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From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: All polls throughout the nation include the majority favor a Republican president to save the nation after 1948. 20 YEARS AGO Aug. 21. 1936 (It was Friday) A demonstration of Bosc pear grading will be given at 10:30 tomorrow morning at plant 4 of the Pinnacle Packing com pany. A livestock judging contest will be held in the form of a tour. Saturday, Aug. 22, begin ning at 9 a.m. 30 YEARS AGO Aug. 21. 1926 (It was Saturday) A great boon to the pear growers of the Rogue River val ley has just been granted by the Southern Pacific company, according to A. S. Rosenbaum of the Southern Pacific. There is wonderful weather at Crater national park follow ing the stormy period early this week, according to Supt. C. G. Thomson. 40 YEARS AGO Aug. 21. 1916 (It was Monday) The largest crowd of the year attended the concert of the Ash land Lithia park on Sunday aft ernoon, with the exception of the Fouth of July celebration. From Local and Personal col umn: Charles Milligan has re turned to Medford from north ern California, where he has been working for some months. What's the Answer? Can You Get 4 of the 7? Copr. 1955 Editorial Research Report 1. This is the 16th, 26th or 36th national convention held by the present - day Republican party? 2. Turkey is or isn't an Arab state? 3. The chief commodity nor mally carried through the Suez Canal is oil; right or wrong? 4. First Republican presiden tial nominee was General Grant, Abraham Lincoln, W. H. Sew ard. John C. Fremont or W. H. Harrison? 5. British foreign minister is , newspaper -a"ssociation Harold Macmillan, Selwyn Lloyd, R. A. Butler. Lord Salis bury or Prime Minister Eden himself? 6. The Studebaker - Packard plants were recently leased to Borg-Warner. General Motors, Henry J. Kaiser. Curtis-Wright or Bendix Aviation? 7. A Yarborough is a fishing town in England, kind of a sail boat, card hand without picture cards, wrestling maneuver, or animal's den? The answers: 1. 26th. 2. Isn't. 3. Right. 4. Fremont. 5. Lloyd. 6. Curtiis-Wright. 7. Card hand without picture ctxds, ,M Jh. m MAIL TRIBUNE The Nation s No. 1 Politician As has been indicated in this department many times we have a very dim view of Richard Nixon. The very idea of his ever taking the place of President Eisenhower m trie wnue Mouse manes us acuieiy sea sick. P,nt we have to hand it to him in one direction. If he continues to "get away with murder" in the fnturp. as he ha? in the nast. he will eo down in the history books as one of American history. I 00K at the record. - How many young men in public life today could get away with receiving a gift of $18,000, from a group of well-heeled tycoons in California (or any other state) as did Poor We can think of none Even though one of the cleverest and most re sourceful criminal lawyers in Los Angeles and one of the most capable public-relations experts in the USA composed the scenario Richard had to ACT it out single-handed, and we doubt if Sir Henry Irving at his peak could have pulled off a better job, in the field of partisan histrionics. It not only brought down the house, it brought "Ike," the outstanding hero of World War II, almost to tears, as he later clasped mate a nd patting him on tremulous and affectionate my BOY! jyiOST of the Democrats who heard that touching and eloquent "alibi" fled in disorder from that scene, apparently to hide their tears also. At least as far as recorded only Steve Mitchell the then national Democratic chairman stood his ground and made an attempt to answer it. Opined Mr. Mitchell "If a citizen couldn't live on a senator's salary, (S27,000 a year), he should not run tor the This was just another infield fly with two out for 'Poor Richard' as he scooped it into his glove and let go with this snappy rejoinder: "It is fine for a man like Adlai Stevenson who inherited a fortune from his father to run for President. But I feel it is almost essential in this country of ours that a man of modest means can also run for President because you know remember Abraham Lincoln remember what he . said 'God must have loved the common people he made so many of them'!" IHAT Abraham Lincoln, T the modest family inheritance of Adlai Steven son had to do with the case that Senator Nixon, not when campaigning but short ly after taking office, accepted a contribution from a wealthy pressure-group in his own state many of them powerful oil men, which increased his annual salary from $27,000 to approximately $45,000. There were, of course, no strings attached! the fact that Poor Richard supported the Tidelands oil give away later being, as his Hollywood ghost writer would un doubtedly say, purely coincidental! What wras the bearing of these remarks on the real question at hand, anyway? Just as much as bringing in that loveable and sad-eyed cocker spaniel "Check ers" with the tremelo stop full out ; and the touching aside that Mrs. Nixon had clothes, and presumably, the political opposition, sported that expensive badge of shame a mink coat, etc., etc ! TN OTHER words not only was the acceptance of this $18,000 retaining fee entirely proper, according to Nixon, all members of Congress of modest means would be quite justified in doing the same, and thus to quote the former California Senator save, the poor down trodden taxpayers of the country from added and unnecessary expense! We know there are plenty of millionaires in the present administration's cabinet, but we doubt if there are many in either the House or the Senate. So if there is nothing wrong in Richard Nixon accepting an annual "hand out" of cash to maintain his effect iveness as a member of the Upper House, there should be nothing wrong for his colleagues to do the same. That's a nice statesman-like program, isn't it? But let any of them, try it ! Unless they too were born under a lucky star, and had the political finesse of a Machiavelli we fear they would soon be looking for a job, if not placed in a position where peregrinations for jobs or anything else would be strictly limited. But has Vice President Nixon ever been censured for this by the members of his party? Not that we can recall. Or by members of the opposition for that matter. In fact over the air Sunday Tom Dewey, twice the GOP nominee for President and with a national repu tation as a keen lawyer and relentless prosecutor, solemnly proclaimed that Mr. Nixon was the most un justly accused, maligned and persecuted young man in public life today. He did not refer to this. $18,000 "gift" apparently but to the fact that former President Truman had refused to have anything to do with "Tricky Dick" because he had called him (Truman) a traitor. It made Tom see red. "I don't object to valid criticism of any candidate," said Mr. Dewey, "but I do object to lying." ' So do we all. But did President Tinman tell a lie? Here accord ing to the always reliable Congressional Quarterly is what Senator Nixon said on October 27, 1952, quote : "President Truman. Secretary of State Acheson and Adlai Stevenson are traitors to the high principles in which many of the nation's Democrats believe. Real Democrats are outraged by the Truman-Acheson gangs' toleration and defense of Communism in high places." Well, the Communists are pledged to the over- Tuesday. August 21. 1956 the smartest politicians in Kicharctr or old men either ! the hand of his running- the back enunciated the congratulation : "My BOY, senate. the common people, and is not clear. The truth is always made her own never like certain wives of Forecasts by Truman Can Be Proved Only by Losses By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Correspondent San Francisco (U.R) Harry S. Truman of Missouri and Har old E. Stassen of Minnesota are "''Mfe in a spot in which they can thrive only on political adver sity. M o r e- over, each is dependent on a political ene my to make him look good. If the Repub- Lyie i mu&od it can &isen-hower-Nixon ticket fails in No vember to defeat the Democratic Stevenson-Kefauver ticket, then Mr. Truman is no prophet. Mr. Truman is the man who said Adlai E. Stevenson lacked what it would take to win a presiden tial election. Mr. Truman coppered that judgment, on reflection, but not much. He conceded that Steven son might win if he had the right help help from Mr. Tru man, for instance. Stassen is not quite so strong- Communications Why Not McCarthy? To the Editor: This is an open letter to the Cow Palace conven tion: You're opposed, aren't you, to following Communist doctrines, and to supporting Communism and Human Slavery? But actual ly, in this campaign, because of your Party leaders' apparent fear that you will lose unless President Eisenhower be your candidate, haven't you adopted the "Cult of Personality" . . . Stalin's doctrine ... as the basis of your work? And as President Eisenhower and his State Department, con stantly for four years, have asked for and insisted on aid for the Yugoslav Communist Gov ernment, which aid enabled a Communist Dictator, Tito, and his gangsters to maintain them selves in power and to hold our 17,000,000 Yugoslav friends in slavery, won t you as a Party, be supporting Communism and Human Slavery, if you choose Mr. Eisenhower to be your can didate? Ladies and Gentlemen, if you finance a thief but say you op pose thievery; if you support a slave-master but say you oppose slavery . . . who believes you? Of what use are the President's letters telling Bulganin to "de- Stalinize," when Bulganin and the world knows that on the President's insistence, we have supported Tito, Yugoslavia's lit tle Stalin? I may be wrong, but as a man with nearly 37 years contact with Communism, and with many of the Eastern European and Balkan peoples, 1 fear for the future of our great Republic if we adopt the "Cult of Person ality," and let ourselves be led by one man or a small group of men, men apparently so greedy for power that, as it seems to me, they would risk the life of a sick man rather than risk their hopes to hold their positions. Your Republican Party, like the Democratic Party, has a wealth of good material. You've men like Bricker, Bridges, Gold water, Jenner, Knight, Know- land, Lee, Malone, McCarthy, Welker and many others, men known for their belief in the basic principles upon which our nation became great, and also trusted by others. Why not take them into your considerations? With one of those men as your candidate, a man not connected with the financing of Commu nism and Slavery, wouldn't peo ple have more faith in your platform? William H. Smyth, 44 West 44th St., New York 36, N.Y. throw of the US government. Let the students" of semantics quibble as they may, we believe Harry Iranian was entirely justified m cutting off relations with any member of the President of tolerating and his administration and being a traitor to the high principles of the Democratic party. It is somewhat sur prising HST did not go even further, considering his temper and capacity of invective. FINALLY while it was Senator McCarthy of Wis- consin who said "20 years of the Democratic party, were 20 years of treason," the record will not only show Mr. Nixon consistently followed the McCarthy smear pattern" but publicly endorsed McCarthy for reelection, and never so much as hinted that the cam paign methods which came to be known as "Mc- Carthyism" were not his Yet if General Eisenhower lives through his term, w:e are entirely sincere in nothing more certain at this stage of the game than that the Grand Old Party will select Richard Nixon to be his successor! If this comes to pass then we will have the politi cal Houdini of the Republican era in the White House the more the ropes of bound around him and tied into double knots, the easier he escapes, and the louder the plaudits of the crowd. The American people for the first time in history will have as their chief executive the only man in Washington, who as the boys in the press gallery express it, can follow behind you in a revolving door and come out in front. R.W.R. ly committed against victory for the Republican presidential nominees and the return of Con gress to Republican control. Sees Fewer Votes His prophecy was that Mr. Eisenhower would reap 6 to 8 per cent fewer votes with Rich ard M. Nixon on the ticket than without him, and Stassen said that could be the margin of victory or defeat in close states. This Republican National Con vention will oblige Stassen to the extent of putting Nixon on the ticket. If President Eisen hower and his young friend are defeated in November, Stassen can file an I-toId-you-so, espe cially if the election is close in pivotal states. As for Stassen's campaign to nominate some other politician for vice president, it is dead and beginning to spoil. Stassen's faithfulness to the lost dump Nixon cause is matched in mod ern political history only by Mr. Truman's insistence on go ing down with the Averell Harriman ship in Chicago in stead of taking to the boats. Mr. Truman is in double jeopardy, which is unconstitu NdttQV Of FCfCf By Jo and Stewart Alsop CLEVER TOM San Francisco This Republi can Convention has been planned to resemble a bland, smooth - run ning commer cial television show selling those widely popular prod ucts, peace, prosperity and E i s e nhower. Anything can happen at any upji Auup con vention. but as of now it looks as though there would be hardly a trace of the open maneuvering and the rowdy disputatiousness that make more normal conventions both pleasurable and educa tional. All the same, one catches glimpses of marching and coun ter-marching behind tne wen- staged scenes. Among these, bv far the most interest ing is the on ward march of Thomas E. Dewey at the head of the n o m i n a ting procession of Vice President There is some Stewart Alsop Richard Nixon. thing decidedly ironical In the important role that Dewey is now playing. In the last analy sis, Nixon's greatest political strength lies in the wing of the Republican party that used to do and die for Sen. Robert A. Taft. The ex-Taftites do not ex actly love Nixon for himself. They love him for the enemies he has made. They like him, in other words, because they so heartily dislike the kind of Re publicans who dislike Nixon, for these Republicans are also the group that most disliked Taft. rPHE White House might well have given more considera tion to alternative Vice Presi dential candidates, if Nixon had not possessed this basic asset of Taftite support. Any plan to dump him would surely have produced the sort of unholy row with the whole Taftite wing of the Republican party which President Eisenhower and his team are always anxious to avoid at almost any cost. Yet the Taftites, whose sup port is Nixon's basic asset, will not gain any chance of increased Senate accusing him as defending communism in own. hoping he does, there is convincing evidence are Stassen, tional except In politics. Mr. Truman Is on record that Stevenson will lose without him but would win with his help. Where is Mr. Truman going to be if he helps and Stevenson still loses? From Stevenson headquarters Monday came news that full use would be made of Mr. Tru man in the presidential cam paign. It was unclear, however, whether it was intended to put him on the speaking circuit or, merely, to seek his advice and counsel. Advice and counsel were mentioned, speeches were not. Mr. Truman has been benched in a political campaign only once in his career. That was in the congressional campaign of 194S, less than two years after he succeeded FDR. Democratic strategists thought so little of Mr. Truman's drawing power then that they encouraged him to lay as low as possible. Recorded bits from Mr. Roose velt's speeches were used, in stead. The Republicans won clear control of Congress that year for the i'irst time since 1928. Influence in the party by Dick Nixon's nomination. The real gainer, rather, will be the one man the Taftites loathe above all others, former Gov. Dewey. When the President suffered his heart attack, Dewey was the one man outside the White House entourage who was capa ble of raising a standard for other Republicans to rally to. If he had decided that the Presi dent's impaired health required the nomination of a different running mate for Eisenhower, he could easily have won the kind of formidable backing in the press and in the party or ganization that could never be won by a Goodie Knight or a Johnnie - come lately Harold Stassen. TUT instead of raising an anti- Nixon standard, Dewey as tutely did the exact opposite. Nixon's close friend and ad visor. Assistant Attorney Gen eral William Rogers, has always constituted an important link between him and Dewey. Nixon and Dewey have much in com mon, both in character and out look, and Dewey had come to like and respect the Vice Presi dent long before the President fell ill. These personal feelings might not have weighed so heavily, however, if they had not been reinforced by practical consid erations. As a practical matter opposing Nixon meant a tough fight, in which, moreover, the role the President himself would play was not exactly foresee able yet could be decisive. On the other hand, backing Nixon was a completely sure thing. Dewey's support added to Nix on's basic Taftite support made Nixons position virtually un challengeable. Thus Dewey, at the very out set, let it be known rather Quiet ly but firmly that he was joining the Nixon procession. By so do ing, ne placed Nixon under heavy obligation, which Nixon was quick to acknowledge. Then along came Harold Stassen, with his ill - planned dump - Nixon movement, which has now turn ed out to be nothing but an enormous present to Tom Dewey. Stassen in effect created just enough commotion so that Nixon felt the need of active rather than passive help. Dewey promptly offered that help,, go ing to Washington to confer with Nixon and Rogers, talking the problem over with Eisen hower, and then making a sec ond journey to see Eisenhower and to take his place, formally and publicly, at the head of the Nixon procession by a statement issued after his meeting with the President. TT IS a reasonable guess that the tough-minded Dewey also had something to do with the real clincher for Nixon. This was Massachusetts' Gov. Chris tian Herter's announcement that he would not only make Nixon's nominating speech but would also refuse to permit his own name to come before the con vention. At first, at any rate, Herter's delay in taking this second and final step drew no frowns from the White House. Everyone seemed to be satis fied when Herter, after talking with the President's chief of staff, Sherman . Adams, simply said he would make the Nixon nominating speech. But after Dewey's appearance on the scene, disapproving noises, indicating that Herter had not gone far enough, began to emanate from the White House. Before very long Herter took the final step, publicly say ing he would not allow himself to be nominated. Altogether, it we ever have a Nixon adminis tration, Dewey's influence is likely to be even greater than it is today. Copyright 1956. New York Herald Tribune Inc. Battle of Moderates Seen in '56 Election; Eisenhower-Stevenson Washington (CQ) How does one moderate crush an other moderate, when the stakes are political life or death? This is the problem facing the Democratic challenger, Adlai E. Stevenson, as he prepares for his return match with the Republi can President, Dwight D. Eisen hower. Seldom if ever before has the American voter been called upon to choose between two men whose personalities are so dif ferent, yet whose views on public policy are so similar. The four years since their last encounter have served, if any thing, to accentuate their clash of temperaments and essential agreement on issues. Views Are Similar Whether on farm policy or foreign policy, civil rights or states rights, each candidate ex tolls flexibility over rigidity, moderation over extremism, na tional over sectional interests. Where they differ on such spe cific questions as a Hells Canyon dam or a TVA steamplant, it is evident that the Democrat is more willing than the Republi can to exercise the pre-eminent power of the federal govern ment. But in contrasting two men who so clearly hew to the middle of the road, the differ ence between them more or less eludes ready definition. Temperamentally, however, it would be difficult to find any substantial point of similarity be tween the two contenders. Stev enson, whose wit, polish and prose repel some (including Har ry Truman) while making ido laters of others, remains the dif fident man for whom the power to reason and "talk sense" is man's greatest gift. An intellec tual who frankly enjoys the company of other Intellectuals, he is as interested in the details as in the substance of public problems. Personality Contrast Eisenhower the President de veloped the same crisp self-assur ance that marked Eisenhower the General. Accustomed to mak ing command-level decisions", he leaves to subordinates the task of policy formulation and exe cution. Simple and sober ol speech, he projects a non-parti san sincerity that helps to ex plain why everybody "likes Ike," although some do not nec essarily like what Ike likes. Unlike the campaign of 1952 the coming contest is likely to lay bare each man's assessment of the other as a political leader. Stevenson in 1952 evidenced sin cere admiration for the military hero turned candidate, and apart from a few digs at Eisenhower's "naivete" concentrated his fire on divisions within the Repub lican Party. By 1954, the Demo cratic candidate has changed his opinion of the President, but in line with narty policy sort- pedaled any direct criticism of Eisenhower during tne congres sional campaign. This year, how ever, both Stevenson and his Dartv wiU make no bones of their view that the President doesn't measure up to the office. Eisenhower will have diffi culty ignoring this attack, al though it is worth recalling that, when advised he should publicly rebuke Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wis.), he replied heatedly "I will not get down in the gutter with that guy." Stevenson is not McCarthy, nor is there any evi dence that the President sees any parallel. But it is in character for him to ignore, outwardly, political attacks directed against his own character or perform ance. Must Fight Stevenson In 1952, however, Republi cans had a ready made target in the retiring President, Harry Truman, and treated Stevenson as Truman's hand-picked heir. This year, the wide publicity given Truman's vain effort to dump Stevenson in favor of Gov. Averell Harriman will force Re publican strategists to carry the fight directly to Stevenson. President Eisenhower is In the strong position of defending what i he and his supporters believe to be an excellent record. But he Mr. Insurance FRtD BRENNAN Phone 2-4940 Bob Van Sickle, Insur ance Adjuster, is a can didate for Councilman. If you must have a loss, for heaven's sake do so before November. We're anxious to know if he can say "No" to a po tential vote. 1 f ' 1 MEDFORD INSURANCE i WA AGENCY J will be under pressure from cer tain quarters of the Republican party to lay a partisan cudgel to the Democrats and to their candidate. In the final analysis, however, neither candidate is likely to for sake his reputation for modera tion. Each, broadly speaking, will be appealing for the confi dence and votes of the same peo ple that large majority which, by all accounts, is indifferent to strongly partisan appeals in this year of seeming peace and pros- i perity. (Copyright 1958, Congressional Quarterly) LONG TIME LOST New Middleton, Term. (U.R) A wedding ring lost on a farm near here was found after 40 years. Mrs. J. G. Bridges lost it Edward Bennett, now living on the farm, found the ring in per fect condition in the hog lot re cently. It was returned to Mrs. Bridges, now living in Chatta nooga. McCANN ON VACATION Charles M. McCann Is oa vacation. 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