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President's Job Mot Man-Killer many Seem To Think. Past Records indicate By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Correspondent Washhington (U.R) Presi dents of the United States earn their salaries right enough. Eut, this man-killing job business is mostly hokum. Only six presidents have died in office, three of them by gun shot. Another was incapacitated The average age at death is 63 years, mighty close to the allot ted three score and ten. More significiantly, the survi val average after leaving the White House is 13 years as of now. The myth that the White House job is a man-killer is founded partly on the self-pity of some presidents during and after their terms of office. The White House associates and po litical pals of presidents have done much more to sell the idea that the job is almost suicidal. This is particularly true in elec tion years when politically allied members of Congress at any time are likely to delay public business by telling the Plouse or Senate how hard their man in the White House must work. From Vilson On Your correspondent began ob serving presidents closely when Calvin Coolidge was in office and had a peek or two at Wood row Wilson before that. He has seen presidents who were hav ing their bad days or weeks. But so do golfers, ball players and, even, non-political work ing stiffs, have bad days and weeks. And some of them die comparatively young. FDR didn't look so good to ward the last, there, but he was full of boom clear through his second term. Mr. Big was around considerably longer than most and accepted a fourth nomination when he would have been better advised to seek hospital rest. Counting the pay, the loose hours and fringe benefits, the presidency of the United States isn't a bad job at all. A good number of selfless patriots have their eyes on the White House right now for 1956 and later. There isn't one among them, in cluding President Eisenhower, who would be likely to grab for a job that really killed. Presidents are not the only public officials who get to feel- bers of Congress get the blues, esneciallv senators. Sometimes, when a senator passes on you would think he had been tak ing all his meals at his desk, and i sleeping on it, to boot, to hear 1 his colleagues tell it. Not Since Copeland j There hasn't been so much of that since Sen. Royal S. Cope- land departed. Copeland was also a medical doctor. It was his custom to sound off consid erably back in the 20s and 30s when a colleague died. It al- Eisenhower Meets With Top Officials Washington (U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower presided Sat urday at a top-secret conference on U. S. security programs. The White House refused to discuss the session but there were hints it dealt with classi fied aspects of U. S. intelligence operations which may lead to an important presidential decision. Judge Finds Smith's Petition Defective Salem (U.R! Woodrow Wil son Smith, the only man op posing Sen. Wayne Morse in the Democratic primary for U. S. senator, lost the first round of his move to have Senator Morse's name removed from the primary ballot but filed an amended affidavit through which he hopes to bring the legal action to issue. Smith had petitioned the Marion county Circuit court to have the name of Morse re moved from the May 18 ballot because it was his "information and belief Wayne Morse is not in fact a Democrat in good faith but is instead a Republican." Marion County Circuit Judge Val Sloper held that Smith's original petition was defective and that a charge of fraud can not be based on information and belief. Smith immediately filed an amended affidavit with the court citing a number of declarations ellegedly made by Morse, all prior to 1945, in which he stres sed that he was a member of the Republican party. Violence Kills 13 in Algerian Outbreaks Algiers, Algeria, (U.R) Thir teen Frenchmen and Moslems ere killed in scattered voilence across revolt-torn Algeria Sat urday. The death-toll mounted stead ily despite the French govern ment's determined military and political offensive designed to end the month of fighting in the northwest African territory. French officials estimated that some 80 per cent of the Moslem farmers will profit by the new agricultural reforms decreed by Premier Guy Mollet's govern ment Friday. The cabinet approved seven decrees aimed at improving liv ing and working conditions for Moslems in Algeria. Mollet blam ed low wages and unemploy ment for much of the unrest which has swept the territory for the past few months. ways was overwork, although in one instance it easily could have been bootleg liquor, over-eating, or, maybe, some other over-indulgence. Copeland held that it was over work, however, that killed sen ators and would put on quite a show. He did it over the years and held his audience until the day he proposed that the Senate do something about it. Make the working conditions better, Copeland said. Wanted Sunlight To start, Copeland proposed that the wall back of the presid ing officer be knocked out, that Senate chamber be extended through the marble room to an outside wall of glass. "Let the sunlight in upon us," Copeland pleaded. "Let the sun light in." The late Claude Swanson, sen ior senator from Virginia, arose and addressed the chair. He said he was for the project, but he wanted to ask Copeland one question: "How will the senator compel the sun to rise or set in the north?." Copeland let the project drop. WELCOMING HIS father-in-law to be, E. C. Daniel, Jr. (left), meets ex-President Harry S. Truman on Truman's arrival in New York for speaking tour. Daniel and Margaret Truman (right), recently engaged, will marry in April. (International) MedfordJbk Tribune United Press Full Leased Wire Uiuled Press Full Leased Wire Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1956 Pages 1-6 River Commission to Draft New Compact Klamath Falls (U.R) The drafting committee of the Ore gon Klamath River commission will meet here today and Tues day to rewrite the proposed com pact for equitable distribution of water in the Klamath river. The U. S. Justice Department recently ruled a compact al ready written was unconstitu tional. The final draft of the one to be written next week will be presented at public hearings in Oregon and northern California, ing sorry for themselves. Mem- Use Tribune Want Ads For Best Results AN FRANCISCO Money-saving joint fares A Nichol's Worth of . . . Comment On This and That By HARMAN W. NICHOLS United Press Feature Writer Dead line for Sunday Classified Is I flea Trihlin3 lAnnf Ar1 at noon Saturday. wae mouiie rrum huj i natron w" j r i: : r tt.. . - Buy wcauuug pigs., pic1Ciiuiy o u Mk usf(jr Afben 8 weeks old. We'll help you locate "Crowing Pigs" them. You can raise real ham Booklet S-533.. ' without corn-feeding with Albers. Your "Do-It-Yourself " Kit for real ham dinners is complete with this West Coast pig-maker feed. Built especially for Western hog raising. A -complete feed, no grain needed, no mixing, you can produce 100 lbs. of pork for about 12 dollars. We Still Have A Few 1955 M.E. TILLERS -16" cut Reg. Price $198 $ While They Last EASY TERMS CAN BE ARRANGED We Carry Our Own Contracts WATCH FOR OUR GRAND OPENING of Southern Oregon's Most Modern Feed Store! MEDFORD FEED & SEED 330 North Fir Washington U.R) Our Nats may not win the American league flag this year, but they'll be about the r Fanciest Dans in baseball. For instance, the letter "W" on their shirts will be in 3D, j like in the flickers. The navy blue let ter has a white edge With a Harman Mctiols scarlet edge sticking out be yond that. Bill Flester of Wilson Sport ing Goods outlet here has just returned from Orlando, Fla., where the Nats are flexing their biceps in spring training. Made to Measure Bill's job was to measure the 42-man squad, including Mana ger Chuck Dressen and the coaches, for new suits. Since only 25 men will be car ried when the season opens, some of the extra suits will have to be packed. A lot of them maybe never will be worn. "Cal Griffith hopes that in the event of any future trades the extra suits will fit," Bill said. Each ball hawk must have six suits. Three white ones for "at home" entertainment, and three gray ones for the road. The man agement provides the pants, shirts, cap, stockings and belt. These come at $60 a copy. The kids must buy their own gloves, shoes and T-shirts. Those incidentals run into money, too. "A good catcher's mitt costs at least $39.95," Bill said. "And a catcher must have at least two. One to use all of the time and another which he breaks in a little bit at a time. No catcher is worth his diamond dust without a 'well broke-in' mitt." Shces are Expensive The club also buys the catch er's shin guards, protectors and mask. Fielder's gloves rund around $30 each, and big leaguers gen erally get a couple or more. T-shirts are not expensive, but shoes come at $25 a pair. And if a fly snagger works hard at it he can wear out at least three pairs a season. Bats are expensive, too. The clubs furnish bats but some of fA " if" r Red Leaders Order Members Be Quiet Rome (U.R) Leaders of Italy's Communist party, biggest outside the Iron Curtain, Satur day slapped a gag on Red Par liament members because some had balked. at the campaign to shatter the myth of Josef Stalin. Italian Red leaders ordered party members to keep quiet after "leaks" told of violent squabbles over Moscow's deci sion to debunk the political and military, genius of Stalin. Party Boss Palmiro Togliatti allowed Communist Parliament members to speak their minds freely at a party debate Thurs day. But some deputies spoke too f r e e 1 y they revealed to newsmen that the session was a stormy one. Togliatti was reported to have quelled the anti-Moscow revolt only by conceding Stalin's "greatness" despite his many errors. the big stars prefer to buy tail ormade bats of their own, and devil take the bat lad who hands a man the wrong stick. Manager Dressen, who is built close to the diamond, was hard to fit. Being short, his shirt and pants have to have about three inches sawed off. He's pretty flush around the middle, too, but since he has elected to boss from the bench Chuck doesn't figure to kick through too many pairs of shoes. As We Live By ELIZABETH HU1LOCK. PH.D. A Trial Separation May Strengthen a Marriage Every child needs a feeling of security. However, financial se curity is less important than emotional security. (Q) "I have been married for ten years and have two children. 73?3 boys of 9 and 7 years. My husband and I don't get along well and fight constantly. In our fights, I have often said I would leave him if he didn't Dr. Hurlock treat me bet-ter.-My older -son has heard us quarreling and asks me, from lime to time, what would hap pen to him if I left. I have told him I would take him and his brother to live with my parents and get a job to support them. He gets very much upset and seerrfs to brood over our quar rels. J The younger boy is very fond of his grandparents and says he would rather live with them than with his father. I don't want to make life any harder for my sons than neces sary but, at the same time, I don't think a wife should put up with the constant quarreling just for the sake of the children. Would it be better for the chil dren if I went to live with my parents?" (A) A home with one parent who goes out to work and leaves the children with the grandpar ents is certainly not ideal for children. Nor is a home where the parents are constantly quar reling. I suggest you visit your par ents for a month or so and see if the separation will help you and your husband to get along better. You and he may get a better perspective on your mar riage, your problems and the needs of your children if you are apart for a short time. See How Things Go During that period, see how things go, both for you and the children. Your children may be happier with their grandparents, away from the friction of your home, than they were at home. You, too, may be happier, but you may find this a far from satisfactory arrangement for any more than a visit. I am sure you and your hus band could get along better and quarrel less if you both made the effort. It is unfair to your selves and your children to be have as you have been behaving. Surely two adults who were enough in love to want to marry can . come to some understat ing if both are willing to do their share. (Copyright 1956, General Features Corp.) For schedules or fares call 2-6161 or your Travel Agent NEW LOCATION KIRBY CO. HAS MOVED TO . . . 225 NO. 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