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History fnSm the files of The
Mail Trlbuje 10. 20. 30 and
40 years ago.
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10 YEARS AGO
cd July 2, 1948 (Friday)
Medford youngsters, are
showing much interest in
contest being sponsored by the
public library.
Cecil Edgar Throne, 1205
East Main St., was one of four
Oregonians to win farms in
southwest Arizona in a rec
lamation drawing in Yuma
this week.
20 YEARS AGO
July 2. 1938 (Saturday)
Oiling of East Main st. from
the end of the wide pavement
to the Rogue Valley golf
course completed.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: "The
weather the past week caused
many, males to husk their
coats, and show vivid hued
suspenders."
30 YEARS AGO
July 2. 1928 (Monday)
The regular weekly fire
drill of volunteer firemen will
be held at city hall tonight,
with firemen asked to appear
in their overalls for some live
drilling.
Chester Hubbard, en route
to his Diamond Lake summer
home, had to walk back six
miles to the Union Creek serv-
ice station when his car ran
.out of gas, only to discover
'later that his brother Roland,
had packed 12 gallons in the
car's trunk as fuel for their
. motor boat.
,40 YEARS AGO
July 2, 1918 (Tuesday)
Red Cross subscriptions
'made during the last Red
Cross campaign are now due
t at the First National bank.
Judge Taylor yesterday sent
', a check of $101 to the city and
'another of $195 to the county,
; these being the proceeds of
fines collected last month,
'. mostly for auto speeding.
! What's Your I.Q.?
', Nine er ten correct Is iweerier;
; aeven or eight is excellent; rive er
, six is good.
1. Minaret is the name o
dance or a lofty ower
tached to a mosque?
2. The capital of Georgia is
. Savannah, Atlanta, (or Au
. fusta?
I 3. If some one offers you
j some smear case, would you
be able to wear it or eat it?
f 4. Sister Elizabeth Kenny is
f most noted for her method of
treating what?
5. Did the famous Chicago
fire occur before or after War
I between the States?
6. The first State in the
I Union to grant woman suf
! frage is nicknamed the
1 "Equality State"; name it.
t 7. Is gladiSli or gladioluses
J the plural of gladiolus?
8. Which is lighter; balsa or
! cork?
9. Upon graduation, the
U.S. Naval Academy midship.
; men are commissioned in
what rank?
I Answers: 1 Lofty lower,
j 2 Atlanta. 3 Eat it (it is
; cottage cheese). 4 Polio. 5
: After (1871). 8 Wyoming. 7
!. Both. 8 Balsa. 8 As en-
signs.
Travel Boom
The summer vacation season in this country
traditionally swings into full gait on the wek end
prior to Independence Day (July 4). 0
Recession or no recession, Americans appear
ready to set another record for vacation travel
jtfts year. The American Automobile Association
.j i lfo W Pvnn0, 1, -rrr
more numerous than ever and followed up in
June with word that reservations for late summer
and fall were already more than 50 per cent high
er than last year's.
The U. S. Passport Office in early June re
ported a 21 per cent increase in applications in
the first four months of this year. The Office of
Business Economics, U. S. Department of Com
merce, joins in predicting a further rise in foreign
travel this year. The new high established in
1957 an expenditure of $1.95 billion repre
sented an increase of 74g)er cent over 1956.
THE slump in travel to
x ed by the Suez crisis
travel later in the year.
the Mediterranean area
million of it in tares. The
spent $1,533 on his tgp.
Travel to Canada waacup almost 8 per cent; to(
Latin America, almost 7 per cent. Mexico alone
raked in $290 million in
This year more U. S. travelers abroadhan
ever before will be driving. The A. A?A. reports
a vu per cent jump m issuance oi international
driving licenses, and a 76 per cent increase in
cars purchased for delivery overseas. Most of the
vehicles will be sold back to the dealer under a
prearranged repurchase
oi European cars are up
New low plane fares
ular round-trip toust rate are contributing to
the European travel tibom. Acting as magnets are
the summer-long Brussels World's Fair, expect
ed to draw 3o million visitors, among them 700,-
000 Americans, and
which may attract as many as 6 million of the
faithful.
PRACTICALLY every
n roof"l"v Trifles rl o
going abroad appear to
travel right here. That's
that this year will eqnal
lion took vacation trips
oi an vacauon inps in me
way ire as.
TKfe Cape Cod Ghamfcer of Commerce renort
ed ia early June that it
more inquiries than ayear
Service exnects a record
as against last year s 59.Smillion to the nation's
180 national (parks, monuments, and historicll
sites, lhg New Englanouarea is hoping; to pull in
an additional 2 million
gant "Yankee Come Ifcime," campaign.
DHODE ISLAND end New Jersey just joined
the" njaradeof states raising gasolige taxes,
leaving only MissourPwith a 3c-a-gallofi rate and
only.New ork with a 4c rae. High gas prices
aren t expected to deter motorists but dtorists
are supposed to bjs studying-prices in general
harder than ever. That's why East Coast and
Florida resort areas, already -plagued bv un-
j . .1
iortunate weatner, are putting up more ana3nore
package vacation deals.
lhe Detroit motor club
up 3 per cent over last
. . rn .1 i i.r. Ti
At.- Hf!J i -Vi.T
me iuiuwesi is up. wmer moior ciud estimates in
mid-June ranged from the 14 per cent increase
over last year from the
a slight decrease frcm
0
BasebalbRaces by Jaly 4
O 0
The J?aseball races in
are almost always decided by July 4, some fans
argue. For one thing, the deadline for regular
trades between the major league clubs has
already passed.
lhe argument is true only as a trend, and
hen usually only when one club has been far
ahead on July 4. And some of She exceptions to
he trend have been striking. o
More than 40 years ago, the eventual National
League winner, the Boston (now Milwaukee)
Braves, had actually stood last on July 4. In 1951
the New York (now San Francisco) Giants, who
won that year, had been 64 games behind the
leading Brooklyn (now Log Angeles) Dodgers
on Independence Day.
Last year m the National League Cincinnati
(.579), St. Louis (.575)
were practically tied after the July 4 double-
headers had been play.
to win the pennant by eight games, while Cincin
nati finished a bad fourth.
In the American League last year New York
remained ahead, but Cleveland, third on July 4,
finished down in sixth place. Two years ago, in
1956, the winning Dodgers had been third as
July 4 dawned. Philadelphia had been fifth, only
to iinish last, bo while nobody expects the New
York Yankees, now away out in front, to be head
ed in the American League this year, the fans
in seven National league cities need not despair
just because an eighth one stood first on July 4.
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in Recession
European countries caus-
was more than offset byo
Travelers to Europe and
"spent $870 million, ?3
average U. b. voyageur
nqui dollans.
plan. Straight rentals
n per cent.
$113.40 below the reg
the Lourdes Centennial
American is entitled toj
ro nn 4-Viro ttt'U r avi'4I
be making big plans for
why the A.A.A. predicts
or top iyo7, when 80 mil
by car. About 85 per cent
unueg states are high
j - -
had received 46 ner cent
ago. The National Pauk
63.5 million visitors
tourists with an extrava
... - - r r.
0
reports vacation travel
year, despite miimplov-
4. 1 -ftr j. iQv.
"i -1 1. -A? J ..9
Rocky Mountains area to
Cleveland. E.R.R.
the two major leagues
and Milwaukee (.573)
But Milwaukee went on
E.R.R.
Denmsothe Menace
I GOT OUR HOS6.MR.
HELP YA"
De Gaulle Testing
His Authority Over
0 o
France's Extremists
By CHARLES M. McCANN
UPI Foreign News Analyst
Premier Charles de Gaulle
is testing his authority over
the extremists to whom he
owes his lead-
e r s ha p of
France. (
De G a u lie
arrived in Al
geria Monday
for a three
day tour of in
spection.
It is likely
that his visit
will bring
show-down with the army and
civilian elements whose revolt
on May 13 brought the oveiA
thnow of Premier Pierre
Pflimlin and the recall of the
war-time free France leader
to power.
De Gaulle has been in of
fice one month. His modera
tion, his dedication to the re
juvenation of France as a
world power and his affirma
tion of loyalty to the West
ern alliance have dissipated
fears, in France and abroad,
that he might be dangerous.
Improves French Relations
He has improved France's
bad relations with Tunisia and
Morocco, Algeria's neigBbors
to the east and west.
He has floated with success
a $476 million loan which has
brought tons of hoarded gold
into the market.
He has quietly started work
ing out the new constitution,
designed to end the years-long
succession oi caDinei crises,
which he proposes to submit
to a national vote this fall.
He has starred, with the
visit of British Prime Minister
Harld Macmillan, a series of
summit" conferences with
a 1 1 i ed leaders on foreign
policy. Secretary of State
John-Foster Dulles will visit
him Sunday. Visits by West
Gdftnan Chancellor Konrad
Adenauer and Italian Premier
Amintori Fanfajii will follow.
But the very qualities that
have brought confidegce in
De Gaulle, in France and in
allied countries, have an
tagonized the extremists who
clamored for his assumption
of leadership.
Don't Like Cabinet
They do rfbt like his cabi
net, which includes threee
former premiers, among them
Socialists Guy Mollet, at
whom they threw rottgn vege-
laDies wnen ne visitea Al
geria in 1956.
It is notable that De Gaulle
has taken Mollet with him on
his Algerian tour. o
The extremists are angry
because none of their leaders
has been called to office.
TiJarlesW
McCaazO
Try and Stop iVio
ly ilNNITT CERF :
AN ABSENTMINDED CeliSnbia professor walked up to the
toll gate on the Triborough bridge and planked down a
quarter. "What's this for?" asked the guard, "For my auto
mobile, of course," said the
prof. "But you have no c&,n
observed the puzzled guard.
"Dear me," pondered the
prof. "Am I walking
again?"
A disgruntled student
tossed a dog-eared copy of
"The Count of Monte Crist o"
on Albert Guerard's desk.
"They ought to call this
book The Count of Monte
Crisco,' " suggested the stu
dent "It needs shortening.'
A couple of ptyehiatrista buflt nwr fcttnes for themselves trp at
Provineetewn en Cap Cod. One called hia hideaway "Payehocot
teg." . The other named hia plae Tsyehe-Path."
O IK, br Bsaaett Cerf.
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o
WILSON! 1M GONNA
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They are angry because De
Gaulle agreed to withdraw
from the interior of Tunisia
the French troSps who had re
mained there after that coun
try attained its independence.
They do not like his plan to
give Algerians a bigvoice in
their governmento
They demand the complete
junking of the Fourth Repub
lic in favor of a dictatorial
regime.
These extermlsts are strong
in Algeria. TJhey claim to be
strong also in France itself.
oDe Gaulle has paid no pufcK
lie attention to them. In Al
geria, it is pretty certain that
De Gaulle will' tell them
forcefully that lie is head man
and that he does not intend to
share his authority with them.
There is everg likelihood
that he will win.
LHawaii Statehood
Chance This Year
Declared Remote
Q
Washington (UPI) Ha
waii's chances of becoming a
state havt, been greatly en
hanced 8y passage of Alaskan
sjtatehood. But there is small;
prospect oi a Hawaiian Din
getting through Congress this
year.
That was the opinion of
well - informed congressional
sources canvassed by United
Press International.
President Eisenhower and
GOP congressional leaders in
dicated Tuesday they would
press for action on Hawaii
this year. In Honolulu, back
ers of statehood organized for
immediate taction in hopes of
riding into the Union on the
crest of the Alaskan wave.
Little Prospect Seen 0
But Assistant House Demo
cratic leader. Carl Albert
(Okla.)osaid be sees little pros
pect for House action this
year because of the lateness
of the current session. He said
the mStter probably will be
considered next year.
Similar sentiment in the
Senate was voiced by Sen.
Henry M. Jackson (D-Wash.),
chairman of the territories
subcommittee and a strong
backer.of statehood for both
territories.
Jackson said it was "ex
tremely doubtful" Congress
would pass a Hawaiian state
hood bill this year. But he
predicted the measure will
win approval of both houses
eany next year.
rjhtributed by Itatnrat tyiSJeat.
In the Day's News
Br FRANK JENKINS
Fcign affairs:
Russian and Westernnsci-
entists met in Geneva Tues
day to begin talks On methods
of policing a possible nuclear
test ban.
The reds have confirmed
that they WILL TAKE PART
IN THE TELKS.
HMMMMM.
Th rcuc nt
..... ..- -
a few days before that, they
WOULDN'T take part in the
Geneva talks unless the
United States agreed before
hand to stop its own testing
of nuclear weapons.
The U.S. refused flatly to
enter into any such agree
ment. a.
THE moral?
Aaron Hill, ant English
poet who lived and wrtte
back in the 1600's, put it this
way:
"Tender-handed stroke a
nettle,
"And it stings you for y.our
pains;
"Grasp it like a man of
mettle
"And it soft as silk
mains."
re-
MORE along the same line:
The United States has
formally asked Russia to re
lease nine American airmen
whose plane was forced down
Hn Soviet Armenia last week.
Officials in the defense de
partment in Washington say
the department has OR
DERED Ambassador Llewel
lyn Thompson to DEMAND
that the Russians release the
kidnaped Americans.
ABIT of history:
From the etriy 1500's
until the end of the 1700's the
Barbary pirates harried the
Mediterranean commerce of
aU nations, including the
great and powerful ones.
They captured ships and men
and HELD THEM FOR RAN
SOM. This went on for
tions.
genera-
Then
In 1801, Tfibmes Jefferson,
kthird President of the infant
republic of the United States
of America, took the bull by
the horns. He sent Lieutenant
Stephen Decatur to the Medi
terranean with an American
naval force.
The enterprise thus begun
was carried on until the pi
rat ruftrs of the Barbary
States knuckled under and
humbly promised to STOP
PIRACY AGAINST AMERI
CAN SHIPPING.
n
FCIDENTALLY
Later in his career Steph
en Decatur o attended a ban
quet ft which he was called
on for a toast. He offered this
one:
"Our country: Ijuher inter
course with foreign nations
may she always be in the
jgght; but OUR. COUNTRY,
right or wrong."
I THINK maybe we'd better
quit pussyfooting jp our
foreigs policy and go back to
the days of our national youth
whe confident of the Tight
ness of our cause our motto
vs THE BI6GER THEY
ARE THE HARDER THEY
FALL.
Yugoslavia To
Reject Offer
Belgrade (UPI) Yugo
slavgi will turn down the
Soviet offer to renew eco
nomic negotiations, informed
sources reported today.
These sources said Yugo
slav President Marshal Tito
distrusts Kremlin . promises
and prefers to deal with the
West.
There has as yet been no
official, comment about the
Soviet note proposing a new
meeting to talk over Russo
Yugoslav eredit relations
which were broken off by the
Soviets several weeks ago.
The note, which was published
Tuesday in Moscow, was de
livered in Belgrade last Satur
day. In the note, the Russians
denied reneging on their
promise to advance a $285
million credit to Yugoslavia.
The Soviets said they only
wanted to "defer" the credit
for five years.
A prominent Yugoslav Com
munist, who declined to be
named, commented:
"Postponing the credit for
five years meant, perhaps,
that five -yar$ is considered
enough time for the Yugo
slavs to" think things over and
correct their errors.
"Well, we permit nobody,
not even Soviet Premier Nik
ita Khrushchev, to treat us as
school children."
Well-Financed Campaigns
Seen In Gubernatorial Race
By LYLE C. WILSON
United Press International
Washington (UPI) To
day's political undertow:
It could be chicken every
day and Christ-
mas every
Sunday for
New York
politicians this
year. Demo
cratic Gover
nor A v e r e 1 1
Harriman is a
very wealthy
man.
Lyi c. wiisoa e l s o n x.
Rockefeller has announced
for the Republican guberna
torial nomination. Rockefel
ler, like Harriman, is loaded.
Politicians like it when
reaUy rich men contest for
high office. Such makes for
Stylish, well-financed cam
paigns. John A. Roosevelt, FDR's
youngest son, may be a factor
in this year's political cam
paign in the nation's most
populous state. Roosevelt is
head man of the "Metropoli
tan Political Club, Inc.,"
(MPC) whose immediate ob
jectives seem to be these:
1. Nominate nd elect
Rockefeller governooof New
York.
2. Oust the men who now
lead the Republican Party in
the 9five boroughs of New
York City.
Roosevelt got into Republi
can politics as an operator in
the Citizens-f o r-Eisenhower
organization. He organized
MPC as a Republican vehicle,
but was restrained by legal ac
tion from using the word Re
publican in its title.
In two of the three largest
states the Republican organi
zation is in trouble or likely
to be in trouble soon. Those
states are New York and Cali
fornia. The Republican organi
zation in the third state, Penn
sylvania, beat down an insur
gent movement this spring by
defeating Harold E. Stassen's
bid for the gubernatorial nom
ination. Republican politics was
scrambled in California . in
California by the maneuver in
which Gov.. Goodwin J.
Knight was compelled to give
way to Sen. William F. Know
land's desire for the nomina
tion for governor. Knight was
shunted to the contest for
nomination to the Senate seat
which Knowland wiU give up.
Both probably, could have
been elected to the jobs they
now5 hold. The switch may
change that considerably.
Republican trouble in New
Cfork could flow from the in
surgent activities of ' Roose
velt's club against New York
City Republican leaders,
coupled with the club's spon
sorship of Rochef eller for gov
ernor. The linking of Rocke
feller with Roosevelt's rebel
lion against the Big City lead
ers may improve the position
of Leonard W. HaU, former
Republican Rational chair-
man, wno nas announcea xor
governor. - Rockef eUer was
graduated by the Roosevelt
and Truman administrations
into the Eisenhower adminis
tration thence to privs-te life.
PhonyQ or not, the rumor
that President Eisenhower
will retire before his term
ends does possess the quality
of durability. Vice President
Richard M. Nixon was moved
to deny the rumor last week
end.
"Hogwash," he called ' it.
The President a few weeks
ago Bad to deal with the ru
mor at a news conference. He
Ike, Mamie Take
Potomac Cruise
Washington (UPI) Noth
ing's more romantic for a
young-at-heart couple than a
moonlight cruise down the
Potomac river particularly
when the couple are the Presi
dent and Mrs. Eisenhower.
The First Family celebrated
their 42nd wedding anniver
sary Tuesday night with c a
picnic supper and the cruise
aboard the presidential yacht
Barbara Anne.
They boarded the sleek, 90
foot white cruiser about 6
pm. (e.d.t.), for the outing.
Mrs. Eisenhower smiled and
said, "Another year, another
year."
The returning yacht docked
at 9:40 p.m., (e.t.d.), more than
an hour later than expected.
The sun had long since set
and an orange moon shim
mered on the Potomac.
The President and Mrs.
Eisenhower were married
July 1, 1916, in Denver, Colo.,
13 months after Eisenhower's
graduation from the U.S. Mili
tary Academy.
More Comfort Wearing
FALSE TEETH
Here Is a Dteasant vn tn
loose plat discomfort. FAS TEETH,
u uuriu.cv puwaer, spnnEiea on
upper and lower plates holds them
firmer so that thev feel mora mm.
fortable. No srummv. gooev. pastr
taste or reeling. Ifrt alkaline (non
acid). Does not bout. Checks "plate
odor" (denture breath). Get FAS
TEETH todsy at any drug counter.
said he had no plans to turn
the presidency over to Nixon
but would stay on the j6b "as
long as I think I am capable
of doing it."
Eisenhower's health, vigor
and ability to do the job right
now are under severe test
the tension of the Adams-
Communications
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printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the
paper; in fact the contrary is often the case.
Answers Geddes
To the Editor: So that the
full facts may be known, I
have delayed in replying to
the recent letter, published
by many newspapers, in which
Paul Geddes, Republican
candidate for Congress in the
fourth Oregon district, criti
cized me for not supporting
his advocacy of import quotas
on Japanese hardwood ply
wood. He also claimed that
such imports were damaging
employment in our Oregon
lumber industry. At the same
timeMr. Geddes insisted he
did not oppose reciprocal
trade.
I felt an answer fr6m me
would be less convincing than
from the Republican adminis
tration itself.
Accordingly, I submitted
the substance of Mr. Geddes'
letter to several leading of
ficials of the administration in
charge of trade legislation.
Both these men are appointees
of President Elsenhower and
they are prominent Republi
cans. .
There is not space in which
to quote completely the re
plies I have received from
these high officials of the Ei-
senhower administration.
However, it can be stated def
initely that they demolished
and refuted the wholly inac
curate contentions put forth
by the Republican nominee
for Congress in the 4th dis
trict.
Wrote one of these men:
"The suggestion made by
your self-declared 'supporter
of foreign trade that we sup
port quota legislation would
be directly contrary to the
consistent efforts made by
this country over many years
to secure the abolition of quo
tas by other governments. We
are against quotas because,
among other reasons, the U.S.
as the world's largest export
er, has a direct and vital in
terest in their elimination . . .
Ana we Know from experi
ence that they are a constant
irritant and potent source of
trouble between countries."
And yet Mr. Geddes, who
seeks election to Congress on
the GOP ticket, attacks me
because I do not join him in
advocating import quotas!
Wrote one of these admin
istration officials: "We, too
have received complaints that
the plywood mills in the Pa
cific Northwest have suffered
from . increased imports of
hardwood plywood from Ja
pan. After studying the mat
ter, however, we concluded
that such imports are not com
petitive with plywood pro
duced in the Pacific North
west and that restrictions on
imports would create great
hardships for the users of im
ported plywood."
Wrote one of these top-level
administration officials: "I
am prepared to state categor
ically that in my judgment
legislative quotas or similar
import restraints are not, in!
general, consistent with the
purpose of the reciprocal
trade program, and that work
ing for quota restraints on ply
wood would not constitute co
operation with the adminis
tration under that program."
Yet, in his criticism of me,
Mr. Geddes claimed (1) that
he supported reciprocal trade,
(2) that imports of hardwood
plywood were hurting our lo
cal plywood industry, . and
that (3) quota legislation was
desirable!
I have let important offi
cials of the Republican na
tional administration answer
the misleading arguments put
THE BETTER
SERVICE
mi
For over 23 years, we have
served this community 24
hours out of every day.
Our door has never been
locked during this time.
C M.
Litwiller
(WE NEVER CLOSE!)
This service has meant much to our many patrons. Our charges
are consistently much lower than those charged elsewhere . .
and we ire 100 locally owned.
LITWILLER
FUNERAL
HOME
Mountain View Chapel
Hwy. 66 at Normal
Office 88 N. Main
ASHLAND "It is better
We Never Close
than to
Goldfine case, the dangerous
ly critical cold war develop
ments, the Middle Eastern
mess. There's more to come.
The Republicans are likely to
be hurt badly in this year's
congressional elections. That
would impose new stress on
Eisenhower.
forward by the 4th -district
Republican candidate, when
he assailed Congressman
Charles O. Porter and me be
cause we support the reciprocal-trade
program as advo
cated by a bipartisan group of
eminent Americans including
President Eisenhower, ex -President
Truman and Adlai
E. Stevenson. -
Richard L. Neuberger
United States Senator
Long Week End
To the Editor: This week
end being another long one,
by reason of Friday being the
Fourth of July, we are re
minded that Independence
Day celebrates the most mag
nificent step this country ever
took, and for that reason it
is a happy day.
Although Independence Day
is a patriotic holiday which
has its beginnings in our his
tory, it's real meaning be
comes a spiritual one. The
Fourth of July is also a day
of remembrance, and right
fully so, for without the mem
ory of the citizen army that
won our independence, al
though ill-equipped, ragged,
and hungry, the joy and pride
of Independence Day would
lose its meaning.
We of the DAV call for re
membrance, also, of those
who became disabled, in com
bat, as well as those who gave
their lives, since the Revolu
tion days, to keep the liberty
so dearly won by Washing
ton's citizen army.
In spite of the talk about
recession, we have only, to
look around at our compara
tive abundance and high
standard of living to know
that America has more than
fulfilled the hopes of our
Founding Fathers; and for
that reason it is a proud day.
Americans sometimes seem
not to show any great depth
of patriotic feeling on the oc
casion of a national holiday
such as the Fourth of July,
but the same Americans who
seem so casual about the for
mal rites of patriotism, an
swer with patriotic fervor, to
the call of duty when our na
tion's freedom is threatened.
We urge the showing of re-i
membrance of our nation's
defenders by displaying the
American Flag on this, and
every other special day of
dedication to patriotism.
Patrick Graham,
Comdr. Department
of Oregon DAV.
Gleeful Over Progress
To the Editor: An article ap
pearing in the Portland Ore
gonian the other day stated
how gleeful the Union lead
ers are over the progress that
has been made in the accusa
tions against the President's
assistant, Sherman Adams.
It seems that they do not
have as free access to the
Presidential ear as they had
during former Presidential
admmistrations.
The President has delegated
more authority to Adams than
did former President Truman,
who was the first one to cre
ate the office.
After watching the TV pro
gram "Edge of Nite," which
appears on our station every
afternoon, it makes one won
der if the deal Adams is get
ting is not perhaps a similar
one to what actor Mike Carr
is getting in said program.
Leila A. Morrow,
531 North Bartlett st.,
Medford, Ore.
Mrs. Litwiller
to know us and not need uv
need us and not know us."
r-'-'dr 1