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History from the files ot The
Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40
and SO van gt
10 YEARI AGO
The circuit court has en-
toined the Josephine county
court from selling county tim
ber at 1948 prices. -The
last step before com-
plete organization of the pro
posed Rogue River Rural Fire
Protection district was taKen
yesterday when the city of
Rogue River approved the dis
trict by a vote of 81 to 5.
20 YEARS AGO
A 36-year-old Eureka, Calif.,
man won the hearts of the
citizens of Medford yesterday
by pretending he was a Bol
lywood movie star; his act
came to an end when police
found that the checks he was
cashing were not valid.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "The
state game commission has
limited each hunter to the
killing of one blacktail deer-
and, no mistaking a man for
pne."
SO YEARS AGO
July SI, 1130 (Monday)
The new Holly theater will
open here soon.
Packers report that local
help will be employed to har
vest the' pear crop which
should be ready in about two
weeks.
40 YEARS AGO
July 31, 1120 (Wednesday)
One of the new Fordson
tractors will be demonstrated
here this week end.
Medford's city council calls
a special election for August
for the purpose of providing
more water for southwest
Medford.
SO YEARS AGO
July 21. 1110 (Thursday)
More and more property
owners are requesting that
their streets be paved and it
appears that before the local
paving company is finished it
will have done more than $1
million in street improve-
ments.
The Republican assembly in
Portland is expected to nomi
nate Jay Bowerman as their
candidate for Governor of
Oregon.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nina or fan correct It saearlar;
avan sr slihf la aicallent; five at
ri ft f ee4.
1. Which President of the
U.S. was the first to habitual
ly dress in long trousers?
2. When an alien gets his
first papers does he become a
U.S. citizen?
3. Who led the Norman In
vasion of England in 1066?
4. Between what years did
long trousers come Into vogue
' among the common people of
America?
8. Which U.S. President Is
famous for the charge up San
Juan Hill?
6. What Is the Hebrew
word for the Greek "Chrls
tos"? 7. What Important fuel Is
the solid residue remaining
from the dry distillation of bi
tuminous coal?
8. Are coach-whip snakes,
one-time terror of the South,
harmful to man?
9. Which State la nick
named Pine Tree State?
10. Which American college
was founded by Eleazar Whee
lock? Aniwerat 1, James Madison.
S. No. 3. William ef Norman
dy. 4. 1710-1100. 3. Theodora
Roosevelt. I. Messiah. 7. Coke.
S No. I. Mains. 10. Dart,
mouth.
Could I Survive?
The conversation concerned the results of
atomic and hydrogen bombs in a hypothetical
World War III.
"If they ever start drooping, I'm heading for
the hills," our neighbor said. "I've got a spot all
picked out."
Many times, in recent years, this comment
or something very similar to it has been repeated
in many different conversations anxiously, fa
talistically, matter-of-faetly.
... For many men in many places have lain
awake at night,' wondering what they could do
to save themselves and their families if civiliza
tion comes crashing down, as it sometimes
threatens to do.
THE San Francisco Chronicle is capitalizing on
fliic wirlocnraorl nnoatinnino nnrl Vino conf ita
outdoor editor and his family into the wilder
ness to see if a modern family can survive.
They have the bare essentials for survival
an ax, knife, some salt, a rope, and the clothes
on their back.
Their adventures and mis-adventures, then-
small triumphs and difficulties, are recorded by
the writer and sent back to the newspaper for
publication.
It is creating something of a sensation among
readers in the Bay Area,
interest among readers
which have purchased
the series.
THE series is, in effect,
tion, "Could I survive in the wilderness?
The rjuestion, always an interesting one, is
given poignancy by the conditions of today. And
it gives added emphasis to the fact that we are,
today, a long way away from the day of the cave
man and the "noble savage."
How could I keep warm? How could I pro
vide shelter? How could I find food? Or cook
it?
These are basic, elemental questions. And
without blankets, or tent, or sleeping bag; with
out hunting or fishing equipment; without wea
pons; without the Indian s knowledge of what
in the woods is edible and what isn't; without
even a way to boil water
brains, and a few simple tools could one sur
vive? - "
The tirama and excitement of these questions
are what is making the series of stories so popu
lar, for each reader, today, can identify with
those modern pioneers in the wilderness. E. A.
Good
The League of Women Voters is a good out-
fit.
Every two years it performs an exceedingly
useful and important function in gathering mate
rial about both measures and candidates, and
makes it available to any voter interested for a
nominal sum a bargain.
And, locally as well as elsewhere, the League
has sponsored "Candidates Fairs," to which all
candidates for state and local office are invited
to appear, make their pitch, and to shake hands
with, and answer questions for, interested voters.
HTHE one announced yesterday, scheduled for
Oct. 20, will be of particular interest, for the
League has invited the two candidates for Con-
n.Ar.n A J -.1 1. - J 1.1 .11 1 1 1
gicoo mj ueuaie wiiai, unuuuDieaiy win De one
of the much-discussed issues of the campaign
whether or not a Congressman should take an
active interest in foreign affairs.
Congressman Charles 0. Porter, the Demo
cratic incumbent, thinks he should. In fact, in
running in prior elections he has pledged to
spend as much as one-third of his time on for
eign affairs, one way or the other.
. His opponent, Dr. Edwin Durno of Medford,
on the other hand, has pledged himself not to
"meddle" in the affairs of other nations.
The debate should hp interpsrinrr tn sav fhp
least.
THE candidates for U. S. Senate from Oregon,
Mrs. Maurine Neuberger, seeking election to
the seat held by her husband until his death,
and Ex-Gov. Elmo Smith, have booth been in
vited. So have all other major candidates in the
state, as well as local office-seekers.
It is tn hp hnnpfi that hnth Mro MonVioirroi.
and Governor Smith will
antes ior lesser oince,
WfW in 9 VOCir VirVlOn
campaign will tend to overshadow local contests,
it will be too easy to overlook the importance
of electing the best men (and women) to the
offices in the citv hall, countv nnnrthnnse. anrl
state capitol.
We commend the fair to anyone interested
in seeinc that our rlernnr,i,aHf-rpniihliran o-nvovn.
ment continues to work
Lucy 5 Cartoon
Followers of "Peanuts" know bv now that
Lucy has turned political cartoonist- and has pro
duced a drawing, which, she thinks, will save
the world.
Now the world is in
saving. And far be it from us to scoff at the ef
forts of anyone even Lucy to lend a hand.
. We have made arrangements to obtain a
copy of Lucy's cartoon' and will nublish it on
this page next week,
judge for themselves.
and a great deal of
Of other newspapers
republication rights to
working out an answer
with only one s hands.
Outfit
accept, and that candi-
too, will turn out
a clo vtKn nn- npoo!..vififi1
properly. E. A.
considerable need of
so that our readers can
E. A.
Dennis the
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garden! we yk" carrots i
Communications
Letters to the Editor mutt baar the name and address of the
writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pan
name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail
Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to
clarification and condantatlon. Letters submitted for pub
lication mutt not exceed 400 wordt. The lattert printed In
this column do not necotsarily represent the views of the
paperi in fact the contrary is
"Missing" Plank
To the Editor: At the recent
national convention, Senator
Thomas Dodd, a member of
the Platform commute, draft
ed a plunk, relative to the
imprisonment of Americans
by "Red" China and Soviet
Russia. The Connecticut sena
tor's plank was approved
unanimously by the conven
tion platform committee.
During these platform com
mittee proceedings, the "king
makers" apparently also draft
ed a resolution that no mem
ber of this platform commit
tee would be permitted to
offer a resolution,- from the
floor of the convention. This
apparently was a prearranged
parliamentary trick to upset
the "king maker's" method
over "not printing" this
plank. Senator Dodd could
have gained the convention
floor, under the rule of "per
sonal privilege."
Get this! When the printed
platform was presented to the
convention for adoption, the
entire Dodd plank was con
veniently left out of the
printed platform.
As reported In the press
Senator Dodd's protest was
"pleasantly" rejected by the
national chairman, with a
"too bad-nothing can be done
about the mysteriously lost
plank."
However, Senator Thomas
Dodd warned the national
chairman, who has since been
replaced by a Washington
senator, that when the Unit
ed States Senate returns, in
August, he will "demand" an
explanation of the "myster
iously lost plank," not print
ed on the platform presented
to the national convention.
Publicists Provide
Releases for Press
At GOP Convention
By DICK WEST
Chicago - IUPD - The Republi
can Convention is almost cer
tain te set a new record for
public eniigni
enment this
year, provided
the m I m e o
graph m a-
chine doesn't
break down.
A platoon of
publicists em
ployed by the
GOP National
Committee al
ready is on the scene grind
inu out convention news re
leases for the edification of
the electorate. Their talent Is
such that they can grind out
a news release even when
there is no news.
At last count, the commit
tee had whipped up more
than 75 handouts to distribute
among reporters who drop by
Its press room, seeking alms.
If, tor Instance, anyone
should develop a thirst for
information about the life
and times of former Republi
can chairman Leonard W.
Hall, the committee is pre
pared to slake 11.
Song Not Original
I have been feasting dally
at this journalistic smorgas
bord and it was there that I
came across a copy of the
new Republican campaign
song, which will be used to
rout the Democrats this fall.
The song, entitled "The
Good Time Train," is only
about SO per cent original.
It has some- new partisan
lyrics but the tunc was bor
rowed from a recent hit rec
ord called "Battle of New
Orleans."
m
nicb West
Menace
often the cata.
This is "dirty pool", to use
the expression of the common
man.
What say you, Mr. Editor?
Stephen E. Gillis,
White City, Ore.
Editor's note: Mr. Gillis Is
unduly concerned. The "miss
ing sentence said, We will
continue to make every effort
to effect the release of Amer
ican civilians and servicemen
now unjustly imprisoned in
Red China and elsewhere in
the Communist empire." It ap
pears in the final, printed ver
sion of the platform, although
it was omitted from the semi
final version read on TV be
cause, as Platform Committee
Chairman Chester Bowles ex
plained it, of a "typographi
cal error."
Reason Why
To the Editor: A unique
reason why ws Americans
should elect John F. Kennedy
as our next president - one
which the writer has not seen
in print as yct-is that he is a
Catholic.
This writer is not. Our na
tion has come a long way
from narrow, sectional and
religious bias to an open ap
praisal of a man strictly on
his merits.
So, if Senator Kennedy is
honest, capable and far-seeing,
which he is, he should be our
next president because of the
added attribute ol being a
Catholic. With his election,
international Communism
would receive a body blow
a forward step towards peace
in our time.
David Frlsch,
P.O. Box 292
White City, Ore.
I discovered that some of
the lines won't scan.
The meter seems to fall
apart in the third verse, which
goes: "For good times now
and always-And peace among
free men, - We'll keep the
grand old party-In the White
House once again."
I have been trying all day
to figure out how it would
be possible to sing these words
to the tune of "Battle of New
Orleans," but I Just can't
make them fit."
Fit Battle Hymn
I tried running some of the
words together - like 'Good'
timesnow"-and I tried substl
tuting "Republicans" for
"grand old party." They still
wouldn't fit.
I even tried changing the
rhythm from a march to
waltz and that didn't work
either. But when I tried sing
ing the words to the tune of
"Battle Hymn of the Repub
lic," they fit perfectly.
I plan to take this up with
the committee, which may be
able to explain It. But I will
never , understand why the
GOP chose "Battle of New
Orleans" as a campaign tune.
The hero of the battle was
Andy Jackson, who previous
ly had been widely regarded
as a Democrat.
CUBA RECALLS ENVOY
Washington -IUPD - Dr. En
rique Patterson, cuban charge
d'affairs and senior Cuban
diplomat here, has returned
unexpectedly to Havana. Em
bassy First' Secretary Dr.
Manuel B. Mcncia, who was
left In charge, said It was
routine official trip." He did
not elaborate.
Wilson Reviews Two
Rockefeller to Be Drafted by GOP
By LYLE C. WILSON
Chicago tUI'tt What Nelson
A. Rockefeller needs to be
drafted for the Kopubllcun
urcaldcn 1 1 a 1
nomliiu tion
are these:
- A Demo
cratic presi
dent in the
White House.
- Rockefell
er, himself, In
Albany as a
second term
g o v e nun- of
era
at
LfJ
K.la C Wll.im
the stole of New York
Those conditions, of course,
cannot be met until ltH. That
could be Rockefeller's year,
but not If Vice President Rich
ard M. Nixon Is elected presi
dent next November. Nixon
is a young num. It must be as
sumed Unit he would be re
nominated in 11IH4 if he were
elected president in 1060.
The foregoing me the basic
political fncts us I hey bear on
the future of Nelson Rocke
feller. It probably is a fact,
also, that Rockefeller will be
no more beloved by Republi
can conservatives in 1064 than
now. Nixon Is not much of a
conservative but he Is the
rallying point for most of the
conservative elements In the
Republican Pnny, excepting
only a thin line of embattled
right wingers who rally hope
lessly around Sen. Barry uoiq.
water (Ariz.).
Political parties can rise
mightily above principle when
Today & Tomorrow
By Waller
CUBAN POLICY
Cuba Is an Immediate case
where the national Interest
requires a basic understand-
I n g ociwcen
the Adminis
tration and
Senator Ken
nedy. Our
greatest din
ner is that we
may allow
rT. .... .l,,a In
b e provoked
hv the tirades
"d the con
fiscations of Castro and by the
propaganda of the Soviet Un
ion, provoked Into acts of
reprisal and Intervention. My
own view is that Mr. K. is
hoping to provoke us to In
tervene, believing with good
reason that tills, like the
British - French intervention
against Nasser at Suez, would
arouse Latin and world opin
ion against us.
Refusing to be provoked is,
of course, not in Itself a pol
icy. But It is the essential
preliminary to a policy. For
if we intervene, we shall turn
what Is a difficult problem
of dealing with Castro into a
general diplomatic disaster
throughout the hemisphere. It
will be easier to refuse to be
provoked if the Democratic
candidates support the re
fusal. 1M3 work out a positive pol-
icy is not easy. For Cas
tro's revolution, unlike the
Mexican revolution some 40
years ago, is taking place In
an era when so much of the
world Is ruled by the power
ful revolutionary g o vcrn
ments of Russia, and China,
when In so innny countries In
Asia and In Africa there are
revolutions very much like
the Cuban revolution. For
the United States the problem
is how to deal with a revolu
tionary movement which can
not be Isolated inside the is
land of Cuba.
In forming a policy we
shall have to face hard and
disagreeable facts. The first
is that we no longer have, as
we had earlier in this cen
tury, the power to Intervene
whenever and wherever our
interests were affected. Since
the second World War ended,
we have surrendered this uni
lateral power to the collec
tive power of the other Am
erican states.
The second fact Is that
while- the American states
agreed at Caracas in 1054 to
oppose "the domination or
control of the political Insti
tutions of any American
state by the International
Communist movement," all
that these governments arc
pledged to do is to "call a
consultative meeting to con
sider the adoption of meas
ures. This means that we
cannot be sure that the other
American slates will agree
that Castro's Cuba Is a Soviet
satellite.
e e
1WE fact is that the pros
- pects are poor of our being
able to rally the American
states for action against Cas
tro. These states fear our in
tervention, which has hap
pened so many times, more
than they fear Russia's Inter
vention, which as yet Is only
talk.
Our American neighbors
will think long and hard be
fore they take any action
which could be construed as
a collective Latin American
necessary. T h e Republican
I'urty Is no exception. Assume
then, Nixon's numlnullon for
president tills year and his
defeat in Hie November elec
tion. Assume, further, that
Rockefeller Is renominated
and elected to n second term
as governor of Now York.
Nixon would be dead, politi
cally by 1004 and, no doubt,
presiding over a big and rich
luw practice In New York or
California.
Hockefeller would be very
much alive, politically. No
mutter that many Republicans
do not consider Rockefeller to
be quite a Republican. No
mnttur that the AFL. ClO's
Waller P. Reuthcr long slnco
pronounced that Rockefeller
hud the muklngs of a good
Democrat.
No matter that Avercll
Horrlman In his 1038 Demo
iullc campaign against
Rockefeller for governor of
New York was moved to com
plain: "This man (Rockefeller) Is
trying to conceal the fact that
he is a Republican."
That seemed unfair to Ilnr
rimon. Rockefeller did, In
deed, campaign for governor
by methods which enabled
him to shy awuy from the Re
publican Party label, away
from the Elsenhower adminis
tration. A Personality Cult
On his election, It seemed
that the Republican Party had
got Itself another Ike or, even,
Lippmann
license for Intervention by
the United States.
It follows that we ahall
have to live with tlio Cuban
revolution, Just as Britain
has had to live with the revo
lutions In Egypt and Iraq.
When the old order changes,
when the old preferences and
privileges arc thrown down,
there is no future In the sup
port of counler-rcvolutlon.
Indeed, the more we allow
ourselves to be jockeyed Into
the position of being a great
counter-revolutionary power,
the more will sympathy wUh
Castro grow In this hemis
phere, and along with It a
willingness to do business
with the Russians in order
to check and balance us.
If these arc the tilings we
cannot do, what, if anything,
is there that we can do?
At bottom evycrything de
pends, I would say, on wheth
er we can make friends with
the intellectual leaders of the
American states, and through
them with the masses who fol
low them. That friendship
cannot, we may be sure, be
bought. It cannot be bought
however desirable and neces
sary It is that we do much
more to see that the develop
ment of Latin American is
adequately financed.
The friendship of our
neighbors can be had when
they feel that there is equali
ty between them and us. But
what can produce this sense
of equality? We cannot soon
be equally rich, or equally
strong, or equally Influential
in the world. The sense of
equality which can breed
friendship will come when we
dispel the notion that our
neighbors are underdeveloped
and struggling while we arc
developed and are a virtually
perfected model of a free so
ciety.
If this country becomes
again the scene of a move
ment to Improve and reform
and develop itself, we shall
again win friends abroad and
influence them.
It is no accident but the
very nature of human affairs
that in the times when we
have been most liked and re
spected abroad, as under the
two Roosevelts and Wilson,
we were the least smug about
our own affairs and the least
satisfied with ourselves,
(c) Naw York Herald
Tribune Inc.
ELVIS' COUSIN INDICTED
Memphis, Tcnn.-IUPD-Bobby
J. Smith, 18-ycar-old cousin of
rock 'n roll singer Elvis Pres
ley, was Indicted Wednesday
on three counts of passing bad
checks. Smith is the son of
Elvis' uncle who serves as
gate keeper at the singer'
$100,000 mansion.. '
SINGER IN AIR FORCE
San Antonla, Tcx.-IUPD-Slng-cr
Tommy Sands, sporting a
fresh crew haircut and a new
set of Air Force blues, la mak
ing plans to fly to Los An
geles this week end and sec
hi sweetheart, Nancy Sinatra.
Sands has four months active
duty left to serve.
Marquee Promises
Top Entertainment
Dallas, Taxat -lliril- Th
marquee of th Hi Vua
theater In uburban Oak
Cliff Wednesday adveriitad
a doublo-ftaiur ihun
On Th Bench
With Ava Gardner
Naked In Th Sun.
Points Needed by
a ucrsonu iy cull pouuem
(Ileum boat In the Inuigo ot
the greut FDR. Too much in
FDR's limine, muttered tome
Republicans after experience
with the freshman Now yoi-k
governor.
However thai m a y be,
Rockefeller could - and prob.
ably will - pluck the 1D04 Re
publican presidential nomina
tion like n hot house grape If
he Is In Albany ill that lime
and - a big If - If there Is a
Democratic president. Under
such circumstances, the Re
publican, Including most of
Matter of Fact jo..Ph ai.op
BETWEEN BTORM8
Washington It I not gen
erally realized, but II Is still
an Important fuct that the
ticket I lie
Democrat put
together
at Los Angeles
has seriously
d 1 concerted
Vice President
Richard M.
Nixon' pluna
for Chicago.
The Vice
President and
his extremely able (tuff hud
long expected and were en
tirely prepared for the nomi
nation of John F. Kennedy.
They made no tecrel of their
opinion that he would bo the
most formidable of the vurl-
ou Democratic canuiouies.
They had frankly faced the
probability, that Kennedy'
nomination would Jeopardize
toveral of the largo Northern
statet with substantial Catho
lic voting groups, like New
York. New Jertcy, and Penn
sylvania, which a winning Re
publican nominee normally
naa in mrrv
But Nixon and his stuff inn ,
been planning to make up on
the Southern swing wnutcver
they might lose on the North
ern roundubouls until the
sudden apparition of Lyndon
B. Johnson in second place
on the Democratic ticket.
RIOR to this wholly un-
expected turn of events, In
fact, the Nixon campaign
strategy was heavily South
centered. Texas, Florida,
North Carolina, and Virginia
made up the minimum list of
Southern itate Nlxon felt
sure he could win. Ill expec
tation were high In Tennes
see, Kentucky, and several
other Southern slutcs as well.
Nor were these expectations
without foundation.
Kennedy 's Cnthollclsm,
while an asset In the North,
could be counted on to handi
cap the Democrats In the
South. The Democrats could
also be counted on to write
the kind of civil rlihts plank
which they did write a
plank likely to provide a
widespread Southern walk
out. Before Lyndon Johnson'
Vice Presidential nomination,
therefore, It was easy for Nix
on to plan a major Southern
campaign effort, heavily fca
luring President Elsenhower.
Furthermore, he could reason
ably expect such an effort to
make heavy Inroads in the old
Democratic heartland
JOHNSON was the solitary
Southern Vice Presidential
nominee with the stature and
following to block tills stra
tegy. Without Johnson, the
antlclpntcd Southern walk-out
would certainly have taken
place at Los Angeles, even If
Kennedy had tried to placate
the South by pulling some
other Southerner on the
ticket. And Nlxon and his
' Aan from lh
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tin purty conioi'vutlvci, will
wunt a winner nunc lliun they
will want a pohcKiiitui for th
old Hue Republican principle.
Hockefeller will Imve to bo
their man. They will have no
other place to go, 11 ha hup
polled before this. Tho Re
publican Parly chose General
Dwlght D. Elsaiihowur In 11)02
over Mr. Republican, himself,
tho lute Robert A, Tuft. Won
dell L. Wlllklo wus a Repub
lican by courtesy, only, when
he kidnapped th 1040 nomi
nation. Perhap Rocky need
only be patient,
slaff were firmly convlncod,
as they quite freely admitted,
that Lyndon Johnson would
never oxehange the Smut
MuJorlty Leadership for th
Vic Presidential chulr.
Now that Johnson hut actu
ally been nominated, It 1
only necessary to think of tho
probable effoct on Sen. Harry
F. Byrd of Vlrglnlu, for In
stance, In order to see the ef
fect on the whole pro-Johnson
plan developed by Nixon. Th
South-centered Nixon plan 1
In fact out of dute as tho
North-centered plana develop
ed by Kennedy's stuff In Hi
same pre-Johnson period.
The difficulty for Nlxon Is
Increased by the simple fact
that the Republican purty I
butlcally a conservative purty.
In order lo emphasize und ex
ploit the effect of the Johnson
nomination on the Northern
Negro voter, th Vice Presi
dent would have to put over
Republican civil rights
plunk going far beyond the
Democratic plank. That
means he would Juat about
huvo to advocate a force bill.
But he I far too sensible to
ucneve in a mrco urn, ana ma
party wouia not laxe tucn a
plank, anyway.
AGAIN, Nlxon might well
turn the Johnson nomina
tion to his own advantage In
the disputed Northern states,
and especially In New York,
by giving Sen. Jacob Javits of
New York the second place on
the Republican ticket. There
are some who are pressing
him to do Just this, nut the
choice of Javits, If made, will
drive the powerful right wing
of the Republican purty Into
puroxysms of fury. Henco It
seems highly unlikely that
Nlxon will adopt this expe
dient. Finally, Nlxon might also
strengthen himself greatly in
Uie disputed Northern fiutca
by persuading Gov. Nelson
Rockefeller to accept the Vice
Presidential nomination. But
in the period when he foresaw
a straight Nlxon-Kcnncdy
fight, with no Vice Presiden
tial complication, Nixon him
self swore that he would
never grovel to Rockefeller
for this purpose. Even If he
should decide to grovel, It
alto seems highly unlikely
that the New York Governor
would change his mind. Hera
again, In short, Is another
ruud that Is probably blocked.
In addition, Nlxon will now
have the greatest difficulty In
blocking the fatal ronds that
large numbers of right wing
Republicans wish to take
the road represented by the
Vice Presidential nomination
of Sen. Barry Goldwater of
Arizona. Altogether, the Dem
ocrats have given Nlxon a
hard problem to solve. One
might may it wns an insoluble
problem, If Nlxon were not a
master politician a well as a
strong leader,
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