I PAGE 10 A HERALD AND NEWS. Klamath Falls. Ore.
Ttiunulay, February 7, 1963
Revenge Thought Motive For De Gaulle Act
: By TOM A. CUIXEN
' -Newspaper Enterprise Assn
BKUSSEI.S (NEA) Is revenue
what makes President de Gaulle
tick? Is it vengeance that moti
vales him in his dealings with the
United States and Great Britain
te he still smarting from the
wrongs, which lie fancies he suf
fered at the hands of Allies dur
ing: the war?
The revenge theory is popular
with Die British at the momcnt-
It js advanced to explain Pres
ident de Gaulle's intransigence in
jamming the door of Europe
shut on Britain. H is also said
In be the reason why he rejected
America's offer of Polaris mis
siles.
According to this theory, De
Gaulle never forgets a grievance
In this case, he has been har
boring his grievances against
the Western Allies for 20 years
Tie Gaulle was humiliated by
Pmme Minister Churchill and
President . Itooscvclt during the
war. both of whom failed to rec
ognize his genius, end now he
cfPx his oonortunity tor ven
chance. So runs the argument.
' Jlie trouble with the revenge
theory, in the opinion of those who
have followed fiencii poll
tics closely, is that it is much too
simple to explain a complex
man.
If revenge were really what
motivates the Krench president
then the present moment should
see France at loggerheads with
Germany instead of forging the
Paris-Bonn axis.
Himself the veteran of two wars
against the Germans and (he son
of a soldier who was wounneu in
the war with Prussia, Charles de
Gaulle would liave good reason
for being anti-German instead of
pro-German.
A tragic but mutual misun
derstanding lies at tile bottom
of Die present impasse between
f'r a n c e and tlie Anglo - .Saxon
world, according to students of
French politics. In the first in-i-timce,
the Anglo-Saxons have
niver understood l)c Gaulle, him-
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SPEECHMAKER French President Charlei de Gaulle in typical speechmaking pose.
self, or appreciated his character.
The best self-portrait of De
Gaulle is to be found in his writ
ings as a young, keen-eyed army
officer, where he refers to him-
self impersonally as "the lead-
"ilis assion for acting on
his own." De Gaulle wrote, "is
naturally accompanied by a cer
tain roughness of conduct."
The leader is distant, too. for
authority is not to be had with
out prestige, nor prestige without
aloofness ..."
In the years that have elapsed
since this was written, De Gaulle
hasn't altered, in the opinion of
those who know him. His hair
is now while, his figure porlly,
and he suffers from eye catar
acts, but he is still the same un
bending figure.
The Anglo-Saxons, for t h c i r
part, have mistaken "roughness
of conduct" for rudeness, author
ity for stubbornness, aloofness for
arrogance.
Of all the crosses I had to
bear during tlie war the Cms s
of Lorraine was the heaviest,
Winston Churchill remarked of
De Gaulle. The Cross of Lorraine,
of course, was the Free French
symbol. President Roosevelt
found him no less dillicult to gel
along with.
De Gaulle, in turn, blamed the
Allied leaders for not giving prop
er attention to France and to
French interests in their conduct
of tlie war. And this basic dis
trust undoubtedly lies behind his
fear today that the Anglo-Saxons
are plotting to dominate hurope.
' Britain's entry into the Euro
pean Common Market would cre
ate "a colossal Atlantic Commu
nity duiendent upon and controlled
ity me uniicu ouiurs, iik mm
his recent press conference.!
The suspicion grows in Britain
that De Gaulle is himself trying
to dominate Europe through the
reation of a Western I h i r d
Force extending "from the Atlan
tic to tlie Urals." in his phrase.
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We Sell 'Em By The Truckload!
and the equal of America or Ihe
Soviet Union.
the Guardian, which accuses
De Gaulle of using the European
Common Market as an instru
ment for "the renaissance of
France as a commanding Euro
pean Mwer." says that this is
perversion of the European
ideal." The Daily Telegraph also
speaks of De Gaulle building a
Third French Empire at Europe's
expense.
One thing appears certain here
there is no place for Britain in
the Europe which De Gaulle has
in mind. The British are not even
real Europeans, to his way of
thinking.
"Britain is insular, maritime,
and linked by her trade, her mar
kets and her suppliers to a great
variety of countries," the French
president declared at his press
conference.
In brief, the structure of Bri
tain is definitely different from
that of the continental nations."
Such a view is regarded as
heretical by the British. It is a
hangover from the l!Mh Century
when Anglo-French trade rivalry
dominated European politics, in
the view of most British with
whom I have talked. It also illus
trates how wide the gulf between
these countries has now grown.
Elks Plan Home
For Retirement
PORTLAND (UPU Plans lor a
300-unit, 10 story retirement home
in southwest foruana 10 cosi
million were announced Tuesday
by the Elks Lodge.
The home will be located on 9.5
acres ot lano ai w zoin ve.
and Capitol Highway, providing
the City Council grants a zone
change.
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LONG-LIVED Mrs. Harriet Isaacs. 105 years
watches Monday as a candle is lit on her birthday cake at
a Santa Rosa, Calif., rest home. Mrs. Isaacs born on Feb.
4, 1858, in Michigan, has outlived all but one of her
children. However, she has 14 grandchildren, 30 great
grandchildren, 20 great-great grandchildren, and two
great-great-great grandchildren. UPI Telephoto
State Wages Fall Short
SALEM tl'PD The Oregon
State Employes Association
lOSEAl said today that 1,166
state employes not only fail to
earn enough to match Oregon's
cost of living, but may be eligible
for federal surplus food.
The OSEA said Oregon's aver
se family has two adults and
two children, and must earn $3,-
182 yearly to meet the cost of
living index.
James B. Daniels, executive
secretary of OSEA. said state em
ployes possibly falling short of the
mark in earnings are those in the
gross monthly salary range of
$210 to $236.
Catholics Urge Debate 1
On School Aid Proposal
WASHINGTON (UPD- Roman
Catholic educators said today fed
eral aid to parochial schools can
be constitutional and urged Con
gress to debate the issue openly.
Msgr. Frederick G. Hochwalt,
education director nf the National
Catholic Welfare Conference, told
the House Education Committee
that President Kennedy's proposal
for grade and high school aid In
public institutions was discrimi-,
natory and "totally unacceptable."
The committee got full endorse
ments from two groups of Ken
nedy's $5.3 billion grade school to
graduate school . assistance pro
gram. They were the National
Education Association, speaking
principally for elementary and
secondary schools,- and the Ameri
can Council on Education, the
leading representative of colleges
and universities.
The church-state fight led to the
death of Kennedy's school aid pro
gram in the last congressional
session. The church position, as
outlined today, meant that the
battle will go on again this year.
In .prepared testimony, Hoch
walt said the issue of federal aid
to private and church-connected
schools -should not be dismissed
with the simple statement that it
violates the constitutional ban on
government establishment of re
ligion.
"We assert just as confidently.
and with- the assurances of lead
ing constitutional authorities, that
such assistance is constitutional to
the extent of the public function it
fulfills," Hochwalt said.
He said the specific question
involved has not been decided by
the Supreme Court.
Referring specilically to Ken
nedy's request for an end to "end
less debate" on the religious
school issue, Hochwalt said "we
do not consider the debate. . .A
luxury or a waste of time since
the issues involve God-given as
well as constitutional rights."
Bonding Bill
SALEM (UPD - New college
dormitories worth $10 million got
nearer reality today as tlie House
passed a bill to raise bonding lim
its for self - liquidating college
buildings.
Rep. Richard Eymann, D-Mar- '
cola, said the bill was being
speeded through so that bonds can
be issued and construction started
on buildings needed by tlie fall of
19B4. J ' ;,
The bill passed today raises the
bond ceiling by $10 million to $44
million.
Eymann said the -rest of a pro
posed increase to $62 million will
be 'considered hy tlie legislature
later.
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