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Newspaper Page TextTUESDAY, MedfordJS&TribUni ' "Everyone m Southern Oregon Reade The Mall Tribune" Published Daily except Saturday by MEDFORD PBIKTINO CO . S3 North ril St, Ph 8P 2-S141 ROBERT-" RUHL, "Editor HERB GREY AdvMtialni Manaiat GERALD T LATHAM Bui MfT ERIC W ALLEN JR., Mni Edltot EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Teleg Editor RICHARD JEWETT SporU Ed tor OLIVE STARCHER. Women'! Editor BALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr . a Tni4niindent NewiDtner Entered as second class matter at Mraloro. uroiun. unaw nu . March 3, I87 oitnsrnfPTinN RATES By Mall In Advanoe, Copy 10$ Dally -nd Sunday J year IK 00 Dally and Sunday 6 moi 8 00 Dally and Sunday 3 mos. 4.35 Sunday Only Ona year 4.30 Bt Carrier In Advance Medford Ashland. Central Point Ball Pntnt. Jacksonville. Gold Hill phnnlx. Shadv Cov. Rome Rlv Talnt auif An motor rnuei Dally and Sunday 1 '-ear lie 00 Jjaiiy Ann ounow i " Carrier and Dea.y copy 10e All Terma caan in ftoytnce "Bfffcial Paper of Cltyof Medford Qlllcl'l Papir of Jaeknn County. United Preat International Full Leased Wire O P.1 Telephoto Kewsplcturea "membkr or audit BuniAn OF CIRCULATIONS Advr-rtlslnc Renresentetlv! wear holiday co.. inc Of- ,'lces in New York, cnicaeo. ui. nt an rmnplKra Lna Anaeles Seattle. Portland St Louis. At lanta Vnncouver. B.f! NATIONAL EDITORIAL Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago., t. . 10 YEARS AGO Fab. 28, 1951 (Wdntday) The number of Medford .children who do not attend Church or Sunday . scnooi is "surprisingly large," accord ing to a 'recently completed survey here. I The epidemic of "mild" In fluenza In Jackson county con tinued, to be felt today with many office itaffs and sales forces working with ikeleton . , . i . -' 20 YEARS AGO Feb. 28, 1,941 IFfldir) ' '" v Paving of the Medford mu nicipal airport under the fed eral airport aid, program will tart April 1. from Arthur Perry' "Ye Smudie .Pot" -column: "The Wlna OIBW UllOM JcoreiMBi ,' :and it (required all , the bird- sense ineviraa jwaoeo mj iu on a phone , wire, and stay there." ... : 30 VEARS AGO Feb. 28, 1931 (Baiurday) - Cbarlei' M. Thomas . a s been appointed Oregon'! first public utilities commissioner under a new system, that sup plants the old public service commission, K t The public service commis sion, In one of Its last acts, denied the city of Medford the right to establish railroad crossings aU Fourth arid Eighth sts. . 40 YEARS AGO ' . ' : Fab. 28, 1921 (Monday) ' A small band, of gypsies Is visiting Eagle Point and tell ing the citizens there their fortunes. - ;'A citizen living on West Jackson st. has been fined 32 for letting his chickens run at large. , B0 YEARS AGO ' ' Feb. 28, 1811 (Tuesday) The Medford traffic bureau has filed an opening brief be fore the state railroad com mlsion in a suit seeking re adjustment of freight rates. Talent is completely re building after a recent fire destroyed many of that town's principal business houses. What's Your I.Q.? Nine at fen correct la tiiptrieri mm oi eight It anctllenr; five t ' tlx it good. 1. What is the birth stone for the month of June? 2. Who has been named by President Kennedy as Special Ambassador at Large? 3. What date is fixed by the Constitutional amendment as the date for the beginning of regular sessions of Congress? 4. Monrovia is the capital oi wnat African Republic? 5. The armed forces of the U.S. have been merged In a single department; name the department. 6. Did Hitler become dic tator of Germany on 1931 1032, or 1933? 7. How many hours are in a 385 day calendar year? 8. Who la generally regard ed as the greatest biographer of Abraham Lincoln? 9. Name the capital of Maryland. 10. What sea bounds the Philippine Islands on the west? Answers! 1. Pearl. 2. W. vrll Herrlman. 3. Th 3rd day of January. 4. Llbrla. 5. Oapartmani of D f n s a. 6. 1933. 7. 8.780. 8. Carl Sand berg. 8. Annapolis. 10. South China Eta FEBRUARY 28. 1961 Two Pleasing Announcements We have been much pleased and comforted in recent days by two actions one on the state level, tne otner Dy tne ivenneay aaministruon The first is the announcement by the 18 west ern Oregon O&C counties of an ambitious co operative program of development of this 'state's magnuicent recreational Siskiyous and coast range. The other is the announcement of the admin istration's plans for development of the nation's . 1 1 1 L 1- 1 natural resources a development wmcn aiso in cludes measures of conservation whiqh have been too much neglected during the past eight years. E.A. Far-Reaching Plan , The O&C nlan is a massive, far-reachiner one. It will call upon the Service, Bureau of Land Park Service, Bureau of highway commission and its park department, otner state agencies, many of the counties of both western and central Uregon, and private firms and individuals. And if it works as planned, it will result in a maior shift in emphasis state, tor the betterment THE project's aims fall into two categories: 1. A network of good roads leading into 11. ... . ..L 1 lJj 1 i. - I .1 . some oi tne most Deauwiui country in tne worio ; 2. Development of camps, picnic areas; View points, resorts, and similar recreational facilities throughout the areas served by theToad network. It is'of particular gratification to this depart ment, for it is the imaginative, forward-looking, cooperative approach to recreation for Oregon ians and their tourist visitors (who constitute Oregon's third-largest advocated here. This one brines all ture, in a coordinated, intelligent effort. , AT FIRST glance, the program sounds more ex rtartcmro rVian if i-'oall-ir will Va . ' the reason ? Because road network is already in existence, awaiting only a number of connecting links. Some of .these links are already in road and hirhwav Dlans. Others. can be expedited. ' And still others can be financed from funds' either already on handor expectable. It is, in this instance, the planning and the coordination which .are' of the greatest impor tance, for this will enable all the agencies in volved to channel their efforts for' the overall good,' rather than in piecemeal endeavors.'. THE program has been enthusiastically wel corned by Oregon's press, of all political col orations. It is rather obvious why. ' Not only will it make available many sections of Oregon which are now inaccessible to those who love the forested hills and lakes and moun tains; it will also be a tourist attraction second to none in scope and variety. ' v ' And, since Oregon reaps a $170 million per year harvest from tourists now, and can expect this to grow markedly in economically as well asesthetically. v IE HAVE only one minor reservation about " the program, and this is whether sufficient attention has been paid to wilderness values. The report points out that there are wild or wilderness areas now in Mt. Jefferson, Mt. Washington, Diamond Peak, Three Sisters, Mountain Lakes, and Kalmiopsis. and that consideration lishing a small wild area at our own Sky Lakes. , Wnether these are enough, and large enough, and whether, once surrounded by roads, pres sures to open even these last vestiges of ' our once-prevalent wilderness can be resisted, is a question to ponder. ' All in all, though, the program is an excellent one. E. A. At Last! The Kennedy resources prop-ram is almost diametrically opposed to lack thereof of the Eisenhower administration It recognizes the need for pollution abate ment, for the expansion tection oi our lorests and other outdoor assets, development ot saline water conversion methods, and a host of others. Some of these were paid lip service by the prior administration, and some of them were carried on to a limited degree. But the Kennedy announcement shows that the built-up needs of a realized, and a realistic, Deing designed to deal J7VEN the Oregonian, so conservative in other " ways, welcomes this with unrestrained glad ness. It said : President Kennedy's message to Congress on natural resources is the most comprehensive and knowledge able statement of America's needs In this field and the responsibility of the federal government ever made by an American president. Nothimr uneauivocal about that! And it adds: At last, the White House has caught up with the citiiens who have been fighting a frustrating holding action to preserve and develop the nation's natural wealth since Teddy Roosevelt left office a half-ccn-tury ago. We whole-heartedlv atrree with the Orerron- ian, the while struggling areas in tne cascades, efforts of the U. S. Forest, Management, National Indian Affairs, the state m the economy of the ol the state. source of income) long the agencies into the pic much of the proposed the future, it bodes well the vicinity of Mt. Hood. is being given to estab the program or, rather, of recreation areas, pro decade are now f ully aggressive program is with them. feebly to avoid adding, Dennis the Menace 'I STUCK M BUBBlE GUM ok WAIT FOR IT TO CCkVC ... Communications ... Letters to ih Editor mutt certain circumstances th us Th Mall Tribune reiervai th condensation. Lattert lubmliiad for publication mutt not printed in this column do not conirary is ouen in cat. Th Crucible To the Editor: Your Feb 22 editorial ("Freedom and Security") was of great inter est to me, not only because It calls attention to two factors of great importance in our society, but also because it underscores so beautifully an event which is taking place at Medford Senior High this week: the production of Ar thur Miller's "The Crucible' by the class of 1961. In this play, Mr. Miller de picts vividly the upheaval of a society in which fear, re sults In name - calling ' and baseless- accusations. Because the setting of the play is the Salem, Mass., of 1692, during the Infamous witch-trials, one may be tempted to say, "But that was so long ago. It couldn't happen here and now. However, as you point ed out, it did happen recent ly and it begins to happen wherever and whenever one of us is tempted to mistrust our neighbors without a basis In fact. - More important, though, than the picture of a disinte grating society presented in the play, Is the appeal to man to maintain his integrity against the forces of fear and suspicion that can be brought to bear at any time in the life of any man. - With sincere Intentions of preserving what is good, men frequently resort to pressures of evil, It is then the respon sibility of each one of us to mantaln by our. acts the as surance within ourselves that our "good name" is truly good not just what other men may call good. The di lemma of a John Proctor Is that of any man living in a society in which conformity to mindless pressures is prev alent. Can any one of us today truthfully deny that this has some measure of relevance for us in 1961? The second factor of im portance is relative to the question, "What can we do to help preserve the essence of our democracy, which is based on the dignity of the human individual?" I suggest that, with their hard work, their study, and - yes - their artistry, this group of high school seniors Is preparing the strongest possible state ment for the preservation of the dignity of the individual. Beyond their familiarity with the theme of the play, they are also gaining the immeas urable aesthetic experience which results from working intimately with an artistic expression of great merit This "The Crucible " unques tionably is. To those who may doubt the ability of young people to comprehend and adequate ly express the high ideals and the poetic force of great drama, I would urge that judgment be reserved until the facts are In hand. They will be available at the high school auditorium at 8 p.m March 2, 3 and 4. With the clear knowledge that my neck is way out and a firm faith In the young people with whom I work daily ... Lenore Zappell Medford High School Medford. Participants vt. Spectators To the Editor: I will never forgot a talk I heard when my son graduated from grade school here In Medford. The speaker said life in these United States is like a huge basketball or football game. There are three types of peo ple Involved. 1. Those who don t know what is going on and don't care, and 2. Those who know what Is going on and don't care (both spectators) ,and 3. Those who know what is going on and ax doing THE HANDRAIL AN" I T1A ASfilH I ' br the nam and address of of a pan nam or initial for publication it parmittlbl. right to )dit all letters with view to clarification and nacettarlly rtpretent ih riewt of th paper) in iaet in something about lt-the play ers. This brings me to my point: We have a juvenile home here where books are piled in closets because they don't have a book rack. The Juvenile Home here is divided into two wings or sections-one for the girls and one for young men. It holds a total of 12 youngsters. Should they receive more than this they are lodged in the county jail. In the month of January, for Instance, they averaged at least one young man in jail for every night of the mgnth They are put in with thieves. drunks, etc. In most cases it is not the fault of -the young sters they are in the home. The Juvenile Home was built so that it would not be any trouble to expand. Each wing of the home ends in a metal frame that can be removed and set back to make another room. In some cases it has been found that as many at 24 chil dren have been run through this home in 24 hoursl Think of that-one an hour for 24 hours! I wonder how much can be done for a child in an hour? ' i I find that the judges and county officials are very much concerned over the mat ter, but will not spend the money (already available) until they feel the public is aware of the problem and willing for them to use it. I am not an official or other wise connected with the Ju venile Home or the govern ment any more than you are. Actually I am one of those traveling salesmen who wish es to play this great game of Americanism. How about you? Let's hear from you all on this subject, Don't you want to participate in the game? Please, please, let's let the Editor and the valley and the world know that in this area we are all participants in the game. Write now to this paper-to-day-nowl Arthur E. Tropple 17 Corning Court Medford TV Auction Report To the Editor: As a matter of public information- the Crater Lions wish to detail the gross Income, expendi tures and net income of our recent TV auction for the ben efit of the Sacred Heart hos pital building fund. As was announced at the conclusion of the auction, the gross pledged income was $4,102.50 from bids for mer chandise and $1,459.30 from donations. From past experi ence It has been noted that there will be a reduction In this gross figure from failure of donors to pay their an nounced pledges and in the failure of some bidders to pick up their merchandise, necessi tating the sale of the merchan dise at a lesser figure than originally bid. We expect the gross to approach the $5,100 mark. Our expenses are ex pected to be approximately $600 of which the telephones will be $200, signs and slides for the merchant donors will be $300, and $100 for miscel laneous supplies such as post age, stationery, receipt books, etc. This leaves a net of $4, 500 for the Sacred Heart building fund. You may be assured that not one cent goes into the Crater Lions treasury for any other purpose than the proj ect for which it was so speci- (led. No Crater Lions member benefits in any manner fi nancially, including social en tertainment. A certified puD lic accountant audits our books yearly to confirm the above. Once again the Crater Lions club wishes to thank all of those people who con tributed so much to make our MEOFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE. 'Wind of Change' Dooms White Man's Day In Another Section of African Continent By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign Nwi Analyst Prime Minister Harold Mac- millan's "wind . of change" blew across Kenya this week and the white 'vJ man's day in of A f r 1c a n e a r e d its end.. Amid' bitter charges by Kenya's Euro pean settlers that the Brit Newiom 1 1 s h govern- ment nad sold them down the river and gloomy predic tions of another Congo, the African-Dominated legislative council is taking over as a first step toward early inde pendence. The British crown colony and protectorate of Kenya are bounded by Somalia, Ethi opia, Sudan, and Uganda. Taganyika and the Indian Ocean. The protectorate sec tion of Kenya is a 10-mlle- v, !de coastal strip leased from th wrlttr, although, under exceed 400 wordt. Th letters auction the success that it was. Dave M. Franklin President Crater Lions Club Medford Wasted Wattr To the Editor: It has long been a puzzle to me why the city has not installed ahutoff valves on each Of the city's more than 15 public drinking fountains. Since the water, department has not done this, perhaps the city council may consider of fering such a suggestion. The water department is urging householders to repair leaking faucets in the home in the interest of water conserva tion. By following their own warnings of water loss, the following tremendous volume of water could be saved: "A inch stream of water wastes 400 gallons per 24 hours," 2,800 gallons per week. 149.- 800 gallons per year. Multiply mis oy is and the staggering; total wasted water from pub lic artnking fountains per year is 2,184,000 gallons. This would also be a savins In dollars and cents (sense) to our water department, and xne city ot Medford. Mrs. Catherine G. Lynch jj is.enwood ave. - Medford. 1 A Bit More Grapa To the Editor: We have read the argument of Thelma Carson in M.T. of Feb. 19, unaer tne caption. "Her Ban- ners Wave," by which we gather that she has not struck her colors; so, "a little more grape Captain Bragg." However, that remark does not imply that we are brag ging yet. It has been said that a pun is the lowest form of wit. We try not to talke down Mrs. Carson has done an ex cellent job of writing, so much so that she elaborated on her original thesis and I thought tnat we were on common ground. But no. Now she wants Uncle Sam to go to finishing school and take up culture and dramatic art. We will not quarrel-with that idea just so that she does not make a "parlor pink" out of mm. l cannot stand those Dar- lor pinks. They want to keep their cake and eat it too. We would like to see Uncle do the part of Patrick Henry: Give me liberty or give me aeain. now . aon t get me wrong. That does not mean liberty for slaves or kindred folks. That was just some propaganda campaign ora tory." It was I that wanted liberty, not a couple of other people. Now that we have decided that Uncle should take a col lege course along with his home work, we must select a college for him. We think that he should go to Knox College. You know, the one that was founded by "hard knocks." "H a r v u d" will hardly fill the bill. In a changing world we would ad vise that Uncle major in eco nomics. A little Marxian eco nomics would not be amiss. Adam Smith is too antiquated. When It comes to culture it would be well to tone down that "big me and little you." somewhat. That offends the ears of the highly cultured, like Cubans.' Negroes don't like to hear it either. Even well bred Russians and Chin ese do not got for such stuff. Uncle Is not stupid. He can learn, but he has gone In for cow college stuff to the detri ment of the "humanities," eco nomics and social science. We learn to do by doing. Uncle has had too much unemploy ment. We hope Thelma Carson will join us in this advice: Don't tote your guns to town. Walter Reec Galice rd., Merlin, Ore. the sultan of Zanzibar. - Kenya's total area is about twice the size of Arizona and of its more than six million population, only about 60,000 are European. It also contains roughly 190,000 Asians and Arabs. African Majority All elements are represent ed in the new legislative council, but its i majority . is African. Europeans hold 14 seats, and the Asians and Arabs 14 more. It is a further step in a situation first put into words just a year ago by Macmillan in a speech in South Africa: "The wind of change ' is blowing through the contl ent (of Africa). The tide of national consciousness which is now rising in Africa is a political fact and we must ac cept it- as such.". But for ' the white settlers of Kenya who lived through the Mau Mau terror, accept ance . has not come easily. They ' fear terror will rise again and the words of some of Kenya's extreme national ist leaders have not reassur ed them. . The British spent seven years stamping out the brutal and obscene Mau Mau -which was held responsible for the butohery of more than 1,800 persons, including 32 whites. Leaders Still Active It was an "Africa for Afri cans" movement, some of whose leaders are prominent today among Kenya national ist groups, although its con victed, Moscow-trained leader Jomo Kenyatta remains - in exile. In Kenya as it moves to ward independence are many Washington Report By WIIUAM THE CHICOMS Washlngton-The sweat box is growing very hot tor Pres ident Kennedy over "The Chi coms," the Chinese Commu nist regime. It is plainer day by day that, when British Prime Minister Har- 1 j . r in yf f has his i first i r Wit meeting in Wash ington on April 5 White with the Pres ident, the atmosphere is go ing to be made a little humid by "The Chicoms." Support for putting Com munist China into the United Nations, and throwing out our ally, Nationalist China, is sweeping wide now. Heavily encouraged by the British, it is picking up naltons which formerly backed us in resist ing the enrtance into a world organization of a bandit re gime which made still-unre-pented' war on that organl-zation-and on us-in Korea. -The argument of the pro recognizers rests upon what they are fond of calling "the facts of life." These "facts of life," as they call them, are as follows: rtOMMUNIST China is a vast, going power, where as Nationalist China, in its re doubt of Formosa, is neither. There can be no chance of world disarmament unless the Chihese Communists are let into the United Nations. Much of the world has long since been willing to recog nize the Chicoms-so why not the United States? And - the Nationalist Chi nese leader, Chiang Kai-Shek, is tinished, anyhow. ' In simple truth, however, this reasoning is based far more on theories of life than "facts of life." VES, Red China is a vast, going power and National ist China is not. But beyond that point, what? 1. There is not a germ of evidence that the Red Chi nese would accept any sort of world disarmament. They Try and -By BENNETT CERF- D ICHARD NIXON won an army of new friends by his wonderful display of good sportsmanship after losing out to President Kennedy by a whisker. Adlai Stevenson aiso proved a good loser in his fruitless efforts to beat President Eisenhow er. In December, 1952, he attended a Gridiron Dinner in Washington and brought down the house by beginning his speech wryly, "A funny thing happened to me on the way to the White House ..." Myron Cohen tells about a chronic borrower who begged an old friend to lend him a hundred dollars. "I'll pay it back the minute I return from Chicago," he promised "Exactly what day will you return?" probed the wary friend" Shrugged th borrower, "Who'i going?" African laborers holding lot tery tickets giving them "own ership" of the European farms, houses, cars, even wo men, after independence. The peddlers of the tickets are unscrupulous confidence men, but ominously a similar rack Matter of Fact THE MORE MONSTROUS MONSTER London - In British eyes the grand, unseem drama of the last fortnight has been President Kennedy careful choice after, prolong ed study; be- t w e e n two competing sys- V -;-s3k iems OI OUV1CV I demonoiogy V. , I The rejected am ;.etoawaBBBf SVatem. still Alton popular in Paris and Bonn, is based on ihe theory of the Kremlin's imperviousness. According to this theory, you may be sweeter than sugar to the So viets, and they will still cut your gizzard out if they see a good chance. And you may also be publicly brutal to the Soviets, and they will still answer politely if they fear your strength - as they an swered Adolf Hitler politely when he - actually invided Russia. According to this theory, in sum, the approach to the Kremlin hardly matters. The only thing that really matters is the Kremlin's hard-eyed es timate of the balance of pow er. If the President had adopt- S. WHITE are demonstrably more ag gression-minded even than the Russians. Nearly everywhere in the Orient-Laos, for a cur rent example-they are stir ring up massive mischief. '2. To put the Red Chinese into the U.N. rr-nifestly would quickly complete the destruction of free-world pre dominance there. 3. Most of the pro-recogniz ers' "facts of life" are offered by diplomatic types who seem more interested in mak ing things "regular" than in the realities of world power. Britain's recognition of Red China long ago, to face "the facts of life," has earned Bri tain little more than Red China's contempt. 4. To say that Nationalist China is finished wholly misses the real point. The real point is that every major pro- western government in Asia is profoundly against letting the Communists into the U.N, The Philippines) for an illus tration, haye just said they will' not Stand for thls-even if the U.S. does. 5. A powerful and genuine fact of political life is that a vast majority of Congress, in both parties, is repeatedly on record against recognition. 8. Tne Chinese Communists have just shown the depth of their peaceful Intention to ward us by giving arms to the Castro Cubans. 'i mis is oDviously a poor time to ask President Ken nedy Just to forget all this He has never been dogmatic. But in the judgment of this correspondent, the pro-recognizers will make a great mis take if they suppose he can be hustled into recognition. Prime Minister Macmillan is a . sensible man-a good adult politician. He will bring no dogmatism of his own to the Washington meeting with the president. But if he is wise-and he has been so far-he will leave the U.S. with some way out short of total capitulation. Not even the threat of a lickine in any U.N. roll call on the rec ognition issue can push us that far. (Copyright. 19S1. by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) Stop Me V et was worked in the Congo before independence. Even more ominously, black leaders such as Tom Mboya and James Gichuru will give no firm assurance that after independence property rlghtj will be respected. By Jowph Alsop ed this theory after his long wntte House meeting with his Soviet experts, it follows that he would have concentrated almost exclusively- on the de fense effort. ... tNSTEAD, the President very tentatively adopted the competing demonological the ory, which commands rather solid support in the British Foreign Office. This may be called the theory of the more monstrous monster. According to this theory, the Kremlin is far from im. pervious to other influences, even although primarily in fluenced by Its balance of power estimate. The wrong Western approach may make the Soviet monster very much more monstrous. The right ap proach may even make the monster a little less mon strous. Hence the choice of approach to the Kremlin ba comes very important Indeed. At least in the past year or two, the strongest argument in favor of the theory of the more monstrous monster have been provided by the British and American embassies in Moscow. The British embassy, particularly, has stated the case in its most extreme form. rpHE British Ambassador to - Moscow, Sir Frank Rob erts, and his staff are In fact convinced that Nikita S. Khrushchev, despite all his admitted faults, probably rep resents a last best chance of some sort. They have been warning that If the West re buff Khrushchev, if the West coldly rejects the opportun ity to negotiate forthrightly with Khrushchev, then the present Khrushchev will be replaced by some thing vast ly more unpleasant. This replacement may take the form of a new Khrush chev, enraged by Western re buffs and vowed to vengeance. Or it may take the form of a new super monster, who will climb to power In the Krem lin because Western rebuffs have exposed the bankruptcy of Khrushchev's a 1 1 e g e dly moderate foreign policy. ! The American embassy has apparently been putting the case somewhat less strongly" than the British embassy. The possibility of a dramatic power struggle within the Kremlin has not been empha sized. Instead, U. S. Ambassa dor Llewellyn Thompson has emphasized the possibility that the "war-is-not-inevlt-able" line of the Twentieth Party Congress may be radi cally altered at the forthcom ing Twenty-Second Party Congress. A SEEMNGLY undramatic change of the party line a mere statement that war is quite probably though still not inevitable - would have dra matic consequences. It would lead to active war preparation even to semi-mobilization, in the Soviet Union. In these cir cumstances, the chance of war would be quite incalculably increased. This is why Am bassador Thompson has re portedly said that 1961, the year of the Twenty-Second Party Congress, will be "a year of decision." Obviously, the arguments in favor of the parallel view points of the U. S. and Brit ish embassies in Moscow have been rather' strongly buttress ed by the recent revelations concerning the bitter ideolog ical dispute between the Chi nese and the Soviets. The counter arguments, equally obviously, are to be found in such places as the Congo, Laos, and Berlin. In any event, -despite the recent renewal of Soviet agi tation about Berlin, it is evi dent that -President Kennedy is at least planning to test the theory of the more mon strous monster. No doubt he half hopes to make the mon ster less monstrous. Both in Paris and London, this Is taken to be the meaning of Ambassador Thompson's re turn to Moscow with a per sonal letter from Kennedy to Khrushchev, which is plainly intended to pave the way for renewed serious negotiation. The British, with their un failing enthusiasm for sum mitry, cannot fail to be pleased by this outcome of the long study sessions in the White House. There is a dark suspicion, however, that the first summit President Ken nedy contemplates is a meet ing alone with Khrushchev. Even If only Intended to allow each man to take the other's measure, such a Kennedy Khurshchev meeting will at a minimum cause some initial heart burning here, as well ts in Paris. (c) 1961 New York Herald Tribune Inc.