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History from ih files of The
Mall Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
May 27. 1953 Wdnoiday)
Sen. Wayne Morse dnd.
Ore.) charged In Washington
today that readers of the Mcd
ford Mail Tribune were his
only constituents in Oregon
to have an opportunity to
read the truth about his ac
tivities in Congress.
Preliminary budget esti
mates for Mcdford's 1053-54
city budget show an Increase
over this year of some $49,
829, with $(108, 860 In expen
ditures. Estimate receipts are
1352,650.
SO YEARS AGO
May 27, 1943 (Thursday)
Medford Craters baseball
team, managed by Don Eaton,
to play first game of season
against Camp White soldier
team.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "The
War Production Board has de
cided to 'frcoze' fashions or
women. Platoons of buttons,
holding nothing up, or togeth
er, will not be tolerated."
30 YEARS AGO
May 27, 1933 (Saturday)
Paving of Pacific highway
between Talent and Ashland
started.
Ballot theft eases to open
In circuit court here tomor
row. 40 YEARS AGO
May 27, 1923 (Sunday)
; Rogue VHlley penr crops
look ' promising"; other crops
appear lighter than in 1022.
Medford Memorial day pro
gram to be held in Page thea
ter as rain predicted.
50 YEARS AGO
My 27, 1913 (Tuesday)
Jackson and Siskiyou coun
ty officials to meet June 6 to
make plans for construction
of bi-state highway.
"Schooner rigging" wireless
musts to be removed from
Medford hotel, leaving hotel
In San Dicso only one with
''schooner rigaing."
What's Your I.Q.7
Hint ai tan toned h tuperier;
seven or aiflhl is eicallentf tive or
Sit Is food.
1. What is the capital of
Kentucky?
2. What is (he namr of the
world's largest office build
ing?
3. What arc U S battleships
named for?
4. What am the font free
doms? 5. What Is the blrlh stnne
for May?
6. llow many scguare rods
to an acre?
7. What did Jack Sprat
Ind his wife do?
8 Where Is the Unllrd
States Coast Guard Academy?
9 Whose portrait appears
on the two dollar bill?
10. What insignia docs a
Lieutenant Colonel in the
United States Army wear?
Answorsi 1. Frankfort. 2.
Th Pentagon, Washington.
DC, 3. Slates. 4. Speech.
Worship from want and
from fear. 5. Agele. 6. 160
7. Licked the platlor clean.
I. New London, Conn. I, Jof
iarson. Ul. Silver eek leaf. I
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Vji-A'sSOeiATION
MONDAY, MAY 27. 1963
Legislative
Today the legislature
hopes will be its last week in session.
Most of its business
few items, major ones, remained as of this morn
ing. The two most important were the tax pro
gram and the new Constitution.
The legislature may kill the Constitution, al
though we certainly hope not. Last week's com
promise over apportionment in the Senate com
mittee kept the document alive, by only a slim
thread.
However, the Constitution has just barely
skimmed through all the long distance it has
come in the legislature, winning House approval
with only one vote to spare. So we still hope.
JF SOLUTIONS to the two main remaining ob-
stacles are found early enough, the legisla
ture could adjourn and
or Thursday. There are
If it keeps going until
will make a minor prophet of the undersigned.
Last Jan. 16, just after
said in this space:
"We would not be surprised if the Assembly Is still in
session by the first of June, depite veteran legislator! who
think it can be done by early May."
It has not been a distinguished session. It has
been marked by undue
between both houses, and
Governor, by a steadfast
more than a temporary paste-up job on the tax
program, by a niggardly attitude toward such
important matters as education and public health.
WE ARE NOT alone in this assessment. ,
The newspaper published by the Oregon
Education Association commented as follows:
"From the start, the 1063 Legislature seemed to move
slowly and the problem of finance overrode other consid
erations. It brought forth no long-range solution to the
financial needs of cither state government or the public
schools, only temporary accommodations to current ur
gencies." The Oregon Labor Press likewise was critical,
declaring:
"Not only has the 1063 Legislature become the longest
and costliest In history, but from labor's standpoint it is
also the worst.
"The 'worst in my experience' label was hung on the
session by James T. Marr, executive secretary of the Ore
gon AFL-CIO, whose legislative experience dates back to
1045."
ITS TAX program whatever it finally turns
out to be will alienate a large segment of
the voters. 1
Other segments will be alienated by other ac
tions or lack of action in other fields.
And those who are upset will remember their
disappointment far longer than they will remem
ber the constructive things which have been ac
complished. There have been constructive actions, but
they have been all but obscured by the politics
laden measures that have drawn most of the at
tention. a
IF ANY SINGLE factor is to be pointed out as
, 1i a-s i-nnt!Ai. frtH flits atltAi iartpaccintT anatanla
it seems to us that it was a failure in leadership.
Clarence Barton, the speaker of the House, a
Democrat, is a pleasant person, but has been out
spoken on many issues where he would have been
more successful if he'd kept quiet. A moderately
liberal Democrat, Barton is reportedly ambitious
politically, and the thought of future elections
can do strange things to an aspiring politician.
Ben Musa, the president of the Senate, a much
more conservative Democrat than Barton, has
also been outspoken, but usually in a negative
way. If the Legislature fails to pass the new Con
stitution along to a vote of the people, he will be
as responsible as any single individual could be.
fN THE sidelines, as it were, sits Governor
Hatfield, who, despite his many fine and
often courageous qualities, has shown an uncven
ness in leadership and has not always been able
to be effective even in carrying with him the Re
publican minorities in the House and Senate.
His program has had only mixed success. His
budget, in hu ge part, has been approve d.
Whether his net receipts tax proposal will be
adopted remains to be seen. Most of his reorga
nization proposals were shelved, notably the one
for a department of natural resources.
His recommendations for added power for
the state sanitary authority to take action in cases
of severe air and water pollution were largely
followed, but were vitiated by cuts in the health
department budget necessary to carry them out
effectively.
a
THIS IS the 10th Legislative session we have ob-
served, cither at close range or at a distance.
We are well aware of the many pressures, con
flicting and often severe, to which members are
subjected.
We are also aware of the fact that each mem
ber conies to the session w ith his own preconcep
tions, his own public and private interests, his
own set of values.
To be effective, a legislator must have both
principles to guide him, and the ability to com
promise with others a balance not easy to
achieve.
Still, if we were a member of this 5'Jnd Lciris-
lative Assembly, we'd prefer to have it remem
bered as the one which helped education and ap
proved a new constitution, rather than the one
that nut reflcctorizcd naint on our car licenses.
E.A.
tv
Wind-Up
began what everyone
is taken care of ; only a
go home by Wednesday
indications it may do so.
Saturday, however, it
the session opened, we
partisanship, by jealousy
between them and the
refusal to do anything
I,'
"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way To
Kicking Out 1,000 School Kids "
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Arts and Crafts
To the Editor: I have just
had the pleasure of attending
the arts and crafts exhibit al
Medford Senior High school
I wonder if we fully realize
the tremendous amount of
time and energy, skill and im
agination that these students
have put into their paintings
and drawings, their cabinetry
and sculpture, their Jewelry
and metal craft?
This showing reaffirms my
faith in our younger genera.
tion. We read so much about
delinquency and its problems
and effects, but I wish every
one could have seen this out
pouring of creativity. This ex
hibit gives lie to the general
ity that youngsters in their
teens are somehow lacking
and at a loss.
The students can be very
proud of this exhibit of their
God given abilities and of
their teachers whose guidance
and patience brought forth
the flowering of this latent
talent. Our children are but
mirrors reflecting the knowl
edge that their teachers pass
on to them.
This exhibit was to me a
testimony of the really fine
job that our school teachers
do every day of their lives.
Donald Kent
P.O. Box 868,
Medford.
Amen and Remedy
To the Editor: This is writ
ten in response to your edi
torial dealing with the rude
ness of audiences, both con
cert and motion picture. I
wish to add a hearty AMEN
to your comments and men
tion a possible remedy for
the latter, which this writer
had the pleasure of observ
ing. It was a Saturday after
noon audience in a Portland
theater. As you commented,
Saturday is perhaps the worst
possible time to attend a mo
tion picture theater. T h e au
dience, consisting mostly of
junior barbarians andor
brats old enough to know bet
ter, became increasingly bois
terous and, when the noise
level began to approach that
of a boiler factory, the screen
suddenly went dark with the
curtain remaining open. At
this point, as might be expect
ed, the noise level Increased
pcrccptably and I assumed
that the film had broken.
However, the house lights
then came on and the man
ager strode onto the stare.
He informed these little mon
sters in no uncertain terms
that the show would start
again only when peace and
quiet was restored and, if
the disturbance resumed, the
show would again be stopped.
It workcdl
What worked In Portland
should be equally effec
tive here. If people create a
disturbance at a concert, the
conductor could simply stop
the music, explain his reason
for doing so and teach a few
people a badly needed les
son. Needless to say, our local
motion picture theaters could
very well use this tactic too.
W. L. Stevens, Jr.
82 West Vilas rd
Central Point, Ore.
Human Neture
To the Editor: In regard to
human nature, it has no norm,
standard or pattern. It runs in
a gamut of variations. Acqui
sitiveness is quite a common
trait, that Is for sure. There
is an old saying which holds
true -'There is a little bit of
larceny In most of us."
Human beings arc children
of nature. Just plain animals,
with whatever traits the Crea
tor has endowed them. Some
are gifted, talented, capable
of doing great deeds; Inven
tus:, artists, scientists, business
men, etc. Most of this Vjjper
MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
I Iv Aeetafi"
the use of a Den name or initial
Mall Tribune reserves the rioht to
the case.
class is of the acquisitive type.
The business Has mnf-p n
because our way of life, free
enterprise, makes it a race
of competition and anyone
who finds fault with it had
better learn to like it. Why?
Because business steers our
ship of state.
The dissenters, our wish
ful thinkers, who want to see
a changeover, are out on a
limb.
The prehistoric men who
lived in the open spaces when
the world was young and the
population was one person or
icss per square mile, had no
social system as a rule. It was
every family for themselves,
although there were cases on
some of the oceanic islands
and some Indian tribes, in
cluding the Incas of South
America, who lived under a
paternalistic social system.
But it is generally believed
that the caveman headed one
separate family.
However archaeologists, dig
ging in Peruvian locations,
found evidence in kitchen
middens, accumulated over
untold generations, indicating
that large family groups lived
under patriarchal conditions.
(See "Peru," by G. H. S. Bush
ncll, Medford Library.)
As to social systems, wheth
er absolute or competitive,
tyrannic or benevolent, they
are all the work of nature.
To change an established
order in any country is usual
ly a slow evolutionary pro
cess if it is to be done peace
fully. A sudden change means
a bloody fight.
The one instinct, to survive,
is common to all animal life.
As to other "human nature"
traits, they differ greatly
among various individuals
for various reasons, not so
easy to explain. Some of them
depend on inherited traits,
some on acquired traits.
Hence, as an individual,
you may define human nature
In your own fashion and be
right at that.
John E. Ring
1049 West 11th st.
Medford
Jesus Defended
To the Editor: Lydia Burn
ham's letter titled "Purely
Mythical" in 32363's Trib
une makes one shudder and
heartsick. Instead of holding
ill feelings toward what her
attitude is. It is time all of us
who believe the blessed res
urrection story to pray thai
God in His mercy will by His
Holy Spirit open our friend,
Lydia's, eyes.
1 do not know who Pierre
van Paasscn, the Unitarian
writer, is. But I am convinced
beyond a shadow of doubt
that what he has written con
cerning our Lord's death and
the events surrounding the
cructiixion are purely myth
ical." I do not say this with
any ill will. But when any
one sprakj so of my Friend
Jesus Christ, I must defend
Him.
Lydia mailed me some
printed material which clear
ly set forth her views. But in
view of my unshaken faith in
God's word as told In the
Bible, I cannot accept man's
conjectures.
Skeptics, agnostics and in
fidels have through the ages
assailed the B!-sscd Book. It
lives on. Millions have will
ingly laid down their lives in
defending its claims.
Without the certainty of the
nope in Jesus Christ our Lord
what is there to look forward
to in this world?
In this, the springtime of
the year, my heart is more
than ever turned toward my
Maker. The air made vocal
with the singing birds, the
lush green, the warm sun
shine, all remind me of a God
who knows and cares.
To my friend Lydia Brn-
Foreign News: Nuclear Subs in
Khrushchev's Party
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
Notes from the foreign
news cables:
Nuclear Subs
Japan, first and only nation
to suffer an atomic attack, is
extremely touchy about the
proposed visits of U.S. nu
clear - powered submarines to
Japanese
ports. Inform
cd sources
say the Unit-
t iP I cd statcs i!
v.v I wi"ins to put
tight limita-
I laZ. I tlons on tne
I I visits. The
1 tL I f"bs would
use only the
Kewsom
ports of Yoko
suka and Sascbo. They would
call no oftener than once
month and stay no longer
than two weeks at a time.
They would come and go only
in daylight. But by U.S. law,
their power plants would not
Strictly
Personal
By Sydney J. Harris
fc. Field Enterprlies. Inc.
SCHOOL PARODY
In his recent attack on the
American education system
(with which I largely agree),
Robert Hut
chins remark
ed the famil
iar fact that
"Sep;. European stu
jr rt 1 dents of Ihr-
fiamo atrp anrt
3?H grade are far
liJj more advanc
ed academical
ly than their
Harria American
counterparts. This is certain
ly true, much to the embar
rassment of those of us who
have met European high
school and college students,
and have compared them to
our own native products.
Yet I wonder if a genuine
superiority exists in the Eu
ropean system of education
- or if it is simply the basic
attitude of the students them
selves that makes the deci
sive difference.
In Europe, being a stu
dent is a privilege. School
it a serious matter, since
without proper schooling,
the young person cannot
Tide up the social and eco
nomic escalator. If is the
one feasible method of
breaking out of the more
or less rigid caste system
that still obtains In most
European societies.
Certainly, the children
fhoro are no brighter; and
I doubt that the teachers
are much more proficient.
if any. The chief difference
is one of motivation: they'
are deeply motivated by
economic and social con
siderations that do not seem
to carry as much weight in
our culture.
School in America is con
sidered largely a bore, a
ham or any others who share
her views I direct these clos
ing lines.
Thirty-nine years ago my
parents laid a little 4,i year
old daughter to rest. I was
a year younger but still re
member her.
God in His infinite mercy
and foreknowledge knew the
end from the beginning.
nrougii tlic years I have
seen other loved ones laid to
rest. The uppermost thouaht
in my mind is the looking for
ward to the reunion day at
the resurrection. It thrills my
innermost being.
No friends, death is not the
end for those who share this
hope. Eye hath seen, car hath
n o t heard, neither hath it
entered into the heart of man,
the things that God has in
store for those who will only
accept Him. His promises are
sure, true and slcdfast.
Henry Johnson Jr.
2315 Highway 66
Ashland, Ore.
In Apprecietion
To the Editor: We would
like to extend our thanks and
deep appreciation to our
friends and neighbors for the
many kind ways in which
they have helped us since my
husband's illness.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Landry
Trail, Ore.
No Entrance Tee
To the Editor: In regard to
the letter of Mrs. Elmer Good
man (May 12) we want to
sound a very loud "hooray."
We want you and ALL the
commissioners to know you
have voiced our sentiments
100 per cent. 1 am sure there
are a great number of others
who feel the same way.
Let's hope they come for
ward and let their feelings
be known publioy and fight
this entrance fee.
Lewis D. and Branchie
Clark,
Route 2. Box 580C.
Central Point. Ore.
be open to Japanese inspec
tion.
Homework
Nikita Khrushchev is be
lieved to have spent at least
part of his Black Sea week
necossery evil, a marking of
lime until tests are passed
and grades are given and
diplomas are awarded - and
"reel life" then begins.
The waste that is so ap
pallingly evident in other
aspects of our notional life
- watt of food, wast of
resources, wast of products
through "planned obiolet
cenet" - Is as shockingly ob
vious in our school systems.
Much high school work re
peats what should have been
learned in the upper primary
grades, and wasn't. Much col
lege work repeats what should
have been learned in high
school, and wasn't. If the aca
demic "water" were wrung
out of our educational sys
tem, the eight years of high
school and college could easi
ly be compressed into six.
Moreover, the boys who are
now being graduated from col
lege are being called up for
military service, which adds
perhaps another three years
to their "preparation" for
adulthood. It is little wonder
that they marry premature
ly, when the vista ahead
seems so dark, so dull, so end
less, and so pointless.
Our intellectual and emo
tional approach to schooling
in America is schizophrenic:
on the one hand, we believe
ardently in the Importance of
a "good education;" on the
other hand, we are impatient
and contemptuous toward the
works of the mind. Until we
resolve this split in our na
tional personality, our schools
will continue to be a parody.
In the Day's News
By FRANK
Mishmash in the news:
The other day Queen Eliz
abeth of England paid a cer
emonial visit to the little town
of Abergavenny in Wales. Ac
cording to ancient tradition,
when the Queen of England
visits Abergavenny she must
go first to the city hall. From
her carriage to the door she
must walk on a rich red car
pet. The carpet must be
provided by the town of Ab
ergavenny.
This year it was different.
There was no red carpet.
There was no red carpet be
cause the town could no long
er afford to buy or rent one.
A special tax would have had
to be levied, and the town
fathers came to the conclu
sion that the people just could
not afford to pay any more
taxes.
CO-
- Thev riecirlrrl--
The Queen would have to
walk this year from her car
riage to the town hall on
stone steps painted with red
liquid linoleum. She did so
and cvrything went off all
right. The Queen was just as
gracious as if she had walked
in over a red carpet, and the
people were much happier
than they would have been
if they had had to dig into
their pockets for more taxes
to pay for the red carpet.
A THOUGHT:
If governments EVERY
WHERE including the
U.S.A. would follow this
example set by the town coun
cil of Abergavenny, I think
they would find that less ex
travagant government would
be just as efficient as more
extravagant government, and
that the people who pay the
taxes would be much happier.
What do you think about it?
N SAN Francisco, postmen
have begun arming them
selves with a new weapon for
their everlasting combat with
the dog kingdom.
As a part of a four-city
test in the Bay Area, some
500 mail carriers are to be
supplied w-ith a new anti-dog
weapon called Halt. It con
sists of a mixture of ordinary
mineral oil and capsicum
an extract of cayenne pepper.
Each carrier volunteering for
the test program will be sup
plied with small half-ounce
acrsol containers loaded with
the mixture. The idea is that
when the d"jg starts to bite
the postman will spray the
stuff in the canine's face.
Busy Father Fills
Date, Pleases Son
Topeka. Ken. - 'Iff - John
Anderson III wet delected
several days ago when he
asked hit dad If he would bo
busy tonight and hit father
laid he would.
Youny John. In some dis
may, then expltined he had
counted on hit father at
tending promotion exerciset
at Roosevelt Junior High
school.
"Oh. I'll be there. I'll b
speaker," said John Ander
son Jr.-governor of Kansas.
Homework; Red Bid
a I 1 I. I . ....aa,l tr flat lltttaY T.l
end doing his homework in
preparation for the June IB
meeting of the Central Com
mittee. The meeting will be
devoted to party Ideology and
undoubtedly will lay the
groundwork for the position
the Soviet Union will take in
its meeting with Red China
now scheduled for July S.
A special Soviet asset Is
the fact that Khrushchev now
seems to have Fidel Castro
safely in his pocket. This is
important because it was the
Soviet withdrawal of its mis
siles from Cuba last October
that brought the Sino-Soviet
We Shall Endure!
(In Triplicate)
By Arthur Hoppt
The trouble with newspa
pers, as evcryooay says, is
they re always priming sen
sational, scary stories. Like:
'War Imminent!" And in
these troubled times I think
we ace newsmen should try
harder to ferret out happy,
reassuring stories. Such as
what we're going to do when
the bombs fall. Because it
we know our Leaders have
got plans, I'm sure we'll all
feel more secure.
Nor are our Leaders sitting
on their hands. Typical of
their planning ahead, I feel,
is the new '"Administrative
Manual L O E O M 0799."
Drawn up by our State De
partment of Employment for
use by its local offices in the
event of an "All-Out War with
Attack on the United States."
The Manual lists the step-by-step
procedures local of
fices should employ when dis-
JENKINS
Preliminary tests show that
dogs thus sprayed put their
tails between their legs and
beat a hasty retreat. In most
cases, the experiments show,
dogs exposed a time or two
to the stuff never again at
tack a postman.
THE experiment is to be car
ried out over a fairly wide
area. In addition to the Bay
Area, postmen in Baltimore,
Miami and Detroit will be
supplied with the anti-dog
weapons.
They will be expected to
keep track of the number of
times they are bitten and the
number of times they suc
ceed in repelling canine at
tackers. The experiment will
be carried out over a period
of three months and if it
proves successful mail carri
ers throughout the nation will
be supplied with the Halt
equipment.
In San Francisco, where
according to official statistics
76 postmen have been bitten
by dogs in the past year and
a half, 500 carriers will be
provided with the anti-dog
stuff.
??
Well, our kindly old Uncle
is to be congratulated because
of his solicitude for his em
ployees, but it Just might be
that he is picking the wrong
kind of individuals to be mail
carriers.
In the Hot Springs district
over in Klamath Falls, there
has been for many years a
mail carrier who has no need
for anti - dog contraptions.
Each morning, he is joined at
a certain point on his route
by a friendly neighborhood
dog that convoys him all the
way around. Never, so far
as known, has he been even
looked at crosswise by any of
the numerous canines of the
vicinity.
Maybe Uncle might do bet
ter to look for postmen of that
particular type of personali
ty. V! "SO r. -a. ajuous Uiarj
"Why invade Cuba? Thafi
Japan;
quarrel to its climax. Last
week's friendship rally for
Castro spotlighted once again
the absence of two ailing So
viet leaders. Frol Kozlov and
Anastas Mikoyan. Kozlov re
portedly is suffering from a
brain hemorrhage. Mikoyan's
problem is said to be flu.
An Invitation
The French Communist par
ty is putting out feelers again
to the Socialists to join in a
revamped "Popular Front"
movement. French Socialist
leaders are unlikely to take
the bait.
aster strikes in order to out
through bureaucratic red
tape. The Manual is 48 pages
long.
a a
For example, you are a sur
vivor of the AU-Out War.
You crawl from the wreck
age of your office or factory.
What do you do first? Un
employment insurance. You
stumble down to the nearest
State Employment office. The
local administrator checks Ad
ministrative Manual LOEOM
0799. On Page Two, it tells
him precisely the drastic
emergency procedure to fol
low: "(1) New Claims - Use the
DE 1101 set and in addition
an affidavit on DE 455 show
ing base period employers
and earnings by quarter. Com
pute the MBA and WBA us
ing the benefit computer DE
3000. The 1101A will be sta
pled to the original 455 and
batch filed by date. No at-'
tempt will be made to keep
these documents in alpho
betical or SSA number order
. . . " And so forth.
But note that in the event
of a war destroying our civ
ilization, our DE 1101 sets,
our DE 455s and our MBA
and WBA data will not have
to- be filed in alphabetical
order! It shows our Leaders
are facing reality with a
steady gaze.
The Manual goes on, page
after page, with the most me
ticulously detailed planning
for disaster imaginable. "Ob
serve endorsement stamp con
trol procedures in 117.515,"
it cautions grimly. "Prepare
a letter, in triplicate, explain
ing all signature card chang
es," it warns forbodingly. And
it takes up policy matters,
too: "Veterans preference
(should)be resumed as soon as
possible." Or: "Refer older
qualified workers where ra
diological contamination is
present or suspected."
But most of all, of course,
the Manual is concerned
about the supply of forms.
"Local offices," it says, should
have "a minimum of one
month's supply of normal op
erating forms in their stock
rooms at all times." But
should the stock room suffer
a direct hit. Heaven foibid,
the Manual contains sample
emergency forms whicli can
be duplicated by hand in the
local office. Moreover, with
each Manual comes a pack
age ominously labeled: "Open
Only Under Extreme Emer
gency Conditions!"
Inside are more forms.
So war may incinerate our
homes, destroy our factories,
flatten our very cities. But in
the unearthly stillness that
follows, we now know that be
neath the radiated rubble will
sound the heartening ruffle
of papers, the staccato drum
beat of the stapler, the com
forting whir of the mimeo
graph machine.
What could be more reas
suring? For It proves, as our
Leaders keep telling us, that
nothing, absolutely nothing,
can destroy our system of gov
ernment. simple because it's there!'"