Show jo marked historical import attached to aid program by news new analyst and commentator service 1016 1616 eye street N IV W washington D 0 washington WASHING one of the hardest ha rd things to recognize is history bistor y in the making we often live through moments of catastrophic and cata significance yet while th tho a vital seconds are ticking off our only immediate impression Is too the limited effect on ourselves or on an our close surroundings we have all lived through a period which has been filled with some highly significant e events v e n t s beairl ong say with the 0 out ut break of world war 1 I we celebrated the armistice on N november 0 11 1010 we watched t tho h progress of the ho p peace c a c e conference and then came ame tho train of international events which cul Bauk liage lna ted in 1 VE and VJ V J days ond and tho the founding of the united nations AU all this was background for another milt event which took place as tho the ides idea of march 1047 approached I 1 refer to the enunciation of a new american foreign policy which may prove to have for far greater historical significance than any odthe of tho other happenings I 1 mentioned As aa one observer put it if the presidents message urging aid for greece and turkey is implemented to the full of its implications it may bo be another monroe monroa doctrin fore shadowing a pax americana with a hundred years pence peace such as an tho the pax britannica provided or it i may be a declaration of world war P either eventuality would make it t the most hobt important eventino ev event entin in modern history it it should establish chial ahun dred years of peace it could easily dore foreshadow shadow permanent pence peace it if on tte 9 oth erhand it signalled signal led another world Worl dWar war it would mean the twilight it if not the sunset of civilization president truman and his advisors felt tho polley policy austbo must ba enunciated and farseeing far seeing people real iced that america must shoulder ethdl responsibilities that albrit aln kind had carried so long ns tho most poi powerful erful of tho the english speaking family of nations ond and which she no longer la is able to carry true we ive have started to create nn an organization tha united nations which Is supposed to make it impossible for tiny any single kinle notion nation or group of nations to disturb the peace but to carry out its job the united nations must have an international pouce force until the tha united nations has the force farce to back up the tha will of the tha majority that single notion nation w which aich can muster such power will decide tho the course of tho the world we have that power potently Pot potentially entla ii Y so eo has russia the proposed american foreign pelley has behind it only one idea that is to keep tho the power for pence peace in the hands of what we call democracy mo cracy there has been doubt expressed by somo some as to whether tho the program ram outlined by the administration would serve this objective the tha majority of lenders leaders in both parties however seem to be convinced that dint there is no better method presently at hand thatis that it we arato aio to maintain our democratic way of life until tho united notions nations has bus become an effect tive organization we have no other course to pursue if we wel talce no action we e simply imply turn the world over to russia that would mean war eventually implementing the truman polley policy may avoid it 1 I heartily believe in tho the united nations and I 1 feel positive that if i a major conflict can be bb put off long enough the united nations eventually can bo be made strong enough to outlaw aggressive warfare effect dively pledging our wealth and sinew to protect communist threatened countries seems our only hope many back saving i of primitive areas now facing uncle sams forester lyle F watts is a question almost as hotly disputed as germa germani 1 reparations at the tha moscow confer ence av As guardi guardian aln of the nations great national forest wil wilderness derne areas he has to give a ys yes or 1 answer fairly soon watts headache concerns the san gorgonio Gorg onlo primitive area in south ern cm Cali fornias san bernardino na lional firestone for estone of americas few remaining remnants of honest to toi goodness wilderness which conser hops hope to preserve tor for tu fu aure ture generations for far several years the skiers who h like to fleeup ride uphill up hill so they can ge the most out of their downhill down hill bill sport have fixed their sun goggles on the tha fine snow slopes deep within N this primitive area not all skiers MIDI mind you some like san gorgonio Gorg onlo as is ii the t deep cool woods a large green meadow dollar end and dry lakes icy streams a challenging vista of mt san gorgonio Gorg onlo and the lofty summit ot of the peak itself and they like to ski there gut but others prefer a touch of tows a highway into tho the place a hotel resort near by so the Call california for ski association with help from the national ski association and the california state chamber of commerce sponsored a proposal to build the highway and ac accommodations a for a big ski resort it looked as if san gorgonio Gorg onlo would be about as primitive as television and cooking with electronics but the forest service e was keeping an open mind after all it might t be better to devote san gorgonio Gorg onlo w i 0 more primitive skiing so last december cember the service announced a DO 00 flay day intention of changing the areas classification as primitive this cleared the way for going ahead with the skiing developments the forest service principle Is tho the greatest good for the greatest number in the long run and most of those hose who know knew about the issue concluded that based on such a thesis this bit of tho the primitive was gone with the mustache cup and the model T tho the service called a public hearing in san bernardino which turned somewhat to their surprise into what variety calls a boff performance for mance so many people showed up that the civic auditorium had to bo bg engaged for or two days instead of one and as in congress the sessions lopped lapped oyer until evening supporting tho the skiers elders proposal were the california state chamber of commerce the california ski sid association and 18 ski clubs that was about as expected it was the determined opposition that raised eyebrows the opposition tion included the skiers who like their sport in the raw along with church group representatives with summer camps at the edge of the primitive area spokesmen for water companies who wanted the area kept in wilderness so as to conserve its watershed values tor for orange growers down the valley in between were th hikers the sportsmen clubs nature lovers natural science groups the area has six forms of plant life that grow nowhere else and cavic clubs then there were the letters pouring inglin in from nil all parts of the country f so many that the tha forest service both in its california ofal office e e and in washington had to resort to tho the mimeograph machines to ailswo answer them tho the letters voted overwhelm bingly against civilizing the area via ekl tows and hotels now its up to watts we think now thai the primitive area will surely be preserved says howard editor of tho the magazine tho the living wilderness and with a victory in this issue we shall certainly be all the better able to muster support for the forest service in guarding other threatened areas in our national wilderness system boutwe but we have no quarrel with skiing wo we want to see it develop further we hope that san gorgonio Gorg onlo will become even more attractive tor for wilderness skiing than it Is leaping in front of railroad trains was tho the favorite form of suicide in japan last year what no harl kirl |