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TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1961 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON l(EDF0AD4&&TltIBimi "Kveryoiw in Southern Oregon foollshed Dally except Saturday by 33 North Fir St. Ph SP1-8M1, ROBERT W RUHL. "Sdltor HERB GREY AUrei'Udnl Manner UKRA1JJ T L.ATUAaa mia. mgr. KR1C W A1XKN JR. Mng Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN, Teleg. Editor KiruAim jv.wftt Snorts Editor OLIVE ST ARCHER, Women'a Editor PAU HUCKSUH, urcuiaupn mgr M uracpeiiucui. ..cvojuww. ntered aa aecond class matter at . Medford. Oreran. under Act of March 3. 1397 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Br Mall In Advance, Copy too Dally and Sunday I year 115.00 Dally and Sunday 8 tnoa. 8.00 Dally and Sunday 3 mos. 3a Sunday Only Ona year 30 By Carrier In Advance Medford Ashland. Central Point Eaf l Point, Jacksonville. Gold Hill Phoenix, Shady Cove, Rogue rar er. Talent and on motor routea Dally and Sunday 1 rear 318 00 Dallv and Sunday 1 mo 1-50 Carrier and Dealara copy too All Twma r'oah In AftvanBI, "Official Paeer of City oflWedfofH Official Paper of Jackaon onntT United Press "International Full Leased Wire qj.1. Telephoto Kewsplcturaa ""MEMBER OF AUDIT BIJREAfl- OF CIRCULATIONS JCdvertlsiniReprescntoUve: WEST HOLIDAY CO.. INC Of fices in new i y",v,,1' : trolt, San Francisco. Loa Angeles. lanta Vancouver. BX NEWSPAPf R fUSUJHERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the file of The Mall Trib-jro 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO . Jan. 3. 19S1 (Wednesday) A new two-year contract went into effect Mqnaay giv ing carpenters In gouthern Oregon a 15-cent hourly wage increase. 1 The Medford city council last night called for bids on the proposed fire department substation at Eighth and Lin coln streets. 20 YEARS AGO Jan. 3, 1941 (Friday) The first major municipal business to come before the city in 1041 Is the Medford airport improvement bond is sue of 160,000 on which the citizens will vote Jan. 17, at a special election. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Herr Hitler of Germany hits calm ed down a bit, and denies any intentions of conquering the world, at least, as first prom ised, with one hand tied be- hind his back." 30 YEARS AGO Jan. 3. 1931 (Saturday) J. Russel Cunningham, a flyer believed downed in the Rogue Valley area, was lo cated yesterday In Lane coun ty apparently uninjured after crash-landing his plane near Oakridge. The Oregon State Grange convention will b held in Medford this June. 40 YEARS AGO Jan. 3, 1921. (Sunday) Fire of unknown origin did an estimated $23,000 .in dam age to the basement of the Liberty building last night, Albert Burch of San Fran cisco, one of the nation's lead ing mining engineers, has pur chased fruit orchard on Ross lane. 50 YEARS AGO Jan. 3, 1911 (Tuesday) Fletcher Fish, assistant man ager of the Natatorium, suf fered a broken leg in a skating incident at the Nat yesterday, A man wanted In Ashland for cashing 12 worthless rhrvk-a was arrested In Port land yesterday and will be returned to Ashland next week. What's Your I.Q.? Nina ar tan correct Is superior; seven ei eight Is eacellenti Nva'ir ill Is good. 1. Which state of the Union is nicknamed "Sooner State"? 2. Who was the Roman gov ernor who condemned Christ to death on the Cross? 3. On what date do the swallows fly back to Ciipls trano, according to legend? 4. Correct the following sen tence, "He cannot go abroad without he gets permission from the State Department." 5. Which cabinet post did Senator Kennedy keep in the family? 6. Of which African coun try It Cairo capital? 7. Name the Soviet ambas sador to the United States. 8. Is an amulet something to eat, ride, or wear? S. Three men served as sec retary of state In the cabinet of Woodrow Wilson; two of them were William Jenning Bryan and Robert Lansing. Who was the third? 10. Does the moon always remain at the same distance from the earth? Answersi 1, Oklahoma. 2. Pontius Pilate. 3, March 19. 4, "Ha cannot go abroad un less . . ." i. Attorney general. 6. Egypt. 7. Mikhail Menshi kor I. Wear. 9.. Balnbrldge Colby. 10. No. Letter From Japan Several times each year this newspaper re ceives a letter from a Japanese boy or girl in search of a pen-pal. Other newspapers also receive such letters, and there apparently is an organization in Japan which makes the names and addresses of Amer ican newspapers available to young people for this very purpose. Occasionally the letters include pictures. And most of them are similar, presumably following an outline provided bv theorganization. MOT long ago we received a letter from a Jap- anese boy which varied from the usual pat tern, in that it was much longer, went into more detail, and gave some comments on his own views and on life in Japan. Portions of his letter follow : Dear Sir: If you can spare a little of your precious time I would be appreciated It very much. I am a Japanese 18-year-old boy, who has been re deemed by Christianity. I'm glad to have been born in this twenty century when all the nations in the world are aiming at the permanent peace. I hope that there will be no disputes or controversies as to ideolo gies, and they will be replaced by happiness or pros perity of mankind. The new-world must come from Father's Love, and obey the five Principles of Peace. But, at present, the world seems to be on the boun dary of life and death. If a nation chooses one way only for the selfish happiness of the people, the nation will b.e destined to destruction. The world has been devastated and hag not been always in love and good will. Wa have been in tragedy, repeating the same crimes by war and sometimes by ill government. War Is the most sinful act and brings nothing but the enor mous victims, and only destroys every prosperity or happiness on earth. Now, we have much knowledge our forefathers have never had, and we are making great progress in our cultural science day by day. Our hearts, however, are never satisfied, for we live in (he world of peril and anxiety. Then how can we escape from this vacancy? Where can we find true joy in life? There is no way better than to believe God. The only person that en dows us with the power to omit the uneasy mind and to live in the peaceful mind is God. We can be saved only by Christ, I'm scire. Therefore, I am very happy to have been redeemed by Our Father , . . Japan is the only nation that has experienced the dreadful and destructive Atomic Bomb. We wish earn estly America, also Russia, to recognize that the best : way to build up the world of peace Is not by the war, but by the mutual understanding and negotiation. On the 5th of August, Hiroshima burned to ashes in an instant, and the same destruction attacked Naga saki. We must never repeat such a miserable war. I'm sure I've duty to cry it out for the world, since I experienced the horrible Atomic Bomb at Hiroshima. Happily I'm quite fine now, but as my dearest friends and teachers happened to be In the site of the bomb blast, they had to fall victims of it. The horrid sight will never disappear from me even a single moment. But now I don't deplore the blast, because I think that our victims must be a precious medicine to make the world cure for human killing disease. My scar In my mind will not be effaced, and it will give me even any pains all the time. On account of the Atomic Bomb, many died or many more wounded without any hope of recovery. "Don't repeat such non-human affair!" "No mora Hiroshlmal" we cry with all our hearts. But now I 'have neither hatred nor any grudge. I was saved. Christ has shown himself and has guided me. I hope that people will try to build up a world nation, led by the United Nations. It is the great responsibility of Christians to bring it fortfl, I think. Well, last of all I want to tell you about several social problems we are confronting. Since last war, we have endeavored ourselves to reconstruct a demo cratic nation, In Japan, however, there still remain lots of traces of feudalism, which has taken root in , Japan for a long time, ahd they torment many farmers, laborers and students, etc. For the past five years I've been discussing the problem with my fellow stu dents at school as well as at church. Besides, I have often taken part in the democratic movements, I conclude that democray has been constructing in our country, not rapidly but very gradually. I'm sure the democratic nations should be founded on the truth of Christianity. But, to my regret, our country is in experienced In Christianity and also in democracy. I've long been Interested in the political, economic and social systems of your country, We all recognize that your country ranks the top of the most civilized and modernized nations, and has the highest culture. In any period, especially in such a confused time as today, the salvation of God and the pity for Jesus Christ are indespenslble for us . . . Therefore, I should like' to go to your country In order to study Christianity, highest culture and dem ocracy. But I have no helpers, sponsors or patrons in your country. I expect you will or could find such a person for me. As one of the representatives of Japanese tormented people,, I'll get over any diffi culty or hardships and do my best for the true peace or happiness of human beings. I hope you may pray for me and victims of my fel low people. I'm sure that God will help me and guide me to work for the people. . . With my best regards, Yours sincerely, Yoshlteru Ito 21 Kanda Konya-Cho Chlyoda-Ku Tokyo, Japan. IT MAY be that some of our readers would wish .to write this boy, and it might even be that a sponsor or patron will come to his aid. We have no way of knowing ho'w sincere he is in his letter, or in his stated desire to come to this country to study "Christianity, culture and democracy," but believe that his letter is of suf ficient interest to warrant printing. And we certainly agree that only through an increase in mutual understanding among the peo ples of the world can we hope for a peace which will be anything more than an Absence qf afined conmci. a. a. "... Thp Into Sonofrir MpPnpthv'a lom'nna w w asxw vw V1IHVUI lUWWl V'l O fV'gaVISSU TTinv rhllpUlo thiVMirrl. tVihii auhnnono of ta knowledge that they have indeed brainwashed a segment of the public into accepting without question the double-think tenets that freedom may be achieved only through suppression, that security may be found only by Instilling fea?, that accusation is equal to conviction, that criti cism is eOUal to Sllhvprsinn tVinTr fYonrlnm nf thought should exist only ciaeu, wai n, may oe manuapied only by punish ing certain peopie ior tneir Deii&ts, and that name-calling is equivalent to proof . . ." (From a letter appearing In the Eugene Register- Guard.) qq so long as it isanot exerJ Dennis the Menace A JET IS JUST LIKE A REGULAR AIRPLANE, ONLY yA GOTTA RUM FASTER '" Communications Letters fo the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or iniial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensaton. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words .The letters printed in his column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the contrary is often the case. Bars and Benches To the Edit: I wonder just how many people stood on the sidewalk waiting for the city bus, and wishing there was a bench by each bus stop ,so they wouldn't have to stand? I bet there were plenty wishing it. I, for one, was wishing that while standing on the sidewalk with my little daughter the other evening, on Iowa st, in Ashlaad. "Mommie, why isn't there a bench hee for us to sit on while we are waiting for the bus to take us. back to Med ford?" "I don't know why," I answered her, "maybe the city councilmen can answer your question. ' "When we were in Portland we didn't have to stand up and wait like this," said Shir ley. "No," I replied, "but may be the Medford city council men will let the Crater Lions install benches on the streets so a lot of these city bus pas sengers can have a place to sit and Test while waiting for the bus. I imagine these benches would have been a God-send during the Christ mas holiday rush." I heard that advertisements would not be allowed on the benches If they (city council- men) gave their permission, so if this is true, why if s the sillies thing I eVer heard of. The big cities allow it, why can't the city of Medford? It also would be good for the ad vertisers. What harm is there in painting an advertisement on these benches? I have heard more than one person make the remark that a bench would be a wel come sight. One mother I know in Ashland said, "I would ride the city bus more often but have you ever tried to hold a small baby in your arms and two" small tots stand ing by your side while wait ing for a bus? It's a shame we can't have benches at all bus stops." I also heard another per son say, "The city is afraid it will ruin the looks of Med ford." Pray tell me, did you ever try walking down Front st. without bumping into a drunken sot? Wouldn't you say that is really what ruins the "looks of Medford"? And yet benches cannot be used for bus passengers especially mothers with tiny tots, elder ly1 people who welcome the sight of a bench, also many others too numerous to men tion. Benches are far more im portant than bars on Front st. Mrs. Mary Jones 428 North Holly st. Medford O Kindergarten Lack To the Editor: I have found a areai'old in tne mcaiorn school system-tlftt of the non existence of public school kin dergarten, Surely a school system which rates Itself as one of the best In the state hasn't failed to overlook this important phase of educa tion. Kindergarten should Q)e a place where children achieve readiness for the first grade, u,.11 tha .nanlne (Trade. This readiness is obtained through creative self-expres-sionexperimentatlon and dis covery, and directed experi ences. Children gain knowl edge and incentive at the kindergarten age level by do ing things themselves, more than from words. Activities such as listening and telling, making rhymes, taking sci ence and social studies excurs- lons, and participating inQ:r since their nWest. rhythms and music, make children "ready" fur first grade experiences where they actually learn to read, write and work with numbers, In short, kindergarten Is a place where children learn to develop their social, mental, r-j and expressive powers before they begin formal instruction in the elementary school. Here, then, is the void. Of course, there are private kindergartens in this city but they are not bound to follow any specific curriculum that complements and prepares for the curriculum of the first grade, and the teachers are not required to have special ized training. Also, they are rpt accessible to every child of kindergarten age. I think it is time that we looked more closely at the kindergarten situation as it presently exists. If Medford does not already know what benefits a public school kin dergarten afford, we should take a look at other cities and states, such as Eugene, Port land, California, Missouri, Vermont, Connecticut, Indi ana, New York and others which have active, successful public school kindergartens as part of their public school systems. Since those persons concerned with the education of young chfldren are the guardians of future genera tions, it is their responsibility to see that the children have the opportunity to build for themselves a strong founda tion, and the kindergarten is a part of this foundation. As a teacher who spent her college years in the special ized field of kindergarten edu cation, I hope to see change in Medford, with the lncsrpor ation of public school kinder gartens. M. S. (Name on File) Mfed-ford Orienta-1 Sold? To the Editor: Peiahaps one of the earliest historical rec ords declaring the merits of gold is to be found In the first books of Moses, commpn-ly called Genesis, Chapter 2 vers 10-11, and 12. Seems as thoug.h most of the oriental sewrces of the rare metal were prinelpa-lNy used only for the purpose ef making of objects of idol wor ship, beginning with Misses' brother Aaron, That there is a vast field of hidden treas ure in gold remaining In Asia is told by missionaries in the far off cornel's of the ear today. Wo; read an item from far away land of Kslyma area in northern Siberia by chief Soviet geolaglst IsTael E. Drabkin: "The cream still hasn't been skimmed off the placers. And annually new fields are beinu discovered. Seems as though there is no shortage of mines Ig the KoljP ma coniusj'm. The above news ram ap peared in a Ne York week ly newspaper of Dec. 10, 1A60. This reminds one of the power ot the sleeping giant that was written jbout the orient some 60 years ago. O Bert KissingerQ 520 Boardmnn st. Medford AP Manager Held By Cuban Police Havana-fUPfr-George Kauff man, the Associated Press's resident manager here and his wife, Marji have been held since Sattnday at Dler (secret police) 't?adquarters here "for Investigation." No charges are known to have been filed against the couple. Although relatives have been allowed visit the Kauffman's. they hrwe not been allowed tojpe onVanoth- NBC Caribbean correspond ent Wilson Hall was nicked up at the aiQort here laW week and held without chnrgifc? 0or several days, apparently ueitiuse lie iihu iHKen piciuri'V of Castrolte milltlawomen on police duty. o Belgian Strike Threatens Very Of Political Organization if Successful BY RICHARD SPONG Washington, D.C. The in terest of the outside world in the political strike in Belgium has been well put by the con servative British journal, the Yorkshire Post: "All friends of Belgium and indeed, all who care for the retention of political sta bility in Western Europe will earnestly hope that the path ot conciliation will be chosen; because If it is not, the results inside and out side Belgium could be very unpleasant." Belgium's trouble began with Independence for the sa O . . roreiqn news ugsk: mr. 5 Visit; Cuban Attacks By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst From the foreign news cables: New York Guest London diplomats are pre dicting that Soviet Premier Khrushchev will turn up in re w York again early in m the new year, possibly i n the last half of March. They s ay Khru shchev wants a meet i n g with President- Newsam " eiect jonn i . Kennedy and may attempt to maneuver it thijpugh the United Nations. Western dip lomats have the impression that Khrushchev It not count ing on a summit meeting be- si. m Washington Report By WILLIAM HAST SLOWLY Washington IUBI) - The in coming Kennedy administra tion is deliberately discourag ing, bot-h here and abroad, all those easy optimists who still expect some (quick and 'dramaWa push I by the new United States govennment to to ease the Mold war. ! Though 1 1 I may not be ftoo sheeny w.mta " ' tact to fling into the faee of the hopeful new year, the oniy reaHst-le vw of t'he business' is this: We, and the west in genenal, face a fairly pr.ol'onged per-iod of what may seem to be Ame&iaan in aoti'on while the new administration takes sa.r.efa'l stoak- of the would po sition and ma'k.es' it own dis-posiWens-. I-t is a fata estimate ttia't In not shout oS si m'on-frhs w.i'1'1 the United States-be ready t move tawand any fundamen- taw-y fnesh stoofce in the long. icy impasse wih the SSwiet blse. And lit pr.sbafe'Vy wftl be a-s even longer tie before the new nresid&t w prepared to conieraiprafe . a-ny-thlng s o grand as a summit confer ence wH'h N'Moi-ta Khrushchev of the Swie.t Union-if, in deeel, le ever is se pnepaned. IWH-S glacier called Vhe cold war was a lone time abftilding; it will not be melt ed in any sudden and miracu lous way-if at all. These gloomy but nonthe less nlain facts of live fire feeing, slowly and cayretwlly pressed upon the American and alhecf peoples by Mr. Kennedy and his princigtl advisers. Publicly, the cue is being given by such incidents as the Kennedy plan to have a roving ambassrflor moving about the world. The purpose here is cer tainly not to create some free wheeling super-negotiator tar rying the White House in his dispatch case. It is the re verse-to return to a tradi tional diplomacy (?hich will tend to keep the president and secrettary of state at home while strictly subordin ate agents represent them jibroad. The way the Mnd is blow ing is being privately indicat ed to allied diplomats. They are being cautionedryiot to as sume early top-level meetings between, for Illustration, the new president and Prime Min ister Harold Macmlllan of Bmaln. q o rTlHE whole emphasis here, - in the beginning months of the Kennedy administra tion at least, will be on mak ing haste very slcft. sgiwn graded will be air heads-of-state diplomacy-all e trap pings of summitry. Upgraded will be the old, slogging, foot- soldier kind of professional diplomacy; iPand when we go to another summit we will go only with vast prior prepartQ jyrn. . All this is in the cariSnot simply becauA Mr. Kennedy and Dean Rusk, the Incoming bflrVtMKN Congo. Aside from the un pleasantness in Africa, there was a consonant heavy loss of revenue that- put the na tion $320 million in debt. So the Social Christian-Liberal government of Premier Gas ton. Eyskens is proposing an omnibus law which, among other things, would cut back Belgium's welfare state spend ing by some $200 million. This naturally aroused the Social ists, who are behind the walk outs and riots. 0 Internal Stresses In a large sense, the strike reflects Belgium's deep in ternal fissures. While the Bsstv I fore summer but wants to see Kennedy first. O Tread Softly Western diplomats also pre dict that Russia is likely to try to persuade Fidel Castro to moderate his attacks on the United States in coming weeks. The Russians do not want Castro to change bis anti-American tune but neith er do they want to be em barrassed by Cuba at a time when they are preparing the ground for a renewal of con tacts wltji the JJnited States. These same reasons also ap ply to Berlin where the Soviets are not expected to precipitate any new crisis at least until spring or summer. Red Baiter Look for the Russians to launch another bitter attack against a rearmed West Ger- S. WHITE secretary of state, both take a pretty dim view of summit ry as such. There are other highly significant facts. A whole new set of hands is coming ainto power here and in common prudence it will take seme time to learn iWfe ropes. This whole new sets of hands must then learn really to know and to k-now how to nerate smoathly with the old sets ef hands in foreign gov ennments. These latter - in Britain, in Fraraee, in Italy, and so on-fov eight years ha-ve been accustomed to dealing w.ith entirely another American set, that made up ef the Eisenhower people. ' fcR. KE-NN'EDY'S election ivl victory was by no means unpopular abroad. But the human fact remains that a certain sense ef d-islocation, of havteig to start all over again w.H'h new men and new faces- on one side, is now felt on both shores of the At lantic In a word, t'he new fellows here must first lea-rn really to negotiate w-lth old allies be fore these can be much sense in our trying te negotiate all together with an old antagon ist, the Russian antagonist. And, fina-lly, M-r. Kennedy intends to bring congress into the closest actual partnership in foreign al-fairs it has ever known. This, too, will require some work before White House and congress are drawn up into proBe-r position to gether to conf-peni the world and the future. (Copyright, 1961, by United Feature SyneKosite, Inc.) SS,ESTION FOR' NIJC'Q-N Washington -UIPU- Washing ton Post Times Herald colum nist BilC Gold day reported a reader's suggestions that Vice president Richard M. Nixon open a law firm with former President 1uman?lnd former Nev?Yo!k Gov. Thorn as E. Dewey. The firm would be called, "Tom, Dick ttsai Harry." Tr oofidll o A. FUTURE CANDIDATES for office should bear in IW this reminiscence of Senator Karl IKndt, of South Dakota: "I once was tolcvat a rally that my allotted time to speak was" exactly five minutes. I bepjyt, 'If 1 speak more than, five minute, I hope you will vote for my opponent and that headU win the elec tion.' IWcVand they did, and he did." "Every clean-cut Ameri can girl" maintains Mile h Miller, "plant some daUio be a model wife to soma man If he'll only stop counting his millions long enough to ask her." e EpltaphCor a philanthropist; "He gavo to thlt, h'(r.v to that, He headed all alarms. Then one fine day he got fed up And said, 'Farewell to alms." " Cues, t Buattt Cart. BUtrlbuUd by Kini natural Sjnllaate country has been rent from the North Sea to the Arden nes, the heart of the move ment is in the volatile, French - speaking Walloon provinces in , the south and east. Notably more stable have been the stolid Flemish prov inces in the north and west. The political divergence is similar; the Socialists (anti Communist) are strong in the French sectors, and the Social Christians (Catholic), akin to Christian Democrats else where in Western Europe, claim the north. Leading the strike movement is the So cialist General Federation of Estipgo many jj, as now seems likely, Lt. Gen. Friedrich Foertsch is named the new inspector general of the West German armed forces. Foertsch has been deputy chief of staff for plans and policy, SHAPE, Paris, sigce last January The Russians once sentencer? him to 25 years in prison as a war criminal but released him in 1955 after Chancellor Konrad Adenauer went to Moscow and entered diplomatic rela tions with the Soviets. Three months after his repatriation, Foertsch was bacl In the armed forces as a major gen eral. At the Conference Table In Paris, it is predicted that President De Gaulle early this year will make a determined move for a resumption of ne gotiations with Algerian rebel FLN leaders which were broken off last June. Those close to the French president say De Gaulle might even seek a personal meeting with rebel premier Ferhat Abbas. The meeting could be held regardless of how the Jan. 8 referendum on Algerian inde pendence comes out. Exercis NATO officers are busily preparing for exercise "Win tershield" in which 60,00tl troops. Will participate begin ning Feb. 2. Emphasis is be ing placed on prevention of accidents such as killed eight persons last year. Capitol Buildings Dismay Writer In Area of Pocketbook By DICK WEST Washington - (OPD - Each year before the opening of a new session of Congress I make a tour of the legisla tive premises to see what our lawmak ers are doing to make them- selves com fortable. This, of course, Is hard on the feet, but that is not where I. feel the greatest pain. As a tax payer in good standing with the Internal Revenue service, I suffer more than seizures of the wallet. Oifly the good lord and Cap itol Architect J. George Stew art know how much has been spent in the past few years to maka the halls of Congress more habitable. Since I don't have an adding machine han dy, I wouldn't even aiemnt an estimate. But you cb sorae idea of the cost from the notes I took is I was meandering about the complex of build ings that stretch from the new Senate office building in the nortkoast corner of CRj4tol mil t tke w House ef'Mce building in the soKtkwRHt ner. anew ay SsurMttiaft Oram The first stoa cm My Helir Stop Mq I PI 3 YOU'RE AluOWEp) M laxACTi-y Fivsr-'-v, Stability Workers, which has about! 700,000 members. The Cath olic trade unions, with 800,- 000 members, so far have gen erally held aloof. The important thing to pointS out about the Belgium strike movement is that it is a polit ical tactic. It has nothing to do with a labor-management dis pute, but is aimed at Eyskens new austerity program. Now the cry, "general strike" is being heard in the" streets of Brussels and LiegaO and Charlerol. And the mem ory of another paralyzing strike the great British gen- eral strike of 1926 inevitably is recalled. , Recaps British Strike That one developed from a, miners' walk-out. Wages In,: coal were being kept up by a1 government subsidy, which, was due to expire on April 30, 1926. When coal operators' announced lower wage scales,; the miners shouted, "Lock out," and quit work. Thai Trades Union Congress called a "national" strike. Hie government at once de; clared a state of emergency?! It appealed for volunteers to) keep essential services going, Thus, even without regular! employee:!) railroads . gwerei O soon operating several thousi, and trains a day. : The 1926 strike was called off May 12. Slier morethari seven months of negotiations; the coal strike came to ari official end on Nov. 19, with, complete surrender of tha mine unions, Labor Lost British labor lost morel than a strike in 1926. Tha: Conservative Party availed iif: self of the state of public;'' Opinion and the exhaustion of the trades urJions to push tjjrough Commons the Trades! Dispute and Trades-Union Act of 1927. I This measure, extremely un popular with the unions, has? nevertheless been allowed to; stand in its major provisions by successive Labor govern ments. It outlaws sympathy! strikes, political strikes,, andj most forms of picketing. But no such reprisal is like-j ly in Belgium once this strike! Is reconciled, The Belgium ofj 1960-61, for all its Flemish1 respectablity, is well to the left of the Great Britain ot 1927. was the Senate gymnasium. Like the war room at the Pentagon, the gym operates in an aura of secrecy, so I naturally couldn't get in. However, word has leaked! out that our senators are en-! larg-ing their indoor swim! ming pool. The pool itself, f trust, will be leakproof. Last year at this time, there was a gaping hole where tha Senate steps used to be. Thai steps have now been rebuilt and under them, nearing com; pletion, is a new milliorv terminal for the Senate's branch line subway. ',; The terminal is not as big as Grand Central station but . it will be equally commodious. There will be an escalator for senators who are too tired to walk 10 feet to the eleva tor. The terminal also will have telephones, rest rooms and a maintenance shop. : Garage Still a Gleam ! Eventually, the terminal will connect with a huge un de;jround parking garage be neath the Capitol plaza. Qut . for the moment the garage is still only a gleai in Stewart's eye. jf Above the pfcza, carpe'nters are hammering to completion the nl-a-tf-orrcK and stands whl-era will be used on Jani 2' lor President-elect John Flj-: Ke.sty's JVffl8uration. Tha bill for this cottatruttlon wilt totta". ttbot $1SO,09. As sov o e Kaaweity Is sworn ix, it till fV. lee r !. I Wj cr",c.y will talae a 'MM-1 Wuears t!a (t fcMMt cat task CfaaiM, vtok sttceatl'i Q Wat ttetilt siX :. c it a cost at! erouwt r4e Million.) Barring the ujict!, it will rctaa.l t)ert ir tit inauguration. Q j pMctt-bMk Trwkes"is I The only other major con- gresslonal projecLnovj-Ainder! way is the third TousHoffice'' building, which is still a cou pie of years from completion.5? ( I have had trouble keeping track of how much this bulld ing wlllfost. At last report, - slOff million. I ended m:Qtour at this spot without going by the two additional blocks that Con gress ifcbuying for further expansion. I wasryfraid that if I went any farmer I might have an attack ot pocketbook thrombosis. 4 FOR TAXPAYERS ... Mesilte, Tex. -flIPD A sign at a parking zone outside the Internal Revenue Service of-i lice; "Reserved for taxpayers' . , . unloading." f 0 1
