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Newspaper Page Text4 A trsnoDt in SouUiem oraga . FaSIiihtd Pll excrpt Saturday MEDFORD PRINTING CO Norm rtr SC. Ph 8PM1I TVfXaVWWBSl 'Editor HXftB GREY Advntlilni Manager GEKAU) T UlIM pua soar MIC W BARL B ADAMS. City Miter .AfeLiVn JR., soni. w Mill II tot BRY CHIPMAlL editor OUVB 8TARCHIIH R Vann'l Editor PALE ERICMON. circulation me tiM u econd elan matter t .'. Modtord. Oregon, under Aot of u , Mrchl, 1" tnwi-uipTfnM HATKS ' By Mall In AdMnce. Copy 10c -: Dally -nd Sunday 1 yr Sigoo Sally and Sunday t nwa ... 00 (Mi and Sunday mot 4.S" 'Sunday Only-One rs Br Carrier-tn Adwnee Medford Ashland. Central Point a gla , Point Jacksonville. Gold Hill vi.nMiiw fniad r.nrm Rortia rue I.1m4 atiif All MlfltAT rflUtOt '! Duly and Sunday year iisno .-: Daily ana Bunapy y H errT and Deelm copy l . ii thm Cuh In Advane "ttlai Paneref City of !?ll'ori Official raimr or rtcmon vi".y , ' 5 ftnltST Pren International . Tull Leaaed Wire J Or CiRCULATiuna TX2r Sniifia" PO. INC Of' fl in New .Tort Chicago, pe- 4 trolt. San Pranclco toe Angeles U"U. Vancouver, B.C pnrriann at. uuun, .- NEWSPAPER PUtllSHIRS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL sgcgTI()N Flight o' Time Medford end Jackson County History from the filet of The Mall Tribune 10, 20,. 30, 40 end SO 'yeart aoo, 10 YEARS AOO April 4. mi (Wednesday) - The Medford city council laat night approved secondary ' use by Central Point ol Mea- ford's police and lire depart ment radio system. Mann company officials yesterday revealed - that an 83,000 construction and re . modeling project will be start ed on the big department store within a weekv 10 YEARS AOO AprU 4,-1041 (rviiay) . Col. Frank L. Tof.Velle, Jacksonville, and George Cod ding and William McAllister, . Medford attorneys, are among those being mentioned as pos sible candidates for the new fourth district congressional post.' -.,- From' Arthur Perry's J'Ye Smudge Pot": column: "The oak leaves are now si big as squirrel ears, and many farmers contemplate planting early corn." , 0 YEARS AOO April 4, 1M1 (Saturday) ' The Medford pott office will operate only a halt-day on Saturdays from now on, - Medford High school's band has reached the finals of the state band contest In Corval- Us., . .-:-.!,. 40 YEARS AOO . AprU 4. 1111 (Monday) ' The early pear crop here was damaged last night by an unexpected cold wave and isnow storm. , The -state highway depart ment has announced a new 13.50 daily wage for its com' mon laborers starting tomor i row. , : SO YEARS AOO April 4, 1111 (Tuesday) i A survey party Is currently ninnins lines between Mea- . ford and Central Point prior v to construction of a new coua ty roau' between , the two cities. ' . . Southern Pacific railroad has announced It will expe dite refunds to shippers who were billed before the recent rate-lowering order, was con. firmed. Vfcit't Yexrl.Q.? Nine M ran correct It superior; seven er elf hi fa eacellent) five er hi le tM. :'.. 1. President Kennedy's re treat is where? 2. A taik'tke plait of hair worn behind and a file of persons are both called what? 3. The noted leaning tower is located in which Italian city? . - -V ' 4. Which : State is nick named "Magnolia State"? S. An individual suffering from pyrophobia Is afraid of what? . 6. In the song Yankee Doo dle, "macaroni" refers to kind of food; true or false? 7. Is the famous Mayo clinic located at Rochester, or Minnesota? y : 8. What is the given name of the first ofpring of the ,"'Dlck , Tracy" comic strip coaracter a. o. Plenty? . 8. Who was the German Nazi who in May, 1041 made a spectacular flight from Ger many to ., Scotland and f ur rendered? '10. Is Montreal or Quebec the largest city in Canada. Answerst 1. Olen Ora near Mlddleburg, Vs. 2. Queue. 3. Pisa. 4. Mississippi. . Fire. 0. False. (CJayly uniformed Maryland soldiers of Revolu tionary War.) 7. Minnesota. . Sparkle Plenty, t. Rudolph Hess. 10. Montreal. L iOtMDAY, APRIL 4. 1911 Up To The Governor As regular readers of this. column well know, we have not always been entirely enchanted with Mark 0. Hatfield as governor of Oregon.-: v But if he has the courage and the perspicac ity to veto Senate Bill 32, we'll take of our hat and give him a solid, well-earned "well done.'' ' This bill, it may be recalled, is the one shoved along by the big truck lobby and the Association of Oregon Industries lobby, to reduce 'weight-mile ' taxes on big trucks those over 44,000 pounds, and having the greatest effect on those 77,000 pounds and over. , , , THE bill passed both And to substantiate should have happened, lacta huuui wie suuauon. The bill, if it becomes law. will reduce by about $1 million per year (plus federal matching funds of some $9 million per year, for a total of io. minion per year) struction JUST at a time when they are badly needed, when the legislature is scratching for more nignway monies, proving a $22 million Columbia river bridge and - & A 7li: 1 J TT 1 in ' a ft iiiuuuii uonu issue ior nignway . The big trucks areue thev pav more than their share of the cost of highways, But a lot of people who. should know maintain they don't, even now. pav a FAIR shart. Bv reducing their share, everyone else will have to pay a nigger snare. MOW nearing completion is a series of tests Z which will determine with accuracy, just how much big trucks add to the cost of highway con struction, due to the fact that because of them (and ONLY because-of be built much stronger trucks and passenger vehicles. In ramming this bill through before the results of the scientific tests are know, the legislature has acted in a thoroughly irresponsible manner. (Both repre sentatives from Jackson county, Bob Duncan and John Dellenback, be it bill. State Sen. LynderNewbry voted for lt.y A look at the record shows that in 1952, only eight years and five voted on two related measures, as follows: 1. AGAINST a-proposed constitutional amendment which would have forbidden a weight-mile tax on big trucks 484,730 to 135, 468. v rj s 2.. FOR a referendum the increase which Senate 409,588 to 230,241. CIRCUMSTANCES have not changed so sharp V ly in the past eight years that a tax which was then felt equitable by a large majority or (Ore gon's voters is no longer equitable. . v r If the eovernor siens the bill, it almost cer tainly will lie referred to a vote of the people all over again at considerable cost , . In view of these facts, we fail to see how the legislature can justify its passage of the bill. But we can tertainly see how Governor Hatfield can justify a veto. " We hope he does just that. E.A. . . Guri'Jumping . When a bill has passed both' houses of the legislature in the same form, and is signed by governor, it becomes a law. , r Just when this happens depends. If it has the "emergency clause?' it becomes law. immedi ately, If it does not have the emergency clause, it Decomes law au aays alter legislative session. Both houses of the legislature. have passed, and the governor has signed, a bill to change the name of Oregon State College to Oregon State University. It did not have Jthe emergency clause THEREFORE it will not go in to effect until 90 days after the adjournment of the current legislatureprobably somewhere around the lat ter part of July. But does OSC (U) care to observe the legali- 1? - J !' M Al. lies ana niceiues 01 tne should ask I v Already its news releases refer to itself as Ore- 5on State University. The Corvallis Gazette 'imes does the same. So does the student paper, the Barometer. ' , And even the seal of the institution, which is printed at the top of the Barometer, has been revised and reengraved to proclaim the college's forthcoming university status. . Isn't this1 jumping the gun, just a little bit? Seasonal If, after; last week's weather, there is any doubt that spring is nere, we are in a position to dispell that doubt. Saturday afternoon, in throuch the onen win dow of the office, flew the f irst fly of the season. One swallow does not a summer make, the poet tells us, but a fly . . .E.A. John Birch A copy of "The Blue Society,'! which is both Bible and blueprint for that organization, so much in the news in recent days, has been made available to us. A review of the book, in two parts, will ap pear in this space,. starting tomorrow. E.AV houses of the legislature our view that this never here are a few pertinent - funds for hiehwav con and lust as they are ap them) the highways must than necessary for light known, voted against this months ago, the people measure which imposed Bill 32 would revoke ine aajournment 01 cne , A A IT. . suuauonf na you . Hazard absolutely urorcreous Blue Book Book of the John Birch Dennis tha Menace WHEN 1 UKt APPLES? 'SlPESHE Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and addrau nf h writer although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or Inllai tor publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to adit all letters with .a view to clarification and condensaton. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words .The letters printed In his column do not necessarily represent the views' of the paper; in tact me contrary Is often Anything? ' - , To the Editor: Congressman Durno said he was not instru mental in preventing the mini mum wage law from passing, but the record shows it would have passed wl'h his one vote. He said he was against the depressed - area bill even though there are several such areas In our own district. Does this man stand for any thing that will benefit the peo ple of Oregon? ' , r Neil Rayburn, ' , 4 ; 814 Sherman, : ' ' Medford : In Defense of Verne Shangle To tne Editor: This Is in reply to Mrs. Gardiner's letter to Mr. Shangle printed in the Tribune Friday, March 30. Ap parently she is ignorant of the true situation in our coun try. - V ; rv,;, Republicans of Jackson county should be, proud to have Mr. Shangle as chair man. He ' is courageous, re sourceful,' loyal and honest. He gives all he has to a cause he believes in even though it may be an unpopular cause. The information he received as., a member of the John Birch society prompted him to accept the chairmanship Because he felt he could there by do more to protect country.. .we in the society were warned that when our Impact on society Began to ba felt we would be the target ; of a - tremendous smear cam paten. The source of this smear campaign Is the' same as the source of the smear campaign against the H.U.A.C and the film "Operation Abo lition." i:y.,"U.:- -,;n I would urge Mrs, Gardiner to read some of the following dooks: xne Naked Commu nist" by W. Cleon Skousen. "Keynes .of Harvard" by. The Veritas Foundation, "The Road Ahead" by John "T. Flynn." "McCarthy and His Enemies", by William Frank Buckley and Bazell L. Brent. "Nine Men Against America" by Rosalie Gordon. "Masters of Deceit" by J. Edgar Hoover and "The Law and the Prof its" by C. Northcote Parkin son. . This is written 'On Good Friday. About 2,000 years ago the Jews were at a crossroads as a nation. They did not rec ognize their Messiah. Had they done so; and acknowledged Him it would have ushered in Weir golden age. Instead they crucified Him. As a result they have been, 'for the past 2,000 years, a people without a country, hated and perse cuted wnerever they went. , America too is at a cross road. If we make the wrong choice now we may cease to exist as a nation. It is in an effort to prevent this that the John Birch society was found ed. Senator. Barry Goldwater said In Los Angeles yester day concerning its member ship: "I am impressed by the type of people in the society. They are the kind we need In politics today." Our founder knew that only a severe shock could force us out of our lethargy and complacency. J. Edgar Hoover said recent ly that indifference to the Communist threat could mean national suicide. Has the John Birch society furnished the needed Impetus? Anna M. Streed, 36 North Peach at., ; Medford - v Word From "Interne" To the Editor: During the week of March 20 to 24 It was my pleasure to be the legislative Interne of Senator L. W. Newbry. In this letter I would like to convey to the people ot Jackson county some of my views and Im pressions of both Mr. New bry and the state legislature as a whole. First, let me state that I SAID lIKtO IKE TUWUP the case. - - , .; feel it Is impossible for. one person to please all of the peo ple all of the time. Of course, this applies to Senator New bry as well as every other member of the state legisla ture. However, I wish to as sure the voters of Jackson county that it is my observa tion that Mr. Newbry puts as mucn lime and ellort into the consideration of each and every bill that comes before the Senate as is humanly pos sible, and then votes on the measures, with the best inter ests of 'his - constituents in mind. I have often heard him as - in committee meetings wnai ine etiect of a measure would be on his district. Then with this in mind he makes his stand, striving to carry out the wishes of .both his home district 'and the interests of the entire state as well. The state legislature Is dally becoming a place of Increasing activity as they strive to meet the AprU 20 deadline. The pace of the individual mem ber U fast and furious. A typi cal day begins M 8 in the morning, with committee meetings; from here the legis lator SOeS tO thff innrinn nf his individual house at 10, and mere corrsiaers ine measures before it. The house: sessions are Increasing in length. In fact.v the House bf Represen tatives is still ih session at the time of this writing (1:30) and has been since in tM morning. The afternoon of the legislator is then spent in more committee meetings and It is a lucky person that ends IiJb .J 1 I - , . uojf ueiore o in the eve ning, .men, after the dinner hour, many of the legislators return for commltteo meet ings and hearings that run far into ine night..;. In closing,.! would like to say that in the vast majority, the men and women represent ing us, the voters, here in the Capitol are a sincere group working always with the best Interest of the people in mind I would like to further state that I feel Mr. Newbry is do ing a very able Job of repre senting the people of Jackson county:- , Richard J. Swlnney, Citizenship '- Clearinghouse Interne from , Southern Oregon ' -College Ashland, Ore; . i Devastating! 4 uTo the Editor: Most of the charges made by The John Birch Society are devastating! ine cnarges are not new how ever; put in . the past those Individuals making these same charges have been de stroyed by the expert imple mentation (at an enormous cost) of the . country's com munications media. Always, as now, the individuals mak ing the charges were attack- cu-me marges were never reiuieo. . Because of the large num ber of its members who are in general, of very high cali ber, and intelligence, and in fluence, the John Birch So ciety may at long last be the means of finally having the charges investigated and proved. Not only by a con cerned Congress, but bv a curious public who are, to be sure, of no less a caliber, or intelligence, or influence, than the members of the John Birch Society. ; These two groups together are correct ly called loyal American ciU zens. ....' . ' Now. consider events start ing two weeks ago when the John Birch Society was so widely and Inaccurately re ported as a "secret society:" and one week ago this was softened (but still Inaccurate), to "semi secret society." To day with much accuracy, it Is finally being described ac curately, - and in effect no more ttcret than the blaring i HKDSOHU MAIL THiBUNE, MrlDFORD. ORE Reservoir Found in ' By PHIL MEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst The United States has be come used to- criticism from Its Latin American neighbors south of the border. '. As the com bined forces o( Comma. At nism and Cas troism made this hemi sphere a new frontier of the cold war. R e d- inspired demonstrators crying the slogan, "Cuba si, Yankee no," became so common-place as no longer to be news. Yet this correspondent in recent Latin American tra vels found also a large reser voir: of good will toward ;the Drummond Reports :' (Walter Lfppmann la ia (urepe. Rescea Drummeni Mparts frem Washfngten in his absence.) UNEMPLOYMENT. AND PROSPERITY ' ; Washington -The Kennedy administration may not be giving us all the right answers but the President is. raising the right questions about the distressing and increasing un employment in the ? United States. ' ". ' " . -. It Is getting worse, not bet ter. Great harm can come from ignoring it. The anomaly is that unemployment and emplyoment have been rising simultaneously, Nothing could : be more hurtful, than to lose sight of the problem- by focusing the debate on :the "prosperity records" of past Admimstra tlons, Republican and Demo cratic. Many Republicans feel that the Elsenhower years nave been the greatest ever. Many Democrats contend that tne recessions were frequent, the recovery too little ana me rate of economic growth too slow. .- The need now is to get away from the blurred cliches of "campaign oratory" so that we can look at the problem frankly and realistically. : fTHROUGHOUT the last dec- 1- ade. despite remarksole prosperity for many, despite high average wages and high consumer purchasing power, persistent unemployment has been steadily mounting. The most revealing fact o: all-and this seems to me to cut through the distracting arsument over how good or bad things have been during the' past eight years-is that persistent unemployment has been - increasing even ,when prosperity has been highest. Chronic unemployment, ac cording to : the latest report of the National Planning As sociation, . went from about 500,000 in the third quarter of 1053 to about 2,000,000 in the first quarter of 1960. This is not the total' unemploy ment, which is now about 7,000,000. It is the mounting, hard core of unemployment which has persisted and grown through both the least prosperous and most prosper ous years of the fifties dec ade. This is why the NPA, a non political organization made up of leaders In business, labor, agriculture, and professions, warns that such unemploy ment will rise further unless counter-measures are forth coming. To reduce unemployment and underemployment within a year to 4 per cent of the labor force would require some 7,000,000 new Job op-portunities-a gigantic chal lenger. THE NPA describes chronic or structural unemploy ment as not caused primarily by the ups and downs of the business cycle. There 1 are more deep-seated factors, such as inadequate growth, more automation, economic changes abroad, movement ot industry to new locations, and "dis crimination against age and racial groups practised by some employers and in some cases by unions." Those most affected by chronic unemployment are men 65 and older. The tend ency for widespread persist ent unemployment in the 45 to64 age group is also very acute. In February 1961 the proportion of unemployed who had r been looking for work more than 15 weeks in this age group was as high as 32 per cent. Since workers in this middle-age bracket have usually assumed substantial family re sponsibilities, the NPA strong ly urges actions to end "age whistles heard across the val ley announcing high noon. All who wish,1 please con tact me, or any other member of the organization you may know. You will have the op portunity of obtaining the in formation necessary for mak ing an intelligent appraisal of the present critical situa tion. ,. Robert J. Howard . 828 B West 14th st. Medford of Good Will Toward Latin America; Editor United States, and a hope that, through the help of the United States, the fate that befell the Communist satel lite nations of Europe and Asia will not happen here. . This good will toward the United States found eloquent expression last month in meeting at Acapulco, Mexico, of 'the Board of Directors of the Inter American Press Association. Addressing hemispheric rep resentatives of more than 500 newspaper members of IAPA, Ricardo Castro Beeche, editor of La Nacion, San Jose, Costa Rica, had this to say about "Yankee imperialism": .''Yankee imperialism means a country that' bas gone to two world wars with enormous sacrifices of lives and money and which hasn't discrimination." This is crit ical since during the next few years. 40 per cent of the labor force will be 45 years or older. ; , To combat both age dis crimination and racial dis crimination in employment, the NPA urges public educa tion stressing the need to use these workers, increased vo cation and re-training, and wider use of the U.S. Em ployment service as well as other means. ' ." vr : . However much the parti sans may disagree over the prosperity of the nation in re cent years, chronic unemploy ment has been growing in good and bad times alike. It now confronts industry, labor, anJ. government with a prob lem too persistent to be ig nored; ' (c) 1961 New York Herald Tribune Inc. " Matter of Fact MARSHAL SARIT'S FEARS Bangkok Marshal Sarit Thanarat is the shrewd and powerful leader more ward boss than dic tator of pro- Western Thai land. The fears which he rath- er openly avowed, both before and during the SEATO. con ference here, tell a very Alfop great deal about the post-conference situation. Marshal Sarit's view of the Laos crisis is founded, to be gin with, on the assumption that the U.S. is the only west ern power retaining an active interest in the fate of South east Asia. Both the British and French, he believes, lost interest in this region after the Geneva settlement ending the Indochina war in 1954. The assumption Is certainly sound. French officials on the spot, in . Laos particularly, may seek to play a locat polit ical role. But this can have no purpose except to satisfy the egos of the officials concern ed, since the role they have played runs counter to the real, long range interests of France. AS FOR the British, their haatn attltllri woa ravaol. ed by the remarkable formula of a leading member of their delegation to . SEATO', that "the Laos crisis was less an Asian problem than a problem of Anglo-American relations." In other words, the British regard concern about Laos as kind of American maggot or mania, to which conces sions must be made for the primary purpose of maintain ing the Anglo-American part nership. This attitude explains the Franco-British enthusiasm for government of Laos headed by Prince Souvanna Phouma and Including - pro Commu nists. The French officials on the scene like the idea, out- ting it rather crudely, because Prince Souvanna Phouma is polite to them. The British consider that the Installation of such a government will be the easiest way of avoiding a dangerous Southeast Asian confrontation between the So viet and the U.S. In contrast, Marshal Sarit, like 'virtually all the Ameri can officials in this part of the world, believes that the Instal lation of this kind of govern ment in Laos will only be the first step in a broad advance of Communist influence and power in Southeast Asia. The Marshal was shocked, again like most American officials out here, by U.S. acceptance of the British, scheme for opening negotiations about Laos with the Soviets. And he frankly fears that "British Influence" will lead the U.S. to make fatally weak compro mises when and if negotia tions begin. e rpHESE fears of the Thai leaders were at least re duced by a long talk with Sec retary of State Dean Rusk during the SEATO meeting. ( . taken a single Inch of land from the beaten countries.' "It means a nation which devoted hundreds of millions of dollars for the reconstruc tion of the defeated countries after the war through the Marshall Plaa and these are the very .countries -whose people were victims of their own dictatorial governments. "Yankee imperialism is a country which has spent mil lions of dollars for the re construction in technical - as sistance and in food over aU these years in order to save ington y WILLIAM RED BLUNDER Washington - The Soviet bloc, which many -credit with a cold and superior wisdom supposedly re siding only In -e 1 1 1 c l ent" d 1 ctatorshlps. has Just made a political mistake of crashing fool lshness. Any west ern politician nit. arjove county commissioner who made so stupid a blunder could save himself the trouble of run ning for re-election. - - The general consequence is to shake the cliche that the free world is always a bit fuzzy at the-game and 'the communist world always right on top the ball. ' A specific consequence Is to give President Kennedy's vast new military program a better outlook in Congress than it had beforehand. The eight Communist coun tries of the Warsaw pact, headed by the Soviet Union, By Joseph Alsop Rusk had a good : talking point in the form of President Kennedy's response to Prime Minister Macmillan's seeming hint that the U.S. had better go it alone in Laos with mere British moral support, At the resulting Key West meeting, although it has been denied, the President got a commit' ment from the Prime Minister to contribute the Common' wealth ' Brigade in -Malay in the event intervention in Laos proved unavoidable. All the same, Marshal Sarit is still reported to be gravely worried about the outcome in Laos -and with good reason, Anyone must be worried who realizes that Laos is the un fortunate key to the Southeast Asia future, and who also un derstands the i basis on which we have undertaken to nego tiate. .. . i The proposed arena of nego tiations is to be a 14 nation conference including several "neutrals" and the Chinese and North Vietnamese Com munists. The situation in Laos is to be "policed by a Polish- Indian-Canadian control com mission. In this commission the Indian member, perhaps a man like Rajeshwar Dayal in the Congo, will have the cast ing vote. : -'" ABOVE all, th position on the crrminH in T.am ia nl. ready desperately unfavor able. The North Vietnamese and Laos Communists not only control the two northern provinces, Phongsaly and Samneua-whlch might be a manageable position.: They also currently . control the most important area of cen tral Laos, Xienghouang Prov ince including the Plains dee Jarres, and they hold at least one small base in the South. - Any settlement in ' Laos which leaves the Communists in control of so much territory will surely end in effective Communist control of Laos. So will any settlement whlrh installs Prince Souvanna Phouman with Communists in important places in the sup porting cast. Prince Souvanna alone can perhaps lead Laos down a truly neutral road. But the quite different results of a Souvanna-Communist re gime can already be predict ed, from the way Prince Sou vanna dealt with the Leftists when he was last in power. All' these factors, and es pecially the position on the ground, will make any nego tiation about Laos a task of almost superhuman difficul ty. It can be taken for granted that Marsha! Sarit is quite right in foreseeing that Brit ish Influence will favor almost any compromise. And this will increase the difficulty. The best hope lies in the fact Ntkita S. Khrushchev was the first to say what Dean Rusk also said here, that an "Austrian" style settlement was needed in Laos. But it is hard to see how this kind of setUement can ever be se cured unless President Ken nedy rather ostentatiously shows continued willingness to keep his powder dry. -(c) 1911, New York Herald Tribune, Inc. U.S. Is Tells It many people ot the .world from hunger and misery. Yan kee, imperialism means a man has a right to happiness through a worthy life." ' "Perhaps the Soviets could tell us how this compared with' the Imperialism-which Russia exercises. The Soviets maintain all the countries de tested and occupied by them under' their yoke without freedom , at all; and more over, -thei.S try through sub versive mevos to destroy the democracies U order to make themselves the lords and mas ters of the world." ; j ort S. WHITI ' . . .. l have flatly challenged the West by announcing a weap ons buildup. . ( ( COME foreign observers " have called their manifes to relatively "moderate" 'a, moderate relative to the nak ed threats these eight used to hurl after each Warsaw Pact meeting. But, "moderate" or not in this kind of definition it. was most Immoderately stupid in point of timing. And timing can be as vital as the substance of policy itself. ',lr' For this ,was the momeht for the Communists to. talk only peace,' peace, peace. . . . The proclamation" c o m e '$ precisely .'when the Western Alliance, . the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, has been shewing strains. Automatical'.' lt.b,5krupta tt fidon Wat the Russians were ready to let Western Europe alona trated" . on the rnm.... Laos. Automatically it makes, clear that the heart of Rus, sian strategy remains just where for years it had been to drive the free world out of Be-lin and, in time, out of Europe. .' '.' AND, as the cream of this" . uie uuerna-' tlonal Commnnlt disclosed their real intentions with yet another example of " their mastery of timing. Fop tbey disclosed their new men ace on the very day that the' tough, quiet American Secre-' wry or ueiense, Robert Mc Namara, was sDlttins In eyes In Congress with a plan' to close or to reduce 52 no longer vital military bases in half as many states in this' country. This is to be done not In reduce our military , effort by ' an ounce but rather to rei place some fat with more mis siles and the like. ! Still it is sour news for thn states affected-and most sour for their representatives in Congress. Ordinarilv. it have caused much trouble iw Congress for all or part of the President's $43.8 billion mili tary program. . But those extremelv istic'! minds in the KremlirU those minds of which so manv have SO lonE been afrnirl- have helped to save the day: for McNamara and the Presi-' dent. . ' v -'S . A NY President is in a strong7 f position with any Con-, gress in any argument over, defense. He can ask a slnela . question: "Who is Command-.; er-in-Chief, you or I?" But when a President is given tha '. great gift of an officially pro claimed new hostility to the West by the Soviet Empire hel is given added arms, indeed.' Almost one might hope that- now some qualms -will be. raised, even among those' seized with the curious notion '- that if only the United States wlU be a good fellow to all the neutrals ' and newly-inde. pendent nations in Africa it-i won't matter too much if we', alienate our old "colonist" al-j lies in Europe. - j Even these earnest souls are. presumably aware that not ; many troops could be had' from Ghana, from Guinea, from the nobly "Democratic" J Congo. ' Again, almost ona- might hope-but not quite. (Copyright. 1961, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) Hatfield Approves Hemming Writing Salem -flJPD-Gov. Mark Hat- ' field said Monday he thinks it ', Is fine if new University of -Oregon President Arthur Flemmlng does a little "moon- J lighting." ; Flemmlng was criticized by Sen. Walter Pearson last week 1 for planning to contribute i magazine articles from time to time in addition to his reg- , ular work at the university. Hatfield, who does an oc-J caslonal bit of free-lancing . himself, said he, was "flattered i Arthur Flemming will be quoted." J "I hope our educators will J be of such stature," Hatfield said, "that their comments will be requested."