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History from tne files of The
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and SO years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Oct. 11, 1963 (Sunday)
niv rminrilmpn have indi
cated that Mayor D. L. Flynn
will call a special session of
iha rnnnril this week concern
ing Howard I. Bobbin's report
on conditions m the city ponce
department.
All eight sections ot the Ore
Klato Nurse's association
will be represented at the 45th
annual convention ot tne group
which opens here Tuesday.
20 YEARS AGO
Oct. 11. 1943 (Monday)
Albert Burch, noted mining
engineer, dies here.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Older
Girls declare the current horde
of houseflies are the most pestif
erous in history. They are more
plentiful than if OPA had 'froz
en' all the swatters."
30 YEARS AGO
Oct. 11, 1933 (Wednesday)
Coast railroad opposed in re
port to ICC.
Closing of booze joints in coun
ty held need to curb accidents
on rural roads.
40 YEARS AGO
Oct. 11, 1923 (Thursday)
Posse scours Siskiyous for
three bandits who slew Southern
Pacific trainmen in holdup; no
loot obtained.
Klamath Falls starts opening
of Natron cutoff with big cele
bration. SO YEARS AGO
Oct. II, 1913 (Saturday)
William Walker, Vancouver,
Wash., buys 1,080-acre stock
ranch near Talent from George
A. Morse.
Seat sale starts for New York
Giants-Chicago White Sox base
ball game here Nov. 17.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nina or ten corrtct li superior
seven or eight Is excellent; five of
six is good.
1. Which state names have
only four letters?
2. Would you say that 30, 50
or 70 per cent of the world's
population are non-Christian?
3. Did Jack Dempscy and
Gene Tunney contest against
each other (or the heavyweight
title one or twice?
4. In which city is Uie U.S.
Naval Observatory?
S. Washington crossed the
Delaware in order to attack the
British in which city?
6. In what country is the
Chongchon Kiver?
7. A clavichord is a bone in
the human body, a forerunner
of the modern piano, or t
crossbow?
8. William Bradford was the
governor of which English col
ony? 9. Were the famous clipper
ships sailing vessels, or steam
propelled ships?
10. What river Is often re
ferred to as the Rhine of Amer
ica? Answers: 1. Iowa, Ohio, Utah.
2. 70 per cent. 3. Twice. 4.
Washington, D.C. S. Trenton. .
Korea. 7. Forerunner of piano.
8. Massachusetts'. I. Sating ship.
10. Hudson.
FRIDAY. OCTOBER 11, 1963
Nixon in the Wings
Richard Nixon, former vice president of the
United States and once barely-defeated candi
date for President, apparently is not dead politi
cally, as was widely assumed after he lost the
Governorship of California.
He has been conducting a lucrative law prac
tice in New York, touring the world, writing arti
cles for big-circulation magazines, and making
speeches lots and lots of speeches.
At this writing, Sen. Barry Goldwater appears
to be the front-runner for the GOP nomination
next year, followed by Gov. Nelson Rockefeller,
and some dark horses such as Romney, Scranton
and Hatfield.
DUT increasingly, dispatches from Washington
and New York tell us, Nixon is being men
tioned as another possibility.
And it would also appear that Nixon himself
is doing nothing to counter such gossip.
James A. Wechsler, editor of the New York
Post, is no Nixon lover, but his comment on a
recent event is instructive. He wrote:
"Richard M. Nixon, our youngest elder statesman since
Tom Dewey grew up, performed his new act before the Wom
en's National Republican club here the other day. It consists
of throwing Nelson Rockefeller and Barry Goldwater into the
ring, along with their hats, urging them to fight like gentle
men, and voicing hope that the best man will win. At the
same time, amid earnest disclaimers of personal ambition,
Mr. Nixon leaves the audience convinced that he will respond
to the grim call of duty if the prospective nominees carelessly
devour each other despite his solemn warnings against can
nibalism." ,
WE ARE on record as believing that Sen. Gold
water has no chance for the nomination.
We could be very wrong. Certainly, every in
dication at the present is that he is well out in
the lead. (Someone commented the other day that
Newsweek already has Goldwater nominated
next summer; Time has him elected next fall.)
Still, as the present front-runner, Goldwater
is being subjected to increasing and searching
scrutiny. His past speeches and columns and
books are being examined with intensity.
Despite the fact that political figures are
given considerable leeway, by the voters, for
changing their minds, the Senator still will have
to live with the record. And the record is not, in
our view, one which the majority of the American
voting public or even a majority of the Republi
can party could support.
IF THIS is true, if Goldwater does fade in his
almost-too-early popularity, and if Rockefeller
is unable to overcome the public distaste engen
dered by his divorce and remarriage, then keep
your eye on Richard Milhous Nixon.
He is still the titular head of the Republican
party, he is still a "political animal," he is still
a highly popular figure with vast numbers of vot
ers, and he did, after all, come within a hair
breadth of defeating John F. Kennedy.
What any of the GOP possibilities would be
able to do against Kennedy after four years in
office is another question, one not yet ready for
more than pure and premature speculation. E.A.
Welcome, Senator
There has been considerable talk in recent
weeks of Senator Goldwater's "changing image"
that he is being drawn
right and toward the center as the Presidential
virus takes hold of him.
This may or may not be true, but there are
evidences of it. Not long ago he inserted in the
Congressional Record a speech made by one
Gerald J. Skibbins, a Princeton, N.J., business
man. He said he was "in agreement" with Mr.
Skibbins' remarks.
Among other things, the speech said :
"Many Americans squirm when they hear the label 'con
servative' because they think of pre-World War II isolation
ism, John Birch Society members, America Kirstors, segre
gationists, Ku Mux Klansmon, and many other little groups
who feel that freedom means an extra-legal hunting or hating
license rather than a responsible privilege held under law. Let
us look honestly at the so-called radical right. First, it is not
radical at all. Most of its elements either believe in the
ancient rule of force outside the law, or else they merely
reflect an ignorant unawareness of their world."
a a a
CENATOR Goldwater
kJ on this talk, remarked, "I've always said that
extremism was a millstone around the necks of
both parties and that's
And that's just about
ing sometimes a bit more vigorously for a long
time. Its a pleasure to see Senator Goldwater
progressing from the days when he thought the
Birchers were "mostly good people" to a clearer
eyed view of those who "believe in the ancient
rule of force outside the law" or reflect an "igno
rant unawareness of their world."
Welcome to the club, Barry. E.A.
Kids and Taxes
Here is a thought for voters to ponder prior
to the tax election Tuesday:
The last increase in Oregon's income tax was
in 1955 (and that was decreased a bit in 1957).
In 1955 there were 324,000 school children
in the state. Today there are more than 413,000.
In 1955 there were 17,000 students in Ore
gon's public colleges and universities. Today
there are some 34,000.
How can anyone say an increase in taxes is
"unnecessary"?
And in a country where per capita expendi
tures for cigarettes, liquor, cosmetics and enter
tainment are many times the per capita expendi
ture for all state government, let alone education.
E,A.
away from the extreme
himself, in commenting
just what he said."
what we have been say
"Small World, Isn't It?"
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No Veto
To the Editor: At the be
ginning of the 1963 Legislature I
recommended specific programs
to deal with our budget and
revenue situation. A great point
was made that thorough tax
structure overhauling was need
ed. It was not done. A cigarette
tax was recommended. It was
not passed. The people should
have an opportunity to vote on
new proposals during the legis
lative session, I advised the Leg
islature. But this, too, was de
clined. What came about was a tax
bill that was the best that 90
minds could hammer out in 141
days. It does provide for a con
tinuance of services that the
people over the years have
asked of their government.
Two-thirds of Oregon's budget
is within ear-marked funds so
that the Governor is denied al
lotment controls. This puts him
in a fiscal strait jacket.
It is my opinion, conditions
will not be improved by bring
ing back into session the same
body which refused to adopt
basic changes in our tax struc
ture just a few months ago. Al
ready individual legislators are
announcing their intentions for
widely-varying proposals should
they be brought into a special
session. Jn Oregon the purpose
of a special session cannot be
limited by the Governor. It
could mean a simple resump
tion of the wild, unreasoned,
final days of the regular ses
sion. Whatever they come up
with could, and probably would.
be put in another state of sus
pension by the collection of 23,
000 signatures.
If the people of Oregon vote
"no" on October 15, it will be
as though they were considering
adding a room or two onto their
home but instead they decided
to demolish a fourth of the house
they were living in.
I did not veto the tax bill
which came to my desk 11 days
alter tne Legislature had ad
journed in June because to have
done so would have endangered
the performance of essential
state services. I do not believe
the people should veto the tax
bill now for precisely the same
reason.
Mark 0. Hatfield,
Governor,
Salem, Ore.
Story Said Distorted
To the Editor: I for one v
very disappointed after reading
your distorted and mixed un
story in the Sunday, Oct. 6
man iriDunc, concerning the
"Patrioitic Rally" held In
Hoover school Sept. 19.
A journalist or reporter
should in all fairness present
ootn sides. KigM? Especially
when he considers the meeting
not important enough to attend.
You didn't quote one person
of the opposite side and there
were 200 or more there present
I could have been called to
verify the facts as I am the
person who sent in the cards to
advertise the meeting.
It rather seems you only
wanted one side. At least you
could have got the opinion of
one adult out of 200 present.
iow me ooys wno told you
they went there to get a report.
told some of the ladies present
that evening a very different
story. They showed very little
interest while the meeting was
going on. sat there talking, (the
three boys), didn't bother to sa
lute the flag during the Pledge
of Allegiance, or bother to sing
the beloved hymn, "America."
They showed no courtesy to
ward the speaker or the people
on either side of them. The one
boy jumped up angrily when he
didn't approve of what was be
ing said. Mr. Goff tried to be
nice asking him to sit down.
After about three limes telling
him, he had to insist. When
the boy didn't get a following
from the crowd, altar la
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
etieeejioS
-rut yityrM r
heckling the speaker, they got
up and stormed out, saying
we'll get even with you. This
evidently was the reason some
person called the police. The
bovs were waiting outside for
quite some time. (Now if they
weren't guilty, why would they
take off?)
Now you say Officer Hurncr
pickup up some papers from
the ground. For your informa
tion, he came inside with Mr.
Huss and was talking to us. He
said "This seems to be the sea
son for rioting." Also picked up
some pamphlets from the table.
People who attend these meet
ings don't throw papers all
over the ground, they only take
or buy what they want.
So the whole article was evi
dently to smear Freedom Cen
ter or any other anu-t-ommu-
nist group.
Mrs. B. bawton
1700 Prune st.
Medford.
Idiotic B1U
To the Editor: While I hope
that the majority of the citizens
of Oregon will have the guts to
vote NO on Oct. 15, 1 am deeply
worried about the outcome of
this expensive special election
caused by an Inept and incom
petent legislature. Those who
are promoting the passage of
this bill have already enlisted on
their side some of the most edu
cated people in the state with
their scare tactics. The emo
tional pull of the threat to our
education budget, closure of
state hospitals, that old folks
on welfare will go hungry, and
that some faculty members win
be fired, is asinine.
The editor has apparently fal
len victim to these scare tactics
the same as many of my teach
er friends who are struggling
with this situation from a dual
position; as teachers who have
been threatened with a pay cut,
and as taxpayers themselves. I
certainly hope that regardless
of the outcome of this election
those responsible for this bill
will not be returned to office by
the voters. It should be obvious
to anyone sincerely interested
in seeing the state of Oregon
grow and prosper that we will
never gain in population with
such a tax clan when people are
free to choose to live in Wash
ington or California, where the
legislators have sense enough to
spread the taxes out so that
each purchaser pays a fair
share, flow much wiser it would
be to have a sales tax here, and
what a tremendous source of
revenue is available from tour
ists, itinerants and those who
do not own property, as well as
the rest of us! E. A. says the
Grange and Labor arc against
a sales tax . . . why? They are
individual taxpayers too!
I have lived in Oregon for
more than 25 years, but believe
me, I know it is not the only
pleasant place to live. I'm sure
that I am not the only person
who would seriously consider
moving to California where the
wages are higher and the taxes
are assessed in a more equit
able manner. This has long been
one of the reasons so many Ore
gon trained teachers leave this
state to practice their profes
sion, and why industry has
avoided this state like the
nlacue.
Let's vote NO on this unfair
tax bill, and demand a sales tax
to be passed immediately. A
few temporary cutbacks can't
hurt too much, but this idiotic
biii can ruin us all.
T. F. Rush
Ashland, Ore.
Disease
To the Editor: This is in an
swer to E. Dykes in M.T.
10-7-63.
In this letter you state that
"the supposed cause of disease
is limited to mere ideas
"the causation is from God."
Neither statement is true.
Ever since man was in the
garden at S4n be has not
Military Take -Overs
Pose Dilemma for U.S. Policy-Makers
By PHIL, NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
Dissimilar though they may
be, the dilemmas faced by the
United States in South Viet Nam
and Latin Amer
ica have certain
things in com
mon. In both,
the United
States is so
deeply commit
ted that failure
in either would
be a heavy blow
to its prestige
and its global
policy of giving support in de
mocracies against communism
In both, despite the vast sums
committed, the U.S. finds itseit
in a role in which it can ad
vise but cannot command. Thus
success depends upon each part
ner acting with equal vigor.
And hence the weakness of
the U.S. position in both areas.
Let us deal here with Latin
America.
The Alliance for Progress now
is just over two years old. As
willing to blame himself for his
misfortunes, for Adam blamed
Eve and she blamed the ser
pent, when actually the cause
of their expulsion was their un
willingness to keep the law of
God. As far as disease is con
cerned man through the ages
has blamed evil spirits, witches,
and demons forces outside
himself. Then Pasteur came
along with his germ theory and
now viruses are blamed again
forces outside one's self, but
forces which could have no ef
fect upon us if our own health
were what it should be. And
most unkind of all is to blame
God for ill health because He
has given us in superabundance
every thing needed for perfect
health. If we do not nave it,
it is because we are not using
what He has given us in ac
cordance with His laws.
Just how great our failure is
in' this respect is shown by the
fact that our nation leads the
world in incidence of degenera
tive diseases, a truth not com
plimentary to the American
Medical Association.
The laws of God are not im
possible to learn and use, as is
shown by the extent to which
man has learned the laws of
light, sound, electricity, phy
sics, chemistry and others, and
how to use them in making his
flight into outer space. The
laws of health are not nearly
so difficult or numerous but
their understanding and use
does require self discipline and
this man foolishly rejects.
Do you have a stomach ache
or a headache or a cold? For
get about the Alka Selzer,
aspirin or penicillin. Each is a
distress signal from your body
to your intellect to tell you your
body is sick. Use your intellect
to discover what is wrong with
your schedule, correct it and be
forever free from them. It is
not irrational to treat a cold
when what is needed is a thor
ough body cleansing and i
change in living habits? Yet
that is precisely what we do to
day. By so doing we would also
avoid the disastrous side effects
these specific remedies pro
duce. If your health is not what it
should be blame no one but
yourself or the needed knowl
edge is available to you if you
win only use it.
Anna M. Streed
3fi North Peach st.
Medford.
Unknown Helper Thanked
To the Editor: We were visit
ors in your area, the south
western section of Oregon, last
week.
Last Thursday morning, about
11:30 or so. my wife and I
had an accident on the Crater
Lake Highway. While we were
wondering what to do a driver
stopped. He helped so much
that we were unable to thank
him the way we should have.
We were pretty well shocked
and not thinking clearly. He
was going up toward Crater
Lake and headed back to Union
Creek resort. There we phoned
for a tow car. We offered him
money for his time and gas
but he refused.
During our ride down with
him he told us he is a Pente
costal minister. Throughout it
all we failed to get his name
but we do know he lives in
Medford.
Can you work this informa
tion into the newspaper in hopes
that he sees it as a special
thanks from us.
H. W. Nullmeycr
871 Twana dr!.
Garden Grove, Calif.
Sports Coverage Hit
To the Editor: This probably
should go to the Sports Editor.
There are a lot of people out
side the city limits of Medford
who are "ted up" with the
"jealousy" or whatever word
could describe it, with the way
you "play up" all Medford
games of any sort and when
it Wmes to Crater, a newer
outlined by President Kennedy,
it called for a $20 billion invest
ment in Latin America over 10
years, half of the sum to come
from the United States.
Its purpose is to lift the living
standards of 200 million Latin
Americans and to strengthen de-
mocracv through peaceful evolu
tion as opposed to violent revolu
tion.
An imnortant arm in helping
to carry out the objectives of
Strictly
Personal
By Sydney J. Harris
(cl Field Enterprises, Inc.
EUPHEMISMS
At the airport the other day,
I was informed that my plane
was late because the landing-
radar was in
operative." This
meant it was
out of commis
sion, not work
ing, broken
down. I picked
up a newspaper
while wait i n g,
and read that
some milk com-
aarna panics were
not, as they thought, being boy
cotted they were being sub
jected to a "selective patronage
program."
There was some mail from
the office in my briefcase, and
I took out a communication from
the "Council for Independent
School Aid." In my day, these
were called "private" schools;
now, apparently to avoid the
stigma of snobbism, they are
officially referred to as "inde
pendent ones.
9
And so it goes. We live in
an atmosphere of euphemism,
of the soft phrase to cover the
hard fact. Not only do we re
fuse to call a spade a spade
(except when we are emotion
ally upset), but even the men
who wield shovels for the city
are called "sanitation cmpoly
ees" rather than street clean
ers. One of the most fantastic re
versals of the English lan
guage in the last few years
has been the word "exception
al," which is now applied to
troubled or retarded children.
In my time, an "exceptional"
child was one who showed
more promise, not less.
It seems that as we become
more violent in our behavior,
we feel the need to become
more euphemistic in our
speech. An honest despotism
in the past used to kill dissent
ers; today, a totalitarian gov
ernment merely "liquidates"
its enemies. They used to im
prison foes of the state; now
they arc placed in "protective
custody."
Governments, corporations, la
bor unions. Jnslilnlinns anH rn.
lective entities of all kinds en
gage in mass euphemisms, to
soften the imDact of their He.
sires, to disguise their inade
quacies, to excuse tneir blun
ders, to shift the blame from
the personal and the immediate
to the vague, the abstract and
the mechanical. The "system
malfunctions" when the people
in charge have goofed.
We spend the summers in the
cherry orchard country of Wis
consin. I was explaining to my
boy, during cherry-picking time,
the various kinds and breeds of
cherries, and the different uses
to which they are put. "Those
are sour cherries," I said. "They
are used for canning or pie
making, not for eating directly."
"We don't call them 'sour' any
more," said an orchard owner
standing next to us. "We call
them 'tart cherries.' People
don't like the idea of buying
sour cherries cherries, so we
changed the name."
That night I told my boy the
fable of the fox and the tart
grapes.
school, it is almost necessary
to use a magnifying glass to
find a word about them. Even
the pictures of the students, any
outside of Medford are ail
blurred up. If your sports
writer has a special camera, he
should use it on some of the
kids on other teams.
If an article is written about
all the schools in the confer
ence, if Crater gets a men
tion at all. it will be the last
one in the article. But, believe
it or net. if there is something
of honorable mention about oth
er schools, Medford players will
be brought in some way.
I am not a parent, or mother,
of any kid at Crater, but, sure
am for fair play in the news
paper as well as on the field,
on radio, or any place else.
I'm just for the young folks.
See that there arc some "big"
headlines about other schools
as well as Medford. Look at
the number of kids you can
choose from. I wouldn't crow
too loud if a Medford 200 pound
er breaks all the bones of 165
pounder of other school. How
about some sportsmanship off
the field as well as oiv-.it?
H. M. Elliott
Box 57
I told Hill, Ore.
in Latin America
the alliance is supposed to be
the Organization of American
States (OAS).
The OAS is committed against
communism and to defend dem
ocratic regimes against attacks
from either right or left wheth
er it be a Communist dictator
ship or a military coup.
But it also is committed to
a policy of non-interference,
making it impossible to bring
collective action against Com
munist Cuba or against a dis
turbing series of military take
overs, of which there have been
four this year and six in the
last two years.
Effected in such a way have
been Argentina and Peru in
1962, and Guatemala, Ecuador,
the Dominican Republic and
Honduras in 1963.
The two most recent were the
Dominican Republic and Hon
duras, and the United States
has broken off its diplomatic
relations with both and with
drawn its financial aid.
In other instances, relations
continued upon the promise of
military regimes that they would
noid tree elections later. Exam
ples were Peru and Argentina.
Yes, We've Got f
No Dictators jUvl
By Arthur Hoppe f'TV,, J
Our Alliance for Progress,
which aims at social reform in
Latin America, is certainly
making progress. In a way.
Hardly a billion dollars goes by
that some government down
there doesn't get reformed. By
its Army.
I'd like to explain this phe
nomenon, but I'm not an expert
on any of our Latin American
neighbors. So I've had to in
vent one. It's a lovely little in
dependent republic known to our
State Department as "Cosa Nos
tra." Cosa Nostra lies just south of
the docks and has a population
of 3,000.073. Of which 42 are
peons, 41 are soldiers and the
rest are bananas. For years and
years it was governed peace
fully by General Cosa (The Og
re) Nostra. And there was never
a complaint. Not from the Gen
eral, who was happy. Nor from
the soldiers, who were happy.
Nor from the peons. Who knew
what was good for them.
But things got more and more
revolting until finally the peons
revolted. The Army gave up
without firing a shot. Mainly be
cause their 1812 muskets all
failed to. go off. General Nostra
fled into exile (after stopping at
the bank). And a President
whose name we never could re
member was elected and began
a vigorous program of social re-
torm.
But then Castroism raised its
ugly beard. In Cuba. Our State
Department was alarmed. "We
must save Cosa Nostra from
Castroism!" Washington cried.
And the Alliance for Progress
was launched. We sent 113 ex
perts to Cosa Nostra to deter
mine what was needed to stem
the tide of Castroism.
"Well," says El Predidente
THE INCOME TAX MEASURE
This is one of a series of brief presentations
of some little-known aspects of the income tax
measure on which Oregon voters will decide
at a special election on Oct. 15.
A "yes" vote approves the law; a "no" vote defeats it.
QUESTION
I am the father of two teen-age boys who are starting col
lege. It's always cost me taxes to have them work, but if they
didn't work, they couldn't go on to school. How will the new
Tax Law affect me?
ANSWER
The new law will permit you to claim them as dependents,
as under Federal law, even though they earn enough income to
pay their own income taxes. They are now officially part of the
family and you would get the tax benefit from the support you
provide them.
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"Whalla' you mean, with Kennedy and Gold Her runnlnjC.
Americans will have a clear-cut choice? Yon and 40 per cent
of the voters don't bolhfij to vote anyway!"
The fear, however, is that this
succession of military revolts
may be setting a pattern.
Violence against a weak gov
ernment is on the increase in
Colombia. Threat of a military
take-over has been a prod to
President Romulo Betancourt
for increasing tough action
against Communist-inspired vio
lence in Venezuela.
In Brazil, President Joao Gou
lart has been unable to carry
out either his promises of re
form or government austerity.
Last week he called for and
then withdrew his request for
declaration of a state of siege.
He satisfied neither the politi
cal left nor right, nor the army.
His government remains a can
didate for overthrow.
For the United States the
problem daily becomes more
pressing. Military regimes pro
vide a natural rallying point for
Communists who claim that Cas
tro's is the only way. On tha
other hand, can the United
States automatically condemn
a military coup which takes
over from a weak government
which is itself potential prey
of communism?
Whatshisnombre, "we could use
food, teachers, books . . ."
"Great, great," says our Am
bassador. "But look at that raggedy-old
bob-tail Army you've
got. How do you expect to de
fend democracy with an Armu
like that? We will include in
our first shipment 474 tanks. 3K5
jet fighters and a couple of used
battleships. Take your time in
paying us oacn.
So at the bargain rate of only
a billion or so, we manaeed to
reform the Cosa Nostra Army
into a modern, superbly equip
ped fighting force. And, of, how
happy the soldiers were to lay
down their 1812 muskets. And
pick up their brand new burp
guns.
"Hey, man." cried the tank
drivers in the turrets of their
streamlined U. S. tanks. "Look
at these hot rods go." And with
that they rolled right over the
Presidential Palace. Not to men
tion El Presidente Whatshis
nombre. General Cosa (The Ogre) Nos
tra returned from exile and took
over. On the grounds he was
more against Castroism than
anybody. Which our State De
partment had to admit was cer
tainly true. And, once, again,
there are no complaints in Cosa
Nostra. Not from the General,
who feels more secure. Nor
from the soldiers, who love their
burp guns. Nor from the peons.
Who, after all, don't wish to
complain against tanks, j e t
fighters and battleships.
So the Alliance is making
Progress. Every week, it seems,
we produce another highly
stable government supported by
an awesome Army an ally
strong and powerful enough to
defend forever the principles of
democracy. If it had any.