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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
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Letters to ih Editor mutt
certain circumstances th us
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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.