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History from the' files ot Th
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Not. 17. 1949 (Thursday)
A total of 724 persons, a
local record, received chest
x-rays at the Medford armory
yesterday.
The outbreak of diphtheria
cases in xuectEord tnis last
month, has risen to 18 today
20 YEARS AGO
Mot. 17, 1939 (Friday)
; The estimated income from
agriculture in Jackson county
this year will be $8,080,000.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Will
the gentleman who took my
tan trousers from the seat of
my coupe Saturday morning,
either sell them back, or buy
the coat?"
SO YEARS AGO
Mot. 17, 1929 (Sunday)
Turkey thieves steal 83
birds belonging to Gene Wat-
kins of Central Point.
Work slackens on Pacific
coast and employment needed
by hundreds.
40 YEARS AGO
Mot. 17, 1919 (Monday)
Congress to hold final vote
on peace pact Thursday.
Phoenix citizen confident
oil will be found in Fern val
ley,' SO YEARS AGO
Not; 17. 1909 (Thursday)
Plans are being completed
for ' four-story business block
on northeast corner of Sev
enth st. and Riverside ave.
Gold Hill is only town in
county with greater assessed
1 A.! At I A
vaiua uou uust year over xasu
Vhal's Yoarl.Q.?
Nine or ten correct is suae nor;
even or eight is excellent; five at
Six a good.
1. Must new appointees to
the President's cabinet be con
firmed by the Senate?
2. What was the first indi
cation Robinson Crusoe found
that his island was inhabited?
3. What means of travel
comes to mind when you hear
the expression . "The Iron
Horse"?
4. Which camels have two
humps -Dromedaries or Bac-
trians?
5. Which President of the
U.S. was called "The Man of
"Destiny" because of his rapid
rise in political omce :
6. What is the central star
in the solar system?
7. Are rickets caused by a
germ, failure of secretory tis
sues, or a dietary deficiency?
8. What are the young of
frogs called?
9. Of which Mid-western
gtate is Lincoln the capital?
10. Do the names Tommy
Dorsey and Wayne King sug
gest to you politics, music, or
.;snc iv -
Answers: 1. Yes. 2. A man's
footorisi in the sand. 3. Rail-
. roads. 4. Bactrians. 5. Grover
Cleveland. 6. The sun. 7. Die
tary deficiency. 8. Taapoies.
9. Nebraska. 10. music
SETS JET RECORD
Rome-(UPfl-An. American Jet
airliner on a trial run set a
new London-Rome record of
one hour, 55 minutes Monday.
The Trans World Airliner
Boeing 707-331, which will
begin regular service on the
run Dec. 4, was not carrying
any passengers.
One More Chance
We are awaiting' with interest, the second
report of the Oregon committee on natural re
sources with regard to the Oregon Dunes Nation
al Seashore proposal.
The first report, which gave a "unanimous"
adverse recommendation
tion proposed by Sen.
served to put the government of the State of
Oregon on record as
shore area in the state.
Later, after hearings
Senator Neuberger conferred with Gov; Mark
Hatfield, then worked out a revision in the bill
to take care of most of the objections which had
been raised to the first proposal, and was assured
it would be given careful consideration by the
committee.
IT IS the report on the
iTTill lnfovocf no
VTA1A .Xll IvlOn
It will be interesting, in particular, because
the secretary of the natural resources committee,
Dan Allen, who prepared
port, was the author of
of the Portland papers,
posal once again.
The letter was printed after the revision was
announced, but presumably before he had a
i j. ;i ! j ii j.; I l j.
cnance to see 11. Ana me ummg cerxamiy suggests
that Allen had prejudged the revised legislation
without having studied
F THE committee's second report is as strong-
ly adverse as the first it will virtually doom any
national seashore proposal for this state good,
bad or indifferent.
As nearly as we can
equivocal opposition is
t, ii :
pie oi ine immediate coastal area involved
and even there the sentiment is far from unan
imously against the creation of such a park.
(One of the strongest
by the way, is William
lisher of the Port Umpqua Courier, formerly edi
tor of the Eugene Register-Guard, a life-long ad
vocate of, and fighter for, sensible, practical de-
velepment of Oregon s
is also a member of the
state parks advisory committee.)
'T'HE revised legislation, according to Senator
Neuberger, goes as far as it can go to meet
opposition . and still adhere to the standards
which the National Park Service, quite rightly,
insists upon in the establishment of nationally
significant parks and seashores.
So the committee has a chance to keep the
proposal alive -r or it has the chance to kill it
beyond hope of revival, at least during the pres
ent state administration.
Even those who are luke-warm on the pro
posal, and who feel that it should be explored
far more thoroughly than it has up to cow, should
join in the hope that it will be kept alive to per
mit such exploration.
If the committee kills it, it will be dead a
long time perhaps forever while othej less
obdurate areas will win the benefits which go
with national seashore status. E. A.
Strange
"There are more things
Than are dreamt of in
'
tio,
f Shakespeare's comment on things unseen and
not understood might well be the theme for a
new book, entitled "Stranger Than Science,"
which is bemg published
The author is irank
mentator, who is fascinated by things arcane, ex
otic and unexplained.
The book, compiled
radio broadcasts, leaves
really DOES fall from
if there really ARE sea monsters; if dreams real
ly CAN foretell the future, or reveal the where
abouts of missing persons; if other races from
elsewhere in space really HAVE visited our
planet.
THE author claims adequate documentation for
each of the happenings ' something the
reader will have to accept or reject on his say-so,
for he does not specify further than to say it is so.
(The "Oregon Vortex
stery," on Sardine creek
ter in terms a little too
observer who has visited
Some of the happenings have been drawn
from the past centuries, and can, presumably, be
written off as tales which have been enhanced in
the telling and re-telling.
But others are happenings of the past 10 or
15 vears. and. erven the documentation the writ
er claims, certainly do leave a puzzled and un
easy feeling upon reading of them.
-
THE. book undoubtedly
the testimony of their own senses, and who have
had no personal experiences to give them pause.
But, over the years, there have been enough
incidents of a mysterious nature, which the best
efforts of logic and science cannot explain, to
permit the nagging thought that there are, in
deed, things which the present state of science
cannot explain away. ; ,
Tho book is a chronicle of some 70 such in
cidents. It is fascinating reading, whether or not
one accepts the premise that each could be ex
plained, if enough facts were known. E. A.
to the original legisla
Richard L. Neuberger,
opposmg a national sea
on the matter were held,
revised legislation which
the original adverse re
a letter appearing in one
which assailed the pro
it.
,
determine, die-hard, un
largely confined to peo-
i 1 1 i
supporters in that area,
Tugman, editor and pub
economic resources. He
highway department's
Things '
in heaven and earth, Hora-
your philosophy."
Hamlet, Act. 1, Scene 5.
today.
Edwards, a radio com'
from a series of brief
one wondering if ice
the sky in huge chunks;
" or "House of Mys-
is described in one chap
exaggerated to suit an
the Vortex.)
will be pooh-poohed
Dennis the Menace
JM MOT LOOKING FOR TROUBLE.
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Tobacco and Nutrition
i
To the Editor: As parents,
we want to send our thanks,
our vote of confidence,' and
all the help and encourage
ment we can give, to our law
enforcement officers and
school authorities, for caring
enough about our Medford
boys and girls and doing all
in their power to keep them
from developing a taste for
tobacco until they are old
enough to realize the disad
vantages it has and the harm
it can do.
It has long been an Oregon
law that minors are not al
lowed to buy tobacco, but it
has been hard to enforce be
cause parents will not co
operate.
Friends visiting Medford
have been amazed at seeing
11 or 12 year old children on
our streets nonchantly smok
ing.
Let's do all we can to back
our police and school authori
ties in this step forward for
the benefit of all Medford
boys and girls.
Some positive ways we, as
parents, can help our chil
dren, who will be our future
leaders, are as follows:
1. Take your child to the
Sunday school and church of
your choice, and stay with
them.
2. A maximum nutritional
program, with plenty of pro
tein instead of nicotine..
3. Plenty of outdoor exer
cise, where lungs are used
for brisk air, instead of a
smoke-filtering plant.
4. Know where your child
is, who he is with, and what
he is watching - in short, a
good environment. God has
trusted you with these chil
dren, so live up to your re
sponsibility.
Mr. and Mrs. William
Brawn
507 Kenwood
Medford.
. (And 11 other parents.)
Cat Care
To the Editor: Peopie who
abandon dogs and cats must
not be aware of Senate bill
No. 120 which was passed at
the last session of the Oregon
legislature. 1
The report of the dog con
trol board concerning the
large number of dogs picked
up and destroyed each month
at the county pound, and our
experience, of caring for un
wanted and abandoned cats,
proves how necessary such a
law has become. There is a
so - called "floating popula
tion" that moves into a com
munity, acquires a dog or cat,
and when they move on
leaves the animal with no pro
vision for its care.
- Then there are the people
whose children bring home a
puppy or kitten and when it
becomes too great a care it is
taken out and dropped by
the roadside.
The bill, as passed, reads:
"Any person, who is the
owner, keeper, agent of the
owner or custodian of any dog
or cat, and who wilfully aban
dons or leaves such dog or cat
without making adequate pro
vision for the proper feeding
and shelter thereof, shall be
punished upon conviction by
a fine of not less than $25 nor
more than $500."
Let us hope that this law
will be vigorously enforced.
Cat Care for Cat Welfare
P. O. Box 3, Medford
Phone SP 3-2335
Mary Schweiger, Sec.
rlNY All 1 WANT Tfimw MAW?
DAV Talent Show
To the Editor: The ninth
annual DAV Amateur Talent
Tournament has been set for
Dec. il this year. This event
has' been conductedby Jack
son county chapter No. 8, Dis
a b 1 e d American Veterans,
since 1951.
It is not regarded as a fund
raising enterprise by the DAV
but as a splendid public rela
tions project., , . , .
The Rogue valley is one of
the most productive, when it
comes to producing entertain
ment talent. The students of
the several talent schools of
the valley look forward to this
annual event, as a chance to
try out their acts before' an
audience, " sponsored by the
DAV
Veterans' organizations are
primarily for the purpose of
rehabilitation of veterans, and
welfare of their dependents,
but each has a side-line of
workine with youth. With
VFW it's marble champion
ships, American Legion, it's
Junior baseball, etc. The DAV
likes to promote the oppor
tunities o f entertainment -
talented youngsters.
During the past eight years
that we have conducted these
annual amateur talent con
tests in Medford, a few of our
contestants have grown from
amateur prize winners here to
a spot on bigger time.!
Because of the continuing
increase in the number of acts
booked , for our show each
year (we had 50 last year), we
have decided to have an audi
tion performance. The audi
tioning will be held in the
Theater Building at Camp
White, beginning at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Nov. .27, just two
weeks -ahead of the tourna
ment proper, which will be in
the Senior High school audi
torium in Medford, Friday,
Dec. 11, 1959. Admission
price, 50 cents. The Camp
White preliminary or audi
tioning show, of course, is
free of charge.
Cash prizes are to be award
ed in ffve types of acts, in
cluding a top winner from
among the five. Maximum age
limit is 18 years, with a divis
sion of 10 years and under as
juniors, not required to com
pete with the older group.
Entrants may contact the
undersigned..
Pat Graham, Chairman
175 Jeanette st.,
Medford (SP 2-4192)
S.O.T.A. Commended
To the Editor: In a day
when we are all too hasty
with criticism of young peo
ple, I would like to single out
a fine act.
My wife, who teaches at
one of the elementary schools,
was about to depart for home
recently when she discovered
a flat tire on the car. At
about this time a high school
boy arrived and asked if he
could be of assistance. After
he had changed the tire, my
wife offered to pay him for his
service. He politely refused
the remuneration; explaining
the service to be - a routine
courtesy gesture. on the part
of members of the S.O.T-A.
organization.
I want, to commend this
boy, Dale Carter, and the org
anization, for their fine work.
Don Stroh
Hedrick Junior
High School.
Medford
Editor's note: The S.O.T.A.
is the Southern Oregon Tim
ing association, an organiza
tion of young automobile en
thusiasts and racers. . Their
code of ethics, as is the case
with similar groups, calls for
courtesy and helpfulness on
the streets and highways.
Matter of Fact Bv Jaseoh Altep
BUY A SHARE IN THE .
MORNING STAR!
Macao - in a long and mis
spent life, this reporter has
acquired a good deal of in-
v'-jyi formation but
VV'g'vlf not much ab
l f - - v solute knowl-
' .edge.' -
anocK l n g i y
I m o r e over, a
large share of
the items I re
gard as abso
1 u t e knowl-
Josph Aisop edge concern
the cheapest places to buy
luxuries. For instance, there
is that back street of Indian
shops in Bangkok where you
can get palace emeralds the
size of gumdrops for very
nearly the price of gumdrops.
I might mention others but
will not.
This' rather personal pre
face seems to be required be
cause here in Macao, on a
journey made to interrogate
recent escapees from Com
munist China, I have just
stumbled across the biggest,
most luxurious bargain I can
remember. It was better,
really, than my best yet, the
superb early Chinese bronzes
I got in the war years in North
China for hardily more than
twice the cost of their weight
in metal. -
THE FIRST step in giving
tins in haraain hunter ic
to indicate the right address,
especially if the place is a bit
out of the way. You go, then,
down to the part of Macao by
the bay, where all the strip of
land between the road and the
seawall is covered with the.
sad makeshift huts and the
minutely tilled little vege
table patches of the peasants
who have run away from
Drummond
(Walter Lippman is again
OSS)
reports from Washington in his absence.)
HOW TV COULD DO IT
Washington - No reform of
TV programming yet pro
posed by any official of the
networks or government
comes within sight of what
needs to be done.
To correct rigging of the
quiz shows is only the obi-
ous. minor reform. It does
not reach the heart of the
problem.
What has happened is that,
with the acquiesence of the
networks, the sponsors have,
in effect, seized possession of
the limited channels of tele
vision transmission and have
used - and abused - them for
commercial, selling purposes
to the sacrifice of the public
interest. .
The candid fact to bear in
mind is that it is the spon
sors , the advertisers, who fill
up nearly au the best view
ing time of all the networks
with entertainment for which
the prime objective is to ac
quire . the . largest possible
mass audience to sell to by
catering to the lowest com
mon denominator , of public
taste and morals.
This is the reason the prin
cipal diet of television today
is murder, mayhem, and me
diocrity. LET me illustrate the nature
of what's happened. Sup
pose publishers permitted the
advertisers to acquire control
of the principal content of the
newspapers and suppose,
thereby, they conceived and
printed the worst possible
comics, many of them degrad
ing, in the first 20 to 30
pages of your newspapers and
allowed a few news reports
to appear among the want-
ads. That would be the equiv
alent of what the sponsors and
the advertisers and the net
works have allowed to hap
pen on TV.
If there were only enough
newsprint so that the gov
ernment could license only
four , national newspapers.
with a few local papers, pub
lishing a little local news,
scattered across the country,
you would have in the news
paper business wnat you
Cranberries Off
Menu in Senate
Washington -(DPD- The Senr
ate restaurant has scratched
cranberry sauce from its
menu.
The restaurant, for sena
tors and office workers, fea
tured roast Maryland turkey
on its printed menu Monday.
Cranberry saace was scratch
ed out. Inserted in its place
in ink was raspberry apple
sauce.
The Justice department
also isn't taking any chances.
A menu for a special
Thanksgiving dinner was
placed on every table in the
department's big cafeteria.
One item was neatly crossed
off in pencil cranberry
sauce.
1,499 national or regional
companies each invested $25,
000 or more in daily news
papers last year to tell con
sumers about 3,784 products.
Chairman Mao's new paradise
on earth.
Note them well, for they
have something to do with
my bargain. Some of the refu
gees are even living in the
same poor sampans they used
for their flight, having, drag
ged the little crafts ashore
and roofed them with mats
Almost no'refugee family has
more than the equivalent of
ten or eleven U.S. dollars a
month yet they think them
selves immeasurably better
off than they were.
Just.across the avenue from
the thickest conglomeration
of refugee hovels, there is the
big School of, the Morning
Star. Ring the gate-bell. The
old gardener opens the gate,
shoos away a surging, wel
coming crowd of clean,
plump, wonderfully gay little
girls, and shows you to the
school's immaculate, bare re
ception room. Here, after a
brief pause, appears the Rev
erend Mother Maria Tolmira
of . the Order of Franciscan
Missionaries of Mary.
Hf OTHER TOLMIRA is very
ATX tall, very slender, dressed
in spotless white robes, with
beautiful work-worn hands
and a face of such ascetic
beauty that you ask yourself
at once who should paint her.
(Jan van Eyck might be up to
the job, you decide later on.)
With gentle graciousness, the
Reverend Mother arranges to
find the newcomers in the
squatter colony; she knows
them all. 'Then, to make con
versation, you ask about her
own work.
Mother Tolmira is Polish, it
appears, and she was driven
to Macao after a quarter cen
tury of missionary labor in
China. She thinks now that
this sudden exile was "almost
Reports
traveling abroad.
Rosco Dromond
have in the television busi
ness. ;
This is why the first step
toward adequate reform is for
the networks to require and
for the sponsors to be willing
to ' accept the proposal of
Philip Cortney, president of
Coty, Inc., for "Hands-Off-
Entertainment Code." Until
such a code is a standard part
of the sponsor -advertising
agency-network contract for
the purchase of TV and radio
time, we can know that the
networks have not learned
their lesson, that they like
things just as they are, that
they are not prepared to take
responsibility for their own
industry, that no adequate re
form is in prospect.
TJUT this is only the begin-
ning of reform. This would
only mean that the networks
would be re-possessing the
control of their own industry
which they never should have
yielded. What counts is what
they do with this authority in
behalf of better programming
after they reacquire it.
I cannot escape -the convic
tion that just so lonS as tne
exclusive source of income
for the television industry is
from the sponsor, whose main
objective is to acquire the
largest mass audience to sell
to by catering to the lowest
common denominator m taste
and morals, there will be lit
tle prospect of adequate re
form in programming.
It seems to me that the
principle on which newspa
pers operate should be applic
able to at least part of the TV
industry. That principle is
that the newspaper readers
pay part of the cost of the
product.
rpHIS is the case for pay-as-
you-see television and me
case is t stronger today than
ever.
Is . there any reason why
networks couldn't provide
both sponsored and pay-as-
you-see television? I nave
never seen any persuasive ar
gument which shows it im
practicable.
Then viewers could take
their choice. Then viewers
who wanted something better
could get it by paying mod
estly for it. I see no reason
why there should not be ap
propriate commercials o n
pay-as-you-see television just
the same as there, is adver
tising in the newspapers for
which readers pay.
This might not guarantee
better programs but it would
increase the prospect of get
ting them. And it seems to
me it would be a better first
step than going into the Amer
ican ' equivalent of government-sponsored
television as
in Britain and Canada. .
(c) 1959 Now York Herald
Tribune Inc.
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Washington Report
By WILLIAM S. WHITE
POLITE DEATH-GRAPPLE
Washington The Nixon
Rockefeller contest for the
1960 Republican presidential
nomination is becoming one of
. the most po
lite death
grapples in
the history of
.3 AmoTMnon Tl
ltlCS.
These calm
i and able
young men are
trying to pat
each other on
the back
vigorously as to fracture the
spinal cord.
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller in
vades Richard M. Nixon's
home, state of Calif ornia - and
then tells the customers what
a sign of God's grace," be
cause she has found so much
to do in Macao. Many of the
refugees have children. Many
of the children are hungry.
All need education. And all
the girl children -of all the
refugees in Macao are Mother
Tolmira's special task and
province.
"Years ago we began our
school in bamboo huts," she
says gravely. "What else
could be do? They needed us.
Then Doctor Lobo (the chief
Macao millionaire) said he
would build a real school and
asked me to draw up the
plans. He did not really expect
me to plan anything quite so
big, I'm' afraid" here what
can only be called a glint of
cheerfully predatory humor
is briefly visible in the Rev
erend Mother's clear grey eye
- "but he approved in the end,
so here we are, with 780 girls
in the school and not nearly
room enough for all we ought
to have."
The poorest children, the
Reverend . Mother explains,
get free food and education.
About 600 whose parents have
the best jobs by Macao stand
ards, pay the magnificient
sum of 35 American cents a
month for their schooling and
a big daily meal of bread and
rice and milk.
"It is not much but it is a
lot of money for us, and every
month 50 or 60 cannot .pay,"
says Mother Tolmira. "Then
God has to provide. He al
ways does, somehow."
THERE, in effect, was my
bargain. Who could resist
the chance to educate a child
and keep it fed and healthy
too for a total outlay of $7.20
per annum? I bought three
dozen chances on the spot.
The Reverend Mother's
thanks were sweet, indeed
But there was a certain some
thing in the way she looked
at the check, and a certain
something too in the way she
began to talk about how she
wanted to build an orphanage
for 200 homeless refugee chil
dren for a mere $7,000 - yet
to be located. "Get it built,"
she added placidly, "and then
God will provide the orphans'
keep as well."
This certain something that
Mother Tolmira commands is
downright mesmeric. As earl
ier, less worthwhile, bargains
Had, been heavily depleting, I
hastily promised to make my
purchase of a share in the
work of the "Scuola Stella
Matutina" into an annual af
fair.
On the way home, I told the
story to my friend the Spanish
Jesuit, Father Ruiz. Father
Ruiz laughed so hard he aU
but fell off his motor-scooter.
Joseph," he said, not per
haps very flatteringly, "for
her poor children Mother
Maria Tolmira could get
money out of the devil him
self." (c) 1959 New York Herald
Tribune Inc.
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a very fine Republican the
vice president really is.
Nixon's friends in Rocke
feller's home state, New York,
are repaying this considera
tion with an elaborate out
ward courtesy which covers
a fist of steel.
This is the exact if unstated
purpose of the formation of
"New Yorkers for Nixon."
Nixon's national associates
publicly take the line that
those nice fellows up in New
York simply did this on their
own.
T)UT( these amiable mutter
"ings from Nixon headquar
ters will fool nobody. And, of
course, they are not really in
tended to do so.
The creation of "New York
ers for Nixon" could readily
be seen as a tit-for-tat retort
to Rockefeller's, foray into
Nixonland in California. This
is not quite the case. Or, ra
ther, this interpretation both
understates and oversimpli
fies the New York purposes
of the Nixonites.
Actually, they are going
far beyond any mere tit-for-tat
business. They have set
up in New York a Nixon
lodgment that is meant to
suggest that the nominating
game is over already. ("New
Yorkers for Nixon," by the
way, also has a strong WaU
Street flavor. This is to re
mind various people that not
all of Wall Street is neces
sarily pro-Rockefeller.)
"New Yorkers for Nixon"
stoutly deny any plot what
ever to "corral delegates" -
that is, to wrest nominating
votes at next year's GOP con
vention away from Rockefel
ler in Rockefellerland. They
are, they say, "simply provid
ing ' a platform from which
New Yorkers can express and
mobilize their support of Dick
Nixon.
This is only another way
of implying that there just is
no need to "corral delegates"
in New York -that Nixon is
as good as nominated now. So
the only real question now,
it is suggested, is to rally for
Nixon's 1960 campaign
against the Democrats. t
TT IS also another way" of
-making it difficult for
Rockefeller openly to contest
with Nixon for convention
delegates in California. When
the front-runner grandly dis
dains any designs on Rocke
feller's home state, why
should not Rockefeller show
equal magnanimity?
Moreover, old political, cus
tom makes it bad manners, for
one presidential aspirant, to
go into another's home state
in naked rivalry. Rockefeller
has come very close to just
that by his California sortie.
Organization Republicans
(who also are mostly pro
Nixon Republicans) will in
creasingly deplore this sort of '
thing.
The "neutral" GOP Nation
al Chairman, Senator Thurs
ton Morton, has already, ex
pressed pious hope that Rocke
feller won't push the thing to
a "disruptive" head-on con
test with Nixon in California.
Morton is "neutral" in fa
vor of Nixon. He adds sagely
that while, of course, he has
no partiality, "Vice President
Nixon's substantially ahead
of Rockefeller."
A skeptical onlooker might
even say . that this Nixon
Rockefeller minuet is not so
genial on the inside as on the
outside. All the same, the
minuet's decorous form is
steadfastly maintained.
The Republicans make
many mistakes. But one mis
take they leave solely to the
Democrats: They don't allow
fighting among , themselves
to get so out of hand as to
make the opposition party the
only possible gainer.
(Copyright, 1959, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
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