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10 YEARS AGO
Nov. 22, 1953 (Sunday)
United Crusade fund drive
reaches $73,157 of $101,000 goal.
Community antenna for tele
v' ion, the-first of its kind In
this section, has been installed
in the Rogue River area.
20 YEARS fid
Nov. 22, 1043 (Monday)
Many families of Camp White
servicemen still without perma
nent quarters; inquiries for
homes average 100 each day at
..antral hnilClnO hlirPSU.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smiirino Pnt" column: "Larry
Schade, the Jeweler, is revelling
these days in a grandson. He is
a gem. Also a 22-karat, 21 jew
alol nlntinnm triced, silver
' lined, etched gold, diamond
studded item." .
30 YEARS AGO
Nov. 22. 1933 (Wednesday)
T-bone and sirloin steaks sell
In local meat markets for IS
cents a pound.
Medford Concrete and Con
struction Company successful
bidder for contract to provide
equipment for Rim Road in
Crater Lake National Park.
40 YEARS AGO
Nov. 22, 1023 (Thunday)
School board announces plan
for another vote on a bond Is
sue for construction of a new
Medford High School.
New Medford Armory sched
uled to be opened to public for
first time at Tuesday open
house. ...
SO YEARS AGO
Nov. 22, 1913 (Saturday)
Samuel Hill, "father of good
roads In the Pacific Northwest"
scheduled to turn first shovel of
dirt in groundbreaking cere
mony for new Pacific Highway
over Siskiyous.
Potltions circulated asking
that Medford Post Office be
constructed on east side instead
of on proposed site on West
Sixth Street.
What's Your I.Q.7
Nine or fen correct h superior;
seven or eight Is excellent; five er
six is good.
1. Is the dessert most fre
quently ordered In American
restaurants ice cream, pie, or
cake.'
!. A city in Wyoming is named
Tor Buffalo Bill; name it.
3. For whom is tlodcsla nam
ed? 4. How many New England
states are there:
5. All three Presidents born
in one particular state had the
same given name; name the
state and the Presidents.
6. Is a clap of thunder heard
before, after, or simultaneously
with the observance of light
nine.'
7. Enlisted men of the Army
are eligible to sit on courts
martial; true or false?
8. Does West Virginia have i
larger or smaller population
man Virginia?
9. Was the War of 1812 be.
twecn the U. S. and Britain prin
cipally land or naval warfare?
10. When a flag Is furled, Is
It such that it will float In the
breeze, or is It rolled up?
Answers: 1. Pie. 2. Cody. 3.
Cecil Rhodes. 4. Six. 5. Massa
chusetts; John and John Quincy
Adams and John F. Kennedy.
A. After. 7. True. g. Smaller.
Naval. 10. Rolled up.
7
NOVEMBER XX, 1N3
The Unemployables
An overwhelming paradox of our era is that
while unemployment is high and getting higher,
manv jobs are going begging.
The sad fact is that many of the unem
ployed are actually unemployable. They lack the
skills which would permit them to take many
of the jobs being created in an increasingly com-
iiIpy sneiptv.
A news release from
U.S. Department of Labor begins this way :
"Business and industry in the Pacific Northwest are
engaged in a race against time in efforts to procure and
train the skilled workers needed for this decade. The
shortage of skilled labor is becoming more critical daily."
e
COAL miners are out
and West Virginia
operated with largely automatic macninery. we
pro and Puerto Rican youths in New York can-
not find work for they have only their hands,
and lack the mechanical and mental skills to
handle the jobs available.
In every community in the nation there are
high school drop outs who, because they lack
a hiirh school dmloma and the knowledge and
training which goes with it, are not qualified
to do much of anything except prowl around
and get in trouble.
But high school graduates, and even more,
college and technical school graduates, can prac
tically write their own ticket when it comes to
employment. A young man just out of engineer
ing school can expect to start with a salary of
$5,000 per year or more.
THIS gap between the trained and skilled and
educated, and those who are unemployable
due to lack of skill, is apt to become worse in
stead of better, unless some drastic steps are
taken steps which Congress seems in no hury
to take.
The Manpower Development and Training
Act thus far has proven to be wholly inade
quate to the dimensions of the national prob
lem. And because of this the unemployables
remain so, and face a dim future of existing on
a welfare dole of little use to anyone, least
of all themselves, and a
asset, to the society and
We can foresee a day
thousands of human beings will exist, genera
tion after generation, on relief.
IT IS NOT a pretty picture. Nor is it inevitable.
a Riif if wmilrl annoar
far more effective measures are taken.
These, as a minimum, must include :
Greater emphasis on education and train
ing retraining where necessary at all age
levels.
A much stronger and healthier and f aster-
growing economy than
where 25,000 new jobs must be created each
week just to stay even with the growth of the
labor supply.
A more realistic approach to the idleness
which automation will bring, including such
measures as a shorter work-week, longer vaca
tions, earlier retirements,
steps become necessary.
THE only way in which such a program can
be conducted is through the resources of the
federal government. It
industry, or the states or local governments, to
take on. The problem is national in scope, and
can be approached only on a national scale.
Too, the federal government is committed
to a policy of full employment, and, having
assumed this responsibility, must live up to it.
But Congress, dawdling along month alter
month, feels no sense of urgency. Apparently
the great mass of people in the nation, those
who have jobs and a higher standard of living
than any group in world history, have no sense
of urgency either.
But the unemployed the unemployable not
only have a sense of urgency ; they have a sense
of desperation.
. We are reminded of the poet who bid us not
to mourn the dead or the imprisoned :
But rather, mourn the apathetic throng
The cowered and the meek
Who see the world's great anguish and its wrong,
And dare not speak.
E. A.
Facts of Life
The Legislature (which may or may not have
adjourned by the time this is printed) has bowed
to what it appears to think is the will of the peo
ple, and chopped about $48 million out of a $404
million budget. It has voted to "borrow" $12
million from the 1965-66 biennium.
It took 11 days of wrangling and confusion
iu ttccumpusn mis.
And it has left a monumental headache for
the 1965 session, which
task of raising millions
tne present "austerity"
I OCAL school property
by some $12 million
have to get alontr with
Badly needed buildings will not be built. In
stitutions will have to get along with skeleton
staffs. Many students will find it impossible to
get into university or college, or, if they do,
will find them of quality which leaves much
to be desired.
Welfare recipients will have to do with less.
Other state services will
Threats? NoFacU.
the Seattle office of the
of work in Kentucky
because the mines are
drain, rather than an
the economy.
when thousands upon
fn ho inovif Q.V1I0 linleas
we have at present,
and whatever other
is too much for private
will be faced with the
in new revenues, even if
program is continued.
taxes will be increased
or else the schools will
far less monev.
be crippled.
E. A.
"To Arms! The Sack
intyne! 3 A : ViS, .sBJS.- jKs
Communications
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printed In this column do not necessarily represent the views of tr4
peper, In feet the contrary It often
Hard Hearted Oregon
To the Editor: On Nov. 4, I
mailed a registered letter to
Gov. Mark O. Hatfield. Here
it is in part:
it nas come to tne attention
of the undersigned that the fis
cal policy of the State of Ore
gon under your governorship is
inadequate to care lor tne needs
of the needy aged! I am enclos
ing a $5 money order to start
a collection for the State of
Oregon.
His reply stated, I am return
ing the $5 postal money order
which you forwarded and would
suggest that if you know of
needy persons you make such a
contribution directly.
I receive a veterans pension,
W.W. I, and have plugged in
my 76th year and am unable
to give any financial assistance
to anyone.
My letter to Governor Hat
field stems from more than two
years ago when I met an old
friend, 84 years of age, and two
others up In the Siskiyous. The
84 year old man received $33
Social Security and a small
amount from Old Age Assist
ance. Last summer while in
Oregon I again stopped to say
hello. He is now 86 years of age
(87 in December) and receives
$40 Social Security and $13
O.A.A. Out of this grant some
one must furnish free transpor
tation to buy his groceries, such
as he can buy. He also has to
pay for his half of utilities.
Our government has sent bil
lions of dollars in aid to com
munist countries.
It would not surprise the un
dersigned to see some of the old
folks of Oregon crawling around
on their hands and knees gath
ering acorns due to the miserly
amount of financial assistance
given to some of the needy aged
by hard-hearted legislation of
Oregon.
. D'red D. wuson,
. Box 103,
Happy Camp, Calif.
Hats Off
To the Editor: We sat on
Southern Oregon College foot
ball field in Ashland Saturday
and watched our favorite foot
ball team take Douglas 38-0. I
believe this team is the best
Phoenix has ever had. To
watch these boys, on a . wet
field, cold and muddy, one won
ders why they even want to do
do it.
Of course we are proud of
these boys and proud' also of
of their coach Jack Woodward.
He must be a very good coach.
But, as proud as we are of our
team, the visiting team cer
tainly must be given credit
also. These boys who are will-
he to D av ball in the cold and
wet and muddy fields should
be given credit for their sports
manship. And I'm sure many
jeople who go to these games
eel tne same way. win or lose,
let's take our hats off to all of
these fine boys. They certainly
deserve it.
Bertha Hanscom
403 C St.
Phoenix, Ore.
Boardman Error
To the Editor: At a time when
the Legislature has been asked
to approve a cut in tunos lor ex
periment stations serving agri
culture, Oregon's second indus
try. It has also been asked to
vote a subsidy to tne Boeing i-o,
so it may use the Boardman In'
dustrial Park.
Defense Industry has always
been feast or famine, and as
soon as the American people
become aware of the billions
of their hard-earned money that
Is going into "overkill capacity
that adds nothing to national se
curity, they will put a stop to
subsidizing corporations, such
as Boeing, that grow tat on the
taxpayers dollars.
If the Boardman deal Is con
sumated, and defense contracts
dry up, Oregon taxpayers will
be asked to pick up another tab
in the form of unemployment
compensation, while Boeing will
Y
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORO,
CoaU Are Coming"
Ts
the case.
hold a long term lease on Board
man Park.
Oregon needs stable Industry,
and if Oregon's legislators wish
to serve their constituents, they
will eliminate the Boardman er
ror before it grows into a bigger
one, and use the funds to stimu
late research in forestry and ag
riculture. Lloyd Pulliam
942 East 18th St.
Eugene, Ore.
Thank You!
To the Editor: The members
of the John Birch Society wish
to express their appreciation to
the Tribune for permitting us to
advertise our open John Birch
meeting in the Communications
column. In spite of the very in
clement weather some 75-80 per
sons from all sections of the
county attended. The program
was ai nour speech by Kobert
Welch on film. The audience
was so interested they remained
until 10 p.m. asking questions
and making comments. Again
we say thank you!
Anna M. Streed
36 N. Peach St.
Medford
In the Day's News
lr FRANK JENKINS
In the little village of Gettys
burg, a few miles north of the
line that divides the state of
Pennsylvania from the state of
Maryland, an interesting event
in tne history of our nation was
commemorated last week.
The event was the delivery of
President Lincoln's Gettysburg
acmress on Nov. 19, 1863, and
the ceremony on Tuesday ended
a three-day centennial observ
ance of the ideas and aspira
tions expressed by Lincoln In his
"f e w appropriate remarks"
which he thought "would be
nttie noted nor long remem-
oered.
He was too modest. The less
than 300 words which he uttered
that day have lived for a cen
tury and will continue to live as
long as there is a United States
of America.
T INCOLN'S Gettysburg a
" dress has been called the
greatest utterance In American
history. It is a classic of the
English language.
It is a classic not merely be
cause of what Lincoln said al
though what he said was exactly
what should have been said at
the time when he delivered his
address. It is a literary classic
because of the simple BEAUTY
of its language.
It contains only 267 words in
ten sentences. But Lincoln chose
those 267 words with such care
and precision that ever since
they have stirred the deepest
feelings of our nation.
A ND
LINCOLN CHOSE THOSE
267 WORDS HIMSELF.
He didn't turn the job over to
a professional speech writer. He
did it all himself. He chose them
with particular and laborious
care. Weighing each word as he
chose it. Testing it. Savoring it.
Making sure that it did Its part
to carry the message he wanted
to be carried to all the people
of our land.
Nor was he content with the
first draft. He made five hand'
written copies.
He studied them all with me
ticulous care, and eventually
chose his second draft as com
ing nearest to what he wanted
to say to tne people of a war-
torn nation roughly midway of a
great civil war.
It has been truly said that
there is no excellence without
labor. Lincoln labored long and
hard on his Gettysburg address.
WllE big point is that they
l were LINCOLN'S words.
The thinking back of the, words
OREGON
Soviet Arms Exports Costly Failure,
If Measured by Attitudes of Buyers
PHIL NEWSOM
UF1 foreign News
Analyst
Atlhough not one of Black Af
rica's 25 newly Independent na
tions has gone Communist, So
viet Russia never stops trying.
These efforts are both open
and subversive and recent days
have provided two more exam
ples. In Leopoldville, The Con
go, Congolese police roughed up
and held two Soviet diplomats
accused of carrying compromis
ing documents. The Russians
have been suspected of backing
Congolese government-in-
exile.
All the Houses
Just Plain Jack Built frsl
By Arthur Hoppe TVl r
Good morning, friends in tele-
visionland. It's time for another
visit with Just Plain Jack, the
heartwarming story of a young
man s constant struggle to pro
vide sat' .. .tory housing for his
people. Mainly his wife.
As we loin Just Plain JacK
today, he is curled up with a
good book: "An Abstract of
Public Opinion Sampling on
Selected Key Issues for 1964."
The Beautiful Society Girl he
married rushes in, all a-bubble.
BEAUTIFUL SOCIETY GIRL:
Oh, Bunny, I've found the per
fect one for you next year!
JACK: The wheat deal, Dear,
or the test ban? Both look too
touchy to me. We need a simple
slogan on a hot issue. And the
best Pierre's come up with is
Cuba: "We've Held Our Own
against this Commie Bastion 90
Miles from Our Shores It
Hasn't moved an Inch Closer!"
BEAUTIFUL SOCIETY GIRL:
Oh, silly, I don't mean I've
found an issue for you. I mean
I've found the perfect house lor
next summer.
JACK: Not Glen Ora again.
What's wrong with our place at
Hyanni- Port? It's so convenient
to all our dearest trienos, bod
by, Teddy, Eunice, Ethel . . .
BEAUTIFUL SUUlHiT UlrlL:
Now. Bunny, you promised.
You know how Ethel frightens
me.
JACK: You could conquer
that fear. Dear. If you'd just
learn t swim with your shoes
on. But I suppose Hyannis Port
it out. Say! Didn't you design
and build a little rt for us on
Rattlesnake Mountain in Vir
ginia last year? Whatever hap
pened to that?
BEAUTIf ULi SUUlHiTlt lilrlLi:
Pbcre don't scold me, Bunny,
but I can't remember. Oh,
you're going to think I'm a ter
rible housekeeper.
JACK: There, there. Plenty
more where that came from,
I'm sure. What about our hide
away in Palm Beach? Or our
house in Georgetown? No, we
sold that, v aw Island? I like
both of the places we stay in
there. Where else do we sum
mer? Newport; the Italian Rivi
era .. . Newport! wow, wait a
minute. Every summer we've
spent a week with your mother
in Newport. I said never again.
Now, now, it's not your mother,
Dear. I love your mother. Mad
ly. Insanely. It's that banker
she married. I can't stand the
way he calls me "That Man."
BEAUTIFUL SUU1ETY U1KL,:
Oh, I just know you could be
friends, Bunny, u you'd oniy
change your registration. But,
anvwav. that's the surprise. We
definitely won't have to spend
a week with tliem next summer.
JACK: '"-onderful. You are
thoughtful, Dear.
BEAUTIFUL SOCIETY GIRL:
Because, for the whole of August
and September, I' : just leased
the 22-acre estate right next
door to theirs. Isn t that per
fect? JACK: Lovely. I hope you and
the children have a grand time,
was LINCOLN'S thinking.
He didn't just get up and read
something that somebody else
had written.
He LIVED what he was say
ing.
What he was saying was i
part of himself.
OUR public men in these davs,
of course, are BUSY MEN.
Vast responsibilities rest on
their shoulders.
But the same was true of
Abraham Lincoln. Vast respon
sibilities rested on his shoulders.
But he found time to write his
speeches himself.
A WORD in conclusion.
Edward Everett, the most
famous American orator then
living, had spoken for two hours
when Lincoln arose to speak.
His address has long since
been forgotten. But Lincoln's 267
words still live in the minds and
the hearts of all Americans,
E
Moving openly in Somalia,
the Russians closed a deal to
help equip a Somalian army of
20,000 which, according to West
em experts, is far larger than
the country needs and which,
it is feared, is Intended for use
against Somalia's neighbors,
either Ethiopia or Kenya.
Washington estimates of So
viet arms exports since the first
total at around $3 billion.
Probably the best customer
has been Indonesia which has
received about a third of the
total Also high on the list is
Cuba.
Since these weapons were in
tended either for use against
governments friendly to the
West or at least to stir up trou
ble for the West, a summary
put together by analysts of Ra
dio Free Europe is interesting.
Some idea of the scale of So
viet arms shipments to Egypt
I'll try eve: minute to slip
away and see you. At least
once. But I'll be awfully busy
campaigning on the slogan our
little talk has given me: "Keep
My Family in the White House
It'll Solve the Nation's Hous
ing Shortage Overnight."
Will Jack Find A New Home
for his Family? Like That New
One They Lost in Virginia? Or
is Newport Their Last Resort?
Tune in to our next' episode,
folks. And meanwhile, as you
go down the byways of life, re
member: All we need to feather
our nests is just plain jack.
Strictly
Personal
.By Sydney J. Harris
(c) Field Enterprises. Inc.
. MIRROR IMAGE
He is a short, chunky, near
bald man, with a shrewd eye,
an aggressive jaw, and a ready
joke for nearly all occasions.
His beliefs are firm and ex
plicit, in every realm, from the
economic to the psychological
to the esthetic. He is a man
who knows his own mind, and
expresses himself freely and
pungently.
In economics, he believes that
the economic factor is the most
important in human life. Ideals
and spiritual qualities are all
very well in their place, but it
is money that makes the mare
go. What most deeply influence
men's decisions are their eco
nomic needs and drives,
i
In psychology, he is suspi
cious and disdainful of any
Freudian Interpretations. Psy
choanalysis should be banned,
he believes, because 11 holds
that unconscious psychic fac
tors determine our conduct
and he will have no truck with
such mystical interpretations
of life.
In esthetics, he is against
all "modern" manifestations.
He despises abstract art as a
corrupt, degenerate and infan
tile activity; he will have noth
ing to do with music that is
not traditional and familiarly
melodic. In literature, he pre
fers facts to fancy; he wants
a "message" to be got across,
in plain, everyday language.
Indeed, "practical" is the
keyword of his nature. He will
use ideology when it suits his
purposes, but what he wants
to tee is a huge industrial
machinery operating at top
productive power, a high stan
dard of living, and an admin
istration that is cool and effi
cient, with emphasis on tech
nical and scientific develop
ments. He is ardently nationalistic,
although he may pay lip-service
to such concepts as "humanity"
and "brotherhood." He wants
his nation to be first in every-
tning, irom missiles to mara
thons; and his entire foreign
policy is based on national self-
interest. What is good for his
country, he firmly believes, is
good for the world.
He is, in short, a completely
modern man: pragmatic, mate
rialistic, bourgeois in his atti
tudes toward Uie arts, uneasy
in the presence of psychological
subtleties, utterly convinced that
with the right political party in
the saddle and the economy
booming, most of the people's
problems would be solved.
What he mast dislikes are in
tellectuals, fanatics, artists who
will not sensibly serve the needs
of the community in clear and
simple terms, people who will
not work hard at their jobs,
beatniks of all sorts, religious
cranks, promiscuous and im
moral citizens, and those who
flirt with alien creeds.
His name: Nikita Khrushchev.
Do you recognize him in yourself?
may be had from the fact that
in the Sinai clash with Israel,
the Israelis captured more than
300 Soviet -built T-34 tanks,
about 600 guns and about 4,000
Soviet-made jeeps or tanks.
Moscow also has delivered to
the U.A.R. submarines, destroy
ers and torpedo boats.
But despite this outlay, local
Egyptian Communists continue
to rest in Egyptian jails.
in macK Africa. Uunea
bought some 8,000 rifles and
some armored vehicles from
the Soviet Union and then pro
ceeded to kick out the Soviet
ambassador.
Iraq also so far has been a
costly . Soviet mistake. The
country has modern T-54 Rus
sian tanks, Mig-21 jet fighters
and boviet transports. Yet Iraq
oil continues to flow to the
West, Kuwait is still "unliber
ated" and the most use the
weapons have has been against
the Kurds who receive at least
the tacit support of the Soviet
Union.
Afghanistan obtained both
THE TWO EUROPES--III
I talked about Eastern Eu
rope in the two preceding arti
cles. My main point was that
the change of generations coin
cides with the realization that
thermonuclear war has to be
and probably will be avoided
and that this is weakening the
discipline which binds Eastern
Europe together under the au
thority of the Soviet Union.
In the West I visited Rome,
Paris and London omitting
Bonn, where it seemed to me
too early to get any clear view
of what is to come after Ade
nauer. There is no doubt, I soon real
ized, that in Western Europe
today President De Gaulle is
the pivotal figure. The initia
tive is in his hands. There is
little reason to think that the
initiative will pass to London
or to Bonn. This is not because
General De Gaulle is universally
loved, or even admired. It is, so
I venture to think, because he
has seen more of the future
than most of his contemporaries,
and so much that .happens
seems to bear him out.
.
T ET us begin with domestic
J politics in the western con
tinent. Nobody whom I saw in
Paris pretended to believe that
General De Gaulle has set up
a government which could be
made to work without General
De Gaulle.
France today is a free coun
try in which representative dem
ocratic government has in fact
been suspended. Yet no one
who has visited Eastern Europe
would think of France as a
totalitarian dictatorship. It is
rather an enlightened mon
archy, and there is in France
little of the fear which would
make the general's opponents,
of whom there are plenty, drop
their voices and talk in a kind
of code language for fear of
being overheard.
So far as I could make out,
the general's chief instrument
to retain his' power apart from
his enormous personal prestige,
is that he has seized for him
self a monopoly of radio and
television. His opponents, in
cluding the Communist Party,
are free to print and to talk.
But they are cut off from a
mass audience by the govern
ment's monopoly of broadcast
ing. The Gaullist view is, I think,
that representative government
with its parties and its factions
is no longer workable. In the
modern age it is unable to pro
vide good government with suf
ficient authority and independ
ence. Representative govern
ment with its parties did not
work in postwar France. It has
not worked in postwar Italy.
Probably it will not . work in
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Migs and small arms from thu
Russians as a threat against
pro-Western Pakistan. But when
Pakistan began flirting with
Red China, the Russians decid
ed to compete with Peking for
Pakistan favors.
The Indonesian armed forces,
despite huge "implies from the
Soviet Union, remain under
what is basically an anti-Communist
leadership. The Indone
sian Communist party is siding
with Peking against Moscow.
, Cuba represented one of the
Soviet Union's greatest post-war
success stories. Yet Cuba is re
ported shopping around in West
ern Euroope in an attempt to
reduce its dependence upon
Russia and Castro has sided
with Red China in refusing to
sign the partial nuclear test
ban.
The Radio Free Europe anal
ysis concludes: "If the Soviet
arms export drive was aimed
at acquiring political leverage
in the underdeveloped countries,
it has on balance been costly
failure."
Today and
Tomorrow
By Walter Lippmann ,
fCl 143 The Washinelon Pest
post-Adenauer Germany. What
will come next the Gaullists ds
not profess to know. But they
insist that it must be something
which overrides parties and
factions and establishes a con
tinuous national authority.
'
HPHE central political tendency
in Italy constitutes a tacit
acceptance of the Gaullist find
ing. The parliamentary system
with two-party government, as
it comes down to us from the
19th century is, say the Gaul
lists, now unworkable. It led
to Mussolini and to Hitler and
might then have led to Stalin.
The Italians are trying to
work out what is In reality a
suspension of the two-party sys
tem. They are trying to form
a coalition of all the parties
and factions which believe in
democracy, or more accurately
in personal freedom. This in
the inwardness of the so-called
"opening to the left.''
The Italian center-left coali
tion is intended to comprise the
Catholic Party insofar as it is
progressive and liberal and the
Socialists insofar as they are
not Communists and totalitari
an. I do not know whether such
an Italian coalition can be form
ed successfully. But I have yet
to talk to an Italian who had
any plausible idea of an ac
ceptable and workable alterna
tive. A POPULAR front govern
" ment would be unaccept
able, and a center-right gov
ernment would be unworkable.
If what is wanted is a strong
government which is also demo
cratic, then there can be no
popular front with the Commu
nists. Nor can there be a front
with the rightists, who include
what is left of fascism.
In the field of theory and doc
trine, moreover, the Italian at
tempt anticipates, correctly, I
venture to think, the main tend
ency among the masses of the
people on the Western European
continent. The Democratic So
cialists are abandoning their
Marxist ideology, particularly of
the class struggle, and the
Christian Democrats are mov
ing away from their former
close collaboration with the
feudal remnants and the pluto
cratic lobbies.
As the Socialist parties in
Western Europe are ceasing to
be Marxist and as the religious
parties are becoming more
Christian, there is a prospect
that such a coalition in Italy,
and after the 1965 elections per
haps in Germany, will provide
an alternative to the kind of
personal rule practiced by Gen
eral De Gaulle. But it will not
be a revival of representative
democracy as it comes down
from the 19th century.
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