4 A
""Everyone in Southern Oregon
Reada Tne Mali Tribune"
fcubllslwcTDally except Saturday by
MEUFOKD PRINTING CO
33 North fir st, Ph 77a-0ll
' ROBERT W RUHL. Editor
HERB GREY AdverlUlne Mannaer
GERALD T LATHAM. Bui Mar
ERIC W ALLEN JR . Mn Editor
EAI'J. H ADAMS. City Editor
HARRY CIIII'MAN Teleg Editor
KICHARO JEWETT. Sporti Ed tor
OLIVE SI ARCHER Women ! Edlloi
DALE ERICKSON, Circulation Mai
ArT'lndependent Newipapel
Entered aa cond claw matter al
Mcdtord Oreaon under Act of
Miirch 3. 1B07
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Bu u-t, In AdvanM
Daily and Sunday 1 year f 18 00
Daily and Sunday 8 moa 10 00
Daily and Sunday 3 moa 5.00
Sunday Omy One year $500
Single Copy iMaltedl auc
n.. rn...linri Mntiir Route.
Daily and Sunday 1 year Sill 00
Dally and Sunday i iw
Sunday Only I mo. soc
Carrlei and Vendori Copy 10c
Official Paper of City ot Medford
ulllclal Paper o Jsekaoa Lounty
United" Preea International
full Leaaed Wire
O. P 1 Telephoto Newipleturei
"MEMBER OK AUDIT BUREAU
Of CIRCULATIONS
ANELSO?f ROfJERTS Si ASSOCI
ATES Ol'lcei In New York, CM
eaeo Detroit. San Franclico. Loi
Aiigelea SeatUe. Portland
Denver.
Memoer California Newipaper
Publisher! AiiocUtion
Flight o' Time
Medford nd Jackson County
History from tho files of The
Mail Tribuno 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 yean ago.
10 YEARS AGO
May 24, 1953 (Sunday)
The Rogue river has been
rising about six or eight
inches per hour today, the
result of heavy and unaea
sonal rainfall; cofferdam used
to make repairs al Savage
Rapids dam is being threat
ened. Preparations were being
made in Ashland today for
the regional League of Ore
gon Cities meeting Thursday.
20 YEARS AGO
May 24, 1943 (Monday)
City of Medford leases mu
nicipal airport to federal gov
ernment and Army for dura
tion of war and six months.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pol" column: "Stock
men have started scattering
rock salt throughout the hills
lor the benefit of the alleged
meat shortage."
30 YEARS AGO
May 24, 1933 (Wednesday)
Bad weather forces post
ponement of Medford Garden
club flower show.
New auto license slickers
to be issued by Jackson coun-
ty sheriff's office starting
June IS.
40 YEARS AGO
May 24. 1923 (Thursday)
District Attorney Rawlcs
Moore announces plans to im
prove enforcement of prohibi
tion laws in Jackson county
Melting snow in mountains
resulting in poor fishing in
Rogue river.
SO YEARS AGO
May 24. 1913 (Saturday)
Mrs. E. E. Gore installed
as president of Greater Med
ford club.
Howard school students win
county Class A spelling title;
Class B competition for one
room schools goes to Dewey
Students.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nino or tan correct Is tuporior;
savan or oighl It aicallentj live or
sit li good.
1. Are strikes by workers
permitted in Soviet Russia?
2. Did General Douglas
MacArthur ever serve as Chief
of Staff of the U. S. Army?
3. The U. S. Secret Service
Is a division of the Depart
ment of Justice, Treasury or
Commerce?
4. Correct the following
sentence: Neither the Ambas
sador nor his wife are Invited.
5. A bottle and cork cost
St. 10; the bottle cost $1 more
than the cork; how much did
the cork cost?
6. All foreign born persons
arc aliens; true or false.
7. Which of these amphib
ious animals has the more val
uable pelt; sea linn or sea
otler?
8. Is the principal food used
In Ceylon corn, wheat or rice?
H. Do shamrocks have three,
four or five leaflets?
10. Do you associate the
Grand Prix with auto racing,
horse racing or slcoplcchas
lng? Answsrsi 1. No, 2. Yoi. 3.
Treasury. 4. Neither ... is in
vited. I. Flvo cents. 6. False.
7. Oltor. S. Rict. 9. Thro. 10.
Auto racing.
CLENNS TOUR KYOTO
Kyoto, Japan UPI' Ameri
can astronaut John Glenn and
his family toured the medieval
city of Kyoto Thursday during
his good-will visit to Japan.
VJA530C!ATION
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
FRIDAY. MAY 24. 1963
Worship in
There is basis for a cautious hope that, when
the U.S. Supreme Court issues its rulings on two
"religion in the classroom" cases soon, there will
be wider understanding both of the rulings, and
of the basis for them than was the case with the
nraver rulincr of last year.
Frankly, we expect the Court to rule that
Bible reading and recitation of the Lord's Prayer
in public school rooms is in violation of the First
Amendment to the U.S.
And, more and more,
nominations are attempting, not only to prepare
their members for such rulings, but are speaking
out in advance support
THE United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.,
largest of the Presbyterian denominations,
recently went on record against both practices
in public schools as devotional acts.
The action was taken
bly of the church, representing some 6- million
members.
In the arguments preceding the vote, one
speaker said the question was whether the police
power of the state Bhould be used to indoctrinate
any child, and added that Christianity does not
rely on such coercive techniques. Another said,
"The government of our
on matters of faith, dogma and indoctrination."
A majority of the assembly agreed.
QIMILARILY, an editorial in the "Crusader,"
a monthly news magazine published by the
American Baptist Convention, fourth largest of
the Baptist groups with some Vo million mem
bers, also argues that such supreme Court rul
ings will not endanger "the traditional moral
values of the American way of life."
It states that these values belong principally
to church and home," and
"Few can honestly assert that the perfunctory
reading of ilic Bible or the recitation of prayers-often
led by those who have no respect for such things-accomplishes
very much for the national character."
It also quoted the Baptist Joint Committee on
Public Affairs, which said:
When one thinks of prayer as sincere outreach
of a human soul to the Creator, 'required prayer' be
comes an absurdity."
IM0RE and more, it seems to us, sincere and
devout church members are coming to real
ize that a realistic separation of church and state
is their best chance for real freedom.
And it also appears to
sus that religious exercises, performed in secular
school surroundings, presided over by teachers
who may not be interested or even willing, and
involving children of widely different religious
pursuasions, can hardly be of any real or mean
ingful religious worth.
.finally, freedom of religion, if it means any
thing at all, includes not only the right to choose
any form of religion one wishes, but also the
right to reject any or all forms.
THE rights of those who do so, or who choose
faifVio nfhnp tinm flio (HVnMofiaw nuA -nits- on in
iwiu wwiui uiuu yii viuiauai.. aic just aa mi-
portant, under the Constitution, as those who
choose one of the major denominations. One's
own personal faith, or lack of faith, should not
be the subject of majority rule, of governmental
interference, or of dictated forms of worship.
We would expect the
if they are as predicted
ligion than against it.
For they would end the rather pallid and
meaningless forms of worship in the schools, and
put them back where they belong in church and
home where they can, through proper instruc
tion and form, be rich and satisfying to those re
ligiously inclined.
Teachers have enough to do without being
standins for priests, pastors or parents. E.A.
53 Years Ago
Because of the thoughtfulness of a friend, we
now are the proud possessor of a booklet entitled
"Medford, Oregon, Rogue River Valley." It was
published in 1910 by the Medford Commercial
Club, predecessor to the chamber of commerce.
It makes fascinating reading, and looking.
Essentially, it is a promotional piece, designed to
lure settlers, or, as they were known in those
days, "colonists," to this area.
An example of the prose style is of particular
interest in a year which has seen the Columbus
Day storm, a near flood on Dec. 2, a long, wet,
cold spring which required unusually heavy or
chard heating, thunderstorms and hail, and an
unsoasonal hot spell in May.
I TN'DER
says:
the heading
"In few other fruit districts in the United States
is there so little damage to fruit trees and their crops
by adverse weather conditions as in Rogue River Val
ley. Winter freeze to kill trees or vines, or even to
injure twigs and buds, do not occur, and such a disas
ter as an early snow storm In the Kali and subsequent
ruin ot the fruit crop Is unknown here. Heavy wind
and rain storms that would beat o(t the fruit or the
blossoms, or prevent pollination of (he blossoms, are
not experienced here. There is, as In every deciduous
fruit district In the world, some danger from late frosts
In the Sprinu, hut as these frost periods come in but
one or two years ot a decade and never accompanied
by wind, this damage can be readily and cheaply
averted by smtiiiue fires, as has been successfully done
here and In some other fruit districts."
Well, 53 years makes a difference if not
in the weather, as least in the way we regard it.
And after all, promotional pamphlets are de
signed to promote, not to discourage.
The booklet, laudatory about every aspect of
life m the valley and profusely illustrated, is a
welcome addition to our library. E.A.
the Schools
constitution.
the major religious de
of them.
by the general assem
country must be neutral
adds:
be the growing consen
Supreme Court's rulings
to do far more for re
of "Weather Risks," it
Communications
Letters to tha 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 Mail Tribune reserves the right to
edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letter
submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters
printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of t!
paper. In fact the contrary is often the case.
The Refuge
To the Editor:
On the spring and fall
migrations,
On their long and weary
flight,
They hear quiet waters
calling:
"Come and rest and spend
the night."
First we see the pretty
mallards,
Green heads glistening in
the light,
Coming down to food and
safety:
"Come and rest and spend
the night."
Next we see the little
teal
(Fastest of their kind in
in flight.)
Coming down to have his
dinner:
"Come and rest and spend
the night."
Then we see the lordly
honker
Gliding down from dizzy
heights,
Calling all his weary
brothers:
"Come and rest and spend
the night."
"This is your Marine Motel
where
Hunters never raise their
sight;
This is home and food and
safety;
Come and rest and spend
the night."
E G. Roscborough
610 Oakdale dr.
Medford.
Ara Wo Prepared?
To the Editor: This letter is
to all who are concerned with
International, world wide
peace under "free" national
governments. It should be of
special interest to our neigh
bors in the southeastern states.
Of all the petty slllyness
that I have witnessed, this is
the ultimate. To think that
it makes a dollar any less
green and gorgeous simply be
cause it comes from the pay
check of a Negro, or that a
bowl of vegetable soup is less
tantilizing because an equally
hungry, tired shopper or
worker, a few seats away,
happens to be black, by na
ture. How dumpy!
If it were a case of cleanli
ness or direct contact, or a
contagious disease, I could see
the point. I'm no more willing
to dine or ride or study be
side a slovenly, dirty wretch
cither black or white, than
the next gal, but this - oooh
It's Just disgusting.
If people would concern
themselves with enjoying
their own lives, and ignoring
people who don't especially
interest or appeal to them,
they would enevitably find
the Negroes didn't bother
them a bit, and that bowl of
soup Just needed a grain of
salt to improve its flavor. In
turn, businesses wouldn't lose
trade by allowing Integration
so would have no excuse for
their waste of perfectly legiti
mate business prospects. That
old favorite of everyone, the
mighty dollar, would take on
a freihrr. newer, green when
drawn from the purse o the
Negro customer, and the Ne
gro would, at last, be out
from under the distress of be
ing forced into a "second
class" situation. This would,
of course, leave the Negroes
with no cause for rebellion.
The most appalling thing
is that our taxes, in such huge
ly staggering sums, arc spent
in striving for world peace,
and It's virtually wasted. How
can this entire world live in
peace when a single nation
cannot?
When we rid our beautiful
United States ot America ot
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
Sit-In
. '
the blight which darkens the
south (and I don't mean rid
ding it of dark skins), then
we can hope for some better
international situation. Until
then - I'm afraid we all must
sweat it out until someone
goes too far and human petty
ncss on a world-wide scale
breaks loose in all the terror
of nuclear war. I hope you
in the south, so proud of your
inner poison, your pitiful hat
red, are prepared. I'm not!
Phyllis Lewis
(Mother of two darlin'
kids)
Talent, Ore.
Unci Sawbucks
To the Editor: A nprsnn
Who Dreachcs nne thin? and
practices the opposite is called
a hypocrite in our society.
Does not a government
which dons the samp thintt
deserve the rebuke?
Our Uncle Sam has turn
faces, to the sovernmpnt m.
ployce Uncle Sam is a dili
gent businessman. He is cur
rently pursuing among his em
ployees a vigorous economy
campaign ana great emphasis
is being placed on emulatinc
the example set forth by pri
vate industry. The employee
is expected to live a prudent
life, not only in his financial
dealings but in his personal
relationship with others so
that nothing may besmirch
the integrity of government
workers as a group. This is
all very well and good, since
inaiviauais must do these
things to ftet hv fnvnrahlv
One might also exnprt thp
same requirements of Uncle
Sam toward the general pub
lic. Alas, here is where we
note the other face, the beam
ing Uncle Sawbucks.
If the general public doesn't
want to tax itself enough to
build a freeway across the
state, smiling Uncle Sawbucks
will ask you to raise a small
percentage of the total cost
and then he will pluck the
remaining percentage from
your pocket, deduct 20 per
eeni and hand it back to you
with a gracious smile of gen
erosity. Of course, he may not
take it all out of your pocket,
some of it may have come
from some Californians' pock
ets since he takes more than
he gives there.
This smiling Uncle Saw
bucks' face is also turned
abroad where all the little,
greedy nations, and some
large greedy nations too,
stand with their hands out so
Uncle Sawbucks can fill them
full of goodies. Aren't these
nations wonderful? Look how
they repay Uncle Sawbucks
for his good deeds. They kick
mm on the shins and pull his
whiskers and he loves it. The
harder they kick him the
more he shells out.
Worst of all a lot of what
he gives away didn't come
from pockets in our own coun
try, it comes from pockets not
yet made, belonging to men
and women not yet born!!!
This Is deficit spending. If
you're interested in giving
your born or unborn great
grandchildren something more
than the bill for the gravy
we ate last year, then write
your senator and tell him to
support Senate Resolution 12
introduced by Senator Harry
Byrd to abolish deficit spend
ing Yes, even liberal Wayne
Morse would support that
measure if he thought it could
cost him his Job. After all,
both he and Mrs. Neubcrger
are politicians first and lib
erals second
James K. Shafer
Route 2. Box 210X
Medford.
BralnWash
To the Editor: In the recent
debate on "The United Na
Soviet Diplomats in
As Evidence Points to Chinese
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
In Vientiane, sleepy capital
of the sad little kingdom of
Laos, Soviet diplomats this
aaRjp?"am week appear
ed noticeably
glum. If so,
they had good
reason. For It
appeared that
I IWi i lost an im-
I .onf I portant round
1 1 T 1 I in its battle
with Red Chi
na for Com
"awsom
munist leadership, one that
affected not only the Soviet
position in Laos but one that
would have repercussions
throughout Asia.
It also seemed likely to
have an important effect on
the efforts of the United States
and Britain to preserve the
shaky neutrality of the little
landlocked nation which ap
pears small on the map of the
world s power struggle but
looms large in the future of
Southeast Asia.
Strictly Personal
By Sydney
(c) Field Enterprises. Inc.
VIOLENCE
. Several readers have writ
ten in lately to remark their
surprise that I have not com
mented on the
proposals i n
various states
to outlaw pro
fcsional prize
fighting, fol
lowing the re
cent deaths of
a few boxers.
In all honesty,
I cannot get
exercised one
way or' the other about prize
fighting in our society. As
suredly, as the Pope has ob
served, it is a brutal and de
humanizing activity (not box
ing itself, but its commercial
ramifications) yet why waste
tions - Right or Wrong," held
in Medford between Dr. Ur
ban Whitaker ot San Francis
co State college and Leslie
Fleming, John Birch Society
coordinator from Eugene,
neither side mentioned the un-
American, pro-UN brain-wash
ing going on in our tax sup
ported schools. The fact that
our school children form a
captive audience for UN prop
aganda can be testified to by
many parents across our land,
if they did not fear hurting
their children's standing and
grades in school. An example
is the following incident, re
viewed in 45763 "America's
Future."
A student in Durham, N. C,
High school submitted a theme
for senior english class on the
subject of, "Our Citizenship -World
Challenge." The young
lady put into her work not
only a good deal of thought
but considerable careful re
search. Her general thesis was
that Americans face a basic
conflict in upholding their
citizenship, and all the rights
which that citizenship implies,
because of our membership in
the United Nations; that, in
effect, the UN is a second gov
ernment which impinges on
and could abrogate Constitu
tional guarantees that are im
plicit in American citizenship.
It is well to add here that
this is a subject of deep con
cern to many authorities on
Constitutional law. There is
much unassailable legal opin
ion holding that membership
in the UN endangers our Bill
of Rights and other guarantees
in our Constitution.
Never -the -less, when this
Durham High schol student
who had so clearly shown her
love for, and loyalty to, her
country, got her paper back
irom her teacher, it contained
this shocking comment across
the front page, "Presents
warped views - who has been
filling your mind with propa
ganda?" A defense of American citi
zenship, mind you, is "propa
ganda" and "presents warped
views." Now hold your breath.
The real Hock-buster preced
ing both of these unbelievable
statements, was the teacher's
comment, "This is anti-American."
Not because of any pro
UN views of the student, but
because of her carcfuly rea
soned analysis of the dangers
so visibly evident in the UN
to American citizenship.
Personally. I believe that
this vicious indoctrination of
our school children springs di
rectly from UNESCO, the
powerful UN agency which
has infiltrated our schools
j from kindergarten to univer
isity. For. in my opinion, the
j prime objective of this Com
munist dominated, world-wide
agency as outlined in its book
lets, is to brain-wash all Amer
ican youth into contempt for
patriotism and nationalism,
and into complete acceptance
of One Worldism ta polite
word for Communism) and, in
the process, destroy ail paren
tal authority and home in
fluence Frank Koch
412 South First st.
Central Point, Ore.
mm ,.jMri4
When on July 23, 1962, In
Geneva the foreign ministers
of 14 nations signed an accord
on the neutrality of Laos, it
was done so by the West with
the ironical knowledge that
its success would depend upon
keeping the Soviets in and the
Red Chinese out.
The hope lay in the belief
thnt Red North Viet Nam,
chief supporter of the Red
Pathet Lao, leaned more to
ward Moscow than Peking in
its political orientation and
thus would be more likely to
heed Soviet counsel.
North Viet Nam's Ho Chi
Minh had been trained in
Moscow and was believed to
depend on Moscow to preserve
his own status against any
ambitions of his big Chinese
neighbor.
Whatever validity there was
in the hope disappeared when
Red China's No. 2 man, Liu
Shao-chi, chose the North Viet
Nam capital of Hanoi to de
liver another bitter attack on
Communist "revisionists" and
on Soviet Premier Nikita
J. Harris
any indignation upon it?
We live in an extraordinarily
violent society. America may
be a peace-loving country in
its foreign relations (though
some might doubt this too),
but our internal relations are
filled with rage, bitterness,
hostility, and the kind of in
civility that is only a hair's
breadth removed from phys
ical conflict.
Big cities are not safe at
night. Now York's magnifi
cent Central Park, in tha
heart of tho city, cannot be
walked in after dark-a fact
which would shock and dis
gust not only every Euro
pean but even member of
what wo call "primitive"
societies. Tha American me
tropolis has become more of
a junglo than tho modern
jungle.
If people need a vicari
ous outlet for thoir repress
ed aggressions, and they
can qualify their bloody in
stincts by watching two man
bash each other's brains out,
I sea not reason to put an
end to such spectacles. It is
barbarous, but it is confined
to adults who know what
they are doing like profes
sional auto racers and are
well paid for tha chances
they take.
Indignation about the fa
talities in professional boxing
is a pointless as asking that
daredevil racing be stopped
because some drivers are kill
ed while at the same time,
public homicide on the high
ways increases every year
with no effective program of
prevention.
What is stupidly hyprocri
tical about professional prize
fighting is the insistence by
its proponents that it is a
"sport." It is nothing of the
sort. It Is a legitimatized way
ot permitting the public to
give vent to its savage in
stincts; this is why everyone
at a fight wants a knockout
which is a temporary worm
of death. A "good' fight to
tne public, no matter how in
expertly conducted, is one in
which the maximum of pun
ishment is given and received
Those who attend fights
want to witness death in the
ring just as those who watch
a high-wire performer are
waiting for a fall. When this
happens, the cry that goes up
from the crowd is horror
and delight. Until we know
this, we do not know our
selves at al.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Up in Salem the other day.
Senator Vermon Cook, of
Gresham, made a little speech
to his colleagues in behalf of
a bill to create an 11-meni-ber
interim committee to
study ways to bring more
tourists to Oregon. He made
it sound quite worth while.
For example:
He told his hearers that
tourism is a healthy infant
in Oregon s almost static econ
omy. He said tourism could
become Oregon's second in
dusty this year behind tim
ber, but ahead of agricu'ttire
rpHAT'S a lot of money.
in 1860. the last census
year, Oregon's population was
approximately 1,800.000. To
bring the figures into round
numbers, let's assume that our
state's population might by
now have reached 2.000.000.
That would mean that last
year's tourist income of S400,
000.000 came to an average of
$200 per Oregon person-
$800 for each average family
ot four in our state.
That's a lot of NEW money
It's worth going alter.
TK BRING Senator Cook's
figure of $400 million into
accurate focus, a word of ex
planation is in order here. He
Laos Appear Glum
Khrushchev's policy of co
existence.
The attack only could have
been delivered by permission
of Ho Chi Minh and so it
meant that Red China, advo
cate of the export of violent
revolution, had taken over as
Ho's chief mentor.
If it meant a blow to Mos
cow's prestige in Asia and to
Allied hopes in Laos, there
were others also to whom the
Laotian truce had brought dis
illusionment. One was neutralist Laotian
Premier Prince Souvanna
Phouma who had castigated
the United States for its sup
port of the pro-Western gov
Dear Scientists,
Go Dig A Hole
By Arthur Hoppe
Our dedicated scientists,
having thoroughly loused up
the Van Allen Belt, are busily
turning their attention to oth
er things. Like trying once
again to orbit a band of nee
dles around our earth in order
to muck up outer space. And
digging a $100 million hole in
the ground to satisfy their cur
iostity. It's high time, I say, that we
laymen take a stand! And I've
taken mine. I'm for the hole
in the ground.
This, as you know, is Proj
ect Mohole. And its goal is to
drill through the earth's crust
to see what's inside. As a lay
man, I wish to say this project
meets all my highest aspir
ations. Firstly, It will keep num
erous Scientists occupied for
years. And "busy hands are
happy hands," as we used to
say in nursery school. Second
ly, it doesn't sound as though
anything will blow up. Which
is certainly a blessing these
days. And, most important of
included in his total the sum
of $184 million estimated to
have been spent in Oregon
BY OREGONIANS vacation
ing in their own state. This,
added to the $217 spent in
Oregon last year by OUT' OF
STATE tourists, adds up to
$401 million.
IT CAN be argued that the
tourist money spent by
Oregonians in their own state
isn't NEW money which is
true. But let's put it this way:
If we of Southern Oregon,
for example, could induce the
neople of Oregon to spend
$100 million vacationing in
our own area, it would mean
the addition of $100 million to
the economy of our region.
That goes for any other
area of Oregon. A tourist is
a tourist dollar so far as each
region is concerned.
LET'S now get back to the
tourist problem of Oregon
as a whole.
Our states estimated income
in 1962 from out-of-state vis
itors traveling by automobile
came to a total of $168 mil
lion. The estimated number
of out-of-state cars visiting
Oregon last year was 2,804,
660. The average length of
stay per car in our state was
a littler less than three days
2.93 days, according to the
estimates. The average ex
penditure per day for each
tourist car was $20.45.
SO
You set:
If we could have induced
each out-of-state tourist car
that visited Oregon last year
to stay just ONE DAY longer,
we could have added nearly
$60 million to our tourist In
come. How to get them to slay
lonRer?
That's a problem that calls
for a lot of study. It we can
find the answer to it, we can
add IMMENSELY to Oregon's
prosperity.
1) MERCURY CONTROL CENTE 'r
.1, FP
I MERCURY CONTROL CENTER
"Who needs computers to analyse tha data from Coo
per's flight? All I knew is, attar Birmingham, U mad
ma proud to bo an American again !"
Power
ernment which preceded him,
and who now also castigated
the Reds for their violation of
the Geneva accord.
It also meant disillusion
ment for a tiny man named
Gen. Kong Le, fighting the
Pathet Lao.
Another to whom It must
have brought disillusionment
was Red Prince Souphanou
vong, nominal leader of the
Pathet Lao.
Laotian observers believe
that Souphanouvong is leader
in name only and that his
place has been taken by hard
core Communists who will
take orders from Peking and
Hanoi.
all, it's fantastically expen
sive. So we'll all be rich.
This last is a matter of eco
nomics. Which I don't under
stand either. But the prevail,
ing theory among our Gov
ernment economists is the
Government must spend more
money. In order to stimulate
our economy. In order to
make us all rich. Which cer
tainly does make sense. To
Governments economists.
But the grave problem these
economists haven't faced
squarely is: Where can the
Government spend more
money without making some
body mad?
If the Government decides
to spend more on public wel
fare, the Conservatives get
mad. If it's for more missiles,
the Liberals get mad. If it's a
pork barrel project in South
Dakota, North Dakota gets
mad. And if it's more foreign
aid, everybody will get vio
lent. In fact, it's kind of a rule
that whatever the Govern
ment does, somebody gets
mad.
Not that the Government
cares. But Congres does. And
Congress has to approve all
this spending. In fact, it's get
ting so our honorable Con
gressmen can't find a nice,
safe, non-controversial place
to spend more money. Hard as
they try.
So it's as plain as day that
what we desperately need to
meet our current scientific
and economic aspirations is a
good, big, deep hole in the
ground.
The only conceivable objec
tion, then, to Project Mohole
is: "Are we sure the hole is
big enough?" After all $100
million is a mere drop in the
budget. And fears are being
expressed the costs won't even
run that high.
Could we, perhaps, double
the width of the hole? Or chal
lenge Russia to a race to the
center of the earth? Or even
go through to the other side?
Or, best of all, drill similar
holes in each of the SO States?
Plus several in every unde
veloped country? Thus spread
ing wealth and full employ
ment throughout the entire
globe.
In one fell swoop, we could
knock off public welfare, mis
siles, pork barrels and foreign
aid. Our Congressmen could
sit around safely appropriat
ing zillions for nothing but
more and more holes, thus as
suring their incumbency for
ever. And all of us would be
rich and happy. Everybody's
aspirations achieved. Except
we'd have to be a little care
ful where we stepped.
So the Hole Solution is the
only answer. Speaking as a
confused layman, I say it's in
evitable. Yes, sir, I confident
ly foresee Ihe day when the
human race, led blindly on
ward by an ever-more-bewildering
technology, will no
longer be able to distinguish
its aspirations from a hole in
the ground.
slat.