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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
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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.