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Newspaper Page Text4 A '"tverybni! In Southern Oregon Rtjiti fhe Mail Tribune " Published Daily except Saturday by MEIJKOim PRINTING CO S3 North Kir St.. Ph772-6U1 ROBERT W RUHL. Editor HFRB GnEY Advert. Bin Manager GERALD 1 LATHAM. Bui Mgr. ERIC W ALLEN. JR . Ring. Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HAIiRY CH1PMAN. Teleg Editor RICHARD JEWEIT. Sport Editor OLIVE S T ARCHER. Women'i Editor DALE ER1CKSON. Circulation Mgr An Independent Newipaper Entered at second class matter at Med lord. OreRon. under Act ot March 3. 1B97 stlKKPHIPTION RATES Diny'and Sunday i year i5oo i n.tlv nri Runriav (I Dint 8 00 In Advance, copy inn Daily and Sunday (I mo riatlv and Sundav 3 mo 25 1 Sundav only une year . u Bv Carrier In Advance Medford. AahUnd. Central Point. Eagle Point Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue Riv er Intent and on motor route Daily and Sunday 1 year $18 00 Datlv and Sunday 1 mo 1.50 Carrie and Dealers Copy 10c All TermijCaih In Advance Official Paper of City of Medford" Olflctal Paper of Jackson County UnitedPres International Full Leased Wire U P 1 Telephoto News picture MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU Or CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative: NELSON ROBERTS & ASSOCI ATES. Office in New York, Chi cago Detroit, "an r rancisco. Lo Angele Seattle. Portland. Denver NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL As)kaTSn blHIIIIH.'.llll.HI Flight o' Time Medtord nd Jackson County History from the files ol The Mall Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 jnd 50 yean ego. 10 YEARS AGO July 30, 1952 (Wednesday) Jackson county grand jury reports that the Rogue river bridge is "entirely sate in all respects. " Shaping ot preliminary plans tor a proposed multi million dollar shopping center south of Medford began last nighl. 20 YEARS AGO July 30, 1942 (Thursday) The California railroad commission approves Copco's request to reclassify its out standing stock and issue more common stock. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "A school for the IraininR of the lady pistol shots has been established in New York state. They are apt students, hit what they are supposed to, and can see the white of a blonde hair on a male shoul der at 60 paces. 30 YEARS AGO July 30, 1932 (Saturday) A transient arrester! in Ta coma admits the theft of nine electric motors from Pinnacle Packing company. A representative of the Oregon - Washington pear bureau speaks in Medford, predicts widening markets for winter pears in Industrial centers when the depression ends. 40 YEARS AGO July 30. 1922 (Sunday) Rash of burglaries continues as Vernon Vawtcr and Sam Richardson report their Gene va st. homes were illegally entered. Former Gov. Oswald West and five other orators sched ule Medford stop to urge the unmerglng of the Southern Pacific and Northern Paoilic railroads. 50 YEARS AGO July 30, 1912 (Tuesday) The Spalding buggy com pany, which has niovrd out of Jackson county to escape s warrant for illegally selling buggies without obtaining a license, receives a temporary Injunction to restrain the j ..... nSwrrar """'"jTHK application of capital punishment is er- ratio and capricious. oalthv murderers otten VVhal'e Yniir I ii 7 eeiiuio ivui x Nine er ten correcr is superior,-; even o, ei.hl i. ...ell.at; live iiisoed. I. winch fou. states of the Union have names beginning with the letter W? 2. What is the national em blem of Canada? 3. Name the four Presidents of the U S. whose last names contain a double o 4. What bird is a symbol of meekness and the emblem of peace' 5. Tetanus is another name for what? 6. Which came first - the automobile or street-car'' 7. Which of these Texas ci ties is farther north - San An tonio or Fort Worth' 8 Who was the wife of leg endary King Arthur' ft. Are skewers used by dentists, druggists, butchers or machinists' 10 Is a table d'hote meal one that has a set menu, or one in which the dishes are chosen from a menu card' Answers: I. Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wy eming. 2. M a p 1 1 I 1 . 3. F.uo.evelt, Hoover. Coolldqe. F. D. H. 4. Dove. 5. Lock jaw, t. Street-car. 7. Fort Worth. I. OultllTitl, 9. Butcher. 10. Sit menu. MONDAY, JULY 30. 1962 A Clemency Appeal Four weeks from today LeeRoy Sanford Mc Gahuey will die in the gas chamber at the Ore gon State Penitentiary unless Gov. Mark 0. Hatfield commutes his sentence to life imprison ment. Two other people one a woman are under death sentence in Oregon, and will be scheduled for execution provided the Oregon Supreme Court floes not. remind thp death sentences, nr unless the governor exercises . in Ia Mfornia. three i a sciieuuieii iu me -fuij,. scheduled a clemency hearing for them this weet One of the three is a woman. IN THE general election of 1958, a measure to abolish capital punishment in Oregon was narrowly defeated, 264,434 to 276,487 a margin of only 12,053 votes. Oregon has long had a curious on-again-off-again attitude toward capital punishment. It was banned for many years, but was reinstated about 40 years ago. It' has not been used frequently in recent years, and the situation of today, with three persons awaiting execution at the same time, is unusual. In California, it has also been hotly debated, principally in recent years as a result of the Caryl Chessman case. It is also an issue in this fall's gubernatorial election, for Governor Brown i .. i u: i i i l lias eA)iu!Mi nnnsuu as isnmeni, wnne Kicnarri approving its use. I TP TO this point it has not become a current political issue in Oregon. Governor Hatfield has expressed himself opposed to it, as a mat ter Of Principle, althouuh he has indicated he except where extenuating circumstances arise. We do not know Attorney General Thornton's position on capital punishment. He isn't saying. Hatfield has been asked to extend executive clemency to McGahuey, but has not indicated what he will do. Four provisions of the Oregon Constitution bear on this power. They are these: "Laws for the punishment of crime shall be found ed on the principles of reformation, and not of vindic tive justice." Article 1, Section 15. "The penalty for murder in the first degree shall be death, except when the trial jury shall in its verdict recommend life imprisonment, in which case the penal ty shall he life imprisonment." Article I Section 37. "He (the governor) shall lake care that the laws be faithfully executed." Article V, Section 9. "lie (the governor) shall have power lo grant re prieves, commutations, and pardons, after conviction, for all oTlenses except Ireason, subject to such regula tions as may be provided by law , . ." Article V, Section W. rON Willncr, a columnist for the Portland Re porter, in an "open letter" to the governor, makes a strong plea to Hatfield to exercise his power of clemency in the McGahuey case. We have great sympathy for the governor in this matter, for we have watched two Oregon executions in the course of a reporter's job, and have also watched former governors when they were struggling with a life-and-death decision. To permit a man any man to die when you have the unrestricted power to save his life by the stroke of a pen is an awesome responsibility. The governor needs commute or not to commute. The power is his, i absolutely, and can be exercised or not on the basis of whim or conscience or principle. ll'li HOLD no brief for murderers, McGahuey ' or any others. By the same token, we do not like the state, its;plf tn tak-p tlii liff nf ;i man nr woman. ''Of- f icial munler" is no more other kind of murders. To us the arguments against capital punish ment are compelling. Executing one man does not, it has been shown in many studies, deter others from the same crime. Indeed, statistics tend to indicate that non-capital punishment states have fewer murders than do capital punishment states The possibility for error always exists, (h,rp is nn n;inlnn. no renrieve. for a dead mail. 'escape tne ultimate penalty, tlivougli long icpai : .1 . lvitlliw and anni'als whereas lie tutor man IS . . . e . . "Ulfll 111010 apt to die for Ills SHIS. Murder, treason, kidnapping, and in some i, narcotics peddling, are the only crimes HOW punishable OV (loath ill this COlUl'll'V. Rut only a couple of hundred years ago the supreme penalty used for many minor offenses, including some which would hardly merit the term "juven nilo delinquency" today. Thus far we have come, Rut wo have not yet come far enough. Till': oi. lYstamrnt calls for an cxe for an rye 1 tU fi. n t.mtVi n., I, nLA tA'if.h..j : i . . t 1 IIHII M I t t L IH H J 1 1 I. And the Now Testament is even more em ph;:tie against taking human life. Not lieeause we feel sorry for McGahuey, or tho others, hut heeause we believe capital pun ishment is ileijiatlinu;, we join Willr.er in his appeal to the Governor. II1 said: . Oniy you, a- tfovrrnor of Or-runn, tiiii piovrnl our jtt.ttr'5 first rxcrutini. in ahoul mnr rrj Thr rtnliinlion hivps ou iho absolute discretion lo com mute this nmn's scnlnur And require Intn to spend tiu rest of his days m priM-n You alone have the au thority Your duty to eviutr (he ia5 of the state tnrludrs your duly to tirant elenieney if (his is our vih ' tain nitTi'y. his power of clemency. ' . . . convicted murderers arc o n n..i r k'-r.l o. uov, i ai biuwii t)aK? uiiiiusuu w tapiuu jiuii- j mxon is on record as no reason nor excuse to to our liking than any j I 1 . I It 1 1 I arc the niorciful, for thev shall oh ' K.A. "The Butinett Situation Is None Of Your Business" f. Jwtf P 'ClOSf?' I House COMMUNICATIONS Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address ot the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Trib'jne 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 prlnted in ,hls c0umn do not necessarMy rep,esent th. yi5w. of the 0aPer; in tact the contrary is often Gospel Is Real I To the Editor: With the ad vent or the leistar aciiica 10 the marvelous inventions of the radio, the TV and radar, we are realizing the marvel- nus age we are living in, and f tho 1-iurl't should be an incentive to us to believe more the Bible. It is not so long ago our transportation was by horse and buggy and the Pony Ex press. Now we have globe encircling jets for the masses. From the Vikings and Colum bus we come to John Glenn. The astronomers have de veloped powerful telescopes through which they have seen much, but no mention is made among them of an om nipolant God. Is there then the assumption that planets have built themselves and that inhabitants create them selves? Is it not more pur pose and meaning if we take the precious word of the gos pel writer John gives us, "In the beginning was the word and the word was God. And all things were made by him," etc . John 1:1-3 Psalm B. We can only imagine how the great truths have been transmitted through the ages by the instruments, the Urim and the Thummin which the ancient prophets had: Exo. 28:30. Ezra 2:62-63. And the many television scenes of 2, 700 years ago. Such scenes as our airplanes, automobiles and passenger trains, and the lick of the Mormon pioneers from Nnuvoo, III., to the Rockv Mountains and the great Sail Lake Desert, where Isaiah could see the "Desert b00m as the rose and the solitary place would be giad tor them." He could see where the fastness of the Rocky Mountains would be chambers of safety for them from their enemies, "and the rocks would be munitions of ! defense for them." And he also could see the ' "House of the God of Jacob -J- - nations would flow unto it." How else could Noah have known except through inter planetary messages, minute specifications of an Ark that would ride the flood success fully, and Solomon his beau tiful temple, and Moses the Tabernacle in the desert. Radioed programs came in i great numbers and were in- lerpreieu ny uie .ii-nnnnM, Isaiahs. Ezekiels, and Daniels, and the Peters and the Pauls, and from out of space came , suddenly a multitude of Heav-! enly Host praising God. and j ,hP AnK,-i cahtiei came from tlllV lll the abode of our Heavenly Father. God still lives and life is real, and so is the gos- that has nol been changed by private interpretation John F. Peterson rill South Holly Medlord. Ain'l It Fair To the Editor A recent headline in a San Francisco paper reads 'Monthly plan lo leach confused beginners" It just ain't fair to the be cinnei s They shouldn't be re quired lo spend months leam- ins the hum v. e snouin appropriate a billion dounm " " and send them to Washing- ton Thev could teach them to become confused expert, in a w eek. Everett Ai'khn Ashland. Ore. Vitwt on Mortt To the Editor. Without ran cor toward those who arr now cnanipionins h or Morse for reelection, may I ! speak up for the many Ore .son citwens who not only, don't think be is a Rreat Set.-, alor. but actually think ho is i a security rik to our Nation;, (or the following reasons. Quotum fro m Harrison . I Spammer s book, Thp Record j ! of Wayne Morse, "Who's t ,. (p. s liiile)rsj Plf the case. Who In Amcrlcd, from 1940 to 1952 inclusive, reveals that Morse is listed as a mem ber of The Institute Of Pa cific Relations." This "huge and powerful organization had cells or branches reach ing from the back rooms of Washington across the dark alley from Alger Hiss lo the lush rooms of the Kremlin in Moscow. This organization rendered vigorous assistance to Joe Stalin in subjecting China lo the Communist yoke." Spangler gleaned the fol lowing (and much , much more) from the 6-27-S2 report of our Senate Internal Se curity Committee: "Members of the core of officials and staff members who controlled the Institute Of Pacific Rela tions were either Communists or pro - ummun.sis. ..-iWn0 vo(od , h( an organization for a U.S. posal to Senator lo belong to! Unhinge sovereign murder According to Spangler, and revenBC Morse was not only willing From ,be bru(a , befor(. but insistant. that our friend ; wMch we crinfie. and ally, formosa, be fed to ; Somedav that chair shall split the Red Chinese wolves, also. For although our Military and our President both agreed that this pricelessly strategic little country, which we had liberated from Japanese rule, must be defended at all costs. Senator Morse took the Sen ale floor and strenuously op posed the Formosa Defense Resolution; and a few days later just as strenuously op- posed the Mutual Defense Treaty With Formosa. (Conar Record 1-28-55 and 2-9-55). The Associated Press report ed on 2-14-55 that the Red Chinese radio In Peiping used Morse's position and remarks on Formosa in support of their own position, a fact which disgraces him in my eyes forever. Never forget that, in 1946, it was Wayne Morse's Resolu tion that 'passed the Senate .. and put the U.S. under the jurisdiction of the World Court. Only the grace of God and Sen. Tom Connaily's amendment have so far saved our hides, our Bill of Rights, our Constitution, and our sov ereignty. Currently Morse seems in favor of the UNESCO treaty which would put U.S. schools under International Control. In my opinion, if UNESCO is given treaty status, w-e won't have to send American children to Moscow to he Com munist indoctrinated like Cas tro did the Cuban children. Communist controlled UNES CO will d" it for us right here L C Powell .116 S. E Eighth st.. Grants Pass. Ore. Capital Punishment To the Editor: Headline "McGahuey To Die in Gas Chamber Aim in for Mur - der.' July tMedford Mail Tribune. 9. 1!)R2 ) 1 "w OI,p roast iikc a I ' "M toast . . . . As prosecutor 1 put piece him therf- Much to my sorrow and despair. I heard the last words the felon said , , . Ler the unfeeling n.M shocked him dead. . . . .. - ' ' " '"""r ' UP """ his head. ' And sme led the odor his shat- Afterward ... at midnight . . . j m the lobby. 1 saw bis nine-year son. named . Hobby "What are you doing here I asked the laddy mp ann i ncie iirnrwe is wan - in for my daddy The man in the chair, killed his own wife . , Now the State had taken Rob hv's father's life' it that child should turn out malicmus and ban--11 will not be as slrancf . . . as It will bf sad; A murdered mother nd MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON Foreign News: French Peasant Riots; Political Parties Due for Pakistan By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst Notes from the foreign news cables: Peasant Riots A new outbreak of peas ant riots is likely in France this week. Farmers are angry because the gov ernment has not done enough to help French a g r I culture and they plan block high a y a and m onstrate In front of Newsom county teat offices. Political Rebirth Look for a rebirth soon of In the Days News By FRANK , From Washington: President Kennedy set up a crucial conference with lop diplomatic, military, and atomic advisers to discuss the possibility .of easing U.S terms for an East-West nu clear test ban treaty. Invited to the White House muroerea aad ... I wonder what will happen to that lad. Should he wind up in some State's lelhial Who would you say (be honest) put him there? Of the blame I'll take my shameful share. But society set that sneaky snare. Lives there a man with soul so dead That he does not shudder when he is told That a fellow mortal is set statement to the effect that to die . . . j whenever we feel it is NE- In the squatty chair that you CESSARY for us to test our and I I weapons we will test them. Put there lo feed the greedy 11 wi" never be safe to risk maw ! our future on the word of a Of a barbarous, vicious and communist because commun outmoded law? ists believe that lying is ex- His blood shall stain Ihe i cusable if it advances the brain of you asunder Rut when? Oh, God We wonder when? Oh, Governor Hatfield, if you are a man Not just a plugging politician Confound the herd -- and speak the word To save our creature from - perdition, Consider this, your Honor, just one man's Dctition. My prayer is that there somewhere . . . Is j A power that may pray a stroncer oraver. But just in case that power's ! FINANCE THE EXPENDI busy ... TURES GAP lifted municipal Let lis make the Governor dpbt to a record of nearly S25 dizzy ... billion. May our names someday be found 0n,."?5 scr0" that afk Hat - fltrl field To please have mercy and give ground; Post cards cost 3c a round. Tom Graff 520 North Front St. Medford Semantic Block To the Editor: The letter in Communications by J. Scott, which appea.ed on July 26. states that the "Semantic Block" is an ob stacle to worid peace. To me that statement has no mean ing . . does not make sense. I The English dictionary savs semantics is the science which treats of the evolution of Inn I guages and of the phenome na which mark is growth. So what has semantics got to do with peacemaking? j Mr. J. Scott must be en 'dowed with an unusual rea soning power .What is a "Se- . manuc a iock . I I',nn E- Ming 104!) West Medford . o 11th st. Editor's note: Semantics is also defined as the science of meaning, and a "semantic block' is created when one individual or croup under stands a word : mean one thkic while another indivi dual or group understands it to mean something else - s nt i . " -f 7," PHl,r. I -To the Editor WnM Cfln vou do who smoke" They sit and talk and lauch and joke. They are completely unaware ; The stuff is more than you can bear , Ann u you navr an allere You cough and wheeze in mis- ' ery. You pray that they u ill soon be gone, Although. ou know that with the dawn Thecoma will still linger on Pa roar a Kantor Rou;e 1. Ro 2M Talent, Ore numerous political parties in Pakistan now that President Mohammad Ayub Khan has signed into law a bill making political parties legal again. Former Muslim League offi cials already have announced immediate steps are being taken to revive their party, which once dominated politi cal life in Pakistan. New Pressure The Communists are expect ed to increase pressure on ci vilian traffic through East Germany to and from the West. They'll do it through traffic laws requiring such things as all cars traveling over 40 m.p.h. must be fitted with safety belts. Also by forcing West Germans to ob tain transit visas to drive or travel by rail to or from West Berlin. JENKINS session were Vice-President Lyndon Johnson, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, Chairman Seaborg of the At omic Energy commission, Di rector John McCone of the Central Intelligence Agency and others. Officials said thev exoecteri a decision would be announc- i ed within the next few days. . ; TIIIS ' wnat 'he President wants to know: How far is it safe to go in the way of cutting down on testing of our nuclear wea pons in order to get an agree ment with Russia to END NU CLEAR TESTING? j T ET'S put it this way: , " It would be unsafe for i us to go any farther than a cause of communism. TROM New Delhi, India: Nehru says he is going to go ahead and buy Russian M1G fighter planes - whether the .U.S. and Britain like it or not. Appropriate response to Nehru: "If that's the way you feel about it, we're going to cut ; off your relief check WHETH- ER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT." ,. , ; . . rN the home front: " The Census Bureau re ports in Washington that spending by city govern ments in the United Slates rose 8 per cent in 19fil, to a record 16'-$ billion dollars. The report adds: Revenue increased by 5' per cent to a new high of SI 5 8 billion and borrowing to COMMENT? Well, its wonderful j while we re spending it and null na , nn lha ...iff K,,4 IT putting it on the cuff, but it's going to be rough on the com ing generations when they have to start paying it back. Strictly Personal By Sydney lei Field Enterprise,. Inc. HOUSE DISCRIMINATION I own a house, and the man around the corner owns a i house Mine is a three-story town house. So is his. We both pay roughly I h e same amount of real estate tax. But here the r e s e m blauce ends. J My house is occupied sole ly by my fam ily. He has divided his house intn little rabbit-warrens, and collects a considerable amount of rent each month from his ; roomers. Moreover. I am not allowed lo deduct a penny for any re- pairs or improvements I make on my house - whereas he is allowed generous deductions as landlord. Tfiit. il iir to mi, it a grossly iniquitoui situation. Popl art penalized for owning a horn in tht city, not only b-tcauit thtir taxtt ar high (mint hart bcn raistd thr timi in thrc ytari). but also btcausa tha prica of buying a houst in tht city is gtartd to tht "convarttr. Tha "eonvtrttr" can tasi 3y afford to pay $10,000 mort for a city houst if ht plant to turn tht 10 roomt into 20. to rtnt out tht bait mtnt and tht attic, to con vtrt clotett into kitchtn- tttM. But tht man buying a houtt for his own family iter.' Harris Try and By BENNETT CERF- A MOTORCYCLE cop stopped a driver who was tootling up the West Side Drive of Manhattan at breakneck; speed, and gave him a ticket. "I clocked you doing "5 miles an hour," said the cop grimly. The driver nod ded cheerfully, then ask ed, "Couldn't you make it 90 an hour, officer? I'm trying to sell this car." Wayne Howell and Char He Rice have been playing a new game called "Im probable Authors" that may -intrigue intellectual Try -ajld-Stop-Me readers. You'll get the idea from 'the following samples: .Wan and Peace by Pee-j-wee .Reese; Finncyui'a Wake by Veronica Lake; Tvanhoe bjr Brigitte Bardot; Charley's Aunt by Immanuel Kaiit; High Tor by Tools Shor; Decline and Fall by Lucille Ball; Peyton Place by Princess Grace; The-Peppermint Twist by Ftunz Liszt; and Th9 Polka-Dot Bikini by G, Puccini. Cynthia Lindsay, viewing an exhibition of the high-bounding" Ukrainian Dancers at the Metropolitan Opera House, overheard this exchange by two little old ladies seated directly behind her: First old lady: Well, I must say they're mighty nimble. Second old lady: They have to be, you know. They don't have any money, A Harvard Junior, back from an expensive weekend at Vassal, composed this melancholy couplet: , ; . Pretty dishes f Are avaricious. ; C t(62.iy Bennett Cert. Distributed by King Feature 8yndict., , Washington Report By William (ci United Feature Sync1 1 cats ' CONGRESS'S RECCHD Washington Two more really big legislative decis ions - and two only - may .. be expected . of this Con- J gross, no mat- O ler how late it? intn tho fall its session may struggle on. Congress w i' 1 1 . decide w'hether the ,rit , economic out look justifies a tax cut to stimulate business. And cdn gress will complete action on the historic bill lo grant President Kennedy unex ampled authority to lower tariffs in order to associate this nation with the- new world of trade arising from the European common mar ket. It is curiously fitting that the remaining real program of this congress, as it draws toward the close, should be confined to such hard practic alities. From the beginning, the tone of the session has been to grant the President most of what he wanted in foreign policy and to some extent in economic policy, but to deny to him most of what he has asked in welfare legislation. AND that tone is being maintained to the end. Dead, for example, are the President's request for a fed eral Department of Urban Affairs, for a new medical care plan, and for large- J. Harris cannot afford to compete in such a market-so he moves out to the suburbs. This, of course, is the way city slums are created and perpetuated. Landlords buy up more and more apartments and houses, per mit them to run down, cbarqe excessive rentals, provide poor service, and pay no extra tax lor the privilege ol doing so. In Chicago, as in other larce cities, 'ens of thousands of fine old town houses have been converted in this manner almost always witn otias- trous effee'1 hood A fa Hi Hit" IKimiUtir- lily wantinc to buy and restore jnch a house for its own use is forced to : compete with buyers who care little about the neighborhood ' or the city, but onlv about a i quick and sure return on j their proper! v. Many factors are respon ! sihle for the flight to the suburbs; but one of the most ! i tTi nr riant i the. enntl int K- I rising property tax in the I city. Tave.s ne in the suburbs. j too, of course, but the services i are hetter. lc schools ate I better, and the neighborhoods t are occupied by householders w ho genumclv care about the future of their community. One of the most effective ! ways, in my view, to halt this flight, to arrest the growth of , slums, and to preserve home- ! owning neighborhoods in the city, would be to impose a j stringent but realistic tax on those who use their wntses for 1 hustnrss purpose - which Stop S. White scale federal aid to publirj education. Very much alive, however, is his foreign aid program, and very much alive is his world trade program. Con gress has just sent to the White House a very good for eign aid bill which will strengthen - the President's hand in the cold war. And the House has already approved -with Senate approval still to come - a strong world trade measure which involves per haps the most important legis lative achievement since World War II. It is against all this back ground that this Congress must be measured. Has it really been an unexpectedly obstructive and difficult con. gross, as some of the Presi dent's liberal advisers keep insisting in their disappoint ment at (he rejection of wel farisl measures? No. Instead, it has really been just the kind of congress that should have been foreseen all along. TT HAS been moderate-- minded, middle-of-the-road in political complexion and cooperative toward the Presi dent on the Great Survival issues but on little else. If congress has very often checked the Presidenl on proposed domestic innova tions, it has - to the great credit of the minority Repub licans - given him high bi partisan support on cold war matters. The only puzzling thing is why anybody ever supposed that it would be any other kind of congress. Kennedy himself, after all. ran an es sentially moderate campaign in I960. It was not wildly "liberal" any more than Rich ard Nixon's was w-ildly "con servative " The people, in narrowly electing Kennedy, spoke in tones of moderation. For in choosing him. as only a moderately liberal man, they chose a congress which was moderalely conservative. Nothing in thai election, and nothing since has sue grsted that the people want domestic reforms and innova tions syi murh as they want strong leadership aaainst tha Soviet menace. This Congress both the Democratic and Republican sides nf it has helped to give them that leadership bv its bipartisan support ol the President in I th,. arra , . , ri'iiFRF nevi-r it,. .i,m -a. e--t reason to suppose that fnnnmem ten. .1.1 i ! . "L V . ..... I "u U . .V- 'SO, ft decade where the trn national problem is not de pression hut rather the op nresve dancer of interna tional Communism And lhose who lament the failure of this or that reform measure in Concress should comfort thcmf,olve a bit. I.'"1 r IUM "pfl ! 'nrJm. r or mis is an hour in his tory in which concrrs had preferred, and rmht'y so. to do what is absolutelv rrrr. sary at the expense of what, is not really necessary hut rather only desirable - and ewn desirable only in a de batable wav. would offer relief from tav rairs to those families who are trying, against hcavv j odds, to maintain their home m the metropolitan area.