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Flight o' Time
Medford and Jackson County
History from the) files of The
Mall Trlbuna 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO - i .
May 30. 19S2 (Friday)
William J. Peters has been
appointed chief of police of
the City of Rogue River.
20 YEARS AGO
May 30, 1942 (Saturday)
Johnny Sheffield, known In
moving pictures as "Tarzan,
Jr.," appears in Medford to
aid in sale of war bonds,
i From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "There
was a hint of summer yester
day with Old Sol at long last
beaming on straw hats drench
ed worse than alfalfa cut a
fortnight too soon."
30 YEARS AGO
May 30, 1932 (Monday)
Democratic candidate for
Jackson county judge lists
campaign expenses of $14.60,
including $1 for chicken ac
cidentally killed by his car
while on a vote seeking trip.
Karl Janouch, assistant su
pervisor of Crater National
forest, receives "minor ankle
injury" while engaged in
wrestling match with forest
ervlce ranger.
40 YEARS AGO
May 30, 1922 (Tuesday)
First arrest of season for
violation of water regulations
made by Patrolman George
Prescott when man found ir
rigating with open hose.
Medford delegates to 40 and
8 meeting In Klamath Falls
include "Clat" McCredle, Sca
ly Hall, George Codding and
George Gates.
50 YEARS AGO
May 30, 1912 (Wednesday)
Medford women out in force
to vote for first tune in his
tory in election of president
of city school board: women
to support own candidate.
Prices at newly opened
Medford public market in
clude choice young dressed
chickens, 18 cents a pound:
fresh ranch eggs, 20 cents a
dozen; strawberries, 10 cents
a box or 25 cents fur three;
lettuce, two hends for five
cents, and home-made dairy
butter, 80 cents a roll.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or fen correct it luperior;
even or eight It eicellentf five ot
tlx It good.
1. Who led the Mormon
pioneers in their trek from
Nauvoo, Illinois to Utah?
2. If you make a notch In
a tree trunk two feet above
the ground, at what height
will it be In ten years?
3. What country has been
called "Land of the Midnight
Sun"?
4. What State Is nicknamed
Magnolia State?
5. In what California city
did President Warren G.
Harding die?
6. If you were suffering
from pyrophobia. of what
would you be afraid?
7. Under what President did
Charles Gates Dawes serve as
Vice President?
8. Doei the French term
bourgeoisie refer to the work
ing class, middle class, or the
very rich?
9. In what game might there
be a "round of roodlcs"?
10. With what country do
you associate the traditional
air "Comln' Through the
Rye"?
1. Bringham Young 2. Same
height 3, Norway 4. Misiiuip
pi S. San Francitco 6. Fire.
7, Calvin Coolldge. 8. Middle
Clan. 8. "Poker. 10 Scotland.
The Mysterious
The inner workings
the reasons therefore, have always been a deep
dyed mystery to us.
Thus, it was with special interest that we
read the Page 1 discussion of the current slump
written by our financial columnist, Sylvia Porter,
who is widely regarded as one of (he most knowl
edgeable observers of the economic and financial
scene.
The stock slump (Miss Porter actually used
the awesome word "crash") is only one indication
of the state of business in the nation, Miss Porter
pointed out, and is perhaps not even the single
most important.
a
CHE cited a number of factors, each of which
could have contributed to the massive sell-out
on the market, and concluded that it was prob
ably a combination of them.
But, she also declared, the basic sitution is
hardly comparable to the 1929 crash. And even
if it were to result in the same direction, there
are fiscal and financial controls which the gov
ernment can employ to counter such a trend.
As we read the signs, it occurs to us that this
stock price break will have a serious effect on a
minority of citizens of
any real effect on the rest or us.
(NE interesting thing about the stock market
"Ms that it reacts to psychological attitudes just
as readily as it does to actual business and fi
nancial conditions. Thus it is possible for a major
change to occur without any rhyme or reason.
People act as thev do from a variety of moti
vations, but once in a while circumstances com
bine to create a pattern which reacts on a num
ber of people similarly, stimulating similar fears
and fancies. It is then that a "panic" can ensue
sometimes with real underlying reason, but some
times without any cause other than a lack of con
fidence. If Miss Porter is correct in finding the stock
slump an indication of the end of an inflation
economy, there is good news as well as bad con
tained in the event.
We'll simply have to wait and see. E. A. ,
Tests for the Far Right
The California primary election will be June
5, next Tuesday.
It will afford yet another test ot the po
litical strength of the radical right-wing in this
nation. It flunked its first such test last month
in the Texas primary, when Maj. Gen. Edwin A.
Walker, a John Birch type, came in sixth in a
field of six for the Democratic nomination for
governor.
In California, it will
two races, for the Renublican nomination for
governor, and for the Republican nomination for
Congress from the 25th
THE Republican gubernatorial nominees are
fni'mnn 'Ppnuirlm-if T?iolmirl TVT KTivr.ii itrVir.
has stated that good Republicans should get out
of the John Birch society, and Joseph C. Shell, a
militant conservative, who, while not publicly
associated with the John Birchers, will certainly
receive their support.
Shell's campaign has been an ambivalent one,
in large part. He claims that Nixon lacks exper
ience in state government and issues, yet his cam
paign has been similar to the one waged by Gen
eral Walker, for conservatism and against Com
munism, with few specifics.
However, he is a more attractive man, person
ally, than the tangle-tongued general. He is a
wealthy oil man, a former football star, who pi
lots his own plane on his campaign trips.
'J'HE authoritive Congressional Quarterly says:
"Shell's agsressivc, underdog campaign tended to
. outshine the low-keyed Nixon campaign until early
May, when Nixon began to step up his effort . . . Shell
has campaigned tirelessly, amassing far more sup
port than observers first thought possible. His re
pented efforts to draw Nixon into debate, however,
have been unsuccessful . . . Shell appears sure to draw
the maximum possible right-wing Republican vote in
the primary. He claims his support is steadily mount
ing but declines to predict flatly he will win the pri
mary. His chances of actually defeating Nixon are dis
counted by practically all impartail observers. The
chief question is whether he will lead his right wing
followers back into the Nixon camp following the pri
mary. If not, Nixon's already shaky chances of defeat
ing (Democratic Gov. Edmund) Drown could evaporate
quickly."
Another straw in the wind will be 25th dis
tict race.
Here the Republican incumbent is Rep. John
F. Rousselot, 31, a Birch society member, who
e.. i i . . i. i ... . ... i .... i . i
iciiiscs to repiHiiau' ins iiieimu'isnip, aim instead
claims that the Welch-led quasi-secret society is
made up of "fine, dedicated, intelligent Americans."
His primary election challenger is Thomas V.
iViionan, 3S, a Realtor making his first political
bid.
T"HE two seem to agree that the Birch society
is one of the major issues in their race.
CQ comments:
"Noonan has relatively ample campaign funds and
has distributed anli-Rotissolol, anti-Birch literature
throughout the district. Rousselot, however, has an ag
gressive and well financed campaign organization and
is considered a clear favorite. Heilistricting made the
district strongly Democratic and Republicans will have
difficulty holding it in the general election."
Neither of these two election contests will be
conclusive, of course, particularly in view of the
probability that Democratic candidates will be
the ultiillate winners. But they will provide a real
indication as to whethft- th radical right is as
strong as some peupl hope or fear it is. E;A.
Stock Market
of the stock market, and
the nation, and little if
show un most clearlv in
District, in Los Angeles.
Bamboo
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contrary is often the case.
Don't Want the Facts
To the Editor: In reply to
Mr. Caton and Mr. Cuddy
of White City, all I have to
say is that Butler said it, not
me. and I think he probably
knew what he did better than
anyone else. So I will take
his word for it.
If you like to read, I sug
gest you read High Treason,
Sabotage, The Plot Against
the Peace, The Great Con
spiracy. They may make you
a little unhappy but you will
get documented facts.
The trouble is that most
people do not want the facts.
Ray Prichard,
414 South First st.,
Central Point, Ore.
God's Best
To the Editor:
Lord, give me wisdom
to
chose thy best
And not thy second best.
Forbid that I should rest,
content,
With less of what is thy
consent
Which I may have, just for
the asking,
But lose through sloth - or
Satan's masking.
Mildred Allen Jeffery,
521 Mayette St.,
Medford
Obligated Plenty
fo the Editor: Howdy ever
body. I promised you I'd be back
and I don't aim to disappoint
nobody, but I am shore tard
today. Yesterday momin' a
feller enme by and told me
where they was a house bein'
tore down. So I hauled stuff
away from there all day long.
They gimme it all jest for
haulin' it away. Of course I
had a big fuss with Babe,
that's my wife. She come out
where I was unloadin' and
said I had used up enough
of the garden space and why
didn't I use up what I had on
hand 'stead of pilin' up more.
Wal, I got mad and wouldn't
eat no supper and went to
bed with my clothes on.
All nite long them tarna
tion cars kept fallin' In them
chug holes out in the road
and grindin' and smashin'
gears gettln' out and then
go bumpin' off down the rest
of the washboardie road.
Plague tnke It, when I moved
here that was a plum good
road but they's so pesky many
more people usin' it now . . .
an' who fixes it up? Not no
body. Well, I laid there last nite
and got madder and madder,
when I jest happened to re
member that somebody told
me afore elections that the
county had a obligation to us
ioiks out ncre. well, 1 savs
to myself, I am jest the guy
to see to It that we get obli
gated. And that's what I did.
In the momin' I phoned the
courthouse as soon as I know
ed Central was there, and she
put me on the line of the
county engineer. I told hiin
about Ibis road and that It
was high time we was obligat
ed, and he said. "You are
Sir, that's exactly what you
are. The road in question is a
road dedicated to the use of
the public. The County has
not accepted this road and
tllrrefnro it ic th nhli,.itin
of the property owners to:a complaint. Any dogs picked
maintain this thoroughfare."
Well, I guess I got told. We
been obligated plenty.
Love to all.
Sut Bugyall
(Real name on file)
Southwest Medford
Naturally
To the Editor: Some com
mentators appeared critical of
Scott Carpenter, when they
reported he was confused in
space. It really does not seem
so surprising. To accomplish
that condition, most of us need
' only get behind the wheel of
our automobile.
II. W. Robertson.
103 North Central ave.,
Medford. o
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON
Curtain
Butler Recollections
To the Editor: In re Smed
ley Butler, I hold Ray Prich
ard is right. I served as a
C.P.O. machinist on the U.S.S.
California in August 1912,
volunteered and was assigned
as 'Trainmaster' on the first
train which took a load of
Marines up the main R.R. line
from Corinto, Smedley, then
Major, Butler, i n command.
He was a fighting man, out
spoken, knew what he was
fighting for and not afraid to
say so. He was capable and
the Marines swore by Smed
ley. The reason for the war was
told in a so-called muckraking
magazine, at the time. It went
like this: In March 1912 a
small group of Boston finan
ciers went on a goodwill trip
to Central America. They
made a stop in Managua and
negotiated a deal with the po
litical party then in power, by
purchasing the Nicaraguan
Railroad for $7 million. The
R.R. at the ime was supposed
to be state property. A rebel
party sprang up and rebellion
broke out in August. Presi
dent Taft then ordered mili
tary forces- to protect U. S.
owned property, which of
course was the logical thing to
do. Our forces forced the
rebels to lay ,down arms in
short order.
Smedley Butler may at
times have expressed himself
somewhat sarcastically in say
ing that he was protecting
property of the rich, and that
was the truth, he did and he
did it well.
We all well know that there
is a material reason causing
all wars. That has been going
on since the caveman of the
stone age.
As to Smedley Butler, he
was a real man.
There were a number of
ships in the Pacific fleet and,
at the outbreak, volunteers
were called for and about
1,500 sailors volunteered and
went ashore. They and 1,500
Marines remained ashore for
four months when order was
restored.
A few years later rebellion
broke out again: in 1925 and
again from 1926 to 1933. How
ever, as far as I can judge,
the military action of the
U.S.A. was a service to Die
Nicaraguan people, that is for
sure.
John E. Ring,
1049 West 11th St.,
Medford.
Law Is for All
To the Editor: Many resi
dents of Central Point are
having a good chuckle over
the notice to keep dogs tied
through July. The threat of
a fine or jail sentence for
failure to do so adds much
spice for those with dogs
wandering the city streets,
and an extra goad to those
with dogs tied. The humor
of those who keep their dogs
tied by day and turned loose
when the sun goes down is
admirable.
For those irritated with
this open flaunting, a little
co-operation with the city po-
.lice would helo to clear up
the situation. If vou know the
owner of a clog at large you
I n.n M In Pitv Hall and in
,,,, n tnrnr-H over to .Wekson
Countv Control where upon
the owner has to post bail for
the animal, plus keep charges,
and they are automatically
cilcrl into court. This law is
for all the people and not for
just a few.
Mrs. R. A Glass
714 East Pine st.
Central Point, Ore.
The Mope
To the Editor: There is a
law governing obstructing the
free passage of a person on a
public street.
Why isn't this true on our
highways"
1 am refering to the "moric,"
(encountered by all motorlats.
'Wolfhound' Regiment Fit and Ready in
Leisurely Yet Busy Thailand Countryside
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
Bangkok, Thailand UPD -To
reach the first battle group
of the American 27th "Wolf
hound" regiment you drive an
axle-cracking 60 miles north
from Bangkok and then turn
eastward for nearly 100 miles
along Freedom Highway.
Along tne way, men, wom
en and children in conical
straw hats resting high off
their heads struggle with bas
kets of earth, laboring side by
side with great earth-moving
machines building a new mili
tary road which will bypass
Bangkok.
Water buffalo graze along
side, and in nearby paddies
other men and women bend
knee-deep in muddy water
planting a new rice crop.
For other crops it is harvest
time and in the tiny village
market places farmers squat
beside stacks of bananas, pine
apples, mangoes and corn. Na
ked children stare curiously
The meandering "mope"
infests our highways and by
ways, traveling at a snail's
pace, at the expense of thou
sands of motorists. Harmless
though he may appear, he is
nevertheless a menace. Un
wittingly he is all too often
directly responsible for far
more accidents than he is ac
credited. The "mope" must be edu
cated and motivated if we are
to reduce our motor vehicle
accident rate.
The motives of a "mope"
are difficult to understand. Is
it because of fear, lack of con
fidence, admiring the scenery,
desire to be a leader, indif
ference to his fellow man?
Or merely to display his
chariot to his egotistical satis
faction? Whatever the reason, he is
an evil, equally as dangerous
to his fellow travelers on the
highways as the "speed de
mon" or the "weaver."
Please, "mope," give your
fellow motorists a break. The
next time an endless proces
sion of vehicles appears in
your rear view mirror, either
increase your speed accord
ingly, or pull to the side of
the road and park, permitting
your nerve-wracked followers
to pass safely. Then proceed
at the rear of the column, like
a good fellow.
The untold "thanks," and
the friendly wave of hands
from your fellow motorists,
shall be your reward.
(Name on file)
Medford
Officer Praised
To the Editor: We would
like to use this medium to
compliment the efficiency of
our local veterans service of
ficer, Mr. Donovan, wherein
he was able to arrange for
hospitalization at a veterans
hospital of a veteran in a
period of less than one hour.
Needless to say this was a
dire emergency.
Sam Zier,
Administrator
Crater Osteopathic
Hospital
Central Point. Ore.
Few Like Him
To the Editor: I have read
the letter of Ray Prichard of
Central Point and that of
Veteran William T. Cuddy of
White City and enjoyed both.
Both praised Smedley D. But
ler, the former on his honesty
and moral integrity, the lat
ter on his consideration of his
fellow-man and his integrity
of purpose. There seems to be
no inconsistancy in the gen
eral's basic character. The
former relates what the gen
eral said, the latter what he
did.
"Consistancy thou art a
jewel." There are very few
men like Smedley D. Butler.
Walter Reece
77 Manzanita st.
Ashland, Ore.
In Reply
To the Editor: In reply to
Dr. Blair J. Henningsgaard
1515-62).
You state that President
Kennedy will speak to "20,-
uuu P " senior t-n-
; H-".:
cn. ttOW . may 1 aK OO VOU
'Ret 'r advance information
i 8 whole week ahead of the!
' r,t ' "'e nation?
l slate that doctors have
always given the best medical
care to the people. With all
respect to the thousands of
noble doctors, please let me
qualify that statement by say
ing that I have personally
known several cases where pa-
tients were refused tre'ment
because they did not have the
ready money. These cases
were w idely separated both
in time and localit.. also
where cases were turned
away from hospitals for the
same reason.
I am sure that most hcv-
pitals and doctors would
, somehow find a way, bi.Ore-;
from the shadows of thatch-
roof shops or tall coconut
palms.
This is a leisurely land, yet
even in the blazing sun few
are idle.
It is also rich land where
almost any crop pushed into
the ground grows, and it is
easy to see why it is coveted
by Red China where millions
are hungry.
The American - built Free
dom Road lies between the
sharp ridges of the Done Phva
Yen mountains, whose name
translated 'means "cool for
est.
The mountains are cool
in the Day's News
By FRANK
Hats off today to the little
city of Damascus, Oregon. Its
population is about 200. It is
located about two whoops and
a holler from downtown Port
land. ATTRACTIONS?
To compete with Seat
tle's Space Needle,, it will
have a horse-drawn merry-go-round
restaurant-guaranteed
to make nobody dizzy. There
will be Can-Can girls on a
boardwalk.The highlight will
be the lighting of a tall Peace
Candle. And so on.
Damascus, holding its ton
gue in its cheek and keeping
a weather eye open for the
headlines, pledges that when
Century 19 World's Fair
closes its gates there will have
been nothing quite like it in
history.
npHE Exposition business is
A old. One of the first is
supposed to have ben held
some 2,000 years ago when
European merchants landed
on the coast of West Africa,
unpacked their wares, spread
them out on the shore and
went back to their sailing
vessels. Natives crept out
from the forests, Oh'd and
Ah d about the new products.
took what they wanted and
left their own goods on the
ground in payment.
BACK in 1851, London held
its Crystal Palace Exposi
tion. It was planned and pro
moted by Prince Albert, Vic
toria's consort. Parliament ob
jected to it, fearing that Brii
ish trade might suffer if Brit
ish inventions and scientific
secrets were unveiled to pos
sible competitors. Its big at
traction was a fabulous green
house of glass and iron that
still stands and is still quite
a tourist attraction.
The Eiffel Tower was the
big showpiece of the Paris
Exposition of 1889. It was
the Space Needle of its day.
It still does a good business.
TN OUR own U.S.A. the
World's Columbian Exposi
tion, held in Chicago in 1893
on the shores of Lake Michi-
fan, was one of the BIGS
Electricity was its Big Theme
and the Ferris Wheel was its
member you said all and al
ways.
You asked if the American
people want the expense of
medical care to fall most heav
ily on the low income group,
those with $5,000 or less in
come. Dear doctor, who picks
up the tab for most public
expense? This King-Anderson
bill, which you speak strong
ly against, is GROUP INSUR
ANCE. Surely you have no
objection to that.
As president of the Oregon
State Medical Society, you
did not advance any thing
better in your letter. Do you
refer to the Kerr-Mills bill?
I have an article published
under the name of Robert W.
Straub, Oregon State Senator,
stating that under the Kerr
Mills plan it took $121,000
to administer $113,000 in
benefits. Is that what you
want? If this statement is not
true something is surely
wrong.
Under the Kerr-Mills plan
the required coverage is not
met, the plan unwieldy to ap
ply and unsatisfactory, for
some states are reported to
be too poor to properly match
the Government funds, there
by making little or no bene
fits available.
While the King-Anderson
is not all that is desired, it is
a step In the right direction,
it avoids duplication in ad
ministration, operates for
I about one fourth the cost of
the matching fund plans, and
can be expanded to include all
wage earners under Social Se-
curity, which has proven itself j
to be reliable in its capacity
by 25 years of succeseful man-1
agement.
It seems to me, doctor, that .
ii ;ou auu uuitM. iw"
this move would revise your
thinking and exert as much
time and effort to a realistic,
Christian-like program, you
could easily prove that in this,
the richest country in the
world, we arc not lagging be-!
hind the rest of the civili.-fj
worm in mis respect.
C. R Burnll
i 119 Crater Lake ave.
Medford,
only in name. Their jungle
cover is ideal training ground
for this generation of Wolf
hounds who are tired of lis
tening to tales of the 27th's
heroism in Korea and who are
confident they are capable of
an equal showing now should
k. tjj r-ui n r
the Red Chinese or Pathet Lao
make a move against Thai
land across the Mekong River
border.
Chaplain Robert J. Wood
of Bridgeport, Conn., a bluff,
hearty man who served in
many divisions, says none was
better trained than these
young men from many states.
They have been in field ex
ercises for four months of the
JENKINS
Big Sight. New Inventions
shown included the linotype
and the Pullman sleeping
car.
Its Big Success was its gay-
way where people went from
all over our nation to be
shocked, and went home to
tell about the shocking things
that went on there-thus lead
ing thousands of others to go
to Chicago to be shocked, so
that they too could come
home and tell about it.
The song "Ta-ra-ra-Boom-
de-Ay" was big stuff at the
World's Columbian Exposi
tion. People came home hum
ming it-a little shame-facedly,
for it was then regarded as
QUITE WICKED.
AND so on down through
the long years in which
World Fairs have been held.
Why have they been so suc
cessful? Why do they go on
and on and on? '
Here's one reason:
They provide people with
an excuse to PICK AND GO
SOMEWHERE.
ANYWAY
Here's hoping the people
of Damascus much luck with
their Century 19.
And many tourists.
Humble To Drill
Near Silverlon
Portland -IUPH- Humble Oil
and Refining Co. Tuesday an
nounced plans to drill an oil
and gas test well near Silver
ton as soon as a permit is
received from the State De
partment of Geology and Min
eral Industries.
The 7,500-foot test well will
be Humble's third test in the
state. The other two were
near Lakeview in south cen
tral Oregon. Humble holds oil
exploration leases on more
than 100,000 acres in the Wil
lamette Valley.
Humble officials said they
would file for a permit soon.
They have no drilling contrac
tor yet, but drilling could
start as soon as two weeks
after the permit is issued.
The well will be the second
sunk in the Willamette Val
ley this spring. Drilling is
now underway east of Leba
non on land leased by Reserve
Oil and Gas Co. of San Fran
cisco.
Market Exchanges
Closed for Holiday
New York uVPU Major se
curities and commodity ex
changes in the United States
were closed today in observ
ance of Memorial Day. For
eign exchanges operated as
usual.
No business will be trans
acted Thursday in Paris
Frankfurt, Brussels, The
Hague, and Zurich because of
the Ascension holiday.
In France, banks will close
at noon today and will not
re-open until Friday in ob
servance of Ascension Day.
London markets do not ob
serve the holiday and will
operate as usual.
Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERF
4 "TRY-AND-STOP-ME" undercover man reports that a
f- door in a government building in Washington is labeled
"General Services Administration, National Buildings Man
agement Division, Utility
Room, Strictly Private."
Ignoring the sign, our
man opened the door, and
peered within. It was a
broom closet!
The author of one of
Broadway's reigning hits ta
investing his royalties In
Wyoming cattle Asked
why. he explained, "There
are two reasons: one, it's a
favorable tax aet-up, and
- - i two, cows don't ask forfree
tickets."
Mrs. Goldsmith was re
minded for the ninth time that It was time to have her teeth
checked by dentist PullmaTi. Finally ahe phoned, but was told
that the dentis was out learning how to dance the Twist.
wonderful,' she exclaimed
out again?"
;
A complete biography in
CRASH, NURSE, HKARSrJ.j
O 1X1. by Bennett Cerf. DiiiMbuft by King Futures IraaUate
last six and now are thinned
down and expert jungle fight
ers.
They won't take any jazz
from the Chinese," says Fa
ther Wood.
Despite the rigors of Jungle
,,, ,.. f ,"
1 training, only nine men were
,; j j , , , tha
11. V ailUCU WUb I, A IDS,
in
month, which
is less than
under normal conditions.
Strictly
Personal
By Sydney J. Harris
(c- Field Enterprises Inc.
DIFFERENT KIND OF WAR
Mankind has known all
kinds of wars in the past -land
wars, sea wars, air wars,
wars of ag
gression, of
independence,
of defense, of
retaliation, of
attrition. Now
j we are taced
1 with the pos
i s sibility of an
ArtJ utterly new
kind - the
Harm anonym'o n
war. It will soon be no longer
possible to know who is at-
lacKing us. How are we going
to cope with THAT kind ot
warfare?
This is no soft-hearipH fan
tasy of my own. The conceot
was expressed not long ago by
luugn-mmaed defense
analyst Hermin Kahn, in his
keynote address at the annual
honors dinner of the Institute
of Aerospace Sripneoc (r,
New York. Kahn told tin-
technically sophisticated
group:
"Anonymous w a r f a r
would certainly complicate
the problem of deference.
For example, with different
nations deploying subma
rines with. Polaris-type
missiles, it might be impos
sible . to., determine . who
fired any particular missile.
The same uncertainty can
exist even for missiles fired
from land or outer space."
With three, four, of a
half-dozen nations owning
atomic submarines, capable
of firing at either Coast
from the ocean, how would
we retaliate? Who would
we hit back? Where would
our bombers fly to? What
war would we declare?
These are real and im
minent questions, not hazy
peculations. And this is
why, in past columns, t
have stressed the import
ance of our realising that
the next . war., will . be
qualitativey different than
all others-and not just big
ger and louder.
The possibility of anony
mous attack is another reason
that war is no longer feasible
as an instrument of national
policy. There are no longer
two enemies drawn up on
either side of a clearly mark
ed line. It is no longer a chess
game, but more like a bomb
tossed into a crowded theater.
Such old fashioned concepts
as "tactics" and "strategy"
mean little when we do not
know who hit us, and where
to hit back.
Today we are worried
about the Russians. Tomorrow
it may be the Chinese or three
other countries that have
mastered atomic fission and
built the fatal weapons. In the
light of such developments,
all our traditional notions ot
defense and counter-attack
and security have suddenly
become obsolescent.
What we desperately need,
as I have said before, is a re
volution in our thinking to
match the revolution in our
scientific and technical lives.
Future wars are unfeasible
because they cannot be won,
only lost. If we can persuade
ourselves of that truth, per
haps we can begin to persuada
the rest of the world of it, too.
gratefully. "When will he be
six words: GIN, SPIN,
DASH,
6'"' ;",v