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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
March 12. 1851 (Monday)
An open house held Sunday
afternoon by the Jackson
county farm home near Phoe
nix was termed a "complete
success" today by the superin
tendent of the home.
The Oregon senate today
debated a bill that would re
move Lincoln's and Washing
ton's birthdays and election
days, from the list of Oregon's
legal holidays.
20 YEARS AGO
March 12, 1941 (Wednesday)
Roy J. Rogers, government
frost forecaster, will start
testing orchard thermometers
tomorrow.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "These
be income tax paying times
Several have none to pay and
nothing to pay it with."
30 YEARS AGO
March 12, 1931 (Thursday)
Inspectors from the state
department of agriculture vis
ited the county's 47 dairies
this week and inspected all
cows for tuberculosis. .
In an advertisement, the
Medford Realty board states
that a cash advance on a com
pensation certificate is enough
to make the necessary down
payment on a home.
40 YEARS AGO
March 12, 1921 (Saturday)
The new 1921 city directory
has been prepared 'and dis
tributed. Drilling was resumed this
morning at the Mundy oil
well after a cessation of about
two weeks.
SO YEARS AGO
March 12, 1911 (Sunday)
W, F. Isaacs has been named
president of the Rogue River
Fish Protective association
Medford bank deposits now
total $2,128,956, a 20 per cent
Increase over a year ago.
Whal's Your I.Q.?
Nine or fen correct it superior;
seven or eight Is excellent; five or
six is good.
1. From what animal does
the milk used in Roquefort
cheese come?
2. How old was Joseph
when he was made ruler of
Egypt?
3. What Is Celtuce?
4. Who wrote "The Robe"?
8. Skewers ore used by den
tists, druggists, butchers or
machinists?
6. Is the chief reunion In
Burma Buddhism, Moham
medanism, Chris tlanlty or
Shintoism?
T. Is the Klondike in Alas
ka or Canada?
8. Who organized and be
came the first colonel of the
Rough Riders in the Spanish'
American war?
8. What Is the largest racial
group in Hawaiian islands?
10. Are the kernels of corn
always odd, or even num
bered on the ear?
Anawersi 1. Sheep, 2. Thlr
ty. 3. A vegetable. 4. Lloyd C.
Douglas, $, Butchers, 6. Budd
hism, 7. Canada. I. Leonard
Wood. S. Upturn. 10, Even.
SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 1981
Oregon State University
Governor Mark Hatfield (has) signed the bill
which will officially change the name of Oregon
State College to Oregon State University ninety
days after the adjournment of the present legisla
tive session.
The desire of the administration, faculty and
many alumni for the name change does not re
flect academic snobbery or the need to "bolster
the institutional ego" as some have accused, but
more adequately describes the caliber, level and
character of the educational program.
Ken Munford, Director of Publications at Or
egon State, points out that "one pressure for
change has come from contacts with universities
and university people m toreign countries, in
many parts of the world, especially where English
influence has dominated higher education, the
examining and degree-granting authority is al
ways the University. Colleges may exist geo
graphically separate from one another but they
are still Dart of a university. This is one reason
university people in other lands have a hard time
understanding how a large institution of complex
organization can be called a college."
AND a "complex organization we certainly
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in addition to its graduate
Besides the undergraduate liberal arts de
grees, Oregon State offers graduate work contin
uing throueh the doctorate (Ph.D.) in ten fields
in the biological and physical sciences: bacteriol
ogy and hygiene, botany,
genetics, general science, geology, physics, zool
ogy and mathematics. In the professional fields,
Oregon estate s schools of
and business are accredited.
Oregon State's schools
estry are accredited and
home economics do not have professional accred
iting agencies, both of these schools rate high nationally.
TTHE new name should be a challenge to Oregon
State's faculty and students. It should inspire
an even greater mission in the education field and
desire to till the university s obligation in
world-wide society. It should aid in the attraction
to our faculty of young, well-qualified people in
the teaching and research fields.
It should re-emphasize that Oregon State is
first and foremost an intellectual institution con
cerned with knowledge for its own sake. It should
help students recognize
main purpose in attending Oregon State and not
allow it to become a side-show in the midst ot a
multitude of campus activities.
We offer our congratulations to the Adminis
tration and Faculty of
We add a word of thanks to those who ad
vanced the noble cause.
The Corvallis Gazette-Times
About Diamond Peak
Diamond Peak, a massive, glacier-slashed vol
cano of ancient days that straddles the southern
Cascades to form a triangle with Odell and Cres
cent Lakes, is being considered for development
as a ski area.
The proposal that Diamond Peak be desig
nated for improvement as
Eugene and is receiving
mote the move, the "Mt.
has been formed.
Before such development could be under
taken, the area would have to be reclassified from
its present "wild" status. The reclassification
would open the high isolated region, fringed by
forests, to mass recreation.
ATA RECENT meeting in Eugene, the ski area
development plan was discussed. There was
no debate over the suggested reclassification of
the area.
Possibly opponents
We seem to recall that only a few years ago many
Eugene people were up
when a move to change
the 1 hree bisters primitive area was launched.
A fact-finding committee of 13, all exper
ienced skiers, has been
a field study of Diamond
tentialities.
Apparently there are some who fear that
Diamond Peak's above-timberline weather would
not be the best for skiing, as is true at Bachelor
when storms whip over the Three Sisters Cas
cades, and also at Timberline when Hood is in
the grip of storms.
Others say the bold, steep slopes of Diamond
Peak would pose safety problems. A forest serv
ice ranger noted danger of avalanches.
XE WHO have noted the beauty of the ice
" sculptured pinnacles of Diamond Peak and
have admired the lone majesty of the mountain
astride the Cascades regret that an effort may be
made to open the region
regret is sharpened by the recent news that long
isolated Waldo lake on the Cascade ridge north
of Diamond Peak, is to be opened to mass recreation.
Diamond Peak is the
feature of the wild area,
itive land over which the
timberless monoliths into the Oregon skv. It
should be retained in its
As a wild area, Diamond Peak in time will
attract more summer hikers than winter skid's.
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school.
chemistry, entomology,
engineering, education
of pharmacy and for
though agriculture and
that scholarship is then-
Oregon State University.
a ski area originated in
backing there, lo pro
Diamond Association"
were holding their fire
in arms, ready to shoot,
and shrink boundaries of
named in Eugene to make
Peak's winter sports po
to mass recreation. Tins
central and dominant
a scenic, beautiful nrim-
old mountain mishos its
wilderness condition.
Dennis the
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Matter of Fact
Washington - Under the
bright, renovated surface of
President Kennedy's Washing
ton, there is a
s o m ber, un
s e e n process
f of self - ques
tioning that is
really more
,f meani ngful
man an me
public bustle.
The central
question being
asked is:
Alsop
"Where must the line be
drawn?"
If one had to pin down the
moment when this question
was first quite nakedly posed
for the Kennedy administra
tion, the best time lo choose
would probably be the day
before the inauguration, Jan.
i. ilie President-elect took
time out from the celebra
tions, on Jan. 19, for a meet
ing at the White House with
his departing predecessor. The
purpose was a last frank talk
between Kennedy and Eisen
hower about the problems
Kennedy was so soon to in
herit.
The meeting, as will be re
called, was fairly formal, with
former Secretary of State Her
ter and former Secretary of
Defense Gates among those
present on the Eisenhower
team. At this meeting, Presi
dent Eisenhower and his policy-makers,
speaking almost
as though it were a matter of
course, warned Kennedy that
American armed intervention
in Laos might, quite easily be
come necessary.
ASA result, one of Kenne
dy's first acts as President
was to ask the Joint Chiefs
of Staff what troops we could
put in if we had to Intervene
in Laos, and what troops the
other side could put in if
counter-intervention were de
cided upon. As can be imag
ined, in view of the large
armies of Communist North
Vietnam and Communist Chi
na just across the Loatian
border, the Joint Chiefs' an
swer was bleak In the ex
treme. The sequel was the Ken
nedy administration's attempt
to "neutralize" Laos without
accepting Communist control
there, by making the Laotian
situation the joint responsibil
ity of the Malayan, Burmese,
and Cambodian governments.
That attempt failed, because
the plan was rejected by Cam
bodia under Moscow and Pe
king pressure.
Since then, and especially
In the last fortnight, the ad
ministration's self-questioning
has centered primarily upon
the crisis in Laos. The situa
tion there is regarded as very
much more dangerous than
the better publicized crisis in
the Congo. The time remain
ing for decisive action may be
very short indeed, since it is
possible that the Communist
forces will launch a well-supplied
offensive aimed at clear
cut military victory within the
next 30 days.
Try and
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-By BENNETT CERF-
piDDI.ES FOR THE KIDDIES:
I- .1. What's the difference between a zoo and a delicates
sen? Answer: In the zoo you can see a man-eating lion and
a man-eating tiger, but
you have to go to the
delicatessen to see a man
eating herring.
2. How do you make
nnti-frecze ? A. -T a k e
away her pajamas.
3. What did the little
boy say to the lollipop?
A. I can lick you any
day.
4. What has only ona
horn and gives milk? A.
A milk truck.
Herr Schnlckclfritt. no
mean art critic he, took a long look at the painting of Moha Lisa
in the Louvre, nodded his head, and commented, "Exactly the
way my Minnie looks when aha thinks I'm trylng to put some
thing over on her."
O ty Buuutt Cert. DiaulbuUl by Kim !se,turu Syndicate
Menace
1 just showed
BAG I
By Joseph Alsop
rpO MAKE matters worse,
-- the British and French gov
ernments have been strongly
pressing President Kennedy
to accept a concealed surren
der in Laos with the best
grace he can. The formula
proposed is the installation of
an allegedly "neutral" Lao
tian government, headed by
Prince Souvanna Phouma, the
neutralist half-brother of the
Communist leader, Prince
Souvanna Vong.
In the unanimous judgment
of the American experts, ac
ceptance of this formula will
unavoidably mean eventual
Communist control of Laos.
The American experts are
equally unanimous that once
Laos falls under effective
Communist control, the Com
munist guerrillas in South
Vietnam will be on their way
to easy victory. After these
two Communist successes, all
South East Asia will be open
to Communist p e n e tration
and there will also be the
gravest repercussions in Japan
and the rest of northern Asia.
But in these harsh circum
stances, advocates of a strong
stand in Laos are only to be
found here in the Kennedy
administration, and in the gov
ernments of the Philippines
and of Thailand.
-
TT CAN be seen, then, that
- the necessity which the Ei
senhower policy-makers warn
ed about last Jan. 19 is not
all pleasant to contemplate-
especially as there is no way
to insure the defense of Laos
except to "escalate" upwards
towards a threat of general
war. Yet if Laos first, and
then all of South East Asia
are successively abandoned, it
is hard to see how the West
ern nations' road can go any
where but downward in the
rest of the world.
The rest of the world has
to be considered. For Laos,
though now the most urgent
is not the only crisis-point
which raises the question
where the line should be
drawn. There is a kind of
gamut of such points, ranging
all the way from Laos, where
the choice is most difficult,
to Berlin, where Kennedy has
made his choice already and
in public.
Even Berlin has been the
subject of a much loo little
noticed message from Nikita
S. Khrushchev to German
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer
The Khrushchev letter and
memorandum, while polite
enough in tone, rather openly
hinted at a grab for Berlin
before the end of the year if
Berlin had not been handed
over first.
These are the reasons why
the members of the inner cir
cle of Kennedy policy-makers
are talking more and more,
nowadays, about the possibili
ty of the harshest sort of Soviet-American
confrontation
before this year is over,
(c) 1961 New York Herald
Tribune Inc.
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contrary is often the case.
Enviable Experience
To the Editor: The exper
ience of Mr. Jenny is most en
viable. I represent a much
younger generation. It is usu
ally characteristic of the
young and inexperienced to
head off in all directions with
a know-it-all attitude.. And it
is precisely for this reason
Mr. Jenny was asked to be
more specific in his charges
against HCUA. He chose not
to be.
When Mr. Jenny uses the
term super-patriot he most
certainly flatters us. For it is
super-patriots we can only
aspire to be. To become this,
It is necssary that we glean
what valuable wisdom we can
from those who have gone
before us. Was must rely to
some extent upon their dem
onstration of courage and
leadership. We have met an
extremely hyper - sensitive
world' traveller supposedly
used to the give and take one
must accept as a member of
the human race, so sensitive
that the most insecure juve
nile appears as a tower of
strength by comparison.
Says Mr. Jenny (Mail Trib
une 3-8-61) "... whereas very
few recognizable Communists
actually led or participated in
the affair." This has been our
thesis; that a handful of train
ed Communist were able to
wreak such a havoc by the
masterful application of mob
psychology. It finally appears
Mr. Jenny is willing to admit
that after all, the Communists
were leading the riots. Mr.
Jenny admits it, surely others
will see it too.
Robert J. Howard,
828 B West 14th St.,
Medford, Ore.
Two Little Letters
To the Editor: "Three little
words," said a popular song
from years back. It was just
two little letters of the alpha
bet that made the difference
in the letter in the Mail Trib
une last Wednesday night.
The first line should have
read. "I have no reason to
doubt Mr. Edgar Snow's in
tegrity . . ." With the "no"
left out, which was in the
original, it becomes quite a
different statement.
I had no intention of mak
ing such an intemperate re
mark about a man that I did
not even know. My printing
experience is limited to a lit
tle mimeographing, but I
know just . how such things
happen.
I certainly appreciate the
courtesy that the Mail Trib
une extends to those of us
who so often disagree with
the editorial position of the
paper.
Dorian F. Woods
Prospect, Ore.
On Trading Stamp Bill
To the Editor: Housewives
of Jackson county, if you
want to retain the privilege
of receiving trading stamps
when you make purchases,
you should write to the slate
icgislators from Jackson
county and express your op
position to the trading stamp
bill that is now pending in the
Oregon Legislature.
Do not be deceived by the
propoganda that says this bill
is to "regulate" trading
stamps! The conditions that
the bill would impose would
make it impossible for the
trading stamp companies to
operate here. The newspapers
are keeping quiet about the
wording of this bill, but I did
read some time ago that Nthe
bill would require the trad
ing stamp companies to set a
cash value of half a cent on
each stamp.
Silver Dollar stamps now
have a value of about one-
A Bright
By ERIC SEVAREID
The President's "Peace
Corps," so far is a bright
stroke of domestic, not for-
,J?IJ"?'IV6 ei8" Policy. It
is a prescrip
tion that helps
to cure one of
America's In
t e r n a 1 ail
ments, not ail
1 n g societies
overseas. This
is its effect if
not its official
savareia intention.
It is a doctor's placebo, giv
en to the organically healthy,
educated youth of America lo
help cure It of its Imagined
illness: the feeling that their
generation has no big and dra
matic challenge as did their
fathers in revamping Ameri
ca's economic society under
Roosevelt and fighting the
Fascists threat to liberty. That
is why the excitement here
far exceeds the expectations
in the distant destinations of
this crusade.
The sense of frustration in
the post-war college genera
tion ran wide and deep. To
them, the days of great collec
tive adventures seemed to be
over. They were forced to look
inward; they sought exclusive
ly personal answers to the ful
fillment of life in their times.
So they married young, built
p r 1 v a t walls against the
fifth of a cent in cash. Thrifty
Green stamps have a cash
value of about one-sixth of a
cent, or, if used for premiums,
about one-fourth of a cent.
S and H (Sperry and Hutchi
son) and Gold Bond stamps
have no cash value, but carry
about the same premium
value as Thrifty Green
stamps. So you can easily see
that Sperry and Hutchison
company is telling the truth
in their statement that the
bill would stop the issuance
of S and H stamps in Oregon.
The bill is being pushed by
the small retail grocers, who
would like to save themselves
the expense of giving these
trading stamps. It is' really
the grocer or other merchant
Today & Tomorrow
By Walter
AFTER MARSHAL AID
Except for Sen. Capehart,
who did not vote, the Foreign
Relations committee is unani
mously in fa
vor of the
treaty which
will makt this
c o u n tr y a
member of
OECD (The
Organizat ion
for Economic
Coopera t i o n
aid Develop
ment.) Lippmann
The Senate committee has,
however, attached to its re
port an "interpretation and
explanation" of the intent of
the Senate. Nothing in the
treaty gives the Executive
any power "beyond what the
President now has." The in
terpretation is undoubtedly
correct. It is surely quite
harmless. It is also quite un
necessary, as a reading of the
treaty, particularly Article
VI, will show.
Nothing can be recom
mended or decided by the
Organization except by un
animous consent. That is to
say, each member has a veto.
Moreover, "no decision shall
be binding on any member
until it has complied with the
requirements of its own con
stitutional procedures." The
rights of Congress are wholly
safeguarded.
riiHUS, in no sense of the
-I word is the OECD a supra
national organization which
can override the sovereign
power of any nation. What
then is it? And why is it im
portant? The best way to get at what
it is is to begin by noting that
today, without the treaty,
the President has the consti
tutional power to do all that
the treaty proposes that he
should do. The treaty commits
18 West European countries
plus Canada and the U.S.A. to
consult.
They are to consult in order
to cooperate for economic sta
bility and growth and in as
sisting the under-developed
countries. The President al
ready has the power, if he
chooses to use it, to consult
with other governments on
all of these subjects. If out of
these consultations come pro
posals requiring specific ac
tions, the Piesident must go
back t6 Congress unless the
action has already been au
thorized. He can spend no
money that is not appropriat
ed, he can make no loans that
are not authorized, he can
change no tariff schedule ex-
Stroke of
school of extremely funny, ex
tremely cynical night club
scoffers at all that was politi
cal and public. They thought
they saw a complacent, selfish,
money-centered society all
around them. They took it at
face value, hedged against it,
and their disappointed fath
irs called them security-conscious
and conformists.
But America never really
changes in its heart of hearts.
It is constantly renewed in its
better instincts because the
best of its youth does not
really change. It seeks to act,
to find something above and
beyond self with which to
identify and give meaning to
personal life. It finds some
thing new in the youthful, gay
courage of the President him
self and in this "Peace Corps,"
token of his own spirit's kin
ship with them.
Oscar Wilde said, "Ameri
ca's youth is its oldest tradi
tion; they have been at It now
for throe hundred years."
Well, we are at it again, thank
heaven.
As an act of spiritual mobili
zation of American youth, the
"Peace Corps" is important.
In terms of its potential, meas
ureable, practical accomplish
ments, Its Importance is far
less.
who pays the cost of the
stamps. At any rate I have
never been able to find any
cheaper prices at stores which
don't give stamps, so I figure
that the stamps are an extra
bonus to me, and do not cost
me anything.
There will be a hearing on
the bill on March 22 in Sa
lem, so write immediately to
your legislators, Robert Dun
can and John Dellenback,
state representatives, and to
State Senator Lyndel New
bry. Their address Is "Oregon
State Legislature, Salem,
Ore."
Vera Stewart
P. O. Box 141
Gold Hill, Ore.
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cept as authorized by the
Trade Agreements Act.
WHY then is it important lo
establish in a solemn
treaty the commitment to con
sult? It is important because
in committing ourselves to
consult, we receive the com
mitment of the 19 other na
tions which comprise all the
great economic powers of the
non-Communist world except
for Japan. Japan is now a
member of the Development
Assistant Group dealing with
the underdeveloped countries
and may loin the OECD.
In return for our commit
ment to consult with them,
we get the right to be consult
ed by them. This is a valuable
right as has been shown by
the still uncompleted nego
tiations with West Germany,
as will be shown in the forth
coming discussions about the
trade policies of the Common
Market countries and the na
tions of the European Free
Trade Area.
TT is highly significant that
this treaty was negotiated
and signed by the Eisenhower
administration, and that it is
being ratified under the Ken
nedy administration. This
shows that before the change
of administration the need
which the treaty meets had
become clear to President Ei
senhower, Mr. Herter, and
Mr. Dillon. It had become
clear that with the phenomen
al economic recovery of West
ern Europe, in which this
country played an historic
part, our relations with West
ern Europe were greatly al
tered. At the lime of the Marshall
Plarrin 1948 the relations be
tween West Europe and the
U.S.A. were those of bene
ficiary and patron, protected
and protector. With European
recovery, though we are still
the biggest economic power,
the relationship is mutual as
between equals. Instead of
the patron and the protector,
we are the partner, and to
conserve and promote our in
terest, we need to have rec
ognized, as this treaty does,
our right to participate in the
discussions, to be consulted,
to be fully informed, and to
be listened to in the field of
high international economic
policy.
In the time of the Marshall
Plan we had the power of the
past word. Since the European
recovery we shall have in an
organization like the OECD
the influence which stems
from our size, our economic
importance, and the enlight
enment of our policy. It is a
sign of the times, a very good
Domestic
Some months from now
few hundred picked young
sters with some degree of skill
in languages, teaching, sanita
tion or crop rotation will ar
rive by car, Jeep or Land Rov
er in a tiny fraction of the
towns and villages of Asia,
Africa and Latin America.
The full blaze of "human in
terest" publicity will focus
upon them - for a while.
For a long time, in all these
areas, hundreds of highly -skilled
American adults have been
working, alongside their Eu
ropean counterparts, at the
same heart and back breaking
tasks of development - men
and women representing gov
ernment agencies, universities,
foundations, religious groups
and private industries.
One can visualize them now,
sitting on their local club ver
andas or lying hot and weary
under their mosquito netting,
and reading the exciled head
lines about the "Pence Corps."
Some of them will laugh and
spawn local jokes about the
coming of a children's tn
sadc; some will feel bitter and
unappreciated; some will
frankly welcome any help
they can get.
Somehow, at some point In
time, it will all shake down
and work, if only for the rea
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
In the course of his cam.
paign for the Presidency, Mr.
Kennedy promised if elected
to try to fjnd some way to
begin to breakdown existing
barriers between the United
States and Red China.
It was a reasonable prom,
ise. If there is any honorable
way to get along with these
Chinese Communists, wa
ought to find it. We have
little enough use, goodness
knows, for what they are do
ing. But we have no desire
to crowd Red China into a
war.
It isn't our job to run the
world.
ANYWAY
When he became Presi
dent, one of Mr. Kennedy's
first moves was an effort to
redeem his promise. We have
no official contact with the
Chinese reds. But at Warsaw,
capital of Communist Poland,
there is a kind of neutral
ground. In Warsaw our am
bassador to Poland can talk
unofficially to Red China's
ambassador to Poland.
So
A while back
Our ambassador to Poland,
a Mr. Beam, approached the
Chinese ambassador to Po
land, a Mr. Wang Ping-nan,
and .suggested to him that
maybe Communist China and
the United States should try
to learn more about each
other. He proposed, on behalf
of the U.S., to admit 32 Chi
nese newsmen if Red China
will admit an equal number
of U.S. newsmen.
In that way, he suggested,
our countries can become bet
ter acquainted.
MR. WANG'S answer was
a blunt NOTHING DO
ING. It was a flat rebuff of Mr.
Kennedy's proposal.
AT HIS news conference last
week, President Kennedy
told the reporters he would
like to see a lessening of ten
sion between the U.S. and
China, but "we are not pre
pared to surrender in order lo
achieve that result."
He explained that the Chi
nese Communists have been
extremely belligerent toward
us anH ihev have been un
failing in their attacks on tha
U.S. But he was careful to
avoid any belligerent lan
guage on his own part. Offi
cials explained after the news
conference broke up that
since the Kennedy adminis
tration took over, the U.S.
government has deliberately
sought to avoid making prop
aganda assaults on Red China
just as it has avoided
belligerent words about tha
Soviet Union.
IT'S A good policy.
Back in his day, President
Roosevelt put it this way;
SPEAK SOFTLY.
But
He added
CARRY A BIG STICK.
WE HAVE a big slick.
Our big stick is our
nuclear striking force. Let's
not flourish it. Let's speak
softly, using words of diplo
matic courtesy.
But
Let's make it plain that. IF
WE HAVE TO, we'll use the
big stick.
That's about the only kind
of language Communists un
derstand. sign, it seems to me, that wa
shall be ratifying this treaty
not as a favor to our frien;!
handed down from above, but
because this treaty provides
us with i respectable, a rec
ognized, and an orderly in
strument for defending our
rights and promoting our
interests.
(Copyright 1961 New York
Herald Tribune, Inc.)
Policy
son that most Americans any
where cannot abide failura
and believe that any problem
can be solved. But long be
fore that lime arrives, the
feature writers and camera
men will have turned their at
tention away, the young corps
men and girls will no longer
feel like heroes or martyrs,
even to themselves. The rain
and heat and drudgery and the
local microbes will have occu
pied their bones.
But most of them will plod
ahead - if they have been
rigorously selected - feeling
both sympathetic and superior
about those who could not
take it, and they will come
home at the end of their
terms, as their fathers who
stayed the course of the war
came home, older than their
years, stronger than they
were, privately aware that
they are rightful owners of a
little, special piece of their
country's future.
"Pity the land that is ruled
by a child." someone one
said. The story of Lumumba
and the Congo attests to this.
But pity also the land whose
rule allows no place for the
childlike instincts of adven
ture, goodness and confident
belief.
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