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Newspaper Page Textt MAIL TRIBUNE, MoW, Or Sunday, Sept. 27, 19S9 "Everyone ir ttoutbern Qrecott Published D11 except Saturday by MUJFOftD PRINTLNU CO 33 North ttj St Ph SP S-141 ROBERT vt RUHL Editor HERB GRE Advertiiiiiie Manage GEPA1-JJ LATHAM Boaincsa MtT ERIC W JK- Managta 'alitor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor harry irHTPMAN Tele Editor RICHARD JEWETf StX)rt Editor OLIVK SXARi 'HER Women's Editor DALE ERiCKS' 'N CircuJaOon Mar An Independent Newspaper Entered a sernnd elaas matter , Medier Oreeon under Act of Marrn 3 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Br Mat . In Advance Cony 10c. Dan- and Sunday 1 year I5 00 Daily and Sunday moa. 9J0t Bail ant Sunday 3 moa 4.25 Rundav OnlT One year MJrS By Carrier In Advance Medford Aihland Central Point. Eif I Point Jacksonville. Cold Hill Phoenix Shady Cove Rome Riv er Talent and on motor routes Dally and Sunday 1 year $18 00 Dally and Sunday 1 mo ISO Carrier and Deal era copy 10c All Term casr in Aavance Official Paper ef City Medford otneiai Paper et jaeasea connry United Presa International rufl Leaaed Wire "MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU' OF CIHCULATION Atprtiin Heureaantattw WEST HOUDA Y CO, INC Of- flees in New York. Chicago. De troit San rvandsco. Lea Anceles. Seattle, Portland St Lotus. Al lan VancrovcT B (J T NEWSPAPER .aaB PUBLISHERS "ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITOIIA Flight 'o Time Medford and Jackson County History from the flies of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30. 40 and 50 years ago. - 10 YEARS AGO Sept. 27, 1949 (Tuesday) An air postal star route servicing Medford, Ashland, Cave Junction, .Grants Pass, Wolf Creek, Prospect and in termediate points is proposed by West Coast Airlines. A brief, violent windstorm sweeps the pall of slash fire smoke from the skies above Medford. 20 YEARS AGO Sept. 27, 1939 (Wednesday) L. A. Banks, villain of the 1933 Good Government con gress eruption and convicted murder, is deprived of prison privileges at Salem after offi- 'cials intercept letters he was smuggling outside the walls From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Dewey Hill, the Prospect hillbilly, re ports he is getting used to hunters who miss the barn, and hit the deer." 30 YEARS AGO Sept. 27, 1929 (Friday) Jackson county corn wins first prize at the state fair. . A dial phone system here at an early date is planned by the telephone company. 40 YEARS AGO Sept. 27, 1919 (Saturday) The state convention of the WCTU will be held in Ashland early next month. The Crater Lake lodge will ciose for the season .Tuesday, 50 YEARS AGO Sept. 27. 1909 (Monday) The P and E railroad now has three engines on the line. Ashland's unofficial popula tion reaches 6,227, with 17 babies reported in the past six days. What's Ycr I.Q.? Nine or ran correct is superior; seven or eight is excellent; five or six is good. 1. What European explorer discovered Manhattan Island? 2. In what American city .is the famous Cathedral of ,St. John the Divine? . , 3. Name the young child in mythology who was chang ed into gold because of her father's greed? 4. Who said, "War is hell"? ,". 5. With what game do you , associate Wimbledon? ? 6. Are the rows of kernels on ears of corn odd or even I numbered? ' : 7o What and where is the . largest privately-owned busi ness and entertainment cen ter in America , I 8. Are penguins native to 'both the North and South JPolar regions? 9. In what industry are Bes fsemer converters used? 10. What Roman Emperor .invaded Britain? Answers: 1. Henry Hudson. 2. Now York City. 3. Marigold ' (daughter of King Midas.) 4. .'General Sherman. 5. Tennis. 6. Even, (except in rare cases). "7. Rockefeller Center, New York City. 8. No. (South). 9. Steel industry. 10. Julius Cao--sar. 1 Caft Before the Horse t The governor's committee on natural resources which is composed of the heads of various state agencies dealing with fish, game, parks, water, minerals, education, sanitation, agriculture, for estry, and so on has approved a long document which recommends against the creation of an Oregon Dunes National Seashore. If anything could kill the proposal, this rec ommendation could. - ; -. And perhaps the kindest thing to be said about it is that it is premature. . , It also lacks vision and imagination, and a concept of what is important for Oregon and its future. TPHE committee acted without sufficient facts, It admits it hasn't even seen the National Park Service's report on the proposed Dunes area, which has not yet been completed. As an official state agency, it took a position without hearing formal testimony on both sides of the controversial issue ; before any of the three congressional hearings which are scheduled, were held and apparently without making much of any attempt to find out what the philosophy and inten tions of the National Parks Service may be. ... f)NE is led to suspect, in fact, hat these men, for each of whom we have a high regard in their own particular fields, are uncertain about the matter, and as a matter of .convenience and courtesy to Gov. Mark Hatfield, their chairman and the man who has the power of appointment for many of them, they decided to duck the issue by recommending against it as "premature." They've got the cart before the horse. The National Seashore proposal, of itself, is not premature. It's probably 5 or 10 years too late to be its most effective. . ' - The recommendation against it, before all the facts are in, is the thing that is "premature." ) THE natural resources committee's recommen . dation is a long document, running to almost 30 pages of legal-size typewritten paper. Someone has done a lot of work in compiling it. There are page after page of facts and sta tistics. -. But the point, to us, is that mosttf these facts can be cited in SUPPORT of the proposed Dunes Seashore as well as they can against it. This leads us to the conclusion that whoever wrote the testimony had his mind made up pretty well in advance. Dennis the Menace yifaM NAM5D HIM CAZUSO. MB WJAS A S1HGSZ. tf0 WW LIKfcs ELVIS rFSSlSz. Today Cr Tomorrow By Walter Lippmann THERE are some valid reasons opposing the The soundest of these, to our way of thinking, come from the Forest Service, wjrich is dedicated (and rightly) to the principle of multiple use of all our resources. But even the Forest Service recognizes nay, declares and defends that within the overall concept of multiple use, single-purpose use in some areas is both valid and desirable. And, if we owned a home or business in the area proposed for the seashore, we might well be against it too. We have no quarrel with these people s objections. DUT we do quarrel with the idea of an official agency of the state of Oregon sounding off in opposition, to a legitimate proposal, one which has tremendous potentialities for good to the state, its people, and its economy. , As indicated, if .anything could kill the pro posal, it is such action such premature, precipi tate and dogmatic action by this official com mittee and by the governor. Maybe the Seashore is not the best thing for Oregon. But wouldn t it be a good idea to wait until the facts are in before saying so? And if, as we happen to believe, such a Na tional Seashore would be of everlasting benefit, not only to the coastal area, but to the state at arge, and the people of the nation as a whole, isnt it pretty -stupid of the governor and his group to jerk the rug out from under it? E.A. Same Principle The idea of laws setting up zoning, which is in the hews these days, is not far different than aws against murder, or theft, or arson. Once there were no laws, and a man could murder with impunity. As civilization organized itself, it became evident that indiscriminate mur der could not be abided, so laws were enacted against it, and punishments provided. , So with other crimes against the person. And, so with crimes against property. To steal from another man, or set fire to his,property, became ana-social 7 and illegal. AS SOCIETY became more complex, additional " restraints against unlimited freedom became necessary such things as requiring drivers to be icensed, or prohibiting spitting on the sidewalk, i , or Danmng u'espass. . Zoning stems from exactly the same need for restraint of unlimited freedom. If a man builds a junk yard next to my home, he is robbing me of property values just as surely as if he had stolen from me or set something afire. ..- "Can't I do what I want with mv own prop erty?" Thus the classic example of opposition to zoning. , . .. ; . , Well no. You can't shoot someone with vour gun. Or set a house on fire with your cigarette ignier. rhe principle is the same. E.A. THE ROAD SHOW Now that the public appear ances of Mr. K s tour are over, we can breathe more easily, There were great risks in sending the leading Com' munist of the world into our crowded cit ies, and if the security meas ures to protect him lnnlr mt- LlDDtnann c e s s 1 v e, we must remember that it is bet ter to have been safe than sorry. There have been some em barrassing incidents. These were bound to happen once both governments accepted the half-baked idea that; the great issues which divide us can be dealt with by face-to- face catch-as-catch-can encoun ters. Mr. K does seem to have embarked on the journey with the odd notion that he could alter American policy by ha ranguing the people. The President seems to have toyed with the idea Hhat a sight seeing tour of the United States might make a new man of Mr. K. The rough passages were to be expected as long as the trip was regarded as an exer cise in mutual conversion and seduction. But these incidents are not likely to have any lactincr imnnrta nnp snH fhurA I is rprtninl-17 nn nasnri tn thrnfc that what Mr. : K. and the President have to say to one another has been altered in any significant way. Neither can follow -his personal feel ings. The President is con fined within the limits of the Western alliance and of the long-established positions of the United States government. Mr. K., for all of his being a dictator, is confined within the limits of the massive So viet system and of its alli ances. . ALTHOUGH Mr. K. rebuffed the heckling about Hunga ry, about censorship, and about other dark spots in his regime, it must be said, I be lieve, that on the basic theme of his visit he has been straightforward. He has not glossed over, indeed he has emphasized, the fact that the two social orders are rivals. He has insisted, of course, that the Soviets will win the com petition. But he has admitted frankly that it will take years of very hard effort to catch up with us and to surpass us. This was an admission, indeed it was an argument, that the So viet Umon must have peace lor many years to come. There is no way of telling whether he communicated this message to the multitudes who saw and heard on television. But there is little doubt that he has been understood by the United States government which, as a matter of fact, has for some considerable time realized the Soviet need for peace and Mr. K's intention to avoid war. In fact, the President would not have invited Mr. K. to come to Washington had he not. been certain that the So viet Union and Mr. K. want to avoid war, to avoid it, not because they love us but be cause they themselves need years of peace in order to do what they have set themselves to do. rIS WAS the crucial point. It has injected an element of sincerity and credibility in to Mr. K's persistent appeals for peace. If this crucial point is true, it marks the radical difference between the totali tarianism of the Soviet Union today and the totalitarianism of Germany under the Nazis. For Hitler's goals could be achieved only by military con quest. The Soviet goals in the era over which Mr. K. pre sides cannot be achieved, in-, deed they would be utterly impossible, if there were war, Now that the serious dis cussions are beginning, we cannot afford to be distracted and diverted from the main purpose of the exchange of visits by the trivialities and the irrelevancies of the pitter- patter of the propagandists and of the exhibitionists. We have need to talk with Mr. K. and he has need to talk with us. For while our conflict is irreconcilable in this genera tion, both of us know that it cannot be settled by arms, (c) 1959 New York Herald Tribune Inc. In the Day's Hews By FRANK JENKINS The BIG question: What of Mr. K's disarma ment plan? . , Will anything come of it? JET'S be realistic. It's improbable that any thing will come of it at any time in the immediate future, r Y not? ror an answer, let s go back to the cattle wars of our high country. They are only a memory now. But in their time they were real. There are men still living who in those rugged days were never out of reach of a gun. Suppose, at some mid-peri od of these range wars, the leader of one side had pro posed complete disarmament. Immediately. Tomorrow. Throw away all the guns. Agree that from now on there would be peace. Would the proposal have been accepted? THE realistic answer must be NO. Again-why not? : , The other. side would have suspected skulduggery. It would have been pretty cer tain that guns would have been hidden out somewhere by the side proposing com plete disarmament. . In that event, the side that threw away its guns would have been disarmed and helpless. So the offer would have been refused. THAT'S the chance we'd have to take if we accepted Mr. K's disarmament offer. As yet, at lease, we don't trust him enough to agree to any thing that radical. - Let's be fair about it. It is a practical certainty that he doesn't trust us enough to enter into that kind of agree- Matter of Fact Bv Joseph Alsop R""fTi slon to h Nikit If I ' v.VKhru! 1 ' -: a THE CAMP DAVID OUTLOOK Washington - When Presi dent Eisenhower and Secre tary of State - Christian A Herter took their lonely deci sion to invite a S ushchev j to this coun- f-ml try, they hop- J ed that the visit would c c o m plish l two things, The conversa tions at Camp losepb Aisop David this weekend will give the answer to their hopes. What then is the Camp David outlook? To find means of solving the most immediately critical and dangerous problems, above'all the Berlin problem- To convince Khrushchev at the same time that the United States is the very opposite of weak of arm and weak of will- These were the two things hoped for. As can be seen, they were and are intimately linked together. The reason for the Berlin crisis, and for the crisis in Laos, too, is quite simply the conviction of the world Communist leadership that this country is about ready to be pushed around, FURTHERMORE, if Khrush- " chev is not now persuaded that this country cannot be pushed around, it is folly to expect any give in his atti tude on Berlin, or anything more than a luU in the attack on Laos. In short, Khrush chev's estimate of America's strength and America's reso luteness is the key to the im mediate future. The highest American pol icy-makers, like Secretary of State Herter, were much too sophisticated to expect Khrushchev's opinions about the naked military balanc? of power to be altered by his American visit. Py Khrush chev's own account, the Sovi et leader devotes an astonish ing amount of time to-study of this country. He has proven by Quotation, he endlessly reads speeches by leading men, newspaper articles and editorials, and the like. In truth, an - important U. S Senator's chance of having his speech read by Khrushchev is plainly better than his chance of being read by the Presi dent of the United States. Beyond doubt, however, the Soviet intelligence reports on American military resources and capabilities are what Khrushchev studies more closely than anything else, Therefore Khrushchev's ideas about our missi'e program were certainly not changed by a glimpse through his train- window at two Atlas missiles on their gantries at Vanden- berg Air Force Base. His purely military estimates would not have been changed, in fact, if he had been invited to the Offut Field headquar ters of the Strategic Air Com mand for the fuU briefing re served for.VIPs cleared for top secret. BUT unless the balance of power is completely out of whack - which is not yet the case. - purely military es timates are meaningless with out accompanying moral es timates. For example, moral factors make little Israel a very formidable force indeed, and other countries many times the size ofIsrael are negligible forces, for want of Israel's grim courage and iron unity in the face of her foes. ment if WE proposed it. So let's not expect the swords to be beaten into plowshares in the immediate future. It will take time. Still- Let's not lose hope of even tual disarmament and peace, It's worth remembering "that the cattle wars DID come to an end. The American policymakers therefore hoped to improve Khrushchev's estimate of the moral factors in this country. On this point, one can al ready be cautiously optimistic, With every appearance of con viction, Khrushchev used to insist both in public and in private - to W. AveriU Harri man, for instance - that the American people did not sup port the American govern ment's foreign policy,- In San Francisco, he came close to admitting that he had chang ed his view on this point. His guide, the astute Cabot Lodge Jr., has reported to Washing ton that he thinks the change of view is real. VET THIS is only part of the cure. Even if Khrushchev has now concluded that the government and people are united, he may still think that the government itself is basic- aUy feeble and irresolute. He may still believe, in other words, that President ' Eisen hower has only been talking tough about such problems as Berlin, but will . back down and give in when the going gets really rough. It is high ly likely that Khrushchev holds this belief, because of the Eisenhower s administra tion's persistent neglect of the purely military power - balance. Therefore the second part of Khrushchev's cure can only take place at Camp David. The President's view of the military power balance is ut terly different from Khru shchev's view and the view of many of the most far-seeing American experts. Otherwise, Eisenhower would not have neglected the power balance. By the same token, the Presi dent also appears to be calmly; (By M-T Staff and Contributors) Over the past several months, readers of this page have become well acquainted with what one of our corre spondents insists on calling kwazy monkeys." And now, from (of all places) Taiwan (Formosa), . we hear more. 1 . Honest. The airmail envelope is im pressive. The return address, in both Chinese and English, is printed "Taichng Railway Hotel, 64 Tzu Yu Road Tai- chung, Taiwan, China." (We presume that's what the Chi nese characters say, anyway.) And it bears some beautiful unreadable Chinese stamps. The letter inside was writ ten in a hand which looks suspiciously American in orig in, and with a red, ball-point pen. But the signature is Wey Y Wong. Enclosed was a dinpine from the Mail Tribune's com munications column, in which the adventures of 10 monkeys resolute about Berlin and the other dangerous issues now confronting him. .. . " At Camp David, one can be pretty certain that the Presi dent's resolution will be put to a severe test. The test will be a breathless moment, for the negotiators K and for the world. But if Khrushchev can be persuaded that the Presi dent not only has the country behind him, but also means every word he says, this visit may yet bear good fruits. (c) 1959 New York Herald Tribune Inc. OommuniGatips Letters to the Editor must bear the name ana' address of the writer although under certain circumstances the use of e pen name or initia' 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 Limerick To the Editor: We are hosts to the number IRed, Who wishes that we were all dead, So the Russian black bear Could roam everywhere With Khrushchev just march ing ahead; John McGee, Section 1, Camp White, Ore. Try and Stop Mo , -By BENNETT CERF- THE NEW YOUNG PREACHER slaved over his first sermon, and marched off to his country church-with high hopes.. But only one lone man turned up to hear him. "What am I supposed to do now?" inquired the crestfallen preacher. 4 Tm just a simple cow hand, " responded the lone parishioner, "but if I took a load of hay to pasture and only one cow showed up, I sure would feed her." So the preacher went through with his long ser - mon just as though the . church was .packed. At its end he asked his single lis tener, 'How did I do?" "WelV'was the answer, "like I said, Tm only a cowhand, but if I took a load of hay to. a herd of cows and only one showed up I sure wouldn't give her the whole load!" , Things were always popping in Herb Shriner'a old home town. There wasn't too much excitement weekdays," he recalls, "but (oh boy!) the times we had Saturday nights watching haircuts!' 0 1939. by Burnett Cert Distributed by Kiss features ftradiGat. Cookery To the Editor: We hardly had time to get sentimental over passing of the old horse drawn stage-coach when here it was, . back under -gasoline power, roomier and far more comfortable than the old Con cord-built could ever be. So t if with other things mod ern. The coming annual gath ering of the Stephen P. Tay lor clan for their picnic and reminiscent visitingfound me ruminating on how Grandma Abigail Taylor would have no part in "them there new-fan gled iron food cookers." She had sampled some of the provender prepared on. that then - wonderful four -hole cook-stove with elevated oven at the back, that saved the house-wife of those days the back bending weariness of cooking in front of the fire place. But Grandma Taylor would not budge1 from her declara tion that the food from the iron cooker did not and could not compare in flavor with that from the fireplace and her beehive shaped stone oven she herself had built and al ways had. But other pioneer house-wives smiled indulgent ly as they pridefully black ened and polished their newly acquired iron cook-stove, so handy to cook over, so much cooler on a hot summer day, so saving on wood that the house-wife often' had to rustle True, gone was the broiling of meats, but the iron pot for boiling and pan for frying were welcome substitutes. So, what goes now? It. is the thousands, or shall we say millions, of barbecue broilers with direct charcoal beating sweeping the country in - the last couple years or more and electric broilers, said to accomplish the same delectable gastronomic - re sults. This is proof enough that Grandma Taylor of nigh a hundred years ago was quite right in her cookery judg ment. F. J. Clifford, Route 2, Box 200F, Central Point, Ore. Appling To Report On Savings in Office State Howell Appling said Friday a full report on sav ings made in his office would be made in two weeks. Appling told State Sen. Rob ert Straub (D-Springfield) in a letter tnat savings will ne substantial." Straub had challenged Appling to show places where "fat" could be cut from government. Traffic Suggestions To the Editor: I have been following closely the various programs and drives in an ef fort to impress upon the people the necessity of exer cising caution on our high ways and streets. I have been particularly impressed by the program of our Police Depart ment on television, for which they are to be commended, However, there are two spec ial weaknesses which I have observed in all our programs: (1) Practically all emphasis has been placed upon the driv ers in the prevention of acci dents. If a driver is caught violating any of the laws or ordinances he receives a ticket and must pay the penalty. (2) We also have a law cov ering the subject of jaywalk ing on the part of pedestrians Why is it not also enforced? A pedestrian who violates this law and causes an accident is just as much guilty as the driver. There are many who say it is up to the police. This may be true but at the same time they must have the sup port of the public. If the law is not to be enforced, get it off the books, but do not have two standards of law enforcement, (3) Where we have stop lights, we also have a light at the sidewalk indicating "wait and "walk.". Except in the downtown business district, I have observed these signs very closely, and it has been my observation that 80 per cent of the persons who ignore them are elderly people, those who are least able to get out of the way. The juveniles, especially the little tots, ob serve them more closely Would suggest a campaign along this line. A. J. Curry 906 West Main st. Medford. Clatsop Plains Park Suggested Portiand-flJPB-A state park in the Clatsop Plains area was suggested Friday by Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D- Ore.). It is the same area where Gov. Mark Hatfield proposed a National Seashore park as an alternative to Neuberger's proposed national park at the Oregon Dunes and Sea Lion Caves. The senator said the Nation al Park Service 'recommend ed the Dunes for a national recreation area and ranked Clatsop Plains number two. Thus, he said, it '"would be natural" for Hatfield to "fol low his own recommendation and set aside Clatsop Plains as a state park." ' .Neuberger added,' "This would be far more logical than for Gov. Hatfield to pur sue his unfounded opposition to the Dunes area, which has been proposed for national recognition by the National Parks Service Advisory Board." J in a Hupmobile are recounted in verse and prose.. Now, the letter: ': ; "To the Editor: j am enclos ing a newspaper, clipping which I came upon, in a most unusual manner. . "Last week while working with a survey party in the heavy jungles, we came upon a band of monkeys, 10 or 12 perhaps, who seemed very ex cited, about an object one of them was holding. As we crept closer to see what was excit ing them, one of them saw us, whereupon they all fled to the jungles. However, in their haste they dropped , the en closed newspaper clipping. upon returning : to our headquarters I turned this over to our intelligence offi cers,, who, through the Amer ican counter-intelligence; have determined it came from the Medford Mail Tribune. "We would be most-pleased to be advised by you, if pos sible, as to how these monkeys were in possession of this newspaper clipping. i "Also please advise our in telligence officers where Cra ter Lake is located. Our chief says it's on the moon, - and thinks the monkeys we saw could have been from there also, and is anxious to cap ture them if this is so. "Very truly yours, "Wey Y" Wong". Thai's said. what the letter We're thinking of writing Mr. Wong (or is it Mr. Wey?) as follows:- Dear Mr. Wey Y Wong: Thank you for your letter and the enclosed clipping. We don't know how the monkeys got hold of it. Crater Lake is in a National Park of the same name in Oregon, although California keeps trying to swipe it. We are aware that the Mail Tribune has a widespread cir culation, but our records do not show any subscribers on the moon-yet, anyway. If, however, a more thorough ex amination shows we have sub scribers at Cape Canaveral, or in one of the Socialist Re publics beyond the Urals, we will be glad to advise intelli gence. Did any of the monke"ys respond to the name of Act ion? Sincerely, Potluck ' . Let us now turn from" monkeys to other things. What other things? Dogs,, " for instance. A handsomely printed press release is at hand from the National Dog Week Associa tion, of Chicago, Til. National Dog Week ended yesterday, but it's still close enough to use as an excuse. The press - release points out, accurately enough, that man's best friend has been responsible for many additions to the language. There are dog-days, dog gone, gay dog, puppy love. dog-tired, and raining cats and dogs. A gay iog, of course, may feel sick as a dog the morn ing after, and may seek relief m a hair from the aog tnat bit him. And this, perhaps. from a bartender who is as crooked as a dog's hind leg. " Monkeys are hardly in a position to compete in such monkey-business. But it's noth ing but monkeying around with the language, anyway. Monkey-shines, as it were. If Mr. Wong (or Mr. Wey) is correct about the mon keys coming from the moon, and the monkeys were per forming monkey-shines on the moon, would this result in moonshine? (We'd better stop.) ' There is more than one way of enjoying a television set. We read somewhere that a California man took the ma chinery out of his set, put a gold fish tank in, and says he now enjoys watcning tne show. And that's all we're going to say today about animals and fish. What with the court suits and all, they're starting to call it the Legal Point Irri gation district. Fletcher T. Fish, a' frequent (though partially anonymous) contributor to this column. has been a prominent citizen of the valley since the mind of man runneth not to the contrary. In - glancing at our 40 Years Ago" items the other day, he spotted his name in paragraph which recounted how he had been appointed as the first government em ployment agent, at an annual salary of $1. Fletch said: "I still have the scroll attesting my ap pointment, but never did lay hands on the paltry dollar." Did anyone suggest that you might have been overpaid, Fletch?