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(9) 6) icioj o o WLIINLMI UlDFORIVi-JRIBUNI "Everyone in Smithr-rn Oregon Heads 1 lie Mall 1 1 inline Published Dally except Saturday by MEUFOKD PIU.V11.NG CO . 33 North Fir Si.. Ph 77J-I.1I1 ROBERT W RlliC r.ciito HERB GHEY Arlvu-Usin: Matotrct GERALD T LA 1 w AM Hill Mir ERIC ALLEN JR. Milt EARL H ADAMS Cits-A iter HARPY CHli'.MAN kliriJr RIClJrHI) JEWE1T Sii.nl.. V OLIVE STAHCHKH Wimirn . l.ilimi UALfc EHILKSII lircilM'fm ...... . . . . yf.. An Inripn.nHrnl N'fM Entered as srconrlfW'tfk IT1.i.' Medlordflr'conV,iTit -VJ -eat"' m r hi trr.irrli 3 119. SUBSCK1IJ2TON HATES CD By Mail In Wivan.e c. Psllv and Sunday---q.t.ii ill nil Jailv and Sunriav . vt WW Dalh and Sundnv .1 i-ws Simnav Ogiv Ono v-m Slncle IM! (Mailed i By Carrier And Motor It'inM Deilv end -Wnrfai 1 .''.ri. raiWCertid SVndni 1 0:n Sundi.y oyj I mo Carrier anil Vcnnui f "P' 0 , official IMlirrryO r.lv .-.! OffirUl I'apc n.inlv0 Unllrd Pn- .i Inl.'L- nil I,.., mm! f (1. 1 -Io0'''A WO .iniQi oiAff; , ,t)( CI er:Mt.. f lirNfl v u . .Otffl . ( r;n Drtrinl S. n P' i"r,"n ' An;.1' Den-er -.1. . . PUIIUBFKS Ai4OIA!l0N RATION tt FOITORUt AS(pCTICr1 Meinner Calilnrnia Newspaper Plihlishcrs Association Flight o' Tim Mcdford and Jack,"'! County Hiitorv Injm me f'lc, "I The Mail Tjibune 10. 20. o30, 40 and 50 years ago. ol 10 YEARS AGO Ocl. 2. IM3 (Friday I , Tax levies for school districts of Jackson county Jiave shown I a decrease over I he assessment 1 of a vear ago in nearly every ; district: however, the total tax) money mm uc iu...t. ir r rp;ir A total of 47 siti.Hits in - I'.1 1 Jcal grades four through 12 are tak-1 Married couple, Ml Kn n.n..n ing i-.and and orchestra limn- ing in ihe Mc.ifrd -i..is. -? cording lo 1 A. MiricK. siipci- visor of inirumenlal music 2(1 YKAHS.AW) Orl. 2. 1(1 III (Snliiidivl Shady Cove man killed when tnisl.iken (or deer en hunlinghv $Si pel trip. From Smudge, O'Brien, (owned around -v.. Pn'i" column: "Jim : Hie Applegalc tiller. I Wed. and wlitzzedt prominent corner like a high schooh bov The former was late lo milking .1(1 YF.ARX AGO Oct. t(i:i:i (MoiKtny) Nine winter CCC camps be eslahlished in this area. Crater Lake highway lo lo bo surfaced from Mrdford lo Elk Creek io YEARS AGO Orl. 2. l!K!:i (TucmI.is 1 Heavy rains feature Septem ber weather. Shipping o( valley apple crop starts. 50 YEARS AGO Ocl. 2. KM:: (TIuii mLis i New schedule eliminate trains daily here; resident two pi o- test. U.S. Hold at Jaek.-onMll gets new roof What's Your !.Q.? Nina or ten c or reel n Miprnot; seven or eight ii excellent; (ivo or ix is good. 1 .A thick glass when lillnl with hot liquid is inure likeK lo break than a Hun g!nv. uinlei the test : true ot t.il.-e ' 2. "Private" was formerly the kiwpsl rank in the Ainu. .Ui.il IS it now ' .1. Which of the liiliuuing do not belong in the same i . i ' -. -ors . AlinientaiN . Et u . T' .i n a m a Suez'' 4. huh c.ttint: li s Uip m e m h e r s nt I'O'ni" tl-.- V League'' 5. Patagonia is on v Appendu ills nei often In males lli.m If'IU D ue or lalse ' .7. Which is Hp- i.iiiri the I n pipe Stale b:!crfing or the Kif'.el , Towor'' 0ln,1t(Slor, .vim I'.vn- .d"'d "prisoners ol Uie VatU nit ".' 0 9. HhcrotjWP Ihe i ('.il s ol the cParllWnon" O C) lb Is the capilal ro,1 M.iini Bangor. Lewislono-a HK-In Answers: 1. Tine. -'. Iitiiil. .1. Alimentary. l(J'.giptv'li-.ii. B Lehnnon. S.-uiili ii.iloa. Smi.i. Trans-JiudafO unit enirn. .. South America, fi. 'line. T. I in plre Stale h u i ; d i n g s I In Popes. 9. Athrnv liteeic. I'l Augosla. Neuberger, Morse Vofe With Majority WASHINGTON 1 1 Til - Sens Maurine Neuberger and Wayne Morse. (D-Ore ). cast their bal lots wilh Ihe majority Tuesday as the Senate voted 70 to' In extend the Civil i'.ihts C'ommis. sion for one year. AY. (( TnBI.R 2. 11u' 7gx We see the Oregon animal has takerr a un which showed that '55.: per cent of j.h)resjiKl jents are against the new state tax jfSigrarn to be3 I voted on m two wpck. undecided, agjl uuiiu. . .... Twit's cheering nfws. Cuir own ftusn would . r- . , ! Cll YW ......I .mnin.- nil w T tria H vi r ugiwii 'i'i ov-i vjit iwi ic, tin,. t were auan .-ii per centTJnG-ciei. veil, e'li know the V. A KHVI-fn.R. Ii.-m-.fe fH)thef of his frc'ms r, "Khat om pw4 (Jo not w t h.ti virtually do row ia rjuinlioning On sue at tile current "'e "UUS" "VirtvijiUy iio or.o, Edcl'.' Who have you been lulk-iny US O e--"- Kar more wan hajf y ve- i-eeivf(l Have &eii lamoamin.i.' tne nig nder?," the "bloatfft thrift Pf HCatOI'P n( SCI B .L- t rnu, oi ine nujie, umutt vspury niuiKLi. lih-.v ny. ; 'TpHERE.IS slim chance an outride one j mark you that a bare majority can be j convinced by Oct. 15 that: o jo 1. It is not an outrageous budget, but really a rather modest one, considering the needs of the state and its growing 2. 1 he proposed tax is far to be preferred of flel'eat' 'llirl - ' () i mi .-it ! .1. 1 he ?tate governmeiu, and particularly . .i . . , . ii i .i 1 1 . 1. 1 .-.. .1 .1. i .. . t. i euuuation at ail levels, mentally retarded and ill, if the. tax measure i-s beaten, for a LHII(-; It Uluv can oe Ultis roi:'. iiiceo tiiim u "un tj mighty big ami unnecessary nociansi L-anor r;u-ty mat nas 1)C Casy), then work can go forward on a thought-: words when you don't have any-! completely and adequately ana e i it i . . : : .. r ii,. (,. .. thing worthwhile to say in the lycd this problem and prcscnt- ful, rational revision of the tax structure a ic-,, pacc, AftP1. mmling (:i the one rational and consti-uc vision not done in emergency conditions and through my riec-u-onic comput- tive solution. ;imii1 linnlfifl ynd nmiilinniil debute. i ina machine, it showed that you Henry R. Korman ' -, . o OVV BADLY will the . uii'ttMiii' i.i MciM:ti. Here are a couple of examples: j Some of ihe words in your let Single man, no dependents, earning $-1,000 , ter "f wiiion in English, the " , . . ...... rest had to he interpreted and per year: 1 ax increased D.v per year. , transiatrd into English, if you IJltto, earning SiS.UIR) no l,(fo per year: Tax increased bv $2-1 per vear. niu eanijng $8,000 per vear: Tax increased i by S(i:i per year. Married couple, two per year: Tax increased Ditto, earning $8,000 year What price Govcinmom : tine package cigarettes per day costs ' Beards and j In the San Francisco Hay area, a juvenile j worker was fired this week because he refused lo shave oil his heard. It made him look like a "beatnik," according to his supervisor, and thus impaired his useful ness while working with voung people and al .... .1. l .. templing to get ttieiii ii.k O lempora. (I Moles' Tim.. m.w u In. ii i tiitin's: ch.ii,-,. .if f:tpi:il 1 , , i . , i . . , u .. ( adonimcnl was his own business, and not that of fussy employers who fear that "the image created' bv hirsute fancies - and not the worth f the man brhind them A r.K.AHD is to its wishes. A beard is sonality as is the style of dress one affects. A beatnik type beard is, as often as not, a form of social protest; rebellion against the clean-shaven, conforming majority. A long, full beard, combed but scraggly, often is the badge of a man who glories in the pioneer tradition, and seeks lo identify with it. A Milch Miller hoard, spade-like and ugly, defirs rational analysis, unless il is simply a trade mark and a svmbol. rpiMl-iS I'HAN'CK. The llreeks frequently were bearded: the Konians were mostly clean-shaven because, in the tiadition nf Alexander, il offered their enemies less chance of something to grab hold of in the heal of bailie. P'urinu much of the historv of civilisation the wealing ni not wearing til' i'iT:-oii.d preference, oithci wa. Oui H.ilji.iws mostly clean-.-haveii. but Civil War tigiue?. m cludinu Lincoln, l.ce, (Irani, lleiieral liiansidcs lot' "side Imiii'" fame) and many others, weie bcai iled. Vy- a mailer of fact. Americans often were licv.ii ' faced, until 'Die doughboys of the A.l:,',.F. otbWorld AVar 1 were issued 0.1. ?ai'etv rar.ors. ii and the habit o.i (-):, n ing 'ikKKoAKK a few I'aiiU'sigiis that bo.ccis may - once afitl) lieeome accepvd Ine ami it Pl'i'c tahlcj.itiohe i(I)ances,a,re against it. 1 is now U' easy to have, w li.it w jih triacbiues jo'.tl keen and che::i bli-s. ami, -all ,iii.s of foaifiji and cveunis ami iotions. in go lack ty, the itch, scraijt) anti, blither of beards. Still, il is evitu 'tlult aucasijns sijl close ciiouun lo tne apes io urow nan on men face, anilhat shaving . . 11! ai. eveni. a nutqjjp'Uinu in en ioi vv eat nip' I beaid is a llis-tl CSS fill svnibol s, the COfi'l mf)g .,.,,1 ,11 ,:,,. 1 ..1 ;,. ..fDi'.'a, A).. ', --""'";'" ,"-u .iic i.ita'un, w Here j5e o - .Hjout lir-Jr cent were -ii per cent ww ior u . . f F .-s "Mr i j I Ra,(v lrl.- ,i, t llPPlY t Vl lit tlllfllit ..( - ... . - -) , ,1 IVl tin.- .r.iit tV.c if "anrl o U v Coningof get. I ";?, in trip I vnlloV Lhc' of civiMdom, ta wib jm lb be aMa'lo compifthond of tho anti-tax letters btu'eaucrats," the "spenrt-; On Sind .0 Oil. "l.Ut tlP IaL1 t 1... f' .1 . i population : distasteful as it ! to the inevitable rmuU ine niinu, uie neeti.y, tne u Rlllfer (IrasUcallVl (inn- fir sIkii-I ' . 1 , 1 i lax bite hurt if the newi'h biotrau J0!""!!;! I I per year; lax lllcreasCU leiiendcnt!- p -i r n i n p- 1 m platl 1 Ro1 d"'ale'1 out 11 ii i ii KjAnd if vnti're looking for a big ..m..'"""'- R. Gascom children, earning 1,000 Rnlll , nm 3mB by $'22 per year. I Crniral Pnini, Ore. per year: Tax increased! ' of $01 .25 in one year. E. A Conformity .1 I. .. 1. is mi uie nnii. 1 .,.1.1 n,.t tli.il lll(t mil Ulcll is what is important. owner what that owner as much a badge of per of a bead was with-no slicnia hounding hatllels Welt' spread and si.uek. in a way, "ij;i.lia:ii ... , - ,,":'-" ' V 0 a eii . ,f, "What's Our Firm, UnswervWg Asia Policy This Week? f c- .J-Vrx. : I i r I 'i 'SS -" ' 5 - . I L. - W r -V V vl X 1 lw- i-'f I I Communications LrtTrs to iHe Ldttor must bear the "''b01- under .main c,rumstanc5 edit aii iett..s w.th a view to clarification and ccndcniat.m. uer. lubmittcd trr pub'ltation must not exceed 400 words. Th letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the viaws ot Piper. in tact the contrary u often ttn sart-asm? To the Editor: The letter by , Leonard Firman. "Exposing the iiii.ia, ;i-w-).), n.t liic iieiin ' of foolishness. Why use such I were just Irving lo pounce on ' Willi svnii .i.i.ei iwi muni- ; gence. were trying to give an example of vour college education, Ihen pal on the back, I think it was a masterpiece of "idiotic sar- Eqilitaltlr Melhnd To Ihe. Editor: Al a joint luncheon meeting recent n( Ihe Republican Women and Ihe Chamber of Commerce Hound Table, I made Ihe statement lhat of Ihe . stales lhal have Ihe income tax. 17 do not per-! mil deduction n( federal income already inadequate budget of laves. When I included Califor-; our slate universities and col nia among these states I was 1 leges? challenged by several members I tl hilS Ukm vcars ,-c(TUit of Ihe audience and at Ihe lime : anr ouji(i jntn jhp Oregon Svs could not document by asscr- (rm nf Higher Educalion the Hon i Alter checking my references agatn I luul mat lauioinia is indeed among the stales nut per- indeed among Ihe stales not per- 'milling deducl'on of federal in-j come taxes 1 emphasize the ' I- pouu nccause many irrevniioos i ,,,. . ,.,, ,,.,. f,. 1 until occaose in.tos hicl- .ui.s i)(ik ,n (-aljfl.tua ,,. s(,ill0s t ur lax problems. And m ibis instance California, with m oili er stales, shows us thai we arc by no means proposing an inno vation in the present lax pro posals. The experience of our big neighbor to Ihe south suggests lhal Ibis is an acceptable and equitable method of determin ing taxable income al lhc slate level C R lloyl. State Representative, llcnlon County, l orvallis, Ore Onlv SolMttOP To Ihe Editor The Socialist Labor Parly claims that Ihe Sea side riots furnish additional ev idence lo prove lhat capitalism is a crinunalK obsolete system new more than reads lo be "hewn down and cast into the fire " Being su. it exerts an in croasmcly baletul lotluence on every aspect ot our social and pel son. il li es Particularly alarming is Ihe damage that dying eapil.ilism is a mallei' dome lo the menial and moral ,i, ,.i liber ol America-, south .lino ul'u "ell ,,., ... ., ; to this alarming evil, is not a new- tn.ioitest.ilioti I: has long been an mewt.ihte product ot capital ist social conditions Recent rsidence. as itnlu aled In the Seaside And olllel disoi del s, iiulicates a liulhei tttip.iir nic'il ot soling Aineru-a's char acter that demands ihe mosl strums attention For there can be no ignoring lhc daogclous im plie.itions ot nrtng delinquency, lb s trend-not onlv means pres. i anj'grirf: it also (hl'ows a .e-k sli.itl.lw a. ro;s, the flitiue The nation yovaig,. ,i-e our m ist tTi-cious asset , mfiiiitels more tlwa etsi" Uie s.isl natural wealth .ui(. induMts ot all those, l inlcd Stales ,ti (n rh'-ii lor- maWe sears the itlin and wcm - en ol lomorreW are Wii(eit a.v,i (tei(i.qie.i. ((-ai in,t oiwyiui are tnes likely t.,s.iv ' - Il would be pleasing lo record th o tins 01 uhlem is rivr-n iiiL' I 1 Hie attcnlion lhal is needeil lor ' The case is otherwise. liiough W ,uhtecl his Nvn Wtuaf'.v anliwfd Ji-'dealh" trit tto thiom '',! ( a-wiuai'.y '.miwfd -death" MKfKVOKD MAIL TRIBUNE. MtUFORU. -2- nane And address of the writer, tha ue of a pen name or initial n - opt in.-mo suasestiuiis for rc- forms thai must prove futile be- cause they leave the causes of n ii.uini in i.uuv.iie.i. We claim that it is only the ' Box 511 Lonjvicw, Wash. Al What Price? To the Editor: At what price do we Orcgonians want our sons and daughters or grandchildren r...-i..n.l rtf lUn n..nn.-l.ln.t.. nf attending an Oregon university , or college? Al what price do we ctil our aid to the needy, Ihe infirm ! Ihe unfortunate? I At what price do we say cut 1 and cut drastically the. services lhal an enlighlened state societj i must maintain in providing foi Ihe police, the penitentiary. Ihe menially deficient, Ihe delin quent young people, etc.? How bright are. we when we literally drive out of Oregon lhc brainy, able faculty mcirt- i hers of our line institutions of I higher learning as we will he doing if we cut some 25 per cr.t more tnim tne preseni excellent instructional staff we now. possess in our stale Na- honuiile there is a mad scram- hie lor such outstanding talent hie lor such outstanding talent Coin" on Are We lo lose out" going on. Are we lo lose our great educal lonal leaders.' n ,s fai.t that since the , r .1... i t I iiiii if ui im- i.i.s i.-i. lid, pen- lions some of our top people in higher education have been of fered similar positions in other states where adequate financ ing is readily available. Can we blame litem if they get fed up w i I b Oregon's parsimonious treatment of our mosl valuable asset and responsibility, Ihe edu cation of our young people, and decide to pull out? Outcome of Ihe Oct 15 election will be de cision making lime for many of them. No one enjoys paying taxes Not vou Not 1. But pay them we must. Most of us agree that the lax bill passed al Ihe lasl legislative session could he fmproi ed. Rul wisdom dictates thai Ihe way to nnprine il is to re iso it al Ihe next session ef the le-is-l.ituie. after electing legislators who nvoenie Ihe fiseil needs ol Ihe state and who have 'he courage lo set up adequate taxe to pa ior --ueh Wise thinking i irrgonians will vile ' Yes" at Ihe coming Oct l'i election, to sustain the pres ent tax law t'rsel (' Virvor, I I'm E A! timed i . Tort land Ore Teaching Hard Work To the Editor To me it is verv unwise lor a nci'son to coildi tnn our t;ee,letn of ai - qviiriug ,ip education God ere- aled us .ill oq.ta!. so bolh nf sou men Ii id a diaiue to spend yyor money, tilr.e and ainlnl'.on to become tiMeheri Our col- leges aie open to al! wiio vv.in'. to leain, regal cW ot .ig-; and '" ' ' It wiuiM be a d:!ll-rts;l prow vltloa lti4t(her if i ivvo ninl to p.s au t:ie D.iis ot o ir lb 'dl'en's cdiicatMB '" ll ,, ...sk,.k' IK .t ... n,, j m.if.ii n miles r.iun.1 ,ni, (() SI,HH)1 , .,, ,,,, tli 41k) ot all the adv anc(.i , and tmni ov eifte ta) we have nude (AMl was'U'e economv up w) . I.. .1. ,.....i,..i .v. lilt lllll SI .,11(1., I lis .1I..I .... , 1 the VniUgil Stales n.(w)rate' No Mr (Nttrray. have sou tried p, (each a cl.iSB divided int. - sut Deruvls ai'raa f alvul i quia fuj fn,-cf 4v ifijt. sut ajeruvls am-ra. f alvui OREGON Alliance for Progress Colombia Bv PHIL XKW'SO.M L'Pl Koirtsn Nfw..5nalvsl In Bogota s ancient adobe arid ! ,-tone San Carlos Palace one day thtnuati tht1 t'. S.-sponioii A'. last spring President Guillermo i liance ior Progress. L e b n Valencia ; ine tactics were itlentic( to. loldj this (corret, tiv&r of fhe rt twCasfro terrorists sponrtflBt: o in Vene,iele jTirst'rtie re'ie oColomtiia i pww call'Ui it nctptet (in opofl window i nd tlwtt tarr-.l expJosifiB mc rearly to eiitiit ! ar.-lwrlule. . the frwt rf h, KitAtfjV'eTOiUcls oi-'oflKpa A 1 1 i a o c e for j wouW be. a iwll p-ize far fhe Progreae. Vn- t'ommunuBa. Ch aikvernments . fojUinatlv. the are aDti.'mmunj.-il and anti-1 t winiow Still is mostly emurv.' , Last mwls 10 that same San ! Carina Palace, damaged now by , a ten-orist homo. President Va-i leniia told his assembled min isters: "We are faced with a true ; emergency ... the start rtf an' era of struggle hptwenn consti tutional government and ex tremists." j San Carlos Palace stands near the center of Bngola, just; off Bolivar Square and close to the great cathedral. Kor nearly ! 500 years it bus been a witness j to the changing currents of Co- j lomhjan history. j The archbishop of Bogota' ordered its construction in the ; mid 1500's. Simon Bolivar, the j Latin American liberator, barely j escaped assassination there in I 182H. The palace itself barely escaped destruction in 19-18 when rioters set the citv afire during a Pan-American confer ence. A reported visitor to the city at the lime was a young Cuban terrorist named Fidel ctslra And last week the, forces un leashed by Castro against Latin America were at work in Co- Today & Tomorrov By Walter lr irifi:t The CHOSSINT, FRONTIER Bolh east and west. Ihe pace o( chanRc is growing faster, and the fuliire of both alliances is now in question. If all the trou ble were on one tiiln il unut.l h e r, ii-iumnh I for Ihe other, i But, as a mat ter of facl, the Chinese - R u s sian rift Is run- i,t n i n g parallel I.ippniann with increasing divisions between Europe and America. For lhal reason, in neither Moscow nor Washington is there as yet a view ef the fu ture sufficiently clearly defined lo form Ihe basis of a long-range foreign policy. Bolh are waiting and wondering and trying to feci their way. II is more agreeable lo hegin by talking about the troubles of the other side. It is now appar- ent lhat Ihe conflict between Red China and Ihe Soviet Union h:w uiil.inerl ml h:w entnn tn include the historic rivalry of Ihe Russians and the Chinese in Central and Eastern Asia The origin of Ihe quarrel, so I am had you wouldn't have written what you did. If you ever have a vacation, why don't you teach a class and relax, and earn a big salary not doing anylhing ' Well, if you do. you're nol teaching a gram mar. Junior High. High school, or College, class room. You must be learning, nol teaching, how to relax winic drawing a pen sion I have two different teachers, and believe me. they earn their pay I know- I'd hale to work under Ihe conditions they do. 1 am also a member of Ihe Mcl.ouglilm Junior High varsity band and am proud of it I am 15 years old. go to school, work bard, and Irv my best Well. I hope to hear from more than one person who agrees with me out of Ihe pos sible .'sfl.iXKl people who read ibis paper Patrick Pursi'l. i-.oi I'.eekm.in. Medtotd , l.liampigne Campaign To the Editor Commenting en the unsigned letter With the cannon "Ticket." suggesting to conservative Ivt-t'iibhcans a list of names lot- various ottiees bc- citinmg with Goldwoter ior Presnifnl. in your issue ot Sen! J7, mas 1 remark that the name less v. v.-l-rt' nuy have had no' a liaifi i hacip.igile. mixed m svuh his calui.'.-l .lit nvt'.ous. As lu, emended, it was a whimsical inel.uiiY,' o( name) ranging fid live great Ameri- , ans! tl.wn to tout eh-.-ap- left- wmg extt eini -rt,,, .T.-it.sr Ihe atroc :... .i... m. . ..(,.-... ftisiOnist li-l v ,1- .:' loose, i j ,(, wonder tic reTln lo let his'I'-hc pus-,w.,i e:,a II) ss):;iti K name apity-.u 111 print Hi! ver- c.-.Hiserb'.igc v!iuld tarnish -lh sh.iiuc ans name ot fame .er 1. ... i. .1... . .r. :T, (l.l. sm U .1111 SE.-.ll 1U l ilf, ll-ll I ' I'1" feared lo walk home ai, igi-l vs-.rjl himscll . Charles R WfSiij T General Avlivcry e as Casf I lombia. challenging wilh bombs I th peaceful evolution sonchliiy the Colombia g o v e r n"iYi e n l C'Bsfn) and both have rich nat- ural rfsowxes to aid lliom. If tl) Alliance is to faii tJiorc. then the chances of lest rtihly en- rlnworl latin Amni-imn nat Inns are slim indeed. somelonly with nobody." e i.iy Colombia hfut itthcr admn- And,-all of us ace trofe!s!s laces to juotifv Uie huies 1(f,af!rv the Republicans nci-d d Alliance planners that it aild nationally kaown can.-iic.nie lo become an Alliance showcase. ohlP M Ker.Dedy nest year. Aareemcnt between the watt ring Conservative and Liberal' parties had ended a M-ycnr civil war anil given to the nation a stable government. It had an agrarian reform law and was working on tax retorm. With the help of Internal lonal Monetary Fund planners, il en-, I e r e d 11 mill a balanced -budget. From lhc Alliance il has re ceived or has ear-marked more than $500 million for vast school ant housing proiccU.. for food. m,wc health centers and roads. But. as in manv another Latin American nation, action has noL kept pace with good intentions. A vast housing project outside Bogota, for w h i c h President Kennedy laid the first brick in December. 19111. still is far from complete. Legislation has lagged. Inflation in contributing to national unrest, and the lippmann Wa.hinctnn Pr told by men who have reason 10 know, was the refusal, indeed the inabilitv. of Russia and Ihe European satellites to subsidize the Chinese Communist revolti- tion. AO seems In have assumed A x lhal as Communists these r.uropeans wotua maKe an ine necessary sacruiccs io nnng ine backward Chinese abreasl of the European standard nf life.. Khrusachev refused lo make these sacrifices. This, said a very knowledgeable Communist whom I know, was politically impossible for Khrushchev lo do. The Russian people have suf-1 lercd loo long and loo much lo be. made In suffer more for merely ideological reasons. This being Ihe origin of the rift, il will not easily he closed. The issue is not what Lenin and Marx siiiri. It is not even how revolutions should he conducted in Africa or Latin America or; Southeast Asia. This is a strug-, gle for survival and existence which cannot readily be negoti ated. There is no sut h issue w ithin Ihe Western world. Rut there is a rivalry of Ihe affluent and a contest for- little advantages leg. chickens and carpets) and for status There is no reason to think lhal Ihe Western ance is breaking up as is the Smo-Sovict alliance Rul the Western alliance which wus con structed in the I!i5iis. the alliance as the Kennedy administration conceived it when it look oflice. is in disarray. 11 would crystal lize again, 1 believe, il it were ove,.v icked. But as every one assumes that il will not be overtly attacked, there is free dom, indeed licen.se. lo plav hub with Ihe existing arrangements. The alliance is therefore n meat confusion. 1 ENERAI. OF. GAIT.1.1-: l-.a-Jf been sn explait and su wounding that :t is iiltogethtr loo easy to assume that, bo tur him. there vvutild be Ihimiv.-s a usual inside die Vve-ieni alli ance This is not true Gc Be llaulte is nut making lv he is recngp.i'ii'ig his: or. ".oral :o: s . and declaring it It may be tna! Ilv- Ge:n-i,uis will still tn'.luw nor l:ne oa SATf'. though it veil be ::em exuediencs and not tiutr. cin a -I urn But tne I'.rK-sh under M.u niillan, even more -u under II. u old Wilson, are not with us (in Ihe multiliitera! iv.tiicav g.uige:. o boinved in th: acir..:-.::rii-t:un As tor the i. vt ui tne alii- ance. it wa eorral one o; i.vn ouintrie soff u'letit s'.ib-ui.es Voi: eosi r. tiu : ,- is h'.tic peel of avlcev ing t'r.e "gi ,itui s'gn " a -,:eat i:lti-fll..tlor..i traduig fju a ,v nn ev c-a:tf-:,n,.il iiuliiiiefiall aif nen-i'iimnitt. inM Europe ano Nortii Vnb : :. a n'K:a(i) pe o aga.n-t Hu I S S .III and the I S I - a . "I (HH'oun. ;:ig ti-e ei,i;ol iie-een,-.e.i on A;v;aa The.Presi.in) would lv- vve',; Wi(4.i-f in h,s t.i!x .irH-dt'i-r- .., . . h.. I,.- ... t., v. -''i ..t,. ... . , di.tti) antfi); tne tie l-r.os a (ri col. pea lhal the 'tVv-t war e :s er,'-; '.:K-i kw (ft - 'Is old fr-(-e Bogs Down in Forces Uifeashcd fa hudept I wind unthe vear in the red O 0 : Valencia's critics accme him It's Not the Fads ' It'j -fte. Fif Ores 'o O o Whst p act? political s'Mte- pists orr- most ,-out ihe.io flays is a camGHato's Hectcni- t'BB itOr. "1011 cant In'dt ( uui mey onn i novs any. The best known they've gut is Mr. Hockefcllcr. And the latest Gallup Pnll Miows he's known ... urn., n.. 1 .viii (i tne iilh- pic. wnnc .miss lilizahoth Tay lor, for example, is known to ill per cent. Although perhaps not personally. In this hour of crisis the Re publicans obviously lace two choices. The first is to persuade Mr. Rockefeller to divorce his wife. And marry another one. ' After all. Miss Taylor is well known because she's had a doz en husbands, some of whom she was married lo. But isn't this seemingly prac tical solution a hi I riskv? True, i it would correcl Mr. Rockefcl- ler's overly slaid image. But i they'll nominate Miss Taylor, would he have time between ; And there's no question " her now and November to marry prettier smile, wavier hair and enough ladies? Would he per-! more stimulating voice, amonc haps not tend In mix up his 'other assets, will sweep her In speeches in Ihe grueling days victory over Mr. Kennedy. He'll ahead'.' 'lodging unemployed be lucky to carry Boston, miners llnl-karat rings and cas-: So now that Miss Taylor's It-files in Venezuela'.' And offering umphal entry into the Whila his next intended improved , House is assured, let us turn tt w o r k m en's compensation? II other matters. Like who'll be thn could be disastrous. First Gentleman? So the safest and wisesl path - - - for the GOP appears clear: they ; Of course, I suppose a few must nominate Miss Taylor. ; idealists will oppose Miss Tay " tor's nomination. 'The heck There is no need lo cite Miss with choosing Ihe most nubli- Tavlor's broad experience in hoih international and domestic nllatrs Besides, we ace slrale- gists never give a fig about ' fIlla'if'cations. What we care notu is .miss i ayior s iigure. , on a radical political experi The figure is frightfully impor-' ment. Strictly Personal By Sydney Field Enterprises. Ina SCIENCF FICTION i The arrival of a new- hook on I niv desk. "Spectrum 11." co-ed-! iled bv Kinglcv Amis, the Brit-' ish novelist, re- i f - l minds me lhat t ' V.' I 9 ine ooce-ocspis- v ed ttcld of "sct 7 e n e e fiction" ' x : has c o m e nf -q age in the lasl 1- few yea r s. t Looked down j upon in the past 4 .is i ii e iu.m-si iiarrc form Ol p II I 1 writing, s-f h.-,s gained consider able .stature since so many of its "wild " fantasies have been nol only duplicated bin exceeded by modern science. Yet. as a literary genre, sci-encc-f id loo remains pretty much in its intellectual ghetto.' not because of the quality of the writing i which often is quite high) but because il docs not deal Willi central human prob lems only wilh lechntcal and social ones. What luin lies anil interests ami muses people is the rela tionship between human be ings. The highest fiction, (triinia and poetry deals not with "niov ements" or histori cal processes, hot with the ( lo inns ititeiTai ings ami frac liuiims nf human hearts. Wc are coin eroerl with the inner most depths ol (Hit-selves, with Ine routs nf niu- being, whe ther sc kiinvv them nr not. When science-fiction 'akes c. millings to aniilller planet, lite inhabitalUs lliere are ei ther humans in disguise or - 1 v U "r ' i , V rai( I111I (b.f nr- - f i.df -Y- a -----; .1 tLLrsdc,,.! iMK 3 , : tt - v .1 . I r - V) .:; Vt V Jt il x-J of ben a do-nolhirs presidtnt. And the moment ot truth mav b.j approaching. tahi with us strategist But it kec,e (.Rnoing. r. ErSenhoav cr. j yoti Bnoo . was .-Father I' ISUIC rIS was Itnhrlifcahlp. (indeed, the lo-st (J);e Democrat couW muster was MipAdlai Stcvcoson. as ;tn) L'ncle Fisato. He got clobbered. 0 o In 19ti0. howewr. Mr. Kennedy noruisonie and dashing, present- ed the flomanlic Fipure, whila Mr. Nixim. fiioiirlhf and folksy. offcreil die voters the Bnv Next uuiir e 'gure, i no vo(e.fs re- jeeted the Boy Next Door. At leatl if he wore going to he Mr. Nixon. And since then the. Bo mantle Figure hits rc:gned su preme. So Miss Taylor's figure is un- questionably in voeuc. And the questions wo ace strategists must next ask ourselves are: 1 1 ) Does she project a more Romannc Figure than Mr. Ken nedy '.' And 12) is her Romantic: Figure belter known than Mr. Kennedy's'.' Yes and yes. Thus if the Republicans heed the advice of us ace stralcaists cized candidate. It's iust nick the best man we've got Nonsense. These are perilous davs. And it's rerlainlv nil lime for either parly In embark i. Ha.rii suhhiimans. In either rase Ihn ness nlanrlary setting adds nothing In srlf-knnwlpdgr. Scientists arc nnss convinced thai life is a fairly frequent phenomenon in Uie universe. And wilh three trillion olher galaxies in die universe, il ii highly prohahle that something: resetnlilinB human life p.iita elsewhere lhan on this earlh. Esrn rdiii aleil religinnisls nnw arltnii ihis possibiiiiy Father Thurston Davis, edilor nf "TIik Catholic Mind." recently said in a speech lhat "(here well may he. on other planets sail ing the airy sea around other suns, intelligrnt beings likn nursel-es or perhaps sopprinr lo nur hltinilcring race," The challenging task lor sc!-cnce-ficlinn today and tomorrow is nol tn imagine new tech niques for space-travel, but In envisage what these olher "in tclligenl beings" might he like, and how they would interact with us. The task is lo gel out ol ourselves psychologically, and not just astraliy. The human ht am uses onlv a fraction of its power. What other powers do we have? Havn oilier races succeeded in con quering Iheir emotional infantil ism, as we have no! ' What do love. rage, greed, envy, mean to humanu ds who have develop cd in a different environment? There :s a .il opportunity to explore the potentialities of "in telligent beings." and only if science-fiction boldly grasps Ih-.s chance will ii escape Ihe nar row confines nf its milieu i.Tc V m r?ijJL fa-4&XZ? in jGrmin:) j ' " ' '' ?; fr5 .1 . ' O SJ m w fil C fT. 13 (S in -O'otj -S) i) f7S o C3
