EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD, Tburi .. Dee. 8. 1863 Pu 11B
- How to Succeed . . . Without Really Trying
Receipts Climb
Car Strikes, Kills Portland Woman
Poles Pay Debt
LONDON tn The Polish gov
ernment has completed payment
of a fi-million-pound ($18 8 mil
lion) debt to Britain five years
ahead of schedule, the govern
ment reports.
PORTLAND un Trm post-
PORTLAND ifl An auto
mobile struck and killed an
elderly Portland woman Wed
nesday as she attempted lo cross
SW Harbor Drive three blocks
south of the Clay Street off-
ramp.
The victim was Goldia Evelyn
Maythis. 78.
The driver of the car, Richard
Madsen, 48, Portland, said he
was blinded by headlight glare.
office laid Thursday its re
ceipts for the first 11 months
Profile: Reluctant Politico
of this year totaled $15,064,838
$960,713 more than last
years.
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GOV. W. W. SCRANTON
He Had to Be Shoted
By HARRV FERGUSON
Of lh tolled rreii International
HARR1SBLRG, Pa. Wil
liam Scranton, the new gov
ernor of Pennsylvania, is be
ing talked about across the
nation as a possible Republi
can presidential candidate in
1964. If he makes it, his offi
cial biography should be en
titled "How to Succeed in Pol
itics Without Really Trying."
He has won two smashing
victories at the polls in the
last two years, but it never
occurred to him to enter poli
tics until somebody else sug
gested it. He ran for governor
only because he was pressured
into it by a determined band
of men headed by Dwight D.
Eisenhower.
Scranton violates most of
the rules professional politi
cians live by with a cheerful
disregard for whether he
sinks or swims. Ask him a
blunt question and you get a
blunt answer. Are you a
wealthy man? ("I'm worth
, between $8 and $9 million.") What was your reaction when
you were drafted to run for Congress two years ago? ("I
honestly don't know.")
When a reporter remarked upon his candor, Scranton said:
"Well, you know lots of people think it's just an act. But I am
what I am, and I'll leave it to you to decide whether I'm put
ting on an act or not." Then came the inevitable question as to
whether he planned to run for president.
"Nominees do not get on the ticket without considerable
effort to do so," he said. "In politics presidential aspirants are
wise to organize their campaign considerably in advance. I have
not done this, nor do I have any intention of so doing."
If the draft is put on him long enough and hard enough, he
would accept, but he said: "I think that's highly unlikely."
Scranton is 45 years old and a member of a new breed in
American politics the wealthy aristocrat. Unlike John F. Ken
nedy and Nelson Rockefeller, he did not jump into the political
pool. He had to be pushed. That happened when he was in
Washington working in the State Department. One night he got
a telephone call from the Republican chairman of his congres
sional district. The news was that chairmen of all six counties
wanted him to run for congressman, and all other prospective
candidates had agreed to withdraw and support him.
"It never occurred to me I would win," Scranton said. "Ken
nedy was running'for president and my own county was 60 per
cent Catholic."
He said he accepted because he thought that if he won there
would be a chance to do something for his home territory, in
cluding the city of Scranton. Democrats had a 34,000 margin
over Republicans in registered voters in the district. Kennedy
carried the district for president by 30,000 votes. Scranton won
by 17,000.
He said he decided he would run for re election lo Congress
because he thought he needed four years to accomplish the
things his district needed and then retire from politics. Penn
sylvania Republican leaders, impressed by Scranton's survival
against a Democratic tide, began lo think about him in bigger
terms. In March of last year they approached him to run for
governor. He said No. In August they made another pitch.
Again the answer was no. In November Scranton got word
that Eisenhower wanted to see him at Gettysburg.
This time the heat apparently got up to furnace tempera
ture, and Scranton asked for two weeks to think it over. Then
he said no again. That might have been the end of it except
for the fact civil war broke out among Pennsylvania Republi
cans and by February of this year it had become so bad that
the GOP cause looked hopeless.
The heat was turned on Scranton again, hotter than ever.
This time he accepted subject lo conditions he laid down. All
factions in the Republican party must make peace and agree
to work together, and those conditions were met.
Scranton's opponent was Richardson Dilworth, mayor of
Philadelphia. Democrats had held the governor's chair for two
straight terms, eight years. They had a bulge of about 160,000
over the Republicans in registered voters.
Scranton won by a whopping 470,000. Asked to explain it,
he said: "Partly it was a matter of personalities. People some
times get so interested in power politics that they forget about
service to the public. My opponent started striking out in all
directions pretty hard toward the end of the campaign. I think
it was premeditated and just an act he was putting on."
Scranton hammered away during the campaign at the prob
lem of Pennsylvania's 321,000 unemployed and the decline of
heavy industry in the state. He is an advocate of economy in
government rather than increased taxes and already is going
over the stale structure, department by department, to see
what can be cut out. He is quick to admit that he won thou
sands of votes because of Eisenhower's active support and the
fact there had been a city hall fiscal scandal during Dilworth's
administration in Philadelphia.
Scranton is slow to make up his mind about being a po
litical candidate, but once the decision is taken he goes all out.
He won his seat in Congress because he and his wife, Mary,
tramped the streets ringing door bells day and night. He
worked out every cranny of Pennsylvania when he was running
for governor.
Scranton inherited a fortune. His family settled in Pennsyl
vania in 1840, and the city of Scranton was named for them.
They developed extensive mining and real estate holdings in
the area and in addition to that Scranton has a lucrative law
practice.
The future? The calendar doesn't favor Scranton in the
presidential sweepstakes. He is in as governor for a four-year
term and cannot run for re-election under a state law. That
leaves him halfway through his first term in 1964 and two
years out of office in 1968. It may be that 1966 will find him
hack in Scranton looking after his law and business interests
and finished with politics. If so, it is unlikely Scranton will
shed any tears or mourn lost opportunities.
"My wife says I'm happy doing anything," he said, "and I
guess she's right."
Demand for Teachers
Climbs 10 Per Cent
CORVALL1S W More than
10,000 requests for teachers, a
record high, were received at
the teacher placement office of
Oregon State University this
year.
Mrs. Kathryn H. Smith, direc
tor of the placement program,
said that exceeded the previous
high by about 10 per cent.
She said the strongest current
demand is for male elementary
school teachers.
District Court Plan
Considered at Vale
VALE UW The Malheur Coun
ty Court look under study Wed
nesday a proposal to create
district court in the county.
A number of speakers and
nine petitions opposed the pro
posal at a hearing conducted by
the county court.
The Malheur County Bar Assn
proposal would replace justices
of peace at Vale, Ontario and
Nyssa with a district court.
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Tiger Force'
Hits Reds
Quick, Hard
Ry PETER ARNETT
Of the Associated Press
SAIGON, Viet Nam At
the edga of South Viet Nam's
northern mountains, a force
of tough Vietnamese troopers
and U.S. Marine aviators has
started an around-the-clock
vicil to hit Communist guer
rillas hard and fast.
The force nicknamed
"TiRcr" can he off the
(round and into the air head
ing toward an attacked out
post within 45 minutes of get
ting the first call for help.
The idea for such a force
was borrowed by U.S. ad
visers from the 101st U.S.
Airborne Division whose slo
gan is "Anywhere anytime
and fight."
In the hidden Vietnam war
where the enemy can he ev
erywhere now and nowhere
soon after, this concept is al
ready reaping rewards.
Based in the coastal city of
T)o Nang, the northern Tiger
force is just a tiny outfit
compared to the massive re
taliation the 101st could bring
to bear. Only 40 troops in
four helicopters whirr across
the mountains after getting
desperate summons for help.
The missions call for consid
erable bravery and tight co
ordination. The birlh of the Tiger force
ind its fast reaction time
came only after Vietnamese
officers in the area and their
American counterparts cut
through swaths of red tape.
The problem of coordination
was ironed out by establish
ing tactical operations cen
ter which holds authority for
approving all aspects of the
operation. The center is the
first of Its kind in Viet Nam
and may serve as a model for
other areas where- speed is
often hampered by an un
wieldy chain of command.
U.S. advisers believe the
existence of the Tiger fore
heartens government military
units who know that if they
are attacked they can he as.
sured of reinforcements
within the hour. Bigger forces
could follow Tiger in if they
were required.
The force has already sped
to the aid of a train blown
up by guerrillas north of P
Nang and attacked by more
than 100 Communists. Tiger
force beat off the attackers
and maintained security In
the area until a larger force
arrived in take over.
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