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4 A- MedfordWTribunb THURSDAY. MARCH 9, 19B1 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE 'Everyone in Southern Oregon Read! The Mall Tribune" Published Dally except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO 33 North Fir 8t Ph SPJMl ROBERT""W RtfHL. Editor HERB GREV Advertising Manage! GERALD 1 LATHAM Bua Mgr ERIC W ALLEN JR Mng Edltni EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN Teleg Edltol RICHARD JEWETT SporU Editor OLIVE STARCHER Women's Ed'.tor DAU ERICKSON Circulation Mgr An Independent Newspaper Entered aa iecond class matter at Medford. Oregon under Aot of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mall In Advance. Copy 10c Dally -nd Sunday 1 year $18 no Dally and Sunday 6 mos 8 OA Dally and Sunday 3 mos 4 3 Rtmriftv nnlv One vear 84.20 By Carrier In Advance Medfcrrt Ashland Central Point Eagle Point. 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Flu and winter weather have knocked the props out from under the 1951 drive for Red Cross funds it was report ed today, 20 YEARS AGO March 9, 1941 (Sunday) Only 400 persons attended the opening mass meeting of the Southern Oregon Chris tian mission school held at the senior high school here last night. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "The legislature cast the proposed sales tax Into outer political darkness. The measure reeked witli common sense, some thing no statesman will tolerate." 30 YEARS AGO March 9, 1931 (Monday) The Mcdford Milk produc ers have changed their name to the Jackson County Dairy men's association and hope to enlist all 1,200 dairymen in the county as members. Local farmers are spread ing more than two tons of poison in the county to com bat ground squirrels. 40 YEARS AGO March 9, 1921 (Wtdntiday) The Ashland Chamber of Commerce has begun consid eration of proposals on how the 4th of July should be celebrated this year. The Mcdford Chamber of Commerce forum yesterday heard a speaker call for the use oi uregon products as much as possible. SO YEARS AGO March 9, 1911 (Thursday) the Pacific and Eastern rail way between Mcdford and Work is being rushed on Butte Falls; service Is sched uled to start April 1. Vou I Q.7 Nine or ten correct il superior, seven or eight is eaceilenr; ttve oi ti Is good. 1. Ceyloncsc is tho name for a kind of synthetic fabric; true or false? 2. Did General Douglas MacArthur ever serve as sup pcrlntendcnt of the U. S. Mill tary Academy at West Point? 3. The Iron frame at the front of steam locomotives. designed to throw obstruc tions from the track is known as n c- r. 4. A majority of the popu latlon of Australia is of Amer ican, British or Latin origin? 5. Surgery of the nervous system is known as what? 6. Is there a chemical dif ference between sugar pro duced from beets and that produced from sugar cane? 7. The number of disabled veterans of W. W. -II exceeds two million; true or false? 8. What slate rivals Vir ginia for the title "Mother of Presidents"? 9. By whom was the Amer ican colony of Georgia founded? 10. What is a mantilla? Answtrst 1, Fall. 2, Yes. 3. Cowcatcher. 4, British. S. Neurosurgery. 6. No. 7. True (24 million). 8. Ohio. 9. James E. Oglethorpe. 10. Headdress worn by Spanish womesu Hodges and the BAC The business advisoiy council, a largely secret panel of top industrialists, will probably near suggestions for reorganization wnen oommeice Secretary Luther Hodges appears before it for the first time. An earlier get-togetner, scneauieu for Jan. 26, was postponed because Hodges had to attend the first meeting of President Ken nedy's Cabinet. In the meantime, BAC has lost its chairman, Ralph J. Cordiner, who resigned on Feb. il, nominally to devote his time solely to the altairs of General Electric as president and chairman. High administration officials had let it be that Oordiner's continued chair manship of BAC would be an embarrassment to the government inasmuch as his company had been fined half a million dollars and three of its nffiViala harl been iailed in price-fixing cases. Hodges is understood to want to give BAC a broader representation, iviemoersnip now comes from all industry and from the sciences and military. The roster has at one time or another isted as memoers uen. ueorge tj. raarsnaii, Aam Emorv S. Land, Vannevar Bush, Cyrus S. Ching Amhassador Henrv F. Gradv. But the Council has been criticized as being weighted in favor of heavy industry, as excluding small industry, and as not adequately representing distribution and services. DAC was established in June, 1933, under an act authorizing the Commerce Department to "foster, promote, and develop foreign and by the Secretary, but expenses of the Council are met by individual, tax-exempt contributions from the members, with a ceiling of $1,500 a year per member. What records the BAG keeps are ad ministered by an executive director who main tains an office in Commerce and is paid $25,000 a year out of BAC funds. There are 60 active members, who serve one year terms without government compensation. They then may be reappointed for four successive terms, after which they become "gratitude" mem bers. At present the active and graduate total is 174 members. BAC has been a continuing target for Chairman Emanuel Celler (D-N.Y.) of the House Anti Monooolv subcommittee as allegedly a lobby for big business. It is also criticized for its secrecy particularly by locked-out reporters. Hodtres at a Dress conference of Feb. 14 said that he wouldn't decide whether to open the doors until his first meeting with the Council, but said also that he disapproved of a special group of businessmen getting information from gov ernment officials that is not available to the nublic. BAC's defenders contend that whereas its discussions and reports rive government valuable inside information on industry, its members get no inside stuff from trovernment. The controversy seems somewhat academic; BAC's doings are usually pretty thoroughly leaked to the press bv comDlaisant members. And BAC's auguries of economic trends have established no high reputa tion for accuracy. BAC's real value would appear to be, as one financial writer puts it, as "one of the most useful bridges which the federal gov ernment has built between itself and the com munity." E.R.R. Farmers Come to Washington The annual convention of the National Farm ers Union, starting March 13, in Washington, may coincide with the final push m Congress lor an emergency corn and feed grains bill. The Ken nedy Administration has asked for passage by no later than March 15 of the one-year grains prop bill so it can apply to this year s crops. The National Farmers' Union, a general f arm organization representing 300,000 farm families, has solidly support the feed grains legislation. The bill would permit establishment of high price supports tor corn and grain sorghums in return tor drastic reduction m acreage and production In general, the Farmers Union is in favor of "sup ply management" which means more federal controls over farmers and their production. CEVERAL of the new Cabinet officers are ex- pected to speak before the convention, and President Kennedy probably will make an ap pearance, too. If the feed grains bill is stalled in Congress at the time, he could use the occasion to put on last-minute pressure for passage. If passed, he will take his bows. Farm policy is hot one of Kennedy's strong points, and he seems to have some doubts about whether the federal government can outwit the fecund farmer, who defies mathematical precepts by growing ever more crops on ever less land. The President is well aware that he suffered grievous election day setbacks in the rural areas. But he has not wavered from his campaign prom ise to give the farm problem top priority m the opening weeks of his administration, and in the Farmers Union at least, he has found a friend. 1S.K.K. Dennis the Menace L 1 1 Cardenas Emerges As Dominant Figure In Mexico City Left-Wingers Meeting 'AIOM.I GOTTA PROBLEM! VIOUUO YOU TRADE A WHOLE BUNCH O' . RUBBER BANDS FOR TWOPRETT GOOD CRAYONS AN' A FStWOK? 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 iniial tor publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensaton. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words .The letters printed in his column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in tact the contrary is often the case. Yields To Woodsman's Saw- To the Editor: A 75-year-old grape- vine which played a part in the naming of Grape st. yielded to the woodsman i saw this week. The heavy winds had ren dered it, and the large oak that supported it, dangerous The vine had grown to a cir cumference of 30 inches and was about 40 feet tall. It hung downward from the very top of the oak. It was the Mission (wine) grape which was orig inally brought to California by the Spanish Padres; from there to Jacksonville's early vineyards and on to Medford A grape cutting was given by C. C. Beekman of Jack sonville, who also owned land here. It was planted by Med ford's first mayor, J. S. How ard, and I. J. Phipps, who owned land here. Its location was at the then George and Elizabeth Wilson farm which had been newly converted into two city lots (Original Town). This location is now 'The .Flower Garden," 343 North Grape st., which is starting its 40th year this spring under ownership of Mrs Eva L. Daley who came to Medford in the spring of 1886. Many people, en route to work in the mornings have paused to view the vine( tree and old fashioned "box type house which made a pretty scene silhouetted darkly against the vivid, red sun rises. Miss Venita Daley, 343 North Grape, Medford, Ore, Red China Must Alter Farm Policy Washlngton-dOT-A govern ment expert snys thai Com munist China must change Its farm policy If the Communist regime is to survive. In ' the past, the Chinese Communist policy has been to stress the development of heavy Industry pouring most of the country's capital Invest ment Into Industry, leaving with the fertilizers and other tools It needs to feed a grow ing population. Now, according to Hughes H. Spurlock of USDA's For eign Agricultural Service, there seem to be hints of change In the Chinese policy. Spurlock says the logic of events mny force the Chinese little to provide agriculture i to make this change. Beware of Power To the Editor: As long as I already have one barrel load ed and aimed at Speaker Bob Duncan, I have decided to load the other, aim a little bit higher and take a shot at Con gressman Durno. I do not know what sci ence the Congressman's Doc torate is in, but it certainly cannot be in Political Science. For proof of that statement look at the Editorial in Sun day's Tribune, March 5, signed E. A. entitled Quote Unquote. I think an unexperienced Congressman would have done well to have stayed in the middle of tho road or to have played both ends toward the middle. Here is some advice from a fool-Beware of the Power of ihc PRESS. Malemule Slim, White City, Ore. High Coconut Tree To the Editor: The first thing the monkey said when he got out of the rocket wuz: 'BQY! Wuz that ever a high coconut tree." Everett Acklin Ashland, Ore. Expresses Thanks To the Editor: Please put this message in your paper. I realize It is lute In the yenr to say a "Big Thank You" to all of the many friends and or ganizations who have made the year 1960. and so far 1061 so very happy because of their thought fulness, love and visits. All through the year the 4-H groups, who surprised the ladies In my home with Ice cream and cake on Valentines day a year ago, visit us. There are also visits from the Scouts, and Blue Bird groups, who remember us at various times with favors and greetings. We especially appreciate the calls made by the various pastors of our communities: Rev. Kroon, of the Community Bible church, Dr. West of First Pres byterian church who called when members of his church were in my home. Also Pastor H. C. Coovert of Zion Luth eran church who calls regu larly, and serves communion and made birthday cakes were the ladies of First Pres byterian church in Central Point. Mary Harsh's Sunday School class who brought Scripture favors at Christmas time, and gave other gifts to tne ladies. The Grandmother's club of Central Point made beautiful swags for our door at Christmas, and they were much appreciated. The Mary Circle of Zion Lutheran church who brought Thanksgiving favors, and the Ruth Circle who brought gifts. And through the years, we thank the wonderful ladies from the Apostolic church who sing for - us the first Thursday of each month, and tne salvation Army who hold a service for us the first Sun day of each month in our home. They also remember the shut-ins at Christmas time and other days as well. The First Church of Naza- rene which held their mission ary meeting with us in Feb ruary, the Dixon Chapter, was a real blessing. Lest we forget the many friends who have called on the ladies, and brought sun shine and blessings as they entered these doors, we want them to know that we do ap preciate all of these kind nesses. If I have forgotten any group, I take this time to say lhank You" one and all for all that you have done to make others happy who look forward to your visits and kindness. Bernice E. McCue 134 Laurel st. Central Point, Ore. By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analysis Gen. Lazaro Cardenas is one of a string of military men who served as presidents of Mexico in un broken succes sion from the revolution in 1911 through 35 hectic fm years ending in 1940. He is also the man who in 1938 expro priated Amer ican and British oil companies valued at about $450 million touching of a dispute which dragged on for nearly 10 years before final settlement was reached. This week, he emerged as a dominant, if somewhat mys terious figure, in a Mexico City meeting of hemispheric left-wingers called the Confer ence for National Sovereignty, Economic Emancipation and Peace. Castro Kin There Besides Cardenas, other worthies at the meeting were Vilma Espin de Castro, sister-in-law of Fidel and leader of the big Cuban delegation, and a Mexican labor leader nam ed Vincent Lombardo Tole- dano. Toledano is noteworthy be cause his Communist-dominat ed Confederation of Mexican Workers provided Cardenas' main support in the election which Cardenas won in 1934 and because Toledano long Too High A Price To the Editor: Most people think of revolution as the violent overthrow of govern ment and cannot conceive that it can be just as com pletely destroyed a little at a time from within. In my opinion the United States is not too far from the final stages of just such a revolution which started as the new deal in 1933. We are turning our repub lic, which was probably the finest system the world has ever known into one similar to the totalitarian govern ments which have prevailed in ' many foreign countries from ancient times. A few of those responsible were true revolutionaries working for the international Communist conspiracy and have been following a bril- iantly conceived and superla tively executed plan for the Communist conquest of the world, but the vast majority arc misguided intellectuals who believe they are building a new order where all people will enjoy a happier life, free from want, with security for all. To accomplish this the wealth of our country is be ing redistributed through ex cessive taxation and vast spending programs While these architects of the new order vehemently deny they are socialists, they arc following quite closely the socialist plan, which does not create new wealth, but will only be successful until the wealth produced by the free enterprise system is squandered, and then human nature being what it is. com pulsion becomes necessary to insure production. Bureaus must be set up to make and enforce the thousands of rules nnd regulations Inherent in this system, which, when it reaches this stage is changing from socialism to a bureau cratic dictatorship. These bureaus are constant ly enlarged, become hard to control, and finally become so complicated that one bureau may be carrying on projects in direct opposition to another A good example of this is the farmers. While some of them are being paid to retire land others are paid to put land into production. At the same time vast sums are spent on irrigation and reclamation projects. While all this is going on, farmers are being subsidized in raising surplus crops and billions of dollars of the tax payers money is spent by the government in acquiring and storing these surpluses. After more than 20 years of this fantastic mess, the bureaucrats are still rushing ahead with new schemes, and the farm problem is farther from solution than ever. "Had the farmers been left alone, the law of supply and demand would have taken care of their problem long ago. Many people in our country, myself included, have changed occupations sev eral times, without any help or interference from the gov ernment, as changing condi tions made the one we were engaged in no longer profit able. We have gone so far down the road to ruin that it will take a tremendous effort and require great sacrifice from all of us to turn our country back to sane, constitutional government but it is still within our power to do so. When they fully under stand all the implications of what has been happening to our country, I believe most Americans will agree that loss of freedom is too high' a price to pay for "security from the cradle to the grave." Lyle Hartzell Box 35 , Florence, Ore. Wants God-Love To the Editor: The Bishop Pike is a wise man in step with universal evolution. If religion eventually benefits man, it will be based upon concepts of social responsibili ty, man to man, simply show ing that if I am kind to you and you are kind to another, and so on, someday, in some way, it will all come back and someone will be kind to me. Such task is quite enough for religion, which must leave other decisions what man is and what is best for him to science. The utility of man-created God, each to li is own require ment, cudgel in the hand pow ered largely by atavism while restrained by civilization (laws) in their peculiar dis criminatory battle is under standable, but the angry man steps upon his own tail for he created the laws preventing him from overt actions. But when he asks me to be lieve in his God-creature there is immortality in him for he subjects himself to alien despotism and wishes me to submit also. If I believe, I also fear the consequences of disbelieving all the other gods. To believe at all is to believe all and therein lies nothing but chaos. Far simpler would have been a Bible of three words, "God is Love," for if this is true then the remain der of the book is useless subterfuge, and if it is un true then the remainder Is hopeless subterfuge. Who really cares when I rest or when I shop or what course of action I may pursue in the privacy of my cham ber? I will rest when I am tired. I will shop when my supply fails my demand, and what I do in private will be of no more consequence to you a hundred years from now than is the blood of countless nameless religious "martyrs" was regarded as international communism's No. 1 man in Latin America. As had been anticipated, this week's conference consis ted primarily of vitriolic at tacks against the United States, with Toledano declar ing: "The greatest evil in Latin America and even in the whole world is North Ameri can imperialism. . .Let's fight, let's fight this imperialism." Cardenas, an admirer both of Red China and Castro, hailed Cuba's "incorruptible leaders," and fell in easily with the current Cuban line that any dispute between the United States and Cuba can be negotiated. The moderate tone of his speech, however, brought somewhat less than wild acclaim from his audi ence. But Senora Castro brought them to their feet later with a rousing attack on the Uni ted States in which she also said: "We are ready to make peace, but on equal terms." President Kennedy made his position clear in his State of the Union message. He said: "Questions of economic and trade policy can always be negotiated. But Communist domination in this hemisphere can never be negotiated." 'Speech-Questions' Prepared By New News Service in Capitol By DICK WEST Washington - IUPD - In a recent issue of Roll Call, Capi tol Hill's weekly newspaper, a journa list named Patrick McMahon an nounced the opening of a new type of press service here. Its purpose is to assist mem bers of the Washing ton press corps in the prepa ration of "speech - questions" for use at President Kennedy's televised news conferences. I firmly guarantee my abil ity to stretch the simplest, most asinine little questions !MI Into Dunchv speeches, com Dlete with epigrams, redun dancies and appropriate ges tures," McMahon said in his nrosDectus "My speech - questions are calculated to baflle not oniy the President, but also the entire press conference. More over, mv modest fees are sealed accordine to the num ber of seconds those lovely TV cameras focus on the beam ing faces of my nappy cli ents." Alrnadv Skilled If you have watched any of the President s news comer- ences on television, you are aware that a number of re porters already are skilled at syntax stretching ana nave uu need of McMahon s service Matter of Fact v ai.p McNAMARA'S DEFENSE EXERCISE Washington - Behind elab orately closed doors, the Pres ident and his personal staff are now studying the r e commenda tions for mu ni e d i ate de fense improve- m e n t, which were present ed by Secre t a r y of De fense Robert Aisop McNamara af ter his first hard look at the Eisenhower defense program Certain results can be pre dicted with fair confidence, The Minuteman ICBM pro gram is likely to be increased The Strategic Air Command is ikely to be given the means for a serious air-borne alert. The Nike - Zeus program is likely to be intensified, if only to avoid Soviet exploita tion of a first anti-missile-mis sile test on the pattern of their exploitation of the first Sputnik. Then a serious effort to provide fully ready forces for distant, localized military emergencies can certainly be expected; and other, lesser mprovements are also in the works. But counter-balancing economies, some of them of a politically painful nature, will probably allow the President to keep the net increase in defense appropriations within fairly modest limits. T this stage, however, peer ing into the future, which wholly depends on the Presi dent's unmade decisions, is very much less rewarding than having a look at what to the shut-ins Other groups who visited us i meddling with the American shed in the interval since the mess caused by government i beginning of recorded history. Man has boon good, bad, saved", "unsaved", moral, immoral. Man also passes, and it all adds up to nothing, or anything to a balance. Nothing was lost, nothing was gained. Every neutron, proton, electron, fused or fissioned, remains mass-energy as it al ways was, and if anything re mains to show these men ex isted, it is man's thought pro cesses. Whether better or worse, no matter; each man picks up quanlums of thought, adds to, clarifies, embellishes, and by death time puts these back into the space-time con tinuum, his immortality, if ny there be, thus assured. Roosevelt's famous words are infinitely true "We have nothing to fear but fear, but while man fears that which he does not understand and while he continues to create even more fearful stuff with which to fill that unknown, he is a miserable slave. Such masochism is the essence of immorality and if there is the nforgivable sin it is com mitted when many purposely spreads this fear among im pressionistic vulnerable youth and less educated peoples. Such fear pads the pockets of the merchant at Christmas time and brings tears to the eyes of the children of the poor, while countless robber ies mental, material, psycho logical are committed by fear in the name of religion. When God is no longer used as something with which to beat my senses insensible through every medium fic tion, song, drama, radio, tele vision, billboards, by word of mouth, in my home, in public places, in politics, in the street, in every quarter, and when that infernal God-fear is replaced by a mighty God love then 1. too, shall worship with the great nd small. Virginia Card. Route 2, Box 197B Central Point, Ore. has happened to date. Spec ifically, McNamara's method of preparing his recommendations for the President was quite without precedent in the Defense De partment. The interesting feature of the new method was the bold assumption of per sonal responsibility by t h e formidable, aloof, almost ma chine - minded man whom President Kennedy recruited from the Ford Motor Co. Dispersal of responsibility, between the Secretary of De fense and his staff, and the service secretaries, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Joint Staff, and the staff of the three services, has always been the basic condition of life in the Pentagon. The Pentagon's business has been done in an unending round of committee meetings and form al briefings. And the com pleted business has generally lacked any coherent, compre hensive design, except the de sign haphazardly imposed by ouctget-iirst-as-usual. VERY early after his first ' exposure to his gigantic new tasK, becretary McNam ara chose another way of do ing business. With the Presi dent pressing for new defense recommendations, McNamara divided the defense problem into four main areas, and named a special task force to explore each area. Thus a task force headed by the new, Rand Corp.-train- ed Comptroller, Charles Hitch, was charged with esti mating our strategic and de terrent needs. Another task force headed by Assistant Sec retary of Defense Paul Nitze had responsibility for brush- fire wars and conventional forces. A third group .headed by Dr. Herbert York, tackled the area of research and de velopment; and a fourth group under the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Supply and Logistics, Thomas Morris dug into base requirements, supply requirements, and the likes. As can be seen from the character of the men chosen to head them, these -task forces were the personal in struments of the Defense Sec retary. To be sure, each of the armed forces was asked to name one man of Colonel's rank to each task force; and the Joint Staff also attached an officer to each task force. But the Joint Chiefs did not directly participate, as a body or as Individuals. The service staff had no direct role, except through the offi cers attached to the task forces. In sum, each major problem was looked at as a whole, instead of being exam ined in the compartmented manner that is unavoidable when problems, arc studied through the eyes of the com peting services. TN the same fashion, when 1 the task forces had com- pleted their week of intensive toil, Secretary McNamara and his Chief Deputy. Under Sec retary of Defense Roswell Gil patric. began by studying the recommendations, in council with the three service secre taries. Only thereafter, when the Defense Secretary had ended these consultations and decided what the overall de sign ought to be, were the Joint Chiefs of Staff formally called in. The Secretary and Under Secretary spent a day and a half presenting their revised program to the Joint Chiefs, item by Item. When the whole had been explained In detail by McNamara and Gilpatrie. the Joint Chiefs were also siven the program in written I, however, had some doubt about my ability to ask a question in the form of an ora tion. So, before going to Wed nesday's news conference, I went to McMahon for a con sultation. Under his guidance, I was able to enter the conference room armed with a question that read like this: "Mr. President, a hamster is any one of several old world rodents of the crictus or allied genera resembling white-footed mice but having large cheek pouches and a short tail. "The two pet hamsters be longing to your daughter Car oline escaped from their cages recently and ran loose in tire White House until they were captured in the solarium. "I wonder if you could tell us, Sir, what methods were used to track down the ham sters and whether you have any advice that might be use ful to other parents who have hamsters at large in their homes? "Specifically, is there any thing in your experience that might indicate how children can be made to remember to close the door to the hamster cage?" Long Enough I figure this question would have kept me on camera so long I would have been eligible for a Hooper rating. Therefore, I do not blame McMahon for what happened. It was not his fault that I never got a chance to ask it. That was the fault of the other reporters who kept leaping up in front of me so that I could n't catch the President's eye. At one point, Kennedy was asked what he thought of the jack-in-the-box system of get ting his attention. His reply indicated that he saw some drawbacks in it, but had no plans for adopting another method. That being the case, I have decided to drop McMahon's service. There is no need for me to hire a speech-question ghost writer until I find some one to give me jumping les sons. Court Rules on Malpractice Suit Salem - IUPD - The Oregon Supreme Court Wednesday re versed Lincoln County Cir cuit Judge Richard Anderson and ordered a malpractice suit to "proceed on its merits." Judge Anderson had dis missed the complaint of Hazel Gwynn against Dr. Virginia Wilhelm, ruling that an ear lier judgment was in conflict with the malpractice suit. Dr. Wilhelm had earlier sued the Gwynn woman to re cover a bill and had obtained a judgment by default. Chief Justice William Mc Allister wrote that the two cases involved different causes of action and the ques tion of malpractice has not yet been litigated. COMPLETES TRAINING Marine Pvt. Thomas E. Bur- nctte, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Burnette, route 1, Talent, has completed four weeks of Individual combat trainini? at the Marine Corps base, Camp Pendleton. The course includ ed the latest infantry tactics, first aid, demolition, field for tifications and advanced schooling on weapons. EX-CHANCELLOR DIES Sewanee, Tenn. (UPn Fu. neral services will be cnnHnrt. ed today for the Rt. Rev. R. Bland Mitchell, 73, former chancellor of the Universiiv of the South and retired Epis copal, bishop of Arkansas. He died Tuesday. form; and they were invited 10 appena their comments, whether approving or disap proving. This combination - McNam ara's program with the Joint Chiefs' added comments - waj the document sent forward to the White House. In the mat ter of assuming personal re sponsibility, the President is no more reluctant than his Secretary of Defense. He may make changes, great or smali. But this time, at any rate, the real authors of the defense design will be two highly identifiable individuals, in stead of a faceless swarm of members of committees and coordinating boards, (c) 1961 New York Herald Tribune Inc. i t
