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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
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... 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
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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
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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
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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?
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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.
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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.