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Newspaper Page Text4 A S3 North Fir St, Ph.J7.l-l4l " Bfnat'RfW"'RUHU Editor f ARL fl ADAMS. City Editor MARRY CHIPMAN. Tel Editor &-y,iiin JEWETT, SporU Editor OUVE MARCHER WonT.n't Edlto. PALE ;ERICKSONrcu!onMS "53tord OrMon under Act ol , new Mrch 3 1897 SUBSCR1PTI6N RATES Mail In Advance ay and Sunday-J year 18 00 D."y "d Sunday- mos tooo Dillv end Sunday 3 moe S.00 ;: Sunday Only-One year 15.00 " Single Copy (Mailed) itoo By Cirnei And Motor Route. Dally and Sunday 1 year 2po -' Dally and Sunday 1 mo 1-7S Sunday Only 1 mo. 500 Carrlm and Vendura Copy luc Official Paper of City of Medford Official Paper of .ack.on County United Press International Sull Leased Wire O. P I Tclepholo Newiplcturee "MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU" OP CIRCULATIONS L Advertising Representative: NELSON ROBERTS & ASSOCI. . ATES Ot'lcee In New York. Chi cago Detroit. San Francisco, Lot Angela Seattle. Portland Denver. NIWt'AMR rUllllHIRS ASSOCIATION H ATI ON Al tOITOIIAl Memner California Newspaper Publishers Association Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 nd SO years ego. 10 YEARS AGO July 3. 1953 (Fridiy) George Gilinan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Gllman, Med ford, underwent surgery for the removal of an SO cent piece and a quarter from his stomach; he had the coins In his mouth while swimming. Water regulations govern ing the use of city water are less stringent than In past years because of a new pipe- linn from the Biff BUttC springs water source and new water main construction In the city. 20 YEARS AGO July 3. 1943 (Saturday) ftiniitruelion to start imme. dlately on $00,000 housing project here. From Arthur Perry's Smudge Pot" column: Tannchill Walker, 4, joined the ranks of the ratnrial pnthuslasts. He "Ye "J. has pis- had the usual fisherman's luck, and nearly got a spanking be sides, last week." 30 YEARS AGO July 3, 1933 (Monday) County Jailer acquitted on ballot theft. Mrs. Jerry Jerome wins la dles' prize in horseshoe pitch ing contest. 40 YEARS AGO July 3, 1923 (Tuesday) Work at Trlgonla oil well at standstill due to non-arrival of 3,000 feet of cable, Ralph Bardwcll returns from short trip to Portland. SO YEARS AGO July 3, 1913 (Thursday) Electric lighted floats in July 4 parade. Jackson county exhibit wanted for eastern land show. What's Your I.Q.7 Nina ten correct Is tuperien seven er eight Is txelUnri five el sli ts food. 1. Which Is the terptlchor ian art? 2. With what country do you connect the name of the statesman William E. Glad stone? 3 What business, that it still flourishing, with branch es In London and New York, did Louis Francois Carti r found in Paris in 1847? 4. Name the two cities that re referred to in Dickens' novel, "The Tale of Two Cities." 5. In what slate are the Bad Lands? 6. What single acquisition of land almost doubled the area of the United States? 7. In Shakespeare's play, were Romeo and Juliet ever married? 8. Docs sound travel through a vacuum? 9. In the nursery rhyme, tipon what did "Little Miss Muffct" sit? 10. Who said, "It is much easier to bo critical than to be correct."? Answersi 1, Dancing. 2. Great Britain. 3. A jewelry 1 bus "ess. 4, London and . Paris. S. South Dakota. I. Louisiana Purchase. 7. Yts. . Na. 9. A tufltt. 10. Ben jamin Disratli, WEDNESDAY. JULY 3. 1163 Toward a World Rule of Law Carl Brophy, president of the Jackson County Bar Association, has called our attention to a too- httle-noticed conference in Athens, Greece. It is the "First World Conference on World Peace Through Law." It opened Saturday with an address by Chief Justice an unofficial and private affair, sponsored by no government or agency. It grew out of the con cern by lawyers in many parts of the world. About 100 nations mostly non-Iron Curtain countries are represented. It is attempting to program 10 maKe international jaw a iorce ior peace. B ROPHY COMMENTED: "Following the inception of Law Day USA in 1058), some 30 odd nations adopted a Law Day. This was followed by a desire to coordinate and expand in dividual efforts on an international basis. A scries of regional conferences have been held in Latin Amer ica, Africa, Asia and Europe where groundwork has been laid for (this) conference. ... It is anticipated that at the meeting . . . one of the initial steps will be the setting of a date fur the organization of World Law Day each year. . . . "... I believe that most of use recognize that com pared to certain fields of science, as well as most other areas of law, International law is in a relatively primi tive state. It is our hope that through the combined efforts of the lawyers of the world progress can be made toward the development and perfection of inter national law so that it can be used as a more positive instrument for world peace. "We recognize that the problems are many and that the task is formidable, but we believe that the lawyers of the world, trained in law and acting free of governmental and political sponsorship, can make a real contribution." HTHER POSSIBLE PROJECTS which may w come out of the conference include a World Law Year (similar in objectives to the Interna tional Geophysical Year), a World Rule of Law Center, and a permanent World Peace Through Law committee in each participating nation. Whether the world is yet ready for the uni versal rule of law is questionable. Roscoe Pound, dean emeritus of the Harvard Law school, re cently said: "People aren't quite ready to accept a world law. Politicians certainly aren't willing to accept it. But the nature of things is making us accept it." Charlese S. Rhyne, the former president of the American Bar Association who sparked the movement, sees world law evolving through the continuing growth of international agreements on fishing rights, commodities, guarantees on for eign investments and assets, the use of space, and I similar treaties. AS THESE EVOLVED, in Rhyne's view, jurists in an international law study forum would be drawing up codes, on such things as illegal use of propaganda, or control of iaiJout. Another aim is a world law code for the World Court, which is at present limited in juris diction and authority bv nations including the U. to accord it the powers it needs to become an ef fective force. There are, as Brophy points out, "formidable" problems to be solved before we can live in a world where nations, as well as people, are sub ject to black-and-white, enforceable rules. THE REWARDS ARE worth the effort the 1 objectives worth the price. And, as Dean Pound declares, whether or not people are "ready" for world law, "The nature of tnings is making us accept it." National law has been recognized as an es sential for a viable society since the days of Hamurabi. Greece and Rome had well worked out codes of law. But no universal rule of law has yet been adopted. The hope for peace, which for so long has been frustrated by political approaches, will be strongest when we can where law, not international anarchy, prevails, If the current conference win ue an acnievement, Zip Code The "ZIP code" system, introduced with great fanfare by the rost Uftice department this week, may be a howling success, or it may be a dreary iauure. we ci net on tne The concept that sorting and delivery 01 are two fallacies. The first is thinking ADDITION to names, i names, la a Minpiuicauun or improvement. 1 he second is trusting m human beings, most of whom are sort of lazy, to put zip code numbers on their outgoing mail, and more important, to copy, Keep and use tl.e zip code numbers of their correspondents. THE PROLIFERATION of numbers is a phe- nomcnon of our times. It was brought about oy two lactors, lirst the growing systematiza tion of our society (service serial numbers, social security numbers, etc.), and second, the increas ing use of computers and other automatic de vices which can handle numbers but can t very well handle words (telephones, credit cards, etc.). Numbers, when used speed and efficiency in many types of operation. But they also succeed in taking much of the fun and flavor out of life. And, when improperly used (as, in our opinion, in the zip code plan), they merely add to the confusion of a world which is too doggone complex already. E. A. taking place this week Earl Warren. It is purely prepare a specitic worn the refusal of certain S. and Soviet Russia look forward to a world can speed that day it inaeea. a. Fallacies latter. of using numbers to speed mail is ok. But there that using numbers in n s t e a d of in place of properly, do make for T "C0A5T VIEW rj.'CaVjj&ijPj APARTMENTS jKT?fcLS "Hold ii. guys. It's high enough I can't see the from ihe highway!" 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 tci edit ell letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted 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 otlen the case. Propaganda To the Editor: In June 21 M, T, Senator Maurine Neu- berger attacks virtually ev ery right wing organization which has tax exempt status, including "America's Future, Inc.", "The Life Line Founda tion, Inc.", "The Circuit Ri ders", "American Council of Christian Laymen" and many others. Her excuse is that these organizations are cir culating right wing extremist propaganda. I challenge that. These or ganizations are fighting with documented facts to save our Republic, and to save our Constitution, the very Constitution Senator Neuber ger swore to uphold when she took office. The facts cir culated by these organizations are the bitter truth, or they would have been sued for libel years ago, or blasted out of existence by the left wing writers of our press. , If Mrs. Neubergcr is so worried about "propaganda" being circulated at taxpayer's expense, why doesn't she do something about the enor mous, unbelievable tonnage of red propaganda pouring Into the United States from Red Russia and her satellites which, by executive order, is being delivered nee of charge by the U.S. postal service? (Why do you think our postal rates went up recently?) This is real propaganda which has no semblance to the trutn, and it is aimed at overthrow ing our government and Con stitution, not at preserving them. Also, If Senator Neuberger truly wants to help the Amer ican taxpayer, why doesn t she contrive to remove the tax free status from the Rockefeller, Ford, and Car negie Foundations, the great est propagandists on earth, reportedly owning or control ling 75 per cent of our news media with which they scram ble our brains and prepare us for world government. It has been estimated that pro per annual Income taxes paid on the Rockefeller Income, alone, would more than equal the present total take of the federal income tax lor any single year. Why should these huge, tax exempt foundations be allowed to ride on the backs of the little taxpayer? They are not fighting to preserve our American way of life. On the contrary, their vast pool of tax exempt bil lions are allegedly being de voted to subverting American education, corrupting poli ticians, subverting our repub lican form of government, and bankrupting America The 122154 issue of the New York Daily News report ed that the Reese Congres sional Investigating commit tee had uncovered "the in credible fact that the huge fortunes piled up by such in dustrial giants as John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carne gie, and Henry Ford were to day being used to destroy or discredit the free enterprise system which gave them birth." Senator Neuberger, you are attacking the right wing or ganizations which are trying to stop this destruction. Why? Why arm t you, Instead, helping them in their fight to preserve our great Repub lic and our precious Constitu tion which you swore to up hold? Frank Koch 412 South First st. Central Point, Ore. Miss Rogue Valley To the Editor: With a new and very lovely experience fresh In my memory and with my very puzzled thoughts as t looked at the picture and read ;the article in the Med ford Mail Tribune on July 1 regarding the new Miss Ore gon and the four runners-up (third runner-up being our MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON Miss Rogue Valley), I felt there were some extremely important words which were not said in this article and which must be said. It is, therefore, my hope to convey these thoughts to you and to your readers. The Medford JC's recently bestowed on me the honor of "official chaperone" to Miss Rogue valley (lovely Joanee Callaghan) to Seaside and the Miss Oregon Pageant. During this pageant I swelled with pride at the behaviour and presentations of the two ador able young ladies who repre sented you and every indi vidual in the Rogue valley. The retiring Miss Oregon. Marty Wyatt, painted a pic ture reminiscent of her out standing appearances through out the past year. She has made herself loved and gained friends for the Rogue valley over the entire state through out her reign. All of us In this valley should be proud of lit tle citizen Wyatt and should be thankful and grateful for the impressions she has given of the youth of our valley. May I say for you, "Marty, we are grateful! Thanks to much." Miss Rogue Valley, Joanee Callaghan, should also be the recipient of your thanks and gratitude for she too, painted a picture in Seaside of the youth of our valley that will be long remembered and of which we can- be proud. Joanee brought home two trophies, preliminary bathing suit competition for Group B and finalist trophy and $100 scholarship. To have been se- lected as one of these finalists out of 22 of the best the state had lo offer is surely to be considered a great success. There is no denying that participation in the Seaside pageant is an experience of uncalculable benefits to all of the contestants, but there ts also a great deal of heartache for some of these girls. Do you know the most important thought in their minds when they go Into this competition? Uppermost is the desire and drive to get into the ten semi finalists. For themselves? No! No, not for themselves, but for their communities! Those who don't make this precious ten cry because they feel they have not lived up to what their communities expected of them! They are proud for you when they make it - so be proud of them. May I say for you, Mr. Editor, "Joanee, we are grateful! Thanks so much." I fell certain, Mr. Editor, that you perhaps have Just not given this very much thought and that you'll go along with my saying these few words for you. Mrs. A. I. Prugh 125 White Oak dr., Medford. Supreme Court To the Editor: The people of the U.S. have asked for the fuzzy borderline and un constitutional decisions by the highest Court of the land by not insisting on qualified Judges. The members of that Court have. In many cases, been appointed to pay a political debt regardless of qualifica tions. One way to remedy such an unfavorable condition is lo pass an amendment to the Constitution specifying cer tain requirements, such as ten years minimum experience as a judge on the supreme court of any state of the union. The duty of that high tri bunal is to interpret the law as thry find it and not to give effect to the will of the Judges rather than the will of the law makers. Five times the high court, with such legal lights as Hughes, Taft, Holmes, Bran- Reconciliation Between West Germany And Israel May Be in the Making By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst As the state of Israel has struggled toward self - suffic iency and a place in the world family of na tions two con ditions pecu liar to Israel alone have col ored its ac tions and its f -- tx. ... I """ng, une I Lt I 's tne memory ...Xaf teal o six million . Jewish vlc w""" tims of Hitler ism which has prevented nor mal relations with West Ger The Delegate From Outer Mongolia 8 Arthur Hoppe , New York - As you know, we can't let the Red Chinese into the United Nations be cause we don't .recognize them. And you certainly wouldn't want a lot of stran gers in your club. But did you realize we've already got a lot of people in the UN whom we don't recognize? Namely the Albanians, the Cubans and the Outer Mongolians. This has caused terrible protocol problems. It's bad enough in a private club when there's a member you don't recognize. You always have to pretend you do. You've got to smile heartily and say, "Hi, there, Old Bean!" And hope he wasn't the. new bus boy. But at the UN it's far worse because you have to pretend you DON'T recognize them. And you have to do it diplo matically. Its an awful di lemma. But I'm glad to re port the keen, analytical minds of our State Depart ment protocol people have come up with a solution: We don't invite the unrecogniza ble Outer Mongolian delegate, for example, to our birthday parties or other such high Jinks. But we do invite him to' what our protocol people call, "working committee luncheons." Under the motto, I assume. of: "Observe UN Brotherhood - Take an Outer Mongolian to Lunch." A lovely compromise, I'm sure, but nevertheless fraught with difficulties. What, for ex ample, does our delegate, Mr. Adlai Stevenson, suy to his luncheon guest, whom he can't recognize? There's Mr. Stevenson. He's just warmly welcomed his old friend, the Communist Rus sian delegate, and his old friend, the Fascist Spanish delegate, both of who he's dcis nnd others, decided that separate and equal facilities for colored students was not contrary to requirements of the Constitution. About fifty times a similar decision was rendered by different state su preme courts. The present Supreme Court held that the segregation of colored students was unconsti tutional. Also that separate facilities are unequal. Inte gration leads to intermar riage. The Court also decided that reading of the Bible and the Lord's prayer in the schools was unconstitutional. That is drawing a mighty fine line and twisting the meaning and intent of the words of the Constitution. The first amend ment must be interpreted in Its entirety and not by just detached fragments. The meaning conveyed is clearly toward a neuiral position and not to Interfere with or re strict the exercise of religion. The exercise of religion be longs in the home and the churches. That would prevent the degrading of religion by endless controversy which would result if the same were permitted in the schools. The high court also held that treaties with other coun tries could be made by the President without the advice and consent of the Senate, that decision is in direct con flict with and repugnant to the Constitution. Supreme Court decisions show the same tendency that is evident in top to bottom of our gov ernment, that is to deprive the people of their right to freedom Tf choice and to do all things for them from Ihe cradle to the grave, which is conclusive evidence of drifting toward socialism. Ed Black 2573 Camp Joy rd. Grants Pass, Ore. GET FEWER HOLIDAYS Havana - lift - Prime Min ister Fidel Castro told Con struction Ministry workers the government must cut back the number of paid holidays it gives state employees due to economic pressures, the gov ernment newspaper Rcvolu cion reported Tuesday. many despite vast infusions of West German money into the new state. The other is the continuing state of war and suspicion be tween Israel and its Arab neighbors, which occasionally erupts into violence despite peace - keeping efforts of the United Nations. It was, then, with special bitterness that the Israelis re acted to news that German scientists were at work in the United Arab Republic helping President Abdel Gamal Nas ser to build up his armaments in aircraft and rocketry. The argument which boiled duty-bound to recognize as old friends. And then in walks the Outer Mongolian delegate. Does Mr. Stevenson - oh, tick lish point!-call him by name? I think not. Namely because his name happens to be His Excellency, Mr. Bayaryn Jar galsaikhan. And that's a hard name to remember even if you aren't nervous. , So Mr. Stevenson undoubt edly mumbles something like: "My, your face certainly is fa miliar." "Excuse me for not recog nizing you," diplomatically re plies Mr. Jargalsaikhan, who is in the same bind. "But all you Occidentals look alike." Well, now," says Mr. Stev enson, desperately trying to make small talk, "where do you hail from?" "Outer Mongolia," says Mr. Jargalsaikhan defensively. But that's a stopper, be cause we don't officially be lieve Outer Mongolia exists. So, to change the painful sub ject, Mr. Stevenson inquires politely: "And how do you like it here in the United States?" "The United WHAT?" says Mr. Jargalsaikhan, who is in an even worse position than Mr. Stevenson, geographically speaking, because he can't even recognize where he is. And you know how that looks at parties. Well, you may think that sounds pretty silly. And so uo I. And in time, I hope, so will our Slate Department. But, personally, I don't think it's half as silly as not recog nizing Red China exists. There they are, 600 million Red Chi nese, never invited to our par ties, sulking off in a corner spitefully trying to make bombs to blow up the world. And I think we ought to let them in the club and maybe even take them to lunch, too. We have a lot in common. Like the world. Besides, if they succeed in making their bombs in the present frame of mind, you'll never recognize us. Strictly Personal By Sydney J. Harris fc- field Enterprises, Inc. COMBINATION Don't you imagine that if there were one single answer to the problem of human be ings living to gether, that we would have long ago found it and applied it to the human so ciety? This is the question I always feel like asking Rarrla the "single- mlnded" people who write to me with their definite recipes for curing our ills. These peo ple have what someone has called "monocular vision" they see through a glass eye darkly. They fall into three prin cipal groups - the religious minded, the political-minded, and the psychological-minded. And none of these groups is very interested in what the others have to say. What they fail to under stand is the difference be tween ihe necessary and the sufficient. It it neces sary to adopt an ethical viewpoint based en com mon religious beliefs but it is not sufficient. It is necessary io evolve a polit ical and social order of greater flexibility and fair nest but it Is not suffici ent. It it necessary to have deeper insight into the emo tional working of ourtelvet and others-bul it it not suf ficient. The art of life if we ever matter it it the the art of combination. The tingle-minded people can not tee this; they renUnd up in the Knesset (parliament) had its offshoot in a trial in Basle, Switzerland, of two men convicted of attempting to "coerce" German scientists in the U.A.R. through threats and an attempted kidnaping. The defense charged that the German scientists were at tempting to help complete "what Hitler failed to do" and that cobalt 60 ostensibly im ported for medical use actual ly was intended for Egyptian rocket warheads. Between the Israelis and the Arabs it was an old story of espionage and counter-espionage, of charges and counter charges.' In December, 1960, the Is raelis had aroused U. S. con cern and Arab suspicions when the word leaked out that Israel secretly was con structing a powerful nuclear reactor in the Negev. It was a recurrence of the nightmare having to do with expansion of the "atomic club." And it led Nasser to declare that if he became convinced Israel was building atomic weapons, then Egypt also would have them no matter what the cost. France was helping Israel to build the new reactor and it is France's new close rela tionship with West Germany Today & Tomorrow By Walter ) 193, The THE EUROPEAN CAMPAIGN TOUR President Kennedy's trip to West German will be followed in a few days by President De Gaulle s trip. Whatever the official ex planation, the fact is that the two heads of state have now involved themselves in a p o p ularity contest. It is an absurb pre the western LtppmaOD dicament for world to be dents trying in, both Presi to carry West Germany as though they were candidates in an election cam paign. The notion that the charac ter of the Western Alliance and its leadership can be de termined by campaigning is a false one. The contest with Gaullist France is not an elec tion, but an exercise in power politics, of which the outcome will be shaped by the astute use of the pieces that each side possesses. The whole conflict, we must remember, began with a press conference which announced an action. The press confer ence was not an argument. It brought forth the news that the British entry into the Common Market would be ve toed by France. France had the power to apply the veto. The whole subsequent Gaul list movement against the NA TO military structure and against an Atlantic low-tariff association has been a series of actions - of withdrawals, abstentions and vetoes. OINCE Gaullism is not gen 13 erally popular in Western Europe, it was tempting to as sume that the exasperating disruption of the western sys tem could be stopped by rous ing the Europeans to stop it. That has been a misreading of the nature of the issue. Gaul lism cannot oe thrown back in Europe by electioneering, and it will soon be evident that the cheering crowds In one of the old fable about the different organs of the body arguing about which wat the moil essential the lungt. the ttomach, the liver, and to on. Of court, in physiologi cal terms, we know that it it th procest that it most important - the interaction of the organs, the combina tions, the dynamic relation ships that obtain among them. Good medicine it el ways "holittic," In that it considers the entire person at a patient, and not jutt a part of him. a In the same way, the per son as a social being cannot be considered in a religious vacuum, or a political vacu um, or a psychological vacu um. It is the ways in which the various aspects of his per sonality combine and function that determine what sort of person, and what sort of com munity, we shall have. What is so hard about cre ating a good human society it not that we do not have the answers, but that every body has a part of the an swers, and thinks they are the whole. We will not com- 'bine iour truths, modify our assumptions , integrate our worldvlcw into someone clifi'j. For no error In the uni- verse is so dangerous as part-truth that it tenaciously held as full truth. that may lead to a change in the latter's relationship with Israel. Over the heated opposition of the militantly anti Ger man Herut party, Israeli lead ers recently have bfen im pressing upon the peo le West Germany's importance to Is rael. In May, Deputy Defense Minister Shimon Peress de clared in the address to the Mapai party, the strongest po litical party in Israel, that importance to be "not less than that of France." Before leaving office, ona of Premier David Ben-Guri-on's last official acts was to entertain former West Ger man Defense Minister Franz Josef Strauss. Not so long ago, such a move would hava touched off Jewish riots. And in Bonn it was dis closed that for years West Germany has been giving mil itary training to Israeli sol diers. Now the lower house of the West German parliament has asked the government to in clude legislation prohibiting Germans from helping for eign countries to produce weapons of mass destruction. The reconciliation between the Germans and the Jews which Ben-Gurion sought so long may be In the making. Uppmann Washinfton Post Germany do not mean that Britain will be admitted any sooner to the Common Mar ket or that the grand design is any nearer realization than it was. But seeing the conflict as an election problem has led directly to the embarrassing exchange on the subject of American trustworthiness be tween the President of the United States and General De Gaulle's minister of informa tion. The President of the United States should not put himself in the position of beseeching the Europeans to trust him. Moreover, in the effort to make the Germans trust him, the President laid himself wide open to the Gaullist re. tort, which was that the French trusted Kennedy, but how could he speak for the "successor of the successor of the successor" of Kennedy. . GRAVE a matter as the nature of a pledge of life and death should not be de claimed to an excited crowd. When President Kennedy told the Germans that the American government would risk its cities to defend Ger man cities, the occasion did not lend itself to a full explan ation of the situation. The sit uation is that the United States will risk nuclear war to top an unprovoked aggres sion against West Germany or West Berlin. But this does not mean that the United States has pledged itself to nuclear war in order to give total support to Bonn's policies in Berlin, in East Ger many or beyond the present Polish frontier. The stakes are too high to be played about with in elec tioneering speeches. 1IOW should the response to Gaullism be made? Since electioneering is a dangerous method of communication, since the French president does not want to talk directly with the American President and since neither man seems to be able to talk through his ambassador, there remains the classic instrument of diplo macy, which is to write notes, some private, some public. The advantages of writing notes are many - chiefly they can be composed deliberately; they are addressed not to the gallery, but to the head of the government, and they are im mune to the intoxicating ef fect of cheering crowds. Not that note writing is likely to resolve the conflict between the two governments. It is a deep conflict hard to resolve, but not necessarily tragic. Note writing might, however, open up channels of communication and perhaps avert an intensification of the popularity contest. For that contest is already on the verge of competitive demagoguory.' The most vitally necessary subject of consultation be tween Paris and Washington is that of relations with the Soviet Union. It is not the French nuclear deterrent, which is still far in the future and is of no prime importance to this country. It is not the proposed multilateral force, which is now on the shelf. Western relations with the So viet Union are approaching a point where there might by an opportunity to reach a pruw1 visional accommodation. It is no time for the French and the American govern- I ments not to be on speakinf terms.