SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 1963
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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
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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)
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