4 Twtirr, Janaary 20, 19S
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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Jan. 20, 1949 (Thursday)
The Evergreen bus line's
application for extension of
local service is heard here by
the public utilities commis
sion. Attorneys for Ashland'
controversial mayor, Thomas
Williams, file an answer in
circuit court to the complaint
by city councilmen seeking a
declaratory judgment on the
mayor's duties.
20 YEARS AGO
Jan. 20. 1939 (Friday)
The Medford fire depart
ment's new electric siren is
satisfactory after a series of
trial blasts.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "The
current fog and moisture is an
abomination to the fair sex.
It causes the feathers on their
hats to droop, and takes the
kinks out of their marcels."
' 30 YEARS AGO
Jan. 20. 1929 (Sunday)
Three revival meetings are
now under way in the city.
The heavy fall of snow in
the mountains is welcomed by
farmers.
40 YEARS AGO
Jan. 20. 1919
Set. Paul Leonard, first of
the five Leonard brothers to
return from the war, arrives
here from France.
William Gates buys prop
erty on South Orange st. and
will build a home there pres
ently. " .
50 YEARS AGO
Jan. 20. 1909 (Wednesday)
. Engineer J. S. Howard com
pletes defining new boun
daries for the city of Medford.
Medford's new city coun
cilmen are seated, and the
council gets to work with a
promise of greater harmony
in the coming year.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine er ten correct is superior;
seven er eight is excellent; five er
six is good.
1. Does a kettledrum have
one or two heads?
2. Complete this saying:
Love me, love my ."
3. In which State is Hialeah
race track?
'.? 4. A plot of land devoted
entirely to growing apples, is
called an --?
5. The green Mountains are
in Vermont; where are the
White Mountains
6. How many wings do bees
have?
7. What is the smallest
number of hooks required to
string a clothesline across a
yard five times?
8. In what style of archi
tecture is the gargoyle used
for ornament?
9. Who lost strength after
his hair was cut?
10. Is a "speedball pen"
used for horse training, base
ball practice or drawing?
Answers: 1. One. 2. Dog.
3. Florida. 4. Orchard. 5. New
Hampshire. 6. Four. 7. Six.
8. Gothic. 9. Samson. 10.
Drawing.
JAIL UNFIT Z
Madisonville, Tenn. (UPD
County officials are consider
ing construction of a new jail.
Judge James Witt has - de
clared the old one unfit for
human habitation.
Whiskers9 Progress
Now about this matter of beards ...
They're sprouting out everywhere. No longer
is one startled to see one going along the street
And this is no purely local phenomen, either, for
reports from other parts of the state show the
same thing.
In Salem, Editor Charles Sprague a couple
of weeks ago speculated about beards, conclud
ing he was going to let others do the growing,
and more recently reported he received two sorts
of response, the first a widespread opposition
to the idea of growing centennial beards on the
part of the state's editors, and a "surge of beard
growing unlike anything seen here since the city's
centennial."
THE editorial page of the Oregonian was one
" on which the beards got short shrift That
newspaper's editorial sounded as though it had
been written by a man who secretly wanted to
grow a beard, but whose wife won't let him. In
part, it said: - -
"Let us have one centennial celebration free of
beards, gingham dress and sunbonnets and bewhisker
ed vigilantes horsing around with kangaroo courts for
those who do not wish to play childish games."
We'll go along on the kangaroo court stuff
and similar assorted nonsense. But as to the
beards (and even ginghams), we join with Edi
tor Sprague's tolerant view "Let the fur fly"
so long as it is on a purely voluntary basis.
...
TTHERE is some question, as a matter of fact,
whether or not growing of beards is a strictly
accurate way in which to celebrate the centen
nial, foi researchers have, dug out the fact that
in 1859 most" men, in the Oregon country were
clean-shaven, and it wasn't for several years that
the United States became a bewhiskered nation.
Maybe the Civil "War had something to do with it.
Vic Fryer, a columnist on the Capital Journal
in Salem has done some research (or had it
done for him) on the matter, and reports as
follows:
"It's a little bit difficult to pin down the dates,
but beards apparently became suddenly popular in
the early 1860s after being almost completely out of
fashion for many years. ...
"In two years between 1860 and 1862, the beards
staged a sudden comeback. Lincoln was beardless
when elected in 1860 but wore a beard when inaug
rated in 1861. General Grant and General Lee both
suddenly sprouted beards at the outbreak of the Civil
War in that year, as did Jefferson Davis, Stonewall
Jackson' and most generals and may men on both
sides.
"Of course the situation in the Oregon country
was a little different. Prior to the big migration of the
1840s, there were only a few trappers, fur traders
and missionaries in the area, most of whom probably
wore beards because of the difficulties of shaving
In the wilderness and, possibly, because of the lack
of members of the fairer sex to note whether they
were shaven or not. -
"When the population of Oregon was more than
tripled by the great migration of 1843, presumably
the settlers, being from the beardless East, were most
ly beardless themselves. .
"So, although the work load of getting a start in
the untamed territority and the lack of social neces
sity of shaving may have encouraged some settlers
to raise beards, it seems probable that there were
more beardless men than bearded ones in 1859.
"And, since the population of the entire state at
that time was roughly that of Salem now, it would
take little studying to figure that there are probably
thousands more beards in the state today than 100
years ago."
A MAN with beard experience, Bob Ingalls of
y" the Corvallis Gazette-Times, rather likes the
idea of beards. He says :
"We here in Benton county can testify that tha
growing of beards can add a lot of fun to a cen
tennial celebration. We can also testify that they soon
become tiresome and a nuisance.
"It might be well for the state committee to rec
ommend that beards be grown during certain dates
and leave it up to the men of the state to comply if
they so desire. We would hate to see any kidlike
stuff of local vigilante committees who fine or make ,
. a hapless guy sit in the stocks or a log jail for failure
to comply. The Centennial should be as much for
everyone as we can make it, and the growing of
beards may be a part of the fun. Carrying it to ex
tremes, however, takes all the fun out of it." .
TO THIS we add only "so be it"
If men want to grow whiskers (and obtain
their wives' permission), it's a free country. If
they want the comfort of clean shaves, ditto.
We have noticed, incidentally, that most
beard-growers hereabouts take great care to keep
at least part of their faces clean-shaven. There
are mighty few full-fledged, full-faced beavers
around. The majority seem to favor a modified
sort of Van Dyke, with or without a mustache
and or sideburns.
In past observances when beards were grown,
they usually came off soon after the event It will
be interesting to see how long Oregon remains
a semi-bearded state. It's not probable, but it's
always possible, that the thing might turn into
a trend, men will keep them, and the fad will
sweep the nation, returning us to the facial fash
ions of the 1860s.
That would be observing the Centennial with
avengance. E. A.
Chinese
A clipping from the Arizona Daily Star, sent
us from Tucson by a Medford resident, gives a
look ahead for that city, and we wonder if it has
any significance for Medford. In part, it says :
"Voters last year . .,. okayed $14,600,000 in city
bonds to finance improvements . . . Some of the money
will be used to build another overpass over a stretch
of Tucson's Chinese Wall, the railroad that annoyingly
bisects the city. Before downtown tunnels beneath
the tracks are widened, the city will make one last
effort this year to persuade, Southern Pacific to relo
cate the railroad."
Wall
E.A.
Dennis the
THIS STUFF TASTES LIKE
Washington Report
By WILLIAM
Washington - The West is I
slowly reDlacine the South as
the holder of the balance of
power in the
Senate,, and
thus to a con
siderable de
gree in.the
country itself.
Increasingly,
the future
will belong to
these predom-
w?28v Democratic
Senators who have come here
from the far and open spaces.
Ironically, too, these spaces
were largely settled by the
tired, dusty migration from
the South that followed the
Civil War and the collapse of
the Confederate cause.
The East is the home of the
Ivy League colleges which
many believe to be the only
beacons in what is otherwise
a national sea of educational
darkness. But these new West
ern men of new nower actual
ly are the real eggheads of the
Democratic p a r ty. And in
nearly every case these minds
were hatched in home-grown
colleges.
Thus it is that as the noliti-
cal dominance of the- South
is sinking, the old intellectual
dominance of New England
is sinking, too. Great changes
are occurring across our po
litical landscape.
THESE points are no longer
merely theoretical and aca
demic. It was evident even
in the last Congress that the
Western 6enators were ap
proaching a point where, in
coalition with the moderate
Southerners, they could run
the Senate. It is now becom
ing plain that the moderate
Southerners within a . short
time may need the Western
ers even more than the West
erners will need -them.
All this is illustrated by the
extraordinary generosity with
which the old Senate Demo
crats have dealt in giving im
portant committee assign
ments to the new Westerners.
(It is in legislative commit
tees that a Senator makes his
real mark, far more often
than in debate on the Senate
floor.)
Senator Gale McGee of
Wyoming, a 43-year-old his
tory professor until the No
vember elections, has gone
onto the Appropriations Com
mittee, the second most pow
erful in the Senate. This
group holds the keys to the
Federal cash box. Freshman
Senators simply do not reach
that committee - but one has
this time.
SENATOR EUGENE MC
CARTHY of Minnesota, a
42-year-old former professor
of economics and ex-member
of the House of Representa
tives, has gone McGee one
Editorial
Comment
FORECAST
A British astrologer's pre
diction that Princess Marga
ret will wed this year rein
forces our Impression that as
trology is not only a super
stition but also an imperti
nence. The prognosticator
goes so far as to presume to
set the likeliest date, a pre
rogative usually reserved to
the. prospective bride.
Our own deduction, made
without so much as a glance
at the stars or planets, is that
our astrological Briton ven
tured a prediction in the hope
of gaining valuable publicity;
that if by any chance he
turned out anywhere near
right he would gain a hand
some access of clients as well;
and that if he proved not to
have the foggiest notion of
what he was talking about, it
would not surprise us a bit.
. -Si. Louis Post-Dispatch
Menace
l-2o
AlWT CLARA!
S. WHITE
better. McCarthy has wound
up on the Senate Finance
Committee - a group so influ
ential that even Presidents
approach it with wary court
esy. The Finance Committee,
which handles taxes and tar
iffs on "the Senate side of the
Capitol, handles in fact much
more even than these.
It is second only to the
Treasury - and sometimes
more influential even than the
Treasury - in making the
whole complex fiscal and eco
nomic policy of the United
States.
Senator Frank Church of
Idaho -was elected two years
ago rather than last Novem
ber; he is still, however, , a
freshman even if he is edg
ing toward the sophomore
class. Church has been given
a seat on the Foreign Rela
tions Committee. A deeply
internationalist Idahoan thus
now sits at a table where an
old, isolationist Idahoan, Sen
ator William E. Borah, once
made administrations and
foreign countries tremble.
This committee has the power
to veto and sometimes ac
tually to make the high
foreign policies of the United
States.
pHURCH is the youngest of
the young. He will not
reach the tottering age of 35
until next July. He has never
been a professor (he is a law
yer, instead) but intellectual
interests are his chief inter
ests.
Other new Westerners have
done well, indeed, in reach
ing committees of high influ
ence. It is, however, these
three McGee, McCarthy,
Church who could be des
cribed as the bright, partic
ular sons of fortune. Each is
in position immensely to for
ward his career and his re
gion. No three men in all
history, so far as anybody can
recall, have reached so much
Senate power together so
soon.
All three are liberals, but
tolerantly so. All three know
how to work usefully with
men with whom they may
often disagree. Given normal
life expectancy and political
luck at the polls in future
these will be three names to
reckon with in the Senate,
and in the country, for de
cades to come.
(Copyright, 1959, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
TODAY
In Oregon History
(A Centennial Feature)
JANUARY 20, 1948
Chief Factor James Doug
las of the Hudson's Bay
Pott at Fort Vancouver to
day announced, by a letter
to the Oregon Spectator,
the arrival of Mr. Peter
Skene Ogden at Fort Van
couver with Mr. and Mrs.
Spalding and the women
and children who survived
the recent massacre at the
mission of Dr. Whitman at
Waiilatpu.
FALSE ALARM
Los Angeles flJPD Police
and newsmen rushed to the
mayor's office Monday when
a riot button was sounded.
Everything was quiet at the
office and an investigation
disclosed that a short circuit
caused the alarm button to
sound the alarm. "
TOMBSTONE UNCLAIMED
Jackson, Miss -UPD- -After
two weeks of trying, officers
have been unable to find a
claimant for the 300-pound
tombstone found in a ditch
near here and bearing the in
scription: ' "Nancy Plemon,
Dec. 29, 1871-Jan. 22, 1948."
Thirsty America Puts Higher Pressure
On Government for Water Purification
By Congressional Quarterly
Washington -(CQ)- Thirsty
America has put the Admin
istration under increasing
pressure to expand and accel
erate its program to find a
cheap method to desalt water.
In many parts of the coun
try, the problem of finding
new sources of fresh water is
becoming increasingly urgent.
To date, Secretary of In
terior - Fred A. Seaton has
taken no action to step up the
saline water research program
authorized by Congress last
year. This is apparently be
cause of the Administration's
tight budget policy.
Secret Report
Seaton now has before him
a secret report made by a
special survey team which he
created in September to re
view the governmnt's six-year
saline water program. The
team found that while some
progress had been made to de
salt water at low cost, no
"break-through" has resulted.
The team made 23 recommen
dations to Seaton to "improve
the program's progress and
performance." It urged him to
give the program a push.
Over initial Administration
opposition, Congress last year
passed legislation authorizing
a $10 million program to
build five demonstration
plants to desalt water. Sen.
Clinton P. Anderson (D-N.M.),
author of the 1958 law, and
Rep. Robert E. Jones Jr. (D
Ala.) have seen the secret re
port and praised its recom
mendations. They urged Sea
ton to act promptly. Jones is
chairman of the house public
works and resources subcom
mittee which last year urged
Sea'ton to review the saline
water program.
Experts Urge Speed-up
While Seaton has been pon-
deing the survey team's rec
ommendations, w h i o h he
called "very helpful," the
University of Maryland and
the National Rivers and Har
bors Congress also have urged
a speed-up in the program. A
study by the Bureau of Busi
ness and Economic Research
Communications
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Calendar Issue
To the Editor: For the past
50 years modern philosophers
and universal leaders of inter
national problems come up
with a simple formula and
improvement to reform the
present antiquated calendar
in use of today, but nothing
seems to have ever overcome
the inertia that has prevailed
since the days of the emper
ors. A year of 13 lunar months
of 28 days each would be a
much more appropriate time
table, especially in this fast
moving age and streamlined
world we are living in today.
There would always be an ex
tra day each solar year to set
aside to commemorate man's
scientific achievements. Ev
ery holiday would naturally
fall on the same day of the
week every year. All con
structive changes have always
been slow, we are told, be
cause human nature has a
deep resistance against
change. Another' issue for
great decisions to debate.
Bert Kissinger
320 Boardman
Medford. ,
Make Sense?
To the Editor: This year's
Yule traffic toll came to an
appalling total of 594, an an
nual catastrophe which the
American public seems to take
"in stride."
Oddly, although Dr. Linus
Pauling, Mrs. Eleanor Roose
velt and various liberal
groups throughout the coun
try can get all worked up over
the possibility of a relatively
few deaths supposedly caused
by fallout from nuclear test
ing, I have yet to see any of
them holding indignation
meetings in churches calling
for. a universal ban on auto
mobiles. Yet continued nuclear test
ing is our only guarantee
against being swamped by
Red barbarism. It is necessary
for our survival as free men-
whereas the automobile is, if
not a luxury, at most a con
venience. Does it make sense?
Roy F. Thompson
Rosemary Thompson
660 Clover Lane
Ashland.
Toy Project Success
To the Editor: We wish to
thank you for the support
you gave in publicizing our
annual Christmas toy project
which we conduct with the
Medford city firemen. We are
indeed grateful for the help
given in bringing our . plea
for toys before the public.
This year wa . distributed
of the University of Maryland
stated that the United States
was paying "too little atten
tion to the water problems of
underdeveloped areas." In or
der to aid such backward
countries, the United States
government must provide "a
much more vigorous adminis
tration of our saline water
program," it concluded.
The board of directors of
the Rivers and Harbors Con
gress on Jan. 8 noted the
sharply increased demand for
water in this country because
of our rapidly growing popu
lation. To meet this need, it
said, the federal government
should "intensify its efforts to
convert saline water into fresh
water."
73 Requests.
Seaton is bound by law to
decide by March 2 the con
version process to be utilized
in the first demonstration
plant to be constructed. Local
interest in the sites for the
five new plants is high. Al
ready, 73 communities, coun
ties and groups in 21 states
and Hawaii have asked the
Interior department to con
sider them as potential sites
for the plants. Interior has 19
applications fromv Texas, 16
from New Mexico and 13
from California, it also has
applications from Arizona,
Connecticut, Kansas, Louisi
ana, Maryland, Massachusetts,
Mississippi, Nebraska, New
Jersey, New York, New
Hampshire, North Dakota,
Oklahoma, Rhode Island,
South Dakota, Virginia, and
Washington.
In addition, California and
New Mexico have signed co
operative agreements with In
erior providing mutual assist
ance in studying saline water
conversion problems. Texas,
Florida, North and South Da
kota are now negotiating sim
ilar agreements with Interior.
The 1958 law whetted the
interest of coastal and the
semi-arid states in the saline
water demonstration plant
program. It provides specifi
cally that the three plants to
convert sea water to fresh
name and address of the writer,
gifts to more than 750 chil
dren, and although the suc
cess of our venture is due to
the combined efforts of many
people, it was through pub
licity that we received
enough toys to take care of
such a large number.
The firemen and the Med
ford Lions Auxiliary are
most appreciative of the
service you have rendered.
Medford Lions Club
Auxiliary
Mrs. Ken Natland
Christmas Project Chair
man. Improvements Needed
To the Editor: Thank you
for your Jan.' 18 article, con
cerning the county dog pound
situation. It is high time that
this is brought to the public
and something is done about
it.
In Eric Wentworth's article,
it is suggested that the pound
will be removed from within
the city limits. I wonder
would this improve the situ
ation for the animals or
would it merely remove the
sight from those who do not
wish to be bothered with it?
Out of sight people wouldn't
have to think about the filth,
the suffering and the cruel
manner of execution, nor
would they have to think
about their poor bodies
heaped on a pile of trash out
in the middle of a dump,
where they are thrown after
words. I feel sorry for E. Ragsdale,
who complained so bitterly
about a poor little neighbor
hood dog. How terribly she
must suffer! I believe in
keeping my own dog at home
and I think that others should
as well. Yet I do not see that
the city of Medford has been
so terribly destroyed by the
dogs.
Instead of complaining
about the occasional dog in
the street, why not reproach
the parents who allow their
little children to run over the
streets loose, or the unpredict
able bicycle riders who dart
in and out, menacing the
traffic?
Of course the person who
has such an attitude as E.
Ragsdale could not see the
love and warmth in a dog's
eyes or know of the friend
ship and usefulness that a
dog offers.
I sincerely hope that the
public will take these things
into consideration so that we
may have the needed im
provements. Miss Linda Dahl
45 Glen Oak court
Medford. .
water are to be located on
the West Coast, the East Coast
and the Gulf Coast. It also
specifically provides tliat. a
plant to convert brackish wa
ter is to be located in one of
Matter of Fact
AFTER M1KOYAN
Washington The three
guarantors of West Berlin,
Britain, France and the Unit
ed States, now
stand commit
ted to the use
of force to
keep open all
the means of
access to Ber
lin, both by
land and by
air, If the
need arises.
Joseph Usup rnor xo an
astas Mikoyan's return to
Washington, discussions of the
so-called "contingent plan"
for the defense of Berlin took
place between Deputy Secre
tary of State Robert Murphy
and the British and French
ambassadors, Sir Harold Cac
cia and Herve Alphand. The
foregoing broad commitment
was the first result of these
discussions.
If adhered to, the commit
ment forcloses the easy way
out that was taken last time,
the resort to an airlift to cir
cumvent a land blockade of
Berlin. In part, the easy way
out has been rejected because
a second resort to an airlift
would amount to acceptance
of a Soviet right to impose a
land blockade at . will. It
would therefore amount, in
and of itself, to concealed ac
ceptance of a considerable de
feat. TllAINLY, however, the air-
"a- lift iHm ViSic Vioan wippf.
ed because the whole city of
Berlin simply cannot be sup
plied by airlift any longer.
As previously reported in this
space, the Soviets have now
installed radar-jamming ap
paratus, to prevent radar-
guided air landings in Ber
lin. In addition, the living
city of today has a vastly
greater supply requirement
than the dead city of 1948
Hence Berlin, despite-all its
hugh reserve stocks, cannot
be sustained for much more
than 18 months by an air
lift limited to daylight, fair
weather landings.
It is a great gain for the
policy of Secretary of State
fohn Foster Dulles, that the
weakness of the easy way out
has been squarely faced by
Berlin s guaranteeing govern
ments. The Secretary is grim
ily determined to defend Free
Berlin, even if he has to die
in the breach. His attitude is
plainly indicated by his choice
of Deputy Secretary Murphy
to carry on the discussions of
the contingent plan with the
British and French ambassa
dors.
DOBERT Murphy. Gen. Lu
cius D. Clay and Aneurin
Bevan (then a member of the
British Cabinet) were the od
dly assorted trio who fought
last time, for a tank column
to break Joseph Stalin's Ber
lin blockade. President Harry
S. Truman was entirely will
ing to follow the policy pro
posed by Gen. Clay and
Murphy, who Was then Clay's
political adyiser. But in 1948,
the impassioned pleas of Clay
and Murphy for a tank col
umn were equally passionate
ly resisted by the American
Joint Chiefs-ot-Staff, although
at that time the United States
still enjoyed a monopoly of
nuclear weapons. The result
was the resort to an airlift.
Murphy still holds this was
a cardinal mistake, despite
the 1948 airlift's success in
relieving the beleaguered city.
According to report, the
Counsel With .
Mr. Insurance Fred Brennan
Fred Brennan
Or Call
Mr. Friendly
Bill Fish
Phone SP 3-7343
MEDFORD
INSURANCE
AGENCY
27 NORTH HOLLY ST.
the Northern Great Plains
states, and a second brackish
water plant will go to the
Southwest.
(Copyright 1959, Congres
sional Quarterly Inc.)
By Joseph Alsop
passage of time and the total
collapse of the American nu
clear monopoly have not al
tered Murphy's views about
the right way to respond to
an attempted blockade of Ber
lin. On this occasion, Murphy,
tne advocate of a tank col
umn, has the solid support
of the American Chiefs-of-
Staff . He also has the new
and quite irrefutable argu
ment that an airlift will not
work any longer, because of
tne Soviet radar-iamming ap
paratus.
Facing this undeasant fart
was the hardest step to take.
it is, to be sure, only a first
step. Discussion of the contin
gent plan for Berlin began
in Bonn after the Paris NATO
meeting. The center of dis
cussion was then transferifrl
to Washington; yet only the
most languid effort to reach
agreement was made until
Secretary Dulles, our one-man
State Department, returned
from his vacation. When the
one - man State Department
was fully functioning again,
he observed a serious gap in
ms situation. As yet, there
was no finally agreed contin
gent plan for Berlin's defense.
Dulles then gave Murphy the
tasK or filling the gap.
fpHIS is the reason why the
Droaa commitment above
cited has not yet been "staf-fed-out"
in detail. There are
many different ways and
times and places to respond
to the kind of challenge Ni
kita Khrushchev has threat
ened. It is even possible to
conceive of a response by lim
ited airlift. Such an airlift
would supply the Allied gar
risons in that city, and would
be accompained by the prom
ise to send a tank column
if the civil traffic to Berlin
were interrupted by the East
German Government. It must
be said, however, that this
way of dodging a challenge
to the right of Anelo-Franrn-
American military traffic to
use the roads and railways,
is obviously vulnerable to
salami tactics. This expedient
is therefore sharply opposed
Dy Murpny and Dulles.
Meanwhile, the State De
partment has let it be known
that all the long talks with
Mikoyan produced no sign
of any softening in the Soviet
position on Berlin. Against
this background, even . al
though the "staffing out" pro
cess is still to be completed,
the decision already taken
about Berlin is a very solemn
matter,
(c) 1959, New York Herald
Tribune Inc.
'Mother of Year'
Selected by MOD
New York -TOPD- A mother
who recovered from total
paralysis from polio and re
sumed a teaching career was
named today as 1959 Nation
al March of Dimes "Mother
of the Year."
Mrs. Virginia Connors, 35,
of Cranford, N. J., mother of
three children and wife of a
paint company executive, re
ceived the honor at the an
nual luncheon of the Nation
al Foundation. Actress Helen
Hayes, national chairman of
the foundation's women's ac
tivities, appointed Mrs. Con
nors honorary chairman of
the 1959 mothers' march, to
be held next week. The foun
dation has expanded its work
to include birth defects and
arthritis as well as polio.
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