""Everyone in Southern Oregon
nnaM The Mall Tribune'7
published Dnily except Saturday fc
MEUKOHD PRINTING CO.
83 NorthX1!17-2'6
"" ' r. r tiX-r T lt nllUT. F.riltnr
HERB GKEY Advertising Manager
.n a t t atuam nil Mur.
ERIC W ALLEN, JR. Mng. Editor
EARL H AUAma. vuy
HARRY CH1PMAW, leieg. tui w
BICHARD JEWfcl-i. sporw c.u i
OUVE S TARCHER. Women Editor
PALE EK1 UttSUW. uircumnuu
Entered si aecond clasa matter i
Medtnrd, Oregon, under Act of
March 3, 1897
By Mail In Advance, Copy 10c
Dally and Sunday 1 year 91B-00
Daily and Sunday 6 moi. 8.00
; na.lv and Sunday 3 moi. 4.25
: Sunday Only One year U. 20
By Carrier In Advance Medford
T ABhUnd, Central Point, Eaglj
. Point Jacksonville, Gold Hill
Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue Riv-
y-iii r,A CmHov i vear S18.00
" nailv and Sunday 1 mo. 1.50
; Carnei and Dealen Copy 10c
?fficli"rPapr of City of Medford
official Paper of Jackion County
United Prew International
Full Leased Wire
U.P1 TeJephotoNewpleturM
Member of audit bureau
Ur UUU UIj m tun a
ATES, Oftlcei In New York, Chi.
r CBRO UCiroil, rami r i nw...
Angeles &eaiue, rnrmnu, uii
Cr? NEWS PA PER
PUBLISHERS
ASSOCIATION
NATION A I E 0 1 TO RIAL
kSjJCATION
Flight or Time
Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mall Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Aug. 17, 1952 (Sunday)
Spokesman lor the county
assessor's office denies report
that the tax assessment rate
In Gold Hill and Rogue River
has been Increased 161.6 per
cent.
20 YEARS AGO
Aug. 17, 1942 (Monday)
. Two Camp White soldiers
are held by authorities, ac
cused of criminal attack on
a 31-year-old Medford woman.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot column: "It is
pkny for Young America to
call their paws and maws by
their first names, a metro
politan journal editorially
argues. The young man, when
and if called to the Army,
better not address his colonel
as 'Jim.' "
30 YEARS AGO
Aug. 17, 1932 (Wednesday)
James Stevens' 40-volce
male chorus sings an open-air
concert at the Porter Neff
home.
: The Rev. Francis Van Clar
enbeck, former priest at the
Catholic church In Medford,
dies while visiting in Holland.
40 YEARS AGO
Aug. 17, 1922 (Thursday)
Southern Pacific railroad
announces It will provide
service at half-price to Jack
son county fair grounds dur
ing the fair.
Bliss Heine and Keith Cole
leave for Huckleberry moun
tain where they will play with
the orchestra at the new dan
cing pavilion.
50 YEARS AGO
Aug. 17, 1912 (Saturday)
Telephone line between
Medford and Elk creek area
Is completed.
Hundreds of Medford peo
ple reoort "wonderful time"
on return from excursion trip
to Weed, Calif., to see base
ball game.
Whal's Your I.Q.?
Nine or fen correct h superior;
even or eight It excellent) five el
six is good.
1. How many years of wild
erness wandering was spent
by the Israelites?
2. Is gold weighed by fluid,
troy, or avoirdupois ounce?
3. Are porpoises classed as
reptiles, mammals, or fish?
4. What bird lays the small
est eggs?
5. Is India, Canada, New
Zealand or Australia referred
to as "down under"?
6. Niagra Falls is the high
est waterfall In the U S,; true
or false?
7. Was the first European
reputed to have seen Indians
Columbus, Raleigh or John
Smith?
H. Which President was
born at Staunton, Va.?
9. Who painted the picture,
"Tlie Angolus"?
10. To what family of vines
does the sweet potato belong?
Answersi 1. Forty. 2. Troy.
3. Mammals. 4. Humming
bird. 5. Australia. 6. False.
(Ribbon Falls. Yosomtto.) 7.
Columbus. 8. Woodrow Wll
son. 9. Jean Millet. 10. Morn
ing Glory.
Subscribers
To report Improper or non.
delivery of the Mill Trlhune in
Medford, phone 772-8141; Aih
land call at 1224 Iowa it., or
phone 4H2..10U2: MnntMtie and
Vnka phone ULohe S-3171. be
fore ft 45 p.m. dally and 10:30
a.m Sunday.
If rejfutar delivery arrives
shortly after you call please
notify office, thus ellmlnatins
special messenger service.
FRIDAY. AUGUST 17, 19B2
Candidates Views
Some days ago in this
tions was addressed to candidates for the state
legislature from Jackson county, together with
an offer to print their replies.
One only candidate
reply.
The questions were
cussion of the financial problems the state will
face in the coming years, the need for additional
state outlays (largely for educational purposes,
but also including other expanding needs), and
the plain-as-a-pikestaff statement that the state
has two alternatives : increase tax income, or cut
back on state services.
THE five questions dealt with raising funds to
( 1 ) offset the fact that last biennium the state
had a $33 million surplus which it will not have
next year, (2) increase basic school support,
(3) increase appropriations for higher educa
tion and (4) the community college program;
and (o) which services
eliminated if increased
vided.
Al Bradford, Medford city councilman and
Democratic candidate for the house of representa
tives, alone of the eight legislative candidates, has
replied.
His letter is a thoughtful statement of his posi
tion, and we commend it
in full:
To the Editor: This is In reply to your recent edl-
torial in which you suggested legislative candidates
comment on the financial position of the State of Ore
gon and how we would propose to meet the question
of educational needs in the next biennium budget.
(1) I know that additional state income will be
necessary. How much will be needed we do not know
at this time. We must await the meeting of the next
legislature and the suggested budget of the governor to
find the total amount.
I would work within the present tax structure o
state Income tax, I believe that some of the revenue
can be raised by closing some of the inequities in the
Income tax laws. Much additional revenue can be gain
by a step-up in economic growth in Oregon, but the
. major revenue needed here will have to come from
some broadening of the income tax base and some
modification of the Income tax structure. Today the
State Income tax rates are lower than in 1955, having
been reduced around 19 per cent during Governor
Holmes' administration.
(2) I believe additional state aid to the basic school
support program should be made, if at all possible,
thereby taking some of the pressures off the local
school district property tax rates.
(3) As for higher education I feel that we cannot
fail to meet our responsibilities in this field. With more
than 30 per cent more high school graduates seeking
admittance to colleges and universities during the next
biennium, we must prepare to accept our responsibili
ties to Bee that these students have a chance to con
tinue their education.
(4) There is some sharp discussion taking place In
Oregon at this time on what role our community col
leges should play In the educational field. I believe
they have a needed place in those areas of the state
where access to other college facilities are distant.
It not only enables more young people to continue
their education while living at home, at less cost, but
also they would take some of the pressure off our other
state colleges and universities.
(3) I am aware that a great challenge will face the
1963 legislature and my decision to enter this race
rested on my desire to see that we in Jackson county
and in Oregon face the responsibility of seeking solu
tions to the problems now facing us. I will never advo
cate spending too much, but I believe we must not do
too little toward finding answers to our problems.
Al Bradford
1023 Mt. Pitt ave.
Medford.
IIT'E HOPE the other candidates (Democrats
Jim Redden and Charles Crary ; Republicans
John Dellenback, Edward Branchfield and Al
Dumas for the House ; and Lyn Newbry, Repub
lican, and Henry raclgham, Democrat, tor the
Senate), will choose to enter this discussion.
The problems laced
imaginary; important, not trivial. They must be
resolved with courage, with intelligence, and
with fiscal and moral responsibility, both to the
taxpayers and to all citizens who are the bene-
iiciaries 01 me services tne state is caneci upon to
provide.
Our decisions in the legislative race should
be based on who we believe will face these prob
lems most intelligently and responsibly, not on
who has the prettiest face or the smoothest gift
of gab.
X7E ARE acquainted with all eight candidates,
"and consider them all to be men of integrity,
intelligence and ability.
We solicit their views on this, probably the
most important series of decisions the 1963 legis
lature will have to face, and will publish their
answers on this page.
Is the state going to go forward with its edu
cational programs at added cost? Or is it going
to slip to second or third class, educationally and
in other ways, to "save money"?
Voters should know how the candidates feel
about these questions before they cast their votes
in November. E.A.
Big
A local businessman, we see, is stamping his
envelopes with the slogan: "Help Kennedy Stamp
Out Free Enterprise."
Yeah! By aiding the lumber industry, giving
the American Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany a satellite, providing fast depreciation write
offs for manufacturers and proposing extensive
income tax cuts on corporation profits.
He sure is an anti-business President, now
isn't he? Bill Kreger, in the Coos Bay World.
Weatherman's alibi for faulty forecasting:
"The climate didn't agree with me." Arizona
Progress.
space, a series of ques
has, thus far, seen fit to
prefaced with a brief dis
should oe curtailed or
tax income is not pro
to all voters. It follows,
by the state are real, not
Joke
"Say, How Come You
COMMUNICATIONS
Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer,
although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial
for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to
edit ell 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 ofton the case.
Him Only
To the Editor: Mr. Peter
son, if you forget about man's
hands and think only about
God's, in His Redemption,
you will benefit much. Nat
ural law of reproduction
reflects God's spiritual law.
Man's one spirit was created
so it could work in three
parts, son, husband, father, or
daughter, wife, mother. So it
is with God's, Jesus the Son
(meaning God's word with us),
Christ the Husband, the
Father, yet one whole Spirit.
Reproductive spiritual life has
to function according to the
law of Life. God honored
Jesus in the flesh as well as
Spirit by giving him His
name, Jesus, because he was
the firstborn of the new per
fected living covenant of
spiritual birth. God couldn't
send a seed to earth to pro
duce a natural man, not any
thing natural can touch God's
living covenant. He can put
the lamb with the lion (nat
ural) but they are not joined
together. God provided His
own living symbols though. I
believe Jesus' conception was
virgin, God's Spirit being the
ultimate negative positive
force, all substance is relevant
to this force. Hence the possi
bility of miracles. God's spirit
(the gravitational center) the
pure heart matter of living
force, (the Almighty).
This is the Christ spirit that
was within the natural man
Jesus, the living doctrine of
spiritual truth, the rock foun
dation of all life. Jesus death
was plain murder, but not in
vain, it tells much, that God
is not a respecter of persons
and the law of natural recog
nition was dying. He strength
ened the law of life even
while dying. He would not
lift a finger to defend him
self but was willing to die to
defend God's truth.
He told man the way and
said, take up your cross and
follow me. The hidden cross
he lived, of self recognition,
death is the way to life, self
recognizable righteousness is
one's greatest enemy. Faith or
belief in God as the deliverer
is the pathway to this living
cross, the works thereof are
relative. Jacob found God at
the bottom of the ladder. Only
God is great and of enduring
goodness. The hidden cross is
foolishness to man's nature,
man wants the natural cross
and so on, it is expedient to
his nature.
Imagine the infinite God of
love and mercy basing His
Salvation on a cross of mur
der. He didn't violate His own
commandment. Jesus said.
Thou shalt worship the Lord
thy God and Him only shalt
thou serve.
Helen Prevo,
222 West Jackson,
Medford.
Home Seeker
To the Editor: Recently we
placed an ad in your paper to
find a renter for our small
farm. To a Tribune box num
ber came many replies. Not
being able to rent to all we
are in process of screenina
them. Tlie following letter we
thought should appear in your
paper. We feel that what we
have is not what he is looking
for, but perhaps someone in
this area has just the place.
(Name on file).
0-
Denr Sir: I plan to move
my family to your area tlie
first of September. I am a re
tired Navy C.P.O., 40 years
i of age, with four children,
jages 6 years, 4 years, 2 years
land 10 months. My wife and I
'take pride In our children,
; that the children have respect
for ns and others' property.
We own our home iiere In
San Jose but we feel the
growing and congestion here
Don't Like Thi Guy?"
is too much to try to raise a
family.
I have a pension and also a
fairly good background for
employment.
While in the Navy I was an
occupational therapist. I
taught woodwork, cabinet
making, painting, etc., so I
am handy around a house to
keep it in proper repair. In
the past any home we have
rented I have always left in
better shape than when I first
moved in. .
Your ad In the Medford
Mail Tribune stated one or
two children. Is it possible
you might make an exception
in my case? Looking forward
to your affirmative answer.
Owen C. Sullivan,
3814 Ezie St.,
San Jose 12, Calif.
Wonderfully Alive
To the Editor: It is signifi
cant that Name on File (MT 8-14-62),
considers a child with
10 fingers and 10 toes as being
a "gift from heaven." When
the fingers and toes number
less than 10, does Name on
File consider the gift from
somewhere else?
Name on File surely does
not consider himself (herself)
a religious fanatic when recog
nizing a child as a gift from
God. But along with such
gifts of life goes a serious re
sponsibility of maintaining
that life (the unborn child has
a right to life. That right is
equal to the right of all other
human beings), and it would
be folly to believe one can dis
pose of such gifts on the nov
el measurement of their phys
ical perfections. And this
whole question involves life.
Name on File implies a fetus
is not alive-but only comes to
life at the time of birth.
Now abortion is suggested
early in pregnancy in order to
minimize any threat to the
well being of the mother, not
because the fetus does not
have life, and it would indeed
be difficult to convince any
woman, later in pregnancy,
that the other heart beating
within her, or the noticeable
movement and sometimes en
ergetic kicking under her ribs
does not belong to a creature
that is wonderfully alive!
Robert J. Howard,
702 Beckman St.,
Medford.
People at Fault
To the Editor: In regard to
E. Dyke's communication
about dogs and cats having
changed. This is ridiculous.
The poor creatures want noth
ing more than to be a friend
to someone and to be be
friended. But people have changed.
Many have no feeling of re
sponsibility about either their
children or animals. The tax
payers not only pay for
schools, teachers, and the nor
mal aids to education, but we
must provide luxury buses for
transportation to and from
home and also to bowling
lanes, skating rinks, basket
ball and football games. Then
we have clinics by the dozen
for all the ills that parents
once accepted as their duty.
Now the taxpayers pay for
it.
Surely, Mr. Dykes, with all
the people waiting for the gov
ernment to wipe their noses,
what makes you think they
will care for their animals?
You also have read in the
Tribune that hundreds of dogs
and cats are destroyed each
month at the Jackson county
pound. This is a direct result
of the dog breeders who are
commercially exploiting help
less puppies. A good stiff
breeders license fee would
prevent some of the excess
puppies. At any rate there are
thousands of helpless, surplus
animals who through no fault
of their own become a nuis
ance to people like you.
I think, Mr. Dykes, you will
I
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
How Will
Affect Other Foreign Affairs
By K. C. THALER
United Press International
London - (UPD - The latest
space feat of the Russian cos
monauts has enhanced Soviet
prestige at home, in the Red
bloc and internationally.
Strictly Personal
By Sydney
(c) Field Enterprises, Inc.
ITALIAN DRIVERS
A Reuters news report from
Rome tells us that 11 out of
every 100 Italian motorists
are unfit to drive, according
to a survey made by the Min
istry of Transport.
In a spot-check, through
out Italy, of 7,658 drivers,
the Ministry found 916 unfit
lor the road. The reasons
behind their unfitness were
either physical or mental
debilitation, or "complete
lack of self-discipline."
"To pedestrians, this came
as a bit of a shock," reported
in the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
From Moscow:
Russia's space twins are
brought safely back to earth,
completing their million-mile
orbits of the globe by landing
in the Soviet Union.
The official Soviet Tass
news agency says Major Niko
layev and Lt. Col. Popovich
came down at dawn within
six minutes of each other. It
says they landed according to
plan in an area south of Ka
raganda, a town in Kazakh
stan, a southern Soviet re
public. Karaganda is about 373
miles north and east of what
is believed to be the main
Soviet cosmonaut launching
site at Baikonur, not far from
the Aral sea.
HOW did they land?
All we know about that
is what Moscow radio tells us.
It says the two space ships,
the Vostok III and the Vostok
IV, "landed normally," which
meant that the cosmonauts
rode them down to the sur
face, SUSPENDED on the last
portion of the landing BY GI
ANT PARACHUTES.
WHICH is to say -Assuming
that It is true
Not only did the two Rus
sian cosmonauts circle the
earth for three days - 64
times around for Nikolayev
and 48 times around for Popo
vich - but when the time
came to land they chose their
landing spot,' released huge
parachutes that checked their
speed and then stepped out
quietly on terra firma.
SO FAR as we are able to
determine from the news
available as this is written,
there were no fleets of ships
deployed over an ocean to
rescue the cosmonauts when
they came down. There was
no uncertainty as to WHERE
they would come down.
They seem to have picked
their spot and then landed
on it.
11HAT seems to be about all
we are going to get from
Moscow right now, so let's
take a look at the news from
Manchester, England, where
Sir Bernard Lovell, head of
Britain's Jodrcll Bank radio
telescope and Britain's best
known authority on space
flight, says:
"The Soviet Union soon
should be able to DESTROY
AMERICAN SATELLITES IN
SPACE. The latest Russian
twin-manned space shots show
they have clear space superi
ority in the military, if not
in tlie scientific sense."
Ho adds:
"I can see no reason at all
why the Soviet Union should
not now very quickly be in
a position to dispatch the
United States MIDAS satel
lites, which have been describ
ed as spy satellites."
11,'HAT are we doing?
" Well, we have been
watching a filibuster in the
senate designed to kill off a
bill to provide for the financ
ing of our Telstar satellite by
private investment. We've
been having a big to-do over
getting rich and happy by the
simple, non-sweatv process of
CUTTING T AXES and putting
more debt on the cuff.
And so on.
OEADING during the past
" couple of days of the Rus
sian achievements in space,
one can't help wondering if
it isn't about time for us to
cut out the monkevshines and
GET DOWN TO SERIOUS
BUSINESS.
be happier if you keep a pan
of clean water available tor
the thirsty and remember that
it's the people who are re
sponsible for the cruelty to
the animals and annoyance to
you.
Mrs. H. B. Bergh.
1605 South Holly St., .
Medford.
Russian Space Shot
How will this success af
fect the Kremlin's attitude,
in the forthcoming crucial
phase of diplomatic moves on
Berlin, nuclear test ban and
disarmament negotiations?
J. Harris
Reuters. "They thought the
percentage was far higher.
And even many motorists had
the impression that the Min
istry might have stretched a
point or two."
Having spent an entire
summer driving around It
aly - in a little native car
affectionately known a s
"the mouse" - I can testify
to the lack of self-discipline
among Italian molorisis.
Rome, Paris and Mexico
City are the most frighten
ing towns for a stranger to
drive in; the motorists there
make American drivers
look like Campfire Girls in
comparison.
There is one enormous
difference, however. Especi
ally in Italy, the fender
grazings and near-accidents
never end in brawls or fis
ticuffs. The Italians are
tremendous with their vo
cal cords, not with their
muscles.
I have never seen a fist
fight, or one man strike
another, in Italy. After a
near miss, it seems as if the
two motorists are going to
tear each other limb from
limb they scream, they
curse, they wave their arms
in dire threats, but they do
not strike. If they did, both
would be hustled off to jail,
and both fined heavily, no
matter which one "started"
it.
a e
Actually, the apparent lack
of self-discipline in Latin
countries is a marvelous safe
ty valve for the emotions. The
Italians feel free to give vent
to their feelings because they
know that they are too civi
lized for a childish brawl.
The alarming rate of fatali
ties on American roads is due
in great part, I am convinced
to our frustrations and re
pressed angers. Excoriating
another motorist might easily
bring us a biff on the nose, so
we choke down our rage and
drive away determined to
make some other motorist suf
fer. Being verbally unrepressed
and knowing that no harm
will come from a tounge-lash-ing,
the Italians get rid of
their poisons openly and
easily, and drive on smiling
and humming to themselves.
And the same is true off the
road: I have seen two Italians
argue in a street-cafe until a
bloody fracas seemed inevita
ble; a minute later, they slap
each other on the back and
order a drink in perfect good
humor.
Unlike here, the automobile
is not a weapon on Italian
roads;, it is a vehicle of self
expression, noisy, impetuous,
but not violent.
Parochial Schools
May Keep Books,
Judge Declares
Portland - (UPP - C 1 r c u 1 1
Judge Virgil Langtry ruled
Thursday that Portland School
District No. 1 cannot collect
textbooks on loan to parochial
schools in the district.
The district last month an
nounced plans to collect its
98.000 books on loan to paro
chial schools before the start
of the 1962-63 school year
next month.
The parents of two paro
chial school children last week
filed a motion asking the Cir
cuit Court to enjoin the dis
trict from retrieving the
books.
Tlie Oregon Supreme Court
has ruled in favor of the par
ents of public school children
in Clackamas county. The
parents sued their school
board in 1959 and demanded
that it stop distribution of
books to parochial schools.
The decision overruled a
Circuit Court decision. It was
appealed by parochial school
backers to the U.S. Supreme
Court. The Oregon high court
withheld its mandate, an order
that puts its opinion into ef
fect, pending the appeal.
Grant Anderson, the attor
ney for the Portland school
district, said "the decision of
the state Supreme Court
stands as the final judgment
on the parties." He added "a
decision is a decision, whether
it was formally ordered or
not."
Leo Smith, the attorney
representing the parents, said
"that until the mandate is re
turned, there is no order." He
said "we can t sit here in the
courtroom and predict how
the U.S. Supreme Court de
cision is going to come out."
Soviet affairs experts are
divided in their assessment.
Some believe the prestige
gain might "soften" Premier
Nikita Khrushchev's stand in
the cold war negotiations and
enable him to go easy on
Berlin.
Others fear the Soviet lead
er may push a new diplomatic
offensive and revive pressure
on the West.
Khrushchev has been
plagued by a variety of prob
lems in past months which
are believed to have been
responsible for Moscow's
more cautious approach in the
international field, including
the troublesome question of
Berlin.
At home he has faced a se
vere agricultural crisis which
has not been overcome so far
despite drastic counter-measures.
In the satellites, food short
ages have caused serious prob
lems as well, with Russia un
able to come to their aid.
Differences with Red Chi
na have been shelved but not
resolved. There are indica
tions that the ideological dif
ferences are in fact stronger
than ever, but Peiping, in the
throes of a severe economic
Washington Report
By William
(c) United Feature Syndicate
POLICY: WIN
Washington -The United
States, after a year and a half
of the Kennedy administra
tion, has now
spec! fically
and unapolo
getically pro
claim e d a
"w i n" policy
tw in the cold
war. This Sec
retary of State
Dean Rusk, a
combat veter
an of infantry,
speech before
has done in
the veterans of foreign wars
in Minneapolis. In the domes
tic sense and also in its rela
tionship to our future nego
tiations with the Soviet Union
it is the most important speech
he ever delivered.
For 18 months there has
been an almost constant over
tone of criticism from Repub
licans and others that this
country was committing itself
to something short of victory
-to a "no win" line.
For these same 18 months
the state department itself has
been swept by undertones of
debate between those who
cried for caution and those
who wanted a plain, hard dec
laration saying that we meant
to do more than merely to co
exist and survive. The hard
liners have at last won the
long dialogue.
IN this passage in Rusk's
speech in Minneapolis there
lies the heart of their victory:
"We have a single but tran
scendent goal. It is, in Presi
dent Kennedy's words, 'a
peaceful world community of
free and independent states,
free to choose their own fu
ture and their own system, so
long as it does not threaten
the freedom of others.'
"This goal of ours-and of
most of the nations of the
world - and the Communist
goal are incompatible. This
global struggle will continue
until freedom prevails. It goes
without saying that our pur
pose is to win.
"One hears now and then
that we have a 'no-win' pur
pose or policies. That is sim
ply not so. Of course we in
tend to win. And we are going
to win. Our objective is a vic
tory for all mankind."
NEVER before had any top
figure of tlie administra
Try and
wnlt
By BENNETT CERF-
A DEVOTEE of the quaint cable cars that still climb the
steep hills of San Francisco tells of the day a young
girl with a pony tail leaned over the opening between the
tracks to see the cable
actually i n operation.
Her pony tail slipped in
to the slot and was whip
ped around the cable.
Off she went amidst
screams and lamenta
tions. A resourceful by
stander hopped into his
sports car, raced ahead
of the girl and neatly
snipped off her pony tail
as she slithered by. When
the young lady regained
her composure, she gave
her rescuer what-for be
cause he had sacrificed her pony tail!
"A Wall Street security analyst." tlie late Herbert Bayard
Swope liked to point out, "Is as cautious as an Indian elephant
When one of these sagacious mastadons conies to a bridge, he
tests It first with his trunk. If it holds firm, he next plants hit
front feet on It. If it still stands, he sits on it. After that, he
sends another elephant over first!"
Sighs Poet and Clothes-Closet-Inspector Richard Armour:
You cannot buy, you cannot lease
As durable and crisp a crease
As that your trousers soon acquire
When hung on hangers made of wire,"
C 192. by Bennett Carf. Distributed by KJo( Features Syndicate
i t
Prestige
Aspects?
crisis, has chosen to put off
the day of reckoning.
Finally, the United States'
determination has forced the
Soviet leader to take note of
the Allied resolve to stay in
Berlin.
The Kremlin, and Khrush
chev in particular, have
shown themselves very con
scious of prestige considera
tion in the past.
Soviet affairs students have
frequently seen an inferiori
ty complex behind the Krem
lin's boasts of superiority.
They see the proof above all
in Khrushchev's openly con
ceded ambition to overtake
the United States economical
ly. In the light of these con
siderations and latest spaco
successes, some expert believe
Khrushchev may now be able
to "relax" for a while and
forget about Berlin.
There have been signs late
ly that Moscow is thinking
of a new diplomatic move on
the divided city and that
Khrushchev may personally
go to the United Nations as
sembly in New York next
month in hopes of a meeting
with President Kennedy.
S. White
tion, outside the military, been
willing to say simply and
clearly that to win was our
purpose and our resolve.
Those insisting on describ
ing our aims in terms softer
than the term "win" had long
naa tneir way. These, roughly,
were their anmmenrs. that tn
speak baldly of "winning"
wouia De to imply that we
meant to go to nuclear war,
to alarm our allies and to pre
sent ourselves in a falsely
truculent position. So elevated
an official as under spnrpfnrv
of state George Bell put sub-
sianuaiiy inese arguments be
fore Congress itself.
These men were not truly
"soft on Communism." They
were, however, somewhat con
fused by their own sophistica
tion. Too. thev were temrvtort
to an excessive stubbornness
by the mere fact that some
but by no means all-of those
who were denouncing "no
win" were right-wingers, such
as Sens. Barry Goldwater o
Arizona and Strom Thurmond
of South Carolina. To some
new frontier types, of course,
no "right-winger" can possi
bly be right about anything
at all.
A LL the same, let fairness ba
" heard now that the argu
ment is over and rightly and
reasonably won. It is fair to
say that the defenders of the
short-of-victory slogan were
really anxious to win the cold
war. But it is equally fair to
say that their critics-not ex
cluding Goldwater and Thur-mond-served
a very good pur
pose here.
There was always plenty of
reason not to permit military
men themselves to cry up
"win" as a policy. For, coming
from them, such a statement
could be read with some ap
proach to rational interpreta
tion as a recommendation for
war.
But for the highest diplo
matic figure of this country to
proclaim "win" is entirely le-gitimate-and
also overdue. It
serves to notify the increasing
ly belligerent Russians-or any
unduly timid ally -that we
really do mean business. And
it serves to enlarge what is
already the happily high de
gree of bipartisan unity in this
country on the one really vital
thing, the cold war.
Stop Me
ill