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Medlord 'and Jackson County
Hlslory trom tho Mel ot Th
Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40
and 50 vaars aoo-.'
,10 YEARS AGO
iiriv. 28, 1950 (Tuesday)
"The California Oregon Pow
er company once again Is
Jackson county'! biggest tax
payer with a payment of
$335,810.
i A Mcdford woman told po
lice Monday that someone shot
her horse in the neck while
she was riding near Beall lane
during the week end,
20 YEARS AGO
Not. 28, 1940 (Thundiy)
I the state and Jackson coun
ty tax levy for 1940 will be
1,1.9 mills, a decrease of 1.3
mills from last year.
yFrom Arthur Perry's "Ye
gmydge Pot" column: "The
current flu is listed as the
iame type as prevailed in
1918. The germs are zz years
older, and are a little slower
getting from the heel to the
top "of the head, but make It."
30 YEARS AGO
JJov, 28, 1930 (Saturday)
Tho .Iiirk-ftnn county court
J-iasdenicd Earl Fehl's request
for1.? a recount in meaioras
rnoyorality election which
Felil lost to E. M. Wilson by
J4 Votes. ' '
'The counly will oil the
fruch-Provolt road next sum
icr, it was decided today.
40 .YEARS AGO
No. 29. 1920 (Tuaiday)
j-The fund to raise money for
fooliall bleachers at the local
H1RH school nas reacnea juu
. A sDcclal prosecutor will be
requested for the Bank of
Jacksonville trials.
"ad YEARS AGO
Nov. 28, 1910 (Monday)
'J. Thn nnoiin rlnl hH IMW
risen to the 13 foot mark and
m Ihp rtrnont rnln continues.
'the river will undoubtedly set
a Dew high water mark, sur
plisslng even last year's rec-
,"TVic Rogue River valley Is
pclng consiacrca as a sue tor
an uregon ttBTicuuurui coi
legs experiment station. .
What's Your I.Q.?
Mln ai ten cornel la lunarian
eovbit or eight Is excellent; fir i
IK li good. .
lv In what American city
aid ' the first execution for
.Uihcrnft take place?
'. 2. If a circle has the dlame
lor. of four inches would the
circumference be about 10, 12,
,6r 16 Inches?
Sj 31 Which Is higher in rank,
i rnarquls or an earl? -,i
). Who wrote the following:
Nellie Was a . Lady," "Oh!
Susannah," and "Old Folks
(5lome"?
k' 5,' From what part of the
insparilla plant Is the bever
age made? ''
i "6.; What do the following
iavo In common: string, mexl
iian, and kidney? .
v7 What was the family
jlttmc of Mary I of England?
8. Can a rabbit run faster
jjlhlll than downhill? j
'fl. What Is means by abro
'Ihting a law?
10. Allan Dulles, Is the head
ifj which federal government
Agency? , 1 ' ,
wAnswem I. Boston. 2. 12
inches. 3. Marquis. 4. 8lphn
''oiler. 6. Tht dried toots.
i Types of beam. 7. Tudor.
Yes. (Longer hind legs.) 9.
(Upeallng it. 10. Central In
telligence Agency.
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Railroad Fight
A most interesting activity, being reported
bit by bit in current news, is the "come-back"
fight of American railroads.
Newspapers and magazines are beginning to
put together apparently isolated incidents, fitting
them into a pattern which indicates that our vari
ous railroad companies
important spot in the
system atter many years
This new "lifting" process is quite apparent
when consolidations, stock purchases, tariff
changes, efforts to eliminate alleged featherbed
ding, competition with truck lines, reduction of
passenger service, and other such activities are
fitted into a pattern.
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")NE activity due to arouse much local interest,
perhaps participation, is the fight between
the Southern Pacific and Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe to gain control of Western Pacific. Both
rail lines are making vigorous efforts to take
over the Western Pacific. Control means much to
this particular area which, very probably, would
find considerable benefit by a Southern Pacific
victory.
The fight for control of Western Pacific is
only one small part of the overall program to im
prove the status of railroads. Having slipped far
down the economic ladder, railroads now are
reassessing their position. Working both in co
operation and in competition they are apparently
striving to again become
transportation.
IN THE early days of
fore railroads our centers of population hug
ged waterways. A few miles from rivers and
canals our country was wilderness. Railroads
changed that picture. Centers of population, land
development, industry, followed rail lines. But
the transportation system underwent another
change when trucks and highways were develop
ed. Communities no longer were dependent upon
either water or rails. The system was further ad
vanced by the airplane, a means of rapid trans
port. Railroads, however, seemed content to drift.
They ranted against use of highways by trucks.
They boosted rates, until they priced themselves
out of business. They sought government subsidy.
They kicked against regulation.
In very late years they appear to have decided
to get tough.
rNE of the things to which I have objected most
v vigorously has been the program to kill off
local passenger service. Passenger trains aren't
profitable. Railroad after railroad has been dis
continuing local service. Many operations were
killed off just as the "Friendl', Southern Pacific
killed off passenger service in southern Oregon
with its "Nightcrawler."
Railroads have eliminated many of their
branch lines. "Railroads are too big," one official
observed. They now appear to be seekine the
job of handling heavy transportation, eliminatine
unprofitable or low-profit operations, reducing
wiia, uiey cnarge is costly leatnerDeaaing, at me
same time lowering rates they built up so high
-L -i it. - ; . , ii. I , , ,
mat tney priced tnemseives out oi Dusiness.
QNE of the factors toward self-improvement is
to be seen in the current battle between two
big lines for control of Western Pacific. Western
Pacific approximately parallels Southern Pacific
Lines between Sacramento and Salt Lake. The
S.P. claims it could make substantial decreases
in costs, could speed up
Dost serve tne public by
line.
It would, it declares,
nninta rrntouav rnntaa
itself) and in general continue all existing serv
ices. Savings made by cutting distances through
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uoc ui Hie twu unea, wuuia ue pussea on to cus
tomers, it is declared. They would be an import
ant factor to Northwest Shippers served by the
uuutnui it x cnuii;.
1t,l il vr . .
wnue western racinc lines pai
Southern Pacific tracks, control by tne Santa Fe
would only "extend its influence into territory
already adequately served, with no compensating
benefit to shippers, communities or the general
puonc," an s.r. statement contends.
Anyway, the fieht will be an interestintr one
to watch. Charles V.
iNews-neview.
Ah, There Copco!
West Coflst Telpnhrmo
w MMim miivo MIIIICI 1 UU11U 111 ct IJlUJCi;!, till'
move service to tne nortnwest part oi Joos cay
This is most commendable.
At the risk of offAnHino- nnr rVinnrts in Po-i'fJrt
Pnuni. K T.ln-Uf ...
uigui, vu., wo
example WOUld SDiead
would be intensified by
so far as that goes.
The CoOS Bav hliainpsa rlistnVr anA tn a loo.
.
ser extent that of other
messy, i ne chief reason is the maze of overhead
Wil'es. Wp'H D-UPRO. nnvm anA Iclonhnn. iion,--
r hVICJJIIUUC UOC1D
would not obiect to the higher rates it would take
to put these lines underground in a program ex
tending over several years. Coos Bay World.
are seeking to find a more
country's transportation
of only minor change
"top dog" in the field of
our national history be-
its operations and could
controlling the parallel
maintain all interchange
rnirfif lr i Avnn unfit
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Stanton in the Roseburg
fin. is nnfMnir mnva nf
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wish v cat tjuiist xewy s
to other ntilitina anrl
the telephone company,
w -- J .wv. til w f IWT
cities in this area looks
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOllD, OREGON
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contrary is olten in ease.
An American, Period
To the Editor: This is a post
script to our recent post-elec
tion musings In your columns,
prompted by a sad spectacle I
witnessed at a local theater
last Friday afternoon. Mostly
children trom toddlers to
teenagers, with only a sprink
ling of adults, all obviously
were equally enthusiastic arm
chair adventurers enjoying
Walt Disney's latest nature
film.
Except during one brief
newsreel Incident, I was most
favorably Impressed by these
children's good behavior.
Mostly on their own with very
few attended by adults, one
might have expected some
horseplay; but there was
nothing more disorderly than
a few flattened popcorn con-'
talners flying about, which no
one seemed to mind. But that
one exception startled and
troubled me greatly.
The newsreel had brief
shots of Senator Kennedy and
Vict President Nixon, first,
separately and then together
at their recent meeting in
Florida (a gesture, Incidental
ly, which should disarm the
Senator's opponents and augur
well for lnter-party coopera
tlon in dealing with the great
issues confronting the nation),
Mr. Kennedy was booed loud
ly while only a few lusty
whistles Indicated approba
tion. These demonstrations
were reversed when Mr. Nix
on appeared alone. When the
two greeted each other very
cordially and, smiling broad
ly, shook hands warmly aa old
Senate colleagues - the chil
dren fell into punted silence.
Obvtously, these children
reflected only the political
coloration of their parents.
They hardly could hav acted
upon their own political rea
sonlng or appraisal. Here, as
In everything else, parents at
tltudes, comment and conduct
had proved a powerful educa
tive Influence - but what a
perversion of true education
In, or for, democracy. Evi
dently a majority of the par
ents of these youngsters had
Inculcated hate, malice or at
least suspicion toward the
man who soon will assume the
awful responsibilities and bur
dens of the office ot President
of the United States - of our
whole nation - and by virtue
ot that office, as chief defend'
er and protector of the free
dom and peace of the world
It should be axiomatic that
the exalted office of the presi
dency Is due respect and hon
or on the part of all cltiiens,
regardless of Its occupant's
political party affiliation.
Therefore, 'he parents of these
children have a great and sol
emn obligation to correct the
evil they have done, however
unwittingly, and from here on
out by setting nobler exam
ples of good citizenship to
their offspring.
As another writer has put it:
"The only question the true
American ever asks is not,
Are you a Protestant or Cattv
ollc, Gentile or Jew, white or
colored, but, Are you an
American? If you are, then
give me your hand, for I am
an American too."
Arnold Eugene Jenny
Rogue Valley Manor
Medford
Thoughts en Transients
To the Editor: I have read
with much Interest all that I
have seen printed, both news
Items and letters to the editor,
regarding tht two men held In
"restricted custody" as wit
nesses to a murder.
In each and all of these
articles I have read it appears
there has been a great over
sight. This oversight Is that no
provision hss been made for
the protection of these wit
nesses, but I am very pleased
to learn that these men have
Mnact
been given their freedom and
the case closed.
However, in the Nov. 23
issue of the Mail Tribune I
found a letter In which the
writer took others to task tor
questioning the justice of the
detention of these men under
the circumstances, and stating
"they are forgetting these two
men are being held because
they are transient" also "the
only Inconvenience they have
Is not being free to roam."
Dear writer, let us explore
these statements: Firstly, my
dictionary defines "transient"
as being temporary, as regards
workers, temporarily employ,
ed. You say you worked at a
drive-In two fruit seasons.
Rather temporary, in fact you
could be regarded as tran
sient. During World War II this
type transients were classified
by the U.S. Government as
Migratory Farm Labor" and
deemed to be enough, impor
tance to be given higher pri
ority rating than fixed labor
ers, tn that they could get gas
for long trips to fields where
they were needed, also tires
for their cars. The Importance
of these workers is graphical
ly Illustrated each year in our
own valley when the fruit
season rolls around.
Not only would the fruit In
dustry suffer a mortal blow,
but another large industry of
this area (logging and saw
mills) would be badly hurt if
there suddenly came a short
age ot temporary workers, for
these workers are moving
about quite freely and often
by no desire ot their own, and
a shortage of this kind would
render many who proudly
consider themselves perma
nently employed, "transient."
Please, do not speak so dis
paragingly of the migratory
worker. They are or sucn im
portance that the lumber In
dustry, crop harvesting, high-
wav construction, oil wen
drilling, food processing and
large scale construction In
general would suffer from a
shortage of these, wno num
ber hundreds of thousands In
our land.
About being "free to roam,"
this is one of the freedoms
which is left for us to enjoy,
and If removed or denied
would be of such inconveni
ence as to revolutionize our
conception of liberty and the
pursuit of happiness. Let us
enjoy it and indulge in it as
suits our individual needs or
wishes.
C. R. Burrlll
121 Vilas rd. W.
Central Point, Ore.
Replr to Critic
To the Editor: I have sent
the following letter to Mr.
T. B. Wilcox, of Portland,
Ore.:
Dear Sir: Your letter to the
Medford Mail Tribune, re
garding certain toilet facilities
being too close to the dining
room, misses the boat, some
what. The 4 foot hallway you
refer to is actually 8 feet
wide. The nearest distance to
any food handler in the dining-room
is actually over 30
feet and through two walls.
The closest any member can
sit to those facilities is ap
proximately SO feet. Bring
your little tape lint with you,
next time.
- After all, we are not all
morons out her and could
find other things to complain
about which would be leg
itimate. Stop In again, sometime,
and good luck to you.
Owen C. Oearhart Sr.
White City, Ore.
"Ge Home" Order
To the Editor: I thought the
enclosed might possibly be ot
Interest, pertaining to the re
cent "Oo-Home" order Issued
by the rresldtnt.
Foreign Desk: U.S. Tanks for
Germany;
r PHIL NEWiOM
UPI rorelfn Hews Editor
from the foreign news
cables:
Buy British
The British are hoping tne
Germans will change their
minds about making the
American M4 their standard.
tanx tor in
West German
armed forces.
The M48 Is
standard or
American
armored forc
es, and Is suc
cessor to the
Mil which
was developed
on a crash
71
rauTNKWsoM
basis during the Korean War.
British hopes apparency
are based on criticism by
some Americans who have de
scribed the M48 as a gas eater
and who do not like some of
It optical equipment but say
in general it Is a satisfactory
weapon. France also has been
considering its purchase.
the writer, although under
publication ia permissible.
This just arrived, from my
husband, Sgt. Owen Williams,
who is stationed on Okinawa
He also, like the others, asks
the same question, "Why
weren't these orders issued
four years ago?"
Most of us stateside under
stand why. At any rate, It's
rather an Interesting sheet.
Mrs. Mary Williams
358 Orr dr.
Central Point, Ore.
Editor's note: The enclosure
in Mrs. Williams' letter was
a page from the Okinawa
Morning Star, - including a
story entitled "Most Ameri
cans Here Resent Go Home
Order."
It told of the attitudes of
servicemen and their families
to the money-saving order,
and one paragraph said:
Clubs, commissaries and
housing areas all buzzed with
the news. The big question
was what happens now? How
does this affect us? A survey
of military dependent reveal
ed that a majority of the
Americans here resented the
order. They felt, as one man
put it, 'They ay that tht
American military man is
used to sacrificing. I think
I've done all the sacrificing
I care to do. It certainly isn't
asking too much to keep our
families together.'"
Thr Were Luckr
To the Editor. This concerns
the parties who didn't get
caught stealing turkeys on the
Tuesday night before Thanks
giving between the hours of
t and 10 p.m.
You have a lot to be thank
ful for, because you didn't
know, of course, my husband
was in the wrong turkey lot
with his shotgun.'
All it cost you wa the gas
you used running up and down
the road until you made your
theft. It cost us 8 months of
feed to get him big enough for
market.
So, brother, you'd better
think twice next time because
my husband may bt in the
right lot.
Mrs. Morris Byrne
Route 2, Box 65
Jacksonville, Ore.
God's Standards
To the Editor: Righteous
ness exalteth a nation: but
sin is a reproach to any peo-ple.-Prov.
14-34. We read the
editorial, "An Aspect of Free
dom," In the Thanksgiving
Tribune and were taken
aback. It Is neither pleasant
nor easy o take issue witn
the editor, for we respect his
place as editor, and his views
on many things.
Felicia Hemans said of our
Pilgrim forefathers, . "They
have left unstained what there
they found - Freedom to wor
ship God." Is the "Aspect of
Freedom" the editor picture
compatible with freedom to
worship God? Who can wor
ship God In spirit and in truth,
and at the same time be free
to break His express com
mand, "Six days shalt thou
labor and do all thy work, but
the Sabbath-: in it thou shalt
not do any work.''
Ministers have i bounden
duty to "cry aloud, spare not,
lift up - voice like a trumpet
and shew - transgression, and
- sins," for sin Is a reproach
to any people. Well did Isaiah
say (3.10,11) "Say ye to the
righteous, that it shall be well
with him: tor they shall eat
the fruit of their doings. Woe
unto the wicked! It shall be
ill with him: for the reward
of his hands shall be given
him."
No. Mr. Editor, it will not
pay to be a wicked breaker
of Ood's law. "Open seven
days, a week for your con
venience" virtually pillows
your path of evil and helps
you to b lawltsi and a law-
Support for NATO
The showdow on who pay.
how much toward the
support of NATO may come
at the NATO ministers' coun
cil meeting In Paris In mid
December. U.8. Treasury Sec
retary Robert B. Anderson
served notice tn visits to Al
lied capitals that the United
States intends that prosper
ing European nations shall
take some of the financial
burden off America's back.
Failure could mean a cut In
U.S. forces now stationed In
Europe.
At the Barricades
Paris newsmen say not to
expect Jacques Soustelle and
other "French Algeria" poli
tics to take lying down De
Gaulle's drive tor an Algerian
"republic." Soustelle, 20 years
a De Gaulle supporter and po-
litlcial mastermind who steer
ed the 1SS8 Algiers settler re
Washington Report
ly WIIUAM
FLIGHT OF THE DOVE
Mexico City - In all life
there comes a moment, a
small distinct and poignant
space in time
when a man
knows that a
parting for
ever is at
hand.
It may be a
moment in
battle when
he is certain,
beyond any
mere prompting of mind, that
he Is going forward into ulti
mate crisis. He may live. He
may die. But from an Instinct
older by ages than reason he
breaker. Is lawbreaking an
aspect of freedom? Said the
editor, "If the stores want to
remain open to serve the peo
ple who like the convenience
of Sunday shopping, that's
their privilege." By thl the
editor says, an aspect of free-
dom is the privilege to break
God's law. Buying and selling
on the Lord s day is not a
convenience, it Is a direct
breach of propriety when we
are to be regulated by God's
commands. Read the work of
the great reformer Nehemtah
in the 13th chapter, 15 to 22
Nehemiah, the Tirshatha (or
governor), ' legislated against
profaning the Sabbath, and it
was stopped. .He did hot Inter
fere with religious rights. He
did interfere with seared con
sciences who profaned the
Sabbath and thus broke God's
law. i.
True ministers do not "sub
stitute their advice for the
individual consciences ot their
congregations." They do lift
up the standard ot God' com
mands. Tragedy stalks the lower
ing of God s standards.
H. R. Bulman
Route 4, Box 3 It A
Medford
A Comparison '
To the Editor: According to
the Mall Tribune recently, the
Republican Central Commit
tee put the County Court "on
the spot" for placing one
name, Eve Nye, as their sug
gestion for an individual to
fill the term left vacant by
Durno in the state senate,
alter tne electorate had re
fused to return her to office.
If this Is true, by what
norm of procedure can you
justify your apparent ap
proval of the frivolous sug
gestion by Drew Pearson con
cerning Charles O. Porter for
the ambassadorship ot Vencz
ulea (Mail Tribune, Nov. 25,
I960)?
The Mail Tribune and Drew
Pearson have that peculiar
tendency of confusing truth
with "unsavory tactics" and
"rootlng'-tootin' ' smear cam
paign." That Durno backed up
his charges against Porter
with evidence In the Congres
sional Record (you remember,
that well known hate sheet),
makes no impression on either
of you.
The violent reaction to Mr.
Nixon during his . tour of
South America was carefully
designed and carried, out un
der the leadership ot well dis
clpled communists. Could
Cyrus Eaton et al have plan
ned the tumultuous wel
come" of Charles O. Porter
on his visit to Venezuela?
Power In Venezuela rest in
the hands of Romulo Betan
court, whose communist ac
tivities have been traced back
more than thirty years. Port
er was wrong about Castro,
whose communist activities go
back to shortly after he left
high school. How much, long
er -HI it take Porter with his
"agile mind, his immense en
ergy, and his boundless good
will" to "discover" this? We
hop he learns soon, but feel
it quite unnecessary to have
him on the public payroll In
order to do It.
Robert J. Howard
828B West 14th St.
Ashland
Whit
volt behind De Gaulle, Is bit
ter about his firing from the
De Gaulle cabinet In Febr
uary. I, : V. . S. .
Red Reserve..
Communist East Germany
Is planning a gigantic rteerve
officers training corps pro
gram in It universities. All
male students will be given
either mlltlary or para-mll-tary
training. Th program Is
to start next fall.
Royal Immigrant?
A source close to the Jap
anese royal family reports
Crown Prince Akihlto, future
emperor of Japan, had this
to say after hi visit to the
United States with Princess
Mlchiko: "I'd Ilk to Just de
sert Japan and live In the
United States." The reason:
He doesn't like all the proto
col he has to observe, and
would like to lead a simple
life. .
t. WHITI
Is absolutely sure that at all
events he will never, never
be the same again.
It may b only that trifling
moment when it suddenly
atrikes a man that melodies he
had long loved have gone
from his memory -when a
little and unimportant form
of dream ha left him for so
long as he may live. Such a
moment is significant only to
those who value a kind of
improvident happiness above
what is best for us.
It has now come, I believe,
In Mexico.
npHIS land for all its strides
-- in the past few years, Is
not, of course, a decisive
weight in the cold war or
anything like that. The fate of
no possible world hangs upon
what they do or say in Mexi
co. All the same, a moment of
parting is here and it deserv
es recognition by all who
have cherished . this crazy.
this gallant and sometimes
brutal land. For now, while
the Mexicans are celegratlng
the 50th anniversary of the
1810 revolution, the brisk and
reasonably well-fed present is
In every way overcoming the
colorful, the hungry past.
Those were wonderful
songs of the old Mexico - of
the dove that flew -away, of
tht vaquero lamenting that
hi girl has abandoned him
for very small faults like his
habitual drunkenness and his
already existing marriage.
Some of them are still being
sung - a bit, in these last
days of the parting. But they
are, I suspect, being sung for
the last time in a national
celebration in an ill-nation
way.
e.
A LITTLE while longer and
mainly one will hear in
Mexico only thos rather brit
tle or else stickily sentimental
tunes so familiar in any juke
box In Denver or Des Moines.
The new way, with all its
undoubted blessings but also
with all its mechanical spitit,
has come to old Mexico.
, A day or two ago in Puebla,
a town which was old In 1680,
this correspondent sat in a
bull ring and saw one of the
last, dying samples of the cul
ture of that old Mexico. It
was a day in commemoration
ot the revolution. At the start
there were a very few dances
Which went back to the dis
tant Aztecs. But this was only
the smallest bow to the past.
Tht great bulk of the show
came in the coldly drilled and
coldly precis gymnastics of
thousands of schoolboy and
schoolgirls, don not to "La
Paloma" but to the airs one
hears every day in New York
or Chicago. Over this scene
there hung an aura not mere-
Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERF
EARLY IN Robert Taylor's motion picture career, th
budding star decided he was being underpaid and sought "
a raise from the Great Mojul ot tht MGM itudlo, th lit.
bouis a. wayer, wno
could wiep a bucket of
tears at will. He sat Tay
lor down ind told him,
"Bob, I have two lovely
daughters but no son. If
I DID have a son and I
would have liked him to
be as handsome, brilliant,
and talented as you I
would hav told him,
'Son, you art now work
ing for a great studio that
on day will make you a
great, great star. Don't
make the mistake, my
sun, ocnianuing a raise now. i
Taylor was in something of a daz when he found him
self back in the anteroom. "Well," demanded his agent
"did you get a raise?" "No," admitted Taylor, "but I got '
a father."
.a j a, . .
There' New York store that specializes in fireplace equip--mint
Its slogan: "Everything Your Little Hearth Desires."
a) UtO, kf auattt Cirf. BtatrikiiM M rahtrti Mtlut
MONDAY, NOVEMBER it. lU$
In the Days News:
Br FRANK JENKINS
U. 8. Treasury Secretary
Anderson and U. S. Stat D.
parment Undr Secretary.
Dillon arrive In London Fri
day on the last lap ol IW
far fruitless mission to Europ
to SAVE THE DOLLAR. CTh
value of the U. S. dollar Ma
foreign trade is menaced by
too much foreign spending on
the part ot the United States,
which for years and year lias
been putting out vastly more
than It ha been getting back.)'
Before arriving in London,
Secretary Anderson and Un
der Secretary Dillon had ask
ed France and West Germany
(both of which has benefited
enormously by American aid,
both Marshall Plan and later
grants) to provide greater fi
nancial support for NATO
(North Atlantic Treaty Organ
lzatlon) and to help pay th
costs of maintaining Ameri
can soldier in Europ for
Western Europe's protection.
Both France and Germany
rejected their .pleas. A dis
patch from London says Brit
ain is expected to do likewise.
?????
Such, nearly alway,'i
tht fate ot the prodigal spend
er. While It last, he' wonder
ful. But when It' gone his
former friends and buddies
cross over to the other ld
Of the street when they it.
him coming. ', ' .
Lady Bountiful was im
mensely popular until hr
money ran out. 1 ,
FROM Washington:
Secret Service aient con
fiscated a camera and destroy
ed a roll of film containing:
pictures of Mrs. John F. Ken
nedy being wheeled from th
delivery room of the George
town hospital - where by Cae
sarian section she had Just
given birth to a son.
The pictures had been mad
by an Associated Press cam
eraman. He was the first to
tog to reach the hospital after
Mrs. Kennedy' arrival for
the birth of her son. H had
a clear field and no competi-.
tlon. . l
LESE Majeste? '
Or just preventing on
news service from scooping
the other news services?
WHAT'S Lese Majeste?
It derives from the Ltl
laesus, meaning Injured, and
Latin majestas, meaning maj
esty. It ancient definition' In
law is "any crime committed
against the sovereign, power;
specifically any ot various of
fense violating the DIGNITY
ot a ruler as representative"
of sovereign power." f
It tracks back to the tim
when kings and emperors and
such claimed to rule by divine
authority, j-
ANYWAY, let's cut out th
PRIVATE BUSINESS of
th parents - whether the par
ents are the heads of nation
er the humblest of private
citizens.
Lt's RESPECT th privicy
of our First Lady on such
private occasions.
ly ot goodbye to yesterday
but of hurry up for the tomor-
row in which All the children
shall be tall and straight-but
In which not one of them wijl
ever be allowed to make a
mess ot his assignment and
still remain in the company
of the comers.
NOW, probably all this is)
good for Mexico, which
needs trained and disciplined
hands and in the past has suf-"
tered all too much from In
dividualism and romanticism
But somehow this one obterv:
er cannot ee it a all good.
- Pt,hl la in maHlv nr-fta-i-h
iv a to please the most pro
gressiva sociologist ver grad
uated from Vaisar. But, in
Mexico on does not really
want Vassar. One longs tor
the dove which flew away,
and now has fled away for
ever. .. . ' .'
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