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Newspaper Page Text4 A "Iverrene in aVnithern Oreioo , ftuoushed bally except Saturday b MiDroRO PKiinrwo co. North Itr 8t Ph. SPa-SUl riWStl w MJkL. Idltor KKRB GREY, AdverUtlnf Minlr C SXu T. tAVKAM. Bui. Mfr. tnHTw: ALLEN JR., Miw. Editor BAM. H. ADAMS. City Editor StCHAWJ JIWET. Sportt Editor OLIVE STARCHEB, Women's Editor DALE IWCmwa, circulation bit Am IwlaiuiutMl NftWSDatMr ' Altered w Mcond class matter it -. jseaiora, urf on won n w March S, 1S97 fritorarpTTOjf RATE! '' By Mall In Advance. Copy loo Dally and Sunday- 1 yuer I1S.0O ... Dally and Sunday moa. i.Oo DaUy and Sunday moa. . 4 .33 - Sunday OnlyOne yoar $4.S0 mm Cirrimp In Advance Madford Ashland, Central Print Eagle Point, Jacksonville, Gold All, " Phoenix, Shady Cove, Rome Riv er, Talent ens on motor routes, anally and Sunday I year (18.00 Dally and Sunday 1 mo. 1 SO Carrier and Dealt copy 10c ' All Term Cain in Aavance " Orneial Paper el City of Medford , Official Papar of Jackson County ' , United Press International ; Full Leaaed Wire Vr.l. Telephoto Newsplcturcs " ilEMBER OF AUDIT BUREACT or ciRCULATiuwa . T2ST HOLIDAY CO.. INC. Of - floes In Mew York, Chlcaro, Da ,. . troit, San Francisco. Loa Anf eles, -'; Seattle. Portland, St Louli. At--"Wata; Vancouver, B.C. NIWSPAM PUBLISHIK ASSOCIATION 'NATIONAL COITOIIAl Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mall Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Mar . 1951 (Wednesday) The Medford city council last night elected to meet with East Main it. property owners and iron out what ap pears to be the last obstacle to having a new zoning ordi nance for the city. A; bill to build four-lane highway between Central Point and Ashland needs only Gov? Douglas McKay's signa ture before the highway can become a reality. 20 YEARS AGO Mar 1. (Friday) ,Tte U.S. Army Remount service this week purchased six horses from Jackson coun ty -'breeders at an average price of $180 each, From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "The favorite outdoor pastime here abouts now, is the building of an army cantonment south of town in the morning, and north of town in the after noon." SO YEARS AOO Mar t. 1131 (Saturday) Medford voters approved 992 to 103 $23,500 bond Issue to purchase a new court house site in the city. Hall showers last night re portedly did considerable damage to the valley pear crop. 40 YEARS AOO Mar a. 1021 (Mender) The Jackson County Farm bureau will assume charge of the county fair, and the coun ty court has set a special elec tion to call for a one-half mill levy for fairgrounds improve ments. An application for a charter has been filed for an Amer ican Legion auxiliary at Gold Hill. SO YEARS AGO Mar 1. 1IU (Tuesday) The Rogue River Valley Gas company broke down temporarily yesterday, delay ing publication of. the Man Tribune, among other things. A circus arrived In town today. Wht'i Yesr I.Q.? Nina et tea ceneet la m eerier! aevae m elf lit Is eaialleiit; ve er la la eeee. 1. Is batik a rare mineral, wood carving, or a method of executing colored designs on fabric? 2. Which tropical fruit Is nicknamed "Midshipman's Butler"? '. What are the national flowers of Scotland and Ire land? 4. Is Marco Polo the name of an old city In India, an ac tive volcano in Italy or an early traveler In the Orient? a. Was Eamon da Valera born In Spain, Ireland or New York?' 6. What by-product result ing from soap manufacture Is of great importance In mak ing explosives? ' 7. Does the male mosquito bite? 8. Did Charles A. Lind bergh serve as an officer In the Air Force during W.W. II? 0. Of what island la Talpeh the capital? 10. Do stones grow? Answersi 1. Designs on fab ric, I. Avewade. S. Seetland thtstlei Ireland - shamrock. 4. Early Traveler, I. Broeklrn. M.Y. (Jlycerine. 7. No. I. We, t, forme a. 10. Me. ' TUESDAY. MAY 1, 1UI Down. With Parking Meters! Parkin? meters oririnallv came into use as a method of keeping the lone-time parkers. The them was, at first, purely This is true no longer. It's almost the Other way around. Today, parking meter revenue is a major item in the budgets of some question that they are adequately perform ing their original task of moving parked cars along on a regular schedule to provide space for other shoppers. . ' THE hungry little meters are probably too much a part of the financial picture of most cities by now to be done away with. But Fargo, N, D., has done so, if we are in formed correctly, and one view of the result was given in a recent letter to the editor of the Salem Capitol Journal. It said: "On a recent visit to my folks in Fargo, N. D., I found that Fargo and Salem have many things in common .... But, in the downtown business district, I immediately noticed one outstanding difference. There was not one single parking meter to be seen. ; My curiosity was aroused, so I investigated. "North Dakota'e constitution provides for the initi ative, referendum and recaU, Just as Oregon's-does. ; - The citizens had used the referendum to refer the .parking meter question to the voters. Parking meters lost. -: ' . - "Since then,' parking problems have decreased la Fargo. Spaces are zoned for 10 minutes to 2 hours. The non-shoppers, with no meters to feed, cannot oc cupy space all day, bo parking space is freed for the shoppers. Truly the Fargo people own their streets " without having to buy them back every day. - "I wonder what would happen in Salem if the peo ple were permitted to vote on their parking meter or. dinance? I saw what happend in Fargo." a e .. MIGHTY interesting! " One wonders what would happen in Med ford, too, if a popular vote were taken on meters. Of course, we must the fact that the city is in and needs every source But the meters could be maintenance, repair and And who knows? be so grateful to get rid swallowers, they'd go for a modest increase in the tax base to make up the difference, plus enough more to ease the city's financial problems. As for us, we d a lot' rattier pungie up a lew dollars more on dur property tax than to keep fishing for pennies, nickles and dimes at the curb. is. A. Legislature Nears End ' Tomorrow, or the next day, or the day after that, or conceivably Saturday, the 51st session of the Oregon legislature will wind up and its members leave for home weary, worn out and considerably poorer. ,: These last few days are crucial ones, for many important bills, on which found during the long session, will be jammed through, and in the tiredness and confusion some of them may be amended i i . . T i wnicn a majority oi memoers wouiu nut, coiiuone in less hectic days. In these last days.' committees hold ad hoc sessions, bills are snuffled back and forth be tween house and senate, ures without beinp exactly sure what's in them. I TSUALLY, everything turns out all right, with no serious harm done. But on some occa sions, extremely bad legislation has been passed in the last-days confusion. The danger is somewhat greater than usual this year, for a variety of reasons including the make-up of one senate committee and political and lobbying considerations not necessarily in volving party affiliation. , The house, this session, has shown far greater responsibility and level-headedness than the sen ate. But what with the pressures, it has gone along with some things we deplore. e X NYWAY, it will be impossible to make a final assessment of the legislature's record as a whole until after it has adjourned, and the final action has been appraised and reported. One hopes not too many bad bills get through in the last minutes. i But whatever the final outcome, one can be completely sincere in admiring the patience, the sacrifice, the hard work and long hours, which the members offer to the state, at considerable expense to themselves. , Why the voters of the state continue to permit this is a mystery. A reasonable salary level for legislators would make it possible for many po tentially good representatives to serve, who simp ly cannot afford to do so at present E.A. UPI and M-T Gioe Up United Press International "gav up," yester day, so we might as well too. What they "gave up" about was the use of the name Oregon State College, rather than Ore gon State University. ' The legislature changed the name, with the change to become effective 90 days after the legislature adjourns. UPI and the Mail Tribune seemed to be about the only ones around which attempted to Jnsist that the change did not be come effective until the law did. But UPI said yesterday, in effect, that every one else is doing it, so we might as well too. So the M-T will also give up the minor struggle and go along with tne name change even though it means nothing except a minor inflation of the OSC er, OSU ego. E.A. 1 street relatively free of revenue derived from incidental. s most cities. And there is take into consideration severe financial straits, of revenue it can get. sold, and the costs of collection be saved. maybe the people would of the nickel-and-dime no agreement could be and passed in a form , j t. 3 - members vote on meas Dennis the "AteWiison says I'M 'SrVfET'i so TM&'S. Communications tetters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or iniial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensaton. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words .The letters printed In his column do nt necessarily represent the views of the paper: in fact the contrary is often the case. Fol-de-Rol? ? To the Editor: Congratula tions on outstanding editorial (4-27-61) "Fol-de-rol or Neces sity?" Currently, there is every where much need for such emphases. We appreciate your clear insights and poised prac tical thinking - realistic and constructive. :. Would that Oregon Legisla ture's cut from $288,000 for CD were to 'zero Instead of to only $173,000! Charles A. McCalmon, Ashland, Ore. We Gotta Go, Man To the Editor: Civil De fense: After listening to a civil defense exercise, tuning to the emergency frequency, hearing the President talk, and finding out where. I have to send to get blue prints for a do-it-yourself bomb shelter, only one idea comes to me louti and clear atid that is "The best civil defense we can have is an offense." - Whether the war is cold or hot, or the ammunition bombs .or propaganda,5, we gotta go, man. We have ex perts who get paid to do our thinking, they have plans and equipment to protect us in any emergency so we can go to bed at night and know we are safe. But you know, folks, some where along the line I think somebody goofed, cause after reading the headlines over the last several months I haven't been going to bed and feeling as safe as these ex perts say I should. I think everyone will admit we have problems, and after some deep thought, a little praying and looking at my horoscope, one conclusion stands out, prob lems aren't enough, we have to have answers and they have to work when applied to a given situation or you and I and our children Just haven't any kind of a future worth bragging about. Yours for a happy. I'm not a pessimist by choice, things have just made me that way. Loran Fowler, Route 1, Box 332, Talent, Ore. Likes Shady Cove To the Editor: In reply to the criticism of Shady Cove, may I say that it is a very pretty town and that I believe the criticism is totally un warranted, I have lived here for many years now and have found It a very nice town to live in. It Is a town full of many decent, wonderful peo ple, who do not deserve such criticism. As far as logging equip ment Is concerned, we happen to have such and are proud of it. After all, Shady, Cove is primarily a logging and mill town, so what do you expect? When I look around, I see many beautiful homes and countless yards that the own ers can justly take pride In. But then, maybe I prefer to look for beauty and to believe in our town. We also love our dogs. By the way, If you dislike our town so much, what's keeping you here? You may move anytime! Please note, I am signing my name. Mrs. Ben Nork, , Box 62, Shady Cove, Ore. Courage?. To the Editor: Courage you say? (M-T 4-27-61.) Wherein lies the courage of following the crowd? Especially when crowds have an Innate affinity toward tragic goals. In Wednesday's M. T. an ar ticle refers to action taken by the Multnomah county execu tive board of the Republican central committee. In your ed itorial on Thursday you allude MEDFORD MAIL Menace to the unanimous decision of the ; central committee. Are the two i synonymous? How many members make up the executive board? How many were present to vote on this resolution?' Who would vote against the specific provisions of the resolution? The sad and deplorable condition is that the Republican central com mittee smugly and falsely made the gratuitous assump. tion that the resolution spe cifically relates to the activity of the John Birch Society. Further damage has been done when noticing the jocun- dity exhibited by the Liberal clique when they, see influen tial Republican bodies con forming to the Liberal prag matism, further demonstrat ing the general political mania toward conformity regardless of principle. But true courage could be broadcast by the Jackson county central committee, ex ecutive board or otherwise, by their announcing their stand ing solidly behind their chair man, and pointing out to the electorate the disgraceful In accuracies and disregard shown for the truth by the press in, general, toward the real function and methods of the John Birch Society. In short the Jackson county cen tral committee should feel a responsibility to point out the issues Involved. This would take courage that appeals to men's minds-the truth-not to their base fears to which the press so constantly alludes. Robert J. Howard, 828 B West 14th St., Medford. They're Thankful To the Editor: Since it is impossible to thank each and every one personally, we Wish to use this means to thank any and all who gave of their time and support in resisting the attempted placement of the wrecking yard in this area.. We sincerely hope we may receive the same co-op eration and support in our fu ture planning. South Talent Rural Property Owners Assn. OWNERS ASSN. Wallace Smith (chairman) Richard Klime, Harry Flynn, Dorothy Hunt, Charles Robertson, Bertl Carmlchael, and Goldie Davis (secretary) Concentration on Evil To the Editor: Two wrongs never make a right. Why is the trial of Eichmann, being held in Israel, talked about in the same breath with justice? This whole procedure is out of step with international law. And shouldn't this trial be conducted under the jurisdic tion of some international tribunal? The Eichmann story is al ready universally known and distorted, and since the trial will be continued over many weeks, we should be awake enough to take notice to see If the news releases of the trial will follow along the present propaganda campaign to cast suspicion and doubt on German people as a whole. Germany, since the war has been wonderfully productive and the German people have certainly shown good faith in, and cooperation with the Unit ed States and the western world. We should also note it the publicity of the trial will pro mote more bitterness, and dis trust. Will the spirit be lack ing forgiveness? Or will It nourish and spread present communist j'.ms? If one Jew could be re turned to life, or one saved now, the trial could be made bearable; but what judicial tribunal. International or oth erwise, will take notice of the wretched souls of Jews and non-Jews who, though aifve TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON Risks, Responsibilities of United States In Laos Situation Are By PHIL NEWSOM 1 UPI Foreign Hews Analyst As Washington ponderi whether the United States shall intervene militarily in Laos, it also must ponder the risks and r e ponsibili ties involved. Its respon sibilities fall u n d e i U. S. c ommitments toSEATO.the Southeast Asia Treaty 4r,r Newsom Organization conceived in the brain of the late Secretary of State John Foster Dulles during death agonies of Dien Bien Phu in Maroh, 1954. At that time, Dulles called for "united action" of the free world against the Com munist advance in Indo-Chlna. Even then there was a dif ference of opinion among the Western allies toward , this important area of Southeast Asia. For the Dulles proposal was vetoed by the then Brit ish prime minister, Sir Win ston Churchill. But on Sept. 8, 1954, SEATO Matter of Fact y jo-ph aioP (c) New York Herald Tribune Syndicate By STEWART ALSOP Joseph Alsop is on a brief vacation. ' During his ab sence his brother ' Stewart will write the Alsop col umn. , THE PRESIDENT Washington-During the last two unhappy weeks, a small theme out of the fairly recent past has re curred rather Often to this report's mind. T h e t i m e was just two years ' ago, a little after 2 o'clock of a lovely spring- Also time after noon. The place was the office of Sen. John F. Kennedy in the old Senate Office Build ing. The reporter, who had come to interview the Senator for an article for the "Satur day Evening Post," was di gesting an excellent steak, courtesy of the Senator, who was sitting in l rocking chair with his feet up on a desk. The Senator had talked with his usual rather hair-raising candor about his plans and prospects in his campaign for the presidency, which was just getting off the ground. Then the reporter asked a question: "You know, you might get to be President of these Unit ed States. And you know that by 1961 all sorts of terrible chickens will be coming home to roost. Don't you sometimes wake up in a cold sweat at night when you think you might actually . get to be President?" THE question seems to come as something of a surprise to the Senator, who ' paused for a moment to think it over. His reply cannot be re produced verbatim, but the reporter's recollection of it is vivid, and it went about as follows: "Well, I know there are a lot of chickens coming home to roost. And I know that it is somehow presumptuous of any man to think of him self in company with men like Jefferson and Lincoln. But I look at the other men who might be President, and I really think I'm as able to handle the job as any of them -except maybe Lyndon, and I don't think he has a chance for the nomination." There was another pause, and then Kennedy continued, as though aware that the first part of his answer was inade quate, "Besides, I've spent a good many years up here." (He pro nounced "years" as "yee-ahs" and "here" as "hee-yah"). "I realize now that this isn't where the power is, on The Hill. The real power to make the basic decisions is down there (they-yah) on Pennsyl vania Ave." NOW that the young Sena tor is on Pennsylvania Ave., the chickens are indeed coming home to roost, and in almost uncountable nutri bers. What the young Senator said two years ago Is worth recalling now, because it sug gests certain of the qualities which the young President Is bringing to the task of deal ing with the vulture-like today, will be gone before the trial ends. These will be vic tims of communist barbarity in Russia. China, Tibet, etc., a barbarity that has continued un-intcrrupted for 40 years. Again, two wrongs can nev er make a right. Journalists estimate that the trial will last three months. This for a man who admits his guilt. Why should the world be sub ject to such a prolonged con centration on evil? Frank Koch 412 South First st.. Central Point, Ore .XaJ was born In Manila with a membership of eight nations, the United States, Britain, France, Pakistan, Thailand, The Philippines, Australia and New Zealand. Its day-to-day strength rest ed upon the mobile striking power of United States planes and the U.S. 7th Fleet. Specifically, SEATO includ ed Laos In the area it would defend against Communist ag gression. The decision to Intervene in Laos, then depends upon whether Laos is engaged merely in Internal civil war or is the victim of outside Communist aggression. The war in Korea demon strated that .the closer a po tential enemy approaches its borders, the more likely Red China is to react. Therefore, it may be as sumed that U.S. or SEATO in tervention in Laos would be followed by violent reaction on the part of the Red Chi nese, i Unlike Nikita Khrushchev, Red Chinese party leader Mao Tze-Tung has no fear of atomic war. The Red Chinese chickens which are settling so thickly about him. . The first is a calm confi dence in himself. If It were not so calm, if it were more strident and pushful, it would be plain arrogance. But al though the movements of his hands sometimes betray a phy sical nervousness, the strain really does not seem to reach much deeper than that. "I've watched him take some blood curdling decisions," a White House aide recently told this reporter, "about Cuba and Laos and the rest. Well,- there are a lot of people who seem calm under stress, but you realize that they are con trolling themselves with a great effort. But this man I really think he IS calm, all the way through." i Another Kennedy quality is an unabashed love of power. Where "the real power to make the basic decisions" is. that is where Kennedy wants to be. That is still where he wants to be, even after the agonizing decisions of Cuba and Laos. In his first hundred days in office, the new Presi dent has been called upon to make decisions as difficult as those which have confronted any President in the last cen tury, rernapa more than a century, for although the de cisions Abraham Lincoln was called upon to make Involved the bloodiest war in history until that time, they Involved no risk of the physical de struction of the United States. e VyHILE the decision-making " process is going on, Ken nedy is careful, even cautions. "He'll inspect a problem from all angles, sort of turning it over and over In his hand,' another aide says. "He'll say. 'Suppose s u c h-and-such-hap- pens, what do we do then? Then he'll go further, and say, 'Suppose that doesn't work, then what do we do? But when the time comes when he has to decide, you don't have the feeling it's an agony for him. You'll even have the feeling that he en joys it in a way." This way of making deci sions does not always insure the right decision. In the Cu ban affair, in this reporter's opinion, it led the President to fall between two stools. lit Laos, it may have led him to delay too long. But at least it is good that the President does not shrink from making deci sions, seii-coniiaence and a love of power are vast assets in the presidency, for which good intentions and a warm heart are no substitute. It is much too early to pre dict whether Kennedy also nas the x-quality, which seems to be partly the power to excite and stimulate and galvanize, and partly some thing very like plain luck. which divides the great Presi dents from the merely ade quate, in tne sea of troubles which now threatens to en gulf him, Kennedy will prove himself a more than adequate President if the country he leads and tiie system It stands for simply survive. If he can do more, much more, If he can take arms against his sea of troubles and by opposing end them, he will certainly ran as a great resident. Potato Growers Warned on Planting Washington-itn-The Agrl culture Department today warned potato growers to re vise downward their planting mentions tor tne late sum mer and big fall crops or suf fer Dosslble Iruu nf inrnmn If growers plant all tht spuds they have Indicated they would, the department said substantial surplus of potatoes likely would result. This would cause low prices Many and have, in fact, assailed Khrush chev's position as cowardice. Among military men there la the Question whether Laos, Strategic importance may not have been exaggerates, u n no railroad, few roads and only few grass airstrips. Its jungle and mountain terrain do not make it likely de fensive base from which to deploy forces for the defense Washington Report v William (ei United feature Syndicate POLITICAL SHIFTING Washinaton - The national structure of President Kenne dy's Dolitit-al support is under going u n a e r- ground shuts which are lit tle noted now but may have great signifi cance for the future. These move ments are like small whum ears nquaa.es below the surface of politics. As one section of voters mov es away from the President, another which had heretofore opposed him moves toward him. Speaking generally, It is the ultra-liberals who are leaving him and it is the mod erately conservative with whom he is gaining in favor, at least relatively. It is hardly debatable that his present total backing, tak ing the country as a whole, is greater than on election day which he survived with the narrowest percentage margin in history. All the polls and other ordinary indicators sug gest this. e BUT to say tharthe Presi dent stands higher- now generally than last Novem ber is not necessarily to say that his gains will overcome his losses. Because a Presi dent is chosen by an electoral system subordinating popular vote to the electoral vote of individual states, he can win a popular majority and still lose an election. It will not automatically profit him to pick up addition al support in other areas whether these were won or lost areas last time - if this is to be accompanied by de cisive losses in key electoral states like New York, Penn sylvania and Michigan. In such a circumstance, it might not do him much good even to gain smaller states actual ly lost before. And it is precisely in such key states as New York, Pennsylvania and Michigan that the ultra-liberals have their principal strength. Thus what will happen in 1864 is a total riddle, but no body could possibly estimate just how wide by then may be the President's accretions of baking from moderate con servatives and his loss of backing from ultra liberals. i w si Strictly Personal By Sidney J. Harris (e) General Features Corp. DEFINES MENTAL HEALTH A college student in Ten nessee recently wrote to ask me if I could define or de- scribe the phrase "men tal h e a 1 1 h," which has come into such promin ence lately. "We hear the phrase ever ywhere .. . . ,, i. . Harris ne writes, "but I have been unable to find a satisfactory definition. If ev eryone is a little neurotic, as we believe today, what stand ards 'do we employ for the mentally healthy?" It seems to me that, follow ing Freud and others, we can apply three testa for mental health the ability to LOVE, the ability to WORK, and the ability to ENJOY. Unless a person can do all three of these, his or her men tal health la not what It should be. This is not to say that love relationships are al ways smooth, or that work Is always easy, or that enjoy ment In uninterrupted. Men tal health Is a DIRECTTION we are facing, not a GOAL we achieve. The seriously disturbed we can easily detect. They are un able to love steadily and gen erously; they are unable to work productively and zest fully; and they are, most of all, unable to enjoy them selves in some deep and serene manner. Often they are frantic for love, fame and pleasure, but these yearnings are never gratified. Less severe cues, obvtoui- mi ly, are much harder to deUot.lU 1 Urn to seek help Complex of the remainder of Southeast Asia. . A more likely defensive line, both the British and French believe, is the Mekong River which runs through South Viet Nam and separates Laos from Thailand. The French, at least, also believe It is more Important to defend South Viet Nam than Laos. . S. Whit But however unreadable may be the meaning of these pres ent shifts for the far future of '64, that meaning "for ther nearer future is perfectly plain. FDR as the President gains among the moderately con servative and loses among the ultra-liberals - with whom he is taking a great risk by in sisting upon running a re sponsible presidency - this at any rate is clear: The tone of his administration will come closer and closer to the mod erately conservative group and move farther and farther from the ultra-liberal group. This, indeed, is what has already been occurring. One by one the ultra - liberal fac tions are becoming annoyed with the President. The civil rights extremists are extreme ly unhappy that the President won't demand extremist pro grams. Moreover, he intends to go on resisting every kind of pressure, including this one, which would unneces sarily divide a country in ris ing peril from abroad. His relationship with the labor extremists is similar. They are increasingly angry with him for asking tax in centives for business and for rejecting various new dealish spending schemes going far beyond his own plans, which are costly enough. FINALLY, there are those who are emotionally com mitted to the well-intentioned proposition that the way to stop aggressive Communism is to concede more and more ground to Communist impe rialism while endlessly "ne gotiating" with it. The glowing affection held by these people for Mr. Ken nedy when he was centering upon efforts at peaceful ac commodations with Commu nist imperialism is cooling markedly now. The Kennedy who gave unashamed if indi rect support to the anti-Castro invasion of Cuba is not the kind of Kennedy these people like. And this, parenthetically, Is one of the reasons why they so loudly point out in hind sight the errors and faults in that invasion, characteristi cally hitting most of all those subordinate figures in the ad ministration -who are least able to answer back. Sometimes what seems to be a "good" love relationship is based on vanity, or narcis sism, or on a carefully manu factured fiction. Likewise, sometimes what passes for zestful work is a kind of hy sterical compulsion to escape personal scrutiny by burying oneself in the details of his work. (The man who is proud of never taking a vacation is a neurotic "work alcoholic."),: Most articles, and warnings, ' about mental illness miss the' mark, for they deal with cases of gross disturbances delu-1 slons and projections and all kinds of psychic mechanism ', that do not affect the average; person. What we need to recognize J Is that nobody is mentally; healthy, In a full sense, just, as nobody is physically heal- thy. The seeds of illness lurk; In all of us, waiting for some', special stress or condition fav-, orable for their emergence.. Avoiding such stress is the? best way to escape illness. , Moreover, a good degree of mental health always displays t Itself In certain characterise tics: humor about oneself; the ; absence of hatred toward other groups; the willingness ; to accept blame when we, should, and the unwlllingess to accept It when we should not; the acknowledgement of; our limitations, and the f irm belief In our ultimate worth as a person. " J Nobody meets this Ideal,, and nobody can. But we can assess whether we are mov- ing toward, or away from, that direction. When we lose the power of assessment, then.