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WEDNESDAY, . ItEDFOROvKiTRIBUNC i "Everyone in SouUiern oreioo Reads Th Mill Tribune" Published Dally except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO 33 North JPlJ 61. Pk 8P 2-8141 "ROBERT W RUHL. Editor HERB GREY Advel-Uslnl Manlier GERALD T LATHAM Bui Mn. ERIC W ALLEN JR.. Mnl Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Edit?' HARRY CHIPMArJ. Telej .Editor RICHARD JEWETT Sport; Editor OLIVE STARCHER Women'e Ed.tor DALE EmcKSONJ-Mrculatlon Mgr An independent Newspaper Entered aa .econd elasa matter at Medford. Oregon under Act of March 3. 188T SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mall - In Advance. Copy 10c Dally and Sunday 1 yei IIS or Dally and Sunday mot BJjfl Dally and Sunday 3 moa Sunday Only One vear M 20 By Carrier In Advance Med'ord 'Ashland Central Point E a I e Point. Jacksonville Gold Hill Phoenix Shady Cove. Roajue Rv er Talent and on motor routes Dally and Sunday J vear 1J no Da'.ly and Sunday 1 mo I SO Carrier and Dealers - copy 'Oe All Terms Caah lnAdvanca "0HaT"Paper of City of Medford Official Papar of Jackson Conntv " United Press Internationa) Full Leased Wire U P ! TelephotoJ."ewsctures "TmWRAOTIT BUREAlT OF CIRCULATIONg XTverHsW'RepreWnUMve: WEST HOLIDAY CC-. INC Of fices In New York. Chlcaito De. trolt, San Francisco. Lot Anejeles. SeatUe. Portland St. Louis At lanta Vancouver BO NEWSPAPIK PUttlSHERS i ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL '7 iinniU'll'lTa Righto' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of Th Mall Tribune- 10. 20, 3040 and 50 veart ago. . 10 YEARS AGO Jan. 4, 1951 (Thursday) City councilmen at a noon meeting today . rejected all three bids for purchase of $118,000 worth ot bonds for storm sewer construction and voted to readvcrtlse the bonds. A total of 550 students, one more than last year, reg istered for classes at South ern Oregon college Tuesday. 20 YEARS AGO Jan. 4, 1941 (Saturday) A final second "lay-in" shot by Bill Thorndike, tall for ward, gave Medford high school a 39 to 38 victory over a strong North Bend basket ball squad last night. From Arthur Perry'i "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Hog killing is the order of the day in the rural areas, and the dying squeal of the doom ed swine echoes sharp and clear through th foothills." 30 YEARS AGO Jan. 4, 1931 (Friday) The contract will be let soon for construction of a new high school building on Oak dale ave. 40 YEARS AGO Jan. 4, 1921 (Sunday) Medford Irrigation district bonds have been approved. The first public dance in several years was held in Jacksonville Saturday night. 50 YEARS AGO Jan. 4. 1911 (Wednesday) Construction Is expected to tart soon on the four-story J100.000 Page hotel which will encompass a full one-half city block in downtown Mea ford. More than $500,000 was taken in and expended by the city last year and an un spent balance of $50,000 was left over for mi. What's Your I.Q.? Nina oi fen cornel ii superior; liven 01 eight Is excellent; five w lis ii good 1. What is the chief Indus try in Glasgow, Scotland? 2. What Is the third period of Bible history called? 3. What la a mnemonlst? '' 4. Complete the proverb: "Beauty is but ." 5. The famous Anzlo bench head,, taken by American forces in World War II, is loented on the cast or west const of Italy? 6. Brazil has ten, twenty, thirty or forty states? 7. The character "Sherlock Holmes" was the creation of what writer? 8. Correct the following sentence: "Where shall we go to?" 9. What are fire dogs? 10. Under which depart ment of the U.S. Government does the Secret Service oper ate? Amwerii 1, Shipbuilding. 2. Period of Israelite People. 3. A memory expert. 4. "skin deep." 5. Weal coast. 6. Twen ty, 7. A. Conan Doyle. 8. "Where shall w go?" 9. Andiron. 10. Treasury, PRINTS GREETINGS Moscow -flJPIi- The exchange of New Yenr s greetings be tween Soviet Premier Nlkltn Khrushrhev and U.S. President-elect John F. Kennedy was printed Tuesday In the government news paper Iz- vcstla. The messages were sandwiched between those to and from Yugoslav President Marshall Tito and British Prime Minister Harold Mac- millan, 4 A JANUARY 4. 1961 A Few Little Tasks TTm- fVio rtflm'nninor nf a Mpw YpfllV whfn WfiVe JL Wi lWlv UVglllllKlg VI M 1VI1 -W"-. j " ------ ' - - - supposed to look on things with an optimistic, ',fhP.hpst-is-vpt..tn.f'.nrnp." attitude, the news, for eign and domestic, has been pretty bleak. A morning news broadcast, which coincides untli nni- crmvinrr time tho nthpr mnmino- was ItlUI VM. U.IU T .1' ""'VJ V..V wv-.w. loaded with disaster and threat from Laos, the tjUngO, Algeria, Deigiuin, vuua, riaiitc auu uci- many, to say nothing of overtones from West Berlin, Israel, South Africa, South America, For mosa and schools in the American south. All in all, it was gloomy listening. N A somewhat similar mood, James (Scotty) Reston. the New York Times' chief Washing ton man, the other day wrote of some of his doubts and worries, alone: with a few wry com ments on Americans' reactions to world problems, in the form of an open John F. Kennedy. He admonished the We don't want anv sians. We don't want to fight them of course but we don't want to talk to them either. We want stronger armed forces, as well as disarmament. 0 We must, of course get rid of Fidel Castro "in Cuba. But we must do it without interfering with Cuba's internal affairs. . And obviously we cannot tolerate a Soviet military base on Cuba. But objections cannot be tolerated to U.S. military bases in Turkey, Pak istan, Spain, Morocco, Britain, Germany, France, Formosa, Japan and Korea. . . e MEANWHILE, we must back our western allies France in Algeria, the Dutch in the East Indies, Belgium in the Congo, Portugal in Anerolia and Goa. At Y a j? li maintain our iirm anu earn the trust and friendship of the rising new states of Asia and Africa. The watchword should be, "Back 'the allies,, stamp out colonialism." Economic strength in the tree world is im portant, too. Therefore, we must encourage the strengthening of the "inner six" and "outer seven," but let's have no nonsense about our selves getting involved in such dreamy experiments. In the United Nations, let's get unity: let's make it truly United. All we have to do is get Khrushchev. Hammarskjold, Lumumba, Mobutu, Castro, Batista, Stevenson, Acheson, the Dutch, the Indonesians, the Jews, the Arabs, the French, the Algerians, the East and the West to agree Simple. AND Reston might well have added that we mnat atvonn-fVian l-Vm TTnilorl Nntinns artrl trip world rule of law "without giving up one iota of our own sovereignty. 0 We have to lower interest rates, while at the same time stopping t.e dollar out-flow. We have to protect states' rights arid individ ual rights at the same time; seeing thatNegroes get adequate schooling without the need for forced integration; we must improve education without raising taxes ; raise the standard of living without increasing prices ; protect the lives of air passengers without sacnticing last schedules. And Reston reminded patient people. You will be inaugurated on Jan. 20, Mr. Ken nedy. How about getting care of by, say, Feb. 17 Everyone's Named "George Like it or not, we are ly looks at problems, equivalent of Let George Do It." The only trouble with enough Georges to go around, and even then, the Georges who are available don't always agree about what should be done, or how to do it. And "George," whoever he may be, cannot do anything unless he has a reasonably purposeful and moderately united For this reason, a part of the job of national problem-solving must be done by everyone, as an individual. It is, essentially, a political prob lem, and one of attitude. IN a thoughtful vein, Editor Charles A. Spraglie of the Oregon Statesman in Salem muses on New Years day: "Man must solve his own problem of living with himself and with his neighbor, lie must get a clearer and firmer sense of his own destiny, of his own capa cities, of his own responsibilities. The guilt complex of our Into extravagances in not sufficient for our salvation. We should set higher values and generate more energy for reaching them. "This is not Just a matter of competing with the Communists. It is part of the business of man's grow ing up - developing himself and his society to levels which the discoveries of science help to make pos sible. "This may savor of New Year's Resolutions, which long since became a stale joke. But on this New Year's Duy of iniil. as we face the complexities of the era and feel the high winds of change, it would be well if we, as Americans, did resolve to set ourselves to the task of striving toward higher personal and national goals." DREACH1NG? Yes, sort of. But some "preaching" is needed these days; perhaps more than we've had stomach for in the recent past. During the brief period of recorded history, men have shown that, under certain circum stances, they are capable of order and decency aim responsibility on a social scale. It has now reached a point where order and decency and responsibility, if not extended, could well vanish forever. E.A. letter to President-elect . incoming msment: nonsense with the Rus the same time we must i : .. i t .lit: .1 - coiumai uaiuwun, aim Kennedy that we're a these problems taken E.A. a nation which frequent shrugs, and voices the this is that there aren't country behind him. Dennis the mm 'In come Tex'ooN'T sound right to m. SHOULDN'T VA AV 'IBX" CAME IN'?' 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 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. u Come Out and Play To the Editor: It can be said that all good writing1 is done under stress of emotion, so we opine that E.A. had a com plex in his gizzard that de manded attention when he wrote his editorial on Non conformity. But why should it bob to the surface at'thls time? Is this not the season of Con formity? Is it because there is such a dearth of originality in the Editor's mail at this time? Does he want to encour age some of the dissidents that have been relegated to the doghouse to come out and play? We are reminded of a dog that we know, that when scolded goes off in a corner and pouts until placated with a peace offering, such as a pat on the head and a few kind words. Then the past is entirely forgotten and a new day dawns. People are much like that when coaxed, except the extremely sensitive ones who often become anti-social, such as many great men and women of history. Some non conformists have been 'burned at the stake or crucified. That is one way to gain immortal ity. We wish to take issue with E.A. on his loose association of nqn-conformists with crim inals." As a rule we will find upon Investigation that there is honor among thieves and gangsters and they are con formists. At the same time a man can subscribe lo con formity and be an enemy to society. So there is no hard and fast rule to judge con formity and non - conformity except by experience, educa tion and conscience. In a so ciety where one man's meat Is another man's poison, con formity plows a very ragged row. Most people are neither conformists nor non-conform-ists-thev are just stupid and ignorant. They conform be cause they know nothing bet ter. They become non-conformists because they have broken with the past for the sake of progress, meal ticket, fame, fortune or just self ex pression. Communists are classed as non-conformists in Capitalist countries, and yet they are conformists In Russia because non - conformity to capitalist idoals Is conformity in Com munist countries. It is con forming to non -conformity that enables (he Russians to set the pace, from sports to Sputniks, while we In Amer ica arc shackled to the past, Mnrk Twain, the most cele brated American writer in Russia, wrote: "The altar jfloth of one generation Is the door mat of the next." Walter Recce Galice rd. Merlin, Ore. Senst of Values To the Editor: In the Jan. 1, 196, issue of the Medford Mall Tribune I read both of me ioiiowmg iicnis: A man was imoci .tuo lorn illegal possession of venison -Another man was fined $5 and given a two year suspended sentence after he pleaded guilty to committing an in decent, obscene and immoral act Involving a 5-ycar-old girl. What is wrong with us? Since when is a deer of more value than a little child If these sex crimes werwas fined five whole dollars. punished by a sentence ai hard labor, or confinement in a state hospital, we probably would have some of these cases attended lo by doctors before they bring harm to In nocent little children. It has to be a mental Illness, but are we expected to excuse that? About half of the Illegal doer hunters got door because they are hungry or have families that are hungry, and wc don't seem to excuse that but give Menace them the limit. What is wrong in a county when a man is fined $305 for illegal posses sion of deer, and another man can commit such a sin against man and God as molesting a tiny child and get off with a $5 fine? God forgive. our way of thinking and doing, and set us straight. Mrs. Portia Struck Box 32 Prospect, Ore. Resolutin' To the Editor: Here we are again, saying 'Same to you all," and I've been thinking on all those resolutions that this ol' gal had such merry times breaking during the past 70-odd winters. What's the use of trying to balance these big feet on a straight and narrow path when they're up an' construc ts a great wide speedway right thro' town? (No, as I mean, not as I say!) I might resolve never to drink or smoke, but I would- n't gain any credit, for I've never had a desire to do eith er. I like people int! general, so 1 would never nun anyone I've fiddled around with the idea 'HI I don't know just what to ' resolute." Guess I'll say to myself "I'm going to economize all through 1961. I'll squeeze every folding bill that has a head pictured on it til his whiskers acquire permanent wave, and I'll jump over the gate to save the wear and tear on the hinges." Oh no, that is no resolution for me; I can't jump any more I just read an ai'iicle on "forgetting." That's where I shine; I've the best forgettery this side of Podunk, but some times it works in cthe wrong places. Jhe marj,! read about had lost his crops to hail, floods and grasshoppers, but he just forgot about it and bravely started over again. (That s what the man said.) The thing I can't forget fs the red face I get when I in troduce Mrs. Jones to Mrs Smith and can't remember which one is which. Now, getting back to "econ omy." One of those women drank several bottles of pop daily. At the end of that month it had cost her twelve dollars and ten cents. Candy and other unnecessary indul genecs also count up. Now is a good time to resolve to be sav ing all the years ahead scJthat when you get to be n hundred you still can be happy. Yep, that's a good resolution. I'll dig it. Pearl Spackman 0 Jacksonville, Ore. He's Please? To the Editor: I am mightily pleased with and proud of your appointment to the Pulit zer Prize board of judges. If tlie others were chosen as cannily, the work is in exceptionally good hands this year Charles T. Duncan Dean School of Journalism University of Oregon Eugene, Orogon o Justice Cruel To the Editor: Just how cruel justice can be. I am re- foring to the male perjpn who was arrested, confessed, and for court costs, after commit ting an indecent, obscene and Immoral act on a five year old little girl. Mothers are told that rape anj indecent acts could be controlled if the parents would report them. Some par ents will refuse because of the bad publicity. But now I am wondering what good it would do to report any act that Is committed? Why go to the bother? I feel that Mothers MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, Diplomatic Break May Bring Stepped-Up Guantanamo Agitation; Latin Lands Edgy By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst A stepped -up propaganda campaign by Fidel Castro and his Communist allies against the United States naval base at Guan tanamo may be one imme diate result of the U.S. break in diplomatic relations with Cuba. The stage for such a Newsom campaign already has been set. It dovetails neatly with Cu ban charges of aggression against the United States and with similar charges brought by the Soviet Union and Red China against the United States in Laos. In global strategy, the Cu ban blow which" finally ex hausted U.S. patience may serve a dual role in Commu nist attempts to kee"p the United States off balance in the period of changing admin istrations and to force an early summit meeting with President-elect John F. Kennedy. However, if Castro also hopes to exploit the break to gain further sympathy among Latin American nations, his chances 'for success appear limited. The United States long ago made it clear it would fight any attempt to seize the 40- square-mile Guantanamo base on Cuba's eastern tip, t)ut events as early as last July 10 foretold moves in that di rection. On July 10, Cuban Presi dent Osvaldo Dorticos de clared the big base belonged to the Cuban people. The United States rejoined promptly on July 11 that it had complied strictly with the Treaty of 1903 and that it could not be changed unilater ally either by the United States or Cuba. But on July 12, SovietoPr mier Nikita S. Khrushchev got into the act with the state ment that the U.S.S.R. would support Cuba in any attempt to oust the U.S. from the base . . . "We consider the Monroe Doctrine has outlived its time . . . has died." a On Nov. 1, President Eisen hower reiterated the U.S. po sition and said: "Because of its importance to the defense of the entire hemisphere, particularly in would get more rosults by going after a male with her finger-nails and any thing else that she could lay her hands on. At least it would give her a little satisfaction that surely this Mother doesn t have. In the same issue of the Mail Tribune I noticed a man had paid over a $300 fine for illegal venison. Pray tell me, what act was the filthest? Which act will intice a per son to break the law? It's pretty bad when the price of food is higher than the life and future of our little girls. I think it is time for the Mothers to demand better pro tection for their children. How about it? Please omit my name and address. I don't want the tele phone calls that some people insist on ringing. (Name on file) Medford. A Suggestion, To the Editor: Scientists are figuring on digging a 15.000 foot deep hole in the bottom of the ocean. I suggest they put a plug in the bottom of the hole. Then, if we have war with Red China, just pull the plug and drown them. Leo J. Townsend Route 1, Box 620 Eagle Point, Ore. Sinistor Forces Indeed! To the Editor: Mr. Henry Johnson Jr. has certainly written a wonderful mess of tripe! (Communication, Dec. 27.) According to Mr. John son we can rest ail the troub les of the world fin those "sinsler forces" that are lead ing us to destruction. The crime rate in our coun try started going up long be fore jazz was played, and to bacco and liquor have been used almost from the begin ning of time. Sinister forces indeed!The only sinister forces Americans need worry about are the ig norant and foolish people. Tom Bortis 621 South Holly st. Mcdord. Newhouse Probe Shifts to Bay Area Portland-tWD - The Investi gation into the Oct. 16 shoot ing of newspaper executive Donald Newhouse has shifted to San Francisco. Detective Floyd Smith said attempts are being made to locate for questioning several men believed to be in the San Francisco area. Newhouse, Oregonian pro duction manager, was wound ed when a shotgun blast was fired through his basement wind OREGON the light of the intimate re lations which now exist be tween the present government of Cuba and the Sino-Soviet block, it is essential that our position in Guantanamo Bay be clearly understood." But despite the bellicose na ture of Communist propagan da, there seems little likeli hood tht Khrushchev wants cold-war issues pushed to the explosion point now, or that he would allow Cuba to do so. ,More likely, it would serve his purpose to stir up world tensions as a better excuse for an early spring meeting of heads of state in the United Nations General Assembly, and a springboard for a meet ing with Kennedy. Overplaying Hand As for reaction among Latin American nations, there has GOP Needs Talents Michelson, By LYLE C. WILSON Washington - IUPI) - What the Republican party seems to need right now is a national c o m m i t tee chairman like the late John J. Raskob and a political gun slinger in the image of old Charley Mich elson. That would be a rare com bination. Ras Horatio Alger Wilson kob was an Matter of Fact v Joseph aisOP THE QUESTION FOR 1961 WaShingto n An awe inspiring question will almost certainly be answered, for good or ill, in 1961. It is the questione i wnemer me r evolutionary , and potential- destructive historic forces of the postwar ere have al ready got c o m p 1 e tely out of hand. Despite the moderate econo mic rocession, the surface of American life is still so se curely comfortable that this will seem a lunatic's question to a great many people. Be sides being a comfortable na tion, moreover, we have been elaborately conditioned for eight years to pay a minimum of attention to such grim warning signals as tlie head lines from Laos. The blunt truth is that the single White House power that Dwight D. Eisenhower has always used to the very utmost is the great presiden tial power to form and mold national opinion. The Presi dent no doubt sincerely be lieves that air problems grow less grave if you just ignore them. Hence he has always used this power to portray a constantly improving world situation, in a period when the world situation has con stantly deteriorated. rpHE very fact that the de tcrioration has been so largely concealed from the eyes of the nation will make President -elect Kennedy's task immeasurably harder. Yet the situation has now reached the crucial stage where the trend must be abruptly halted and reversed, or the whole process will got completely out of hand. The hard facts speak for them selves. The American economy is stagnant. The once almighty dollar is dangerously weak on the world markets. The wea pons balance is in worse shape than the' dollar balance. The arrogant Communist pressure on disordered little Laos threatens to send the whole of Southeast Asia down the drain. Similar pressure in the Congo also threatens new ly liberated Africa. In Latin America, according to the ex perts, at least five more na tions are teetering on the brink of Cuban-style revolu tions. The Western Alliance itself is in grave disarray, as the breakdown of Western unity in Laos has rather glaringly proven. Berlin is threatened, but NATO is unready. And if you take the long view, the ugliest item in the whole ugly list is probably the expected generalization of nuclear striking power. This frightens even Nikita S. Khrushchev. THE great majority of Amer icans who are not unem ployed, may still be comfort able and unconcerned for a little while longer. Laos is far away. The weapons balance is Infinitely complex. The higher calculus is needed to prove the high likelihood of a purely accidental nuclear, holocaust, if the generalization of nu clear striking power is ever permitted. But although hard ly noticed, the gigantic forces of our time will soon enough destroy our comfort and show the folly of our unconcern. i - V ,o- iy Alsop been mounting evidence that Castro has overplayed his hand. Last week end, Peru sever ed relations with Cuba on charges of interference in Peru's internal affairs. In Montevideo, Uruguay, rumors have been circulating of a hemisphere-wide plan to break relations with Castro. There has been no official comment. Uruguay, Argentina, Vene zuela and Panama are among Latin American nations known to be displeased with the Castro regime. However, Argentina is expected to fol low a go-slow policy on any break because of the haven foreign embassies might af ford Cuban refugees. Others Sever Relations In addition to the United In Wilson's View figure of great wealth, a close friend of the Democrat's great Alfred E. Smith. As a friend of Smith, Raskob accepted the Democratic national chair manship to'3 run and help pay for Al Smith's 1928 presi dential campaign. Herbert Hoove overwhelm ed Smith for president. The Republicans all but eliminated the Democratic party in Con gress. Raskob had the money and the courage to attempt to rebuild the party. His first move was to offer Charley Unless thy are controlled. The two dominating forces, furthermore, are very far from easy to control. Some would say they are Impos sible to control. The first force is the rapid advance and progressive dis semination of weapons tech nology. This has produced the problem of the weapons bal ance - which could have been prevented by sound and ade quate American defense poli cies. This has also produced the far more complex prob lem of the spread of nuclear weapons which could, not have been' prevented but might perhaps have been fore stalled. ' rpHE second force is the surge of Nationalism among the less developed nations, which especially affects the Western position because the leading Western powers no longer have the will or appe tite to do what Khrushchev did in Budapest. Because of the deterioration of the weap ons balance, the Kremlin has been more and more daring, in recent years, in its exploita tion of this second force. More and more boldly, the Soviets are training to take over the weaker nations newly liberat ed by the new Nationalism. That is the drama in Laos, in Cuba, in the Congo. At the end of the compla cent Eisenhower years, where have these two forces brought us? They have brought us to the brink ot a new kind of world. If this new kind of world becomes a reality, the voices of the West will go largely unheard, and the Kremlin's influence will generally pre dominate, in Southeast Asia, in the new Africa, in much of Latin America, and in the Middle East. But in this new kind of world, it is by no means certain that the Krem lin's influence will generally predominate in China, when the Communist masters of Pe king can also brandish nu clear weapons. The task of John F. Ken nedy is to avert this falil transformation of the world we live In. (Copyright 1961, New York , Hirald Tribune, Inc.) Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF OTHER TIMES had other ways, as this striking excerpt from the Diary of Samuel Pepys (date: October 13, 1659) would indicate: "I went out to Charing Cross to see General Harrison hanged, which was done there, he looking- as cheerful as L any man could in that condition. He was pres ently cut down, and his head and heart shown to the people, at which there were great shouts of joy." A new student at Cam bridge University In Eng land was showing his fa- cammis. In the course of their stroll, they passed a formidable female. "That," whispered the student, "Is the legendary Miss Ekhart. She's tid mistress of Ririsley Hall." "Ah," nodded the father, "and precisely who Is Rldsley Hall?" In the swing on the back porch, a dapper young man mused aloud, "If I had a million dollars In the bank, I wonder where I'd be tonight." A female voice replied decisively, "I'll tell you wher you'd be. You'd be on our honeymoon " 0 1K0. t Bennett Cert Distributed U) Kinf Feature Sjndtcat States and Peru, other nations in the Western Hemisphere which have severed diplo matic relations with Havana are Nicaragua, Haiti, Guata mala, Paraguay and the Do minican Republic. In this respect, tlgjre has been a swift change in Latin American sentiment since the meeting of American foreign ministers in Costa Rica last August. At that time, the min isters approved only a watered-down resolution condemn ing Communist penetration of the Western Hemisphere. They did not mention CCtba by name for fear of popular re action at home. The belief that Castro is at tempting to export his revolu tion has offended many. Oth ers believe Castro's expert- ment is doomed to fail. of Raskob, Michaelson $25,000 a year to become publicity director of the Democratic National Com mittee. Michelson had been Wash ington political correspondent for the New York Morning World. His idea, and Ras kob's, was that the way to make the Democratic party look good was to make the Republican party look bad. When Charley took over, the Democrats had not elected a president since 1916. With his help, the Democrats began to do better. One Aim in Life Charley didn't give a hoot about platforms, cam paign promises or the gre-e-e-e-a-t principles of his gre-e-e-e-a-t party. But Charley waj a par ty man. He was for the Demo cratic party and against all other parties. His aim in life was to win elections. He often said he was short on ethics, himself, as for in stance in this paragraph from his memoirs published in 1944: "Nobody has ever been able to formulate a political code of ethics. Despite .'.he fine altruistic language of party platforms, the habit always has been to smite the opposi tion regardless of Marquis of Queensberry rules, whenever and however the opportunity offers." That is the way old Charley socked 'em. He was an ugly, little, humped-over man with the cold eye of an executioner. Michelson and a research staff were a deadly combination. It was his job to inform the pub lic of the distempers afflicting the nation and to prove their Republican origin. GOP Got the Blame Over the years, Michelson accused and mighty near con victed the Republican party of everything, including drought, floods and the common cold. He ghosted speeches whichj statesmen were happy to de liver, unchanged, and he made for these clients reputations for wit, ridicule and political mayhem which they did pot deserve. His blasts of criticism did not merely singe. They burn ed. Charley stayed on with the Democrats through the Roosevelt administrations and with Harry S. Truman until he died full of years in 1948. But Charley was not a New Dealer. For do-gooders, social workers and political ama teurs in general he had a genial contempt. Of his Roose velt years, old Charley wrote: "I never had a part in formulating Roosevelt p o 1 i cies. I was merely a propa gandist and therefore cam paigned to the best of my ability for anything the presi dent proposed." Charley's best was very good indeed. - . i, ; i 1 0
