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Mall Tribun. 10. 20. 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Dec. Ill, 1053 (Thursday)
Eighly-six students ot the
Medford High School band will
be included in the trip to San
Francisco to participate in the
East-West Shrine 'game activi
ties, according to Director I.
A. Mirick.
Phoenix High wins second
basketball viclory of the season
over Jacksonville, 50-42.
211 YEARS AGO
Dec. 11113 (Friday)
Frank .InnUor, 80, prnminenl
Central Point man, dies in a lo
cal hnsoital.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Happy
Prnsncrous New Year to All,
and as the almanac says: 'And
so farewell as we again turn
the page to another year. God
be good to you and bless you
always.' "
311 YEARS AGO
Dec. 31, llffl (Sunday)
Slate Police Capt. Lee Bown
warned local residents that they
must havo a 1934 automobile li
cense plates or stickers on Jan.
1.
Building permits In Medford
din ing 1U33 totalled $(10,7211, city
officials report.
It) YEARS AGO
Dec, 31, 11123 (Monday)
Tickets go on sale for per
formance by Madame Pavlova
and her (lancers at Medford
Armory.
Luami Goodcll Pillsbury,
whose ship was sunk by the
Confederate ironclad Mcrrimac
during the Civil War, dies in
Medford.
511 YEARS AGO
Dec. 31, 11113 (Wednesday)
Greater Medford Club sched
ules annual "Fance Dress Hall"
for New Yeur's Eve.
Medford (ighler Hud Ander
son was III to 8 undordiig in bet
ting on bout with Leach Cross
in I, os Angeles.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nina or tan correct it superior;
seven or aright is excellent; five or
tii is good.
1. What was the relationship
between Augustine Washington
and George Washington?
2. W hen a submarine s u b
merges, does the temperature
of Hie air within increase or de
crease? 3. What city is called the eter
nal city?
4. A Fourdrinior machine is
principally used in which in
dustry? 5. Is Hie urder of calling the
roll of Stales in national politi
cal conventions alphabetical,
geographical, or by population?
0. What is the namo of the
nignosi military decoration
h .l, n o
7. Who was Henry Wallace's j
predecessor in the office of vice,
' President?
B. Name the body of land
' that connects the North and
: South American continents.
9. In which New England city
: was Henry Wadsworth Longfcl
- low born?
; 10 In which country is Ran
' soon?
Anrri: 1. Half -briitlirrs. 2.
Inrrcatirs. 3. Rome. 4. Paper
manufacture. 3. Alphabetical. 6.
longmiMonai Medal of iinnor
7. John Nance (.arnrr. 8. 1Mb-
4 A-
Km.
mil. nf Panama. S. Portland.
JMalne. Burma.
DECEMBER 31. MM
Shaky Look Ahead
A new year begins at midnight. Let us gaze
into the smudged paste-pot which serves us in
nlur-p nf a crystal Vuill. nnrl make an assessment
and a shaky forecast of
parts.
THE NATION Gradually recovering from
its state of shock which began Nov. 22; still in
a mood of reassessment and introspection; grati
fied at the quick, orderly and positive transition
of power.
THE CONGRESS Still muddling and bick
ering, jealous of its outrageous and outgrown
prerogatives; little sign of improvement in sight.
LYNDON JOHNSON Less effective in get
ting what he wants from Congress than he was
as majority leader, but still an effective and vig
orous President.
THE SUPREME COURT As the defender of
individual iiberties, it still will be sharply
criticized from the extremes of right and left.
THE STATE OF OREGON The full dimen
sions of the financial crisis will begin to become
evident; progress in solving it will be slow; many
poltical careers will be concluded.
GOV. HATIELD His prestige somewhat
dimmed by the taxpayer revolt of October, 1963,
he still will be a glamorous political figure na
tionally; despite faint disclaimers, he will eye
national political office hopefully; will travel far
and wide.
HOWELL APPLING In his last year in of
fice, he will speak out vigorously, often sharply;
will remain a factor in Oregon politics.
OREGON'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGA
TION The rumored "split" among the
five Democrats, caused largely by Sen. Morse's
prickly personality, will emerge into the open;
all four House members will be re-elected.
JACKSON COUNTY COURT While re
maining the most dilatory body this side of Con
gress,, the moderately progressive trend evident
in recent months win continue ana increase;
there is still hope that it may enter the second
half of the 20th century. -
MEDFORD CITY COUNCIL Look for
some sharp and acrimonious by-play, as political
ambitions becloud the issues of the public in
terest; one or more top-flight employees may
leave; the number of unpublicized rump sessions
may increase.
DOWNTOWN MEDFORD It will continue
to become more attractive, as merchants rebuild
and redecorate; more trees and shrubs will im
prove the appearance of streets and parking lots.
THE AIR AROUND US It will continue to
be dirty, but will
men and oreharchsts cooperate to clean it up.
DEAR LKEliK It will remain an open sewer
during the year; but plans will be announced to
clean it up and increase the streamflow; it may
once again become a major scenic asset.
THE ROGUE VALLEY It will continue on
its way to becoming a major recreational and
playground area; tourism will become an ever
increasing factor in the economy; ML Ashland
will be fucccssful, and before too long will be
one of the best-known winter sports areas in the
west.
Happy New Year! E. A.
Wigwams on Decline
The wigwam type mill burners, so long fa
miliar to western Oregonians, eventually will be
gone. The State Sanitary Authority hits given
them what eventually will be a "death sentence."
"This passing of the mill burner" the Oregon
Statesman comments, "is just another evidence
of the evolution which has been taking place in
forest products industries in the past half-century.
Paul Buyan wouldn't know the place,"
Despite the fact that the burners are, in a
way, colorful and picturesque, particularly at
night, we'll welcome the day when the last of
them is gone. They are costly nuisances.
'THE STATESMAN makes two other observa-
lions which may he largely true in the
Willamette valley, but are not wholly true here.
". . . Technological advances have made burn
ers obsolete, for mill owners found a market for
wood chips at pulp mills," it states, and adds,
"No one worried much about the smoke as an
air pollutant. . . ."
While chips are solving the problem of much
wood waste, the problem of the disposal of saw
dust and bark remains particularly in this area.
And, under fog and cold air inversion condi
tions, which are relatively frequent in our bowl
like valley, mill burner smoke and ashes consti
tuted an extremely serious air pollution source.
Anyone w ho has parked a clean car in the down
town area for only a few hours, and returned to
find it covered with soot and ashes, knows what
i p nU'illl.
n jfi'fii Mni;i;
needs
I n invJiiu iin
1 Wlt.stu 1111(1 (lispiiSil
can be finally diseai'diMl.
Studies to this end are under way, and are
producing sonic hopeful results. One 'possibility
is the increasing use of sawdust as fuel to pro
duce electricity. This is done in the Medford
area now, to a certain extent.
Another hopeful, though still undeveloped,
possibility is the greater use of wood as a sourco
for chemicals.
When all such methods are fullv explored
an( developed, then we
f ., ,..:.,.... i...
-"l: ik".iiii .minn
I too 80011. K.
the future as 1963 de
gradually improve as mill
to be lrarnt'd about w ood
before the wigwams
will have seen the last
a i , .
im u villi I Happen
O
(St-tOft-to WAS Ti i
"GOIDBYE!"
...C ommufif cot ions . . .
Letters to the Editor must bear the
the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit continues to have every inten
all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not eiceed j fjon 0f ruy meeting 'its mu-
twv warai, I ne lerrcrs primed in
the contrary Is often the case.
New Evidence
To the Editor: New evidence is
revealed concerning the Lind
bergh kidnap-murder and "Trial
of the Century" (19.15), related
by George Waller in True Maga
zine (December 1903). More en
thralling than a novel is the
book "Kidnap," by the same
author.
Bruno Richard llauptmann,
accused, was a good family
man, had a German wife, Anna,
and a baby son, "Bubi." Both
judge and jury were prejudiced:
Lindbergh was world famous
and wealthy, llauptmann a mere
human jetsam.
As the courthouse bell tolled,
the jury returned a verdict of
guilty without mercy, and the
judge passed sentence, amidst
court proceedings faltering and
hesitant: Outside a mob howl
ed, "Kill llauptmann! Kill
Hauptmann! Kill llauptmann!
Defense attorney said, "This is
a cry for blood, llauptmann
merely remarked, "They cannot
kill an innocent man with false
witnesses and circumstantial ev
idence."
Governor Hoffman granted re
prieves, but cmirls would not
renew Ihe case. The governor
could not pardon, llauptmann,
man of steel, then realized he
must die.
He could not cat his final
meals. Outside Ihe prison a huge
crowd gathered. Anna visited
him the lasl time, left as sounds
of testing dynamos surged up.
Now he wrote a letter to his
mother in Germany in which
he bade her goodbye, and wept.
Two ministers and his chief
lawyer came. The I er shook
his hand, and Ilau i ,.: n .said
again he was innocc :! law
yer left. The ministers :.;d Ihe
way into the death chamber
reading from Bibles, llauptmann
sal down in Ihe death chair ea
gerly grasping Ihe arms firmly.
Fitly official witnesses watched.
The executioner fastened I h e
electrodes, and while the minis
ters read on, the warden nod
ded: The executioner spun the
wheel. Lights blazed up, and
2.0HO volts fled into Ilauptmann's
body. The Seventh-day Advent-
ist stopped intoning, but the
Lutheran continued without
pause, while three lightning
bolts sped on their pathway . . .
The prison doctors examined
the body to make sure it was
dead!
In her hotel room, Anna
llauptmann wept and cried mil.
m.i umn imviu i.ii. ..t-
fensc Attorney Fisher proclaim-
ed, '.'This is the greatest trag-,
cdy in Ihe history of New Jcr-
si'.v "
Meanwhile, in England. Char
les and Anne Lindbergh spent ;
a quiet evening al home. j
Two years before, unknown
lo all these, a man had con
fessed lo a Catholic priest, then i
committed suicide on the j
little Greek island of Poms. He t
might have been Ilauptmann's !
twin, had Lindbergh money, a
criminal record, and had been
loitering on Lindbergh grounds
before the kidnaping
Ralph McKmnis
P. O. Box X'l .
Ashland. Ore. j
As Much Ahead
To the Editor
So ends the long and dreary
year.
And Father Time moves on
Thrce-siNty-live old das depart,
And Ihe new year breaks at
dawn.
Though I'm as weary at. Hie
year just passed,
I'll pause to celebrate Ittv now,
Cause I (eel I have iw much
ahead,
As I left behind Don'l mi?
George Dislell
15 Vashti Wav
Medford
Laying The Blame
To the Editor. Communism
killed President Kennedy. No
miiiuuiu ui w iiiu-M ttsiiinh; mis- hi v iMiiiuuniM conspiracy is ill
sia and Cuba from the taint of ;dicrous: the propagation of such
guilt by our government offi-! a falsehood by cynics who know
cinls no amount of tortuous better is contemptible "
reasoning by the left wing
smear mongers in twir attempt
to point the finger of guill away
trom tne i ommupjf.'s ami to-
ward Ihe innocent right wing
na ranount nf inv)ffca3i,iop.i
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD,
i
name and address of the writer,
(nil column ag nor necessarily represent ma views ai ine paper; in .(
ganda by the ultra-left, or lies
by the Communists, themselves,
can change the overwhelming,
incontrovertible fact that a
President of the United States
has been assassinated by a
COMMUNIST, right here, in the
heartland of our nation.
But, seemingly, the natural
reactions and common sense of
the American people have been
paralyzed by the flood of brain
wash being poured out on them.
Where is Ihe outcry the right
eous indignation against the
enemy in our midst'.' This dead
ly thing which, like the slither
ing water moccasin or King
Cobra, strikes without warn
ing? Where is the demand for an
investigation of the extent and
reach of the Communist Con
spiracy within the United
States? Where arc the normal,
sensible, matter-of-fact reac
tions to this incredible Commu
nist crime? Why are we listen
ing like hypnotized children to
the mouthings of Khrushchev,
and his American comsymps,
as they not only seek to absolve
Ihe Communists of all blame
for the crime that one of their
own members committed, but
actually seek to maneuver the
blame onto the shoulders of pa
triotic Americans who are op
posing the Communists the
most? It is the right wing which
has long warned the nation of
the tremendous danger of in
ternal Communism. The right
wing has no record of assassin
ation behind it, while anarchy
and bloodshed has long been
rampant in the history of the
Marxist left wing.
Oswald a "loner?" Don't vou
u u . 11 ,u"'.lLU
urn uy uic una. iwamn cues
since he assassination, that
Lee Harvey Oswald was a
Communis , and that when a !
Communist commits murder he
is acung unucr outers, mo lor-
mer Congressman Dies, head
of Ihe original Dies Committee,
is probably second only to J.
Edgard Hoover In first hand
knowledge acquired from early
and long experience in investi-
gatinc Communist activities
1 leave you with this thought
if we of the right wing had
been in power in our govern
ment, Oswald would never have
been allowed back into Ameri
ca from Russia and Kennedy
ivamM hi, n l.n all,.. I,l,-
0r i( (he ul,rB.cfljsls who havc
bcen jBhting "McC'arthyism'1
,i n, ni,h Snrimv all iho
d f, Colr,.i
': :,., ,,.u
havn V.nn nl, rati in r,,h
Fair Plnv for Cuba ("nmmiltro
and no Oswald. And President
Kennedy would have been alive
today.
' I. C. Powell
.116 SE filh St.,
Grants Pass, Ore.
O
Editor's note: Mr. Powell's
teller is a virtual re-write of a
full page John Birch Society
adve-iiatment which ran in a
number of newspapers before
Christmas. Under the title ! footnote re our communication
"False and Contemptible, " the of Dec. 24.
respected St. Louis Posl-Dis-; "If" 'here are no farm or
natch had this to sav about it: (grazing lands or properties oc
"The current advertising ! eupied as homes invo'ved in
campaign of the John Birch So-1 '"" iss'- ' wl-sh t0 sland l'or
cictv is much worse than just ; Wed and apologize for mfer
an incredibly tasteless eflorl to e w0 ma' )v madf- ,
i-aiiiiuiii n.l il,. r,,ii,M,ji !,,, i ll is usually better to try to
d.v represented bv President
Kennedy's assassination. Its
puiHse is lo disseminate and
propagate a falsehood. The
' (alsehood is that Ihe alleged as
sassin. Oswald, was a Commit-
, nist ailing under orders. That
is contrary to Die belief of the
FMI and every other responsi
ble and reasonably well-informed
person. Oswald indoublcdly
thought of himself as a Marxist,
' he u us. first nf all Hp-
ranged. Attempting to picture
him as a tool in an internalion-
Smokescreen
To Ihe Editor: I wish lo con-
sratulale Mr. Tony Galli on his
I'ee 11 article, Here We Goidemning private properly in!
lAfinn" 1 hope Ihe rditoiwas nv case is a rather vi'cms,
G
OREGON
Israeli Water Development Opposed By
Arabs, But
PHIL NEWSOM
UPI For Irn News
Analyst
Running westward and south
ward from the rocky shores of
the Sea of Galilee, a $200 mil
lion complex of canals, tunnels,
pipelines and reservoirs is al
most ready to start carrying
precious water to Israel's arid
Ncgev,
It is a project that has been
10 years in the building and is
part of a still larger scheme to
reclaim 625,000 acres of land,
to permit new cities and the
although uifder certain circumstances
able to see the truth behind the
Communist smokescreen, how
they have been able to brain
wash so many intelligent people
into believing white is black,
and black is white. It's gratify
ing to hope the editor has now
discovered the deceit in how Ihe
Communists mean exactly the
opposile as to what they say.
I have felt, in fact I have had
confidence enough in true Amer
icans to know, if they knew the
truth, they would not willfully
turn over their homes, families,
defense every vestige of free
dom they had, for a mess of
Communist pottage. "Each ac
cording to his ability, each ac
cording to his need." And be
not the one to decide cither.
Then go behind prison walls,
separated from all he held dear
to this life and willfully throw
himself to the mercy of his
bloodthirsty enemy.
Glad the editor recognizes it's
"ignorance of the of the truth"
that has caused prejudice, sick
ness of mind, weakness in
American morals, that he is
able to detect the true enemy
of the Constitution of the United
Stales of America, the cnemv
of true neace. freedom lihnrlv
and justice. In other words, the!
brainwashed individual whn has
got so mixed up in his thinking Dec- 2 M.M.T. Communications
that Ihe informed can detect 1 induces yours truly to say a few
their real identity by their ac-wis about her wisecracks,
cusing others of being what!she mfcrs tnat il is ridiculous
they themselves really arc. I lo believe that man has a soul
t tu ,i:i.. hne ni u.i
discovered who the hatemon
gers, lunatics, extremists, high
ly infectious rabble rousers, ter
rorists, venomous fanalics, real
ly arc, that through draping
themselves in clergy garbs.
.I TZ Vh "i" , .5i' ;.'
.; . -in
ecive the verv elect, urging not
onlv tccn.aR(,rSi bul aduUs t0
dis-,ar( lhcjr cnaractc,.s and
dosl ,ne Consljtu,l(m of ,he
Unitf Slatcs , AmPrica.
1Iow true tn(, mrS state-
mcnt, "Invariably those mer
chants of hale attempt to drape j
,1 i., ; ii... -r
im'iiiai'i, la 111 Liuniva ui uauiui
i.m ...kiu .u-i aa.
their objectives are to further
IT UVUUO,
brainwash the ignorant, destroy
constitutional rights, true peace
and freedom."
Hope the editor can recognize
true patriotism. He could do
much through his editorial notes
lo encourage the starved ig-
munist diet, which has inflicted
sickness of mind and soul, re-
suiting in piejudice. hatred,
t. .,u.. c ih rM,- infiixninft
I , i, i,', i,.. halmnn'
, ,vnuld ,;kc l0 add tTod's
ii,i,i t ,1, i.,. "r.,,11
I , i,b n a i, Crn -
I Slanrl firm nn II Chrnnirles 7: 14
"If my people who are called
; bv mv name will . . . This is
our hope
Know the Truth."
he rightly
as 'vou have never done
,
pray
before
Bessie Ridge Long
Route 2. Box M
Gold Hill, Ore.
Condemnation
To Ihe Editor: In reply to the
make one's point without of
fense.
From Ihe number of letters
and communications we have
read in different publications
including Ihe Mail Tribune and
Grange Bulletin, from (arm peo
ple from the locality, protest
ing the inclusion of certain
lands, we have been under the
impression that farming or
grazing lands were included.
And from the editorial of Dec.
10. in which it was stated that
h; of the prop,r,ics
involved ould be allowed to
remain on their properties the
remainder of their lives, it
would seem that homes were
involved
Our sentiments regarding con-
demning private property
whether a farm or home are
the same as before, that con-
They Can't Agree on
settlement of more than one
million immigrants.
Arab nations have threatened
to go to war to prevent its com
pletion. Japan Withdrawal
Of Troops Revealed
TOKYO (UPD-The United
States announced today it will
withdraw 3,500 airmen and 2,000
dependents from jBapan in the
coming year, along with 78
fighter, bomber and troop
transport planes.
The withdrawal will mean a
cut of less than eight per cent
; in the U.S. forces assigned
to!
Japan under the United Slates' ;
defense treaty.
Lt. Gen. M;,irice A. Preston,!1" Lal cal D.v u n
commander of U.S. forces iniaem amai adcici Nasser lo
Japan, pledged that the move
vill mean no change in the
United States' intentions of de
fending Asia from communism
Tho ITnitnl Stainc adlirnH
the government of Japan that it
tual defense commitments in : take about half the water from j Nasser sought to evade his re
Japan, elsewhere in the Far j the almost mineral-free upper i sponsibilities toward Israel.
East, and throughout the Jordan before it emptied into Defeat at the hands of Israel
world," he said. I the Sea of Galilee. Syrian inter- j m 1948 rankles deep in Arab
There arc presently about ference in the de-militarized , minds and may lead to caution.
46.000 U.S. military men andizone altered that plan. j A Beirut newspaper, agreeing
54.000 dependents stationed in! Jordan's decision tn divert; that Arab unity comes first,
Japan.
procedure and should be resort
ed to only in emergencies.
We are getting apprehensive
of some of our rccrcationists.
According to what we have
read in the Western Livestock
Journal the deer hunters in
California are trying to force
the cattlemen and ranchers to
open up roads through their
properties to the public (a few
years ago).
And in a conversation with a
former member of the Oregon
Game Commission, we were
told that it was just a matter
of time until we would be com-
polled to open our farms to
duck and other hunters, if not
willingly, then by condemna
tion. John L. Ncalon
Route 2 Box 27!)
Central Point, Ore.
The Unknowable
Tn the Editor: The verbose
letter by Lydia Burnham in the
! ' wai mere can oe a luiure ine
for such a soul.
To this I must answer, that
whether there is or isn't, can
neither be proved nor d i s
proved. Albert Einstein, the greatest
scientist Ihe world has ever
ai-it-iiiioi nil
; '"lown. ws interviewed in 1929
by the famous press reporter,
Sylvester Viercck, and was ask
ed, "Do you believe in a future
life of Ihe soul?" He answered:
"Life ends definitely when the
subject, by his action, no longer
affects his environment."
i e
He was also asked: "Do vou
. ,- .
believe in God
To which ho
a. a ,,V' ..,' i 1
j ; . '
by simply yes or no ... I am not
an atheist. The problem can not
be solved bv our limited minds."
! . ' . . "" '" ' ' ',
wh hEhl mi ' Z Xl i
i F:af.un',V0.rs!v.iM eJ.".
i Thn hnmnn tminrl nn mallnr
lilt jjuMiiuu ui a 1. 11 mi find uifc
a huRc .1,b.ra' ; whoslls ;
rcd ,0 j . w,,h
' bks m many different tangues.
I T he child knows that someone
i must have written those books.
' ' " knnw 'ho' "r h,ow
; It does not understand Ihe lan
I wage in which they are written.
T.nal. aPParenlly
the attitude
of the human mind, ever the
greatest, and most cultured, to
ward God.
"Our liminlcd minds rannnl
Rrasp lho m-'stcrimls (orcc ,hal
I sways the Constellations
ne was also asseii, mi you
: believe ir: predestination?" He
! replied, "I --.elieve everything in
i the universe is predetermined."
I which jibes with the belief of
1 Mrs. Frank Duncan I also be
lieve that the (ate of some in
dividuals are predetermined bv
the Almighty God. and that lb s
Almighty Power is Nature s
God. who rules Hie entire space
nri " "
John E. Ring
lfM!) W. nth St.
Medford.
Requiem
To the Editor:
He walked the long and lonely
road
The road thai leads lo peace
And paid the price that brave
men pay
That wars and strife should
cease.
The flag at half-mast sadly
Against the autumn skv
; While all the world in sil
hangs
silence
grieves
That such as he must die
Too late! All words of praise
but reach
The unresponsive sod'
He'll walk no more that lonely
road.
For now he walks with God'
Barbara Pauli
. Ml. Ansel, Ore. i
Chief source of Uie Sea of
Galilee is the River Jordan ' Israeli water now will be talc
which rises in the mountains of en entirely from the Sea of Gal
Lebanon and Syria, flows I ilee which itself lies wholly
through the Sea of Gahlce (or within Israel. This, according to
Lake Kineret as the Israelis Israel, removes any technical
call it), and finally loses itseif or legal question over the di
in the waters of the Dead Sea (version of the Jordan River,
to the south. I Discount Showdown
The Arabs charge that diver-1 Israel, with a population
sion of the Jordan waters dam-1 growth of around 70,000 a year
ages not only their lands but j and facing a desperate water
changes the military situation situation, is betting that the
as well. I Arabs will not go to war.
Both chffrges have been re-1 And Arab leaders, noted for
jected by the Israelis who have ; bickering among themselves,
proceeded with at least the ! also indicate that agreement on
moral support of the United any unified action may be hard
States. j to reach.
Arabs Call Meeting i From Cairo have come indi-
The near-completion ot the cations that Nasser believes to
project is the reason for next tai Arab political unity must be.
month's Arab League meeting ! achieved in advance of a show-
seek unified Arab action. Of the
io-uaiiuii mumuersnip, it nave
responded favorably.
Arab opposition already has
i forced Israel to make subslan-
: Jal changes in the original out-1
...ic V'""-
At first, Israel planned to
waters of the Yarmuk River,
the Jordan's major tributary, to
an irrigation project of ils own
Strictly
Personal
By Sidney J. Harris
(c) Field Enterpriiei. Inc.
NO MAN CAN CHANGE HISTORY'S TRENDS
As we enter the fateful year of 1964, I am somehow reminded
nf an entry in the log of Peary when he was trying to reach the
North Pole more than 50 years ago.
On this trip, he traveled a whole day toward the North, his
sled dogs unflagging in their speed. At nighl, when he checked
his bearings to determine his latitude, he found to his surprise
that he was much further South than he had been in the morning.
All day, it seems, he had been driving toward the North on
an immense iceberk drawn southward by an orean current.
Anil soinelimes II occurs In me that we are all standing on
this iceberg, racing forward in one direction, while the very
ground beneath us moves Implacably In the other direction.
With tremendous speed and power, we are moving In
ward discoveries and inventions that utterly dwarf Pcary'i
conquest nf Ihe North Pole. In medicine, in technology, In
food supply, In materials and techniques and processes, wo
have made more progress in the last 50 years than was made
in the previous 500.
Yet. at the same time, the ground we are standing nn
steadily seems In move backward, drawn not by ocean cur
rents, hut by social currents loo vast anil deep for us to com
prehend, much less lo control.
As we check out hearings lo determine the latitude of the,
human condition al this point in history, we are more sur
prised and appalled than Peary tn learn that we are "farther
South" than our fathers or grandfathers were.
WW
The first two-thirds of the 20th century have witnessed a monu
mental regression from Ihe hopes and aspirations nf Ihe 19lh
century. For now. with all the new techniques at our disposal
for mastering nature and controlling our own destinies, we appear
further than ever from our goals.
The gigantic iceberg we stand on is the whole world; and nn
man, no nation, can alone change the current in its course. But,
hopefully, unlike Ihe ocean currents, the social currents are not
immutable. They are made by us (however slowly, however un
consciously), and can be redirected by us. But not while we con
tinue to race against each other.
Perhaps we shall never know unity (which is not unanimity),
or harmony (which is not uniformity), but then our children and
their children will have inherited from us only a handful of fool's
gold. Nearly 2.000 years after the birth of Jesus, it may possibly
be time for us to take His message seriously, or to stop pretending
that we do.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Mishmash
Week news:
in Ihe Holiday
At his ranch in Texas. Presi
dent Johnson names nine top I
administration oflicials
committee to produce new
or out tins waste, red tap
ideas !
tape and
oJicr deficiencies from the for-
eign aid program.
He gave his new committee
a seven - point program "to
seek all possible ways to sim -
plify procedures and to make
the administration of foreign
recive as possible'' "
He savJ hiaclioni ,.far from
rc;!ri.lin'R anv lack of fonvjc.
aiu asMMduie as suce-uv ana
"on m the necessity ot lorcign
' assistance, demonstrates my
. strong determination thai these
programs be so administered as
lo yield the greatest benefit to
our country and the free world."
TT SOUNDS like he means busi-
ness Bul he could have marie
it stronger by adding one more
brief directive
CUT OUT THE BOONDOG
GLING. IN CLEVELAND, a New York
economies nrnfessnr artrlrpic.
ng the 130th meeting of the
1 American Association for the
! Advancement of Science, urged
overhauling of the federal in-
j come tax laws to allow deduc-
J lions for "human depreciation"
i resulting from aie and general
wear and tear.
I He added:
I "My proposal resembles Ihe
I way credits now are allowed
'" C
Action
brought further changes.
down wun Israel.
An influential weekly publics-
i tion in Cairo charged that Syria,
Jordan and Saudi Arabia would
like to see Egypt embroiled in
: war with Israel so thev could
"stab her in the back."
The charges drew angry re-
l torts trom both Syria and .lor-
j dan, and the counter-charge that
said: "The Arab tragedy n(
1948 in Palestine must not b
repealed in any form."
for depreciated machinery."
rpHERE is, of course, this dif
ference: When the old machine reaches
the point where it is no longer
I worth renairino. vou cm ihrnw
j it away and buy a new one. We
j haven't reached that point yet
with the human body,
When Ihe old heap is gone,
, IT'S GONE!
CTILL
I Wh f the Vcie is Tare doing
is"z SUCnt,s,s arp dolnS
amaan;
, mCK to Presi lent Johnson.
i ,
" ' I In ( hrittmac n. h ie.
sued a hard-hitting directive
aimed at the nation's two and
a half million federal employes.
The general result of his order
is expected to he increased
pressure from their bosses to
work harder and get more done.
HOW about another demand:
TAKE ON FEWER USE
LESS PROJECTS - including
those dreamed up bv members
I of Congress whose chief objec-
! five is to get more votes at the
; next election,
i That pnnlrf cava a lt nt the.
money that is now going on the
cuff to be added to our fan-
tastically enormous national
debt.
THIS word in
It looks so
in contusion:
so far like Presi
dent Johnson's objective is tn
give the nation a businesslike
administration.
If so, more power tn him.,