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i THURSDAY. MEDFO UNI "Everyone in Southern Oregon Reads The Mail Tribune" Published Daily except Saturday by MEDFORD FBlNTlMli UO 33 North Fir St. Ph 8Pa-141 ROBERT W RUHL. Editor HERB GREY Adveftliini Manaier UEKALU t la'IHAu hub mgr ERIC W ALLEN JR.. Mns Editol EARL H ADAMS. City Editor ii mnW riuiDMIN Tnlaa Rriitnr Dimmn .IF.WF.TT1 Rnarta Editor OLIVE ST ARCHER. Women'! Editor DALE ERICKSUM. circulation mgr An Independent Newapaper Entered aa second clasa matter at Medford. Oregon, under Aot of March S, 1B97 QTmnrnTPTTON RATES By Mall In Advance. Copy too Daily -no ounoy- j Daily and Sunday 6 moa B OO Daily and Sunday 3 moa Sunday only One year M-JO, By Carrier In Advance Medford a.hianrf Central Point Eafla Point. Jackaonville Oold Hill Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue Ri v mttA am innlnt rOllei . Dclly and Sunday vear HfJO Do'ly and Sunday 1 mo ISO Carrier ana we. v j All Termi Cash InJVd vane "Official Paper of City or Medford Official PaP'r of Jackaon CounlT united Preaa IntefnaUonal mil Leaaed Wire rj PJJTphotoJewapJetUTea TSembeh of udit BimSCT of cmgnTioNs Advertising Renreaentative; WEST HOLIDAY CO, INC Of. 'Ice. in New York Chicago De trolt. San Franclaco Loa Atlgelej Seattle. Portland St Louil At tnnta vanc:iuyeT a NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mall Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and SO years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Feb. 23, 1951 (Friday) ' The proposed new west side fire station site has re ceived the approval of the Oregon Insurance Rating bu reau, according to Mayor Dia mond Flynn. Old Glory hung upside down atop the Medford city hall for three hours this morning before a passerby notified city officials that something was amiss. 20 YEARS AGO Feb. 23, 1941 (Sunday) .Tnnni and King -company of Hayward, Calif., submitted h nnnarent low bid' of $3.45 per ton for 18,680 tons of pav ino materials to be used in the WPA paving project at the Medford airport. RVnrn Arthur Peny's "Ye cmnrfBo Pot" column: "II nnno ihn saber-rattling direc- ! tor of Italy, made a speech yesterday, in which nothing was ratuea dui inniaon. , 30 YEARS AGO Feb. 23, 1931 (Monday) , Winter pears are now at their top price in New York i with Rogue valley fruit brlng : lng $3.30 a box; Attorneys for the convicted t killer of an Ashland city i policoman, now in death row at the state penitentiary, are planning an appeal, 40 YEARS AGO -. Feb. 23, 1921 (Wednesday) Roseburg High, school clinched the southern Oregon basketball title with a 28 to 1 1 win over Medford last night. The local chamber of com merce is toying with the : idea of having an all-inclusive charity drive Instead of a dozen separate ones. SO YEARS AGO Feb. 23, 1811 (Thursday) : Mnrifnrd residents are wlr- ing Gov. Oswald Wost asking him . to veto a bill . which would reopen the Rogue river to commercial lisning. A rnmnlete set of weather forecasting instruments are due here soon. Your I Q.? Nina or tan correct il tuparlar tovan 01 alght II aacallanti '! liX ll CjOOOi 1. During World War II what was the principal mill tary use for silk and nylon? 2. May private individuals acquire title to land in the Panama Canal Zone? 3. Is the insignia of rank of a Brigadier General in the ''. Army a gold eagle, silver star or silver leaf? 4. In what State is Mt. Hood located? 5. Does the sun revolve around the earth? 6. Does the moon revolve around the earth? . 7. What Is the name of the highest military decoration awarded by the United States? 8. Who are more closely re : lnted by blood; mother and daughter, or two sisters? 9. Of which European coun try is Lisbon the Capital? ; 10. What is a merganser? Answerst 1. Manufacture of parachutes. 2. No. 3. Silver star. 4. Oregon. 5. No, 8. Yts. : 7. Congressional Medal of Honor. 8. Two sisters. 9. Portu gal. 10, A duck. FEBRUARY 23, 1961 Motels Booming Life changes. : One of the more noticeable changes in Med ford in recent months growth, in numbers, size and appearance, of motels. ; ' " A new one, it seems, is announced and under construction every time they re bigger, slicker, One wonders idly, sometimes, whether or not the, motels are "overbuilding" in this area or whether there is enough . XE HAVE been informed that there is. Not TT only that, but we enough business here for And this fits in1 with Journal's comprehensive issue, which described in wnich are being seen in the development of the motel industry nationwide. As in Medford, there are more of them, they're bigger, more luxurious, are more popular than ever. . THE key to this, the l'nm'ooc rcr nan Vnr tfOTnlinnf tvion cnl norvi aw and the like. . The businessmen like ence, for the fact that records and files in their automobiles are readily of ubiquitous tip-seeking ness and cleanliness and that special rates and favors are being extended to attract the commercial Motels are also developing convention facili ties, and making a big form of trade. THE "Journal" reports cent of motels' volume ness travelers (a figure borne out by reports from local motels), as compared to less than 30 per cent a decade ago. ' - Thus, the tourist, the necessary to keep motels going, but is merely the "cream" on the milk during the summer, while businessmen enable motels to operate at better than break-even capacity the year around. Motels, therefore, knowing a good thing when they see it, often give special rates to their regular customers, and will go out of their way to insure they get accommodations even when the motel in question is full in some cases to the extent or. paying the difference rooms. ' ' HTHE newest motels have cafeterias or coffee a Vi rra cmnmvn iv.it rrnl a am'TTii7r.. ivaol-P ino barber 'shops, variety courses. And most of them have lounges or bars, partly for the extra income they provide, but mostly be cause many travelers demand it. ; . The hotels, faced with this aggressive compe tition, are not far behind. One architect told the Journal, "Motels are becoming: hotels, and hotels are becoming mo tels." Better parking, less service, more convenience, are the note. . ' Too. manv DeoDle still Drefer the downtown locations which most hotels favor and a few motels are moving into "downtown" as a result. . . A LL of these trends, reported nationally in the ""Journal," are readily visible in the immedi ate area; The Medford associated motel adjacent to it, and the Mark Antony hotel in Ashland trend. This is all to the good omy. And it is good to learn from such authoritative sources that there is no indication that those mo tels and hotels which are keeping pace with public demand are in any immediate danger of over crowding the field. E.A. Different Speaking of hotels, motels and the serving of liquor, they are a live topic in Oregon today. The number of liquor outlets has historically in Oregon been tied to population. But with the increased number of tourists, doesn't it seem un reasonable that such a ratio should be applied to accommodations which almost entirely serve a transient public?. - Perhaps the legislature and liquor control commission should consider a different basis for judging the granting of licenses to establishments which derive more than 65 or 70 per cent of their business from non-residents of the area. Oftentimes such a facility could mean the difference between success or failure for an enter prise, and arbitrarily to grant one and deny another, on the basis of an irrelevant population figure, hardly seems fair. E.A. Maybe They Have a Point " In Great Britain, there is a tradition that no member of the Royal Family shall be gainfully employed. It presumably detracts from the dig nity of the throne. Silly custom, we'd always sort of thought. Why shouldn't a man work? And yet, in some cases there may be some thing to it. Anyway, we get sort of an uneasy feeling when we see the brother-in-law of the President of the United States making a silly fool of him self on television. E.A. and years has been the we turn around. And and more attractive. business for them all. are told there would be even more motels. one of the Wall Street survey pieces in a recent detail the many changes offer more services, and WSJ points out, is their them for their conveni accessible, for the lack bellboys, for their new luxury, and for the fact trade. play for this lucrative that more than 65 per now comes from busi vacationer, is no longer tor more expensive shops, even a few golf formality, more self- hotel soon will have an is following the same for our growing econ Basis Dennis the v , -vi 7vriV:' life .2? ' DlDNT YOU TELL DAD IF X3U HAD "yOUR WAV mP-B WOULDN'T BE NMMNGffy KIDS IN THIS WRIV? ...Communications ... Letters lo the Editor must bear the name and address of Hie writer, although .un"er certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The le"f" printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper: in fact the contrary is often the case. ' Floating Freeway To the Editor: To the poet on the boat: Do they float? Bet your boat! Lake Washington Floating bridge does just that on Lake Washington for a distance of over a mile from Seattle to Mercer Island. It WAS a toll bridge, and so busy that it paid for itself many years ahead of schedule. Then they started to plan its twin. ' A paddle, Sir, To skedaddle 'fer'? Sympathetically, ' Ruth Anderson . 204 Sunrise Medford Thanks for Aid To the Editor: I wish to ex press my appreciation to em ployees of the Groceteria Su per Market, especially Mr.' Melvln Hall, who were so helpful . last week when my son got hurt in our car. Also a big thanks to the man who watched my little girl at the time. - ' ', 1 A person who thinks no one' will do anything unless it will benefit himself should have seen how concerned everyone was. You'd think it would be enough . that we were taken to a hospital, then to a doctor's office. But no. Several hours later they call ed to see how he was feeling and to be sure he'd not been seriously hurt. To begin with, the accident was certainly no fault of theirs.- - You can be assured we will not forget this. . Mrs. Rod Anderson 36 South Columbus av. Medford Great Artist To the Editor: Mrs. A. S., don't forget the meat in your super market was once a cow with beautiful brown eyes, fussy sheep, or a cute little calf, etc., if you want to look at it that way and so- ' While hunting and fishing I do see The beauty God put here for me, The trees that stand so tall The Greatest Castles of them all. The mountains are so high They seem to touch the sky The rivers and the streams They carry all my dreams. With His brush and color scheme This Great Artist used as his theme The arising sun-and sun-set too. Hjj' put them here for me and .' you Arid this greatest sport of all Yoa'll not find In a grocery store. Mrs. Irma Henderson 720 Dakota avc. Medford Legislators' Pay To the Editor: I enjoyed the Oregonian s editorial of Feb 20 censuring us miserly voters for refusing to raise the leg islators' pay, and I think we would be ahead if some of them would pack their bags and go home in disgust. Dur ing my better than 60 years as a native born webfoot I have known many Doliticians good, bad and indifferent, and 1 can't recall any one of them being kidnaped and forced to represent us in Salem remember one chap, In the early Thirties, who promised among other benefits, two full dinner pails for everyone and two cars in every garage. He was elected and his first bill called for placing bells on all cats so they couldn't catch birds. Not too long ago one of these shining lights intro duced a bill that would have put 75 per cent of us oldsters off the highways for all time. Another would have forced those with a few hens to buy a license in order to sell an MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE. Menace occasional dozen eggs to a neighbor. There's a bill in the hopper now that if we need an extra electrical outlet, or if a water pipe breaks, we must keep hands off, drive to town, buy a permit and hire a certified electrician or plumber at $5 to $6 per hour plus mileage, regardless of our qualifications to do the job. ' being a firm believer in the old rule, "Actions speak plainer than words," I suggest these chaps do ; something worthwhile first and then seek a raise. Of course the measly million or two needed to equal the California sal aries would be chicken feed, being that money grows on the bushes. Then, too, we might get some of the luxuries the California wage earner enjoys, state , sales tax, city sales tax, and so on. We may, in The Oregonian's exalted opinion, be miserly but one thing for sure, we aren't com pletely dumb. ' Claude M. Hall C 2860 Hartley lane Grants Pass, Ore. Initiative and Action To the Editor: I was notic ing the similarity between Robert Howard's recent let ter and the one I just read by Hans F. Sennholz, Ph.D., of Grove City college in Penn sylvania. Dr. Sennholz Says, The Socialists use good psy chology when they depict themselves as champions of political 'initiative' and 'ac tion.' They know that both at tributes still demand the re spect and admiration of de cent people. Therefore, in the name of action and progress these self-styled activists de nounce the friends of free dom and individual enterprise for their 'negative' attitudes and 'do nothing' policies. 'Don't you want to do any thing?' -is a common retort that aims at stymying all ob jections. "These arguments are whol ly falacious. Their premises must be rejected and their conclusions corrected. In real ity the call for action is a manifestation of individual lethargy and inertness. It is tantamount to a call for gov ernment action rather than individual initiative." He concludes by saying "In his personal life the growth apostle probably is spending next month's income on consumption, relying main ly on charge accounts and in stallment loans. He, himself does not save the capital that is needed for economic growth. His call for initiative and action is merely a call for government expenditures fi nanced with the people's mon ey or through inflation. "This is why the quest for 'Initiative' and 'action' must be seen as a quest for govern ment action. When seen, in proper perspective the ques tion, 'Don't you want to do anything?' actually means 'Don't you want the govern ment to spend the people's money on foreign aid, hous ing, education, economic growth, etc.?' It means in many cases 'Don't you want socialism? "This analysis clearly re veals why the friend of free dom and individual enter prise is often denounced for being 'merely negative.' The terms 'positive' and 'negative' are relative to given points of orientation. Whoever op poses socialism and all its en croachments on individual Initiative and action is 'nega tive in the eyes of socialists But he is unswervingly 'posi tive' when freedom is the criterian of orientation, be cause freedom is his positive concern. His life is filled with initiative and action." I thoroughly enjoy Mr, Howard's point of view and Administration Quietly Makes Abrupt About-Face on Laos By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst United States policy to ward the little Southeast Asia kingdom of .. Laos has un- ja d e r g o ne an V.I abrupt change ol course.. From aii i out support of t he rightist Loatian gov ernment which since last Novem ber has been 1 1 Dili 1111K me Red-supported forces of. the Loatin Pathet Lao, this week it suddenly endorsed a pro posal for a neutral Laos whose government, by tacit under standing, would include Com munist representatives. By making the switch, the Kennedy administration turn ed its back on the course which had been followed by President Eisenhower and his secretary of state, Christian Herter. and endorsed the view which had been all along by the fine way in which he states it. Dorian F. Woods Star Route, Box 191 Prospect, Ore. TV Auction To the Editor: After read ing in the Medford Mail Trib une Monday night the results of the Crater Lions TV auc tion, a question has arisen in my mind that I believe a lot of other people are also, won dering about. If I remember correctly, all the items and also the TV time were donated by local merchants and by KBES-TV, and yet on KBES-TV Dave Alten stated that after ex penses, Sacred Heart hospital would receive approximately $4,500. The total grossed from the auction was over $5,500. If everything was donated, just what accounts for over $1,000 in so-called expenses? Kind of makes you won der, doesn't it? -James L. Roberts 424 Manzanita st. Central Pbint, Ore. 0 - : Editor's note: We do not have the exact figures, but have been informed that the "expenses" included several hundred dollars for the spec ial telephone set-up for the auction, other incidental ex penses, and the balance a percentage of the gross re ceipts, which is reserved for advance financing of similar fund-raising events in the fu ture. 1 'n the ray's News By FRANK JENKINS There's a faintly hopeful note in the cold war news. At United Nations (in New York) Russia started Monday off with a resolution calling for an end to the UN opera ion in the Congo within a month and for the DISMISS AL of UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold - whom Russia despises. The resolution was offered in the 11-nation Security1 Council. It LOST by a vote of 8 to 1, with two members ab staining and only Russia vot ing for it. THEN -Immediately afterward -The three ASIAN-AFRICAN members of the Security Council (Ceylon, Liberia and the United Arab Republic) of fered a' resolution authorising the UN to USE FORCE, if necessary, to prevent civil war in Africa. It was APPROVED, by a vote of 9-0, with the Soviet Union and France abstaining from voting. Now comes the interesting part of it. Russia DIDN'T VETO IT. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Zo rin explained that he didn't use the veto because the Asian-African countries had said that in the present cir cumstances USE OF FORCE by United Nations offers the only chance of remedying the situation in the Congo. rpHAT is to say: - These nations in Asia and Africa upon whom Russia has been relying in the pinches seem to have come to the con clusion that the best thing for them is to KEEP THE RUS SIAN BEAR OUT OF THE CONGO. That, if true, is important -as indicating that these Asian ana Atrican countries are GETTING SCARED OF RUS SIA. IN SALINAS, the Monterey county board of supervisors listened to a proposal to use 2.000 acres of California's coastal mountains for an Afri can game preserve, stocked with 3,000 animals, ranging from elephants to boa con strictors - including, presum- Great Britain and France, No announcement accom panied the U.S. about-face. Neutrals Favored It simply came with United states endorsement of a pro posal by Laotian King Savang Vathana for a neutral Laos protected against outside in tervention by a watch-dog commission of three neutral nations - Cambodia, Malaya and Burma. While the civil war has gone on intermittently since the Geneva conference of 1954, the current crisis dates from Aug. 9, 1960, when an army coup led by Capt. Kong Le toppled a pro-Western government headed by Prince Souvanna Phouma. American action was im mediate and unfriendly. It opposed Souvanna Pho- Matter of Fact By Stewart Alsop RUSK AND McNAMARA Washington - Aside from that remarkable fellow, the President himself, the ,two most interesting public fig ures in Kennedy's Washing ton are Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. Theirs are the two most im portant jobs in the country, after the President's. But what makes them especially inter esting is the unique and rath er unenviable situation in which each man finds himself. Rusk, of course, has to deal with all sorts of vulture-like foreign chickens which have suddenly begun coming home to roost. But his own position in the Kennedy administration hierarchy is also a curious and difficult one.- j-' i.,-;;. r , Among his supposed sub ordinates, there are -no less than four men - U. N. Ambas sador Adlai Stevenson, Under Secretary Chester Bowles, As sistant Secretary G. Mennen Williams, Roving Ambassador Averell Harriman - who once had Presidential ambitions. The first three, at least, would very much like to- be Secre tary of State. All three have a considerable political follow ing, whereas Rusk has no po litical base at all. IN THIS situation, unless Washington has suddenly and miraculously reformed its' inner nature, Rusk can only remain master in his own house if he develops the kind of special relationship with the President which" Dean Acheson, for example, had with Harry S. Truman. Before he became Secretary, Rusk and Kennedy had hardly laid eyes on each other. Moreover, there are now on the White House staff, close to Kennedy personally as well as physi cally, two very brilliant men who are primarily concerned with foreign policy - George Bundy and his assistant, Walt Rostow. Rostow was originally fa vored by Kennedy to head the State Department's powerful policy planning staff, but he was vetoed by Rusk in favor of Rusk's old friend, George McGhee. Both Bundy and Rostow have about ten ideas on foreign policy a minute, some of them very good, and both are now among the Pres ident's favorite idea men. It is dangerous to the Secretary of State to have idea men close to the President, who are not also subject to the au thority of the Secretary of State. ' , To judge from the past, in short, Rusk is going to need agility as well as his undoubt ed ability in order to remain master in his own foreign pol icy house. As for Secretary McNamara, the problems he faces are less hierarchical. They are either bizarre and unprecedented, or old and in soluble. Nothing in his bril liant business career has ap parently fitted McNamara to deal with either category. . IN THE old and insoluble category is the ancient is sue of "roles and missions' for the three services. This hoary subject came up at one of McNamara s first briefings, and after listening for a while, McNamara asked why the issue had not been settled long ago. At the Ford Motor Co., he said, the thing would have been settled one way or another in a few days at most. Uneasy glances were ex- ably, lions and tigers and such. The project was proposed by Jean Pierre Hellet, of New York, president of the Ameri can Society to Protect and Conserve African Wild Life The board members listened with interest and attention -and, apparently, with healthy skepticism. At any rate, at the conclusion of the presentation, the chairman thanked the pro moter of the idea, said it was nice to see there is so much interest in saving animals, but added that "it seems to me the real need in Africa is to PRO TECT THE PEOPLE." THANKS, Mr. Chairman. 1 A little common sense now and then is refreshing, uma's negotiations to bring the Pathet Lao into his gov ernment. It openly supported strongman Gen. Phoumi Nosa- vans opposition to commu nist participation in the Sou vanna Phouma government. Critical Allies When 'Prince Boun Oum, with Phoumi Nasavan's help, proclaimed himself head of a new government, he quick- Today & Tomorrow By Walter GERMANY, LAOS. THE CONGO The negotiations with West Germany, which have been under way since November, took a promis ing turn last week during the visit of the foreign minister, Dr. von Brentano. Assuming that the general agree ments reached are LlDpmann translated into specific measures, the nego tiations are a success. The reason for the success is not that the Adenauer gov ernment has been willing to do for the Kennedy adminis tration what it had refused to do for the Eisenhower admin istration. The reason is that the American case has been restudied, revised, and re formulated. This was done by a panel of experts chosen by the Presi dent to study the problem of the balance of payments. The chairman of this panel, or task force as it is called, was Mr. George Ball, the Under Secretary of State for Econ omic Affairs. rfHE basic ' difference be- A tween the Eisenhower- Anderson approach and the new Kennedy-Ball approach is in the analysis of the prob lem.. The Eisenhower-Ander son view was that we were spending too much abroad on international defense and de velopment. We asked our al lies and particularly Ger many, to spend more in order that we might spend less. This approach was morally unacceptable to the Germans in that it called upon them to pay for the American troops who are now in tfermany. It was humiliating for the United States in that it put us in the position of asking the Germans to help us. changed around the briefing room. The problem helped to drive James Forrestal to his grave, and it has never really been solved in the years since. The reason is that deciding on roles and missions means de ciding in advance the kind of war you are going to' fight, and since no earthly being can make that prediction the prob lem is inherently insoluble. Another problem in the old and insoluble category is the galloping bureaucratization of the services, which enormous ly increases the cost of de fense and reduces its quality. To cite one example, the Red Army gets better than three times as many divisions out of the same number of men as the American Army, ac cording to the American Ar my's own estimates. This prob lem too has long defied solu tion. Yet it must be grappled with somehow, if the Kenne-dy-McNamara defense policies are to have a chance of suc cess. - , TN THE bizarre and unprece dented category, consider the possible meanings of the huge, missile-bearing satellite which the Soviets inconven iently launched shortly after Secretary McNamara had hap pily suggested that the missile gap was a myth. This newest Soviet marvel may mean that Soviets can now produce piggy-back satellites carrying un interceptible satellite-to-earth missiles. It could also mean that they have missiles with such enormous thrust that they can aim them "the long way round," thus by-passing the vastly expensive DEW line and all our other north ern defenses. In short, the newest Soviet ichievement, which most of us have happily dismissed from our minds, may demand a complete rethinking of nu clear defense planning. While grappling with such eerie mat ters, McNamara must find ways' to ingratiate himself with Congress and the press which is a vital part of his job, as it is of Rusk's. Rusk must surely feel an occasional nostalgia for the cloistered halls of the Rockefeller Foun dation, and McNamara for the executive suite at Ford, where the problems of production and design are neither bizarre nor insoluble. But no doubt the rest of us are lucky that such able men are crazy 'enough to risk their reputations and their diges tions in Washington, (c) 1961 New York Herald Tribune Inc. ly won U.S. recognition and military aid. Strongly critical of the U.S. action were both Britain and France who saw in it a return to the late John Foster Dul les' pronouncement that "neu tralism is immoral" and who believed it served only to drive Souvanna Phouma into Communist arms. Strategically, Loas protects the flank of Thailand and South Vietnam. But its slow and sleepy people are not of the tough stuff to make strong allies, and it appears now the best the U.S. can hope for is a compromise. lippmann The Kennedy-Ball view is not that we should spend less on international defense and development but that Ger many and other surplus coun tries should spend more. If they do that, and if certain other measures are taken -such as coordinating interest rates and making our exports more competitive - our defi cit and the German surplus will both be reduced, and in ternational transactions will tend to come into equilibri um. . , T AST week the Bonn gov--'ernment accepted the ad ministration's analysis of the problem and agreed to begin a program of loans and grants for foreign aid in the order of perhaps a billion dollars a year. This German decision will be good for the countries that receive the German aid. It will be good for the United States, in that West Germany, by investing or spending a billion dollars more abroad, will, cease to suck up so many of the dollars which we spend abroad. It will be good for West Germany. For it will be a demonstration that the Bonn government is a respon sible member of the Western community, and not merely -and no longer a favorite and rather spoiled client of the United States. This will pro duce a healthier, a more self respecting, and a more dur able basis for German-American relations. The German affair is the first of the several hot issues which the administration has been able to deal with. The manner in which it has been done augurs well. The nego tiations were conducted quiet ly and firmly because the ad ministration had developed a new basis of policy and was not bogged down in the stere otypes of the old one. No small part of the credit for this belongs to Mr. Ball, who is both experienced and ex pert, not always the same thing, in the political econo my of Western Europe. The temper of the negotia tions was characteristic of the President in that the whole business was under stood and desensationalized. In the end, as in all success ful diplomacy, there were no winners and no losers but there is advantage for every one. : TT is too soon to say whether xin Laos and the Congo any comparable diplomatic suc cess can be achieved. There, we are dealing not with Ad enauer but with Khrushchev. There is civil war and there are atrocities which arouse not only the primitive feel ings of primitive people but also the primitive feelings of civilized men. There, we have in a certain measure !o-t our freedom of action, having been unwisely and too deeply' engaged with clients and puppets. However, provided that Mr. Khrushchev had understood what President Kennedy means about unilateral inter vention, a modus - vivendi should be possible in Laos. It may not be altogether im possible in the Congo. The declaration of neutrality just made by the King of Laos is a good sign. It indicates that we have been using our in fluence in Laos more wisely than formerly. On the road that the King has opened, a stabilization could be arrived at. Perhaps it will be arrived at if the Soviets take a cold view of the relative import ance of Laos and if our policy remains as it has now become, pragmatic and sophisticated.- TN the Congo no "solution" is now conceivable in the sense that a unified, tranquil, "free" state can be set up. What is not impossible is that the United Nations will find enough support among the Afro-Asian and the Latin American states, and among the great powers of the West, to contain the inevitable dis order, to keep military inter vention, by the Soviet Union, the United Arab Republic, and Belgium to a minimum. This is the purpose of American policy. It should not be frustrated by those who want to engage the United States and its allies in a military intervention which, once it were started, no one would know how to end. (Copyright 1961 New York Herald Tribune, Inc.) I I
