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History from the files of The
Mall Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40
and 50 years age.
10 YEARS AGO
Aug. IS, 1950 (Tuesday)
Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna
today appointed Frank Sa
wacki as Jackson county ju
venile probation officer.
A right wing revolt against
the presidency of Harry Brid
ges and his left-wing policies
broke out during a special
CIO International Longshore
mens' union meeting at North
Bend yesterday.
20 YEARS AGO
Aug. 15. 1940 (Thursday)
Fire last nigh partially de
stroyed storage rooms and
the costuming department in
the civic Elizabethan theater
In Ashland, but tonight's show
will go on.
From . Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Idaho
Democrats nominated a cow
boy ballad singer for the U.S.
Senate. It's one way to get
rid of cowboy ballad singers."
30 YEARS AGO
Aug. 15, 1930 (Friday)
Medford police are taking
act'on to stop "curb-sitting"
on Front st.
Gov. Norbald thinks deer
season will open on schedule
this year due to the recent
rains.
40 YEARS AGO
Aug. 15, 1920 (Saturday)
Two Chcvrolets stolen on
downtown streets by joyrid
ers last night were recovered
early today.
A local man found a pocket,
book containing $500 in cash
on a downtown street yester
day and returned it to its
owner.
50 YEARS AGO
Aug. 15. 1910 (Monday)
A superintendent of the Pa
cific States Telephone com
pany was in Medford yester
day with extensive revision
of the comnany's local tele
phone system in mind.
Moss and company stock
brokerage firm in San Fran
cisco has announced Its plans
to open a Medford office.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct is superior;
seven or eight is excellent; five er
six is good.
1. Name the composer of
"My Old Kentucky Home."
2. Moles, do, or do not have
eyes?
3. Did ancient Egyptians
embalm, cremate, or bisect
their r'ead?
4. In the Bible, was Esther
a queen of Judah, Persia, or
Israel?
5. Which is heavier! stcl
or copper?
8. Name the character in
Greek mythology who was
vulnerable only in his heel.
7. Which planet revolves
around the sun between the
orbits of Venus and Mars?
8. Did President Buchanan
marry once or twice?
9. The largest living species
of bird is native to what coun
try? 10. Constitutionally, what
elected official shall be Presi
dent of the U.S. Senate?
Answers: 1. Stephen C. Fos
ter. 2. They do. 3, Embalm.
4. Persia. 5. Copper. 8. Achil
les. 7. The earlh. 8, None.
9. Australia. (Ostrich). 10.
The Vic President of U.S.
When the Dust Settles ...
' '
Rarely have we seen such selfless devotion to
a cause as that now being exercised by Oregon
politicians and civic agencies bent on saving the
regional headquarters of the postoffice for Port
land. The experience is heartwarming, exciting and
inspirational and we are looking forward to the
next maneuver in the struggle with almost breath
less anticipation.
It is very nearly magnificent how men and
women of both political parties can rise to a chal
lenge of this sort with no thought at all how it
will affect their political fortunes.
DUT it is also one of the ironies of this election
year that a man who is not a candidate has
been the most effective advocate both of keeping
the postoffice in Portland and of the congression
al bill which authorized
the lioardman bombing range to the state of Ore'
gon for a space age industrial park.
When the dust had
releases, the statements,
and the telegrams stirred up by the announce
ment of the postoffice
L. Morse who apparently
ftflORSE persuaded Sen. Olin Johnston, chair
man of the powerful
civil service committee, to
action until his committee could conduct an in
vestigation. We suspect
worded message to Postmaster Gen. Arthur Sum-
merheld was decisive in
dispenser of political patronage face to face with
the follv of his ways.
Morse was a chief
the successful Boardman bill, and Oregon is deep
ly indebted to him for this work.
Curiously, the senator's efforts have been
largely ignored by the press, but this, too, may
be a tribute to his effectiviness. Portland Re
porter. ,
Hail Miss Oregon!
Talent, beauty and poise the stock in trade
of all good "Miss" contests have brought the
title "Miss Oregon" to Salem this year, and let
us say we think the judges were fair and discern
ing. Certainly our Rosemary Doolen is worthy
of the honor and we are proud of her.
And at least our new state champion is an
Oregon girl, too. Not that we weren't also proud
of Tnema Masserdotti, the beauteous 1959 "Miss
Salem" who took first runner-up honors in the
state competition. Because we were. And the fact
she was from California made not a whit of difference.
B
UT the 1960 "Miss Oregon" is from the state
she reDresents. And while her home is m Med
ford, we're still glad she chose Williamette Uni
versity for her education and that she was truly
"Miss Salem" prior to her "promotion."
She might well become "Miss America," too.
We'll be pulling for her, for sure. There are a
lot of beautiful, talented girls in Our Valley. And
one of these days one of our own home-area pro
ducts will top the list, too. That is, if our Junior
Chamber of Commerce keeps up its fine sponsor
ship. We hope it does. The "Miss Oregon" con
test, both in entries and operation, is on a high
plane.
Hail Miss Oregon! Oregon Statesman, Salem.
Too
One editor, who got tired of receiving abuse
on every editorial he wrote, no matter what the
subject or what point of view he took, decided to
try an experiment. So he printed the Ten Com
mandments with no additional comment in his
column one day.
Sure enough, by return mail, he received a
letter from an irate reader: "Cancel my subscrip
tion, you bum. You're getting too darn personal!"
The Packer, Kansas City Mo.
Blind
Usually it is the youngsters who astound us
with knowledge of things unfamiliar to us.
But parents can still demonstrate superior
knowledge in a few instances. For example : Hand
one of today's grade or junior high students an
ordinary ink blotter. More than likely, having
been bom and reared in the age of the ballpoint,
he'll have to ask you what it is. Eugene Register-Guard.
Americans Earn More Than Ever
Washington IUPU The Com
merce department reports that
Americans generally earned
more and had more to spend
last year than ever before,
but few of the nation's farm
ers shared the economic re
covery. The Office of Business Eco
nomics said Sunday night, in
a report on the IBS!) calendar
year, that national personal
income rose by S'23 billion, up
6 per cent over 1958.
It credited a sharp recovery
in manufacturing and expand
ing business activity for the
upturn, which was in contrast
to a 13 per cent drop in in
come fro magrtculture.
The report said: "The ad
the U.S. Navy to transfer
settled over the press
the counter-statements
move, it was Sen. Wayne
delivered the goods.
senate post office and
demand a delay of the
that Johnston's sharply
bringing the OUf s chiet
architect and steward ot
V
'ersona
Spot
vances in the main represent
ed increases in real purchas
ing power . . . with consumer
prices up about 1 per cent"
and average personal income
6 per cent higher than In
1958.
California led income ad
vance both in dollar volume
and in percentage, followed
closely by Florida, which
ranks first in gains over the
past 30 years.
REJECT MERGER
PROPOSAL
Hollywood-lUPD-Membors of
the Screen Actors Guild have
rejected a plan to merge with
the American Federation of
Television and Radio Artists.
Dennis the
Wi Jift
I HAVE THE SCISSORS, THE COMB, THE AMRROf?. THE HIR
oil, evE(?rniNs. hi I need i4 your
Communications
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lication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in
this column do not necossarily represent the view of the
paper; in fact the contrary it often the case.
On Reverence and Filth
To the Editor: I quote from
one of your readers who
wrote me Thursday regarding
my letter in last Wednesday's
paper. "I see you as a stupid
fool that is a detriment to the
Catholic or Protestant faith."
He said more such as "a
filthy rotten liar" and so on.
This gentleman even sign
ed his name with a "Rev."
before it. Don't get alarmed
now and start checking up.
He was a pastor from out of
town. I've written him a
friendly letter already this
a.m. I do kno-y this, that our
Heavenly Father who actual
ly is the only one who can
rightfully be termed as Rev
erend is the only one who
really knows what is in our
hearts. I'm thankful He is the
Judge.
Let's change the subject and
talk on something that is real
ly "filthy, rotten," and full
of lies.
Right here in this area our
people are being brain wash
ed with stronger material than
Johnson has ever written to
the editor. My youngest boy
loves Indian stories. A friend
loaned him a colorful book
called Proud Land, put out by
Bantam Books in New York.
I checked the preface. Here
are some quotes. "Powerful
novel of the mighty Apache
war chief, Victorio, and his
fateful bloody campaign."
"Has blood, heroics, melo
drama and fighting aplenty."
"A fascinating novel, runs red
with slaughter."
I have not read any fur
ther, nor do I intend that my
son shall. On one of the back
pages is an advertisement for
a book entitled "Louisville
Saturday." Over 1,000,000
copies are in print.
Here are the actual words
from this ad: "Her husband
was away fighting a war . . .
he wouldn't mind her having
a friend - just a gentleman
trlend, would he . . .? The
soldiers came to town, by ones
and twos and threes . . . and
like soldiers everywhere, they
had just one thing in their
minds. And the women wait
ed for them . . . Young, un
tried women, reckless women,
women who longed for love."
Is it any wonder that we
see the vilest crimes, the ruin
ed lives around us when such
rotten filth is fed upon.
Here wc are trying to raise
our boys and girls to become
good citizens and along comes
the devil and tries to undo
all the good and feed their
tender minds on such filth.
It is time we arise to stem
the tide of filth.
Henry Johnson jr.
2400 Highway 66
Ashland, Ore,
Everything Changes
To the Editor: On a trip re
cently with a Medford friend
north on old Highway 99 to
Gold Hill, we stopped to see
an old friend who has been
a resident for the past 61
years of southern Oregon and
environs and is one of the
last old remaining pioneers
of the gold mining days when
he had the honor of playing
in the one time 35 piece brass
band.
Wc talked on a range of sub
jects In a space of minutes,
then departed on through the
much transformed town of
Rogue River, once our erst
while "stomping ground."
Riding west on the north
side of the Rogue river wc
saw the new super elevated
grade of the new "free way"
which when completed will
really be the superlative de
gree. The colossal construc
tion is almost equal to level
ing mountains for miles and
miles. Where once were only
unsightly worked out placer
Menace
the name and address of the
diggings and old miner's cab
ins along the river, are now
super green fields and hand
some homes. Old landmarks
once familiar to me 40 years
ago have been obliterated or
grown up in trees that have
changed the landscape like
turning a desert waste Into
an oasis. Everything changes
except "time" itself.
Bert Kissinger
520 Boardman st.
Medford
Herblock and Editorial Hit
To the Editor: I would like
to agree with the writer con
cerning somebody's poor taste
in using Herb Block as the
official cartoonist. His low
caliber of lampooning, regard
less of party, certainly doesn't
pay compliments to a dis
criminating editor. I some
times feel that this paper is
deliberately using the lowest
form of Democratic propagan
da hoping to drive sensible
Democrats to the other side.
Referring to the Editorial
Aug. 11 . . .
Not being a social scientist,
psychologist, economist, etc.,
as some of your humble writ
ers are, I can't understand
how an editor with so much
military insight can be wasted
away at such a non-technical
job of writing factual articles.
I suspect that experts like
Curtis LeMay just aren't
blessed with consultants of
your caliber, or we would
probably not even have to put
up with these "fly-boys" who
play "cops and robbers" in
the sky. i'm sending your ar
ticle to my friend in SAC
who will undoubtedly per.
suade them to call the whole
thing off so we sacrificial
citizens can receive our mail
and Esquire magazines on
schedule.
(Name on file)
Medford, Ore.
Could Dey?
To the Editor: Aye had yust
finished reading der morning
news, und vas valking down
a Medford street, ven aye seen
bamboo basket full uf vood-
en monkeys in der vindow.
Aye yust got to vondering
- Could vun hundred und
seventy fife million monkeys,
trying dere level best, get
dereselves Into so durn much
trouble, in so darn many
places in der vorld, all at der
same time, like ve did in der
last 28 years?
Everett Acklin
Ashland, Ore.
Abuses of Property
T othe Editor: Please, while
you are seeking editorial writ
ing themes, take the following
for an article.
The Applegate river is the
only river in Oregon where
deeds to property often desig
nate the middle of the river
as the boundary line, there
fore whoever crosses your
property to get into the river
is trespassing.
We, the owners, are grow
ing weary of discourteous
youth taking over a family
swimming hole to the utter ex
clusion of ourselves-keeping
it all day. If you ask them to
move up or down river they
use obscene language - jeer
you-accuse you of being full
of bull-and refuse to move.
Owners cannot plan to have
their own swimming party.
They drink beer-then use
the empty bottles for targets
-leave broken glass which is
dangerous.'
They use the beach for a
lavatory.
They get so drunk they
have a hard time walking to
their cars.
They use your own private
driveway to turn around in
they spin their wheels until
it's so dusty one cannot see
the car.
They tear down your "No
Trespassing" signs.
They cut your fences and
drive onto your property.
Some adults are as bad as
the young people.
You cannot go down to the
river without the fear of
finding a couple in a compro
mising situation.
All these things are happen
ing every day. Where are the
parents of these young people
who lack moral decency?
No one would deny decent
family groups to swim in the
river. All one would require
would be the common cour
tesy of cleaning up after
themselves.
If this continues the people
will be forced to close their
property to trespassers.
A fire on July S was caused
by two young people. It took
the crew from the Star Rang
er station until 3 a.m. to con
tain this fire. Everything, car
make, color, boy and girl, are
known, but the license num
ber.
To protect ourselves some
of us are taking all car li
cense numbers. The state traf
fic officers are very coopera
tive in this matter.
This may be checked with
Mr. Suttel, ranger at the Star
Ranger station, phone TW 9-
1169, home TW 9-1219.
(Name on file)
Applegate Valley, Ore.
Dependence and Independence
To the Editor: In these days
when everyone talks of rights
and few of duties, it is impor
tant for Americans to recall
that the Declaration of Inde
pendence is also a Declaration
of Dependence.
The Declaration of Inde
pendence asserts a double de
pendence: Dependence on
God, and dependence on law
as derived from God. Where
do we get the right of free
speech, freedom of conscience.
the right to own property?
from the state? If so, the
state could take them away.
The Declaration of Independ
ence gives us the answer: "We
hold these truths to be self-
evident that all men arj cre
ated equal, that they are EN
DOWED BY THEIR CREA
TOR with certain unalienable
RIGHTS, that among these
are life, liberty and the pur
suit of happiness." In other
words, we get these rights
from GOD-we are dependent
and that initial dependence is
the foundation of independ
ence. Because we are dependent
on God, it follows that it is
religions first duty to pre
serve that relationship be
tween man and his creator.
Religion and Democracy
therefor are not the same.
There are some alarmists that
shriek against union of church
and state, but would never
protest againts the identifica
tion of Religion and Democra
cy. The two are as different
as soul and body. Religion is
primarily for the salvation of
man's soul, and Democracy is
primarily for the prosperity
and common good of the na
tion. God is not Caesar and
Caesar is not God!
There should be standards
for all professions. A barber,
in order to get a license must
know how to cut hair, a
plumber must know how to
thread pipe, a stone cutter
must know how to chisel-in
the right sense of the term.
But in the field of religion it
is too commonly assumed that
a man can be an authority on
religion without being reli
gious. A minimum condition that
should be imposed upon all
who talk religion is that they
say their prayers and practice
the basic elements of religious
belief, namely Charity and
love of fellow man. Bigotry is
not a religious concept by any
stretch of the imagination.
Democracy becomes for the
communist an object of hate
because it will not allow him
to destroy Democracy. God
becomes an object of hate for
the Godless because He per
mits the man wno sins to feel
the consequences of Sin.
Goodness, Truth and Justice
always appear as resistance,
opposition, or anger to those
who rebel against virtue.
Criticism, from the truly
experienced and informed,
can be constructive, but from
the inexperienced and unin
formed, it becomes bigotry.
Ken Corliss
1564 Myers Lane
Medford.
Gold and Communism
To the Editor: While the
headlines stress wars and
rumor, of wars, Communism
proceeds on schedule, unno
ticed by most, to bankrupt
America. At the present rate
the goal will be reached be
fore Jan. 1. We now have
only $100 million in gold not
subject to foreign claims. $178
million went out in July.
Today no reputable ecoio
mist cares about this. Present
economists believe it would
be "healthy" if Europe had
claims on all our gold, or
maybe more than all of it. In
business this is called bank
ruptcy. If I owe $100,000 and
have $75,000 to pay it, I am
broke. My creditors have two
choices. Let me go and hope
I can pull out of it, or press
me and force bankruptcy.
Present indications show
clearly what Europe will do.
They want gold.
Russia has vast gold re
sources. She can mine them
and sell for any price she
chooses. Wages are the major
part of any manufacturing or
construction job. Russia
usually pays no wages for
such projects in Siberia. Fran
cis Powers would make a good
miner. There are millions
more in the same category -enemies
of the state. A star
vation diet and barracks hous
ing until one dies of overwork
and malnutrition costs very
little.
American goods already
cost too much for Europe.
They even beat our own goods
in America. The end result
of the 1934 money -juggling
plus 13 years of foreign aid
is about to pay off. Since gold
miners have no votes compar
ed to a labor union, the gov
ernment will do nothing to
stop this. They really don't
care. Communism, therefore,
is the wave of the future, bar
ring Divine intervention.
parKer Bailey
542V4 "A" street
Ashland, Ore.
Foods for Survival
To the Editor: The program
of the state convention of
Natural Food Associates,
which will be held at the Wil
son school in Medford on
Thursday, Aug. 25, will be
built around the theme "Foods
for Survival in the Atomic
Age." One interesting feature
will be the 20 or more dis
play booths dealing with this
subject. These displays will
feature many things of inter
est to all growers whether for
private or commercial pur
poses. One of the most valuable
displays from the nutrition
standpoint is a display of
chromatograms made of both
natural (unprocessed) and pro
cessed foods. Chromatograms
have been used in wine an
alysis since 1944 but their use
in food analysis was unknown
until 1953 when Dr. Shren-
fried E. Pfeiffer, internation
ally known soil expert, per
fected the process for graphic
ally illustrating hidden differ
ences in soils. Since then he
has applied the technique to
show differences in foods, as
for instance, between bleach
ed white flour and organically
produced stone ground whole
wheat flour. The display will
show graphically by the dif
ferences between 15 pairs of
commonly used foods.
Another display that should
be of value to all gardeners
will be the display of organic
ally grown food. This display
will contain dates and other
fruits as well as vegetables.
These foods will be auctioned
off at the end of the meeting.
Another display will show
natural control of insect
pests.
Immediately after the ban
quet the N.F.A. film "Living
Soil" will be shown. The ban
quet will consist entirely of
organically produced food.
It is limited to 225 persons.
Tickets may be had at the
health food stores or from
members.
The N.F.A. group have
planned a very informative
and varied program. All in
terested nelsons are urged to
attend.
Anna M. Streed
39 North Peach st.
Medford.
Two Questions
To the Editor: Attached is
copy of the letter I sent to
Lodge, Nixon, Kennedy and
Johnson.
Gentlemen: There afe two
issues that areof vital impor
tance to millions of us com
mon people and we will ap
preciate a c'.ear cut answer to
these questions.
Will you, if elected next
November, support and ap
prove the Forand-Morse bills
providing medical benefits to
Social Security retirees?
Will you approve and sup
port legislation designed to
reduce the present excessive
Social Security tax on those
in the lower wage brackets by
raising the present $6,000
maximum to $30,000?
With each of the approxi
mately 8,000 members in our
Post Card Clubs telling ten
persons, each of those telling
ten, and so on, we can bring
this information to most of
those interested before elec
tion day.
Claude M. Hall
2860 Hartley lane
Grants Pass, Ore.
Teen-Agert at Work
To the Editor: Happily,
sometimes, when faith in our
future citizens is at low ebb,
we get restoring uplift. Like
a recent letter from Jimmy,
a graduate of junior high
here. The loss of his lovod
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Washington Report
By WILLIAM
A PROPER BALANCE
Washington - Sen. John F.
Kennedy will move shortly to
re - emphasize that, as the
Democratic presidential can
didate, he
wants the
votes of all
sections of the
country and
of the con
servative a s
well as the
liberal faction
of his party.
Though h e
does not con
cede that any such impres
sion is justified, he is aware,
that a fair-minded observer
could honestly suspect that
the left-wing Democrats have
moved in upon him. In any
event, he did not plan it that
way, nor will any such total
impression be allowed to
stand if he can help it.
It has been largely happen
stance that ultra-liberal Dem
ocrats - and powerful labor
bosses - have so far made up
the bulk of his calling lists.
He is glad to see these men,
of course, and does not pro
pose to alienate them. But he
dad decided him against 'go
ing to college,' as well as se
rious objections to certain
morals of young men there he
would have to associate with.
Instead, he chose a job in a
Eugene super-market, as gen
eral hany-man.
Now, a year later, he's a
salesman in charge of the
dairy products and frozen
foods division. "The hours are
often long and hard but good
for me," he writes. "My 175
weight (in the right places) is
sure handy when juggling 75
lb. milk cases and heavier
ones of frozen foods. And the
extra cash award is handy
too, for in my den upstairs I
can relax in my new reclining
chair or peck away on my
wholesale - bought typewriter
or enjoy my favorite pro
grams or my own television
that my mom and grandmoth
er don't like." He tells much
more of youth problems but
space forbids.
A smiling ranch - woman
from the high-country east of
Medford tells of their good
fortune in hiring two work
trained teen-agers. "It was a
job," she told us, "to see how
they tied into cleaning irriga
tion ditches and digging new
laterals, so necessary, but my
husband's poor health pre
vented." Then she told of
haying time when she heard
one of them shout to a 12
year old neighbor boy no
names or locations please)
driving a truck, not to stop,
but keep driving slow as the
two husky teen-agers could
load and stack the bales while
moving along, and hustle
them out of the way for sec
ond cuttings, coming on. All
of which can mark the dif
ference, on the farm, between
profit and loss.
There is the 14 year old lad
who fled the iron curtain of
his dad's southeast Portland
truck farm where his work
training started at 6 years of
age, weeding. Fibbing his age,
he got a roustabout job with a
chain store. It was a lark, a
glorlus freedom as he gal
loped about his duties, with
his own money to buy his
choice of food instead of the
unsalable split cabbage his
father cut four -ways for him,
his brother and sisters at
noon-time meal. With such
grim background everything,
everywhere was up to this
ambitious youngster, includ
ing salesman and district man
ager ere he was hardly out
of his teens.
F. J. Clifford
Route 2, Box 200F
Central Point, Ore.
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William 8.
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a service that will be remembered
with appreciation by the family and
friends.
S. WHITE
is acutely sensitive to the fact
that the Democratic party is
by no means represented sole
ly by men like Averell Harri
man and Adlai Stevenson and
that there are millions of
Democrats who do not auto
matically distrust business but
do distrust labor politicians
like Walter Reuther.
THUS, Kennedy is privately
pointing out that his whole
past record is that of a moder
ate and responsible liberal.
He is suggesting to moderate
and conservative Democrats
alike that a politician who for
14 years has never been a wild
man is not going to be one in
the White House, should he
reach that mission.
He feels he proved this in
chosing Sen. Lyndon B. John
son as vice-presidential candi
date. He thinks - and with
some justification that he
has done much, at the end of
the Democratic convention
and afterward, to re-unite the
party. So he believes he is
entitled to the assumption
that this position so recently
and so painfully cemented to
gether, will not be torn reck
lessly apart by him should he
win the election.
He wants no north versus
south, no urban versus rural,
no east versus midwest, no
hot-eyed ideological contest in
the campaign. This desire, of
course, rests partly upon plain
politics. Kennedy in no way
underrates the Nixon-Lodge
Republican ticket. He fully
recognizes that his, inherent
advantage - that there are
more nominal Democrats than
Republicans - could be read
ily cast away by setting lib
eral Democrats sheep upon
conservative Democrati c
goats.
But if expediency moves
him in part, there is more to
it. Kennedy on all past form
is entitled to be regarded as a
national as distinguished from
a sectional or ideological poli
tician. (So, indeed, is his op
ponent, Nixon.)
He has a deep interest in
winning not merely the elec
tion but the country, too. He
requires no instruction in the
basic fact that he needs not
merely to be elected but also
to be able to govern after
ward. SO HE will not willingly be
come stamDed as solely
the candidate of the ultra
liberal Democrats, the labor
fellows, the big cities and the
ivy league eggheads. Genuine
efforts to get along with busi
ness, for illustration, will be
made through a committee to
be headed by a southern
moderate, Gov. Luther
Hodges of North Carolina.
. This is not to be one of
those mere letterhead outfits.
Kennedy intends to give it
status. Again, the celebrated
Kennedy "brain trust" of ivy
league professors will not
long remain strictly an east
ern seaboard enterprise. The
candidate is already looking
around for good western egg
heads to join this grove of
academy.
If Kennedy can in fact keep
a proper balance toward the
own party, as Nixon will al
most certainly do with the
right-wing extremists in the
Republican party, this, more
than ever, will be a safe pre
diction: no matter which man
wins, the country will be no
loser.
(Copyright, 1960, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
A LIVELY SWIG
Keansburg, N.J.-IUPD-George
Pruitt, 24, took a swig of the
beer Sunday and wound up
going to the hospital. It seems
there was a bee in the bottle
and it stung him on the way
down.
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