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Oregon and California
By DON ROBINSON
(Editor's note: The writer of the following essay was
reared in Mcdford, attended Medford High school, and
the University of Oregon. He formerly was employed
as a reporter on the Mail Tribune, and now is a re
porter for the Eugene Register-Guard, from which
his piece is reprinted.)
"This Is What You Might Call Defense In
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Flight o' Time
Medford and Jackson Counly
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Jan. 7, 1953 (Monday)
More storms said needed to
make up late fall precipita
tion. Military counselling pro
gram for young men and their
parents established in connec
tion with National Guard.
20 YEARS AGO
Jan. 7, 1943 (Saturday)
Four Camp White teams
lake part in ice hockey league
competition in Medford;
games played in meaiora ice
arena.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Cit
izens complain the dollar is
not going as far as formerly
It is also coming back slower."
30 YEARS AGO
Jan. 7. 1933 (Monday)
Some 250 "hunger march
ers" arrive in Salem from all
parts of Oregon; stage mass
demonstration in front of cap
ital. F. V. Mcdynskl, 82, one
time city councilman who was
Instrumental in obtaining first
water supply for city, dies at
home here,
40 YEARS AGO
Jan. 7, 1923 (Tuesday)
"Old Timers" basketball
team including Dcke Bryant,
Provost and Ailken defeats
Ashland High school's 1022
slate champions, 2G to 18.
- Oregon Gov. Waller M.
Pierce urges passage of stale
income tax, favors drastic en
forcement of prohibition laws.
SO YEARS AGO
Jan. 7, 1913 (Thursday)
Rogue valley's fifth post of
fice robbery in two weeks re
ported from Rogue River;
thieves also enter Rogue River
Jewelry store, railroad depot
and city hall; large number of
pennies taken during two
week series of crimes threat
ens valley with "penny short
age." Group of Iowa businessmen
indicate Interest in purchasing
properly near Gold Hill for
construction of cement plant:
group holds options on several
limestone and quartz ledges
near oily.
The suitcase returned from vacation in Call
fornia is lighter by a few Christmas presents,
Heavier Dy a lew arguments on living there.
While I was there the Census bureau clicked
California ahead of all other states in numbers of
residents. How should an individual react to that?
What does a blade of grass do when its lawn be
comes largest on the block?
Californians, according to the papers, were
supposed to herald the population triumph by
blowing their car horns at noon. While I heard
no one do it, that was an ironic choice of trumpet.
far more than by its people Calitornia is dorm
nated by masses of automobiles. So many are
going to every destination Bo frequently that it
has been necessary to build a treeway there.
A LONG these roads rows of abutting houses
crouch together like pioneer wagons formed
in defense against the piston-driven Indians.
These are negative parts to living in California
unless you think, as few who travel there do, that
Happiness is six lanes of solid traffic. To dismiss
the land because of its roads, cars, and huddled
houses, however, is to omit more that is positive.
For instance, people in equivalent jobs make
more money in California. True, they have to
spend more to maintain an equivalent standard
of living. It's hard to sav which wav it balances
out. There is no doubt, thought, that many of
the immigrants come tor better pay.
"NCE you fence your way to them through the
traffic, there are also superb suburban shop
ping centers grand assortments of shops with a
sea of blacktop parking. They can give a horse
laugh to almost any traditional downtown busi
ness district.
In the Bay area, center of our vacation, there
is the city of San Francisco. There 'are those who
argue against that place and in favor of one like
Eugene by citing our accessibility to peaceful
lakes and glades.
Well and good. But a few would argue further
that whatever The City has we have too, in at
least a junior-sized way.
"THE latter is plaintive nonsense. San Francisco
is elegant, vibrant, delightful. Take in the
Nutcracker ballet or drop by the Purple Onion.
Stroll past Union Square in a shopping night or
through Blums' window watch the sundaes disap
pear down the matrons. Drive the low-gear streets
and worry about stopping but not about running
out of things to do. There is no comparsion be
tween San Francisco and some of the headless,
charmless youngsters surrounding it (we stay
ed in one, booming San Jose) that are cities in
name only.
Two other facts need mentioning, one bad
and one good, about California.
The bad first its newspapers. Probably no
one cares too much. Those who are in the business
overemphasize it. But in the Bay area, name
your town San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley,
San Jose the papers are to be wept over, not
read. They have gone to serving a parfait diet
of news and on it one may get bloated, but never
well-informed.
THE good point is the weather. California's win-
tfi oiiiion 11 it 10 iv.ci. 10 ivni iii on vi niiivou
the damp has affected his brain the December
visitor from hmerald Lninne will gratelully ac
knowledge its superiority.
This does not mean the Empires six-month
drizzle should be scorned out of hand. If it were
not for our weather probably more of the millions
who rushed to California would have rushed here.
The proper conclusion seems to be that there
should be a California, but there should also be
an Oregon. If weather in part protects one from
becoming a duplicate of the other, the difference
is worth the rain.
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Foreign Policy: Sino-Soviet Talks May
Patch Differences; Arms Pact Discussion
R PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Newt Analyst
Notes from the foreign
news cables:
Sino-Soviet Talks?
Some Western diplomats in
London are speculating that
secret talks have begun be
tween Russia
and China on
ways to patch
up their dif
fer e nces, or
are about to
begin. The
tern p o r a r y
lull in the
East -West
crisis and eas-
jewiom ing of tension
on the Indo-Chinese frontier
seemed to make this an ideal
time for the two big Commu
nist powers to get together
and try to bury the hatchet,
the diplomats said. Lending
credence to this speculation
was Premier Nikita Khrush
chev's New Year remarks that
... Communications ...
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contrary it often the case.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten corracl ii superior;
laven or ight it excellent; five or
jit Ii good.
1. What grcal occasion
formerly look place on March
4 every four years.
2. In a nursery lair, who ate
three bowls of porridge?
3. The names of eight stiilcs
in the U. S. begin with the let
ter M; name six.
4. On what ocean Is Ceylon?
5, At birth, which are lon
ger an Infants arms, or logs?
ft. What is Tass?
7. Name Ihe five grades of
general officers of the U. S.
Army.
8. What was the name of
Robert Fulton's steamboat?
0. If someone offered you a
pippin, what would you re
ceive? 10. Is an inflationary period
one In which the purchasing
power of money decreases or
increases?
Answers: 1, Proiidenlial In
auguration, 2. Goldilocks. 3.
Maine, Maryland, Massachu
setts. Michigan. Mississippi,
Missouri. Montana. 4. Indian.
5. Arms. 6. Russian news
agency. 7. Brigadier, Major,
Lieutenant, General and Gen
eral of the Army. 8. Clermont.
9. Apple. 10. Decreases.
Boycotts
The National Retail Merchants Association at
its annual meeting in New York city beginning
Wednesday, Jan. i), is almost certain to take up
the question of boycotts. From a nation-wide
standpoint perhaps the most trying of these is
conducted by a Miami outfit, the Committee to
Warn of the Arrival of Communist Merchandise
on the Local Business Scene, with the backing
of the far-right John Birch Society.
This group encourages its associates surrep
titiously to slip into packages containing pur
chases of goods produced behind the Iron Cur
tain cards bearing legends like: "Help Bankrupt
America Buy Your Communist Products at . . .
(inserting the name of the store)." Polish hams
are prune targets. Ironically, according to the
U. S. Department of Commerce, the United
States exported goods worth ."JIM. 4 million to
Soviet Bloc countries last year, as against $8-1.(5
million in imports from these same countries.
James C. Uagcrty, vice president in charge
of news for American Broadcasting Co., hud a
word about still another kind of boycott recently.
It came in connection with ABC's refusal to cancel
a million-dollar advertising contract after Alger
Hiss appeared on a television program that ex
amined the political career of Richard M. Nixon.
"To yield to prior censorship and the pres
sures of personal attack ami economic boycott,"
Hagcrty said, "is to surrender the basic right of
freedom of the press." -E.R.B.
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UN-Katanga
To the Editor: Orchids to
Frank Koch for his letter of
1483 exposing the Swed
ish-American international fi
nances who are allcgcdy us
ing the UN Armed Forces to
take over the wealth of
Katanga. May I offer some
further confirmation and sup
porting evidence along this
line.
As told by Ralph Moffat on
the radio program, "Let Free
dom Ring", Connor O'Brien,
Commander of the UN forces
in Katanga a year ago, has
written a book that blows the
lid off the UN-Katanga mess.
O'Brien states flatly that the
UN account of how the
Katanga war started was a de
liberate falsehood, that it was
NOT a defensive action, that
It was a planned offensive and
that it was called "Operation
Morfor". "Morfor" is a Hindu
word meaning "Smash!"
O'Brien ought to know. He
was the commander.
Here is something else that
will make your blood boil.
Right while the bitter contro
versy was raging over
whether or not we should buy
$100 million worth of worth
less UN bonds to keep this
'great instrument of peace"
from going bankrupt because
of its heavy Katanga agression
expenses, our Foreign Aid Ad
ministration had secretly
given the UN, outright, $215
million. Some of this foreign
aid money was used to pay up
the back dues and assessments
of the very nations who are
our worst enemies, reestab
lishing their right to vote
against us. The rest of it was
used to keep the UN solvent,
thereby enabling the UN
Armed Forces' agression on
Katanga to continue.
Who was at the head of Ihe
Foreign Aid Program at this
time, and responsible for giv
ing these "Aid" millions to the
UN? As Mr. Koch pointed out,
Fowler Hamilton, one of the
key men in the American
Swedish Combine who, it is
alleged, are determined to
take over the unbelievably
rich Katanga mines by ex
terminating Tshombe and
Katanga, was Director of For
eign Aid at this time. How do
you like that, fellow tax
payer? 1463 headlines in the
Grants Pass Courier read,
"UN Troops in Katanga Kill
Civilians ". The civilians were
two helpless women riddled
by UN bullets. Gentle readers
and fellow Christians. It is
your money paying for the
spilling of this innocent blood.
And It Is being done in your
name. Nations all over the
world are blaming YOU. How
much longer arc you going to
lolercto this satanic UN lio
Jan horse on our shores which
perverts our government, aids
our enemies, destroys our
friends, and kills helpless, in
nocent people?
L. C. Powell
318 S.E. Eighth A.
Grants Pass, Ore.
Taxes
To the Editor: While the
President is working for a cut
In income tax to help the econ
omy of the country Jackson
county is raising taxes. A
statement enme telling that
the value of a home built in
194lhas Increased 25 per cent
in value In the last six ye.irs
(of course, they explained that
thry have just discovered a
error of 10 per cent that has
been made during the past 22
years).
There Is supposed to be a 6
per cent limitation on tax in
crease in any year, but that
means nothing - (or they can
raise your valuation whatever
they want. Although you ran
prove to them that you have
sold property in the same
neighborhood for the same
price it was purchased for 12
years ago. although It was in
much better condition than
when purchased, you are still
told values have increased.
A person used to be able to
accumulate some rental prop
erty to help provide for his
retirement years, but such is
not the case in Jackson
county. The economy of the
working man has not permit
ted raising of rent while the
taxes and up-keep keeps rais
ing. Non-property owners are
allowed to vote on bond issues
to raise taxes they do not have
to pay.
As long as property taxes
can be raised without limita
tion you will not find any
economy by the politicans.
They have a pocket without a
bottom to dip into, although
the taxpayers are forced to
keep trying to fill the pocket.
The paper says the city of
Medford has AGAIN hired a
man for several hundred dol
lars to come in and tell them
how much wages they should
pay the city employees. Do
Ihe men who authorized this
waste of tax money hire some
one to tell them how much
they should pay their em
ployees? Medford belongs to the
League of Oregon Cities. They
can find out through that or
ganization how much other
cities are paying. A few years
ago (having studied Medford
city budgets for 30 years) I
stopped in Salem and Eugene
and for 20c I got a copy of
the budgets of both cities. I
found Medford was paying the
same, or a little more, as those
larger cities.
A study of Medford budgets
over the past 30 years shows a
continual spread of pay be
tween the department heads
who pick up their orders at
City Hall and the men to
whom the work orders are re
layed. This difference is out
of reason.
The politicians do not care
about the property owners liv
ing on Social Security, who
much pay the tax.
You get just what you vote
for.
Clco Canoose
55 Ross Court
Medford
What's a Bank? ,
To the Editor: Someone has
said "a bank is a place to get
money if you can prove you
don't need it."
I'd like to amend that state
ment, as follows:
"A bank is a place to get
money, if you are prepared to
go into court and prove you
could get along a darned
sight better without it."
One can get credit to buy
all manner of things which
won't do him one tiniest bit
of good but something you
need well that is all but
impossible. If you need a piece
of equipment which . is un
available in Oregon second
(third or fourth) hand you
must talk the owner Into al
lowing you to bring it within
the boundaries of Oregon be
fore you can finance it.
Floyd R. McCahe
Mt. Pitt Slar Rt.
Butte Falls, Ore.
For Equal Justice
To the Editor: I see by your
paper that several readers
have suggested that we who
oppose the death penalty
should write to the Governor
and ask him not to permit
the Freeman girl to be gassed
to death. In her case we do
not need to be against the
death penally to do that. All
of those who believe in equal
Justice and a square deal (or
the poor us well as Ihe rich,
should also do that. There is
more back of this case than
has come to light.
The only direct evidence
against the Freeman girl (only
19 years of age when the
crime was committed) was
given by the mother o( the
children who. in her confes
sion when first arrested is
quoted In the Redmond newt-
paper May 25, 1961 as follows:
"I planned the murder for
three days" because "I loved
them so much and could no
longer support them"; "I said
a little prayer over them";
"They are in Heaven now."
Later on in open court Aug.
31, 1961 the mother said "I
admit participating in my
daughter's death." The moth
er also pleaded "not guilty" on
account of insanity and later
was allowed to plead guilty
to 2nd degree murder. She
was not required to face a
wrought up jury as the Free
man girl was, nor did the
Freeman girl's jury know at
the time they handed down
their sentence which meant
death to the Freeman girl
that the mother, comparative
ly speaking, would be set free.
I doubt very much that had
this jury been informed of
this, that all of them would
have voted for the death sen
tence for the Freeman girl.
Certainly this young wom
an had about as unprotected
a home life as any young per
son could have, and was de
nied help for her ills by state
agencies. She herself was
raped by a man when she was
only 4 years old. What effect
this could have on a little
girl's brain is not known.
Let's all of us stand up and
be counted on this important
matter of equal justice. Let's
write a letter to the Governor
and make our sentiments
known.
It certainly would be no
credit to Oregon to allow this
execution to take place, and
the notoriety we would re
ceive would be of doubtful
value and would not accomp
lish any useful purpose, and
would constitute jungle ven
geance rather than civilized
justice.
Bert Jenkins
Chairman of Commit
tee Against Unequal
Justice
6328 S. E. 67th St.,
Portland, Ore.
Smoking
To the Editor: A tobacco
company sent packages of cig
arettes to high school boys
with this explanation, "We
are sending you a package of
our finest cigarettes, we hope
you will use them to your
satisfaction and want more."
One of the boys wrote back:
"I received the cigarettes and
used them to my satisfaction.
1 steeped them in a quart of
water and sprayed our bug
infested rose bushes. Every
bug died. These cigarettes are
sure good poison. I want more
next spring if we have more
bugs."
Also wc read of a small
boy who was badly burned in
a school house fire. The doc
tor said he would never walk
again. But through sheer grit,
courage and prayer he did.
Back in school he took up
track, went to Madison Square
Garden in N. Y., and thrilled
multiplied thousands by his
astonishing speed. They want
ed him to try to break t h e
world's record on an Indoor
track. He agreed on one con
dition and they agreed. He
ran that mile In four minutes
and four-tenths seconds, as a
record that stood for many
years. He was asked later
what his condition was. "I'll
run that race and beat it if
you won't let anybody smoke
a cigar, pipe or cigarette in
that building before I start
the race." He won. He is now
Dr. Glenn Cunningham,
Why should those who
choose not to use tobacco be
forced to inhale obnoxious
nicotine-laden smoke, and at
second hand? Can there be
any justilicatmn for smokers
preempting all the space in
the world and polluting it
with their smoke? Smokers
should be courteous enough
to realize that those who do
not smoke have God given
although there were differ
ences with China, thi was an
internal matter to be settled
within the Communist bloc.
No Change
The 17-natlon Disarmament
Conference resumes in Ge
neva Jan. 15, with the chances
for success even less than be
fore. Russian sources are in-
Strictly
Personal
By Sydney J. Harris
(ci Field Enterpriiei, Inc.
ON PRETENDED
PATRIOTISM
As I write these lines, the
House Un-American Affairs
committee is questioning
members o f
the "Women
for P e a c e"
movement
trying to sniff
out any pos
sible Commu
nist influence
o r direction
within the
group.
Harris No doubt, a
few Commies will turn up in
the ranks and so would a
few vegetarians, Esperantists,
nudists, Zen Buddhism devot
ees, and a handful of Gold
Star Mothers.
But it has been my personal
observation of the group in
Chicago that 95 per cent of
the "Women for Peace" are
composed of ordinary Amer
ican citizens, passionately con
cerned about preserving
peace, and better informed
about what is happening in
the world today than many
Congressmen.
Right or wrong and I
happen to think they are
more right than wrong
these women are taking
their responsibilities of cit
izenship seriously; unlike
the bulk of us, who awaken
out of our torpor once every
few years to vote, and then
subside into self-centered-ness.
What we desperately
need are many more groups
who are as earnestly con
cerned with ihe world's
plight, and who are making
an effort to read, study, dis
cuss and ventilate the basic
problems facing human sur
vival. Apathy, not "un
Americanism," is our great
est national enemy.
- The House Un-American
Activities Committee may
have grasped a tiger by the
tail this time. These women
will not be intimidated;
they have more moral cour
age than most men, and
they are not afraid for their
jobs, at so many men are.
Peace is everybody's bus
iness. No one is sure exactly
how we can achieve it; and,
by the same token, every
viewpoint must be explored
and encouraged. It cannot be
left to that abstraction called
"the government," because a
representative government
such as ours is supposed to be
responsive to the will of the
people.
But what is the "will of the
people"? Most Americans are
puzzled and confused and
frightened. When government
officials disagree, when scien
tists disagree, when military
strategists disagree then it
is time for the people them
selves to throw ..open the
doors of discussion and in
quiry to all who fear for the
safety and survival of their
children.
In a part of his Farewell
Address that is not usually
quoted, George Washington
warned us to "Guard against
the impostures of pretended
patriotism." Some self-styled
patriots today would like us
to accept the "official line" on
war and peace without ques
tion and without dissent. To
do so would be to abdicate our
responsibilities as American
citizens. And to suggest that
such questioners and dissent
ers are "un-American" is to
make a vicious mockery of the
democratic process itself.
rights to the clean, pure air,
untainted with exhalations. If
they feel they must smoke
should they not be willinc to
do it where the smoke docs
not reach the general public,
especially in public buildings,
hotels, restaurants, hospitals,
buses, etc.? Is this too much
to expect and demand on the
part of non-smokers?
Smokers are slowly com
mitting suicide with the poi
sons tobacco contains, along
with Ihe arsenic spray the
growers use to kill the horn
worm. White metallic arsenic
is used In a 7 per cent solu
tion in cigarette papers. It
prevents paper from going up
in names. A cigar salesman
admitted that arsenic and
glycerine were used in cigars.
but added "What people don't
know won t hurt them." I dis
agree. It does injure their
health whether they know it
or not,
Mrs. Ernest Santo
204 Loztcr lane
Medford.
timating that Semyon K.
Tsarapkin rather thun First
Deputy Foreign Minister Vas-
sill Kuzneisov will head the
Soviet delegation. That's been
an indication in the pas' that
the Russians are not interest
ed in progress. Tsarapkin is
an expert at saying "no", and
that in turn seems to mean
no progress on on-site inspec
tion of suspected nuclear test
sites.
Conflict at Bonn
Bonn sources say a conflict
may be building up between
aging Chancellor Konrad Ade
nauer and his youthful for
eign minister, Gerhard
Schroeder. These sources say
Schrocder has two New Year
goals - one, to bring West
Germany's defense policy into
line with Washington s drive
for a build-up of conventional
arms for NATO, and the other
to aid Britain s entry into the
Common Market. Adenauer is
a firm supporter of the con
cept of nuclear arms over
conventional and hs been
siding firmly with French
President Charles de Gaulle
on tough terms for British
entry into the new Europe.
Red Labor Tactics
Observers in Frank f u r t,
West Germany, expect the
Communists to try to stir up
labor trouble in West Ger
many's still - booming indus
tries with the hope of damag
ing the national economy.
Communist underground cells
recently instigated small-scale
wildcat strikes in the big
Henschel locomotive and
truck factories at Kassel. The
Communist party was out
lawed in West Germany in
1956. But' small Communist
cells have never ceased op
erating under ground.
Washington Report
By William S. White
(c) United Feature Syndicate
SENATOR KERR
Washington A heavy po
litical burden has been cast
upon the official Democratic
leadership of
the Senate by
the death of
1 1 s strongest,
if untitled, as
sociate, Sena
tor Kerr of
Oklahoma.
The great
question rais
is whether the
Whita leaacrsnip can
sustain that balanced moder
ation, that control over the
shrill excesses of the left
wing, which was the memor
able service to party and
country of Robert Samuel
Kerr.
His departure has struck
the most punishing blow to
responsible legislative con
duct, in Congress as a whole,
since a little more than a year
ago Speaker Sam Rayburn of
the House of Representatives
preceded him in death. And,
so far as the Senate individ
ually is concerned, Kerr's loss
is to the Democrats at least
as grave as that suffered by
the Republicans when Sen.
Robert A. Taft of Ohio fell
of cancer in ,1953.
PRESIDENT Kennedy h i m
self is both bereft and en
dangered, even though Kerr
was his own man rather than
a Kennedy man. For while he
sometimes opposed the Presi
dent on welfare issues, nota
bly medicare, he also helped
arrange for him all his great
est victories of the last Con
gress, including the world
trade expansion program.
He was, in fact, more influ
ential than the official hier
archs of the Democratic party
in the Senate Floor Leader
Mike Mansfield of Montana,
and Assistant Floor Leader
Hubert Humphrey of Minne
sota. It was sometimes said
that he was "the Senate's un
crowned king," and that
"what Kerr wants, Kennedy
gets."
These, however, were less
exact judgments than reflec
tions of the small envy of
smaller men. Their real ob
jections to Kerr were not that
he was sometimes harsh and
demanding, or even that he
was unashamedly rich and al
ways openly battling for the
vital interests of his home
state those dreadful things,
"oil and gas."
THEY resented him most of
all because, for all his raw
hide frontier tongue, he was
demonstrably so much abler,
so much more influential with
the Senate generally, than
they could ever be.
Because he was all of these
things a tough, tall live
oak in a Senate forest where
some of the trees are not very
big he simply would not
let the frantic left - wingers
have their way, just as his
old friend Vice President Lyn
don Johnson would not let
them have their way in his
own time there. And they
could never forgive his bril
liance this man who scorn
ed the pompous slogans of the
ultra-liberals and the pseudo- -"intellectualism"
of which
tirelessly they prate.
And it is because of his loss
this loss of a moderate lead
er of such skill and effective
ness that the Democratic
Senate now. sets out upon a
sea of dangers. Without Kerr,
Mansfield will have a sticky
time fighting off the "de
mands" of the ultra-liberals,
whose incapacity to legislate
effectively is only matched
by their high capacity to maka
mischief for those who can.
If Mansfield fails, sensible
moderation will be the victim,
and a single result may be
confidently predicted: A re
vival of the old Republican
Southern Democratic coalition
against not simply liberal but
also moderate legislation.
THE Senate is a very human
place where high human
qualities are highly valued.
Kerr had such qualities, and
through them he sometimes
held the southerners in lino
for moderation where they
would have preferred ultra
conserva'ism. In the first place, it has not
been easy at times for the
southerners to follow this sort
of leadership, in behalf of the
Ideal of party unity, when
their own political necessities
at home have pointed in the
opposite direction. That they
have done so as often as they
have done was a tribute to
the persuasiveness of "Bob."
Thus, if they begin to feel
that Mansfield is surrender
ing unduly to the left, there
will be nothing left to keep
them out of fairly frequent
alliance with the Republicans.
Gone, therefore, is more
than a senator; gone, too, is a
symbol and a great power of
moderation. Dead is more than
a man; dead, too, is a part of
the embodied common sense
of our times.
BLAST CONGO ACTION
Arlington, Va. -HIPD- Young
Republicans have expressed
"utter contempt" for United
Nations activities in the Con
go. The executive committee
of the Virginia Young Repub
lican Federation charged Sat
urday that UN attempts to
unitfy Katanga province with
the central Congo government
violated "the principle of self
determination."
"Watch her She might be one of those who think
they can fight communism by putting stickers on the
Polish hamt!"