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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Trjbune 10, 20, 30 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEAHS AGO
Jan. 29, 1951 (Monday)
A letter endorsing the re
activation of Camp White for
use as an Army training fa
cility was sent to Washington,
D.C., today by a group of
stockmen and farmers who
own or lease property in the
area.
The Rogue valley had its
coldest weather of the winter
Sunday when the thermome
ter dropped to 20.2 degrees,
20 YEARS AGO
Jan. 29, 1941 (Wednesday)
E. Palmer Hoyt, published
of The Oregonian, will be
principal speaker at the Jack
son County Lincoln club's an
nual dinner in Ashland
Feb. 11.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pol" column: "The
legislature now proposes , e
bill calling for $8 per diem
and a SO-day session, instead
of the current $3 per for 40
days. This is prolonging the
misery. It would be more
practical to pay them $50 per
day for an eight-day session,
with no week end raids on
Portland."
30 YEARS AGO
Jan. 29, 1931 (Thursday)
A three-year tree planting
program at the city's source of
water has been completed.
The confessed slayer of an
Ashland city policeman will
go on trial within a month,
according to the county dist
rict attorney.
40 YEARS AGO
Jan. 29, 1921 (Saturday)
A motion for a change of
venue In the Bank of Jackson
ville scandal trials was denied
yesterday.
A bill for a coast highway
has been Introduced in the
state lcgislturc.
50 YEARS AGO
Jan. 29, 1911 (Sunday)
A new $40,000 theater is
planned at the corner of Sixth
st. and Riverside avc., next
door to the Natatorium.
A federal court has failed
to uphold a state railroad
commission ruling that would
lower freight rates on freight
leaving Portland and would
have worked to the detriment
of other Oregon rail centers,
including Medford
'- hat's Your I.Q.7
Nina at ten correct is superior:
Sevan ot tight is ictllcnt; five o
in is fjooa.
1. Persons born between
Feb. 10 and March 20 arc bom
under which sign of the Zo
diac? 2. Correct the following:
"Only one of all those players
were properly dressed.
3. Arc the male or female
birds of most species the more
brightly colored?
4. When Is Maundy Thurs
day observed?
5. Is cedar, oak, or pine
wood generally used for mak
ing lead pencils?
6. General Montcalm fell
In the defense of what city
in Norm America?
7. What Doctrine forbids
European powers from inter
vening In American affairs?
8. What is the capital of
Liberia?
8. Is Carl Sandburg famous
for his poetry, play-writing
or photography?
10. Which would you eat,
and what would you do with
the other: Jerky and Jerkin?
Answers 1. Pisces. 2. ". . ,
was properly dressed." 3
Mai. 4. Thursday belore
Easter, 5. Cedar. 6, Quebec.
7. Monroe. 8. Monrovia. 9.
Poetry. 10. Eal the jerkyj wear
the jerkin,vst).
Clean Air Laws
The state sanitary authority this year is ask
ing the legislature to rewrite the laws pertaining
to pollution of both air and water.
This would be accomplished by the passage of
Senate Bills 36 and 40. The former revises exist
ing law to delete air pollution control provisions,
and makes some changes regarding water pollu
tion. The latter creates a new section of law deal
ing specifically and comprehensively with air
pollution.
Senate Bill 40 would give the state sanitary
authority somewhat greater power than it now
has, allowing it to set standards and work toward
air pollution control and the greatest "practical
purity" of the air. ,
IT ALSO would enable the authority to work in
cooperation with local governments.
But the fact is that air pollution control is,
and should be, essentially a state function, for city
and county lines do not serve as boundaries for
dirty air.
State Sen. Lyndel Newbry of Jackson county,
commenting on these proposals and similar ones
sponsored by the city of Portland, says he favors
air pollution control legislation, and declared that
these bills appear to be sound and good, offering
a practical approach to
TTHE five-year program that the county's or-
nViai'rliafa Vua linrriin trt innwnwf flinii riiinr,-
burning smudge pots to
less smoke, would fit in
of this proposed legislation, Senator Newbry says,
It is not the intent of the state sanitary author
ity to see that all the air over Oregon is pristine
pure. This would, first of all, be impossible. Purity
ot the air is a matter ot
What the bill seeks to
est degree of purity which is practically possible,
considering all factors
IN JACKSON county, many of the preliminaries
nnnnac'ipw t-rv ait' nnllnfinn pnntrnl Ivjvn Kdfin
accomplished ; but more
we can achieve a desirable degree of air purity.
Both orchardists and
come this sort of legislation, for it would permit
the setting of standards toward which they could
work, and would permit the sanitary authority to
cooperate in achieving the necessary control.
The people of this valley will not put up with
the periodic infusions of dirty smoke, soot, cin
ders and smudge much longer. So the sooner that
a reasonable degree of control is achieved, the
better for all concerned.
This proposed legislation would be a means
toward that end. E.A.
; Man's Use of Alcohol
The use of 'alcohol as a beverage has been
a controversial thing for centuries.
Up in Coos Bay the other day, a panel dis
cussion on the problems of drinking was held
under the sponsorship of a church group, and it
served to emphasize the fact that religious think
ing is divergent on the use of alcohol.
The Bible, for instance, has many references
to drinkintr. Some of the quotations "hailed the
joys of drinking," the panel was told, while others
called attention to the
fNE of the ministers participating said this
shows two things, that the problem of liquor
is an old one, and that almost anything can be
proven by quoting the Bible.
Some churches hold that the use of alcohol
is a matter for individual conscience, while oth
ers hold it to be an unmitigated evil.
All of them, though,
misuse of alcohol is to be
Generally, the Episcopal and Catholic churches
teach that licnior, of and
sarily evil, but that the individual owes it to him
self and society to control his drinking so that he
injures neither himself nor others.
ZITHER churches have varying attitudes toward
it, ranging from emphasis on temperance and
self-control to outright condemnation and a call
for universal prohibition and abstinence.
The fact remains that a large percentage ot
humankind does drink alcohol, always has, and
probably always will.
Prohibition, which has been tried at various
times and places, does not work, and usually has
led to worse conditions than those where certain
degrees of control and restraint arc used.
.
ALCOHOL, in its many forms, can be both
l-,ln.uiiin- oi-irl fnii'cn nnrl cnn-mniif a nf mil' snr'i-
ety will always regard it as one or the other, sel
dom recognizing that it is both.
But everyone, no matter what their individual
attitudes, should recognize that it is economically
wasteful, and highly dangerous.
And its attendant problems, which have been
with us since Biblical times, will continue to be
with us into the foreseeable future. E.A.
Obstructionism, Already
Embattled Republicans in Washington are
already starting to tlo their best to hamper, ridi
cule and frustrate President Kennedy.
That, of course, is to be expected. But if we
judge the temper of the people correctly, and
their reactions to the new President's vigorous
start, they'll have to do better than the "humor
ous" quoting of the Presidential cat, or just being
agin' for the sake of being agin'.
There's a job to be done, and petty obstruc
tionism will, we judge, be recognized for what
it is. E.A.
the problem.
heaters which put out far
nicely with the objectives
degree.
accomplish is the high
in any situation.
needs to be done before
lumber mills should wel
evils ot drinking. .
agree that the abuse and
deplored.
by itself, is not neces
Dennis the
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'NOW THIS ARM IS KNOWN AS THE 'VllTCHELL NEISH60RHCOD'
MD IT TAKES A RfAL SAiESVWJ "
Today & Tomorrow
By Walter
RUSK ON QUIET
DIPLOMACY
Secretary Rusk's statement
that the administration will
"use freely the diplomatic
channel" has
naturally
enough raised
the question
whether this
means that
the public wi
come to know
and under
stand less of
what is going
Lippmann on. The ques
tion is a perennial one in a
democratic society. For true
negotiation is impossible if
it has to be done publicly
and yet a free people cannot
be left in the dark. As Mr.
Rusk says, "The value of the
diplomatic channel depends
on its privacy." But the pub
lic nas the right and the need
to know what is being done.
The problem can be stated
so that it sounds insoluble.
But as a matter of fact it is
not at all impossible, although
it requires the gifts of leader
ship, for a competent govern
ment to keep the public well
informed without destroying
the privacy which is essen
tial to diplomatic negotia
tions.
It can be done by periodic
talks, one might almost say
lectures, given by the Presi
dent and the Secretary of
State explaining the situation
and how it got to be what it
is, and what are the difficul
ties and the Issues which
have to be dealt with.
rpilS is what Churchill did
ill hie Wl-out luuv cnnnMin.
He rallied men not only by
the eloquence and beauty of
his words but even more, I
venture to believe, by con
vincing them that on the is
sues of life and death they
were in the know. Not many
can be so eloquent as Chur
chill. But Hie Democratic
leaders can tell the story.
There is no need for Mr.
Lincoln White, for example,
to tell the newspapers what
Mr. Khrushchev said to Mr.
Thompson when they met at
the Kremlin, or what Mr.
Macmillan said to Mr. Ken
nedy in a message passed on
by the Ambassador. The in
dispensiblc privacy ot diplo
matic intercourse can be pre
served if the leaders know
how to talk informatively to
the people on the issues of
policy.
To talk informatively is in
the main to narrate the his
tory and to be very sparing
of pious generalities and of
the old stereotype of exhorta
tion and defiance. For if the
leaders will interest and do
not bore the public, there will
be less interest in keyholes
and in eavesdropping and
leaks.
QUIET diplomacy must not
be identified with with
drawal from the public view,
with the withholding of
knowledge, with locking the
door and pulling down the
blinds. In a democratic so
ciety quiet diplomacy is pos
sible and can be fruitful only
if at the same time (here is
an increase of communication
on foreign affairs between the
Chief Executive and the pub
lic. Moreover, it can be said.
I think, that diplomatic inter
course can be kepi quiet and
private only if it becomes
routine and commonplace. Mr.
Khrushchev's interview with
Ambassador Thompson Is not
a true example of quiet di
plomacy. For the meeting is
not quiet when it is an
nounced to the whole world,
and the proof that it w not
quiet is tint tlx-re are leaks
about it all over the piece.
There viU rant be cAretivc
quiet tJijiioiriicy unttl In Mo
MEDFOlf gIL TltllUNE. MEDFORD, ORE.
Me
lippmann
cow and in Washington diplo
matic meetings are so habit
ual that they arc not public
events.
Let us hope that we shall
get to this. For the great
questions which have event
ually to be negotiated cannot
be resolved by arm's-length
pronunciamcntos. They can be
resolved only if intimate and
informal talks open the way
for formal negotiations,
(c) 1961 New York Herald
Tribune Inc.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
' In this space recently, this
question was asked:
Did Melba, one of the great
operatic singers of all time,
live for a period of her life in
our State of Jefferson - in
Linkville, perhaps, or in
Klamath Falls after the
change of name?
The answer seems to be
that Melba never lived here,
but her husband and their son
did. The husband was Captain
Charles N.F. Armstrong. He
lived here somewhere around
the turn of the century. Their
son was with him at this time.
MELBA was born (about
1861) in Australia, near
Melbourne. Her christened
name was Helen Porter Mitch
ell, but when she became
world famous she adopted the
name Melba, in honor of Mel
bourne. She is known in the
j-ecords as Nellie Melba. She
began to study the piano at
the age o three, and sang to
her own accompaniment when
she was six.
In 1887, she made her Eu
ropean debut in Brussels as
Gilda in Rigoletto. The rec
ords of the Metropolitan Op
era Association reveal that in
1888 she married a Charles
N e s b 1 1 Armstrong, said to
have been the son of an Irish
baronet. The made her Ameri
can debut in the Metropolitan
Opera House in New York.
She remained at irregular in
tervals during five seasons.
Her last appearance with the
Metropolitan was during the
season 1910-11.
riMIE impression among peo---
pie who knew Captain
Armstrong here in the early
days of Klamath Falls is that
he had married Melba in Aus
tralia and had financed her
musical education. They in
cline to the belief that when
she became world famous he
couldn't take being merely
the husband of a celebrity and
urged her to retire from the
operatic stage, which she re
fused to do.
It is known that they sepa
rated. There are some indica
tions that they were later re
united, but apparently the
reconciliation ended in fail
ure and they separated again.
It seems to have been agreed
that the son would be left
with his father until he reach
ed the age of 21, when he
would be free to choose which
parent he would remain with.
At any rate, he was with
his father here. He is describ
ed as a frail youth, who need
ed the outdoors. The high, dry
climate seemed to be just what
he needed.
CAPTAIN Armstrong is de
scribed by those who
knew him here as of the Eng
lish type, big. strong and
handsome. He was an amateur
boxer of great ability and
spent much time training his
son as a boxer. He is describ
ed as pleasant, courteous, well
educated and "well raised" -a
charming person. He was
generally believed to have
been an officer in the British
army. He was regarded as a
man of considerable means.
INTtRTJiTlNt; qucellon:
H ft d i 4 Ctotain Arm
1rcri fetch ibt (Litmath
Matter of Fact j..ph ai.op
KENNEDY'S TEST FOR
KHRUSHCHEV
Washington - A tiger was
the real victor of one of tr.e
most important recent mill
t a r y engage
ments in Laos.
-$ The tiger ate
the Lieuten
ant Colonel
com manding
one of the
C o m m unist-
led Pathet Lao
battalions. The
battalion was
demoral I z e d
Alsop
by its sad loss, and was there
fore defeated by Laotian gov
ernment forces.
These remarkable facts,
solemnly reported from Vien
tiane to Washington, under
line the singularity of the war
in Laos. Yet the outcome of
this remote and singular con
flict will control the future
of all of Southeast Asia, in the
unanimous opinion of 'he
American government's Asian
experts.
This was why the situation
in Laos was studied in full de
tail, including the battle won
by the tiger, at a nine-hour
meeting of the highest govern
ment officials of the State De
partment on Sunday. This was
why Laos was the first indi
vidual problem of foreign pol
icy to be exhaustively studied
by the new President, at a
two-hour meeting at the
White House on Monday
These meetings were symp
toms that decision is now re
placing drift. And this is im
portant, in view of the slake
in the game.
ABOUT ten days ago, the
military picture in Laos
had already drifted to the
point where the American
government was seriously
considering raising the ante.
"Raising the ante" is the cur
rent government jargon for
increasing the military a i d
being given to the Laolian
government forces. This
phrase is used because of the
risk of a counter-raise, in the
form of more active Soviet
support for the Communist
forces in Laos. In ascending
order of importance and risk,
the possible ways to raise the
American ante are as follows:
First, stiffening the Laotian
government battalions by
sending into the field with
them officers of the American
Army training group in Laos.
Second, supporting the Lao
tian government forces on
the ground with American
war planes flown by mercen
ary pilots, and using the same
aircraft to halt the Soviet air
lift to the Communist forces.
This air lift is already esti-
country? There could be many
answers. This fascinating re
gion of ours has attracted all
kinds of people - explorers,
Indian fighters, gold seekers,
railroad builders, big business
people. But in this case there
appears to have been another
reason.
Rex Borde, then owner of
the Borde ranch out toward
Olene, now owned by George
Stevenson, had apparently
been associated with Arm
strong in the sheep business
in Australia. That made the
Klamath country a natural
place to come. He was asso
ciated with Mr. Borde in the
sheep business while he was
here.
A NYWAY. that's the Melba
story. It is amply support
ed by many people who knew
Captain Armstrong intimate
ly while he lived here.
Premier K
By ERIC SAVAHEID
President Kennedy's inaug
uarl declaration of American
determination never to nego-
IWirfS "lie o u t of
alto while
never fearing
to negoti
ate was - with
all its ring of
a newly mint
ed cliche - the
proper, the
best, the only
note he could
strike before
Stvareld
the American people, our al
lies and the Russians, at this
stage in the world story.
He could say no more and
no less and it leaves his hands
entirely free. The United
Slates will not close its mind
against any proposal Khrush
chev has to make. It will go
further and. on the issue of
disarmament, where Western
offers do not constitute ipso
facto concessions to Russia
ns they would on the issue of
Berlin-it will make new pro
posals of its own.
This is what our own peo
ple, because of the immense
arms tax burden, want to
hear, and it is the one matter
on which all our allies would
agree. For the "arms race" it
self has acquired a palpable
identity of its own in the con
text of world tensions. It is
no longer merely a reflection
and extension of outstanding,
specific political qimrrels, to
be contains uid diminished
it
1
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mated to have laid down 1,000
tons of war supplies ontao
tian territory. ,
Third, sponsoring interven
tion in Laos by the Thai army;
and in order to secure this in
(nrnAnHnn makins a commit
ment to Thailand of full and
active American military sup
port in the Laotian war.
THESE military measures
being unappetizing, the Ei
senhower administration in
stead decided to adopt an ex
pedient long pressed on the
President and Secretary of
State Christian Herter by
Prime Minister Macmillan and
Foreign Minister S e 1 w y n
Lloyd. Approval was - given
to a British proposal to the
Kremlin, that the Geneva
born International Control
Commission should be recall
ed to Laos. This was almost
the last act of the outgoing
administration.
But just about all Ameri
can officials on the staff level
were, and still are, convinced
that recall of the International
Control Commission must
eventually mean a Commu
nist triumph in Laos. This is
because the Communist Polish
member and the pro-Pathet
Lao Indian member compose
a majority of the three-man
commission.
As a result of this staff
feeling, the American govern
ment insisted on the insertion
of certain safeguards in the
British proposal to the Krem
lin. And although the great
majority of American policy
makers regarded the safe
guards as dangerously inade
quate, the insertions were
enough to cause a hostile
Kremlin reaction to the "Brit
ish proposal, at least on the
first round.
IF the British proposal is not
accepted in the end, Presi
dent Kennedy will have to
choose between negotiating
on the Kremlin's terms-which
really meant the surrender of
Laos - or raising the military
ante in the fighting in Laos.
One gain had been made,
however. The British govern
ment's deep-rooted delusion
that the Kremlin wanted
something less than surrender
in Laos - something called a
"neutral" Laotian government
- had been partly cured by
its recent experience. And be
sides this gain, there was a
hidden asset produced by the
simple fact of President Ken
nedy's inauguration.
This asset was Nikita S.
Khrushchev's obvious, almost
feverish anxiety to begin ne
gotiating with the new Presi
dent about a whole scries of
major problems having noth
ing to do with Laos, such as
disarmament and nuclear test
control. As he hinted in his
inaugural address, President
Kennedy tentatively regards
Khrushchev's desire to nego
tiate with him as genuine,
and he does not discard the
possibility of practical agree
ments being reached with
time.
But it can also be stated on
good authority that President
Kennedy is by no means will
ing to negotiate with Khrush
chev on the basis of the Soviet
boss's talking peace out of
one corner of his mouth while
he orders war out of the other
corner. This Kennedy attitude
has obvious bearings on the
Laos crisis, moreover.
TN 1959, the previous Soviet-
Asponsorcd assault on Laos
was called off precisely be
cause Khrushchev wanted to
negotiate with President Ei
senhower. The Communist at
tackers got the command to
withdraw, in reality, in order
to prevent cancellation of the
vs. President K: An
as those quarrels are contain
ed and diminished.
A palpable identity, but one
unique. It is not accurate to
say, as we have all said at
one time or another, that this
arms race must be stopped be
cause, like all arms races in
history, it must end in war.
Previous arms races were de
signed to achieve a superiority
which could produce a DECI
SION in war, and the arms
were used by aggressors when
they believed that point had
been reached.
. Between Russia and Amer
ica that point has been passed.
No decision by either is attain
able save joint extinction. The
"missile gap" may not be
closed, but the deterrence gap
has been closed. As between
the two giants the power stale
mate has been reached, bar
ring some new, unforeseeable
scientific miracle. A control
led and partial reduction of
Russian and American atomic
arms would release resources
in both nations for saner pur
poses and reduce the over
weening military influences in
both, but it must be control
led, and in our time it can
only be partial.
It may be true to argue, as
some do, that it is the over
hanging shadow of atomic
weapons that gives to spot
quarrels, such as Korea or
Suez or Laos, an unnatural,
inflated quality ot fear and
tension. But it has air) been
true that tltt ? atomic
shadow tcvirl tva plo-
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POTLUCK
(By M-T Staff and Contributors)
One of the Potluck editor's
favorite people is Mrs. Kathe
rine Chapman, who is also
known around the office as
"Mrs. Hornbrook." She is our
correspondent in that vigorous
little community south of the
border.
A dedicated Republican,
Mrs. Chapman tried to convert
some of the shameless Ken
nedy supporters in the office
last fall by baking some "Pat
Nixon fruit bread" and pass
ing it around. (Even this large
measure of devotion failed,
alas.)
Anyway, she was in Med
ford last week and during her
visit she had her hair trimmed
hv one of the city's leading
hair stylists. It was damp and
curled when she left town, put
by the time she reached home
it had fluffed out nicely.
But now she's in despair.
All of her. friends have ex
claimed to her, "Katherinc,
when did YOU get that Jackie
Kennedy haircut?!"
Mrs. Hornbrook also re
ports that she was talking
to a man who had an expla
nation for the descriptive -term,
"Rogue Wonderland."
He says when you get up
on the foggy mornings we
had recently, you look out
the window and wonder
how you're going to get to
work.
.
There was an unfortunate
typographical error in the
Mail Tribune last Tuesday. It
was a story dealing with the
Rogue Valley Art Association.
Somehow or other, a line or
two got dropped from the
story and it came out "Rogue
Gallery Art Association."
The following day the Ash
land newspaper had a story
about the same thing, and it,
too, came out "Rogue Gallery
Art Association."
Now we know how the Tid
ings gets its news - or some
of it, anyway - right down to
the errors.
Which reminds us of the
comment of a friend (not a
newsman, incidentally), who
declared, "KBES-TV gets
more of its news from the
Mail Tribune than from any
other single news source in
southern Oregon." Heh, heh.
This is supposed to be the
dawn of the era of automa
tion, when everything can be
and will be done as much as
possible by machinery - even
bookkeeping and, to a degree,
thinking.
Well, it may be the dawn.
Eisenhower-Khrushchev meet
ing at Camp David.
The parallel with the pres
ent situation is interesting,
although the present situation
in Laos is far worse. From
this parallel, it can be safely
deduced that Laos has been
made a sort of test of Khrush
chev's willingness to do bus
iness with Kennedy on a basis
that is really acceptable to
Kennedy.
If Khrushchev docs not pass
the test, which should be
known in a day or so, the
choice between giving up in
Laos or raising the military
ante will then be made. Hence
this is a fairly breathless
moment, for President Ken
nedy is not likely to wish to
begin his administration by
giving up in Laos or anywhere
else.
(Copyright 1961 New York
Herald Tribune, Inc.)
sions and restricted their
spread. In the long "twilight"
struggle ahead that the Presi
dent spoke of, suspended be
tween cold war and cold
peace, there will certainly be
many small wars that cannot
be prevented from starting,
but none, very likely, that
cannot be prevented from in
volving the full power of the
giants.
It is not insane nor is it
inane to believe, as some Eu
ropean historians now do, that
the over-all shell of big power
relationships that encases the
world is balanced more stably
today than it has been at any
time in this century. Because
of the atomic stand-off and
because the only NATURAL
great powers-America, Russia
and China-have finally readi
ed, or almost reached," what
seem the natural and always
implied limits of their areas
of direct authority.
Within the enveloping shell
it is and will be in our time
a disturbingly, often frighten
ingly, different story. In that
sense and realm Khrushchev
has once again put us on no
tice that he will settle for no
manner of stalemate or stabil
ity. In his latest long speech
he calls again for Russian sup
port of "wars of liberation."
for subversion of free coun
tries through Russian support
for pacifists and "peace
fronts." He will not directly
assault the structural steel in
the house of the West. He will
endles:0' seek to undermine it
but the full hot noon of tha
era of automation is some dis.
tance off yet - or at least one
would be led to think sn h
stories which are creeping out
ui meuiuiu mgu scnool.
This year, for the first lima
the high school has contracted'
to have its report card grades
class schedules, and such, han'
died by an IBM computer.
II the reports we hear ara
half-way correct, the result
has been a monumental foul,
up of honor roll records, class
schedules, and report cards.
Presumably this is all eel.
ting straightened out (anyway,
the report cards were mailed
out last week), but we did
near oi one gal winding un
in a second year French class
instead ot tne Latin class
she had registered for, and
another student finding she
was scheduled for two class,
es, in separate rooms, at tha
same time.
Somehow, all this hardly
seems justification for the
jump in the price of IBM
stock last week, and the big
plans for a stock dividend lat
er this year.
A man we know took
brief trip to California the
other day, and, just as he
was crossing the slate line,
he saw a dog crossing the
border in the opposite direc
tion. "Aha," said our friend
to himself. "This proves that
dog control is an interstate
matter, and as such should
come under the jurisdiction
of the federal government."
He immediately envisioned
a new position in the Ken
nedy cabinet - Secretary of
Dog Control, with Under
secretaries charged with the
responsibility for the up.
keep of the United Stales
Dog Pound Bureau, the Bu
reau of Dog Catching, and
perhaps even a Bureau of
Standards for Muzzles,
Leashes, Collars and Scoop
shovels. On the other hand
it might not be worth cabi
net status, so could be han
dled by a new regulatory
agency, the IDCC - Inter
state Dog Control Commis
sion.
If you have problems, con
sider the plight of the poor
mushroom raiser. It is, frank
ly, a plight which somehow
had escaped our attention in
the past.
But last week we received
a copy of a communication
from the executive of the
American Mushroom Institute
(yes. there really is one) ad
dressed to the new Secretary
of Agriculture, Orville Free
man.
The problem, it appears, is
that people keep referring lo
wild mushrooms as mush
rooms instead of toadstools.
The American Mushroom
Institute takes a dim view of
this, and thinks that only cul
tured mushrooms (agaricus
campcslris), grown scientifi
cally and safely in immacu
late, dank cellars, should be
called mushrooms, and that
any fungus growing wild
should be called a toadstool.
The AMI has succumbed to
the pattern of our age and
called on the federal govern
ment for help. But what can
Secretary Freeman do?
Well, the AMI asks that
"the ruling on this distinction
(between tame mushrooms
and wild toadstools) be made
known to the press as well al
the scientific world.
Avaunt! Up the agaricul
campestns; down the family
agaricacae! !
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by sapping and tunneling. Hi
will try to remove, one by
one, its outlying supports.
pulling away every possible
area with its resources, its
trade, its political system and
influence, in order to isolata
and divide the West, until il is
left with nothing but an un
usable weapon. If he has to
wreck the United Nations of
build his own facsimile to la-
cilitate the process, he will do
so. Unlike Hitler, he will nev
er make the mistake of frontal
attack; but like Hitler, he ia
thinking in terms of a thou
sand years of supremacy.
What he calls peaceful co
existence is merely his term
for a world framework per
mitting spasmodic, varying,
but rentless pursued guerrilla
warfare. Whatever the picas
ant tone of his current mes
sages to Mr. Kennedy, how
ever loudly he calls for a ncW
summit conference, he has no
intention of proposing a truce
in the world guerrilla war
Very probably his first pur
pose in these diplomatic in
itiatives is to test the climate
and the mettle of the new
American administration.
There has been nothing in Mr.
Kennedy's utterances, nothing
in his actions so far. to sug
gest that the first President
born in the Twentieth Ccn
turv docs not recognize "d
accept the identifying hall
mark of his t-enliirv
(Distributed 1961 by the Hall
Syndicate. Inc.)
(All Right ReseKeit)
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