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10 YEARS AGO
Juno 6, 1953 (Saturday) .
The 80th annual conven
tion of the Oregon State
Grange will open Monday at
the Medford High school;
gome 1,800 Grangers are ex
pected for the event.
Miss Marilyn Bohnert, 19,
Central Point, haa been se
lected as one of four Oregon
youths to represent the state
at the 23rd national 4-H club
camp In Washington, D.C.,
later this month.
20 YEARS AGO
June 8. 1943 (Sunday)
Medford delegation of 24
hovs slated to leave for Ore
gon State college to take part
in annual American region
Ronver Bova state.
. From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Child
experts announced there are
six reasons why a baby cries.
Sitting the Infant down In a
puddle of cold beer on a
tavern bar la not listed as
one of them." . , ;
30 YEARS AGO
June 6, 1933 (Tuaiday)
Local National Guardsmen
preparing for annual trip to
Camp Clatsop.
Ben Harrell, Medford, grad
uated from West Point.
40 YEARS AGO
June 8, 1823 (Wednesday)
Marketing of local pear
croo exDected to be handl-
capped by shortage of labor,
Jackson county
close for summer.
schools
SO YEARS AGO
June 6. 1913 (Friday)
Chandler Egan, Medford, to
play Chick Evans, Chicago, in
aeries of golf matchea between
coast and midwest standouts.
"Mnny fast horses" In
training at Jackson county
fairgrounds.
Maverick as Legislator
-I
How must a single member of the Legisla
ture a good one, who worked hard and voted
his convictions and did not participate in any of
the acrimony and silly business that went on
how must he feel now that the session is over?
As one political writer who covered the en
tire session pointed out:
"All (members) will be painted with the same tar
' brush and all will have to overcome the headlines
which almost daily for 142 days told of disscntion,
division and indecision."
- In addition they will have to swallow down
editorial criticisms which accurately character
ized the session at less than good.
yHIS, sadly, is one of the crosses of a good
legislator who served in a bad session.
In individual contacts, and perhaps in other
ways, our good legislator can explain that
he worked long, hard hours, listened to the voices
e . j .It. ! J .11
01 Ms constituents, voiea nis conscience, arm uiu
not pal ucipate m me pei sunai uiu uai umn
hanky-panky which marred the general image
of the 52nd Legislative Assembly.
At the same time, he must, willy-nilly and
deserved or not. assume his share of the collec
tive responsibility for the sins of commission and
omission performed in tne name or tne people
IN OUR view, the sins of omission were greater
than the sins of commission.
The legislature failed to provide realistic
amounts of monev needed for an adequate sup
port of a number of state services, most notably
hicher education and public health.
It showed its distrust of the people of the
state by (1) rejecting a proposed new Constitu
tion and thus preventing it irom coming to a
vote of the people, and (z) by tailing to let the
people vote on a tax program which would pro
vide more adequate funds, and at the same time
ease some of the almost-prohibitive burdens of
the present property and income tax levels.
. Bevond these, the major sins of omission, the
Legislature purely and simply made an offensive
displav of itself, and this although qualified ob
servers say that, INDIVIDUALLY, its members
were among the most diligent, conscientious and
hard-working in years.
DOUGLAS McKEAN, political editor of the
Civannn Tmii'nnl Wanmc tho chnrlrlv nprtVirm.
ance on three major factors. They are :
1. The lack of real party organization or party
. dlsclpllne-whlch Is, of course, traditional In Oregon.
2.. The almost unlimited right to Introduce bills
and then the policy of almost unlimited hearings.
3. The violently disruptive effect of the fight over
- workmen's compensation.
These reasons cited by McKean are inter
esting, and in part, we believe, true. ' But they
do not tell the whole story.
He says the "lack of leadership" frequently
aiuiuuieuMui ine .uegismuve mesa uucmi b utni
up under, examination; that the Speaker, the
iresident and the (jovernor ail are gooci jeaciers,
but that the "strongly jnclividualistic" calibe-r of
the 90 men and women '.prevented them 'from
exercising it. ; - ' ' ' - ;
THIS is true, also in part -But there's more to
it than that.' A good, leader does, more' than
get himself into a position to lead : he leads.
And if some of the trouble 'was differences
between the three top officials, .concerned with
Legislative action, much more or it was irom
the refusal of individual members, and in some
cases whole committees; to go- along, as :they
11 1 . . !.. 1 ... .T . '' 1 1 1
wouia unaer more iorcei,ui ,ana enecuve itjauer
shin. .
But perhaps the key criticism of the whole
session is that involving self-discipline. Politics
is the art of the possible, and the possible is
achieved through compromise. No legislator is
elected solely as a representative of his constitu
ents; he also is obligated to sec that his repre
sentation is made effective.
An occasional maverick is to be cherished in
any legislative group. But, given a majority of
mavericks, chaos results. And it did. L. A.
"Huh
Time Alre.dy?'
What's Your I.Q.7
Nine or tea correct h lueetler;
seven ei eisKt li cedent) Hire et
(Is It tM.
"TiUjie " on Kazantzakis
book-
which has' 'been circulated by the
Experiment in Democracy Due
In Peru, With New Presidential
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
The South American coun
try of Peru conducts an im
portant experiment in Democ-
this
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Burn the Booksi
Ban the Authors
To the Editor: Book -burn
ing? Yes, I believe In book
burning. Every state in this
country had an obscenity law
until the Warren court be
came the "Law of the Land."
These so called psycholo
gists are the ruination of our
kids and the country. The
paper reported that .one came
before our Legislators and
told them that none of them
were eligible to decide about
obscenity. There was no re
port of any black eyes.
Book burning? Yes, books
that pull men and women
down to the level of animals
should be burned and the
authors banned from society.
The editor said that reading
does not harm anyone. Even
said those quotes by Mrs.
Black from that book about
Jesus Christ would not cor
rupt anyone. I don't agree
with anything he said either
In that article or other state
ments about books.
Our reeding has made us a
bunch of sheep from all the
co-existence slush we vo had
fed to us in 24 hour doses. Jt?Jf,
radio, TV and newspapers
Our ships were fired on and
Inken into custody the othef
day and as far as I know they
are still there. In Vietnam,
our boys were shot down by
llie Reds and our boys were
under orders not to shoot: As
Khrushchev says, "We can spit
In their eye and they call It
dew." - i ,
Some young people areillvi
Ing together without benefit'
of marriage. Any that won't
are called "chicken." Rapes,'
attacks, mugging are increas
ing by leaps and bounds. Yet,
these filthy books have no ef
fect, according to our esteem
ed scholars of today. UNESCO
has books in some schools
that have been banned from
the Armed Forces. The read
ing list of the National
Council of Churches for the
young people Is an abomina
tion. It's time somebody woke
up. Time for parents to start
reading even the first grade
books. They should also see
tlie movies shown to their
children especially In the
name of science.
Yes, we have obscenity
laws yet. Enforced? Ah! No.
Ella Powell
Box 621
Central Point, Ore.'
litlcal broadcasts of one can
didate, it must give equal
free time to the rival candi
dates from the other political
parties. In short, the present
law says, "No monopoly of
the airwaves for any political
party - equal rights for all."
The Socialist Labor Party un
reservedly , agrees with the
philosophy expressed by the
existing law.
The .proposed' bills .would
restrict, for all practical pur
poses, political broadcasting
to only two parties, the Re
publican and the Democrat.
Honest and elementary rea
soning can only lead' us to
the conclusion that those two
parties are ideologically , in
distinguishable. ; .
The Socialist Labor Party
contends that these bills are
an attack on the Constitution
al principle of freedom of
speech.
Manifestly, freedom for the
Republican-Democratic coal
ition only - no matter how
large its membership - is no
freedom at all. That kind of
"freedom" la found In the
most brutal and venal dicta
torships, oast and present
Freedom is always freedom
for'the man who thinks dif
ferently. This contention does
'not "spring from a fanatical
Iflve of abstract Justice, but
from he fact that everything
which is enllahtenine and
healthy In political freedom
derives from Its Independent
eharaoter.
, Finally, the Socialist Labor
Party has pointed out that
tne .-suppression of political
life throughout the United
States must inevitably cause
the vitality of this nation to
decline. Without freedom of
speech, the other freedoms
are. headed towards quick ex
tlnctlon. Without freedom,
life in every public institut.
tion slows down and bureau
cracy rises as the only de
ciding factor.
Suppression of freedom
must have certain and abun
dant adverse consequences
No one, no nation, can escape
the workings of this law. Not
now, or ever.
Henry R. Kurman,
, 2640 Garfield St.,
Longview, Wash.'
Well
After the Ion Best session
Hi histnrv. the Oreeon lecisla
tu re finally adiourns and its
members head for home-prob
ably grateful to get there
after a session that is remind
ful of the quarrels of the
famous Kilkenny cats.
It was a rough go-arouna.
ANOTHER question:- '
W e r e the. legislators
worthy of their greater hire?
There will be differing opin
ions. But, at least, the, 1963
Oregon legislature embarked
on no new and fabulously ex-
nenslve ventures. There is
reason to hope that the ' Ore
gon budget will be balanced.
That is sometning. ,
1. After which King were
the Philippines named?
2. Ermine, the fur of royal
ty, comes from which animal?
3. Magnitude Is a term used
to express what characteristic
of a star?
4. Which of these Is a kind
of bread: cheddar. pumper
nickel, hohensollarn, vodka?
5. During WW II which
army used Tiger Tanks?
6. Is the percentage of sliver
in the U. S. silver dollar about
40. SO, 70 or 00?
7. Is the alcoholic content
of beverages greater when
expressed by weight or by
Volume?
8. The Lincoln Memorial
building in Washington. DC,
contains the tomb of Abraham
Lincoln; true or false?
9. In which city is th;
Army's record storage facility
located?
10. Do diesel engines have
park plugs?
Answtrsi 1. King Philip II
f Spain. 2. Bloat. 3. Relative
brtcjhlnees, 4. Pumpernickel.
. German Army. 6. 0. T. Vol
m. I. False. I. SI. Louis.
Mo. IB. No.
Public Library of Medford and Jackson County,
entitled "The; Last Temptation of Christ," has
been assai ed by some few citizens of the county
as sacrilep; oiis-snmc 'say "lewd" .and they have
demanded that it be-thrown out of the library.
One wpWlej-s how. many of th6 critics have
read, and if '(hoy have, iaVe understood, the book.
Some even have accused the .sluthor, Nikos
Kazantzakis, of pro-Communist leanings.
DECAUSK of this teapot tempest, we were
particularly interested in the new issue of
Time magazine, where KazanUakis's newest
book, "The Rock Garden," is reviewed less for
the review itself, than for what it has to say
about the author. In part, it said:
". . . the great Greek Poet-Novelist Kazantrnkis..."
"Kazantzakis is doubly resented (in the Orient):
as a white man and as an apolitical, uncommitted
man . . ."
"What saddened Kuzanlzakis's life, however .
strengthened hit art. Ills experiences steeled his
poet's nerves, shaped the hard philosophy of hu later
masterpieces, 'The Odyssey" and 'The Last Temptation
of Christ.' Life is ceaseless combat. Kazantzakis
learned, and the poet's light is the fiercest of all:
to translate experience Into words, to 'transform flesh
- into spirit.' "
The present library administration, for which
we have little enough respect for other reasons,
i, in this case, right not onlv to have this au
thor's book, but to resist near-hysterical and un
informed attempts at book-burning. E. A.
n. d.i
: ,To the Editor: If you , carj
spare a little of your precious
time, I would appreciate it
very much, f - ' ,
My name is MlchlKo Hisai
yasu. 1 am a Japanese girl
of 18 years. .. .. .
I am writing this tetter, as
I would like to have an Amer
ican nen Dal. .
So If I can have the cooper
ation of your paper, it will be
a great help to me.
My English is not too good,
but I will try to do my part.
If you can insert this letter
somewhere in your' paper so
that I ran start conimunica
tion with pen pals. 1 would
appreciate it vary much.
. My hobbies ye music, col
lecting records, stamps, post
raris. handkerchiefs and dolls
dressed In national 'costumes.
I will be looVing forward
to hearing from some of your
readers.
Miehiko Hisayasu
1861 Oi Ashimort-cho '
Kibigun, Okayama-ken
Japan.
Learning Freedom
To the Editor: Several bills
are now before Congress
which would amend or re
peal Section 313 of the Fed
eral Communication Act.
This section specifies that If
a radio or television station
gives tree time for the po-
Learnlng Truth
To the Editor: Thelma Car
son wrote, with reference to
mine of the 21st: "Let us take
a closer look at this orthodox
definition of truth. Eternal
and infinite are material con
ccptions of unlimited time and
space. '
. Since when does orthodoxy
have a monopoly on such
words as eternal and infinite?
How can they possibly denote
limitation? If there is such a
thing as a material conception
as applied to the act of con-
ceivlng an idea in the mind, I
have yet to see one.
I did not "define" Truth
Such a feat would be like
trying to catch light In
butterfly net. Truth, in its
highest sense, defies definl
nltion. The Infinite Force, the
Causeless Cause, Supreme In.
telligence or Cod, is the Ulti
mate Truth - that subtle Es
sence that is In all. through
all. as' all. Jesus said, "I am
the Truth," not referring to
Jesus the man, but Jesus the
Christ, who was one with
God. ;
Miss, Carson also objected
to the word "changeless." Is
not God (Truth) the same yes
terday, t o d a y, tomorrow?
Eternal, changeless and infi
nite are the best words I Know
whereby anything of the na
ture of Truth may be con
veyed. I was misquoted by Miss
Carson. I did not say "so how
can anyone expect to know
the whole of It?" Truth will
be known eventually, for that
is our destiny. It won't be
'$'
lewioai
racy
coming S u n
day, June b.
Two million
Peruvian vot
ers then will
elect a nw
IiV-. I president, two
jf I vice presi-
' - f1 I dents and the
total member
ship of Can-
gress after nearly a year of
military rule.
But this is not the only
reason the election is impor
tant. It also will test tV good
intent of the military rulers
who have promised that it
will be free.
The background is thiS:
In elections last June, the
man receiving the greatest
number of votes was Peru's
most controversial political
character, Victor Raul Haya
De La Torre.
Haya De La Torre is a man
with a Napoleonic face and
figure who heightens his te
semblance to the famous Cor
sican by brushing his forelock
down over his forehead. As
founder and leader of Peru's
-American Popular R e v o 1 u
tionary Action, or APRA,
party, he spent years in exile
and more years hiding out
from Peruvian police in the
Colombian Embassy in Lima,
He is considered k leftist
of the same school as Presi
dent Romulo Betancourt of
Venezuela and President Juan
Bosch of the Dominican Re
public-
In Peru, he is suspect by
the military and rightwing
political groups, and prior to
iast year's elections, military
leaders had vowed publicly
that if elected he never would
be permitted to take office.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
QUESTION:
Wh, was the session so
long?
This answer occurs:
The legislators had raised
their own salaries r rather
considerably. Perhaps they
felt that in view of the higher
pay they ought to work long
er. . - ... i ,. ' . .-V
WHILE we are making up
our minds as to whether
the Oregon legislative session
that has just ended was good
or bad, let's talk about TOUR
ISM, which is edging up to
ward Oregon's No. 2 Industry?
. On that interesting subject,
the San Francisco Chronicle
said the other day:
'San Francisco's reorgan
ized and augmented Conven
tion and Visitors Bureau . . .
has set out to gain more vis
itors to San Francisco - more
conventions and more tourists.
Vhe Importance of its under
taking is suggested by the fact
that 2,323,558 visitors cvne
to San Francisco last year, and
put 111,814,821 NEW DOL
LARS into local circulation.
"When it is considered that
each of these dollars turns
over between ten and 20
times, tourism is seen to be
already a billion dollar local
Industry.
WHAT of Oregon?
We didn't do too badly
up this way.
TiURING the 1962 tourist
JL' season, 9,225.558 out-of
state tourists, traveling in 2,
804.660 automobiles, put 217,.
000,000 NEW DOLLARS into
local circulation in Oregon
If each of these NEW DOL
LARS turned over only five
times, it means (to use tne
Chronicle's economic reason
ing) that In Oregon tourism is
ALREADY a billion dollar
industry.
learned through mental pro
cesses, but discerned through
inner revelation. The finite
mind cannot comprehend that
which is Infinite; the former
is of the third dimension,
which Is mental, and the latter
of the fourth, which is spiritual.
Contrary to Miss Carson's
suggestion, Truth is not dual,
but one indivisible whole. Man
has sought out some of its
principles, by means of which
he has brought forth wondrous
manifestations. God provided;
double-minded man divided.
His many various and variable
concepts of Truth make it ap
pear to have countless change
able aspects.
Regarding the word "super
natural", it was Prof. Obcrth,
not 1, who used it. Actually,
that which we call the super
natural is the natural not fully
understood. Jesus understood
more of Universal Law than
most of us at the present time;
therefore, he could walk on
the water. I said "most of us"
bec! there are some In the
world now who can do the
same. This shouldn't be too
surprising, for didn t the
Master say we would do the
works that he did - and great-
er works?
Louise Wopschall
Route 1, Box 403
Eagle Point. Ore.
Strictly
Personal
By Sydney J. Harris
c Field Enterprises. Inc.
PERSONAL PREJUDICES
If three men are sitting in
a rowboat in the middle of
the sea, and one of them
drills a hole under the seat
of the second, the boat will
sink with all three of them;
and only if we understand
this can we understand (If not
accept) the "neutralism" of so
many nations seated between
us and the Russians in the
global rowboat.
The most awful and
lacerating relationships are
not between men and wom
en who do not lore each
other, but between those
who, in some desperately
perverted way, lova each
other but do not like each
other.
Speaking of love, it custo
marily takes the better part
of a lifetime to come to
terms with the truth of
Mignon McLaughlin's flat as
sertion that "No one has ever
loved anyone the way every
one wants to be loved."
When a man writes a
book to demonstrate that
life has no essential mean
ing, , one wonders what
meaning he can attach to
such a book that he gave
so many months of hard
work to its composition.
Arguments turn truths Into
dogmas: as soon as something
we believe to be true is dis
puted, our attitude hardens
and we claim much more for
it than we otherwise would.
Following this line of
thought, it is depressingly
evident that truths never
alter the convictions of fa
natics, but rather increase
their resistance; as Oliver '
Wendell Holmes once put
it, in a beautiful figure of
speechi "The mind of a
bigot is like the pupil of
the eyei the more light you
pour upon it, the more it
will contract."
No new-born baby is dull,
but many parents are; what
happens to depress and dis
courage these personalities in
the early years, so that most
merriment is drained out of
them? This is the great ques
tion for child psychology; for
how can we build an imagina
tive and reponsive social
order with so many stilted
and pedestrian personalities?
Every great monarch
used to keep a Fool at
court, not so much to make
him laugh as to remind him
of the wry paradoxes and
inconsistences ol life that
no one else would dare to
utter; and It is a severe
lots in our time that those
invested with high power
do not have a privileged
Fool to mock their preten
sions and ridicule their decisions.
A woman who cannot for
get that she is wearing a
beautiful dress simply calls
attention to the fact that she
doos not feel up to it.
If a man said about him
self what he says about his
country, he would be con
sidered the most arrogant
boaster and megalomaniac;
yet is not a country the
multiplied version of one
man. pounding his chest
and bragging to all about
his demonstrable superi
ority over other men?
EXTRA CAR KEYS
Akron. Ohio - m - Most
auto travelers are wise in the
ways of packing and knowing
what to pack - down to that
extra flashlight One small,
but vital item, often over
looked is an extra set of car
keys. The women's sen-ice
bureau for Goodyear advised
the extra set and added,
"don't hide the extra keys in
the car" but put them in purse
or other safe place.
After the elections, the
military charged voting
frauds and seized the govern
ment.
This year Haya De La Torre
once more is a candidate.
In fact, all major candi
dates are the same as year
ago. The other two are Fer
nando Belaunde Terry, a pro
fessor of architecture and en
thusiastic explorer of Peru's
Andes mountains and jun
gles, and former President
Manuel Prado.
Belaunde heads the Popu
lar Action Party and Prado's
organization is called the
Prado Union.
Neither has anything like
the organization of Haya
De La Torre's APRA party,
which enjoys strong support
from labor.
Impartial observers in Peru
say the military junta there
has done a good job in prepar
ing for the coming elections.
A new election law has
on Sunday
Election
been written and is conceded
to be non-discriminatory. A
new registration of voters,
with literacy a requirement,
was carried out during the
last year.
In Lima late last March
this correspondent inter
viewed all three major can
didates and then submitted
questions to Gen. Nicholas
Lindley, head of the ruling
Junta. Among the questions
was one which asked if the
junta would permit Haya
De La Torre to take 'office
now if elected.
The reply was non-com-mital-
It said the question was
"not pertinent" inasmuch as
the junta had made no state
ment on the subject.
All three candidates are
campaigning on platforms of
anti-Communism and cooper
ation with the Alliance for
Progress.
Differences primarily are
ones of detail.
Matter of Fact
By Joseph Alsop
(C) New York Herald Tribune Syndicate
m
Alsop
THE COMMUNIST
MOURNERS
Washington -. Pope John
is mourned by Catholics,
Protestants, and Jews - by
all men of good will without
distinction of
belief. This
was a saintly
man, no less
good because
earthy and
humor ous.
whose good
ness all men
could be sure
about. The
curious fact is
that among the most sincere
mourners, there will also be
some men of highly dubious
and diluted good wifl. The
Eastern European Commu
nist leaders had been hoping
that John XXIII would agree
to a kind of semi-concordat;
and they now fear that the
next Pope will break off the
contacts that gave hope of
agreement.
Politically as well as re
ligiously, these Communist-
Vatican contacts have been
one of the most interesting
and startling features of the
remarkable reign of Pope
John. Too much attention has
been concentrated, however,
on the superficial events like
the Roman visit of Nikita S.
Khrushchev's son - in - law,
Alexel Abzhubel.
THE development of real
importance, which the Va
tican and the church hierarchy
did not Initiate, was the dis
cussion of ways to regularize
the extremely troublesome
church state relations in
countries with huge, devout
Catholic populations and
Communist governments, no
tably Poland, Hungary, and
Czechoslovakia.
The discussions, wholly in
formal, carefully kept be
hind the scenes, never char
acterized as negotiations, be
gan with a feeler put out by
the Communist party hierar
chy of Poland to the "other
Polish government, t h e
Catholic hierarchy headed by
the great, wise, and courage
ous Stefan Cardinal Wyszyn-ski.
Anyone who has spent a
single Sunday in Poland -
anyone who has seen the
young men and boys kneel
ing in great crowds on the
sidewalks at the doors of the
overfilled churches - knows
the Polish church's potential
power. Cardinal Wyszynski
has been content to use that
power to defend the church's
religious freedom and free
dom to teach the young.
IN PRACTICE, the founda
tinn for a snrt nf rhurch-
state agreement was well-
laid some time ago, when
the practice grew up of sub
mitting the names of new
bishops to the civil govern
ment before their installation.
As churchmen rather than
politicians have always been
nominated, there has been
no real trouble about the Po
lish bishopric; but there has
been much friction about re
ligious teaching in the schools.
, Apparently the great Po
lish Cardinal believed that
both the church and the Po
lish people would gain by a
regularized church - state re
lationship in Poland, which
would tend to prevent fric
tion over religious teachings
and other difficulties that
have arisen from time to
time.
The proof that Cardinal
Wyszynski did not object is
the simple fact that Polish
Embassy - Vatican contacts
began in Rome.
,
WHAT had been produced
by these contacts before
Pope John's death is still a
closely held secret. But it is
clear that the affair was well
advanced, most probably in
the direction of an agreement
to name church and stato
representatives who would he
charged with negotiating out
any subsequent church - state
differences.
Proofs that the affair was
well - advanced are fairly
numerous. Cardinal Wyszyn
ski's visit to Rome, to talk
about the problem with Pope
John and the members of the
Papal curia, was one such
proof. Another was the visit
of Franziskus Cardinal Koe
nig, Primate of Vienna, to Bu
dapest, with the aim of end
ing the long seclusion of Jo
zef Cardinal Mindszenty in
the American Legation there.
Until recently, at least, Car- .
dinal Koenig was also sup
posed to make an early visit
to Prague, to meet with Arch
bishop Josef Beran, Primate
of Czechoslovakia. The obvi
ous purpose was to talk with
Archbishop Beran about ex
tending to Czechoslovakia an
agreement already planner!
to cover Hungary as well as
Poland.
ALL THIS, moreover, was
- very much on the mind
of Pope John, even on his
death bed. One of those ad
mitted to see him, by the
Pope's own request, was the
Primate of the Ukraine, Arch
bishop Josyf Slyipyi. Arch
bishop Slyipyi's release from
Russia was another recent de
velopment in the changing
pattern of Vatican relations
with the Communist govern
ments. This changing pattern has
no doubt shocked a great
many worldly people in this
country, not to mention the
more conservative members
of the Papal curia. But nei
ther the Cardinals of the
curia nor the Americans who
are comparably shocked have
had anything like the same
opportunity to form a correct
judgment as Cardinal Wys
zynski has had.
Pope John, on the other
hand, was evidently content
to take the opinion of this
great Polish churchman, lead
er and patriot.
"I don't care what the Supreme Court said - you're
tinder arrest for advocating the peaceful overthrow
of state lawsl"