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MONDAY. 'EveryoneloSmithcrn Oregoa' Reada The Mall Tribune" publ'ulied Daily except Saturday by mkufuku riuniinij i-w. 33 North FlrSt.. Ph, 77H-8141 nnFRT W RUHL. Editor HERB GREY AdvertUinf Manajer OKRALD T LATHAM. Bui. Mr KRIC W ALLEN JR., Mn Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor uarrv rmPMAN. Telee Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sporta Editor OLIVE STARCHER Women'i Editor DALEERICKSON, Circulation Mjr An Independent Newapaper Entered aa second claaa matter at Medlord. urenon. unacr aci oi March 3. 1807 SUBSCRIPTION RATES D Mi.lt In Advance. Daily and Sunday 1 yearHB.OO Daily and Sunday 11 moa 10.00 Dailv and Sunday 3 moa. 5.00 Sunday Only One year 13.00 Single Copy (Mailed l too By Carnel And Motor Route. Dally and Sunday 1 year S2l.ft0 Dally ana sunaay i mo. i-m. KnndnV OnlV 1 HIO. MC Carrlei andVendoraj Copy 100 ritllclal Paper o( Clty or'Medford (llflrlal Paper ol Jaekion County "United Preai International Full Leaied Wire UL P I Telephoto Newplclure MEMBER or auuii nuntftu AZ77ZZii atlVi a nnrimntitlvi NELSON ROBERTS & ASSOCL atfs nrrirM in Nw York. Chi' c o Detroit. Sin FrancUco. Lot Anjteiei beanie, r u r . Deiver. ASSOCIATION NATIONAL fOITOHIAl jtmnnnc Flight o' Time Medlord and Jackson County History from th tiles ol Tha Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Dae. 10. 19S2 Gene R. Brantley, 28, de fcatcd candidate for Jackson county judge, was arrested yesterday and charged with "publishing a forged docu ment.'1 Mcdford Kiwanian Dames have reported gaining more than $700 from their annual doll project. The funds go for Girl Scout use. 20 YEARS AGO Doc. 10. 1942 Jackson County Chamber of Commerce issued urgent plea for listing of rooms avail able for friends and relatives nf men stationed at Camp White. From Arthur Perry' "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Auto ists are observing the 35 mph speed restriction to a man, and most of the women. How ever, the pedestrian is still using his 60 mph Jump in get ting out of the way." 30 YEARS AGO Dec. 10; 1932 Ten-foot neon sign, with "Police" In 14-inch letters, erected on side of Medford police station at Fifth at. and Central ave. Extremely cold weather brings epidemic of fires caus ed by over-heated stoves in Mcdford. 40 YEARS AGO Dee. 10, 1922 University of Oregon foot ball coach "Shy" Huntington agrees to coach Mcdford High school football during illness nf Eddie Durno: Mcdford High school authorities put up guarantee of $1,300 for game with Scott High school of Toledo, Ohio. State fire marshal urges city of Mcdford In purchase additional fire equipment; snys city Is Inadequately pro tected. 50 YEARSAGO Dec. 10. 1912 Jackson county residents own 378 automobiles, 63 mo torcycles, five delivery wa gons and two motor trucks, according to state figure. Williams Creek woman re reives multiple Injuries when team she was driving runs away on Jacksonville rd. What's Your I.Q.? Nine er ten ceriact It superier; seven er eight li eicellant; five et ii Is food. 1. Locate the Andes moun tains by continent and arn. 2. Which President of the United States had the most children? 3. To what colors are par tially color blind persons most frequently Insensitive? 4 Name the four qualities of taste sensation. 5. About whom did Shake speare say, "This was the no blest Roman of them all"? 6. What docs gypsum be come when heated and re duced to a powder? 7. Where was Solomon s temple? 8. What separates the out er ear from the middle ear? 0. During what century did Kublai Kahn reign in China? 10. What metal has a higher melting point than any other known metal? Answerai 1. Western Soulh America, 2, John Tyler 2 wives with 7 each. 3. Reds and greens. 4. Sweet, sour, ell and bitter. 3. Brutus. I. Plaster of Paris. 7. Jerusalem. I. Ear drum. 9. Thirteenth. 10. Tungsten. 4 AO r-UlllSHItS DECEMBER 10. 19G2 Not Angry-Disappointed Her name is legion. She is graying, fifty-five-ish and her shawl is pulled hard over her rain-wet hair, but her eyes have the tired and worn look of a person who has looked too long into the darkness and seen no ray of light or hope. She came into the Reporter office and told this story: Her nusband died recently of lingering can cer, a disease which had kept her for years at his constant bedside. Now she receives welfare as sistance aid to dependent children to help her care for a growing 14-year-old son. . DUT SHE'S not a "professional" welfare recip " ient. She feels she is able and willing to work, and earn her bread and butter and that of her school-age son. She wants to work. She went out to seek work the other day, and went to the source, she thought, of a possible job the state employment service. They asked her what she could do, and she told them. Anything honest housework, cook ing, what-have-you. References? "1 worked a year in 1945 for the Davidson Bak ery Co., and later I helped my husband as an extra cooking for a railroad section iranir." she said. "In the years that care 01 my sick nusoanci, i couian i woi'K. CHE WAS told that without recent references u there was no possibility of her being sent as a reierrai to an em mover she became inditrnant and woras w;ere excnangeci, rrustrauon at a nureaucracv which hands nut a pittance welfare check 'not enough to provide him with a warm over coat" -and then throws cold water on her hopes or getting work. She came to The Rennrter nfficp in IpII Iipi story, and then, thanking the newsman who had listened, she said, "I'm really not angry, I'm just disappointed, i don t enjoy being on welfare, but I haven't a chance to tret nff. it. seems. I insr wish there were someone who insist on an immediate past work record. I don't have any." Portland Reporter. Good Time Some people around the ancient minnesinger 11 days of Christmas had in mind. People like Nicman-Marcus, Sulka's, Cartier, Van Cleef and What they have in store for you this year! Nieman-Marcus is even taking some of the load off Santa's aching back. The Texas depart ment store is offering sprvirp for "nisrnmprs whn find i hnmcolvec in tha position of sending gifts kings, shahs, maharajahs, prime ministers and other dignitaries." Billing will be bv telephone only and the nature of such gifts will be divulged only on a court subpoena. As usual, most of the for milady. Hattie Carnegie, for example, is of fering a "Carole Lombard dinner paiama" at a swift $275. But N.&M. outfit for a cheap date (girl) chaps at $1,875. They come with match ing white silk satin blouse ($90), satin pants (.!)()), white kidskin belt ($3U), and cowboy hat ($250). Honest to Pete, that's what the catalogue says. THAT French perfume nhoololir no ihn viiuoitij no VHC iiik,i til tile wuilll. vclllltl has for madame an "Indian Chief with emerald headband, sapphire eyes, sins at a conservative cluded, natch. For something far out, a mail order jeweler will send you solid gold gai ters at $15 each or $ou for a set Not that old dad is A. Sulka & Company of immodest gift suggestions" featuring hand some leopard skin gloves priced at $125. And Sulka always is ready to do up his-and-her loung ing robes at $1,200 the set. remember"). For the outdoor type, at $3,200 not including N.&M.'s real Chinese Houston? The International Silk Association has con ned some necktie people in-hands named for heroes of the arts. Sulka's Shakespeare comes at $-t.9.", but for Chopin, Countess Mara wants $;!(). AH, HOW sweet it is! For the whole family Steuben Glass has an engraved glass bowl Mother and Child for a mere $3,300. Most aquariums are prepared to sell you a pair of fancy gold fish for $50. And today's canary cages come with 14-carat gold trim. When Santa cranks up Rudolph the old Reindeer this year, he shouldn't forget a turnpike toll gun, this designed to shoot quarters and nickels with "heart-wanning accuracy" into ex act change toll baskets. An outfit which calls it self The Nineteenth Century can furnish him for $149.95 a pair of coach lamps "like those which graced the carriages of French nobility." And one last-minute gift. A New York store has come up for $25 with a Nothing Box. This is a device which has eight eyes which "wink in no recognizable pattern." It doesn't do any thing else, but it's guaranteed to run for a whole year. You can't turn it off. "Christmas is coming, the geese are getting at. Please to put t penny In the old man's hat " V- E.R.R. followed, I was taking ana caring lor my boy tor a mh. Af. that, nnm.. ainrrv. and snmp sham as sne tried to express her for her ornwino- son had work and didn't Santa Claus here seem to know what who caroled about the Abercrombie & Fitch, Arpels that bunch. a confidential shopping to those in high position Yule loot is fashioned makes that look like an with its white cowboy is still advertising itself In U ,.,,,,.1.1 " I'. ,,.(,, . and diamond mocca $5w. Federal tax is in of four. being exactly shrubbed. has issued its usual "list 1 he material is vicuna Abercrombie has a gun tax. Or how about junk at $11,500, f.o.b. into whinninc up four- "It Wi Right Here Ju.t A Little While Af o" i Communications . . Letters to the Editor must bear the nam and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen na.ue or initial for publication is permissible The Mail Tribune reserves lh right to edit all letters with view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication mutt not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not ncsjirUy represent the views of th paperi in fact the contrary is often the case. Feeble Attempt To the Editor: Mr. Thomas J. Reeder's letter to the Edi tor (M-T 12-7-62) feebly at tempts to Justify his outspo ken position at a meeting Tuesday night, Dec. 4, and is most amusing. Recdcr states, and I quote, "By any valid criteria Mr. Madden had the outstanding qualifications for the appointment. A most interesting question arises from this abortive state' ment, and that is.; Was Mr, Recder appointed as a mem ber of the screening commit tee to evaluate the applicants? Since it is a matter of record and fact that he was not, what super-human sense qual ifies him to Insist and state that Madden possesses out standing qualifications over all other applicants? It is also a matter of record and fact that Super-Human Evaluator Reedcr has never met all applicants for the postmater vacancy, let alone interviewed them. Why not Junk all that's left of the nonsense of the "Spoils System," and rely upon the Merit System as Bob Duncan suggested to fill such vacan cies? I am convinced that Mr. Recdcr, or. for that matter any other person In business, hires and recruits on the ba sis of ability, rather than verbal garbage. Ridiculous situation for our precious democratic form of govern ment, Isn't it? W. Hanson 355 Garfield Ashland, Ore. Interesting Reactions To the Editor: There should be some interesting re actions to recent events among those "Republicans" who were moved lo support Mr, Madden for the office of county clerk. The argument presented by Mr. Madden which seemed to have Influenced their voting judgment is said to have been somewhat as follows: "Mr. Madden was young; he was a breadwinner; he was a husband and father: he was against home rule and he needed the job." This then was proof that: "lie would certainly be more interested in doing an effi cient job and would be for more apt lo remain on the job for the lull four year term than would a 'white haired,' 'wealthy,' 'retired' woman who did not need the job." Mr. Madden, it seems ap parent, has forgotten his new found supporters. Also, Mr. Madden would appear to teel no moral obligation to fulfill (lie promise clearly implied In the statement required of every candidate under ORS 249 221; Ic. "(hat the candi date Is willing to accept the election" and "will qualify if elected. " One wonders, would Mr. Madden if appointed pojimas ter (rcl any more binding the eight nightly deaths of Eng moral obligation to fulfill a ' land's London up into the pledge or oath required by the federal government than he would sccin about to dis play toward the statement signed by him in his declara tion as a candidate (or the office of county clerk, to which he has been elected by the Republicans and Demo crats of Jackson county? Rerelh P. Hopkins 377S Old Military rd. Mcdford Same Spectrum To the Editor: Have you ever wondered, as I have, why so many habitual "aginners" reflect the same curious spec trum of phobias: nudism, rhlnrinalion or fluoridation lolten confusing the two. smoking, integration. Cath olics, the UN or It raited MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON , ,a-S3Z? 'tl 17 Ml 1J1 law II n agencies etc.? such as UNICEF, Some art obscurantists who cavil at. our churches and schools and would limit their freedom of inquiry or right to teach the truth as they find it. Then there are the "Bible thumping" writers (as one correspondent recently char acterized them) who would "prove" the Tightness of their own theories by citing Bible references taken out of con text or badly misinterpreted. Does this phenomenon sug gest any correlation of fac tors? Perhaps some psycholo gist or social scientist has fig ured it out. It would be inter esting to know. I hold no brief for nudism as applied to so-called "col onies" of "sun-worshipers." Over-exposure to the sun may result in severe burns or more serious skin disorders. From an esthetic point of view, adults who have lost their shapely youthful figures do not present a particularly lovely spectacle not even in their abbreviated, if colorful, bathing togs. However, most tirades against nudism strike me as just plain prudish .or censoriously moralistic neither stance likely to prove very persuasive. The important and indis pensable work of the UN or UNESCO needs no defense. As for chlorination or fluor idation, each has its beneficial use for a different purpose, advocated by most public health authorities. Jf That smoking is harmful has been established by med ical researchers beyond any reasonable doubt. Most ad dicts, while claiming to "en Joy" the weed, would admit that the habit is expensive and rather nasty; at times al so anti-social, when it causes others discomfort or even ill ness. But smoking in private let It be their solace, or "funeral." Anti-Catholics would be on better ground if they con fined themselves to objective discussion of honest differ ences on subjects like birth control, church-state relations. tncological doctrines, or per secution of Protestants in of ficially Catholic countries. Unbrotherly attacks upon fellow-Christians is unseemly and a denial of the gospel of love. By the same token, segre gationists should look into their own hearts, for God "made from one every nation of men" (Acts 17:26 RSV) and Jesus' command (Matt. 22:39 RSV) Is to "love vour neigh bor as yourself." That Includes all men, regardless of race or color. If God is our Father, all men are brothers. Arnold Eugene Jenny, Rogue Valley Manor, Medford By-Pan To the Editor: The deadly sulphur-monoxide laden smog that is now lifting the six to hundreds, should make stop, look and listen to edi torial warnings in our Mail Tribune, that we must ever be careful of Job-carrying In dustries to be located here. though so necessary they need be For ringed as our valley ! is by now snow-capped moun tains, it provides a perfect setup for the air-.atilled in- erslons of autumnal days. For we have had some warning of air pollution, when exhausts from car and truck, with that from the many city chimneys induct ing saw-mills, takes away the ' Joy of breathing our usually ! clean mountain-born air. ! As remembered, there were 1 some edrtorta! comments not loo long ago, how the car manufacturers had com jMit Foreign News: Japanese Military Snap; French Nuclear Power; Easier Relations Bf PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst Note from the Foreign News Cables: Stars in the crown Tokyo reports that Kenjiro Shiga, director of the Japa nese Defense Agency, was im pressed mightily during his recent United States visit by the U.S. defense establish- ment. Informed sources say he has no intention of em lating its size - a quarter-bil- lion dollar Polaris submarine would cost half of Japan's an nual defense budget. But he has insisted since his return on more snap and polish by Jarjan's still de - emphasized military, starting with the hand salute. He also was De- hind the new regulation per mitting Japan's top three-star lieutenant generals to wear four stars so they can meet four - star officers of other countries on more nearly equal terms. with a simple by-pass that took some of the poison from the car - truck exhausts Shucks, that's old-hat to this writer. For when we first lo. cated in this entrancing val ley along the white-watered Rogue River, in 1926. we were already using that simple device on our Max well, one of the very last of that facetiously song and- storied vintage. Its bad breath had become more and more unwanted. Noting that stinky, lazily-rising vapor from the breather-pipe, it was so simple and easy to cap it with an in verted funnel, with a piece of garden hose, terminating in the carburetor air-Intake. It not only cured the old Max well's bad breath, and I was not aware of this at the time, it finished burning the poi sonous raw gases. S'fact, for there are witnesses of that here In the valley. More than that, this last spring when our old Chewy became clutchlcss and nigh brakelcss and our years too many to fix it, it was willed, as is, to my good cajun friend down on Gregory road who had become earless by a dis astrous housefire. Being re sourceful like that enduring breed inherently is, he soon had it going good as ever, and the bad-breath by pass still working. If in doubt, go take a look. He will be mighty glad to show and explain it, for it's free to all, as there was no attempt to patent it. Might have been a million aire, in money, but a pauper in happiness. So thankful for that much at least. F. J. Clifford Route 2, Box 200F Central Point, Ore. Hurray For The Stockmen To the Editor: Would you please let me express my views on an article which appeared in the paper? "Hurrah for the Stock men!" I am not a stockman but a farmer's wife, but I thorough ly agree with the Applegate stockmen. It is about time that the Forest Service and some oth er government offices give the farmers and stockmen a chance. Just because we ask for range rights or put a dam in one of the lakes on Forest Service land you would think we were trying to destroy the whole forest. I believe thai they should give us just as much consideration as they do for recreation centers. I just can't believe anyone would want to destroy the forest which we are so for tunate to have In our state. The stockmen and farmers do far more for the forest lands than all of the tourists put together. B. B. Johnston Box 26 Applegate, Ore. Merry Christmas To the Editor: I have been reading with interest of the community Christmas tree in Medford. Such a fine location and it will bring pleasure to so many. As a committee of one, t extend you an invitation to come to Prospect and share our tree with yon. It has been about 12 years since the Lady Lions con ceived the idea of a commu nity tree in our little town and with the financial and manual aid of our Lions Club we have had the pleasure each year of lighting our tree. We have one disadvantage, however, as ours is living tree at the corner of the school, and it grows faster' than our finance do A very Merry Christmas to j the tow n of Medford from the tow n of Prospect. Mrs. C. A. Larson Prospect, Ore. Giving up ' Indications are that the United States will make no further attempt at the forth coming NATO council session in Paris to talk the French out of their nuclear striking force. Diplomats say the United States has concluded the French will go through with it regardless, and that Strictly Personal By Sydney J. Harris (c Field Enterprises Inc. ACCELERATION We are concerned, as we be, about the delin problem. It is grow ing every year, and its p r e v alence and intensity threaten the whole fabric of society. But it is also wise to keep in mind the words of Dr. - Harn'i Lauretta Ben der of New York university. Dr. Bender said in a speech some years ago: "Far more children should be delinquent than actually are. They have an amazing capacity to tolerate bar pa rents, poor teachers, dread ful homes and communities." . As we look around at our disrupted social order, with its corruption, its fierce competitiveness, its nervous instability, its trem ulous existence under the cloud of atomic catastrophe ii can then be seen, more coolly and clearly, that young people do have an astonishing tolerance .for growing up under adverse conditions. For how can we com pare the world today with the world in which we ex perienced our childhood? Whithin one generation, the world has moved a thou sand times faster than in all the previous generations since Adam. Most of the familiar landmarks have disappeared not only the physical ones, but the psy chological, social and moral landmarks as well. It is hard to believe that when I was a little boy. 40 years ago, there were virtually no automobiles, few telephones, the radio had barely been born, and th child's world was ut terly divorced from the adult's world, My playmates and I moved In a separate sphere; indeed, until the Great Depression of 1929. we were not aware cf the adult world. Our diver sions were dltterent, t n e things we heard and saw were sharply marked off. There was no such thing as a "teen-ager" in my day. Now of course, children are exposed to the adult world from the earliest age. The auto, the telephone, the tele vision, impinge upon their senses from the time they can walk and talk. Crime, war, calamities of all sorts are now part of their natural environ ment. There is no longer a "world of children:" the ages have blurred together into one long continuum. This fearful acceleration in the physical world has made for an equal acceleration in the emotional world: children become sophisticated before they become wise, cynical be fore they become knowing, jaded before they become sat isfied, ambitious before they become able, and sometimes decadent before they become civilized. The real wonder and delight is that so many of them survive and flourish as decent human beings in the setting we have provided them. ' n le KHITCMU!!, TV'" v juf.r-,s "I'll make a deal with you, kiddies you saw Sent here, Mommy her . . . I" j should quency "this is simply something we shall have to live with." Burying the hatchet Diplomatic relations be tween Indonesia and the Neth erlands are expected to be resumed within the next few months. Mail and tele-communications already have been restored. It is easier for Hollanders to get visas to visit their former colony. KLM, the Dutch government supported airline, is negotiat ing for landing rights at the Indonesian capital of Jakarta and economic relations are growing. Meanwhile, other reports say private enterprise will receive more encourage ment from the Indonesian government. Also in the works is supposed to be a Washington Report By William (e United (aature Syndicate CRITICAL WEEK Washington - This may turn out to be a critical week in the life of the North At- Treaty Organization, that ereat but chronically in e o m p 1 e t e shield of the West. In meeting of the NATO Min isterial Coun cil in Paris, American r e p r e senta- ..,111 While ii make one more in a long se ries of efforts to persuade 'tis other major members to make those proper contributions to its military and political strength which they have so long refused. There tis, unhappily, little confidence here that this at tempt will be any more fruit ful than have been so many others. If this forecast turns out to be the, melancholy truth, there will be no public gnashing of teeth in Wash ington. But such an outcome will move forward the day when the United States gov ernment is at last required to re-examine its whole poli cy toward an organization which has done much for the West but which so very easi ly could do so very much more. a 11HE words "agonizing reap- praisal" used by the late Republican secretary of state, John Foster Dulles, with their implied threat of a United States military withdrawal from Europe, are not precise ly applicable here. The Ken nedy administration does not wish to speak, or even yet to think, in quite such sharp and somber terms. All the same, our European allies can ignore only at their peril the existing realities within the American govern ment. Washington is more than a little tired of the chron ic refusal of others to supply their fair share in troops to a supposedly allied military force designed primarily for their own security. The plain and unpretly truth is that' among the prin cipal members of NATO only two, the United States and Turkey, have delivered on their promises. French contri butions arc, to all practical purposes, absent, even though French troops have long since been brought home from the witches' caldron which was North Africa be fore France at last submitted to "independence" for Alger ia. 1IEST German contributions ' ' are ungenerous; and there is strong suspicion here that they are ungenerous mainly because the Germans are re luctant to find and spend the necessary money for this com mon and urgently necessary enterprise. The explanation about financial embarrass ment Is not deeply moving here. What country really en joys the drain? lady . you dsn'l tell the and t won't tell 'em 1 taw lantic new currency to be known as the "Indonesian dollar" and a reshuffle of President Su karno's cabinet. Concern Reports that the United States intends to drop de velopment of the 1,000-mile-per-hour, nuclear tipped Sky bolt missile has aroused con cern in Britain. The missile was to be launched from bombers against land targets and the British had counted upon it for their own air force, abandoning their own Blue Streak missile for the Skybolt. But the Skybolt haa failed repeatedly in tests and the U.S. feels the land-based Minuteman intercontinental missile can do the same job better. S. Whit British contributions in troops are negligible - and Britain, moreover, is develop ing extreme sensitivity to any criticism. Former Secretary- of! State Dean Acheson was not speaking for the American government in a recent ad dress urging Western Europa to Tmll up its socks and da right by NATO - and thus by itself. The British got into an ex traordinary pet at this plain speaking. There was even talk that this notably pro British, pro-West statesman was somehow now "anti- Bri tish." BUT if Acheson was not an official spokesman, three vital points should be under stood by the British and oth ers; This man is one of the principal architects of NATO. This man's views are heavily influential in Washington, in the administration and in Con gress alike. And this man's offense is only that of trying to save an irreplaceable de fense instrumentality from its friends, including the Bri tish. What Western Europe must grasp is that Western Europe must not continue to crowd the United States government into a corner from which there might be only one exit: A decision to pull out and leave Europe to the Euro peans. In the Day's News , By FRANK JENKINS "Forty-two IL28 Soviet bombers aboard three Rus- ships headed eastward from Cuba were counted yesterday by U. S. Navy planes on pa trol vigil, the Pentagon an nounces. Informed sources (meaning people who are will ing to talk if their identity isn't revealed) at both the state department and the Pen tagon said the Russians had told U.S. diplomats this is ALL of the 750-mile range Jets the Soviets sent lo Prim Minister Castro. 'Perhaps by coincidence. the 42 bomber total matches the total of missiles which the Russians previously w i t h- drew from Cuba . . . The fig ure 42 is the highest total yet provided for the number of IL28s sent into Cuba by Rus sia. They are being taken out at U.S. Insistence that they are OFFENSIVE weapons with nuclear capability that peril the United States and other nations of the Ameri cas." rI1HERE has been a lot in the -1 papers lately about a Sat urday Evening Post article containing charges that Adlai Stevenson went soft on the Cuban situation . . . that, among other things, he pro posed swapping our bases in Turkey. Italy and Britain for the Russian bases in Cuba. It was even intimated that Pres ident Kennedy would like to get rid of Adlai if a good way could be found to do it. An so on. Much more interesting, however, is another Post arti cle on Secretary McNamara, and why. in McNamara's opin ion, the Russians rushed in the Cuban bases, with their bombers and their missiles T"HE general drift of it was that by getting bases es tablished in Cuba Russia could get around our Distant Early Warning system up in the far north, and so could have dropped nuclear missiles on us WITH NO WARNING THAT THEY WERE COM ING. IT WAS a cagey scheme. At any rate, according in this second Post article, the scheme was so good that we had to move INSTANTLY to counter it. We moved by tell ing Kroosh that we knew what he was up to and If he didn't get his bombers and his missiles out INSTANTLY we would move against him with everything we have-not only In Cuba but in Russia alto. ! " eems to have worked. ,
