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History from the files of The
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and 50 yea's '0
10 YEARS AGO
April II, I9S3 (Thursday!
Ownership of the public
housing project, constructed
during the war on West Jack
son st., has been transferred
from the federal government
to the Housing Authority of
Jackson county.
Fourteen students from
Southern Oregon college this
week are attending the third
annual "Model United Na
tions" meeting in Berkeley,
Calif., on the University of
California campus.
20 YEARS AGO
April 18, 1343 (Friday)
Congressman Harris Ells
worth reports Charles Ressc
Bralev Jr., Medford, hcada
list for appointment to U S
Naval Academy.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "As
high as $17 has been paid for
a sirloin steak in the Middle
West by a lady. At that price
he should wear it a while
before frying It.
30 YEARS AOO
Applegate region to get
first Civilian Conservation
corps camp.
Pear crop undamaged by
freak hail and snow storm;
buds not far enough advanced
to be harmed.
40 YEARS AGO
Sunday hottest day of year
With temperature of 85 re.
corded; highways and roads
crowded with motorists.
John Moffat, William Ham
mett and Henry P r i n g 1 e
among "lucky" fishermen on
first day of season.
SO YEARS AGO
Erection and operation of
$50,000 cement plant assured
at Gold Hill as Beaver Port
land Cement company file
articles of incorporation at
Salem.
Bud Anderson, Medford,
knocks out "K n o c k o u t"
Brown. New York, in 15th
round before 8,000 spectators
in Vernon, Calif., arena.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine at ten correct Is suaerier;
aavon or eight is eacellent; five or
tie Is food.
1. For what act committed
on August 20, 1940. did Ro
man Mercader spend many
years in a Mexican prison?
2. How long is the term of a
patent?
3. What relation to you is
the daughter of your first
cousin'
4 Name the statea of the
i5XWwMh 5,Vl.S.?.b
5 What time
oi day Is
pcllcd the same backward
kWjUlllHla
Vj-AJIOCIAIION
a ZZru . a a M cutting the higher education budget to below
6. John Chapman wandered ., , i . , , j , i ,i
extensively through Ohio and the ah oatiy inadequate level recommended by the
Indiana during the early, governor, let it ponder this:
lHuownatdidhedoonthisj Economists estimate that education is di-
7. Shakespeare was ihr fectly responsible for between ;0 and 50 per centj
Bard of Avon; who was the j of America's growth and productivity.
Bad w.,Ayr!h',rc? , T,1C Individual with a college education can I
8. Who wrote the tragedv . . . . , .r,w , . ,
"Mourning Becomes Eicctra :1'. expected to earn some $400,000 during his
9. in what aport is the term j lifetime the high school graduate will earn some j
riposte used? $258.000 : the elemental v school graduate will
dent wu the capital of pilln mc $182.000 OT Well Under half of that
beria namcsd? of the college graduate.
Answers, i Aaaaisinaiion It is ;t faet that higher education in Oregon
of Leon Tralsky. 2. Savontoan : . . i : it n . ,
yeara. j. rirat cousin onca re- 18 acclaimed for excellence nationwide. If a com-1
moved. 4. There aro none. 5. bination of politicking and stupidity in the leg-1
itoon. 6. planted appia traaa I Mature compromises that excellence, and if it
KVayHS? reduces the educational opportunities of Ore-
Fencing. 10. Monrovia altar Kol,s .VOUtll, it will be coming dailgCl Ollslv close I
James Monro.. ' to malfeasance in office E.A.
TUESDAY, APRIL It. 19S3
'Inexcusably
House Speaker Clarence Barton, Democrat
from Coquille, is a pleasant-spoken man with po
litical ambitions.
Speaking from the podium afforded by a
daily morning press briefing, he has been hit
ting the front pages of afternoon newspapers
with some regularity. This is a pretty good deal
for a man with an eye on higher elective office.
Recently, though, he's put his foot in his
mouth with such regularity that he's beginning
to make Republican Governor Mark Hatfield
look a lot better than he has looked before.
"fHE Governor is seen to emerge as the staunch
champion of higher education despite the
fact that he and his financial advisors cut the
higher education budget far below that submit
ted by the state board of higher education.
The Governor is now defending his own budg
et from the slashes threatened by some of the
ways and means committee. In doing so, he is
making Barton and other critics look like par
simonious enemies of education.
Barton and the others disclaim this role. But
thev are not at all convincing. One wonders how
they can justify this attitude that higher edu
cation can be cut drastically with the education
plank in the 1960 Democratic party platform:
"The Democratic Party of Oregon believes that
the crisis in American education still exists and that
continued evasion of the crisis is inexcusably Irrespon
sible in light of our national needs and world obliga
tions." DY THEIR own actions and words, then, the
I Democrats who are dragging their feet are
"inexcusably irresponsible."
by any standard one can use financial, so
cial, cultural, or economic investment in educa
tion is the best investment we can make.
Higher education, better education, education
for more young people these are the impera
tives of today if we are to meet the challenges
of the cold war, of automation, of a changing
society, and of a civilization which grows in com
plexity from day to day.
rennv pinching parsimony in education it
allowed to happen will
this legislature for years
Legislator as Educator
The current dustup centers around a statement
made by the board of higher education as to
what they would do if the governor's budget for
higher education was cut by $5 million.
Note, please, they were AbKUD tor tins by
members of the ways and means committee.
When they gave it members of the commit
tee exploded in outrage.
What did they expect? Chimes?
The board ib charged bv law with the admin
istration of higher education. The members spend
uncounted hours sweating over the manifold
problems confronting them, year in and year out.
Yet when, in response to a direct request, the
board tells what in its best judgment it would
have to do to meet a $5 million cut, they are
roundly criticized by those who asked for the
statement.
GOVERNOR Hatfield called the board's state
ment "carnfiil rpulistir. fnrthricrht. Rnrl hon
est." We agree heartily.
We also consider the reaction of the legisla
tors to be just the reverse careless, unrealistic,
devious and something less than honest.
House Speaker Barton declares, with what
sounds suspiciously like sanctimony, that the leg
islature is the voice of
Baloney, three times over.
It is their elected representatives, not their
voice. If Barton would stop thinking in terms
of talk, and start thinking in terms of construc
tive action, he'd command greater respect.
I EUISLATORS come from all walks of life.
- Just because they are named by the people
to represent them does not make them experts
on anything and everything.
The board of higher education is also a lay
board, but it spends vast amounts of time study
ing the problems of education, far more than
legislators can. It has the assistance of dedicated,
intelligent men who have devoted their lives to
the field, who know the special problems, and
in many cases the best answers for them.
If the legislature wants to run the state's col
leges and universites, it can abolish the board.
But it is mean and petty to carp at the board for
doing its job the best way it knows how.
WE HAVE said frequently that the legislature
is u Innnti hiirhwiiv cnmmissimi As u statp
r8"1 of higher education, the legislature would
o a revolving minor.
11 the ways and means committee is serious
Irresponsible
haunt the members of
to come. E.A.
the people.
6d&JtofaQS, ui teus Mat
"How coma your profession doaan'l give annual awards
for achiavamant like everybody alat?
... Communications ...
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printed in ihia column de not necessarily represent tha views of tha paper; in fact tha
contrary ia oftan tha case.
A Matter of Prida
To the Editor: The Moscow
press in Russia has been ask
ing that our House Commit
tee on Un-American Activi
ties be abolished. And its
American counter-part here in
the U. S., including the Com
munist newspapers, "People's
World" and "The Worker,"
have also been beating the
drums for abolition.
The House Committee
wrecking crew in America
consists of the Communist
Party, USA, and practically
every Red front and pro-Communist
organization in the na
tion. As of now, this wrecking
crew is headed by "The Na
tional Committee to Abolish
the House Un-American Ac
tivities Committee," the ex
ecutive director of which is
Frank Wilkinson, who recent
ly served a year in prison for
contempt of Congress.
About 95 per cent of the
American people have t h e
same affection, admiration.
and respect for our world fa
mous, pro-American "Com
mittee" as they do for J. Ed
gar Hoover and the FBI. And
they'll proudly defend it at
the drop of the hat. For thev
know that it Is a mighty bul
wark against Communist trea
son in America. For 25 years
it has stood between America
and Red disaster. For 25 years
It has kept the Reds at bay.
No wonder they want to get
rid of it. And no wonder we
Americans are so proud of
our "Committee."
Yet last year Oregon suf
fered the undying shame of
having one of the six Con
gressmen who voted against
this Committee. While this
year our shame is greater than
ever. For Bob Duncan, our
new Congressman, has also
voted against our staunchly
loyal "committee." All of you
nice, but apathetic, people
who so carelessly voted Mr.
Duncan into office should be
right "proud" of yourselves.
Frank Koch
412 South First st.
Central Point, Ore.
Dictatorahip
To the Editor: If the Lcgis
lalure of Oregon is deter
mined to have the proposed
new Constitution defeated in
referendum at the first sub
mission to the 'people they
need only continue with the
scheme to make the Governor
dictator of Oregon. It is true
Oregon has too many semi
independent commissions and
boards, the most objectionable
of which is the Board of Con
trol, which should be abolish
ed in the new Constitution.
Other boards having too much
power can be curbed at any
time by act of the Legislature.
We. the people, hold the
Legislature responsible for
the state treasurer's office for
which they can provide an
auditor when necessary, and
I would look with considerable
fear on the type of financial
! dictator contemplated in the
'proposed Constitution, who
' would appear to be almost
j impregnable once he is in
office.
There is a school of thought
that considers the Attorney
General only a legal adviser
to the Governor but 1 believe
there is no doubt that to most
Oregonians he is the inter-
preter of the law for all of the
people and that hit election II
a constitutional officer is a ;
necessary part of the system i each other too well by visit
of checks and balances that ! ing between hands. Then be
are needed to continue demo
cratic government. Most of us
can remember that in recent
years the fact that the Attor
ney General was of a differ
ent party than the Governor
has been of tremendous value
to the people of Oregon
Those of us who have lived
in a state where a political
machine operated under a
strong Governor learned by
experience to distrust a sys
tem that gives too much pow-
M-DFORD HAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
cr to any one official and
would oppose the plan for an
all - powerful Governor sur
rounded by yes men. Oregon
has ,always been a two party
state and in late years a con
certed and planned effort has
been made to make these par
ties unified, responsible or
ganizations. T o concentrate
power in the hands of one
man is efficient, certainly,
the world dictatorship have
proven that throughout the
years, but it is not democracy,
it is not rule of the people.
D. Ivan Fritts
744 Fortner Lane
Ontario, Ore.
o
Editor's note: The President
of the U.S. (and his "spare
tire," the vice president) are
the only nation-wide elected
officers. Why are there no
cries of "dictatorship" con
cerning the federal govern
ment then?
Back Pat
To the Editor: As wc go
through life it is well to pause
a moment to give someone a
pat on the back - as per en
closed letter.
David Frisch
P.O. Box 292
White City, Ore.
O
Dear Mr. Frisch: Thank you
for your letter of March 26
addressed to the Administra
tor commending Mr. Robert
G. Tugman upon his leaving
the Veterans Administration
to join the University of Ore
gon. We are pleased to know
that our employees get along
well with domiciliary mem
bers. We agree with you that
his assignment to this new
position Is well deserved.
John W. Walsh, M.D.
Acting Director,
Domiciliaries and
Restoration Centers
Veterans Administration
Washington, D C.
Revamping Neadad
To the Editor: From
whence came the familiar
phrase: "Nero fiddled while
Rome burned?" Well, some
thing tells us the economy is
sagging, or is it just getting
lopsided and a bit threadbare
from over-production or un
der consumption, as the case
may be?
Some 1 1 million citizens
who are 65 years old and
over could not afford to pay
a sales tax on food let alone
a higher tax contemplated on
cigarettes now suggested.
No wonder we see so many
personages in the news pic
tures smoking their favorite
brand pipes. What our econ
omy needs is a revamping to
sustain the present frontier.
(Name on file)
Medford.
Let 'Err. Guess
To the Editor: My letter on
busybodies caused real home
",,IU1S" , S ' " a"swcr i mis
comer if I may. 1
I'm asked what causes peo-:
nln 1., ...... ,1,., vn.J
it to make others believe they
are better than the subject
they are so shocked about.
It doesn't work.
They may have heard it
from parents, not enough
other interests, not readers of
good books, idleness and get
tine too "thick" with nthr
I , . .'.
. .!.-' (PIO, .... ... (1 11(1,.
deal, and I found that if the
same group played together!
much they learned to know '
tween other betweens. they
discussed each others' faults
and the prairie fire starts
rolling.
Tell nobody anything Let
'em guess. I've scon it hap
pen in clubs. Each has se
cret faults: Let's keep em
Now, I go to one club that ;
smiles "Hello,'' passes the
time of day, eats together, j
then dances Dancing is fine j
exercise and people do not
Recent Easing of Tensions in Western
Alliance More in Attitude Than
By STEWART HENSLEY
United Praaa International
Washington -0OT- The ten
sion and confusion within the
Western Alliance appear to
have diminished somewhat in
recent days, but the change ia
one of atmospnere rather than
substance.
American officials hope to
take advantage of the new
mood to restore some of the
momentum in NATO planning
which was lost under twin
military and economic blows
from French PresidentCharles
de Gaulle last January. Wash
ington realizes, however, that
the opportunities are limited
and the approach must be de
vious. The improved atmosphere
in the alliance seems to stem
from two factors, both of them
somewhat intangible:
-Renewed French cordiality
toward Secretary of State
Dean Rusk and British For-
drown out the music with
blabbing. Gossip doesn't stand
a chance.
One's best friend may have
a thrillaway tongue, so watch
out. Like 'em all, but none
too much.
Keep your business to your
self and you may not get in
volved, but I wouldn't bet on
it. One match can burn a
city and one word snaps
louder.
Let us look for only the
'good' in others. It's there.
A large group of little tads
dropped in Easter eve. They
went through everything,
broke pencil leads, drew pic
tures, spoiled paper and
squealed.
Though it's long since I've
been around youngsters (and
though, "O dear me?") I
hated the stillness after they
were gone and really enjoy
ed cleaning up after them.
No wonder Christ loved lit
tle children.
Little ones can lead us far
back down Memory Lane and
make us younger by years.
Pearl Spackman
Jacksonville, Ore.
Common Sanaa
To the Editor: I was Just
wondering what is going to
happen to the Pope? From all
reports he must be pro-Communist,
or maybe just soft on
Communism. He had better
not get too far away from
home base or the H.U.A.C.
will investigate him and you
know Khrushchev's son-in-law
could have brainwashed him,
and the Birch boys will prob
ably want to impeach him.
Goldwatcr will probably want
him declared incompetent.
And you know he could be
long to some Communist front
organization.
Of course if you want to
check on that just contact the
F.B.I. You know J. Edgar
Hoover writes books on Com
munism while crime increases
five times faster than the pop
ulation. But take it all in all, it
sounds like good common
sense to me. and I hope that
there will be enough pressure
put on this government of
ours to check-rein the military-industrial
complex that is
leading us fast to nuclear war.
In closing I want to say 1
am not a Catholic.
Ray Prichard
414 South First st.
Central Point. Ore.
Write Like an Expert. Hank
To the Editor: I would like
to take this opportunity to
comment on Mr. Hank De
Voss's article in the Medford
Mail Tribune. April 12.
In answer to Mr. DeVoss's
statement that the Game Com
l ll . " ii e
..un.a puu"- m i.x
press thctr views on big game
management, let us hope he is
the only citizen of this coun
. ,h h. M,
DeVoss. concentration camps
are full of people who are not
allowed to express their opin
ions, and they are probably
not experts. The supporting
opinion of others seems good
logic to me in this case, and it
has a lot of support, support
from people who believe their
eyes and not blindly led by
the Game Commission, or ex-
PC"
,
Let me remind you, Mr De-'
Voss. the world has been run i
by experts from the beginning
of tune, proven by the fact
that they would have to be
experts to get it in the mess
It is in.
Mr. Bowles made the state
ment that the blacktail would ;
have to be harvested because
the timber in Western Oregon ;
would grow back, choke out
the brush and the deer would
starve These are the words of
an expert. At the rate timber
is being cut and brush grow-1
ing back in its place, a person
worrld have to be pretty naive.
Indeed, to believe Mr Bowies'
eign Minister Lord Home dur
ing allied consultations in
Paris last week.
-Increased evidence that
other European members of
NATO resent De Gaulle's tac
tics and are not willing to sup
port his efforts to create an
inward - looking Europe re
moved from U S. and British
influence.
The second factor may have
had some effect in bringing
about the first.
In any event, the Kennedy
administration i s pushing
plans to give NATO program
ming the appearance of for
ward motion, despite some
criticism that the United
States is resorting to "gim
micks" as a substitute for pol
icy. Faced with De Gaulle's flat
refusal to help create a NATO
nuclear force and his insist-
story. Mr. DeVoss, do you fall
into this category?
We have experts in forestry
and the lumber industry who
would like to see all the deer
and elk killed. We have ex
perts in the Cattleman's Asso
ciation who believe deer
should be kept off government
land because the deer deplete
the feed on their cheap graz
ing ranges. Then we have the
experts of the Game Commis
sion wiio are not able to cater
to pressure groups of the min
nority (listed above) and make
the majority (the hunters and
concerned public) see some
thing that isn't there at the
same time.
Mr. DeVoss, you represented
the Jackson county chapter of
the Izaak Walton League at
this meeting, stating it sup
ported the Game Commission
in management of big game. I
would like for you to answer
the following questions in
your next article:
1. Was it brought to a vote
of the membership as to
whether they approved pres
ent management of big game?
2. If so, what were the re
sults of the vote?
3. Or did a few representa
tives vote for the entire mem
bership? Mr. DeVoss, I am one of the
majority who believe our deer
herds are diminishing at an
alarming rale, caused by the
killing off of the does. I had
hoped that you would share
our concern, eat a little crow,
and join us. After reading
your last article, however, I
think you are doing us far
more good where you are;
write some more like it. We
like to hear from an expert.
Joe D. Allison
P. O. Box 335
Rogue River, Ore.
Where Ara the Dear?
To the Editor: In Friday's
Tribune, 4-12-63, Hank De
Voss really spoke out like an
advocate of what we common
folks consider a dictatorial
form of government.
He seems to feel, "If I say
it's right, that's it. Let us
that know alt take care of it."
Mr. DeVoss seems to be of
the same opinion some of our
illustrious grand pappys held
about the buffalo shoot 'em
before they starve to death.
And they did a real good
job.
Very few buffalo starved
tQ death. A person tramping
these woods day in and day
out as a lumber-jack has no
suggestions to offer the game
management that might be of
any value?
Even a person going out
only once a year as a deer
hunter, and they aren't all im
beciles, is bound to notice
changes in range conditions
and the amount of deer.
Does the fact that Mr. De
Voss knows how to write a
newspaper article make him
an authority on game man
agement? I think the average hunter
notices changes in the game
situation and if he or she isn't
learned enough to full evalu
ate it. they surely should be
heard by the powers above so
I 8 as 1 -' rc Pa'in8
ihi-
, Wagcs of the experts
nf , ..,. . rf.v.
in wi,dIil, ,,,. . nf
this country.
In spite of Mr. DeVoss' idea
that we're stupid, so long as
wc vote, pav our taxes, buv
duck stamps, salmon tags,
steolhead tags, deer tags and
so forth, it would seem to me
we could walk up to a game
commissioner and speak our
little piece without feeling
guilty.
If Mr DeVoss is so con
vinced the ranges around here
are over-populated with deer.
would he mind taking a cou
ple of us country boys on a
field trip and show us where
the deer are. or have been.
i or the bones left where they
starved to death''
Why not publish the corn-
men's made at these game
control meetings and let us
, make up our minds w hat we
think of it?
Our family enjoys your
newspaper, even though wc
don't agree with Henry (D for 1
Doei DeVoss
Glen Stinger
3386 Lone Pine
Medford
ence on going ahead with in
dependent plans. Rusk came
up at Paris with a flanking
move which may or may not
succeed.
The new idea is to coordin
ate under the NATO com
mander, subject to U. S. veto,
targeting plans for some Brit
ish nuclear bombers, three
U. S. Polaris submarines and
aircraft of eight other NATO
countries which have ar
ranged to secure U.S. atomic
weapons for some of their
planes. France is among these
eight, since she agreed recent
ly to take atomic weapons for
two of her fighter bomber
squadrons based in Germany
under NATO command.
This end run, if successful,
would create what Rusk now
calls the "interallied nuclear
force." Its effect would be
principally psychological. It
Strictly Personal
By Sydney
(ct Field Enterprises. Inc.
WHICH MAN IS THE
"SENTIMENTALIST?"
One man is opposed to cap
ital punishment. Another man
is in favor of it. Question:
Which man is the "sentimen
talist?" Most
people would
answer, 1
think, that the
man who op
poses capital
punishment is
the sentimen
talist. He is
the "bleeding
heart," t h e
Herri" idealist, t h e
one who is "soft on criminals."
This is how words contin
ually betray us. For all the
facts we have available indi
cate that the man who op
poses capital punishment is
the realist, while the man
who favors it does so for
emotional reasons and no oth
er. e O' e
In a new pamphlet, "Tha
Unexamined Death," an an
alysis of capital punishment
by Hana W. Mattick. for
merly aaaiatant warden of
tha Cook County Jail, tha
author atataa in hia con
clusion, "tha avidenca indi
cates that lhoae who favor
capital punishment are sen
timentalists, pure and sim
ple." The hard haadad and
practical paopla ara thoaa
who have actually exam
ined tha evidence and found
that "capital puniahmant ia
irrelevant to tha homicide
rate." It ia indafenaibla on
any rational grounds, and
ia simply a form of legal
ised vengeance or "corpor
ate murder."
Thara ara. I believe, good
moral and paychological
reasons for abolishing the
The Natives Are
Getting Restful
By Arthur Hoppe
Macuto. Venezuela There
you are, loafing around the
house. And here I am in the
thick of things, fighting com
munism. Just like Mr. Nixon.
Mr. Nixon, as you may re
call, came down here as Vice
President to fight communism
and cement the bonds of
Venezuelan-American friend
ship. And Mr. Eisenhower
had to call out the Marines.
So, with Mr. Nixon's ex
ample in mind, it was with
some inner queasiness that I
stepped off the VIASA jet
airliner better equipped
though I was in my football
helmet and drip-dry suit.
Somebody cleared his throat.
"Hit the deck." I cried. And
then seven of them rushed
me.
Three just wanted to shake
hands. A fourth gave me a
bottle of Venezuelan rum.
Another presented me with
a souvenir corkscrew and a
battle opener. And the last
handed me a punch. In a tall
glass with a cherry in it
But you know why they
love me? It's because they
recognize a dedicated Communist-fighter
when they see
one. And that's exactly what
I am.
It's economics. You see.
President Bctancourt. who is
a Good Guy. has got a couple
of mountains full of iron, plus
oil all over the place. But he's
got to "broaden Venezuela's
economic base" iwhalever
; tnat means) to eliminate pov-
erty and defeat the Commu
nists. So he's opening classy
hotels around the country to
"attract tourist dollars."
Which are the best kind.
Therefore, if you have any
; old tourist dollars lying
I around the house, it is your
bounden duty ';o come down
I here into the Iront lines and
Reality
would be a pale shadow of the
"multinational" force envis
aged by President Kennedy
and British Prime Minister
Harold Macmillan at Nassau.
The force would add nothing
to the nuclear s-irtking power
of NATO. Its warheads, ex
cept for those of the British,
would have to remain in cus
tody of U. S. military officials
until Kennedy actually or
dered a strike.
However, coordination o f
the force, limited though it
might be, would save face by
providing something which
could be called a NATO nu
clear group which might sat
isfy to some extent demands
of European allies for an in
creased voice in nuclear strat
egy. They could participate,
on the NATO staff, in plotting
the targeting for an interal
lied nuclear force.
J. Harris
death penalty. But I am
not concerned with them
here; what interests ma in
Maltick'a brief and pun
gent atudy of tha aubject ia
tha overwhelming evidence
that capital punishment pre
vents no murders. It does
not do tha one thing ita pro
ponent insiat it can do.
What capital punishment
docs do is to provide society
with an unjust and irration
al outlet for its anger and
fear. Furthermore, it permits
us to close our eyes to the
multiple causes of crime by
getting rid of the symptoms
only. Meanwhile, the crime
rate continues to increase ev
erywhere, despite more strin
gent penalties.
I have argued the case
against capital punishment In
previous columns, and I have
never seen a factual refuta
tion of it. But what is most
ironic in this whole contro
versy is that the label of "sen
timentalist" should be attach
ed to the opponent of capital
punishment, while the propo
nent smugly believes him
self the "realist" in the mat
ter. If realism means under
standing cause and affect, if
It means proportioning the
methods to the ends, if it
means being for something be
cause it really works in fact,
if it means refusing to be
swayed by emotional consid
erations then it is the op
ponents of the death penalty
who are realists, in any mean
ingful sense of that abused
word.
(For a free copy of "The
Unexamined Death," write to
the John Howard Association,
608 S. Dearborn St.. Chicago,
5. III.)
fight communism. Personally,
I'm entrenched at the Macuto
Sheraton hotel and I can hon
estly say I've never seen a
better place to fight commu
nism. Built under the old regime
of dictator Marcus Perez Ji
minez (a Bad Guy), the hotel
has been standing vacant for
the past five years and is just
now opening under lease to
the Sheraton people It's got
17 kinds of Italian marble
and cost a reported S40 mil
lion to build. Or better than
$100,000 per guest room.
With lanai. But the rooms
rent for S10 a day. So being
a dedicated Communist-fighter
is not only patriotic. It's
relatively cheap. And yon
can't beat that.
Of course, fighting commu
nism is not without its hard
ships. There are grave deci
sions. Should we sit on the
lanai looking up at the tow-
; ering green Andes? Or in the
patio looking out over the
blue Caribbean? And which
of the two huge pools should
we dip into? Or the crystal
waters lapping the private
beach? Ah. me. And what
kind of wine, do you feel,
goes best with the filet de
bouef? Should we golf this
afternoon? Or go deep-sea
fishing? Is there time before
cocktails to . . .?
Hold it. A gentleman just
room carrying a bottle of
walked into my $100,000
Scotch, two bottles of min
eral water, a fresh pineapple
and a bucket of ice. I don't
know about Mr Betancourt.
but I think I'm winning
And now. if you'll excuse
a dedicated old Communist-
; fighter who is trying to fo.
. low in the footsteps of Mr.
Nixon. I think I'll go out on
I the lanai and get stoned