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'Industries'
DISCUSSING THE NEED of converting political thought to deed ore these representatives
of Associated Oregon Industries, Inc. ond'the Roseburg Chamber of Commerce. They
are Charles E. Ogle. of Portland, executive assistant to the president of the association; Ivan
Congleton of Portland, general manager; and George Gratke, chairman of the civil devel
opment division of the Chamber of Commerce. (News-Review Photo)
Speakers Stress Need For Public
Information On Political Matters
The importance of not only keep
ing well informed oa political mat
ters but doing something about
Police Check
Phone Tips
In Shooting
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) Police
worked methodically today on
wounding of Donald Newhouse, 41,
coumn or. B. 1. iewnouse, puu
lisher of a string of newspapers
serosa thfl country.
Newhouse was pronounced out
of danger after oeing su-ucn uy n
shotgun blast through a basement
window at his home Sunday night.
The pellets struck him in the hip
and thigh.
He is production manager at the
Oregonian, one of S. I. New
house's newspapers. He was cred
ited bv the Oregonian with being
the principal reason why the
Oregonian was able to continue
production after a newspaper un
ion strike started 11 months ago.
Both the Oregonian and the
Oregon Journal, wnicn was sirucn
at the same time, offered $5,000
rewards for information leading
to the conviction of the person
who shot Newhou.se.
Pickets still patrol both news-
Eapers, which now use non-union
elp.
Newhouse at a hospital said that
a picket recently told him,
"you're going to get it. You'll go
to heaven soon."
Detective Einer Moen said that
picket was absolved after being
able to demonstrate that he was
at home at the time of the shoot
ing. -
irum cniil fherp bar! been a
number of telephone calls, offer
ing tips on the shooting, and that
police were checking these. He did
not disclose any ot tne tips.
" In the hope that the reward
Ttoney might bring tips if the
identity of the tipsters were con
cealed, the newspapers in an
nouncing the rewards suggested
thev send their information on a
.haaf nf naner from which a ear
ner had been torn, with a code
of any kind written on it ana on
the paper, for later comparison.
KffivhnnA snift hi doctor had
told him he probably would be in
the hospital a week or two. At
tendants said today he was in no
pain and was in good spirits.
Newhou$ Visitor
Mrs. Wallace Hagestad, nurse and
neighbor who was visiting
shotgun blast victim Donald
Newhouse, 41-year-old Oregonian
production manager, when he was
wounded Sunday night, has a Rose
burg background.
She is the daughter of Mrs. A. B.
(Blanche) Cacy, Kohlhagen Apts.,
and the sister of Paul Cacy, 466
NE Jackson.
The Weather
AIRPORT RECORDS
Mostly fair with night and morn
ing fog and low clouds through
' Wednesday, cooler.
Highest tamp, last 24 hours 73
Lowest temp, last 14 hours 45
Highest tamp, any Oct. CSS) ... tl
Lewett tamp, any Oct. ('54) .... 24
Pracip. last 24 hour (
Pracip. from Oct. 1 1.40
Prtcip. from Sept. I 2.05
Deficiency from Sept. 1 .53
Suntat tonight, 5:24 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow, 4:31 a.m.
Spokesmen
it UMLJlLiL
them was stressed by representa-l
tives of the Associated Oregon In
dustries, Inc., speaking before the
Roseburg Chamber ot commerce
Civic Development Division Mon
day noon in the Urapqua Hotel.
The speakers were Charles E.
Ogle, executive assistant to the
president, who spoke on the ad
ministrative program ot the AOI;
Ivan Congleton, general manager.
talking on the legislative side; and
Thomas C. Donaca, research direc
tor, who discussed the part the gen
eral public should play in putting
across favorable, or blocking un
favorable legislation.
'Straight Jacket
They were introduced by Fred
Sohn, Roseburg, a director in the
association.
Ogle outlined the various admin
istrative branches of the sovern-
ment, pointing out that in some
cases businessmen and industries
have been placed in a "straight
Kennedy Says
Ike Blundered
MIAMI. Fla. (AP)-Sen. John
F. Kennedy charged the Eisen
hower administration today with
blunders which, he said, cost this
country its inter-American leader
ship and opened the way for Com
munist infiltration.
The Democratic presidential
candidate sounded this note as he
opened an intensive day's cam
paigning in Florida only 98 miles
from Cuba where, he said, "the
forces of alien tyranny have al
ready found their way into the
Western Hemisphere."
He called for a massive diplomatic-economics
effort to rebuild
the good neighbor system in the
hemisphere. And he suggested a
bilingual name: "Alliance for
Progress-Alianca Para Progreso."
Kennedy sought to tie his Re
publican opponent. Vice President
Richard M. Nixon, directly to
what the senator termed the lack
of compassion, imagination and
vigor that cost this country Latin
American friends.
When President Franklin D.
Roosevelt visited republics to the
south 20 years ago, Kennedy said,
he was met with cries of "Long
live democracy."
But, Kennedy said, when Nixon
went to Latin America, "they
threw stones instead of cheers;
they shouted 'Down with the Unit
ed Slates.' "
Kennedy said Nixon now con
tends that an economic develop
ment program in Cuba five years
ago might have averted the take
over by the Communist-oriented
Fidel Castro regime.-
But, Remedy went on, ''Mr.
Nixon himself was in Latin Amer
ica five years ago. He saw no
need for action then. He merely
praised the 'competence and sta
bility' of the (Fulgencio) Batista
dictatorship and said that 'I am
convinced that communism has
passed its hich water mark in
Latin America.' Mr. Nixon could
not have been more wrong.
Firemen Called
To Flue Blaze
The Roseburg Rural Fire De
partment was called to put out a
fire that had broken out in the
wall of the home of Rov Dieter.
Rte. 1, Box 122S, Roseburg at
iu:2U p.m. Monday.
According to department sourc
es, the flue fire was in a wall by a
stairwell in the Dieter home. Ap
proximately $35 damage resulted
from the fire.
No one was injured in the blare.
The department was also called
out earlier Monday to assist state
police as a result of an automo
bile accident at the Intersection
of Garden Valley Rd. and Stevens
St.
The firemen hosed gasoline, oil
and broken glass from the road.
Here
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jacket" by rules and regulations
He emphasized that there is a way
out, by business interests taking an
active part in tne snaping ot legis
lation to bring this about.
He explained the purpose of the
AUl, a statewide non-protit organi
zation composed of more than 650
businesses and industries to repre
sent them as an effective voice.
But, he emphasized, the association
cannot do it all. It takes the help of
individuals to put across tne pro
gram. ; .
Legislative Proposals
Congleton discussed several pro
posals which the AOI plans to
submit as recommended legislation
to tbe next legislature. He listed
cnanges in tax laws, a new propos
ed personal income taxation nronos-
al similar to that advocated by
Gov. Mark Hatfield, changes in
the. workmen's compensation law;
unemployment provision changes
and nignway and forestry legisla
tion.
Donaca summed up by listing
four main ways in which the pub
lic as a- whole can help. He said
it is not enough to know, or to be
well informed or to rely on some
one else, such as the AOI to do
it all. The individual must, he said,
first, know the legislator as a can
didate and talk over the problems
wun mm on a personal basis;
second, know the subject, its per
sonal effect and group effect;
inira. maKe contacts and follow
through. If a legislator is doing
a good job, let him know; fourth,
he said "be yourself." Write per
sonal letters, don't rely on mimeo
graphed sheets of the masses to try
to convey your message.
Hospital Aid
Decision Due
The stale Board of Health will
make its decision on $1,530,930 in
federal hospital aid allocations
Wednesday at a meeting in Burns.
Included in that figure is $244,
850 for construction at Mercy Hos
pital, which was recommended by
the state Advisory Committee on
Hospital Construction Oct. 5. The
money would be used to cover part
of the cost of an $830,000 construc
tion program.
The grant, $124,500 for hospital
construction ana sizu,350 for a
nursing home, represents the full
amount requested in the form of
assistance from Hill-Burton funds.
according to Paul Bellendorf, hos
pital manager.
The request was one of 11 nrn-
jects recently approved by the ad
visory council.
Appling To Make Campaign
Talk In Roseburg Tonight
Howell Appling Jr., who has be
come one of the most controversial
secretaries of state in many a
year, will be in Roseburg tonight
for a major campaign address.
His county campaign chairman,
Del McKay of Roseburg, said Ap
pling, the Republican candidate for
the seat he now holds by appoint
ment, will speak at the Umpqua
Hotel at 6:30 p.m.
Hatfield Visit
Appling will be accompanied to
the no-host dinner by his wife,
Jane, and his state campaign co
ordinator, Wilbur Bishop.
Meanwhile. Appling's boss, Gov.
Mark O. Hatfield will fly into Rose
burg for his only visit in the cam
paign Saturday. Although not run
ning for office himself, he will
speak in support of the Republican
slate.
He is scheduled (o arrive bv
plane at 10 a.m. Then he will be
whisked to the triangle at NE Di
amond Lake Blvd. and Jackson St.
to take his place as the featured
personality in a parade which will
lead throush town to the court.
house. Arrangements chairman Sel
I mar Hutrhins said the governor
i will introduce county Republican
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U.S., Soviets
Set Major
Arms Debate
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (AP)
The United States and the So
viet Union agreed today that the
U.N. Political Committee should
plunge immediately into a major
disarmament debate in an at
tempt to break the long-standing
East-West deadlock.
While the other delegates ap
peared to be agreed unanimously
on this procedure, the 99-nation
committee failed to reach a deci
sion on its work program because
of a long wrangle over the order
in which other issues would be
taken up.
The committee adjourned for
lunch after more than two hours
of debate. It was expected to dis
pose of the problem at an after
noon meeting.
Four separate disarmament
questions have been placed in the
committee hopper, highlighting
the general feeling that this is
the paramount issue before the
current General Assembly.
the questions deal wiui Commu
nist and Western arms proposals.
suspension of nuclear tests, pre
vention of a wider dissemination
of nuclear' weapons, and the re
port of the Disarmament Commis
sion. Soviet Premier Nikila Khrush
chev outlined his disarmament
proposal before the General As
sembly last Thursday. The United
States, Britain and Italy swiftly
countered with their own plan the
following night.
Both drafts call for agreement
on general and complete disarma
ment under international inspec
tion and control. But there are
three main differences:
1. The Khrushchev plan calls
for quick conclusion of a treaty
for general and complete disar
mament, whereas the Western
plan would have agreement first
on arms measures capable of
eariy implementation.
2. The Soviet plan would make
negotiations conditional on a re
vamping of the U.N. Secretariat
with a. three-man board replacing
Secretary-General Dag Hatnmar
skiold. 3. The Western plan calls for
more specific control require
ments.
Woman, Child Hurt
In Head-On Crash
A woman and child were injured
in a head-on collision Monday on
the Upper Rice Creek Rd., State
Police report.
Harriett Ora Boyd. 33. received
bruises on her knee and head)
while Sally Eslelle Boyd. 3. suf
fered a cut on her head. Both
were passengers in a vehicle driv
en by Alfred Glen Boyd, 61. Also
in the car was Alex Lesslie Boyd.
1. All are from Upper Rice Creek.
Driver of the second car involv
ed was Joyce Ann Bissonnette, 22,
ot Winston. According to reports
sne was unnurt.
Police records stale that the Bis
sonnette vehicle was traveling
north on the road, rounding a left
turn, when the two cars collided.
Her car was then reported to have
gone over the bank at the right
of the road, coming to rest at a
property line fence. Both cars
were extensively damaged.
Miss Bissonnette was advised a
complaint would he filed for fail
ure to drive at the right side of
a highway, the report slated,
Plywood Plant Closed
The plywood division of Rose
burg Lumber Co. is closed down
this week, but will reopen on the
previously announced curtailed
schedule next Monday. The saw
mill division is not affected, accord
ing to a spokesman for the com
pany. candidates. Then he is slated to
give a speech at 10:30. In the event
of rain, the activities will take
place at the Armory. The parade
will include a caravan of cars, the
Douglas County Sheriff s Posse and
the Roseburg High School band.
Roottvtlt Har.
Hatfield will hardly be out of
town nemre the Democrats have
their hour. James Roosevelt, son
of former President Franklin Roos
evelt, will fly into Roseburg to put
in a good word for the Democratic
candidates, particularly Sen. John
Kennedy and Sen. Lyndon John
son. County Democratic Central Com
mittee Chairman Sidney Leiken
urged anyone intending to attend
the no-host luncheon contact Ihe
Democratic headquarters in Rose
burg so sufficient room can be
allowed for all attending.
Back to the Republican, the
slate Central Committee again an
nounced Monday that Sen. Frank
Carlson of Kansas would be a
speaker in Roseburg late In Oc
tober, but James Richmond, coun
ty Central Committee chairman.
again reported the Kansas senator
i would not make a slop here.
ROSEBURG, OREGON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1960
Ike Asks Ceaseless Fight
To Assure Success Of UM
RED WING. Minn. (AP) Pres
ident Eisenhower called today for
a ceaseless struggle to strengthen
and assure success of the United
Nations, target of Soviet Premier
Khrushchev's bitter attacks.
We dare not stumble," Eisen
hower declared in asserting that
the United Nations offers the
foundation for elimination of the
causes of war.
Champions U.N.
the President vigorously cham
pioned the international organiza
tion in a speech prepared for
dedication of the Hiawatha Bridge
spanning the Mississippi River at
the Minnesota-Wisconsin bound
ary. Eisenhower, on a cross-country
speaking tour flew here from De
troit, in the Michigan city Mon
day night the President said all
the worlds free nations must
share the burden of resisting the
Red threat lest Communist crops
gandists "playing their Pied
Piper's tune make new inroads
around the globe.
Domestic Situation
In the Detroit address at the
43rd auto show dinner. Eisenhow
er also dealt with a domestic situ
ation. He said the time has come
for labor and management to con
duct their affairs with ever in
creasing regard for national wel
fare. 'No longer. " he added, "can
this nation permit either group to
Hoover Charges
Red Spy Activity
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP)
FBl Director J. Edgar Hoover to
day quoted estimates that be
tween 70 and 80 per cent of the
iron curtain diplomatic represen
tatives in this country have "some
tvna of esnionaee assignment."
In an address prepared for the
American Legion's national con
vention, Hoover said they "are
today feverishly attempting to ob
tain this country's secrets."
He did not give the source of
the estimates, but said they came
from reliable sources.
"The long list of Soviet officials
declared persona non grata by
this government - following their
exposure by the FBI as espio
nage agents bears testimony to
their flagrant abuse of diplomatic
status," he said.
Hoover addressed the conven
tion and praised its Americanism
program after receiving the 1960
award of the American Legion
Press Association.
Referring to Soviet Premier
Khrushchev as "this fork-tongued
front man for communism," Hoo
ver condemned any appeasement
plan in dealing with the Kremlin.
"We should make it crystal
clear to the Red master of the
Kremlin that we intend to win the
'cold' war and at the same time
impress upon him that we have
the military power to prevent a
'hot' war. Russia cannot stand
against the United Slates econom
ically, militarily or ideologically
if we remain dedicated to the
ideals of our' founding fathers.
Hoover said.
Pamphlet Explains
Ballot Measures I
To arm Republican precinct com
mittee workers with a better know
ledge of the 15 ballot measures to
greet voters Nov. 8, GOP Central
Committee Chairman James Rich
mond has compiled . explanations
of each measure, complete with
recommendations.
The mimeographed forms are
also available to the public at Re
publican headquarters in Roseburg.
The GOP chairman called for
approval of (1) fixing commence
ment of legislators' terms, (3) fi
nancing urban redevelopment pro
jects, (6) state bonds for higher
education facilities. (7) voter Qual
ification amendment, (9) compul
sory retirement for judges, (11)
financing improvements in home
rule counties, (12) continuity of
government in enemy attack, (1.1)
war veterans' bonding and loan
amendment.
Opposition was recommended for
the following: (4) permitting pro
secution by information or indict
ment, (5) authorizing Legislature
to propose revised constitution.
(8) authorizing bonds for state
building program, (9) allowing the
legislature to set date for elec
tive offices to become vacant, (14)
personal Income tax bill.
Richmond took no stands on (2)
daylight saving time and (15) bill
board control measure.
Boy Cuts Eyt
An rye rut caused an efirgen
cy trip to the Sacred Heart Hospi
tal in Eugene for David Long, 9,
of 1254 W. Rosemond Ave.
Young I-ong. the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Long, cut his eyeball
when he ran into a rosebush (Washington armed with Polaris
in his yard. He was taken to the rockets mm an area clne to So
Eugene hospital by Wall's Ambu- viet frontiers at the end of this
lance. i month.
drag its feet in adopting preven
tive measures for prompt settle
ment ot industrial disputes.
In his Red Wing speech. Eisen
hower made no mention of
Khrushchev s tirades against the
United Nations and his threat to
boycott the organization if the So-
Three Guards
Overpowered
By Convicts
WETHERSFIELD. Conn. (AP)
Three guards were overpowered
and neia as nostages tor more
than six hours early today by convict-patients
in the hospital ward
of the Connecticut Mate Prison.
The guards were released un
harmed when prison officials
granted the convicts' demand for
a conference with a lawyer and a
state representative. The few con
victs involved gave themselves up,
Two of the prisoners, Walter
Doolittle and Peter Kinosh, con
ferred with attorney Roger Glea-
son and state Kep. Marshall N.
Dudley. Gleason was Doolittle's
lawyer in the past, and Dudley is
a member of the legislature's
committee on penal institutions.
After meeting with the prison
ers, Dudley and Gleason said that
apparently the whole thing was
pointless.
They said neither prisoner
presented any list of grievances
during the 40-minute session.
Doolittle, they said, talked in a
kind of distracted manner as if
he were under the influence of a
drug, reeling sleepily back and
form.
"I can't say what caused this
thing,'' Gleason said. , "I don't
know. There was none of this
business of 'We want better food
or anything like that."
"I don't feel that this was a
situation that was an outgrowth
or continuation of the last riot,"
said Dudley.
Doolittle is serving a term - for
armed robbery, escape and par
ticipation in a riot at the prison.
Kinosh is serving a one-to-five
year term.
Two of the prisoners brought the
hostages down to a guard room
where the lawyer and state rep
resentative were awaiting them.
A detail of state police was on
standby duly at the prison.
Deputy Warden Richard Stein
ert said the guards were "a little
shaky but, other than that, in good
shape,"
Bicycle Accident
Hurts Two Youths
Brian Green and James Stanley,
both 9, spent Monday night in
local hospitals for observation fol
lowing a bicycle accident near their
homes on SE Hamilton St. Monday
afternoon.
According to reports of neighbors
who saw the accident, Brian Green
was riding on the bicycle seat and
James Stanley on the bicycle bar.
What caused the upset wasn't quite
certain, but both boys were thrown
to the pavement.
The Green youngster was knock
ed unconscious for several minutes
and suffered a deep cut on his up
per lip and facial bruises. He was
taken immediately to the hospital.
During the early evening, the
Stanley boy felt ill, so his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Stanley of
1741 SB Hamilton, took him to the
hospital also for observation. Both
boys were released this morning.
Brian, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
William D. Green of 1751 SB Ham
ikton. was to spend the night with
neighbors, the Russell Hagg family,
as his own parents were in Port
land, Reds Warn Britain
On Floating Bases
LONDON (AP)-Moscow radio
warned today that an agreement
giving Polaris-equipped U.S. Nu
clear submarines base facilities
in Scotland is "fraught with the
most serious consequences for
Britain."
The British-American agree
ment represents a "new capitula
tion of the British government
to t.'.S. aggressive circles," th
broadcast said.
The agreement reportedly will
allow the United States to base a
submarine tender at a Scottish
port and to build up comprehen
sive servicing, maintenance, and
communications facilities in Brit
ian for a Polaris submarine force.
Red Star, the Soviet Defense
Ministry's paper, asserted lodav
(he United Slates intends to send
! the
atomic submarine George
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viet Union doesn't get ill way.
But the timing of the Presi
dent's remarks less than a week
after Khrushchev's climactic as
saultmarked his speech as an
indirect reply to the Kremlin
leader.
The bridge he dedicated re
minded Eisenhower of the Indian
brave Hiawatha, who. the Presi
dent said, was founder of the first
United Nations organization
America a confederation of In
dian tribes. That organization and
woodrow Wilsons dream of a
League of Nations faded, Eisen
hower added, but we must not
through lack of faith or compla
cency so endanger the United Na
turns of our time.
Apparently sharply discounting
the impact of Khrushchevs dia
tribes, Eisenhower said that "day
by day it becomes more clear that
our faith in the United Nations is
justified that the system under
which it operates is valuable in
seeking solutions, for turning heat
into light, and for keeping the
true desires of nations exposed to
world opinion.
The President urged strengthen
ing of the United Nations as the
great forum for ventilating differ
ences and for seeking workable
compromises.
U.N. Day Monday
Noting that next Monday Is
United Nations Dav. Eisenhower
called for reaffirming in unmis
takable tones "our determination
that this time our efforts to find
peace through cooperation shall
not ibii."
U.S. Raps Cuba
On Executions
WASHINGTON (API The
United States has accused Cuba
of drumhead justice in the execu
tion of two Americans. 1
The State DeDartment - also
warned Americans to stay out of
toreign disputes.
The accusation and warning
Monday were evoked by Cuba's
execution of Alan Dale Thompson
and Robert Otis Fuller. They
were convicted bv a military
tribunal of taking part in an in
vasion of Cuba.
The United States made an of
ficial diplomatic protest last
Thursday after Cuba executed an
other American, Anthony Zarba,
on a similar charge.
The Monday accusation, which
drew no official comment from
the Cuban government came just
before a military tribunal post
poned until Wednesday the sen
tencing of a fourth American,
Leslie Bradley. He Is charged
with collaborating in a fake Nica
raguan invasion to embarrass the
regime of Prime Minister Fidel
Castro.
Milkman Guns Wife
As Workers Watch
MIAMI, Fla. (AP)-A milkman
dragged his screaming estranged
wife from her office and shot her
to death Monday while fellow
workers looked on shocked and
helpless.
Officers said Dale O. Lawrence
4.1, pumped six slugs from a rifle
into Betty Jo Lawrence, 35. They
said he will be charged with first-
oegree muraer.
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Porter Rakes Republicans
For Anti-Housing Policies
Rep. Charles O. Porter, candi
date for re-election under the Dem
ocratic banner, Monday night rak
ed the Republicans for what he
calls anti - housing policies" and
challenged his opponent, Edwin
Durno, to debate the issues with
him.
He was the featured speaker at
a meeting of Electricians Local
659, AFI.-CIO, in Roseburg.
Slump Blam.
He blamed Ihe "lumber slump In
Oregon" to "the high interest poli
cies and anti-housing policies" of
the RnDiiblicans.
He said the President had vetoed
three housing bills in recent years
and almost all Republicans in Con
gress oppose liberal home financing
legislation which he "and most
Democrats" support strongly."
Porter charged that Durno's solu
tion is to issue bonds for additional
housing loans for veterans, "a
measure he voted against in the
state Senate last year.
Velum To. Law
"I favor these additional loans as
Eroposed in Proposition 13 but I
now very well that Oregon's great
volume of lumber and plywood pro
duction cannot be sold here in Ore
gon." He said he feels the answer
is the national market and "further
liberalization of federal housing
laws."
Porter also Indicated he favors
increased Social Security benefits
Mr Ihe aged, federal (Id to educa
tioa and "massive development of
Says It Will
Happen If
Nixon Wins
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) Henry
Cabot Lodge seemingly tripped up
on words again today. He at first
told reporters ha promised that a
Negro would be appointed to the
federal Cabinet if Vice President
Richard Al. Nixon were elected
president. But later, he said
it was hia "guess."
"If Nixon is elected, there will
be a Negro in the Cabinet. This
is a promise," the Republican
candidate for vice president told
reporters as he alighted from a
plane at Albany Airport.
Can't Promise
Later, in a television Interview
in Schenectady, Lodge said he
could not promise there would be
a Negro since the president would
make the appointment.
"But I believe it will h annen if
Richard Nixon is elected." !
said. "I will make that guess."
Previous Lodge statements nn
the subject had been interpreted
as pledges, which he later denied.
At Jacksonville. Fla . w h r m
Nixon spoke en route to Miami,
Nixon stood by a position he took
earlier this week at. a New York
news conference.
Nixon told a reoorter r.Taekann.
ville Journal) he "would appoint
the best man, whoever that might
be."
"I have made no commitments
and I don't think any should be
maae, Nixon said. "But I will
say again what I have said be
fore, that if elected I will appoint
the best man."
He amended bis sfatempnt In
include "or woman."
In Schenectarlv. TsiiIpa nir1
that, on this issue, he had the
right as a citizen to give his
opinion as to the wisdom of ap
pointing a Negro to the Cabinet.
He said Nixon's policy was that
he would not make any commit
ments on Cabinet appointments at
una time.
Spltndid Thing
Lodge said his own nnininn wai
that it would be "a splendid thing
to appoint a qualified Negro to
the Cabinet."
At Albany, after his "promise"
he said appointment of a Negro
would do "enormous good" for
U.S. foreign relations and would
be "fulfillment of our national
purpose."
Lodge was asked to comment
on a charge by a Negro congress
man that he had reneged on a '
pledge to have a Negro in the
Cabinet.
The Democratic congressman.
Rep. Charles Diggs of Michigan,
also said Monday that the highest
Negro appointment of the Kisen.
howcr administration had been
nullified when the appointee was
fired to give the ion to one of
Lodge's sons. Lodge said this
charge was not true.
"I would have heard of it. if it
were true," he said.
Thrown Out
Diggs said in Washington Vnn.
day that J, Ernest Wilkins, as
sistant aecretary of labor, "was
thrown out" so George C. Tidsn
could have the $20,000-a-year post.
As for Dices' charge that Imle
had reneged on a promise of a
negro in me camnet, Lodge said:
"How could I renege? I can't
appoint members of the Cabinet."
Then Lodge added that ha
would make "this promise," that
if Nixon were elected "there will
be a Negro in the Cabinet.".
Albany was the first slop of
Lodge's second swing in upstate
New York in this campaign. His
day also called for stops at Sch
nectady, Rome, Utica and Syra
cuse. The former ambassador to the
United Nations had drawn a
storm of debate over statements
he made in Harlem and Virginia
concerning a Negro In the Cabi
net. There were differing inter
pretations of the statements.
our natural resources" (including
the Dunes Seashore).
Against Chiang
- In his radio broadcast after the
union meeting, Porter spent consid
erable time on the subject of for
eign affairs. Entering the fray
between Vice President Nixon anil
Sen. John Kennedy, he said the
United Stales "shouldn't go to war
over Quemoy and Matsu."
He added bluntly that we
"should get rid of Chiang Kai
shek." Porter concluded with "my chal
lenge to my Republican opponent
to debate these . and other issues
with me on television."
Levity Fact Rant
By L. F. Reizenstein
Nixon and Kennedy, in their
debates thus far, hav. touch
ed on practically all major
campaign issues, except the
on. of greatest concern to a
pestered nation: th. starlings.
To dot. neither of th. peerless
statesman hat announced hit
remedy, if h. hot on., for
dealing with th. spreading epi
demic, which thr.at.nt. lik.
,th. poor, to alwoyt b. with ut.