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10 YEARS AGO
Feb. 2. 19S1 (Friday)
"The federal price freeze
order simply does not fit the
lumber Industry," H. V. Simp
ton, executive vice president
of the West Coast Lumber
men's association, declared
here yesterday.
Temperatures scooted up
ward today-possibly in honor
of the traditional appearance
of the groundhog-and rain
was forecast by the weather
bureau, ending the five-day
cold snap.
20 YEARS AGO
Fab. 2, 1941 (Sunday)
Punirl hn hften recentlv In
active tn Jackson county this
year with only l marriage
ltnanaaa holnff inaned AO far:
4 v.. wnro At Hppnaea iaRiied
during the same period last
year.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "AH
hope, of which there is none
to start wttn, tile legislature
would end its biennial tom
foolery, in the 40 days pre
scribed by law nas laaea.
30 YEARS AGO '
F.h. 2. 1931 (Mondavi
A hill tn linn commercial
fishing In the Rogue river
has passed In the lower house
of the state legislature.
More than 180 unemployed
persons In , the county have
applied to work on the new
high school in Medford.
40 YEARS AGO
Feb. 2, 1921 (Wedneiday)
A local nurse found five
gold nuggets in the craw of
a chicken,
A Jotiphine county slate
senator said that yesterday's
defeat of his fish bill in the
lower house, does not mean
that the fight is ended and
that "someday the Rogue riv
er will be closed to com
mercial fishing."
80 YEARS AGO
r.K i. mil (Thursday)
4 A
A syndicate Is believed
about ready to erect a power
Station on the falls of Little
. Butte creek, and give the city
of Eagle Point a power plant
nf lis nwn.
The county court in Jack
sonville today approved a
$1,500 expenditure for a new
bridge across the Rogue river
t Gold Hill.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nina at fan corrael la lupaiiori
oven ei eight la eacellonti five et
lis la a eod.
1. Rainmaking experiments
Involve the dropping of what
substance? into clouds?
2. Name the five senses.
; 3. Docs an ocelot, occulist
or octopus have eight arms?
4. The basic elements of the
human body, once worth 06c,
are now estimated to be worth
$2.41, $16.40, or $31.04?
5. Race horses on U. S,
tracks run clockwise or coun
ter-clockwise?
6. The capital of Georgia is,
Savannah, Atlanta, or Augus
ta? 7. Hematology is the study
of hemstitching, debating, or
blood?
- 8. Italy surrendered to the
Allies in September of 1942,
1943, or 1944?
' 0. The puffing adder snake
Is, or is not venomous?
;. 10. Which is lighter, balsa
or cork?
Answarsi 1, Dry lea or silver
lodida crystals. 2. Sight, hear,
ing, small, taste, and touch. 3,
Octopus. 4. $31.04. 5. Counter
clockwise. (. Atlanta. 7.
Blood. 8. Pepiember, 1943. 8.
Is not. 10. Balsa.
FEBRUARY 2. 1881
Billboard
', The Council on Highway Regulation, which
actually is the creation of the billboard industry,
has joined with the Committee on Highway rro
tection to sponsor two
billboard regulation.
So, after all the bad
billboard industry during
we'd now like to tip our
ably carrying through on their promise to work
for compromise billboard control legislation,
which meets the major
This, apparently, they have done, i
. r ,
AS THE bills have the
in last fall s fight,
the legislature speedily.
One of them would
on the federal interstate
U. S. 99 and U. S. 30
for a substantial "bonus
the federal billboard
amount to several hundred thousand dollars.
The other would call for appointment of. a
Scenic Area Commission, which would be em
powered to designate areas where billboards
should be banned on all
XIE DO not see how
T T could be raised against these measures.
Our friends on Sardine creek, for instance,
would be allowed to advertise their businesses,
since the limitation on freeway billboards would
permit advertising of establishments within 12
miles.
Business and industrial areas also would be
excepted from the freeway billboard ban, as
would signs advertising
which they are located,
informational signs, and those of specific inter
est to the traveling public.
The bills might not
regulation as some of us would like. But they
do appear to be a reasonable compromise which
calls for their approval.
The legislature owes
state's tourist guests, to enact the measures. E.A.
Truck Bill
Back in 1952, the voters of the state of Oregon
defeated one "big truck"
ber ballot, and passed another. Both votes
showed that a strong majority of the people felt
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mat tne Dig trucKing interests were asiung- too
much in the way of special treatment.
The one which was
constitutional amendment which would have
limited the legislature's power to levy weight
mile taxes on trucks using Oregon's highways,
It was put on the ballot by the trucking industry,
it' was soundly beaten 484,730 to 135,408.
The one which passed was a legislative pro
posal to increase weight-mile taxes on big
trucks. It had passed the legislature, but was
referred to the people by petitions, also spon
sored by truckers. It was passed by the people,
409,588 to 230,241.
MOW, little more than eight years later, the
truckers are once again trying to get out of
paying their fair share of the costs of highway
construction and maintenance.
In 1952. the Deorcle overwhelmingly suonorted
the thesis that much of the costs of highways
are attributed to the extra-sturdy construction
needed by heavy trucks, and that trucks there
fore should be taxed for a portion of that extra
cost.
Today, Senate Bill 32
ture seeks to reduce the weight-mile ' taxes on
trucks over 44,000 pounds. The reduction, ac
cording to highway commission estimates, would
reduce income from this source by some $1 mil
lion per year, which if applied to federal high
way systems' matching funds, means a reduction
of up to $10 million per year.
a
THE move is ill-timed,
on highways are now
preliminary indications
equipment should pay more, not less, of high
way costs, if they are to be on an equitable basis.
This bill should not
conclusive. And if it is
taxes now levied are inequitable, changes can
be made later on that basis.
But for a reduction to be permitted now would
fly in the face of an overwhelming decision of
the people, and would
m the state. b. A.
Dangerous Sport
Recent news stories
death and several injuries
gan accidents remind us that tobogganing is clas
sified as about the m o s t dangerous of winter
sports.
It is far more dangerous than skiing, as fatal
ity and injury records attest. And injuries are
more apt to be serious. A skier has greater con
trol over his direction, speed, and ability to stop
than a toboggan rider.
Ihe most usual injury
or sprained ankle or leg, but the most usual injury
from tobogganing is a damaged spine.
It's a mighty popular sport, tobogganing, but
those who go in for it should be fully aware that
they are taking some serious risks of permanent
ly disabling injury. E.A.
Compromise
"compromise" bills for
things we said about the
the campaign last tall,
hat to them for honor
objections of both sides.
approval of both sides
they should be passed by
limit outdoor advertising
highways in Oregon
and thus qualify Oregon
in federal iunds, under
control measure. It will
state mgnways.
any serious objections
the sale 01 property on
official directional and
be quite as stringent in
it to both sides, and the
Ill-Timed
measure on the Novem
defeated was a proposed
in the Oregon legisla
if nothing else.
Hearing completion, and
are that such heavy
pass until these tests are
shown that weight-mile
penalize every motorist
reporting at least one
resulting from tobog
from skiing is a broken
Dennis the Menace
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... Communications ...
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contrary is olten ma caae.
Sugar Melts Off
To the Editor: We who are
concerned about M e d c o s
truck route wish to express
our heartfelt appreciation for
your editorial.
One of these days the people
of this corner of Jackson
county are going to rudely
awaken to the fact that we
have taken a dose of medi
cine, because the sugar melted
off. This will come when he
have to live with the private
truck route that Medco has
proposed to build.
This should not just con
cern the people that live along
this right of way, but every
person thatMives in this beau
tiful valley. Also the future
generations we are raising to
live here in the years to fol
low. Do you have any idea how
many of our school children
ride buses that have to cross
this route? This includes buses
from three school districts.
This isn't counting the thou-
ands of cars that travel over
these roads. Yesl they have
crossed it for years. But with
the knowledge that the train
ran at the most two up and
two down each day. We now
multiply this by the number
of over-sized trucks it win
take to supply the same
amount of timber.
This road will cost a great
deal of money, to give Med
co the privilege of not having
to oay any P.U.C. or gas tax.
I feel these trucks should be
kept on our highway. Why
shouldn't they help pay for a
new highway, which we need
anyway, and will need even
more when the new highway
is completed from Klamath
Falls? Why shouldn't the big
company help Instead of the
little man always paying the
way.
A new public highway
would show progress instead
of a step backwards, as this
private road will be.
I'd like to hear others'
viewpoints on this.
Mrs. Delta Jensen
Nick Young rd.
Roule 1, Box 285
Eagle Point, Ore.
Propaganda Convinces
To the Editor: The propa
eanda dispensed by the pro
motors of the proposed multi
purpose stadium has convinc
ed me that the county should
sell the needed land to any
group who would erect such
a stadium in a specified length
of time.
A good profit making ven
ture of this kind, one where
the profits are sure to roll in
belongs to Free Enterprise.
Like most modern business
ventures a corporation should
be formed by the present pro
motors and stock sold to the
individuals who believe the
profit making claims of the
promoters.
The money realized by this
enterprise would profit the
promoters and stockholders.
The corporation, income, real
property and other tuxes
would benefit our schools, the
county, state, national govern
ment and other nations who
arc recipients of our tax dol
lars.
1 believe that the idea of
letting the taxpayers of this
county own, operate and main
tain a profit making deal, such
as proposed, Is kinda selfish in
view of the good that could be
done with a portion of the
profits on a world-wide scale.
William Doernbach
143 Mace rd.
Medtord.
Congressman's Defense
To the Editor: Recent and
repeated showings in this
area of the motion picture
film depicting the so-called
"student riot" in San Francis
co last May have brought into
focus, more sharply than ever,
the Mall Tribune's lengthy
editorial of Jan. 9. entitled
MEDFORD MAIL
LEFTOVEP."
"Harsh (But True) Indict
ment." The vicious attack on the
House Un - American Activi
ties Committee made in the
Washington (D.C.) Post of
Jan. 2 - and quoted in your
editorial was replied to in
detail by Committee Chair
man Walter in the Congres
sional Record of Jan. 24, 1961.
In that reply. Congressman
Walter denies emphatically
and categorically that the
HUAC. "has habitually mis
used its mandate in uncon
stitutional ways for political
purposes; that it has become
an agency for repression; that
it has usurped the functions
of the executive and judicial
branches of our government."
In fact, the Congressman does
not hesitate to characterize
these charges as "outright
lies"; and he adds that "The
only finding the Supreme
Court made in the Watkins
case . . . was that Watkins
'had not been adequately ap
praised of the subject matter
ot the subcommittee's investi
gation or the pertinency there
to of the questions he refused
to answer'."
Among other things, Con
gressman Walter asserts that
of the 327 persons signing the
petition to abolish the HUAC,
some have been identified as
members of the Communist
party and "A few dozen of
them ' are notorious for the
fact that, over a period of
many years, they have un
waveringly promoted the line
of Moscow and the Commu
nist party in this country."
Thus, it would seem, the
issue is joined. Either the pe
titioners or the Congressman
are indulging in deception if
not outright prevarication.
Since the Mail Tribune edi
torial of Jan, 9 enthusiasti
cally suported the petitioners'
charges, and since the edi
torial was likely not without
influence on many of your
readers, the need for further
editorial comment, in the in
terests of accuracy and fair
play, becomes apparent.
Pages 1161 to 1166 of the
Congrcssion Record for Jan.
24, containing the full text of
Congressman Walter's reply,
are enclosed.
C. L. Williams
595 Monroe st.
Ashland, Ore.
Editor's note: We have read
in full Congressman Walter's
defense of the committee, a
few excerpts from which arc
contained in the letter above.
We were unimpressed. It is
obvious that this emotional
issue is not going to be de
cided on the basis of argu
ment, and we are content to
await future developments re
garding the committee and its
activities, which we regard to
be an insult to the American
tradition of freedom, and an
ugly misuse of the powers of
Congress.
TV and Movies
To the Editor: Boy was I
glad to see the article in last
night's Communlca tions,
about that stupid and revolt
ing Jackie Gleason and his so
called phony show.
Mrs. J. H. sure said the
truth about his show and a
few more that appear on this
station. Of course if I don't
like the show, I can shut my
TV set off. But If I shut my
set off every time there was
a lousy program, it would be
off two-thirds of the time.
You get about 10 or 15 min
utes commercials on an hour
show and about 15 minutes
on 30 minute show.
They have more washing
powder, wet or dry, shaving
lotions, hair shampoos and
what you.
They say all the Hollywood
stars use these soaps, creams,
etc., to make them look beau
tiful. I would like to get a
look at some of those so-called
ocautics, when they first get
TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE.
Red China
Dilemma
Bv PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
Japan once more is ponder
ing thp nnpstinrt. hnw soon to
recognize Red China? It is not
a question 01
"if" but of
"when."
But, as did
his predeces
sor before him,
Prime Minis
ter H a y a t o
Ikeda finds
himself on the
uncomfortable
Newsom n o r n s or a
dilemma.
As an international trade
minister in the cabinet of for
mer Prime Minister Nobusuke
Kishi. Tkeda went on record
with a demand for closer rela
tions with Japan s eiant neigh
bor onlv about 500 miles
acrosss the China Sea.
As .Tanan's new Dremier. he
is faced with the task of
restoring United States confi
dence in Japan, shaken by
cancellation of President Ei-
up in the mornings.
I have seen more beautiful
and pretty girls and women
right here in little old Med
ford than all of Hollywood or
California.
I would also like to know
just what the Idea is of these
picture shows, showing pic
tures that say, "For Adults
Only." There have been sev
eral in Medford in the two
picture shows and other cities
close by. You can see that
when the parents are at these
shows at night, it is a cinch
the young ones that are not
old enough to go to these sex
shows are going to do some
thing for excitement and out
they go.
Then, folks wonder why
we have so many juvenile
getting into trouble. I think
the parents are about 90 per
cent the cause of this.
I also agree, that the cutest
guy on TV is the little fellow
who sells Burgie.
Mrs. F. Moore
P. O. Box 1081
Medford.
Amused Enough
To the Editor: I am quite
sure we have been amused
enough now by Mr. Wies-
brod's wishful thinking about
a county stadium. I don't mind
Mr. Wiesbrod and company
grinding their ax but sure do
hate to see my tax dollars
used for this purpose.
If Mr. Wiesbrbd's estimates
of income expectations are so
massive certainly he and the
few other believers in a sta
dium would not hesitate to
form their own corporation,
thereby making everyone hap
py. The county would be glad
to sell the needed property to
the wealthy ranchers of Eagle
Point aru1 Mr. Wiesbrod. I am
sure most of the people in
the county would be glad to
see a private stadium paying
property taxes into the coun
ty coffers of 10 to 15 thou
sand a year.
Mr. Wiesbrod has visions of
grandeur - expecting a city
and vicinity of 70,000 people
to fill a stadium of 25,000
when an area of at least 25
times as large, such as the
bay area, cannot fill 55,000
seats very often.
I am with the county court.
Let's have a vote before we
spend one million, five hun
dred thousand dollars of tax
payers' money for Mr. Wies
brod's dream.
E. A. Olsen
190 Clover lane
Medford.
Gold the Answer
To the Editor: This Is my
state of the Union message,
wherever the Mail Tribune
of Medford, Oregon, may
carry it. It is written in ap
preciation for the hope-building
of President Kennedy's
inaugural address and the one
that came via the radio to
us Monday evening. Both In
dicated much intensive study
in preparation, and grimness
of delivery, though hard to
take, is good to hear. Not
so good the promises of things
to be done, like the raising
of wages (minimum), in
creased spending that hard
ened congressmen are bracing
to resist, knowing it is not
the answer.
Our vast spending all over
the world is reacting against
us, as our tottering dollar
forces us into hurried re
trenchment. For those we
have helped are now enabled
to undersell us In world mar
kets. We continue to spend
vast sums in the orbiting of
satellites that the crafty So
viet seems to be basking from,
now that they have wori first
honors and lured us into. It
is my firm belief that a lot
of this, including her deadly
missiles, is shadow-boxing.
Why? Because she wants to
hide her intensive production
of gold, that even with slave
labor costs her some four
times the wot id market price.
Question
for Japanese Leader
senhower's Tokyo visit be
cause of leftwing riots last
June.
Pressure from Business
At home he is under pres
sure from Japanese business
men wanting trade ties with
Red China and from the So
cialists who have made recog
nition of Red China and abo
lition of the U.S.-Japan assist
ance treaty a key plank in
their platform.
To recognize China's Com
munist regime prematurely
would be to undermine still
more , U. S. confidence in
Japan as a strong and stable
partner. But to be considered
an "independent" Asian na
tion, Japan must recognize
Red China before the United
States does so.
Two other elements also en
ter the question of timing.
U.N. Difficulty
Japanese diplomatic sourc
Matter of Fact v
THE DIALOGUE BEGINS
Washington -The Presi
dent's eloquent message on
the State of the Union was
the start of
what may well
prove the most
interesting ex
periment i n
the long, ex
p e r i m e ntal
history of
American pol
itics. For Ken-
Alsop nedy's purpos
es, as even the most partisan
Republicans are privately ad
mitting, it was a good begin
ning. No other American pol
itician since the time of Frank
lin Roosevelt could have said
what Kennedy had to say
quite as well as Kennedy said
it. '
The language of the long
message was concise, mascu
line, and elevated. Many pas
sages were stirring without
being sloppily emotional. No
passage was tedious except
the occasional washing lists
of things-to-be-done - and in
our time only Winston Church
ill has known how to infuse
humor and feeling into a poli
tical washing list.
T IKE most speeches that
" sound natural and unaf
fected, this was the result of
endless hours of gruelling
hard work, mainly by the
President-himself and his ora
torical alter ego, Ted Soren
sen. Proposed drafts and spec
ial inserts were pressed upon
these two from every imagin
able source. Different ap
proaches were also attempted.
At one point, about a week
Why? You will find the an
swer in the Jan. 30 U.S. News
and World Report, page 25,
top right column, quote: Said
a Soviet official to an Amer
ican businessman: "Russia is
accumulating gold, and one
day we will back the ruble
used in foreign trade with
100 per cent gold. You are
going to be forced to give
up exchanging gold for dol
lars and will become tenth
rate, so far as trade is con
cerned." Faith of the world in our
come-back ability is nil that
keeps America solvent, for
all our gold reserve is now
owned by foreign nations.
Gold we must have to stabil
ize the American dollar. We
have a great plenty, in the
earth. How to get it out? A
time-bonus for gold equaling
the government held price,
$35 per fine ounce, U.S A.
produced. Then behold the
gold-panned exodus to the
hills, valleys, gulches, rivers
and rills. Unemployment trou
bles? Don't make me laugh.
We sorely need more days of
old and days of gold and
renewed faith in America.
F. J. Clifford
Route 2. Box 200F
Central Point, Ore.
J G Defended
To the Editor: This is my
answer to Mrs. John Hall's at
tack on the Jackie Gleason
show.
I myself have never cared
for Jackie Glcason's shows
since the days of the '"Honey
mooners." I did like that part
of his show, and that was
about all.
But what I saw the other
night made me like and ad
mire Jackie, for when a man
is able to get up and face the
public to admit his show was
a flop to say he was wrong
well, it takes a big person
to do that, and I don't mean
the size of the man either, be
it a TV star, myself, or even
you.
So, Mrs. Hall, what I saw
the other night was a chubby
guy tear himself to bits, by
laughing through his tears.
As far as commercials are
concerned, I always buy
brand X but I haven't a thing
against the rest as my 10-month-old
grandchild just
loves the commercials.
Mrs. Irma Henderson
729 Dakota? ave.
Medford.
13
Creates
es say Japan will not recog
nize Red China before it li
admitted into the United Na
tions, because to do so would
be to recognize a country con
demned by the United Nations
as an aggressor.
Japan's official foreign af
fairs deliberation council also
has concluded that Japan can
not recognize Red China while
it has diplomatic relations
with Nationalist China
dilemma also faced by the
United Nations.
Red China itself has sug
gested a step-by-step resump
tion of Sino-Japanese trade re.
lations broken off three years
ago
But since the Chinese insist
on government-to-government
trade agreements, these also
depend on ultimate diplomatic
recognition.
The dilemma may persist
long time.
Joseph Alsop
ago. President Kennedy had
three-quarters decided to lim
it himself to a broadly paint
ed picture of the national situ
ation, with almost all the
matter in the washing lists
relegated to the series of spec
ial messages that will still be
sent to the Hill. But the mora
detailed approach was ulti
mately chosen, which made
the task still harder.
In the finale, Kennedy him
self worked on drafts through
most of Friday night. Soren
sen carried on until 8 a.m.
Saturday, when he snatched
a few hours of sleep on a
couch in his office. And a
draft that really satisfied the
President was not achieved
until late Saturday afternoon.
rpHESE homely details are
-- worth recording because
they are. in a literal sense.
part of history. The point is
mat puDiic exposition - con
tinuous, persuasive exposition
in such maior sneeches as this
in his press conferences and
eisewnere. - is really Ken
nedy's crucial instrument. In
fact it is verv nparlv his nnlv
instrument, for dealing with
a problem unlike the problems
that confronted any of his
predecessors in the White
House.
The British Labor M. P.,
Richard Crossman, pinpointed
the special character of Ken
nedy's problem in a recent
report ,on "Mr. Kennedy's
America." Franklin Rooseve'.t,
wrote Crossman, "had a less
difficult task . . . though he
was faced with complete
economic collapse. For the
crisis he had to tackle was
admitted . , . and the elector
ate had given him a mandate.
"The crisis of American for
eign and defense nnlirv whir-h
Kennedy faces is as grave as
tne iajd crisis, but its very
existence is denied by the
ReDublicans . . . anrl it 1c
gendered painless and almost
uivisiuie Dy tne comioris ot
an affluent society. If Roose
velt's chief enemv is fear.
Kennedy's is self-deception."
And fear, Crossman might
have added, always creates a
climate favorine action hv a
strong leader whereas self-
deception is the father of self
indulgence and immobilism.
TjiOR reasons rooted in the
-- history of the past eight
years, many Republicans
think they have a vested in
terest in national self-deception.
This is why the nar
rower, more partisan Republi
can members of Congress re
acted with such violence to
Kennedy's cool and far from
panicky outline of our situa
tion today.
Men like Sen. Bourke B.
Hickenlooper of Iowa, who
angrily accused Kennedy of
"downgrading America," ap
pear to think that the Presi
dent of the United States,
when reporting on the state
of the Union, has a duty to
falsify the national balance
sheet.
There are also many wiser
Republicans, like Gov. Nelson
Rockefeller of New York,
who understand that honest
fact-finding is the true begin
ning of conservatism. (For
how can any country, or any
corporation for that mattir,
plan its policies conservative
ly on the basis of faked bal
ance sheets?) But among the
Congressional Republicans,
Rockefeller-types are relative
ly rare.
TUUS fact is ultra-important,
- in turn, because of the
narrow balance in Congress
so dramatically underlined by
the fight in the House about
the Rules Committee. As of
today, it will not even be easy
to pass Kennedy's well-worn
and often mooted domestic
program. As of today, it ap
pears almost impossible to
pass the great and probably
painful new measures that
may well be necessitated by
the unsatisfactory national
defense posture, the gold
drain, and so on and on.
Kennedy's remedy is con
sciously borrowed straight
from the cbooks of the two
Roosevolts and every other
vigorous American President.
On Monday, he was talking
not only to the joint session
of the Congress. Also, and far
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
The U.S. successfully rock
ets a chimpanzee-manned cap
sule more than 100 miles out
into space and drops it into
the Atlantic ocean some 420
miles down range from Cape
Canaveral.
As he entered the capsule
for his trip out into the un
known, the chimp grinned
and waved his arms. Observ
ers said he "seemed complete
ly at ease about the whole
affair." That's what it is to
be a chimpanzee. You aren't
worried about the future.
THE SIX chimps from which
t o d a y's adventurer was
chosen have been in training
since Jan. 2. A staff of 18
medical, veterinary and psy
chiatric experts, headed by
Major J. D. Mosely, chief of
the bio-astronautics branch of
the National and Space Agen
cy, has been conditioning
them for the fateful flight,
which will be a vital prelude
to manned space travel.
Among other things, they
have been trained to flick
levers when lights go on. If
they don't flick the lever
when the lirrht 0nr nrt flint.
get slight electrical shocks
inrougn me foot. If Uiey pull
the lever at the riuht imn
they don't get the shock. It
is reported tnat they catch on
quickly and soon learn In
yank the lever.
The lights are arranged in
such a sequence that when
me levers are puued messages
will be sent hark, tollinc wht
is happening in the space cap
sule. THE CHIMP in the capsule,
A it is hoped, will provide
the first careful mpasnrnmoni.
showing whether mental facul
ties ano reucxes are affected
by the weird stresses involved
in taking off in a rocket and
floating in space without the
familiar sensation nf h avinir
weight. On this answer could
aepeno partly whether hu
mans can ever go to the moon
or Mars or elsewhere out in
space.
Animals havp riHripn tin
and down in rnekpfs hofnra
and Soviet dogs have even
been Drought safely home
after orbiting completely
around the earth. But none of
these was ever before ana
lyzed to learn whether they
can think and react normal I v
This is one of the significant
elements in tne new test pre
paring for man in space.
TTMMMMMMMM.
1 Maybe before sending its
chimp off into space the Na
tional Aeronautics and Space
Agency should have consulted
the Navy, which has been
watching a three-year-old por
poise at its ordnance test sta
tion at China Lake, in Cali
fornia. Porpoises can swim at
high speeds with little drag
friction. They can transmit
and receive sounds over sev
eral miles under water. They
can withstand deep water
pressures beyond the known
capability of man and other
mammals.
They can swim at speeds of
20 to 30 knots (25 to 35 miles
per hour). They can jump 19
teet out of the water, merely
using their tails for power and
their fins for stabilizers.
What the Navy wants to
know is that if porpoises can
do all these things with non
chalant ease and aplomb, why
can't man learn from the por
poise how to make his naval
contraptions, such as subma
rines and torpedoes and Po
laris missiles, perform even
better than they now are able
to perform.
B
UT-
You ain't heard nolhin'
yeL
The nomoise makes neruliar
sounds with its vocal appa
ratus. It is susDecteri that hv
means of these sounds the por
poise can COMMUNICATE
with its fellows-and under
water, at that. In other wnrris
that porpoises can talk to each
other.
It is reDorted from Thina
Lake that the Navv has an
expert LISTENING to the por
poise. Analyzing the sounds
it makes With it vnr-al rhnrrle
Trying to find out WHAT
THEY MEAN.
Mavbe. the thinkino mm
if the expert can find out
what all the sounds made by
the porpoise MEAN, he can
go a step farther and learn
to TALK" Tn the ri,D
POISE and listen while the
porpoise talks back. That
would (rreailv "Vnnrtlf ii
job of getting information
from the porpoise.
THAT suggests the further
wuugiu tnat it man can
learn to talk with a nnmniw
maybe man can learn to talk
wnn a emmpanzee. In that
event, all that would need to
be done would be to TALK
with the chimp out in space!
That would reallv sneerl
up the acauisition of snarr.
knowledge.
more important, he was talk
ing to the country.
If he persuades the country,
the country will soon per
suade Congress. Tht is Ken
nedy's only way out but it
will not be an easy way, for
the reasons Crossman gave,
(c) 1961 New York
Herald Tribune Inc.
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