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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO .
. Nov. 20, 1952 (Wednesday)
The 1053 Greater Medford
Chest drive, now in its sev
enth week, received a big
. boost today when it received
a check for nearly $4,000 from
a local lumber company.
Twenty cases of tuberculo
sis were uncovered by last
January's mass chest x-ray
survey in Jackson county.
20 YEARS AGO
Nov. 20, 1942 (Thursday)
Medford Red Cross officials
request aid of local women in
preparing surgical dressings
for use by armed forces.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "I e c
iormcd on mud puddles this
morning, and the shin-bones
of the stockinglcss members
of tile fair sex turned as blue
as Crater lake."
30 YEARS AGO
Nov. 20, 1932 (Saturday)
Sir Harry Lauder, famed
Scottish entertainer, makes
Medford appearance.
Medford chapter of Daugh
ters of American Revolution
schedules pageant in honor of
bicentennial anniversary of
birth of George Washington.
40 YEARS AGO
Nov. 20, 1922 (Sunday)
New type quartz mill, man
ufactured in Medford by Ed
ward G. Trowbridge and Har
ry D. Mills, called "sensation
of mining world" in United
Slates and Alaska.
Ashland High school prin
cipal writes to University of
California Coach Andy Smith
seeking information on "un
biased, disinterested officials,"
to referee high school foot
ball game between Medford
and Ashland: Medford Coach
Kddie Durnn and Ash land
coach unable to agree on offi
cials from University of Ore
gon or Oregon Agricultural
college.
SO YEARS AGO
Nov. 20. 1912 (Tuesday)
Neil creek rancher dedi
cates b'40 acres to state for
use as game bird preserve.
Josephine county court or
der legalizes sale of liquor in
precincts which voted "wet"
in recent election.
What's Your I.Q.7
Nina or ten correct Is superior:
seven or eight is eacellent; five 01
lis is good.
.
I IT IS our initial conclusion, subject to later
i who was vice President modification resulting from further stiulv, that
during Washington's second y th(, .;,, ()f ,ilH.mm,nt wnjc, wjU RjVe the
1 iiow much is 2x2x2x2x2? I tte the flexibility, the power, and the frame
3. Name the seventh day of , work necessary to move ahead.
"VS the Chief Justice of I . )'0StS .'"'j1' lH,Wl'1' IVtofol C ill, the
the supreme court vote only j legislature, in the governor, and in the judiciary,
iii cum-of a tie? I It retains, however, the ultimate authority to
5. Under which President th() p,,,, an, wnj , cxtoluljnir the power's of
was the Tennessee River Mus- .. ' , . , V . 1 i .
cie shoais project begun' j'!10 branches of government, it also to a substan
h Did seott, Tennyson, ortial decree increases tlie potency of the checks
iiawthorne write "iva,ih..e ? I.,,,, balances which one branch -an wield with
7. How manv square feet. . ,
are there in a square yard.' l'OSpect til another.
r who invented the pen- This is not a radical Constitution, except in the
d",1,1""'.', . . ., , I sense that some of its provisions are new to Ore-
!) What is the name for , . , '. , . ., ...
male swan- ; Jion, for most of what is best in the present t on-
lo. is vaniiia bean the fr'uit istitution is retained or strentrthenod.
of a species of orchid?
Answers: 1. John Adams.
2. Thirty-two. 3. Saturday. 4 .
No, on all matters. 5. Wood
row Wilson. 6. Scoll. 7. Nine.
8. Caiilcp. 9. Cob. 10. Yes.
NOVEMBER 20. 1S62
A Revised
The Oregon legislature will soon convene,
and among the many things which will demand
its attention will be a proposed new state Consti
tution.
The draft has been
months by a blue-ribbon commission of 17 men,
which includes lawyers, legislators, judges, two
former governors, and various representatives of
the public interest.
It is a spare document, less than half as long
as the present Constitution, which in the 1U5
years since it was written has been cluttered up
with a great body of material which really does
not belong in a basic charter 01 government.
"THE proposal is controversial, and it will
main so. It leaves much of our state govi
mental structure intact, but the changes which it
does propose are significant ones. It gives more
nower to all three branches ot government tne
legislative, executive and judicial but it also
provides some checks and
ing.
Law Professor Hans Linde of the University
of Oregon, a member of the Commission and
chairman of its drafting sub-committee, called it
a "neutral document" when he spoke here last
Saturday, pointing out that it is non-partisan in
character, and deprives no interests of any rights
or privileges now enjoyed.
It is simply a streamlined, brand-new and
basic charter of state government, without frills
or special-interest legislation, and with a slightly
differing concept of how governmental power
should be wielded.
LJIS principal point and it is one that all mem
bers of the legislature and the voting public
should take seriously
Constitution should be judged as a whole, and not
on the basis of specific provisions.
The question, he intimated, should not be
"Does this document contain proposals with
which we disagree?"
The question should be, "Is it a better Consti
tution than the existing one?"
He, together with most members of the com
mission, feel that the second question can be
answered affirmatively,
adopted, not face-lifted
recognition.
IN READING the draft of the proposed docu-
ment, the first thing that strikes one is the
clarity of meaning provided by the drafting com
mittee. Gone are the intricate legalisms and semantic
monstrosities which bog down so many legal
documents, including Constitutions. This docu
ment is a model of understandability, and pend
ing a court test of meanings, we would be of the
opinion that there are few if any ambivalent
sections. 1
Even in the fairly complicated provisions for
apportionment of the legislature, the language is
clear and precise. Any junior high school student
should have little difficulty in understanding it.
"NE of the great steps forward, as mentioned,
was the elimination of much statutory type
legislation from the Constitution, and its place
ment, instead, in the Oregon Revised Statutes.
Another was a rearrangement, elimination or
clarification of some absurdities in the present
Constitution such as those, for instance, where
both liquor by the drink and capital punishment
appear as part of the Bill of Rights.
Another feature of the proposed document
is its retention of some provisions which the peo
ple of Oregon, in the past, have shown they want
in the Constitution. One of those was the ear
marking of gasoline tax revenues for highway
construction; another was the retention of the
state emergency board, which is empowered to
make emergency appropriations when the legis
lature is not in session.
X SHALL, in the future, discuss from time
to time various aspects of the proposed Con
stitution. But we strongly
interested in what our basic charter of state gov
ernment is ami should be obtain a copy for their
own study.
Generally, in addition to observations above,
we find the new Constitution to be permissive
rather than restrictive. That is, it trusts the peo
ple and the legislature to enact laws in very
broad areas.
The principal restrictions on legislation ap
pear in the defense of civil rights, and in a few
rather special areas, such as, for instance, the
prohibition of lotteries.
And we are inclineil to agree with i rotessor
Linde and other members of the Revision Com
mission that the proposed Constitution should
stand or fall on its merits as a whole, and not be
allowed to be nit-picked to death. MA. ,
Constitution
prepared over the past 16
govern'
balances not now exist
was that the proposed
and if so, it should be
or patchworked out of
recommend that those
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contrary is often the case.
Learning Process
To the Editor: According to
a news broadcast from
KMED-TV, Channel 10 in
Medford, the findings of a
group from Klamath Falls
was that the major cause of
juvenile delinquency was the
underachievement in school
work. This broadcast was
made on the 6 p.m. news
Nov. 16.
In Life Magazine Sept. 28,
1962, is an article, "Is the Stu
dent a Vessel or a Lamp to
Light?" In this article a fact
is given that Russian children
learn to read sooner than
American: also that by the
fourth grade they have been
exposed to a vocabulary of
10,000 words whereas most
of our fourth grade has been
exposed to only 1,500 words.
Of 51 nations surveyed by
UNESCO including practi
cally all Europe r e q u i r e
longer hours than we do.
American students, by and
large, are unemployed.
In the official journal of
Air Force, "The Airman," Oc
tober 1902 issue, is an article
"Now Learning Can Be Easy".
It illustrates and explains
how the Air Force is using
teaching machines as proces
ses of learning.
Teaching machines can
never completely replace or
substitute for the teacher but
it is our firm belief they can
be a great asset and invalu
able supplementary aid to
teacher, student and the coun
try in general if they can help
students achieve required
standards in school.
Addie Mae Hopkins
2824 Favill rd.
Grants Pass, Ore.
Whoops. M'dear
To the Editor: You wield
terrific power whether you
know it or not, and I believe
you do know it. Please don t
misuse it.
You can be wrong in your
attitudes and beliefs in this
instance as you have so often
the past. If my memory
serves me right you nave a
score ot less than 50 per cent
on your advocacies.
As of Sunday we have to
look at an editorial where you
quote ethics, obligations, po
litical spoils, civil service,
training, ability, technical as
pects and Bob Duncan.
Whoops, m'dear, that was
quite a mouthful, wasn't it?
So let's1 see what the facts
are: You called Marvin Mad
den Friday and asked - "Arc
you a candidate for the posl
mnster's job?" Marvin an
swered - "I have not applied
for the job or sought it." Fair
enough so far isn't it?
Then you bluntly ask a
"trap" question - "if it was
offered to von would vou be
interested?" And the answer
returned - "Yes I would, con-
sidering the increase in salary
and security." BANG went the
phone without any more ado.
Of course you said - "Thank
you."
llells Bells and Catfish, who
wouldn't consider a position
that would better himself 100
per cent financially in salary
and 1000 per cent in perform-1
ancc and security, ami enable
him to get away from the
copious carpiugs of the public
and editorial writers and Ihe
nerve wracking experience of
four year elections? I would -
ami so would Madden. Would
' n't oven you be interested?
: As to ethics - Madden has
not renrced on his oath or
Job and a lorthright statement
was made to you when he said
"Yes. 1 would consider the
i job." but that statement save
I no announcement of renewing
As to obligations no one
can be blamed tor thinking
i of the future - his family I is
own lite and Its betterment.
and Marvin Madden will nev-
er desert the Democratic par-j
ty or cease to be a Democrat
nor leave the partv in the
lurch.
As to political spoil5, - we
MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD,
Boys"
all know you advocate "non
partisan government, but to
eliminate the mild variety of
patronage now in existence
would doom the two party sys
tem. As to civil service - did you
know that the examination
takes into consideration, edu
cation, character, administra
tive experience, ability, tech
nical training, and service in
the armed forces? What per
son in this county can you
name that has anywhere near
the answers that would be
given for Marvin Madden?
K. C. (Swede) Wernmark
232 West Fifth St.
Medford.
Pet Abuse
To tlie Editor: Now that we
have all or most of the dogs
nicely tied up in the city and
country alter the leash dog
law passed, so that all the dogs
cannot annoy humans, let us
hope that we can reverse it a
bit and somehow have some
laws so that dogs and other
animals can be protected from
the neglect of their owners.
Otherwise, we have not pro
gressed much from the Dark
Ages of long ago.
There are flagrant cases of
"personal property" dogs in
this town of Medford being
abandoned, forsaken, neglect
ed, abused, as they are left
tied on short goat chains or
ropes hours and hours on end
without shelter, food, often no
water to drink on very warm
or even cold days (unless some
rainwater), no shade on hot
days and no place to lie down
on wet days but in the mud
and ground, and become
filthy.
There are other animals
forced into cages too small lor
them. Their owners have little
thought whether their "pets"
suffer from neglect or lack of
care. Yet I am told that there
are not laws to cover these
matters. Please write your
Congressman and let's please
try to have some laws that
deal with the abuses that the
leash dog-law has brought
upon us and our dog friends.
There are really not many
harmfully vicious nor bad
dogs anyway. Most of them
do have the annoying habits
of sometimes barking in the
night at possible prowlers or
intruders ot bad intent, an
il o y i n g especially to the
prowlers, that is. Very often
the dogs arc being loyal to
their owners in guardine. their
homes and perhaps small chil
dren within the home. Some
times dogs will even bark
from pure neglect if they have
any spirit left to bark.
Miss Margaret Osenbrugge
P.O. Box 1381
Medford.
A Tribute
I To the Editor: There would
I be something amiss if in some
! small way further tribute was
J not paid to the Rev. D. D.
; Randall, retired Sunday school
missionary whose death oc-
curred last week,
j Tile formal statement of the
obituary notice said he had
j established 80 Sundav schools,
How could the casual reader
possibly know of literally a
lifetime of devotion and pray
er to God given by this man
on behalf of some of those
j associated with the early Sun
i day schools of 35 years ago?
j Most of those Sunday schools
I have long since been absorbed
by community churches.
Long ago with tears in his
' eyes this man of God said he
had "broken through to the
, other side" in prayer for one
I who did not believe. About
a ear ago he held a funeral
service for one who had serv
ed in a little Sunday school
of the 20s. Mr. Randall was
I retired, but he said he was
present in the passing of this
person when he said Jesus
eame to claim one of his own.
Through years of illness of
that one, this minister paid
OREGON
Major Powers Reassessing Positions;
No New Drastic Action Indicated Soon
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
As the first dramatic impact
of the U.S. challenge to Nikita
Khrushchev recedes, the pros
pect increases
that all sides
now will
spend consid
erable time re
assessing their
positions. That
would seem to
mean that no
new drastic
action can be
Kewiom expected i m -mediately.
The United States
won one round in a continuing
power struggle when it forced
removal of Soviet missiles
from their Cuban bases. Its
failure since then to push
overly hard for the on-site
inspection first demanded by
President Kennedy and its
reluctance to claim any great
victory would seem to demon
strate a desire now not to push
the Soviet premier too far.
Soviet First Deputy Pre-
frequent visits to offer prayer
and encouragement.
Many were the long night
drives he made to hold eve
ning services in the little coun
try schoolhouscs, where some
times only a half dozen or so
would be gathered. In the
1930s his sunrise Easter serv
ices at McKoe Park and later
at the Grange hall were an
annual event. The service and
breakfast following brought a
large attendance. Mrs. Randall
often accompanied him, and
their singing of gospel songs
is long remembered.
Carroll Powell told of his
death in a Sunday morning
broadcast. He said he was vis
iting with him as he sat in
his chair when the call came
to this man, and that Mr.
Powell knew the presence of
God in the room then. Is each
one of us prepared to meet
God whenever the time might
be? Salvation is for all, but
it must be accepted, as Mr.
Randall taught from Scrip
ture. (Name on File)
Jacksonville, Ore.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Let's talk today about dia-monds-this
thought being sug
gested by the sale in New
York the other day of a fabu
lous jewel known as the Idol's
Eye. The dispatches describe
it as "egg-sizc"-lhe kind of
egg not being stated. If a hum
ming bird's egg was meant, it
wouldn't be such a much If
the ccmparisin was with an
ostrich egg, it would be fraud
ulent. Thci-3 is nj such dia
mond. rpilE Cullman, the largest di
- amond ever discovered,
weighed 3.108 carats, or about
1 13 pounds. It was found in
1905 in the Premier mine in
South Africa. It was purchas
ed by the Transvaal govern
ment and was presented to
King Edward VII. the last of
England's magnificent mon
archs and next to the last of
tlie long line of Edwards. (Ed
ward VIII abdicated the
throne "for the woman I love"
-Wallace Warfield Simpson.)
The Cullinan diamond was
too big to be either perfect or
practical. So Amsterdam jew
elers cut it into nine large
stones and 98 smaller ones.
The largest of these is the big
gest cut diamond in the world.
1JUT
let's get back to the
Idol's Eye, which was sold
at auction in New York for
the rather tidy sum of $375.
000. It was purchased by a
Chicago jeweler, who prompt
ly strung it on a necklace and
gave it to his wife. Newspa
pers carried a wire photo of
her. and she was obviously
flabbergasted.
As well she might be. Gifts
like that don't come along ev
ery day. Especially to what
aristocratic Europeans down
through the centuries have
called "commoners" -meaning
people without titles or blue
blood. Jewels of that magni
tude have historically been re
served for royalty.
rpiIAT brings us to some-
thing else.
The reference books don't
mention the Idol's Eye among
the famous diamonds of the
world.
HIS point, we will have
! to i
do some guessing.
The Orloff diamond is one
of tlie inagnificent gems of
history. It was bought back in
the 1700 s by Trince Orloff. a
Russian nobleman, for 90.000
British pounds (about 5437.
000 at the then rate of ex-
change of the British pound)
i and hv him was given to the
Russian Empress Catherine II.
Where did he get if
It is there that tlie IdTs
mier Anastas Mikoyan's long
stay in Cuba suggested that
the Soviet Union also was re
assessing its position there,
perhaps beyond the single
question of the removal of
'offensive" weapons.
Stubborn Cuban resistance
to playing a completely sub
servient role to Moscow pro
vides surface evidence that
the Cubans also are reassess
ing their role, or at least at-
Strictly
Personal
By Sydney J. Harris
(c- Field Enterprises Inc.
US" OR "THEM"
At the recent annual con
vention of the International
Association of Chiefs of Police
in St. Louis.
1 two highly-
A placed police
officials
n n a a J II...
a g i c c u uiai
i-1 1 ' there appears
A to be less re
1 spect for po-
ulc anu mute
h o s tility to
wardthem Harris than at a n y
time in history." This was the
view put forth by James J.
Rowley, chief of the U. S.
Secret Service, and George G.
McClennan, deputy commis
sioner of the Royal Canadian
Mounted Police. Police of
ficials, they told the conven
tion, are facing a "discernible
resistance" to authority and
to restrictions of any kind.
It seems to me that the chief
reason for this hostility is the
tremendous population pres
sures tha't have been building
up throughout the world, and
especially in our corner of it.
Today it is estimated that
more than 65 per cent of
the American population
lives in a metropolitan com
plex, which is steadily
growing more dense. It was
not long ago that more than
half of all Americans lived
in rural or semi-rural com
munities. A rural commu
nity is a personal one; a
metropolitan area is an
"anonymous" one.
The police in an urban
area represent a "faceless"
authority: they are not per
sons, they are uniforms,
badges, nightsticks and
guns. They are often a part
of the poiitical machinery;
they "belong" to the ward
committeeman, or at least
are identified with some
power group in the com
munity. Except in rare instances
of corruption, the police
man in small towns and
rural areas is part of Us. not
of Them. He is not viewed
as a punitive figure, but as
a peace-preserving one. He
knows individuals, and is
known as an individual;
indeed, he depends upon
their good will and respect
for his continuation in au
thority. The decreased respect for
police in modern times is only
partly due to the greater
venality of the police force
or the greater contempt for
law on the part of the public;
overshadowing both these
causes is the loss of communi
cation between the uniform
and the citizen.
The police in large cities
are not felt to represent the
public: their main duty is seen
as making arrests, securing
convictions, and acting in the
interests of the dominant
power group, whatever it may
be in a given community.
Of course, we need higher
standards of character and in
telligence for police appli
cants: of course, we need high
er wages and improved work
ing conditions: but none of
these will help much unless
and until the policeman re
gains his face and becomes
more than a number.
Eye comes in. Tlie huge Or
loff diamond (weight 195 car
ats) was stolen by a French
soldier from the EYE OF AN
IDOL in a Brahmin temple. A
ship's captain stole it from the
soldier and sold it to Prince
Orloff. Empress Catherine II.
to whom it was given by Or
loff, placed it among the Rus
sian crown jewels.
I IOW did it get into the New
York auction room, where
it was bought by the Chicago
jeweler? As to that, we'll have
to do some more guessing.
When the Bolsheviks liquidat
ed the Russian Empire, they
presumably liquidated the
Russian crown jewels, includ
ing the Orloff diamond which
was siolcn from the eye of the
Brahmin idol.
Assuming, because of the
name Idol s Eye. that this dia
mond is the Orloff diamond,
the pop-eyed lady had reason
to be a little pop-eyed when
the picture was taken. A lot
of history is clustered around
the big diamond in her new
necklace.
tempting to improve their
bargaining position.
The fact that Red China has
summoned her Eastern am
bassadors home for consulta
tion indicates that stock also
is being taking in Peking. The
recall orders went out before
the Cuban crisis but not before
new evidence of the widening
rift between Moscow and Pe
king. Gen. Lucius Clay, hero of
the Berlin blockade and more
recently Kennedy's personal
representative there, may
have given voice to U.S. ad
ministration thinking when he
told a New York audience:
"History has demonstrated
that it is seldom wise to back
a great power into a corner
with no line of retreat."
Matter of Fact
(c) New York Herald
'BETRAYAL, HOAX,
SURRENDER'
Washington-In an extraor
dinary measure, the Cuban
affair has sharpened the un
ending c o n
flict between
the Soviet
leaders and
their Chinese
Commu n i s t
"brothers." To
be sure, the
conflict had
reached a n
extremely ug
ly stage be
Alsnp
fore the Cuban crisis boiled
up. There was, for instance,
the violent editorial of Oct.
13 in Zeri I Populit, the Al
banian official paper in which
the Chinese often make state
ments they do not wish to
publish over their own signa
tures. This effusion was headed
"A Great Betrayal of Marx-ism-Leninism";
and it left no
doubt that the betrayer was
nobody else but Nikita S.
Khrushchev. Since the Cuban
crisis, however, the language
the Chinese formerly put into
the mouths of the Albanians
has been openly used by the
highest personages in Peking.
rFHE major attacks began
with a leading article in
the official Peking People's
Daily, pointedly and unkindly
quoting "imperialists" who
had claimed a "major tri
umph" for President Kennedy
in Cuba. The same article in
directly but sharply charac
terized I h e Kennedy-Khru-shchev
agreements as a
"hoax."
Since then, the Chinese
ideological barrage has been
almost continuous. "Modern
revisionists" (meaning Khru
shchev and his supporters)
have been repeatedly accused
of "betraying" the Commu
nist cause. The 40th anniver
sary of the October Revolu
tion in Russia has been oddly
celebrated in China by roars
of praise for Fidel Castro, by
loud warnings against "sur
render" to the "imperialists,"
and by the conspicuous omis
sion of a single complimen
tary word for Khrushchev.
Most recently, the official
theoretical journal of the Chi
nese Communist party has
suggested that the wicked re
visionists (always meaning
Khrushchev) were "scared
stiff" of the "U. S. policy of
strength." And these vicious
attacks have been coupled
with rather open invitations
to Castro, to cast off his So
viet alliance and line up with
the Chinese in the split among
Communist parties.
CUCH outbursts go far bc-
yond any of the fraternal
plain-speaking in the first two
rounds of the Sino-Sovict row.
They betoken the opening of a
great gulf between Moscow
and Peking, far different from
the cracks that were plastered
over in the past. How, then,
will Khrushchev reply?
Among the professional stu
dents of Soviet and Chinese
"Should we invade Cuba?
Ihey have enough troubles
already . . . .?" j
wife
Other indications s u g gest
that the Cuban quarantine, al
ready estimated to have cost
the United States some $100
million, will be around for a
long time to come.
Despite apparent quick re.
moval of the Soviet missiles,
Khrushchev has not lived up
entirely to his promises or to
the conditions set by President
Kennedy.
To push Khrushchev Into a
position of no-retreat clearly
was inadvisable.
To encourage his downfall
seemed equally inadvis able
since it almost certainly
would be a victory for Soviet
and Red China hard - liners
opposed to co-existence, and
thus increase the dangers of a
general war.
By Joseph Alsop
Tribune Syndicate
demonology, the suspicion is
rising that the Bulgarian Par
ty Congress was the first in
stallment of Khrushchev's re
ply to the Chinese. At Sofia,
the Chinese delegate, Wu
Hsiu-chuan, made one of the
most vicious anti-Khrushchev
speeches heard to date from
any Chinese.
But Wu Hsiu-chuan could
not prevent the Khrushchev
ite, Zhivkov, from taking com
plete control of the Bulgarian
party, after ruthlessly purg
ing the "Stalinist," Yugov,
and all other potential sym
pathizers. The ejection of all
possible friends of the Chi'
nese is the point to note.
qiHERE are some hints that a
similar purge of the Czech
oslovak Communist party will
take place at the Czech Party
Congress at the beginning of
next month. The durable neo
Stalinist first secretary, An
tonin Novotny, may even bo
in some danger.
The other eastern European
satellites-except for the odi
ous Walther Ulbricht's East
Germany-are already firmly
in the hands of Khrushchev's
supporters; and East Germany
can be dismissed as under ef
fective Russian military occu
pation. If the Czech purge oc
curs on schedule, in sum,
Khrushchev's European rear
will be fully secured. He csin
then turn his full wrath
against the Chinese without
fear of having to fight his in-tra-party
war on two fronts.
How Khrushchev will vent
his wrath is anyone's guess.
For the first time, the clear
possibility of an open, total
Chinese-Soviet break, on the
pattern of the break between
Stalin and Tito, is admitted
by the great majority of dem
onologists. A few think a
clean break is downright
probable.
THRUSHCHEV has other
things he can do to the
Chinese if he does not want
to go so far as an open break.
At least 35 per , cent of all pe
troleum products consumed in
China still come from Russia,
for instance. Thus, if petrole
um deliveries arc withheld,
the Chinese Communist army
will either be dangerously im
mobilized at home or crippled
in its Tibetan-Indian opera
tional sphere.
What is plain, in any case,
is that Khrushchev can hardly
avoid making some sort of
riposte to the gross provoca
tions he has received from
Peking. Beyond much doubt,
the right kind of riposte will
be the topic of excited debate)
at the crucial meeting of the
Central Committee of the So
viet Communist party, which
is now opening in Moscow.
The Chinese obviously hope
that Khrushchev will run into
very bad trouble inside the
Soviet party, cither at this
Central Committee meeting or
later on. That can never ba
absolutely ruled out. But if
Khrushchev himself docs not
run into trouble, worse trou
ble between Russia and China
may now be expected.
. . . Good heavens, don t
with the Russians there