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Flight b' Time
Medford and Jackson County
History from- the tiles of The
Mall Tribune .10, 20, 30, 40
ind 50 yesrs aoo.
10 YEARS AGO
Jen. 1, 1953 (Tuesday)
; Two Medlord companies ol
the Oregon National Guard
launch program to inform
public of service rendered by
the Guard.
- Valuation nf construction
during 1952 dropped SO per
cent from 1951, according to
city building inspector.
20 YEARS AGO
Jan. 1, 1143 (Monday)
Mcdford markets report na
tionwide shortage of meat has
not hit Rogue valley, although
"slight scarcity" ot beef and
smoked meats is noted.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "T h c
new Governor will be acti
vated at Salem a week from
today and It couldn't happen
to a nicer man. The same day
the legislature will start func
tioning, as It Is called."
Happy New Year!
We offer this traditional wish, not only to our
readers, but to men of good will wherever they
may be, for it is only by the work of men of good
will that there will be a 1964.
Heaven knows that the men of ill will almost
succeeded in ending 1962 before it was scheduled
to depart, and chances are they'll be doing their
darndest to mess things up again in 1963. Bad
cess to them !
But, to those who are earnestly working for
peace, and justice, and order, and prosperity, and
decency; to those who believe that honor and
principle are still words with meaning; to all
those who truly are men of good will :
Happy New Year! E.A.
Graciousness No More?
"Exactly! Why Shouldn't He Break Away?"
Jan. 1, 1933 (Wednesday) "
. Organization of new Jack
son county court stalemated
when appointment of R. E.
Ncalon, Table Rock, as coun
ty commissioner is considered
Invalid; opinion by District
Attorney George Codding
states appointment was prop
erly made.
Mcdford Fire Chief Roy El
liott estimates that incendiary
fires caused damage totaling
S74.4-U.29 in packing house
district during 1932.
40 YEARSAG5
Jan. 1. 1923 (Thursday)
George O. Timothy, 73. re
tires as Mcdford chief ot po
lice, a position he had held
since 1917.
County clerk's records show
660 births and 41)2 deaths in
Jackson county during 1923.
tO YEARS AGO
Jan. 1, 1913 (Saturday)
Juckfun County Sheriff Wil
bur A. Jones, "through heavy
sacrifice," makes up shortage
of $21,370 in his collections
which he discovered on re
turning from Christmas vaca
tion. Thomas A. Edison demon
strates his latest invention, a
combination of moving pic
tures and the phonograph,
called the kinclophone.
What's Your I.Q.?
Hint et ten correct il superior;
seven er aiehi it eictllent; five er
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The Portland Reporter, in its year-end issue,
mourns the passing of "graciousness."
"The truly gracious Individual it becoming harder
and harder to meet, even though any one should
realize that the personable fellow enjoys more of life's
blessings, and spreads more of them, than does the
grouch, and that if everyone were gracious, many of
problems would vanish."
The words "gentleman" and "ladv" which
had a real and readily identifiable meaning in
terms of graciousness have now simply become
signs so one can tell which rest room is which.
THE Reporter speculates that "the decline in
rn'MpiniiatlfisB la i-lno in tha faafot nana tho
mounting tensions, the realization that the cold
war could erupt into atomic annilnhation. We re
too busy, too preoccupied and too mired in worry
and responsibility to be nice, we rationalize.
lhen it rejects this thought, and points out
tnat the truly big people, the ones burdened with
the greatest responsibilities, the busiest ones, are
often those who are the most cheerful, and the
most concerned with the feelings of others.
It adds:
"It is in the ranks of the small shots, the fellows
captivated by the illusion of their own importance,
the fellows absorbed with making impressions, that
graciousness is scarce. This may be one reason why
small shots remain small shots."
1MUCH of what the Reporter says is true. But
we wonder if its basic premise that graci
ousness is really in smaller supply than it used to
be is accurate. We suspect that it is true in some
situations; untrue in others.
for instance, on the streets of Medford one
can walk along and find many a smiling face
and friendly nod. Not so in New York, however,
for there if one attempts a smile, a blank stare
or suspicious glance is the result.
. there is something about the atmosphere of
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iiuusi uiu, cuius wiuuii ui ecus aiuuiuess ami cwuiie-
fnmmm, o, c4,,f. t janitor in the midst of a couple
ox million people than almost anywhere else.
XHAT is graciousness? The desk dictionary
says it is the quality of being kindly, cour
teous, affable, charming, agreeable, friendly.
It seems to us that it arises only in people
who have sufficient self-confidence ana self
respect that they need have no fear of others.
This together with a friendly interest in others,
is what makes for graciousness.
Whether or not it is a vanishing commodity,
as the Reporter believes, it certainly can never
be in over-supply. It is, in fact, simply a way of
living the Golden Rule. And if the he Goiden
Rule were universally lived, we could make our
own Heaven, right here on earth. E.A.
Radio Log Useful?
For many years, the Mail Tribune has run the
logs of the valley's radio stations. It has done
this as a service to its readers, and, unlike many
newspapers elsewhere, has done so without charg
ing the radio stations for the space.
With the advent of television, a similar serv
ice has been performed for the TV log.
Now, because of the changes in the habits
of most people concerning the broadcast media,
and a resulting considerable change in the type
of programming offered by the radio stations, we
are led to wonder whether or not that space
could not be put to better use.
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Matter of Fact y jMPh ai.sp
id New York Herald Tribune Syndicate
1. Which Canadian city has
the largest population?
2. How many cubic inches
are there in one cubic fool?
3. What would the follow
ing description most likely
refer to: The West half of the
Northwest quarter?
4. The microscopic study nt
living tissue is called what?
5. Arc there any active vol
ranorut in the continental
United Slates?
6. What means of commu
nication uses the iconoscope?
7. What II the common
name for the leucocytes In
the blood?
8. Where did Casry Jones
get his first name?
9. From what two essential
Ingredients Is soap generally
mader
10. How wa MVGinty dress
ed when he wont lo the bot
tom of the arm?
Answers: 1. Montreal. .
1.728. 3. Land designation. 4.
Biopsy. S. Yet Ml. Lessen.
Calif, I, Telertalen. T. While
corpuscles. I. Kansas City
(KC). 9. Lye and fat, 10. Best
suit of clothes.
17E WOULD appreciate hearing from Mail
Tribune readers:
1. Do you use the radio logs regularly?
2. Would you miss them if they were no
longer published?
H. Do you believe they serve a useful func
tion !
A post card will do, and they need not be
signed, unless you wish them to appear in the
Communclations column.
Readers' assistance in this will be greatly
appreciated. E.A.
Fog Walking
Communications
Letters to the Editor mut bear the name and address of the writer,
although under certain circumstances the use of e pen name or initial
for publication Is permissible The Mail Tribune reserves the right to
edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters
submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters
p.inted in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the
paper; in tact the contrary Is often the cast.
We found a new dimension to fog last night.
We walked in it.
Jn common with practically everyone else, we
have dune our share of cursing the white, damp,
blinding fog. It is a special nuisance when driv
ing. But walking in it, at niglu. watching the
street and car and porch lights appear and fade;
watching the white swirls and patches and fin
gers curl behind passing cars this had an eerie
and bizarre beauty we had almost forgotten.
-E.A.
Do Killing
To the Editor: I have read
Hank De Voss' column of Dec.
28 three times, and each time
I read it I got a little madder,
because I was one of those
stupid petition circulators,
but the petition I circulated
for a sportsman's club in the
valley didn't ask for the
change in game management
from the game commission to
the county commissioners, but
was a petition asking the gov
ernor to use his powers to
stop doe seasons until the
deer population doubles from
the present number.
Of apprximatcly 135 per
sons contacted, less than 10
refused to sign the petition.
The few intellectuals in the
valley should move before
their minds become ruined
aim.
I don't regard a doe deer
as a sacred animal that should
never be killed for food.
There Isn't any doubt the doe
population will build up too
high and a few will have to
be harvested, but that will be
a few years if all doe killing
is stopped now.
When the deer population
builds up too high and some
docs need killing, then 1
would suggest doe tags be
Issued In the handicapped.
the old timers with pioneer
licenses, and the youngsters
who are hunting for the first j
time.
If there isn't enough of i
these persons lo keep the
dei-r population In
"back-down" In Cuba. Had
we wished to be truthful as
well as charitable w would
be compelled to admit that
for the sake of peace the So
viet Union chose to go the
proverbial "extra mile."
We are told that good be
gets good. The Soviet Union's
action has presented us with
a challenge. Will we heed the
invitation to change our arro
gant ways, or will we con
tinue in our narrow selfish
ness until we meet with what
has been the ultimate lot of
other conceited, domineering
powers in the past?
Bert Harr
Route 2, Box 77
Jacksonville, Ore.
Smoking
To the Editor: This is what
the medics of the Bernarr
MacFadden Foundation of
New York have to say about
cigarette smoking:
"No its. and or butts. Here
is another reason why you
should give up cigarette
smoking: Chronic Bronchitis.
This respiratory di.sea.ic is
now known to cause tissue
changes and is assuming
greater Importance on the
list of frequent lung ailments.
Serious changes in the mil-cuous-secreting
glands have
been shown to occur as a re
sult of the disease. The cause
of bronchitis is not known.
yet a firm admonition not to
jmoke comes first among the
pres-viptions for its treat
ment. The reformed smoker
balance ; will tell you of the Improve-
with the available food, then I nam in his respiratory
issue doe lags to !ii gprirsi ; tract. '
public in reasonable nuiuuer
I learned what I know
about deer, not from shooting
one at 40 yards, but from
spending about 200 days per
year in the forC3t where they
live and observing the . deer
numbers and also the feed for
them, the wimer kill, the
predatory animal kill, the
poachers kill, and the docs
and fawns shot in season and
left for coyote feed.
The game commission's ar
gument isn't logical and it
isn't consistent. For ti e game
commission to argue In one
breath that we have more
deer and better hunting than
ever before, then In the next
breath defend themselves by
saying we have less deer and
we have cut the herds down
to match the available food
for (hem, then this I' too
much for stupid minds lo
swallow.
Yours lor better hunting
Johnle Minor,
Box 12.
' Shadv Cove. Ore.
Which Way
To the Editor: We Ameri
cans have made phenomenal
advancement in some lines of
physical and scientific accom
plishment. Sad to say that re
garding the science ot living
Justly and peaceably with our
frilow-ucings we are still
floundering in the bow-and-arrow
stage. Despite divine
instructions which have been
given us. who consider our
selves to be a nation educated
in Christian principles, we
still stick lo the theory that
might makes right.
The Cuban crisis, where
world catastrophe was so
narrowly avoided, is a recent
demons! ration of such a situa
tion. Had we experienced a
bit of charity we might have
rreovnirrd Ihe fart thai In
avoid world war the Soviets
urnt "the extra mile'' and
eliminated some Instruments
of war and distraction in
Cuba, the like of which we
ttiMstcnllv maintain on and
adjacent lo their own and
Cuba's territory.
nceause of the reactionary
propaKunda given lo the pub
lic, the prevailing sentiment
among Ihe American people
seems to be lhat our nation
rose to great height! of glory
when we forced Russia :o a
It was printed in their
monthly publication. The
Good Health Reporter this
month.
Which means, smokers be
ware. Yes, 1 had chronic
bronchitis for two years. Quit
the weed and got well.
John E. Ring
1049 West Ills st.
Medford.
In the Day's News
y FRANK JENKINS
The National Association of
Soil and Water Conservation
Districts issues from time to
time a bulletin that It calls
its Tuesday Letter. The cur
rent Letter contains this inter
esting little item:
"Like everything else, gov
ernment has changed with the
passing years. The U.S. De
partment ot Agriculture
hadn't been organised 162
years ago (when the capital
of the U.S.A. was moved from
Philadelphia to the new cap
ital city of Washington) but
five other federal departments
were In business.
"The Washington Daily Ad
verser reported on June II,
1BO0, that the Treasury, War,
Navy, Post Office and State
departments had moved from
Philadelphia to the new gov
ernmental village on the Po
tomac. Washington then had
only 3.000 inhabitants, but
the tolal number of govern
ment employees moved into
it would not swell the new
capital cily't population to
the bursting point.
"The Treasury department
then had a personnel of 89.
the War department 18. Ihe
Navy department 15. Ihe Post
Office department 9 and the
State department 7- a tolal
of 118"
1IMMMMMM
11
Let s do some compar
ing
According to the World Al
manac, Ihe TrruMiry depart
ment In lilrlO had 76.011 civil
ian employees, the War de
partment (army only: in 1IMM)
there was no Air Force) 403.
R48 civilian employees, the
Navy department 337. 018. the
Post Office deparli'ient 433..
I'M and the Stale department
3J.783-a tolal nf 1 424.701.
For purposes ot easier mm
parison, let's tabulate it. The
Mi
CHINA, CUBA. KOREA
Washington-For 1983. there
la at least on fairly safe New
Year's forecast. The next 12
months will
tend to be
dominated by
events result
I n g, directly
or indirectly,
from the deep
ening rupturt
between com
munist China
and the Soviet
Mine union, ni
moment, t h e experts are
watching with baited breath
an increasingly open and en
venomed Sino-Soviet struggle
for the allegiance of the Cu
ban government of Fidel Cas
tro. For too little attention was
paid to the first phase of this
struggle, during the tense
weeks of the Cuban crisis. But
while the world watched the
Kennedy - Khrushchev con
frontation, the Chinese were
already hard at work, quite
overtly encouraging the Cu
bans to reject any agreement
about Cuba reached between
the Soviet boss and the
American President.
.
SOME of the methods used
can only be described as
flagrant, wlien it is remember
ed that China still pays lips
service to the "sacred unity"
of the Communist bloc. The
most lavish praise of Castro
was continuously mingled
with reminders that the Cuban
revolution was made with lit
tle or no material aid from
outside and with bitter de
nunciations of the "capitula
tionist" tendencies of the So
vit'Meadership. In public, the Cuban Am
bassador to Peking was osten
tatiously feted. In private, he
is reported to have been used
as a channel for messages to
Castro and his colleagues, urg
ing defiance of the Soviets at
every turn.
In the period when the So
viet Ilyushin bombers in Cuba
were still in dispute between
the President and Khrush
chev, the Chinese apparently
went lo extremes. Besides
using diplomatic and propa
gandists pressures, they
seemingly attempted to or
ganize domestic pressure on
the Castro government by a
mass mailing of hundreds of
thousands of letters to indi
vidual Cubans. The letters ar
gued that the bombers should
not be allowed to leave Cuba
whatever the Soviets might
say.
.'"
SUCH Is the background. In
the present phase, the Cas
tro government and its po
litical and military adherents
are said to be fairly sharply
divided into three groups.
The first group is pro-Soviet.
Its members have swal
lowed their resentment of the
Soviet retreat in Cuba, and
are keeping their eyes fixed
on the main point-the Soviets'
continuing power to give
Cuba material aid, and the
almost complete inability of
the Chinese to do so.
The second group, boiling
with resentment, composed of
intoxicated revolutionists, is
agitating for the transfer of
allegiance which the Chinese
desire. Finally, a third group
thinks that Cuba - will gain
greater influence in Latin
America by casting off all big
power tics. Its members wish
to take what may be called, a
Yugoslav position, with spec
ial emphasis on "Latin Amer
ican socialism."
The membership of the
groups Is so misty that Che
Guevara, for example, is
authoritatively described both
as pro-Moscow and pro-Peking.
But the existence of the
conflicting groups is thought
to be well established. Furth
ermore, the struggle ofr Cuba
may now be coming to a head,
with the commemoration of
the anniversary of the Cuban
revolution which begins on
New Year's Day.
The Chinese have publicly
scheduled an enormous cele
bration. Peking will honor
Cuba for several days on end.
So far as is known, no com-
tabulated
like this:
comparison looks
Treasury
War
Navy
Post Office
Stale
TOTAL
18110
69
18
lf
A
7
1960
76.011
40S.848
337,108
349.951
35,783
118 1,424,701
BACK In 1800, of course,
our nation was very small.
Its population then was onlv
S.308.000. By 196(1. it had
grown to 178.000,000. We
must all agree that it takes
more government employees
In service a population of
178.000.000 than to service
a population of only 3.308,
000. So let's put it this way:
Back in 1800, there was one
federal employee to each 44.
987 persons in the U S A. In
1960. In Iheac samt live de
partments, each federal em
ployee serviced onlv 123 peo-
I'l' "
IT any rale
In these modem days
We ought to be getting
lot morf service
parable celebration is planned
in Moscow; and although
something like 10,000 Russian
troops remain in Cuba, the
first departures have been
noted.
If I DEL Castro, meanwhile,
has announced a major
speech to be made on tht an
niversary of. his revolution.
Beyond much doubt, even if
no final choice is revealed.
the Castro speech will show
whether he is leaning in a pro-
Moscow direction, or in a pro-
Chinese direction. Currently,
a Chinese choice in Cuba is
rated unlikely but not impos
sible; but anything can hap
pen. The fact that anything can
happen has already been
proven elsewhere. In North
Korea, for instance, the gov
ernment of Kim II Sung sent
a military mission to Moscow
this winter. Obviously seek
ing to retain influence in
North Korea, Kb rush c h e v
granted the mission a large
quantity, of expensive military
hardware, much of which has
now been delivered. Khrush
chev was cheated? however.
The North Korean Commu
nists took a 100 per cent Chi
nese satellite line at their re
cent party plenum.
In Viet Nam, in contrast,
the Sino-Soviet struggte for
influence is said to be increas
ingly ferocious, but the issue
is still in doubtt.
This is the state of affairs,
in fact, in every Communist
party all over the world in
which the Chines have even
a toehold. For us in Amerjca,
Cuba is only the most inter
esting case, because it is the
nearest.
Strictly
Personal
By Sydney J. Harris
lei Fltld Enterprises, Inc.
CRUEL RETIREMENT
A man I know, who has
been the executive officer of
a large company for many
years, is being
"auto matl
cally" retired
in a few
weeks, when
he reaches the
age of 63. It
is my predic
tion that he
may "a u t o
matically" die
Harris u e i o r e n e
reaches the age of 70.
One of the crudest features
of modern society is the com
pulsory retirement of men
who are still energetic and
healthy. It seems unnecessary
to point out that many of
the world's greatest geniuses
have done their best work
after 65.
It was in these later years
that Goeihc completed his
Faust, and Verdi composed
his fir.cst operas, that Miciici
ar.elo painlcd his most nota
ble pictures. The field of sci
ence and invention has many
comparable cases.
In the public mind, art
ists are supposed to die
young but actually, cre
ative men tend to live long
er than others. The poet,
the painter, the composer
never "retire." in any real
sense of Ihe world, but keep
working until the day of
their death.
With few exceptions (such
as Moiart or Keats, who
were racked with early ill
ness), the creative artist
passes into old age with less
of a wrench than the man
who is compelled to with
draw from his lifework
whether er not he wants to.
Consider at random a few
of th world's moil eminent
wrilert all of whom were
working at top tpeed (and
some with increased pow
ers) when death cut Ihem
down:
Hawthorne had two books
going: "Dr. Grimshawe's Se
cret" and "The Dolliver Ro
mance." Conrad was involved
in the middle of one nf his
most promising novels, "Sus
pense," when he died.
Stevenson's "Weir of Her
miston" breaks off in the very
middle of a sentence, written
on the morning of his seizure
and death. Sir Waller Scott
began "The Siege of Malta"
a few weeks before he died.
Jane Austen was writing
"Sandition." Charles Dickens
lett "The Mystery of Edwin
Drood" unfinished. Thackeray
was working on "Denis Du
val." Balzac had begun "L
Depute d'Areis." and Ibanez
was beginning his sequel, call
ed "The Fifth Horseman."
Charlotte Bronte had rough
ed out "Emma." Flaubert left
a fragment of ' Bouvard el
Pccuchet." Stendhal gave us
the beginning of "Lamia." De
Maupassant. Henry James,
Wilkie Collins, all passed
away trying lo gel completed
books to their publishers. This
is the way a man must live
his life - "automatic" retire
ment ti for automatons, not
for human beings who may
be entering their ripest hours
at 63.
Try and Stop Mo
ly BENNETT CERF-
SMITH AND DALE, aged 78 and 81 respectively, are a
wonderful eld vaudeville team, famous principally for
their "Mr. Dubious" sketch, don frequently on TV, andj
always good for a hun
dred belly laughs. Smith'i
real name il Sultrer and
Dale's is Marks, They ac
quired their stage names
when, at the outset of
their career, they couldn't
afford cards ef their own,
and printer let them
have for a quarter, a
hundred cards reading
"Smith and Dale," which
a previous pure haser
never had called for.
"The first time we ran
into each other," recalls
Smith, "wag on bicycles
on the lower East Side.
We blamed each other. A big crowd egged in en, but we)
didn't fight. If we had, somebody for sure would have
grabbed our bikes. So we decided to become partners and
here we are." Long may they continue!
Returning front church, a mousey little lady confided to her
friend, "Or. Graham kept talking about the epistles in his ser
mon this morning. I'm ashamed to say that I don't know what
the epistles axe." "My dear, how can you be o ignorant,'
laughed her friend. "I thought everybody learned aa a child that
the epistles are the wives of the apostles!"
"And where did Daddikins take you thia afternoon?" a mother
asked her young hopeful. "To the zoo," was the reply. "And on
animal paid 122.60 for coming in third."
e IKS, by Htnatlt Cart. Distributed bjr Ktas reaturct (rallcet
"I
Washington Report
By William S. While
(ei United feature Syndicate
THE HOUR 15 LATE
Washington-Two irreplace
able values - a decent mod
eration on the race issue and
a high sense
of public and
private re
sponsibility -arc
about to
be driven
from one of
the last areas
in which they
survive in
Africa. A dec-
white aae ago. tne
Central African Federation,
composed of Southern and
Northern Rhodesia and Nyasa-
land, was formed with twin
motives. On the one hand It
was to resist the pitiless anti
Negro extremism of the Un
ion of South Africa, with its
doctrines of white supremacy
forever. On the other hand
it was to resist the irrespon
sible demands of Negro na
tionalist leaders for the ex
tinction, all together and all
at once, of thai white leader
ship assistance which is abso
lutely vital to any sane tran
sition in Africa fron- ex-colonial
to independent status.
tyODAY, that federation is
about to fall apart under
the hammer blows of u single,
merged extremism: unin
formed and violent Negro na
tionalism, and the excessive
do-goodism of the United Na
tions and the United States,
which see all black leaders
as all-wise and all-worthy and
all whit leaders as fit only
lor tne trasn pile of nist y.
The beginning of the end
for the federation - barring
the unlikely hope that the
United States might yet re
verse a policy of destructive
sentimentality and so give
some support to responsible
leadership in Africa - began
a few weeks ago in Southern
Rhodesia's elections.
The moderate party of Sir
Roy Wclensky and Sir Edgar
Whitehead went down. The
winning party was the white
supremacy Rhodesian front -which
had presented the mod
erates as far too "soft" on the
race question.
T'HE full irony of f : defeat
ran he annmplalAH nnlv
when one realizes it was
brought about most of all by
the United Nations, which has
tirelessly pursued the Wclen
sky group as far too "hard"
against ihe Negroe.a. T' e very
party now rejected in South
ern Rhodesia as too "liberal"
had for years been blackened
by the U.N. as too "reaction
ary" for words.
The white farmers of South
ern Rhodesia had not found
it easy in the first place to
accept the Welensky-White-head
leadership, which had
with great courage nd con
sistently, if slowly, forced im
provement of the Negro's lot.
Instead of fostering such lead
ership, the U.N. for years has
been the forum for hysteri
cally absurd attacks on it -for
not doing everythinj all
at once and turning over the
whole country, yesterday
morning, exclusively to na
tive tribes manifestly not yet
capable of governing.
At last, the Southern Rho
desians had enough. So long
called "enslavers," they kick
ed out the moderates and
went along with the extremist
Rhodesian front. The dog had
been given a bad name once
too often.
AND now that moderate gov
ernment in Southern Rho
desia - the heart of the fed
eration - has thus been de
stroyed, the British govern
ment has entered to complete
the destruction of the federa
tion itself. Against previous
pledges to the contrary, Lon
don has now authorized Ny
asaland to secede from the
federation, in spite of the fact
that Nyasaland cannot even
pay its bills.
The Southern Rhodesians
thus face isolation in Africa.
The end result (and a pretty
result it will be, indeed, for
the U.N.'s eager reformers:)
may be a forced association
with the true home of anti
Negro feeling on that con
tinent, the Union of South
Africa.
It is not easy, or popular,
to try to raise a voice of rea
son. For "independence" if
rightly a good word. And the
perversion of Independence
into chaos is a specialty of
the U.N., whose ms'siva
propaganda, on this Issue, out
shouts reason with all th
ease with which it has smash
ed a responsible government
in Africa. But the hour is late;
and a man has the duty to try.
COLD SAVES WORKER
Cradley Heath, England -IUPII
- Construction worker
Rawn Jones, 30. was saved
by the cold Monday when he
fell into a hopper just as ton
of gravel were to pour into it.
The gravel had frozen and
would not pour.
Li i A n n f hrH lr
,,..W!lsj-. Jt, anjvc', ,v,c4.
"Meviet get dirtier, advertising gelt texiei. ctmmtt
etalt get leutler either we're getting dtctemttr et
I'm getting elder!"