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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
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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.
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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)
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