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History from tht files of The
Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
July 27, 1950 (Thursday)
' Bids to build a new high
school at Central Point will
be opened by the school board
tonight
Because of the hot spell,
Medford firemen are issuing
burning permits on a limited
basis.
20 YEARS AGO
July 27, 1940 (Saturday)
Eugene edged the Medford
Craters 7-5 in 11 innings in
a state league game at the
fairgrounds last night.
From Arthur Perry 'i "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Atty
Ot Frohnmayer is entertain
ing a little lady at his house,
who in about IS vears will
be in the list of sweet girl
graduates."
30 YEARS AGO
July 27. 1930 (Sunday)
An insurgent wing of the
Republican party in Oregon
plans to back an Independent
candidate to carry out the
policies of the late George
W. Joseph.
Showers and cloudiness are
predicted for the entire state
next week, a welcome relief
to all.
40 YEARS AGO
July 27, 1920 (Tuesday)
A forpst firp Hnrnlntf naat
Gold Hill has been brought
under control.
Work will start this fall on
a new road between Eagle
Point and Prospect.
50 YEARS AGO
July 27, 1910 (Wednesday)
The Rogue Valley Gas com.
pany which has already laid
more than six miles of gas
line in this city, incorporated
yesterday for $200,000.
The necessary papers and
petitions for the incorporation
of the city of Talent have
been prepared and submitted
to the county court. ' ..
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine er ten carreer Is superiert
seven er eight fa excellent; five et
hi Is seed.
1. Where is the national
shrine of Thomas Jefferson's
home located?
2. The green coloring mat
ter in plants is called ch 1?
3. How many arms has an
octupus?
4. Name the famous novel
by Tolstoy that deals with
Napoleon's invasion of Russia.
5. The Navy rank of Com
mander corresponds to which
rank in the Army?
6. Are there 8, 10, 15 or 20
Islands in the Hawaiian
group?
7. Keystone Slate is the
nickname of which State of
the Union? ,
8. Which noted General
(now deceased) commanded
the U.S. Third Army at the
time oi the German Surrender
In W W II?
0. In Roman mythology,
whose daughter was Minerva?
10. Axe gifts of wood most
appropriate for the fifth,
tenth, of fifteenth wedding
anniversary?
Answers! 1. Charloiisyllle,
Va. 2. Chlorophyll. 3. Eight.
4. "War and Peace." S. Lieu
tenant Colonel. 9, Twenty.
7. Pennsylvania. I. LI. Gen.
George S. Paiion. 9. Jupiter's.
10. Filth.
JfifjJ-ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL EDITORIAI
The Parties
There must be a' feeling of distress not to
say disgust among many sincere people whose
political feeliners are unabashedly conservative
as they watched the platforms of the two major
political parties take shape.
Those, for instance, who honestly believe that
states' rights are more important than human
rights; who believe that foreign aid is "pouring
money down a rat-hole ; who think the govern
ment should turn back the economic clock to the
days of laissez faire, economic royalism and rug
ged individualism.
For the platforms of both parties the Demo
crats' as it was adopted
publicans as it is shaping up m Chicago as this
is written fully acknowledge that this is the
20th century, and that
America is fully committed to live m the world
as it is, not as many would like it to be.
AXHAT good is a platform?
It is not really a specific set of firm goals,
although it reads like one. It is, rather, a state
ment of ideals, objectives and principles on which
party leaders are generally agreed.
How well performance, afterward, measures
up to the objectives set forth in the platform,
depends on a variety of circumstances.
(For instance, the Democratic platform of
1932 promised economy in government and a
balanced budget Instead, the Congress followed
FDR's lead into deficit financing and govern
ment spending which, at that time, was unex
ampled and almost unbelievable although it
would De small potatoes today.
DUT, with its broad scope, its high objectives
and lofty principles, even if sometimes ie-
nored, a platform does serve a purpose.
It declares a party's consensus on a wide
range of subjects, it focuses attention on specific
problems and areas of need, and it declares the
party's willingness to do something about them.
In. this, a party's platform is a little like a
company's advertising: it displays the wares, and
invites the customers to buy.
.Whether or not they do depends on a lot of
things, including the personality of candidates.
But at least they're not shopping wholly blind.
S THIS is written, few specific provisions of
the prospective GOP platform are available
ixcent that, the Pl'vil rio-hts nlnnk will ha o
1 . . ..w f. ....... ....A j 14
strong one (on the insistence of Vice President
Nixon and Governor Rockefeller), and that the
farm plank will feature some departures from
present price support and subsidy practices.
"D,,i. A. : : i." t ....
iu, uiue cue muicauuus mat uie nepuoiicans,
as did the Democrats, will acknowledge the in-
L 1 . f A L 1.1 1 1 1 T T i . rtt I ...
eBcaimuie lacii mat uie unitea states winy,
nilly is a member of the world community of
nations; and that the federal government has and
will continue to have increasingly great responsi
bility in many fields of human endeavor.
Barrint? an unlikelv ponsorvarivp "rovntt "
this will be the pattern
ND it must raise the
'those whn shnw thpii-
. " ' UU WliO QUI, Ul
thing by unstinted support of the proposed 23rd
cmieuumeiH ana sen. carry uoiawater.
We recOPTlizA and rpsnerf. MioiV Vi
sincerity in longing for the "good old days" when
owiies aim counties naa
tnan uie iar-away ieaerai government in Wash-
inPT.fiTl TV IT UrrlOTI maAino nnvn Pn Vi nvA1
o v. j va vaic xvi nic agcu
was not a pressing national problem; a time be-
wouijg ov-ciiLnn; tctiinuiugy cuiu uie Uc-
mands of a divided world pressed upon us the
need for the best education possible for ALL
our children.
But. sad thnuo-h it mav
forever.
TODAY isolationism is
o.umigr. xuuctjr a unnu in Amuiima is just as im
portant to our future well-hpintr as a pViilrl in
Medford.
Society Grows morp
tl C3 w A.KAva UU1 T ,
the complex problems of society, government also
grows in complexity and diversity.
r or government, despite its faults and draw
backs and inefficiencies, is simply the way that
people perform, as a unit, thosp taslffj thPv nan.
not perform separately.
xi.G puiuco ijiauLuims
of that view. E. A.
Political Realignment
With both parties writinor rplaHvplu "lihpi-al"
platforms, where are the
n may pe, inaeea, tnat n mere is sufficient
outcry, a new political alignment will arise, al
though it will have to be a pretty loud outcry.
Historically, America's political parties have
been both loose and hrnarl in thpiV irlonlnmr nf.
. , v
TPl'ino a nominal noiran
political thought. This
naa prevented tne splintering oi political parties
mm uie European pattern.
c
DUT there is the possibility if there are enough
ultra-conservatives, of the Barry Goldwater,
uan amooi, zara amendment persuasion, that a
new party will be f ormed.
if this happens, and it
er Cl'OUn. therp WOllIrl hp
mentation in American
cut, ii its appeal were broad enough, it might
ultimately result in a fundamental realignment
of American political parties, with conservative
Republicans and Dpmonrata ioinino- no-ninaf lih.
eral Republicans and Democrats with the inde-
HAH J.l. 1 1 I 1. . .1 . TI A
yeiiueiiwi, as usual, on to
Platforms
in Los Angeles, the Re
the United States of
of the GOP platform.
hackles on the necks of
anMnarViir fr fViia
more aggregate power
hp. t.hnsp Have ai-p rrnnn
a technological impos-
fnmnlpv. Anrl tr snlva
are acKnowieagement
conservatives to go?
. ....... feJ. vi-
hmMa ann.iM.. C
has been healthy, for it
turns out to be a splint
a rpnl Hannrof nt fvarr-
politics.
tne side. Uj.a.
Dennis the Menace
'BOY, WAT WAS ffAUYA
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paper; in fact the contrary is often the case.
Any Excuses?
To the Editor: Re Sunday's
editorial, speaking of "horri
ble examples" I wish some of
you would drive up Sardine
Creek, the extreme left fork.
I'm not too well informed on
this, but am told that this is
not only Government ground
but that the logging operation
itself was supervised by for
estry men.
EGADS, I've see every sort
of logging on the creek in the
last 10 years, from one man to
two horse to 'big Cat' opera
tions, and I've never wit
nessed such complete destruc
tion of an area of land as this.
Not only was a highllne
used but there is not one sprig
of green left nothing but
sheer dirt banks which can
easily be moved down creek
with one good rain. And to
add insult to injury these con
scientious destroyers of na
ture left open cartons of dyna
mite, electric caps, rolls of
fuses and other blasting equip
ment lying at hand up and
down the whole STRIPPED
area.
Perhaps there is a reason
able excuse for this yarding
or highlining type of logging,
but I would like a good (and
I think it would have to be
darn good) excuse lor leaving
explosives within easy reach
of any child or careless per
son. One very irate mother.
Mrs. Charmaine McMahan
Route 1, Box 528
Gold Hill, Ore.
Free World Government
To the Editor: Our number
one problem is how to avoid
atomic war. Our policy of con
tainment of communism and
building bigger and better
armaments, while it does de
lay Communist aggression, is
no eventual solution. When
we unilaterally defend a coun
try against aggression, our ac
tion is turned against us by
the Communists, as interfer
ring in the affairs of others
where we have no business.
While we do not accept their
arguments, other people do,
and U. S. prestige suffers.
France now has the bomb
and within a short time many
other countries will have the
bomb, including Red China.
The cost of trying to police
the entire world keeps going
up and will eventually bank
rupt us.
The only way out of this
dilemma is an international
government that does not in
clude the Communists and has
the power to enforce law and
order in the world. Saying
that no such government is
possible without the Commu
nists is like saying that law
is not possible in the United
States because the gangsters
would not obey. At least it
could settle differences be
tween the civilized countries
and give us unity of action if
we do have to fight a war.
The United States should
go all out to form such a gov
ernment by combining the
OAS, NATO and our military
alliances, and by Inviting all
interested nations to submit
tentative constitutions as a
prelude to an International
convenlon.
. John Chitwood
434 Berrydale Ave.
Medford.
Firemen Praised
To the Editor: I think too
often the citizens of Medford
take for granted the perform
ances of our Medford Fire
department.
I would like to thank Fire
Chief Gordon Barker and all
members of the Medford Fire
LOUD POAR, HUH, 3X1 ?
the nam and address of the
department for their efforts
in confining the recent Du
mas Domestic Laundry fire
to the laundry building.
By the time the alarm was
turned in the tire was com
pletely out of control and
threatened the Sparta build
ing as well as our other build
ing, which houses the dry
cleaning department and our
offices.
The fire department has
shown this same efficiency in
other major Medford fires.
Murrey A. Dumas
Secretary
Dumas Domestic
Laundry
Medford
Kicks to Vin
To the Editor: Aye vas
asked: "Vy do Democrats und
Republicans have platforms?"
Dey yust like to get kicked
on dere platforms. Last veek
der Republicans kicked der
Democrats on dere platform.
Next veek, dor Democrats vlll
kick der Republicans on dere
platform. Der vun vot gets
der most kicks in dere plat
form, vlns der election in No
vember. Everett Acklln
Ashland, Ore.
It's Hotl
To the Editor:
With hope-filled eyes
We scan the skies;
The clouds fly by.
No rain! Oh, why?
The earth Is dry.
The hills are brown.
May just a few
Raindrops come down.
The water's low,
Sometimes our heart.
The sun is hot
When clouds depart.
Men have to learn
To be content
With just what God .
Their, .way has sent..
. Mrs. Delbert Casey
Route 1, Box 358
Central Point, Ore.
Bang-Vp Affair
To the Editor: I am grati
fied by the stir our Republi
can Luau has caused in cer
tain Democratic circles. The
purpose, of course, was to
raise money to help support
our local candidates. It has
long been our desire to try
to relieve our candidates of
as much financial strain as
possible, In order that they,
may devote more time to cam
paigning. We are not fortu
nate enough to be blessed
with millionaires, backed up
by labor union war chests.
We needed the money, and
in fine old GOP tradition
we went out and earned It.
Along with raising these
necessary funds for our can
didates, we had a bonus of de
lightful side-effects. One was
the efforts of many people to
provide such a beautiful set
ting and unusual food that
over 500 people went away
feeling that they had more
than received vulue for mon
ey given (another fine old
GOP tradition).
Perhaps the most important
was the chance to hear U. S.
Senator Hugh Scott, who so
opposes building up commu
nism by admitting Red China
to the UN, that he travelled
all the way out here to Med
ford to impress upon us the
absolute necessity of electing
Senator Edwin Durno as our
U, S. representative.
All in all, it was a bang-up
affair to be proud of. But I
know how the Jackson Coun
ty Democrats must feel. Hav
ing lost ground In the "bump
er sticker war," they now
Rockefeller Sweeps Everything
Conclave
have to live down a highly
successful Republican affair.
Jim Ragland,
Chairman of Ticket
Sales for Republican
Luau
3182 South Pacific
Highway, Medford
P.S.: And we laughed all the
way to the bnnkl
Contributors
To the Editor: Frequently
someone gets a sentence tor
contributing to the dollnquciu
cy of a minor, but not Rov.
Roy Nldever's - nor whoever
else's remonstrance stops
the godless stream of filth put
before men, women, boys and
girls in our local theaters to
Uie view of all and sundryl
It Is the unquestioned duty
of our law enforcement offi
cers to bring sex perverts to
justice, but in simple wonder
and mute astonishment we
stand aghast and sny why and
how can the stream of pollu
tion which contaminates our
populace flow on, uninter
rupted and unchecked, and
which continually exalts the
flesh above the spirit, against
God's word which declares In
unmistakable terms (Gal. 6-8),
"He that sowcth to his flesh
shall of the flesh reap corrup
tion; but he that sowcth to
the Spirit shall of the Spirit
reap life everlasting."
A vounc former seaman
told me of his experience
when docked In warm south
ern waters. Fond of swim-
minir he braved the warning
given them not to swim near
a pier. With lightning speed
the lonir arm of a submerged
octopus anchored to a post
shot toward him and nearly
grasped him. With mortal ter
ror hp saw and managed to
elude the fatal arm, swam
post haste to shore and never
again braved such danger.
But In our fair city, despite
iia HpIvm tn mnke Medford
beautiful, there exists not hid
den but brazenly open and
alert In prominent spots, those
octopl or devil nsncs wnicn
mniinimllv contribute to UlO
delinquency of minors and
adolescents alike in me iorm
nf nnrlpan movies - even
piped Into our home parlors
via television! minx aiso oi
our newsstands that peddle
pornographic garbage!
When win De awane ana
rise en masse against the god
Imi niircpa that send these
putrid streams inundating our
land with salacious nun.'
Like incriminating accusa
tion ran be leveled at all the
purveyors of I n t o x I cants,
beer, wine, cockuiiis ana liq
uors. Who walks down skid-
row Front street without a
shudder of repugnance as he
sees inebriates ot both sexes
nhniit. Home entering, others
emerging unsteadily; and at
the counters inside omers oe
InB prved bv women or men
with the firewater that steals
away brains! All this in Mca
ford too!
Why not snap the prison
locks behind all these cater
ers to perversion also? Inv
nossible. they're licensed!
Why not license their victims
too? Impossible, why should
I care about dupes and dopes?
Am I my bromer s Keeper i
H. R. Buiman
Route 4, Box 318A
Medford.
The Cure
To the Editor: Mr. Glllis of
White City is correct In his
analysis; of'v pragmatism In
Monday's paper. It Is the basic
philosophy of c o m munlsm.
However, he overlooks the
Important point In his "cure"
for this "new order." The cure
Is Christ, Himself. His teach
ings mean nothing If He has
no power to carry them out.
The world has rejected
Christ voluntarily for over
1900 years. It knows His
teachings, and also the author
ity He claimed. Beginning
with the religious leaders of
Israel In His enrthly life, so
piety has deliberately said in
effect, "If He be God, down
with Him. . We don't want
Him."
If He really is God, He will
return soon and prove it. If
to. believe this is a fool's
dream, His teachings mean
nothing.
Parker Bailey
542 W 'A' St.
,' Ashland, Ore.
Questions
, To the Editor: It was truly
an Imposing figure, $1,100,
000,000. It couldn't help at
tracting attention to Mr. Jen
kins' column. There it was,
spelled out In a number of
different ways as a miistcrful
feat of budge' balnnclng by
President Elsenhower, some
thing he points to with great
pride.
"Hmmmmmmm," as the
columnist would say. That
leaves Mr. Elsenhower $10,
000,000,000 in the hole from
his previously unbalanced
budget of 1988, This much
more potent figure was not
spelled out by Mr, Jenkins,
No doubt Mr. Jenkins could
explain, if he would, how Mr,
Elsenhower causes his stag
goring deficits to go into
But Nomination; '64
By LYLE C. WILSON
International Amphlthoator,
Chlcago-lliril-Gov. Nelson A.
Rockefeller hit everything at
tills Republican National Con-
convention ex
cept the jack
pot. The big
prlzo was the
pre sklunthil
nomination, It
olurled him,
Rockefollor
tins b o e n as
big a m a n,
how over, as
.,1 . 1 J - .. .
LU C WlUoe viru i-imuiiiit
Richard M. Nixon around
Chicago the past few days.
Ho shaped the platform to
his own pattern.
The governor contrived to
bring about a situation which
which caused Nixon to push
the panic button last week.
Rockefeller thereupon receiv
ed the vice president In au
dience In New York City. Out
of that huddle came an ulti
matum to the Republican Plat
form Committee.
The ultimatum was that Uie
committee must accept the
platform announced point by
point by Rockefeller after re
ceiving Nlxon-or- else. The
or else was simply this.
It the Republicans rejected
the proposals the Republican
Party would have to got along
In the campaign without much
assistance from Uie Repub
f
Red Influence in Cuba Seen
Growing;
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Editor
No matter whet the politi
cal complexions of Fidel Cos
tro and his chief lieutenants
cur rcntly in
MWl in charge of
Cuba, there
Bre few who
'd bceve tnit
2 any great
n u m bcrs of
the Cuban
people them
selves can be
persuaded to
"go C o m -
riiiL NiWso.M munlst."
But events of tho last week
In the Day's News
By FRANK
For the moment, let's forget
the Republican national con
vention In Chicago which Is
buckling down to its serious
business of adopting a plat
form and nominating candi
dates for President and vice
president.
So let's turn our attention
to United Nations headquar
ters In New York, where the
shooting down by Russian
fighter planes of a U.S. recon
naissance plane Is under con
sideration. THE United States accused
Russia of a "criminal and
reckless act of piracy." The
accusation was made by
Henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. am
bassador to United Nations.
Not only. Ambassador Lodge
charged, was our plane shot
down over international wa
ters - where it had a RIGHT
to be.
Before It was shot down,
he said, a Soviet fighter plane
TRIED TO FORCE IT OVER
ONTO SOVIET TERRITORY
-thus creating an Incident de
signed to prove that we were
guilty of acts provocative of
war.
HOW do we know that Is
what happened?
Woll, at this morning's ses
sion of U. N., Ambassador
Lodge said reported secret
U.S. electronic devices based
In England tracked the plane
throughout its entire flight.
So
He said
We KNOW what happened.
IN A formal resolution, our
ambassador to U.N. chal
lenged Moscow to submit the
case to Investigation by
commission composed of Rus
sia and the United Statos or
to take It before the Inter
national Court of Justice it
The Huguo.
eclipse, so that he can Point
with Pride to bis smaller sur
plus, And hqw does the budgct
mlnded mentor of eclipse keep
tho spotlight off tho sorry
stato of affairs - tho budget
of 15,000,000 unem ployed
Americans and their families?
A. P. Drangen
417 Lane st.
Yrcka, Calif.
Don't NttjUcrSllppfol
FALSE TEETH
Do (sIh uaia "f, slip m wobble
him oa talk, ti, Uush or insw?
Don't pt nnorf and JUSSUB""!
slbnllns insa-snld) powdM to iprln
kli on jour pUtM. fl If
mora firm ut. OHM fMfldmt fMl
tni of McurHf snd sdflwl onmfoiy.
Ko summv. sonny, pMtr Usui or imi.
ins nm
iivt sniiiisMi,
lican governor of Now York
The mechanics of the KocK-ofollor-Ntxon
meeting made
the proposals which camo out
of It seem more Rockefeller's
than Nixon's. For example:
It was Nixon, the assured
presidential nominee, who
sought the meotlng. II wits
Rockefeller who nuido the
propositi public.
Moreover, whon the gov
ernor flow next day to Chica
go he enlarged from his air
plane brandishing a copy of
the platform proposals and
exclaimed to tha welcoming
throng:
"If you think these do not
represent my Ideas, you're
crazy."
This could be, of course,
Rockefeller's finest hour. He
is besieged on all sldos to ac
cept the vice presidential
nomination but spurns It. One
thing that would lift this
rather listless convention to
penks of enthusiasm would bo
for Rockefeller to reverse the
field, accept the vice presi
dential nomination and pledge
an all-our tight to win the
office. The delegates, or most
of them, would like that. It
would be a shot In the arm
for the Republicans as the
Democrats got their shot In
the nomination of Sen. Lyn
don B. Johnson for veep. The
Republicans would loave Chi
cngo believing they had nom
Dangers Are Listed
erased any doubt Uiere might
have been that the Cuban
economy already has "gone
Communist."
An American In Cuba
gloomily surveying the situ
aUon there predicted that
most If not all American
property will have been seiz
ed by the government by next
summer.
The stream of long-time
American residents In Cuba
returning to the United States
has been under way for
months. In their places are
coming the Iron Curtain tech
nicians and advisers as Cuba
switches to Russian oil, Rus-
JENKINS
He added: "Our purpose
here is not to defend our
selves. We have done nothing
which requires defense. We
want the U.N. council to deal
with this criminal and reck
less act of piracy committed
by the Soviet Union so that
our men, now In illegal de
tention, may be freed, and so
that the whole world may
breathe more easily again,"
11USSIA Immediately reject-
ed the demand.
Soviet Deputy Foreign Min
ister Vasll;' V. Kuztonsov
termed Lodge's presentation
of the U.S. side of the con
troversy "a coarse fabrication
from beginning to end made
up for the deceit of Uie people
of the United States and
world public opinion and
WITH NO FACTUAL MA
TERIAL BEHIND IT."
He added that the Soviet
Union Is resolutely against
any Investigation or the set
ting up of any commissions.
11HY this recital of
what
" haDnened at UnlLnt
Na
tions headquarters?
. Well, it Is against this dark
background that the Repub
lican national convention as
sembles In Chicago to adopt a
platform and nominate Its
party candidates for President
and vice president.
In many ways (Including
the dark backdrop) It re
sembles the Republican con
vention that assembled In Chi
cago Just a few days more
than a century ago to adopt
a platform and nomlnato can
didates for the presidency and
vice presidency.
In much of our happy past,
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inated Iholr strongest ticket,
All of that builds up In
Ihls: If Rockefeller slunds pat
on his refusal to run In second
place ho mny leave the dele
gates with tho uneasy feeling
that Ihoy wero not able to
nomlnato their strongost tic.
kel. If tho Republican ticket
is licked In November, much
of the blnmn (or that wlU
seem to bo Rockefeller's,
If that Idea should get
around generally In the event
of Nixon's defeat, Rockefel
ler's political future will be
clouded by charges that he
rofusod to help his party In
time of need.
"Rockefeller is alining for
10(14," said Sen. Barry Gold
water of Arizona In sum
million of the governor's rec
ent performance. The Impllca
tlon of Goldwater's remark Is
that Rockefeller's strategy
this year looks to tho defeut
of Nixon In November, That
Is an angry Indictment and
certainly unproveable;
It Is agreed, liowover, that
Rockefeller's chnnce for a Re
publican presidential nomina
tion will not come until 11)84
and Hint he will have no
chance then unless there Is a
Democrat In the White House.
A Democrat elected in 1080.
A Republican president elect
ed this year would be renonv
Inated, of course, In 1064, if
he lived and Nlxon Is young.
slan fertilizer, Czechoslovak
machines and other items
formerly supplied by the
United States.
Pro-Cuba Arguments
Those who profess to see a
difference between a Cuba
economically controlled b v
communism but Inhabited by
a people who resist It as an
Ideology, use two main argu
menU.
Thoy say the Cuban would
rojeel the discipline Imposed
by communism, and that, re
gardless of outward appear
ances, he Is Inwardly a devout
Roman Catholic.
The fallacy of the argument
Is suggested by the fate of
Hungary and oilier satellite
states where Communist re
gimes never have have de
pended upon majority ap
proval, However, It Is the economic
side which permits no argu
ment and forecasts hard times
ahead for the Cuban people.
Reccntl) concluded agree
ments with Russia, Red China
and Communist satellites pri
marily have been barter deals
with only 20 per cent cash
Involved.
In return for sugnr, Cuba
has been promised Russian nil
and technical assistance, Po
lish textile machinery and
chemical equipment and Chi
nese rlco, soybeans and tex
tiles. Could Backfire
Such an arrangement pro
vides no dollars with which to
buy other needed goods, in
cluding necessary food sup
plies not Included In the bar
ter deal.
Among others, Egypt learn
ed a bitter lesson when it
mortgaged Its principal crop,
long staple cotton, In ex
change for Russian arms. The
deal gave Russia approxi
mately half of Egypt's cotton,
leaving the Egyptians free to
sell the romalnder on the
world mnrkot,
When it came time to do so,
the Egyptians found them
selves competing against their
own product which the Rus
sians wore dumping at below
world prices. ,
So It may be with Cuba.
There Is no profit In selling
at three cents sugar which
costs four cents to produce.
we have regarded national
conventions as three-ring cir
cuses designed for our enter
loinment. That wasn't true In
1860. It Isn't true In this just-a-ccntury-Ialer
inflO.
It Is Just as woll for us to
remember that,
Mrs. Lllwlller
National Funeral Directors Ass'n
C. M. Lllwlller
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