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History from the files ' Tn
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Oct. 15. 1II5J (Thursday)
The police committee of the
Medford city council met today
to consider the report of Port
land Attorney Howard I. Bob
bin on the city police depart
ment. Action must be taken this fall
on several suspended school dis
tricts in Jackaon county, Alf B.
Mckvold, Jackson county super
intendent of schools, has de
clared. 2(1 YEARS AGO
Oil. 15, 1913 (Friday)
Klamath Falls defeats Med
ford 40 to 7 in football game at
Klamath Falls.
Wiom Arthur Perm's "Ye
' Smnriop Pot" column: " 'In
these days of meat shortages,
one feels a ceriain lenuei m-os
for an inch -thick beef steak,'
agonizes a California scribe.
Many feel tiie same way about
it. But in variably the steak re
gards tenderness as something
concrete."
39 YEARS AGO
Ocl. 15, lflB (Sunday)
Valley Dairymen adopt NRA
code and boost price of milk.
Boy hunter shoots self in hand
as Chinese pheasant season
opens.
40 YEARS AGO
Oct. 15, 1023 (Monday)
Three men suspected of being
Siskiyou train robbers seen on
lower Klamath river; arrests
due.
Bert Orr and Bob Strang de
feat horseshoe pitching experts
in game at Edgewood park.
50 YEARS AGO
Ocl. 15. 1013 (Wednesday)
Syndicate bids $7,782 premium
for Jackson county highway
bonds.
Boosters rally opening devel
opment campaign here draws
300 enthusiasts.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct is superior;
seven or eight is eicellent; five r
six Is good.
1. Correct the following
"Whom are you talking about."
2. The bite of a tarantula is
usually fatal; true or false?
3. What was the name of the
"ship" that Commander Alan
B. bhepard Jr. rode into space?
4. Would you guess the nor
mal life span of a swan to be
nearer 5, 25, 50 or 70 years?
5. New York is the most pop
ulous city in the u. S.; which
is the largest city in area?
6. Name the least populous
U. S. state capital.
7. Who in the movie industry
has won the most "Oscars"?
8. Would you say that the
average world temperature is
42, 59, 65, or 73 degrees?
9. Ordinarily is a life insur
ance policy incontestable by the
insurance company alter 2, 5
or 10 years?
10 Name the world's largest
continent.
Answer; 1. About whom are
ynu talking? 2. False. 3. Red
stone. 4. 50 yean. 5. Los Angel
es. I. Carson City, Nev. 7. Walt
Disney, s. 59 degrees. (. 2 years.
10. Asia.
VSJASIOCIATION
lUESUAY. OCIOBhK 1j. 1UW
Candidate- Watching
On May 1, 1936, we were standing behind a
window overlooking Unler den Linden, Berlin's
principal thoroughfare. After a protracted wait,
Adolf Hitler rode by, standing in an open car.
The crowds lining the streets went wild. Their
adoration of this inoffensive looking little man
was so strong, so wild, that it could almost be felt
sensed physically. The very air was charged
with uncontained excitement, an unthinking,
emotion-laden mob-like feeling.
The atmosphere was similarly crackling last
Saturday, when U.S. Sen. Barry Goldwater ap
peared to speak before some 8,500 Republicans
in Eugene, most of them admirers.
V
MOW before we are accused of comparing
' Senator Goldwater and Der Fuehrer, note
that we are not; we are comparing the reactions
of the crowds surrounding them.
Many of the most vocal Goldwater cheering
sections were composed of boys and girls far
short of voting age. Their excitement was of a
kind often reserved for a champion athlete, or a
war hero, and one hardly could suspect them of
making Goldwater their hero on the basis of his
political philosophy.
Some wore silly-looking bands around their
heads, carried a variety of banners and placards
with the Senator's name or picture, and they
were especially vigorous in their attempts to sur
round Gov. Nelson Rockefeller with their signs,
a gesture which smacked more of youthful, un
thinking malice than it did of deliberate dis
courtesy. Others wore what is almost a "young
conservative" uniform short-collared white
shirt, narrow dark tie, three-button suit (with all
buttons buttoned) and narrow trousers with cuff
at ankle level.
fTM-IE "popularity contest" between Rockefeller
and Goldwater last Saturday, if judged on
the basis of total audience reaction, was a walk
away for the Senator.
He was cheered more loudly, and more fre
quently, during his talk than was the Governor.
Both of them scored their best points when they
departed from their prepared texts, and ex
temporized attacks on the Kennedy administra
tion, for which they were roundly applauded by
the partisan audience.
The crowds were both sizable (with Gold
water drawing perhaps 1,000 more, at least in
part because he spoke in the evening, while
Rockefeller spoke at noon to an audience many
of whom had paid $4.50 for a box lunch).
FOLLOWING Rockefeller's talk, a number of
people came forward to shake his hand, get
his autograph, or just look at him up close.
Following Golrlwater's talk, there was a surge
of young placard - bearing supporters to the
speaker's stand, apparently just hoping to get
close to him.
Both men are fairly good as political speakers,
knowing when and how to emphasize a point,
when to pause for applause, when to be humor
ous and when serious. Both are rather attractive
physically, in a masculine way. Each handles
himself well both in crowds and under the
searching questioning of reporters. On the latter
point, Goldwater was somewhat more forthright
and responsive in his answers than was Rocke
feller, although both tended to equivocate
which is not only expectable but olten necessary
when one is not an announced candidate.
THERE wore no particular surprises in the re
niai'ki; fMi'inn m- infnrmyl nf nitripr man
They agreed that Richard M. Nixon probably
is working for the Republican nomination.
Rockefeller invited Goldwater to debate
with him during the coming months in efforts to
work toward greater unity of purpose and policy
within the party. Goldwater, to no one's surprise,
declined.
Rockefeller acknowledged that the problems
facing the United States in the l!H0s are not
without their difficulties
water tended to view them in terms of black and
white, readily soluble by stout hearts.
DOTH, of course, were
nunciation of the
To have expected anything else in such circum
stances would be unrealistic.
But one gained the impression that Gold
water would junk the entire Kennedy program
(to say nothing of practicaly all other legislation
enacted in the past 30 years), while Rockefeller
woud retain many of the social and economic ad
vances of recent years, while claiming to be able
to administer them better.
One also gathers the impression that Gold
water is enjoying himself hugely in the vast and
sudden popularity which is showered upon him,
while Rockefeller, despite a ready grin and oc
casional humor, gives the impression of a man
who knows he is fighting against odds.
"V'E also notes that both men are intense poli
ticians, with Goldwater taking an emotional
approach, Rockefeller a more intellectual one.
Rockefeller offers plans; Goldwater offers slo
gans. Both castigate the Democrats, and uphold
"principle" as opposed to "expediency."
Rockefeller is running, we would judge, be
cause he desperately wants to be President of
the United States, and thinks he would make a
good one. Goldwater is running, we would judge,
because he suddenly finds himself, all unexpect
edly, at the forefront of a rising tide of protests
at today's complexities and uncertainties.
At any rate, those are our conclusions after
a day of candidate-watching. E.A.
and complexities. Gold-
unsparing in their de-
Kennedy administration
"Down, Boy Not That One Down, You Dumb
Mutt"
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paper, in fact tha contrary is often the case.
Differing View
To the Editor: I am a sopho
more at Medford Senior high.
Having failed to see any let
ters to the editor concerning the
article on the meeting at Hoover
school, with Walter Huss and
Dr. Kenneth Goff, I believe that
I should tell how the action ap
peared to me, and (I am sure)
to many others.
After reading the above men
tioned article, in the Oct. 6 issue
of the Tribune, it is amazing to
me how facts can be so distorted
and still be presented as the
truth.
The article mentions George
Winne's attempts to ask ques
tions during the question period.
After the first few questions the
four students' attempts to ask
questions were far from orderly,
and appeared to be for the pur
pose of disturbance.
Winnes first question was
misstated in the aritcle. The
question was "What good do you
think you are doing America,
by attempting to keep Gus Hall
out of the Oregon colleges?"
Needless to say this is quite dif
ferent from . what the article
says.
As regarding the statement
that Huss cut Winne off and told
him that there was only one
question per person: f heard no
such statement, and it is unrea
sonable to think that this state
ment was made because Winne
was recognized and did ask
more than one question.
Some of the boys' "questions"
were not really questions, but
derogatory statements, and they
were asked to put them in the
form of questions, if they wanted
to be recognized.
In response to a statement
made by Goff, Winne (who was
out of order since another man
was asking a question) stood up
and pointed his finger at Dr.
Goff. The article says "Huss or
dered him to sit down and the
youth complied." It doesn't men
tion how long a period elapsed
before he sat down. Actually it
was only after several people
in the audience told him to sit
down, that he did so.
Space limitations prohibit
naming all the discrepancies in
the article.
It would seem from this arti
cle that the only persons inter
viewed, were those who ex
pressed dislike for Dr. Goff and
Freedom Center.
If a paper cannot have a re
porter at such meetings, it
should at least interview persons
on both sides of the question:
which evidently was not done
by this reporter.
The title of this article and al
most everything in it is entirely
one sided, and is evidently
aimed at degrading anti-Communist
efforts, and I admit, it
did a pretty good job of it !
Tom Stiehl
llfi Elk st.
Medford
Pattern
To the Editor: Rarely do we
pick up a newspaper or maga
zine these davs without encoun
tering headlines on "scgrega
' tion," "integration," or "dis
crimination." There has been a great deal
of criticism of churches in this
connection. The Methodist
Church, for one. has come under
severe criticism lor having a
Central Jurisdiction made up of
Negroes onlv. Many years ago
i the church recognized the prob
lems involved but did not feel it
wise to force integration. Instead
they provided legislation enab
ling Negro and white congrega
tions to merge whenever they
decided by democratic ole to
do so. Many hae. In other cases
Negroes have been just as re
luctant to give up close associa
tion with people of their own
background and understanding
as have the whites.
Recently a group of Method
ists, unfortunately uninformed,
asked that the Methodist Pub-
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lishing House, a church-operated
concern with more than 2,000
employees, "integrate its oper
ation by employing Negroes for
all categories of employment."
The response of Lovick Pierce,
president and publisher, is en
lightening. He said that for sev
eral years the Publishing House
has operated under the policy of
neither hiring or refusing to hire
anyone because of race. Person
nel records do not identify em
ployees by race. Recently, when
it seemed advisable to have that
information it had to be ob
tained from department heads.
They found that more than 12
per cent of all employees were
Negroes while the total Negro
membership of the Methodist
church is approximately 4 per
cent. Negro employees are hold
ing positions in 55 job categories
including editor, associate edi
tor, secretary, supervisor, cler
ical worker, office manager,
business-machine operator, or
der clerk, shipping and receiv
ing clerk, cook, janitor and
maid. Mr. Pierce stated that
those holding these positions do
so because "they are efficient,
capable, and interested in the
success of our efforts to serve
the church. We cannot afford
employees, regardless of race,
who do not bring these qualities
to the service they perform."
Here are policies that could
well serve as a pattern for both
Negroes and whites. They are
all the more significant when it
is realized that the headquarters
of this publishing business is in
Nashville, Tcnn.
A. Ray Neptune
Rogue Valley Manor
Medford
All God's Chillun
To the Editor: A Yale profes
sor once referred to the extra
ordinary capacity of the human
mind to withstand the introduc
tion of knowledge. So, too. the
impact of a new idea beats in
vain against the strong wall of
prejudice. What some people
mistake for thinking is really
only a rearrangement of their
prejudices.
That seems to be the diffi
culty of Ralph McKinnis and
Lewis Perry, among others: un
able or unwilling to learn any
thing from the eminent authori
ties on the race problem whom
I have quoted in these columns
from time to time; e.g., the dec
laration of 192 anthropologists,
and that of 80 white clergymen
in Atlanta, Ga, (mv letter of
9-29).
Mr. McKinnis again exposed
his extreme racism (10-6) with
more of his absurd claims of
racial superiority, and Mr. Per
ry asserted gratuitously ( 10-7)
that 1 "seemed to know very
little about (the subject)."
To be sure. I make no claim
to superior knowledge in the
field, although I have given
years to study of it, lived in the
south for more than a decade,
supervised Negro employees,
organized the first Negro Hi-Y
Club (YMCA organization (or
high school students) in a south
ern city and served as adviser
to student leaders starling a
YMCA for their Negro college
in the same city.
Moreover, 1 always have been
eager to learn from acknow
ledged authorities, white or Neg
ro, and have been proud also to
count among my friends Negro
clergymen, business men. arti
sans, larmers. YMCA Secre
taries, and at least one distin
guished sociologist
Or need I remind our mis
guided correspondents of the
achievements of such Negroes
as the following''
The great scientist. Dr.
George Washington Carver:
Harvard professor and world
siatesman. Dr. Ralph Bunche;
singers Marian Anderson and
Roland Hayes, among many;
Nobel prize-winner, Albert John
Luthuli, President of South Af-
OREGON
Adenauer
Germany;
PHIL NEWSOM
L'Pl Foreisn News
Analyst
"Adenauer may well be
deemed the west German
statesman since Bismarck."
It was a compliment from
one great man to another. For
the man who made the remark
was Sir Winston Churchill, he
who led Great Britain through
the perilous World War II years
rica's African Nationalist Con
gress? Or, these leaders of emerg
ing African nations: Julius Ny
ercre, LL.D. (Duquesene Uni
versity), Prime Minister of Tan
ganyika, perhaps most highly re
garded of all the African leader;
Charles Dunbar Sherman, Doc
tor of Public Laws (Springfield
college), distinguished econo
mist and educator of West Af
rica and President of the World
Alliance of Young Men's Chris
tian Associations; Michael I.
Okpara, MD., eminent Christian
churchman and Prime Minister
of Eastern Nigeria; Dr. Hast
ings Kamuzu Banda (University
of Chicago), Prime Minister of
Nyasaland; or our recent visitor
to these shores, the "Lion of
Judah" and Emperor of Ethi
opia to name only a few?
"All God's chillun", too!
Arnold Eugene Jenny
Rogue Valley Manor
Medford
Socialism the Solution
To the Editor: What are the
causes of juvenile delinquency?
The Socialist Labor Party has
listed several causes and every
one of these is directly attribut
able to capitalism.
Among the factors which are
necessarily disturbing the
younger generation is the per
sistence of international ten
sions. For example, the teen
agerlike everyone else lives
under the threat of instant an
nihilation but this prospect may
be harder to accept at 15 or 20
than at 40 or 50. A frank state
ment regarding the connection
between world strife and de
linquency comes from Bertram
Beck, director of the Children's
Bureau Special Juvenile De
linquency Projects, who says,
in part:
"... The graph of delin
quency shows an undeniable
correlation between war or
threat of war and the inci
dence of delinquency . . ."
Another important faevtor is
today's general uncertainty
about what lies ahead for it is
most demoralizing to the young
because for them the military
draft adds complications. This
draft makes it impossible for
both boys and girls to plan
realistically for peaceful, pro
ductive lives. It encourages a
devil-may-care attitude and
heightens anti-social feelings.
Being jerked out of school or
from a good job by an omnipo
tent Uncle Sam is bad for
youth. For he realizes, even be
fore he is well launched into
high school, that federal govern
ment power transcends that of
his parents. Consequently, there
is a premature disregard of pa
rental authority. He knows they
are powerless over him, or at
least soon will be.
There are at least three oth
er significant factors under
capitalism that contribute to
the rising delinquency rate.
These are the commercial ex
ploitation of crime and vio
lence; the slum environment
and capitalism's emphasis on
materialism.
.lust as the causes of juvenile
delinquency are clearly attrib
utable to capitalism, so are
they ineradicable from it! This
outworm way of life can never
rid itself of war, uncertainty,
an unheeding lust lor profits,
slums and the material empha
sis of capitalism.
The Socialist Labor Party
charges that capitalism is ut
terly beyond hope of reform and
that it must inevitably breed
an ever greater measure of
evils. Juvenile delinquency is
simply one more problem the
solution of which awaits the
advent of Socialism. Speed the
Day!
Ilenrv R. Korman
Box 541
Longview. Wash.
Trash? TskTtsK!
To the Editor: A letter to the
editor, published Thursday,
Oct. 10. was well worth read
ing. Get a copy of the Tribune
if you missed it. The woman
with the loud "soap box" ora
tions and quiet anonymity was
absolutely right!
"Beach Party." which re
ceived a good rating from PTA
groups, etc., DID scm to have
physically over-developed fe
males in it . . . BUT, for that
matter "Cheetah." in the Med
ford Mail Tribune's comic strip,
Steve Canyon, is quite t dish
for the little kiddies to view.
Suggested sex and all! She was
right again when she told of
our inferior second feature.
"The Choppers." lit w"hs a real
dog). It did depict the strip
ping of cars. But ... the teen
age villians were apprehended
Retires After Job of Remaking
Erhard Becomes Chancellor
to final victory over Adolf Hit
ler. And the man of whom he was
speaking was Chancellor Kon
rad Adenauer, who rebuilt a
war-wrecked Germany into one
of the world's greatest financial
and political powers, and which
today provides the North Atlan
tic Treaty Organization (NATO)
with every second soldier avail
able for defense of the West.
This is the day that Aden
auer's resignation from 14
years of rule becomes effec
tive. Wednesday, Ludwig
(Uncle Ludy) Erhard becomes
the new chancellor of the West
German republic.
It has been described as the
by the long arm of the law,
except for a miscellaneous few
who were shot to death. Our
well scrubbed, crewcut Med
ford youth knew what a
"corn-ball" movie this was,
and I could hear their laughter.
My point it this ...
Everything we see . . . or
hear ... or smell ... or taste
...or touch . . . DOES influ
ence us! Why, in the Sunday
S.F. Examiner I read an article
about the best place to jump off
the Golden Gate Bridge. If, at
any time in the future I wish to
commit suicide ... I'll try to
remember that article. I have
read stories, books, watched TV
and movies on narcotics, alco
hol, wild women, thefts, etc . . .
yet, somehow. I still consider
myself to be an average Ameri
can husband with a beautiful
wife and three well-adjusted
daughters. I'm certain we all
have been "exposed," at one
time or another, to something
contrary to our principles.
Don't knock this attitude. If
we cleaned up the front page
of our local newspaper, we
would clean-out our freedoms.
Maybe Mrs. Soapbox doesn't
want to know how our young
sters live ... It is evident she
knows nothing of our youngsters
when she says, I am well
aware of the perversity of
youth." Now. really! That is a
bad choice of words. I've only
lived here a few months and I
am aware of our Medford
youth . . . and it's not a gang
of so-called Teenagers .
they are merely young adults
. . . who are a lot more aware
of the difference between right
and wrong than we give them
credit tor.
We cannot please everyone,
for each motion picture has its
own "personality. As Mrs
Soapbox says, "Maybe it
would be a good idea, in the
future, if we parents got out
of our comfortable "TV" chairs
and went along with our chil
dren to the trash, made excit
ing and glamorous to them."
Maybe so . . . for then she
would be writing about motion
pictures such as Spencer's
Mountain. 20.000 Leagues Under
the Sea. David and Lisa, Thrill
of it All, Incredible Journey,
and many, many more. She
would enjoy the excitement and
glamour of a good movie.
I admire her for speaking for
herself ... but I do not admire
her (or being presumptuous
enough to speak for over 6,000
people who saw Beach Party
... in the Medford area alone.
The Cralerian is Medford's
entertainment center. If anyone
has any views or suggestions
please feel free to contact me.
Robert Retzer
District Manager
Oregon-California
Theatres
Medford
Symphony Concert
To the Editor: May we take
this opportunity to ' capitalize
upon the keen interest in this
section of your daily newspaper,
especially these past few days,
to seek the support of the valley
residents in a much less contro
versial issue that of the forth
coming concert of the Portland
Symphony Orchestra at Hedrick
Junior High School in Medford
on Wednesday afternoon and
evening, the 16th of October.
The Associated Commuters of
Southern Oregon College, the
group sponsoring this cultural
attraction, is bringing this 70
piece Symphony to the valley at
a considerable expense because
we believe we need an event of
this kind to provide a new kind
of experience that of seeing
and hearing a "live" Symphony.
We are indeed eager to fill the
hall for both of the scheduled
performances. We appreciate
the fine work of Mr. Alfred S.
V. Carpenter in securing the
support of the Medford Branches
:of the First National Bank, The
I Oregon Bank, and The United
States National Bank, as well as
the Pacific Power and Light
'Company; however, we believe
: that Jacques Singer, the inter
nationally noted conductor of the
orchestra and the orchestra it
self deserve an audience worthy
of the tremendous program
S planred Mr. Singer has built the
I Portland Symphony into a highly
I polished group which is chal
lenging the standards of the na
i lion's most highly ranked en
sembles. We are grateful to the valley
residents who have become pa
trons of this event and to the
Britt Music Festival Board for
its sponsoring the reception for
the orchestra at the Rogue Val
ley Country Club following the
end of an era, an ending that
came sooner than Adenauer
himself wished, not as soon as
Erhard and others in A d e n
auer's increasingly rebellious
Christian Democratic party
have wished.
Churchill's comparison of Ad
enauer to Bismarck was not
just a complimentary phrase.
For Adenauer, like Bismarck,
had been called upon to lead a
fledgling German state and
both had led it to wholly unex
pected peaks of power and in
fluence. Adenauer overcame doubts
that the German people had re
jected their Nazi past and won
for them acceptance in the
Western family of nations.
evening performance. May we
seek your support and may you
share with us the feeling of
great satisfaction that can come
from making the Portland Sym
phony's visit to Medford the
most memorable of its current
concert season.
Tickets are still available at
Mann's and Purucker's in Med
ford, the Melody House in
Grants Pass and at SOC. I hey
may also be purchased at the
door.
Randy Clark, President
SOC Associated Commuters
Harold Friend, Chairman
Portland Symphony
Orchestra
Ashland, Ore.
Prayers Answered
To the Editor: We want to
thank you so much for putting
our letter in your paper. Our
prayers were answered. We got
our Siamese kitty, Buni, back.
So many nice people called our
grandmother and aunt, and they
all cared whether or not we
found our lost kitty. We arc so
happy. Grandmother and auntie
sent her home on a big plane
and Daddy and Mommy and us
met her. We are so happy.
Thank you, thank you, thank
you.
Louise. Linda and Bobby
7637 Hillside
Oakland, Calif.
Strictly
Personal
By Sidney J. Harris
(c) Field Enterprise!. Inc.
SQUARE I.N REVERSE
A man I know who prides
himself on being "hip" was
having coffee with me when an
other man entered the restau
rant and nodded at my compan
ion. The man I was with barely
acknowledged his greeting.
"What's the matter, don't you
like him?" I asked. The man
shrugged. "I hardly know him,"
he said, "but he looks awfully
square to me the way that he
dresses and parts his hair, and
those rimless eyeglasses. Man!"
"That's a strange attitude for
you to take." I commented. "It
seems to me that you're behav
ing just like the squares you
detest."
"What do you mean?" he
looked at me suspiciously.
"How come?"
"Well." I said, "what you
people most dislike about the
squares is the fact that they
pigeon-hole life, they com
partmentalize even-thing, and
have smug easy answers to
difficult questions. Right?
"Right." he admitted, still
gazing at me mistrustfully.
"If a square." I went on.
sees a man with a beard, he
immediately classifies him as
a 'beatnik.' If a square sees
a person dressed a certain
way, he allows that surface
impression In influence his
opinion and attitude, and
doesn't even try to know what
the individual himself is like.
Right again?"
"Check." he said. "And so
what?"
In the Day's News
By FRANK
From Washington:
The threat of a new Berlin
crisis SUBSIDED almost as
quickly as it began when a So
viet blockage of American mili
tary traffic was withdrawn on
the highway lifeline to West
Berlin.
U'HAT happened?
' Let's recapitulate.
First, we signed the nuclear
test ban treaty which, for rea
sons of their own. whatever
their reasons were, the Kremlin
Russians wanted.
Then
We agreed to sell them wheat
which they wanted and
NEEDED.
CO-
Being communists
The Kremlin leaders jumped
to a typical communist conclu
sion. Their conclusion was this:
"These Americans are SOFT.
"We can BLUFF THEM."
C THEY tried the Berlin autcv
bahn bluff.
Adenauer fought for a united
Germany integrated with a
united Europe.
He tied West Gemany's fate
with the United States and his
constant goal was the elimina
tion of the old enmity between
Germany and France.
Not all these goals were ac
complished, and in later
years he became increasingly
suspicious that accord between
the United States and the Soviet
Union might be reached at tha
expense of a permap- uciy di-
video: oermany.
This and his continuing de
sire for close ties with Franca
led him last January to sign his
accord with President Charles
De Gaulle which he described as
a crowning moment of his life.
But within his own party there
was criticisn that he had be
come subservient to De Gaulla
and that for French - German
accord he had sacrificed some
of his own earlier goals, includ
ing a united Europe and his
close ties with the United
States.
It hardened the determina
tion that it was time for
Adenauer to quit.
Part of Adenauer's reluc
tance to shed his robes of of
fice arose from his doubts
about the abilities of the man
named to succeed him.
Adenauer, whose own interest
in economics is minor, recog
nized the Erhard genius which
had made the Germany of to
day the world's third largest
trading nation, the second
largest industrial producer and
the possessor of the iargesf
currency reserves in Europe.
But an economist, he believed
did not make a politician and
in many sarcastic references ha
questioned that Erhard had the
strength of character to stand
against the pressures which fall
upon the chancellor,
Actually, under Erhard, there
probably will be a few changes
in Germany policy.
But he opposes De Gaulle's
concept of a Europe which
would bar Britain.
And this may provide one of
his early tests.
"And sn this," I continued.
"You're doing the very same
thing, only with a reversed
image. You see a man dressed
a certain way and you imme
diately think of him as a 'button-down
jerk.' You think in
broad categories, too. rather
than in terms of individuals.
To you. anybody is a square
who doesn't resemble you in
dress, habits and mannerisms
even though such people
may be only superficially con
forming." "That's bad enough, isn't it?"
he asked.
"I don't think so," I said.
"Some people don't want to
waste their energy in rebelling
about non-essentials. But if you
get to know them, you may find
that their minds are sharp and
their characters are well devel
oped. The whole point is you
can't really tell what anyone is
like until you give him a chance,
until you get to know him."
"But the percentage is against
it." he muttered.
"The percentage is always
against sharp minds and devel
oped characters," I suggested.
"This is true in any group, in
cluding the so-called hipsters,
many of whom reject conven
tional society for weak, childish
and neurotic reasons."
"I'll give you that," he con
ceded. "Give me more," I asked.
"Don't let yourself become a
square - in - reverse. Keep open
tow ard people, or you're no bet
ter than he is."
JENKINS
It didn't work. We stood pat
and told them to bring on their
bears.
So they called off the bluff.
That appears to be about the
long and short of it.
lHIS incident should teach us
a lesson on how to handla
communists. They must be han
dled as one handles nettles if
one wishes to come off unscath
ed and unstung.
How does one handle a nettle
without getting stung?
Aaron Hill, in his Verses Writ
ten on a Window in Scotland,
gave us the recipe some three
centuries ago. He put it this
way :
fender-handed stroke a nettle
And it stings you for your
pains:
Grasp it like a man of mettle,
And it soft as silk remains.
'Tis the same with common
natures:
Use 'em kindly, they rebel;
Be as rough as nut-meg grat
ers And the rogues obey you welL
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