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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.
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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
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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.