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Newspaper Page Textr MEOFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, i860 MEDFORDJTRIBUNI Beada Th MiU Tribune" Published Dally except Saturday b 33 North rir St.. Ph 8P a-8141 ROBKRf W SChC. Editor HERB GREY Advoitlllng Marnier ERIC W AIXEN JR., Mn Edltol EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRV CHIPMAN Telfta Editor ntrHARn jrwett Soorti Editor OLIVE STARCHER Women'a Ed.tor DALEJSKIUKSUI Jrcuiauon maj An TnHtnndent NewiDSDer Bntered iecond claw matter at alodtora. ureson. unncr noi i March 3. 1B07 RimRnRlPTION RATES By Mall - In Advance. Copy 100 uaiiy ana sunaij i t m Dally and Sunday moi 100 Dallv and Sunday 3 mot IS Sunday Only One year 4 20 By Carrier In Advance Medlord Aahland Central Point Eaele Point, Jacksonville ioio nm Phoenl Shady Cnve. Roue Rlv Talsnt mtll All rtlOtOr rOU' Dally and Sunday vear SIB 00 ' Da'lv and Sunday I mo I SO Carrier and Dealara - copy 10e AlMTermaCMh lnAdvane "f),cal Piper of Cltv of Medfnrd Official J"apr of Jackson County Unlted Preia Internationa) rull Leaied Wire n P I Telephoto Kewplcturea ""MF.MItrR or AUDIT BUREAU OFCIRCIILATIONS A"dvertlilh8 Renreentatlve: WEST HOLIDAY Ca INC Of fices In New York Chicago De. trolt. San Francisco Loa Anjelej Seattle. Portland St Loula At- lanta. Vancouver. B.fl NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAI n kj kj nnaam Flight o' Time Medlord and Jackson County History from the flies of The Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30 40 and 50 years age. 10 YEARS AGO Nov. 29, 1950 (Wednesday) Mcdford ranked filth In building permit values in Ore gon during October with $381,204. Approximately 6,000 per sons visited the Crater Lake Motors showroom Friday and Saturday to see the 1051 Ford. , 20 YEARS AGO Nov. 29, 1940 (Friday) A ' Grants Pass Caveman, dressed in coyote skins, pick eted California Governor Cul bert L. Olson's office in Sac ramento today because Olson had not invited the Cavemen to the Rose Bowl this year as he had earlier promlseil. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "The Italian troops, pledged by Musso(linl) to die rather than retreat, fooled the Greeks by doing neither. They up and surrendered." 30 YEARS AGO Nov. 29, 1930 (Monday) Talent district pear g ors were given an optimistic re port last night of what con ditions would be like af'or the depression ends "next year." Main st. has been decorated with Christmas greenery for the downtown season opening Wednesday night. 40 YEARS AGO Nov. 29, 1920 (Wednesday) Local sportsmen a not satisfied with a compromise proposal to regulate commer cial fishing In the Rogue river. Rogue River Boscs are re ported to be selling at l,Uh prices in London, 50 YEARS AGO Nov. 29, 1910 (Tuesday) The state railroad co mis sion started a henrin- here today on a case filed by the Mcdford traffic bureau (or railroad distribution of rates out of Mcdford to points in Oregon. Rcnorts received here Indi cate work Is proceeding satis factorily and on schedule on that part of Crater Lake rond lying within the national for est. What's Your I.Q.? Nina et fen correct is superior; seven at eight It excellent! Hve ill Is good. 1. In what country Is the famous village of Waterloo? 2. What is the name given to the side of a right angle triangle opposite the right angle? 3. Approximately how many square feet are there in an acre? 4. Arrange in size from largest to smallest: Earth, Moon and Sun. 5. What was St. Pau'ls trade? 6. What measurement of the calendar Is calculated from the time it takes the moon to circle the earth? 7. What amendment to the United States Constitution freed the slaves? 8. What is alluvial soil? 0. What two South Ameri can countries have no sea coast? ' 10. Which President first spoke over the radio? Answers! 1. Belgium. 2. Hypotenuse. 3. 43,560 square feet. 4. Fun, Earth, Moon. 5. Tent making. 6. Month. 7. Thirteenth. 8. Soil deposited by water. 9. Bolivia and Para- guay. 10. Harding (1923), Electronic Newspapers for years have been "sticking their necks out" voicing in their editorial columns their opinions on matters of the day. It has been such a long-standing tradition, and, indeed, responsibility, that it is taken for granted. It is a poor paper that does not voice its opinion, at least once in a while, in its edi torials. The "electronic media" that is, radio and television stations and networks have been slower to assume the right and duty to express themselves editorially. THERE have been reasons for this. First of all, the electronic media have the federal communications commission to contend with. The FCC is a regulatory body, originally set up to allocate the limited number of broad cast channels, and which, by extension, has been given considerable regulatory power to see that stations are operated in the public interest and convenience. Only a few years ttgo, as a matter of fact, was the right of editorial expression bv broadcasting stations written into the tnem. And only a few stations and networks have taken advantage of their right to editorialize. THIS, in turn, is due to many factors. Timidity, lack of staff to prepare editorials on a con sistent basis, and perhaps even fear of offending advertisers, nave been among tnem. But. increasinp-lv in recent vears. the broad cast media have been torials. Kadio Station KM ED early this year broadcast a vigorous editorial in defense of radio and TV, during the time of the "payola" scandals. It was, as far as we know, well received. Of the networks, both CBS and NBC have taken advantage of the richt to editorialize from time to time. JUST before the Nov. w t-xt, ct i auiu- x v uuMCb ail X Ul waiiu, broadcast editorials alerting the listening public to some of the unfortunate use of hate-literature in the latter phases of the campaign. They were in two versions longer and short er the editorial in one version or another was aired a total of 34 times, television. Tom McCall, whose modulated tones are familiar to Portland listen ers, voiced both versions. The longer version is as an example of what the editorial line, and ueservmg ui consideration. IpHE editorial said, in part: "This Is Tom McCall, speaking for the Pioneer Broadcasting Company on a matter concerning hate and hatc-litcrature-a problem vital to each of us; a problem which must now be of urgent concern to every Oregonian who treasures Justice, decency and good government. "There are being circulated in Oregon tens of thou sands of copies of handbills and smear sheets which frequently are nothing more than a combination of un founded charges and hateful attempts at character assassination. "They are cleverly contrived combinations of fact and fiction. . i "Distributed In the darkness of night, slipped from hand to hand, this material, directed against some of our own neighbors who seek or serve In elective office, Is the same brand of hateful innuendo and appeal to the prejudice that has been used by hate groups at the national level to mar politics, 1060. "In a year when our sensibilities have been assailed nearly every day with smear literature, these last local efforts-al-vllification violate the conscience of decent Americans. x "Whether they arc directed against Republicans or Democrats, nonpartisans or independents, the sense of shame and revulsion on the part of decent citizens must be the same. "In our judgment, speaking up, hitting hard against hatred of any kind, at all limes, Is the duty of every citizen, "Moreover, we're convinced this is the duty of re sponsible leaders of all political parties. We're con vinced, In short, it is the duty of all men and women of good faith. "It is not enough for party loaders simply to clear their organizations of the authorship or of the respon sibility for the circulation of such smears. "We ask that they rise up against this dangerous invective by unequivocally denouncing It. We ask that they deplore the use of these pamphlets; that they set straight the record; and, if they know, they rightfully place the guilt of authorship on those responsible. "We call upon the leader of each of the two major parlies In Oregon to warn the voters, clearly and un reservedly, that no decision should be Influenced by statements found In these circulars lntcntlally designed to sow the vicious seed of doubt. And we offer our television and radio facilities for this purpose. "We appeal to every honest citizen: base your de cisions on the facts known to be valid. "The issue of our day is survival. Mankind must face it with a clarity of purpose-not Just at the inter national level, but in homes and communities every where. "The Issue confronts us in Portland as well as In Paris, in Bend as much as in Berlin. You name the place, and there it Is, staring down our throats. "These arc days when we must apply every physical and spiritual resource to the problem. Yet, here in Oregon we find the sowers of distrust and hatred try ing to destroy human resources . . . tearing down . . . undermining . . . obstructing ... in a vile process that leaves us suspicious, d' 'Idcd and confused. "We must build conlidencc In our leaders, regard less of party. However much we may logically differ, we must develop confidence In each other. We must rededicatc our faith in America. These objectives are achieved, not through blindly cultivating hate and fear, but through an honest and forthright search for the truth. "Truth leads to freedom, Freedom is a fragile thing. Truth and Freedom must be perpetually protected against the never-ceasing onslaught of lies, crazed emotional attacks or fanatic attempts to discredit them. "Offering our individual protection Is now our ob ligation. Together, as citizens, in open and fair de bate, let us each seek the true and rightful course ahead. "Only in this way will we remain assured that our frco society will continue to succeed." Editorial regulations governing experimenting with edi 8 election, KGW and 17 each on radio and unusual accent and well- reproduced below, both radio and TV cn do in as a message which is Dennis the 'I BRING IT FflCrM HCWE. Jt CMitO CHOCOLATE fOrVPER.M JUSTPUTA IITTLE INy0URV1llX,STIR.AM7A6orAAUl'RINr! 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 ail letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for pub lication 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 the case. Zany Institution To the Editor: One of the zaniest institutions in Ameri can political life is the Elec toral College - what a name! Imagine giving one's backing to a presidential candidate that an elector can ignore, if he so chooses. Instead of voting for candi dates for President we vote for electors even uncommit ted ones. These latter set on the fence before deciding which way to jump. We vote for electors who vote for us. What a system! Let us abolish the Electoral College and elect our Presi dent by direct vote of quali fied citizens. David Frisch P.O. Box 292 White City, Ore. Gallery .'raised To the Editor: Your readers may be Interested In the fol lowing letter, which describes not only our southern Oregon hospitality, but also the cali ber of art work being done here. Ben Trowbridge Board Member Rogue Valley Art Association Medford Editor's note: The letter fol lows: Dear Ben: I should like to thank you and Medford for the hospitality I received on my short visit to. your city. I was both surprised and happy to witness the efforts of a population of your size to bring art to your community. Your gallery need not take second place to any in Ore gon if the exhibit I witnessed is representative of your ex hibition program. I was again surprised and elated at the high quality of the paintings we Juried. It is rare that a regional exhibit displays so many artists with such individual vitality and competence. I think the Rogue Valley Art association can well be proud of Its gallery and art ists, as I have seldom witness ed as fine an effort to place and recognize art as an in trinsic part of the society. Sincerely yours, James R. Robertson Curator Museum of Art University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon In Hill Area . Tu the Editor: As we read the story in Sunday's Tribune on page 2B about a file of old news clippings found in a pack rat's nest near Gold Hill recently by one Dwayne Blake, the incident recalls to my mind that a Mr. Mans field, a gold miner, was work ing in the Blackwell hill area in 1920-21. and 1922. Mr. Mansfield and a part ner occasionally boarded at the Gold Hill hotel. It was my impression then that Mr Mansfield lived in a cabin in the vicinity of the old Mil 1 ion n ire mine. At that time I recall having seen Mr. Mans field's name printed on a U.S mail box near a gale on a side road over the hill going south on the old Highway 99. The same road and gate at present leads to the Hidden Valley ranch residence now owned by LaRue and Earl Morris. I understand the ranch now contains some seven or eight hundred acres of land. In the past few years LaRue Morris has reconstructed the Oregon Gold Gulch frontier mining town located near Highway 99 now. Bert Kissinger, 520 Boardman st. Medford Menace Arizona Memorial To the Editor: I am writing to you on behalf of 1102 heroes. They went down with the battleship USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor on that fateful Dec. 7 just 19 years ago. Their remains are still en tombed in the sunken hull of the ship, barely protruding above the water. In contrast to magnificent monuments at other revered battlegrounds, their final resting place is a rusted mess of junk, a dis grace to the nation. From 48 states, the heroes of the Arizona lie entombed. They symbolize the cost of unprcparedness; they warn us still of the folly of not being ready., I am writing because as one who has stood on the rusted hulk of the USS Arizona, like thousands of others, visitors and local residents, I feel that no memorial to our war dead could be more fitting than to complete the enshrinement of the USS Arizona. I say complete because of the $500,000 needed, already $300,000 is available-from a variety of sources, ranging from a $50,000 appropriation from the Hawaii Legislature to small voluntary contribu tion from throughout the na tion. Congress has recognized the USS Arizona as an of ficial memorial; design and construction plans already have been approved by the Secretary of the Navy; pre liminary construction work is underway. But S20U.00 more is ur gently needed to complete the memorial. I am convinced that many persons in your state would consider it an honor to help. Won't you sup port the campaign to enshrine the USS Arizona? Your readers who wish to join in this task may send their contributions to the USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Har bor, Hawaii. Their contribu tions will go directly into an escrow fund, solely for com pletion of the Arizona mem orial. Wo should remember Pearl Harbor. There is no more ap propriate way than to help finish the enshrinement of the USS Arizona. Aloha, George Chaplin, Editor The Honolulu Advertiser P.O. Box 3110 Honolulu 2, Hawaii Republicans Plan Session in Salem Salem - rtJPD - Gov. Mark Hatfield will preside over a Joint session of Republican state legislators here Satur day morning. Later, the Stale GOP Cen tral committee will meet and at 11:30 a.m. Republican house members will hold a caucus to select a house mi nority leader for the 1961 legislature. State Rep. Robert Elfstrom (R-Salem), current minority leader, is recuperating from an ulcer operation and he has not yet decided whether to seek the post again. , Others Interested in the job include Reps. F. F. Montgom ery (R-Etigcnc) and Harrv C. Elliott (R-Tillamdok). Republican slate senators do not plan to caucus, accord ing to GOP party officials. Sen Anthony Yturri (R-On-tarlo) is expected to be re elected as Senate minority leader. Proposal for Nuclear Arms For NATO Praised, Assailed By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst Before assembled parlia mentarians in Paris, the Amer ican supreme commander of MM NATO made ' 8 Proposal ., jf 1 which brought i i cheers from HI th(, United At- I States, E u r o Q pean allies but k , tmY I created com fj 'w' I paratively lit I tie stir at PHIL NEWSOM ! I l " I a Matter of Fact y THE SUPER BLOOPER Bonn-This small, normally imperturbable capital is still quivering like a jelly with the astonish ment and in- d i g n a t i o n caused b the Treasury D e partment's fi nal effort to mold the for eign and de fense policies of the Eisen- Joieph Alsop hower admin istration. Chancellor Adenauer and his colleagues were neither surprised nor annoyed to be asked to help the U.S. gov ernment with its balance of payments problem. But the kind of aid that Secretary of the Treasury Anderson re quested, and the way he chose to make his request left an inconceivably bad impression. Secretary Anderson came here, to begin with, to de mand nothing less than a rad ical permanent change in the most vital inner relationships of the Western Alliance. There is no other way to characterize the Anderson pro posal that the Germans im mediately assume responsi bility for six hundred million dollars a year of the support costs of the U.S. troops in Germany, EVEN if this is the right approach to the balance of payments problem, which is extremely doubtful, this kind of basic and permanent change is not normally made without warning or time for reflexion, and almost at pistol point. But that, apparently, was the way Secretary An derson and President Eisen hower thought the change ought to be made. Secretary Anderson and his vast entourage arrived here late last Saturday. On Sun day, U. S. Ambassador Dow ling first heard, with horror, of the true nature of the Sec retary's mission. It is an open secret that Dowling at once made a strong plea for a dif ferent approach. But the plea was fruitless, and the great surprise was duly sprung up on the German negotiators on Monday morning. In a personal letter to the Chancellor, President Eisen hower had mentioned support costs as one item among sev eral that had a bearing on the balance of payments. But the Chancellar, Finance Min ister Erhard and their col leagues were utterly unpre pared for the spectacle that now met their eyes-the Amer ican Secretary of the Treas ury frenetically, obsessively determined to discuss support cost and nothing else. ONE thing that Secretary Anderson might well have discussed was the program for easing the U.S. balance of payments which Finance Min ister Erhard had got ready in advance. By Erhard's esti mate, this program would have assured an improvement of no less than twelve hun dred million dollars in next year's payment balance. Whether or not this estimate is correct, the program con tained one item about which there could be no argument. Erhard offered prepayment, in cash on the barrelhead, of the six hundred and fifty mil lion dollar German debt for American aid, which is not normally due to be paid off for another 20 years or more. This prepayment, which Secretary Anderson had not asked for, actually assured him of a somewhat larger sum to ease his situation than his support cost demand would have provided. At one point in the negotiation, Chan cellor Adenauer underlined this fairly meaningful fact, drily adding that if the Sec retary of the Treasury would just take the money he want ed now in the form of debt prepayment, basic changes in the policy of tlie Western Al liance could then be left for discussion in an orderly man ner with the representatives of the next American admin istration. The Secretary merely brushed the Chancellor aside and went straight back to the support costs. And so his mis sion ended in mutual bitter ness and without any solid result. ALTOGETHER, .there has been no comparable epi aaraaaB proposal, if accepted, would require a basic change in U.S. policy and approval of Con gress. Perhaps this seeming apa thy toward Gen. Lauris Nor stad's suggestion that the North Atlantic Treaty Organ ization be made, a fourth atom ic power can be attributed to too much Thanksgiving turkey, the Imminence of ttie Christmas holidays, or to a state of mind resulting from 20 years of crisis. Primarily, Norstad's pro posal was to convert NATO Joseph Alsop sode in the whole postwar his tory of American diplomacy. It must be added that Secre tary Anderson's fellow nego tiator, Under Secretary "of State Douglas Dillon, appears to be entirely free of blame for this episode, which has made a bad business much worse. The official spokesmen in Washington are now say ing that Dillon loved every minute of it. But the Germans are convinced that he hated every minute of it-which is just as well, since Dillon needs to retain the respect of America's allies if he is to take a high post under Presi dent Kennedy. Meanwhile, the central mys tery remains. Why was this grave balance of payments problem so long neglected, and then suddenly attacked in this publicly hysterical man ner? Why was Secretary An derson so obsessively fixed on the one expedient that was sure to be especially repellent to the Germans? Why was this desperate effort made to introduce a basic change in our foreign relations in the last weeks of a dying admin istration? . There are no easy answers to these questions. Only one thing is certain. This balance of payments problem, now further inflammcd by the Secretary of the Treasury himself, is one of the more unpleasant elements in the far from pleasant heritage of President - elect Kennedy, whose power to revive the waning Western Alliance will be gravely limited by the weakness of the dollar on the international exchanges, (c) 1960, New York herald Tribune Inc. Interesting Views Of Baby Feeding Reviewed by West By DICK WEST Unitd Press International Washington-mPD-If I have a look of slack-jawed astonish ment on my face just now, it s b e cause I've been dis c u s s I n g the care and feed ing of infants with Dr. Walt er W. Sackett Jr. Dr. Sackett, who lives in Miami, Fla., is nirk wen nere mis wees attending a meeting of the American Medical association. I stopped by to see him be cause someone told me that he had some interesting views of baby feeding. This turned out to be quite an understate ment. In the course of a 30-min-ule conversation, I learned that the good doctor is promul gating a new approach to ba by feeding which is not only interesting but downright flabbergasting. If he is right, then my career as a parent has been one long mistake. To begin with, Dr. Sackett believes in putting new-born babies on a six-hour feeding schedule instead of the cus tomary four-hour routine. This should appeal to anyone who has ever warmed a bottle at 4 a.m. Food At 2 Days When the tots arc just two days old, Dr. Sackett starts them on solid food. When they are three weeks old, he cuts them down to three meals a day. After nine weeks, they get a wide variety of food and after seven months they are given back coffee and other beverages. Yes, I said "black coffee." One purpose of this it to help the kids kick the milk habit. Dr. Sackett is an out spoken critic of milk drink ing. In fact, he asserted that the dairy industry Is "the number one health menace in America." He contends that dairy products are prime builders of those fatty things which col lect in the arteries and cause strokes and heart attacks. Have More Sense? "No other mammals drink milk like we do," the doctor said in a tone which implied that other mammals have more sense. "We outgrow our from an alliance whose defen sive concepts were based pri marily on conventional tac tics and conventional weapons to one brought up to date in an age of rocketry and nu clear warheads. Under such a plan, each of the 15 nations of NATO would have atomic arms and each would have a say in their use in the NATO pool. Smaller Nations Complain It would eliminate a source of bitterness among the smal ler NATO allies who have complained that among equal partners in the pact some are more equal than others. And it would eliminate the charge, especially from France, that the United States, withholds from its allies nu clear knowledge already avail able to its enemies. Whether the United States will abandon the legislation limiting dissemination of U.S. atomic know-how will be up to the incoming Kennedy ad ministration and the new Con gress. But the way has been prepared well in advance. The Norstad plan was "leaked" weeks ahead of time to newsmen in Paris, London and Washington. Last February, President Eisenhower voiced the opin ion that the U.S. government should make available nu clear weapons to its respon sible allies. But at that time, he said, no new legislation was being prepared. Some NATO allies would have the United States go even further than proposed in the Norstad plan. Paul-Henry Spaak would send Polaris equipped NATO forces to sea. Naturally, the Norstad plan has brought no cheers from the Soviet Union which label led it another case of Western provocation. And naturally, the plan is not without risks. If NATO becomes a "fourth" atomic power, then the USSR might logically be expected to announce that the Moscow controlled Warsaw Pact has become a "fifth." The more fingers able to trigger an atomic blast, the greater the danger of a pre mature exposion touching off world war. But at the same time, it generally is agreed that to be effective, NATO must be streamlined and it must have weapons. need for milk the day we are weaned. As one who still drinks about a quart of milk a day. I was dumbfounded when Dr. Sackett put the same rap on eggs "Eggs were made as food for unhatched birds, he said "When a bird breaks out of the shell, it never eats eggs again. It is Dr. Sackett's conten tion that infants cry less as babies and are better adjust ed in later life. For one thing, he said, they have stronger teeth He said two of his children, ages 8 and 10, never brush their teeth, yet never have had a cavity. Moreover, he said, they will eat anything that is set before them, in cluding spinach. "Can you Say that about your children? he asked There is no doubt that he had me there. , I am not in a position to evaluate Dr. Sackett's theor ies, which are a source of some controversy within the medical profession and which have been roundly denounced by a number of grandmothers. However, I will have to say he is a very persuasive talker. He almost had me wishing my own children were infants again so I could test his meth od. Children Killed In Bus-Train Crash Lamont, Alta. - (UPD - A fast freight train crashed into a crowded school bus at a snow- covered rural crossing today. killing several of the esti mated 32 youngsters on their way to a consolidated school at this western Canadian ham let. One report said as many as 16 youngsters were killed. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said several died. The school bus was headed into Lamont, a farm town of less than 1,000 population, af ter picking up rural childrer along country roads. At an unguarded grad crossing half a mile from La mont, a 40-car fast freight o the Canadian National Rai ways hit the bus. The tral was bound from Saskatoon I Edmonton, Alta. Washington Report By William S. White DOUBLE TIME NEEDED Mexico City - Look home ward to this hemisphere for the most immediately critical of all the for eign policy problems Willi which the new Kennedy ad ministra t i o n must quickly grapple. The cold war with the Rnulot ITnlnn 4) rllll.m a w..v.. wkiu is, of course, infinitely larger in the ulti mate sense than the crisis which Castro Cuba has creat ed below the Rio Grande. But this second example of inter national Communism's dis ruptive power almost certain ly will be the higher on Ken nedy's first world-affairs .ist of business, for our troubles down here are of the here-and-now kind. They must be dealt with at double time or they may be come too inflamed to be dealt with at all, and Mexico under President Adolfo Lopez Ma- teos can fairly be said to hold the balance of power in Latin America. We must prevail upon him to weigh that bal ance in our favor. A VISIT here makes one deeply aware that to checkmate Castro as an effec tive agent of Communist im perialism we must have tha genuine support of other Latin-American powers. Any action against him taken strictly on our own would in-1 jure us irreparably. The Mex-' leans have bitter memories of ' past American interventions. Though the decisive people here don't like what Castro is doing, they would like even less anything we might do in Cuba which smacked of tha big stick. From many conversations here with men from President Lopez Mateos downward, it would appear that the begin ning of a solution might ba found in the way: 1. By an early Kennedy Lopez Mateos meeting. This correspondent is informed by very high quarters here that Mexico would be pleased if such a conference could bo held immediately after Ken nedy's inauguration, and Mex ico would be pleased indeed if Lopez Mateos and Vice President-elect Lyndon John son could meet in the mean time to make the arrange ments. 2. By all-out American sup port for Mexican efforts to develop a common market in Latin America. This would : help to arrest those economic conditions on which Castro feeds. Thus it would assist in neutralizing Castro. Lopez Mateos grants as much ' though he quickly adds that the common market - is not being formed for anti-Castro purposes (his emphatic line is that Castroism is "not a Mex ican problem but a Cuban problem"). 3. By the appointment of an American ambassador, in succession to the able and re tiring republican Robert C. Hill, holding close personal friendship with Kennedy. What is needed is a man po litically strong enough to by pass the state department careerists. They seem chroni cally unable to see this area as currently of even mora urgent importance to us than Europe. 4. By the exercise of soma small sense of responsibility among the Hollywood produ cers who provide the main picture of the United States here. lOR an illustration, the other night at an International film festival In Acapulco the U.S. offering was a hate sickened -thing called "The Fugitive Ones." It presented racial troubles at home in terms so savagely extreme as to revolt even such members as a visiting American press party as hold on advanced civil rights position. In all the world, there could be no more worse place to show such a melodrama, for the Mexicans are infinitely sensitive about racial discrimination. Some of us walked out oi the film early, preferring to seem rude rather than to seem to support such a fantasy ot ugliness. And Mexican offic ials pointedly, and in advance, avoided any association with it. (Copyright. 1960. By United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) Three Businesses Robbed in Portland Portland -WPH A grocery store, a service station and a avern were, held up Monday light, bringing to 19 the num icr of holdups here since Vov. 1. Police early today took into ustody four suspects in con ection with the service sta on and tavern holdups. There have been more than J armed robberies here since une 1, police said.