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4 A ltXDFOROWTUBUNB """Everyone In Southern Oregon dioUrribun" Published Daily except Saturday h MEDFOKD PRINTING CO 3S North ru St, PhSPSj:SlH. ROBERT W RUHU Hr-RB GREY Advertlilni limit CERAL.D T LATHAM Bus Mr IRIC W ALLEN JR.. Mng Editor EARL H ADAMS City Mllor HARRY CH1PMAN Telef Editor RICHARD JEWETT Sports Ed or OLIVE STARCHER. Women a Bdluj DAlRLCJiSONUcuJjtlont ij-uMiiiii NewiDaoer ifiMwii second elan matter at Medlord. Orenon. under Act ol March 3. 1897 . eiiDurnrimnN RATES By Mall In Advance. Copy l Dally and Sunday 1 year 114 00 Dally and Sunday moa. ou Dally and Sunday 3 mo A -23 Sunday Only One year M M By Carrier In Advance Medlord A.hland. Central Point Eesle Point. Jarkaonville Gold Hill Phoenix. Shaay Cova Rogue Rev Taiant anH mi motor rnmes. Dally and Sunday 1 vear I8 00 Dailv and Sunday 1 mo ' N) r.rrii-, and Dealera cop 10c All Terms Caah lnAdvance Tfffielei Paper nf City of Medfnra Offlrtai PaperjjfJack3on County United P-ess International Full Leaaed Wire OP I Telepnoto Newsplcturea "MEMfirn or AirovTBtmr.AU OFClHCULATIONS l j njina ninT-tfntatlve: NELhON ROBERTS & ASSOC. ATFS Olllcea In New York. CM cago Detroll. San Franelaro. Loi Anftelea aeaiiie. run"". - THURSDAY, MAY 10. 1962 MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON NEWSPAMR PUlllSHItt ASSOCIATION NATIONAL fOITOBIAl Flight o' Time Medford end Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO May 10, 1952 (Saturday) Plans to form a caravan of cars to bring Sen. Estes Ke fauver to Medford tomorrow were announced by Demo cratic supporters today. Vice problems, including gambling and racketeers, are virutally non-existent In Jack son county, District Attorney Paul W. Haviland said today. 20 YEARS AGO May 10, 1942 (Sunday) First soldiers to be assigned to Camp White for training arrive in Medford. From Arthur Perry's 'Ye Smudge Pot" column: "The parade did fine both as a civic demonstrator and a pro ducer of rain. It ranks up with " having the roof off the barn j or the first cutting of alfalfa down in getting moisture." 30 YEARS AGO Mav 10. 1832 (Tuesday) New Medford public golf course opens for business; .air ways reported lo De as nearly "Jost-ball proof" as possible. Political Interest In Jackson county reaches low ebb; ex perts predict turnout of about 15 per cent at primary elec tions. 40 YEARS AGO May 10, 1922 (Wednesday) From wire service story dalelincd Milan, Italy: Pro fessor Benito Mussolini, editor of Ihe fascist! newspaper Po- polo Italia, engaged in a duel yestcrdnv with Signor Missi roli, editor of the Turn Secolo over differences resulting from articles published In their respective newspapers. Medford Mayor C. E. Gates attends meeting of Ku Klux Klan at Klan's invitation; calls group's ceremonial "beautiful" but objects lo wearing of masks. SO YEARS AGO May 10. 1912 (Thursday) Three Medford city council men appointed to serve on city whitewash committee; will discuss best finishes for Interior of new city owned public market. Editorial in the Mail Trib une opposes recommended merger of Oregon Agricultur al college and University of Oregon: both said necessary. What's Your I.Q.? Nina sr tan correct Is supatiori six is good. 1. Galloping Dominoes is another name for which popu lar gambling game? 2. Including Jesus, how many attended the Last Sup per" 3. In contract bridge, which hip the minor suits? 4. The kettle drum, cast mirts, glockenspiel, and xylo phone are all examples of what type musical Instru ment? 5. Which is the hardest of all Jewels? 8. What is the largest slate east of the Mississippi river? 7. Did Magellan sail around the world? 8. In Ihe British peerage, what Is Ihe title of the wife of an Earl? 9. In the verses, "Casey at the Bat," did Casey hit a home run, or strike out? 10. Wounds from firearms or fireworks may cause teta l us; what is the common hamc? Answers: 1. Diet, 2, Thir teen. 3. Clubs and diamonds. 8. Georgia. 7. No. IHe died In ihe Philippines.) I. Count ess. 9. He struck out. 10. Lockjaw. Everyone's Obligation ' No matter what you have planned this week end, you have one obligation to yourself and to your children which you must fulfill. It isn't very time consuming and it will give you plenty of time for whatever else you have scheduled. This obligation is to receive Sabin oral polio vaccine, which the Jackson County Medical So ciety is offering at clinics throughout the county. Even if you have had the full series of Salk polio vaccine shots, doctors recommend that you also have the Sabin vaccine. The reason for this is the permanent immunity derived from Sabin vaccine, thus eliminating the need for occasional booster doses, as with the Salk variety. The Sabin vaccine also eliminates the possi bility of the recipient being a carrier of the polio virus, which the Salk vaccine does not. Elimina tion of polio virus carriers is an important step in the campaign to wipe out polio. Remember, polio respects no age groups. "THERE is nothing unpleasant about taking the Sabin vaccine. Three drops are placed on an ordinary cube of sugar. The sugar is either chew ed or allowed to dissolve, and swallowed. That's all there is to it. The vaccine is taste less, odorless and colorless. The only taste is the sweetness of the sugar. It is necessary to have three doses of the vac cine in order to provide the maximum protec tion against the dreaded crippler. Clinics for the second dose are planned in June and the third one will probably be in September. There are three tvnes of viruses which cause polio. They are known as Types One, Two and Three. Types One and Three are the most com mon varieties. Therefore, at the clinics this week end Type One is being given. Type 'three vac cine will be given next month and Type Two in the fall. rOCTORS in the county, who have cooperated wholeheartedly in the program, are offering all three doses for only $1. That's only 33 13 cents apiece cheap when you consider what one of those little viruses can do to you. If there are more than five in your family, it still costs you only $5, an even bigger bargain. Clinics were held m Douglas county last week end, yhere the charge was 50 cents for the first dose and 25 cents each for the other two doses. To assure participation in the complete immuni zation program, doctors here felt it should be sold in a "package deal." If you are ill or have a cold you can sun re ceive the vaccine. It is not recommended for those with high fevers not because of any clanger but because the vaccine might not be enective in such cases, giving a false sense of security. THE SABIN vaccine has already been given to ' more than 70 million people in several for eign countries with excellent results. More than two million doses have been given in the United States with complete safety. If vou haven t already done so, we urge you to tret clown to your drug store right now and buy your coupons, and to be among the first in line either Saturday or bunciay. n you cannot afford to buy the coupons, tell them so at the drug store and they will give them to you. And vou can save yourself some time and help the volunteers at the clinics if you fill out your coupons in advance. H.C.C. Tax Base Remedy One of the two ballot measures which will be voted on in the primary election a week from tomorrow is this one: "SIX PER CENT LIMITATION AMEND MENT Purpose: Revises constitutional pro vision governing b per cent limitation. Fre vents loss of tax base by taxing bodies. Permits first year levy without election, r ixes Election dates. A "tax base is the amount a taxing body may levy without a vote of the people. Currently, a taxing body must levy a tax at least every third year to retain it. JACKSON county has more reason than the other 35 counties to be interested in this pro posal, for it is the only one which has "lost" its tax base, because it has levied no tax for county purposes for some years now. If, however, its present sources of revenue fell off, and it needed to levy a tax, it could not do so without an election a time-consuming procedure, and one which could seriously dam age its operations and services. The current proposal would allow Jackson county to establish a new tax base by using the hiehest levy made in the hist three veal's in which a levy was actually made, rather than the highest levy in the three years immediately preceding, Dennis the Menace - - -r- 'Should J mention how the tm's awss is twin w nuts?" Strikes Plague Franco Spain; Pressures Mounting for Reforms, Economic Growth Br PHIL NEWSOM UP Foreign News Analyst Generalissimo Fra n c I s c o Franco always has had trou ble with the rebellious work ers of north ern Spain. Laws promul gated at the start of the Franco re gime more than 25 years ago declared strikes illegal and placed them in the same category as military re bellion, subject to the penal ties of a military court. Yet even stern measures failed to subdue the lough dock workers of Bilbao or the Asturian miners who fought Franco in the mountains dur ing the civil war. Today, a strike touched off by 60,000 Asturian miners has affected steel, heavy machin- 0 mil ery and electrical works in Viscaya and Guipuzcoa prov inces in the north and threat ens to spftad still further. This is the area of tradi tional left-wing and Commu nist opposition to Franco. Barcelona, where strikes also threaten, was a principal Republican stronghold during the Civil War and has re mained a center of under ground Communist opposi tion. It is natural then that the government should blame the strike on Communists. Others believe the explana tion goes deeper. Pressures on Franco come from both left and right. Spanish intellectuals of all shades of political opinion protest government censor- Drummond Reports (Walter Lippman it in Europe. Roicoa Drummond report! from Waihington in hie absence.) c 1962 New York Herald Tribune Inc. ... Communications ... Letters io ihe Editor must bear the nam and address of the writer, although under certain eireumstancet the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. Tk. m;i Trihim. ! iha Tioht la edit all letters with a view to claruieation ano condensation. Letters submitted lor publication must not exceed uu woras. in mnor. printed in this column do not necessarily represent iha Tim of tha paperj in fact the contrary is oflen the case. Ample Warrant To the Editor: The beauty of the Rogue River valley has been celebrated in song and story or more years than any of its present inhabitants can boast. On several occasions local poets have praised the valley's beauty in verse In the Sunday MTs Poets' Corner over which the present writer has the honor to preside. Less er versifiers have made brave attempts to do the same but didn't quite make the grade in meeting the "Corners standards of good poetry. It has remained for Mrs. Alice I. Black to go from the sublime to the ridiculous in this context, with her silly query of 38: "Will someone please tell me how the Rogue River valley grew to be the beautiful place that it now is, without the advice of Arnold Eugene Jenny?" Discussing Mrs. Blacks dark allusion during dinner conversation at the Manor that evening, one lovely lady of pioneer lineage whose long and distinguished life has been one of the valley's real adornments remarked: "HER rude words certainly have added no beauty to the val ley. ' It Is a matter of some pride to the writer that through the Poets' Corner he has been privileged to add not a little beauty to life in the valley, as many contributors and read ers have testified. Typical of their comments are the fol lowing culled from recent letters: "Thank you so very much for your interesting column ... It is wonderful! And how I enjoy it!" "Beauti ful 'Corner' yesterday!" "I look forward to your Sunday column with great anticipa tion . . . (and) delight in the music of its printed word." So far as my giving "ad vice" is concerned, through letters In Communications, whether on how to vote with regard lo Home Rule or any other subject, let Mrs. Black ponder the following: (1) Just what docs she think SHE is trying to do through her letters In the MT, if not to offer HER advice? (2) I gladly avail myself of the same opportunity and privilege so generously offer ed by the editor. (3) In view of perversions perpetrated on Home Rule by some of lis opponents, and some of the Dan Smool non sense about the UN, etc., which Mrs. Black has tried to pawn off as gospel, there would seem to be ample war rant for my appeals to truth and reason. The same to Mrs. Ernest Santo in response to her blast of 5 9. Arnold Eugene Jenny Rogue Valley Manor Medford that Home Rule would abloish our elected sneriti, wny would he bother to run-unless he hopes that by supporting Home Rule, he might be the appointed sheriff, rather than the elected one? In my book, this constitutes playing both ends against the middle, which is extremely shifty, but not particularly courageous. You and I are in agreement on one point; and that is, that the Charter Is, by far, the most Important issue in this election. J. Mason Anderson Box 76 Applegate, Ore. Big As Anybody To the Editor: Being Just a little guy. there comes twice, each election year, when I feel just as big as anybody -and 1 do mean ANYBODY. When I go to Ihe polls to cast my ballot for my favor ite candidates, my vote is Just I as big as the vote of any Jack- THE measure also would permit other taxing j s "ZTZy pre Units to go for more than tWO JCalS without! sure group trying to deprive levying a tax simply to retain its tax base. m,e 'my B'n right - that ,, " . ' , i . i l of voting for those whose The proposal also would set up procedures j ,.llari com. from ,n, s for a new taxing unit (city, school district, or i that 1 help pay. Much of the whatever) to establish a tax base without prior approval. A third point would give greater lee way in the time of holding elections. In the event that the three-point measure is ! defeated next week, the second two points will I be deleted aiiTI the tirst one will be resubmitted one of the things that makes to the voters in November. "r cm""7 rca'- ., ,., i .... ;.. ,1... Inasmuch as I doubt we Know oi no opposition to me mui im- wl pvcr scc prjlUt , fl,,0Charter three points, but there has been some opposition to the second and third. There is much sense to the proposals, and we suggest a "yes" vote on the question. E. A. Duncan for Congress To the Editor: As the var ious congressional candidates are brought before us via pub lic forums, the newspapers, radio and television, it grows increasingly obvious that this Fourth Congressional District would best be represented by Oregon's forthright, forceful and personable Robert B. Dun can. Elected to three consecutive terms as representative in the Oregon legislature from Jack son county, he won immediate recognition for ability, energy and know-how by being ap pointed to top committee as signments. He shattered his torical precedent when he was twice elected Oregon Speaker of the House. In this capacity, Duncan performed as a legislative leader for the whole state. Several times he served as Acting Governor during the absence of the state's chief executive. Duncan was elected dele- gate-at-large to the Democratic National convention In 1960 and later represented Fourth Congressional District in the Citizens for Kennedy campaign. Last month, President Ken nedy appointed him on his advisory committee on inter governmental relations, and he has just returned from at tending a meeting of this im portant body in the nation's capital. While there, he was a guest of the President at the White House. Later he conferred with key members of Ihe White House staff on problems affecting the Fourth District. Duncan made the best pos sible use of his time in Wash ington. Between advisory com mittee meetings he conferred with members of the Oregon delegation, with several de partment heads and with Sec retary of Interior Stuart Udall, all on problems vitally affecting the Fourth District and the state of Oregon. Robert B. Duncan fits the image of the New Frontier. He has the vigor, the capacity, the balance and the know how to make an outstanding congressman. Let's back a winner. Vote for Duncan for Congress. Elizabeth Poston 96 Lozier lane Medford. why not in our local govern ment? Some have said that our present form of government was good enough 100 years ago, so it's still good enough. The medicine that was prac ticed 100 years ago isn't good enough now. Communications, home appliances and trans portation as we know them were non-existent 100 years ago. Let's get our local govern ment out of the horse and buggy era and vote Charter Government for Jackson coun ty! Mrs. A. H. Schmechel 441 Eastwood dr. Medford. One Arm Bandit To the Editor: I don't think there is much difference be tween a parking meter and a one arm bandit. The parking meters are causing a great hardship on the merchants of Medford. I went down to Wards and got a 37c can of brake fluid. I had 30 minutes on the park ing meter. The clerk was talking on the phone, and by the time I got back to my car I had a parking ticket. So the 39c can of brake fluid plus the 50c fine cost me 89c for the brake fluid. If I had gone to Sears all it would have cost me would be 39c. These parking meters are in need of repair, most of them don't work. I had one the other day, it had 24 minutes on it. I put a nickel in it. It gave me a total of 26 minutes. I wasn't, going to put another nickel in it to see if it would give me maybe 30 minutes total. You can be sure I got a ticket. I sent a little note In the yellow enve lope that the parking meter didn t work. As you know they don't have a "tilt" on them or flash up "out of order." Just "vio lation." The policeman writes a tick et and a fine of 50c comes with it. If you don't pay the fine they have a warrant for your arrest, and a fine of $5. I guess you could even go to jail over these one arm ban dits. I suggest that the merchants of Medford make some kind of pay off for the parking meters or move their stores out of Medford, or any place where these one arm bandits can't drive their business off. David J. Sletten 121 Reager st. Medford. UNANSWERED QUESTIONS Washington - Every fresh piece of news in the Billie Sol Estes scandal - which leaves a puzzling trail of un explained events from Pecos, Tex., to Washington, D.C. -makes more urgent an inde pendent and uninhibited Con gressional investigation. There is no doubt that Secretary of Agriculture Or ville Freeman is a thoroughly honest and honorable public servant who does not want to see the public swindled or his. department smeared by the shrewd manipulations of Estes, a kind of Texas agri cultural Ponzi. Mr. Freeman's latest press conference dealt almost ex clusively with the Estes case, The net effect of all the Sec retary had to say seemed to me to be: there has been nothing shown to be wrong in the relations of the de partment to Billie Sol Esles - and it won't happen again. I doubt if a single member of Congress or the closest reader of all the news reports can say he knows the straight and full facts of the matter as things now stand. There are conflicting claims coming simultaneously from officials of the Department of Agri culture. There are unanswer ed questions about how Estes could find himself in such bad standing as to require his cotton allotment manipu lations to be critically re viewed and in such good standing as to be retained as a member of the department's National Cotton Advisory Committee with the special status this gave him. There is confused evidence as to whether Estes was vio lating the law in his cotton- allotment operations or whether the law itself and its administration were so loose and complex and un certain that it was nearly impossible to know where legality left off and Illegal lty began. argument for Home Rule I that we will have better I qualified people In office. If ' we need ecghcads. we can vote (or eggheads. I still like . the cracker-barrel variety of ! campaigning, ant bclirvioit Is the basis for President Ken nedy's Alliance lor Progress program. More than ever today we need congressmen who are not afraid to fight for freedom and decency. Bryan Hodges, 1470 East 19th ave., Eugene, Ore. Horse and Buggy Era To the Editor: Why do we vote for the individuals run ning for sheriff, county clerk, treasurer, surveyor and as sessor? Because we've heard a particular name a great deal? Because the person at tends our church? Because he's a member of our service club? Because he belongs to the political party we favor? Or just because we like him? Th'sc reasons may all be well and good, but what do we know of his i.ialilications for the job he wants to fill? Not Afraid To the Editor: When Charlie Porter's minister, the Rev. Wesley Nicholson, recently visited Washington, DC, he heard Mr. Porter discussed in a speech at the Pan-American Union. The speaker was Jose Figueres, close friend of Presi dent Kennedy and former President of Costa Rica. Here is what he said: "There was a time in the United States when it required un usual courage, even heroism, for a North American in pub lic life to stand for freedom and decency in the Latin American controversies. The sudden popularity of young Congressman Charles O. Por ter in our continent, and the lasting gratitude that my lib erated fellow-countrymen feel for him. resisted frm his vigorous support to our demo cratic forces at the right time. Now history is proving him right." Charlie entered Latin Amer ican affairs because he insist Can't Purchase Souls To the Editor: Has Com munism come to this country? The President, by making his own rules as he goes along is in control of our economy. This is socialism plus dictator ship, commonly known as Communism. Kennedy's encroachment on free enterprise, as demon strated by the steel contro versy, shows his lack of ad ministrative ability to cope with everyday business prob lems and is a very dangerous thing. His argument of infla tion is not convincing since wage boosts continue. This he allows for It is through the unions he expects to be kept in power. Mr. Kennedy bullies and threatens those who do not agree with him even to the point of having discharged military personnel with a rec ord of distinguished service. Mr. Kennedy did not earn the position of President: his wealth bought it for him. Now it is time for thinking Demo crats and Republicans to take the gloves off and teach this silver spoon Harvard boy that he can't purchase human souls. Mrs. E. W. Heatherington, 2055 Holly st., Medford Under the present form of government anyone can file and run for any office. Thejed on trying to find out why M.acfnr i-i-tnta i IVI nti al i t ir-a. I nirtflt nr Triliiltrt nf lh TVw iffiiect to a newspaper editor lions that must be met before minican Republic dar4 to giving any partciular indi-1 anyone can be appointed to murder a Eugene boy. Gerry date a boost 0 the suppost-1 these highly specialized of-1 Murphy. Charlie iod almost tion that he is courageous. If! flees. We depend upon spec- alone in advocating new poll Art Savai83d(Jny inkling iialists In every other field, cies-policies which are now O O Is It Right? To the Editor: The Ameri can taxpayer has given or loaned - with no expectancy of any return - more than eighty-four billions to other nations since the end of World War II. Not to help win the war, remember, but since its "end." Most of these give-away billions went to countries who boast of being neutral. They take our money but refuse to be our friends. Recently a federal grant of SI. 200. 000 was made to the University of Wisconsin to fi nance a study of how a baby monkey feels about its moth er. This is intended to throw light on human behavior. Once you find out what makes a monkey tick maybe you could guess if the poor taxpayers will relinquish more freedom along with their monev and vote for the I adoption of the County Char ter. It is time the tlitliking Dem ocrats and Republicans wake up. Is it right to waste our money' Mrs. M. B Martin 202 Maple Dr. Medford rjBVIOUSLY the Republl- v cans are eager for a Con- gressional investigation. That's par. They see only Democratic embarrassment. I submit that a competent, fair. minded investigation is in the interests of the Department of Agriculture and the Ad ministration itself. If the Ag riculture Department has been as alert and diligent as Secretary Freeman earnestly affirms, the only way it can make its case persuasive is through a bi-partisan Con- gressional inquiry, not through an ex parte depart mental one. The position of the Depart ment of Agriculture is diffi cult and unpersuasive because conflicting evidence comes out in ways which make it impossible for the public to determine who is right. One subordinate official publicly asserts that Billie Sol Estes received "favor itism," that his case was not handied "in the usual man ner," that his 1961 cotton al lotment was not cancelled with sufficient promptness. These views are publicly and categorically denied, point by point, by another department official. Mr. Free man says that "it was to get at the heart of the matter" that the department arranged this airing of charges and counter-c ha r g e s with the press. But surely there is no way to clear up the size and responsibility for the Estes scandal. The charges and de nials are left hanging in the air. There was no effective and knowledgeable cross-ex amination. Nobody was under oath. ON THE record thus far it seems fair to say that the department's handling of the Estes matter has been uneven. Mr. Freeman brought in the F.B.I, at an early stage and the Justice Department brought about the arrest and indictment of Estes for fraud. But I see no adequate ex planation of why the Depart ment of Agriculture was will ing to honor this man with continued service on the Na tional Cotton Advisory Com mittee many months after the most dubious aspects of his manipulations were evident to officials investigating them. It was Secretary Freeman's observation at his press con ference that doubt about Estes operations rested on "just a lawyer's quarrel." At another point he remarked that the only man who "held the key that could unlock" the mystery of what actually went on in Texas was a dead man, the departmental offi cial who was getting the full story at his fingertips on the spot. He died-prematurely-after being shot four times. Suicide or murder? The cir cumstances are very mys terious. The mysteries will remain -to the damage of all con-cerned-unless there is a trust worthy and independent in vestigation. McKinney Author i Of Two Articles ship and demand greater free dom of thought. A manifesto issued by ths Catholic Action Workers Brotherhood declared that Spain's efforts to lift itself economically had placed tha heaviest burden on the work We concede the need for financial stability," the re. port said, ". . . but we demand that the necessary sacrifices be evenly distributed ... in many ways the working class Is without authentic represen tation, without means of ex pression." In the last seven years. strongly supported by mora than a billion dollars in U.S. economic aid, Spain has reg istered some spectacular gains. Electric power and coal and steel production have zoomed upward. Fertilizers, cement and consumer goods pour out from old and new factories: Spanish currency is stable, and in the next year the gov ernment plans ' double in vestments in agriculture and to boose industry and public works investments 50 to 25 per cent respectively. Last summer, about eight million tourists spent around $450 million in Spain. But much remains to ba done. Railroad rolling stock is out of date. There is a shortage of a million houses. There are fears that gov ernment complacency and in ternal bickering could erase Spain's modest standard of living gains and leave tha country far behind its pros perous neighbors in the Euro pean Common Market. Political tolerance seems far in the future. .- For Spain, Franco has de creed "an organic democracy unmarred by the spectacle of free elections." Strictly Personal By Sydney J. Harris (c- Field Enterprises Inc. Ashland - Two articles by Dr. William M. McKinney, Southern Oregon college pro fessor of social science, have appeared in recent geograph ical publications. Who Was Russell Hin man?" has been published in The Professional Geographer and is concerned with the bio graphical details of Hinman's life and his major contribu tions to the field of physical geography. One of Hinman's greatest works was the Eclec tic Physical Geography which first appeared in 1888. Dr. McKinnry's other ar ticle. "Experimental Proofs of the Earth's Rotation," traces the history of such proofs from the experiment by French physicist Jean Foil cault in 1851 when he sus pended aJree-swinging pendu lum from the dome of the Pantheon" In Paris, to the more modern experiments in volving centrifugal force, ob lateness of the earth, and the value of "g" the acceleration due to gravity. The article ap peared in the April Mirnal of Geography. PERSONAL PREJUDICES There is no more dangerous delusion in the world than that we are devoid of delu sions; the man who most fan cies himself as a clear-eyed realist is the most likely to ba deluded in the deepest part of his personal life. Most charity deals with symptoms, not with causes, and we are willing io pay a great deal io alleviate ths symptoms, so long as we do not have to trouble our selves about ihe causes. Man is the only animal who is frustrated when his desires are not realized, and bored when they are. Married women who com plain about their mates' de fects should heed ihe words of Lord Halifax, who said ihree centuries ago: "A wife is to thank God her husband has faults; a hus band without faults is a dangerous observer." The world of creative fic tion seems to be divided into serious novelists who can't tell a story, and talented story tellers who have nothing to say worth saving. Nothing is so distorted and unreliable as memory a fact we cannot fully be lieve until we have revis ited our birthplace after a long absence. One trouble with education is that it so often perpetuates the errors of the past, rather than rectifying them; it teaches us what others have , known but it does not instruct us in discerning their fallacies and wrong turnings - which is why the world periodically requires its geniuses, to turn the conventional wisdom up side down, as Einstein did iv) physics and as Freud did in psychology. What we call "a sense of humor" is simply a way of contemplating the Immedi ate from the point of view of the ultimate, of observ ing the personal from the point of view of the cosmic. Abstractions influence peo ple only on a full stomach: to talk to a hungry man about "freedom" is as futile as talk ing to a blind man about col or - for the stomach, as Cato said long ago. has no ears. The only invariable sign that civilisation continually progresses is that in each century the art of war de visee new and improved ways to kilt more of us faster and more surely than ever before. Few women are stupid enough to lister to "reason" - which is why they find the "reasonable'' conduct of men (which comprises (;iostly con quest, conflict rind catastnS phe) so (Jt'isurd and tragically childish. "In short" Is a favorite phrne of the speeker who has f&eadr ,al(k)' 100 lon8' O O O O u G
