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o o MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE. SUNDAY. JUNE 12, I960 4 A "Everyone in Southern Oregon nnria ThM Mail Tribune" PubliBhed Daily except 8iturdyTiy 33 North J"U- 6t.t Ph BP 2-6141 RhnFRT'W RUHL. Editor HKRB GREY Advertising Managtr ERIC W ALLEN JR.. Mni Editor f.nni. n lon.iu, wit HARRY CHIPMAN. Teleg Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Women'i Editor An maiwnani hdw.ii. Entered u tecond class matter Jkieaiora. ureiun. unu., I of riercn J( idv( SUBSCRIPTION RATES lOe rliy and Sunday 1 yew SIS oo OA Dummy uniy vn ys By Carrier In Advance Medford Phoenix. Shady Cov', Rogue Rlv . er. Talent and on motor router DJtllv enn sunaay i yenr tmiii Da'lv and Sunday 1 mo 1.8 Carrier and Dealer copy 10. AllTerma Cash in Advance "Official Paper of City oTMedfori Official Papr of Jackson ConntT " Unlterf PresB International Full Leased Wire y P.I. TejephotoNewsplcture TrtEMnrn or audit bItreau orcmcuLATiONS JRvprtlslnK Rppreientatlve: WFST HOLIDAY CO.. INC Of-flee- In New York Chicago, p. iron, nan rincni. -- Seattle. Portland St. Louis. At lanta. Vancouver. a.. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATION Al EDITORIAI ASfsbCyrATlfor. Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mall Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Juno 12, 19S0 (Monday) Estimates fix the Rogue Valley's 1950 pear crop t 2.750,000 boxes wntcn win oe a 7 per cent drop from last year's production. The Siskiyou Mounted Sher iff's Posse won the Brophy's Jewelers trophy for mounted troop drill at yesterday's Rogue River Roundup here. 20 YEARS AGO June 12. 1940 (Wednoiday) Gov. Charles A. Sprague will visit Medford as the head of a delegation which is pro moting the Salem centennial alnVirn1inn .Tlllv St. From Arthur Perry's "Ye cmnHoo Pnt" column; "The nitnmnt In scuttle the battle- Bhlp Oregon, as she lay at her dock at Portland, is blamed rn have In .nmB circles. Hal loween is starting early this year." 30 YEARS AGO June 12, 1930 (Thursday) Local growers expect Bart lett pears to bring $40 per ton at cannery prices. Gllmore Oil company has revealed plans to erect an oil plant here. 40 YEARS AGO June 12, 1920 (Saturday) Local natatorlum opens tor summer. Campaign pictures of the Republican nominee for pres sidcnl, Warren G. Harding, will start arriving In Med ford soon, according to local party members. 50 YEARS AGO Juno 12, 1910 (Sunday) Ttv vntfl nf 228 to 200, Ashland residents todny turn ed down an application for a trolley line franchise within (ho ,'ilv The driving of the first Bplke for the Gold Hill rail road up Kanes creek will be done at ceremonies tomor row. What's Your I.Q.? Nina tan correct la Superior; tan of eight is ticellent five w six is good. 1. How many watts to a kilowatt? 2. Whal Is the longest tribu tnry of the Mississippi River? 3. Are kittens blind when born? 4. Was Noah Webster the brother of Daniel Webster? S. Is the plural of spoonful "spoonsful"? 6. Ethan Allan was leader of "the Mountain Boys" In the Revolutionary War? 7. On what street In Wash ington, D.C., Is the official residence of the President? 8. What Is trie Navy's nick name for an aircraft carrier? 9. Which Is lowest in in telligence; a moron, idiot, or an imbecile? 10. Where does child go when sent to the Land of Hod? Answers! 1. 1,000. 2. Mis souri,, River. 3. Yes. 4. No. S.No. Spoonfuls. 6. "Green". 7. Pennsylvania Avenue. I. "l-lal-lop". 9. idiot. 10. To Sleep, 1 TO Sweetland on Government Monroe Sweetland is a man with some pretty definite ideas. When in college, he was a "flaming liberal," and still is counted among the more liberal of the Democratic leaders in the state. But he has grown and matured, and with the responsibility of public office, his ideas have grown and matured alongvith him. IN RECENT weeks he has been speaking to vari- ous groups in many parts of the state. They have been auasi-nolitical be separated from his campaign for secretary of state. But they have not been political in a partisan sense. He has been outlining his ideas about gov ernment and its responsibilities and what it should perform for the people it serves. Education is one of the things he supports most strongly, and in recognition of his long rec ord of support he was named "Education's Man of the Year" for Oregon LAST week he discussed government, and the raia anma nprmlo Vinlfl nhnnf if "Government is not detractors would have us believe we would be better off with no government at all. Yet without government, our civilization would crumble just as surely as if it had been gen bombs." He made the additional point that "violent, irresponsible and subversive criticism of "re sponsible, enlightened ment is dangerous. And "The anti-government calamity howlers are the present-day reincarnation of the 13th century anarch ists. And what's more, they are far more numerous. "They do not resort to the extreme of violence employed by yesterday's anarchists. Instead they use the more devastating weapons of denunciation and character assassination which undermines the confi dence of people in the social purposes of government." IN THESE United States, the Founding Fathers provided a framework of government which is responsive to the needs of the majority, while protecting the rights of the minority. in our system, it is the to preserve and guarantee the "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" ration of Independence, of the Constitution. And Sweetland made government, "we are able to improve the organ ization of society, increase our economic produc tion, enrich our social relationships, and secure peacefulness and law and ND he added these thoughts: "We must not forget that democratic government is established by the people to meet their own needs. The most important need today is to counter the threat which communism poses to our democratic institu tions. To meet this threat, all levels of government must perform adequately to show the world that our system is capable of attending successfully to the de mands of human welfare in housing, education, eco nomic progress, civil rights, conservation and national defense. "The democratic one-third of the world must con vince the uncommitted one-third that our way of life is preferable to that of the totalitarian one-third." Sweetland knows what he's talking about, lie's right, and he says it We wish it were possible to convince the vio ent detractors of government today's nihilists of the truth of Sweetland's views. E.A. We Can Along the same lines, a reprint from the Monthly Newsletter of the Koyal Bank of Canada in Ihe articles summary said: It Is better lo participate in the creation of good things than to boast of their possession. Since the beginning, men and women who grouped themselves together in communities have been faced with many problems. In seeking solutions, they have been handicapped by ignorance, prejudice, and mental inertia. Despite all this, man has, over a few thousand years, succeeded in improving his environment and has had an enjoyable lime doing it. It is, indeed, a poor rejoinder to say about a sugges tion for community betterment "our fathers got along all right without all this fuss1'. Because of the planning and work that they did we aro given today's oppor tunities. But we cannot be merely onlookers at the pageant of life. New conditions have brought new needs, and only the community whose people are guided by intelligent awareness of its needs and a determination to meet them can preserve Ihe goodness it has. This is a job for people with faith that even the most threatening situation can be handled successfully by coordinated effort; that even the best they can Imagine for their community can be achieved. In the words of the old song, "accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative." E.A. ML snomer The state fair's teapot tempest over "tradi tional" vs. "modern" art continues. Mrs. Rachel Griffin, of the Portland Mu seum of Art, has resigned as a state fair art judge because the state fair board succumbed ingnominiously in the face of demands from the "traditionalists" that a "traditionalist" judge be appointed in addition to three competent, profes sional judges. Actually, "traditionalist" vs. "modernist" is a misnomer for the hassle. The "traditionalists" are really amateurs without background, training or competence in art, while the "modernists" are in fact following the true artistic tradition of creativity, experimentation, and freedom to seek beauty and meaning without being hide-bound arbitrary standards. O talks, and can't really not long ago. evil," he said. "Some bombarded witn hydro and progressive govern he added: purpose ot government assurances of the Decla and the weltare clause the point that, through order. well. Achieve Harold Cook brought to the ollice last week. b.A: O , , Dennis the 3f W iVHATCHA ear that cottom 'in Communications Loitors to ihe Editor must bear the nam and address of ihe writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen nam or initial for publication it permissible. The Mail Tribune resarvos the right to adit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for pub lication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this eolumn do not necottanly papert In tact tha contrary is Tings to Remember To the Editor: Some years ago, Aye paid $5 for der book entitled, "How to remember tings." Der vun ting Aye re member best vas-Don t do it again. Der book vas about vun yackrabbit vot got scared ui a hounddog, und yumped ofer der fence, ran down der high way, skidded under der truck, viggled through der culvert, tore across der airport, yump ed on der railroad track und lost der cotton pickin' pants on der cow-catcher. Der vords you vas supposed to remem ber vas: Yackrabbit, hound dog, fence, highway, truck, culvert, airport, railroad track, cotton pickin' pants und cow-catcher. If you vant ed to remember more words, yust have der yackrabbit hop around some more. It vas easy to learn der vords, but it still vouldn't tell you ven der li cense plates on der old Yalopy vas going to expire. Dot vas vun for der Police. It cost me $5.81 for me to take der slip uf paper to der Yudge. Vun cent for der ex piring parking meter und 50c for der expiring parking meter vot expired ven Aye vas talking to der Yudge about der expired license plates. Der $5 vas for der highvay up-keep. Dot vas vot you vould say, "an expiring day." If you ask me-Der Police got vun heck uf-a better book to teach you-How to remem ber tings. It works. Everett Acklin Ashland, Ore. Liked Care To the Editor: I would like this letter published to thank the staff of Sacred Heart hos pital. I would like to thank my doctors, Dr. Stephenson, Dr. Mcyerding and also staff members who cared for me during my hospitalization. I received fine treatment and care and It is my opinion that the service at the hos pitnl is of the best. Thanks again. Officer Roy Erickson, Member of the Medford City Police Department Sound in the Night To the Editor: Back In the palmy days of 1924 when Gold Hill boasted of having a brass band and "ate high on the hog," there was also a smelter boom among the townsmen and a rather spirit ed element of the last remain ing old hard rock miners. Gold claims were staked all around the surrounding hills for miles and then some. A chemist at Gold Hill, along with a friend and myself, knowing of an abandoned mine of years ago, set out to do the assessment work, which necessitated the three ot us to work at a late hour of night. The chemist friend had a big collie dog that al ways tagged along. One night on the mile long trail, there were heavy foot sounds tramping directly across about 50 yards in a dark canyon, headed the same way we were walking down a steep grade. Whatever the heavy beast was, It caused the hair on the collie to stand straight out and almost to walk between our legs until we reached the end ot the trail, At that moment every thing was silent. We never did hear any more night prowling aftfr that, but it was a rather eerie feeling to experience and not having any means tor protection. Bert Kissinger, 320 Boardmao St., Medford Menace your ears k,mr.Wiison? represent the views of the often th casa. She'd Like Some Benches To the Editor: It is about time Medford was made "Less Beautiful" and "more Comfor table" for the people, especial ly the old people and the dis abled. The small businessmen along Main St. should band together with the owner of the city bus and demand the right from the city council to put benches in front of their places for the tired and elder ly to rest. Medford is supposed to be a "Haven" for retired people. It is too far to walk up to the city park from the main business center to get a chance to sit down. It doesn't matter what kind of benches. They can be made of wood, iron or concrete and should be of a permanent na ture. It seems the larger the city grows the less Is done for the "Little People." It would be much nicer to have a bench to sit on while waiting for a bus Instead of leaning on a window. I saw five people leaning against a window for support for their backs, waiting for a bus to take them home. I am sure the owner of the drug store would much rather have a bench than have to replace a broken window. So, Medforditcs, let's begin to think of the old as you and I cannot forever stay young. Let's do it now. Time is a- wasting. Mrs. Lillian Green 2411 Sunset Court Medford. League on Security To the Editor: With interest and appreciation, the mem bers of the League of Women Voters of Medford read your editorial, "Mutual Security," on June 8. For the last two years, 1097 local Leagues have been studying United States for eign policy and have conclud ed that long-range, adequate ly financed programs carried on through the development loan fund, technical assistance programs and multilateral ar rangements are essential to the well-being of this country as well as to the overwhelm ing support for the economic aspects of the Mutual Se curity Program, ' and feels that President Eisenhower's request for an appropriation of $4 2 billion should be granted by Congress. On May 4, Mrs. Robert J. Phillips, president of the League of Women Voters of the United States, sent the following telegram to Presi dent Eisenhower: "The national board of the League of Women Voters of the United States wholeheart edly applauds your effort to obtain the full amount of your request for funds for economic assistance as ex pressed In your May 2nd ad dress to the nation . . ." On May 14, the League sub mitted a statement to the house appropriations subcom mittee on foreign operations in support ot the Mutual Se curity Program for economic development and technical as sistance. The Medford League wishes to thank the Medford Mail Tribune for its efforts in cre ating active community sup port for this urgent legisla tion.,, Marion M. (Mrs. Fred T.) Burich, Foreign Policy Chairman. League of Women Voters Medford Today & Tomorrow By Walter lippmann MR. K. AND THE DEMOCRATS Mr. Khrushchev's sustained fury against Mr. Eisenhower is more than a case of bad temper and bad manners. It is, it seems to me, a cal culated cam paign, ad dressed pri marily to the C o m m u nist world. Its ob- Uoomino stroy the im age of President Eisenhower -of the benevolent Ike who is the bringer of peace to mankind-and to purge Mr. K. himself of his association with it. The President's own image of himself has been that of the victorious General who became a Peacemaker. Until May 16 this was also Mr. Nixon's and the Republican party'i image of the election campaign of 1960. The out lines were sketched in a year ago beginning with Mr. Nix on's visit to Moscow. The full picture was to be completed this month, when it would become incandescent with a triumphal tour of peace and good will to Moscow and to Tokyo. To the making and the promotion of this image of Ike the Peacemaker, Mr. K. has during the past year been a powerful contributor. The Soviet Union is at a point in its internal development where it has a vital interest In the Days News By FRANK JENKINS Political interest centers on Mr. Nelson Rockefeller's rather startling statement in which, after asserting that he is NOT a candidate but would ACCEPT the Republican nomination for President if it were tendered to him on a silver platter, he 1. Criticizes the Eisenhower administration's defense pro gram and advocates a three billion dollar increase in de fense spending, and . . . 2. Says the nation must achieve a faster rate of econ omic growth, urges federal aid for school construction and endorses medical aid for the aged under the social se curity system, in contrast with what he calls the "basically unsound" plan of the Eisen hower administration. LET'S take these criticisms up in order. Does Mr. Rockefeller (in the full text of his statement) say IN DETAIL just how the additional three billions he wants should be spent and justify his contention by EX PERT knowledge that three billion dollars more are NEEDED In order to make us safe? Who is better qualified to judge our military defense needs - President Eisenhower, a dedicated military profes sional who has devoted his life to military affairs and who has had more military experience than any Ameri can now living ... or Mr. Rockefeller? That, it seems to me, is a fair question. We Americans want to know. If our military program is inadequate, it is OUR lives and fortunes that are at stake TN his now celebrated state- ment, Mr. Rockefeller urges a faster rate of economic growth . . . meaning, presum ably, an accelerated rate of growth FORMED by govern ment. He wants federal aid for school construction. He wants increased medical aid for the aged under social se curity. All of these SOUND like endorsement of the philoso phy of the spenders. They seem to suggest that in Mr. Rockefeller's opinion the Re publican party should pledge itself, if returned to power this fall, to SPEND MORE THAN THE DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN SPENDING. WE must remember, of course, that we do not have before us the full text of the Rockefeller statement. We have as yet only the di gest of Its principal points that has been provided for us by the news services. Before we can draw accu rate conclusions, we must have the FULL TEXT. We must study it carefully. We must balance one statement against another. Before we can arrive at an accurate judgment of what Mr. Rocke feller proposes, in the event that the Republican party takes him at his word and DRAFTS him as its nominee for the high office of Presi dent, we must have the full text of his statement so that we may study carefully, even prayerfully, what he is pro posing in his dramatic en trance into the political arena. On the face of what we are able to see so far A lot ot us will feel a sense of disappointment in Mr Rocketeer. I 1boJsb4bi1 in a detente. Mr. K. chose to base the tactics of his pol icy to achieve the detente on the belief that he could reach a personal understand ing with Mr. Eisenhower, and, in the face of skepticism, criticism, and opposition from the orthodox Communists, he played Eisenhower as his trump card. TIIS prolonged fury against I-- Mr. Elsenhower personal ly must be related directly to the size of his investment in the personality of Mr. Ei senhower. Mr. K. had done something which is most un Marxist, something that no other Communist leader has ever done before. He had staked his prestige upon the personality of the anti-Communist head of an anti-Communist state, a deeply con servative General presiding over a highly capitalistic ad ministration. After the U-2 af- fair-when the President had justified the overflights as necessary national policy-Mr. K.. was in a position which is intolerable for a dictator, He had been made to look ridiculous, gullible, and weak. in the presence of the Com munist world. Accordingly, I do not share the view of those who say that the U-2 was merely a pretext, that the Western de cision to stand pat in Berlin, was tne real reason why Mr. Khrushchev broke up the summit meeting. For him the U-2 affair was a far more seri ous threat to his power and his prestige than would have been an inconclusive negotia tion about Berlin followed by an agreement to continue the negotiation at another sum mit meeting. In my view, af ter the U-2 affair Mr. K. did not dare to negotiate with Mr, Eisenhower. He had been his chief sponsor to the Commu nist world, and without an enormous loss of face, he could not sit down with him and negotiate. QTRICTLY speaking, what - Mr. K. nas done is to break relations with President Eisenhower personally, and to suspend serious negotia tions during his term of of fice. Mr. K. has done noth ing about Berlin except to proclaim a moratorium good at least for another eight months. He has refused to accept the President's person al assurance that the over flights are suspended. He has delivered an ultimatum to all our allies that he will attack any base from which an il legal flight takes off. He has focussed his quarrel on Mr. Eisenhower personally and on his heir, Mr. Nixon. Mr. Khrushchev's quarrel with the Republicans is em barrassing to the Democrats. For he has said that there can be no serious negotiations un til there is a Democratic ad ministration. No political par ty likes to be endorsed by a foreign government, least of all by a Communist govern ment. No party likes to be indorsed during a propaganda campaign in which by the in sults to the man, the office which he holds is defamed. BUT the embarrassment of the Democrats at being preferred by Mr. K. is super ficial and of no consequence. For their basic position-as defined by Stevenson, Ken nedy, Symington, and in some measure by Johnson-is quite Invulnerable to the charge that they are "softer" on Communism and more "ap peasing" than the Eisenhower Republicans. The thesis ot the Democrats in this election is that the Eisenhower admin istration, because of a false economic philosophy, has been failing to meet the Soviet challenge in national defense and in all the main elements of national power, The promise of the Demo crats is that they intend to meet the Soviet challenge. They mean to Increase the nation's military power. They mean to invest more heavily in the nation's vital and ne glected public needs, in edu cation and in the specialized training of scientists and tech nicians, in the advancement of research, in the protection of health, In the redevelop ment oi the cities, in the use of natural resources. To sup port all this, they Intend to promote and encourage an In terest in the rate of growth, which is now much too low, of the national production. An administration which has that purpose will in rela tion to the rest of the world, primarily the Soviet Union and China, be able to nego tiate from a position of grow ing strength. It is the weak, those whose relative power is declining, who find they must choose between surren der and standing pat. The strong, .having confidence in themselves and) commanding respect, can negotiate. For to negotiate it is necessary be firm, and it is necesakry to be flexlblt. o O (By M-T Staff If an editor has a low boil ing point he is likely to ex plode every morning when he opens his mail. You should see some of the mall that comes to an editor's desk. It's like a lot of the junk mail you get (addressed to Occupant) only it's worse and there's a lot more of it. The senders of much of It are so careless that they haven't corrected their mail ing lists in years. We get mail regularly that is addressed to people who have not been at The East Oregonlan in many years. You're probably wondering why we bother to look at the stuff. We do so because it is possible to detect from the appearance of many enve lopes what is inside them. Some of the stuff is worth taking a look at. And some editors who shoveled all of it into the waste basket with out inspecting it learned later from the business office that they threw out some checks. A few years ago, the co owner of The Bend Bulletin, Henry Fowler, became so ir ritated with all the junk mail that came to his desk that he prepared a form letter which he sent to the junk mail dispensers. He told them he didn't want to get any more of their stuff. It reduced the flow of the junk a little, but not much. The letters that Irritate an editor most are those that come from companies that do no business in the editor's town but nevertheless request that he give them some pub licity in his newspaper. Much of the stuff is plainly adver tising, for which anybody but a fathead press agent would expect to pay the newspaper. There's a "touch" that goes with some of this stuff that is the straw the breaks the editor's back. The press agent asks you to send him a copy of the paper in which his story appears. Of course he doesn't send along a stamp to cover mailing of the paper. No editor with all of his mar bles is going to print the press agent's stuff. By asking that Matter of Fact NO TRIVAL MATTER Washington - The United Statea Is In n mur-h worse hind than almost anyone imagines, as a result ot tne voluntary moratorium on nuclear tests that was pro posed by Nlki ta S, Khrush c h e v and 1 1 Uu h 13 agrea lu "J 1 President Ei- We cannot violate our pledge by holding wea- .... diB DUll fccw.o - 4 . , D while the moratorium is in force. But no less a person than the able chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, John A. McCone, is convinced that the Soviets are aireaay hniHinff secret tests, as al ready reported in this space. And if McCone is correct, una is no trivial matter, n. niain truth is that the means for secret testing either exist already or can De ramer easily created; and the incen-fni- orrpt testing is enor mous. On these points, public opinion, including a wiae spectrum of expert opinion, is still grossly misinformed. The facts need to be placed on the record In the clearest terms. As tn the means for secret testing, they are nothing more complicated than large unaer orAi.nH holes, such as the holes washed out of salt domes which American oil companies have long used for storing na tural gas. AS ALSO reported In this space, even the ever-optimistic British experts now ad mit that tests up to 150 kilo ton power can be concealed from the proposed Geneva de tection system. But there is no Geneva detection system in being. Hence if the Soviets have suitable underground holes, they have the means of secretly testing weapons of al most any power they choose. Chairman McCone thinks they already have such holes; al though most experts do not. In any ease, one must assume they are scooping out the holes by now, because ot the incentives for secret testing. The enormity of the Incen tives for secret testing is the point of primary importance. Almost everyone. Including almost everyone in -the U.S. government, still supposes that it is Impossible to con ceal nuclear tests of any mag nitude, even by testing under ground. The vast majority of military ' theorists are also more and more doubtful of tiie value of tactical, small yield nuclear weapons. The gain from secret testing would not be great, it cheating were really limited to small-yield weapon. lb Si-; - -f-'-r and Contributors) a copy of the paper in which he expects it to appear be mailed to him the press agent insults the editor beyond the limits of decency. We continue to open all of it, although it's hard on the blood pressure. We're sure many editors dream of the tortures they would inflict upon the press agents who send out tons of that stuff every week if they only could get their hands on 'em.-"Of Cabbages and Kings" column, in Pendleton East Oregonian. Who was out on a limb tha other morning? Our Out On A Limb editor. Why? Because his sink at home had stopped up. What did he do about it? . He brought his shaving gear to work with him, and haved in ihe newsroom's men's room. "He had a 6:30 a.m. shadow," a co-worker remarked. We found this note on our desk last week: "A local hospital adminis trator claims that hospitals can't be compared to hotels not costwise, anyway. "Not servicewise, either, ar parently. At a hotel you can find out if a person is in, out, planning to check out. or has checked out. At a hos pital it seems you learn a person has checked out either after calling home, or reading the obituary notices in the newspaper the next day. "Ask a staff member-who frantically tried all day at frequent intervals to find out when his wife would be per mitted to leave the hospital." Our Phoenix friend got such prominent display in this space last week thai we hesitate to mention him again for fear that he may get to feeling indispensible. But he had a point in hit weekly missive-enclosing a clipping about the "coupe" that overturned the Men- " deres government in Tur key. And he asked, "Dots this mean thai Mendtrtt wat AUTOmatically over thrown?" By Joseph Alsop BUT THIS widely held be lief is utterly without foundation in fact. The big hole system of cheating, as noted above, permits develop ment of weapons In the stra tegic power-ranges. Further more, there is no factual foun dation whatever for another widely held belief, that exist ing H-bombs represent a sort of ultimate in strategic wea pons development, rendering further development fruitless. As everyone knows, the missiles-of-the-future are the more dependable, more mo bile, and generally more flex ible, solid fuelled, missiles, like our medium range Pol aris, and our long-range Min uteman. As very few people know, the warheads planned for the Polaris and Minuteman are well below the optimum power, simply because these rockets will not have enough thrust to carry the weight of bigger warheads. In short, solid fuelled mis siles, having less thrust than liquid fuelled missiles, create an urgent need for warheads of the smallest possible weight with the greatest possible power. The betler the weight-for-bang ratio of the warhead, the smaller the missile can be. The real ultimate is a strate gic deterrent that will be totally invulnerable because it will be totally mobile. If the deterrent's constituent mis siles are small enough to be continuously moved about, the other side will never know where the deterrent is, and will therefore be unable to destroy It. Such a deterrent will be far ahead of the Pol-arls-Minuteman system we are now building. 1ERELY because of the re. quirement established by Polaris and Minuteman, the American weight-for-bang problem is already serious. For the Soviets, it is much more serious. The weight-for-bang ratio of their warheads is known to be very substan tially poorer than our ratio. Thit does not matter to them in their present phase, be cause of the enormous thrust of their liquid fuelled rock ets. Rllt If Ihnv ,r. Dinln. push onwards to the ultimate deterrent, as they must surely want to do. the inferiority of their weight-for-bang ratio is a really desperate matter for me Kremlin. Such is thplr InrontluA tn cheating. If they cheat, and we do not test at all over a long period, they can reach tne siage ot tne ultimate de terrent, while we las far be. hind. Right there, is the rea. n lor inairman Mccone t opposition to an Indctintely prolonged moratorium oil tests without adequate poll, clng. o O o O 0 o G
