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10 YEARS AGO
April 17. 1853 (Friday)
A new passenger elevator
in the Jackson county court
house wa expected to be
ready for use today.
Blossoms In Jackson coun
ty are expected to be near
their best this week end.
ZO YEARS AGO
April 17. 1943 (Saturday)
Choir of 1,000 voices com
posed of soldiers from var
ious units of 91st Infantry
division to feature musical
program at Camp White Eas
ter sunrise services.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "The
local coffee is again tasting
like coffee due to some phe
nomenon like using coffee."
30 YEARS AGO
April 17. 133 (Sunday)
Plans under way to build
park atop Roxy Ann butle in
memory of Officer George
Prescott.
"Huge" road building pro
gram, including southern Ore
gon projects planned in state
with aid of federal funds.
40 YEARS AGO
April 17. 1823 (Monday)
Broadcasting set stolen
from local radio station.
Funds allocated for four
new roads to be constructed
in Crater Lake National park
during coming summer.
SO YEARS AGO
April 17, 1913 (Wednesday)
Medford firemen give new-
lyweds ride through city on I
fire truck.
Rogue valley "runs riot
with wondcrftii coloring" as
pear, apple, peach, plum and
almond trees come into bloom
at same time.
What's Your I.O.?
Nine er ten correct li tuperior;
ii.cn et eifht il evccllent; five er
six it good
1. Is the U. S. estimated
to have about one-fourth, one
half, or- three-fourths of all
passenger automobiles in Ihe
world?
2. What insect was song
full)' blamed for Ihe dealh of
a man who was thrown Irom
a horse and buncd beneath
a snnnion tree.
3. A document by which
a stockbroker signs over
voting luthorlt) lo another is
called a what?
4 Is the capital of Nebras
ka, Hastings. Lincoln, or
Omaha?
PUIUIHIH
SjjJA'liOCIATION
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
3. What is the nest line tle innovator of man v of the successful tech
after "Young Lochinvar has i u. i.,f, .... L L fwu ,,f .liti,.-l
A..i f ikji Hv,1-
6. Against what nation, by
whom. and on what ocassinn
was the "Hymn of Hate' dir-
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i . v mi -
buried
8. How many is eight score?
u. oinpieie ine names oil
Ihrec American frontiersmen
whose first names were Davy,
Daniel and Kit. respectively
10. n no was c.'iiien 1 nc
Man of Destiny'
Answers: l. Thrw-iouriht.
1 m... (I.. i n. A
Lle.in. . Tt.,...h .1.' ,h.
wid. hord.r hi. !.., w.. ih.
btil." 6. Against England by
the Oermtm in WW 1.7. Me-
din., in Arabia. 8. 160 9.
Crockett. Boone. Cereon. 10.
Napoleon Bonaparte.
WEDNESDAY. APRIL 17. 13B3
An Investment in Hope
Jackson county's health officer, Dr. A. E.
Merkel, provided us with some eye-opening sta
tistics the other day.
As of this week, 118 Jackson county residents
are patients at the Oregon .State Hospital.
On the average, about 20 Jackson county peo
ple enter the hospital each month, and approx
imately the same number are released.
Of the admissions, 65 per cent are voluntary;
35 per cent are committed to the hospital after
a court hearing.
THESE raw statistics speak of many things.
For one thing, they disclose many of the new
techniques of therapy and treatment at the hos
pital, including new drugs, which have drastically
cut the length of hospital confinement. When a
mental patient formerly went to the hospital, it
was with little hope of coming out short of months
or years and oftentimes, never. The average
hospital stay is now about two to four weeks.
Along with this shortened hospital stay, in
creasing reliance has been placed on the treat
ment of mental patients, or those with emotional
problems, witnin tneir own community, eiuier
by their private physicians, through the Family
and Child Guidance Clinic, or by way of minimal
supervision by the public heajth nurses.
ALL this, of course, is exceedingly good news.
It is good news to present and prospective
patients (and who among us can be sure we won't
be someday?), to friends and relatives, and, ulti
mately, to the taxpayers.
But. as with all eooci
in time, in effort, and in money involved.
Local facilities, heretofore not equipped for
the type of work they are called upon to perform,
are stretched to the limit. Trained personnel are
scarce. And in the meantime, Dr. Merkel reports,
there are waiting periods as long as a year.
This is not sound economy. With added funds,
the health department and the Family and Child
Guidance Clinic could do much to help these pa
tients with their problems, and increase the per
centage of productive citizens in the community.
e
THE state hospital, too, has problems.
Dr. Dean Brooks, the able superintendent, has
strongly denied rumors that patients are being
sent home sooner than they would otherwise be,
due to lack of funds and stall.
The contrary is true, he explained. The hos
pital is short about 80 people, due to cutbacks in
spending by the Governor and Board of Control, !
to keep within the current budget. I
But rather than speeding up releases, this ac-
tuallv tends to slow them
plained. The shortage ot personnel cuts clown
on the intensive treatment it takes to bring a
patient to the point where
ALSO many of the patients who have been re
leased are those who are in good control of
themselves, and who have worked in the hospital,
supplementing the work clone by the paid staff.
Thus, as they leave,
put on the staff, which
whole treatment procedure. It is sort of a vicious
circle, caused by lack ol
Some of the scare stories about the hospital
which have come out of the legislative session
are undoubtedly motivated by politics. Bui there
is evidence to show that the state hospital is suf
fering from a shortage of funds, and as a result
is not doing the job we have a right to expect.
THE state hospital, over
has made an enviable
today it is looked upon as
hospitals in the nation
snake pit it was some decades ago.
J. Wesley Sullivan,
. ...
eon statesman in saiem, is laminar wiin me1
problems ot the hospital, ami with its progress.
In a recent issue of that paper, he reported
that the new decentralized system of administra
tion, into geographical units, makes possible
quicker, more personal attention. There is better
liaison between staff, patients and the public, he
says. Gl'OUp therapy techniques have also account
ed' for "a large shine of the increased stature of s".in9 " he city
the hospital."
AIjIj lliese initUVMUUna ate, ilf ounnlll mull?
OUt "worth Savins. "
But iinaiieial stridency (would it be unkind
to say penny-pinehine, by the board ol control
and legislature; ) has not
level staff personnel. It
recUy, resulted in the loss ot top-ievei people.
Dr. Herbert Nelson, assistant superintendent)
is leavine for more nav in the mid-west. He also
cited criticisms of the
i among his reasons for
Dr. Maxell Jones,
i mi ins, ii. i ivu mi in-
interference which made
fessional job.
IN THE nast decade, immense strides have been
IN THE past decade, immense strides have
1 made in the treatment, care and cure of men-
(;t jncs
, , . . ,,
mole hospital beds than
., ,, .,.,,,"
ness-facing it for what it is. a sickness, in-
1 . , ' , . 1111 1
! stead ot something to be hushed up Or whispered
, about is one of the best indicators of hope.
j ... .
. "u " "w WMW
hopeless mental cases
home communities Hilt that daV w ill be delayed
Innu n shni-l siohtod h111lrr.1t rnmmittPPS and
? I0"? ,l slu t-SlgMefl OUttget Committees al.ll
legislatures tall to comprehend that to save It
is often necessary to spend a buck. t. A.
mines, mere is cost-
down. Dr. Brooks ex-
he is ready for release.
a neavier worn loaci is
in turn slows down the
money.
the past several years,
record of progress until
one of the better mental
in stark contrast to the
news editor 01 ine Uie
If, f .1 r
only out down on lower-
has also, at least Indi-
board and legislature as
leaving.
who with Dr. Nelson was
laii
I'l II VI ..V'lt.lV,..
it difficult to do a pro-
although mental patients still occupy
11 .1 1 - 11 :n
all those pllSlcall ill.
,H,tn, ., i., .ii-. ni.,111-1
t III .1 .. .
"Ul" "."
call be Healed in tlieir
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contrary is often the case.
For Our Children
To the Editor: It was in the
spring of 1059 that the survey
team appointed to study tne
entire Pacific coastal strip re
ported to the National Park
Service that of all the areas
along the Pacific Coast it
found the Oregon dunes sea
shore and Point Reyes in
California the most unique,
beautiful and worthy of pres
ervation. Point Reyes has ue
been set aside as a National
Seashore and so is protected
and preserved for future gen
erations to enjoy. Now it is
heartening to learn that our
beautiful dunes area may soon
receive the same protection
through passage of Senator
Neuberger's bill to create
an Oregon Dunes National
Seashore, a bill which Secre
tary Udall has endorsed.
The past four years have j
been filled with misunder
standings and the misgivings
g &KSg
great economic benefits which
establishment of the park will
bring. Those who are reason
ably content with the present
fear any innovation which
might possibly change their
accustomed ways. In other
areas, however, such as Cape
Cod and Hattcras, the reality
of the national seashore de
velopment, with all the im
provements and economic
gains it has brought, has won
the doubters from their
former opposition to a happy
acceptance and there arc signs
that this change is already be
ginning in Oregon.
The advantage of the Neu
berger bill over that of Con
gressman Duncan s is that it
will preserve a natural and
beautiful environment on
both sides of Highway 101,
which will be the main road
through the part. Were this
not done there would surely
be unsightly and unwanted
commercial developments on
privately held land on the
east side of the highway. Also,
this bill gives greater control j
over lake access and use j
...,- .,, ,,v. .......
the private homes now built
mere.
H wilt be a beautiful Na-
lional Seashore and one we
will all enjoy and lake pride
m. And so will our children
ind their
SSi.wS V .a
Portland 10. Ore.
f spring-
; Some pools writr i
time in the valley
ui me numnn uuu ami mi
?IveryiImm!i. i ,
Tm '"
; of the wild fi.mcs drenched
in the sun's beam
And still others tell of the
Parisian .spring
But to me sprinf in the city
is a wonderful thing.
It brines joy. happiness, truth
and love;
It marks a new era Ol life
(rum above.
It's a spirit of courage and
content.
For spring in the city from
God was sent.
Mary R, JoilQfl
4J8 North Holly St .
Medford
A Light Extinguished
fo the Editot It was on a
camel trip before there were
desert (utowtjn The evening
grew chilly. Our camel boys
made of a few stones a sup-
n.irl to brew mil dinner
' fTM.
flr0
Writer, noticing two stones
1 in i.-.l ..nm,.-!-
commentiM:
on, ih.v iy iome ittted.
Phild.rown-UD made iuit iuch
a cemelthom Br One MOM,
r, another Copper near
mornlnJ ,u. .,.,,
,,u, mt.u , W11S tougher lor
uinis uiau 1111 muwa. i.n
i
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M-DFOBD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
Bronze age had arrived:"
A recent scientific magazine I
article describes discovery,
In Mexico, of artifacts of gold
alloy, of silver alloy, also of
bronze, all of probable Aztec
days, (whose drink, chocolal.
Age Intellectuals of those
is our chocolate, and whose
astronomers' o b s e r v a tions
were more accurate than our
palefaces of their time.) are
extinct.
The Conquistadores were !
outnumbered 10,000 warriors
to 1. Their only advantage was
the horscbacked Spanish
knight in dazzling, shining
armor. Hence Cortez massacr
ed all leadership castes-royal,
priestly, warrior. Because of
labor needs, he spared the
slave caste.
Those Aztecs could make
gold, also silver, alloys, like
wjse bronze. Today we, for
such inventions as stainless
steel and chrome auto fend
ers, depend on palefaced re
searchists. As to the gifted among
Mexican Amerinds, "a great
light was extinguished."
C. M. Goethe
3731 Tea st.
Sacramento 16, Calif.
Kindergartens and Progress
To the Editor: This letter
is in answer to Floyd Mc
Cabe's letter, 4-11-63. on kin
dergartens, stating: "We need
a kindergarten like a dog
needs fleas ... a paid baby
sitter service."
Our 5-year-old son is pres
ently attending the Central
Point kindergarten along with
14 other children. We feel this
will help prepare him for the
routine of school and estab
lish a basis for his formal ed
ucation. Mr. McCabe may say "In
my school days, I was just
bundled up and sent off to
school walking every step of
the way." True - that was the
old wav and it applied to
many of us. But would you
prefer to have the good old
fashioned dentist pull an ach-
ni 11HM.II . Ill icvou RC nc
The new methods and a little
novocain? i say any man who
says he'd prefer that "old doc"
is a proerastinator!
, ralifnrni:. rHMtnrc fn.i
1 kindcrgarten is so essential
lhat it is a first grade en-
I trance requirement. This.
believe, establishes it as a val
uable asset to the child.
While we arc making no
1 great sacrifice for our son to
attend kindcrgarten. we are
stretching our budget to give :
him this additional training.
as arf, scvcra G( our frjcncs
It ta lieople like Floyd R.
J? to?
Ju 'otc"TOttt!a ,
the Butte Kails mud and the
state of Oregon out begging
to industry.
Tom and Sandra Winn
410 Freeman rd
Central Point, Ore.
wnat a cnange
to the Ldttor: Ability to
pay What a problem it is for
the homeowner today- And
mi.- eviuwuj '"
union-man who manages to
get by in the popular do-it-
youiscii wa oui u is uit
euieiiy v no are nil tne naro-
est Kor taxes must be paid
or the old home w ill no long
er be theirs
On a recent trip over to
Tillamook way lo see the new
great grand daughter and lor
.1 tamiiy reunion, we noticeo
Z 7r:
k cows being
the pasture to
the iiuiKing Darn Bin ine one
j driving them was not the
traditional 00 v. wnicn tms
writer used
to be Tins
modern one
grandma
slow of step and nalr white
.is driven mofc
Aiter guv,::!.- were over,
my first question was why
1 m mw.w.j
I
- nh.iAM. ac.H prinriini
Despite Reaction to
By K. C. THALER
United Presi International
London-iUPH-Thc Commu
nist welcome for the papal
'peace on earth" encyclical
has revived diplomatic specu
lation that Soviet Premier
Nikita
Khrushchev may be '
planning a visit to Rome.
Moscow has said nothing
officially on the project so
far, but a series of gestures
in recent months has pointed
to a deliberate Kremlin policy
to ease relations with the
pontiff.
Satellite countries, presum
ably with a go-ahead from the
Russians, went out of their
way to praise the Holy Week
encyclical.
Diplomatic reports have
suggested the Kremlin aims at
establishment of formal re
lations with the Vatican that
would allow the Church of
Rome to set up a number of
consulate-type representations
in Communist countries, in
cluding the U. S. S. R.
,
was bringing the cows home ,
in the evening dusk.
neck, was tne answer
from a state highway worker.
"I sec that all along some 200
miles of the coast highway.
They're all gray or white
haired running the smail
home dairies here. Wage de
mands are so high they can't
afford to do any crop-raising,
but with machines for milk
ing they can get by with that
Although carting the filled
milk-cans to the pickup
stand is the near limit for
both of them to do."
What a change - what a
change in the ways of men
and minds. What fierce pride
it was for me when about 12,
to sit sweaty-shirt with men
at a neighbor dinner-table.
Then after 10 hours of shock
ing wheat or slowing it back
under the barn roof that
grown men couldn't do for
winter threshing, and when
day was done, the big round
25 cent piece was all my very
own, that is till Ma had to
have it to buy a new broom
or such like. Everybody then
was hiring somebody. There
was so much to be done and
the long summer hours short
ening all too soon.
We would like to hire here,
the topping of a too tall pine,
mistletoe that is choking the
oaks, someone else to climb
the tractor and get the plow
ing finished and help plant
ing garden things we know is
free of insecticides. But we
,1on't want to be sued for
damages if someone gets hurt.
And our ability to pay must
oc considered with wage de
mands. Otherwise, our wan
ing strength must be balanced
off with will to do so long as
we can do, somewhow, some
way. F. J. Clifford
Route 2, Box 200F
Central Point, Ore.
In the Day's News
By FRANK
From Salem:
UThon tha Drplnn lesista.
, ,1 r.. ,i,.iMii ...
Ways and Means commilce
had passed out 53 of the 105
budget bills making up Gov
ernor Hatfield's S405 2 mil
lion budget.
It had been able to reduce
expenditures on only 18 of
these bills, and the total re
duction was only ST02.146
CONCLUSION:
J It doesn't look like there's
much chance of cutting ma
terially the S405 million bud-
set requested by Oregon s
governor.
ESTION:
Governor Hatfield's
budget extravagant?
1JEKORE attempting an
L' answer either way - yes
or no -- lets take a look at
some more figures
Oregon's proposed budget
for ,ile next B1ENMUM (a
biennium is two years), as
proposed by Governor Hat-
is S405.0OO.0O0 or
$202,500,000 per year That
comes to a per capita iper per-
scm cosl 0f jlli
President Kennedv
fede
- .,1 budget for the fiscal vear
0( 9g4 ls a rCcord S98 8
BILLION - or a per capita
; tOS, o( 5532 for the average
American.
Ww ,or lnc mocker:
Oregon's share of the
Prcs
ident's proposed 1 964 fiscal
car federal budget, as csti-
mated by Tax Foundation
Inc., is $899 million - or
FOL'R TIMES as much as the
proposed budget for the State
ol Oregon
Which is to say
In 1964. the FEDERAL
1
1
iavr na'ri i thi- nMHiie rti
There has been speculation
that Khrushchev, who plans
a visit to Belgrade this spring
or summer, may take that
opportunity to go to Italy and
return an official visit Italian
leaders paid him last year.
nm'Bnl Dn ' "e rul"v
V IlLUltl l-klll UillLIICV Ilioriv-J
Strictly
Personal
By Sydney J. Harris
fc Field Enterprises. Inc.
CHILDHOOD'S CLEAR EYE
Some weeks ago, I wrote a
little piece of fluff about the
brainy father being beaten at
Concentration by his five-1
year - old;
daughter. The
letters began
to pour in, and
riving, about
all the fiend-
Ish little chil-
dren who de-
light in hu-
mutating Uieir
ciders at:
Ham
cards, games,
puzzles, and
other contests of perception
and memory.
The most interesting letter,
however, came from a man in
Florida who is relired mag.
ician of considerable profes
sional standing. He wrote, in
part:
"When I was performing
sleight-of-hand, and similar
feats, it was always easy to
fool the adults - in fact, the
more intelligent and educated
the adult, the easier he was
to fool. College professors
were my favorites.
"Bui any child under 12
is poison lo a sleight-of-hand
man. The child is not dis
tracted by palter, the way
an adult is. He keeps his
eyes focused on the right
card and the right hand,
and the slighesl hesitation
or fumbling is immediately
evident to him. Growing up
seems lo be largely a proc
ess of diluting our attention,
and diffusing our percep
tions." As we grow up, our field
of vision expands, our
minds fan out (as it were),
and many peripheral ob
jects claim our attention.
The QUANTITY of our
comprehension increases,
but the QUALITY goes
down. We "see" what our
sophistication has trained
us to see, not what is really
there.
This is why ihe intelli
gent and educated spectator
is so easily taken in by
sleight - of - hand. He has
taught himself to look for
subtleties, for shadings oi
difference, for a certain
patterning of expressions
and gestures and reactions.
The child, unsophisticated
in this regard, looks only lor
the obvious - and the obvious,
of course, is most hidden from
sophistication. Poe's classic
little tale. "The Purloined
Letter," is an excellent ex
ample; a pile of letters is the
JENKINS
I Oregon will come to FOUR
! A Tl 4 111. F TlIFt
! taxes will come to
The state of Oregon budget
for 1964 figures oui at SI 12
per person.
Oregon's share of the fed
eral budget for 1964 figures
out al S482 per person.
RUT
" You will say-
A little better than half
of the federal budget irough
y about 55 per cent) goes for
N ATION AL DEFENSE. That,
of course, is a legitimate tax
on Oregon people. Wc need
and want adequate defense as
much as anvbodv else in the
U.S.A.
OT1LL
O Leaving out defense, the
per capita cost of FEDERAL
government is about TWICE
the per capita cost of Oregon
government.
That's where
,nchcs
' .
the shoe
r I ET'S put it
r. If our old
t this way-
Uncle back in
. " a.-hington wercn t so fan-
tastically extravagant. we
could afford a lot more of
,h' things we want here in
Oregon
- DRAFT CALL TOLD
ashington-1 rl -The Army
said Tuesday it will draft
-t.000 men in June. 6.000 less
'than in May The draft fori
March was 9.000 and 10.000
for this month and May A
rise in enlistments with the
end of the school year par-
(tally accounts for the drop
- -
I
:n ine June arai; call
Accord Still Distant,
Encyclical
uch a trip depends on a scries
of major developments. One
is the status of the conflict
with Peking with which he is
preoccupied presently and the
outcome of projected Sino-:
Soviet talks in Moscow next
month.
Another is whether the
ground is sufficiently pre-
pared for a Khrushchev pil -
grimage to the Vatican.
The Communist press, in
welcoming the papal encycli -
cal, read into it a virtual
endorsement of the concept of
Moscow's so-called peaceful
coexistence policy.
The Vatican quickly put
the record straight by remind
I ing tlic Communists that the
! cornerstone of the "peace on
j earth" pronouncement was
the freedom and dignity of
the individual which the Red
reports ignored.
Today & Tomorrow
! BY Walter
(c) 1963. The
TWO WITNESSES
j There has come to be gen-
eral agreement in Washington
thai liip nnlv hie and nrw
measure which lias a chance
to be passed
co n ce r n e d
about - nota -
bly the inade
quacy of our
1 educational system. But there
! we are immobilized by the
deadlock over the church
schools and over states' rights.
The tax bill touches- all our
interests, even education,
since an expanding economy
would produce more revenue
for the states and localities as
well as the federal govern
ment. It touches almost every
other public matter, be it the
race for the moon or unem
ployment and juvenile delin
quency. A measure which will
stimulate economic growth is
the hub of the wheel from
which all the spokes radiate.
ALTHOUGH the House has
completed i I s hearings,
there are few 'outward signs
of what lax measures Con
gress is in fact going to enact.
There has been one decisively
important development since
the administration sent its
proposals to Congress. Though
it is not admitted officially,
tax reform, except in more or
less token face-saving details,
has been abandoned. The bill
which will Co to the House
this summer will be a bill to
reduce taxes.
This will put before the
Congress and the country the
basic question; shall we re
duce taxes, though this means
a bigger budget deficit, in or
der to stimulate economic
growth by evoking a greater
demand for consumer goods
and a greater investment in
capital goods?
TWO auile separate witness-
- cs have recently testified
I on this question. The one is
Mr. Maudling. the Chancellor
of Ihe Exchequer in the Con
scrvative government of! course, want it too widely re
Great Britain. The other is'alized that there is such fun
first place a Clllld WOU1C, lOOK
for a hidden letter, and the
last place an investigating
o.,lt ,.r.,M Innlf
We laugh at our children's
simplistic solutions of war
and peace, and we say that
the children do not under -
stand the complexities of the
world situation. But we are
the ones who are distracted
by superficial factors, and it
is the child who concentrates
on the fact of death and the
- , foolishness of adult conflict,
What else can it mean to say
that "a little child shall lead
us."?
1
ft
"Don't be illy. lady. II Ihe goTernment were manag
ing the newi. it's be better than it is!"
O (
Letter
1 Vatican radio said the calls
Ior settlement of international
b yer through negotia.
"ns. for racial tolerance and
for world disarmament all
constituted an important part
of the encyclical.
j But, it told the Communists,
the central nucleus of the
1 eycyclical was "constituted by
I the dignity of the human be-
J jng, his rights, his duties."
1 The implications that the
basis for a Soviet-Vatican
: reapprochement has yet to
1 be found,
Khrushchev's s o u n d i 1123
1 have included an audience
with the Pope by his son-ii
1 a w Alcxei Adzubci last
month, preceded by greetings
which Khrushchev personal!;
sent the Pope on his 80tk
birthday and on the occasion
of the new year.
lippmann
Washington Post
Governor Rockefeller, tha
i leading contender for the Re-
publican nomination for Pres
ident. It is a most interesting
and significant fact that tha
by Congress is E"llsn cnanceiior and the
the tax bill. New York governor take their
There are, of stand on the same economic
course, many doctrine which is the founda
other things tion of the Kennedy fiscal
that we ought policy.
to be greatly Al 1 three are concerned
1 with the same problem, a
1 sluggish rate of growth ac-
companied by unemployment.
All of them propose in prin
ciple the same remedy. All of
them derive this remedy from
the same school of cconomio
thinking, that of the Swedish
economists and John Maynard
Keynes.
All of them propose to over
come sluggishness by expand
ing demand, and all of them
propose to do this by reducing
taxes and accepting budgetary
deficits. (Mr. Maudling not
only reduces taxes, but in
creases government expendi
tures.) All three believe that
the way eventually to balance
the budget will be to produce
more tax revenues from an
expanding economy.
PRECISE comparisons can
not be made between the
Maudling budget and Hie Ken
nedy budget. For one tiling,
the British have no budget
like our highly misleading ad
ministrative budget, which wo
call THE budget. Furthermore,
the British economy and the
Britisli population are much
smaller than ours. The British
national product is about 14
per cent of the American, and
the British population is only
30 per cent of ours. But. inso
far as the two budgets are
comparable, the calculations
which I have seen show lhat
in relation to the size of the
two economies, the British
cash deficit is somewhat larger
than ours.
Governor Rockefeller's con
tribution to the discussion is
in a statement issued on April
6.. It is, I think, no misrepre
sentation to say that the state
ment endorses the theory and
the main substance of the ad
ministration program. The
governor, who is in search of
Republican votes, does not, of
damental similarity between
j - J -
! teller diagnosis oi. ana ine
Kennedv and the Rockefeller
prescription I O T,
economic
j sluggishness,
I Both the governor and the
' President want a tax cut as
1 soon as possible, and both of
them hope that if the economy
responds adequately it will
i then be possible to balance the
j budget. They differ somewhat
; on how much expenditures
; should be held down in next
j year's budget. But the diffcr-
enccs between them are triv-
Hal as compared wiui incir
I fundamental agreement.