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April , 1951 (ThifT , AU gmblln JolntV to Jackson county 'ara down and going to stay down," Dis trict Attorney General Nellson Hid following seven arrests on gambling charges M past month. -. ' . Seventeen lr ipotter posts i for Civil Defense are estabr , llshed In county. - SO YEARS AGO - i " April . " (Saturday) Large rowd of iporta en thusiasts expected at Crater lake, where new wow has brought ground cover to 118 '"rrom Arthur Perry'. "SmudgPot" column; "April Fool's Dy pawed quietly Tueiday. Quite number were fooled for the first time ilnce ,tht Nowrnber . alectlon' jj; " 9C YEARS "OJ-f ' i,it . 1131 (Sunday) ' MirnrH v Hiah band re ceive honorable mention in . ttate band content wlm ClauAtitle. Local gaiollne prices fall to .,4 to rant ner Ballon for Independent dealer and 20 to 81 cenU for major com panlet In gaa war. 40 YEARS AOO April 6, 1921 ITueaday) , Estimated $530,000 to be ipent by highway commla ln on -Crater take hlghway ftom Medford,r -"Medford national guard unit designated a Company Ai Hrit tepara company. 5k; YEARS AOO . . Asrll 5, 1911 IWedneaday) , 1 Purchase Ot new fire truck 4 aupplement horse-drawn fire engines delayed by Med tird cl council. . sbewent sidewalk inspector be appointed by mayor, 180 monthly pay planned. U:'i Ycsr I.Q.? Mau taai aarrvct It tvMrlwt aat - eif hf is exctilmli fire er alt n 0M. - . 1. Waa the District of Co lumbia once larger or smaller in area than It Is now? a. Which Federal govern ment agency is responsible tor the calculation of tables of the tides? 3. In the 1936 election, who was the Republican candidate for President? : , - 4. The European city, Ge- nva. ia in which countryT ' 5. Do pythons ; kill their prey by venomous bites or by constriction? 8. In which national ceme tery were the remains of the W.W.II unknown ouriea? . 7. Is pure tin subject to rusting? 8. In what unit of measure ment does the Weather Bu reau measure rainfall? B. What is ornithology? ' 10. Is ' a woodpecker's tongue larger than his head? Answers! 1. Larger, : (the portion cedsd by Virginia was to-cedtd). a. United States Coast Guard. 3. AM Landon of Kansas. 4. Switserland. 5. Constriction. 9. Arlington Na tional. 7. No. 8. Inches. 9. Study of birds. 10. Yes. ' DEFENDS VOTING AOS ' ; Portsmouth, V. -WB Miss America, 19-year-old Nancy Anne Fleming, said Tuesday she doesn't think teen-asirs -should be given the right to vote. "Youngsters begin to feet independent at 17, but it takes them a few years to realize they're not as smart as Umj think," fh mU. .- WEDNESDAY. APRIL 5. 1911 ' A Book Review--I . - 'The Blue Book of the John Birch Society, by Robert Welch. No publisher nor price listed, paper- back, typewritten graphy. This is an astounding book. An evangelical book.' An idealistic book. A practical book. A book of unbelievable contrasts. And, it must be added, a profoundly and deeply shocking book. With various prefaces, introductions and post scripts aside, it consists of a series of lectures de livered in December, 1958, to a group of 11 men in Indianapolis, by its author. Robert Welch, which constituted the origin of the John Birch Society, so much in the news in recent days. . The book, and the Society, had their birth in fear fear of the "Communist Conspiracy." It (and the. Society, too, presumably, -for the JJlue Book ia not only a blueprint for action, but also a statement of philosophy, rationale, and ways and means.) , believe that unless something is done; the Communist take-over is very near. "THE book cannot possibly be adequately re viewed in the space of 182 pages, and on almost every page is a para graph or sentence, that begs for comment. There is much in the book, as a matter of fact, that any, loyal patrloc American can agree with, wholeheartedly. There are broad, sweeping gen eralizations about truth and God and patriotism: there are poetic quotations scattered liberally throughout; there are proclamations or mgn ana noble purpose. : But the book is so obviously obsessive, so patently based on a weird twisting of history and contemporary events, so clearly the result of the hatreds and fears of one by thousands of others, View of the world, that it THERE are eight sections, or chapters. It begins with a reading of history which gives to the communists a mononloy on brains and organiza tion and aggressiveness ever the communists have ! gained, it was the result of the conspiracy, and much of this was from within betrayal cils of the free world. Foreign aid is a communist plot. So is nation al defense. (Sputnik .was simply a gimmick to scare the American people.) So were the study reports whicli showed increasing concern over growing Soviet military strength. It says: ; " . . Although our danger remains almost entirely ' Internal, from Communist influence right in our midst : : 1 and treason Tight In our government,-the American people are being persuaded that our danger is from ' the outside, is from Russian military superiority. And ', under the excuse of preparing to match that military . might, of defending ourselves from this threat of out side force; in other words, under the guise of fighting Communism, we are being stampeded into the biggest Jump ever towards, and perhaps the final Jump right Into, socialism and the Communist camp.", Welch-views things And the complexities of politics, of social structure-r-tnese are prusnea aside.- ignored, or twisted IN WELCH'S view, we are losing the cold war. He makes many mentions of Communist suc cesses; none of" the successes of the free world.' And our losses are not so much the result of inter national power politics as they are the result of betrayal in places , high and low. ' ' now to excise this In part bv a return and its attendant moralitv. At least "one-third of the services in at least tne Protestant churches" are assisting this cancer, Welch declares, "And some actually use their pulpits to preach outright Communism ..." P VEN though the Communist octopus "is so - largfcthat its tentacles now reach into all of the legislative halls, all of the union labor meet ings, a majority of the religious gatherings, and most of the schools of the whole world," nistory is not on their side, Welch states, in one of his rare bursts of optimism. . But it must be fought with any and eveiy means at hand. And he outlines them: Reading rooms for anti-communist literature; promoting right-wing ultra-conservative maga zines, and radio and TV commentators (like Dan Smoot) of the radical right; "the powerful letter-writing weapon that lies so readily to hand" (to. editors, among others) on a planned and "ordered" basis; the organization of "fronts little fronts, big fronts, temporary fronts, per manent fronts, all kinds of fronts ; start shock ing the American people ("The best way to do this is by exposure, which is why the Communists just had to get rid of McCarthy, and went to such extreme lengths 'jto do so" . . . "We would run in the magazine an article consisting entirely of questions to this man, which would be devastating in their implications. The question technique, when skillfully used in this way is mean and dirty . . .") ; tne heckling of suspected speakers; providing speakers for church clubs, P.T.A.S, etc. ; international activities; political action. THERE is no sissy-like compunction about truth, or honor, or decency, or the American right of free speech, or the presumption of innocence un til guilt is proven, or any other such nonsense. No indeed. If a man thinks other than the way you do, smear him; and don't fuss about the niceties. This is his implicit message. , Stoop to the communists' tactics, if necessary, but do it in the name of a proud, moral, religious, free America. ; ; "Fantastic?" Welch asks of the situation fac ing us. "Of course it's fantastic. But everything I am talking is fantastic." Truer words were never spoken. E.A. . . .; ,", ''? - (Continued tomorrow.) end reproduced by off-set litho- available, for it consists man, unhappily matched and has such an unreal defies rational analysis. and dedication. Wher by men high in the coun in stark black and white. history, of economics, of to his purposes. "cancer' i ' ; to' fundamental religion Dennis " the Menace J GOTTA Communications Letters to th Editor, must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or Iniial for publication Is permissible. The Mall Tribune reserves the right to edit 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 fact the contrary Is often the case. Early Files To the Editor: E. A. said he saw his first fly Saturday, April 1 (Editorial 4461). However we've had flies for a week or more already.; J Please don't print my name and address because there are probably ten thousand other valley residents who had flies before we did. (Name on File) Medford . . ' Handicapped Employed : To the Editor: Your issue of April 2 carried a report written by Mr.' John W. Sin ders, retiring chairman of the Jackson County Committee for the Employment of the Physically Handicapped. This report is very intereot Ing to many of the members of Camp White and no doubt created some little speculation among the many persons who reside in Jackson county, who although physically fit are still not employed. The objective of this, com mittee are certainly worthy of commendation.: In his farewell tribute to his committee, Mr. Slnders fails somehow to give any actual figures as to just how many persons have been aided in finding employment while in a handicapped status, nor does he offer the names ot the em ployers, -who, he states "are taking giant steps forward with our handicapped pro gram." - - . : Mr. Slnders not being avail able for comment I naturally look to you as publisher of his report to give us this informa tion. , If you find it not ethical to supply the names of these firms, will you please give us tne information in a broad manner, such as lumber or veneer plants, truck operators, railroads, etc. - I think a bit of clarification will be read with Interest. William A. Allen, Camp White '....'-A- No. 10509 ' White City, Ore. o Editor's note: During the year 1960, jobs were found for 75 persons with physical handicaps, representing about 25 per cent of those who had registered with the state em ployment office. This is con sidered to be an unusually good percentage, running higher than the average in this situation. Most of those em ployed were placed In clerical type jobs. The Warren Family To the Editor: After rend ing L. C. Powell's rather heated letter concerning Chief Justice Warren, I am at a loss to comprehend what all the shouting is about. Does he know, or have proof of, his accusations? Or is he simply accepting the valuable words of Dan Smoot?-a gentleman who, it seems to me, hasn't a good Word for anyone, regardless. .ar be it from me to argue the point with Mr. Powell or Smoot or anyone else. It could be true. I wouldn't know. All I do know, is this: That's a pretty serious charge toward a man of Justice War ren's standing. It particularly concerns me, for the follow ing reasons: Approximately 10 years ago, we lived and worked in Sacramento, in the state civil service, In the Capitol area. We had many friends among the state employees-It was, I hasten to add, a friendly, neighborly group, Including the, at that time, Governor Warren family. Our Impressions of the War rens, from the governor to his wife and smallest child, were of the best. They were an excellent example of our Idea of a good, "earthy," av erage. American family and home, which Is one of the most essential needs of our nation today: . i" Americans will never be any stronger than its homes, and the devotion and sympa thy, also love, expressed in those homes. From what we see, hear and read, ai a nation of real homemakers, it's get ting rather weak, to . say the least.: .-, .... . We knew- the Warren fam ily quite well. They were as warm and friendly, as good neighborly, as one could ever have. This thought is of par. ticular concern to me today, for exactly 10 years ago to day we, and the Warrens, at tended Easter Services there, the most beautiful service of my experience. Both Mr. and Mrs. Warren sat there in tear ful , quiet, as their lovely daughter sang in, the choir; however that day their baby girl, Honey Bear, was serious ly ill In the hospital. ' ,A few days later I chanced to pass the historical but ugly old house-used as the Gov ernor's mansion. The son was in the back .yard. I . stopped and inquired of his sinter. His reply, "I don't know yet, but would . you mind saying a prayer for her?" 'L: That's Hiy personal experi ence with the Warren fam ily. I'm a little Irked at those accusations against' what seemed to me a very fine man, and I add, an excellent and devoted father. If 'there is proof unquestionable, no hearsay, I should certainly be surprised and deeply grieved. Mary Williams , Central Point, Ore. Sad State of Affairs To the Editor: A recent news item stated that the U.S. Atty. Gen. Kennedy is going to start an investigation into all price fixing. This action was, no doubt, triggered by the recent conviction of the Big-Wheels of the Electrical Industry for trying to Bilk Uncle Sam. ' , While not surprising, it is a sad state of affairs, when com panies of their financial sta ture will stoop so low. Or has big business lost all sense of honesty and ethics? -? : ; : Of course, most major. lines of merchandise, both retail and wholesale, are established (fixed) by trade associations -or the "Gentlemen's Agree ment," and are followed quite closely by members. This practice might be termed a fair trade method, but is profiteering - on the small buyer. This practice by the big steel companies functions like a cartel, and outwits the anti-trust law. E. E. Ward,' 880 Stewart ave., Medford. John Blrchers To the Editor: I have been following the series of articles In the'Mall Tribune and Ore gon Journal by the excellent writer, Barbara Bund s c h u, and her team of UPI special reporters, who are writing about Mr. Robert Welch and his so-called "John Birch So ciety." - . First, let me say, "I'm glad I am not a Republican." . Second, 1 11 bet a Lincoln penny that if Barbara and her boys, were to turn loose "all" they have learned about Mr. Welch and his John Birchers that they would look more like White Cedars, which I have usually found to have a rotten heart. : Malcmute Slim, White City, Ore. Christian Teaching To the Editor: I cannot answer all the fine letters re ceived in answer to my sug gestion that religion should be taught in the schools. v : i Only one person disagreed with me. Her letter made me think that perhaps I should MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. ORE Anti-Americanism on Rise in South Korea On First Anniversary By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst The first anniversary of the violent student riots which finally led o the overthrow "SPas" o f President "'A Syngman , i; Rhee finds Vet Korean e c o- T? nomlcs In V fi; chaos, the stu-Zi-I dents, still 2 restless and anti - Ameri- IWWsJrise. Newaorn to February, hanaoiiis carrying ."Yankee go home" slogans appeared in- city streeliVy .. "i : At a protest1 rally against the new U.S.-South Korean Court Hears Decision Dues for Politica I Pur poses By LYLE C. WILSOH . Washington-ttlPD Another minority case is about due for Supreme Court decision but with a differ ence. This le gal dispute in volves not ra cial but mi nority end In dividual rights of union mem bers. A decision for the com plaining , mi nority individuals would have one of two profound effects upon the structure of ..organ ized labor. It would: : -Invalidate the union shop with its requirement of union membership, or: . ' -Compel union leaders to fiance their political activi ties exclusively from volun tary funds. . -Looper Case The litigation is known as the Looper Case, taking its name from Miss nancy ivi. Looper, one of the complain ants. It has been before- the Snnreme Court since 1959. A few employees of the South ern Railway, sued to lorDia their union - to spend dues I'money for political objectives to which tne complaining members were opposed. - This is a union shop situa tion. . : ' , 1 The' eomDlaining union members, therefore, may not withdraw their dues support of the union without loneii ing their jobs! That makes the T.rioner Case a hot one.' The narrow, area" of Individual rights , in which the. issue is raised; contributes also: to; the political importance of " the case. '. ' ' .It would be difficult for the court to render an opinion in this case without establishing as the law of the land eitner; -That a union member can not be compelled to contribute toward political expenditures for objectives that ne opposes, nr: , : -That such an Individual or minority erouD Is without con stitutional protection against such. . - The Georgia Supreme Court found for the complaining un ion members. Judge O. L, Long's, opinion held that to compei anyone so to contrib ute to a political objective would deprive him ol guaran tees in the Bill of Kignts, specifically of freedom of as sociation, thought, llbery and property.1 ' Ttannl Decision The Federal Corrupt Prac tices ' Act prohibits union spending or contributing for have said 'Christianity,' for it was disagreement on 'Re ligious' beliefs that brought our citizens over here in the first place. I am not blind to tne dan gers, for I have attended churches and, found that sev eral of them taught that any other denomination was but the work of Satan. However, I did not know of a school that wasn't opened with prayer and many of our fine old hymns were, sung during the morning's song period.- .-'-. :'; i "- ' ; .. I do not believe l would have been as true a Christian tndav if I hadn't had tne loving guidance of Christian school teachers. - True, the state and religion are separated, and HOW, but my firm belief is - if Chris tianity got mixed into govern ment affairs in large quanti ties we wouldn't be a Godli-ss country in the years to come, as certain sections show signs r,i becoming. T shall not write on tnis subject again, for I am far from being a minister, i just might even backslide some time, (who nasn'i?) out .u i do, I shall be very ashamed of me. Don't forget Senior Orches tra practice Thursday from 1 'til 3, at 601 East Jackson st., and the Fifty Plus club Fri day from 12 'til 4, Okdale at Fifth. It's potluck meeting at the latter. You should be long to both groups If you're over 49 years young. , PeRrl spacKman, -P.O. Box 33, Jacksonville, Ore. aid agreement a speaker ask ed whether the United. States ambassador was the new "governor general of. South Korea." , .. It was on April 6, 1960, that the anti-government riots be gan in Seoul, continuing for the next three weeks. , On AprU 27,. 1960, after more than 100 persons had, been killed and nearly 1,000 injured, Rhee submitted his resignation. 1 These were the first of the "rule by riot" student dem onstrations, -successf ully Imi tated by leftwing Japanese students to prevent the visit of President Eisenhower and by Turkish students in An kara and Istanbul to topple political , purposes. Federal courts , have held, however, that unions may make politi cal medicine in their publica tion or use the medium of TV and for educational pur poses. The rights of freedom of speech, press and assembly protected 'unions in those fields. The TV case arose in Michigan., i . In deciding it,-three U.S. Supreme Court justices held that If minority rights were Involved at all, this simply was the concern of internal union management.' "To date," these three Jus tices suggested, "unions have operated under a rule of the majority." That suited the labor lead Try and Stop Mo By BENNETT CERF DEFINITIONS NOT IN WEBSTER'S: BACHELOR: A man who knows the precise psycho logical moment when to say nothing. 1 WIDE: A person who can look in a bureau drawer and find the hus band's tie clasp that isn't ' there. . -. ' PEDESTRIAN: A chap who knows what the mo torist is driving at . - , COMMUNIST: A red hot Marxman.- ,- . ,A bashful, but wealthy, young gentleman took a beautiful maiden out for a motor ride in the moon light ii'uiTt a" art aAaA rrlava 4Tia vn. - gine gave a couple of feeble convulsions, then expired completely. "Goodness!" exclaimed the concerned young gentleman. "I won der what's wrong. What do you think that was knocking?" . 1 "Perhaps," said the maid demurely, "it was opportunity." -a ion. hv Bannett Cerf. Distributed ky King Features Syndicate , Birch Soc i e ty P ro be Seen Embarrassing To Congressmen Washington (UTD - Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.) said today there would be "a lot of embarrassed people" in Congress if an investigation of the John - Birch Society were launched. The, Senate GOP campaign chairman, leader of his party's conservative wing, told United Press International he knew "liberal Democrats as well as conservative R e p u b licans" who belonged to the contro versial organization. Intelligent People Generally, Goldwater said, John Birch members are "im pressive" intelligent people. Community College Measure Favored Salem-IUPD-The Senate Ed ucation committee . Tuesday unanimously voted out "do pass" a bill putting Oregon into the public junior college business. It carries a price tag of $2,553,000 for the next two years. . - - '-' . Dr. Leon P. Minear, state superintendent of public in struction, hailed the proposal as "an upward extension of public education." The committee settled on a policy of having the state pick up the biggest part of the tab. Along with the money bill, SB422, the comimttee approv ed SB440 making it easier for those- sections of Oregon in terested in 'a community col lege to form an "area educa tion district." This bill would give the State Education De partment $666,222. HEADS PEACE GROUP New York -ffl?D- The Peace Research Institute announced Tuesday it has named James J. Wadsworth, former U.S. ambassador to the United Na tions, as its chief executive officer. The institute is a non profit group formed recently in Washington, D.C., to serve as a private agency in stimu lating peace, security and disarmament. of Rhee's iv, uanHarM Government, In May is -was announced that the Korean provisional government and the U.S. aid mission jointly would investi gate waste and mismanage ment of U.S. aid funds per mitted by the Rhee regime. Since 1952, U.S. aid, ex clusive of military aid, had been pumped into Korea at the rate of about $200 million a year. The United States paid for South Korea's 600,000 man army. American military aid for 1960 exceeded a quar ter of a billion dollars. This is the situation, then, that preceded new economic and technical aid agreements signed Feb. 8 of this year: " The agreements provided on Union ers fine. The notable trend of the modern court, however, has been to protect on such questions the minority or in dividual complaining of op pression. ' The three justices .- were, nevertheless, of the modern court: Chief Justice Earl War ren, Associate Justices Hugo Black and WUliam O. Doug las. . ... . v. Georgia's Judge. Long's oDinion said: "I find that part of the dues and assessments are used for the support of political organizations' work ing in support of candidates for state and federal officers, and also for principles and doctrines which the plaintiffs and the class they represent do not care to support." . He said the group's objective was to "fight Communism" and for that reason it should not be labelled "ultra -conservative." ' , 1 " The senator made it clear he , would not embrace the writings of Robert Welch, re tired Massachusetts candy maker- who founded the society.- He commented that Welch had "said some very unfortunate things." . But Goldwater could not recall having once said, as reported by Newsweek maga zine, that the John Birch So ciety should "get rid of Bob Welch" and every other mem ber demanding impeachment of Chief Justice Earl Warren. Magajine Satisfied In New York a spokesman said Newsweek was "fully satisfied that Senator Gold water's statement is accurate as quoted in the m?.-;?.dne." "I think every msn his a right to say Warren should b- impeached," Goldwater s?."d. "But I don't agree with the assumption, just as I don't agree with a lot of Warren's decisions." Some members of Congress, jolted by the anti-Warren campaign and by a Welch ac cusation that former President Dwight D. Eisenhower was pro-Communist, have bitterly denounced the organization and called for Its Investiga tion. - Dr. Bower To Speak at Southern Oregon Ashland - Townspeople are Invited to attend a lecture by Dr. Eli Bower of the Cali fornia state, department of education, entitled "Emotion ally Handicapped Children," April 11 at 9 a.m. at Southern Oregon college in Churchill hall, room 203. On the previous evening Dr. Bower will speak at the annual dinner meeting of the Child Guidance Clinic. Dr. Bower is also the author of the book "Early Identification of Emotionally H a n d i capped Children in School." Overthrow fo. $207 million in economic am lor ivoi, wun Xfie further possibility of an j additional $43 million, plus shipments of surplus. U.S.; agricultural products. .'.-'''. . . But they also gave the Unit, ed States the right to "contin uous observations and re view" of how South Korea administered, the aid. - Opponents c h a r g e d the United States now could in terfere in almost any phase of Korean government. Businessmen :and Kor"ui newspapers objected and new student demonstrations erupt ed. '- .- - - In a population of about 22 million, more than two million South Koreans are un. employed and four million are under-employed. " Prom ised tax reforms still have not been carried out. x -., Contributing to the unrest has been the government's action devaluating the cur. rency, . cutting the. -official rate of the hwan In half l.aon to the dollar. The government action simply placed the hwan at what previously had been the black .market rate, but to the. average. Korean it meant that his money had lost half its worth. " ; ' Unrest .mounts, and; If it continues to mount, the gov. ernment of Premier John M. Chang could go -the way of Syngman Rhee's. .' In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS The situation in Laos: " At the eight-nation SEATO meeting in Bangkok last week, the U.S. and its allies made it clear that they will fight, if necessary, to stop a communist take-over of Laos. . At Jakarta, in Indonesia (which leans generally to the communist side) Communist China's foreign minister Chen Yi warned yesterday that if SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization) sends troops into Laos then China will also send troops. In reply to a British plan for an immediate cease-fire in Laos, the Soviet Union Sat urday suggested holding a 14-nation conference on the political future of Laos and agreed to join Britain In call ing a cease-fire. However, the Russians want to hold a con ference whether or hot. the fighting stops in Laos. '. V , WHAT the world needs is somebody who can come up with a proposal for getting out of Laos that will ,be so wise arid - so sound ana so practical that nobody con. cerned will dare to turn it down and, at the same time, so diplomatic that it will SAVE EVERYBODY'S FACE. What a . chance for a TRULY GREAT character! GETTING closer home: 1 ; " The census bureau tells us this morning that in 1950 there were 99 men and boys for each 100 women and girls. But, in 1960 there were only 97 men and boys for each 100 women and girls. " And . ' The census sharps add . ' In 1960, there were 9.1 mil lion women 65 and older and only 7.5 million MEN 65 and and older. ; , ?????? .. ...:.-;.".(! Make your own 'wise crack. , " ; ' " ; . It's too risky for this de partment to tackle. , MEAR Hamilton, New York, the other day, little Bar bara Linsley, age 4, fell Into an old well (with water at the bottom) at. an abandoned house where the family had stopped for a look-see. , This happened: Little Barbara HELD HER BREATH when she went un-der-as she had been TAUGHT by her mother to do. Then when she came to the surface she took hold of a protruding rocK in the we.-I s rock wall,- as, previously.'Vshe had ' been told by her; mother to do if any such .thing ever happened o :-er. ..- - i-' I . C3nwhile, the mother sent Eaitava's brother, age 6, run' nlng for hem. Then, as she had TAUGHT HERSELF to do, she climbed 24 feet down the well's rock wall, lifted Barbara's head above water, braced her back and feet against the rocks of the .3Vi' foot well's wall, and waited f.oi help to come. I T ITTLE David did his job " well, as he had been taught to do. He ran a half mile at the top of his speed' to the nearest house. There was a telephone at the house.; People phoned the nearest fire department. The firemen arrived in time and pulled tne mother and daughter out, shaken but otherwise OK. ; THE moral? s ; ' : Tf there worn trinre Mrs.' Linsleys-wise, farsighted and fully prepared to handle any, emergency that might arise-: there would be far less: trag-' edy in the world. ; ! If Mrs. Linsley were KUN-' NING this woria. there would. be fewer messes like Laos. ; A
