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THURSDAY. AUGUST 22, 1963
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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of, The
Mail Tribuna 10, 20, 30, 40
and SO years ago.
Oregon '$ Outdoor$
If anyone has any doubts that outdoor recrea
tion is "big business" in this part of the country,
all he has to do to dispell them is to ride around
on the highays a bit, and poke his nose into some
of the camps and parks and recreation areas.
In recent weeks, we have had occasion to do
just this driving to such points as Mt. Lassen
Volcanic National Park, Lava Beds National
Monument, Harris Beach State Park near Brook
ings, Timothy Lake, just south of Mt. Hood, and
such way points as Eugene, Bend, Salem, the
Detroit reservoir on the Santiam, and the gorge
ous high Cascade country between the Waupi
nitia and north Santiam highways.
From the deseit to the beaches, throughout
the mountains, and along the rivers and lakes,
people are on the move.
IRIVING along Oregon's freeways, oftentimes
U out-of-state cars outnumber Oregon cars.
Many of them are "campers" those handy
mobile sleeping rooms loaded on pickup trucks.
Many are hauling trailers, from the fold-out-into-
a-tent type on through ' sleepers to the behemoth
mobile homes. A surprising number have boats,
either on trailers or hoisted ud on ton. Manv have
roof racks, either for conventional luggage, or
for tents and sleeping bags.
Off the freeway and into the back country.
the picture is the same. The nroDortions varv
somewhat, but there can be no doubt that Amer
ica has "discovered" the great out-of-doors, and
that Oregon, so magnificently endowed with it,
is attracting great swarms of them.
"I Guess You Fellow Better Go On Ahead"
10 YEARS AGO
Aug. 22, 1989 (Saturday)
A 1,050 pound Hereford
steer owned by Clifford Big
htm, Sams Valley, was named
grand champion of the annual
Jackson county 4-H and FFA
filr.
Contacts have been made
through the League of Oregon
Cities leading to the choice
of . a police department in
vestigator, City Superintend
ent Duff said today.
20 YEARS AGO
Aua. 22, 1943 (Sunday)
Medford Corporation rail
spur to tap new timber re
. sources In Butte Falls area
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Royal
was the only one of the Brown
Boys of E. Pt. who towned
last week. Ere the advent of
the A-card they came en
masse and in auto caravans.
30 YEARS AGO
Aug. 22, 1133 (Tuesday)
Auto Indigents wa.rncd
county will provide no relief
Problem of surplus milk in
city faced by county dairy,
men.
40 YEARS AGO
Aug. 22, 123 (Wednesday)
Three Navy planes land at
fairgrounds and are viewed
by hundreds.
City planning commission
upholds city council's action
in cutting down poplar trees
in park.
30 YEARS AGO
Aug. 22, 1913 (Friday)
Medford named for 1914
convention of Pacific Coast
Good Roads association.
Chester A. Arthur Camp,
Sons of Veterans, USA, or
ganized here.
What's Your I.Q.?
B11a mm I.. MNMl h IllUlitli
avasi er eight la aicallent; tle er
tit it gM.
1. How many of the seven
dwarfs had beards?
2. Did Columbus make two,
three, or four voyages to the
new world?
3. U.S. currency is printed
in what places in this
country?
4. Which lour slates are
officially known as common
wealths?
8. Which of these countries
was first to recognise the U.S.
as an independent republic
The Netherlands, France, or
Spain?
6. In the nursery rhyme,
who kissed the girls and made
them cry?
7. Ticonderoga, Trenton,
Saratoga and Guilford Court
House are all historically im
portant as what?
8. Angina pectoris Is a
a painful disease usually af
fecting the teeth, liver, heart
or lungs?
8. From what is saccharin
derived?
10. Correct the following:
She has drank up all the
milk.
Answers! 1. Six. 2. Four.
1. Washington, D. C. 4. Ken
tucky, Maasaehusetts, Penn
sylvania. Virginia. 5. Franc
in 1778. 8. Georgia Pergi. 7.
Battles. 8. Heart. 8. Coal tar.
10. 8h has drunk all . , .
OFFICIAL agencies are struggling to keen up
with the demand, and. in some cases, iust
find out what the demand is.
For instance, the Governor's recentlv-annoint
ed Oregon Outdoor Recreation Council, at its
meeting Monday at Timothy Lake, discussed with
some perplexity the problem (among others) of
finding out just how much of an economic im
pact this recreational revolution is having, or
could have, upon the state.
It is now officially estimated that tourism is
Oregon's third-ranking industry, after lumber
and agriculture, and that it is growing rapidly
toward second spot.
IJNTOLD millions of dollars are pourin ginto
Oregon's economy through gasoline stations,
motels, restaurants, grocery stores, liquor stores,
clothing and general merchandise stores, sport
ing goods stores, and many others.
The estimate that this business amounts to
some $200 million per year, and is growing, may
be too conservative. But it is exceedingly diffi
cult to find an accurate answer. One counle. with
small car, tent, and modest desires, could get
by for around $5 per day, while another, trav
elling in styJe, could easily spend up to $100 per
day for luxury motels, elegant meals, transpor
tation, special events, ana so on.
Whatever the answers mav be in dollars and
cents, the fact is that Ureeron is reamnir a rich
harvest in tourism, and that all its outdoor recre
ation facilities are overtaxed.
AS FOR Oregon's outstanding state parks sys
tern, a glance at Valley of the Rogue State
Park, or the campine and Dicnickimr state narks
at the Detroit reservoir, or Harris Beach, is
enough to convince anyone that the state could
triple its present system and still not fully satisfy
the demand.
Not only are people lookine for campinc sites :
they are also looking simply for a spot to park
their trailer or camper overnight. The few "rest
stops" so far constructed along the freeway are
often so crowded that parking is unavailable.
Other and less well developed camps and
parks are also crowded. Olallie Lake, high in the
Cascades north of Mt. Jefferson, and isolated by
long miles of exceedingly bad road, this week
(not on a week end, either) had scores and scores
of people bank fishermen, those who had
brought their own boats, swimmers, and just
those who like to hike or admire the scenery.
A ND, despite ominous clouds that often opened
to drop light rain, there were many people
camping or picknicking at Timothy lake.
How are all these swarming thousands to be
accommodated? How, in the interests of the
economy, are more to be attracted? How can in
formation necessary for their enjoyment be con
veyed to them? How can they be persuaded to
stay a little longer?
And what do these questions suggest in the
impact on various segments of government and
industry? Does it mean an eventual downgrad
ing of logging and lumbering, because it tends
to mar the beauty that the outdoors-lovers conic
to see? How about billboards? Back country road
improvements? Directional signs? New campgrounds?
Tai VAasfU-orTabH tr "
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To the Editor: Right wing
pleas that Chief Justice Earl
Warren be impeached for
treason against this great na
tion have rated extensive
press coverage. We opponents
of the right wing would also
like to advance a candidate
for the treason charge. But
since we abhor humanity
dividing nationalism as the
tried and true "justification"
of every war in modern his
tory, our charge is treason
against all humanity rather
than treason against "this
great nation." Our candidate
for treason is Dr. Edward Tel
ler, the "father of the hydro
gen bomb."
Drew Pearson has man
aged to uncover the fact that
Dr. Teller has received $20,
000 from that notorious cov
ctor of defense contracts, Gen
neral Dynamics. It would be
extremely interesting to know
all about Dr. Teller's financial
affairs, including the size of
the fees he is paid or speak
ing engagements and journal
istic efforts.
There cannot be the sliahl-
cst doubt that Dr. Teller is a
well-informed nuclear physi
cist. As such he knows the
horrible possibilities in ex
tensive nuclear testing andor
war better than most. It is
my opinion that the English
language boasts no proper ad
jective to describe an en
lightened man who would
willfully diminish the health
of all posterity and risk the
annihilation of humanity for
lew fleeting months of
wealth and dubious limelight.
L. Forster
5104 n.E, Cleveland
Portland 11, Ore,
A LL thesd questions are receiving hard study
bv atrencies at all levels of p-ovprnmpnt. as
well as by many private concerns which have '"h
interests at stake in tne answers.
The orientation of the cities and counties, of
the state, of the several federal agencies, of pow
er companies, lumber companies, resort opera
tors, may be due for further shiftinc.
J here is one big drawback, to touns
Three Reasons
To the Editor: Mr. Allen.
you and your editorial cohorts
wonder why the so-called ed
ucated, intelligent and in
formed members of the com
munity fail to take a stand
publicly on political and cur
rent controversial subjects.
I give you three reasons:
One Many of the educat
ed, upper crust are in busi
ness of one kind or another.
By expressing themselves
they are afraid of offending
a customer and thus lose a
few almighty dollars. To put
it bluntly, they do not have
the courage of their convic
tions. , Two-Some are on the so
cial ladder and never know
whose shoulder they can stand
on to give them a boost up.
So they develop the technique
of fence-riding.
Third The better educat
ed man is broader minded be
cause he can see all sides and
merits, of a question, conse
quently he Is less decisive.
He docs not have the courage
of his convictions for he has
no positive convictions.
The so called "Age of Rea
son" will be the curse of man
kind for it is also to be the
age of procrastination and in
decision. Tell me this Where did
Christ go lo select his
"Twelve Disciples?"
He went to Ihp common
working class, not to the syn
agogues and temples of learn-
like no proof reader to me.
I think he is Everett Cacklln'
- oh well, I never can spell
right since I took Gregg 60
years ago.
I'm glad "you all" missed
me so muchly - but I've been
picking raspberries, blueber
ries and plums in that order,
climbing (I should say "clam
merin") over timbered hills,
dancing for exercise, playing
in the Senior Center Orches
tra at the Activity Center, 601
East Jackson blvd., and Red
Cross building. Son came up
from San 'Tone, Texas, and
I met my daughter-in-law and
four grandchildren whom I'd
never seen, and "we all" went
places, so there wasn't time
to add clipping to the scrap
book you tell me I am adding
to.
I've sold mv eauitv in the
Jacksonville home, but still
have P. O. Box 33 in that
town, for I love that old place
where John and I were so
happy, and I shall be there
often. Don't anybodv miss
that J'ville dance the 30th of
August. That music is of the
greatest, too.
t just saw more quail in
one nock man I ve seen in
all my life.
There must be at least a
nunarea and they aren't
airaid of me at all. I still go
to the Security Benefit club
Wednesdays from 11 till 4:
first door north from the Gro-
ceteria on Grape st., Medford.
II you do not find me there-
I will be on a trio to Mexico
City. Shall be seein" yuh.
fearl Spackman
Jacksonville, Ore.
Threats, Repression, Mark Vietnamese
Regime; Dinh Family Firmly in Control
Hu quit Mrusnu . , ; i , ... ... ;. .
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Nawi Analyst
Despite the tensions of war,
Saigon remains one of the
loveliest cities of the Orient,
a city of smart
3T
shops, com
fortable hotels
and beautiful
girls bicycling
in silken trou
sers along
tree- lined,
shaded streets.
There can be
u g 1 i n e s s.
There is the
tossed grenade in a crowded
cafe. And now there is the
tension between the Buddhist
majority and the government,
and the accompanying hideous
sight of an aged Buddhist
monk turning himself into a
flaming torch in a Saigon
street
But for sheer physical beau
ty the city has few equals.
There is then an almost
nightmarish quality to Saigon
dispatches suggesting that the
government would reduce
Saigon to ashes to keep itself
in power against a revolt
which the president's brother
and chief adviser says he re
gards as "inevitable.'
This brother and close ad
viser of President Ngo Dinh
Strictly Personal
By Sydnoy i. Harris
(cl Field Enterprises. Ine.
ow is Pontius rilate
incmbo red?
Leila Morrow
531 N. Bartlelt st.
Medford.
Heap Big Treaty
Big Chief Editor: Three big
chiefs hold big pow-wow,
smoke big peace pipe, makum
big treaty, buryum big hatch
et, drinkum joy juice. Three
sub chiefs signum treaty, six
ty nttie. chiefs signum treaty.
Ever body happy, whoop a
la la. Urn. everboHv h annv
cept U. S. Senate. Them hnlri
big pow-wow. Senator sav
treaty heap much propaganda,
him no liketim, but gotta vot
um for um effum know what
good for um.
Big Chief Kroosh wanlnm
treaty. Him mebbe have big
row with Red Mousie, want
um friendly white men in him
tepee. Too, him wantum big
money makum wash mashenp
stead of war mashene
Big Chief Howly Mac want
um treaty. Big stinky Perfu
mo makum air bad. Chief
Howly Mac wantum treaty
makum air sweetum 'fore
election.
Big Chief Johnny K. want
um treaty please passisls,
peacemarchers. church tribes,
makum big vote so him stay
in White House stead of go
back to tepee. Some senators
run for election too. Effum
" voium lor treaty, mebbe
run other way. Effum no vo
um treaty Big Chief Kroosh
makum big propaganda show
all over world. Everbody
howl, tar and feather U S
Senate. Evcrbodv drink 'jov
juice, makum big whoop-la",
sing -Pease, pease, sweet
pease."
Pale face Sachem writum
letter.
L. G. Weaver
301 Haven st.
Medford
PERSONAL PREJUDICES
The most unrewarding task
in the world is trying to tell
people the truth about them
selves before they are ready
to hear it; and even Aesoo.
who cast such truths in fable
form, was eventually thrown
off a cliff because his morals
struck too close to home.
With all kinds of weird
and improbable musical ad
aptations going on in the
theater today, it seems
strange that the finest of
American folk - plays, "The
Green Pastures," has never
been turned into a musical.
It's a good thing for them
lhat the people who enjoy re
lating their dreams in public
aren t generally aware of all
the implications of what
they're saying.
Most of will go to a "pre
view" of something we
don't especially want to sea,
simply because wa are of
fered a chance to tee it
ahead of others; and pre
view audiences are cordial
ly detested by performers.
We think of America, on
the whole, as a "law-abiding"
country; but reading a book
on British law - enforcement,
I was mortified to learn that
(in 1954, when the book was
published) Greater London
had only 19 armed robberies
all year, while New York or
Chicago had about that many
each day.
It's a curious trick of the
mind that the day after
you learn a new word
you d never heard before,
or tha name of a parson
hitherto unknown to you,
the word or name pops up
again immediately.
A person has gone from
social drinking to heavy
onnKing when his response
to the invitation to have
another is "Why not?" Every
potential alcoholic I have
known has given this laconic
answer.
One of tha real para
doxes of personality is how
people in show business
can be so warm-hearted
and so cold-blooded at the
same time.
.
No other book ever writ
ten contains so much non
sense and so much profundity
as Nietzsche's "Thus Spake
Zarathustra" the only
trouble being lhat by the
time you're capable of sepa
rating the nonsense from the
profundity, you don't need to
read the book any more.
Most mother-in-law jokes,
though perennially popu
lar, are terribly unfunny;
the only amusing one I can
recollect is about the son-in-law
who was given two
ties for his birthday by hit
mother-in-law; when he ap
peared at her house wear
ing one of them, she greet
ed him with: "What's the
matter didn't you like the
other one?"
Men don't have implacable
enemies the way they did in
past ages but they don't
have as closely-w elded
friendships, either; our inter
personal relations have be
come more tentative and
society has grown more
dense and complex.
Cynicism in the young it
alwayt a wholesome sign
it indicatei lhat a sensitive,
idealistic nature has been
shocked and is trying to
come to terms with the
folly of the adult world;
it it only cynicism in the
old that I find spiritually
objectionable.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Mishmash in the news:
The governor of Tennessee,
who says he is a liberal, ap
points a conservative to fill
the Senate seat left vacant
by the death of liberal Sena'
tor Estes Kefauver.
ine conservative he ap
pointed is a self-made man
who parlayed a team of mules
into a big construction busi
ness employing thousands of
men.
to our economic systems each
year.
Paul Harvey, radio com
mentator, recommends more
and longer hours to produce
what we fre unable to consume.
What we really need is
4 or 6 hours day of labor, and
if necessary add 3 or 4 shifts
ot employees, to meet con
sumer needs. We need less
exploiting in manufacturing
in foreign countries, because
of chenper labor methods. La-
uor produces all products re
gardless'if it is by hand work
or automation.
We simply are "running a
rat race." When we quit this
"rat race." no one misses us.
A true democracy may be the
solution to depressions.
Bert Kissinger
322 So. Riverside ave.
Medford
TN HIS current piece in the
newspapers. Liberal Col
umnist Marquis Childs says:
"Of the 4,322,000 persons
recorded as being without
jobs and looking for work,
two-thirds have not completed
high school and one-fifth have
not gone as far as the last
year of elementary school.
Short of a massive retraining
program (including the three
Rs) these people will continue
to be jobless."
He adds:
"This is structural unem
ployment - built, that is, into
the structure of the economy.
The affluent can concicvably
go on becoming more affluent
while the jobless, as they in
creasingly exhaust their un
employment benefits, become
poorer."
Diem is Ngo Dinh Nhu
In a stern lecture to Viet
namese generals, whom he ac
cused of inadequate precau
tions against the expected
coup, Nhu is reported to have
said in such an event the city
should be razed and the gov
ernment, if necessary, take
lo the mountains.
With only a ruined capital
remaining, he said, the plot
ters could not last three
months.
Nhu is a devious man who
ordinarily prefers to operate
behind the scenes. His wife
is the beautiful Mme. Nhu
whose stern views against
dancing led the United States
Embassy in 1962 to cancel a
square dance for its teen
agers. Living in the presidential
palace with bachelor Presi
dent Ngo Dinh Diem, they are
two of the most influential
persons in South Vietnam.
Nhu runs the secret police
and reportedly tells the presi
dent which army officers
should receive promotions.
Nhu frequently has accused
the United States of encourag
ing an abortive revolt against
ine Ngo Dinh Diem regime in
1960.
This time, he says, any new
attempt at a coup d'etat would
be both anti-American and
anti-Buddhist.
Mme. Nhu has accused tha
United States of bringing
pressure to stop her own anti
Buddhist statements, includ
ing one that the women of
South Vietnam should clap
hands at each new Buddhist
burning.
Nhu's threat to burn the)
city ignores the fact that for
the government the act would
be as suicidal as the fiery
deaths of Buddhist monks.
But Nhu in the past has
been suspected of creating
emergencies for his own pur
poses and this threat could be
interpreted as a warning to
the U.S. that its own future in
Southeast Asia is inextricably
tied with the future of tha
authoritarian Dinh family.
ine conflict between tha
Buddhists and the government
has gone on for more than
three months and the Dinh
family is on the defensive.
And meantime the Communist
enemy has been the gainer.
This is the situation into
which Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
moves this week as the nev
U.S. ambassador.
Matter of Fact
By Joseph Alsop
ICI New York Hgrald Trlhune Syndicate
Joseph Alsop will be on
vacation this month and
gathering material both in
thit country and abroad for
future columnt. During hit
absence, top members of the
staff of tha New York
Herald Tribune will sub
stitute for him.)
By MYRON KANDEL
QUESTION:
Who will be better in the
long run for these four mil
lion-odd persons who are re
corded as without work and
looking for a job
A conservative who can
parlay a team of mules into
a big construction business,
employing a LOT ot men. or
a liberal who thinks the gov
ernment snouid go on spend
ing billions keeping them on
the unemployment dole?
FROM Cape Canaveral:
........ ,iiii;c:-llc1ll rtpUl-
lo space ship blasts off toward
ine moon, late in this rinrarip
the launching will climax the
most expensive peace time
venture ever undertaken by
man.
Estimates of the total cost
range upwards from san rit..
LION, with some sources pre
dicting an outlay of S40 Rll-
LION.
J jf , , .. ifll MINI IMC lIlUlMIt- IIHS IWU
mind of a native son. It means the crowding and ! proof readers and i d tike to
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Humeiimes suiiying 01 places long Known and
loved in their natural state. But tourism's advan
tages, as an economic bulwark which Hops nnt
deplete natural resources unduly nor brings the
disadvantages of industrialism.' cannot hp n-nin.
said. E.A.
Solution
To the Editor: These are the
real rpaenne n ti, -
To tne Editor: I done heard ; and tne masses.' have ,, nr ., 1
Pearl's Back
learn whether they ever found
that needle in the haystack,
the picture of which covered
a whole page of above news
paper 'tother day.
The little man pictured in
search in' position in the shad
dcr of the stack didn't look
in one of the most resourceful
countries on earth.
Raising a surplus of food
stuffs that litterally goes to
waste, over - protitaction f
automobiles, and alfearvir.a
automation in normal yeara.
because we are normaly add
ing new and mure millionairta !
Medford Firms File
Incorporation Papers
Salem-HTP-Articlcs of in
corporation were on file here
today for two Medford firms.
Articles for both firms
were signed by D. L. Pickcll.
B. Kent Blackhurst and
Gregory T. Hornecker.
D. L. Pickell Builderi. Inc..
lifted a a furni roastrect
i uMa. tm Vi. k. Pick
U RaaJ hW4, In . 1 1 1
i rati ana personal
aoptjrly.
A
BUT
Vnn umII
The spending of these 41)
Billions of dollars will create
a lot of jobs building this
equipment that will be re
quired to GET A MAN TO
IrlrJ MOON.
How about that?
THE RE-EMERGENCE
OF STRAUSS
Bonn, Germany For West
German politicians the place
lo be seen this summer is the
picturesque Bavarian lake
area of the Tegernsee. What
attracts them are not the
water sports or the mountain
scenery, but rather a portly,
cigar-smoking former profes
sor who is due to take over
the reins of the West German
government when 87-year-old
Konrad Adenauer reluctant
ly steps down as Chancellor
in October.
In the popular magazines,
Ludwii Erhard, the Econom
ics Minister, Vice-Chancellor
and Chancellor-Designate, is
pictured romping with his
grandchildren on the lake
front lawns of his modern
summer house at the Tegern
see. But he also has spent
much of his time when not
called back to Bonn by af
fairs of state in serious con
ferences with political lead
ers.
Of all those who have beat
en a path to his door, none has
aroused as much interest and
concern, both within the gov
ernment and without, as
Franz Josef Strauss, the fiery
former defense minister.
TT is no secret that the out-
spoken Mr. Strauss is anx
ious to make a political come
back following his ouster
from the cabinet last Decem
ber in the aftermath of the
arrest of the publisher and
several staff members of the
weekly news magazine, Dcr
Spiegel.
E'en after losing his De
fense Ministry post, he was
able to win a convincing re
election last month as chair
man of the Christian Social
ist Union, the Bavarian af
filiate of Chancellor Ade
nauer's Christian Democratic
Union.
But he did not regain the
national spotlight until three
weeks ago, when he began
leading the intra-party fight
against West German accep
tance of the limited nuclear
test-ban treaty negotiated in
Moscow by the United States.
Britain, and the Soviet Union.
nist East German regime gain
diplomatic recognition, Mr.
Strauss remained bitterly op
posed to it. He has held tt
this view, even though he did
not raise any objections whila
attending the cabinet meeting
that officially decided last
Friday to ratify the treaty.
Many people here believe
lhat Mr. Strauss seized on tha
test-ban issue to project him
self back onto the front pages.
They also saw a desire to em
barrass Foreign Minister Ger
hard Schroeder, who strongly
favored West German acces
sion to the pact.
If these were his aims, Mr.
Strauss succeeded admirably
in the first one, but failed
completely on the second. The
52-year-old Mr. Schroeder -who
holds the post that Mr.
Strauss would like to have
and who is considered a good
bet to follow Dr. Erhard into
the Chancellorship, a path
Mr. Strauss once had mapped
out for himself - emerged as
the victor on the issue.
rpHE fact remains, however,
that the Bavarian leader
demonstrated a good deal of
party support before finally
bowing to the view that West
Germany had to agree to the
treaty or risk standing before
world opinion with such oth
er non-signers as Communist
China, North Korea, Albania,
and France as its partners.
What Mr. Strauss succeeded
in doing, even while wagine
a losing fight, was to resur
rect his standing as a political
power far more quickly than
most observers thought pos
sible eight months ago, when
his national career appeared
at an end following his ous
ter from the cabinet.
As a result, many peopla
here are taking a hard look
at the course Mr. Strauss
might be taking. Some sea
his nationalist position on tha
test-ban treaty leading him
into the Gaullist camp on
other matters as well. But
the French approach toward
the United States and tha
North Atlantic Treaty Or
ganization has won little pop
ular support in West -Germany,
and what Mr. Strauss
needs at this point is an issue
with widespread appeal. Ha
guessed wrong on opposition
to the test-ban pact, but might
not do so next time.
Meanwhile, the former De
fense Minister, buttressed by
the 50 Bavarian deputies ha
heads, has Dr. Erhard's ear
if not his confidence. At the.
11 'ELL, you have a point
" there. The Cape Canav
eral dispatch that tells about
the ultimate cost of getting
io ine moon goes on to sav:
"The Apollo effort is so
widely spread that it can not
be handled by a handful of
companies. The space agency
estimates lhat more than 20,
000 firms and 300,000 people
eventually will be involved
in the project."
You will ask
Won t that CREATE A LOT
OF JOBS - and won't these
jobs create a lot of prosperity?
I1 RUE enough.
But after it is all over . . .
after we have created t h e
jobs . . . after we have built
the space ships . . . after we
have got a man to the moon
What will we have left?
Where will we go from
there?
same time. Dr. Erhard, as
Dt-crjiTE- . j Chancellor, is certain lo rely
ESPITE repeated a s s u r- strongly on Mr. Schroeder s
anccs from Washington advice on foreign affairs. Tha
and London that the treaty in-fighting should be interest
would not help the Commu-1 ing.
CAFE VIU ' COGNAC
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"Don't 'Hit chari' me a fins unofficial ambassador
America you aral"