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Flight o' Time
Medferd and Jackie -County Hit.
Iwy frem the filet at the Mail
TrlbvM 10, 20. 30 and 40 ream
10 YEARS AGO
Jun 11. 1942
It uraa Thursday)
Eighteen Jackson county
-youths sworn Into navy here as
"Avengers oi r-eari nwnut.
v . A m Arthur Pprrv'a Ye
Smudge Pot column: A returned
correspondent from oermany re
ports that, but lor the war, Herr
Hitler would have been married.
It would have seryed him right,
but Is still no excuse for the war.
20 YEARS AGO .
June 11. 1932
(It was Saturday)
TLro.fruh fall Clf hail tlltS DOT
tions- ot Rogue valley; 1,800 . to
2.000 acres of orchards believed
badly damaged,
Medford Police Chief Clatous
McCredie points out advantages
, of radio patrol cars, as used In
larger cities such as' Portland
and Cos Angeles.
30 YEARS AGO
June 11. 1922
(It was Sunday)
Medford man injured when hit
by a car as he slcps off of the
street car at Main and Fir
streets.
Circuit court orders payment
of five per cent dividend on all
claims of depositors against the
defunct Bank on jacKsonviuc,
40 YEARS AGO'''
June 11, 1912 -f"
(It was Tuesday)
Jackson county budget estl'
mate for fiscal 1912-1913 shows
total expenditures of $760,399.88.
Medferd area farmers urged
to attend irrigation meeting at
local opera house; "meeting
Rives promise of being largest
ever held In Rogue valley.
rfai3H
MacArthur's Retirement Asked
Before Delivering GOP Speech
Washington (U.R) Rep. Mel
vin Price, D-Ill., has demanded
that Gen. Douglas MacArthur re
tire from the Army before de
livering the keynote speech al
the Republican National conven
tion. He told reporters that it was
"a clear violation" of Army reg
ulation 800-10 for MacArthur to
accept the post of GOP keynoter
while still technically on active
military duty.
"It is a very dangerous prece
dent for a military man to be
setting," said Price, a World War
H veteran and member of the
House Armed Services commit
tee. Should Follow Example
Price said MacArthur should
follow the example set by his fel
low five-star general. Dwight D.
Elsenhower, who retired from
active duty when he returned
from Europe to begin campaign
ing for the GOP presidential
nomination.
Army officials said MacArthur
could retire and still keep his
lifetime salary of $19,841 a year.
Thev said that under the special
act of Congress conferring life
time rank on five-star generals
MacArthur need only write a let
ter to Defense Secretary Robert
A. Lovctt requesting that he be
placed officially on the retired
list.
But there was no indication
MAIL TRIBUNE
Editorial Correspondence
Washington, D.C., June 8 It
United States can't park themselves In the congressional press
rooms for a few hours and listen to the conversation. There can
be found the answer to the question so often propounded to news
paper men, to-wit: .
"What is this man (public figure) really like, anyway?"
We are not suggesting any infallibility among the Washing
ton newspaper correspondents, but we do maintain that as far as
a perfectly factual, impartial and objective valuation of a public
figure CAN be attained, the congressional pressroom Is the one
place above all others to attain it. For these boys and girls
observe the great and near-great day after day as a matter of
business; none of them has any axe to grind, and none of them
or practically none can be fooled - by any hocus-pocus
or flim-flam. We grant their judgments are not always in agree
ment. But the' surprising thing is how little Disagreement there
Is on a majority of the more prominent figures in the national
political drama, .
Take the verdict of the correspondents who are returning
from the Eisenhower gathering in Kansas, for example.
They are in complete agreement as to "Ike's" personal charm,
the Infectious quality of his smile, his "It" and even his political
KNOW-HOW. But they fear he Is too thin-skinned and "too damned
honest" that's a quote to ever reach the heights T.R. or FDR
reached.
The ingenious General, for example, didn't refuse to answer
any question put to him, never tried to sidestep or evade. When
he didn't know the answer he frankly admitted the fact. The
newspaper men found this tremendously REFRESHING, but they
did not think it was politically SMART. (We are not so sure they
were right but that appears to
get it.)
. Could a candidate for President be TOO honest?
Difficult to believe, but these newspaper veterans know their
onions when it comes to practical politics. And it is conceivable
that a man without guile, without some capacity in the line of
dissimulation, completely defenseless in the direction of deception,
would be at a considerable disadvantage in getting far in the
practical and sordid game of politics, as played today. We are
quite sure at least there Is one
House who would agree 100 per cent with this verdict his name
is Joe McCarthy. ,
In view of this department's detestation of McCarthy and
McCarthylsm which dates back over the years, probably anything
we add to the indictment against him now, will be taken with a
grain of salt. It is true, nevertheless, that we could find only one
judgment of this Wisconsin bletherskate in the press gallery, and
that is a term that used to be unprintable but is no longer, ie:
S.O.B. as Mr. Truman once used It in referring to Drew Pearson.
These men of the 4th Estate are no prudes, they are not only
used to tough hombres but are fairly tough themselves but this
slander-monger and smear-artist from the Badger State occupying
a seat in the U.S. SENATE, does get them down and if they had
the power to do so he would be kicked out without ceremony
tomorrow. (Too bad they HAVEN'T!)
e e e
The view we got of Robert Alphonso Taft, on the' other hand,
was more favorable than we expected. More favorable than our
own view, also.
We took no poll, of course, and can't claim our Impressions
are 100 per cent correct, but we have talked with some of the
oldest and most reliable correspondents in the business, and they
still maintain Taft Is both capable and dependable. They explain
his inconsistencies and his recent transparent demagoguery, as
not his own idea, not in harmony with his 'essential character, but
the work of his campaign manager and cousin, David Ingalls, a
rich, shrewd and shifty manipulator.
''
The "alibi" runs along like this:
Taft realizes this is his last
ambition the Presidency. If he
will. He has complete confidence
powers, but not in his political acumen and capacities his mastery
of the suck game of practical politics. He defers therefore in this
department almost entirely to Ingalls and what Ingalls claims will
be smart politically he does and says. Also with Mrs. Taft 111 and
unable to be at his.elbow all the
past, Taft not only misses her balancing effect, but depends even
more Hhan ever upon his cousin. Many things Ingalls has advised
him to do he has hesitated to do he didn't like that convention
deal in Texas, for example but he doesn't trust his own political
judgment sufficiently to take a
We give the above about as
worth but frankly It is hard to
the strange disillusioning course
his pre-conventlpn campaign.
Can it be, for example, that
McCarthy in Wisconsin, and his
this city, were courses of which
only because Ingalls so advised?
department to believe the Senator
as THAT1!
H6wever. we are merely giving what after a couple of visits,
the press-gallery judgments, regarding certain notable public fig
ures, APPEAR to be. The vagaries and inconsistencies of Taft
since he succumbed to the bite of the pestiferous presidential bee
ere not denied; but it IS denied that such a course necessarily dem
onstrates the man has suffered a complete moral collapse, a change
of life politically, or that If elected President he would NOT prove
to be capable and essentially trustworthy.
Wo can't see It. But there It is for what it may or may not
be worth. R.W.R.
that the Army would press Mac
Arthur to request retirement. .
A spokesman Issued a terse
formal statement saying: .
"The department of the Army
Is not considering any action In
connection with the designation
of General' MacArthur as key
note speaker for the Republican
National convention."
The GOP Arrangements com
mittee, meeting at Chicago, nam
ed MacArthur to the keynoter
post Tuesday by voice vote. His
name was the only one placed in
Tidelands Oil Bill
May Get New Support
Washington (U.R) Support
ers of the state-ownership tide
lands oil bill said Wednesday
the administration's "strong
arm" tactics may win them new
support.
Sen. Russel B. Long, D-l.a
said chances of overriding Pres
ident Truman's veto of the meas
ure may be Improved by dis
closure that the government is
quietly preparing to grant new
leases on tidelands , along the
Gulf of Mexico.
Secretary of Interior Oscar
Chapman said Tuesday that such
a plan exists but that Mr. Tru
man has not approved It.
Wednesday. Jun 11, 181
is too bad more citizens of the
be the press room verdict as we
notorious member of tHe Upper
chance to achieve his life-long
doesn't win this time, he never
In his own great intellectual
time, as has been true in the
chance and go his own way.
it was given to us for what it's
accept as the correct answer to
pursued by Mr. Republican in
his endorsement and approval of
previous criticism of McCarthy in
he did not approve but followed
Mebbe so. But it is hard for this
from Ohio Is as morally weak,
nomination. MacArthur prompt
ly accepted the "high honor."
For the job of temporary con
vention chairman often com
bined with that of keynote
speaker the committee chose
veteran West Virginia GOP
leader Waler S. Hallanan,
Ik Backers Dismayed
Elsenhower supporters were'
openly dismayed by the dual se
lection, since both MacArthur
and Hallanan have been identi
fied as strong backers of Sen.
Robert A. Taft.
Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.,
R Mass., Eisenhower's campaign
manager, said that "we would
have' preferred to have a key
noter who was impartial."
Rep. Jacob K. Javlts. R-N. Y..
called the MacArthur choice
"most unfortunate."
But the Taft camp and many
"neutral" Republicans agreed
that MacArthur would make a
powerful keynote speaker. .
Taft himself told reporters: "I
approve of the choice, It ought
to be a strong keynote."
Reporters found a number .of
Democratic congressmen, and a
few pro-Eisenhower Republi
cans, who were privately criti
cal of MacArthur for his action.
But only Price and Sen. Robert
S. Kerr, D-Okla., were willing to
bt quoted by namt.
Crosstown
"It's not a comedy picture. If
was a bay, there 4ras a sign in front of the theater saying,
'children under sixteen not admitted'!"
On The Side
(Diitrlbuitd by Klnf
What city has the highest per-1
centage oi eirjeny automoDiie
drivers? Not long ago I saw it
reported that in Palm 'Beach,
Fla., an 81-year-old man driving
a 192S Ford collided 'head on
with an 83 year old man driving
a 1923 Ford.
Sultry Voices
Taurus (April 21-May 20) men
fall heavily for females with
'sultry" voices. That's what I
note as stated by a star-gazer.
The fact is that practically all
men fall for women with sultry
voices. That Is, If I know what a
sultry voice is. According to our
Horses & Women experts, a sul
try-voiced charmer Is one who
speaks in low, husky tones. The
majority of the great charmers
of history, the women who
drove men wild, had this type of
voice.
Asking
Queries from clients?- Q. You
challenged the clientele to cor
rectly pronounce Cholmondeley.
Answer Is "Chumley." Give us
something difficult. A. All right,
smart boy, pronounce Cal Van
Vechten, St. John Ervlne and
Vincent Van Gogh.
Patting By
Veronica Lake, comely Holly
woodlan. Popularizer of that
curious hair, style known as "the
peek-a-boo bang." In the days be
yond recall, feminine stars of
stage and screen were quite ef
fective as style dictators. As for
example take Irene Castle. Billle
Burke was also quite a style dic
tator early in her career. Once
what Joan Crawford preferred
was copied by millions of fe
males. Same was true of Garbo.
If there is any current popular
style that was originated by a
stage, screen or television cele
brity, I don't know what it is.
However, it could be I don't pay
enough attention to that angle.
. . , Miltop Berle. Highly versa
tile entertainer. Among his mul
titude of talents is that ot song
writing. Included in the songs
Mr. Berle composed Is -that pa'
thetlc ballad titled "Sam, Ypu
Made the Pants Too Long." Also
the classic Mother's Day ditty tl
tied "Leave the Dishes in the
Sink, Ma." And that romantic
ballad titled "I Wuv a Wabbitt
Milton, though still a compara
tively young man, has had an
extremely long career. In fact,
he Is one of the three living ac
tors who played with Pearl
White In "The Perils of Paul
ine." The other two are Crane
Wilbur and Paul Panzer.
Pleas Note
The question has arisen as to
how many pairs of nylons the
average business woman, finds it
necessary to purchase annually.
This is inspired by a discussion
as to whether the present day
nylons wear as well as those of
yesteryear. A Chicago business
girl says that In 19S1 she pur
chased thirty two pairs of nylons
for a total cost of $36.84. Evl
dently this young woman keeps
a close record of her expendi'
hires. She should make a nice
matrimonial mate for one of
those wonderful Chicago hus
bands.
Sidelights
When Dempsey floored Tun
ney for that "fourteen count" in
their Chicago meeting. It was
the first time Gene had ever
been floored In his long ring ca
reer . . . Now the Canadians are
going in for horsemeat: Up to a
short time ago there wasn't a
shop in all Canada 'retailing
horsemeat for human consump
tion. Now there are fifty. Thous
ands of prairie horses are report
ed being slaughtered to meet the
demand for horsemeat steaks.
Over There
The world's most reliable
guide to restaurants Is probably
"Le Guide Gastronomique of
France." A top rating in this
really means something. This
rating is Indicated by four
"white balls" beside the restaur
ant's name. At present, only two
restaurants In all Paris are so
honored; Larue, 27 Rue Royale,
By Roland Co
I remember correctly, when I
bye. v. DurUng
Features Syndicate, lac.)
opposite (he Madeleine, and the
Restaurant de Coq en Pate on
Rue Sainte-Appolline. The world
famous La Tour D'Argent, oldest
restaurant in Paris, rates only
three white balls. That is also
the rating of the celebrated L'
Escargot and the Maison Prun
ier. If the experts of Le Guide
Gastronomique put the restaur
ants of New York City , to the
test, I wonder how many would
get that four white ball rating?
Gadgets
Mrs. Lillian Guest of Surrey,
England, won the equivalent of
$210,000, tax free, in a football
pool. What would your charming
wife buy first if she won that
amount? Mrs. Guest, a hard
working home manager for
twenty-five years, said: "I am
going to buy a new house equip
ped with every labor-saving gad
get I can find." Wonder how
many housekeeping labor-saving
gadgets there are?
Get It Right
Note it stated the amazingly
durable pitcher of the yester
year, Joe McGinnity, was given
the nickname the "Iron Man"
when with the Giants. That's
wrong. Before he was with the
Giants Joe won five games in
six days for the Brooklyn . team
and was promptly nicknamed
the "Iron Man" by a local
sportscribe. Incidentally, Mc
Ginnity was not a strike-out
pitcher. He made the batters
pop up and ground out weakly.
He saved his arm. Joe was still
pitching .professional baseball
when 52 years old. When fifty-
one he pitched and won both
ends of a double-header.
Light Snow Reported
At Klamath Falls .
By UNITED PRESS
Light snow was reported at
Klamath Falls Wednesday as
cool, moisture-laden air ended
Oregon's summer-like weather.
The temperature at Klamath
Falls dropped to 30 degrees dur
ing the night and a trace ' of
snow was reported. It melted
shortly after dawn.
Portland got Its heaviest rain
in weeks, which threatened to
dampen Wednesday night's Rose
Festival coronation ceremonies.
The weather man predicted
occasional showers and below-
normal temperatures through
Friday.
Ontario, which had a high of
92 degrees Monday, had only 72
Tuesday.
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MEETS PRESS - Dwight D.
Eisenhower clenches his fist as
he makes a point during his
press conference in Abilene,
Ks. The. news conference, Ike's
first since launching his cam
paign tor the Republican presi
dential nomination, appltuded
him wildly when he told 'hem,
"I have new voted any Ueme
cratic ticket."
In the Day's News
Br FRANK JENKINS
Modern progress is funny. Ev
ery new step brings problems
of its own.
These new paper milk bottles,
for example, that are sweeping
the world. To dispose of them,
you burn them in the fireplace
or toss 'em into the garbage
can. No more bottle washing.
But how is the housewife go
ing to leave a note to the milk
man not to bring any milk next
Tuesday, as she Is going to be
away from home? She'll have
to leave it in the place where
th- paper bottles are usually de
posited, weight it down with a
r-ck and trust to luck tnat tne
driver of the route will find it.
I reckon.
IT SEEMS TO ME I've seen
more small boys (and some
larger ones, for that matter)
mowing lawns this spring than
in many years past. I hope no
small boys, or middle-sized boys
read this column, for I'm going
to offer an opinion to the ef
fect that I think it's good for
them.
Whether It's good for their
parents or not, I do not. know.
If a small boy. or 'even a mid
dle-sized boy, is to derive GOOD
from the doing of tasks such as
mowing lawns, he m u s t be
taught to do them WELL. If you
want the doing of useful work
at regular intervals to help in
moulding his character, you
just can't tell hifn the mower is
in the garage and go and get
it and when I come home at
lunch time I want the yard
mowed and the edges clipped
and that's that.
It just doesn't work that way.
If a boy's character is to benefit
from useful work, he must be
first taught how to do the job
well, and after that he must be
inspired with pride in a JOB
WELL DONE. That will take
work on YOUR part. If you try
to shirk the task of teaching him
to do his job well, .1 expect
you'll find he'll shirk on the
job. , .
NYWY, if more boys are
mowing lawns and doing
other useful tasks around their
homes this spring, I hope it is
because more parents are realiz
ing the SUPREME importance
of finding useful and construc-
tive'work for their children to
do. ' , -
I'm certain that more young
people have been spoiled by not
havine enoueh work to do than
ever were spoiled by having
TOO MUCH work to do.
T HAPPENED to be in a gather
's- ine the other day where the
subject of the RICH came up. I
don t- mean just the ordinary
well - to - do people of average
not too - big communties. We
were talking about the BIG rich.
Millionaires. The kind that are
supposed to make socialists by
causing other people to envy
them.
We started out talking about
the BIG RICH of other and earl.
Ier times the Morgans, and
th- Rockefellers and the Jim
Hills and the Harrimans and the
Henry Fords, and that sort.
We finally agreed (as 1 recall
it. there wasn't a dissenting
voice) that even if able and dyn
amic men of that age did make
more money than was exactly
good for their heirs they left a
heritage of achievement that was
good for the country as
whole. The oil that was develop
ed by Rockefeller and the rail
roads that were built by the Har
rimans and the Hills and the
automobile empire that was
created by Henry Ford have
made this a better community
for all of us to live in.
HAVING SETTLED that, we
moved on to the big rich of
today. The NEW rich, I mean,
The kind that keep the night
spots and such going. The
HAVES who make news for the
HAVE-NOTS to read.
Who are they?
How do they make it?
YOU KNOW, we came to the
cynical conclusion that as
much big money, QUICK money
is being made today as ever was
made in the fabled days of the
past and a whale of a lot of it
(especially the kind that makes
news) Is being made by rack.
ETEERS of one sort or another.
Gamblers, black marketeers and
such. The quick buck tribe.
That is to say, there are filthy
rl:h in these reformed and liber
al days just as there were filthy
rich In those bad old days of the
past, regardless of what the dem
agogues may tell us.
Court Records
poi.iric roi'HT
Margaret O. PTialr, violation of
baite rul. $10.
Floyd C. Freeman, failure to atop
at stop sign. o.
DISTRICT rOl'RT
John Euerne Mellor. overOnrth. $10.
Glenn Dalits Clymer, failure, to atop
at stop sun, tio.
Lloyd Cheater Johnson, overwtdth,
$10.
Robert George Corbet! overwtdth.
Jack O. Johnson, overload. $8.
Jack 11. Johnson, overwtdth. ftft.
Gerald Clarence Hill. Room S01
Allen hotel, drunk on public highway,
$15
James Allen Hurt, failure to stop at
stop stan. $10
Harry S. Note, failure to stop at stop
sign. no.
Robert Cox, violation of baste rule,
$7 50.
cinrrrr coirt
Allc, Ftusl vs. Adolph Feual, dt
vorc complaint.
Rot McMiilln rt. Klla May. Mc
Muttn. dtvorc dmw.
Geort A. Llpxcomb vs. Eva X. Ltpa
mmh divorc riwff,
Darlfn Candar Fauvt v. Krfmin
.Njrman fault, Jr., divorce decree.
"JOE BEAVER"
Forest
"Man-caused fire arc more' numerous than lightning fires which
generally mr in jwp r a
Frail Iranian Head
Pleads Nation's Case
Before World Court
By PHIL NEWSOM
United Press Foreign Analyst I
A frail little man with falter
ing step and trembling voice
is pleading .'his case this week
before the In
tcrn ational
Court at The
Hague. Iran's
Premier Moh
ammed Mossa
degh is so frail
he faints occa
sionally in the
midst of a
speech, but un
derneath it all
he is a man of
I'hil Newborn
iron who has lived longer than
many of Irans top ranking
politicians.
He is representing Iran be
fore the Court in the dispute
with Britain over the nation
alization of Iranian oil.'
At stake is the $560,000,000
Anglo-Iranian. Oil Co.,' and fi
nally control of the world s
richest single oil field.
Cards Seen Stacked
Britain had a contract with
Iran giving it control of the
field until 1993. but so far as
the hearing before the Inter
national Court is concerned, it
would seem the cards are stack
ed in advance.
First, Mossadegh argues that
no one can attack either Iran's
legal or moral right to national
ize the Iranian field. Second, he
says that even should Iran lose
its case. Iran will ignore the de
cision.
As a signatory to the World
Court which was set. up after
wona war 11, iran is. bound by
the Court's decision. However.
should she withdraw, then the
Court's decision no longer ap
plies.
Mossadegh says that win, lose
, J av f
.WL..1UI
Taft Supporters Gain
Decided Advantage
In Naming MacArthur
-Washington (U.R) The.
show of force with which Sen.
Robert A. T a f t' s supporters
crushed opposition to Gen.
Douglas MacArthur to be Re
publican National Convention
keynoter achieved something
else much more Important.
That was the selection of West
Virginia's Walter . S. Hallanan
Vis temporary convention chair
man. The keynote speaker makes
the principal opening address
and usually serves also as temp
orary chairman. A temporary
chairman's duties are difficult,
requiring specfel skills. They
will be especially difficult in
the Republican National Conven
tion because the bitter disputes
over the seating of contested
delegates-must be adjusted be
fore the temporary chairman
steps down. So the jobs were
divided among two men both
Ta.'t partisans.
No Proposal Dared
Taft so firmly controlled the
Republican organization as rep
resented by the convention Ar
rangements committee that Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower's friends
dared not even propose men to
keynote or to preside temporar
ily.
Thus. Taft Is assured that the
keynote speech will be friendly
to him and cool if not hostile to
Eisenhower, delivered by one
of the master orators of our
times. It is no small advantase.
But Hallanan has the real kev
position. His rulings as tempor
ary cnairman win enormously
affect the composition of the
convention. From the temoor.
ary chair he can and probably
will give Taft forces the parlia
mentary oreaks,
By Ed Nofziger
Service, U. 8. Department of Agriculture
nug uwnug iwiiit
or draw he is quitting as pre
mier at the conclusion of the
present hearings.
He would, of course, like to
quit with a victory under his
belt, but under present circum
stances that seem difficult.
If the Court rules against him
then the dispute would seem to
return to stalemate.
Mossadegh's hatred of t h e
British is such that he even has
refused to permit British tech
nicians to operate the field un
der Iranian control.
U. S. Plan Unlikely
Americans could do It for the
Iranians but the U. S. govern
ment is not likely to sponsor any
such plan, at least until the
British claims are settled. Russia
would be delighted to take ov
er operation of the field. But,
where Mossadegh dislikes' the
British, he has good reason to
fear the Russians, particularly
in any plan which would give
them .virtual control of Iran's
economy. "
When Iranian oil is flowing, ,
It brings to Iran more than $1,-
000,000,000 annually In reven
ues and wages. The money rep
resented nearly 13 per cent of
Iranian Income, and its loss was
a staggering blow to the natlon'i
economy.
Miscaluculation Seen
Both Britain and Iran seem
to have miscalculated in the
dispute. The British believed
the loss of income would forca
Iran into quick settlement. Iran
believed the worjd need for oil
would force an equally quick
settlement in its favor.
So far as Mossadegh is con
cerned, thir now is a personal
fight. -
His departure may open tha
way to new negotiations and ev
entual settlement.
Hallanan is a capable and
sturdy member of the Old Guard
a veteran of 40 years in Repub
lican politics, most of it on the
national level. His business in-"
terests are oil, gas and pipe
lines. He already is on record
that delegate disputes, such as
that now flaming in Texas, shall
not be considered in Chicago at t
all.
Hallanan cites the rule - ad
opted in 1948 that disputes over
all hilt Hplf.DatAa.nt.l'K'tfa mitcf
be settled by the states in which
They originate and before the
convention meets. That rule au
tomaticlly would seat the bulk
of the challenged Taft delega
tions from Texas and other
states without discussion in
Chicago. As temporary chair
man, Hallanan will be in a pos
ition to help make that rule
stick. Only a determined and
skillful floor fight could upset
him.
Great Protest Seen
There will be great protest
against Taft's powerhouse play
in Chicago Tuesday. But not
much is new in politics. Some
of those who would denounce
the steamroller choice of Mac
Arthur and Hallanan were par
ties in 1940 to a similar deal.
Harold E. Stassen was slip
ped over on the 1940 Republi
can National Convention as key
noter and temporary chairman
presumably as the friend of
all candidates. He' stepped di
rectly from the temporary
chairmanship to be floor man
ager of Wendell L. Willkies
successful bid to kidnap the Re-
publican presidential nomina
tion. It was the Old Guard and
others that time who shouted
"foul."