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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
July 16, 1949 (Saturday)
All seats for the ninth an
nual Oregon Shakespearean
Festival will be reserved this
year for the first time.
City swelters in 100 plus
temperature.
20 YEARS AGO
July 16, 1939 (Sunday)
Rain controls 7,000-acre for
est fire in Klamath Indian
reservation.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Outr
side of a lack of folding
money, the fish not biting as
they ought, and the economic
system being out of whack,
everything is just dandy here
abouts."
30 YEARS AGO
July 16, 1929 (Tuesday)
Ashland cherry crop is re
ported in demand.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "The
earwigs are busy. If you give
them an inch, they will take
a yard."
40 YEARS AGO
July 16, 1919 (Wednesday)
President Wilson announces
that he will speak three times
in Oregon, once in the south
ern part of the state.
Unit of American Legion is
established in Medford.
50 YEARS AGO
July 16. 1909 (Friday)
Census of Jackson county
fruit trees planned.
Plans for. picnic ground on
Anderson creek 10 miles
southwest of Medford is pro
posed. .
What's Your l.Q.7
Nina or ten correct is superior;
seven or eight is excellent; five or
six is good.
1. Who was the U. S. Vice
President preceding Alben
Barkley?
2. Name the first woman
ever to hold a cabinet post.
3. Off the coast of what
state is Mount Desert Island?
. 4. Le Bon Homme Richard
was the flagship of which
American naval commander?
5. What form of government
does Mexico have?
- . 6. Does lead ever become
rusty?
. 7. In biology, what is the
opposite of "recessive" char
acteristic? 8. The name of a lineal mea
sure, used in racing, equival
ent to 40 rods is what?
9. In the Spanish American
War, the first Colonel to com
mand the Rough Riders was
Theodore Roosevelt, Leonard
'Wood, or John J. Pershing?
10. What kind of a cat is
the proverbial symbol of a
grin?
Answers: 1. Harry Truman;
2. Frances Perkins; 3. Main;
4. John Paul Jones; S. Repub
lic; 6. No; 7. A "dominant"
characteristic; 8. Furlong; 9.
Leonard Wood; 10. Cheshire.
Two Men Bound Over
To Malheur Jury
. Vale -(UPD -Two men were
bound over to the Malheur
county grand jury Wednesday
after arraignment on charges
of illegal possession of mari
juana before Nyssa Justice of
the Peace Donald Graham.
Held in lieu of $1,500 bond
were Jose Zuniga and Jose
Viles. f-L,.. ' -
The Abominable Chairlift
Congressman Charles 0. Porter, in pursuit
of his idea that a chairlift should be built down
the inner slope of the crater at Crater lake, has
found a film which shows two aenal tramways
of a tvDe he thinks midit be suitable for such use.
The film was shown here this week, and about
30 people turned out to see it. Each had his own
idea about the chairlift afterward, although it
would be fair and an understatement to. say
that a majority did not seem to be favorably
impressed with the proposal, nor with the pic
tures of the suggested
O'
UR own reactions
We believe the proposal to be utterly inane.
and to violate the very things that make Crater
lake what it is one of the greatest of the world's
miracles of scenery.
The chairlifts shown in the film require tall
steel towers , to carry the cables which in turn
convey the aerial chairs. A string of these down
the side of the crater could not be concealed, and
would mar irreparably the stately beauty of the
inner walls of the caldera.
A big shed is required at each end of the lift,
to house machinery and to store chairs.
CO THE mere presence of such a contraption is
our first and foremost objection, but it is far
from the only one.
Why, for instance, is
given is to permit more
from lake level. Presumably this is desirable,
although the view from that level is far less beau
tiful and impressive than the views seen from
any one of a couple of dozeri spots around the
rim. Those who go seeking beauty will best spend
their time taking the rim drive.
And the others? What would draw "them
down to lake level? The
Boats for fishing, boats for sight-seeing, boats
(perish the thought) for races or regattas or
water skiing. v.. : ?. .
To .anyone who has
surface of the lake on a
observed the indescribable blueness and serenity
oi tne water, such a thought is an abomination
and a desecration.
w t w m m
THERE are, also, practical considerations.
The season during
could be profitably operated is only two, or at
most zy2 months, in length. ;
The steel towers would have to be removed
in the winter, to prevent
il 1- At 1
mem ur pusmng mem aown lnxo me iaKe.
The inner slopes of the crater are of unstable
lava formations, and the concrete bases for the
towers would have to be huge and deep. Even
then they would be subject to slides and slips.
THERE are places in this world for practically
1 everything, including aerial tramways. One
such is Disneyland. Another might even be some-
here in' the park where it could be used by
signiseers auring me snort summer season, ana
by skiers during the long period of heavy snow,
somewhere where it would not mar one of the
most magnificent vistas the world offers, and
entice crowds to an inevitable marina on the lake-
shore, scattering candy-wrappers as they go.
Congressman Porter says a recent poll of
voters in his district showed a majority favorable
to the chairlift idea. Well and good, but it doesn't
mean much unless one knows whether the votes
were cast by those who have been to Crater lake,
and know what the implications would be.
Leave the tramways to Disneyland and the
ski slopes, Mr. Porter, and permit Crater lake to
remain as much as possible as God made it. E.A.
26,300
Every once in a while, when driving around
Medford and watching
up, we wonder who s going to live m them all.
Now we know. It is the 2,000 or so people who
have moved into Medford within the last year.
It has been evident that the the city has been
growing, but few have suspected that it was at
quite such a rate. Now the city has put out its
estimate of the population an educated guess
that there are now 26,300 people in the city limits,
compared to 24,300 last year at this time.
THE city's estimate isn't "official" yet, for it
has to be checked by the Oregon census board,
which can revise it, either upward or downward.
But it's bound to be fairly close. The estimate is
based on a number of factors, such as water and
electric connections, new residential construction,
and so on.
Next year, of course, "Uncle Sam's bureau of
the census will move in and make an accurate
and detailed nose-count. It will then be interest
ing to see how closely the actual census figure
compares with the city's estimate of next year.
The comparison will also give the city a more
accurate base for estimating future changes.
-
THE population estimates of Oregon's cities are
- made annually under a fairly new law, and
for the purpose of determining the distribution
J L 1 I V .
oi various siaie iunas
on a Der caoita basis
share of liquor revenues,
uacn ciitf lis ju&i, ?i niue jeaiuus oi its growxn,
but few. of them can compare in this regard to
Salem and Eucene. which for the nast few venrs
have been neck and neck
city in the state.
Salem was two vears aro. but last vpnr
Eugene outstripped the capital by a few hundred.
If Salem catches up this year, then listen to Eu
gena tall E.A. . ;
type of tramway.
tend toward violence. '
it needed? The answer
people to see the crater
onlv answer is boats.
watched the mirror-like
clear, windless dav. and
which such a tramway
the snow from buckling
1 Jl 1 I
People
all the new homes going
wnicn are paid to cities
such thine-s aa thp. rirv's
road funds, and so on.
for the second-largest
Dennis the Menace
00K WOT Grandpa oaousHTMl BONGO OfWMSl
Today & Tomorrow
By Walter
THE NEED TO AGREE
During the recess at Ge
neva there has been a change
in the political weather. At
the adjo urn
ment on June
20, the official
view in Wash
ington. was
that negotia
tion about Ber
lin was peril
ously near a
breakdown . in
a crisis of ul
timatums and
Walter
Uppmann
threats. But before the confer
ence was resumed, the gen
eral feeling in the West was
that negotiation was not
breaking; down, that there
may be no ultimatum and
no crisis, that a provisional
arrangement about Berlin
might be possible, and that
we are at the beginning of
a series of negotiations, now
at Geneva, then after that
at the summit, and after that
at various levels for at least
two years to come. .
This change of feeling in
Washington, which brings us
nearer to what the British
have felt aU along, is based
upon a careful reading of
what Mr. Gromyko said in
a statement issued on June
28. According to Mr. Gromy
ko, this statement merely i
clears up a misunderstanding
by Secretary Herter of what
the Soviet government meant
to say before the conference
adjourned, whether or not
this is the case, whether the
statement marks a concession
or is merely a clarification,
the statement itself impressed
Washington.
UNFORTUNATELY, this im
portant statement was not
adequately reported in the
American press at the time
it was issued, and it became
generally available even to
newspapermen only after it
appeared some days later in
a mimeographed handout from
the Soviet Embassy.
The statement was, how
ever, weU known at once to
the State Department and to
the Foreign Office in London.
They had seen how explicitly
Mr. Gromyko denied that he
was delivering an ultimatum
demanding the surrender of
Western rights in Berlin. They
had noted also that Mr. Gro
myko had said he was pro
posing the terms of a 'pro
visional status of West Ber
lin" while attempts were
made to agree on the reunifi
cation of Germany.
There is no doubt that this
is a crucial modification of
the original Soviet demand
of November, 1958, for a per
manent settlement of the
status of Berlin. Pending the
reunification of the two Ger
manys and the restoration of
Berlin as the German capital,
the West can ask no less, but
also it can ask no more, than
that West Berlin be given a
provisional status."
SINCE last November, when
Mr. Khrushchev opened the
present chapter of the Ger
man question, it has been rea
sonably certain that what
would happen is what is now
in prospect. In one form or
another a new provisional
status, recognizing the sub
stance of the status quo, would
have to be worked out.
More than that, something
in the nature of a permanent
solution has never been pos
sible. For the West wiU not
surrender all of Germany into
the Soviet sphere of influ
ence and the Soviet Union
will not surrender the whole
of Germany into the Western
sphere of influence. Both
sides are opposed to a re
united Germany which is neu
tralized and not in . either
sphere of influence. Both
sides jrefer the partition of
Germany to any alternative
which is practical politics.
BUT, less than an agreement
on a provisional status
would be highly inconvenient
41
it
Lippmann
and dangerous to both sides.
For the Russians, the break
down of negotiations . would
confront them with painful
decisions. For it is inconceiva
ble, unless they had suddenly
gone mad, that they would
themselves, or through the
East Germans, institute
blockade of West Berlin. The
Western powers are wholly
committed against the possi
bility of surrender to a block
ade. They would have to resist
or to take reprisals, and it
is not possible that this is
not well known to Mr.
Khrushchev. Enough people
have told him this.
He has moreover, as a lead
er, as a matter of fact, never
played with fire. He has'never
threatened or even hinted at
a blockade of Berlin. What
he has threatened to do is
to make a peace treaty with
East Germany giving it the
theoretical right to deal with
us on German questions in
cluding the question of Ber
lin. But it is certain that when
and if he makes a peace treaty
with East Germany, he wiU
take care not to let East Ger
many do anything provocative
which he himself had not de
cided to do. East Germany
will still be a satellite. Mr.
Khrushchev will not give this
satellite a free hand.
For these reasons, the So
viet Union has a real interest
in a provisional government.
THE West, for its part, is
- faced with the fact that
West Berlin lies in a strate
gic trap, and that its security,
including security of access,
depends not on any kind of
local defense but on the threat
of a world war with nuclear
weapons. This is far from be
ing perfect security. For the
guarantee will not operate un
less the aggression is big, is
unmistakable, and is clearly
intended. It would operate
against a general blockade. It
could not operate against
harassment, against bureau
cratic delays and an infinite
variety of temporary but cost
ly and annoying traffic jams,
due to "repairs" of the bridges,
the railroad and the canals
which serve West Berlin.
The West, therefore, would
also be in a painful position
if negotiations for a provision
al status were to fail. For the
indefinite future the West
would be confronted with the
problem of how to provide
security for West Berlin
against measures which are
short of nuclear war. This se
curity can be provided only
by a political and juridical
agreement about what it is to
be the status of West Berlin
pending the reunification of
the two- Germanys.
rpHE best that can be hoped
for at Geneva now is that
there will be an agreement
in principle, leaving it to ne
gotiation at the summit to de
termine how the-principle is
to be applied.- At the worst,
there will be a complete
breakdown of negotiations.
But if there is such a
breakdown, the basic facts of
the situation being what they
are, neither side will be able
to impose its own solution.
Ways wiU, therefore, have to
be sought of resuming the ne
gotiations later on.
Copyright 1959, New York
Herald Tribune Inc.
former Medford Man
Gets Army Promotion
Among the nine Army brig
adier generals President Eis
enhower nominated, for tem
porary promotion to major
general this week was Ben
HarreU, formerly of Medford.
General HarreU was born
March 15, 1911, and attended
Washington school here and
was graduated in 1929 from
Medford High school. He was
graduated from West Point in
1933 and has served in the
infantry since that time.
Visits. fo Poland Three Years Ago, Now
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Editor
On the morning of Oct. 19,
1956, a furious Nikita Khrush
chev stepped from a Rus
sian airliner
at Warsaw's
Airport. "
"Who is
that?" he de
m a n d e d,
meaning a
slender, sal
low - faced
man of me
dium height
Phu Newsom who wore
steel-rimmed glasses under a
high forehead made more so
by a receding hairline.
"It is I, Gomulka, the man
you sent to jail," -came the
calm rejoinder.
The immediate fate of Po
land hung in the balance that
morning.
Immediate cause of Khru
shchev's -rage was the fact
that Gomulka, back in power
and "rehabilitated" after four
years in jail, had just fired
Soviet Marshal ' Konstantin
Rokossovsky as police defense
minister and declared Po-
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Poison Sprays
To the Editor: We have
just recently celebrated Inde
pendence day.
I wonder if the flag is stiU
there. Is the flag that signifies
freedom still flying in our
land?
Does old glory still mean
that we are free people?
When last year some 8 mil
lion people signed a petition
asking for these nerve gas
sprays to be stopped from of
people for 3 generations, how
far did we get? Every day it is
used in every direction, over
people, garden, livestock and
property. The N.F.A. Journal
says churches should join in
to help stop this from people
and little children. In the lat
est Journal it tells of two men
that died, two more in serious
condition, caused by poisoning
while dusting cotton.'
What about the people?
These sprays drift into our
homes every day. DDT drifts
30 miles before it aU settles,
when air is calm.
Dr. Malcolm M. Hargraves,
blood specialist of the Mayo
Clinic in Rochester, Minn.,
swore under oath that leuke
mia, anemia,, Hodgkins dis
ease, 'jaundice, and many oth
er dreaded ailments, can be
traced to the use of DDT,
when the air - we breathe Is
full of these poison sprays.
Cancer is on the rise . among
animals in the Philadelphia
zoo. -
I for one have been so sick
from these sprays drifting in
our home, ever since it has
been used. -
' Do we caU this freedom and
justice for all, or just to ben
efit the lew?
Julia Grissom,
Route 2,
' .Central Point, Ore.
Quoth The Raven . . ."
To the Editor: When, yes
teryear; Edgar Allen Poe was
read more widely than today,
the anecdote was told of Mrs.
New-Rich and her guest book.
She had invited a brainy But
rather poverty-stricken intel
lectual as week end guest at
her country estate. She used
to brag about haying such
relphrities. When she insist
ed on his autograph in her
guest book, she noticed ne
failed to inscribe any compli
mentary words under "Re
marks." When she called his
attention to his omission, he
simply wrote the words:
Quoth the Raven."
Though ravens are never
seen in certain areas of Cali
fornia, they are common in
the Death Valley region. Cali
fornia Auduboniers who ven
ture abirdihg to" Alaska also
fmd them numerous on the
beaches up there. At times
the beach which exhibits
ravens feasting upon the sea's
upcast will show also arctic
terns, kittiwakes and puffins.
Bills of the latter are used
bv the Tlingits - in making
rattles for babies.
The raven is recognized as
the most highly developed of
aU the birds.. This, whether
one ftbserves him in the hot
sands of Death Valley, or
stealine fiulls eees on the
beach afront an Alaska Gla
cier, or hopping around on
Scotland's purpled heather.
Thp raven, with its high
intelligence, is as wise a cliff
dweUer as our redskins wnose
tvnical home is preserved in
Mesa Verde National Park.
The raven nest is almost al-
wavs on a cliffside under a
sheltering overhang. That it
lays a half dozen eggs indi
cates a high annual mortality
for this useful carrion eater.
Perhaps this is due partially
land's right to its own path
to socialism.
Hungary Revolts
A few months earlier, in
Moscow, Khrushchev had pro
mulgated his famous destalin
ization program and opened
a Pandora's Box of troubles.
Russia's seething satellites
were seeing a chance to break
free from Moscow's iron rule.
In just five days that unrest
would blow up into flaming
revolt in Hungary.
So, it was an harassed and
irritable Khrushchev that met
Gomulka for the first time
that morning.
Arms flailing, shouting in
sults, - Khrushchev told Go
mulka that the Soviet Union
had not shed its blood over
Poland during World War n
to see it snatched away now
by an upstart.
It is probable that no out
sider ever will know for sure
the exact course of events
which followed in the confer
ence between the two at Po
land's Parliament House.
Khrushchev Retreats
One version is that Go;
mulka would have lost his
head then and there had not
a colleague thoughfuUy
thrown a cordon of Polish
tanks around the building
and another had changed the
guard at Radio Warsaw.
In the end, Gomulka is said
to have threatened to go on
the air with a broadcast mes
sage, telling the Polish peo
ple what Khrushchev was de
manding and what Gomulka
was refusing.
Whatever the events, Khru
shchev retreated and agreed
to a later meeting in Moscow
at which Poland's pressing
economic needs would be dis
cussed. It was a tremendous per
sonal victory for Gomulka,
who ever since that time has
trod the narrow path between
the dictates of Moscow and
to seasons of food shortage.
What, humans could learn
from birds as to such prob
lems as overpopulation.
Faithfully, -C.
M. Goethe,
Seventh and J sts.,
Sacramento, Calif.
Sales Tax Initiative
To the Editor: Do your read
ers know that they can write
their own tax law? Do they
know that they can file an
initiative petition on the mat
ter of a sales tax for the State
of Oregon reducing the state
income tax and curtailing the
power lof counties to levy a
property tax?
It only requires 34,000 bona
fide registered voters' signa
tures by July 7, 1960, to be
checked in the office of the
various county clerks where
the signatures are secured and
filed by 5 p.m. with the secre
tary of state in Salem. The
people have the power to ini
tiate their own tax program
and can initiate a sales tax by
initiative petition exempting
food and drugs and reducing
the counties' property tax and
the state income tax.
They could for instance cur
tail the counties' power to
levy a property tax on the
present basis by 70 per cent,
for if the sales tax money
went for the purposes of edu
cation and for welfare, these
two things alone take about
70 per cent of the counties'
revenue and H a sales tax
were passed the county would
not need to levy the property
tax that it does today.
A limitation could be put on
the power of the state to levy
an income tax.
The common laborer and
semi-skilled laborer who earns
less than $5,000 a year would
be benefited by the exemption
on food and drugs. '
If the people of the State of
Oregon do not write their own
tax ; bill it may be that the
next session of the legislator
will write a gross income tax
law.
Now is the time to act while
we still have approximately
one full year to write our own
tax measure.
If the people in the various
communities of the State of
Oregon will get together in
one giant effort this task can
be accomplished and the mea
sure put on the ballot in tune
for the November 1960 elec
tion. If you favor such a sales tax
and a reduction in income tax
and property tax write to the
editor of this paper and let
him know your thoughts.
The editors want to know
what the public pulse is and
am sure that they have
enough knowledge of the vari
ous citizens who could get to
gether to make such an initia
tive petition a reality.
M. A. Carter
1836 Lowell
Klamath Falls, Ore.
Liked Coverage v
To the Editor: The Jackson
County 4-H Leaders associa
tion takes this opportunity of
thanking your paper for the
wonderful day to day cover
age of the 4-H wagon train
to CorvaUis.
Jackson County 4-H
Leaders Association,
. Lucile Frink, Secretary.,
lihe explosive nationalism of
the Polish people.
Khrushchev Smiles,
The events of three years
ago were in sharp contrast to
those of Tuesday, July 14,
when Khrushchev once again
stepped from an airliner at
Warsaw Airport. This time it
was a smiling Khrushchev
who told Gomulka:
"Your party and ours share
the same economic and ideo
logical principles, based on
socialism, communism and
peace."
In many ways, Khrushchev
had reason to be grateful to
Gomulka.
In 1956 the Posnan "bread
and freedom" riots had erupt
ed in protest against harsh
Matter of Fact
NIXON'S NEW DECISION ,
Washington-Vice President
Richard M. Nixon has pretty
well decided not to seek a Ro
man Catholic
running mate
on the Repub
lican ticket, if
the Democra
tic ticket for
1960 includes
Sen. John F.
Kennedy in ei
ther first or
second place.
jo.ph Aisnp mis aeci-
sion amounts to an important
change of signals for the Nix
on team. Previously, the plan
was to match Senator Kenne
dy's appeal to his co-religion-
lsts by offering the Republi
can vice presidential nomina
tion to another member of the
church. The indicated choice
was the able and colorful sec
retary of labor, James M.
MitcheU, who comes from
New Jersey and would also
give the Republican ticket a
geographical balance.
Soundings made for Nixon
have just about convinced
him, however, that this earlier
plan is unworkable and un
sound. On the one hand, Ken
nedy's appeal is thought to be
too strong for competition,
among those Catholics whose
votes will be influenced by re
ligious considerations. On the
other hand, it is thought that
many other Catholic voters
will be alienated, if too trans
parent an attempt is made to
give the Republican ticket a
religious balance.
'
NIXON, who admires MitcheU-
and is close to him,
will seriously consider offer
ing the second place to the
secretary of labor, if the Dem
ocrats reject Kennedy for the
presidency and Kennedy in
turn rejects the vice presiden
tial nomination.
Other Catholic Democrats,
such as Gov. Pat Brown of
California, are not thought to
have the, same sort of pulling
power that Kennedy has. If
one of these others is put on
the Democratic ticket, a reli
giously balanced Republican
ticket is expected to be advan
tageous.
But Nixon and his strate
gists believe that the Demo
crats will name Senator Ken
nedy to one place or the other,
Therefore, they are already
looking over the available
WASPS-as white Anglo-Sax
on Protestants are unpleasant
ly called in current political
jargon.
They speak of New York
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller as a
gift from heaven, but a gift
which they do not expect to
get for obvious reasons. Aft
er Rockefeller, Ambassador to
United Nations Henry Cabot
Lodge at present heads the list
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Communist rule and the In
equalities of bureaucracy. Po
lish intelligentsia was out
spoken in its criticism of the
Soviet Union. Hungarian
style revolt was but a hair
breadth away. .
Gomulka, emerging as a
national hero after his bout
with Khrushchev, prevented
that sort of bloodshed and by
devious routes through the
intervening years has been
guiding Poland firmly back
into the orbit of world com
munism. Gomulka, on his
side, must have the support
of the Soviet Union. On his
western flank is a Germany
pledged to regain its lost ter
ritories taken by Poland be
yond the Oder-Niesse.
Joseph' Alsep
of possible Nixon running
mates. '
THE fact that the foregoing
is imnortant nnlitiral riv
speaks about the trend of our
politics in the year 1959. It
suggests the self-confidence
that currently prevails in the
Nixon camp; for it is early
days, yet, for a presidential
hopeful to be making deci
sions about his running-mate.
It suggests, too, the preoc
cupation with Senator Kenne
dy that also prevails in the
Nixon camp. This stems from
the Massachusetts senator's
exceptional ' showing in - the
public opinion polls, including
certain polls that have been
privately taken at the behest
oi Vice President Nixon's po
litical friends.
About all, however, this
weighing of the pros and cons
of a religiously balanced Re
publican ticket suggests the
depth of the political change
that began with Senator Ken
nedy's unsuccessful vice pres
idential bid in 1956.
Until that moment, neither
of the major parties had ever
thought of a religiously bal
anced ticket. With the excep
tion of Alfred E. Smith-an ex
ception that seemed to prove
the rule-no Roman Catholic
had ever been nominated for
the presidency or the vice
presidency. ' Membership In
the Catholic church was held
to be a fatal handicap, even
for vice presidential aspirants.
NOW, however, it Is taken
for granted that at least
one place on the Democratic
tickets will go to a Catholic
if not Senator Kennedy, then
Governor Brown or some oth
er member of the church.
Even those Democrats who
feel sure their party's presi
dential nominee must not be
a Catholic, also feel sure that
only a Catholic can be named
to the vice presidency.
By the same token, the most
probable Republican Presi
dential nominee strongly in
clines to a religious balance
for his party's ticket, unless
the name of Kennedy appears
on the Democratic ticket. On
ly in that special case, it is
thought wiser (if one may be
crude about it) to try to gain
on the Protestant swings what
will be lost on the Catholic
roundabouts.
In short, the old exclusions
are breaking down fast. One
must pray that they wiU not
be replaced by new exclusions-in-reverse,
as would be
the case if religiously balanced-national
tickets become a
oositive and permanent re
quirement. But one must also
cheer the progress already
made.
(Copyright 1959, New York
Herald Tribune. Inc.)
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