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History from ino files nt The
Mall Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 yean ago.
10 YEARS AGO
, Dec. 23, 1953 (Wednesday)
Mcdford's chnnccs of having
a white Christmas "are just
about nil," the local weather
bureau station reports.
Eagle Point Fire Depart
ment's new pumper due to ar
rive in Medford Thursday, the
day before Christmas.
20 YEARS AGO
Dec. 23, Will (Thursday)
diet llulc and Miss lluth
Edge scheduled to take part in
cn,.inl nsn skalinn nartv and
floor program at Medford ice
arena.
From Arthur Perry's "e
Rmurlno Put" column: "Oregon
imbibers, a report says, have
learned to like the unrnlioned
rum, and to mix it into pnlala
hlo rnnrnclinns. Thev also learn
ed why Ihc temperance work
ers called It Demon mini ami
admire their descriptive accu
racy.
3(1 YEAHS A(iO
Dec. 23, 11133 (Saturday)
Wayne Harris, Medford cen
ter, gels first basket, hut Weed
High School basketball team de
feats Medford 111 to 1".
Department of Commerce ap
proves $17,000 appropriation for
improvement of Mcdford's air
port. II) YEAItS AC.O
Dec. 23, 1923 (Sunday)
Anna Pavlova and her ballet
troupe scheduled In appear in
person nt Medford Armory.
Otto Klum, former Medford
High School coach, In send his
ITnii.nruitV flf HllWah tcail!
against Oregon Agricultural Col
lege in Honolulu.
50 YEAHS A(iO
Dec. 23, 1913 (Tuesday)
Elmer T. Foss. Medford city
recorder, announces he is candi
date for reelection.
Mrs. Martha llrown. 74, a pit)
ncer since II1M in Uogue Val
ley, dies al Rrownsboro.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct it luperior;
even or eight li excellent; live or
tlx ii good.
1. What ocean stream is
named by a Canadian region'.'
2. Of what nationality was
Franz Liszt?
3. The number nf members
specified as necessary to con
duct business in a parliament
ary body is known as a q ?
4. Is the unit of electric puwer
the volt, watt, nr ampere'.'
5. In which state of the U.S.
Is Mammoth Cave'.'
6. Is Itoky Graziano well
known as a football player,
boxer, or jockey?
7. Boiled food is cooked ill
water; when lood is broiled,
how Is it cooked?
8. Is il legal to conduct lot
teries in the United States?
9. The department of medical
science that deals with child
ren is called p ?
10. If an Englishwomen relets
to a pram, what does she mean'.'
Answers: I. Labrador Cur
rent. 2. Hungarian. 3. (jiiorinn.
4. Wall. 5. Kentucky. 6. Iloxrr
7. By direct heal. 8. No. 9.
Pediatrics. 10 rerainlwlator
4 A-
m PUILISHUS
m J,A-J50CAIION
DECEMBER 23. 1963
Six Lessons,
"Good people proceed while considering that
what is best for others is best for themselves."
Hitopadesa (Hindu).
"Hurt not others with
self.'
"What you do not want done to yourself, do
not do to others."
Confucius.
"No one of you is a believer until he loves for
his brother what he loves for himself."
Mohammed.
''And thou shalt love
"Therefore all things
that men should do to you,
Out - of -
A cnvnnfl-i m-urlnv efnrlvinrr what, is now pallprl
seventh grade mathematics, comes home talking
about ideas her parents had never heard about.
They'd never even heard the words before.
Writing in the baturday Review about the
ranid accumulation of knowledge, John L. Good-
lad says:
"If this accumulation is plotted on a time line,
beginning with the birth of Christ, it is estimated
rhur (lio first rlniihlinir nf lnnwlnfhro ncf'tirrprl in
1750, the second in 1900,
the fourth in 1900."
IN HIS NEW book about his first term in the
White House, President Eisenhower says
that the technology of war changed more in his
first three years as president than it did in his
entire military career.
A seventh grader, a
problem to his father. The father says, "Buster,
some of these days you'll
to be out-of-date."
"But, Dad," the kid
This year's sixth graders are doing things he
doesn t understand.
Progressive Pope
Not many actions that could be taken by Pope
Faul VI will have a greater impact on the move
ment to unite Christian denominations than the
Pope's scheduled trip to the Holy Land. He ex
pects in January to make the longest trip under
taken by a Pontiff in some 19 centuries, since
St. Peter left the Holy Land for Rome after the
death of Christ.
If he goes by air he will sot another prece
dent; no Pope in office has traveled in an air
plane. No Pope has left Italy voluntarily in 159
years. His predecessor, John XXIII, broke a
tradition of nearly a century in 1902 when he
traveled 350 miles across Italy by train.
There is no doubt that Paul VI wishes to call
further attention to the
that has animated the
second session ol which lias just ended, u can oe
considered another sign of how he wants the
third session to proceed
Post-Dispatch.
Legacy
In his three years in office, the late President
Kennedy created for millions of Americans a
shining legacy of progress illuminated by his
deep concern for the welfare and security of his
fellow citizens and the people of the world.
These are some of the
ory :
A nuclear test ban, a
of war and toward the
power retraining program lo neip me joniess
learn new skills; aid to depressed areas to attack
chronic unemployment;
achievement ol canal rights for all Americans;
increased compensation
creased Social Security
increased minimum wage; new programs m men
tal health; aid to medical
scholarship help for doctors-to-be; the Peace
Corps; the Alliance for Progress; housing; equal
pay for women. Oregon Labor Press.
Thoughts on Beards
One of the possible things that has not been
suggested as an occupation for a male in the
throes of retirement is the growing of a beard.
We thought of it ourselves. So far il is in the
category of "enterprises of great pith and move
ment" that may be turned awry.
We do noi care to emulate Commander
Whitehead who advertises quinine water, which
we do not consider a sufficiently masculine drink
for a man with a beard. If we could become as
smart and talented as Peter Ustinov by growing
a beard, however scraggly, we would accept the
challenge.
We have no attachment to a razor, consider
ing them a masculine concession to the feminine
sex to whom concessions should only be made
on ;i temporary basis. We think we would look
distinguished in a beard (who doesn't?) and
we suspect we would look dirty. Perhaps that is
the question: distinguished or dirty. Giles L.
French, in the Sherman County Journal.
that which pains your-
Udanavarga (Buddhist).
thy neighbor as thyself."
Leviticus.
whatsoever you would
do ye even so to them."
Sermon on the Mount.
Date
the third in 1950, and
boy, tries to explain a
find out what it means
says, "1 already know."
Eugene Register-Guard.
spirit of progressivism
Ecumenical Council, the
next year. St' Louis
monuments to his mem
step back from the abyss
goal of peace; a man
giant steps toward the
for the unemployed; in
benefits for the elderly
school construction and
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My Christmas Kevcrie
To the Editor:
Who will wander through the
wood
To select the Christmas tree,
I wish that it were me.
One that's full and round and
straight?
Who will go up to the loft
To get the trimmin' box.
Filled with balls and lights
and stars
And each one's Christmas
socks?
Who will place a star atop
A tree that is so tall?
It must be done with utmost
care
So it can not fall.
Who will drape the garlands
Made by our own hands
And handle gently the china
birds
Sent from far off lands?
Who will place upon the tree
The treasures held so dear,
The gold and silver ornaments
Saved from year to year.'
Who will gather evergreen
For Yuletide Wreaths this year
To grace the door of "Home
Sweet Home
Which we all hold so dear?
I'll be far away on Christmas
Day
Abiding by another sea,
Another Year, another dream
I pray it will be me.
Marjorie Armitage
2505 Gary St.
Medford.
Loss of Freedoms
To the Editor: How many
more ol our Irecdoms will De
lost if we continue to allow a
small minority to so greatly
influence our hard fought lor
freedoms?
The Bill introduced by Hop.
Tongue to restrict firearms pur
chased by mail is rather ridicu
lous. There is no way (without
giving more unneoded power
to government officials) to han
dle this task, that would not
be overly burdensome, expen
sive and involved. The small
amount of good il would ac
complish would come nowhere
near lo solving Ihc problem.
If a maniac, assassin or com
mon killer wants to obtain a
weapon of death, he will do so
easily. No bill or law is going
to deter them.
Again. 1 say, such a bill
would only accomplish placing
more power into the hands of
the government.
If we continue, liltle by little,
to give up these inalienable
rights, it won't he long until
we truly will have the "Brave
New World" of Alclous Huxley.
Incidcnily. there are existing
laws against known criminals
possessing arms.
I,. E. Lamoreau,
Route 1, Box '?,
Talent. Ore.
Kttucatimi
To the Editor: Here is a mes
sage from the Alexander Ham- j
ilton Institute. I thought il may l
be interesting to those striving i
to obtain an education. j
Nos so very many years ago '
the common notion was thai the j
aim of education was Ihe ad-1
vnucement of learning, but il is !
now beginning to be seen that
mere learning cannot justify the i
social and financial cost of our
schools and colleges. Many a
learned man has not been of
the slightest use in this world.
Some educators hold that the
highest (unction of the college ;
is lo train character and so
make its students real men. '
Now character is the finest '
thing on earth It is far more,
beautiful thing than culture. By
character we mean the will to
endure, the will to do that which
lis disagreeable if we ought to ul. " ner, -nai thrill to meet vou IN
do it. and Ihe will not to do that 1 ''KRSON. Miss McOinlev: 1 keep your books n6ht on niv bed
which is agreeable if we ought; su1 ublc- Aml 'mp day 1 mean lo read one of them"'
not to do it. This great thing,, C lvl. ) Benntll Cert. lmribulKi t Kmc relluiea Syndicate
I character, can be earned only
MAIL TRIBUNE, MEUFOKHJ.
Now"
by hard work, by endurance, by
self - denial, it is not a product
of lectures or of sermons.
But the primary and impor
tant aim of education is not
character building, not learning,
nor culture, but the develop
ment of the power to under
stand and of the knowledge that
understanding must precede
wise action.
Speaking of the fallacious
idea that there is not enough
work to go around and that la
boring men should therefore re
strict production, Mr. Frank A.
Vanderlip said recently before
the American Bankers' Associ
ation: However natural it may be
to feel impatient with the man
who honestly holds such views,
impatience is useless. As long
as he holds these views, he will
act upon them as you or I act
upon our views. His opinion is
a fact to be dealt with. It is as
real as a mountain where you
want lo build a roadway. In the
case of the mountain, we do
not get impatient, but we en
deavor to survey it and find a
way over or through it. Fortu
nately, erroneous oninions, how
ever stubbornly held, are more
like an ice-bank than a moun
tain. Thev will eventually melt
away and disappear before the
truth if not in one generation,
in another. Understanding of
economic laws seems to me al
most the greatest need of our
day. No body of men will act
contrary to their own interests
when they know what their in
terests are. The spread of a
sound comprehension of eco
nomic laws seems to me. there
fore, one nf the greatest duties
that go with the responsibilities
of bankers."
If this attitude existed in the
nresent dav educators there
wouldn't he but two classes of
students brains, retarded.
There would be many of in-
betweens. There also must be
the feel each of us need the
help of others. However, if Gov
ernment is not to be adhered
to of which was first originated
bv the Constitution there will be
either a flexible or absolute
form of Government. The oeo
pic must participate in the Gov
ernment by partition or means
otherwise necessary.
G. D. Oppie
P. O. Box 100.1
Central Point, Ore.
l-'INNS SIGN BAN
HELSINKI (UPI) Finland
has formally pledged its adher
ence to the Moscow nuclear test
ban agreement. President Urho
Kekkonen Friday night signed a
bill approving adherence and
making it illegal for any nu
clear test to be held in Finland.
Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERF
A N EAGER-BEAVER agent once introduced a gawky girl
- - to Film Producer Sam Goldwyn. "Five years from now,"
predicted the agent, "this girl will be one of Ihc most im
portant stars in Holly
wood." "Thai's fine."
nodded Mr. Goldwyn.
"Five years front now
you bring her to me!"
A statistician. utuler
stanilably brcathloss, re
ported recently tlmt only
one woman in l.UiO now
wears blaik lace panties.
To which Olm Miller artilnl
this footnote. "What tnlei
estins: jobs some people can
latch on to these clays"'
Top-drawer Poetess Plivl
In McOihoy hits the lee
lure circuit every once in a
aoui.illy looks forward to is the
lu-r for autoijinplis ami bits of
'-"'h ti,lk- ller favorite fnn of
OREGON
Foreign News: De Gaulle In Earnest-
Concern Over Berlin; Reds Expected
PHIL NEWSOM
Foreign ewa
Analyst
Notes from the foreign news
cables:
Strictly
Personal
By Sidney J. Harrii
(c) Field Enterprises. Inc.
WE CANNOT BUY OUR WAY OUT
Now that the initial shock has passed away, and Ihe emo
tional numbness has worn off, perhaps we can begin to see a
little more clearly the deeper feelings that were so stirred up by
the murder of John Kennedy.
Beyond the sense of horror and outrage and pity, beyond the
political and social and historical insult to our system, his as
sassination cut into the depth of our being also for another reason
that may possibly tell us a good deal about ourselves and our
unconscious view of human life in America in the 20th century.
For here was the man who had everything brains, ability.
charm, youth, looks, money, family, power, fame, international
respect even trom nis enemies. He seemed, in a way, immortal,
the living embodiment of the American Dream.
And then, quite literally In the twinkling of an eye, he was
no more. Gone, utterly gone, this bold and vital young man
who only a moment before had been smiling and waving at
the crowd. Done lo death by an insignificant madman, in a
tragedy that a dozen different "lfs" might have prevented.
Somehow, we had seemed to believe that we might be able
to cheat Death. If we were rich enough and strong enough
and smart enough and, most of all, young enough death
might not dare to touch us, at least so frivolously, so wanton
ly, so insanely.
We may have grown up, a little, as a people in that mo
ment: we may have begun to acquire what Europe and the
rest of the world have long accepted as "the human condition"
a sense of (he (ragic (hat is not morbid or fatalistic, but
mature and more accepting of man's limitations and Ihe
dark contingencies of nature.
If this could happen to President Kennedy, it could happen
lo each and any of us, tomorrow, tonight, the next minute. Of
course, everyone has known this, in an abstract way; but not
in an existantial way. This is why we refused to believe it at
first could it happen here, now, to us, to such a man?
All these attributes brains, ability, charm, youth, looks,
money, family, power, fame cannot avert one bullet, one
blow-out, one step in the dark. We cannot buy our way out. No
matter how strong, how young, how rich, we are subject to the
same caprices of fate as the Hindu beggar and the Zula tribes
man. We mourned his death as a tragedy to him and lo the nation;
but were we also mourning the death of an illusion long and
secretly held by us?
Sales Tax Estimate
PORTLAND (UPI) - The
manager of Oregon Tax Re
search said Saturday that the
Slate Tax Commission's esti
mate of the return from a pro
posed sales tax in Oregon was
"conservative."
"There is no intention lo dis
credit the commission in its
projected yield from a sales tax
in Oregon," George Annala, a
former state representative
from Hood River, said.
"But it is my considered opin
ion that the commission's esti-
Slide Blocking
Railroad Cleared
SEATTLE (UPI) Crewmen
early today cleared a small
rockslide from the Great North
ern Railway's main track about
six miles west of Scenic at the
west portal of the Cascade tun
nel under Stevens Pass.
The slide had delayed traffic
for as much as nine hours.
A 20-foot section of the track
was covered by as much as 15
feet of rock and debris, the
spokesman said.
The eastbound Empire Build
er, the eastbound Western Star
and the westbound Western Star
all were delayed by Ihe slide.
Some freight traffic also was
delayed.
Buses were used to transport
passengers lo inter mediate
points such as Wenatchee. Quin
cy and Ephrata.
part of the ritual she
citish of fans th.tt messes shorn
conversation 1 the conclusion of
the year is ihe f.u u,n- who gave
-nsEE ME FIVE N
(jARSMNOWj)
ule. sn,1 a
Not Kidding:
French officials say Presi
dent Charles de Gaulle is in
deadly earnest about his Dec.
31 deadline for a Common mar
ket farm policy agreement. If
none is reached by Christmas
he will call a cabinet meeting
Dec. 27 to get the green light
for his next move. This is like
ly to be a freeze on any fur
ther progress toward complet
ing The Common Market.
French ministers also may boy-
Said Conservative
mates are. conservative,
he
said.
The commission estimated
that a three per cent sales tax
in the state would bring in $79
million annually if food were in
cluded or $66 million a year if
food purchased for home con
sumption were exempt.
In the Day's News
By FRANK
A while back an assistant pro
fessor of forest products at Ore
gon State University who was
making a talk to the Corvallis
Chamber of Commerce remark
ed that Oregon's trees may
some day become so valuable
CHEMICALLY that it may be
uneconomical to use them for
anything so ordinary as lumber.
He added that a breakthrough
in any one of the fields now be
ing explored could mean a ma
jor industrial development.
npOO optimistic?
The answer is NO!
There's paper. Paper is made
out of trees. There was a long
time when we thought that pa
per was useful only to write on
or print on or to wrap things up
with. Now we're learning that
almost anything can be made
out of paper.
Clothes, for example. They're
now making disposable shirts for
men and disposable house dress
es for women out of paper
wear 'em until they are rum
pled and soiled and then crum
ple 'em up and use 'em for
kindling to start a fire in the
fireplace.
They're not on the market
yet, but the experimental sam
ples look surprisingly practical.
T)UT even more amazing by-
products are looming on the
horizon. Some stuff, for exam
ple, with a long scientific name
that is called DMSO for short.
It showed up first in the experi-
mental laboratories of the
Crown Zellerbach Corporation.
I Among otner things, it is an
excellent antifreeze. In this ca
pacity, it came to the attention
of Dr. Stanley W. Jacob, an as
sistant professor of surgerv at
the University of Oregon Medi
cal School. He was looking for
a way to supercool human or
gans such as kidneys and hearts
i -without freezing them. What
he wanted was an efficient wav
j of STORING them, so that they
could be used as REPLACE
MENTS like spare parts of an
1 automobile.
j He and his assistant research
I ers have been experimenting
with animal organs, which they
cott Common Market meetings.
It is just conceivable De Gaulle
might decide on a complete
walkout.
Concern Over Berlin:
Western officials are con
cerned that the Christmas pass
es for hundreds of thousands of
West Berliners to enter Com
munist East Berlin may touch
off serious incidents in which
the Western powers inevitably
would be involved. They dis
cussed this danger during last
week's NATO ministerial coun
cil meeting in Paris. The three
Western commandants in Berlin
are being instructed to keep a
close eye on the situation.
Red Eye on Latin America:
A stream of Red Chinese
trade and cultural missions to
trade ana cultural
Latin America may be expec ed ,
soon, as well as a state visit
. . , n , r;:l i
or two by atop Peking official I
So far. not one top Chinese Red
has visited Latin America while
several high Soviet officials, in
cluding Premier Khrushchev,
have. Mao Tse-tung and Lieu
Shao Shi have standing invita
tions to visit Cuba, and Latin
American diplomatic sources in
Tokyo say such a visit in 1964
is a distinct possibility.
Manila vs. Tokyo:
There are signs the Philip
pines at long last is going to
swing the door open to Japa
nese business. Ihe Japanese ai
ready have one foot in
the ;
leauy nave uuc iuu,
door. They have so-called "liai-1
Enlist Today!
(Just for Fun)
By Arffiur Hoppe
"Where," writes a lady, "do
you get all those down-to-earth,
common-sense solutions to the
world's problems?" Well, frank
world's problems? "Well, frank
ly, I get them from my friend,
Mr. Edgar Guess, The Kindly
Old Philosopher
Take the other day when he
off-handedly solved a dilemma
baffling our most brilliant econ
omists: how to convert from a
wartime to peacetime economy.
As you know, our congress
men have been demanding a cut
in Government spending, so
okay," says President Johnson,
"I will close 33 military bases
we no longer need." Our Con-
grcssmen greeted this news as
you might expect: "Rat fink
"Treason!" And so forth.
And you can't blame them.
Of course, none argued we need
ed these military bases militari
ly. But their constituents sure
needed the money the soldiers
and sailors spend in town. So
you see the problem with de
fense spending: how do we get
rid of the defense and keep
the spending?
It seemed insoluble. So I call
ed on The Kindly Old Philoso-
JENKINS
have been able to supercool for
long periods of time and then
put them back into the animals
so that they work and function
well. One female dog had a kid-
was later replaced with a kidney
mat naa Been under storage
The experiment worked so well
that the dog later gave birth to
a neaitny litter ol puppies.
rN THE less fabulous side,
DMSO appears lo have high
ly interesting possibilities as a
pain reliever, a tranquilizer, an
anti-inflammatory treatment for
burns, and a wide range of other
medical uses.
All this, remember.
comes
from a TREE and an Oregon
tree at mat. it all goes to con
nrm mat me possibilities of pa-1 osopher. "Then I'll be a-running
per plant wastewhich in the down to the Five & Dime to con
past has been a frightful nui-1 yjnee Miss Flossie. We all got
sance, contaminating our m be willing to do our part to
streams, killing the fish and save the country and she's a
generally raising uia icd with
our water supply are practical
ly limitless.
"Let Is
son offices" in Manila which do
everything normal businesses
based there do. It's strictly
against the law but Philippine
officials tend to look the other
way. Officially, Japanese can't
do business in the Philippines
under a law promulgated years
ago when feeling against Japan
was still strong in the Philip
pines. Now, according to Japa
nese diplomatic sources, it's
only a question of time before
the anti-Japanese business re
strictions are lifted.
Cambodia:
The French are ready to take
over United States and British
responsibilities in Cambodia.
French Defense Minister Pierre
Mcssmer flies there Jan. 3 to
arrange a military aid pact fol-
. - h ouster of tne Unitcd
and economjc
States military and economic
a u 111 ssiuna. uv uauuc ue-
lieves France can preven( ,he
aid missions. De Gaulle be-
Southeast Asian kingdom from
slipping under Communist dom
ination. The United States and
Britain are happy to let him
try.
PRIVATE PLANE CRASHES
MIDLAND, Tex. (UPI) - A
private oil company twin-engine
DC3 plane with four persona
aboard crashed and burst into
flames Saturday on an instru
ment approach to an airport
runway. The three crew mem-
bers were rushed to Midland
- . , ,, ., ,
Memorial Hospital.
pher to inquire if he had the
answer. "Well, yep, son, mebbe
I do," he said, a-leaning back
in his rocker and a-snapping
his galluses. "What this here
country needs is a Fun Corps."
A fun corps? "That's right,
' son. If the only reason we keen
tnese oases is to make the local
townfolk rich, I reckon we ought
to do it up right."
Couldn't we close ihe bases
and spend Ihe money on things
. like schools and highways?
; "Well now. son, schools and
i highways are mighty nice. But
! they don't appeal to folks tho
j way fighting or funning does.
; 0 sjr jf we Aon nee(j om.
ngniing ooys in unitorm no
more, then we got lo discharge
them and recruit us a Fun
Corns to take their place."
What would be the duties of
a Fun Corpsman? "Just what's
necessary, son. Getting drunk,
shooting pool, chasing girls and
the like. But we'll pick a better
class of young ones. We'll weed
, us out tne misfits wno send a.
lotments back home to the old
folks or who tuck away their
paychecks for a rainy day.
Which sure don't do the local
townspeople no good. Yep, we'll
have the greatest spending
force this old world's ever seen.
Nothing but goodtime Charles."
I said this did seem a down-to-earth,
common sense solution
as far as our military bases
went. But what about our de
fense economy? Like shipyards
and . . . "Oh," said The kindly
Old Philosopher, "we'll have a
Sea-qoing Fun Corps too. We'll
. !,d "s a fll?e.t f. Super Fun
Ships (or cruising just outside
the three-mile limit. I reckon
them boys will spend their mon
ey like drunken sailors."
Ture. I said. But what about
missile building and. . .? "Son."
interrupted The Kindly Old Phil
osopher. "You got to have faith.
It takes a heap of faith to make
this old world go 'round. And I
got faith in folks. Especially
when it comes to them figuring
out ways to blow their money
on a good time."
I said he'd convinced me. "I
did'.'" said The Kinkly Old Phil-
j mighty willine eili. I hone."
And with a kinkly old chuckle.
he was on his way.
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