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Portland St Loula At lata Vancouver B C NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS j ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL 511Af c8T'tN Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from ths files of The Mall Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 yean ago. 10 YEARS AGO March 28, 1951 (Monday) Less than a week remains In the Jackson county Red Cross fund drive, and less than half the goal of $30,000 has been raised. The first public showing and judging of chinchillas in southern Oregon was held here Saturday, and members of the Southern Oregon Chin chilla Ranchers' club called it a "complete success." 20 YEARS AGO March 26, 1941 (Wednesday) County Engineer Paul Ryn ning today announced the start of spring roadwork in the county. ' FromiArthur Perry'i "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "To morrow is the birthday of Lorenzo Dow Fry of Phoenix, and H, Flewher, the demon baker. Lorenzo owns to 78 summers, and Is just as busy as a bee and Mr. Flewher." 30 YEARS AGO March 26, 1931 (Thunday) The county is still awaiting word from the state highway commission regarding the pro posed extension of North Cen tral ave. to the Pacific high way. Prof. Irving Vlnlng of Ash land has been elected director of the state chamber of com merce. 40 YEARS AGO March 26. 1921 (Saturday) A meeting was held today to discuss the possible forma tion of a Southern Oregon Historical society. A chicken pox epidemic in the Sams Valley area Is re portedly subsiding. SO YEARS AGO March 26, 1911 (Sunday) Twenty persons were In. lured yesterday when a South ern Pacific rail car bound for Portland jumped the tracks near the Crater Lake junc tion north of Medford. What's Your I.Q.? Nina ar fen correct ll superior sovon or eight li excellent) five or six Is good. 1. Do various insects have varying numbers of legs? 2. What seal appears on the back of the one dollar silver certificate? 3. Did the ancient Greek Include the Great Wall of Chlnn In their list of "Seven Wonders of the World"? 4. Who said, "I know not what course others may take, but as for me give me . what? 5. Who broadcasts "Voice of America"? 6. On which Japanese is land Is Yokohama? 7. Did the 19th Century be gin January 1, 1901, or Janu ary 1, 1801. 8. Name the five official languages used in United Na 'tlnns meetings. ' 9. The day before hli mar riage to Princess Elizabeth, Philip Mountbatton was giv en what title by George VI? 10. In which Now England State is the Plymouth Rock on which the Pilgrims are said to have landed? Antwern 1. All hive tlx legs. 2. Grant Seal of the U.S. 3. No, 4. Patrick Henry. ". . , liberty or give me death." 5. Department of Stale. 6. Hon shu. 7. 1801. 8. Chinese, Eng lish, French, Russian and Spanish. 9. Duke of Edin burgh, 10. Massachusetts. SUNDAY. MARCH 26, 1961 Transcontinental Notes-V Our second day of tourist-type sightseeing in New York began with another stroll along Fifth Avenue, only south this time. Again it was cold and sunny, and again we gawked in the shop windows and smiled in secret self-satisfaction in recognizing the store names we'd heard all our lives. Our path took us to the Empire State Build ing, the world's tallest, and a "must" for every tourist. We contented ourselves with looking from the 86th floor observatory, rather than going to the very top of the 102-story tower. OUT, from this vantage point we had a superb - view of the five-state area visible from here, and a close birds-eye look at Manhattan at our feet, and the other boroughs, the bast, Hudson and Hai-lem rivers, and the upper and lower bay, including the Statue of Liberty, from here a tiny figure rising out of the waters. The Christopher Columbus, the new Italian luxury liner, sailed as we watched it from high above first shoved into the Hudson by the busy tugs, then moving majestically downriver on its own toward the bay and the open sea. Another stroll, north again, along the Ave nue of the Americas (which was Sixth Avenue before Fiorello LaGuardia renamed it), brought us to La Bourgogne restaurant, which had been recommended by friends. HERE we (editorial), in a spirit of adventure, for the first time ate escargots the famous French delicacy better known here as snails. . We found them delicious, sort of a dark-colored gastronomic cross between an oyster and a shrimp, with only tiny tid-bits of meat in each shell, broiled in butter and garlic. (We have heard it said that two large, very dry martinis are a considerable aid in working up sufficient courage to tackle the dish for the first time. As to that, no comments for publication.) Our companion, more' conservative or less adventurous, settled for the specialty of the house, a huge, bouffant souffle, about which she is still exclaiming ecstatically. After a brief period of recuperation at the hotel, we subwayed out to the Hayden Plane tarium (exceedingly interesting; but a plane tarium, after all, is a planetarium, and the Hay den is no more nor less exciting than the one in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.) SUPPER that evening was, again, at the drug ctnra vtrhora ara arrnin vpnt.ni'prl snmpr. hinrr new this time a hot pastrami sandwich, about which we had heard for years but never had a chance to sample. The version we received was simply thinly sliced, highly seasoned beef, on rye bread. a ; . . i. t.t v-.-i. rp A Visit, 10 uie lNew iuik limes newaiuum concluded the day. The following day, Sunday, we subwayed to the Battery, sat on benches in the warm sunshine, watched the ferries plying back and forth across the upper bay, gazed at enjoyed ute pigeons aim suiaii umuicn ouu nurses and elderly men sunning themselves. We strolled nast the old fort, later an aquari um but little more than the financial district, along Sunday-quiet Wall Street and Rector Street, past the stock exchange, and into and around Trinity Church (so oddly misplaced among the big business skyscrap ers) where monuments commemorate Alexander Hamilton and Robert muton, among otners. BY SUBWAY, again, and walked cross - Square and finally arrived at Luchows, the famed German restaurant, wnere we nincnea leisurely on coleslaw, broiled oysters and rye bread; the HEW secretary essayed sauerbraten. Then, again by the handy and ubiquitous sub way, out to 53rd Street and the Museum of Mod em Art. about wnicn we The courtyard, with its statuary and pools and trees, is pleasant. But the building itself is chopped up into rooms of the larger worKs properly, ana tncre is iar from enoutrh snace to show all the Modern's col lections a fact the visitor is not allowed to for get; signs everywhere appealer donations. TWO special shows now dominate the Modern, one by Mark Rothko, the other by Max Ernst, both extreme moderns, and neither of them hav incr much appeal for this viewer. The Rothko show was described in the Ernst show is featured in this week's issue. We strongly doubt whether Rothko s great ex- pauses of color are, in fantasies leave us cold for the most part, although one or two of his pieces are pleasing. But the Modern does have its attractions. For instance, tucked off in Flight," Brancusi's famous sculpture which prob ably has had as much influence on modern art as any single piece ever But, by and large, Perhaps the visits earlier the Metropolitan spoiled THE rest of the evening was spent in writing letters, and naekinir for the morrow's dunnr. hire for Washington, D.C. Checking out in the morning, we climbed into a cab and asked to be taken to the west side airlines terminal a plan forestalled bv the 1 .! - 11. 1 1 . . 1 - ' L I I.I .1 1 , inenctiy cao driver, wno pointeu out mat ne could take us directly to La Guardia field for as little as, or less than, it would cost us to undergo the honors of terminal and crowded bus. He won; and he was right. Even with a tip, we saved 50 cents, and got a good view of the west side of Manhattan, the Triborough Bridge, and Queens, in the bargain. E.A. i "Liberty" in tne naroor, a ruin today, and into we went up to 14th Street town west, past Union nave mixed leenmra. too sman to oispiay some "Time" a few weeks ago; truth, art; and Ernst's one corner is "Bird in done. we were disappointed. to the Guggenheim and it for us. Dennis the RV.v 'IS IT MY RAULT EVERYTHING I Today & Tomorrow By Walter THE CONGO AND LAOS Summing up the "position of the Soviet Union," Mr. Gromyko told the General As- s e m b 1 y on Tuesday that on the one hand the U.N. should with drawlts troops from the Con go within a month, on the other hand that it should remove "a 1 1 Llppmuin Belgian troops and Belgian personnel now In that coun try." It should arrest Tshombe in Ellzabethvllle and Mobutu in Leopoldville, and It should give "the necessary assistance and support" to Gizenga in Stanleyville. A rather busy month for a withdrawing armyl Does this make any sense, to expect the U.N. forces which would be in the process of packing their bags and moving to the ports to exer cise the authority of over whelming power in all the centers of the vast territory of the Congo? How could a departing force move into Katanga and arrest Tshombe and expel all the Belgians? Mr, Gromyko's summary of the position Is such an irra tional and contradictory one as to leave the observer ask ing whether the Soviet Union has any policy in the Congo except to demolish the United Nations as an influence in world affairs. rilHE United States position on the Congo rests on a decision which was first tak en by President Eisenhower and which was recently re affirmed by Mr. Henry Cabot Lodge. The decision was to act with and through the United Nations In African Af fairs. This policy is also that of the Kennedy administra tion, and It is being carried out with extraordinary diplo matic skill by Gov. Steven son. What is now at stake is more than the pacification of the tribes of the Congo. It is the preservation of the In tegrity of the United Nations as an instrument of peace dur ing the liquidation of the co lonial empires. The liberated countries would become the victims of a new Imperialist conflict if the United Nations were-to disappear. We can have a reasonable confidence that on this issue, we shall find ourselves align ed with the great majority of the uncommitted nations of the world, including the largest of them, India. The uncommitted nations cannot assent to Mr. Gromyko's de mand that the U.N. withdraw from the Congo In 30 days unless they are willing to abandon the only Institution on earth In which the small and weak enn stand up to the great and powerful. Were the United Nations to disappear, or were It to be humiliated and reduced to an object of derision, all Intcrna llonal relations would be come sheer power politics. The importance of a nation would be measured solely by Its military power and Its stra tegic geography, and the im portance of the weak would be how much trouble they could kick up. VE HAVE very good rea " son to believe that on this crucial Issue-the survival of the United Natlons-wc are not only on the right side. We are on the winning side. Let the matter be tested In this General Assembly: Shall the U.N. withdraw from the Con go or shall it remain until the objectives laid down by the coalition commission have been achieved? However, it must be said that If the United States poli cy is to succeed, it must have the support and the coopera tion of our allles-particularly of Belgium and France. As MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE Menace KNOCK OVER IS BUSTABLSV Llppmann things stand today, an over whelming majority of the na tions have sanctioned the continuing presence of the U.N. in the Congo. But this sanction was voted with the understanding that the Bel gians would withdraw thler para-military forces and their political agents. If that were refused, the U.N. operation might well fail, with all the contending factions siding with Mr. uromyko and de manding that the U.N. with draw. After that, the Afri can future might well be quite out of any Influence that the United States could exert. AS COMPARED with the Congo, where the United States has a clear position and an intelligible strategic policy, the situation in Laos is confused and dangerous. Our commitment in the Con go, which was taken only last year, lies within the reach of our strategic and political power. Laos does not. Laos is a classic example of a great power being over - extended And the commitment in Laos goes back to the days when we were strong enough, or thought we were strong enough, to bring that remote and landlocked country with in the American sphere of military influence. As Laos borders on the Communist world that is far out of our effective reach our false and imprudent com mitment was bound to boom erang as the balance of power became more favorable to the Communist nations. It has now boomeranged, and President Kennedy has to find a way between a dip lomatic defeat and a meaning less war. That may not be im possible to do. But it is a dif ficult thing to do. And he is entitled to try without loo much advice from the back seat drivers. (Copyright 1961 New York Herald Tribune, Inc.) Rights of Atheists Defended by Bishop New York, N.Y. The rights of atheists were defended last week, by Bishop James A. Pike, the controversial head of the Episcopal Church in California. Bishop Pike said that there were many atheists in the the churches, that they had a right to believe in atheism, and that they should not be prevented from teaching school, or even holding pub lic office. In an article in the April issue of Coronet magazine, Bishop Pike maintains that "so-called atheists" have a good deal In common with a heavy proportion of "believ ers." The God in which many adult Christians and Jews be lieve is as inadequate as the one the "atheists" deny,, he said. The Bishop feels that atheists are good for the church, because they present standing challenge to "too small a God", The concern of the articulate, self-conscious atheist with fundamental is sues, as well as religious is sues, is Important and useful to the cause of sound religion, he said. Turning to Uie subject of religious freedom, the Coro net article says that Is hollow, until It Includes, along with Uie right to practice any re ligion, the right to be "not religious." Despite the funda mental guarantees of our Constitution, Bishop rlKe savs. this freedom is not al ways fully granted to atheists In this country. He cites, as an example. Richard Nixon's campaign that anyone ex Matter of Focf THE RUEFUL FOOTNOTE Washington The Laos cri sis has given President Ken nedy his first major experi ence of the harsh ordeal which can never be es caped by any man who wins the leadership of a great nation in troubled times. Aliop This is the ordeal of making choices, in closed and secret rooms, often for closed and secret reasons, with the heavy knowledge that the choices finally made must intimately and perhaps terribly affect the fate of tens and even hundreds of millions of men and women. It came sooner for Kennedy than for almost any of his prede cessors. How has he withstood this test? One can onIy Judge by the choice that seems to be in the making, and by the re action of the experienced of ficials who have seen Ken nedy while he was meeting the press. Not a few of these officials can also remember the demeanor o"Bwight D. Eisenhower, or' of Harry S. Truman, or even of Franklin D. Roosevelt, when they too had to submit to this special ordeal which is the occu pational hazard of national leadership. . IT IS not surprising that Kennedy's cool competence has much impressed these men who have been watching him, so to say, taking the heat in the sweatbox of History. His rapid mastery of facts, his knack of asking the right penetrating question, his power to envision problems both widely and in minute de tail, are the current. common places' of the political com munity. His bitterest enemies no longer argue that Kennedy Is Incompetent or juvenile. What is surprising Is the deep impression the President has made by his peculiar, highly personal response to the domestic-political impli cations of the Laos crisis. Be ing a thoroughly realistic politician. Kennedy is well aware that the Democrats' heaviest handicap is their re putation as the "party of wars," Just as the Republi cans' biggest asset is their re peated claim to be the peace party." THE choice in Laos, as Is becoming more and more clear, may eventually be come a choice between war and peace. In the endless White House meetings on the Laos problem, the President has quite often drily noted that a war for Laos, or for al most anywhere else for that matter, would quite probably permit the Republicans to win the White House in 1964, and to remain in power for long thereafter. But having said this, the President has always gone on to discuss without prejudice the facts of the Laos problem its local difficulties, Its world wide dangers, and its possible solutions. The domestic-poli tical aspect has only been mentioned, in short, as a kind of rueful footnote in the much larger and more import- M cept an atheist" should be eligible for the Presidency. The rights of "America's forgotten man," as the Bishop calls the atheist, to hold of fice, teach school and testify In court are limited In many instances by state and local laws. "To defend the rights of this group," says Bishop Pike, "is to strengthen liberty for us all." Illusions About Africa May Disappear By ERIC SEVAREID It seems clear to this re porter after a month back in the United States that the T?Pmi.1"m Congo b u s l- ness nas ria Americans of many of their illusions about Africa, but by no means all of them. There are still Ameri cans who want Setrareia tQ believe that our original - and official -policy hopes for Africa, to keep the cold war out of that continent and to prevent the Balkanization of that conti nent, can be realized. Let us accept reality, there was never a chance for either aspiration. Since the acceptance of reality Is the beginning of both wisdom and constructive action, we ought to be glad, not sorry, that the Congo Is heading toward a federalized structure at best or more probably, a multi-nation area. A unified Congo was never possible lava in Lumumba's By Joseph Alsop ant discussion of what needed to be done about Laos. Probably the President is right that he will weaken his chance of re-election if he meets the Communist chal lenge in Southeast Asia. Yet it is doubly unjust that this should be so. It is unjust, first of all because American military intervention to pre vent the Communist capture of Laos was already under active consideration at the end of the Eisenhower adminis tration. About 20 days before the White House changed hands, former Secretary of State Christian A. Herter and De fense Department representa tives even agreed on a plan for Immediate air interven- Uon by American planes fly ing from a carrier held ready in the Gulf of Tonkin, in co operation with planes of Thailand's air force. THE plan, though agreed upon, was not executed be cause of the feeling that de cisions of this gravity had bet ter be left to the new Admin istration. But on Jan. 19, when the Incoming Kennedy received his final briefing at the White House, part of the briefing was a clear warning that the position in Laos might deterorate quite soon to the point where military intervention might be the only saving course. At this juncture, Kennedy looked squarely at Secretary Herter and asked him what he would do in such circum stances. Herter replied that he would not duck the obliga tions of the U.S., even if this meant the use of force. And President Eisenhower, pre siding over the meeting, did not reject the formula of his Secretary of State. In sum, the phoniness of the claim of the cheaper sort of Republicans, that they have an exclusive patent on peace, was very nearly proven in action before Kennedy took office. But that is only half the injustice, whose other half resides in the claim it self. Would these praters about peace and war parties have had Roosevelt tamely submit when the Japanese at tacked Pearl Harbor, or would they have Uked Tru man to yield all Asia to the Communists by ducking the challenge in Korea? The answer given by Re publicans like Herter is the same answer that one hopes Kennedy will also give, that the test of both parties in grave crisis is whether their leaders do what needs to be done. (Copyright 1961 New York Herald Tribune, Inc.) Communications Voice of Experience To the Editor: Attention housewivesl Have you been grouching at your husband that all that Indoor painting is more than you can do alone? You may be sorry those words were ever spoken. I confess, I grouched and grouched at mine, and now in my utility room (it connects to the kitchen) I have a ma hogany colored ceiling. "Ma hogany?!" I can hear you all saying. "Yes, mahogany." To make a long story short, It started with too much wood putty. I tried to tell that man it would get hard fast. But you know men. The mahogany color he put on to hide the wood putty af ter he sanded and sanded un til he was red in the face. I have had a lot of advice on how to get rid of It, and one good friend even offered to help. Have you watched your hus band's face when he was real proud of a job he thought well done? For a while, at least, I will have to keep that ma hogany celling the color it is. Mrs. Delbert Casey Route 1, Box 358 Central Point, Ore. wildest dreams. Even the fed eralized Nigeria may have to carve out more quasi - Inde pendent states within it, if it is not to grow shaky under tribalist pressures. Let us face further facts: There is not going to be a "United Africa", Nkrumah's ambitions notwithstanding. There is not going to be even a West African Federa tion consequential in scope and cohesive In action, not for a long time to come. Separate Jealousies will outweigh mu tual interests. The mutuality of color alone loses its binding quality where the white man withdraws. There are not going to be ANY truly democratic parlia mentary regimes in Black Africa, not before decades of Intensive education have pass ed, and probably not then. The roots of violence and strong man rule are several thousand years deep; political democracy is an act of reason that very few peoples have ever succussfully performed. It took Western socialists much too long to cease con IPOTIUCK . (By M-T Staff and Contributors) Well it's all over now. Last week, we mean. And do you know what last week was? You don't? We'll teU you. It was Formfit week, Na tional Salesmen's week, Na tional Wildlife week, Nation al Rice week, and National Television Technicians week. Don't you get an electric sort of tingle just thinking about it? And isn't It gratify ing to have been alive during it? Our esteemed Ashland contemporary recently re ported that two "flu fire" had been put out. Well, in fluensa does make one feel as though he's burning up. some times. Possibly the flu bug flew up the flue and set it on fire. S'poie? At the risk of going into modest competition with our friend Arnold Eugene Jenny, we should like to pass along a couple of verses we ran across in the West Side Star ette, a publication we had not seen previously, but Which is a worthy companion to other elementary school papers in the Medford schools. From the March issue, here Is Ernie Dawson's rather dour outlook on the passage of time: When You Get Old When you get old and ugly, As people always do, Remember thai your old friends Are old and ugly too. ' Your meter and rhyme (excuse it, A.E.J. rime) are fine, Ernie, but take a tip from us some of the most beautiful people we've ever seen are old. Age does not automatically bring ug liness; age brings to the sur face what sometimes is hid den beneath the bloom of youth. If a person is beati ful inside, in age he will be beautiful, too. But if a person is ugly inside, that will show, more and more, in old age. Roxanne Whipple is far more sanguine than Ernie, and her verse is appropriate at this season of the year, when the calendar says spring has started, when the grass is growing like crazy, and when the rains and the sun shine intermingle each day. Roxanne's verse is entlUed: Spring Is Hera Spring is here For this year. Lambs are new And calves are too. Also on our desk is a Try and Stop Me r-By BENNETT CERF CNORTHCOTE PARKINSON'S investigations of the) modus operandi of big business and bureaucracy have resulted in the formulation of a code that in time may be a widely quoted as the one named for Napoleon. A few of its maxims: 1. Work expands to as to fill every second of the time available for its completion. To finish any project ahead of time un der present workaday . conditions makes any worker or group of work ers definitely suspect. 2. You can always tell the somebodies from the nobodies at a cocktail party: "the somebodies come late and shun walls." 3. Subordinates multiply at a fixed rate, regardless of the amount of work produced. Mr. Parkinson is convinced that when a peacetime income tax rate goes above 10, the public begins resorting to "evasive action." At 25, he says, "Inflation debases the currency." Over 35, "the nation is carting itself to his tory's junkpile." And what of a nation whose income tax rates in some cases exce'eds 90? Mr. F's imagination fails him! 1961, by Bennett Cert. Distributed by King Features Syndicate fusing left with east; let us cease now confusing black with democracy. (Attorney General Kennedy pleaded on television that we support "the people" In this age and not their arbitrary rulers. Suppose, for purposes of argument, that a mass peo ple's revolt develops against Nkrumah's rule. What would he want American policy to be?) Because the British have carefully and successfully turned over power to native leaders In West Africa, let us not assume they can carry on uie process in is.enya or Rho- Africa, desia without chaos and bloody violence. Withdrawal Side by side with the rapid of white power from Black 1 and long overdue march of Africa is one thing; with- black Africans towards self drawal from Black-and-WhIte rule, however dictatorial, and Africa is a totally different; towards achievement of this '"'k century's material blessings, I Portugal has but a short am afraid that for years to lease on her life In Angola. I come we shall witness many, Like Belgium, her o w n 1 many outbreaks of what has strength Is too limited; like to be called by its accurate, if the Congo, Angola Is too vast tprrihio noma, rar war. an area, too Jerry-built In structure, to withstand these "winds of change." copy of the Hoover Hi-Lit. . which has been quoted in this column on other occa slons. We take the liberty of doing so again, with a piece entitled "Children Learn What They Live." The Hoover Hi-Lite says "it was found on Mrs. Law rence's desk." Her It lsi If a child lives with criti cism, he learns to condemn. If a child lives with hostil ity, he learns to fight. If a child lives with fear. he learns to be apprehensive. If a child lives with pity, he learns to feel sorry for hlmsetf. If a child lives with ridi cule, he learns to be shy. If a child lives with jeal ousy, he learns to be guilty. . BUT: If a child Uvea with toler ance, he learns to be patient. If a child lives with encour agement, he learns to be con fident. If a child lives with praise, he learns to be appreciative. If a child lives with accept ance, he learns justice. If a child lives with secur ity, he learns to have faith in himself, and in those about him. If a child lives with friend liness, he learns the world is a nice place in which to live. Now that we're started. let's continue with the Hoo ver Hi-Lite. Here is a re port on "Tropical Fish" pre sented by Susan Kimball of grade 4Ri "One day we went In the library to see some tropical fish. There were a lot of fish there. There were little fish and big fish. "One of the fish had teeth. For a moment I didn't know why. Then a boy told us why. It is so he can eat a lot of things. "When we were finished looking, we thanked the boy for letting us see the fish. Then we went back to the room and started to work." And now it is time for us to go back and start to work. too. But before w do, we should assur you that the regular Potluck ed itor is greatly indebted to those who pitched in to do his job while he was away. Oh, yes the Potluck editor's wife has decided she likes jet flying. All ex cept the landings, anyway. These still make her a bit uneasy. Especially If they're bumpy. 1 ii iT in f This is not going to be tho "century of Africa" as Dag Hammarskjold has been quoted as believing, unless he Is speaking of Africa only as a center of world trouble. I fail to see how those who speak of Africa as coming to hold the "balance of world power" can make even a hy pothetical case. Since Africa Is, as a whole, underpopu lated, underdeveloped and deeply riven by rivalries, its physical immensity makes for weakness, not strength. No po tential, specific power center there is now forseeable, save j possibly In Mediterranean (Diitrlbuttd 1961 br f V . The Hall Syndicate. Inc.) (All Rights RtterTtxl) i
