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4 A MEDFORJCWnUBmil "Everyone In Southern Oregon n - j im.. Mall Tihnnn71 FuoTlshed Dslly except Sturdy by MEDFORD Fiurri-inu w. .. 8 Worth Fir St., Ph, 8P3-SU1 HERB GREY. Advtrtlslns Manager GERALD T. LATHAM, Bui. Mgr. ERIC w AiL.EM Jn., rona. Kaiw KARL H ADAMS. City Idltor RICHARD JEWET-l, oponi eaiwr OUVE ST ARCHER, Women Editor w ........ . "r- PALIS EKtumun, wreunHgii entered as second elan matter Medford. Oregon, under Aot ot Marcn . io. ? By MaU In Advance, Copy 10; I, Dally and Sunday 1 year SlgOO - uauy ana oununy w "iw. Pally and Sunday 3 mos., 4 By Carrier In Advance Medford Ashland. Central Point Bag .' phoenix, Shady Cove, Rogue Rlv- j er laieni ana on nwiw j uauy ana ctunaay i tw o 4 rrniiv and Sunday 1 mo. 1 .00 .50 'Carrier and Dealers copy 100 All Terms uasn in Aovancp rjTfflola! Paper ot City of Medford " Official Paper of Jackson County United Press International T - run Ljeasea wire p P i Telcphoto Newsplctures "TreMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU WEST HOLIDAY COj, INC, 0f f Ires In New York, Chicago. De troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles, Seattle. Portland. St Louis, At- lanta. Vancouver, B.C, NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS j ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL 'c6"tw1 Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the file ot The Mail Tribune 10,. 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO April 24, 11 (Tuesday) ' - - Jackson Bounty's first elec- V Unn unrfH 1040 atata lftW permitting ; consolidation vof non - contiguous scnoui ma trlcts be held Friday tor resi dents of the Wagner Creek and Phoenix districts'. ' . 'i I Voter of Ashland Monday rejected a city budget exceed' lng the six per cent limitation. 10 YEARS AOO April 14, 1141 (Thursday) : . Hie state highway commis sion has announced plans to build a sidewalk from the elty limit, to the Jackson county From Arthur Perry's "Ye t f nudge Pot" column: "The f-rrt barefoot boy of the sea son s w4 . up Wednesday, lie wui t i tanueej at soon at hit Maw ana out." . . J0 YEARS AOO ' Anil U, mi (Thursday) Sent' Charles McNsry has arranged for a leave of ab sence for a Marine Corps gen eral so he can help organize an Oregon State police -spart- ment. '-'.'!.;' A gasoline prloe war con tinues her with gat dropping to at low as ll cents a gallon. 40 Y 1 A09 i fc i. liil (Sunday) Tit Crater Lake National ' park company plant to under take Immediate development ot a hotel and other concet- - tiont at the laka. , .. o r ' Lcial postman are to be armed with revolvers under a post office order. 10 YEARS AOO April 14, 1111 (Monday) ; The government has won Its suit against the Southern Pa cific, railroad for recovery of : avi million acres of O and C railroad land in southwestern i Oregon. '- The Medford post office will be closed on Sundays from i now on, per. a department order. . What's Yoscr 9. Q.? Nine er ten cerrtel It superler; even er eight h ncslleetf five er is Is (Mel, 1. Where are the remaint of the late Gen. John J. Pershing buried? 2. Manxmen are natives of what island? 3. U. S. 10-cent pieces are solid sliver; true or false? 4. "Gat" is an underworld term for what weapon? -y.. .- 5. Is the capital of Egypt at Cairo, or Alexandria? - . 6. Does a major general rank above, or below, a lieu tenant general? ; 7. .Name the tallest animal. 8. Other things being equal, Is it' easier to lift a weight with a small ur a large pulley? 9. What is the N.A.A.C.P.? 10. There are four states which are known as Common Wealths; name them. Answers! 1. Arlington Na tional cemetery. 1. The Isle of Mant 3. False (90 per cent ill car, : 10 per cent copper). 4. Gun. 5. Cairo, t. Below. 7. Giraffe. I. Large. I. National AuocUtlon for the Advance ment' of Colored People. 10. . Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Mas sachusetts, Virginia. DRAFTSMAN PROMOTED Salem - IIIPD '- Norman E, Mann of Salem, engineer draftsman for the State High way department, hat been pro moted to engineer detlgner. Housing Bill In this timber-rich state, where the value of forest products now out livestock added together as the major producer of wealth, there is a brighter day in sight. A new high in prosperity is in store for Oregon, the na tion's largest lumber producer, if President Ken nedy's housing bill passes Congress without being butchered by the reactionaries. Looking at this housing bill from the position of what it would do for us here in Oregon may be the selfish or parochial view. Howeyer, noth ing the new Administration has proposed in the way of legislation, nor any that may oe proposed in the future could do of this state. What it will do for able also, but that is another story. THE bill is designed 1nw.rnaf hnmoo fnr come. The Administration believes there is far less need for homes in the brackets. Urban renewal and public housing would be generously financed under the bill. Long term loans for repairs and rehabilitation and im provement, up to 25 years, would be insured by the government. Also, housing projects for the elderly is proposed. The scone of the plans the amount of money involved is a drastic de- parture irom uie previous Aamimsuauon, wmcn not onlv resisted liberal housing legislation through conservatives in Congress, but also fought it with , tight money and the Presidential veto. The result has been a stagnation in building that has created an enormous back-log of badly need ed construction. All of this activity, urban re newal and renovation uses lumber ....( " Wl ITH all the vast benefits that appear obvious in this bill -benefits to workers. . suppliers and users it, would seem there would be little oppostion to it in Congress. This is not likely to h ho. The conservatives in Congress who resist anv government remedial deDlorable conditions may roups such as the real estate lobbywill fight it itterly, but not necessarily successfully. VSafa ' orrain ;' n an l'natana whom t.hp Prflsi- dent and liberal congressmen need some artic ulate miblic suDDort. In our own state it is a safe assumption that our two Senators, Wayne Morse and Maurifte Neubeger, will vote for this housing bill. Also, two of our members of Congress, Edith Green. Portland, and Ai back the bill. ' )", xnese lour uemocraw are, oi wuiw, nuem. in their views and can be expected to support their own Administration, not to menuon j,ne interest of their state. W1 HAT of Walter Norblad of the First District and Edward Durno There is no wav to nredict in which direction Norblad will wriggle when the conservative pres sure gets to mm. : ' ; a 1UI Al, UUllfJ, Vina oiaunvil 4.v.iuu. v.. American Medical Association and preacher of the trosDel of reaction, will be on the spot. Still, it hardly Beems likely that he can betray the big trest lumber1 producing District in the biggest lumber producing state election... The benefits of this proposal to a state that produces more than a fifth of the nation's lum ber and almost a third of its soft plywood sheets, is almost beyond estimation. Capital Press, Salem. . . , . . . The 'Ugly American 'at Home A few years ago the isfied American conscience was rudeiy jouea. Dy a heat aolW HrW "Thfi TTrlv American." This book dealt as everybody poor impression Americans were mailing on world opinion by oiur behavior at the commercial, diplomatic, military and tourist levels. Sometimes we are at our ugliest right-here at linmn A noon in TiniTit 4a fho rVinnow ftittcrv. so popular in the Westt coast political campaigns lately, against trade witn japan, some Americans seem to think that trade with Japan should all ha nnt. wnv all enort anrl no imnort. As it happens, resurgent Japanese industry has an enormous appetite for West Coast pro ducts. Total exports to Japan vastly exceed Amer ican imports. Had it not been for a brisk lumber export trade with Japan, the domestic lumber depression last year would have been utter tragedy lor uregon. . ( THE false and unsupported claim that Japanese plywood was hurting Oregon markets was never true and it is not true now. The fact that Umber-less Japan, with a building boom flourish ing, has used the Northwest lumber for its own purposes. The only plywood" it exports is hard wood plywood, and even the cores of this ply wood are not Northwest Japanese wages and standards have risen rapidly in recent years. As at home, strong unions and a rising economy lift the living standards of all families. As far ahead as we can see Japan will be our best customer if we don't display the ugly and narrowminded side of our American nature. Trade with Japan is not a sentimental or soft headed project It is a matter of intelligent self interest. "Trade'' means exchange. This has al ways been a hard lesson for Americans to learn, but we have prospered both in business and world security in direct proportion as we learn it. Mil waukee (Ore.) Review. - ranks agriculture and more for the prosperity the nation is consider to stimulate building of fa.miiip.fi wit.h limited in- middle and upper class outlined in the bill and action no matter how be. and vested interest unman, uaKer, win ', of the Fourth? , v ' , ' and survive the next self-centered, self-sat now knows, with the , products. i Dennis the ' WOW. FOUK OIFF6R6MT Communications Letters to the Editor must boar the name and addrtss of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the papert In fact the contrary is often the case. EDITOR'S NOTE . It appears to 'be neces sary, once again, to remind those who write letters for the "Communications" col umn of the, fairly simple re quirements. We do not pub-: lish anonymous letters; all of them must bear the name and address of the sender, although at the editor's dis cretion, some of them may appear without the name of the sender. No letter longer than 400 words will be pub lished except In unusual cir cumstances. And letters which are merely long quo tations from other publica tions will be rejected in most 'cases. '.' 'V- ,' Durno Receives Praise To the. Editors So many- people are kicking our Con gressman Durno and saying he doesn't care for our wel fare, but I for one do not agree with them. While he was here the . first of this month, I was having some difficulty on a personal prob lem and I wrote him a letter to see it he could assist on my medical records. When I went for my hearing, Dr. Durno was there . and was very concerned. As busy as he was, he took time to try to help me Individually. Just show me" any other congressman anywhere that would do a thing like that. I think he was elected to' help and assist us, but if he can't use his own judgment we're defeating the cause, aren't we? Sure he'll make mistakes. No one's perfect, but as long as he's trying, then why not give him a chance? I don't think he was elected to help each of us Individual ly, but through the human goodness in him he did assist me personally and that I be lieve was above his call of duty. So if he doesn't please us all in everything we want, why not give him at least the credit due him? I had a long talk with him and do know, he's concerned about our problems but is so sorry he can't make any ' decisions that'll be pleasing to all of us. It s utterly impossible. , Mrs. Thelma Arnold 534 South Fourth st, Central Point, Ore. Explanation Asked , To the Editor: One reason why I believe that Commu nlsm will eventually collapse is that any system that tries to 'regulate a man's life is based on faulty premises. The mcst complicated ma chine on earth is and has been man. He' flourishes best when given the maximum freedom compatible with the best interests of his fellow- man. However, if anyone can ex plain to me why this knowl edgeable and fearful mechan ism is ready to exterminate his own ; kind, by throwing around atom bombs and other life destroying gadgets, I'll sing praises to high heaven, Want to try? David Frisch White City, Ore. Illiberal News To the Editor: The contro versy over the site of the proposed Federal building ap pears to be the result of busi ness interests, as such a build ing would definitely stimulate the flow of traffic and green money in an area. This type of structure would not present anything of a com petitive nature to the business world of Medford rather a stimulus. I think that It is rather ironic that the much sought after 10th and River side site was also under con sideration, at one time, by Sears and Roebuck (a compet itive business store), and met with some disapproval. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON Menace A.OTHERS .... Enough, at any rate, , that it was built elsewhere. While the Civic Center pro posal might not be as profit able to the merchants of east ern Medford, neither will it be too profitable to' the , mer chants of western Medford, as I doubt that many will spend the night at the Medford ho tel while transacting business at the Federal building. , A new Federal building and ul timately a new city hall in conjunction with the .existing' county courthouse,- library and park, would be a credit, to . our city. We have areas controlled as to residence, commerce and industry. Why not give thought to a service area or zone referred, to as a civic center? ,' . Surely we should, in view of the near chaotic condition that lack of proper city and county planning has placed us over the years, profit from the past and grind our individual axes on the advertising pages of the newspaper rather than on the front page in the form of such illiberal news. , Ken Corliss i 1564 Myers Lane , '. '. . Medford . .. , i.-.i-r . Old Tires and "Snavely" To the. Editor: -: .. The slide is passe and the swine days are past. Make it modern and sculp tured of cement that will last, A child's mind is inventive, . the snake's bump is a cave, And. when riding the top Why you're high on a wave. But me? - I'm old fashioned I'd rather embark . , As a child, on a tire That can swing in an arc. I would rather aim high, Touch my toes to a leaf. It the swing rope were longer It was my belief I could punch a small hole In that cloud in the blue. " But my blessings "Old Snavely" -I hope they love you. Mrs. Frances Hamilton . Central Point, Ore. Civil War Facts To the Editor: One hundred years ago. April 22, Gen. Rob ert E. Lee handed his resigna tion to President Lincoln, took his leave of Arlington House, never to visit his an cestral home again. It is now Arlington cemetery, last rest ing place for illustrious dead, a national shrine, overlooking Washington, D.C. Long gone now are the val iant men who fought with Gen. Robert E. Lee, a man honored In the south and also in the north. Gone too are the boys In blue who rallied to the call of President Lincoln, a southerner, to help preserve the Union. But there was not the devotion to Lincoln, the lonely dedicated man, as there was to Lee by the south. The hard fact is that the' better element, the fair minded peo ple of the south held Lincoln in great respect. This writer was reminded of this some time ago by a grandson of Robert E. Lee's sister, a Medford retired en gineer up in his nineties. It is strange, with both great leaders in the Civil War who held and still hold the high regard of both north and south people that there should be still so much bitterness be tween them as there is to this day, Far more bitterness than has been left with the two recent world wars. Why should there be? Let those who wonder of this, turn to page Bl of the April 17 U.S. News and World Report. Read there: "The un told Story of the Civil War, After a Hundred Years a Look at the Facts." -. Yes, facts from the war rec ords. No Marshall plan was provided tor the ruined south land. Instead came the north- Foreign News: Colder Cold Wa Eichmann; Red German Labor By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst Notes for the foreign news cables: ; Coldest Cold War Western observers In Mos cow expect the U. S.-Soviet cold war to reach its coldest point yet- as result of Cu b an develop ments and the angry .ex change be tween Wash ington and Moscow. They expect the So viets to step up their prop Vfiwiom aganda attack on American "threats to world peace," and the coming May Day celebra tions to emphasize Soviet mil itary strength and rocket ca pability. ; ".. Eichmann Best guess is that the prose cution in the Eichmann trial will take two'months and the defense one. The defense may ern carpet baggers, some of the starry-eyed kind,: others out for what, profit could be wrung from the desperately impoverished land. Packing the courts to bring forth the Diiieny lougni amend ment, ramming it down south ern throats by votes of blacks and whites, some of them hav ing no conception what it was all about. 1 We would like" to say more, much more. But we do hope that people will beg, borrow or buy a copy of the April 17 U.S. News and World Report, read page 61 and those follow ing and see the actual pictures there. A better understanding will be had of what is going on today. ; ; , . F.J.Clifford Route 2, Box 200F Central Point, Ore. In Refutation ' To the Editor: A recent cor respondent in : Communica tions has written me a person al letter In which she directs further criticism against you as well as me, characteristical ly (like some others) ignoring completely, or conveniently evading, the factual evidence I had cited . to .prove , the H.U.A.C's deliberate distor tions, which in some instances amount to outright lies, in its propaganda film, "Operation Abolition," of which reported ly some 2,000 copies have been circulated-at taxpayers' expense! I quote from this correspondent's letter: . "One of these days you'll wake up to the fact that there is another and very legitimate side to the question . . . The press has contorted the truth in regard to the H.U.A.C., the film 'Operation Abolition' and the John Birch Society. Mr. Allen should take a lesson in factual reporting from the Los Angeles Times." ., Now I should like to say to this correspondent first of all (and .to all others who have been writing In the same vein) that truth and falsehood do NOT have two sides; they are unalterable and inevitable op posites. Your recent editorial exposition of the fascist John Birch Society quoted enough facts from the Welch "Blue Book" to -sicken any patriot and to turn in their graves the honored dead defenders of our precious freedoms. . - I call to the witness stand the conservative Los Angeles Times in total refutation of our critic's unwarranted slur. On March 12, Otis Chandler, its publisher, branded the John Birch Society as a "peril to conservatism" and said that "subversion, whether of the left or the right, is still sub version." He denounced as "treacherous fallacy that an honorable and noble objective justifies any means to achieve it." He declared that the John Birch Society's program is wrong in principle and dan gerous in practice, that it is designed to fight Commu nists with their own weapons, smear for smear. Even the quotations are brutal with sedition. "If the John Blrchers follow the program of their leader," says the Times editor, "they will bring our institutions into question exacuy as the Com munists try to do. They will sow distrust and aggravate disputes and they will weaken the very strong case for con servatism." He concluded that "the Times does not believe that the argument for conser vatism can be won ... by smearing as enemies and trai tors those with whom we sometimes disagree." I intend to continue oppos ing communist and all other subversion by championing the freedoms guaranteed by our Constitution. Arnold Eugene Jenny Rogue Valley Manor Medford take longer If it can find some way to get safe conduct to and from Israel for German wit nesses. The Israeli attorney general has declined to give safe conduct for former Nazis but has agreed to accept depositions. Out of the Kitchen East German authorities quietly have launched a new program to take the house wife out of the home and put Try and By BENNETT CERF- TJEYWOOD BROUN .liked to tell about the zoo that im li ported the biggest yak ever seen in America. Every, morning at breakfast time, the animal, who was fond of pancakes with ' maple syrup, would yawn prod igiously, and get up. Of course you know - what song Broun declared this brought to mind? (Don't hoot) "Mighty Yak Arose." Back in 1012, when Wil liam Jay Gaynor waa mayor ot New York, a prominent municipal judge died unex pectedly while presiding over a. trial Even before the body had been removed, at ttraah tawVAl hare-Ar! In'til Mayor Gaynor's office and announced bluntly, "I propose myself to take the deceased judge's place." . -, "Nothing would please me more," said the mayor emphatically. "See if you can arrange it with the undertaker." .' :v:.'r. '';.: ' , i' " John Fuller haa spotted a nudist camp where all the members are busy practicing altogethemees. . - ' O tttl, by, Bennett Cert. Distributed Mr Klnc Features Syndicate Strictly Personal By Sidney J. Harris r (c) General Features Corp, ' HARRIS AND ADVERTISING SIGN BACK-HANDED TRUCE In some of my recent col umns, discussing the flaws and follies of television pro- gramming, I touched : upon a raw nerve... (Are you I b n esome, dap ressed, u n p opular with mem bers of the o pposite Harris """"V" hair stringy. your skin blotchy, your eyes red ... rimmed? Then, read, "Strictly Personal", five days a . week in this space, and see what a. ten day trial can do to your whole personality. Because of a secret writing process, no other column can make this claim,) '. , '. ... when I mentioned the "magazine format" idea that should be .used on TV. It seems perfectly obvious to me that- the program content of television should fie devised and controlled by the artists and technicians for the chan nel or network, and not by the sponsors, agencies, pack aging outfits, or . . . (Do you have that "wash- ' ed-out" feeling? Does your brain feel as if it's been put through a wringer at the end of a hard day? Then psyche up with Sydney Har ris' perky blend of mountain-grown prose, rich in ad verbs, bursting with . the j u 1 e y goodness of. fresh nouns, brimming with nu tritious prepositions and conjunctions, and topped off by a generous portion of solecism . . . Remember, when you read Harris, you read the greatest!) Green and Clean ' To the Editor: I agree with all the parties opposing the wrecking -yard at Talent. I too own property adjoining Flynn and Carmichael. Not only would the value of our property go down, but would also be injurious to our health with the noise and the smoke. I was under the impression that we had a slogan: "Keep Oregon Green and Clean." ' Evan Maupln ' Rogers Rogue River Ranch : Route 1, Box 472 Eagle Point, Ore. Abolish Income Tax To the Editor: (From the New York Daily News): "Paul G. Hoffman, as head of the U-N. Special Fund, has signed an agreement with Fidel Cas tro's Red Cuba regime where by the Special Fund is to help Cuba get away from heavy de pendence on sugar by diver sifying its farm, ' production. The United States pays about 40 per cent of the Special Fund's annual budget, which stands this year at about $47 million.", As an April 15 taxpayer, how do you feel about help ing Castro? . Let's get busy and repeal the 16th amendment! This would abolish the income tax. White to your Congressman now asking him to vote for House Joint Resolution 23. Mrs. G. S. Jennings 218 Saginaw dr. Medford. sjiiiisaaisiiisssai foil her in the factory. The rea son: a labor shortage. Dogged by unfulfilled industrial quo tas, the Reds have set up "housewife brigades" to take the German Frau away from her kitchen. , t The Atom V In West Berlin it Is report ed the Soviet Union is draw ing up plans to train officers of satellite armies in the use of tactical atomic weapons. A Stop Me .". . by the' vice presidents in charge of sales and promo tion. Sponsors should buy time on television just as ad vertisers buy space in news papers and magazines, but the content and structure of these programs should be - deter mined .... (At last, science has found a way to bring you thought without painl Now, for the first time, a five - minute dose of "Strictly . Personal" can rejuvenate your intel lectual life, make you a sparkling, conversationalist, a mine of .fascinating infor mation, and a man or wom an the world- will look up to. No more fussy prepara tions, no more painful stud ying, no more' expensive book purchases and tedious acamedic courses . . . Just pop one column In your mind, once a. day, . costing . only a few pennies, and this will provide all the intellec tual vitamins your mind re quires. Three .out of four New York scientists say "After reading Harris, I un derstood the Third Law of . Thar m o d y n sunics in a flash.") " " . . . by the balanced needs of the general American au dience. Moreover, the continu ity and impact of programs should not be viciously and foolishly Interrupted by flam boyant commercial claims. any more than a news story or editorial is fragmented to make room for an advertiser's message. If. i , -: (I'll be back n a moment with my . conclusion. But, first. Just a few words about the Ingredients that make "Strictly Perso nal" a unique combination of the finest, costliest, newest, purest, safest, best . . .) East German Herds Sheep Over Border Berln -UPD- An East Ger man led his entire flock 500 sheep Into West Berlin today despite the frantic at tempts by Communist border police to turn the mback. The shepherd slipped across nrst witn the bellwether of the flock and the other sheep ouiuuiiy louowea. The German waa olvor, lum In a refugee camp while hiS flOCk WaS tttrnM irnr In a 'West Berlin farmer for safe keeping. Portland Moiel Robbed Second Time Portland-flJPtt-Twn m.n oar. rying revolvers held up the Palms Motel Saturday night. It was the second holdup at the motel in two hightSV The men took 7(1 In h from a cash drawer in the mo tel office and escaped on foot. Two men escaped with $250 from the north Portland motel Thursday. They were believed to be the same bandits in each DIVIDEND DECLARED ' Portland - (UPB - Directors ot iron Fireman Manufactur lng Co., Portland, have de clared a quarterly cash divi dend of 20 cents per share. r; Trial of Shortage three-to-six months course In Russia is seen. - ,.f ..... Red Carpet , Japanese businessmen at. ending the annual spring corn modifies fair in Canton, Red China, are receiving royal at tention. Observers believe tha Reds have their eye on some quick sales to Japan to help raise badly needed foreign ex change for food purchases abroad, A long range purpose would be to seek Japanese public support ; for govern ment .recognition. ,t ; .; In the Day's News ' By FRANK J1NKINI An thin written (in Washlnev inn Premier Khrushchev hna just warned .President Ken nedy to "call a halt to 'aggres sion against uuoa- Before it leads the world to military xotnsfrnnhe." In an earlier formal declaration, he h a d said "assistance" would be given Castro's government IP NECESSARY. : - China's Premier Chou Eni lai has just stated in a tele, gram to Castro that "the Chi. nesa' eovernment and neonla resolutely support the Cuban people's just struggle." TO thisPresident Kennedy reDlled: '-'::i - "In the event of any mili tary intervention - by outside force, we will .immediately honor our obligations under the inter-American system to protect this hemisphere against eternal aggression." The President didn't define what he would consider mili tary intervention. But AmerU can officials are maKing it clear that the presence of any Soviet pilots or OTHER MEM. BERS 1 of the soviet armed forces in Cuba would be 'In tolerable to ' the " United States.'' vOi-r , I IMAGINE that by the time these words ' are read the situation will be clearer than it is at the moment when they are written. .- . y v ' ' , The - prevailing opinion around the. lobby of the hotel where this is being put on paper (where the editors of America's .daily . newspapers are assembling for their an nual convention) seems to be that there will be a lot of blus ter, but no bombs- h-i - It doesn't seem to make sense that Mr. Krooah would start a ;wprld war at this not too auspicious moment to back up the reckless projects of sn irresponsible screwball of the type of Castro. . STILL- -:.-;.; ' -'C-T. It's hard to say. i; ! Looked1 at down the long perspective of history, there Is reason to believe that perhaps ALL despots are screwballs. : THERE Was Alexander. Trained by his wise, old father, Philip of Macedonia, he reached . his rendezvous with destiny under extraordi narily favorable circum stances. He was wise beyond his time. An able soldier, he was also wise in council. He had a sense of the fitness of things. He had an unusual awareness of the ' dangers of greatness. ; ; - ' ' - Yet the time came when the wily priests of Egypt took him into camp and convinced him that he was a god. There after he acted like one. Like a FALSE god. Napoleon had his aspects of greatness. One of the world's great soldiers, he. was also a statesman of no mean caliber. Until - that is-supreme power ruined him. - ' 1 j"U,D Kroosh seems to have " possessed, up to now, a certain quality of rugged com mon sense. But he has held supreme - power for a long, long time. . . Maybe it has ruined him, along, with so many others. Maybe it has led him to the point where he WILL back a madman like Castro. . ANYWAY Mr- Kroosh will have1 to make the first move.' If he moves to back Castro, h will have violated our oldest and most venerated foreign policy - the Monroe Doctrine. If that happens, we will go to war. ' Duncan Says Junior College Aid High Salem -fllPtt- The prbposed $2.5 million in state aid for junior colleges In Oregon U too much, House Speaker Robert B. Duncan said today. The Medford Democrat said he favors more of a contribu tion at the local level than proposed by two bills now in the Ways and Means Commit tee. . Duncan said he strongly favors community colleges. But he said it is "not healthy for a community college sys tem to rely on almost total state support." : There has to be i solid con tribution at the local level, he said, or the system "will fall flat on its face." 1 I
