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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Jan. 8, 1953 (Tuesday)
Howard Lemuel Champ, 32,
sentenced in circuit court to
life imprisonment in the stale
penitentiary for the fatal stab
bing of a Mcdford resident on
Dec. 21.
Mcdford Attorney Kenneth
Dcnman named chairman of
the Oregon slate game commission.
20 YEARS AGO
Jan. 8, 1943 (Sunday)
Election of Oregon stale
senate president deadlocked
between Dorothy McCullough
Lee, Portland, and W. H. Stei-
wcr, Fossil; deadlock delays
inauguration of Gov. Earl
Snell.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Dem
ocratic leaders of Oregon met
at Portland Saturday to dii-
cuss reasons for defeat in the
November mandate. Every
thing was blamed but too
many Republican votes."
30 YEARS AGO
Jan. 8, 1933 (Tuesday)
Frank P. Farrell, Mcdford,
elected president of League
of Oregon Cities, succeeding
William M. Briggs, Ashland.
J. A. Perry elected presi
dent of Mcdford National
bank 'ol lowing resignation of
W. H. Gore.
40 YEARS AGO
Jan. 8. 1923 (Wednesday)
Members of the 1022 Mcd
ford High school football team
receiving "M" letter awards
include Peter Batcman, guard;
Frank Perl, sub tucklc; Ru
dolph Singlcr, halfback: Ash
cr Ncff, fullback; Howard
Glascock, sub guard; and Har
lcy Dressier, tackle.
Doctor makes emergency
Irip from Grants Pass to Cen
tral Point in 35 minutes; time
believed to be a record.
SO YEARS AGO
Jan. 8. 1913 (Friday)
Mcdford city council passes
ordinance giving M. T. Mill
ncy company right to con
struct street railway in city
limits.
Survey shows Jackson coun
ty rates third in stale in pro
duction of gold.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine er ten correct It superior.
seven er eight is excellent; five or
ii Is eood.
1. In what bay Is the Isle
of Capri located?
2. Mexicans who swim or
wade the Rio Grande to enter
the U.S. illegally are known
as what?
3. The capital city of which
slate is named for the fourth
President of the U.S.?
4. Name the five Great
Lakes.
5. Insert the missing word:
In field where poppies
crow.
6. Is writing paper properly
designated as stationary, or
stationery?
7. What is the cupilal of
Vermont?
8. Which stale is nicknamed
Wolverine Stale?
9. In what two epic poems
docs the ancient city of Troy
ligurc?
10. Correct the following.
"Everyone should do their
lob."
Answers: 1. Italian Bay ol
Naples. 2. Wetbacks. 3. Madt
ton. Wisconsin. 4. Superior,
Michigan. Huron. Erie. On.
tario. S. Flanders. 8. Station-
try. 7. Monlpelitr. 8. Michi
gen. 9. Illiad and Odyssey.
10. "Everyone should do hit
Job."
1
ML Ashland Ski Area
We have been to be quite honest just a
tiny bit skeptical about the possibility of a major
skiing; development on Alt. Ashland.
No more.
Not after Saturday, when we had an oppor
tunity to inspect it in its winter beauty; to watch
the enthusiasm of the skiers in the party: to listen
to their tales of how it compares with the best
slopes in the west; to learn how skiers will travel
hundreds of miles to find a good slope.
THE weather was ideal.
There was a chilly wind blowing intermittent
ly, but when it died down, one basked in the
warm sun. The snow ranged in depth from noth
ing in sunlit spots on the south slopes to up to
three feet in the sheltered spots on the north
slooes and this early in a winter which has
seen sparse snowfall in most localities. We are
told that only Bachelor, near Bend, and Mt,
bhasta are in full operation so far this year, due
to Jack of snow elsewhere.
The more expert skiers in the groun came
schussing and slaloming down slopes which they
described as "intermediate, but which struck
awe into the breast of several of the non-skiers
alone. And thev said the snow was ideal, desnite
the Tack of recent precipitation fast, packed
and powdery.
"THE countryside in all directions is breath-
takingly beautiful. It has long been a favorite
spot of ours in the summer, and winter's touch
simply adds to the beauty.
To the south, Mt. Shasta stands mighty above
its surrounding foothills. To the east, Mt. Mc-
Loughlm looms in conical snow-capped splendor.
On the far northeastern horizon lesser peaks
cluster around the rim of Crater lake.
Below, on Saturday, a blanket of white, fluffy
fog covered the Rogue Valley and the Bear Creek
drainage, with only Roxy Ann, Baldy and their
companions poking above it.
To the south and southwest, range alter range
of blue-purple hills marched into the distance.
COME problems still stand in the way of the
development of the area as a winter or year
around recreational development. Natural fea
tures are not among -them, for the site is ideal.
But sound, well-financed bidders must be
found; the new road (from Highway 99 near the
Siskiyou summit) must be punched through;
problems of water supply, drainage and sanita
tion must be solved satisfactorily; buildings must
be designed and parking areas laid out; decisions
must be made on what types of lifts and tows
shall be installed, and where and when.
None of these are insuperable, however, judg
ing by the enthusiasm of the members of the Mt.
Ashland Recreational Developers. .
IN GENERAL, three types of people toured the
area last Saturday. They were, first, those
who want it because it will make their favorite
sports available; second, those who look forward
to the economic benefits such a development
would bring the area, and third, representatives
of the governmental agencies which are involved.
borne of these, of course, overlapped. But all
three came away convinced that this is a poten
tial gold mine to those who love winter sports,
to those who seek financial gain and a sound,
year-around economy, to those who are always on
the lookout for additional tax income, and to
those whose job is to serve the public.
It certainly will take the cooperation ol all
three kinds of interests to make a Mt. Ashland
ski development a reality. But it will certainly
be worth all the effort if it becomes one.
We might even be persuaded to make a couple
sitz-marks ourself. E.A.
What's an "Engineer"?
Most professional groups have a vested in
terest in being addressed properly. Realtors, for
instance, are insistent that the term applies only
to those who belong to a Real Estate Board.
Doctors are also chary of having that title
used bv others who are not bona fide M.D.'s,
D.D.s, Ph. D.s, Ed. D.s, O.D.s, and so on.
Lawyers have a legal monopoly on that title,
but also tend to monopolize the word attorney,
which technically can be used by any one who
is acting on behalf of another.
MOW come the engineers, or, to be more spc
cific, the National Society of Professional En
gineers, who claim that the word engineer is used
far too loosely, often applying to one who is not
qualified to employ it. lhey say:
"The press can contribute significantly lo public
understanding of the role of the engineer in our society
by urlng proper qualifying identification where the
term engineer' is used . . . Consistent use of this
term when the concerned are not actually professional
engineers is. we think you will agree, going to have
the cumulative effect of blurring the image of the
ci.glneer and that of his educational background and
professional knowledge and skill. May we suggest that
you consider such synonyms as 'cngincman' for 'loco
motive engineer'; 'crane operator' for 'operating engi
neer': and 'technician' when an Industrial worker is
nut an engineer."
XTLTK UNDERSTAND their point. But they're too
TT late. They're trying to appropriate and mon
opolize a word which long has been in the lan
guage in a far broader context.
The desk dictionary says:
"Engineer, n 1. A designer or constructor of en
gine 2. Mil. ts Nav. One ot a corps of men who per
form engineering work ... 3, One versed in. or w ho
follows as a calling, any branch of engineering. 4. One
who operates an engine."
Talk to the lexicographers, friends. E.A.
"I Know What I Don't L
ike"
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Washington Report
By William S. Whit
(c) United Feature Syndicate
DARK IMPLICATIONS
Washington The United
Nations has assumed a fright
ful responsibility before his
tory assuming that history,
rriJTCTUn be rewritten
r, Yj to suit the
If: -- 14 wishes of its
ruling A f r o
Asian clique
as current
facts have al
ready been a
hundred times
suppressed or
distorted - in
White the Congo.
For the first time in an
organization supposedly de
voted to "peace," U.N. troops
and tanks and bombers have
moved with crushing military
force to settle an internal dis
pute in a supposedly independ
ent country. This is the un
arguable meaning of the Unit
ed Nations offensive to drive
the breakaway province of
Katanga back into the central
Congo government and to de
stroy that province's elected
leader, Moise Tshombe.
No less terrible a responsi-
bilty has been assumed by
the United States of America.
Against the advice of our
three best allies Britain,
France and Belgium-we have
directly assisted this military
adventure by a United Nations
whose imperious Asian lead
er, secretary uenerai u
Thant, may yet disturb even
our own most eager apologists
for this fatcfully crude thrust
in power politics.
I port if the United Nations,
without the slightest right
except the sanction of force
backed by a massive propa
ganda, can intervene in the
internal affairs of the Congo
today, it can intervene tomor
row in the internal affairs of
any country in this world in
theory not excluding the Unit
ed States.
In some other time and In
some other atmosphere of
whipped up emotionalism,
any other state or province
can be described as 'seces
sionist," and U. N. troops can
go In there, too, so long as
the power of effective re
sistance is absent.
Repeatedly, the motivation
of the United States in this
wretched affair has been de
scribed in the state depart
ment as a desire to furcc Ka
tanga s return to the cen
tral Congo government to
strengthen it against a pos
sible Soviet takeover.
MEN who really do not en
joy feeling that their
own government ha.) taken up
an indefensible policy have
tried lo accept this explana
tion. It it is true, it could at
least help justify by way of
harsh expediency what can
not possibly be justified on
any higher ground.
But even the argument of
expediency is open to grave
question. At the very moment
the state dcparlnicnt was
speaking of Its fears of Soviet
intrusion in the Congo, our
very ambassador to the U. N.,
Adlai Stevenson, was casting
great doubt on that line. On
Dec. 21, Stcvcnson-who is
surely no enemy of the Afro
Asian clique -was thus quot
ed by United Press lntcrna
lion: "As to Soviet interfer
ence, or intervention, in the
Congo, so far as I know at
the moment there isn't any
whatever. 1 hope I am prop
erly informed on that sub
ject." The ugly truth is thai de
ceil and evasiveness and in
credible arrogance have
marked the U. N s course In
the Congo, from first to last.
Men of good will toward Ihc
U. N. have been compelled to
conclude, long since, that its
word in this affair c old not
be trusted. A few illustra
tions: IMPARTIAL war correspon
dents have formally pro
tested U. N. "censorship and
duplicity" in the field. A score
of' U. N. disavowals of any
intention to force the mili
tary submission of Katanga
have been followed by the
use of force for just such a
submission. Heated U. N. de
nials of atrocities by U. N.
troops have been proved false
by the eye-witness testimony
of independent correspond
ents. Thant, in an ultimatum to
Katanga on Dec. 31, implied
that attacking U. N. forces
would halt after seizing
Elisabethville to give Tshom
be time to submit decently.
Instead, on the U. N.'s own
account, they went forward lo
assault another town, Jadot
villc. This was explained by
the U. N. as a "breakdown
in . . . coordination." So sor
ry, we'll investigate.
Maybe a "victory" has been
won. But not all the power
of the U. N. to force con
formity can hide the dark im
plications, for the future, of
this campaign.
Communications
Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the writer although under cer
tain circumstances the use of a
pen name or initial for publica
tion is permissible. The Mail
Tribune reserves the right to
edit all letters with an eye to
clarification and condensation.
Letters submitted for publica
Uon must not exceed 400 words.
Shirt Charges
To the Editor: Mr. Jenny's
observations of 1-6-63 were of
special interest, particularily
as to why Medford laundries
insist on charging nine cents
more for doing a plain cotton
shirt, and delivering it on a
hanger in a bag, than for a
neatly folded dress shirt.
However, Mr. Jenny was
fortunate in receiving even
one answer, as I have made
several protests to the laun
dry that has done our family
laundry for 29 years. Even
though I pointed out this long
time patronage, I have yet lo
receive the courtesy of a
reply. Upon telephone re
quests, the answer has been
that it would be necessary to
attach a note to each shirt
each lime, repeating the re
quest; and even this usually
does not work.
This would seem to make it
obvious why the laundries
have not "polled the public"
to find out their wishes. I find
myself in full agreement with
Mr. Jenny, as usual, on other
segments of his Communica
tion. F. H. Cray
122 Valley View Dr.
Medford
Who Knows?
To the Editor: In these days
of confusion and perplexity,
wouldn't it be great if we
could point definitely to one
source of information and say,
"This is the authority."
We have so many sources
of information or misinforma
tion it is very difficult or im
posible to sift out the true
from the false. Mark Twain
said something about so many
people who knew so many
things that were not true. 1
wonder what he would say
now.
1 find this condition applic
able to the Congo affair.
There are widely divergent
views among supposedly well
informed people, newsmen.
Congressmen, local citizens,
and others. Can we definitely
draw a line between right and
expediency"
At the very beginning of
the Congo trouble some of our
missionaries, men and women
who had spent years among
the Africans, warned thai ihc
natives would not submit to
a w hite man s democracy that
would cut across their tribal
lines. A few days ago Dr.
Schweitzer said, "The U.N
lias absolutely no business try
ing to force Tuch a govern
ment upon the Congolese." 1
Peru Is Example of Special Problems
Faced by Many Latin American Nations
BY PHIL NEWSON
UPI Foreign News Analyst
Through Lima's misty and
fogshrouded streets over the
weekend, Peruvian army
trucks were
carting scores
of know and
suspected
Com munists
off to army
security com
pounds. The reason,
to nip a plot
"planned by
the agents of
to
re-
r - -r
LtU
Mewsom
Moscow and Havana
implant a pseudo-farmer
gime of the extreme left. . .
align the nation with Fidclist
Cuba and prepare for the
Marxist revolution to subju
gate the nation for Moscow."
Early targets, according to
Peru's ruling military junta,
were to be the American-own
ed Toqucpala and Marcona
mines and Standard Oil of
New Jersey's subsidiary Inter
national Petroleum Company.
By May Day the revolution
was to be complete.
Almost any Latin American
nation presents its special
problems for the United
States, but perhaps none as
dramatically as Peru.
When, in August of 1961,
the United States was setting
up its Alliance for Progress
program in a meeting of
American ministers at Punta
del Este, Uruguay, it was
Peruvian Premier and Fi
nance Minister Pedro Bcltran
who became the chief oppon
ent of Cuba's Che Guevara.
Peru preceded the United
States in breaking relations
with Castro's Cuba.
But on a chilly night last
Strictly Personal
By Sydney J. Harris
(c) Field Enterprises, Inc.
YOUTHFUL HONESTY
A 7-year-old boy I know
know very well left a note
on his father's dresser just be-
fore Christ
m a s, asking
for an Eastern
Ring - Necked
Snake for a
'Ni pet.
A At the end
- of the cx
3 i j liaustive r e-
i cital about the
Harris lues, its amia
bility, its well-bred feeding
habits, and its all-round suit
ability as a member of the
household, the boy appended
P.S. to the note.
"I speld some words rong,"
he wrote, "because I did not
stop to think."
The boy didn't got the
snake, 1 am sorry to report,
owing to the horrified objec
tions pf his mother, a woman
of overwhelming sensibility.
But his father would have
brought him a whole nest of
(defanged) pythons as a re
ward for that wonderful Post
Script.
"I did not stop lo think."
How many of us would ever
say that? How many of us
would exhibit the candor,
the modesty, the blithe con
fession of thoughtlessness?
When I spell a word
wrong in the column, and it
happens to get into print, I
blame the typesetter, or the
proof-reader, or even if
possible the dictionary
for betraying my literacy.
More importantly, when I
make a mistake in judgment
or taste or evaluation, it
would not occur to me to
say, "I did not stop to
think." Instead, I will us
ually find some defense, or
explanation, or rationaliza
tion, that glibly shifts the
blame from me to some
thing outside me I was
given the wrong informa
tion, or I was misinterp
reted, or I really meant it
in another context.
What we lose as we grow
older is the marvelous fresh
ness and honesty of youth that
is not afraid or ashamed to
say, "I did not stop to think."
I have no doubt at all that this
is what Jesus meant when he
said that "a little child shall
lead us." Because only this
spirit, which dulls as we grow
older, can show us the right
road to our true selfhood.
Millions of words have
been written on how and what
children can learn from us;
but little has been said about
what we can learn from
children. Yet the education
that a part with open eyes,
cars and mind can get from a
growing child is incompar
ably more important than the
education a child can get from
all its formal training.
What we get (if the child
has not been damaged in ear
ly years) is a portrait of our
lost Eden, of a land in which
shame and vanity and self-deceit
have barely begun lo
erect their bristling barri
cades. In a few years, of
course, the child will become
more like us; that is to say, he
will be "educated" and skilled
in orthodox hypocrisy.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
One of last week's most in
teresting stories concerns the
little band of CHRISTIAN
peasants from Siberia who
somehow got clear to Moscow
in an effort to get out of Com
munist Russia to some place
where they could find reli
gious freedom.
In Moscow, they pushed
their way into the U.S. em
bassy, apparently seeking
sanctuary. The United States
doesn't recognize the grant
ing of asylum by embassies or
consular offices. The instruc
tions to our people in these of
fices arc to permit exceptions
"on humanitarian grounds" in
cases of 'uninvited fugitives
whose lives are in immimcnl
danger from mob violence but
ONLY during the period the
active danger continues."
cried out: "Let us be sent to
any country. There is no place
for us here. We appeal to all
brothers and sisters who be
lieve in Christianity."
1HIE shabbily dressed Siber
ian told embassy officials
they had hoped that the Amer
icans would help them to get
out of the Soviet Union. They
described themselves as Evan
gelical Christians. They said
they do not believe in submit
ting to any slate religious authority.
CO-
U Our embassy people had
lo call up the Soviet Foreign
Office and describe what had
happened. After a four-hour
delay, the Russians sent over
a bus. The little bund of seek
ers for religious freedom w-as
pushed aboard the bus and
driven off under guard of
plainclothes Russian police
men. As they left the American
embassy, they were weeping
and protesting. One of them
shouted: "We dun't want to go
anywhere here in Moscow.
They will shoot us." Another
! believe Dr. Schweitzer knows
as much or more about Africa
and Africans than any other
j white man alive.
Paul Harvey, who is known
and respected in Oregon, in
cluding Mcdford. says the Ka-
tanga deal is a shot gun wed-
j ding.
i Senator Dodd. Democrat.
is demanding a Congressional
investigation of ihc affair.
; Former Congressman Walter
; Judd. speaking in Mcdford.
said, "The United States must
j have alius and must support
I them as they support us."
In the present conflict in
! the Congo, we hae offended
i Britain. France and Belgium.
three of our oldest and nio.-l
dependable Allies.
Who tells the truth1.'
L. Ci. Weaver,
:i0l Haven si.,
Medford.
WHAT shall we say about
it all?
Well, there isn't much that
we can say. If we are to have
an embassy in Russia, we
must submit to Russian regu
lations just as the Rus
sians must submit at least
openly to American regula
tions if they arc lo Have an
embassy in Washington. All of
that was involved when
many years ago we extend
ed diplomatic recognition to
Russia.
But it's hard for us to for
get that a very large share of
the immigrants who came to
this new land centuries ago
came seeking freedom from
religious oppression. That im
migration, and the reason for
it, is a very important chapter
in our history.
INTERESTING thought:
One seldom hears of BIG
SHOT COMMUNISTS run-
jning away from communism
T-nvtv ... ...
vi iiu i.u in .nil n,
from communism. They are
TOO WELL TAKEN CARE
OF there.
The communist system is
designed to take care of the
Big Shots. It Is the ordinary
run of people who are so anx
ious to get aw ay that they can
be kept in communist coun
tries only by WALLS and by
police regulations The Berlin
Wall provides a shining ex
ample of that.
July, army tanks rumbled to
the gates 01 Limas presiacn
tial palace, arrested 73-ycar-old
President Manuel Prado
and established military rule.
Prado had refused military
demands that he invalidate
June elections which gave the
most votes to moderate left
ist presidential candidate
Raoul Haya de la Torre.
Under the Alliance for
Progress, the United States
already had allotted nearly
S90 million to Peru for new
roads, for water and sewage
systems, and for aid in the
program to open up new lands
for Peru's landless Indians.
The military coup struck a
blow at the foundations of
the alliance, conceived as a
U. S. answer lo threats
either from the political right
or left.
President K e n n e dy de
nounced the coup and prompt
ly suspended U. S. aid.
Rejoined Gen. Ricardo
Perez Godoy, the junta's gray
haired leader:
"What Washington does not
understand is that this is a
Peruvian solution to the prob
lem of preserving democracy.'
On Aug. 17, the United
States, convinced that the
military men intended to keep
their promise of free elections
in 1963, lifted the aid ban and
recognized the new govern
ment. The present situation puts
to the test the military junta's
claim that theirs is the way
to preserve democracy.
Alaf fer of Fact
By Joseph Alsop
lc) New York Herald Tribune Syndicate
Alsop
THE NEW DEBATE
Washington-Alter the first
violent spasm of combat over
the House and Senate rules,
the new ses
sion of Con
gress seems
likely to settle
down to a
pretty dull
routine in
most of the
major legisla
tive areas.
To be sure,
another t r y
will be made, this time per
haps successfully, to pass the
medicare bill; and there will
be other, subsidiary excite
ments. But the sole topic of
really vivid interest and great
long term significance still
seems pretty certain to be
taxation - plus - long - term -economic
policy.
This is the outlook because
the Kennedy administration's
proposals for tax reduction
and tax reform arc slated to
be decidedly more radical and
far reaching than has yet
been realized. Of course, the
plans now being drawn up in
the Treasury and elsewhere
may be sharply scaled down
this week, when the president
and Secretary of Treasury
Douglas Dillon take a a final
look at them.
ON PRESENT prospects,
however, the coming ses
sion will be different from
any other since the days of
Franklin Roosevelt's New
Deal, in that its central, domi
nating preoccupation will be
an argument about the real
shape and true motive forces
of the American economy.
This is certainly unavoidable
if the President docs not
change the present plan to
present a tax program in
which economically stimulat
ing tax reductions will bulk
much larger than tax reforms.
In crude terms, what is
now to be expected is a re
quest for reductions of indivi
dual and corporate income
taxes which may cost the
Treasury from S12 to $13
billion; plus a request for
certain changes in lax base
which will entail some furth
er loss of revenue; plus a re
quest for loophole-closing
changes in the tax base which
will recapture from S3 lo $5
billion of the revenue sacri
ficed by tax cuts.
The net sacrifice of reve
nue, at least at the present
level of business activity,
may well run to S9 or $10
billion. The proposal to sacri
fice revenue on this scale is
to be put forward when Ihc
budget is already unbalanced,
and in a year when Federal
expenditure requests are act
ually due to increase. These
simple facts insure that the
main debate will concern the
inner nature of the national
economy.
T
'HE PROPOSED tax re
forms will also arouse
embittered controversy, as
might be expected. The oil
depiction allowance is to be
tackled, though with cautious
hands. The capital gains tax
is also to be altered. These
and other changes in the tax
structure will surely meet
with strong opposition from
individuals and corporations
adversely affected.
In addition, the impact of
the proposal to sacrifice reve
nue by tax cutting is to be
somewhat softened, mainly
in deference to the powerful
and able chairman of the
House Ways and Means Com
mittee, Rep. Wilbur Mills ot
Arkansas.
The reductions in corporate
and individual income taxes
are to be asked for in stages,
running through this year and
next. Thus the whole loss ot
revenue will not occur at
once.
NONETHELESS, the central
issue will certainly be the
validity of the theory clearly
staled by President Kennedy
in his important speech to the
Economic Club of New York.
After saying that he had been
disappointed in his hope to
ask for tax cuts "in the atmo
sphere of a balanced budget,"
the President continued:
"We shall neither postpone
our tax cut plans nor cut into
essential national security
programs. . .Our true choice
is not between tax reduction,
on the one hand, and the avoid
ance of large Federal deficits
on the other. . .It is a para
doxical fact that tax revenues
are -too low (to balance the
burgct), and the best way to
raise revenues in the long run
is to cut rates now."
In other words, the aim is
still to balance the budget, at
least at some future date. But
the old methods are consid
ered to have failed.
TTENCE it is proposed lo use
-the wholly new method of
big rale reductions both for
individuals and corporations
Ihc corporate income tax, for
instance, may be cut by four
or five points, from 52 per
cent down to 47 or 48 per
cent. And these tax cuts are
in turn expected to cause such
growth in national produc
tivity and income that the
eventual tax take will be far
larger, even at the new, low
ered rates, than the take is
today.
As proof of this, the Ad
ministration policy makers
constantly cite the Eisenhow
er administration's $7 billion,
lax cut in 1954. The next
year, the lax take was the;
same though the rates had
been much reduced. The year
after, the take was $7 billion
higher than it had been before
the S7 billion cut. This was be
cause there was more income
to tax.
Nonetheless, what some
policy-makers call the "myth
ology" of the balanced budget
still has a strong hold in the
country and the Congress.
Hence the new approach tc
budget balancing, by growth-and-income-stimulation
rather
! than by spending decreases
j by tax increases, is bound to
touch off a debate of great
heat and high importance.
IT IS MUCH lo be doubted
if a system as foul as the
communist system can last in
definitely in this century of
the common man. If wc cm
Just keep out of war long
enough, communism will set
tle its own hash. It is too foul
to live forever in this modern
world.
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"As President of fhe United States, it gives me great
pleasure lo unveil the art treasures from the French
government the Moner Lceser!"