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MLDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MLDKOHD. OHLGON 1 HUHaDA Y, hOVLMttLH 15, 1962 Today & Tomorrow By Walter Lippmann e New York Herald Tribune Syndicate Llppmanu CUBA AND AFTER While the Cuban question Is far from being settled, it has almost, though not entire ly, ceased to be a major issue between the Soviet Union and the United States. Having removed i t s strategic mis siles, which represented a very large military in vestment i n Cuba, the So viet Union can have no interest in leaving the bomb ers in Castro's hands. These bombers are danger ous weapons in the hands of an unstable character like Castro. Trie bombers are slow and old and vulnerable, and though they could do much damage in a surprise raid if equipped wtih nuclear bombs, it is most improbable that the Soviet Union is entrusting nuclear bombs to Castro. We must not forget that the Pres ident has put Mr. Khrushchev on public notice that a nuc lear strike from Cuba will be treated as a nuclear strike from the Soviet Union. Theoretically, anything is possible. But it is most im probable that Mr. Khrushchev would dismantle the power ful Soviet missiles which were under Soviet control, and leave Castro with a few dozen obsolete bombers equip ped with nuclear bombs which could initiate a ther monuclear catastrophe. fN CUBA as a military base the United States has prevailed, and what remains is an issue between Castro on the one hand, and on the other hand the United States, the Latin American republics, and the Soviet Union itself. It appears that Mr. Miko yan has had a hard and not very successful encounter with Castro in Havana. If so, he has not yet played his trump card, which would be to tell Castro that if he ob structs the complete fulfill ment of the Khrushchev-Kennedy agreement, the economic help which is indispensible to Cuba will be cut down. Mr. Khrushchev has done that to Red China. There is no rea son why he could not or would not do it to Red Cuba. In any event, the objective Is the disarmament of offen sive weapons In Cuba. Even If the Soviet Union does not compel Cuba to give up the bombers, the United States has the power, if the power is used under a mandate from the Organization of American States, to solve the bomber problem. I F POWER is needed to solve it, it could be a New Refrigerated 'Cold Wall' Trailer Holds Temperatures A new type refrigerated "cold wall" trailer consistent ly holds frozen foods at aver age temperatures of zero or below, according to a market ing research report issued by the United States department of agriculture's agricultural marketing service. Previous research has shown that a temperature of zero or below is essential to the maintenance of high qual ity in frozen foods. Many trailers hauling frozen foods are not able to maintain that low an average, the research ers observed. 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But a better solution would be for the Organization of Ameri can States to tell Castro that the military neutralization of Cuba is the price of a collec tive guarantee against invas ion or blockade. The sooner the Cuban prob lem can be made into a prob lem of the Western hemis phere, the better the pros pects of making some prog ress in East-West relations. I realize that it is possible that Mr. Khrushchev will make a surprise move somewhere to recoup some of the prestige which he lost in Cuba. But, at least for the moment, this does not seem likely. Mr. Khrushchev, with Mr. Ken nedy's help, has taken the line that Cuba was not a defeat but an example of statesman ship to save the peace of the world. For Mr. Khrushchev per sonally, and for the Soviet Union in its present position in the world, this is the logi cal line to lake. It seems most likely to me that the after math of the Cuban crisis will be some important attempts to work out a temporary ac commodation with the West. jllY HOPE that this can happen rests in the main on two major developments in the world balance of pow er. One is the indubitable nuclear superiority of the United States. The other is the indubitably deep conflict between Russia and China. The combined effect of these two factors is to induce Mos cow to avoid a simultaneous mortal conflict both in Asia and in the West. The inducement to seek an accommodation in the West is greatly reinforced by the enormous success of the mixed economies of Western Eu rope. It is now certain that the Communist parties are not going to take over Italy or France or any other West ern European state. It is quite the other way around: the East European Communist states and the Soviet Union itself will be greatly attracted and much pressed to come to economic terms with the great markets and the great suppliers of the West. For the Soviet Union this is the way to peace and pros perity, and it is only with peace and prosperity that Mr. Khrushchev and the present Russian regime can hope to flourish. All the other ways lead only to the increasingly insupportable costs of the race in armaments, and at the end of it the catastrophic nightmare of thermonuclear war. AS CUBA is being liqui dated as a Soviet-American problem, it seems likely that the nuclear powers will get to, or at least get much nearer to, an agreement to slop testing. As a matter of fact the United States has al ready stopped testing and the Soviets will stop on Nov. 20. The incentive to resume test ing in the near future is not very strong. There is probab ly less and less to be learned. On the other hand, the incen tive is strong to reach an agreement in order to stop or to slow down the spread of nuclear weapons. We are all afraid of nuclear weapons in China and no one really wants to see them in Ger many. If a test ban is agreed to, there is a very fair chance of some progress in the reduc tions of armaments. The most promising path here is to be gin with the reduction of what are called "first-strike'' weapons, missiles and slow bombers which are good only for a surprise attack. Because they would be wiped out so easily and so quickly, they are provocative without be ing defensive. Both in the So viet Union and in the West there are a lot of such anti quated but provocative wea pons, and the world would be a much safer place if they could be eliminated. The weapons which would remain for a second strike aft er a surprise attack would be the Polaris, missiles in truly hardened sites, and certain kinds of bombers which would somehow survive a first strike. They are defen sive and deterrent against surprise attacks. Thus there would be no need to have total disarmament which no country would in fact accept. All this rests on the sup position that Berlin will be left to simmer while these ac commodations are being attempted. 1 lj$ Italian Schools Plagued By Poverty and Old Age In a contemplative mood art "Dean Ruth" ai played by Paula Preacott, Dave Molt and Bill Tillord. players ap pearing in tonight's perform ance of "Dear Ruth" at the Ashland high school Little theatre. The senior class play is coached by Mrs. Lucy Su see of the faculty English de partment. Play Set In Ashland Ashland - Dress rehearsal and a student matinee Thurs day afternoon put the final touches on the senior class play at Ashland High school and all is in readiness for the 8 o'clock curtain tonight. The play to be presented in the Little theatre of the high school is the popular war time comedy romance, "Dear Ruth." In the cast are Paula Prescott in the .title role; Dave Mott, Bill Tilford, Barbara Barry, Jane Hcnnick, Chuck Calhoun, Betty Martin, Craig Pennington, Charles Hile stad, and Miss Mary Paul Workman. Mrs. Lucy Susce is the faculty coach. Tickets will be on sale at the theatre box office or from members of the senior class. Exhibit Announced The public is invited to view an exhibit of paintings by 15 local artists now being shown at Rath's Fashion center, 214 East Main street, Medford. The exhibit, under the di rection of Mrs. Ruby Twedell, 809 Beekman street, will re main on view through No vember 13. The paintings also are for sale. By RAY MOSELEY Rome ll'PH The Italian schools arc in trouble, from their Latin textbooks to their sometimes tumble-down class rooms. They are suffering from poverty, neglect and old age. Twenty-two of every 100 children who enter school in Italy never go beyond the ele mentary grades. For those who do stay on, I the prospect is dismal not enough classrooms, equipment j or books. I In some large cities such as : Naples, students are forced to attend school in three shifts, at buildings that are over crowded, out-of-date and in some cases unsafe. Shortage The teacher shortage grows more serious every day, and the substitutes rushed in to fill the breach often are less than satisfactory. The curriculum is under fire too-perfectly adapted, its critics say, to the require ments of 19th century aristo rracy rather than to 20th cen tury space age. The educational crisis is not a crisis of one country alone, but of almost the entire Western world. Its dimensions are similar in the United States, France, Britain and a score of other countries. It is a crisis of money and of philosophy. Like most other Western nations. Italy has had unparal leled prosperity since World War II. And like most of the others, its spending for edu cation has not increased in proportion to its rise in in come or population. Increase In the past three years, the number of students slaying in school past the elementary grades has increased from 56 out of 100 to 78 in 100. The number going beyond junior high school is up 33 per cent, and the number of high school graduates has increased 30 per cent. To meet this growth the Italian schools have boosted their teaching staffs from 65, 000 to 105.000. Expenditures tor equipment have increased 20 i es But the experts estimate that the country still needs thousands of new schools, about 100,000 new teachers, plus a program of retraining for many of the old ones, and at least 200,000 to 300.000 scholarships for children of the poor. As if all this were not enough, Italian educational circles are in a controversy over what should be taught in the schools. The question of whether there is too much emphasis on classical subjects, and not enough on science and other more "practical" sub jects. Critics Argue The critics argue Italy in 15 years will need 10 million specialized workers, four mil lion higher-rated technicians and almost three million high ly specialized scientists and engineers. There U no scientific in struction in Italy now below the high-school ievel, and lit tle geography. Greek and Latin are empha sized heavily in high schools, but critics complain that only one modern foreign language is required, and it is taught according to outmoded forms. It seems to be agreed that the curriculum must be over hauled, but at that point the educators bog down. A reorganization of the structure of the schools also seems to be agreed upon. Again there is controversy over how to do it. In Italy, as elsewhere, talk about school problems is abundant. Action is slow in coming. 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