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. ' FRIDAY. "Evdryone In Southern Oregon Readi The Mail Tribune ; tubUhcl Daily except Saturday by MEDKOKD PRINTING CO. 33 North Kir Sl.. Ph."a-6M1 ROBERT W RUHL. Editor HKRB GKEY Adve rting Manager "kRALD T LATHAM. Bu. Hr JRIC W ALLEN JR.. Sine. Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRV CHII'MAN Teleg Editor RICHARD JEWF.TT. Sport. Ed or OLIVE STARC1IER Women'! Editor DALEj:RICKSON. Circulation Mgr Ah Independent Newspaper Entered as econd clam matter as Mcdfoid. Oregon under Act of March 3. 1BH7 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Bv Mall In Advance Daily and Sunday-1 year no Daily and Sunday mot 10 no Dallv and Sunday 3 mo o.po Sunday Only-One year SillO Single Copy (Malledi io By Camel And Motor Route . Daily and Sunday 1 year .! 0 ' Daily and Sunday 1 mo Ij7 Sunday Only I mo. Carrlei andycnduri Copy loo Official Paper of City of Mfitford Official Paper ol Jackson County United Presa International full Leaned Wire U P I Teleplio'o NewsplcturP "MEMBElCoP "AUDIT BUREAU Or LPKLULniiut'3 i j Dnnrn.nnlDtlve NELSON ROBERTS S, ASSOCI ATES Ot'lcea In New York. Cnl v.o Detroit. San Francisco. Los AnRelis Seattle. Portland Denver. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION N ATI 0 N A I fOITORIAl Flight o' Time Med(ort) and Jackson County History from tha tiles of The Mall Tribun. 10. 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Dec. 28. 1952 (Salurday) Mcdford youlh killed in motorcycle-truck accident in Dink Hollow area. Police offer services of offi cers to drive cars home of those who feel too much ef fects of holiday cheer. 20 YEARS AGO Dec. 28, 1942 (Thursday) Citizens across nation pre pare to take "one last fling" New Year's eve before gaso line, food and liquor ration ing go into effect Jan. 1. 1 From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "As years go, 1942 did not go fast enouKh and at its start many people doubled il would ever make the finish. They now re gard ils successful termination as ils most noteworthy achievement. Next year prom ises lo be better, as all next years promise." 30 YEARS AGO Dec. 28, 1932 (Salurday) Emmelt Nealon, Table Rock named county commissioner to fill vacancy caused by res ignation. Nation schedules "carnival like" New Year's celebration despite depression. 40 YEARS AGO Dec. 28. 1922 (Sunday) Many Mcdford residents schedule "watch parlies" and public gatherings to welcome in 102. City of Astoria sends thanks to Mcdford for donation col lected here for victims of fire which nearly destroyed coast city. 50 YEARS AGO Dec. 28. 1912 (Tuesday) New Year's eve celebration in Mcdford expected to be quiet: police warn they will not tolerate any greater de gree of noise Hum on ordi nary nights. Oakland. Calif , realty firm j ....... .... eo .m ....... .r...-i ; lo show good laitli in pro posal to construct 27' j miles of interurban trolley line connecting Mcdford and Ash land through tile foothills at the eastern od.t" of the valley. Whal's Your I.Q.7 Nine ei ten convcf It superior; seven or eight Is eicetlent; live el sii Is good. 1. What game birds of fav ored varieties are distinctively marked by: a green head, a ringed neck" 2. What was paper made from before wimd pulp was Used'' 3 Brisket is meat from hat part ol the animal" 4. According to an old quo tation. what belongs to ihc victor? 3. Re-arrange HKOKY lo spell a word meaning lobby.1 6. What is the staff carried by a Bishop culled" 7. For what popular com- i mercial product are peeler logs used? 8 Is the toe in the boot ol Italy on the east or west side of the foot? ! 9. What is the w idest river in the world? 10. In which illy in the U. S. wa tile fust gas station, then known as an automobile spirit station, started? Answers: 1. Mallard duck ( and Chinese pheasant. 2. Moit- ly rags and straw. 3. Breast. 4. , The spoilt. S. Foyer. 6. Crot-1 aiar. 7. Jllvwood. fl. watl aide. I 9. Amaion. 10. Seattle, Wash, I 4 A - DECEMBER 28. 1962 Worldwide In this space some piece entitled "A Fifth was stated that mankind stones in his ability to communicate with his fel lows, and that the time is ripe for a fifth. The four were speech, writing, printing and electronic techniques. The fifth was not defined, only speculated about. The piece was reprinted a few days later in the Eugene Register-Guard, where it attracted the attention of Koss Beeson of that city. JyR. BEESON wrote to the R-G, and stated: "The fifth milestone already has been reached. It was reached when man perfected instruments that could objectively measure quantitatively the sounds of the human voice. Present technology divides speech into fragments and introduces a revolutionary concept of what language should be. We may now consider language as material and concern ourselves with the problem of doing the best we can with the material we have." He goes on to propose that a truly scientific language be constructed on the basis of the read ily identifiable syllables the human voice is capable of uttering. An alphabet of some 30 speech sounds can form thousands of syllables, which can be used singly or in combination. OUCH a language, Mr. Beeson believes, should have a truly phonetic alphabet; a categorical nomenclature, which would make words self defining; elimination of most long and difficult words; a systematic manner of forming new words; and a useful and facile grammar. The idea of a universal language, embodying many of the points mentioned, has long been an attractive one. Interlingua, Esperanto, and other artificial or adaptive languages have been de vised. Yet each has had some flaw which pre vented its universal adoption although Espe ranto has come closer than any, and is under continuing study at the United Nations. Phonetic, self - pronouncing alphabets have also long attracted attention. VUR- BEESON's proposal is particularly inter iy esting, because it proposes the creation of a new language from scratch - not just an adap tation of existing tongues. One difficulty with the older proposals is that while they might work well with people used to the Indo-European tongues, which have a com mon origin reaching back to Latin, Greek, He brew and Sanskrit, they would be far more diffi cult to people schooled in the Oriental tongues. A new and logical alphabet unrelated to exist ing systems, a new and logical grammar, a new and logical system of word formations these might be used to devise a new and simple lan guage, easy to learn, and capable of expressing both easy and complex concepts, such as scien tific terms which now stem from older forms. ")NE can even envision a computer being pro grammed to create such a tongue. And yet, once devised, what then? Would such a channel of communication stand any chance of universal adoption? And, if it were, would it furnish a really new means of com munication and understanding between peoples? One can only speculate. No people would willingly give up their own languages. (Can you imagine the poetry and emotion of a Shakespeare being recreated in an artificial tongue?) The best that could be hoped would be that it might, over a period of years, become a world wide second language. And even then, it would lack the roots and traditions and wealth of expression which only time and usage give a language. MOR would a universal second tongue be any guarantee of greatly increased understanding, as the history of wars and misunderstandings among peoples with common tongues indicates. Still, all of mankind's progress has resulted from his ability to communicate his thoughts ami ideas to others; to ...... 1 1, .. illll'UU I , lrom one generation to another, the accumulated knowledge and wisdom of the race. Anything which would facilitate this process, and on a world wide scale, would be a step for ward. Thus it would seem that it would be worth the time and effort needed. If, for example, Ken nedy ami Khrushchev or even Mao Tse-tung could talk easily, face to face without inter preters, who knows what might ensue? E.A. Population Growing The December report of the Oregon State Board of Census shows that Phoenix is the faster-growing area in Jackson county, with an in crease of l.'i.T per cent in population between l'.M'iO and llt.'J. Tlie second-fastest growing area was the un incorporated sections of the county, outside any city limits, which increased l'J.f) per cent durivg the two years. The third-fastest was Central Point, with 11,1 per cent. The county as a whole increased Mi percent, compared to ,'!.'' for the state. "H'RRKNT population estimates last July 1, follow : For the counlv, Nl.l! ii. Ashland, . 177 ; Butte Falls, area in the county which lost po LMi percent); Central Point, '.'il: 7,')2; GoM Hill. titiS; Jacksonville ford, L'o.iHil Talent, W. Phoenix, I no total lor inc for incorporated area? that fot' UllilK'Ol Language, weeks airo we printed a Milestone," in which it had passed four mile pass from one person to tlated as of !7 I (the only illation, down ; Eagle Point, . 1.17: Med- s7 1 : Rogue viver, .'CO: was -Pi, 17;!, 7;;. K.A MEDFORD u-ZWt mis, Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name end 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 submittod for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters p.inted in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the oaper; in fact tha contrary is often the case. More About Fluorine To the Editor: This letter is a reply to both Mrs. Hen derson and Miss Slratton. Chlorine and fluorine be long to the halogen group of chemicals, hence have some characteristics in common. Both are poisons and both are gases. Chlorine when ad ded to water quickly evapor ates during cooking. It can be eliminated from drinking water by aerating it. Sodium chloride (salt) is not a posion in the sense that arsenic is, for instance. Both the sodium and the chlorine of which it is composed are necessary for the proper nutrition of ani mals and humans. Wild ani mals walk miles to a salt lick to satisfy their craving (hidden hunger). Fluorine, being a gas. can not be added lo water be cause it would evaporate be fore reaching the consumer, since it is added lo water not to act on bacteria as is chlorine, but lo act on the human body, it must be ad ded in the form of a soluble solid. For this purpose sodium fluoride was chosen because It dissolves readily. Sodium fluoride is a man made poison. It is never found in nature. It is as poisonous as arsenic. In nature fluorine is always found as calcium fluoride which is less soluble and much less dangerous. To argue that because the amount of sodium fluoride ad ded to water is so minute it does not matter that it is poisonous is fallacious for il disregards the fact that it is a cumulative poison, that is, having once entered the body it is never entirely eliminat ed, it collects in nil tissues in ever increasing amounts. Vital statistics from cities having had fluorination for a period of years disprove that statement. After eight years of fluorination of Ncwburgh's waler annual deaths from heart disease per 100.000 pop ulation were 882 where as the national average was 507. In Grand Rapids, Mich., after eight years deaths from can cer were 180.2 but the Michi gan average was 138.3. Pro- j portionaloly Wisconsin has j more fluorinated cities than any other slate. It also leads i all states in deaths from can i cor. ! Adding poison to our water i is not the way to eliminate dental cavities. If our school lunches and our homes would discontinue the use of sugar j and cakes, use bread from stone ground flour, whole grain cereals instead of pro cessed ones, raw milk instead of pasteurized, butler instead of margarine, and more raw vegetables, seeds and nuts, we would reduce not only the incidence of denial cavilies hut also all other degenerative diseases, thereby increasing 1 our physical stamina and our intellectual vigor. Why uot give it a try? ! Anna M. Strecd i 3ri North Poach st. Mcilioid Cubans Betrayed To the Editor- I have just - seen the breath-taking, unho j Itevabte Joy on the faces of ; the released Cuban prisoners ; and their welcoming families. One man said with deep emo- lion. "America, oh how I love von:'1 As tile Star Spangled n.ioucr was being played. these wonderful Cuban peo l pie siood al attention, brush : lot; tears from 1 hoi i eyes Cine ot them totally stopped fiht- u c Kick Ihe teats and sobbed alo.ul These fine, brave povplo still love America passionate ly And thai is a miracle. For it was our Stale Department ! who put Castro in power, our J nation which put a dictator lover them who drovt thoin I from their country. Anil when MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON 7 '' Jf they tried to regain control of their homeland, it was the leaders of our nation who betrayed them again by with holding the air cover wc had promised them. Still, they iove us with a heartbreaking faithfulness. I felt so ashamed. And I believe there is a terrible retribution building up for the Christians of Amer ica; that unless wc awaken before It is too late and re move the pro-Communist, atheistic influences from our government, there may fall upon us the full terror of which Jesus spoke in Mathcw 21, 22 when he said, "For then shall be tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days be shortened, there should no flesh be saved." The Cuban patriots have found refuge in the very na tion which betrayed them, for the Christian patriots of America have not yet been entirely silenced, and Ihe power of public opinion cre ated by their voices cannot be denied. But giving the Cubans sanctuary was not enough. We should have given them back their coun try, their land, their former possessions, and their right to be free men under their own government. This would have been the first step toward in suring our own freedom. If we listen closely, wc might now hear our Lord saying, "Woe unto America." How many more warm, love ly, and so very precious Christmascs will we be al lowed to enjoy? How much longer will we be allowed to openly worship our infinitely precious Savior? Tile Poles. Hungarians, Czechs. North Koreans. Mainland Chinese, and citizens of other "People's Republics" know what 1 am talking about. But you un perturbed, good American citizens, of course, need not worry yet. The Reds are still 91) miles away. L. C. Powell, 31fi S.E. Eighth St., Grants Pass, Ore. Easy Money To the Editor: I wonder if ! there are any mechanics left? j As one drives along the higli j ways, now and then wo see a sign, "motor tune up." 1 took in three of the motor tune ' ops. and so far my car doesn't ! run now. it jumps like a frog I which cost me S!I8 ti already I and no tune up. If anyone else wants some i easy money, contact me at I till;')1 j. Ihe little house behind j tiOa Dakota st. I Fred Schroetlin ; 805'-.. Dakota st. Mcdford Fireball Query To the Editor: In line with out national policy to investi gate all reports of aerial phe nomena, we ask your assist ance in contacting witnesses to the flight of a so-called meteor-fireball over your area on Doc. 12. 198J. If policy and space permit, we would be most grateful if you would insert the follow ing item in the news section or "Letter To The Editor' column of your newspaper Wlio saw fireball? Per sons witnessing the flight of a nietcor-tireb.tll over this area on Dec. 1J are being sought by the National Inves tigations Commission on Aerial Phenomena. Anyone who observed the (icry ob ject is asked lo send a report and diagram of their obsorv.i- lion to XICAP. Mi'S South , Kmdlay st . Seattle 18. Wash. Our org.ini.-.iiion is present- ly collecting inform. ili"ii rola- live to sightings of so-called meteor-fireballs, possible rc : lilted phenomena and itici- dents In many eases, wc have j no doubt that there arc logi I al astronomical cxpl.m.itiom U.N. Assembly Session Marked Election, Other Subtle Changes in Body By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign Newi Analyst When the 110 members of the United Nations packed up their brief cases at the close of the U.N.'s 17th Gener; 1 Ass m b ly, they had liv ed thr o u g h some stirring times, suffer ed some anx ious moments and, on the whole, come through b e t- of the 53- VlffaOID was ihe electii Strictly Personal By Sydney (ci Field Enterprise!. Inc. ' CONFUSION OF WORDS Speaking of those "nouns of multitude," as I was not long ago, I became a little caught up in the subject especially aft er one of my colleagues re marked that 1 had neglected that fine des ignation: J Haggle geese." I v of won. Harris aer it any oth er language beside English has so rich and diverse a col lection of words to describe different kinds of groups. Drawing as we do from Latin and Greek, French and Anglo Saxon, we seem to have an enormous range of words about assemblages of things and creatures. To the foreigner, as I sug gested in my previous piece, it must be puzzling to be told that we have an assembly of people, a batch of bread, a bench of magistrates, a board of directors, a brood of chickens, a catch of fish taken in nets, a clump of trees, a cluster of grapes, a crew of sailors, a company of soldiers, and a house of senators. And even English ears find it rather quaint lo hear about a fell of hair, a mus ter of peacocks, a pencil of rays, a skein of ducks, a skulk of foxes, a rookery of seals, and a mute of hounds. As numerous as the nouns of multitude seem to be. there is evidence that the English language has lost many others over ihe cen turies. Dame Juliana Bern ers, in her "Book of Si. Albans," published in 1486, remarks that in designing companies we must not use the names of groups promis cuously, and gives the fol lowing examples: "We say congregacyon of people, a hoost of men, a felyshyppynge of women, and a bevy of ladyes; we must speak of a herde of dcre, swannyes. cranys or wrenys; a sege of herons or bylourys; a watch of night ingales, a flyghte of doves, a claterynge of choughes, a pryde of lions, a slewthe of becres. a gagle of geys. a sculle of frerys, a pontifi calitye of preslys. and a su perfluyte of nonnes." The author added primly that a "strict regard" to these verbal nicotics more clearly distinguishes "gcntylmcn from iingcntyhncn" than regard to rules of grammar, or even to the moral law! Some modern writers have tried to add to our already vast stock of these "nouns of multitude.'' but their fancies have not yet caught on. I be lieve it was playwright Christopher Fry who wrote of "an exaltation of larks." My favorite, though, came i for such sightings. W'c have 1 found, ho"-cvcr, in many cases, that .ich explanations 'are difficult to substantiate, j It is the responsibility of I our organization to collect, correlate and evaluate all 'such data. then, to forward said correlation and evalua ' tion to scientific centers around the world for further study Thank you in advance for any assistance rendered in this mailer Robert J. Cribble Director. XICAP Seattle 18. Wash. What People Think To the Editor: Could you find space for this in your let ters tor the editor column" 1 wonder what people think of when t 'oy want to abolish singiij; the St.'r Spangled Banner, and too anthem "America" and recit.il of pas sages froir the B'ole in our school.- if th.rt i-n t a rood way to hi t!" Co.tlinnnnts get a foot in our door 1 don't know what wmI. I read tha: 'here arc gr MP? in diftorem uai'is of ou" coun try trying to put an end to these things tli.il make us Americans and America ours. Donald C. Mtlhgan I HO Bigham dr Central Point, Ore. year-old U Thant as secretary general to serve out a term running until November, 1966. Jt removed temporarily potential deadlock over So viet Union demands that the ter than might have been ex pected. Perhaps the most note worthy single achievement office be reorganized into a three-man directorate subject to Soviet veto. In the U.N. headquarters, standing like an upended, glass-encased matchbox on New York's East River, busi ness was in fact conducted J. Harris from a political reporter writ ing a news article about a smoke-filled committee meet ing in the City Council. He said that a bill had been ap proved by "a humidor of aldermen." In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS - In Communist East Berlin, eight East Germans - four adults and four children rammed a home-made arm ored bus through the barri cades along the famous wall, braving a fusillade of commu nist gunfire that rattled like hail against the steel plates with which they had equipped their conveyance, and escaped to freedom in West Berlin. QUESTION: Isn't communism derful? Answer: It's wonderful TO AWAY FROM. GET riiHE traffic toll for the -- Christmas holiday period that began at 6 p.m. local time on Friday and ended Wednes day morning, came to a total of 622 deaths just short of the 650 minimum total estim ated by the National Safely Council for the 102-hour per iod. The wcalhcr lo the east of us was bad, as had been pre dicted but people DIDN'T STAY AT HOME, as had been predicted. FiOR THE four leading states, X' the record of highway fa talities was as follows: California 5 Texas 51 Illinois 41: New York 32 IT 1 dr SOUNDS pretty bad, doesn't il? But let's take a look at the number of automotive ve hicles registered in these four states, according to the most recent figures available: California 7,013.163 4.143.790 3.569,563 4.876,748 Texas, Illinois New York SUMMING up: Traffic deaths in these four leading states (leading in fatalities, that is) came to a total of 188. Automotive vehicles reg istered in these four states come to a tolal of 19,603,264. 1VHICH is to say: ' Over the Christmas holi day period, there was one fatality in these four states for each 104.271 motor ve hicles. Put that way, it doesn't sound quite so scary. .iROM San Salvador: A The Nina II. a replica rf the smallest ship used in Columbus' voyage of discov - cry to the New World 4i0 years ago. arrived here after completing a similar voyage from Palos, Spain. Columbus did it better. His throe little ships the Nina, the Pinla and the Santa Maria made it in 70 days 27 davs FASTER. VHAT about travel 470 ' years hence? Well, from all we road these days, it seems probable that some 4 7 centuries from now well be taking off for Botelgeuse. or some other distant spot. How far is Botelgeuse? The distance to it is some 300 light-years. A light-year is equal to 6.000. 000.000. 000 miles. Multiply that by 300, and you'll get the distance. Why go to Betelgcusc? It's surface temperature is estimated at 5500 degrees Fahrenheit. If you got too cold hero, Vu can get warmed up there. ADDS UP DAMAGES Los Angeles -1P1 - The pres ident of a sportswear shop said he was totaling his Christ mas business Thursday when the adding machine kept printing $99,000. exploded flames from its electrical con nection and set fire to the shop Damage was oscillated at S50.000. with unusual harmony. An exception was U.S. Am bassador Adlai Stevenson's de nunciation of Soviet Ambas sador Valerian A. Zorin and his announcement that he would wait "until hell freezes over for Zorins answer as to the offensive character of Soviet arms in Cuba. However, Zorin. a hatchet man in the old Soviet tradi tion, proved himself not even a pale carbon copy ' Nikita Khrushchev, his shoe-banging boss, and wound up fired from his job. Within the U.N. subtle changes took place, of which Thant's election was one out ward manifestation. The direct U.S.-Soviet con frontation over Cuba boosted U.S. prestige at the expense of Russia and caused second thoughts among the so-called neutrals. It taught the non-aligned or neutral nations that they were not going to run the world by the sheer weight of their vole. Khrushchev's high-handed Washington Report By William fc United Feature Syndicate- ASSUMING COMMAND Washington - The supreme fact of this dying year is that the United States in 1962 has at last as- fjsumed tne over, as well as the ulti mate responsi- bility for, the western alli ance. For 15 years W-ia we have had white the second, the ultimate responsibility, with out having successfully de manded the first, the neces sary directing authority. So long having borne the burden, we now have fully claimed the power of decision that must go with it. This is the real meaning of the bargain struck at Nassau between President Kennedy and Prime Minister Harold Macmillan of Great Britain. Importantly, their agreement meant that we will guarantee to Britain a submarine nu clear capacity, lo replace the aerial nuclear capacity she had sought through the now abandoned Skybolt bomber. TITUCH more importantly, it meant that the nuclear power thus to be obtained by Britain is to be put into the service of the common west ern defense. Talk of a really "independent" British nuclear force is genial nonsense. Brit ain's nuclear force is going to fit into the first premise of an American strategy which we had thus far pressed upon our allies in vain. This first premise is that the nuclear defense of the west is indivisible; that truly competing nuclear systems arc intoierably costly and pointless; that, at the heart of this common nuclear defense must stand the vast Ameri can power system; that be cause this one system is in comparably the greatest, its needs and wishes must have all priority. But far more basically, the Kcnncdy-Macmillan un derstanding means that the United States is done with an elaborate fiction maintained through three American ad ministrations - Harrv Tru- j man's. Dw ight Eisenhower's, ' John Kennedy's This polite and costly fiction has been that the "big threc"-the Unit- ed States. Britain and France- were all more or less actual- "Since the Cuba thing, drink and be mtrry-j-lor the holiday season?"- by Thant's methods in dealing with Tidcl Castro also gave them new Insight of the dangers too close a relationship with the Russian bear. The myth of any real neu. tral bloc probably disappear ed forever. When the Red Chinese crashed across India's border, Ghana and the United Arab Republic initiated a half hearted move which might have resulted in a resolution of censure against th- Chi. nese. India, the greatest neutral of them all,, found she could not count on others fearful of their own skins. From time to time, the So viets tried to ignite some of the old fireworks. But with out Khrushchev, they seemed only to be going through tha motions. In the end, Russia's agree ment to Thant's election and the dismissal of Zorin led to peculation that Khrushchev, with troubles at home and within his party, was content with a period of quiet. S. White ly big in the big three. MOTIVES of great decency went inln the mainten ance of this kindly myth. No one here wished to press upon the British the tragic fact that Britain's unexampled heroism and sacrifice in the second world war left her no longer a dominant world power when her long ordeal had ended. No one wished to rub France's nose into the equaljy unalterable truth that France's own record in that war was hardly stirring. Nor did any one want to trumpet the re lated truth that postwar France even under the bril liant Charles de Gaulle, was living in a dream in ils as sertions of "grandeur" in a world of reality. The result had been that tha United States, despite match less contributions to the post war western world, had been a hundred limes shackled or harassed by British and French demands, objections, hesitations and vctos in the somber task of defending all the west. FRANCE and West Germany -and Britain also, to some extent - for years havo sheltered behind a supposed ly international shield which has been in fact primarily an American shield. At the same time they have refused to put their own backs into the one contribution they could use fully make - conventional troops - to make it an im pregnable shield. These con tributions they must now make. To a dangerous extent the cold war on the western side has been run on the commit tee system, though all expe rience shows that such terri ble conflicts require the di rection, not of committees but rather of one decisive leader. What President Kennedy real ly said to the British, the French and the West Germans at Nassau is that the United States has now irrevocably I claimed thai decisive leader ship - because it must. It is not we who have down graded our old allies; the harsh facts of life have done that. Let no one gloat over Britain, that home of so much of all that is best in western life and tradition. But equal ly, lot no one misunderstand that the committee system of defending the ancient west- em values exists no more. notice the Increase In 'Eat. tomorrow . . . or is it jut
