind
Can I see the wind? No. But
I know it's there.
The same is with God's
power and His spirit. I am
just as sure that there is a
living God on high as I am
that Medford exists. His love
has given me a new view on
life. Someday soon I expect
to see the blessed Son of God
come back again as He prom
ised.
I know He will not disap
point me. My prayers are that
God will open the eyes of
those who disbelieve Him, ere
it is forever too late.
Henry Johnson Jr
2400 Highway 66
Ashland, Ore.
Where Were You?
To the Editor: In Mr.
Wirth's letter, he says he can
not accept the Bible as re
liable. Perhaps this is because
he has never taken the time
to find out what It really says,
but like so many people, is
content to sit back and listen
and believe someone else's
theories and suppositions.
That is why we have so
many different religions, all
professing to teach the truth
and all disagreeing with one
another. Jut !t v.'gs v.'hcn
Jesus was on earth, so it is
now. (Matt. ch. 15:8.9 1 Tim.
1:6.7 and Rom. 10: 2.3.)
Certainly the world of man
kind is In a mess, but wasn't
it prophesied? (2 Tim. 3:1-5
and James 3:16.17.)
The creation is perfect
though. This you can see for
vourself. Look about you.
"(Rom. 1:18-23.)
Scientists have tried to dis
prove the Bible but have nev
er been able to. Geological
and archeological findings
only tend to prove it. The
Bible is like a mine, the deep
er you dig the richer the find
ings. The letter puts me in mind
of a question that was put to
Job. Where were you when I
laid the foundation of the
earth? (Job 38:4.)
Mrs. B. Wyatt
1122 Wet Shth tt.
Medford
delivered away from U.N.
headquarters in New York,
where a highly-trained corps
of special correspondents is
stationed for the purpose,
among other things, of trans
lating diplomatic gobblede
gook into everyday language.
Major Blame Hammarskjold's
Hammarskjold must accept
a major share of the blame
for the eclipse of the United
Nations as a news story.
Nobody can challenge the
fact that his "quiet diploma
cy" of unpublicized man-toman
talks has worked in many
lnstances-the Suez Canal case
not being one of them.
But his failure to provide
Matter of Fact
THE WONDERFUL NEWS
Washington - There is also
wonderful news in the bad
news of the American plane
that was shot
down in the
Soviet Union.
To begin
with, the Am
erican govern
ment's nation
al intelligence
estimates o f
the Soviet
military pos-
josfph alsop ture now nave
an entirely new look. For
many years after the war, the
estimates consistently erred
on the optimistic side.
The current estimates, of
such crucial matters as the
number of operational Soviet
intercontinental missiles, had
a strongly optimistic smell.
Those who remembered the
past errors, like this reporter,
were bound to suspect present
errors.
But the fate of the U-2 that
fell near Sverdlovsk has brok
en a great, corrective secret.
Over four years ago, the Cen
tral Intelligence Agency or
ganized systematic overflights
of the Soviet land mass, With
a bold realism that any sen
sible American must admire,
the C. I. A. thus began to se
cure infinitely more reliable
data for the national esti
mates. The main cause of the
errors of the past were thus
eliminated.
THIS does not mean, to be
sure, that there is no room
at all for error in the esti
mates. Careful concealment
may sometimes succeed, even
against all the resources of
modern aerial photography.
in sub-Arctic Russia, too, the
cloud cover is so heavy and
permanent that aerial photog
raphy is virtually impossible,
except with the far less accu
rate radar cameras. But it can
now be rather safely assumed,
all the same, that Nikila S.
Khrushchev will not go to
the summit with a heavy but
hidden advantage in long
range rockets or other weap
ons. The nightmare of the sum
mit has always been that
Khrushchev might possess
such a hidden advantage. If
this had been the case, Presi
dent Eisenhower would have
found himself playing a life-and-death
game with a hand
of deuces against a hand of
aces suddenly pulled from
Khrushchev's sleeve. Unless
all the brave men who went
before Francis G. Powers have
altogether failed, this night
mare need not trouble the
sleep of the West any longer,
THAT is by no means the
end of the wonderful
news, either. The fate of the
U-2 also quite clearly implies
that the power-cards the Presi
dent still holds - the jet
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even the most elementary of
basic news to U.N. correspond
ents has largely pushed his in
ternational organization off
the front pages. This despite
the repeated assertion by
Hammarskjold and his prede
cessor, Trygve Lie, that the
United Nations could not live
without the publicity afforded
it by the press.
Hammarskjold is off today
for talks in London with
South African officials on that
country's racial segregation
policy. Chances are this will
yield no more headlines than
many of the silent Swede's
former "quiet diplomatic"
missions.
Joseph Alsop
bombers of the Strategic Air
Command -are still much bet
ter cards than the previously
known facts appeared to sug
gest. Chief anions these facts
was the enormous proportion
of the enormous Snvipt mili
tary budget, reaching as much
as per cent of. the total, that
has been regularly invested
in air defense in all the veara
since the war. In view of this
gigantic expenditure on air de
fense, many experts suspected
that SAC's B-52s were losing
their capability of penetrating
their targets.
But it is now clear that ill.
Soviets cannot feel any real
confidence in their air defense
against SAC's bombers. The
U-2, it must be remembered,
was first produced by Lock-
need in IU55. The plane,
which is essentially a giant
glider powered with a sinole
jet engine, has been used for
overiiignis ot the soviet land
mass for over four v e a r c
These U-2 flights through the
upper air nave quite certain
ly been observed on Soviet
radar screens. Until Powers'.
unlucky mission, no U-2 was
ever Drougnt down.
OEGULAR overflights, car
' ricd on for years with
perfect impunity, imply a So
viet air defense system that
Is very weak indeed at high
altitudes. The simple fact that
Powers's U-2 safely got as far
as Sverdlovsk, in the very
heart of the Soviet land mass,
also implies a Soviet air de.
fense system that is still full
of exceedingly large holes.
The system may be in the
process of improvement, with
high altitude rockets of the
type of the American Nike;
but the improvement cannot
have got far to date.
There are certain inconsis
tencies, too, in the technical
details of the Soviet story of
the fate of Powers's U-2. The
way the plane is alleged to
have been shot down at 65,000
feet is particularly fishy. It
appears much more probable
that the U-2's single engine
failed, forcing Powers into a
gliding descent. This would
mean that the U-2 was hit, not
at 65,000 feet, but at a very
much lower altitude. And if
this is true, in turn, the Soviet
air defense system Is not mere
ly imperfect; it is almost use
less against SAC's B-92s.
In any case the fate of the
U-2 proves to the world that
the balance of terror still
holds. It has been ihockingly
neglected by the present ad
ministration. It is beginning to
tilt, as Soviet rocket power
grows. But for the present,
the balance holds. The nature
of the proof and the timing of
the proof are both regrettable.
But the proof Itself is deeply
reassuring.
Copyright 1960, New York
Herald Tribune Lie.
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