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TUESDAY, JUNE 14, I960 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOM), ORE. Failure at Summit Brings New Hope For United Nations Returning to Forefront IUL NtwSOX By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign Editor In the opinion of top Unit ed Nations authorities, the demonstrable failure of per sonal d I p 1 o- macy at the summit will lead the world org anization back Into its own. There is no c o n c e aling that the Unit ed States was by - Dassed ana lorced into eclipse dur ing the Eisenhower-Khrushchev pen-palship, with the leaders of the other major powers contributing heavily to a trend away from collec tive diplomacy into private negotiation. Disarmament, on which' ad mittedly the United Nations made little progress in 13 years, was taken from the glass house unceremoniously. One day last fall, the General Assembly recognized that the the arms race was the corner of the world by expanding the U.N. Disarmament Commision to include all of the organiza tion's 82 members. Later, un der big power pressure, it vot ed the same commission vir tually out of business by transferring the arms ques tion to the committee of 10 at Geneva. The question of nuclear weapons test suspension was kept out of the United Na tions. On the problem of out er space, the assembly created a committee but Russia and the West have been unable to agree on terms for even its first meeting. Personal Diplomacy All this was evident obe isance to the cult of personal diplomacy confession of faith that more could be ac complished by face-to-face talks among the world's top leaders than in parliamentary discussion in the United Na tions. That theory was blasted at Paris on May 16, 1950, when the summit fell flat at the starting line. Now, the top U.N. author ities reason, collective diplo macy will become the thing for the simple reason that the big powers realize .they must talk and they have nowhere to do it except at the United Nations. Russia will renew its de mand for condemnation of U.S. espionage at September's General Assembly session, The United States will pre sent its plan for world-wide aerial surveillance at the same meeting. Outer space will gain a major share of discussion. Even the nuclear test talks dragged out over 18 montl'.s now, may be brought into the assembly. Swing of Pendulum The pendulum of history swings slowly, but steadily. In 1945, the United Nations was' hailed as the panacea for a war-weary world. As such, it was oversold to most of me world by over-eager op timists who saw In it if not universal broth erhood of man, at least a lasting broth erhood of the big powers to keep peace. Disillusioned by develop ments, public opinion swung away from the United Nations and global support at least to solve their problems else in the Western until it faced where especially away from up to the aggression in Korea a forum where the small pow in 1950. i uild make their voices After Korea, as the cold war appeared tu abate, sup port for the United Nations likewise waned and the world's leaders sought means West Defends U.S. Capital as Seat Of Much Culture PI Dick By DICK WEST wasnington ura if you happened to have read the Congressional Record of last Feb. 15, your adrenal glands u n doubtedly started f u r i ously pump ing along about page A1209. It was on this page that one of our west congress men caused to have reprinted an article from the New York Times magazine entitled "In Culture, Is Washington a Hick Town?" I dare say that even the most casual reader found some food for thought in this rhetorical question. Around here, it has been the equiva lent of an eight-course ban quet. Some of our lawgivers in terpreted the article as a slur on the aesthetic qualities of the national capital and were offended by it. Others have been citing it as evidence that the seat of government is in deed a culture's posterior. Not Qualified I personally am not quali fied to discuss the broad question raised by the article but I did find a couple of nits I could pick. For instance, I read recently that ' a New York gallery had on display the works of an artist who painted nothing but stripes. Well, sir , not long after that I heard about an artist here who paints nothing but circles. Until New York gets one that paints circular stripes, or striped circles, I would say that we are holding our own. However, my main concern is with an assertion in the soul-stirring article that ' pre sumably someone reads the Congressional Record, though no one has ever accused it of having much literary qual ity." The author is correct in presuming that someone reads the record. I do. Furthermore, seldom a day passes that I don't accuse it of having literary quality. "Land O'Goshen, the con gressional record sure has lit erary quality today," I say to myself when I come across some syntactical gem. If no one else is around, I say It out loud. Likes The Appendix To show you what I mean, I have plucked at random from the stack of records on my desk the issue of May 25. I concede that the front sec tions, which contain congres sional speeches and debates, aren't likely to make the world forget about Edgar A. Guest. But when you turn over to the appendix, where outside contributions are featured, the literary content assays out to pure appendicitis. If nature tales are your meat, you can read a trench ant account of "the plight of the prairie chicken." There is discipline in the manner in which the author handles a sentimental theme without letting his emotions run away with him. Or, if you prefer some thing in the inspirational line, you can take your pick among the 1960 Slater, Mo high school commencement address or an editorial en titled "Maybe Benson Was Right" and a treatise on 'Soil Stewardship Week." This is only a small sample of the literary goodies that appear in the record almost daily. How much more cul tural can you get? heard. iiic summit formula was devised. It failed and now the United Nations again seems to be resorted to as a way to peace. In the Days News By FRANK JENKINS President Eisenhower has left Washington on a tour of high diplomatic importance that took him first to Anchor age, in the State of Alaska. From Anchorage, he took off for Manila, with a refueling stop at Wake Island. From Manila, he will go to the island of Formosa, which is NATIONALIST China. From Formosa, he will go to Okinawa. And . . . from Okinawa , . . presumably . . . he will go to Japan, where he is presently sched uled to spend two days-June 20 and 21. These two days could be fateful days in history. Matter of Fact By Joseph Alsop mm WHAT is the purpose of Ike's mission to Japan? This, basically, is it: By the magic of his per sonality to bring about ratifi cation of the American-Japanese mutual defense treaty. WHY is that so important? Japan is Asia's MAJOR INDUSTRIAL power. Japan is the key to Allied defense in the Far East. From their bases in Japan, American bombers can take off AT SHORT RANGE to smash PUissia if Russia should elect to TAKE THE FIRST BITE which we have conceded to her. Red China could be smashed from Japan if Red China goes with Red Russia. That's the nub of the situa tion. Schools Not Under County Zoning Salem - 0IPII - School dis tricts which construct school buildings outsi le city limits do not have to comply with county zoning regulations, ac cording to Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton. He issued th opinion Mon day at the request of Clacka mas county District Attorney Winston L. Bradshaw. At present a school district is required to get a building permit from a city for con struction of school buildings within a city. Thornton said that public education "is not a local mat ter. It is a state government obligation and the school dis trict acts as a governmental agency." A school district is "pure ly a creation of the Legisla ture," he said. rfHE Japanese government - is favorable to us. But there is much opposition in Japan to signing the treaty Many Japanese , . . VERY many, in fact . . . object to it and to the U.S. military bases it authorizes on the ground that it may involve Japan in an East-West war. Both the Japanese prime min ister and the Japanese parlia ment are aware of the strength of this opposition. That is why they have hesi tated and delayed. Enjoy your (ftoloen WlleooiiiB while you're young ! a, the whiskey made golden mild and mellow for modern tastes . t hi v v ; .... t ... - VUUlUHl Wi-v vmy ...live great, wuibi.ico O O ! f C tS wedded into one... RREll&IEI blended with choice grain neutral spirits. You'll like it. HAS HAD NO PEERS FOR FIFTY YEARS $120 $075 " Fifth 1 Pint Code 224B u Cede 224C ruwti imiirr. k nmum cum neiiiui m m. i finch kimm to. hum, m. BHOOIBJ H VOU have read, of course, of these "leftist" demon strations. They haven't just happened. They have been made to happen. The communist hope is that these demonstrations can be made so FEARSOME that the Japanese parliament will be afraid to ratify the treaty. IKE'S arrival in Japan and what follows will be the critical hour. As the schedule now stands, he will ride 13 miles from the Tokyo airport to the im perial palace. The Emperor is scheduled to ride with him. Normally the Japanese hold their Emperor in such awe some spiritual regard that they would not commit vio lence in his presence. But- COMMUNISTS HAVE NO VENERATION FOR ANY THING OR ANYBODY. AND- Thousands of "demon strators" (there are guesses that the number might reach 250,000) will line the route. Under the circumstances, there will be tension In the air. Anything might happen. Some dedicated communist might take a pot shot at the U.S. President. That s how tense the situation might be come. THERE might be changes in the plan. Ike might be lift ed by helicopter from the air port to the imperial palace. He might not even visit Japan. BUT THAT WOULD AMOUNT TO RUNNING IN THE FACE OF DANGER. Which would be fatal. IiHE stakes, you sec, arc huge. The danger is great. It is going to lake courage to face it. But there are times in this world when the red badge of courage is supremely Important. At the moment, It looks like this could be one of those times. NIXON AND ROCKEFELLER Washington - With most of the early returns in. it is now clear that Gov. Rockefeller has both helped and hurt Vice President Nixon by coming into the open against h i m. The help to Nixon is short run. The hurt is long - run, ...LS..L 1 WIMV.I1 I'"'"'- f :3 it no less ser- Before ex amining how JIlHMI AI.SOI- ""a u- " is well to look into the origin of the Rockefeller statement that started the storm. The question of how Gov. Rocke feller came to say what he said last week in the way he did and when he did. is still being argued by every poli tician in both parties. The real answer to the question ex plains how one and the same statement can have been both helpful and hurtful to the Nixon cause. In brief, then, the large Rockefeller staff has been di vided into two camps, and the Governor himself has been as sailed with conflicting advice, for many months past. The point at issue was whether to "speak out" (the phrase used in the hidden argument) or not to "speak out". IN OTHER words, the men around Rockefeller have been arguing about whether the Governor should air his real opinions of the Eisen hower administration's poli cies. He has long regarded the Administrations foreign de fense policies as hopelessly unimaginative and danger ously weak. In the same way, he has always considered the Administration's social and economic policies as too nar row and backward-looking. Every practical, political consideration weighed against open expression of these opin ions. Most of the Rockefeller staff and virtually all the New York Republican lead ers were therefore opposed to "speaking out". But the Gov ernor himself wanted to voice his opinions , precisely be cause they are deeply, even emotionally held opinions And the new Rockefeller public relations adviser, Em met Hughes, who noias me same opinions with equal or greater fervor, also thought the Governor should say what was on his mind. TN THE pre-summit period A the advocates of silence had a point that held the precar ious debating balance true. It was the point that the Gov ernor should not attack the Administration in the rear, so to say, when the President was just about to embark on negotiations with the Soviets at the highest level. After the explosion at the summit, however, this point lost all force. The Governor then issued a short comment which is reality foreshadowed the major declaration he made after his breakfast with President Eisenhower. The in tervening time period was largely occupied by further staff debate about the nature and the frankness of the planned major declaration. The question, now, was whether to "speak out" with complete truthfulness. Rocke feller himself finally decided to mince no words; and so the bombshell was thrown. Thus the timing and char acter of the Rockefeller state ment are revealed as the re sults, primarily, of two par allel conflicts. One was the staff conflict already describ ed. The other was the con flict, in the Governor's own mind, between practical poli tical prudence on the one hand and strong personal con viction on the other, THE sweat and turbulence of these inner conflicts were obviously controlling, because no cool political schemer could possibly have done what Gov. Rockefeller did. Above all, no cool and crafty schemer would have included in the famous state ment the personal attack on Vice President Nixon that got all the headlines. The attack was included because both Gov. Rockefeller and his pub lic relations advisor have haunting doubts about Nixon's character and capabilities, doubts which Hughes long ago voiced in public with ex treme asperity. Once this attack on Nixon was Included, and after Nixon had met the attack with great dignity and shrewedness, per sonalities absorbed everyone's attention. It was all Rockefel ler vs. Nixon, without regard to the larger issues. The whole Republican party, al ready committed to nominat ing the Vice President, at once rallied to Nixon's side with cries of fury against Rockefeller. Among Republi cans - even among Republi cans generally sympathetic to the Rockefeller viewpoint -Rockefeller has suffered bad ly; and Nixon has been helped thereby. But this short-run help to Nixon is more than counter balanced by another feature of the Rockefeller statement. With undeniable sincerity and real authority, Rockefeller has made the case against the Eisenhower a d m i nistration politics that the Democrats have been too wooly-minded or too cautious to make. It is just the case the Democrats are bound to make in the cam paign, especially if their nom- Brig iff e Bardot Will Quit Movies Paris - ll'PP - The tabloid Paris-Jour said today Brigitte Bardot intends to end her movie career within a year Columnist Pierre Rev said tile actress made the decision several weeks aeo. and per sonally informed him of it. "I've had enough of the life I'm leading," he quoted her as saying. "I am 25 years old. In 10 more years, adieu to youth. So. I want to enioy it a little and say adieu to the cinema." Miss Bardot. reportedly having marital troubles be cause of the jonlouy of hus band Jacques Charrier over her movie love scenes with other men. is filming a pic ture called "The Truth." TALMADGE KIN DIES Ashevillc, N.C. -WPD-Funer-al services were scheduled to day for Thomas R. Talmadge, 52, uncle of Sen. Herman Talmadge (D Ga.) and brother of the late Georgia Gov. Eu gene Talmadge. Talmadge died Sunday night. TOYS AT WAS Bath, England -ft'PI)- Hear ing a suspicious noise from a toy shop on a midnight beat, a policeman let himself inside to investigate. He discovered a battery operated toy ma chine gun merrily firing away at a platoon of toy soldiers. 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