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JO YEARS AGO
Nov. 4, W53 (Wednesday)
James Armson, placement
supervisor at the MacLaren
School for Boys at Woodbum,
Ore., has been named assist
ant juvenile ofticer of Jackson
County. , , , ,
An 18-year-old Medford bride-to-be,
missing for five days, is
the object of an all-points miss
ing person bulletin in Northern
California.
29 YEARS AGO
Nov. 4, 1M3 (Thursday)
Noreen KeUy, 11, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kelly,
rimed winner of essay contest
conducted by Women's Army
F. L. Wertt, Gold Hill, wins
first prize in water colors at
Oregon Society or Artists tan
exhibition in Portland.
30 YEARS AGO
Nov. 4. 1933 (Saturday)
Max Gillnsky and Leo Ghe
lardi star for Medford High
football team in 13 to 0 over
Eugene.
Those attending University of
Oregon homecoming football
game from Medford include
Glen Fsbrick, Dick Slceler, Bill
Luman, Ralph Cowgill and John
Snider.
40 YEARS AGO
Nov. 4, 1923 (Sunday)
From Local and Personal col
umn: F. L. Champlin was a
week end vlstor In Medford from
Foots Creek.
William von dcr Hellen In
Medford from construction
camp at Prospect to conduct
business.
SO YEARS AGO
Nov. 4. 1913 (Tuesday)
E. E. Kelly, Medford, named
county attorney by Gov. Os
wald West.
Medford City Council votes
to improve road to Sacred
Heart Hospital: worn to oe
rushed to get It In shape for
winter weather.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nina er tan correct li superior:
seven ar eight is escellent; five or
sis is food.
' 1. In what year did the Su-
preme Court rule against seg
regation :
2. Name the American author
who wrote "A Message To
Garcia." .-
. 3. Astrologers assert that
persons born between July 24
and Aug. 23 are influenced by
what zodiacal sign.'
4. Turtles and tortoises arc
members of (lie reptile family
true or false;
5. Name the author of "Tar
ran" stories.
6. Docs a filly ordinarily show
up better in a race ol less than
or more than one mile?
7. In what U. S. war was the
battle cry "Geronimo" pop.
ularlzed?
8. The name of Samuel Jack
son Snead suggests which of
these games: golf, tenuis, foot
ball? 9. The name of Scth Thomas
Is 'amous In connection with
What Industry?
10. Is Iceland northwest,
northeast, southwest or south
east of Greenland?
Answerai 1. 1954. 2. Elbert
Nuhbard. 3. Leo. 4. True. 5.
Edgar Rice Burroughs, a. Less
(Seldom win races of over one
mile). T. World War It. 8. Golf.
. Clockmaking. 10. Southeast.
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Teacher Pool Open
Oregon spends a small fortune each year ad'
vertising the state's beauty and recreational as
sets in an attempt to lure tourists here.
But we suspect a specific kind of tourist will
begin arriving in droves
iron s refusal to spend rather than vice versa. We
refer to teacher recruiters.
Oregonians have overwhelmingly repudiated
a general fund budget which was bO per cent edu.
cation money. This vote unfortunately serves
notice upon our college and public school teach
ers that Oregonians aren't willing to pay the cost
of improved education, in fact aren't even willing
to cover present costs. 1
aged about the prospect of future pay increases.
Of equal importance, they will be discouraged
by the sense of values of their fellow citizens.
TREACHER recruitment,
lege level, is intensely compeuuve. wim en
rollment expanding rapidly all over the nation,
there is great demand ror more iacuity ana sian.
Thi'a vti'flssnvo fnr mnre teachers has l'fisultfid
in rapid faculty pay raises throughout the coun
try. Naluvallv. thfi nualitv of teaching talent will
suffer in states which won't keep up the pace.
California already pays far more for teachers
than Oregon, at both college and public school
IpvpIs. (lalifnrnia arearlv raids Orefrnn heavilv.
particularly for the younger teachers.
WE ARE deeply concerned that the Golden
Star.p. vp.pniit.prs will find Oretrnn a hanmer
hunting ground than ever, following the recent
tax election. For Oregonians seem to have en
dorsed the sentiment of State Sen. Walter Pear
son, who believes we cannot afford our present
educational system.
The Capital Journal
ford not to improve our present schools and col
leges. But things are mighty lonely in our corner.
Capital Journal, Salem.
Far From All Black
Gov. Mark Hatfield has been taking a terrific
beating in our Safety Valve (Letters to the Edi
tor) columns these last few weeks. His stand on
the tax problem, the guards around his home, his
not infrequent absences from the state, innuendo
regarding just about everything to which anyone
might object it has really been open season on
our chief executive.
Now, The Statesman
from gubernatorial criticism, either. It does not
regard the governor as perfect; indeed, has been
disarmointeu m him at times.
But there should be a
particularly when he is a
lessly nefarious miscreant
led to believe irom some
Let's set some major
C OV. HATFIELD did
w lature s tax program. But he believed it
was better to live with
than to thresh about in the welter of confusion
which now prevails and which, in the long run,
will largely delay or diffuse rather than eliminate
the major costs to which voters objected. So did
quite a few other people.
Uov. hlauield s home
tarcet of assaults splashed paint, cars running
over lawns, gun-shots.
his home and children
than others without protection.
Without arguing that point for the moment,
let it be said they certainly are no less important,
and they've been far more under fire. He is en
titled to protection when
AS FOR HIS absences
tirnne whpti thn (rnvprnnr pannnt nvmrl in,
ter-state visitations. How much unnecessary
traveling our own governor does is not at issue
What is at issue is
overboard in blanket criticism of everything.
We recognize that Gov. Hatfield is well able
to take care of himself, and neither asks nor
needs our defense. And some of our readers' re
marks have been temperate and fair, too. But
the vituperation at times
The governor has his
expressed in generalities
gon statesman, balem.
Booze and Control
One-third of all arrests over the nation arc for
drunkeness, far outnumbering any other category
(parking and traffic offenses excluded). At least
60 per cent of all arrests are directly related to
consumption of alcohol. Those are two details
from a wealth of fascinating data unearthed by
Rutgers University for New 101k btate.
The Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies made
surveys in New York cities and cities in four
other states with differing control systems. The
totals of arrests for direct alcohol offenses for
each 1000 persons over 'JO years of age for the
six largest cities studied were: Charlotte, 1)4;
Richmond, SO; Harrisburg, 17; Rochester, 31,
White Plains, 33; Jersey City, 8.
"It is the opinion of the sociologists," said
the Rutgers report, "that the differences in the
alcohol beverage control systems are unrelated to
the arrest figures." The report also found that the
New York State Alcoholic Beverage Control Law,
the main purpose of which was to promote tem
perance, had failed to show in 29 years of opera
tion any effect on the consumption of .liquor or
on alcohol-related problems E.R.R.
soon, because of Ore-
eachers win oe discour
particularly at the col-
believes we cannot al-
itself has not refrained
limit to scatter-gunning,
long way from the hope
a newcomer might be
accounts. . ,
items straight.
not cotton to the legis-
it this biennium, rather
has been the irequent
Letter - writers have said
are no more important
needed.
'
from Oregon, there are
that critics just plain go
seems to be out of hand
good points. Criticism
is seldom fair. Ore
"What Do You Mean, We Haven't Been
Producing? How About That Valachi
TV Chow We Put On?"
Communications
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although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial
for oublication Is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the riaht to
edit ell letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letter
submitted tor publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters
orinted In this column do not necessarily represent the views of tr
paper, in fact the contrary Is often
Fly the Flag
To the Editor, and to all
Americans: Never in the his
tory of our nation was the need
greater to proclaim the love
and loyalty we feel for our
country than It is today. One
way we can do this is by dis
playing our National Emblem,
the Stars and Strioes, on our
homes and public building on
national holidays. There have
been two stars added to the flag,
but those having 48 stars may
be displayed with equal pride.
we of tnc American Legion
Auxiliary, like other patriotic
organizations, plege "to uphold
and defend the Constitution
of the United States of Amer
ica, and transmit to posterity
the principles of Justice, Free
dom and Democracy."
we ask you loin in this
pledge, be proud you are an
American, and display our flac
on these accepted National
Holidays:
Jan. 20 Inauguration Day
Feb. 12 Lincoln's Birthday
Feb. 22 Washington's Birth
day. May 10 Armed Forces Day
May 30 Memorial Day
June 14 Flag Day
July 4 Independence Day
Sept. Labor Day
Sept. 17 Citizenship Day
Oct. 12 Columbus Day
Nov. 11 Veterans Day
Mrs. H. L. Alford
Americanism Chairman
American Legion Auxil
iary Unit No. 15, Medford
Undress In the Dark
To the Editor: I read so
many letters about our youth
problems or juvenile delin
quents of today. One would
think this was a new epidemic
Hint was never heard of before.
We have had it Irom the time
of Adam and Eve. "Eve ate
the apple, you know .
Eve may not have been a
juvenile but, she was a dciin'
nuont. Had their been any JU
vcnlles around they would have
been blamed for it, not Eve.
In other words there are many
crown delincments in this coun
try today and whenever they
break anv laws or commit an
act of vandalism the juvenile
gets the blame.
Of course we still have Ju
venile Delinquents and will un
til the end of time. I do not be
lieve there are any more ac
cording to our growth in pop
ulation than there were 50 or
100 vcars auo.
The only difference is that
they can cover such a larger
area than we could when we
were juvenile delinquents. I had
to walk or ride horseback. So
it all boils down lo this. Peo
ple who live in glass houses
should "Undress in the dark,"
not throw sloncs.
(Name on file)
Ashland, Ore.
Auditorium Needed
To the Editor: The letter
which follows has been sent lo
IIim DnarH nl TKrHflnrK nf Ci-hnnl
District 549 C. to the County
Court of Jackson County and to
The Council of the City of Med-
ford.
o
Gentlemen: Perhaps I have
missed some of tlie news re
leased by the Committee which
has been studying sites and
buildings needed by the City of
Medford. In any event, I have
seen no mention of provision
for a Civic Auditorium.
At this time neither Medford
nor Jackson County is able to
provide an auditorium capable
of accommodating the large
audiences that now desire to
participate In quality musical,
theatrical and similar presenta
tions. Our only existing resource for
lliesp popular events is the Hed
rick Junior High School basket
ball pavillion where the audi
ence literally crawls onto and
MEWOHO MAIL iKlilUNE, MEUKOKU,
the case.
off of a rack of backless bleach
ers, or for a price is offered
a dilapidated folding chair.
We cannot place the respon
sibility on our School District
for the lack of suitable accom
modations for public use. Facili
ties provided by the schools and
made available for public gath
erings are, by the nature of
their basic use concept, not de
signed for audience comfort,
mental or physical.
Looking toward a practical
solution of our auditorium prob
lem, may I suggest the early
appointment of a Joint Audito
rium Authority for Jackson
County. By Oregon law, such
political bouiics as Lity ol men
ford, Jackson County and
School District 549C may enter
into a joint enterprise to fur
nish funds for construction and
operation of a Civic Auditorium
and its related facilities.
The new High School for our
district is now in the planning
stacc. A large site will be re-
ctuired for this school with a
substantial portion of the site
area set aside for automobile
parking requirements. Such
parking area could amply serve
both tne scnooi ana a oivu
Auditorium. The school will need
a large assembly room which
could be provided by an ad
jacent auditorium facility. The
many events which can be made
available to all county residents
and those of neighboring com
munities, by the erection of a
modern, joint-user Civic Audito
rium, justifies early planning
for such a building.
Henry F. Padgham, Jr.
2707 Springbrook Rd.
Medford
Bonfire
To the Editor: Last Friday
a group of senior boys put to
gether St. Mary's bonfire.
Among these boys was Mike
Latendrcssc, Student Body vice
president. On the way home
Mike was fatally injured in an
automobile accident.
All our homecoming activ
ities were postponed for the
week, including the bonfire.
That night a bunch of low
down slobs (and that's the only
decent word to describe them)
burned down the bonfire which
Mike died for.
I hope that they got a big kick
out of it.
Mike Suran
Student Body President
St. Mary's High
Medford
P.S.: This letter is written for
every student at St. Mary's.
Anlis
To the Editor: It is amazing
how many people believe them
selves to be more intelligent
than God. They arc anti-Jewish,
anti-Negro and anti-Catholic,
just to begin. I'll furnish the
anti-i you fill in the rest. It
comes lo quite a long list. These
people are more anti than pro
and maybe that is what is
wrong with them. Do they be
lieve lh.it God might have
i 11
If they are pro-American, as
j ,h?y unlob,('(!1y hd o them-
selves lo be, then something is
wrong with their conception of
Americanism. It would be in
teresting to read their defini
tion of Americanism.
David Prisch
P.O. Box 2292
White Citv, Ore.
Came Hark
To the Editor: Before me lies
a clipping from the Com
muniiations department of our
Mail Tribune entitled "School
Bible Class." This appeared In
the Sept. 13 issue. "A Mother"
wrote it, wishing "for my
child's sake" a girl in the
fourth grade her name with
held. You, Mr. Editor, grac
iously complied.
Another mother with three
married daughters, a married
OREGON
Foreign News: Sukarnols Ambitions in
Asia; Algeria-Morroco Pact; Red Dilemma
PHIL NIWSOM
UP! rorelin News
Analyst
Sukarno
Britain is getting set to draw
a line against any further ex
pantionist aims which may be
entertained by Indonesian Pres
ident Sukarno. British dinlomats
believe that Sukarno plans to
press ahead, with his campaign
against the new Malaysian fed
eration and some believe he
dreams of an Indonesian em
pire stretching from Singapore
to the borders of Australia.
Britain's decision to strenethen
the Far Eastern fleet with two
missile ships is part of a policy
now oeing put into operation.
North Africa
French officials are frankly-
skeptical about (lie effectiveness
of tne Algerian-Moroccan cease
tire pact. It is obvious, they
say, that the two nations are
in sharp conflict on the evacua
tion of military positions held
at present. A renewal of the
fighting is not ruled out in
Paris. The situation is further
complicated by the sharp per
sonal differences between Mo
rocco's King Hassan II and Al
gerian Premier Ahmed Ben Bel
la, and the military aid being
extended the latter by Egypt.
Red Dilemma
Sources close to the Japanese
foreign office say that Commu
nist China today finds herself
caught up in one of those con
tradictions that are supposed to
afflict only the non-Communist
world. She feels she must rebel
against the "soft" Russians or
lose the forward momentum of
her own revolution. This policy
State's Budget
Problems Discussed
State Sen. Lynn Newbry dis
cussed the Oregon taxation and
budget problems at the recent
meeting of the JacKson County
Property Owners Rental Asso
ciation. He explained how the present
funds are being spent and ex
plained what effect various ad
ditional taxes from other sourc
es would have on the overall
budget.
An informal poll taken of
members showed them in favor
of sales and cigarette taxes as
additional sources of revenue.
These taxes would be used to
relieve property and income
taxation. Several felt that the
sales tax should exclude food
and drugs.
Some members felt that a
change in the present taxing
system would develop a more
favorable industrial climate in
the state.
The next meeting will be held
Nov. J9.
Feed Mill Building
Damaged in Portland
PORTLAND (UPI) -Fire ear
ly today resulted in an esti
mated $20,000 damage to tne
Triangle Feed Mills building on
NE Tillamook St. here.
Eleven pieces of fire equip
ment were called to the blaze,
which broke out shortly after 2
a.m. The fire was confined to
hoppers on the second, third and
fourth floors of the building.
son, and one unmarried, well
knowing how necessary God's
blueprint, the Bible, is to guide
our steps aright, especially the
steps of growing boys and girls
in a sinful and straying world,
lamented to the writer, as did
also her husband, about the at
titude of the mother who had
objected to her fourth grader
daughter listening to Bible
stories in the school room; and
choosing rather that her daugh
tcr should listen to a "science
or philosophy class."
"Science teaches us to know,
and art to do," says the old
definition.
What better science for
fourth grader than to know
about God and His plan for us
as taught in the Bible, so she
could do right as she develops
into voung womanhood;
What fourth grade pupil
rightly taught at hove wouid
choose not to hear Bible stories
at school?
What are we coming to? To
what has that mother already
arrived who does not want her
daughter to learn the greatest
science in the world, the science
of right living in a world so
wrong and upside down?
Let us pity and pray for that
name withholding mother who
is like those in Rom. 1.28 who
"did not like to retain God in
their knowledge, and were
consequently given over to "a
reprobate mind marginal
reading, "a mind void of judg
ment." Come back, dear mother, lo
God's science and God's way
for yourself and your darling
daughter: and you will not wish
to remain anonymous, or to
withhold your name. This is a
sincere desire and prayer
joined by many well-wishers.
H. R. Bulman
Route 4. Box 316A
Medford
ha3 cost her the Soviet aid she
so badly needs. Hence her re
vived interest in trade with the
West which in Communist
eyes is a desperate interest in
deed. De Gaulle
If French President Charles
de Gaulle really intends to make
all the international excursions
reported under consideration for
the coming year, he will be a
very busy man. He already has
been reported planning a visit
to Latin American nations, and
possibly topping that trip off
wttn a visit to Washington and
a conference with President
Kennedy. Now preparations are
also being made for a De Gaulle
visit to New Delhi. Some say
the Indian trip even could come
before the first of the year.
Tie-Up
Wednesday's scheduled walk
out by workers in France's
state-owned electrical industry
is likely to cause (he biggest
industrial tie-up in France since
the nationwide strikes last
spring. All electric commuter
railroad services, Paris subway
services and hundreds of indus
trial plants will be hit. The
walkout will be most effective
during eight daylight hours when
it will bring industry to a stand
still but not seriously bother
trencn Housewives.
In the Day's News
y FRANK JENKINS
From London:
"According to diplomatic
sources here, the Soviet Union
dropped out of the moon race
with the United States because
it must put food before rockets.
Diplomats who hold this opinion
say the agricultural crisis that
forced Russia to buy millions
of tons of grain in the West
can't be solved without huge
investments, and there simply
isn't money enough at Premier
Khrushchev's disposal to finance
both the needed overhaul of
Russian agriculture and the
moon shot."
SO
Thcy add
He is choosing the lesser of
two evils and is abandoning
the moon enterprise.
rUIE old gentleman is pretty
- far behind Ihe times. We
don't let little things like that
bother us.
Witness this dispatch from
Washington:
Acting with unusual speed.
tne Mouse ways and means
committee approved the admin
istration's request to raise the
national debt limit to $315 bil
lion from the $300 billion at
which it has been standing for
some months.
CEE how simple it is?
Just a vote in Congress and
our money troubles are over.
Communist Russia is far. FAR
behind the times.
Over there, they have the odd
notion that money is hard to
come by. They are very, very
old fashioned. They haven't
learned the simple trick of put
ting it on the cuff and leaving
the future to take care of itself.
INCIDENTALLY
What about this putting a
man on the moon business that
Mr. hroosh is said to be pulling
out of?
Is it worth the 40 billion dol
lars it is supposed to cost?
Two very good men say it
isn't. One of them is our Ike,
who said a while back:
"Anvbody who would spend
40 BILLION DOLLARS in a
race to the moon is a nut."
rpHE other is Dr. Linus C.
Pauling, who has twice won
the Nobel Prize. In Washington
the other day, Dr. Pauling
sharply criticized the U n i t e d
States man-on-the-moon pro
gram as a waste of talent and
money that could be put to bet
ter use in the battle against
human suffering.
He added:
"Something is seriously wrong
with our system of values when
mainly for reasons of national
prestige we spend billions of
dollars lo go to the moon while
at the same time there is tre
mendous human suffering on
earth which could be alleviat
ed." He said that cancer, mental
illness and malnutrition are
among the sources of suffering
and added: "The scientific and
technical personnel liberated
with the decrease in the arms
program would be better em
ployed on problems of disease
and human nutrition than in the
space race."
WHO are the Paulings?
They arc interesting people
especially Mrs. Pauling. The
Chronicle's Herb Caen tells this
story on them: They were visit
ing with friends recently and
the telephone rang insistently
and Mrs. Pauling was called to
the phone. The voice had been
urgent and when she returned
her hostess asked: "What was
it? Was anything wrong at
home?"
Mrs. Pauling answered cas
ually: "Oh. no. It was just a
reporter calling to tell us that
Linus had received another No
bel Prize."
Strictly
Personal
By Sidney J. Harris
(c) rield Enterprises. Inc.
OVER-DETERMINATION
Every large event in history
the event affords an outlet for
more than one drive or desire;
indeed, only when several dif
ferent drives and desires con
verge at a point In history do
we nave a widespread and de
cisive change.
History is still taught so bad
ly that few persons recognize
this "over determination."
Even historians themselves
have been guilty of the sin
Marx, who prided himself on
his historical acuteness, made
the "economic motive" basic in
human conduct, and thus ar
rived at his own particular dis
tortions. An event like the Trojan War,
for instance, cannot be under.
stood if we ascribe it simply
(or mainly) to the abduction of
Helen. The Greeks did not ficht
lor ten years to get hack a
woman who was no better than
she should be.
w
Later, and perhaps more
sophisticated, classicists In
sisted that the Trojan War
was fought over trade routes.
It was basically a commerc
ial conflict, and Helen pro
vided only the pretext for des
troying the Trojan hegemony.
This, no doubt, would be
Marx's view as well.
Other schools of thought
would weigh In with their
own special factors. They
would talk about "honor" and
"glory" and the "the sociol
ogical structure" of the an
Our Scandals
Are a Real Scandal
By Arthur Hoppe
LONDON - What 'a luckv,
break! Here's this high - level
Government sex scandal break
ing m Washington. And here I
am in England, mother of par
liaments, cultural center of the
English - speaking world, and
home of the high - level Gov
ernment sex scandal.
Being an ace newsman, mv
first thought was, naturally:
"An analytical piece!" and my
second, of course: "Miss Chris
tine Rice - Christies!" Who is,
undeniably, a leading expert on
the whole subject. With incredi
ble luck I managed to catch
Miss Rice - Christies alone in
the salon of her mews house.
Between appolnements with her
lawyer and her publisher.
"What can I do for v o u.
love?" she asked, sinking into
her Louis Cinq sofa and cross
ing one scantily - clad knee
over the other. "A magazine
scries? A Sunday supplement
article.
No, I said, I was seeking her
expert analysis of this big sex
scanaai in Washington involving
this beautiful German girl and
. . . "What did she do?" inquired
Miss Rice - Christies, showing
interest. Well, I said, nobody
seems to know, but she was
denying it vigorously.
"A shame that," said Miss
Rice - Christies. "A denial al
ways hurts book sales later.
And who's the Cabinet Minister
involved? War Ministers are
best. But I suppose even an Un
dersecretary would do in
pinch.
Well, I said, we didn't exactly
have a Cabined Minister in
volved. But the name of Bobby
Baker was cropping up. And he
used to be secretary lo the Sen
ate Majority Leader.
"Really? she said, surpass
ing a yawn. "Pretty small pota-
(is?
"So women shouldn't get Involved in politics, heh. How tome
there arc so many -party girls' involved In politics?"
cient Greek world and each
school would think that ita
particular Interest was the
decisive and dcterming ele
ment in the Trojan War.
What most of them fail to
see is the "over determina
tion" in history. Men ire
moved by lust and by greed,
by Ideals and by frustration,
by rational needs collaborat
ing with irrational Impulses
It is when these dissimilar
and dissociated aspects hap
pen to come together at a
period In time that we wit
ness the phenomenon of a
Trojan War, a Holy Crusade,
or a Naillsm all of which
are wholly unexplainable In
their power and ferocity if
we accept only the "econo
mic" theory or the "psychol
ogical" theory or the "cul
tural" theory of human con
duct. A war, like a revolution)
means many things to people,
and may gratify many different
levels of need: heroism and
hate, avarice and self-contempt,
destruction and sacrifice.
War, obviously, would have
been outlawed long ago if it did
not satisfy a part of us.
We are always looking for
simple answers to complex
questions: that Hilter was a
madman explains nothing about
the Germans embracing Nazi
ism; that Helen was a bawd
tells us nothing about the Tro
jan War. An act in history,
like a dream has a wider con
tent than the dreamer knows.
toes, if you ask me. But go
aneao, love, leu me tne parts
about the girls in the pool and
the whippings and the nude man
in the mask. I'm sure you
Americans must have come up
with something new."
Well, I said very hangdog,
there wasn't much of that so
far. But we had hopes. Mr.
Baker's secretary was once
named "Miss Peace." And we
ace newsmen had dug up in
controvcrtable evidence proving
his chauffeur was arrested last
year for speeding. But other
than that, I admitted, the scan
dal seemed mostly over finan
cial deals.
"Oh, simple corruption," said
Miss Rice - Christies with a
sniff. "Isn't that just like you
Yanks? Really, no offense, but
you have no talent at all for a
proper scandal. Lack of tradi
tion, I suppose. Now when you
look back over a thousand years
of English history, think of the
glorious names that leap from
the pages: Lady Hamilton, Nell
Gwyn, Lady Castlemaine ... I
say, how's that for a title? 'Ma
and Nell Gwyn.' Do run along,
love. I have to write."
Alas, it's true. And you can't
blame the British for looking
down their noses at our lack of
cultural traditions. But we keep
trying. And as a patriotic
American I can only hope this
current Washington scandal
will blossom passionately. Can't
we link Mr. L. B. Whatshisnama
with Madame Nhu? Or some
thing? For while I love the British
dearly, at the moment they're
insufferable. Oh, I don't mind
a whit their superiority in man
ners, dress and language. But if
there's one thing I can't stand,
it's their sexier than thou attitude.