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Flight o' lime
Medlord and Jackson County
History from the tiles of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago. '
10 YEARS AGO
May 18,. 1952 (Sunday)
Jackson county's budget tor
the fiscal year 1952-53 will
be completed and ready (or
signing a week from Mon
day, County Judge J. B. Cole
man has announced.
North and south train serv
ice between Grants Pass ana
Dunsmuir, Calif., was "dis
continued permanently" for
the second time last week,
according to Southern Pacific
railroad officials.
20 YEARS AGO
May 18. 1942 (Monday)
Jackson county's eight Jap
anese residents ordered to
evacuate this aroa by June 1
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "The
primary election was held
with a minimum of voters par
ticipating. There is a report
lhere will be another election
In' November."
30 YEARS AGO
May 18, 1932 (Wednosday)
Two workmen hurt as scaf
fold falU during construction
of new courthouse at Main
St. and Oakdale avc.
Friends gather at Medford
home of Judge Will G. Steel,
"father of Crater Lake Na
tional park," on 30lh anni
versary of park's founding.
40 YEARS AGO
May 18, 1922 (Thursday)
Postal authorities announce
start of daily star mall route
carrier service between Med
ford and Klamath Falls.
Jackson county court calls
for bids on construction of
road between Butte Falls and
Derby.
SO YEARS AGO
May 18, 1912 (Friday)
Twelve gallons of dirt
yields gold valued at $1,000
at Victor mine on Galice
creek.
Plans under way to muster
In new Medford National
Guard company with cere
monies at the NatHtorium
building.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct Is superior;
seven or eight is excellent; five or
sli Is good.
1. What is a dryed?
2. Did Robert Fulton' s
steamboat, Clermont, have
nronellors. side "middles or a
paddle wheel at the stern? !
3. Does Greenland lie east!
or west of Iceland? !
4. which contains the law!
Torllh;SUSthc Ta',mid or ,,,c
T when a Naval vessel is
laid up in reserve, is. it said
to bo in deep freeze,
or in moth halls
R Nunm tlir niH 'l
rharactcr who used as a wrap -
on ihr jawbone nf an ass.
irJn Man TttZZn"
8. would a slide rule most
likely be used by a plumber,
carpenter or civil engineer?
9. Wwho was tl fleet-footed
god of the Greeks who
wore winged sandals?
10. What American animal
has a pouch like a kangaroo
Answers: 1. Wood nymph.
2. Side paddle wheels. 3.
We-.t. The Torah. S. In
mothballs. 8. Samson. 7. Lou
Gehrig. 8. Civil engineer.
9. Mercury.
10. Opossum.
FRIDAY. lvfe-VY II. 1162
Advice on Voting
There are two bits of time-honored elector.
advice with which we are all familiar.
Th first is, "When in doubt, vote no."
The second is, "Vote as you please but
vote"
We take exception to both of them, either in
whole or in part.
In place of the fii-st, we would substitute:
"When in doubt, don't vote." Many .excellent
measures have gone down to defeat simply be
cause not enough voters had informed themselves
and cast a "no" vote as a result. If you honestly
don t know, let those who
fN the second point, we'll go along to the extent
that we believe it is the duty of every voter
to go to the polls if he or she has decided opin
ions, preferably based on a study of the candi
dates and measures.
But for a totally uninterested and uninformed
voter to cast a ballot is not only a waste of time;
it is also a denial of one
democratic theory, that an informed electorate
should govern itself.
We urge all to vote if they consider themselves
to be both interested and informed, on all mat
ters. Otherwise, they might just as well stay
home, or skip those candidates and measures
they don't know, or don't care, about. E.A.
The Medical Care Debate
Practically everyone
should be readily available to all particularly
the elderly under circumstances surrounded by
dignity and tree choice for the patients.
The argument is how to go about obtaining it.
Elsewhere on this page is a well-written,
closely-reasoned and forcefully-stated letter from
a highly respected and well-liked Medford physi
cian. In it, he argues against the concept of med
ical care for the aged being linked to the Social
Security mechanism. i
llE not only respect his opinions; we are
he has taken the trouble to set them
so vigorously.
, Still, we do not agree with his conclusions.
- We find ourselves more in agreement with
the statement of a group of leading physicians
from all parts of the nation, contained in a recent
letter addressed to President Kennedy. It said :
! We Join in this statement to reassert the social and
public responsibility which has long characterized the
motivation and dedication of the medical profession in
America.
Through modern scientific achievements much has been
done to prolong the life potential of the population. Con
currently, medical care has become more costly.
Old age is a period of need for Increased medical care
and it ..is most frequently accompanied by diminishing
resources to; pay for such care. Today, all but a relative
few still live under the constant fear that an unpredictable
medical disaster may strike and destroy the financial
security of their later years.
We believe the social security system is the most
practical and sound method of financing health benefits
for the great majority of the aged.
As a group of physicians, representing general prac
titioners, scientists, health administrators, educators, and
specialists in many fields, and including members of both
political parties, we welcome the opportunity to meet on
this occasion and convey to the American people our be
lief that with such a method of financing health benefits
for the aged, the physicians of America would be better
able to maintain their commitment to provide high quality
medical care and excellence of standards while preserving
independence of professional judgment, and that the aged
will be better able to enjoy with dignity the best of
modern medical care.
rR. HIBBS makes one valid point, which we
have stated repeatedly in this space before
namely, that the King-Anderson Social Security
approach does not go far enough ; that even if it
were passed, there are still many among the eld
erly who would not be
Also, King-Anderson
part-payment of hospital and nursing home bills,
and not to payment of physicians' fees away from
hospitals.
These two deficiencies make the King-Anderson
bill less than ideal, but they do not invalidate
it as a badly-needed step in the right direction.
QUITE recently a man we know became ill and
had to go to a hospital for a series of three
operations.
He is retired, in his 70s. Both he and his wife
worked practically all their lives until their re
tirement. They had raised two children, made
modest investments, and had a tidy savings ac
cumulated, which, together with pensions and
social security payments, was enough to keep
them in modest but comfortable circumstances.
The surgical costs were considerable, but the
couple could have handled them without too
much difficulty. They had hospital insurance,
which helped. But hospital costs mounted to
tpii i e 1 r :
"'Uie uiitii .pivu L'i u;i,v tui a iuiij; jcnuti ui lime.
Despite savings, pensions, social security, and
insurance, how long could any family stand this
s' t of expense?
13 it sain
e, canned.! MO, THE King-Anderson approach is not per
Testament I feet, but it is so far and away better than
1 ally program HOW ill existence, 01' CVPll ill sight,
that it (k'sci ves immediate enactment.
c only about (50 per cent of those now
over (o years of age are eligible for Social Se
curity, the total will be !'0 to Do per cent in years
to come.
And, coupled with the Kerr-Mills act (now in
effect in 18 states including Oregon) for non
welfare cases who still cannot afford massive
medical costs, and with the welfare medical pro
grams, it will give us a start at obtaining what
we all agree is terribly needed medical ca reef or
the elderly under circumstances surrounded by
dignity and free choice for the patients. E.A.
do know decide.
e
of the basic tenets of
agrees that medical care
glad
forth
served
would be confined to
Dennis the Menace
' 'Which AR'sr tovls, Ates.vVasoN?-
Today & Tomorrow
By Walter Lippmann
tel Neve York Herald Tribune Syndicate
GAULLIST REBELLION
AGAINST U. S. NUCLEAR
MONOPOLY
Editor's Nota; This is in
first in a series of three
articles on Mr. Lippmann's
rtcant European trip.
A month ago I went to
Western Europe in order to
have a look at the grand proj-
e c t of the
Western
Alliance the
Common Mar
ket, enlarged
by the admis
sion of Great
Britain and
joined with us
in a wide
free- trading
area. I set out
Lippmann
with a strong conviction that
the project was desirable, in
deed necessary, that It was in
the manifest destiny of the
Western world.
I still think this. But I con
fess that my enthusiasm was
stronger than my knowledge
of what are the dominant
forces in the new Europe as it
has come to be recently. I
had not realized that the
grand project was compli
cated by the nuclear stale
mate, by the success of the
Common Market, by the lack
of any known and clear suc
cession in France and Ger
many, and by our own fading
economic pre-eminence.
The road ahead will be a
rough one, and if the hopes
of the Western Alliance are to
be realized, it will not be
this summer, and it will not
be soon. The grand project is
caught up in a crisis of power
and leadership within the
Western Alliance. We have a
right to believe that with pa
tience, lucidity, and resolu
tion the crisis will eventually
be overcome. For it is true, I
think, that throughout Europe
there is a deep and ardent
determination to conquer the
obstacles, If necessary by out
living them.
WHEN I went abroad I had
braced myself for heavy
doses of briefing on what is
surely a dull exercise for a
journalist, namely the com
mercial problems of the Com
mon Market, of Britain and
the Commonwealth, and of
the European neutrals. I soon
learned that Important as the
commercial issues are, the
critical issue within the alli
ance comes from a rebellion
against the American monop
oly of nuclear power.
There are, as I shall be writ
ing next, exceedingly difficult
economic issues between
Great Britain and the Euro
pean community. But in the
eyes of General dc Gaulle,
who leads the rebellion, the
unacceptable fact about Great
Britain Is its "special rela
tion" with the United States.
That special relation does not
mean merely that the "Anglo
Saxons," as General de Gaulle
calls Britain and America,
speak English and quickly
call each other by their first
names. Specifically, the unac
ceptable special relation is
that Britain has access to our
nuclear monopoly while
France is denied access. M.
Raymond Aron. for example,
writing in The Figaro, says it
is hard to see why it is safe
for nuclear knowledge to cross
the Atlantic to England and
not to cross the English Chan
nel to France.
For General de Gaulle this
special relation In nuclear af
fairs would make Britain an
agent of the United States
within the European commu
nity. Not only would Britain
have an especially strong po
sition, but it would have
knowledge which prevented it
from speaking freely within
the community. There would
be questions which could not
be discussed fully and frankly
in the community because
Britain would have special
knowledge which she could
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not convey to. her fellow mem
bers. So it would be a wonder
Indeed if for this reason alone
General de Gaulle did not
seek a way to prevent Britain
from entering the European
community.
He should not have too
much difficulty in doing this
inasmuch as the British are
very much divided among
themselves about whether
they want to "join" Europe.
a
I DID my best to understand
exactly the -nature of the
French rebellion against our
nuclear monopoly. I do not
doubt that pride, prestige,
status, and all that sort of
thing are involved in it. But
they do not fully explain it.
What I am about to report is
my own personal conclusion,
although it is based on some
first hand inquiries.
In all of Western Europe,
and particularly in France
which is the most articulate
in this field, there is a convic
tion which does not exist
equally in this country, that
the balance of nuclear power
as against the Soviet Union is
an accomplished fact. Quite
generally, the Europeans be
lieve that the East-West politi
cal stalemate which results
from the nuclear deadlock is
not soon going to be broken,
and that therefore while there
will be no nuclear war, and
no small conventional wars
about Berlin and Germany,
nothing constructive and large
can be negotiated either.
Where we differ from the
continentals is not that we ex
pect great things to be nego
tiated. It is that they treat the
nuclear stalemate as an accom
plished fact, while we are
continually concerned with
how much it costs in sweat
and worry to accomplish it
and to keep it accomplished.
Thus, for example, General
de Gaulle and Dr. Adenauer
take a "harder" line about
Berlin than we do. This is not
because they are more ready
than we are to go to war about
Berlin. It is because they look
on war, given the nuclear
stalemate, as inconceivable.
We do not regard it as incon
ceivable. Thus we mobilized
when Berlin was divided by
the wall. The French and
Germans did not. It is rubbish
therefore, to write about this
kind of thing as if it were an
argument between the legon
dary old heroes and the soft
young men. Seen from Waslv
ington. where the button
would have to be pressed, it
is not so altogether certain
that the nuclear stalemate Is
an unequivocally accomplish
ed fact.
THE rebellion against the
American monopoly is tak
ing place within the context
of the American capacity to
prevent a nuclear war. The so
called Independent nuclear
force is often talked about as
if It were a conceivable alter
native to the American capa
city. It is not in any sense an
alternative. General dc Gaulle
says that by the end of 1963
France will have a "force de
frappc." that is to say a nu
clear striking force, capable
of killing 20 million people.
That is something, in the way
of force, but it is no match
for, and is no independent de
fense against, the Soviet
Union.
The question is: What is it?
I think I am right in saying
that the French striking force
is to be a French national
force. When would it be used?
When France Is attacked.
What would constitute an at
tack on France? A blockade
of Berlin? No. France would
be attacked when her real
frontier, which is the Rhine
River, is violated. Would the
apuclear weapon be used if the
violation of the Rhine W(4our bifger hopes.
Guerrilla Tactics in
Basis for
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Newi Analyst
Mao ff se-tung, Red China's
leader and chief strategist,
once wrote:
"When the situation is se
r i o u s the
g u e r ri 1-
las must move
with the fluid
ity of water
and the ease
of blowing
wind. Their
tactics must
deceive, tempt
and confuse
Kewsom the enemy.
They must lead the enemy to
believe that they will attack
him from the east and north,
and they must then strike him
from the west and south."
These tactics, outlined by
Mao in 1937, may very well
be the ones being followed by
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Lost Strike
To the Editor: One of the
long lost gold pocket strikes
that has eluded all searchers
for nearly three-fourths of a
century lies hidden from re
discovery in the upper reaches
of Patrick's creek in north
ern Del Norte county, Califor
nia, according to a very few
of the old early day prospec
tors that lived in that isolated
area.
The discovery was made in
that day when wild Indians
were roaming the fringes of
an oncoming civilization. A
lone prospector had showed
samples of gold to others be
fore he dissappeared mysteri
ously one day. The theory
among the miners was that he
had met with foul play. Many
years afterward a group of
financial men having heard
the ill fated story, set out
from Portland to look for the
once fabulous strike. Having
come to northern California
they employed an Indian
guide that was thought to be
familiar with all of the sur
rounding territory. As the
story goes, the group was led
along strange trails deep in
the hills.
Finally the guide asked the
group to take a five minute
rest while he made some ob
servations. After taking leave
of absence, he failed to come
back to the weary group of
fortune hunters.
So that ended their fond
hopes and they made their
way back to safety.
Bert Kissinger
520 Boardman st.
Medford
done with conventional weap
ons? Yes. But would not
France be demolished if it
made the first nuclear strike?
No, for Russia would be de
terred by the United States.
In what sense, then, we may
ask ourselves, would the
"force de frappc" be an inde
pendent deterrent? From in
quiries I made previously, as
well as this year, I take the
answer to be twofold. First, if
France has the capability of
killing 20 million Russians, it
might have the power to re
sist becoming involved in a
nuclear war which broke out,
say in Asia, beyond the limits
of French national interests.
And second, if France can
make the first nuclear strike,
one which compelled the Unit
ed States to join her, the ulti
mate decision of nuclear war
or peace is no longer in Wash
ington. a
rpHE independent French na
- tional striking force is the
current substitute for the sta
tioning of American troops on
the frontier of the cold war.
They were put there ten years
or more ago to act as the
"plate glass window" or the
"trip wire" in case the Rus
sians marched to the West. If
those American troops were
attacked, there would be no
debate in Washington as there
was in the two World Wars
about going to war in Europe.
Tlie "force dc frappe" is a de
vice to encage the United
States so that the initiative in
nuclear startccy would be
mainly in continental Europe.
I hope no one will regard
this as the exposure of a
wicked plot. It is not a wicked
plot. But it is power politics
as played by the masters of
the game and we must not be
Pharisaical about it. We do
not have a divine right to have
in our own hands, rather than
in European hands, the ulti
mate decisions. But it is in our
interest to hold on to the ulti
mate decision, if we can, and
we must not be beguiled and
bemused by any sentimental
adulation of venerable states
men who arc not
moved
by sentimentality. In other
words, we shall have to play
, the game j d resourceful
j enough to pro.ict our ulti-
mate interest and to promote
Political Maneuvering Also
the Communists in Southeast
Asia today.
This would suggest that the
Red Chinese and Communist
North Viet Nam axis regards
Thailand, Laos and South
Viet Nam a a single theater
of action.
Political boundaries become
meaningless from a military
point of view in an area of
jungle and mountain.
Thus, as the United States
steps up its aid to South Viet
Nam and the Communists are
threatened with a military set
back there, they are able to
shift their emphasis rapidly to
northern Laos, creating a con
sequent threat to Thailand.
Western observers around
the perimeter of Red China
say the lightning capture of
Nam Tha by Communist
Pathet Lao forces is a pres
tige victory for Peiping over
Moscow.
I Against King-Anderson
To the Editor: To have or
not to have socialized medi
cine in this country comes to
a decision in Congress in the
next two weeks. President
Kennedy devised a bill called
the King-Anderson which will
offer government medicine
for the aged, those over 65
years. It covers all who have
social security whether they
need it or not, and also
whether they want it or not.
It will be government medi
cine, the most expensive of
all where you receive 40 cents
for every dollar you send to
Washington. Which one of
your neighbors do you think
should pay your bill? By defi
nition from Webster's dic
tionary, medical care tied to
social security is socialized
medicine. This is a political
bill started at the top, now
trying to get some grass roots
support.
President Kennedy is speak
ing at a TV spectacular and
political pow-wow on May 20,
in New York's Madison
Square Garden to win sup
port for the King-Anderson
Bill. Is an emotional rally
with bands, entertainers and
a Hollywood pitch the proper
way to.' solve a serious health
problem for many years to
come? And, our president to
be upstaged by Mitch Miller,
Ray Bolger, Bert Parks and
company!
This is a bad bill, a political
colossus and an end to the
free practice of medicine.
This bill gives the Secretary
of Health, Education and Wel
fare the power to approve
hospitals and control doctor's
practice in these hospitals.
Senator Kerr said, "Once the
device of adding free medical
care is attached to social se
curity,' there can be no end
to future additions. In short,
once this measure is adopted,
the end of private medical
care is a matter of time."
The tragedy of this bill is
that those most needy are
left out. Social Security cov
ers only 60 per cent of the
citizens over 65, and the ma
jority of the needy don't have
social security. There is a
small group who can't afford
private insurance, who do not
qualify for pensions, welfare,
Kerr-Mills (M.A.A.) benefits,
and who are not veterans or
retired military personnel.
This group must be discover
ed and helped by reason of
their need, and not exclude
them because they are not
recipients of social security.
Obviously, this bill does not
distinguish between the rich
and the poor.
ine is.ing-naerson BUI is
bad for my patients and for
all of us as taxpayers, but par
ticularly to the young worker
who will be taxed all of his
life for socialized medical
care, to be received after he
is fi.-f years old.
This bill will convert the
business of health into a i
tionalizcd product. This prob
lem is a temporary one and
should not be shackled onto
future generations. The need
of this bill is clearly lessen
ing by reason of increased fi
nancial, economic security of
the older citizens. In my esti
mation, participation in a gov
ernment sponsored program
of health care should be vol
untary and the benefits should
be provided to the individual
in accordance with his needs.
Ralph E. Hibbs, M.D.
10.10 West Main st.
Medford
Ser-saw
To the Editor
Political Seesaw
Riding The
Some of us se
And some of us saw:
Some of us "Gee"
And some of us "Haw
Some of us fume
And some of us fiddle,
: And there arc you. sir,
Right in the
Middle!
Mrs. Margarcte
Roseborough
filO Oakdale Drive
Medford
Southeast
The Red Chinese oppose
Moscow's peaceful coexistence
policy and have no liking for
any understanding between
Russia and the United States,
especially if it concerns what
they call a "national libera
tion movement."
Their basic contention has
been that "the victory goes to
those who fight the imperial
ists, not to those who negoti
ate with them."
They will use the capture of
Nam Tha as proof of the valid
ity of their position.
Washington Report
By William
(cl United Feature Syndicate
SLAP AT NEHRU
Washington - Congress may
shortly administer an unex
ampled and richly earned re
buke to Prime
Mini ster Ja
waharlal Neh
ru's neutralist
India by a
mandatory cut
in the large
f o r e i gn aid
given to India
by the Presi
dent. If it does
Wbii- so - a n d in
quiry on Capitol Hill indicates
the odds to be no less than
Strictly
Personal
By Sydney J. Harris
(c Field Enterprises Inc.
ART FILMS ARTY
For years, I have suffered
in cowardly silence, afraid
that if I spoke up, I might
lose my hon
orary m e m
bership card
in t h e Intel
lectuals' and
Avant Garde
Marching So
ciety. What
disturbed me
was my nega
tive reaction
to so many
that were highly
praised by the leaders of the
I.A.G.M.S. In most cases,
these motion.picturcs seem
trite and pretentious, poorly
photographed and laboriously
directed. But I refrained from
saying so, questioning instead
my own judgment and taste
in such cinematographic mat
ters. Now, finally, a 100 - per
cent blown-in-the - bottle in
tellectual, Dwight Macdonald,
has confessed in his film
column in "Esquire" maga
zine that he, loo, is bored and
irritated by the great ma
jority of art films. He says:
"I am in favor of high
ideals, but why are they so
seldom entertaining in art
films? I am also in favor of
Truth and Realism, but why
are they here always depress
ing? Above all, why are most
art films poor?"
It may be true that most
Hollywood movies are un
speakably shallow and ju
venile, but at least they have
technical proficiency and.
above all, they do not pretend
to be profound or cosmic or
metaphysical.
The art film, with rare ex
ceptions, is a pseudo intel
lectual exercise in symbolism
for its own sake, and is just
as one-sided and distorted in
its bleak view of life as the
grinningly moronic product
of the commercial studios.
As Macdonald effectively
points out, there is art -film
cliche as well as Hollywood
cliche. Each genre has its own
set of formulas, its own kind
of patterning, its own pre
dictable scenes, conflicts and
resolutions. In rebelling
against the conventional, the
art-film too often becomes
anti-conventional for no pur
pose except to show how
"free" it is.
Like Macdonald. I am im
mensely tired of the "obliga
tory opening sequence of the
man walking endlessly
through a depressing land
scape, the obligatory rape
murder scene, the obligatory
chase through tangled woods,
the obligatory locations -ruined
house, desolate beach."
Such films are "arty" rath
er than artistic, and have no
more genuine vitality or
validity to them than an old
Jack Oakie college comedy or
a Belly Crable musical in
horrible full color. Indeed. I
i would say that the ratio of
j good art films to bad ones is
probably lower than the ratio
i of good Hollywood films to
bad ones.
It is a fiealthy and hearten
ing sign that so lofty an in
tellectual as Macdonald has
! finally spoken out against the
pretentiousness of the art film.
In avant-garde circles, as in a
monarchy, it is considered
high treason to point out that
the Emperor is wearing no
clothes.
Harris
'art films"
Asia
The Asian Communist par
ties have shown great1 atten
tion to significant anniver
saries. For six months the Com
munists had been threatening
Nam Tha and it therefore may
be significant that they chosa
last week for their attack.
May 6 was the eighth anni
versary of the decisive on
slaught at Dien Bien Phu. In
the literature of Vietnamese
Communists, the victory over
the French there marked tha
high point of their military
history.
S. White
50-50 that it will-Congress
will have, if somewhat harsh
ly, freed American foreign aid
policy from a self-mada
prison.
The prison has been this:
Having once granted assist
ance to a neutralist country
which is especially critical of
us, we have always shied
away from reducing it. The
fear has been that it would be
said we were using the pro
gram as a stick to enforce
"conformism."
a a
1WUS, neutralist nations.'of
which India is a prime ex
ample, have often seemed io
fare better with us the mora
constantly complaining of lis
they have been. Our real allies
for years have spoken bitterly
of this truism, which unde
niably puts some premium on
international irresponsibility.
Against all this background,
the Senate Foreign Relations
committee has voted 8 to! 7
to direct the President n
strike $200 million from $77
million in aid earmarked for
Nehru.
This counterattack on tha
world's most smug politician,
Nehru, was led by a liberal
pro-foreign aid Democrat, Sen.
Stuart Symington of Missouj-i,
who only two years ago was
Democratic. presidential aspir
ant. His amendment will have
the force of law if the Scrrato
and then the House adopt "41,
as it now looks they well may.
Though it seems not to have
been too widely noticed y$t,
the Symington rebellion may
be historic in the end. It will
embarrass President Kenne
dy. Though privately he gojts
about as tired of Nehru's sejf
righteous finger-pointing da
nearly everybody else heft,
the President still doesn't
want to have to take this pub
lic slap at India. '.
T'HE issue is complicated,
and it does not pay to 6a
too dogmatic about it. Un
doubtedly, a thrust of this
kind would outrage the Vi
dians, worry and annoy all tfte
other neutrals, and give the
Russians a chance to howl-a
bit louder about "American
imperialism." :
. This will be the administra
tion's position. And it will add
that Nehru has, after all, kept
the world's largest country,
apart from Red China, out
of the Communist embrace.-
The administration will
find, however, that the Sen
ate will not be deeply wor
ried about whatever Nehru
may think. Its best argument
will be merely that no mattjer
how one sees Nehru, a re
quirement on the President
to cut his aid would amount
to senatorial interference w(th
the President's right to con
duct foreign policy. '
This columnist, for one,
would not support the Syming
ton rider if he believed it to
be a genuine trespass on con
stitutional presidential pow
ers. But to say simply that
Nehru can have some but not
all is surely not the same ja".
saying he must have nothing
at all. One is degree; the other
is principle. '
. . . :
I'HE lime had to come when
-- this country decided orice
and for all whether it has! a
right to make its own deci
sions on how much aid it
will extend to others. :
Risky? Yes. All the sarfie,
we ought to tell Nehru and
all the world's little Nehrau
that if our exercise of a per
fectly valid right of national
sovereignty is to be marie
the excuse by them to run 6!t
to the Communists, then they
must simply go ahead and rijn.
We have been much tro
afraid of the Nehrus-in tlit.e
administration and in Uie
Eisenhower administra t i o'n,
too. J
GETS SPACEc6nTRACT
Washingion - HTP - The ha
tional fpace agency Thursday
selected Lockheed Missile aiid
Space Co. to build a flight
test version of what is ex
pected to be the world's first
nuclear rocXet. The rocket.! to
be tested in 1966-67 as an up
per stage of the advanced
Saturn, may go on space duiy
in 1969. Development of the
flight test version by Lock-
; heed is expected to cost $180
I million.
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