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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.
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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.