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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files ol The
Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Aug. 26, 1950 (Saturday)
Two area men, Pvt. Howard
W Barnhiirt, Medford, and LI.
C. D. Courtney, Central Point,
have bee nreported wounded
in action in Korea.
Billy Graham, dynamic
evangelist, will speak at the
Medlord High school lootball
stadium Wednesday.
20 YEARS AGO
Aug. 26, 1940 (Monday)
More than 12,000 persons
gathered at the state lair
grounds in Salem today to
hear Oregon's Senator Charles
L. McNary accept the Republi
can vice-presidenlinl nomina
tion. From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: (by
Vlelrh Fish. Phoenix) "Pic
lures in a local camera shop
of the Medford Rodeo Willi
riders cascading off bucking
horses and bulls are inter
preted as signs of an early fall.
When bull throws the man it
should be news. The other
way round it's politics."
30 YEARS AGO
Aug. 26, 1930 (Wednesday)
Postponement of the open
ing of Medford schools be
cause of the fruit harvest
meets with much opposition
The Diamond Lake lodge
will remain open this year
until Oct. 1.
40 YEARS AGO
Aug. 26, 1920 (Thursday)
The chamber of commerce
forum here will discuss a pro
posed move of the courthouse
from Jacksonville.
Central Point schools will
open Sept. 13.
SO YEARS AGO
Aug. 26, 1910 (Thursday)
Dying winds and the threat
of rain are making the task of
fire fighting in Jackson county
easier; most fires are now un
der control and the town of
Prospect is out of danger.
An engineer, for the Hill
railroad interests said here to
day that men arc now work
ing near Pelican Bay selecting
a location for the connecting
link between .the Oregon
Trunk and Pacific and Eastern
railroads.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct is superior;
even or eight is excellent; five or
lix is good.
1. The extinct dodo bird
could or could not fly?
2. Which is 1 o n g c r, the
coastline of Florida or of Cali
fornia? 3. Of what metal did Solo
mon build Ihe altar?
4. Tomatoes contain which
vitamin that is needed in the
daily diet?
5. For what diseased condi
tion of the brain do the initials
"D.T.s" stand?
(i. Which is larger, an adult
male or female black widow
spider?
7. In what year did Christo
pher Columbus discover
America?
8. Is W a s h i n g t o n. DC,
north or south of Ihe Mason
and Dixon line?
9. Coins traditionally asso
ciated with pirates are called
What?
10. From what serious dis
ease did Julius Caesar suffer?
Answers: 1, Could not.
2. Florida. 3. Brass. 4. Vita
min C. 5. Delirium Tremens.
6. Female. 7. 1492 (October
12). 8. South. 9. Doubloons.
10. Epilepsy.
Ho-Hum Time
Two friends of ours
made similar comments, at different times,
recently.
Each made a remark to the effect that the
Presidential campaign surely hasn't gotten very
interesting, as yet.
And each added, thoughtfully, that it was
going to be hard to decide who to vote for this
year.
Tin not crazy about either Nixon or Ken
nedy," one said, and the other made a similar
comment.
XE had come to pretty much the same con-
1 T elusions ourself.
Since the excitement,
01 the two conventions
litical arena has been
And the split-season
point, has been so drained of any real meaning
or accomplishment by
ltical maneuvering that
give it up as a bad job
AS for the candidates,
"remember has there
for either.
With one or two exceptions, we know of no
REALLY ardent and
Richard M. Nixon. And the same is true of John
F. Kennedy.
This probably will change as the campaign
gets going, and as the (pardon the expression)
"image" of each begins to come through.
The prospect of watching the two matched
in a series of television debates is a fascinating
one.
But up to this point, it's been pretty much
ho-hum time, when most political news is
greeted with boredom and not a little cynicism.
E. A.
Bear
The family Secretary
and Welfare has always refused to camp at
Crater Lake National park.
bhe loves the park, as
ily. But she doesn't want
afraid of bears.
For years, now, we've
her fears are foolish fancies, baby. But the news
out of Crater lake this week made our assurances,
instead, look pretty foolish.
lwo Cahiornia families encountered bears
there, and two people were hurt. And the family
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
isn't going to forget it.
IT was just about a year ago that a family-and-friends
party camped at the park (leaving the
family HEW secretary at home). During the
night, the group was visited by a" mother bear
and cub.
This resulted in some excitement, the loss of
a pound of bacon, and a reaffirmation of the
HEW secretary's anti-bear prejudice.
She was unshakable before, unshakable after,
and this week's news will leave her even more
unshakable, if that is possible.
THE incident brings up a question which has
ri -twrA -r nni'li um'irlnn fni' oftmo f 1 mo
UUUIIICU Lilt, J CM l OLI V IVt 1 I OWlllC Ul lllV
The basic philosophy of the national parks
is to keep the environment, including wild life,
as nearly untouched as possible. But, with the
increasing use of the parks, with millions upon
millions of people visiting them who have never
done so before, what about that wild life which
constitutes a hazard to people bears in particu
lar? The question is a perennial one in Yellow
stone, where in addition to the usually-peaceable
black and brown bears, there are also a few
grizzlies, which can be definitely dangerous.
And it pops up from time to time elsewhere,
as at Crater lake this week, when a lower-than-usual
supply of garbage apparently motivated
the bears to look for other sources of food.
11E don't know what the answer is.
We strongly favor the present park policy,
of keeping things untouched as much as possible.
But we do grant that trying to protect thousands
of tourists and first-time campers to say noth
ing of nervous mothers from the bears (and
vice versa) is a headache of no mean proportions.
And we know at least one camping family
from a nearby state which claims that people
have a prior right over bears in national parks,
and that the bears must
We suspect that the California campers who
were injured this week would agree.
f)N the other hand, there is that park policy
a good one to consider.
There is also the fact that the possibility of
seeing a bear preferably at some distance, and
not inside one's tent at night is one of the many
attractions of the national parks, just as is the
possibility of seeing a deer, or feeding the chip
munks. The present practice is to trap any bear
which becomes a consistent "troublemaker"
around camps, and take her (it frequently is a
mother with cubs, as it was this week) to an out
lying area of the park. She's out of the way for
a day or two, anyway.
Perhaps what we need is for Congressman
Porter to amend his chair-lift plan, and' make it
a bear-lift, to convey troublesome bears away
automatically. E. A.
one with Republican
much of it artificial,
has died down, the po
pretty arid.
01 congress, up to this
the push and pull of po-
they might just as well
and get to campaigning.
not in as long as we can
been so little enthusiasm
dedicated supporters of
- Lift
of Health, Education
do the rest of the fam
to camp there. She's
been trying to tell her,
go.
Dennis the
'YOU PEOPLE SURE DON'T LOOK LIKE MR. AN'MflS. WlLSON) "
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 publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters
printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the
contrary is often tile case.
One Sure Cure
To the Editor: The edito
rial in the Aqg. 23 M-T calls
alcoholism a "disease." On
the next page is a large ad
vertisement of a "germ" of
this "disease." It doesn't make
sense.
Who is responsible for this
"disease" of five million al
coholics? Mainly the maga
zines, newspapers, radios and
TV, with their glamorous ad
vertisements. They never
show the other side of the
picture, the effects of this
"disease." WHY? Because
there is a sister disease which
might counteract it. Named
"greed for money" or "pay
ola." With no regard for the
moral standards of life, they
encourage these poisonous
germs to be self inflicted,
causing broken homes, crim
inals and slaughter on the
highways. Habakkuk 2:15.
Woe untd him that giveth
his neighbor to drink."
Not long ago I tuned into
my favorite radio station, be
cause they had not been ad
vertising alcohol. When I
heard "It's the water," I turn
ed it off with disappointment.
I refuse to listen to these
poisonous ads.
He says only an alcoholic
can fully understand the
struggle, that the temperance
workers have little concep
tion of it. If the editor had
attended the August meeting
of the "Woman's Christian
Temperance Union" (to which
the public is invited) he might
have changed his opinion. If
temperance workers "sip tea,"
they are injuring their own
health with the tannic acid
it contains, and not endanger
ing the life and freedom of
others.
This "disease" began to in
crease on Jan. 7, 1933, when
Papa Kennedy and F.D.R. put
their 7 year old bonded whis
key on the American public.
Now Papa Kennedy (the Bos
ton liquor dealer and Scotch
whiskey salesman of America)
with his over $300,000,000
fortune fro m this "disease
germ, is planning to put his
little son Jack in the White
House. By rigging conven
tions, paying newspapers and
voters with this germ money,
with Papa's Payola, son Jack
could take over America's
freedom.
T h e saloon or tavern is
sometimes called a bar. "A
bar to Heaven, a door to Hell,
whoever named it named it
well." There is one BAR
where he will all meet some
day, "the Judgment Bar."
Just how guilty will we be
in promoting a "Disease that
causes so much crime, death
and heartaches?
There is one SURE cure
for the alcoholic. Our friend
and Savior, Jesus Christ. Get
in contact with HIM.
Mrs. Ernest Santo
204 Lozier Lane
Medford.
Letters
To the Editor: While read
ing the Monday edition of the
Mail Tribune. I was verv
pleased to note the improve
ment m ine suojoet matter
of the Communications col
umn. .lust T was rrioicmff in this
imurovement. I discovered I
wasn't reildillL the Pnnimil.
nicatlons column after all, but
a column entitled Out on a
Limb" bv vour talented corre
spondent, Bob Walters.
I fett compelled to write
and say that the message 1
got from Mr. Walters "let
ters" was more meaningful
and full of impact than the
iiajority of those printed in
lie remilar column.
As Mr. Walters suggested.
I am signing this letter:
(Name on file)
Medford.
Menace
-
Farming and Economics
To the Editor: While driv
ing through Oregon, Cali
fornia, and Washington states,
thinking how beautiful this
country of ours is, we stopped
at a beautiful farm home, a
modest one as some of them
are, about $25,000. Of course
not too many are that large.
This one had a nice lawn,
shrubs, etc.
Out in back where the berry
harvest was in full swing, we
heard the murmur of the old
est address system known to
man. A mother was telling
one of her several young off
springs, "Tommy, you start
filling your baskets, or I'll
hide you when we get home."
When these child laborers
showed signs of being tucker
ed out, do you know what
that kind farmer did? He
broke open a carton of ice
cream bars, and his two man
ly husky sons passed them
out, and for free too. By
gosh.
Oh yes, the farmer's sons,
about 12 and 14, had punches
to punch holes in tickets, to
show how many baskets the
children picked, and my good
ness were they alert and on
tippy toe. You should hear
the sage advice they gave in
a childish murmer. The ad
vice was mostly about putting
more berries in the baskets.
I had a little talk with this
farmer. He was ambitious. He
was figuring on getting that
40 acres across the road. The
man across the road, he said,
didn't know how to get the
most out of the soil.
I asked him about the boys
back in the farm belt states,
and the way they were piling
up surplus grain in ware
houses, on which we were
piling up storage fees of mil
lions and millions of dollars.
Well, he didn't think that was
right, but we will just have
to work a few hours longer,
so we can gel our share, you
know.
I told this man 1 had a
friend in Flint, Mich., that
helped make cars. He won
dered why he and his buddies
couldn't, by working a little
more, make a bunch of extra
cars, store them in our south
west desert, just squirt some
pliofilm on them, then they
wouldn't rust, the elements
wouldn't hurt them. Of course
the government would pay for
them, and then when Africa,
Iran, and the other countries
made more roads, we could
give them all new cars, and
all those people would love
us. Well sir, he just laughed,
and said most of those "guys"
were communists.
Well we had an ice cream
bar, thanked the gentleman,
said goodbye to Tommy (he
told me he sure wished he
could go swimming on these
hot days) and so on our way,
fishing, I guess.
Frank D. Casey
Horse Creek, Calif.
Letters and Religion
To the Editor: I enjoy read
ing just about all of the let
ters in Communications, es
pecially the ones on religion,
and even contributing occa
sionally on this subject. I've
read many letters of this type
in your column and thorough-1
ly enjoy learning about the
different thoughts along this
line.
To me Ihe Bible is Ihe most
interesting subject there is,
and through Comunications I
have met some nice people
and received several nice let
ters which otherwise I would
not have done. Maybe we
don't all agree (especially
about windshield wipers on
submarines) but I don't think
we do any harm and discuss
ing the Bible is not foolish
ness. Even it says "come now
and let us reason together."
(Isa 1:18)
It is true, as Mr. William
'Man-of-Week Is Laotan Prime Minister
Who Makes Compromises To
By WILLIAM J. FOX
The man - of - the - week:
Prince Souvanna Phouma,
prime minister-designate of
Laos.
The place: Vientiane, ad
ministrative capital of
Laos.
The quote: "There is no
problem which cannot be
solved."
The 59-year-old Prince Sou
vanna, who has taken over
leadership of the tiny, land
locked southeastern land of
Laos for the third time, is an
optimist.
And he has to be an opti
mist to navigate in the swirl
ing waters of Laotian politics.
At the moment, he is restor
ing stability to his country
which was rocked by a virtu
ally bloodless coup d'etat on
Aug. 9.
Many Compromises
Since then, there have been
many rounds of maneuvering
and many compromises, and
Helpher says, if we didn't;
have our Bibles to quote from,
we would De tongue-tied ana
helpless, but
so would the
ministers and
churches that
he so highly recommends. I
have read letters in Commu
nications that make more
sense than most of the minis
ters that I've listened to, and
we must remember that the
Bible was not given to just a
few but is the inspired writ
ten word of God given to all
men as a guide to life.
The letters in Communica
tions are on varied subjects,
Like musical requests on the
radio, some people request
songs that I don't especially
like. I don't have to listen to
them but sometimes, if
listen long enough, I learn to
like them.
So Mr. Helpher doesn't
have to read our articles on
religion but maybe if he does
and if he knows anything
about what is being dis
cussed, he might find them
quite interesting.
Mrs. B. J. Wyatt
1122 West Eighth st
Medford.
Scrap of Paper
To the Editor: Article 1,
Section 7 of the U. S. Consti
tution grants to the Congress
of the United States the fol
lowing authority:
"To regulate commerce
with foreign nations, and
among the several States
and with the Indian tribes."
From the foregoing brief
authority to regulate com
merce between the several
states and with foreign na
tions, as distinguished from
regulating business within the
sovereign states, modern agi
tators for big government
have expanded their claim of
federal control to include ab
solute regimentation and reg
ulation of cafes, motels, and
other retail outlets which are
located exclusively within the
boundaries of individual
states.
From the mere authority, to
regulate trade between the
states and with foreign gov
ernments, can you see any li
cense whatever for the regu
lations of internal operations
of business establishments
which are confined within
the boundaries of a single
state?
Article X of the same Con
stitution provides:
"The powers not delegat
ed to the United States by
the Constitution, nor pro
hibited by it to the States
are reserved to the States
respectfully, or to the peo
ple." the current drive in con
gress is to change the author
ity granted in Article 1, Sec
tion 7, of the constitution,
without the bother to have
that Article amended accord
ing to the constitutional meth
od provided in Article V of
that Constitution. The propos
al is to amend by merely ex
panding the definition of
"Commerce among the several
States," to mean all business
activity within any state. This
is to be brought about by logic
somewhat as follows:
If an earthworm is destined
to be eaten by a chicken
which will be offered on the
menu of a restaurant catering
to interstate truck drivers,
then that worm shall be
deemed to be engaged in in
terstate commerce.
The above is not as funny
as it sounds, for when the
constitution is made as flexi
ble as the whim of individual
lawmakers, then of what pro
tection is it of the liberties of
individuals? Without constitu
tional safeguards which are
honored and binding upon of
ficials of all branches of gov
ernment there is no liberty
guaranteed to anyone. This
Constitution is the only safe-
little real trouble. The key to
the whole situation seems to
be compromise, and it is
through such maneuvering
that Prince Souvanna prob
ably will be able to restore
equilibrium to Laos.
The prince is considered
Dro-Western neutral, and has'
steered a delicate p a t h
through the ideological jtin-l
gles that beset his county-1
which is economically and I
culturally influenced by the!
West as a former stale ofi
French Indochina and a heavy
recipient of U.S. military aid, I
Washington Report
By WILLIAM
EXIT THROTTLEBOTTOM
Washington - IUPII - No mat
ter what else may ha.ipen in
the presidential campaign, the
hardy tradi
tion that any
vice presi
dential candi
date is only a
t h r o tt lebot
tom - a dull,
happy, harm
less character
without real
use or influ
William
White
ence - is pass-
trom our folklore.
j jng the closest, the most genu-
I -LUIS Ldlll UtllLMl l.S
ine and the most significant
teamwork in histo.y between
both top candidates and their
running mates.
Always before there was an
unspoken understanding that
the vice presidential candi
date was mainly going along
for the ride. Indeed, many
politicians have long and flat
ly held that nobody ever
voted for or against a party
ticket because of its vice
presidential nominee - that he
did no real good or real harm
to any ticket.
rpHIS, however, is a political
- season in which old notions
and old techniques are falling
like unseasonably early au
tumn leaves.
For one illustration, here
are Democrats currently con
centrating on the historic
home of Republicanism, the
Middle West, while Republi
cans are increasingly interest
ed in making new opportuni
ties in the erstwhile solid
Democratic south.
A sharper example, how
ever, lies in the fact that both
presidential candidates are
giving to their running mates
a status and dignity never be
fore approached in American
politics. The Democratic No.
1 man, Sen. John F. Kennedy,
is cheerfully handing over to
the No. 2 man, Sen. Lyndon
B. Johnson, a tremendous
guard we have against govern
ment by the personal whim of
whoever happens to be in
authority at any given time.
The Constitution of the
United States can be lawfully
amended at any time under
authority of Article V, if
changes are desired. If instead
of taking the lawful means to
amend the constitution we
choose to simply repudiate it
when such action suits our
desire, then the whole docu
ment is simply a scrap of pa
per and we are at the mercy
of those in power.
A. E. (Earl) Glidewell,
Box 1053,
Hermiston, Ore.
Bare-Footed Boy
To the Editor: (with apolo
gies to John Greenleaf Whit
tier, and, Mrs. Mary Ragland,
South Pacific Hwy., Medford.)
Blessings on thee, little
old man.
Enjoy these blessings while
you can.
You may still have check
to spare,
A bare faced boy, but void
of hair.
Something happened to you
in '17.
You washed your face
and slicked up clean.
The papers all stated,
'The Kaiser's a Brute,'
And Uncle Sam had a new
Recruit.
i
It is no use now, for a 'song
and dance,'
Some soldiered at home,
and some in France.
Then the Armistice came,
and Oh! what a joy.
But 1 wonder what happened
to the 'bare-footed boy?'
They had been introduced to
Miss Vineger Blink.
Cognac, beer and many
kinds of 'Red Ink.'
This may have happened,
just by chance.
To the bare-footed boy, who
went to France.
As 1 see it now. it affected
their life.
Those days in France,
through mud and strife.
And, though we do for them
the things we can,
These bare-footed boys are
'Also Ran.'
Malemute Slim,
White City, Ore.
and pulled the other way by
its geographical proximity to
Red China.
Prince Souvanna served as
prime minister from 1951 to
1954. He then became vice
premier and minister o na
tional defense from 1954 to
March 1956. when he toon
over as prime minister again,
He served his second term
as premier until 1958, when
he was appointed ambassador
to France.
During that second term as
prime minister he had taken
the communists into his gov-
S. WHITE
role in appealing to the
farmers.
Senator Kennedy knows
that even if he put on over
alls he would not look abso
lutely authentic among the
corn and wheat fields. He
knows that Johnson, even in
a derby hat, would look in
place there. Thus Kennedy
does not hesitate about shar
ing equal billing - or even
allowing LBJ a higher billing
on occasion - when they barn
storm the rural areas.
qUIE G.O.P. top man, Rich
ard M. Nixon, makes no
secret that he is shortly going
to give the G.O.P. second
man, vice presidential nomi
nee Henry Cabot Lodge, a dis
tinguished role in exploiting
the highest Republican issue:
"How we stand up to the
Russians."
Nixon knows that while he
himself has exemplified
toughness toward Nikita
Khrushchev, he has no copy
right. He is fully aware that
Lodge's seven years before
the TV cameras, as our chief
spokesman in the United Na
tions have made him a house
hold figure as the fellow who
knows how to tell off the
Russians.
For as the throttlebottom
legend now departs, so, too,
does the old custom that a
presidential candidate ran the
whole show, like an opera
singer unwilling for an under
study to sit even near the
stage.
This campaign has no prima
donna. John Fitzgerald Ken
nedy and Richard Milhaus
Nixon are not totally free of
those touches of human vanity
which are present in every big
politician known to this cor
respondent. But neither Ken
nedy nor Nixon cares over
much about what the applause
meter says as between himself
and his associate. Each simply
cares where the votes go - to
what ticket, that is - in the
end.
NO ONE ever supposed there
would be any human dif
ferences about pride of place
as between Nixon and Lodge.
For Nixon was the long-inevitable
Republican presidential
nominee. He never had any
rival, certainly, in Lodge.
Many, however, have won
dered what would happen be
tween Kennedy and Johnson
after Kennedy, the Senate
junior, beat ovit Johnson, the
powerful Senate leader, for
the highest Democratic desig
nation. The answer, so far at least,
is simple. "Jack and Lyndon"
are working with little more
friction than is met between
a hand and a glove. It is now
exit the prima donna - along
with Mr. Throttlebottom.
(Copyright, 1960, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
Bids Received For
Indian Buildings
Portland - (UPD - The Bureau
of Indian Affairs said no
sealed bids were received
Thursday for purchase of
Kln..iath Indian Agency hcad
r -rters buildings but that
one individual and one group
of tribe members qualified to
meet the minimum acceptable
bid of $130,635.
A spokesman said the un
identified Indian who quali
fied as an individual and the
group both would be formally
asked to pledge credit in tribal
assets or cash to meet the
down payment. If both prop
erty seekers meet the pledges
an auction will be held some
time next month to determine
Uie purchaser.
Property for sale includes
administration and office
buildings, cottages, ware
houses, a sewer system, tele
phone system, nurses' home,
tennis court and hospital.
FACE EXPERT SHORTAGE
Washingto n- Urn - Surgeon
General Leroy E. Burnev said
Thursday night the United
States faces a serious shortage
of radiological health experts
in the next 10 years. He esti
mated that 4.000 experts in
radiological health and pro
tection measures will be need
ed by 1970. but only 200 are
being given such training each
year.
Remain
ernment, in another of those
compromises seemingly so
necessary to survival in L'-o-
tian politics.
Anxious about Wcjlcni re
ception of his dealings with
the Reds, m 1956 Prince Sou-
vanna asked for a statement
of policy toward Laos from
the United Stales, France and
Britain. The United States
told him that Laos should ba
free to exercise its sover
eignty in its own way, but
American views on the dang.
ers of Communist infiltration
from within were made
known to Souvanna.
But he had to make his
compromises then, as he ob
viously is having to maka
them now. For one of tha
weirdest aspects of Laotian
life is that the Communist
Pathet Lao movement was
formed by Souvanna's half,
brother Prince Souphanou
vong, and its guerrilla war
fare against the government
has caused continuing trouble.
In the Days News
By FRANK JENKINS.
Searching question in these
days when achievement of
the abundant life (regardless
of cost and with as little de
lay as possible) is the BIG
political issue:
Arc we better off in this
era when we are taxed more
and have more than we were
when we were taxed less and
and had less?
I THINK the answer must be
YES.
ft isn't necessary to go into
meticulous detail. When we
stop to think, we just KNOW
we have more and it comes
easier. But the federal Bu
reau of Labor Statistics has;
dug up some figures that are
interesting.
In 1929, it says, the average
factory-delivered retail prico
of an automobile was $839.
The comparable figure a
quarter of a century later (in
1954) was $2,119, or 253 per
cent of the 1929 average.
But, in the meanwhile, aver
age weekly earnings of all
factory employees rose from
$25.03 to $71.64 (286 per
cent) while average hourly
earnings of the same group
climbed from 56.6 cents to
$1.81, or 319.8 per cent of
the 1929 figure.
So, the Bureau says, where
it took the 1929 factory work
er 33.4 weeks or 1475 hours
to earn the price of a car, it
now takes him only 29.6
weeks or 1171 hours.
rpHOSE are full-time figures.
One could wish the Bu
reau had made its compari
son in terms of TAKE-HOME
pay. Taxes in the 25 years
have risent starllingly - and
taxes are now deducted from
the worker's paycheck.
Still, I think we must all
admit that we have more
things now than we had back
in 1929 and that we come by
them easier. Modern progress,
which includes technological
advancement, is toward tha
more abundant life rather
than away from it.
B
UT-
The rosy figures that hava
just been quoted include nei
ther taxes nor DEBT. They'ra
just prices and wages. Let's
now quote some figures that
are LESS rosy.
According to Tax Founda
tion. Inc., total public debt
federal, state. and local - in
1959 were just under 350
BILLION dollars, while pri
vate debt was a trifle over
500 BILLION dollars. In
other words, we now carry on
our backs a total debt of
about 850 billion - or mora
than three-quarters of a
TRILLION - dollars.
That's quite a load.
lyHAT has happened to us?
It's quite obvious.
We've had a lot of increased
benefits since we began to
build up debt somewhere
around a quarter of a century
ago. We have more and better
highways. We have more and
better nouses. We have more
and better automobiles. Wo
have more and better cloth'
ing. We have more and bet
ter food. We have more and
better gadgets. We work
shorter hours and we have
more vacations.
B
UT-
A whale of a lot of it has
GONE ON THE CUFF. Back
in 1929. we had relatively
little debt. Now our total
debt, public and private, is
heading toward a TRILLION
dollars.
Personally. I find it hard
to escape the feeling that if
the more abundant life is to
be PERMANENT, we must
start PUTTING LESS OF IT
ON THE CUFF.
I think we must do even
more than that. If life is to
continue to be abundant lor
us, we must start TAKING
SOMETHING OFF T H b
CUFF.
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