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History from tne files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and SO yean ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Dec. 13. 1953 (Sunday)
Four articles in the November
issue ot Oregon Educational
Journal written by Jackson
County teachers; (our contrib
utors were Giles Green, Ash
land High; H. Bruce Mclzgcr,
Oak Grove School; Mrs. Maxine
Smith, Medford Junior High
School, and Alva W. Graham,
Southern Oregon College.
20 YEARS AGO
Dec. 13, 1943 (Monday)
Featured sneakers at Mediord
Toastmasters meeting include
Frank B. Gray and Roy Harri
son; Dr. A. A. Soule presides
after President George Buchan
an opens the session.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "The
cold weather of the past few
days has caused English spar
rows hereabouts to puff up like
they had been appointed to a
minor federal job."
30 YEARS AGO
Dec. 13, IMS (Wcdncsdny)
Survey for highway over the
Siskiyous ordered for section
between summit and state line;
Von dcr Hcllcn and Piorson hold
contract or unit between Neil
and Wall Creeks.
40 YEARS AGO
Dec. 13, 1923 (Thursday)
Professor 1. E. Vining, Ash
land, escapes dcalh in auto aeci
dent while en route home after
speaking before Medford Cham
ber of Commerce.
Peonage charges filed with
California state immigration
board against Rogue Valley
rancher.
SO YEARS AGO
Dec. 13, 1913 (Saturday)
3. W. Slingcr sells Little Butte
ranch to Tom Farlow of Lake
Creek for $18,000.
Professor P. J. O'Gar'a named
forest pathologist for the de
partment of agriculture in the
Medford district.
What's Your I.Q.?
Hint or fen correct It superior;
even oi sight Is excellent; live or
til it good.
1. What is the largest port in
South America?
2. What city of the world has
the largest population?
3. Who wrote "The Legend of
Sleepy Hollow"?
4. By population docs Berlin
(combined East and West) more
closely equal the population of
New York, Los Angeles, or Chi
cago? 5. In the history of American
musical composition, who was
known as the march King?
6. What strait is at the tip of
South America?
7. Do most varieties of sharks
lay eggs, or give birth to com
plctcly formed young?
8. Christopher Columbus ob
tained financing for Ins initial
voyage to the new world from
whom?
9. Argentina Gauchos most
nearly parallel American
c ?
10. Cenlcrboard, outrigger,
. booms and forcstays arc all
parts of what?
Answers: 1. Buenos Aires. 2.
Tokyo, 3. Washington Irving. 4.
Chicago. 5. John Philip Sousa.
. MagrlAin. 7. (live birth to
completely formed young. 8.
(fueen Isabella of Spain. 0. Cow
boys. 10, Boats,
4 A
ViN(frUitllHI$
jJ-AlSOCIATION
DECEMBER I.I, IWJ
Unanswered Question
In Woodland, Ga., a principal of an elemen
tary school faced the task of informing his stu
dents of the assassination of the President of the
United States.
When he did so, some of them cheered and
laughed. The principal, shocked at such disre
spect both for the office and for the solemn
occasion, admonished the students.
' For this he was criticized by PTA groups
the parents of the children whose homes were
the soil in which such utter callousness grew up.
The principal quit his job.
IN DALLAS, Tex., a school teacher, grieving
for the President and ashamed of the attitudes
of her own city, wrote a letter to Time magazine,
telling of her shame in the "political climate"
and the mood of repression in Dallas.
The letter was printed. She was suspended
from her job. (She later was reinstated but
the fact that she was suspended at all is blister
ing evidence that she was right when she wrote
the letter.)
Also in Dallas, a Methodist minister similarly
condemned the city for its miasma of hate and
fear, and students for cheering the assassination
news. He had so many threats that police had
to set a guard at his house.
e
THESE are only symptoms. Probably they are
arvnif-nl pvpn in thp Smith
But they are symptoms of a creeping illness
which is endemic in many parts of the nation. It
has cropped up in our own pleasant and friendly
southern Oregon communities from time to time.
Usually it is a period
these strains of sick hatred to the surface. The
Ku Klux Klan rode high in Oregon in the 20s.
The Good Government Congress came close to
destroying orderly government in the 30s, The
John Birchers and similar types have spewed
forth their venom in more recent years.
CARL WARREN, Chief Justice of the United
States, a frequent target of the hate-every-body
fanatics, is a great, good, and kindly man
who certainly will rank among oui great jurists,
despite the ignoramus attacks. He has more
reason than most to be aware of the vitriol which
has entered the body politic.
In eulogizing the late
tice Warren said:
". . . If we really love this country, if we truly love jus
tice and mercy, if we f rvcntly want to make this nation
better for those who are to follow us, we can at least ab
jure the hatred that consumes people, the false accusa
tions that divide us, and the bitterness that begets vio
lence. "Is it too much to hope that the martyrdom of our be
loved President might even soften the hearts of those who
would themselves recoil from assassination, but who do
not shrink from spreading the venom which kindles
thoughts of It in others?"
We can only await the answer hopefully.
-E. A.
The Presidential Succession
John W. McCormack, speaker of the U. S.
House of Representatives, will be 72 years of
age a week from Saturday. He has been a mem
ber of the house, representing a Massachusetts
district, since 19zs.
Should President Johnson die within the
next year, McCormack would become President.
Next in line after him is Carl Hayden, S(i, Presi
dent pro tern of the Senate, then, in order,
would come members of the Cabinet, starting
with the Secretary of State, but excluding the
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare.
This line of succession was established in
1947. Prior to that, the
directly after the Vice President in the line of
succession. The Speaker and President pro tern
were inserted on the theory that elected officials
should have priority over appointed officials.
'TWERE is, justifiably, considerable concern
1 being voiced now, partly due to the age of
both McCormack and Hayden, and partly clue
to the fact that neither is considered to be of
Presidential caliber.
(As a practical matter, the line of succession
would stop with the Speaker of the House, inas
much as a new Speaker would be elected soon
after the accession of the former one.)
Suggestions have been made that the line of
succession be returned to that in effect before
1 D-17. But there is some doubt that the Congress
would do this, considering that it might be taken
as a personal affront by McCormack.
rpilERE is a fallacy in the "elected rather than
appointed" theory as to the succession. The
Speaker is elected to Congress by a tiny segment
of the population of the nation, and his election
to the Speakership is by a vote of the majority
party membership. So his election could hardly
be construed as representing nationwide senti
ment. An appointed official, however, such as the
Secretary of State, is far more apt to be of the
deceased President's political coloration, and
more experienced in the problems of the execu
tive branch of government.
Too, in miming Cabinet officers, Presidents
get the very best men they can find. It is more
likely that a Cabinet member would be a more
effective, and really a more representative, Presi
dent than one who, through the accidents of
seniority and Congressional politicking, had be
come Speaker.
Meanwhile, let us all wish health and long
life for President Johnson. E. A.
of stress which brings
President, Chief Jus
Cabinet members were
"Hey Pop, You
Are Really
Jl
Strictly
Personal
By Sidney J. Harris
(c) Field Enterprises. Inc.
INDIANS AND TULIPS
Not long ago, I was seated across the dinner table from a
Dutch businessman who had recently arrived from the Nether
lands on his first visit to this country.
We were chatting about vacation spots, and when I told him
that I spent my vacations in northern Wisconsin, he asked me
if it was worth his driving up there to see some Indian tribes.
"Well," I said, "the only Indian I know up there runs the
popcorn machine at the local drive-in movie, and fixes TV sets
in his spare time. There's also an Indian trading post up there,
where you can uiy ceramic ashtrays made in Japan in the shape
of a tomahawk."
He seemed disappointed at this bleak information, and so I
asked him gently, "Tell me, when Americans arrive in Holland
for the first time, what do they ask for and what do they expect
to see?"
"Ah."' he said, "it is depressing how little they know of
us. They look for windmills, wooden shoes, and tulips. Some
times tlicy even expect to see the little boy with his finger
si 111 In the dike!"
"And this is not what Holland is like?" I prompted. He
regarded me with ill-disguised contempt.
"Certainly not," he sputtered. "It is a fable of long ago,
and a liud joke to the Dutch people, who arc among the most
modern and progressive in the world. But, of course, all the
Americans know arc the pretty pictures of Dutch costumes
in their children's coloring books. They have some anllquc
image in their minds, and arc often disappointed when the
reality is nothing like the image."
"Now you know how we feel," I said, "when visitors come
to America looking for Indians and buffalo hunts or when
(hey come lo Chicago and ask (o be taken (o sec (he gangsters.
I have lived in the heart of the city for 40 years, for 25 years
v of (hem as a newspaperman and not once have 1 seen a
gangster performing his feats."
"But the reputation your city has," he insisted. "It's the same
as your wooden shoes," I replied. "We have no more crime than
any oilier big American city, but we're the victims of our repu
tation. If a visitor is robbed in St. Paul, he regards it as an
accident, or an act of fate; if he is robbed in Chicago, it becomes
a scundal, and he goes back home convinced that everything said
about the city is true."
"So everywhere it is the same," he shrugged. "About other
lands, we all live in the past." I nodded, and passed him a piece
ot Danish pastry. "Have a slice," I said. "They've never heard
of it in Denmark."
In the Day's News
By FRANK JtNKINS
The news at this moment in
history?
It has some interesting angles.
M 'i ,s m lrouble' ,
Huge as his country is, it
isn't producing as much food as
his people need lo Keep mem
happy. In particular, it isn't
producing enough wheat to pro -
, ., . ,. ,,,, , . .,i,
vide them with as much biead
as they want and need.
As everyone is aware, l;c has
been buvina wheat wherever he
M lv hanric .m ii lln has
been having some trouble fi-1
nancing his wheat purchases. j
WHAT'S wrong?
' Mr. Kroosh lays the hbme
on a bad growing season. Rut
the real trouble seems lo lie i
deeper than Ihat. The soil is
Ihin. It needs vast quantities of
chemical fertilizer. To get the
necessary amount of fertilizer,
I he's going to have to spend
I wimwhflrp in th nii'hhnrhrwwl
of 42 billion rublies (about $-16
billion) to build the chemical
plants ncded to produce the fer
tilizer he must have to make his
: land produce enouah food to
keep his tHHiple contented with
I communism
rpilAT suggests this thought:
Can he finance all this as
well as nuclear weapons and
space travel along with all the
tilings his people are going to
want to keep them happy''
i Anil
j If he doesn't give his people
' what they w ant, can he hold
j their confidence'.' And if he
j can't hold their confidence, what
I WILL he do? He ran i put a sol
jdier to watch each peasant.
I'IMIAT would take too many
- soldiers. And the soldiers
i also are going to want a ,it of
things Ihat the people of kite
West have. History tolls him
I Ihat if he can't provide the
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHU.
Think CigareU
Dangerous?"
1 things his people want, he'
going to face BAD trouble.
I
WHAT to do about it?
ii
FORGET all this communist
I T hogwash. Communism never
has provided the people with
u ... i f
.me inings mcy i.
j Start with your farmers. They
! Provide the food your people
must have to keep them nappv
G,w Mch Russja; famef
0Wj pjoce f nnd. Let him
work it as he pleases. Let him
KEEP WHAT HE MAKES.
The first thing you know
your farmers will be producing
all the food your people need.
We learned Ihat trick at James
town and Plymouth.
It WORKS'.
Communism DOESN'T work.
"Heavens, there are only a fen dus Irll III 'politu va vusual'
under Ihe moratorium on politics!"
OREGON
Soviet Army To Leave Hungary; Story
Recalls Bitter Days of Seven Years Ago
PHIL NEWSOM
UP1 Foreign News
Analyst
UI'I Foreign News Analyst
"The Soviet army, which
crushed the Hungarian revolu
tion seven years ago, plans to
leave Hungary in the next few
months, diplomatic sources said '
today.
UPI news dispatch from
Moscow.
It was 8 o'clock in the morn-
ing on Nov. 4, 1956. and over
Communications
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for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to
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paper, in fact the contrary it often the case.
Rales a Paragraph
To the Editor: Disaster is big
news, rates banner headlines:
Hurricane Flora in Haiti, earth
quake in Iran, dam breaks in
Italy. Within 24 hours, the mail
begins bringing checks, bills,
money orders to CAKE, with one
directive: Help!
Hunger is a quieter calamity;
it doesn't hit Page One. But it
kills just as surely, if more
slowly, with the added tortures
of despair and disease for mil
lions around the world.
This, I hope you'll agree, rates
a paragraph, including the fact
that we'll deliver an average
of 27 pounds of food overseas
for every SI your readers sent
to the CARE Food Crusade,
New York, N. Y. 10016.
(There is no zippier code than
that for speeding aid to the
wifh nv ihanK anH hi I
wishes for the Holiday Season
..... j
ishps fnr thp Hnhf av Season,
Sam Kaufman
for CARE
fiBO First Ave.
New York 16, N. Y
Kind People
To the Editor: I would like to
take advantage of this column
to thank some very kind people
that went out of their way to
catch a stray horse.
There aren't very many
people that will take a lot of
time and energy to catch some
one's stray animal, especially
when they both have no idea
to whom it belongs.
Mr. George Mcune from the
X , ,u B k T a woman wrote an article for
, Wi HwlshrrV'h0 UT " Comm"ns in the Med
Bullock Rd., caught my horse ; ford Maj, Trjb (h ,
for me and not having any idea , a m(,mb f (h , b h'
who the owner was took care mici,ij fi " ,
of him as if he was their own. : d. feel a great urge
tin. i t i . i .u t answer n a sour strain. In
When I found out where the , ,h (j , the Security
teeS,rlC.,,"P m " I Benefit club of Medford has
i. i ' l;,r. m To-iri iJnotnl"S ' do with
,1 .......... ..... ,
know that in this big world
where so many tragic things
happen. Ihat you will find won
derful people like these two
men, that will restore a per
son's faith in humanity.
Thank you gentlemen, your
kindness and thoughtfulness is
deeply appreciated.
Janice Haslcr
HUM Crater Lake Hwy.
Medford.
Christmas Greetings!
To the Editor: To all
'"ends and neighbors we send
, our . bcst 'shcs for a """7
I Christmas and a Happy New
',, " i f . ii
greeting cards this year, and
in the name of friendship and
appreciation are donating I h c
cost of cards and mailing to our
Roque River Public Library.
We feel that the purchase of
new books for our library will
be a more lasting Christmas
greeting noi omy to you. our
friends, but lo your friends and
all who use this wonderful fa-
inis ttoiuicriui la-
cility with ,it, ; books of reference
for our school ch.ldren and books
I ,
Budapest Radio came the des- might have been would come I Hungarian military leaders
perate cry: later. I meet with the Soviets to nego-
"Help Hungary! ... Help us On that morning in the tiate withdrawal of Soviet
.. .Help us!" tblasted streets of Budapest i troops. The Soviets arrest the
Just before that had been the men, women and children i Hungarian leaders and launch
playing of the Hungarian na-i hurled their home-made Molo-i their attack. It was the same
tional anthem, and before that j tov cocktails beneath the treads ! treachery which had been
an announcement by Premier ! of Russian tanks or threw i employed against Polish mili
Imre Nagy. - j themselves bodily against tank tary leaders in 1945.
Soviet troops attacked ;
the Hungarian capital with the
open purpose to overthrow the
legal government," he said.
"The Hungarian troops are in
combat. . .This is announced to
our people and to the world."
The following days were a
story of human courage raised
ito incredible neignts. oi treacn-
: ery compounded, and, in the
West, a time of agonizing in-
decision.
The reappraisals and the
harsh recriminations for what
to instruct and entertain all of
us.
With love and best wishes
The Ralph Smith familv
(Ralph, Mary, Pat, Mike
and Debbie)
8825 Rogue River Highway
Grants Pass, Ore.
A Better Life
To the Editor: E.A.'s editorial,
"The Oswalds Among Us," was
thought provoking.
Parents have the first respon
sibility toward a child and many
are incapable of that responsi
bility, so part of the blame starts
in the home.
Society has its cliques, which
often don't include the sby, hard-to-get-acquainted-with
person.
Everything has to come as
easy as possible, including
friends.
. ' nav6 been taught many won-
derfu essons bv being pitient,
. . . . b
and making triends with what
some people would probably call
an odd ball.
Oswald's mother, so anxious,
now that her responsibility has
ended, to make restitution by
writing a book pointing out the
criminal character of her son's
life, and in this crime bringing
herself into the light, we can
see where the pattern began.
May we all live, and help oth
ers to live, a better life.
Mrs. Delbert Casey
Route 1, Box 358
Central Point, Ore.
Misjudged
To the Editor: On Nov.
27,
Central
pn,nl,, J
Point's dances excepting that
a few members go there for
exercise.
I am a member of that club,
though I did not attend the
dance mentioned; I am familiar
with their fine music and am
glad Ihat writer stopped to lis
ten to it, but sorry that little
village got so ashamed of their
own party. I am sure our ex
President would have wanted
them to carry on as scheduled.
I think most of us shed tears
at John Kennedy's passing, and
I am sure he would be one of
the first to say that this would
be a belter world if scandal
mongers were to. look into cir-
: cumslances before judging oth-
ers.
Also. I am a meany and I
hope our little lady gets asham
ed all over again.
Pearl F. Spackman,
R.F.D. 1. Box 11,
Rogue River, Ore.
Wednesday's Child
To the Editor: I would like to
urge that persons interested in
.l nrui.,m- . it
w,' l
, .,Wcdnesdav.s Cmld ,r wh,i'cmn'
will be presented on Channel
5 Sunday, Dec. 15. at 3:30 p.m.
right after the professional foot
ball game.
This is a provocative, un
biased presentation of the prob
lems, criticisms and benefits of
the Aid lo Dependent Children
program in Oregon. There are
statements by bolh critics and W eaver merely meant to suggest ed for survival through the next
defenders of public welfare in-1 that Washington would not have : billion years or so. and which
eluded. H o w ever, the main surrendered his principles to ap-: presently does not exist,
theme is illustrated by showing , pease Communism, or put im- ' Now that these gentlemen
actual scenes in the personal ; plicit failh in the present Com-1 have had their fun. and given
life of a young Oregon mother ; munist leaders in other words, ; me the familiar Communist
who is receiving Aid to Depend- i ,ncrc are things we should be smear, I wonder if they would
cut Children. i willing to die for. and we not anee to join me in studying
Jackson Counlv Public I should not lot down our guard. ; out the serious and worthwhile
Welfare Commission, j lf ln;d is a" that Mr. Weaver ; proposal of my letter, which is
David J. Kuhns, really meant to convey, we are (this:
Administrator, ! not in disagreement. He did ex-1 I'ow, if at all. in Ihe present
Mediord j press himself quaintly, I think, sorry state of the world, can we,
I approve the policies of all without appeasement and with-
Congressman Duncan our recent Presidenis. Roose- out abject surrender, find a way
To the Editor: Would you be velt. Trum.in (including Korea), of giving practical effect to the
kind enough to allow me a little Eisenhower and Kennedy (in- admonition. "Love your enc
space in your paper to say ! eluding the Cuban quarantine) mies, bless them that curse you,
somelhing to the voters of the in try ing to hold Communism in and do all manner of good to
Fourth District about Congress- j check until the threat of its tvr-. them w ho revile and persecute
man Robert B. Duncan. ' anny has passed. These gentle- you."
I would like this means to men have been conscientious In that direction. I think, lies
express my appreciation tnt Mr. j and dedicated patriots, with.it the brotherhood of man.
Duncan, and to tell the voters : exception j Clarence M. Crews
that I feci very deep apprecia-l Mr. Shafer asserts that I seek 4706 N. Pacific Highway
lion for the time and help he I to create an IMPRESSION of Central Point, Ore.
portholes.
It was an unarmed popula
tion against 200.000 Soviet
troops and four to five thou
sand Soviet tanks, and before
it was over more than 20,000
Hungarians were to die.
These were some of the
memories evoked by the dis-
patch sent from Moscow seven !
years later. j
This had been the sequence!
of rapid-fire events:
Oct. 27-28 Nagy announces i
Soviets had agreed to immedi-demn the Israeli - Anglo
ate withdrawal of Russian French invasion of Egypt, final-
troops from Budapest and ne
gotiations for withdrawal of
troops from the whole of Hun
gary. Oct. 29-30 Nagy ends single
party rule, forms an all-party
government and promises free
elections. The new government
includes Janos Kadar.
Nov. 1 Nagy repudiates the
Warsaw treaty and proclaims
Hungary's neutrality. I
Nov. 3 On this night, on a
Soviet guaranty of security, I
Hate Hatred or
You'll Hate Yourself
By Arthur Hoppe
The Right Wing is furious at
Mr. Earl Warren and so what
else is new? But what they're
especially furious about this
time is Mr. Warren's blaming
the President's assassination on
some misguided wretcn wno
was stirred up by "hate groups.
Oh, the wrath of the Right
Wing! How dare Mr. Warren
make a snap judgment like
that? Mr. Dean Manion, wbo is
sort of their kindly old philoso
pher, was particularly enraged.
For, as he tnumpnaniiy poini
ed out on his weekly radio
broadcast from South Bend, the
assassin wasn't a "misguided
wretch" at all. He was "a Com
munista Marxist and proud of
it." Nor, cried Mr. Manion, was
the assassination a plot by some
"hate group." No, it was far
more likely a plot by the Com
munist Party.
so graciously gave me in estab
lishing my claim for disability
under social security.
I am a widow living alone;
and, when my claim was reject
ed, the only thing I could do
for myself in a cast was write
a letter. I solicited Mr. Dun
can's help; and he, personally,
looked into the matter and as
sisted me greatly in getting the
social security payments to
which I knew I was entitled.
We, the voters, want a Con
gressman we can turn to with
our personal problems. He has
proven to me he will give them
the consideration they merit.
Our Congressman, Robert B.
Duncan, has kept his word to
the voters. I have no doubt the
voters will keep him in Wash
ington. When you need help, you can
write to him not only as your
Congressman, but as a friend,
as if he were your next door
neighbor just moved away.
Virginia H. Nielsen,
Route 2. Box 1714,
Coos Bay, Ore.
Coexistence
To the Editor: The criticisms I
of Messrs. Weaver and Shafer of I
my letter of Dec. 1 are noted.
I had answered in the affirma
tive Mr. weavers question:
"Can you imagine Washington
fldvnralinp npapofii. rrwvi:tn-
with Communism?." pointing
out Ihat the alternative would be
NUCLEAR war. I understood
Air. weaver to oe demanding
war with Russia. Mv dictionary
defines "peace" as "absence or
cessation of war." and it defines
"war" as "a contest between
nations. CARRIED ON BY
FORCE AND WITH ARMS."
When two or more persons live
simultaneously they, of necessi
ty, coexist.
My critics say I have misin -
terprcted the question that Mr.
Nov. 4 josepn cardinal
Mindzenty takes refuge in U.S.
legation in Budapest (where he
still remains). Soviets recog
nize turn - coat government of
Kadar. Nagy takes refuge in
Yugoslav Embassy.
It was on Nov. 22 that Nagy
was tricked from the Yugoslav
Embassy and June 17, 1958,
that his executioners announced
his dcatn.
There were other far - reach-
ing results. India, quick to con-
ly came to realize the brutal
ity of the Soviet attack on Hun
gary. President Tito of Yugo
slavia condemned the Soviet
action as a "mistake" and a
new period of coolness resulted
between the Soviet Union and
Yugoslavia.
But more important, the
heroism of the Hungarian free-
dom fighters frightened tha
Soviet leaders and did gain a
relaxation of sorts for all of tha
Soviet European satellites.
Personally, though, it seems
! to me the Right Wing is making
! a pretty sweeping generalization
j here. It's perfectly all right for
Mr. Manion to defend the Com-
munists. If he wants to. But to
say tnat no Communist is
"misguided wretch" is carrying
things a little far.
I'm sure there must be some
misguided wretches in the Com
munist Party. One or two at
least. Any group of human be
ings has its share. And you
can't say Ihat just because a
man's a Communist he isn't a
i misguided wretch. That would
be innocence by association. And
that isn't the American way.
On Ihe other hand, I do (eel
Mr. Manion is on firmer ground
when he distinguishes between
the Communist Party and a
"hate group."
Of course, the Communist
Party hates a lot of things: cap
italism, the bourgeoisie, abstract
art and Mr. Manion, to name a
few. But all political organiza
tions hate something of other.
It's the main reason for them.
And to call the Communist Par
ty a "hate group" simply bs
cause it hates a lot of things is,
I agree, tarring with a pretty
broad brush.
So bully (or Mr. Manion. It
takes gills to stand up in public
and defend Ihe Communist Par
ty these days. I just hope he
isn't accused of being soft on
Communism. Too often.
Oh. I know what you're going
to say. You're going to say I've
got the whole thing backward.
And Mr. Manion was really de
fending himself. By claiming the
assassin wasn't a member of
one of Mr. Manion's Right Wing
"hate groups." Which Mr. Man
ion apparently feels are com
posed solely of "misguided
wretches."
Well, maybe you're right. Yet,
even so, you can't help but ad
mire Mr. Manion for courage
ously admitting he and his col
leagues are all misguided
wretches who belong to hate
groups. It's certainly the height
of healthy self-criticism. Oh, I
can hear him now addressing
the next Hang Earl Warren An
nual Dinner: "Fellow misguided
wretches of our wide-awake hate
group . . ."
So that makes Mr. Manion the
nl' ma" ln hlslory 10 admlt
' nonosll.v he belongs to a hate
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The Verb-lhe-Noun Society.'
You know, be intolerant of in
tolerance, bigoted against big
otry and love love. But above
all, its going to be a hate group.
well being which does not exist.
On the contrary, my letter fully
recognized the gravity of the
present situation. I seek to help
1 to create a state of well beinff
; which will be desucratelv need-