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0 o V 4 A- UESDAT, MedfoiuJ!&Tribuni "Kvenunt in aoituiern owmbO; Reads The Mall Trlbune" Published Dally except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO 1? North fli St, Ph SP 3-CI41 T jiOBERT w BUHL, Editor Hl'lW C-REV Advei-tlsini Menace GIjSsjea'T Bui Mrr fcV?hi It, KIM -r lh f.1 a anW ! U eft SirftlW mi Kb (Dannrtrn 'Ih STre'Se ftlimi. Senfral Bhlnt. JaVtaonvi lnl III GUId flfteSrnlit- $hadv Chve lOenlfc Shade cove Hoi Ttilerit and' on motor SOU' Ball and Bunav 1 veas ia hi Rail and Sunday 'I roo 1.50 tar-Fier and Dealva cop 0c All Terms Cash In Advance 'Vft'-iclal Paper of oltV of Mfifferd filfldal Paper of Jaeknon Connte Tull Leased Wire at p i Telenhoto Kewrolctures "sWiifBKR rif audit mmEArT Aitiimrififn Anr.ntarl ve ! WKST HOLIDAV CO., mf Of fices In New York Chlcaeo De- Can rrinMirll I.AS AneeleS. Seattle Portland St Louis At. la-la Vancouver B C. O1" NEWSPAPER PUILISHEDS ASSOCIATION NATION At EDITORIAL Flight o' Time Medlord and Jackson County History from tha files ot The Mall Tribune 10. 20, 30 40 and 50 veart ago. 10 YEARS AGO Jan. 31. 1951 (Wadnatday) Major lumber producers In the area believe wav ms. railroad car shortage, similar to that which crippled area rail transportation last year, nou ripvplnn this year. Mill whistles will blow and sirens will scream at 7 p.m. today as a signal for Mcdford mothers to go on me nwcir ' a march against polio. 20 YEARS AGO Jan. 31. 1941 (Friday) The Medford Black Tornado " upset a fovored Roseburg High " school basketball squad 36 to 17 here last night. From Arthur Perry's "Ye " Smudge Pot" column: "The :' legislature Is still fooling along, and not creating as 1 much constructive havoc as feared, as yet. They say the ' S3 ner dav Day Is a disgrace separate and apart from all other disgraces. 30 YEARS AGO Jan. 31. 1931 (Saturday) A Jackson county grand ' Jury has indicted a confessed killer on a charge of first de- degree murder of an Ashland city policeman. Oregon Stale college soil experts are in the area this ' week to study the valley's drainage problems. ' 40 YEARS AGO Jan. 31. 1921 (Monday) Citizens of Phoenix have launched a community drive to raise funds for food to save the starving Armenians. A bill asking the state to build a paved highway from Medford to Crater Lake has been introduced In the legis lature. SO YEARS AGO Jan. 31. 1911 (Tuesday) An arsonist Is believed re sponsible for a fire In Talent last night that destroyed an office building containing the offices of four firms and the State Bank of Talent. The First Savings and Trust company has announced plans to move into remodeled and enlarged quarters at the cor ner of Seventh st. and Central ave. What's Your I.Q.7 Nina at fert cerract ll luperiefi seven er eial It eacailenrj rive at il is good. 1. The ' Oilers" play for which city In the American Football league? 2. Who was the first disciple ftf- Christ? 3. On April 30, 1789, George -rVaih.-nMn was Inaugurated ! Mt Pflcshtcn M the U S ; kr wfaioh oky? 4 On-ty one Ksl ban eM whIVl loerk ttNsfc aarurd; name it. 5. A blanket of snow .keeps the soil warm; true of false? 6. Docs saccharin hava any food value? o 7. Who is known as the Father of Medicine? B. Is steeping sickness car ried by an insect or a virus? 9. What vitamin which builds healthy gums and keeps the body's glandular network functioning is found In citrus and other frultSf 10. What marshal of France was generalissimo of the Al lied Armies in Fra nee In WWI? Answers! 1. Houalon, Tax. 2. Paftr. 3. New York Clly. 4. Owl. S. True. 6. No. 7. Hip pocrates, t Insacl (Isetae fly). 9. Vitamin C. 10. Fardinand Foch.. JANUARY 31. 19f 1 Tingle. Atitfig tks Sptm After eiajk, ft Hajfe fisKIv& &uuX stinglo1 .yMMt Jtrt b vtfrwhi la hl ?Wsi J)Wtt Ukitm (Ar. to StlA out iKL ia itxL imai oi fA4 (rue rtcrunes xi true eituaUoft lie laid II on the tin tut the? fieonle of lKat 4jfiite4 BJkjri- and tius &usfe of tn Union ffltt(. The frt that he has the centrist to do to, jwrjonal knowledge, in detail, about virtually very facet of our problems, and the qualities of leadership to inspire people to follow him, is enough to send a little tingle along the spine of any man who puts his POI1UCS. Eu a. Ski Area That was a page of splendid pictures in the Mail Tribune Sunday, showing the site of the proposed ski development on Mt. Ashland. Skiers who have visited the slopes this win ter are most enthusiastic, make an excellent area fall figures compiled by tend to corroborate this A private organization stands ready to invest considerable sums of money in the development. The Forest Service, anxious to cooperate with a popular development, a umber sale road to go closer access. Money for isting road, and for its skiing area, reportedly, is available from recre ational funds derived from the controverted O&C lands in cooperation with the counties. IN short, the picture, as .Q f or an rrrrA But another gtouo no way running down the potential of the Ash land area, is asking some pointed Questions. l hey believe that ski mountain, just a mile or Woods, offers a more economical potential for development, and one which has more advan tages in initial costs, in service to skiers, and in accessibility and maintenance costs than does the Mt. Ashland site. They also claim, on visits there, it is equal, if Ashland area for skiing. POR instance, they cite these things: 1, Brown mountain is less than two miles from the new Lake of the Woods road, which will be kept open all winter. Mt. Ashland is more than a dozen miles l-Jl "I i - f nignway. trusts oi construction win run nign (estimates vary from $150,000 upward), and the problem of snow removal in the winter will be considerable, compared to Brown mountain. 2. The Mt. Ashland from the Rogue, valley But Brown mountain would not only serve these on an almost equal basis as far as access is con cerned, but would also attract sports enthusiasts from the entire Klamath basin. 3. Snow, both in quantity and quality, and skiing conditions generally, are superior on Brown Mountain to Mt. Point No. 1 is, on the face of it, correct. Point No. 2 also appears to be factual. Point No. 3 is in dispute, and is crucial. The Brown mountain supporters declare that the Forest Service has not even investigated the Brown mountain slopes in the Forest Service concedes. e MOW let it be clearly understood that, in rais- ing these questions, these skiers are as anx ious as anyone a nearby ski area. So are we. from this newspapers support either one (or, it can be shown clearly successful, both from a tional standpoint. But, before multi-thousands of dollars in pub ic money are spent, these answered, and answered explicitly, to offer a firm foundation for proceeding. N CONCLUSION, we would be best. We does, either. And we think it should be deter mined by an intensive study of both a study that would include snow conditions, accessibility, economic feasibility, maintenance (including snow removal), and service to the public. Both sues are on National rorest land, and the Forest Service owes it is right before either is And, as the saying goes, time is of the essence, so that facts can be determined and a decision made in time to permit t-h.i year. M A. Ami, Not. White Elephant lf either Mt. Ashland or Brown Mountain is found suitable, it will be a,Jbig economic (as well as recreational) boost for this area. The ski area on Bachelor Butte, near Bond, has gone great guns, drawing people from as far away as southern Oregon and Portland. (The latter, incidentally, drive right by Mt. Hood to get there.) Now, we read, an expansion of facilities is being planned to take care of the demand. We'd like to see something like that hereabouts. But let's be sure, and not find ourselves with a costly white elephant, too late. E.A. people of the world in bis patriotism above partisan - Where? and confident it would for a skiintr resort. Snow the U.S. Forest Service estimate. is working on details of near the area to provide improvement of the ex extension to the proposed painted, is a rosy one of avid skiers, while in development of Brown two from Lake of the the basis of wintertime not superior, to the Mt. away from the nearest L J? - '11 - 1. site would attract skiers and northern California. Ashland. the wintertime which point of view, we will in the long run, both) if that it (or they) will be patronage and recrea questions ought to be don't know which site don't think anyone else it to itself to be sure OK'd. work to get under way o DvHttfe the Menace faj'Re awkin'me mi ... Communications . .. ueners to the hdilor must bear the nans and address of the writer, although undar certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily mpre3eni the views of the paper; in fact the contrary is otten me case. . Kindergarten Reply To the Editor: In regard to Ihc articles on the front page of the Mail Tribune last Fri day and Sunday, we of the Thurston Dance Studio would like to answer this charge, as it was directed to Kindergar tens which are connected with dancing. We maintain the finest of facilities in our schools and we would like an eaucauonai inspector lo see our kindar- garten and inspect our teach ing ability. We have good buses for transportation with all precautions taken such as special low ' scats, and carry heavy insurance. Throughou! our schools we employ six people in connection with kin dergarten service, and we are qualified to know how and what to teach. Our curriculum is drawn up under the super vision of our head instructor and used throughout our schools. Mrs. Thurston, the Medford teacher, has had 20 years teaching experience in dancing and music, with three years college training, major ing in music and the arts. Both Mr. and Mrs. Thurston have had experience leaching in universities. It seems unfair that danc ing schools who employ peo pie, spend their money in this city, invest in buildings equipment and advertising should be the target for such a vicious, uncalled for attack Let us see what the authori ties of the International Asso elation for Child Education say about music dancing and rhythms: The enjoyment that conies through musical and rhythm exercise is invalu able. The major reasons for planning these experiences are sheer enjoyment, relaxa tion through listening and through body movement, ex pression, information, muscu lar development through rhythms, skill in perform ance, and knowledge about in struments, Games and inter pretative dnnccs arc of great importance socially. They help children learn how to piny within limits, to take turns, to share ideas. Creative rhythms help children to express ideas through the use of the body. Some shy children who hesi tate to stand before a group and talk can forget themselves through rhythms, serving as a release in tension." We invite anyone interest ed to visit our studio and see our kindergarten in operation, and we are sure that you will find the Dancing School Kin dergartens comparable to the very finest - schools in the state. Thurston Dance Studio 2-15 Stewart ave. Medford. Whal's "Comforlablo"? To the Editor: With refer ence to the news item on page 1, section C, of Jan. 2B. re garding the cat hitchhiker. For the sake of accurate re porting, may I suggest that your newspaper vi-rify the "comfortable quarters" men tioned In the news item. May be one of your photographers could get a pu-tiire of tht-in. Also, perhaps, you could find oul when their pickup i "ns m'v,'r ni'c" considered service Is available 1 was told i necessary. We don't under-tlx-v didn't pick up rats s,i,,ul wl,-v " now becomes Mrs Margaret McGmtyV" " " '"" w press 03 King si. Medford. 0 What's Tha Problem? To the Editor: During the past campaign, the backers of Dr. Durno for representa tive attempted to lead us to believe that the main reason (or all the unemployment In the lumber industry was be cause Rep. Porter was allow ing the government lo import Japanese plywood. Now I sec In the Mail Tri bune of Jan, 27 that Dr. Durno says thai in the past year 17, (110 Jobs have been lust in Ihe lumber Industry .due to MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE. UNLOVED1 the failure of the U.S. Forest Service to make realistic ap praisals of timber values. This appears to me to be a shift in the reasons for the unemployment in the lumber industry. They never did con vince me, and apparently il was not solely Rep. Porter's fault that the lumber industry has so much unemployment ai the present time. ' . I did not vote for Dr. Durno, but I wish him all the success possible in curing the ills in this industry. I realize that he has inherited many prob lems, as have all new office holders. 1 wonder just what the prob lem here is, anyway? R. Holmstrom, 2908 Old Stage rd., Medford. Melody in Fszzt To the Editor: The cat and the fiddle of Fairyland fame, Left us some very sad things; For Ihe fiddles' bass growls, Re-echo the yowls, Of the cat who furnished it's strings. H. W. Robertson, , 103 North Central ave., Medford. Stadium Plan Approved To the Editor: Would you print this where it will do the most good and use our names? Being cattlemen and dairy men in Jackson county, and substantial taxpayers, we would like to voice our ap proval of the proposed multi purpose stadium at the Jack son County Fair Grounds. We feel it would be a wise decision for the Jackson county court to approve the construction of the stadium at this time so that the material can be excavated and used on the freeway. This should be a savings to the contrac tors as well as the taxpayers on the freeway construction. We also understand that from an engineering standpoint this type of stadium construction is so economical that it brings it within our reach of financing. Without a doubt the Jackson county budget com mittee, given the chance, could figure oul the method and source of payment for this fine utility. If handled wisely and to its fullest extent, in time the stadium should pay back lo the general fund the total cost of construction and main tenance. That would be but the smallest part of the economical gain as the people it would bring to area would cat beef, eggs, produce and dairy products from our farms, in cafes, not to men tion moneys spent in the mo tels, gas stations and retail stores. This could run into millions of new and extra dollars. As ranchers, we realize the need for recreational facilities such as fishing camps, water and wintor ski facilities and other one-purpose projects. The aggregate expenditure for these minor attractions over a pcrmd of years is consid- orablc. and a vote of the pciv ing thai this stadium project has to be approved by a vote of the people. We have needed something like this for years to replace what we once had at the Fair Grounds. We feel a starting would benefit every one in the surrounding country in many ways. Most of us enjoy sports and lo have pro football and pro baseball played in a first class ball park would be real entertainment for us and our and help us in working to neighbors. We know there ward getting a new and belter would be many more uses Q.I i road to Medford. Everyone everyone should find value re-1 would benefit and they could ceived for his tax dollars j keep their trucks on the high We, the following, urge that way, maybe not make so Various Viewpoints Menon Seed in ConfMoiction O BOPHII. NEWSOM 0 UPI Foreign News 4 () Of all the contnaascticaaa; je Iaelia), tha frk. tsftaiiw Indian Oaftusa iafaweasr V. aV TtiU ftt&iurfc. 1W cocoa, lpx com up 1. T . fL jjwaa jm. g - " sir-' ert (umI 10081 'cZfiMfi-a painful c 0 o- of aU. Ia a speech in New Delhi he accused Red China of "be traying" India's friendship and said that China's "stupid" attitude toward its border dis pute with India cast doubt on the whole concept of peaceful coexistence. His tirade sprang from re ports that neighboring Pakis tan and Red China were near ing agreement on their border dispute involving Kashmir the necessary steps be taken to assure us that this stadium becomes a reality. Robert A. Burk Ken Hamann Jr. Gertrude Stanley Otha W. Turner Mary E. Turner Ben S. Snuffin -Darold R. Barritt Jo Ann Barritt Leonard A. Mckee L. W. Howell Betty Howell Maurine C. Rossi Laurence Perry Mrs. Dorothy M. Perry Charles Stanley Gordon Stanley Mrs. Miriam Stanley Ira V. Woolfolk Mrs. Linda K. Woolfolk Mrs. Helen A. Woolfolk Dave L. Woolfolk Mrs. Alberta Hamann Dan B. Hamann Mrs. Kathryn L. Burk John E. Noble Velma Noble A. R. McDonald Lyle E. Greenwood Lorelei Greenwood Amon Cothrin Sybil M. Cothrin Betty L. Strickland Ernest C. Strickland Lois R. Hamann All of rural routes in Ihe Eagle Point area. Aggravated, Agitated lo ihe Editor: Aggravated. agilatcd and any other word meaning "mad have applied to me since reading the letter irom Mrs. Clyde Brown, of Gold Hill recently in your iciiers to tne Editor. Having lived in Gold Hill for ten years, with eight chil dren ranging from a pre schooler to high school sen iors, we have found an abun dance of activities for all age groups. Our local 4-H club, led by Norman Gail, is one of the most active in the area. There are Boy Scouts, Explorer Scouts, Girl Scouts, and until just recently a Cub Scout group. Add to this the church and school activities. All of the organizations are led by capable people, well de serving of any help and praise uiey receive. It has been my personal ex perience that the adults who do the most complaining do me least work and the youne- sters who bemoan the lack of various activities fail to par ticipate in even the ones that are available. Any community, large or small, is as active and friend ly as the people in it. Let's pull TOGETHER to make Gold Hill what we want it lo be! Mrs. Don Meister, P. O. Box 237, Gold Hill, Ore. Medco's Truck Road To the Editor: When Eagle Point planned to place their lagoon type sewage disposal plant across the creek behind our homes, we didn't fuss, be cause they didn't have much alternative. But, when Medco proposes to put in a log truck road in front of our new home were just plain upset. Not only for ourselves but for our friends and neighbors near and along the track who are going to be hurt. Is this progress? We don't think so. Why should Medco be allowed to operate a pri vate truck road and not pay the P.U.C., gastax, etc., while the other companies pay their share, and why should private citizens pay through the nose for this road in devaluation of their property, hindrance and inconvenience for them and their (arm animals, excessive noise, dust, and the extra dan ger factor it carries? Suppose Medco were to put their shoulder to the wheel laje TSWr. o . I JM flat Ai3 IU.fI ftr f rjaw SUtsonas'ft Kari&f Mfl toa rtabsNC eatty ftxi $ trtWW est lots eMarol c 9ae a Idf tvr dxn feaa 10 years, thl UmAs', eWttaAplrdaascidl lnAim arlth the acid tongue hc ami a lending gxgonwnt oi Bd China's nwmhvratup ia the United Nations and a le&dinjl apologist for both Moscow and Peipinsj. He turned the full force of his bitter tongue against Great Britain and France for their invasion of Suex. But he called the Hungarian revolt a civil disturbance and voted against a U.N. resolu tion calling for withdrawal of Soviet forces from Hun gary. He showed little or no sym pathy for the plight of Tibet when it was overrun by the Red Chinese. Change ei Heart He has been a pillar of righteousness in condemning the French in Algeria and Matter of Fact y Joseph m..p FIRST HURDLE Washington - Last Friday evening, the conservative Republican-Southern Democratic coalition n a a an e x p e cted total of 221 Ig ' JL vatas-or three votes more than a b a r e majority- a 5SB against the en- argement of e House Rules commil- Alsop tee. What the position will be when these words are pub lished cannot be accurately predicted by anyone at all, including the leaders of this bitter fight in the House of Representatives. The House is not like the Senate, where hard counters can get a hard count. In the much larger house, there are at least 30 members with the approxi mate characteristics of fronds of seaweed, bending and swooping with every current that presses on them. When there are 30 seaweed votes the final result is al ways unpredictable, if those who seem to have the lead can only claim a margin of four votes. In the present case the result is extra-unpredictable, since the currents tossing the seaweed have the force that is only generated by the greatest storms. One current may be described as the mass ed, concentrated power of American ultra-conservatism. The other current is the full power of a newly elected Pres ident. ' ' SUPERFICIALLY, the ques tions to be decided are simple enough. Will the vet eran speaker of the House, Sam Rayburn of Texas, secure the enlargement of the Rules committee which will give him a majority? Or will en largement be refused, leaving control of the committee, and therefore control of the busi ness of the House of Repre sentatives, in the linked hands of House Minority Leader Charles Halleck and Rules Committee Chairman Howard K. Smith of Virginia? much more profit but at least save on law suits ana tneir public relations. As for the train, we u miss it. If we and the neighbors had minded the railroad we would not have bought land here. We wonder if some of those Medco officials who state "the truck road will be no nui sance," would be interested in buying some of the homes along it for their own homes? Doubtful, isn't it? Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Layton, Nick Young rd., Route 1, Box 293, Eagle Point, Ore. Likes Fog Idea To the Editor: I want to commend Mr. Tucker of Tuck er Sno-Cat for his fine article on getting rid of the fog. It is a splendid idea indeed! 1 also read a comment on It from another party too. 1 dis agree with the latter party be cause I also live in the Gold Hill area. If there is the least bit of air pressure it keeps pushing that fog right on over the hills and won't give it a chance to settle in the crevices or canyons. In mis uau s Creek canyon, if there's the least bit of breeze blowing, it lifts the fog right out of here. More power and good ideas to you, Mr. Tucker. Lorerii Davis, e - Galls Creek rd., Gold Hill, Ore. Old Christmas Cards To the Editor: Dear Friends, if you have any old cards and you wish to give them away, send them to this address: The Christmas Tree Lady, Pleasant Road, Grants Pass. Ore. Or take them to the Grants Pass post office. Thank you. Lillian Green. 2411 Sunset Court, Medford mm by India's ii general. tt turn tt dttferart Krishna Xbjnm naayatasX to i V.M. KMMratxaaa coils-is) far Ia Ctaa tt asnai gnoEeaiir at 44bi at wli-aVrtcarauaataea. tfca ewJbjBrt, h saaaalieA, ta clowd and bs rypiw cna rna ror toe-oae fcav liam t. Kmnrland i Caittor au wiili the adriee "Visit a darter, a psyrnopotn or emae And, demonstratlns tnat Ifte fit oi the shoe depend upxaa. who ia weariaO it, n Kashmir which alae touched off his indignation against Ked Chi Moslem Kashmir la claimed both by Pakistan and India but is held mostly by India. In the Sino-Paktetan negotia tions, India seee another de liberate insult by the Chineae Reds. There is also the fear that agreement between Pakistan and Red China would serve further to isolate India from the rest of Asia and her own border dispute with the Com munist Chinese. But the Questions to be de cided are not that simple, if looked at more closely. For the Republicans, for instance, the real question Is pretty se rious. Will the Republican party ever carry a national erection, if it is nationally represented by an open alli ance between its own hard shell rightwingers and the South's ultra -segregationists.' Many Republicans give the answer implied in a remark attributed to the chairman of the national committee, Sen ator Thruston Morton of Ken tucky. "President Kennedy," Morton is reputed to have said, "has pre-empted the cen ter." This clearly means that the Republicans must move, at least a little, in the direction pointed by Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona. But there are other Republicans, like New York's Governor Nelson Rockefeller, who may not enjoy the idea of a Hal-leck-Goldwater party locked in a permanent embrace with southerners of the type of Rules Committee Chairman Smith. OR President Kennedy, A meanwhile, the real ques tion involved In the Rules committee fight is not just serious; it is almost a life-and-death question. The ques tion for Kennedy, in fact, is whether even the bare, pre viously gnawed bones of the new administration's domestic program will have a reason able chance to become law this year. The point is that even in the last session, measures like the depressed areas bill and the school construction bill commanded a House majority of only about 20 votes. But since the last session, the Democratic majority of t h e House has dropped by 20 votes. Add a Rules committee that is still controlled by the conservative Republlcan Southern Democratic coali tion. Add, also, the psychologi cal shock of a victory for this combination. The truth is that the whole Kennedy program can perhaps be blocked if the House votes against enlargement of the Rules committee. This is, of course, exactly what Repre sentatives Halleck and Smith are aiming for. Since the new President is entirely aware of how much is at stake, how ever, the White House has moved all its big battalions into the fight. e S THESE words are writ ten, all the resources of presidential authority have been mobilized, in the former manner of Franklin Roosevelt, in order to secure a favorable outcome. As these words are written, the President himself has not yet taken to the tele phone, as the predecessor he most admires used to do when the outlook was really bad. Speaker Rayburn, long used to doing business in other ways, has advised against it. Yet this too many happen be fore the issue comes to a vote. Avoidance of a vote is the natural aim, both of the Southern Democrats and the conservative Republicans. The latter do not wish to drama tize their alliance. The for mer do noj wish to be cut off from all patronage and all the other prerequisites of mem bers of the majority party and the Southern Democrats know that Kennedy is quite grim enough to cut them off without mercy, if it suits him to do so. Speaker Rayburn has flirted with compromise solutions, so a record vote may perhaps be avoided. But that seems unlikely, since the White House wants a showdown. The President thinks - not foolishly by all the signs - that his majority in the country is greater than on election day. So he appears ready and even eager to fight it out in Congress, which may be closely balanced now but will reflect the ptyn,ry in the end. H - ' Editorial Comment A "NATURAL" As Oregon Democrats look over their stable or prospec tive candidates they inevitab ly congratulate themselves for having one of the brightest proSiecU0in the state. They raa't feel anything but good they look at the Speaker ad taa House of Representa. ttMBj Xobert Duncan. Kr. Duncan, a Medford law , is the first manin the his tory eai tlea Oregon Legislature to as elected jo successive terms as Saiaaker of the House. Ha is- respected in the House Iff naaaaaftrs of both parties ten Us iatelligace, efficiency and fawnaeE. Jtamksrs of the Pendleton Kiwaaus el ale and their guests got a la eei at Mr. Duncan last wek when he spoke to them about the work of the Legis lature. They must have liked what they saw and heard. Al. most everybody who gets a close look at Bob Duncan and his thinking likes him. Wa had an interesting visit with him when he was in Pen dleton. He told of the immense expense of operating the Leg islature and some of the things he was trying to do to reduce the expense. He told of em ploying efficiency experts who made recommendations which reduced personnel, and procedures which accomplish ed certain jobs in less time by cutting wasteful red tape. He things there is much more that could be done to make government more effi cient and less costly. He isn't a dreamer. He is a calm man who quietly thinks problems out. We expect Robert Dun can to be elected to positions from which he can put his good thinking to work. He is one of those naturals that we too seldom see in politics. -Pendleton East Oregonian. In the Day's News ly FRANK JENKINS What of the two survivors of the American reconnais sance plane that was shot down by the Russians over the Barents Sea last July l? Let's be u n q u a lifiedly happy over their return, ap parently sound and in good health, to their families. They have been fortunate. Not only did they escape death in tha crash in which two of their comrades perished. For what ever reason, the Soviet gov ernment released them from prison and sent them home. The gods of war, both hot ana coia, nave smiled upon tnem. TJUT Let's not jump to con clusions. Especially, let us not jump to the conclusion that tne nard, cold, cruel men who govern communist R n c . i have CHANGED and will hereafter follow the paths that lead to a reasonable peace. inat is improbable. VyHAT'S in the wind? Here is an interesting dispatch from Paris: Prime Minister Macmillan of Britain and President Dn Gaulle of France met Satur- aay for secret talks said to be inspired by concern over Russia's persistent "wooing" of President Kennedy. The scene of the meeting was Ram- Douinet castle (pronounced Rom-boo-YAY) a few miles west of Paris. The two men met in such secrecy that even interpreters were excluded from their conference. (Pre mier Macmillan speaks rea sonably fluent French, and President De Gaulle can make himself understood in Fnelish when he wants to.) So thev don't have to fear a leak through the interprettrs. TUIE dispatch goes on: Diplomatic observers said Macmillan and De Gaulle would pay especial attention to recent Moscow efforts to court the new U.S. administra tion, notably Including this week's release of thp US. fliers. French newspaoers Indicat ed belief that the two Eu ropean officials were con cerned over the possibility that President Kennedy might agree to the Big Two approach long urges! by the Russians-U.S.-Soviet talks in which France and Britain would not be consulted. THAT is to say: Tha EVan-h suspect that the wllv Mr. kKroosh is revertmg to the tactic of DIVIDE, AND CON QUER that.he tried without success tgn work on President Eisenhower. His hope was that if he could entice the Presi dent of the United States into Ovo-man summit' -confer ence he could so miff the other members of the NATO alli ance that they would draw out and the alliance would fall apart. It was a crafty scheme, but President Eisenhower was loo old a soldier and too clo a student of military history to fall for l 1 ,hnk we can safely assume that Kroosh will get nir.,f8rr!h'r in that di rection'"' resident Ken- neo-p.-..L. rresi- Eisenhower. l- I
