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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40
and 50 ytars ago.
10 YEARS AGO
July 24. 1950 (Monday)
Art Davis, Medford, was
winner of the state-wide
"Roadeo" truck driver's con
test in Portland yesterday.
The owner of the Twin
Plunges in Ashland has an
nounced he has been forced
to close the two swimming
pools because of contamina
tion from a lumber mill burn
er in the area.
20 YEARS AGO
July 24. 1940 (Wednesday)
The national good-will am
bassador of 20-30 clubs, whose
headquarters are in Urbana,
111., will arrive in Medford
tonight.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Wild
oats are showing up in resi
dential areas. It's always the
bad boy down the street who
sowed them.
30 YEARS AGO
July 24, 1930 (Thursday)
Medford banks with de
posits of $5V4 million rank
sixth in the state.
The Jacksonville Eastern
Star lodge is 50 years old to
day.
40 YEARS AGO
July 24. 1920 (Saturday)
Norma Talmadge, movie
queen, and 17 friends are
visiting Crater lake this week.
The Trigonia oil well in
Fern valley is now down 610
feet and has hit lime shale
rock but no oil.
50 YEARS AGO
July 24, 1910 (Sunday)
Work will start Monday on
the erection of the $100,000
Page hotel at the corner of
Main st. and Riverside ave.
Citizens of Ashland voted
285 to 64 to grant an electric
trolley line franchise in that
city, reversing an earlier
stand.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nina or ten correct is superior;
seven or tight is excellent; five at
six is good.
1. Was Theodore Roosevelt
graduated from Harvard or
Yale University?
2. During which American
war did the famous draft
riots occur?
3. Who defeated William
Jennings Bryan for the Presi
dency in 1896?
4. Do the initials "i.e." of
the Latin pharse "Id est,1
mean "that is" or "that is to
say"?
5. Since the Declaration of
Independence, was George
Washington the first President
of the U. S.7
6. Of which college was
Woodrow Wilson president?
7. Is Moses the traditional
founder of Jewish priesthood?
8. Which is hotter, a blue
or yellow flame?
9. Are sexes distinct in all
vertibrate animals?
10. "Flew" is to flay as
"fled la to what?
Answers! 1. Harvard. 2. War
Batwaan the- Stales. 3. Wil
liam McKinley. 4. Both. Ei
ther is correct. 5. Yas. 6.
Princeton. 7. No. Aaron. 8.
Blue. 9. Yas. 10. Flea.
Washington-fUPD-Budget Di
rector Maurice H. Stans,
speaking for President Eisen
hower, today called on all
government agencies to cut
employment st least 3 per
cent below the level which
can be financed by this
year'a congressional appropriations.
m vGSi HIIUIHIM
Vjsiociio
Day in the Woods
We spent an instructive day in the woods last
week as the guest of the United States Forest
Service, and in the company of a couple of rep
resentatives of the lumber industry.
The trip was motivated by a piece which ap
peared in this space not long ago, criticising the
foresters for making a woody shambles of a
pretty area along a well-traveled road, and for
lack of attention to forest recreational areas and
facilities.
The trip once again proved that, when due
attention is given, timber can be harvested, and
stands of trees thereby improved, in a manner
which - would give offense to few if any observ
erseven those who still believe that "woodman
spare that tree" is a way of life.
FOR INSTANCE, along that spectacularly beau
tiful ctrotMi nf fnvostorl hio'hu'HV hptwPPll
Prospect and Union Creek, which appears to the
untutored eye to be completely untouched, log
ging has been progressing.
Rut. it. is carpful lop-p-infr. done from a distance
away from the highway, and emphasis is given
to dead, dying or "overmature" trees. They are
caretully cut, and careiuliy snaKect away irom
the highway.
Tha not offppf fa an iirmrnvpmpnt. in the
health of the stand, an elimination of some of the
danger of "blow-downs, and continued enjoy
ment of the forest corridor by the public.
"THIS sort of logging is slower and more expen-
sive than the practices used in "back country,"
where clear-cuts, or even selective cuts, are done
with less attention to esthetic values.
But, in our view, it is important, not only to
public agencies which own the forests, but also
to the lumber industry itself, in gaining and keep
ing the understanding and good will of the large
mass of the people who resent, bitterly and right
ly, unnecessary destruction of natural beauty.
(For a "horrible example" drive up the Dead
Indian road and look over the two logging shows
near the Jackson-Klamath county boundary.)
We also believe that both the industry and
the forest-management agencies could put to
profitable use a more extensive program of public
information, at least some of it through the use
of signs explaining what is being done, why, and
how, in areas of timber harvesting.
AS FOR the lack of any significant progress in
the improvement and expansion of recrea
tion areas, the forest service has its hands tied.
It has a fine program laid out, under the title
of "Operation Outdoors," which is designed to
create, enlarge and improve forest camps and
other areas to accommodate the rapidly increas
ing, millions of people who enter the forest for
recreational purposes. '
But between the Congress and the bureau of
the budget, adequate funds have been denied the
Forest Service to carryout the plan, even though
it was approved in principle.
"THOUSANDS upon thousands of people use the
forests for recreation on each pleasant sum
mer week end. And the
pressure on inadequate
They include dirty,
adequately maintained ;
the woods by campers themselves, with little at
tention to safety, sanitation, fire protection, or
good sense; papers, cans, bottles and even gar
bage tossed about indiscriminately.
Some people say that this passion for the out
doors which is so evident these days is a "fad."
This we doubt. For Americans, particularly
in the West, have an outdoor "heritage," and as
time, money, and equipment become increasingly
available to even low-income families, they are
going to take advantage of our magnificent out
doors. E.A.
...No Such
The quotation, "There is no such thing as a
bad boy, has been heard frequently in recent
years. It is designed to throw the blame for ju
venile delinquency on parents, or the environ
ment, or society in general.
The Minnesota commission on juvenile delin
quency recently came up with an interesting re
versal of this, and in a report said, in effect, "All
human beings are bora delinquent."
This idea, that babies are unthinking little
savages, and have to be raised and trained to
moral, civilized behavior, and that sometimes this
raising and training simply doesn't "take," has
much to commend it.
But whether "there is no such thing as a bad
boy," or whether "there is no such thing as a good
boy," which the reversal implies, the problem of
dealing with "juvenile delinquency" remains the
same it is one of early training, understanding,
and correction when and where necessary. E.A.
Another Kind of Survival
' There was comment here the other dav about
the interest generated by the San Francisco
Chronicle's series about wilderness survival.
The interest has picked un considerably since
then, with the Chronicle's great rival, the S.F.
Examiner, charging the series of stories is a
phoney, and the Chronicle countering by filing, a
$lVi million libel suit against the Examiner.
Maybe the issue of survival will shift from the
family in the wilderness
newspaper giants in the
area. E.A.
inevitable results of this
facilities are plain.
overcrowded camps, in
campsites carved out of
Thing. .-. "
to the survival of two
wilderness of the Bay
Dennis
the
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All right! MiXfGffTf Ruff needs A toothbrush.
But oont rang it in HP&l
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He's Amaied
To the Editor: Congralula
tions to Robert A. Buyer, a
leading Jackson county Dem
ocrat, for declaring his sup
port of Alan Holmes, the Re
publican candidate for district
attorney.
According to a recent tele
vision newscast, Mr. Boyer
will be investigated by certain
elements within the Demo
cratic Central committee for
the unforgiveable crime of
having a bumper sticker on
his car which, urges the elec
tion of his own law partner.
It would appear that those
Democrats who choose to sup
port Alan Holmes, and their
numbers are considerable,
may now be faced with the
possibility of being driven
from their own party. Cer
tainly this seems to be so if
the group supporting Mr.
Scannell were to have their
way.
When one considers that
' the office is basically non
partisan, I am amazed at these
I petty attempts to embarrass
I and to coerce Mr. Boyer into
I votinc against his oersnnnl
land private convictions. As
chairman of the undersigned
committee, I welcome Mr.
Boyer and the many other
like-minded Democrats to our
ranks and I commend them
for their excellent and inde.
pendent judgment in support
ing Alan Holmes.
Ron James, Chairman
Holmes for District
Attorney Committee
3710 Cainuun rd.,
Medford.
Story Criticized
To the Editor: I would
think the local paper could
find something more news
worthy than the article in
Tuesday night's paper on the
1 r o n t page, regarding the
death of a supposed veteran
in rather dire circumstances
here in Medford.
The average person got the
impression that some poor
veteran, who had given his all
for his country, was denied
medical assistance in his time
of need. With all due respect
to tne deceased, I would like
to ask why the Mail Tribune
doesn't support Camp White,
rather than stir up resent
ment locally against the Doni-
cuiary and all people associ
ated with it.
The Veterans Administra
tion can't render aid to just
anyone "claiming" to be a vet
eran. For that matter, not to
every bona fide veteran who
happens to get in a brawl
and suffer bodily Injury. A
large number of so - called
"bad apples" exploit this med
ical aid for entitled veterans
and make it tough for the
"rest of the barrel."
We can't expect Uncle Sam
to wet nurse our vast number
of veterans, and keep track
of their records. It seems to
me when an applicant has
been approved lor admittance
and still prefers to live else
where, despite the fact lie
is unable to pay for needed
medical care, the blame can
hardly be put on Camp .White
administration.
Although you give Mr. Her
zog's side of the story briefly,
I can't help but feel you arc
being terribly unfair to him
and his organization by ploy
ing up the story in the spot
light on page one.
In every community there
is an increasing number of
senior citizens, who can no
longer follow a gainful occu
pation. Thcro is an even larg
er group of people - pension
ers and retired persons.
Low cost housing, rehabili
tation and gainful employ
ment are other measures that
need the attention of every
Menace
citizen today if provisions ure
to be made for the senior citi
zens of tomorrow. ,
Why don't we have more
in dollars and cents about the
amount saved our local tax
payer by having these veter
ans provided with housing
and medical care at Camp
White, because Uicy would be
on the county welfare rolls
were they not at Camp White.
The term "veteran" does
not give any man the right
to command the services oft
the federal government mere
ly hecausc he's an ex-G.I.
Reproachfully, ,
Mrs. Edward Read
2242 South Stage rd.
Medford.
When Is "Evanin' "?
To the Editor: A olt of col
loquial terminology cropped
up at the recent gathering of
the donkey clan in Califor
nia's L. A., to nominate their
choice of presidential candi
date. It occurred when t h e
chairman, Gov. Collins of
Florida, was pounding h i s
gavel and exhorting the vast
assemblage there to come to
order. "You folks out there,"
he demanded, "must clear the
aisles. Clear the aisles and
return to your seats. There
is much to be done here this
evening."
The chairman's remarks
were of common understand
ing to southerners. But to
some untraveled northerns
and the vast TV audience of
the north, there must have
been some wonderment why
so much of the convention
work should be reserved for
the evening. Now, evening
here in the north is spoken
of as that long twilight inter
val from supper-time to coun
try bed-time.
In the south, the meaning
is quite different. It was in
delibly impressed on this
writer's memory some three
score years ago in the then
New Mexico territory when
sauntering to a meeting after
supper-time, a native there
was found waiting in high
dugcon. "Where y'all been all
evening' long?" he barked at
me. "Waiting for evening to
meet you as agreed," was my
answer. "That's the trouble
with you ignorant no'then
crs," hegrowlcd back. "Y'all
don't even know when eve
nin' is."
Just to be sure we had it
right, a visit was made to my
old retired engineer friend,
Walter Lee Ray out West
Eighth . st. "You are quite
right," this descendant of Rob
ert E. Lee family assured me.
"There is no long twilight In
the south as we have here in
the north. Evening there is
generally looked on as from
noon mealtime on so long as
daylight lasts."
It occurred to me that this
incident might be worth the
writing, newspaper space and
printer's Ink. For It shows
plainly how fortunate we arc
in these now 50 sovereign
states to have a common un
derstandable language, save
for few differences as men
tioned. It is of such help in
welding us into a strong and
enduring nation.
E. J. Clifford
Route 2, Box 200F
- Central Point, Ore. i
Better Way
To the Editor: Last veck
tings vas bad, but dls veck,
tings vas starting to got bel
ter before dey vas going to
get vorsc again.
Ve told Oer Russians, "dorc
goose vas cooked." Dcr very
next day, dcr Russians told us,
"Ve vas looking like dor ro
lisscric full of barbecued
yackrabblti."
If you can link of a better
In the Days News
By FRANK JENKINS
President Elsenhower an
nounces with considerable
prldo a budget surplus of
$1,100,01)0,0110 ta billion, one
hundred million dollars) for
the fiscal year thtit ended
June 30.
His pride is not lessened
by the fuel that the surplus is
more than five times as large
ns the 200 million dollar fig
ure he predicted in January.
That shows what one enn
do IF HE TRIES.
IIOW was
the surplus
achieved?
It was quito simple.
Our federal government
took in 78 billion, 400 .million
dollars and SPF.NT only 77
billion, 300 million dollars.
Thut's how it was done.
MERE peanuts, you say?
Well, you COULD look
at it that way. This saving of
1.1 billion dollars represents
less than $6 to you as an indi
vidual, (Each billion dollars
the government spends repre
sents about $5,50 to each of
our approximately 180 million
people.)
and a half dollars Is
$5.50. And . . . multiplied by
four (the size of tho more or
less average family) it comes
to $22 . . . which, if yours
is a reasonably normal fam
ily, would pay your light and
water bills for a mouth.
IN THESE days when we
talk In terms of billions and
are beginning to think in ,
terms of trillions, a surph a
of a mere $1,100,000,000 isn't,
of course, a wurld-sholteitiig
achievement.
Our national debt is ap
proaching the rather stagger
ing total of 300 BILLION
DOLLARS. Let's put it this
way: If we can achieve a sur
plus of no more than a billion
dollars a year. IT WILL
TAKE US 300 YEARS TO
PAY OFF OUR NATIONAL
DEBT.
SOMETHING to think about:
If the reckless spenders
remain in control of our gov
ernment, WE'LL NEVER GET
OUR DEBT PAID OFF.
I HOPE you've read Charles
Dickens' David Copperfield.
If so, you're familiar with
Mister Micawbcr. Here is Mis
ter Micabcr's economic philos
ophy; "Annual income twenty
pounds, annual expenditure
nineteen six, RESULT HAP
PINESS. Annual income twen
ty pounds, annual expenditure
twenty pounds ought and six,
RESULT MISERY."
Dickens' Mister Micabcr
was a charming old scalawag
who TALKED thrift and
PRACTICED extravagance. In
that, he closely resembled our
modern politicians.
BUT
Scalawag or no scalawag,
Mr. Micabcr uttered a funda
mental truth. If our govern
ment goes on indefinitely
spending more than it takes
in, the eventual result for all
will be MISERY.
Matter of Fact By
HERTER'S WARNING
TO EISENHOWER
Washington - In Vienna a
few weeks ago, a conversa
tion took place which may
just possibly
be more mean
ingful than
any debate of
the American
election year.
Niklta S.
Khrush c h e v
was taking his
leave of the
Austrian For-
JOSF.PH ALSor eiKn mwuan.1,
Dr. Bruno Krcisky.
"I con assure you," said
Khrushchev in effect, "neither
Britain nor France will ever
fight for Berlin; and the
United States will not either."
Khrushchev may only have
been trying to soften up Willi
Brandt through Krcisky, who
is a close friend of the brave
Mayor of Berlin, But Khrush
chev may also have meant
what he said, In which case he
has made an appallingly dan
gerous miscalculation of risk.
The suspicion that he is In
deed miscalculating the risk
is in turn strengthened by the
wholly new stage that Soviet
diplomacy has now entered.
The divide seems to have
been the Bucharest meeting,
with its open clash between
Khrushchev's former views on
"peaceful coexistence1' and
the more violent views nf the
Chinese Communists, At any
rate, the few weeks since that
meeting have seen Soviet
preparations everywhere, and
of every possible kind.
1UIE incidents have ranged
from the attack on the RB
47 over International waters
In the Barents Sea, lo the
Communist-led riots In Italy;
from tho interference In the
vay lo handle International
problems, let's hear 11,
Everett Acklin,
Ashland, Ore.
I
Today & Tomorrow
By Wciltor
THE CONGO AND THE U.N.
Anyone who thinks that the
United Nations la a mere talk
ing machine and of not much
practical use
should take n
good look lit
the slluutlun
in the Congo.
Ho will find
that the slum
lion Ik very
bad anil that
the future of
the Congo Re
public Is sure
great trouble,
also find thru
.Sail
Walter
.luumtutii
to be full of
But he will
without the U.N., as it is now
administered with Iho. gonlus
of Mr. Dag llammarsk jold,
tho situation would be wnr.ii'
than very bad, It would be
desperate and hopeless. Above
all 11 would be a very great
danger to the peace of Africa
and it could well bo a danger
to the peace of the world,
rpllE Congo Is a very large
- and a very rich and a very
primitive country. Suddenly
and with almost, no notice it
was granted independence.
There had b.-en no serious
preparation for self-government.
There is no educated
native governing class. There
Is ro native civil service,
there are no native techni
cians mid administrators for
the big Industrial enterprises
which have come under the
lc-i I authority of tho Congo
h';,e government. The sudden
ness with which Independence
was granted, the almost total
lack of preparation of the na
tives for self-government, pre
cipitated the crisis In which
the authority of the govern
ment collapsed. The European
population, which la in seri
ous danger, will probably
have to be In the main evacu
ated. The Congo has fallen
apart and Is faced with civil
war.
In the Imperialist days of
the loth century such a col
lapse of authority would have
meant intervention by the
great powers. They would
have moved in not only to
restore order but also to par
tition the country Into spheres
of influence. In the Congo
the immediately interested
powers are. Belgium, France,
Great Britain, and Portugal.
But as the world Is today
these powers could not Inter
vene without the U.S.S.R. and
the U.S.A. each taking a hand
as well.
This would In the present
state of world opinion be in
tolerable. There exists then a vacuum
of authority In one of the
richest and largest and mo.n
templing undcr-dcvelnr?ri ter
ritories in the world. The
Congolese government cannot
now maintain order, and it
will be a long time before it
has learned how to adminis
ter the country. On the other
hand, the great powers can
not now fill the vacuum of
authority without a serious
danger of conflict among
themselves and without af-
Joseph Altop
affairs of the Congo, to the
rocket - rattling over Cuba;
from the brutal treatment of
Western liaison officers in
Berlin, to Khrushchev's hint
of a separate peace treaty
with East Germany In Sep
tember. No device has been
left unused, no region of the
globe untouched.
Such was the real back
ground of Secretary of State
Christian A. Hcrter's Journey
to sec President Elsenhower
in Newport on Tuesday. He
went lo tell the President that
the American policy - makers
have begun to have grave
doubts about their earlier,
fairly hopeful estimate of
Khrushchev's post-summit In
terventions. The policy-makers still find
it hard to believe that Khru
shchev has any intention what
ever of starting a thermonu
clear war. They cling to the
hope that Khrushchev has
made a sort of compromise
with the Chinese and '". ...r
activists, making angry noises
to satisfy them, but ruling out
any really risky action. They
note hopefully that there is no
sign of war preparation by
the Soviets. On the contrary,
Khrushchev's reduction of the
Red Army, including the key
force In East Germany, In pro
ceeding on schedule,
BUT tho policy-makers also
fear that the Kremlin may
think this country is para
lyzed by the distractions of
tho election year. And they
further consider that the
provocations of recent weeks
look much too much like pre
liminary skirmishes - prepa
ratory tests of will and tough
ness - before a major show
down. In sum, although the Soviets
arc not thought to be planning
a big war, the possibility that
they are preparing a war-like
crisis is no longer excluded.
Tho crisis could lend almost
anywhere, if Soviet actions
arc based on the kind of mis
calculations suggested by
Khrushchev's) remark to Krel-
Hi
lippniann
froiillng opinion throughout
the world.
-
IN THIS situation tho United
Nations would have to be
Invented If II did not already
exist. 'I'boe who read, us
every serious student of Inter
nal ional iiffalrs should, tho re
port of the Secretary General
to the Security Council will
find there, In the veiled lan
guage of diplomacy, a fas
cinating mid Inspiring story.
It Is the story of how an Inter
national force Is being created
to meet the situation In tho
Congo. A lot has been suld
about how there ought to be
at the disposal of tho United
Nations an International
force. But Mr. llanuniir
skjold's report shows that he
is raising not an International
force as such and theoretically
for all occasions, but a spe
cialized force tailored exactly
with tact and ingenuity lo
the situation in the Congo.
Tho force Is being drawn
primarily from tho independ
ent African states, from those
not too much Involved In In
ternational disputes. It Is be
ing drawn also from states
that are neutral or at least
not active belligerents In the
cold war. The force is going
to the Congo at the request
of the Congolese government
and It Is Instructed to regard
that government us Ihe "host."
Its objective Is lo restore or
der, enabling the Europeans
to slay on with safely or to
leave, and thus milking It un
necessary for the Belgian
troops to remain.
With the force will come
relief to which we and the
Russians and others who are
sending no troops will con
tribute supplies. The U.N.
force In the Congo will, If
the emergency passes, become
the means of supplying Ihe
Congolese government with
the technical aid It so sorely
needs.
'PHIS U.N. enterprise Is the
-- most advanced and the
most sophisticated experi
ment In international coopera
tion ever attempted. Among
all that Is so sad and so mean
and so sour In world politics,
it is heartening to think that
something so good and so pure
In its purpose Is possible.
No one can sny that the
experiment will succocd. Bui
there Is no doubt that it de
serves lo succeed. Quietly and
unobtrusively all the Influ
ence nf all the governments
should be exerted III Leopold
ville and In Brussels and else
where lo help make it suc
ceed. Obviously, the U.N. cannot
succeed if 'the Soviet Union
accepts the Invitation of
Prime Minister Lumumba to
Intervene. But it is hard to
see what the Soviet govern
ment would hove to gain by
opening up a direct conflict,
not with the United Stales
which has no troops In tlic
Congo, but with the United
Nations itself. For the oilier
great powers In the United
Nations could not stand aside
If the U.N. forco were at
tacked and. Its authority de
fied. Copyright 1960, New York
Herald Tribune Inc.
sky. Hence It Is now being
saia nun wiuie we muv still
hope for the best, wo must
certainly prepare for the
worst; and prepare coollv.
realistically, and In a way that
will convince Khrushchev
that we meun business.
In the way of preparing for
Hie worst, two parallel lines
of action arc under discussion.
One line is to order the NATO
deployments contained in the
first sections of the contin
gency plan for Berlin. The
other line is to increase the
defense appropriations rather
massively. This is the lan
guage Khrushchev under-
sUinds. Nothing less thun an
increased defen.;c effort, many
policymakers now feel, will
r?-.umde tho Kremlin that
the United Slates cannot safe
ly be provoked too far,
npHE mere warning that we
must prepare for the
worst, must have been an un
palntoble dose for President
Elsenhower. It Is not known
whether Secretary Hurler
added tho suggestion of an In
creased defense effort - which
would hnvo been suncr-un-
palatable. If the Socrotarv
made such h suggestion; Ihe
word at Newport was "wall
and see."
Budget Director Maurice
Slims is not waiting. Ho has
already put a temporary
freeze on all the Congression
al additions lo the President's
strength - through . weakness
military budget, But If tha
President finally decides to
prepare tor tho worst In
serious manner, ho will gel
what he wonls from Congress
Dy a voio ot acclamation, with
vice r-resident Richard M,
Nixon and Senators John F
Kennedy and Lyndon b!
Johnson leading the chorus
(c) I960 New York
Herald Tribune Inc.
POTLUCK
(By M-T Staff and
Contributors)
Wo don't know what II k
about politics that makes or
dinarily sensible grown - up
adults act foolish.
Hut there Is something.
Demou. ! buttle Kepnbll.
cans, and vice versa. And
Democrats but I lo Deiiioeruls,
too, and sometimes, even, Ho
publicans battle Republicans.
For instance, at lha Dem
ocratic Control commlltaa
matting I a I i Wednesday.
Bob Boyar, Modlord law
yor and formar Domocrntlc
Slot chairman, coma in lor
considoratblt criticism ba-
cousa ha has bumper-cards
on his car boosting lha
candidacy (for district at
lornay) of his law partner.
Alan Holmos-a Republican
This Is a free country, of
course, and Iho way we heard
it no one actually suggested,
that Boyer bo disenfranchised,
or even read out of the parly.
But it was suggested, ser
iously if we nrp correctly In
formed, that he be asked to
resign as Kennedy for Presi
dent chairman for Jicksoit
county.
Now Boyer, of course, hue
been a Kennedy man lor u
long time, and was appointed
by the Kennedy people . lo
head their forces both in Ihu
county and throughout lha
Fourth Congressional district.
So, of course, tho county
committee Is In no position
to insist that lie do anything.
We predict that Boyer will
continue Ills support for Ken
nedy, AND for Holmes, and
that the county comniltteo
will calm down and forget
about it. It should. It looks
silly enough as It Is.
There is elso gossip in
political circles that Ihe
Democrats are out to inves
tigele Ihe Republicans'
cocktail porty at Iheir re
cent Lueu at the Armory.
Is it legal to serve liquor on
stale property?
We wouldn't know.
But there was certainly no
secret that there was going
to be a cocktail parly. It fig
ured prominently In the GOP
announcement of the event,'
Whether or not there was a
technical violation of law, wo
still think it was a tactical
error for tho GOP to nut on
such a flossy event.
They're going to hove)
enough trouble, as It Is, in at
tracting the independent voto
this full, without adding lo
the current Impression Unit
it is the party of "privilege"
and fat-cats.
At the Luau. by tha way.
ihe decorations included a
string of large painted
paper fish. One of our men
suspects they may have
been provided by Democrats
because he maintains stout
ly thai In Ihe Orient a fish
is symbolic of a death or
funeral.
In this spaco last week was
reported the long, rather sad
story of our youthful stuff
member who was having pen
cil sharpener trouble, duo In
large part (we felt) lo his luck
of sympathy with tho tender
feelings of the machine. .
We are pleased as punch lo
report that his altitude chang.
ed markedly, and that bright
and early Monday morning,
he sharpened three pencils
In a row without breaking a
single point, "This," he suld
gently and affectionately lo
the sharpener, "Is the NEW
Walters."
"
Vic Fryer, the Salom coU
umnlst, in a political mood
remarks that a political
speech Is sort of like 4
wheel. The longer the
spoke, ihe greater ihe lire..
Once in a while a news
paper is accused of "shaking
up" a public office. But no
newspaper could have dond
a better Job than was done in
the district attorney's office
one day recently - and Uthj
by two small boys,
Thcro wllh their mother,
who had business with Ihe
DA, they prowled around Iho
office, and In the courso of
his exploration, one of them
found a tin ash-tray - which
ho dropped, suddenly and
loudly on the floor
All Ihosc in lite office
Jumped, and a veteran stato
police officer spun around
wllh his hand reaching for
his gun. "
When the molhor finally
was admitted lo the DA's In
ner snncliim she asked if tlie
boys should come wllh hc
or wait in the outer officej.
The DA strongly urged hor
lo bring llicm wllh her. Aftor
all, he Indicated, II is a duly
of his office to protect publlo
property.
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