Medford mail tribune., April 29, 1960, Image 4

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Flight o' Time
Medford and Jackson County
History from the flies of The
Mall Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
April 29, 1950 (Saturday)
The state highway commis
sion has approved expendi
ture ol $125,000 for recon
struction of Crater Lake high
way from Prospect to Cascade
Gorge.
The phantom flying saucer
which was seen In Grants
Pass yesterday has finally
made Its way to Medford lo
cal residents report.
i 20 YEARS AGO
J April 29, 1940 (Monday)
i. Two Illinois Valley women
die In an auto crash and fire
near Grants Pass.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "This
is the time of the year when
high school actors come forth
Long may they perform
bravely.
90 YEARS AGO
r April 29, 1930 (Tuesday)
' Delay In building the new
courthouse Is urged by those
who are still hoping to have
It built on the Armory site.
Census fixes Gold Hill's
population at 508.
40 YEARS AGO
April 29, 1920 (Thursday)
Local resident kills 10 rat
tlesnakes along Rogue river,
Trigonla oil well in Fern
valley stops drilling for a few
days; has not yet had any
luck.
(0 YEARS AGO
April 29, 1910 (Friday)
Property owner still re
fuses to give city right of way
across property, holding up
completion of clty'i gravity
water system.
Women of the Greater Med
ford club will have charge
of the May 15 issue of the
Mall Tribune, using such prof
Its as they might make for
community works.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nina or ten correct It superior;
seven or eight is eacallent; five or
ih Is food,
1. Is Australia now expect
ing spring or autum?
2. Do most of our states re
quire a referendum by the
voters on amendments to state
constitutions?
3. What is a homonym?
, 4. Docs a violin have three,
four, five, or six strings?
5. How many sheets are in
a quire of paper?
. Where was the U.S. bat
tleship "Maine" destroyed?
7. What Is the recognized
wine for drinking toasts?
8. Who is President of the
U.S. Senate In the present
Congress?
9. Is gelatin of animal, vege
table, or mineral origin?
10. Are fish oils richest In
Vitamin B, C, or D?
Answersi 1. Autumn. 2. Yet.
8. Words alike sound, but dif
fering In meaning. 4. Four. i.
24. 7. Champagne. 8. Vice
President of tht U.S. - Rich'
ard Nixon. 9. Animal. 10. Vit
amin D.
Truck Repair Shop
Burns at Tillamook
Tillamook -UPD- Fire Thurs
day afternoon caused an esti
mated 8123,000 damage- to
the Diamond Lumber Com
pany truck repair shop here.
The blaze was believed to
have itarted when welding
aparki struck an oil barrel.
Attack on the Schools
Those citizens of the Medford school district
who believe that good schools (like those in Med
ford) require adequate financing, had better stir
their stumps and get out to vote in the budget
election this Monday.
There is evidence that a conceited attempt
is being made to defeat the budget.
The ploy being used in this attempt is not
an out and out declaration that the budget is
out of line.
What is being done is to insinuate that money
is being used unwisely. It isn't.
e e
CIRST, this is being done by attacking the sal-
aiy being paid the school superintendent, who
this year is scheduled to receive $18,000, making
him the second-best paid local school official in
the state.
This is a matter of viewpoint. If you think
$18,000 for a man who
business is too much, then you probably will
agree. But if you feel that it is the best economy
, ,1 ...I, i A JM 1-1. 1 L L
in ine worm w get, lop-mgni, aciminisuaiors ioi
this "bie business" of ours, then you'll disagree.
We're lucky to have
on the job, and lucky to
job, despite tempting job
In any event, administrative salaries are a
tinv nart of the bucket, and if anv significant
savings are to be made,
elsewhere.
THE other line of attack is more serious, be
ftaiica rnn ha fona nf if if. cniinrlc nlmicihlo
But. under even the
turns out to include misrepresentations, to put
it mildly, and a couple of
which is a kindly phrase for an untruth, which
m turn is a kindly phrase tor a lie.
A communication elsewhere on this page re
veals the attack. (It should be recorded that two
copies of the letter arrived within hours of each
other, from opposite ends of town. Except for
one or two words and phrases, they are identical.
The names of those signing them are being with
held, in the hope that they are innocent victims
in this exercise in misrepresentation.)
e. e e
THE letters say:
"One million dollars
in four years seems like a
these inflationary times."
Four years ago (195b-57) the total budget
with $1,795,233.33 (not one million dollars) ; this
year the total general fund budget proposed is
S3.5n4.84R.vi9. ( lntilur lncr bonds and interest.
which are not part of
COmeB tO Over i)4 million.)
On the face of it, this seems a bit rough
But what the letter
former figure was for the
of about 7 square miles;
the new consolidated
sauare miles.
To be honest the former figure should also
include the 1956-57 budgets for West Side, Oak
Grove, Griffin Creek, Jacksonville, Kuch, How'
ard and Lone Pine school districts, which since
have joined to the Medford district.
THE letter also does NOT point out that retire-
ment and social security has trebled during
that four year period, that county equalization
funds are required from the district now which
were not before, and that the district now pro
vides transportation to outlying students, which
was not necessary before.
The letter also piously maintains that "We
want well paid and happy teachers in our com
munity, and feel a 5 per cent raise is justified and
needful. However, there are lots of places that
the budget can be cut to do so."
Are there? That much? Where?
QjAY the budget is defeated. This will happen:
Total Proposed Budget $3,914,846
Amount Outside 8 per cent Limit 1,978,404
Amount Remaining if Budget Defeated $1,936,442
This is $692,034 LESS than the $2,628,476
needed to pay for instructional services and ma
terials; it is . $486,938 LESS than the amount
needed to pay the district's certificated (teach
ing) personnel; it is $149,113 LESS than the
amount needed to pay only the classroom teach
ers for next year.
And this doesn't account for transportation,
janitors, equipment, administration, or any of
the other operating costs.
QNE more thing a small thing, but enough
v to show that whoever dreamed up this letter
either doesn't know what's what, or is deliber
ately misrepresenting.
It says, "At the end of the school last June
there was enough money in the operating to buy
new cars for the superintendents office . . .
That's not true. The money was budgeted for
the cars. It was done so after a careful study
showed that the school district, buying cars
cheaply on a fleet basis and operating them that
way, would SAVE MONEY over the old system
of paying mileage for travel.
Incidentally, the cars arc used by many dif
ferent district employees for different purposes.
It is tine that 67 23 of the local tax dollar
goes to schools. It is also true that this is 8'
per cent of ALL taxes paid.
The letter, in short, is nurnoselv phoney. But
it should stir those citizens
school system to vote FOR the budget, which
was carefully and conservatively prepared, and
explained in full to anyone who cared to listen.
E. A.
inns a $4 million a year
Dr. Leonard Mayfield
have kept him on the
offers he has received.
tney d nave to oe made
most casual scrutiny, it
outright misstatements
to four million dollars
lot of money, even in
the operating budget, it
does NOT say is that the
old school district 49,
the latter figure is for
district 549L, of dbl.z
who believe in a cood
Dennis the
THey sleep tiexr voor.
Communications
Letters to the Editor must
the writer, although under
ot a pen name or initial tor publication is permissible. The
Mail Tribune reserves the right to 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
views of the paper; in tact
Wants "Good Schools"
To the Editor: On May 2
1960, if the proposed budget
goes through, the Medford
superintendent of schools will
receive a base pay of $18,000
a year, a 16 per cent increase
in pay. In addition to this
base pay tie shall receive
$720 for travel expense, plus
a car and gasoline. The gov
ernor of Oregon only receives
a base pay of $i7,auu. The
Supreme Court Justices re
ceive $15,000 a year. Presi
dent of Oregon State and Uni
versity of Oregon each re
ceives $20,000 a year. Presi
dent of Southern Oregon col
lege receives $15,000 and
shares a car from a car pool.
The superintendent o f
schools in Salem receives
$14,000, plus $1200 car ex
penses. He has two assistants,
each receiving $6,000 a year
plus $300 expenses. The en-
d, a. Tndi.
cated in the "Facts and in In-
formation" booklet put out by
tile budget committee, Salem
15,477 students, Medford 7,
684 students.
We all want good schools
for your children. We want
well paid and happy teachers
In our community, and we
feel a 5 per cent raise is Jus
tified, and needful. However,
there are lots of places that
the budget can be cut to do
so. One million dollars to
four million dollars in four
years, seems like a lot of
money, even in these Infla
tionary times.
At the end of school last
June there was enough money
In the operating fund to buy
new cars for the superintend
ent's office, a Ford, a Chev
rolet, and a Studebaker.
Is the increase of an esti
mated $1,978,404.99 neces
sary? These are some of the things
you should keep in mind Mon
day, May 2, when you go to
the polls to vote on the pro
posed budget. Do you own
property? If so 613i per cent
of our local tax dollar goes
to the schools.
Name Withheld
(See comment in editorial
column)
Polls and Salaries
To the Editor: The voters
of the Medford school district
are about to approve or disap
prove the portion of the
school budget that exceeds
the 6 per cent limitation; a
sum in excess of one million
dollars.
We have had In the past.
very poor representation at
the polls-about 8 per cent of
legal voters. We need a larger
portion of the voters on these
matters, even then there are
hardships made for the voters
to participate, such as from
2 to 8 p.m. at isolated loca
tions far from the homes of
soma voters.
The proposed budget In
cludes increases In teachers'
salaries, with which I do not
believe there Is much argu
ment.
However, tacked on to this
arc Increases, large ones, for
the superintendents' salaries.
At present Dr. Mayfield re
ceives $15,500, Mr. Bccken,
$11,500, Mr. Atkinson, $9,200
which appears to be fair
wages, In fact good, when
we compare it with other
school districts. Also each of
the superintendents is fur
nished his automobile plus ex
penses. .
If the voters approve the
proposed budget the wages
will be increased, to wit: Dr.
Mayfield to $18,000. Mr.
Bccken to $12,300, Mr. Atkin
son to $10,000, or $40,300 for
superintendents, plus all oth
er benefits. I would say that
this is a high cost administration.
Menace
itff here.
bear the name and address of
certain circumstances the use
not necessarily represent the
the contrary is often the case.
If we feel that teachers are
entitled to more wages we are
also required to agree on ad
ministrative wage increases
by approving the proposed in
crease of the budget.
It would be interesting to
know, if the voters turn
down the budget increase,
will the administrative office
still take the Increase in
wages to the detriment of oth
er branches of the school sys
tem?
You voters have a chance
to find out.
Which every way one votes,
there should be a fair repre
sentation of the taxpayers at
the polls.
Ray O. Marrs,
708 West Second St.;
Medford
Attend the Concert!
To the Editor: Lancaster
Pollard, Oregon historian,
wrote in the Sunday Oregon
Ian of March 13 of Jackson
ville that it stood as the lead
ing historical spot of the state.
To quote a small part of the
article:
"Every Oregonlan ought to
know that Jacksonville is
probably the least changed of
our 'historic towns, as charm
ing to a 1960 visitor as it is
delightful to a regional histor
ian. Today the museum there
supported by the Southern
Oregon Historical Society, the
Meekman Bank Building, the
wondrous home of Peter Britt,
early photographer-all repay
a visit to them.
"The Britt home was in
shameful disrepair when I was
last In Jacksonville. It is Ore
gon's first art museum and is
now, I hope, respectfully
maintained. Most noteworthy
of all. the town still is not
much changed from what it
was a century ago.
The concert by the Philhar
monic Society of Southern
Oregon deserves generous sup
port for its Sunday afternoon
program given to benefit the
project to restore the old U.S.
Hotel in Jacksonville. Both
the modern Philharmonic and
the historic Jacksonville de
serve the support of the peo
ple of Jackson county. Attend
the concert, please!
Una B. Inch,
602 Catherine St.,
Medford.
An Election Plug
To the Editor: I would like
for all my friends, neighbors.
and associates to know that I
heartily indorse O. E. Frazier
for Phoenix school board di
rector. I do not have any personal
friendship with Mr. Frazier,
but have been one of his
neighbors for several years
and Itnow he is fully capable
of taking care of his own fi
nances, and feel sure he will
do the same for us.
He has had children in
Phoenix school in the last few
years and I am sure he has an
acute desire for better educa-
Uon for all.
Neighbors, leti extend the
boundaries of the - school
board, vote for someone from
our neck-of-thc-woods.
I'm lust the guy who wants
the best for what WE pay.
Cloe E. Small, .
Route 3, Box 240,
' Medford.
New Horrors Ahead
To the Editor: At the begin
ning of this year, United Press
International carried a feature
article in newspapers through
out the United States, report
ing on the growth of interest
in religion and spiritual things
since World War II. The year
just ended was a good year,
on the whole, for the Ameri
can churches. If America Is
experiencing a genuine re-
Matter of Fact
THE ASIAN
THUNDER CLOUDS
Washington - Beyond much
question, the moment when
Dwight D. Eisenhower was
" LiTa established as
the national
father image
was the mo
ment when he
made peace in
Korf a. But
dj the lesson of
the great ex
plosion in Ko
rea is that tne
E lsenhower
administration's settlement In
Asia is by no means as stable
as it has looked.
The partition of Korea left
the southern half of that poor
country without sufficient
means of self-support, and
with the unending need of
supporting a huge army to
defend its border. One con
sequence of this arrangement
was an enormous annual bill
for American aid, still run
ning at the level of $180 mi-
ion per annum. Another con
sequence was the tendency to
poitical corruption which gen
erally appears in a poor coun
try handling a rich aid pro
gram.
a
IN Korea this situation was
further inflamed by the per
sonal tragedy of President
Syngman Rhee. The hero of
Korea's resistance to the Jap
anese, the brave old man who
stood all the rough shocks of
the Korean war, has been un
happily corroded by the years.
liglous revival, why aren't its
fruits more evident In the
general level of public mor
ality?
Mr. J. Edgar Hoover of the
F.B.I., in his latest article on
the harm of printed and pho
tographed filth, says: The
morals of America are be
seiged today by an unprinci
pled force which will spare no
home or community in its
quest for Illicit profit.
As sure as marijuana leads
to heroin, morally vicious pic
tures create a desire for por
nography. Mayor Terry Schrunk, of
Portland, Oregon, not so long
ago, banned a motion picture
from Portland, a much larger
city than Medford.
Our government, and local
people, do not consider an
18 year old an adult, yet they
are allowed into the theater
to view the week end "Adults
only" pictures.
Unless there is a change in
the trend for filth, we will
soon find ourselves plunged
into new horrors dealing with
sexual and mental aberra
tions. Robert Betschart,
4977 South Pacific Hwy.,
Medford.
Lips That Pray
To the Editor: I want to
answer the statement of J. P.
Wirth, 120 Laurel st., "hands
that help are better than lips
that pray."
During the war I was com
ing home by bus from Balti
more, Maryland. Somewhere
in Illinois this happened.
Our bus was approaching a
truck. As they . got about a
car's length from each other.
the driver of a car following
the truck decided to pass.
Quicker than it takes for you
to read this, the three vehicles
were side by side. The bus
driver swerved to the right
and the truck driver to the
left to avoid crushing the car
between them. The road was
slippery from a skift of snow
that had fallen and frozen, so
the bus slid into a shallow
ditch on the right; .crved
across the road and down a
three foot embankment on
the left and we could feel the
bus tilt as the right wheels
left the ground.
All this happened so quick
ly. There was not a sound in
side the bus-not even of
people breathing. I know I
was holding my breath, cling
ing to the back of the seat in
front of me staring at the
driver in a kind of trance.
He was sitting, apparently
perfectly relaxed, his hands
hanging at his sides. He was
doing nothing.
As we felt the bus tip these
words came from the lips of
someone, out into the still
ness, "Lord help him. He can
not do it alone."
The bus ran along the bot
tom of the ditch for a distance,
setUed back . onto all four
wheels, ran back up the bank,
crossed the road to the side it
was supposed to be on and
came to a stop in position to
continue its journey, just as
if It had been parked there.
The stillness in the bus con.
tinned for a moment and lust
as everyone settled back into
their seats, the bus sort ot
settled closer to the road and
the air went out of Uie brakes
in a great sigh. From one pair
of lips after another the sigh
was echoed in words of
thanksgiving to the Lord our
God. He had most certainly
answered a pair of lips that
prayed.
Etna Ragsdalc
1214 West 10th St.
Medford
By Joseph Altep
At close to SO, he has long
been almost wholly in the
grip of an unsavory palace
gang or clique. The sole aim
of the clique has been to hang
on to their places and the
profits they have drawn from
those places.
Hence the explosion, which
now seems likely to produce
an improvement, at any rate
for the time being. Yet this
explosion in Korea, even if
It is followed by reform, is
still a strong warning that
should not be Ignored. It
should direct attention, for
Instance, to the somewhat
comparable situation in South
Vietnam.
Another major turning
point In the Eisenhower
story was acceptance of the
partition of Vietnam, into a
Communist northern half and
a non-Communist southern
half. The late John Foster
Dulles wanted to use military
force to avert this natural
consequence of the Korean
peace. History may well judge
that Dulles was right, but he
was over-ruled. Against heavy
odds, furthermore, the strong
personality of President Ngo
Dinh Diem brought tempo
rary order to South Vietnam
after the country was parti
tioned.
DRESIDENT DIEM 1 s not
enfeebled by age, like
rresment Knee. He is not
surrounded by men like the
Korean palace cliaue. But he
is heavily influenced by mem-
Ders or nis own familv. heart
ed by his brother Ngo Dinh
Niu. The South Vietnamese
government today is close to
ciean government, and this
has helped to prevent the
growth of anv vieorous local
political life.
Meanwhile the Communists
have again taken the offen
sive, beginning about a vear
ago. A map of the new Com
munist Kuerrilla areas in
South Vietnam by now close
ly resembles a man of the
uommunist-led V i e t m i n h
guerrilla areas at ahnnr. the
midway point of the French-Indo-Chinese
war. A supply
line and a chain of snerrila
posts runs down the moun
tainous some from North Viet-
nam, along the border of
South Vietnam and Laos. This
supply line in turn sustains
considerable nests of guerril
las on the Cambodian border,
and in the delta of the Me
kong River.
Worse still, the Communist
guerrillas are beginning to
terrorize and therefore dom
inate the peasant population
In their areas. President
Dlem's village head men are
being assassinated at the rate
of about ten per month - a
high enough rate to spread
terror, when effective punish
ment of the terrorists Is rela
tively rare. The situation in
South Vietnam is not yet
acute, but it is certainly
ugly.
TN LAOS, although the pro
Communists have been
heavily defeated in the elec
tion, their Pathet Lao guer
illas are increasing their ac
tivities, much on the South
Vietnamese pattern. Cambo
dia has been left in disorder
by the death of the king. And
Cambodia, Laos, and South
Vietnam, being free of the
French at last, have briskly
resumed the quarrels that be
gan many centuries ago with
the fall of the Khmer Empire
and the abandonment of Ang
kor Wat to the jungle's grip.
Finally, there is the nasty
danger point on Formosa's
offshore islands. This inde
fensible position was created
as a direct consequence of the
Eisenhower administration's
celebrated "unleashing" of
Generalissimo Chiang Kai
shek. The offshore island dan
ger point has already produc
ed the painful Quemoy crisis.
It is no less dangerous now
because it is out of the news
Altogether, if the Korean
explosion Is successfully
damped down, the appearance
of tranquility may perhaps be
restored on the other shore
of the Pacific. But this will
be only an appearance. Under
the surface, there will be no
tranquility. President Eisen
hower will leave to his suc
cessor Asian problems in some
ways more thorny than those
that were Inherited from
President Truman,
(c) 1960 New York Herald
Tribune Inc.
Siskiyou Pioneer Sites
Presents
Pop's Concert
by tha
Philharmonic Society of So. Oregon
MEDFORD SR. HIGH AUDITORIUM
3:00 P.M., SUNDAY, MAY 1
Ticket! $1.00 Adults, 50c Children
Benefit U.S. Hotel Restoration Jacksonville
Washington Report
By WILLIAM $. WHITE
DAMAGE BY PRIMARIES
Washington - The primary
system is daily chewing up
the participating Democratic
p r e s laeniiai
aspirants. It is
daily streng
thening those
other candi
dates who
have wisely
stayed out of
the line of fire
and let Jack
and Hubert do
it - to each
other.
It is increasingly probable
that neither of the two con
testants for the West Virginia
primary election of May 10
will really win. This may be
true no matter who comes in
first, in the voting as between
Senators John F. Kennedy of
Massachusetts and Hubert H.
Humphrey of Minnesota.
It is just as increasingly
probably that the real win
ners, and far beyond West
Virginia, will be, in varying
degrees, the non-participators.
These canny gents are Sena
tors Lyndon B. Johnson of
Texas and Stuart Symington
of Missouri, and Adlai E.
Stevenson.
ONE SWALLOW does not
make a summer. And one
West Virginia primary does
not make a presidential nomi
nee, though it could break
one. The harm clearly being
done there to Kennedy as the
front-runner may weli not be
enough to stop him, even if
he should finish narrowly be
hind Humphrey. (If he should
be badly beaten in this "popu
larity contest," of course, the
In the Days News
By FRANK JENKINS
Syngman Rhee, who spent
50 years of his life fighting
for Independence for his
country (Korea was conquered
by Japan in 1910) is toppled
from his post as Korean pres
ident by an uprising among
Koreans.
They rose In revolt because
they believed Rhee was
CHEATING THEM OF
DEMOCRACY. There is much
evidence that their belief was
well founded. Syngman Rhee
seems to have come to the
conclusion, not unusual among
men who hold TOO MUCH
POWER IN THEIR HANDS,
that only he was fit to give
the Korean people what in his
opinion they ought to have.
WHY DID Rhee quit?
The answer is interesting.
He quit BECAUSE HE
WAS AFRAID OF THE PEO
PLE. THAT suggests a fascinating
thought.
If Nikita Khrushchev be
came SUFFICIENTLY afraid
of the Russian people, HE
TOO WOULD QUIT.
THAT BRINGS another
thonffrit'
If the Russian nennle he.
come convinced that they too
are BEING CHEATEn OF
THE FRUITS OF DEMOC
RACY, they may rise against
the communist despotism as
the high school and university
generation of Koreans rose
against the despotic methods
of Syngman Rhee.
Within the memnrv of nen.
Die not vet old ennuch tn K
put on the shelf, the Russian
people rose against the des
potism ot tne czars. They were
tragically unfortunate. Their
revolution fell into the hand
of the communists, led by
Lenin.
The communists forerf the
Russian people into their par
ticular oattern nf HecnnHcm
Just as Syngman Rhee seems
to nave forced the Korean
People into HIS nntrrn nf
despotism. The Korean peo
ple, alter taking it as long
as they could, REVOLTED.
TTERE'S a guess:
The reDorts of this k,.
ean revolt are being read with
consiaerame interest In the
Kremlin. Mr. K has a shrewd
mind. The thought that what
has happened in Korea
MIGHT happen in Russia
can't help occurring to him.
Let's hODfl he nnnHore II
deeply.
WlllUm S.
While
Kennedy bandwagon would
grind to a halt.)
But enough harm is being
done, at any rate, to give
subtle but real promotion to
those presidential candidate,
who are not on the scene and
thus not a part of the dis
order. This is by no means who'Iy
due to the punishing ni,!..:
of the so-called religious Is
sue. This issue finds Kennedy
defending himself as a Cath
olic and Humphrey compelled
to protest over and over that
as a Protestant he wants no
support based on religious
prejudice.
Almost eauallv Ininrin,..
both, and equally helpful to
their non-participating rivals
is the increasing bitterness of
the campaign quite outside the
factor of relicion. Th
courteous has long since be
come only a memory as be
tween Humpnrey and Ken
nedy. Now it is the rotn,i
ugly.
THINGS are being said by
Democrat Ahnnt. namn. .
that can never be later recall.
ed - and that are being care
fully logged by the Republi
cans for later use. This is not
likely to matter so much to
Humphrey. For his nomina-
Hon in any case is very im.
prabable. But it might matter
a great deal later to Kennedy,
and to the Democrats in gen
eral if he should be their can.
didate in the election cam
paign. Already the Republican na
tional committee has put out
one installment of "what the
Demo-rats said" which will
make good G.O.P. ammunition
later on. And as the nartv
gets rougher and rougher this
Republican arsenal is being
stockpiled by the hour.
Kennedy, in effect, calls
Humphrey a mere wrecker
who can go nowhere himself
but is ready to be used by
others. Humphrey now goes
very far. Obviously referring
to Kennedy s wealtn, he tells
a West Virginia audience: "I
don't think elections should
be bought. Let that sink in
deeply."
AND "sink in deeply" it sure
ly will. What will Hiimnh.
rey say, in campaigning in the
fall for his party's ticket If
Kennedy heads that ticket,
when the Republicans repeat
after him: "I don't think elec
tions should be bought?"
Symington, meantime, goes
quietly about the country pre
senting himself as the friend
of all Democrats and the
enemy of none. Johnson,
whose unannounced campaign
is already in motion in the
west, presents himself as a
leader of stability and respon
sibility. Stevenson, who has
the appeal of a man who is
not grabbing for the job, care
fully refuses to break with
any Democratic faction.
The primary system is brac
ing melodrama, no doubt. It
is good theater. But is it good
politics?
(Copyright, 1960, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.) '
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