rniDAY, july ze, iseo
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDTORD, ORE.
'Regret1 Statement
To Haunt Kennedy
During Campaign
liiliMiiiitlciiuil Amplilthi.'iili'c
CIiIciiku - llll'ii - Si'ii. Joint S.
Keiuimly hut fair wanting; nf
Iwn iniijiir iIitoi of nrutcirlnil
nnimiiiillliiii which the ltiitih.
llnint will lie flrliiK nt him,
They Hro:
Kiuhuala o n Kennedy's
y uu Ih.
-Attack on Kennedy' cin-li-ovi'i'itlal
h I u l o m u n t Unit
President Kltctilmwor should
luivo expressed reurel to So
viet Premie r Nlklta H.
KliriiHlii'liev or the tlmlnii o(
the U2 iy plane (llithl.
The blKKeal cheer nnd the
loudeiit Jem nt the Republl
din Nutloniil convention luivo
come when apenkcr (luycd
the Democratic, presidential
nominee on these point,
Thonuu K. Dowoy, twice
riefented GOP p r c I dcntltil
enndldiito and former New
York Kovernor, plnyed thete
theme for nil they were
worth Wedneduy nliiht nnd
hud the rtclenutra InwthlnK
nnd boolnu nt Kennedy.
In curlier (predict, Repub
lican Nntloiial Chnlrinun Sen.
Tlmulon B. Morton Jibed it
"younii Sen. Kennedy" and
Hep. Wnlter II. Judd of Mln
netotn, the keynoter, praised
the U2 fllifht for postlbly
averting nnother Pearl Har
bor. None (if the GOP orator
tint come rlitht out nnd mid
that Kennedy, nt A3, it too
younii to be prciddcnt. nut
they fre(ucntly Implied thnt
Kennedy nets too younif.
Dewey wat particularly
irathlnK on this point. Me.
aid Kcnncdy't "tmnrt sleek"
cceptnnce speech mode "pco-1
pie wonder whether Ihc ton-
alor It Kiown up ciioutih to bo
president,"
The itepuhllciin didn't!
hedlto when they talked iiboiil
iipolo(l.lni for the U2, how
ever, nnd tho Imuc It likely
to pluHiio Kennedy torely
throughout the ciimpulKii,
Kennedy tct up tho Itxuc
himself when, on May 17 nt
Kuuene, Ore., he win nuked
whether he would luivo npolo
Klzed to the Soviet Union for
tending tho UZ plane on n
tpy fll(ht over Russia on the
eve of tho summit conference,
Kennedy wat quoted nt re
plying "I certainly would ex
press regret nt tho liming and
Klvo asturnncet that It would
not happen nitnln, I would
express regret that tho flltihl
did take place." Later, In the
Sennte, Kennedy sulci he
"would hnvo cxprctiied rcurct
If such a statement would
have kept the summit going."
And In a June 18 letter to
the New York Herald Trib
une, he wild "The President
should have Indicated he re
lirctcd the liming of the
f 1 1 K h 1, at did President
Charlea de Gaulle of Krnnce,
and suspend the flights."
"I never advocated either
expressing rcgrctt or offering
apology nt n method of saving
the tiimmlt," Kennedy wrote
In the loiter, "for II wat my
view thnt by tho time the
Pnrit meeting wat called, the
summit wnt beyond tnvlng."
Although Kennedy It not on
record nt using the word
"apologize," tho Republicans
in Chicago have hurled It at
him ngnin nnd again.
TV's 'Candid Camera' Man
Answers Criticism That
Comedy Stint Is 'Tainted'
IKtlltor'i Nolit: flnlor lnvlnff (or
VMcnllon. 11 11 TV revlrwrr Fred
!)nIK Invllril viirlmi performer
In reply la liU crlllelitn at their
TV elMrlt. Allen runt. In the lol.
Inwlnl "equal time" reply, tnaweri
ine rnnrte me.no ny ueniii early
leal teenon Uial "Candid Camera"
li tainted by touchet of antulah
Uial item rrom pracllcal Jokes.
Dear Kred:
In criticizing "Candid Cam
era," you mid you prefer "un
tainted" comedy.
Well, to begin with, in my
opinion, there ain't no tuch
animal. By tainted, I tuumc
you mean something tlint't
hoked up too much, Soiled
renllty or rcnllly thai' Im
pure by provocation.
If you've ever watched a
parade of people with their
miinufucturcd excuses trying
to get out of Jury duty, you'd
find a funny situation. Just
titling there listening to them
would be untainted comedy, or
pure renllty, cnll It what you
will. If I filmed this utlng the
actual Judge, you'd find it
alow and pompous despite the
basic hilarity of the situation.
But if I tct myself up nt the
Judge nnd pushed these peo
ple to heighten the humor,
then you mny hnvc comedy
that's tainted, but It's also
funnier,
Even a still cameraman
shooting rent life mutt select
and heighten his subjectt. So
do we. Otherwise, Instead of
"Candid Camcrn," you might
as well Just look out the win
dow nnd observe people,
Exposal Waaknsst
Wo feel thnt "Cnndld Cam
era" Is nt its most justifiable
when It takes n universal min
or weakness nnd exposes It so
thn' we can nil lnugh at it. As
long ns the weakness is n
common one, then, In effect,
we nrc lnughlng nt ourselves.
The man on enmera Is not
singled out ns nn odd-ball;
only because he's typical.
We're nt our worst when we
get n man who's not typlcnl
of n situation that's. not uni
versal. For example, the time wc
dropped quarters on the street
and shot tho reactions of pas
sersby. Tho wny they looked
was the wny we'd nil look. I
ndmlt that wo hnvc a great
temptation to do broader
things, for the audience
seems to love them, but wc
limit ourselves In the interest
of good taste.
You mention that some
times thcro It n touch of nn
guish in our comedy. From
tlmo to lime, we're continu
ally being accused of exhibit
ing sadism, Part of this comes
from the fnct thnt wo don't
explain Hint our subjects
were big enough to want us
to use their spot, They
wouldn't sign tho releases If
they fell they had been treat
ed Biidlstlcnlly. So If they
don't feel they wore treated
bndly, what right do other
pooplo hnvo to sny what they
were?
Yon must remember thnt,
of Itself, nil comedy Is exag
geration. Wo do try to drnw
the fine line. Wo get rewards
from portraying situations
Hint mnko nil of us lnugh, A
sadist would recoivo his pleas
ure during tho notunl' filming
nnd, onco tho filming was
over, wouldn't enro what hap
pened. Wc, however, spend
the bulk of our time working
on "Candid Camera" after
the filming ends.
In olhcr wordt, our being
"Cnndld" Isn't enough. We've
got to edit carefully and
hedge our beta Just as any
other comedian doct. Plut, wc
haven't the advantage of re
hearsal. In essence, while I'm
questioning theso people, I'm
directing them, too.
We've had a number of Im
itators during the past 10
years and all have failed,
partly becaute they Just tct a
camera down and filmed
what happened. They didn't
try to condition It themselves.
To return to your comment
about "tainted" comedy, let
me say that thlt provct,
" Hain't what you do, It't the
way thnt you do It."
Cordlnlly, Allen Funt.
Injury Reported
In One of Three
Accidents in City
A woman tuffercd minor
Injuries In one of throe traf
fic accidentt reported to
Modford police Wednesday.
One of the accidents Involved
three vehicles.
Francis Vanderpool, 58, of
8Z7 Gilmnn rd., complninod
of neck Injuries following a
two-car accident at the Inter
section of Crater Lake high
way and Blddle rd., about
12:45 p.m., according to city
police.
Police did not believe her
Injuries to be serious, but ad
vised her to see a doctor,
they said.
The Injured woman was n
pnssengcr in n car operated
by Mildred Ruth Vnndcrpool,
55, of 846 Hnven St., which
was involved In the nccldent
with n car operated by Rob
ert Gene Bcatty, 30, of 1661)
Roberts rd., police said.
Police cited Bcatty for im
proper passing nt nn inter
section,
Three vehicles sustained
"considerable" dnmage, city
police said, when they col
lided on Front st, between
Sixth and Main sts. about 3:20
p.m. There were no injuries.
Police said a car operated
by Evelyn Florence Hcrrln,
50, of 600 Hnmllton st. pull
ed from the curb and struck a
vehicle operated by Elsa Ot
tilia Walker, 020 West 11th
St., then rebounded into a
parked car owned by the Wcs.
tor Lumber company, 328
South Central nvc,
Police cited Evelyn Hcrrln
for failure to yield the right
of wny,
Wllinot Irving Carroll, 46,
White City, was cited by po
lice for falluro to lenve Infor
mation at the scene of an ac
cident nfter tho car ho Was
operating nllegedly struck a
pnrked enr nnd a parking
sign on Front st, between
Main and Sixth sts., about
1:45 p.m., while trying to
park. Pollco accused Carroll
of driving away after the ac
cident without leaving Infor
mation, i
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