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Medford and Jackson County
History from the tiles ot The
Mill Tribun. 10, 20, 30. 40
and 50 vein ago-
10 YEARS AGO
Jun 19. 1952 (Thursday)
Members of the Jackson
ville volunteer fire depart
ment go on record against
continuing any attempt to
form a rural fire district to be
served by them.
A preliminary report from
the state highway bridge engi
neers who Inspected the
bridge at Rogue River says
that the bridge Is "safe for
traffic;" a three-foot section
of the bridge had fallen out.
20 YEARS AGO
Jun. 19, 1942 (Friday)
George A. Codding, Med
ford attorney, elected county
chairman of Democratic party
central committee.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "The
Juno brides are getting some
competition these days in the
: protographers display cases.
The ratio Is about two pic
tures in uniform for each
bride. Now and then a lieu
tenant shows up who has
been caught by both war and
romance."
30 YEARS AGO
Jun 19, 1932 (Sunday)
Local chambers of com
merce protest against omis
sion of Crater lake In nation
al magazine's itinerary of
"Where to go while en route
to the Olympic games in Los
Angeles."
Oregon Btatc police spend
day in rescuing salmon
trapped below Savage Rap
ids dam as largest salmon run
In seven years come up Rogue
river.
40 YEARS AGO
Jun 19, 1922 (Monday)
Ken Williams, Rogue Val
ley resident playing baseball
with the St. Louis Browns,
hits 19th home run of season
to lead league.
SO YEARS AGO
Jun 19, 1912 (Wedneiday)
From Local and Personal
column: Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Chilriers of Central Point
spent Saturday at Medtord
with friends.
Whal's Your I.Q.?
Nina r ten carreer la superior;
even r ight It excellent! fl at
ail it food.
1. la Europe or South Amer
lea the larger continent?
2. If a woman is presiding
over a meeting, should she he
addressed as "Madam Chair
woman?" 3. With what sort of naval
vessel do you connect the
'name U S.S. Chicago?
4. Name the longest river
In Africa.
5. Is a vicuna a bear, wolf,
llama muskrat, or an arma
dillo? fl. Which two U.S. Presi
dents were christened "Thom
as" as a first name?
7. Silkworms feed on the
leaves of what tree?
8. Is the capital of New
Mexico Albuquerque, Santa
Rosa. Las Vegas, or Santa Fe?
9. Recently U.S. troops
were sent to guard the bor
ders of what ci ntry against
communist Invasion?
10. Members of Congress
rlo or do not pay,.. Income
taxes?
Answars: 1. South America.
2. No. (Madam Chairman). 3.
Cruiiar. (Named alter 1 city.)
4. Th Nil. S. Llama. S.
Jefferaon and Wilson. 7. Mul
berry, g. Santa Ft. t. Thai
land. 10. Thar do.
TUESDAY. JUNE 19. 1962
The Peace Corps
When a Kennedy program receives the im
peccably conservative support of Rep. Howard
W. Smith (D-Va.), chairman of the House Rules
Committee, Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.). Sen.
Prescott Bush (R-Conn.), the Los Angelas
"Times," the Richmond "Times-Dispatch," and
the N.Y. "Herald Tribune," it can't be all bad.
When its appropriation is more than doubled
without a dissenting vote in the Senate and with
only 70 votes against in the House, there must
be something positively good that can be said
about it.
That, as it happens, is the enviable record
of the Peace Corps. Less than 16 months ago it
was only an idea, and one conceived in a political
campaign at that. As of May 1 last there were
1,399 volunteers at work on, or in rugged training
for, 32 projects in 22 countries.
FVEN this is only a beginning. June is the big
Peace Corps month. As a result of the swift
action of Congress, the first month of summer
will see almost 2,200 men and women enter
training for 44 projects in 28 countries. Sixteen
of these countries will be having their first Peace
Corps experience.
During Sen. Kennedy's 1960 campaign for'the
Presidency, Washington skeptics greeted the
Peace Corps idea with epithets like "idealistic,"
"do-gooder," or even "showboat."
Eventually the program was set up on a tem
porary basis on March 1, 1961, by executive or
der of the President. Congress granted permanent
status only in the following September. But the
outlook already was clear.
E VEN while the plans were being drawn up, the
Peace Corps idea stalled off with a ground-
swell of public approval that astonished its own
authors. Make-shift headquarters in Washington
were inundated with volunteer applications.
The plan was greeted
One of the key nations to
prise obviously was India. R. Sargent Shriver,
director of the Corps and brother-in-law of the
President, was able on May 4, 1961, to announce
the "warm approval" of Prime Minister Nehru.
India now has 26 American volunteers on the job.
A general agreement
the United Nations Food
ization and the Peace Corps covering the use of
volunteers in UN technical assistance programs.
a
CONGRESS last April authorized the full $63-
millinn i'ommctnrl Vr fVio a rl mi met iq f i rm frii
411111111 1 ULI'lUU -'ty bill. HlUllillJUtl MV1U11 A w 1
expansion of the Peace Corps. This is as against
$30 million appropriated ($40 million author
ized ) last year.
Judge Smith, who opposed the program in
1961, said "I like the idea of getting these young
folks oi ours in their to mingle with the common
people. Most of our diplomats do not have that
personal touch with the man in the street in the
countries to which they are assigned." The Los
Angeles "Times," equally "show-me," comment
ed: "Dollar for dollar, no
more."
After the expansion
volunteers will be at work or in training for 76
projects in 38 countries. In a commencement ad
dress at Kansas State university, Director Shriver
predicted that the number of volunteers would
mount to 5,000 by the end of 1962. "All 15 coun
tries (that have thus far received volunteers)," he
said, have asked us to double, triple, and even
quadruple the number." E.R.R.
Rewriting Taft-Hartley
President Kennedy
send to Congress his recommendations for new
labor measures somewhat earlier than had been
anticipated. The West Coast seamen automatical
ly may resume their strike on June 30, when the
80-day-Taft-Hartley injunction expires.
The administration is 'reported to consider
the last offer of the employers a fair one. The
offer was simple "arbitration of all working
conditions and monetary
Under the Taft-Hartley Act, a vote of union
members on management's last offer is required.
This ballot has become a formality. Union mem
bers have consistently voted down the last offer
by large margins. West Coast leaders are urging
their members to vote no or not to vote at all.
pOR all big labor's complaint that Taft-Hartley
is a "slave-labor act," and for all that the
Democrats, lone pledged
trolled. Congress except
the r.isenhower administration, the statute has
remained on the books substantially unchanged.
The present administration appears disposed
toward revision, though not necessarily in a direc
tion fjilotilatpd tn flplii'lil nninii lenders.
The President is empowered under lresenti"!'
law 10 Setld recommendations Ul L,OngrCSS alter
the SO-day injunction has run out in a national drove the Moors from Spain;
emergency strike. This means as applied to the a"d 8 lot ,ht'm !!C,,lc(1 I
. ,, , ., ' '., lAlBena Algeria became one I
West Coast seamen that once the strike was re-, onhe Blirhliry ,,. home pf
sumed he could recommend specific measures for the Bnroary pirates
that dispute alone, avoiding the broad approach: nc ' i,r,n,d -'
i T ft U.,,.(l., ! in our history came when we, I
to laft-Haitley. mrn child ,mong tne M.
lie could recommend
with work continuing at
1100 llin tl Yaw
by the maritime strike, justifying the measure as
in the public interest. Or he could ask Congress
itself to provide a solution, though this would
seem out of character.
Whether he postpones broad revision of Taft-
Hartley or not. the course the i resident takes in
the maritime dispute will be viewed as an ac
curate weathervane for
enthusiastically abroad.
the success of the enter
has been signed between
and Agriculture Organ
U.S. program has done
this month, about 3,500
may have good reason to
increases.
to its repeal, have con
111 IIIC IllSt two years OI
seizure ot me industry,
present pay scales. He
t, coi- io !.. j .iff
future policy. E.K.R.
"Remember, We Go After Him Either Way"
VV. .J1AT . S.-1 . I.Willlllll't. . v,, .
Strictly Personal
By Sydney
(O Field Enterpriser,, Inc.
REAFFIRMS HIS
OPPOSITION
If we took a vote at a con
vention of prison wardens, the
result would be almost
unanimou s 1 y
against the
death penalty.
Nearly every
one who is
closely con
nected with
the field of
crimino logy
agrees that
capital p u ri-
mr, ii i s h m e n t is
more than useless - it is un
fair and wicked.
This month, in a new book,
"88 Men and 2 Women," Clin
ton T. Duffy, the retired war
den of San Quentin, affirms
in the strongest words his op
position to the death penalty.
What he says is worth a few
minutes of every citizen's
careful attention.
"I hated the death penalty
on principle before I went to
work at San Quentin, he
writes, "and I hated it more
when I had to watch it In
operation. Bui principle and
personal distaste . . . have
iong since been superseded by
more compelling reasons."
Warden Duffy goes on to
say: "The rich ar never
executed; only th poor and
up in death row. Of all th
inequities of capital punish
ment, this is th most glar
ing. Murder is murder and
ih death penalty is th
death penally, but th twain
meet only when th killer is
broke."
A man does not dia for
the crime he commits, Duffy
points out. "Ha dies because
In the Day's News
By FRANK
We're Inclined to think at
times that even here in the
happy and fortunate U.S.A.
things seem to be getting into
a mess.
Listen:
Nothing In the world today,
perhaps nothing in history,
compares with the mess in Al
geria. So let's talk about Alge
ria today.
IIOW big is Algeria?
" It's no flyspeck on the
map. Texas has 267,330
square miles. California has
158,693 square miles. Oregon
has 96.981, Washington 68.
192, Arizona 113.909. Nevada
110,540 and Idaho 83.557.
Algeria's area is 847.500
square miles only a mere
50,000 square miles less than
the combined area of our
states lying west of the
Rockies.
QO MUCH for area.
J
Historically, Algeria was
known In ancient days as Nu-
midia. It was a Roman colony
ith an advance civilization
In 440 A.D., the Vandals
swept in and ended Numidia's
prosperity.
In the 6t)0s, the Moslems
conquered Algeria, and Arabs
U92, Ferdinand and Isabella
;t,ons. took on the Barbaray
pirates, whom adult Europe
was afraid to tackle, and
made
alone
them leave nur ships
IN 1830
French consul was
1 insulted by the Dcy of Al
geria France invaded the
country, conquered it. and
took over the government
I Algeria, remained under
1 French militarv rule until
Ii87i, when cimi govern-
ad
J. Harrit
he committed it in th
wrong stat. or in th wrong
county of th stat. or at th
wrong lime, or becaui h
faced a lough judge or )ury
goaded by a determined dis
trict attorney, or becaui he
couldn't afford adequate
counsel.
"I hat th death pen
ally." h continues, "b
caus It does not allow for
extenuating circumstances
. . because it makes a mock
ery of our moral code .
because it almost always
hits ih little man, who is
not only poor in material
possessions but in b a c k
ground, education and men
tal capacity as well . . . be
cause it is not th deterrent
to crime that its advocates
claim: I have yet to meet
the man who let the thought
of the gas chamber stop
him from committing mur
der." On the last page of the book,
he quotes the message to the
1960 California legislature
from Gov. Edmund G. Brown,
who served seven years as San
Francisco's district attorney,
and eight years as California's
attorney general. Brown's
statement says it all in a few
words:
"The naked, simple truth is
that the death penalty has
been a gross failure. Beyond
its horror and incivility, it has
neither protected the innocent
nor deterred the wicked. The
recurrent spectacle of pub
licly sanctioned killing has
cheapened human life and
dignity without the redeeming
grace which comes from jus
tice meted out swiftly, evenly
and humanely."
JENKINS
men! was set up.
Then, under the French
constitution of 1946 (in the
reorganization of France aft
er World War II) Algeria be
came a part of Metropolitan
France, with a status similar
to that of an American state.
During the period of French
rule, including the period
when Algeria was a part of
Metropolitan France (just as
our state of Hawaii is a part
of the U.S.A.) European
Frenchmen poured into the
rich northern part of Algeria
and settled it and developed
it and made it a rich and
prosperous region.
In the process of settlement
and development, they push
ed the Moslem population out
into the less desirable part of
the country.
rjMIEHE came then the strug---
gle for Algerian independ
ence. It has been long and bit
ter. It was impoverishing
France. Eventually, President
De Gaulle backed an inde
pendent Algeria as the only
way out.
That created this situation
In an independent Algeria,
ONE million Frenchmen
would be dominated by NINE
million Moslems. In such a
case they foresaw (or thought
they foresaw! that they would
be SWAMPED
Hence their resistance to an
independent Algeria.
V
IT of it all, this fantastic
situation has arisen:
The struggle to keep Alge
ria FRENCH has been spear
I headed by what is known as
I the Secret Army Organiza
tion It has been a bloody bat
tle The Secret Army Organi
zntion. along with its Euro
pean French backers, is now
.carrying out a SCORCHED
EARTH campaign which, it
hopes and plans, will leave
only ASHES for the nine mil
lion Moslems
i That s about the size ot it.
It's a tragic story.
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOHD, OREGON
Many Europeans Seek Refuge in
Metropolitan France from Algeria
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foraign Newt Analyst
Over the 400 airline miles
separating Algiers from the
port of Marseilles goes an un
ending stream
of Europeans
seeking in
metropolit a n
France refuge
from the ter
r o r In Al
geria. By the time
the Algerian
independenc e
KcwBom referendum
rolls around on July 1, it is es
timated that more than a
quarter of Algeria's former
one million European-habitants
will have fled.
They leave in bitterness
against President Charles de
Gaulle's Algerian policies,
and, as their numbers in-
Incumbents Have
Easy Sledding in
Primary Voting
Washington - (UPD - Incum
bent members of Congress
have had a fairly easy time
winning renomination in the
23 states where party pri
maries already have been
held this year.
Thus far, 14 senators and
229 House members have
been renominated in these
primaries. No senator and
only four House members
who sought renomination
have been defeated.
Rep. Carroll D. Kearns.
(R-Pa.) was unseated by a
political newcomer after 16
years in the House. The other
three defeats all were com
pelled by Congressional re
districting required by the
1960 census.
In the Mississippi Demo
cratic primary, Rep. Frank E.
Smith was beaten by Rep.
Jamie L. Whitten after they
were thrown into the same
district. In the Nebraska Re
publican primary Rep. Ralph
F. Beermann defeated Rep.
Phil Weaver in a merged dis
trict. In the Alabama Demo
cratic primary, Rep. Frank
W. Boykin lost in a statewide
primary which had nine in-'
cumbents competing for eight
nominations.
Of the 14 senators renom
inated, only Sen. Olin D.
Johnston (D-S. C.) faced a
major challenger. He was re
nominated last Tuesday by
defeating Gov. Ernest F. Holl
ings by a margin of almost
2 to 1.
One Governor Loses
Among 10 governors who
sought renomination in the
primaries already held, only
Democratic Gov. Price Daniel
of Teaxs was defeated. Two
other Democrats, Govs. Mi
chael V. Disalle of Ohio and
J. Millard Tawes of Mary
land, won against rough
competition.
After the heavy run ol pri
maries this spring, the pace
is slackening until August.
Only Maine holds primaries
this week followed by North
Dakota on June 26 and Vir
ginia, Louisiana and Arkansas
during July.,
AIMS HIGH
London -IUPII- The National
Federation of Master Steeple
jacks and Lightning Conduc
tors said in a brochure that
an aim of the organization is
lo "maintain a high standard
of conduct."
Try and
Ml
By BENNETT CERF-
1 BILLINGS, Montana,
he took with his wife
route, they met a quiet, amiable couple from New York,
and made up a very com
patible foursome. Back
in Billings, my friend
printed dozens of photo
graphs posed by all in
front of geysers, bears,
waterfalls, and what not,
and mailed them to the
New York couple.
Two weeks later a slick
lawyer appeared and an
nounced, "Thank you for
sending those pictures.
Now I'll need you two
as witnesses. I'm repre
senting your gentleman
friend's wife in a divorce suit."
"She didn't like the pictures I sent her?" faltered the
Billings camera shark.
"She thought they were extremely interesting." nodded
the lawyer. "You sec, she wasn't the woman who was
posing in them.''
Robert Benchlev was reading one morning when his son,
Nathaniel, then an inqulsitiva 8, demanded, "Hey. Dad, how do
porcupines make love?"
Without looking up fiom his psper, Benchiey amwered, "Very,
very carefully."
a
Tidbits from PMblin's Irish Digest:
1. A man celebrates his birthday bv taking a. rlsy nff. A
woman celebrates her birthdsy by taking a year off. 2. The
beauty of the old-fashioned blacksmith wsa that when you
brought your horse to be shod, he duln t think of a dor.en other
things Uiat ougMt to be done to it. 3. A drum critic admitted
that he a!-vs praised the first show of a new thentrirat season
regardless of how terrible it rr.ic!".t be. "Who am I," inquired
th critic, "to atone, the first east?"
C ty Baunttt Cart. Sistrttui4 by Kinf raauua Byodfcil ,
crease, they meet equal bitter-made
ness among the people they
are crowding in upon.
Few left Algeria by choice.
Rather, their numbers are
symptomatic of a growing be
lief that seven years of civil
war and OAS terrorism have
-1
National Sale
Boating Week To
Start July 1
Safety features are being
pointed up In connection with
the arrival of hot weather
and summer boating fun.
President Kennedy has pro
claimed the week of July 1
as National Safe Boating
week, and the Oregon State
Marine board is urging boat
ers to gear themselves to safe
ty on the waterways.
An estimated 12 lives could
have been saved in boating
accidents last year had the
victims been wearing life
jackets, according to a report
from the Marine board. It is
emphasized that state law re
quires each boat to have an
approved lifesaving device
aboard for each person in the
boat.
It is reported that some
300,000 people will partici
pate in some form of recrea
tional boating In Oregon this
year. For this reason boating
safety will be of primary
importance.
Accident Rata Down
Although boating as a sport
has increased greatly, the ac
cident rate so far has declined
somewhat. The Marine board
credits this drop to individual
boaters, the U. S. Coast
Guard, the Coast Guard aux
iliary, and the U. S. Power
Squadrons.
Safety factors are being
added to reservoirs in Crook
county to aid boaters. Buoys
have been placed on the Och
oco and Prineville reservoirs
to warn boaters of such
dangers as hidden rocks and
of areas where speed restric
tions have been established.
The Marine board reports
that Crook county is the first
to mark its waters under the
new uniform system adopted
by the board.
Markers were constructed
and installed by the Central
Oregon Boat club, with Crook
county court providing funds.
Floats have also been
placed on the Ochoco reser
voir for the use of water
skiers. More floats for this
purpose are being planned in
Crook county.
Ashland Watershed
Closed to Public
Ashland - Gov. Mark O.
Hatfield has closed the Ash
land Watershed to unrestrict
ed public travel due to high
fire danger.
The closed area is well
posted and includes all roads
leading into the area except
the Ashland Loop rd, and the
Tolman rd. from the forest
boundary to the Ashland Loop
road.
Loggers and others having
business within the area may
secure entry permits from the
U.S. Forest service office at
25 North Main St., Ashland.
The area will be patrolled
by U.S. Forest Service per
sonnel. Violators will be
prosecuted.
Stop Me
man told me of a vacation trip
through Yellowstone Park. En
impossible cooperation
between the Europeans and
the Moslem Arabs who will
become the new rulers of an
independent Algeria.
Their Only Horn
For many, Algeria had been
the only home they had ever
known. Their tragedy was
compounded by the fact they
had no real ties with the
French at home aifd many
were without funds.
For the French, they also
created multiple problems.
France has a enronic hous
ing shortage which now has
been complicated by the flow
of refugees.
France, booming as a result
of the common market, has a
labor shortage, but not of the
unskilled or semi-skilled kind
most plentiful among the ref
ugees. France's labor needs
are for industry.
Further, the embittered for
mer settlers of Algeria created
a new pool of hatred against
the De Gaulle regime, and it
was certain that among their
numbers were OAS men bent
on carrying their terror cam
paign into France.
A certain flow of refugees
had been anticipated, but not
in such numbers.
Valuable Minority
De Gaulle had counted on
the European minority to pro
vide a balance wheel which
would ease the possibility of a
swing toward Moscow by in
dependent Algeria.
In Algeria itself, the leader
ship of the national liberation
front which is expected to
take power after the July ref
erendum so far has restrained
its followers from any large
scale retalition against the
OAS terror.
This was in recognition of
the fact that the Europeans
could be of help under the
new regime.
This week's truce, under
which the OAS promises to
cease its terrorism, is a shaky
one and could be broken as
one such OAS truce already
has been.
Whether It will stem the
flow of refugees also remains
to be seen.
Matter of Fact sy j8SePh
(O New York Herald Tribune Syndicate
HISTORY REVERSES
THE ROLES
Washington - The Chinese
Communist government has
been heavily reinforcing Fu
kien province. The consider
able forces already in position
have been
s t rengthened
by three or
more addi
tional divis
ions; and air
units have al
so been rede
ployed into
the area. T
Fukien is
the province
Alsnp
on the Formosa S'.rait which
served as base, in 1958, for
the abortive Commi nist at
tack on the Nationalist posi
tions on Que moy island.
Three years ago, two years
ago, even one year ago, this
heavy reinforcement of Fu
kien would therefore have
aroused worried fears of an
other Communist aggression.
Today, however, history has
almost certainly reversed the
roles in the drama. The Chin
ese Communist dispositions
are defensive rather than ag
gressive, at least as yet. In
fact, the Communists' rein
forcement of Fukien appears
to be a precautionary meas
ure, taken because President
Chiang Kai-shek has been
quite openly arguing that the
time is ripe for a return to the
mainland, which is his grand
ambition.
fTHE Formosa government
- has not merely been talk
ing about an attempted return
to the mainland. It has also
been making fairly conspicu
ous preperations. The most re
cent step taken was a massive
tax increase, to finance heav
ier defense spending, and to
permit accumulation of the
large rice rtneks that would
be needed after a successful
landing in Fukien.
The U.S. government is op
posed to President Chiang's
project, considering that the
risks are far too great. Chi
ang has been asked to renew
his promise that he will make
no such move without U.S.
support - which will not be
forthcoming. This promise,
originallv given to John Fos
ter Dulles, was dulv given
once asain by Chiang to Gov.
Avercll Harriman. when the
assistant Secretary of State
for Far Eastern Affairs visited
Formosa. In addition. Chiang
lacks landing craft. Thus an
attack by Chiang seems high
ly unlikely.
Yet the astonishing fact re
mains that the Chinese Com
munist regime, wl ich caused
such widespread alarm four
years aao by threatening to
attack Chiang, now appears
to be nervouslv strengthening
its coastal defenses In fear of
a sudden attack by Chirng. If
this appearance is not mis -
leading, the reversal of roles
Communications
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rates make for more Interest
in city government?
William Docrnbach
143 Mace rd.
Medford.
Editor's note: Some an
swers. 1. No. 2. Candidates must ba
qualified electors, resided in
city six months prior to elec
tion, be a taxpayer, and live
in ward (in case of council
man) he proposes to represent.
Neither office (councilman or
mayor) receives compensa
tion. 3. Any organizations
which choose to. 4. Such an
eventuality has never oc
curred, we hope it never will.
5. We understand the League
of Women Voters has, from
time to time, considered such
a project. 6. Possibly.
Questions Posed
To the Editor: 1. Do you
have any information about
possible candidates for Mayor
and councilmen in the com
ing November election?
2. What qualifications are
required and how much sal
ary or compensation for ser
vices performed do they re
ceive? 3. What non-partisan and
non-special interest groups
sponsor and support them?
4. If candidates are lacking
for any of the above positions,
whav happens?
5. Don't you think it would
be kinda nice if some non-partisan
organization or the City
would print, for general dis
tribution, a booklet on the op
eration and organization of
our present City government?
Bet the city could do it in less
than 30 days.
6. Will next year's increase
In property taxes and water
has been swifter and mora
drastic than any on recent rec
ord.
TTS root cause, of course,
is the plunge into misery
which the Chinese Communist
leaders have inflicted on their
own people. The dreadful sac
rifices were supposed to buy
Industrial strength. But the
price demanded. was far too
high, and the whole regime
has been gravely weakened.
The weakness tempts Chiang,
and it makes Peking fearful.
The latest symptom of this
weakness is the refugee pres
sure on the Hong Kong bor
der. This is now known to
have been caused by the re
lease of millions of urban
workers, who could no longer
be fed in the cities. There wa
little food to spare for them
in their home villages, either;
and in the villages near Hong
Kong, these people started the
mass movement towards the
border. In every province of
China, these people must now
constitute a new explosive
element In the already
wretched rural population.
The China-watchers ara
once again saying, for the
fourth year hand-running,
that there is nothing wrong in
Communist China that will
not be patched up by a good
crop. But every objective cir
cumstance indicates that this
year's harvest will be no bet
ter than the last three. What
is wrong with Chinese agri
culture is the Chinese govern
ment, and not the Chinese
weather.
TF A MIRACLE does not hap
pen - if this year's harvest
is not rather bountifu 1
China's cruel downward spi
ral will remorselessly contin
ue. In this event, the regime
itself will begin to be serious
ly endangered. There is soma
evidence that the Soviet gov
ernment foresees this result,
and is now seekinc to pro
mote the kind of change of
top leadership 'n Peking that
gave the Communist govern
ment of Poland a new lease on
life when Gomulka took pow
er. The alternatives in China
are beainning to narrow to
this kind of radical but peace
ful change of leadership or
an eventual violent convul
sion. Sentimentalists in this
city and elsewhere in the U.S.
are meanwhile becinning to
talk of "feeding starving
China" - which would simply
mean getting Mao Tsc-tung
off his self-created honk.
There is considerable solid
evidence that the Russian
Communist revolution was
saved from foundering and
fnmino by former President
Herbert Hoover and his Quak-
er Relief. It will be past bear
j ing if the same role is played
In China by J- slice William
'O Douglas and others of his
kidney.