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P I Telfphoto Ncv.bplclurrs "me'mber'of "Audit bureau" ofcirculat10ns . Advr'tislns Henresentalivc: NELSON ROBERTS & ASSOC -ATES Olficei In New York. Chi cnjio Detroit. San Francisco. Los Anitelei. Seattle. Portland. Denver. 5S1 hc8T,gN V-ASSOCIAIION Flight o' Time Mcdloid and Jackson County History from tht files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Oct. 11, 1952 (Saturday) The Rogue valley's pear harvest will total an estimated 2,550,000 packed boxes -about a half-million boxes be low the 1851 crop. Slate police said today that Gerald Macombcr, the con vict 'with the "charmed life" apparently has escaped from the Upper Applegatc area where he has been sought since shortly after his escape from the Oregon state prison Sept. 15. 20 YEARS AGO Oct. 11, 1942 (Sunday) Medford Community Chest opens drive lo reach 11143 goal of S17.000. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "The treasury department reports that everybody In the United States has Slon in his Jeans give or take $!)!)." 30 YEARSAGO Oct. 11, 1932 (Tuesday) Glen Fabrick Sr. killed in deer hunting accident in I IjOtlge i-uie (iiauiLi. Annual Jackson County I Teachers Institute opens in Medford with about 200 teach ers and 67 school administra tors In attendance. 40 YEARS AGO Complete registration fig ures for general election show 9,725 Republicans and 4.024 Democrats in Jackson county. 157 register as Socialists and 120 as Prohibitionists. II. J. Jewell, Central Point, and George A. Briscoe, Ash land, named to executive com mittee of county division of Oregon State Teachers asso ciation. 50 YEARSAGO j Sen. George A. Chamber lain attacks Col. Theodore Roosevelt. Bull Moose candi- date for president, as "man ! who would lead us into warj wilh Mexico," in Medford talk. i New walcr pump installed . at county jail in Jacksonville. I will operate at com of S3 a : month "or a distinct saving of $7 a month over the old pump." , Whal's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct is superior: seven or aiqkt it eicellcnt; five el is it good. 1. Is Smics liihlicis." in troduced during Ihe reign of Charlemagne, a rclorcnrc fur fortune Idling, reclasiaslical prayer, or law,' 2 Over whal rnuntry did the House of Plautagi-ncl once reign'' 3. Is Ihe ungual Rialtu in Venice. Wyoming, or London,.' 4 Does an aloni or uranium have a diameter of one-hundredth, one millionth, hi oik--hundrcd-milliniilh of an inch ' 5. What Polish General was a hero of our Revolution;!! v War? li. Name the author of "The Gold Hug." 7. .Moslems shave Ihe xalp but leave a tuft of hair Why the luff.' 8 Does sound Havel faster In water or air? 9. What is the opposite of climax? 10. In what village in France was Joan of Arc born In 1412'' Answers: 1. fortune-telling. Can gin n u. o. veimv, uaiy. 4. One - hundred millionth. 2, England. 3. Venice. Italy j. vinmu ruuiai. . tosjn Allen Poe 7. For the angel to grasp lo carry Ihe body j heavenward. 8. Water. 9.1 Anticlimax. 10. Domrenmy. I OCTOBER 11, 1962 The Controversial Dr. Teller Dr. Edward Teller scientists of the day. He was also a leader in the great debate as to whether a hydrogen bomb should be built, and remains a leader in the de bate as to whether nuclear test explosions should be continued by this country. On all three counts and on a fourth, as well, which will come a bit later he is a highly controversial figure. He is often given the title, "Father of the H Bomb," although he disclaims it, pointing out correctly that hundreds and thousands of others participated, and that without their participation the H-bomb never would have been created. BUT IT IS certain that without his persuasive nocc anrl Vii sr-ipntifif fniPfHst that, the H- bomb could be built, President Truman would never have given the go-ahead. By the same token, without his scientific genius, the bomb would not have been created at all, or surely not so soon. In a talk in San Francisco the other day (which we were privileged to hear), Dr. Teller pointed out that there is much similarity -between the arguments against creating the H-bomb in the first place, and against continued testing. The "atrainst" arguments boil down to these: That we have sufficient stroy Russia, so why test to build more ; if test ing is not stopped,' more and more nations will acquire this dangerous knowledge and the catas trophe in the end will become unavoidable. . pO THESE Dr. Teller "My first answer is this: Not lo be prepared in the nuclear age with nuclear weapons, lo rely in the nu clear age on conventional weapons, is as sound a policy as lo slick lo the bow and arrow after fire arms have been introduced. Only thorough and de tailed knowledge, not only on Ihe weapons but on all the effects of these weapons, will allow us lo use nuclear weapons in Ihe right way . . , "My second answer is, you cannot turn the clock back. You can no more prevent additional nations lo acquire nuclear knowledge and nuclear weapons lhan you can prevent your teenagers from finding out about the facts of life by keeping secrets from them and telling them to behave. We live in the nuclear age and we had belter gel accustomed to the idea that power In this nuclear age is unavoidably inter twined with and unavoidably rests upon the use of the most powerful and the most easily transported sources of energy. And this Is true for war and, as Plowshare shows, It is true for peace equally. "And my third answer is this. Yes, the nuclear age is dangerous. It also is full of opportunity, in a rapidly developing, dynamic situation, negative atti tudes, turning back the clock, setting up prohibitions, which can be violated at will by Ihe bootleggers, will not pay. The only thing that will is a positive policy, the only thing that docs help is the type of behavior which we adopted shortly after the Second World War, where he helped Europe rehabilitate itself." THESE ARE Dr. Teller's answers to the Dan- j constitutional rights that they A the-bomb and slop-the-tesl arguments. They!"" are convincing, even to those of us who view the dangers of fallout, radiation, nuclear weapon rattling and the prospect of small and irrespon sible powers with atomic weapons, with concern. We suspect they are . . - , 1 ""u c,ye niiui iieiuiiiu uiauiAciuunn ciiiti ayiuu- ments with suspicion, and who believe America should depend wholly upon her own armed might. But Dr. Teller has one more argument in store, and it will not sit well with the anti-UN, total-victory shoutcrs who think America can go it alone. CTILL talking about the H-bomb, and what to do about the incalculable dangers it poses, Dr. Teller added: "The only thing that will help is to set up a wider authority, a super-national authority on this contract ing globe, lo save the peace, to guard the freedom, and to guarantee the rapid development of nil the people, certainly the people who are willing to co operate with us. "It is dangerous lo withhold from our allies nuclear weapons, because that will cause them to stop being our allies. We cannol hold them in a dependent state forever, and it is obvious to any common sense oh-. server that they will not stay in thai state. We must at least get together with our good friends on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. We must build a free world community. "Yes, as suggested by Governor Rockefeller, we must work toward Ihe rapid establishment of a Fed eral Government of the free nations for the purpose of making a solid foundation for a later and even more important step, a step designed lo lead toward a free and lawful world. Closing our eyes, turning the clock hack, will surely lead to disaster. Progress ing toward more knowledge and toward greater unity are the only ways in which an all Western Free Progressive World can save what we believe is valuable in our lives and in the lives of our children." ONE CAN sec why Dr. mv. uu'r inn ituis",ii( Lilt He dot's not satisfy people. He does not satisfy tin- v. iiuutt .Nations, and omy me unueii iiaiuuis, i is the Itest hope for eventual peace. I He does not satisfy those who wish to live ; , , . i - . i in a peaceful and untroubled past, nor those who: want to jump into a future brotherhood of all lllen oVel'lliu'lU j n t ii i ti , . I Dr. leller is, in short, an unorthodox and in - dependent thinker, whose patriotism and hatred 1 .of tyranny (he was born a 1 Unitarian and is now ., i , . -.- in American citizen) leads hun to strong con-! victions. His opinions are worth thinking about. Power of Words Lcft-wineers for a eeneralion have been cor . . . . . 1'ti l 1 1 iijLi line words like inn. till. im iook HI ,..,(Jjt.., nVU ;il c doine . . , -"" "" v m iMi.in. L.iiene nei.-vi-. Guard I ' .1 is one of the foremost atomic weapons to de posed these answers: also convincing to those i I Teller is controversial. niiu-.v-Miuj i:wn.. the Fortress America i i those who .believe that , ' "freedom and "democ WKU U1C ZaiUCS Ot melius war against us or an wilh oood words like '"T h-eiislieric country. ,. ,. . . n .: . . V I MEDFORD "Once More Unto The Brink, Once More" 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 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 tht oaDer; In tact the contrary is often the case. More Understanding To the Editor, and L. C. Powell: I do not know what your nationality is but what would happen if the slate of Oregon decided they didn't like people of your national ity and you were kept out of schools, lunch counters, ho tels, housing projects, jobs of anything more than servitude.' In spite of being a U.S. citi zen, if the state decided against you, would you then want the federal government, which is over all. to step in and take your side? We are not 50 separate governtncnls, but must have one head. As you say, the federal govern ment represents all people, black, white, red or yellow. If we, in Oregon, flaunted the laws of our land, the rest of the states would have the right lo judge us for the peace of the whole people. The "will of the people in Mississippi is very evident - keep the slaves! It seems queer to me that the people of the South trust their precious children to the care of black "mam mies but don I think mey are human nor have the same If men like Gov. Burnett can gel away with defiance of government then our young men should be able to refuse to obey and fight. They would be called "traitors" and treat ed as such. America Is the melting pot of all races and they should be treated equally. Why should a few make our whole U.S. the laughing stock of the world when we need a united front now more than ever? Let's have more under standing for our fellow citi zens no matter what na tionality. Mrs. Ray Doran, Route 2. Central Point, Ore. Cuban "Threat" To the Editor: On Sept. 13 our Senator from Oregon, who Is the chairman of the subcommittee on Latin Amer ican Affairs, delivered a speech In the Senate which I have just read witli endur ance and disappointment. Except for alibiing some of the unsavory acts which we have committed since 1B2.1, his speech lacks much in point. However the last few paragraphs need no Daniel to interpret the hand-writing. He simply means that if we suspect that Cuba is doing what we have already done along the borders of the Coin- munisl countries we will rf lilt' lll.M lIllftMli;. 11 llll? MIIHIIU liflt'lX-ll II WIPUlll (illlllJM UI j i hi ii iy mean hip ntsii uciinn of material life upon this planet Arc the Oregon voters naive enough to return such a per son to a position of power? Is there one in whom we caa la...! t. An U.,,t--. U, iKinb that we know one but he is water over the political dam. JJ" .sidcratlon to his views about Cuba we. not Khrushchev, ;' in : guide Ihe destiny of that u:i- fortunate country, it seems hard for people io grasp the truth that Communists are not born but are made that t,v having to live in an unjust' world, which is what "'wened to cm-a Mr. I'nandcr. if von are a ,,.,.d-reader and hurrv. o-, will have time to read this 'speech bv the lion Wayne j Morse before Nov. 6 and let us know if you would be I w illing to destroy this world j with all its potentials over I the silly supposition that a handful of people on ; n island 90 miles from our sbo.e could achieve their survival by wag- Vt Vaw as'teady show n (ll.v. ...... 'fiv'f f.e in constant ''V CVtiO .'i'sw e ready y:'. .o MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, to defend themselves if. again attacked. Can you honestly tell us that you think that an attack by them upon us or any other country would contribute to their security or survival? Bert Harr, Route 2, Jacksonville, Ore. Forgotten People To the Editor: Wonder who the small voices are attached lo, that come from White City, pleading for real medical care for the service men? Why aren't all ex- and active serv icemen getting good care? They shouldn't even have to ask. My opinion is that it's a dirty disgrace if all of their pensions aren't raised to $200 a month. The serviceman who is in Rocky Butte prison because he was refused entrance to the hospital wouldn't have done a thing wrong had the doors of While City been open to him. I don t believe any thing I'm told, but have heard that this soldier in Rocky Butte prison was a prisoner in Germany for four years and has a silver plate or two in his skull. What kind of people are we if we don't staff those nice buildings at While City wilh all kinds of doctors, except women? tf there's anything I despise its a woman in uniform, when they should be rocking a baby. Now where do we write, or do we take up petitions to ask for an active hospital staff for Camp White. When I think that but for these men and millions of others I'd be in a rendering lard vat, I would do almost anything for the men in uni form and out of it. Now where do we write? And let's all help them. Not to be for gotten people. Ilarrictte Gibbs, 1375 South Columbus avc. Medford. Help and Cooperation To the Editor: This is a let ter of commendation for out standing help and cooperation by our southern Oregon neighbors. On Sunday, Oct. 8. 1962. during a terrific windstorm, a dead tree was blown down over the power and telephone lines in the lit tle Applcgate area, three miles up from Yale Creek road. This incident caused a bad fire lo break out. We were notified of the fire by itnH ,-iti,m hitnt.it- M t- oward of DcMa Wa! tl (J the forestry service. Copco and tue Telephone Co. Mr. Howard remained in company with the undersign ed for 6' 5 hours fightin., the fire. Mr. Howard Is a splendid citi.en and a most courageous man. We people of Ihe Apple- I gale area also wish to thank I Mr. Kurt Gerhardl of the for- Hl service and his good wife. Dana, who performed wonderfully, remaining on the job for seven hours un til all danger was eliminated, truly good citizens. Thanks also to Pacific Pow er Co. (Copco) for a splendid job by their crew. This is only one of the reasons that we love to live in Southern Ore gon. For no where in this great land of ours can you find such outstanding cooper ation and friendlinos. Truly these fine people are living up to our state slogan. Keep Oregon Green. Michael C. Loftus. Houte 2. Box 34. Jacksonville. Ore PS - Also thanks to Mr. i round characters are "reallv" Francis Lea Wright, an em-! like, for they are likely to IN SERIOUS CONDITION ployce of the Jackson County j surprise us in moments of. Driffield. England - IFf -Parks and Recreation serv- crisis; but we can at least Mrs. Eliza Brown. 80. was 'e ice. who happened on the agree on their basic elements, ported in serious condition scene, for pitching in at great When it conies to the angular today alter falling into an personal danger and doing a I people, all w e can say is open grave whi'e placing flow splendid Job. ' "From w here I Hand ..." ers on her husband's tomb. OREGON 'Supermac' Attempti Tough Opposition to By PHIL NEWSOM UP! Foreign News Analyst Among some not wholly overawed by his high office, Britain's poised and articulate Prime Minis ter Harold Macmillan has earned the n i c k n a me, "U n flappablo Mac." He also has been call ed "Super mac," and, by those not . so friendly, 1 and "Gim- m Newsom "Macmothballs' mick Merchant. Macmillan, who took over his present job in January, 1957, at a time of low ebb in British fortunes just after the abortive Suez invasion, has been prime minister long er than any other Conserva tive in this century. Now, by perhaps a combina tion of the qualities of "Super mac" and the "Gimmick Merchant," he is attempting to overcome the challenge of one of the greatest problems to face Britain in this century and the greatest of all to his own career. That problem is the ques tion of British entry into the six-nation European Common Strictly Personal By Sydney J. Harris tc- Field -Enterprlsea Inc. ROUND AND ANGULAR "Do you know so-and-so?" I am sometimes asked, and when I answer that I do, the second ques tion is com monly, "Whal is he (or she) really like?" To give a true and hon est answer lo this second j question, I houp Innt-ni.H have learned Hiria that It is nec essary for us to divide the people we know into "round" and "angular" characters. The round characters are the easiest to define and de scribe. They are the people which includes the majority who present a rounded ap pearance to all who know them. With minor variations, they are the same viewed from any angle of vision like a circle. Ask a dozen different ac quaintances abouth them, and you will receive a unanimity of opinion: Joe is a good scout, Sam is a well meaning blowhard, Ernie is tough and slippery, Mike wouldn't hurt a fly. Where most of us go wrong, however, is in our estimate of the angular characters, in failing lo rec ognize their angularity. These are the people who are many-faceted de pending upon the angle of acquaintance, they assume different shapes, siiei and textures. With an angular charac ter, one cannot say "This is what he is really like"; all one can tay It "This It how he reacts lo me, and I to him." The angular personality li riewed in one way by hit wife, in another by hit bus inest colleaguei. in yet an other by hit tubordinatet. and in still another by his close friends. Hii personal ity glints with different lights, refracting the etmos phere he happens to be in at the time. Of him. one person may ley "He is terribly con ceited." and another that "He ii really yery modest": one may call him "aloof and superior," and another describe him as "friendly and humorous." And these are no contradictions for the angular character ii all these things, depending on the stimulus he receives from hii environment. None of us ran know what he is "really" like, for his essence is determined by the people have been eager to particular mode of existence sloP in Portland this summer we see him in. Work brines t0 st"0 Just ONE elephant out one side of him, family : baby, think how many we life another: at one kind of can logically expect to come party, he Is shy and stiff, at j to Oregon to see FOUR ele another he is relaxed and vi- phant babies next summer, vacious. When two acquaintances TZZ uThard "o? them i S''eS Adm'"ed to believe that both may be To Fisheries Agreemenf right - for they are discus-1 sing an angular character in Washington - -l PI- - The terms of a round one. and are President Wednesday signed much in the position of the into law a bill allowing Alas blind men touching different Ka- Hawaii and Idaho to join parts of the elephant. In a deeper sense, we can- not even know what the Market, at present composed of France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, The Nether lands and Luxembourg. In the Common Market countries, France has proved to be the toughest negotiator, determined that Britain shall fulfill all the political and economic agreements reached by the six themselves, thai not one period nor comma shall be altered in the Rome Treaty binding the six, and that French agriculture shall be protected against the In the Day's News Ir FRANK JENKINS Big news in Portland, where this is written: Rosy, matriarch of the Portland zoo, presents the city with an elephant baby. It's a girl, described by- the papers as a "dainty brunette with red eyes and a pretty pink proboscis." The baby's weight is 182 pounds, height 33 '. inches at the shoulder and a flat three feet at the highest point -which In the case of an ele phant appears to an average observer to be about the mid dle of the back. The exciting part of this happy event, which was big front page news in Oregon's metropolis, is that added to little Packy, born to Belle last April, it makes Portland, the papers proclaim, the un disputed pachyderm capital of the world. Now isn't that something! BUT it isn't a It never all. rains but it pours, you know. Tuy Hoa, a third member of the Portland elephant family, is expecting and the interesting event is due some time after Novem ber. And- It appcars- Pct, another of Portland's lady elephants, is looking for ward to a son or a daughter some time early next year'. HREGON, after all these years of comparative ob scurity, is GOING PLACES. Our lumber industry is ad mittedly in a bad way at the moment, but the elephant family of our metropolis is on the way to pull us out of the slump. TTOW, you ask? 1 Well, all this summer, tourists have been pouring through Oregon, headed for Seattle. They have been in a hurry to get there. Pushing down on the gas pedal. Driv ing early and late. They haven't been stopping as long as we of Southern Oregon would like to have them stop. They have been rolling in late and getting out early. And they haven't been spending very heavily in the interval between their ar rival and their departure. Especially at the better places. On their way north, they have been conserving their cash to be spent at Seattle. Viewing the wonders of na ture and science and indus try that are collected there. Taking the elevators up to the lop of the Space Necdie for a fancy lunch and a view of the city and the Sound. Riding the Monorail. And so on. And, on the way back home, after the big binge, they have been short of cash, because they spent all their money at the fair. The big hit along the road seems, from all accounts, to have been the 19-cent hamburger places. nuT- " At lcast- Thcy have been stopping in Portland to see the elephant baby. So many of them have wanted to sec little Packy and his mama that special buses have had to be put on all summer to handle the crowds of zoo visitors. ITOPE springs eternal in the human breast. If so many thousands of the Pacific Marine Fisheries agreement. ng To Overcome Common Market "cheap food" policy of Britain and the Commonwealth. At home, the British Labor Party, out of power since 1951, has served notice after a period of indecision that it will not follow Macmillan blindly into the Common Mar ket. Laber leader Hugh Gaitskell has dropped his demand for immediate elections so that the British people can express themselves directly on the market issue, but at its an nual conference in Brighton, the party served notice that hereafter it would be the watchdog on negotiations for British entry. The two, the Labor Party at home and the unyielding French stand, could present Macmillan with an impossi bility. At Brighton. Gaitskell laid down five conditions for La Matter of Fact (c) New York Herald PRINCIPLE PLUS ONE DIME Washington On a fateful afternoon not long ago, the astute Secretary of the Dem ocratic Major ity, Bobby Baker, passed the word among the anxious mem bers of the Senate: "On this one, principle plus a dime will buy you a cup Alanp of coffee. Berlin was on the boil; Cuba was in ferment; and many another national and international problem of awful magnitude called for the grave attention of the as sembled Senators. But Baker's delicate but stern warning concerned a bill to construct a $10 million aquarium in the District of Columbia. Among the liberal Demo crats, especially, there was a strong feeling that the prin ciple of the thing forbade ap proval of a "fish palace," as Sen. Wayne Morse of Oregon had put it, when money was badly needed for schools and hospitals and other projects more directly bearing on the welfare of the human popu lation. BUT THE aquarium was, and is, the highly per sonal venture, the proud, pri vate contribution to the cul ture of the nation's capital, of the formidable Rep. Mich ael J. Kirwan of Ohio. As second-ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee and chairman of the Subcommittee on Interior Department Appropriations, Mike Kirwan is the master of the pork-barrel. For Senators interested in pork for their states, the conflict between pork and principle was plain to see. Nonetheless, Bobby Baker's warning was disregarded by the hot-headed Senator Morse and the imprudent Sen. Frank Church of Idaho. The effect on Rep. Kirwan can be gauged1 from a passage from his own past, which he tells with relish in this connection. The Kirwan children, it seems, were sometimes per secuted by the neighboring young, event to the point of being stoned. luy inuuiei, mrwan re calls, "always told us, 'Never throw back a crabapple if someone throws a rock at you." 'piIE WORKINGS of this rule of reciprocity were soon observable when the Interior Department appropriation bill passed the Senate and was sent to conference. Senator Church's beloved Idaho in stantly lost the Burns Creek Project, estimated to cost S52 million. Senator Morse's cherished Oregon also lost the planning appropriations for the Colum bia and Willamette River EVERY AMERICAN'S SHAME bor Party approval of British entry into the Common Mar ket. Strong and binding safe guards for economic interests of the Commonwealth. Guarantees for British agriculture. Britain's right to pursue its own foreign policy. Fulfillment of Britain's pledges to its partners in the European Free Trade Associ ation - Sweden, Norway, Den mark, Portugal, Austria and Switzerland. Britain's right to plan its own economy. Four of those conditions would demand that Britain surrender no part of its sov ereignty, a "must" under the Treaty of Rome which looks forward to both political and economic unity among the six. By Joseph Alsop Tribune Syndicate Channel Projects, estimated to cost an eventual $20,700,000; the appropriation to begin construction of the Yaquina Bay and Harbor Project, with an eventual estimated cost of $23,600,000; and appropria tions to begin study of pro jects in the Willamette River Basin and for reclamation at Pendleton, Oregon, with even tual costs as yet beyond estimation. As chairman of the House conferees, Rep. Kirwan had struck these items from the appropriation bill. His com ment was that he had already voted countless hundreds of! millions for Oregon and Idaho, and if Sens. Morse and Church did not choose to re ciprocate to the extent of a $10 million aquarium, they could take the consequences. The consequences may be fairly serious, for both Morse and Church are up for re election. Both are now thought to be running behind. And until Mike Kirwan, re membering his mother's warn ing against crabapples, duti fully met rock with rock, both Church and Morse were using their power to get pork for their home states as prime selling points with the voters. CENATOR Morse has already J reacted with considerable violence, demanding an aud ience with the President him self, and clamoring for a pun itive veto of the Kirwan aquarium bill. It seems doubt ful, however, that the Presi dent will want to join the Senator in throwing rocks at the redoubtable Kirwan, when this will do no good, in any case, in the Oregon elec tion. So the District of Colum bia will get its aquarium. The American Legislative, as can be seen from the fore going, has marked idiosyn cracics. Every Congress ends with some such drama as the great aquarium drama; and every President has to take time off to deal with such matters. The first Kennedy Congress, which is now com ing to an end, has been rather more productive of such dramas lhan most of its pred ecessors. To this Congress, however, it would be wrong to say fare well in too mocking a spirit. It has been called obstructive and sterile by a great many people, including the Presi dent himself. It is true that the President asked this Congress to pass a gigantic program, and only got a lim ited share of what he asked for. But if you look at the whole record, you find, sandwiched among the aquarium bill and other comparable measures, such great innovating statutes as the new trade bill, such useful steps forward as the area redevelopment bill and the housing bill, and much else that has been solid and constructive. This has been a Congress that got a lot done, in short, even though it re fused to do a lot more.
