Wilson Recalls Reporting Job
By the Late Frederick Oth man
By LYLE C. WILSON
United Press International
W.-shington - (EPD - Freder
ick C. Othman died 14
months ago, and the world
was the worse
off for that.
Worse off, too
were the na
tion's newspa
p e r s and
n e w s p aper
readers.
Freddy
wrote a light-
hearted amus-
c wiison i n e column
out of Washington. He served
two tours in Washington with
an intervening few years in
Hollywood where he inter
viewed the beauties, male and
female.
Fred gently spoofed them
one and all, and among them
he made fast friends who
mourned him when he died.
He was a reporter and a
funnyman columnist second
which is the reason this piece
on Washington s birthday is
about our Freddy. Only once
did he cross George Washing
ton's path and when he did
cross it, Freddy had his re
porter's tools in his pocket,
paper and pencil.
The occasion was in late
February many years ago
when a national society with
headquarters in Washington
informed United Press of an
event to take place on the
morning of Feb. 22 on the
grounds of Mt. Vernon, Wash
ington's Potomac Shore es
tate. Fred was urged to at
tend. Would Collect Acorns
Great oaks grow tall on Mt
Vernon's acres. The national
society was composed of tree
lovers. It was dedicated to the
shade tree and, especially, to
the mighty oak. The national
society had made a deal with
the local high command of the
Bov Scouts of America.
Their project was to assem
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Medford
ble at Mt. Vernon on Washing
ton's birthday several platoons
of scouts. On signal, tne scouts
would police the stately
grounds of Mt. Vernon, pick
ing from the ground the
acorns from the oaks.
That was but the beginning.
Mighty oaks from little
acorns grow, said the ample
publicity which the national
society provided. The mighti
est oaks and the oaks with the
maximum sentimental and
historical potential, naturally,
would grow not from any
acorn, but from acorns which
had budded and fallen on hal
lowed ground.
Towns and cities all over
the United States would be
given these seeds of trees and,
in time, descendants of Mt.
Vernon's oak trees would be
casting pleasant shade
throughout the land. There
would be secondary advan
tages. Love of country, respect
for the truth and hatred of the
lie would be implanted in
whose school yard was shaded
by a Mt. Vernon oak.
Arrived Beforehand
All of this Fred considered.
He reported that he was eager
to be on hand at the acorn
picking and to write a piece
about it. He thought his piece,
widely printed in many news
papers, would help buck up
love of country in the young
idea and make a lot of hay
for truth. The acorn picking
was set for 10:30 a.m.
Freddy was always fore
handed. He was the kind who
Some Signatures
Not Acceptable
&aiem -luru-ine aiaie ,iec-
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tions Division said late Fri-
tions submitted putting the
name of sen. wayne morse q . T "II-(D-Ore.)
on the Oregon presi- j DCllinCl llUJII'O
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ed that 281 of the signatures
were "not acceptable."
Jack Thompson, head of the
division, said it appeared the
9l signatures had not been
submitted to counties for ver
ification. Thus they are in
valid, he said.
However, the number of
valid signatures submitted to
taled 5,146, more than five
times the number needed to
put the Senator's name on the
ballot.
Onlv 1.000 sienatures are
required to put the name of a
presidential candidate on the
May 20 ballot.
Distributing Firm
Appoints Manager
Hilton Griffiths, 1432 Whit
man ave., has been appointed
district manager for the Fowl
er Distributing company, Port
land, it has been announced.
Griffiths will serve the five
southern Oregon counties. He
was formerly employed by
Sears Roebuck and company
here. The Fowler Distribut
ing company is the wholesale
distributor for Hoffman Gib
son, Speed Queen and Fowler
electrical products.
Griffiths has been a resident
of Medford for four years. He
is married and has three children.
would eo to a circus lot not
just in time to see the after
noon or evening performance.
Freddy would be early on the
lot to see the animals fed and,
likely, in time to talk to the
performers and lunch with the
clrtumc
So it was that Freddy reach
ed Mt. Vernon before 9 a.m.
on the appointed day. The
Boy Scouts had arrived. And
before their young eyes the
troB npnnlp were salting the
mine. Phoney acorns. The Mt
Vernon crop was short. The
tree people were scattering
stnrp houeht acorns for the
scouts to retrieve. So much
for history, truth and I-cannot-
tell-a-lie.
Freddy wrote a real good
piece about that. It made the
tree people pretty mad.
Damages Asked
Following Accident
Alice Brusha, Medford, is
seeking $35,000 in general
damages and S2.333.82 in spe
cial damages from Patricia
Childers, Medford, as a result
of an auto accident Sept. 14,
1959, at Highway 99 and How
ard ave.
Alice Brusha charges in the
complaint filed by Robert
Boyer, Medford attorney, in
circuit court that she received
serious and permanent in
juries as a result of the auto
accident.
Medical expenses total $1,
033.82, according to the com
plaint filed by Boyer. Because
of her injuries she was un
able to work, and lost $1,300
in earnings, she said. Addi
tional medical care and ex
penses may be necessary, ac-
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. cording to the complaint,
j Dominicans Rally
Ciudad Truiillo, Dominican
Republic- (UPD -Half a million
persons demonstrated Sunday
to persuade Generalissimo
Rafael Trujillo to take over
the presidency from his broth
er Hector in 1962.
Official spokesmen said the
rally was the largest ever held
in the Dominican Republic.
About 300,000 peasants
flocked to the capital from
throughout the country to
take part in the demonstra
tions, a six-hour march down
George Washington ave.
The demonstrators carried
thousands of signs calling on
the generalissimo to become
the "sole candidate" for presi
dent in the 1962 voting.
Ingrid Bergman
Denies Rumors
London 0IPP Friends of In
grid Bergman in London to
day quoted the Swedish-born
star as denying reports that
she is expecting a child.
Friends who spoke with
Miss Bergman by telephone
Sunday, said she told them
she had heard the reports that
she was pregnant, but that
they were not true.
Miss Bergman has commit
ted herself to appearing in a
stage play and one or more
movies within the next year,
these friends said.
Visitors To Morse Campaign Quarters
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Given Reason
By YVONNE FRANKLIN
Mail Tribune Washington
Bureau
Washington-The poor man's
candidate has hung up a neon
Mnrsp for President sign here,
just around the corner from
Washington's "Coffee 'N Con
fusion Club," the local beat
nik hangout.
While other presidential
candidates bemoan the confu
sion caused by Morse's can
didacy, visitors to his cam
paign headquarters are offer
ed coffee and absolutely no
confusion whatsoever about
their leader.
"Wayne Morse is a man
who can be our Great Lead
er," said bubbling C. Y. Mes
sitte, a volunteer worker who
hands everyone a few hun
dred exuberant words as to
why he's for Morse for presi
dent. Feet Said on Ground
"He places humanism above
materialism, but at the same
time he has his feet on the
ground. I see him as a leader
on a white horse. He has cour
age, and he is a man of deci
sion," continued Messitte, a
businessman who does not
know Morse personally, al
though he has followed his
career as a liberal, particular
ly as it applied to local issues.
Gilbert Suser, another busi
nessman who is taking time
off to run the local headquar
ters, is the only paid employ
ee. He said they hope to re
cruit 100 volunteers.
One volunteer, a bearded
youth, soft brown eyes glow
ing as he manned a telephone,
was heard persuading a pros
pective volunteer. Naturally,
in the day of conformity, one
asks whether he's a beatnik.
"No," said Messitte, "but he's
a little odd."
Quarters Donated
In gratitude for Morse's in
terest in preventing a fair
trade law for the District of
Columbia, a local businessman
donated the campaign head
quarters rent free, until May
3, the date of the local pri
mary. Suser hopes to persuade
other local people to lend simi
lar stores in other areas of the
city. The headquarters is
strictly local, and does not
cover Morse's national cam
paign. "I fully expect Morse to get
close to 100 of the vote
here," said Messitte. Morse's
opposition is Sen. Hubert
Humphrey. The Democratic
Party here is divided over the
candidacy of the two liberals.
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According to A. L. Wheel-1
er. chairman of tne demo
cratic Central Committee,
Morse has considerable sup
port from former Stevenson
backers. Five of 12 local civic
leaders who were pledged to
Stevenson in 1956 now sup
port Morse according to
Wheeler; of the 7 remaining
3 are for Humphrey, 1 still
clings to Adlai and 3 cannot
make up their minds.
Signboard on Building
Beneath a large picture of
Morse in the store window is
a blue neon "Vote for Morse
May 3"; a huge "Morse for
President ' signboard graces
the top of the building.
During the conversation
three people came in - two
more volunteers and a sweet
faced silver-haired lady who
announced herself as Agnes
Waters, the only woman presi
dential candidate. She was
slightly insane. After finding
out from the tactful gentle
men how she went about fil
ing for president, she began
spouting bigotry. Messetti
thereupon gently escorted her
to the door.
Wheeler, in a statement of
why he supports Morse, said:
"We support Wayne Morse
for president because he has
the moral and physical stam
ina to stand alone for fair
play, despite the enormous
pressures exerted by the vest
ed interests through their
journalistic trained seals, and
their radio and TV stooges."
Pitch for Senior Votes
Suser and company are
making a pitch for the senior
citizens' vote, and they ex
pect to reap most of the la
bor vote as well as that of
minority groups.
He and MesselU were call
ing on various homes for the
aged, trying to arrange to
transport the oldsters to be
registered. They also expect
ed to line up volunteer pre
cinct captains to get out the
vote.
There was little slick cam
paign literature available; no
buttons or stickers. Mimeo
graphed sheets, giving Morse's
voting record and concern
about local issues were avail
able. Morse is well known in
the District because of his
service on the Senate District
Committee. He was instru
mental in prodding officials
to set up a free lunch program
to feed several thousand hun
gry district children. He has
championed home rule for the
District, while other congress
men responsible for ruling the
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23. The occupants of the four
desks at the Morse headquar
ters were hard at work drum
ming up support for their
man. They fully expect him
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weeks in Lenox Hill hospital
where he is being treated for
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throughout this country, died
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