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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
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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
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