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SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 1963 McUfUMD MAIL TfllBUWE. MEDFORD. OREGON MnrwnJtftnTr""" iHinw ta Southern Oreadi" gaads TIM Mall Tribune" obliabad DaUr ecpt Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO worm wit bu rn. ' i. aOBERT IV buhl. Editor HERB GREY AOvertislnj Minint GERALD T LA i MAM Bus Mir ERIC W ALLEN JR.. Mm Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CWPM AN. Teleg Editor RICHARD JEWETT Sports Editor OLIVE ST ARCHER Women's Editor DALE ER1CKSON. CIrculaUon Mgr An Independent Newspapet Entered second claw matter at Medford. Oregon under Act of March 3. IS97 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mall In Advance -. Dally and Sunday I year 18.00 Daily and Sunday c moa 10.00 Dallv and Sunday 3 moa 5.00 Sunday Only One year 15.00 Smalt Copy IMalledl JOc By Carrier And Motor Route. Dally and Sunday 1 year $21 00 Dally and Sunday I mo. 1.75 Sunday Only I mo. Kg Carrier aj!eridors ; Copy loo Official Paper of "city of Medford Official Paper of Jacason County United Press International full Leased Wire U. P. I Telephoto Ncwi.ptctures 'memberoe audit bureau OF UHWULA1'U"J IP ROBERTS AMOCI. ATEB Ot.ce In New York. Chi cago. Detroit. San Franc. k?o. Lott Angeles Denver. Seattle, Portland NIWSPAPIt rUILISHIIS ASSOCIATION A Sales Tax Vote? NATIONAL EDITORIAL Member CaUfornla Newspaper Publishers Association Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County Ul.iM. trnrr, tha files Ot The M.ll Tribune 10. 20. 30, 40 and 50 yeara ago. 10 YEARS AGO April 7. 19S3 (Tuesday) Adverse weather conditions along the coast this morning prevented resumption of a search from the Medford air port for a missing plane. Airport leases, street pav ing and sanitary sewer proj ects will be considered by Medford's city council to night. 20 YEARS AGO April 7, 194J (Wednesday) President Franklin Roose velt sends name of Millard W. Grubb to senate as nomi nee lor Ashland postmaster job. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Ore Eon now has 463 new laws. most of them effective In June, as passed by the last legislature. Thousands or peo plo will never get around lo violating all of the old ones." 30 YEARS AGO April 7. 1933 (Thursday) First "legal" beer arrives In Medford; council authorizes 30 places to sell beer in city limits; great rush of custom ers reported. Many Rogue valley farm ers reportedly planning to plant barley Instead of wheat to supply expected demand from breweries. Oregon voters have, time after time, turned down a sales tax. Would they do so again to day? The editor of the Pendleton East Oregonian isn't so sure that they would, provided the right sort of proposal is made one in which sub stantial property tax relief were offered. And he suggests that it is time we found out whether Oregon taxpayers would, again, reject a sales tax. There is only one way to do that, and it is for the Oregon legislature to pass a sales tax measure and refer it to the people. THERE are signs and portents that, just pos- sibly, Oregonians might go for a sales tax. It has been mentioned, quietly and briefly, in the legislative halls this year, but so far no serious consideration has been given it. Most legislative leaders believe that Oregon's imme diate fiscal problems can be handled within the framework of the income tax structure, witn, perhaps, an assist from a cigarette tax (which, of course, is merely a one-product sales tax as is the gasoline tax). But the property tax, now devoted exclu sively to local units of government, principally -i i i i - : ...l.. : scnooi aisHicis, rias reacneu a juim wneic it, is oppressive, discriminatory, and in many cases, uniust. The income tax, too, is about as nign as it can reasonably go. DUT the financial needs of the state have not stopped increasing. They will increase even faster in the coming decade, what with increas ing school populations and the flood ot students knocking at the doors of our colleges and uni versities. But with the two chief sources of state rev enue at or near the saturation mark, we have our doubts whether the taxpayers will sit still for further increases. A sales tax, designed to bring in more money for the state's needs while at the same time offer ing a measure of relief to property, and perhaps income, taxpayers, iust mitrht have a chance of approval at the polls particularly if the citi zens of the state are fully aware of the need for more state revenues. X7E DO not necessarily advocate a sales tax. 7 But if it can be sold to the people, it would provide a third source ot revenue. The Pendleton editor says: "Wc have been certain for a long time that a sales tax was Inevitable in Oregon. Us only a matter of time until Oregon will have to Ret the third horse out of the barn and put It Into harness with the other two, Income and property taxes. "We see much lo recommend Gov. Hatfield's ap proach to the state's Income problem. Wc like it bet ter than the proposal Ihat the federal income tax be removed as a deduction In the computation of the slate income tax. But, above all else, we'd like to sec Oregonians given the opportunity lo accept or reject a sales tux, part of which would be used as a property tax offset. We don't understand legislators who oppose giving the voters that opportunity." Perhaps the time has come for another de cision by the voters on the type of tax structure they prefer. E. A. Dilemma of Death His Master's Voice Today fir Tomorrow Bv Walter Lippmann ) 1963. The Washington Post A GERMAN SPEAKS UP , tion'' in European affairs. A very interesting turn in Paris and Bonn would control j European affairs took place! the Common Market. For la week ago Little attention I Italy and the Benelux coun- has been paid tries would have lime power to it in this ann lmiuence as couipssreu country there is a bi f V : j VI 1 BTaaV feaawT M aaa BTTeael Baa aVH I -WJ- 1 If you've ever wondered with theater owners over the butlwith a Franco-Gcrman com- wuai cnicnaiiira sn.- saie or oisirdcung popcorn. bination. weuiuru uo c Movies continued to get to-do about Hi ' , ! . r- ou, better than ever and gave the German ,'l'mo, saio ur. ndnsiLm ... " - manv hours f eniovment A hia Strasbnurc socech. is a a"" . . witn brilliant musicals, excit ing adventure and enchanting love. Today wc see many of new spapcrs. his Strasbourg speecn. is The president contrary to the spirit, if not of the Com- to the letter, of the Treaty of mission of the Rome, which is the charier of 5o MtrARiAJtiS ON FROtfiVAM KATlfilGS plfcLOSO THAT OaJB 5AMPLL-P RA1WO VWS AUWAVS KrPJ-0i TO AMtiSe Tm "POO" WHtrAl NOBCPV WAS HOMR rjD T.e. WdibsWA-ii Matter of Fact Eiirnnean Eco- the Common Market. It is ap- "uvino i-it-iunc nuu ,hese old j,ms on television. Lippmann nomic C o m- parent from the German There have been a number but it is our personal belief munity (the Common Market i newspapers, of which I have of elegantly named theaters that the pictures being made is Dr. Walter Hallstcin, not seen excerpts, Ihat the Hall- ln Medford over the years, in only a German, but m the stein speecn nas evoxeu By Joseph Alsop icl Naw York Herald Tribune Syndicate Alsop 40 YEARS AGO April 7. 1923 (Friday) IN COLD STORAGE Brussels-The Foreign Min isters of the nations of the European Common Market have just met here "to start again," as the Belgian minis ter, Paul-Henri Spaak hope fully put it. The meeting, everyone keeps assur ing everyone else, was re markably cordial, in view of the hard feelings left behind by Gen. de Gaulle's brutal intervention in January. A round of tariff slashing was easily agreed upon. And all listened, with seeming ap proval, to a plea by the Ger man minister, Gerhard Schroeder, for a resumption of European progress. Schroeder pleaded, above all, against anyone's adopting the system of "we won't do that unless you do this first." No one objected, but in the course of his subsequent speech, the French minister, Maurice Couve de Murville, gently observed that it would be difficult to begin the "Ken nedy round" ol talks about ex ternal trade unless Europe's common agricultural policy had been completed first No one Inquired what Couve de Murville meant by this quiet observation, no doubt because everyone fear ed to hear, in blunt terms, that Schroeder's previous plea had fallen on deaf ears. For the truth of the matter is that the European Common Mar ket is highly unlikely to "be gin again" for a long time to come. a a f rpALKS here with the lcad - ing Eurocrats, as they now call the chief supra-national officials of the Common Mar ket, have revealed a central point of great interest which is not well understood in the means so sure that this was so. a IN ANY case, if the British 1 had not made the needed concessions, and the British application had failed as a result, there would have been no real check to the Common Market. The check occurred for a quite different reason because Gen. de Gaulle abruptly asserted his unyield ing and haughty nationalism in the bosom of this commu nity dedicated to and depend ent upon the elimination of narrow European nationalism. De Gaulle's assertion and the Common Market's aim are quite simply contradictory and inconsistent. You cannot hope for growth of an inter national community which de. pends squarely on every mem ber nation's taking a commu nity viewpoint rather than a narrow, nationalistic view point, when one of the com munity's strongest members is obstinately and even pas sionately nationalistic. Or rather, such an interna tional community cannot go forward ln these conditions unless the community's other members arc always willing to bow to the will of the na tionalistic member, ln a po lite way, German Foreign Minister Schroeder's speech warned the French against hoping for this result. The plain truth is that the other five European powers are flatly unwilling to accept French hegemony. THE resulting climate is sug gested by an authentic story that is going the rounds here, about an interview be tween the No. 1 Eurocrat, Dr. Walter Hallstcin, and the French permanent represen tative to the Common Market commission, Jean-Marc Boeg ner. Boegner, who is a con- past a deputy foreign minis ter in the Adenauer govern ment and a close associate of the chancellor. Speaking to the European parliament, which meets in Strasbourg, he warned Ger many and France in the name of the commission of which he is the president that Bonn and Paris should not ratify the Gaullist - Adenauer pact of friendrhip without disclaim ing the intent to set up an inner alliance witiiin the Eu ropean community of the six. It was evident as soon as the pact was published some three months ago that one of its purposes was to arrange it so that the Common Mar ket would be run by a Franco German combination domi nated by General de Gaulle. For the pact obliges Paris and Bonn to consult and reach "as far as possible a similar posi- cluding the "Savoy," "Isis," "Studio," "Stale." "It," and now for the theater really are better than ever. ON STAGE It was at the old Page The ater (where the Roxy now rests in quiet cinema death) that Al Jolson, appearing in person, announced to his aud ience that he would sing ! Irving Berlin's "Always" for the first time. Jolson, a close In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS From San Francisco: The alleged international credit card spending of a burly former San Carlos po liceman came to an unglorious end-in San Mateo county jail. The darkly handsome 235 pounder had run up between $50,000 and S60.0C9 in unpaid credit card bills while hopping about the world on "busines-s" deals. TaJOTE to JFK: That's what comes of spending and spending and SPENDlNG-and putting it on the cuff. wide response among Germans. Anyone who has been re-1 "Pa6c" Before pictures learn cently to Germany, or has j ed to talk, parents would im- talked with Germans visiting ! patiently whisper sub-titles to Washington, knows that for : children too young to read as the most part West Germans they watched such nail-chew-are very uneasy about the ing, cliff hangers as "The Gaullist conception of Eu-: Perils Of Pauline." "Exploits rope. They want reconcllla- of Elaine," and "The Million tion with France. But they do ! Dollar Mystery." not wish to be forced into a Var snrcad a trail ot cellu- DreaK wnn uicai nriidin, 1 101( blood across the Craterian friend of Medford theater with inc ocanoinavian conn- screcn as the not - so - silent pioneer George Hunt, visited tries and, least of all. with j piano player beat out the ac- Medford many times and dc the United States. companiment to "The Big lighted in making surprise It would be under?irable. ! Parade' starring John Gilbert, I appearanccs at the theaters. I think, to have the Paris-: Rcnee Adoree. Karl Dane and At the same Page Theater, Bonn pact fail entirely. Good , George K. Arthur. Mystery j the famous comedy team of feeling between the French j fans clung tenaciously to their ; Kolb and Dill entertained and the German nations is seats as they watched Craig ! with un-sick jokes simple most important for the sta-j Kennedy, the Perry Mason of i enough for the whole family bility and peace of Europe. I his day, batter his way 1 10 understand. But it is difficult to see how i through the bad guys in "The i Madame Schumann-Heink the Germans arc to slay with i Clutching Hand." (a great opera star who was the French and at the same Saturday afternoon meant ! afforded a military funeral time remain close lo the Eng- the continued serial at the i when she died) sang "Trees" to a weeping audience at the Angle Opera House where it once stood on the present lo cation of the Jackson House. The old Armory, long since to sav once more that (he might sometimes have a few ! burned, was the scene of best thing the United States writhing snakes thrown in tor many great performances by can do is to do nothing. This good measure.) such famous artists as Sir rule should apply, also, to Adding to the excitement of j Harry La"dcr. the Great Hon- tour embassy in Bonn which, a picture at the Craterian one I dlm' ,and tnc magnificent if the newspaper reports are ! evening, an attractive blond ! manning Bana ot Jonn r-niup lish-speaking countries. There 0d Rialto with each episode will be many headaches in leaving either Tarzan or Bull Germany over this dilemma, i dog Drummond dropping into a pit filled with lions. (On a TT IS, let us hope, needless really good Saturday, the pit a i correct, went out of bounds i usherette fell from the hal in trying to influence the j cony onto the startled patrons German Bundestag in the j below, leaving them believing matter of the wretched oil j for the moment that still a pipes. i new dimension had been ad- The crucial European ques-, ded to movies, tion is whether the Common 0n anott,cr occasion, the Market is to turn inward and I Craterian was packed with become land-locked or is to j patrons as they watched a turn outward toward the Open I Martin and nKa Johnson ion- Sousa, sounding like stereo 40 years before its time. Every Wednesday was a ' day of excitement, for that was the day for vaudeville at the Craterian. Fanchon ft Marco brought Wednesday stage reviews to Medford for many years. Sneakintr of statewide votes, it's beginning r. ... J...U.. ll . , .V , .1 . 1. -111 Y"w.,.y .v. uuuu.c " to iook as UlOUgn me voters once again win ne united states. This point In hT.JTJ hnrst. r'n,. ir-p-i. asked to pass on cattitat punishment in Oregon. I turn explains why the com FROM Chicago: An industrialist involved in advanced electronics and space problems said yesterday that money may become an out-of-date item in tomorrow's complex society. Simon Raino, board vice chairman of Thompson Ramo Woolridgo, Inc., said that IN TELLECTRONICS - the ex tension of human intellect by electronics-may well have a vital influence on society in coming years, drastically changing current methods. Discussing the possible de mise of money, Ramo told the annual convention of the Na tional Association of Broad casters: "Whether wc buy a necktie, a home or a car. our THUMB PRINT in front of an electron ic scanner will identify us to the central intellectronics sys- Ashland civic groups agree I The Senate has n on proposed construction work on Dead Indian rd. capital punishment in uregon. tssed a bill calling for such an SO YEARS AGO April 7. 1913 (Sunday) "Concert of Europe in dire danger" as Montenegro defies mandate of major powers and starts attack on Serbia. Medford baseball team de feats Portland Colts of North west professional league by score of 8 to 7. mon Market is now "in cold election, and the House may well follow suit. ' .ril,'s actuaiiv put it. check to the Common Market was not the failure of the British application to join. Among the Eurocrats them selves, opinions differ rather widely about the nature of voted on in November, 1964. What's Your I.Q.? Nini or ten correct ii superior; even or oifhl It oicellent; five or til It good. h U the length of daylight i bet worn sunrise and lUnaet now increasing, Ot den-easing? 2. What is the longest river in all of Europe? 3. What does Mcdinat Israel mean: If this; htmriPrw it. will tmsn ;i tniiirh nmblfcm i Tllc Pi,u 's that the great for Governor Mark O. Hatfield. There are at this writing at least four per sons in the Oregon penitentiary under death sentence. Barring delays, each would be sched uled for execution before the matter could be BWUsh intentions at the mo ment when urn. ne Uaulle interposed his veto The Dutch member of the THE Governor opposes capital punishment, clMi0?- tllc ft" Dr: siL' i- i i i i s - eo Mansholt. is still convinced personally. But he also has declared his in- that the British were on the tention of letting the law take its course in those eve cases where not known at the trial, comes to light. He will, in short, "follow the law" in letting vinced Gaullist, reportedly re- lcm. which will subtract the marked with some Bitterness I amount from our account and that the French would put add it to the seller's, the gov forward no further proposals crnment meanwhile taking Ol ineir own ai uus ume, ue- out jts cuts. cause anything me r renen , . fiCtlinB iG be fan of making t he further said would be give a "sin ister interpretation' by every one else. To which Hallstcin replied drily, "You are quite right." This is the real heart of the matter. In the past, the Com mon Market surmounted great obstacles because its members worked together in a spirit of mutual trust, mut ual understanding, and mut ual concession. Great ob stacles were in fact surmount ed precisely because this spirit persisted for so long. Gen. de Gaulle has made a mockery of this former Euro- fancy world-and as antediluvian believer in the ancient theory that those who spend less than they earn are the happiest in the long run I'm beginning to feel horribly lonesome. sea. On this question, the facts of geography and history, of economic and political inter est, will plead our cause bet ter than we can plead it our selves. There is an Atlantic Com munity because Spaniards and Portuguese, English and French crossed the Atlantic Ocean to settle in the New World. That is as much an historical fact as is the gran deur of France. . e REMAINING discreetly si lent does not mean that Americans individually and privately should not talk to Europeans frankly about the facts of our life and of theirs. One of the great facts of pub lic life is that a lot of things are going lo happen if West ern Europe closes up against the Americans and begins to tell us that neither our goods nor our presence is wanted. For 50 years. Western Eu rope has been pleading with the reluctant American peo ple to engage themselves In European affairs. If the times have changed, as no doubt in important respects they have. Western Europe and particu larly General de Gaulle him self will have lo begin lo tell us how, when and where we are to disengage ourselves. For where wc arc not wanted, we shall not wish to stay. gle film. An eager youngster intent on "sneaking in," stuck his leg through the high ceil ing of the theater causing considerable excitement. The shower of plaster and the yelping of the frightened youngster did much to divert the attention of the audience from the rather dull scene of a boa constrictor squeezing the very dickens out of a zebra. Al Jolson pleased Southern Oregon In 1928 with the first faltering attempts at sound in the picture, "The Jazz Singer." and in 1929, Warner Baxter galloped across the screen as the Cisco Kid in "Old Arizona." The same An early-day stock com pany played In a huge tent, featuring the Frank and King Players. The bill changed twice a week and the action was fast-paced, except for tlio dragging intermissions when candy (with valuable prizes, yet) was sold in the aisles. Almost every play included the firing of stage blanks in revolvers that would often set all of the neighborhood dogs barking far into the next act. Vivien and Rosetta Dun can who were to gain fame for their portrayals of Topsy and Eva. attended the old Oalc year, the Craterian offered I Grove School where they the first film appearance of the Marx Brothers in "The Coconuts." followed by won derful Will Rosers in "They Had To See Paris." co-starring Fifi D'Orsay. Louis Wolhcim played a German soldier in the war were bright additions to every school entertainment. A road show called "A Night In Spain" played for a night in the Rogue River Val ley, starring Phil Baker and Fanny Bricc. To anyone who witnessed movie, (lo end all wars ana , n, inc signi 01 cnarics Lina- all war movies) "All Quiet On ' berg circling low over Med- The Western Front." Medford joined the rest of the nation in giggling as it listened to the squeaky voice of masculine John Gilbert as he made an unsuccessful at tempt to bridge the gap be tween "silents" and "talkies". RWR continued a running (but losing) editorial battle ford in his "Spirit of St. Louis" and dropping an American flag will never be forgotten. The same would be true of Admiral Richard Byrd as he appeared on tha stage of the Holly Theater to tell of his frozen exploits. (Next week Circus Days, and other entertainment.) TV Scoffers Epitomize England's Mood and the best of Greenwich thin a visitor lo not-so-merry Eng- naW I'videncC. Of circumstances i"aJr concessions needed to j poan spirit, ll no longer .muni in, mi uiiuoi use isnni i isis. ami inia is lai more im of the Home treaty. Dr. Mans- ! porlant than de Gaulle's ami holt'?, colleagues are by no British veto. a condemned prisoner die. Hut, in the case that the legislature calls for a vote on capital punish ment, what is "the law"? Obviously, the Governor would be within his rights in lettinp- each of the condemned persons 4. inwhlchofshakesi'rarc'j; tone is a woman) Ro lo tile uas ciiamner. nut plays are Olivia and viola with the possibility that the voters may reject capital punishment, could he conscientiously do so? LIE WOULD have three things to decide he- 'tween. The first is the mandatory death penalty for those convicted of fiivt degree mur-' characters S. An encephalogram Is an X-ray of what part of the hu i..an body? 8. What great Amcriran talesman died Dee. 14. 17887 7. How manv feet are there 8. what is the title of the lor wlu'lc tlu' Jlll'.v tk,t's ,u,t recommend leniency, member of the u s, s-nteThe second is that clause in the Oregon Consu-I chosen lo preside ovei its tution declaU'ing the laws for the punishment of I "a" s-erunTl's ?imc ?ha bc, fuund$ e principles of re President? formation, ami "not of vindictive justice. m?; ,rmursi" h,,iMiCnr Thp third factor would be an indecision as to tails as trowels in buildm; 1( . , , , . ,1M . . , jams-' the wishes of the electorate. v hen last voted on. 10. in the Bible, iimmgii in 1958, capital punishment was retained by a walk dry-shoVr 'v"u scant 12,000 votes, and sentiment could well have Antwera l. increasing. 2.1 changed sufficiently since then to cause it to be The Volga. 3. Republic el 'voted Ollt ill 196-1. tefJ- -Tw,1,,N?i!h'-. y' What a spot to be in with the lives of four Brain. 6. George Washington.. , , 1 ,. , 7. six. 8. president pro iem-, people depending on your judgment, your COll pere. s. No. le. Red See. I science, and your sense of dutv. E. A. mm & LfiS " I y J By ERIC SEVARE1D London-It is possible that i Village all compressed into the hard drinking, loud shout the most important pilgrimage on package and exploding like jnc; hls.t' England of Eliza- and alWavfl has been. land can make maiming every public person-! Obviously, nobody connect I ...wv amy, ..im. union or ucm 01 1 cu wiui uui ueuunciiurj I not to West- conventional wisdom within . spoof is old enough to have m i n later Ab- range. It Ls without precedent lived the last war as an adult. bey. atiattord or equivalent and. In one who ' Viewers who did, experience or the Tower, grcw up with the former, or j this blast feeling one moment but to a tele-1 maiden-aunt, BBC, downright I that such kids as these are vision studio j awe-inspiring in it? audacity, the hope of peace and the containing no strips, stabs, and slanders j West, feeling the next mo artifact more ; uic niost portentous person-1 mcnt that they arc total men- ancient man a ! alltlea in the world; iti rib i e icprompier , aldry is not just suggest ic but specific. veneer of Victorianism, 1 dilemma. She must attach her- acc. Beneath their charm they are. I suppose, "angry young men," but this is Brit ain, not France, and there seems no trace of Gallic bit terness ct there is a cousin- self to something greater and growing. If Europe will not have her, if her Common wealth is drifting away in parcels because she can no longer either protect or suc cor it, then she can turn only to the United States in soma new form of relationship. Pretty certainly, Macmillan'j Conservatives will not be in power a year from now to make the effort, and tha prime minister presumptive, Harold Wilson of the Labor Party, happened to acquirt his party leadership by sup port froni its left wing, includ ing the America-defsting fel low travelers. Wilson is cagey, adept aJ machine, vintage 1955 If new Britain is a-borning. may be this is ils creche. In this iis bile is deep and rabid cluttered, cavernous BBC siu- nurine mv visit to TWTWTW dio. tor wnich tickets come j lt slashed Mother s Day and ship between Ihis mood of! harder than for the strangers' ; mum ism into lacy ribbons, the young islanders and thai i a, 9 '""'--i accused the Home secretary, ol the young continentals. In j a sail-trimmer. He is not as inons. a platoon of wildly en-; wno has refused asylum to 1 a certain real sense, both Brit- j tough and decisive a person ergeUc ribald, nose-thumbing Robert Soblen and others, of ain and France lost the war: ality a5 President Kennedy. young hnglislunen. work oil. murder: it showed iwo black onlv Russia and America won ! Kennedv should hp ahlc In Africans eating sandwiches ii and expanded their scope in ! dominate their future rela- conlaining "Dr Livingston. I the world, however expensive , tionship Wilson's left - wing presume' u portrayed (by and frightening they now find ! permitting, that is. If Wilson Peter OToolei a white beard- their victory. cannot cozen the left-wing ed De Gaulle. 40 vears from " i intn normiccinn iho nrncni iangerous in the world of now. crowning himself king That Was The Week That will be for "further stalemate 'every Saturday night, the : frustrated contempt of the i new generation of intellectu 'als for everything that is 1 sniffy, stupid and insanely 1 high and low politics, nation al hypocrisies, the atomic bomb, and the deodorant commercial "It's just an old-Uthiontd. military, dictatorial, ax tram right-wing Latin-Amr'.tcan coup. Hew toon can expect recognition?" of French. Catholic Europe ' Was ' offers nothing con-1 and indecision, and out of this lt can go on because the structive." of course; it rep-'can yet come, in Britain, a BBC is a remarkable insti- resents intellectual nihilism. I governing mood of neutral- tution. because Kml-anony- something akin to the normal, ism. That it the Dale flat? mous youngsters, not cstab- historical phenomenon In de- flown by ' That Was The An estimated 11 million lished personalities, do most featcd. diminished nations. Week That Was.'' if it can be .Britons stay up well pa?t their of it, because anything on The old boys it derides remain j said to fly any flag at all. customary period of Hot Hor- view long enough somehow stuck with the ghastly prob- aave the banner inscribed I licks and lights out to watch i is accepted by the populace, lcm of finding the way out of : with its hera'dic motto, That Was The Week That and because whoever it was the world's dilemma. "Nuts." Was " This program is Be- who first said the British have Britain today suffers the I (Distribute I 1963 by I yond the Fringe." Mort Sahl. no sense of humor never un- more specific problem of find- The Hall Syndicate. Inc.) 'Upstairs at the Downstairs , derstood that underneath the ing the way out of her own! (All Rights Reserved) J
