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Medford and Jacksort County
History from the file of The
Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
.10 YEARS AGO
.'July 18. 1950 (Tuesday)
' A street poll conducted by
the Mail Tribune this morn
"ing revealed that Medfordites
are almost unanimously op
posed to using the atom bomb
in the Korean conflict.
- The city council will de
cide tonight whether or not
to allow a seven-story apart
ment house to be erected with
in seven feet of the property
line at 10th st and Oakdale
ve.
20 YEARS AGO
July 18, 1940 (Thursday) .
'--TSeth Bullis, district man
ager of the California Oregon
Power company, has been
elected chairman of the local
-ohantpr nf the Red Cross.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: " arm
ers fear showers that will
Spoil grain in the shock, and
Jmve snots on the grey gab
ardine shirt of F. Luy, the
agricultural fashion plate
from the Antelope."
80 YEARS AGO
July 18, 1930 (Friday)
An elderly miner is be
lieved to have been trapped
by a forest fire burning in
the Williams creek district.
" A traffic check shows that
1,123 cars an hour use the
fnterectlon of Main st. and
Riverside ave., stressing the
need for a traffic light at that
location. ,
40 YEARS AGO
July 18, 1920 (Sunday)
' The first band concert of
the season will be held in the
City park Tuesday night.
IX A forty mile an hour wind
hit the valley last night and
orchardists report much dam
age to fruit crops.
80 YEARS AGO
July 18, 1910 (Monday)
" -'Bight of an eventual 40 car
loads of steel for construc
tion of the Pacific and Eastern
railroad through Medford, ar
rived during the week end.
Rail traffic on the Southern
Pacific lines here has been
held up for more than 24
hours because of a train
wreck near Dunsmuir that
killed four persons.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct it superior;
even or eight Is excellent; Hve et
tin Is flood.
. 1. When the second award
of a medal for valor or
achievement Is made to a
member of the armed forces,
does the man wear two med
als? ;2. Who baptized Saul?
3. Most roses now have
grafted roots; true or false?
4. The name of which city
means "brotherly love"?
".":B; Harriet Lane was the
rilece of a President and serv
ed eg mistress of the White
Jiouse; name the President.
;.;6; :What Is the name of a
province in Ireland that is
also'the name of a type of
overcoat?
j7. Which large east coast
Xmerlcan city is built prin
cipally on three islands?
.8- Has the noun "burglar"
an accepted verb form?
9. What color are the lines
ipf a blueprint?
-;10. Does the word bible
mem book or books?
U 'Answersi 1, Ncr. (Oak Leaf
luster). 2, Ananias. 3. True.
4. Philadelphia. 8. James
Buchanan. 6. Uliler. 7. Naw
York Clly. I. No. 9. While.
10. Books.
All Men Eqwl-IfSkin White
The race to the suburbs, as reflected in the
1960 census counts, appeal's to have some peculiar
entry requirements.
One mav meet all the
for running intellectual,
if your skin isn't the right color, it seems you may
be an also-ran or get scratched after a few steps.
Portlanders should pull their noses out of the
roses long enough to take a hard look at the
hurdles put in the path of a Negro family seeking
a dream horife in the east suburbs.
The state labor commissioner found that two
real estate firms discriminated against the family
in its efforts to find a home. He ordered the com
panies to offer the Negroes comparable property.
.
A FEDERAL judge permanently enjoined a
"water district from attempts to condemn a
second site, upon which the Negroes had started
building.
With these two barriers behind them, it look
ed as though the family was running strong.
Then someone put their dream home to the
torch.
They're not scratched yet, for they plan to
repair the fire damage and live in their house.
But with such a background, what does the future
hold?
Our forebears said our nation was dedi
cated to the proposition that all men are created
equal. This bears repeating. Portland Reporter.
Successful City Planning
A four-point formula for successful city plan
ning has beeri issued by perhaps the best known
city and state civil servant in the nation. Robert
Moses of New York, who holds a dozen jobs in
the city and state governments all having to do
with improving the locale for living, bases his
formula on what he has learned in his various
posts.
It is simply this : First, adopt limited, realiz
able objectives; second, announce a single spec
tacular, appealing theme ; third, obtain coopera
tion on a realistic schedule: fourth, go to work
with indifference to carping criticism and ob
struction.
With this formula, Moses has built some of
the world's greatest parks, bridges, tunnels and
thoroughfares. He is leaving it all now to run the
1964 World s Fair. He can afford to give away
his secrets. City planners, here and everywhere
would profit by following them. Corvallis Gazette-Times.
.- ...
New Twist to IQ
Twenty-five years of research at Whittier
College have confirmed what educators have long
suspected that IQ (intelligence quotient) is not
the measure of native learning ability it some
times is purported to be.
When a child is tagged with an IQ, there is
a tendency to judge his potential capabilities by
that tag. The Educationally Advanced program
in the Salem schools as well as the others through
out the state determine
largely by means of IQ
The IQ rating is a necessary device for the
administration of such programs, but that doesn't
mean it is infallible, or
THE Whittier testing
rating can be raised as much as 32 points
through intensive training of the individual. After
subjecting 280 students to a "logic-developing"
program for eight months, the college found it
had increased their average IQ by over 10 points.
This research raises a basic issue. How much
of the "gifted" child's
herited brain capacity and how much to unusual
training and exposure to logic-developing pro
cesses.
To educators and the public at large, the
Whittier story should mean two things. IQ ratings
should not be used to stamp a "capability quota"
indelibly on a child. If tests are to be used at all,
they should be used frequently enough to show
any marked improvement in children s "native"'
ability. Oregon Statesman, Salem.
Try and
-By BENNETT CERF-
AN AGENT LED a dachshund into a night club for an
audition, and the pooch obeyed by rendering Old Black
Maoic and All of You in a throaty but highly effective
baritone.
"He's got it," admitted
the surprised night club
owner. "He sounds just
like Sinatra."
"Don't say that In front
of the dachshund," warn
ed the agent. "He thinks
he sounds like Perry
Como."1
From a note written by
an honest, literate and semi
starving bookseller: "To
write books is easy: It re
quires only paper and pen,
or a typewriter; To print
books Is a little more difficult, To read books Is harder still, be
cause of tha tendency to fall asleep. But the most difficult task
of all that a mortal man can embark upon is to sell a book!"
0 1X0, by Benaett Cert Distributed by Kim gcaturn Byndlcete
necessary requirements
moral, financial but
the "gifted children"
tests and labels.
even reliable.
program showed that IQ
"giftedness" is due to in-
Stop Me
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Dennis the
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Fireweed
To the Editor: "Fireweed"
Is one of the folknames of a
showy wild epilobium. An
other name is "willow herb."
It is not a true willow. Wil
low leaves are so true to form
pioneers gave that name to
any plant with long, narrow
leaves.
Thus "buttonwillow," an
other willowleaf shaped plant,
grows along sloughs of the
Sacramento-San Joaquin Val
leys. It belongs to the Mad
der family. One buttonwillow
cousin is the plant that gives
a valued permanent dye,
Turkey Red." This is the
pigment first used on bandana
handkerchiefs. These bright
red kerchiefs were prized fab
rics in Hindustan for centuries
before the Crusaders brought
them back to be imitated in
Venice and Genoa.
Fireweed may have a dou
ble reason for such a name.
It not only is fiery red but
often it Is the first plant .to
mass its color on forestflre
burned areas. Fireweed is
but one of several epilobiums
native to California. One,
folknamed "Rockfringe," is
Sierran. When, after World
War I, we and our party
hiked from Tahoe to Yose
mite, we had to depend upon
powdered milk, powdered
eggs, dehydrated vegetables.
A marmot mulligan plus a
salad of rockfringe leaves was
a welcome change from our
condensed food meals.
Fireweed's seeds have silk
en sails. We found the Tlin
gits in Totem Pole Land
laboriously gathering this tex
tile. They interwove it with
hair of dog, also wild moun
tain goat wool, to make their
unique blankets. Two of
these were on the grave, near
his ilahee. of Chief Jake
Saginaw. His mourners
seemed certain such a good
man was in no danger of hell
fire. They therefore gave him
a double blanket supply in
case Heaven was at times
chilly.
C. M. Goethe
3731 Tea st.
Sacramento 16, Calif.
Word From Florida
To the Editor: I was pleased
to receive a clipping taken
from your May 25, 1960, is
sue entitled: "Fort Lauder
dale, Fla., Said Changing to
Year-Round Spot.
This was sent to me by my
sisters who are your subscrib
ers by the name of Mrs. Eliza
beth Hawkins and Mrs. Cora
E. Doney of 1883 Cunningham
st Medford.
While the facts in the clip
ping are true, the other fact
still is true that Central Flor
ida with Orlando and its
whole area is being industri
alized with many missile and
electronic firms, along with
their related industries, mov
ing into this area.
Probably the main reason Is
The Martin Corp, is based
here, thus bringing in many
other firms who make compo
nent parts for them (different
kinds of missiles).
I, myself, like your city, as
I was a guest there back
through the years when I
brought my elderly mother to
live there with Mr. and Mrs,
Fred Hawkins, and as I un
derstand it, judging by the
frequent news I receive from
my sisters, your fine city Is
growing tremendously.
I find by checking the ac
tual figures that Central Flor
ida is enjoying year round
tourist travel - in fnct, as
many are coming Into Florida
during the summer as they do
during the so-called winter
time, which of course levels
off our year round financial
picture.
Wishing your fine clly the
Menace
C0onei Trieyke
often the case.
best of progress in the future,
I am now and ever, yours sin
cerely. L. Dean Mather
Management Engineer
1321 Pine st.
Orlando, Fla.
Golly
To the Editor: Golly. What's
gone wrong with careful, vet
eran writer Walter Lipp
mann? Not wanting at all to
be guilty of lese-majeste, it
does appear to my brand of
reading of the printed word,
that includes betwlx the lines
In the Lippmann column of
Thursday's Mall Tribune (July
14, 1960, be it historically re
corded) he, writer Lippmann,
shows evident signs of snap
judgment. Snap-judgment is quite all
right if one feels confident
and secure way out on a wav
ering, cracky limb.
In his Thursday M-T col
umn, Lippmann admits to one
interview with Democratic
nominee John Kennedy. Bar
ring veteran foreign traveler
Stevenson, who seemed quite
relieved at not having to lace
on his for-president running
shoes, Lippmann is of the firm
opinion that smiling and so
naively appearing youthful
John Kennedy Is the one and
only presidential possibility
for piloting the U. S. A. shlp-
of-state into and safely
through the treacherous wa
ters of foreign affairs.
But why does Lippmann
have to take an obviously un
fair dig at Vice President Nix
on when he, Lippmann, re
marks that untried Kennedy
would not have to resort to
"sassing" back wlley Premier
Krushchev? Evidently, Lipp
mann is referring to the barb
ed verbal exchange between
Nixon and Khrushchev in the
U. S. kitchen of the Moscow
promoted industrial fair. To
Khrushchev's crude and rude
attempt to reduce the U. S. A.
vice president to something
less firm than a dish of jello,
Nixon did not sass back the
Russian head hatchet-man.
Nixon, his usual fair and
friendly self, replied in suave
diplomatic wording that set
the blustering Khrushchev
back on his haunches with
smothered audience twittering
that had been meant for Nix
on.
It seems so strange that
Lippmann would want to be
little a tried and proven bird
in the hand for a barely feath
ered-out one, even if paired
with one with some degree of
foreign affairs contacts.
Has Walter Lippman forgot
ten that trip of Nixon s to Far
East North Viet Nam, where
the vice president left his wife
Pat and party at the enemy
boundary-line and all alone
strode to their machine-gun
ned emplacement to shake
hands with the nonplussed
pinkoed enemy, to shake
hands with them and assure
them of the U. S. A. goodwill
to all world's people It just
so happened that Nixon was
not shot down as his party
fearfully expected. Lot Lipp-
man's Kennedy match this for
diplomatic courage.
F. J. Clifford
Route 2, Box 200F
Central Point, Ore,
Chivalry Still With Us
To the Editor: The other
day while driving alone on a
rather desolate mountain
road, I had the misfortune to
have the first blow-out In my
30 years of driving. I've al
ways sold I COULD change a
tiro If I had to, so I was de
termined I wouldn't wait for
help for flag anyone down If
It took me 'til Doomsday to
do It myself - and It probably
would havel But I was hoping
Nixon 'Fighting Word1 to Opponents, But
He's Convinced 1960 Is the Year for Him
By LYLE C. WILSON
Chicago wri) - None can siiy
when the mime Richard M.
Nixon bcciimo fighting words.
Smile, stran
ger, when you
cull mo Unit
But fighting
words they
are among
Demo crals
generally and
upccl oily
n m o n g thu
left wing of
We C Wilson American pol
itics.
This mlld-miiniicrcd young
Quakor with a quick shy
smile became in the spun of
a tew years the most conlro
vcrslnl figure in public lite.
It will be 1-1 years next No
vember since Nixon first was
elected to the House of Hop-
some blg-hearled driver might
come along and give mo an
assist.
While I was trying to figure
out how to operate the Juck
(you have to push that little
thing, there, I found out
later) n Greyhound bus ciuno
gamboling down the road und
passed nie, I wasn't surprised
that it didn t stop ns I know
buses have schedules to keep,
But then it DID stop, bucked
up. and the driver graciously
offered to help. Before I
could finish stammering my
humble thanks to him. TWO
MORE Greyhound buses
pranced to a halt behind my
cnr.
Now I was no "sweet young
thing" with a flashy sports
job - nor was I a helpless lit
tle white-haired old lnily -
just a lone woman in distress
and these Knights of the
Rond couldn't have looked
better to me if they'd been
Clark Gable, John Wayne and
James Stewart. (That really
dates me, doesn't It?) There
I was, surrounded by the Big
Grey Monsters, with not one,
but THREE courteous drivers
offering assistance. In a mat
ter of minutes the tire had
been changed and I was ready
to be on my way.
Of course, I thanked them
for stopping, but gentlemen,
please accept this public
thanks for your thoughtful
ncss and help.
Mrs. Alfred Gallacci
4297 Table Rock rd.
Medford.
P.S.-Lady, take your hus
band with you, NOW, out to
the car and have him refresh
your memory on how to use
a jack and change a tire! This
could happen to you and you
might not be as fortunate
as I, to have three empty
"Special" Greyhound buses
so near at hand, with such
courteous drivers willing to
lend a helping hand.
Floyd on The Warpath
To the Editor: In lightor
vein: Old Henry was the best
old crate ever constructed in
the United States but like
most people, he is getting old.
If allowed to, I'm sure he'd
(or is it Henrietta) vote for
some decent roads; and a
parta policy from Ford some
what resembling that of Cat
erpillar, which is "No Or
phans," that Is to say, "You
can always buy parts for our
products."
It Is getting quite difficult
to get parts for old Henry. In
fact a short time ago I had to
marry the old rig to a. Ply
mouth when I broke the drive
line jackshaft.
Now, for serious matters.
The Mall Tribune failed to
print ALL the results of the
primary election, I got credit
for one vote for county com
clssionor In Jackson county.
but I know darned well I got
six in Butte Falls and have
been told of several votes In
the Eagle Point and Medford
areas. Of course when I, In a
joking way, let it be known
that I was a candidate (? ? 7)
by means of a letter to the
editor of the Mall Tribune, I
did not at any time expect a
single vote and was pleasant
ly surprised to find I got a
few.
All jokes aside, I could do
a better Job as county com
missioner than Paul Rynning
did do as county engineer and
surveyor.
In my years In the Butte
Falls area, I never knew of,
nor even heard of, an in
stance whereby Mr, Rynning
ran out a section line, set a
section or quarter corner post
or other marker, nor marked
a new bearing tree to replace
one destroyed by fire, Insects
or other hazards.
Yet I understand he drew
pay for a goodly number of
years for doing so, Why? Did
ho have too much to do? If so,
why didn't ho resign the post?
Why did he run for the posi
tion every four years?
Also I think there have
been several cases whore his
engineering results were
somewhat deficient.
Let's start a good war over
this situation, Besides I'm de
claring my opposition to any
candidate over 66 years of
age.
Floyd H. McCabe
Ml. Pitt Star rt.
Butte) Falls, Ore.
rosentallves. It will bo 10
years In November since ha
wns elected lo the Senate. It
will be eight years In thai
month since lie was electud
vice president un the Repub
lican ticket headed by world
War 11 hero Dwlghl D. Elsen
hower. Nixon cuinc out of the wur
a lieutenant commander. He's
been culled a young man In
u hurry, and worse. You al
must could suy thul Nixon hus
put to severe test n sliitumcul
by un eniilcr vice president.
That was Iiidluna's Tom Mur
shall, 1913-21.
"No one," said Marshall,
"would ever tuke the troublo
to shoot n vice president."
Enemies Don't Shoot
Tho breed of onomles Nixon
makes doesn't shoot people,
however strong tho urn e.
Speaker Sam Rayburn gels
rod-faced like a lobster at tho
mention of Nixon's name and,
often, Is unublo to find words
adequate to his feelings. For
mer President Trumuii once
balked lit revisiting tho Sen
ate chamber until assured that
In the Days News
By FRANK JENKINS
1 suppose everyone In
Southern Oregon and Far
Northern California has heard
of the Wlnnemuccn-to-thc-Sca
highway. Here In this glamor
out sector of the glamorous
State of Jefferson It is a
dream of ours. Ono might
truthfully term It a golden
dream because It promises In
creasing showers of tourist
gold.
Gold Interests us. Our earli
est economy was founded on
gold. Back in those days we
dug our gold out of the ledges
In tho hills und the riffles of
the streams. There Is still gold
In our hills and our streams,
but since FDR pegged the
price at $35 an ounce It has
cost more to get It out of the
ground Uinn we can sell it for.
We now find It more profit
able to dig gold out ot the
tourists.
WHIS yield of tourist gold Is
JL not Inslimiflcant in our
modern economy. Lost year,
according to the best figures
available, somewhat more
than a million tourist cars,
both northbound and south
bound, traveled across South
ern Oregon and Far Northern
California,
Shnrp - pencil figuring re
veals that they spent an aver
age of about $21 per cur per
dny. Unfortunately, they were
in a hurry to get somewhere
else, so they spent on average
of only about one day In our
region, but even at that the
cash they left with us totaled
up to a little In excess of 20
million dollars.
THAT Isn't chicken feed.
And -
It suggests this glamorous
thought:
If we could bring TWO
million tourist cars Into our
area, even if they still spent
only one day with us, it would
add 40 million dollars to our
economy. And If wo could In
duce them to spend TWO days
with us, instead of only one,
it would add 80 million dol
lars to our economy.
Thai's where the Wlnnc-mucca-to-the-Sca
highway
comes in.
1IHY WINNEMUCCA lo the
" sea?
If you'll get out your No
vnda map - or, even better,
your 11 Western States mop-
you will note that at Wlnnc
mucca Highway 40, one of the
greatest of the great cast-west
routes, bends sharply to the
south. Thus It lends the gold
bearing tourist AWAY from
our area instead of Into it
This Wlnnemucca TO THE
SEA route could change all
that, It could lend these gold-
laden tourists INTO our re
gion, Instead of awny from It
Thot would be nice.
rpHIS Wlnnemucca-to-llie-Scn
highway has a wide ap
peal In our enchanted region.
By closing up a few remaining
gaps west of Wlnnemucca, It
could lead Ihe tourist wost
ward across the Cascades by
way of the soon-to-be-complot-
ed Diamond Lnke-North Ump
qua highway into tho pleasant
valleys of the Umpqua and on
lo the sea at Rcodsport and
Gardiner,
It could go on to Coos Bay
by Slnte Highway 42.
From tho lovoly valley of
the Rogue - soon lo be reach
ed from Ihe Klamath Bnsln by
a much belter route - It could
lead the tourist strenm on by
way of the Redwood high
way to the benches nt Crescent
C ly.
It has big possibilities, you
see. No wonder we are all
interested In It.
Do FALSE TEETH
Rock, Slide or Slip?
FASTKRTH, in Improved pow(lr to
Oft BprliiKKHi nn tjppor nr lowor pints,
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Do not Rlltli, flip or mok. No Riimm
rnnnv. ntntv IntttS nr feel inn. PAR.
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not flour OheokR "pints otfor" (dn
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the vice president was else
where, Truman refuses, ulso,
to co-star anywhere with Pres
ident Elsenhower.
But It Is Nixon for whom
thu political . opposition re
servo their best linger. There's
some uiill-Nlxnn sentiment In
the Republican Party, but nut
much. Not a single vole was
cust 111 1030 ugulnst Nixon's
reuomlnatloii for vice presi
dent, Thoso who dlsllko Nixon
assort with greut confidence
that tho Independent voters
don't like him either. Who,
what und whore those Inde
pendent voters uro und who Is
qualified to speak for them Is
a mutter of some debute. The
10110 election should Illumi
nate such mutters.
Bealt New Dealer
Win or lose, Nixon stiinds
to make his enemies like him
less this year than lust. What
burns the Democrats Is his
campaign speeches, und of
course their (allure so fur lo
lick lilni. In that first cam
paign fur tho Houso - 1046 -Nixon
niado a solid bid fur
the left wing blacklist. He
bent Rep. Jerry Voorhls, nn
utile veteran who also was a
100 per cent Now Denier.
In 19S0, Nixon compounded
the felony by defeating nnoth
or sweetheart of the left. Her
name wus Helen Gnhiignn
Douglas who was serving with
Nixon In the House when both
decided to run for the Senate
from California.
Midway between 1040 and
lt)30, Nixon got his pick into
a political gold mine. The
lime wns the first week of
August, 1948. The occasion
wns the nppenrunee of Alger
West Trading Antics
At LA for Chicago s
Republican Antics
By DICK WEST
Alrnort. Los Angcles-IUrD-
And so, hoping that our plane
doesn't sink slowly Into tho
Rocky Mountains, we bid u
loud lurewcit
to the pictur
esque 1 1 1 1 1 c
Far ewcll,
BUtmore Ho
tel. Now you
can go bock
to having
music, instead
of politicians.
In the music room; food, in
stead of newspapermen, In the
basement dining room. But
you may never be the same.
Farewell, Sports Arena. We
turn you back to the basket
ball players and the Ice
skaters, But wo doubt you
will ever have another
athletic contest that will quite
measure up to lust week s
four-day rnt race.
Farewell, Memorial Coli
seum. Soon the Dodgers will
reclaim you. But thanks for
use of your outfield.
Farewell, Pershing Squtirc.
Now you wlld-cycd orators
can go on predicting the end
of the world and the second
coming of Dr. Townsond with
out all that competition from
wild-cyed Democrats.
Farewell Freeways
Farewell, freeways. May
you continue to be the great
est boon to comedians since
Joe Miller's joke book. And
moy your smog Increase.
It s been fun, folks. Had a
wonderful time and all that
jazz. But now the Democratic
party's over. Republican poll
tics nnd the Chicngo stock
yards beckon.
Tills peaceful Interlude be
tween conventions seems llko
Heedful of
, . . attentive
To surround fi
n a I momonti
with dignity Is
e n obligation
that we honor
as s is c r e d
trust,
Dick
k : IWirTli
Our careful attantion to every de
tail Involved In a funeral service
results In a perfect tribute to the
departed.
PERL
Funeral Home
SPACIOUS PAPKING LOT
,Hlss before (ho Mouse com
mltteu on Un-Ainerlcini Activ
ities. Nixon wus among the
few In Unit hearing room who
doubted Hiss' testimony thul
liu wus no Communist und
never hud heard of u mini
named Whlttiikur Chambers.
That doubt made Nixon u na
tional figure.
Doubling Hiss Unpopular
To suy that lo doubt Hlsi
ul thul time wus iinpopulnr
puis It too mildly. Doubting
Hiss bordered on slander or
libel. It offended good man
ner like dirty flngernnlls,
The nation's eggheads leaped
us though bee-stung to Hiss'
defense und so did millions
of others.
Truman took a hip shot nl
the situation. Mr. T said the
Ills hiillubnlloo wns just a
Republican red herring lu a
political year, llesuld It twice.
Klghteoii months und two tri
als Inter, the Impeccable Hiss
hus been convicted of perjury
for denying activities which
tins the color of treason. After
Chambers, Nixon wns most
responsible for putting Hiss
In prison.
Nixon Is accused of malign
ing the lenders of tho Demo,
crutlc Putty. Ho campaigns
hard on the Issuo thul the
Truman and Roosevelt udmln
tstrnllons were soft on com
munism. Tile vice president is a
tough man In a fight. Elsen
hower admires und respects
Nixon. He approves of Nix
on's campaign tactics. For the)
first time, a vice president
hus been put In training lo
succeed the boss. This, Nixon
Is confident, Is the year.
a good time for stock-taking
and reflection upon the events
of tho past week.
I have before mo a "re
search and Information" sheet
that wus distributed by the
Stevenson headquarters. It
lists a summary ot IB public
opinion polls all Indicating
that Stovonson would win the
Democratic nomination.
I hale to brag, but I don't
mind boasting n hit. So I can
say with all modesty that my
record ns a political prognos
tlcntor stands up n little bet
ter than these polls do.
Wrong Prediction
Based on a discovery I
made lust month Unit Sen,
John F. Kennedy and Sen.
Henry M. Jnckson wore using
tho sumo mailing list, I
chanced the prndlcltlon that
Jackson, who was then the
only announced candidate for
vice president, would bo Ken
nedy's running mnte.
I do not hnvo lo be remind
ed that Jackson Is not Ken
nedy's running mate. But I
can point out thul Jnckson
hns been named chalrmun of
the Democratic National Com
mittee. This Is more Uinn enn
be snld for Stevenson.
On this note of triumph, I
depnrt Los Angeles. Provided
the law of aerodynamics is
still being enforced, I will
within a few hours bo land
ing In the "Windy City,"
where the wind velocity will
steadily Increase during the
next fortnight.
I hour Hint the Republicans
plnn to give Nixon n demon
stration which will include
ncrobnts bouncing down the
aisles of the Chicngo Amplil
Ihcater on a trampoline, That
I've got lo seo.
every wish
to every need
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