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Newspaper Page TextFRIDAY. "Xveryoaa to Southern Orcgoa - l 1 ETTuT WJItA GERALD T LATHAM Bus Mer -SSrr 1 1 1 .f.n jr.. Mm edit PALE EIU, .,- An Indep"0" . t 10c Dnili end 9und.y-S moi Duly nd Sundty 1 Jij All Term" CMhJtLAdvtticB o'nll.l p.per'ot City of Maf;j Full Leaied Wire nc in New Vork Chl De "o" San FrancNco boiAnl el . Seattle. Portland St UMiH Isrtfl Vancouver NEWSPAPER PUBLISH!! ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the file of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO '- v Feb. 24, 1951 (Saturday) me poaro ui ---Hvers and harbor believes that the proposed n harbor project at Gold Beach Ore., lacks "economic Justifi cation." ' A sharp flare-up of upper respiratory infections -, influ enza, colds, and sore throats -i truck Medford last week. 20 YEARS AGO Feb. 24, H41 (Monday) In a shooting listed by Coroner H. W. Conger as acci dental, a 21-year-old Apple gate boy was killed yesterday while hunting squirrels near his home with two pompan- From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "The looiaintiirR today . passed a .,, Jo.lon.tina 5S m.D.h, as the official speed on Ore gon roads. A few oi tne oiaer autolsts can remember when they went that slow." 30 YEARS AGO Feb. 24, 1931 (Tuesday) A petition seeking construc tion of a road from the sum mit of Blackwell hill to the Jacksonville - Ruch road has been filed with the county court. An estimated 4,000 spec tators attended the winter carnival and ski races held at Ft. Klamath during the week end. 40 YEARS AGO Feb. 24, 1921 (Thursday) . .Tk. Mnrirnrri Chamber of Commerce this week held Its first "preservation of Jackson county's scenery" convention. Local police have warned autoisU they will be arrested If they persist In parking their cars in front of fire hydrants. SO YEARS AGO Feb. 24, 1911 (Friday) nntinmnf Oswald West, to the delight of southern Ore gon residents, today vetoed h Pierre Fish bill which wmild have reopened the Rogue river to commercial fishing. a PnnorMsional aooropri- ations bill now before the House of Representatives in cludes $28,000 for a new Med ..( rttnm hnllrilnff. and $3,000 for road improvements In Crater Lane pane. V-M's Your 10.7 kit m,m. ! auoerlert even ei elehi ll eieellent) five e lis is foed. , 1. What island bears the nickname "Emerald Isle"? 2. What name is given to the study of insects? 3. Do more persons in the world speak English, Chinese, or Russian? 4. Dalmatian dogs come from Dalmatla: true or false? 5. There are U. S. Mints in two of the following cities; name them: San Francisco, Washington, D. C, Phila delphia, Albany, Fort Knox. 6. Washington and Lee uni versity is located in which state? 7. During World War II, was Portugal a combatant? 8. What have the following names in common: Slmplon Holland and Moffat? 9. What do the letters "pp' stand for in musical composi- tions? 10. What is a glazier? Answers! 1. Ireland, 2. En lomology. 3. Chinese. 4. Falte, (England). 8, San Franelseo, Philadelphia. S. Virginia. No. I. They are all tunnels, 9. Pianissimo, (very soft). 10 A glass culler and seller. 4 A- FEBRUARY 24, 19B1 Thoughts on River Use All newspapermen, much as they hate it, make mistakes at one time or another. But it is rare that five mistakes all in the happy event occurred in writer for our neighbor, the other day. The offending sentence said : "Now that Senator Durno has introduced a bill in the lower house of the Congress to get the Talent dam project started, it would follow that the whole up-river development program would soon begin to take physical shape." IN A helpful desire to assist our colleague with Vila V. -.rv-i atr rAs mitf tiro nAinf Ant 1. Dr. Durno is not a of the House of Repesentatives. 2. He has not introduced a bill "to get the Talent dam project started," he has introduced a bin to authorize expansion of the Talent project to include construction of two small dams, one reservoir, and a canal, at the Agate site. 3. The Talent division is not a dam, it is a major project involving some $25,000,000 worth of dams, canals, a power plant, and associated works. 4. The Talent project started, it is nearing completion. 5. It does not "follow" that the whole up- river development program will soon begin to take physical shape although we devoutly hope it will. IF THE above proves cuibuiiai-wiiuug menu we hope he continues it to better understanding of the many and complex problems involved in multi-purpose water re source development. If, he does, he will irrigation, power generation, recreational use, fish and wildlife, municipal and industrial use, and pollution control all must be considered in any development plan. Each has a legitimate claim. And those plan ning such a development must undertake the difficult and sensitive task of setting priorities. THE plan for the development of the upper Pnmii. ia Yij-if lrnf nniYirilof aA Knf if a ttraA to have it ready for submission to the 1962 ses sion or congress. The history of the before the big fight of sive, multi-purpose plan the entire Rogue basin Bureau or Keciamation. It met so much controversy that the plans were shelved. Later, one relatively small part of it, the Talent project, was cut off from the rest, met with no opposition, was approved by Congress, and work began. It was not until the floods of 1955 that agi tation revived for a more of the water resources of .'- IN THE past six years, UCCll U&VCIUCU) YY 11,11 U1C JJl JQ UJ. XJIlglliCCI O handling most of the preliminary work, with, at long last, the cooperation of the Fish and Wild life Service. It is hoped they will be in shape for public hearings by this summer. These plans represent a lot of hard work by a lot of people over a long period of time. Agencies involved in one way or another have included the Corps of Army Engineers, the Bureau of Reclamation, the State Water Re sources Board, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serv ice, the National Park Service, the U.S. Forest Service and the U.S. Bureau of Land Manage ment, with an assist from other official agencies ana units. Much of the credit belongs to the Roeue River Flood Control and Water Resources Association, which, unlike some volunteer groups, has kept plugging along, month alter month and year after year. (We have occasionally disagreed with its tactics; never with its aims and perseverance.) A FORMER Congressman named Charlie Porter also deserves a lot of the credit for getting things going again. They wouldn't be anywhere near as complete as they are without his prodding, questioning and his continuing active interest. So do the ardent sportsmen and conservation ists, who finally convinced themselves that a multi-purpose development of the upper Rogue, designed to maximize streamflows during low water periods, was about the only way in sight to save the vanishing fish runs, and who, once convinced, have become stout champions of the proposal. All this boils down to the fact that the Rogue river belongs to no individual, no small organiza tion, no sinerle area, no special-interest group. It belongs to all, and should be held as a trust for all, and any development X7E HOPE our editorial colleague keeps these T thing's in mind when cogitating on the pro posal to construct a massive dam and lake at and above Copper Canyon on the lower Rogue. Its promoters seek to clothe it in the sheep's clothing of multiple-use. But the fact is that its construction would destroy more values than it would create at least if developed along the lines so far announced. , In the development of the west we have, f ar tod often, seen special-interest groups ride rough shod over the rights of others, and over the heritage of generations yet to come. The time for that is past. E.A. they succeed in making same sentence. This un the case of an editorial the Grants Pass Courier, Senator, he is a member is not just about to tret helpful in assisting our iu uegm ma iiuiiicwui it a point where he has a find that flood control, - 1 proposal goes back well 1948, when an all-inclu for the development of was presented by the complete development the Rogue basin. the plans have slowly plan must consider all Dennis the 1 FsHjtyl m toldemim earn play wve-in AWE,AN'u2e GOMNA BE THE NICE LAW THAT WIN? THE SNACK BAP! . ..Communications ... Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of certain circumstances the use The Mail Tribune reserves the condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the contrary is often the case. A Brickbat , To the Editor: How inter esting it was to read E.A.'s editorial of Feb. 22. In speak ing of his oft quoted "they," who do things which he says should not be done, he gives sly glimpse of his own character. How often in the past, and even now, E.A. has been guilty of the very thing he criticizes others for doing. He says, "They call them names, they cast aspersions on patriotism, they contribute to fearfulness and discord." E.A.'s aspersions cast upon the President at the time of the U2 incident and the smoke screen of "tearfulness" -about the H.U.A.C. at the present time are examples. Why is it that E.A. seems to support the ones who ap pear tp be in sympathy with the Marxist theory? why does E.A, try to give the Impression that the ma jority of people who are alert to the danger of Communism are in the wrong? Is he trying to say that he is the only marcher who is in step and everyone else is out of step who Is not gullible or naive enough to swallow the line of those E.A. likes to support in his columns? Mrs. Catherine G. Lynch 139 Kenwood ave. Medford - A Flower' To the Editor: Please don't dodge, for this isn't going to be a brick-bat but a flower for your buttonhole. For some time, it has been my intention to commend you for your excellent editorials. They seem to be always time ly, and fair, yet courageous. I have in mind several of re cent date, which I shall not specify. I am a great grandmother who has always taken a keen interest in government, and the welfare of the people, es pecially the young. The programs, both on radio and T,V, in many cases, I. believe to be degrading and even dangerous to Uie youth ful mind. Recently, I asked a bright little boy of six years, what he wanted to be when he grew up. Quick as a wink, lie said, "I want to be a rob ber and rob banks." That may have been cute, but the tragic truth is, it isn't. I have called the stations several times, urging better music, for one thing. It is tragic, the records we hear, when we are hoping for some of the music of great composers. Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF BERNARD SOBEL, extolling the virtues of the honorable craft of theatrical press agentry, points out that grad uates from that exacting apprenticeship include Arthur Kobcr, Lillian Hcllman, S. N. Behrman, Irving Hoffman, the late Sam Hoffenstein, and Ben Hecht. "Too long," con eludes the persuasive Mr. Sobel (one of the best known of the fraternity himself), "has the press agent been without honor in the country he loves." Joe Vestibule, the Sutton Place wag, looked up from the sports section of hia evening paper, saw that his young son was in need of a handkerchief, and called to his ,.0. "Baby's nose Is running1 again." Her angry answer was, "Don't you EVER think of Any thing but horse racing?" . Every year a friend of Paul Lapolla gets a Valentine's Day card from his wife, it reads, "Guess WHO and you'd better be RIGHT!" e 1961. by Bennett Cert Ciitrlbuted by Klai Future SjTldlcltf MEDFORD Menace of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and What about this Dan Smoot? Isn't he poisoning the minds of the young? Well, I didn't mean to write a book, but my Irish blood rebels at the trash our youngsters hear. Perhaps, one of your excel lent editorials might help to arouse the people. Mrs. Joseph Chez 234 North Ivy st. Medford Against Morse To the Editor: This is writ ten in answer to David Frisch. He holds a pity for the per son who will run against Wayne Morse. It could very well be true that the man who opposes Mr. Morse will be clobbered, but here is one'per son who is going to do his best to see that Mr. Morse gets the clobbering. In the first place the State of Oregon rates some good representation in the Senate of the United States, and we haven't had much of that quality since Guy Cordon was in the Senate. I will say that Mr. Neuberger became a bet ter Senator the ' longer he stayed in the Senate for the very reason that his opinions became DIVERSE of those of Mr. Morse. Neuberger became more conservative the longer he stayed in the Senate, as I see it,, even though he went to Washington with the lib eral label. , Just because . Neuberger was quite able when he left the Senate DID NOT qualify his wife to replace him. Any one who saw the half hour debate on TV between Mrs. Neuberger and Elmo Smith, and could evaluate objective ly and dispassionately, could see which might qualify best for the position. If you recall as I do when Mr. Smith was asked a ques tion he knew right where he was going and how to get there, whereas Mrs. Neuber ger could at best only gener alize. I liked the answer to one question put to Smith and that concerned the abo lition of the Conally reserva tion which would allow a world court to decide what is a domestic issue and what is not in our country. This I consider strictly the business of the people of the United States. In answer to this ques tion Smith proved that he could think for HIMSELF and not parrot any other person's opinion, even though that opinion differed from Mr. Eisenhower or Mr. Nixon. Still the people voted for Mrs. Neuberger. This could GRsAT smaocs of r ABTHUI? r KOBCR, iss z: MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. Little-Noted FRB Action May Ease Tight By LYLE C. WILSON Washington-fflPD-This essay will award to President Ken nedy highest honors for prophecy in a field. Late in the p r e s idential election cam paign, candi dates Ken nedy and Rich ard M. Nixon were asked a tough question by the Scripps-How-ard Newspapers. It was: "Would you attempt to in fluence the policies of the Federal Reserye Board in any effort to reduce interest rates? Or for any other purpose." The candidates each re quired a great many words to answer that one, both avoid ing either a simple yes or no. Nixon did, however, say the FRB should be free of political pressures. Kennedy said the FRB must bear in mind the economic objectives the writer, although under mean only one thing and that is government by SYMPA THY, which hardly should be the way to come to a decision on such an important and far reaching matter. When people will take can didates and vote for the best qualified person to hold position REGARDLESS of party affiliation, then we will have reached a milestone In government. Morse has done a great deal of objecting in the Senate but one hardly hears of constructive legisla tion proposed by him. He has been the tool of certain MIN ORITY PRESSURE groups in Oregon and I for one will vote for anyone who opposes him. I could not have voted for Mrs. Neuberger even if she had been a Republican, Laurence E. Cuffel S09 North Central ave. Medford Veteran Answers To the Editor: This is' in answer to the lady from East Main st. who especially want ed to hear from some of the patriotic veterans from Camp White regarding the Mexican pear pickers, etc. The lady from East Main st. seems to have her wires crossed somewhat, or is bark ing up the wrong tree, as there are no Veterans at White City who are on wel fare. Every veteran who enters a domiciliary must have some degree of disability and has paid, far in advance, for any thing he gets. As for your beans and pears, don't blame the poor Mexican. Blame your patri otic orchardists. He had to have cheap labor and he got it. Now he can't get rid of It I am glad. You know, you can't send all of your able bodied men to war and have them home to pick your pears at the same time! Someone had to pick them so you blame the Mex, and then ask the vet eran how it feels to be on welfare. One patriotic veteran. Malemute Slim White City, Ore. The Alamo To the Editor: Communists and their sympathizers man aged to destroy such anti- communists as Joseph McCar thy, quiet ihe voices of others and blacklist many anti-com munists in Hollywood films, One by one, foes of Commu nism have been systematically ' taken care of." communist big guns are now being leveled at John Wayne. Up to now he has consist ently ranked among the big- ten box office draws, but they know now is the time to move in for the kill. Wayne has just produced a picture called the "Alamo.' He also directed and acted in it, supported by a star-stud ded cast. This $12,000,000 film is reputed to be the most expensive ever made in the United States. The most important part of the money for the purpose was put up by Clinton Murch ison and his family. The most important part of everything else needed was supplied by John Wayne. This picture represents a return of cinema art, how ever brief, to the realm of honor and sanity and beauty. It has everything to praise, including the fact that it is outstanding as sheer enter tainment. We see few signs and little likelihood of the "Alamo" be ing a flop. It has been running for weeks at one of the expensive downtown theaters in Boston. The leftwingers in all com munications media have been sniping at it and seeking re- si ORE. Money Situation of the administration. He said he was confident the board would respond to administra tion leadership. Eaiy Money Policy So what? So the FRB re vealed this week that it would do just that. The FRB has abandoned a long-time limitation on its in volvement in the market for U.S. bonds. The new policy is to buy in the open market long term bonds of the U.S. government. This is an "easy money" policy. The immediate effect is to be an Increase in prices of long term bonds and cheap er interest rates on long term borrowing. Immediately beneath the surface of these dull facts is a bread and butter political issue, a so-called pocketbook issue. This issue is important to every American whether he lives shabbily on a too small wage or whoops it up on inherited millions. The U.S. dollar of today compared with the 1939 buck Algerian Peace Hope Slowly Brightening; Bourguiba By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst Perilously, and with many a pitfall still to be avoided, prospects continue to brighten for a negoti ated peace in Algeria, i . i i 'g Ll an ciiu lu 1 the f igh ting which has gone on for more than six years and cost more than 100,000 lives is achieved, it will be a tribute to the pati ence and determination of President Charles de Gaulle, with a strong assist from an other who has managed to re main on friendly terms both with France and the Algerians rebels. The other is President Ha- blh Bourguiba of Tunisia. A.iiong Moslems, the voice of the 57-year-old Bourguiba has been the moderating in fluence, frequently bringing down on his own, head the wrath of other Arab leaders whose fiery condemnations of France stirried passions but contributed nothing to the prospects of peace. Accused by Nasser President Gamal Abdel Nas ser of the United Arab Re public once accused him of being one of the last agents of imperialism among Arab leaders. To this, Bourguiba re plied that his interests were with the West and would re main so. As De Gaulle moved toward' his tulimate goal of an "Al gerian Algeria," and Bour venge on the producer for daring to glorify American patriotism. And they certainly keep the movie from becoming the nationwide smash hit which it deserves to be. Let's show the commies that they are not running our country yet and. go see the "Alamo" when it comes to Medford. . Leila A. Morrow, 531 North Bartlett st. Medford. True Americanism To the Editor: Your ''Free dom and Security" editorial on Feb. 22 seems to follow the thought that Communism is a terrible force, from without. Since we must accept your sincerity, It is necessary to conclude your malady is sim ply a dearth of knowledge. for Communism always des troys from within. Commu nism is destroying our nation, from within. Now you do not even ad mit that evidence is present to prove this; rather you la bor constantly against all in dividuals and organizations le gally supplying this evidence, as being insulting simply be cause they exist. Such a po sition has nothing in common with reason. You would have us "re shape the world"; but this is repugnant to true American ism. America developed under a banner of Freedom. Let all other nations imitate us, if THEY so choose. Robert J. Howard 828 B. West 14th Medford. O Editor's note: Can Mr. How ard name a single nation with strong traditions of freedom and self-government which has fallen to Communism sole ly from WITHIN? The editor ial made no suggestion that the world should be reshaped by force, but by capturing "... the imagination and respect and good will of the world." Why so fearful? Suggested reading: The Declaration of Independence, a radical, revo lutionary document to which we all pay lip service. Newiom is worth a few cents less than 50 cents, half of its pur chesing power destroyed in 22 years. Any past or future cheapening of the dollar must be at the expense of each citizen who has one. An "easy money" policy is a dollar cheapener. Only Mild Reaction In the first hours after an nouncement of the new FRB bond policy after one month of the Kennedy administra tion, the business and unan- ,.nW Viq nnt- AV- ploded in protest: Far from it. There were, however, some cautious expressions of anx iety as to where the new policy may lead. There seemed to be some hope and confidence that the administration and the FRB would proceed with great care and awareness of the currency inflation dangers ahead. If not, the federal reserve system will become just what Marriner Eccles warned against it becoming, "simply an engine of inflation." Credited guiba urged Moslem coopera tion in tne referendum by which De Haullp snnirht nn. proval of his independence program, Nasser and other Arab and Afrinnn UaHnra mat in Casablanca to condemn it. the referendum could in no way commit the Algerian run. pie, they said. Prospects Brighter But as the referendum pass ed successfully, and as Bour guiba persisted in his plea for moderation on both sides, the prospects for peace suddenly Drigmenea appreciably. Cautious conferences be tween French . and Tunisian leaders anneared fhit be opening up the possibili ties oi an Algerian cease-fire with no loss nf faro old, or in De Gaulle or to the rebels. II sucn can be anrnmnllah ed, both De Gaulle and the rebels will owe a debt of gratitude to Bourguiba. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS There is sad news as this is written. Tragic news. There is the recluse in the forested slopes of the Umpqua Basin Cascades. He is a vet eran of World War II. He had broken out of a veterans hos pital about a year ago. He had uvea alone in the forest since He was regarded as a harm less eccentric. . whn wanll only to live alone m the for est, ciose to nature. . Then ... he becan stnnnincy hunters, accusine them of t. r hounding him. Officers took up the search for him. Yester day. they found him . hut he saw them first. Rifle cracked. One of the officers Was Shot throiieh the hnHu The recluse disappeared in me iog. tie is still being auugm. TN Weaverville, a 15-year-old boy, president of his high school sophomore class, secre tary of his Scout troop, enters his parents' room shortly after midnight. He carried a rifle. He DUt the muzzle atrainct hi. father's head and pulled the. trigger, Killing mm Instantly His mother awoke, scream ing with fright. He slugged ner wun the rifle's barrel then shot her-. A vounir wnm an, living with the family, was awaxened by the shots and entered the room. He shot at her. missed, then hnnf over the head with the stock of the weapon, but didn't k her. He dashed from the hn,,e and was taken into custody oy onicers of the law a few nours later. U7HY all this? ,T The officers tried to find out. Thev questioned him. He didn't like his father, he said, adding that he had in- lenoea lor some time to kill him. He finally reached the decision to do it now. Why am ne Kill his mother? " didn't like her much, either,' he told the officers. The girl was a mere incl dent. She came srreaminfl into the room, and he turned on her. TF these were isolated and x u n u s u a I incidents, they would be less disturbing. But mey mm 1 isolated and usual. The news in recent years . . . and, it seems, INCREASINGLY in recent months . . . has been full of them. Grim questions: Are our communications merely so much better In these modern days of gallop ing progress in the communi cations Industry that we HEAR MORE ABOUT IT? Washington Report By William 8. Whit LES BELGIQUES Washineton- Sometime columnist who utters the smallest "yes, but" in all the current evan gelical clamor against any and all forms o f "colonial . ism" -even where the clear alterna tive may be Communist choas - finds whit himself n i, t down as pro-something which he ; snouia not oe. This is the age not only Instant rnffee hot al.n of instant classification by label. There is a DroDer tap everybody, and everybody properly falls under this prop- ' tag. One must he "for the Afri cans," whether these be hon est DatrinLs nr merelv m,,r. derous gunmen on hire to Kremlin agents. One must be against "the colonial powers," even in tnose not-rare cases where "the colonial powers" have made decent and cnsilw efforts to aid an orderly trans ition oi Ainca into the new independence. Tf. fnr evamnle nna Anii the total Tightness and wis dom of all that has been going on in the Conco aeainst ite erstwhile Belgian rulers, one iinas, pretty quicKly, that he is "pro-Belgian" and "anti independence." . VERY well, then. This very " nice and clear-cut way of labeling at least has the ad vantage ot ignoring all the awkward shadincs in an lm. mense problem. If a fellow has simply got to be one or tne otner-aDsoiutely against the Belgians or absolutely in favor of all African "Inrienen- dence" movements, even the communist ones - then this correspondent makes his choice. In this sense he is "nrn.RM. gian," for, from years now lone Dast. he rememher-s in an intimately personal way, some tnings which others per. haps have forgotten. He re memhers 1044 when thi. small country of Belgium was slowly and bitterly being "liberated" by the United States Third Armored divi sion. This was the forward, the hrpalrtht-nixrhi 1li,leAn in thrust across Eastern France after Paris and then across Belgium and into Germany, Mons was the first Belgian city we entered, with the most forward tanks of this most-forward division. THIS is a mining area and the countryside was not unlike that around Pittsburgh Wheeling, W.Va. France had welcomed us Americans with wine and flowers. Mons, in the gloomy half-light of a glower ing day, was something else altogether. Here, as our tanks and arm ored cars trundled along through the main street, stood the people of Mons in long, quiet lines. Many of them had faces black with the grime of the pits; on many of these faces tears cut paths down the cheeks of men as well as women. There was no shout ing, no hurrah. They were hungry people, desperately hungry and long driven like cattle. (But unlike cattle, they had never for an instant been broken.) But they crowded forward to hand us, still in almost unbroken sil ence, all that they had-little, doughy cakes whose name I never knew. We had far bet ter food than this, even in our "K" rations. But we forc ed down the little cakes. "You will eat the damn things," said a colonel, a break in his voice, "and that's an order." UROM captured German of- fleers themselves we learn ed that night in Mons some thing of what these Belgians had done during the far long er night of their Nazi captivi ty. We were to learn much more as the campaign for Belgium went on: The un breakable spirit of the Bel giques. Their quiet, hopeless gallantry - and that of the Belgian white army partisans who fought with us. Their bleak, untalking, absolute, to tal, final faithfulness to their allies. Among all the heroes of the last war, in simple truth, the indomitable Belgians need take no second place. For my own part, therefore, I think they have long since worked their passage with us - and more. I think they have even earned the right - among their old friends, anyhow -even to be wrong. (Copyright, 1961, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc. Or is mental instability GROWING? TF the frequency of these tragic Instances of mental instability Is due merely to more perfect communications, there is less to worry about. But If it is due to growing mental instability, it opens up S lot of troublesome questions about our modern way of life.