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4 A-- MraFOUjTUBVNI "Everyone In Southern dreson Reals The MaU Tribune" Published Daily ""Pi.?"11"'.! MEDfORD PRINTING CO. 33 North Flrt.!Ph;773-81l ROBERT W RUHL. Editor HERB GREY AdvertUinK Manafer GERALD T LATHAM, Bui. Mir. ERIC W ALLEN. JR.. Mni. Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Teles. Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER, Women'! Editor DALE ERICKSON. Circulation jlgr. Art litHfnf nrient NewiDSDer Entered at second class matter at Med lord. Oregon, under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mat) In Advance, Copy 10c Daily and Sunday 1 year $15.00 Daily and Sunday fl moi. 8.00 Dallv and Sunday 3 moa. 4.25 Sunday Only One year $4.20 By Carrier In Advance Medford, AihUnd. Central Point. Eat if Point. Jacksonville. Gold Hill, Phoenix. 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Medford Kiwanis club will sponsor the observance here for the third year. 20 YEARS AGO Aug. 13. 1942 (Thursday) Water Superintendent Rob ert Duff announces approval by the Federal Works agency of the erection of a $4,000 chlorination house for the Medford water system. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "A wing of Congress feels the Flying Cargo carriers propos ed by Shipbuilder Kaiser won't work. It's a safe bet they will turn out to be more of a success than Congress." 30 YEARS AGO Aug. 13. 1932 (Saturday) Wave of petty racketeering continues as racketeers work In pairs, one occupying house wife with hardluck story and begging handout while the partner goes through back door to ransack house." 40 YEARS AGO Aug. 13. 1922 (Sunday) Mail Tribune correspondent Arthur Perry visits Los An geles to describe trial of Ku Klux Klansmen; tells of for mer klcagle fainting when high school girl describes out rages of KKK. An embargo Is placed on Southern Pacific shipping of perishable goods by striking workers; California and Ore gon fruitgrowers fear losses may total several million dol lars. SO YEARS AGO Aug. 13. 1912 (Tuesday) A burglar enters the home of Mrs. Walter Eskine, West Clark si., in a daylight raid and steals a gold watch, a chain, two rings and a brace let. What's Your I.Q.7 Nina or lea carreer h superieii seven ai eight la escellent; ! lit Is aood. 1. Is the tortoise, elephant, or eagle reputed to have the longest life span? 2. In addition to its use as a disinfectant, what is the oilier principal use of hydro gen peroxide? 3. "Rocky Mountain Canar ies" is a slang term for fish, goals, deers or donkeys? 4. Is a wolverine an animal of the dog, cat or weasel fam ily? 5. Which of the nouns are plural: falls, ways, woods? 8. How many centimeters are there in one Inch? 7. What species of bird is known as the "king of birds"? 8. Which state leads In the production of pig Iron and steel? 9. A person who had read about gemmology would have learned about precious stones; true or false? 10. A person suffering from anthropophobia has a morbid dread of what? Answers: 1. Tor lisa. 2. Bleaching agent. 3. Donkeys. 4. Weasel, S. All three are. . 2.J4. ?. Eagle. . Pennsyl Tama. 9. True. 10. Of mrft ing f eryns I ox MONDAY. AUGUST 13. 1962 Rating the Presidents A fascinating essay into historical gamesman ship is performed in an article in a recent New York Times Sunday magazine by Arthur M. Schlesinger, professor emeritus of history at Harvard and father of the Presidential assistant of the same name. He reports the opinions of 75 students of American history on which were our great presi dents, which near-great, which average, which below average, and which could be classed as failures. The historians were in remarkable agreement, Schlesinger reported, particularly regarding the great, near-great, and the "failures." a "THE great presidents, these historians believe, were Lincoln, Washington, Franklin D. Roose velt, Wilson and Jefferson, in that order. The near -great were Jackson, Theodore Roosevelt, Polk, Truman, John Adams and Cleve land. Those below average included Taylor, Tyler, Fillmore, Coolidge, Pierce and Buchansn, and the "failures" were Grant and Harding. All the others were classed as average. 'T'HE most controversial of these choices would be Franklin Roosevelt as great, Truman as near-great, and Eisenhower as average, and this is because they were all presidents during living memory, and current passions and opinions con cerning them have not yet faded into historical perspective. The ratings were based solely on the men as Presidents, and did not include their activities when not in that office. Thus Eisenhower may rank in history as a great man, based on his career as a soldier, but not, in these historians' view, as a President. The same with Grant, whose military genius contributed to saving the Union, but whose record as President was marked by failure. As Schlesinger remarks, "Admittedly, the judgment of the historians is not necessarily the judgment of history, but it is the best we can do without waiting for the sifting process of time." CACH student of history could make his own " list and his own rating, using varying criteria. The criteria employed in this rating exercise included the state of the times in which he served, whether or not he had a creative approach to statecraft, whether he was master or servant of events, whether he used his office to advance the public welfare, whether he safeguarded the nation's interests, and how significantly he af fected its future destinies. On this basis, some would put Teddy Roose velt and Harry Truman in the first rank, accord ing to temperament, and some would move Wil son down a notch from greatness. Others would similarly demote F.D.R. DUT the point that impresses Schlesinger about this poll of historians is the general feeling that, most of the time, the nation has been well served by its chief executives. Of the two "failure" Presidents, Schlesinger says: "The verdict of total unfitness, . . . was reserved alone for Grant and Harding. Both were postwar Presi dents who, by their moral obtuseness, promoted a low tone in official life, conducting Administrations scar red with shame and corruption." In contrast, of the five "great" Presidents, he states : "Each held the stage at a critical moment in Ameri can history and by timely action attained timeless results. Washington converted the paper Constitution into a practical and enduring instrument of govern ment. Jefferson expanded the original area of the United States to include the huge region stretching westward from Ihe Mississippi to the Rockies. Lincoln saved the Union from Internal destruction. Wilson tightened the restraints on big business and finance and carried the nation successfully through World War I. Franklin Roosevelt preserved the country in the face of Its worst depression and marshaled its re sources for victory In World War II. Lincoln excepted, all effected profound domestic changes peaceably within the democratic framework revolutions by popular consent." 'VEN when men marked with greatness were tint in tho Whitp Hnnse. Schlpsinrrer believes the nation was well-served. "Great" and "near great presidents served for a total of nearly &0 years, or almost half the lifetime of the republic. "Can any other nation display a better record?" Schlesinger asks. And he continues: "Moreover, even Ihe do-nothing stretches in the White House did nut lack value, since, as a rule, they provided breathing spells for the country to digest the achievements of the forceful Executives. "All In all. Ihe historical picture offers the present day defenders of democracy against totalitarianism re assuring evidence that Jefferson's and America's--reliance on Ihe people as 'the safest depository of power' is the cure (or mankind's ills." "NE can quibble with the order of rank of in dividuals in the historians' poll, but it is dif ficult to contest the general thesis that our Chief Executives have, in the main, left the nation in better shape than they found it, within human limits. The question of where John K. Kennedy will ultimately be found on the scale of failure to greatness cannot now be answered, of course, for his record is being written. But it is well to re member that all the "great" presidents were reviled and despised while in office. Greatness is not necessarily measured by pop u'livitv of the moment, but by constructive c'l lK'b;'!f (if til" iv- i'.n. . s i "Para El Progreso, Si! Already I've Written To Wahington For Folden On The New ModeU" 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 paper; in fact the contrary is otto World Languaga To the Editor: We have 2700 languages in the world. Of course we cannot teach any appreciable part, so we lake three or four of the less im portant and ignore major ones. If we had a good grasp of our own language for com munication with our own peo ple and a World Second Lan guage for communication with others, that is all we need. The Colorado State Board of Education was moved by our language situation to rec ommend a universal language for use throughout the world. They viewed that as a means of solving "the almost hope less task of teaching foreign languages in the schools". Think of the saving to the schools and taxpayers! We already have such a lan guage, already spoken in 82 countries, and growing stead ily. We need only finish learn ing it, and it Is easy to learn. It is already taught in the elementary schools of Den mark and Holland. If all the world but us acquires a com mon language, we would be at a tremendous disadvantage. On Feb. 25, 1960, an Ameri can plane and a Brazilian, landing at Rio de Janiero, col lided and fell In the sea, with a loss of nearly 100 lives, due to misunderstanding of langu age. With our rapidly increas ing air travel, that danger is increasing. Control towers cannot always know the lan guage of the pilots, nor the pilots know the language of the towers. Esperanto has a World Con gress yearly ('62 in Denmark; '65 in Japan). It lasts about a week, with about 2000 at tendance from about 40 coun tries, with all proceedings in Esperanto. Russia formerly suppressed Esperanto, apparently hoping to make Russian tne worm Language, but lias now relax ed their restrictions and tliere are about 1000 Espcrantists in Gorky alone. If you want more Informa tion about Esperanto, ask your library or write to us. H. E. Dlllinger. The Esperanto Club. Box 792, Placerville, Calif. Foaming in Shame To the Editor: Correct liv ing does not, health nor good sense do not, begin the word exercise with the letter "S ". The godless "godesses" of sex who pose in the nude, and pa rade and perform In the near- nude to please sex perverU and sex perversionists, be smirch themselves and thou sands of others. Jude. 10th verse, says, "What they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves," and - It may be properly said - an unnumber ed multitude of others! Of course we are all still thinking tragically of the death of the movie star. That was tragedy colossal! Perhaps it Is scarcely within our pow er to estimate or to state the disaster past, present, or fu ture of such a life, or such a dcalh! Who wants lo live such a life, or die such a dcalh? Only a short time since another went in almost the same way. (Was It a year") Cod. in Jude. Kith verse, speaks of them as "raging waves ot the sea. foaming out their own shame; wander ing stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever." (Jude is no mean de scription of the base corrup tion of our day.) What was said of this last 'one seeking happiness and 1 findmil il not may be in ', .u-st .d of t who name and address ot the writer, the use of a pen name or initial Mail Tribune reserves the right to the case. travel the primrose path of mere sensual living. Shame on all other women, young or old, who follow their pernici ous or lascivious ways in shameful and shameless ex posure of their bodies, as is done these days, especially in hot weather! "Honor to whom honor is due," and hats off, and all honor to young and older women - and men too - who keep themselves cov ered in modesty and decency. And think, Mr. Editor, of those burlesque dives of shame, the fester of any city of size, who peddle shameful nude scenes before the eyes and minds of those who fre quent them! Many of us would as soon step through the door of a constantly burning lum ber incinerator, as to darken such doors! And think, Mr. Editor, of uiose cesspools of Iniquity and shame called nudist camps! who follows in their train? None but those who spell ex ercise wim an "S , who "foa out their own shame", and will receive the reward of their own iniquity. See Ezek 11.21. H. R. Bulman. Route 4, Box 316A, Medford Mower Warning To the Editor: Because I be lieve it is very important and because I believe very few people are aware of the ex treme danger, may I repeat a warning from an article in The Medical Roundup of last Wednesday: "Again I must call atten tion to the fact that in medi cal literature, cases are being reported in which some one, while watching a man using a power lawn mower of the rotary type, was seriously in jured by a bit of wire or a pebble or a scrap of metal which was picked up by the rotor and thrown at him (or her) with a velocity of some 300 feet per second. Occasion ally the man who is running the machine gets hit, but in many cases the victim is a child who has gone out to watch his father mow the lawn. Certainly no father should ever allow one of his children to stand nearby while he mows the lawn with this type of power mower." Thank you for reprinting this warning - someone may have missed it and it may help save a child's life. Mrs. A. Sterlon. 39 Summit. Medford. Firm Promotes Former Area Man Portland - A former Med ford man has been named manager of western area dis patch here for Consolidated Freightways. Appointed was Glen Jewett, 39. who has been with CF since 1941 when he joined the company as a dork and ware houseman at Medford. He was made manager of the Grants Pass terminal in 1948. He later managed terminals at Klamath Falls and Salt Lake City before becoming as sistant manager of CF's Port land terminal In 1955. In 1956 he was made general manager of the company's warehouse and moving di vision, and in 1937 was man ager of terminal operations for the western region. In I960, he was named director of operations for CF's western area. Jewett replaces E C. White, who will be given a territor ial pssignnient as dispatch coordinator MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON Foreign News: Berlin Reds May Bt MURRAY J. BROWN United Press International Notes from the foreign news cables: Sharpening Crisis in Berlin Communists are expected to step up the Berlin "war of nerves" in an effort to create a crisis atmosphere before the United Nations General As- Drummond Reports (Walter Lieemann la e vacatien. Rescoe Drummed ieerts fram Washlngten in his absence.) () 12 New York Herald Tribune Int. U.S. vs. LATIN AMERICAN DICTATORS Lima, Peru-If the United States Is going to be true to itself and become the active ally of Democratic govern ments for the people of all Latin America, we'll have to resist dictatorships of the right as well as dictatorships of the left - and take what ever onus may come. Obviously we re not being wildly cheered here in Peru because of our stand against the coup d'etat by the mili tary last month. But this is no quick popularity contest. By many we'll continue to be accused of interference in internal affairs whenever we act to support elected gov ernments attacked from the left or overrun by the right. After seeing something of the play of political forces in the iargest countries of South America, I am convinced that the U.S. is headed in the right In Ihe Day's News y FRANK JENKINS A word of advice: Be sure to read the news summaries of Former Presi dent Hoover's speech at the village of West Branch, in Iowa, where he was born 88 years ago. You may not agree with it. But you will find it worth reading. . .and STUDY ING .. . and THINKING ABOUT. It will go down in history, I think, as one of the great utterances of our day. IT IS time, he said for NEW APPRAISAL of United Na tions, which, he added, "not only has failed to give even a remote hope for lasting peace but adds to the dangers of wars which now surround us." He added: "The time is here when, if the free nations are to sur vive, they must have a new and stronger world-wide or ganization ... It should in clude ONLY THOSE WHO ARE WILLING TO STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR THEIR FREEDOM." WHY HAS the UN failed? The disintegrating forces in the United Nations, former President Hoover said, are the communist nations in its mem bership. He added: "The communist leaders, for 40 years, have repeatedly as serted that no peace can come to the world until they have OVERCOME the free nations. They have, about 100 times, vetoed proposals in the Se curity Council which would have lessened International conflict. They daily threaten free nations with war and de struction. In sum, they have destroyed the usefulness of the United Nations to preserve peace." J He says "We must have a council of FREE nations to step in when the United Nations fails to act for peace, or is prevented from doing so. "And "This council must be made up of those free nations that are WILLING TO STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR THEIR FREEDOM." IT IS a controversial proposal that he makes. Within hours after the delivery of his speech, those who disagree with him make themselves heard. At the same time, ll'nse who agree with him speak out. The papers will be full for weeks of arguments oro and con. AS THE battle rages, it will be well to remember that Herbert Hoover, throughout his life, has been no enemy of of world organizations to pro mote peace. He said: "First, let me say that all my official life I have believed in a world organization for peace. I supported the League of Nations when it was un popular. I went down to de feat when, as President, I urged (he senate to join the World Court. I urged the rat ification of the U.N. charter by the senate. But, we must realize, the UN. has failed to give us even a remote hope of lasting peace." NY WAY Read what he has to say. Not only now, but in the weeks and the months to come. The controversy he started, it seems to a lot of us. NEEDED to be started. It will be interesting to fol low. i Move in Congo; Japanese bubs sembly meets in September. Then, by offering a peace treaty to deflate tensions, the Russians hope to win support from neutrals and uncommit ted nations as well as from the lukewarm NATO mem bers. Red Mot in Conge Expect Russia to try and direction in taking the most reserved attitude toward seiz ure of power by the Peruvian military and in holding back Alliance aid at least until it is clearer whether the prom ise of free elections is reliable. I AM NOT suggesting that every elected government in Latin America is a jewel of integrity; far from it. I am not arguing that every Latin American military chief is an ogre eager to crush de mocracy. Some of the mili tary are high-minded and, to their own best lights, want to preserve democracy. But the evidence is indis putable that the recent coup violated Peru's constitutional processes at every central Doint. President Prado was deposed by force before he could finish the last' days of his term. The results of the July elections, which the military itself helped super vise, were cancelled. Con gress was prevented from. ful filling its legal role of choos ing the President when none of the candidates received a third of the total vote. Probably the Peruvian po litical leaders will themselves accept the assurances of the Junta that new elections will be held and will soon begin to ready themselves for a new campaign. If so, the U.S. can hardly be more Peruvian than the Peruvians and with hold diplomatic recognition indefinitely. To foreign cor respondents the junta leaders have privately said they would have no objection to a committee of the Organiza tion of American States ob serving and reporting on the elections. Such an assurance would provide a suitable oc casion to end the period of interrupted diplomatic rela tions. qtHOUGH It is by no means certain, we might have forestalled the Peruvian coup by taking a tougher line when the armed forces of Argen tina ousted President Arturo Frondizi earlier this year, threw out the " wide-ranging Peronist victories in the house of representatives (45 seats plus numerous governor ships), and reluctantly accept ed the presidency of Jose Guldo, formerly president of the senate. On the main issue the ac tions of the Peruvian and Ar gentinian military were the same. In each the constitu tional president was deposed and the election results an nulled. There are also differences. In Peru the junta vetoed as next president the candidate who won the most votes. The Junta leaders hold all the principal cabinet posts. In Ar gentina, though Frondizi was removed by force, he was re placed by a civilian political leader -through the constitu tlonal process. Mr. Guldo, then president pro tern of the senate, was hurried sworn into office before the military could act. His succession to the presidency was ratified by the supreme court. The cabinet is predominantly civil ian. and while the Argentine military is a powerful force, it exerts Its Influence through a civilian government. In both Peru and Argen tina there is a free press and an independent jud i c i a r y which means that neither re gime Is in the modern sense a police stato. fONC v tine CEIVABLY the Argen e military may have prevented a potential Peron 1st dictatorship. But it did it at the expense of the demo cratic process. It is evident that the Unit ed States cannot effectively help resist the rise of new military dictatorrhips if the other Latin American nations are unwilling to Join and do it together. Only the tiniest handful is doing so today Most of them are holding back in part because of the historic fear of U S. interven tion. But I am convinced that the United States will do more to win long-term sup port and respect by remain ing true to Itself and actively standing against dictatorships in any form or guise. Many so-called liberal Latin Ameri can politicians will rant against us, but in the end most South American people will say. "Thank God" - at first under their breath and later openly and with heart felt relief. Crisis Renewal; t plav a more active role in the still-troubled Congo. Sudden appointment of new Soviet ambassador to Leopoldvitie could spell more trouble. Mos cow recently resumed attacks on the so-called "Imperialist policies" in the Congo and it looks like a new major propa ganda campaign is in the mak ing. Submarine Watch The U.S. 7th Fleet is get ting more help from the Jap anese in keeping watch on So viet submarine activities in Northwest Pacific area. Japan is quietly but rapidly increas ing its antisubmarine warfare capabilities. The Japanese re Washington Report By William (c United Feature Syndicate RULE OR RUIN Washington The increas ingly savage filibuster against the administration's biparti- r , ; jiiive privic . . Js. e n t erprise a large auu p r oper share in our space c o m m unica t i o n s sys tem has now r e a c hed the point of rule wit or ruin by a handful of professionally lib eral Democratic senators. Not without heavy cost to orderly government and re sponsible party conduct can the President longer ignore what has become a bitter at tack of rarely exampled reck lessness upon the honor and Strictly Personal By Sydney J. Harris lc Field Enterprises Ine. CORPORATE STATUS The dictionary defines a "corporation" as a "legal or fictitious person," but what is surprising is how often a corpora t i o n behaves like a real person - i in i ii e ii i -V tional sense. T f3 We all know 16.3' i t h a t individ- in the irra J uals and fami ll.. v, Harria products they do not really need, for reasons of status and prestige, regard less of the economics of the matter. Corporations, it seems, tend to do much the same thing, even though they are supposed to be ruled by dollars - and - cents considera tions. A friend who happens to be president of a large company was telling me the other day that they are finishing a sur vey of their computing ma chines. The company spends about a million dollars a year on computers. "Wa're finding out," he said, "that we didn't need all those computers in the first place. Ordinary sort ing machines could hare done the job in most cases. Wa haven't saved anything in money, and very Utile in efficiency." "Then why did you get them?" I asked him indeli cately. "It's embarrassing to ad mit." he said, "but it was largely for the same) reason that a family upgrades itself to a belter kind of car. It's become a status symbol," "What does a corporation care about status?" I in quired. "I thought that prof it was the chief considera tion." "Maybe it should be," ha said, "but it's funny how a company begins lo act and think and feel like a person after a while. We were ashamed not to hare giant computer machines) we felt it made us look old-fashioned. So we bought some with out even trying to learn how helpful they might be." I am not suggesting here that computers are useless; no doubt they are enormously helpful In some corporate ac tivities. What Is interesting, however, is the urge for pres tige that seems to afflict com panies as well as individuals. We ordinarily think of the corporate entity as a passion less, profit geared machine, cold and objective in its esti mate of needs and expendi tures. Apparently, this is not the case - and a company may be as susceptible to flattery, as fearful of contempt, as a hu man being. The building of a larger plant may be prompted by sound commercial reasons -or it may be a form of vanity, of self assurance. The pur chase of a battery of comput- TO. arc cently commissioned their first postwar submarine squadron, which will be used mostly for anti submarine operations. But the most sig n i f i c a n t development has been In the air arm, which is being expanded by the pur chase of U.S. planes specially designed for such purposes. Foreign Legion French army authorities are seriously concerned about the future of famed Foreign Le gion since headquarters were moved from Algeria to Cor sica. Desertions are reported to be at the rate of two to three daily and recruiting is almost at a standstill. S. White integrity of his whole admin istration from within his own party. And an even deeper chal lenge is posed, too. This is a threat to the whole coopera t i v e arrangement between government and b u si nest upon which every single phase of the national space effort has thus far been so patiently built. "'RANT what the leading ill. " ibusters really want-a to tally nationalized space com munications system from which private business is ex cluded in any owning capa-city-and the whole future of the space program is unargu ably cast into a mold of mas sive state socialism. What then? Can bureaucra cy and liberal means build the great machines through which man will talk to man in endless space? If private companies are not to be trust ed in the infinite outer air, would private companies con tinue to own our radio and television and telegraph on earth? What had started as a mere headline-grabbing demonstra tion led by a notoriously ir responsible senator up for re election, Wayne Morse of Ore gon, has now become nothing less than a crisis in govern ment. For every legitimate question which the filibuster ed had been able to raise against the bill has been an swered and answered yet again and again by the high est figures in government. tAR from placating them, however, every concession made to such men as Senotors Morse and Estes Kefauver of Tennessee has led only to more and more demands and more and more violent accu sations. Kefauver, for exam ple, now proceeds to the in credible charge that this bill is "the most gigantic give away in the history of this country." If this is so, the President, his cabinet and immense ma jorities in both parties in Con gress are prepared to defraud the country as it has never been defrauded before. By a ratio of more than 35 to 1, the House of Representatives has already scaled the fraud. For it has passed the bill by 354 to 9; the Senate long has been ready to approve it over whelmingly, too, if only the. filibusterers would allow vote. If the President does not now denounce and destroy this almost hysterical thrust at the heart of capitalistic de mocracy, he will have surren dered to a small coalition of shouting demagogues and good but deluded men who are still populists at heart in a world where populism has been dead for half a lifetime. TITOREOVER, he will have " let himself down, and his principal cabinet officers-including Attorney General Robert Kennedy and Secre tary of State Dean Rusk-as well. And he will have run away from that high noon showdown which sooner or later he must, at any rate, face with the left-wing of his party; will this administration finally submit to these irre sponsibles on the left, or will it stand and fight them to the end and thus maintain Its due authority and responsibility? The question is genuine, not rhetorical. For every day the irresponslbles are throw ing away congressional seats to the Republicans in the elec tions of this fall. They can throw away the President's seat, too, in the election of 1964. ing machines may be justified by the savings in work and time - or it may be a proud status - symbol which is not needed at all. It seems that even a "fictitious person" can be victimized by the same emotional distortions that af flict real persons: and more than one corporation may be living, with bravado, quite be yond its income.
