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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)
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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. ;
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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. - ?.