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1 "Everyone in Southern Oregon Riarii Tha Mall Trlhun11 Published Dally except Saturday by II North rtr 81., Ph BP a-ll ROBERT" RWHL. Editor HIRB GREY Advel-tislns Manager GERALD T LATHAM But Mir. ERIC W ALLEN JR.. Mnr Edltot EARL H ADAMK. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Telee Editor SICHARO JEWETT. SporU Editor LIVE ST ARCHER women'e Editor pale ebickson. circulation mst An Indeocndent NewtDBOer ntered at tecond claif matter at Medford. oreeon under aoi 01 March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mai) In Advance. Copy 10c uauy ana ounaay i year w : Dally and Sunday d moa 8 00 Dally and 9unday 3 mot 4.JS Ritnriav flnlv-na year 84.30 v HarriMwIn Advance Medford Aahland. Central Point Eagle , Point, jacKionvilie ooia nuj . Phoenix. Shady Cove. Roaue Rlv r Talent and on motor router Dally and Sunday 1 vear 818 00 Da'.ly and Sunday 1 mo 1 SO Carrier and Dealara copy tOo All Tcrma cim inAovancw "fefficlil Paper of City of Medford Official Paper of Jaclwon County United Preia International ruU Leaied Wire ' O P.I Telephow Newaplcturea "TfEMBFR 6f AUDIT mrREAD OrIRCirLATIONS AdvertTilnl RerirejentatWe: "WEST HOLIDAY CO. INC Of flcea In New York Chlcato De- fe-Att Sn FYanrlkeo. Lnl Ancelet. Seattle. Portland St Louli At- larta. Vancouver, u.w NIWfPAPit PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATION Al EDITORIAI If Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County Hlatory from the fHe of The Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30.. 40 and SO veert ago. 10 YEARS AGO Not. IS, 1950 (Thurtday) ' The assessed valuation of Jackson county for the 1950 31 fiscal year is $93,300,639, an increase of nearly $1 mil lion over last year's valu ation. Medford Mayor Diamond Flynn has been named to the board of directors of the League of Oregon cities. 20 YEARS AGO Nov. 16, 1940 (Saturday) Apple and pear import quotas based on 1939 iigurei were urged at Hood River today by the Oregon Farm Bureau federation. From Arthur Perry'i "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Some pinball machines were beat last week - with an axe - the police hear." 90 YEARS AGO Nor. 16, 1930 (Sunday) Two Navy planes were (rounded overnight at the Medford airport last night by bad weather. . The local high school plans to hold an open house for parents this year. 40 YEARS AGO Nov. 16, 1920 (Tueiday) Both steelhead and silver sides are now running in the Rogue river. . Two persons were Injured when a freight train collided with a car at a Medford rail road crossing last night. SO YEARS AGO Nov. IS, 1910 (Wednetday) The Ashland city council has called for a city election to vote on a proposed $170, 000 bond Issue to finance re construction of the city's wa ter supply system. - The last piece of track for the Pacific and Eastern rail road line, from Medford to Butte Falls, was laid at the Butte Falls end today, link ing the lumber resources of that area with the outside world. What's Your I.Q.? Nine ei ten correct Is superior: (even ei aiiM It ticellenti He ei Is is teod. 1. How many faces are there on a cube? 2. In the nursery rhyme, what did the dish run away with? 3. The drink made from the Juice of apples is called cider; what Is the drink made from the juice of pears called? 4. Do trade winds always blow in the same direction? 5. How many pawns does a chess set contain? 6. How much fencing is needed to enclose a field ten feet long, if it is twice as long as it is wide? 7. How did Mohammed die? 8. What is another name for mercury? B. In what body of water is the Isle of Man? 10. Are hard woods or soft woods belter for coals in a campfire? Answers! 1. Six. 2. The spoon. 3. Perry. 4. Yet, from the eaii toward! the equator, i. Sixleen. 6. Thirty feet. 7. He was poisoned. 6. Quick silver. 9 The Irish Sta. 10. Hardwoodt. TAX TOO HEAVY Fairfax. Va.-flJPI) - Paul A Lain, peeved at a county tax bill for $414.43, paid off Tues day with 405 silver dollars, 52 dimes, 16 quarters and 23 pennies just to show tne coun ty how heavy the tax is. One More Little Push... Elsewhere on this page is a communication worthy of more than passing attention. Its writer has pledged an ADDITIONAL amount to her previous pledge to the United Med ford Crusade, because it is so close to success, and because, to have it fall short of its goal after so manv vears of making the coal would be a shame, Others may wish to wish to send in a check or a bill in addition to an earlier pledge or donation. Or they may wish to work it out another way. It isn't important which. But is IS important that the UMC succeed, and with Just one more little push, if enough people help, it will do so. yO make it as easy as possible, the Mail Tribune today is publishing a coupon (it's on Page 15) which can be clipped and mailed to the UMC, at Box 5000, Medford. If a few hundred people will send in $10 . . . If a few hundred pledge to contribute a little bit more. . . . If a few more will stop to think, and then act, about the benefits of a successful United Fund. . . THEN the UMC will, once again, be a suc cess. JUST to refresh our memories, what is the UMC? It is a voluntary organization which collects voluntary donations, in a once-a-year drive, and distributes the money to those charitable, health and welfare agencies, many of them devoted to the benefit of children, which meet certain stand ards. Their services to this community are great, and cannot be measured in dollars and cents. They are, literally, incalculable. And one more little push will make it, once more, a success the only one in Oregon with an unbroken series of successes over the years. E.A. Edison Marshall's Latest Edison Marshall, one of the most prolific writers of our day, once lived in Medford. And we are fortunate in that he sees that a review copy of each of the Mail Tribune. His latest, "Earth Giant," arrived before the election, and the press of politics has, up to now, crowded out any comment on it. We are glad to report that we liked it exceedingly, and think it is one of his best efforts. e e e MARSHALL is something of a romantic and 1TA something of a mystic, and these twin quali ties, if counied witn the teller (which Marshall is, lively reading. "Earth Giant" is lively reading. It is Marshall's attempt, a successful one, to tell the mythical story of Hercules, or Heracles, in terms of a real man and his real story, which formed the basis for the legend of the Greek demi-god. It is told m the tirst counting the events of particular the adventures which came to De known as the 12 labors of Hercules. IT IS helpful, but not necessary, to know the Herculean legends as one begins the book. If one does, each of the parts of the legend, its out come known, provides sees how it "really happened in the hero s own words. Marshall builds a logical case. For instance, the legend of the destruction of the little birds of death turns out, in Heracles' story, to have amounted thus eliminating malarial mosquitoes. And the many-headed monster, Hydra, which legend has Heracles kill, turns out to have been a marshy inlet where swamp gases had proven fatal to nearby residents. Heracles ignited the gases, and the resulting explosion buried the main source of gas. B! UT Marshall doesn't old leeends bv convertinc them to humanly- possible happenings; if there's one thing Mar shall isn't, it s mundane. His retelling of the tales in human terms makes them even more interesting and exciting, to today's readers, than the legendary feats themselves. And he creates in Heracles and the other characters believable people, swept up in the excitement of a period when human intellect and development were undergoing one of their great spurts of vitality. THROUGHOUT the whole book is Heracles' uncertainty as to his parenthood. His mother was Alcemene, and the legend has it that his father was Zeus, king of the gods. This note of uncertainty is resolved at the end with the revelation that Heracles is, indeed, hu man, but the offspring of "the greatest Greek of them all." Marshall has woven a story which, while it is based on the old legends, does not follow them in detail, and makes one half believe that his story might actually have happened. It's a fascinating job, and whatever faults one might find in the book boil down to quibbles. We recommend it without reservation, ex cept to note that parents of immature youngsters might want to look over some of the rather gvaphic love scenes before permitting small fry to peruse them. E.A, do likewise. Or they may his new books is sent to arts of a master story at his best), make for ancient but still-living person, with Heracles re his own life and in added excitement as one to draining a swamp, destroy the aura of the MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. ORE. Dennis the Watch it, popner! &u just went through a whoa light Labor Provided Biggest, Best Organized, By LYLE C. WILSON Washington tUPB The big gest, best organized, most ef fective political force re ffffJ'" fleeted in the Vir -tml mirror of the Ik p r e 1 dential o a 1 1 o t 1 n g Is l,,.t .uh.i ffiQra rwo'uTT ii is Big La bor, the com bined AFL CIO. Die e wilios me leaders of organized labor are en titled to exploit their power positions by playing power politics. That is a rule of the game. The election re- In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS President elect Kennedy and Vict President Nixon, who was Kennedy's unsuc cessful opponent in the recent very close Presidential race, have held friendly confer ence in Florida - where both are resting up after what might be accurately described as the Herculean labors of an American Presidential cam paign. The conference was held at what the correspondents de scribe as Nixon's "villa." That might be a little mis leading. Mr. Webster defines a villa as "a country property; as, Cicero had a VILLA at Baiae; hence, a somewhat pretentious rural or suburban residence." Mr. Nixon isn't in quite that propertied class. His "villa" is simply his quarters at a more or less typical Florida hotel operated on what is known as the "casa" system, meaning a detached cottage that is for rent by the day, by the week or by the month. The Nixons have vacationed there from time to time. ANYWAY, Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Nixon met there. Mr. Kennedy seems merely to have dropped over for a chat. It was a friendly and cour teous and thoughtful gesture. Mr. Kennedy says no men tion was made of finding a Job for Mr. Nixon. They just talked, were photographed and went their ways . It seems like a civilized way to do it. WHAT about a Job, in new administration, the for Mr. Nixon? Well, it could be a good Idea. The big task facing the U.S.A. In the next four years is to manage its foreign af fairs so wisely and so sound ly as to maintain our position In the world and at the same time to AVOID another world war - which would be disastrous. That task is so TREMEN DOUS as to call for the best efforts of ALL of our people - especially our leaders. Mr. Nixon has had a lot of exper ience. His experience should n't be wasted. One of the soundest principles of what we might call our Anglo-Saxon system of government is that there must be NO POLI TICS In foreign affairs. riMIE English, from whom we inherit much, have an admirable tradition that the party OUT OF POWER is to be regarded as what they term HIS MAJESTY'S LOY AL OPPOSITION. That is to say: The party out of power is truly the PARTY OUT ur POWER. But It is also the PARTY OF OPPOSITION. Its Job Is to OPPOSE what it regards as unwise and un sound. Criticism, when it is honest criticism, i good for Menace Boost for turns entitle labor's leaders to bring pressure on the new ad ministration, and they will be expected to do so. That is another rule of the game. President-elect John F. Kennedy is obligated in some degree to organized labor, and the president-elect undoubt edly is aware of that. Ken nedy is a good politician. He can read the election returns as readily as he can read a fi nancial statement. Big Labor is conducting It self with becoming modesty. The current (Nov. 12) issue of the AFL-CIO News makes few direct claims that labor's money, votes and manpower 'were the difference for Ken- all of us. It is good for us as individuals. It is good for us as nations. It keeps us ON OUR TOES. So Let's hop Mr. Nixon does n't take any jobs in the new administration that will limit his ability, or his inclination, to oppose any policies that appear to him to be unwise and unsound. Medford Included In Growth Problem Salem -(UPD- Frank P. Zeid ler, former mayor of Milwau kee, Wis., told the League of Oregon Cities here Tuesday that if state governments fail to combat fragmentation of local governments, cities will have to undertake "an ag gressive pattern of annexa tion" to stimulate growth. Such Oregon urban areas in Oregon as Portland, Eugene, Salem and Medford face this problem, he said. Zeidler said tremendous growth in suburbs has found many cities "lagging behind" and movement of the well-to-do to suburban areas has re sulted in class conscious areas and municipal disruption. The city manager of Med ford, Robert A. Duff, and the city attorney of Springfield, Robert B. Carmichael, de scribed annexation programs in their cities. Medford has a vigorous annexation program and Springfield recently more than doubled its size by an nexation. Bob G. Kyle, city manager of Coos Bay, discussed annexa tion laws in other states. Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF A TITLED JOURNALIST in Britain sought an interview with W. S. Gilbert after "The Mikado" had become th rage of London. Gilbert replied that he now asked a fee of twenty pounds for each interview granted. The journalist counter ed with this note: "The Comtesse da Brcmont presents her compliments to Mr, Gilbert and in reply to his demand for twenty pounds before she may interview him, begs to say that she will con tent herself with writing his obituary for nothing." "Thanks to the alertness of sportscasttis," note s Bill Vaughan, "and the mlrai-le of modern communication, it is often possible to know the scor of every major football game in the country except the one to which you are listening." e a Two signs painted on a rickety jalopy parked on a college campus in southern California: 1. No hitchhikers except blondes, brunettes, and redheads. 2. Made In Hollywood by practically everybody. C IMo, by leaatU Cert Distributed by Klsf rttture Syndicate U.S. Position in Southeast Asia Risks; Current Unrest Shows Hazards By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign Editor Current unrest in Southeast Asia illustrates one of the ever-present, natural risks lacing those res ponsible for U.S. for eign policy. South Viet Nam Presi dent N g 0 Dinh Diem ap parently has weathered an army revolt 4 pun newsom a g a i n s t nis iron-fisted regime. But the 3,000 paratroopers who re belled and held the streets of Saigon temporarily, brought to the surface under lying unrest against his gov ernment, which has been ardently supported by the United States. In neighboring Laos, in which the United States also has a heavy stake, three fac tions battle for national con trol. Between them, South Viet Kennedy nedy between victory and de feat. The News simply pre- sents some of the facts of the campaign and the election re turns. For example: Kennedy won all but one of the larger states with the bigger cities, the greater con centrations of union labor and the fattest cluster of electoral votes. Kennedy majorities in ci ties such as New York, Phil adelphia, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Los Angeles and San Francisco were large enough to overcome the Republican lead accumulated in rural areas. The Democratic break through was not limited to the great urban areas. In New York state, for example, near ly a dozen smaller cities rang ing from Rochester to Rome with long-time Republican traditions went for Kennedy this time Th News reported on New York returns, as follows: "Forty-five precious New York electoral votes were won decisively by president elect Kennedy following what political observers regarded as an outstanding campaign performance by organized la bor in state and city. "In the registration drive, lists were combed by hun dreds of trained union offi cials against membership lists to uncover unregistered union members. Batteries of phones were installed in bor ough offices which were manned 12 hours a day from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. From Pennsylvania "Groundwork for the Ken nedy victory was laid months ago in an intensive voter reg istration drive, sparked by organized labor, which sent Democratic registration in Pennsylvania above that of the GOP for the first time since the Civil War." From Michigan: "The un official returns indicate that the labor-sponsored voter reg istration probably contribut ed to the Kennedy victory." From Missouri: "Labor staged a tremendous registra tion drive in September. But for this effort, Missouri might have gone for Nixon In its victory editorial, the News modestly proclaimed: "Of the factors which gave Kennedy his large city ma jorities, there appears to be a relationship between the in tensive registration and get out-the- vote campaigns. La bor s campaign effort was in registration and get-out-the- vote drives. Modest, what? Nam and Laos have received in the neighborhood of $2 bil lion in U.S. aid. Their armies have been supported, supplied and paid by the United State Should either or both even tually fall to communism, their loss not only would be a heavy blow to the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, of which the United States is a founding member, but would also vastly increase the dan gers to the rest of Southeast Asia. A major risk facing U.S. policy planners is the danger of damnation by association. THus support of an Ngo Dinh Diem for the sake of a fleeting stability in the face of militant world communism, might simply result later in his sins being visited upon ... Communications ... Letters to th Ediior mutt bear th nam and addreit of th writer, although under certain circumstances th us of a pen nam or initial for publication is permiitibl. Th Mail Tribune xtrt in light to adit all Utters with a viw to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted (or publication mutt not xed 400 words. Th letter printed in this eolumn ds not necessarily repreeent th views of th paper; in fact th. contrary is often th eat. y Pledge for UMC To the Editor: I learned that the United Medford Crusade's campaign chairman, Hal Gard ner, has estimated that the campaign for this year will finally reach $141,000, which is about $6,800 short of the goal. If 680 people would giv $10 each, we would reach the goal this year for the eighth consecutive year. I have called the UMC of fice and registered an addi tional pledge of $10 which will be payable by payroll payments. I hope that this will be the first of 679 such gifts which will put the cam paign over the top. Our agencies need th money, for the tremendous amount of youth and welfare work which is done. I don't think that $10 spread out in easy payments through the year will be missed by any one working here. I hope my additional ten dollars will start a landslide of similar pledges. Mrs. Max Leischner 135 North Holly St. Medford. More UFOs To th Editor: We are in receipt of a unique three page activity bulletin on unidenti fied flying objects, by the Aerial Phenomena Research association, Seattle 55, Wash. Fifty -three sightings were listed from 10 states in the United States from April 5 to Oct. 31. A total of four for eign countries around the world reported on sighting mysterious objects. New Zea land led the list with 25 sight ings of UFOs to date. In the United States, Wash ington state reported a total of 19 sightings and Oregon reported four, including two seen from Oregon and one each in Washington and Cali fornia. Other states reporting UFOs were Colorado, Hawaii, Illi nois, New York, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas. Foreign countries r e porting besides New Zealand, were Puerto Rico, Tasmania and Italy. As food for thought, we might add a suggestion: A world pool of international guessing sweepstakes could be quite Interesting to attract world wide attention as to where in the world the next sightings would appear. That would be an equal guess all around. Wonder someone had not thought up that thing be fore? Bert Kissinger 520 Boardman tt. Medford. Credit Where Due To the Editor: I have been threatening to write this let ter for a time. Well, I've tak en this as long as I can. It seems that the Medford Mail Tribune and KBES-TV have forgotten that there are other schools in the valley besides Medford High school. I be lieve in giving credit where credit is due, but don't over do it. When I open the paper to the sports page all I see is Medford High on every page. We know Medford High pro duces champion teams, but so do other schools. Just to men tion a couple, Phoenix and St. Mary's High. It seems our local television station is also guilty of this. For instance last Friday, Nov. 11, on the late news the commentator gave a big spiel about Med ford winning again and this is what was mentioned about Phoenix High, and I quote, "And here is another score that may be of interest, on second thought it is of inter- set. Phoenic defeats St. Fran cis of Eugene. 13 to 7." What do they mean, "it may be of interest?" In case you haven't realized it, peo ple other than those that send their children to Medford High subscribe to your paper and patronize the local tele vision sponsors. the United States. It is not an unheard of position. In Cuba, Fidel Castro ral lies anti-U.S. support with the cry that it supported the dic tatorship of Fulgeneio Batista. U.S. silence on the revolt In Algeria leads to the charge that it supports colonialism in Africa. U.S. association in the Baghdad Pact with deposed King Faisal of Iraq helped Nasser crystalizc anti - U.S. sentiment in the Mideast. Linked With Diem In South Viet Nam, for bet ter or for worse, the United States is linked with Diem, who is militantly anti -Communist and who, so far, ap pears to have the backing of most of the army. On the late television news noticed they hadn't been mentioning all of the football scores. When Phoenix High defeated Eagle Point I made point to call our local sta tion and got no answer, but made up my mind to get someone to answer, and they finally did. Upon answering they said, they wouldn't be putting any more sports stor ies on, but it would be on the next day. I made a special point to listen to the news the the next day and it still was not on. Do you call this fair? If it were only the sports part I'd call it an oversight. but it has happened in other activities too. ror instance last year Phoenix High school went to the State Debate fi nals. Naturally all of the stu dent and parents were anx ious to know the results. Everyone watched the news that night, but this is what was heard, "Doug Kliever, Medford High, wins ' State Panel Discussion." There was no mention of Phoenix High School winning the State De bate Championshipl I am sure there are other schools in this valley that feel th same way in this matter. Barbara Gysin . Route 3, Box 10 ' Medford. ; (Also signed by five others) UFOs, Anyone? To the Editor: Inasmuch as we have reports to indicate possible activity involving Unidentified Flying Objects in your area recently, we write to ask for your cooperation in contacting any witnesses to such sightings there. Our organization, composed of interested individuals in tent on analyzing th UFO subject from a purely mate rial and scientific basis, is presently collecting and cor relating any and all informa tion available to us relative to sightings of unidentified flying objects and related phenomena. In many cases, we nave no doubt that there are logical, terrestial explana tions for such sightings. How ever we have found, in some cases, that such logical, ter restial explanations are diffi cult to substantiate. For this reason, we ask your coopera tion in aiding our quest for more data in order to proper ly evaluate the subject. Perhaps, with your cooper ation, we may also locate some person or persons in Kennedy Will Meet With UN Delegation: To Discuss United Nations, N.Y. - (UPD - President-elect John F. Ken nedy plans to meet here with the U.S. delegation to the Uni ted Nations after his Florida vacation to discuss "certain changes" in Washington's pol icy toward the U.N., Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.), a mem ber of the delegation, said Tuesday. Morse, who is a Democratic member of the Senate For eign Relations Committee, re turned to the United Nations Tuesday after a week end in Washington. He said he had "been in contact" with Ken nedy about the United Na tions since the election and had discussed U. S. policy problems arising from this critical session of the Gen eral Assembly. Elaboration Refuted Morse refused to elaborate on the possible "changes" he and Kennedy discussed, but he told UPI "They were on matters of substance, rather than procedure." "I think the senator (Ken nedy) will be able to speak for himself," Morse said. He said Kennedy probably will meet with th U.S. dele WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER II, ! , Holds On the around that th Communist threat requires it; Diem's is a one-man rul. Members of his own family' occupy top government post' tions and favoritism is charg ed In the matter of army pro motions. A manifesto drawn up by a group of anti - Communist leaders six months ago charged that he had "only op pressed the people, not pro tected them from commu nism." This is the difficulty of th. United States' position, cou pled with another-that neither in South Viet Nam nor in Laos have anti - Communist factions been able to join forces against the Reds while) at the same time setting up government which most ei the people can support, - your area who would be will ing to keep our organization informed of all UFO report in their area. We appreciate your cooper ation in this matter, and it la our hope that you find the in formation in this letter re garding our organization and its project worthy of mention in your publication In order;, that we may reach witnesses and interested parties who share our study of these un-s usual phenomena. Thank you in advance. (Mrs.) June Ltrson, . Public Relations Coordinator Aerial Phenomena Research Association 11323 14th ave. N.E. Seattle 55, Wash. ' - Kin To the Editor: Monty doesn't matter down in Dixie. It is: Who are you? The silver goateed Colonel can trac your ancestry back to th Virginia Tidelands or to South Carolina. If you ar "kin," you arc most welcome. Gardenlovert also enjoy tracing history , also kinship of their plants. The mulberry' diseases of silkworms give Pasteur early insight into th cause of "fermentation." This) is what finally gave us "Pas teurized" milk. Writer found Pasteurized camel milk even on certain cases of th "Trail toward Timbuctu." One of th mulberry's kin is the hop that flavors beer. Another relative is osag orange, the bois d'arc or bow wood of the French voyaguera penetrating the Mississippi valley in Pere Marquette' time. ' . ' Another branch of th mul berry family is the fig. It in cludes our edible figs, also) the parasitic strangler fig of Everglades National park, likewise Hindustan's sacred bo-tree. Their banyan, whoso many trunked branches some times can shade a thousand humans, is another of the fig clan. .. , Mulberry's cousins further include the tropical bread fruit. This supposedly fed th; Maori canoemen who discov ered New Zealand. Yet an other is the paper mulberry base of the tapa cloth, admir ed by South Seas' tourists.. -, Is it not fun to trace friend or fig trees kinships? . , C. M. Goeth 3731 Tea st. Sacramento 16, Calif,: Changes gation shortly after he com- pletes a vacation in Palm Beach. Morse, an outspoken eritta of almost every aspect of that Eisenhower a d ministration' foreign policy, said he hinv self was "distressed" at sev eral U.S. policy moves during; the current U.N. session. He specifically cited a "disgraceful" the moderata stand on the question of South' Africa's racial policies and in-, dicated he was disturbed alio." by recent U.S. statements sup- ; porting Belgium and Presi dent Joseph Kasavubu In th Congo. Mere Firm Stand He refused to say whether ' Kennedy shared these critical : views entirely. Kennedy, during th elee- ' tion campaign, indicated ha ' would take a more firm stand;' than has Eisenhower toward French policy on Algerian in dependence. The president elect also has promised to pay more attention to the desires of the steadily growing Afro--Asian bloc here, which al ready has dealt the United,' States several uncomfortable,: if not major, defeat. i
