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Newspaper Page TextFOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) ; "Everybody in Southern Oregon Published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. S7-J9 North Fir St. Phone S-4M1 BnBFST W RTTTTT. Editor HIHB GREY. Advertising- Manager . E. c. FERGUSON. Managing Editor ERIC ALLEN JR- City Editor BARRY CHIPMAN. Telegraph EdltOf RICHARD JEWETT. S porta Editor LIVE STARCHER- Society Editor JACK JACKSON. Sunday Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second clan matter at Medford. Oregon. . under Act of - Marcn a, iai SUBSCRIPTION KATES . By Mail In Advance: Per copy IOC. Daily and Sunday Six months 6 30 Daily ana aunaay lnree raw, y- Daily and Sunday One month 1.23 By Carrier In Advance Med for a. Asniana, tenirai r-uini, rvun Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue River, Talent and on motor routes: ..... Daily and Sunday One year $15.00 Daily and Sunday One month 3A Carrier and Dealers 9c per copy All iermitmioAoyov dfflelal Paver of the City of Msdtort Official Paper of Jackson County ""'MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU United rnaa g iui ju tt Advertising Representative: nircT.nmimiv rnMPAWV DC. Offices in New York. Chicago. De- TT01I, san rranosco, un iuiiub Seattle. Portland, St Louis. Atlanta Vancouver. B.C. - NATION ALEDITOtlAl 'NIWtMPlt PUIHSHIRS 'ASSOCIATION Si Flight or Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago. JO YEARS AGO Not. 28, 1944 (It was Tuesday) Medford's Mayor C. A. Meek er to act as host for regional ineeting of League of Oregon Cities in Medford. From Arthur Perry'1 Ye ifcmudge Pot column: Cheering word comes that the lemon short age not the human variety will end soon. In the excitement f the nation running out of everything it always had too jnuch of, it was not generally realized there was a lemon short age 20 YEARS AGO Nor. 28, 1934 (It was Wednesday) - Medford area CCC camps to provide dinner for 900 men on Thanksgiving day. Yell Leader Bobby Gail perches on top of Pullman car to lead yells as Medford high school's football team leaves for Portland for state championship game with Washington high school. SO YEARS AGO Nov. 28, 1924 (It .was Friday) Manager George A. Hunt ad mits all Medford Boy Scouts to Craterian theater free of charge. James E. Stevens, Medford musician and singer, speaks for students at Grants Pass high school. 40 YEARS AGO Not. 28, 1914 (It was Saturday) North side of Roxy Ann cov ered with snow for first time this year. Sixteen-year-old Medford youth caught smoking cigarettes has his supply confiscated and is given a lecture. What's ihe Answer? (Can You Get 4 of the 7T) Copr. 1 954. Editorial Research Report 1. The latest amendment to the Constitution was on votes for women, prohibition repeal, third presidential term, limit on taxa tion, or scope of treaties? 2. Auto dealers as a whole made a higher or lower percent age of profit from new car sales In 1954 than in 1952-53? 3. Angina pectoris is adisease of the liver, the lower back, the lungs, the heart or the appendix? 4. Some State Department of ficials attend Soviet embassy parties in Washington; right or wrong? 5. The "Mother of Presidents" Is New York, Ohio or Virginia? 6. For every ton of hard coal produced in the U. S., about 5, 10, 15, 20 or 25 tons of soft coal are mined? 7. A hermaphrodite is a small fish, a person addicted to drink, a turn in ski-ing, a ballet step, or some one part male and part female? The Answers: 1. Prohibiting a third presidential term. 2. Lower. 3. The heart. 4. Right. 5. Vir ginia. 6. About 15. 7. Some one part male, part female. CONTRACT AWARDED Portland (U.R) The Corps of Engineers has awarded a $2,916 contract to the Albina Engine and Machine Works of Portland for repair of the dredge Luckiamute. MAIL TRIBUNE A n Excellent Choice It is an honor to the state, and a former Governor, that Charles Sprague, editor and publisher-of the Salem Statesman, should be selected as one of three distinguished American citizens to sit on a committee to consider the rights and wrongs of the threatened national railway strike. A better selection could hardly have been made. For Charley Sprague possesses that quality rare in the genus homo and especially in the newspaper busi ness the judicial temperament Ex-Governor Sprague is a congenital conserva tive, and a confirmed and conscientious Republican, but as the recent campaign in this state demon strated he is never a blind partisan never has been, and never will be. S was to be expected publican ticket this year and urged the election of Guy Cordon as the regular GOP nominee. He could hardly do otherwise. . But unlike practically all of the newspaper editors supporting the Republican candidate, he didn't go overboard, didn't indulge in any personalities, and even more noteworthy, didn't hesitate to criticise Senator Cordon's record in many respects so many in fact that at least one of his readers, didn't know until near the end of the campaign, whether the Statesman was going to end up for the Republican or against him. . That, as stated, is a very rare quality in American Journalism. Or anywhere else for that matter. And it is a quality of special value in any such service as this committee has to render, where the controversy is between management and labor, where emotions so often cloud the proper judgments. THERE need be no fear, however. Editor Spraffue's emotions will never cloud HIS judgment. As is his habit he will first get all the pertinent facts, study the background carefully and then makes his decision impartially and objectively, according to those facts. He will be firm but kindly, just, but tolerant. He is in short that type practically extinct in modern journalism the metropolitan areas particu larly an able editor, a fairminded arbiter and believe it or not a good Presbyterian ! R.W.R. Why the Double Talk? Now that the election is over why doesn't Secre tary McKay drop the double-talk? It would save him the trouble of saying one thing in the East and denying it in the West.'-. According to the trustworthy and conservative Associated Press, Secretary McKay, speaking in New York, departed from his prepared speech to, quote: "denounce, public power as a federal mon opoly." And later on again, quote: v " s "We don't want bureaucrats coming out and telling us how to live, we'U teU them. Regarding social security the country is being handed a lot" of socialistic propaganda the idea of security from the cradle to the grave is im possible and hogwash." ' THERE is nothing new. there. That is Secretary McKay's well known political philosophy, he has said practically the same thing many times here in Oregon. But he again denies the truth of the report, claim ing he was improperly and incompletely quoted "I did not scoff at either public power or social security," he protested. T17ELL, our former Governor appears to be falling back upon semantics for his latest "out." He did not "scoff." The wrong word, he merely indicated his strong opposition to public power and his ardent support of private power: his opposition to what he calls socialistic propaganda covered so often by the time-honored slogan of "creeping social ism" and his desire, thus far frustrated, to return the country to the "good old days" and destroy the last feeble gasps of the hated "New Deal." . When he denies all this, and talks about public power "partnership," the evils of bureaucracy and how he favors public power where the people locally WANT it,- he may be kidding himself, but he isn't kidding anyone else. That is just' political hokum. The thing that irks this department is not so much Secretary McKay's opposition to public power and social progress he is entitled to his opposition. But his refusal to admit such opposition, and his double-talk in seeking to escape the responsibility, that goes with it ' !..: : There is nothing to be ashamed of. There are undoubtedly 200,000 voters here in Oregon who agree with him. There are several million-respectable citizens elsewhere, also. ''." Why not stand by his guns? Particularly as the election is over and no votes can be lost? The issue is a clear-cut one. And, as has so often been stated in this department, it isn't a moral issue at all, but merely a matter of belief, a matter of what one believes is best for the country and all the people in it, and what isn't The Republicans as a whole' are on one side, the Democrats as a whole on the other. Why pretend otherwise? .. . ' . . Honest differences of opinion are what make political parties, as well as hoss races. Let's have tlmk$&&.-. ... ... ; : Sunday, November 28, 1954 Sprague supported the Re SUGGESTED BIBLE READING The American Bible So ciety, the Medford Minis terial Association and the Medford Council of Church Women are cooperating in sponsoring daily Bible read ing in the period between Thanksgiving and ; Christ mas. The suggested scripture reading for today is: John 1:1-34. In the Day's News B7 FRANK JENKINS Former President Herbert Hoover, who is spending six days in West Germany on a goodwill mission, held a news conference in Bonn with German and for eign correspondents. In the course of it, by way of setting forth his beliefs, he made a little speech. He said: "The only hope for our safety is the BUILDING UP OF ARMS and a united front among free nations which will deter Com munist aggression against us." He added: "Unless the allied agreements to rearm West Germany are rati fied (and carried out in the spirit of all for one and one for all) the security of Europe will depend on the malevolent will of the Communists." He concluded: "The sole purpose of the West ern alliance is to convince the Communists of the futility of starting war." rpHOSE are strong words from a man who was born and raised a Quaker. But they are TRUTHFUL words. As Hoover says, out first job is to convince the Commun ists they couldn't win if they started a war. If they ever think they can win, they'll start a war. Their objective is world Com munism. s TAN we convince the Commun- nists they can't win a war if they start one? That will depend on two things: 1. Our faith in our cause and our will to win. 2. The ability of the free na tions to REMAIN UNITED. XTEVER was it truer than that "united we stand; divided we fall. As to faith in our cause, we and all the free nations must say with Sir Galahad: "Our strength is as 'the strength of ten be cause our hearts are pure." TF WE can stick together, there is an excellent chance that we can convince the Communists they couldn't win a war if they started one. After that will come the job of learning how to. live in the same world with Communism because it isn't a part of our ultimate purpose to WIPE THE COMMUNISTS OFF THE EARTH. Besides , There are good reasons to be lieve that Communism is so foul a thing that if another world war can be staved off long enough it will faU of its own foulness. Human liberty flourishes in times of peace. Efforts to destroy human lib erty flourish in wartime. T EARNING how to live In the same world . with Commun ism won't be easy. It will take patience, tolerance and forbear ance. There will be times when the provocations will be almost unbearable. But always the alternative to learning how to live in the same world with Communism will be present before your eyes. The alternative will be starting an other world war WITH WEAP ONS THAT CAN DESTROY THE WORLD. Morris Announces Brokerage Set Up Bob Morris, local representa tive for the W. R. McConn Brok erage company of San Francisco, announced yesterday that he has completed negotiations for pur chase of the company's food lines in Oregon and northern Califor nia. The main office of Morris newly formed brokerage com pany will be located in Medford and will be operated here under the name Morris Brokerage com pany with the same policies un der which the McCann company operated. . The brokerage rights pur chased by Morris include Man nings Coffee, Mary-Ellen-Jam and Jellies, Scandia Commercial company. Golden Grain Macar oni, and Mario Packing com pany. ' .. . '. The amount involved in the transaction was not announced. Oil Tankers Collide In Gulf of Mexico Port Arthur, Tex. 4U.R) An outbound oil-loaded tanker col lided with another tanker in the Gulf of Mexico off Sabine pass early Saturday and reports said there were no injuries and dam age was minor.,. The vessels involved were the Gulf Oil Co. tanker "Gulftide" HA MafaolU'f j'SJubnee," Matter of Fact STEVENSON. TRUMAN. AND THE PARTY Washington For a number of reasons, the meeting of the Democratic National Committee in New Or leans on Dec. 3 should prove inter esting. The meeting is to choose a new chairman of the commit tee, to replace Stephen Mitchell, who was appointed by Adlai Stevenson in ( Joseph Alaop 1952. In several ways, whether he likes it or not, Stevenson's political fortunes are involved in the New Orleans meeting. Specifically involved are the relations between Stevenson and former President Harry S. Tru man. Truman still has a great deal of power in the Democratic party. Indeed, in a way, he be comes more powerful as time passes and old wounds heal. The ill-organized but large anti-Stevenson underground in the Democratic party would like nothing better than to see an open break be tween Truman and Stevenson or, failing that, sore feel ings and ruf fled feathers. To a large ex tent, the anti Stevenson un derground has Stewart Alaep pinned its hopes at the very least is hope for ruffled feath ers on the New Orleans meeting. If Truman and Stevenson agree on a man to take Mitch ell's place, his election in New Orleans will be strictly a formal ity. If they cannot agree, there may be a fight. And as of the moment of writing, they have not agreed. For a time, some days ago, it seemed that they had their man. Former Secretary of the Air Force Thomas Finletter seemed a perfect choice, since he is very close to , both Tru man and Stevenson, and since he would ..lend a real distinction, which that post has not always enjoyed, to . the national chair manship. With Stevenson's fore-knowl edge, Truman personally urged Finletter to take the post. But Finletter flatly refused. It is re ported that he hopes to be Sec retary of Defense in the Steven son Cabinet, and that purely political post of national chair man, important though it is, may not have seemed to him a good stepping stone to that job. : WITH Finletter out of the run ' ning, the possibility of fric tion is naturally very greatly increased. Mitchell, who of course has a good deal to say about the identity of his own successor, has long wanted Na tional committeeman Paul But ler of Indiana, a close personal friend, to have the job. It is not only the key political job in the Democratic party, it is a valu able job in other ways, since it pays $20,000 a year and gives all sorts of opportunities for ex ceedingly useful political con tacts. , MitcheU has made something close to a promise to Butler, and when Finletter bowed out, Mitchell went back to work for his friend. Not long ago, tie re ceived a telephone caU from the ex-President. Truman told him, in a friendly but exceedingly firm fashion, that Butler was "unacceptable" to him. It seems that Butler is accounted a poli tical enemy of his fellow Indian ian, Frank McKinney. McKin ney was Truman's national chairman, and he was ousted by Stevenson in 1952, which by no means pleased Truman. . But MitcheU is still pushing Butter at least so the Truman ites darkly suspect. Stevenson has been attempting to remain above the battle, but he is of course closely identified in aU political minds with his ap pointee, Mitchell. Thus among the anti-Stevenson underground, hopes are rising for some sort of Stevenson-Truman trouble. A possible compromise is James Finnegan, Democratic leader of Philadelphia. Former Sen. Frank Meyers has been the chief Finnegan-booster with Tru man, and Mayor Joseph Clark of Philadelphia has been talking Finnegan with Stevenson. Finnegan is an able man, and neither Stevenson or Truman has any serious objection to him. But he has been ilL And ther,e is also a good deal of feeling, said to be shared by Stevenson, that the national chairman should be a more or less non political figure with a national reputation, like Finletter. T THERE are : literally dozens of other aspirants to the post. Former Price Administrator Mike DiSalle is an active candi date. He has some Western sup port, and Truman has passed the word that he would take him. But he is not accounted a serious candidate. Neither is Washing ton's district commissioner Jiggs Donahue. A more serious possibility is Sen. Earle Clements of Ken tucky. Clements is not commit ted against Stevenson. . But he has the backing of the anti Stevenson underground no- tablv includine Gov. Allan Shiv- wi of TM tad W election , Joseph ana Stewart Abep would be hailed as a defeat for Stevenson. ' The fact is that plenty of Democrats who have not oppos ed Stevenson openly wiU hail the election of almost anyone to the chief party post as a de feat for Stevenson. When Stev enson appears in New Orleans to address the National Commit tee, moreover, the will be looking for any slip, any sign of weakness, and any practical way to combine effectively against him. This is, indeed, al ways the fate of the front run ner. And this is why it is still a great deal too early, despite all the signs, to say that Adlai Stevenson has the Democratic nomination in the bag. (Copyright, 1954, New York Herald Tribune, Inc.) Potluck By M-T Staff and Contributor As time for Thanksgiving din ner approached last Thursday, a Medford family suddenly discov ered that its pet parakeet was missing. They searched the house, high and low, without success. Someone suggested the bird might have gone up the chimney. But,, someone else had another thought. Maybe the parakeet 'had gotten mixed up in the dressing for the turkey, when it was being made earlier in the day. Dinner was served, but nobody seemed to want any dressing. They were afraid they might find the bird. However, everything turned out all right. The parakeet fin ally was found, having his own Thanksgiving dinner. He was lo cated in a cupboard eating oat meal, s A truck driver was cited into Medford district court rec ently on an overload charge involving a truckload of 12 cowl. He explained to the court that the truck really wasn't overloaded, but "the cows must have seen the weigh masler and ran to the back of the truck." giving him a one axle overload. The cow-scaring weighmas ' ter was not available for com ment. The judge's comment? "Sixteen dollars and costs." Mail .Tribune staff member who makes the round of tele phone calls each morning usual ly ask "Do you have any news for us this morning?" If the ans wer is yes, the story usually ends up in the paper. But, one of these stories didn't make it Friday. The person at the other end of the telephone line told the re porter "Yes, I have a story for you. I had a Technicolor dream last. night." With that astound ing bit of information, the call was interrupted. Now, we can hardly wait until the next round of telephone calls to see if it was also in Cinemascope, with stereo phonic sound and Marilyn Mon roe. Local radio announcer the other day charged into a com mercial giving the details of bow a Medford firm was offer ing a free turkey with every purchase amounting to a cer tain sum of money. Suddenly the announcer stopped short. Then he let out his breath in a long "whooo eee" and said apologetically: "That offer expired yesterday-" Caption tinder a one-column picture on the sports page of the Klamath Falls Herald and News the other day stated: "Elvis MitcheU repeats again." Doesn't seem to be any end to a statement like that. Rogue Valley Country club golf bugs are still talking about that fogbound foursome Al Littrell, Roland Hubbard, Paul Meyers and Glen Fab rick which attempted to play in last Wednesday's misty blanket. I The fog wasn't so bad at the -, start of the afternoon's game but after a couple of holes the situation deteriorated rapidly. The players would whack a baU and then gallop forward into the wild blue yonder, try ing to follow the hole in the fog made by the pellet in its flight. The method proved workable except when one of the four would slice or hook his shot out into the rough. In ' such cases following the fog hole was practiealy impossible. ' Another t complication was the inability of the friendly but not too trusting four to keep an eye on each other. On finally arriving on a green no one would believe the others' stroke count. After nine holes, and, as many lost balls, action was finally adjourned to the club house where, according to last reports, the score is still a matter of argument. - Prowlers Get $1,500 From Salem Office r .? Salem '.U.R) Prowlers took the safe from the Northwest Poultry firm office here Friday night, and police said about $1500 was taken. .The officers said the theft was similar to an attempted theft Nov. 18 of a safe from the MiU Supply Cwp. here. Is That So? One of the marvels of the ani mal world is how some warm blooded animals can dive so deep, where pressures are o great, remain . submerged so long, and then surface so fast Man does well to dive 100 feet where the pressure is 45 pounds to the square inch three atmos pheres, as pressures are reckoned and remain there two minutes. In fact, a quick surfacing may give him the "bends," or caisson sickness brought on by the pres sure forcing nitrogen from the air he breathes into the blood and tissues. Sudden death may result. . ; Yet warm-blooded animals with a lung capacity scarcely that of a man's can dive much deeper, remain under water longer, and return to the sur face more swiftly without suf fering Ul effects. The young of the seal has been known to dive 240 feet. that's over 10 atmospheres. Adult seals feeding on a particular, type of fish must descend over several hundred feet beyond that figure -r-but just how far has not yet been ascertained. But deep as the seals may go, whales descend much farther. For them, amazing records have been established, mostly acci dental. For example, three sperm whales, apparently in search of food, have become en tangled in submarine cables and perished: one at 1,500 feet, an other at 1,600 feet, and most astonishing, a 45-foot whale met his end, entangled in the cable which he severed, at a depth of 3,240 feet! That's more than 98 atmospheres, where the pres sure exceeds 1,400 pounds to the square inch! Aside from the phenomenal depths attained, these aquatic mammals can remain submerged for long periods. The elephant seal has been timed at 12 min utes; the common harbor seal at 15; the Alaska fur seal at 20. But whale's records, again, are more impressive: the fin whale remained submerged for 30 min utes; the blue whale for 49: the sperm for 75: the Greenland right whale for 80; the bottle- nose for 120, that's two hours. Automatic Valves In comparison of. submersion periods, terrestrial-aquatic mem mals are much shorter but even their time is much better than man's; the otter has been timed at four minutes per haps far short of his maximum; the muskrat at 12; the beaver at 15. . For safety, these animals are all equipped with "' automatic valves in both ears and ' nose which close when they submerge and open whe they -urface.V v 1 But this does not explain ttie mystery of how these animals particularly the whales and seals can retain their breath sp Jong, how they can resist the enorm ous pressures, then come up so quickly et avoid the "bends. The answer is not larger air capacity: proportionately, speak' ing, the seal has no. larger lungs than man, in facV the whale's lungs are relatively smaller. (Be sides a great lung development would hinder an animal from diving). ' What then? In the "first place, man only renews " from 15-20 per cent of his air 'when breathing; the' whale renews up to 90 per cent! With it, the whale extracts more oxygen and stores it in his blood and muscles. Besides, he can "overdraw" the oxygen from his muscles and blood to a much greater extent than man. And, he seems able to absorb more carbon dioxide without ill effects. Pulse Rate Lowers . Next, the pulse rate goes way down. In seals it may drop as drastically as 93 13 per cent from 150 heartbeats a minute to only .10 and remain that low during the whole dive. With it, of course, the animal's metab olism drops severely. Finally, these animals can withstand tremendous pressures on their lungs and their lungs are capable of tremendous com pressions. In the whale it has Four Sheppards Set To Give Testimony Cleveland U.R) At least four Sheppards will be star wit nesses for the defense in the murder trial of Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard,. his attorney said Saturday. Heading the list from the fam ily of osteopathic surgeons will be Dr. Sam himself, . Attorney William J. Corrigan said. The defense already has said Dr. Sam will testify five ampules of mor phine , were missing from the medical bag found upended in the hallway of his home. That testimony would bolster ttie defense claim that Marilyn Sheppard was killed, by a nar cotics addict who ' wandered about the house looking for mor phine and failed to take money and valuables. The other Sheppard witnesses will be Dr. Sam's two older brothers, Dr. Stephen A. Shep pard, 34, and Dr. -Richard N. Sheppard, 38, and Mrs. Stephen Sheppard. . - Colombia leads the world in the production of emeralds and is the third largest producer of platinum. 'i By Eugene Bums Ranger-Naturalist been estimated that at 600 feet, his lungs are compressed to less than l35th of their normal ca pacity and as we have seen, whales go down much farther than 600 feet! To make this compression pos sible, and to avoid the "bends," both whales and seals expel most of the air from their lungs, leav ing comparatively little nitro- gen to be forced into the blood and tissues at least, the amount is so small that the pressurized nitrogen has little dangerous ef fect. . , (Copyright, 1954, by Eugene Burnt) (Released by McClude Newspaper Syndicate) Free; By special arrangement; with the editors df the Encylo pedia Americana, my panel of judges will award each week to the reader who sends me the best question on nature and wildlife a complete 30-volume set of this world-famous reference work in handsome Sealcraft binding. Each week, new questions will be considered. Sorry, I simply ' can't answer your many friend ly letters. Please address your questions to: IS THAT SO! care Medford Mail Tribune, Box 575, Sausalito, Calif. Exploratory Work At Dam Site Starts Yakima, Wash. flj.fi) A crew of core drillers set up a rig Friday on . the Yakima county shore of the proposed Priest Rapids dam site on the Colum bia river east of here. v The drilling operations were authorized under ; a Federal Power Commission permit grant ed Oct 21 to the Grant County Public Utility District No. 2 to conduct sub-surface to explora tory work. . '.. -; Meanwhile, two core drilling 'crews were working on the east era shore Qf the river and pre parations are under way for get ting a fourth crew started on Whal island in midstream. i Officials of the public utilities said the purpose of the core drill ing which is being done under a $107,050 contract held by the Boyle Brothers Co. of Salt Lake City, is to determine suitable footing for the dam. 1 Z erklluiried Mrs. Bereth Hopkins, Jack son comity .clerk, has received word of her appointment to the legislative committee of the Ore gon County Clerk's and Record er's association.: .: The . appointment was made by John Liveira, Grant county, president of the association. Serving with Mrs. Hopkins will be four other clerks, Her man Lanke, Marion county; Ralph P. Schindler, Benton coun ty; Charles . Doerner, Douglas county, and Sid Conn, Multnom ah county. ; Communications Letter to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer although under - certain circum stances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permia lible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit aU letters with an eye to clarification and condensa tion. Letten submitted for publica tion must not exceed 400 words. The Flea on the Dogf 10 tne Editor: it seems to me taken for granted that the Dem ocrats will organize the next senate. To my way of thinking they will not. The. facts are we now have 48 duly elected Repub licans, 40 Democrats and two Independents, one of which is deserting from the elected Re publicans. The other was clearly elected by write-in . independent voters, defeating the Democratic nominee for a known Eisen hower man. V 4 This clearly indicates the voters' intentions, and should be respected. . It would be strange if in the 46 elected Democrats there would not be more than one to respect the voters' man date and refuse to accept the Re publican deserter's offer to sell his vote in exchange for commit-, tee appointments. These are plain facts. Then we have the other Independent, elected as such, knowing him to be an Eisenhower man, we doubt that he will desert Eisen hower. - ::'-7 t': . The; farmers by their vete plainly indicated they had more common sense than greed, and we believe this duly elected In dependent believes in honesty, economy, , clean government, justice, and punishment for enemies of our government. The other self-appointed In dependent without a single vote will continue as in the past with about as much influence as a flea on a dog. ' Ira C. Jones 2325 Stewart Ave. - ?.