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History from the flits o Tht
Mall Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40
and 50 veari ago.
10 YEARB AGO
Oci. 17, I960 (Tuesday)
A total of 28,500 persons
are registered to vote In Jack
son county, compared to tit
fi3 Inst unrlnff.'
Manager Paul A. Hatton of
the veterans administration
domiciliary . at Camp wnue
said today he has received
authorization to increase the
capacity of the veterans cen
ter from 500 beds 10 lit oeas
20 YEARS AGO
Oct. 17. 1940 (Thursday)
Dr. Francis Townscnd said
. in Grants Pass today that ;-me
drafting of millions of men
is a tragic mistake. If we are
at war, let us acknowledge it
and make war. If not, let us
call upon volunteers."
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "ine
President borrowed $1 from
the Postmaster General yes
terday, who fortunatoly had
one. Imagine Hitler Borrow
ing a reichs note from gen
eral and the general not hav-
lng one.
30 YEARS AGO : ' '.
nrt. 17. 1930 (Friday)
The city of Medford yester
day hauled away on iruvna vi
t m.nt iin nn streets
leaves i-
and warned residents they
must cease tne practice oi
...,..ninD lpavei into nutters.
Congressman Hawley will
pay a visit to tne vauey nexi
week.
40 YEARS Alio -Oct.
17, 1920 (Saturday)
& innrist shoHer has been
proposed for construction in
Ashland s L,ltnia par.
A now derrick at the Trlgo
nil ujr.ll in Fern vallcv Is
completed and readied for
operation.
50 YEARS AGO
net. 17. 1910 (Monday)
' The Mail Tribune will not
be published tomorrow be
cause the power plant at Gold
Ray will be snul down tor in
Medford's new Southern
Pacific railroad depot, built
at a cost of S5U.0UU, win be
formally dedicated tomorrow
What's Your I.Q.?
Nina oi ten cornet la superlen
Hven ot eight is euallent) Hv
sis is good.
. 1, What is the oldest State
Capital in the U. S.?
2. What type of story did
Agatha Christie write?
3. What is the principal use
of American oak bark?
4, How many states border
on Canada?
5. From what plant dp we
get linseed oil?
6. What is the largest gland
In the human body?
7. What is braille?
8. In what State was Calvin
Coolldge born?
0. What do we call a group
of persons which is hired to
lead applause?
10. What insect carries ty
phus germs? o
Answers: 1. Santa Ft. N. M.
2. Detective stories. 3. Tan
ning leather. 4. Nine - Me.,
N. H., Vt., N. Y.. Minn., N. D..
Mont., Ida.. Wash. 5. Flax. (.
Liver. 7. Print read by the
blind by touch, t. Vermont.
9. A claque. 10. Body louse.
STORMS HIT ITALY
Rome - IUPU - Snow up to 30
Inches deep, torrential rains
and landslides caused wide
spread damage and disrupted
communications in northern
Italy Sunday.
NATIONAL
,
Conant on
Intel-scholastic athletics and marching bands
are to be condemned in junior high schools. There
is no sound educational reason for them and too
often they serve merely
Graduation ceremonies with diplomas and
cap and gowns have no place at the junior high
school level. ;
The difference between a good school and a
poor school is often the difference betwen a good
and poor principal. : :'
Duties of teachers which are peripheral to
the main task of teaching should be minimized
and constantly re-evaluated. No other duty takes
pre"dence over classroom instruction.
, The use of uncertified personnel for nonpro
fessional duties is one of the new developments
that will be watched with interest.
The nature of the facilities in shop and home
economics often requires small classes. These
small classes . . . spell very high costs.
"NE way to improve morale and to stop the
exodus of good teachers from grades 7 to 8 is
to equalize the teaching load of all teachers in
grades 7-12. x
' I consider the lack of what educators call
articulation one of the most serious problems in
many school systems. Elementary school teachers
seldom meet with junior high school teachers,
who in turn, seldom meet with senior high school
teachers.:
The gymnasium is more important in colder
regions of the nation than in those warm, areas
where children can have
side most of the school
question whether in such areas the gymnasium
is a necessity for satisfactory instruction.
I personally recommend three groups in aca
demic courses with the bulk of the pupils. in a
particular grade in a large middle group. 'Pre
ferably, the grouping
subject by subject.
I WISH to emphasize . .
local school board. The
izens everywhere is to choose the best people
available for membership on school boards.
It is by no means
guidance personnel. Obviously, it is better, to
J . 1 i. I- J it. l i n ll.
aeiay me expansion or tne guidance; sian man
to employ unsatisfactory people.
Instruction in the basic skills begun in the
elementary school should be continued as long as
pupils can gain from the
ment applies particularly
metic. . . ,.,.'.;
The recommendations
purposely conservative ;
1 ii i
ea practices in a numper
many new and interesting
revolutionize instruction
years to come different
tion, the use of television
for example. All of these
I see no inconsistency
current practices and
ideas. i
(The above are hiehlitrhts from the report on
America's Junior High schools by James Bryant
Conant, former president of Harvard, former
High Commissioner to
the Keport on American
The Medford System
The opposing teams
coaches were puzzled.
teams had rolled up a real king-sized twister dur
ing.the 59-60 season that was sweeping the state
in one major sport victory after another. Could
anyone stop the mighty Medford teams? What
was their secret?
Meanwhile the Medford fans 'were eatintr it
up. They didn't try to
long as it produced the
the experts worry about
comes r
FIRST it was football.
fVloil' nvrinQrfe avtA
eight-district playoff to
cnampionsnip.
Then they did the same remarkable thine- in
basketball. And remember
championship worked out
tuHuies ua in uune in some s iai.es. n is a nara
fought, rough-and-tumble scrap with major A-l
teams all the way to the finish line. And there
were no upsets in the record.
Next came the baseball season. And aerain the
Medford system paid off as they tumbled the
strong Parkrose Falls teams 3-1 at the state play
off in Multnomah Stadium at Portland. This
made three state championships in three major
sports, a first in Oregon sports' history, and an
enviable record for any school.
MOW about the system. These strong .teams
1 were not merely a batch of finely coordinated
bodies. Every one of these players were in there
to win on the scholastic score board as well.
Medford High is recognized as one of the top
educational institutions in the nation, havine-
gained that reputation by being one of the first
to use the graded curriculum where the students
are divided into regular, college prep, and ad
vanced classes.
This rare combination
trained bodies, excellent
mination to win was the system that produced
results. And nobody has a patent on this. (Re
printed from "Young Life, the Magazine for
Young America.")
Junior Highs
as public entertainment.
physcial education out
year. Indeed, one can
should be accomplished
. the importance of the
task that confronts cit
easy to find competent
instruction. This state
to reading and arith'
in this reports . . are
they represent establish-
j i i. mi
oi scnoois. mere are
developments that may
in , grades 7 and 8 in
forms of staff utihza'
and teaching machines,
await the test of time.
in adopting the best of
looking forward to new
Germany, and author of
High school.)
were mystified. The
The "Black Tornado"
analyze the system. As
desired results, they'd let
the "whys and the ' how
One by one they downed
wtunt oil f V n. tirnif ?v f V a
take the Oregon state
. . . this isn't a mythical
on paper by a poll of
of shara minds, well-
coachine. and a deter
Dennis the -Menace
'VMTMIS MAW FINGERS
OtO.AW. WIISON 1
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condensation. Letter! submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters
printed in this column do not
contrary la often tn cast.
Record Is Cited;
To the Editor: A recent let
ter signed by a Mrs. Morrow
referred to me in unflattering
terms. I believe that none of
my friends in Jacxson coun
ty will take these accusations
seriously, but perhaps I can
clear up any resulting miscon
ceptions. An endorsement by labor
does not imply ownership of
a legislator. As a matter of
fact, the present Republican
candidate for Congress enjoy
ed a labor endorsement two
years ago . when running for
the State Senate. I am pleas
ed, not only that labor approv
es my record, but that my
work has received the appro
bation of farmers and their
organizations for work on
agriculture bills; from minor
ity church and racial groups
for working to protect their
basic rights; and from indi
viduals in both parties who
have always found me will
ing to help solve their prob
lems. The public will . be inter
ested to know about the
"right votes" on which labor
rated the legislators. I apolo
gize for my votes to no one
for they cover a wide range
of subjects.
They (and I) favored mea
sures to Improve community
college law and to request
federal aid for education, to
prevent discrimination based
on race and on age, and to
improve the lot of migratory
workers, to revise the income
tax law, to repeal the ami
picketing law as recommend
ed by the Republican gover
nor, to extend and revise un
employment insurance, to in
crease workmen's compensa
tion benefits, Improve the oc
cupational disease law, estab
lish a minimum wage of $1
an hour and 40-hour week, to
restrict the use of wire-tap
evidence, protect Oregon's
share of the federally-produc
ed power from the Columbia
river, and opposed compul
sory insurance against the un
insured motorist.
In previous, campaign I
have been charged with be
ing in the pocket of the big
railroads. I said then that I
would vote my convictions re
gardless oi its enect on my
law business. The people
should know that my retainer
with the railroad was termin
ated by them shortly after
my first session.
Now, my opponents say I
am a Union "boy." If one ex
treme charge won't defeat
me, they will try another. I
have never received one cent
of campaign contribution
from organized labor. I am
not, have not been, and will
not be, beholden to any per
son or group.
I hope that the voters of
Jackson county will look at
my record and not be influ
enced by irresponsible and
unfair charges which are so
easy to make, and which my
opponents seem to think are
necessary part of their
campaign.
Robert B. Duncan
' 1500 Terrace dr.
Medford
Dodd's Objective
To the Editor: Senator
Thomas J. Dodd has stated in
effect, that the Senate Intern
al Security Subcommittee is
Interested in only this: did
the Communist Pary partici
pate in organization of Dr.
Pauling's petition? Was it
used, and if so by whom, to
further Communist and So
viet policy? , '; .
The machinery capable of
destroying Senator Dodd is
becoming activated; indeed
this machinery is available to
anyone who dares to use his
Congressional powers to ex
pose tht truth about com
munism in tht United States.
The recent Communist at
tack on the Houst Committee
URI3T. .
necessarily represent the views of the paperi in fact the
on Un-American Activities in
San Francisco was in line
with a long standing party
aim to destroy not only the
HCUA, but also the Senate
Internal Security Subcommit
tee and every other 'enemy'
seeking to expose the threat
which communist activities
represent to, the internal se
curity of this nation. (From
a report to Subcommittee by
J. Edgar Hoover).
So many editors find it re
pugnant to accuse the com
munists of disloyalty to the
United States. Their tempers
are reserved only for those
who expose communist aims
and influences. The fact that
some congressmen have the
gall to exercise the constitu
tional provisions designed to
protect the Nations against
subversion makes them even
more despicable in the eyes
of the pseudo-liberal press.
Robert Howard
828 B West 14th st.
Medford.
Bury Tht Issue
To 'the Editor: The most
important issue of, the cam
paign is Kennedy's religion.
If anyone thinks that it can
be silenced by Nixon's de
cision not to mention it he
need only get as much anti
Catholic literature as I have
received to be convinced of
its existence.
There is no Catholic party
in the United States. Catholics
number less than 25 per cent
of the entire population, and
even less than that in Con
gress. Can anyone point out
a representative or senator
vho voted as a Catholic and
not as a Democrat or Repub
lican? . i ,
It is Imperative that we
show our maturity as a na
tion by burying this issue for
ever. I know of no better way
of doing It than by electing
Kennedy president.
David Frisch
P.O. Box 292
White City, Ore.
What Art tht Issues?
To the Editor: In your issue
of Oct. 11, Howell Appling
Jr. "charged his Democratic
opponent, Monroe Sweetland,
with 'stalling on the issues of
this campaign' and demanded
that Sweetland 'answer some
important questions for the
people of Oregon about your
record'."
, He then cited these "is
sues," all but one of them
having to do with taxes.
In other speeches else
where. Mr. Appling has beg
ged off taking any responsi
bility, as secretary of state,
for public policies. His job is
only administrative, he says.
Well, which is it? If the job
of secretary of state is only
administrative, what do the
formation of tax policies have
to do with it?
The fact is that Mr. Appling
is misrepresenting, on two
counts, while trying to have
his cake and eat it too.
First, the secretary of state's
office has nothing to do with
tax policies. That is the job
of the Legislature and of the
Executive Department.
Second, the secretary of
state's office has many policy
decisions to make with regard
to state institutions (as a
member of the Board of Con
trol), to state fiscal policies
(as the state auditor) and to
state and local elections (as
tht state elections officer).
Now, on these very relevant
matters, Mr. Appling has been
virtually silent, and quite
understandably.
He has avoided the question
of repeated bungling in his
elections office, other than to
blame office clerks and others.
Ht seldom mentions the man
agement of state institutions
or his auditing functions, and
ntvtr offers ideas for mora
Foreign Notebook: New SHAPE
Commander; Philippine Politics
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Editor
From the foreign editor's
notebook
New SHAPE .Comamnder
American military 'brass-
hats in Europe now predict
that Gen. Lauris Norstad's
sjIJMsm successor
'MS
as commander
ol NATO
forces will be
CI
A d m . Ar-
leigh Burke.
The United
States oppos
3
es a n y at
tempt to
name a non-
puil newsom American
to the post, a view which
President Eisenhower . point
ed up in a letter to Chan
cellor Konrad Adenauer of
West Germany
Politics
Manila observers expect im
portant developments soon in
effective handling of social
and fiscal problems.
Instead, he viciously at
tacks Mr. Sweetland's motives
and irrelevantly talks about
taxes, knowing that such tac
tics offer mileage with un
informed voters.
Senator Sweetland, on the
other hand, has discussed the
relevant issue of what he
would do if he were secretary
of state, and what his op
ponent has done as secretary
of state.
Senator Sweetland has fre
quently offered fresh ideas for
better treatment and rehabili
tation of the unfortunate peo
ple in the institutions; he has
often suggested better ways
of conducting the state's fis
cal . affairs, and he has
throughout the campaign
come up with suggestions to
make elections more simple
and more democratic.
Mr. Appling is the last per
son who should try to claim
that his opponent will not dis
cuss the issues.
. Ken Johnson
Research Director
Democratic Party of Oregon
Salem, Ore.
Anti-Porter
To the Editor: Some per
sons defend Congressman
Porter's behavior on the
grounds that he wants peace
and ' democracy throughout
the world. I believe this to be
true. But Senator Durno and
the rest of us have these
same , worthy aspirations for
the world ... it is simply
Porter's lack of judgment and
the irresponsible way he goes
about trying to achieve these
objectives that make him un
fit to represent us in Con
gress any longer.
Since the campaign began
Porter has back-paddled his
support of Castro but in a
speech in the House of Repre
sentatives on Jan. 28, 1959
Porter stated: "No, I do not
believe that there has been
any blood bath in Cuba nor
do I believe that Castro and
his 26th of July movement
are denying fair trial to ac
cused war criminals, although
I believe their procedures
should be much improved.
My opinion is based on two
years of observing the Cuban
situation!" . . . "Since Castro
took over Cuba there has
been respect for civil liber
ties. The press has been en
tirely free. (Cong. Rec. Vol
105, pt. 1, pgs. 1152-56.)
Porter s naivete might be a
joke if it weren't that Castro
publicized this support
Cuba as the feelings of a U.S.
leader to lend strength to his
dictatorship.
This Porter record coupled
with his support for Red
China is too much. I would
gladly try to help him get his
passport to Communist China
if he would just agree to
stay.
Russell Tripp
1160 West 25th st.
Albany, Ore.
Dear Proposal
To the Editor: May I have
a word with you in regard
to the hunting season?
As all sportsmen know,
when the deer reason opens
you can see strings of cars
lining our highways on their
way to get a deer. This in
cludes all kinds of people,
with all kinds of Intentions
and plans. Not all of them are
out for deer, but some are
beer parties and for an outing
with deer hunting as an ex
cuse for a dishonest person
to shoot a person for whom
he might be holding a grudge,
through a pretense of acci
dent. It might be done too, by
carelessness through having
imbibed too much liquor, or
it can be Induced by heart
failure, or at least other caus
es. Anyhow, every year there
are from ont to a dozen acci-
(
the Philippines negotiations
with the United States over
the. status of American bases
in the Philippines and with
Nationalist Chinese over the
overseas Chinese problems.
The reason: Foreign Secre
tary Felixberto Serrano is in
the race for the ruling Na
cionalista Party's vice presi
dential nomination . for the
1960 elections and would like
to accomplish some dramatic
diplomatic coup
Inside Story
- The will of Japanese war
time Premier Hideki Tojo is
expected to be published soon.
The will is said to give Tojo's
explanation of why Japan
lost. Sources who knew Tojo
well say that, in a nutshell,
dents, some fatal, due to the
hunting season. Many or most
of them I might say don't get
any deer at all, and most of
them could buy beef steak
cheaper than what their deer
meat would cost them.
I would suggest a plan
whereby all these deer li
censes be withdrawn, with
money refunded, and declare
an indefinite closed season.
Withdrawn hunting lands
from public use and fence
these preserves, in the case of
deer, so that at a designated
time and place these deer
might be rounded up and
slaughtered under govern
ment supervision. The meat
should be butchered and fur
nished to hospitals, county
homes and homes under the
supervision of the welfare,
orphans, children, andor un
fortunates anywhere,' also the
county or state prisoners. If
there is a surplus, the balance
should be sold to the public
at cost. This .plan should be
supervised with the state
bearing the cost and being
supervised by ihe sheriffs and
game wardens of the counties
or local authorities.
This game is really public
property, and only a favored
few can afford the luxury of
hunting anyhow.
J. P. Wirth
3022 Butte St., '
Klamath Falls, Ore.
Winter in tht Desert
To the Editor: Is not mid
winter an excellent time to
read up on desert lore and
plan a vacation there? There
is always the possibility of
one of those matchless floral
color . displays. These may
come but once or twice in a
lifetime. They depend upon
the just-right concentration of
the desert's sparse rainfall.
Even in ordinary years we
are fortunate in having the
desert within overnight mo
toring after 60 years of
desert exploration, including
camel trips on African desert,
elephant excursions in Hindu
stan, also field studies in our
West Coast deserts from So
nora to Chile, writer finds
most of interest in U.S.A.'s
own Southwest.
One example is Scott's
oriole. This bird weaves its
nestling's cradle on, say, the
tip of a Joshua tree branch.
The material is threads from
Agave. This is the plant from
which Mexican peons make
pulque. Here is another in
stance of "Mother Nature
first at the Patent Office."
Desert Indians' shoe-material
is agave-cordage sandals. Did
they learn its 'strength from
Scott's Orioles?
C. M. Goethe
3731 Tea st.,
Sacramento 16, Calif.
Do Unto Others ...
To the Editor: Would you
please print this In your col
umn. "Who Done It?"
I would like to let you
know about my peeves. My
next door neighbor is an eld
erly man and totally blind.
Just recently his landlord,
knowing it was hard for his
blind tenant to find his way
home placed a' pipe deep in
the ground of his front lawn,
with a heavy cord tied to it,
so he could find his way home
and to his room.
About a week or so ago,
some smart alec bent the pipe
down to the ground, which
prevented my neighbor from
finding his way home to his
room. Well the pipe was
fixed, but between last night
and this morning some wise
guy pulled it out of the
ground, making it very hard
for my blind neighbor.
Tell me, what's wrong with
the people of today?
Don't they have any respect
for the blind or their elders?
Do they always have to be
destructive and hurt -others?
When I was a child I was
brought up a lot different and
was taught to respect every
one. Another peeve:
Every so often my tele
phone rings and I rush from
the kitchen or the garage to
answer it, only to find some
saucy brat on the other end
of the line, who is very nasty
when I answer, or just as I
answer the phone they hang
up on me.
The only reason we have a
phone is for emergency calls.
Tojo blamed it on the fact
that other Asian nations
would not cooperate with Ja
pan. ,
Leave Chaos Behondt
Next month's local elec
tions are expected to go far
toward determining whether
Italy is to have a stable gov
ernment with well-defined
policies or continue amid the
political chaos wnich has pro
duced a series of unstable
governments. The: elections
will be the first real test of
national feelings since the
1958 general elections. If
there is clear support of the
parties -of Premier Amintore
Fanfani's middle - road gov
ernment, that government
will carry on as perhaps the
strongest in a decade.
such as to call a doctor, etc,
I hardly use the phone myself
to call friends or gossip, and
I .think this thing should be
stopped.
If I could find out who
these brats are, I'd sure give
them a piece of my mind.
I hope whoever does these
things will read this and cor
rect their mistakes before it
is too late. I don't mind so
much about the phone, al
though it isn't very pleasant
to answer it, ' only to hear
some nasty - remark from
from brat at the other end.
But to make things un
pleasant for the blind,' it's
time something s should be
done about it. One never
knows what's ahead of us.
So please, "Do unto others,
as you would have others do
unto you."
Mrs. Flora Moore
136 South Holly st.
Medford.
Infamous Techniques
To the Editor: There has
been a concerted campaign
of late to reflect on Congress
man Porter's loyalty through
use of the infamous tech
niques: guilt by association,
half-truth innuendo, etc.
Cyrus ; Eaton, a conserva
tive Republican on domestic
issues, has what many con
sider an excess of faith in the
merit of negotiating with
Comunist leaders in order to
maintain peace. His interest
in common with Mr. Porter
is peace, not Communism.
Mr. Porter has been but
spoken in his criticism of the
Castro regime from the time
Castro veered from the dem
ocratic principles on which
he made his appeal to the
Cuban people.
Recognition of Red China
would no more make us Com
munists than recognition of
Russia has made us Commu
nists, or than recognition of
Spain has made us Fascists.
The conferences Mr. Por
ter has attended abroad were
not sponsored by Commu
nists, were composed for the
most part of delegates from
NATO countries, and were on
disarmament and world law.
These people who imply
that Mr. Porter is soft on
Communism are either
shamefully misinformed and
lack respect for the FBI and
our other security agencies
which have given Congress
man Porter top security
clearance, or are conducting
a calculated smear campaign
in the best McCarthy tradi
tion. Carol Richman
2527 Agate st.,
Eugene, Ore.
Questions
To the Editor: Though I
may be a visitor and new
comer here and not know all
the background data I should,
I was struck by the aptness
of "E.A.'s" editorial on Parks
and Recreation. The success
ful business men of the court
must be naive indeed not to
have expected an additional
resource to be used. They
have not read about the
Try and
-By BENNETT CERF-
ANEW SINGING STAR popular with teen-agera at any
rate sai.g the same song three times running in Miami
recently. An agent finally asked him, "Is that the only
number you know?"
"Of course not, said
the singer. "It's just that
this song seems to hound
me." -
"I can understand
why," grumbled the
agent "You keep mur-'
dering it!"
What word denotes mora
in tht singular than it does
In the plural? Answer:
hair .... What word con
tains two (ucceaaivt dou
ble letters? Answer: book
keeper .... A prize bull
swallowed an unexploded bomb in a meadow one day. Cme-word
description of tht situation: Abominable. Same scene after tht)
bomb went off: noble .... This sentence of 29 letters uses every
ont in tht alphabet: "Quick wafting Zephyrs vex bold Jim."
"Why do we go to sea every morning?" an old salt In Nan
tuck ot explained to a nosey tourist. "Just for tht halibut"
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In the Days News
By FRANK JENKINS
There may have been room
for doubt as to who came out
ahead in the first two debates.
There was little room for
doubt in the minds of thought
ful people (meaning people
more interested in facts than
in the., techniques of foren
sics) that Nixon was the win
ner in the third.
' The debate the other night
revolved largely around the
tiny islands of Quemoy and
Matsu, which lie within artil
lery ' range of the Chinese
mainland, Kennedy said they
aren't worth fighting for.
Nixon said if we give them
up and RUN the Chinese com
munists will accept it as a sign
of weakness and will FOL
LOW us. ,
That .. . in all probability
, , . would result in war.
HOW are we to know?
Well, we judge the fu
ture by the past.
SOMEWHAT more than a
decade ago Mr. Acheson,
then U.S. secretary of state,
said in effect (at least, he gave
that impression) that wa
wouldn't fight for Korea. The
Chinese communists took us
at our word and MOVED ON
KOREA. . ..
We DID fight. -The
Korean war followed.
In his Quemoy 'and Matsu
position last night, Nixon was
talking hard common sense,
based on experience. Kennedy
was talking pious nonsense.
THAT raises another ques
tion: ,
How about Guantanamo?
AS OF now, Guantanamo is
of relatively slight mili
tary value to us. It was built
as a base for our fleet in the
days when naval control of
the Carribbean area was all
important to us. Those day
are past.
But-
Suppose we announced that
we wouldn't fight for Guan
tanamo? What would Castro
do? Most of us think we know
what Castro would do. He'd do
what the Chinese communists
did in Korea a decade ago.
He'd move in to TAKE Guan
tanamo. We'd fight to HOLD
IT (because we couldn't af
ford the loss of prestige that
would follow abandonment
and also because we couldn't
afford to let Russia take it
over as a submarine base) and
war would follow . . . as it
did in Korea.
TN PRINCIPLE, Nixon is fol
lowing the ancient rule for
what to do when facing a
menacing dog:
DON'T RUN. Look him
fearlessly in the eye. If you do
that, you may BLUFF HIM
OUT. If you run, he'll TAKE
YOU.
It's a good rule.
I THINK most of us feel that
foreign policy is the BIG is
sue of this election. After list
ening to the third debate,
which revolved largely around
foreign policy, I'd personally
feel MUCH safer with Nixon
in the White House.
LEADING LADY DIES
Berlin -UIPD- Henny Porten,
70, one of the first and best
known leading ladies in Ger
man silent films, died Satur
day. crowded conditions in other
areas?
They wish to tap funds al-
located to other services.
Which ones? Work which in
June they considered essential
(didn't they) they now con
sider unnecessary?
What is the relationship be
tween recreation and state ex
tension? That's a fine program
but is it recreation?
Maybe for the benefit of
strangers, you'd write an edi
torial about the O and C
money. What is it being saved
for? It really does exist? It's
not like the legendary money
in Mama's teapot?
Delia Thomas,
Nevada City, Calif.
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