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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of Tha
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS 9GO
July 24, 1952 (Thurtday)
City Councilmen Dwight
Houghton and Elmer Childor
announce they will not be
candidates for reelection.
New Medford Veneer and
Plywood corporation plant at
White City scheduled to be in
complete operation by Nov. 1.
i
20 YEARS AGO
July 24, 1942 (Friday)
Children crowd Camp
White for a free ride in an
Army amphibious "peep.'
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "The
weather is slightly cooler
but no frostbites have been
reported as we go to press.
30 YEARS AGO
July 24, 1932 (Sunday)
Interest In Jackson county
politics rises as many inde
pendents file candidacies.
Medford employers begin
to urge the employment of
local workers only.
40 YEARS AGO
July 24. 1922 (Monday)
The grand jury begins In
vestigation of three night
riding raids; Ku Klux Klan
suspected.
A joint forum of the Asn
land and Medford Chambers
of Commerce is planned.
SO YEARS AGO
July 24. 1912 (Wednesday)
Mrs. George Burns is
thrown down a 25-foot em
bankment when her team be
comes frightened and runs
away; she is rescued and
brought to the hospital by a
passing motorist.
The first large trout catch
of the season is reported as
three local sportsmen return
from the Rogue river with
IB slcelhcnds ranging from
four to eight pounds each.
Whafs Your I.Q.?
Nina or ten correct If superior;
seven or eight is Mediant; "
sis is good.
i. which of these countries ;
is most lnmcn um iimmi"'""1'
Italy, Franco. Spninr or C.cr
many' 2. What and where is Mar
tha's Vineyard?
3. One Speaker nf the House
of Representatives also serv
ed ns President; who was he?
4. From what port in Spain
did Christopher Columbus sel
sail in his first trip?
5. Which amendment to the
Constitution is called the
lame duck'' amendment?
fi. The expression "War is
lleli" Is attributed to General
Grant. Leo. or Sherman?
7. During the administration
of which President did the
expression "Prosperity Is Just
around the corner," gain pop
ularity? R. Abraham Lincoln was
born on a farm in which state
i which state?
nother n.m
D. What is
for Thailand?
10. What is said to be the
"n" "TV" land
off Massachusetts. 3. James
K. Polk. 4. Paloi. 5. 20th 8.
Sherman. 7. Herbert Hoover.
8. Kentucky. 9. Siam. 10. Im
itation. no ladies"allowed
K.nirfield. III. - l'IH - Wayne
county's male drinking class
today has double cause to re
lax. Mrs. H. L. Smith, owner
of the county's only bar, has
decided to stay In business
another year, but won't admit
women patrons because of the
additional $5,000 license fee.
ASSOCIATION
TUESDAY. JULY 24, 19o
Medical Care Bill Defeat
The defeat of the proposed bill to provide
medical care for older people through the Social
Security system came as no great surprise, for in
recent months it appeared more and more evident
it would never get through Congress this session.
The matter it not dead, however, and will be
heard of much more in the future.
The two plans considered the original Administration-sponsored
King-Anderson bill and
the later "compromise.''
ed were far from perfect, even from the point
of view of those favoring them.
DUT the basic approach, that of making medical
care a pre-paid matter of right for elderly
people, financed through the tried, tested and
successful Social Security mechanism, still has
its advocates and supporters, and the question
will be brought up again. It also is apt to be a
major issue in the political campaigns this fall.
The question is not whether there will be an
adequate medical care plan for older people
the question is when, and in what form.
It may eventually become part of the social
security system, or it may be an expansion and
liberalization .of the now-limited coverage of the
Kerr-Mills law, supplemented by welfare medical
aid. ' v. '. .' '
HPHE American Medical Association', of course,
. was instrumental in clef eatingor,. perhaps,
merely postponing a medicare bill,-But in win-t
ning this battle it may well be on'the way to
losing the war. i i
People still, by large, retain great respect for
their individual doctors, both as people and as
physicians. But the callous, all-or-nothing ap
proach of the A.M.A. to this desirable social and
economic legislation, has, we believe, damaged
the potential influence of the doctors' lobby in
future battles.
We also believe that the logic of the social se
curity approach sooner or later will be accepted
by the American people, and that medical care
for older people, prepaid and by right, and
not as charity, will become an integral part of
our social and economic life. E.A.
Beauties of Oregon
For nearly two months now, the Mail Tribune
has run a daily Page 1 picture feature under the
title "The Beauties of Scenic Oregon.".'.
The reaction has been mdst favorable. Ore.
gonians, apparently, like to be reminded of what
a lovely state they live in, and to see the evidence
in front of them.
Some people have been cutting the pictures
out each clay to make a scrapbook collection of
them. Others have clipped them and mailed them
to friends in other less-favored parts of the world.
We have heard no adverse comment at.
THE Oregon Statesman in Salem has noted the
feature, and commented the other clay:
"It is beginning to look as though the feature will
be permanent. That's the trouble with starting a series
of pictures on Oregon's beauty, there's no place to
stop."
There is, indeed, no place to stop, but we
plan to carry the feature only through the sum
mer months, and it will
Labor Day although there is certainly enough
picture material to continue it further. .;' .
We are most appreciative of the assistance of
the travel information division of the State High
way Department for providing such a fine: col
lection of pictures. It is our hope that both regular
readers and visitors to this area have received
pleasure from them. E.A. ' J
Bout With the Flu
Among life's minor
! m'(iKililir thinrvo ninrn il
than being sick in ben
nest weather ot the summer, out it mere are mey
don't at the moment occur to us.
Also, there are more serious and debilitating
illnesses than the flu or, as an older generation
called it, La Grippe but at the moment we don't
want to hear about them. Two weeks in bed, tak
ing a variety of pills every few hours, listless and
out of touch with the usual day-to-day activities,
leaves one with a feeling of half-lost unreality.
It takes time to regather lost strength and
vigor, and to pick up the threads of a busy life
which were abruptly severed when the flu bug
struck. '
And this, our doctor informs us, is apt to take
a long time with this particular variety of flu.
the after-effects of which stay with one for weeks
on end.
,
THLKL arc, however,
are with all things.
An extended stay m
Chines, lone hours for the
; Usually, SCl lOUS books,
ii , t . i ,
general lassitude are not conducive to heavy,
reading. But a good detective story or spy thriller
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,n,y, u,c- ... K ,.,..
avoids a guilty sense ot
the illness as ail excuse.
t is nf i-otirsi 1'iini
however weak and shaky and wobbly one mav
ICel at lirst.
All in all, we'll have
have skipped the whole
Ways to spend your time.
which the Senate defeat
conclude on or near
aggravations, there are
- ri t ;l t i n (V ;i it . 1 (litrrwo'nfv
tor two weeks during the
CO
mpensations, as there
bed permits, among other
re
'ai'ling Ot nOOKS. .Ot,
tor lCVCl'S and Sweats Jllld
iiuMt; ...mm., ..,,,, i;.,t-
wasting time by using
tn i'i! i:i.'k m h:iriii
whiff of smoke ran make
been iust as happy to lh "' 'ave. f
thing. There are vrtJX::.
L.A. i,ja:.-iteed to deteriorate
"It Look Like A
COMMUNICATIONS
Letters to the Editor must bear the
although under certain circumstances
for publication is permissible. The
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 fact the contrary Is often the case.
Lottery Letter
To the Editor: About a
week or so ago, I sent in a
second letter to be published
in regard to a proposed state
lottery for the purpose of off
setting hospital bills for all.
A self appointed critic, with
a pen full of ink, decides to
make a name for himself to
us column readers.
If this person had spent a
little more time reading my
two letters through, I'm sure
that he d give me a little
more credit.
The barrage that he sent
my way was that I da not
like persons collecting unem
ployment checks. This state
ment of course is false. In the
past I have collected unem
ployment; checks also. I am
also familiar with logging,
truckdriving. I've also dug a
few ditches in the past. At
present I'm swinging a paint
brush.
I was never gifted with
a silver spoon in my mouth.
just hard work to date.
I did mention that the mi
nority groups of the unem
ployed would stoop to any
thing socialistic.
You stated that my letter
was in three paragraphs.
Quite true. You answered the
first with a barrage of mud
slinging, the second you
agreed with me, you also do
not approve of socialized medi
cine. The third you didn't
mention. I'm waiting. Do you
approve of a state lottery hos
pital fund?
In the future I hope that
you, Mr. Hall, and I will re
frain from mud slinging.
Howard H. Brown,
P.07 Oilman rd., ,
Medford ,
Tobacco and Pestt i
To the Editor: Exhausted
from heat of . summer, most
of us would halfway like to
find a nice cool place to relax.
I am no exception. When the
day's trials get the best of
me I retire to my mosquito-
infested porch, and light up
my cigarette, t Here J find
peace and quiet to cast off
the burdens of the day.
Although its annoying to
some folks, those mosquitoes
never bother me. I can really
enjoy the cool evenings, the
beauty of the sunset marred
only by a maze of cowardly
mosquitoes buzzing not far
away. Just daring me to put
my cigarette out.
People who don't like ciga
rettes fear those little varmits,
and are Ihe folks who put
on themselves that smelly
repellent. Smells worse than
any cigarette smoke 1 ever
smelled. Just plain takes a
clean man's breath away. A
refreshing cigarette is much
more pleasant, still serves the
purpose even better than the
stuff people will dunk them
selves in. When smeared on
the skin you may smother to
death, the breathing pores
causing your skin to look sad
and old before lis time. Tobac
co is a cleaner and more effec
tive way to get rid of pests.
Some folks will rush out
and spend real good hard
earned money just to be one
of the first to use these new
products. Many a man is hang
ing his head in shame because
he had damiruff and rushed
; ,iv. Now it worked on his
'dandruff hut It took his hair
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twiiiws mr mutt wncn I innm
nf ,mr , ,, ,, jmik
designed tociusoi honest folks
out of a hard-earned Hollar
,,ncthmg
rr.,, KOod l d hp MM(, (, rce.
ommend it to my friends.
'-lost lolks would call me
' nM.fichmnpit hitt tttr L'iMlino
- - '
. rid of mosquitoes a good
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
Real Free-For-AU"
rume and address of the writer,
the use of a pen name or initial
Mail Tribune reserves the right to
and age beautiful skin, guar
anteed to cause itch, reap dirt,
cause down trodden sick look
ing skin, and also take away
your breath."
It is fantastic how many
hundreds of dollars are spent
on the smelly stuff. I'm not
bashful to say that I'll take
my cigarettes and get my
money s worth. I don t
to be cheated out of
money.
E. Dykes,
Box 58,
Eagle Point, Ore.
aim
my
Stronghold Visit
To the Editor: My real ob
jective, a secretly cherished
one, is going along with the
Southern Oregon College stu
dents on their field-study trip
to the lava-bed country of
lower Klamath lake and the
memorial studded Modoc
battleground; was, if possible,
to get an unbiased opinion on
it. It was encouraging to
learn on the trip there, the
right or wrong of the Modoc
war did not come up for dis
cussion with the many other
subjects that were discussed.
To most of the student body
at least, it appeared to be
their first trip to the Strong
hold. Arriving there at last,
there was some questioning
over the lateness of the lunch
hour. So it was hurry-hurry.
One of the students lingered
with friend Santo and me.
seemingly interested in his
colored-slide picture taking.
But she was soon lost in the
hurrying sight-seers, hurrying
up into the tumbled rock
stronghold and its hastily
built bastions, behind which
the Modocs made their stub
born stand.
My wish was to get on up
to the high central . part
where there are two war
dance spots, as Jeff Riddle
pointed out to me so many
years ago. At these two
places, really small level bare
spots no more than six feet
across. Ellen's Man, war
leader of the Modocs, and his
support fighter. Black , Jim,
with Rogus Charley, Hooker
Jim, Shaknasty Jim and Scar
face Charley, with a few oth
ers, danced to the bpat of the
tom-tom. wailing the woes
the whitemen brought to
them, especially Ben Wright
who, under the white flng of
truce, got 45 Modocs for a
peace parley, but turned guns
on them, how only five of the
men. women and children got
away alive. This. Jeff assured
me. was the reason why the
Modocs felt it only fair to
kill General Canby, the Rev.
Thomas and nearly so Mea
chem, under the white flag of
truce when their last plea for
a homo in the lava rocks was
turned down.
We got to the fireplace
which Jeff said was only used
as a tribal fireplace before
the fighting, as mortar fire
drove the Modocs into the
caves. It was here the reveal
ing answer came when the
young women student re
turned and stood nearby. "I
feel so guilty.'' she exclaimed,
mostly to herself and the
craggy nearby rocks. To our
surprised look, site continude:
"1 know I should be cheering
for our boys who fought here,
so many bled and died here.
But I Just can't but feel for
those poor people, the women
'and children hiding here and
in those awful holes to escape
I the freezing
night cold and
I the fighting.
This is the verdict from one
of the jury. What the others
were, would be interesting lo
know.
r J. Clifford
Route 2. Box 200F
Cen0 Point. Ore.
Invitation
In U.S. Creates Surprise, Amusement
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
Word that the United States
had invited Japanese industry
to establish plants in the Unit
ed States cre
ated both sur
prise and mild
amuse ment
among the
Japanese. The
invitation, of
course, was
not confined
to the Japa
nese but has
Newsom been extended
to European industry as well,
and is part of a U.S. cam
paign to reverse a trend which
sees more dollars leave the
country each year than come
in.
Matter of Fact
(c) New York Herald
MUSICAL CHAIRS
Washington The new
round of musical chairs in
the U.S. high command is an
event of very
special inter
est, because
of the pro
motion of
Gen. Maxwell
D. Taylor to
b e chairman
of the Joint
Chiefs of
Staff, and the
choice of
Gen. Earle G. Wheeler as the
next Chief of Staff of the
U.S. Army.
There are several fairly ob
vious yet quite important
points to note about General
Taylor's promotion in partic
ula. For one thing, President
Kennedy has thus given judg
ment that the brilliant Taylor
had the best of his argument
with President Eisenhower
a bout defense policy.
For another thing, an exist
ing anomaly has thus been
removed. More and more,
President Kennedy had been
using his personal military
advirer, General Taylor, to
do the job that the Joint
Chiefs of Staff are supposed
to do for the Pesident.
This was because the Presi
dent was from the first dis
satisfied with the kind of
advice he got from the often
divided Joint Chiefs. He has
made no secret of his admir
ation for the character and
abilities of Gen. Lyman L.
Lemnitzer, whom General
Taylor will replace; but he
has also made no secret of his
lack of admiration for the
way the Joint Chiefs have
been functioning.
TT REMAINS to be seen
A whether General Taylor
can make the Joint Chiefs
function any better than Gen
eral Lemnitzer did. It was
not difficult for Taylor,
alone in the Executive Of
fice building, with no corpor
ate responsibility, to give the
President the kind of clear,
pointed, unfuzzy military
advice the President
wants. It may be different
when Taylor is in the Penta
gon, only the first among four
equals, among whom there
are also wide divergencies of
outlook and interest.
Yet these obvious points,
important as they arc. really
have much less significance
than another point which is
neither obvious nor easy to
define precisely. The best
way to put it is to s-ay that
the President and Secretary
of Defense Robert McNamara
are consciously seeking to en
gineer a change of elites in
the armed services, beginning
with the U.S. Army. This is
what links the Taylor and
the Wheeler promotions.
For no very logice' reason,
elite is a dirty word in the
United States. But as a prac
tical matter, all armed ser
vices worth their salt always
have elites. Elites always
exist, for that matter, in all
civilian govenmcnt organiza
tions, and in all business or
ganizations too, which have
existed long enough to permit
elites to emerge.
4 N ELITE is not merely an
inner group of back
scratchers, although. God
know?, its members may
sometimes scratch one an
other'! backs. It is simply the
group, within any organiza
tion, whose viewpoint and
style largely determines the
whole organization's tone and
outlook.
In the U.S. Army, for in
stance, an elite of cavalry of
ficers was formed sometime
in the 10th century. The cav
alry elite were hardly affect
ed hv thn nrn.if in toil
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horse no longer had a mafor
place In war. The Army Gen
eral staff continued "to be
dominated by cavalry offi
cers until the end of Gen.
Malin Craig's term as Chief
of Staff in ISMS.
President Roosevelt then
i reached down nany files to
put in t,en. George C. Mar
shall, who wr courageously
recommended by the old cav
alryman. Craig, as well as by
General Pershing. The result
was an immediate change of
Alsnn
for Japan
Japanese reaction sprang
both from the fact that few
in Japan think of the United
States in terms of needing
help, and also from the fact
that Japan herself is worried
about a similar problem.
There also is the question
of the type of Japanese indus
try that could be established
profitably in the United
States.
Textiles certainly would
not be among them, nor would
most others that come imme
diately to mind.
Reserves Go Down
Meanwhile, Japan's own
foreign exchange reserves
have been falling dangerous
ly; from more than $2 billion
at the start of 1961 to $1.5
billion by September.
By Joseph Alsop
Tribune Syndicate
elites of the most radical sort.
The old cavalry elitu, so long
dominant, at once gave way
completely to the new elite
formed in the rigorous military-school
system that Gen
eral Pershing had set up after
the first World war.
AS THIS instance indicates,
old elites and new always
co-exist until the moment of
replacement comes. In the
Air Force today, an old and
long-established elite of
bomber officers somewhat
uneasily co-exists with a
completely new elite of offi
cers very recently formed in
the great missile programs.
In the Navy, there is a some
what similar line of demarca
tion between carrier officers
and submariners.
It can be said with certain
ty that Kenned, and McNa
mara had the example of
Roosevelt's choice of Marshal
in mind when they promoted
General Taylor and chose
General Wheeler as the new
Chief of Staff of the U.S.
Army.
Thus the style was set and
tne viewpoint mat was in
stilled by the second World
war is to be replaced, it is
hoped, by a new style and
viewpoint more responsive to
the great world changes of
the last 16 years. Joint Chiefs
who are more coherent and
decisive, a U.S. Army that is
sparer, ieaner, and less pleth
oric with PX's, are the aims.
This is another attempted
step, in fact, in Secretary Mc
Namara's attempted reform
of the armed services.
Strictly
Personal
By Sydney J. Harris
(c Field Enterprises Inc.
NEGATIVE POWER
Although Lord Acton said
many wise and witty things
about the nature of power
all that u0 rp-
Kfi member is his
famous aphor
ism thai
"Power tends
i to corrupt and
absolute Dow
er corrupts ab
snlntplv " fine.
J of the most ne
" g 1 e c t e d as-
Hm pects of t h e
problem of power, however,
has rarely been touched upon,
even by so discerning a critic
as Acton. And that is the pre
dominately negative character
of power.
The power to create nega
tive feelings is much greater
than the power to create pos
itive ones; this is true in every
realm. As a drama critic, for
instance, I have learned over
the years that it is possible
to keep the public away from
a play I dislike; but it is im
possible to make the public
attend a play I happen to like.
Or. if a newspaper op
poses a bond issue, it ii
much easier to defeat tha
issue than ii would be to
pass it with the paper's sup
port. Most power turns out
to be veto poweri it can
prevent, but it cannot pro
mote nearly at well.
And what makes power
precisely so dangerous it
this negative character. If
power does lend to corrupt
those who hold it. is it
not largely because the
holders b a come cynical
about their positive power?
A President, in his larger
sphere, facet the tame
problem as a drama critic.
He can prevent the legis
lature from enacting meas
ures he disapproves of
but his positive power to
get hit own legitlativa pro
gram enacted it much weak
er. Dictatorship, of couria.
are almost always success
ful on a negative basit.
Both the Rustian and tha
German revolutions of our
time were bated on nega
tive programs on "liqui
dating" certain elements
in the population. Hate.
svy. at, rar. fteo
all tijtfl ttrOOive eastiee
to Build Plants
Furthermore, in trade be
tween the United States and
Japan, Japan comes out on
the losing side.
In 1961, U.S. exports to
Japan were estimated at more
than $1.7 billion. U.S. imports
from Japan at the same time
came to less than $1.1 bil
lion, or to a deficit of more
than $700 million.
Of major United States ex
ports to Japan in 1961, ship
ments of wheat alone de
clined.
Up, some more than 50 per
cent, were sales of raw cot
ton, iron and steel scrap, in
dustrial machinery, soybeans,
coal and petroleum. Iron and
steel scrap sales leaped 72
per cent to $201 million.
In the same year, most cate
gories of Japanese exports to
the United States declined -
clothing, iron and steel, toys,
plywood, pottery and carpets.
Washington Report
By William
(el United Featurt Syndicate
MAC THE KNIFE
Washington A m e r i c a n
politicians are not notably
pantywaists at their jobs. In-
deed, their
British col-
i: ,
f I , m I 'eagues onen
f rVf'S ,OOK aown up
on mem a dh
as something
a p p roaching
p r o f e s -sional
tough
guys.
All the same,
some of the
most case-hardened American
politicos known to this col-
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
In Moscow the other day,
Mr. Kroosh struck an atti
tude, thumped himself on the
chest and declaimed:
"WE have an anti-missile
missle that will hit a fly out
in space."
TO that boast, we can now
reply:
"Fine, sir. You are to be
congratulated."
But
"WE have an anti-missile
missle that DID hit a fly out
in space."
AS to Mr. Kroosh, we can
say with Annie Oakley,
in Irving Berlin's never-to-be-forgotten
musical comedy
Annie Get Your Gun:
"Anything he can do, we
can do better."
WITH that out of the way,
let's quit boasting.
In this deadly business of
nuclear weaponry, boasting is
DANGEROUS. It might lead
one or the other of us so far
out on the limb that we'd
LOOSE A BOMB IN ANGER,
thus touching off a nuclear
war.
That would be Arma
geddon. The last best hope of earth
is that the GRIMNESS of nu
clear warfare may become so
realistically apparent to EV
ERYBODY that nobody will
ever again dare to start a
world war.
M
ODERN world note:
Kennedy will make history
by using Telstar, our new
satellite, to speak to Europe
on LIVE television during
part of a special news con
ference. Presumably, he will speak
in English.
THOUGHT for the future:
If direct TV, as seems
now to be a certainty, is to
be a regular feature in the
future, foreign languages are
going to become more essen
tial than ever before.
It might be a good idea for
modern parents to begin to
plan now for their young
children to take all possible
instruction in school in for
eign languages.
are played on by revolu
tionary leaders to achieve
their power,
t
A positive program, on the
other hand, is rarely able to
summon enough political cr
social power. A campaign
based on decency, generosity,
rationality, far-sightedness,
and constructive proposals
does not rouse us to action.
Every politician has known
this since the Romans began
feeding Christians to the
lions.
The corruption of power, I
am convinced, comes not so
much from the untrustworth
tness of those who hold power
as from the elemental fact
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that they can effectively ex- being so, our political people
ercise their power only in are worried. For if "yes" is
negative terms. When a the answer to the second
drama critic knows that peo- question - has Macmillan
pie will not attend Shake- had a poor team all along? -spearean
productions, no mat- another and far more funda
ter how enthusiastically he ! mental question is instantly
praises them, he becomes I raised.
twice as vicious in dencnc- j Has he allowed this weak
ing second-rate plays - for ! ncss to run to long as to make
power curbed in one direction practically certain 'g defeat
always erud violentl. in i in a British election which
the opposite. cyi come no later th 1964?
Sales of radio receivers ad
vanced by 1.4 per cent to $48
million.
Reason for Import!
Prime Minister Hayato Ike
da's plan to double Japan's
national product during the
1960's is based upon a tripling
of imports from the United
States. So, U.S. exports of
machinery and vehicles went
up from $85 million in 1956
to $204 million in 1960.
The result of this full-throttle
buildup has led to Japan's
present balance of payments
difficulties.
Japan is one of those coun
tries to whom "export or die"
is a painful truth. Japanese
industrialists feel that with
voluntary restrictions already
in effect on more than 50 cate
gories of its shipments to the
United States, they already
have done more than their
share.
S. White
umnist are watching with
wonder, and something like
squeamishness, the implac
ably polite brutality with
which Prime Minister Harold
Macmillan of Britain is
throwing his old cabinet men
to the wolves.
Struggling against a tide of
voter sentiment obviously
moving against his conserva
tive government, "Mac the
Knife" has discharged 16 of
his very high associates. Al
together, 35 British govern
ment posts of significance
have changed hands in recent
days,
THOUGH British Prima
Ministers hntra tra!ttnnat.
ly been absolute czars as to
who is to hold government
posts, no such wholesale
bloodletting as this has ever
been known in British poli
tics, certainly not in modern
times.
Some of Macmillan's oldest
and closest associates - nota
bly Selwyn Lloyd, once For
eign Secretary and later
Chancellor of the Exchequer
have not only been bounced.
They have in effect seen their
whole long careers brought
suddenly to an end.
On this side of the Atlantic
all this seems little short of
incredible. In our system, a
president who felt called
upon to fire simultaneously
even two or three of his top
cabinet advisers would be
tions. In our system, more
whole show Had been a fail
ure or worse, unless he could
give clear reasons for his ac
tions. In our system, More
over, a president who turned
upon even half a dozen - not
to mention dozens - of his
principal party associates
would be considered next
door to certifiable lunacy.
rpHE British system, how
ever, is by no means ours.
It is similar, in fact, in so su
perficial a way as to recall the
famous jest that the only
thing dividing our two na
tions is our common lan
guage. What Macmillan is do
ing in England, though quite
unthinkable to all but pro
fessional politicians here, is
thoroughly thinkable in Eng
land. It is in this case a trifle
shocking, even to some in
England, because the purge
has been so wickedly wide.
In British politics there is an
old saying: "A good PM must
be a good butcher."
Macmillan's many political
friends here understand this;
they recoil not at what he is
doing but at how extensively
he is doing it. And they have
no trouble in seeing his cen
tral purpose, which is the
strengthening of his party by
getting rid of old faces and
bringing in new ones. The in
ner why of it, however, is a
little puzzling here.
A RE new faces all he seeks?
Or has he also now con
cluded that, even putting poli
tics apart, he has had a very
poor team all along? One
school of thought here is that
the first and simple question
is the only question. But an
other thinks something must
be said for the second ques
tion, too. And here lies some
genuine anxiety among Mac
millan's well-wishers in this
country.
Though it may be untactful
and meddling in British homo
politics to say so, practically
nobody in American politics,
in either party, except for a
handful on the Democratic
left wing, wants to see Mac-
millan's
government defeat.
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