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Mall Tribune 10. 20, 30. 40
and 50 years ago.,
10 YEARS AGO
July 3, 1950 (Saturday)
A public hearing on the city
of Medford's 1950-51 budget
of $597,995 will be held dur
ing. Wednesday's regular city
council meeting.
The Medford Rogues base
ball team split a double head
er with Marysville yesterday
to maintain its hold on fourth
place in the Far West league.
20 YEARS AGO
July 3, 1940 (Monday)
Medford Corporation an
nounced it will resume oper
ations after the three - day
Fourth of July holiday; it had
been feared the firm would
stay shut down for a longer
period of time.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column:
" 'Wrong Way' Corrigan of
flying fame recently became
the father of a baby boy. Any
day now he'll be busy hanging
parachutes on the front porch,
instead of in the backyard."
30 YEARS AGO
July 3, 1930 (Wednesday)
City engineer says the
straightening of the East Main
st. curve would cost nearly
$6,000.
County Granges may take
over the city's public market
which it has indicated it will
vacate.
40 YEARS AGO
July 3. 1920 (Friday)
The former ambassador to
Germany will be guest speak
er at the chamber of com
merce luncheon here Monday.
Stores and public places in
the city will be closed Monday
in honor of the independence
day celebration.
50 YEARS AGO
July 3, 1910 (Sunday)
A syndicate of Kentucky,
Ohio and Indiana r fties pur
chased 620 acres of fruit land
near Eagle Point for $90,000.
The Mail Tribune will issue
a special "extra" edition Mon
day afternoon just as soon as
the result of the heavyweight
championship fight between
Jim Jeffries and Jack Johnson
at Reno, Nev., is made known.
What's Your 10.?
Nine or ten correct it superior;
seven or eight is excellent; five ei
six is good.
1. Has the District of Co
lumbia a total land area of
461, 661, or 61 square miles?
2. Were gold and silver, or
copper discovered in the fa
mous Comstock lode?
3. Which, according to Paul,
are the abiding virtues?
4 In what kind of a shell
die'. "Peter, the pumpkin eat
er" put his wife?
, S. Is the area of the Vatican
City more or less than two
square miles?
1. A craftsman who cuts,
(rinds, polishes and sets pre-
' clous and seml-preclous stones
is termed ?
7. Are coral snakes poison
ous? 8. Did Don Quixote have a
quire?
9; Which U. S. president
was the second to be assassl
Mated? 10. What term in a musical
composition means very slow?
1. 61 square miles. 2. Gold
and silver. 3. Faith, hope and
love. 4. "Pumpkin shell." 5
Less. 6. Lapidary. 7. Yes,' 8.
Yes .Sancho Pania. 8. James
A. Garfield. 10. Largo,
Time Brings.
Timu maD-nr.infl. in
brought forth The Word
In preparation, it naa
nvor TVie WrvrlH rlri much
man, for instance, talked
with the uregon snaKesnearean r esuvai Associ
ation for some hours (via telephone from-Port-lnnrn
mnHfl n t.rin tn Ashland, and had several
dozen pictures of the Oregon festival, many in
color.
When the story came out, not one word
about the Ashland production appeared.
BOTH Shakespeare, and the Oregon Shake
eneareaii Festival will survive this, as thev
have survived worse tribulations. But we'd like to
share with everyone a letter which Bob Rein
holdt, president of the Festival association, wrote
to the magazine, in pait, ne saia :
"May we congratulate yoti on your thoughtful
Shakespeare article in the July 4 issue. Pertinent
publications such as this do much to assist us in main
taining an authentic Shakespearean tradition in
America.
"We are aware of space problems In your maga
zine and we were not at all surprised to find our
organization omitted. Because we are not guilty of
the production errors you have noted in our more
spangled offspring, we could not have provided the
effective frame you chose for your story.
"But our international patrons will be disappoint
ed to find that the first Shakespearean Festival on
this continent - and the only one that makes a creed
of authentic Elizabethan staging - has failed to make
your pages.
"Again our thanks for adding emphasis to Shake
spearean truths we have been probing since 1935."
PRESIDENT Reinholdt's letter, courteous, com-
plimentary, yet subtly critical, is a far more
effective commentary than some of the irate
communications which have been rolling from
steaming typewriters in this area.
Yet the irritation is fully understandable.
Time, the omnipotent, the snide, the anonymous,
issues its pronouncements from Cloud 9, bringing
to the literate peasantry its dicta slickly dis
guised as "news.
Part of the local irritation is, of course, at
tributable to sour grapes. But a major part can
be chalked up to resentment at the magazine's
"Time Brings All Things" condescension, and
its total omission of any reference to the first
and only American Shakespearean Festival
dedicated to authentic Elizabethan theater. E.A.
People and Liability
Bill Jenkins, a back-to-nature type who
writes a column for the Klamath Falls paper,
is considerably bucked up by the thought that
a big new industrial plant mignt go to laano or
Washington, rather than to Uregon.
He isn't at all enchanted by the prospect of
a crowded, industrialized Oregon, and he some
what resents the current efforts to attract in
dustry to the state.
And he joins with the noted Oregon author,
Stewart Holbrook, who believes that we should
do everything we can to keep people OUT of
the state, let alone trying to attract more of them.
JENKINS says:
O "Oregon, it seems to me, is pointing a two-pronged
program at the nation's manufacturers and being
extremely cautious not to let its left hand know what
its right hand is doing.
"On the one hand we hold out the colorful pic
ture of a tourist heaven, a paradise vacuumed out
daily by Mother Nature's sweetest zephyrs and pro
' vided with Utopian furnishings in the way of lakes,
streams, mountain meadows, towering peaks, fish
ing, camp grounds and smog free air.
"But on the other we are extending toward the fac
tory owners a picture of vast stretches of land which
would be more attractive were they covered with
blacktop, tall buildings, hurrying crowds and the un
steady roar of mighty industrial plants . . .
"I cannot bring myself to believe that Oregon was
ever intended to be a hub of industry . . .
"And more important, can we afford to throw
away priceless reserves of natural resources for the
lesser rewards of sordid commercial progress? Yet I
fear we are perilously close to doing just that. Once
gone the scenic and recreational values of our re
gion are gone forever. There is no resurrection for
a forest destroyed, for a lake drained, for soil steri
lized by commercial wastes. You make up your
mind which you want first. And then you live out
your life with the consequences . . .
"I hope I never have to see the day when I shall
have to write the epitaph for the region:
"Died
"Ot Progress
"The Pacific Northwest
"1750-19 ?"
WE SYMPATHIZE strongly with Jenkins.
Anrl vot thorn's miiph fn ho cnid fnr in.
dustrialization uu to
In the Rocrue valley,
three bases timber,
All three are seasonal in nature. And in tne
loner winter months, there just aren't enough jobs
to go around. This leads to a desire both for
year-around payroll opportunities, and for work
which comes in the winter and early spring
months. (Holiday House trailers, manufactured
by Bear Creek Orchards, are an example of what
can be done in diversifying companies ana
stretching job opportunities.)
DUT, with Jenkins, we
heavy industry, belching smokestacks, and
asphalt, neon lights, smog and confusion in all
directions.
All things in moderation and balance.
These are desirable Qualities.
. And while we can understand and even join
Jenkins in his anti-people crusade, we can hard
ly blame people trom wanting to live in south
era Oregon, and for coming here.
; But let's hope that
we lose the very qualities or iivability which at
1 . J 1 1 1 1 . t- - J? . . 1 1 T71 A
uacieo. mem nere in uie
All Things
nil its maiestv. this week
on Shakespeare.
us correspondents au
Research. The Oretron
to people connected
a Doint.
our economy lives on
agriculture, and tourists.
would draw the line at
not so many come that
msi piace. ra. a.
Dennis the
DAQ JUST SHAVED OFF HIS MU6TACHE ,Atf'
UIM AH' AfOfA AOe. fPgMK ACUIM" '
Communications
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writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen
name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail
Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to
clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for pub
lication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in
this column do not necossarlly represent the views of the
paper: in fact ihe contrary is often ihe case.
First "Keep Green"
To the Editor: It is now
just short one year of the two
score mark since the U.S. For
est Service proclaimed Forest
Protection Week, that began
June 21, 1921 and closed June
28 (as this letter is being writ
ten), from official records by
Forest Supervisor C. E.
Brown of the Rogue River
National forest.
Forest Protection Week
was planned and promoted as
a Boy Scout project, that
they should have a vital In
terest in their heritage ot the
forests, both public and pri
vate. It not only emphasized
the need of public cooperation
in protecting forests against
destructive fires, but in the
planting of trees, furnished
by the forest service to the
various Boy Scout troops.
The Boy Scouts of Brewster,
Wash., where my home and
business was at that time, was
newly organized and did not
take part In the first year pro
ject. But June 21, 1922,
found them ready to go. one
of the Scouts suggested that a
small green tree be hoisted to
the flag-pole top in city-center,
with a pennant proclaim
ing protection for It. My wife,
overhearing the council dis
cussion, suggested a green
tree on a flag. This led to her
ripping out a pillow casing,
and a little conifer tree, cut
out of some green cloth,
bought by the Scouts' very
limited cash reserves, was
basted onto the pillow-casing
flag. Words were also scis
sored out by the Scout flag
makers and basted on below
the green tree that said:
KEEP YOUR FORESTS
GREEN."
With proper ceremonies,
the flag was raised to the
flag-pole top and flown there
until the 28th. Two of the
Scouts living a half mile
apart had learned to wig-wag
messages to each other from
their upstairs bedroom win
dows with that kind of flag.
As part of the program, It was
suggested that someone pro
pose a secret message. This
was handed to one of the wig
wagging Scouts and as peo-
pie watched intently, the mes
sage was flagged to his brotn-
er Scout a few blocks to the
west. Quite a cheer went up
when two runners came fly
ing back with a message
matching the first one, pro
claiming. "In God We Trust.'
The following year, Rufus
Woods, owner-publisher of
the Wenatchee Dally World,
wrote of the Scouts there
doing the same, giving the
Brewster Boy Scout troop full
credit for first displaying the
KeeD Your Forests Green
message.
F. J. Clifford
Route 2, Box 200 F
Central Point, Ore.
Broader Outlook
To th Editor: Mr. M. J. Ol
sen, in his reply to Congress
man Pnrtpr. lft tuzzv ana an
mixed up in nis social science,
nnllflpnl ornnnmv and Is ratn-
er Ignorant of conditions in
thtt Snvlot TTnfnn.
H hag been brainwashed
by too many different politi
cal factions, ne siaies mat
vi-vihlna In Russia is owned
and operated by the govern
ment. Such a statement can
only be inspired by ignorance
nr malice. We can excuse mal
ice, but Ignorance Is hardly
excusable by anyone mat
nnaea n a Htanenser of infor
mollnn. Hour can a nerson nut
up a valid argument when he
is not a master of facts and
a marshal of logic?
Thara la nlnntv nf Hnfn and
material available for Mr. Ol
sen or any one else that cares
fn raari anvthlncr other than
anti-social propaganda, I am
Menace
not writing in defense of the
Soviet Union or Socialism.
They need no Justification.
They justify themselves. So
cialism throughout the world
is taking top billing. Every
newspaper that we read sub
stantiates that statement. The
powers that are trying to stop
the clock are fighting a delay
ing action. The United States
is pouring billions of dollnrs
down ratholes throughout the
world to keep Socialism out
of the ratholes.
When Mr. Olsen talks about
affairs in the United States
he is on firmer ground. He
can see the trend here toward
government control, not
knowing that the trend In
Russia is away from govern
ment and bureaucratic man
agement. Mr. Olsen gags at a minor
gift to Tito. There is nothing
sinister about a birthday pres
ent to a poor relation. But his
tory is demonstrating that our
government has been rather
prodigal and perhaps unwise,
shorcing up dictators through
out the world from Spain to
Formosa. A great deal of those
dollars could be used devising
benefits for the American
people that are provided the
the Russian people in their
national constitution.
Mr. Olsen seems a rather
intelligent man and capable
of clear thinking. It Is unfor
tunate that he docs not take
a broader outlook on life. He
must note that Mr. Porter is
engaged in politics, which is
the tail of the economic cow
and an instrument of the
economic rulers of America.
Therefore it behooves him to
try to be diplomatic.
Walter Recce
Galicc rd.
Merlin, Ore.
Politics and Gradousness
To the Editor: Our late
Senator, Richard L. Neuberg
er, undoubtedly would have
valued the support of Oregon
Republicans for his Senate
bills to establish a United
States Foreign Service acad
emy. This bill, Senate Bill 730,
was co-sponsored by several
Democratic and Republican
senators, and was introduced
on Jan. 28, 1959.
Later, in June of 1959, Sen
ator Neuberger proposed a
Senate resolution providing
that missions abroad be head
ed by career diplomats with
"a useful knowledge of the
principal language or dialect
of the country In which they
are to serve, and knowledge
and understanding of the his
tory, the culture, the econom
ic and political institutions,
and the interests of such coun
try and Us people." (Senate
Res. 138)
Now, In this I960 campaign
year, ex-Governor Elmo Smith
presents the idea as something
new and as his own in the
"Pioneer Day" picnic at
Brownsville (Mall Tribune
June 20).
It would have been gracious
had ex-Governor Smith given
his personal support to the
Neuberger proposals In 1959;
and it would have been help
ful at that time for Editor
Elmo Smith to have regis
tered his support through the
editorial columns of the Al
bany Democrat Honild.
Francis A. Staten
2141 North Williams ave
Portland 17, Ore.
Better Drivers
To the Editor: Somevun
asked me der qvestion: "Vy
did ve ground der monkey
pilots vot vas flying der Sa
tellites?"
Ve hnd to, dem monkeys
vas gettln' to be better drivers
than us monkeys vot vas driv
ing automobiles.
Everett Acklln
' Ashland, Ore.
Today & Tomorrow
By Walter Uppmann
DISARMAMENT
REAPPRAISED
Once iiKiiln wc sec that
progress in disarmament can
follow, but it cannot precede,
n detente, that Is relaxation of
tension,
After the U-2 and tlio col
lupse of the summit mooting
a breakdown In Geneva whs
to be expected. Soviet-American
relations hud suddenly be
come much worse than they
hud been ut tiny time since
the death of Stalin, and there
is not nearly enough good
will to go on pretending that
we are anywhere near u meet
ing of minds on disarmament.
Discussions like those at Ge
neva about disarmament lire
possible only when there is a
general mid common feeling
Unit relations are becoming
more friendly, even If specific
Issues have not yet been re
solved. In the months before the
heads of government were to
meet In Paris in May, there
was a hope, which originated
in France, that Mr. K. would
accept a tacit understanding
to maintain the status quo in
Germany, and to treat as prog
ress at tile summit an agree
ment on a nuclear test ban
and some fresh instructions
for the disarmament negotia
tions. Tills hope was shat
tered by the U-2 affair and all
the consequences of . Mr.
Khrushchev's rupture of per
sonal relations with Mr. El
senhower, Paris, Moscow, To
kyo, and Geneva have been
the stages of a chain reaction.
VE MUST now expect a
" long pause before the
talks about disarmament ore
resumed. In Itself this pause
would be a good thing if it
meant that in Washington the
problem would be restudied.
For there is good, reason to
think that while the Soviet
aim of total disarmament Is
almost certainly impossible
and also undesirable, our
stereotyped principle of dis
armament with inspection is
almost certainly not practical
and increasingly obsolescent.
There is nothing we can
do about the Soviet aim ex
cept to say that if total dis
armament could be achieved,
the disorders in the world
would probably be very great.
But there is something wc
can do about our own posi
tion and that is to rc-thlnk
it. This reconsideration will
not take place before Junu
ary. But it might take place
after that.
rpHE best available inlroduc-
- tion to the question is in
an article which has just ap-
pcared in "Foreign Affairs.
The article is by Mr. Henry
A. Kissinger of Harvard Unl
versity, and it is a penetrat
ing criticism of the problem
Matter of Fact a
"TWO BIRDS IN THE BUSH"
Washington- The Democrat
ic pre-conventlon siluotlon's
Intricacy and excitement arc
clearly rcvcal
e d by the
p r o b lem of
"two birds in
the bus h."
This is the
name given to
t h e political
tangle In Culi
f o r n I a by
some of the
more impa
40S
tient adherents of Sen. John
F. Kennedy of Massachusetts.
California's Gov. Pat Brown
keeps saying that he Is "lean
ing to Kennedy." If he topples
over into the Kennedy camp,
as he is almost certain to do
In the end, he may carry
more California delegates
along with him later on than
he could carry at this moment.
But the Kennedy strategists
would plainly prefer a bird in
hand, in the form of Governor
Brown's abandonment of his
fovorite-son candidacy and
open indorsement of the Mas
sachusetts Senator.
The reason for this prefer
ence is in turn Indicated by
a remarkable contrast. One
part of the picture was pro
vided by the able editor of
the Oceanside "B 1 a d e-Trlb-unc,"
Thomns W. Bradcn, a
friend of Governor Brown's
who saw him just before he
left for the Governors' con
vention. AFTER hearing what Brown
hod to say about his own
intentions, Braden published
tho news thnt Brown was "try
ing to swing" as many Cali
fornia delegates as he could
Influence to Kennedy, Brown
told Bradcn, In fact, that ho
was certain there was no pos
sibility of nominating Adlal
Stevenson, whom many Coll-
forninns prefer. Kennedy, he
added, was the next choice.
Therefore, ho sajd, ho meant
to renounce his favorite son
candidacy and help Kennedy
In every way he could, thus
"going first class" on tho Ken
nedy bandwagon.
There is no doubt at all that
KPlf ALSO!'
of Inspection and surprise at
tack. From our point of view
this problem is, of course,
the heart of any disarmament
negotiation, Our official doc
trine has been that surprise
attacks can bo prevented by
Inspection - by "open skies"
which would legalize aerial
Inspection, or by the U-2
flights which wore Illegal and
clandestine- Inspection, The
crucial point, which has been
raised by Mr. Kissinger and
by others, Is that Inspection,
aerial or even on the ground,
belongs to an ago which Is
past-to ono In which war is
conducted by mobilizing arm
ies and congregating bomb
ers. In the missile age, the
more perfected the inlssllo,
the more Inolfectivo will bo
any kind of inspection. For
the essence of a perfected
missile is that it is always
ready to attack. Therefore In
spection from the air or even
on the ground cannot hope to
show In advance whether the
missile which Is ready will in
fact be fired. To know Hint
it would bo necessary to In
spect not thu missile but tho
intention of tho adversary.
IT IS significant tliut the
President's "open skies"
proposal was mado In 1955,
and he no doubt hoped thnt
with aerial inspection the
photographs would show the
bombers lined up on tho air
fields for a surprise attack.
For in 1955 few in this coun
try had as yet realized what
would come of the missile.
We aro only in the begin
ning of the missile age. But
we are far enough Into It to
realize that inspection-even
if the Soviet government
would agree to It-Is not to be
relied upon. The weapons that
matter most, becuuso of their
almost lnstuiil readiness, are
unlnspectable. What. then, arc
wc to rely upon? We have
to rely upon what has now
become the accepted doctrine
of the Pcntagon-that is to
soy, on developing a deter
rent power that cannot be
knocked out by a surprise at
tack. This, and not inspection,
is the way to reduce the ten
sions which arc caused by the
race in nuclear armaments.
THIS will lead us to a posi
tion where wc say to the
Russinns: "On the critical is
sue of the big lethal weap
ons, let us both base our se
curity on developing Invul
nerable deterrents. Let this
understanding that wc will
do this be our agreement.
Then let us negotiate about
saving money by reducing
other components of military
power."
(c) I960 New York Herald
Tribune Inc.
Joseph Alsop
Governor Brown said Just
what Bradcn reported. In the
past fortnight, he has twice
been on the verge of public
ly abandoning his favorite son
candidacy In Kennedy's fa
vor; and he has twice been
held back, though only with
the greatest difficulty, by the
contrary arguments of Sen.
Clair Engel.
Before leovlng for the Gov
ernors' meeting ut Glacier
Park, Brown even began to
sound out Individual members
of the California delegation,
in preparation for a switch to
Kennedy. But at Glacier Park
- and here is the other side
of the picture - Brown also
told reporters that he still "ex
pected" his name to be pre
sented to the Democratic con
vention as California's favor
ite son.
.
THE RESULTING uncertain
J- ty causes extra anxiety in
the Kennedy camp because
Kennedys real rival, ben
Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas,
has begun to apply his incom
parable legislative genius to
the problem of stopping Ken
nedy. The deft hand of John
son could plainly be seen in a
novel suggestion made at Gla
cier Park by Gov. Lcroy Col
lins of Florida.
Governor Collins, who will
be chairman of the Democratic
convention, suggested thnt It
might be better to go straight
on to a second ballot, Instead
of permitting massive changes
of votes on the first ballot,
Later, Governor Collins admit
ted he "could not call to mind"
any precedent for denying a
delegation the opportunity to
change Its vote during a Demo
cratic convention rollcall, It
will cause a major ruckus If
the attempt is made, but ono
enn see the way the wind is
blowing.
If Governor Collins follows
his own suggestion, It will
block Kennedy's effort to win
nomination on the first ballot
with votes switched from fa
vorite sons. It will also force
Kennedy to scrape up an ad
ditional 20 or so votes some
wnere, since ne is uuu iu lustM
about this many In the Indiana
In the Days News
By FRANK JENKINS
From Vienna:
Soviet Prom lor Niklla
Khrushchev flew into this
Austrian capital with a mes-
.siigo of friendship and peace
ful co-exlstunco and was giv
en the most Indifferent recep
tion ho lias rocclvod on any
visit to tho West,
Khrushchev's visit to Vien
na Is his first to the West
since collapse of the summit
talks, and Ills reception was
chilly. The only appluuso
came from hundfula of com
munist militants carrying rod
flags and there were very few
of them.
After his arrival downtown,
he appeared on a balcony of
the Impoiial Hotel, whore he
made his headquarters, and
received n cheer from u small
organized group of commu
nists. Someone) on the street
shouted "phooey Khrushchev"
and got a round of laughter
and applause.
riOMMENT?
His break-up of the sum
mit conference, along with his
boorish and ill-bred at'acks
on President Elsenhower,
don't seem to have been very
popular outside the Iron Cur
tain. IF THAT is important, WHY
is it important?
It is Important because it
is a straw in the wind Indi
cating that communism is los
ing the battle for men's minds.
If communism loses the battle
for men's minds, It's a goner.
BUT enough of that.
Let's get closer to homo.
UP NO'TH In Salem, the
Statesman says In an edi
torial piece designed to point
out Ihe difficulties of finding
work for young people in
these (lays:
"The thousands of dlrt-anit-berry-stalned
kids who drag
themselves home from the
harvest too tired to throw an
other berry at one another
command nut only our respect
but our affection. Because the
marks of toll lie heavily upon
them, they receive tho praise.
It's nbout time, however,
someone said a word In com
mendation of the patient par
ents behind the pickers.
"The parents of first-year
pickers have a special prob
lem. They must resist telling
their offspring the financial
result ot the berry-plcklng en
terprise. Net receipts: $4.80
for threo days of picking be
fore the tearful realization
that It would bo best to wait
until next year. Not cost: sun
hat $1.98; sunburn lotion, 119
cents; new pair of Jeans, $3.98.
"The final balance sheet
thus reads: Addition to t h e
child's bank account, $4.80;
subtraction from parents' ac
count, $8.95. Net DEFICIT
from the family standpoint
$2.15."
T DOESN'T sound very prof
itable, does it?
But-
When fall the shades of
night, the parents have the
comforting knowledge that
their offspring, wearied by
honest toll, are SAFE IN BED
AT HOME instead of helling
around out on the streets In
search of SOMETHING TO
DO to work off their surplus
energy.
If that comforting know!
edge Isn't worth $2.15 to par
ents earnestly seeking to bring
their children up In the right
way, then this modern world
Is getting Itself Into a bad fix
and other delegations which
are only committed to him for
the first ballot.
FEAR OF the stop-Kennedy
movement Is in fact the
reason for the Kennedy
force's longing for an Imme
dlnte Brown indorsement and
a maximum of California
votes at the beginning of the
first rollcall. But before con
eluding that a stop-Kennedy
movement Is likely to suc
ceed, It Is also well to con
sider the reasons for Gover
nor Brown's seeming-uncertainties,
ns given by those clos
est to him.
For the sake of appearances,
as well as for obvious practi
cal reasons, Governor Brown
wants to swing the largest
possible proportion of the
California delegation when
the time comes. He hopes that
If he waits a Utile, moro and
more of tho California enthu
siasts for Adlal Stevenson will
reach the conclusion that he
has reached already, Tills is
the conclusion that Stevenson
has no real chance, and that
the true choice lies between
Kennedy and Johnson, The
Slevensonltcs, Brown believes,
will then choose Kennedy In
stead of Johnson.
The Brown analysis disclos
es the Achilles heel of the
stop-Kennedy movement. De
spite nil Johnson's Immense
abilities, he has not yet been
able to convince the Demo
crats of tho really big states
thnt ho enn carry their stales.
If and when they know thnt
Kennedy and Johnson nro the
only alternatives, they are
therefore llkoly to pump for
Kennedy in the end.
(o) 1980 New York Horaia
Tribune Inc.
POTLUCK
(By M-T Staff and
Contributors)
Does anyone else (ha save
plaintively) find lime rushing
by foster mid faster every
year?
Hare It Is, the July 4th
week end, already. And It
seems only u week ago thnt
school was out, only a month
ago that wo were making
New Year's resolutions (long
since forgotten), and only
nbout six weeks ago that the
1959-UO school year was start
ing.
However that may be,
summer certainly Is here,
with a vengeance. With U
comes vacation lime. And
the first vacation to be tak
en by a staff momber was
by our young regional edl.
lor. We've missed him, of
course, but It HAS been
sort of pleasant lo have a
whole week go by without
anyone referring to Great
While Father.
Next on the vaeutlon Hit
are rotpourri and Photog
rapher Dob. So, if all goes
well, the two bright young
men who aro working the
vacation relief shift this
summer will get their first
taste (shudder) of writing
women's page copy next week.
Into each life some rain
must full, men.
Potpourri has been so busy
rugged typo, plans to take hie
family into the high coun
try, far away from the mad
ding crowd, for a back-pack
camping trip.
Potpurrl has been so busy
writing weddings and talk
ing to people that we haven't
been able to get close enough
to her this afternoon (Friday)
to ask her plans, but she'll
probably squirm Into Doll T,
snd tootle away Into the
countryside.
Still on Ihe summer
theme, we notice In our
contemporary, the Grants
Pass Courier, a largish mep
labeled "Where to Go on
Holiday Without Leaving
County." This Is a com
mendable "Stay In Jose
phine County" sort of ef
fort - which is only slight
ly mitigated by the feet
thai moie than one-third
of the map shows attrac
tions in Jackson county and
(by some rether warped car
tography) Klamath and
Douglas e o u n ties. (The
more we study the map, In
cidentally, the more confus
ed we become. It has Dia
mond lake almost due north
of Gold Hill and Crater
Lake almost due north of
Jacksonville. Oh, well. Ar
tistic license, probably.)
It's still summer - so we'll
tell you about a young man
on our staff who went fish
ing on his day off last week,
for the first time this season,
This lad, using his head,
figured out that the further
from civilization he got, the
bigger and hungrier the fish
would be. So he drove SO
miles and hiked five to get
to his selected fishing spot.
He brought back ono fish,
eight inches long. Also sun
burned feet, But, he claims,
the fish was a fat one.
Ho got to figuring up the
costs of fishing, and It work
ed to about 50 cents per Inch
of fish - not counting gas, oil
and wear and tear, both on
the car and on reporter.
A "BoUnce-O-Rua" has
opened In Medford. This, we
are told, Is where tramp
olines are available for use,
and we are also told that
the sight of young people
flying high Into the air la
causing something of a traf
fic hasard, Anyway, staff
members dreamed up a con
versation about It.
No. 1 SMi "Do you sup
pose they need a bouncer?"
No. 2 SMi "Probably.
They're all bounders,"
End of story,
e
Right on schedule. That Man
In I'hncnlx came through
again this week.
Wc had an Item about the
"Senate Rockets" committee,
which caused him to comment
that It was the group which
set off all the fireworks.
Well, tomorrow's the 4th,
Flcteh, and while it's Illegal
to shoot 'cm, we can still
TALK about 'em.
One of ihe Great Success
Stories of Our Time Is thai
of the adaptation of the Jap
anese sandal io the Ameri
can Way of Life. No one
can settle on a tingle name
for the gadgets, though.
They're variously referred
io at Zorroi (don't ask why)
or Oo-Aheadt, or Just plain
ihongt. Anyway, the guy
thai saw their adaptability
to the American market for
summer ute mutt have as
his theme tong "With a
Thong in My Heart."
According to the Oregon
Journal, Oregon npporontly Is
becoming a monarchy.
, Anyway, last week they
had a story which referred
to "Gov. Mark Hatfield I." ,