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and 50 yean ago.
10 YEARS AGO
April 10. 1953 (Friday)
Hcmoval of "dead wood"
from the Jackson county list
of registered voters nearly
complete.
Top officers of the Air
Force, two government agen
cies and three air lines have
been Invited to attend a
Chamber of Commerce meet
ing and airport building open
house here soon.
20 YEARS AGO
April 10, 1943 (Saturday)
Jackson county quota set
at $2,480,000 for Becond war
loan drive; Eugene Thorndlke
chairman of county Victory
Fund committee
From Arthur Perry's "Vel
rX
was in the 'dark days of
1933.'"
30 YEARS AOO
April 10, 1933 (Sunday)
Roads In Crater Lake Na
tional park to be opened to
traffic Tuesday.
County Clerk George R.
Carter presented with birth
day cake by county em
ployees. 40 YEARS AOO
April 10, 1923 (Monday)
State convention of Chris
tian Endeavor scheduled to
open in Ashland.
June auto races at Jackson
county fairgrounds to be re
stricted to "local drivers
only."
SO YEARS AGO
April 10. 1913 (Wednesday)
Mrs. Cora J. Truax, Gold
Hill, first woman in southern
Oregon lo be elected to post
on city council.
Group holding franchise
for construction of intcrurban
trolley line receives 90-day
extension from Medford city
council.
What's Your I.Q.?
N.ne or ten correct ii tuporior;
even or eight it oicolUnt; fivo or
lit it good.
1. Docs the Governor of a
state serve two years or (our
years, or does it vary with
the states?
What right in the Ilill of
Rlghls is also the title of a
well-known Gilbert and Sul
livan operalta?
3. What present-day organi
zation incorporated "The
Sons of Daniel Boone" and
The Woodcraft Indians"?
4. What great Chinese sage
lived from 551 to 478 B. C.t
5. A remedy supposedly i
ante to cure any ana All (lis-1
cases is known as a n-
b. is an artisan a deep well, I
a ninoa vessel, a skill, i
crafUtnari, or an imitation oil
painting?
7. Where would you expect
to find stalactites and stalag
mites'.' 8. In the Canadian Parlia
ment what two languages
are official?
9. What Is Ihe literal trans
lation of the oft-used Latin
abbreviation "I. e."T
10. Tic Wars of the notes
were fought In what country1
Amweri: 1. Variei. J. Trial
by Jury. 3. Boy Sceula of
America. 1. Confucioui. 5.
Panacea. . Skilled crafts
man. 7. In a cave. t. Engliih
and French. 8. That la.
England.
10.
WEDNESDAY. APRIL 10. 11(3
Snip and Patch Won't Do
The Oregon legislature, now in its 87th day,
is getting to the point where, in the old and
slightly vulgar saying, the hair is short. Or, rath
er more elegantly, the "moment of truth" is ap
proaching rapidly.
The first three months of the session have
been devoted to organizational matters, followed
by the introduction of bills, and their considera
tion by committees. Relatively little floor action
has taken place.
From now until adjournment, we can expect
to see more solid results although Monday's ac
tion, when the house defeated the proposed cig
arette tax, and Tuesday's, when it voted recon
sideration and sent the bill back to committee,
give one to wonder.
9
WHAT this is going to do to the overall tax
program still to be developed by the legisla
ture remains to be seen. Surely the cigarette tax
indecision shoots a major hole in the fiscal pro
gram proposed by the
responsible members ot both nouses.
The cigarette measure was designed to raise
some $18 million during the coming two years
a not inconsiderable sum, even in a budget of
some $400 million or so.
The "one-shot" withholding measure approv
ed by the house Monday would bring in some
extra money, but only for this biennium. It is, in
effect, borrowing money from the ensuing bien
nium. And, as such, it is in line with the legisla
ture's tendency to avoid facing the fiscal facts of
life right up to the last painful moment.
.
'PHIS legislature, then,
the money is coming
be needed.
And the only two major tax actions, mention
ed above, do little to help unless they force the
tax committee members into doing something
they do not at all want to
writing a ma ior new tax
tax, instead of tinkering
adjustments to the existing tax structure.
If they do this they may be worth while after
all. For, up to this point,
absolutely no indication of any tendency to do
more than pass still another stop-gap tax patch
up job, and leave any major renovations to the
1965 session.
DARTLY because of this hesitancy, this "make-
do" attitude, and partly because of the very
real needs of the state for
are hearing the horrid little words, sales tax,
with increasing trequency.
TVio PoriMlof rT. liaat O.'nnrr.r.i'jv. Viae rtullorl fni
a vote on a sales tax. So
Times, which, while a
iiscatty, because of its concern for the welfare of
Oregon State University, also sees the sales tax
J as a probable necessity if higher education is to
receive what it needs.
I State Sen. Walter Pearson (not one of our
favorite legislators, incidentally,) is one of the
few who have had the
loun, tnat a sales tax for
needed.
DERHAPS the house's
Ql'Afa t Q v I'lirriink to
MS. V VKV I, Tlllll.il AO IHIllllll UUV C OQIVO tOA
limited to one commodity), and the realization
that the withholding measure is not a permanent
solution to anything (and in addition imposes
substantial aclaitional
on many employers) perhaps these will shock
members of the legislature into the realization
that the time has come to fish or cut bait in the
state's fiscal angling program.
The Corvallis Gazette-Times says:
"What arc the legislators doing about the state tax
situation? Well. Instead of facing up to the problem
the state must have more money and a big chunk of
it if the (unctions of government are to be carried
out properly, they are going around hunting up two
bits from this group and four-bits from that group
and coming up with a patch work which will raise
money, all right, but not in the quantity needed and
not by the simplest means. They won't let the people
of the state decide if they want a sales tax because
big labor opposes it, but the people can vote on such
things a! capital punishment which is an emotional
and and moral Issue."
17E ARE not saying that the sales tax is the
answer to Oregon's fiscal program. We are
not even saying that the people would necessarily
approve it if given a chance to vote.
What we are saying is that the legislature
is showing an appalling tendency to follow the
lead to prior sessions, ami to postpone any mean
ingful decision on finances until later.
Earlier sessions have gotten away with it be
cause, in large part, they have surpluses to tide
the state over. Rut no more. The fat's all gone.
And, if our understanding of the situation is
correct
no snip and patch job is going to be
adequate to the needs of
baps the backing and
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in. ii'Ktuy win i.uii nice
SO. E.A.
Ph
enomenon
A UPI story recently
"People who think television and radio com
mercials are too loud arc experiencing a 'subjective
and psychological phenomenon' that can't be proved,
according to the the National Association of Broad
casters." Maybe so. But it is the loudest and noisiest
subjective and psychological phenomenon we've
ever experienced. E.A.
governor and by various
has still to
from, and r
decide where
how much will
do, which is to consider
proposal, such as a sales
with relatively minor
the legislature has given
additional income, we
has the Corvallis Gazette-
moat conservative paper
courage to say, right out
educational purposes is
reluctance to pass a cig-
r rtY i n rr Kut o anlac few
burden of bookkeenimr
a growing Oregon. Rer-
filling ovei
the cigarette
i. i l.l.i ,i ,
nit' icj;imuiui ; mis
said :
M
v I
x i f i
Gie&4ttC) m, 'Sun
Anyone visiting our shores for ihe first lima could
ally get !h impreision that Easier Week' wis soma
tort ot student fertility rite!"
... Communications ...
Loiters lo lhe Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under
certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible.
The Mall Tribune reserves he right to edit all letleri with a view lo clarification and
condensation. L. Iters submitted ior publication mull not exceed 400 words. The letters
printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of lhe paper; in fact the
contrary la often th. case.
Aid Needed
To the Editor: Devastating
floods and tornadoes robbed
thousands of people of their
homes and all of their posses
sions in the Southern Appaia
chian Mountain area within
the past three weeks. Save
the Children Federation
which has been helping peo
ple in that area for over 31
years, responded to the emer
gency and immediately dis
tributed clothing to flood vic
tims through our 110 clothing
centers.
The Honorable Frank G.
Clement, Governor of Tennes
see sent a message to the Fed
eration saying:
"On behalf of the people
of East Tennessee who experi
enced losses in the recent
storm and flood disaster, may
I express my appreciation to
Save the Children Federation
for Its voluntary aillatance.
1 wanted you to know that I
am personally aware of the
acns yZ '4n5;'
ing program reported from
the scene, "Never in the 31
year history of the Federation
have we encountered a situa
tion so acute. We have used
our reserves to meet this
emergency and now need all
possible additional clothing to
alleviate the situation." And
still the reports come in from
the flood areas of Kentucky,
Tennessee and Virginia telling
of children without shoes or
clothing, and the rising rate
of sickness.
We are hopeful that indi
viduals, schools, business
firms and clubs will respond
to this plea for help from the
Southern Appalachians and
send clothing packages freight
prepaid to Save the Children
Federation, Knoxvillc, Ten
nessee. Contributions of mon
ey to aid the flood victims
can be sent to Save the Chil
dren Federation, Norwalk.
Connecticut.
When the emergency is
over and the needs for imme
diate relief have been met,
the Federation will remain
on the scene indefinitely to
help the Southern Mountain
people to help themselves lo
a better future.
Glen Leet.
Kxecutive Director,
Save the Children
Federation, Inc.,
Bos'.on Post Road,
Norwalk, Conn.
Industrial Democracy
To the Editor: I wish to
make .sonic comment on the.
letter of Mr. Robert A. Free
man, "On More Democracy,'
on its bearings on our pro
posed constitutional amend
menus, most of winch deserves
our hearty congratulations.
But 1 would take issue with
hlm to some exicni that "more
democracy" would not be the
.solution of evils he mentions.
II is not necessarily the
tion of
democracy; but the:
right kmd o( democracy. What
we need most now is lo sup
plement our political democ
racy with industrial democ
racy, together with the pro
duction and distribution and
ownership m the means ol
life, publicly owned and dem
ocratically managed, especial
ly those means of or on a
large and a social scale.
This plan could be intro
duced without profit, and for
the benefit of all the people.
After all. one cannot control
what he does not own. but if
the public owned these means
it would and could be pro
duced at cost, and the cost
would be governed by law
democratically managed from
lop to bottom. But so long
an we allow the unlimited pn-:
vate ownership ol the moans
of production, by the good or I
- DFORD MAIL TRIBUNE.
lhe smartest, so long will the
most ambitious ones acquire
lhe ascendency and run the
industries and regulate the
prices, and the strongest
would smother the weakest,
so there you have it. And so
long as we allow this private
enterprise, you don't need to
be surprised that crooks and
their henchmen will also con
trol the government, even
though we elect them through
our political method of de
mocracy. And if the proposed consti
tution docsn t contain the
initiative and the recall, and
industrial democracy, I don't
see much use to change our
old one for a worse one.
John P. Wirth,
3022 Butte st.,
Klamath Falls, Ore.
Minors and Drinking
To the Editor: I was amused
by the 50 year's ago notice in
tile paper of March 28 rela
tive to minors visiting saloons
("City agitated by report thai
saloons ot city were visited
by minors.") Times have
changed very little in
50 years excepl that there
are no longer "saloons", just
night clubs.
I am sure that if you make
an unannounced visit at any
number of the night spots in
the area about 1:30 or 2 a.m.
you will find that the places
are packed with teenagers, a
good number of them 18 or
under. Two particularly ap
parently cater to "kids." I
have been at both places in
recent weeks, and at one we
were unable to get a table or
even a stool at the bar be
cause of the "kids" who were
there. They were not all
drinking cokes or pepsi,
either. In fact, we did not sec
any soft drinks being served.
I do not know the solution
lo the problem, nor exactly
wnosc problem it is. but I do
know that if I had a teenager i
I would make sure where lie 1
he was at that hour of
the morning. This situation
cannot be swept under the
nil. us . h !(,,! I
VOlvlng the lesser clement of
Medford and Rogue Valle
nor can it be shrugged of!
with the "greasing of palms"
in the proper areas.
(Name on file)
Medford
Facl and Opinion
10 uic caitnr: ucar George
Bell, your editorial of April
8, on the Jackson county Dein
Oeratic Central Committee,'
was an amazing piece of
work, I've been wondering
how it is possible to sit in
an ivory tower, look down
upon the throngs ol active
people, be able to distinguish
between the elite and the rab
ble, and by using pure hear
say, pass judgment and casti-
Se6pler" r
0ne thing is conspicuously
' bscn, in r
quet-lthlno is "FArr"
rn, mi, iha ImmmwImi a j
an editor has the prcrogalivc
lo give his fifty or sixty thou-
and
readers an OPINION of
what happened, without due
regard (or the facta.
The picture you have paint
ed has too much angry red
in it. The strokes are bold and
-strong but the perspective is
terrible. In fact, this is not a
work of art at all but belongs
in the school for beginners
What is the central commit
tee? It is the majority, even
if it is only a majority of one.
In the meeting ol last Tuesday
night, on important matter
the voting was roughly two to
one This is a change from the I
nearly even voting of the past 1
few meetings, which indicates ,
that quite a number of mem-
bcrs arc changing their think-
ing on these matters That
puts you in the position of
MEDFORD. OREGON
Conviction Is Growing That Khrushchev
Seeking To Ease Burdens of His Office
.... - hoaw nressures on i to have called for the c
By K. C. Thaler
United Press International
Paris - On - Despite claims
from Moscow that all is well
in the Kremlin, there is
growing conviction that Pre
mier Nikita Khrushchev's
leadership role is under re
view. The belief in some of West
ern Europe's best informed
diplomatic circles is he is
seriously considering giving
up some of his control, per
j haps by surrendering the pre
miership while retaining me
office of first secretary of the
Communist party - the office
that really counts in the So
viet Union and wields the
most power.
As parly secretary. Khrush
chev still could direct foreign
affairs as well as continue
running the internal Commu
nist scene. Stalin did it in
his lime.
There is nothing in this
thinking that denies Khrush
chev's hold on the Kremlin
leadership. It is his hand
calling the central committee
"an clement" or "faction" and
other uncomplimentary slams.
The fact is the business in
this meeting proceeded in an
orderly manner. The only dis
order (statements that were
out of order) came from a
small minority. Nearly all
gatherings of any size have
this problem.
Mr. Duncan reserved the
right to appoint whomever he
pleased to temporary postmas
ter. I would think the Central
Committee would have the
right to express their displeas
ure when it is in contrast to
their own recommendation.
Mr. Duncan admits that he
was sharply critical of a top
appointment by Governor
Hatfield. This was within
their rights, just as I am being
critical of your reporting.
If you are getting your in
formation from the same "un
impeachable source" as the
other editor, then it's about
time he or she was indicted
for "flagrant disregard for
facts" and brought before an
impeachment board.
Hazel McMahan
578 North Sixth si.
Central Point, Ore.
Include Him Out
To the Editor: Beware the
obvious, delve the obscure,
these are long established
guidc-posls for me in the un
certain grounds of semantic
study. It certainly is boggy
ground for personal view
points that E.A. chose for his
March 31st editorial that he
segregates (pardon that "aw
ful word E.A.) into various
categories of varied worth,
that we do enjoy, occasional
ly profitably. For his brand
of semantics do tend to the
mcliorationed uplift, even if
some are perjorationed down
to the untouchable level, as
in Paraaranl, 7
Very well. So from his
fooling around with words
: we lift the lowly, obscure, un-
Cqua1' ,af, " ls lh,c very ant-
, . j in ui nit vqudiiidrian r,. a.
happens or appears to be.
Now, "everyone to their own
liking," as the old lady is said
to have observed when kiss
ing her cow. and which is a
part of Our Way of Life, pro
viding she does not insist
others do same, go to her par
ticular church, which she
might hold to be the one and
only, for others may not wish
to go to any church, other
than that of' the Great Blue
Sky. spiritual solace for all
can be had.
Howsomcver. all such hum
ble observation may well
raise the equalitarian's baltle
cry "all men are created
equal." which was written bv
certain of our forefathers, but
mind you, only in the Declar
ation of Independence, the in
ference being that all men are
created equal in rights of ln
d e p c n dencc, sovereignty of
the individual no matter how
lowly born Yes. as was Lin.
coin who promised to sacrifice
his life if need be. that all
men shall be free, and did do !
just that. Quite the same as
Jesus of Nazareth on the com
tnon cross of the condemned
No equalitarian was the j
great emancipator and hu
manitarian, holding as he did
that to equalize with the un
eQUal was sure oblivion for I
the cultural best The very
earth is deeply scarred with I
the pitiful results of such
su,rrv -f cfl thinking
As there must bo separation
of state in opposing religions.
so must there be separation in
opposing racial lines For th.
very Being of Nature is found
ed in opposing thought and ac
tion, from which the great
picked team that is running
things and tne repeaieu ex
pressions of loyalty from its
top-most members must be
taken at face value.
Talk of a Kremlin minor
it.," an, "inainritv" tusslinc
inr i nntrol is discounted in
most confidential diplomatic
advices from Moscow.
Nevertheless there are new
Today & Tomorrow
Bv Walter
let 19K3. The
REFORM AND
REVOLUTION
As we look at the revolu
tions in Argentina, Peru and
Guatemala, the elections in
Chile, the ten-
sion in Ven-
zuela and the
enormous
problems o f
Brazil, we
come face lo
face with a
very disturb
ing question.
Can orderly
Lippmann and reason
ably progressive governments'
endure through Ihe long peri
od of lime which must elapse
before the promises of the Al
liance for Progress bear fruit?
The alliance is committed
to a radical reform in the
social order of Latin Amer
ica. We musl not underesti
mate how difficult and how
unusual is such a commit
ment. The governments of
Latin America are in the
midst of these difficulties.
If they improve the stand
ard of living too slowly, they
are threatened from the left;
if they proceed rapidly, they
are threatened from the
right. If the radical reform
is to succeed, it means that in
each country there must be a
government which holds the
confidence of the masses on
the left and does nol arouse
the irreconcilable opposition
of the upper classes on the
right.
a
THE CRUX of the problem
is that progressive reform
is in its very nature a long
and slow process, a matter of
long ycrs with meager re
sults to show in the begin
ning. The main talking point
of the revolutionists of the
Castro type is the disappoint
ing and uninspiring gradual
ism of reform. And at the
same lime, lhe main talking
point of the big landlords,
the rich conservatives and the
military dictators of the re
bellious right is that the re
formers will be captured by
the revolutionists. To many
of the most benighted among
Ihem, all reformers are rev
olutionists. While it is possible to
speed up reform somewhat, it
is unavoidably a slow and
prosaic business. It takes
more than 10 years to edu
cate and train a professional
and managerial class. II
takes a good many years to
reform agriculture so as to
liberate the country from dc
pendance on one or two crops.
Industrialization requires a
capital investment not only
in particular plants, but in
the communications system
of the country and its power
facilities.
Furthermore, the develop
ment of Latin America will
require the negotiation of
complex world-wide commod
ity agreements and trading
opportunities. It will require,
also, big measures to relieve
the pressure upon the world's 1
monetary reserves and so to 1
overcome the deflationary j
lack of liquidity which is to-
day so big a cause of insta
bility in the non-Communist
world.
SPEAKING
slowness
roughly, t h e
ind complexity
Darwin obtained his survival
of the fittest. But these arc
men not content with survival
alone, their 10,000 years of
striving for something bigger
and better that other races
ignored but now would take
over, attests to that. So, in any
such phony world of yes-men
equalites, thinking - cqualitcs,
acting - equalites. risc-and sil
equalitcs. genuflect ing-equal-iles.
please include me out.
F J Clifford
Route 2, Box 200f
Central Point. Ore.
Bunch of Nuts
To the Editor: Now the
New Frontiah is going to save
South Aniehica with money.
The same way we saved Cu
bah. The way the New Deal
and the New Frontiah W'tiz
saving Countries, we'll be
lucky to save Flohida. It's
going to take some dahned
good Teddy Roosevelt English
backed by a big suck to stop
the Communists. If we ahe go
ing to build supah highways
and aihpohts all ovah South
Amchica and let the Commu-
msts move in. then wc ahe a
bunch of nuts.
Everett Acklin.
Ashland. Ore.
KP'aa.
eaaKeCd
and heavy pressures on i
Khrushchev, not the least ot j
them the Sino-Soviet ideolog
ical conflict. The differences
between the Chinese "hard
line" of international commu
nism and Khrushchev's peace-
; ful coexistence policy
have
continued to worsen,
I It is only a few weeks ago
I that Red China was disclosed
lippmann
Washington Post
of reform is the real problem
in Latin America.
Castro did not create tne
problem, and the problem
would still be there, would
still as a matter of fact be
there in Cuba itself, if Castro
took up residence in Russia,
There would be no Castro if
Castro's predecessors had
j solved the problem of reform.
There would be no Castro if
his predecessors had even
tried to solve the problem of
reform.
The problem that has to be
solved is how orderly and
progressive governments can
earn the patience of the mas
ses by instituting installments
of the necessary reforms, and
yet not be denounced as Com
munists and ousted by the re
actionaries. Strictly
Personal
By Sydney J. Harris
fC' Field Enterprises. Inc.
SUPPLY AND DEMAND
The constant theme of the
hucksters in the field of en
tertainment - which today
means mostly
television - is
they are "giv
ing the people
what they
want." Those
of us who de
plore the trior
onic offerings
in mass enter
tainment ire
uarri" sneered at as
eggheads who are out of touch
with reality. The hucksters
insist that not only are they
giving the public what it
wants, but the public loves
it.
Both these propositions are
demonstrably false. As a
glaring example of tneir
falsity, I cite a recent syndi
cated television column out
of Hollywood with the head
line: "40 Nighttime Shows
Destined for TV Ax."
The siory said: "Al least
40 of the network TV's cur
rent crop of weekly night
lime shows will be dropped
by summer. About half of
this number were series
which made their debuts
last fall."
If the hucksters know
what the people want, and
are giving it to them, how
does it happen that the ma
jority of TV programs lead
ao brief a life and undergo
so suddenly tragic a death?
Why is programming in
such a constant state of
chaos and confusion? Why
is the search so desperate
for "new" material - which
usually turns out to be as
ghastly and unimaginative
as the old material?
I submit - on the over
whelming evidence itself -that
not only do the pro
ducers and networks nol
know what the public
wants, but the public itself
does not know until it gets
it.
It is a false assumption to
hold that the demand creates
the supply; in the arts and en
tertainment, it is the supply
that creates a demand. There
was. for instance, no "effect
ive demand" for off-Broadway
theater; but the supply
continued until the habits of
theater-goers were changed,
and today off-Broadway thea
ter is the most vital and fruit
ful aspect in American drama.
There is never a demand
for anything that is good until
it comes along and takes hold
of people. This it cannot do
unless it is given a chance,
unless time and care and mon
ey and energy and patience
tiT' UP,nhU' Ac!vcr-
users well know this - there
is no demand for a new prod-
ret.ron' and 5PakinR- !
repetition and exposure over ;
a niut din diiu tor a COnSlO-
erable time generate such a
demand.
It is nothing less than a
downright lie to suggest that
tne lv producers arc giving j
the people what they want - 1
and the frantic activity in
changing program formats
every few months exposes
this lie. And it is equally
mendacious to suggest - as
one recent book does - that
the viewers on the whole are
"satisfied" with their TV
. fare. If they were, television ,
would not be the program-
matie lunatic asylum it has
become. I
to nave canea ior tne ouster
ol tne present Kremlin lead-
ers, presumably including
Khrushchev. Since then Pe
king has fostered the idea
that Khrushchev's days in
power are numbered.
Without necessarily accept
ing that Peking will succeed
in its drive to get the new
leadership in the Kremlin,
Western diplomatic reports
do say that Khrushchev is
more fully preoccupied and
more deeply concerned by
the pressures from Peking
than is conceded by Moscow.
It is for this reason credence
is given to the possibility he
may want to free himself nt
some of his burdens of state,
to give more attention to the
dispute with Mao Tze-tung
without abandoning his major
powers at home.
Diplomats who have seen
Khrushchev recently have re
ported to their governments
that he is looking weary. He
is 69 years old. Even sonio
Communist diplomats think
Khrushchev may be looking
for some surcease from his
present load. They say in fact
he already has begun to dele
gate work much more than
ever before to younger aides.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
The news as this is writ?
ten?
li s a little on the wierd
side.
This new "hot" phone be
tween Washington and Mos
cow, for example.
IT IS designated to prevent
Jt a nuclear war from getting
started by mistake.
But
You may ask
How COULD a nuclear war
get started by mistake?
rkDDLY enough it
ISN'T
impossible.
A nuclear missile MIGHT
go hog-wild. We hear of re
peated missile mishaps at our
launching pads. Something
goes wrong, and the missila
doesn't perform as it was ex
pected to perform. So wa
push the button, and the mis
sile destroys itself.
But
Suppose something else
went wrong and the missila
FAILED to destroy itself.
Suppose it went roaring and
spitting out into space and
eventually headed straight for
Moscow.
Suppose it was picked up
by the Russian tracing devices
and that the Russians leaped
to the nol too unreasonable,
conclusion that we wero
springing a SURPRISE at-'
tack on them. Suppose they
then unleashed ALL their
missiles at us.
(R VICE versa.
" Suppose a Russian expert
mental missile went out of
control and WE JUMPED TO
THE CONCLUSION that this
was IT and turned our mis
siles loose.
In either event, a nuclear
war might be started.
IT IS
with
supposed to take -existing
communica
tions systems - somewhere
between 6 and 12 hours to get
a message from President
Kennedy to Premier Khru
shchev, or from Premier
Khrushchev to President Ken
nedy. It was out of this possibility
that the "hot line'' proposal
arose. It was first imagined
as a telephone line.
But there are DANGERS in
a telephone line. Imagine
President Kennedy getting
called out of bed at an un
earthly hour of the night.
Time zones, you know, maka
such a thing quile possible.
Al the other end of the Una
somebody would be sputter
ing in Russian. Even Presi
dent Kennedy, talented as
he is, would be incapable of
getting all the shades ol
meaning involved in what Mr.
Kroosh would be saying.
Suppose it happened the
other way around. At the
other end of the line, Mr.
Kroosh might easily misun
derstand President Kennedy 3
Harvard-accented English.
AND-
All the while the missile -without
a warhead, to be
sure, but still a missile capa
ble of being picked up by our
wart-linn rliM-im, J u.
speeding loward us.
The natural thing would bo
fnr T,m,. ?,,. Sic.
SILES LOOSE Th e fat won Id '
then be in the fire.
eo-
The "hot line" won't be a
phone line. It will be a tele
type line. It will rielivpr its
message in TEXT, which can
be translated by capable IDs
tcrpreters.
So
Presumably
The start nf a n. -!. mmp
by mistake may be prevented,
Amnan ika.
behind the present ororJosals
for a private line to prevent
the start of a nuclear war by
mistake
It is indeed a strange world
we re living in. isn t it?