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Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40
and 50 veers ego.
May 1
10 YEARS AGO
Fine hall which fell In scat
tered areas of the Rogue val
ley yesterday apparently caus
ed no commercial damage to
the area's pear crop.
Jackson county paid
$217.50 In 'Bounties lor wild
animals dv1ng April. .
20 YEARS AGO '
Medlord High school track
team rolls up 60 points to take
rl!trict title: Medford quali
fiers for state meet Include
Steve Dippel, Jack Krease,
Frank" Clark. Lowell Fleser,
Bill Baylls, Chuck Braley,
nnrl Marvin Doty.
n From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "It now
lnnita like there will be a
' shortage of good will among
nations In the brave new
world after the war.",
30 YEARS AGO
Dogs kill 63 sheep In Roxy
Ann district.
"Pussyfoot" Johnson, fa
mous "dry" crusader, to speak
in Medford.
40 YEARS AGO
Airplane, passing over Med
ford, Is "viewed by hun
dreds"; craft is on way to
Portland for mock attack to
show how helpless the city
would be in case of enemy
attack.
Southern Pacific railroad
notifies city of Medford It Is
opposed to Sixth street cross,
ing.
50 YEARS AGO
New $30,000 four - story
brick warehouse at 12th and
Front sts. completed; "to be
known as the distributing ccn
ter of southern Oregon."
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or fen correct II superior;
leven or eight li excellent) five or
all Is good.
1. On which coast of France
it the port of Toulon?
2. Two presidents of the
U.S. have been chosen by the
House of Representatives be'
cause of no candidates having
a majority in the electoral
college; name them.
3. Where l the port of La
Havre?
4. Which is greitcr. the
polar or equatorial circunv
ferenee?
5. The first representative
le&Ulure elected by popular
vole to g"v.-n the American
rc'.onics was called the House
of ?
6. Which Italian city has
been called "The Bride of
the Sea"?
7. Bees will not sting a per
son while he holds his breath;
true or false?
8, Doca Hie law require that
the Secretary of Defense shall
be a civilian?
9. In Dlcken'f novel, "David
Copperfield," what was the
name of David's child wife?
The chemical composi
tion of the blood of all races
of people Is the aemo; true or
lal.te?
- Answers! 1, Mediterranean,
2. Jefferson and John Quincy
Adams. S, France. 4. Equator
ial. S. Burgesses. I, Venice. 7.
False. I. No. (. Dora Bpenlow.
10. True.
Editor's note: In Monday's
IQ feature, a surveyor's chain
was said to be 100 feet long.
It should have specified engi
neer's chain. A surveyor's
chain Isfl feet long.
V--ASJOeiAIION
WEDNESDAY. MAY 1. 1983
The 'Image
From mankind's earliest beginnings, he has
felt the miracle of creation, the forces of nature,
the mysteries of the worlds unseen, and has
called them bod.
At first this may have been in the form of
worship of the sun or moon, or even of a tree or
rock, or all of these. Animals, too, figured largely
in his concept of the supernatural.
As civilizations developed, more formal sys
tems of religion evolved or were developed, and
the mythologies of the Egyptians, the Greeks, the
Norsemen, and the highly developed religions of
Asia are still known to
"THE concept of a monotheistic religion was rela
tively late in torming,
notably for our own western heritage, and in
others.
As the concept of One
general, mankind visualized his Creator in s
variety of ways. To some he was a great old man,
seated on a golden throne in the heavens. In
Christianity, the concept
be co-existent with that of Unity. But the varying
concepts of God are almost as diverse within
Christianity itself as they are among other re
ligions.
To some, still, he is
phic God who created man in His own image, a
Being of love and terror, who dwells in some
vaguely conceived place called Heaven.
1MORE and more, particularly within the last
century, after the startling scientific revolu
tion and particularly the writings of Charles
Darwin, changed the scene, man's concept of his
God has gone through even more variations.
Discussion of such
highly personal and laden with emotion, has
largely been confined to private talks, and with
in the churches. Few, indeed, who hold a vision
of their God. will ever be
often those who bring up the subject are abused
simply because they brought it up.
The most recent to do
John Robinson, Anglican
England, who in an article in The London Ob
server suggests that the "traditional image of
God" as the "man up there" no longer accords
with human knowledge.
THE reaction to his article was, "on the whole,"
fnmnorato apnnrrlinrr tn Rrnnlfa Aflrin'cnn
writing in the New York Times.
He continued:
"There was some righteous indignation from tra
ditionalists. Dr. Edwin Morris, Archbishop of Wales,
retorted that If secular man today does not accept
Isaiah's vignette of Cod on a throne CI saw the high
and lifted up'), religious people need not conclude
' that Isaiah was wrong.
"Some of the others responded accordingly. For
dogmatic religion frequently brings out the worst In
men, as the crusades and massacres, the hangings
and the burnings for heresy attest. Pride is the least
of the deadly sins that dogmatic religion can foster.
"But other British clergymen and most of the ,
general readers agreed that the traditional image of
God as the supernatural being 'up there' did not sat
isfy the understanding of either secularists or all
religious people. Speaking as a scientist. Sir Julian
Huxley pointed out that Dr. Robinson's thesis was not
revolutionary in a century that had been consistently
revising our knowledge of man's place in the universe.
"What we have learned scientifically, specifically
about evolution, docs not eliminate religion. As Sir
Julian remarks, 'There remains the fundamental mys
tery of existence, notably existence of the mind.'
That is the wcllspring of modern religion."
11 ANY people to whom religion is a meaning
iV ful concept and this would include most
people who have thought about it at all could
agree in large part with that final observation,
although there will be some who would argue
bitterly, and claim that anyone who deviates from
orthodoxy their own orthodoxy, of course
in any degree, are not, in fact, religious people.
That we cannot, personally, accept. Atkinson
puts it well when he says :
. . Not to be religious today is to be either
very ignorant or very arrogant."
And one need not adhere to any of the many
orthodoxies to have an intensely rcligous outlook
on life, which in essence
of our dependence on powers beyond our control,
and a special attitude v toward and relationship
with those powers.
IS SUCH a topic a legitimate one for public dis-
1 cussion, among the secular-minded as well as
among the orthodox-minded .'
Perhaps not. Perhaps it is too personal a mat
ter for rational, intelligent discussion. Perhaps
emotion is too vitally involved in the concept
of one's God to permit quiet public considera
tion, let alone argument.
But the fact that the Bishop felt impelled
to open a public discussion of such a sensitive
matter, and the fact that
ly temperate, mav indicate that religion as a
whole, and the image of
necessarily taboo.
IF WE are entering an
mosities are dying down, and with the recent
emphasis on ecumenicism, both in the world of
f rotestantism ar.d that of
must be more suon public discussion.
Without it, how are we to understand the dif
ferine beliefs and attitudes of our fellow human
beings? And without
are we to achieve a greater degree of unity or,
lacking unity, at least of tolerance and accept
ance? It occurs to us that the Bishop of Woolwich
has, really, done us a favor by daring to chal
lenge all of us to think about our own "image
of God," and about the images held by others.
-E.A. (
of God
us.
see
out it aid in Judaism,
God became ever more
of the Trinity came to
the literal anthropomor
matters, since they are
"argued out of it, and
so, however, is Dr. K.
Bishop of Woolwich,
is an acknowledgement
the reaction was large
God in particular, is not
era when religious ani
Catholicism, then there
that understanding, how
SjfSZlAfin) sa,iA mz met
"Instead of Churchill, they shoulda made Khrushchev
a citiien. This way, if he starts a war with America,
we can shoot him as an insurrectionist!"
... Communications ...
Letters to the Editor must bear th. nam. ind uddress of th. writer, a though under
certain circumstances th. us. of a pen name or initial for publication is permis-nie.
Th. Mail Tribun. nserves th. right to adit all letters with a view to clarification an a
condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. Tne leiiera
printed in this column do
contrary is oft.n th. cese.
Th. View From Th. Right
To the Editor; T nee by your
Editorial of 425 that you and
Governor Hatfield have joined
those who, after 20 years, are
still beating on the dead body
of Hitler and shouting dire
warnings about "Fascism"
and "Nazism," while seeming
ly unperturbed about a live
Khrushchev and his Commu
nist satellite right on our
doorstep. Since you are both
so "frightened" about the
Fascist" danger from the
right may I remind you of the
following:
It wasn't the right wing
who promised aid to the Hun
garian Freedom Fighters, then
double-crossed and betrayed
them - who allowed the So
viets to build the Berlin wall
- who promoted Wieland and
Rubottom after it had been
alleged that they had brought
Castro to power - who armed
Communist Tito with our jet
planes and taught his pilots to
fly them at Texas air bases.
It isn't the right wing who
pours foreign aid money into
the hands of out and out Com
munists - who destroyed anti
Communist Katanga - who is
selling wheat to Russia at less
than cost - who allows U.S.
Reds to get away with not
registering as required by law
and Supreme Court decision
who negotiates with the
Kremlin butchers over how
much more we are going to
retreat. It isn't those on the
far right who scuttled our
Sky-bolt" and are now trying
to do away with our B70
bomber and our "anti-missile
missile - who are indoctrinat
ing our troops with a "no-
win policy" - who muzzle our
patriotic officers and de
moralize our whole arrned
forces.
And it certainly is not the
right wing who are now pro
posing to disarm the united
States and surrender our en
tire armed forces, our nuclear
weaponry, and our sovereign
ty to the Communist con
trolled United Nations. Per
sonally, I'm not letting ANY
BODY get my eye off of the
Communist murderers who
have caused the blood to flow
in country after country, with
already one billion human be
ings under their Godless, bru
tal rule, enslaved, and in a
constant hell of fear. The very
cornerstone of Communist
propaganda is to label anyone
opposing Communism as a
Fascist. Like Anna Streod,
M.T. 428, I find It beyond
comprehension that our gov
ernor and our editor as loyal
Americans should be found
parroting the Communist line.
It Is particularly distressing
that they should be found in
flaming minority group; of
the nation with distrust, and
fear of the right wi lg. Do they
not know that to "di"id and
conquer" Is a basic Com
munist strategy?
Every right wing group in
America is demanding a re
turn to Constitutional govern,
mcnt. And anyone with com
mon sense knows that this is
the direct opposite to Fascism,
Nazism, and Communism.
Frank Koch
412 South First si.
Central Point, Ore.
Always With Us
To the Editor: The word
Socialism has a different
meaning to different persons.
The Socialist party formed In
the U.S.A. in 1898, with E. V.
Debs as Its presidential can
didate, stood for government
ownership and operation of
all Industry. Debs was its can
didate in five elections, 1900
1920. In the 1908 election a
great many Intellectuals took
part, even Jack London made
a couple of election speeches
for Socialism. There was
much flngwavlng ai the elec
tion rallies, even the red flag
c
MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
not necessarily represent th.
was waved, and Debs received
a vote of 1,100,000 against
Taft, 7'i million, Bryan, 6V4
million. After that the So
cialist party died off, slowly,
never to recover.
There are a great many let
ter writers in "Communica
tions" who advocate a Social
ist government. This cannot
be done. We live under consti
tutional law which guarantees
every individual his freedom
of choice to make his living
in the way he chooses as long
as he does not step on the
other fellow's toes.
The plight of Labor as of
now you can blame on Labor
itself in its selection of labor
leaders. Look at Sweden, It
has no labor trouble, no
strikes. Its welfare system
takes care of the unemployed.
In 1909 there was a general
strike in Sweden. It lasted
a long time. But the Swedish
employers formed a union.
They appointed a spokesman
to hold a confab with the
union men. An agreement was
reached and the strike ended.
Then the Swedish workers
got busy and elected their
own candidates to, the Swed
ish Riksdag. They even got
a man named Branting into
the Riksdag. He rose to Pre
mier and he helped to formu
late that welfare law which
has now existed for over 50
years. ,
We could get the same re
sults here if the Labor rank
and file made a real effort
to choose the right men for
office.
To say that an unemployed
but willing worker is entitled
to a good living is a false
premise, a chimera.
So, if the working people
want' to get greater security
and better working conditions
they have to make better ef
forts to choose their leaders
and their spokesmen to deal
with the employers. Naturally
they must also engage in poli
tics, which some of their
leaders now declare tabu.
Well, someone said "The poor
ye always have with you" and
now it can be said "The un
employed are always with
us."
John E. Ring,
1049 West Uth St.,
Medford
What It's About
To the Editor: Really, Mr.
Alien, I always thought you
a well and intelligent man,
but with some of the com
ments you have made recent
ly and the ones 42863 re
my letter, some of us arc be
ginning to wonder what it is
all about. '
I have always been taught
our nation was a Christian
nation. Imagine my being
knocked for a loop when you
slid it wasn't. To be Chris
tian, it must follow Bible
standards. Ever notice our
coins say "In God We Trust "?
How about our national an
them, the salute of our flag,
America, etc.? So many called
eta who feel the same as 1
do, I felt I must write.
God gives each individual
a choice, either serve God or
ijatan. That can apply to a
murderer. Either kill and pay
the penalty, or not kill and
be free. Although your com
ments had no connections
with the subject (you broke
your own rule), thank you for
mentioning minor matters as
fluoridation. A can of fluoride
is marked "poison". Again,
it gives one a choice, to buy
it at a drug store or not. But
no one has the right to force
it on someone else. Because
ot past iiiness it would be
detriment to some as well
as those who are allergic.
Those who promote It arc
committing a crime against
his fellow man, and eventual
ly have to pay the penalty
for that crime. It has never
yet been proven it is benefi
Haitian Dictator's Regime Nearing End;
U.S. Faces Dilemma on Course To Take
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
President Francois Duvalier
of Haiti is a physician-turned-
dictator who keeps himsell in
office with the
aid of a pis
tol - packing
force called
"tonton mat
oute." Trans
lated from the
Creole, (on
ion macoute
means "bogey
men" and it
dewsom
is a fair de
scription of the bully boys
who swagger in blue jeans
and sports shirtji and who re
portedly are adept at all
forms of persuasion and "vol
untary" contributions for Du
valier's personal projects to
torture for his enimies.
Altogether, they total about
10,000 as compared to Haiti's
regular army of 5,000 a
force which livelier system
atically has stripped of its
views ot me pop n
cial to even children. If so
why has not someone claimed
the awards that have been
offered for proof?
Also, what is so wrong in
being right? You smear the
rightist every chance you get,
but never a word against the
leftist. I think you will have
to admit, the rightist are
working for "love of God and
country" and trying to keep
what freedom we have left.
Surely you don't want us to
think you are one of the in
ternationalist who say "Con
stitution be damned."
I would like to refer to
Matt. 25:31 through 46, espe
cially verses 32,33. "Arid be
fore Him shall be gathered
all nations; and He shall
separate them one from an
other, as a shepherd divideth
his sheep from the goats: and
He shall set the sheep on
His right hand, but the goats
on the left.
Mrs. Ernest Santo,
204 Lozier Lane,
Medford
Rejoice .
To the Editor: Oregon
should rejoice because it looks
as though our third largest
industry will receive a major
boost with the creation of the
Oregon Dunes National Sea
shore. At the same time we
should take pride in the fact
that one of the most beautiful
stretches of shoreline in the
nation will be preserved for
our children and their chil
dren to enjoy, just as we have
enjoyed it.
A vote of thanks is due our
public officials, both state and
federal, who have essentially
agreed to a compromise bill
that la air in all respects. It
preserves the rights of private
home owners and, at the same
time, protects the undeveloped
land from the ugly commer
cial exploitation that is blight
Strictly Personal
By Sydney
(c) Field Enterprises. Inc.
OPPOSITES
We speak about the "attrac
tion of opposites" in marriage
and other relationships, but
I have never
seen anything
written about
the same kind
of attraction
in the literary
and artistic
field. It has
fascinated me
for years that
so many of
Barn the men who
become "experts" on a cer
tain writer are diametrically
opposed to the writer, in tem
perament and taste and out
iook. This may explain seme
of their wierd interpretations.
! have met men who are ex
perts on such literary figures
as D. H. Lawrence, James
Joyce and Dylan Thomas. Al
most without exception, these
men would not have been giv
en the right time of day by
the writers they have chosen
to "interpret" to the world.
e
Th. Thomas expert is I
pritsy soul, a! whose pre
tensions Thomas would
have hooted in derision.
The Joyce export would not
hare been looked at twic.
by Joyce. Th. D. H. Lew.
renc. .xpert would have
been dulled off by Law
rence in f.w moments of
conversation.
What attracts such dry,
dreary and pompous schol
ars to such vital and irides
cent writers is th. familiar
moth-and-flam. syndrom,
so common in lov. and in
letters. These drab Hill, lit
erary Insects lov. to sin.
best officers since he took
office on Oct. 22, 1957.
Duvalier currently is ob
serving a "month of grate
fulness" for a bit of political
sleight of hand which he ex
ecuted two years ago and by
which he declared himself re
elected for a new six-year
term two years before his
old term was to have f xpired.
The old term would have
expired this May 15.
Mounting violence in Port
au Prince, Haiti's capital, has
accompanied the approach of
that date.
An outfit calling itself the
United Revolutionary Forces
has announced that on May 15
it will carry out a "dry
cleaning" operation against
the "tyrant-voodooist" Duval
ier. Haiti has charged the Dom
inican Republic with an assas
sination plot against Duva
lier which failed but led to
the deaths of a chruffer and
two bodyguards watching
over Duvalier's children.
The U. S. embassy officially
has warned some 1,500 Ameri
cans to store up food and
water and stay off downtown
streets.
And Haiti and the Domin
ican Republic came close to
armed blows.
The Haitian government has
pressed a hate campaign
against both the Dominican
Republic and the United
States and has threatened that
any uprising against Duvalier
would produce a "Himalaya
of corpses."
U. S. aid to Haiti since 1946
has amounted to around $100
million and the most to show
for it is a small dam, some
road repair and progress in
eliminating the tropical yaws.
While cutting off aid, the
United States until this week
ing so much of our beautiful
Oregon coast.
With the Oregon Dunes Na
tional Seashore almost certain
to be established by Congress
this year, our major concern
should be that it is the best
possible park we can have.
This is better accomplished
by Senator Neuberger's bill,
for it protects both sides of
the highway and the western
shores of the lakes. This would
create a national recreational
unit with maximum beauty
and recreational opportunity.
I hope that our Governor,
who has worked hard to
strengthen Oregon, will take
the lead in urging Congress to
establish the finest possible
Oregon Dunes National Sea
shore. William A. Luse
Tioga Hotel
Coos Bay, Ore.
Log Missed
To the Editor: We miss the
Channel 2 TV log that you had
been printing. We get Channel
2 among a few others up here
and we would like to see it
back in the paper again.
Mrs. James B. Moore
P.O. Box 173
Butte Falls, Ore.
Editor's note: Sorry. The
station failed to send up-to-date
corrections for the log.
Too, there appears to be
insufficient demand from
enough readers to justify the
space.
J. Harris
their wings around a glow
they can never possess.
It is also possible, if w.
may dip into th. Freudian
armory for reinforcements,
that a lusty, gusty and un
conventional author appeals
to the repressed parts of
their own nature. They se
cretly yearn to be as icono
clastic as Joyce, as uninhib
ited as Thomas, as pre-emptive
as Lawrence - but trie
only way they can achieve
such postures Is in th. vi
carious thrill of writing
about thes. men.
Someone of the stature of
T. S. Eliot, whatever his other
-'.ll;ii, never falls into this
psychological error when he
is writing about other au
thors. In discussing Shako
peare, for instance, he has
said bluntly at the start: "I
do not Imagine for a moment
that Shakespeare was any
thing at all like me."
Most commentators on
Shakespeare go so far off the
(rack because they do assume,
implicily or openly, that
Shakespeare was very like
them, and that therefore they
have a special insight into
his nature. Ninety per cent
that is written about him is
nonsense - and ( nonsense
precisely because it begins at
a false psychological angle.
So much literary biography
and cruicism consists of the
meek writing about the bold,
the bland writing about the
sharp, the smug writing about
the vulnerable, the ineffcclual
writing about the Ineffable -tittle
wonder that our great
artists remain mysteries for
hundreds of years afler they
have bared their minds and
hearts.
1
continued a 55-man Marine
training mission In Port au
Prince, partly on the theory
that some of the best and most
responsible men in Haiti were
in its armed forces.
The U.S. remains In a di
lemma in Haiti. But tliere also
Today & Tomorrow
By Walter
(c) 19S3. The
LUNCH IN PARIS
In Mr. Khrushchev's re
sponse to our call to check
the Communists in Laos and
to uphold the
Geneva ac
cord of 1961,
we shall have
a measure of
his power and
influence in
southern Asia.
Two years
ago, wnen he
met the Pres
ident in Vien
na and agreed with him that
Laos should be neutral and
uninvolved in the cold war,
Mr. Khrushchev was still the
leader and big boss of com
munism in Asia.
Is he still the big boss and
the leader? Much has happen
ed in the past two years. The
biggest event was the Chinese
attack on India. There is rea
son for thinking that the dis
turbance in Laos as well as
the mounting pressure of the
guerrillas in South Viet-Nam
are part of the same Chinese
thrust to the south.
TOES Mr. Krushchev still
" have the power and influ
ence to overrule the Chinese?
Presumably - for we can only
speculate-the controlling fact
is mat tne Kussians and the
Chinese, though they have
conflicting interests and theo
ries, cannot break with each
other.
This prabably means that
the Chinese can go some way,
but not a very long way,
?3?'n? India and Southeast
Asia and, beyond that, against
Indonesia. The Chinese can
not force the issue in Asia
to a point where not only
they, but the Soviet Union as
well would be brought into a
major nuclear confrontation
with the United States.
On the other hand, the Rus
sians cannot afford to exert
the kind of economic and mil
itary pressure on China which
will be needed to prevent the
Chinese from nibbling their
way forward into southern
Asia.
TN THE short view, there is
the possibility of a Datch
ed-up arrangement which will
put off a showdown. Laos is
still too far from everybody,
from the Soviet Union, from
tlppmann
Close Air Support f . ji
So Who Needs 11?
By Arthur Hoppe JjkJjj
Frankly, I haven't cared
much for those ads our weap
ons makers are always run
ning. On our money. You
know: "Guardian of Our
Shores - The Mighty Mam
moth Missile!" With a picture
and a message about how
good Mighty Mammoth Mis
siles are for us. To tell the
truth, I've found the copy
pretty dull and impersonal.
Kind of like public service
messages.
So hats off today to the
folks at Lockheed. For their
new personal advertising
campaign. Pitched right at
you and me. Personally. I
mean those current full-page
ads headlined: "Need Close
Air Support? Consider the
Formidable New F-104."
Now that hit me smack
between the eyes! With a
shock I rralized I'd never
once asked myself if I needed
close air support. And rignt
away I considered the For
midable New F-104. There
was its picture, dropping a
bomb. And the copy read
better than an ad for a '63
station wagon.
"Look at the load it will
carry. Bombs, rockets, na
palm, air-to-ground missiles,
frag dispensers, special weap
ons - any mix the mission
calls for." And best of all,
says the ad, "The F-104 Star
fighter has already proven it
self in limited var situations."
Which are even more gruel
ing, I'm sure, than the Mobil
Economy Run.
Suddenly, L cou' see my
self behind the stick of this
1963 Sarfighier. Zooooom . . .
BOOM! Oh, tne death and
destruction I could wreak
with the bombs, rockets and
missiles in the roomy luggage
compartment. I Just hoped I'd
be the first on my block tb
have one. What a status sym
bol! "Of course, some of the ac
cessories seem questionable.
Like napalm. I know it can't
is the belief that eventually
Duvalier must fall. The di
rection of that fall would de
termine the U. S. position -intervention
if Communist,
support If there seems a
chance for a new democratic-rule.
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the United States, and even
from China, to make it a good
place for a showdown.
Although Mr. Khrushchev
is losing control of revolution'
ary communism in Asia, the
Chinese are probably not able
to move precipitately. That
seemed to be the lesson of
their behavior when they in
vaded India and then stopped.
In the long run, the Chinese
will surely keep on moving.
With their birth rate and their
poverty, they are sure to push
outward. Assam, East Paki
stan, Burma, Southeast Asia
and Indonesia are rich, poorly
defended, highly susceptibla
and very tempting. The Sov
iet Union will at the same
time become increasingly
concerned about its long
frontier with China and about
the security of the territories
which were once under Chi
nese suzerainty.
HTHILE these great develop.
ments are taking place in
the Communist world, we and
our allies have got ourselves
into such a mess that France
and the United States ara
seriously estranged. We ought
both to be ashamed of our
selves. We hsvc let our rela
tions degenerate to a point
where the President of tha
United States is planning to
visit Italy, Germany and Ire
land and to avoid London,
lest a visit there would annoy
the French, and to avoid
Paris, because the general
does not want to invite him.
There are a number of of
ficial explanations for this
absurd predicament. One is
that the American President
was in Paris last year, and
now it is the French Presi
dent's turn to visit Washing
ton, only he does not want to
visit Washington. Another ex
planation is that the two Pres
idents cannot meet without
making the whole world ex
pect an agreement, which as
a matter of fact is not now
possible. ,
So far as I know, no one has
ever explained why the two
Presidents have to behave
like two monuments rather
than like two men. As men,
it would be quite normal,
since Mr. Kennedy will ba
within an hour of Paris, for
the President of France to
invite the President of tha
United States to lunch.
be beat for setting fire to
thatched huts. Like in Viet
nam, where I assume Lock
heed means my F-104 has
proven itself. But we don't
have many thatched huts on
my block.
Nor am I sure what Lock
heed means by "special weap
ons." Probably those defoli
ants we've been using on tha
Vietnamese crops. To starva
the peasants. But none of my
neighbors is growing any
thing edible. And is killing
flowers worth the added cosi?
One must watch the pennies.
So if you'll excuse me,
I'm off to my friendly neigh
borhood Lockheed dealer. To
kick the tires. But will he
allow me Blue Book on my
old '53 Hillman Husky? I
doubt it. For while it's proved
itself In limited collisions,
I'm afraid 't's nver killed a
! noul.
But I'm grateful to Lock
heed for getting personal. Be
cause I think the whole busi
ness is personal. I thi.ik that
every time t ne of our F-104S
-yours and mine-burns down
a village or poisons crops, wa
are personally responsible.
You and I. Personally.
I just hope this trend In
weapons advertising spreads.
After all, you and I are pay
ing the weapons makers to
build our weapons. And it's
our money tbr.y're using to
convince us these weapons
are ("id for us. So I think
,'hcy ought to put the whole
thing o.i a personal basis.
Honesty lr, advertising, I
say.
Oh. t can see the socko
copy now: "Need to Burn Up
People Better? Consider Net
son's Nifty Napalm!" or: "For
the Starvation that Lingers-Ricky-Ticky
Rice Killer!" Or,
best uf all: "Want to Inciner
ate Humanity? Support Your
Arms Race."
Now that's a message I'd
consider a real public serv
ice. r..