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10 YEARS AGO
Aug. 1, 1852 (Friday)
A ult In equity for fore.
closure of a mortgage against
the owners of KWIN, Ashland,
filed in circuit court; oper
ations have been suspended.
Don Lane, secretary and
manager of the Jackson Coun
ty Chamber of. Commerce
since 1947, resigns to become
manager of the East Side
Commercial club, Portland.
20 YEARS AGO
Auo. 1. 1942 (Saturday)
Packers report bartlett
pears selling locally for $70
a ton for No. 1 grade.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "It is
August again and only a
month until small boys will
have to put on their shirts
and go to school."
30 YEARS AGO
Aug. 1, 1932 (Monday)
Local motorists start rush
to purchase 1932 license plates
as law enforcement officers
begin check; 100 temporary
tags sold here in two hours.
Total of 181 persons sign
cards requesting work here as
new employment plan gets
under way; brings total of un
employed listed with various
offices to more than 2,500.
40 YEARS AGO
Aug. 1. 1922 (Tuesday)
Residents of Eagle Point
purchase $50,000 worth of
bonds to finance Irrigation
district.
Ken Williams, Grants Pass
man playing baseball with St.
Louis Browns, ties major
league record set by Rogers
liornsby by hitting 27th home
run.
50 YEARS AGO
Aug. 1, 1912 (Thuriday)
City of Medford lifts water
ing hour regulations; property
owners requested not to Irri
gate with open hoses or to
waste water.
Deer season opens and many
Mrdford hunters leave for Elk
and Evans creek areas.
What's Your I.Q.7
Nina or tan carrtct la auparlor;
tavan ar aight I. aicallanl; fiva or
til ll good.
1. In which season of the
year did the U.S. enter most
of the wars in which It has
engaged?
2. Will an airtight drum
support more weight in wa
ter if pumped full of air or
if exhausted of air?
3. Is Harold E. Stassen a
member of the U.S. Senate?
4. Correct the following,
"Between the various pictures
In the gallery, I like this one
best."
5. What was the nickname
of the famous Confederate
General Thomas Jonathan
Jackson?
6. Who first said, "The
world must be safe for demo
cracy?" 7. What is the present name
of the Sandwich Inlands?
8. Dues a filibuster hasten
or delav legislation
. What Is the U S.G.A ?
10. Where was the Mayflow
er Compact signed?
Antwarst 1. Spring. 2. Ex
hausted. 3. No. 4. "Among tha
rarioui picturau , , ." 5. Stone
wall. 8. Woodrow Wilton. 7.
Hawaiian Itlandt. 8. Dalaya.
8. Unilad Statat Golf Att'n.
10. On board ship Mayllowtr.
Wc.uni.oUAl, Auuusi 1. laoi
Some Comparisons
One interesting, but usually futile, exercise in
comparisons is that which compares the amount
of money spent in one way with what it could
have bought if spent in another.
"Strange As It Seems" the other day report
ed that American women spend as much money
each year for face powder, lipstick and nail
polish as the total $5 billion the U.S. has in
vested in the space program.
The U.S. public spends more for liquor and
tobacco than it does for education. And so on.
i
llARREN Weaver, writing in the current Sat
" urday Review, employs a similar device in
comparing the estimated $30 billion cost of put
ting a man on the moon with what the money
would buy elsewhere in education and science.
This $30 billion, he says, would give a 10 per
cent raise to all teachers, kindergarten through
university, in both public and private schools;
give $10 million each to 200 of the best small col
leges; finance seven-year fellowships at $4,000
per year per person for 50,000 new scientists and
engineers; contribute $200 million to each to cre
ate ten new medical schools; build and largely en
dow complete universities for all 53 nations that
have joined the United Nations since it was
founded; and create three more permanent
Rockefeller Foundations.
There still would be
to popularize science.
yHIS is an interesting
The U. S. is going to
program for military and
no other.
But it is also interesting to note that the $30
billion allocated to the space program over 10
years is only 60 per cent of the federal military
spending for ONE YEAR.
If the condition of the world were such that
the arms race could be ended, or even slowed
down, what could be done, not only in the crea
tion of useful and desirable social and education
al and public works projects, and in aid to the
underdeveloped nations, but also in the realm
of tax cuts.
This spending, by
high proportion ol our wealth on non-productive
armaments, coupled with
tions which in many areas are wiping out eco
nomic gains as rapidly as they can be trade, are
the two main obstacles to what could, given in
telligent guidance and cooperation, become the
world's first truly golden age. E.A.
The New Geography
Most well-informed people like to think that
their store of information extends to the places
and peoples of the world.
They know, for instance, that the French
speak French and use francs for money, and that
the Italians speak Italian and spend liras when
shopping.
Thevjcnow a bit about the location and cus
toms and languages of Australia, or India, or
Brazil, or even Mongolia.
But within the last
40 new nations have achieved independence. Who
can say that he has kept up with all of them
where they are, what they're like?
70R instance, newspaper readers may have not-
ed that on Aug. 13, 1900, a new nation named
the Central African Republic came into being.
But what more do we know about it?
It has an area of 238,000 square miles (about
2V-: times the size of Oregon), and a population
of about 1.2 million. Its largest city is Bangui,
the capital, with some 82,000 people.
It is surrounded by other newly-independent
nations, Chad, Sudan, Cameroon, and the two
Congos. It formerly was known as Ubangi-Shari
for two of its principal rivers.
The official language is French (it formerly
was a French colony), but only about 1 or 2 per
cent of the population are literate in that lan
guage. The chief lingua franca is the Sangho
dialect, but there are many Bantu and Sudanic
dialects spoken among the four main ethnic
groups, the Mandjia-Baya, the M'Baka, the Ban
da and the Zande.
HP HE Central African Republic is largely agri-
cultural, some of it semi-nomadic in char
acter. Some industry is developing; there is min
ing and lumbering; there are new hydro-electric
power stations; roads link most of the various
sections although there is no railroad.
How does a little nation like this, with a
population mostly either in the savage state or
just barely removed from it, with few resources
and limted facilities, expect to create a viable
economy and an effective political community?
The same questions can be asked about many
of the other new states, some of which are only
names to us Togo, Malagasy Republic, Somali
Republic, Dahomey, Upper Volta, Gabon.
HPHEIU peoples are human, and endowed with
normal human hopes and fears and ambitions,
all of them stimulated by their contacts with the
artifacts and gadgets of a mechanical civiliza
tion, and by the heady talk of human dignity,
economic self-sufficiency, and political indepen
dence and freedom.
Whether their slow progress will continue,
or whether it will all blow up into chaos and ter
ror, a la Congo, remains to be seen.
But these new nations, inexperienced but 1
hopeful, aspiring but terribly poor, backward but
ambitious, are a force to be reckoned with in the 1
years ahead. E. A.
$100 million left over
sort of wishful thinking.
go ahead with its space
prestige reasons, if for
sad necessity, of such a
the exploding popula
tvo decades, more than
"He Doesn't Know The Territory"
In the Day's News
By FRANK
From Algiers:
Algerian guerrilla forces
took control of Algiers and
moved to form a military jun
ta to act in the name of na
tional unity. It was an appar
ent move to impose a solution
In the feud between Dissident
Deputy Premier Ben Bella
and Moderate Premier Ben
Youssef Ben Khedda.
Ben Bella indicated his ap
proval of the move.
POOR Algeria!
Whv POOR Aleeria?
Well. Ben Bella is a ONE-
PARTY man. As was Benito
Mussolini. As was Adolf Hit
ler. As IS Nikita Khrushchev.
One-Dartv eovernment puts
too much power in too few
hands. Ever since the worm
began, with very few excep
tions, too much Dower in too
few hands has been bad for
the general run of the peo
pie.
OUR Founding Fathers rec
ognized that fundamental
fact when in the Declaration
of Indendence they said:'
"We hold these truths to be
self-evident, that all men are
created equal, that they are
endowed by their creator with
certain unalienable rights,
that among these are Life,
Liberty and Happiness. That
to secure these rights, Govern
ments are instituted among
men, deriving their, just pow
ers from the consent of the
governed."
When too much power is
held in too few hands, the
fundamental rights of the
people are pretty certain to
be ignored.
IN A good-natured editorial
this morning, the Oregon
ian says:
"Photographs of Jacquel
ine Kennedy on water skis
drive home more forcefully
than any action of the Presi
dent the fact the YOUTH lias
taken over in the White
House.
"Imagine, If you can, Elea
nor Roosevelt, Bess Truman
or Mamie Eisenhower scoot
ing along on wooden slats. Or
Martha Washington, or Mary
Todd Lincoln, or any other
first lady before the New
Frontier. The idea is so pre
posterous that the imagina
tion cannot cope with it."
OH, I don't know.
There was Dolly Madi
son. She was an up and com
ing young woman. During the
bitter years of her husband's
Presidency, her charm and
popularity made the social life
of the Madison administration
gracious and brilliant.
And there was Frances Fol-
Try and
By BENNETT CERF-
T 1LLIAN ROTH, starring in "I Can Get It for You Whole
J sale," says that a story that never failed her in a pinch
concerns the elegant lady who boasted, "Look what my
irienn gave me: nn alli
gator bag! An alligator
belt! And these alligator
shoes!" "Goodness," ex
claimed a bystander.
"Your friend must be a
philanthropist." "Oh. no,"
replied the elegant lady.
"He's an alligator."
What Is the fate of peo
ple who give away the so
lutions to good mystt-ry
atones? Vincent Starrett
has one answer. Ton years
tgo an Agatha Christie
whodunit called "The
Mousetrap" opened in a 1-ondon theatre. The next day the Lon
don Sunday Dispatch in lis review revealed the tilontity of the
murderer- a dastardly trick. The producer moaned. "That does
us In: we ll close Saturday night." Hut wait .... this Isn't what
happened at atl. Fact is. "The Mousetrap" recently registered
tta 4.O0Oth performance, and is still packing them in. An t the
Sunday Dispatch has gone out of business!
The late Stephen I.e.nxx'k took a dim view of retirement.
"Have nothing to .Jo with It," he sternly warned a conclave of
Montreal business men. "Ketirement is like this, gentlemen. Have
you ever been out for a late autumn t!k in the closiric pari of
the afternoon, anil suddenly looked up to realize that the leaves
have practically alt gone? And the aun has set and the day gone
before you know It and with that a cole) wind blow t across the
landscape? That'a retirement."
C tag, by Benoalt Cart Distributed bj King reaturaa 8iii)lcta
Mt,L)tUU MAIL 'iniDUnt, MbUt'OHU. OHLGON
JENKINS
som Cleveland, who was mar
ried in Washington to Presi
dent Grover Cleveland. She
was only 22 years old at the
time. She was widely known
for her delightful ability as a
hostess, and the American
public was immensely inter
ested in her and in what she
did in the years when she was
mistress of the White House.
T'HERE was no such sport as
-- water skiing when Dolly
Madison was the White House
mistress. Nor was any such
thing possible when Frances
Folsom, at the age of 22, mar
ried President Grover Cleve
land. The internal combustion en
gine hadn't yet been invented
when these charming young
women came to the White
House - and without the in
ternal combustion engine fast
motorboats were just simply
impossible.
They couldn't go fast ennueh
to keep someone standing up-
rignt on wooden slats in the
water.
T)UT it's a safe guess that If
there had been such
things in their time as boats
fast enough to make water
skiing possible both Dolly Ma
dison and Frances Folsom
Cleveland would have been
pretty likely to be enthusias
tic water skiers.
Kennedy Signs
Foreign Aid Bill
Washington -(UPB- President
Kennedy, praising both par
ties for their support, signed
into law today a $4.6 billion
foreign aid authorization bill.
He hailed the legislation as
sign of recognition by Re
publicans and Democrats that
the program is strongly tied
in with this country's defense.
With Secretary of State
Dean Rusk, congressional
leaders and a bipartisan group
of lawmakers looking on,
Kennedy signed the measure
after making a statement
about its importance.
The bill, containing almost
all that the President request
ed, was viewed as an admin
istration victory.
However, the actual money
authorized in the bill must
still be appropriated in later
legislation.
The S4 6 billion authorired
in the bill represented S206
million less than Kennedy re
quested. Stop Me
... Communications ...
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The Mail Tribune reserves lha right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and
condentation. Letters submitted for publication mult not exceed 400 words. The letters
printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the
contrary is often the case.
He It o His' Throne
To the Editor: If drought
and crop failures persist in
Russia and China much long
er, their leaders must surely
admit there is a God who can
give or can take away. This
realization probably depends
on how we keep the "image"
of the United States and the
Free World.
The Communists have made
it their business to alter that
"image." Their members are
dedicated to their task
through a misguided idealism,
a reactionary spirit or a love
for money and expected
power. At any rate they get
their job done. Consequently
our problems mount due to
their energy and our lack of
it. They downgrade our edu
cation. Increase our delin
quency and crime, and de
moralize us anywhere they
can. They work on our weak
spots and we seem to have
plenty. We are indeed blind
not to see this. What else are
they Communists for?
A large part of the free
world has been overwhelmed
by the rapid advance in tech
nology and production. We've
been so happy and involved
with new pleasures and pos
sessions we've not realized
there's a life and death strug
gle on. Spiritual values have
been snowed under. But it is
upon these values that the
fate of the world hangs. The
Cold War is a war of prin
ciples to be fought and won
by the peoples of the nations,
not its government. If Truth,
Love and Righteousness are
to survive, the people must
take up the challenge.
Perhaps religion has lost its
lure for people because there
has been no research to bring
it up to date. Ancient inter
pretations are still in use. The
intelligence of today can't
accept the inconsistency of a
God of Love and a torturing
Hell. Too many are confused
and so live it up while they
may.
A Creator who has perfect
ed flowers and the universe
can certainly eventually
evolve perfect children out of
mankind for his kingdom on
earth. We are very foolish to
think we get away with any-
ming. ood can send us back
to earth minus the talents we
wasted, to live down the sins
we committed. He is merciful
and good and so we have a
new environment and a new
chance. If we keep failing, we
may very well end up in the
lower animal kingdom and
what's unfair about that?
We should ponder well one
promise He has given before
it is too late. "The tree of tie
Righteous shall not be
broken," meaning the right
eous may live with their
lovd ones throughout eter
nity. Is the lust and glitter of
this world worth sacrificing
that privilege? What wouldn't
we give to be forever with
our loved ones?
Too many people just join
a church, but don't g?t
acquainted with its God. Thus
they miss the joy, the peace
that passeth all understanding,
that they might hfive if thov
sought out their Savior and
reauy knew Him. He is on
His throne but ready to enter
any heart that will let Him
come in, giving it the con
tentment we all seek. Those
who have found Him know
whereof I speak.
Frances Rav
Ralston, Wash.
Indian Heritage
To the Editor: I would like
to write something that could
be added to the world nf tl,
North American Indian. I have
read a great deal about those
people, all of their history I
can find, books written hv
both Indian and white authors,
and one thing stands out most
clearly. Here is a people who
have been picked up bodilv
and slammed hard against the
forces of natural selection or,
spiritually speaking, sent
down through the valley of
the shadow of death and ob
scurity. Why? Perhaps because the
Creator loves them and in
tends to make them great.
How else would they be given
the vision of the Ghost Dance?
There are always people who
will scoff and deride, but wis
dom only examines.
It has been revealed this vi
sion was a promise that the In
dian race of peoples and the
buffalo shall not become ex
tinct, shall not perish from the
earth or be swallowed up by
any otner race
But the Indians old concep- :same boys did approve of fnr
tion and understanding of the eign aid. after a brief final
white man shall vanish. There flurry of debate, involving
is no great white Father, great !$4 67 billion to our supposed"
wnue momcr. brother, sister
or .ureal wnue anytning. Just
another kind of man. he is
strong and weak, good and
bad. There is no perfection in
htm. This is the Earth's plan
for all life including all man
kind, to give something to
work and strive for What he
can be is president, statesman,
teacher, companion, friend
and neighbor.
The green vallcvs and wide
and beautiful expanse of land
seen in the vision is the oppor-Jeans,
tunity to become educated in
the arts and sciences, to be
dedicated to learning some
thing that will give the Indian
student a secure place in the
wide world of today where
this land of America becomes
only a small part, thij land of
both the Indians and white
man's fathers, the great ones,
the wise ones, the Indian
heroes of the past, all across
the nation Indians will be as
much a part of it as any other
born on its soil. No white man
or any other kind should
push the Indian into the path
of higher education and learn
ing as always the way will be
revealed to his spiritual lead
ers and wise ones. Another
vision may be given, another
dance, a stately dignified
march out of obscurity and
shadow into the wide world of
man. My people will change
their conception of the Indian,
see him in true light, for he is
a man proud of race and color
and of his people, proud to be
an American Indian, and this
is the way we like him best.
His writings, his arts and
crafts are beautiful and good.
Without him America just
wouldn't be America. This is
why he must live and prosper
and be a credit to his world.
Ida Kelly,
16 Quince St.,
Medford.
A Tribute
To the Editor: A tribute to
the Dairy Maids Softball team.
When the frost is on the pump
kin, And a nip is in the air;
When days are gray and
gloomy,
With dark clouds ev'rywhere;
We will talk about that inning
(.The tenth, two outs, scoreless
game)
Bernice Bigham smacked a
sizzler
To win both game and fame.
David Frisch
P.O. Box 292
White City, Ore.
Dead - But Alive Forever
To the Editor: The present
editorial drive on capital pun
ishment reminds me of a most
extraordinary incident associ
ated with the gas chamber.
While a tellow-prisoner in
the little State Penitentiary at
Florence, Arizona, in 1935 I
was intensely attracted by the
clean-cut, militant and manly
character of Jerry Corcoran
as he exercised daily in the
prison yard. Jerry, 24, had
slain a gambler in Phoenix
and was condemned to die in
the gas chamber.
The terrors of this then
most evil confine had waken
ed me and I returned to God
openly. There was indeed joy
in Heaven and, as I said my
prayers of the Mass in the
prison yard, the very Heavens
would open and the Glory of
God pour down. As St. Paul
said "I became a fool in
glorifying God," and my out
law friends warned me to
stop. I did not. The authori
ties "railroaded" me out of
prison and into the state hos
pital for the insane. My
prayers were answered in con
tinuous miracle, yet in 1937
I was handcuffed and enroute
to the Veterans hospital at
Sawtelle. Los Angeles.
Jerry had died in the gas
chamber. I had remembered
him in my prayers. As I left
my seat in the big Los Ange
les depot with my guard -
Jerry mysteriously rose with
me and - in spiritual strength
approximating life itself -
walked out the door of the
depot and down the streets of
Los Angeles in broad daylight
- a free man forever! And I,
in the friendship of God but
suffering the curse of psy
chiatry, went into 24 more
years of most unjust confine
men. 1 had been sentenced
for 1 to 3 years.
The "Law" had taken its
ion or jerry for his moment's
anger and God had granted
mm
eternal pardon for his
contrition. The dead who die
in the Lord never die - not
even in the gas chamber - as
this simple spiritual adven
ture proves.
(Name w.thhcld)
Wastepaper Basket
To the Editor: All of vou
old timers know where vn,,
stand at present in reearHs to
an old age hospital plan. I ,orn down. We lived in fear
Our local paper states that j of a careless match or ciga
all 100 senators showed up i re,,c' When we presented our
for the vote. The score was ' Petition asking for help no
set at 52 to 48. Into the waste- nc,P' illst Duck passing.
paper taskot you must go.
just as I predicted.
Yet a few days later those
io-De friends in Europe and
I eisownere
' That old slogan, charity be
gins at home, as I see it. h.is
been replaced by a new otic,
help thy neighbors instead.
I m one who is setting pret
ty well fed up with this for
e:Kn aid busines when these
billions could be used for a
belter purpose at home.
This S4 67 billions placed
trust tuncl could be cn-
joyed by a great manv Ameri
since retired, who help-
ed to make this a land of
plenty.
A great many of these sen
ators may use this health
plan as political ammunition
for the coming election, just
as the paper states.
One loeel politician could
upset their plans by helping
start a state lottery hospital
movement. Instead, my plan
may also be heading toward
the wastepaper basket for the
lack of support.
Howard H. Brown
907 Gilman rd.
Medford
Giving '
To the Editor:
When I give someone else a
"piece of my mind,"
I'm forever giving away
A thing to regret, a gift that's
unkind,
And words that I never should
say;
When I give someone else a
"piece of my heart,"
Its love and compassion will
show
The kindness and wisdom of
doing my part
In
helping a friendship to
grow.
Mildred Jeffery,
521 Mayette St.,
Medford
Tidal Wave
To the Editor: Your editori
al in the Wednesday, July 25,
Mail Tribune, entitled "Amer
ica the Ambivalent," has a
very thought provoking para
graph. I refer to, "We honor
our scientists and teachers
and authors, yet pay them
less in a year than an adult
erous movie star with the
morals of an alley cat makes
in a week."
Some years ago one of the
greatest Christian writers of
all time penned the following
lines:
"Among the most danger
ous resorts for pleasure is the
theater. Instead of being a
school of morality and virtue,
as it is so often claimed, it
is the very hot-bed of immo
rality." "Vicious habits and sinful
propensities are strengthened
and confirmed by these enter
tainments. For songs, lewd
gestures, expressions, and at
titudes, deprave the imagina
tion and debase the morals.
Every youth who habitually
attends such exhibitions will
be corrupted in principle.
There is no influence in our
land more powerful to poison
the imagination, to destroy
religious impressions, and to
blunt the relish for tranquil
pleasures and sober realities
of life, than theatrical amuse
ments. The love for these
scenes increases with every
indulgence, as the desire for
intoxicating drink strength
ens with its use.
When the foregoing lines
were first written TV was un
known. I am not condemning
this modern marvel of com
munication. But sad to say
the demoralizing "alley cat",
"adulterous movie star", filth
and corruption of Hollywood
is flooding American homes.
And the results are evident
everywhere.
Many Christian homes have
and are succumbing to this
tidal wave of degenerating
sewage. Instead of the voice
of prayer and reading of God's
word, we Americans are
wrapped up in a hypnotic
spell that is careening us on
in a mad rush to perdition.
Our only hope is to turn
our eyes to the God whose
glory shines from the heavens
anr" whose divine hand up
holds the universe. We have
only to love him, trust in
him. as little children in faith
j and confidence, and he will
accept lis as His sons and
j daughters, and we shall be
joint heirs to all the inex-
X e'erm"
Henry Johnson Jr.,
2315 Highway 66,
Ashland
The Antwer?
To the Editor: The three
years we lived next to the old
barn on East Jackson Street
I we nid all in our power to cot
Of course we are just plain
John Does and we were told
that the barn wasn't a fire
hazard. I might add. however,
that was in December and
very true at that time.
Last night iMonriay) except
for a good
neighbor, there
could have been a real
tragedy with loss of life all
because ....
I don't know the answer,
but I do know t hat no one
should have the power to
scare our city officials into
quiet acceptance of such
hazard
Mrs Jim Cox
1467 Oleander st.
(formerly 1410 East
Jackson)
Medford.
Strictly
Personal
By Sydney J. Harris
(c- Field En:erprltet Inc.
MARRIAGE HARD WORK
In her penetrating article,
"Marriage on the Rocks." in
the July issue of the Atlantic
Monthly mag-
Pf53b1 a'", Nora
Johnson sug
gests that get
ling married
should "a
made much
harder than it
is It Is tniA
j enough that
r this vastly
uaria i m p o r -
tant step is absurdly easy to
take; and that we need fewer
qualifications for getting a
marriage license than for get
ting a driver's license.
Yet when all this is ad
mitted, I still doubt whether
a "cooling-off" period for
prospective marriages would
be of much value; or even if
psychological and emotional
tests given to the candidates
would do more than rule out
a small percentage of psycho
paths or imbeciles.
As is well known, a
young couple can go tof
gether three or four yean
without a serious disagree
ment and then a few
months after marriage, the.
ugly dissensions begin to
make themselves felt. No
matter how long or how
well one knows a person
before marriage, it is a dif
ferent person after mar
riage. Both partners indeed,
become different persons.
This is in the nature of
the relationship. Marriage
is a compensation as well
as a collaboration; during
the courtship, all is col
laboration; it is only after
ward that the competitive
strains come to the front.
Nobody knows exactly
what chemistry goes into
making of a "good" mar
riage. Marriage counselors
themselves don't know, as
their own private lives too
often bear out. The ration
al, sensible, objective ad
vice that we give to others
is almost impossible to ap
ply to our own case,
For instance, it is easy (0
mouth the familiar platitude
that "marriage is a 50-50
proposition," a matter of give-and-take
between the part
ners. But this is a gross fal
lacy. As I have observed be
fore, marriage is at least a
60-40 proposition, with each
partner prepared to give the
60 and receive the 40.
If the conjugal relationship
is viewed as a 50-50 proposi
tion, it is doomed to failure
-for this attitude is based on
calculation, on measurement
and appraisal. "I gave my 50,
now you give yours" is the
kind of childish reaction that
is bound to destroy the fab
ric of a marriage. To divide
the responsibilities and the
givingness on a mathematical
basis is to violate the whole
spirit of love - yet most of us
tend to do it.
The brutal fact of the mat
ter is that the two persons
after marriage are not the
same two who existed before
the marriage. Unwillingness
to adjust to this fact causes
more marital rifts than any
thing else. No matter how
long the engagement, how
stiff the legal requirements
for marriage, couples will
still have to learn how to
live with the puzzling stran
gers they married - and not
with the lovers they thought
they had.
Bill Introduced To
Exempt Nisei Tax
Washington-!l!PH-Sen. Thom
as Kuchel (R-Calif.) Tuesday
I introduced a bill to exempt
lrom taxation money paid to
Japanese-Americans who wera
put in relocation camps dur
ing World War II.
A recent Internal Revenue
Service ruling that the money
recently granted Nisei for
property losses is subject to
taxation adds "insult to in
jury.'' Kuchel said.
"Morally, the problem is
the other way around," he
added. "These people ought
to be permitted to take a loss
on their tax returns."
As it is. he said, the grant
on!y allows partial compensa
tion and was enacted "to do
justice and close the book on
a not-too-pretty chapter in our
history."
labor Peace Restored
At Groton Shipyard
Groton. Conn. - tTt - Labor
peace was restored today at
the Electric Boat riivis:on of
General Dynamics Corp. fol
lowing a s-.rike that crippled
construction on $1 billion
worth of atomic submarines.
Members of the New Lon
don County Metal Trades
Council. AFL-CIO. Tuesday
night voted 4.775-1.485 to ac
cept a new three-year contract.