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Newspaper Page Text4 A WEDNESDAY, JANUARY It, 1SS1 MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON MEDFORDjiiTRIBUNI "Everyone in Southern Oregon RDria ThM Mali Tribune1 Published Dally except Saturday by 83 North Fir St.Ph 8P 3-6141 ROBERT W RUIIL. Editor HERB GREY Advel'tiilm Manlier GERALD T LATHAM Bui Mgr ERIC W ALLEN JR.. Mnf Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHTPM AN Teles Editor nirHAnn jf-utett snorti Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Women'a Editor DALE EH1CKSON, Circulation Pflcr An tndeoendent Newipaper Entered ai second diss matter at Medford, Oregon, under Act or . March 3. 1897 RIIHSf!RlPTION RATES Ily Mall In Advance. Copy 10c Dally and Sunday 1 year aintw Dally and Sunday moi 3 00 Daily and Sunday 3 moi. 4.23 Snndnv Only One year S4.Z0 Rv rarrlar In AAvanr Med'OTd Aihlmd. Centril Point Eejle Point. Jacksonville. Gold Hill Phoenix. Shidy Covi. Roiua Rlv r Talent itn nn motor route! ;Dally and Sunday 1 vear 318 no uauy ana ounaay i mo i.nu Carrier and Dealara copy toe All Termi caah in Aqvancw Official Paper of City of'MedforS Official Piper of Jackaon County , United Presa International . Full Leaned Wire TJ.P.I. Telephoto Newaplcturea .MEMBER OT AUDIT BIIREAU- OF CIRCULATIONS AdvertlalnK Representative: WEST HOLIDAY CO.. INC Of. flcea In New York. Chicago. De trolt, San Francisco. Loi Angelea. Seattle. Portland St, Loull. At. lanta Vancouver. B.f! EWSPAPER NATIONAl E0ITORIAL Flight or Time Medford end Jackson County History from the fllei of The Mall Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 yeara 0O. 10 YEARS' AGO Jan. 18, 19S1 (Thursday) Settlement of a laborers' strike at the Central Point High school construction job was expected momentarily to- day after the arrival of Guy V. Linlncr of the federal con- Iclne conditions caused an ' ambulance plane from Los Anrtnlne In malrn an AmPI. gency landing at the Medford airport yesterday. ' . 20 YEARS AGO Jan. 18, 1941 (Saturday) Medford citizens voted over whelmingly in favor of the son, 000 municipal airport im provemcnt bond issue in Fri day s special election; . the vole was 1,917 yes, 106 no. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "The new gas silos arc coming along fine, and about everything has been installed but the smiling 30 YrJAno AGO Jan. 18. 1831 (Sunday) Jackson county lags behind the rest of the stale in filling its Red Cross quota. Ah ; .1 i , . ... I. cii cjiuuiiiii: Ul ii)UiiiJa nan struck the children of the city. 40 YEARS AGO Jan. 18, 1921 (Tuesday) ' William Warner has been named Postmaster of Medford. The U.S. government will display war relics here next . month and may give the city a German cannon. , SO YEARS AGO Jan. 18. 1911 (Wcdntsday) Representatives of the com mercial fishing industry are attempting to work out some sort of compromise with the Rogue River Fish Protective association over a law Dasscd in November prohibiting com mercial fishing in the Rogue river. Despite the objections of Councilman W. W. Elfcrt. the city council last night certified Mayor Cannon's appointment of Dr. R. W. Stearns as city ncRiin omcer. What's Your I.Q.? Nina or tin cornel It sueiriar: levin or light li icilllnl) Hvi it liv tl good. 1. In which country are the wans of Montezuma ? 2. How old was Methuselah when he died? 3. Is It necessary for a Presidential candidate to win majority of the States of the Union in order to be elected? 4. Name the famous pass from Afghanistan Into India. 5. Is the capital of Chile Conccpcion, Valparaiso or Santiago? 6. Was Walter Camp an authority on golf, hockey, football, or tennis? . 7. Earl Warren was lhe tjovernor of which State be fore becoming what? ffc Is the airline distance from Honolulu to Tokyo greater or less than that from New York to Paris? 9. I a bat i bird or mam mal? 10. Pizarro was the Spanlifl conqueror of which South American country? - Answers: 1. Mexico. 2. 989 years. 3. No. 4. KWyber Pass. 5. Santiago. 8. Football. 7. California and Chitf Justice ef the U.S. I. Greater. 9. Mammal, 10, Peru. , 5JASSOCIATION Visit to White City It was our privilege last week to tour the White City Veterans Administration Domiciliary. We have been through the big, red-brick, former hospital on a number of occasions since it was opened 12 years time have noted some ments, in the accommodations provided the vet erans who make it their This time, since it had been some time since we'd been there, we were particularly pleased and surprised at the change and improvement. TO BE honest, it is not a place where we'd pre- fer to live for any great length of time. But no institution, no matter how well run, is a sub- situte for home and family. It is spotlessly clean, and is now undergoing a gradual program of repainting and renovation, which eventually will make the rooms and wards far lighter, brighter, more pleasant places. The landscaping, too, is providing more trees and flower beds and green grass all the time a big item at an institution which was originally built for utility rather TTHE number of members at the domiciliary is 1 just under 1,000, and fluctuates slightly, up ana down, according to the season. The vast majority of the members are good citizens some of them down on their luck, need ing only a chance to get back on their feet again : some of them, due to needing domiciliary care Some of the latter residents. Many of the enough to regain their new circumstances after illness or injury. A program of rehabilitation and retrainine:. tor those who may not occupations, has not been discussion at present. Meanwhile, the arts and crafts department and the hobby shop offer many or the men worthwhile talents. In some cases have provided livelihoods AS IS inevitable in any community, there are "some members who are hard to please; there are others who persist in getting into trouble, usually by way or the use of alcohol. But the percentage of these is no larp-er. and is probably actually smaller, than that of any other community. lhe vast majority of to the visitor, are content py; grateful lor the facility devoted to their needs; and (many of them) actively and en thusiastically engaged in occupying their time with productive endeavors. ' , - . IT IS a sheltered atmosphere, not conducive in all cases to ambition and accomplishment. But the member who is ambitious and wants to regain his independent status in outside world, is encouraged to do so. Meanwhile those who, .for one reason or another are not able to do so, have clean and moderately pleasant surroundings, three whole some meals a day, medical care, and an oppor tunity tor constructive No administration in men can satisfy the tastes, desires and needs of all. But we wish to compliment the administra tion on doing an exceedingly competent job in serving the majority needs. E.A. YCC Again Once again the Congress will have before it a bill to establish a Youth benaiors Wayne U Morse (U. Ore.) and Hubert Humphrey (D. Minn.) have ioined with others to introduce a new uncier the department 01 labor. It is similar to the one passed by the Senate two years ago, but which died in the house of representatives. The YCC would be similar to the CCCs of the 1930s, a program which won applause both for benefits received and for con structive work done. IN INTRODUCING the bill, Senator Morse said: "The new YCC bill will provide additional man power for doing some of the needed conservation work in our national parks and forests. The many monu ments to the CCC boys are well known to any traveler. Similar undertakings can be performed by the en rollees of the YCC. Because of the extensive lands in Oregon and the many recreational areas which need development and better maintenance, the program will have an especially significant meaning for the state. The work will be under the supervision of the agencies in charge of public lands, but will not be of the sort which is normally performed by outside contractors. "The new program would be eligible for persons between the ages of 18 and 21 years for six-month en rollments . . , Employment opportunities (or them will not readily be available without prior work ex perience. It is this gap which the new YCC seeks to fill. "During consideration of the bill in 11)59, the gov ernors of many states, conservation groups, Juvenile court Judges, businessmen and many former enrollees of the CCC expressed tremendous enthusiasm for this program. It had wide support In Oregon , . ." SUCH a program would tllllln-o 13. .1 liilllf,. Dlll.MIMM inmtii unit ; ... It would provide wholesome, worthwhile work experience for young men in the out-of-doors the sort of experience which will stand them hi good stead throughout their lives. ... It would makemanpover available for many tasks which now are just not getting done, particularly in the way of forest camps, trails, and so on, now planned but simply awaiting funds for manpower. We join Senator Morse in hoping that, in the new climate of the Kennedy administration, the fcjll will becomg Jaw. EJL ago next month, and each changes, some improve' home. continuing program - of than attractiveness. , a variety of handicaps, for indefinite periods. are, in effect, permanent former are there long health, or to readjust to be able to resume former instituted, but is under outlets for their creative the skills trained here after leaving. . .,' the members, it appears if not necessarily hap the pushy, competitive. activities. charge of a thousand Conservation Corps. bill setting up a YCC make possible many . Dennis the Menace IS THtT tJMKTWWS SOW IS GOOOJOZj Today & Tomorrow By Walter THE TWO POSITIONS In his last messages on the State of the Union and the budget, President Eisenhower, as was his con stitutional du ty, had stated his own views about econom ic policy. They differ impor tantly from those of the incoming Ken nedy adminis- Llppmann tration, and they point to certain basic issues which will now be much discussed. As it happens, there is available for the dis cussion not only Mr. Kenne dy's campaign speeches but the report of Prof. Paul A. Samuelson, which was made public about ten days ago. As between the Eisenhower and Kennedy positions on the recession, the budget, and the state of the economy, there are two main points of differ ence. The one is about the cur rent recession. The other is about- the general condition of the American economy since about 1955 when it has been shaped by the Eisenhow er-Humphrey-Anderson policy, On the recession,' President Eisenhower expresses an un qualified optimism that the recession will soon cure itself and that consequently we shall have a small budgetary surplus by June 30 next. Tlje Samuelson report to Mr. Ken nedy rejects the idea that we can count on the recession curing itself quickly. The re port calls for some immediate but moderate measures to re flate the economy - something in the order of three to five billions of expenditures above the Eisenhower level. But these suggestions are followed by a warning that the recession may grow worse. That unemployment, which is now about 6 per cent of the labor force, may rise to TA per cent, which is the peak for the post-war era. Should this happen, the Kennedy ad ministration is advised to pre pare for still stronger meas ures of reflation, including perhaps a temporary cut in taxes. AS OF now no one can tell whether the stronger meas ures will be necessary. But there is good reason to dis believe in the Eisenhower op timism about the recession, that it will quickly cure Itself. There is an ominous and perti nent precedent for this dis belief. In early 1958, when the sec ond of the Elsenhower reces sions was under way, the Pres ident predicted a small budg etary surplus for fiscal 1959, Just as he is now predicting a small surplus for 1961 and a larger surplus for 1962. But in fact, because of the reces sion, the 1959 budgetary year ended with a deficit of $12, 000,000,000, the largest defi cit ever in time of peace. After that, we must look with caution and skepticism at optimistic predictions that all will right itself quickly, and that nothing is needed except words of confidence and hope. TME difference between Ei senhower and Kennedy on the current recession is, how ever, not nearly so important as their differing views on the general condition of the econ omy. President Eisenhower said in a message on the sUte of the union that "the expanding American economy passed the half-trillion dollar mark in gross national product early in 1960. The nation's output of goods and services is now nearly 25 per cent higher than In 1952." While the figures are true, the impression of strong growth, which they are meant to convey, Is mislradiiA For they leave out of the picture the fart that since 1952 the population of the continental 31 lippmann United States has grown by something like 25,000,000 per sons. In the years 1955 to 1960- when the consequences of the Korean War were over and the Eisenhower-Humphrey-An- dcrson economic policies were operating - our gross national product increased from $448 000,000,000 to about $503,000 000,000. (This is the Presi dent's "half-trillion.") These figures mean a rate of growth of 2.6 per cent per year, which is among the very slowest of the advanced industrial na tions of the world. , Worse still, measured against the in crease of the population, these figures mean that annual pro duction per capita has increas ed by something less than 1 per cent. THIS sluggish rate of growth is at the root of many of our domestic and of our for eign problems. The Samuelson report to Kennedy says, "Had our economy progressed since 1956 - not at the dramatic sprint of the Western Euro pean and the Japanese econ omies or at the rush of the controlled totalitarian system, but simply at the modest pace made possible by our labor force and productivity trends we could have expected 1961 to bring a gross national prod uct some 10 per cent above the 500 billion dollar level we are now experiencing." This would mean, says the report, that we would be pro ducing about 50 billions more per year, and that at the pres ent rate of taxes this would produce a budget surplus of ten billions. Those who say that without inflation or regimentation our rate ,of growth cannot be in creased above the Eisenhower level should ponder what it means to say this. It means that we can no longer achieve the rate of growth which we have achieved for over a cen tury. It means that, as com pared with all our economic competitors, not to speak of the Soviet Union, we have become - though we are still the biggest of the lot - slug gish and slow to develop. Must we accept this view of our selves? Would it not be a good thing to be a little less op timistic about the recession which stares us in the face and to have a little more con fidence In the American fu ture? UT this is not all. The Ken nedy administration will be concerned not only with the rate of growth but with the kind of growth. President Eisenhower's con victions on this point were put forward most explicitly by the chairman of his Coun cil of Economic Advisors, Mr. Saulnicr, who once testified in 1949, "As I understand an economy, its ultimate purpose is to produce more consumer goods. This is the object of everything we are working at: to produce things for con sumers." Then he went on to say that "if you take total gross national production, you find growth in recent years has lagged. But if you look at consumption-ihe thing which, as 1 say. I regard myself as being committed to maximise - you find that we are doing better." The results show that if this was the right goal, the E i s e n howcr administration has reached It, Between 1955 and the first half of I960, per sonal consumption expendi ture increased at the rate of 3.3 per cent per year, whereas the whole economy grew by only 2.6 per cent. This is not the character of a sound and prudent society - that, when subjected to an historic chal lenge, when faced with an explosive growth of popula tion and its concentration in great cities, personal co'gum cr expenditures grow li'gjer than expenditures for produc tive Investment or for therana tlonal defense. Belgian Strike Goes Economics; Governm By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst Aside from the huge fi nancial losses suffered in Bel gium's month-long, socialist- led strikes, Belguim's very form of govern m e n t is threa t e n e d. The Congo triggered t he strikes, but other causes go deeper and Ncwiom at least one oi them is not confined to Bel gium. Strike losses currently are estimated at around $140 mil lion, or nearly $20 million more than Premier Gaston Eyskens' government hoped to save annually by its unique austerity legislation which the Socialists so vigorously op pose. Socialist opposition to the law which last week end the government rammed through the Chamber of Deputies springs from the charges that its new taxes would rest most i Communications Letters to the Editor must bear tht 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. Q. E. D. To the Editor: The Compacts' claim of room is bunk! I'll prove it's the reverse. None made could carry half the junk, That crams a Lady's Purse.. H. W. Robertson, 103 North Central ave., Medford. Tree Lift To the Editor: In behalf of the Medford Moose Lodge, I wish to express our thanks to you and your organization for the wonderful help you gave us in the recent Moose Christ mas Tree Lift. Without your co-operation, the Lift certainly would not have been the suc cess it was. Perhaps the success of this drive will start the ball rolling to "Keep Sacred Heart Hos pital Open." . Thanks again to all. . ' Don Carlon, Governor, Medford Moose Lodge 178, Medford. Skiing Development To the Editor: As new resi dents of Ashland, my husband and I are thrilled to realize that there is a skiing wonder land at our back door. Sunday we were among a lucky few who enjoyed fine skiing above the clouds, in the beautiful meadows near the site of the proposed ski lodge. The excel lent skiing terrain is full of variety and needs no clearing. As I looked down on the shining sea of clouds in the valley, I almost felt like sing ing (with apologies to Mr. John E. Cribble of Medford). "O, what joy in helping many who'll be skiing these slopes some day!" And I should think ski slopes, whether "joyously cleared" or put there by na ture, would be just fine for summer elephant tours. How we look forward to the time when the Ml. Ashland ski development is a reality. Cynthia D. Lord, 588 Beach Ashland, Ore. Recreation and The Counties To the Editor: I read with a great deal of interest your editorial "The Crowd at the Lake" in the Mail Tribune Jan. 10. While I know little about local problems in Jack son county, and certainly have no intention of med dling, I would like to make one comment. Recreation needs are prob lems facing all county govern ments in Oregon today, and many of us have been caught short. We are doing every thing possible to catch up. A good example is the present OStC County Association pro gram for campsite develop ment, which we initiated two years ago with BLM, and another is the multi-million dollar project which we plan ned with the Forest Service last fall, and which should begin to have its effect as early as this coming summer. Let me say in defense of your own court that its repre sentative on our Association Executive committee, Chester Wendt, was one of the "pio neers" In this cooperative pro gram with the Forest Service. Without his foresight and help we could never have gotten past the existing legal and legislative barriers. Once this program gets underway, we feel that recreational develop ment In western Oregon will '$ greatly enhanced. Darrcll Jones. President Association of Oi;C Counties CommissOner for Clackamas County Oregon City, Ore. heavily upon lower income groups. . - Labor also bitterly opposed cuts in public expenditures for social insurance and education and in subsidies for uneco nomic coal mines and rail roads. Two Different Cultures Current unrest has accen tuated the differences between the French-speaking Walloons in the south and the Dutch speaking Flemings in the north which have existed since Belgium became an in dependent nation in 1830. Traditionally, the Walloon districts have made up Bel gium's chief industrial area. Its metallurgy plants were the biggest employers and it prospered from the flow of iron and other minerals from Katanga Province of the Bel gian Congo. Pay scales were higher than Possibilities for High Seen in 1961 Federal So Long, Shorly To the Editor: Yes, Shorty of old gold-mining Jackson ville, got him a sound-tape recorder and proceeded into the music publishing biz, he told us in his last visit here. Not feeling too good, we were making most by finishing my gold-miner hymnal ballad that Shorty listened to with cocked-ear and glistening-eye, suggesting one change we now appreciate so much: "all freed of earth's fetters my spirit will rise, to that golden bon zanner hid away in the skies." Not seeing him for quite some time, inquiry disclosed that he was laid up with ser ious lung ailment that had me up and down or staggering around and still is some. But Shorty had no dear-one to caution and care for him. He lived all alone in a trailer- house shack, its only heating from his simple cooking to keep body and soul more or less together. It and a couple houses he rented out, resulting from his savings as a refrig erator trouble - shooter. Not much but enough to keep him independent, asking no odds of private or public help, as told to me. So, we worried and waited. Just as a curious feeler, we took an old-timer song we had put together and sang in cen tennial parades that garnered us two blue-ribbons, the big one at Cave Junction where all alone we topped the pio neer division an hour and a half long of lovely floats. We sound-taped it, cut 'it to a player disc and one warm sunny day, took it to a local broadcaster where the morn ing jockey had said as how he'd "give it a whirl." Some how we didn't hear it whirl or anything. Come daylight, our young neighbor nearby tele phoned she had "heard Mr. Clifford singing over the ra dio, iust wonderful." Quite a lifter-upper if true. We asked her to have the station replay it. After a bit, she phoned back as how it was all a mis take. That the day-jockey hadn't noticed the disc had not been cleared by the musician's union down LA way or the Federal Communications Com mission in Washington, D.C. Also that we were to come and get the disc, pronto or sooner. So, we wondered if this is what finally stopped Shorty as we stopped a moment at his bier, asking forgiveness for harsh advice given. And the faint whimsical smile on the still face seemed to light up and we seemed to hear that gravely voice, "Sure, sure." So long Shorty-be seeing you. F. J. Clifford, Route 2, Box 200F, Central Point, Ore. Salinger Makes Debut as Pianist New York-flJPIl-Pierre Sal inger, President-elect John F. Kennedy's press secretary, made his piano debut on na tional television Tuesday night on the Jack Paar show. Salinger, who was a boy prodigy before he took up newspaper work, played a composition of his own which was received with applause by the show's orchestra. He had appeared on the NBC-TV show with Mcrriman Smith, UPI White House re porter, to talk about the press corps' relations with the Ken- nedny administration. The impromptu concert had network legal department c& nciais concerned until they learned that the composition was Salinger's own .and did not infringe any gjipyright. Deeper Than Just ent Is Threatened in the north and for more than 100 years the Walloons, although outnumbered by the Flemish, dominated Beligian affairs. In recent years, the tide has been turning. ' One of the keys is the de cline of southern Belgium's coal mines. Mine Industry Moves As surplus coal stocks piled up at pitheads all over west ern Europe and as the use of coal declined- before the ad vance of other fuels, the un economic mines in southern Belgium could not compete. Whereas in 1957 the mines employed 152,000 men, "in August, 1960, they were em ploying 105,000. Partial un employment also rose sharply. At the same time new, more profitable coal mines have been opened up in the north. Foreign business stepped up By DICK WEST Washington - IUPI) -Like eternity, infinity, relativity and bathroom plumbing, the federal budget cannot be comprehended by the finite mind. At least, not by the male finite mind. There may be a few wo men who can grasp it, with all of its implications and ramifications, but that is only because the female mind is itself an instrument that passeth understanding. For the rest of us, any lengthy period of contemplat ing the budget tends to over tax our credulity and under mine our sanity. This state ment, I might add, is not based on any abstract theory but on personal experience. I spent a couple of days this week immersed in the federal budget for fiscal 1962 and I began to get a touch of what the skindivers refer to as "rap ture of the deep." Fascinated By Budget In this condition, the diver (budget reader) becomes dan gerously fascinated by his sur roundings and forgets to come up for oxygen. I made it back to the surface just in time. The budget, as you know, is the product of countless hours of preparation by countless numbers of government work ers. No single individual could think of that many ways to spend that much money. It is drafted by the Budget Bureau, which turns it over President-elect Offers Standards for Judgment (Editor's note: John F. Kennedy will become the 35th President of the United States the day after tomorrow. A pre-inaugural glimpse of the principles he has set him self for guidance in his new job was given in a speech he delivered last week before the legislature of the State of Massachusetts. The major portion of it is reprinted here.) During the last 60 days, I have been engaged in the task of constructing an administration. It has been a long and de liberate process. Some have counseled greater speed. Others have counseled more expedient testsr But I have been guided by the standard John Winthrop set before his shipmates on the flagship Arabella 331 years ago, as they, too, faced the task of building a government on a new and perilous frontier. We must always consider, he said, "that we shall be as a city upon a hill - the eyes of all people are upon us." Today, the eyes of all people are truly upon us - and our governments, in every branch, at every level, national, state and local, must be as a city upon a hill - constructed and in habited by men aware of their grave trust and their great responsibilities. For we are setting out upon a voyage in 1961 no less hazardous than that undertaken by the Arabella in 1630. We are committing ourselves to tasks of statecraft no less awesome than that of governing the Massachusetts Bay colony beset as it then was by terror without and disorder within i History will not judge our endeavors and a government cannot be selocicd merely on the basis of color or creed or even party affilhtion. Neither will competence and loyalty and stature, while essential to -the utmost, suffice in times' such as these. For of those to whom much is given, much is required. And when at some future date the high court sits in judgment on each of us recording whether in our brief span of service we fulfilled our responsibilities to the state our success or failure, in whatever oC.'ice we hold, will be be measured by the answers to four questions: First, were we truly men of courage with the courage to stand up to one's enemies and the courage to stand up, when necessary to one's associates the courage to resist public pressure, as well as private greed? Secondly, were we truly men of judgment with per ceptive judgment of the future as well as the past of our own mistakes as well as the mistakes of others with enough wisdom to know that we did not know, and enough candor to admit it? Third, were we truly men of integrity men who never ran out on either the principles in which we believed or the men who believed in us men whom neither financial gain nor political ambition could ever divert from the fullfillment of our sacred trust? a Finally, were we truly men of dedication with an honor mortgaged to no single individual or group, and compromised by no private obligation or aim, but devoted solely to serving the public good and the national Interest? Courage Judgment integrity dedication these are the historic qualities of the Bay Colony and the Bay State the qualities which this state has consistently sent to Beacon Hill here in Boston and to Capital Hill back in Washington. And Ujesc arc the qualities which, with God's help, this son of Massachusetts hopes will characterize our- govern ment's conduct in the four stormv vears that lio ahead. Humbly 1 ask His help in this undertaking but aware that on earth His will is worked by men, I ask for your ft?lp and your prayers, ai I embark on this new and solemn journey. o y. its investments in the north to take advantage of lower wage scales and proximity to the sea. Premier Eyskens' ruling Christian Social Party draws its main strength from the Flemish districts. The Social ists predominate in the indus trial areas of the south. Now there are charges from the Walloon Socialists that the Eyskens government discrimi nates against them, and there have been growing demands that the country be reorgan ized into a federal state with both the Walloon and Flem ish districts having local self rule. -. - There even have been de mands that the Walloon area pull out of Belgium altogether and join with France, a pro posal which the French find highly embarrassing. Drama Budget to the President, who hands it to Congress. The President knows that Congress doesn't want it either, but it gives him some good exercise. I mean, the budget is not only difficult to understand but hard to lift. The popular paperback edition- weighs, in excess of four pounds. Explores Varied Viewpoints There are many ways of looking at the budget: As lit erature (strong characteriza tion but weak plot), as drama (good opening soliloquy but lacks suspense), and as horti culture (in growing a money tree, the green thumb is not as important as the green back). , I have been thinking, mainly about its dramatic possibili ties. There is an abundance of material available in the bud get, provided the right medi um is employed. The legitimate theater, I believe, is out. I doubt any modern playwright could adapt it for the stage. Even a Shakespeare would have trou ble with the third act. , It might be suitable for one of those wide screen,' stereo phonic, three-hour movies, if enough extras could be round ed up and if Marilyn Monroe could be persuaded to play the part of the dollar mark. But the ideal medium, it seems to me, is television. I visualize a series of 90-minute programs called "Playhouse 80,000,000,000." And let's do them live and in color. Such a show would be al most certain to win an "Em my" award except for one thiiig. There might not be enough gold left in Fort Knox to make the statuette.