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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of Tha
Mall Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40
and SO years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Fob. 1, 1951 (Thursday)
Last night's city-wide Moth
ers' March on polio netted
$3,167, according to an unof
ficial count by march commit
tee chairman John Snider.
The Prospect Lions club is
engaged in a campaign to
save a roadside strip of virgin
timber as a scenic attraction.
20 YEARS AGO
Feb. 1, 1941 (Saturday)
Rep. Kenneth S. Martin (R
Josephlne) introduced a meas
ure today to limit the speed
of motor boats on Paulina,
East and Diamond lakes to
eight miles an hour.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Young
Republicans of the nation in
convention at Des Moines,
courageously declared: 'W e
neither submit tq the straight-
jacket, nor respond to the
cracn or me duh wn.P. .-
tion of 'whip' is superfluous,
say many.
30 YEARS AGO
Feb. 1, 1931 (Sunday)
A bill to prohibit commer
cial fishing in .the Rogue river
was being debated on the floor
of the house in Salem today,
Wild flowers have started
blooming on Table Rock.
40 YEARS AGO
Feb. 1. 1921 (Tuesday)
State Adjutant-General
White has recommended the
construction of an armory in
Medford.
The lower house of the state
legislature has passed a bill
prohibiting the display and
operation of punch-boards in
the state.
SO YEARS AGO
Feb. 1, 1911 (Wednesday)
A Medford woman, backed
by a state supreme court de
cree and the county sheriff,
, started wrecking a local sa
loon today.
The regular session of the
county court opened today In
Jacksonville and will remain
in session for two or three
days.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nina er fen correct Is superior:
en ei eight is excellent; 'ive ti
six Is good.
1. The 22nd amendment to
the U.S. Constitution provides
for what?
2. The Department of Com
merce reports that the aver-
age life of an automobile bat
tery (properly used) is about
two, three, or four years?
3. Where did Christ pray
: In the evenings preceding his
. crucifixion?
4. Name the mythological
messenger of the gods.
5. What is the principal
celebration of the Jewish
Passover in the family home?
6. Which Federal agency
controls radio and television
broadcasting?
7. Name the U.S. President
who was a bachelor.
8. For which state is "Con
stitution" the nickname?
0. What Strait is at the
southern tip of South Amer
; ica?
10. A condiment is a kind
: of vehicle, pungent seasoning,
or paint coloring?
Answerer 1. It limits Presi
dents to two elected terms.
2. Two. 3. Garden of Cethte
mam. 4. Mercury. 5. The
Seder (Passover supper). 6.
Federal Communications Com
mission. ' 7. James Buchanan.
I. Connecticut. 9. Strait of
Magellan. 10. Pungent seasoning.
rbDRUARY 1. 1861
A Vote To
It was probably to be expected that Oregon's
membership in the House of Representatives
would split along party lines on yesterday's vote
to curb the unreasonable
a small majority in the
The vote, to expand
dition of three more liberal-minded members, was
paper-thin 217 to 212, a margin of only five
votes.
Representatives Edith Green (Portland) and
Al Ullman (eastern Oregon), both Democrats,
voted lor the liberalizing change; Representa
tives Edwin R. Durno (southwest Oregon) and
Walter Norblad (northwest Oregon), both Re
publicans, voted against it.
CONGRESSMAN Durno was under considera-
ble pressure to vote
and tor a time there was hope he would do so.
He has loner disclaimed being: a doctrinaire
conservative, and it was
ciate himself from the Republican-southern Dem
ocrat conservative coalition, particularly since
much of the liberal legislation which will come
before the house this year
ing on the economic well-being of the Fourth
District.
For example, housing; legislation has been
one of the things the conservatives on the rules
committee have bottled up in the past; yet hous
ing legislation is one of the most important meas
ures possible to bring the lumber industiy out
of its current depression.
Other proposals to be made by the Kennedy
administration also will
Dumo's own district. It
was urged to vote "aye"
he did.
N EXPLAINING his vote, he put it this way,
wn a wire received here yesterday:
"House rules committee battle properly belongs as
housekeeping measure to Democrat (sic) party. Problem
could be simply solved by that party eliminating Colmer
from rules committee and substituting liberal Democrat.
There are four ways rules committee can be circum
vented: "(1) Discharge petition requiring simple majority
of 219 signatures;
, "(2) Calendar Wednesday;
"(3) Consent calendar; '
"(4) Motion to suspend and pass.
"The rules committee in many respects performs
extremely valuable service. If this committee can be
stacked, other committees can be stacked by majority
party. Such procedures are dangerous to our form of
government. '
"1 will support bringing administration's five key
programs up for debate on House floor. Chairman Smith
has offered numerous positive compromises which would
permit the above, plus assurance of conference action."
CONGRESSMAN Durno is begging the question
Everyone knows that
are available. But everyone also knows (as does
tne congressman that
cult procedures to invoke.
If they weren't, the
never would have been
. Congressman Durno
saying that the rules committee performs a val
uable service. It will still
cop" for House legislation. But no longer will it
be possible tor six
the House from considering legislation, even
when a majority of the House wishes to do so.
ANOTHER Republican this one former Gov
oi-nni' P.haiOoa A fini'an-lio mira fVm raa
well in an editorial in tne
"There's no doubt the rules committee has been
arbitrary. It has held an effective checkrein and used
it to defeat legislation the chairman opposed. Policing
the House calendar is necessary for orderly procedures,
but not to the degree of giving lethal treatment to. bills
the committee disapproves of. They ought to be allowed
out on the floor for a vote.
"If the change recommended by (Speaker Sam) Ray
burn is not approved, a legislative stalemate is apt to
ensue. While this may please many who distrust the
House liberal majority, it is a denial of the democratic
process. In the end the majority should be allowed to
prevail."
IN THIS instance, we believe Dr. Durno voted
against the best interests of the people of his
own district.
He undoubtedly is sincere in his conviction.
And he undoubtedly also felt it important to
follow his party leadership in the House on this
matter. Dr. Durno obviously wishes to avoid being
tagged as a party "maverick," which was one of
the things that hurt his opponent, Congressman
Porter.
But in the Fourth District of Oregon, where
unemployment is running high because of the
lumber industry slump, and where "New Fron
tier" legislation is desperately needed to get
things going again, we predict Congressman Dur
no's negative vote will be well - remembered.
E.A.
Wrong
The State Game Commission is to be compli
mented for rejecting the ill-considered proposal
that bait fishing from stationary boats be banned
at Diamond lake.
This was a proposal
practice of "chumming," but, while it would have
done so, it would also have eliminated an impor
tant source of pleasure for many. ,
The proposal was a little like cutting off an
arm to cure a hangnail. E.A.
What sort of person
ered rifle and shoot a deer grazing peacefully in
a meaoow m tne zoo area
Crazy? Cowardly? How
utterly irrational act such
Remember
restrictions imposed by
House rules committee
the committee by the ad
for the liberal proposal,
hoped he would disasso
will have a direct bear
have a great impact in
was for this "reason he
rather than "nay," as
these four other methods
thev are extreme v dim-
rules committee battle
fought.
is correct, of course, in
do so, as the "traffic
ultra-conservatives to prevent
uts the case
tatesman :
Oregon
Way
to eliminate the illegal
would take a hicrh Dow
ol Lithia park! uranK i
else can one explain an
as that? E. A.
Dennis the Menace
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...Communications ...
Loners to the Editor must bear the name nd address of the writer, although under
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The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and
condensation. Letters lubmitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters
printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper: in fact the
contrary is otten tne case.
Ain't We Got Fun?
To the Editor: Say Folks, 1
heard tell that some philan
thropists are goln' to build a
recreation hall for seniors.
There must be a lot o' hu
man kindness floating around
this ol world. Those fellers
must be real human like; they
wouldn't even have been here
if the oldsters hadn't been hu
man first, so why shouldn't
they fix up a large place fer
us poor, decrepit, rheumatic,
overweight, worn out seniors
to find some seats in for to
rest on between dances?
It is a wonderful project
and Medford will go down in
history for having done some
thin' worthwhile.
There were an even hun
dred souls at the Fifty Plus
club last Friday and we met
in a rented hall because the
Senior Center at 601 East
Jackson holds only a borrow
ed piano and 20 chairs.
We do need a place for rec
reation and to house our
many books, paintings, games,
magazines and paraphernalia.
I defy any old person to feel
blue and alone if they belong
to either the Fifty Plus club
or to the. Senior Center orches
tra. The Rogue Valley Council
on Aging meets at the tiny
Senior Center at 601 East
Jackson, also.
Other groups get together
there: the Arm Chair Travel,
oil painting class, Spanish
class, shuffle board, and other
things.
Many books and magazines
have been donated for the
seniors.
I'm a very ol' senior and
have known what it is to be
alone. Now I've oodles of
friends 'mong the "Plussers,"
and I play in the orchestra at
the center. Two different
groups, but if you care for
real fun - music or games -
join one or the other - or
both.
If you are a nice person
you'll find pals.
Pearl Spackman
Jacksonville, Ore.
Kindergarten Standards
To the Editor: In regard to
Mr. Clarence Miller's recent
publicized statements regard
ing Medford kindergartens in
general, and those connected
with dancing schools in par
ticular, we do not feel he is
in a position to judge us, as he
has at no time visited our
school to observe our course
of study.
The fact that we hold our
kindergarten class in the
same building In which we
also conduct dancing classes
is in no way a criterion for
the quality or type of school
preparation work given to
our kindergarten students.
To begin with, our new
building was located, design
ed and built with kindergar
ten in mind. In fact, the de
sign and plans of the building
so Impressed the state associa
tion of prc-school and kin
dergarten teachers that they
were displayed at a statewide
meeting of the association In
Portland. So no one can pos
sibly feel that we lack proper
facilities for kindergarten be
cause we conduct dance class
es in the same building.
More important yet, our en
tire kindergarten program is
under the supervision of Mrs.
Irma Ashby, who formerly
operated the Bennett kinder
garten in Medford.
Mrs. Ashby Is a fully quali
fied teacher with many years
of teaching experience. She is
a charter member and vice
president of the State Pre
school Association and area
director of the Southern Ore
gon chapter. This organizi
tion works closely with the
department of education and
the Medford public schools to
raise the standards of kinder
garten teaching throughout
the state.
We hope that parents of
young children will familiar
MbDr'OnO MAIL
ize themselves with the work
of the pre-school and kinder
garten association and the
many fine kindergarten pro
grams and facilities already
in existence in the Medford
area.
- We personally welcome
your inspection and cordially
invite you to visit our school
at any time.
Colleen Hope
45 Hawthorn ave.
Medford.
Where's HisAllgiance?
To the Editor: In the fall of
last year while running for
Congress, Dr. Durno made
two interesting statements.
One that, If elected, he would
support the President regard
less of which party won. The
other, that he would do every
thing within his power to
help our lumber industry.
Now comes his first major
recorded vote. A bill to in
crease the membership of the
House Rules Committee in
order to allow consideration
of certain bills, Including
"Aid to - Housing" legislation
which, we are told, is vital to
the lumber industry. The
President and a great many
Individuals of both parties
supported the measure. Dr.
Durno voted with the South
ern Democrat coalition against
It.
It would be highly gratify
ing to many if some one of
those people who smoothly
and eloquently urged his elec
tion as the one last hope of
the lumber Industry would ex
plain this.
If there is no such explana
tion some will suspect that he
wasn't thinking of timber at
all when he voted - but anoth
er bill on the same list. With
increase of membership In the
House Rules Committee, not
only will Congress have a
chance to consider the Hous
ing Bill, but several others
. . . among them the Forand
Bill. This is the medical care
for the aged measure bitterly
opposed by the American
Medical Association.
Where is his allegiance? I
don't know - but surely hir
voting record will be observed
with keen interest.
Jane Gillaspie
. 636 West Fourth st.
Medford
Gold vs. Jewel
To the Editor: The Medford
Mall Tribune DOES get
around! We say this because
the idea - of the "unwashed"
thing - in the following item,
was taken from a letter from
out of state. Gold Hill, though,
does not benefit much, if at
all, by the recommended
change of comparison - Is left
somewhat dirty, perhaps Just
as rough, and (could be) badly
buried.
ROUGH RAW STUFF
(From 'most any way you
look at it)
We see your pages did
unfold
Mis-mixing twisting,
"jewel" and "gold".
Seems breaking metaphoric
rule
To call Gold Hill
"Unfinished Jewel"!
Gold Hill should be -
the way we "dug" it -If
anything, an
"Unwashed Nugget"!
Gold Hill Billy
Gold Hill, Ore.
P.S. Acknowl edgement
should go - with a hill-billy
"Thank ye, Ma'am" - to Mrs.
Grant Cochran, Copco, Calif.
Caesar and God
To the Editor: Your recent
editorial "Freedom of Reli
gion" was appreciated by
many readers of my acquaint
ance. Certainly the U.P.I.
writer, Louis Cassels, did i
good Job in bringing out the
fact that official government
sponsorship of "established"
churches is not conducive to
genuine revival of religion
but rather to public apathy
toward institutional religion.
'iniBUMt:, MtutoHU, OHtl.
Stevenson's Diplomatic Debut
At U.N. Watched Carefully
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
Adlal E. Stevenson gets
initiated as the voice of the
United States in the United
N a tions Se
curity Council
today.
No diplo
matic debut
has ever been
watched with
greater inter
est. There was
the question
of how Stev
enson, top man in his national
political party for eight years
and twice a presidential can
didate, would make the transi
tion to the international stage
as ambassador for a Demo
cratic regime, but with a hand
other than his at the helm.
There was no doubt that
the prestige Stevenson had
gained since he stepped down
as eovern r of Illinois would
gain him a large voice in the
making of President rven-
I was glad you quoted from
not only the First Amendment
to the Federal Constitution,
but also from the Oregon Con
stitution with which we are
less familiar. It is heartening
to know it contains these basic
guarantees of freedom, such
as-"All men shall be secured
in the natural right to worship
Almighty God according to
the dictates of their own con
sciences. . .No law shall in any
case whatever control the free
exercise and enjoyment of re
ligious opinions, or interfere
with the rights of conscience."
I agree with you in the be
lief that it is a breach In the
"wall of separation between
church and state" if the state
contributes money to buy text
books, or pay teachers salaries
or provide transportation for
church-run schools. Let's be
consistent and not compro
mise.
The intolerance that has
painted crimson the pages of
history must ever be resisted
vigilantly as well as vigor
ously. This little poem by
Molly Anderson Haley is to
the point:
"Across the way my neigh
bor's windows shine.
His rooftree shields him from
' the storms that frown;
He toiled and saved to build
it, staunch and brown.
And though my enighbor's
house is not like mine,
I would not pull it down!
With patient care my neigh
bor, too, had built
A house of faith, wherein his
soul might stay,
A haven from the winds that
sweep life's way.
It differed from mine own-I
feel no guilt
I burned it yesterday!"
The words of Jesus record
ed in Luke 20:25 "Render
therefore unto Caesar the
things which be Caesar's, and
unto God the things which be
God's," may well be our cri
terion in this connection.
Harold J. Keith,
113 Briggs Bldg.,.
Shady Cove, Ore.
The Young in Office
To the Editor: In regard to
Monday evening's editorial
"Why Should They Resign?"
-concerning Gov. Hatfield's,
"Mixed up attitudes":
Do you think it is fair to
"stereotype," "The young In
office"? If you do, does this
apply also to Mr. Kennedy? If
anyone has mixed up attitudes
I am beginning to suspect it is
this young man.
I don't mean to stereotype
evangelists, but Mr. Kenne
dys evangelistic appeal will
never captivate me until he
proves that his attitudes belie
those which your column has
attributed to, "The young in
office."
A touchy Republican,
Thelma Carson,
Star Route, Box 60,
Prospect, Ore.
View on Welfare
To the Editor: During the
past week we have read much
concerning the Welfare Com
mission in Oregon and of the
difficulties Governor Hatfield
is encountering in attempting
to bring order out of chaos
in this department.
I would like to cite an ex
ample of what happened to
me, personally, a few years
ago when It was necessary
for me to ask for assistance
for my three children.' Their
father, my former husband,
had left the state and it was
impossible to obtain any
money for their support from
him. That is another situa
tion which certainly needs at
tention. I was working, full
time, but did not make enough
to meet all of the expenses,
since I had many bills to pay.
As my creditors kept pressing
me for payments and were
unable to collect any of the
bills from my former husband,
1 was advised to go to the
if
Newiom
nedy's foreign policy. His
problem was to translate pol
icy into the give-and-take of
every-day U.N. debate.
Congo and China
Two major issues confront
ed Stevenson as he took his
U.N. post: the Congo and the
China question.
He was considered more
vulnerable on the latter than
on any other issue.
Stevenson was questioned
sharply on the Red China
question by the Senate For
eign Relations committee be
fore it recommended his con
firmation as U.S. ambassador.
He denied he ever advocated
the s e a t i n g of Communist
China In the United Nations
but said It might be "impos
sible to prevent."
He told his first U.N. news
conference on two occasions
that he hoped "normal rela
tions" would be achieved with
the Chinese Communists.
But he postscripted that con
ference with a declaration
that the United States would
stand by its treaty commit
ments to Chiang Kai-shek and
Welfare Office and see if they
could help me temporarily
until I could manage on my
own.
I had great difficulty in
securing an appointment since
I was working and was not
in dire need, which was un
derstandable, up to a point.
Finally, through another per
son, I was able to get an ap
pointment and explained to
a most sympathetic lady what
my problem was and asked if
they could possibly supple
ment my income for a short
period of time. The explana
tion which followed I could
never repeat, but the general
idea was that a mother should
not work but should stay
home with' her children and
give up, not only her desire
to be able to support herself
and her children but her pride
and dignity, as well. I asked
if they could allow me just
$60 a month for six months
and with my salary I would
be able to meet all of my
obligations and at the end of
six months I would be inde
pendent again. Instead of al
lowing me $60 of hard-earned
taxpayers' money, the only
way I could get help was to
quit my job and then they
would give me $180 a month,
or a figure near that.
I did not go to the Welfare
Office for sympathy, of which
there was much, or to be told
that since my children's father
did not support them, the tax
payers' would.
What has happened to our
pride as free Americans? Why
do we tolerate this kind of
action on the part of not only
our State but our Federal
Government? It is time we
became aware of the great
dangers of Socialism, begin
ning at our own County and
State level of government and
demand that our law-makers
revise and change laws such
as effect not only Welfare
Commissions but the general
welfare of all.
(Name on file)
Medford ,
Slim's Back
To the Editor: I would like
to explain my absence from
the Tribune's Communications
columns, especially to a couple
of good Girl Friends of mine,
who are also subscribers of
yours: One a grand 'old timer'
from Ashland who admits
being 72 years young, (that
could be anything) . . . (please
omit flowers), and the other a
young lady from Prospect,
Ore., past 50, who I believe
has the most delightful sense
of humor In captivity.
I have just been released
from our infirmary, where I
have been treated for an up
per respiratory infection dur
ing the past eight days and
hovered over by a bevy of
wonderful nurses, as a mother
would over a child. We, at the
Domiciliary, are lucky to have
nurses of this calibre caring
for us.
SOoo, I'm still alive and
having fun. Join me.
Malemute Slim,
White City, Ore.
FBI Recollections
To the Editor: I want the
people to know that when I
wrote the letter that 1 did,
I was pretty hot under the
collar. It had nothing to do
with the state of Oregon, what
soever. My gripe was with
the state of California.
It started with the city of
Los Angeles, spread to the
county, then to the state and
wound up with the U. S. gov
ernment. All this happened
through no fault of ours
(meaning my wife and me).
1 have put my neck right
on the chopping block by
making the straight-from-the-shouldcr
accusations against
Mr. J. Edgar Hoover and his
FBI organization that I did.
I said it and I am glad. Has
there been anything said or
done about it? No. And I
doubt very much that there
can be.
I could go back to 1921
when Mr. Hoover was assist
ant director nf the FBI.
The Federal Bureau of In
vestigation uses what I would
call a keystone cop comedy
illustration which 1 read in
that it would oppose further
Communist encroachment in
free Asia.
Settlement Delayed
At any rate, Steven son
should not have to face the
issue until next September.
The assembly voted a mora
torium on the China represen
tation question until then
The Congo claimed Steven
son's immediate attention
The Security Council's
meeting this afternoon was
called to deal with a host of
Congolese questions.
Kennedy and his cabinet
have been reappraising tne
U.S. policy toward the Congo
on the basis that the U.N.
effort was in danger of falling
apart. It will be Stevenson's
task to sell the revamped
policy.
Stevenson has played it
safe whUe Washington com
pletes the plotting of its new
Congo course.
"We support the effdrts of
the secretary general to re
store order in the Congo by
whatever means he chooses,
he told newsmen.
the paper Jan. 26, 1961. Here
is an illustration that is abso
lutely true. It happened to
my wife and me in rocateno
Idaho, in 1939. We had an oc
casion to pin down two of
Mr. Hoover's FBI agents on
some communistic activities
and they looked us right in
the eye and laughed. Their
alibi was that the reason they
let the communists work in
certain places was that they
would know where they were
and they could watch them.
I had never written any ar
ticles before and maybe I am
making a fool of myself. Any
way, my belief is that there
had better be something done
about it or Mr. Khrushchev
will be sitting In President
Kennedy's seat in the White
House.
I'll never know why I was
born,
Why couldn't I have been
my brother?
Of course he died and I had
to live.
Now I blame it on to
Mother.
Leo J. Townsend
Route 1, Box 620
Eagle Point, Ore.
Darn Personal
To the Editor: We would
like to dedicate the following
verse to A. E. Bliss for his
throughtful consideration of
our future conduct, just in
case we get the urge to get too
"darn personal :
We were admonished, away
back when
We were a child and got
the yen
To blow our top, "first
count to ten."
A. E. implies it's different
now;
When we get the urge to
start a row:
Thrice cry to bossy, HOLY
COW.
As for the HUAC, it is quite
evident that the Congress
reached an all-time low when
it spawned the HUAC. It is a
disgrace to a great and honor
able nation and an Insult to
our political way of life.
Walter Reece
Galice rd.
Merlin, Ore.
P.S.-We did not vote for
Governor Hatfield but we are
behind him 100 per cent and
do not wish to see him ham
pered in pursuit of his duties.
If he believes that underlings
are incompetent or derelict in
their duties he should have
authority to remove tliem
pronto. He was elected to be
governor. Let's have it so.
Aid for "Constellation"
To the Editor: The Feb. 5
issue of Family Weekly Maga
zine will include an article by
Admiral Radford on U. S. F.
Constellation, first ship of the
U. S. Navy, presently being
restored In Baltimore.
Our group of volunteers is
striving to rebuild, and save
for our country forever, this
priceless piece of our nation's
naval heritage. We still have
a long way to go, but we are
making progress. Her port
side has been completely re
planked and her starboard
side is approximately two-
tnirds completed. Masts, deck.
and repairs to bottom timbers
are jobs still to be done.
Our means of raising funds
is through the sale of Com
memorative Coins struck from
the old copper spikes recov
ered in the present restora
tion. We plead that you help us
in this patriotic endeavor.
With the help of your good
paper we hope to create addi
tional helpful interest in this
national project.
Robert E: Michel
Chairman, Constella
tion Committee
Baltimore, Md.
Editor's note: The com
memorative coins may be ob
tained simply by writing
"Constellation," Balti more,
Maryland, together with a
contribution of $1 for each
coin desired. The copper coins
nave a reproduction of the
Frigate Constellation on uriA
side, and an eagle, cannnn
and a commemorative message
on me oiner. xney are a frac
tion larger than a SO cent
piece.
Today and
Tomorrow
By Walter Lippmann
THE PRESIDENT'S
MESSAGE
Th President's messace fa
a report on conditions at home
and abroad as tne new Ad-
mlnlstrat 1 o n
finds them to
be when it
takes office.
The report
differs sharp
ly from that
VV V I of his pre.
Yi S El decessor. "Tfee
America n
e c o n o m y,"
says the Presi
trouble." Tl.n
Lippmann
dent, "is in
problems which confront us
around the world are stagger
ing in their "harsh enormitv '
For "the tide of event, ho.
been running out and time
has not been our friend."
The crucial nnestinn i.
whether the President ran
convince our people that the
trouble is real and that he is
not crying wolf. For the
great majority of Americans
are well off and the dangers
abroad present no immediate
threat to their comfort and
tranquility. The great taska
which the President nronnspa
to undertake at home ar
concerned with conditions and
problems that are not imme
diately visible to evervnne
such as the misery of .the un
employed at home or our de
clining: Dower and inflnonr-a
abroad. These are conditions
wnicn nave to be seen with
the eye of the mind and the
imagination and felt with a
compassionate heart. They do
not seem important, they do
not seem real, to thna u,hr
do not realize them - as for
example the coalition in tho
House of Representatives
which conspired-the Halleck
Smith conspiracy is the right
name for it - to prevent the
House from actine- nn tha An-.
ministration's program.
TN HIS message the President
A spoke first of domestic af
fairs, which include the prob
lem oi tne Daiance of pay
ments. This is the true order
of things. For while our
problems at home "pale when
placed beside" our problems
abroad, it is nnlv hv rienllncf
effectively with our problems
at nome mat we can acquire
the resources to deal with our
problems abroad.
The core of the ornhlem at
home is that during the past
seven vears the Amprir-on
economy has been throttled
uuwu io a siuggisn pace, ror
the past few months we have
been in the third recession of
this decade. Indeed this re
cession comes upon us after
we have failed to make a good
recovery from thp nrevmue
recession in 1958. And during
tne wnoie period since the
end of the Korean war, the
growth of our econnmv hat
been so retarded that it is
the slowest of the advanced
industrial economies nf tha-
non-Communist world.
Recession imnosed unnn
sluggishness means not only
unemployment and idle plant
capacity and all the rest. It
means aiso a enronic inability
to meet nur Dlshlto nepdc at
home and abroad. Thl I. th.
central problem which must
De resolved, and it would be
an intolerable injury to the
national interest if the Hal
leck Smith conspiracy were
able to prevent it being at
tacked. AS COMPARED with the
discussion of the domestic
economy, the passages de
voted to foreign affairs are
less informative, and indeed
more uncertain. This is due,
believe, to the fact that
while the domestic section is
founded upon a well-known
and well - tried modern eco
nomic philosophy, there exists
as yet no comparable state
ment of American foreign
policy in the new world situ
ation - of Russian nuclear
parity, of the prospective
achievement by China and
others of nuclear power, of
tne emergence of new nations
out of their colonial past, of
the spread of what has been
called the revolution of rising;
expectations to the Western
hemisphere.
The intellectual apparatus
of our foreign policy is still
that of Acheson and Dulles
and, applied by men not of
the first order of ability to
the great conflict of power
and influence with the Soviet
Union, the apparatus is serv
ing us badly.
In the domestic field the
Ken nedy administration is
able to draw upon a mature
body of doctrine. In foreign
affairs it has an obsolescent
body of doctrine with which
to face the world, and it has
before it the task of restudy
ing, and revising, and re
educating, before the hand-me-downs
and the leftovers
from other times are discard
ed. There is no need to doubt
that this will be done. For
while the message shows that
it has not yet been done, there
are all the signs of a great
will to do It.
est
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