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PAGE -A HERALD fcdikfdaL (paqsL The Delusion Of De French President Charles de Gaulie's Western allies have gone through several cycles in their relationship with him. It is clear they have now entered another one. In World War II he was first greatly ad mired for his foresightcd military judgments and then nearly despised for his ramrod stiff ness as a leader in exile who often hamstrung his more powerful confederates in America and Britain. ; They gave him new regard when he be came France's first postwar leader. They Knew he alone could restore some semblance of order to a torn nation. But when the French cast him aside, statesmen in friendly coun tries took it as fresh proof De Gaulle was un suited to politics. There were few regrets. Out of retirement he came, in 1958, once more to lead a badly disrupted country. To Western men who feared for France's future as a free land, his coming was a marvel of resurrection. All the qualities previously scorned were now hailed as just what France needed. There seems little reason to doubt the soundness of this view. De Gaulle pulled his people togeth er, ended the draining Algerian strife, set his country on a highly prosperous course. Yet the same delusions of French gran deur which marred his wartime ties with Churchill and Roosevelt showed themselves anew in this otherwise remarkable second De Gaulle regime. Flouting reality, he talks of separate de HOLMES By HOLMES ALEXANDER WASHINGTON, D.C. - By the 1960s tlio Negro race, or Its spokesmen, could see that an op portunity presented itself for the establishment of something which the world had never seen a major Negro civilization. All over Africa, Hie Negro homeland, small republics had sprung from the ruins of the old imperialism. The old imperialists themselves were rushing in Willi technical and financial assist ance, partly from smitten con sciences, partly from the self interest of profits and peace. . These Negro republics often verged upon personal dictator- . ship, but at least they were sov ereign. The opportunity was there for progress, cither as individual states in a Common Market or within a federal contract. The requirements for success, however, were rugged. Great nat ural wealth, a traditional place and climate, the goodwill of the rest of the world were not suffi cient. Required in the building By SYDNEY J. HARIUS In a periodical called "Hogg's Weekly Instructor," published in Edinburgh. Scotland, one of the issues in March 1845, contained an article on "Steam lis Influ ence on Society." Reflecting the widespread view held at the time of the introduc tion of steam power, the article proclaimed! "It Is not difficult to sec how railroads and steam navigation will promote the , peace of the world. Sovereigns w ill avail them selves of it. as well as the peo ple. Hie rulers and ruled of dif ferent niitions will meet face to fHce; and instead of believing, as hitherto, that they arc natural enemies, they will soon discover that they are sworn friends. But for steam, it is not likely these visits would be made! "But there is another way," the article continued, "in which sleam power will promote peace. We know that the more destructive the weapons of warfare, tlio less likely will the nations be to pro claim war, and the more speedi ly will their disputes be settled when they do. Consider the changes necessarily produd in tlio art of war by the isc of steam-ships! Think of their facul ty of access to any shore! Think of their fearful accuracy of aim and their destructive power, and we . Khali havo fewer national quarrels. . . ." This is the illusion that has, falsely, nourished mankind since the Invention of the catapult and i'L, 5C V V AND NEWS, Klamath Falls. Oregon fense for France in a nuclear war. In truth, America's power is his bniy shield. In the face of the strongest assurances of aid America has given any land in peace time, he professes doubt that we would come swiftly to France's side in every conceivable future war emergency. The basis for his doubt is false. He cites our "slowness" in entering each of the two world wars. But on those occasions we had no com mitments to help France or anyone else. We were an isolationist nation, in contrast to to day, when we are enmeshed in countless military and diplomatic entanglements around the globe. We now have more soldiers in Europe than we had in our whole army before World War II. Furthermore, if slowness is the issue, France itself stands convicted of painful in action even after it was in World War II. A France that was not helping itself carries little weight as a complainant today. France in 1963 is not a great poyver, nor is it ever likely to be so again. It is a highly prized element in the valiant free world fam ily. But its future safety and well being are entirely bound up with fortunes of all the other important members of that family. De Gaulle's efforts to deny this bond have gone too far. He needs his friends more than they need him. He has dreamed long enough. It is time he looked the harsh facts of modern nuclear life straight in the face. They do not favor the course he now pursues. ALEXANDER Success Must Be Earned of all racial civilizations, as shown from ancient Egypt and contemporary Israel, were such qualities as industriousncss and inventiveness. Whether these would bo forthcoming In Africa was slill In doubt when the drive for Negro identity look a differ ent turn. It was a turn related to opior tunism within the Cold War. Such was the fear of nuclear holocaust in Europe and America that, for the most part, political move ments and decisions ceased to he primarily based ' upon domestic matters. They became largely based upon a foreign policy to preserve the peace. , In the USA it was deemed ex traordinarily important to be super-sensitive to foreign opinion. Since the concensus of the UN was pro-Negro, the government of the USA swung, its policies more markedly pro-Negro than the domestic Negro minority would seem to warrant. Added to this factor was the undoubted one of the American conscience. STRICTLY PERSONAL the long-bow. Each new military device, each new instrument of destruction, has been hailed as an end to future wars. The devastation would be "too terrible to contemplate." and nations would be forced to make peace In the future. Such voices are still strong among us today. Yet everything in history proves them wrong. In the century following the hymn to steam in 1M5. the world expe rienced its most horrible conflicts, generation alter generation. The weapons became more wicked, and the casualties more wide spread. Air power only added a new dimension to mass murder. There is no record of a nation piling up arms and not using them; indeed, the very existence of amis acts as an incentive to hostile action. The physical fear of retaliation by enemies with equally formidable arms has nev er been a deterrent for very lung. To say that armaments "prevent" conflict is to say that germs prevent disease. Toward the end of his life. Napoleon himself admitted that "Tho more I study the world, the mote ! am convinced of the Inability of brute force to create anything durable." Mural power is the only force tli.it can prevent war, not physical power. Ttie pro found appeal of a man like Pope John XXI II is worth more than a hundred divisions of fighting men If wo but permit his wis dom and compassion to awaken our stunned consciences. Wednesday, July la, 1963 Gaulle The USA had never been able to square its humane idealism with the practice of racial segrega tion in the North as well as the South. Together, these factors the matter of conscience f a r more to the credit of the Ameri can people than the fear of H bombs did, nevertheless, give a target of opportunity to the Ne gro movement for self-assertion. Instead of the slow, laborious con struction of an African politico economic nationalism, there was presented the lure of revolution ary action in the United Stales in effect, the capture of a polit ical balance of power by which to demand, through threat and vi olence, concessions that amount ed to a partial transfer of power and public wealth. But the Negro revolution in America, much like the Negro evolution in Africa, was not as assured as it superficially seemed. President Kennedy, while urging removal in American life of all racial discrimination, said that it would do the Negro little good lo be able to eat at an integrated restaurant without the money to pay for it. Attorney General Ken nedy, the President's brother, told the Commerce Committee that in the Northern city of Chi cago there were three times as many Negroes out of work as there were whites. Not all of this poverty could be the result of discrimination. Not the whole of the Negro's jobless ness could be blamed on preju dice. School drop-outs among Ne groes, their high crime rates, their provalance on the charity and relief rolls, seemed lo sug gest that mere attainment of "rights" would not equalize the races in education, earning pow er and good citizenship Tho very same qualities needed by the Ne gro in Africa industriousncss and inventiveness appeared to be needed ill America. ' As it happened, the American statesman who put his finger on tlie verities, and expressed them best, was. a Liberal Democratic Senator, a co-sponsor of the civil rights package, a former state governor and cabinet officer. He was Hiliicoff of Connecticut. He told the Senate that his own political success, although of a Jewish minority, and President Kennedy's success, although of a Catholic minority, were primari ly based upon education and proved lilncss ill the struggle of lite. He warned Negroes, and their radical leaders, against hop ing to better their lot without, deserving it by hard work. "Denying a man a job because lie is a Negro is indefensible. Granting him a job if he is not qualified . . . can't lie justified cither . . . only after a person participates, proves his merit, will lie be accepted. . . ." This was the unresolved sana tion of the Aw, as tlio Negro, in Africa and America, made his bid for a civilization to call his own. "Now Here's :'. itt ' Si ' IN WASHINGTON By RALPH de TOLEDANO Steady pressure is being ex erted on Congress to "reorganize" its "antique" procedures. That this clamor comes from the Lib eral press and has been taken up in the Senate by left-of-center legislators has raised the suspi cion that more than a streamlin ing of the Congressional machin ery is involved. And this has caused some Senators and Rep resentatives who would support reorganization to oppose the re cent bill introduced by Senators Clifford Case (R.-N.J.) and Jo seph Clark (D.-Pa.l. Both men are among those who would deprive the Senate of its right to unlimited debate. Senator Clark thinks the Congress is a drag .on the nation and he has LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Support My husband and I recently saw "Light Up the Sky" written by Moss Hart and put on by the Klamath Players. We want ev eryone to know how excellent we felt it was. We thought it was of "big-city" calibre extremely well cast and well acted. Our big regret is that so few Klamath Falls citizens turned out for the production perhaps a to tal of a 150 for four performances. People arc not only missing fine and well-done plays by not at tending they are discouraging many talented and very hard working people. If the Players can't make enough money lo cov er expenses, they will not have access to good plays and the whole venture will fail. If you will come to one per formance of the Klamath Play ers, we feel sure you will be a continued supporter of this group, and by so doing will improve the cultural climate of Klamath County. Winifred F'avell 1201 Eldorado Al manac II v tailed Press International Today is Wednesday, July 10. the 19lst day of 11163 with 174 to follow. The moon is approaching its last quarter. The morning stars are Venus, Jupiter and Saturn. The evening star is Mars. tin this day in history: In I8!K), Wyoming was admitted lo the Union as tlie Nth slate. In 1908, William Jennings Bry an was nominated by the Demo crats as' their presidential candi date for the third lime. In Kmt), Russia shut down a United States plane in the Soviet Arctic. In I'.Ki'J. the Telstar satellite re layed television pictures Irom the United States to Europe, and America received clear pictures back from Britain and Fiance. A thought lor tlie day Presi dent Abraham Lincoln said: "Towering genius disdains a beat en path. It seeks regions hitheilo unexplored." One That REALLY Congress In Low Gear said so. His argument now that Congress must mend its ways or lose prestige can be ignored since he is one of those who has la bored most mightily to tarnii.n the national legislature's image. There is no doubt that those who stridently urge a revision of Congressional procedures are also those' who want some sort of rubber-stamp system which would expedite the passage of Adminis tration measures. Such reorgani zation would ease the burden of work and shorten the sessions, true. But it would mean an abdi cation by Congress of its Consti tutional rights and powers. To a degree, this is the motiva tion of the publicists who are be wailing the fate of a Congress which insists that it must debate any question to its satisfaction before it gives approval. But it is nevertheless a fact that Con gress has bogged down, that something must be done about it. Why has Congress remained in low gear? And what can be done to speed up its deliberations without imperiling the balance between the three co-equal branch es of government? Sen. Kenneth B. Keating iR.-N.Y.) points out that the ini tiative "in determining national policy has shifted decisively to the Executive Department and to some extent to the Supreme Court." But this, he adds, "is nut simply the result, as some contend, of a desire on the part of strong chief executives and chief justices to assume great power. In major respects Con gress must bear the blame." To some extent this is true. But tlie blame lies to a great meas ure with the preponderant ma jorities held by one party. The' Republicans have controlled the Congress for but two sessions since 1932. As a result, they must resort to temporary coalitions and exploit every loophole and quali fying provision in the rule book , to delay legislation. The delays are not willful but merely a way of keeping opposition alive until the public has a chance to make its wishes and opinions felt. Far more important than this is the fact that such matters as defense and the budget have got ten to be so complex that only experts can reduce them to the "At toon it ut gtl tbt Packs a Punch!' kind of debating terms which make sense. Unfortunately, the Democratic majority hires a com mittee staff. With very few ex ceptions, this staff is committed to the majority, viewpoint. The opposition is tossed a few staff jobs, but not enough lo give Re publican members of key commit tees the -kind of minority staff work they need to make decisions. At times they must learn the ins and outs of a particular bill only through the process of debate. It would not require a special commission to remedy this situ ation. The matter of , minority staff can be decided by Speaker John McCormack ID-Mass.) in the House and Majority Leader Mike Mansfield (D.-Mont.) in the Senate. Committee chairmen , could allow larger minority staffs. This would mean that much of the haggling that goes on in com mittee and on the floor by legis lators with impossible calls on their time would be done by staff people on the various commit 'tecs. At least in documented ma jority and minority staff reports, the battle lines would be drawn. This, and some minor changes not requiring the task force stu dy suggested by some, would help speed up legislation. But it the democratic system is to be main tained, no amount of streamlin ing will help. Congress repre sents the people directly, and they have a right to petition for tlie redress of grievances. They have an equally important right to inform their Senators and Representatives of their views on important legislation. The amount of time members of Congress spend in reading and answering the mail of constituents is tre mendousand this is as it should be. There is another factor in Con gressional torpor. When the mem bers are faced with legislation they do not like but which is be ing rammed down their throats, they stall. That's their only pro test. If a joint Senate-House com mittee on the economy had been win king for the past years on tax reform, the Congress would now have an alternative to the Presi dent's proposals. Today it can only paw over them in the hope that people will forget they were ever there. bomb, u ran knock off EPSON IM WASHIN6TQN . . . v.'""' Crises, Challenges Will Be Steady Diet By PETER EDSON Washington Correspondent Newspaper Enterprise Assn. WASHINGTON NEA) - The next six months may be as fate ful as any half-year since the end of World War If. Develop ments now coming to a head are important to the United Slates in ternationally and on the domestic front as well. Moscow talks between Russian and Red Chinese leaders may set the course for the future of com munism. A widening split be tween the two tamps, which now seems likely, greatly alters the international balance of power in Asia. The most immediate result might be a decision on the re sumption of Red China's attack on India later this year. Finally aroused to the Communist men ace, India is now said to see that the real threat from Red China is its advance through Burma and Indochina into the Malay penin sula. The threat of further Commu nist penetration into Southeast Asia has been increased by Brit ish failure to persuade the Rus sians to help stop the fighting in Laos. Pakistan's foolish flirtations with Red China as an ally that , might help against India further heighten the prospect for trouble in South Asia. After the Russia-Red China talks in Moscow come American-British-Russian negotiations on a nuclear test ban. The outcome will indicate whether the threat of nuclear warfare becomes more acute or is eased. If the latter, there may be some hope for eventual progress toward dis armament. President Kennedy's trip to Eu rope is being hailed as a great personal triumph, making clear America's continued support for Europe. But the extent to which the mission advanced American objectives for a strengthened North Atlantic Treaty Organiza tion is still uncertain. WASHINGTON Republicans Given Chance For Senate By KL'LTOX LEWIS JR. Because hope springs eternal in the human breast, crotchety, 74-ycar-old Steve Young will pack his bags one day soon and pay a visit to the good folks of San dusky, Ohio. Gale William McGee will walk dow n Main Street 'in Green Riv- or, Wyo., and shake hands with "friends" he has not seen for five years. And Frank Moss will sample (he fried chicken in Ameiican Fork, Utah, and exchange small talk with Uiose constituents he has neglected in recent years. Each member of that trio is out lo accomplish what experts say can't be done: win his re election to the U.S. Senate. The three, freshman Democrats elect ed in 1058, arc considered politi cal accidents. They are included on a list of 10 Democrats Unit Republican strategists (eel can be retired one year hence. Twenty five Sen ate seats now held by Demo crats are up for grabs while only nine Republicans must seek reelection. Sen. Tliriiston Morton, chair man of the Senate GOP Campaign Committee, feels that his party can pick up six, and possibly 10. Democratic seats. His Democrat counterpart, Warren Magnuson, agrees the following seats now held by his party will be "aw fully lough" to keep: Ohio: An old war horse named Steve Young rode a Democratic tide to victory in the most sur prising race of 1938. A one-time Congressman, Young does n o t yet know who his GOP opponent will be. It makes little difference. Who ever he is Bob Taft or Bill Ayres or Ollie Bolton or John Bricker the outcome seems predeter mined. Steve Young can return lo private practice. Wyoming: A curly-haired pro fessor named Gale McGee won Senate election in 11153, thanks largely to a last-minute, state wide smear campaign waged against Republican incumbent Frank Barrett. McGee has returned home this year to campaign at a feverish pace but his elforts will likely be in vain. Republicans have won virtually every Wyoming election since 158 and McGee's likely opponent is Congrcssman-at-Large William Henry Harrison who won reelection last (all by the largest majority in state histnrv. LUih: Salt Lake City's Frank Moss won his place in the sun and tlie Senate w ith 38 per cent of the vole in 1958. Two Republi cans split the remaining 62 per cent down the middle. He will have no such luck in I'M The Republican candidate has not yet been picked although Tlie proposed NATO multilateral nuclear force, armed with Polar, is missiles, has been temporarily shelved. It may never come intq being as long as tlie opposition of French President Charles de Gaulle continues. British and Italian governments are weak and may fall. The Ger man government will change this autumn with the retirement of Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. The Netherlands faces elections. Sta bility in Europe is questionable. The failure of Europe to unite in a common market or for mean ingful trade and tariff negotia tions with the United States weak ens the whole Atlantic alliance at a time when it needs to show strength against the Communist front. The possibility that tlie Russians may revive the Berlin crisis at any time is a constant threat. The Near East. Africa and Lat in America are in a ferment of development, still unsure they can govern themselves as democ racies. Argentina, with election. July 7, is battling against a revival of Peronism. Brazil, Ven ezuela and British Guiana are prime targets for Communist in filtration, some of it exported from Cuba. The continued presence of Rus sian troops in Cuba remains the most serious irritation to the United Slates. The State Depart ment now maintains there are not enough Russian combat troops left in Cuba to put down a Hungarian-type uprising. If these Russian troops should start shooting Cubans, the United States has made clear lo Uie So viets there will be American in tervention. A showdown this year is not ruled out. Six months from now there will be a clearer picture on how many of these problems have worked out. Depending on whether they are Kennedy administration Vic tories or defeats, their effects on Hie American presidential and congressional elections in 19fi4 will be great. REPORT Congressman Sherman Lloyd is frequently mcnlioncd. Others under consideration in clude Gov. George Clyde; Dr. Ernest Wilkinson, president o'. Brigham Young University; and Salt Lake City Mayor J. Brack en Lee, Indiana: Bespectacled Vance Hartke came to the U.S. Senate after a strife-lorn, scandal-racked Republican Party handed h i m victory on a silver platter. A revitalized GOP now makes Hartke a -decided underdog with several attractive candidates rea dy to take him on. The strong est possibility is probably Indian apolis Congressman Don Bruce although colleagues Bill Bray, Richard Roudebush and R o s ? Adair are pushed in certain quar ters. Texas: Ultra-liberal Ralph Yar borough will face primary oppo sition before Republicans can get at him. His reelection chances will be considerably lessened if Barry Goldwater is the GOP Presi dential nominee. Possible GOP candidates include Congressmen' Ed Foreman and Bruce Alger, Dallas trucker Des Barry and Jack Cox, who ran a strong but losing race for the governorship last November. Goldwaler's presence at t h e head of a GOP ticket would greatly enhance GOP opportuni ties throughout the South. Party strategists insist they can cap ture the Oklahoma seat lield by self-appointed J. Howard Ed mondson if Goldwater is the nom inee. They say Republicans could win Senate scats in Florida, Mis sissippi and Virginia if a con servative is the parly's standard bearer. THEY SAY... Peace and "war will be deter mined by the outcome of (lie raco between population and resources. II. H. Sen, l'.. Food and Ag riculture Organization director general. Worid peace, like community peace, docs not require that each man love his neighbor, ill re quires only i that they live togeth er with mutual tolerance, sub mitting their disputes to just and peacclul settlement. President Kennedy. If I'm pot in tlie position where I have to take it (presidential nomination'. I won't be a 'reluc tant tiger. I'll get out and fight. Republican Sen. Barry Gold-waler.
