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Newspaper Page TextMZDfORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13. I960 Everyone in Soutnem Oregon Keaqa me MBit xrioune fribllshed Dally except Saturday by MISUI'UKU vtun vjv.... S3 North Fir St., Pit 8P2-6U1 vnniDT w HTTHL.. Editor HERB GREY. Adveitialin Manager GERALD T LATHAM Bui MP V.Kir W ALLEN JR.. Mng Editor FAHL H ADA. CI Editor RICHARD JEWS'! "Spo"rt. Editor OLIVE ST ARCHER Women DALE KljJrvBUfH . uaul""" z - i.j.iiiiir M twin s DCr niora4 cnnd dial mttr ! Medford. Oregon, under Act Marcn a, flimannramrnM ItaYTffS By Mall - In Advance. Copy 10c Dilly and 8unday-l year 100 Daily and Sunday J moi oo Sunday Only One m tn Aiivance MedforO WA.hl.ni ' Central Point E ajle Point, Jackaonville. Gold Hill Pn'?-?"0h.o,.5nSS.,route.. Daily and Sunday- V .18 JO Dally and 8unday 1 mo 1.80 Carrier and Dealara - copy W All Terma wean hi nu..- . --.-..--J . rlt. f Medrnrd Official Papar of Jackaon CenntT. Unlted Presa International Cull Leaaed Wire TBEROF AUDIT BtTREAlT AawEST"W0LIDAV 'ca. tNO P" iron, Dan rmiH-wK"-,"" i a Seattle, Portland St Louli. At. larta. Vancouver, p.v. NEWSPAPER IUHI. NATIONAL EDITOKIAI A Flight 6' Time Mall Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 V' fl' 10 YEARS AGO Oct. 13. 1950 (Friday) Grants Pass officials have bounced that the city not stage a Community Chest drive this year; one of the reasons given i. that a com petent chairman for a drive rould not be found. Sen Wayne Morse (R-OreO said in Astoria today that the seating of Red China in the United Nations would "speed the divorce" of China from Russia. .". 20 YEARS XGO " Oct. 13. 1940 (Sunday) , Representatives of Medford, .Mnrt.- Grants Pass, Rose- burg and Eugene Chamber, of Commerce will meet .oon to coordinate efforts directed to ward improvement oi - klnUuiatr ' 1 From Arthur Perry'.'Ye Ida Pnt" COlUIIIUi f" " .flnlrt drive' in 1941 model autos means the fluid Is in the engine insieau - driver." 30 YEARS AGO Oct. 13. 1930 (Monday) Police here today are inves tigating two reports of at tempted arson at downtown Medford business establish ments last night. - The first sale of Boscs in the east recently . brought $3.44 per box. 40 YEARS AGO Oct. 13. 1920 IWednaiday) v . A number of local resi dents, protesting the $14 per cord cost of wood here, have pooled their resources and arc bringing wood from Glen dale for $2 per cord less. ', Snow fell in the mountains around the valley last night for the first time this year.. 50 YEARS AGO Oct. 13. 1910 (Thursday) The assessed valuation of property in Jacksonville is $150,000, an increase ot stu, 000 over last year. - Ashland City Councilman W. F. Moore resigned his post during last night's council meeting after the council vot ed to rescind action on two projects it had earlier approv ed for nls ward. Whal's Your I.Q.? Nine Of ten correct Ii nipeilor: wven or eight it excellentf five i ill It good. IV Name the newly elected president of the United Na tions General Assembly. 2. When does a bill become a law? 3, From what is rum made? 4. .What republic was form ed by freed American slaves? 5'. What did the UEly duck ling turn Into when he grew up?. ; 8. -Which of the national parks was first established? 7, Has a vice president ever been tried for treason? 8, In music, what is a chro matic scale? 9.: Who wrote the Ameri can'. Creed? 10. What is the square root of one? , ' Answers: I. Frederick Bo land; 2. When signed by the president! 3. Fermented mo lasses; 4. Liberia; 5. A .wan; 6. Yellowiione National park;; 7. No; 8. Scale including all half-tone.; 8. William Tyler Page; 10. One. w ma . tMMMMIWTIIIIlH I ' Hi"' "'" Porter and The Eugene Register-Guard, commenting on Congressman Charles 0. Porter, recognizes "his witj his intelligence, his personal charm, his de votion to duty and his high-minded desire for world peace ..." It also does "not choose to join those who accuse Mr. Porter of laziness or inattention to his job." This is warm praise Democrat. One could hardly phrase it better.- -So it is a bit disconcerting to find these wnrrls of approval contained "Why We Can't Support THE Guard, it turns out, is going to support the Republican candidate. Dr. Edwin Dm nn nf meatorct, solely on the eign affairs activities. His espousal of the i wnicn tne uuara nas tound attractive but wh ch Dr. Durno flatly onncses) : his work for more river development in the tention to tne proDiems his services on behalf of his hard work, his "wit votion to aucy . ao not And, in endorsing . o tnese woras : "Republicans who nominated Dr. Durno last spring picked a man with a fine record in the Legislature and with a tolidrcputation in his home community. Although untried in the national arena, he shows promise of effective, conscientious service in Con gres. . . ," IT IS the Guard's duty uiv.i.ai.co, auu we uu nut, quesuuu emier 1U5 Sin cerity or its GOP-leaning motives. But we do question its good judement in sur- Eorting a man about whom it can say only that e has a "fine record . . . solid remitation ... un tried in the national arena ... . shows promise." T. l .. .' .- : . ,i 1 1. -, i i i j,n cApmiiinig us uecisiun, tne uuara aeciares: ' "In our opinion, he (Porter) has not settled down . to become a patient and effective member of Congress. Rather; he has continued a disruptive and disorderly course in which he has sought to make of himself a one-man foreign affairs committee. He has done so despite the wishes even of his own party which has continued to restrict him to minor House commit tees . . DORTER is, no denying ure. And he HAS lived un to his nre-election pledges in recent years to devote a substantial amount of his time to foreign affairs. ,;v One result has been a series of probing anal yses as to what has been wrong with our Latin American policies. And within the past few months, he has been justified by seeing the Or ganization of American States, and the U. S. State Department, assume positions similar to those. he has been advocating for years. ' , , Porter is one of Congress' most ardent advo cates of freedom, and outspoken foes of dictator ship, wherever and however it occurs. . He has advocated increased communication between nations. How else understanding of others of utimate peace? X7E HAVE respect for Dr. Durno. " But Porter, now completing his second term in office, is just arriving at a point where he will be most useful as a representative of this district's interests; where he has and experience to apply his energy, his wit and intelligence," his ever-curious mind, and (to quote the Guard), "his devotion to duty and his high-minded desire for world peace" into the channels where they will do the most good, for the fourth district, for Oregon, for the United btates, and for the world. We suggest that a vote Congress is a vote for our own enlightened self interest. E.A. Legislators' Terms The first measure to election ballot is entitled of legislators' terms." , Un the ballot the purpose is defined thus: "To amend the Constitution to make legislators' term of office start at the same lime as the regular legislative session." ' Terms now start the first Monday in January. This measure would have them start the second Monday, when the legislature convenes. It also would permit the legislature to change the start of-such terms, if reason for thisshould arise. No opposition has been made known. : We recommend a "yes" vote. E.A. DST-A Personal Choice Measure No. 2 on the Nov. 8 election ballot would establish Dayjight Saving Time in all parts of Oregon within the Pacific time zone between the last Sunday in April until the last Sunday in aepiemDer. This is a matter of purely nersonal nreference Some people like an the evening (swiped, as morning hours when asleep) ; others don t. THIS is generating some heated debate, for it makes an economic difference to some, not ably radio and TV stations, outdoor theaters, stock brokers and so on. They will attempt to t is on iiupui iaui, issue, out iui me vast majority, it remains a purely personal matter. We shall vote "yes," dation except to vote your the "Guard" indeed for the Eup-pne in an editorial entitled Mr. Porter." - . basis of his (Porter's) for j Oregon Dunes Seashore Fourth District; his at ot the lumber industry; individual constituents and intelligence and de score with the Guard. Dr. Dumo. it Hops sn in to do as its conscience it, a controversial fig are we to achieve the which js the prerequisite . gained the knowledge for Charles Porter for arjnear on the Nov. 8 "Fixing commencement extra hour of daylight in it were, from jhe early most people "re still persuade the voters that but make no recommen own preference. ii.A Dennis the Menace YA JUST W4 THIS Urrt HANDLE . . . Communications . . . Letters to the Editor must certain circumstances the uia of a pen name or initial for . publication ii permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letter, with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters lubmitled for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letter, printed in thi. column do not neceisarily represent the view, of the paper; in fact the contrary 1. often the case. Football Defended To the Editor: In answer to the Ashland Tidings' arti cle on football, I would feel anything but delight if my son were to be sent out on the football field as unpre pared as Ashland's eighth and ninth grade teams seemed to be. Medford provides for its athletic ' program the very best of instructors, the same as they do in music, science, or any other subject. These instructors in the lower grades are first picked for their ability to teach as well as carry their coaching du ties. Since many of our lower grade 'coaches are S.O.C. graduates I feel the Ashland Tidings is selling short its own college. As for the coaches at any grade level, I imagine , that if you were to figure their salary out by the hours put in, in comparison to the Eng. lish, Science or other teach- ers, you would find they avr erage far less. e far less It has been proven that while competing in sports you duiiq cnaracier.-aaeveiop co ordination, learn, to get along In a group, keep young peo ple off the streets, and many other things. It seems to me that since Medford has only won the state championship in football in quite a few years, the others being in basketball, there could be lit tle "Sour Grapes" on .the Dart of the Ashland writer. . - As for the scholastic end of it, look up the gra.de av erage of last year's state champions. Medford : players of all grades must have a signed slip from each teacher each week stating all grades are o.k. or they are not al lowed to play. As a parent and taxDaver of a boy who started com peting in sports as earlv as the fourth grade, I will set tle for Uie body building pro gram, the learning, of sports manship, and the training provided by capable instruc tors, to the sports oroeram whore boys suddenly reach junior high level, are put on tne football field with very little football knowledge, and are expected to do a job. if you are going to have a football team, then give the ooys a chance. As for something beine rot ten upstairs, Medford just happens to have an abund ance of fine athletes, which Ashland could have too if they cared enough to develop them. Watched Ashland's High School team against Klamath They need no excuses. They are good, lacking only in depth, which is probably due to the lack of a proper ath letic program whether it be in football, baseball or other sport. It might be well to keep in mind Medford's teams are of the same age group as any they play. Mrs. Bill Barnes 604 Whitman Place, Medford The Climate - GOP vt. Demo To the Editor: Recently. I visited this slate's local em ployment office. In view of the latest glowing news re ports, pertaining to the glori ous s,tate of this nation's econ omy, I was surprised to find It still In operation. They haven't as yet re duced the staff to compensate tor the gigantic decline in unemployment. Seriously, do people really believe these lies, halftruths, distortions, and falsifications perpetrated by the GOP? They boast of building more classrooms in a peacetime economy than did the previ ous administration in time of war. In behalf of their greedy AW'.SE?J5wrWr WATERI bear the name and addrau of masters, they engineered the removal of OPA, in spite of President Truman's warnings and protests, thereby causing inflation. Now they show their unmitigated brass by pointing an accusing finger at him, while claiming they nave checked inflation. They preach that the Amer ican people built nine million new homes, at a cost of one hundred billion dollars, ne glecting to mention that two thirds of this wealth was ac cumulated under the Demo crats, and during the early part of the GOP administra. tion, before they had yet had time to strangle the economy. They boast of the of working mothers. I think this is disgraceful. It would be different, if it were by choice, but millions of Amer ican .mQthers work because it Is an absolute necessity, inr aamucn as their working hus- Danas cannot lUDDort the Tk. ill- Z """"v"" :'J , nuautara aare not aanrn any mine is wrone. for they would then be expected 10 ao something about it. This will never-, happen, for the record shows they are still the do-nothing party, v These are oniv a few ev- amples.of Republican duplici ty, I could BO on and on. For. eign aid. foreign Doliev tnv religion, and the national debt, inese are important matters, but the American people are more' important. If we will but create a climate wherein our own wonderful people are healthy, happy, and prosper ous, I am, confident they can ana will, surmount every ob stacle. ' . ':. William L. Hurst 1125 West 10th st. Medford. Telling Teacher : To the Editor: This letter has gone to the dean of the college of law. Willamette university, Salem: Dear Sir: v Enclosed is a clipping of a letter from the Medford Mail Tribune of Oct. 11, 1960. The letter was written bv one of your freshman stu. dents. It is spirited of Mr. James to feel he has learned in two weeks that which you usually take three years to teach the more objective and humble. Has the state board of bar examiners consented to rec ognize his precocity and rec ommend his immediate ad mission to the Bar? Or should we consider that the opinions expressed by Mr. James are simply those of the candidate for whom Mr. James former ly served as campaign man ager? J. V, McGoodwln 110 East Sixth St. Medford Dellenback Criticised To the Editor: I have read the recent press releases of John Dellenback, who is try ing to run for representative. In these releases he attempts to criticize Bob Duncan by claiming that Duncan is sell ing out Jackson county in the O and C fund - school tax equalization controversy. These charges are without foundation, since it has been Mrs. Nye, the Republican running-mate of Dellenback, who is on the legislative interim committee for education which will recommend a par tial use of O and C funds in arriving at an equalization formula for distribution of state school support. Mrs. Nye has admitted at a public meeting that such a compro mise is in process, and it is the best we can expect. So Dellenback should direct his criticism, if it has any merit, to Mrs. Nye and not Bob Dun can. Inject, the Republican J Kh rushcKev's Gains, Nations Listed; Future Still Unclear By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign Editor - On paper, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev may seem to have lost more than he mm won during his United Na tions stay. But the paper losses, may be short -term only, still capable of be ing turned into Commu- pun newsom inrusncnev failed to: -Win a U.N. seat for Red China. -Win anywhere near ma jority approval of his plan to reorganize the office of the secretary-general into a Com munist - weighted three - man presidium. -Oust or obtain the resig nation of Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold -Turn the U.N. General ih writer, although .under , press (Oregonian) has by edi- torials criticized Duncan for preventing this so-called .raid of O and C funds. John L. Gregory, in only one TV speech, has said more about the issues than Dellen back and Mrs. Nye have com bined in all of their speeches. The Dellenback excuse that the issues are too complicated to discuss is an insult to all of us because we are interest ed in some of the problems that must be solved.. The voters should beware of the candidates who are afraid to discuss the issues. M. E. Norton P.O. Box 85 Phoenix, Ore. Billboard Stages , '' To the Editor: In support of the Billboard Control Meas ure, No. 15 on the ballot, may I, with apologies to Mr. Shakespeare, ask the voters to consider the Seven Stages of Billboard Blight . and Fight? .'..Fir.lt ,A new road-, stretch ing through the beautiful Ore gon country, here and there a painted barnside, praising Bull Durham or Lydia Pink- ham; at the crossroads per. haps one or two home made signs: ' Hot Meals, Hay for Sale," "Fresh Cow." Second: The improved and faster road, and not enough barns to go around. The early signboards appear at strategic curves and scenic spots to at tract the eye and mar the landscape, but still mostly local advertising: the coming circus, the rodeo. Third: The , modern high way grows straighter and ever faster. The billboards grow larger and brighter, the series signs begin to appear, along the tence posts with rhymes addressed to a shaving cream. The first murmur of protest is heard from the citizens whose roadsides are being blemished. Fourth: Now the national advertisers get into the pic-, ture and 1he outdoor adver tising companies build and lease huge signboards for large sums. Tourists hoping to enjoy our scenic beauties are met with countless ap peals to. buy this or that cig arette, coffee, car, whiskey, gasoline, etc. The citizens be gin to organize against the hideous display. Fifth: . Now we have the fine freeway - wider and still even faster. At Avhatever risk to safe driving the eye must be taken from the road; so now the signs move. They Try and Stop Me -By BENNETT CERF A HIGHLIGHT in the long run of TV's "I've Got a Secret came when a very fat contestant appeared with a claim that he could blow up an inner tube of an automobile tire, using only lung power, until it exploded. Ha proved his point, too. The explosion knocked Panelist Audrey Mea dows off her chair, and sent the successful con testant flying straight out of camera range. Another aspirant showed the panel about seven miles of string, all knotted together. "Is col lecting string your great secret?" scoffed Panelist Henry Morgan. "Oh, no," ' , chuckled the string-fancier. "That's just the work I do. My secret is, I collect lead pencils." -. A Japanese applied to Victor Borge for the Job of secretary- valet. "I speak nine languages," a day." ' 'Til only need three languages," countered Borge, "so Til pay you J6." At last reports, negotiations still were in progress. C M60, to Btuaclt CerL Distributed 6y Sia feature, ayadlcttf Assembly into a world sum mit meeting on disarmament. Before he made his big pitch for disarmament most world leaders already had gone back home. . . - v Attract. World Leaden . But he did: .. s -By. his own . initiative draw more world leaders than . ever before assembled under a single .roof. -Establish himself as a re laxed leader who could stay away from home as long as he wished, meanwhile reap ing a propaganda harvest. -In his own words, "plant seeds" for the future. -- As for his failures,' many observers at the United Na tions believed that this would be one of the last years the United States and its allies successfully could prevent the entry of Red China as a full-fledged U.N. member. More important than those Who voted for or against Red China this year were the 22 nations which abstained. They Included near all of the newly-admitted African na tions. A switch by less than half fit these in next year's voting would do the trick. As for reorganizing the U.N. to turn it into an arm of the Kremlin, it is probable that here Khrushchev employ ed a time-honored Commu nist strategem. He asked far more than he expected, and any compromise would be a Communist gain. "Seed" Is Planted ' While such prominent lead ers as Prime Minister Nehru of India oppose any plan which would paralyze the of fice of the secretary-general, flash! They twist and turnl They wink and they wigglel The citizens appeal to con gress .for some kind of con trol, and to the State Legis lature, and at last, in Oregon, to the Ballot by Measure No. 15. . Sixth: At last the outdoor advertising companies are really alarmed. They and the national advertisers pour , in thousands of dollars to sup port lobbies in Washington; in the state legislatures; and now in Oregon. They have plastered the roads from the California to- the Washington borders with ever more signs urging the defeat of this es sential control measure, whose aim is to. protect this scenic state from such increasing dis figuration. -(i ' Seventh: -Finally,: lif this measure does not pass we can look . forward to a constant increase in huge, dangerously distracting -, billboards, - until Oregon, too, has reached the saturation point; as for in stance in Nevada. Who can ever forget, who has seen them, the approaches to Reno? There for miles the signs liter ally overlap each other; a blur of raw color; words and move ment;, defeating their own purpose; "without effect, with out reason, without result. . Our state must be protected from his hideous possibility. Mrs. Henry F. Cabell 1151 S.W. King ave. Portland 5, Ore. Not a Candidate To the Editor: May we con sider E. A.'s recent blasts at bumbling in the county court as a declaration of his own candidacy for the next va cancy on the county court? How about the old Ameri can custom of putting your money (and effort) where your mouth is? . Hugh B. Collins 107 East Main st. Medford Editor's note: No, Friend Hugh, E.A. is not a candidate for the - county court. You wouldn't be implying, would you, that only candidates have a . right to be critical? Or that, unless one runs for of fice, he d best shut up, no matter what happens? - he announced, "and I charge $180f a blameless life Losses at United nevertheless the "seed1" has been planted. The Afro-Asian group is dissatisfied with its present U.N. representation, particularly in the Security Council, and may be expected to press for some sort of U.N. representation. It is probable that Khrush chev will have to bear with Hammarskjold until the lat ter's term runs out in 1963. Then will come the big Soviet push and a moment of deci sion for the United States. - Meantime, the United States and its allies must decide Matter of Fact bv Joseph ai50P GOOD-BYE. NIKITA! ; Washington - The best ex Dlanatlon of Nikita S. Khrush chev's macabre month at the United States was given, years in ad vance, by the bril liant French poetess, Louise de Vil morin. Long before the Sputnik era, a fatuous fellow was smugly ex patiating o n Soviet technological back wardness. He ended with the rhetorical question, "After all, what have the Russians ever made? Have then even a good airplane?" To which she replied with brisk incis iveness: V "I shall tell you. what they have made. They have made DeoDle afraid of theml!' ' To inspire fear, to frighten the waverer. into his camp to soften the opposition by playing . on his', opponents nerves - these were Knrusn- chev's obvious primary ob jective in this country. HE HAD- lesser 4aims, too, in suchV tactically signifi cant areas as anti-colonialism, But as Khrushchev Month in New York draws to its close, there can be no doubt at all about the nature of his main In the Days News : By FRANK JENKINS From Detroit: v- A bronze apron now covers the once nude statue of the Spirit of Transportation' in Detroit's Civic Center. City Councilman Eugene van Ant werp condemned the original as "immoral and indecent. The statue represents an Indian in his birthday clothes carrying a canoe over his head. It was created by the late . Swedish sculptor - Carl Milles. An APRON was weld ed across the Indian's loins after Councilman van Ant werp protested. . He has also protested a statue of a nude mermaid astride a dolphin that is to be set up in the Civic Center, but as yet nothing has been done to provide the lady with more clothes. T ET'S put it like this: ' " If the. great city of . De troit has nothing, within its boundaries more immoral than a statue of a nude Indian carrying ,a canoe and a statue of a nude mermaid going for a moist ride on a dolphin, it is to be congratulated. MORE on the frivolous side. Tn Perth: Scotland. Queen Elizabeth II appeared at a public function with two large bruises and an angry- lboking cut on her left leg There was speculation that the queen might have been bitten by one of her pet dogs, which are notable for. their truculence. Or, perhaps, oth ers said, she might have had difficulty with a horse, the queen being an enthusiastic horsewoman. . Buckingham Palace, quer ied by the reportc's, could give no information on the subject of Elizabeth's injuries. A Palace spokesman explain ed: "We have absolutely no idea of the cause, nor can we check. The only medical bul letins ever issued are on the advice of her doctors. The chances of finding out any thing officially are absolutely negligible." s WELL (perhaps after listen in? tn the 0ninc the Palace came to the conclusion that it might be better to be more communicative. The next) morning a spokesman issued this bulletin: "When Queen Elizabeth II bruised her legs yesterday, she was stalking deer for the first time." . The bulletin added:' "It will probably be the last time." . AH! TENNYSON knew what he wag tellrintf a h rt u when he wrUte: Wearing the white flower "Before a thousand peering LITTLENESSES, "In that fierce light which beat upon a throne." At whether reorganization of the United. Nations is inevitable and come up with a plan of its own or elect to fight it out on the basis of the Khrush chev demands. As .for disarmament, the big powers themselves even tually must .decide. But Khrushchev's demand for im mediate destruction of arm. draws strong support from small . nations who believe money spent on guns much better could be spent on their own development. strategic, aim.' Khrushchev aimed to use fear as Adolf Hitler once used fear, as a powerful political weapon. Right here is' the .funda. mental flaw in ; a currently widespread vjew, which was put forward, for instance, by Vice President Nixon in the last television debate. The view is that Khrushchev has somehow failed at the U.N., because everyone was pleased b y President . Eisenhower's elevated and moderate speech whereas everyone has been given the creeps by Khrush chev's wild boar -like roars and grunts. But nobody ever had any doubt .that Neville Chamber lain and Stanley Baldwin were both nicer men, and far more elevated and moderate orators, than Adolf Hitler. When fear is used as a weap. on, niceness- and moderation only blunt the weapon's edge. And the question to ask about Khrushchev now - as about Hitler in the 30s - Is whether he had succeeded : in his use of his chosen weapon, fear. . . CIMPLY by frightening pec - pie into fits. Hitler chean- ly captured a whole series of key positions before Cham berlin was driven to turn and fight. The final test has yet to occur at West Berlin the first place ri.nrushchev has attack- ? ed in exactly the Hitler man- ner. But there can be no i doubt at all that Khrushchev I' has already managed to erode X the over-all position . of the Western alliance in a way that ought to cause grave con cern, j The extent of the erosion U plainly revealed in the U.N. Assembly vote on the admis. sion oi uommumst unina. - This year, the tally was 42 against, 34 in favor, and 22 abstaining. In 1955, the vote was 42 against, 12 in favor, and 6 abstaining. In 1956, it was 47 against, 24 in favor, and 8 abstaining. Since 1956, in other words, the American policy on Com. munist China has lost the sup. port of five nations. The So viet policy has- gained the support of ten nations. And the number of abstainers has increased by 16 votes, includ ing most of the new African states, plus one NATO mem ber, Iceland, and two former ly intimate American allies, Saudi Arabia and Laos. The further erosion achiev ed by Khrushchev in the last month at the U.N. gives him an excellent chance of win ning an actual majority against the U.S. next year, with the help of this year's African abstainers. In fact, some would say the best hope that the next U.N. General Assembly will not admit the Chinese Communists, now lies in the possibility of an open break between Khrushchev and Mao Tse-Tung. I ' ' . ' MERE nose-counting is not the only way to prove the existence of this process of erosion, either., Khrush chev's personal success, in transforming' the U.N..: meet ing into a grand rally of chiefs of state was another, quite dramatic proof.' The Ameri can government was pleading with chiefs of state to stay away until the last minute. But in the end, Khrushchev even forced President Eisen hower to join the rally, not Hist to give: a Presidential he"?diction as he had plan ned, but as an active partici pant. .. ' ' Outside the U.N.. more over, the process of erosion is far worse than on the East River. For example, no one seems able to concentrate their attention on Laos. Yet this small but geographically crucial country, wholly sus tained by American aid until very recently, now seems quite, likely to slip at least three-quarters of the way be hind the Iron Curtain in the- near future. ' The blunt truth is that the Tirocess of erosion is now hard at work in all areas of the world. Even in, Britain, neu tralism and anti-Americanism last week came close to taking over the Labor party, whose former leaders, Clement At- O lee and Ernest Bevin, were among the great founders of the Western alliance.. In sum, this Is a process about which we dare not deceive ourselves, even in campaign-time, (e) I860 New York Herald - Tribune Inc.