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History from the files of The
Mall Tribune 10, 20, 30, AO
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
April 27. 1952 (Sunday)
Two Rogue valley young
people Bill McAllister of
Medford and Marilyn Bohnert
of Central Point have been
chosen as top winners of the
statewide Youth Leadership
Contest, sponsored by the Elks
lodge.
' Clocks will stay the same
In Medford, but most working
hours will begin earlier, rep
resentatives of businessmen
and the city administration
have agreed.
20 YEARS AGO
April 27, 1942 (Monday)
' Medford leads slate in per
centage increase of building
during first quarter of 1042;
valuation up 20 per cent to
$81,405.
. From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column; "The
drive for defense metals is un
der way. In going over the
country with a finc-tooth
comb, no doubt the old Ger
man cannon in the city park
Will escape, as usual."
30 YEARS AGO
April 27. 1932 (Wednesday)
; Rogue valley orchardists re
portedly will receive drastic
reductions in costs of packing.
storage and transportation of (
pears during 11132.
,' Most Jackson county voters
"apathetic" as primary elec
tion neurs; large number of
independent candidates ex
pected lo enter campaign.
40 YEARS AGO
April 27, 1922 (Thursday)
; Ashland businessmen en
dorse development of large
granite quarry near that city;
hope to increase the $20,000
in production reached in 1021.
, Medford woman painfully
injured following automobile
accident when would-rcseuers
turn car over on her.
SO YEARSAGO
April 27, 1912 (Friday)
' Long-lime southern Oregon
miner reports rich strike of
gold-bearing quart, ore in
Fools Creek district.
Medford postmaster an
nounces start of Rural Route
3, to serve some 2.0011 resi
dents in nine-mile radius
northwest of city.
What's Your I.Q.7
Nine or ten correct is superior;
tevtn or eight is excellent; five oi
sht is good.
1. On what island Is the
city of Palermo'.'
I ea
TO
'2. Do Brussels sprouts grow capaoie ot meeting virtually any situation,
singly or in dumps on one This double approach lias opened the Presi
s,c.!"' ,., . . ... ... ..'dent to charges of "softness," on one hand, and
dance w.'ih castanets, tme or
false-'
4. Complete the familiar
phrase with Hie name of an
animal: "The eaccr- ."
5. An object weighing 10
pounds will fall at a rale ten
times as great as an object
weighing one pound; true or
false
6. Who was the first Chief
Justice of the United Slab's'.'
7. In which city is the
Metropolitan Museum of AiT'
8. I( you wanted to use a
ketch, would you make salad
dressing, go sailing or play
cricket with if
9. How many men were on
the dead man's chest?
10. What was George Wash
ington's middle name'
Answeri: 1. Sicily. 2. In
clumps, 3. False. 4. Beaver.
5. False. 6. John Jay. 7.
New York City. 8. Go tail
ing. 9. Filleen. 10. He had
none.
FRIDAY. APRIL 27. 1962
The Testing Decision
There's an old crack about the man who was
so open-minded he had
We suffer from this malady on occasion.
Sometimes, in reading and hearing and studying
both sides of a controversial question, we find
both sides so persuasive that we can't make up
our mind which is correct.
This is an unsettling state of affairs partic
ularly so when the problem at issue is serious.
It is thus that our heartfelt sympathies go to
those who must make crucial decisions MUST
make them when both sides of the argument
seem convincing.
WITH this as preliminiary, let it be said more
specifically: President Kennedy had a
damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don't decision
to make in the matter of resuming nuclear test
ing in the air.
There are so many arguments, and such good
ones, on both sides, that it must have been an
agonizing choice to make for a man who has,
and knows it, responsibility for the lives and wel
fare, not only of his own fellow-citizens, but for
the whole human race.
The President did not have the option of the
open-minded, holes-in-the-head types, who can
settle back and say "It's his problem, not mine."
It IS his problem, and his decision to make, alone.
"THERE is a large body of well-qualified scien-
tific opinion that holds the aerial nuclear
tests will sufficiently pollute the atmosphere to
cause genetic damage of significant proportions
to generations yet unborn; and also that addi
tional knowledge gained from new tests would
be insignificant.
There are also manv
who sincerely believe that, by resuming such
testing, the United States has lost an infinitely
valuable moral stance in the eyes of the world.
There are still others
in the above two groups) who believe that the
arms race and the further testing of nuclear
weapons is just another step toward a horrifying
nuclear war, and that each such step tends to
make such a war the more inevitable.
rN THE other hand, a large and equally well-'
qualified body of scientific opinion holds that
the chances of serious genetic damage is mini
mal, and also that more tests are needed to ex
pand our knowledge of nuclear weaponry.
There are those who
a .1 la
raging the worm opinion,
increase its prestige by
world opinion is unimportant or non-existent.
Finally, there are those who believe that the
"balance of terror" as it exists is (at least until
some workable and enforcable test ban and dis
armament agreement is reached) the best hope
of avoiding war.
yilESE, briefly, with the addition of other com-
plicating factors, were what the President had
to balance in his mind in arriving at his decision.
Grant knowledgeability and sincerity to both
sides, and one can see what a difficult choice he
had to make.
We are devoutly grateful it was not up to us
to have to make such a decision.
And, with the holes in the head to which we
confess, we must concede that the President has
far better sources of information, more knowl
edge of facts perhaps unknown to the general
public, and thus support him in the choice he had
to make. E.A.
A Future of Paradoxes
Such paradoxes as the decision to resume
nuclear tests while at the same time negotiating
for a test ban ; as a record armament budget be
ing requested while at the same time negotiating
toward disarmament; and negotiating for a set
tlement in Berlin while sending fighting men into
Vietnam, are seen as samples of President Ken
nedy's flexibility in foreign affairs.
Chalmers Roberts of the Washington tD.C.)
Post, in a review of the last lo months, points
out that the President himself, during his State
of the Union address, said:
"On the Presidential tout of arms, the American
eagle holds in his right lalon Ihe olive brunch, while
in his left he holds a bundle of arrows. We intend to
give equal attention to bulb.''
""THIS, Roberts said, is in essence "diplomacy
backed by a w illingness to use power."
And not only nuclear power, as a horrifying
last resort, but a wide range of flexible forces,
"sabre-rattling" on the
Icharires are both, in part. true, but nullifv
other when considered
R
OBKKTS cutis his suinmarv this wav:
"There is no end in sight of Communist hostility
toward democracy 1 here is no end in sii;ht tor the
Kennedy policy of in andislung both the bundle of ar
rows and Ihe ohe branch. The world will see more
paradoxes of mows low aid war and concurrent moves
toward peace
"Khrushchev, too, has his arrows and ohvc branch
method - alternate phases of nuclear blackmail threats
and pleas for peaceful coexistence. Sometimes both
are evident on Ihe same day. in lad
"But both sulcv today Hie keeping open the chan
nels of communication, both are soi '.log to defuse Ber
lin. And while thai Is true, there at least can be hope."
There is hope hope that after a Umg, weary,
tension-filled and fearsome period, an enforce
able agreement can be reached whereby the cold
war can be ended, and mankind can j;et busy on
niakinj; the world a decent phu'e for mankind to
live. EuL ' ,
holes in his head.
thouirhuul individuals
(some of them included
ieel that, far iron, out-
.1 l 1 t-1 i 1 Ml
the united states win
further tests; or that
other. As we see it
these
each
together.
Dennis the
Whatta YA WAN the cmaK aren't very
Communications
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contrary is often the case.
Detention Teacher Needed
To the Editor: Ogden Nash
once expressed himself in
poetic sarcasm;
"Why did the Lord give us
agility,
If not to escape responsi
bility?" We of Jackson county, ap
parently, are evading our re
sponsibility respective to the
dire need of a school teacher
for the Jackson County De
tention Home. Four times in
as many years this issue has
been discussed. Still we have
no budget allocation for this
purpose and the need remains,
simply because of the inde
cision over which pocket of
the taxpayer from which the
cost should be paid; the school
systems, or the county. The
Jackson County Juvenile
Court Advisory Council has
thoroughly studied this situa
tion, and it is their decision
the county payment plan (as
used in Lane county) would
best suit our needs.
Average detention is 11
days. There were 74 children
detained between five and
nine days in 1901; 109 chil
dren between 10 and 25 days;
and 17 children between 26
and 64 days. This time is
spent without benefit of
school assignments. A great
percentage of these children
in trouble are marginal stu
dents. The Detention Home is
not primarily for punitive
purposes, but for correction,
guidance, and education,
while the child is in its cus
tody. A teacher available for
the Detention Home would
undoubtedly save some of
these youngsters from being
complete school drop-outs,
and inspire in them a renewed
interest in their present edu
cation and faith in their fu
ture. The other day I sat in on
the hearing of the County
Budget committee. The pres
ence and appeal of Circuit
Judge James Main to this
group to seriously consider
the allocation would imply his
idea of the court's responsibil
ity. County School Superin
tendent Mekvold promised
every effort to effect this pro
gram, if the funds were avail
able. 'Ihe complexity of fi
nancing from joint funds
through the several school
districts made that plan un
practical. OHS 419.519 says. "A person,
agency, or institution, having
legal custody has the follow
ing duties and authority; . . .
till To provide with care, edu
cation and discipline."
ORS 419.014 says. "All ex
penses incurred in the main
tenance of the facilities for
detent ion and the personnel
required therefore shall be
paid upon order of the . . .
County Court from County
Funds "
Let us not be "penny wise
and pound foolish." We're
dealing with the luture of
American kids that need some
redirection, and interest
shown them, especially in
their educative process.
Let's not exert our agility
to escape responsibility.
Melvin W. Dixon. Minister
St Luke's Methodist
Church
Medford
! Get Up to Date
! To the Editor: Which of us
! homemakcrs in Jackson coun
; ly would think of hauling
w ater from well or using
i a hand pump in our kitchen
;hcn a perfectly good piped
water sv slem was available"
Or who would piefer to hitch
! up a horse to make the trip
' to low n instead of turning the
icnition kev of the family car''
Shouldn't we homeinakers
S apply this same line of rea -
1 soiling to our go eminent"
l.oveinnicnl is machinery to
i help people get along well
lucllicr a framework uj hw
MEDFORD MAIL
Menace
which allows the greatest
freedom and protection for all
the people in a given area-a
device through which they
can deal capably and effici
ently with the practical and
human problems and needs of
the area in which they live.
The governmental machin
ery of our great grandparents
is not good enough for us to
day. Because the sheriff col
lected taxes for the King in
early England is not a good
reason to have this job per
formed by a sheriff in Jack
son county in the 1960s. Peo
ple today use banking pro
cedures instead of carrying
gold coins around in sacks.
Taxes should be collected by
an expert in finance; the sher
iff needs to be an expert in
law enforcement.
In our county government
we have been trying to use
the same churn and candle
mold, bustle and dust ruffle
methods that we love to see
in a museum but couldn't pos
sibly survive with in our own
busy lives. When attempts
have been made by the State
Legislature over the past 100
years to bring county govern
ment up to date, laws are
passed which apply to all
counties, but what is best
for Harney or Lane counties,
for example, is not necessarily
best for Jackson county.
County government by char
ter which permits us to have
home rule is the only way we
can have Jackson county solu
tions to Jackson county prob
lems. Our cities and towns have
been governed by charters for
50 years, so it is not a new and
untried method. By and large,
cities have had government
as good as their responsible
and alert citizens have re
quired of them. Counties dif
fer one from another and need
their own tailormade solutions
as well as cities do. We in
Jackson county have long
shown that we have capable
and responsible citizens. Now
we have a most special oppor
tunity to exercise that citi
zenship lo our own best inter,
ests by bringing our govern
ing equipment up to date.
In our housekeeping we
often differ on the color,
make, or model of equipment
we prefer, but such differ
ences do not send us back to
the pump in the kitchen sink.
Let's vote for our own best
interests and biing govern
ment up to date.
Let's have a charter in
Jackson county. Let's vole for
Home Rule on May 18.
Jane H. Carpenter,
Route 3. Box 124.
Medford
Takes Exception
To the Editor: I wish to
take exception to a letter by
John Gutisten, Route 2, Box
7:i(i. and point out that he
read his tea leaves wrong by
bracketing the name of Wal
ter Reeco along with L. G.
Weaver. Alice I. Black and
L. C. Powell. I believe they
are upright people with strong
i convictions and I respect them
for it. but 1 am a social sci
entist and a student of history
and political economy.
We live in a prejudiced
class society, where one man's ;
meal is another man's poison. '
A house divided against itself!
cannot stand. Social orders
are constantly changing. Ev-
cry economic and political
system has its own culture.
Ihe Soviets are creating a
new man by the means of edu
cation, environment and ethi
cal ideals, not in their attitude
to the outside world hut to
ward each other. Theirs is
not a societv of dog eat dog.
I but of social dependence
As
1 a man tlunketh so is he.
! John llutisten implies that
Walter lu'cce along w ilh the
j others docs not know what
Ihe Li talking about. 1 wish to
TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
Hefty Prime Minister Confident of Halt
In African Nationalism; Facts Belie Him
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
Sir Roy Welensky is a huge
man who stands 6-feet-2,
weighs close to 300 pounds
and serves as
prime minis
ter of the Cen
tral Afrl can
If Ci F I Federa 1 1 o n,
vf It V I one of the last
and richest
"al I British empire
! I in Africa. The
assssm M aavsavfl to .1.,. I n n
Newsom consists of
Southern Rhodesia, Northern
Rhodesia and Nyasaland and
has borders both with t h e
Congo and with the Union of
South Africa both of which
have had profound effects on
the huge territory over which
Sir Roy presides.
Southern Rhodesia is rank
ed as a self-governing colony
in which a British veto has
not prevented the develop,
ment of racial segregation
whose harshness rivals if not
stale that he, Walter Reece,
is just enough of an intel
lectual snob to resent that
implication. Nor is he a John
Birch toady. I learned my les
son the hard way. It is true
that our way of life as we
know it is eroding away from
the stress of time and change,
but that does not mean that
this country is going Com
munist. There may be things
worse than Communism, and
taxes could be one of them.
As long as we have a class
society we will tolerate each
other, but not too friendly.
That is because we have so
little in common. And private
enterprise and automobiles
are getting us farther apart
every day.
I grant that Mr. Gutisten
means alright but he is a lit
tle confused. That is not so
good.
Walter Reece,
77 Manzanita si.,
Ashland, Ore.
Red Men
To the Editor: This Is writ
ten to bring the attention of
your readers to our relatively
little known organization, the
Improved Order of Red Men,
which is holding a district
meeting here on June 9. The
Medford area is affiliated with
the Red Men and Pocahontas,
Improved Order of Red Men
of Northern California. The
undersigned is taking this
means of describing the be
ginning, purposes, and growth
of this oldest fraternity of
purely American origin in the
United States.
The organization began
with the "Sons of Liberty" in
1765. This early membership
was responsible for arranging
the Boston Tea Party, which
was a colorful incident in our
early struggle for freedom
and self - government. Two
members from that era were
Samuel Adams and Paul Re
vere-to mention a few famous
names in early American his
tory.
From the very beginning
the society grew rapidly.
Members were given Indian
names to maintain the secrecy
of membership rolls. All were
required to dress in Indian
costume when assembled. It
is historically recorded that
from the membership of the
"Sons of St. Tamina" came
the committee, composed of
Benjamin rranklin, Samuel
Adams, and others, which met
in Philadelphia as the Con
tinental Congress and evolved
our country's famous Declara
tion of Independence.
The name of the organiza
lion has changed several
limes, as in 1789 to the "St.
Tamina Society," in the pe
riod of 1813-1833 to the "So
ciety of Red Men." and from
1833 to the present as the
"Improved Order of Red
Men."
Some months ago certain
groups and individuals, in
cluding our capable Mayor
John Snider, made payments
to the particular English tea
company as pro-rated compen
sation for the tea which was
dumped by "local" Boston
area Indians into the harbor.
The I. O R M. can accept the
responsibility for this deed
but has no intention of ever
making financial restitution
for this historic action,
As far as can be dctermin-
ed. our fraternity is the or.lv
one chartered by Act of Con
gress. This was accomplished
during the administration of
President Theodore Roose
velt. The charter was granted
in recognition of the organ
ization's program for the care
of orphan children.
Our motto is "Freedom.
Friendship, and Charity." The
Improved Order of Red Men
now numbers approximately
200.iHH members and is grow ing
steadily in membership.
The above comprises a brief
equals the "apartheid" poli
cies of the Union of South
Africa.
Northern Rhodesia and Ny
asaland are British protector
ates, both of whose African
populations have been clam
oring for independence, a
move which would destroy
the federation.
This Sir Roy hopes to pre
vent. For that purpose he
called a federal parliamentary
election lor today which he
will interpret as a vote for
continuing federation.
He was able to lay his plans
with certainty, since only
about 30,000 out of a popula
tion of more than seven mil
lion will vote and only a hand
ful of those will be Africans
able to qualify under the vot
ing rules.
He has sneered that Afri
can nationalism seems to have
turned British bone marrow
to jelly.
But in a federation in which
fewer than 300,000 whites
dominate more than seven
million blacks, there are few
who believe Sir Roy will halt
the nationalist tide.
Strictly Personal
By Sydney
(cl General
HOMOSEXUALITY OFTEN
DAD'S FAULT
Beginning with Philip Wy-
lie's intemperate attack on
Momism" more than a dozen
years ago, the
American
mother has
taken a tre
mendous beat-
i ine from some
4 of our more
3 hysterical so-
( "i cial commen-
' l.Un c k
has been at
tacked, excori.
Harris
ated and blamed for the weak
ening of our moral fiber, the
lowering of our physical
standards, the decline in our
intellectual prowess.
She has also - mpst unfair-
ketch of our organizational
history. A detailed account of
its history and accomplish
ments would fill several vol
umes. Yours in "Freedom, Friend
ship and Charity."
Roland "Bud" Wicker,
Great Trustee, Great
Council of California
809 Adams lane
Medford
Law Day
To the Editor: We believe
that faith in God gives mean
ing and purpose lo human
life:
That the brotherhood of
man transcends the sovereign
ty of nations;
That economic justice can
best be won by free men
through free enterprise:
That government should be
of laws rather than of men:
That earth's great treasure
lies in human personality:
And that service to human
ity is the best work of life.
May 1st is Law Day in the
United States of America.
May 1st is also May Day in
all communist countries.
We, the Oregon Jaycees, be
lieve in the fourth line of our
creed that. "Government
should be of laws rather than
of men," and we further be
lieve that to combat commu
nism it must be done in courts
of law where the rights and
dignity of man must be up
held. To promote this belief, we
ask your assistance to publi
cize through your media the
above coed and text on or
before May 1st.
Throughout the state of
Oregon, Jaycees on May 1st
will be telling others of our
creed and our belief. We
thank you for your assistance.
Orval Caverhill
President
The Oregon State
Jaycees
Portland. Ore.
A Confession
To the Editor: After read
ing the Bible I'll make a short
and true confession. I do not
love the Lord God or Jesus
or my neighbor as much as
I do myself and other peo
ple's money. Now I am happy
and believe heaven is within
me. Matthew chap. 7 v. 5.
Marshall II. Waggoner
3487 Lenard rd.
Grants Pass. Ore.
Surprised
To the Editor: You printed
on Wednesday a statement
from Public Welfare Board
regarding establishment of
remedial teaching at the Ju
venile Detention Home. 1 am
surprised that persons such
as Mrs Padgham and Mr.
Christiansen, with their ac
knowledged acumen and ex
perience, would publish such
a statement without investiga
tion of the circumstances
which impelled us to place
this request in us present
channels
Selh M Bullis
15 Florence ae.
Medford.
saaMsrt. r .Jk
Washington Report
By William
(ci United feature Syndicate
JFK AND MACMILLAN
Washington - Perhaps the
change is mainlv in the eye
of the beholder, but it does
r seem that the
"J old great feel
5 ing of drama
and high ex
pectancy has
gone from the
trans -Atlantic
visits of very
important per
sons.
The melan-
white choly thought
occurs on the eve of British
Prime Minister Harold Mac
millan's arrival in Washing
ton for another of his many
conferences with President
Kennedy.
While the nature of their
business could hardly be more
grand or urgent, the air per-
J. Harris
Features Corp
ly been castigated for the
truly alarming rise of homo
sexuality in American life.
Her seductive, protective and
anxiety - ridden ways with
her sons, the critics insist,
have produced a staggering
increase of sexual deviates.
It is more likely, however,
that we have overestimated
the influence of the mother
upon her son, and have ne
glected the importance of the
father. Indeed, a new cau
tious, objective medical sur
vey on the problem qf homo
sexuality tends to confirm
the significance of the father
in creating this tragic prob
lem. Recently published, these
findings by an eminent panel
of medical researchers, who
spent many years studying
the backgrounds of hundreds
of homosexuals, indicate that
the "hostile - withdrawn" fa
ther is the villain of the piece,
if villain there need be.
Nearly all the homosexuals
interviewed disclosed that
their fathers had shown little
real interest in them as small
children, had been impatient
and punitive, or else detach
ed and passive around the
house. Many grew up scarce
ly knowing their fathers at
all, except as shadowy fig
ures who either punished
them or sat in a chair demand
ing not to be bothered.
With such a lack of a fath
er - figure, the researchers
agree, the role of the moth
er becomes too dominant, and
the boy identifies with her
- either from fear of his fa
ther or from the father's lack
of response to the child's emo
tional needs.
Too many fathers, unfor
tunately, are not interested
in little children; they warm
up to their sons only when
the boys are old enough to
enjoy baseball or fishing. But
by then the boys no ionger
need them so much; it is in
the early formative years, be
ginning with infancy, that a
child requires attention from
the parent of its own sex.
No father can be a "pal"
to his son of 10 who has not
been understanding and sym
pathetic when the boy was 2;
rapport grows from the cra
dle, it does not suddenly hap
pen. And bad father - son re
lationships seem more the rule
than the exception in our so
ciety. Blaming the mothers
for "effeminating'' their sons
is citing a symptom, not giv
ing a cause.
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By BENNETT CERF-
TTERB STEIN tells about
udy on, wno encountered a grasshopper in a field.
"Do you know," inquired the bartender respectfully, "that
a very popular drink has
been named after you?"
"Golly," nodded the
grass hopper, obviously
impressed. "Who could
have dreamed there'd be
a drink named Leonard!"
Memorable lutes attrib
uted to Stephen Leacock,
the great Canadian humor
ist: 1. There is only one beau
tiful child in the world, and
every mother has it.
2. Majiv a man in love
with a dimple makes the
mistake of marrying the whole girl.
3. A fnend is a man who has the same enemies voc have.
4. Many college graduates need that sheepskin they get la
cover their intellectual nakedness.
a a e
A. W. stmson defines childhood as "that wonderful afe hea
ail you had to do to lose weight was to uke a bath."
Baait Cerf. Dtmiputeil by Kaaj features fcallat
S. White
sists in being far from excited.
Rather, it is much as though
this were Just one more in
an interminable series ot
inconclusive meetings be
tween two heavily burden
ed men who avoid being
wholly distracted by the bru
tal range of the world's prob
lems only by great personal
strength and etermination.
HPHIS is not to suggest that
any man in his right mind
regards this new Kennedy.
Macmillan c o n f rontation in
any attitude of mere ho-hum.
But it is definitely to say that
the sheen is off this form o
sub-summit conference.
Why has all this come about
between the two powers
which, after all, still hold the
fate of the west so largely in
their hands? Reasonably edu
cated guesses might be ven
tured. Jet-liner diplomacy general
ly has become overly famili
ar, both to participants and to
this onlooking nation. No
longer is it so necessary to
hold back the cheering
crowds as it is to encourage
respectably-sized crowds to be
on hand for the arrival of the
visiting VIP.
Moreover, Macmillan's face
particularly is no longer even
a slightly new face on the
world's stage. From his long
service as prime minister, he
has become familiar, indeed.
And the tale he comes to tell
is always essentially the same.
He wants us to go easy on this
or that aspect of the cold war
-no doubt to go easy in- our
coming resumption of nuclear
testing.
TT IS remininscent of yet an
other visit of an eldery and
very cautious uncle, Macmil
lan, to a fond but also strong
minded and more powerful
nephew, Kennedy, who has
his responsibilities to a family
of his own which has grown
much larger through its in
law conections. This family,
of course, is the whole west
ern alliance.
While happily there has not
been and is never likely to be
any major break between this
country and Britain, the harsh
questions of the last year or
so have left some controlled
but genuine irritations.
The prime minister has po
litely but incessantly pressed
the president toward cold war
"solutions" seen here as may
be loo soft and certainly too
optimistic. The British Isles
are far more vulnerable than
we are, in every sense, and
British expenditure in blood
and treasure in the last war
was much greater proportion
ately, than ours.
ALL THIS Washington un
derstands. All the same,
there are other factors which
do not help. There is the
wide belief here that Mac
millan often goes a little too
far as a politician in bending
under home voter pressure
for dubious "settlements'
with the Soviet Union. And
there is the fact that the
British are too little concern
ed w'ith our necessity to get
along not only with them but
also with our other principal
allies, France and West Ger
many. Only old friends, such as
are Britain and the United
States, can put things right
out on the table. The Prime
Minister would make no mis
take here if i.t seeking reas
surances that we won't be too
impetuous, he gave some re
assurances that he won't be
too earless of the basic needs
of the alliance in rightly try
ing to preserve his party's
political fortunes at home.
Stop Me
a bartender, in the country ior