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and 50 vean ao.
10 YEARS AGO
Jan. 27, 1951 (Saturday)
Speakers at a meeting of
the Southern Oregon Conser-
vation and Tree Farm asso
ciation yesterday said a bill
to regulate truck weight on
state highways would discrim
inate against log haulers.
The Oregon senate voted
yesterday 24 to 4 to Dan ine
sale of fireworKS in me
20 YEARS AGO
Jan. 27, 1941 (Monday)
nn... AehlnnH vnilths were
charged today with attempted
jail break and the aesirucuun
of jail property after an un
successful attempt to smash
through the Ukiah, Calif., jail
wall where they are being
held on charges of robbery,
tr-nrr, Arthur Perrv's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "The
sunshine yesterday cause a
many townsmen to report
they felt like plowing, know
ing full well they had no
plow, and no time to ao it,
If they did."
30 YEARS AGO
Jan. 27, 1931 (Tuesday)
The, Jacksonville city coun
cil has decided to reopen Sat
urday night dances, but put
them under closer supervision.
A public elevator in the
county courthouse is consid
ered by many to be a "need
less extravagance.'1
40 YEARS AGO
Jan. 27, 1921 (Thursday)
"Billy," the beloved Elks
club cat, was killed by an
auto yesterday.
A massacre of all unlicensed
dogs in the county is set to
start this week end.
SO YEARS AGO
Jan. 27, 1911 (Friday)
A crew of surveyors this
week started picking the ex
act route of a proposed Inter
urban trolley line from Grants
Pass through Medford to Ash
land. The Central Point town
council is considering a pro
posed extension of the city's
sewer and water systems.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine et fen correct it superior!
sqvon or eight is eicallanri five ei
ill Is good.
1. Name the three formerly
Independent Balllc states that
wore Incorporated into the
Soviet Union.
2. In what manner did Ju
das Iscariot commit suicide?
3. What is the capital of
New Zcland?
4. Does one set or sit in a
chair?
5. In which state is the an
nual Belmont Stakes run?
6. Who was President of
France when the Nazis ob
tained French surrender?
7. Where is the United
Stales gold depository?
8. In which of Browning's
works is there a priest Ca
ponacchi? 9. The name Toplady Is as
sociated with what hymn?
10. Four stales of the U. S.
have names that begin with
the letter 'W'; can you name
them?
Answers: 1. Estoula, Latvia,
Lithuania. 2. He hanged him
self. 3. Wellington. 4. Sits.
5. Now York. 6. Albert Le
brun. 7. Ft. Knox, Ky. . "The
Ring and the Book." 9. "Rock
of Ages." 10, Washington,
West Virginia, Wisconsin, and
Wyoming'
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Proof Op To Medco o
. Despite smooth words and Assurances that
the proposed log truck road from Mecft'ord to
Butte Falls will be satisfactory to all concerned,
residents of the Eagle Point area and elsewhere
along the present railroad line are still upset
and worried.
We don't blame them.
It may be that Medco's plans, as cleared
with the Public Utilities Commissioner and the
State Highway Commission, will provide a quick,
economical, safe, and unobnoxious way to trans
port logs from Butte Falls to Medford.
RUT the burden of proof is on Medco. And it
u is evident that this fine firm, so important
to our community, has as yet failed to make its
case.
The administration of the city of Medford
is on record opposing a private log-truck road
crossing- a major state highway near the city
limits. In other areas, other groups, both gov
ernmental and m'ivate. are eauallv concerned
about such crossings, despite tne assurances of
the highway commission that the trucks will have
no more than 20 out of any 70 second period
in which to cross.
And the prospect of noise, dust and potential
danger of 100 log truck trips daily, whether along
a private road or along public highways, still is
causing concern.
CIMPLY as a matter of
for no more substantial reasons, Medco should
spell out, in writing, just
to do, how it plans to do
tives may be. It should list
the safety measures, and
nuisances and dangers,
If the plans are then
the people who live in
written statement will serve to allay the worries,
If they are not, the
then have a definite basis for further discussions
with Medco and the state authorities concerned,
to see if acceptable alternatives can be found
1MEDCO is a good citizen of the community.
A'It has been most responsive to demands for
air nollution control. It
sums, not only to alleviate this nuisance, but
also to make substantial new investments in its
plant, which is a major factor in the economy of
this entire area.
Its representatives executives and employees
are valued members of our community.
If, because of misunderstanding or lack of
complete information, Medco becomes the object
of public resentment and worry, the entire area
will suffer. No one wants that to happen.
We sincerely believe this matter can De settled
to the benefit of all concerned Medco, the cities
and school districts involved, the highway com
mission, the public utilities commissioner, and
the residents along the line if it is explained
and discussed with good will and objectivity.
E. A.
Press Conference
During the election campaign, a member of
our news staff (now working for another news
paper), was an ardent supporter ot Kichard
Nixon and an ardent poo-poo-er of Senator Ken
nedy's "New Frontiers."
Yesterday we received a note from our friend.
The body of the letter said simply this:
"I watched the Kennedy pross conference on TV
today, and I'm furious."
Then, way down at the bottom, it added:
"I liked it, dammit."
PRESIDENT KENNEDY was crisp, incisive and
responsive. . He handled the English language
well, and made only a couple of minor boo-boos,
neither of which were important.
He evidenced an amazing grasp of the com
plexities of the world, all the way from the status
of disarmament negotiations to the exact posi
tion of the hijacked vessel Santa Maria.
He reads the newspapers (which President
Eisenhower didn't do).
And, if for reasons of his own, he wished not
to answer a question directly, he ducked it with
consumate skill, and provided enough comment
on the subject of the question to let his audience
know at least some of his views on the matter.
UIS youth and his somewhat shaggy head of
hair notwithstanding, he presented a pic
ture of poised dignity, well befitting his office.
But the dignity was leavened with luimor, and
showed no trace of stuffiness or pomposity.
And, finally, he has a sense of the dramatic.
His announcement of the freeing of the RB-47
pilots was a masterpiece of understated, low-key
drama, which made the sudden realization of
the import of his words all the more impressive.
Mr. Kennedy is bound to make mistakes be
fore his term of office is concluded. But if
Wednesday's remarkably sure-footed perform
ance is any indication, they will be the exception
to the rule. E. A.
Modern Piracy
Despite the possibly serious results, for some
reason we find the story of the hijacked luxury
liner Santa Maria a refreshing one. ;
It has an aura of old-time adventure about it.
It is also just a bit ludicrous to see the specta
cle of a piratical crew baffling the navies of the
world's greatest powers, who simply don't know
what to do about it,
We hope the outcome is satisfactory and that
no one gets hurt. Meanwhile we're enjoying it.
good neighborliness, if
exactly what it proposes
it, and what the alterna
the route, the crossings,
the plans for avoiding
which it contemplates.
deemed satisfactory by
the areas affected, this
residents affected will
has stoent considerable
Dennis the Menace
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Dedicated Verse
To the Editor: Inspired by
Mrs. Corona's wonderful let
ter in the M.T. of Jan. 23 re
garding Gold Hill and "peo
ple" we wish to dedicate the
few following lines to all the
fine friends of Li'l Abner and
Daisy Mae "thet thar be" in
Jackson county; respectfully
to the Mayor and City Coun
cil of Gold Hill, Oregon; and
-also respectfully - to the
"Ideal" Cement Company of
Gold Hill, Oregon. (Also Gold
Hill Chamber of Commerce.)
Don't Break the News To
Mother
All day long I've cussed
and cussed!
If Old-dust Hill don't soon
adjust
This resolution's sure a
"must";
If this here town is goin'
to rust
An' get so I can't earn a
crust
(An' they don't stop their
torment dust)
"Jt's back tto where I'm
from or bust!"
Don't tell mah dear old
Paw 'n' Maw
But I'm goin' back to Ar-
kln-saw-Tq
find a way to fill mah
craw!
I'll marry a dad -burned
Ozark squaw
An' move right in with mah
Paw-in-law,
Eat wild "hawg" and talk
Choctaw
An' thumb mah nose at
the world-Haw Haw!
Gold Hill Billy
Gold Hill, Ore.
Loving Care
To the Editor; This is to all
the wonderful staff at the Sa
cred Heart Hospital, the sec
ond, third and fourth floors,
and the elevator boys.
We all thank you for the
loving care you gave our Mo
ther (who was there 4 months
and 9 days), and our Father
(who was there 9 days) before
they passed away in Novem
ber and January.
We shall never forget each
and everyone of you.
The Spencer Family
310 North Bartlett si.,
Medford.
Prospecting
To the Editor: When the
flood waters hit Placerville,
Roy Stanqvisl and I stood
helpless on the bank and
watched the town saloon float
down the river. Wc wuzn't
worried about the saloon, it
wuz good riddance. We wuz
Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERF
A COLUMNIST solemnly swears that he met a semi-literate
movie tycoon who said he had just thrown away
an old Bible that had been lying around his ancestral scat
in Germany for generations.
"Who printed it, do you
know?" asked the col
umnist quietly.
"Somebody named Gu-tcn-something,"
recalled
the producer with an
effort.
"Not Gutenberg:"
gasped the columnist.
"You idiot, you have
thrown away one of the
first books ever printed.
A copy sold at auction re
cently for over $300,000."
The producer was unmoved, "My copy wouldn't have
brought a dime," he announced firmly. "Some fellow named
Martin Luther had scribbled all over it."
An ostentatious Hollywood agent found that even he couldn't
afford hl yacht and crew of six In these days of austerity in the
motion picture business. He sums up his life us a sea captain
in one sentence: "My two happiest days were wheji I bought tlio
dam boat and when I sold It."
C 1SW. ty BwiptU Cert Distributed by Kinf Features Syndicate
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE.
worried about the three char
acters irappea in me suioon
and being swept to their doom
in the raging torrent. There
wuz two one arm bandits and
a cigar store Indian in that
thar saloon, and they wuz
loaded. The one arm bandits
wuz full of quarters and the
Indian wuz loaded with S, 10
and 20 dollar gold pieces.
There wuzn't any banks in
Placerville, so the saloon
keeper used the cigar store
Indian for a cash register.
Nobody expected a bum like
that to have any money. It
wuz safe.
When the flood waters re-
ceeded, all the old Prospectors
and Cowboys went prospect
ing for whisky and they got
loaded. Roy and I decided to
go prospecting for one arm
bandits and cigar store In
dians. We found old Sweven
dorferbiscuits, the old burro,
and he got' loaded. We loaded
him with bacon, eggs, coffee.
flapjack flour and some min
ing tools, and we wuz off in
the mud. It took us three days
to locate the bandits. We
didn't waste any money
hitting the jackpot. We hit
Ihe jackpot with a sledge
hammer. It worked beauti
fully. All we ever found of
the cigar store Indian wuz a
pile of feathers.
Maybe we won t have any
gold buried in Ft. Knox, but
we got gold buried in a cigar
store Indian. Nobody knows
where the cigar store Indian
is buried, but I can show the
boys in Washington where we
found the feathers.
Everett Acklin,
Ashland, Ore.
If Freedom Fails
To the Editor, and all resi
dents of the Rogue River Val
ley:
After listening to Walter
Huss, director of Freedom
Crusade, and Mr. Paul Vor-
onaeff speak at the Nazarcnc
Church Tuesday evening
many people were made to
realize the urgency for im
mediate aclion against the
enemies of our freedom.
Whether we like to face
bare facts and naked truth or
not is immaterial. The enemy
(Communist conspiracy) has a
definite step-by-step plan of
taking our country without
firing a shot. So while we
sit in front of our TVs, feet
propped up, and eating good
ios, the enemy is stealthy, in
filtrating every phase of our
society.
It is very shaking to turn
off the TV, go out, and attend
IB4c7
Wilson Advises QOP
Themselves for TV;
By LYLE C. WILSON
Washington -UPD- The fol
lowing nuggets of wisdom are
especially for the information
of three Re
publican poli
ticians - Rich
ard M. Nixon,
Nelson A.
-Rockefe Her
and Sen. Bar
ry Goldwater:
These three
should get on
the ball. .
They have
home work and other work to
do and they had better , get
about it. That is, they should
do that if they are thinking
about campaigning for Presi
dent in 1964 against John F.
Kennedy.
TV columnist Lawrence
Laurent (in the Washington,
D. C. Post) was first with this
general idea. Laurent dug out
of the records the fact that
Kennedy qualified as a pro
fessional TV question answer
er long before he and Nixon
met in the mis-called debates
a Freedom Crusade program
and find out that while we
were sitting or casually talk
ing about Communism, they
have been working day and
night and have gained such
a foot-hold at this present
time, it will take a miracle
to save our remaining liber
ties. No longer can we be un
concerned, or indifferent to
ward this menace, or main
tain a "It can't happen here"
attitude; the truth is IT IS
happening here!!
The slaves in the concentra
tion camps from Eastern Eu
rope and Asia probably didn't
think it could happen to them
either, until it was too late
The Freedom Crusade is
sponsoring two programs this
week-end to help enlighten
and awaken the American
public to the dangers of
Communism. An all day Sem
inar at the Medford Public
Library Saturday, Jan. 28
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and
Saturday evening a talk by
Mr. Walter Huss, director of
Freedom Crusade, and show
ing of the film, "Operation
Abolition," at Hedrick Junior
High School starting at 7:30
p.m.
". . . For what avail the
plough . or sail or land, or
life, if Freedom fail."-(R. W.
Emerson.)
Mrs. Fred M. Brown
Route 1, Box 11
Central Point, Ore.
Nu-clee-ar
To the Editor: When are
we going to get radio and TV
announcers who know how
to pronounce the word "nu
clear" correctly?
I realize that in this rapidly
changing age, with new dis
coveries and developments in
troducing many new words to
our vocabulary, it is to be ex
pected that some of these new
words might cause temporary
difficulty. But surely by now
"nuclear" is no longer a new
word, and people should be
able to use it correctly.
Of course, as long as radio
and TV announcers continue
to mispronounce it, the error
will be compounded.
The correct pronunciation
is "nu-clee-ar," not "nu-cue-lar."
Jean Cunningham
Box 355
Gold Hill, Ore.
Doggone
To the Editor:
Many a dog has his freedom
restrained.
And most folks think this
preferred;
But, I have conlrarily ever
maintained,
T'""v are much better seen
than heard.
H. W. Robertson
103 North Central ave.
Medford.
Try Holy Cow, Walter
To the Editor: Since Mr.
Walter Reecc seems to have
arrived at a wrong conclu
sion, perhaps the Editor will
be so kind enough to tell him
from whence came the cap
tion, "The Editor a Traitor,"
of mv former letter. Certainly
it was not there when I scaled
and mailed that missive.
And I would be pleased to
know if the shop was out of
boldface type, so they could
not print emphasis where I
used it.
We credit Mr. Rcece with
not being a namc-callcr, but
if so be it he feels an im
pulse to do so, we respectfully
suggest that he go out to the
milking parlor and three
times repeat "HOLY COW"
in a respectful tone, and sec
how comforting it is.
A. E. Bliss.
Route 2, Box 34-A.
Jacksonville, re.
Editor's note: Our diction
ary Indicates thet one who Is
guilty of treason is a traitor.
o
of the 1960 campaign.
Kennedy's career as a TV
panel pigeon began on NBC's
Meet The Press when the
President was in the House
of Representatives. He has ap
peared more often - eight
times - on that program than
has any other pigeon.
Kennedy challenged and
met Henry Cabot Lodge in a
TV debate in 1952 when the
former sought and won
Lodge's Senate seat. He was
five times on CBS, Face The
Nation, twice on ABC's Col
lege News Conference, one or
more times on the Paar show.
Laurent said there had been'
a scattering of other TV ap
pearances. So Kennedy was loaded
with experience when he.met
Nixon during the campaign
on the TV screen. As President
of the United States, Kennedy
Burma-Red China Border Set;
Long Dispute Appears Ended
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
Along rugged hills, across
deep gorges and through
dense jungle, stone pillars are
going up mark-
ng the new,
formal border
between Bur
ma and Red
China.
Roughly i t
follows the old
MeMahon line,
an ill-defined
boundary set
up shortly aft
er the turn of the century by
Great Britain and China
r--J9Wrwi
Washington Report
By WILLIAM
THE RULES DECISION
Washington - The south's
moderate and reasonably con
servative Democrats, and the
moderate Re
publicans a s
well, must
now take a
great decision.
It will severe
ly test their
fairness - and
also their
commonsense.
Will they
white support the
efforts of Speaker Sam Ray
burn and other spokesmen of
the Kennedy administration to
end the capacity of the House
Rules committee to bottle up
legislation?
Or will they be misled by
silly cries that this is some
power-mad "purge" in viola
tion of a "tradition" that
never really existed?
If so, the consequences will
be grave - and most of all to
the southerners and the valid
traditions they properly seek
to maintain.
A COALITION of ullra-con-"
servatives in both parties,
led by Chairman Howard
Smith of Virginia, presently
has iron-clad control of that
committee. If this ability of
a handful of men to strangle
legislation before it can ever
reach the House floor is to be
sustained these will surely be
the results:
1. President Kennedy will
be forced from the moderate
position - which is by no
means unsympathetic to the
south s problems - he is try
ing so hard to maintain. Stark
Powers' Parents
Hope for Release
Pond, Va.-(UPD-The parents
of spy-pilot Francis Gary Pow
ers are hopeful the Russians
will free their son soon.
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver W
Powers said Thursday they
feel that the release of the
two RB47 fliers from a Rus
sian prison may mean their
son will win freedom soon.
Powers, flying the high alti
tude U2 (photo- reconnais
sance) plane, crashed deep in
side Russia last May.
He was sentenced to 10
years confinement as a spy.
"We've been praying for
the two (RB47) boys and our
boy too," Mrs. Powers said,
"and I feel like if we all keep
on praying, they'll release
him, too."
NewlRSChief's
Tax Return Checked
Washington - HOT - Newly
named Internal Revenue
Commissioner Mortimer M.
Caplin says his income tax re
turn was being checked by a
Treasury agent when he was
notified of his government
post.
The man who will be the
nation's top tax collector said
he didn't know whether the
income tax audit was a coinci
dence or whether it was con
nected with his new job. In
tmy case, he added, " I came
out clean."
Hopefuls
Kennedy
intends to add to his TV ex
perience. He began this week
with a live televised news con
ference. If Nixon, Rockefeller, Gold
water and others do not be
lieve this accumulation of ex
perience will give Kennedy
an advantage over any less
experienced person in 1964,
they probably will have to
learn about it the hard way.
There was some doubt after
the November election that
Kennedy would submit him
self, as President, to TV de
bate or questioning in 1964.
His tirother, Bobby, thought
he might not. To do so would
give the opposition candidate
an advantage which, in 1960,
accrued to Kennedy.
Debates Helped JFK
Merely by entering the TV
campaign competition in last
year's campaign, Nixon gave
through lands that until very
recently time forgot
Running from Tibet in the
northwest through Burma in
the southeast, the MeMahon
line is the source of India's
border dispute with Red
China. It skirts Nepal and
Bhutan and swings upward
and then south again past the
hill country of India's wild
Naga tribesmen.
Historic Area
Here was the "hump" over
which American fliers flew
supplies from India to China
in World War II. Here was the
Burma Road over which sup
plies had reached Kunming
S. WHITE
necessity will drive him into
ever - closer association with
the left-wing; for somewhere
or other a president must find
allies for his programs.
2. The unwise atlempts of
these ultra-liberals to end un
limited debate in the Senate
will be enormously' aided.
Only recently the Senate
moderates were only narrow
ly able to put aside a plan of
the ultra-liberals to give a
simple majority - of - one the
power to halt all Senate de
bate. Some liberals stood with
moderates in an unspoken un
derstanding that the true road
block, that in the House Rules
committee, would be ended.
THESE non-southern liberals
- cannot be expected to con
tinue to stand with the moder
ates to preserve the old right
of free Senate debate unless
this reasonable bargain to cut
the Rules committee down to
size is carried out. Nor can
President Kennedy.
The House Rules committee
never has had any mandate
to become a permanent bar
rier to legislation. Its sole
true function is to act as a
traffic policeman, not perma
nently to halt bills but rather
to feed them in an orderly
way onto the House floor.
Historically it has been sim
ply an arm and creature of
the leadership of any current
House majority. It has no
"right" to be an antagonist
of that leadership. Responsible
Republicans, too, will not
wisely follow their ultra-conservatives
on the Rules com
mittee - or those Republican
House leaders who sec in this
.an opportunity to embarrass
the Kennedy administration.
For one day the Republicans
will again be in control of
the House. When that day
comes they will not want to
see a Republican president
and a Republican house speak
er similarly embarrassed by a
liny entrenclied group in
some committee.
UNLIMITED Senate debale
the filibuster - is some
thing altogether different. For
the House was set up to be
strictly a body of simple ma
jority rule. The Senate was
created deliberately to act as
a check on simple majority
rule by the House. Unlimited
Senate debate thus exists pre
cisely because the House was
to be a place where a simple
majority could always, and
readily, have its way.
There is thus no reason, in
history or in constitutional
ism, why the House Rules
committee should not be alter
ed at any time the party lead
ership and any simple major
ity think wise. .
So it comes to this: If re
sponsible southerners now
rally to entrench the undue
powers claimed by the com
mittee they will be asking for
trouble. An Inflamed non
southern majority of the Sen
ate will then say to them:
'Very well, you have refused
us any sensible reform in the
House. We have tried to stay
with you in the Senate - and
this, considering our problems
at home, has not been easy,
So we shall stand with you no '
longer; all bets arc off."
(Copyright, 1961, by Uiled
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
To Train
Old Pro
Kennedy - for free - adver-
tising, identity and oppor
tunity, all of which is believed
to have contributed to Nixon's
defeat and Kennedy's elec
tion. As a President campaign
ing for reelection, Kennedy
would be giving his opponent
similar advantages if they met
before the TV cameras.
These advantages would
shrink toward nothing, how.
ever, if Kennedy's experience
enabled him to out-shine, out
smart and out-maneuver his
opponent. And that is the way
it is likely to be unless the
Republicans insist that their
potential candidates make
themselves expert TV pigeons.
If Nixon, Rockefeller and
Goldwater are serious about
1964, they would be wise to
sign up for any TV pigeon
trainee program that may be
open.
earlier in the war. Here inter
mingle primitive savagery and
the modern techniques of the
cold war, 1961. .
In 1953, Burma abruptly
terminated the U. S. technical
assistance program because it
held the United States respon
sible for failure of the Nation
alist Chinese regime on For
mosa to get all its forces out
of Burma, 10 years after the
Reds seized China.
The matter went to the
United Nations and eventually
2,248 Chinese Nationalists
were airlifted out of Burma
in U. S. planes. But others re
mained to engage in arms and
opium smuggling and harass
both the Chinese Reds and the
Burmese.
Then came the Chinese bor
der crisis with India and sim
ilar. Chinese claims against
Burmese territory.
Good Diplomacy
What followed is attributed
to the astuteness of Burmese
Gen. Ne Win and Premier
U Nu.
The Red Chinese were in
bad odor throughout Asia for
their aggression against India.
They needed a gesture to re
tain their position of peaceful
co-existence.
In October 1960, U Nu sug
gested to the surprised Chi
nese that the border dispute
easily could be solved during
his forthcoming' visit to Pei
ping. The agreement was con
cluded and the documents rat
ified on Jan. 4.
On Jan, 9, the two govern
ments signed an agreement
for an interest-free S85 million
loan from Red China to Bur
ma. China had gained face in
Asia. Burma had settled, its
frontier dispute.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Signs of the times:
In a bill just introduced, the
California legislature is asked
to appropriate half a million
dollars for a financial feasibil
ity study of another bridge
over the Golden Gate.
The bill alleges that the
present one is insufficient.
TTMMMMMMMM.
It is highly probable that
by the time a second bridge
can be built it too will be in
sufficient to handle the traffic.
The big problem these days
- especially in the ncighbor-
nood of the nation's huge
cities - is how to find room
enough for people to move
around.
rjOWN in the Bay Area, a
17 60-year-old grandmother
is found guilty of conspiring
to murder her former son-in-law.
She was accused of so
liciting a young man to do the
job.
She Is bewildered by the
verdict. She says she was com
peting in a short story contest
and thought she could GET
MATERIAL by bracing her
prospect to do the murder and
then listening to him talk!
Unfortunately, he took it
seriously.
TpORMER Portugese Army
Captain Henrique Galvao,
who with his buddies captur
ed the Portugese luxury
cruise liner Santa Maria, is
still playing tag with the na
vies of the world.
It's perhaps characteristic of
his exploit (and perhaps of the
times in which we live) that
he can't stay away from the
mlke. He keeps talking on the
ship's radio. Seizure of the
Santa Maria, he says this
morning to all and sundry
who will listen, is an act of
revolt against Premier OH
veira Salazar, who has ruled
Portugal for 30 years. He calls
the ship's seizure a "legitimate
act of appropriation," and
asks Britain and the United
States to keep HANDS OFF.
He proclaims: "Wc are not
pirates. We are engaged in
political war. This is OUtt
business - not the business of
the U.S. and Britain. We are
not stealing anything or hurt-
ing anybody."
It's a weird world we're liv
ing in, mates.
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