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Flight 0' Time
Medford and, Jackson County
History from the flies ot The
Mall Tribune1 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
April 21, 1951 (Saturday)
! AH southern Oregon hold
ings of the Loyal Affiliate of
Chrlsti Church of the Golden
Rule have been sold for an
estimated flVi million In
what Is believed one of the
largest real estate transactions
In the valley In recent years.
Unofficial returns from the
Phoenix and Wagner Creek
school district consolidation
election held Friday indicated
that the proposal, carried In
both districts.
19 TEARS AGO "'" "Vr:
April at.. 1141 (Monday) ,
Thirty CCC camps In the
Medford district will be ac
tive next year.
From Arthur Perry's "Y
Smudse Pot" column: "The
Axis powers .are now up to
their old trick of sinking more
cruisers than the British pos-
30 YEARS AGO
April 31. 1131 (Tuesday)
State Treasurer Thomas B.
Kay died today following a
atroke.
Valley orchardlsts say they
need rain badly, and nope
that It will come in May and
June and save, their crops.
40 YEARS AGO
April 21, 1011 (Thursday)
Construction of a tabernacle
eating 3,800 for a soon to
come revival meeting, was
completed ' here In Just two
days by volunteer workers,
Seeley Hall of Medford will
be In charge of bus transporta
tion to Crater Lake this sum-
'-fSMr' '
19 YEARS AGO
April 10. 1011 (Friday)
A Southern Oregon Poultry
association has been officially
organised here; it has a cur
rent membership of 170, but
the potential is estimated at
800 members.
The Hill railroad system
' and the Southern Pacific are
reported to be in a race to
complete 'laying railroad
tracks to the sea through
southern Oregon and northern
California.
Whit's Year I.Q.7
Nine ar Me cerreci Is luparlsn
seven er eight la excellent) tlva er
sis h good. ' '
1. Is the Blue Danube In
Europe or Asia?
2. How many equinoxes are
there each year?
3. Did John Qulncy Adams
. serve as Representative In
Congress before or after he
served as President of the
U.S.? '
4. Is an artisan a deep well,
a blood vessel, skilled crafts
man, or an initiation oil
painting?
5. For whom was the month
of August named?
6. Caliber indicates the
muzzle velocity of a weapon;
true or false?
' 7. The American Red Cross
was organized by Florence
Nightingale; true or false?
8. Which State of the U.S.
is second smallest in area? . '
9. Au Is the chemical sym
bol for which metallic ele
ment? - 1 ;'
10. The motion picture,
"The Pride of the Yankees,"
was based on the life of which
well-known New York ball
player? Answers! 1. Europe. 3 Two
3. After. 4. Skilled cttfisman.
5. Caeaar Augustus, e, False,
(Sise of bore.) 7. False. (Clara
Barton.) I. Delaware. I. Gold.
10, Loupehrif.
I
FRIDAY. APRIL 29, 1861
Diminishing Privacy
To compare the case of the discharged Uni
versity of Oregon student counsellor, who refused
to use the personality rating questionnaires pro
vided her for use in her counseling duties, with
the Big Brother activities so graphically de
scribed in "1984," may be a little far-fetched.
But not too much. ' ,"
Where does one draw the line between the
right of privacy, and the
ing efforts of schools and
to be "helpful"
The incident of the outspoken girl counsellor
indicates that the line is being pushed away from
privacy and toward helplur nosiness. .,
;
NE of the more chilling news stories of re'
v cent days quoted a
ing the expanding role
ter.
Already, they are in
statistics about our population such necessary
things as birth dates,
and so on
From this it is only a
other types of personal information perhaps
"personal evaluations" . of a type made by the
University's housemothers and student counsel
lors,
And from this it is, again, only another step
to include information similar to that in tfie "raw
files' of the FBI unevaluated statements con
cerning people and their loyalty, made by no
one knows who, and 'motivated by no one knows
what.
THE scientist being quoted said it is not out-
day, if the present trend continues, when such
automated files of personal information will in
clude all the details of his life, his early mistakes,
his political leanings, his public and private
views, the words of his
i Privacy would then be gone. And, perhaps
even worse, here is a ready-made tool for a gov
ernment which could, perhaps unnoticed, drift
from "paternalism" to
This is, in fact, the greatest hazard of the wel
fare state, which was born from.the sincere con
viction that government
the well-being of its citizens.
T"HE trend can be seen, arid in each instance
' " it has originated in a spirit of helpfulness.
Criminals, who have
privacy, have probing analyses (including pre
sentence and parole and probation reports) filed
about them.
So do inmates of hospitals, mental and other
wise. "
So do public assistance beneficiaries infor-
mation designed to make
helped. , ;-
And there are' students' grade 'transcripts.
And employment records. Ana so on and oil.
All of these are valid and legitimate.
But where, we ask again, does the right to
privacy begin and where
AMONG the most interesting responses to the
teapot-tempest aroused by the University
freshman girls' counsellor tfame from two stu
dents at the University who came here from to
talitarian countries. ' ,
In a letter to the Emerald, the student daily
newspaper, they said in
. "Having lived the major part of our lives in totali
tarian regimes, we are tickled to take note of the Os
burn (the counselor) affair. The system of 'Personal
Record Reports,' as they choose to call it at the U. of .
O., reminds us of a similar method widely practiced
in the Soviet and the satellites, where the lucid term
'Cadre file' was created ior It. It appears the inciden
tal fact that the Personal Record Report Is used on a
smaller scale, does not In any way make It less ob
jectionable than the cadre system ... ,
"One could hardly end this letter without expressing -admiration
for the young lady's courage and her re
fusal to be essentially a paid informer, an attitude ap
parently not shared by her fellow counselors.
, "George Handlery
"Andrew Bartanyl."
MISS OSBURN, of course, was not a "paid in
former." She was employed to be of assist
ance to freshmen women in the dormitory where
she was assigned. Arid the record reports were
designed to be of help both to her in performing
her job, and to the students she was attempting
to assist. :
But the fact remains
fidential or not, well-meaning or not, intelligently
used or not. are part of the trend toward an in
vasion of the privacy of Americans.
Un this basis alone,
ined, and their implications thought through, by
University authorities. E. A.
He Certainly Was Right
"Thinirs." President Kennedy said in his first
days in office, "are going to be worse before!
tney get better."
How right he was!
The Russians beat us
up; Laos is in a virtual state of chaos. And in
all of these, United States prestige is squarely
on the line. , ,
One is permitted to
ing has reached its nadir.
for a while yet E. A.
There are three (count 'em 31 candidates
for the Medford school board to be voted on in
Monday's school district election.
It is Exatifvinp- that
conscientious, wefl-qualified, and willing to de
vote their time to public service, are offering
il. - 1 , .
uiemseives as candidates., win scnooi patrons
as well? Or will the usual corporal's guard of
u"
voters turn out Mojjday?
undoubtedly well-mean.
other official agencies
scientist who was discuss
of the electronic compu-
,
use to file away vital
social secunty numbers,
step to start storing away
enemies.
'big brother-ism."
has a legitimate role in
sacrificed their right to
it easier for them to be
does it end?
part :
that such reports, con
they should be reexam
into space; Cuba blew
hone that this worsen
But don't count on it
1
three men. all of them
tirjil v i i
E.A. ----- -
Dennis the Menace
Did vou know my Mom 'ms sick? she's fsal.
f&L SICK. SUES EVEN HBE0l'
Communications
Letters to the Editor must
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
printed in this column do not
contrary is often the case. !
Communists' Gas War
To the Editor: While agree
ing in principle with senti
ments expressed Wednesday
by Mr. Robert J. Howard
feel he Is asleep to the real
Communist menace. The pres
ent gasoline price war is
good example of how 1 they
really plan to take America
For several months Russia
has dumped gas and oil on
world markets. This has dried
up American foreign markets
and caused a surplus which
the oil companies unload
through "price wars." While
It may end locally soon, look
for It to start as soon as the
legislatures in Washington
and Oregon adjourn, They
have to get rid of surplus
stocks.
Russia can do this with any
commodity she chooses, in
cluding gold bars. This is her
plan. i
Parker Bailey,
842V4 'A' st.,
Ashland, Ore.
Doing as' Pilate
To the Editor: One of your
Ashland readers, I note, feels
that it isn't just liquor that
is responsible for the untidy
area around the Mt. Shasta
Ski Bowl.
I agree with her. In fact
space prohibited my writing
all I would have liked. Many
Americans seem to have lost
their regard for the rights of
others. This fact is evident in
many different ways. Yet If
your readers could have seen
the sharp contrast between
the Ski Bowl before liquor
came and after, they might
have better appreciated what
I wrote. I have as yet to wit
ness a dairy bar surrounded
by what I saw at Mt. Shasta.
At least I can feel safe to
take my children to a place
where dairy products are
served, even If there are some
paper containers thrown
around.
- If any one doubts there is
a difference in the two places,
then watch the customers as
they emerge. Do you see
bloated-faced, staggering indi
viduals careening down our
highways as a result of drink
ing milkshakes?
Does the one who peace
fully eats a ice cream cone
go home and beat his wife
and children?
Some persons are aroused
over a wrecking yard coming
into the Talent area. We have
far worse wrecking yards al
ready in business in our
area. Human wrecking yards,
if you please. Any place that
dispenses a product that
breeds all the misery and woe,
as liquor does, is a wrecking
yard and the ultra-modern
grocery palaces that deal in
the same products by no
means are clear in this mat
ter. A peculiar form of reason
ing is used by some. It goes
like this: "They'll get the stuff
any way, so I might as well
have some of the profits,"
Really now, does that clear
any of us in something we
feel is wrong?
Too many, I fear, do as
Pilate, who washed his hands
thinking he was thus cleared
of our Lord's blood. Does fol
lowing a wrong course be
cause others are doing it make
it right? Many, .! fear, are
selling out their souls mighty
cheap. -. '
Yes public education . Is
good, but what is really need
ed is a change In sinful men's
hearts. This can : only be
brought about by a surrender
of one's entire being to the
one who gave His life for us
on the cross.
Henry Johnson Jr.,
; 2315 Highway 66,
Ashland,' Ore.
Junk Problems
To the Editor: If the people
of Talent will take a short
drive around Shady ove,
MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
bear the name and address of
necessarily represent the views of the paperi in fact the
.
they won't walk, they will
dash ' to the nearest place
where they can be heard, and
do everything In their power
to keep any kind of junk yard
from their midst.
I do not think there is
street in Shady Cove that does
not have its share of torn
down cars, ' logging equip
ment, running dogs, and just
plain untidy folks who think
nothing of heaving beer bot
tles, cans or what have you
any place they may be facing
when the last drop is down.
Believe me, it does tear
down your property. One has
a hard .time selling, if they
do not wish to live in a city
dump. - :
Once a dump starts; it
grows like cancer and no
cure in sight.
Just thank God that you
do have weapons to fight the
thing now. We don't have out
here. It seems anything goes.
Please do not print my
name as I do not want to be
dumped In a junk pile.
(Name on File),
Shady Cove, Ore.
Thank You, Sirl ,
To the Editor: Before leav
ing this community I want to
express a word of apprecia
tion of its newspaper. Read
ers may think I am prejudiced
because you have published
my unprivate diary about bird
watching, but I held many of
these ' opinions even before
that time.
Over the years I have ob
served that the character of
a town's newspaper has a con
siderable influence on it. Al
though I agree with the views
of the editor more than' many
people do, I think all can see
that it means much to a city
to have an editor who prints
many views in his news col
umns and communications,
but states his own editorially
wun lorce and courage.
i am sorry you lost the
battle to keep the freeway
from cutting through the heart
of Medford. I hope you win
future batUes against air and
water pollution. I won't go
into politics except to say that
your well-informed opinions
are always worth considering.
I enjoy your serious editorials
on science and on trends in
our modern society.
I also want to add my word
of appreciation of the church
editor, Peggyann Hutchinson.
whose church page is second
to none, and the society edi
tor, Olive Starcher, whose
work, happily, is not limited
to "society" in any narrow
sense.
Thanks, too. for your sireat
Insight in realizing that little
birds in the trees actually
have an Interest for the com
mon reader.
Thomas McCamant,
300 Oakwood dr.,
Medford
An Outsider's Comments
To the Editor: Just a few
words from an outsider on the
transfer of 97 students' from
the Phoenix school district to
the Medford district.
What would the people of
Phoenix say and do if the
Medford school district ex
tended Into the Phoenix city
limits (as -this district does
into the Medford city limits)?
I believe that these citizens.
If they had children in this
kind of a district, would want
their children to go to Phoe
nix instead of hauling them
several miles to Medford. Also
Mrs. Henriksen and Mrs.
Sommers say to lose these
children from their district
would ' put an extra tax
burden on their, district.
Would not building a new
school (which would not be
needed if these children went
to Medford) at the edge of
the Medford city limits also
increase their taxes?
Another thing, why did the
Phoenix district allow tata,
Soviets, Czechoslovakia Shipping Many
Supplies To Cuba In Wake of Invasion
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
Whether Nikita Khrushchev
would launch World War III
to protect Fidel Castro, his
Cuban puppet.
must for the
mom ent re
main a mat
ter of conjec
ture.
But as the
United States
reassesses 'its
position as a
result of the
failure of the
Cuban invasion, reports from
Havana and behind the Iron
Curtain leave no doubt about
the importance the Commu
nist leadership attaches to its
Cuban beachhead. -
Scarcely had the invasion
attempt collapsed before Com
munist ships began arriving
at Havana docks.
They carried oil, trucks,
tractors, jeeps,- industrial
equipment, textiles, chemi
cals, pharmaceutical goods
and even glassware.
the writer, although under
exceed 400 words. The letters
people in this district to be
annexed to the city limits of
Medford when they should
have known that this problem
would arise? .-
I believe it would be better
for these 97 students to go
to schqpl almost in their front
yard, than to travel several
miles to go to school. -Arthur
H. Boye, I
Route 1, Box 193,
' Gold HU1, Ore.
Japanese Girl Writes
To the Editor: I hope to
read my request by kindly
American people which you
have a large circulation.
Dear American people:
I hopeto read my request
to kindly American people;
v I am 17 girl of senior high
school live in Japan. I have
many hobbies a koto, piano,
sports, flower arrangement
and dance.
I had much interesting fine
American democratic life and
popular literature.
For the purpose I saved
travelling expenses for going
to America from my girlhood,
and the money can to make
now.
But, to my dlssapointment,
I have no acquaintance in
America and no school ex
penses. I have only travelling
expenses. But I always think
ing to do, studying it because
it is my Indelible dream.
Pleasel Kindly American peo
ple! For act up to my ideals.'
Miss Noriko Okamoto,
' Fuji Senior High School,
6-Chome Hanasakicho
Asahigawa, Hotkkaldo,
., Japan.
He's Proud
To the Editor: After read
ing last Sunday's Mall Tri
bune, and the front page story
informing us that President
Jack Kennedy had called in
his predecessor and briefed
him on the Cuban situation, I
felt very proud that I was a
Democrat. How many Republi
can Presidents would have
done the same? I believe that
is the greatest proof of a man's
intelligence. He does not claim
to know it all. Is willing to
ask advice, yet able to make
his own decisions, i
You have the White City
Veterans behind you, Mr.
President, and there are a lot
of us old blokes who can still
hold our finger down on the
trigger of a machine gun. Let's
go over and 'put Nikita into
Orbit! To H . . . with the
pension, we are just waiting
to die, anyway!
- Malemute Slim,
White City, Ore.
Something Beneficial
To the Editor: Elchmann,
the archmurderer of all time,
and all of those he was as
sociated with, Austrlans, Po-
landers, Czechoslovaklans and
others, and all who helped,!
Germans in this terrible ca-
sastrophe ought to be pun
ished to the fullest extent of
the law. Yes, the Germans had
a hand in It too, and if so,
I'm most ashamed of being
of German descent.
I am advised that 6 million
Jews were slaughtered like
catUe. I hate to think this to
be true but I have heard it
from different sources, and
I'm sorry I'll have to believe
it, though I'm not a Jew, only
insofar as their principles of
humanity might be right. I
don't know too much about
the Jews, but I'm under the
impression that they are
wrong in their foolish ideas
that they might practice in
the way of religion. But then
that is nothing new for me
as I don't believe in any re
ligion, or a God either, as
all our wars and all troubles
have had their origin in re
ligion. In fact, just turn to
your Bible and read the atroc
ities that have been commlt
Ud ia Uta Urxlble dayt in t$t
It was - obvious that the
shipments had started on their
way before the invasion be
gan but they were substantial
Washington Report
By William S. White
(e) United Feature
bynaicate
THE "HARD-NQSES"'
Washington - (U?D - John F.
Kennedy is now feeling for
the first time the fuU chill
loneliness o f
that terrible
and unshar-
able ultimate
r esponsibility
which lies
upon him
President.
He is by no
means isolated
from advisers,
. white but the truly
intimate circle is narrowing in
the afterlight of the Cuban
tragedy. Setback and sorrow
(sorrow for the anti-Castro Cu
ban patriots who died in the
lost Cuban invasion is frankly
shown by the President) have
made Mr. Kennedy deeply
aware that in the last hour
of every crisis he Is a man
alone. At the. end, decisions
of fateful consequences are
his alone.
All this he - well! knew,
academically, of course, be
fore he took office. But a
newly, trained soldier may
know in his mind that a com
ing action will be bloody
without truly apprehending it
in his whole being until he
actually goes through that ac
tion. It is much this way 'with
the President.
TTE had long known in his
M-mlnd that all life was a
series of struggles, indeed.
But a special awareness of the
mortal nature of those strug
gles has now come upon him
- not from theory but from
experience.
So he is doing now what is
natural to a man whose life -as
a Naval officer during the
war and as a politician - has
been based more upon action
than words. He is not shutting
out those advisers who are
only "Idea men." But he is
turning more and .more to
those who are first of all men
of proved competence and
toughness in action - to those
who in public affairs are com
bat types rather than staff
office types. ,
Two men, therefore, are
now' the men closest to the
President. One Is his brother.
Attorney General Robert Ken
nedy. The other is Vice Presi
dent Lyndon Johnson Both
were intimately involved in
the President's own greatest
personal crisis before now.
Bob Kennedy as an indispens
able ally in the fight for the
presidential nomination, and
Lyndon Johnson as a powerful
opponent. ,
rPHE President knows from
experience their determi
nation, their fighting morale
and that neither, whatever
his faults, is in the least way
afflicted by mushiness.
He also knows their loyalty
Bob Kennedy's unquestion
ing brotherly loyalty; John
son's more impersonal loyalty
to an administration of which
he is an elected part.
To talk to the President is
to see a man much alerted in
recent weeks. He is still calm
wars that they have had and
with the approval of that
Kind and i loving Father,
creator of everything, all pow
erful.
Well, it's all been said and
done. It's been too bad, not
only too bad but too terrible.
Let's forget it, but let's us
remember that we always
have the privilege, as human
ity, to do better than our
past disagreeable history has
taught us. Let us divert our
attention to learning some
thing useful and beneficial to
mankind instead of trying the
best we can to destroy one
another as instruments of war.
Just forget it.
In doing this you must for
get God and religion first,
then you must forget the idea
of exploiting your fellow man
for profit. This is our second
largest field to work in. The
third largest field is slavery,
mental slavery. Keep your
mind working on something
that will help the human race,
here and now, don't waste
your time on religion and
where pie is promised in the
sky by and by. Science is a
good thing to study and the
ology is of less importance.
Birth control is a mighty im
portant thing to practice, and
can do a wonderful lot of
good. There are other great
fields to work in that will
bring forth an abundance of
results. Now for example, if
there had been more stringent
birth control there should
have been less people to be
murdered.
Well, call me a "Crackpot"
If you want to, but don't call
me a dumb-head.
J. P. Wirth,
3022 Butte st,
Klamath Falls, Oqe.
evidence of determination to
bolster the Cuban economy,
badly shaken by the commun
ization of Cuban industry and
agriculture and by frequent
call-ups . of the 300,000-man
Cuban militia.
They coincided with news
from Washington that the
United States was considering
a total embargo on Cuban
trade which would hit primar
ily the $70 million annual ex
ports of Cuban tobacco to the
United States.
Now from Czechoslovakia
comes the word that that high
ly industrialized Communist
satellite has been thrown into
Strictly Personal
By Sidney J. Harris
(c) General Features Corp.
READERS BECOME
LEADERS
In line with this column's
policy of calling attention to
the good advertisements, rath
er than attack
ing the many
bad ones, I
want to com
mend a recent
full - page
magazine . a d
by Inter na
tional Paper
company.
"Send Me a
Man Who
Reads!" said the headline of
the ad. The subhead said: "If
your boy reads a lot, don't
worry about his becoming a
bookworm. New research by
International Paper shows
that top scholars are also like
ly to be athletes and leaders."
- The body of the ad goes on
to say that, in an Interview
with 100 high school seniors
who had Just been awarded
national academic scholar
ships, nine out of ten read at
least one book a month in the
preceding year. The total
number of books read by these
boys was 400.
Then, in an interview with
and laconic. But no casual
gaiety Is in evidence now. He
wastes no angry recrimina
tions against anybody within
his government for the Cuban
failure. He Is fully prepared
to take, and even to insist
upon, the final responsibility
which he knows Is his any
how. -
The forthcoming view , of
our 1 n telllgence operations
and . our capacity ; to. . fight
guerrilla actions was not or
dered as a mournful autopsy
over the past. It was ordered
solely to find out what we
need for the future.
The President Is wryly
amused at the self-serving
leaks which have been going
on around here to suggest
that one fellow was right and
another to blame. He is not
hunting heads to chop off. All
the same, this correspondent's
firm impression is that the
President's basic reaction to
Cuba recalls what old Fleet
Admiral "Ernie" King said
when he was called to Navy
command after Pearl Harbor:
"When they get into trouble
they send for the so-and-so's." 1
HPHE term "so-and-so's" is not
meant to suggest bad or
conscienceless men. Rather it
describes the unterrified
"hard-noses," the men who,
once committed to a thing,
will carry it through to the.
end.
Finally, some predictions
are made on this columnist's
own responsibility alone:
The Central Intelligence
Agency within months will
see the retirement as director
of Allen W. Dulles, a holdover
who had not intended to serve
permanently. Its new head
will be a "hard-nose," pos
sibly even Robert Kennedy
himself and possibly another,
such as Navy Secretary John
Connelly. Connally, an. old
"Johns"n man," fought Bob
Kennedy at the Democratic
convention with the same
coolly furious skill with which
Bob Kennedy fought him. ;
Harris
Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERF
A MATRON WAS TOOTLING ALONG at a merry clip in
her new convertible in the left lane of a parkway when,
without warning, she suddenly made a sharp right turn and
collided with another
car.
"Blank, Wank, blank!"
roared the other driver.
"Why tho blank, blank
didn't you signal?"
"Don't be absurd,"
countered the equally
outraged matron loftily,
"I always turn here."
. The president of a big
corporatiaa let his eye
roam over the face of his
board of directors, which
consisted of hla own son,
three ona-In-la,w, and hla
good-for-nothing nephew.
"Well, gentlemen," he said, "I suggest you give me an you
ideas aa quickly aa possible before my two tranquilizer pillf
wear off."
OlMtoBeaaattOartBlatinatalbr a IMoref tjadkat
the economic battle.
A new trade deal will triple
last -year's volume between
Czechoslovakia and Cuba and
bluntly was declared designed
to "help eliminate the conse
quences of the economio
blockade , with which the
-United States government at
tempted to crush the revolu
tionary movement."
Thus Czechoslovakia, whose
arms deal with Cario flvo
years ago led the Communist
way into the Middle East, ap
parently now has been select
ed as a spearhead of the Com.
munist drive Into Latin Amer
ica. -
100 high school seniors who
had been accepted for college
but had NOT been awarded
any type of scholarship, It was
found that only six out of ten
read at least one book. The
total number read by these
boys was only 175. -
' ' . ' ,
" Men who read more, the ad
pointed out, are almost twice
as likely to be school leaders.
Of 100 scholarship winners,
67 were officers or committee
heads of at least one service,
social or athletic organiza
tion, compared with 39 of tho
nonscholarship students.
It is one of the great anti
intellectual clinches of mo
dern American society that the
reader is a "bookworm" - a
narrow-chested, bespectacled,
introverted dreamer, lacking
in physical graces and social
charm. Every survey taken
has shown this to be an ut
terly false impression. :i
Children with higher IQs
tend to be larger, healthier
and more outgoing than their
less endowed playmates. Stu
dents who rank high academ
ically tend also to be active
in sports, social organizations,
and service clubs; except for
the occasional eccentric gen
ius, who has his own value
and should be given respect
for his unusual powers. '
,
It is well past time tfiat the
business community stimulate
the desire for scholarship and
make full use of the brains we
have. Too often it has publicly
sneered at the academic vir
tues while privately benefit
ting from all the tools and
techniques of academic re
search and investigation. '
Of course, International
Paper wants to sell a lot of
paper, and a lot of paper goes
into books. Its Interest in
reading is commercial, but
there is nothing wrong with a
commercial interest when it
coincides with a legitimate na
tional goal. The two should bo
harnessed together more often.
, The end of business is
profit, but far-sighted busi
nesses know that "profit" is a
long-term concept; and that
we cannot prosper as a nation
unless we reward brains and
learning with the money and
prestige that today we too of
ten give to mere cunning and
cupidity.
Israeli Pilots
Down Arab Plane
Jerusalem, Israel fljpn is
raeU fighter pilots shot down
a Communist-made MIG 17 jet
fighter of the United Arab Re
public air force near Halutza
In southern Israel early today,
an Israeli army, spokesman an
nounced. The : spokesman said the
U.A.R. warplane was well in
side Israeli territory when in
tercepted by Israeli fliers and
refused to heed an order to
land.
The spokesman said the
U.A.R. pilot was see parachut
ing to earth.
First reports indicated the
downed pilot may have land
ed near the border and suc
ceeded in making his way into
Egyptian territory.