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Medford and Jackson County
History from tha files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
June 3, 1949 (Friday)
Eight Medford sportsmen
pilots return from an air tour
to Portland, Maine.
A delegation of Medford
city officials inspects swim
ming pools in other communi
' ties with an eye to doing the
best possible job on the local
pool project.
20 TEARS AGO
June 3, 1939 (Saturday) .
A cat with its head stuck in
a tin can is guided home by
the aroma of frying fish.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Horti
culturists have started wend
ing their weary way to the
courthouse with infant pears,
to find out what is wrong
with them, if anything. '
SO YEARS AGO
June 3, 1929 (Monday)
: Junkmen are carting off
the last of the old Jackson
ville railroad.
, Bosc pear growers announce
plans for widening their east
ern markets.
40 YEARS AGO
June 3, 1919 (Tuesday)
Local sleuths find 100
quarts of whiskey in a ship-,
ment of autos, and great ex
citement prevails.
An Applegate miner held
on a 30-day sentence for in
toxication puts up a $30 shot
gun as security and is re
leased. i
80 YEARS AGO
Juna 3, 1309 (Thursday)
Fireboys prepare for July
4.
Ca total of 20 - teams are
needed for building the P.
and E. railroad.
Vhal's Ycsr I.Q.7
Nine or tan correct is su parlor;
seven or eight b excellent; fire at
six is good
1. Unscramble the follow
ing two names of countries:
MELGIUB, COXIEM.
' 2. Correct the following:
"The man who I love is com
ing." 3. In the nursery rhyme,
what frightened Miss Muffet
away? '
4. Donald A. Quarles, who
recently died in Washington,
W.CJ, held what" office?
5. Why is Oberammergau
famous?
6. The Charge of the Light
Brigade occurred in which
war?
r 7. What is the popular
name for solid carbon dioxide?
i 8. According to lege nd,
what famous reformer threw
an inkstand at the devil?
9. What was Cyclops' dis
tinguishing physical features?
' 10. Is the American Bald
Eagle bald?
Answers: 1. Belgium, Mex
ico. 2. "The man whom ..."
3. A spider. 4. Deputy Sec'y
of Defense.- 5. Presentation of
Passion Play. 6. Crimean. 7.
Dry ice. 8. Martin Luther 9.
A single eye. 10. No.
DULLES ALL EE" NAMED
Berlin-flJPD-The West Ber
lin city government' Tuesday
approved a proposal that the
"Zelten Allee" near the East
West Berlin border be re
named "Dulles ilee" in hon
or of the , late U.S. secretary
cf state.
o GK&ric&&6
coastal Teratefts&H go$a "fcoatinf tam, mot
than two-tfiirds ofi th ati9 hvt UiJ tep
to license their watercrdft end dr Tip Ult ol
the waves. Undardaral ltgislttion dopt3 ft
the 1958 session o2 Consra, sfcgfea Hv until
Apni l, iybu, to numDep do$j fjng Kyga etrvn
cates to their owners. Tfie fadtrti fottPRMtnt
will do the jab thereafte? ft th UU irhieh
have not taken action t8emlvM.
President Eisenhowap
proclamation desiffliatins
June 28 as "National Safe boating Wttk." Both
the proclamation and tRe leefc yttl ltfiilation
reflect the general concasa for oafrty on the
waters now that we aire rgpidly Doeefcajfltf wtiofi
of sailors.
Latest data available frof& the Outboard
Boating club of America,
complied with the federal num Daring lr to attt.
Numbering bills are pending befow tUt lefisl
tures of 18 additional states. The 1958 $et alio re
quires that boat operators involved in. resident
causing damage of more than 100 file reports
with their state boating
of the Treasury at Waskington.
"Safety on our recreational gateways i the
result of common sense, courtesy, and education,"
Vice Admiral A. C. Ricftmonfi, Commaadant of
the U.S. Coast Guard, a Treasury adjuriet1, writes
in a new booklet on water safety. "Whether
frlotorboatcfjecomes a pleasure Boat op aienace
to life and property depends upon the manner in
which it is maintained and operated."
PLEASURE boating has become a national hob-
by. Almost one in every five Americans ffoes
boating more than once
1958 some million of us enjoyed pleasure
boating. Weiised 7,330,000 watercraft 376,000
more than in 1957. Theastest growing; sport, ac
cording to figures compiled by theOutboapd ckl
and the National Association of Boat and iSngine
Manufacturers, adds up
ness. And it has become democratize.
Gone for the molt part are the CorsaiPs. flie
Nourmahals, and the Flying Clouds although l&rt
summer aid see a revival of the Amer-icafo Cj$
competition. The recreational craft last year Ex
cluded 481,000 motorboats more than 16 feet lop
and 44,000 auxiliary sailboats (numbered by'tfte
Coast Guard for use on federal waterways) :
000 inboard motorboats
federal jurisdiction, and 4,021 larger cruisaw ga
auxiliary sailboats documented by the U.fc. Bu
reau of Customs: 486,000 sailboats without if-
board engines and some
smaller, craft using outboard motors.
THE pleasure boat fleet last-year required
million gallons of gasoline and 22 million gtf
lons of lubricating- oil. KeeDinsr the boats snip-
shape called for 10 million gallons of saint ajig
varnish.
, Sales of outboard motors are reported running
50 per cent ahead of lastjyear in some areas. J7gy-as-you-cruise
plans are'uifered buyers of cruieer.
Several states issue pamphlets suggesting long
and short voyages over their waters.
"Boatels" are springing up on all the coasts
and waterways, frequently in association witll
marinas, which are the boater's combination of
service station, restaurant, and general store.
Water skiing alone claims some 6 million de
votees. Leisure and luxury and with luck, safety
characterize the 1959 boating outlook.
Cutting Commuter Service
The nation's seventh largest comriiuter line,
the Delaware, Lackawanna 8s Western, drops 82
passenger trains from its schedule on June 9. But.
it won't be quitting the coinxiuter business en-
tirely. It may not have wanted) anyway.
Confusing? It's like this: Some ffine ago the
Lackawanna asked the New Jersey Public Utili
ties Commission for permission to discontinue 96
week end and off peak trips. It followed this up on
April 10 with notice of intention to abandon all
suburban commuter operations.
The P.U.C. okayed most of the first request
but turned thumbs down on the second after Rich
ard B. Wachenfeld, attorney for the road, vir
tually conceded at a hearing on May 5 that tha
Lackawanna didn't want to fold up its passengC
business. Asked if the Lackawanna really plan
ned "to go through with the abandonment,"
Wachenfeld replied: "We're not surer ourselves
what will happen. We hope to get tax assessment
relief, fare increases, and other points."
f IKE most other U.S. roads, the Lackawanna
has been losing heavily on its passenger opera
tions, $5 million in 1958, $5.5 million-in 1957.
(Overall, the industry lost $610 million on passen
ger operations in 1958 and $723 million in 1957
according to Interstate Commerce Commission
figures.) The Lackawanna has been pressinglfor
favored tax treatment in New Jersey, and it has
an application pending with the I.C.C. for higher
commuterCferes. o
Whether the shutdown notice was or wasn't
blackjacking the public as one of the PUC com
missioners charged, it is apparent that thg rail
road industry as a whole has made considerable
progress in convincing the public that relief is re
quired if the passenger end of the business ivto
survive. Several states hate given spejalTax
treatment to commuter roads, ann Gov. Robert B.
Meyner of New Jersey said May 26 he may call
the state legislature into special session in July
to give special attention to the commuter prob
lem, E.R.Rj ,
te it lake ii3d
or AvfA 21 ftfuttl t
file btffinninar
shov that 18 s&its htwt
authority o? the Secretary
or twice a year.-During
to a $2.85 billion ftuja-
used on waters not rniflej
6 million other,' gene!edly
Dennis ffto
Conmunicafions
Letters to tka Editor mart
baas tka same and addssa of
tha vriter although ndar aer
taia circumstance tna use of a
ata aaaia or initial for publica
tion, is parmissibla. Tha Mail
Tribune rscarvas tha right to
adit all 1 attars with aa ae to
alarification .and coadaasstioa.
Letters subaiittsd for auhlica
oa must bis) xcaaal 4C9 worav
later cBtet Bf stasia
Xo the Editor: In regerd to
tfie fla.fea.ted Phoenix-Talent
conaoliflation as compered
Vith Yhoenig-Medford re
organisation, as en interested
Dyetanfle, I do not feel this
major lecisio should bsltft
eatiMly up to the Beorganica
io Board. ' After . ell, they
ere juei citizens like ourselves
nt mot sifted f?ith amy spe
cial Jbrstif&i m to how
Will tirn oufc e must also
moitorpet, in fre heat, of) the
ceaigaiam Jbr enf efiinst, thai
We Stead is feyiny$ to
Dod Jol in fce&ee etanaay
eon&iegnf) (aUfuaita&, d
Ideal thet, ia t long) ma,
asa those, votam ho have
no children, ow ra arimerilf
coneamad Vith teres, frill to
11 consider the chilerea's
e$goBtio 0nt The welfare
oft age nation fn. the wont
depanif) on Sfie eeW ere a at
cifettDS our school erosJuce,
ffueaile ftelinguanta eest
money; na, beyont tbat, tut
asf jiituB efisfinee at eur
7oji9. finjs oa the type oj
laafiera) our mchaca eevelop.
Vhei lavelopv ltaiaishi
abilities? Ofiiouel,. the op
gortainite Jbr chance to lead.
Along. fii line, lei aie fluotja
ftom (lito im Yam ur
nel ft a-uajk, 1M. "I mA
our High tnol ifraduetloa
end sav the 'too tan' receive
ttto and three, averts etch.
TBeir attitude ae: See US
Ve're tfa important oaest But
the resa df the class wore
loot of utf fleJaei, I trlin
we paaentRtshoult tiscuas tftte
in PTA. It olkea isn'a)oal far
e cmia to Mceive several
awerflai Younasters can be
regarded o so many tftings.
IfeacS cSilfi were Mcofias4
individualle In some Way ett
graduation it Woult liins aa
couragement to them."
JS. lovav (raBas. oa nfef
day, fbr instance, tSa taaahatr,
e that each child "Winb
ribbon atomahoV- la is eaa
mora imtxrtent)s aaci Mi-
eiger to leal aUcceaaBil lmmamm
Vhilei a hiJ afh(t a
certain af aecagatif Bi
give b well-rounSafl niojaani
Jbr these modern einac, there
is size beyond fhich an$
school become too larja to
ft good job svsn in educat
ina the youngstane. Aad ce
tainly in trajininf) for leaf et
ship, thoS who 4o nof have
push, those who ere timid ,nd
need encouragement, cannot
help but be) lost in the shuf
fle. Theses are) the verf onsg,
who need the) feeling) of (suc
cess in some type oi activity
for them to develog fhola
some personalities uiey ill
enjoy od mental health in
later lif In (h laiyai fiigl
school nly the veer Mental.
can possibly stgnrl ouaatSee)
the crowd ne fin hoaoira.
and thaw do 4ometime Win
too many for thsjr on go&.
The point of 11 this? i thft
it if) letter to be a Bog) ia. a
&iaU puddlt)tb fiale ie.
the ocean if you Wntfin-
AitifeW e mm
high hool no lorsjar if de
quate to train for atiotaee. iif
ing, it ha i edventtaes; e
certainly g rraeAivai -siBSd
school.' such aiB) tlk BDraaaA
(phoenix-Talent coqli4f ttcsa,
should offer som off the ad
vantages o both IfrJA eBrtj
;n. ? .S-i
smaii, wim a minimum oav un
desirable feQires.
Ifs. Maxine Chfgpgn
Bouts) 1,
. Talent, Ort.
Menses
Today & Tomorrow
By Walter
iiis AB or BOW
There have been elections,
for example the election of
185a, when except for the pos
sibility of an
other illness,
there never
was any doubt
about the re
mits, if Eisen
howerwas able to accept
the nomina
tion, he was
sure to be
elected. For
1110, the situation is altogeth
er different. There is no cer
tainty who will be nominated
by either party and, as re
spects the candidates for the
Presidency, there is no certain-
Ujj, not even high probabil
ity f to who could or would
t. elected:
!$ogt0of the uncertainty
eomes out of the situation re
led, fie the vriouf tests of
gublie opinion, . notably the
Qflluf polls) They disclose a
peradof. While the .Republi
can are in a tedy and deep
decline for the Congressional
elections President Eisenhow
er's) .jpargonal popularity ha
uaprovea retnsr dramatically
since the spectacular defeat of
the Hapublicina in the elec
tions ot last November, If Ei
senhower' atrinjth in the
Pietittacy cn be gassed on
to tile Bepublican candidate
fbr President, it would be a
plausible bit) that in 1960
there Will 8e en overwhelm
ing Democratic majority in
both jttoust of Congress with
e JUauBlican in toe White
NOBODY can gossibly fnow
todty fnether this is what
is foing) to haggen neSt year.
But it) might throw Some light
on our guessing if we could
exalfin ahy s of today 59
per cent of the votens want a
Damocrftie Congress and 61
par cant of the voterf want
President lisenhofer.
My gus9 ie that there are
three maia reon which
have combiaed to produce this
strange paradog. One is, I be
lieve, tfoea a large part of the
American people do not iden
tify Mr. JiaJsnnower with the
Beaublican party. They look
agon him e national figure
bove the garty battle. This is
t at election time-the
fray Mb Bisenhower likes to
ttiing of hie, officer
w
HB1 second reason is that
on the fbhole.the recession
is over iand there i no popu
lar demand that the' White
louse) do anytWng much
about business in general. The
locgl, sectional, and group
arsssuref Jbr, particular mea
sures re for the most part
enacted towards Congress. As
theajs greieures are not at pres
fnt verji severe, they do not
over-balance the countervail
ing) Bjajfcurft of the" peop
fho, With the Prtfident fi
their (fpof eSrnan, fear - infla
tion, wants taxes not to e
raised and if possible o be
reduced. ,
- We rlo not &now that this
WiU Still b) trui in 160. But
as the, rfcovry (seemf) very
vigorous, tbe probability
thit it WiU still be true. If
it ie; th Republican candidate
ftr Prasidfnt (giould profit
Bjrsatly by it.
ftSB tsorrl ieaSDedor preii
IL deet Bisenhower's stainth
tctpite tiia weakness of ins
art m i 4ael sure, as Mr.
Baftiuel LuheU was the first
m eetet eut, tae Berlin crisis.
This is et aresent tm local
Borat ef tfa cold War. The
Bcrlia eriais was precipitajted
a law weeks attr the elec
tions of 109B end the Presi
dent's popularity ns been ris-
iap ever since, eor Mr. Bisen
hower has the confidence pf a
,areet teajority of the people
tftft he kno-' hoe to defend
thje country nd how to pre-
Vit gjer.Jpai the aduruig
j
aVaJaar
Pqfq!qr !KifQtP8f Conference
Toward Weary Hb3;
By VMIL.nveOM
UVI roreifn Idiior
The four-power foreign
ministers' conference ie drag
ging toward a tyeary'amd and,
as of now, the results may be
forecast about as advertised
ero. In the nearly four vee&s of
the conference, both ides
have demonstrated they, ere
operating from prepared posi
tions from which neither can
retreat.
As have his predecessore at
a half dozen other Big Four
conferences, Soviet Foreign
Minister Afldrei Gromyko
has taken up a great deal of
the conference time with
propaganda attacks against
the West, especially the North
Atlantic Treaty ' Organization
(NATO) and against the
alleged aggresive intentions
of the West German Republic.
When Gromyko was silent,
Soviet Premier Nikita
Khrushchev ably filled the
void.
Yet, through the smoke
Lippmann
magic pf the Eisenhower per
sonality and it is quite suf
ficient to account for the fact
that he is so much stronger
than his party. ..
I have heard this explana
tion confirmed by two active
Democratic candidates for the
Presidency. They both have
said from first hand exper
ience among the voters that
when it comes to the Presi
dency, as distinct from Con
gress, what the voters are
looking for is a candidate they
can trust to deal weU with
the issues of peace and war.
It is evident enough that
all the serious aspirants in
both parties know this to be
true. That is why none of
them, in either party has
chosen to make any domestic
question his paramount issue.
This is why all of them are
seeking to identify themselves
in the public mind with the
conduct of foreign affairs. In
the months to come, in the
great sorting out process
which is the preliminary to
the nominating .conventions
and . to the election, the cru
cial test of the .men will be
their experience and their
proven aptitude in world af-
(Copfrfcht 1 fieg Yorft
' Herald Tbune Inc.)
Voting Machine to
Be Secret Weapon
At Moscow Exhibit
Bf FRAVg BLHAEER
United pracs International
Washington- (DPD -American
officials now have unveiled
here what obviously will be
theif) secret weapon at the
U.S. exhibit this summer in
Moscow. It's a voting machine.
With this I believe they are
going to worry the Russians
to death.
What it means is decisions,
decisions, decisions for Wen
who normally can relax
whSe somebody else makes
all the upsetting choices.
"Which one of the follow
ing parts of 8i3 exhibit did
you find most interesting?"
The multiple-choice mechani
cal monster will demand of
Ivan as the cumin snaps to,
enfolding him in envious pri
vacy. y
After . he sajeats out an
answer from 15 stated possi
bilities (model home, clrcar
ramaD color TV, ' convertible
automobile, etc.), Ivan will
find that's just the $tart.
Transplant .
"Now please vote for your
ftcond and third choices," he
then will be ordered.
There are additional ques
tions to come seeking Ivan's
judgments on assorted spe
cific exhibits. And ffhen he
stepj$ sweating from tho vot
ing) booth it m raejimed he
will Snow just now the tax
payer feelf in Columbia,
Ohio, ftr registering ele
tion dfy prefereaees lor
ey .thins; froei president p
enaybe a couple oi state con-
atitutional amsnlmjats.
That dcours if) tna cWject
of the. U.S. exhibit in Mc:oW.
The show is billed f f ero
section of Amaricfn life, thf
U.S. in miniature, treasplfnt-
to Sokolnii xi fig)
wee&s starting) ialf XS.
ffeir official aipec mtybe
four million ftuscians to .fee
our show. 'They profesj to
think Ivgn ant his; frieridf will
be fascinated by our voting;
machine, ani)to accijaamiate
the Iectorate they (ifill in
staU not sinfje) rnaeiiing) but
a bank of Ibur.
' Eight bright yourJluselan
speaking Americnhave
been chosih to answer all
questions, drawing, the line
onlv at directing which lever
to pull. Tbewjll assure thw
screen of Communist propa
ganda ami Western replies,
the basic issue emerges un
changed. It is the final status of Ger
many. West Berlin, with its 10,
000 Allied troops and its
booming economy, remains a
deep-seated thorn in Commu
nist flesh, but only that.
A Germany permanently
divided, between East and
West remains the Soviet
Union's ultimate objective.
Berlin can come later.
Khrushchev's strategy has
taken two tacks.
First, he announced last
Nov. 27 that in six months
Russia would turn control!) oti
communications with West
Berlin over to the Communist
East Germans and demanded
that the Western Allies get
. At the same time, he sug
gested a settlement might be
reached through a four-power
conference.
In the face of tough West
asatSB
Farley Can Illuminate Timely
Question of Religion
By LYLE C. WILSON
United Press International
Washington (DPD Perhaps
James A. Farley can illumin
ate that troublesome question
of religion in
politics which
has become
timely again
because Sen.
John F. Ken
nedy 'is ,a
Roman Catho
lic. For those
who came in"
T-
Lyle C. Wilson very late: iun
Farley was campaign man
ager of Franklin D. Roose
velt's 1932and 1936 electoral
triumphs. Farley balked at a
third term. When FDR was
nominated in 1940 for the
third time Farley refused to
manage his campaign again.
Farley in 1940 was, him
self, a candidate for the
Democratic presidential nom
ination in token opposition to
term number three. He would
have settled happily for sec
ond place on a ticket headed
either by John N. Garner of
Texas or the late Cordell Hull
of Tennessee.
In. his book, "Jim Farley
Story, The Roosevelt Years,"
Farley develops the story of
FDR's third term nomination.
It was a political nonesuch
voter nobody, but nobody, wUl
be looking over his shoulder.
No Free Doughnuts
One thing Ivan may want
to know is how he can be sure
this is true, and no answer has
been thought of for this.
. Three of the. poll watchers
come from voteless Washing
ton, D.C., and some smart
Alexandrovitch, if nota plain
Ivan, may very weU inquire
how and where-they vote.
There is an answer for that
one, sort of. They all claim
residence somewhere else and
vote by mail. .
, Faibfficials claim the Rus
sians in this case have gone
out of their Way to coexisted ime Democrats; Smith's
pleasantly, under terms oivahTonjuct 0f the campaign was
agreement that al3 lejp them
run a show in New Yoifc
staffing the last of this month.
Te Russians have blown
the whistle on only ( couple
of items. We had planned to
give xjgy fresh hot dougfc
nuts. Nyet, said th! Russians:
They also clouded up initially
on free soft drinks, but on this
have now come around.
Our big disappointment to
date came, on what San. Hu
bert lHumphrej)(D-Minn.), (n
old Rusl hajn, once prwJict
ed woul8 be our moft impres
flv afeibit. ej unfi af
ter Ion fal, Igiv said never
mini the 1W0 flafmin) 1ft th
room unite Wft alarmed to in-
all. The y tfif fill fan-
dje, ffl elusiBingi
BrniB-PgiNiatrsg 91W3
Staunton, Va-(a-Tfie Rv
fcrjharlsl, Oti Gill, gU retired
Congrsgftionfl ministeaj) and
maraiflkrof fceAifagll-Amer-
icfn foofll saafi m $ Ygl
O
paloe f m a
7tr LCTIe worry
Bat talk, laueh or sneeze without
sr of Insecure false teeth dropping.
sliDDlne or (Vobbllne. FAS'
holds slates firmer Aid more com
fortably. This pleasant mrder has no
gummy, gooey, pasty taste or feeling.
Doesn't cause nausea. It's alkaline
(non-add). Checks- "plate odor"
,rs breath), uat rwiisui at
counter.
Results May Be Zero
ern resistance, he dropped his
ultimatum on Berlin but won
his Big Four conference.
At the conference, using
Gromyko as his mouthpiece,
he has threatened to sign a
separate peace treaty with
East Germany unless the
foreign ministers reached
agreement.
AU Or Nothing
He has attempted in each
case to cloak his moves in in
ternational legality.
In each case, the Western
Allies have replied that no
final agreement can be reach
ed on any part of Germany
without full agreement by the
four powers that' participated
in the German surrender in
1945.
Therefore, Russia cannot
proclaim an independent East
Germany any more than East
Germany can claim control
over Berlj.
O Both still are subject to
Allied controls. Even the
Aliled agreenfnt which re
stored virtual freedom to
properly counted as the best
planned and organized spon-;
taneous draft in the history;
of U. S. politics. The third
termers feared Farley's can
didacy might wreck the plan.
Perhaps even FDR feared
that.
Cardinal ' Intervened
So. Farley relates, he was
summoned by Cardinal Mun-
delein of Chicago, and met
with him on July 12, 1939, in
New York. The cardinal had
a major purpose ... to per
suade Farley to support FDR's
third nomination and elec
tion. Farley wrote this:
" 'James," the cardinal
studied me earnestly,- 'you
have always been most frank
with me.' so that I feel entire
ly free in broaching a most
confidential matter to you. It
is my sincere feeling that a
Roman Catholic could not be
elected president of the
United States at this time or
for many years to come. I
hope, therefore, that you will
do nothing to involve the
Catholics of the country in
another debacle such as we
experienced in 1928 (when
Alfred E. Smith of New York
got - the Democratic : nomina
tion'.)" !
Farley's response was that
he did not feel free to discuss
FDR's third term possibilities
because "I do not think you
are the proper person" with
whom to discuss them. Card
inal MundeleuOxpressed ab
solute confidence that FDR
would seek a third term. Far
ley thought not, although he
could not be sure.
"James," Mundelein insist
ed, "I do not believe a Catho
lic coulcVwin."
Farley Disagreed
Farley replied: "A great
many persons, among them
thevice president (Garner),
senatoO, representatives, and
party leaders feel differently.
Men-, who know something
about politics. Conditions are
not the same as they were
10 or 20 years ago.
'When'' Smith ran, the
Democratic party was not in
power; Smith was in the front
of the fight for repeal of the
proMbitic law: be country
fwas prosperous; Smith's
choice of (John J.) Raskob, a
Republican, for
chairman was an affront to
anything but skillful and dip
lomatic; it was doubtful that
any Democrat could have
been elected in that year, and
the renjfious issue should not
be blamed alone for Smith's
defeat. On the other side of
thej picture, there isrno rea
son to belied that the Demo
cratic party will not win in
law."
That is Farley's estimate of
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ASHLAND "t is better to know us and not need us. J
We sver Close than
Drags
Western Germany was not in
tended as a final treaty. It
still is referred to as the Bonn
agreement on convention.
And the outlines of East and
West Germany still follow the
outlines of the original
occupation zones.
On that basis, too, there is
not even need for an "in
terim" agreement on Berlin.
That agreement was made
years ago and It, Jike all the
rest, must ' wait for final
settlement of all of Germany.
And therein lies the great
stumbling block. The West
cannot abandon West Berlin
to the Communists Unless it
also 'abandons every treaty
with every anti-Communist
nation. Russia, embarked on
a gigantic program of eco
nomic expansion, must have
stab'Uty yet it cannot counten
ance a reunified anti-Communist
Germany.
It needs an internationally
recognized East Germany
where the last hope of free
dom has been crushed.
in Politics
how the religious issue
weighed in the 1928 contest
between Smith .and Herbert
Hoover. There should be some
comfort for'Kennedy in that
estimate. It seems to cut the
issue of religion in politics
down to size.
In the Day's Hews
By FRANK JENKINS
Aftermath:
The national's traffic death
toll shot to a record for a two
day (54 hour) Memorial Day
holiday as millions of motor
ists clogged the highways
homeward bound Sunday
night.
ARE we goners? :
Are we going to kill bur-
selves all off on the highways
in the course of our holiday
week-ends?
I doubt it.
The Jiation's population ex
ceeds Wl former records. The
number of cars on our high
ways exceeds all former rec
ords. So . . . it stands to
reason . . . the traffic toll on
our highways should tend to
exceed former records. ' '
TtfrR. K., IN one of his char
Al acteristic blasts, cuts loose
at the West and predicts the
eventual triumph of commun
ism over capitalism.
What's he up to?
Well, basically, he's hoping
to SCARE us. If he can scare
us, he'll have it made.
SOMETHING to remember:
Just about 15 years ago,
lacking a few hours, we were
tackling the mightiest invasion
job in history. We had -assembled
on the English coast
the mightiest invasion armada
in history. It was poised to
strike across the English chan
nel in an all-out, do-or-die as
sault on Hitler's vaunted At
lantic wall.
It was everything or noth
ing. We had before us the ex
ample of the Spanish Armada
which Philip II sent against
England in 1588. If the Ar
mada had succeeded, England
would have been a goner and
Spain would have been su-
nationalreme. wf"a
t nV It didn't succeed.
It FAILED.
Its failure cooked Spain's
goose for all time.
COULD have been theO
same with us a decade and
a half ago on that fateful June
day when General Eisenhower
gave the final command that
turned our invasion forces
loose.
The invasion didn t fail.
It succeeded.
It succeeded because we had
what it took to make it suc
ceed. HAVE we still got it?
I think we have.
If Mr. K. thinks we've got
it, he won't loose his armada.
That's about the dze of it.
to need us and not know us.
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