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TUESDAY, AUGUST It, 1960 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. Try and Stop Me -By BENNETT CERF- rpHAT EICH TEXAN has bobbed up in the news again. This time he's rumored to have popped up in Montego Bay, Jamaica, with 14 suitcases, nine sets of skis, a toboggan, uu it ztSKimo aogs. ine customs inspectors at the Montego Bay airport were aghast, of course. "This is a tropical is land," explained one weakly. "All this equip ment is useless here,. Our mean temperature is over 80 degrees. Snow is ab solutely unknown.". "Sure, sure," agreed the Texan genially. "I know all about the lack of snow now but cheer up, boys, I'm sending it In with the rest of my luggage." . Interviewing prospective secretaries, a boss not yet too old to dream, was daxzled by the most beautiful applicant he ever had Been. "You're hired," he declared unhesitatingly then added, "By the way, would you happen to have an old passport photo of yourself I could show my wife?" 0 by Bennutt Cerf. Distributed by Xing' Futures Syidlcttn Washington Report By WILLIAM S. WHITE I William S. wnitt Washington - The lost and forgotten campaign - the cam paign nobody notices much- needs some at tention, too. The struggle for the presi dency is large ly obscuring a series of less dramatic but deeply signifi cant contests involving the United States Senate. And not the least of these contests engages one of the finest ever to sit in the Senate in our time, Leverett Salton stall of Massachusetts. The tone of the Senate -which is, after all, the world's most powerful forum of de bate and action - is, in the end, the tone of the nation. A seat there is representative, for good or for ill, of far more than a single state. In the wrong occupancy, it can become a national strong point for a wild emotional "liberalism" which can think only of some misty tomorrow or of an obstructive ultra conservatism which can think only of the long-departed yes terday. , A SENATOR of the United States, that is to say, can become an immensely import ant force to his state, yes; but, even, more, to his coun try. Such an important force for tolerant common sense is Senator Saltonstlll. After 16 years of unpretentious and quietly distinguished service, he is now hard pressed for re election. His trouble, so far as one can gather, is not that he has not done a good job. It arises mainly from the circum stances that the Democrats chose his fellow Senator from Massachusetts, John F. Ken nedy, as their presidential nominee. Whether or not Kennedy will win the whole country, no one doubts he will do very well indeed in his native New England. The strong proba bility is that, as head of the Democratic ticket, he may well so carry many a lesser candidate with him. Specifi cally, he may well so carry Foster Furcolo, the probable Democratic candidate for Sal tonstall's place in the Senate. THERE is irony in this. For Saltonstall and Kennedy one an old-time Yankee Re publican and the other a brisk young Democrat - have not only always got along well together in jointly looking after their state. They have also liked and respected each other as representatives not merely of two parties but of two cultures - the old culture of the Boston Brahmins and the new culture of the up-and-coming Americans of Irish background. By choice, the Senate is not partisan. But it is un ashamed pro-Saltonstall - not as a Republican but as a man; not as a politician seeking of fice but as a Senator of the United States who has long honored the office he already holds. This correspondent has nothing whatever against Fur colo and raises no question of his ability and promise. But this correspondent also has a deep and candid and strictly nonpolitical affection for the institution of the Sen ate. It is a respect and affection that goes especially to those superior men (their party be ing absolutely irrelevant) whom he once called the "senate types." Saltonstall is precisely such a type. HE IS not brilliant; but he is sturdy and strong in the hard, rough times. He is a faithful partisan, a member of his party's leadership in the Senate. But he is also much more than a partisan. He is a good man for the whole United States of America wnenever ana wherever we are in danger in this world. I never saw him do a mean or ugly thing. I never saw him flinch when his duty lay clear Defore him. I never saw him condone unfairness even when It might have benefited him and his party. It is not merely that he is a gentleman. For the accident of birth made him that, and he deserves no special credit for it. The big thing is that he is a man - M-A-N. And he has well and decently earned his place in the regard of some of the most acute judges of their fellow men on earth, the members of the Senate. For, perhaps oddly, the Senate doesn't care much about what a man's party is. It cares about what he is. (Copyright, I860, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) 9 Per Cent Hike In Crime Rate Told by Hoover Washington - (UPD - FBI Di rector J. Edgar Hoover re ports there was a "startling" 9 per cent increase in the na tional crime rate during the first six months of this year. "The sharp upward trend of serious crimes as reported for the first three months did not abate during the second quarter of 1960," Hoover said Monday in a crime report bas ed on a survey of cities with populations of 25,000 persons or more. The FBI report disclosed a 6 per cent increase in mur ders and a 5 per cent increase In rapes. "Aggravated as saults" went up 4 per cent. Highiesl in West Hoover said the upswing in crime was spread throughout the United States, but was highest in the West where crimes of violence rose IB per cent and property crimes went up 15 per cent. The nationwide "upsurge" was led by a 13 per cent in crease in robberies, followed by a 12 per cent climb in the number of burglaries. Thetts of articles worth more than $50 rose 8 per cent. Auto thefts rose 5 per cent. $134 Million Less New England was the only area which reported a de crease in property crime. Hoover said Americans suf fered a loss of $134 million from thefts and other crimes involving property during the six months. Police reported a total of 462,396 "offenses aeainst DroDerty." an increase of more than 40,000 over the same period last year. Bible School To Get Certificates Eagle Point Certificates will be awarded 90 students at the Suventh-dav Adventist Vacation Bible school Friday morning. In a special "commence ment" program at the Eagle Point grade school gymnasium Thursday at 7:30 p.m. parents of boys and girls who have been attending the vacation Bible school for the past two weeks will view a display of some of the crafts and nature collections on which the chil dren have been working. Mrs. David Morgan is di rector of the school. In awarding the certificates' Mrs. Morgan will be assisted by the class leaders. Matter of Fact y Joseph Alsop raj THE JEWISH VOTE White Plains, N.Y. - Here in White Plains, the Rosedale development is a prosperous, rather pretty enclave. The wide lawns are green and neatly clipped. For once in a way, the de velopers have left a few trees. The semi - modern, ioseph alsop spilt . level houses originally cost from $25,000 up, and they still look it. All together, you would say, a good advertisement for the affluent society. Politically, too, Rosedale is interesting, because all but three or four of Rosedale's 50 or more families are Jewish. The men, who mostly com mute to New York, are sales men of almost everything on earth, small dress manufac turers, dentists, pharmacists, accountants, and the like. The place is a microcosm, in short, of the middle to-upper income Jewish group, which is always so indicative in New York State. This group is indicative, in turn, because it always shows the first signs of any real Re publican inroads into New York's massive, vitally import- nt and normally Democratic Jewish vote. For obviously, prosperous Jewish people are more likely to vote Republi can than poor Jewish people. But this time, if Rosedale is any test, no such likelihood exists. rpHE imagination of the peo- pie of Rosedale has certain ly not been captured by Sen. John F. Kennedy. Only a minority really like and ad mire Kennedy. The numerous and ardent partisans of Adlai Stevenson positively dislike the man who stopped the draft-Stevenson movement be fore it even got started. A common Rosedale attitude was well expressed by a Rose dale dentist's intelligent wife, Mrs. bandra Gold: "Let's put it this way. I'm for Kennedy because I'm anti- Nixon, and because I think Kennedy will at least use men like Adlai Stevenson and Chester Bowles." As of now, in fact, the strong Democratic tide in Rosedale is largely traceable to the dislike of Richard M. Nixon, which is widespread among Rosedale people. They are almost all enthusiastic about Henry Cabot Lodge, although not enthusiastic enough about Lodge to change their party vote. Nelson A. Rockefeller would probably get a majority of Rosedale for the presidency, as he did for the governorship. But in this community, Nix on is almost a dirty word in a great many households. This may not be true on elec tion day, to be sure. An im pressive number of Rosedale people said they had been surprised by the moderation and the effectiveness of Nix on's acceptance speech at Chi cago. He may win them over, or at least win a good many over, in the end. But it is real ly more probable that Ken nedy will win over the num erous Rosedale voters who say they are "undecided" - and are only undecided because they still resent Kennedy's victory over Stevenson, SUCH are the broad results of a dav's doorbell ringing which covered almost every house In Rosedale, 47 to be exact. Of these households, 11 had chosen Eisenhower against Stevenson in 1956. No less than 22 had chosen Nel son Rockefeller against Aver- ill Harriman for the governor ship in 1958. But only two lonely households cast a posi tive vote for Nixon; and one of these two for Nixon was also one of Rosedale's rare non-Jewish households. Kennedy, meanwhile, got the more or less reluctant vote of 26 Rosedale house holds, leaving 19 in the "un decided" column. The former Eisenhower voters were di vided, two for Nixon, two for Kennedy, and seven un decided. The former Rocke fellew voters were divided, two for Nixon, eight for Ken nedy, and 12 undecided. Distrust of Nixon, in other words, has either driven the Republican voting Rosedale people into the arms of Ken nedy, or it has put them into the doubtful column, whence Kennedy can quite easily ex tract them, if he gains the strong personal support of Rosedale which he now rather lacks. As already noted, Nixon also has a chance to pick up votes in Rosedale by more campaigning on the level of his acceptance speech. But it will be uphill work for Nixon. These people want to be per suaded to like Kennedy, whereas, if they are finally made to like Nixon, it will be against their will. TSSUES, as seen from Rose-- dale, will also work against Nixon on the whole. Nine-tenths of the house holds held that foreign policy was the No. 1 national prob lem. At least half of them spoke angrily about Ameri ca's "loss of prestige," or "loss of leadership," or "loss of re spect" abroad. This was direct ly blamed on the Eisenhower administration. Moreover, Kennedy appear ed to be surprisingly unhurt by the so-called religious is- Celebrities Join Nixon Organization To Corral Support Washington-flJPD-Vlce Presi dent Richard M. Nixon's cam paign organization today un veiled a new "celebrities tor Nixon" committee aimed at corraling political support in the entertainment world and allied fields. Actress Helen Hayes and Hollywood producer Mervyn Leroy were named co-chair men, with George Murphy, former movie actor, as honor ary chairman and Jules Alber tl of New York, as executive director Miss Hayes headed a similar organization for Presi dent Eisenhower in 1956. Broadway and Hollywood - Nixon's campaign director, Robert Finch, said the celebri ties" would work under the "Volunteers for Nixon-Lodge Organizatio n." Commit tee members will concentrate sue. One housewife gloomily opined that he might be in "cohorts with the pope," but she cast her vote for him all the same. Except for the Mala- propism, she was typical of the small minority who felt any concern whatever about Kennedy s Catholicism. As of now, in sum, it is a good bet that in 1960 New York's Jewish voters will be more heavily Democratic than ever. But at this stage of the election it is certainly a far from sure bet. (Copyright 1960, New York Herald Tribune, Inc.) on Broadway and Hollywood and seek support in the all elements and fringes of show business. Charter members of the celebrities group included John Waye, Irene Dunne, Freeman (Andy) Gosden (of Amos 'n Andy), Katherine Cornell, Walter Pidgeon, Jinx Falkenberg, Barney Balaban, Faith Baldwin, Charles (Buddy) Rogers, Mary Pick- ford, Dick Powell, Louise Bea vers, William L. White, Cc- brina Wright, Edward D, Stone, Elizabeth Arden, Eddie (Rochester) Anderson, Dlna Merrill, Eleanor Steber, Ward Bond, Jeanette McDonald, Gene Raymond, Gordon Mo Rae, Sheila McRae, and base ball star Ted Williams. Attends Regular Meeting Nixon began today's sched ule with the regular weekly meeting of Republican legisla tive leaders and President Ei senhower at the White House. He planned to pose later for photographs with leaders of the "celebrities" committee and with Dr. Frederick Obley, GOP congressional candidate from the 25th Pennsylvania District. The vice president will make his first campaign inva- s i o n of the traditionally Democratic South Wednesday night with a speech at a GOP rally in Greensboro, N.C. British Labor Party Secretary Felled by Stroke Glascow, Scotland - (UPD - Labor Party General Secre tary Morgan Phillips, 58, took a turn for the worse today and a party spokesman said his condition "is giving cause for anxiety." He suffered a paralyzing stroke Monday night after making a TV recording in the Scottish television studios. The stroke Immobilized his right side and caused a loss of speech. He was rushed to a hospital. Severe Blow to Party Phillips, one time South Wales miner, became gener al secretary of the Labor Par ty in 1944. His illness is another se vere blow to the British La bor Party, whose leader An eurln Bevan died last month after a long illness. Since Bevan's death, Phil lips had emerged as the man who might bridge the gap between the feuding right and left wings of the party. FORMER FILM MAN DIES Miami Beach (UPD A. A. Brown, 70, former roving edi tor for 20th Century-Fox Mov ietone News and onetime so ciety picture editor for the Hearst papers, died Monday, PROFESSOR DIES Philadelphia-(UPD-Dr. James W. Woodward, 68, retired pro fessor of sociology at Temple university, died Sunday. Tax Commission Expects Surplus Salem (UPD - Estimate of a $31,180,710 surplus at the end of the 1959-61 biennium was made Monday by the State Tax commission. 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