4 Tuesday, April 21, 1959
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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Aoril 21. 1949 (Thursday)
Southern Oregon logging
inspectors attend a meeting
here.
The Medford Music society
votes $50 as the start of a
fund to provide a piano for
the YMCA.
0 YEARS AGO
April 21. 1939 (Friday
The first thunderstorm of
the season sets a few incon
sequential fires, but a light
ning bolt misses the S. K.
Barnes home by a scant 10
feet.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "In
Portland, the wrong speaker
gave a fine address on the
wrong topic, to the amaze
ment of the audience, who
accidentally showed up at the
right hall.
30 YEARS AGO
April 21, 1929 (Sunday)
Copco is asked to estimate
costs of providing electricity
for operation of Blue Ledge
mine.
Recent rains lower the water
deficiency in the valley.
40 YEARS AGO
April 21. 1919 (Monday)
Victory loan subscriptions
in city and county are heavy
as the drive gets under way.
Nick Young and two others
guess the exact weight of the
Easter ham at Binns Meat
Market-38 pounds, 4 ounces
and each wins a third of the
tasty morsel. -
50 YEARS AGO
April 21. 1909 (Wednesday)
Soliciting funds for the
Medford Commercial club's
promotion pamphlet is to
begin in earnest tomorrow.
Jacksonville grants a 20
year franchise to Citizens
Telephone company.
Whal's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct is superior;
seven or eight is excellent; five or
six is good.
1. At a wedding, the groom's
relatives should be seated on
the left; true or false?
2. In which month is Moth
er's Day observed in the
United States?
3. Which dog breed is natur
ally tailless?
4. An encephalograph is a
recording of what part of the
body?
5. In which state are the
most almonds grown in the
U. S.?
6. "Way Down South in the
land of cotton," is a line from
what popular song about the
South?
7. The game of chess may
be played on a checkerboard;
true or false?
8. In music, how many clefs
are there?
9. A person who suffered
from herpetophobia would
have a morbid dread of what?
10. In the game of craps,
what number does the term
"Little Joe," denote?
Answers: 1. False; 2. May;
3. . Schipperke; 4. Brain; 5.
California; 6. "Dixie"; 7. True;
8. Three; 9. Reptiles; 10. Four.
OFF HIS BACK
Birmingham, Ala. -UPD- The
Internal Revenue Service re
ported that one taxpayer mail
ed in his return pinned to a
frayed, but freshly laundered
shirt, with his check for pay
ment written on its clean
white front.
Chance for the 'Savages9
In conrmon with other, newspapers in Ore
gon, we were in receipt of a "news story" last
week, written in the office of the weekly Siuslaw
Oar of Florence.
It told, tongue-in-cheek, of he proposed es
tablishment of the "Frog Bog National Park" on
the shores of the Columbia river near Portland.
It was motivated, obviously, by the. proposal
to create a National Seashore in the area between
the Siuslaw and Umpqua rivers along Oregon's
magnificent coast, including beaches, dunes, for
ests and lakes.
QPPOSITION to the proposal has developed,
particularly in the Florence area, and the
"news story" was one symptom of it.
The "story" said:
"Hearings just concluded in the vine maples by the
Vine Maple Savages indicated strong public support for
the establishment of the 'Frog Bog National Park' on
the shores of the Columbia river near Portland.
"The Frog Bog National Park would be compris
ed of some 35,000 acres of valuable Frog Bog country
from Portland approximately 18 miles upstream, ad
jacent to and abutting the Columbia river.
, "Sen. James E. Murray (D-Morit.), chairman of the
Interior and insular affairs committee, will be re
quested to introduce legislation which would 'pre
serve for the benefit, inspiration and use of the public
certain river shores in the state of Oregon which pos
sess scenic, scientific and recreational values of na
tional importance. Under term of the bill the secre
tary of interior would be authorized to establish the
Frog Bog National Park.
"Senator Murray will be requested by the propon
ents, if at all possible, to enter the bill in conjunction
with the senate bill by Senator Richard Neuberger,
which would authoriae the establishment of the Ore
gon Dunes National Seashore, an area similar in size,
comprising lakes, homes, businesses, resorts and al
ready established beautiful parks.
"One individual who testified at the hearing and
identified himself as a frog-watcher, stated he believed
that the establishment of Frog Bog National Park
would be the greatest single gift that Oregon could
receive during the Centennial year."
(It might be noted that one Portland news
paper printed the item, just as received, in its reg
ular news columns without any comment which
might have tended to confuse some of its read
ers). DEHIND the levity in the story are some dead-
serious property-owners in the area, who dis
like the idea of having their homes and businesses
condemned for use as a national park.
While we can understand their objections,
we believe there are three points which should
be considered:
1. The fact that the coast in this area IS
of national significance, and should be preserved
for the people of the nation.
2. The impact on the area may not be as
serious as they now expect.
3. The proposed boundaries are preliminary
and subject to revision, during the several years
it would take to put the plan for a national park
area on the coast into effect.
FURTHER down the coast, people are not near-
ly as upset about the proposal, presumably
because they are a little further away from the
lake and resort area where the opposition centers,
and also, possibly, because of the restrained
way the subject has been handled in the Port
Umpqua Courier, the weekly newspaper in the
Gardiner-Reedsport area, edited by Bill Tugman,
one of the state's outstanding editors.
Following informational meetings in the two
areas, the Courier summed the main points up as
follows: .'
1. Nobody in the area affected from the
mouth of the Umpqua area to the mouth of the
Siuslaw, including all of the frontage on Woahink
and Cleawox lakes, plus Sea Lion Caves, north
of Florence will be dispossessed without full
compensation and due process of law.
2. Industrial and community rights for neces
sary services in or across dedicated park areas
will be recognized.
3. Immediate losses of taxable valuations for
school districts and other public agencies can be.
compensated if Congress follows precedents in
other national parks. '
4. Over the years the revenue losses for com
munities on either side of the reservation will be
more than offset by tremendous gains in tourist
trade and in permanent business and residential
development. -
IN VIEW of these facts, we believe the "Vine
Maple Savages" would be well advised, not
only to drop their opposition to the plan, but to
jump heartily on to the bandwagon and then
get set for one of the most remarkable booms any
area ever had, after the national status is granted
to the dunes area.
Not only would they receive fair compensa
tion for their property now, they would be in on
the "ground floor" of a development which could
well make that part of the Oregon coast the mec
ca for tourists from all over the world for years
to come. E.A.
Displaced Homes Measure Tabled
Salem-flJPD-A biU designed
to aid persons whose homes
are displaced by highway
construction was tabled Mon
day by the Senate committee
on Roads and Highways.
The bUl provided that when
any home was condemned for
highway purposes the State
Highway commission would
be obliged to obtain informa
tion concerning the availabil
ity of another home.
The committee also tabled
Senate bill 285 requested by
the Oregon Peoples Utility
District Directors association,
which provided that the cost
of relocating any public utif
ity facility caused by con
struction of a federal -aid
highway be borne by the
State Highway commission.
A third measure laid on the
table was one urging Con
gress to establish the Oregon
coastal dunes area as a na
tional park.
SETS DEATH PENALTY
Tallahassee, Fla. (OPD - The
Florida House of Representa
tives passed unanimously Mon
day a bill calling for a maxi
mum penalty of death for ter
rorist bombings.
Dennis the
WHEKB WOULD YA m?
Communications
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for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right tc
edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters
submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters
printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the
paper; in fact the contrary is often the case.
Suggests Sales Tax
To the Editor: I have no
argument with your appraisal
of the current legislature's
record, as to a sensible atti
tude toward taxation, how
ever, I fail to detect any com
prehensive suggestion for im
provement from your article.
Since a sales tax seems to be
the only answer to any new
revenue source, why in the
name of the poor taxpayer
(who is neither defenseless, or
without power to determine
his own limit), doesn't a real,
sane sales tax be offered to
the voters for referendum?
A bill which would substi
tute a sales tax of between 6
to 9 per cent and abolish the
detested income tax on in
come below $10,000 would be
acceptable to the majority of
the voters, would exceed the
revenue from the present in
come tax, and the suggested
3 per cent sales tax, and be
fitted to the growth of the
state.
With such a tax set up we
might even find ourselves
with enough new industries to
support our people.
If the legislature fails to
offer anything besides anoth
er increase in taxes I'm afraid
the sales tax will die at the
polls and our state will face
a rather serious financial sit
uation. Laurence B. Patterson,
Route 1, Box 541,
Talent, Ore.
How, Now, Black Cow?
To the Edfior: The seventh
grade at the A. J. Hanby
school in Gold Hill has been
studying the conservation of
fuels through smudge-dimmed
eyes lately. We have also
been studying the Dark Ages.
We have unanimously decided
thatpe are living in one.
Ye olde smudge potte is
ruining our Centennial scen
ery. Keep Oregon green? How
now, BLACK cow?
Since we must have orch
ard heating, why not get all
the heat out of the fuel? A
little more money spent for
smokeless pots would save on
eyes, nose, throat, lungs,
wages and fuel.
Or how about a county
smoke ordinance?
Every other part of the pear
industry has been scientifical
ly modernized. We believe
something can be done about
improving necessary smudg
ing operations also. If orch
ardists will put out some
money for research, perhaps
they will be able to save on
expenses and the rest of us
will be able to wake up to
Rogue river sunshine.
The Seventh Grade,
Hanby School,
Gold Hill
Dislikes M-T Policies
To the Editor: For five
years we have been subscrib
ers to the Mail Tribune and
finally I am compelled to pro
test your undeviating cam
paign against all things and
people Republican.
Your privilege as a free
press cannot be denied insofar
as political slant is concerned.
However your policy, editori
ally and in your choice of
columnists as well as cartoon
ist, must be somewhat dis
agreeable to other readers
also-
In all the years we sub
scribed to a San Francisco
paper, essentially Republican,
never have I seen articles of
such vicious nature in print.
All during the 20 long years
a Democrat was in the White
House the Chronicle's (San
Francisco) policy struck me as
particularly fair and re
strained. My father, who did not live
to see Eisenhower in the Pres
idency, was Texas-born but a
Menace
A IYA7&2 SMAKB V
Republican. He remarked
many times that if and when
a Republican took office he
would have a very difficult
time. D u ri n g Roosevelt's
FOURTH campaign, Dad said
the only man to be consid
ered was the Vice-President,
as he was bound to succeed to
office.
Although Roosevelt's illness
was known to all and he was
in no physical condition to
run the last time in any case,
his health was never made an
issue to my knowledge. Yet
President Eisenhower and for
mer Secretary of State Dulles
have come in for more than
their share of criticism for
continuing in office.
Can I not once in a while
pick up your paper without
being assaulted by derogatory
and often tasteless cartoon
and editorial page?
If this letter is printed, I
trust it will be in original
form and entirety.
Thank you.
Mintha S. Vachon,
(Mrs. J. P. Vachon),
Route 2, Box 605,
Central Point.
Just Give Up
To. the Editor: I agree with
the April 19th Central Point
letter on cost of medical ex
aminations. My last "check
up" cost me $75 and I didn't
know any more after I had it
than I did before. By the time
we pay for such examinations,
the average working person
or pensioned person has no
money left to donate to can
cer funds. I say, let the doc
tors donate to such funds,
they charge us enough.
As for dentures and glasses,
I agree with the Central Point
lady. How many of us waste
money for such items that do
not fit or cannot be used?
We pay far too much for such
things and usually we get
stung. I have been stung
twice on dentures that did not
fit. As for glasses we may
as well save the $50 and buy
glasses in the dime store.
About all the optometrists
give us are magnifying lenses,
anyway. I recently paid $50
for glasses I cannot wear.
Once you pay half of the mon
ey down you are stuck be
cause no matter how unsat
isfactory they may be, you
are forced to pay for them.
Doctors, dentists and optome
trists are protected to the ex
tent that they can force us
to pay whether we are sat
isfied or not. The patient has
no protection.
We trust our eyes and
health to doctors supposed to
be fully trained, we pay high
fees and if we are not satis
fied with what they give us,
all we can do is keep going
back to them to complain,
but they have way of mak
ing us think that everything
is OK and sooner or later we
get tired of going back and
we just hopelessly give up
and regret the loss of our
money.
(Name on File)
Medford
Not Too Much Fuss .
To the Editor: It is spring
in the Rogue River Valley,
and as our GI boys wrote
home after seeing much of
the world, there is no place
in the world as beautiful as
the Rogue River Valley in the
spring!
We have been in the valley
over 40 years, coming from
the desert of Nevada and the
high altitude of Wyoming
where we had "nine months
of winter and three months
of cold weather," and even
after 40 years we never got
over the wonder of seeing the
blossoms come out; but we
have taken it for granted we
have to fight Jack Frost with
Asian Reservoir of Ill-Will for
Reds Results From Repression
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Editor
The depths of the reservoir
of ill-will which the Red Chi-
ropp have succeeded in build
ing for them
selves in Asia
may take
years to meas
ure. Just as
ruthless sup
pression of the
Hungarian re
volt caused
lllj damage to the
Phil Newsom C o m m u nist
cause in the Western world,
so Red Chinese attacks on
Tibet are causing the same
damage in heretofore uncon
vinced areas of the Asian
world.
The Dalai Lama, deposed
by the Red Chinese as tem
poral ruler of Tibet, remains
a spiritual leader to millions
of Asians who worship him as
the reincarnation of the great
Buddha.
Buddhism is 'the predomi
nant religion in Asia, and so
it was a body blow to Com
munist propagandists in Pei
ping when he accused them
of lies and treachery and
knocked the props from their
claims that he had been kid
naped by Tibetan "rebels."
Traces Broken Promises
"The Dalai Lama would like
to state categorically that he
left Lhasa and Tibet and
came to India of his own free
will and not under duress"
this awful smudge, although
we did hate to see our men
folk get up in the cold and
"light up" and come in look
ing like Negro Minstrels
yes, and we orchardists have
drapes and davenos and we
have treasured books, but we
just close up everywhere we
can and listen to the frost re
port. It is so hard to give up and
trust to others, so Pop calls
me up and I lead him into the
orchard and look at the ther
mometer and he feels the
grass to see how the dew is,
and after much, deliberating
we hear the neighbor's crew
coming in after lighting up
his orchard and we yield and
let them light up, but we are
mostly thinking of how much
these few hours are going to
cost, and then we are wonder
ing if along in the summer
will come the hail and wipe
out the profit, if any.
Oh well, we have the orch
ard and we like pears and we
are not alone no one, what
ever his business or occupa
tion, needs to get uppity, as
everyone in the Rogue River
Valley is in the orchard busi
ness, and along with every
one, we are anxious and hop
ing and waiting for a pleas
anter and more economical
way to save our fruit. In the
meantime, we can tell the
world we are not "stall fed
dames" but can honor our
49er ancestors by not making
too much fuss over our few
hardships.
Charity R. S. Sander,
408 Oak Grove rd.,
Medford.
Heating Comments
To the Editor-Your recent
editorial on the smudge situa
tion in our community was
most interesting.
The suggestion that new
type orchard heaters might
be obtained, at a low cost,
from southern California,
where the subdivisions have
crowded out the orchards,
was excellent.
Would it not be a good idea
for our local chamber of com
merce to find out where and
at what price these heaters
could be obtained, then pass
the information on to our lo
cal orchardists?
Meantime I wish you would
publish the names of the or
chardists who have installed
the new type heaters, at con
siderable expense, so that the
city can give:them an official
vote of thanks.
Mrs. Elizabeth J. Collins,
2224 East Main st.,
Medford.
For Tolerant Action
To the Editor: In your news
capacity you are no doubt
deluged with letters advocat
ing the need for action to
eliminate pollution of, parti
cularly, smudge from the val
ley air. Also, as noted, in
some of the communications,
a "we can't and musn't do
anything" type o f written
thought also crosses your
desk.
Let's face it. The smudge
and periodical build-up of air
pollution in this valley is bad,
and will get worse, unless
measures of control are im
mediately taken.
The problem of air pollu
tion is serious as any think
ing person will admit, but it
is not to the advantage of the
community to take extremist
position for pollution abate
ment. However, as the valley
is a residence area as weU as
a locality devoted to such in
dustries as pears and lumber,
measures must be taken to
restrict indiscriminate air pol
lution abuse by any group to
his statement said.
His statement traced the
record of broken Communist
promises.
This was not the first time
the Dalai Lama .had been
forced to flee his capital. The
first time was in 1951 when
he got as far as the Tibetan
border with India but turned
back on the strength of Red
Chinese promises that there
would be no interference with
the Tibetan religion and cus
toms and her internal affairs.
But, his statement, noted:
"In fact, after the occupa
tion of Tibet by the Chinese
armies, the Tibetan govern
ment did not enjoy any meas
ure of autonomy even in inter
national matters and the Chi
n e s e government, exercised
full powers in Tibet's afairs."
Reds' Actions Unexplained
Then came the slaughter of
the Lamas and the destruction
of the sacred monasteries.
Just why the Red Chinese
chose to act as they did at
this particular time may never
be fully explained.
It might be that the spirit
of revolt is contagious and the
Reds felt they had to act to
prevent the contagion spread
ing to adjoining Chinese prov
inces, x
Or they may have wearied
of the war of attrition which
Tibetan tribesmen have been
waging against them since
1955 with heavy loss to the
Reds in both manpower and
j supplies. Those losses may
I have become so high they felt
the expense and inconveni
ence of the other. The Gold
en Rule applies here too.
Spokesmen for the pear
shippers association are pro
gressive in their expressed de
sire to improve the situation,
which is commendable but is
not reflected by the many of
the individual pear growers
who appear just as inflexible
to the suggestions toward the
need for improvement as any
of the fabled reactionaries of
the past. From the economy
view pears are important, but
certainly not all important to
this valley's economy. Those
unsung assets to this area's
economy such as the medical
center, retail trades center,
light industries, recreation,
agriculture (other than the
pear industry) and the resi
dence of the retired or semi
retired, all of which produce
an income for the Medford
area from outside sources and
are therefore also important.
An attitude of no altern
ative, or nothing can be done,
or expense not justifiable, is
now . unacceptable from the
pear grower or any other in
dustry that is or might in the
future pollute the valley air.
Something can always be
done to improve a situation
once American ingenuity and
push is given wholeheartedly
to the problem ... and, if
the past is any prediction of
the future, new improvements
usualy result in a monetary
savings to the progressive
user of newer and more ef
ficent methods. In this case
there will also be a savings
in health as well as brighter
outlook for the valley resi
dents. Yours for tolerant progres
sive action.
R. P. Gates
1280 South Stage rd.,
Medford.
Fitting Tribute
To the Editor: Now that the
wagons have rolled out of In
dependence, Missouri, even
with a slightly "undressed"
Rogue Valley unit, it seems
fitting that the good people
of the Valley give a rousing
salute to the Medford Trail
Riders for making our repre
sentation possible.
In just a few short weeks,
after the idea was completely
abandoned by so many groups
which could have had much
to gain by its promotion, the
Trail Riders went to work,
rounded up $1,225, assigned
George McUne the task of
piloting our naked schooner
on its 2,000-mile journey, and
generally showed the same
kind of fortitude that was in
evidence in February 14th's
rain-soaked parade.
In a sense it may seem a
little foolish to spend so much
money, time and energy play
ing "cowboys and Indians,"
just to tell the country about
our section of Oregon, but by
the same token it probably
seemed foolish to leave com
fortable homes and friends,
to leave lacking important
items or loaded down with
the wrong kind of supply 100
years ago. Yet it was done,
and I'm sure Oregonians are
proud of the outcome.
No one can really say what
the outcome of the present
day trek will be or what it
will accomplish, but one thing
is certain, there is no better
time or manner in which to
pay tribute to our pioneer an
cestors than our Centennial
year and the emulation of an
historic event which gave
Oregon its birth.
Ernie Hood,
Jackson County
Centennial Assn.
they had to act regardless of
other consequences.
Or it may be a measure of
their confidence in their time
table of conquest.
Danger Flags Raised
Whatever their reaso"
they have made it clear u
an ever-increasing number of
Asians that the Communist
plan has no place for a way
of life different than the Com
Matter of Fact
THE ROCKEFELLER
PHENOMENON
New York City-At the mo
rn e n t, Nelson Rockefeller's
experiment with the gover-
norship of
New York is
going through
a moderately
r o u gh patch.
Roc kefeller's
s J bold measures
to permit the
state to pay
its way with
out s t i n ting
los-ph Aisop on n e c essary
tasks has plainly aroused
some resentment among the
voters.
Here in New York City, for
instance, privately conducted
opinion soundings indicate
that if a new election were
held tomorrow, Rockefeller
would not cut anything like
so far into the huge Demo
cratic metropolitan majority
as he did last November. But
one of the important points
about an experiment like
Governor Rockefeller's is its
relatively long-range charac
ter. .
Doing what is unpopular
but necessary in politics, such
as raising New York state
taxes to pay the state's bills,
is rather like submitting to
medical treatment. The medi
cine, or the surgery, may be
decidedly unpleasant; but sen
sible men and women do not
expect flavorsome potions
and painless knives. They
judge by the end results. A
major question confronting
all modern conservatives is
whether voters in the mass
have the same good sense
about the body politic as most
of them have as individuals
about their own bodies.
rpHE Rockefeller phenome
non, which has attracted
such interest all over the
country, is in fact an essay in
modern conservatism. It is a
test -of the "progressive con
servatism" that President Eis
enhower used to talk about,
before he finally began to see
the nation's problems exclu
sively through the eyeglasses
provided by George M. Hum
phrey. In the most literal sense of
the word, it is obviously un
conservative to stint the na
tion's defenses in a time of
great danger. In the same
fashion, it would have been
uonconservative of Rockefel
ler to stint New York state's
essentional services instead of
raising taxes. Faced with the
competition of the burgeon
ing states to the west, the
great eastern industrial states
are in continuous danger of
running down and falling be
hind. The quickest way to
fall behind is cheese pare
what is essential. But these
states like New York also
have to pay in order to keep
up, because it is equally un
conservative not to raise the
money to meet the bills as
they come in.
This is Rockefeller's dilem
ma as he quite consciously
and clearly saw it when he
took office. By any sensible
test, the results to date of his
attack on his dilemma have
been remarkably impressive.
Superficially, perhaps the
most impressive feature has
been Rockefeller's smooth, pa
tient and successful manage-
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Chinese
in Tibet
munists' own.
And as result, the danger
flags have gone up in Indo
nesia, Burma, Ceylon, South
Viet Nam and India.
Buddhists, and many non
Buddhists, in each of those
countries have protested the
treatment of the Dalai Lama.
India's great neutral, Prime
Minister Jawaharlal Nehru,
has been forced to speak out.
Bv Joseph Alsop
ment of the initially recalci
trant State Legislature. He is
the Republican boss . here
nowadays, and he has proved
it.
"DUT if you look a little deep
er into the Rockefeller phe
nomenon, you are even more
impressed by the strong posi
tion he has achieved for tke
next round. The fiscal sound
ness of the state has been as
sured. According to former
Gov. Averell Harriman, it has
even been rather more than
assured. Rockefeller, who took
from the voters at the last
session of the Legislature, may
be able to give something
back at the next session. In
any case, with the fiscal prob
lems solved, Rockefeller,
now free to tackle all h
knotty state problems of
transportation and education
and welfare and the like,
which are growing more knot?
ty every day because of tbft
sheer physical growth of.
American society.
"That's the best part ei it,"
he says. "It's exciting to study
the whys and wherefores of a
tough situation, and make
some changes and adjust
ments, and get a practical
good result."
Problems like bus taxation,
and middle income housing,
and the communications be
tween cities and their com
muting areas, have little sur
face romance of excitement.
Yet these problems affect the
everyday lives of everyday
citizens considerably more
than the character of the na
tion's atomic energy program.
This is the sort of problem
now being intensively studied
by the brilliant young lawyers
and experts recruited from the
universities who infes the
Rockefeller administr a 1 1 o n,
making it seem oddly like a
miniature Republican New
DeaL
A LL this intensive prepara
tion for constructive work
later on suggests that the pres
ent rough patch is the prelude
to a very smooth patch. If
the smooth patch comes and
is noticed by the country, and
if Vice-President Nixon still
seems likely to have difficulty
defeating any of the stronger
Democratic candidates, Nelso
Rockefeller will eventually
have an exceedingly hard de
cision to make.
Despite the wishful talk ct
some interested people i
Washington, Rockefeller is not
at all the sort of man to put
off a hard decision in 1960,
becouse "it ought to be easier
in 1964." His willingness to
run against Averell Harrima
here in New York, with all
the odds apparently against
him, proved his conviction
that opportunities must be
boldly seized rather than coy
ly awaited.
But that is all far in the
future. In the year 195i,
Rockefeller will not leave
New York State for any poli
tical purpose. His time of de
cision will come in January
February of 1960. The cold,
hard facts of the situation mt
it has ' developed by them,
will then be coo'.ly and toug
ly assessed. The decision wiH
be reached on the basis
those facts, and only at that
time. It is unpredictable now.
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Herald Tribune Inc.
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