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History from tha fllei of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and SO years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
March II, 1953 (Wednesday)
Secretary of Interior Doug
las McKay aaid emergency
repair work on Savage Rap
id! dam will start immedi
ately. Two men plead guilty on
three counts of illegal posses
sion of a slot machine.
20 YEARS AGO
March 11, 1143 (Thursday)
Estimated income from ag
riculture in Jackson county
last year was highest on rec
ord. From Arthur Pofry'a "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "The
first mole hills have appeared
on lawns hereabouts. Due to
the war boom and the short
age of labor no federal proj
ect to make a mountain out
of any of them looms."
30 YEARS AGO
March 11, 1933 (Saturday)
City improvement plans
considered in order to give
employment relief.
Residents anxiously await
word from kin in southern
California after more than
125 are killed in earthquake.
40 YEARS AGO
March 11, 1923 (Sunday)
Cold Hill barbershop is
robbed of $15.
Four real estate sales pend
ing in the Fern valley district.
SO YEARS AGO
March 11, 1913 (Tuesday)
Emil Britt elected mayor
of Jacksonville.
Five citizens turn down ap
pointment as deputy sheriff,
owing to civil Jobs paying
more money.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine ot ten correct Is superior;
seven or eight is excellent; five or
six is good.
1. In what song is the line:
"Then conquer we must, for
our cause is just?"
2. What Is the last word in
the New Testament?
3. Correct the following sen
tence: "l wish one of my
brothers were coming."
4. What is the national
game of England?
3. What two nationally oh'
served holidays in the U.S.
always full on the same day
of the week?
6. In contract Bridge, the
winning of two games by one
side constitutes a ?
7. What does the "A" sland
for In Thomas A. Edison?
8. The city of Adelaide is
In Australia, or New Zealand?
B. How many times did
William Jennings Bryan run
unsuccessfully for President?
10. Where were the Olynv
pic Games held in the sum
mer of 1936?
Answers! 1. Star Spangled
Banner. 2. Amen. 3. Is cor
recti subjunctive mood. 4.
Cricket. S. Labor Day and
Thanksgiving. 6. Rubber. 7.
Alva. 9. Australia. 9. Three.
10. Berlin. Garmany.
Untondalc, N.Y.-Oirii-New-lyweds
Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Roode started their honey
moone today at the Nassau
County Welfare Department
Home for the aged. The bride
groom is 81. Mrs. Roode, the
former Mrs. Glndonia Beat
rice Hoppe, is 72. Both are
residents of the home (or the
aged,- where they were mar
ried Sunday In a ceremony
attended by most of the
home's 245 guests, the oldest
aged 107.
U1LIIHUI
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
MONDAY. MARCH 11. 1963
Frenetic Drivel
This newspaper does not publish anonymous
letters in its Communciations column. Even when
signed "Name on File," the identity of the writer
is known to the editor (except in those rare cases
when a deliberately false signature slips by.)
But below is an anonymous letter. A name was
typwritten under it, but we assume the name to
be false. There was no address,
The major portion of it follows :
Dear Editor: Well again you hit the editorial sec
tion with your undying devotion for the Negro. Don't
you think it's about time you devoted more time to
yourself, and your own condition?
The day is coming when there will be no more
Catholics and no more Ncgros. We have a way to
make all the intcgrationists real unhappy, and as time
goes on we hope to see you as miserable as your so
called friends here in the valley.
Let them lake out their phones. We will always
be in a position to annoy and aggravate them no end.
You said once that you throw all anonymous letters
in the waste basket. So do a lot of other people, but we
are still there.
You should do a little more investigating and be
fore it's too late, stop defending the Negro and the
. Catholics.
Don't you worry all the Catholics and Negro lovers
here in our part of this lovely valley have found things
so unbelievable and as time goes on will continue to
do so. There are always means to get them uncmploy- .
ed, and you wait, we will get to you yet . . . Others
in our circle . . have succeeded in their efforts to
destroy the Negro lover and ail the Catholic followers.
Don't try to shove anymore of that old hokum down
our necks. Sure you have the pen, but we have our
own campaigns. And you have no way of ever find
ing us. We haven't failed yet in destroying your
friends, and who knows the one we have been con
centrating on lately may even take their own life.
So Mr. Editor, if you have any compassion for
your poor neglected Negro and Catholic friends, for
get it. Let them all call on Kennedy. Maybe he can
help.
. It is terribly sad that some people are so filled
with hate that they degrade themselves by put
ting out this frenetic, neo-Nazi sort of drivel.
. . E.A.
Because It
"Our Constitution is
Justice Harlan before the turn of the century,
"and neither knows nor tolerates classes among
citizens." But the practices of the country do not
always conf orm to the principles of the Constitu
tion ...
One hundred years
Proclamation was signed
lieved in the ecuial worth and opportunity of
every human being. That Proclamation was only
a first step a step which its author unhappily
did not live to follow up.
its critics dismissed as
the slave but ignores the
Through these long one hundred years, while
slavery has vanished, progress for the Negro has
been too often blocked and delayed. Equality
oeiore tne Jaw nas not always meant equal treat
ment and opportunity.
ful and wrongful results of racial discrimination
and segregation still appear in virtually every
aspect of national life, in
the nation.
T'HE Negro baby born in America today re
gardless of the section or state in which he is
born has about one-half as much chance of com
pleting high school as a white babv born in the
same place on the same day one-third as much
chance of completing college one-third as much
chance of becoming a professional man twice
as much chance of becoming unemployed about
one-seventh as much chance of earning $10,000
:)er year a hie expectancy which is seven years
less and the prospect of earning onlv half as
much.
No American who believes in the basic truth
that "all men arc created equal, that they are en
dowed by their Creator with certain unalienable
Rights", can fully excuse, explain or defend the
picture these statistics portray.
Race discrimination hampers our economic
growth by preventing the maximum development
and utilization of our manpower. It hampers our
world leadership by contradicting at home
the message we preach abroad. It mars the atmos
phere of a united and classless society in which
this Nation rose to greatness. It increases the costs
oi public welfare, delinquency and disorder.
Above, all, is is wrong.
THEREFORE, let it be clear, in our own hearts
1 and minds, that it is not merely because of the
Cold War, and not merely because of the eco
nomic waste of discrimination, that we are com
mitted to achieving true equality of opportunity.
The basic reason is because it is right.
The cruel disease of discrimination knows no
sectional or state boundaries. The continuing at
tack on this problem must be equally broad. It
must be both private and public it must be con
ducted at national, state and local levels and
it must include both legislative and executive
action.
In the last two years, more progress has been
made in securing the civil rights of all Americans
than in any comparable period in our history.
Progress has been made through executive ac
tion, litigation, persuasion and private initiative
in achieving and protecting equality of oppor
Unity in education, voting, transportation, em
ployment, housing, government, and the enjoy
ment of public accommodations.
But pride in our progress must not give wav
to relaxation of our effort. President John F.
Kennedy.
Is Right
color blind," wrote Mr.
ago the Emancipation
by a President who be
a sten which some of
an action which "frees
Negro."
And the harmful, waste
virtually every part of
MEDFORD
... Communications ...
Letters to the Editor must bear tha name and address of tha writer, although under
certain circumstances tha use of a pan name or initial for publication is permissible.
The Mail Tribune roservas tha right to edit, all letters with a view to clarification and
condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters
printed in this column do not necessarily represent tha views of the paper; in fact the
contrary is often tha case.
Dying Valley
To the Editor: The enclosed
poem written by my husband
in April, 1960, seems quite
appropriate at this time, dur
ing the air pollution contro
versy in your paper.
(Mrs.) Gerald H. Edwards
1541 Oregon ave.
Medford,
O
OUR VALLEY
In this beautiful Rogue River
Valley,
So peacefully nestled, it
seems,
Surrounded by towering
mountains,
Nourished by myriad streams.
Blessed by a river of beauty,
That travels its roguish way;
From end to end of our valley,
It makes its mad-cap way.
A sight for the eye to behold!
Proud nature at its best;
A beautiful place to live,
Till, at last, Eternal rest.
The Douglas Fir, the towering
Pines,
Surround our lovely homes.
The deer, the bear, the
wildlife.
Within this realm do roam.
Many a year has now gone by,
Since first we saw this vale;
And now our thoughts grow
bitter,
As we unfold this sorry tale.
For our valley slowly is
dying,
Dying from lust and greed.
The human race is taking toll,
What matter, there is no need.
To put a blight upon us.
For, with less of greed and
gain,
Our valley would not suffer
This excruciating pain.
With pain and suffocation
here,
We slowly will expire,
Like the pre historic beast,
Caught, in the vicious mire.
Burners from the sawmills
Belch forth their filthy smoke,
While other forms of business
Have furnaces to stoke.
To cap the awful climax.
The orchards lend a hand,
With a foul and awful
blackness
That's a curse upon the land.
It seems, with frost
approaching.
And the Pear trees in (he
bloom,
They must light the smudgy
oil-pols.
And give them ample room
To permeate our valley;
Witli putrid, vicious smoke.
11 penetrates to the very core,
And makes us gag and choke.
The once green lawns arc
ebony black.
Our once while dog the siinic.
We cough and retch and
sputter,
But, such Is the human game.
Our beautiful valley, be
d d. you know
So loosen up your tie.
Breathe deeply of this putrid
air.
Someday, we all. must die.
Kapars
To the Editor: This letter
is written in behalf of the i think? Should a Christian
Medlord Kiwanis club which ! church have any traffic with
last week produced its 15th 5Uch as these''
annual Kiwanis Kapers. j a copy of this hearing can
President Curt Neshcim. i,e obtained hv writing Hon.
General Chairman Dr. DmisoW Duncan! House Office
Phillips and I. speaking lor j BldS . WashiiiEton. D C.
he club, take tins opportu-
nlty to express a ferlins of
deep appreciation to the Med
ford Mail Tribune for its
wholehearted support of the
Kapers. our major fund-raising
project for 19S3.
It was our observation that
every department of the Trib
une turned in an outstanding
job in promoting this annual
community project.
For this splendid coopera -
lion. Medford Kiwanians are
indeed grateful. It is this lyre
of cooperation that assured
Kiwanis of another successlul
Kapers production - and con -
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tinued support of our boys'
and girls' work and mainte
nance of the Kiwanis Dental
Clinic.
Jennings Pierce
Publicity Chairman
1063 Kiwanis Kapers
Medford.
Tha Church in Russia
To the Editor: The slate
approved visit of 20 Rus
sian clergymen as the guests
of the hierarchy of the World
Council of Churches has en
gendered considerable verbal
strife because of the allega
tion made by some that these
men are actually spies sent
here to propagate Khrush
chev's tranquilizer of "peace
ful co existence through
American pulpits. As a result
there is considerable confu
sion in the minds of many.
This is being written to pre
sent the actual status of the
church in Russia.
On Tuesday, May 5. 1959,
Mr. Pclr S. Deriabian, for
merly a major in the Russian
security police (NKVD), a de
fector to the West, appeared
as a witness before the sub
committee to investigate the
administration of the Inter
nal Security Act and other
Internal security laws, of the
committee on the judiciary of
which Senator Dodd was
chairman. The subject under
investigation was the status
of the Orthodox church in
Russia. In his testimony Mr.
Deriabian stated categorical
ly that no man could be a
priest in Russia without also
being a trained agent of. the
NKVD. Gen. Karpov Is head
of the NKVD and he also
controls the Russian Orthodox
church. To be a believer and
to ask people to join the
church is to engage in anti
Soviet activities. If a man re
fuses to become a spy he can
not become a priest.
The present Metropolitan
of Russia is Archbishop Nico-
lai. At the All-Union confer
ence in Moscow of the "Parti
sans of Peace," he said among
other villifying words: "The
greedy tentacles of the over
seas octopus (the United
States) strive to enmesh the
whole globe. Capitalist Amer
ica, that fornicatrix of the
resurrected Babylon, having
arranged a world market, at
tempts to seduce peoples,
pushing them on to war. But
the simple people of all coun
tries draw away their eyes
with repugnance from this
shameless nakedness.
"The overseas siren sings
of 'freedom' Freedom to
rob, to do violence, to kill
this is their 'freedom.'
"Wc shall not distribute
arms to young men that they
shall kill one another
screams the Washington Cain:
and in their wails the frenzy
of the rascal mingles with
t he desperation of a coward."
Doesn't he out Stalin Stalin?
It was this man who train
ed Archbishop Nikoriim. the
leader of the group now in
America.
What do you, the reader.
Anna M StrceH
;!6 North Teach st.
Medford.
Loss of Freedom
To the Editor: In this era,
Freedom in every corner of
the world has become the
greatest desire of mankind.
No period in history has re-
corded more demands from
i the people everywhere to cast
'olf the yoke of oppression, a
time w hen dictatorship is
making a last stand, and we.
as a nation are spending our -
selves into poverty to main-
1 tain what little wc have left
Foreign N
Elections;
By WILLIAM J. FOX
United Press International
Notes from the foreign news
cables:
British Politics
There is considerable Brit
ish newspaper speculation
that Prime Minister Harold
Macmillan i will step down
soon and call general elec
tions. But insiders in London
say this is not in the cards.
Informed sources say they
cannot see him stepping down
under' any circumstances be
fore the fall, or possibly next
spring. Most authoritative
quarters feel that Macmillan
hopes to bring the political
climate around to the point
where his Conservative party
has a better chance of win
ning before he makes a move.
By law, he has a deadline of
the fall of 1964 to call gen
eral elections, and he just
might let the full time run
out so the Conservatives can
of our Freedom and help oth
ers establish it.
Here, in the state of Ore
gon, we arc asked to accept
a discriminating Sunday clos
ing law, establish a one man
government by electing only
one state official, the gover
nor. If we accept these proposi
tions we will have turned the
hands of time backward sev
eral hundred years, virtually
scuttled the efforts and sacri
fices of our ancestors in their
fight to give us Freedom. We
can scrap all guarantees of
individual voice in our own
destinies. '
This is not Progress, this
is retreat, abandonment that
paves the way to dictatorship
and involuntary servitude, the
direct opposite of the prin
ciples upon which our nation
is predicated. These steps lead
only toward the fulfillment
of Khrushchev's boast, "We
will bury you.
It was just such insidious
steps as these that led Abra
ham Lincoln to warn the na
tion that if our form of gov
ernment was ever overthrown
it would be from within, and
this is the way the Soviets
plan "to bury us," not from
external powers but by grad
ually leading us to relinquish
our freedoms one by one.
If you wish to keep your
right to vote, your privilege
to come and go at will, in fact
if you relish the entire con
cept of Americanism, write
your representatives in Salem,
I shall.
C. R. Burrill
834 ii Cherry st.
Central Point, Ore.
Views Will Change
To the Editor: If the young
women seeking employment
were actually in search of
work, and assuming that the
older ladles were no longer
employed by our local busi
nessmen, could the young
women then "land" a job?
Webster defines a "job" as
a piece of work of the small,
miscellaneous kind taken as
it comes from the public.
From experience and ob
servations with women in bus
iness. 1 believe that the rea
son employers retain older
women is because of that "ex
tra something" which they
exert in their work, and
which the young women arc
very obviously lacking. This
"extra something" is a com
bination of things. Among
them, a smile, a special inter
est in people, a knowledge of
their work, and a sense of
responsibility. Young women
scein to be especially self
centercd, unconcerned where
people arc involved, and very
often nut willing to gain a
thorough knowledge of their
work since they feel that it
is only temporary. They arc
more concerned about how
much they are paid than how
much they cam. The old ad
age. "The customer is always
right" is a thing of the past
with many young people.
They fail to understand the
term "service" and arc Insult
ed if this term Is changed to
"servant."
When young women recog
nize the fact that they are
only apprentices, not masters;
that they arc being paid for
their service and not the styl
ish clothes they wear; that
the customer comes first, and
that the dictionary is the only
place where success comes be
fore work, then they will have
valid reason for stating that
all of the older women have
the jobs.
A young woman of 18 may
refer to a matron of 40 as old.
Those, of us who are at, or
nearing. this formidable age.
! do not relish the term "old '
Many ladies in their 60s are
j not eligible for any kind of
: pension, regardless of how
j wonderful Social Security
j m a y sound. As the young
women mature, their views
will change and they will
ews: Macmillan May
Marx Anniversary
bounce back from their pres
ent low point.
Marx Anniversary
The 80th anniversary of the
death of Karl Marx, father of
Communism, will be marked
this Thursday, March 14. And
it is expected to bring a new
spate of indirect Red Chinese
Soviet bickering about who is
the most faithful to the tenets
of Marxism-Leninism. Peking
has been pounding away at
Moscow's policy of peaceful
coexistence with the West us
ing some harsh epitiiets in the
process. The Kremlin thus
far has not replied in like
manner, preferring to soft
pedal the issue, possibly in
hopes it will go away.
Cotton Controversy
.The United Slates and Ja
pan are engaged in some bit
ter in-fighting over U.S. pro
posals to reduce imports of
Japanese cotton goods. The
come to realize that these old
er women are to be respected
and admired for their abilities
and ambition.
B. L. Johnson
1017 West 10th St.
Medford.
Working Women
To the Editor: To the lady
who is under the illusion that
all Medford women are too
elderly to work, and "They
do so to escape boredom, or to
buy a new car, or rug for
their homes."
It's hard to tell where you
get this kind of information.
I am afraid your knowledge
has been sadly neglected. We
might be getting older. We
all do! But when it's time for
Social Security then you don't
have to worry about the aged
women working. They are
automatically retired.
"The Middle Aged". I imag
ine there are quite a few of
this age-group working in of
fices and stores. I fact, I
know quite a few, but I assure
you I hardly think they work
for the reason you mention.
In the place where I work,
with the exception of three or
four, the complete staff, each
and every one, maintain the
full support of their homes.
Those of us who have help
still have a very good reason
to work. Because these wo
men have the misfortune of
growing old, does not mean
they are less efficient. They
were not old when they
started. In fact, some of them
began working when they fin
ished school. They have been
trained in their work. They
have given long years of ver
satile, veracious service to
their employers. So, if they
were' not competent and ef
ficient they could not have
held their positions this long.
This applies to all stores
I know several women who
support their homes or help
out to get out of debt. Don't
blame their managers either:
with all us married women he
doesn't have the laborious
task of worrying about the
amorous, gbod-looking boys
standing in line waiting for a
date.
These students you have
worried about I'm sure if
they have the intestinal forti
tude along with their faith
they will manage without too
much difficulty. All they
would have to think about to
give them an extra lift, is to
thank God they didn't have to
work and go to college in the
middle thirties. They can take
my word for it. It was more
than rugged. Please don't sell
these youngsters short. They
have a lot of ambition and
those that have what it takes
will make it. They have every
chance in the world. With this
atomic age they will have op
portunities we never dreamed
of. All they need is the guid
ance and training of loving
parents to cope with this old
world.
Mrs. A. F. Martin
1685 Minear rd.
Medford
BI9 Lias
To the Editor: Our Stale
Legislature appears to have
come up W'ith a "magic" form
ula to "painlessly" extract
another $50 million or more
per biennium from Oregon
taxpayers by placing them
under the temporary anes
thesia of deception. The false
story is being circulated that
the extra tax will in fact come
from the federal government
and not from the individuals
against whom it is to be
levied.
This deception is based up
on the following three big
lies: 1-State income lax is
the only state or local tax
that is allowable as a deduc
tion on the federal return; 2
Evcryone will qualify for this
deduction on his federal re
turn; 3-The Oregon income
tax will reduce federal in
come tax in equal amount.
The truth of the matter Is
this: 1 With a few minor ex
ceptions, any state or local
tax assessed against the in
dividual is deductibe on the
federal return istate income
tax is no different in this
respect from other types of
taxi; 2-. No one can deduct his
state income tax or any other
I state or local tax without first
United States doesn't see why
Japan should be concerned
about losing $2 or $3 million
worth of textile sales, since
it has the fastest growth rate
of any industrial power in
the world. But Japan says the
loss would be more like $10
million, which it considers a
drop in the bucket to Wash
Washington Report
By William
(cl United feature Syndicate
LBJ's MISSION
Washington Vice Presi
dent Lyndon Johnson is going
to the forward line for the
y?yat" Kennedy ad
T r!'ji m i n istration
in an effort to
abate partisan
criticism of its
Cuba policy.
He thus en
ters a difficult
and ill-defined
area
What is per
missible and
what is impermissible parti
sanship? And what is its
source? For the question is
not merely what is being said;
it is also who is saying it.
The reasons for this self
imposed assignment are clear.
For eight years as Senate
Democratic leader under the
Republican administration of
Dwight Eisenhower, Johnson
consistently refrained from
attacks on Eisenhower policy
"beyond the water's edge."
So did the late House Speak
er Sam Rayburn of Texas,
even though privately they
both ground their teeth on
many an occasion.
...
MOREOVER, to the best of
their ability they sought
to restrain intemperateness
among the Democratic rank-and-file
in Congress. And they
notably reduced the effective
ness of partisan assaults on
General Eisenhower's conduct
giving up his right to take the
10 standard deduction. In
fact where the personal de
ducions include medical ex
pense, they do the taxpayer
no good at all unless they ex
ceed 14 of his "adjusted
gross income"; 3-The Oregon
income tax or any other stale
or local tax will reduce fed
eral income tax, if at all, only
to the extent of the federal
rate for his bracket. In the
bottom federal bracket each
$1 paid in allowable taxes
will reduce federal tax by
only 20 cents.
The master logic in the
move to disallow the federal
tax as a deduction lies in that
it can be expected to do to
discourage high income indi
viduals from coming to Ore
gon. The present state top
bracket is BVi. For an In
dividual in the 50 federal
bracket the new plan would
double his rate making it
19. For one in the top fed
eral bracket of 91 the Ore
gon tax on his $9 remaining
after federal tax would be
$9.50, or 105 59.
Earl Glidewell
1090 North First st,
Hermiston, Ore.
Poor Practice
lo the Editor: I wish to
commend the gas company on
the way it left the road after
laying the gas pipe on Reager
St., and the safety program
they took as far as letting the
Kicis play around the big ditch
digger.
I thought it was about ab
solutely zero.
Reager st. had been a good
road before they sloped the
pipes on the left hand side,
then cut across the street and
left that in a mess too.
I wonder if they intend to
repair this mess they left the
road In? I know for sure it
will be one hell of a mess
this comming winter if it is
left this way.
David J. Sletten
121 Reager st.
Medford
"Listen to this Tha first
is death.' How trut, how
Postpone
Thursday
ington. The stubborness on
both sides is easy to explain
in terms of domestic politics
and economics: Cotton is a de
pressed industry in both coun
tries. A single neavy oiow in
either direction could causa
the collapse of a lot of com
panies and jobs, with conse
quent political troubles.
S. Whit
of world affairs from tha
Democratic national commit
tee's advisory group by coldly
boycotting that group alto
gether. In short, the Johnson-Rav.
burn leadership of a Demo
cratic Congress in notable in
stances gave to General Eisen
hower the decisive support ho
required to remain the con
stitutional master of the for
eign policy of this country.
All this Vice President
Johnson's associates ara
pointing out urgently now to
Republican members of Con
gress along with some re
bellious Democrats. In short,
they are appealing to the Re
publicans, for the generosity
toward President Kennedv in
world affairs which was
shown to President Eisenhow
er by the Democratic, leaders
of his era.
...
A LL this is well and good
" and wholly justified, so
far as it goes. The difficulty,
however, is that the harshest
criticism of Mr. Kennedy on
Cuba is not coming from, tha
Republican leaders of Con
gress, any more than such
criticism came from the Dem
ocratic leaders in General Ei
senhower's time. Instead, it
is issuing from secondarv Re
publican congressional figures
just, as it used to issue from
secondary Democratic figures.
The whole record on Cuba
by the Republican Senata
chief, Senator Everett Dirk
sen of Illinois, and his House
counterpart, Rep. Charles
Hallcck of Indiana, does not
show extreme partisanship
if "extreme partisanship" ba
defined as that form of criti
cism which is plainly only
destructive and strictly politically-motivated.'
But down below this level
individual Republicans and
some Democrats are giving
Mr. Kennedy a h a r d timo
about Cuba, just as below tha
Johnson-Rayburn level indi
vidual Democrats and soma
Republicans gave General
Eisenhower a hard time about
the world crises of his tenure.
...
T'HE long and short of it is
that any President has got
to expect this sort of thing.
His highest rational hopa
must be that the opposition
leaders will try to be under
standing of his and tha
nation's ' problems.
The present Johnson mis
sion, therefore, can realisti
cally have only the most lim
ited of objectives. This is to
keep the Republican leaders
plus such rank-and-filers as
can be persuaded to go along,
as a sort of bonus from
rocking the boat more than
is absolutely necessary in a
two-party system.
Though it may sound odd,
parly leaders are nearly al
ways more amenable lo such
persuasion than are rank-and-filers.
For every party leader
knows from his own personal
experience what it is to bear
responsibility. They all also
know what other politicians
often do not. This is that in
the last end of it there can
be only one President at a
time and thai when we ara
embroiled abroad he alono
has simply got to call the sig
nals. If he calls them wrong,
we may all wind up in a terri
ble fix. But if he is badgered
so much that he can't call tha
signals at all, we shall all
most surely fall into a fix
that is past any redemption.
condition of immortality
truel"
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