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Medford and Jackson County
History from, the files of The
Mall Tribune 10, 20. 30, 40
and 50 yean ago.
10 YEARS AGO
April 20. 1(51 (Thursday);
Robert Shaw., formerly an
official with the joint council
of teamsters in BcatUe, . ar
rived In Medford this week to
succeed the late Don Stansell
as secretary of local 982. y
The state forest patrol re
ported this, morning that the
state forester has halted the
1 suance of all burning per
r lt effective immediately.
7.8 AGO
: i. 1141 (Sunday)
tner Medford man, H.
ock, has been elected
i Eolse, Idaho. .
'vn-r Perry'i "Ye
" co'umn: "The
la blossom,
ve start-
i I t ti e
, of auie."
) Y.
1KB AGO
U la, 131 (Monday)
i ore than 1,000 persons
H i Crater Lake during
. - k end in pre-eeason
j of the road , to the
i coun'y court today
i r ni valley and Eagle
i Xt inspect roads;
I r. 1 service Is said
Sai u these areas.
, i I telaeeday) ;
county sheriff : last
ied a workable but
Ul in the brush along
k; it was smashed.
. .edford post of the
n Legion will push
,it of a state veterans',
I I YEARS AGO
J iU at. 1111 (Thursday) ,
The city council's program
' of paving Medford streets Is
progressing on schedule; a big
. contract for paving Jackion
blvd, was let last night. "
W. J. Roberts, the engineer
who designed Mcdford's grav
ity water system, has been
named Washington state high
way commissioner.
Wbl's Your I.Q.?
Nine 'er ten correct Is superior;
H er ejiflhr Is excellent) five or
, el b istd,
' 1.-Bouganvllle Is the name
of an island much in the news
during the Pacific campaign
of W.W. II; In which group of
Islands is it?
, 2. In the ' U.S. hops are
grown only In the southern
states; true or false?
3. Mount Borah is the high
est speak in which state?
4. A Kerry Blue Is what
breed of dog?
5. Is it possible to vaccinate
dogs against rabies? ,
8. Was the opera "Alda"
composed by Mozart, Verdi or
Chopin?
7. How many players are
on a hockey team?
8. What does the name Cos
ta Rica mean?
9. Do like magnetic poles
attract, or repel each other?
10. Do : you associate the
word "ceramics" with funeral
garments, pottery, or stage
lighting? : .
Answersi 1. Solomons. 2.
False, 1. Idaho. 4. Terrier. 5.
Yes. i. Verdi. 7. Five. I,
1 ich Coast. I. Repel. 10. Pot-
Politics and. Ethics
I 'Quite .by coincidence, a small publication
entitled' "Politics and Ethics" was on our desk
the other day when we happened across a Mail
Tribune news story which bore a headline saying
"Republican Says Don't Be 'Too Fair' ". , , ' -,
' ; The story quoted Gene'Brown of Grants Pass,
a former state senator, in a talk he gave to the
Medford unit of the Oregon Federation of Wom
en's Republican Clubs. "
; "If you're too fair in politics,, you're a poor
Republican," Mr, Brown was quoted as saying.
And the story added, that Mr. Brown "believes
this is not political dishonesty, but simply the
facts of political ' life, a realistic, practical approach-to
winning elections." . '
IT WOULD be interesting, to know 'how, inany
of his fellow Republicans agree with his im
plicit message that there are two standards of
morality, one for everyday life, the other for
politics. '' -V i ' ' '-';
; The little ' booklet on "Politics and Ethics,"
written by Robert Gordis and published by. the
Center tor the Study or
starts out by saying:
"The split between ethics and politics Is essentially
.a modern phenomenon. . , v r
t , '. "It did hot exist for Aristotle, for whom 'Politics' "
..-"'rind 'Ethics' were two subdivisions of the same' Work
. . . In the modern post-Renaissance world, the subject .
has bifurcated into the two parallel concepts of an
amoral politics and an unpolitical ethics.
; . "Amoral politics takes several forms. There Is the
; cynical theory of politics associated with Machlavelli
. .. Far more to the point is the widespread practical
cynicism of modern politics, . . . though the 'men of
" affairs' involved in these enterprises are rarely con- .'
' cerned with finding a rationale for their conduct . . ."
"'.,..'...('........... '
MR. BROWN. qyite. evidently has given a con
AA siderable amount of thought to the: praa
ticalitv of Dolitics. Whether he has riven thouerht
to the ethical and moral questions raised by nis
advice not to be "too fair we don't know. : ,
. But 'we do know that Russia is ruled by a
completely amoral system. So was Germany un
der Hitler and Italy under Mussolini.
: It had always been our. own conclusion that
morality in government
ing principle which set
"last, best nope ol tne
if government is amoral:. if politics (which
is the operating force of
then we automatically become an amoral so
ciety. And then God help us.
.''... ...'.'.- ';.'
A BIT. more from "Politics and Ethics":
.. "To permit' politics and ethics to be divorced from
one another is fatal to the future of society,
"H may simplify the task of the religious believer
who wishes to wrap himself in the mantle of piety
. and mystia contemplation, and turn his back on the - '
world, i , ' ... .
, - "It may ease' the task of the cynical manipulator
of the political process by freeing him from any moral
-.check or discipline. '(..,'
' "But the basic insight of the Biblical world view.
"remaina'true a society divorced from morality must
PettSh . . . ...;'!;':.,; f" - : .
"Always politics and ?thics may seem to diverge,
. but it is the task of the leaders and the citizenry of
the free society to strive perpetually to bring them ;
. into harmony . . ."
.
OENE Brown, who has been a political leader
.Via .his'own community, and who reportedly
has given thought to seeking higher office, puts
ft in very, simple terms-don't be too fair."
. And, our story reported :
". . . (he) advised his fellow Republicans to vote
for their party's candidate, even though they believed
, the opposition candidate might be more able. He quail-
lied this somewhat by adding that voters must draw '
the line if a candidate was too bad, but said in that
case they should not cast any vote for that office.",
' For a citizen to vote for a man he believes to
be inferior to his opponent, of to refrain from
voting for a superior man, is for him to betray
his responsibility t6 his country. .
'We cannot believe that Mr. Brown speaks for
Republicans generally in calling for this divorce
of politics and ethics, of government and mor
ality. E. A. ' '
New City Hall?
Over the past dozen years, with increasing
frequency,, reports have come from the old Med
ford city, hall that the building is no longer ade
quate to do the needed job for the city.
In recent years two offices those of the Med
ford school district and of the local bureau of
land management have moved out of the old
structure. - This has provided more room, but as
the city's responsibilities have grown, so has the
amount of space necessary to take care of them.
The old building is maintained well, but it
is no beauty, it is inconveniently arranged, and
is no particular credit to the city.
.
1E do not propose that we rush out tomorrow
or the next day and build a new city hall.
But we do believe the city could well afford
to do some thinking about the problem, whether
it is sufficiently acute to worry about within the
next few years, and if so, what should be done.
Perhaps a. good way to go about this would
be to appoint a citizens committee, composed of
leaders in various fields of endeavor, who
would be asked to make a study of the city hall,
its adequacy, and, if appropriate, possible plans
for its replacement. -
THE committee could make an on-the-spot
assessment of the real needs of the city ad
ministration, take cognizance of proposals that
a city hall might actually be separated from a
building housing police and , fire departments,
work with the planning commission in coming
up with a logical site or sites for future consider
tion, and, generally, put the discussion into focus.
Perhaps the present city hall is good for an
other dozen or twenty years; perhaps it isn't.
t We think that an impartial study committee
might be a good way to find out. E.A.
Democratic Institutions,
was the one great abid
this nation aside as the
worm.
government) is amoral ;
Dennis th
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The Use of Junk
To the Editor: First off, I'll
admit I do not live in the
vicinity of someone else's
wrecking yard, but I've got
a fair start toward my own.
Of course, I'm not in the auto-
parts business. My "wrecking
yard" is for my own person
al use. I'm perpetually build'
lng something and I find the
auto manufacturers were
kind enough to put on their
products items I can use. in
fact, many times they would
be extremely difficult to
make,'
I've everal Items in process
of building and because - I
sometimes lack the particular
item I need to finish the ma
chine I am building, I find
it necessary to "put it on the
shelf" temporarily. At pres
ent, the works are a fence,
nost sharDener (I, need cast
ing made), a tractor for pull
ing yew fence ana ancnor
posts to the truck (I've been
working on' it tor almost a
year of spare time), a winch
for moving loads too big to
move otherwise, a truck cab
(I need a solenoid or small
vacuum cylinder to enable me
to shift gears remotely), a
small motorcylce (need a tire.
tube and wheel bearings, and
a few other parts not in my
junk pile), and last a wire
brush machine to give wood
shingles a rustic or. raised
grain finish on one side,
Of course if I could find a
bank which would give me
the keys to the front door,' the
combination to the. vault, a
truck to haul away the "sam
ples", 'and flash a green light
for me to 'go ahead', most of
my troubles could be solved.
That is: the troubles which
force me to put my projects
"on the shelf unfinished. '
There have been a num
ber of persons who, have sug
gested that I sell my scrap
iron to the junk dealer. I'd
get about a cent a pound for
the scrap but to buy new raw
material costs at least 20
cents per pound and then it
would be necessary to turn
the raw material into gears,
sprockets, brackets, levers,
links, etc.. etc.. and' would
increase the cost beyond rea
son. Much of MY scrap iron
is usable with very little alter
ations. So scrap dealers
please stay away.
So it is clear that , may
attitude does not coincide
with those people who are
complaining about the wreck
ing yard in the Talent area
The people who want to put
in the wrecking yard snouia
complain about their neigh
bor's a little, I'm sure, com'
plaints about those flowers
and. shrubs, patios, . pent
houses, fancy driveways and
other items primarily design
ed to impress someone.
Floyd R. McCabe
Mt. Pitt Star Rt.
. , Butte Falls, Ore.
Medical Care Article
To the Editor: Through the
courtesy of your paper, may
I recommend that all who are
Interested in the subject of
medical care for the , aged
read "How England Cares for
the Aged", In the April 22
issue of The Saturday Even
ing Post. .
Ethel M. Thompson
3642 Hllsinger rd.,
Medford.
Drama and Soap
To the Editor: And to Mr.
D. who phoned to say "Why
'n HI 1 1 did you join a Drama
Group if you are nearly 80
and what do you expect to
gain?"
Well, my Dear Fellow
'Bean,' I still have a future,
tho it may be only hours
long. Who knows?
I do not expect to regain
my once fine memory or win
a career, but, if trying to
learn will keep this forgettery
from going plumb haywire,
Menace
cese.
hurrah for Thayer Tarvin,
of oldsters who meet at 3
of oldresters who meets at 3
o'clock Wednesday at Senior
Center, 601 East Jackson St.,
Medford.
. That . Drama group is just
another project of the Fifty
Plus Club and our President,
Dr. Frank Roberta, knew that
we needed training, aheml
Mr, D., wash out your
mouth (with soap), clean be
hind your ears - (if that's
where your memory lies) and
come down:
Even you'uns might get
helped: besides, it is inter
esting. '
I am sorry I hung up right
In your face, but I was so late
at getting my breakfast dishes
washed.
As I mentioned before "I
am Irish" and when an Irish
woman hasn't a quick answer
right on the tip ot her tongue,
she does the next best thing.
Any Tribune readers who
wish to be someone else,
might try' 'acting' just for
kicks. It might even help
one's hearing. Doesn't, cost
anything. Anyhow, a good
laugh la good for- the health,
even If It does sound like a
'horse-laugh.'
For such a little: bit of a
small, tiny, wee building that
Senior. Center surely has
surely has housed many hap
py groups of seniors.
. Pearl F. Spackman,
P. O. Box 33,
Jacksonville, Ore.
"Evil Destiny" (sic)
To the Editor: It should be
made known to the American
people that in September,
1083, a man. of evil destiny
was "appointed" to the post
of chief justice of the U.S.
supreme court.
For the first time In nearly
45 years a man with no previ
ous judicial experience took
that jobl
. That man is Earl Warren
; On May 17, 1954, Chief Jus
tlce Warren and a court ma
jority struck the first ruinous
blow against our constitution
with the infamous "Desegre
gation Decision." This act
completely reversed an 1896
ruling of this same court
wich (sic) held that segrega
tion is not unconstitutional It
the segregated races are pro
vided with equal facilities.
Do enough Americans have
the ability to discern just
what this security destroying
reversal means? It is evident
that far too few Americans
really do realize what is be
hind these brazen dictorial
(sic) decisions.
U.S. Congressman Gordon
H. Scherer of Ohio had the
following to say about the dic
torial (sic) powers already as
sumed by our U.S. supreme
court: "The court has userped
(sic) the powers of Congress
... It has rewritten and nulli
fied law to fit Its own social,
political and economic phi
losophies. It has destroyed
basic and fundamental states
rights. It has invaded and
taken over prerogatives of the
executive branch. It has sup
planted the jury and trial
judge when expediency (sic)
demands. It has hand-cuffed
the police and the F.B.I. In
criminal cases."
The function of the su
preme court is to "determine"
tne constitutionality of any
Issue brought before it .
not to fall to up-hold the
constitution and hand down
rulings that violate it. How
ever, that is what the Warren
court has done on more than
one occassion (sic).
It's getting to be a habit
with Earl Warren to throw
out the constitution and pro
ceed to make new laws as if
he were the law of the land
which he is not. Our Congress
ot the U.S. is the only body
to wich (sic) the constitution
gives law making power. '
It the American people
would force Congress to im
peach Earl Warren, there
Communist Parliamentary Tactics Shown
In United Nations Debate on South Korea
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst.
"Every Communist member
of Parliament must bear in
mind that he iff not a legisla
tor see k i n g
a g r e e m ent
with other
legislators but
a party agita
tor sent into
the -enemy
camp to exe
cute party de
cisions." : From Yalta
through the
ft
Mawsoai
current atomic tests talks, the
world has learned to watch
the execution of this Commu
nist dogma, adopted by the
second Comintern congress on
Aug, 2, 1920. t v
Political sophisticates look
Strictly Personal
y Sidney J. Harris
(c) General Features Corp, '
PURELY PERSONAL
PREJUDICES) ''"'.
When an event is postponed
to a later date, is it pushed
"forward" or "backward"? It
goes forward
in time, but
backward in
that it comes
later, and I
can never de-
I A . an -
5GlpPu?rWayt0
et-lVL 9 How much
ww juu niiu ry
about the ef
fect of speeding? If you hit a
would very likely be so many
"shocking", facts uncovered
that it would convince - all
Americans that there are a lot
ot "Left" turns on the "Red"
signal in high places. '
I'm convinced that an an
gry public opinion , would
then force the newspapers to
stop referlng to Earl Warren
as a "Great" American, i
Leslie R. Wedekind,
116 Granite Hill rd., .
Grants Pass, Ore.
Big Red Lie?
To the Editor: Why do we
take everything the Russians
say as gospel truth? Concern
ing their space flight, I don't
believe It. .
What proof do we have that
they were successful? Except
Krooshe's word for It? I be
lieve if they told us that they'd
gone to tne moon and back In
one day we'd believe It. I
think they've tried it alright.
probably using prisoners as
passengers, but successful? I
say phooeyl
More people should read
"The Big Red Lie" by Loyd
Mallan in "True," the man's
magazine, In the May, June
and July, 1959, issues. I think
people could sleep better.
The first word of doubt I
saw anywhere in print was
Frank Jenkins' column, won
dering how come Mr. Gagarin
could see 200 miles through a
windowless craft. '
Gee,. I hope I'm not the
only American out of step! If
so, will some one show me?
I need proof.
Mrs. Garret Millard,
Trail, Ore.
50th Anniversary
To the Editor: Some months
ago through this column I
addressed something , of a
tongue-in-cheek letter to Sister
Mary Norbert of Sacred Heart
hospital. Its purpose was to
recall some of the instances
In which sister had given in
comparable help to patients
and to thank her for that
truly sympathetic care.
' The letter had another pur
pose - to suggest that too
many of the valley residents
were ignoring their moral
debt of obligation (and per
haps a financial debt, too) to
the hospital and the Sisters
who .had answered a plea to
help the community. Sister
Norbert, I hinted, would be
leaving Medford (for at that
time we thought the hospital
must close) with the knowl
edge of these ingratitudes but
with too much love In her
heart ever' to admit, much
less reveal, them.
I should have known that
a faith and love such as hers,
and many others like her,
would win!
For the community did NOT
ignore its obligations, the hos
pital did NOT close and
Sister is still here to add, we
hope, another decade to her
many, many years of serving
God by loving his creatures.
And Saturday she will join
the other hard-working Sisters
and lay members of the hos
pital staff at mass In Sacred
Heart church to give thanks
for the privilege of observing
the hospital's 50th anniver
sary. Nothing would please
them more, I'm sure, than to
have all their friends there,
thanking God with them and
asking for His blessings in
future years.
Marjorie M. Hochstatter,
924 Jasper St.,
' Medford.
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Harris
for Russia and its friends to
use negotiations not to reach
agreement, but to prevent
tneir opponents from getting
anywhere.
Soviet tactics in last week's
U.N. filibuster against seating
South Korean representatives
in the debate on Korean re
unification therefore cause lit
tle surprise.
For 4Vi hours, eight delegates-all
: from the Soviet
block except the representa
tives ot - Afghanistan, Saudi
Arabia . and Sudan-kept the
Political Committee from vot
ing on whether the South Ko
reans should be seated imme
diately.
Five attempts to force ad
journment without a vote
failed, Efforts to compel a
two-thirds rule or delay the
wall with a certain force at
30 miles an hour, do you hit
it with double the force at 60
miles an hour? No, as any.
child can tell you - you hit it
with four times the force at
60 miles an hour, -and with
nine times the force at 90
miles an hour. Paste that in
your windshield. !
The most serious indictment
of TV is that many of the
best and most intelligent pro
grams come on atter mid
night; it is as . if newspapers
printed their foreign dis
patches and cultural reviews
In 2-point type and inserted
them -In the' want-ads, after
carefully blurring the Ink.
,-,,.
Can some ardent New End-
lander tell me why, Maine Is
called "Down East" when it's
obviously Up? . '
The teaching of foreign lan
guages should be abandoned
in high schools, as an absolute
waste of the pupils' time and
the teacher's' talent - unless
we take languages seriously
and begin them as early as
the fourth grade.
It's astonishing how . one
word can obliterate another
in less than a generation: the
word "Utopia" has been ut
terly replaced by "Shangri-
La" In our time, and the only
remnant of the earlier word
is "Utopian" as a political
sneer, ("Utopia" was coined
in 1516, and "Shangri-La" in
1933.) '
The only time we don't
mind being interrupted is by
applause.. - -
- Smug people who secretly
delight in finding flaws in
everybody else should keep
in mind, the analect of
Chuang-Tse: "Of the five
vices, the vice of the mind is
the worst. What is the vice
of the mind? The vice of the
mind is self-satisfaction."
i' a
To advise someone to "stop
worrying" is about as effec
tive as ordering a tooth to
stop aching: the first sign of
a stupid counselor is that he
calls for a display of will
power when the will has been
paralyzed.
The outside world Is more
a reflection of us than we
realize: the sensitive person
lives in a world of snubs and
slights; the fearful person in
a world of perils and palpita
tions; for what we call "re
ality" is a refraction of our
own personalities in the prism
of the universe. .
A "celebrity" in modern
times is generally one whose
face and name are known in
Inverse proportion to the
value and significance of his
life-work.
Try and Stop Mo
By BENNETT CERF
P)R THE BENEFIT of those who want to know more
about our fiftieth state, Hawaii, the familiar "aloha"
means both "Hello" and "Goodbye." "Wau ea oe," means
I love you."
Hill a maids haven't
worn genuine grass skirts
for ages. In Hawaii the
costumes are made from
the leave of the Ti plant
They last only a week at
best. In America they're
made of synthetic grass,
grown in the wilds of
Sears Roebuck.
i Quisaing a prospective
son-in-law, a retired Scots
man demanded, 'Are you.
quite aura you can support
a family? Think carefully,
young man. There are seven
C-verheard at an upstate resort: "Don't let her fool you. Her
arm the doctor la eery a dentist.''
O.MW..; lleenett Cert. Ptotributut by King features Siadfcate
vote on a technicality failed.
Sixty-three points ot order
were introduced. In normal
parliamentary . usage, a point
of order is a request for the
chairman to rule on some is
sue essential to' the orderly
conduct of the committee's
business. Most of last week's
points, of order were camou
flages for further delaying
speeches.
The spectacle led Bruno
Bohiadi of Chad, a newcomer
to the United Nations, to
wonder aloud, "Why are we
wasting our time on all these
points of order? I am disap
pointed with -the manner in
Matter of Fact
(c) New York Herald
THE DOUBLE STANDARD
Saigon Like it or not, the
future of Southeast Asia al
most certainly depends upon
beleagu e r e d
South Viet
nam. T h i s
country is
now under
heavy Com-
munist attack.
The danger
here will be
vastly greater
if Laos is per-
Alsop mitted to fall
under effective Communist
control. Maybe this Is a poor
time to be , asking general
questions. .
Yet what is happening here
insistently poses a rather urg
ent question. Why are pro-
Western governments of this
character so prone to trouble?
Or', more specifically, why Is
the South Vietnam's Presi
dent Ngo Dinh Diem in the
gravest difficulties, after
bringing to his people a solid
increase of prosperity and
well-being, while the North
Vietnamese Communist re
gime has been able to take
the offensive in the boldest
manner, although its people
live in , the conditions of a
bleak prisoner-of-war camp?
The fashionable Western
answer is mat- we always
back the wrong guys." In oth
er words, if this answer is
correct, President Diem is in
trouble because he has failed
to inaugurate an ideal parlia
mentary democracy; because
his chief advisor is his broth
er, Ngo Dinh Niu, I which
leads to charges of nepotism;
and because, in sum, he is re
markably unlike Adlai Ste
venson. M'. v-m?
BUT the fashionable an
swer merely reveals the
ludicrous double standard
that now falsifies most West
ern judgments of these prob
lems. For why should Diem
be called upon to pass the
kind of test which Ho - Chi
Mlnh so obviously does not
pass?
It is perfect twaddle, in
any case, to talk about parlia
mentary democracy (In- a pea
sant country with the thin
nest possible crust of educat
ed men at the top, who must,
of necessity, manage all the
country's affairs. The French,
who carefully forbade almost
all advanced education except
for pharmacists and physi
cians, did not exactly prepare
South Vietnam for immediate
parliamentary democracy,
That does hot mean that
President Diem has made no
mistakes. Undoubtedly, he has
made many. Probably his big
gest single mistake was to
leave in place so much of the
machinery of public security
and provincial and village ad
ministration which the French
left behind them.
This was a hard mistake to
avoid. Some sort of machin
ery was needed to manage the
country. Non - Communists
who had resisted the French,
like President Diem himself,
were very few and far be
tween. The human materials
for a reformed administrative
machine were thus extremely
scarce. But a more radical
of us.
which the United Nations does
its work."
Soviet Ambassador Valeri
an A. Zorln appeared to enjoy
the exhibition, probably re
calling another dictum of the
second Comintern:
"P a r 1 i amentarianism . .
from the qutside seems to be
an organization of the 'popu
lar will' standing outside
classes, but is in essence an
instrument of oppression and
subjection."
When the minority ran out
of points of order, the com
mittee voted to seat the South
Koreans: 44 to 15 with 18
abstentations.
By Joseph AUop
Tribune Syndicate
change ought to have been at
tempted, if only to avoid a
seeming continuation of the
detested French administra
tion. rpHIS mistake of President
Diem's, one must add, is
far more understandable than
some of the follies that were
committed .by the Americans
here, such as the creation of a
cumbersome, strictly conven
tional army in a country
mainly threatened by guer
rilla attack.
One must add further that
President Diem has been la
boring manfully to correct his
past errors. The impressive ef
fort that the ex-Communist
province chief, Lt. Col. Thao, ,
is making in Kien Hoa is a
new departure personally
sponsored by President Diem
and his brother, Ngo Dinh
Niu. It reflects their views
about the right way to meet
the guerrilla attack. If they
can find many other men to
make the same sort of effort
in many other provinces, the
Communist underground as
sault on South Vietnam may
be repelled in the end.
But this business of dole
ful ly denouncing President
Diem for being undemocratic,
while utterly forgetting Ho
Chi Minh's dark, iron dictator
ship, is only the first part ot
the accepted double standard.
The second and even more
important part of the double
standard is to be found in the
rules of the game that are ap
plied to Diem and to Ho Chi
Mlnh.
TIO CHI MIHN'S people live
"xi a state of regimented
wretchedness. To be sure,
they are not being put
through the same meat grind
er as the miserable Chinese
masses. The time for that will
come if and when Ho gets
South Vietnam in his grip.
But all the evidence still sug
gests that the North Vietna
mese masses are just as bitter,
disillusioned, and hostile to
their Communist regime as
are the masses, say, in Poland.
North Vietnam, in other
words, is a ripe target for pre
cisely the kind of tinder
ground assault now being
made on South Vietnam - if
anyone had the guts to take
the risk of sponsoring and
supporting this kind of as
sault.
Instead, the Western lead
ers have come to accept tho
fact that these two govern
ments - and many other gov
ernments which offer the
same contrast - must play the
game under quite different
sets of rules. Provided or
ganized North Vietnamese di
visions do not cross the of
ficially demarcated frontier.
Ho Chi Minh is at liberty to
take any other measures he
pleases against Ngo Dinh
Diem, Including sending men,
arms, propaganda materials,
money, and every other neces
sity of a subversive move
ment into South Vietnam. He
can do all this, furthermore,
without fear of reprisal.
JJUT Diem can do none of
" these things. He is requir
ed, by the peculiar but ac
cepted rules of the game, to
stand meekly on the defen
sive. He is expected to meet
and contain a guerrilla attack
quite openly commanded and
sustained from North Vietnam
without attempting the small
est counterpunch on North
Vietnamese territory.
Perhaps he will win on the
defensive. One must pray that
he will, for if he fails, a chain '
reaction of disasters will en
sue in this part of the world,
which will in turn produce
chain reactions elsewhere.
Yet it is very clear indeed
that even if Diem wins this
round here in South Vietnam,
continued acceDtance of the
double, standard will eventual
ly be fatal to the West. You
cannot permit an enemy unlimited-
freedom to hit you
whenever and wherever he
oleases, while never hittinp
back yourself, without suffer,
ing mortal damage In the end.
That is the ugly thought that
must fill the mind of any
reasonably thoughtful person
who is saying farewell to this
unhappy country at this time.