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Medford and Jackson County
History from the) files of The
Mall Tribune 10, 20J 30,.'4p
and 50 yean ago. r
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; 10 YEARS AGO
April 17, 1951 (Tuesday) ,.'
' A hearing on the proposed
. ordinance to rezone the city
of Medford will be held by
.the city council at 7:30 p.m.
today. -
Eleven fines were meted
out yesterday to as many
Jackson .county youths on
cnarges or acquiring ana pos
sessing alcoholic liquor; all
were arretted Saturday night
in a local ball room.,
20 YEAR! AOO
April 17, 1141 (Friday)
: xne mg x super Mantei,
1 . 1 n 1 .1 V. I ..U
wiy, will obierve the comple
tion of ita tint year of success
. tul operation tomorrow.
I rom Arthur Perry'fi"Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "One
, gloomy military expert pre-
' diets the war, will last 'to near
exhaustion,1 or approximately
as long as the Oregon fish bill
' fight." - ,
0 YEARS AQO
April 17, 1(31 (Friday)
A delegation of U.S. Con
gressmen will visit Crater
lake in July.
The city of Ashland plans
to protest a decision by South
am Pacific to cut rail service
to that city.
40 YEARS AGO .'"
April 17, 1M1 (Monday)
The scenic preservation so
ciety here declares it deplores
the destruction of scenery
along the Siskiyou stretch of
highway 88.
The high cost of living
dropped two percentage
points on the West Coast dur
ing March.
(0 YEARS AOO
April 17, 1911 (Monday)
xne danger to. fruit or
chards from frost is now
thought to be over.
The county road engineer
has proposed that an oil ma
cadam road be built between
Medford and Central Point.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine ot ten' correct' Is superior;
seven or eight Is excellent; five er
aia ii good.
1. What is the C. At P.?
2. What, according to the
proverb, is the "mother of In
vention"? , .
3. Name the Qoneral who
was George Washington's ri
val for command of the Con
tinental Army. '
4. Who was Slgmund
Frued?
5. What Is the source of the
name, "The Netherlands?"
6. From what is agar de
rived? ,
7. Flatbush Is a section In
one of New York City's bor
oughs; which one?
7 8. The name of which day
of the week has the most
letters? ' ,
9. Shlntolsm It the principal
native religion of which coun
try? 10. Was the message, "What
hath God wrought?", the first
to be sent by telephone, tele
graph, or radio transmission?
Answers!
1. Civil Air Patrol. 2. "Ne
cessity." 3. Horatio Gates. 4,
German psychologist. S. Much
of it is below the sea level.
6. Seaweed. 7. Brooklyn. 8.
Wednesday. 9. Japan. 10. Tele.
nash.
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MONDAY. APRIL 17. 1961
Judges and Their Critics
In James Main and Edward Kelly, Jackson
county has two of the finest'eircuit judges in the
siaie. . v, : - . .
We make that statement without qualifica
tion, based on years of observing their work
They have the confidence and respect of the legal
profession, and of others who have had an op
portunity to see the kind of job they do in their
exceedingly aimcuits and exacting positions on
the bench. 7 7
Why. then, have we
icisms or tnem criticisms which we, ourself, be
lieve to be unfounded? : -
WE HAVE done this because we feel that any
miTilfp nfftniol aotnnniT in onir nnni nlir rwno
W.VjWlW M W A I XI I C4.11JT SC VslUJT f WW CO
his ultimate responsibility to the people, and
snouia not oe immune
cere and honest.
But, in Sunday's Mail Tribune, there was a
letter in "Communications" which should not
have been printed, despite the fact that it was
written in good iaith. -
, For one thing, it was based on a Mail Tribune
story which was in error.
For another, it was written without a full
understanding of some of the judicial procedures
and saieguards employed by the courts.
THe letter was directed at Judge Main, for re
portedly suspending imposition . of sentence
on three confessed felons. It, was based on a
Wednesday Mail Tribune story, which incorrectly
stated they had appeared before Judge Main
when, in fact, Judge Kelly was presiding. Thus
the criticism, if valid,
rected at Judge Main. The error was corrected
in a story Friday, but also should have been
caught before the letter was printed Sunday.
To Judce Main. then, we offer our heartfelt
apologies tor any embarrassment it' may have
caused him. 7
-,. .
Was the criticism of
valid in the first place?
: : On that, each will have to decide for himself.
But it should be nointed out that a nreaidino-
judge has before him; far more information on
any case than can possbily be printed in a news
paper story. 7
HE HAS seen the individual. He knows his
VQnrwA TTa In n a Qri AnnAt4tiiM Irw rir mni-
A V-a VAe AJLC HUG li JjJJJL uUilllJT ID Al.UVV) -liUlV
only of the circumstances of the crime and of
any possible extenuating
n many cases he has
reports S
It is on these he bases
on any snap judgement
automatically muBt be locked up.
Too; he has at his disposal some very nower-
ful judicial tools in the
he can impose, and enforce, before a man is per-
milieu 10 go iree.
The judge, under oath, is bound to uphold
that portion of the' Oregon Constitution which
savs. "Laws for the Dunisnment of crime shall be
founded on the principles of reformation, and
not of vindictive justice."
JUDGES of course, being human beings, some-
times differ in their approach to the solemn
task of 'sentencing a man for a crime.
There are legitimate
on leniency and severity, and on the relative
merits of imprisonment, sentence suspension, or
pronation.
-. These, plus the facts
judge has before him. are
iie hiubi wreeue, witnin me umiis 01 tne iaw, ac
cording to the dictates of his conscience, and
under his duty to seek justice. '7
His is an awesome responsibility.
We know both Judge Kelly and Judge Main
take this responsibility with grave seriousness,
and thus we are truly sorry that we printed a
letter, written in good faith but without full un
derstanding, which tended to question unfairly
the competence of our courts.
The integrity, ability and moral strength of
Judges Main and Kelly is. unchallengeable. In
their differing ways, they are a great credit to the
Oregon judiciary, and Jackson county is for
tunate to have them for public servants.E. A.
Teachers and Books
Some people seem to be more afraid that
their children might collide with an idea than
they are that they might collide with a truck.
We're for the collision of ideas, whether the
ideas are put in the paths of students by books
or by teachers. '
We're happy to say that most of the hitrh
school students we know aren't likely to accept
any adult teacher or parent as an idol and
accept blindly his opinions. They delight in sharp
ening their intellectual fangs on positions an
adult may adopt. And they toss aside as unworthy
01 tne game those who blandly insist on being
neuter. ' .
yiE KNOW a teacher whose classroom vibrates
T with arguments. This teacher often takes out
rageous positions and defends them against the
onslaught as if his life depended on it.
His class has a name in the curriculum, but
what he says is "I'm teaching them thinking." So
far he hasn't got in trouble. If he does he'll be in
good company. Socrates made it
To the people whose concern with education
seems to be, "Don't let them out of the cocoon,"
we say, thank God, they're already out. Port
land Reporter.
sometimes printed crit
irom criticism 11 it is sin
should not have been di
. T--
Judere Kelly's decisions
circumstances, but also
medical and psychiatric
' 7. "J',;7
his decisions, and not
that a confessed felon
form of conditions which
differences of opinion
. .
in the case which the
the things with which
Dennis the Menace
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'I GOT TRED OF PtAYINO. Sol DECIDED TO CO SCWE WORK?
Communications
Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer,
although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or Inllal
for publication Is permissible. Tha 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 tact tne contrary is orien
EDITOR'S .NOTE . .
, In yesterday's communi
cations column, a letter was
printed which crliicised,
without foundation. Circuit
Judge Main. The Utter was
based on an Incorrect Mall
Tribune story, and should
not hate been printed at
written,
. For this, we extend our
apologies to Judge Main.
Please see further discus
sion in editorial column.
Cougars and God
To the Editor: This is in
reference to Mr. Bert Kissing
er's letters on the subject: Do
cougars really scream?
In the Umpqua Mountains,
in my teens, I heard several
weird cries of the type Mr.
Kissinger reports. They were
indeed blood-curdling, sound
ing to me like the wall of a
demented human mother for
her lost children. ; 7 -
, But was it a cougar?
I can only say that older
men in our party all thought
it was and that, at the time,
was thorouehly convinced
they were right.
Since that time, however,
I have grown older and, I
nope, a hit wiser. I have learn
ed something of the require
ments placed upon evidence
that is to stand up in court.
Obviously my Own '"evidence"
in this case is merely hearsay
and supposition, and anyone
who has ever heard a lawsuit
knows what the legal profes
sion would do with that kind
of evidence.
Unfortunately, so far as I
can see, Mr. Kissinger's evi
dence to date is no better. It
reminds me of the Bible-par-tisaus
who make a case for
the existence ot superhuman
visdom in the universe and
then triumphantly sit back
and assume that they have
also Identified this wisdom
with the Biblical God. They
forget that there are far more
Mohammedans, B u d d h lsts,
atheists, and other non-Christians
in the world than Chris
tians and that it is hardly
reasonable to expect non
Christians to be converted by
such a feeble argument.
I suggest that what Mr. Kis
tenger must do to make a
case It to find reliable wit
nesses who not only heard
these screams but who were
able to ascertain unmistakably
tnat they came from a cougar.
Personally, I am still of
the opinion that cougars DO
scream. . But we need solid
evidence.
Almus Prultt,
119 North Central ave.,
Medford.
Arraignments
To the Editor: I commended
a valley grocer because he re
fused to sell beer and wine.
"No," he laid, "I don't sell
Intoxicants because of what
they do to my neighbors. I
hate the stuff! And yet let
me tell you something, (Ar
raignment No. 1) the profess
ing Christians and church peo
ple will go right by my door
to the market below me.
where they do sell intoxi
cants, to buy their groceries."
Another market nearer us.
to which we gave our trade,
refrained for long from the
sale of Intoxicants, but final
ly put in beer. I remonstrated
with the manager, and quoted
the scripture Which says,
"Woe unto him that giveth his
neighbor drink, that puttest
thy bottle to him." (Arraign
ment No. 2.) He said, "I didn't
want to put it In, but the
church people - no, I don't
mean you, for you have
traded with us - but others,
the church people wouldn't
stand by ut, and we were
forced to put It In." Of
course I didn't agree with him
as to their being "forced to
put it in," but I lamented that
he must say, "The church peo
ple wouldn't stand by us."
A market that was former
ly clean without beer and
wine, now sellt both. I re
monstrated with the woman.
MEDFORD MAIL
ine case. ,
(Arraignment No. 3.) "Well,
the said, "I have three preach
ers who are regular custom
ers here." "Preachers?!' I ask
ed, "Yes, three preachers are
my regular customers." She
didn't say they bought beer
or wine, but that they-were
regular customers. Why didn't
those preachers preach tern-
pereance by going to non-al
cohol markets?
Arraignments summarized
in questions: Aren't .church
peopie temperance people?
Aren't church people their
brother's keepers? Don't
church people stand by mar
kets principled . enough in
their policies not to sell in
toxicants? Don't church peo
ple patronize non-beer and
non-wine markets? If not, why
not? Who are and where are
the men and women of unmis
takeable and unquestionable
Christian nrincinles. ' who re
fuse to do the things that
cause others to offend? Why
aren't Christian people more
Christian and more . Christ
like? Fancy Christ in a beer-
selling, or a beer and wine
selling market buying . gro
ceries or meatsl
There are six' markets or
more In Medford and vicinity,
and. the same number or more
in Ashland, where neither
beer nor wine are sold. Most
of these have a very good
stock of meats and groceries,
H, R. Bulman,
Route 4, Box 316A,
Medford.
Do Your Best
To the Editor: Many people
seem to feel that people who
write letters to this column,
expressing' their opinions and
views and feelings, are either
trying to show how smart they
are or howl stupid they can
be, when , in reality they are
merely ' jealous because they
can't writ or havent' the
nerve to. Or else they find
from reading these letters that
"the shoe fits them perfectly."
I will agree that some peo
ple do write just to try to
impress on others that they
are good Christian people or
that they're more patriotic
than others, etc.
However, It is my conten
tion (and I might be wrong)
that those who profess to be
good Christians or patriots
or what-have-you aren't quite
as good as they say because
very, very few of us are good
Christians all the time - we
all slide back at some time.
Besides, anyone who TELLS
you he's a good person usually
isn't. Others can tell if he's
good by the things he says
and through his actions. ' '
I can't tell you that I'm a
good person. I can only tell
you that I TRY to be, for I
am no judge. Anyway, I'll
know when Judgment day
rolls around whether the good
things I've done outweight the
bad and vice versa. All any
of us can do Is TRY to always
do our very best.
No matter If the thing you
do is very small or very great
do it the best you can and if
your neighbor Is doing the
same kind of thing you arc
and doing it in what . you
might feel is a haphazard
way, remember it may be the
very best he knows how. Or
if your neighbor happens to
do It better than you, don't
become jealous because of his
talent for ding it better be
cause there are some things
that you probably have the
talent for doing better than
be..
Your best Is your best. Your
neighbor'3 is his. Don't con
tinually struggle through life
trying to do as well aa your
neighbor but DO be consci
entious in trying to improve
a little each day in the things
you have the talent for.
One mistake many parents
make (mine did) Is to set their
minds on what their children
shall be and how they are to
do certain things. Set goals
that a child CAN measure up
to. - :
Gold Hill Lilly
Gold Hill, Ore.
TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
Foreign News: A-Bombs for Red China;
Dissatisfaction Among Europe's Satellites
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
Notes from
news cables:
the foreign
Red Atoms
Communist East German
diplomats report privately
Red China Is pressing Russia
again to give
It tactical nu
clear w e a p
ons. This is
not the first
time Pelplng
has turned on
the heat for
nuclear arms.
In the past,
the Soviets
have resisted
and they will again this time,
say the diplomats.
Iron Curtain Crackt
Lesser Red functionaries in
Drummond Reports
(Walter Llppmanit Is In lurepe. Koieoe Drummond reports 'rem
Washington In his absence.)
MAN IN SPACE
Washington - There should
be no minimizing of the So
viet Union's fabulous feat of
putting a man In orbit and
bringing him safely back to
earth - the first human con
quest of "near space." ' The
slcy is no longer the limit.
. It it a heroic and mighty
deed. But if. we do not under
rate it, as many did the first
Sputnik, .' neither need we
overrate it.
The experts in Soviet af
fairs are predicting that Mos
cow's new apace achievement
will toughen and stiffen So
viet dlolomacv on the ground
that Premier Khrushchev will
feel that his hand has been
strengthened. They are prob
ably right.
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BUT Mr. Khrushchev's "feel-
" ing" , stronger does not
make him any stronger. Sov
iet leadership Will be stronger
only If Western leadership
feels weaker. There is nothing
in. the man-ln-space achieve
ment, worthy though it is,
which alters the substance of
the balance of military power
between the Soviet Union and
the West. Therefore, it should
not be allowed to alter the
balance of diplomatic power.
The Soviets lead the world
in outer-space "spactaculars"
-the first Sputnik, the first
moon probe, the first human
to leave the earth's atmos
phere and return - and they
deserve unstinted respect. On
the other hand the U. S. space
flights have been far more
numerous and, in the words of
Wernher von Braun, one not
easily satisfied with our space
progress, America's total 'sci
entific achievement in outer
space "has been more solid."
Competition' between the
Soviet Union and the United
States is all to the good and
the difference between Rus
sia's putting a man in .space
in April and America's put
ting a man in space in Novem
ber is primarily psychologic
al, not scientific.
From our standpoint,, it
would be better to be first In
more things than we now are.
But if Mr. Khrushchev thinks
that he can play the "man in
space" on the conference ta
ble and thereby have his way
-either in Berlin or in Laos
-he is miscalculating.
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AT his press conference this
week President Kennedy
was asked whether the Soviet
man in space would weaken
the position of the West. He
said that he thought the
achievement would impress
many people in many parts
of the world but he did not
believe it would "disadvan
tage" us at any significant
point.
It will disadvantage us if we
are in any way tempted to ac
cept the Soviet suggestion
that the Russians' position is
now stronger and thereby en
titles Moscow to have its way.
It will not disadvantage us
if we in the West ourselves
and our allies - retain our res
olution, our stamina, and our
self-confidence.
. The wording of the Soviet
announcement hints that the
Kremlin Intends to use the
man-in-space achievement as
a new weapon of diplomatic
blackmail. The feat is Itself so
superb that there was no call
for boasting. But the Moscow
report proclaimed that It puts
the Soviet people in a differ
ent light "before the eyes of
the whole world,"
IVE need to differentiate
" sharply between the im
pact of this splendid accom
plishment upon people in
Asia and Africa and its Im
pact upon the balance of act
ual strength in the heart and
center of the West, the Atlan
tic community.
The power of the Atlantic
community to resist Commu
nist pressure or aggression
and to aid the underdevelop
ed nations remains strong. We
are not weaker militarily and
we do not need to be weaker
diplomatically-unless we em
brace the idea ourselves.
But the shifting balance of
world opinion in Asia and Af
rica, especially impressed by
4
Eastern Europe, factd with al
most Impossible production
quotas and a series of farm
failures, are getting restless.
They want more freedom
to make their own decisions,
and note the way Yugosalvia,
Poland and Stalinist Albania
have talked back successfully
to Moscow. Look for con
tinued discontent, but for no
lessening In the basic Com
munist beliefs of these Iron
Curtain functionaries.
Dutch Crisis
A cabinet crisis is in the
wind in Holland, and a gov
ernment collapse may come
in three months or so, accord
ing to political observers. Is
sues are similar to ' those
which caused the recent Bel
gian government downfall.
Parties are re-allgnlng, par
ticularly the leftist labor
party and the Catholic party
the resolution and vigor ot
the Soviet dictatorship, may
again move against us at it
did after Sputnik I.
But the shift should be tem
porary because our own space
program has been moving
ahead and steadily. The choice
between Communism and
Western democracy it ' not
which society can produce
more goods tor the state but
which system can produce
more goods for the people -plus
.freedom tor the individ
ual. It la ironic - and tragic -that
in tpace science Russia
should be In the very van
guard of the twentieth cen
tury but that in political sci
ence Russia hat not moved
out of the despotism of the
eighteenth century! Ask the
Hungarians, the East Germans
and the other peoples in the
Soviet empire,
(c) 1961 New York Herald
Tribune Inc.
Strictly Personal
By Sidney J. Harris
(o) General Featuree Corp.
FEAR, POOR BASIS
FOR MORALITY
' Not long ago, I flew down
to Dallas to take part In a
symposium sponsored by the
U. S. Depart--v
e n t of
.ealth, Educa
tion and Wel
fare. The sub
ject was
"Youth and
the Society
We Live In,"
and the audi
e n c e was
made up of
Harris
public health officers, social
workers, educators, and the
like.
This was part of a three-day
conference on the growing
venereal disease problem in
the United States. Not only
is the rate of VD increasing
(despite a simple and inexpen
sive cure), but it is increasing
mostly In the teen-age brack
et. About one-fourth of all
cases involve persons under
20 years old.
When, a few years ago, it
was discovered that VD could
be promptly and effectively
cured, young people were ho
longer restrained by fear of
infection. What had been a
frightful ' killer became "no
worse than a bad cold," and
the net result ot this medical
advance was to create an at
titude of sexual nonchalance
toward promiscuity.
I think the same thing will
happen with the new oral con
traceptive. When the fear of
pregnancy is removed, girls
will tend to engage even more
freely in pre-martial experi
mentation. Each scientific ad
vance relaxes the moral code
further.
Now I happen to think
that fear Is not a good motive
for morality. The boy who
does not steal because he is
afraid of getting caught will
steal when he feels he will not
be caught. The only morality
which is deep and permanent
is based on love and intelli
gence, which are distinctly hu
man traits, and not on fear, a
trait we share with all the
animals.
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Our problem with young
people, as I see it, is not to
frighten them or to condemn
them as wicked, but to make
them see that sex is a part of
the whole personality, and not
just a physical act. It is to
make them understand that
EMOTIONAL and SOCIAL
reasons make pre-martial sex
Imprudent.
Sex as a whole, I think,
should be shifted from the
moral to the psychic realm.
What Is "bad" about promis
cuity is that it is always a
sign of some deeper disturb
ance in the personality. Most
promiscuous women are frig
id, just as most promiscuous
men are immature. Thus, they
are unable to achieve any last
ing happiness in life, because
they are driven by uncon
which It leaning toward co
operation with the leftwlng.
The rightwlng parties now In
control have failed to estab
lish a stable government. La
bor commands roughly one
third of the votes in Holland.
The Catholic party It the big
gest in the country. An alli
ance or working agreement
between them would be too
much for the rlght-of-center
parties.
Washington Report
By William S. White
(oi United Feature Syndicate
RESPONSIBLE REACTION
Washington Official
Washington The White
House and both parties in
Congress :
has respond
ed with ma
turity and
common-sense
to the world
shaking feat
of the Rus
sians in hurl
ing a man in
a . spaceship
around the
it worried at
this undoubted evidence that
the Soviet Union is ahead in
the race' for the conquest ot
tpace. Happily, however, ev
erybody of . importance is
keeping his head, In aware
ness that rushing about fran
tically howling and moaning
would do no good and might
do much harm. The watch
word among the top people
is this: the tougher the going
the greater the need for play
ing it coolly.
One of the most reassuring
things possible in the olrcum
stances Is that neither party
is trying to make two-bit par
tisan capital but of the fact
that the Russians have hit us
a very heavy one right in the
eye, and no mistake.
.
THERE is a general accept
ance that this Is a black
scious needs. Like the alco
holic, they are not free.
The old moral restraints
have almost given away en
tirely, and our young people
are living In what I call a
"value vacuum." That vacuum
must be filled by a realistic
program 'of mental v ' health.
Venereal disease is not basic
ally a physical or a medical
problem, but a symptom of
our psychic distress in a world
of changing values. .
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
There Is a new word in our
language this morning COS
MONAUT. We can't define it,
because it Isn't in the diction
ary. It hat just been created.
But an AERONAUT is one
who travels through the air.
So we can assume that a
COSMONAUT is one who
travels through the cosmos.
So
Greet Cosmonaut Gagarin.
COSMONAUT
seems to be
Gagarin
i charmine
person. He's slight In build,
and shorter even than Mr.
Kroosh, who barely tops five
feet. He is described as calm
and self-possessed, and pleas
antly spoken.
As described by Tass, the
official Soviet news agency,
he told at his reception in
Moscow of all the things he
saw out there in the Cosmos.
The earth, the sky and the
stars. The plowed fields and
the meadows which he
could differentiate from each
other, even at the distance of
200 miles. The shores of con
tinents, islands, big rivers and
large reservoirs. How the
night and the day side of the
earth looked from out there
in space. How the sun looked,
and the remote planets and
stars.
It was a fascinating recital.
1UT
D There's a fly in the oint
ment. One hates to mention
It. It sounds like sour grapes
Still ... the fly is there.
TT SO happens that in Flor
1 ence (Italy) a space science
symposium is in progress.
Among those in attendance at
the symposium is Mr. A. A.
Blagonravov, of the Soviet
Academy of Science.
Mr. B was interviewed In
Flot-ence by a n Associated
Press reporter. He told enthu
siastically of the' fascinating
views of earth and the cosmos
obtained by Cosmonaut Gag
arin, as quoted by Tass.
The reporter listened . . .
and jotted down notes. Then,
at the end of the recital of
what Comrade Gagarin had
seen (as officially described
by Tass) he asked a question.
Hit question was this: "How
was Cosmonaut Gagarin able
to see all this so clearly?
Were there any OPENINGS
in the tpace ship through
WMte
outer earth.
Everybody
Arms Trad
A decision is in the works
on American demands that
West Germany increase its
arms purchases to $400 mil
lion a year from the present
$250 mUlion to help ease the
drain on U.S. dollars abroad.
Bonn has offered to increase
purchases to $325 million,
Washington has been holding
out for the higher figure. A
compromise is likely.
eye for the United States of
America - not merely for the
old Eisenhower Administra
tion and the new Kennedy
Administration. The Republic
cans deserve credit for not
taking the occasion for am
bush shooting at the Demo
crats. The Democrats deserve
credit for not shouting around
that their chief, Mr. Kennedy,
hat had only three months
to direct tpace work whereas
Mr. Eisenhower had ' eight
years.
To be sure, no matter how
long Mr. Eisenhower was
here, he is here no longer and
the .burden falls on Mr. Ken
nedy. But though all this is
perfectly true, so far as it
goes, it all means nothing
whatever now against the one
mortal question: When and
how will we catch up with
the Soviet Union? v ;
The great, recognized ne
cessity, of course, is to get on
with the job. And In the mean
time, the first necessltly, as
teen by top leaders in both
parties, it to lead this coun
try into a responsible reac
tion to the Soviet triumph.
'' ;. ."' '
WE cannot afford simply to
deny that it was a tri
umph; fooling ourselves is
not the indicated course. Nor
is there any doubt that the
Soviet Union's hand has been
greatly strengthened, among
the neutral and new nations,
to whom - nothing succeeds
like success. '
. But, having said this it Is
necessary also to say that we
shall make a great mistake if
we' act as though we were
flapping in panic. The news
is bad; but it is far from hope
less. It Is not being unduly opti
mistic to point out that in the
whole history of major Bcien-tific-mllitary
discoveries the
second-starter has very often
won the race in the end. For
a small example, the British
in "the First World War had
in the new tank an unan
swerable weapon - until the
Germans developed an anti
tank gun that became better
than the tank.
Again, the United States
only a few years ago had an
absolute atomic monopoly
and tried in vain to share it
sensibly with the world. To
day, the Russians are heavily
competing there. It is not nec
essary to dust off the fable
of the tortoise and the hare
to suggest that nearly every
real race has more than one
lap.
A GOOD many nations
even including some o f
our friends - are enjoying our
discomfort at the moment, as
anyone can find with only a
little moving about In the for
eign community here. The big,
rich fellow always evokes a
certain malicious pleasure
when he stumbles, even .from
those who really like him.
But all this will pass; and
there also is a point of an
honestly . solid satisfaction.
What the Russians have done
has greatly improved the
Washington . climate in one
way. The whole thrust of po
litical effort in both parties
will now be turned more and
more to the grand issue of
our time, the cold war, and
less and less to the comparl
tively trivial domestic issues
which otherwise would be en
gaging both parties far too
much.
which he could SEE?"
Scientist Balgonravov re
plied: "THERE WERE
NONE."
The reporter: "How then
could Mr. Gagarin see all
this?": -
Mr. Blagonravov: "BY RADIO."
TJMMMMMMM
The Soviets may have
radios by which one can see.
We othert haven't.
Or ... . Blagonravov may
have meant to say BY TV.
But he didn't say that. And
he is a scientist. Scientists
are supposed to speak with ac
curacy when they speak.
'THERE may, of course, have
been a TV set in the space
ship. There may have been a
screen before the eyes of
Cosmonaut Gagarin, and h e
may have been describing
what he saw on the screen.
But the story, as told by Tass,
certainly conveys the impres
sion that he saw it all with
hit naked eye. '
And how could he have
seen it all with his naked eye
if thee had been no opening
In the spaceship?
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