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ONI OF THt SCHtDUltD
AIHUNIS Of THS U. I.
Matter of Fact
By ioteph and
Stewart Altop
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Washington Last Friday, f
the man of destinywcame to
Washington. Gov. John Fine of
Pennsylvania is a "smallish,
plumpish man, neatly but far
from nattily dressed.his bald
ing head a gleaming expanse of
pink, his face comfortably be
jowled. At first glance, he might
pass for a not very successful
small bussinesman from Nanti
coke, the grimy Pennsylvania
coal town where he was born
in poverty.
There is a certain shrewdness
in the small sleepy grey eyes
peering out from behind the
gold-rimmed spectacles. And
there is shrewdness also in the
remarks which the governor ut
ters in his peculiar confidential
whisper. But what is really in
teresting about Gov. Fine is that
is controls the largest bloc of
uncommitted Republican dele
gates (variously estimated from
30 to 50, the Governor's own
figure) still loose in the United
States.
As the Governor himself re
marked last Friday, with visible
relish, "I'm being kinda wooed."
The results of all this wooing
might quite possibly determine
the outcome of the Republican
convention in July. This is what
makes Gov. Fine a man of dest
iny. A visit by Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur to the Pennsylvania
state fair at Allentown some
time ago is in turn very likely
to affect Gov. Fine's course, at
least initially. Fine is a profes
sional politician from one of
Pennsylvania's toughest coun
ties, and he is unaccustomed to
consorting with the great. He
is also a rather lonely man, and
when MacArthur discussed lofty
international issues with Fine,
and was nice to his children,
something of a spell was cast
on the Pennsylvania governor.
AS OF THE moment,( accord
ingly, Fine is rather obvious
ly strongly inclined to throw his
delegate herd to MacAthur on
the first ballot at Chicago, prob
ably by prior arrangenjpnt with
the Grundy-Owlett Old Guard
Pennsylvania machine. He and
Sen. James Duff beat this mach
ine in the last election, in one
of the bitterest political fights
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in recent years. But Fine has
now clearly reached the conclu
sion that an amicable working
arrangement with the Owlett
Grundy faction is only sensible.
Fine has been in recent and
frequent contact with MacAr
thur, and he would certainly
like to be the leader of a Mac
Arthur movement in case of a
deadlock. But he is also a prac
tical politicians, and as a prac
tical matter he expects that
either Sen. Robert A. Taft or
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower will
be the party choice. His admir
ation for MacArthur itself says
a good deal about Fine's polit
ical views. The way he talk:
about "foreign spending" anc,
related subjects puts him ideol
ogically at least, rather firmly
in the Taft rather than the Eis
enhower camp. Mason Owlett
and Joseph Grundy are, of
course, in the same camp, also
Owlett at least, has been care
ful not to commit himself pub
licly. Therefore it is a reasonable
guess that Fine is also strongly
inclined to switch to Taft if and
when the time seems right. But
the time will seem right if and
only if Sen. Taft's nomination
will thereby be assured. Other
wise Gov. Fine will certainly
very easily overcome his private
doubts about foreign spending,
and turn to Eisenhower.
GOVERNOR FINE is not, of
" course, in a mood to commit
himself about such future con
tingencies, having achieved his
present unique and enviable pos
ition by refusing to take a stand
on any candidate. Yet the basic
facts of his position, which will
determine his course are clear
enough. Although he could ask
for and get just about anything
he wants, he has no hankering
for national office. When he says
this he sounds convincing. What
he does want is to be a big frog
in the national political lake,
and the biggest frog of all in the
Pennsylvania political pond.
This is one reason why he has
made his peace with the Grundy
Owlett faction and the Grundy
Owlett crowd will certainly do
their best to pull Fine over to
Taft.
Yet if Fine is to be the kind
of really big frog he wants to
be, it is essential that the Re
publicans win, especially i n
Philadelphia which they lost in
the last election for the first
time in decades. The Philadel
phia leaders are strongly Eisenhower-minded,
on the theory
that Eisenhower's coattails are
longer and stronger than Taft's.
Finally, it is absolutely essen
tial to Fine that he should throw
his support, when the time
comes, to the winner.
If Fine backs the loser, all
the unique glories of his present
position will turn to ashes in his
mouth. He himself clearly be
lieves, on the basis not of per
sonal preference but of cool pol
itical judgment, that Eisenhower
is more likely than Taft to be
nominated. This is why, on bal-
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ROY H. BROWN
To Open Brookings Mortuary
Funeral Director
To Open Mortuary
In Brookings, Ore.
Roy H. Brown, who has been
employed as a funeral director
at the Conger-Morris funeral
home for 2V4 years, will leave
here Thursday for Brookings,
where he will open his own
mortuary, it was announced to
day. Brown was selected by a com
mittee of Brookings citizens to
open a new funeral home there.
The committee is seeking to se
cure each type of business for
the rapidly-crowing community,
and there has been no funeral
home there in the past.
During his stay in Medford,
Brown has lived at 805 West
Second street with his wife, Al
ice, and three youngsters, Rose
mary, Richard and Denny. All
but Denny will accompany him
to Brookings, and Denny will
join the family after school is
out. Until then he will live with
his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
K. L. Denton at the same ad
dress. Brown has been active in
church work, being a member
of the choir of St. Mark's Epis
copal church, and in safety
work, as vice-president of the
Medford Safety council.
Boy Said Recovering
From Buggy Crash Hurts
Johnnie Woimsdorf, 5, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Woimsdorf,
Route 1, Medford, was Injured
Saturday when ihe was thrown
from a buggy, according to at
tendants at Osteopathic hospital,
where he is confined for treatment.
The reports said that a wheel
from the buggy came off, and
rolled over the youngster, result
ing In internal injuries. His con
dition is said to be improved.
ance, the odds are that Pennsyl
vania's man of destiny will land
in the Eisenhower camp in the
end.
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Stevenson May
Address Delegates
At Demo Conclave
Springfield, 111. (U.R) Gov.
Adlai E. Stevenson, boomed as
a "draft" candidate for the Dem
ocratic presidential nomination,
may make a welcoming speech
to the party's national conven
tion, it was learned Tuesday.
Stevenson, who returned to
his desk here after a 12-day trip
to the West Coast, discussed the
possibility of making a speech
to the convention in Chicago
July 21 with National Commit
teeman Jacob M. Arvey in Chi
cago Monday.
The governor asked Arvey,
who has been trying to push the
Stevenson for President band
wagon, whether it was the cus
tom for the host governor to
welcome the convention. No de
cision was made at once.
Stevenson, who has said he
"could not accept" the presi
dential nomination, continues to
sidestep the question of whether
he'd accept a draft. When a re
porter asked him the question
Monday, Stevenson replied by
handing him a couplet which
said:
"The more I see of this awful
mess,
"The more I want to be presi
dent less."
Tuesday, May 13, 1952
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE
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WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT
BOB ROOT
C. C. Chapman in Oregon Voter:
"Jackson County can well be pleated and proud
over the performance of Freshman Representative
Robert 'Bob' Root. When he talks he knows what
needs be said and his courage in tough spots is
much to be admired,"
Graham Dean in Ashland Tidings:
"Although a freshman, his sincerity and ob
jective approach to legislative problems was differ
ent, non-political; among veteran newspaper ob
servers it was conceded that Root was one of the
more thoughtful, studious, conscientious legislators."
RE-ELECT ROOT
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR
STATE REPRESENTATIVE
M. Adv. Re-Elect Root State Representative Committee
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