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10 YEARS AGO
Jan. 6, 1951 (Saturday)
Building activity reached
an all time high in Medford
during 1950 with the total
f t-,,,1Jinf nprmlts la-
aued during the year being
3,331,442.
The Oregon Council of
Churches will hold one ses
sion of the 1951 annual meet
ing In Medford Feb. 9.
20 YEARS AGO
Jan. 6, .941 (Monday)
Marriage licenses In Jack
son county the past year num
bered 305, an Increase of 99
over the previous year, ac
cording to the records In the
county clerk s ofnee.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "The
coming session of the slate
legislature is creating less In
terest locally than did fie ar
rival of the Duchess of Wind
sor at Miami recently, to get
tooth pulled."
30 YEARS AGO
Jan. 6, 1931 (Monday)
E. M. Wilson will be sworn
in as mayor of Medford to
night. The Jackson county grand
Jury will convene this week
to investigate 'a killing during
a recent raid on a still in the
Reese Creek district.
40 YEARS AGO
Jan. 8, 1921 (Wednesday)
Oregon is scheduled to get
another Congressional scat
due to the new census figures.
A prohibition official pre
dicted here yesterday that the
nation will never be entirely
dry.
50 YEARS AGO
Jan. 6, 1911 (Friday)
The Jackson county court
has decided to arrange the
county into 14 road districts
instead of the existing 10.
Two local Jewelers on a
trip east carrying jewelry,
were arrested near Ogdcn,
Utah, last week as suspects
in a recent armed train rob
bery there; they were later
cleared and released.
What's Your 10 ?
Nine or tan correct ii tuptrior;
wven ot tight U welUnt; flvt ot
Ii U good.
1. On .what day in February,
1732, was George Washington
born?
2. Which book of the Bible
concerns the "beginnings"?
3. Who called Alfred E.
Smith "the Happy Warrior"?
4. Sta t u a ry Hall is in
which government building In
Washington, D.C.?
5. Who was Henry Irving?
8. The Greek Goddess Ath
ena corresponds to which Ro
man Goddess?
7. Who was named the most
valuable American league ball
player by the Baseball Writers
association In 1955?
8. What was the nickname
of Ivan, Czar of Russia?
9. Ranks in the Murine
Corns bear the same designa
tion n thncn In til Mntrtr.
true or false?
10. Which insect is the g,ir
ticular enemy of cotton?
Answern 1, Mbruary 11,
(Old caltndar than In use.) 2.
Genesia. 3, Franklin D, Roose
velt, 4. The Capitol. 5. Eng.
llsh writer. 6. Minerva. 7.
ribft. 9! ' Faisa. 10. Boiiis one of the few things which is keeping us
wmvii, lalive and relatively secure today. E. A.
iui J ATI j7 6, 1861
WtkvxfldPWdti"
Another Oregon editorial writer, discussing
the American foreign aid pg)gram, declares:
"1 do not pretend to know the answer but I do
know that the foreign aid program ai wc now know
it does not work."
He should have quit
alter tne eighth word.
Either that or document his flat statement
with evidence that our
ity program, economic
and military assistance,
I ET'S get one thing straight first.
No program of this magnitude and scope
could possibly be accomplished without some
pretty bad mistakes, some stupid decisions, some
corruption, some waste,
way program, exclusively in this country, is sub
ject to the same charges,
be abandoned.)
With that understood, we can ero on to assess
the evidence available
grams which, for lack
have been lumped under
aid.
". . . We now know
declares.
Ask Britain, France,
the Lowlands whether
American aid furnished the basis for their
recovery from the shock
on their feet, and none
ing any substantial economic , aid from this
country.
XKTEi could also ask whether American aid had
" any effect in Greece or Turkey, when these
allied nations were on the verge of goinp- behind
the Iron curtain.
Ask India, one of the few remaining bulwarks
of democratic government in the vast continent
of Asia, what would have happened to her with
out American assistance.
Inquire in South Korea and Japan, or in the
oil-rich middle east, where, without a helping
hand from the United
sickle would now be flying.
bo it does not work," ehf Without it, the
overwhelming odds are
alone in a hostile, communist-dominated world.
IXE can't buy friends.
' This is the everlasting, oversimplified al
most simple-minded
hate to see their hard-earned tax dollars go into
international channels.
Of course you can't
we've tried to do it, in
plaint is voiced . -
What we have tried to do and with a great
measure of success is hold back the encroach-'
ing tide of communist imperialism, to build up
our allies in strength and stability and capability,
to give them the tools to make themselves self-
supporting, and to create a world where democ
racy and freedom can continue ,to exist, despite
the threat of chaos and authoritarian rule of all
varieties.
WE have not always
But our successes have outweighed our fail
ures, and the successes
saved, starvation averted, freedom advanced,
communism kept in check.
Today the experiment in world-wide assist
ance, relief and progress one which is unex
ampled in world history continues.
It has a slightly different tenor and purpose
today, with less emphasis on military aid and out
right relief, and more on providing the new,
emerging nations with the tools and the know
how and the attitudes and education to enable
them to survive, rather than to sink back into
feudalism, tribalism, mass murder, starvation
and chaos.
HTHE mistakes, the boondoggles, the corruption,
the waste have been widely reported and de
plored, and almost never without tne reminder
that the American taxpayer is picking up the tab.
But the successes, the triumphs, have largely
gone unnoticed, because they have been unspec
tacular. A nation gradually lighting its way to
self-sufficiency and self-government doesn't
make the kind of headlines that attend a nation
torn by riots, civil strife, communism and utter
poverty.
This experiment, this investment in the future
of the human race, is NOT just global do-good-ism.
It is to our cold self-interest.
Without it in the past, America would have
succumbed to fierce pressures. Without it in
the present and foreseeable future, it still could
do so.
MOST of the world the overwhelming ma
' jority of the world's more than three billion
people lack the training, the education, the
tools and experience and know-how to gain the
independence and dignity and self-sufficiency
which they now demand as their right.
Western civilization, as exemplified in the
United States, Canada, Great Britain and West
ern Europe, is a tiny island in a sea of faces,
black, brown or yellow, which can and will en
gulf us if we are not smart enough to recognize
that our own survival depends on giving them
the help they need to help themselves.
If "the foroign aid program as we now know
it (fties not work," then
when he was ahead
world wide. mutual secur
aid to emerging nations,
don t work.
(hjven the federal high
but no one suggests it
concerning the many pro
of a more accurate term,
the heading of foreign
it does not work," he
Italy, West Germany and
or not it has worked.
of war, put them back
of them now are receiv
States, the hammer and
that America would be
complaint of those who
buy friends. Who says
the sense that this com
succeeded in this noble
are measured in lives
Heaven help us, for it
Denrjis tfto Metwca
A Booeer? vVeii, i think rrfe like a beltcausb Mom
SAV6 HERS IS SETTIN' PRETTY TIGHT. "
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paper; In fact the contrary is often the case. 1
News From Alba
To the Editor: The enclosed
letter refers to my visit this
summer to Mcdford's Sister
City, Alba, Italy.
I have the original letter
written in Italian and the
translation by Miss Sandra
Gillio, an English teacher In
Alba, who served as my inter
preter on my visit.
I would appreciate it if you
would print all or part of the
letter.
Gregory E. Milnes,
Phi Delta Theta
Willamette University
Salem, Ore.
The letter follows:
Dear Mr. Greg Milnes:
Please forgive me for my
delay in answering your let
ter in which you reminded me
of your visit to Alba.
I have been awfully busy
these last months because of
the election for renewing our
Town Council.
We often remember you and
your friend Jim Busch, and
everybody has liking for both
of you. It is a' pity that Alba
and Medford are so far, as it
is rather difficult for people
of Alba to return the visit.
But I wish you may come here
again as a welcome guest with
some fellow citizen of yours.
I am pleased and even a
little proud at knowing that
our 'town has impressed you
so favorably as to make you
illustrate its merits at a meet
ing. ' '
All the persons you were
acquainted with on your visit
to Alba and I would like to
wish you a Happy Christmas
and a Happy New Year. We
also wish that Alba and Med
ford may be more and more
united in their friendship.
Please wish your family a
Merry Christmas and a Happy
New Year.
Yours truly
Osval'do Cagnasso
P.S. (Note from Sandra
Gillio)
By the way, Mayor Cag
nasso is our Mayor once more.
I let you know this because
you know him personally, and
Mayor Cagnasso makes no
mention of this In his letter.
Since I know you are interest
ed in such matters, I let you
know that Democrazia Cris
tiana has a great majority,
but the victory is due to Mr.
Cagnasso who had a plebis
citary consent of voters so as
to gain two more scats for
his party.
A Protest
To the Editor: Enclosed you
will find a copy of a letlcr
that I mailed to our United
States government.
The reason I am writing to
your paper is for my own
protection, as I don't know
Just which penitentiary I will
wind up in, and I wouldn't
want to be found dead, rotten
and forgotten before I had a
chance to straighten things
out.
To the Treasury Department,
Bureau of Accounts.
Division of Disbursement,
Bm. 803, 536 South Clark St.,
Chicago 5, 111.
To whom It may concern:
1 am writing this letter in
regards to the income tax
card I received In the mall
along with my pension check.
I have no intension of signing
the card or any other govern
ment papers until the'govern
ment answers a lot of ques
tions for me. And also ex
plains a lot of things to me.
Leo J. Townsend,
Route 1, Box 620,
Eagle Point, Ore.
Appreciates Sacred Heart
To the Editor: This Is writ
ten to express my thanks and
appreciation to the nurses and
Sisters at Sacred Heart hos
pital for the many kindnesses
afforded me during my recent
(
U MEDFORD
stay in Sacred Heart hospital.
Everyone with whom I came
into contact went above and
beyond the call of duty to
make my stay comfortable
and the food was excellent.
Medford people are indeed
fortunate to have such a won
derful facility available to
them.
George McCormick,
610 North Third St.,
Klamath Falls, Ore.
Reflections
To the Editor: Picture of
the top of Mount Ashland
and article in recent paper,
of a proposed ski develop
ment project, bring to mind
many things about the Ash
land watershed.
Vivid are the 1910 forest
fires a BAD year. The whole
country seemed ablaze. Fires
spread till about every ridge
from Tolman Creek to Pan
ther Peak was an inferno
man caused. Sixty soldiers
were sent in, two detectives;
1,000 men were engaged;
many excellent workers. Sol
diers did fine work, though
many seemed never before to
have felt the tickle and firm,
smooth touch of axe or mat
tock handle.
Those facts caused me to
feel the need for and recom
mend, through the Medford
office, that soldiers be given
a few weeks outing each year
in the forests, where they
could commune with Nature,
breathe pure, clean air, while
clearing trails along main
ridges, by which fires might
be reached more quickly, if
needed; for bridle trails; class
es in botany or other nature
studies might be lead.
So, as I read of this big ski-
project, other vistas appeared
before me, where so much
manpower and $165,000
might be used. Whew! What
a lot of trails could be made!
And now that rehabilitation
and recreation for everybody
is in vogue including the
elderly generation maybe
outings for some of us oldsters
might be arranged, as donkey
and elephant tours along
those Joyously cleared, sight
seeing trails. Surely skiers
and many others could get
their needed exercises. And
think of the fun they'd have,
while singing, "O, what Joy
in helping many, who'll be
trudging these trails some
day!"
But I must curb imagina
tion lest somebody'U get sus
picious that this sounds like
mnminl labor work. Better
keep in the SPORTS column.
John E. Grlbble
139 Kenwood ave.
Medford.
Upside-Down Years
To the Editor: It has been
mentioned several times that
1961 reads the same upside
down, which is true.
This is the 23rd time during
this period, including 1, 8. 11,
61). 88. 96, 101. Ill, 181, 609,
619, 689. 808. 818. 888, 906,
916. 986, 1001, 1111, 1691,
1881 and 1961.
Such will occur 18 times in
the next 9150 years - 6009,
6119. 68R9, 6969, 8008, 8118,
8698. 8888, 8968, 9008, 9116.
9696. 9886. 9966. 10001, 10101,
11011 and 11111.
Tills is 39 times in 11,111
years, and to reverse, it fig
ures the same for 11,111 years
B.C.
George W. Swinney
1013 West Ninth St.
Medford
POPULATION CHANGE
Virginia City, Nev. -This
city at the time of the famous
gold rush days of the 1870's
at one time boasted a popula
tion said to be more than
81,000.
g&IL Sll!lSgtJ (&itSfyt&.
Cuba Bteak 0fW& Line h Aohcoo, But
'Gunboat Diplomacy' No Longer Possible
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
The United States diplo
matic break with Cuba clearly
draws the battle line between
the United
States and
c o n t i n ued
Communist in
filtration in
the western
hemisphere.
But it does
not isolate the
virus which
affected Cuba,
and by. itself
cannot prevent the spread of
the ailment to other areas of
the Latin American continent.
1
Washington Report
By William's. Whit
THE FARM PROBLEM
Washington-President-elect
Kennedy is stoically facing up
early to one of his toughest
trials - the
hardy, the un
slnkable, the
all - but-time
less "farm
problem."
In deciding
to begin to
grapple with
it even before
his inaugura-
white lln in tn
week's New York conference
on what he calls "The Farm
Crisis'' - he signals his aware
ness that it is a crisis in more
than. one sense.
For it is not only the farm
belt which is in trouble, under
declining farm income. The
new administration itself is in
political trouble from the
start in the farm belt. The
middle western farm states
hit Mr. Kennedy hard in last
November s election.
Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Ne
braska, North Dakota, Ohio,
South Dakota and Wisconsin
all went against him. It would
have been a rout in that
whole vast area but for Min
nesota, the home state of Mr.
Kennedy's new secretary of
agriculture, Orville Freeman.
(The assumption here is that
Michigan, which also went for
Kennedy, is more truly an in
dustrial than a farm state.)
BUT even the salvage oper
ation, which held Minne
sota for Kennedy was prob
ably more due to Sen. Hubert
H. Humphrey of that state
than to Mr. Freeman.
Thus, the Kennedy adminis
tration has not only got to
find a way to unravel the
wretched riddle of too much
production for too little return
to the farmer. It has also got
to find means for increasing
its political acceptability in a
region which all but blacked
out the Kennedy-Johnson tic
ket. It is at this point that Or
ville Freeman enters the
scene. The strong probability
is that he may find himself
running unopposed for the ti
tle of man most painfully in
the middle.
For to improve Democratic
prospects in the Middle West
it will be necessary to bring
farm income up. And to bring
farm income up, the new ad
ministration - which officially
means Orville Freeman-must
somehow resolve a deep con
flict within the agricultural
community.
ON ONE side are those who
believe in more and more
federal controls and subsidies.
On the other side are those
who believe in some touch of
the free-enterprise approach.
In the center stand those who
are for a little of both these
approaches but, more basical
ly, want to force great in
creases In the foreign use of
American crops.
There is, of course, no re
alistic possibility of a return
to free-market policies in ag
riculture. To take the way of
more and more controls and
subsidies would be to please
the ultra-liberal farm organi
zations which are sources of
Democratic campaign strength
But that road would only pro
long "The Farm Problem."
And it would, also be politi
cally inept.
The Kennedy administra
tion and party have no need
to court the left wing in the
farm areas. This, they have
got. What they need is pre
cisely the opposite: To gain
some strength among the moderate-to-conservative.
SO, the only way out seems
to be the middle way, most
of all stressing an Increase in
foreign consumption. This is
the way likely In the end to
appeal to Mr. Kennedy him
self. His interest and expertnoss
both lie mainly in foreign
policy. And this kind of farm
relief could be nlade both an
implement of that policy and
a partial solution for a nasty
domestic problem.
Freeman's own past farm
associations, however, have
been close with the ultra-liberal
Mm organizations. So it
may become necessary for him
to say a goodbye to those Mid
dle West forces, the heirs of
the populist tradition, which
d5g
Involved are both human
and political elements.
Last February in Rio de
Janeiro, President Eisenhower
restated the Monroe Doctrine
in modern terms.
"We would," he said, "con
sider it intervention in the in
ternal affairs of an American
state if any power, whether
by invasion, coercion or sub
version, succeeded in denying
freedom of choice (of way of
life and government) of any
of our sister republics."
138-Year-Old Policy
This was a restatement of
the doctrine which has gov
erned U.S. hemispheric policy
since 1823.
But while the Monroe Doc
trine has remained a govern
ing principle, other changes
have occurred.
Was First
For Real? Washington Wonders
By LYLE C. WILSON
Washington - (UPI) - There
remains some wonderment in
Washington whether President-elect
John F. Kennedy's
first choice
for postmast
er general was
for real.
His choice
was U.S. Reo.
W i 1 1 iam W.
uawson, a
Chicago Dem
0 c r a t. Ken
nedy appeared
Wllson vv'1" ""
on the stoop of his Georgetown
home about three weeks ago
ulsu
West Eyes Proposed
Laws; Finds Many
Inconsequential. ties
By DICK WEST
Washington - IUPII - For a
while, I thought that Con
gress was sick or something.
My fears were aroused by
the uongres
sional Record
for Jan. 3,
which indicat
ed that mem
bers of the
House of Rep
r e s e ntatives
i n t r 0 d uced
only 383 bills
on the first
day of the new
session.
West
This averages out to less
than one bill per congress
man, which isn't even enough
for a good bonfire. Ordinar
ily, the opening day inflow
will average about three bills
per congressman.
The record for Jan. 3 came
out on Wednesday and, need
less to say, I don't sleep much
that night. I lay awake for
hours trying to figure out the
reason for such a puny total
of new bills.
In the hallucinations that
insomnia can produce, I even
began to fancy that the re
public might be in jeopardy.
But fortunately, my worries
were groundless, or at least
premature.
On Thursday, the next edi
tion of the record revealed
that House members actually
greeted the New Year with
1,827 bills, 82 joint resolu
tions, 34 concurrent resolu
tions and 64 plain resolutions.
Don't Wait lor JFK
This was clear evidence
that our lawmakers still are
vigilant and relentless about
looking after our interests, so
we can all feel reassured.
Some of them aren't even
waiting for President-elect
John F. Kennedy to point the
way to the new frontier.
In looking over the list of
proposed legislation, I saw
many measures of vital incon
sequence to the national wel
fare. Here are some of the
more vivid eyecatchers:
A bill to provide an of
ficial flag for congressmen to
fly on their car bumpers or
yachts. Ever since the dawn
of the republic, congressmen
have been forced to travel
around without a flag they
could call their own. It's nice
to know that someone is try
ing to do something about this
privation.
Would Provide Compensation
A bill to "create a pre
sumption that heart attacks
and hypertension suffered by
government workers are "in
curred In line of duty." This
would entitle them to disabil
ity compensation even if they
get ulcers on their own time.
A bill to prohibit the reg
istration of trademarks con
taining the words "White
House." This. I presume,
would keep motels from pre1
tending to be the executive
mansion or Irom putting up
igns claiming that "John F.
Kennedy slept here."
A bill to provide for the
coinage of $50 million worth
old Sen. George Moses of New
Hampshire used to call "the
sons of the wild jackass."
(Copyright, 1961. by United
(J-eature(gndlcate, Irffl)
si
"Big stick" diplomacy, by
which t! United States' inter
vened, sometimes ruthlessly,
in the affairs of other Ameri
can states, now has been aban
doned for one of strict non
intervention. There have been
no U.S. "occupation" forces in
Latin American since 1934.
In the O r g a n i zation of
American States, the United
States specifically pledges not
to intervene in the affairs of
any other nation except by
united action.
Peru's diplomatic break
with Cuba last week end was
regarded widely as a change
of sentiment among many
Latin American nations to
ward Castro, and a pay-off
for the U.S. policy of patience
with the Castro jegime.
But a warning that this was
Choice for
and announced that he had
invited the representative to
join his Cabinet and that Daw
son had refused.
Dawson is a Negro and he
is 74 years old. His age would
seem to disqualify Dawson in
an administration where the
accent is peculiarly on youth.
The offer of a Cabinet post
to a Negro, however, must be
scored as a political grand
slam, even though the offer
was rejected.
Paper Cites Record
The political significance of
the offer is obvious. .Not so
obvious to persons unfamiliar
with Chicago politics were
of $5 and $10 gold pieces.
Rep. Carroll D. Kearns (R-Pa.),
who introduced it, said it
would be better to put part
of our bullion in circulation
than to "risk the gold slipping
out of this country." For all I
know, he may be right.
A bill to require that
dogs be kept under leash in
public places in the District
of Columbia. I don't know
what motivated this measure,
but I will try to find out. It
ought to make an interesting
story, ' '
In the Day's News
By FRANK JiNKINS
So we break relations with
the Castro government of
Cuba.
What docs this mean?
It means exactly what it
says. We call home our diplo
matic representatives. W e
urge all Americans remaining
in Cuba to get out. It's much
as if you had a neighbor with
whom you simply COULDN'T
get along. The time would
come when you'd have to
break off all relations with
him. That's what we've done
in Cuba. ,
Our ambassador to United
Nations, James Wadsworth,
puts it about as well as it can
be put. He says: "The United
States has worked hard to
prevent the leaders of Cuba
from choking off our friendly
relations, but that is what
they seem determined to do
. . . Over nearly two years
they have piled insult upon
injury to a point where our
diplomacy could not function
any more."
That's about the long and
the short of it.
WHAT'S in the wind?
This is the best guess:
Soviet Russia, which is the
spearhead of world commu
nism, is seeking to gain a
foothold in the Western Hemi
sphere. Cuba is the chosen
spot. Castro is the chosen
tool.
lOR evidence support i n g
that conclusion, let's go
back a few months. On July
10 of last year (1960) Castro
declared that Guantanamo
(our big naval base in Cuba)
belongs to the Cuban people.
The next day, Mr. Kroosh got
into the act , with the state
ment that the U.S.S.R. would
SUPPORT Cuba In anv at
tempt to OUST THE UN'iTED
STATES from the big base.
He added: "Wc consider
that the Monroe Doctrine has
outlived its time . . . that it
has DIED."
That just about tells the
story.
WHAT shall we do about it?
" Seeking an answer to that
question, let's go back about
a century in our history.
TN THE EARLY 1860 s. when
- we were up to our ears in
our tragic family quarrel, our
War between the States. Na-
poleon III. Emperor of France, j
was scheming to do what Mr. j
Kroosh seems to be scheming.,
to do now - thals to say. to i
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not enough came from out
going President Juscelino
Kubitscheck of Brazil, who
said that without major eco
nomic aid other revolutions
could erupt. He'said:
"Either we shall give a
creative impulse to Latin
America, or the replacement
of political men of moderate'
position will be inevitable by
extremist leaders who already
have succeeded in breaking
the ties of solidarity of the
American peoples with the
democratic cause."
Kubitscheck gave it the
global angle:
"Every day," he said, "I
am becoming more and more
convinced that the decisive
and final struggle for domi
nation of the world will be
fought in this continent."
P.M.
Dawson's qualifications for a
Cabinet post in the light of
his record. The selection had
been rumored long before it
was announced. Under such
circumstances, the Chicago
Daily News on Dec. 10 print
ed a lead editorial headlined:
"We can't believe it! Dawson's
record should keep him out
of the Cabinet."
This editorial cited circum
stantial evidence of a link of
some kind between Dawson's
congressional office and a
couple of notorious Chicago
hoodlums. Dawson denied any
personal involvement.
"Everybody in or near Chi
cago," the editorial continued,
"knows Dawson's political
role on the South Side of:
Chicago. Here he has tre
mendous power. Mayors don't
tell him what to do. He tells
mayors.
"Dawson has absolute po
litical power over an area
which has the most crime in
proportion to its population;
the most errors, intentional
and otherwise, in counting
votes; the most fraud in the
registration of voters; and tra
ditionally, at least, the most
corruption among the polica
serving the area.
"It is impossible for Sen.
Kennedy or his brother to
have gone through the Sen
ate racket hearings without
knowing all of these things.
We cannot believe that the
next president will appoint
Dawson."
Challenge Probable
Dawson is pictured by the
Chicago Daily News as tha
absolute political boss of an
empire of corruption, fraud
and crime. If so, his confirma
tion as postmaster general
certainly would have been
challenged and perhaps re
fused. Kennedy is too smart a
politician to risk such as that
if he knew the facts. On tho
other hand, it may have been
smart politics to get on record
with the offer of a Cabinet
post to a Negro.
Some of Kennedy's political
enemies suggest that the President-elect
may have known
that Dawson would reject a
Cabinet offer. Dawson being
aware, himself, of the chal
lenge he probably would face
when his name came up for
confirmation in the Senate.
Kennedy's second selection
of a Negro for high office wss
entirely different. His pick
was Robert C. Weaver of New
York to be housing and homo
finance administrator. The
New York Times and others
who know Weaver best sa
luted that selection with
cheers.
All of which makes l'affaira
Dawson even more baffling.
THE WESTERN HEM
ISPHERE. He backed a puppet, Maxi
milian of Austria, as Emperor
of Mexico. He supported
Maximilian with French
troops. Maximilian and his
French military support e r s
went to war with Benito
Juarez, president of the strug
gling Republic of Mexico.
By the beginning of 1865,
Maximilian appeared to be on
the eve of complete victory.
But fate intervened. Our
tragic family war came to an
end, and backed by a larca
and seasoned army we order
ed Napoleon III to GET OUT.
He sized up the situation and
came to the conclusion that
he'd better get out.
WHAT shall we do now?
Wed better tell Mr.
Kroosh what we told Na
poleon III.
Last July, Mr. Kroosh said:
"We consider that the Monroe
Doctrine has outlived its tint
. . . that it has DIED."
Well . . .
WE DON'T SEE IT THAT
WAY.
As we see it. the Monro
Doctrine is the historic key
stone of our foreign policy. If
we permit organized commu
nism to get a foothold in ti e
Western Hemisphere - that is
to say. if we permit the Mon
roe Doctrln to d - we'll 1st)
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