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4 MEDFORD59KrTRIBUNI "Everyon in SouUlirn Oregon aBm Th Mail Trlbun.rt hbllshed Daily except Saturdiylj u Norm rujy. ph sp a-mi "TnSBT w nDHL. Editor HERB GREY AdvMtlilnl Manai.r vmr- w ALLEN JR.. Mn raira EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Telel Edit OUVK STARCHER. Women;. Editor DALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mjt An Independent tfflF ., Sintered cond claw " ' Medlord. Orelon. under March 3. 1897 ..r-..TiinTin RATES . " B Mall - In Adv.no.. Copt 10 ' Silly -nd Sunday-; ye.r HJ?" Dally nd Sunday; m- - ; Daily nd Siind.v S mo.. " Sunday Only One ye.r By Carrier-In Advince-MjdMrJ A.hUnd. Central , Point E . . KoiV Shad? Co'.. Ro.. "Talent a. .H o motor route. (II) .50 All Term. Cash mov.nt ncurPapefof City of Wf ofllrUI h;S.iofiy? 55."!!.?. . flSTid"PreM International Full Leaned Wire tj P I Telephoto Newaplcturaa l7e. In New York. trolt. San rnc''cod,LoI7,r.' At' i Seattle. Portland St. Loull. At lanta. Vancouver. B.n NIWS'AM EIS iSOCIATION NATION Al EDITORIAL Flight o' Time Medlord and Jackson County History from th files of Th. Mail Tribun. 10, 20, 30, 40 and SO years ago. 10 YEARS AGO March 20, 1951 (Tusday) ' Columbia Utilities company, which provides a number of Jackson county communities with telephone service, has ap plied to the PUC for a rate hike. The Medford contact office of the U. S. veterans adminis tration will not close as pre viously announced, It , was learned here today. 20 YEARS AGO March 20. 1941 (Thursday) The remodeled and enlarg ed "Coffee Pot" restaurant on North Riverside ave., will re onen for business tomorrow. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Like pugilistic foes of Heavyweight Champion Joe (Brown boitid er) Louis, after they have been scientifically tiattenea, llHly demands a return battle with Greece, while praying they don't get 11." 30 YEARS AGO March 20. 1931 (Friday) 1 The third prize winner In the Mail Tribune subcrlptlon contest, which had an. auto "rhobile as first prize, has filed sulticlaiming that the first and second prize winners collabo rated in getting subscriptions. ' The Jacksonville school election has been postponed for two weeks, due to techni cal flaws In election notices; the election will determine .whether high school students shall be sent to Medford schools. ' t 40 YEARS AGO March 20, 1921 (Sunday) There is little hope the city can raise the necessary funds to purchase several acres of downtown property for park and auto camp purposes. SO YEARS AGO March 20. 1911 (Monday) Eagle Point voters have de feated a local option prohibi tion law by a vote of 30 to 27. Governor Oswald West was In the valley during the week end and announced he will order a study to provide fish escapement at Ament dam here ' What's Your I.Q.? Nint oi t.n correct Is lup.tlot; stv.n or tight li aaealleofi live or sli it good. 1. What was the motto of the Three Musketeers? 2. Where did Solomon build his Temple? 3. Was Ellis Parker Butler an American dramatist, actor or humorist? 4. In what year was the Authorized Version of the Bible published? . 3. What is another name for tetanus? 6. All of the sons of Pres. F. D. Roosevelt served In some branch of the armed forces during WW II; true or false? v 7. To what geographical area does the term "down under" refer? 8. Who was the supreme commander of European Al lied Invasion forces In WW II? 9. Name the South Amer ican country thai declared war on Germany In both World Wars. 10. A restaurant meal, with l set menu, Is called T d ? Answartt 1, "All for on. and on for all." 2. Ml. Morlah in J.rusal.m. 3. Humorist. 4. 1611. S. Lock jaw, 8. Trut. 7. Australia and N.w Zaaland. 8. Cen tral Eistnhowar, 9, Braiil. 10 Tablt d'hot. , ft"! - MONtlAI. MAtioH 20. laol Church and President President Kennedy has now come into head on collision with the American hierarchy of his church over the question of aid to education. At his news conference last week he reiterat ed his opposition to granting such aid to parochial elementary and secondary schools. On the same day, the administrative board of the National Catholic Welfare Conference decided to oppose any school aid legislation that fails to help chil dren attending Catholic schools. The board will seek an amendment providing for long-term fed eral loans to private schools. It is deplorable that the cardinals and bishops who made this decision have rejected President Kennedy's leadership. It would be even more deplorable if they succeeded in defeating federal aid to education because the bill confines public aid to public schools. Public funds ouerht to be reserved for public schools. Both constitutional principle and sound public policy fully support President Kennedy. THE President was right when he pointed out that "the Constitution clearly prohibits aid to parochial schools I don't think there's any doubt of that." He was ntrht in case of 1947 as the Supreme Court's definite ex pression on the issue. This was a 5-to-4 decision in which a narrow majority upheld the use of state funds for bus transportation of parochial school students. Bus ' .... i :,i transportation. live lusuces tuieu, is hul uu iu schools as such but a welfare service to children, and therefore constitutionally permissible. ' Four justices vigorously disagreed -about bus transportation. But a unanimous court stood De hind Justice Black's opinion that any public aid to religious schools as unconstitutional. JUSTICE Black interpreted the "establishment of religion" clause of the First Amendment to mean, among other things, that 'no tax in any amount, large or small, can be levied to support any religious activities thev m'av be called, or adopt to teach or practice religion." The First Amendment, he added, "has erect ed a wall between church and state. That wall must jbe kept high and impregnable. We could not approve the slightest breach." l IS THERE any question' that a parochial school is a religious institution, in which religious activities take place ! . There may be some, queston about a church operated college or university, where the primary object is general education rather than the in culcation of particular religious beliefs. But surely there is no question about an elementary or sec ondary school where mary, ana compulsory upon an attending. 1 No tax can be levied, said the Court, for the support of such a school wtich, if it means anything, means support by grants or support by loans. ' . Conceivably the Court could change its in terpretation of the First Amendment. But that is rwrtnr nvtli Ir-siltr k A .n n 1 1 an fV!a 1 n f OVnt'O f Q f I ilM U P PCI ivl with the whole history of the constitutional doc trine of church-state separation. It also accords with sound public policy, for to tax one man for the support of another man's religion is unfair, undemocratic, and a sure source of social mischief. THE President is right. Tv toUnrv rViia utanrl ho la m si kin or OTinrl nn 111 tailing who .jvwi.v ..v. " .. - - his campaign pledges and' deserves the fullest 1. 1 : ..I rpl, D,.(... PotVirtlin Viini-ni..Vnr UUU11C aUJJlJUll. 1 lie ivuinan uauiuuv. uieicii viij is entitled, of course, to urge before Congress its own views on aid-to-eduation legislation. But it will be making to destroy the President's program because its own views are not followed. We hope the car dinals arid bishops will think better of a pol icy which seems to say "public funds for our scnoois or ior none. The Teaching Machine Readers of Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" and George Orwell's "1984" will be im mediately suspicious of the automated branch of learning known as "teaching machines." 1 hese devices present written or pictorial subject matter to a student and then immediately question him on what he has just learned. skeptics will do well however, because most educators are convinced the teaching machine represents the wave of the future. Ilf HAT becomes of teacher? According to the educators, the classroom teacher will be freed "from some of the drudgery of teaching facts and skills," and can devote her hours to "helping all students acquire the abilities to solve irobleins, think critically, appreciate art and iterature, and develop tive talents ..." Of course, there is some danger that the stu dent will become too dependent on the machine and less able to cope with the inefficient pre sentations of lectures, films and 'real life.' " A word of reassurance. Most students in one experimental program reported that they ac quired more knowledge from the machine in less time with less effort than by conventional means. But it may be some years before the use of the teaching machine is widespread. One expert in the field of automated teaching recently ad vised school boards against the purchase of t'each machinea until the devices overcame present lim itations. E.R.R. . pointing- to the Lverson such would be definitely or institutions, whatever whatever form they may religious training is pri a serious error if it tries at. l,ouis rosi-Dispai.cn. to hold their tongues, their creative and inven , , I Dennis the Menace J - ew.na itiu.iMvig.T'.(g U i I THINK I'LL SWITCH TO COFFEE. Air?. WlLSOM DRINKS MILK M' HE'S GOTAllC' Communications Letters lo lh. 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. Th Mail Tribune reserves the right lo 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. Taxes and Trip To the Editor: I was looking through the newspaper the other night. I found a picture on one of the back pages of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn. Un derneath she announces to the American people that she is the new chairman of the Com munist party in America and that her job is to enlarge party membership as they only have 10,000 members at present. I think anything so interest ing, or should I say insulting to the American public, should rate the front page, or at least the society page. I'll bet you dollars dough nuts the Russians never see an American's picture in their paper announcing that they are the head of an American organization in Russia. The only thing they see are pic tures of American pilots; they have captured. They say they can't do any thing to a Communist imtil they dp something wrong. But it is a well known fact, that this party was organized to take over the White House and our entire country. So this Is not a crime? How are we going to get rid of this ever growing menace as long as our present laws protect them? If they are accidently caught or apply for a government job they get the job and if they do put them in Jail the judges turn them loose. The Ameri can people have to like it and If they don I, just tell me where they could go tor help to combat this menace? I guess all we can do is go on paying taxes and learn to like such tripe. I ll have to pay taxes but I never did care for tripe. Helen B. Townscnd Route 1, Box 620 Eagle Point, Ore. From M-T Reader To the Editor: I haVe.Just read the interesting and well written article by Mrs. John Dcllcnback on the duties of a secretary in the legislature. Being the husband of a busy secretary I can realize how fortunate friend John is to have her helping him. 1 am the clipping bureau for my family and will see thai mv junior high daughter reads the article. I read only one paper the Mail Tribune. It covers the news very com pletely. I believe the masthead says lis policy is that of an in dependent Democrat . We have one of those in our family and I find them very fair. Vcldon J. Diment 213 Portland ave. Medford. ..O- Edltor's note: Not "indepen dent Democrnt"; just "Inde pendent." No Nd for a Law To the Editor: Why make a law? One tired business man so llred he couldn't sign his name wants a law against trading stamps. Why? Every business, wilh out of state affiliations, drains money out of the slate. If trading stamps are paid for by the buyer what of iy No one HAS to buy merchan dise where thev give slumps. This Issue Is more than stamps. This issue hits right at the heart of American freedom. If a man can think up a gim mick to sell his merchandise, if this gimmick is honest and in the open, if he wants lo sell this Idea to some particular merchant, are we gone so far that we will allow a law to be pnssed to put these people out of business? If man can't make it he- cause people flock to the trading stamp" stores, he will not be In business long any way. You know, people don't have to buy any place. At least, not yet. Let's everyone write to our state senator and representatives and tell them to keep out t( the trading V stamp business. It used to be that when a business saw that its competi tor was getting the business, they would hustle around and find some way to get it back. Now, the first thing they think about is a law. Let's make a law ana put the competitor out of business. We already have enough laws. We don't need any about trading stamps. Carroll Powell Box 621 . -. Central Point, Ore. Library Budget Supported To the Editor: Enclosed herewith is a copy of a letter being mailed to the members of the Jackson County Court in support of the budget be ing submitted by the Library Board of the Public Library of Medford and Jackson County. ' I realize of course that this court is under pressure for funds from many worthy groups and causes, but con sidering the remarkable gains that have been made in such a short time by Mr. Bacon and his staff I am sure all would agree they should re ceive the fullest support and encouragement. So believing, I also believe this matter should receive wide and adequate publicity. Lee E. Carson Star Route, Box 60 Prospect, Ore. -O- Members of the Jackson County Court, Medford, Oregon Gentlemen: This is to respectfully re quest, nay urge, a liberal, even generous, consideration to the budget being submitted by the Library Board for the Public Library of Medford and Jackson Co. Mr. Omar Bacon, Librarian. and his tine staff are to be congratulated and encouraged for their spendid work in bringing more books to more people than ever before, plus the other fine services they offer in such a friendly, help ful way. I know of no other public activity, supported by public funds that offers so much to such a wide range of people. All age groups regardless of race, color or creed, the blind, the Invalid shut-in, even the totally helpless, may enjoy the benefits of our fine Li brary through the varied serv ices offered, and augmented by The Friends of the Li brary. I again respectfully submit, we can ill afford less, we should afford more. Lee E. Carson Wast, in the Navy lo the Editor: 1 was greatly amused by your article on the editorial page of the Oregon Journal in re mail deal. It is so insignificant. (Editor's note: The Mail Tribune editorial reprinted in the Journal described waste ful practices in mailing pub licity releases to newspapers by the Navy's fleet hometown new center.) When ships of the Nav.v are brought in for an over haul or decommissioned "put in moth balls" or junk ed, the amount of supplies, equipment, etc.. which are "dumped" instead of being salvaged to be reissued is morally if not actually dis honest. Those who have and are responsible should be "dumped" for this careless ness (?) or inefficiency. This waste has long merited some honest Investigation and not just a white wash. One labor leader said that it was present policy to "make work" Wonder how many ramifications could he uncov ered? Who could you trust to get some of thf details? 1 aid MLUf OriD MAIL TRIBUNE, MtDr OHO, OHE Kennedy Trying To Patch Demo Party j Feud in New York To Defeat Rockefeller By LYLE C. WILSON Washington - IUP1I - Presi dent Kennedy is making a bold try to shorten the sure- thing odds which favor the re-election of Nelson A. Rockefeller as governor o f New York. Rock efel ler's re-election project is f a v o r ed by r :,h. Wllcn ICUUIIlK w....- in the Democratic Party in New York City and state. Kennedy is making a power play to calm the party ruckus. The President generally is ac claimed as a master politician, a graduate cum laude of the rough school of Boston poli tics. He will need a master's sure touch tp resolve the New York situation. This situation began to de velop in 1958 when Tammany boss Carmine DeSapio vetoed something about this some time ago and was personally threatened. Another thing, it would amaze an honest American to learn what goes "over the side" In the Navy and even Merchant Marine every day, stuff that is expensive and over ordered is "gotten rid of." It would make quite a story and could reach high up. Is it disgraceful or pitiful that we are teaching thous ands of young fellows waste and dishonesty if that is what it should be called each day? Certainly it is mak ing "citizens" of questionable moral fiber. I am along in years and not well so cannot risk get ting mixed up in things like this so please keep my name confidential as good news folk do. But for a real news hawk deal this could be syn dicated and perhaps save mil lions. (Name on file) Portland, Ore. Favors Trading Stamps To the Editor: In regard to trading stamps and the" regu lation of same, I have also written to a representative and several of my neighbors have too, in favor of the stamps. As to the value of the stamps, 1 myself have receiv ed some very wonderful and practical items from the trad ing stamp stores. As to the party who does not like trading stamps, well, there are several stores in Medford and the Rogue val ley that do not give them, so if the party docs not want to get her purse all messed up, try trading at one of these places, or give her stamps lo someone else as there are a lot of folks that can use them. You can even cash your books in for cash also. We trade at one of the larg est super markets in Medford and I can say for sure during the week and also on week end sales their prices are as low, or even a little lower than, some of the other praces where we have traded. Many of the clerks after putting your purchase in a paper sack or carton, always put the stamps inside. Of course if people just throw their stamps in their purse any old way and dump them anyplace at home, then p f course they are bound to be messy. If people don't want trad ing stamps, why make an is sue out of it? Why not live and let live, I always say. It is the same as to radio and TV, if you don't like the pro gram that is on, you have a knob to shut it off. Nuff said. So more power to the trading stamp companies. 1 am for them 100 per cent. Hope this clarifies it. F. Smith 136 South Holly st. ' Medford Th Moon and th Univcrsa To the Editor: The moon and the universe hold lots of mysteries, yet we nave lots of knowledge available to us that astronomers, both modern and ancient, have taught the world. But we are not satis fied, we want to learn all we can. But is it really essential that we should have more knowledge about the universe than we already have? Of course it would be nice to learn all we can. as far as the knowledge concern ing the universe Is concerned, but what I'm opposed to is for the government to spend our tax money to experiment with the missiles that are an experi ment, with the military pur pose in view. Just think how far all this money that has been spent so needlessly, and foolishly, w a g I e fully, yes, worse than foolishly, it could go. There are five and one half million men out .of the Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) left wing choice of a nominee to run in that year for senator. Tammany forced the nomination of its own favorite, who was licked. DeSapio Ouster Sought Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, for mer Sen. Herbert H. Lehman and Thomas K. Finletter, who served in the Truman admin istration, are trying now to oust DeSapio on charges of bossism. New York state Dem ocratic chairman Michael H. Prendergast is considered in volved on the side of DeSapio. More importantly, howev er, Pendergast has offended the President politically. Ken nedy has intervened to oust Pendergast from party office. He is using patronage and persuasion. From Patronage, Prendergast is cut off. County leaders are complaining not much trickles down to them. The word seems to be this; The county Democratic lead ers will continue to have pa tronage trouble until and un Foreign Notes: Macrnillan Due For Trouble; Missile Exercises By PHIL NEWSOM . UPI Foreign News Analyst Notes from the foreign news cables: Trouble Ahead for Macrnillan Britain's Prime Minister Harold Macmillian is heading for plenty of trouble in the the months ahead. He has been under in creasing fire from members of his own M Conservati v e party, with the criticism rising against his alleged appeaseme n t policy in Africa. About 90 Conservative members of Par- work this very day, and there is the Insecurity of many more that are still hanging on to their jobs in 'ear of loosing them. Think how far this money would go in providing jobs in govcrnrnent-owned in dustrics of vprious kinds- That would be well soent. Or if no better way, just give it to them as chrrity. But such is this ."blessed" system of "capi talism." Stick out your neck again the next time when you have a chance to vote for this same old canitnlistic system. I never have nrird of so many unemployed in Sweden or Russia. In the meantime take your religion and your church membership to the grocery store to see if they honor it. J. P. Wirth 3022 Butte st-, Klamath Falls, Ore. Youthful Job-Seeker To the Editor: Will you please help me find a job? I am in the third grade and I like to make money to put in my bank to get a hot rod- I sure would like to hear some ideas. Thanks. Rodney Maddox 210 Ash st., Phoenix, Ore. The Future To the Editor: What will life be like in these United States and in the world, 100 years hence? Scientists are assuring us that the desert will be made to bloom, sea water will be converted to fresh water, rain will be supplied to parched areas on order, winds will be controlled, and the snow and ice around the poles melted to furnish much needed water for the huge population of the world. It is generally agreed that wars will be but bad memor ies of the cruel past, that peo ple will live longer because of man's conquest of disease. A world government or strengthened United Nations will be a necessity. Everything considered, the wisest people of our day are the advocates of birth control. David Frisch, P.O. Box 292 White City, Ore. Pandora's Box? To the Editor: Well, have a look at the surprising angle emerging from the separation of church and state hassel we're in. For. if the age-old powers of Pres. Kennedy's church force him into betray ing the people who elected him to his high office, and portioning out state-aid mon ies to parochial schools by straight gift or "long-term" loans, both plainly unconsti tutional as Kennedy has stat ed, take a long hard look at the gate it opens. Freedom for the court-dominated white people of the south to demand their part of slate school-aid for their sorely pressed pri vate schools where their chil dren can have the Inalienable, the Cod-given right to mingle socially with those of their own race, the way the Great Maker intended it to be. evi denced by all oilier earth's .ribes. K. J. Clifford Rt. 2. Box 200F Central Point, Cfe. ,Vtl less they boot out Pender gast. It is unusual for a President to intervene so aggressively in a state political situation in any state other than his own. FDR was not always bound by that. He barged into several states in the second year of his .second term. Al though Roosevelt also was counted a master politician, his various interventions in the late 1930s did not pay off. He sought primary defeat of Democratic senators in Geor gia, South Carolina and Mary land and failed in each. Precedent Not Good The precedents are not good, therefore, for Kennedy's intervention in New York. But he probably is a better politician than was FDR. However that may be, the young President i s moving fast to improve the Democrat ic Party situation in New York before the party must contend again with Rockefel ler, who will be up for re-elec liamcnt openly join in this view and they have been cen tering their loyalty around Lord Salisbury, Macmillan's chief opponent. Now, South Africa's exodus from the com monwealth has added fresh items to Macmillan's troubles. At present, there is no danger to Macmillan's position as par ty leader. But the growing criticism from his own follow ers is damaging his prestige. Nationalist Missiles Nationalist China's missile firing exercises in May and June will give Chiang K:ii shek's government a chance to demonstrate that it is the strongest ant '-Communist power in the Far East. The government on Formosa has invited to the show top mili tary figures from the United States, Japan the Philippines, South Korea, South Viet Nam, Thailand, New Zealand and Australia. , Yugoslav Feud A fued is reported building up between Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia similar to the one the Yugoslavs have been carrying on with Red China and neighboring Albania. Iron curtain observers say the growing heat of the feud is reflected in newspapers of both countries. Yugoslavs say Czech leaders are building a hale campaign against their country aimed particularly against the Czech man-in-lhe-slreet. Albania and Red China Washington Report By WILLIAM IlECESSION-END QUALMS Washington As the third month of the Kennedy admin istration now opens, there opens also a political phase of singular dcli- T cacy and dan- ' tfpr as ihf re- cession of 1960-61 seems to be lifting into a bright er springtime. Even the hardest of the expert h a r d- Whlte ncaas Here now are in fairly firm agree ment that the recession has reached at least the beginning of the end. There is no Polly annaism in this forecast. It is stoutly supported by several undoubted realities. One is the fact that an cight-month-long decline in industrial pro duction came all but to a halt last month. But if the business prospect is improving toward a point which might even be called good, the political problems for both the Cer-ocratic ad ministration and i s Republi can opposition i:i Congress are made increasingly i.;?ky by that very fact. PRESIDENT Kennedy took up from the moment of his inauguration a deliberate ly rcscrved-almost a somber -view of the future of the re cession. This he did for two reasons. First of all he thought it far wiser to err on the side of caution than on' the side of hope. He believed his duty as a national sentinel against economic danger overmaster ed his privilege to tell his countrymen that everything was going to be better soon. It was. moreover, an inevit able attitude. The luckless Herbert Hoover's slogan of the late 1920s, that prosperity was just around the corner, has left every national politi cal leader since determined that whatever else he might do, he would never be caunht looking through glasses hav ing too much of a rosy tint. In the second place, Mr. Kennedy realized that these early days of his tenure- the period of political honeymoon - would provide him the best opportunity he ever would have lo make certain long term reforms to improve Jie WSjJ ft tion next year. Rockefeller properly is counted now as an active can didate for the 19C4 Republi can presidential nomination. His candidacy needs the mus cle which would be provided by his re-election as governor next year. If Rockefeller were defeated next year, he would be finished for 1964. If bare ly re-elected governor ha would remain among the pos sibilities but hot among the probables for the Presidential nomination. If Rockefeller is re-elected next year by a whopping majbrity, it will ba difficult if not impossible to prevent his nomination for president in 1964. Anything Kennedy may ac complish toward making it more difficult for Rockefel ler to be elected in 1962 will somewhat reduce, the ob stacles against Richard M. Nixon's nomination for presi dent in 1964. But you shouldn't think Kennedy is planning it that way. long have been attacking Yu goslavia's independent Com munist stand. Ike Visit Some Japanese government officials are expressing pri vate displeasure at former President Eisenhower's sched uled visit to Japan this fall. They feel the trip will serve only lo remind the American public of the leftist demonstra tions which forced cancella tion of Ike's planned trip to Tokyo last June. At the same time, it will remind the left ists of their "victory" in fore, ing that cancellation. The oifi cials also believe that if soma fanatic creates a disturbance during Eisenhower's visit, Ja pan's international reputation will suffer another blow. Nuclear Disarmament J American and British dele gates to the nuclear disarma ment talks that resume in Geneva Tuesday are "realisti cally hopeful" in their official stands. But no one is express ing any real optimism abdut agreement. It is known that President Kennedy's adminis tration has prepared a number of concessions on key issues, but it is not certain that the Soviets have done the same. Officially, the Russians say they are standing pat on their previous positions. But if there is to be any progress, observ ers hope to see some results on a test ban agreement with in the first four weeks. S. WHITE country's long-run economic productivity. TOO, his short-term "anti-need recession program ed voles in Congress. Not un naturally, he did not exactly mute the bad .news in his eco nomic analyses. This program, however, is by now moving well, on the whole, through Congress. As to it, the remain ing political difficulties are not likely to be too serious. Every time the general business scene improves, how ever lie may expect more and more resistance in Congress to his long-run economic pro posals. When times are good or, at all events, getting bet ter and approaching the good -Congress is strongly inclined to let things be. Wherever there is no spur of immediate concern, there is little relish for economic tink ering, good or bad. In such matters, as also on large foreign-policy programs, any ad ministration needs at least a little bit of crisis atmosphere -genuine, that is: no president wants to create a phony crisis. THE big problem of the Re - publicans, for their part, is different but no less subtle. .. -.:s far they have followed 1.1:1. '.I;-- a policy of modified mo-i.-jl.-m. They have not of fered general or basic resist ance to the Kennedy anti-recession measures. When they have criticized or hung back, they have done so more as lo details than as to principles. They, too, however, aro now feeling the warmth of tile improving business cli mate. They, too, must now make vital decisions; Is it now time to begin to open up with something approaching all-out opposition to further Kenne dy economic plans? Or would such a course endanger both the recovery movement itself and the public's regard for the soundness of Republican eco- inomic views? How much can they bet on ihe enduring strength of this recovery? How far can they go toward a return to more orthodox economic policies of their own without running Ihe risk of seeming altogether too little at home on the new frontiers'.' (Copyrighl. 19S1. by Unitd Features Syndicate. Inc.) t
