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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
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Dennis the Menace
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'Its a swell uapmohica.Joey. Bur you'd bbttbr
SWALLOW MORE OR ITS QOmARUST UP OH YA'
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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. .
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