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History from tht fllei of The
Mall Tribune- 10, 20. 30, 40
and 50 yean ago.
10 YEARS AGO
May t, 1851 (Tuesday)
Alf Mekvold, 50, superin
tendent of schools at Rogue
River, yesterday was appoint
ed to fill the unexpired term
of the late Charles R. Bow
man as county auperlnten
dent of schools. -
Medford's new statute of
liberty, dedicated to the Boy
Scouts of America, was un
veiled yesterday at ceremo;
niei at Hawthorne park.
20 YEARS AGO
May M (Thursday)
The state highway com
mission has awarded a con
tract tor widening and resur
facing the highway xrom v-en-tral
Point to the Jackson
Miintv line.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "The
: Rumor crop hereabouts Is now
...a. than the weed crop,
, B , ,
and no way to nop eiuier
or mem. . ,
SO YEARS AGO
May 1931 (Friday) '
The gasoline price war Is
continuing here with gas now
costing from 12V4 to 14 cents
per gallon.
The county court has turn
ed down a request from the
West Side Development asso
ciation for a highway along
the west side of the valley.
40 YEARS AGO
May . (Sunday)
Nearly two-thirds of the
$7,000 worth of Crater Lake
National Park company stock
that has been assigned to this
area has already been sold.
Six auto parties are camped
t the city park grounds today.
10 YEARS AGO
u.. a. 1811 IMonday)
1 Three persons were Injured
yesterday wnen an emu "
i - KnifffU rnllirled on
norsc ph
West Main st.
1 rnnrtfr1 on COn-
itruction of a new bridge
the Rogue river at
Derby. .
WkJal'i Year I.Q.7
k,t u auMrlar!
even ar el$M l encelknH five er
illlMS.
1. How many nieces of sil
ver did Judas receive for be
traying Jesus?
2. What were the magic
words used by All Baba in
the "Arabian Nights," to en
ter the cave of the forty
thieves?
3. Are chinchilla coats gen
erally blue-gray, tan or red
dish? 4. Is palindrome a dance
pavilion, beehive, or sentence
that reads the same backward
as forward?
5. "Devil's bedposts," is a
term applied to which play
ing card? ,
e. Was it Noah, or Daniel,
Webster who complied the
first American dictionary?
7. Are there approximately
150,000, 200,000 or 250,000
physicians In the U. S.?
8. Epilepsy is a contagious
disease; true or false?
9. Docs tablespoon consti
tute 13, V4, or Vt fluid ounce?
10. The mule Is t hybrid ani
mal; true or false?
Aaswersi 1. 90. 2. Open Ses
ame. I. Blue-fray. 4. Sentence.
(. Four of Clubs. I. Noah, 7.
200,000. I. raise. I. V, fluid
unc. 10. True.
MONDAY, MAY. . 1161
Self-Censor What?
President Kennedy's request for self-restraint
and "self -censorship" by trie press in handling
matters of national security has brought few un
qualified replies from the nation's newsmen.
The problem is that military Becrets never
come stamped as such.
The President has asked us not to tell what
it is we don't know about something we haven't
seen. It isn't an easy request to follow.
eo.ee 0
IT USED to be simple.
and self-censorship by
1 L - 1 1 ?l - J
aooui wnen snips saiiea
Today we wouldn't
if we were shot by it.
An example of the
have in mind:
A couple of months ago the city council of a
small Florida town suddenly canceled its plan
to sell its old municipal airport to a private op
erator. The local newspaper asked why and got
no answer and said so in print. Then unmarked
four-engine transport planes began landing tnere
at night. The Air Force, finally cornered by the
editor, explained that the USAF was using the
field for routine training exercises. The paper
printed this. Then a boy,
on the edge of the field,
skinned, Spanish-speaking guard. Police refused
to file charges, savin?
asked them not to. The
time, said so. .
IN RETROSPECT, this looks like an obvious one.
Before the Cuban invasion, however, it looked
like hanky-pank at city hall and Gestapoism
from Washington.
Heavy handed tactics, Questionable policy and
failure to take the press into confidence definitely
endangered security.' -
Put simply, the United States cannot grant
use of its shores as a staging area for nefarious
plots and retain an uncensored press. The Presi
dent shouldn't sidestep the issue. Capital Jour
nal, Salem ..;....!:
'Oregon Almanac'
A book, which is really a library in itself, has
nist come from the presses of Binford & Mort,
Portland book publishers. It is "The Oregon
Almanac and Book of Facts," with a, dating for
1961-62. And packed full of facts it is, 607 pages
in all, with a very complete index.
witn this book and the Oregon Blue Book,
published by the secretary of state, and Mc-
Arthur's "Oregon Geographic Names," publish
ed Dy tne uregon Historical Society, and "Who's
Who in Oregon." (alas with no edition later than
1948-49) one does have
information about Oreeon and Oreeronians . . .
I TO SHOW how comprehensive it is we list
some of the categories covered : The natural
environment, geology, climate; natural resources
in forests, water, aericulture. wildlife, minera s:
history and government, cultural development,
public health; industry and commerce; transpor
tation, communications; recreation. The text is
rich with maps and pictures and statistical tables.
The book is packed with data you can quickly
find the suicide rate, the marriage rate, the di
vorce rate, how much gold was mined in 1958,
champions in basketball, and many more facts.
ine oooK win be indispensable for libraries
and schools and a valuable addition in home
libraries, especially where there are children in
school. Busy editors surely will lean on it heavily.
now n we would only get a new edition of
"Who's Who in Oreeon" our workiner reference
books on Oregon would
uregon statesman, balem
This Isn 't Pertinent
When a couple Republican hatchetmen in the
United States Senate decided to oppose confirma
tion of Howard Morgan
eral .Power Commission the national chairman
of the Republican Party, Sen. Thruston Morton,
said -he didn't see much political mileage in the
case they were making.
Their case involves the arrest of Mr. Morgan
when he was a young man. He was arrested for
having intervened in a fight in which a truck
driver was administering a beating to his boss,
and he was arrested and later released on a
charge of having a stolen tire in his possesion, a
tire that his employer had given him.
As Mr. Morgan said, when he appeared before
a senate committee which is investigating his
past, "these are old stories in Oregon." They are.
Political enemies of Howard Morgan in this state
dredged up the stories long ago so long ago that
we had forgotten them.
TPHE Eugene Register - Guard in writing of
Howard Morgan several years ago came up
with the best description of him we've heard
tough guy in a Brooks Brothers suit. Howard
Morgan is a tough guy who is fearless. Because
he plays politics the tough way he has made
many enemies. But his fiercest enemies must re
spect him for his honesty.
Howard Morgan wouldn t use against a po
litical enemy the type of thing that is being used
against him by some Republican members of the
Senate. He plays it hard but he doesn't play it
that way. There isn't any political mileage in what
they are doing, as the leader of their party has
saia. If they want to prevent the seating of Mr.
Morcan on the FPC thev'd better come un with
something pertinent What they are doing now
is nou renaieton bast
You used self-restraint
not publishing stories
-1 L
or wnen iroops leu.
know a military secret
type the President may
who always had played
was wounded by a darK-
that federal officials had
paper, indignant by this
a storehouse of useful
be quite complete.
as a member of the Fed
uregonian
Dennis the Menace
'We 4V decided tqmbtya
Communications
Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address 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
contrary is otten the case.
The City's Welfare
To the Editor: Thank you so
much, Mr. Ladd, for not being
content to remain quiet on this
issue!
270,000 pounds of solid
mud? (or 135,000 tons?). My
word, that must be an accumu
lation of at least ten years
Someone's been a pretty poor
housekeeper, I d say. -.
In all the letters I nave
written I have never, know
ingly, hurt any one individual
nor any group. I have tried
to say only those things which
were necessary to say. Some
of you, who are on the council
and you, Mr- Mayor, may have
felt that I had my finger point
ed straight at you. I pointed
no finger - you pointed it
yourself. Then, as if that were
not enough, Your Honor, you
came out with this inane no
tice about cleaning out the
reservoir, telling us to store
water in case the water must
be shut off.
Even that -wasn't enough!
You had to Invite us, "the
writers," to come measure it
and report it to the press if we
don't believe you. I think
you're probably a little de
flated by now since neither of
us "writers ' showed up.
I think, and I'm certain the
majority of the people agree
that this was the only "gim
mick" you cguld think of to
get back at us.
As I've said in previous let
ters, I love all people, includ
ing you, Mr. Mayor, and the
city' council and I have no
malice toward anyone of you.
However, it seems you do not
feel likewise. Isn't this sup
posed to be a free country?
And who was it that called
me after my first letter to con
gratulate me on it and encour
aged me to keep it up? Who
was It that said we needed to
"stir up" the people of Gold
Hill? Hmm?
Alright! I "stirred "em up!"
I gave them my Ideas of what
is wrong in our city- I helped
them do some deep thinking
about this filtration plant.
Mrs. Stewart did a great deal
to give our people ' clearer
picture of the actual cost,, etc
Now, for some reason, you
seem to be afraid to have our
city stirred up. You refer to
Mrs. Stewart and myself as
the "writers" - like we had
leprosy, maybe.
Make up your mind, Your
Honor - are you really think
ing of the welfare of the city
and its people?
Mrs. R. P. Corona
904 5th ave
Oold Hill, Ore.
Asks "No" Vole
To the Editor: In regard to
the $120,000 filtration plant
bond Issue for Gold Hill, I
now have in my possession
the exact costs of a 25-year
Issue paid off in approximate
ly equal annual installments.
I received these figures from
the Portland head office of
one of our leading national
banks, and I will show them
to anybody who wishes to see
them.
At 6 per cent interest, which
the ballot measure authorizes,
the total cost would be $235,
660. Even if the bonds sold at
5 per cent, the total cost
would still be $212,700. I
don't think anyone can truth
fully deny the accuracy of
these figures.
Voters, don't rely on any
promises concerning water
rates or meters Even If it
were possible to keep water
rates or meters. Even it it
be collected by special assess
ments, higher taxes, or prac
tically any means the council
chooses. The money would
have to be raised one way or
another.
Certainly It Isn't likely we
will have the same mayor
and councilman for the next
25 years, so any promises
tvnw the umbrelia.'
necessarily represent the views of the paperi in fact the
made now, even If they were
sincere, would not be binding
on future councils.
There isn't a thing in this
ballot measure that says wa
ter meters won't be installed,
or that water rates will only
be $4.75 a month. If anybody
could have guaranteed this,
why didn't they put it in the
ballot measure? Of course no
body can guarantee such
thing! Please don't be misled,
and please don't neglect to
cast your vote on Tuesday,
May 0.
Let's have an overwhel
ming "No" vote that wlll def-
initely settle this question so
it won t be brought up again
In the near future.
Vera Stewart, , .
619 Fifth ave.,
Gold Hill, Ore. i
Red CIA?
To the Editor: I Just read
another article about the un
believable bungling of the
Central Intelligence Agency
in the Cuban rebel invasion
And make no mistake about
it, there is proof that Amer
ica was 100 per cent responsi
ble for its failure.
If our C.I.A. is so heavily
infiltrated with Communists
as to sabotage a simple opera
tion of that kind,, what chance
would our country have in a
real war?
- It is time the people de
manded that the Communists
be cleaned out of all our gov
ernment agencies, for they are
just as thick in the others.
But here is the question -who
is there to clean them
out? Russia says she will take
us by 1974 without firing a
shot. Wake up people before
It is too late! It is almost too
late now.
Leila A. Morrow
S31 N. Bartlett st.
Medford
-O-
P.S.-As an afterthought -what
good does it do to fire
the Commies from their gov
ernment joos? They just go to
the Supreme Court and the
court makes the government
hire them back. It has done
this In 93 per cent of the cases
that have come before it.
Looks like first we will have
to clean house at the Supreme
Court. ,
A Matter of Freedom
To the Editor: The problems
are still with us. I have been
reading articles, editorials,
communications, etc., on the
Cuban fiasco and its after
math Suggestions of volun
tary censorship.
I think E. A.'s editorial was
correct according to later re
porters who took advantage
of "freedom of the press," His
answer to Mildred Engman
May 3 is also correct and
thought provoking. I pasted
the E. A. editorial In my
scrap book for posterity. I
have 3 great grandchildren,
and I am sending in a com
munciation I wrote during the
depression some years ago,
which is pasted in my scrap
book. I am conceited, I save
my scraps.
I have just been reading an
article, "Freedom of the press
injected into the code for
newspapers." It seems to echo
the thought of many people
today. I quote: In times of
great emergency the constitu
tion may be suspended ev
eryone is called upon to
waive, for the time being, his
private rights and selfish In
terests for the common good.
referring to the first amend
ment. I wonder if suppression
of freedom of press would be
for the common good? ,
Our forefathers gave up
prestige, wealth, ease and
even safety to gain the very
things this first amendment
guarantees us. Shall we give
up freedom of speech, press
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
Foreiqn News: Berlin
NATO; Subversion
By PHIL MEWSOM
CPI Foreign News Analyst
Notes from the foreign news
cables:
NATO Problems
The NATO session In Oslo
this week undoubtedly will
take a fresh look at the long
i m m e r ing
Berlin prob
lem. The Rus
sians have
w'm siana nave
""f.I done nothing
At 1 about Berlin
f JK1 for' months.
letting it Sit
quietly in the
back ground
while they
stirred up
Newiora
trouble elsewhere
in the
world. -' But
the .West
feels
that Soviet Premier Nikita
Khrushchev won't let that sit
uation prevail much longer.
He is likely to raise the ques
tion of Berlin again soon-per-
haps this summer-and set off
another serious international
crisis. Some of the European
NATO members feel the West
should have a plan ready to
counter any Such move, al-
and religion (if we lack vigi
lance to preserve any part we
wiU soon lose all) for pros
perity and ease? What we
need in this time of depres
sion is discussion, . something
to stimulate thought.
Cicero said "There are two
ways of ending a dispute, by
discussion or by force. The
latter manner is simply that
of brute beasts, the former is
proper to beings gifted with
reason." . .
. Have we lost all our stamina,
are we going to let our public
schools go too? If so we had
just as well come' down off
our hind legs and crawl back
into the cave and let a "na
tion of the people, by the
people and for the people"
perish from the earth.
Charity R. Sander
408 Oak Grove rd.,
. Medford. '
A Fair Wage
To the Editor: People with
ideas like F. J. Clifford are
the ones who cause countries
to fall to communism. v
When the working people
of a country don t receive a
fair share of what a country
produces and are kept on a
starvation wage, then commu
nist or socialist ideas start to
grow. '.
Does Clifford believe In
subsidies? 'He is advocating
the workers subsidize the pear
grower by accepting less than
he earns, that the grower stay
out of the red.
If there isn't enough de
mand for a product and the
price high enough, that every
one working or involved in
that industry cannot have a
fair wage or fair return for
money invested, let's discon
tinue that industry until such
demands arise.
Why discriminate against
the most underpaid group of
workers in the West by deny
ing them the same privileges
enjoyed by other groups?
What good would It do to
picket at any time other than
during harvest seasons?
Doesn't Newbry have an in-
terest in pears or own an or
chard or packing house or
something of that sort?
Mr. Clifford, I diagnose
your case as acute Republi
canitls in the last stage and
there is no known cure for
you,' but as your numbers and
kind diminish, the threat of
communism will gradually
disappear.
Johnle Minor
P. O. Box 12
Shady Cove, Ore.
American Way
To the Editor: As the dec
ades of the nineties recede
further into the past, we real
ize its significance as the be
ginning of a new age. But
few short hours have passed
since the occurrence of a spec
tacular nineteen minute flight,
in which America's first as
tronaut soared 115 miles
above the earth. Inside a
spacecraft appropriately
termed Freedom 71.
The probe Into space, as
well as many other progres
sive accomplishments tend to
make us stop and ponder, as
to how the age we live in is
capable of such a tremendous
burst ot progress. But in re
ality it is plausible. We are
living in an age where young
and old alike reach out for
knowledge. It Is this quest for
knowledge that Is leading us
to the peak . of our abilities
and to the height of luxury.
For it Is this very essence of
the At.ierican way that will
able our nation to excell, In
all we strive to achieve.
Miss Nancy Breeze
921 Murny ave.
Medford.
though some diplomats In
Washington and London have
counseUed a waiting game of
letting "sleeping dogs lie."
Apparently no new- solution
has thus far emerged on the
Western side.
Nationalist China
Informed sources In Taipei
say Nationalist China soon
will disclose it has evidence
ot a widespread Communist
plan to spread subversion
throughout the entire Middle
Washington Report
By William S. White
(ci United Feature Syndicate
' Washington Though it
would be unwise to overstate
the thing, at least some prog-
r e s s is being
made at 1 a s t
toward a gen
eral hemis
phere solution
to the Castro
menace.
What the
United States
has long
sought and
White wnat lor I n e
first time now seems possible
: is a common front of Amer
ican republics against the
Communist satellite Fidel Cas
tro has raised up in Cuba.
Two factors have suddenly
improved the prospect. One,
ironically, arises from the lost
invasion of Cuba by anti-Castro
patriots which the United
States government indirectly
supported. Though the patri
ots had a bloody setback, and
the United States a heavy loss
in immediate prestige, the epi
sode now turns out to have
its useful side.
. . .
FOR several Latin-American
governments, which had
pooh-poohed the danger to all
the hemisphere from Cuba,
are having second thoughts.
If the invasion produced mili
tary defeat, it also forced
these governments to recog
nize that the United States
itself was- most truly . con
vinced of that danger.
The very fact that we asso
ciated ourselves with so des
perate a venture has proved
to them the actuality of our
concern.
And, for the second factor,
Castro himself has now con
vinced all except those who
will never be convinced not
even by his own words that
imperialist Communism has
been extended to this hemis
phere. This was his open ac
knowledgment that Cuba has
become a Communist nation
and will dispense hereafter
with such outmoded affairs as
elections. He has gone beyond
even his Soviet masters in
brutally candid rejection of
any claim to democratic proc
esses. Even in Russia they run
elections" of a sort.
TRUE, not even this has
been enough to shake those
here who continue to assert
that Castro Cuba is no men
ace to this country not this
and not all the military intel
ligence and other information
available to the President, the
Strictly Personal
By Sidney J. Harris
(c) General Features Corp.
SUCCESS CAN SUFFER
How relative a matter is
age, how fragile a thing called
success. Ever since President
K e n n e d y's
election,
have slunk
around feeling
ash amed of
myself.
He and I
are exactly
the same age,
give or take a
few weeks. I
Harris
used to feel I
had done fairly well for my
self. Now, when my mother
comes to visit, she sits read
ing the paper and clucking,
"My, my, that Kennedy, such
a young man and gone so
far!"
During previous administra
tions, she was proud of me.
After all, I had been writing
my own column since the age
of 25, and friends still sent
her clippings of my stuff from
newspapers all over the coun
try. e
Then, last November, every
thing changed. Here was an
other young man of 43, who
was suddenly catapulted into
the White House. My medals
began to look tarnished in
deed. There was a silent re
proach In her glance what
was wrong with me, anyhow,
not to have gotten further in
the world?
I think that every Ameri
can male in his early 40s felt
much the same way. The Ken
nedy victory was a blow to
our pride and self - esteem.
Whatever little plot of glory
we had staked out for our
selves began to look small and
Inconsequential. The ugly
word "failure'' trailed us
about.
sCsVs-aJI
May Again Plague
in Middle
East. Much of the Information
concerning the Red plan
comes from a radio operator
in the Communist Chinese
embassy in Cairo. He defected
recently and now is in For
mosa, where he has been re
ported spilling all he knows
for' the past five months.
East Germany
Communist East Germany
is having more economic trou
bles. Officials there fear they
face another food shortage,
secretary of state and the
Joint chiefs of staff.
But it has been enough to
shake this hemisphere's lead
ers. And these include some
who up to now had flatly
refused to see any peril to
their own countries or to ac
cept any part of their own
responsibility.
Brazil is an illustration. Un
til Castro had said in words
of few-syllables that Cuba had
become "a socialist republic"
the precise term used by
the Russians for their own
"republic" Brazil had shared
a happy delusion. Castro was
only demanding "self-determination"
for his people.
SINCE he himself now plain
ly declares that his people
will do no more voting to de
termine anything whatever,
there has been a big turn.
Messages from Brazilian Pres
ident Janio Quadros to Castro
now take a chill tone. And
almost in one voice the Bra
zilian press now calls for a
conference of all the Ameri
can republics to consider the
Castro problem.
Only such a conference
could open the way for hemis
phere action against Castro.
And its very "meeting would
affirm what has heretofore
been denied by many in Latin
America: That Castroism is
not just a matter for t h e
United States but rather for
all in this hemisphere.
This is exactly what we
have always urged. And this
some influential Latin-American
diplomats now accept In
private conversations here. '
THUS there is a slow growth
of awareness that the old
policy of "non-intervention"
so dear to the Latins is no
longer any good. It used to
mean no interference in one
American republic's internal
affairs by another specifi
cally and mainly by the
United States.
But Cuba now is by no
possible definition an "inter
nal affair." Here is a bald ex
port Into this hemisphere of
a very external thing, indeed
the Soviet system backed
by Soviet power.
Thus, in the words of PresI:
dent Mario Echandi of Costa
Rica, non-intervention is an
"outdated obstruction to inter
American unity." And it is
also an outdated obstruction
to inter-American safety.
(Copyright. 1961. by United
Features Syndicate Inc.)
That boyish grin, that re
fractory lock of hair, that
lithe athletic frame the
whole image of our President
is a constantly disturbing re
minder that those others of
us in his age group have been
falsely preening ourselves
with our tiny triumphs. We
have been shown up for the
hollow men we really are,
headpieces filled with straw.
"Care to look at today's
column?" I asked my mother
with a bright and hopeful
smile. '.'Column, shmolumn,"
she shrugged, "I see where
President Kennedy's really
cracking down on the Laos
situation such a blrlliant
and energetic man, and would
you believe it, only 43, your
own age!"
I crawled Into my study,
tore the cover off my type
writer, and batted out a red
hot letter addressed to The
White House, accusing the
administration of gross stu
pidity in its handling of the
Laotian crisis. What else
could a self-respecting man of
43 do?
Occasionally, at lunch with
other members of my peer
group, an uneasy silence falls
over the table. In the midst
of our talcs of victory, In the
market-place or on other
fronts, the name "Kennedy"
is wafted into our conscious
ness and we half-heartedly
settle the bill, murmur fare
wells, and slouch back to our
offices, feeling as heavy and
lost as Willy Loman lugging
those two suitcases across New
England. I know one anti
Kennedy bloc that can't wait
until '64, that's all.
cast been
and consequently many shops
are selling butter only to
their regular customers. Pork
also is short. And East Ger
many's industrial production
is so weak and hamstrung by
Red fumbling that steel im
ports from West Germany are
playing a big role In keeping
some of it in operation at all.
An East German radio com
mentator admitted recently
that steel delivery delays from
West Germany caused serious
trouble.
China Wheat
' The Red Chinese have been
pretty unhappy with Canada
over all the publicity given
their huge wheat purchases.
Sources say the Communists
made mild threats that they
would not conclude the latest
$362 million wheat deal with
Canada unless they got assur
ances it would.be kept quiet.
They got no such promises
from Canada and went ahead
with the deal anyway be
cause they needed the wheat,
regardless of the publicity.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
This is written on a Sunday
evening. We have just come
from tea. As illustrating the
smallness of this modern
world, our tea companion was
Bishop Dagwell, of Portland.
He has been in Europe for
several months, and is leaving
'in a day or two for home. We
ran into him casually in. the
hotel lobby yesterday. He
came to London from Rome.
THE tea hour in England is
an ancient institution, and
a very pleasant one. Four
o'clock comes, life relaxes.
You drop whatever you are
doing and head for your fav
orite tea place, if it happens
to be within reach. If it isn't
within reach, you head for
the nearest tea place.
Preferably, you join friends
for somewhere in the neigh
borhood of a half hour of
companionship. You do not
merely drink a cup of tea and
go on your way. With your
tea, you have sandwiches,
andor cakes or biscuits. ,
The tea hour isn't a mascu
line institution or a feminine
Institution. Men and women
mingle. In the tea room,
whether it is big or little, '
there is a steady buzz of con
versation. It is really an in
between afternoon meal, and
as a result the English are
apt to have their dinners
quite late.
As the tea hour approached
the other day, we were walk
ing along Piccadilly and
paused before the establish
ment of Fortnum & Mason
Ltd., a very old and very dis
tinguished London food store.
So we went in, not to buy food
but to look. What we saw was
interesting.
For example: The salesmen
. . . and there were many of
them . . . were attired in
formal morning wear - cut
away, coats and striped trous
ers, except for top hats the
same garments in which Pres
ident Kennedy was inaugu
rated. They weren't just re
ceiving the customers. Nor
were they merely looking on
and seeing to it that all went
well. They were making sales
to customers.
To American eyes, It was
an unusual sight - illustrative
of the fact business is done in
different ways in different
places. Imagine working
clothes like that in an American-cash
and carry food em
porium! The customers obviously
liked it, and expected it - and
that's the important part.
AT THE rear of the store,
down a flight of steps, was
the tea room. One needed no
direction to find it. The pleas
ant hum of conversation was
guide enough. ,
As we entered, the room
was already nearly filled. At
one table was there a vacancy.
It was a table for four, with
only one occupant, an English
woman. The maid asked it
we might be seated there and
received a smiling answer in
the affirmative. We dropped
immediately into conversa
tion, and it developed that our
table companion has a daugh
ter who is teaching at Mills
College. She hopes to visit her
In the not too distant future.
ANOTHER indication that
the modern world is
shrinking in size. There was
a time when it would have
taken weeks to get from Lon
don to San Francisco. As of
now, this pleasant English
mother could leave her Lon
don home this morning and by
tomorrow evening she could
be with her daughter In the
Bay Area.
e
OVER on this side It is un
mistakably obvious that
Americans are on the move.
The hotels are full of them.
The streets are full of them.
The tour busses are filled with
them. But one needs only to
listen to learn that the English
are Just as much interested in
travel as are the Americans.
All over the world, people's
feet are Itching.