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History from the files ot The
Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30 and
to years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
June 3, 1946
(It was Monday)
Promoter Mack Lillard has
ligned world champion wrestler
Ernie Pilaso tor the main event
of Wednesday night's card at
Medford armory. ,
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: County
Agent Bob Fowler is the latest
bouncing grandfather of a proud
baby who arrived Friday.
20 Years AGO
June 3. -1938
(It was Wednesday)
Jackson county court denies
a score of requests by miners
tor permission to "work" the old
court house grounds at Jackson
ville. . Frank Rector installed presi
dent of the Medford Typograph
ical Union No. 559.
30 YEARS AGO -Jun
3, 1926
(It was Thursday
The first barbeque to be- held
In Medford for several years
will begin in the city park at
6:30 p.m. as a part of the Cham
ber of Commerce membership
drive.
Petitions are being circulated
asking the city council to give
free license hereafter to the
Chautauqua.
40 YEARS AGO
Jun 3. 1916
fit was Saturday)
AQhlanr! Dlans to entertain at
loaet 30.000 people on July 4.5
and 6. during the formal open
ing of the new park.
From Local and Personal col
umn: William Moore, or Rose
burg, is visiting friends in the
city this week.
What's the Answer?
1. California's delegates at
the 1952 Democratic convention
were mostly for Stevenson, Ke
fauver, Sen. Russell (Ga.), Harri
man or Barkley?
2. U.S. aircraft manufactur
ers have orders for around (a)
100, (b) 125, (c) 200, or (d)
250 jet air transports?
3. Korean Vice President-elect
Chang belongs to the same po
litical party as reelected Presi
dent Syngman Rhee; right or
wrong?
4. The number of peerages in
Britain has declined in the past
50 years, stayed about the same,
or gone up?
5. A constitutional amend
ment to prohibit abolition of
slaverv by Congress was sub
mitted to the states on the eve
of the Civil War; right or
wrong?
6. Communist international
radio propaganda broadcasts
have been increasing or falling
off in recent years?
7. Woodrow Wilson was born
100 years ago next Dec. 28 In
Frinceton. NX. Savannah, Ga.,
or Staunton, Va?
The Answers: 1. Kefauver. 2.
200 jet transports. 3. Wrong
(Rhee's running mat was de
feated). 4. Net Increase of 214
Right (Corwin
amendment. March 2. 1861; rati
fied by Ohio. Md.. 111.). 6. Broad
casts tripled between 1948 and
iocc .rrorrlina to U. S. Infor
mation Agency. 7. Staunton.
The U. S. exported 3,000.000
tons of coal to Japan in 1954.
One-third of the homes in the
TJ. S. are 25-50 years old.
A Comeback for McCarthy? '
McCarthyism is dead but not buried.
With a presidential election approaching there is
apparently a country-wide but underground effort to
stage a resurrection.
We are in receipt of a poster from a post-office
box in Glendale, California no names mentioned
for example, headed as follows r
"Knowland for President IF."
THE "IF" means if President Eisenhower should be
unable to accept the Republican nomination be
cause of ill health, then the supporters of this pro
nouncement will be for Knowland, and want "all traditionally-minded
American patriots" to gather
around the standard of "100 Americanism" now,
so if any such regrettable tragedy should happen these
20th Century members, of the Knowland Tea-Party
will be prepared.
We quote:
"It js realistic to assume that the man who admits at this
early date he will be able to make only six or seven televis
ion speeches might very easily conclude it would be unwise
for him to accept the nomination at San Francisco. Shrewd
politicians of great power in the party who have always op- .
posed the Knowland-Taft-MacArthur elements are warming
up several horses in their stable which include Stassen,
Dewey, Humphrey, Milton Eisenhower and others. If they
are exercising prospective candidates on the risk of an emer
gency situation then it behooves us to do something very
practical and realistic without in any way embarrassing Mr.
Knowland's responsibility to the party."
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"llf HERE does Senator McCarthy come in? Well as
" v he undoubtedly wished, not by a frontal attack,
but by a flank movement aided by the smoke screen
of Knowland-Taft-and-Mac Arthur in short, the
method made famous by Moscow political infiltra
tion. There is in short, no DIRECT plea for McCarthy
and McCarthysim, but throughout this manifesto, in a
subtle but effective way, the importance of a rejuven
ation and reinstatement of, the junior Senator from
Wisconsin is made clear.
For example, quote :
We believe the situation Is so fraught wtih danger in the
light of the world crisis that a draft Knowland movement
should rise above even his personal desires, to the end that
the Republican party be saved from the menace of AP
PEASEMENT, NEW DEALISM, UNITED NATIONS tyr
anny and a score of other threatening potentials that might
mature, if a last-minute decision had to be made by a hand
ful of men who literally hate such statesmen as Knowland,
Bricker, McCarthy, Jenner, Welker and their compatriots.
(The capitalization is ours.)
Well there is the cream of the pro-McCarthy group
in the Upper House of Congress, for as the poster
points out in its endorsement of California's senior
senator, he is one of the few GOP stalwarts who. "in
spite of terrific pressure from the White House and
elsewhere" fought against the censuring of Senator
McCarthy. He promised to lead a campaign to with
draw from the United Nations if Communist China
were recognized another McCarthy item.
AND HERE is the final exhortation, which certainly
tor did not write it, quote :
"The purpose of this call is to alert people who are in a
mood to stand ready for a sensational and dynamic chal
lenge, when, as and if it becomes necessary. If the emergen
cy arises and we are unprepared, our party will be sucked
down into a pit of socialistic, international statecraft that
could easily sound the death kneU of the Party and Amer
ica as we know it and love it"
There is the old fear complex and conspiracy
bugaboo again.
If any of our readers wish to join this "sacred crus
ade" and further -the cause of this brand of "100
Americanism" as represented by "Knowland, Brick
er, MacArthur, McCarthy, Jenner and Welker," all
they have to do is to send their contributions to r. U.
Box 1222, Glendale 5, California, and if they add ten
cents per name for a list of
the friends will each receive
mented upon above, suitable for posting in any con
spicuous place, such as the
the back door of the family
California
Even Adlai Stevenson's
agree about one virtue he
One may aeree or disagree with his political views
but no one at least no discerning person can deny
that he believes what he
believes. There isn t a phoney note in his make-up.
As Mrs. Roosevelt irecently remarked, Stevenson
thinks political problens through he doesn't skim
their surface and when he comes to a conclusion he
announces it, and sticks to it so long as he believes
it, and no longer.
THIS INTEGRITY, this
1 has been clearly demonstrated in this primary
campaign by his reaction to the results which with the
exception of his victory over the ebullient and irre
pressible Estes Kefauver
been particularly encouraging.
Mr. Stevenson has not, like so many politicians,
pretended them to be. After the Minnesota debacle,
for example, he frankly admitted his disappointment,
had no alibis to offer merely said he would continue
to stay in the contest and intended to do better by
making his position and his
THAT he has done. He won a clear-cut victory in
Florida, getting 22 out of 28 delegates but he
made no pretense it was a
cision, and he spared the
"disloval opposition, confining his comment to a sin-
gle sentence, thanking the
"vote of confidence.
His opponent, Senator
Sunday. Jun 3, 1958
friends similarly disposed,
a copy of the poster com
front door of the office or
garage. K. W. K.
Will Decide
political enemies should
has, namely: HUNbbli,
says and he says what he
freedom from make-believe,
here in Oregon, have not
convictions clearer.
knockout victory, only a de
ear drums and feelings ol the
people of Florida for their
Kefauver and another op;
Veterans Organizations
Commission's Pension
Washington (CQ) The GI'i
General Omar N. Bradley
has veterans' organizations tak
ing the field against him over
his report to President Eisen
hower on benefits for ex-servicemen.
Bradley, chairman of the
President's seven-man Commis
sion on Veterans' Pensions, and
former chief of the Veterans'
Administration, told Mr. Eisen
hower that "the whole structure
of traditional veterans' pro
grams ... (should) be modern
ized . . . and brought up to
date."
Citing the growth in the num
ber of veterans and their de
pendents since World War II
in 1940 there were four million
veterans, now 22 million veter
ans and their families amount
to 45 per cent of the United
States population Bradley's
Matter of Fact By
KEFAUVER FADES
Washington Since his defeat
in Florida it seems a reasonable
guess that Estes Kefauver, that
peculiar politi
c a 1 phenome
non, will begin
to fade and
grow dim as
a figure on the
American po
1 i t ical scene.
Kefauver 'has
another chance
in California,
of course. His
Stewart Alsop
defeat in Florida was by the
slimmest of margins. It is always
dangerous to make predictions
about .American politics, and
Kefauver has been about the
most consistently under-estimated
American politician. But
when all this is said, it is hard
to see how Kefauver can recover
from his Florida defeat.
To understand why the Flor
ida defeat is so devastating in
Kefauver's case, it is necessary
to understand the kind of cam
paign he waged in the last few
days of -the Florida race. On
Wednesday of the final week of
the campaign, all the reporters
covering Kefauver took note of
the fact that he had made a deci
sion sure to affect his whole
political future. His decision was
to play it rough.
- a
BEFORE that fateful Wednes
itav Var.iiiroi. 1.4.4 V. it..
familiar Kefauver making his
simple, earnest, cliche - ridden
speeches, shaking his usual quota
of a thousand hands a day with
automaton - like efficiency. . On
Wednesday he got tough. To be
sure, he didn't look tough. He
never does. As always, his man
ner was mild, almost sorrowful,
his tone law and hesitant. But
he was tough all the same.
In all his speeches, he ac
cused Adlai Stevenson, more in
sorrow than in anger, of veto
ing as Governor of Illinois an
inadequate pension for the "aged
and the blind." That night he
went on television and, using
an ancient political trick much
favored by Sen. Joseph R. Mc
Carthy, he brandished papers to
prove his charges.
More such charges followed
that Stevenson had represented
the Radio Corporation of Amer
ica before the Supreme Court,
and thus favored monopoly, that
six Florida Congressmen, whose
support Kefauver himself had
solicited, had "ganged up" on
him when they announced for
Stevenson.
a a
TTOWEVER mild the Kefauver
" manner, this was rough stuff,
and Kefauver knew it. He must
have known that the measure
increasing old-age pension which
II I
ponent, the Portland Oregonian did not show simi
lar sportsmanship or restraint.
The former proclaimed
him a great moral victory while the Oregonian
dismissed the Stevenson
. By what reasoning
moral victory for the man
victory for the winner that is a victory so costly that
if repeated would spell disaster is not clear. One
wonders what the verdict would have been had the
former governor of Illinois
his mends feared he would be?
. Although the margin of
lar vote was concerned, was probably not as great as
many Stevenson supporters hoped for a victory is a
victory, regardless of the margin and this is as true
in a primary as in a final
MOW IF Senator Kefauver can achieve a similar
' "MORAL victory" in
son can register a "similar pyrrhic" triumph in the
Golden Gate state, The Gentleman from Illinois wil.
enter the Chicago convention as the odds-on favorite
and the "Gentleman from
itely out of it as far as the party nomination is con
cerned. Or so it appears
tance.
a
TN OTHER WORDS, California promises to be as
A determining a factor in the race between Messers.
Stevenson and Kefauver for the presidential nomin
ation of the Democratic party, as it was some four dec
ades ago between Charles Evans Hughes and Wood
row Wilson for the presidency.
The victor will be definitely "in" the race, as the
loser, almost as definitely, will be "out" R. W. R.
group generally recommended
less benefits to non-disabled
veterans, more for those dis
abled during their service ca
reer. Conditions Seen Changed
This basic recommendation
was made, reports the Commis
sion, because conditions of mili
tary service have "changed for
the better" since the Civil War,
concepts of military service are
"forcing us to reshape" thinking
on veterans' benefits and the
"basic needs" for economic se
curity are being met increas
ingly through general govern
ment and private programs.
Most controversial is the
Commission recommendation
that military service is "an obli
gation of citizenship and should
not be considered inherently a
basis for future government
benefits."
Stewart Alsop
Stevenson vetoed was, as the
Chicago "Sun-Times" pointed out,
"passed by a Republican-con
trolled Legislature as a political
trap for Adlai." He must have
known that the Legislature pro
vided no revftiues for the in
crease, and thai, as the "Sun-
Times also said, it took rare
political courage and honesty"
for Stevenson to veto the meas
ure. ! ,
If Kefauver did not know
these things, it could only have
been because he made a consci
ous effort not to know them. As
a shrewd and experienced poli
tician, Kefauver must also have
known the risks he was taking
in adopting such tactics.
In the first place, they were
absolutely guaranteed to infuri
ate Stevenson's supporters and
Stevenson himself. One Steven
son intimate, asked if Stevenson
might still consent to run with
Kefauver if necessary for the
nomination, replied in measured
tones: Never, never, never.
But there is more to it than that.
Whatever happens in Cali
fornia, Stevenson is now assured
of a big and loyal bloc at the
convention. If Kefauver had not
made his fateful decision to play
it rough, he might logically have
hoped to inherit an important
proportion of Stevenson's dele
gate strength if Stevenson failed
to go over. Now that hope is
'dead. Whatever happens to Ste
venson, he and his managers can
now be counted on to do every
thing humanly possible to deny
Kefauver a place on the ticket.
a
FTiHE Northern liberal groups,
a
moreover, who still ex
ercise great influence at Dem
ocratic conventions, have always
been cool to Kefauver some
what illogically, since Kefauver
has a near perfect liberal voting
record, and has in the past shown
real courage, especially on civil
liberties issues. Now, thanks to
Kefauver's tactics in Florida, the
liberals will have a logical rea
son for opposing him. So will
the professional politicians, who
have been even cooler to the
Kefauver cause.
Conceivably, Kefauver might
still fight his way to a place on
the ticket the notion of a Har-
riman-Kefauver ticket, for ex
ample, is still much favored in
the camp of New York's Gov,
W. Averell Harriman. Yet the
apathetic Florida voters, in de
feating Kefauver by a mere
handful of votes have certainly
hurt him very badly.
And, as so often happens in
American politics, it has been
Kefauver himself, in his desper
ate thirst to win, who has hurt
Kefauver most.
Copyright 1956, Th
New York Herald Tribun Inc.
the result as a triumph for
victory as pyrrhic.
this 6 to 22 defeat was a
defeated and was a pyrrhic
been beaten, as some of
victory as far as the popu
election.
California and Adlai Steven
Tennessee" will be defin
at this time and at this dis
- e e
Reject
Report
This "new philosophy" has
caused a torrent of criticism
from three general veterans'
groups. The 2.7 million-member
American Legion, lor example,
sees this proposal .as laying the
foundation for a wholesale as
sault" on the entire veterans'
program.
The 1.2 million-member Vet
erans of Foreign Wars calls it
brushoff of the nation s vet
erans; the 125,000-member Am
erican Veterans of World War
II says it is a "radical depart
ure" from current practices and
"generally accepted there
would be little need for a vet
erans' benefit program."
Only AVC Supports
The Congressional Quarterly
found only one veterans organ
ization supporting the new pro
posals. The American Veterans
Committee, with only 25,000
members. May 29 said it "whole
heartedly endorsed the princi
ples of the Commission. The re
port, said AVC, is strictly in line
with its "citizen first veteran
second" policy.
The Legion and the VFW es
pecially are angry over Brad
ley s report, published while
both groups are plugging for
liberalized veterans' pension in
Congress.
The Legion plan to liberalize
pension laws for veterans of all
wars including Korea would be
most expensive according to a
Veterans Administration esti
mate. The VA says the cumula
tive cost could be $77.3 billion
by the year 2000. The VFW
plan, for World War I veterans
only, would cost $28.2 billion
by the year 2000. Both the Le
gion and the VFW say the Vet
erans' Administration estimates
are too high although they do
not deny substantial additional
cost.
Added to Present Cost
The cost figures for the two
plans would be in addition to the
cost of veterans' and dependents'
pensions already on the books.
Under current law the Bradley
commission estimates that the
cumulative cost in these pensions
would total $134 billion by the
year 2000. Any new pension
plan either for veterans or their
dependents not yet suggested
would have to be added to exist
ing commitments.
A second controversial recom
mendation by the commission
calls for pension programs to be
coordinated with the general
social security benefits."
The VFW places a "highly ob
jectionable" label on this pro
posal, the Legion caUs it "ridicu
lous," says the commission has
arrayed" no facts that "clearly
showed that social security was
serving the purpose which veter
ans pensions previously had
served."
While placing non-service-con
nected needs of veterans in a
reserve line status" the Brad
ley group strongly recommend
ed that the "highest priority" be
extended to those veterans hav
ing "service-connected disabil
ities" and further that these com
pensation benefits should be
liberal and even generous."
Other elements of the "new
look" at veterans' programs in
clude - recommendations for
"timely and adequate assistance"
to alleviate war-incurred handi
caps, continual study of the rel
ative economic and social status
of veterans in the society and
avoidance of providing "piece
meal" benefits or special assist
ance to "unusual" cases.
Plan Endorsed
AVC National Chairman Mick
ey Levine announced his group's
endorsement of the commission
report in letters to President
Eisenhower, Gen. Bradley and
Chairman Olin E. Teague (D
Texas) of the House Veterans' Af
fairs committee.
AVC said it feels that the "vet
erans of the nation really be
lieve" the commission's work is
of "great significance and va
lue." Levine suggested the House
Committee poll veterans to de
termine their opinions. Said
AVC, "We are confident that
your finding will disavow the
viewpoints expressed by leaders
of other major veterans' organi
zations." Levine also suggested
a Citizens-Veterans committee be
formed to "inform and educate"
Americans about the commission
report.
Meanwhile, the Legion plans
to spend $100,000 to publicize its
position on veterans' benefits "in
order that the people be Inform
ed of the facts."
Congress is marking time on
both the veterans' pleas and the
Bradley commission report. Ac
tion seems destined to be put off
at least until the new congress
convenes in January.
(Copyright 1956, Congres
sional Quarterly)
Editorial Comment
INVESTMENT GROWS
A growing realization for the
need of off-street parking in
America's cities is resulting in
vast expenditures for this pur
pose. .
The bulletin of the Public
Administration Clearing House
carries a report on a survey made
by the American Municipal Assn.
It shows that present expendi
tures and those committed for
future action total nearly a hall
POTLUCK
(By M-T Staff and Contributors)
We overheard a doctor (who
shall remain anonymous for
obvious reasons) comment on
psychiatrists th other day. He
said:
"Anyone who goes to a psy
chiatrist ought to have his
head examined."
Communications .
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Th Only "Honorable" Way
To the Editor: You have writ
ten many double column editori
als to justify a politician chang
ing parties, and be governed by
principle above party. We do not
know of anyone that does not
agree with that, and also the
right of a senatorial representa
tive of a party voting with an
other party on measures he be
lieves for the best interests of
his constituents. We all like to
read editorials ' that agree with
us. We also agree when a person
can no longer agree with the
party he had undertaken to rep
resent in the Senate, he should
resign and get out of the way,
and let the Governor, as provid
ed by law, appoint a suitable
representative. A man of prin
ciple above party would surely
do that. That would be simple
decency after their votes and
considerable expense for him, at
least when he had fully deter
mined to oppose them in the
future. Any principle at all
would be that, instead of de
priving them of any representa
tive that the election entitled
them to.
We know of only two ways
of getting to be a Democratic
senator, either by election by
Democrats as their representa
tive, or by appointment by the
Governor of the state. We know
of no honorable or legal way
that a man can get elected as a
representative Republican state
and then by wishful thinking
have himself transferred to
Democratic representative, for a
state whose Democratic repre
sentative had been defeated at
election. When a man is elected
to a six year term in the senate
nothing can deprive him of that
job except death, impeachment,
or resignation. And any one of
the three deprives him of any
honorable legal vote in the sen
ate, as far as I know, not being
a criminal trained lawyer, espe
cially if principle enters in above
party. When he resigns the job
he was elected for, he has no
more business in the senate, if
he has principle above party.
Ira C. Jones,
Stewart Ave.,
Medford, Ore.
A "Thank You"
To the Editor: This is a "thank
you to the merchants of the
community and to the member
ship of the YMCA for their re
sponse to the auction and smor
gasbord dinner in May.
It was gratifying to the com
mittee who worked hard to make
the affair a success that it turned
out to be a happy, successful
occasion.
So to all those who partici
pated, and especially to those
merchants whose generous dona
tions of food made the dinner
possible, we say thank you. To
the committees and persons who
gave so much of their, time and
effort, we say "Well done," and
thank you one and all.
Mrs. John Mansfield,
Chaiiman,
Dinner Committee
billion dollars in 326 cities
of
25,000 and over population.
New York City, the nation s
largest, had 9,150 off-street
spaces publicly provided in 1955
and plans a $50 million expendi
ture in the next five years. The
present program has cost $13
million.
In most cases, cities have
floated revenue bond issues and
earmarked on - street parking
meter revenues to handle the
financing. Sacramento, Calif, is
sued $1,600,000 in revenue
bonds, acquired several lots and
is paying off the debt rapidly.
Financial returns are showing
an annual surplus of more than
$50,000.
The bulletin notes that several
states, including Oregon and
Washington, are having dif
ficulties proceeding with off
street parking programs because
of inadequate state legislative
authority. It would seem wise for
the League of Oregon Cities to
prepare legislation for the next
legislature authorizing the for
mation of parking districts in
Oregon cities. A biU for this pur
pose was considered in the 1955
session but failed to make the
grade.
With parking districts to back
revenue bonds the way would be
Saved for cities to develop off-
street parking. As the number of
vehicles continues to increase.
the need for permanent off-
street parking under municipal
control is urgent Eugan Reg
ister-Guard.
A desk man yesterday un
rolled the "copy" from the tele
type machines, getting ready to
select the United Press news
items he would use in today's -issue
of the paper.
As he read the offerings he
became more and more puzzled,
as the accounts of Texas league
baseball, and stories of happen
ings in Houston, Dallas and San
Antonio kept piling up.
His puzzlement , mounted until
he came to an apologetic little
note from the United Press, ex
plaining that the teletype circuit
in this area had been hooked
by error to the Texas circuit.
It promised not to do it again.
a e
Earle Jossy, county agent
for agriculture, mopped th
floor in th county agents' of
fice Saturday morning.
W gleaned this interesting
bit of information from our
courthouse reporter, who
didn't know WHY he was do
ing th mopping, but-who was
impressed with the fact that
he didn't want it in th paper.
A staff member picked up
youngster to give him a lift
to town yesterday morning, and
was impressed with the boy.
who, it turned out, was more
than 14 years of age, although he
only appeared to be about 11.
The discussion turned to auto
mobiles, on which the youngster
appeared to be well-informed.
His brother, who is 16, he said,
has a car of his own. Turning
philosophical, the youth re
marked, "This is a car age." .
He pondered a moment, then
added: "Cars and women."
Memorial day. a holiday for
most people, was a half-holiday
at this newspaper. This con
fused on of our highly-efficient
telephone switchboard
operators, who insisted en
Thursday that it must b Mon
day. She even told on caller,
who asked for a certain staff
member, that he wouldn't b
in today, sine Monday is his
day off.
She finally got . squared
around aU right, though,
a a a
Remember the horse, kept on
the front lawn to keep it trim
med short, who seems to feel
he's an automobile because he is
found in the garage each morn
ing? Well, his owners returned after
a week end away recently to
find him trapped in the chicken
yard. '
And a few days later, they
found him back in tti-s garage
in the morning, but how he got
there is a mystery. They had
put a chain across the doorway.
and are still puzzling over how
he climbed over, or under, with
out wrecking a thing.
He's like some people we
know, who get Into messes as
easy as pie, but need help get
ting out again.
You'r read stories quoting
'reliable sources," and so on.
Well, wa'v run across a few
definitions which may prov
handy in such an event,
A "reliable source," we er
told. Is th guy you just meti
an "informed source" is th
guy who told th guy you Just
met, and an "unimpeachable
source" Is the guy who started
th rumor originally.
a a
Is 'a razor-back a clam or a
hog?
A minor controversy develop
ed in the newsroom over this
question yesterday, one faction
contending that a razor-back is
a hog and nothing else, and an
other faction contending that
clams, too, can be razor-backs.
Or is it razor-necks?
We're still not quite sure, for
a hotel menu, listing razor-back
clams, started the whole thing,
but a call to a seafood and butch
er shop resulted in a hearty laugh
but no conclusive and expert
opinion.
Th Albany Democrat-Herald
editorialized on th perils
of th first meeting of th
parents of th prospective
bride and th prospective
bridegroom. It can be "pur
horror." th editorialist main
tains. He adds:
"They brought th two sl,
of parents together from dis
tant points for a day together.
Ages were similar. There wer
no disparities of race er na
tionality er any of thos ob
vious things.
"But her father is western
representative for a big dis
tillery, an arch conservative,
a worldly and affluent leader
of his circle, and one-a-decad
church-goer.
"His father is a Methodist
minister, a liberal, and pos
sibly the most unworldly man
since Thoreau. To top it off,
he likes solitude.
"What did they talk about?
"In th words of th would
be groom. They sort of kicked
th weather around in fact
they beat it to death'."
"The path to wedded bliss is
paved with land mine, th
editorial concludes.