September 2, 1965 (16 pages)

NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET September 2° 1965 EDITORIALS FREEWAY MODEL MARKS AN IMPORTANT STEP IN COMMUNITY COOPERATION The California Division of Highways, withan unprecidented and completely unsolicited move, last week created an enormous amount of goodwill for itself in Nevada County. The act was the creation of the huge scale model of the Grass Valley segment of the’ Grass Valley-Nevada City Freeway which was constructed by the staff of the District III in Marysville and put on'display for the:first time at the Nevada County District Fair. It was the hit of the show for the four day fair run. What is amazing about the model is that it was created by District Engineer W. L. Warren and his staff without any official prompting from the city. Warren thought sucha model would be an aid to the community soon to be going through the pains of freeway construction to better understand what was going to happen and just how it would look. Certainly not everyone was pleased with what they saw, but almost everyone was pleased with the opportunity to see for the first time what the freeway would look like and how it would affect their lives. asked questions and officials from the district office were there to answer as many as they could. Not all of the questions were answered nor will they be for some time, but the exchange of ideas has already been of benefit to the com= munity and to the state. Warren told the Nugget last week that through the construction of the model, his staff had developed new ideas about the freeway design and some design changes were now being contemplated as a result of these ideas. Everyone: He also suggestedthat because of the success of this model, it will probably become district policy to construct models for future route locations. The construction of the freeway model has opened the door wide for an exchange of ideas between the community and the state. Full credit for opening this door of community cooperation should go to Warren and his staff. ADMIRAL RAY WAS A WISE CHOICE TO HEAD THEATER COMMITTEE The Nevada City Liberal Arts Commission should be praised for choosing Admiral H. James Ray to head its theater acquisition committee. Acquiring the funds to obtain the theater, putting it in shape and then pulling together a group that will make good use of the building, will take a lot of organization and firm leadership. The commission has wisely chosen a committee which represents a broad base of interests from the Twin Cities area. Admiral Ray should be commended for his willingness to take on this important job. The theater project deserves the full support of the community. IN THE FOOTHILLS VEIN THE SIGHTS, SOUNDS AND SMELLS OF THE FAIR Going to the fair for one day is really not enough. To really enjoy our Nevada County District Fair, the real fair lover goes at least twice, once in the day and once in the night. The dedicated go every day. For although the fair hasnow shaken down to a pretty standard format, there is always something new to see or do, The big new exhibit building is a help in spreading out the displays. The paving of the roadways and parking areas was also an added attraction which made going to the fair a more pleasant experience, Our one big gripe, and we heard plenty of other people saying the same thing, wasthe continual stench of smoldering shingles which pervaded the fairgrounds throughout the four day event, We are for fire prevention and we are also in favor of a guy making a buck by peddling his wares at the fair, But our visits tothe fair would have been much more pleasant without that little demonstration of how shingles do or do not burn. When asked about the roofing display all we could truthfully say was, “it stinks, " CONSTRUCTION OF the Grass Valley Freeway model which was such a big hit at the fair was prompted in part by an editorial which appeared in The Nugget. District III engineer W. L, Warren said he had been considering the idea when an editorial ‘appeared in The Nugget suggesting that Grass Valley officials should start asking tlc state questions about just how the new highway was going to look through the city. Warren took this cue and came up with the model and many of the answers even before the questions were asked, ---Don Hoagland CALIFORNIA EXTREMISM SHOULD BE TREATED WITH TRUTH I do not believe the United States of America is in any imminent peril of capture by the extremists, right or left. So, then, what dowe do about it? Anything? Nothing? First of all,,I pray, the one thing we never do is to prohibit the ideas, the thoughts, the trumpetings of any extremist group. For if we do, we will no longer be a truly open and free society -and that openness and that freedom is the pillar of our democracy and our greatest strength. To me, extremism is a virus, not a cancer. If.we sought to remove it surgically, the body of America would be badly weakened by the operation and perhaps destroyed. But I think we should do something -and a very great deal more than we are presently doing. The extremist today is on the move. Besides frightening a disturbingly large number of Americans, hetends to monopolize public discussion, He beclouds concentration on the real issues, by focusing on the unreal, He daunts the weak and the timorous, especially at the local level. : He incites his neighbors to supplant reason and understanding with emotion and hate, He divides and degrades America. As the “Los Angeles Times" once pointed out so aptly -subversion is subversion, whether from the left or from the right. It is imperative that the virus of extremism today not be ignored -or allowed to go untreated -at this moment when it seems more virulent, infectious and menacing than in any recent time. The prescription, Ibelieve, is massive and constant doses of the strong serum of truth, This is by no means an easy chore, For the extremist can confound even thewelleducated with the scraps of truth, half-truth and wholly-imagined “evidence”, which he uses to construct his wooly case, It is a nerve-wracking task, to boot. For the extremist, once scratched, fights back, employing any and all means. The task is further complicated because we do not know exactly why the extremist believes and behaves the way he does -except that he dislikes and distrusts the American society in its present form. -On the extreme right, he yearns for what he believes was a golden past. On the extreme left, he's captivated by a fool's gold of the future. But thetreatmentis, I strongly believe, a necessary one. T he time has come, I think, for all Americans -liberals, moderates and conservatives, the press and the churches, business and labor -to isolate, point out and reject totally the extremism on both sides of us, the conspiracy theories, the ends-justify-themeans philosophy, the authoritarian contempt for our democracy, the hatred and the bigotry. Most viruses. become powerful enough to wreak severe damage only when the bodies they seek to infect become weak. The virus of extremism will be only as strong as we” permit it to become, We know that extremism thrives on fear, hate, and bigotry. But I suspect that we are not yet fully aware that the greatest ally of extremism is indifference. Edmund Burke said it best, and I pardphrase the enduring wisdom of his remarks to Parliament in the 18th Century: Evil triumphs only when good men fail to act. We can not be indifferent to the strident voices and the sinister tactics of the extremists. We cannot be indifferent to the dynamic sources of Our Own strength as responsible Americans. Fear of extremismis not the answer to today's challenges from the right and the left. Faith in ourfon) *13038ny Aquno5 epeAen’** S961 ‘Z Jaquiaidas**

NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET September 2° 1965 EDITORIALS FREEWAY MODEL MARKS AN IMPORTANT STEP IN COMMUNITY COOPERATION The California Division of Highways, withan unprecidented and completely unsolicited move, last week created an enormous amount of goodwill for itself in Nevada County. The act was the creation of the huge scale model of the Grass Valley segment of the’ Grass Valley-Nevada City Freeway which was constructed by the staff of the District III in Marysville and put on'display for the:first time at the Nevada County District Fair. It was the hit of the show for the four day fair run. What is amazing about the model is that it was created by District Engineer W. L. Warren and his staff without any official prompting from the city. Warren thought sucha model would be an aid to the community soon to be going through the pains of freeway construction to better understand what was going to happen and just how it would look. Certainly not everyone was pleased with what they saw, but almost everyone was pleased with the opportunity to see for the first time what the freeway would look like and how it would affect their lives. asked questions and officials from the district office were there to answer as many as they could. Not all of the questions were answered nor will they be for some time, but the exchange of ideas has already been of benefit to the com= munity and to the state. Warren told the Nugget last week that through the construction of the model, his staff had developed new ideas about the freeway design and some design changes were now being contemplated as a result of these ideas. Everyone: He also suggestedthat because of the success of this model, it will probably become district policy to construct models for future route locations. The construction of the freeway model has opened the door wide for an exchange of ideas between the community and the state. Full credit for opening this door of community cooperation should go to Warren and his staff. ADMIRAL RAY WAS A WISE CHOICE TO HEAD THEATER COMMITTEE The Nevada City Liberal Arts Commission should be praised for choosing Admiral H. James Ray to head its theater acquisition committee. Acquiring the funds to obtain the theater, putting it in shape and then pulling together a group that will make good use of the building, will take a lot of organization and firm leadership. The commission has wisely chosen a committee which represents a broad base of interests from the Twin Cities area. Admiral Ray should be commended for his willingness to take on this important job. The theater project deserves the full support of the community. IN THE FOOTHILLS VEIN THE SIGHTS, SOUNDS AND SMELLS OF THE FAIR Going to the fair for one day is really not enough. To really enjoy our Nevada County District Fair, the real fair lover goes at least twice, once in the day and once in the night. The dedicated go every day. For although the fair hasnow shaken down to a pretty standard format, there is always something new to see or do, The big new exhibit building is a help in spreading out the displays. The paving of the roadways and parking areas was also an added attraction which made going to the fair a more pleasant experience, Our one big gripe, and we heard plenty of other people saying the same thing, wasthe continual stench of smoldering shingles which pervaded the fairgrounds throughout the four day event, We are for fire prevention and we are also in favor of a guy making a buck by peddling his wares at the fair, But our visits tothe fair would have been much more pleasant without that little demonstration of how shingles do or do

not burn. When asked about the roofing display all we could truthfully say was, “it stinks, " CONSTRUCTION OF the Grass Valley Freeway model which was such a big hit at the fair was prompted in part by an editorial which appeared in The Nugget. District III engineer W. L, Warren said he had been considering the idea when an editorial ‘appeared in The Nugget suggesting that Grass Valley officials should start asking tlc state questions about just how the new highway was going to look through the city. Warren took this cue and came up with the model and many of the answers even before the questions were asked, ---Don Hoagland CALIFORNIA EXTREMISM SHOULD BE TREATED WITH TRUTH I do not believe the United States of America is in any imminent peril of capture by the extremists, right or left. So, then, what dowe do about it? Anything? Nothing? First of all,,I pray, the one thing we never do is to prohibit the ideas, the thoughts, the trumpetings of any extremist group. For if we do, we will no longer be a truly open and free society -and that openness and that freedom is the pillar of our democracy and our greatest strength. To me, extremism is a virus, not a cancer. If.we sought to remove it surgically, the body of America would be badly weakened by the operation and perhaps destroyed. But I think we should do something -and a very great deal more than we are presently doing. The extremist today is on the move. Besides frightening a disturbingly large number of Americans, hetends to monopolize public discussion, He beclouds concentration on the real issues, by focusing on the unreal, He daunts the weak and the timorous, especially at the local level. : He incites his neighbors to supplant reason and understanding with emotion and hate, He divides and degrades America. As the “Los Angeles Times" once pointed out so aptly -subversion is subversion, whether from the left or from the right. It is imperative that the virus of extremism today not be ignored -or allowed to go untreated -at this moment when it seems more virulent, infectious and menacing than in any recent time. The prescription, Ibelieve, is massive and constant doses of the strong serum of truth, This is by no means an easy chore, For the extremist can confound even thewelleducated with the scraps of truth, half-truth and wholly-imagined “evidence”, which he uses to construct his wooly case, It is a nerve-wracking task, to boot. For the extremist, once scratched, fights back, employing any and all means. The task is further complicated because we do not know exactly why the extremist believes and behaves the way he does -except that he dislikes and distrusts the American society in its present form. -On the extreme right, he yearns for what he believes was a golden past. On the extreme left, he's captivated by a fool's gold of the future. But thetreatmentis, I strongly believe, a necessary one. T he time has come, I think, for all Americans -liberals, moderates and conservatives, the press and the churches, business and labor -to isolate, point out and reject totally the extremism on both sides of us, the conspiracy theories, the ends-justify-themeans philosophy, the authoritarian contempt for our democracy, the hatred and the bigotry. Most viruses. become powerful enough to wreak severe damage only when the bodies they seek to infect become weak. The virus of extremism will be only as strong as we” permit it to become, We know that extremism thrives on fear, hate, and bigotry. But I suspect that we are not yet fully aware that the greatest ally of extremism is indifference. Edmund Burke said it best, and I pardphrase the enduring wisdom of his remarks to Parliament in the 18th Century: Evil triumphs only when good men fail to act. We can not be indifferent to the strident voices and the sinister tactics of the extremists. We cannot be indifferent to the dynamic sources of Our Own strength as responsible Americans. Fear of extremismis not the answer to today's challenges from the right and the left. Faith in ourfon) *13038ny Aquno5 epeAen’** S961 ‘Z Jaquiaidas**