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History from tne. files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30. 40
and 50 yean ago.
Id YEARS AGO
Oft. 22, 1053 (Thursday)
Members of the Governor's
Resources committee are today
visiting Jackson county while on
tour of several areas of the
state.
Crater lake made a Septem
ber comeback in tourist trade.
20 YEARS AGO
Otl. 22, MII.I (Friday)
Halfbacks Steve Dippol and
Dale Niedcrmcycr on injured
list as Medford High football
team prepares for game at
Giants Pass.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "The
Morris Leonard boy Morris, who
is in the Navy, is coming home
this week on leave, to visit and
cat the fried and failed chick
en."
.1(1 YEARS AGO
Oct. 22, 1933 (Sunday)
Jerry Jerome, named chair
man of the 1034 Diamond Jubi
lee, scheduled for June, predicts
50,000 persons will attend the
event.
Medford police investigating
burglary at senior high school;
school officials report $2 stolen
from safe.
Ill YEARS AGO
Oct. 22, 11123 (Monday)
State Parent-Teachers assocl
alion convention opens in Med,
ford; large delcgalion of teach.
cis expected to attend from all
parts ot Oregon.
Suspect in railroad holdup at
Siskiyou tunnel arrested; pulicc
report man has established alibi
for time of robbery.
50 YEARS AGO
Oft. 22, 1913 (Wednesday)
James E. Greivc, Prospect, in
Medford for visit, reports travel
is heaviest in years; says busi
ness is prosperous at his now
hotel at Prospect.
City council instructed Med
ford cily engineer Arnspiger to
draw up plans and specifications
for construction of new reserve
reservoir and pipeline to pro
vide belter (ire protection for the
cily.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct it lupatloe;
levari or eight ii excellent; live or
tic it good.
1. Was January 1, I B C. one
or two years before January 1,
1 A.D.7
2. A tail-like plait of hair ,
worn behind, and a lile of per
sons are both called what:
3. The noted leaning tower is
located in which Italian city?
4. Which stale is nicknamed
Ihe Magnolia Stale''
5. An Individual suffer
ing from pyrophohia is afraid of
what?
R. In the song Yankee Doodle.
"macaroni" refers lo a kind of ,
food, or what else'' j
7. Is the Mesa Verde Nation-j
al Park in Colorado, New Mex-1
ico or Arizona.'
8. What Englishman claimed
the West Coast of America (or
Queen Elizbeth?
9. Who was the German Nazi
who in May, 1941 made a spec
tacular flight from Germany to
Scotland and surrendered?
10. Is Montreal or Quebec the
largest city in Canada?
Answers: I. One year. S.
Queue. 3. I'lsn. 4. Mississippi.
5. I'"lre. 8. Gayly unllormed
Maryland Soldier of Revolu
tionary War. 7. Colorado. . Sir
Francis Drake. 9. Rudolph llrss.
10. Montreal.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22. 19S3
Woodland
We have never seen the woods quite as lovely
as they were last week when it was our good for
tune to venture into them in the company of
Curtis Nesheim, district warden of the State De
partment of Forestry.
In southern Josephine county, virtually all
the older clear-cuts (and there are many) were
decked out in outrageously lavish colors bril
liant reds and yellows, subtle browns, greens
ranging from the somber dark of the towering
firs to the almost iridescence of the turning
maples.
The mountain skyline, so often sharp and
jagged in the distance, was softened by fog and
low clouds and, later, by drifting smoke from
slash fires.
rUR TRAVELS took us to Selma on liigh
way 1(J9, past Lake Selmac the new,
man-made body of water over which a dispute
is in progress between fishermen and water
skiers and up McMullcn and Thompson creeks
to view slash burning in progress.
Slash-burning is an operation of which we
have always been critical, and we look forward
to the day when it will be entirely eliminated.
Meanwhile, we must concede that the economics
of logging and the hazards of fire in dry slash
combine to justify it under certain circumstances.
But most foresters are coming to the conclu
sion that the least slash burning possible the bet
ter; also, that when it is done, it must be done
carefully, and with full attention given to weath
er, terrain, method, techniques and supervision.
fTHE TWO slash-burning operations we wit---
nesscd were both on steep north slopes.
The slash (flash fuel, branches and cull logs left
over lrom a logging operation) was damp. T here
was a heavy log and the
As much as possible,
centrated into piles or
around and through the
Actually, the men doing the burning, using
cans of diesel oil with a flaming spout, were
having difficulty in getting the slash to burn.
"That's the way it should be," Nesheim said.
COME DAY, hopefully,
feasible to take all
fiber out of the woods
forest products. Chips
iromising possibilities. Hut there must be a mar
ket for them before trucking the marginal prod
ucts can be afforded.
The time may come,
when wood fiber, as distinct from wood or lum
ber, will be the chief product of our forests.
But that time is not yet, and until it is, the
"wasteful" practices of today will remain the
most practical and economical.
Some of the "waste" now left in the woods,
as a matter of fact, serves a useful purpose in
sheltering reproduction growth, and funning
humus for the renewing forests.
A FTER THE slash inspections, we continued
on good forest and county roads, up Deer
Creek, around to the cast of Krrby and Holcomb
peaks, then down into the Williams Creek valley,
up logging roads to the Low Divide area and
down Grayback Creek to the Oregon Caves high
way. This is, generally, the route which has long
been advocated by m a
(including Cave Junction's longtime Mayor, El
wood llussey) for a shorter route to Medford.
It is passable now. But if you decide to try
ii, go wiin some one who Knows tne route, or
take a good, new map along. The roads aren't
bad, but on the oast slope they
ami a numuer oi log.nine,
.1 1. ... 1 . . '
easily confuse a driver
Actually, except for
J , ,. 1
cess, tne need ior such a
eliminated ny me improvement oi me
i . . i i i 1 1 . .
'I'lir, ii.u, sianing ciuuv and toggy ai
HE DAY, Slartilie; cllillv and foguy and end-
ing warm and sunny, OIU'C again ICllltiil ccd
otir belie! that we live in
ful areas in the world.
It does not, perhaps,
dor of the Alps or Sierras or Rockies or Hima
layas or Andes. Hut one still can find a wilder
ness beauty spot unsullied by litter-bugs. Onej
has the sweep of the tossing, blue-green hills;!
the creeks and streams and lakes; the occasional
highland meadows; the feeling of space and
cleanliness.
One hopes that it can
kipt that way so that
dren s children too can
beauty. K. A.
Ex-Presidents ' Form
In a little-noticed action, the Senate of the
United States recently enacted a measure which
would welcome former Presidents to its hallowed
precincts, to sit, speak, debate and offer advice
as non-voting "members" of the Senate.
While it is somewhat doubtful that Mr.
Hoover, Mr. Truman or Mr. Eisenhower will take
advantage of this privilege, still it is a good idea.
Former Presidents, having suffered the pressures
of the toughest office in the world, could have
much to offer, should they desire the podium the
Senate provides.
One hopes they may take advantage of it.
If not, it is more likely that Mr. Kennedy, when
leaving office, may wish to return to his old
arena, either as an "honorary" ireinber, or, once
again, as a U. S. Senator.
Tour
humidity was high.
the flash fuel was con
rows, with fire trails
areas.
it will be economically
or most of the forest
for use in a variety of
and pulp offer the most
as a matter of fact,
n y Illinois alley
folk'
ire unmarked, I
. . i l i r .
roans leading otl can j
as to the correct route,
scenery and forest ac-
. ', , , ,
route nas iare'eiy Deem
, i 1 1
highway,
one
if the most hcauti-
have the rugged splen
be kept or part ot it
our children ami chil
partake of Us peace and
E. A.
"Dear Gen. DeGaulle: Adenauer Has Retired. I
Macmillan Has Retired. Just Thought I'd Drop I
A Line To Ask How Are Things With You?"'!
HOMAGK TO ASIIAKAGA
YOSII1.M1TSU
KYOTO. Japan Gav. dream
like, glittering, improbable, and
altogether ravishing. Ihe Golden
Pavilion seems to float upon the
surface of Ihe little lake, which
lovingly reflects the building's
bright gold lacquer and Ihe deep
blue-green of the encircling pine
clad hills.
The hillsides that embrace the
lake, the lake itself, and the
lake's islands, large and small,
form a single incomparable gar
den. The site must always have
been very beautiful. But every
feature has been enhanced, in
tensified, made magical by art
ful encouragement of the moss
carpet under the pines, by care
ful accenting with great rocks,
by the long-considered, seeming
ly artless shaping of the banks
of the lake, and by the islands
and great granite stepping
stones that give a variety to the
tranquil water.
As (or the pavilion al the
lake's edge, it has no ornament
properly so-called except the
golden phoenix perched upon its
roof-pinnacle. There is nothing
to it, really, except pure form
Ihe rhythm of its delicately var
ied bracketting, Ihe stronger
rhythm of ils repealing roof
curves, and the central rhythm
uf Ihe diminishing spaces en
closed by ils three stories.
w
YET these pure forms, so ele
gant, so subtly understated,
have been raised to purest fan
tasy by the contrast between
the simple, almost rough wooden
construction of the lowest, open
est story, and the warm, rich,
glorious, butler - yellow gold
w solidly covers the two
upper Mm ica.
As for the total effect of the
pavilion in its selling, it fore
tells Ihe vary greatest of the
Japanese decorative screens.
But whereas Ihe Momovaina
painters shower Ihe green of
ni,u"'1 !1alT a 1,,1U'" bai'K-
glullllll, c llilvi: liliu lilt: ir
VCI.se sincmg in the
foreground, against the rich!
'p' ' pavilion's cradling
! am scant'.
Th(, ..,,.,,, limi nrst master
of nil this beauty was not a I
wholly admirable man. at any ;
rale byn.rrenl standards. Asm-
shoeunate - a defective mill-
lary dictatorship of Japan
Iwhen he was still a boy, in the ,
I nurd quarter oi tne lain cen
tut y. A D. His was a prosperous
. 1
inheritance, too.
Y'ET. although Ashikaga Yo
shimitsu was an astute and
often devious politician and rul
er, he was also licentious, self
indulgent, and above all. wildly
extravagant. His motto, like
Louis M s. .is "Alter me the
deluge " The deluge duly came:
for YoslumitMi U'il the Ashikaga
Shngun.ile hopelcsly crippled, ti
nancially and in most other
ways, and chaos and ruin fol
lowed his reign.
(inly consider . however. Ihe i
obiccls of Yoshimitsu's extrava-1
gam e. I nder his patronage the ,
No drama and the Tea Ceremo
ny began to Like form. In his
lime and with his encourage- i
menl. the arts in Japan reached 1
the peak symbolized b the im
mortal Sesshu
And among his counties build- j
ing projects, m addition to the
Golden Caution, Ihe world is
still enriched by his restoration
of the Gnnlen of Ihe Moss Tern- j
pie In this mast haunlingly ,
beautiful of all Ihe world's green
places, the great trees Yoshim.it-1
mi planted more than fixe cen-!
tunes ago are only now begin-1
ning. alas, to die of old age. !
IT IS an interesting moral prob-
lent whether to admire or de -
j'loie this wonderfully creative
man. who was also so destruc-1
tne. Moreover, the problem is I
restated in some sense, bv Ashi-
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD,
Matter
of Fact
By Joseph Alsop
lc) New York Herald Tribune SymlUate
kaga Yoshimitsu's master-work.
For the Golden Pavilion itself
can quite as reasonably be call
ed a wicked building as a beau
tiful building.
Its mere construction started
a bloody costly civil war And
the taxes Yoshimitsu levied to j
pay for his exquisite pavilion
and the related structures which
are now lost spurred the strong
Constable of the West, Ouchi
Yoshijiro, to raise the standard
of revolt. Rivers of blood flowed,
and many hundreds of thousands
endured the utmost misery be
fore that gilt-bronze phoenix was
triumphantly affixed to the pa
vilion's roof-pinnacle.
Nor is that all. Not manv
vears aeo the pavilion's beautv !
acluallv drove a vounE mail i
mad. In a strange paroxysm of
love-hate, he burned it to the
ground one night. Thus what we
see today is not Ihe original
handiwork of Ashikaga Yoshi
mitsu. but a modern replica ex
ecuted with the most marvel
lous precision. This fact also
poses its troublesome, almost
unanswerable problem.
IX BRIEF, Ihe burned pavilion
no longer showed Ihe full de
sign of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. It
had long since lost ils golden
lacquer; and this bare structure
of naked wood, all silvery with I
agc, produced an effect of haunt
ing loveliness mingled wilh in
finite melancholy, quite differ
ent from the effect of the repli-
Had the centuries thereby im
proved the handiwork ot Yoshi
mitsu? Or should we more ad
mire Ihe dream-like gay en
chantment of his true design,
which has now been restored
to us? I
The Japanese argue these !
questions bitterly among
selves. But it is almost more
' I". ' ' . ; !
CiilrL-n IJ-ivilinn Ihr flUPlilHl
nf tho iihln link between !
wickedness and beauty.
monoclks for 'iunkv
LONDON I LTD Ihe roreign
office iiew two new monocles
to Indonesia Monday to replace
Hie one broken by Col. "Binky"
Rock during Ihe riols around
recently. The monocles were
M.nt in Ihe embassy s diplomat
ic pouch.
t'MIIV STRIKES
CALDWELL. Idaho (ITU
Members of the Grain Millers
Union went on strike Monday
against .1. R. Simplot Co food
processing plants at Coldwcll,
Hevburn and Kurlev.
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I sure know li s sin lo
OREGON
Despite Improving Economy, Britain's
Tories Plagued by Mounting Difficulties
By
PHIL NEWSOM
t'l'I I'nrriin News
Analyst
Last April, with one eye on
the British voter and the other
on Britain s dawdling economy
Prime Minister Harold Macmil-i
: an s government cut taxes and
i iduiiLiifu dii iiii'jitjsaive fiiu-
gram to stimulate industry,
From an economic stand
point, the program has lived up
j to the hopes of its planners, j
I net U'nnlr Rritain'c inlitctrtnt
production index hit a new high, i
1 , . . ,. .. ..
ana i I'l s i-oncion financial edi-i
tor, Harrv Hobbs, reported Brit-!
am still in the
sl,arti nvnancinn "
process ot
1
Heavy Communist purchases dal and ,h: attendant overtones fajrs tt.as ,nat in nearly an 0f
of grain have sent freight rates of Ptcn"a danger to national ! tnom lne doak and lne daKRer
skyrocketing, and long-depress-1 security further undermined j were singularly absent. Indu
ed shipping firms now arc earn-1 confidence. i enced no doubt by such modern
ing fat profits.
Shipbuilding has come to life
under the stimulus of govern
ment credit for new tonnage
The Bank of England has
eased credit restrictions to per- j
mit close to a billion dollars in j
fresh money to be made avail-1
ahln in ir,rl,,l,.il onrl I n-l i i rl , q I
borrowers. j Home to become Macmillan's
The stock market, which had ; successor had a familiar ring.
hesilated as Conservative party j Even among Conservatives
leaders squabbled over the1 it was that he was a nonentity,
selection of a man to fill the a pleasant fellow who could not
prime minister's post left va-island up to the hurly burly of
cant by the ailing Macmillan, i
resumed its advance and closed i man of no popular appeal. The!
out the week at a new high fori same reaction had greeted his'
Ihe year. (appointment as foreign minis-!
Exports were continuing their iter in 10.
steady rise. I In that post. Lord Home'
A further sign of economic fooled all but his admirers.!
health was the fact the govern-
monl permitted several million
pounds sicrnng 10 leave me ne proved lougn ana amc. as
country for investment in a new I a member of the British cab
nylon plant in West Germany. inct he has gained increasing
This was a direct reversal of
previous policy, which had
limited British industrial invest
ment to the sterling area unless
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The Mail Tribune reserves the right lo edit all letters with a view to clarification and
condensation. Letters submitted lor publication must not exceed 400 words. The leiteri
printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views ci the paper; in fact the
contrary is often the case.
The Ann Todd Approach
To the Editor: It was in ;
ihnrknH Hiehniinf last week thai i
I read the statements and in
fcrenccs of Sam Harbison con
cerning me. as well as reply
bv Robert Root, in your Oct.
2, reporting that the Jleilford
Irrigation District had ordered
! an independent auau oi us
. books.
Had Harbison bothered to in-
form himself. I believe he d
have learned things he'd do well
to heed. For instance, that Ihe
litigation in the Eagle Point
r, .... . -
Irrigation District could have ;
been avoided if Ihe board had
furnished water to us and other
landowners in Ihe district in
stead of diverting it outside;
provided us wilh water for
which we paid, and on proper
rotation instead of burning up
our crops. Then I would nol
,m.ihave joined a group lo cancel
me coiiiiaci uciv.i-1-n mi: ci iu
and COPCO because of restric-
lions therein that affected our
water supply. 1 wouldn t have
been ink-rested in inspecting
the district's records, which re
quired a court order, and so.
would not have learned of the
many n i egulai Hies.
vrvr .. k . ?PPI,
was NOT a shotgun b ast writ -
ten by an emotionally upset
woman. Mine vvas an approach
that rcsi ed in written charges.
,ii,,m s,.-ifir ii-rpii.iritin
alleging s)eulic II legularities.
and requested an audit, all legislators could come up with a
of which were completely ig- solution lo Oregon's fiscal piob
nored j lems.
As apparently does Root. Ij whil(1 (hc ..V(,s vo(c.s. opn.
loo. believe in the democratic ions nave ( bccn cu.h,ded.
process, and of people attend- navc not bccn specially
i.i-; i::i vi:i,w. , "c rviu.iv
ness is the public's business!
But not according to the EPID
h.v.nl Thr. ii k "hivird's
hus i tss " ns c'ed at w?Ja t '
business. Ii ansae ied at pi in ate
In rll IimiI ( Uus-ia hm
Irl II ml ii tiarar twai!"
I U 'MM II V 7 i
; 1
.i- i ft
2s
it could be shown profits would
start coming back within 18
months.
Throughout the country, un
employment which had been a
cause of mounting concern only
six months ago, was declining
steadily.
All of this was good news for
Britain, and under other cir-
cumstances the Conservatives
n;.,ll., miV,l ..-nil ,vr,At
sosme Awards from the voters.
R t he , , whi h h fa
( ,h Conservativcs (or manv
months, including a string of
losses in by-elections for seats
in parliament, continue to
plague them.
President Charles de Gaulle's
brusque veto of British mcm-ilms
n,'i:hin in thu Knrniutnn Cnm.
"f , ' , "-m"
m0" ocau a neavy oiow
""r '""-"" '."""-"' :
nfnclttln Thn Drnfnmn env Cfm-
. 6.' . .
Macmiuan s illness ana tne en-1
suing scramoie ior power wnnin
the party created a picture of
disunity which bodes further ill
for attempls to convince British
voters that the Conservatives
should remain in power.
The reaction to the selection
nf Itll ,.,, n CIL,.nn- t-l ln.l
Ihe prime minister's job, a
j who included Macmillan. As a
i negotiator with the Russians
respect
But if that job was tough, it
was nothing compared to the
one he has now.
bear the name
and address of
of a
pen name or initial
t mccuns wiin :v inline in uic
puhlic. Hut tncy uu collect ices
and mileage for ALL "mect-
ings!
History records thai widely
different "approaches" have
been used to silence criticism
and sidetrack distasteful is-
sues. Today, and here, it seems
10 ne tne emouonany upsei
routine I submit that the sign-j
pendence were emotionally up -
I submit, further, thai when
t,iutc n-n. iu ; unuuuuoiij
unsct whPn their richts. htisi -
pcopie cease m uu rmuuuiiauy
ness anc livelihood are threat-
ened. it is to them Benjamin
Franklin addressed the follow-
ing: "They that can give up
essential liberty lo obtain a
little temporary safety, deserve
neither liberty nor safety."
then our form of government
lw jn become a "has been" and
nislorv win so record it.
Ann (Mrs. Howard F.)
Todd,
Route 1. Box 411.
Eagle Point, Ore.
l-'rom "Yes" Yolcr
x th(1 Editor. From wha( ,
have been reading in the paper.
I including your editorial of lO - JD -
, 6;, u ap,wars that the "no" vol -
ers o( ol. reccm tax meamre
clcclion arc askcd t0 pll why
ihcv voted thai way and In dive
. ' anoio gie
,nclr suggestions so that our
sn hmk that this li a
mistake. We are now starling
f,.om Sc,.alch and it is tm to all
I , stiaito anci ii is up io an
h "'S ' Mp, ,0,8,S -
lato. s form an acceptable plan.
While the
'yes voters
views
can't be expected to be mono
lithic, and they are certainly in
a minority
it is quite possible
thai their views will constitute
a plurality opinion: a nucleus
from which lo build.
My own position is that while
I voted "yes" on Oct. 13, I shall
vote "no" if cither a sales tax
or a cigarette tax should be re
ferred to the people My view is
lhat if new taxes are needed, an
increase in income taxes is the
best way to do it, rather than
any new form of taxation or an
increase in property taxes.
In view ol the results of the
recent election. I would suggest
lhat the legislature cut the
budgct and increase our income
taxes moderately. If Ihe voters
are convinced that there is no
fat in the budget. I feel it quite
possible lhat thev would accept
a modes! increase
Nocl L Erskine
1.501 Kings Hwv.
Medford
I l.ri s Prepare
To the Editor: 1 am concern
j ed that Modlord he as wU
I prepared to rrceur Neiio (im
' dies as a community can r
Strictly
Personal
By Sidney J. Harris.
(c) Field Enterprises. Ine.
FASHIONS IX SPIES
Owing to a scarcity of good
new mystery novels the civil
ized British kind I like, not the
American kind, full of booze,
blood, and naked blondes found
dead in the bathtub 1 dipped
into a number of spy thrillers
summer while giving my
, , , -
uny overworKea Drain a vaca
tjon
wnat struck- me anoui mosi
- . .... -
ot these cloaK-ana-ciaggcr ai-
masters as Graham Greene and
Enc Ambler, tne later-clay spy
i novel is a grim and seedy
, thine.
i Fashions in fiction swing al-
most to the extremes of fash-
ions in women's clothes from
decade to decade. When I first
tlPun rpaHintf SUV nnVPls AS
! youngster, it was the heyday of
I the E. Phillips Oppen h e i m
school the characters were
highly dramatic, with flamboy -
ant heroes and slinky seduc -
tresses quaffing champagne on
' the Orient Express.
Thru, as if in revulsion front
this lurid picture of high life
among Ihe inlernalional spies,
the genre suddenly changed
and we are now confronted
wilh drab, grey little men
darling furtively mil of (heir
furnished rooms and rubbing
threadbare shoulders with Ihe
scum of four continents.
In point of fact, from what
w e know about those spies w ho
have defected or been caught,
neither extreme bears the re-
the writer, although under
for publication is permissible.
sii ni'j,airii. i idii- me qui-.-,-
lion: "What, if anything, is bc
ing done by any groups in the fi. The rise of a leader around
community lo understand the whom the Negro can rally ( Mar
current strivings (or equality I tin Luther King, American Bap
and integration by Negroes?" j list minister). 7. The succes
I feel that we need more and : sion of Supreme Court decisions
more and better communica- j made by white men which have
tion on this subject in the com
munity if we are to be spared
mueh m.will and possibjy
1 Per'naps ., startcr should cm
1 brace an understanding of fac
tors which have led to current
demonstrations. According to
. ucmonsirai ions. According 10
.m.. n,i f.innH n, n,- ii,
Jackson, pastor-elect of Ml.
Olivet Baptist Church of Port
land, these factors include: 1.
The interest of Ihe communists
in the plight of the Negro in
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Britain has a new prime min -
ister. His name is Home, and is
safe rule that you can't tell by I
tnc way nc spcfis it how an Eng.
1 lishman pronounces his name.
i
: 'OU may ask:
- Wh,K is a Prime Minister''
corresponds
,i i i , ' i .
ratilcl- closely to our President.
HOW does he get his job?
He is appointed by the king
: in this case the QUEEN.
I How did Queen Elizabeth
come to pick Hume'.' The dis-
' patches tell us she did it at Ihe
URGING of retiring Prime Mm-
" u , P
gpitain the king ithe sai
'for queens) doesn't hay
' Th(1 common sav:
ister Macmillan. In present-day
same goes
much
power. Ihe common saying over
iherc is that "the king reigns
but docs not rule '
Hume's annoinlment at Ihe
llrn,n!; 0f retiring Prime Min
ister Macmillan means that an
effort is lo be made to continue
me policies inai nave neen 101-
lowed under
Prime Minister
Macmillan.
MORE quest
Who is the
tions:
he Prime Minister?
Wha
Yia
' ' ca
What does he do''
ELL. Britain has what is
lied the Cabinet Svstem of
government. Under this system,
actual control of the government
is in the hands of the more lm-
portant ministers, who are all
members of Parliament,
CHIEF of the Cabinet is (he
Prime Minister He SELECTS
THE OTHER MEMBERS OF
THE CABINET.
So. ou see. the Prime Min
ister is a Very Important Per
son In authority and responsi
bility, he is the British equiva
lent of the President of the
United Stales.
HOW d:d all this come about?
It's much loo long to be gone
mutest resemblance lo reality.
The effective and reliable spy
is not a glamorous and color
ful character, nor is he that
depressed member of the half
world so dear lo the hearts of
.Mr. (irccne and his many
imitators.
It is "cover" thai makes a
spy valuable; and the best
cover in modern society is
ordinary respectability. Some
spies have been foreign serv
ice officials, some have been
physicists, sonic doctors,
some exporters and import'
ers but all have moved in
commonplace circles, with
wives and children, attending
conventions, going on picnics,
and maintaining a consistent
professional status.
As in Chesterton's story, "Tho
Invisible Man" (in which a post-
m an commits a minder wi h
j impunity, because nobody
'sees a postman as a man,
j but only as a function), the spy
i above all wants no attention
called to himself: he submerges
himself in his environment and
takes on the color of his occu
pation and status, as the post,
man puis on his uniform, which
is distinctive, brightly colored,
and yet "invisible."
But of such ordinary stuff,
adventure novels c a n n o t bo
made; just as detective stories
cannot be written about tho
dull, plodding, patient routine,
that culminates in the arrest.
; For spies, when we apprehend
them, turn out to be super
ficially, at least like Ihe man
on the porch next door.
the United States. 2. The popu
lation explosion among Ihe col
ored races. .1. The migration
of Negroes to northern cilics
where they have re-scllled in
ghettos. 4. Improved opportu
nities for higher education
among Negroes. 5. The impact
of integration in Ihe armed serv
ices, and the subsequent return
of Ihe service man to his home.
led Ihe Negro to believe that
the law will back integration
and equality of opportunity.
Meanwhile, let's prepare to
welcome Negroes. Eastwood
Baptist Church membership will
' continue (o be open lo pcoplo
ot all races, provided they can
oi an races, provii
,,,niv r-hridi,
I Clifford J. Y
Clifford J. Young.
Pastor. Eastwood
Baptist Church,
Keeneway at Ridgeway,
Medford
, into in detail here. It started
ong cclurics ag0 whcn tn9
British people began to coma
to the conclusion that most of
their troubles (and they had
plenty of troubles) arose out of
TOO MUCH POWER IN TOO
FEW HANDS.
So they started clipping lha
L-inn'c
; king s powers.
i .
rri!E clipping process starter!
at Runnymede. when the bar
one forced foul King John to
sign the Magna Charta. That
cut the nobles in on the nower.
Bui it left the people down at
(he bottom of the hean. where
they had alwavs been.
Then, in the reign of Edward
HI, which began in 1312, t h e
Parliament was divided into
TWO houses, the House nf l.nrri.
and the House of COMMONS.
There began then a slrugglo
that lasted for generations. Tho
Bill of Rights, passed in 1W,
took awav most of the nower
ol the House of Lords and left
the king with NO legislative au
thority.
That led eventually to Brit
ain's present cabinet system of
government, in which the Hnuso
of Lords has practically no pow
er at all. Nor has Ihe king any
power at all other than tho
power of persuasion.
WHAT
of the cabinet mrm-
' ' hers?
They are solely responsible
to the House of Commons, and
must resign when they lose the.
support of the Commons on im
portant measures
What of salaries?
Members of the House of
Lords get no salary at all. but
are given traveling expenses
back and forth U they liv e aw ay
from London. Members of (he
House nf Commons get about
1 .000 pounds a vear. which u
eq' to about SJ.S'W.
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