Eisenhower's Remarks at Key West Causes Republicans To Fret
By LYJUE C. WILSON
United Press Correspondent
Washington (U.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower's Key West
comment on' his political future
is being ana
lyzed here as
though it were
a newly dis
covered o'n e
act play by
Shakespeare.
No one knows
for sure what
Mr. Elsenhow
er actually
meant by his
auty and public office. There is
one passage, however, which
frets his Republican friends con
siderably. It was that one in
which he referred to the possi
bility that aoman in his condi
tion might die in office.
Fret is hardly the word for
it. It is causing some real un
happiness. It was a passage to
ward the end of the Key West
news conference in which the
President said:
"Remember this: Now, it is
not merely what the doctors say
to someone else, what the doc
tors say to me. It is a very crit
ical thing to change govern-
Lyle C. Wilson
Orange Crop To Be
Under Last Year
Washington (U.R) The
Agriculture department has es
timated the early and mid-season
orange crop at 66,965,000 boxes,
the same as indicated on Dec. 1
but about 2,000,000 boxes less
than last season's crop.
Valencias were forecast at 63,
050,000 boxes, 2,000,000 less
than a month earlier.
The grapefruit crop was plac
ed at 46,200,000 boxes, an in
crease of 1,000,000 boxes over a
month earlier.
California lemons were fore
cast at 13,200,000 boxes, 6 per
cent below last season.
The department said the indi
cated production of all oranges
for five states for 1955 was 130,
015,000 boxes. Production by
states: California, 36,000,000
boxes; Florida, 91,000,000 box
es; Texas, 1,800,000 boxes; Ari
zona, 1,000,000 boxes; Louis
iana, 215,000 boxes.
The grapefruit production by
states: Florida, 39,000,000 box
es; Texas, 2,200,000 boxes; Ari
zona, 2,400,000 boxes; Califor
nia, 2,600,000 boxes.
The department estimated De
cember milk production at 9,
023,000 pounds and 1955 pro
cd ii-d-i on at 124,462,000,000
pounds.
Egg production in December
wa3 estimated at 5,467,000,000.
The production for 1955 was es
timated at 67,355,000,000.
Portland U.R) City Com
missioner Stanley W. Earl, 46,
has filed for reelection to the
post he has held since 1952.
ments in this country at a time
that it is unexpected we ac
custom ourselves and so do for
eign governments, to changing
our government every four
years, but . always something
happens that is untoward when
a government is changed at oth
er times.
"It is a rather startling thing.
They tell me that there was
even some disturbance in the
stock market at the time I got
sick."
The point raised by Mr. Eisen
hower is precisely the campaign
issue Democrats will most ur
gently press if he is a second
term candidate. They must be
cautious and discreet about it.
But they will get over to the
voters this line of argument:
'"Sure, Ike is a great guy. But
suppose he dies. Look at that
Medford
Tribune
Second Section
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1956
Pages 1-6
Patterson's Recommendation for Oregon
Official on 9CC Said Quietly Buried
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Washington Gov. Paul Pat
terson's recommendation of an
Oregon official for a seat on the
Interstate Commerce commis
sion here in the nation's capital
has been quietly buried by the
Eisenhower administration. .
The governor last month sent
President Eisenhower the name
of Clifford W. Ferguson, who is
rail transportation director for
the Oregon Public Utilities com
mission. Patterson urged that
Ferguson be named to fill a va
cancy on the ICC. 1
A high official of the adminis
tration told this reporter "there
isn't a chance that Ferguson will
get th?t position."
None From Oregon
Patterson had pointed out to
the president that currently
none of the commissioners on
the 11-man body are from Ore
gon, whereas Oregon had been
represented for many years by
the late Clyde Aitchison, who
served until July 10, 1952.
But the administration official
in a position to know about the
ICC vacancy explained:
"The West already has three
men on the commission. It can
hardly expect more than that."
He was referring to Owen
Clarke of Yakima, Wash., John
H. Winchell of Colorado, and
Howard G. Freas of California.
All three men are Republicans
appointed by President Eisen
hower to serve 7-year terms.
Although there is no rule re
quiring wide geographical
spread of the membership of the
ICC, it is commonly observed in
the president's selections of
commissioners, :;1 - --' ' '"' '
Two From Midwest
In addition to the three west
erners now serving, there are
two from the midwest Iowa
and Indiana; two from the
south Texas and Georgia;
one border state Kentucky;
and one easterner Connecti
cut. "The next commissioner will
probably come from one of the
big eastern manufacturing stat
es, possibly Pennsylvania or
New York," the administration
source predicted.
A second factor weighs heav
ily against Ferguson, it was ex-
Quotes From the News
By UNITED PRESS
Hollywood Grace Kelly, to reporters questioning her about
any change in her career plans because of her forthcoming mar
riage: "I had planned to do a play next year but I now have cancelled
that plan."
Washington Chairman Philip Young of the Civil Service
commission, testifying about the security check on government
employees:
"Rarely does an individual get tagged with being a security
risk. Most of those doing the most shouting tagged themselves."
Philadelphia Mrs. Gertrude Silver, in admitting she arranged
the abortion attempt which killed her daughter, Doris Jean Os
trecher: . "
"When you love your child, you will do anything for that
child."
Washington House Republican Leader Joseph W. Martin Jr.
(Mass.) after attending a meeting with President Eisenhower and
House and Senate GOP leaders:
"This was not a political meeting.
Chicago Adlai Stevenson, on President Eisenhower's nine
point farm program:
"The President's message is recognition, at last, that the farmer
needs help at least in an election year."
Miami Police Chief Walter Headley during a heated Miami
Board of Review meeting discussing a photograph of Marilyn Mon
roe in a bathing suit:
"I don't see anything obscene about the human breast."
Miami Mrs. Regina McLinden, chairman of the Board of Re
view, replying to Headley:
"Neither do I, but let's keep the. breast in its place." .
New York Former Vice-President and former Agriculture
Secretary Henry Wallace on the President's soil bank proposal:
"I am quite enthusiastic about it."
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plained, and that relates to his
past service at the ICC from
1936 to 1942.
"Even if there were no west
erners on the commission now,
the official went on, "Ferguson
wouldn't get the job."
He said the Oregon official
is not spoken of highly in all ICC
quarters among those officials of
the agency who worked with
him during his term of service
with the commission. He indi
cated this was a major factor in
the fact that the governor's rec
ommendation is not being given
any serious consideration.
Complains of Cross-Fire
During the recent freight car
shortage, one high ICC official
complained bitterly to this re
porter about what he regarded
as the political cross-fire the ICC
was caught in between Oregon
state officials and the state's two
senators. Ferguson then was
serving as- counsel for the gov-
ernor s emergency committee
which was appointed to take ac
tion to alleviate the boxcar
shortage this past summer and
fall.
iuu otticiais felt they were
doing all in their power to dis
burse all available cars equit
ably over the western rail sys
tems, including the Southern
Pacific. Since Ferguson was cast
in the role of spokesman for the
governor's committee, he had to
deal with ICC officials- and, this
official made clear, he had not
made any friends at the ICC in
the process.
Whatever the root of the an
tagonism may have been, the
result has clearly served to
scratch Ferguson from the list of
potential candidates for the $15..
OOO-a-year vacancy on the ICC.
fellow running with him. Do
You want him in the White
House in a year or so?"
The Democrats are going to
campaign against the vice-presidential
nominee, no matter who
he is, if Mr. Eisenhower again
heads the Republican ticket. It is
an issue which will require
careful handling because, liter
ally, it is a matter of life and
death. Voters could be offended
if it were overplayed.
Why, in heaven's name, some
Republicans are asking today,
did the President raise the issue
himself? The Democrats now
have a handy campaign quote
from Mr. Eisenhower, himself,
to pass on to the voter. It looks
like a substantial political mis
play, one of the few charged
against the President.
Moreover, if he was surpris
ed that the stock market bob
bled a bit at his heart attack,
he was among the very few
grown men and women who
could not have predicted with
much confidence that a presi
dential heart attack would jar
the market. He must have toss
ed that line in to build up the
idea that the death of a presi
dent in office is a world shaking
event.
It is a world shaker, all right.
But there is not much prece
dent for the idea that the shake
is more than superficial- Lin
coln's death in office unquest
ionably changed the course of
American history into the chan
nel of the brutal reconstruction
of the South.
But, three - of 10 presidents
elected in this century have died
in1 office. Neither' the world nor
the nation suffered permanent
scars. Tneir vice-presiaentiai
successors carried on in good
style. Mr. Eisenhower went con
siderably out of his way to set
up a sweet campaign issue for
his political enemies.
He has put the 1956 Republi
can presidential ticket on a hot
spot if he heads it again.
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