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Medford and Jackson County
History from the tiles ot Th
Mall Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Aug. 13. 1952 (Wednesday)
Mayor Diamond L. Flynn
has changed his mind and will
seek a third term as mayor
of Medford.
John Dcllenback has been
named chairman for Med
ford's observance of National
Kids day, Sept. 27. 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
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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.