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History from the files of The
Mall Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
ind 50 years ago.
10 YEAHS AGO
Aug. 10, 1952 (Sunday)
District Attorney Paul Hav-
Hand refuses comment on
rumors that ho may resign
about Sept. 1 to enter private
practice.
Construction of a landing
strip in Crater Lake National
park will be proposed to the
National Park service.
20 YEARS AGO
Aug. 10, 1942 (Monday)
Doyle Cowles, 1817 West
Main St., is severely burned
when his house catches tire,
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "A Sa
lem worker has returned to
Ills native heath after toiling
on the cantonment all summer
and finding out what it was
like to have dry feet four days
in a row.
30 YEARS AGO
Aug. 10, 1932 (Wednesday)
Lowell Zundel, Medford,
circulates petitions as an in
dependent candidate for sher
iff. Civic groups worry about
large number; of Californians
hired in fruit plants and or
chards at the expense of local
workmen; also condemn traf
fic problem created by tran
sient autos.
40 YEARS AGO
Aug. 10. 1922 (Thursday)
The Valley garage is badly
damaged by a $15,000 fire;
seven cars are destroyed.
Vice President Calvin Cool
idge will pass through Med
ford cn route to Portland
where he will give an address;
he refuses to speak here as he
is on vacation.
50 YEARS AGO
A 'J. 10, 1912 (Saturday)
Contractor begins work on
new Main st. bridge over Bear
creek; old bridge Is to be mov
ed to Jackson st.
Local barber shops become
"tonsorial parlors" by order
of the convention of barbers.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine st ten correct Is suptrlori
seven or eight Is oicellentt five er
sis Is good.
1. is Sortes Blblicac, Intro
duecd during the reign of
Chalcmagne, a reference for
fortune telling, ecclesiastical
prayer, or law?
2. Over what country aa
the House of Plantagenet once
reign?
3. Is the original Riullo in
Venice, Wyoming, or London?
4. Do the "horns" referred
to ;n the book of Daniel have
an historical significance for
the future?
5. In which slate are the
Carlsbad Caverns?
6. Is the claymore a weap
on once used in Scotland or
li eland?
7. What is ethnology?
8. In which of Charles
Dicken s novel is the heroine
called "Little Neil "?
9. Who was called the
George Washington of South
America?
10. Which German com
mander in World War II was
nicknamed the "Desert Fox"?
Answersi 1. Fortune telling.
2. England. 3. Venice, Italy. 4
Yes. 5. New Mexico. 8. Scot
land. 7. Science of the races
of man. 8. "Old Curiosity
Shoo." 9. Simon Bolivar. 10.
Marshal Erwin Rommel.
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Satellite
We received a note
which said this:
"Since you published Maurine Neuberger's
viewpoint, how about publishing this, too, in your
editorial column:
The enclosure was
Report" of the Chamber
It said:
Do not be misled by Senate charges of "monopoly" and,
"give-away" in reference to President Kennedy's Commu
nications Satellite Bill. The Senate legislation, as well as
the House-approved version, contains fully adequate pre
visions for protecting the public Interest.
Under both versions, the contemplated privately owned
satellite company will also be subject to the rate-fixing
authority of the Federal Communications Commission.
The Chamber agrees with the President that the crea
tion of a private company is the best way to insure our na
tion's supremacy in space communications. As the Chamber
put It In a letter earlier this year to the Senate Commerce
Committee:
"It should be kept in mind that space communications
system is only an extension of the existing systems of na
tional and international communications, and that the satel
lite program will supplement, rather than replace, cable
and radio services now in existence. The present United
States systems have been developed by private Industry.
This supplemental system should be developed and oper
ated in much the same manner."
To turn over the development of a space communica
tions system to a government agency, as a small group of
"liberals" propose, would only inject the government
again into an area where private Industry can do the job
more efficiently and effectively. It would also delay a pro
gram in which speed is urgently needed.
FAIR enough.
But are the public
bill adequate, as the U.
No, Senator Neubererer
"transparent," and says
the reality of A. T. & 1 . And she adds :
"The massive economic concentration represented by the
Bell System - owned and controlled by A. T. & T. - is
staggering. This $27 billion corporation owns and controls
98 per cent of long distance telephone service in the U. S,
and all domestic facilities for overseas commercial tele
phone service. i
"A. T. & T.'s monoply grasp of communications is now
threatened by the advent of communications satellites. The
Syncom system, rapidly being perfected by Hughes Air
craft as an alternative to the Telstar system, would enable
American companies such as Western Union, Hughes, RCA
and International Telephone and Telegraph to compete
with A. T. & T. for the business of long distance communi
cations users. If the commercial development of the Syn
com system is permitted, A. T. & T.'s enormous investment
in its long lines and cables will be threatened. To thwart
competition, every sinew of the A. T. St. T. organization is
at this moment straining to Insure that A. T. & T. will con
trol the destiny of communications satellites.
"No flimsy formula for the allocation of directorships
such as that contained in the proposed satellite bill could
possibly blunt the naked economic power wielded by
A. T. & T. The bill would permit A. T. & T. to purchase
as much as SO per cent of the capital stock of the proposed
satellite corporation. A. T. & T.'s stockholders and officers
would be free to purchase additional blocs of corporation
stock ..."
"THE U. S. Chamber declares that the rate-fix-
ing authority of the FCC would be an ade
quate safeguard. Senator Neuberger comments:
"Nor can I take comfort in the bill's provision for FCC
regulation . . . Since the founding of the FCC in 1034, it
has never completed a full formal hearing on telephone
rates. Current independent reports by the Budget Bureau,
the Hoover Commission, and the Rand Corporation are
unanimous in concluding that the FCC has been totally
Ineffective in regulating A. T. & T.
"As Chairman Cellar of the House Judiciary Committee
has said, 'A. T. Sc T. has successfully avoided regulation
on earth. Divine guidance will be necessary to regulate
A. T. Si T. if it is permitted to expand its domain into
space.' "
.....
WOULD "private industry" indeed do a better
hU Minn imuprnmpni? Pnrhjins Tliit wnnlrl a
government-chartered monopoly do a better job
than competing private industry? What about
ii r: ij :.-
uiu many uuiur turns uut-resitm in sjatu i
Senator Neuberger points out:
"The proposed satellite bill would establish a revolution
ary new pattern for commercial exploitation of our natural
and scientific resources. For the first time in history, the
U. S. government would bo the creator and sponsor of a
private, international cartel ..."
Talk about private enterprise; talk about rug
ged individualism: talk
system ; talk about competition ; talk about free
dom of opportunity; then answer Senator Neu
berger s final question :
"Why should the Federal government license
the unchecked expansion
nomic concentration I
The senator's arguments are, to us, far more
logical and compelling than those of the Chamber
of Commerce of the 0. S. E. A.
Abby
Abby Green was a
people and loved music, bach Christmas tor
several veais he nut a tinv. nerkv Christmas tree
in his front yard for passers-by to enjoy. Through
his music, his friendliness, his eagerness to
please, he increased the
He did not, himself,
and his death yesterday
long, painful, crippling
Hut Abby Green was
will be missed. E. A.
Blood
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will be in town
Monday and Tuesday.
It is our hope that everyone who is physically
able will give serious thought to donating a pint
of blood. Stocks of life-giving blood are exceed
ingly low, and it is a sad fact that Jackson county
has performed its share of the blood-giving chore
only once or twice in recent years.
This is a situation where the phrase about
being one's brother's keeper takes on real mean
ing. b.A.
Arguments
in the mail the other day
from the "Washington
of Commerce of the U. S.
interest provisions in the
b. Chamber declares:
says. She calls them
they "fail to account for
about the capitalistic
of monopoly and eco
Green
kindly man who liked
happiness of others.
have a very happy life,
was a release from a
and debilitating nines
a gentleman, and he
Needs
"Ho Hum It's Sure
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On Life and Death
To the Editor: When the
state, fulfilling its responsi
bility of protecting society and
attempting to balance the
scales of outraged justice (in
as far as it is possible), by in
flicting the severe punishment
of death on a convicted mur
derer, it is written off by you
as merely "cold-blooded kill
ing. And the unjust, prema
ture expulsion of a nonviable
fetus because of the possibility
oi malformation, if carried
full term, is a good and mer
ciful act (the end justifying
me means), in short Mr. Al
len, you find yourself Insisting
guilty murderer must be
spared and the innocent child
must be punished.
Apparently, the dignity of
life (MT 8-6-62) for you must
be measured by the perfection
of the body. Presumably, if
society can eventually deter
mine if the unborn child will
be perfect, it may be born
naturally; but if there is the
possibility of deformity, the
child must be destroyed.
Thereby we can develop a
perfect race of people - full
of dignity, of course. Shades
of a depraved Austrian cor
poral.
But when we wipe awav
all this sentimental slush, we
find Mr. Allen in the case of
the unborn child (Finkbine)
you are advocating the direct
killing of the baby. According
to law this Is murder, even if
you spell it euthanasia.
The distortion rising from
the discussion about the pos
sible malformation of the
child (Finkbine) and the prob
lems and heartache and ef
fects on the other members of
the family was cleared up a
bit when other couples, par
ents, offered to adopt and love
the unborn child. This is dig
nified. This is making mani
fest the true Christian spirit.
This is demonstrating perfect
trust, in tno Divine Plan.
Let the child be bom, for
deformed or not, there arc
always sufferings and prob
lems in raising children; but
there is also the compensating
joy of doing God's will. There
is no such compensating joy
in wilful murder.
Robert J. Howard,
702 Beekman,
Medford.
Breath of Life
To the Editor: It is a fallacy
to contuse the "life force
with personality or soul. "Life
force'' is a term given to the
power underlying the mechan
ics of nature. This power-the
thrust of life-though vital and
persistent, Is totally imper
sonal. Among many other defini
tions, Webster's Third New In
ternational Dictionary defines
"soul" as "The Immortal part
or man having permanent ex
istence'' . . . "Sometimes dis
tinguished from spirit." But
even if It did Include, "a life
force," the definition signifies
that more than one force is in
volved In the life process. A
letter in the communications
column Aug. 7 stated a dic
tionary employed this defini
tion, and so the writer con
cluded soul was part of the
body "in the beginning."
Nature's vast assembly line
turns out products by the bil
lions a minute in an unending
stream - fruits, flowers, birds,
bodies. When, due to the law
of change, a product has com
pleied its natural cycle, it ter
minates. Where a human me
chanism is concerned, the per
sonality or soul departs but
the life force remains to carry
on the process of disintegra
tion, and eventual transition.
It soul actually exists, and
this is a moot question, it
would probably be added with
the intake of air at birth. Per-1
mit me to quote the Chris-
tian's Bible: "And the Lord j
God formed man of the dust j
of the ground, and breathed j
Dull Around Here"
into his nostrils the breath of
life; and man became a living
soul." (Gen. 2:7).
Until birth then, the body
Is still on nature's assembly
line.
Nature's industry, though
highly efficient, is not com
pletely fool-proof - accidents
do occur. It is plain that meas
ures to counteract this defi
ciency or elasticity-a biologi
cal necessity stemming from
the law of mutants-have been
provided for in the institution
of human intelligence. Man is
obligated to handle bungle
some or tragic situations re
sulting from accidents on the
production line through utili
zation of the intelligence with
which he has been provided.
There is no excuse for a
soul being confined to a de
formed or monstrous mechan
ism if such catastrophe can be
prevented by man by any
method whatever.
And if that soul is destined
to a material existence we
may be confident that the Al
mighty will find another time
to execute the destiny.
Thelma Carson,
Star Route Box 60,
Prospect, Ore.
Our Brother's Keeper
To the Editor: M.M.T., Aug.
8, '62, in one of its captions:
Mrs. Duncan, Cohorts Exe
cuted at San Quentin."
I had no feeling of elation
as I read those words, only a
horror, to think a society that
calls itself modern can appar
ently so blithely put to death
three humans.
As a friend remarked the
other day, "Man in all his so
called intelligence, has never
found the true answer of how
to reprimand the human de
linquent." Although many people
would close their eyes to the
facts, we all have the blood
of those who are executed on
our hands, for allowing such
laws to exist.
We need to search for an
other answer to this problem,
and until that answer is
found, life Imprisonment is
our best solution.
We are our brother's keep
er, and whatever society in
flicts on one person, Inadvert
ently affects the others.
Mrs. Delbert Casey
Koute 1, Box 3S8
Central Point, Ore.
For All Citisens
To the Editor: A little over
3,000 years ago that extraor
dinary man, Moses, gave his
people a code of ethics that
has been honored ever since
and respected by millions of
people all over the world. This
included the commandment,
"Thou shalt not kill." Then
he also prescribed that the
penalty of death be Imposed
by the state for the violation
of this commandment. He was
strengthening the command
ment, not repealing it.
Later the great prophets
and finally Christ, built on
that foundation and added
even loftier ethical require
ments. Christ strongly empha
sized that we must consider
all others, that we must love
our neighbors as ourselves,
that it was the good intent
1 of our hearts, not Just the
letter of the law that he val
ued most.
Consequently the question
is not merely, "Shall the State
of Oregon impose the death
penalty for first degree mur
der?" But rather. "How best
can Oregon foster the welfare
of all our citizens""
Mr. Hoover, the head of the
FBI, claims that the death
penally docs deler men from
committing murder. So it
seems reasonable that it is
the uncertainty of the punish-
mcnt that partially nullifies
the deterring effects. England.
where the execution of the
penalty is much more certain.
has a much lower rate of
murder than the U. S. A. Life
tnttUSKJnO MAIL TttittUMt., MfcDr'ORD, OREGON
Red China's Attitude
Indissolubly Linked
By ARTHUR J. DOMMEN
United Press International
Hong Kong - HIPD - Marshal
Chen Yl, Communist China's
foreign minister, recently sur
prised Western correspond
ents in Geneva by engaging
them in an informal give-and-take
that is rare with any
Chinese Communist diplomat
anywhere.
Among other things, he
spoke of Sino-American rela
tions and of Formosa. Pei
ping's thinking on these two
Strictly Personal
By Sydney
c Field Enterprises, Inc.
ROCKING THE BOAT
If you happen to be look
ing for some summertime
reading that is diverting with
out being asi-
n 1 n e, and
though tf ul
without being
pre tentious,
may I recom
mend the new
book, "Rock
ing the Boat,"
by Gore Vi
dal, which I
Haru have been en
joying for the last week.
As Philip Rahv, editor of
the "Partisan Review," enthu
siastically remarks in the
jacket-blurb: "This collection
of essays contains some of the
most courageous, liveliest and
wittiest comment on litera
ture, the theater, and social
life that has lately been
written in America."
Vidal's honesty, directness
and easiness Of style come
through in everything he
writes - whether he is inter
viewing Barry Goldwater, an
atomizing the art of social
climbing In America, or dis
cussing the form and fate of
his own plays.
An idea of his candor may
be gained from Vidal's dis
cussion of his "visit to a
Small Planet," and why it
did not turn out to be the
play he originally had in
mind. The play became a hit,
he confessed, because its
teeth were drawn during the
out-of-town tryout-and then
he explains, succinctly and
with devastating frankness,
what is wrong with the mod
ern commercial American
theater:
"I was obliged to protect
an eighty thousand dollar
investment, and I confess
freely X obscured meanings,
softened blows, and hum
bly turned wrath aside,
emerging with a successful
play which represented me
very little. It was not that
what was fashioned was
bad or corrupt . . . but the
play that might have been.
State Board Agenda
Includes Local Items
Salem The State Board of
Education meets here Monday
and Tuesday under a new
chairman, Ronald E. Jones of
Brooks.
Jones began his one-year
term Aug. 1. He replaces
Francis I. Smith of Portland,
who will remain on the board.
Included on next week's
board agenda is a petition re
questing that an area within
Medford be removed from
Phoenix School District 4 and
placed In Medford District
549C, which has been submit
ted by Rural School Board of
Jackson county. Approximate
ly 104 children are involved
and enrollment in Phoenix
would be reduced accordingly.
The school site is owned by
the Phoenix school district.
Also proposed is making
Rogue River school District
33 an administrative district.
It would consist of all terri
tory within the existing boun
daries of Unified School Dis
trict No. 35 Rogue River.
The plan was previously re
jected by the state board, but
at their last meeting they
agreed to reconsider it.
MORE REFUGEES FLEE
Bad Hersfeld, Germany -CTD
- There was a slight in
crease in East German refu
gees escaping along the Hes
sian - ihurtngtan border last
month despite stepped up
Communist border controls.
West German customs sources
said today. The sources said
30 refugees escaped from
Communist East Germany in
July compared to 22 the pre
vious month.
imprisonment might be the
better way, but how often the
criminal Is pardoned or pa
rolled long before his term
has expired and again free
to commit even the same
crime while the "underworld"
can laugh! My greater sympa-
i thy is for the murdered per-
1 son and his family, and the
possible future victims.
Horace W. Thompson
3642 Hilsingcr rd.
Medford
subjects is indissolubly linked
together.
Peiping's statements on For
mosa have been consistant
from the beginning in 1949,
when the Communists came to
power on the Chinese main
land and the island became
Chaing Kai-shek's last bas
tion. Peiping's announced objec
tive of extending its rule to
Formosa, as distinct from the
military or political tactics
necessary to accomplish this,
J. Harris
though hardly earthshak
ing, was far more interest
ing and true.
"Like loo many others,"
he goes on, "I played the
game stolidly according to
rules I abhorred, realising
ing that the theater and its
writers are seriously, per
haps fatally, hampered by
economic pressure. Because
it costs too much to put on
play, one works in a state
of hysteria. Everything Is
geared to success. Yet art
is mostly failure. It is only
from ft succession of dar
ing, flawed works that the
occasional mtsterwork
comes.
"But in the Broadway
theater, to fail is death,"
he continues. "Only ,the
honest hacks have a good
lime of it. Cannily, they
run up a banners 'It's Just
us again, kids, trying to
make a buck.' And they are
lei off with genial contempt
... Is there a solution? I
see none; unless it be the
decentralisation of the the
ater to the smaller cities
and to the universities,
where the means of pro
duction will be less than
good but the freedom
greater, particularly the
luxurious freedom to fail."
Vidal rocks the boat on
every page; and the spray
is most refreshing.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Modern world news note:
Actor Hugh O'Bryan (al
ready in the chips) plays che
min de fer at Monte Carlo
and wins $22,400 at one sit
ting. "Normally," he tells the
reporters, "I don't gamble.
This time I started off with a
few pennies, and after some
body showed me how to play
I Just couldn't go wrong."
HMMMMMMMM
This gambling is funny
business.
Them as has gits.
CHEMIN DE FER is the
French term for railroad.
Its literal meaning is "road of
iron." It is also a Monte Carlo
gambling game.
Question:
Does anbody in our State of
Jefferson know how chemin
de fer is played?
MORE modern world news:
At the Optimist night
club in East Orange, New Jer
sey, a stripper named Llbby
Jones tells her audience that
she is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Washington and
produces her diploma to prove
It.
Why her present profes
sion? She explains it thus:
"A mediocre stripper will
make more money than a
graduate physicist and more
than some state governors. I
make from $1,000 to $1,200 a
week-and I can see no threat
to society in a little girl tak
ing off her clothes to music."
WITH Labor Day just over
the horizon, a piece on the
teletype starts off like this:
"It's time now to make
some resolutions for the com
ing school year. Home assign
ments are an integral part of
the education process. If you
are a good parent, you should
be able to help guide your
child with homework.
"But-
"Don't do it for him.
"In total, parents can help
most effectively by GUIDING
rather than DOING."
WHICH is to say:
' If you are an average par
ent, and you try doing his
homework for your voungster.
YOU WILL PROBABLY DO
IT WRONG.
Which will humiliate both
you and your child.
QNE
E more modern news
note:
In Washington. President
Kennedy signs a bill to pro
vide the money to run the
Treasury, the Post Office and
the White House executive of
fice. The appropriation pro
vided by the bill totals $5,
489.781.000. Nostalgic thought:
Back In 1932. only 30 years
ago, it cost only $5,181,973.
000 to RUN THE WHOLE
GOVERNMENT.
Toward America
to Formosa Question
has never been in doubt
The Communists are serious
about this. When they talk of
"the Americans occupying
China's territory of Formosa,"
their viewpoint is one of
chasing foreisners from their
country, not of attacking a
foreign government.
"We can wait 10 or 20
years," Chen Yl told his lis
teners. He meant it. Hong
Kong diplomatic observers
believe.
In the past, the Chinese
Communists have made it
clear they would be willing to
settle the Formosa "question"
by political means instead of
by armed force. This might
mean offering some form of
local autonomy to the Nation
alists under the Communist
flag.
For instance, Chou En-lai
said in a speech July 30, 19SS,
Washington Report
By William
(e United faatur Syndicate
DANGEROUS BLOW
Washington Our govern
ment is earnestly accentuating
the positive and the British
government is
patiently
spreading the
.OfiJ balm 01 calm
an over me
place.
Neve r t h e
less, an un
happy fact
will not down.
The abrupt
suspension for
two months of all negotia
tions to let Britain into the
European common market on
livable terms has hit a dan
gerous blow to this whole
great enterprise to strengthen
the western world.
Nor has it left the United
States untouched. We do not
intend actually to go into the
common market. But we do
intend to associate closely
with it, if only because we
must, considering the vast
new community of trade it
has raised. We would not nec
essarily be out of it even if
the British were frozen out.
But we should find such a sit
uation awkward, to say the
least,
TllOREOVER, the exclusion
"- of Britain might compli
cate, or even require some re
writing, of current American
legislation to grant President
Kennedy wide tariff-reducing
powers in order to deal with
the common market. One re
sponsible legislator in the
field, Rep. Henry Reuss, Dem
ocrat of Wisconsin, already
had suggested that the Kenne
dy administration should
move for stand-by revisions to
cover the possibility of an ex
cluded Britain.
The postponement of all
real discussions between the
French and German-led com
mon market and Britain, on
how Britain could enter and
still give indispensable pro
tection to the food imports
from her oldest common
wealth associates, by no means
implies a final collapse of
negotiations. Within its own
realities it is a setback -but
nothing more.
No one seriously supposed
that this meeting alone could
resolve all the complications
of what from th very start
has been the or.e true British
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-By BENNETT CERF-
OCTOGENAEIAN playwright and novelist P. G. 'Wocle"
house has jotted down some of his memories in a little)
book called "Author! Author!" He recalls, for instance, the
time he went to South
ern California for the
winter - and found it.
And the time he asked
Thurber how his new
play was coming along.
"It has only one fault,"
answered Thurber slow
ly. "It's kind of lousy."
"Wbdehouse became a
writer because, he says,
after starting out as a
hank clerk, he quickly
decided that his true fu
ture lay in cashing rath
er than filing checks.
Bernard Shaw was no favorite of P. G. Wodehouse. He)
quotes, with relish, a remark made by Sir Arthur Wing
Pincro when Shaw resigned in a huff from the Dramatists
Club. "Mr. Shaw's resignation,' said Sir Arthur, "is as
nothing compared with ours."
At a Westchester country club, a member told the owner of a
big metropolitan newspaper, "Say, I owe you a vote of thanks.
Your paper proved Just the thing to stop my two kids from rais
ing the devil this morning." Obviously pleased, the newspaper
owner inquired, "What particular article did the trick?" "No
article at all," explained the father. "I just rolled up your paper
and whacked them with it."
Riddle Department:
1. CJ. What's the difference between a school teacher and a
railroad train?
A. The teacher says, "Take that gum out of your mouth)
the train says, "Choo! Choo!"
3. Q. What has eight legs, wears feathers, and says, "Ba-a-a,
ba-a-a, ba-a-a?"
A. An Iroquois Indian quartette singing The Whiff en pool
Bong."
C J6S3. by Seaaett Cert Distribute by XJas restores ladiceu
"if possible, the Chinese gov
ernment Is willing to enter
into negotiations with re
sponsible local authorities 'of
Formosa to map out concrete
steps for its peaceful Itera
tion." So far as it is known here,
this offer still stands.
"The people in Pieping are
waiting for the day when they
will be dealing with a leader
on Formosa who will ask the
Americans to withdraw from
his country," one observer in
Hong Kong said.
"No self-respecting Chinese
-Communist or Nationalist -will
admit that the present
situation can be perpetuated.
No Chinese wants an inde
pendent Formosa. Nor does
he want two Chinese govern
ments. He thinks of 'Mother
China' as being one, and only
one." -
S. White
problem. This Is how to go
into the common market on
such terms as not to break the
old trade ties-and the deeper
political ties - with Canada,
Australia and New Zealand.
rpHE true harm that has been
-- done here is not so much
to the substance of the nego
tiations as to their appear
ance. The harm, in a word, is
more political than economic.
The French have been al
lowing, if not actually promot
ing, Interpretations of the cur
rent negotiations so extreme
as to feed the conclusion that
something approaching disas
ter has befallen the British at
tempt to enter without nation
al humiliation and without
breaking up the common
wealth. Any such view, on the plain
facts of the case, is nonsense.
This was only one inning in a
long ball game, even though
admittedly a bad inning for
Britain. Wholly reliable Brit
ish information to this col
umnist in no way supports
any notion of any irreparable
reverse. All the same, British
leaders fear-and soundly fear
-that in England itself these
scare accounts may enlarge
and embolden the already bit
ter opposition to the common
market from among the more
tradition-minded members of
Prime Minister Macmillan's
own party.
e
THESE leaders are concern
ed that the British public
itself may be led to believe
that "the Frogs and the Huns"
-the vulgar terms in pub and
street for the French and Ger.
mans-are determined to do
Britain in. Given any such
emotional national climate,
the British people will say to
hell with the common market,
economics or no economics.
And it is extremely doubt
ful that in such a state of pub
lic feeling Macmillan could
ever put through British en
try, even assuming the French
should become more generous
in their terms for her joining
the club. Already Macmillan
has been asking his people to
accept a new European lead
ership from the country that
started the last war, Germany,
and from the country that
fought it so briefly and so
poorly, France. Already, he
I has had troubles enough.
Stop Me
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