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In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS In Washington the other morn ing. President Eisenhower step ped up on a platform, smiled his irresistible smile and made one oi his priceless informal talks. - His talk was frankly political. It was addressed to a national campaign conference of the Citi zens for Eisenhower Organiza tion. He asked this group of citi zens to work hard to continue what he called his administra tion1 GREAT MIDDLE OF THE ROAD PHILOSOPHY OF GOVERNMENT. WHAT U Ike s middie-of-the " road philosophy? . . This, I think, is it: It Is steering a middle course between the twin evils of big-government-do-everything and weak government that is domin ated by selfish interest. IN explaining this philosophy, I'm afraid I'll have to go high brow for a moment. Finding the safe middle course between menacing evils is one of mankind's oldest dreams. It is dramatized in the Greek myth of Jason and his search for the Golden Fleece. The Golden Fleece lay somewhere beyond a narrow strait. On a rock at one side of this strait dwelt Scylla, a monster with six heads; each on a long neck and each armed with three rows of sharp teeth. On a rock on the other side dwelt Charybdis. a monster that thrice every day swallowed up the waters of the sea and thrice threw them up ag?in. To gain the Golden Fleece Jason and his Argonauts had to steer a careful course between these monsters. They did it. THERE are things that govern ment, meaning ALL of us, can do better for the common good than free private enterprise individuals, competing with each other, can do for themselves. Roads, for example. Social se curity, lor example. Disaster re lief, for example. We CRAVE thes things, as Dental Tradition Soysi "Never Retire" I have never done better work than now and I have no Intention of retiring. Or. S. Ralph Dippel, D.M.D. Is That So? For power-packed fury no oth er wind on earth, except perhaps the blast in front of a tremen dous avalanche, rivals the tor nado. Striking swiftly and unpre dictably, perhaps 100 tornadoes will leave their destructive wakes over the land this year and take the lives of about 250 people. Although the entire life his tory of a tornado is usually compressed within 60 minutes m any one of these 60 it can and has wreaked $50,000,000 destruc tion. Seldom is the path of a "twist er" more than a quarter mile wide and ten miles long much more often, it is nearer 25 yards wide and ten miles long. And as it advances, it may demolish this man's barn, rise and skip that man's home, and then descend to take away a third man's entire set of buildings. Neither month of year nor state of the union is exempt from its visitation. However, the time of distribution is fairly predict able: of the 100 tornadoes to hit this year, an average of 21 strike in May. .18 in this month of June, 17 in April, 12 in March, eight in July, five in both Aug ust and September, three in Jan uary, February, October and No vember, and two in December. Of the hours of the day, it pre fers the middle or latter part of the afternoon. As for the areas in which it will strike, Kansas will get most But the smug belief that one Jason and hjs Argonauts craved the Golden Fleece. The narrow strait through whicn we must pass to reach them is menaced on one side by the presently dom inant wing of the Democratic party that leans too far over to ward Big Government Do Every thing and on the other side by the hard core of standpat Repub licans who adhere to the philos ophy of every man for himself and the devil take the hindmost. Ike and his modern Argonauts believe it is possible to STEER BETWEEN these monsters and reach the goal of a society in which government, which is ALL OF US. can gain for us these things we all want with out becoming so big and so all powerful as to MENACE OUR LIBERTIES. THAT, as I see it, is the sub stance of Ike's middle-of-the-road philosophy. That is why I am for Ike. I think it is why a lot of other people are for Ike. By EUGENE BURNS Rangar-Njturalist may be safe from tornadoes out side of the "tornado belt," vague ly located within the great Mis sissippi Valley, somewhere around Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa, is an error grievous er ror. True, in a 25-year period, Kansas had 177 twisters, Iowa 124. Nebraska 72. while Pennsyl vania had only 42, New York 37 IS THAT SO and Massachusetts 10. But when these frequencies are scanned in terms of states' relative sizes, then small Massachusetts with its 10 tornadoes has more per square mile than Nebraska which is 9'i times larger and more than half as many as Kansas and Iowa! And as for Washington, D.C., that tiny 69-square mile area which has experienced 4 tornadoes in 34 years has set up a tornado expectancy almost 20 times that of a comparable spot in "cyclone-wracked" Kansas. Two Air Masses What produces this giant vacu um sweeper of the atmosphere, this destructive monster of winds? To make one there must be two highly contrasted air masses a warm layer from a mile to two miles thick underlying a cold air falls steeply and at the point where it makes contact, it sets up an eddy much the same as an eddy is set up in water where two currents of different speeds converge. As the gyration increases, a partial vacuum forms within this great eddy adding im measurably to its destructive power. Every tiny whirlwind darting across a field, swirling up dust, picking up leaves, twisting tum bleweeds, however innocent-ap pearing, is in itself a miniature whirling tornado. And, : too, something of the innocence of this little dust-devil seems inher ent in the funnel shaped cloud of a full-grown tornado. At a distance it appears so beguilingly fragile. Yet. as it comes on, that great writhing rope -colored black, greenish or purple be- If you're saving for a big event . . . 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As the revolving vortex spins in closer, its destructive power becomes increasingly apparent, and once caught in the center victims state that its force is ap pallingexemplified by straws, sand, gravel, and splinters which whirl about in its heart with the speed of bullets. As it ap proaches a barn or house, the roof may lift and the walls flatten out from within, literally exploding. Part of that lifting roof along with pieces of steel, wood, cat tle, humans and chickens may be whirled high aloft like match- sticks in an updraft which it is estimated may attain a speed of 15.000 feet a minute! Befitting the devastation, there is an unforgettable stentorian roar. Prodigious deeds done rail way trains hurled from tracks, heavy steel bridges lifted from piers, entire roofs of frame build ings carried for miles, straws driven into oaks, chickens stripped naked-11 done within seconds. A fresh breeze sup plants the tornado when it has gone, never to retread the exact route of its destruction. What was the total power of that wind within the tornado? Because no instrument has yet measured that force, estimates vary. But by its very deeds, a tornado proclaims that its in ternal speeds must often exceed 375 miles an hour but taking 185,000 Car Workers Among Unemployed Washington (U.PJ The La bor department reported Satur day that 185,000 auto workers were unemployed last week an increase of 18,000 since the prev ious week. There were 20,000 new layoffs in the week that ended May 26, the largest weekly layoff since March 1, the department said. However, 2000 employees laid off previously were recalled to their jobs. The department said 107,000 of the unemployed were in Mi chigan, with 69,000 at Detroit. Indiana had the second largest number with '27,000 laid-off workers. Ohio was next with nearly 21,000. Sunday, June 1, 195S MiDFORD (OREGON) MM, TRIBUNE FIVS that figure, when translated into "force" means that the tornado packs a wallop of 25 times the strength of a 75-mile-an-hour hurricane! (Copyright, 19J6, by Eugene Burns Released by McClura Newspaper Syndicate) Free: By special arrangement with the editors of the Encyclo pedia Americana, my panel of judges will award each week to the reader who sends me the best true-life nature adventure, the best nature observation, or the best question on nature and wildlife, a complete 30-volume set of this world-famous refer ence work in a handsome Seal craft binding. Each week new submissions will be considered. Sorry, I simply can't answer your many friendly letters. Please address your letter to: Is That So! co Medford Mail Trib une, Box 575, Sausalito, Calif. Firms Report Rush From Eastern Market Portland U.K The ply wood 'industry here reported a flood of orders from eastern and midwestern buyers hoping to take advantage of last week's price slump. Spokesmen for the trade said the new low price of $76 for index ply grade may not last another week. Mills already were refusing orders at the low prices for de livery past June. They predicted a price increase to about $80 within a short time. Lumbermen also reported a firm market and attributed the trend to federal court cismissal of a petition that would have sustained the "slow freight" practice of lumber marketing. The buyers had apparently been waiting for the court decision be fore deciding to buy from tran sit shippers while prices were low. . Transit shippers said they were adjusting to the Interstate Commerce Commission order against transit shipping and were going on a "firm order" basis. KnoxviSle Firemen Answer Boy Alarm Knoxville, Tenn. (U.P.) 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