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Thursday. July 25. 1957
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Maine May Decide To Abandon Traditional
Role as Nation's Political Proqnosticatoi
Editor's Bote: Maine voti aext
Bept. 9 to decide whether It should
abandon its fimoui earlv election in
fceptemher and vote with the nation
In November starting in 1560. A lav
orable vote would bury onre and
for all the political proverb "At
Maine goes, so coe. the nation."
In the following dispatch t'nlted
Pre Corretpondent John E. Hyrne
rives the hiUirirat hackcround for
the early Main election and Its na
tional Significance.
By JOHN E. BYRNE
United Press Corretpondent
Augusta, Me. W Main may
decide Sept. 9 to abandon her
traditional role as the nation's
political soothsayer.
The 1957 Legislature directed
that a special referendum elec
tion be held on that date so the
voters can make a final decision
on a proposal that the Constitu
tion of the state be amended to
eliminate Maine's famous early
election.
If a majority of the voters bal
loting on that question should ap
prove, Maine would drop its
first-in-the-nation election as of
1960 and vote with the rest of
A decision i n favor o f t h e
the country in November,
election date change would
mean that, at long last, the
epitaph could be written for the
ancient and unreliable political
proverb: "As Maine goes, so
goes the nation."
Starting with 1960, the Maine
election results no longer would
be available in advance of the
national elections for purpose of
prognostication.
Maine voters would visit the
polls with the rest of the voters
of the country on the Tuesday
following the first Monday of
November in an election year
to elect the nation's top officials.
No More Weathervane
The election date utilized by
Maine since she became a state
in 1820, the second Monday of
September, would be nothing
but a wistful memory to poli
ticians in search of a "weather
vane." Incidentally, Maine would not
elect a governor in a president
ial election year if the voters of
the Pine Tree State vote "yes"
on another question before them
Sept. 9.
That one purposes that the
term of governor be extended
from two years to four years.
His election would be held in
non-presidential years starting
with 1958.
Maine, up to now, has stuck
stubbornly with the early elec
tion date chosen by the state's
constitutional convention in
1820.
Records of the debates of that
convention show that there was
considerable disagreement
among the delegates as to just
when elections should be held
for the convenience of most
voters.
The nation's northeast corner
was then primarily agricultural.
That circumstance appears to
have been a deciding factor in
the choice of the second Monday
in September as election day.
John Holmes, one of the most
influential of the convention
delegates, said the September
date best suited the requirement
that election day come between
the early and late harvests, "th
least busy season."
The constitutional convention
agreed with that reasoning and
tile election date that was later
to become famous was set.
First Interpretation
Maine has voted in September
since she became a state in 1820,
but it was not until the prcsiden-
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LAYING OUT PROGRAM for consideration of Civil Rights
bill are top senators on both sides of issue. From left:
Senator Richard B. Russell (D), Georgia, No. 1 opponent;
Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson (D), Texas
and Senator William F. Knowland (R), California, minority
leader, who favors legislation. (International Soundphato)
Temptation of Cold Beer
Used in Psy-War Training
Hnnnlnln (tn Two-hundred
sweating members of the 1st
Marine Brigade had just comple
ted a 10-mile uphill forced march
into the rugged Waianae Moun
tains of northwest Oahu. They
were hot, tired and thirsty.
"Grab a 10-minute break,"
yelled a Marine topkick. The
troops fell in their tracks, near
ly exhausted.
Three minutes later a 21-year
old second lieutenant shrieked
In a high-pitched voice "Dig in
on the double:"
The Marines groaned loudly
but grabbed their entrenching
tools and began hacking fox
holes in the red volcanic earth.
Suddenly a light "enemy"
plane flew low over the -trees
and the infantrymen were or
dered to "take cover on the
double." The scout plane made
another pass and dropped leaf
lets and then vanished. The
troops dropped their shovels and
ran to snatch the leaflets.
The tiny pieces of paper an
nounced simply: Cold beer will
be served in five minutes!" The
troops laughed in disbelief.
Disciplined
But five minutes later the
observation plane was back and
one can of beer came floating
earthward attached to a minia
ture parachute. No one moved.
The "enemy" plane made five
more passes and dropped five
more cans of beer.
In fact, after completing 15
pushups as punishment for
breaking ranks, the Marines
were told by their NCO's that
the inviting cans of beer might
have been poisoned or even
booby-trapped by the enemy.
As it was, the "enemy" had
lured the troops from their cov
er, making them sitting ducks
for enemy mortar fire or con
cealed snipers.
Women's Voices
The psychological warfare un
it at Kaneohe Marine Air Station
here on windward Oahu has
been working on projects such
as this for months. With an as
sist from the Army, Marine
trainees are being taught the
hazards of "psy-war" along with
their combat instruction. Both
are rugged.
Cold beer' on hot da; s isn t
the only teaser thought up by
the psychological warfare sec
tion of the 1st Marine Brigade.
During night maneuvers in the
hills bivouacked troops are coax
ed to surrender by the sultry
singing voice of recording star
Julie London and other popular
torch singers.
Still other sexy female voices
call to a number of individuals
by, name over loudspeaker sys
tems, telling them their wives
are unfaithful, their children
are sick and other taunts about
their private lives. Officers say
the effect of a woman's voice at
night under simulated combat
conditions is "devastating."
"It's rough on these kids," a
Marine master sergeant explain
ed. "But we buried a lot of guys
in Korea a few years back who
didn't know how to fight it:"
Tomato Crust Killer
Bay Be in Stores Soon
Davis, Calif. Wi A vegetable
crops specialist says a new low
cost crust preventive may be
available to California tomato
growers by 1958.
M. T. Vittum told growers on
the University of California
campus here that so far the ma
terial has no commercial name
and is known only as "triphenyl
sulfonium chloride."
"Preliminary trials of this
new material look promising in
making it possible' to get a bet
ter stand of tomatoes from seed
by preventing crusting of the
soil." Vittum said.
The new anti-crusting com
pound is similar in purpose to
chemical soil conditioners put
on the market a few years ago,
he added, but the cost of the new
material will be around 25 cents
a pound compared with S2 a
pound for those first put on the
market.
Vittum said samples of the
new material are now being test
ed by county farm advisers.
tial election year of 1840 that
the enthusiasm to "interpret"
her returns was aroused.
That was the year the Whigs
had Gen. William H. Harrison as
their candidate for president.
His opponent was Democrat
Martin Van Buren. "
Maine then was a solidly Dem
ocratic state and its Whig party
had little hope of winning the
governor's office in the Septem
ber eleciton. '
To everyone's surprise, Maine
gave Edward Kent; the Whig
candidate for governor, a tiny
plurality over Democrat John
Fairfield. The Whigs rejoiced na
tionally at the upset.
Their jubilation found its way
into this campagin chant:
"Oh, have you heard how old
Maine went?
She went hell bent for Gover
nor Kent,
And Tippecanoe and Tyler,
too."
That, probably was the first
of many attempts through the
years to make a vote for the
governor of Maine appear to be
a vote of confidence in the presi
dential candidate of his party.
Gen. Harrison (the "Tippeca
noe" of the chant) carried the
country in November and Maine
was established as an honored
political prophet.
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RETURNING FROM RED CHINA, Donald J. Blackwood,
25, tells newsmen in Hong Kong "I have no desire to go
back." Former U. S. soldier went to China with Korean
wife and child 2Vi months ago. (International Soundphoto)
Fast Tax Write-Off
Slowly Heading for
Official Strangulation
Washington OP) The fast tax
write-off, a boon or a boondog
gle depending on how you look
at 'it, is headed for slow strang
ulation by an unfriendly admin
istration. Treasury Secretary George M.
Humphrey caljs the war-born
tax Incentive to business "an
artificial stimulus of a danger
ous type."
Rapid write-offs, according to
Humphrey, will cost the govern
ment $3 billion and postpone the
day "when general tax reduc
tion can be enjoyed by all the
people."
Basically the rapid write-off
is a government incentive to
firms that put up defense plants
they may not necessarily want
or need. The write-off lets them
charge for tax purposes the cost
of the expansion over five years
instead of the customary 20
years or more. . '
Raises Treasury Costs
But by letting firms take the
shorter, bigger deductions, the
Treasury cuts its own current
income. This means it must con
tinue to pay interest on notes,
bonds and the like which might
otherwise be paid off. Hence
Humphrey's S3 billion figure.
The government has granted
rapid write-offs in as many, as
229 fields. But largely through
Humphrey's needling and a dif
ferent attitude in the Office of
Defense Mobilization, only four
fields are now open for the tax
benefits.
The many critics of the pro
gram charge that some favored
firms are getting the govern
ment to do their expansion bor
rowing for them in a booming
economy and a "tight money"
market.
Business Calls it 'Reward'
Business interests, led by the
U.S. Chamber of Commerce,
claim the system is a just re
ward for a firm that expands
along lines dictated by national
security.
Humphrey conceded the write
off might have been a good de
vice to meet the Korean emer
gency and a desirable alterna
tive to government construction
and ownership of plants private
industry wasn't eager to build
But he' said this was "far dif
ferent" from giving a fast write
off to "select industries for gen
eral purpose plants."
Humphreys' .attitude, along
with that of Defense Mobilizer
Gordon Gray, is to shelve the
write-off except for extremely
specialized lines such as guided
missile production where pri
vate industry isunlikely to ven
ture on its own.
Jury Duty Calls Man
From 1,200 Miles Away
West Chester, Pa. (IP) A lot
of people try to get out of jury
duty, but one public-spirited citi
zen went 1,200 miles out of his
way to serve here.
William Morgan was in Or
mond, Fla., when he was notified
to appear for jury duty. He had
been living in Florida for three
months and expected to make
his home there for some time to
come, but he made no effort to
be excused. He made the trip
north by train and arrived here
in time for the opening of court.
HOT? HERE'S ANSWER
Chicago W John and
Helen Whalen have come up
with a real cool solution to beat
Chicago's humid .summer heat.
They'll teach school at Kotzebue,
an Alaskan Eskimo village 200
miles north of Nome.
Glommen, Norway's principal
river, is 400 miles long.
Daily's U-Drive
Medford Airport
Canadian waters of the Great
Lakes. Superior, Huron, Ontario
and Erie, comprise only one
fifth of the total fresh water
area in the Dominion.
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NASTY OL' GROWNUPS! Fireman Florian Kupciyk
can't suppress a grin as he" holds his loudly protesting
children, two-year-old Timothy and three-year-old Patricia, ,
as they receive their Salk polia shots at the Fire Depart- '
ment drill school in Chicago. All 'Chicago firemen and
their children were given free shots as a precautionary
measure since firemen are often called to handle polio
cases in emergencies. ll:'?: .
Spectacle Lens Aid
To Legally Blind
Chicago ilPi Persons adjudg
ed "legally blind" can expect
aid from a newly developed
spectacle lens capable of a mag
nification power of 100 times
greater than ordinary . lenses, a
leading optical manufacturer
said. . '
The American Bifocal Co.,
Cleveland, O., made the an
nouncement at the close of the
National Optical Fair. A com
pany spokesman said the new
lens, called the Volk-Conroid
lens, would enable persons with
the ability to read only very
large print to read an "ordinary
newspaper."
The lens was not designed for
general use, however. It was
specifically made for "close
work," the . spokesman said.
v"We want it understood," he
said, "that we cannot put some
thing there that isn't already
available. The Volk-Conroid lens
works my making the most of
what vision a patient does have."
He said the lens was named
after its designer, Dr. David
Volk, of the Reduced Vision
Clinic of Western Reserve Uni
versity in Cleveland, and works
by correcting the "adverations"
found in ordinary spectacles as
well as eliminating any sphere
shape to the lenses.
The U. S. secretary of the
treasury cannot own U. S. gov
ernment bonds.
lafest Wedding Idea
Is Perfumed Rice
Wilton, Conn. (IP) Now wed
ding guests can shower the
bridal couple with perfumed
rice.
It is the idea of a perfume
manufacturer, naturally. He has
packaged the scented rice in
white satin drawstring bags, tied
with blue ribbon, for the bride
to tuck in hope chest, luggage
and linens. Or, the rice is avail
able in seven-ounce packages for
distributing among the guests
for showering the couple as they
leave on their honeymoon.
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- MADE WITH THE MILK THAT WHIPS - MORNING MILK
Here's a refreshing dessert that's
made to order for women who
like to "cook on ice" especially
in the summertime. Imagine! No
baking or cooking just whip
mix - and chill.
The secret of the "no bake" crust
is graham crackers.. You'll love
their crispy texture and golden
graham flavor.
The secret of the "no cook" fill
ing is Morning Milk the milk
that whips easily and quickly
blends' smoothly with the fresh
strawberries and fruit gelatin to
bring out their most delicate
flavors. Yet, Morning Milk costs
only 16 as much as expensive
whipping cream!
Only double-rich Morning Milk
and graham crackers can make
it so good !
t adilutod MOUAtta MILK
M cup ton juice
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STRAWBERRY PIE
(Makes single crust 9" pie)
A cup sugar
VA cups freih sliced wrawberrlec
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cup hot wotor
Combine sugar with sliced strawberries. Dissolve gelatin ia hot water. Cool
gelatin to thickened tad syrupy consisteacy. Chill Morning Mill m refrigerator
tray antil soft crystals form around edges of tray (about 15-20 minutes). Whip
Morning Milk until stiff (about I minute). Add lemon juice and whip very stuT
(about 2 minutes longer). Fold cooled gelatin and strawberries into whipped
Morning Milk. Spoon into crumb crest. Chill until firm (about 2 hoars).
'For crumb crust, mix IH cups graham cracker crumbs with U cup melted
butter and 2 tablespoons sugar. Line sides and bottom of 9-incfa pie plate.
NOTE: A 10 er 12-eunct peekage of razee timbtittet
may be used in place ef fresh berria end Jugar.