4 A
WEDNESDAY. MAY 22, 1963
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
"Cveryone In Southern Oregon
naiui 1 1 . ......
Publiiirmd Dally except Seturdeyoy
S3 North flr SU Ph. 77H-8I41
ROBE Iff-W RUHL. Editor
utnn r.RKV Adve.tlilne Manal
GERALD T LATHAM. "Sue Mir
CMC ALLEN JR, Mne Editor
HARRY CHIHMAN. Telej Editor
RICHARD JtWETT. Sporle Ed tor
ir .,c miDI'UVD Ofnni.lll U Ul
DLERICKSON.IrculUonMr
An inoepenoeni nm.t".
Entered wcond clue matter ,
Medford Oregon under Act of
March 3. 1897
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Dally end Sunday I rear 118.00
Duly end Sunday ira WJO
Dallv and Sunday 3 moe 8.00
Sunday Only One year 88 00
Slnile Copy (Mailed! KW
By Cainei And Motor Route.
Dally and Sunday I year ' 0J
LJauy ano ounuay t tuv
bunnay uniy j niw.
Carriei and Vendure Copy 10c
Olflclal Paper of City of Medfora
Official Paper ol Jackmn County
rull Leaied Wire
MEMBEifbF AUDIT BUREAU
Ad vert lit ng Repr""1
NELSON ROBERTS & ASSOC!'
' cago Detroit. 8an rrnncUco, Lot
Denver.
0 NIWJfAfl
Ulllf Hill
'ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL iOITORIAl
Memr California Newipaper
Publlihera AiaoclaUon
Flight o' Time
Medford arid Jackjon County
History from the filet of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and SO yeari ago.
10 YEARS AGO
May 22. 1853 (Friday)
William Merle Neal Jr., 18,
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M.
Ncal, 2104 Roberts rd., will
go to The Netherlands In July
as one of 120 Civil Air Patrol
cadets to go abroad under an
exchange program.
John Rossi, Ashland High
school basketball and baseball
coach, has resigned, eflectlve
at the end of the school year.
20 YEARS AOO
May 22. 1943 (Saturday)
"Flashing lights" on Roxy
Ann butte lead to arrest of car
thief wanted In Tacoma,
Wash.
From Arthur Perry's !'Ve
CmiulDi Pnt" column: "On
Attu, In the Aleutians, the
troops sprang a rat-trap and
the rats .'ought line trappea
Japs."
30 YEARS AGO
May 22, 1933 (Monday)
Medford man suffers break
down and ordered to hospital
by court after being convicted
of second degree murder.
Medford Gleemcn in uproar
after member refuses to wear
tuxedo for formal program.
40 YEARS AGO
May 22. 1923 (Tutiday)
Representative o t Rogue
valley poultrymcn leaves for
Petaluma, Callt., to survey
market situation.
East German Communists
reported rioting at Essen.
30 YEARS AGO
May 22. 1913 (Thursday)
Ray LaMar, class president,
makes brief speech during
orurliintlnn exercises for Med
ford High school class of 1913.
State Isiues first forest fire
warning for southern Oregon
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine n lea correct h niserleri
toven er Klojhl H eicellenti lle ei
ill h toed.
1. Which of these is not a
wine: Moselle, Chablls, Te
quila, Sautcrnc, Champagne?
2. What is cttevon?
3. Is Old Faithful a famous
volcano, geyser, hot spring or
canyon?
4. Is the ceremony of bap
tism a part of the ritual of Die
Society of Friends?
3. In which group of Pa
clftc Islands is Ccbu?
8. Name the body of water
In which Alcatrai Island Is lo
cated.
7. The portrait of which
President is on one dollar
bills?
8. In how many boula did
Joe Louis defend his heavy
weight title?
9. The British crown Jewels
repose In a Bank of England
vault, the Tower of London
or Buckingham Palace?
10. It is a widespread nu
lion that oyalers are good to
eat only in those months hav
Ins what In their names?
Aniwerit 1. Tequila. 2. Coat
meat. 3. Geyier. 4. No. i.
Philippine!, I, 8an Franciaco
Bay. 7. George Washington.
t. 23. 9. Tewer of London.
10. An "r".
YANK DISPLAY PLANNED
Belgrade. Yugoslavia- m -American
Industrial goods
will be displayed for the first
time at the annual Belgrade
Technical F,r openl"' hen
Friday, according to an an
nouncement here.
Km
Constitutional Battle
It is a near-miracle
Constitution for Oregon
has.
Over the past decade, it has come from the
merely talkinjr stage, through a series of legis
lative considerations,
up of a draft constitution by a top-flight com
mission, then passage (slightly but not signifl
cantly modifided) by the House, and finally to
the Senate, where yesterday it was embroiled
in a battle.
' It would be almost
time and effort has gone into its preparation,
it should be lost almost
gling over relatively
through political jealousies and rivalries.
a e
VESTERDAY'S Senate battle was over appor-
tionment of the legislature. And it is entirely
possible that the proposed Constitution will suc
ceed or be defeated
question.
This is too Dad, m our
or four plans of apportionment which have been
considered the Commission version, the House
version (which is almost identical to the one in
force at present), and two different senate ver
sions are all far more
states have.
The people of the state could live with any
of the four, and not be
representation.
AS THIS is written, the outcome of the Senate
firrhr in nnf vet Irnnum Mn mnttpr what
happens unless the Senate kills it outright
further action is called
If the Senate finally
the plans suggested in the Senate, it will still
have to go back to the House for (a) concurrence
in Senate amendments, or (b) to a House-Senate
conference committee to
in the two versions.
Finally, it will have
Houses again by a
go to a vote of the people.
Jiven if the senate
dies in a deadlock between the two Houses, the
proposal is not necessarily and finally dead.
There is enough organized support for it through
out the state so that taking it to a vote of the
people via initiative would not be too difficult,
e e
THE reasons why Oregon needs a new Consti
tution have hppn statprl nnrl rpslatprl nvpr the
past decade.
It has been pointed
Constituton was written
fashion, largely adapting
tion, mote tinuutuuii, it,
than 100 times over the
lessly (there are two
contains much material
oi' which should belong in the general laws
rather, than in the basic charter.
Few people can argue
people of the state as
served from their Constitution.
If the Legislature allows the Constitution to
die because of relatively
merely make even worse the middling-to-miser-able
record it has so far compiled. E. A.
Bad Manners
A recent letter in the
umn complained bitterly
people attending a high school concert.
We too attended the concert, and we too
were appalled at the thoughtlessness of those
who came in late, banging the doors to the audi
torium, clompin down
and so on, after the concert had started.
We were also surprised that the school au
thorities did not better control the late-arrivals.
It is only proper that no one should be admitted
to a concert after it has started, at least until
the first number is over.
A NOTHER letter received in this office re
"cently, not intended for publication, likewise
complained about similar discourtesies when
attending a local motion picture theater.
It said, in part:
"Impudence, Intolerance, and Just plain ignorance
have caused the ruination of our theaters. Possibly
one ot the troubles is due to the great informality of
television viewing. Usually talking and Joking, plus
running for the refrigerator between acts Is tolerated
and widely practiced by the majority of onlookers.
What too many unthinkcrs do not comprehend is that
' a movie theater cannot and should not be treated like
a living room-kitchen combine . . "
The writer has a point so good a point
that in our own family we hesitate to attend a
movie, and almost never
nights, simply because
experience that our pleasure will be ruined by
esthetic vandalism.
IS THERE an answer or a remedy?
We're inclined to doubt it. Unless by some
mischance plain and simple good manners once
again come to be regarded as something worth
while, and are taught to children while they are
young enough to absorb
If certain parents were aware of what brats
their children can be
would be overcome with shame. Or would they .'
In any event, the popcorn-chomping, paper
rattling, soft drink-gulping, foot-shifting, arm-
swinging, loud-talking, silly-giggling crowd of
neo-barbarians have driven us from the theaters
on week ends joined, we'll wager, by many
another who resents plain, simple rudeness and
bad manners. E. A.
that the proposed new
lias come as far as it
then the actual drawing
tragic if, after all this
by default through bog'
unimportant details, or
over the apportionment
view. Any 01 the tnree
progressive than most
deprived ot enective
for.
passes it, with either of
work out the differences
to pass one or both
two-thirds vote before it can
Kills it outrignt, or lr it
out how the the original
in a rather slap-dash
the Indiana Constitu
nets uuun aiueuuuu mure
years, sometimes care
Article VII s;, and now
which is either obsolete,
that it now serves the
well as they should be
minor points, it will
in Public
Communications col
about the rudeness of
the aisles, shifting seats
on Friday or Saturday
we have learned from
them.
at public events, they
07&At.2) Sinews jws
"I can't bring myielf to
encourages disrespect for
anarchy!"
Communications
Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer,
although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial
for publication Is permissible. The Mall Tribune reserves the right to
edit all letters with e view to clarification and condensation. Letter
Eubmltted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters
printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the
paper. In fact the contrary Is often
What Price Modernity?
To the Editor: The modern
chicken is an efficient egg
factory. It must never, never
move about or scratch in the
ground. It is confined in its
nest under bright lights day
and night to concentrate on
egg production. When care
fully recorded output slumps
the chicken is promoted - on
toast - a-la-king!
Similarly, the modern busi
ness executive must constant
ly fly in pursuit of the big
deal. He must never, never
relax on a train. He must
grind out executive decisions
without letup until ulcers or
stroke lay him out-on a slab
a-la-morgue!
K. Fritz Schumacher
Former Santa Fe "Rail"
81 West
Grand View ave.
Sierra Madre, Calif.
Call It Something Else
To the Editor: Those chaps
In Salem are sure running up
against a lot of roadblocks In
their search for a suitable tax
program. Four groups, each
against any and all but their
own ideas. The sales tax, ciga
rette tax, filing fee and low
ered exemptions.
Benjamin Franklin once
said, "When fitting two
boards it is sometime neces
sary to trim some from each,"
so maybe If they'd accept this
idea they could get some
where. Cut the sales tax to
Hi per cent, the cigarette tax
to 2 cents per pack, the filing
fee to $2.30 and the exemp
tion; from 1600 to $300. Then
lump it under one heading
and everyone, even the tax
payers, should be happy.
Then as a generous gesture
to those who have to dig up
the cash eliminate, for all
time, the word TAX, replace
it with one having a more
pleasant sound, LYCKO for
instance, for that is what we
all need and wish for.
Claude M. Hall
2860 Placer rd.
Medford
Wants Standard Time
To the Editor: I wonder
how many more years we'll
have to put up with these
businessmen, governors, and
what have you.
If they want to play golf,
let them open their businesses
an hour early and close an
hour sooner.
Why subject us poor peo
ple who vote against fast
time to such?
We hate it, everyone hates
it, and still we get stuck with
It.
In the fall our children
have to get up early on stand
ard time to catch school
buses, let alone getting up an
hour early.
I think we people who hate
fast time should have an up
rising, march on the gover
nor s mansion and such.
Won't someone with Influ
ence In these matters please
help us get standard time
back?
Mrs. Humphrey.
Route I, Box 182E,
Rogue River, Ore.
Anti-Cruelty
To the Editor: On Sundav,
May 12, the editor of this
paper was kind enough to
print a letter from me, which
attempted to reveal condi
tions shocking and sickening
and in many instances totally
unnecessary in the 9,000
pharmaceutical and medical
animal research laboratories
throughout the country. In
the letter, I urged writing
to our own Mr. Robert Dun
can and the chairman of the
Investigating committee. Mr.
Kenneth Roberts, who will de
cide which of the five similar
corrective bills will reach the
House (both these gentlemen
should be addressed at the
heap ebuie on the ump it
authority and could lead to
the case.
House Office Building): and
our two Senators, Wayne
Morse and Maurine Neuber
ger, who receive their mail at
the Senate Office Building,
all at Washington, D.C.
The very fact that there
are so many bills with the
same aim is significant. Peo
ple are aroused but are they
sufficiently , aroused to take
the trouble to help these voice
less and completely defense
less small creatures? If all of
us would write one postcard
each to our people at Wash
ington, we might do it: a card
asking support for H.R.4856
(the Randall Bill), an anti
cruelly, NOT an anti-vivisection
measure. Because the ad
ministrator of this bill will
be drawn from the Justice
department, H.R.48S6 is gen
erally thought to be the
strongest of the five now up
for consideration.
, Every year the Federal gov
ernment allocates approxi
mately $400 millions to this
type of research. They are
OUR animals and we permit
this outrage:
We allow them to be abused
We allow them to be beat
en
We allow them to be burn
ed We allow them to be crush
ed to death
We allow them to be scald
ed to death
We allow them to starved
We allow them to be de
prived of the senses of sight,
hearing and smell and then
subjected to electric shock
and other tortures over as
much as 10-20 weeks and
from these and similar abuses
they are left to die slowly
and In agony.
(For confirmation, see fold
er "Proof of Cruelly in Lab
oratories'" issued by the Hu
mane Society of the U.S.,
1145 19th St. N.W., Washing,
ton, D.C. Here we can obtain
documented description of
these atrocities.)
I often wonder about this
woid "humans.'' Are we?
Any writing that Is to be
done will have to be done at
once; the bill will reach the
floor soon, or not at all.
Ethel Morlcy
Rogue Valley Manor
Medford
Newscast Criticised
To the Editor: A local news
report on May 29 related an
incident of illegal possession
of alchohollc beverages. Ac
cording to the newscast, the
liquor was purchased by an
adult for an 18 year-old. As a
result, the 18-year-old was ar
rested and released on bail.
The newscast gave the name
of the 18-year-old, but not
that of the adult. I am not
attempting to diminish the
guilt of the young man. I am.
however, questioning the val
idity of protecting the adult
by withholding his name. If
we arc protecting the adult
by not revealing his identity,
we are shifting an unfair por
tion of the blame to the young
man.
Someone is being protected
unfairly. Regardless of whom
he may be, he should not be
protected if the 18-year-old
is not.
Larry Tutllc
Age 17
Medford Senior High
Medford
Oregon Wheat Farmers
Reject Kennedy Plan
Portland - Wl' - Oregon
wheat farmers Joined those of
the rest of the nation Tuesday
In rejecting President Ken
nedy i program.
The Oregon vote was S.032
to 4.637 against the plan, the
Department o( Agriculture reported.
U.D. UlSDieasea YYiin ivorean
But Two Nations Remain Bound
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPi Foreign News Analyst
The United States, never
fully enamored of South Ko
rea's military regime, has for
several weeks
f -, -'i I dencing a spe-
ar I cial disDleas-
'VI . it: I ure with the
VJJ I generals in
I Seoul. A low
I re. I in relat ions
I eajjf I c a m e on
I I TLJ March 16,
when the rul
i .". g military
Junta headed by Gen. Park
Chung Hee reimposed a ban
on political activity and dis
closed plans to continue mili
tary rule for another four
years.
Under U.S. pressure, this
scheme collapsed on April 6
Today & Tomorrow
By Walter
A) 1963. The
THE EAGER AMERICANS
Among the Atlantic allies
who are meeting in Ottawa
this week, we seem i.- be in
the position of
wanting some
thing much
more than
they want it.
We want as
many of them
as possible to
agree to have
something t o
do with nu-
Lippmann clear weap
ons. For a beginning, we are
pressing for an inter-allied nu
clear force to which the Brit
ish will lend their bombers
and we will lend three Polaris
submarines.
Beyond this modest pro
posal, there is the project of
a multilateral force in
which the Germans, who can
not participate in the inter
allied force, would pay 40 per
cent of the costs of the multi
lateral force and have a more
or less corresponding equity.
THHE striking fact about the
- whole discussion is that
we are active and eager while
the Europeans are reluctant
and skeptical. General de
Gaulle will have nothing to
do with the whole business.
The Germans are more inter
ested in pleasing Washington
than in the project itself. The
Italians say yes, because it
would be inconvenient to say
no. The British are waiting to
see what they will be asked
to pay.
Our eagerness springs from
a belief that, if we do not
induce Europe to organize a
sterilized nuclear force, Gen
eral de Gaulle and some Ger
mans, who are supposed to be
waiting in the wings, will de
velop unsterillzed and uncon
trollable nuclear forces of
their own. So we are trying
to persuade Europe to do at
once something which would
prevent Europe from doing
something else in the future.
As a result, we find ourselves
the advocates of expensive nu
clear projects which will add
nothing serious to the total
nuclear forces of the Western
Alliance.
There is no such hurry, no
such urgency, as we are dis
playing. Neither France nor
Britain can have a serious in
dependent nuclear force for
many years to come, and Ger
many is bound by solemn
treaties, which cannot be
broken with impunity, not to
make nuclear weapons.
OUR eagerness should be
considered In the light of
Europe's reluctance. Is it true,
as we arc assuming, that the
countries of Western Europe
arc losing interest in the
NATO military establishment
because they do not have the
only weapons which count in
the world today? If this were
true, then there might be a
revival of interest in the
NATO establishment if the
inter-allied and multilateral
nuclear projects were carried
out.
But the evidence, as I read
it, goes to show that Europe
has never taken the NATO
establishment as seriously and
as literally as we have. The
Europeans have always want
ed to have American troops
stationed in Germany as a
pledge that the U.S. strategic
air force would become en
gaged If Europe were at
tacked. The Europeans have never
thought it mattered greatly
whether they had many troops
or few troops In the NATO
establishment. From the very
beginning in 1949, the NATO
establishment has been for
Europeans the device for mak
ing the Atlantic Alliance work
promptly - a device to bring
the United States into the war
when the first shot was fired.
rpilUS. General de Gaulle
has kept most of his army,
his air force and his navy
outride of the NATO organ!
xat on. He can have done that
only because he does not think
that the NATO establishment
is, as Americans have been
taught to believe, a substan
tial part of the real defense
of Europe.
when Park rescinded the po
litical ban and agreed to fall
elections for res. oration of
civilian government.
The agreement eased but
did not remove the strain be
As concrete evidence of its
displeasure with Park, the
United States had withheld
an extra $25 million in aid
which the Korean govern
ment said il needed to pay
for important purchases.
Although Park reluctantly
had fallen into line, the extra
aid still was not forthcoming.
This week the reasons
seemed apparent.
From Seoul, U.S. Ambassa
dor Samuel D. Berger, who
has been in almost daily con
sultation with Park and other
members of the junta, will
travel to Washington for "rou
tine" conversations.
lippminn
Washington Post
And whatever the general
may say about his doubts as
to whether the United States
would become engaged if
Europe were attacked, his ac
tions prove that he has no
real doubt. His actions say
that he knows (which is the
fact) that the United States
is, willy-nilly, engaged in
Europe.
If the general doubted that
we HAD to become engaged,
he would not dare to make
the alienation of America
from Europe the cardinal ob
jective of his foreign policy.
ONE of the worst results of
this alienation is that Paris
and Washington do not know
how to talk with one another
at the very moment when be
neath the surface of events
there are such profound move
ments in human affairs. It is
a great pity that the prophetic
vision of General de Gaulle
and the practical efficiency of
President Kennedy are sepa
rated from each other.
For the world as it was
when the NATO establish
ment was organized more
than 10 years ago is a very
different world than the world
is today - what with the Sino
Soviet conflict, the movement
among the Soviet satellites in
Europe, their developing rela
tions with the Vatican, the
Soviet reconciliation with
Tito, the quiet on the Berlin
front and, in the Western
World, the departure of the
postwar leaders.
This does not mean that the
NATO establishment is obso
lete and should be abolished.
Not at all. But it does mean
that, if we are going to de
velop a real foreign policy,
not merely improvised gad
gets, we shall have to begin
by realizing how much the
world has changed since Gen
eral Eisenhower was appoint
ed supreme commander of the
NATO establishment.
A-OkaylsNof
C-Satisfactory
By Arthur Hoppe
Mr. Cooper (at liftoff): Fuel
is go. Oxygen is go . . . Faith
7 is go. She feels real pretty.
Mr. Schirra (1 n Mercury
Control): You look real go,
Gordo . . . You're smack dab
in the middle of the go block.
Mr. Cooper: Boy-o-boy!
Mr. Schirra: Have a good
drive, Bub.
Mr. Cooper: Thank you.
Buddy.
And with these historic
words, man-kind's latest epic
voyage Into the vast regions
of uncharted space began. It's
a crying shame.
e
Don't misunderstand. No
one is prouder of our space
explorers than I. True heroes
all. And I'm all for our space
program. Couldn't be more so.
But I can't help hoping I shall
live long enough to see that
golden day when America suc
cessfully launches the first
English-speaking astronaut.
Perhaps this technological
glossolalia has some purpose.
Such as confounding enemy
;pies. But the problem is that
it's already insidiously dis
torting our mother tongue.
In Washington, New Fron
tiersmen speak of "the present
thrust of my opinion is to
ward . . ." Agency chiefs tes
tify glowingly in behalf of
their "ongoing programs."
And "A-okay," as you know,
is now common usage. Which
is "D-barcly passing," as far
as I'm concerned.
True, the English language
is evcrchanging. And 1 find
purists a stuffy lot. But in this
space age are w-e not perhaps
being forced to absorb a new
vernacular too rapidly? Take
the minutes of our local PTA
meeting last night.
Madame Chatrlady: . , . four
. . . three . . . two . . . one . . .
Blastoff! Old business?
Mrs. Hc.-kmi (an elderly
Almost simultaneous with
this news, came a blunt warn
ing to Koreans from U.S. aid
director James S. Killen.
In Seoul, the U.S. director
said the Koreans were at
tempting to stir up an artifi
cial economic crisis only to
extract more money from the
United States.
"The prospect of additional
American support ... is not
a d v a n ced by lunrestrained
talk of economic crisis which
is not supported by fact," he
said.
Taut nerves and harsh talk
between the United States and
its Korean allies have been
fairly commonplace In the
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
As this is written, it is be
coming rather clearly appar
ent that the 1963 Oregon leg
islature has no use for sales
taxes of any kind - either the
one-shot, selective kind such
as a tax on cigarettes only, or
a tax of a certain percentage
on a wider range of goods or
services.
The dogma was long since
laid down in Oregon that a
sales tax is a sinful tax. The
dogma still rules. All but a
handful of the states of our
Union now have sales taxes,
but Oregon refuses to Join
the procession with a GEN
ERAL sales tax.
IN OREGON, however, we
do have a specific sales tax,
a one-shot sales tax - the tax
on gasoline. As this writer
recalls the circumstances, Ore
gon has a pretty good claim
to the honor of having Invent
ed the gasoline tax. It was
proposed by Oregon's first
Highway Commission, and
was adopted by popular vote.
It made possible the building
of Oregon's present magnifi
cent highway system without
imposing an unbearable bur
den upon the Oregon public.
In effect, it was like build
ing a house and paying for
each board as it was nailed
up. Under such a system, the
Oregon highways were paid
for as they were constructed.
The Oregon public liked it.
As the word spread, other
states adopted the gasoline
tax. It is now universal
throughout the United States.
AUR old uncle in Washing
" ton knows a good thing
when he sees it. So, In the
course of time, he latched
onto the gasoline tax - thus
adding the Federal tax onto
the state taxes. The combina
tion of the two has raised bil
lions piled upon other billions
of dollars for the building of
highways all over the United
States.
It is doubtful if the fan
tastic sums of money required
to build the federal highway
system - IN ADDITION to
the state highway systems.
lady): As secretary of Your
Committee to Inspect and As
sess Our Mimeograph Ma
chine it is my tragic duty to
report that it is, at the present
time, inoperable.
Mrs. Merkwiler (a young
modern): No-go eh? We have
to get this bird off the ground.
My thrust's toward an appro
priation so she'll feel real
pretty.
Mrs. Hosklns (huffily): 1
happen to feel reasonably
pretty as it is. And as for
some flibbertygibbcts . . .
Mrs. Merkwiler: Your track
ing tapes are no-go, Bub.
Mrs. Hoskins: And further
more, when it comes to which
one of us more resembles a
bird . . .
Madame Chalrlady: Bud
dies, please! Let us all try to
Join together smack dab in the
middle of the go block, as we
say. Remember our PTA
motto: "All Systems Go( ex
cept progressive education)."
A-okay, Buddies?
Mrs. Hoskins: Block? Go?
Systems? Are you implying
. . . My word, it s driving me
out of my mind.
Mrs. Merkwiler (sarcastical
ly): Have a good drive. Bub.
(There followed, the min
utes show, a brief fistfight
before adjournment for coffee
and cookies.)
So you see what I mean.
Communication's hrraki n n
i rinn'K An4 I'm .ni.t ...
heroes using a special lan
guage. The trouble is each of
us wants to be a hero. So we
emulate them.
And consequently I have
the uneasy feeling that in one
sense it doesn t much matter
whether we or the Russians
win the race to the moon.
Either way, it's going to be
grave defeat for us English
speaking puopics.
ivegims,
Together
nearly iu years since the end
of the Korean War.
The U.S. spends about $500
million a year in Korea and
without it the Korean govern
ment could not exist. Since
the war, U.S. aid amounts to
around $3 billion.
Regardless of differences,
the U.S. and South Korea are
bound together. To abandon
South Korea not only would
leave her exposed to a pow
erful Communist enemy but
also would expose the flank
of Japan, As for Korean lead
ers, both military and politi
cal, they know that without
the U.S., they also have no
future.
and the county highway sys
tems and the town and city
streets - could have been
raised by any system of taxa
tion other than the gasoline
tax - which has the peculiar
merit of being paid a little at
a time as the transportation
represented by the gasoline
purchased is used.
For that reason, our gaso
line tax, which is a sales tax,
is PAID UP ALL THE TIME,
instead of coming in one back
breaking lump sum, as is the
case with other taxes.
The same is true, of course,
of all sales taxes. They are
added to the price of the
goods purchased, and are paid
when the goods are paid for.
Strictly
Personal
By Sydney J. Harris
fe field Enterprlei. Inc.
SENTIMENTAL IDOLATRY
One of the most famous
quotations In the world,
which has been attributed to
everyone
from Marcus
Aurelius to
Robert Louis
Stevenson, is
this: "I ex
pect to pats
throuch this
t'l world but
once; any
good thing,
narri' therefore,
that I can do, or any kindness
that I can show to my fellow
creatures, let me do it now;
let me not defer or neglect It,
for I shall not pass this way
again."
Although praised by many
as a truly scriptural senti
ment, it is utter nonsense-high-minded
nonsense of the
sort that sounds good in a
speech, but means nothing in
either philosophical or practi
cal terms.
For those people whose
good impulses are in the
ascendent, such a stimulant
is not needed; and for
those very many more
whose bad impulses too
often dominate, the senti
ment it worthless because
they will draw precisely
the opposite conclusions
from it.
"I shall not past this way
again." Then why does it
matter what I do? Why not
ruin the fields, deforest the
woods, litter the roads, pol
lute the streams, trample
the flowers, and treat peo
ple as a mere meant ts
one's own ends?
This quotation admirabily
illustrates, indeed, the deep
difference between genu
ine religious feeling and
tpeciout sentimentality. If
the determining factor is
our not returning this way
again, why not indulge In
any species of fraud or de
ceit or cruelty or exploita
tion? In fact, only If tome
people were forced to re
turn to the tcene of their
exploits might they refrain
from selfish and inconsid
erate beharior.
The reason for kindness to
our fellow-creatures has noth
ing to do with passing this
way once, or twice, or a
thousand times! it has to do,
rather, with the knowledge
that we are commanded to
act thus, that it is a very
condition of our humanhood,
that not to do so tears the
fabric of creation, violates
the natural law. and perverts
the proper goals designed for
us and our descendants.
What most of us practice In
the modern w o r 1 d if wo
practice it at all is the re
ligion of sentimentality, of
faith In faith, of good sayings
and warm feelings. And what
is wrong with this attitude Is
that it is essentially frivolous
and superficial. It docs not
engage the deepest parts of
our personality, and most of
all, does not give us the
strength to resist the evil in
ourselves, only in others.
Atheism has never been
formidable enemv of reliflinn:
but idolatry has always been.
The chief Idolatry of our age
is sentimentaltsm. and ils
only dogma It "No dogmas
just warm feelings."