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Newspaper Page TextTUESDAY. DECEMBER 13, 1960 MedfordJWTribuni "fcvoiyune in Southern Oregon n l TTUs Mall Trlhlin'1 Published Dally except Saturday by imnmnn pnlNTINO CO 33 North Fir St.. Ph SPJ-6141 HERB GREY Advellisini Manafer GERALD T LATHAM Bu. Mgr. ERIC W ALLEN JR.. Mn Editol EARL H ADAMS City Editor 11 Ann x tnirmftn, .Eiq RICHARD JEWETT Sports Ed tor OLIVE STARCHER, Women's EdUor PALE ERIUKSUW, i;ircuiam 'a Entered as second class matter at Modtora, ureaon. umus. March 3. 1897 l)y Mall - In Advance, Copy 100 Dally and Sunday 1 year 1500 Dally and Sunday moi. on Dally and Sunday 3 moi Ml Sunday only un. yi By Carrier-In Advance Medford fontm! Point B 8 B 1 Point, Jacksonville. Gold Bill Pnoenl. Shady Cov., Rogu W er. Talent aim on ", -n Dally and Sunday 1 year $18.00 Da'.ly anfl aunoay . ... - Carrier and Dealer! copy 100 All Terms lasn mfuvi. ftiTITPar.tr of City of MedfnrJ Official Pap ' Jaokson CMTO. United PressTnternatlonal Full Leased Wire tJP.l Tclephoto vsptetuTcs "TnTtMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCUATIOWS Advertising Representative: WEST HOLIDAY CO. INC Of fices In New York Chlcaro. De troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles. Seattle. Portland St. Louis. At lanta. Vancouver. B.C. NHWSf APE PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAI H L IHIIMI. ,i II J 1 11 1 Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County Hlnory from lh. tiles of The M.ll Tribune 10. 20, 30. 40 and 50 veari flo- 10 YEARS AGO n. 13. 1950 (Wednesday) The sift fruit shipment from the Medford area, now . et its height, will be one of the largest in history, a check with shippers, the Railway Express company and the post office indicated today. Jackson county will lose close to $650,000 in tax rev enue as the result of "arbi trary and unexplained" action by the .state tax commission which reduced the county's utility taxing ratio.- 20 YEARS AGO Ve. 13. 1940 (Friday) The Medford Flying club hn nostcd a reward of $250 for the finding ol the bodies nt Mr and Mrs. C. E. Walbert, Medford, who disappeared in thnlr nrlvate plane alter tan Ing off from here on a flight to Portland two weeks ago. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Pot" column: "Sci entists have figured out the probable age of 'human in tfillieence' at 455,000 years. There are times when it seems small f.or its age. , . 30 YEARS AGO Dae. 13. 1930 (Saturday) r.mrn nlans to build a new hydro-electric plant during 4V.A wnvt VPnr. The state legislature will n,ono npxt month and a lively session is predicted. 40 YEARS AGO Dec. 13. 1920 (Monday) A total of 8.52 inches of rain has fallen in Medford tnr-n Rpnt. 1. Trafiic between Grants Pass and Crescent City has been halted for nearly a week due to heavy snows on Oregon mountain. B0 YEARS AGO D.e. 13. 1910 (Tueiday) Constable Singler has gone to Visalla, Calif., to bring back a man wanted for hog atanllnc in Rutte Falls. A former federal commis sioner for southern Oregon, who resided in Medford at time, was murdered with a crowbar in Chicago last week. What's Your I.Q.? Ml., at ten correct il lupariori liven oi tight it excellent) five ei lis Is good. I. WhHt is the United States' highest award for valor which requires per formance "above and beyond the call of duty"? ' 2. Who baptized Saul? s. Most roses now have grafted roots: true or false? 4. In the sale of timber which of the following usually commands the highest price: Ponderosa pine, Douglas fir, larch, white fir or tngieman soruce? S. On how many islands is New York principally built? 8. Which of the following is most closely connected with control of electrical volume: Thermostat, reostat, photo- slat, reconostat? 7. Has the noun burglar an accepted verb form? 8. Frankfort is the capital of which state? 9. There are no fish In the Dead sea: true or false? 10. Name the man selected by president-elect Kennedy to serve as the new Secretary of Commerce. Answers: 1. Congressional Modal of Honor. 2. Ananias, 3. True. 4. Ponderoioa pine. 8. Three. 6. Reostat. 7. No. 8. Kentucky. 9. Fl$. 10. Luther More Than One Danger Ours is a society in constant danger. It always has been. A democratic form of government is the most dangerous there is. We face the ultimate threat of annihilation in an atomic holocaust. We face the danger of imperial communism. We face the possible loss of mends and allies throughout the worm, we face the possibility of a devastating depression. . And yet, somehow, the American people man ace to face un to these dancers day after day, live with them, sometimes ignore them, and con tinue to carry on their f")NE must, in surveying this dangerous world, be concerned. Any intelligent person, from time to time, stops to take stock of the dangers, and to wish that he could do something to ease them. Some people concentrate on one danger, and exclude, or forget about, or ignore, the others. This, in our view, is what too many vocal anti-communists tend to do. In today's world, every patriotic, thinking American can hardly help but recognize the dan gers implicit' in imperial communism, and in its domestic attempts at lnliltration and subversion. DUT if one concentrates on that one threat to " the exclusion of all ing realistic. And by doing so, he leaves himself open to tendrils or paralyzing fear which result from obsessive preoccupation. And fear, which never did much for the cour ageous men who created this country, is a bad basis for lasting and constructive work. ' . Fear can lead one into using the discreditable methods of one's enemies. And obsession, coupled with fear, can blow up a threat into an all-embracing philosophy which attributes all possible evils and dangers to our enemies and none to anyone else. y COME people in this country have let their ob sessive fear of communist infiltration and sub version carry them to the point where they are not above accusing people on suspicion, or dis torting the truth, or assuming a person is guilty until proven innocent, or assuming guilt on the basis of association or connection, or even per fectly innocent activities or appearance. This type of activity carried on by the House committee. Of all the organizations in this great and powerful nation, this one ognize that the threats greater than those embodied in a tew communists and fellow travelers. TONIGHT at 7:30 o'clock at the Medford High 1 school, a film will be seen by many people. It 'is entitled "Operation Abolition," and deals with the disturbances in San Francisco last May, when a hearing of protests from student groups and many others who were concerned. The committee alleges these disturbances, which grew to -riotous proportions, were "com munist led and inspired." They may have been ; they may not have been. The point is in dispute, and there is evidence on both sides. , . BUT the fact is that naura t'anl f lima uvsYYO iv-ti ui incidentally, and the TV have yet to be paid), edited them to show just i ill !ii i l.l. . wnat tne committee warned snown ana nouung to the contrary, added a Lewis III of the committee comment by committee circulating them through of a commercial outlet It has not been denied that the film has been distorted; it has been admitted publicly by Wil liam Wheeler of the committee staff. That communists may have participated in the "riot" cannot be denied. But the film fails to point out that the protests were widely based, and also included church organizations, students, organized labor, educators and some political figures all motivated committee s prior actions. IS the committee seeking truth? Or is it seek ivrr rnlir in Klnplrnri frirtda wnn nnnnco if? If it is the former, film to be distorted and circulated under Its.im primatur? Distortion, in this context, is lying, And it does not become a committee of the United States Congress to participate in a lie. And. if the committee's only legitimate func tion in making investigations is to obtain infor mation on which to base legislation, why is it engaging in propaganda supporting its own activ ities and lying propaganda at that? a a IT wasn't very long fighting for its very Fascism. With the defeat all thought that threat was eliminated. But the forces of reaction and suppression are never through. We" now are facing the im mense threat of communism both abroad and at home. How ironic it gaged in that fight, we were to be knifed in the back and lose to home-grown totalitarianism! Free government is ilance is the price of that freedom. But vigilance in one direction only is no vigilance at all. We hear much of Lincoln's warning that if this nation ever is conquered, it will be conquered from within. Today it is from the daggers of reaction as it is from the daggers of radicalism. day - to - day tasKa. others, he simply isn't be has been, and is being, Un - American Activities above all should rec to the nation are tar shown which should be . . the HUAC drew strong the committee obtained f ia oirAnfa ( ol lhv an QC.fl unt- vvcitvu yi.)uwjaiwi stations which took them commentary by Fulton staff, and introductory members, and then is the country by means at $100 per copy. by the excesses of the why did they permit the ago that this nation was life against the forces of of the Axis powers, we would be if. while en dangerous. Eternal vig in just as much danger b. A. , Dennis the 'Howcovie you havem't told me to sw out of we attic YET? OONT YOU KNOW CR$M1AS 3 COMiH'?" ... 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 the case. Mr. Howard's Comments To the Editor: Could you for once commend people like the women of Tigard, who act ed against extreme opposition and in good faith by living up to the God imposed responsi bility of caring for their chil dren? If in this particular case they were overzealous. cer tainly we would want you to comment on it. However, the principle involved here is not your "blue-nosed or "busy- bodies's" activity, nor even as the Salem professor stated "bookburning and witchhunt- ng"; but the responsibility of providing for the education of our young. This is the SOLE responsibility of parents. And if our country is to survive, many more parents will have to become more, not less, aware of this function, though it be in opposition to many commentators, editors, and un fortunately, an indeterminate number, of educators. For you to take the U. S. At torney General's list so light ly is to consider the destruc tion of civilization as being unimportant. The Internation al Conspiracy is real! Implant ed in the "dirt" that makes up a considerable portion of our textbooks, and educators on the Attorney General's list is the seed of this conspiracy, and it is beginning to bear fruit. The student riots in San Francisco against the House Committee on Un-American Activities bears witness to this. Come to Medford High school Tucsdny evening, Dec. 13, and see for yourself! The recent meeting on high er education held in Cottage Grove bears further witness. For example: item B of the recommendations, as you re ported them, is a contradiction in terms. To remove the dis claimer affidavit from the Na tional Defense Education Act would be to destroy our de fenses in the area where the conspiratorial opposition is concentrating its attack. Rath er strengthen the provisions of this act to include institu tions of learning and their fac ulties. Robert J. Howard, 828 B West 14th st., Medford. Save the Salmon To the Editor: I would like to call your attention to the fact that one of our more val uable resources is rapidly di minlshing to the point of no return. I am speaking of Pa cific salmon and stcclhead trout. Students ask what is being done to conserve the salmon and steelhead. My answer Is always not enough. The salmon is second to no other fish for eating. The salmon provide employment for many people in the com mcrcial fishery. I don't think one can have a greater sport ing thrill than the surge of a salmon on the end of a light pole. The time for talk slum Id be over, for the numbers are dwindling so fast there won t be anything to talk about if some action isn't taken Where docs the responsibility lie for the necessary action? The gnme commission, the state legislature, or the fed eral wildlife service or some other influential group must move. The power companies and some lumber companies have contributed some aid, but not enough. The money could come from an increase in fishing li censes or salmon tags. Some money should come from the sale of state timber, for log ging is the worst enemy of the salmon. The government can surely spend some to help propagate our salirum. The state might provide ui with some aid in propagation. There is no one easy way of Menace solving the problem. Logging must continue and our rapid run off and sedimentation will only increase as time goes on. There are restrictions, but how closely are they ad hered to?,, Stream pollution and debris restrictions must be more closely enforced. Why has our hatchery pro gram been geared to trout in stead of salmon? The salmon can be raised and released with less trouble. Millions upon millions of fingerling or fry should be raised and re leased in all the streams, es pecially coastal streams. Stock trout only in streams where they might propagate themselves, such as the Ump- qua, Rogue, McKenzie, Des chutes, and in the high lakes. The hatcheries are too few and far between. We need salmon hatcheries on all our major and some of our small er streams, such as Elk river, where a hatchery site was se lected, purchased, leveled. but no funds provided for construction. The time to act is now if we are going to save one of our most valuable natural re sources. Or are we to place the Pacific salmon and steel- head in the extinct class for our future generations? Ernest L. Neal P.O. Box 124 Bandon, Ore. Free Country To the Editor: I was under the impression this was still a free country where people can express their thoughts without ridicule. Sunday in your editorial you called the ladies from Tigard "blue - nosed busy- bodies" when they objected to certain books being used as textbooks in some Oregon schools. Our government and schools are supposed to be by and lor the people," and yet you ridicule people who don't believe just as you do. I feel that It is everyone's privilege and rcsponsibilty to voice their opinion on any thing they feel is not in the best interest of their children and their country. In Russia they squelch by force, but here you try to squelch by ridicule. Do you believe the Russians would allow the use of a textbook in their schools that contains stories written by someone advocating the overthrow of their government? Apparently you think Americans should. Why should we support any one who advocates the over throw of our government? According to your stand ards there must be two colors of noses, the blue-nose and the red-nose. I would rather be a blue-nose. Bill Brawn, 507 Kenwood ave., Medford Editor's note: The point, which our correspondent misses, is that the textbook in question does NOT advocate overthrowing a'nythlng, - let alone our form of govern ment. Nor do the authors of the pieces, despite the allega tions of various compilers of blacklists. If Mr. Brawn had an enemy, who reported him to a list compiler, who put him on a list, and he there upon lost his job, he'd won der where freedom had gone in this country. This is the sort of thing the Tigard ladles are supporting through their hysterical character assassina tion. UFOs. GOPt and Writers To the Editor: I am writing to you about the item that appeared on the front page of Friday's, Dec. 9, Mail Tribune concerning UFOs (Unldentl' fled Flying Objects). That strange phenomenal things have been seen in tne ikies MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, Time Running Out as Red China Nearing Nuclear Power Status; Russia Concerned By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst Ten years ago amid razor sharp peaks that stand out like steel etchings against the Korean sky. this correspond ent watched Red Chinese troops ad vancing down a valley southeast o f Seoul. They ad vanced blind ly, like sol dier ants, in Newsom ODedience t o some higher comnand into everything the United Na tions 8th Army could throw at them, mortars, 105s, ma chinegun fire. This was the human wave attack. The Korean conflict was a war fought with conventional weapons. The newest thing in it was the jet fighter. We are told that it probably will be the last such war ever fought. The next one will be nuclear. no one can deny. I am ust one of many who have not had the experience of behold ing this unusual, and strange, and as yet unexplainable, manifistation. But if I should see such an extraordinary sight I would be most interested to know if others might have seen it also, and if I could find no one who could say they had seen this strange thing I had be held, and should some writer put an item in the local news paper hinting broadly per haps I had just taken a jour ney into the twilight zone, I would just brush it aside and think only about the reality of what I had seen, and stand firmly on my own convictions regarding the matter. I suppose one would call this being somewhat of an individualist. It is my opinion that more people should be a little individualistic - but of course it is my opinion that more people should be Re publicans and more local writ ers use less snide, and deroga tory remarks concerning UFOs. Thanks for listening. Ida L. Kelly, 1141 Pinecroft ave., Medford. Dogs for Congress To the Editor: I have been mulling over your editorial about Congress and the dogs of the District of Columbia. For a so-long time I have thought there was something wrong with Congress but I could not put my finger on the key. Now the suspense is ended, the mystery solved. Now I know the answer. I know what is wrong. Con gress has gone to the dogs. But I wonder which group will be affected the more. I have an idea that might help the matter. Why not elect the dogs to Congress and let them adopt home rule for the District? I am sure they would not bark up the wrong trees any more than some of our Congressmen do. Furthermore, the dogs would serve at much less expense They would not try to starve out their supporters by per iodically voting themselves increased salaries and travel budgets. Besides, the dogs would all migrate to Washington, D.C., and that would solve the dog problem for Medford and Jackson county as well as other localities. So long, and a wish for bet ter government and less ex pense. L. G. Weaver, 106 South Ivy, Medford., The Enemy Within To the Editor: In reply to J. Verne Shangle's reply to Vern Wolthoff's reply to Mr. Shangle's outcry against a Herblock cartoon on the suppression of some facts by the Unamerican Activities Committee (deep breath)-Mr. Shangles distress over com munist inspired student riots is understandable; his assump tion that this makes truth un important, criticism unneces sary, and all disagreeing Americans "bad", is not. The distortion of facts is always more destructive than any specific incident, the cor ruption of truth and justice a more significant defeat of the democratic ideal than any "demonstration." It is the prerogative of youth to rebel; it has been the tradition of university stu dents to express that rebel lion vigorously, if sometimes unwisely. (Time quenches the fires-most of these students will be Goldwater Republi cans In another IS years any way.) No matter how much one OREGON The Red Chinese govern ment said its fighters in Korea were "volunteers". They were volunteers only in the sense that their own government had offered them up as can non fodder in the Commu nists' limitless , ambition to rule. New Nuclear Power Week end reports from Washington said the adminis tration was concerned by re Matter of Fact y jo.ePh aiSoP ON COURAGE Tlemcen, Algeria In the bleak main square of Ain Temouchent, in bitter cold weather, the people sullen ly waited. Ear lier, a tiny, lonely band of s t u d e nts tried to raise a banner with the legend, "Long Live De Gaulle." A dozen furious Alsop women had torn the calico into tatters while the rest of the crowd growled. ' Now the crowd vented its anger in hoarse chants of "Al geria Francaise." Once there was a threatening movement into the cordoned empty space around the Hotel De Ville, which was only halted by strong reserves of security police. The French settlers, who own the big, rich farms around the town, had brought in their well controlled farm workers to show De Gaulle just what they thought of his grandiose gamble for peace in Algeria. Within the half - besieged Hotel De Ville, meanwhile, high officials accompany ing De Gaulle on his Algerian tour milled about in helpless gloom, while the General himself serenely went through his prescribed routine of meetings with local leaders, an address to the city counsel lors and so on and on. SUDDENLY, as the routine ended, there was a stir of anguished protest among the high military officers, pre fects and ministers of state. Brushing them all aside, the enormous, pale, aging, terri fying and glorious figure ap peared on the Hotel De Ville's high steps. De Gaulle was going to confront the crowd. . The crowd itself, as though momentarily i n t i m i d ated, lapsed into an amazed si lence. In this breathless hush, the tall old man strode to wards the people. Half blind without his glasses, he can noned heavily into an inter vening lamp post. But he gathered himself again and reached the crowd's fringes, where he began to shake hands with perfect uncon cern. Two old bearded Mus lims bent low to kiss the prof fered hand. Around De Gaulle himself, a melee quickly formed, of chalk-faced security officers, and high officials who had hastened to follow their chief, and people in the crowd press ing forward to greet him. In his immediate vicinity, the curious hush still reigned. But elsewhere in the crowd the growling chant of "Algerie Francaise" began again, with a redoubled fury. From be hind their carefully mar shalled workmen, several French farm owners, faces contorted with anger broke into the open and rushed to ward the confused melee sur rounding De Gaulle. WITH heart in mouth, one helplessly recalled the extremists' pamphlet of the day before, lauding "The ex ample of Bonnier la Chap- pelle, the assassin of Admi ral Darlan. But De Gaulle had accomplished his purpose. He turned again towards the Ho tel De Ville, still walking slowly and calmly, but now surrounded by many follow ers. One who followed was a stocky farmer shouting curses. Suddenly a young colonel, one of the many army officers may agree with the basic aim of controlling communism in this country, one has the right -indeed the obligation - to judge the means by which this is done, and to offer hon est criticism when necessary. A communist inspired at tack against something does not make that something au tomatically defensible - that would be too easy for the communists. If Abraham Lincoln said that this country would be taken from within, rather than from without, I do not think he meant that the en emy was that vile beast-"the other," the deliberate traitor, the fanatic spy. I think he meant the greed, pride, fear- the blind passions-that are in all men. I think he meant the enemy within us, not among us. Betty House Box 722 Medford ports that Red China soon might become a nuclear power. As in September 1949, when Russia exploded its first atomic bomb and upset the world balance of power, it is inevitable in the present court of events that Red China must also possess the atomic bomb. By accident or design, Red delegates to Moscow's recent- with little sympathy for De Gaulle's Algerian gamble, had had enough of this. Moved, one supposed, by simple admi ration for an act of nanea courage, the colonel rounded on the cursing farmer and roared at him, "Vive De Gaulle!" Whereat the man fell back, comically abashed, as De Gaulle once more en tered the Hotel De Ville. This sequence of events, with its drama and its tension which no description can con vey, occupied hardly more than ten minutes altogether. Yet it told more about De Gaulle's Algerian journey, I think, than all the generous, nobly phrased yet sternly resolute speeches he has been making along the way. THOSE ten minutes at Ain Temouchent told, first of all, everything one needed to know about the venom of the opposition which De Gaulle must overcome in this unhap py Algeria. One - may be shocked by this opposition's open appeals illegality.. One may deplore its irrationality, its rejection of all political realism. But one must sym pathize, none the less, with these French men and women oi Algeria who believe their whole deep rooted way of life is now at stake. De Gaulle's own sympathy is plain, in everything he does. What else, meanwhile, was told by those ten minutes in the square? Above all, I be lieve, they told why De Gaulle can hope to win his great gamble in Algeria, de spite the heavy odds against him. Living through " those ten minutes, one felt at every instant, with incomparable in tensity, the majestic power of De Gaulle s matchless cour age combined with the special human grandeur that is his alone. That statement is not senti mental mush, either. What De Gaulle did at Ain Temou chent was a gesture, you may say, but it was a gesture with easily observable and far reaching practical effects. The gesture told the opposi tion that this man would not be frightened or turned aside from his purpose. You could see it on their faces. Of them, De Gaulle said wearily, later on: "There were some who cried out-which is useless!" PERHAPS more important A still, this ffpsture sonke volumes to those who must work with De Gaulle to real ize his great gamble. That young colonel, with his sud den access of enthusiasm for a brave leader, surely had his own special significance, in this situation in which the French army is the finally controlling factor. And surely there, was sig nificance too, in the visible emotions of the men of far higher rank, who first pro tested and then followed De Gaulle towards the crowd. Among these principal hu man instruments of De Gaulle's policy, after all there have been natural doubts about his gamble. Their increase of resolve. their strengthened confidence in De Gaulle's leadership, were all visible and tangible. One of them, the able and wise Minister for Algeria Louis Joxe, put the point sharply and well when he re marked: "Courage becomes easy when one is with De Gaulle." (c) 1960, New York Herald Tribune Inc. Try and -By BENNETT CERF- A ZEALOUS FATHER sneaked into his darkened parlor i- late one night and found his daughter locked tight in the arms of an unknown suitor. The suitor jumped up and siammerea, "were not making love, sir. I'm. an actor studying the Meth od, and I'm just showing your daughter how we portray the role of Romeo." "An actor, hey!" roar ed the father. "Well, I'll give you exactly eight seconds to get out of this house before my foot lights." The late Meyer Bereer discovered a businessman long-time typist. He squared account by sending out the messy ,1 !'? ?.1rd,n h" dMlt ,0r "P111""' rubb -tamping oTtna ly concluded Communist sum mit conference returned home and allowed to leak concern similar to that expressed in Washington. They were, they said, shocked by Red China's disre gard for human life. They said the Red Chinese delegate had accused Premier Nikita Khrushchev of "cow ardice" in pressing his coexis tence theme. Soviets Pull Back There were reports that Khrushchev had decided to lend Red China no further help in its atomic research program. These Communist reports could be part of a new pro paganda scheme designed to frighten the West into a nasty Uiiurmament or nuclear test ban agreement ji ithout prop er safeguards, as Khrushchev has to repeatedly demanded. But propaganda or not, the West has reason 1o know of Red China's aggrcsii-.e intent by Red China's own an nouncements. As Prime Minister Nehru told the United Nations: Time is running out. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Economic note: A Washington dispatch this morning reports that SAV INGS are booming in tha U.S.A. It adds: Government statistics show Americans have saved up at the present time a total of 307 BILLION dollars-a new record. The report adds that in July, August and September, summer months when people usually spend heavily on va cations, the saving total rose by 4.3 billion dollars. IS THAT good? rtr ic it had? (When people save up more, they are usually inclined to SPEND LESS. When peopla are spending freely, business is apt to be active. When they are spending less and saving more, business tends to slow down.) WELL ... At the present moment in history, it is pretty hard for conservative thinkers to be lieve that -a rising level of thrift will do the economy of the United States of America any damage. pVDR example: " At the end of 1959, just a year ago, net PUBLIC debl, including federal and state ob ligations, amounted to 299 billion dollars. That just about balances the 307 billion dollars in savings the people now hae. At the end of 1959 (the lat est date at which the figures are available as this is writ ten) total net PRIVATE debt, including corporate, farm, housing, commercial and con sumer obligations, reached a total of 547 billion dollars. Adding the net public debt to the net private debt gives us a total of 846 billions-or nearly a trillion dollars. rPHE moral? It seems to be this: A little more saving up will do us no harm. QN THE lighter side: Mr. Kennedy's tailor con fides to the Washington re porters this morning that ho has fitted the President-elect for an Oxford gray lambswool cutaway coat, light pearl gray vest, medium gray worsted trousers with a faint stripe, and a white semi-dress shirt kwith French cuffs. This for his inauguration suit. The tailor adds: Mr. Kennedy will wear a high silk hat. (Ike, it will be remembered, wore a Homburg.) TTMMMMMMMMM. " Mr. Kennedy seldom a hat at all. The real break with tradi tion would have come if ho had been inaugurated BARE HEADED. Stop Me H. Hodges.