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Flight o' Time
Medford and Jackson County
History from tno files of The
Mail Tribun. 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 yean ago.
in YKAHS AGO
Orl. 17, mi (Saturday)
Plans for construction of two
new Medford school buildings
were announced here today; a
$1,600,000 bond issue will be put
before the voters on Nov. 5.
A 14-ycar-old Mcdford boy ac
cidentally shot and killed him
self today while hunting deer in
the Applegatc area.
20 YKAItS AGO
Oct. n, iota (Sunday
Jackson county population fig
ured al 49,022.
from Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudae Pot" column: "Wyan
dotte K. Rooster, who all his
days wanted to be a Chinese
pheasant, passed away suddenly
in mistake for one yesterday."
3(1 YEARS AGO
Oct. 17, 111.13 (Tuesday)
Property owners change minds
about widening East Main st.
Processing tax on pork to
start early in November.
Ill YKAHS AGO
Oct. 17, 102.1 (Wednesday)
New clues indicate Siskiyou
train bandits bought supplies
here day before crime.
James Stewart and Ed Gore
attend KP meeting in Grants
Pass.
50 YEARS AGO
Oct. 17. 1913 (Friday)
Mike Sanpos and Frank Sey
mour, awaiting hanging in state
penitentiary for murder of
George Dedaskalous in Medford,
tell prison warden that Tom
Frekas committed crime.
Assessed valuation of Jackson
county figured at $32,926,3112.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct ll superior
seven or eight is escellent; five ol
sis il good.
1. What did former Presiden
tial candidates John W. Davis,
Warren (1. Harding and Wil
liam Jennings Bryan have in
common '
2. Lent lias how many week
days''
3 Who was King Solomon's
mother?
4. In England, a faucet or
spigot is called a - - ?
5. A famous Notre Dame foot
ball coach lost his life in an
airplane crash in 1941; name
him.
fi. Which is heavier, copper
or steel?
7. The tail of a decapitated
snake will continue to wiggle
until sunset; true or false?
fl According to legend, who
rode horseback naked through
the streets of Coventry?
9. wnat is tne name ot the
hard rubber disk used in ice
hockey?
111. Who is called "The Father
of Medicine "?
Answers: I. All were conven
tion "dark horse" nominees. 2.
Knrly. 3. Italhshcha. 4. Tap. S.
Knule Rwknc. fl. Copper. 7.
False. 8. I.ady Godiva. 9. Puck.
19. Hippocrates.
County Receives Fund
From Registrations
Jackson county yesterday re
ceived $166,560 56 from the stale
highway fund for its share of
the quarterly receipts based on
molor vehicle registrations.
According to Karl Jannuch,
county treasurer, the amount is
$9,3.10 54 above that received (or
the same quarter last year. The
money is added to the county'!
roads fund.
V
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1363
The "Influence
This is National Newspaper Week.
It is also the week when the voters over
whelmingly voted down a tax increase, against'
the advice of all but a handful of the daily;
newspapers of the state. j
So it might be an appropriate time to think !
nl.'vut tUn i-,f liinnnA rf rr it n 1 a rn ika i-a .-1 i V, rr '
auuui cue ui
public. It is manifest
they do have certainly
on the outcome of the
The editorial writers
bered.
e
'PHIS proves, if nothing else, what editorial
A. influence is not. It
and never will be, the
what to do or not to
never has been, and never will be, the power
to "brainwash" readers.'
But editorials, to the extent that they are
read,, do have a certain influence. It may be
negative influence, in some situations, where
readers disagree with the editorial, and are
simply reinforced in their beliefs thereby. This,
in fact, may have been the case in the recent
election campaign.
In any event, there
such negative influence does exist.
DOSITIVE editorial influence is a far more
subtle thing.
It depends on many factors how many
people see the paper, and how many read the
editorials; whether they have a predisposition
to agree with the editorial writer's overall and
general point 'of view;
are written and how well they make their points;
whether the editorial writer is held in general
respect; whether the paper itself is trusted as
a news medium or whether it is suspected of
slanting its news; the general atmosphere of
the community all these and many other fac
tors are part of any formula designed to meas
ure editorial influence.
It should be noted that these are variables,
and can change from day to day, week to week,
and political campaign to political campaign.
FEW people will judge a single editorial on
its merits alone, particularly if they are
long-time readers or the paper. 1 hey. are more
apt to judge it in light of what they know about
the paper and the editor.
If they believe he is
honest, and if he presents
and imagination, the reader is much more apt to
be influenced than if the writer blows hot one
day and cold another, compromises his integrity,
or writes in stuffy or foggy style difficult to
follow.
Too, readers are more
an editorial page which
ions to be expressed, whether or not they happen
to agree with the opinions of the editor. A lively
letters-to-the-editor column, as distinct from the
editorials themselves, is
parts of any paper, and
which a paper is held.
TMIE predispositions of the reader are also im
portant in gauging editorial influence.
Any communication
gin and its destination.
not received, it is not a communication. An un
read editorial docs not communicate anything
to anyone ; it has no influence at all.
When a message is received, and communica
tion established, it encounters a particular mind
set. This may be hostile or friendly; credulous
or skeptical; intelligent or ignorant; and these
varying attitudes are just as much a part of the
process of communicating as is the message
itself.
The mind-set of each reader is just a bit dif
ferent. Each reads the message in a slightly dif
ferent fashion, and thus actually receives a slight
ly dilterent message. And
precisely what the writer
WAS the failure of
TT election also a failure of editorial influence?
A failure of communication?
Perhaps it was. A Inure majority of the voters
apparently had their minds made up that this
was a bad law, that taxes arc too high, and that
the opinion leaders and editorial writers of the
state were ganging up on them to put something
over.
When one encounters a mind-set of this in
tensity, there is very little that can be dor
to overcome it. All the efforts to convince th
voters that the tax bill was the least of several
possible evils failed completely. The message
didn't get through, or was flatly rejected when
it did.
CAC15D with such massive rejection, should the
1 editorial writers close up shop? Certainly not.
The chief objective of a good editorial page is
nnt tini'iiniln It t.i crintntor f U . V-, A .-..-I
v . ........ . .i ... .-niuumi.u iiiuirwii);. .'uw
this is the "editorial influence" which each edi-i
tor prizes above all. Disagreement and agree-
mcnt do not bother him too much. Indifference)
does.
If his efforts contribute to the lUlblie dialoir'
i . - i i. i
oy wnicn iree men acnievc their consensus, then
he has done what he has
As long as any reader coos to the trouble to
marl an nilitni i:il. anil
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w ui in vt tine. ij. t.
"of Editorials
tuibujiaia mi tut; imuuig
that whatever influence
had little if any effect
election.
were, in a word, clob
is not, .never has been,
ability to tell anyone
do. Similai'ly it is not,
can be no doubt that
how well the editorials
consistent and basically
his ideas with clarity
apt to put credence in
permits a variety of opin
one of the best-read
adds to the respect in
has two ends its ori
If a message is sent but
this may or may not be
was trying to convey.
the tax measure at the
... -
set out to do.
iv. - n - f t,, it tl,o off,-...! ;J
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"Why Should I Debate Rockefeller?"
; ' '; ;; Z-T'jri, - ANYHOW - ; m
... Communications ...
Lftteri to the Editor must bear tht nam and addresi oi the writer, although under
certain circumstance! the use of a pen -name or initial tor publication is permissible.
The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and
condensation. Letters submitted ior publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters
printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the
contrary is often the case.
"Touch System"
To the Editor: Two items, the
Touch System, also the Home
Museum, seem of ever increas
ing importance in nature edu
cation. Testimony as to the
value of the "Touch System"
came from one Junior Mu
seum's director. This as to the
meteorite contributed by writ
er. There seemed to be fascin
ation when a kiddie could hold,
in his own hand, a fragment of
what one sometimes sees flash
across the sky as a red hot
shooting star.
This absorption is not con
fined to young folks. Under
signed recalls one night on a
camel trip on the Sahara Des
ert. There was a succession
of streaks of flame across the
sky because of a meteoric
shower. Our Arab camelboys
were quite excited. We did not
understand their Arabic. Our
French - speaking dragoman,
however, explained these Mos
lems believed Allah's angels
were pelting those of the
Devil.
Because of the value of the
touch system, as with above
it seemed a wise, investment
to contribute such small me
teorites to all U. S. A. s junior
museums.
Equal thereto in education
has been the Home Museum
As to this, writer has advo
cated each autumn, adding to
same last summer's birds
nests. Of unending interest
has been the housef inch nest
building al his home. Now
comes publication of research
as to measurement of house-
finch transportation power.
Bulk for bulk, says a recent
essay, our lovable little house-
finches can carry nest mate
rial as heavy as when an eagle
seizes a rabbit, a lamb or, as
the old folk yarns used to say
a small child.
C. M. Goethe
3731 Tea st.
Sacramento lfi, Calif.
"Terror Bv Night"
To the Editor: The world has
been shocked by the terrible
tragedy that has struck in Italy
In the Day's News
By FRANK
From Sacramento:
Horace Greeley's advice for
young men to HEAD WEST
may apply specifically to Cali
fornia in iotiO if the young men
don't mind older women.
The state department of fi
nance predicted that there will
be approximately 533,000 MORE
WOMEN in California by July
1, I9R0 17 years from now.
Walter P. llollman, the fi
nance department's population
expert, says the average Cali
fornia lady will be 20.3 years
old, while Ihe men will average
out at only 27.6 years of age.
IIOL1.MAN also forecast that
11
California's bulging popula
tion will swell to 27.8 million in
the next six years, with toddlers
under five accounting for about
2.740,000, or roughly 10 per cent
of the total. .
He adds:
"At (hat time, there w ill he
14,209,000 women and onlv 13,-
671 000 men"
lie goes on to sav:
The currently estimated 17 3
million persons now in Califor -
ma will grow to 17.9 million by
i 1965 a little over a year from
now
()LEST10N:
i;'
:n?
jealous of our great
neighbor's fantastic nnnulattnn
gtowlh?
vhm YOl'rt 1 1 nre,:
K within the next six years
there are 27 R million people in
California, that will mean a
LOT MOI
MORE CUSTOMERS for
what we have to sell and i lot
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDF0RD,
STATEMENTS
Thousands of lives snuffed out,
and untold property damage is
the aftermath of an unpredicted
flood. This added to the sorrow
in the hearts of those near and
dear to the victims, presents
anything but a lovely picture.
From this experience those of
us who live should draw an ob
ject lesson. The writer wonders
how many of the dead were
ready to meet their Maker?
Whether we believe it or not, all,
and that means you and me,
will someday stand before the
God who gives us life. If at that
time the Judge finds us unpre
pared, the ensuing tragedy for
us will be far greater than just
the loss of physical life here. For
us eternal life with God will for
ever be shut out.
I realize that here in our
beautiful Rogue Valley, there
are many devoted Christians
who long for that bright day
when our Lord will return. But
sometimes I wonder if we really
believe what we say we do.
It will be of interest to many
that several laymen in the area
plan something perhaps lust a
bit different, in their endeavor
to help individuals in the valley.
Beginning on Saturday, Oct.
19, a new radio program will be
heard on KRVC. The Hall of
Destiny will originate at 3 p.m.
each Saturday. Local talent will
be used. The speaker will be
one who has a burden to help
those around him. Listeners will
be- invited to write in questions
that have been perplexing them.
The word of God will be the
source for answers that will be
given over the air.
Besides this question answer
ing service, a clinic is planned
whereby those desiring help in
overcoming Ihe tobacco and
liquor habits will be aided.
In addition a welfare service
will be offered those in need.
The writer urges those who
read these lines to tune in. You
may address any questions or
requests to "The Hour of Des
tiny," P. O. Box 503, Central
Point, Ore.
llenrv Johnson Jr.
2315 Highway 66
Ashland, Ore.
JENKINS
more tourists to come up to our
glamorous wider-open spaces to
get away from the mess at
home.
I ET'S take a look at population
" densities.
In 19(10, only three years ago,
there were 100.4 people per
square mile of land area in
California.
If Mr. Hollman's forecast
turns out to be accurate, there
will be 175 pimple per square
mile by 1969, which is only
about six years away.
In Oregon in 1!KW, there were
13 A people per square mile.
QUESTION:
In 1969, how many people
per square mile of land area
j will there be in Oregon?
I ot too manv. we all hope.
I
j Tv I SIOV
I ,. .V , . ,, ,. ,
1 What about Horace Grcclev
' " h,,s ?(?Tt,,CC 10 "R
. mcn ,0 1,0 WLi,T?
I How did he come to say it?
!
rlMlE STORY goes that Ihe
phrase GO WEST. YOUNG
MAN was first used by John
Babsone Lane Soule. a country
I editor in Terre Haute. Indiana,
' Horace Greeley, than famous
editor nf the N'ew Vnrk Trihun
jsnw it and liked it. and used it
in an editorial in his peper He
didn t just crib it. as many an
' editor has done in the pinches,
j He printed it in full and gave
, full credit In Editor Soule
Histoid, however, forgot Soule
and gave the credit to Greeley.
k
OREGON
Border Dispute and Enmity of Leaders
Lead to Fighting by Morocco, Algeria
By
PHIL NEWSOM
upi Foreim News
Southward from Casablanca
the mountains take on a mud
brown hue, deeply slashed by
the erosion of centuries and j
sloping gradually into the Sa- j
hara.
TTipn frnm the air. it is a
nir-iurp nf dpsnlatinn hrokpn !
only occasionally by the green ;
of an oasis.
Such an oasis is Tindouf, 400
miles south of Casablanca on
an ancient caravan route. Such
also are Tinnjoub and Colomb
Bechar. All lie along the ill-defined
desert borders of Moroc
co and Algeria in an area
claimed by both sides, frequent
scene of armed clashes be
tween the two.
Duncan Replies
Editor's note: The following
letter by Congressman Robert
Duncan was in reply to one
printed recently in this column.
o
Miss Martha P. Brooks
Trail, Oregon
Dear Miss Brooks: Thank you
for the copy of your letter to
the editor of the Medford Mail
Tribune. You are correct; the
visibility was excellent. You
are, likewise, correct that nei
ther the President nor I saw the
sign. We moved from side to
side of the aircraft to see items
of interest. It may very well be
that your sign was on the blind
side.
In any event, we were not
looking for any such sign, and
it's difficult for me to see why
people would go to all that
trouble when I have had not
one single letter expressing any
opposition to this project in the
nine months I have been in
office. I further find it difficult
to understand why you would
characterize the Rogue Basin
Project as "pork barrel" when
its cost-to-benefit ratio is ex
cellent, when you have doubtless
observed the ravages ot the
Rogue in flood stage, when you
have doubtless observed for
yourself the effect of the low
warm water flows on the fish
life of the Rogue, and when you
consider the growing population
of Southwest Oregon and our
increasing need for water not
just for agriculture but for mu
nicipal and industrial uses that
we hope and know will come.
Water, to the West, is an ab
solute necessity. It is becoming
more and more of a critical
problem all over Ihe country.
The time to plan, the time to
provide the water is before the
need is critical, for projects
such as the Rogue take several
years from conception to frui
tion. There are reclamation proj-
ects wnicn tail inio ine ciassi-
lication into wnicn you attempt
to put the Rogue, but I think
you are in error in so categor-
izing this project.
I am in my office almost
every day including Saturdays,
Strictly
Personal
By Sidney J. Harris
(c) Field Enterprises. Ine.
PERSONAL PHE.IiniCES
There is a profound ditterence
between the genuine conserva-
live who wants to preserve
what was best in the past, and
the reactionary who wants to it can never be got rid o(. but
restore what was most profit-! only made to function more
able in the past; and it is hard nearly like its natural proto
for one to distinguish between ; type.
these two tendencies within
himself, because to most of us
what is profitable is, ipso facto,
the best.
The real evil of war is not
the destruction and death it
leaves so much as the rever
sal of values it promotes; it
sanctifies force and fraud,
and turns brutality and
treachery Irom vices into vir
tues; and when It is over. Ihe
ordinary man wonders why.
If morality can be suspended
between nations, it should he
resumed or respected be
tween persons.
Those who scrutinize too
rlnselv imacine thev are cot-
tmg at the "truth" when they
are onlv distortme nature: afl-
er all. when glimpsed through
a macnifvinc class, the skin ol
1 th- k.Mi.r,,! unman in
the world seems full of large
1 and uglv po'cs
It Is good to know
when
one's limit has been reached,
and to keep In mind that fine
old Savoyard proverb: "I
have so much to do that I am
going to bed."
Morocco describes them l
as "Moroccan lands under Al-
gerian control." Included are
areas rich in oil, natural gas
and other resources.
The Moroccans claim they
were annexed by France
when she controlled Algeria.
Scene of the most recent
clashes has been Tinnjoub, of
little value except as a
bargaining point.
Of perhaps greater moment
than the real estate in lm
mediate contest is the increas-
ing enmity between King Has
san II of Morocco, the young
constitutional monarch, and
President Ahmed Ben Bella of
Algeria,
nit; umivoim ic,iu-
tionary.
Hassan is the son of Moham-
ed V, whose foreign policy
linked Morocco firmly with the
emerging independent countries
of black Africa.
Sundays and holidays. Any time
you have any prooiems on
wnicn you mime i can ne oi
assistance, I hope you'll phone,
wire or write me a letter. It is
not necessary to carve your
message on the side of the hill,
for, dramatic though it might
be, there are much easier
means of communication, and
there is always the possibilty
that your message may be over
looked as was the case here.
Thank you for your interest
and for, belatedly, advising me
of your opposition to the project.
Robert B. Duncan
Member of Congress
Washington, D. C.
Seeks Understanding
To the Editor: Please excuse
to trouble you at your worthful
time for daily publishing, but 1
have very keen desire to start
contact with your good reader
which I can hardly evade out of
my heart in these day.
At present, Japan is isolated
island in Far East, especially
since last Great War, but young
seneration are trying to do
everything to regain friendship
based on deep understanding.
And this is the very reason why
I am writing to you now.
Don't you think it's a good
idea if we could understand
each other by exchanging some
stamps, view cards, books,
painting work, photos and news
or daily activities or even the
world events?
The understanding is, I think,
the first required necessary
thing before starting any thing.
The friendship built upon such
understanding can really serve
the way to the brighter life
and the world peace better. My
very writing of this letter is
for that purpose. Up until this
time I did not know how to do
any thing like this, but as I was
told by the Youth Council For
International Contact (20-1
Chome, Jinbo-Cho, Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo, Japan) recently that the
best way is to write to the edi
tors of some newspapers. So
here I am writing this.
Perhaps it might be too much
to ask you but if you can insert
this letter somewhere in your
newspaper, I would be more
than appreciated. Expecting
vour cordial attention on this
note.
Let me introduce hyself here:
I am 22 years old Japanese boy
and am a planter. My hobbies
ai'p tniicift rpatina nhnltc
j painting, stamps, movie, fish-
ing, tennis, ping-pong and all
sports.
Yasuhiro Koshi
:092 Obuse-.Machi,
Kamitakai-gun,
Nagano-Ken,
Japan.
A neurosis is just a prosthe-
tic device ol tne mind to help us
get through life after a psychic
limo nas been
crippled or am-
, pulaled in early childhood; and
The younger the child, (he
better the dog understands
him: it is only after e ac
quire words, education, ab
stract ideas, and a rigid sys
tem nf beliefs and attitudes
that we lose Ihe power to
communicate with those less
Intelligent than us.
Man would need at least three
lives in order to profit from his
faults: Ihe first in which to
commit his errors, the second j
in which to commit exactly the '
opposite ones, and the third in !
which to maintain his spiritual
balance. I
Those who complain that an
author is "obscure" or "con
fused" are sometime assum
ing a superiority they may
not hac: it is a sood exercise
in humility to remember
I Ichlrnbcre's tart aphorism:
" honk Is a mirror: if an
peers Into il. sou ran t
expect an apostle In look out."
To seem small talk in social
gatherings is as foolish and su
percilious as bringing nothing
but a hundred dollar bill to a
penny arcade.
But Hassan himself, for bet
ter or for worse for his future
! in Africa, has been linked with
j the West. And, like President
Habib Bourguiba of Tunisia,
j which flanks Algeria on the
outer side, frequently has found
himself a target of Ben Bella
Ben Bella is a proclaimed
socialist whose views lean to
ward President Gamal Abdel
Nasser of the United Arab Re-
; public and his sympathies to
ward President Gamal Ab-
del Nasser of the United Arab
Republic and his sympathies
toward Fidel Castro.
Hassan has tried to follow a
course of enlightened reform.
A year ago he set up Moroc
co's first constitution, and,
through a popular referendum,
proclaimed Morocco a "demo
cratic social monarchy."
The designation itself is one
of vague proportions. The king
names the premier and his cab
inet ministers, he also must ap
prove all legislation. He can, if
he wishes, refer legislation to a
popular referendum.
THE GREAT ASIAN
TAKE OVER
SEOUL, Korea Here in
Korea, the quest for an answer
to a rather major riddle has
ended. The riddle is why the
Chinese have been able to take
over virtually every Asian Com
munist party, despite the great
advantages enjoyed by the So
viets in the bitter contest for
influence.
From India eastwards, the
only parties still clinging pre
cariously to the fence arc those
in Indonesia and North Viet
Nam. But it is already quite
clear that North Vietnamese and
the Indonesian parties will be
forced to climb off the fence
very soon, and both will come
down on the Chinese side.
Some of the cases of parties
which have already made their
choice are downright startling.
In Burma, for instance, the so
called White Flag Communists
were always supposed to be pro
Soviet, while the tiny, extremist
Red Flag faction was considered
pro-Chinese. But now the Red
Flags are denouncing Mao Tse
tung for not being nearly Stal
inist enough, while the White
Flag group has openly given its
allegiance to Peking.
TN LAOS, again, the Pathet Lao
were entirely supplied, financ
ed, fed, in fact kept alive by the
Soviets, until the present shakey
cease-fire in Laos was agreed
on by Nikita S. Khrushchev and
President Kennedy. Loval to the
agreed terms, the Soviets then
stopped their supply deliveries
! to the Pathet Lao whereupon
the Laotian Communists immed-
iatly began to take advice from
the Chinese alone.
In Japan, yet again, the inital
Soviet advantages were almost
as great as they were in Laos.
In the post-war period, when
the Japanese Communist party
emerged from its former under
ground existence, the Soviets
were the Japanese party s first
paymaster: they supervised the
reconstruction of its apparatus:
they got in, as it were, on the
ground floor.
In retrospect, it is clear that
Ihe Chinese played a trump
card when they sent the dynam
ic Sanzo Nozako back from Ye
nan, where he had spent the
war years close to Mao Tse
tung. But the Soviets evidently
did not know that N'ozaka's first
loyalty was to Mao: and they
permitted him to assume his
present position of leadership
without opposition or protest.
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America, we cot to the gasoline commercials."
But the new constitution also
provides for a popularly elected
parliament with rights for wom
en. Tax reforms have been in
stituted and an agrarian reform
program in distributing land to
landless peasants.
Democracy in Morocco is a
far cry from democracy as it is
understood in the United States.
But a start has been made.
Since 1957, the United States
has provided Morocco with well
over $350 million in various
forms of aid, and will continue
its help even after U.S. air
bases in Morocco are aban
doned. But Morocco has been caught
up in the vortex of the strug
gle for influence in Africa
which effects both its internal
and external policies.
A year ago there were ru
mors that Hassan's 22-year-o!d
sister might marry Ben Bella.
If there ever was an agree
ment, today it definitely would
seem to be off.
Advance for PMs Thurs. Oct. 17
Matter
of Fact
By Joseph Alsop
ff) New York Herald Tribune Syndliaf
.return to Japan in 1956 of a
I large group of younger, China-
trained Communists, who worn
at once given secondary leader
ship positions. The Soviets also
sent back to Japan a much lar
ger group of ex-war prisoners,
including many supposedly well
trained party workers. But the
Soviet - returned Communists
were ineffectual, whereas the
Chinese - returned Communists
were tough and effective. Henco
the Japanese party has lined up
with Peking.
In North Korea, finally, tlm
Soviet leverage was, and is,
greater than in Japan or any
where else; for the North Ko
rean armed forces are living
from hand-to-mouth and will
suffer acutely from a final
break.
Despite this great and continu
ing Soviet leverage, however,
the North Koreans were anions
the first Asian parties to choosn
the Chinese side in the great
quarrel. Here, the explanation
lies, quite clearly, in the char
acter and position of the Norlli
Korean Communist boss, Kim
11-sung.
Kim is perhaps the most Stal
inist of all the Communist par
ties' remaining Stalinists, and ho
also encourages a "cult of per
sonality" even exceeding t h a
cult that surrounds Mao-Tsc-tung.
Primarily for these rea
sons, Khrushchev's secret
speech attacking de-Stalinization
in Russia, were very severo
blows to Kim Il-sung.
w
T'IM MIGHT not have survived
the resulting challenge to
his overweaning power, in fact,
if he had not restored to the
simple expedient of arresting a
good many members of the par
ty's Central Committee.
A series of purges of the par
ty were then ordered by Kim.
And now he is Mao's most loyal
and active Asian ally.
Read down this curious list.
The impression is overwhelm
ing that Russians have taken
the Asian parties (or granted,
have not understood their lead
ers, and have been taken by
surprise by Chinese boring-from-within.
Even the comparatively
simple problem of Kim Il-sung
ought to have been possible for
Moscow to solve if Moscow had
displayed either understanding
of foresight.
Maybe the Russians would
have an even harder time than
President Kennedy has had if
South Viet Nam were their prob
lem instead of ours. In anv
case, the schism of the Eastern
! branch of Ihe Communist faith
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