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History from the) Tiles of The
Mall Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ego.
10 YEARS AGO
July 19. 1S3 (Sunday)
Despite encouraging prog
ress in polio research, all
communltlea mut be on the
alert and fully prepared to
cope with polio outbreaks this
summer, according to local
chapter for the National Foun
dation for Infantile Paralyils.
Gov Paul Patterson has
nrnrlnlmed closures of more
tlmberlands due to rising
temneratures and falling hu
midity: affected is the Rogue
River National forest.
20 YEARS AGO
July 19, 1943 (Monday)
County In grip of whooping
cough epidemic
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Gro
cers report the Older Girls
are up to their summer tricks.
They husk four bushels of
roasting ears to find three
good ones."
30 YEARS AGO
July 19, 1933 (Wednesday)
Wheat growers of county
back acreage reduction plan
to cut down surplus.
Fair and cooler; high 91,
low 89 degrees, la forecast.
40 YEARS AGO
July 19, 1923 (Thursday)
Southern Pacific plans to
spend $50,000 improving local
yards.
Council voles to restrict
hanging of banners on Main
St.
0 YEARS AGO
July 19, 1913 (Saturday)
Reward of $200 offered tor
dynamiters of fish in Rogue
river.
Jujitsu use alleged In fight
between women on Thompson
creek.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine er ten correct Is sueerlori
seven er eight Is eicellent; fire er
ill is feed.
1. Do all states of the U.S.
recognize common law mar
riage?
2. Another name for the at
ligator pear is ?
3. Correct the following:
"He was acquitted from the
charge of murder,"
4. The reputedly oldest in
habited city In the world, Da
mascus, is in what country?
5. What was the nickname
given to the woman who
broadcast Japanese propa
ganda to American forces in
the Pacific during WW II?
6. Complete the following:
"He is a fool who makes his
7. What foods beside fruits
supply appreciable quantities
of minerals to the body?
8. During WW II what Im
portant project was nick
named the "Big Inch"?
9. Name the seven oceans
of the earth.
10. With what international
organization do you associate
the name Juliette Low?
Answersi 1. No. 2. Avocado,
3. "He was acquitted of ... "
4. Syria. S. "Tokyo Rose." 9.
"doctor his neir." 7. Vega-
tables. I. A pipeline. 9. N. At
Untie, S. Atlantic. N. Paellic.
S. Pacllie, Arctic. Anarclic. In
dian, to, qui Scouts.
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Vj-ASIOCIATION
NATION A I I0ITOIIAI
FRIDAY. JULY IS. 1993
Test Ban Hopes
There is increasing
of negotiations now under way m Moscow look'
ing toward a partial ban
explosives.
Such an agreement
portant, and for a number of reasons.
For one, it would reduce the threat of in
creased radioactive fallout, which poses a health
menace the world around.
For another, it would tend to slow, or even
halt, the proliferation
other nations notably France, and Red China,
but also including Israel, the United Arab Re
public and potentially
influence, even the pressures which could be ex
erted, of the major nuclear powers could be
decisive.
T'OO, it would open the
-1 sions leading, perhaps, to an eventual cooling
of the cold war into a
of the armaments race,
ment.
Finally, it means that &ast and west are
aeain talking, really communicating, rather than
just making disagreeable
For all these reasons,
ment is important to everyone, to every human
being in the world. It would probably be overly
optimistic to say that it
of a new era in international relationships, but
it is cheering to speculate
THERE is widespread
agreement. It ranges
faintly ludicrous "Ban
some of the most solid
community.
A number of the latter, including some of
the most respected business names in the nation,
recently paid for a full page advertisement in
the Wall Street Journal telling, in big type,
"Why business leaders want a Nuclear Test Ban
Treaty."
The rather long statement concluded thus:
"An effective test ban treaty lifts the ominous pall
which overhangs and opens the door to rationality,
and, therefore, to hope in a constructive world.
"Such risks as may be involved In a test ban
treaty should not be magnified. The gains to be
achieved far outweigh them.
"We, therefore, commend and support the Admin
istration's continuing efforts to achieve an effective
test ban treaty with the USSR, confident that our own
security will be protected and also world survival."
COMING as it does from 21 of the foremost
itllfiinpu lOQflore. in tha rtntlnrt rh?a afatamcmf
takes on added significance. It gives hope that
the business community
aware of the stake it has in successful interna
tional negotiations, the
sions, and the struggle
world in the nuclear age.
The arousal of false
dangerous. But there are
T i.
is reason ior cautious
change for the better.
Barry's
Everyone knows that
is the "darling" of the
publican party. But what,
What are his beliefs I
The New Republic's
ly outlined some of Goldwater's attitudes, based
on his voting and speaking in recent years.
In part, TRB said :
"He would abolish the graduated Income tax (sub
stitute a fixed rate income tax on all alike, rich and
poor). He favors the compulsory open shop and calls
the federal school program Illegal until the Constitu
tion is amended. He would make a tax cut conditional
on a balanced budget. He believes unemployment can
be solved only by private investment. The Birchites,
he believes, are mostly fine people, though he thinks
their founder, Robert Welch, is now a handicap and
should retire . . ,
"His foreign affairs approach: brandish the bomb,
support banana dictators, withdraw recognition from
Communist countries, Invade Cuba, retreat from the
UN, take a 'strong' stand around Die world, and save
money by reducing military expenditures."
a e
'THE columnist also pointed out that Goldwater
wrote an approving letter to the then city man
ager of Newburgh, N.Y., Joseph McD. Mitchell,
alter he put into enect
ering welfare expenditures most of which sub
sequently were tossed out as illegal. Mitchell
recently resigned to become an organizer for the
John JJirch society.
It is universally conceded that Goldwater,
personally, is an exceedingly nice and person
able individual. He is no
try to help the attempt
civil rights legislation in
We conclude that, despite his personal attrac
tiveness, no candidate in
be successful when such
unreality oecomes wiaeiy
Zippy!
A member of this
his post office box the
therein a letter from a friend in Alhambra, Calif.,
(91801). It was properly addressed and also
had the Medford ZIP code number (97501).
It had two postmarks.
was the Alhambra one, timed at 6 p.m. July 14.
The one on the back was from Butte Falls, Ore.,
timed at 11 a.m. July 16.
The letter was picked ui in the Medford
post office at about noon on July 17 three nights
and 2Vj days after it was mailed.
ip, shmipll E.A.
optimism for the success
on the testing of nuclear
would be immensely im
of nuclear weapons in
others. I he example and
door to further discus-
cold peace, a slow-down
and a start at disarma
noises at each other.
then, a test ban agree
could be the beginning
on the possibility.
support for such an
all the way from the
the Bomb" marchers to
members of the business
is becoming more fully
lessening of world ten
to achieve a peaceful
hopes, of course, can be
many signs that there
i i;iT. i . .
anu ieansuc nupe ior a
E.A.
Beliefs
Sen. Barry Goldwater
conservatives of the Re
actually, is his record!
columnist "TRB" recent
13 new regulations cov
racist, (although he may
to stymie any effective
the senate).
the 20th Century could
a record of misty-eyed
unaersiooa. &.A.
newspaper's staff visited
other dav. and found
The one on the front
"Le-gis-U-tion, It Shall Not Be Moved"
Communications
Letters to the Editor must bear the
althounh under certain circumstances
for publication Is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to
edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters
submitted for publication must not
printed In this column do not necessarily reDresent the views of tl-e
paper, in fact the contrary is often
Discrimination
To the Editor: I usually
read your editorials just be
fore I go to sleep so I won't
have anything on my mind,
but here of late I've been get
ting a little perturbed about
the poor Negro. If you want
something to write about here
in your own back yard just
check Into the plumber and
pipefitting Local Union No.
418. I have belonged to their
local 2'4 years and have
worked 2 months in '61, none
in '62 and 1 Vi days this year.
so you see the Negro isn't the
only one that is being discrim
inated against.
Why oon't you write more
about Howard Prairie or
something you know more
about? You're going to keep
on until they send us a car
load up here and I like it bet
ter the way it is now.
Let's see you print this.
G. W. May,
Route 1, Box 179A,
Eage Point, Ore.
The Crasy Sign
To the Editor: May I issue a
warning to all you readers en
tering Central Point from the
southwest.
As you cross Jackson creek,
check your speedometer, for
just ahead, on the right side
of the road, if you will look
closely, you will notice the
back side of a sign. This sign
just stands there saying noth
ing. I guess whoever installed
It dldn t know which way
Central Point was. But does
anyone care? Evidently not
that is at least two city offi
cials and one city employee
that I know ol.
Beyond this little mixed up
sign about a hundred feet or
so on the shoulder of the road
is a very conveniently located
strip of black top on which
the city policeman parks his
car.
It was on this slab of black
top that he was parked one
day last week when my wife,
who rarely goes that way
drove Innocently by, not be
ing able to read the reverse
side of this little money mak
ing sign.
The Judge couldn't see where
the sign being backwards had
any bearing un the case at all.
He told her she might beat
the case If she look It to court.
My wife's spirits soared upon
hearing this but promptly fell
again when he quoted the
cost. Running these figures
through her head, and assum
ing that at one time this man
was a lawyer and should
know the price, she chose the
cheaper, If not the courageous
way, paid hrr fine and left.
ho friends, when you are
traveling to Central Point by
way of Hanlcy Road, slow
down before you pass tins
crazy sign that stands there
saying nothing or It will reach
its little hand in your pocket
too.
Alvy Kendall
3306 Snowy Butte rd.,
Medford.
JFK and Barry
To the Kdilor: In your edi
torial of July 17, you stated
that Oregon's Gov. Mark Hat
field Is a "moderate, a middle-
of-the-roader," and implied
that this fact, in itself, boosts
his prospects for winning the
general election of 1964 tor
the Presidency above those of
Anions j Senator Barry Gold-
water, as the moderate view
is that of the "thinking voters
of the nation." Political real
ity, however, shows that no
candidate tins the chances of
the proverbial snowball
against President Kennedy's
political Image, rugged good-
looks, and vote-catching per
sonalitynot to mention the
distinct advantage of having
the prestige of the office itself
behind hlm-unless he csj of-
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if j
name and address of the writer,
the use of a pen name or initial
exceed 400 words. The letters
the case.
fer the electorate a more pro
nounced divergence from
JFK's views. In short, the Re
publican party needs to turn
away, at long last, from Twee
dledum and Tweedledee and
political "metooism." Unless
in 1964 the G.O.P. can give
the public a nominee whose
philosophy o f government
shows obvious differences
from the President's, voters
will continue to place more
stock in public image and per
sonality than in effective lead
ership and responsible think
ing. This can be illustrated by
a brief glance at the Presi
dential election of 1960.
When given a choice be
tween a Conservative Liberal
and a Liberal Conservative.
professing similar political
beliefs, the public quite nat
urally selected the more dom
inant and personably-appeal-
ing of the two. The same re
sult would most assuredly be
fall the Republican party in
'64 if it should select a liberal
as its nominee.
There is little doubt that
President Kennedy is . the
Number One politician in
America. Only Barry Gold'
water can hope to campaign
effectively against one so deft
at projecting a favorable pub
lic image and who enjoys such
obvious popularity as the in'
cumbent.
Mike Fredrlckson
Redwood Falls, Minn.
Temporarily at 304
Maple st., Medford.
Helping One's Self
To the Editor: Lydia Burn
ham's "No Prayers" (MT
714), concerning the Su
preme Court's ruling banning
prayers and Bible reading in
the public schools, reminds
me of the old saying, "God
helps those who help them
selves!" My belief is that if
one gets In the habit of help
ing himself, he usually doesn't
need the help of anyone else
It reminds me, too, of the
story 1 heard when a boy of
the darky who, on Thanksgiv
ing Eve, found his cupboard
bare or the traditional tur
key. "Lord send me a tur
key," he prayed. Time went
by. Finally, out of patience.
he prayed, "Lord send me
out AFTER a turkey!"
I believe that God, long
ago, did about all He could
for the human race. Think of
the constancy of the laws that
govern our universe! Think
of how marvelously balanced
are the various functions of
our bodies some perform
ing voluntarily, others invol
untarily, and our unique
brain working both ways!
What a "comic opera" life
would be if we had to say to
the heart, for example, "Now
beat now rest," or to the
lungs, "Now Inhale now
exhale."
It seems to me, too, that In
the conception of the Father
hood of God we should allow
room for the Idea that He
might desire a life of His
own. Perhaps, like an earthly
father. He wants us to grow
up as responsible citizens,
able to take care of our
selves, and not as "spoiled
brats'" always asking for help
Even Christ as early as twelve
announced his emancipation
from his earthly parents when
they found him in the temple.
I once attended a Prayer
Circle: A farmer asked the
minister to pray for rain on
ly to have another farmer
ask him to pray that it
WOULDN'T rain! The first
explained that his land tend
ed to be dry and quick-drain
ing: the second that his farm
was already devilish wet and
swampy. The minister neatly
solved his dilemma by simply
advising the former to "Build
a reservoir"; the latter to
"Dig a drainage ditch."
Should we not. then. In this
age of reason and sctentjic
Strictly Personal
By Sydney
fe) field Enterprise. Ine.
ART FORM
One of the ironies of the
film as an art medium is that
it seems to do much better
with the sec
ond-rate than
with the first-
rate. Great
ness in a nov
el or in a play
does not tran
scribe i t s e If
weU onto the
screen. Two
recent movies,
aarru "No Exit,"
adapted from Sartre's play,
and "The Trial" adapted from
Kafka's novel, are depressing
examples of this truth. Each
was excellent in its own me
dium; both fail dismally as
films.
The best movies I have
seen - from a cinematogra
phic point of view-have been
second-rate works, like "Re
becca" or "Gone With the
Wind." And "David Copper
field," which is not one of
Dickens' superior novels,
made an absolute stunning
movie.
Yet the great Shakespear
ean plays, such as "Hamlet"
progress, endeavor to pray
less and DO MORE about our
problems? How inspiring the
example set by our clergy
men and other white citizens
as they march in protest
against the injustices that are
being done to our colored bro
thers! Evidently, they had de
cided that mere praying
wasn't enough.
George M. Babcock
427 Hospital dr.
Ashland, Ore.
Reforms Needed
To the Editor: It would be a
great pity if Walter Lipp
mann's excellent column of
July 7, "Strength to Govern
Well, were to pass wltnout
the commendation it so richly
deserves.
Under our present anti
quated congressional proced
ures, the variety of techniques
for obstructing or delaying ac
tion upon important Admin
istration bills is limited only
by the ingenuity of those
whose interest It is to main
tain the status quo. Perhaps
in earlier times the Congress
could limp along in this fash
ion, but the case is different
now. Mr. Llppman quite
rightly points out that govern
mental paralysis, in our pres
ent crisis, may produce grave
injury to existing social and
political institutions.
While I do not necessarily
share his priorities, I whole
heartedly support Mr. Lipp
mann's proposal for a rule
which would force the Senate
and its committees to set up
on important Administration
proposals. In the last Cong
ress, and again in this Cong
ress, I introduced a resolu
tion (S. Res. 42) which would
require each standing com
mittee of the Senate to con
sider any Administration bill
referred to it within a reas
onable time prior to July 4,
and to report its recommenda
tions for or against enactment
to the Senate so that the Sen
ate as a whole will have a
chance to act upon it before
the end of the session in
which the bill was offered.
This proposal, along with
numerous others. Is now pend
ing before the Senate Rules
committee, and two days of
hearings have already been
held. I hope that these hear
ings will continue, and that a
number of the more Impor
tant rules change proposals
now pending will be favor
ably reported to the floor of
the Senate before much
longer. It is later than many
think.
Joseph S. Clark
U.S. Senator
(Democrat,
Pennsylvania)
Washington, D.C.
Appetites Whetted
To the Editor: In paragraph
18 of your editorial 71663,
you wrote "There is currently
under way an effort to destroy
the whole intent of the consti
tution, as it was written and
as it has developed through
interpretation over the years."
Remember, it was Earl War
ren who said the original in
tent of the Founding Fathers
has evolved. He did not say
that some people or even con
ditions have changed, but that
the "original intent" has
changed. Now, if he and the
Court and the Liberal Estab
lishment truly believe this,
you will agree they (the
Court) will wander from the
original Intent when they in
terpret the constitution. So,
are you implying Earl Warren
and the Court do not under
stand the constitution? If so,
your implication will no doubt
be accepted as an understate
ment. There was a superficial as
pect in your editorial. In its
title alone, "Understanding
the Constitution.'' More neces
sary, more valuable, is an
understanding of the moral
and religious principles that
inspired that constitution -and
yet - the Supreme Court
(composed largely of non-coii-
J. Harris
e "Macbeth" have never
been done well en the
screen. Laurence Olirier's
film version of "Hamlet"
was disaster; and Orson
Wells' "Macbeth" was even
worse. The more profound
a novel or play, the less
successfully it seems to lend
itself to film treatment.
Perhaps this is because
the greatness of a play er a
novel consist, to large de
gree, in disclosing the In
ner life of its characters, in
placing a microscope close
to the secret springs of
their motivations .
The film, on the other
hand, is an enormous mag
nifying glass, fit for show
ing us the craters on the
moon. Its very scope may
defeat the purpose of axtt
it calls for so many people,
so many scenes, so much ac
tivity on the surface that
the symbolic meaning be
comes obscured and lost.
When a movie does not try
to do very much, it succeds
admirably, for it can depict
the appearances of things in
large, broad, commanding
strokes. When, however, it
tries to capture the inner
feelings of the protagonist in
"The Trial," or the three
people trapped without exit
in Sartre's personal hell -
then it falters and falls,
tripped by its own cumber
some size.
Each art form has its own
peculiar limitations, which
may be organic; nor are they
interchangeable. The novels
of Henry James simply do not
make good plays or moives;
what is lost is the "interior
movement" within the au
thor's mind - and no exter
nal action can substitute for
this. It is significant that
when James himself wrote
for the stage, his productions
were hooted down after a few
performances.
I think that a survey of
grea film adaptations of the
last 30 years would show
that they have invariably
been taken from minor works
and have been improved in
the screen version. Perhaps
one of the measures of the
greatness of a novel or a play
is its refractory resistance to
being changed into another
medium.
stitutional scholars), decreed
those principles may not be
learned in the schools, but
rather, should be taught at
home. (In this light It Is a
strange paradox that the "pro
gressive educators insist they
must have the children earlier
and keep them longer, in
order to offset the "bad" in
fluence they are exposed to at
home, making it harder for
the educators to do their job.)
Earlier you registered
agreement when the Court
said no to the New York Re
gent's prayer. In the New
Testament (of the Bible, to
which the Court also says no),
there is another prayer known
as the Our Father, reputed to
have been composed by
Christ. Not for the classroom
says the Court. By thus exil
ing God, we can only bring
on the tyrannization of man.
Anyhow, the atheists and
the secularists have had their
day with the Supreme Court,
though no doubt their appe
tites have only been whetted.
With the Supreme Court run
ning amuck like this the stage
is set for the nudists to have
their day in Court (read,
school). After all, why should
children whose parents are
confirmed nudists be "forced
(?)" into clothes with the rest
of the children whose parents
are merely Influenced by a
bygone, outdated, vague idea
of prudence (not to mention
Christian purity). Forced to
wear clothes, Bah! Have mi
norities no rights?
Robert J. Howard
702 Beekman
Medford
3? Sf
"I never quite liked the idea ef Immortalising
war heroes. At least we won't have te worry
about that after U.s next one!"
Pssf! Wanna Buy
A Feelfhy Book?
By Arthur Hopp
I've - written-a-book and
it's - called - The - Love
Everybody - Crusade - and -
it's published - by - Double
day - and - it costs - $3.95 -and-
it's at your - friendly
- book - dealer - and - pleas e-
go - buy - it.
The reason I start out with
a gush like this is that we ace
newsmen traditionally get
one chunk of free space to
advertise our books when
they come out. But it's all
very embarrassing and none
of us knows bow to do it very
well.
One gentleman, I recall,
had his talking dog talk in
his column about his book.
This is a very neat way out,
but I do not have a talking
dog. Another keen solution
was thought up by a lady
columnist who got her hus
band to write her column on
that dreadful day. He wrote
about how swell the book was
and how his wife was so em
barrassed she was hiding un
der the bed. But I do not have
a husband and, anyway, there
is a rowing machine I never
use cluttering up the under
side of my bed.
So there's nothing for it. I
shall have to don my teeth,
grit my armor and write' my
own review of my own book.
And it isn't easy. For book
reviewing is a rare art form.
But after a painstaking study
of three back issues of The
Sunday Times, an old copy of
the Saturday Review and a
dog-eared collection of En
counters, I'm ready to dash
off a fair, impartial critique.
That is, I'm as ready as I'll
ever be.
e
"Never, may I begin by
saying, have these tired old
eyes lit on such an expertly
delineated prose poem as
thii expertly delineated prose
poem. This multi - faceted
work has,' may I say, many
facets, all of them experUy
delineated. Yet it must re
main definitely, if I may say
so, definitive in its basic field,
which is lust.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Headline:
BROAD SMILES IN MOS
COW. 11HE STORY under the head
line coe nn to relate that
our Ave re 11 Harriman and
Britain's Lord Hailsham were
smiling at the close of the sec
ond round of the Moscow par
ley on a formula to outlaw nu
clear weapons tests.
Before the opening of the
day's talk, Russia's Valerian
Zorin was askd if he believes
the talks are proceeding satis
factorily. The correspondents
report that he replied with a
smile:
"In my opinion, YES."
IT ALL SOUNDS super-wonderful.
But in the warm glow of
good will that appears to be
pervading the present meet
ing In Moscow, let's not forget
Hamlet's famous crack to the
effect that one may smile and
smile and be a villain still.
In a big deal, it always pays
to keep your fingers crossed
until the papers are all signed.
BRITAIN'S Sir Bernard Lov
ell, director of the Jodrell
Bank Radio Astronomy Ob
servatory, is just back in Eng
land after a three week visit
to Russia.
He says the Soviet Union is
planning to build an "orbital
platform," much like a flying
hotel, that will operate out in
space. It is expected to be
completed within about five
years.
"The author writes with
charm, wit, delicateness, del
icacy and a delicately delin
eated lasciviousness. And ha
unquestionably shows a prom
ise which presages increasing
maturity as he increasingly
matures.
"The nostalgically delineat
ed scenes of his boyhood in
Chillecothe, New Brunswick,
where he was a member of
a juvenile sex ring, for in
stance, are couched in a lan
guage which will evoke the
ghosts of childhood memor
ies for many a greying read
er, particularly those who
grew up in Chillecothe, New
Brunswick, juvenile sex rings
for there is a gold mine of
real Americana here.
"But in. reveling in such
eminently delineated idyllic
interludes, one must not lose
one's sight of the iconoclastic
message the author subtly
brings one. Let us take as an
example the seven chapters
meticulously detailing how
the skillfully delineated hired
hand skillfuly ravishes 13
voluptuously delineated milk
maids in a row. Some will in
dubitably read this as simply
a bucolic pastorale. Yet a
small but discriminating
group of readers will surely
find in this microscosmia
drama a reflection of their
own lives.
"On the other side of the
coin, however, is the sorry
fact that this book lacks an
index."
Well, that strikes me as the
fairest of reviews. That you'll
get out of me. Or a talking
dog for that matter. After all,
you've got to admit it's one of
the more stimulating reviews
of a book on the dreary sub
ject of politics you've read
lately.
And I just hope you don't
get the idea this book deals
exclusively with sex, lust,
rape, incest, carnality, nym
phomania and general de
pravity. I just hope. Wait a
minute! Did I say it was illus
trated? Well, I won't It
wouldn't be honest.
The "platform," he says,
will be assembled in space by
joining together a number of
space ships to form what ha
calls "a sort of hotel." Ha
adds that it will be manned
by a number of astronauts
who will stay out there for
spells of five to six days.
Women, Sir Bernard says, will
almost certainly take-part in
the enterprise.
WHAT ABOUT US?
Well, a dispatch from
Seattle this morning says:
"Five scientists entered a
space chamber here yesterday
for a test of an integrated life
support system such as would
be needed on a space station
or on a moon base. They may
stay for 30 days, depending
upon what they learn and
how well they hold up.
"The test is being conducted
by the Boeing Company, and
is the first to Include all ele
ments of life support for a
150 man-day space mission.
Crew members will bathe in a
closed-circuit shower, designed
for use under WEIGHTLESS
conditions. It has a separate
water supply which Is filtered
and chemically treated for re
use. "Special diets of freeze
dried foods, some in squeeze
tubes for simulated weightless
feeding, include such items as
shrimp cocktail, strawberries
and peanut butter sand
wiches." QUESTION:
Why the squeeze tubes?
Well, out in space, you
know, one is WEIGHTLESS.
So, if the astronauts' food
were merely put on the table
and the word given to coma
and get it. it would be likely
to float off around the room.
So it will be put in tubes,
enabling the astronaut to
grasp a tube containing his
breakfast, his lunch or his din
ner and cat while he floats
around the space chamber.
There's always a way, you
see, to get around problems.
If OW ABOUT a bath in the
"closed-circuit" shower?
It would be quite an experi
ence to take a shower while
floating around the moon with
the water flowing UP from
your feet.
This space travel is going
to be SOMETHING when we
get around to it.
IN BAD TASTE'
Princes Risborough, En;
land -'WD-Anglican vicar the
Rev. Hugh Jones said today
villager Frank Mullan acted
in "bad taste" when he invit
ed call girl Christine Keeler
to come open the village fair.
Christine did not show up. j