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History from tne files of The
Mall Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
end 50 years ego.
10 YEARS AGO
Ocl. 28, 1953 (Wednesday)
Medford's Mayor D. L. Flynn
today was elected vice presi
dent of the League of Oregon
Cities at the organization's an
nual meeting in Portland.
Councilman John Snider yes
terday submitted to Mayor D.
L. Flynn his resignation as
chairman of the city council
police committee.
20 YEARS AGO
Oct. 28, 1943 (Thursday)
Medford City Superintendent
Frank Rogers discusses post
war planning for city at meet
ing ot Medford Lions.
from Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "A Port
land Republican is listed as a
member of Wendell Willkie's
'kitchen cabinet' in his drive
for the GOP presidential nom
ination. We wish him well and
hope he gets out of washing the
dishes."
30 YEARS AGO
Oct. 28, 1933 (Saturday)
Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, NRA
administrator, invited to visit
Medford on tour of Pacific
coast.
Police Chief Clctous McCrcdie
reports number of drunks ar
rested is on increase as liquor
supply "loosens up.
10 YEARS AGO
Oct. 28, 1923 (Sunday)
Andrew Jeldncss, Blue Ledge,
reports he is certain he saw
Siskiyou railroad tunnel robbery
suspects in this area.
Dedication ceremonies plan
ned by new Baptist church at
Fifth St. and central Ave.
SO YEARS AGO
Oct. 28, 1913 (Tuesday)
Don Radcr, Medford youth
who signed contract to play
baseball with Chicago White
Sox, writes owner of team ask
ing permission to accompany
squad in round the world tour;
expects answer when Sox play
New York Giants in Medford
Nov. 17 exhibition game.
Jacksonville winery expected
to produce "its greatest vintage
this year"; grape crop unus
ually heavy.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct Is superter)
seven or eight it eiccllent; live ot
sis is good.
1. Did the Green Mountain
Boys fight in the Revolutionary
War, Indian Wars, or World
War I?
2. "On The Road to Mnnda
lay" refers to the city of Man
dnlay in which country?
3. Which nation fought Russia
behind its Mannerheim line?
4. For a 151 h wedding anni
versary, should suitable gifts be
of china, crystal, or wood:
5. Herman Melville's "Moby
Dick" is a story about what
mammal?
6. On what empire has it been
said the sun never sets?
7. Is mocha an Arabian town
on the Red Sea, a coffee or
color?
8. Wolverine State is nick
tame for Michigan, Minnesota,
or Montana?
9. Vibration of the uvula and
(he soft palate will cause one
to do what?
10. Is Tibet to the North or
South of Nepal?
Answers: 1. Revolution, I.
Burma. 3. Finland. 4. Crystal.
8. WhaleA. British. 7. All three.
8. Michigan. 9. Snore. 10. North.!
MONDAY, OCTOBER 21. 1X3
Why Leave Oregon?
At the recent convention of the Oregon State
Bar Association, the lawyers decided to hold next
year's meeting in British Columbia.
A few days later, the Oregon State Bankers
association followed suit and scheduled their
next annual meeting in Victoria, B.C.
This double defection has the Oregon Cham
ber of Commerce Executives hopping mad
and not a little worried. What if other state
groups decide to take their Oregon-earned dol
lars out of state for the annual convention spree?
The chamber group appointed Medford
Chamber Manager Don McNeil to fire off a letter
to the Bar association to tell the lawyers just how
they felt about the situation.
e
THE letter, which was addressed to Portland
Lawyer Phil Roth, said in part:
"Most of us in Chamber of Commerce work have taken
it for granted that pride in Oregon on the part of its citizens
is not an unusual circumstance. It just never occurred to us,
Mr. Roth, that any responsible state group would entertain
the notion of staging its annual convention outside the boun
daries of our state.
"It seems to us that the Oregon State Bar has a greater
responsibility than might have been realized at the time its
decision was made. The first is a responsibility for establish
ing a precedent in this matter. Others may follow your ex
ample. The second is an economic responsibility to the trade
channels of Oregon communities. The third is an educational
responsibility to the newcomers in the Oregon State Bar,
many of whom are not native to this state."
THE Chamber group was further incensed by
Roth's rather airy justification for choosing
the Canadian convention site. Roth was quoted
as saying that the majority of attorneys in the
association were from Portland and the Willam
ette Valley, and it was easier for them to get to
Vancouver, B.C., than it was to such places as
Klamath Falls or Coos Bay.
Roth's self-centered view of geography not
withstanding, we cannot but agree with McNeil
that the Bar association's decision was ill-considered
and thoughtless.
Individually, on their vacations, let them
travel to Timbuktu if they like, but when Oregon
lawyers meet in official convention, let them
meet somewhere in Oregon.
(As a matter of fact, how long has it been
since the association met in Medford?) G.H.B.
TV News
The decision of the
company to come on with
half hour ahead of the
Broadcasting company's
seemed a smart move on
Six 0 clock is a good
man of the house is home
and is in a mood to sit back and relax and find
out what has happened in the world while he has
been at work.
The idea probably looked good, too, from the
standpoint that a half hour's news is enough, and
11 popular programs could
the news, maybe there
dial switching to CBS afterwards.
The final clincher was
of Chet Huntley and David Brinkley has been
winning prizes and awards with monotonous reg
ularity over the last few
program.
To the NBkj executives it probably looked
like cold turkey.
WE haven't seen any
lis hilt. wpM lint
has happened.
We'll bet that Walter
Huntley-Bnnkley. And
shortly.
CBS is clearly putting on the superior pro-gram.
We ve been fans of
years now, particularly
minute format and were
less Doug Edwards.
Huntley always seemed the perfect image
of the veteran, timlunnable newsman, and Brink'
ley's personality somehow managed to give a
wry, satiric twist to the events of the great and
mighty.
This fall, when both networks expanded to a
half hour, and NBC came on 30 minutes before
CBS, we made a special point of watching both
programs to compare them.
The difference is amazing.
IN the first place and most importantly,
sidering it's a news program CBS is n
ing it s a news
sharper with its reporting, its news is "later,'
and its film clips usually
more illustrative of the
Perhaps it s that 30
CBS the opportunity
hence get the very latest
is put together
NBC has attempted to counteract that by
giving a brief spot to its Los Angeles studio in
the middle of the program. The LA reporter
breaks in rather clumsily
or four West Coast items, or delivers a spot bu
letin on some late-breaking story. Somehow, it
just isn t satisfactory
But the clincher is that Huntley and Brinkley
seem to have lost their grip. Huntley now just
seems tired, as though
Brinkley s humor has
thing resembling ' cuteness, wruc a doesn t fit
news program.
Unless there is a
Emmy award should go
and CBS. U.H.B,
Contest
National Broadcasting
their news program a
competing Columbia
program probably
paper.
time slot, one when the
after his day's labors
be scheduled to follow
woud be a minimum of
that the news tandem
years for its 15 minute
polls to confirm or refute
that fvuntlr tho m-mncito
Cronkite is clobbering
if he hasn t yet, he will
"Chet and Dave for
when they had the 15
opposed by the color
con
program LBS is much
seem better edited and
news story they support
extra minutes that give
to hold off longer, and
news, before the show
and skims through three
he couldn t care less, and
palled badly into some
big change, this year
hands down to Cronltite
MEDFORD
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paper. In feet the contrary is often the case.
Power of Prayer
To the Editor: To any who
have never realized what the
power of prayer does to change
one's life from that of mere
existence to one of hope, pur
pose, and fulfillment, these
words are dedicated:
"Prayer is the opening of the
heart to God as to a friend. Our
heavenly Father waits to be
stow upon us the fullness of His
blessing. It is our privilege to
drink largely at the fountain of
boundless love. What a wonder
that we pray so little! God is
ready and willing to hear the
sincere prayer of the humblest
of His children and yet there is
much manifest reluctance on our
part to make known our wants
to God. His heart of infinite love
yearns toward us, ready to give
us more than we ask or think.
and yet we pray so little and
have such little faith." (E.
White.)
Many feel they are out of
harmony and know not how to
pray, but God says to come as
we are. Surely this prayer from
the same author is fitting: "Lord
take my heart, for I cannot give
it. It is Thy property. Keep it
pure for I cannot keep it. Save
me in spite of myself, my weak
unChristlike self. Mold me, fash
ion me, raise me into a pure and
holy atmosphere where the rich
current of Thy love may flow
tnrougn my soul."
Jeremiah 29:13 says, "And ye
snail seek me and find me, when
ye shall search for me with all
your heart." God has promised
tne "peace that passeth under
standing," and life eternal to
those who put their trust in Him,
This is the only answer for the
troublous times in which we live.
(Name on File)
Medford.
Women
To the Editor: I'm sticking my
neck out for sure this time, and
know it.
Could a former vice president
of our country repeat his fa
mous remark today that, "A
woman is only a woman, but
a good cigar is a smoke?
Women nowadays drive trucks
and buses, fly planes and serve
as judges, senators and repre
sentatives. The Dairy Maids
Softball Team beats men's
teams without too much effort.
Behave yourself or a police
woman will arrest you.
Despite all this they still re
tain their femininity. I was only
kidding.
David Frisch
P. O. Box 292
White City, Ore.
Freedom of Religion
To the Editor: Mrs. Santo's
letter, published Oct. 25 and
entitled by you "Atheist Go
Home," is not, I am glad to
say, concurred in by the three
local ministers who participat
ed on KM ED in a recent round
table discussion of the Supreme
Court decisions criticized by
her. All understood those deci
sions and expressed approval.
Robert Ingersoll, before the
turn of the century, and before
Communism had become a seri
ous world factor, stated the rea-
sun for separation of church and
state in a clear, concise and con
vincing manner, as follows:
"No honest court ever did
or ever will, decide that our
Constitution is Christian . . .
"The Declaration of Inde
pendence announces the sub
lime truth, thai all power comes
from the people . . .
"To Paine, Jefferson, and
Franklin, arc we indebted, more
than to all others, for a human
government, and for a Constitu
tion In which no God is recog
nized superior to the legally ex
pressed will of the people.
"They knew that to put God
in the Constitution was to put
man out. They knew that the
recognition o( a Deity would be
seized upon bv fanatics and
zealots as a pretext for destroy
ing thd liberty of thought.' They
knew the terrible history of the
MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD,
name end address of the writer,
the use of e pen name or initial
church too well to place in her
keeping, or in the keeping of her
God, the sacred rights of man.
They intended that all should
have the right to worship or
not to worship; that our laws
should make no distinction on
account of creed. They intended
to found and frame a govern
ment for man, and for man
alone. They wished to preserve
the individuality and liberty of
all; to prevent the few from
governing the many, and the
many from persecuting and de
stroying the few . . .
"Give the church a place in
the Constitution, let her touch
once more the sword of power,
and the priceless fruit of all
the ages will turn to ashes on
the lips of men . . .
"Surely it is worm sometning
to feel that there are no priests,
no popes, no parties, no govern
ments, no kings, no gods, to
whom your intellect can be com
pelled to pay a reluctant nom
ace." I wonder if Mrs. Santo or
anyone else ever heard of an
atheist, an agnostic, a skeptic
or a humanist conducting a her
esy trial, or otherwise attempt
ing to force his religious Deuets
on otrters.
Clarence M. Crews
4706 N. Pacific Highway
Medford.
Telephone Solicitors
To the Editor: Telephone sub
scribers! How many of you are
just as annoyed and angry as I
am about telephone solicitors?
We pay for our telephone and
to have our name listed in the
local directory, so friends, rela
tives, and business contacts
may telephone us. Not for soli
citors to annoy us.
Yesterday afternoon, in the
midst of caring for my four
boys ages 4, 5, 6 years and 7
months, all of them with sore
throats and colds, one just out
of the hospital after having
pneumonia, I had three calls in
15 minutes, a very rude woman
who said she "represented Re
serve Life Ins. Co." The first
time she called, I inquired if
she had a license for this tele
phoning soliciting. She said yes
she did, so I told her when I
saw her license I would talk to
her. (This has kept them from
bothering me before.) In a tew
minutes she called back and
wanted to know what I meant. I
told her I meant I didn't like
telephone soliciting, and put the
receiver down quite loudly that
time. In a very short time she
called back and told me to get
listed number.'
My husband has a roofing
business, and what good would
an unlisted number do this busi
ness? How would our out of
town friends, and relatives con
tact us if they lost such an un
listed number.
This morning, I called the
Better Business Bureau, and
(hey told me that no license was
required for such soliciting,
All of vou daily newspaper
readers and telephone subscrib
ers that are as annoved as 1
am, WHAT can we do? Let's
write our legislators, congress-
mnn and the governor. Maybe
thev can put a law to the voters
that would prohibit such abuse
of our private lives. If not a
prohibitive law, one that re
quires a SlOu license lee lor
such companies that feel tney
have to annoy people on the
phone, to sell their products and
"insurance.
Mrs. Jim R. (Annie M.)
Wesftnsce
P.O. Box 222
Jacksonville, Ore.
Jeftervn and Goldwater
To the Editor: For all persons
of liberal persuasion I quote the
following:
"The way to have good and
safe government is not to trust
it all to one; but to divide it
among the many, distributing to
every one exactly the functions
he is competent to. Let the na
tional' government be entn&ted
l with the defense of the nation
OREGON
Foreign News: 'Big Lift1 May Cause
Embarrassment; U.S.
r
PHIL NfWSOM
UPI foreign News
Analyst
Notes from the foreign news
cables:
Too Good:
Mechanically, Operation "Big
Lift", the lob of flying a com-
plete U.S. division to Germany
in little more than 60 hours,
Strictly
Personal
By Sidney J. Herri
(c) field Enterprises. Inc.
APPROACH
In New York, some time ago,
I was invited by a friend to
play bridge with him one after
noon at the Cavendish Club,
where the masters make their
home between tournaments. Af
terward, there was the custo
mary gossip about various ex
perts, their habits and peculiar
ities.
What interested me was the
discussion about one particular
master, who invariably wins at
rubber bridge, even. with the
most mediocre partners. Other
experts play just as well as he,
but he knows best now to adjust
himself to the flaws and defi
ciencies of his partner of the
moment.
Most of his colleagues, I was
told, do exactly the opposite. If
thev find themselves in a seri
ous game partnered by a duffer,
they make tne partner "pay
for his ignorance and ineptitude.
They punish him for being a
poor player even though he
is their partner, and they suffer
the same bad score lor tneir De'
havior.
They make bids he cannot
understand, place burdens
upon him that he cannot ful
fill, and then heap withering
scorn upon him for falling
down on the hand which
and its foreien and federal rela-
tions; the state government with
the civil rights, laws, police
and administration of what con
cerns the state generally; the
counties with the local concerns
of the counties and each ward
direct the interests within itself
It is bv dividing and subdividing
these republics, from tne great
national ones down through all
its subordinations, until it ends
in the administration of every
man's farm and affairs by him-
self. What has destroyed liberty
and the rights of man in every
government which has ever
existed under the sun? The gen
eralizing and concentrating all
cares and powers into one
body, no matter whether of the
autocrats of Russia or France
or of the Aristocrats of a Veni
tian Senate."
Spoken by a true dictionary
liberal, Thomas Jefferson. Just
remember his example, one
doesn't have to be a socialistic
leftist to be liberal. Jefferson's
stand is very close to that of
Barry Goldwater. Compare and
see, and if you believe in rep
resentative government and in
dividual freedom cast your vote
for Barrv Goldwater when he
is nominated and runs for presi
dent.
James K. Shafer
Route 2, Box 210X
Medford
Retirement Age
To the Editor: Re, the 35-
hour work week.
Two of our leading unions
spokesman has suggested that
we need a 35-hour work week
so as to help our unemployed
A good thought for the
unions, but industry would up
their finished product costs to
the public.
At present a great many
items are practically out
reach to most home owners.
If the unions were to suggest
to drop the retiring age to 60
years of age instead of the
present 65, I believe much could
be accomplished.
Increase their monthly pay
ments to $150 a month. The dif
ference could be raised by a
simple national lottery, which
will come some day. Why wait
any longer? In return I believe
that the unemployment would
drop about 8 million.
Two thirds of the married
women who are employed
should return home to care for
their children, juvenile delin
quency would probably show a
decrease.
Howard H. Brown
907 Oilman Rd.
Medford
Actress Carolyn Jones,
Husband Separate
HOLLYWOOD (l'PI)-Actress
Carolyn Jones and her husband,
television producer Aaron Spel
ling, have separated, it was dis
closed over the weekend.
The Spellings wed in 1953. It
was the second marriage lor
each.
ft;
was a total success but
Bonn they are saying it may
prove s long-term political em
barrassment. Despite U.S. as
surances, jittery West Germans
are not convinced that tne mas
sive airlift was not i forerun
ner to reduction of U.S. forces
in Europe. Pressures now may
begin building on new Chancel
lor Ludwig Erhard to start be
ing nicer to President Charles
de Gaulle.
Closer and Closer:
Expect Britain to move even
closer to tne united states un
scorn only makes him play
worse, and adversely affects
their own score as well.
This self-defeating attitude
reminded me of marriages I
have known, in which one of
the partners is always excor
iating the faults of the other,
and would rather see the part
nership become a dismal fail
ure than forgo the bleak
pleasures of criticism.
Cutting off one's nose to
spite one's face is a much
more common attitude than
we realize. This attitude says
in effect, "If you're not go
ing to fulfill my expectations
If I am to be saddled with
your shortcomings, then I'll
strain you to the limit and
test you to the breaking-point.
as much as it may hurt me;
because the satisfaction I get
from feeling superior to you
Is greater than the cost of
disaster."
But the winning player
bridge where all the masters
have about the same level of
technical skill is the one with
the most flexible and adaptable
temperament, the one who can
bring out the best in his part
ner, the one who knows that the
noose he draws around his part
ner s neck also hangs him.
When one reaches a certain
high level of aptitude in any
pursuit, the decisive differences
are then emotional; the line
that really separates winners
and losers is not a technical or
strategic superiority, but a psy
chological approach. In bridge.
in tennis, in mos; other com
petitions, games are not
much won as lost lost by
those who are not a full com
mand of their inmost natures,
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
The news?
It's a mess any way you look
at it.
Example:
Kroosh and his farm problem.
INHERE was a time when the
- Russian people had a reason
able abundance of grain. But
they got tired of an all-out bread
diet. They wanted milk and
meat.
So
Kroosh subsidized milk and
meat.
Whereupon the Russian farm
ers turned in and produced so
many cattle that they ate up
all the grain and now Kroosh
is having to buy grain from the
wicked free enterprisers here
in the U. S. He's having to buy
so much of it that it's taking
most of his hoarded gold to pay
for it.
WHAT about US?
Well, during the war, we
subsidized farm production in
order to insure food enough to
meet our needs and the needs
of our allies. It worked. With
guaranteed high prices, our
farmers turned in and produced
food as food had never been
produced before.
We kept everybody fed.
INHERE came eventually the
end of the war and with it
the end of our obligation to
feed our allies. The obvious
thing to do was to end the sub
sidies. But our politicians were afraid
that if the war subsidies were
dropped they'd lose the farm
vote. So the subsidies were con
tinued. The result was a food surplus
that was breaking our backs
to provide storage for it.
u To get rid of the surplus
We're now selling grain to the
communists our enemies, who
have sworn to BURY us.
We need to get rid of the sur
plus grain if only to provide
storage for MORE surplus grain.
Besides, we need the gold the
Russians are paying us for the
grain to help out with our bal
ance of payments which is
all out of whack.
SO MUCH for the world..
Let's gel closer home.
and British Ties
der the new leadership of Sir
Alexander Douglas-Home. The
new prime minister, even more
than Harold Macmuian, nas
been a staunch supporter of an
Atlantic policy in firm align
ment with the United States.
Douglas - Home has been the
driving force behind Britain's
decision to join the United
States in talks with other allies
on the possible creation of a
multi nation nuclear naval
force. He held out against
strong opposition in the cabinet
when he was the foreign min
ister in Macmillan's set up.
Closer With France, Too:
Despite the decision to retain
close ties to the United States,
a marked improvement in rela
tions between France and Brit
ain may also be in the offing.
The meeting at the Hague last
Thursday between French For
eign Minister Maurice Couve
de Murville and Britain's new
foreign secretary, R. A. Butler,
may mark a fresh start after
nine months of deep freeze that
followed De Gaulle's blackball
of Britain for Common Market
membership.
The Bomb
And the Village
6 Arthur Hoppe
WILTON PARK. England -
We sat up late in the paneled
study of the old castle, talking
about the Bomb, mere were
three Germans, two Austrians,
a Frenchwoman, an bngnsnman
and three Americans.
All were intelligent, highly in
formed people here for an in
ternational conference. Words
and phrases like "escalation,"
"Proliferation" and "multilater
al NATO nuclear force" flew
back and forth across the room
like shuttlecocks.
For two hours we talked. If
the Russians attacked Western
Europe with conventional weap
ons, could the Europeans rely
on the Americans to come to
their defense with nuclear weap
ons? Thereby probably destroy
ing civilization? Or should the
Europeans build their own nu
clear force? The prob'm was
inordinately complex. Argument
built on argument. It was like
a game of three - dimensional
chess. Most of us were leaning
forward, elbows on knees, tre
mendously stimulated. For it
was exciting.
This morning, I awoke an hour
before dawn. Unable to sleep,
I dressed, left the ancient castle
HERE in Oregon, for more
years than one can easily
remember, a sales tax has been
regarded as just one step short
of SIN.
Now we're in trouble because
of a tax rebellion. All the things
we've been wanting, and getting,
have cost a lot of money. The
tax bite is beginning to hurt.
What to do about it?
Some of our newspapers, in
cluding this one, are taking
straw votes on what the people
want in the way of NEW taxes
to raise the money we appar
ently must have unless we give
up a lot of things.
????????
You guessed it.
The sales tax is leadini!
HEAVILY in aU the returns so
tar in.
tyHAT to do about it all?
" Here's a thousht:
The Liberals (with other peo
ple's money) have been running
things for a long, long time.
Maybe it's getting about time
to get some power back into
the hands of some tznoH nlH
k J W-II.J ,
. u - 2"ves w"the Bomb, we don't know what
refuse to believe in Santa Claus. 1 the hell we're talking about
" public opinion poll &tmm I P
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Austerity:
The French government is
bracing for a troublesome
round of strikes this fall, par
ticularly in nationalized indus
tries such as tne rails, ana gas
and electricity. But De Gaulle,
Premier Georges Pompidou and
Finance Minister Valery Gis-
card D'Estaing reportedly leei
time and public opinion will be
on the government's side in de
fending, its save-tne-iranc aus
terity program, including
temporary wage freeze.
Voter Apathy:
A thunderous silence so far
has been the voter reaction to
Japan's general election cam
paign. Number of candidates
for the Japanese parliament is
the smallest since the war. The
issues high prices, the U. S.
alliance, reconciliation with
South Korea have not stirred
voter imagination. The in-power
Conservatives seek an absolute
majority, the opposition Social
ists enough strength to block
constitutional revision. Election
day is Nov. 21 but so far the
voters would just as soon go
fishing.
and walked down the narrow
lane toward the village of Steyn-
ing, perhaps a mile or so away.
Night still clung in the treetops
and the hedgerows.
When I reached the village,
the street lights were paling.
The stores along the narrow
main street were dark except
for a yellow glow coming
through the open door of the
stationer's shop where newsboys
were picking up their morning
papers. I turned left onto a side
street.
Steyning is an old village,
centuries old. It is quiet, neat,
charming, and very real. As the
light grew, I watched it wake.
I watched it wake as it has
each morning for centuries.
I saw a light go on in a cot
tage and heard a man cough.
I saw a tradesman unlock the
door of his shop and pause for
a moment to rub the back of his
neck. I saw two workmen in
caps and rubber boots, lunch
pails in hand, walking unhur
riedly across the street, each
wrapped in silence. Through a
lighted window I saw a baker
kneading dough and I smelled
his bread.
I paused for a moment by the
11th Century Norman church to
watch a young man in a tweed
jacket take a shortcut through
the graveyard over a well-worn
path which wound between
tombstones so weathered that
wind and rain had long since
erased the inscriptions they
once bore.
As I started back up the lane
toward the castle two children
on bicycles came flying down
toward the castle two children
on bicycles came flying down
the hill. First a girl, prim and
pig - tailed, and then a boy,
smoothing his hair with one
hand and pedaling fast.
It was fully light now. The
gray light of another gray day
in the South of England. Now
I could see the downs stretching
away on either side of the lane,
green and lush and park-like.
I could see the grazing cows
and the darting crows and the
farmer already plowing, t h e
rich black loam unfolding be
hind him. I could see all of
this, just as it has been for cen
turies. I know we at this conference
will talk again about the Bomb.
I know the intellectual challenge
of all its corollary problems will
again stimulate us. I know that
those who talk are intelligent,
highly informed people.
Yet I have never felt as
blJ Ml,
strongly that when we talk about
he hasn't got a chance!"
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