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Newspaper Page TextMEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD. ORE. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 26. 1960 "V "Everyone In Southern Oregon Rj-art. The Mall Tribune" published Dally except Saturday by 33 North nr St.. Ph 8P a-SUl PORFRT W RUHL. Editor ' HERB GREY Advel-tlilng Manager GERALD T LATUAN BUS Mgr. ERIC W A1J.EN JR.. Mng Editor EARL R ADAMS. City Editor harry CHIPMAN Telefl Editor RIPHARn JEWETT Sooiia Edltot OLIVE STARCHEH Women"! Editor DALE ER1CKSQN, circulation Mgr An Independent Newinaner Entered at tecond class matter at Medfoi-d. Oregon under Act of March 3, 1897 RTtRRnnlPTTON RATES By Mai) In Advance Copy 10c Dally and Sunday 1 vear tlfinc Dally and Sunday 6 moa 8 00 Dallv and Sunday 3 moa 4 25 Ritnrinv Onlv One year $4 20 By Carrier In Advance Mcdlord Ashland. Central Point Eagle Point. Jacksonville Gold Hill Phoenix Shady Cove Rogue Rlv mr Tslanf nA nn motor rOUet Daily and Sunday 1 vear f 18 no Da'ly and Sunday 1 mo I SO earner ana ueaifrs copy All Terms caa.l in Aayanctf Official Paner of Cltv of Medford Official Papar of Jackson CJmnty Unlted'Prei't International . Full Leased Wire tj p.l Telephoto Newsplcturea " MEMBER Of-'AUb'f" BfmEAU OF CIRCULATIONS ; Xdverllslng Representative: " WEST HOLIDAY CO INC Of fices In New York Chicago pe. Can VrnMunn Los Aneeles. Seattle. Portland Si Louis At- lanta, Vancouver. Bfl NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAI AaSOCrrATION mmmiiinun Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from lh files of The Mall Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40 and 50 years aoe. 10 YEARS AGO . Oct. 26, I960 (Tueday) For the first time In his tory, Democrats will go Into a general election In Oregon with a heavier registration than Republicans, 378,357 to 361,158. The Air Force has no plans at this time to make use of Camp White, the city was sa vised today by Sen. Wayne Morse. i. .: 20 YEARS AGO ' Oct. 26. 1940 (Saturday) A short course in safe driv ing, especially designed for experienced drivers who would like to change bad hab its, -will, be given Tuesday. night at the fairgrounds. ., , From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "It Is predicted candidates for coun ty offices will break their si lence soon. There isn't much silence left to break." . ' ' ? i , i . 30 YEARS AGO Oct. 26, 1930 (Sunday) " The political campaign for city offices has reached the affidavit stage and wild rhnrttes flv. An Ashland girl, lost all nieht in the Sisklyous, was found today cold but safe. 40 YEARS AGO Oct. 26, 1920 (Tuesday) Jackson county is schedul ed to receive money from the federal government this year for the sale of county timber. The Ashland-Klamath Falls stage has resumed operations after being temporarily held up by bad weather ana mua dy roads. 50 YEARS AGO Oct. 26, 1910 (Wednesday) ' ' Two bridge supports on the uncompleted Central Point bridge over Bear crceK col lapsed under their own weight yesterday, and It appears that people will be fording Bear creek for a long time to come . Delegates from every labor . u n 1 o n In the city met last night and formed a central labor council for this pity. What's Your I.Q.7 Nine or tan comet la superior: even oi eight Is oncellanti Hve oi tin It good. 1. What artist decorated the ' Slstlne chapel In the Vatican In Rome? 2. What vote of Congress fs necessary for p r o p o si n g amendments to the Constitu tion? , . . 3. What three principal metals are contained in "stainless steel"? 4. Name the cupitnl of Cali fornia. ; ' 5. What was Buffalo Bill's last name? '. 8. From what element are diamonds composed? 7. Name the artist who painted the famous picture "Blue Boy." ' 8. How many .centimeters make up one meter? 9. Name two kinds of Amer ican sea-fish which ascend riv ers to spawn. 10. What is the lightest known metal? Answers: 1. Michelangelo. 2. Two-thirds of both houses. 3. Iron, nickel, chromium. 4. Soramnio. 5. Cody (William F.). 6. Carbon. 7. Thomas Gainsborough. 8. On hun dred. 9. Salmon, shad, herring and soma eels. 10. Lithium. Weary and Outraged We are weary and outraged : ' ' .' ,- i Weaiy of the increasing number repe titious, wnining, ieanui ana suspicious anii-uatn-olic letters and pamphlets which come our way, some of them signed, many of them anonymous. Outraged at the sanctimonious people who piously disclaim bigotry, and then proceed to impugn the loyalty, honor, integrity and patriot ism of 40 million of their fellow Americans. , VES we know that in some Latin American countries, including Puerto Rico, the Cath olic church has attempted to suppress freedom of worship and influence political decisions. Yes we know that some Popes have made declarations about church' and state which do not jibe with our ideals of religious freedom. Yes we know that the Church of Rome has, in the dim past, been guilty of cruelty, oppression, coercion, and even worse. Yes we know that there are some doctrines of the church which, IF carried from the realm of faith and .morals into the area of civil affairs, would violate some of DUT, IN the world of JJ 20th Century, these non sequiteurs. ' : To broadcast them, repeatedly, is to confuse the vastly important issues of today issues of survival, no less. It is to deny the virility and vitality of Amer ican freedom. It is to cast vague American system itself. It is, in the truest sense of the word, unAmer- lean. '- ; IT IS TO deny the Declaration of Independence, which declares all men to be created equal ALL men; not all men or Negroes, or Baptists, or Episcopalians. It is to negate the Constitution' of the United States of America, which prohibits a religious test for public office, .which forbids the passage of any law respecting religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, which guarantees the equal protection or tne laws irrespective of race, re ligion or previous condition of servitude. : I It is to desecrate the all colors, all faiths, who the American ideals ot IT, IS TO dishonor the men of both political parties who. seek to' serve their fellows in the olitical-arena men like Howell Appling Jr., en. Hall Lusk, Gov. Edmund Brown, Judge Ed ward, Kelly, whose patriotism and sincerity are unchallengeable, whether or not one agrees with them politically. " ' : ' To say that an American Catholic owes alle giance in any manner outside of faith and morals to the Vatican is as absurd as to say that an Epis copalian, a member of the owes allegiance to QJueen Elizabeth ll, the head of the Angelican church. These charges, these allegations, these whis pered, sneering denials of faith and liberty, do not belong in America today. rious disclaimers notwithstanding, tney are bigotry. And they should make every patriotic Amerjcan heartsicK. e.a. . Moratorium Most newspapers do editor on religious topics. is too personal a matter, too much a matter of individual conviction, to warrant public discus sion, and that few are convinced and little ac complished anyway. . , , . The Mail Tribune, .over the past' year, has been an exception, and we have printed many letters on religious topics, as long as they were moderate and in acceptable taste, believing that religion is a matter of lively public interest. We shall continue to do so after Nov. 8, Between now and Nov. 8 we are declaring a moratorium on religious topics, since many dif ferent points of view have already been repre sented, and because or the increasingly nuiam matory nature of some of them. E.A. A Good Measure Ballot Measure No. tion ballot would permit the continuation of the state's veterans' farm and home loan program. We have discussed this in some detail pre viously, so will mention only a few of the more significant facts. It is a tax-free measure : in fact uu to now the program has shown a profit to the state of sev eral million dollars. Only a small percentage of those declared eligible by the constitution have obtained the loans. To deny the others now would not be fair. THE LOAN program serves as a stimulant to the economy of the state, particularly in view of the scarcity of mortgage money at present. There is some opposition, but it is limited to a few lending agencies which want all the business themselves whether or not thev would make loans to deserving veterans. It is a "dog in the manger" type of opposition. The only loans which are being made now are those made possible by repayments of exist ing loans a small fraction of the demand.' We recommend a "yes" vote on Measure No. 13. -E.A. ( ' . our own cherished beliefs. today, in America, in the are nothing but irrelevant fears and doubts on the ; ': except Catholics, or Jews, memory of the men of have died to keep alive justice and decency. Angehcan communion, not- print letters to the They feel that religion 18 on next month's elec Dennis the Menace lhA I CAN SMEtL' BREAKFAST ...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 tne case. . Peripatetic Mark To the Editor: With less than half of . his term com pleted, Governor-Mark "Zero" Hatfield has rolled up a total of more then 113 days sway from his state. While his sec retary advises that "only" 40 of these days were spent on "political business," this con stitutes more than one-third of the total time. I am just a bit hazy as to what might be termed political and what would be called state's busi ness. As a citizen and a taxpayer, I protest being forced to pay nbt only the salary to him while he is away, but the salary of the acting governor as well. So far, these jaunts, (both political and non-politi cal) have cost us nearly $5,000. This is more than a year's salary for a majority of state employees. Certainly this is not in line with the "econ omy" he and his appointed secretary of state are "Howel ling" about. i This is an air time record for' Oregon governors. May I suggest , that he arrange to spend a little more time at home taking care of the job he was elected to perform? I know he is a very ambitious young man, but I think it is high time he weighs his per sonal ambitions and his duty to his state. Stay at home a little more governor. There are plenty of chores around the house to keep you out of "political mischief." . This kind of ab sence doesn't make this tax payer's heart grow fonder. R. A. Freeman . 4625 N.E. 118th Ave, Portland, Ore. Don't Wait for Paladin To the Editor: I've Just been wondering about our Sacred Heart hospital and it's closure and if people (all the people) really realize what this will mean. Mrs. Rosa Young stated that the same people that raised the money for the Shake spearean Theater could pos sibly raise some money for the hospital, but I wonder if these people didn't raise that money for a different purpose, such as business reasons, the tourist trade mostly. And then again, I wonder If there Isn t a person or persons that have some Influence In this town - and community want the Sacred Heart hos pital closed, and it would be a fight against them to raise the money. Then again, I wonder if these same people and all the people in our community realize that with just one hos pital, what would happen if, say for Instance, one Monday or Tuesday morning when surgery was well booked and busy, there was a wreck which involved such as a school bus and there wasn't any way to take care of some of the seriously hurt children and as a result they lost their lives. So I m hoping and praying that the people, all the people, Lions Clubs, Kiwanis, P.T.A.'s, Elks, etc., don't wait till it's too late but do some thing now. Don't wait for the "Texan? or "Paladin" to ride into town on his beautiful horse and straighten the mess. Let's do it ourselves. Mrs. Isabell Lewis 1007 So. Holly st. Medford Not The Answer To the Editor: I wonder if Republicans such as the wom an in Milwaukee, Wis., who threw whiskey in Senator Kennedy's face, and the glass after the whiskey, and Re publicans such as the "pillar" of Eugene society, who stood on a main street in downtown Eugene the other night calling my husband (as well as Jus tice Douglas, the Coos Bay IN mtV HOUSE eilT' World, the Medford Mail Tri bune and the New York Times) "communist" and "traitor," know . how little they help the Republican cause? , , . They just succeed in show ing that Republican sneers, slander and insults do not con stitute logical answers to the great problems of our day. Priscilla Porter (Mrs. Charles O.) 2680 Baker st. Eugene, Ore. Too Old" - To the Editor: I wish to compliment you on your com ment on Measure No. 9, (compulsory retirement for judges). However, I would add one slight amendment. What you said should take in more territory. I . am con vinced there are many people in other lines than judicial who have done much good work after the calendar and rules say, 'Quit'. Appended is a little rime- (not poetry) writ ten a couple of years ago. Because You Are Too Old What's that you say, I am too old? But I'm only forty five; I'm healthy, skilled and strong. "But forty is the limit now. Our workmen must be young." And so the OLD mechanic went his way and sought how he might serve his Lord, And found It as a layman may, by preaching' from the Word. Ere many years had passed of labor ne'er for self, The bishop said, "You're sixty five, we must lay you , on the shelf." One day they carried the old man out to where the lilies fade and die; He owned no palace on this earth, but a mansion in the sky. And as the clods began to fall they seemed to hear him say, "Thank heaven when I reach the place where streets are paved with gold, "I shall not hear St. Peter say, 'Depart, you are too old.' " L. G. Weaver 106 South Ivy st, Medford. The "Times" and Porter To the Editor: The Times paper of Rogue River, on Congressman Porter, says he does not answer letters. I have 24 communications from Congressman Porter, showing that he does take very much Interest in the af fairs of his constituents. He has obtained justice for me, which the Bureau of Land Management had denied me. Just, to prove to the good people of tliis district that The Times ' is trying to mislead them, these communications will be available for them to see at Larry Sheehan's cafe, in Rogue River. Congressman Porter is also very much interested in the veterans and willing to help them, as he has stated in his circular. I know veterans he has helped, also loggers that received prompt action from Mr. Porter. Mr. Thayer should bow his head in shame for using such tactics in de ceiving the people that give a dime for The Times to help him out. They should not be misinformed. , Mr. Thayer is casting re flections that the people of Rogue River have lost their God-given power of reason ing, by expecting them to swallow the things he said about Mr. Porter. If Mr. Thayer ever did have any prestige, I think that the article would cause him to lose a bit of it. He should Red China In United By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign Editor '., Red China is still a long way from getting a seat in the United Nations. Pandit Nehru's pre diction that the Peiping regime will gain admis mission the next time the issue comes up is prema ture. It is not i-hil newsom likely that the United Slates will soon have to heed the advice of Richard M. Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge and use its veto to keep out the Chinese Com munists. That is the considered opin ion of UN experts and qual ified diplomats at the world headquarters. ' Close Vote Misleading It is true that on Oct. 8 byXmlstmain" inlo know that Mr. Porter's rec ord speaks for itself, and that he is a high type intellectual fellow. It looks as though Mr Porter's letter forced Thayer to print it, in order to save face, although he never printed Mr. Porter's other replies. . . I hope in the future Mr. Thayer keeps The Times free from moral defilement, or he should change the name of the paper to , The Wind jammer." I think Mr. Thayer should call in a seer to chase the evil spirits out of his editing room. Mr. Thayer claims there will be a doctor in the house after Nov. 8. I predict that there will be a doctor hunting for office space on Nov. 9. Samuel L. Dickey . Route 1, Box 271 ' Rogue River, Ore. Dr. Durno's Vote To the Editor: I read in the Communications column of the Mail Tribune where the only bill Dr. Durno intro duced when he was in the State Legislature was the one to increase doctors' contribu tions to the State Medical So ciety from $10 to $15. I'm wondering if the Medi cal Society needed the extra money to fight the Forand Bill, which provides medical care for elderly people through Social Security. I know the doctors fought it tooth and toenail . and had their employees do likewise. Multiply $5 by all the doctors in the State and if adds up to lot of fighting. If anyone has doubts as to how Dr. Durno would vote, if elected, I recommend the article, in Redbook magazine, entitled "How Free Is Your Doctor?" Are we going to fleet a man to Congress wno will represent us, or one organi zation? Frank Christian 314 West Main st. Talent, Ore. Oppose No. 13 To the Editor: Oregon news paper editors have been re ferring to the "cluttered" No vember ballot, with 15 state measures confronting the vot ers. The Committee to Protect Oregon's Credit feels that Measure 13, which would in crease the bonding authority of the Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs by some $135,000,000, is part of the "clutter", since a similar measure was overwhelmingly defeated by the voters in 1958. Pressure by certain special interest groups forced this measure back on the ballot, worded in a manner guaran teed to confuse the issue and appear to reduce bonding powers, , while actually in creasing them. The Depart ment of Veterans' Affairs has been blanketing the state with news releases month after month in support of its de mand for additional funds. Although a similar bid for extra millions was soundly defeated in 1958, the Depart ment of Veterans' Affairs did in fact receive almost as much as it asked for through a change of assessment ratio in Multnomah county. An addi tional $69,000,000 went for veterans loans without the approval of the voters. This boosted the outstanding in debtedness for veterans to $150,000,000. Now thev want still more-almost double the above amount. The veterans loan program was established after World War II as an emergency meas ure to help veterans resettle into civilian life. It has since grown to the point where the state is in the mortgage lend ing business in a big way. favoring a minority group. uur committee is against the continuing growth of the Seen Still Nations; Procedures years-an edge of only eight votes-the United States mo tion to shelve any action on whether the Assembly would accept the China representa tion issue for debate. The experts are certain that in such a debate many coun tries which believe the issue should be given a thorough airing would vote against ac tually seating the Peiping re gime. It is also the prevailing opinion that a simple major ity of the assembly's 99 mem bers would not be enough to give the seat' to Red China. Most experts hold that a two thirds vote would be required. It is not possible to state a flat rule' on the majority required. A prime axiom of the United Nations is that each of its major organs is Information on Castro Lacking In U.S. Prior To His Victory By LYLE C. WILSON Washington - IUPD -That fifth TV debate by the candi dates, on the subject of Cuba's Fidel Castro and what to do about him, could be made much more inter e s t i n g than it is like ly to be. It could be more Interest ing if the can- ...... exDlore the blackout area in dicated dy tne ionuwuie tlons: Were U.S. Intelligence agen cies aware during the tnree years preceding his entry into Havana that Castro was likely to become an active Lommu- nist fellow traveler? Did nolicv-makine top offi cials at the White House, State Department and Pentagon have full access to aU intelli eenee information? Did the Central Intelligence Agency andor the FBI sub mit reports in volume to me appropriate departments and, if so, who actually received the reports and what happen ed to them? - Did Iks Have Facts? The pay-off question could be this: When President Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles nuiCKiy ae- cided the United States should recoenize Castro's revolution ary eovernment. did the President and Dulles or either of them possess all of the facts In the case? That is to say, did they pos sess all tne iacis rcauuj available in the intelligence files of the U.S. government? Vice President Richard iM. Nixon is a top level member of the Eisenhower administra tion. He might know the an swers to any or all of these questions if they were asked. Sen. John F. -Kennedy is a member of the Senate For eign Relations Committee. He might also know some an swers. If neither Nixon nor Kennedy had any answers, thev might agree that a search should be made for them. The foregoing questions ap pear Jto have validity because the .record on Castro's back ground is becoming clearer day by day. The Senate internal security subcommittee is in print this week with a pamphlet on the "Communist threat to the United States through the Caribbean." The pamphlet is based on information from anti-Castro Cubans and may be regarded as strongly prej udiced against the Cuban dic tator. Agents Knew Trend The pamphlet is salted, how ever, with the implication that the intelligence agencies of the U.S. government were well aware of Castro's ide program because the state needs funds for other projects of benefit to all citizens. The college population is expand ing each year, and educational facilities are needed to assure our youth the education these times demand. Highways need to be improved and new roads to be built. Our forest con servation program needs funds to help guarantee a sus tained timber harvest so es sential to the economy of the state. Yet more money is bor rowed to finance loans for veterans than for all other state programs combined! If borrowing for veterans is increased, it is doubtful that a ready market at feasible in terest rates can be found for Oregon bond issues to finance educational facilities, high ways or veterans loans. Our committee recommends a "Yes" vote on Measure 6, which will provide needed ed- j ucational facilities for the young men and women of Oregon; and "No" on the out worn emergency 13. Everett Mitchell, Secretary ' Committee to Protect Oregon's Credit 925 Terminal Sales Bldg. Portland 5, Ore. Far Away From Seat master of its own procedure. Therefore it is conceivable that the Assembly could de cide to determine the issue by a simple majority. But most authorities thought this unlikely. There is a different situa tion In the Security Council. Like the Assembly and the other UN organs, it can de cide for itself disputes con cerning credentials of rival governments-which is what the China representation is sue boils down to. But council rules require that any action by that body must have seven affirmative votes from the membership of 11. It is unlikely, in view of the council membership for next year, or in the near future, that seven votes could logical communism well be fore he took Havana on Jan. 1, 1959. The word in Washington is that intelligence reports on Castro's Communist orienta tion were submitted regularly for the Information of admin istration policymakers. The word is not so clear on who actually received the reports In, for example, the State De-1 partment, nor whether Secre-' tary Dulles did or did not finally read them. Today & Tomorrow By Walter THE FIFTH DEBATE AND CASTRO So far I have not met any one who heard the fourth debate and is yearning to have a fifth. Mr. Kennedy, how ever, is pressing for a fifth, and Mr, Nixon, after e x p 1 a ining that he was too busy, is now in favor of a fifth, pro vided it is de voted exclusively to the sub ject of Castro. Mr. Kennedy's main reason for wanting another debate is that this is the best way he can meet some last minute surprise, some last minute "crisis which his opoononts may bring off. Mr. Nixon s reason is that he thinks he has found in Cuba a good talking point. On the whole, it is better, I would say, to have a filth debate than not to have it But to deyote its exclusively to Castro would be preposter ous. Castro is not all that im portant. To set him up as the main issue to decide who should be President of the United States is beneath the dignity of this country. TTAVING said this, I must admit that I have not liked Mr. Kennedy's making so much of a campaign issue of Cuba. Although he is right in criticizing the support which we gave to Batista, al though he is sound in his crit icism of our support of other Latin American dictators and of our general failure to sup port and sympathize with the progressive movements in Lat in America, I ' do not think he is right when he talks as if there were anything effec tive which this country can now do to get rid of Castro. The policy of the administra tion since the fall of Batista has been, so I believe, about the best that was possible given all the circumstances. However, until, last week Mr, Kennedy was on a sound line when ' he attacked the general policy of the admin istration in its relations with dictators, reactionaries, and progressives in Latin Ameri ca. Then he made a mistake, which was to make it sound as If he were promising sup port to the Cuban enemies. barring the Batista men, of Lastro. , iliis was contrary to the letter and the spirit of our many treaties and pledges made to our American neigh bors. Mr. Kennedy, who would, I believe, make much the better President, is not infallible. He is human and it is human to err. TLMH. NIXON'S show of right eous indignation is. how ever, false and insincere. What he is advocating is an "eco nomic and political quaran tine of Castro s Cuba. This is false on' two counts. In the first place what the administration is doing in Cuba is not, as administra tion experts are at great pains to explain, a political and eco nomic quarantine. If it were, I it would be a major violation Walter LlQDlnaim Listed be mustered to bring in Red Chins. No Veto Needed Unless there are seven af. firmative votes, the negative vote of a big power is not counted as a veto. Under this rule, the United States has maintained its clean record of never having cast a veto. Nationalist China is one of the veto powers but a mem ber cannot vote on an issue involving itself. The solution, the 'experts agree, is the same now as it was when the issue first came up in 1949: There must be a political agreement on what China sits in the United Na tions. And there is a question for the great powers to settle, meaning the United States and the Soviet Union. Candidates Nixon and Ken nedy could start something, if they would, which would clarify all of that. It seems important because another Cu ba is likely in the Caribbean. That would be the Dominican Republic where Dictator Ra fael Leon das Trujillo Molina rules. Trujillo is a baddie. Substi. tuting another Castro for Tru. jillo, however, would be no triumph for U.S. foreign policy nor for peace. Llppmann of that very Inter-American Treaty which Mr. Nixon quotes against Mr. Kennedy. Moreover, what Mr. Kenne dy advocated looks towards doing in Cuba what the ad ministration, as all the world knows, did do in Guatemala. The only difference is that Mr. Kennedy very unwisely said what he would do about Cuba in the future, whereas the Eisenhower administration has been boasting about what it did do in the past in Guate mala. -What this shows is that neither side seems to have learned the lesson, so flag rantly illustrated in the U2 affair, that when a govern ment goes into the political black market it must keep its mouth shut. nPHE general doctrine, of A which Mr. Kennedy's mis take is sn application, is in the old American tradition, which was strongly enunciated by Woodrow Wilson, that the governments of our adversar ies should be overthrown. This was the doctrine which the late John Foster Dulles wrote into the Republican platform of 1952. As a policy, it has not work ed and has had to be aban doned. The worst thing about it is that it misleads our friends and subjects them to dangers against which we are powerless to protect them. A tragic example of this occurred on Nov. 4, 1956, dur ing the Hungarian uprising and the Russian invasion to suppress it. There was an emergency meeting of the Se curity Council that day, and Mr. Henry Cabot Lodge was not only the American spokes man put, because Mr. Dulles had had to go to the hospital for an operation, was the head of the American delegation. rTlHREE hours after the Rus sian radio had announced the military attack on the up rising in Budapest, Mr. Lod-e said to the Security Council, "We can truly say to the Hun garian people, 'By your heroic sacrifice you have given the United Nations a brief mo ment in which to mobilize the conscience of the world on your behalf. We are seizing that moment, and we will not fail you.' " This promise of help was preceded by Mr. Lodge's say ing, "If ever there was a time when the action of the United Nations could literally be a matter of life and death for whole nation, this is that time . . . Shortly after mid night I requested a Sunday meeting of the Security Coun cil to deal with this agony of the Hungarian people. Five minutes later the fact of this request was broadcast by Ra dio Budapest. That shows how quickly what we say and do here affects the people of Hungary in their struggle." We all know now that what we did was nothing and that the promise of help was not fulfilled. It is a lesson in why government must never make promises which it can not surely fulfill. (c) 1960 New York Herald Tribune Inc.