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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
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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.
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By BENNETT CERF-
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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
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time, sir?" The native
studied the shadow on
his porch, shifted the
"terbacky" in his cheek,
and answered, "Bout four
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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.
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