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TUESDAY, MedfordJS&Tbibun "Eveiyune in Soutnern Oregon Rcadj The Mail Tribune' Published Dally cxccptSaturdayby MhOFOHD PRINTING CO 33 North Fir St, Ph SP 2-0141 ROBERT W RUH1.. Editor HKRB GREY Advel'tlslnB Manager GERALD T LATHAM Bui Msr ERIC W ALLEN JR MnR Edltoi EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN Teles Editor RICHARD JEWETT Sporla Editor OLIVE STARCHER Women s Ed tor DALE ERICKSON Circulation Mgr ' An Indoqendent Newspaper Sntcred as ..econd class matter Mcdtnrd Oregon under Act ol March 3. UW7 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Uy Mall - In Advance. Copy 10c Dally -id Sunday-1 year Sift 00 Dally and Sunday mo aim Dalit and Sunday 3 mos 4 25 Sunday Only One year 4 20 By Carrier-In Advance Mrdf-rJ Ashland Central Polnl . 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NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATION At EDITORIAL iDs9,c6T,tN Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson Courtly Hlslorv from the flics of The Mall Tribune 10. 20, 30 0 and 50 vcars ago. 10 YEARS AGO Feb. 7. 1951 (Wednesday) Senior high school students, acting ns city councilman on Student Government Day yes terday, passed a measure en dorsing the anti-fireworks bill now before the state legisla ture, and voted to open the city's swimming pool free of charge to swimmers. 1 Heavy migration from all parts ol the country is expect ed to swell the labor force here during the coming months. 20 YEARS AGO Teh. 7. 1941 (Friday! A. large crowd pttended the ceremony dedicating the new iintmolo at the extended and remodeled federal building . this afternoon. 1 From Arthur Perry's "Ye RmnrlL'a Pot" column: "The legislature will run for three more weeks, and If anything Is accomplished Ihe members should start running, as won they may." 30 YEARS AGO Feb. 7. 1931 (Saiurday) The federal government is being urged to build an addi tion to the Medford post office. A Jackson county jury has ruled that the confessed killer of an Ashland city policeman must hong. 40 YEARS AGO Feb. 7. 1921 (Monday) Four defendants in the Jacksonville bank failure case have entered pleas of inno cence. R. A. Booth of Eugene has presented the slate with a statue of a pioneer circuit rider. . , SO YEARS AGO Feb. 7, 1911 (Tuesday) Several local financiers arc negotiating with a group of railroad promoters to finance the construction of a railroad from Medford to Crescent City. The Rogue River Industrial Fair association is planning to hold Its next fair in Med ford. T Vs Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct it superior: btven or eight is flxccllcnt; five or lis Is good. 1. What is the capital of Kentucky? 2. What is the name of the world's largest office build ing? 3. What are U.S. battleships named for? 4. What are the four free doms? 5. What is the birth stono for May? 6. How many square rods in an acre? 7. What did Jack Sprat and his wife do? 8. Where is Ihe United Slntes Coast Guard Academy? 9. Whose portrait appears on the two dollar bill? 10. What insignia does a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army wear? Answers: 1, Frankfort. 2. The Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 3. States. 4. Speech, Wor ship, from want and from fear. S. Agate. 6. 160. 7. Lick ed the platter clean. 8. New London, Conn. 9. Jefferson. 10, Silver oak leaves. HIGHEST HONOR Washington - The Congres sional Medal of Honor, the highest of all the American decorations for heroes, was established officially in De ccmbqr 1861. FEBRUARY 7, 1961 What To Call The economic-cum-political system in which we live has long been called both "free enter prise" and "capitalism." It is both, to a degree. But, over the years, a number of regulations and inhibitions against the "robber baron" type of capitalism have evolved, until the phrases don't really mean what they seem to mean. The regulations have been imposed on the economic community by the political community, largely for the protection of the "little fellow" from the admitted evils of unrestricted economic royalism and monopoly. A REMINDER of this fact hit the front page yesterday, when a federal judge fined six electrical manufacturers for violation of federal anti-trust laws, and accused their officials of "mocking" the capitalistic system in its hour of crisis. Several of the companies' officials drew jail sentences and fines, in addition. This case probably will do more to mar the favorable "image" these companies have attempt ed to build up for thtmselves than anything else they could have done. And the phrases "You can be SURE if it's Westinghouse," and "At General Electric, progress is our most important product," will have a slightly sour taste for a while. XI7TIAT did the judge mean when he said they were "mocking" the capitalistic system in its hour of crisis? He meant that the United States stands now, as never before, at the bar of world opinion, in a strutrfde with communist ideology. And the companies, by violating the very tenets of the freedom of the marketplace, by their collusion to "fix" prices, have indeed "mocked" the free enterprise of which they speak so highly. Monopoly isn't freedom. And collusive price fixing is not free enterprise. How is that going to sound around the world, to the uncommitted nations which may be on the brink of turning to the East or the West? ALTHOUGH we live in a "regulated" economy, lh ay-fno-mifrla unrl rpf ta infc whifh in rnppnl decades have been imposed on what Teddy Roosevelt used to call "the malefactors of great wealth" are not as generally known throughout the world as they are here. We do not live under socialism, by any accepted definition of socialism. But it isn't pure capitalism, either. A new word, a new phrase, accurately de scriptive of our interacting economic and polit ical systems, is badly needed, it we are to present a picture of ourselves to distorted by the inaccurate mental pictures ris ing from the words "capitalism", and "free en terprise." The words themselves are true enough, for it is still possible to be long as the rules are followed. But they do not convey the true picture to the rest ol the world. E. A. New Census Figures In its own size category (cities of 10,000 to 25,000 population) Medford was the second fastest growing city during the decade between 1950 and 1900. Final census figures show that it was the third fastest growing of all cities larger than 10,000. Springfield, with 81.5 per cent growth, and Eugene, with 42.1 per with a greater growth rate in that size group. Medford's rate of growth was 41.1 per cent. AS A group, the fastest-growing cities were in "the '"bedroom" area near Portland. Oswego, which nearly tripled in population, with a 168. 6 per cent growth, was the fastest of all, with others in the area also registering re markable gains, such as Beaverton (136.3',..) Hillsboro (60.1), Tualatin (44,S'.'r), and Mil waukie (73.2' ,.). But cities along the coast grew phenomenally, too, although on a far more scattered basis. Samples 1 are Gold Beach (160.7), Florence (60), Oceanlake (91.7), and Newport Ol. !',). COME areas of the southern Willamette valley and central Oregon had remarkable growth, with Riddle gaining 56.5 per cent, for example, and Chiloquin going up 41.9 per cent and Meto lius up 72 per cent. Also, inevitably, there were some losses in population. They reflect a number of factors, some of thorn very likely the result of new high way and freeway construction. The largest loser was the community of Gran ite, in eastern Oregon, which lost 92.5 per cent of its population from 10 in 1950 to 3 (pre liminary) and 2 (revised) in I960. ASTORIA (S.9) and Lebanon (.3) were "the only losers in cities of 5,000 or more peo ple, other than Portland, which also lost .3' " . Locally, here is how Jackson county cities fared in population, listed alphabetically: Lity 19o() pop. Ashland Untie Falls Central Point Gold Hill Eagle Point .J acksonville Medford Phoenix Rogue River Talent 7,739 372 1,667 619 607 1,193 17,305 746 ' 590 739 y. Our System? the world which is not successful in business, so cent, were the only ones I960 pop. percentage 9,119 -1-17.8 3S-I 2,289 60S 752 1,172 21,547 769 520 S6S 3.2 -1-37.3 1.8 23.9 1.8 1-41.1 3.1 11.9 -1-17.5 TE.A. Dennis the Menace ff 'Its a swell uapmohica.Joey. Bur you'd bbttbr SWALLOW MORE OR ITS QOmARUST UP OH YA' Loners 10 Ihe h'dilor must certain circumstances ihe use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves ihe right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Loners submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent Ihe views of the paper; in fact the contrary is otlen tne case. Vole to Remember To the Editor: I want to tell you that I agree with you on the statement you made in your editorial about Ihe vote in the House recently by Dr. Edwin Durno, regard ing the motion to increase the Rules Committee. Dr. Durno will be remembered and sus tained because he believes in constitutional government. Mrs. Dwight Tibbct, 2004 Silvia rd.. Central Point, Ore. Thanks for "Patrick" To the Editor: I would like to thank all Ihe people that sent "Patrick" in Portland a Christmas card. He was the little boy in the Providence hospital that was calling for cards. He received many thousands of them. Now, Patrick is gone, hav ing passed away on Feb. 1, 19(11. Thanks again, kind people, for making a little boy happy. Lillian Green 2411 Sunset Court Medford i Loss of Rights To the Editor: We, as citi zens of Medford owe it to our selves, and to our neighbors lo cast a crilical eye on the recent action of the city coun cil, and also the actions of our paid servant, City Man ager Robert Duff, who seems to have laken for granted that we hired him to be our Lord and Master, rather than to represent us as an instrument of management, to protect our rights. For instance, the recent or dinance to ban trailers from any place in the city except in a trailer camp. Now 1 do not own a trailer house, but I know that many of my fel low citizens do, and I can imagine Ihe dismay of the owners who will be dispos sessed if this piece of legisla tion is passed. By what right can our city council tell a nmn that he cannot live in his own trailer on his own property, as long as he meets all the existing regulations on sani tation and fire hazards? This is a power thai we as citizens and taxpayers of Med ford did not intend to vest tn our city manager. We can not afford to allow him this power, for what one of our homes or properly will be safe from this same kind of discrimination if we allow him to abuse his office in this in stance? Stop and think, yours may be next. Goodness knows that we have few of our precious free doms left in our country, freedoms which our fore fathers in an instance like this would have met with the business end of his rifle. Our country grew and prospered under those conditions, and our living conditions changed and regulations began to creep in. However our prop erty rights have been respect ed up to now. If we allow our neighbors' property lo be regulated, then we cannot ex pect that our own will escape the same fate. So I implore you as fellow citizens to call or write your representative on the city council and state your views on this trailer ordinance, that they know that we are aware of the attempts to regulate our God given property rights, which are guaranteed to us in the constitution. Everett R Huffman, llltl Loal st., Medford How? To tile Editor: I seem to have the impression that most of our law-makers are very much confused and concerned with what to do with a so-called surplus of $;S(. 000.000 bucks in the state treasury. Very little has been jiention- ommunica:iio'ns . . . bear the name und address of ed about a state debt, al though, one newspaper did leave me with the impression that we do enjoy one, don't we? What confuses me more (ad mit always some confusion) is how can we enjoy the sur plus and debt at the same time. Somewhat confused but not concerned. Malcmute Slim White City, Ore. Pitiful To the Editor: it is pitiful that we read quite often in 'Communications" to the edi tor, extolling Communism and Socialism. If these people had had foresight concerning their retirement instead of sitting on a bar stool or living a happy-go-lucky existence, they would have had money for a one-way ticket to "behind the iron curtain." Mrs. Radina Tucker, Griffin Creek Route 4, Box 372-B Medford. A Counselor To the Editor: Mr. Philip Lee Burns has asked, "What do you readers think of thi idea .to help make America strong?" He says, "Why not choose a worthy organization, such as the Junior Chamber of Commerce, to appoint an out standing man of sterling char acter to serve as counselor lo m a n k i n d? This counselor would serve a great and cry ing need! He would be avail able to anyone in strict con fidence." Mr. Burns, we already have such a One. Haven't you met Him? He has many titles. His Name is Jesus Christ. Go to church and get ac quainted with Him. He is free, the Gift of God. God sent Him to all people, but because we think He did n't er?l us a large sum of money we think He is junk. He only cost us S30. That is the amount Judas sold Him for. Let God talk lo you through the mouth of a minister, pas tor or priest (what ever title you want to use) and find out how to use this Wonderful Gift. Give your small sums of money tn God by means of the offering plate in order that The Church, one of the physical means Christ estab lished for us for our use. may carry on the work of God of bringing Christ to people. Let your minister be your counselor. He is a man of "sterling character." He has been sent to you by God to "serve a great and crying need." Make confession of your sinfulness and receive forgiveness. He has been giv en this power by Christ. All you have to do is believe it as if Gnd had spoken. Clod uses the minister's mouth to preach: and just so He uses the minister's mouth to speak forgiveness of sins. Leant to put the "cardinal sins" you speak of and also ail other sins, troubles or whatever dis turbs you. onto Christ where they belong. He WANTS them. You could give your min ister a r;ust in p:iy. too. His job is more important and he is weighed down with more responsibility than the Presi dent His average s.ilary is S3.ti00 a year, and some of th'm have as many as 10 chil dren. And it is no especial hor.or in heaven lo serve the Lord without pay. I know something about the "tortured mind'' the "desire to escape from reality" iliat you speak of. Start looking for'hris'.. You will find Him in any church. It isn't always "the other guy'' who is trying to "est'.spo from reality." We aii are. Seme of MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. Newsonr Finds Some By PHIL NEWSOM UP1 Foreign News Analyst Cali, Colombia-iliPli-Hcre in the lush Cauca Valley between two ereat ranges of the Andes, TnprfrTjarj is Colombia's ... . , .. . . . - , Vll DOOII1 lOWM. " I ' U d0CS "0l K' take lon8 even " I i in a brief visit " 1 to Colombia to I M foc) that this ! 2 -" ,J7T..1' . i wlicil Tiiintrv 3 But Cali is in AVJ lne greatest s,.. hurry of all. For most of 400 years. Cali slept in the sun, its low, plaster and brick houses crowding in upon narrow, twisting streets, just as the Spaniards first 'arranged them for protection against Indian attacks. "One of the last corners of the world," a Cali business man calls it. In the colorful open-air markets, some of the shops and the street vendors, Cali retains some of its ancient flavor. Ihe wrilor, although under us just, don't know it. Etna Ragsdale 1214 West 10th st. Medford. Won't Admit It To the Editor: Philip Lee Burns of Ashland is of the opinion that America is in need of a psychiatrist, and wants to learn the opinion of others on the matter. It is the opinion of this writ er that he is on the right track and he has presented his case rather logically. But there is an axiom that a stitch in time saves nine. Why wait until the horse is stolen before locking the barn door? Why not use preventive medicine? Is it not a fact that our way of life is responsible for our mental and emotional fatigue? Is it not the stress inflicted by our way of life and the struggle for existence that causes so much of our mental and emo tional breakdowns? Is it not life's contradictions that cause the greater portion of our nervous strain? I hear a i. u'.HUide frantical ly yell "No." By that we know we are on the right track. For various reasons the emotional victim denies the cause of his malady. That is true of the single individual and it ap plies to tile multitude, even to a whole nation. We as a na tion are a victim of emotional disorder. A victim of hysteria. For proof of our logic let us examine the basis for our lit erature. A great preponder ance o! our themes in books, magazines and TV programs are either money, sex or mur der. In many all three arc involved. Our whole way of life is one of conflict and frus tration. When the going gets too lough there is an emotion al, mental or nervous break down. There is a remedy, yes but no victim of an emotional breakdown or disorder is willing to take treatment, or willing even to admit what is wrong with him for fear of tile effect that might be wrought upon his reputation. He refuses to face reality be cause reality is unbearable. We look upon ourselves as God's perfect creation and shout it to the world from the house tops. or. if you would j rather, the Voice of America. I The flaw in Mr. Burns' idea ! th:.t th,,.-i, nrp not rnonch ! ,,,i:ilifirri lo treat the emotional victims, and they are ever increasing, while treating the emotionally dis tressed ex.u-ts loo great a loll on Ihe nerve specialist lo the extent that he loo soon be comes a crackpot. They too are human. Like everyone I and everything, there is a lim i it to capacity. I Our ills are obvious and the j cause is plain. Our way of life j has broken down and we are frantic but we do not know what ails us. and if we do we I refuse to admit it. Mental-emo-i tional cases react the same ; way. Walter Recce, I tlalice rd.. ! Merlin, Ore. Gold Rush Tales ; To tlie Editor: The time was early in l!)20 v, lien 1 first met one of the few remaining old 1859 prospectors and miners still hale and hearty, who re ' called to me some of the thrill ! ing stones of Ihe most colorful ! characters in the old mining lown of Jacksonville. Oregon. ; One of the fabulous stones told about two young happy : go-luckies who ventured into Ihe business of a men's wear ing apparel store. They would tear a five dollar note in two. hold over a gas flame and light t h c i r much enjoyed brand of cigars. On other oc casions the partner, on selling a customer a single shirt, would invariably "throw in" all the oilier shirts remaining in the box. The moral of the episode is. ' their business venture fas! j OOST5 But away from the old city, broad boulevards emerge. Here are modern apartment buildings. One of these was built with a million-dollar gift from Venezuela on the site where in 1956 a munitions blast snuffed out 1,200 lives and leveled many blocks. Here, too, are the homes of the wealthy, set amid for mal gardens, and on Cali's out skirts, in landscaped settings, are the modern plants of American industry. More than 50 American owned plants turn out prod ucts here with the same brand names familiar in the states. More are coming, for Colom bia is encouraging North American investment and in dustry. Most of the employees in these American plants are Co lombians. In Cali there is a colony of about 2.000 Ameri cans and soon ah American school, its enrollment divided and furious while it lasted soon ended on a, decline of personal profit. One of the few other bust ness transactions negotiatea by a newly made rich miner was to buy out a saloon, treat all his friends in a royal man ner, then afterward give back tite remaining building and stock to its former owner. Most of the transactions were paid either in nuggets or raw gold dust over the counter. Bert Kissinger 520 Boardman st. Medford. Impeach Warren! To the Editor: The "Deseg regation" decision handed do'wn by Chief Justice Earl Warren and his Supreme Court was a mighty blow struck toward the destruc tion of our Constitution. Because of the "Konigs berg" and "Sweezy" decisions of Warren and his concurring Justices Communists can now practice law: and Communists can leach in our schools, un hampered. With the "Steve Nelson" decision Chief Justice War ren and his Court wiped out the anti-sedition laws of over 40 stales: and denied those states the right lo defend themselves against treason. And the "Jenks" and "Wat kins" decisions of Earl War ren and his Court shattered and hamstrung the FBI as the protective barrier to the se curity of our nation - they freed convicted traitors-thcy muzzled our Congressional Commillees-and they nulli fied all our protective laws against the Communist con spiracy. In these and dozens more anti-American decisions by the Warren Court, Earl War ren, in my opinion, has de liberately and repeatedly vio lated his sacred oath of of- fice: in which he solemnly j answers lo "Support and De fend the Constitution of the United States against all ene mies, foreign and domcstic so help me God." Why. then, hasn't Congress impeached Mr. Warren long ago? Because we. the Ameri can people, seemingly par alyzed by a hypnotic lethargy, have not raised up in right eous anger and demanded it. In tile name of Heaven! Let us wake up! For our own sakes-and for the sakes of our most precious loved ones, lei's get short, to the point letters flooding into our Con gressman Edwin R. Durno, House Office Building. Wash ington. D. C. Also write our other conservative constitu tionalist. Congressman Waiter Norblad-same address. Plead with them for this drastically needed impeachment. Each letter that goes in gives invaluable and untold aid lo the approximately 100 patriotic organizations which are now fighting a heart breaking, desperate battle to save our Constitution and everything you and I hnlri dear. Don't put it off. Write in now. Mail it this vcrv daw L. C. Powell 316 S.E. Eighth St. Grants Pnss. Ore. School Age To the Editor: It seems too bad to have a definite ace set for children to enter the first grade, as the ability of children differs so much. It would seem more sensible to consider the child's mental rather than physical age. and when one considers the neces sity fur years of study to be come, for instance, a physi cian, plus military service be fore a boy can begin to earn a living, it seems a shame to waste any time. As an interesting side light on the problem, years aao Bryn Mawr started a school for children The child was to have had no previous in struction, even kindergarten, as they did not want any bad habits to overcome. The child entered at 11 years old and graduated from college at 21. The only difficulty was thai mothers wanted the children to have something to do. so the school began taking them earlier. Mrs. George B. Dean 265 Janney lane Medford Shows Good Wil! about half and half between American and Colombian cnu dren, will be erected. Aided by this industry, Cali is expected soon to rank sec ond only to Bogota as the country's most important city. Since 1928 its population has soared from 128,000 to more than 600,000. In 10 more Washington Report By WILLIAM S. WHITE NO PANIC Washington - There is some danger that President Ken nedy's campaign to give a lift t tl, nntinnal ..y4!h 1 economy will & be misunder- ?i j stood as sug- 3 I nnctino a rip. lr"V'' 4l Sree of anxi- 'fl lv fnr the fu- V "f r t ture which V,i rlnpc nol in t fact exist in While I" giving a dramatic tone to his plans on this point he is running a risk of creating rather more con cern than is actually justified. No doubt he sees this as a calculated risk, acceptable be cause he does genuinely worry about the need to do some things, particularly about chronic pockets of unemploy ment here and there. There is, however, to this correspondent's direct knowl edge, no thing remotely ap proaching any long - term alarm in the President's think ing. His view is that ours is an immense, flexible economy of very great strength which only needs some adjustments. HE does not for a moment believe that the current re cession will be very long with us. He does not for a moment believe that it can or will ever reach the depth of a de pression. He does nol, in fact, Favors To Ihe Editor: Speaking from experience, I find our new President a chap who appreciates a favor and who returns it. even though the recipient happens to be one of us common folks. Imme diately after the conventions I wrote and asked each of the candidates two questions. 1 -Will you, if elected, ap prove and support the Forand Morse bill to give medical benefits lo the aged? 2-Will you, if elected, ap prove and support legislation designed to lower the present excessive Social Security tax on those in the lower wage brackets by raising the maxi mum from 34,800 to $30,000? I explained lhal my reason for wanting this information was that by each of the ap proximately 10.000 members of our postcard clubs telling ten persons, each of those telling len others and so on, we hoped to reach the ma jority of those interested. Kennedy and Johnson an swered yes to botli questions. Lodge's secretary wrote thai that gentleman's physical stamina just wasn't up to answering questions. Nixon, in a full page letter, straddled the fence and did not commit himself either way. So this information went out and the 'Tell em and sell 'em' was on. Concen trated especially in (he key states. By Thanksgiving we had a fairly accurate check on ihe results so I wrote Mr. Ken nedy, congratulated him, and said we had contacted be tween eight and len million persons. I wrote that a friend told me when one did a favor for a successful candidate he was supposed to ask one in return. I did not want a cab inet or ambassador post, just his personal invitation to at tend the inaugural. Knowing how busy he was I did not expect a reply so was certain ly surprised when the invita tion came. Instead of placing it in my treasure file of let ters from six presidents, will frame and hang where the world can see it, Claude M. Hall 2860 Hartley lane Grants Pass, Ore. Nice Experience To the Editor: I was most pleasantly surprised Friday. On my way back from Kb math Falls I had the misfor tune to have a flat. Of course I immediately started chang ing it without too much diffi culty il had a suit on) when bingo, this truck stops. "Hav ing any trouble?" they ask. "No. but thanks just the same." Then as I was about to com plete the job three guys in a pickup stop and jump out and immediately take over the job of changing the tire, Thcv could have teen hold-up men, the way they comnlctelv took over. They were very nice and friendly. The tire was chanced in nothing flat and they were on their way and so was I. I m new here. This is ;he Progress; For U.S. years, the population is ex. pected to reach a million. In Colombia there is a great reservoir of good will toward the United States, mixed m smaller degree with the re sentment common among Lai. in American nations because of U.S. preoccupation with Europe and Asia. ' see this as any vast probh m of any kind, in the lasting sense. In his view it will cer tainly have vanished long, long before that problem liri sees as Ihe real and cemrai one - the cold war. As to economic policy, the President is deliberately tak ing up the most un-pollyanna. like position possible. Hq would much rather err on the side of seeming too gloomy than on the side of having been too rosy. For he knows that an error of the first kind is subject lo very quick self, cure, whereas a too-easy opti. mism might be enduriugiy damaging. So he is treating the ecoi omy to a series of fairly small but brisk booster shots - not in any fear that he is dealing with a terribly sick patient but rather in the conviction that he is helping a basiiiy stout fellow who nevertheless can use some pre-spring tonic. rjtllE almost-bleak nature ol his inaugural address and of his state of the union mes sage, in short, was not caused by any real economic fear. This lone was introduced fn entirely a different reason -his conviction lhal the general world scene is bad. It is toward this world scene - the bitter struggle with imperialist communism that his ultimate altention and ultimate concern are real ly directed. It might be put this way: The economic situation, though a genuine problem, is a problem of the second rank with which he feels wholly competent to cope adequately and reasonably quickly. The world problem, on the other hand, is not only genuine bat genuinely immense. And here the President proceeds also with a total determination but with not quite that total confidence in .the final out come that he has fnr the econ omic problem. HERE, also, he is attacking the whole massive com plex of the cold war with quick, if small, steps, in the belief that first of all and most of all we need some mo mentum. And here, loo, he 'S coping first with what is near est to home - Latin America. No one should suppose that the President - or Vice Pres ident Johnson, who has im portant Latin-American con nections - is simply making slogans. Within a matter of weeks at most he will begin to distrib ute 'surplus food to needy Latin - American areas. Mr. Kennedy proposes, in a thoroughly practical way, to begin to kill communism in this area not by pacts and treaties but by American kind ness. It may be a long road; but already this country's fcrt have been placed upon it. Al ready there is some momen tum. Thus when the whole bus iness is seen in perspective it comes to this: The domestic economy requires some atten tion but there is not the slight est touch of panic in the Presi dent's approach lo it. All going to be well: Mr. Kennedy is moving quickly to put Hint part of our house in full order while he marshals for the long-long pull over the world scene. (Copyright, 1961. by United Feature Syndicate. Inc.) nicest thing that has happen ed to me in a long tunc ' thought you should know. Tom C. Clark Box 169 Medford. Shool the Brutes! To the Editor: Attention, an news channels! A Little Jeddeloh Jubilating Holv cow! It ain't no joki' Medford must be going bro.-'; We heard some half-wit 1 bloke , , u i Trying to steal some Go.d H"1 smoke. It seems he must get extra thrill From claiming things here .-i Gold Hill Like: in his "area'' is )""" deloh Mill. But we won't swallow s-..cr. a pill' We'll shoot the brutes on I dios: ... , I Announcers, too, on ' shows- , 'And any and all other so-an ! so's .. What tries lo steal our J" delohs: i ' "Gold Hill Billy I Gold Hill, Ore. . 4
