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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.
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. 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."
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