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4 A "Everyone In Southern Oregon Rcadt The MaiJTribune' Published Daily except' Saturday by MEDFORD PIUNTING CO. 33 North FirSl.. Plr772-6U1 ROBF.RT W. RUHL, Editor HERB GREY. Advertising Manaier GERALD T LATHAM, But. Mgr. ERIC W ALLEN. JR.. Mna. Editor EARL H. ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CH1PMAN. Teleg. Editor RlfHARD .IEWETT. SdotU Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Women'i Editor DALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered at second clans matter at Medford, Oregon, under Act of March 3. 18!-7 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Hv Mail In Advance. Copy 10c Daily and Sunday 1 year J1S.00 Daily and Sunday mm. 8 00 Daily and Sunday 3 moi. 4.25 SiindAV On v One vear S4 20 By Carrier In Advance Medford, Ashland, Central Point. Eagle Point. Jacksonville. Gold Hiu, Phoenix, Shady Cove. Rogue Riv. er. Talent and on motor mules Daily and Sunday 1 year $18 00 Dailv and Sunday 1 mo. 1 ..10 Carrier and Dealers Copy 10c All Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper of City of Medford Official Paper of Jack"n County United Press International Full Leased Wire UP. I Telephoto Ncwspictures "MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU" OF CIRCULATIONS Advertifiing Renresentative: NELSON ROBERTS St ASSOCI ATES. Offices in New York. Chi capo. Detroit. San Francisco. Los Angeles. Seattle, Portland, Denver. UaUISHEttS ASSOCIATION NATION A I EDITORIAL I as(spc(wti3n C7 W C Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO May 23, 1952 (Friday) Renato Antonaccl, an 11-year-old Italian boy, has been "adopted" (on a financial basis) by the 17 employees of the California Oregon Power company's record department. Seventy-six Jackson county students will be among the 191 candidates for diplomas at the Southern Oregon col lege commencement next Sun day. 20 YEARS AGO May 23, 1942 (Saturday) Information received here that Lt. Robert G. Emmcns, Medford flyer who look part In Doollttle air raid on Tokyo, is sate; censors withhold de tails. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Ex ports predict the collapse of Italy in nine months unless a chance to slab a smaller nation In the back shows up." 30 YEARS AGO May 23, 1932 (Monday) Federal government an nounces plans to spend $B5, 000 on post office and court house here, and $85,000 on Ashland post office as part of nationwide relief program. 40 YEARS AGO May 23, 1922 (Tuesday) Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis, czar of professional basoball, rules Portland club must be sold by owners, and manager Is Ineligible to play; owners threaten civil suit. Marching units in local Me morial day parade to include Grand Army of the Republic, Spanish American War Veter ans, mayor and city officials, city council and school board. 50 YEARS AGO May 23. 1912 (Wednesday) The "Spring Maid" operetta engagement here; Includes Annnnmirl as "the rabbit," Princess Uozena and Prince Aladar siiiRing "Two Little Love Dees," and a cast of eight In the "Ballet of the Wood Nymphs." Medford constable returns from Portland with thief who burglarized $;!50 worth ot jewels from Central Point jewelry store. What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct Is superior: seven or eight is excellent; five or sii Is good. 1. Did Lacrosse originate wilh the English, French Ca-j nadians or American In- diaiis1 j 2. Is a gambit used in hockey, badminton, or chess? 3. What European nation has a anions military organi sation called the Foreign Ltj gion? i 4. Which is (he fastest! growing voBotable? 5. What Norse voyager rlis-. covered a land he called Vin- land" 6. Who was (he first Chi-1 nese emperor? 7. Dirt goldfish originate in Chile. China, or Spain'' 8. Correct the following: I "Neither the boys or John! are going to go." !). For what weather phe nomenon is the Grand Banks noled" j 10, The moon always re mains at the same distance : from the earth; true or liilse? j Answers: 1. Indians, 2. Chess, 3, France. 4. Aspara gus. 5. Lelf Erlcson. S. Con itsnfine. 7. China, 8, Neither I the boys nor John i . . . 9.. Fcg. 10, False, WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1962 More Auditorium Ideas The Mail Tribune's "auditorium editor" has received a modest response to his offer to accept the names of people interested in working for a new civic auditorium. ! Several letters have arrived saying the writers will do what they can to assist such a project, which first would be simply be a discussion of the merits, possibilities and approaches to the erection of an auditorium. The names are being forwarded to the volun teer who offered to do what she could in the initial stages to get the ball rolling. "THERE'S nothing new about an auditorium be- ing proposed, of course. It has been discussed here time after time, and if memory serves, there even was a nucleus organization at one time which died quietly when it was found response was lacking. However, times change. One correspondent nut a few thoughts to gether, as follows: "Do you realize how many people in this lown are looking for a headquarters? Just a few that come to mind right now: "Art Association, Senior Activities Group, Southern Oregon Society of Artists, Blind group . . . How many people use the Red Cross building for meetings; the Library, the county auditorium and the new building at the Fairgrounds, plus the Girls Community club and the Lodge Halls. There are also Philharmonic, Civil Music, Broadway Theater League, etc., etc. . . . "My point I think there is a real place for a broadly designed, valley-sized civic auditorium com plex ... I don't think the auditorium should be multi use, but the building can be designed to house these other demands. "We have a staggering amount of money involved in this valley in unrelated buildings-Armories, schools Shakespeare, Southern Oregon college, and so on, but we need a thoughtfully Integrated 'Lincoln Center' here. I don't believe in trying to combine a dance-hall and music auditorium, but many of the expensive serv ices required for each can be combined: heat, light, parking, restrooms. Every theater has to have a lobby, but Ihere is no reason why a lobby can't be an art gallery. . ." LIE ALSO went on to discuss other possibilities, about the possible integration of such a plan into a new high school; or the purchase of the Holly Theater building, and other possibilities in that area, so close to the projected new civic center around the west side park. Another individual, whose special interest is in the theater, and its possibilities in connection with an auditorium, brought us a copy of Theatre Arts, in which innovations in theatrical architect ure and design are described. Some rather exciting things are being done, particularly in the way of flexible, multiform stages and auditoriums, and some consideration of these new approaches would seem to be merited. THE Astoria Junior Chamber of Commerce has recognized a similar need in that coastal com munity, had has submitted a plan for public con sideration. It involves a county auditorium and convention center, estimated to cost around $700,000. The plans resulted from a two-year study by a Jaycee committee. The committee recommended: A basement area of 20,000 square feet; a service ramp for vehicles ing hall facilities for 1,500 people; four small caucus rooms; 1,400 feet of general storage; a mechanical room ; catering service kitchen ; main floor area with 20,000 square feet; main arena area with flat floor; telescopic side bleachers to seat G72 people ; general fixed seating for 2,(i00 people; provision for memorial exhibition lobby; checking facilities for coats; ticket office; main office; refreshment bar; two sets of rest rooms for each level. THE committee reported that M similar civic the survey of these showed a "bright" financial picture : "The study revealed that a well-managed civic auditorium can pay ih own operating expenses, hut that It cannot pay the capital cost of construction." However, income resulting to the area from such facilities usually provide for increased prop erty values that offset the bonded indebtedness in a relatively short time, it added. THE Daily Astorian printed an architect's sketch of the proposed building, and we have asked to borrow the picture for reproduction here, simply as a matter of interest. This may or may not be a proper approach for Medford or for Jackson county, because there are a vast number of possibilities. Only through active discussion and planning by interested peo ple can any conclusion be reached as to what this area really needs, and could support. The time has long passed when this area could "not afford" such a facility. We hope the current displays of interest continue and multiply. E.A. Sales Washington state should be able to reduce its deficit this year from its take on sales taxes col lected from visitors to the Seattle fair. When you buy a hamburger or a kewpie doll you pay four per cent additional for the state sales tax. ' Oregonians who have no sales tax will feel the nick. The experience may deepen their opposition to a sales tax, or it may whet their desire for one to get back at the other states that collect it. Oregon Statesman? Salem. o into the basement; din Tax Dennis the Menace Here's voup paper, Ctoy,' QOO0 THINS TOQ4YJ COMMUNICATIONS Letters to the Editor must bear the name end address ot the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the oaper; In tact the contrary is often Slop While We Can To the Editor: While Ken nedy beats the war drums and screams communist aggres sion, let s take a look at Uncle Sam and see what he has done in years gone by and is still doing in Thailand. I will go along with our President on most of his New Frontier program but his for eign policy,' and if he con tinues with this kind of policy we won't need any medi-care for any one, let alone the Senior Citizens. The following is what Smedley D. Butler had to say about the Marines: 'I spent 33 years and 4 months in active service, a member of our country's most agile military force, the Ma rine Corps. I served in all commissioned ranks from second lieutenant to major general, and during that pe riod I spent most of my time being a high class muscle man for big business, for Wall Street and for the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer for capitalism. "Thus I helped make Mexi co and especially Tampico safe for American oil inter ests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues In. I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking House of Brown Brothers in 101)9-1012. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American sugar interests in 1916. I helped make Hon duras right for American Fruil companies in 11)03. "In China in 1927 I helped see to it that Standard Oil went ils way unmolested. Dur ing those years 1 had, as the boys in the back room would say, a swell racket. 1 was re warded with honors, medals and promotion. Looking back on it, I feel I might have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate in three city districts. We Marines operated on three continents." MaJ. Gen. Smedley D. But ler, U.S. Marine Corps (1881 1940) as quoted U.E. News, reo. zo, liHH. With a record like that, is il any wonder that all over the world it is "go home Yanks"? Do you think Smedley Butler was a Communist? If you will check history a little 1 say stop sending troops to Thailand, send all the hard ware you want to, but keep the American boys out of those swamps. Let them fight one another all they want and may the best side win. I say stop this while we can. Ray Prichard 414 South First st. Central Point, Ore. Blue Daisies To the Editor: The Medford Blue Star Mothers wish to thank all the people that took the trouble to stop and huy a blue daisy last Friday and Saturday. Our special project Is a party once a month for the wheel chair members of the veteran's domiciliary at While City, with cigarettes for prizes and canteen books for birthdays. The pies and cakes served are furnished by the Blue Star Mothers them selves. The daisy money is all spent on Veterans We feel , sure thai you will be glad to know we never spend one cent on ourselves or our cars for travel to and from the domiciliary. We only sell daisies once a year, a Friday and Saturday in May, and onl in Medford, the only place they are sold j few others are sure poor los in Jackson county. j ers on the Home Rule Charter So far it is our only money 1 And then you ask "WHY?" raising project. The ret is Did you read the pamphlet member donations. on the Charter' Read the pain- Please huy one of every 1 phlel till you understand the flower and symbol sold on full mear'ig. it will not pass the streets lor Veterans or-, even if you put it before the An' just mm&R i did Ofg the case. ganizations. It all goes for a good cause, and fills the gaps where the Crusade, Commu nity Chest, Red Cross, etc., never reach. One of each at a dime each, won't cost you more than a dollar a year. Again, "Many Thanks," from Medford Blue Star Moth ers. Grace A. Kurz, Chaplain, Chapter 2 380 DeBarr ave. Medford Daisy and Goldie To the Editor: Daisy vas yust a horse, but Goldie vasn't yust a cow, she vas a Jersey yuggler. Yosephine vas just a car, barely. Yosephine vas vot ve traded a vheelbarrow for. Now Goldie vas der only cow in Yackson County vol could stand on her two front feet, put her left hind foot in der milk bucket, splash milk all ofer der barn, svat flies, give milk und kick der kerosene tailight off der old Brush car all at der same time vhile she vas eating hay. She didn't do der same routine efcryday. She didn't hafe to svat flies in der vinter time, yust in der good old summer time. Now if you called for a lax icab to calch der train und ve missed it, it vasn't our fault. It vas because Goldie kicked der spark plugs out uf der taxicab. Veil der barn fell down on lop uf der buggy, ve sold der horse und cow, und Yosephine fell off der flat car going ofer der Siskiyous. Ve bought der old Reo, und it vas made uf pasteboard, und ve had trou ble. Everett Acklin, Ashland, Ore. Do We Care? To the Editor: Last Friday night 1 had a vision. I saw the result of what happens when a Community really cares thai Us Senior Highs have ade quate facilities for baseball. I saw a baseball field of which a community could be proud. The symmetrically rounded outfield was enclosed by a billboard fence, apparently paid for by sponsoring busi ness enterprises of the com munity. The grass in the out field was trim and uniform. The dirt of the base paths and the mound had been tilled to nianicurial perfection. Two finely furbished dugouts, complete with bat racks. . . Stands with adequate seating capacity (2,400) , . . Dressing rooms with showers and ade quate loilet facilities ... all these were a part of the gen eral layout. I wish that this vision had been of a project sponsored by concerned Medford people; what I actually saw was the enterprise of a community half the size of Medford: the baseball field at Hoseburg. And I asked myself the ques tion, "Why can't the people of Medford have the same con cern'.'" 1 have been told that we could have duplicate facilities for about StiO.OIIO. To my way of thinking, getting behind Senior Highs is much more important than assisting a Pro Ball team to come to Med ford. If our Senior Highs play Legion Brill this summer, they'll probably commute -0 miles to White City and turn. Let's show these fellows thai we do rare' Clifford J. Young. ! 1 545 Lcnora dr., Medford Poor Losers To the Editor You and a MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON Widely Separated Evehfs Really Have Interlocking Influence on Foreign News By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst In the hurly burly of each day's news it is easy to over look the inter-locking influ ences of seem ingly wid e 1 y separated events. Thus, Great Brit ain's attitude toward Berlin can influence West German Chance Uor Konrad Ade nauer') feeling Britain's entry into Strictly Personal By Sydney J. Harris (c) Field Enterprises, Inc. ANTICS WITH SEMANTICS I am impulsive; you are hasty; he is hot-tempered. I like to dress casually; you are somewhat sloppy in your attire; he is walk ing scarecrow. My attorney knows all the ropes; your attorney is full of tricks; his attorney is a slip pery shyster. Only I have just the right degree of ambition; those less ambitious are lazy, and those more ambitious are apple-polishers. The sole difference between a "dedicated crusader" and a "nosey reformer" consists in our agreement or disagree ment with his objectives. When I am in the mood to drive slowly, 1 am con vinced that most auto fatali ties are caused by "speed demons"; but when I am driving fast, I am equally persuaded that it is the "slow pokes" who account for the high accident rate. When I am in favor of making changes in the status quo., I remind my listeners that "you can't stop prog ress"; but when I oppose making any changes, I re mind them that "we mustn't lose sight of our traditions and old-time values." I exercise self- control; you are a little on the starchy side; his is terribly repressed. I am confident of my pow ers; you have a good opinion of yourself; he is insufferably conceited. 1 believe that compromise is the core of marriage; you give in to your wife; he is hen-pecked. When I commit a minor mistake, I dismiss it as a "trifle"; but when my under ling commits a minor mistake, I remind him sentcntiously that "trifles make perfection." Speaking of that im mensely useful word "per fection," I can imagine someone accused of the most heinous murders shrugging off the indict ment with the familiar maxim, "Well, nobody's perfect," When a man says of certain people that he likes them "as long as they know their place." it's not hard to figure out the kind of place he as signs them to. people every election for the next 10 years or more, as you threatened to do. It appears you and a few others would rather be red than dead, and you speak of "we," as if you had your fingers in the writ ing of that charter, that "one man" in Medford will not get to be dictator, no matter how much you help him. Take the word "sheriff" off of the Charter and it will probably pass. The "sheriff" is the only real law we the people have. The state and city police are appointed and can be fired and withdrawn, but not the sheriff. The sheriff is the protector I of law and order to everyone in his county. j You leave the sheriff alone, ; or we the 55 per cent that vote will see that you do. i W. O. Burns, P.O. Box 444, Central Point. Ore. j In Appreciation ! To the Editor: Recently I ' underwent major surgery in Mcdford's Rogue Valley Me morial hospital. While the j hospital is undoubtedly one ; of the finest and most modern : in the state, what impressed ! me most was the quality of the personnel. , From the time I was check- j ed in at the admittance desk, and insurance department, un- ! til I was wheeled out 14 days later by two attractive and courteous nurses. I was treat- ; ed like a resort hotel guest. I Without exception the nurses i appeared not to take their ! work as merely a job, but are really dedicated in making a patient's stay in the hos pil as comfortable and pleas ant as humanly possible Money cannot buy fciat quality of service Clark HqLcwis. R52 Ewe Creek rd . Gran!j Pass. Ore. the common market as deshejd both by Prime Minister Har old Macmillan's government and the United States. At the moment, the United States and Britain exchange certain information on nu clear projects, a courtesy not afforded France by either na tion and a constant source of irritation to Gen. Charles ,de Gaulle. Last week De Gaulle tour ed the French boondocks, placing special emphasis on what he expects to be France's new role in the leadership of a third force standing be- Women excell in the deli cate art of turning out com pliments that are barely veiled insult s like the magnanimous admission that another woman is "remark ably well preserved." And perhaps the semantic epitaph of our civilization was expressed by the little boy on our block who told his father, "I hit him first." In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Hodgepodge in the news: Back in Passaic, New Jer sey, the other day a youngster found an oddly shaped key on a downtown street. He tried il on a parking meter. It WORKED. He shared his discovery with two friends - and for the three of them the magic key opened the way to a seemingly endless supply of nickels. Finding that only one key slowed them down too much, they took it to a lock smith and had some duplicates made, thus speeding up their acquisition of wealth. For a month, they lived the life of Riley. At the end of that time another youngster who had solved the mystery as to where their sudden wealth came from, told the cop on the beat and he col lared the holders of the magic keys to plenty and led them off to jail. A WORD of advice: Before becoming too cyn ical about the modern gener ation, remember the boy who solved the mystery of the abundant nickels and brought the operators of the meter racket to justice. The moral of the tale is that our younger generation isn't ALL bad - by any means. FROM Camp P e n d 1 e ton, California: Eight persons were killed near here, three of them chil dren, and six other persons were critically injured in a head - on collision. Investi gators said one vehicle CROSSED THE DIVIDING LINE and slammed into an oncoming car. THE DIVIDING LINE: ' 1 That little three-inch strip! of paint that separates life j from death in the modern 1 world. We have so manv I gadgets. Why can't somebody devise a gadget that will make it impossible to cross the dividing line that separates opposing lines of traffic on our highways? If we can build a space ship that will take men to the moon, why can't we build highways that will be safe from head-on collisions? DAD1CAL thought: ! I1 It is estimated that it will cost in the neighborhood of I twenty billion dollars to send ' a space ship to the moon, j Might it not be wiser, for the present, at least, if we spent the twenty billions to build safer highways on this ter restrial ball that we call the Earth Six SOC Students Attend Conference Ashland -Six delegates from Southern Oreson college attended the conference of Pacific Students Presidents as sociation at San Dieso State college recently. Representing the Associated Students of Southern Oregon college were Dale Truax. As toria, outgoing student body president; Bill Bebber, Ash land, incoming student bodv president; Doug Olscn. Eu gene, incoming first vice president; Sally Groves. Port land, incoming second vice president: Shcrrie Pritchard. Medford. incoming secretary; and'Jonieta Smith, Cottage Grove, incoming treasurer PSPA is an annil conven tion held primarily (or the incoming and outgoing stu dent body presidents of col leges and universities from Alaska to Arizona to share ideas. o j 0 4 0 twecn the Anglo-Saxons of the United Slates and Britain and the Russians. The implication was that De Gaulle himself felt little enthusiasm toward Britain's entry into the continent through the common market and that his price might be high. There was speculation that in the forthcoming meeting between De Gaulle and Mac millan, a part of the price might be British agreement to exchange nuclear informa tion with France which pres ently is involved in the ex pensive business of develop ing its own nuclear force. This in turn would involve revision of the United States' own defensive policies. On the other hand, British failure to win entry into the Today & Tomorrow By Walter Lippmann (ci New York Herald Tribune Syndicate AMERICA AND EUROPEAN DEFENSE One of the main reasons why our relations with Gen eral de Gaulle are seriously disturbed is that the Ken nedy adminis tration has de cided not to alter the es tablished pol icy, which is not to share with France, as we do with Lippmann Great Britain, the know-how and the facilities of nuclear power. At first glance the cure for the trouble would seem to be to invite the French into the Anglo-American nuclear club. But the problem becomes more complicated when we realize, as the British now do, that although they have a considerable nuclear power of their own, always assuming the over-all protection of the United States, it is a power which is on the way to be coming obsolete. Because it is impossibly expensive, the British have already retired from the race in missiles, and they know that when the bombers become obsolete, say within the next ten years, Britain will cease to be a nu clear power in its own right. Thus our "special rela tions" in nuclear affairs is destined to disappear within a period of time. The time will not be much longer than it would take France, which is now far behind Britain, to make itself as strong in nu clear power as Britain is to day. rpHE fact that Britain has - already retired from the missle race and that it reali zes that it has an obsolescent nuclear power, proves that the whole British effort was a mistake in the first place. We allowed ourselves to be persuaded to support the mis take by an amendment to the McMahon Act. The question today is whether to make compensation to France for that mistake, which time is curing anyway, by repeating the same mistake with France. After much debate and soul-searching the Administra tion decided. I think rightly, that the original principle of the McMahon Act is sound, that within the Western Al liance the ultimate responsi bility in nuclear affairs must be in one capital, not in two or three. For the United States the predicament would be intolerable if the key to the use of our strategic nu clear forces were not in Wash ington. VE have this power because ''we had to build it. Our nuclear power is. as a matter of fact, the core of the defense of Europe and of the West. Try and w44 By BENNETT CERF- A LISTAIR COOK, on a lecture tour through the Ozarks, t - was strolling through a sleepy village one afternoon when he discovered his watch had stopped. Spying an in dolent native rocking slowly on the porch of his dilapidated dwelling, Cook called out, "I won der if you know the time, sir?" The native studied the shadow on his porch, shifted the "terbacky" in his cheek, and answered, "Bout four j and a half planks till ! supper time." Bill Localio suggests this : can't-miss lineup for an all star baseball squad: Ship pitching; Measles catching; Cotton bnttins; Henry fielding; Er.g-.ne warring up: If at first, and Baby bunting. Two Ribg-.tutes, In a crowded hotel, are doubled up. Two sr-ntlemen were Introduced in the lobby of the Mountain View Mote i. ' Ecu.e my not getting up,'' said one. "I'm suffer 0:ag from gthntis." "Perfectly il right," beamed the other. "I'm Goldfarb trem Grand Rapids."0 O UU. tT Bennett CertiaUibuufby King Feature! Srndkew O 1 o common market also would upset Washington's plans for an Atlantic community join ed instead of divided by the expanse of watei in between. Such an arrangement would see Britain joined with the six nations of the European Economic Community and the United States and Canada closely tied in through special trade and other agreements. Taken altogether, the scope of this march of events was world-wide but only indirect ly involved in the battle against communism. De Gaulle, proclaiming a "Europe from the Atlantic to the Urals," spoke from a pin nacle viewpoint of history. So did Nikita Khrushchev when, confidently foreseeing an Allied split, he predicted, "We will bury you." We cannot allow this power to be set in motion by others. We must keep the ultimate right to decide whether and when it shall be used. A weak and independent nuclear force within the Western Alliance, a force which could start a world war but could not fin ish it, would be a danger to the peace of the world and to our own national security. Not for a moment do I believe that the British would dream of committing a gross betrayal of the United States which would be to buy admis sion to the Common Market by offering to France the nu clear know-how acquired from us. Nor do I share the view that the British have no other card, except betrayal of the United States, to play against General de Gaulle. There is a very strong card, which is at once British and American, in what has been called the grand project. This looks to the admission of Brit ain and some other European states to the Common Market, to an association with it of the European neutrals, to a friendly accommodation with the Commonwealth, and with all this partnership of the United States in a great open and low tariff trading area. TT must be understood in France and in Germany, as I believe it was in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Italy, that the grand project is not a Utopian contraption, nor is it an insidious American at tempt to control Europe. It is based on the hard conditions of the post-war world. The United States needs this large liberal trading area if it is to expand its trade and thus be able to earn the hard money to finance its military and civilian commitments over seas. For this reason, if Paris and Bonn wreck the grand project, there is almost cer tain to follow a severe re trenchment in our dollar com mitments overseas. There should be no illu sions about this, particularly in Bonn. If the European Eco nomic Community becomes a closed, restrictive, and ex clusive society, the United States will not be able to earn the costs of defending that community on the ground in Europe. The United States will be compelled to insist that the defense of this re stricted Europe be paid for by the restricted Europe. With our dollar deficit what il is. with our mounting obli gations in this hemisphere and in Asia, we shall not be able to go on subsidizing the local and tactical defense of the European continent. We must see to it that this is understood in the places where the final decisions will be taken about the admission of Great Britain and about the partnership with the Uni ted States. I am confident that it will be understood. Stop Me i O 0 O
