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Mcdlord and JackiOii County
Hiitory from the tiles ot Th
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Aug. 28, 1952 (Thursday)
U.S. forest service agrees
to manage about 2,1)30 acres
of city-owned land around
Willow Creek dam and Bis
Butte springs.
An Increase nf 1!) per cent
In combined bodily injury and
property damage auto insur
ance rates go Into effect.
20 YEARS AGO
Aug. 28, 1942 (Friday)
Regular motor delivery of
the Mail Tribune to rural
homes is halted because of
gasoline and rubber shortages;
rural subscribers to be served
by mail,
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pol" column: "Fall
has begun to manifest itself
and several early mornings
the past week the sleepers
reached for blankets that were
not there."
30 YEARS AGO
Aug. 28. 1932 (Sunday)
Postal department allocates
SR.V000 for improvement of
Medford post office; $85,000
allocated for construction nf
new building in Ashland and
$150,0110 for new Grants Pass
post office.
John Snider and Dr. B. H
Elliott return from fishing
trip with "fish with legs"
caught in river: local natural
ists finally decide 14-inch
brownish gray creature Is
"marbled salamander In polly
wog stage."
40 YEARS AGO
Aug. 28. 1922 (Monday)
N. Jerry, "the nugget king."
who has been reported mys
teriously murdered. In an in
sane asylum and dead on the
battlefields of France, passes
through Medford en route lo '
Washington, d c; reports he spectrum between extreme right and extreme left,
"Brv..MKl'i P. Blay.lllOUKb f'W misll-.s 1KH ive-bom citizens Wll
Medford, returns In I ho min
istry nni is Kivcn a Port html ;
pastorate.
50 YEARSAGO
Aug. 28, 1912 (Wednciday)
Volunteer tire regulator and I
district attorney conduct vcr I
bnl battle over fire escapes
for Medford buildings; Kirc
Regulator F. II. Cow le.s charg- I
rs district attorney is neglect-,
ing his duty by not prosecut
ing hotel owners with insuf-'
ficient emergency exits. j
WM's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct ti tuparior; '
even or eight ii nccllent; fiv or j
lii j good.
1, Coffee grows In pods; I
true or false"' !
2. Is the metric system le- j
gaily acceptable as a measur-j
ing system in the United
States?
3 Which weighs mure, a
gallon of salt water, or a gal
lon of fresh water''
4. In what country is lhc:
Tiber river?
,Y What is the capital if
Nevada?
fi, A tribunal tha exercises
arbitrary powers behind clos
ed doors is sometimes called 1
a Star ? j
7 Where are the ruins of
(he famous Parthenon of the!
Acropolis? '
8. What European nation ;
has maintaii.:d its independ-1
once for more than fifiS years.' j
fl. How many divisions or j
signs has the Zodiac?
Kl. What important metal is
obtained from bauxite ore'" j
Aniweri: 1. Falte. 2. Yi. i
3. Salt wattr. 4. Italy. 5. Car
ton City. 6. Star Chamber. 7,
A them. Crete. 8. Switxar
land. 9. Twelve. 10. Alumi
num. L
TUESDAY. AUGUST 23, 1352
Another Candidates Views
A third candidate for the legislature has sub
mitted his ideas conceniinir the educational and
fiscal needs of the state
biennium.
Democratic Candidates Jim Redden and Al
Bradford have done so previously. Today we pre
sent the statement of Charles Crary, the third
Democratic candidate for the house of representa
tives. It follows:
Your recent Editorial dealing with State finances
and taxes as they pertain to education was directed to
the legislative candidates for comment. To this end
the following is submitted.
1. Since it appears the SMIt million surplus which
was available litis last biennium has been needed and
used in the normal services and functions of the slate,
then if these services and functions are lo continue,
sufficient new tax money must be raised.
2. The $10 million additional for basic school sup
port which is called for next biennium under existing
law, should lower local school district tax rates. This
would appear highly desirable.
3. The state system of higher education submits the
need for an additional $21 million during the next
biennium to care for t ho exploding student population.
This is not only an Oret-'on problem, it is also a na
tional problem. The future of our nation depends upon
the job we do in developing our human resources.
4. Community colleges arc presently authorized by
law; it therefore becomes a problem of need and justi
fication. 1 favor community colleges in areas where the
student population indicates the need and where the
college would not be an overlapping facility.
5. It appears a reasonable certainly lhat there will
he a need for some tax increase during the coming
biennium.
In summary, items 1 through 4 merit support with
in the reasonable needs of service, and after careful
consideration of all factors involved, I would advocate
that any necessary tax increase be obtained by adjust
ments lo our existing income tax structure.
The items under discussion arc but a part of state
tax problems. We arc a growing state and there will
be many more financial needs to be solved; however
our active participation in developing new industries,
new payrolls and new markets (or Oregon products
will be the real solution lo our tax problems of the
future. We may then substitute new sources of income
for increased taxation.
C. W. Crary
20K0 Andover dr.
Medford.
As mentioned previously, we will be glad to
publish the views of the other legislative candi
dates on these matters of vital concern to the
entire state.
Only Henry L'adgham, candidate for the state
senate, remains to be heard from among the Dem
ocrats. No Republican candidates have yet offer
ed their comments. L.A.
"Un" and "Anti"
The United States. of America is probably
the most heterogeneous nation on the face of the
earth.
Geographically, it ranges from the tropical to
the arctic. Virtually every race is represented
among its citizenry, and a majority of the 3,000
languages spoken by the human race can be
heard here, somewhere.
It has extravagant riches and wretched
poverty.
All religions, from Roman Catholic to voodoo,
from strict Calvinism to humanism,' from intense
belief to equally sincere unbelief, are represented.
IT HAS huge eitics, small towns and hamlets,
and long stretches of deserts and wilderness.
Our workers labor underground and in the skies;
below sea-level and on mountaintops; in ships
and trains and boats; in factories and farms; in
offices and supermarkets.
Some of our peonies have never attended
'school and cannot read or write; others are learn
ed in a dozen esoteric disciplines.
1 Most of tile politically aware citizenry funic
.somewhere in the vau'uelv
toward a form of indiuvnous-I' ascism, ami a low
.others loan toward Communism, either Marxist
! or the Russian variety.
I7I1AT, then.
in
American"? If a
not.
de l'aelo and like
This is, perhaps, a
oik1 of the reasons w e havi
and hostile tVelin' about t
Activities Committee.
We miulit feel a bit differently if it honestly
called itself the "llon- Ami-American Activities
Committee."
"Anti" means a,".:in.-l ; "un" means not or non.
It occurs to us that there is a valid field for
congressional investigation into things which are
antithetical to this nation, but we still t;et a wry
feelint; when the committee investigates as po
tentially "imAme rican" native-born students,
teachers, and other eitir.eus suspected of bcino
"not American."
It would he mo
look into anti-Amei i
an
tend to curb some of t!
mittee if the semantic
straightened on:. A.
Sky Shield III
All civil airei:
and Canada will I
hours Sunday. Se;
defense training
simultaneous o ct
Stuart C. Tij ;
: in the I:
grounded
. i : 1 1 1 1 1
! i i.-c. The
'i'. na ' ion.
Pi .
port association peii.'.i
Department had i i,o.-i r,
three-da..' holidav hi. a-
on civil tia el. (in ji
lose 1700 f!i"l!t.-.-i:.l
e:
of Oregon in the coining
- defined middle of the
hoiu'stly lie fiillotl
t hi nir is found Iutp
un-
is it1
it or not, "Ami'rie;in"'.'
si'innntii; quibbli1, but it is
alw M.vs hail an uneasy
if 1 lmie I
nAmeriean
e honest and forthrieht to
ilomus, and it mieju even
; of thp
ni.i; Wt
com
WtMV
of th.
contiguous slates
for fh e and a half
the Sky Shield III
suspension w ill be
M.lcr.
I ..tit
I d:i'
ot
tha
in t
ir Trans-
the Defense
e middle of a
ave
the le
lirlines
ast effect
stand to
"Sorry, I'm Not That
COMMUNICATIONS
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although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial
for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to
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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.
VFW and Pensions
To the Editor: In regard io
the article in the Sunday is
sue, 1 wish to state that the
VFW went on record at the
Department convention, held
in Klamath Falls in June,
1962, as being 100 per cent
for the W.W. i pension bill.
Harry R, Skevington
Commander Post 4116,
VFW
P. O. Box 337
Rogue River, Ore.
-o-
Editor's note: The story re
ferred to mentioned that the
VFW, as a national organiza
tion, has nol gone on record
favoring $102 monthly pen
sions for World War vet
erans. Doq Days
To the Editor:
Oh, what a beautiful morning,
II will be a lovely day.
But I am too lazy to work.
And I am too lired lo play.
They say life depends on the
liver;
Well, if I could have my wish,
I would lie in the shade by
the river
And just rest, loo lazy even
lo fish.
Ah ZZZZ.
LGW
Medford.
Typo
To the Editor: In my poem,
"The Sweetest Joy," in the
Poets' Corner Sunday morn
ing. I notice typographical
error.
The fourth line of the first
stanza should read:
"If vocal cords were only
made . . ."
.lack Finel
3RD North Second st.
Central Point, Ore.
Diggers
To the Editor: Medford will
soon be driving on their new
super highway on stilts. I
think all highways should be
built on stilts, so the Tele
phone Company. Gas Compa-
Hatfield Renews
Stand on Issues
Salem il'l'li Gov. Mark
Hatfield has reiterated his op
position lo "right to work"
laws, a sales tax. the "three
way" compensation plan and
use el prison labor on con
st met ion projects.
!ach of the views was greet
ed with applause by dele
gates attending the seventh
'"'"" .;"7'"', l"'o-
unn ArL-ClO at the M;inon
Mnlor hotel here.
tint HiUfieM told the enn
vtMitimi ;i governor mil;;! in lin
lam his positinn of neutrnli'v
and not nan himelf with ei
their hihor or nutnimerm-nt
A friend to nruunizcd 1h
hor I think 1 huve hern; a
puppet, never," UiitfuU de
clared. The governor said he hoped
that ii plan worked out hy ;t
committee he named to study
labor-management relations m
the state would he passed by
the !)fi:t legislature
The plan calls for fart fin I
uig procedure
Prudential Loons in
Area Total $359,420
t..os Angeles Loan total
ing S.lniMUu to finance veal
estate development in Medford
were disbursed the tuM seven
months of bv the western
home office of Prudential In
surance company, accord in g
to Hobei t W Brow n. Oregon
invest m en t s manager for the
company's, mort gage loan tie
partmcni. who said the total
. for residential proieets
Ptuing the period total
loans amounting to M.8U '-i;
were disbursed for the enlue
sta:e of Oregon with S.i.-Hi.V-14:1
slab d for home financing.
S.'a!,(o,M for commercial mid
industrial, and 5777. P.'Mi for
farm.
MEDFORD MAIL
Kind Of A Finger Man"
ny, Electric Light Company,
the Sewer Department, Water
Department and the Agricul
tural Department wouldn't
have to spend all their time
choppin' up the pavement
looking for things. Those guys
wuz the wurst people in the
world to lose things on '.he
highway and then pave thorn
under.
A few years ago, Los An
geles County wuz building a
huge drainage system. The
first rain wot come along
plugged it up, so they dug
it up a-gain, and a-gain, and
a-gain, before they found the
trouble. It got plugged-up by
three wheelbarrows wot some
body left in the sewer pipe.
Everett Acklin
Ashland, Ore.
Candidates Fair
Set for October
Candidates for contested
offices in the November elec
tion will be present at the
annual Candidates Fair spon
sored by the League of Wom
en Voters at fl p.m. Oct. fl, in
Ihe Medford High school audi
torium. During Ihe evening candi
dates will discuss current is
sues on the county state and
national levels. Republican
Carl Fisher and Democrat
Robert Duncan, both candi
dates for congressman from
Ihe fourth district, will be
featured in debate.
Those accepting invitations
In attend at this lime ire
Robert Y. Thornton, candidate
for governor; !,yn Newbry
and Henry Padgham, candi
dates for state senator; Alva
Bradford. Edward Branch
field, and John Dellenback,
candidates for state rertresen-
llalive; Thad flatten, eooniv
assessor; tterelh Hopkins and
K. M. Madden, county clerk;
and DeArmond Leigh, candi
date for sheriff.
I Additional information mav '
, be obtained from Mrs. John i
McLaughlin, speakers bureau I
coordinator, at 773.33K0. j
i Chandler Charges
iUllman Failed
Heppner - UTI' Robert j
j Chandler. Republican candi-1
jdate for second district con
gressmnn. charged during the!
! week end that residents of 18 1
counties of Kastern Oregon'
are not being properly rep
resented in Congress j
i Chandler accused Democrat '
t ie incumbent Al I'llman of
failing to represent eonstitu-
cuts in four .specific areas,
! He said I'llman promised
two years iu;o that if elected
i he would straighten out the
lumber industry. Chandler
said the industry is "worse
j now than it was two years:
ago "
He said a farm bdl backed
by rilmnn "would have
shackled the hands of rfftcient
wheat growers and all otlvr
agricultural growers "
Chandler pointed to medi
care as a not her area where
he said votors are not being
represented in their w ishe.
Chandler also said I'llman !i 'S
neer voted against thr A Fl.
CIO or American: tor Dem
ocratic Action.
Chandler's remarks . , e
made while he vi-nted th
Morrow couniy fair.
Duncan Announces
Coos County Chairman
Ilobert B Dmuan. speaKer
of the Oregon Houe of Hea
rt sent tl i es and Vmoera ic
t inoid.ite for Centos :om
the fourth dwtrvt, announce
recentl tha! be had co m
pleted organization of -
campaign in Coo cnint
i State nepres-vi'u'iv e
, encc Tai '.on w :ii head t e
Coo? courVy o: g.uii:atie.n
TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
De Gaulle's Brush With Death Spotlights
Fact That He Has No Obvious Successor
By JOSEPH W. GRIGG
United Pren International
Paris - H'Pli - President
Charles de Gaulle's narrow
shave with death spotlighted
a situation which sends chills
j down the back of the French
Strictly Personal
By Sydney
(ci Field
BORROWING LANGUAGE
Glancing through a German
magazine the other evening,
I noticed that one section was
reserved for
"teen aceis.
-. The word was
(1 ....n-j : c..
? lish, because
-j German has
- i no equivalent
for "t e e n
' : ager,'' which
has now be-
ft .
iiaro. of the German
language.
Hundreds of English words,
of course, are in common use
throughout the world. It is
curious that no language is
"complete" in the sense that
it does not need to borrow
from other linguistic sources;
internationalism in language
is much mort prevalent than
we think.
In the charming book. "You
English Words," by John
Moore, the author points out
how heavily English has be
come infiltrated by French
words alone. Our debt to
French is enormous, he shows,
and goes back many centuries.
Few of us realize lhat we
borrowed "moustache" as
early as ihe 16th century,
along with "piquant," "port
manteau," and many oth
ers. During the next hun
dred years, we borrowed
"ballet," "burlesque," "tab
leau," "decor," "coquette,"
"stockade." "parole." "cha
grin," and "soup." All these
words became completely
naturalized within a few
years.
We use dozens of French
words in our ordinary
In the Day's News
By FRANK
Senator Joe Bottum is a
new member nf the august
Senate of the United Stales,
lie is from South Dakota,
where he succeeded Senator
Francis Case. He hasn't been
long enough in Washington lo
get indoctrinated. He still
thinks like a citizen and a
taxpayer.
He still walks from h i s
apartment to the Senate Of
fice building. And as he walks
he ponders. Like many other
members of the Congress, he
sends back a letter to his con
stituents. In his letter dated
Aug. 6, he says:
"INURING my daily walk to
my office. I pass in front
of Ihe magnificent U. S. Cap
itol ... As I pause each morn
ing and look upward to ob
serve the Capitol's whiteness
standing clearly outlined in
Oregonians Favor
jAnli-Poll Tax Bill
Washington .ITU All four
j members of Oregon's delega-
lion in the House of Repro-
sentatives voted Monday in;
tavor of a proposed eonstitu-
lional
amendment w h i c h
would outlaw the poll tax in
federal elections.
The measure passed by a
vo'r of to Rrt. The roll
call howed HiH Democrats!
and Kt- Republicans voting;
in favor and 71 Democrats!
and 1 o Republicans opposing
it.
The Oregon delegation is
composed of Republicans Wal- ,
ter Norblad and Kdwin Durno
and Democrats Edith Green
and Al Ullman
Highway Bid
Letting Postponed
Salem IT! The bid let
ting scheduled by the Oregon I
Jlighw.rv commission for Sept.
!H i'AM he postponed until
Congre-s passes the lff2 fed
eral highway bill, it was :1;'.
nouneed by the commission
Forres! Cooper, stare high
way engineer, nui no federal
funds will be available for the
estimated 5:) million worth of;
protects until Congress acts. '
Pro i eels being postponed
include one in excess of M
million on the Coos B,iv-Ros-
burg huiiway between Tanrv.-r
creek and Remote
VVesfern Edition of
N.Y. Times Due Oct. 1
New York IT! Printing and
u;--t;-i,bi:r;oTi of the new west
e:'M ed;':on of the New York
Ti:v.c w ill bcg.n (V? 1. Tub-h.-i'cr
Ot: F Dr;oo .in
nouneed Mo:iria
man. There really is no one
to succeed him.
De Gaulle, France's grand
old man, autocratic, head
strong, the true kingpin of the
Fifth Republic, never has pin
pointed anyone as his succes
sor.
J. Harrij
Enterprises. Inc.
speech, without realizing
their origin. For instance,
such military terms as
"corps." "maneuvre," "sor
tie," "espionage." "depot,"
"fusillade." French high so
ciety gave us "salon," "bu
reau," and "e t i q u e 1 1 e."
There are also "regime,"
emigre," "canteen." "co-
terie." and, most surprising
of all, "picnic."
During the 19lh century
Moore goes on, "English
learned a lot of new French
manners." Fashion brought
over such words as "crepe."
"b e r e 1," "suede," "cre
tonne," "rosette"; French
chefs taught us "saute,"
"mousse," "fondant," "gra
tin"; soldiers laid down
"barrages," issued "commu
niques," carried marshal's
"batons," and so on.
Most of our social words i
are FrencV society mingles i
with the "elite," is "chic,"
tf(PS in "maliniioc ' rlinne in
"restaurants," makes its
daughters debutantes," finds
them suitable "fiances," and
maintains its "prestige."
For one thing, some foreign
words have no true equivalent
in another language, like
"teen-ager.'' Moore points out
that "rendezvous" in English
would take six words instead
of one "A place appointed
for a meeting." And we have
no good English equivalent
for "savoir faire," "naive,"
"metier," "joie de vivrc,"
'chic," "debacle," or "raison
d'etre."
No language is sufficient
unto itself, just as no people,
by their own talents rlonc.
could invent or devise all the
iiiaenines we need, 'ivtacnin
by the way, is French.
JENKINS
Ihe heavens, I fervently hope
and pray lhat this symbol nf
our freedom can continue to
be translated into the kind nf
action policies we need lo re
main frep frnm urilhnnt
well as from within
"During these walks and ! young Soviets. Interest in Ihe ;
during mv daily work inside j material far outweighs t h e I TUT the stereotype of "cap
the Capiiol as a lawmaker, ! spiritual appeal of sacrifice ; JL italist colonialism." which
I have wondered whether we ' anfl devotion which once ex-: once seemed so pointed and
still have all the freedoms we Plained every inconvenience j all-consuming, now seems ter-
began with as a nation. Or
are they slowly ebbing away
from us with many of us no
more the wiser. Is government
itself getting so huge, so in
different to little people and
so cancerous as to remove
from its creators the very
freedom ii
guarantee?"
supposed to
LX)R example- -
A Senator Rotltim av- -
j '-Last week I came across
; some facts and figures that
I lend credence to this question
nf n; rn..A.,.-,.n4 'PI .
uu; vnnniiiiit'iii. i i ii-v cu- : - .... i.-.i . .-line- u m i nil tins llrta II In CI R
startling, to say the least. Just j Leninism that a serious short- the younficr generation cyni
HOW big. really. IS Big Gov-! nt hjiS developed both on j cal and resentful of an older
eminent? How much of our,ln' university level and in I generation that failed,
money (present and future) Communist party and youth' But let no one in the Wept
nnvc: it ,-m.nri1' uh-t o.-n .to organizations. i brhnvn ih wmntfor
financial obligations, its dnbi-
-The information below an -
snm,, ... th mixtion
nf Kinnnw. -..-..
American should know."'
HE THEN goes on to say: i
"Total national debt OB- ,
LIGATIONS of the federal,
government in fiscal year lOrta j
will approximate 1 ."42.000,
000. OOP (TRILLION) instead,
of Ihe $205 billion so often ;
mentioned. Here's how: j
"Debts of government con- j
sist of money owed today and j
funds Congress lias approved
for CONTINL'IXG programs
Direct obligations of govern
ment consist of federal debt
in Treasury sccurit ies A X D
the current au'horilv to OB
LIGATE These total S4;!;i.
700.00(1.000 (billion1.
"Government has CONTIN
GENT obligations, such as
federal insurance in force and
loans guaranteed, totaling
$:W.MO0.i00.0O0 (billion.
"The CnPed States has oth
er commitments to pay. The-e
include the Social Secur-ly
trust fund. Civil Service re
tirement, etc.. amounting; :o
S420..100. 000.000 ibilhonV
HE CONCLCDES:
The GRAND TOTAL
' The amount we ate obli
gated to pav
"SI ,242 BILLION." iM 242
trillion
Y'K "
ena'.or Bi
Here s hoping om go
walking
And pondering
And rit ir.g bat k tn
home folks - who need
know thing l:ke lh:5.
France docs not have the
office of vice president.
Under the Gaullist Fifth Re
public's constitution the Pres
ident automatically is succeed
ed provisionally in the case
- 1 of death by the president of
the Senate. He holds office
only until such time as a new j the date of parliamentary gen
president of the republic can i cral elections. But de Gaulla
be elected. ! is known still to have tha
The current president of .he highest regard for him.
Senate is Gaston Monnervillc, ! Another "obvious" name is
65, a Negro from Frcnce Gui-' that of Antoine Pinay, a con
ana. ; scrvative former prime inin-
Monnerville has held that ister under the Fourth Repitb
post since 1947. lie is one of lie and one-lime finance min
France's most respected poliii- i ister under de Gaulle. Pinay
cal figures, but only a figure. 1 is a man who commands re-
De Gaulle's death, panic-; spect, but his views are far
ularly if it were sudden or j toward the political right
violent, would plunge France wing.
into the gravest possible po-1 Perhaps the only other po
litical crisis. And in that mo-; litical figure of distinction i3
merit of crisis it would be Guy Mollet, another Fourth
leaderless. . Republic prime minister, but
That is why Frenchmen Mollet is a Socialist and it is
dread to think what might
j have happened if Ihe killer
I commandos' bullets had hit
their target last Wednesday
nifiht. ! could.
De Gaulle himself is said to The grim fact is that, as of
have prepared a secret "short I this moment, there is no no
list" of three names to be 1 vious successor to de Gaulle.
Of FCJCf By Joseph Alsop
(c) New York Hcrairi THhune Syndicate
By DAVID MILLER
(Joseph Alsop is on vaca
tion. During his absence his
column will be written by
reporters expert in nation-
al and international affairs.)
' .
: THE FOURTH GENERATION
' Moscow A generation
born and nurtured under the
! realities of Marxism-Leninism
is beginning to mature in a j
: world torn by the most con-
; vulsive struggle in
modern
j history.
! Who are they, these lecn-
agers and young adults on
whom the hopes of the Soviet
Union and communism rest?
"me 'V 7 r
man. a fi'Uirp iHnaliyrd
I mankind's wave of the future?
Of all the criteria used to
evaluate the Soviet Union,
few are as important to the
I West. The consequences are
enormous fm- an intrnr.nl
I of Soviet philosophy is Len-
in' Hir-t.nTi thai no,., L-inri
of man will throw off the
vestifJes nf nrpspnt tim iri-rni
life and emerge as a cleansed
heroic figure.
By any. lest, of courage and
technical excellence, the So
viet Union's four cosmonauts
meet every requirement. Near
Ihcm must he ranked thou
sands of others, thp lesser
known who are dedicated to
building a new society.
TJUT the same cannot be
i said of the broad base of
ann snonagc.
Young people in increasing
numbers are leaving the rug -
ged, primitive life of the vir-
gin lands, the massive at -
tempt to bring agricultural
i fruits lo marginal land. The
hardships are simply
too
I,lul ".
Fewer and fewer young So -
. viols willingly accept assign -
Mivma in him cesium? rar
! Fat Thp lip! iWc ap ir,
ments in the oesolate
i ...v ,,.
! Moscow and Leningrad and
everyone knows it.
; So icw young Soviets have
i POne itltn te;irhin M:irvium.
Membership in Komsomol.
! ,he Yoi,n Communist League.
! has remained relatively un -
changed for the nar rielo
years, despite an increasing
Try and
Sy BENNETT CERF-
nELr w;
vvjv M
,S mi.shty to-.iKh
:foui'i town, Bnd
biptcst in fact, the only
to part with his nisht
clerk, despite the fact
that said clerk was a
hopeless kleptomaniac.
"Pop" Miller finally
solved his problem. Over
the desk in the lobby he
hunc thiS svn: "Leave
your valuables wi;h c.ir
PitlU clerk. H:'ll pet
them anvw.r..''
A r.vho q-. r. sho-r r." i
r'or tl.t rr. v -" t '
"I m peine to ni yo i to
nft-f ser-."1 fTrr.L.;- , -- -
with nr.'rr.
Got.a: '
Ov-rhe;rt :
At t,v!
to thf rin
--(' r.AP'i-nt
W 'c re
3 ii:'r'
At AT;
P,v T
i :f o:T.i
"I
i"-" cf ?' v
:". J r, br.
T-T'-s or.
t" '-cr-i 'he
. Cfrf. r - c.r.b -
In h
opened only in case of hi!
death.
It would cause no surpriss
if one of those names was for
mer Premier Michel Debre.
Debre resigned last April aft
cr growing disagreement with
j de Gaulle over Algeria and
1 doubtful if a Socialist could
j pull together a nation rent
; politically asunder any morn
than a right-wing conservative
pool of potential members.
For every Soviet between 1-1
and 28 who joins, two do not.
ENROLLMENT stands at 13-
U 400,000 (of the 52 million
: cl'B'ble), but only because Iho
j ml""um age was lowered
j lasl APnl frorn 15 t0 14 nntl
I Pcna"les for lax members
were downgraded. No one
now is expelled because of
! failure lo Pay dues. The older
memoers continue lo leave.
Young writers, although,
praised for their freshness,
lack of prejudice, and person
al observation, are continual
ly criticized for their inability
t0 ,hink "Profoundly, largely
- . .. J '
, and socially."
j ln a" 01 llle new Soviet
i 1'ternture there has yet to
1 cmc''Re a single figure capabla
! of DcinR regarded as a heroic
! representation of the new gen-
j cration. The older generation
iinas inc characterization m-
j ,cUoetua!ly and socially im-
i 'rial lit C.
Penalties for juvenile de
linquency have been increased
with the creation of special
courts authorized to confine,
children from age II to If)
in special "educational insti
tutions." This "fourth generation," a
phrase lhat began to circu
late in Moscow last summer,
was brought up under the slo-
Sans anfl banners of a revolt!-
; tion already won.
I , ibly out of date in an era
j nlade enormously complex bv
1 political and technological
j change.
1 Young Soviets have lived
! through the denouement of
the infallible Stalin 'ha
man ordinary Soviet pall
who was and the Soviet press
J calls the "head of the Soviet
! state al that time."
ror tnese youngsters wit-
. , tl...:,j .
. niM-u uie uewiiucrmcni oi
parents exposed to the bitter
i revelations of the cult of per-
sonality. It is more than po?-
! l-;Ma U.i ll u; I
! generation is readv to roirrt
the only social svstem it
1 knows. That nossihiliiv ic r.
! mntn n,.i a'uj ;.
far from clear.
Stop Me I
tn come by in an out-of-the-
"Pep" Miller, who ran fhft
-motel thcrea bouts was reluctjnl
i
i ! do u r -a .v) c i a '. r with La i v
.vn:--slant biu rtc ci out, "Brai'."
Inr-.' n-:w m:nk (fW.
h.i. -n t c
rn to bK tO'lt'.',
b-inkrh" en the rtnt..'
Ph,? is th fo-irth time n-.v h .band
k. ;n h;c mrr.par..'. You pir1
-T.r.c s b g nnmn "
V. or.c u-'iv I can ict th- kid
c-'.'f. I vfl.k m fr-nt of Li
lei by KiZg Fwturet Syoditt