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History from the files of The
Mall Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40
and 50 veari ago.
Matter of Fact
10 YEARS AGO
Anril 21. 1963 (Tuaiday)
Clouds have been seeded in
attempts to prevent hall or
anow pellets on two aays so
far in April.
Mcdford's city council is
expected to take action on the
city s dog ordinance.
20 YEARS AGO
April 21. 1943 (Wednesday)
War department lists First
Lt. Robert G. Emmons, Med
ford, among men Interned In
Russia after bombing Tokyo
with Gen. James Doolittle.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudgo Pot" column: "The
weather man has received his
first threatening letter of the
year from the owner of a
new Easter bonnet."
30 YEARS AGO
Aoril 21. 1933 (Thursday)
Jackson county residents
aroused by attempt to revive
"Good Government con
gress." Os West, former governor
of Oregon, charges slate
Democratic chairman "more
interested In getting a federal
job for hlmBelf than for the
other fellows."
40 YEARS AGO
April 21, 1923 (Friday)
Fishing reported as "gen
erally poor" along Rogue riv
er. Sugar scheduled to gn up 20
cents a pound In Mcdford.
A 'Complaint Department'
Are the existing checks and balances built
into our governments federal and state still
adequate to insure that they will remain respon
sive, and do well their job of serving the people?
There is some doubt that they are.
The DfODOsed new Constitution for Oregon
would create the office of controller, who would
have "watchdog" duties, including auditing, for
the executive and administrative offices of the
state.
In the Army, the office of inspector general
performs similar functions.
A ND IN .Scandinavia, the office of "Ombuds
man" (which means "Representative") has
been created to perform a like duty.
The idea is spreading. Connecticut is now
considering the establishment of such an office.
And the Scandinavian countries are receiving
many inquiries about the system.
The American Bar Association is sponsoring
a measure to create an independent otnee of leel
eral administrative practice, which could, among
other things, "receive complaints regarding mat
ters of practice and procedure and make investi
gations or recommendations as deemed appro
priate." WHEN THE nation was small, its government
was small and uncomplicated. Now, how
ever, it includes scores or (iiiierent oiiices ana
bureaus and denartmcnts. and millions of em
ployees. States, too, have grown complex ana
oiten unwieldy.
Many of these officials have considerable
power, including the power to affect the rights,
nrivileeres and needs of private citizens. At the
same time, many of them arc virtually immune,
not only to criticism, but to remedial action. It
is possible for some officials to do wrong without
its being known except by chance witness the
Billie Sol Estes affair.
And who ainontr us has not trround his teeth
h rage and frustration at what we consider to be j JF&&,g&
the arbitrary and capricious actions of some bu- the soviet union have been
reaucrat at one time or another?
I JNDER THE proposal now being studied in
Connecticut, the Ombudsman could inves
tigate, either upon complaint or upon his own
initiative, such matters as preferential treatment,
influence peddling, inadequate or arbitrary regu
lations, wrongful detention, police overzealous
ness or laxity, unjust procedures, arbitrary cen
sorship or secrecy, patronage excesses, ineffi
ciencies and delays, had conditions in institu
tions, payoffs and kickbacks, discriminatory ac
tions, nonenf orcement of state laws, and a long
list of other abuses or situations.
He could not enforce any changes, nor would
he have the power to prosecute. But he would
have the authority to make investigations, to in
spect records, to hear witnesses, and so on.
And his reports presumably would carry great
weight with both public and legislative opinion.
AN ARTICLE in the Christian Science Monitor
!1 VG
""J"'
''The fundamental justification of th Ombudsman's
work is to strengthen the people's confidence in their
government by helping to make sure that they receive
the best possible public service."
As it is, individual citizens often can do little
when confronted with a situation which needs
remedying. He can write to his elected represen
tatives, legislative or executive. But this is not
always productive.
Having such a complaint department in
"Do You Think I'm Being Too Daring?"
Today & Tomorrow
By Walter lippmann
Icl 1963. The Waahington Post
"PEACE IN THE LANDS"
Beset by rivals who prom
I ise a new order of human life,
I and demoralized by anxiety
and unbelief
and aimless
ness, there is
in many West
e r n men a
yearning for a
statement of
the meaning
and purpose
of a free so-
c i e t y. Now
they have one
tion of the natural law.
It is a profoundly moving
event in the history of our
times that this high-minded
and good-hcartcd Pope should
be telling men that this is the
way to peace among them
selves and within all the
lands.
tieala
l.tr-pinann
By Joseph Alsop
(ci New York Herald Tribune Syndicate
ON THE OTHER SIDE
Vienna At the close of
a European journey in this
year of great changes, it is
hard to decide
which chang
es are more
striking and
significant. On
our side of
the line that
divides the
world, the re
surgence of
n a 1 1 onalism
personified by
Gen. de Gaulle is menacing
the Western Alliance. But on
the line's other side, there is
not only disunion in the Com
munist camp; there are also
profound changes inside the
Soviet Union itself.
Alsop
thought about and written
about largely In terms of
their effects on individuals.
It has been suggested that
Nikita S. Khrushchev's power
was declining, which is poss
ible but not certain. Much at
tention has also been given to
the troubles which have over
taken Vevgcni Ycvtushcnko
and other intellectuals of the
avant garde.
BUT lt is clear by now thai
the power struggle in the
Soviet Presidium and the new
repression of the Intellectuals
and artists arc only elements
of a much larger and more
far-reaching process. The
main features of the process
are as follows:
First, the restriction of in
tellectual freedom, already
noted. This was already being
demanded as long ago as the
22nd Party Congress, most
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
50 YEARS AGO
April 21, 1913 (Sunday)
English syndicate, holding
option on Rogue River Canal
company, offers valley resi
dents 20 years water contract
If 110,000 acres can be signed
'..D....I..U... it,. iirovernment would, ll seems to us, constitute a
niece of grand larceny since lbnE Step toward 11HHV 1't'Spollsivc, efficient and i ISh
effective public service in government.
And mat goes for government at all level
E.A.
Captain Kidd retired from ac
tive business life occurred
yesterday afternoon at the
local baseball grounds when
the representatives (if a Mcd
ford nine and the Central
Point club taxed a dozen loyal
baseball fans two-bits each ad
mission fee."
V'hal's Your I.Q.?
Nina oi tan corracl il superior;
even or eight il aicallent; five or
lit it good.
I. If Adam Smith were to
return and discuss Say's.
Wagner's and Kngc's Laws,
would he be talking about
chemistry, physics or econ
omics'.' 2 Is air pressure measured
by a barometrr. hydrometer,
or thermometer?
3. In what state is the Palo
mar Mountain Observatory:
4. What is the Pentateuch?
5. In what cily is the Qual
d'Omv
6 Is lovarlch the RuMlan h0l8ter.
word fur bread, comrade, or " , m , .
leader? I70R THE FIRS" time, he found lt necessary
According tu the Scrip- to fire it ;tt another human being. And his
j target, an 18-year-old youth who had been shoot
ing at him following an attempted armed rob
bery, fell and shortly died from two of Hall's
bullets.
It is not well to congratulate a man for having
; Killed another human being.
But surelv Hall deserves our thanks and our
io. what is vUcoMhceiiu- commendation for having been equal to the high-
lose yarn mure popularly ; ..... ,.t,..li i . ' . , "
v- .....ilk iiL-r I 1 1 I 1 1 . 1 I il I il i-t -1 1 1 ill I I I
ri. . .T .' I " .
ni urumer omens, anv one ot whom may
unpredictably somedav fin
How about the weather?
It's been well over on the
freakish side especially out
hero in the West. Below zero
temperatures have returned
to Utah here in mid-April.
More than eight inches of
snow fell in t h e mountains
east ot Salt Lake City the
oilier day.
In Southern California,
there is mure than a foot uf
now on the ground at
MOUnt Palomar, and ten in
ches are reported on Mount
Lagttna. Snow-packed roads
have closed all but one of San
Diego county's mountain
schools.
notably in the arrogant speech
of the then political officer of i order which
the Soviet Armed forces,
Gen. Golikov.
Second, the sharp re
centralization of the whole
Soviet economy, under Dim
itri F. Ustinov, the man who
has been handling the Soviet
Armed Forces weapons pro
curement ever since 1941.
This reversal of Khrushchev
decentralization seems to be
the culminating episode in a
long argument about invest
ment priorities. In view of
Ustinov's past associations, it
would appear that the Armed
Forces have won the argument.
Third, the great increase of
prosecutions for economic and
other alleged crimes against
the state; the more and more
overt anti-Semitism; and the
apparent growth of police ac
tivity and authority.
The statement has been made
in the Easter encyclical letter
of John XXIII, that most
Christian Pope. Here is a re
statement for the modern age
of tile central philosophy up
on which are based the in
stitutions which we mean to
preserve and intend to de
velop. The encyclical is addressed
not only to the clergy and the
faithful, but "to all men of
good will." The text bears out
this greeting literally and or
ganically. For the foundation
on which the whole of the
argument rests is that "the
Creator of the world has im-1
printed in man's heart an
his conscience ;
Highest Challenge
Probably all jobs in this complicated world of
ours have certain inherent risks anil dangers in
volved in them. But surely few of them are as in
nately dangerous as is law enforcement work.
Our frequently unappreciated, often under
paid protectors of the public safety and welfare,
perforce, come Into almost daily contact with that
irrational element of our society which operates
Outside the bounds of law and order.
a. r ,.,,1
nor ine Ul'UieuUyn lit mo real m us, tu u out) RA1SE temperatures in the
secondarily for their own protection, policemen I etmoiphere as much as 200
are authorized to cany guns. degrees:
Last Monday afternoon, for the second time
in his seven-year career with the Mcdford police
department, Officer William A. Hall was forced
to draw his .:!.s caliber service revolver from its
AND-
From Washington, this
one:
New evidence was report
ed that as space traffic in
creases, exhaust gas from
rockets may pollute the upper
atmosphere and affect wea
ther and radio communica
tions. Two Bedford, Mass., re
sc a reliefs told of mathemat
ical studies Indicating that a
six-mile-thick cloud uf rocket
exhaust gas. from 30 to DO
miles above the earth, could
II
mmmmmmm
The fantastic cost of this
space exploration business is
hi'smniiip In rain thft teniiier-
attires of a lot of us poor (l"i,r different direction
devils of taxpayers
IHESE three elements,
taken together, make a
pattern which will seem fa
miliar enough to those who
have explored the melancholy
and blood-stained history of
Russia. The regime of Josef
Stalin had the same kind of
familiarity. It resembled the
terrible transforming reigns
of Ivan the Terrible and Peter
the Great.
But what is happening now
does not seem to be a return
to Stalinism, in the true,
terror-drenched sense of the
word. Between its great, san
guinary upheavals, Russian
history has always followed a
sort of bellows-rhythm. The
air was let in, and the air was
expelled again, in almost con
tinuous alternation.
The reign of Nicholas I was
the classical airless period.
There was no terror, at least
of the extreme Ivan-Pcter-Stalin
sort, and there were no
great, transforming changes.
There was a rigid and dead
ening autocracy, hostile to
ideas of any kind at all.
squarely based on the armed
forces and the police.
The most competent Euro
pean students of the problem
more and more incline to be
lieve that Russia is entering
another period like the reign
of Nicholas I. made far worse,
of course, by the fact that
Russia is now a Communist
society. Where this return to
airlessncss icaves Khrush
chev, who let Ihe air in to
begin with, remains an open
question.
PROBABLY the most im
portant clue is that fact
that KhrushchfiV is known to
have been personally rcspon-
i siblc for the publication of the
a s t o n i s ll i n g prison-camp
' novel. "One Day in the Life
I of Ivan Dcnisovich." In the
j light of hindsight, this looks
Very like a move in an inner
political struggle, comparable
to the last-minute decision to
spread all the crimes of
Stalin on tile public record at
the 112nd Congress.
If this appearance is not
misleading, Khrushchev's
I power has probably declined.
! But In reality, what happens
I to Khrushchev is much less
important than what has al
I ready happened to his pol-
icies. Whether or no Khrush
i chev continues in charge, the
! Soviet state-machinery has
clearly begun to move in a
reveals to him and enjoins
him to obey." This proposi
tion, which is the first prin
ciple of what is known as nat
ural law, can be held, and in
fact has been and is held, by
men of widely differing theo
logical beliefs.
In reaching out beyond Ihe
clergy and the faithful of his
own church to ail men of
good will, including the de
clared enemies of his church,
the Pope has based the argu
ment of his message not on
revelation and the inspired
teachings of the church, but
upon a philosophical prin
ciple. It is that there is in all
men at least the rudiments
of a conscience, at least some
capacity to reason, and some
inclination to follow it.
THE natural law, of which
this is the foundation
stone, is older than the Christ
ian church. St. Paul's concep
tion of the one church, "neith
er Greek nor Jew . . . bar
barian, Scythian, bond nor
free," was in the Mediterran
ean air at the time of Alex
ander the Great in the fourth
century B.C. It was first ar
ticulated by the stoic philos
ophers and was then worked
out by the Roman lawyers.
Ernest Barker in his book,
"Traditions of Civility," says,
"The rational faculty of man
was conceived as producing a
common conception of law
and order which possessed a
universal validity. . . . This
common conception included,
as its three great notes, the
three values of liberty, equal
ity and brotherhood or fra
ternity of all mankind. This
common conception and its
three great notes have formed
a European set of ideas for
over 2,000 years."
These ideas flourished
"from the days of the Refor
mation to those of the French
Revolution." They inspired
and justified the glorious
revolution of 1689, and they
were the doctrine of the
Americans who made the
revolution of 1776. The Dec
laration of Independence is
on essay In natural law; the
first ten amendments of the
Constitution, known as the
Bill of Rights, are an applk'a-
rPHIS is not the place to at-a-
temjat a summary of what
is, though it is
merit, a closely-reasoned and
highly - condensed text. It
covers the whole range of ex
ternal human interests from
the family to the world com
munity, of the public philos
ophy as distinguished from
private, interior, mystic and
aesthetic experience.
It docs not, of course, pro
pose concrete solutions for
concrete issues, say, what to
do about Castro and Cuba.
The solutions fall, as the Pope
I says, within the realm of
1 prudence, which is the capac
j ity to judge what is oppor
tune and useful in a particu
lar moment. But if the ency
clical contains no panacea for
Cuba, its way of thinking
could be. with good profit,
studied by all who would
deal with Cuba.
"One must never," says the
Pope, "confuse error and a
person who errs . . . The per-;
soil who errs is always and
above all a human being, and
he retains in every case his
dignity as a human person,
and he must be always re
garded and treated In accord
ance with that lofty dignity.
Besides, in every human
being there is a need that is !
congenital to his nature and
never becomes extinguished,
compelling him to break
through the web of error and
open his mind to the know
ledge of truth."
THINGS YOU WOULDN'T
KNOW IF YOU HADN'T
READ THEM HERE:
No one knows why but sus
penders were invented before
trousers. . . . Fish are never
very happy about people sea
son Most barbers are
long docu- ( independently wealthy and
Sititfris. Young Amtrica,
Zipp and Zulu.
just cut hair for a hobby. . . .
Texas is only three feet deep.
. . . Gregory Peck was named
after a chicken. . . . Mous-
I924-A VINTAGE YEAR
AT MEDFORD HIGH
It was the year of Jack Ben
ny's birth, the world was now
comfortably safe for democ
racy and Mcdford Higli sent
its state-championship basket-
taches have practically no re- i ball team to the National
sale value.
In-
YOU'RE PROBABLY
WRONG DEPT.
If you're in a state hav
ing cities named Ashland,
Bandon, Cottage Grove,
Eugene, Florence, Jackson
ville, Medford, Monmouth,
Newport, Ontario, Otwego.
Pendleton. Portland. Proa
pect, Roseburg, Salem.
Springfield. Toledo, Win
chester and Popcorn, where
are you? You said Indiana?
That's right, and it also has
other towns and cities with
such interesting names as
Aroma, Buddha, Cairo, Cey
lon. China, Cuba. Dublin,
Gnaw Bone, Loogootee,
Mexico, Morocco, Napoleon,
New Otto, Old Otto, Rome,
IN saying previously that the j fr 'hc fl",u,rc ot Europe and
encyclical Is an historic
event, I had in mind the fact
that it comes just as the West
ern World is in transition
from the postwar era. I ven
ture to think that this vener
able Pope will be better un
derstood by the new political
generation that is coming lo
power in the Western lands.
There is, I believe, a suc
tion of opinion toward the
center and away from the ex
tremes. In the terms of con
tinental European politics,
there is a strong tendency for
the Democratic Socialists to
coalesce with the Christian
Democrats. This may prove
to be of decisive importance
of the world
The Pope's encyclical seems
to have been timed after de
ciding that the "moment has
arrived . . . when it is honor
able and useful" to restate the
old philosophy for the modern
age.
lerscholastic Tournament
t-nicago.
Student Body President
Frank Perl played Perunah
the Shah and Gnrrinn Ker
shaw was Somecrabc, an
Arab shiek. in the operetta,
"In the Garden of the Shah".
John Holzgang was editor
of the Crater and Almus
Pruitt was the associate edi
tor. Frank Van Dyke, debat
ing as a sophomore, was on
the affirmative (and winning)
side of the question, "Re
solved that the U. S. should
give the Philippines immedi
ate independence." It is as
sumed that the Philippines
have been properly grateful
to Mr. Van Dyke for the part
that hc played in helping
them win their freedom.
According to the records,
Allen Perry (now manager ot
the downtown Mcdford
branch of the U. S. National
Bank) "was a bear at break
ing up interference, could re
ceive passes with accuracy
and saw to it that no one got
around his end." This also is
a pretty accurate description
of a good bank manager.
Coach Prince G. Callison
led his talented basketball
team through the regular
schedule to a state champion-
ship and then on to Chicago.
Making the trip were Captain
i Jimmic Allen. Clare Williams,
Mervyn Chastain. Harold
Reichstein, Gil Knips, Eddy
Demmer and Carl White. The
j Rip Van Winkle Club made
funds available to ineluda
Mike Jacobs in the group foe
his efforts as yell leader.
Medford lost its first game lo
Florence, Miss. (25-27), won
its first consolation bracket
game from Boise, Ida. (32-22),
and lost its final game to
Birmingham, Ala. (21-27).
Gtit&LttfSiSiM, us iwws TifS .
But, if
ciliien.
citizen?'
they make
why can't
Winston Churchill an American
they make God an American
3D
SOMETHING BORROWED
You thought that
This was a poem
But we wrote it this
Way to fool you.
MOMENT OF MUSICAL
TRIUMPH
We once sang with lha
San Francisco Symphony
conducted by Pierre Mon
leux. For those of you feeling
that some additional proof
might be necessary, we
would tell you that the
great Monteux turned to
his audience and said,
"Please, now, sing your
National Anthem with us
and someday you may tell
your friends that you sang
with the San Francisco
Symphony, Pierre Mon
teux conducting."
Like we were sayings
friends, we once . . .
Alliance Drifting in Muddied Waters
k J aaaae
m
was won.
The Alliance is now blan
keted in dense fogs of dilem
ma and paradox. For every
European - and they were
numbcrless-who once criti
cized isolationist America for
lures, Cain was the brother
of whom?
S. Is the blood acid or al
kaline'.' 9. Name the hero of Au-
thurian romance who was the
greatest of Arthur's knights,
and Ihe lover of Queen
Guinevere.
No one can tell as yet how
I far Hie movement will go. or
i ND j what its effects will be Will
From Pasadena comes j it go so far. for instance, as a
this shivery prognostication: ' Sino - Soviet reconciliation.
The first scientific evidence ! largely based on Soviet ac-
BY ERIC SEVAREID
Romc-In the realm of ordi
nary life - traveling, doing
business, sitting in the sun or
inspecting one
nothcr s love-
vistas, mil-
I s e u m s and
antiquities --.there Is now at least one who
Europe a n d i criticizes America for being;
the Europeans committed too deeply and I
are thawing j dominantiy to them. For'
out.. The win' every one who fears American
ter of their j bravado will bring war upon
physical dis- them there is another who
content i s fears that if war should come
upon them from other causes.
I In the realm of high politics, America will not h a v el
i the freeze is still on. The win- j enough bravado to defend
ter of allied discontent, dated j them,
for the history books by Dc- ...
I Gaulle's renunciation of the; On the general wish lo re
whole post-war Grand Design, i main free, ther- -; . j course, j
! lias become the spring of rest-! universal agreement within j
I less perplexity With what ' the Alliance. But on no spec-J
sometimes appears to be the Ific issue, whether Berlin, or'
single exception of DcGaulle Cuba or Africa or cast-west
himself, even responsible trade, docs pan-alliance agree-;
Europeans have no firm idea j mcnt exist; and it is out of j
where their countries, singly ' such issues as these, not out 1
cnai not only possible but in
evitable, does not yet exist.
In the interim. European gov
ernments disagree as to
whether they should even try
to provide themselves with the
military power that must un-
ended.
not being committed to them, i derlie diplomatic equality.
A fundamental- if obvious,
flaw in the Alliance is that
the majority power is held by
one nation, able quickly to
make vital policy decisions,
while the minority power is
diffused among several na
tions whose individual deci
sions arc, for the most part,
extremely limited in effect.
case of war. seems iwintless.
Atomic weapons have mean
ing only in their deterrent
capacity, as keepers of the
peace, not as winners of a war.
More specifically, it is the
credibility of the deterrent
that matters. We have estab
lished our nuclear credentials,
in the issues of Berlin and
Cuba, sufficiently to make
the Russians give over. It is
loo hard to believe that frac
tional nuclear power, in any
independent European hands,
would be credible to Moscow.
Short of universal disarm-
that human lung cells exposed
to smogg.v air undergo chang
es characteristic of the early-
stages of cancer has been re-
ceptance of the intransigent
Chinese theses? Again, will
the new Soviet direction be
reflected In the European im
ported by a group of Pasadena ! ellites; and if SO, how will the
called:
Answerti 1. Economics. 2.
Baron. -ter. 3. California, 4.
The first 5 books of the Old
Taetamant. S. Parii. Franca.
S. Comrade. 7. Abel. I. Alka
line, t. Lancelot. 10. Rayon.
researchers.
After breathing this smog
down in the Far Southern
California megalopolises for a
-1 few days most of us from up
here where the air is clear
, and sparkling and full of rip
' a,,H linn ill.) II... lAW II U In d
himself in a similar are ready to believe that the
Hungarians, the Poles, and
the res', respond to the loss of
all they have gained since
HIS6'' For that matter, how
will the Russian people re
spond to a return to airless-
;s and repression, after flav
or toUectively, go from here.
Within the safety zone made
possible by the American de
terrent and commitment,
of the general philosophical
weather, that war would
come, if it comes at all. On
top of this, comcidcntally,
there remains that wonder-
more and more thinks and
speaks of the Alliance in terms
of America and "Europe," an
essentially false apposition.
It can be argued, indeed,
that the very concept of "alli
ance." as history has shaped
the common concept, is essen
tially false in the era of nucle
ar power, which has basically
altered not only the nature
of war but the nature
of sovereignty. Until our time,
the final act of sovereignty-
was the declaration or the
Yet the conventional wis'dom i ament or the over-arching de-
icuiE wnn Hussia that Dc
Gaulle envisages-either one a
long way off-tlicrc is no sub
stitute for the American nu
clear presence. This seems
true, even though the question
of "whose finger on the trig
ger and the safely catch" ap
pears insoluablc. Better, per
haps, that the European pow
ers throw away their atomic
weapons than that they con
tinue the drive for indepen
dent arsenals-and that could
happen in a post-Macmillan
Britain and a post-DeGaulle
r ranee. Washington has no
Europe has surpassed its form-1 fully illogical psychological acceptance of war with the
er prosperity, uself made poss- phenomenon involving the in-j risk of defeat. Now. for the i power to bring this about It
ible by American capital infu- verse ratio of fear to proxi-: crowded countries of industri- is. therefore, stalling and
situation, can wi'll io tifit fnim Hall's standard of slu,f 11,1,1 down ,i,"c uw gantic and complex modern
Bteadv. cnnl.Vin.,,ln.l o.,.....,.,. call AIR is capable of causing i industrial economy be run by
rj ij p ALMOST ANYTHING from I the methods of Nicholas 1 We I foreign policy of the American America, but
I housemaid 1 knee on up j must wait and see. ' Founders, once the Revolution I "Europe " that
sions. ci today more and
more of political Europe looks
on the American presence
with a more and more jaun
diced eye. But emotional re
actions of resentment on our
part would be childish. Grati
ng been allowed to hope for ' tude rarely plays a leading or Americans calm
better things'' And can a gi- lasting role between nation- In diplomacv. European
states, gratitude toward governments want to be treat
franc didn't govern the:ed with more eoualitv bv :
mity-wtien war seemed po;
ible over Berlin, the nearby
Europeans were calm and the
i far off Americans scared,
when war seemed posible over
Cuba, the far-off Europeans
were scared and the nearbv
alizcd Europe-, if not necessar
ily for our spacious land, it is
the acceptance of suicide, of
non-cxistcncc. No European
government can voluntarily
make that choice for Its peo
ple. None is likely to make it.
if America should be hit and
Europe left alone.
Present speculative talk
about who woul remain faith-
the cohesive ful to the Alliance commit
would make i ment and wio ct-r-ay lt, in
hedging against proliferation
of atomic arsenals by its sue
c e s s i v c-and confusing
schemes for "interallied and
"multinational" nuclear strike
forces. Waters as opaque as
those in which the Alliance
new drifts can be muddied
even more, but not much
more
(Diitribulea 1963. by The Hall
Syndicate. Ine.)
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