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Flight o' Time
Medford and Jackson County
History from the flies of The
Mall Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years (jo.
' 10 YEARS AGO
March 1. 1951 (Thursday)
A $350,000 building permit
was issued by the city build
ing department yesterday lor
construction of a new school
building at 11th and Ivy sts.,
for the Sacred Heart Roman
Catholic parish.
Medford's brand-new $30,
000 aerial ladder fire truck
will arrive here Monday
from Elmira, N.Y.
20 YEARS AGO
March 1. 1941 (Saturday)
A 78-ycar-old man who
died here last week did not
. have two hearts alter all; Dr.
A. E. Merkcl, county health
officer, said what was first
mistaken for a second heart
turned out to be an abnormal
growth in the man s chest.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column
"March came in today with
out impersonating a lion,
Iamb or other member of the
animal kingdom, the Import
ant thing being it got here."
00 YEARS AGO
March 1. 1931 (Sunday)
Mcdford has been desig
nated as a stopping place for
670 Army planes which will
engage in western maneuvers
this spring,
The price of gnsollna has
dropped to 22 cents a gallon
here.
40 YEARS AGO
March 1, 1921 (Tutiday)
The local chamber of com
merce is polling Its members
to see if they would rather
have one large fund-raising
drive or a lot of small ones.
The salary of the Jackson
county Judge has been hiked
from $1,800 to $z,uuu year.
50 YEARS AGO
March 1. 1911 (Wednesday)
R. II. Parsons, president of
the recently organized North
western Fruit exchange, said
here that the organization naa
a successful first year with
sales amounting to 4uu,uuu
Tim Pacific Telephone sys
tem reports that Medford has
more telephones (1,400) than
Ashland and Grant. Pass
combined .
What's Your I.Q.?
ui. ... .. iniHtl la aunarior
seven oi eight Is KCtllenti Nvi et
ix Is flood.
1. Where was the late
Franklin D. Roosevelt I "Lit
tie White House" located?
2. Members of Congress pay
Income taxes; true or false?
3. Which U.S. President had
small group of advisers
who were called the Tennis
Cabinet because most of thcin
played and enjoyed the game?
4. Is the polar uoar
warm-blooded animal?
5, Which breed of cat Is
noted for being almost tall
less?
fl. What li the boiling puint
of water on Fahrenheit ther
mometers? 7. What is John L. Lewis'
middle name?
8. Name the author of the
novel, "Cannery Row."
9. Farouk was king of
which country?
10. How much money docs
the President of the U.S. re
ceive, lax free, for official
entertaining and travel ex
f"nses? Answers, I. Warm Springs,
Ga. 2.' Trut. 3. Theodore
Roosevelt. 4, Yes, S. Manx. 6.
212 degrees. 7. Llewellyn. 8.
John Steinbeck. 9. Egypt. 10,
$40,000 Rr year.
WEDNESDAY. MARCH 1, 1961
The Court
Two and a half years
space had, among. other
"The liberties of Americans are based solidly
on guarantees of the rights of the individual
not of state governments; not of the ledeiai gov
ernment; not even of the majority or the minority
but of the individual.
"If that is whittled away, all else follows.
"The (Supreme) Court's recent decisions have
been based on the philosophy that individual
rights are paramount in this free nation.
"What the critics often lose sight of, in their
preoccupation with the various other things they
feel to be important, is that the rights of individ
uals cannot successfully be divided into classes.
"If they are long denied to one, then the
liberties of all are threatened ; the guarantee is
no longer effective for anyone."
THE comment was motivated by what seemed
then to be a series of forward looking, liber
tarian decisions, for which the court had come
under considerable criticism.
The most noted one was the school desegrega
tion decision, but there were many others in which
the rights of the individual, as opposed to the
state, were upheld.
In October of that same year, 1958, however,
Justice Harold Burton retired, and Justice Potter
Stewart was appointed to the high court.
Since that time, the trend of the Court's de
cisions has generally gone the other way in
favor of the power and authority of the state as
against the liberty of the individual.
v
1MOST of these decisions have been made by a
5-4 split, with Chief Justice Earl Warren,
and Justices Hugo L. Black, William O. Douglas
and William J. Brennan
There have been a few unanimous decisions,
notably in school segregation cases, but in most
of the crucial cases involving personal liberty,
the "liberal" wing of the court has been in a one
vote minority, as it was in a one-vote majority
prior to the latter part of 1958.
This is added evidence how a President, by
only one appointment out of the . thousands he
makes during his term of office, can affect the
entire teno- of the nation for an unspecified time
to come.
INURING this period, some of the most ringing
declarations in support of the freedom of the
individual man, as against the faceless power of
the state, have been contained in dissenting opin
ions, many 'of them written by Mr. Chief Justice
Warren, who despite some fears when he was
first appointed, has turned into one of the great
libertarian jurists of modern times.
They constitute a body of judicial precedent
which, it may well be hoped, can furnish the basis
for a new approach, a
freedom, when, eventually, the court is constitut
ed other than it is at present.
For it is true that, while the court is sheltered
from the day to day scramble of politics, it is not
wholly insensitive to the larger trends and tides
of social thought. Indeed, the great dissents of the
past have often shown the way, to these trends
and tides. '
HIEF Justice Warren's dissents have pointed
ui) what many people believe to be an unduly
restrictive reading of the bill of rights of the
United States Constitution qualifying those
great and clear guarantees of personal liberty by
toruirea ana expedient
In today s cold war
too prevalent, some of these decisions have met
with popular acclaim, and Mr. Warren has even
been assailed and derided for his interpretations
of the constitutional guarantees.
But the world moves on. And, though Mr.
Dooley's dictum that the Supreme Court follows
the election results may not be literally true, it is
true enough.
We are concerned, of course, at decisions
which we construe to be restrictive of American
freedoms. But we hold confidently to the belief
that, sooner or later, the court will reverse itself,
as it has in the past, and once again set its course
in the direction of "freedom and justice for all."
E. A. ' .
Flemming to U of O
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Arthur S. Flemming, the former Secretary of
Health, Education and Welfare, who later this
year will become the 10th president of the Uni
versity of Oregon, has had a distinguished career
as an educator, administrator, government of
ficial, and lay church leader.
There is every reason to believe that he will
justify the hopes of the State Board of Higher
Education, and become one of the great univer
sity presidents.
He is taking over a vigorous, vital institution,
during a period of great growth and change, and
as such will face many challenges and many
opportunities.
MOW that Mr. Flemming has made his choice,
' he will be able to devote his verv considerable
energies to his new job. And, since he was with
Ohio Weslevan University for a 10-year period,
fears that he may simply
position as a "job-hopping" stepping stone ap
pear unreasonable.
Sucn I ears arose irom trie rather extended
period of negotiation and decision.
Now that lie has, we
the tradition established so well by Prince Camp
bell, Donald Erb, O. Meredith Wilson, and the
others. E.A. . ,
and Freedom
ago, an editorial in this
things, this to say:
Jr., on the short end.
new day of expanding
reasoning.
climate, when fear is far
be seeking the Oregon
expect him to fit into
Dennis the Menace
"Sometimes his questions disturb mb. von instance: how
DO 1 KNOW SOME 'NERVOUS NEIGHBOR WXT Kill HIM 0540'?"
...Communications ...
Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under
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 letters
printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the
contrary is often the case.
The Same Thing
To the Editor: I have just
read the Medford Mail Trib
une's Feb. 22-editorIal, "Free
dom and Security." I was
especially : interested in the
letter from Lorna Fowler,
quoted in the editorial, and
comment thereto.
May I respectfully call the
editors attention to the fact
that this nation can be de
stroyed by the organization
of which President Kennedy
is the representative? Com
munism and the politico
religious organization which
is at the helm of the Ameri
can ship of state are twin
menaces to the freedoms of
all men, and only the blind
will not see them in their
true light,
Both are authoritarian;
both are dictatorial. Both de
mand - and get - the unswerv
ing loyalty of their devotees.
Where one claims political
supremacy of the proletariat,
the. other claims supremacy
over the spiritual. Where one
has a premier whose word is
law, the other has a bishop
whose thunders shake the
world.
Freedom must mean free
dom of intellect as well as
of body. Any person who.al
lows himself to be dictated to
as to what he shall eat on a
certain day of the week; how
many children, his wife shall
bear, regardless of the state
of her health or the family fi
nances; what school his off
spring shall attend; how
much he shall .pay as tribute
in addition to his free-will
offering to support the insti
tution, is not a free man.
: Neither ' is the political
slave who believes that the
state is supreme, that it
alone is competent to select
courses of study, to set teach
ers salaries, to regulate hours
of labor, to control prices.
Communism and the reli-
gio - political organization to
which Kennedy owes first al
legiance are one and the same
under different names. Our
freedom lies In ridding our
selves of both menaces.
Harold Axford
6032 N. Omaha ave.
Portland 17, Ore.
Who's Right?
And Who's To Say?
To the Editor; Friday's Tri
bune carried a notice by the
Medford Ministerial associa
tion. These well meaning
gentlemen are urging us to
"shop on days other than
Sunday." -
In the same Issue St. Luke's
Methodist church stated its
pastor would speak on "the
Fourth Commandment."
These two announcements
have caused me to do a little
thinking and reading.
I turned to Exodus 20 and
read the fourth command
ment. For lack of space I'll not
repeat It here but 1 found It
stated that the seventh day
is the Sabbath. Then in turn
ing back to the Creation story
I read that God rested on the
Seventh day, blessed il, and
sanctified it.
Naturally I began to won
der about some things. I look
ed up at my calendar mid
(mind that Saturday Is the
Seventh day. True, we've had
calendar changes down
through the years, but as I
understand, no break in the
weekly cycle. Therefore the
first day, called Sunday, is
the same first day today as
it was In Christ's time.
Now I realize that there
are a goodly number of per
sons who claim that the sev
enth day of the Creation week
which God rested on and told
about later in the fourth com
mandment, is the day that
Christians should worship on
today.
Then on the other hand we
find in (he majority, those
who feel that Sunday Is the
proper rest day. Most oj the
Protestant people along with
the Roman Catholic Church
are in this latter class.
The question comes to me,
who's right? Does it make any
difference? Should we follow
the majority?
I firmly believe that we
should practice what we
preach. Many who keep' Sat
urday, the Seventh day, break
other of the Ten Command
ments. Yet they teach that
the law is likened to a chain
of links. When one is broken,
you've broken the whole
chain. On the other hand I
once say, not far from here,
a Sunday keeping pastor
emerge from a market with
his Sunday purchases. Cour
tesy prohibits my revealing
what he carried and was do
ing as he came out.
Personally I am convinced
that it is high time that all
of us get in and survey the
foundations of our own be
lief. Are we taking man's
word or are we taking His
word as It is written? Let's
study for ourselves.
Henry Johnson Jr,
2315 Highway 66
. ' Ashland, Ore.
Leo's Dilemma
To the Editor: I have never
made a speech in my life,
never written any articles be
fore in my life, don't own a
typewriter and wouldn't know
'low to operate one if I did. I
have to write everything in
long hand, and can't, even do
that without looking up about
every fourth word in the dic
tionary to see how to spell it.
I have belonged to the
American Legion abont 19
years. 1 have only been inside
one legion hall once in my life
and that was eight years ago
down in California. I receive
a $66.15 pension check from
the government. I had never
been hospitalized a day in my
life up until I went to Van
couver, Wash., in July of last
year.
Sorry that I went. I am in
worse shape now than before
I went. I would like to stay
alive long enough to pay my
obligations, so that when I get
down below I can rest in
peace. I don't want anybody
dunning me for anything.
In addition to what I have
already said my challenge to
Mr. J. Edgar Hoover still
stands. And if my memory
serves me right it has been
standing now for about seven
months.
The challenge has never
been accepted up till now, as
far as I know. But I do know
that for a person that is as
stupid as I am to try and
stand up against a man who
you might say controls one of
the largest organizations In
the world. Now don't get me
wrong and misinterpret what
I am trying to say.
1 am not in favor of abolish
ing the F.B.I., the Supreme
Court, or any other govern
ment office, ns far as that
goes. I know just as well as
anyone else should know we
need these organizations. I
also know from experience
that there should be some
very drastic changes made.
And pronto.
Now that I have stated my
predicament and also have ex
pressed my views in the very
best way that I know how, I
think it is solely up to the
government to make the next
move. And 1 suggest that in
doing so, it might be a good
idea for our government to
straighten up and fly right,
l.eo J. Townsend,
Route 1, Box 66,
Eagle Point, Ore.
P. S.: Like Durante says
"I've got a million of em,"
questions, that Is.
He'd "Plink" Too
To the Editor: This is in
answer to Mildred Engnian.
For several days I have given
this capital punishment busi
ness much thought. Did jou
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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOHD, ORE.
Incident In Burma Adds To Troubles
United States in Southeastern Asia
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Newt Analyst
Aside from its other
troubles in Southeast Asia,
notabley. Laos, the United
States now
finds itself
embroiled in
another unfor
u n a t e inci
dent in Bur
ma. The 1 n c I-
dent, which
Burmese Pre
mier U Nu
Nowsom now threatens
to take the United Nations,
occurred Feb. 15 when Bur
mese fighter planes intercept
ed and shot down a plane al
legedly carrying Nationalist
Chinese military supplies to
guerrillas operating along
Burma's border with Red
China.
U. S. militarv attanhps whn
went to the site of the crashed
plane reportedly found about
live ions ot ammunition bear
ing U.S. aid labels.
read where a couple of poli
ticians were in favor of giv
ing a mandatory sentence of
15 or 25 years?
I don't believe that I am
a bit bloodthirsty, but I do
believe that my way (instant
death) is the more humane
way, by a long shot!
Why feed that monster for
15 or 25 years and then let
him out to do the same thing
all over again? He'd only be
40 years old at the most. Even
if he had a work assign
ment, he wouldn't earn his
keep. It would not cost much
to rid the earth of the im
becile, then we'd know that
he would not do it again.
While on the subject, look
on Page 2 of the Mail Tri
bune for Monday. Isn't that
a handsome picture and a
catchy headline in the center
of the page? This is getting
to be quite a common occur
rence, except this time it was
a little 4 year old child. Just
think of how many years that
child has to be dead! Gas or
the electric chair is far too
merciful. He should be used
for taget practice for a bunch
of recruits I once had. He'd
lose his buttons, one by one.
I'd 'plink' once in a while,
too!
As far as Leopold is con
cerned, we are not sure that
any transformation has, or
ever will take place. He is
not dead yet. Then you can
be safe.
Malemute Slim
White Cily, Ore.
Cheering Section
To the Editor:
There are many people in
Gold Hill town,
And many, or more, both up
creek and down.
And we are all lucky by day
or by night
To have our fine park, a
beautiful sight.
While many of us sit chewing
our cuds
We wait for the Deloses, Dons,
and the Buds
They do what they can to
improve the place,
But what Ihey receive is a
slap in the face.
Please, let's not disparage the
work they have done
But enjoy Gold Hill's park,
for sight and for fun.
Sardine Creek Cheering
Section
Rural Route
Gold Hill, Ore.
Aim Highl
To the Editor: In these
times when people (generally)
have such low aspirations, the
following may reach some
young person who would use
its inspirational effect-or
warning.
Bomerengarrowl
'Tis better far to aim too high
And lose an arrow in the
sky
Than aim so low that - on
rebound -The
arrow knocks you to
the ground!
"Gold Hill Billy"
Gold Hill. Ore
Unfortunate Experience
To the Editor: I have been
quite concerned over the re
cent letters and many com
ments made in regard to our
Welfare Department because
of my unfortunate similar ex
perience. About three years ago my
husband suddenly died and
left me with two small boys
and all the current unpaid
household bills. Due to the
fact that there was to be a
three months waiting period
until the Social Security al
lotment for my children
would be granted, my friends
advised me to apply for tem
porary help from the Welfare
Department. This I tried and
was advised that they couldn't
help me on my current bills
nor could they pay ihc
amount of rent 1 was paying,
which was $57. I told Mr.
MM
Washington now is checking
to see whether the findings
represent a misuse of U.S. aid
to Formosa, which in the last
10 years has amounted to well
over a billion dollars.
Demand for Action
U Nu says it does and de
mands that Washington take
its promised "appropriate ac
tion." "Without A m e r I c a," he
says, the Formosa regime of
Chiang Kai-shek "would be
just waifs and strays." He
adds:
"Just one word from the
United States and everything
would be all right."
Nationalist guerrillas in Bur
A Word for the Communists:
FBI Chief Isn't Quitting Job
By LYLE C. WILSON
Washington - (UPI) - Ameri
can Communists and their as
sociates in the United States
will be dis
pleased with
this dispatch.
They will be
d i sappointed
to read the
following:
J. Edgar
Hoover is not
about to retire
from his posi-
wiison Hon as direct
or of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation. The Kennedy
administration has no inten
tion of seeking Hoover's re
tirement. On the contrary, President
Kennedy stated some days
prior to his inauguration that
he wanted Hoover to stay on
the job to which he was ap
pointed in 1924 by President
Coolidge.
The report that Hoover was
on the way out has been pop
ping up recently. These pop
ups are part of an old pattern.
The source of these reports
would not easily be discover
ed. A search, more likely than
not, would lead to some rep
utable but gullible area which
scarcely could be suspect.
That is part of the pattern,
too.
Pattern of Rumor
The newsmen who write
that Hoover is on the way out
surely do so in good con
science; they have their infor
mation from persons of cred
ibility who have been sold a
bill of goods.
This is the pattern of the
years-long effort to get Hoov
er, to cripple the FBI, to sabo
tage the relentlessly effective
FBI campaign against Com
munist subversion in the Uni
ted States. This effort to get
Hoover ebbs and flows like
Pullman that I would be get
ting a job and I could pay the
difference on the rent and
whatever other expenses my
salary would reach out to, to
which he replied, "No, it
couldn't be handled that
way."
I am still wondering why
there are such laws in this
department, prohibiting us
from working to do the best
we can and receiving aid at
the same time.
I had to call on all of my
creditors and explain about
the predicament I was in. It
was a case of having to decide
whether I would take what
ever job was In store for me
and struggle on for existence,
or accept welfare aid on their
terms. When I was forced to
refuse the welfare help be
cause of so many complica
tions, Mrs. Garretson express
ed her personal feelings by
stating that she was very glad
I didn't because it would al
ways be on my record and
could be checked back on at
any time.
I fail to understand why
this Is considered to be so
shameful, when one was in
need of help and only asked
for it on a temporary basis.
If a person isn't confused
before they enter that office,
they certainly arc by the time
Ihey are ready to leave.
Jean Barker,
725 Broad St.
Medford
Heart Thanks
To the Editor: This is an
open letter to the public:
On behalf of the Oregon
Heart association, I wish to
Ihank every person who help
ed to make Heart Sunday a
success. Whether your contri
bution was of time or of
money-or both-it is appre
ciated. The many workers can
vassed over 6.800 homes. In
case you were not at home
when the volunteer worker
came to call, you may mail
your contribution to:
Heart Fund
co Postmaster
Medford, Ore.
Once again, a sincere
"thank you" to each of you
who helped the Heart Fund
to help your heart.
Mrs. Earl T. Johnon
Jackson County Chair
man of Heart Sunday
Medford ,
ma, left over from the retreat
from the mainland more than
10 years ago, have been a
source of discord since 1953.
Under pressure of a United
Nations resolution, the For
mosa regime disavowed them
in 1953, and United States
transport helped to remove
about 7,000 of them from Bur
ma. Burma, however, did not
believe that the United States
had done enough and for the
next six years refused to par
ticipate in any American aid
programs.
Raids and Opium
Left behind were about
4,000 Chinese who refused to
go to Formosa and who since
the tides. It is flowing now.
Hoover is a strong swimmer
in such tides as these. Like
the President and all of the
Kennedy's, the FBI boss is
long on physical fitness. He
and the Kennedys also have
in common an understanding
of the menace of Communist
subversion to American insti
tutions. No Friction Seen
It is both interesting and
baffling to note that the cur
rent reports of a Hoover re
tirement rest on suggestions
that there is friction between
the FBI director and Robert
F. Kennedy, the attorney gen-
Today & Tomorrow
By Walter
A MUDDLE OF WORDS
After the message on edu
cation, which is concerned
with people, we had a message
last week on
the conserva
tion and de
velopment of
our natural
resources. 1 1
i s concerned
with the lands
and the for
ests of Amer
ica, with the
minerals and
Lippmann
fuels beneath them, with the
air and with the water, the
river valleys, and the oceans.
The message itself does not
contain a legislative program.
It is rather a kind of ordered
summary and panorama of
what in the years ahead needs
doing about our natural en
vironment. 'TWERE is almost no one, I
imagine, who would care
to argue that the objectives
laid down are false ones, and
that the actions indicated
should not be taken. No ser
ious person, for example,
would say that there is no
water problem, particularly
in the West. Or say that a
planned, rather than a hap
hazard and helter-skelter, de
velopment of the great river
valleys, is a wrong thing to do.
Or say that the pollution of
the streams and of the air is
not worth worrying about. Or
that the erosion of the soil
and the destruction of the
forests do not concern us.
And so and so on, from re
search in the de-salting of the
sea water to the setting aside
of recreation areas.
Nor will there be many to
deny, I think, that the con
servation of our natural re
sources is a primary interest
of the nation as a whole, an
acknowledged national inter
est since the founding of the
Republic. The states have a
great and essential role to
play. But the leadership, the
planning, and the coordina
tion can come only from the
Federal government. The
boundaries of the states do not
coincide with the boundaries
of nature.
This is in no sense an In
novation by President Ken
nedy on the new frontiers. It
has been established Ameri
can policy since the states on
the Atlantic Ocean began to
break through the old fron
tiers. fFHE real problem posed by
- the message is not about
the national interest, or about
the constitutional principle of
Federal leadership. It is how
such large and varied meas
ures are to be financed. Over
the years the conservation of
our natural resources will
cost a great deal of money.
The President's message rc
fers to this problem and says
that "wise investment in a
resource program today will
return vast dividends tomor
row, and failure to act now
may be opportunities lost for
ever." But since the message is a
map of the country that is to
be travelled over and is not
an Inventory of specific meas
ures to be taken, it docs not
discuss the financial support
of the programs which are
still to come.
I)Y the time these programs
come into effect, the Ad
ministration expects, so I un
derstand, not only to hye
have existed by means of raids
on small Burmese villages and
a flourishing opium trade.
Nationalist sources prompt
ly denied they were supplying
arms to the guerrillas and an
announcement by the Free
China Relief Association said
the downed aircraft was a
plane it had chartered to air
lift supplies to Chinese "ref.
ugees."
U.S. markings on the am
munition cases put the United
States squarely in the middle.
In the present state of world
tensions, the United Stales
could ill afford to be associat
ed with disruptive activities
inside the border of any na
tion, especially a friendly one.
eral. The FBI, of course, is in
the Department of Justice o
which the President's brother
is undisputed boss. No trouble
there.
The FBI and its boss are
functioning easily in the Jus
tice Department pretty mucli
on the same basis of friendly
informality as in other years.
The future forecast is for
more of the same. This get
Hoover tide will ebb as have
its predecessors.
American Communists will
continue their loud and public
agitation for removal of
Hoover from the FEI. They
will have no impact.
lippmann
overcome the present reces
sion. It expects also, say in
about two years, to be achiev.
ing a higher rate of growth -to
achieve it by reducing un
employment from over 6 per
cent of the labor force to
about 4 per cent-which would
be non-inflationary "full em
ployment." At this higher rate of eco
nomic activity, the wealth
produced this year would be
some $40,000,000,000 greater
than it is. The revenues from
this increase at present tax
rates would be an additional
$10,000,000,000. This would
be ample to finance strength
ening of the national defense,
aid to education, the resources
program, and the welfara
measures.
We cannot, of course, ba
sure that these expectations
will be fulfilled. If they are
not, the essential needs, de
fense, education, and the like,
will have to be financed by
higher taxes. But with good
luck, particularly in prevent
ing a much greater interna
tional crisis than we now
have today, it is quite within
the capacity of the American
economy to support a rising
standard of public and of
private consumption. We hava
the labor, the industrial skill,
the management, the know
how, and the research to do it.
DUT along wjth all that,
" there will have to go a
certain re-education of Ameri
can public opinion. More
exactly, the re-education will
mean the clearing away of tha
confusion which clusters
about the highly charged
words "spending" and "invest
ment." There is, for example, the
notion that the public author
ities at any government level
never invest. They only spend.
On the other hand, privato
corporation and private indi
viduals not only spend but
also invest. This leads to the
blind prejudice that since gov
ernments can only spend,
whatever money they uso
tends to be wasted. On tha
other hand, whenever privatu
corporations or individuals in
vest, that is a good thing and
a public benefit.
rpHIS prejudicial use of
words confuses public
opinion. The money spent
privately to make automobiles
is prudent investment. But
the money spent publicly to
build the roads for the auto
mobiles is spending. The
money to build a public hos
pital is spending. But tha
money to build plants to make
the drugs that are dispensed
is investment. If a public park
is made, that is spending. If a
new movie house is built, that
is investment.
This semantic muddle in
hibits clear thinking about
public questions. The truth is
that there is private spending
and private investment and
some of it is good and some
is not so good and some of it
is bad. There is also public
spending and public invest
ment, and some of it is good
and some of it is not so good
and some of it is bad.
It takes good judgment to
spend and Invest wisely, be it
publicly or privately. But tlvit
kind of judgment cannot be
made at all if we react, like
Pavlov's dogs, to the preju
diced sound of words,
(c) 1961 New York Herald
Tribune Inc.
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