December 12, 1962 (10 pages)

oar) a,” le Baht TW eee pad-* SMALL TOWN SMALL WORLD tht eT enee PE4-As pits Tenens! Pad-A,tp ‘acess Published Every Wednesday By NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET, INC. 318 Broad Street, Nevada City, Calif, Alfred E. Heller, Publisher--R. Dean Thompson, Editor -Manager Second class postage paid at Nevada City, Calif. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada Superior Court, June 3, 1960 Decree No. Charles Allert Litho, Nevada City. Subscription rates: One year, $4; Two years, $6; Three years,’ $8, EDITORIAL Not The Biggest. The report of dollar volume at the Tenth Annual Artists Christmas Fair led to news items that the fair was not the biggest in the chain of successful local art events. fair holds that honor. Last year's But there is good reason to point to this year's fair asthe biggest in other respects. This year the artists made use of a second building, that of David Osborn and Charles Woods, togive better display space for paintings, prints and other pottery and woodwork artitems. It was well handled, and from a space standpoint this year's fair was by far the biggest. There is no doubt in the mind of art association members that the Tenth Annual event also drew the largest contingent of out-of-town visitors to the fair. And the comments from these people indicate the event was much appreciated. One bus-load of visitors arrived by Greyhound from Oakland. These facts indicate the annual event has increased in stature. Perhaps the most important item to note about this year's Christmas Fair was the adoption of the event by the community as a city-wide attraction. In prior years, the fair has been thought of locally as an art association activity. While the art association still is the fair's sponsor, the merchants and townspeople this year joinedinits promotion: The commendable action of the Nevada City Council in refunding parking meter fines to those in town that Saturday is anexcellent example of the community's feeling toward the fair. So in many ways, the Tenth Annual Christmas Pair WAS the biggest. Letters To The Editor Dear Sir: I've noticed the insulting articles that have been written about our Meter Maid in Nevada City. And I think it's a disgraceto our city that some people feel and act the way they do--over a penny or nickel for our meters. If we fail to put money in the meter, then we deserve a ticket. Iwas only married 2 weeks to Mr. Martz when he gave me a ticket. I didn't get mad--I took it with a smile and paid my fine. A policeman or Meter Maid is supposedtodotheir duty--no matter who it is. Mr. Martz and I told Barbara (our Meter Maid) not to hesitate a minute if we deserve a ticket. There have been insulting phone calls and gossip about our Meter Maid--and mostly from women who got aticket from her. And I think Meter Maid sounds much better than Meter Moll. Barbara hasa family and needs this money and is trying hard to be fair with the people and her job. Why isit that Police and Meter Maids are criticized if they don't give tickets andifthey do, That's why we have Meters to help our City. If we didn't have Meters our shoppers would never find a parking place in town. My husband has nothing to do with this letter, In fact, he doesn't know I wrote it, Be a good citizen and sport. Put your penny or nickel in our meters and if you get a ticket, know most of the time it's your fault. The reason our Police help Barbara collect meters is because the money is too heavy. Thank you for reading this. And I hope it does some good. Mrs. Clarence Martz a » Dear Sir: The UNICEF Halloween Committee would like to thank the Nugget for the part it played in publicizing the Halloween collection for UNICEF, We would also like to thank the teachers and 4-H and church group leaders for giving so willingly of their time to make the drive such a success, We are very grateful tothe banks for the time spent in counting the many cartons of small coins, The Nevada City Soroptimist Club also helped our committee to pay for the UNICEF films shown to local schools and clubs, Finally, we would like to thank allthose who contributed so generously, Sincerely yours, Mrs, Marris Ingram Mrs, Alfred Heller Mrs. Henry Roese Mrs. Tyler Micoleau County. 12,406. Printed by . oA Wevep METER MAID,. Nevada City's policewoman has had her patience tried during the past week or so:.And she doesn't like the title “Meter Moll".. We can't blame her on that, for the termreally does not do justice to the job she holds, and from here on you'll find us referring to the young lady as Nevada City's policewoman, . Charges that she makes only two trips ‘round the meters per day have been checked and found to be wrong. The city has a regular schedule for her meter trips, andhas been keeping her busy on police reports in between the ticketing jaunts.. One thing is sure, the job is not BOD Gee ® Vea sick (v4 “itt AH ya) wed ay Did SOKETHIME IF + WAS GOD , THERE AROYHD HERE / a BE the most pleasant in town. Another thing, most of Nevada City’s merchants feel she is doing a good iob, Merchant complaints to the city have been directed toward those who set meter policy, and not aimed at the policewoman. .--Incidentally, there is some evidence that local residents are getting used to putting money in the meters and avoiding the tickets. The meter violation count for November dropped to 201 from 276 in October, and Police Chief Jay Jackson claims that turnover of parking spaces has increased noticeably. SHORT SHOTS.. Reopening THIS: — 7S BEIW RUA . Wy VA TIME SOMEONE Agour if // his office to the practice of dentistry is Dr. Fred M. Hufnagel. The doctor has been a resident of Nevada County 12 years, his office is inthe Glenbrook area.. Lotta's Fountain, San Francisco landmark since 1875, has been repaired, repainted and restored. Grass Valley born Lotta Crabtree donated the fountain at Market, Kearny andGeary Sts. to the city by the bay, It is 36 feet tall, and has four drinking spouts. . Dedication of the first section of a vista road and view point overlooking the huge Oroville dam construction will be held next Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. near Oroville, SPECIAL WASHINGTON REPORT By Sen. Robert S. Kerr (D-Oklahoma) Chairman, Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences The vast expenditures authorized by Congress forthe U.S. space program obviously will provide a tremendous stimulant to our national economy. Congress has authorizeda NASA budget of $3.7 billion for the current fiscal year, enabling American industry to forge ahead: in the development of the complex equipment required for the unprecedented venture into space. Military applications will bring the total outlay to approximately $5.5 billion this year. "Space will become a vital factor in the national economy, perhaps the dominant one," says General David Sarnoff, chairman of the board of Radio Corporation of America. “Already more than 5,000 companies and research Moon Shot Vital Economic Boost organizations are engaged in Civilian and military space activities, producing some 3,200 different products related to space enterprises. " Perhaps, General Sarnoff's estimates are on the-conservative side. The development of the experimental Telstar alone required the facilities of 1,809 different business organizations. As called for by the President andimplemented by the Congress, this space program isa unified national effort. President Kennedy said "The Nation's conscience requires it to lead the world's drive into space, " America will be victorious in the moon race with the Reds. All of NASA is devoted to civilian pursuits, but the Department of Defense and the Atomic Energy, Commission also have a significant role to play. Cost Of Education California By PaulJ. Lunardi How to pay for the cost of giving higher education to our gifted California students raises some tough legislative problems. As a state, we cannot affordto neglect them, because we urgently need their brains and ability, developed tothe highest potential. Yet the question of state support by way of scholarships to students in colleges of their choice, private or public, is a knotty one, andis certain to come before us again. in 1963, A subcommittee of the Senate Fact Finding Committee on Education held a recent meeting, at which possible legislation for improvement in our present system, andthe state scholarship commission, California began its system of scholarships in 1955. The scholarship commission was set up topick the recipients. Grants are limited to the costs of fees and tuition, and are based on the need and ability of the student. The top grant was fixed at $600 per year prior to 1960, $900 since then. Including renewals, the legal maximum of 3200 scholarships were awarded for 1961-62, About two-thirds go to students at independent colleges, about 30 percent tothose at the University, and the remainder to those at state colleges, avesvin & STORAGE FREE ESTIMATES PHONE Problem The subcommittee was interested in learning the priorities the educational authorities would set as tovarious alternative proposals for improvement in the system, as a guide for action at the 1963 Legislature. Among these alternatives are (1) raising the maximum of the grant; (2) providing grants for the cost of board and room; (3) giving fellowships for graduate study; and (4) establishing a student loan system, As to the first, witnesses said that tuition costs are rising fast, so that the percentage of tuition covered by scholarships has fallen by an average of about ten percent in the last five years. One recommendation for a change in ‘ment, 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE this grant was that it be put on a sliding scale, so as to give students of the future about the same comparative grant as in the Past, _despite any increases in costs, Asto subsistence grants, it was pointed out that the approved : Master Plan for Higher Education calls for these. A bill to provide them was introduced in 1961, but not acted on. The scholarship commission recommended that they be provided, since an estiTHE BEST MOVE . YOU EVER MADE President Kennedy, with congressional approval, placed Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson in the key role of coordinator. The Vice President, by a.1961 enactment, serves as chairman of the National Space Council. For administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the President wisely chose a successful business executive with broad experience in public affairs. James E, Webb, who served as Director of the Bureau of the Budget and Under Secretary of State during the administration of President Harry S. Truman, has provided able leadership to the fast -expanding space agency. Our civilian space program is comprised of five major areas including manned s pace flight, applications, space sciences, advanced research and technology, andtracing and data acquisition, The manned space flight program has three principal objectives: piloted earth-orbital flights lasting for several days--or even weeks; manned missions penetrating deeper into space; and, exploration of the moon in this decade by a United States team. To carry out the program, this country is developing more powerful launch vehicles, more advanced spacecraft, new or improved groundtest and launch facilities, and supporting equi pOur national policy is concentrated on the peaceful application of this space know-how for the betterment of mankind, but itis alsoavailableto our military forces if the United States should be threatened by an enemy aggressor ranging beyond the atmosphere. By legislating its plans and conducting its experiments openly for all to see, the United States has thrilled people around the world, inspired all Americans and proved its peaceful intentions. We have not forgotten our ‘Spiritual valuesinthis new age of scientific discovery. We scek new knowledge about man and about God's universe in the firm belief that this knowledge willhelp man 273—8781 mated 60 percent of award winners need them. to live in greater harmony with his fellow man. by Alfred Heller ay the state chamber of commerce in San Francisco two weeks ago ‘wasa speech delivered by the editor of Sunset Magazine, Proctor Mellquist. . Mellquist's topic was “California Recreation--Planning for Tomorrow." His thoughts are worthy of the attention of the state ‘chamber and of public officials at all levels of government. What concerns Mellquist is that as this state's population doubles in the next twenty years, it will see "messy, spotty developments" in the mountain county recreation areas “spread and mushroom, and one messy spot will grow and join with others. We will see more of the semi-urban kind of mess that exists at Clear Lake, Lake Tahoe, and in parts of the Coachilla Valley. We will see it next in parts of the state which today are untouched wilderness, far off the beaten track. " , In discussing the causes and the cures of the kind of sloppy land ‘development which is taking place and will take place in recreation and resource counties such as Plumas, El Dorado, Placer and Nevada, Mellquist asserts that the rest of the state fails to recog-nize the value of these counties to the entire state. The rest of the state gives these counties "the back of its hand.” Meanwhile, the counties themselves’ must work with totally inadequate funds, The funds are inadequate because of the enormous load of summer visitors, and the erosion caused by these visitors. ” The resource county, Mellquist says, is hard put to patch existing roads, much less installnew ones to service growing recreation areas, Fire and health protection are constant financial burdens, Nor does the county have enough money to spend on "adequate planning of its own development or on the guidance of such development, " Mellquist states firmly that "deterioration in our resource counties shouldbe a first concern of our metropolitan governments and of the state government. In the years ahead, the frontiers of our ‘Super-cities really will be located in the agricultural and wilderness areas of the state, " He asks whether "certain things couldn't be looked into." Could the state government empower the mountain counties "to reorganize themselves in such a way as to deliver an equivalent of municipal services in remote areas, not only sanitation and fire protection, but particularly land use planning and land use policing?" Could the state work out a means of financing such action? “Could the state work out some new kind of subvention formula for the remote counties based on average population rather than permanent population?" Finally, Mellquist urges that the state chamber of commerce and other politically astute groups join the “good lonely people" who are working hard to “defend the state's greatest asset, which is its marvelous, but threatened land, " WASHINGTO CALLING By MARQUIS CHILDS WASHINGTON ---On the great central plain of Poland winter and the long darkness have settled down. The first snows have fallen and the sound of the bells on the sledges can be heard across the flat country in which the onion-domed spire of the village church is visible from far off. The farmers are hardy peasants who for generations have endured the cycles of war, conquest and revolution that have swept over Poland. They have a deeply rooted independence which has enabled them tosurvive. From the start of the Communist regime after 1945 they set themselves in stubborn resistance to collectivization of the land, This resistance had a lot to do with the changes introduced by Wladyslaw Gomulka when he made it plain to Moscow that as premier he could not impose the rigidities of the Soviet system, Collectivization was stopped in 1956 and, in fact, reversed Eighty-six percent of the land is in private hands. But today these peasant farmers, at least 90 percent of whom are Roman Catholics, have become pawns in the cold war. Their margin of comparative prosperity and independence is threatened, That margin, and it is one of the sources of the relative independence that Poland had been able to maintain in the Communist bloc, is based on the export to the United States of fine Polish ham. This amounts to about $40,000,000 a year and while that is a mere drop in the American trade bucket, it helps Poland to to pay American war damages and to import certain essentials. Fanatic right-wingers in this country have set out by various techniques to stop the sales of Polish ham and all other consumer products coming from Communist bloc countries, As developed by Dr. Jerome D, Harold, a chiropractor in Miami, an appealis first made to merchants and the big chains to stop selling items such as canned Polish hams noted on store shelves. If this does not work, then the groups around the country resort to a “card party". Printed cards that say, “Get your slave merchandise here," or words to that effect, are slipped into shelves where shoppers will find them, Most firms prefer to avoid trouble and they have capitulated. Where there has been resistance some unpleasant episodes have been reported. In one or two instances the word Jew has been scrawled at night on shop windows, In Fort Wayne, Indiana, a merchant not only agreed to remove baskets made in Yugoslavia but turned them over to the group and a public bonfire was held. The John Birch Society has moved in behind this campaign. The society's newsletter of a year agé set two targets for 1962--get Polish hams off the market and impeach Chief Justice Earl Warren. They have had more success with the first goal than with the second, Major importers report a marked drop in retail sales, A number of chains have not only canceled orders for hams and ottier Communist bloc products, including Christmas decorations, but they have taken merchandise off their shelves and returned it. This says something about the independence of even a powerful chain to run its own business. As some of the resisters have said, "If they can tell us what to sell and what not to sell, then next they can tell us who to hire and who not to hire, " But it says much more about the effort of the government to direct foreign policy when some aspect of that policy is disapproved by a highly organized minority. Both the . Eisenhower and the Kennedy administrations have believed that it was to the ad‘vantage of the West to take what Opportunities arose to try to help Poland sustain at least a degree of independence. This policy has been based on the conviction that only through a gradual easing of tensions will the bonds be loosen ed, Each notch that the cold war is screwed up means it is that much less likely that peoples enduring the yoke of communism will eventually be able to be free. The effort of these minor ities--the leadership of the international longshoremen has been dictating what ships shall and shall not be unloaded in East Coast ports -is therefore viewed with dismay by the State Departinent. The fanatical right-wingers do not hesitate, of course, to convict the department of a giant conspiracy to flood the country with Communist -made goods, thereby depriving Americans of jobs As part of this conspiracy they see the efforts of the Eisenhower ‘and Kennedy administrations to give Yugoslavia favored nation status under the trade program. Yugoslavia did demonstrate that even in the era of Stalin it was possible to break away. The conduct of foreign policy in a democracy is difficult under the best of circumstances. With the intervention of minorities, each with an axe,to grind, one word sums up the dilema: chaos. (Copyright; 1962) Largely overlooked in the tumult of the annual convention of SS RASA ee iaaoaalacse ee

oar) a,” le Baht TW eee pad-* SMALL TOWN SMALL WORLD tht eT enee PE4-As pits Tenens! Pad-A,tp ‘acess Published Every Wednesday By NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET, INC. 318 Broad Street, Nevada City, Calif, Alfred E. Heller, Publisher--R. Dean Thompson, Editor -Manager Second class postage paid at Nevada City, Calif. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada Superior Court, June 3, 1960 Decree No. Charles Allert Litho, Nevada City. Subscription rates: One year, $4; Two years, $6; Three years,’ $8, EDITORIAL Not The Biggest.. The report of dollar volume at the Tenth Annual Artists Christmas Fair led to news items that the fair was not the biggest in the chain of successful local art events. fair holds that honor. Last year's But there is good reason to point to this year's fair asthe biggest in other respects. This year the artists made use of a second building, that of David Osborn and Charles Woods, togive better display space for paintings, prints and other pottery and woodwork artitems. It was well handled, and from a space standpoint this year's fair was by far the biggest. There is no doubt in the mind of art association members that the Tenth Annual event also drew the largest contingent of out-of-town visitors to the fair. And the comments from these people indicate the event was much appreciated. One bus-load of visitors arrived by Greyhound from Oakland. These facts indicate the annual event has increased in stature. Perhaps the most important item to note about this year's Christmas Fair was the adoption of the event by the community as a city-wide attraction. In prior years, the fair has been thought of locally as an art association activity. While the art association still is the fair's sponsor, the merchants and townspeople this year joinedinits promotion: The commendable action of the Nevada City Council in refunding parking meter fines to those in town that Saturday is anexcellent example of the community's feeling toward the fair. So in many ways, the Tenth Annual Christmas Pair WAS the biggest. Letters To The Editor Dear Sir: I've noticed the insulting articles that have been written about our Meter Maid in Nevada City. And I think it's a disgraceto our city that some people feel and act the way they do--over a penny or nickel for our meters. If we fail to put money in the meter, then we deserve a ticket. Iwas only married 2 weeks to Mr. Martz when he gave me a ticket. I didn't get mad--I took it with a smile and paid my fine. A policeman or Meter Maid is supposedtodotheir duty--no matter who it is. Mr. Martz and I told Barbara (our Meter Maid) not to hesitate a minute if we deserve a ticket. There have been insulting phone calls and gossip about our Meter Maid--and mostly from women who got aticket from her. And I think Meter Maid sounds much better than Meter Moll. Barbara hasa family and needs this money and is trying hard to be fair with the people and her job. Why isit that Police and Meter Maids are criticized if they don't give tickets andifthey do, That's why we have Meters to help our City. If we didn't have Meters our shoppers would never find a parking place in town. My husband has nothing to do with this letter, In fact, he doesn't know I wrote it, Be a good citizen and sport. Put your penny or nickel in our meters and if you get a ticket, know most of the time it's your fault. The reason our Police help Barbara collect meters is because the money is too heavy. Thank you for reading this. And I hope it does some good. Mrs. Clarence Martz a » Dear Sir: The UNICEF Halloween Committee would like to thank the Nugget for the part it played in publicizing the Halloween collection for UNICEF, We would also like to thank the teachers and 4-H and church group leaders for giving so willingly of their time to make the drive such a success, We are very grateful tothe banks for the time spent in counting the many cartons of small coins, The Nevada City Soroptimist Club also helped our committee to pay for the UNICEF films shown to local schools and clubs, Finally, we would like to thank allthose who contributed so generously, Sincerely yours, Mrs, Marris Ingram Mrs, Alfred Heller Mrs. Henry Roese Mrs. Tyler Micoleau County. 12,406. Printed by . oA Wevep METER MAID,.. Nevada City's policewoman has had her patience tried during the past week or so:..And she doesn't like the title “Meter Moll"... We can't blame her on that, for the termreally does not do justice to the job she holds, and from here on you'll find us referring to the young lady as Nevada City's policewoman, .. Charges that she makes only two trips ‘round the meters per day have been checked and found to be wrong. The city has a regular schedule for her meter trips, andhas been keeping her busy on police reports in between the ticketing jaunts... One thing is sure, the job is not BOD Gee ® Vea sick (v4 “itt AH ya) wed ay Did SOKETHIME IF + WAS GOD , THERE AROYHD HERE / a BE the most pleasant in town. Another thing, most of Nevada City’s merchants feel she is doing a good iob, Merchant complaints to the city have been directed toward those who set meter policy, and not aimed at the policewoman. .--Incidentally, there is some evidence that local residents are getting used to putting money in the meters and avoiding the tickets. The meter violation count for November dropped to 201 from 276 in October, and Police Chief Jay Jackson claims that turnover of parking spaces has increased noticeably. SHORT SHOTS... Reopening THIS: — 7S BEIW RUA . Wy VA TIME SOMEONE Agour if // his office to the practice of dentistry is Dr. Fred M. Hufnagel. The doctor has been a resident of Nevada County 12 years, his office is inthe Glenbrook area... Lotta's Fountain, San Francisco landmark since 1875, has been repaired, repainted and restored. Grass Valley born Lotta Crabtree donated the fountain at Market, Kearny andGeary Sts. to the city by the bay, It is 36 feet tall, and has four drinking spouts.. . Dedication of the first section of a vista road and view point overlooking the huge Oroville dam construction will be held next Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. near Oroville, SPECIAL WASHINGTON REPORT By Sen. Robert S. Kerr (D-Oklahoma) Chairman, Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences The vast expenditures authorized by Congress forthe U.S. space program obviously will provide a tremendous stimulant to our national economy. Congress has authorizeda NASA budget of $3.7 billion for the current fiscal year, enabling American industry to forge ahead: in the development of the complex equipment required for the unprecedented venture into space. Military applications will bring the total outlay to approximately $5.5 billion this year. "Space will become a vital factor in the national economy, perhaps the dominant one," says General David Sarnoff, chairman of the board of Radio Corporation of America. “Already more than 5,000 companies and research Moon Shot Vital Economic Boost organizations are engaged in Civilian and military space activities, producing some 3,200 different products related to space enterprises. " Perhaps, General Sarnoff's estimates are on the-conservative side. The development of the experimental Telstar alone required the facilities of 1,809 different business organizations. As called for by the President andimplemented by the Congress, this space program isa unified national effort. President Kennedy said "The Nation's conscience requires it to lead the world's drive into space, " America will be victorious in

the moon race with the Reds. All of NASA is devoted to civilian pursuits, but the Department of Defense and the Atomic Energy, Commission also have a significant role to play. Cost Of Education California By PaulJ. Lunardi How to pay for the cost of giving higher education to our gifted California students raises some tough legislative problems. As a state, we cannot affordto neglect them, because we urgently need their brains and ability, developed tothe highest potential. Yet the question of state support by way of scholarships to students in colleges of their choice, private or public, is a knotty one, andis certain to come before us again. in 1963, A subcommittee of the Senate Fact Finding Committee on Education held a recent meeting, at which possible legislation for improvement in our present system, andthe state scholarship commission, California began its system of scholarships in 1955. The scholarship commission was set up topick the recipients. Grants are limited to the costs of fees and tuition, and are based on the need and ability of the student. The top grant was fixed at $600 per year prior to 1960, $900 since then. Including renewals, the legal maximum of 3200 scholarships were awarded for 1961-62, About two-thirds go to students at independent colleges, about 30 percent tothose at the University, and the remainder to those at state colleges, avesvin & STORAGE FREE ESTIMATES PHONE Problem The subcommittee was interested in learning the priorities the educational authorities would set as tovarious alternative proposals for improvement in the system, as a guide for action at the 1963 Legislature. Among these alternatives are (1) raising the maximum of the grant; (2) providing grants for the cost of board and room; (3) giving fellowships for graduate study; and (4) establishing a student loan system, As to the first, witnesses said that tuition costs are rising fast, so that the percentage of tuition covered by scholarships has fallen by an average of about ten percent in the last five years. One recommendation for a change in ‘ment, 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE this grant was that it be put on a sliding scale, so as to give students of the future about the same comparative grant as in the Past, _despite any increases in costs, Asto subsistence grants, it was pointed out that the approved : Master Plan for Higher Education calls for these. A bill to provide them was introduced in 1961, but not acted on. The scholarship commission recommended that they be provided, since an estiTHE BEST MOVE . YOU EVER MADE President Kennedy, with congressional approval, placed Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson in the key role of coordinator. The Vice President, by a.1961 enactment, serves as chairman of the National Space Council. For administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the President wisely chose a successful business executive with broad experience in public affairs. James E, Webb, who served as Director of the Bureau of the Budget and Under Secretary of State during the administration of President Harry S. Truman, has provided able leadership to the fast -expanding space agency. Our civilian space program is comprised of five major areas including manned s pace flight, applications, space sciences, advanced research and technology, andtracing and data acquisition, The manned space flight program has three principal objectives: piloted earth-orbital flights lasting for several days--or even weeks; manned missions penetrating deeper into space; and, exploration of the moon in this decade by a United States team. To carry out the program, this country is developing more powerful launch vehicles, more advanced spacecraft, new or improved groundtest and launch facilities, and supporting equi pOur national policy is concentrated on the peaceful application of this space know-how for the betterment of mankind, but itis alsoavailableto our military forces if the United States should be threatened by an enemy aggressor ranging beyond the atmosphere. By legislating its plans and conducting its experiments openly for all to see, the United States has thrilled people around the world, inspired all Americans and proved its peaceful intentions. We have not forgotten our ‘Spiritual valuesinthis new age of scientific discovery. We scek new knowledge about man and about God's universe in the firm belief that this knowledge willhelp man 273—8781 mated 60 percent of award winners need them. to live in greater harmony with his fellow man. by Alfred Heller ay the state chamber of commerce in San Francisco two weeks ago ‘wasa speech delivered by the editor of Sunset Magazine, Proctor Mellquist. . Mellquist's topic was “California Recreation--Planning for Tomorrow." His thoughts are worthy of the attention of the state ‘chamber and of public officials at all levels of government. What concerns Mellquist is that as this state's population doubles in the next twenty years, it will see "messy, spotty developments" in the mountain county recreation areas “spread and mushroom, and one messy spot will grow and join with others. We will see more of the semi-urban kind of mess that exists at Clear Lake, Lake Tahoe, and in parts of the Coachilla Valley. We will see it next in parts of the state which today are untouched wilderness, far off the beaten track. " , In discussing the causes and the cures of the kind of sloppy land ‘development which is taking place and will take place in recreation and resource counties such as Plumas, El Dorado, Placer and Nevada, Mellquist asserts that the rest of the state fails to recog-nize the value of these counties to the entire state. The rest of the state gives these counties "the back of its hand.” Meanwhile, the counties themselves’ must work with totally inadequate funds, The funds are inadequate because of the enormous load of summer visitors, and the erosion caused by these visitors. ” The resource county, Mellquist says, is hard put to patch existing roads, much less installnew ones to service growing recreation areas, Fire and health protection are constant financial burdens, Nor does the county have enough money to spend on "adequate planning of its own development or on the guidance of such development, " Mellquist states firmly that "deterioration in our resource counties shouldbe a first concern of our metropolitan governments and of the state government. In the years ahead, the frontiers of our ‘Super-cities really will be located in the agricultural and wilderness areas of the state, " He asks whether "certain things couldn't be looked into." Could the state government empower the mountain counties "to reorganize themselves in such a way as to deliver an equivalent of municipal services in remote areas, not only sanitation and fire protection, but particularly land use planning and land use policing?" Could the state work out a means of financing such action? “Could the state work out some new kind of subvention formula for the remote counties based on average population rather than permanent population?" Finally, Mellquist urges that the state chamber of commerce and other politically astute groups join the “good lonely people" who are working hard to “defend the state's greatest asset, which is its marvelous, but threatened land, " WASHINGTO CALLING By MARQUIS CHILDS WASHINGTON ---On the great central plain of Poland winter and the long darkness have settled down. The first snows have fallen and the sound of the bells on the sledges can be heard across the flat country in which the onion-domed spire of the village church is visible from far off. The farmers are hardy peasants who for generations have endured the cycles of war, conquest and revolution that have swept over Poland. They have a deeply rooted independence which has enabled them tosurvive. From the start of the Communist regime after 1945 they set themselves in stubborn resistance to collectivization of the land, This resistance had a lot to do with the changes introduced by Wladyslaw Gomulka when he made it plain to Moscow that as premier he could not impose the rigidities of the Soviet system, Collectivization was stopped in 1956 and, in fact, reversed Eighty-six percent of the land is in private hands. But today these peasant farmers, at least 90 percent of whom are Roman Catholics, have become pawns in the cold war. Their margin of comparative prosperity and independence is threatened, That margin, and it is one of the sources of the relative independence that Poland had been able to maintain in the Communist bloc, is based on the export to the United States of fine Polish ham. This amounts to about $40,000,000 a year and while that is a mere drop in the American trade bucket, it helps Poland to to pay American war damages and to import certain essentials. Fanatic right-wingers in this country have set out by various techniques to stop the sales of Polish ham and all other consumer products coming from Communist bloc countries, As developed by Dr. Jerome D, Harold, a chiropractor in Miami, an appealis first made to merchants and the big chains to stop selling items such as canned Polish hams noted on store shelves. If this does not work, then the groups around the country resort to a “card party". Printed cards that say, “Get your slave merchandise here," or words to that effect, are slipped into shelves where shoppers will find them, Most firms prefer to avoid trouble and they have capitulated. Where there has been resistance some unpleasant episodes have been reported. In one or two instances the word Jew has been scrawled at night on shop windows, In Fort Wayne, Indiana, a merchant not only agreed to remove baskets made in Yugoslavia but turned them over to the group and a public bonfire was held. The John Birch Society has moved in behind this campaign. The society's newsletter of a year agé set two targets for 1962--get Polish hams off the market and impeach Chief Justice Earl Warren. They have had more success with the first goal than with the second, Major importers report a marked drop in retail sales, A number of chains have not only canceled orders for hams and ottier Communist bloc products, including Christmas decorations, but they have taken merchandise off their shelves and returned it. This says something about the independence of even a powerful chain to run its own business. As some of the resisters have said, "If they can tell us what to sell and what not to sell, then next they can tell us who to hire and who not to hire, " But it says much more about the effort of the government to direct foreign policy when some aspect of that policy is disapproved by a highly organized minority. Both the . Eisenhower and the Kennedy administrations have believed that it was to the ad‘vantage of the West to take what Opportunities arose to try to help Poland sustain at least a degree of independence. This policy has been based on the conviction that only through a gradual easing of tensions will the bonds be loosen ed, Each notch that the cold war is screwed up means it is that much less likely that peoples enduring the yoke of communism will eventually be able to be free. The effort of these minor ities--the leadership of the international longshoremen has been dictating what ships shall and shall not be unloaded in East Coast ports -is therefore viewed with dismay by the State Departinent. The fanatical right-wingers do not hesitate, of course, to convict the department of a giant conspiracy to flood the country with Communist -made goods, thereby depriving Americans of jobs As part of this conspiracy they see the efforts of the Eisenhower ‘and Kennedy administrations to give Yugoslavia favored nation status under the trade program. Yugoslavia did demonstrate that even in the era of Stalin it was possible to break away. The conduct of foreign policy in a democracy is difficult under the best of circumstances. With the intervention of minorities, each with an axe,to grind, one word sums up the dilema: chaos. (Copyright; 1962) Largely overlooked in the tumult of the annual convention of SS RASA ee iaaoaalacse ee