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GENEVA CHAT U. S.. Secy, of State. Christian Herter (left) chats informally with
UN Secy.-Gen. Dag Hammarskjold (right) at Herter's villa in Geneva. Center are
U. S. Asst. Secy, of State Livingstone T. Merchant and Mrs. Herter. Hammarskjold
visited Herter to discuss the international situation.
Back Stairs: Letters To Eisenhower
By MERRIMAN SMITH
UPI While House Reporter
Washington-flJPD-Back stairs
at the White House:
.president Eisenhower re
ceives thousands of letters
each week from his fellow
Americans, expressing their
sentiments on public affairs
and asking endJes? questions.
Frequently their oussUons are
reflected in letters tc report
ers assigned to the White
House.
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Following is a sampling of
recent mail to this reporter,
and an attempt at answers.
A reader in Coshocton, Ohio,
writes to object that the Presi
dent grins too much, and
seems to think that the news
papers, by printing pictures
of the chief executive smiling,
are doing some sort of dis
service. This reader, incident
ally, is avowedly anti-Eisenhower.
"You apparently are an ad
mirer of the grinny type of
politicians," says Thomas Wil
liams, of Coshocton.
Anwer: Reporters rarely
judge presidents or any other
politicians primarily on their
facial expressions, but Eisen
hower's face is such a map of
his emotions that photograph
ers and reporters alike watch
him closely when he's on pub
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ling behind whatever he may
be saying. '
Most Improbable
From Elizabeth City, N.C.,
a person who signs "a tired
taxpayer" "Is it true that
President Eisenhower, still
takes his orders on money
policy from George Humphrey
(former secretary of treas
ury)?" -f
Answer: ' Eisenhower and
Humphrey are old friends and
see each other occasionally,
not often. Divorcing the ques
tion from the personalties in
volved, it is most improbable
that any knowledgeable per
son would ever give "orders"
to any. President. Life in the
White House just isn't that
way, regardless of .who sits in
the big chair.
A President listens to ad
vice, even to -urging. It seems
true, however, that most of
Eisenhower's personal friends
are inclined to wait until ask
ed before offering suggestions.
The influence on any Presi
dent usually is a composite,
cumulative thing. '
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From the ' University of
Georgia at Athens: "Will the
White House send me copies
of the President's press con
ference-transcripts?" "
Answer: No. Your best bet
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ularly carries the blow-by-blow
, account of the Presi
dent's sessions with reporters.
Widely Used Term
From Des Moines, Iowa,
I. J. Black writes: "Literally
what does 'off-the-record'
mean at the White House?"
Answer: It means very lit
tle these days as far as Eisen
hower is concerned. This is a
term used widely to describe
the remarks of a high official
who wants them kept secret.
The late President Franklin
D. Roosevelt used to make use
of this device on rare occas
ions at his news conference:.
He'd answer a question off
record when he thought it
was inadvisable for his sen
timents to be made public,
even on a non-attributable
basis.
Eisenhower has never gone
off-the-record at a regular
press conference since enter
ing the White House.
Actually, the term is now
used rather loosely in Wash
ington to denote any form of
activity, as well as spoken or
printed words, which an of
ficial prefers to keep secret,
but makes them cautiously
known as a matter of guidance
or accommodation.
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Off-Street Parking
Plan to Start in
Medford Sept. 21
"Park and Shop" - an off
street parking plan to provide
free and convenient parking to
shoppers in downtown Med-ford-will
go into effect on
Sept. 21, Bruno Rath said yes
terday at the chamber of com
merce roundtable luncheon
meeting. ,
Rath, chairman of the board
of control for the new parking
system,' said that Park and
Shop has met with success in
about 150 cities across the na
tion, among them Tucson,
Ariz., Washington, D. C, and
Fargo, N. D.
The Park and Shop system
works, basically, -through the
validation of off-street parking
tickets by downtown mer
chants. A minimum purchase
of $2 is necessary for one to
obtain free parking, Rath said,
but it will be possible for pa
trons of downtown stores to
park as long as necessary
without worrying about de
positing coins in parking met
ers. Non-Shoppers Pay
The off-street lots will be
available .to n o n - shoppers,
Rath said, but they will have
to pay an hourly fee for the
use of the lots.
Rath expressed the belief
that when the Park and Shop
system goes into operation,
shoppers from outside the lo
cal area will have more of an
incentive to patronize Medford
merchants, and that the plan
is designed to make more on
street meter parking avail
able. ' ;
He emphasized that parking
will be paid for by merchants
and will be free to shoppers.
Occupants of professional
and service offices and build
ings will be encouraged to
join the parking, plan, Rath
said, as well as merchants.
Thirty-two downtown stores
have already signed up with
the plan, he said.
Shoppers using the Park
and Shop plan will obtain dat
ed tickets when they park
their cars and when they
make a purchase at a member
store a stamp will be affixed
to the ticket. When their shop
ping is finished, they present
the stamped ticket at the lot
and drive off. Payment for the
parking will be made by the
merchant affixing the stamp.
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The stamps, Rath said, will
be good only for the day they
are obtained. The plan is de
signed to provide convenient
parking for shoppers, not to
allow persons to "save up"
parking time.
The off-street lots will be
owned privately, Rath said.
He expressed the belief that
the plan will prove profitable
to all concemed-the lot opera
tors, the merchants, and the
shoppers. . ' r ,
He said that nation-wide the
cost to merchants has proven
to average about one-tenth of
one per cent of their gross
annual sales.
Five lots already in exist
ence have signed up with the
plan, Rath said, and he ex
pects at least three more to be
ready when the plan goes in
to effect.
300 Parking Spaces
Don McNeil, chamber of
commerce manager, said there
will be between 60 and 80
parking spaces available with
in a blotk or less of the inter
sections of Main st. and Cen
tral ave. and Sixth st. and
Central ave.
Since the average daily
turnover is from 3 to 5 a day,
he said that this actually
means there will be room for
about 300 more cars than
there is presently. -
McKay's Condition
Declared Serious
Salem, Ore. -(UPD- Douglas
McKay, former interior secre
tary, remained in serious con
dition today at Salem General
hospital. -
McKay, 66, entered the hos
pital a week ago with a recur
rence of a heart ailment. Hos
pital attendants said his con
dition was complicated late
Monday by-kidney trouble.
- Hospital spokesmen said the
ex-secretary's heart condition
involved high blood pressure.
Dr. Stuart Lanciefield was
attending McKay, who has
been in an oxygen tent most
of the time since entering the
hospital. McKay, also a former
governor, is currently United
States chairman of the joint
U.S.-Canadian Water Commis
sion. Next Door to
Film on Senior
Citizens Center
Scheduled Tonight
More than 30 members of
the Rogue Valley Council on
Aging, Fifty Plus club mem
bers and friends attended a
showing of the film "Such A
Busy Day . Tomorrow" held
Thursday at the Red Cross au
ditorium. .
A repeat showing is sched
uled tonight at 7 p.m. in the
Jackson county courthouse au
ditorium and is open to the
public. The film tells the story
of the Hodson Center for sen
ior citizens in New York City.
The small Senior Activity
Center was established in
Medford by volunteers last
October in the front of the
city warehouse at 601 East
Jackson st. The Fifty , Plus
club meets every Friday at
the Episcopal Guild hall on
North Oakdale st. The Center
and club have met the need
of more than 2,000 senior citi
zens of this area, but the coun
cil members feel this is only
a small part of the 7,000 peo
ple in Jackson county over 65
who wpuld like to take part
if facilities were adequate.
Oil and pastel paintings and
wood carvings made by Sen
iors in the center in Medford
will, be exhibited and the
Center Orchestra led by Ed
win Root which played for
the council on Thursday has
been asked to play before the
showing of the film, today.
The art exhibit was shown
at the state capital during the
meeting of the Oregon State
Commission on Aging. On re
quest, the exhibit was also
shown at the Clackamas Coun
ty Council on Aging and their
Senior Citizens club, Oregon
City, and the Emerald Empire
Council Adult Activity center,
Eugene, by Mrs. Fred Rankin,
member of the state council.
At the council meeting,
Frank Glonning, council
member, announced that oth
er .films in the geriatric field
will be brought to Medford, if
the public shows interest. Ed
Jacobsen, social security offi
cer for this region, was intro
duced as a new advisory mem
ber of the executive board of
the Rogue Valley Council. He
expressed his cooperation in
planning for the projected dis
trict conference on aging to
be held this fall in Medford.
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Cuban Nationals
Request Asylum
Marathon, Fla. (UPD Six
Cuban nationals landed in a
private yacht at this Florida
Keys community Monday to
seek political asylum in the
United States.
Border patrol agents said
they took into custody four
men and two women, all Cub
an aliens, from the yacht Pjra
taya. Their identities could
not be determined immediate
ly. Those aboard the yacht ap
parently did not own the
craft, officials said. The boat
left Varadero Beach, Cuba,
east of Havana, sometime Sun
day. It ran out of fuel before
reaching Florida.
The yacht radioed for as
sistance, reporting it was
adrift and out of fuel some
six miles offshore. But before
the U. S. Coast Guard could
send a tow boat, the Pirataya
was towed in by another priv
ate craft.
The aliens were taken to
Miami for questioning.
11 Persons Hurt in
Disneyland Mishap
Anaheim, Calif. -TOPD-EIeven
persons, including six chil
dren, suffered minor injuries
Monday at Disneyland when
the four-horse team of a stage
coach bolted.
The injured were the driver
and 10 of the 12 passengers
in the stagecoach at the famed
amusement park. Several
were thrown to the ground
when the stagecoach collapsed
after its : undercarriage was
torn off by the wild horses.
A- Disneyland spokesman
said the horses became fright
ened at the sound of the park's
train whistle.
An elephant's trunk can
perform more services than
any other part of any animal
except the human hand.
for the aging, Dr. Harold D.
Meyer, will be a speaker' at
the Camp White Veterans
Domiciliary, Aug. 4, accord
ing to Glonning who asked
council members to be guests.
Dr. Myers is head of curricu
lum study for the University
of North' Carolina and is on
a lecture tour at all Veterans
Administration hospitals and
facilities on the west coast.
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