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History from the files of The
Mall Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and SO yean ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Aug. 14. 1953 (Friday)
; A post office Inspector from
Seattle was here this week to
discuss plans for construction
of Ashland's new post office,
according to Postmaster Par
ser Hess.
; A two-alarm fire destroyed
the Busch Motor company
building in Ashland endanger
ing a congested one - block
business area before it was
brought under control.
tO YEARS AGO
Aua. 14. 1943 (Saturday)
r City tax levy of 40.4 mills
to be slightly unaer last year.
' From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Bar
bers of the Pacific coast want
to be called 'chirotonsors,' on
the grounds it will uplift the
chinwhacklng profession. In
these piping times of 75 cent
Shaves and $1 haircuts, a $7
Word is out of place."
10 YEARS AGO
Aug. 14. 1933 (Monday)
: Pair confesses setting fire
to Applegate store.
Minimum price of $20 per
ton set for cling peaches.
40 YEARS AGO
Aug. 14. 1923 (Tuesday)
; More than 10,000 tourists
registered In city last month.
' Pear shipments to date to
tal 256 cars.
0 YEARS AGO
Aug. 14. 1913 (Thursday)
; Trout fry for distribution
In local streams arrive.
- Don Rader, Medford base
ball player, making good with
Chicago White Sox.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine er ten carreer h su eerier;
even or eight h eicellenr; tle er
era Is feed.
1. Which vitamin is Import
ant in the prevention of scur
vyt
2. A hilf-wild horse of the
southwest plains is called
m g?
. 3. Who has been called the
Immortal Bard?
4. According to the Bible,
Whose father was Jesse?
5. What is the antonym of
occidental?
6. What is the short name
applied to the B.P.O.E.?
7. Which flowering plant
has been called "The Queen
Of Flowers ?
8. Name the capital of El
Salvador.
0. Gtorgetown University is
In which city?
10. If you multiply the
square of the diameter by
.785388 what will you have?
Answers! 1. Vitamin C. 1
Mustang. 3. William. Shake
speare. 4. David's father. 5.
Oriental. I. Elks. 7. Rose. 8.
San Salvador. 9. Washington,
D. C. 10. Area of a circle.
Multnomah Sheriff
Picks Administrator
i' Portland OIPD Samuel G.
Chapman, assistant professor
of police administration at
Michigan State University.
was named underahr riff and
top administrator in th?
Multnomah County Sheriff's
office Tuesday.
Chapman, 33, will tesign
his position at Michigan Staff
and start to work here
Sept. 1.
4 A
AUGUST 14. 1963
Trail Rules Sensible
The Bureau of Land Management has, as
many expected, issued regulations for the use of
the recently-improved Rogue River trail which
ban the use of both motorized vehicles and
horses.
The regulations make sense.
We certainly are not in favor of a universal
bah on horses or scooters in the nation's forests
and other public lands. But in some cases, such
a prohibition is decidedly in order. The Rogue
River trail is one of these.
IT MAY COME as a blow to scooter or horse
enthusiasts to find themselves unwelcome.
But the nature of the area in question admits of
no other course.
The valleys and gorges along the Rogue are
narrow, and the soil itself, in many places, is
susceptible to erosion. The campsites are rela
tively small, and in spots the trail is quite narrow.
Both horses' hooves and scooters' tires con
tribute to soil erosion dangers, to say nothing of
discommoding hikers on the trail. Horses need
forage, and it is limited in this area. Too, the
obvious unpleasantness
of the indiscriminate depositing of horse manure,
with its attendant smell and flies, adds to the
logic of the order.
THERE ARE, in the west, vast stretches of land,
much of it beautifully forested and with
lakes and streams, which can be used by vehicles
and stock without danger or inconvenience to
others.
By the same token, there are areas which by
their very nature should be reserved to hikers
and fishermen. The Rogue trail is one of these.
If it were not for increased population, and
increased use of the outdoors by more and more
people, the regulations
But as population and
more rules and regulations and prohibitions be
come necessary, simply
eath other. E. A.
For an End
The current session of Congress, faced with
such vital matters as the test ban treaty, civil
rights legislation, tax reform and reduction, rail
road strike legislation, and others of significance,
has shown no hurry on
them.
In the field of lesser
written a record that leaves much to be desired
One such measure which surely merits enact
ment is one to guard against needless cruelty to
animals used in scientific experiments, beveral
bills to this end are now in committee.
ION'T misunderstand. We are npb calling for
an end to experimentation on animals, for
some of the most significant and important dis
coveries in the past century have come from
them. We are no anti-vivisectionist.
. But it has been amply documented that
cruelty to animals which is wholly unnecessary
and gratuitous does indeed exist in some scien
tific laboratories, either the result of neglect,
or of simple carelessness.
Great Britain has a
which dates well into the
not hampered legitimate animal experimentation.
Surely this country is at least as concerned over
animals who cannot speak on their own behalf
as is Britain.
-THIS IS A live subject
land Amory, writing in the Saturday Re
view, says a piece he wrote on the need for hu
mane legislation in this field drew more response
than any other in his memory. A later article by
him in the baturday Lvening Post has also drawn
much attention.
There is no excuse
which permits cruelty
(rarely, one hopes), or
tence or a "don't care"
We hope Congress can bestir itself this year,
not only to enact legislation vital to the country's
needs, but also to remove
a simple piece of tested legislation could do.
E. A.
Trilogy Nominated
Yestei'flav we inouirerl editoriallv what, niiv
readers would nominate as the American novel
which would best represent the United States to
a foreign reader.
One of the first responses came from a mem
ber of our own staff who, after brief reflection,
said this:
"I'd pick, I think, Dos Passos' U.S.A. trilogy. No
one book, probably, is going to catch the American
spirit or dream adequately because our people have
been in a constant stale of flux and transition. (This
gives historians fits.)
"U.S.A., however, is valuable NOW (or export be
cause it documents In a not altogether successful
style the social and economic struggles that broke
us loose from the 19th century and enable us to be
where we are (?) in the mld-IOth century.
" 'Old Man of the Sea' is, granted, a miniature
classic, but there is nothing American about It in the
slightest. The virtues of the old fisherman are common
to all nationalities."
"""Any agreements J,
added nominations?
and outright danger
would be unnecessary.
outdoor usage increases,
to protect people from
to Cruelty
doing a job on any of
legislation, too, it has
humane treatment law
last century, and it has
to many people. Cleve
for the present situation,
either for cruelty's sake
by thoughtless inadver
attitude.
a blot of shame which
Any disagreements? Or
E. A. a
MEDFORD
'It's a good thing nature provided us with vast, open spaces.
Where else would we throw our junk?"
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Social Idiocy
To The Editor: Why should
the jobless worker stand in
line for long hours to demean
himself before some bureau
crat in order to qualify for a
dole"? He feels this degrada
tion keenly. If he exhausts
his unemployment compensa
tion and goes on relief the hu
miliation to which he is sub
jected is many times worse.
His private affairs are pried
into. He and his family are
regimented in a kind o pur
gatory of poverty that erodes
his manhood.
In America we have every
thing it takes to make our
country a veritable paradise.
We have an abundance of
skilled, technical and scien
tific labor. We have the tools.
We have the raw materials. In
short, we have the physical
means with which to produce
abundance for all. But what
stands in the way is the out
moded system of private own
ership of industry and the
workers' failure to see them
selves for what they are un
der this system-namely, wage
slaves, enslaved as a class to
the capitalists as a class.
The solution to the problem
of unemployment is not a
con plicated one. If, instead of
beir owned privately and op
erated to produce things for
sale and profit, the industries
were owned socially - that is,
collectively by all the people,
and operated to produce
things for use, there could be
no such thing as involuntary
idleness.
Instead of kicking workers
out of Jobs, automation would
shorten the work day, work
week and work year, and at
the same time vastly increase
material well-being. Technol
ogical progress would no
longer be something for work
ers to fear, but an unquali
fied blessing that would In
sure abundance and leisure
for all to enjoy.
Production for use, com
bined with a system under
which each worker receives,
directly and indirectly, all
that he produces, would end
forever the social idiocy of
want in the midst of plenty.
Lydia Burnham
814 Wame st.
Prescolt, Ariz.
Memorial Co-Op
To the Editor: I have sent
the following letter to the ed
itor of the Capitol Press in
Salem, who recently reprint
ed an editorial of yours:
You are to be commended
for reprinting the guest edi
torial "Riles of Death"; the
editor ot the Medford Mail
Tribune and likewise the min
Isler who urged his congrega
tion to read the Atlantic mag
azine article entitled "The
Undertakers' Racket" by Jes
sica Mitford - all are to be
commended.
We thought you might be
interested in an organization
thai has served the people of
Yamhill county for almost 30
years, incorporated under the
name Yamhill County Coop
erative Funeral Home, but
popularly called by the mem
bers "The Memorial Service
Cooperative" or simply "The
Co-Op."
The $10 membership fee en
titles a person to the benefits
; of the organization in the
event of the death of any per
son for whom the member is
financially responsible. The
financial savings amount to
approximately 500 per cent of
the mcmbersnip fee for each
service required.
However, nol the least ben
efit from belonging to the
"Co-Op" is the fellowship of
like-minded people and the
assistance that members get
in pre-planning.
This is nol a group ot
droopcy-chin dispensers o f
glofl.m. Once each Fall we hold
jH milium uu R17 uiquti
fwith movies or other enter
tainment. In February an a
MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
day business meeting is held,
with the morning session giv
en to social and educational
features, potluck dinner at
noon, and business matters in
the afternoon.
In the early Summer comes
another social evening - pot
luck dinner and entertain
ment numbers. Some of the
people drive good distances
to be present. A real good
feeling exists. Since we have
been working together for
many years the dinner chores
are handled by experienced
members who count it a pleas
ure. Speakers have been minis
ters, authorities on wills,
heart specialists, historians,
farm leaders, etc. One minis
ter gave up a motto: "Do all
these things In preparation
for your death-then postpone
it as long as you can!"
Paul Youngman
Route 2, Box 127
McMinnville, Ore,
Kids and Crops
To The Editor: I notice that
the pear growers of Jackson
county are greatly concerned
about not being able to get
outside help to harvest their
crop.
I would like to mention
to these growers what the
State of Maine potato grow
ers do to obtain the extra help
at harvest time.
Aroostook county, Maine,
as most people know, grows
about 50 million bushels per
year. It is not uncommon for
one farmer to grow 500 acres
or more. Their harvest season
being about a month to six
weeks, does of course, require
a tremendous amount of out
side help.
While visiting there last
fall during the harvest season,
I noticed hundreds of school
age children out in the fields
picking potatoes.
We stopped and visited at
several of the fields and
took particular notice of the
system the tarmers used.
One grower we visited had
several Hundred acres - his
tield was more than a quar
ter miie loiig, anu was uivtued
in tnree sections lor me pan
crs. me gins were on one
enu, lue buys on me olner mu
anu lue men picKers were in
lue miuuie section, ihe tins
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sue siuyeu uiruugu ine uut
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scnouis ici out tv'eij rf-di'
tor litis Harvest uuu iime u
up at iiie. enu ui t.ic aii.uui
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.utii' luiom&s tor cuiit'oc.
t.iy cuuiuu . a syMt.ni ox
UllS soil UK WUIivi'u nfcill
litre in tne Meuioru area:
1 uouol u one Kia in jO
wouldn't jump at Ihe oppor
tunity to earn and save for
his future. We realize that
young help brings on new
problems, b u t supervision
will take care of most of that.
Judging from what 1 see
in Maine, I believe it is worth
a try on the pear crop here
in Oregon.
M. A. Sprague
Selma, Ore.
Spirit
To the Editor: There is
something about the big spec
tacular that leaves many of
us cold, and would rather
think about the Spirit of
America for she is a mighty
one, like unto Minerva. She
is not hysterical or given to
snap judgments, but watches
with the eagle eye. You can
meet her face to face, but to
pick up anything to slamfal
her, she will catch it on ne
)!ip of her sword. Now Goo'
Six-Months-Old Franco-German
Already Showing Signs of Disruption
By JOSEPH W. GRIGG
United Press International
Paris fUPB The six-months
old French - German alliance
is taking a heavy beating.
Many Frenchmen are ask
ing seriously if much of it is
left at all.
The treaty was signed at
the Elysee Palace here on
Jan. 22 by President Charles
de Gaulle of France and West
German Chancellor Konrad
Adenauer. It was sealed by a
kiss between Europe's two
"grand old men."
Its aim was to end centuries
of bloodshed between the two
nations that had been pin
pointed by history as the
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
In Washington, U. S. Sec
retary of State Rusk urges
the Senate to approve the nu
clear test ban treaty and
promises that President Ken
nedy will ABROGATE THE
PACT OVERNIGHT if Russia
should violate it.
And-
He added-
President Kennedy believes
the Soviet Union WOULD vi
olate the treaty if it felt that
violation would serve its in
terests. AT THIS point, Sen. Lever
ett Saltonstall of Massa
chusetts asked why Russia
agreed to the treaty in the
first place (if she has her fin
gers crossed and is prepared
to violate it at any moment
when it seems to her that it
would be to her interest to do
so).
Secretary Rusk replied:
"I believe the Soviets have
concluded that it is to their
interest to do so. In the past
year, the nuclear powers, for
the first time, have had a
look at nuclear exchange
(meaning the exchange of nu
clear bombs) as an operational
matter.
"In the Cuban missile crisis,
man had a chance to look into
the inferno."
TY THAT, presumably, Sec
" retary Rusk means that
in Cuba President Kennedy
told Premier Khrushchev to
GET HIS MISSILES OUT or
we'd drop OUR missiles on
him.
That, he indicated, took nu
clear warfare out of the aca
demic field and brought it
down to the field of ACTU
ALITY. SECRETARY Rusk told the
Senate that the United
States has not forgotten the
lessons of its dealings with
Russia since the end of World
War II.
Again we must draw our
conclusions as to what he
meant by what he said. He
didn't go into detail as to what
he meant by his statement
that we have not forgotten
the lessons we learned about
Russia in World War II.
We must assume that he
was referring to Russia's fail
ure to live up to the promises
she made to us as our ally.
We learned then that Russia's
promises are not to be de
pended upon when a situation
arises in which it will be
to her advantage to break her
promises to us.
jut-
He concluded-
"Any marginal risks involv
ed in the test ban treaty are
FAR LESS than those which
would result if an unlimited
arms race continues."
So-
Hc was saying to the Sen
ate, which must ratify the test
ban treaty if it is to become
bonding upon us--
We will be better off WITH
a test ban treaty than without
one.
That's about the long and
the short of the situation that
faces us.
has given her an image lo
place beneath a veil. Every Likewise, most of the lib
eye is upon it. Some say it eras t know concentrate only
will resemble Abraham Lin- on one aSpect of "freedom"
coin's, others looking at the that part which coincides with
size and shape oi it have a their political and economic
feeling the resemblance will beliefs. They are not unduly
De oi r-romemeus. I am ininK-
ing of the poet Byron, and Na-
Pleon- .
ur iiKe me mief of tire
from heaven.
Wilt thou withstand the
shock? And share with him
the unforgiven-
His vulture and his Rock?
Now many have stepped
into the arena, the place of
gladiators, nol really know-
ing what is beneath the veil.
or even thinking what they
are probing might be a jug-
gernaut of arenas in the moon
light.
Take care. Freedom is like
a diamond cut in many facets,
to name a few, one can be
free to be a slave to his own
desires; one can be free to
write a letter; one can be free
to worship God. Q
Lven for just these few, the
Spirit
of America will
fight.
Ida Kelly
16 Quince st.
Medford
traditional enemies" of West
ern Europe. In place of fight
ing each other they were to
work together in future as
close allies.
But the ink was hardly dry
on their signatures when
De Gaulle began to find the
treaty was not everything he
had hoped for.
Adenauer made no secret of
the fact that he did not sup
port De Gaulle's veto against
Great Britain's admission into
the European Common Mar
ket. Then the West Germans re
fused to bow to De Gaulle's
demands that they should
bring their farm prices down
to the level of those in France
to make possible an agree
ment on a joint agricultural
policy for the Common Mar
ket. The farm price dispute still
simmers between the two
allies.
West Germany plumped
enthusiastically for President
Kennedy's plan for an inte
grated multinational nuclear
force inside the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization (NATO).
De Gaulle flatly rejected it.
When Kennedy visited
West Germany and West Ber
lin in June he received an
overwhelmingly spontaneous
ovation from the German
Strictly
Personal
By Sydney J. Harris
c Field Enterprises. Inc.
LIBERTY DOWN
THE DRAIN
My old and dear friend,
Milton Mayer, has filed suit
in the Federal Court in Wash
ington, D. C,
to force the
State Depart
ment to issue
him a pass
port. Milton
Mayer is, in
my o p I nion,
the most bril
liant journal
ist in our
country and
would be an
adornment in any country and
any time. He writes power
fully, thinks clearly, and has
the courage to live as he
writes and thinks.
He has been an anti - com
munist the 25 years I have
known him and for years
before that. Bue he refuses
to sign the non-communist
oath which became a part of
U.S. passport applications last
year. For this reason, the
State Department is refusing
to reissue his passport, which
expired last spring.
He will not take an oath
under duress. "My views on
communism are widely
known," he has said, "but
I express them because I
wish to. I will not do so
under duress."
It would be simple for
him to take the oath, as
most of us would. He is
contractually obligated to
three publishers and two
church organisations for as
signments in Europe this
year. But as a matter of
principle, he refuses to
deny a crime with which
he has not been charged.
Such a test oath, he be
lieves, "is the historic in
strument of tyrannies for
ihe reduction of free men to
servility. It is unworthy of
my country and my govern
ment and I must make my
protest against it."
I know scores of upstand
ing, high-principled con
servatives, who inveigh
daily against government
authority and restrictions
but only when these direct
ly affect their earning ca
pacity, their schedule, and
their business procedures.
Most of them would be
heartily in favor of the non
communist oath for pass
ports. concerned about government
infringement of the business
area, even if it is unjust
But "freedom." if it means
anvthins. is indivisible. We
cannot be for it in one sector,
anct indifferent to its abuse
jn another sector. We cannot
ask the government to move
n when it serves our interest.
and to stav out when our in
teres! is Ihreatencd. But this
i exactly what most of us
want
Milton Mayer stands to gain
nothing personally, and to
lose a lot. by refusing to take
the passport oath. He is fight
ing our battle more than his
I For, as he says, "Liberty goes
! down the drain, little by little,
I while nobody is looking
He was opposing the com
j munists long before most of
jus knew what was going on.
Now he is opposing the gov-'
ernmcnt. In both fights, hf is
right, and the rest of us re
put to shame.
Harris
ur time. He
Deorjle that made De Gaulle's
visit to Bonn soon afterwards
something of a letdown.
Then the Germans refused
to cooperate with the French
in production of a European
tank. Instead, they agreed to
a joint tank development pro
gram with the United States.
A Cause We jji
Could Dye For -ra
By Arthur Hoppe ftStJM
A CAUSE WE
COULD DYE FOR '
Many kindly-motivated peo
ple have suggested solving
the racial crisis in one fell
swoop through modern chem
istry. Unfortunately, like most
do-gooders, these people are
sharply divided on methods,
one faction clamboring to dye
all White people black and
the other vociferously in fa
vor of bleaching all Black
people white.
While praiseworthy in con
cept, I feel both positions il
lustrate the starry-eyed, im
practical solutions of the do
gooder. Would Governor Bar
nett dye for equality? Perish
the thought. Or, on the other
hand, would a militant Black
Muslim consent for a moment
to become a Bleached Mus
lim? Nonsense.
So obviously what we need
in this hour of crisis is some
realistic, hard-headed prac
tical thinking. And thank
goodness for my friend, Mr.
Jim Dunlap, who has come up
with a realistic, hard-headed,
practical thought: "We must,"
says Mr. Dunlap, "dye every
body blue."
It's a vivid solution. For
the basic problem, of course,
is superiority. Everybody has
to feel superior to somebody.
So the Whites, like Mr. Bar
nett, enjoy feeling superior to
the Blacks. And the Blacks,
like Mr. Malcolm X., enjoy
feeling superior to the Whites.
But blue! Blue is unarguably
a color superior to both. It
has brilliance, luster, depth
, , In a word, it has class.
Thus, once everybody is
Blue, everybody will feel su
perior. And all of us Blues can
go around saying now su
Today & Tomorrow
By Walter
(c)ll)63. The
REASONABLE HOPES
The apparent ease with
which Secretary Rusk satis
fied Dr. Adenauer's objections
to the test
ban treaty is a
good sign. Mr.
Rusk was able
to succeed in
Bonn, because
Mr. Harriman
and he were
able to per
s u a d e Mr.
K h r ushchev
that the test
LIppinallQ
ban treaty would be jeopard
ized if any political conditions
were attached to it. Mr. Khru
shchev has had the good sense
to understand this and to rea
lize that, since the test ban
treaty itself will slow down
armaments, it is a most signifi
cant non-aggression pact. Had
Mr. Khrushchev insisted on at
taching to it a formal non
aggression pact, the treaty
might not have been ratified
by the Senate.
Moreover, the West Ger
mans might have abstained,
not because they themselves
intend to test, but in order to
show solidarity with Gaullist
France.
-1 that the main lines of West
German policies are in fact
oriented toward the Atlantic
partnership rather than to
ward a Franco-German axis.
President Kennedy has been
proved to be right, in spite
of the doubters, among them
myself, about his trip to Ger
many. For Bonn to diverge from
Paris on the issue of nuclear
testing is a sharp deviation
from the treaty with General
De Gaulle. It leaves Gaullist
France isolated, not only from
all the outer world except
Red China, but in the heart
of the European continent it
self. It is also. I think, a good
sign mat Mr. Knrusnchev is
able to be relaxed about thei01ner "U'ed capitals as well.
difficult next steps. It indi
cates that he is under no seri
ous pressure at home and that
he does not regard the hos
tility of Red China as an im
minent practical threat to So
viet security or world peace.
The making of peace between
the Soviet Union and the
West, insofar as that is pos
sible between two such rival
social orders, is necessarily f
long and slow process. For
such peacemaking requires
Treaty
Last week end Adenauer
punched still another hole in
what was to have been his
solid policy front with Da
Gaulle. He decided to sign the
Moscow nuclear test ban pact,
although De Gaulle has re
fused to do so and had urged
him not to.
perior we are to BOTH th9
Whites and the Blacks. Which
will automatically double our
superiority right there. Nor
will we hurt anyone's feelings,
for there won't be any Blacks
or Whites left whose feelings
might be hurt.
Overnight, the work of the
National Association for lha
Advancement of Colored Peo
ple will take on a fuller mean-,
ing for us all. Overnight, half
the restrooms in the South,
can be shut down for good, a
savings in millions for the
many Southern depressed."
areas. Overnight, everybody
will be dyeing for superiority,
for it has always proved a
more rousing cause in human
history than mere quality.
So all that remains is to ask
what shade of Blue we should
dye ourselves. Personally, t
feel the question crucial. You
know how the ladies are.
Moreover, we must think of
the effects. Would Baby Blue,
for example, make us look in
fantile? Would Royal Blre
bring out latent monarchist
tendencies in our leaders? In
digo, perhaps; Azure?. Ceru
lean? After considerable thought,
I put this crucial question to
that realistic, hard - headed
practical thinker, Mr. Dunlap.
He hesitated not an eyelash's
bat. "True Blue!" he snapped.;
Ah, what genius. Produce
tion has begun. The dye vat
are a-bubbling. And any day,
now we will at long last enter
that new and happy era o
equality in which everybody
will become a True Blua
American. Just like that. :
So remember our motto: If
you want to feel superior be
cause of the color of your!
skin, go jump in a vat. ;
lipnmann
Washington Post
an advance through the vast
minefields of the cold war. '.
THERE are perhaps peri-
A pheral agreements which!
can be made in the field o
the reduction of armaments!
and the changes in their de'
ployment. But everyone
knows that the crucial issue
between the Soviet Union anct
the Atlantic Community is
the status of West Berlin anct
the reunification of the twei
Germanys.
If the foundations of genu
ine peace are to be laid in!
Europe, the cornerstone will
be an agreement among the
victors of World War II that
the German problem is to be!
solved by eventual reunifica
tion and not by permanent
partition. :
It will take time, which wilt
bring changes in the minds of
men and in their rulers, to"
arrive at such an agreement
For in France and Great'
Britain, among the smaller'
West European countries anct
indeed in most of Adenauer's
Germany, there is, to put it
mildly, a great distaste for
German reunification. The in
stitutions of postwar Europe,
notably NATO and the Com
mon Market, are founded on!
the premise that Germany isi
divided. German reunifica
tion, as a French official onca!
said, is like heaven, a place!
we all want to go to, but not
any sooner than we have toJ
t
lit R. KHRUSHCHEV himself!
is, I believe, in favor o
partition, assuming as he docs!
that there is no prospect irr
the foreseeable future that thai
two Germany's will unite as
one Communist state. Yet ncr
durable settlement can be
made in Europe if Germany:
remains divided. And there
fore, if there is to be progress,
toward peace, there will have,
to be an important change of
mind in Moscow and in Paris
primarily, in Bonn and the
There is little reason to
think that these changes of
mind can happen during :he
political lifetime of the en
eration that conducted the
world war and its aftermath
in the cold war.
But the new generation is
arriving, and if it can be .1
abled to work without l.'.e
nightmare of a nuclear holo
caust hanging over it. thef
the older generation will not
have done too badly.
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