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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
nd 50 years ago,
10 YEARS AGO
Ftb. 20, 19S1 (Tuesday)
Frank '(Luke) Lucchesi, pen
terf ielder wilh the Twin Falls
Pioneer league blub last year,
has been signed to manage
the Medford Rogues In 1051.
Radio station KWIN In Ash
land will'' affiliate with the
Liberty Broadcasting system,
effective March 1.'
20YEARS AGO
.Feb. 20, 1841 (Thursday)
Jfhe state house of repre
sentatives ihas approved . a
tTua'n for Oregon's new fourth
;-iIStrict; it; would Include Ben-
,tbn, Coos, Curry, Douglas,
Lane, Linn, Jackson and Jose
phlne counties, ,
From Arthur' Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: " A re
i port from Salem says the leg
islature 'Is now making hay.'
Constituents never thought
they would go that far to keep
from coming home on time,"
30 YEARS AGO
Feb. 20, 1931 (Friday)
The Elks club recently gave
a farewell party for Seeley
V. Hall who leaves soon to
take charge of the airport at
Burbank, Calif.
Medford area grocers met
recently to discuss the recent
drop in the price of bread
from eight to seven cents per
pound loaf, .
40 YEARS AGO
Ftb. 20. 1921 (Sunday)
Heavy property damage
was- done In southwest Med
ford when Griffin creek over
flowed its banks this week
end. - '
Medford Irrigation district
bonds have been certified by
the state.
SO YEARS AGO
Feb, 20, 1911 (Monday)
A great influx of new set
tlers is expected in the valley,
according to letters received
by the Commercial club here.
The Oregon legislature Sat
urday adopted apple box
standards, that arc uniform
with those in other states; bill
considered of Importance to
Rogue valley.
; What's Your I.Q.7
Nine or ten correct ll lirperlor:
liven ot eight it excellent; five er
lie e good.
1', Name the English poet
who wrote, "The paths to
glofy lead but to the grave."
2) In which European coun
try's the port of Trondhelm?
3( The tomb of Ulysses S.
Gntnl is In Washington, D. C,
New York City, or Erie, Pa?
, 4, Whom did President Ken
ncdjr' appoint ambassador to
the United Nations?
5. Name the author of the
book "Presidential Agent."
6. On which coast of France
Is the port of Toulon?
7. In what year was the first
trans-continental air race held
In the United States?
8. Is the highest mountain
peak in the western hemis
phere In North America, in
South America?
0. Is a fathom 6, 60 or 600
feet deep?
1Q. What leading Insect!
tide, was developed during
W. W. II?
Answers: 1. Thomas Gray,
2. Norway. 3. New York City.
4. Adlal E. Stevenson. 5. Up
ton Sinclair. 6. The Medlterre-1
ntin. 7. 1909. 8. South Amer
ica (Mt. Aconcagua, Arson
, Una). 9. Six feet. 10. DDT
(dichloro diphtnyl . tricolor-"oihan)
FEBRUARY 20. 1961
Consultation
' To the American in the street, nothing seems
more natural than that Canada should be friend,
ally, and the best of neighbors to the United
States. But even the most superficial examination
of differences between this country and Canada
discloses that Prime Minister John Diefenbaker
and President Kennedy will have a considerable
agenda to cover in their talks in Washington.
Canada, like the United States, is suffering
chronic unemployment in a time of general high
personal income. Its adverse balance-of-payments
is huge in relation to ours. In trade with the
United States in goods and services Canada is
running a more than $1 billion annual deficit.
1M0ST Americans, except possibly for those
who have noted the number of Canadian
license plates among Florida's automotive popu
lation, think of Canada as a vacation paradise.
Actually, her deficit in tourist expenditures comes
to about $100 million annually.
Diefenbaker's Progressive Conservative re
gime has still to live up completely to its cam
paign pledge to "develop Canada for Canadians."
Now the Prime Minister has indicated that he
will seek legislation to increase participation by
Canadians in the management of Canadian-based
subsidiaries of U.S. corportations. He also wants
wider participation of Canadians as shareholders
in these companies.
'
r)IEFENBAKER'S visit with President Eisen-
hower last June produced a joint communique
which announced agreement "on measures which
should be taken to maintain the security of the
free world." Also stressed was the "importance
of achieving with effective international control
an end to nuclear testing and progress toward
general disarmament." (Canada has been a par
ticipant in the 10-nation disarmament negotia
tions in Geneva broken off by the U.S.S.R. last
June.) .
: Prior to the meeting
baker had constructed a
position as ally and neignbor of the united states.
"Although Canada is in the foothills and not at
the. summit," he declared on May 29, "I-know
that it will readily appreciate that we can all be
visited with disaster by the storms that gather
round the higher peaks.
OUCH troublesome concerns for Canadians as
T U.S. import quotas on zinc and lead and U.S.
gifts of wheat abroad have of late given way to
criticism of the Diefenbaker regime over financial
domination of -Canadian industry by American
capital and the basing
Canadian soil.
Canadians in general
a considerable sensitivity over inroads of U.S.
culture in all forms of mass media motion pic
tures, radio, and television, and most especially,
magazines. In matters of
dians-work very hard at
at the same time they patronize these "foreign"
irtedia handsomely.
President Kennedy
major step in closing what might be called the
emotional gap between the two good neighbors.
His selection for ambassador to Ottawa is Living
ston T. Merchant, a career diplomat who has
earned the esteem and
in a previous two-year
E.K.K.
Busy Diplomatic Season
British Prime Minister Macmillan talked with
French President De Gaulle in Paris in January,
and West Germany Chancellor Konrad Adenauer
went to Paris for a chat with De Gaulle the first
week of February.
Now, Western Europe's diplomatic triple play
will be completed when Adenauer goes to London
to visit Macmillan on Wednesday. A distillation
of all this earbending will be conveyed to Presi
dent Kennedy in Washington, April 5, by Mac
millan. ;
The European round of conferences has two
distinct purposes. One is to shore up the Western
Alliance. Britain in particular is fearful that she
may be isolated economically from the remainder
of Europe. The approaching Macmillan-Adenauer
talks will deal in part with relations between the
six-nation European Common Market to which
West Germany and trance belong and the Euro
pean Free Trade Area, the rival economic bloc
headed by Britain.
CECOND, the Alliance's leaders are trying to
chart common ground on which efforts for a
resumption of negotiations between East and
West can be based. Macmillan earlier this year
publicly exhibited sitrns of summit fever. desDite
a dose of bitters at Paris last May, and he may
be able to spread the contagion to De Gaulle and
Adenauer.
President Kennedy aoDears to have developed
at least temporary immunity, and recently let the
Soviet Union know it may be several months or
more before he can weave a firm fabric of global
policies.
But the confrontation
ever. Thus, the De Gaulle-Macmillan-Adenauer
talks may be harbingers of a diplomatic season
that would climax this summer with a ball at the
summit F.np R,
With Canada
with Eisenhower, Diefen
vivid image of Canada's
oi nuclear weapons on
' '
also have demonstrated
national pride, Cana
being Canadians, though
already has taken one
friendship of Canadians
tour in trie same office.
rannnt ho HMuvorl far.
Dennis the
j
"HEREfe A PIPE aEANBP.GURGUN' PIPES
MAKE Ml MCW H$RWS.'
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contrary is often th c.
A Qal Named Annie
To the Editor:
There's an office in Eagle
Point
Known as the E.P.I.D.
Things were very peaceful
there
Happy as could be.
The people in this office
Should have, all got up and
fled .
Because very shortly
They were wishing they were
dead.
A gal came up from
California
Annie is her name
And ever since she's been
here
Things just aren't the same.
She moved into the office
Typewriter, pen, and all,
And when It came to checking
records
She really had a ball.
She set up her equipment
And really had a party.
Her size was awfully small
But her energy was hearty.
The workers in this office
Said all her talk was chatter,
Her ego was getting bigger
While theirs was getting
flatter.
Just about the time they think
She's gone home to stay
They find she's just been '
resting up
And planning what to say.
It seems she has some legal
sense
And knew just how to use it.
Her concern was with the
records
And they didn't dare refuse It.
They are wishing they could
lock, the door
And pretend that they aren't
there
But it seems she knew her
rights
And they" found they didn't
dare,
She puts aside the laughs,
She puts aside the jeers,
I'm sure the E.P.I.D. thinks
She'll live 300 years.
The workers in this office
Had better all beware,
No matter when the meetings
are
Annie will be there.
The E.P.I.D. office
Is in a terrible plight.
Annie's motto surely must be
"I've Just begun to fight."
I'm betting that the E.P.I.D.
Is wishing that very soon,
Annie will get in a rocket
And blast off to the moon
Slew Foot Sally
From the Rogue
River Valley
(Real Name on File)
Eagle Point, Ore.
Choose Your Weapon
To the Editor: Hunting, as
such, has become so commer
cialized that even women
think that it is imposible to
enjoy outdoor life without a
gun in hand.
Our family has lived in
Oregon for more than half a
century; we have traveled the
state from north to south and
from east to west, sleeping un
der the stars, following trails
along streams and through
woods and meadows. During
the years we have picked
berries, identified wild flow
ers and herbs. We have re
laxed and watched little wild
things at work and play, tak
ing enough snap shots to re
call various trips.
Never have we brought out
the'doad body of deer or elk
to drape over our fender. Nor
have we left any dead or
crippled little, body to mark
our paths. And we had won
derful, exhilarating times.
According to Cal Grcslcr of
(he game commission in the
Mall Tribune of Feb. 15, 1981,
there has already been one
hunting fatality and three se
riously wounded this year. All
four accidents involved juve
niles, two out plinklng with
.22s and two illegally hunting
hawks. So, lady, choose your
own poison, a 300 H.P. car or
a gun. But, Just when did any
sane person send a child to
a supermarket with a 300
H P. car? But it s what the
Wdy sajd.
MEDFORD MAIL
Menace
Personally when it comes
to meat I'll take the super
market way. We enjoy hunt
ing bargains and stalking
down the specials. It is so nice
to meet and greet old friends
or acquaintances and I've seen
a lot more smiles than frowns
when a little congestion oc
curs in the aisles.
Let's live and let live.
Mrs. Alice Slocum
Tiller Trail Hwy.
Shady Cove, Ore.. '
Bob and Jack
To the Editor: This one for
Bob:
Now that, the election Is
over ..
And the Democrats came
out on top
The Republicans ire trying
their best
To make the Democrats'
program a lop.
The trouble with this coun
try of ours
Is the people He asleep in
their beds
, While a few of our big shot
politicians
Were selling us out to the
Reds.
So . wake up all you dear
people
Make it a point to be on
the job
And help our new elected
young President
And also his younger broth
er named Bob.
This one for Jack:
Now that the Democrats
have been elected
And the White House Is
about cleaned out
The Republicans are still a
wondering
What the election was all
about,
Some people w o r k . for
wages,
Others served under Eisen
hower (Then there are those who
walk the streets
Selling books that are call
ed the Watch Tower.
Now that we've had time to
think things over
Hadn't we better get on the
right track
And all put our shoulders
to the wheel
And help the man who is
known as Jack.
Leo J. Townsend
Route 1, Box 620
Eagle Point. Ore.
Dam Building
To the Editor. Was just
wondering where E. M. Tuck
er got his engineering experi
ence. I am sure glad he wasn't
one of the engineers on Emi
grant dam, or I believe I
would move away from Bear
creek.
I know of some of the
things he has tried to en
gineer.
I have worked on cement
dams and dirt dams.
The Dalles dam is the only
one like it in the world, built
length-ways to the river in
stead of cross-ways. Also, the
Swift creek dam at Cougar,
Wash., the highest dirt dam
in the world. They are still
standing and the Army en
gineers supervised them.
Everything has to be perfect
before those boys ok it. Has
to be the right dirt and sand,
the right mixture to pack, and
I really mean pack. I was at
Emigrant dam on one of these
checks. They took a Cat dozer,
left the blade down and tried
the pack. It was so hard, it
shaved off like glass.
Seems to me the more some
people say, the more they
show just how little they real
ly know.
. Raymond Smithson,
3653 South Pacific Highway
Medford.
She Wat There
To the Editor: To the good
citizens who are complaining
about the useless slaughter of
the tick Infested Tularemic
jackrabbits:
TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE.
Foreign Desk: Tire
Brandt's Aloofness;
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
Notes from the foreign
news cables:
Fir Exligulihers
Britain's military leaders
are pushing plans to reorgan
ize all troop units into fire
eyajBM brigade out
fits, airborne
units w n i c n
easily could
douse it is
hoped, any
brush fire
w a r or inci
dent along the
cold war
front. The De
fense Ministry
Ntwiom
also is pushing the plan among
Commonwealth countries in
hopes they will follow suit.
Ultimately, the plan calls for
coordination of ground forces
on a scale not seen since
World War II. It would mean
that, for military purposes, an
Indian Sikh trooper would be
interchangeable with a Brit
ish Tommy.
I dare say if you, will move
your family, to an acreage in
Eastern Oregon 'or Western
Idaho, for one year, you will
be shooting those rabbits just
as fast as your neighbor.
You must not take your dog
with you-because he will kill
jackrabbits.
Plant your crops and a nice
sized garden so you can freeze
or can your winter food. No
fair using small mesh wire to
protect your garden because
those jackrabbits love green
vegetables. It would be cruel
to. shut them out.
I guarantee all you will
have, come harvest time, will
be one big headache caused
from trying to figure out how
you are going to feed and
clothe your family through
the winter, all because you
took real good care of the nice
old jackrabbit during1 the sum
cer. You may also find one or
more of your family may have
contracted Tularemia fever, a
disease which jackrabbits car
ry, and you have no money to
pay for medical expenses. I
know - I lived there for 19
years.
Mrs. L. T. Robison
3634 Table Rock rd.
Medford
Panics in Cycles
To the Editor: Under "a
free enterprise system" I can
definitely remember the four
major financial panics since
Grover Cleveland's second
term as U. S. President.
According to historians Mr.
Cleveland's first term as 22nd
president, elected in 1884, was
a prosperous administration.
After being defeated by Ben
jamin Harrison in 1888, then
running against Harrison
again, was elected in 1892.
In 1893 one of the most
spectacular financial panics
ever recorded took place all
over the United States.
When President William
McKinley was elected in 1896
after one year a war broke
out against Spain in 1898, that
once more brought on a finan
cial change through Teddy
Roosevelt's occupancy the
next 4 years after McKinley's
assassination in 1901.
After Teddy was elected in
1904 and proved to be a liber
al reformer, In 1907 the Wall
street money changers manlp
ulatcd a short lived money
panic. Six years later a near
industrial panic took over un
til World War 1, in 1917.
Then 12 years later, in
1929, under U. S. President
Hoover a world wide indus
trial, social and money panic
lasting again for 12 years.
Note: Most of these panics
were In six and twelve year
cycles.
Bert Kissinger,
520 Boardman St.,
Medford, Ore.
Christian Economics
To the Editor: Quoted from
Christian Economics Editorial
page:
"A recent article by Lawr
ence Sullivan (Christian Eco
nomics, Dec. 13) pointed out
that Red China is making use
of the dope traffic, not only
to gather in vast sums of
money, but as a means of de
moralizing vast numbers of
people in the Western coun
tries. This has an important
bearing on the vigorous cam
paign now being waged in so
many quarters to admit Com
munist China to the UN, and
to extend to her the diplo
matic recognition of the Unit
ed States.
"Either or both of these ac
tions would admit hundreds
of Chinese Communists to our
country, all of whom would
enjoy diplomatic Immunity
with reference to bringing in
and taking out merchandise,
papers, and propaganda ma
terial of all kinds. These al
leged Chinese diplomats could
easily bring in all the opium
their government desired to
One-sided Love Affair
- Soviet diplomats in East
Berlin are letting it be known
they would like official con
tacts with West Berlin May
or Willy Brandt. But Brandt,
who hopes to succeed Konrad
Adenauer as West German
chancellor, has been giving
them the cold shoulder.
Brandt takes the position that
such contacts would be im
proper and that any talks on
Berlin are a matter for the
Big Four.
Khruicher Timetable
Communist satellite diplo
mats in Parts say that Khru
schev will wait six to eight
months before insisting on
brass tacks talks with the
United States' new Kennedy
administration. They say that
Khrushchev's flareup against
United Nations Secretary-gen-e
r a 1 Dag Hammarskjold is
temporary and does not mean
a switch in over-all policy.
Backs U.S. and Britain
Despite President Charles
de Gaulles' outspoken con
tempt for the United Nations,
it appears certain that France
will back the United States
and Britain in the latest Con
go row, France's stand may
be somewhat less firm than
that taken by her allies. This
is because of the generally
pro-Lumumba attitude of the
French-speaking new African
states.
Look and Listen
West German traffic author
ities are trying to do some
thing to halt the soaring death
rate on West German high
ways. Traffic fatalities reach
ed 14,000 last year. One sug
gestion has been to establish
a national safety council as
send without any danger of
detection. Recognition would
mean laying our country open
to a vast increase in this hor
rible and destructive traffic
"Recognition of Communist
China by U.S. and UN, either
one or both, would enormous
ly increase Communist pres
tige throughout Asia, South
America, Africa, and the en
tire world. Specifically, it
would discourage native
Christians in Asia, and would
plainly show them that Western-Christian
civilization con
siders them expendable. We
can think of no greater blow
to the spread of Christianity
throughout the world.
. "Let us remember also, that
in violation of the rules of In
ternational warfare, the Com
munist government of China
is still holding about 4,000
American soldiers as prison
ers. It is surely bad enough
that our government has not
insisted upon their release,
but what would they, their
American patriots think if in
the face of this barbarous ac
tion the prestige of China
should be built up by UN and
U. S. recognition?
"Of prime importance,
moreover, Is the fact that
such recognition would prob
ably Induce similar action by
most ot the countries in South
East Asia. This in turn would
lead to replacing the Chinese
Ambassadors from Nationalist
China by Communist Chinese
Ambassadors from Peiplng. It
would be a major Communist
victory, and a disastrous de
feat for the free world: It
would probably mean the
speedy communlzation of all
of South East Asia.
"Why are so many Chris
tian leaders and other intel
ligent American citizens ad
vocating a disaster of such
immense proportions?"
Dorian F. Woods
Star Route, Box 191
Prospect, Ore.
No Bologna
To the Editor:
Our salute Is to Mrs. Corona
Who seems to be mucha alona
In facing the fact
There Is no need for lack
In the town which we all call
our owna!
"Gold Hill Billy"
. Gold Hill, Or.
Do They Float? -
To the Editor:
A freeway claimed our house,
and I x
Had nothing but a yes
reply;
I took my time and looked
around.
And bought a house on
higher ground.
A freeway came; we had to go
In spite of an emphatic NO!
And when I built beside the
sea,
An overpass soon straddled
me.
So now we're living oi a boat
With fingers crossed. Do
freeways float?
(Name on File)
Medford.
Senseless Extravagance
To the Editor: For some
months now we have heard of
the probability of a new fed
eral building to be built in
Medford. The usual cost figure
mentioned is around $5 mil
lion. -
We have about as much
need for a $5 million federal
building as a hog has for a
silk hat. Five million dollars
if Intelligently spent would
produce much more building
than we have any need for.
As an example the beautiful
Rogue Valley Manor, contain-
Extinguisher' Units;
Khrushchey'sTiming
nart of an educational Pro
gram. The authorities admit
that any such campaign can
take years to become effect
ive. West German drivers are
notorius for their free-wheeling
ways on the autobahns.
Tough Sledding
Negotiations to establish
normal relations between Jap
an and the Republic of Korea
Washington Report
y WILLIAM
CRISIS NOW COMES
, Washington The interna
tional crisis against which
President Kennedy had been
n r e n a r f nff
iT9 this country
since the hour
of his somber
Inaugural ad
dress has now
come, and ra
ther sooner
than he had
expected.
The Soviet
Union has
White
presed the button and .sent
the nowiing - mobs- into tne
streets around the world for
twin and terrible purposes:
to put the African continent
in chaos and to destroy the
United Nations.
The death in the Congo of
the Soviet stooge Patrice Lu
mumba has provided the pre
text for the gravest Commu
nist threat to world order
since the onset of the cold
war.
As a major nation we stand
in some peril. But the great
er peril confronts not. the
great powers but th' small
If the Soviet .Union's declar
ation of war on the United
Ing about 270 individual apart
ments, many of them with
kitchen facilities, each of them
designed to take care of the
full time living needs of two
people, was built at a total
cost of some $5 million. The
Rogue Valley Memorial hos
pital, when completed, had a
replacement cost insurable
value of under $2,300,000.
It is up to the residents of
this area to protest such sense
less extravagance. We cannot,
with any good conscience, pro
test foolish federalism in Med
ford, Massachusetts while en
couraging it in Medford, Ore
gon. ' -
There are those who will
argue that the money will be
spent somewhere and it may
as well be spent here. Why
must it be spent somewhere?
Extravagant waste of one's
own money is bad enough, but
the foolish use of public mon
ey is a moral crime. The
people control the govern
ment, or at least they should,
and we must ask for a halt
when the expenditure would
be of short range benefit to
us before we can expect a
respectful hearing when we
ask that it be halted else
where. May I urge you, Mr. Editor,
to editorialize against this
amount of money being spent
for this purpose. May I fur
ther urge your readers to pro
test to their representatives
in the Congress.
Dick House
East Main st.
Medford.
O
Editor's note: Estimated
cost of the proposed new
building has been set at $2,
365,000. Solution
To the Editor: I have a
suggestion to make concern
ing your cat problem in Med
ford. If you want to get rid of all
the cats', just turn the dogs
loose again. I know because
every cat I get gets killed by
one or another mean dogs In
the neighborhood. ,
I expect them to start on
little children whenever we
run out of cats.
Benny Card Jr.
(6th grade, CP. Jr. Hi.)
Route 2, Box 197B
Central Point.
Try and
-By BENNETT CERF-
"T ACKADAY," sighed a Chinese business man in Hong
L'Kong, "I have lent a tricky competitor a thousand gold
dollars and he has not given me a receipt What can I do?"
"Write sternly," sug
gested his friend, "and -tPjcKY COMPiTiTQS'
demand payment of the . 1 l
two thousand gold
pieces.
"Most careless listen
er," reproved the busi
ness man. "I told you it
was only one thousand
gold dollars."
"I know," nodded the
friend, "and your com
petitor will indignantly
write and tell you so.
Then you will have your
receipt."
.
Night club business in Hollywood, none too robust in tie beat
of times, has all but vanished since the holiday, -it's gotten so)
bad." admits one boniface, "that when a customer gave us a.
fifty dollar bill to change the other night, w mad him
partner!"
O !. by Seamtt Cert. Dljh-ftnfM by Xing featurae gyadlnta ,
are not going too well, so far
as the Koreans are concerned.
With unsettled conditions in
Seoul, the Korean delegation
needs to take home some kind
of concession, but the Japan
ese are refusing to budge.
Any marked concession by the
Koreans, on the other hand,
possibly could bring down
the John M. Chang government.
S. WHIT!
Nations the attack on the
Secretary-General Dag Ham
marskjold is to succeed,
the small nations will wind
up within months without a.
forum and without hope.
.
THIS, the United Nations, is
the one place they have
been able to have any voice in
world affairs. It is up to them
now and this is the point
President Kennedy is stress
ing in every way he knows
as to whether that place is to
be maintained.
Without it they will be
lost, hopeless pawns in inter
national power politics. Iron
ically, it is precisely to these
small nations, and especially
to the newly Independent
ones in Africa, to which the
Russians are directing their
main appeal. They are ask
ing these small new nations,
in the name of "anti-colonialism"
and so on, to destroy
the one system which offers
any security to these new
nations, the U.N. itself.
The big countries the
United States among them
can take care of themselves.
What President Kennedy and
U. N. Ambassador Adlai Ste
venson are now trying to do,
therefore, it to persuade the
small nations to forget' their
past hatreds of "colonialism"
and all that and so to avoid
national suicide.
THAT these efforts are un
selfish is demonstrably
true but people do not al
ways appreciate unselfishness.
Whether they 'will succeed is
open to great question. If
they fail, the world will re
vert to a state of international
lawlessness it has not known
since the years before the sec
ond World War.
Thus the clock hands of
history now stands close to
midnight. If the U. N. is to go
down in ruins, the most wren
ching changes in high policy
will occur In this country,
and elsewhere, too.
Military alliances like the
North Atlantic Treaty Organ
ization will take on a desper
ate urgency. A decade of
progress in building regional
associations for economic pur
poses will come to a close.
SO IT is that President Ken
nedy faces, before he has
been a month in office, one
of the grand crises of modern
history.
To say the situation is dan
gerous is to underestimate.
But to say it is hopeless would
be to overstate. For it may
well be, in the view of some
officials in Washington, that
some good will come out of
all this bad. On the positive
side are these factors, at
least:
1. The Russians are now
destroying the last illusions
of those who have so long
persisted in believing that
peaceful arrangements real
ly could be made with Mos
cow. 2. The brief "honeymoon"
between Moscow and the
Kennedy Administration has
come to an end as even
the most rosy-minded can
hardly doubt now.'
3. The people of the U.S.
can no longer question the
nature of their job. This job
is to draw together, to forget
two-bit partisan politics, to
help the President in strength
ening this country, at homa
and abroad.
(Copyright, 1961, By United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
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