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rooms and a gymnasium.
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centing Office
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mones?
3. WMch bird is noted for
Its travel between the Arctic
and the Antarctic?
4. Ia Port a fortified or un
fortified wine?
5. Of which religious faith
Is Herbert Hoover a member?
8. Is a child born in the
U.S. of alien parents a citizen
of tho U.S.?
7. Can the pupil of the eye
actually become larger or
smaller?
8. Which weighs more, the
skeleton or muscles of the
human body?
0. Can a copyright be ex
tended? 10. Will pre tin rust?
Antworti I, Comptroller
Genaitt. 2. Yti. 3. Th tarn.
4. Fortifiad. t. Soclaty of
Frlandt (Quakar). 6. Yea. 7.
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Finder Weeper
Los Angeles - Gary Beck
man, 20, a college student,
told poliaajKa envelope iM
talning $T80 blew out of a
coat pocket as he sped down
s freeway on his motorcycle.
Bcckman i(o) bM $14
which was turned over to po
lice by John T. Konsinger.
Kcssinger got s traffisntlckct
for walkln. on the freeway
while picking up the $14.
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Controversy
If we had to choose, we'd probablv pick
Vincent Van Gogh as our favorite artistMDon't
ask why. It's purely subjective, and we've never
analyzed it.
But that doesn't mean that we don't care for
other artists; even other types of artistic expres
sion from btruscan Dunai murals to the calcu
lated and colorful drippings of Jackson Pollock
After all, the same elements color, form,
design, technique, balance, emotion are Resent,
in various combinations and permutations, in all
naintmg, whetner it be
landscape, or a far-out
expressionism.
ANY qualified judge
(which we are not)
all of these elements,
modes of painting.
He is. therefore, able
from the bad in ny of
if pr0d, he can tell
in prt subjective (it
out is lso in part based
mints oPsood and bd
If this mueff is eranted, then the Oregon
Stj 3tif ffcoflu a l(ecl
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JK RECENT yers the bo
at the state (fair under
itufcet Kins of Salem. She did wht is declared,
among knowleclg eble
ouUtndia$ job.
bha attracted 'or
vest's outstanding frtistS1, displayed it attract
tiely, and made the exhibit accredit to the state.
One Salem observer said that Mrs. King:
". . . tr.naformed the art gallery from a sort of
Haan arca)d fcturln endless portrayals of pink
peonies into an exhibit that displayed something of
the breadth and scope of creative art in Oregon
from ceramics and sculpture to photography and paint- ,
inf. Thert were still plenty of pretty pictures' by nice
old ladies, but the serious and challening efforts of
man ad tVomen to whom art is more than a Sunday
pastime at last received the spsjee and recognition
they deserve . . ."
This year, however, the board succumbed to
pressure from a Portland organization calling
itwlp "Citizens Art Association," which claims
that "traditional art" should be judged separately
Prom contemporary, or
any other, school ot art.
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S A RESULT, Mrs. King, a conscientious pub
lie servant who had obtained the services of
three competent and qualified iudges, resigned.
She said, in effect, she felt
them to superimpose on
judgments of someone who is qualified to judge
traditional art only.
The board in its action convicted itself of
gross ignorance of the world of art; which is all
right: that isn t their province, isut to succumb
to what amounted to political pressure from a
group with an uninfofmed and completely paro
chial point of view convicts them of cowardice
as well as ignorance.
THEY had retained Mrs. King as a competent
munairni" cVln ni-nvorl tViaf aha id incf tliaf To
bow to the juvenile demands of a group for spe
cial treatment for one tiny segment of the whole
spectrum of artistic endeavor was a slap at Mrs.
King.
bhe quit. We don t blame her.
The bright spot in the whole silly business is
the fact that art has become a subject for public
controversy. Where there's no controversy, there's
no interest, lhe fact that there is controversy is
one indication that Oregon is growing up cul
turally. E.A.
Nice, Aren't They?
Art Bimrose, the editorial cartoonist for the
Portland Oregonian, last week put down in black
and white what we've been thinking for some
time.
His comment on the downtown street tree
program applies here as well as there. We asked
the Oregonian for permission to reproduce it and
nere it is. L.A.
What a Dil(rnc A Year tt
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Sign of Growth
a crraphicallv realistic
example ci abstract
of artistic endeavor
is fully acquainted with
and with all styles and
to serMratt tht p-ood
the various schools. And,
you why. His analysis is
can't be tnything else),
on knowledjje ot the
art.
pretty silly lst weefc,
rd put the rt exhibit
the direction of Mrs.
people, to htv been an
from some of the north-
modem, or abstract, or
it would be an insult to
their deliberations the
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Denfttoth
'9& We wps. jqh't look much like Uttie Bbw feepj
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aperi ia fact ifca contrary is oftun the case.
Schools anal Russia
To the Editor: Inez Hoi-
comb asks for suggestions on
the tax question and aid to
schools. I can only point out
the difficulty of pulling a rab
bit out of our social hat.
She says that the schools
would be supported in the
manner of public welfare.
That is not much of a recom
mendation. Our public schools
have a social flavor but func
tion more as controlled
thought. Their main purpose
Is to perpetuate the status
quo. Our present predicament
is that the status quo has gone
to seed. No organism lives for
ever. She envisions a better edu
cated America. Let's see her
try and get It. We are the
product of our environment.
We are what has been poured
into our heads. This country
was founded by a nation of
traders and we have a com
mercial ideology. Old ideas
die hard.
It would seem that federal
aid Is the only hope for the
Schools and the teachers jobs.
But there will be many eth
ers than the teachers that must
have jobs to support our mer
chant class. Our educational
system is geared to the com-
mercial end and not social
progress. Nor human culture.
We strive to produce some
thing to sell and we buy to
show off. Therefore there is
little need for education or
culture for any purpose ex
cept commercialism. Our
schools have served that pur
pose. They are good enough,
good enough for a society that
has reached perfection.
However the Russians are
not content to "let well
enough alone," they aspire to
go one and on. They are an
ambitious people and thrill at
their accomplishment. Their
drama is more subtle than
ours. Where we might thrill at
the violence and romance of
the "old west," they revel in
the industry and progress of
their entire country and es
pecially the exploits of the
pioneers In their "new wild
east."
Travel is an effective way
to garner information. To
work with people is a good
method to learn their ways
and opinions. I have done
both. I traveled from Vladi
vostok to Moscow by way of
Turkestan.
There is an easy and eco
nomical way to "tour" Russia,
and that Is via "USSR." It is
cultural exchange magazine
published i n Washington,
D.C., by the Soviet Govern
ment. As all great art is prop.
aganda, It is obviously both.
So you peruse It at your own
peril.
Walter Recce,
Galice rd..
Merlin, Ore.
A Question of Maturity
To the Editor: As a member
of the age group which most
people think is horrid or un
bearable, I would like to make
a comment on the company
the town had this past week.
First I thought all these
people were here on business.
A convention Is business, and
not a tour to make a big mfsv.
Many of the visitors and town
folk were so drunk, how could
they hold any convention?
Then the parade they had.
Now were not thys- big men
something? I tell you I have
never seen such Immature
acts put on Oi this town be
fore. We are trying to keep
our twn attractive. How can
we "tth tlk)f!s of that kind?
The strcctserc a mess when
it was (9'cr, all cluttered up
with paper, etc.
I hear that the teen-agers
re the ones who are so im-
i
Mnce
Letters submitted for pub
words. The letters printed in
mature and cause all the
trouble. The teen-agers were
in the bands at the parade.
They were displaying good
common sense.
Can you tell me how we are
to respect our elders when
things like that are going on?
Carolyn Goss,
342 Mae St.,
Medford. .
Knight of the Road
To the Editor: One of the
most colorful and unforget
able traveling "knights of the
road," commonly known as a
hobo, stepped off the rods one
early morning in June, 1920,
at Gold Hill before the main
line of the friendly Southern
Pacific changed to the Natron
cut-off east of the Cascades.
This well-seasoned, wiry
athlete, near 35, quickly sized
up the situation and headed
for a boarding house just a
lew steps from the depot. Ad
dressing the landlord for a
"free" breakfast, he was
asked to split some wood first,
as a compensation and cour
tesy. Quick as a wink, his re
tort was, "Who, me? I haven't
done anything called work in
18 years." He said he still had
time to catch his "side-door
pullman," and made the re
mark he would still insist
keeping his independent habit
of mooching, his way on up
the line, as he had always
managed, somehow, to keep
the faith, "the Lord will pro
vide." Someone lias remarked: it
takes all kinds of people to
make a world, and this self
made psychologist was ful
filling a niche in life.
Bert Kissinger,
520 Boardman St.,
Medford.
Laws For Everyone?
To the Editor: As I was
reading in last night's paper
about enforcing the new boat
law I started to laugh. What's
the big deal on boats when
they can't even serve a war
rant on non-support charges?
All I've got is the run around
In the first place I thought
when the judge gave an order,
they were supposed to carry
it out. I even wrote to the
governor. And it made me
laugh that they will enforce
boating laws while non-sup
porters run loose and expect
someone else to take care of
those children.
What is this world coming
to if the laws don t pertain to
everyone?
Aria Lewis,
P. O. Box 309,
Eagle Point, Ore.
The Reason Why
To the Editor: Many times I
have read of plans and sped
ncaiions being accepted or re
jected, and this Is the first
time I have noticed the finan
cial position of persons in
volved stated publicly.
I am one of the property
owners on the east side of
Summit st. The council was,
and Is, so correct about our not
being able to afford having
our side of the street paved,
especially at $7.50 a foot. We
have 75 feet.
Dors anyone know about the
employment possibilities (In
the Immediate vicinity during
the winter months? The pos
sibility of tnkiiu a 'f) summer
until the winlH- lay off, to
catch up with the past months
of unemployment?
No we couldn't and can't
afford an extra $562.50, not
even with the payment plan,
and I'm sure the reason for
our not co-operating should be
publicly stated by the coun
cil. Minnie G. Grigsby,
824 Summit St.,
Medford.
Today and
o
Tomorrow
By Walter Lippmonn
THE FULBRIGHT INQUIRY
The Senate inquiry into the
U-2 affair has now done its
main work. Thanks to the
high . minded-
,ness, the ex
perience and
the sagacity of
the commit
tee's chair
man, Senator
Fulbright, the
work has been
well done.
It h a a
Llopminn brought 0 U t
the relevant facts and the
Senator has pointed out their
significance. The inquiry has
shown that the Nervous Nel
lies among us were wrong.
It is possible in this democ
racy to conduct an inquiry
into the causes of a national
fiasco without giving aid and
comfort to the adversary. We
have been spared the humil
iation of distrusting ourselves
so much that we dared not in
quire into our own mistakes.
In digesting the results, we
must begin with the fact that
the inquiry dealt with a ques
tion which has never before
been . investigated in this
country, or in any other coun
try. The question was the
competence of the President
and his principal advisors in
dealing with an entirely ille
gal and inherently clandes
tine operation which is,
nevertheless, necessary to the
security of the country.
Mr. Fulbright defined the
question accurately and sharp
ly by declaring after Mr.
Dulles had testified in execu
tive session that in this af
fair the issue was not the
clandestine work of the C.I.A.
but the overt decisions of the
President and his advisors
who make the policy which
governs both the C.I.A. and
our diplomacy.
THE inquiry has established
the responsibility of the
President and his advisors
for the timing of the flight.
They did not order the flight
on May 1. But they had failed
to cancel their orders, given
previously, which authorized
the flight that did take place
on May 1. This flight was, as
Gen. de Gaulle said in his
television address on Tuesday,
"certainly and at the least
ill-timed."
The inquiry has establish
ed, too, that the critical per
iod was the week end from
Friday afternoon, May 6, to
Monday, May 9. During this
week end the administration
Legislators' Pay
To the Editor: Relative to
your editorial of June 3, in
which you "do not understand
the majority's refusal to pay
their legislators enough so
they can afford to serve etc.,
I refer you to the present issue
of Life magazine in which
there is an article on how the
national legislators in Wash
ington, D. C, are padding
their expense accounts.
It was not very long ago
that the national legislators
voted themselves a handsome
pay raise on the promise that
this increase in salary would
attract more -qualified men.
It seems they were correct.
Now the present legislators in
Washington, D.C., charge us
for their front porches, for
taking their wives on vaca
tions to Europe and other va
cation spots of the world, and
just generally prove they are
more qualified to add illicit
funds to their purse than their
underpaid forefathers.
Therefore, Sir, with this ex
ample before us, I ask you,
why should we increase the
pay of the Oregon state legis
lators? (Name on file,)
Medford.
Editor's note: There is quite
a difference between S600 per
year, plus one trip to Salem
each two years (for state legis
lators), and $22,500, plus sub
stantial expenses (for con
gressmen). You could afford
to serve in congress If elected.
Could you afford to serve in
the legislature?
Worst Car
To the Editor: The other
day, someone asked me "Was
the Brush car the worst car
ever made?" The answer is
-"NO."
The Maihbohm was the
world's worst. I unloaded a
brand new Maihbohm from a
freight -car at the Ashland
freight depot, and tried to
drive it to the salesroom. It
fell to pieces before I got to
Main street, and it wasn't the
worst Maihbohm made. The
other three fell to pieces on
the assembly line.
I do not know how they
spelled It, Maihbohm, Mai
bohm or Maybohm. I didn't
have the car long enough to
find out. Everything about the
Maihbohm wasn't bad. They
have the world's record for
going broke fast. In second
place for going broke fast, is
me, but I didn't have much to
go broke from.
Everett Acklin
Ashland, Ore,
Sip
Matter of Fact n jo-ph ai.op
KHRUSHCHEV'S KNACK
OF SURVIVAL
London - The Western dV
lomatic missions in Moscow
have now sent in their first
post - summit
r eassessments
of the politi
cal situation
there.
They are al
most as de
pendenton guesswork as
the analyses
of the demo
logists on this
side of the
iron curtain. Y it is still in
teresting that the great ma
jority of the expert observers
on the scene think that Nikita
S. Khrushchev's position is
wholly unimpaired.
If there is any meaning In
issued two statements. One
was on Saturday admitting
that the U-2 was a spy plane
but saying "insofar as the au
thorities in Washington are
concerned, there was no au
thorization of any such flight
as "described by Mr. Khrush
chev." The second statement
was on Monday . saying that
such flights were done under
the President's order, and im-plying-as
all the world un
derstood It-that they would
be continued.
This was the lost week end.
These were the days when the
United States government not
only avowed responsibility
for spying, but proclaimed
that spying was a national
policy which, so it was uni
versally understood, would
be adhered to. These two
statements combined were not
only altogether unprecedent
ed in the history of interna
tional relations but they were
altogether untenable, as is
shown by the fact that the
President had to renounce
the policy publicly in the
presence of Mr. Khrushchev
at the tragic meeting in Paris.
IT IS important to take note
of the human circumstances
of this calamitous week end.
Secretary Herter had return
ed to Washington on Friday
evening after ten days of con
ferences in Iran, Turkey, and
Greece. The U-2 affair was
already in a very consider
able mess when he returned
owing to the false cover
statements Issued by press
agents who did not know
what was going on.
Having returned on Friday
evening, Mr. Herter had to
deal with the mess on Satur
day. Younger and stronger
men than he who have been
on long trans - Atlantic air
flights are not in prime con
dition the next morning.
Moreover, as the Secretary
of State was returning to
Washington, the President
was leaving it. He was leav
ing for a week end in Gettys
burg. The two men did not
meet face to face until the
President's return to Wash
ington on Sunday. The mo
mentous decision to avow that
the overflights were a nation
al policy was taken after talks
on the telephone to Gettys
burg. Thus a Secretary of
State, inevitably tired and
rushed by events which hap
pened in his absonce, had to
deal with a President who
was absent in Gettysburg, and
no position to hear the
whole argument which pre
ceded the recommendation
from Washington.
THIS is, I think, the crux of
what the inquiry has es
tablished. The practical les
sons of jt are clear enough.
On the bad timing of the
flight, the President and the
Secretary of State allowed
the C.I.A. too much leeway
and thus forced upon it a re
sponsibility which it was not
competent to exercise. If we
were going to go to the sum
mit, there should have been
no more flights, once the date
of the conference was fixed
To be sure, there were a lot of
things we would like to have
known during the suspension
of the flights. But now we
have no summit meeting and
also we have no flights.
On the handling of the ac
cident, the first lesson is that
all publicity and all cover
statements and the like should
always be retained rigorous
ly in the hands of high offi
cials who know what is going
on. Spying is deception. But
you cannot use dupes to de
ceive others and not risk bad
results.
The second li-sson is that
the high officials should
have been thoroughly indoc
trinated long ago in the con
ventions and the practices
which have always surround
ed the black art of espionage.
Manifestly the high officials,
beginning with the President
himself, were Jtit Indoctrinat
ed. They were caught off bal
ance and they Improvised In
a panic.
It will nov)e Important to
see whether or not the var
ious candidates show that
tlK have learned something
from this very expensive
fiasco.
(Copyright 1960 New York
Herald Tribune, Inc.)
J O S hirW
the redirection of the Com
munist party Secretariat, the
shifts in military commands
and other recent personnel
movements in Moscow, it is
believed that thse changes
mean more, not less, authority
for Khrushchev. It is also be
lieved that although Khru
shchev clearly spoke from a
prepared brief in Paris, he
took the lead in preparing
that brief. And it is not be
lieved that Khrushchev has
been under any pressere from
the Army more serious?, for In
stance, than the pressure Pres
ident Eisenhower experienced
when Get!. Maxwell D. Tay
lor was dropped as Chief of
Staff.
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THERE is only one question,
in fact, which is still re
garded as really open. Khru
shchev himself went out of
his way to explain that a sea
side vacation was the cause
of Anastas Mikoyan's absence
from the Moscow scene. But
in the same way, before
Georgi Malenkov's final de
parture for Ust-Kamenogorsk,
Khrushchev used to tell the
guests at Moscow parties, with
grisly relish, "Look at my
little Georgi. There he is. Yet
they said I had shot him."
There are certain unex
plained symptoms suggest
ing that Mikoyan has suffered
some sort of demotion. Maybe
he has. Maybe he has not. If
he has indeed declined in
power, he is not the first to
suffer in the group who help
ed Khrushchev's rise to the
first place. Zhukov, Kirich-
enko, and others are mute
witnesses to the interesting
fact that Nikita S. Khrush
chev is a fairly dangerous man
to aid and support. And long
before the summit, on his visit
to de Gaulle in Paris, Khru
shchev talked about Mikoyan
with rather open malice and
disdain,
AN THE same visit (which
cast more light on Khru
shchev's mind than anything
else to date) Khrushchev also
talked quite openly of the
bullheaded obstinacy of the
military leaders who could
not see how modern military
technology had altered the
Soviet Union's strategic situ
ation. In doing so, however.
he showed a total lack of con
cern. He spoke, indeed, as
one who had already solved
the problem. If Army pres
sure, a Stalinist resurgence,
and all the other complicated
explanations are thus brushed
aside, what remains is the
simplest and least palatable
explanation of the events that
began in November. 1998.
Khrushchev himself in full
command from start to finish,
was trying to get the Western
leaders to give him what he
wanted by an astute combi
nation of bullying and wheed
ling. The Western leaders,
especially President Eisen
hower and Prime Minister
Macmillan, were persuaded
by the wheedling that Khru
shchev wanted what is called
"a relaxation of tensions."
But what he really wanted
from the outset was Berlin.
When he learned that he
was not going to get Berlin
without a serious risk of war.
Khrushchev was ready to
bring the whole complex op
eration to an early close. The
U-2 incident afforded him the
Ideal pretext for adjourning
the Berlin case sine die, with
the proviso of course that the
Kremlin can call the case up
again at will later on,
a a
170R Khrushchev's purposes,
in truth, it was really bet
ter to have no conference at
the summit, and to adjourn
the Berlin case with talk of
a conference later on, than to
have a conference which
failed to give him what he
claimed.
or this after-the-fact an
alysis of Khrushchev's mo
tives and methods in the long
Berlin crisis, there is also Mos
cow evidence of striking char
acter. After the explosion at
the summit and its sequels,
the Soviet leaders are now
known to have passed the
word to the satellite govern
ments that everything in
Paris went "according to
plan." From the reported pre
sentation of the matter to the
satellites, it is even clear that
Khrushchev would have been
most unhappy to be forced to
the conference table, so to
say, by Western acceptance of
his humiliating demands for
an apology from President
Eisenhower.
In sum, the Moscow evi
dence strongly reinforces the
parallel between the Berlin
and Quemoy crises already
reported In this space. A tilt
ing military balance and hints
of Western disunity encour
aged Khrushchev to try to see
what he could get at Berlin.
He ceased to try, when he
found the attempt too risky.
The moral is, therefore, than
an appearance of Western
resolution and a strengthened
military balance are the best
safeguards of the future,
(e) I960 New York
Herald Tribune log)
POTLUCK
(By M-T Staff and
Contributors)
A boy came home the other
day, clutching an expensive
looking toy car. "Where did
you get it?" his father asked.
"By doing Tommy a favor."
wft the reply.
What favor?"
I was hitting him and ha
asked me to stop."
A news release was
brought into the newsroom
recently, a part of which
read, "Miss has
had several years of ex
periences." Haven't we all? 0
It depends on what kind,
a a
A marked copy of a recent
issue of the Mail Tribune was
deposited on the Potluck edi
tor's desk last week, and ap
pended to it was a note which
read:
'A friend of the M-T
phoned in to warn us that
TMIP may be writing soon."
The reference, of course, is
to That Man In Phoenix, who
makes a hobby of finding our
boners, clipping them out, and
mailing 'em to us - alorg
with a little commentary of
his own.
Well, as It happened, TMIP
missed the one about which
we were warned. It spoke of
lamented beams being used
in a new building going up in
town. (If they don't last they
will, of course, become "la'e
lamented beams.") (And if
anyone wonders, the word
should have been laminated.)
V -
As we said, TMIP missed
that one. But we DID hear
from him. He asked how
come last week we said
we'd gotten nothing from
him when he had, in fact,
sent us a minor blooper. He
suspected Moore Hamilton's
minions of inefficiency, or
at worst sabotage in the -office.
Nothing of the kind,
friend. It just wasn't up to
your usual caliber, we junk
ed it, and then forgot about
it.
a a
TMIP, not a man to fluster
easily, admitted, in his most
recent communique, that "the
loss is trivial," which makes
us feel a bit less guilty.
"Unto the pure, all things
are pure,' he added in his
note, which saying we are
happy to give wider circula
tion, hoping while doubting
that it may do so good.
Wouldn't it be nice if this
gained currency in interna
tional power politics?
Big things have been
afoot at Hpover school, we
learned from the Hoover
Hi-Lite, which arrived on
our desk recently (the last
issue of the school year,
alas). Among others, we
record the report of David
Dellenback, as to happen
ings in the second grade:
ABOUT THINGS
"It all started when Peter
King brought two little rats
in a cage. One was his sister
Molly's rat. Before school tho
rats ran all over the cage. A
few days later Donna Root
found an insect, but we did
not know what It was. Then
we found out that it was a
tree borer long horned beetle.
Then David M c Fa d d e n
brought two rabbits and a
cage for them. One was very
black and one was white with
black spots."
a a a
An anonymous reporter
brought us up to date on ac
tivities in another room,
as follows: "Mrs. Colley's
first grade had lots of fun.
We all drew a picture of
ourselves in our nicest
clothes. After we finished
Mrs. Colley got out some
pictures that we had drawn
of ourselves last Septem
ber. We think we are bet
ter looking nowl"
a a a
We have another offering
from TMIP, but it's so com
plicated that we'll have to
think about it for a while be
fore attempting to explain it.
We may even skip it. . . .
a a a
So we'll conclude to
day's offering with a
"pome" which we swiped
from the editor of the Pen
dleton East Oregonian, who
found it on his desk the
other day, and isn't sure
who wrote it except that it
was someone who had been
a newspaper editor. It goes
this way:
An editor knocked at the
Pearly Gates,
His face was icarrad and
cold:
He stood before the man
of fate
For admission to the fold.
"What have you done?" St.
Paler asked.
"To gain admission here?"
I ra bean an editor, sir,
he said,
"For many and many
year."
The Pearly Gates swung
open wide.
St. Peter touched the ball.
"Come in," he said, "and
choose your hqA.
"You've had youT thar
of hell."
a a a
Amen. O
our toy Tht OtMonUa.
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