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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
iQ years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Nov. 20, 1945
(It was Tuesday)
Diamond Flvnn named chair
man nf .Tarkson COUntV Unit of
National Federation of Small
Business, Inc.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: A volcano
expert reports smoke arising
from the waters of Crater LaKe
is due to some minor subter
ranean devilment, and there is
not much chance of a Class AA
eruption that would bury Pros
nf-t. in lava like Pompeii. Be
sides, Dewey Hill, the Prospect
hired man, is too busy sawing
wood and shovelmg snow off
roofs to fight rivers of fire and
red-hot rocks.
SO YEARS AGO
Nov. 20. 1935
(It was Wednesday)
W. Woodrich, manager of
Eagle Point Ladino cheese fac
tory, reports theft of 500 pounds
of cheese.
Jim Pinniger, former Mich
igan State star, elected business
manager of Provolt Lime plant
basketball team.
80 YEARS AGO
Nov. 20. 1925
(It was Friday)
Jackson county court signs
order reducing maximum truck
loads on county roads.
Enrollment at Talent High
school almost doubled what it
was last year, school officials re
port. 40 YEARS AGO
Nov. 20, 1915
(It was Saturday)
Castillian Grill on South
Grape st. advertises the follow
ing: Chicken Broth; autumn
salad or shrimp salad; roast
pork, apple sauce; roast chicken
with cranberry sauce; mashed
potatoes, cream gravy; creamed
peas; jello fruit or pie; coffee,
tea, milk all for 50 cents.
What's the Answer?
Can You Get 4 of the 7
Copr. 1955, Editorial Research Rcpad
1. If this winter is especially
cold, fuel oil will be, says the
oil industry, scarce, plentiful, or
jut about enough for home heat
ing needs?
2. About one in every five, ten,
15, or 20 U.S. families changes
its residence every year?
3. Which two men prominently
mentioned for the 1956 Demo
cratic presidential nomination
have been divorced?
4. About 45 per cent, 60 per
cent, 75 per cent or 90 per-cent
of all U.S. car owners carry per
sonal liability insurance?
5. The island of Aruba in the
West Indies is a British, Danish,
Dutch, French, or U. S. posses
sion? 6. There are about twice as
many Democratic as Republican
federal judges, or about twice as
many Republican ones, or about
the same number of each?
7. A whiffletree is found in
a forest, on a sail boat, on a
carriage, in "Alice in Wonder
land," or behind a lunch coun
ter? The Answers: 1. Plentiful.
2. About one in five. 3. Stev
enson and Harriman. 4. About
90 per cent. 5. Dutch. 6.'
About twice as many Democratic
ones. 7. Carriage (it's an at
tachment for harnesf. - .
MAIL TRIBUNE
"Small Potatoes
Some of our Republican friends are hard to please.
When ex - Governor Stevenson of Illinois an
nounced he would make known his decision re
garding the Presidency early in November he was
chided for pretense of action and lack of candor. For
example :
"Why doesn't he come out and say he is going to be a
candidate when everyone including himself knows he is?
Why try that old game of being coy and "hard to get" again,
as he did in Chicago 3 years ago? That old dodge is played
out and Adlai ought to know it." ,
MOW that Mr. Stevenson HAS made his announce
A" ment very brief and to the point he is con
demned by the same group as before and Adlai is now
rushing things, jumping-the-gun, and extending the
political campaign needlessly to the detriment of his
own party and his own chances.
TXTE FEAR nothing the Democratic candidate of
1952 may say or do, is going to please the Oregon
press at least the overwhelming Republican ma
jority. Even the usually fair minded and judicial Salem
Statesman scores the Stevenson announcement as
properly invoking the term of "egg-head." It is too
brief and mild apparently to arouse any enthusiasm in
his own party or the country, and of all things
lacks the fire and "give 'em hell" punch of that stal
wart "Gentleman from Missouri," and former Presi
dent of the United States, Harry S. Truman ! (Consid
ering what the G.O.P. had to say about Harry's cam
paign methods, that is something for the book!)'
.
W!
HAT did the Statesman want or expect? a rip
sTinrinp-. table-thumrjine- camDaien soeech fol-
kjm.v - 3 7 x o x o x
lowing the old time-honored stencil of the profes
sional politicians giving everyone on one side hell
and fitting golden halos on the heads of the other?
Ex-Governor Stevenson is not the hell-raising type
of political spellbinder, never has been and never
will be. This announcement was, moreover, a personal
announcement, not the opening shot in the 1956
campaign.
Why should Adlai start out to play a part so for
eign to his nature, and his conception of what a cam
paign for the office to which he aspires should be?
As Stevenson often remarked in the '52 campaign,
he wasn't trying to appeal to the emotions or prej
udices of the voters, but to their reason and their
sober judgments. He was in other words trying to
talk sense, to clarify the issues not distort or becloud
them, or conduct his campaign along the bally-hoo
line of an Atlantic City beauty contest.
. He did talk sense.
He made some of the finest speeches from the
standpoint of logic, lucidity, good natured humor and
charm, ever made in a presidential campaign but as
everyone knows, and history now records, "Ike" gave
him a tprrifiV beating. This was not because of logic,
TnrirHrv nr charm of HIS
the latter's PERSONAL charm and.megnetism and on
the turn of the political tide due.
....
IT WOULD no doubt have been too much to expect
T?fiwnVi1iori nroec tr Tiavo nvaisprl Mr 'Rt.PVPTl-
son's brief announcement there was no cause for
hnumiet throwing from either side but it seemed to
this department it was pretty small potatoes to con-
demn the announcement, on trie grounds tnat it iaiiea
tn bp what rpo-ardless of rjartv no such announcement,
by the nature of things, should have been R.W.R.
' Why? '
As for jumping the gun as far as the presidential
campaign is concerned the private power companies
are doing that
For many weeks now the Republican press has
been deluged with anti-public power propaganda.
Public power development, it is claimed, is the
invention of the devil and the late . Franklin Delano
Roosevelt, is not only creeping socialism but second
cousin to Stalin communism, and must be extirpated
from the body politic if the American way of life aqd
the free enterprise system is to prevail.
THHIS is the same old wheeze that marked the reign
of Samuel Insull a quarter of a century ago and
should cause no surprise. It may not be so generally
known that this campaign is not really designed only
to , defeat further development of the public pow
er but to defeat Senator Wayne Morse. Oregon's sen
ior Senator is a seasoned and extremely effective
campaigner, he has also started his -campaign early,
but one of his main platform planks is the support
and extension of public power, and if the Oregon
electorate can be turned against public power and in
favor of private power it is reasoned that regardless
of who runs against him, Wayne Morse can be de
feated. Mebbe so. But we wouldn't advise anyone to
mortgage the old homestead and wager the proceeds
on it.
However, there is one striking feature regarding
all the private power propaganda thus far circulated
in the state, that one thing is what will the price of
electricity thus produced be how will those prices
compare with public power prices? -
A FTER all one of the most important factors in
northwest development is "cheap power." Not
public power that will drive out private power but
public power that will keep private power prices with
in reasonable limits and provide the maximum bene
fits for development of the country and all the people
in it.
One naturally wonders why, this important factor
in all the pro private power propaganda has never to
date been mentioned! &W.R. - -
Sunday, November 20, 1955
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Retarded Children's Week i
To the Editor: Nov. 13 through
23rd has been designated" by
President Eisenhower as Men
tally Retarded Children's Week.
It is well that the nation pause
and give thought to the many
people born with this affliction.
In the state of Oregon alone
there are more than 32,000
mentally retarded persons. Ap
proximately 12,000 mentally re
tarded are school age children."
Friends of Retarded Children,
a local chapter of the Oregon
Association for Retarded Chil
dren, is deeply concerned with
this "number one" child handi
cap. We promote counciling with
parents, showing them they are
not alone in their trouble, we
ask the public school system to
establish special classes for re
tarded children. Jackson county
deserves high praise in this re
spect for it is the only district
in the state which has special
classes for the education of re
tarded children. Friends of Re
tarded Children cooperates with
Fairview, the state institution,
in every way possible. We pro
mote the general welfare of the
mentally retarded of all ages,
we try to develop better public
understanding of the facts of
mental retardation and there
fore public acceptance of help
ing these citizens that are born
less fortunate.
Many ministers, concerned
with the despair, the heartache
associated with this affliction,
will give announcements, con
cerning National Retarded Chil
dren's week and in Grants Pass
will distribute leaflets giving
information about Oregon.
Friends of Retarded Children
welcome membership from all
interested persons and especial
ly from civic-minded organiza
tions. For information write our
secretary, Mrs. Claude Keyte,
626 S.W. Western ave., Grants
Pass. Our next meeting will be
Dec. 8 in the Eagles hall, Grants
Pass. We want you to send a
representative from your
school, your lodge, your church.
We need you.
Friends of Retarded Children
519 S.E. "H" Street,
.. Grants, Pass, Ore.
Mrs. Neil Hachenberg.
President.
Merchant's Praised
To the Editor: The streets of
Medford presented- a beautiful
sight on Veterans Day, Nov. 11
What is mnro ripmitiful and in-
snirin? than our National FlaS?i
And the streets of Medford were
well bedecked with the stars and
stripes on that national holiday.
A partial check showed that
nearly every merchant who pos
sessed a flag had it displayed in
front of his place of business
Friday.
The Medford post of the Amer
ican Legion worked hard to dis
tribute as many flags as possible
before the holiday but the pro
ject was just too big. Many mer
chants have inquired as to why
they did not have a chance to
purchase a flag and bracket.
Being commander of a Legion
Post the size of Medford's is like
having the job of the mother
with 17 small children. Two
hands cannot begin to handle
all the work and even- with 40
hands there are just not enough
hours in the day to complete all
the tasks before us. The rest of
the merchants of Medford will
have their chance to obtain the
flags and brackets soon. How
ever those merchants who had
the flags are to be complimented
on having them displayed.
On the other hand it would
appear from all the rumblings
and complaints from the indi
vidual merchants, that Medford
was open for business as usual
in spite of the fact that most of
them wished to close. The pro
gressive town of Ashland to the
south of us closed up business
for the day in order to celebrate
our victories over our enemies.
Flags were well displayed and
many of the Ashlandites came
over to Medford to join in the
festivities and ceremonies.
Why should Medford have to
be the pigtail and follow what
they did in a few cities up north?
Why can't we take the lead
along with Ashland and show
the other cities of the state that
we are glad that the wars are
over and that our form of gov
ernment has been preserved?
Don't force our veterans to work
on Veterans day. Let's all plan
and work together for next year
to make Medford the leader on
this very important holiday.
Bud Fisher,
Commander Post 15,
American Legion.
Let Ike Know
To the Editor: During its three
years in office the Eisenhower
administration has made a mas
sive contribution to the well
being of the American people.
Perhaps its two most significant
long-range achievements have
been the re-dedication of the Re
publican party to its traditional
role of promoting intelligent
social progress and the accept
ance of the responsibilities im
plied in America's new role as
the world's greatest power.
To my mind, the best interests
of the American people dictate
the continuation and extension,
after 1956, of the progressive
Eisenhower program. And the
best man to carry out that pro
gram is Dwight D. Eisenhower
himself.
The President's remarkable re
covery from his recent illness
indicates that he is able to make
the race if he wants to. The final
decision must, of course, be his
and his alone, but I think that
the American people should let
him know how they feel. In 1952,
when enough Americans said
"We Like Ike," our great war
time leader responded to the call.
Now is the time for us to reaf
firm our faith in him.
It would seem singularly ap
propriate that Oregon, which
has provided so much progres
sive leadership for the Republi
can party in the past, should
lead the way now. At the recent
Young Republican State Conven
tion I sponsored a resolution urg
ing Mr. Eisenhower to run again.
But I am certain that our Presi
dent will be much more recep
tive to the urgings of individual
citizens than to the pronounce
ments of political organizations.
I am convinced that a second
term for Mr. Eisenhower is the
best insurance policy for Amer
ica's future. If you feel as I do,
write the President and tell him
that you are hoping he will run
in 1956. Let's show Ike how we
feel.
Paul Kerrigan,
Reed College Eisenhower-for-President
Committee,
Portland 2, Ore.
Carnage Continues
To the Editor: As I heard the
talks Wednesday at the Con
gressional hearing on federal for
est lands, a great many and var
ied thoughts percolated through
the gray matter beneath my gray
ing hair. I've walked and worked
over much of that land, even in
"impenetrable" Curry county
terrain. My thoughts went back
to millions of Michigan acres of
virgin white pine, left a scorched
earth by ruthless doUar-wor-
shippers; some of whom moved
onWest with exhilarated destrue
tion. I recall warnings, pleadings,
attempted passage of laws to
stabilize and maintain Ameri
ca's forests. I thought of the tire
less Gifford Pinchot, Grover
Cleveland, Teddy Roosevelt, and
many other farsighted, public
spirited souls, and finaUy crea
tion of National Forests, the only
bwance-wheel to prevent un;
Hfidled forest destruction.
I recalled another Congres-
V eional committee inquiry about
15 years ago when Col. Greeley,
W. C. L. A. Secy, was asked,
"Why such liquidation of Amer
ica's forests?" He replied, "Be
cause the owners of that timber
have no faith that it is going to
be worth anything 20 years from
now. And being businessmen
they feel no other course but to
cut it and get it off their hands,1
etc.
So, carnage continued. Yet,
long before, and ever since
Greeley's talk, distress, even dis
aster signals, were everywhere
visible, warning of the . timber
famine we're in today, and will
increasingly plague each suc
ceeding American generation.
Maybe each generation must ad
just itself to circumstances, as
present nomads in other once
forested lands have done.
As witness after witness pre
sented his needs for more tim
ber, each urge edged small oper
ators faster and closer to ex
haustion of timber. Then what?
Tax-delinquent county forest
land is bought, stripped of a bit
more dollar value, goes back;
each time at reduced value and
increased liability. As forest re
sources dwindle tax money must
come from elsewhere; i fruit
trees, shade trees, flower gar
dens? Else we must live within
our much-reduced means.
As you scan deforested ridges,
just visualize the beautiful,
bountiful, inexhaustible supply
of a thousand forest products
God gave freely for millions of
people to use and enjoy, on
through the ages. But, alas,
alack!
John Gribble,
139 Kenwood Ave.,
Medford, Ore.
Taxes Too High
To the Editor: You wondered
why people were angry over the
revaluation of their property?
Because so many homes were
put too high. A family can spend
83,500 for materials and build
their home. The board revalues
the place at $7,500. Why?
Others have spent $300 for
their home in the depression
years and managed to put an
other $100 on it in repairs, re
valued up so high that the taxes
were four times what it was the
year before. Another person
spent out on labor " and paint
$500 to preserve their building,
revalued at $1,000 above what
it was.
As one woman said while
standing in line, "It's highway
robbery." She paid her taxes
all right but that's the general
feeling.
Just why the new addition
to the court house? Why can't
one floor of it be used for the
juvenile detention home? Why
didn't the last -congress try to
balance the books instead of
raising their pay 10 high? Ar
we heading this country into a
monarchy by over-doing the tax
ation business?
A working man may be buy
ing his home, raising his family,
yet his taxes will' include county
tax, federal income tax, state in
come tax, F.I.C-A., state indus
trial, etc. So by the time his de
ductions are paid he has little
left to buy food, clothing, etc.,
for his family which also should
include doctor bills.
The late Phyliss Swearingen
left Chicago, 111., years ago be
cause they insisted on having
money from the patient before
being taken in. She told me she
had seen too many people die be
cause of lack of money, so she
came to Medford and run the
Community hospital in a hu
manitarian manner. I wonder
how she would feel now.
Gladys Hamilton,
Route 2, Box 468,
Medford, Ore.
Organic Foods
To the Editor: I was so glad to
see so miy people out to the
meeting of Natural Food Asso
ciates at Grants Pass, Oct. 22.
And such wonderful meals they
served there; were simply de
licious, foods all grown organic
way.
And the women of Grants
Pass certainly knew how to pre
pare them.
All grown without poisonous
spray. The JN.d.a. journal tens
us food can be grown this way,
and will not burn foliage, men
or beast.
The table centers were decor
ated with apples, grapes and
peaches for all, grown the or
ganic way.
In the September Monthly Jour
nal of N.F.A., Dr. Nichols stat
ed, thousands of dollars are given
each year to various national
fund drives which could be bet
ter used in N.F.A. He said we
know what is wrong with the
national health, we need money
for action.
I sure wish everyone in Amer
ica could of heard Dr. Joe
Nichols' wonderful talk that
night. I feel sure all who did,
will never use D.D.T. or phos
phorus sprays again.
May God , protect and bless
him in his wonderful work.
Julia Grissom,
Route 2, Box 657,
Central Point, Ore.
Seek Public Interest
To the Editor: We wish to
clarify our letters written to the
Medford Mail Tribune. This
committee and Steelhead Post
are not against any political
party or the members thereof so
long as they do not advocate the
overthrow of our government
through the use of force. We are
sworn to uphold and defend the
Constitution, the laws and insti
tutions of the United States of
America.
At the inception of this pro
gram it was our plan to com
mend our local public servants.
Contrary to the belief of some
we have found some in public
office worthy of commendation
and in due time these will be
recognized.
It is our belief ' that most
Americans are law abiding citi
zens who want public servants
that can be trusted and respect
ed. We further believe that most
of us take our government, city;
county, state and federal, too
much for granted and fail to
realize that our public officials
are actually public servants who
perform the duties that are our
responsibilities.
it we allow small pressure
groups or individuals to domi
nate our public servants we wUl
not have a government of, by
and for the people, and given op
portunity (.oi wnich tnere is
plenty) these pressure groups
can usurp all our liberties and
privileges.
We can have a government, na
tional and local, which is truly
representative of the people
only when we are interested
enough to study the qualifica
tions of each person who desires
public office.
When the method for selection
of a person for any public office
does not permit a free choice of
those best suited we must insist
that another method for selection
be used. No small group can be
allowed to determine the candi
dates for any office.
Dan F. Krotz II,
Chairman for
Community Service,
Steelhead Post VFW,
Shady Cove, Ore.
Who Voted It Down?
To the Editor: We have built
a truly wonderful economic ma
chine here in America, one that
has made possible this golden
age we live in, appreciated so
much by us older ones with
memories of "the good old days"
that were rather often "root,
hog or die" days. Like all ma
chines, this economic one must
have its wheel bearings greased
with a special brand known as
taxes. Taxes we all must pay
directly or unnoticeable like in
commodities we buy and rents
we pay. The past year we voted
for new schools, a detention
stop-and-listen station for unruly
kids, and a few other odds and
ends in keeping with the age
and our way of life. But we
voted down proposals for new
monies to finance all this, the
sales-tax that bordering states
have had for quite some time
and whose people we welcome
here in vacation time or for sea
sonal work, all of which they
seem to enjoy, especially the.
711 offer of Fact sy stewc ais0P
A NEW REPUBLICAN FACE
Topeka, Kan. Although hard-
j 1 1 : a; !
ly anyone outside his native
state has so much as heard his
name, Fred L.
Hall, the
stocky, scrap
py, ambitious,
out - spoken,
in t e 1 1 i gent
young Gov
ernor of Kan
sas, may-well
prove a man
to reckon with
in 1956. .
HaU has a
Stewart AUop
number of po
litical assets, including a forceful
speaking style, a very attractive
wife and the personal liking of
President Eisenhower. But he
has one asset that over-shadows
all the rest. He is strong in pre
cisely those areas where the Re
publican party minus Eisen
hower is weak.
There were three essential ele
ments in the Eisenhower land
slide almost solid farm sup
port, a big slice of normaUy
Democratic labor support and a
huge slice of the independent
vote. If the President does not
run, the Republicans must some
how hang on to enough of these
Eisenhower gams to win.
As they will admit in private.
farm discontent in this area has
the Republican strategists wor
ried sick. Hall has not publicly
at least 3omed the hue and cry
for Secretary of Agriculture Ezra
Benson's scalp. Nor does he claim
that 90 per cent parity support is
tne whole answer to the farm
program. But, he says, with re
freshing candor, that the whole
national economy is being sub
sidized and that the farmer de
serves his full share. He adds,
even more frankly, that the rea
son the Republican party is in
trouble with the farmers is that
the Party has not kept its prom
ises to them. Right or wrong,
Hall s stand on the farm issue is
the popular stand in these parts
As for labor, if there is a hero
of organized labor in the Repub
lican party, it is HaU. This
spring HaU vetoed a "right-to-work"
bill, which had already
been signed into law by eighteen
governors, twelve of them Demo
crats. He vetoed on the grounds
that the bill "destroyed the prin
ciple of collective bargaining."
In so doing, Hall earned the
undying enmity of powerful con
servatives; congratulations for
his "courage and devotion" from
the Eisenhower Secretary of
Labor, James P. MitcheU; and
the genuine gratitude and ad
miration of many labor leaders.
The admiration of labor leaders
is an unusual but not inconsider
able asset for a Republican.
'.;' '
VTO ONE can safely"-define
what attracts the mysterious
independent vote, unless it is
being exactly in the political
center. Hall, an all-the-way Eis
enhower man except on the farm
issue, considers himself an Eisen
hower middle-of-the-roader. But
the Kansas Governor also has a
POT -
(By M-T Staff
Mrs. Bill Bostwick, who lives
in Sunnyside, Wash., is a former
Jacksonville girl and the sister
of Mrs. Lewis Applebaker, Jack
sonville, whose husband. is fire
chief there, and the daughter of
Mrs. Riley Norris, also of Jack
sonviUe.
Well, Mrs. Bostwick, we are
told by our Jacksonville corres
pondent, became the mother of a
boy last Nov. 2, in Sunnyside
She asked a friend, Mrs. Lola
White, to call Mrs. Applebaker
in JacksonviUe, and report the
blessed event,
Mrs. White made the call, but
found the telephone at the Ap
plebaker residence busy, so quite
naturally decided to call Chief
Applebaker at the fire hall. The
call went through successfuUy
on the alarm phone
The siren wailed and 15 vol
unteer firemen came rushing to
me lire nau irom an over town
1 : , 110
The excitement died down
graauaiiy, tne mrtn was an
nounced, and the long-distance
operator was told of the circum
stances,
But a second operator some
how got the idea the call had not
been completed, and put it
through to the fire haU again
ihe siren wailed and 15 volun
teer firemen came rushing to the
tire hall from all over town.
Seldom, we are sure, has a
baby been given such a noisy
ana exciting double welcome,
sales-tax-free supplies and other
items they need or just want.
Hence, the main tax load must
be taken on by the property
owner. And everyone of them
talked with, swear they voted
for the sales-tax. Who the dick
ens then voted it down?
So, the bedeviled officials who
have the chore of rustling money
with which to meet our public
debts, had no other choice but to
place a fair market value on aU
properties. A very fair valuation
was placed on the one here but
nigh doubled the taxes, the first
big bite of $125 gomg to the
school fund, $66 to the city and
$144 to the county, some of
which also goes to schools.
F. J. Clifford,
1211 West Main St.,
Medford, Ore.
special political style of his own.
very different from the bland-
1.-: 11 I. , .
iieaa nuw puiiLiuciiiy lasmonaDie,
but with a certain appeal to the
independent mind. He is no
mincer of words. Consider these
unminced words, prepared for
delivery to the National Repub
lican Club:
"There is an almost incredible
thing about the Republican Par
ty ... At a time when we can
ill afford the loss of a vote, we
are alienating . . . labor and agri
culture. We are fighting the
farmers. We are fighting with
labor. The farmers and labor
are the vast majority of the rwn-
ple . . . No politicarparty can af.
ford the luxury of alienating
the votes of the majority of th
people."
There are still a surrrisinsr
number of Republicans who
have failed to grasp the simple
mathematics of the last sentence
quoted above, and HaSMias a
right to can himself, as heTfoes-
pragmatic Republican." Ha
is also an instinctive scrapper.
Friendly critics here in Topeka
say that his greatest weakness is
a tendency to leap into the fray
when there is no sound political
reason to ao so.
To be sure, he got where he is
by leaping into frays. Again and
again he has defied the powerful
Republican Old Guard, led by
former Sen. Harry Darby. Again
ana again the Darby faction has
done its damndest to purge him
and failed. But the end is not yet.
ine Darby faction is expected
to do everything in its pow& to
kiU off any budding Hall candi
dacy by sending an anti-HaU fac
tion to San Francisco. HaU
claims he can "lick them again,
it tney want to fight." But Dar
by also has important national
connections, while Sen. Frank
Carlson, a Darby ally, has access
to the President, and win do the
Governor no good in that vital
quarter.
THERE are other high and low
nVctarlic r a PTall nar1ir1Mr
The stiU powerful right wing of
the party is not likely to clasp
him to its bosom. HaU is also
very young he.wiU be barely
forty by convention time. Aside
from war-time service with the
War Production Boafd, he has
little experience in the vital de
fense and foreign policy fields.
He is not a veteran he has high
blood pressure, and was rejected
despite repeated attempts to vol
unteer for service. Finally, there
is the too-fresh memory of the
terrible licking Hall's fellow
Kansas, Gov. Alfred Landon,
took in 1936.
And of course Hall may suffer
from far more serious disabili
ties, as weU no one can judge
his real stature until he ias
played a greater national role.
But he is certainly one of the
most interesting new faces to ap
pear on the political scene for a
long time. And if the President
bows out, it will be weU worth
keeping an eye on the chunky
young Governor of Kansas.
(Copyright 1955,
New York Herald Tribune, Inc.)
tU - CK
and Contributors)
anywhere, as was Gregory Allen
Bostwick, of Sunnyside, Wash., O
in Jacksonville, Ore.
Deb Addison, of the Kla
math Falls Herald and News
siaff, has a boat which he calls
"The Dog's Nose" because it is
wet, cold and has no hair.
A Medford school held an open
house for parents last week. In
one room, a teacher had pre
pared for the event by teUing
her students she was going to
give their parents an arithmetic
test, and asking them to write a
note of welcome, to be left on
their desks to greet their parents
in the evening.
A Potluck a operative copied
down a couple of the notes, and
here they are:
No. 1 "Dear Dad If you lis
ten you might learn some sub
traction. Welcome to open
house."
No. 2 "Dear Mom & Dad
I'll find out if you're as good as
you say you are in arithmetic.
Because you're going to have a a
lesson.
"P.S. Good luck." '
Young daughter (speaking
out of a clear blue sky):
"Daddy, did you ever wish
something when you were
little that you wished you
hadn't wished when you were
bigger?"
A valley family recently pur
chased a large older home. They
found, in an upstairs bedroom,
a little closet, shanowQind flat,
which seemed to have no particu
lar purpose.
They found a purpose tor it,
however. Come Halloween,
when it came time to put away
the decorations, they found that
a folding skeleton just fit when
hung in the closet.
They now can lay claim to a
bona fide "skeleton in the
closet."
WEATHER
By United Press
Northern California: Mostly
cloudy through Sunday; oc
casional rain Ukiah and Red
Bluff north; slightly warmer to
day; southerly wind near coast
20-35 MPH Point Arena north
and southwest 10-20 elsewhere.
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