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Newspaper Page Text(.V - 0 TUESDAY, JUNE 21. 1960 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE. MEDFORDtaWTRIBUNI "Everyone In Southern Oregon Reads The Malt Tribune" Published Daily except Saturday "by MKUFUKU fKlIMTinU LU 33 North Fir St.. Ph SP 2-6141 ROBERT W RUHL. Editor' HERB GREY Advertlitng Manager GERALD T LATHAM Bui Mffr ERIC W ALLEN JR.. Mng Editor EARL H ADAMS, City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Tele Editor RICHARD JEWETT, Sporta Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Women's Kd'.tor PALE ERICKSQN. Circulation Mgr An Indenendent NewsD&ner Entered ai second class matter at Medford, Oregon, under Act 01 March 3, 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mall In Advance. Copy 10c Dally and Sunday 1 year $15 00 Dally and Sunday A mot 8 00 Dally and Sunday 3 moi 4.25 Sunday Onlv One vear $4 20 Bv Carrier In Advance Medford Ashland. Centra) Point Eagle Point. Jacksonville. Gold Hill Phoenix. Shady Cove, Rogue Rlv er. Talent and on motor rmitet Dally and Sunday 1 year 118 00 Daily and Sunday 1 mo 1 SO Carrier and Dealers copv 10c All Terms Cash In Advance Official Paper of City of Med for Official Papor of Jackson County United Press International Full Leased Wire UP.!. Telephoto Newsplcturea "MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representntlve: WEST HOLIDAY CO.. INC Of flees In New York Chlcniro De trolt. San FrancInco. Los Angeles. Seattle. Portland St. Louis. At lanta. Vancouver. B.C. , NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAI IN 0gr .irnir uaii'JH 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 June 21, 1950 (Wednesday) Medford Mayor Diamond Flynn has been authorized by the city council to continue negotiations for acquisition by the city of the Jackson coun ty housing project In north west Medford. A total of 541 acres of the former Camp White military installation has been sold to the White City Lumber com pany for industrial purposes. 20 YEARS AGO June 21, 1940 (Friday) ' The Medford Ministerial as sociation announced it will hold park services this sum mer for the fifth consecutive year. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "One Oregon congressman voted for the bill providing for the deportation of Harry Bridges . . . another voted 'No,' and the other fearlessly faced the issue, by not voting at all." 30 YEARS AGO June 21, 1930 (Saturday) State Republican committee will select a gubernatorial caused by death of George W. Joseph. by death of George W. Joseph. Hex Lampman of press fame, pays visit to valley. 40 YEARS AGO June 21, 1920 (Monday) Tlie Chamber of Commerce is offering a $10 prize to the person who can write the best song about Medford. The second hay cutting has started in the valley. 50 YEARS AGO June 21, 1910 (Tuesday) The House of Representa tives yesterday approved public buildings bill which In eludes $110,000 for a federal building in Medford. Medford's baseball team will meet the San Francisco Bav area amateur champions, the Columbia Park boys, here tomorrow. What's Your I.Q.7 Nine or ten correct Is superior: even or eight Is excellent; five er sin is good. 1. Which Is nearer to Yoko. hnma: Seattle or San Francis co? 2. With what subject did the Volstead Act deal? 3. Was Charles Evans Hughes Secretary of State or Chief Justice of the Supreme Court? 4. What was the former name of Thailand? 5. Is the stalactite or stalag mite a limestone formation? 6. Who was the first U. S President to have a "kitchen cabinet"? 7. What weapon did David use against Goliath? 8. To what rank docs a U. S Navy Captain correspond in the Army? 9. How many edges does a cube have? 10. What is another name for the card game "Black Jack"? Answer: Seattle, 2. En forcement of prohibition. 3. He was both. 4. Siam. 5. Both. 6. Andrew Jackson. 7. Sling and pebbles. 8. Colonel. 9. Twelve. 10. Twenty-one. TO PROCLAIM FREEDOM Nicosia, Cyprus-iUPll British political sources said today plans are now being made to proclaim the indcpendcixjt' of this strategic Mediterranean island on Aug. 1. Science and Last week it was our privilege to attend a conference devoted to the problems of presenting the complexities of scientific investigation to the public in understandable and interesting form. There was, of course, much "shop talk" among the newspaper writers, many of whom were full time science writers, and others who were men who occasionally have a chance to write about science. But the most interesting even exciting aspect of the three-day meeting were the glimpses into just what the scientific community is doing, how it is doing it, and why. SPEAKERS included a top-flight nuclear physi cist, a biologist, a chemist, an astronomer, a zoologist (now a director of a science museum), a geologist, and a bio-chemist. In addition, the writers were conducted on tours to three scientific research projects under way at the University of Oregon. They included one in physics, dealing with the interaction of atomic and molecular forces at high temperatures and pressures; one in molecular biology, dealing with hereditary characteristics of living things, and whether or not thev can be artificially changed ; and one in the biology of the nervous system, dealing with the devices through which animals receive the signals from their sensory organs. Thus was (riven an overview of some of the fields of science, from the unimaginably huge the universe to the unimaginably small the worlds of the cell, the molecule, the atom, and the sub-atomic particles. ""THERE were three constants. One was the purely practical one how can all these fields, with their own concepts, their own jargons, their own approaches, first be un derstood in sufficiently simple terms by the news papermen, and secondly be made lucid and un derstandable for the "average" individual? The second constant in all these fields, there is an underlying unity and order in the universe and a similarity of at titude among the scientists seeking to pry out its secrets. The third constant was the impression that each science is, with each new discovery, coming closer to all the others that, in fact, the arbitrary divisions of science into physics, chem istry, botany, and so on, convenience, that each that what once were arbitrary dividing lines be tween them are last vanishing. IT BECAME ever more clear during the three days that the principal motivation of the sci entists doing research on the outer fringes of knowledge is that of human curiosity an almost passionate desire to increase mankind's under standing of the universe It practical applications ot new discoveries can be made, well and search scientist the "pure" scientist applica tion ot his discoveries are coveries themselves. And this is as it should be. A scientist is a better researcher if he works because he is curi ous than if his research is directed by someone else who hopes for a particular result. rF WHAT use is this "impractical" research? Well, it is a fact that virtually every basic discovery on which our present scientific and technological civilization is based was the result of pure human curiosity and thought. The practical application comes after the dis covery, not before. And some of our great sci entific leaps forward have been made as a result of unexpected side-discoveries of scientists who actually were investigating something else. Each scientist, seeking to fulfill his own curi osity, is adding to the sum total of human knowl edge. If his discoveries are immediately "prac tical" fine. If they aren't fine too, although they may be just the thing that rounds out another aspect of important research some other time. TTHE total impact of science and technology on our present culture and civilization is dif ficult to measure. But it is a fact that more progress in the ac quisition of knowledge about man's environment, internal and external, has been made in the last century than in all recorded time before. And, with the development of new tools dur ing this period, the acquisition of knowledge will proceed at an ever-increasing rate. Computers and electronic "brains," radio telescopes, radioactive isotopes, electron micro scopes, the techniques of using pressure and temperature in investigations these and others will stimulate the rate of discovery. IT IS a fact deplorable but still true that the "average" American has only a hazy and peripheral knowledge about all these develop ments. It is a scientist's obligation to make his new knowledge available, both to other scientists and to the public. And it is the job of the newspapers, maga zines, and other media of public information to relav it as 'understandably as possible. With a few exceptions, this has as it should be. Conferences such A will stimukCe this particular phase of the vast and complicated job of ciety already plagued with a'fnillion (jther prob lems. E.A. the Public was the impression that, are merely divisions 01 overlaps the other, and in which he lives. good. But with the re secondary to trie dis not been done0 as well this, it is to be hoped, communicatnrri in a so Dennis the HE I GOT AN IDEA! WHY dtrWCX DfcttJKS LUNCH j Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for pub lication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necossarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the contrary is often the case. A REAL Nurse To the Editor: May I use your column to speak the praises of one of the finest nurses I have ever known, and one who is sadly missed in our fair city? The dear soul about whom I am speak ing is still very much alive, and to those of us who loved to work under her, she was a "Good" nurse. Tears come to my eyes as I think of her somewhat bent shoulders from years of wait ing on the sick and teaching and training young girls to be good nurses or nurses' aides. But she was still very alert in her mind, and-God bless her - strong enough in her body, too, so that she could grab a bed and push it down the corridor to another room where it was needed She didn't waste time waiting for a janitor to come and do all tile heavy work, nor did she always call an orderly away from his task to do it for her: she just pitched in and helped at any and all of the many hard tasks which sudden emergencies make nec essary in hoospitnls. She is, of course, Mrs. Ber nice Nims, who has recently faded quietly away from Medford and left a very empty vacuum in the hearts of many nurses, nurses' aides and a great many folks who were once her patients. I speak of the many folks who were patients in the two hospitals where Mrs. Nims was superintendent of nurses, as being "her" pa tients, because she had a sin cere personal Interest. She was a REAL nurse at heart, and if any lack of care was discovered, woe unto the nurses' aides who might be responsible. Mrs. Nims was also kind and considerate of those who were in her employ, and I can speak from personal ex perience on that score. When illness hit her nurses, or fam ily troubles, or any other needs arose, she was kind and patient, filling their place with a temporary nurse, and inquiring carefully whether or not they were sufficiently recovered to come back to work. I know there are many other nurses' aides here in Medford and vicinity who feel the same way about Mrs. Nims as I do. God bless her! A Nurses' Aide (Name on file) Medford. "Skinny" Revived To the Editor: A friend just told me that she once knew short articles that she liked to cut out for her scrap book. They were printed in the old Comfort magazine of Augus ta, Maine, and were sent in by Pearl Vesey. When Editor Ganctt passed away, dear old Comfort magazine also went, I know because I was Pearl Vesey. Addresses of the thousands of pen friends who wrote me were destroyed when my home burned, but the lady, mentioned above, remember ed me and my string of horses. I wonder whether others do? People no longer address me as "Hi Skinny," and all my pictures - mountain climb ing, skiing, skating, fishing and hunting a went up in that black smoke. A while back I srw two youthful equestrians jogging along just east of Jackson ville. Km rvv hnnnv mutts par'ded a'ong at the horses'l'tinucd freedom, of expression heels. The buckskin in advance was a perfect picture of one j Menace 0ONT WE HAVE A LITTLE of my Palaminos - even to his silver tail and mane. Springer, one of my grey hounds, would dig out carrots and take them to Buck. Are n't dogs funny? Some people are, too. One day I had a fine time sitting in the car and judging the crowd that milled past. I got several quiet laughs until a wisp of hair tickled my face causing me to glance in the mirror. I quit judging and headed for home! Seeing one self as others see you isn't so very funny. Thanks, all you unseen friends, for the kind messages. No, I am not ill, not on vaca tion, not "outta" writing ma terial. Just lazy. To write, one must wait until the spirit moves. My spirit urges me to go fishing about now, but I don't believe they'd bite well in this weather. I liked that article by Maud Arnold, didn't you? She just made me hear bird song and sec those flowers. Bye now. Some weeds need pulling. Mrs. John Spackman Jacksonville, Ore. Time To Wake Up To the Editor: Mr. Walter Recce's letter of June 19 cre ated considerable concern to this reader, not by reason of the agreement of Mr. Reece with the previously published statement of Nelson Rocke feller: rather with his disa greement and reasons there fore, in effect stating that the the United States by reason of their social and economic system cannot expect to "haul abreast" of the Soviet Union because we do not have the same unity of plan and pur pose in our economic and so cial system as to the Soviets, and that we, in fact, do not put first things first Thomas Payne, an early American political philoso pher, engendered a philoso phy of purpose into our sys tem, after which the freedoms so long enjoyed in this coun. try have been patterned and exercised by the successful generations. This philosophy does not allow for weakness of National pride and purpose as evidenced by Mr. Reece's statement that "there is not much that we can do about it." To say this at a time when two great world powers are competing for the minds of men everywhere is, on our part, indicative of defeatism and consequently an extreme ly dangerous negative atti tude. I, for one, have been guilty of apathy in recent years to ward the mounting crisis in our country endangering that very essence of freedom which secures our inalienable rights, excusing myself on the grounds that I was too busy building a future for myself, only now to awaken to the reality that to have the privi lege of enjoying an inalien able right one must exercise the obligation to protect against its surrender. Now, not later, is the time to awaken the conscience of the American populace to the very real threat to our demo cratic processes brought about by the outright expressions of undermining philosophies as they appear daily in our news papers, T V. and radios. We may build automobiles and T V. sets, but there is no 0thero country in this world in which people's minds are so nutured by freedom as to allow them the right of ex pression of their Independent trelings. to Insure the con- for all succeeding generations let us pick up the rnn of responsibility ot citizenshlpllke to make a few comi.ients International Complications Follow On Eichmann Case; Council Study Scheduled By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign Editor A strange case nobody wants to discuss goes before the United Nations Security Coun cil Wednesday when it takes up Israel's ab d u c t i o n of Nazi Col. Adolf Eich mann from Argentina. The legal aspects ap- ix ? Va p e a r Pen fniL. nwson ana-snui. Ar gentina claims its national sovereignty was violated by Israeli agents who spirited the SS overlord from the country. Overriding the legal aspect, however, is an aura of emo tionalism strange even for the Security Council, the scene of countless cold war battles and bitter disputes over the years in the sanguinary relations be tween Israel and its Arab neigbhors. Lurking in the background is the fear that the case of Eichmann, who is accused of ordering the murder of six million Jews during World II, will raise anew the specter of Nazism, a sore point which most of Europe would like to forget. Many countries have a stake and act now to thwart the ac tivities of subversives within our midst, and consequently to win out in any race by reason of the moral truth of our existence. William G. Johnston 10 Goldy Bldg., Medford. Disaster Drive Endorsed To the Editor: Our local Red Cross chapter is in the process of campaigning for disaster aid to Chile, as a re sult of earthquakes and tidal waves which devastated so many communities there. The American Red Cross was ask ed to help in this emergency by President Eisenhower. The United Medford Cru sade represents a movement to include as many agencies as possible in one campaign, and the local Red Cross chapter is included in our campaign. By agreement with the Red Cross made in 1953, when this agency became affiliated with our united fund, it was stipu lated that the Red Cross chap ter would be free to conduct a campaign for emergency dis aster relief at any time re quested by the American Na tional Red Cross, and that such a campaign would have the moral support of the Unit ed Medford Crusade. At a recent meeting of our board of directors, it was de cided that the United Medford Crusade should publicly en dorse the campaign for Chil ean relief, urging that aid be given for the people of Chile who are in such urgent need of help. Medford has been rightly known as a generous commu nity, and it is hoped that it will again so prove itself in the campaign for disaster re lief. Richard H. Travis President United Medford Crusade Board of Directors Never Too Late To the Editor: Time is grow ing late; reprieve, rapidly ex piring. On the other hand, it is NEVER too late to do good. Instead of endeavoring to justify indefensible patrolling in another s sovereign auton omous territory - an act of military aggression - let apologize to the world's peo ples for the antagonizing poli cies we have been following and hasten to make concilia tory restitutions to the extent possible. Thence, let us con vert our laboratories and our factories, our material re sources and our personnel, our goals and our Implementing policies, toward pacific ends to displace our erstwhile belligerencies. In resolving tensions either between men or between na tions, goodwill makes a far more potent constraint of transformation than all terri fying intimidations combined. Tactics of cooperative friend ship (relief and rehabilitation, commercial trade and cultur al exchanges) energetically pursued toward Russia, China, Japan, Germany. Egypt, all the world, discarding our re cently current diplomacy of domineering, could (and would if granted opportunity). in a few months, recover our badly-damaged prestige, put a stop to this Insane 'cold war' and fundamentally re construct earth's internation al atmosphere. Charles A. McCalmon 616 Siskiyou blvd. Ashland. Ore. Comments on Immigration To the Editor: Referring to your article in the Sunday's paper concerning the views of an "Indonesian immlffrant" of Dutch nationality, we w'ould rip in the pot of the Eichmann game. Israel is the self-proclaimed champion of the world's Jewry. It intends to try Eich mann, for war crimes commit ted before the country itself even existed. It will gain the emotional support of most of the world for so doing. Propaganda Value But more than that, it is evident that Eichmann is gold to Israel in more ways than one. Premier David Ben-Gur-ion can use the case to offset recurrent whispers that he has been too cozy with the Ger mans. And the propaganda value of the Eichmann case can be worth millions to Is rael's continuing worldwide finanical drive. Argentina stands first of all on indignant protestation that its sovereignty was violated. In addition, there is the prin ciple of political asylum, more widely respected in South American than anywhere else, which must be considered. But Argentina has been charged frequently with har boring Nazi political crimin als. It has said Israel may ap ply for Eichmann's extradi tion, once it returns him, but it has failed to extradite Nazi diplomat Karl Klingenfuss or Dr. Joseph Mengele, both wanted by West German for as Dutch immigrants in these United States ourself. We agree with Max van Aagten that Holland, being approximately one-sixth the size of Oregon, is overpopu lated by its more than 11,000, 000 people. We do further more agree with him that the United States, with consider ably more elbowroom and its vast resources, provides means and possibilities probably not existing elsewhere. These points however are the only two points at which we agree with him. Max's remarks are definite ly fallacious and obviously made with the intention to please the national pride of the citizens of this country by running down, in comparison with U.S. the country of which he is still a citizen. Not one decent and honest American citizen appreciates such an attitude. He forgot to mention that it was the country for which he has no kind words that has paid his trip by plane from Amsterdam to Medford, that gave him money in U.S. currency to enable him to get by during the first few weeks after his arrival in Medford. and that has paid a three months premium on hospital, accident and sickness insur ance, in order to protect him from these inconveniences during the first months here. These are some of the things that his country, be cause of "government con trol," did for him and for every Dutch immigrant that has made his choice of immi gration to another country. Max's views on the lack of "personal freedom" in Hol land seem to be somewhat confused and apparently bas ed on his inability to under stand the necessary measures and regulations, expressed by laws, to insure a satisfactory course of things in a country recovering admirably from the injuries of war. Max, having spent a number of years in Japanese and Indonesian con centration camps, should have a better understanding and knowledge of "lack of free dom," and should not give the people of this country through "the power of the press" the impression of Hol land being a government and or police controlled country. These are the points, to gether with Max's view on discrimination differences, we do not agree on, and are happy to explain them more exten sively to anyone being inter ested. Thank you for printing this letter. Mr. and Mrs. H. Leljenaar, 4005 Livingston rd. Medford. Navy Recruiters Compete for Trip Plans for a three-day all ex. pense paid tour at Reno, Nev., to be awarded to the outstand ing Navy recruiter of the eighth Navy recruiting area for the month of June have been announced by Murray J. Emmerich, Medford Navy re cruiting officer. As a public service, the manager of the Granada the ater in Reno has arranged with the Navy to select the outstanding recruiter on the basis of productivity and com munity service. The Reno trip is in connection with the pre miere of the motion picture "Gallant Hours," also playing locally. Emmerich announced thattl to date 21 men from this area have been or will be enlisted or reenlisted in the TOvy dur. ing the month of June, thus I making Jackson county . strong contender for the prize, war crimes trials. West Germany would like to try Eichmann. It would add to its de-Nazifled prestige and increase the stature of the justice of its courts. West Germany has a case at least to the extent that Eichmann's crimes were com mitted in its territory. U.S. On Spot The United States Is on somewhat of a spot. Having only three weeks ago derided Russia's contention that U-2 spy flights violated the sov ereignty of the Soviet Union, it is now called upon to stand by its Hemispheric ally's charge that Eichmann's seiz ure was a violation of Argen tine sovereignty. Russia, on that ground, would appear to have a prop aganda cinch In the Eichman case. But if the Soviet Union supports Israel's claims, It will go against its current cam Matter of Fact bv COURTESY OF KHRUSHCHEV Washington - More than a fortnight before the final ca tastrophe in Tokyo, U.S. Am bassador Douglas Mac Arthur was sent to Prime Minister K i s hi, to suggest that the Jap anese govern ment dis - in vite President Eisenhower. Kishi replied with consternation that if he responded to this American initiative by requesting the President not to visit Japan after all, his govern ment would fall as a result. He added that the new U.S. Jap anese security treaty would fall with the government. He further pointed out that another probable casualty would be the parliamentary system in Japan. On this basis, the President adhered to his plan to visit Tokyo. In the end, however, as everyone alas knows, the dis orders in Tokyo got too far out of hand. Ambassador Mac Arthur was again instructed to invite the President's dis invitation. This time, Klshi yielded. . T1HESE background facts -have several important implications, none of them agreeable. They show, for in stance, that the American gov ernment had at least as big a role in the dis-invitation as the Japanese govern ment. Everyone must be glad, of course, that the President did not run the kind of risk he would certainly have run by refusing to change his plan. Yet there Is something con trived, something overly fla vored with the arts of Madi son Avenue, in the Hagerty style presentation of the change of plan as wholly Jap anese in origin. Above all, moreover, the background facts of the Jap anese dis-invitation show the underlying fraudulence of the Hagerty-style presentation of all these foreign journeys for which President Eisenhower had acquired such a taste, be fore the Japanese defeat. The same scene has been repeated in Europe, in India, and in South America. The cheering millions, the smiling Presi dent, the trumpeted assur ances of the White House pub lic relations staff that "Ike has won new friends for us" the features are all familiar. The President himself, ap parently, believed these fea tures of his foreign journeys had real meaning. But quite another reality has now been revealed by the ugly events in Tokyo. The truth is that in too many of the countries the President has visited, he got his glittering welcome by courtesy of Nikita Servgey vich Khrushchev. IT IS now clear, for Instance, that the happy contrast be JOSEPH ALSOP Vfec?U.S. MARINE and abroad 'y Gain ntw alf tarn odmlratfa VA. canfldtnea Mandi . aa. ) I e Star.. .1 A. -, trAi I Military f raua A T L nVil 7 I laara vital tajUt aptctad tvatywhara J zJStzjj I I IIARIIIE CORPS I (BUILDS MEN! FffiJ Sll YOUt U. I. rXAIINI MCUUITH V 1 H" Room 200 - P.O. Building, Medford PHONE SP 2-9128 This Ad MEDFORD INSURANCE AGENCY paign to woo the Arabs, arch enemies of the Israelis. Yet it must demand quick punish, ment for any leader of Naz ism, the number one target of the Kremlin since June 22, 1941, the day Hitler invaded Russia. Even more Nazi-hating by tradition than Russia is Po land, the first country over run by Hitler in World War II. If the Kremlin's line is too soft in the Eichmann case, Poland might face the unlike ly proposition of a minor split with Russia in the Coun cil. Almost forgotten is the U.N.-sponsored genocide trea ty, a life work of Rafael Lemiin, a Polish law profes sor at Vale. The treaty calls for trials of such as Eichmann by an international tribunal But nobody has asked for such a trial. Diplomacy is a funny bird Joseph Alsop tween President Eisenhower's South American progress and the comparable trip of Vice President Nixon was almost wholly owed to Khrushchev. The magic that made the great difference between cheers and yells of hatred was not Eisenhower's magic. The magic was in fact the discip line of the South American Communist parties, which were ordered to act "in the spirit of Camp David" be cause Khrushchev was then still hoping to get his way about Berlin at the summit conference. The realistic policy-makers at the State Department in ef fect recognized these facts, as soon as the explosion at the summit caused a change in the Kremlin's orders to the Japanese Communists. This was the reason why a Japan ese dis-invitation was first in vited by Ambassador Mac Arthur more than a fortnight ago. The final dis-invitation is the Kremlin's triumph. That cannot be concealed by any amount of bysantine twaddle about the defeat in Japan being balanced by the success in Manila, PURTHERMORE, this Amer- lean defeat in Japan is a far greater triumph for the Kremlin than almost anyone in this country has dared to admit. In Asia, more than in any other part of the world, people judge the direction of the bandwagon of history by rather simple indicators of power and prestige. The Kremlin's proof that it can force our major Asian ally to dis-invite the President of the United States will reverberate through every Asian country for. months and years to come, It will do untold damage to American interests. It is a true catastrophe, directly traceable to the original wish ful decision to make a journey which could only succeed by Khrushchev's courtesy. Finally, no prudent person can ignore the contempt for this country which the world Communist leadership is now displaying. The Peking gov ernment specifically stated that it was scheduling an ex tra - heavy bombardment of Quemoy during the P r e s i dent's Taiwan visit, in order to underline ils "contempt and scorn" for him. The or ders given the Japanese Com munists fits the same pattern. So does the much more dis turbing plan for an exchange of visits between Khrushchev and Cuba's Fidel Castro. . Seven years ago, the mas ters of the Kremlin were showing all sorts of other un pleasant feelings' about this country but not contempt. But seven years ago, the period of flaccid, comfortable American neglect of the world balance of power was only just begin ning. The strong, remember, are never held in contempt. (c) 1960, New York Herald Tribune Inc. Courtesr ef o IS)