Evodleinice rtoiiflriiies That Voters ShouBd
Seec TresodBeeatoall Inleautn cermocates
Washington (U.R) Evidence
continues to accumulate that the
voters should demand a certifi
cate of reasonably good health
of their presidents and from
those who aspire to that office.
A question which still fasci
nates this political center is:
Who would be president of the
United States today if the Re
publicans in 1952 had nominated
and elected Robert A. Taft?
Taft died six months after
President Eisenhower was inau
gurated. FranklKi D. Roosevelt
served less 4han three months
of his fourth term, and just
missed leaving the White House
to Henry A. Wallace. ;
Johmon'i Illn.ti Eyed
The question of the health of
those individuals with a real
chance of obtaining a major
party presidential nomination
has been raised again by the
heart condition vhich has bed
ded Senate Democratic Leader
Lyndon B. Johnson. Johnson is
46 years old. He was stricken
just as what had seemed to be
a hopeless gleam in the eyes of
his friends had developed into
a substantial presidential boom.
' If Johnson had missed or
avoided next year's Democratic
nomination; when his Republi
can opponent likely would be
'Mr. Eisenhower, he still would
be young enough to have his
eye on 1960. He may yet achieve
it. But the voters will have to
be told now, before they go for
Johnson, that he could carry
, the White House load.
Would Persuade Few
Johnson's friends would not
persuade many, nor would the
profoundly optimistic findings
of a physician have much weight
with the citizens. They had all
of that in 1944.
There is no evidence nor, ap
parently suspicion that Taft
knew when he sought the 1952
Renublican nomination . that he
was a doomed man. It is not
likely that -FDR honestly could
measure his own weakness when
he offered himself for a fourth
term in 1944. , '
But some men around Mr.
Roosevelt knew how his health
Around
Hollywood
r ALINE M05IY
' United Pren Cerreteenrfeet
Hollywood (U.R) A pretty
blonde singer came up today
with an inspiration to improve
American TV
commercials -she
wants to
hire an English
nobleman t o
deliver the
pitch.
Vicki Benet
seriously an
nounced she
will audition
Aline Mosby English lords
and sirs forv her new filmed
musical TV show when she visits
London on a singing tour next
week.
"I can't stand some of the
pressure methods used by Amer
ican announcers on commer
cials," she said. "The so-called
'hard sell' actually is an anti
sell that defeats its purpose.
Blue Bloods Only
"I want a true lord, a person
able man who speaks well. He
must come from a good family,
be listed in Burke's Peerage and
appear cultured. He'll act as
master-of-ceremonies and do the
commercials for my new show."
Vicki revealed this plan to
give tone to American TV as
she packed her bags in her lux
urious apartment. The producer
of her program, Jack Elliot of
Benell Productions, paced after
her to confirm he, wants the
English nobleman to "give pres
tige to her show." He admits he
was impressed by the bearded
Englishman who poses for gin-and-tonic
ads in the American
press.
"It's a different type of pro
gram, created for the discrim
inating, and we think he will
add dignity," he said.
Worth $1,000 Week
"The average' American is im
pressed with a British accent
and title and, the savoir faire
that goes with it.
"We're not going to make a
fool of this chap," he added. "We
also produce fflmed commercials
for various companies and if he
will do those he can earn $1,000
a week."
- Paris-born Vicki, who began
her career only two years ago
here in nightclubs, will conduct
the auditions for her titled an
nouncer during her engagement
at the Savoy hotel in London.
; "I'm told some nobility have
opened their homes to tourists
and one duchess is running a tea
shop on her terrace, so I don't
think it will be hard to find
someone interested in TV," the
shapely singer said.
How an English nobleman
might do as an American TV
pitchman was demonstrated last
week on Steve Allen's "Tonight"
show on NBC-TV. Peter Lawford
played the role in striped trou
sers and tails for a skit. He soft
ly called the audience "dear
friends" and apologized for the
instrusion. He apologized also for
the sponsor. He wound up, in
fact, suggesting that perhaps the
product wasn't so good after all.
was and what they were about.
They've written books to prove
it. Mr. Roosevelt was failing,
mentally and physically in 1944.
Edward J. Flynn, Democratic
leader of New York state, is
authority for that statement.
You will find it on page 181 of
FJynn's book "You're the Boss,"
published in 1947.
Flynn had been FDR's Demo
cratic National Committee chair
man and must be counted among
his close and loyal friends. Some
books and years later the story
was about complete. Mr. Roose
velt was in no condition during
the latter months of his third
term to aspire to a fourth.
'Ugly' Rumors Denied
There were rumors scorned as
"ugly" during the 1944 cam
paign about Mr. Roosevelt's
health. Democrats beat them
down. The White House denied
them. But, that Mr. Roosevelt
was a dying man when he set
out for a fourth term and that
some of his associates knew it,
is set out firmly in "The Man
From Independence," a biog
raphy of former President Tru
man by Jonathan Daniels. The
shockingly bald revelations of
Daniels' book are supported by
earlier reports on FDR.
FDR's personal secretary,
Grace Tully, wrote in her book
of being "seriously alarmed" by
the President's condition.
Robert Sherwood, a worship
ful biographer of "Roosevelt
and Harry Hopkins" relates that
"I was shocked by his appear
ance" when he saw FDR in the
last campaign year. After elec
tion and the Yalta conference,
Admiral Ernest J. King, then
chief of naval operations, noted
"serious deterioration" in FDR.
Former Secretary of State
Cordell Hull found the presi
dent vague and likely to lose
the thread of conversation.
All of this adds up to sub
stantial proof that the. voters
were ignorant of the true state
of Mr.. Roosevelt's health when
they returned him to a trium
phant fourth term in 1944. And
that some of the promoters of
his candidacy were fully aware
of his condition.
REUNITED A tender kiss is placed on badly burned lips
of Navy Ordnanceman Martin E. Berg, Alameda, CaL, by
Mrs. Berg as he arrived at Alameda Naval Air Station
from Alaska with six other crewmen of the Navy Neptune
plane which was shot down by Russian MIGs over Bering
General Motors
Plans To Triple
Shares of Slock
. New York (U.R) General
Motors Corp. made plans today
to triple its shares of common
stock in a move which reflected
new growth ' and expansion of
the nation's largest manufactur
ing concern.
Plans for the three-for-one
stock split were announced Tues
day night shortly after the close
of the New York Stock Ex
change.; The stock soared to a
new high of $114 a share before
the announcement Tuesday, and
rose as high as $121 a share on
West Coast exchanges after the
announcement.
Holders Get Three Shares
. The split would boost the num
ber of common shares in the
automobile manufacturing con
cern to 50,000,000, the largest
number "of shares authorized by
any American Company. The
firm retains some 60,000,000 of
the shares authorized. The re
maining 90,000,000 shares are
owned by some 500,000 stock
holders. Under the split plan each of
these stockholders would re
ceive three shares for each one
held as of Aug. 8. Stockholders
will vote on the split at a spec
ial meeting Sept. 23, in Wilming
ton, Del. The split shares would
be issued about Oct. 10.
The stock split plan comes in
a year of high production and
financial activity for GM.
New Capital Raised
The company sold 4,380,430
shares of stock last February to
raise $325,000,000 in new capi
tal for expansion. It was. the
largest financing ever under
taken by an American indus
trial firm.
Another expansion and mod
ernization program costing
$500,000,000 was announced sev
eral weeks ago.
Harlow H. Curtice, General
Motors president, announced
earlier this year he expected
1955 to be the biggest sales and
production year in . the firm's
history.
DELEGATIONS EXCHANGED
Berlin (U.R) .Poland and
East Germany exchanged gov
ernment delegations to mark the
fifth anniversary today of the
Communist ceding of the Oder
Niesse territory to Poland, the
East German Radio reported.
The Western Allies and West
Germany do not recognize the
treaty by which the territory
was given to Poland.
SINGAPORE STRIKE ENDS
Singapore U.R) Agree
ment was reached Tuesday on
three outstanding points block
ing settlement of the 66-day-old
dock strike. Agreement came in
the final meeting between the
Singapore Harbor Board and
representatives of 1,300 monthly-rated
workers. Details of the
settlement were not released.
Reconsideration
Asked in Fong Trial
Portland (U.R) Multnomah
County District Attorney Wil
liam Langley yesterday filed a
motion with Circuit Judge
Alfred P. Dobson, asking him to
reconsider his order, of a new
trial of Wey Him and Sherry
Fong.
A Circuit Court jury had con
victed the Fongs of the first de
gree murder of 16-year-old
Diane Hank.
Langley's office asked Judge
Dobson to clarify two points:
1. Did the court determine
that there was insufficient evi
dence of defendants' guilt of
homicide in any degree, thus re
quiring dismissal of the action
against the defendants?
2. Or did the court determine
that there was insufficient evi
dence of expressed malice and
premeditation so as to preclude
a verdict of murder in the sec
ond degree or of manslaughter
and for that reason ordered a
new trial?. '
Judge Dobson ordered a new
trial last week.
He ordered hearing on the re
quest for reconsideration post
poned. -,
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Soviets Lift Tass
Reporter in Capital
Washington U.R) Removal
of congressional reporter Jean
Montgomery from its payrolls to
day left the Soviet news agency
Tass without an accredited
American correspondent in
Washington.
Miss Montgomery had covered
Congress for Tass for 10 years.
First news of the action came
when Georgi N. Bolshakov, chief
of Tass' Washington bureau,
wrote a letter to the standing
committee of correspondents,
governing body of the congress
ional press galleries. The letter
asked that Miss Montgomery be
dropped from the list of cor
respondents. It said her creden
tials were being returned.
Ex-Navy Man ' Starts v
To College of 51
Des Moines (U.R) Eugene
T. Seaward, 51, who retired from
the Navy last July 1 as a "tomb
stone rear admiral," now is wor
king for a law degree at Drake
university. .
Seaward spent 30 years in the
Navy, most of the time at sea,
and commanded the destroyer
Farenholt in support of the air
craft carrier Wasp in the inva
sion of Guadalcanal in World
War II.
"I like the study of law, and
I wanted to get my law degree,
so after I retired I started in
here at Drake last September,"
he said.
Seaward calls himself a
"tombstone rear admiral" be
cause "that's what they call those
promoted in retirement."
Wednesday. July 8. 1955
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THRER
Briton Warns Against
Relaxation at Geneva
Strasbourg, France (U.R)
British Foreign Secretary Har
old MacMillan warned today
against any "premature relaxa
tion" by the West during the
Big Four talks in Geneva.
MacMillan said in , a major
policy address to the Consulta
tive Assembly of the Council of
Europe that the Western powers
should not fear any new ideas
as long as the broad purposes of
the Western Alliance are main
tained. "But," he warned, "what we
must guard against is premature
relaxation. This is vital."
' "We have grown accustomed
urhaff a difference C-'H makes
IN ALL-AROUND CANNIN6 SUCCESS
ONLY CANE SUGAR REFINED IN THE WEST!
Nothint fhwr for muMttning
fresh fruits wd tenia
to the icy wind of the East,"
MacMillan told the 15-nation
T- it l r 4. . . 1 A
c-uiupeaii parliament, out we
must be careful not to melt too
easily when the climate grows
suddenly warmer."
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PROPER AGING is reason No. 1 why
you'll find . your best meat value at
Safeway! For example: Each rib
roast you buy at Safeway is aged so
you taste its full natural tenderness
and flavor. To assure you properly
aged meat, Safeway built in this
area a million dollar Central
Meat Plant Here Safeway meats are .
held in air-conditioned aging rooms,
at controlled temperatures,
the exact number of days required
to develop peak goodness.
CLOSE-TRIMMED, TOO! Each rib roast
you buy at Safeway is trimmed (trimmed before
weighing, so you save money) to give you more
tender center-portion roast meat. Sketch here
shows you rib ,roast as Safeway sells it with i
the end section of short ribs removed (these
are sold separately at a lower price per pound)
...and the heavy chine bone removed (this bone
is replaced by a lightweight layer of fat
which seals in meat juices). Safeway meat
tzimming means better eating and better valuel
...AND TOP GRADES ONLY! Each rib roast
1 you buy at Safeway is from U.S.' Government top .
grades of beef (actually, only meajt of the top grades is
improved by aging!). This tender, juicy meat is packed
in sterilized boxes at our Central Meat Plant and
delivered to Safeway stores by refrigerated trucks.
At Safeway meat counters and at our self-service
meat sections, you get the tame quality! .
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