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o VsdfordTeibunb """Everyone In Southern Oregon RedeMaUrrlbune2 published Dally except Saturday b MEOr'OKD PRINTING CO 33 NortU. tl'S PhSPJ.-6Mt. ROUlWl W RIJHU Editor HERB GREV AdvtOing Manager GERALD LATHAM Bui Mgr. ERIC W Su-EN JR., Mng Editor EARL H ADAMS City Editor HARRY C.PMAN Teleg Editor RICHARD JEWETT, Sports Ed.tol OLIVE STARCHER Womenl Edlloi DALE ERICKSONarculatlrgr An Independent Newipaper Entered ai second clasi matter at Medtord, Oregon, under Act ot March 3, 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mall In Advance. Copy iOc Daily and Sunday 1 yea' IIS 00 Dally and Sunday A moiP Sou Dailv and Sunday 3 mo 4.25 Sunday Only Og,e year M 20 By Carrier In Advance Medtord Ashland, t'entral Point Eagle Point. Jacksonville Gold Hill Phoenix. Shauy Cove. Rugua Riv er Talent and on motor routes. Dally and Sunday 1 vear $13 00 Dally and Sunday 1 mo V60 Carrlei and Dealers copy lOe All Terms Cash in Advance "fWlelal "Paper of City of Medforff Official Paper of Jackson County United Press International Pull Leased Wire U.P.ITelepiioto Newsplcturea ""MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative: NK1.SON ROBERTS t ASSOCI ATES Olflccs In New York. Chi caeo Detroit, Son Francisco. Los Aneelf Seattle. Portland. Denver N E WS FAP R UBIISHEIIS SOCIATION NATION At E0ITORIAI .SCTIN Flight o' Time Medford nd Jackson County History from tha files of Tha Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO May 4, 1352 (Sunday) The Mcdford city council has accepted an appraisal of the Myron Root properties needed for the opening of West Eight st. across the Southern Pacific railroad tracks. Bill Force, formerly a re porter on the Mail Tribune, last night was presented with a Press Club of Oregon award for the best newswrjting in a downstute paper during 1051. 20 YEARS AGO May 4, 1942 (Monday) Medtord fire department representatives appear before city council to request In crease in department staff from eight to 12 men. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "There are no fireworks in the pri mary election campaign. Ap parently the ban on the same for the Fourth of July took in more territory than intend cd." 30 YEARS AGO May 4, 1932 (Wednesday) Rogue valley orchardists at tend meeting in Seattle to dis cuss shipment of fruit to cast coast by refrigerated steam ships. Jackson county candidates for public office meet in two- Inning baseball game at Jack gonvillc. 40 YEARS AGO May 4, 1922 (Thursday) Project shortening of Green Springs highway from Ash land to Klamath Falls by ap proximately 30 miles reported nearing completion, SO YEARS AGO May 4. 1912 (Friday) Editorial in the M-T com ments on proposed initiative measure fixing a minimum wage for men of $2.50 a day and $1.75 a day for women; great opposition to measure expected because of "large amount" of minimum wage. Medford moving picture theater advertisement an nounces "4.000 feet of film" Including the Passion Piny, President Tad and his cab inet. The Forgotten Dancing Shnlos, Al Satlu-r, the singer, and Woolworlhs, the musi cians. Mntinees daily. Admis sion I and 10 cents. What's Yeur I.Q.? Nine or ten correct it superior; teven or eight it excellent; live ot six is good. 1. Which of these states has supplied the greatest number of presidents: Virginia, Ohio or New York? 2. On how many hills was ancient Rome built? 3 Which President of the j U. S was the first to die in j the White House? 4 Can a cat see better In the darkness or daylight? 5. What was the name of the Promised Land to which Moses led the Israelites'" 6 Did Chop Supy originate in ghina. Japn Korea or the United Slates'' 7. The waters of what river are confined by Hoover Dam? efl What is the heaviest nat ural liquid? 9 What is the capital of California? 10. Cows have stronger horns than bulls: true or falpc? Answers! 1, Virginia. 2. Sev en. 3. William Henry Herri ion. 4. Daylight. 5. Canaan. 8. U. S. 7. Colorado. 8. Mer- j cv.iy. 9. Sacramento 10. True. FRIDAY, IttAY 4. 1962 Logical Dunes Speaking on the coast tift other day, Robert Iincan proposed a "compromise solution" to the controversy over the ereation of the Oregon Dunes National Seashore Recreation Area or, as some insist on calling He suggested that, acres, much of it now m private ownership, and on both sides of the highway, including three fresh-water lakes, that the proposal be confined to the west side of the in public ownership at He also suggested that there be no authority to condemn private property for park or recre ation area purposes. e e 'THE Roseburg Nefcs-Review, which has op- posed the Seashore proposal in the past, finds Duncan s proposal a good solution. It would appear he may have come up with the answer to the Sand Dunes Park hassle," the newspaper said. The Eugene Register-Guard, which has sup ported the larger park proposal in the past, also finds the suggestion a possible basis for compro mise. It said : "... His idea is interesting. He reasons like this: If the area between the highway and the ocean can be acquired now, then perhaps in future years, a parcel at a time, land east of the highway could be added to the park. This might mean that the complete park would be 50 years abuilding. But Oregon would have the park ... "The most appealing thing about the suggestion is that it would get the park service into the picture. Only the park service has the stature and reputation, nationally, to guarantee area would have the kind deserves." IF the Register-Guard, strongly pro-park, and the News-Review, heretofore strongly anti- park, can find in this a basis for compromise and support, perhaps it is the answer. We certainly would gestion, with a couple of provisos. The first is that the three counties involved, Douglas, Lane and Curry, set up adequate zoning safeguards, so that non converted into the honky-tonk rural slum type ot development that we see too often adjoining recreation areas. The second is that it that a seashore recreation area is a different kind of "park" than Crater Lake or Yellowstone or Yosemite or Grand Canyon. The word "park" has semantic connotations disguise the fact that this people to have active tun, and not merely sit and watch magnificent scenery. TTHE distinction is already made within the V Park Service itself, at Cape Hatteras, but it is not yet generally understood. But it is important that it should be under stood, and our suggestion would be that "Oregon Dunes National Seashore Recreation Area," or something similar and equally descriptive, be used instead of the word "park," which is sub ject to misinterpretation. The third point is that authority should be given for the acquisition of further land, but not through condemnation. This has been the basis of Senator Morse's objections so far: also those of many people living in condemnation, out providing tor purchase, the basis for support would be widened. rNE potential stumbling block might be Gov- ernor Hatfield and his natural resources committee chairman, Dan Allen, who have up to now insisted on state control over some aspects of the area which seem too broad for many Park Service adherents. Another stumbling block might be Senator Maurine Ncuberger, who has been such a staunch and devoted advocate of the larger area propos al. However, it does not appear the big Dunes area can be obtained under existing circum stances, and perhaps Senator Ncuberger could be persuaded to go along with the compromise proposal as. better than nothing. Park "purists" will not be satisfied; neither will those like Congressman Durno) who be lieve the Forest Service is the agency to admin ister the area. DUT for those of us who strongly hope this unique area can obtain national recognition, and believe that the Park Service is the only agency which can provide it ; and for those who are willing to compromise their desires to obtain a step in the right direction, this proposal makes sense. Half a loaf, the old saying goes, is better than none. And under this proposal, the "half loaf" could eventually grow to something approach ing the "full loaf" which so many people believe is desirable. . Our suggestion: That the responsible author ities get together, determine whether they can honest W support this eminently logical sugges tion, and get on with the job. 'li.A. Didn't This one's been in the ltper before, but it bears repeating, paTtieiilaily since election day is two weeks from today. It vis in Hnjmet Ceii's column a week or so ago, and it goes this way: A long-winded politician was sounding off at a political rally. One farmer armed a half hour late, and after listening for a 'hile, asked his neighbor, "What's he talking about?" The neighbor shook his head and grumbled, "Dunno, he didn't saw" MA. -- Compromise it, rark. o instead of some 50,000 highway, which is mostly present. that the spectacular dunes of protection and notice it go along with the sug - park area will not be be clearly spelled out tor some people which would be a place for the area. By eliminating Say Dennis the Menace WW WM 1 II Ma m at" mi ? ,. o rx-risf . New... t.'Ji ' Whiie voufce our here, TAKE a sniff; DWT THE EARLY AWNIN'AIR Smififof? Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the nam and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances tha 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 necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the contrary is olten the case. Gracious Wife To the Editor: I recently visited the Duncan for Con gress headquarter.; at 311 East Eighth st. While there I met Mrs. Duncan. I came away convinced that the man who won such a charming, gracious, intelli gent wife would certainly re ceive my whole-hearted sup port for congress. M. C. Lucas Holland Hotel Medford They're Grateful To the Editor: We wish to express our thanks for all the wonderful gifts and the thoughtfulness of our friends and neighbors when our home burned last "week. We appre ciate each and every thing that was done for us. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley M. Lee Route 1. Box 236D Rogue River, Ore. What A Reliefl To the Editor: Congratula tions and cheers to radio sta tion KSHA. Now we can turn our radio on again. What a re lief! After being punished with blasts of horrible rock and roll and hearing Yea, Yea, Yea, dum, dum, dum, and pap, pap, pap, we gave up and kept it turned off. One station played "Ooooh, Ooooh Norman" three times early one morning. How they ever got any advertising busi ness is a mystery to me. How can people get in a mood to buy anything, or even listen to commercials, after being constantly irritated and tor tured with such awful rack et? We are from San Diego and used to good radio music, and this is the one thing we have missed the most. So we do hope some ot the other long suffering citizens will write In and join me in heartfelt thanks and appreciation of this new station. Mrs. A. J. Hutchinson, P. O. Box 22, Shady Cove, Ore. On Personal Disarmament To the Editor: You are to be heartily commended for bringing out in your Editorial, "The-Right To Bear Arms" (42962), the unconstitution ality of the Anfuso Bill, which would require our firearms to be registered. The inalienable right to keep and bear arms with which to defend one's home and loved ones (and the country if need be) dates back to the days when the Pilgrim Fathers carried their muzzle loaders to church with them. It is suicidal to require the registration of weapons in a free country. France found that out in World War 11, when the Nazis confiscated, first the registration records, then the weapons of the French people. It was a reg-istration-and-control law sim ilar to the Anfuso Bill which spotlighted the Czechoslovak patriots and enabled the Com munists to disarm them and take over their country. In every Communist take-over tile people are disarmed first. Mr. Anfuso states in his pro posed bill that information as to the location of arms in the I'nited States wouy be in dispensible to the prosecution of a war. Such information WOULD be indispensiblt-'-to the9.'nemies of the United States, that is. There are thivse who believe that a 9t ell-armed American citizeny would provide more defense against invasion by a fc'8'ign enemy, or a taJje ovcrirom an enemy witlim, than all the "National De fense" M'hich the Kennedy ad ministration will be able to bV vftli all U MEDFORD military dollars in the coming fiscal year. Look how little Finland with her unusual number of trained riflemen humiliated the mammoth armies of the USSR. Look at Switzerland with her expert riflemen, the only nation in Europe which has enjoyed peace for genera tions. The Anfuso Bill is aimed at disarming the American peo ple (United Nations personnel are exempted). Coupled with the State Department Docu ment No. 7277, which is a brazen, detailed plan to dis arm our country, it should brush the brain wash from the eyes of every loyal, red blood ed American. It should waken him rudely and In a hurry. For now there is a moun tain of growing evidence that the Council-On-Foreign-Relations Government that Presi dent Kennedy so dutifully ap pointed to positions of power after his election, is planning to betray the American peo ple by surrendering our coun try as soon as possible to a Communist - Socialist World Control. And the Anfuso Bill and the S'.ate Department dis armament plan fit beautifully into this treacherous pattern of surrender. L. C. Powell 316 S. E. Eighth st. Grants Pass, Ore. Unfair Bill To the Editor: On March 29. 1962, the House, by a vote of 224 to 202, passed the Kennedy Revenue Bill of 1962. This tax bill, HR 10650, provides for withholding 20 per cent federal income tax from interest on U. S. Savings Bonds, interest on savings ac counts, all investments and dividend earnings. This will tax children's savings and oldsters' dividends on a few shares of stock, etc., a tax which people do n t owe. Thus people, for lack of kn. .vlcdge or from fear, or no, being able to go through th" red tape of making claim for the return of their money, will be legally robbed, by a dishonest law. It has been officially esti mated that at least $500 mil lijn interest and dividend ac counts will be affected by t'.iis new law. Representatives Edith Green and Al Ullman voted for this bill. Represen tatives Durno and Norblad voted against it, thank good ness! Write to your Senators Wayne Morse and Maurine Neubergcr. Senate Office Building, Washington. D. C, right away while we still have a chance, and ask them to vote against HR 10650. If passed, this bill would work a terrible harc'ship on millions of Americans of low or modest income, and the In ternal Revenue would spend most, if not ail, of that amount on processing and refunding millions of dollars of tax money that should never have been collected in the first piece. Mrs. G. S. Jennings 218 Saginaw dr. Medford Mr. Jakion Replies To the Edit.er: Mr. Wern mark: Since when does it re quire courage to voice a criti cism of any candidate for puo lic office when his methods leave his motives open to question? It seems to me that your remarks contained at least two errors. You simultaneous ly erestimaled your own im portance in assuming thai you were singled out; and you un derestimated the rcadim of people ieour P:ntry to jpeA out ag.tjhst evidence of unfairness on any level, high or low. I will express a second opinion here that the irre- MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. Military and Political Considerations o Put U.S. on Defensive With NATO Allies By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst At the NATO meeting in Athens, the United States finds itself on the defensive both militar ily and politi cally. Britain does not ac cept NATO Supreme I C o m m a n d- ner Gen. Lau- ) ris Norstad's ) view that the i n t e r m e- diate range ballistic missile is the logi cal successor to his tactical bombers, whir fast are be coming obsolete. West Germany and some of the smaller nations want sev eral changes made in U.S. policies governing nuclear stockpiling and nuclear weap ons. Both West Germany and France are suspicious of U.S. probing efforts looking to- sonsible remarks made against the Mail Tribune were bar ren of clear judgment and tact. Do you make a habit of speaking just before you think? You couldn't have been more wrong in your accusa tion. The Mail Tribune has not been unkind to you. In fact, it has extended courtesies to all the candidates alike in the interests of public service. It was unworthy, again in my opinion, to try to blame them for your own lack of percep tion. Sometimes, you just can't pass the buck. I think every one will agree that Eric Allen was indeed generous in the policy of the paper by going so far as to print even your unwarranted implication. I think it deserves a round of applause rather than a kick in the teeth. Does your concept of public service really hinge on keep ing someone else out of of fice? Perhaps that would be a contribution, but I can't help wishing you had shown just where the improvement would be. You accused me of trying to mislead the people. Not so. I don't .think either of us is clever enough for that. Re member the saying about try ing to fool all the people all the time? It's worth thinking over. You mean, even with dili gence you couldn't locate me? Perhaps you should have ask ed for help! I live here, work here, will vote. I was touched by your re ference to honorable men; but, may I remind you that Brutus was also an honorable man. It didn't help Caesar much, though. But then, Caesar was ambitious, wasn't he? Regarding "tilting the fiasco", whatever that means, all Webster says about it is: "ridiculous failure, not on the level." If you say so, maybe that does fit the occasion re ferred to better. You know, Mr. Wcrnmark, if you're no more adept at politics than your are at ver bal jousting, you are going to have it rough, come elec tion time. Charles Jackson 35 Second St. Ashland, Ore. Foolish Questions? To the Editor: I second the motion of Mrs. Ray Burnette to "investigate" the rural school budget before voting on it. Some investigating should be directed to that portion of the budget, approximately $100,000. for operation of the "Curriculum Center." A few years ago. there was only a small, part time, oper ation of a so-called "County Film Library." which depend ed upon donations by the var ious school districts for its operation. It apoears that the Rural School Board assumed the re snonsibilitv for the operation of the "library." thereby re lieving the districts from mak ing donations for its opera tion. The bill was presented to the tax assessor, who in turn passed it on to us. The library has grown into the present "Curriculum Center" 'with the present budget. I find nothing in the laws relating to the Oregon pub lic s,fol system that would authorize the rural school board to assume such respon sibility. In answer to my question to the Rural School Budget committee, during the last public hearing. "Is the Rurfj irnooi ooarri authorized, ny law. to i-scntri tax bill for operation of t- Curriculum Center?", j was informed to confine my questions tohe budnet figures. Terhaps ssW leesl inn W OREGON ward a settlement of the Ber lin question. On the question of the man ned aircraft vs. the missile, the British point out that a missile cannot be recalled once it Is launched but a man ned plane can. Inherent in the argument is the possibility of touching off a war by mis take. They admit that bombers are vulnerable on the ground because they depend on large runways and vulnerable in the air because they can be spotted by radar and shot down. But they believe these weaknesses can be eliminated, with an accompanying in crease in security and ac curacy. The question of nuclear stockpiling rises from contin uing resentment against ex clusive U.S. control. Nations in which these weapons are stockpiled are demanding that they not only know the location and size of such stockpiles but also that they be consulted over their use. West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer goes even further and demands that the West German army be equip ped with nuclear weapons. On the question of Berlin, West Germany continues to fear that the United States kinda folish because the coun ty assessor or someone must check the legality of the budg et before the actual tax levy? William Doernbach 143 Mace rd. Medford Time and the Charter ' To the Editor: Yes, I signed the petition to have the "standard time" constitution al amendment placed on the ballot. It is true that a law of this kind should be on the statute books, not in the constitution. But when our elected "rep resentatives"(?) have no re gard for the wishes of a ma jority of the citizens, what else can we do? And, by the way, that is what we will have in Jack son county if we adopt the charter, and place the choos ing of our county officials in the hands of a "committee." These men will be "human" and will favor their friends, or those to whom they owe a political debt. Look at the chief justice of the Supreme Court. Did Ike appoint him because he was the best quali fied man in the United States, or was it to square up a po litical debt? According to news reports, Earl Warren had never had any judicial experience whatsoever. This is what we can expect in Jackson county if the of ficer becomes appointive in stead of elective. Let's leave the county setup as it is. We have survived for a' hundred years. We can go a year or two longer, and maybe they will come up next year with something better than the charter now proposed. Let's play safe. John C. Stille Shady Cove, Ore. School District Election To Stand La Grande-flJPD-A 1961 elec tion unifying the Elgin and Palmer Junction school dis tricts in Union county will stand. Circuit Judge W. F. Brownton ruled Thursday. Brownton said Wilbur Os terloh of La Grande, county school superintendent, does not have to order another election. Voters in the Palmer Junc tion district, who opposed the unification, asked the court last month to order a second election. Try and By BENNETT CERF- 4 5-YEAR-OLD GIRL in Wellesley Hills, reports Ernie i- Heyn, was looking forward with wild excitement to her first day in school. When the great day dawned, she bounced out of bed at seven, and was outside waiting for the bus at eight. She was still cn thiviastic when she got home that afternoon. The next morning, h o w e e r, when her mother woke her oat seven-thirty, the little girl wasn't quite so happy. "What?" she pro tested angrily. "Again?" Back from France In 191S. General Pershing stopped long Migh in PhiUdelprila one di to have an Infected tooth yanked out. A short time later, he discovered that the dentist had eold the tooth for twenty 'iani to a collector. Enraged. Pershing had an order printed in the Philadelphia.ipcis demanding ?ie Ir mediate return of his tooth. 317 teeth arrived by the following m'ing s mail. q 1.0. by BrQi O:rfCX'"A-''1 kO Features Syadlcelt Intends lo piv some recogni tion to Communist EastOer- many as part of a pacnage deal and will seek reassur ance that such is not the case. France disapproves both ot U.S. nuclear DOlicy tJ the Washington Report By William -(cl United Feature Syndicate FRANKFURTER Washington - A discreet but desperately intent and pro foundly hopefiTl watch is be ing kept by many upon the progress of the most distingu 1TSEt4 '' s ished patient j George wasn i 1 inpton Univer- 4 o i i v hnsnital - - E ever had, Su preme Court Justice Felix F r a nkfurter. For upon the ability of this great old jur- WMt ist to return to his bench next fall - and this he is calmly determined to do, in the 80th year of his life-hangs so very, very much. Mr. Frankfurter collapsed at his desk on April 5, only a little while after yet another in a long line of his historic dissents from a supreme court majority which to many seems determined to put its own notions of what is "good" and "liberal" above the time less mandate for a remote, im personal justice which is the Constitution of the United States. - ' v THE particular case was this: Mr Frankfurter re fused, along with Justice John Marshall Harlan, to go along with the majority's decision that- the federal courts are hereafter to have the capacity to interfere in the political decisions of the states as to how legislative districts shall be apportioned as between rural and urban areas. It was, for Justice Frank furter, only another example of a long-consistent line of philosophy which comes to this: the constitution means what it says and cannot right fully be aitered by any court, however noble its motives, in order to avoid or end political "mischief." Such "mischief," in the justice's philosophy, muse' be ended by the people themselves through the regu lar political - processes, ' how ever long and hard the process may be. ' The supreme court is not properly a participant in poli tical decisions. The function of the court is neither to re form American society nor to remake American laws. The function of lawmaking is ex clusively that of Congress. . TN A word, in today's lan- guage, Frankfurter is not only a great constitutional conservative. He is, in fact, the special leader of a gal lant minority defense of con stitutional conservatism which, even .with his own powerful mind in action, is hard pressed enough on the high court. For years he has been the chief protector of the tradi tional American belief in a balanced government - so much rightful power to the president, so much rightful power to Congress, so much rightful power to the judici ary. He is, therefore, literally irreplaceable. For if, tragically, he should retire, a great new imbalance in a court already imbalanced toward judicial innovations would be the sure conse quence. And this would be so even if a successor should happen to have most, or even all, of Frankfurter's superb equipment in constitutional history. . T"HE supreme court is, after - all, an institution made up of men. It can no more afford Stop Mo . r 4 1 f rail Berlin talks and is not likely to change appreciably. In any event, President Charles da Gaulle is developing his own nuclear capability and long ago banned U.S. stockpiling in French soil. S. White to lose a patriarch suc as this, however able and prom ising his successor, than can any other institutinji made up of men. In the old gentleman who rests today in George Wash ington University hospital, in fear neither of life nor of death, there must be a lively appreciation of irony in all this. Two decades ago excited conservatives sometimes re garded him as the very model of "radicalism." They did not at all under stand him then. But, most poignantly, they do now. For in plain and simple truth he is the indispensable guardian of that ordered and responsi ble liberty which is, and al ways has been, true conserva tism, ' Strictly Personal By Sydney J. Harris lc Field Enterprises Inc. THE DEVIOUS DANGER The people who are "against" pornography are like the peo ple who are "against" crime. All thev can J see is the ob- vious-but the obvious does not do nearly as much harm as the devious. For instance, I attended a j movie last week. It was Harm a Hollywood product labeled "romantic comedy." There wasn't a line in it that was censorable, nor a scene that was physically "indecent" - yet the whole picture was bathed in an at mosphere of sniggering sexu ality much more repellent than the honesty of, say, "Lady Chatterley's Lover." Open pornography is sim ply what it is; we can take it or leave it. And mont young people have enough sense to be bored by it after the first few exposures. But our whole culture-in its more "respect able" forms - is permeated with sexual suggestiveness, in a sneaky, arch, and vulgarly commercialized manner. This ambience, I submit, is much more a "bad influence" upon young morals than frankly dirty passages in books. Likewise, open crime by avowed criminals does not in fluence adolescents, nor does it undermine their respect for law and society. What is re ally subversive is the more or less "legitimate" crime - the payoffs, the favoritism, the slick deals, the sly evasions by big-time operators. As a small but potent ex ample, consider how mar riage and divorce must be re garded by youngsters when they read that an affluent woman walks into a Reno court, swears that she is a bona fide resident of Nevada who intends to remain there, and walks out a few minutes later, a free woman. She has broken no law, committed no crime - yet ev eryone knows why the di vorce took place in Nevada rather than elsewhere. It is a deception that fools no one; but it nevertheless makes a mockery of our divorce laws, and reaffirms the cynical con viction among youngsters that an American with money can buy his way out of anything. It is the atmosphere in which our social order is per meated that determines the re actions of young people. If our attitude toward sex is sly and hypocritical, youngsters will come to regard and treat sex as a base commodity. If our attitude toward uw breaking pays tribute to the sharp operator who can get away with it, and condemns only the small timer who fails, then we will devlop a gener ation of aspiring sharpies. A boy is notihocked wh$ he reads about a "bad guy " breaking into a bank; but his majal sense begins to be cor-0 rupted when he learns that his father has bent the law, or evaded it. or has failed to practice what he prcach0 Such lessons arc net lost upon 'he young, who pay n It more heed to r.ur !,pocny '.han they do t- dirtv post- wards or shjws of violi$ce. 9 C 3
