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A Modern Constitution
There is a general impression abroad that
Gov. Mark 0. Hatfield is a supporter of the pro
posed new Constitution.
He may, or may not, support the proposal. The
impression that he does comes from his inaugural
address, but in it he did not say, specifically, that
he approves the new Constitution. He said :
"The Constitution Revision Commission has pro
duced a notable document. This legislature's greatest
" legaoy can be the referral of a realistic, ' modern
Constitution." ,
LIE DID not say, be it noted, "this" Constitution,
1 1 but "a" Constitution. This leaves him free
oppose specific proposals or
Ol-
lO YEARS AGO
Jan. 22, 1953 (Tuesday)
Members of the Jackson
County Memorial Auditorium
association have voted unani
mously to begin circulation of
petitions for a special election
on an $800,000 bond issue for
a proposed countywide audi'
torium.
Landowners of the Camp
White area were , informed
last week that the Army still
plans to acquire land there for
use in constructing a siana-Dy
Army training camp.
20 YEARS AGO ,
Jan. 22, 1943 (Sunday)
City Superintendent Frank
Ttogers believes nonage si
bridge damaged by flood wa-
ters when Bea.r creek changes
its course, can be saved.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Twice
last week there would have
been a while Christmas if
there had been any Christ
mas."
30 YEARS AGO
Jan. 22. 1933 (Tuesday)
. Low bid of $62,130 sub
mitted for projected rerouting
of Pacific highway' be.ween
Talent and Ashland..
Blizzard covers Klamath
Falls with 20 Inches of snow
overnight; drifts reported six
feet deep in some places.
40 YEARS AGO
Jan. 22. 1923 (Wednesday)
Plans announced for con
struction of $175,000 apart
ment hotel on Fir si. in Med
ford. From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pol" column: "Two
movie actors of Los Angeles
have announced their inten
tion of having a duel, both
being under the impression
California has a law against
it."
SO YEARS AGO
Jan. 22, 1913 (Friday)
Department of Agriculture
disapproves bill creating Ore
gon Caves National park.
Residents of soulhwest sec
tion of Medford protest that
small boy? arc killing birds
with air rifles and firearms.
Whal's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct li superior;
seven or eight it eacellent; five or
ill is good.
'1. A writing in cipher Is
called a c m?
2, Who followed haul as
King of Israel?
3, At which French naval
base was the French licet
scuttled during World War
11?
4. James E. Oglelhnrpe was
the fnundrr of which of Ihe
American Colonics1
5. In which slate Is Ml.
Whitney?
6. Is Ihe U.S. cciimis pro
vided for by Congressional
action, by Executive Order or
by the U.S. Constilution'.'
7. Where is the Isle of Man?
B. Is "the bends'' a disease
caused by working in high or
low atmospheric pressures?
8. The Romance languages
ire derived from what com
mon language?
10. Which is the plural
form: alumni or alumnus?
Answers: 1. Cryptogram. 2.
David. 3. Toulon. 4. Georgia.
3. Calllornia. 8. Constitution.
7. Irish Sea. 8. High prassuri.
I. Latin. 10. Alumni.
to support
changes.
In any event, the Governor remains a support
er of Constitutional revision. So is practically
everyone else who has given thought to it.
We suspect that the proposed basic charter
will have a tough time getting through the current
legislature unscathed. Still, we would prefer that
the voters of the state would have a chance to
pass onvit next year.
THE Constitutional Revision Commission was
1 a "blue ribbon" group of 17 distinguished
citizens, who spent lontr hours and davs. assisted
by full-time staff workers, in writing the pro
posed Constitution. It comprised virtually every
segment oi the political spectrum, and represents
trie careful, considered judgment of 6ome of the
state's best political minds.
The Legislature, bv its verv nature, cannot do
a similar job. Each member has a multitude of
other things to claim his attention; a multitude
of pressures to contend with; concerns having
nothing to do with tne constitution. . .
The Legislature should accept the proposed
constitution pretty much as it is now, and give
the voters a chance to pass on it.
THE proposed Constitution is not merely a
1 patchwork job of repairs done on the old
one. Although it retains many of the principal
features of the old one, it is essentially a new
document, integrated and balanced.
The changes it would make are of two kinds:
first, "housekeeping" changes, designed to elimi
nate outmoded or unnecessary provisions which
either belong in statute law. or do not belong at
all, and, second, substantive changes.
It is the substantive changes which have
attracted the most attention thus far, tending to
obscure the iact that many ot the changes are
minor, and the fact that many of the essentials
of the old Constitution are retained.
MO Constitution, no law, no proposal, can be
1 designed to the satisfaction of everyone. We
disagree, personally, with a few of the provisions
of the proposed Constitution. So do individual
members of the Commission.
Still, it must be judged as a whole, and not
as a series of unrelated provisions.
In judging it thus, the commission was near-
unanimous in declaring it is, in "our collective
best judgment a model for a modern state having
Oregon's historical, political and economic back
ground; it is far superior to the existing 1857
Constitution. 1 hey added :
"Its adoption by the Legislature and the people
will give Oregon one of the three or four best Constitu
tions among the SO states."
We agree with Governor Hatfield's sugges
tion that the Legislature's "greatest legacy" can
be the referral of a realistic, modern Constitution.
We would add "this Constitution." E. A.
Bullock's Hits Back
We have been told by the super patriots whv
they are harassing merchants who retail such
items as Polish hams or Yugoslavian baskets.
Now we hear another angle, that of the mer
chant involved. Bullock's department store in Los
Angeles has filed a $3-milhon damage suit and
a request for an injunction against the local
"Committee to Publicize the Sale of Communist
Goods."
A story in Women's Wear Daily reported :
"The case was viewed here as the first strong legal
counteraction to advocates of the so - called 'card .
parties,' which seek to identify certain stores as mer
chandisers of 'Communist goods' from Iron Curtain
! countries ...
"Bullock's charges that defendants, without its per
mission, have secretly distributed the cards in a con
spiracy to maliciously and unlawfully injure its bus
iness and reputation . . .
"Bullock's charges that It did not permit use of Its
name and that defendants have unlawfully trespassed
on its property and defamed the good name which it
has enjoyed in the community for more than 50 years.
It Is specifically charged that statements on the cards
give the false Impression that Bullock's Is sympathetic
with Communism and is promoting its cause . . .
TRADE with certain Iron Curtain countries is
advantageous to this nation, has the approval
of President Kennedy and the State Department,
and, if halted, would put two workers out of jobs
in this country for every one idled elsewhere.
. Super patriots make a lot of noise about "slave
labor," and so on, but they have not shown, nor
can they show, that harassing loyal citizens en
gaged in legal retail activities is anything more
than the hysterical use of smear tactics.
The stoic issued a statement in connection
with its suit for damages which said, in part:
"Bullock's believes that the democratic way is to
follow the lead of own Government, rather than to
capitulate under the harassment of indivduals who
have no representative authority.
"When Individuals Invade our properly and secretly
' distribute their defamatory cards, vc must use legal
processes to protect our good name and bur patriotic
intentions."
Amen. E. A.
"Reminds Me Of That Crazy Idea Of Henry
Ford' That You Can Make More Selling
i At Lower Prices"
IM4B. tJrfHlateEr fMT
Fanfani Outwardly Unconcerned as His
Government Faces New Trouble in Italy
Br PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News " nalyst
Showing little outward sign
of concern, bouncy Italian
Premier Amlntore Fanfani re
turned home
from the Unit
ed States this
week to face
another of the
tests which
regularly have
plagued Ital
i a n govern
ments since
1803. It was
nothing par-
licularly new for Fanfani who
had his first crack at the job
In 1854 and became but one
in a bewildering succession
of Italian premiers.
It also seemed that Fan
fani would keep his job at
least until after general elec
tions which President Antonio
Segni is expected to call for
April or early May.
Chief opponent in the test
facing Fanfani this time was
Communist Palmiro Togliatti
... Communications ...
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condensation. Letters submitted for publication muat nat .H ann wnrri. Th. i......
printed in this column do not necessarily represent th views of th paper; in fact th
contrary is often th cast.
Th Place for Prayer
To the Editor: I read your
column each day, really en
joying other people's opin
ions. This shows we still have
one of the things our fore
fathers left to us, freedom of
speech.
Here is an item that has
bugged me lately, prayer in
schools.
Let's say that all of the stu
dents, parents and teachers,
except one, would go for a
few minutes each day for a
prayer.
What shall we do with this
one?
If he or she is a student
shall we send him to a closet
or out in the hall? Or shall
we brand him an atheist or
communist and send him
home?
The Bill of Rights guaran
tees freedom of religion to
each of us, not to a majority.
Let s let the schools teach
the 3 R's and let's send the
kids to church to learn about
prayer.
Earl L. Groves
1103 West Fourth si.
Medford
Farm Work
To the Editor: Is it to be a
question of money or morals,
this county farm experiment?
It has been my very earnest
endeavor to know more about
it. The M-T City Editor should
remember a couple phone-
calls from me suggesting
some kind of a wrileup on it
as it has come to me mostly
by the old grape-vine, which
to say the most is not too dependable.
The most convincing came
from one of the unfortunates
picked up on some sort of
drunk and disorderly charge
that landed, as he said, "In
that God-awful tank." A soul
shattering, initiative destroy
ing thing that set him weep
ing in trying to say what it
was line. That it was like
escape from hell just to get
out in the field of growing
things of Nature's gift of free
air, water and soil, at least
the air is free most of the
time. '
Not knowing too much
about it, there's little for me
to say. But we do know that
there is usually a loss sus
tained in the best of planned
ventures, till check and re
checks can be made to get it
onto a paying basis, if it is to
be merely a question of
money. Clackamas county's
venture looks like it might
disclose methods that would
make it pay off In money.
But if morals, the possible
rejuvenating of otherwise de
cent men, is to be at all con
sidered, then it would seem
worthy of risking some
money on it, If morals is to
have a place on the wavering
balance. For as the immortal
Rob't. remarked, as memory
has lt:-
"But ah, young friend
Humanity's little to be
trusted
For when self (county inter
ests) The wavering balance
shakes,
'Tis seldom right adjusted.
F. J. Clifford
Route 2. Box 200F
Central Point, Ore.
Problem Solving
To the Editor: We want a
question answered by the
southwestern Oregon popu
lace or anyone: How can
someone get our two sections
of the country together in the
solving of your distribution
of your crops, profitably to
all concerned? That is the
question and we welcome the
answer straight from the
shoulder.
t count many trucks parked
Idle and waiting for the brief
hay and grain season. All
winter long the trucks loaf in
part time employment only.
Meanwhile I have noticed
that people advertise the sale
of fruits and vegetables far
below the local rates. I am
tempted to make it another
question and if I should, it
would be "Why should the
problem not be solved by com
plete cooperation between our
local . Lion's club and you
folks there or through co
operation of my own Metho
dist Sunday class or through
me as an individual person
interested- in the material
prosperity of all concerned?"
I would like to correspond
with interested parties, as I
think that Christianity in ac
tion is one in helping to solve
the problems of the people
financially as well as spiritu
ally. We have an honest bunch
of people here. Our banker
and local bank will go all
out to do anything under
God's heaven to give full em
ployment to the inhabitants
of this region and in the pro
cess to promote the happiness
and welfare of the fine citi
zens of the northwest. To this
end, we trust that you will
courageously face the prob
lem that we have raised to
day and will advise Clay Eng
land of Schcll City, Missouri
(no other address is needed
or necessary).
There are a lot of us who
will be glad to cooperate with
you. We have many men with
large families who need the
work. And they need your
and my intelligent planning
and direction for the sake of
their children and the fair
distribution of the products
that you have there. Now if
1 am "off sides," say so and
If I am barking up the right
tree then do say so." Anyway
who will cooperate and when?
If you want to talk to some
of us or will want to look
me straight in the eyes, I say
"batters up" as we will come
If need be to get the ball
rolling. Or we will welcome
and extend the floor to any
of you who will want to come
and talk. We want action but
will certainly tolerate and en
courage lots of talk if action
is in the wind. Let me know.
Clay England.
Schell City, Mo.
Old Horn Place Gone
To the Editor: Sunday one
of the landmarks of another
pioneer family burned to the
ground when my grandpar
ents' home burned. While the
house still stood, it seemed
they were still, with us, even
though they had boon gone so
many years. The fire put such
a final ending to such a sweet
memory of Aunt Lot and
Uncle Amos McKce, as they
were known to all Apple
gatcrs. I like to sit and think about
all the good times that we had
there when we kids were
growing up. I think the thing
Ihat stands out the most in
my mind is her lamp in the
window. Each night about the
same time, Grandma would
light her kerosene lamp and
put it in the kitchen window
for all to sec. It was there tor
so many years, that it finally
grew to be a symbol for all
who traveled the Applegatc
road. In those days we knew
most of the people who trav
eled the road, and it was al
ways a welcoming sight to all
who saw it.
I can still sec my great
grandmother rocking In her
chair, telling about sitting on
Abe Lincoln's lap as a small
girl, and all the troubles they
had crossing the plains in a
covered wagon,
, I can even taste grandma's
apple pie and sour dough bis
cuits and home made bread
with that good blackberry
jelly she always made. No one
ever left my grandparents
without eating something.
There was no greater thrill
than to sleep at my grand-
I
parents' in the feather bed,
listening to the mantle clock
striking out the time, as we
watched the fire in the fire
place sending out its dancing
figures on the wall, until the
fire finally went out.
I know that the burning of
a house can't take away your
memories of years past, but
still it hurts to see the old
home place gone.
Clara Faye Pursel
1394 Beekman
Medford
Congo Clarification
To the Editor: To counter
balance the lengthy attacks
against the UN and U. S. pol
icy in the Congo, I submit the
following.
The Congo, one of the rich
est mineral areas in the world,
was left in turmoil bv the
abrupt and unprepared-for de
parture of the Belgians. Three
factions immediately became
interested: the mining associ
ation, the- U.S. and the Rus
sians. The mine owners prob
ably feared an eventual take
over and possibly had a racial
interest. The Russians would
have liked to have this terri
tory or at least be influential
in it. The U.S. wanted to keep
the Russians out. That Rus
sia was interested is docu
mented by news dispatches
and photos showing their
planes and technicians.
The U.S. and Its allies lined
up behind Adoula, the Rus
sians behind Lumumba and
the mine owners behind
Tshombe, the latter hiring
white mercenaries and setting
up lobbies in Europe and the
u.s. me power of these lob
bies should not be under-estimated.
If the U.S. had stayed out.
Russia, behind Lumumba, had
a good chance of winning; if,
later on, we had let Katanga
secede, there would have
been nothing but war with
who knows what final result.
With the UN. there is some
chance of an equitable solu
tion for the mining interests,
the Congolese, and the rest
of the world. Their forebcar
ance with Tshombe is indica
tive of that.
Frank Crum
White City, Ore.
U. F. O.
To the Editor: Seems we al
ways have about three tvnes
of reactions from people when
we rcaa oi an U.F.O. encount
er such as Mr. Daniel Fry's.
There are those who simply
ignore it, those who take it as
a joke, and, last but not least.
those prophets of doom and
darkness that tell us it is a
demonic force, and the last is
about the most intolerable to
me of them all. When any
thing out of the ordinary hap
pens that cannot be easily ex
plained to the human Intelli
gence, the cry goes up Devil.
Devil, Devil, as thouuh the
heavens be only inhabited by
torccs oi evil,
I recall a man named Christ
that walked among men doing
good. He was persecuted and
put to death because He per
formed miracles the people
am noi understand. If we
were to take a T.V. set and
turn It on in front of some of
the African natives we would
get the same reaction of Dev
il, Devil, Devil. The heavens
also contain the powers of
God and good, and let us not
forget that we should look
more for the good In things
and less of the evil.
I really enjoyed Mr. Fry's
article and wish we might
have more like It. 1 found it
very stimulating to the mind
as well as enlightening. More
power to a man who is not
afraid to face ridicule to re
port his experience.
(Name on File)
Eagle Point. Ore.
whose party of an estimated
1.3 million members had filed
a motion of no-confidence
against Fanfani's 10-month-
old center-left government.
u ine communist cause
were to be helped it would
come from dissident members
of Pietro Nennl's left-wing So
cialists whose failure t vote
in the Chamber of Deputies
had helped keep Fanfani's
government in office and who
now were accusing Fanfani
of betraying his promises.
Overall it was a picture ot
the general confusion among
Italy's political parties which
for 10 years have prevented
establishment of a stable gov
ernment.
Fanfani's Christian Demo-
Strictly
Personal
By Sydney J. Harris
(ci Field Enterprisei. Inc.
Harm
SEPARATENESS AND
UNITY
We divide the world along
tne grain oi our infirmities,
Whatever it is that we feel
we most lack,
or , need, be-
comes the
boundry lino
between U s
Here and
Those Out
There. Illness,
chronic or dis
abling illness,
is the most
striking example of this di
vision. To someone who is
really ill, seriously and for a
considerable time, all other
loyalties and animosities arc
submerged beneath the sense
of separatencss between the
Sick World and the Well
World.
To the poor perhaps not so
much in America, where eco
nomic mobility is possible, but
in most other countries the
social order is irrevocably di
vided into the Haves and
Have-Nots. The lack of funds,
the lack of food, makes every
other division seem artifical
and meaningless. This, of
course, is the great fulcrum by
which communism has moved
half the world.
And to th Black, espe
cially today, color is th
abiolute line oi demarca
tion. Th world is a color
world, sharply and simply;
all other distinctions are at
bottom temporary, super
ficial and in th end mean
ingless. '
Thus, whether our basic
infirmity or incapacity, is
physcial, economic or social,
it is this cleavage that' de
termines our view of our
selves and of mankind
and that . eventually per
verts any real idea of
"brotherhood," which is
more of a slogan than a feel
ing. Our brothers, in point
of fact, are only those who
share our lacks, who feel
our needs, who stand under
the tame threat.
When is a nation most
"united"? When under at
tack. Th American Revolu
tion united the colonists as
peace never could; the Civil
War solidified th peoples
of the North and the South;
Naiiiim gave th British
people a sense of solidarity
and unanimity not seen
since then,
...
It is one of the profound
paradoxes of human nature
that separatencss creates
unity; it is the Other that
makes us One. And this con
cept of oneness comes only
times of crisis, through
hate, enmity, deprivation, dis
crimination, conflict and fear.
Such negative feelings are
what engender our positive
virtucs-our loyalty, our hero
ism, our unselflishness, our
willingness to subordinate the
individual interest for the
common good. There are few
heroes of peace, there are few
martyrs of love. Persecution
held the Jewish people to
gether for 5.000 years: ac
ceptance might dissolve them
In a generation.
It is Those Out There who
keep Us Here identifiable and
ready to fight for our rights,
or our wrongs, or simply our
survival.
Communique Backs
Cubans' Struggle
Pno Penh, Cambodia -IVPT-
Visiting Czech President An-
tonin Novotny and Cambo
dian chief of state Prince
Norodom Sihanouk issued a
joint communique Monday
supporting the "struggle of
the Cuban people for inde
pendence and liberty."
The statement also called
for the admission of Red
China to United Nations mem
bership. Novotny promised con
tinued technical, i n dustrial
and cultural aid to this South
east Asian nation and praised
Cambodia's policy of "neu
trality." - ?
crats, the dominant party, are
split three ways, among left,
center and right. The man
who held them together, for
mer Premier Alcide de Gas
peri, has been dead for nine
years.
Smaller, right-wing parties
do not trust them.
Ten months ago, Fanfani
formed his center-left coali
tion which included Social
Democrats and Republicans
but depended for its existence
upon a marriage of conveni
ence with the Nenni Social
ists who agreed to support
measures favorable to their
own platform and to abstain
from the vote on others.
In return, Fanfani promised
to decentralize state adminis
tration by creating 15 region
al govern menu, to press
school and agricultural re
forms, to develop low-cost
housing and to build more
hospitals and health centers,
to act against tax dodgers and
to press for nationalization of
certain utilities, notably elec
tricity. When the chips were down,
the Christian Democrats re
fused to go through with the
plans for regional government
out of fear that the Nenni
Socialists might rejoin the
Communists to take control.
Out of this came the Com
munist challenge, with the
additional charge that t h e
government failed to foresee
the development of a Paris
Bonn axis endangering the
European Common Market.
Matter of Fact
By Joseph Alsop
(c) New York Herald Tribune Syndicate
OS.
AGAINST TWADDLE
Washington - In this week's
Saturday Evening Post, Stew
art Alsop will publish the un
avoidable epi
logue to the
resoun d i n g
row about Ad-
lai E. Steven
son's role in
the Cuban cri
sis. Brotherly
feeling aside,
t h e epilogue
Alms seems una
voidable to this reuorter be
cause of the charges of bad
faith and inaccuracy that
were so loudly made when
Stewart Alsop and Charles
Bartlett published their ac
count of the way the Cuban
crisis was handled by the Ken
nedy administration.
In that account, it is im
portant to note, the role of Am
bassador Stevenson was dif
ferentiated from the roles of
the other chief Kennedy pol
icy-makers in only one way.
Stevenson was described as
"dissenting" from the general
view, in the specific sense that
he alone wished to use Amer
ica's overseas bases as bar
gaining counters to get the
Soviet missiles out of Cuba.
a
T NOW appears that before
this highly significant fact
was published, it was careful
ly checked in three conversa
tions with Clayton Fritchey.
By his assignment on the UN
Ambassador's staff, Fritchey
is just as fully and formally
authorized to speak for Stev
enson as Pierre Salinger is for
President Kennedy.
On the first occasion, Frit
chey stated he did not know
what position Stevenson had
taken, but would soon find
out. On the second occasion,
Stevenson's willingness to use
the overseas bases as bargain
ing counters was frankly con
firmed by his official spokes
man. Fritchey even volun
teered the new fact that Stev
enson had said the U. a.
'might even consider yielding
the Guantanamo base" itself,
if this "were necessary to
sweeten our negotiating position."
Stevenson's suggested
sweetener" was omitted from
the original account of the
Cuban crisis, as being some
what too explosive in its pos
sible repercussions. But be
fore that account was sent to
print, the actual language de
scribing the position Steven
son had taken was checked in
third conversation with
Fritchey. '
WHAT was not checked, to
be sure, was the oninion
truthfully attributed to anoth
er high Kennedy policy-maker,
that Stevenson wanted
another Munich." It is a mat
ter of judgment, whether it
would have been another Mu
nich to consent to use Amer
ica s overseas bases, even
Guantanamo, as bargaining
counters to trade the Soviet
missiles out of Cuba.
Before the end of the dan
gerous phase of the Cuban
crisis, some respectable per
sons in this country and al
most the entire British press
publicly advocated the ap
proach that Stevenson had ar
gued for in private-though no
one else, as far as is known,
went quite so far as suggest
ing the possible abandonment
of Guantanamo. This reporter
happens to believe that adop
Hon of his approach would
have been an irremediable dis
aster, but those who believe
differently have a right to
their view.
A public man does hot have
the right, however, to lie
down on the floor, and drum
his heels, and cry foul, be
cause his positions on ques
tions of urgent public interest
are given to the public.
.
TUttS is a point which has
been mysteriously missed
by Ambassador Stevenson. In
the early phase of the Berlin
crisis, for instance, he de
scribed his position with great
frankness to a French news
paperman, apparently on the
ill-founded assumption that he
was talking off the record.
The unfortunate Frenchman
then printed a quite accurate
account of the not-exactly-hard-boiled
Stevenson position
on Berlin-only to find himself
in the eye of a hurricane of
reproach and recrimination.
But the fact remains that
the public has a right to know
about the position which pub
lic men take on public ques
tions. Public men, in this re
spect, are like cooks or house
maids, who expect to give ref
erences before taking a job.
Public men's references are
nothing more or less than the
positions they take, which de
fine their outlook and reveal
their viewpoint. And if you
hold a high post and are also
openly disappointed because
you are not Secretary of State,
you are not being victimized
because your position in the
Cuban crisis is publicly and
accurately described.
a
TT IS high time, in fact, to
protest against the tor
rents of twaddle that have
been poured out on this point.
The original Alsop-Bartlett ac
count of the Cuban crisis was
denounced as a breach of se
curity by a great but sadly
smug newspaper which had
tried to put together exactly
the same sort of account but
had done it much less well.
A mighty publisher also
rushed to the defense of Am
bassador Stevenson only a few
weeks after suggesting that
President Kennedy was hard
ly better than Neville Cham
berlain, because he had not
already invaded Cuba. But if
we stop this twaddling and get
down to hard facts, the facts
are simple.
In the Cuban crisis. Ambas
sador Stevenson gave advice
most Americans would not
have agreed with-which does
not mean that he is not ideally
equipped for his present pe
culiar post.
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