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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, i960
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HUtory from the files ot The
Mall Trlbunt 10, 20. 30, 40
and 50 veara ago.
10 YEAH3 AGO
e i in ian (Saturday)
The firat local casually of
the hunting season occurred
near Medford today when Al
McCamman, Fern Valley dis
trict, was accidentally anui
the foot. ;
Th first Dositive action to-
'ward construction of a four
lane highway from Central
Point to Ashland was wmu
Friday when the state high
way commission instructed its
engineering staff to make sur
veys of the route.
20 YEARS AGO
Sapt. 30, 1940 (Monday)
Fire starting from a wood
.in.,, intnllv destroyed the old
Central Point High school
gymnasium yesterday after
noon.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "The
straw vote polls show the In
dependent voter Is still plenti
ful over the nation, and apt
to be so Independent he won't
vote."
30 YEARS AGO
Sapt, 30, 1930 (Tuesday)
Duck hunting season opens
tomorrow and scores of local
hunters are expected to leave
for the Klamath lakes.
E. H. Janey has withdrawn
lili candidacy for mayor, leav
ing the field to E. M. Wilson
and Earl H. rem.
40 YEARS AGO
Sent. 30. 1920 (Thuriday)
Medford Irrigation district
bonds have been sold and
some preliminary construction
work has already started.
The high school football
team will play the alumni
tomorrow.
10 YEARS AGO
Sapt. 30. 1910 (Friday)
The school board will meet
tonight to discuss plans for ex.
pandlng the classroom faclll-
ties at North school, a move
made necessary by the unex
pected increase in enrollment
this year.
C. L. Reames has declined
to accept the Democratic nom
ination as a candidate for the
state legislature, claiming that
his party would be more ably
represented by other persons
What's Your I.Q.?
Nina at tea eerrect la sueerleri
liven at elet It eictlleari Hire ei
Hi la feed,
1. Name the largest of pres
ent-day land animals.
2. How many hams may
be obtained from a single
hog?
3. In which city in Italy
Is the most famous leaning
tower?
4. Who served as president
of the Confederate Slates of
America?
5. If a pen and Ink cost 60
cents, and the pen costs SO
cents more than the Ink, what
did the Ink cost?
6. Name the first and last
letteis of the Greek alphabet
7, How often Is a census of
population taken In the U.S.?
8. What Is the popular name
for the American bison?
9, If you suffered from alo-
pecla would it be loss of
sleep, hair, or weight?
10. Which king, during the
time of Jesus, "Ruled like a
wild beast"?
Amwerat 1. . Elephant) 2.
Two 3. Pisat 4. Jefferson Da
rin i. FIt cental I. Alpha,
Omegai 7. Every ten yearn
I. Buffalo) t. Los of hairi 10.
Herod.
Questions
Another chapter in the serio-comic drama of
dog control in Jackson county is being enacted.
First there was the maladroit wording on the
ballot in the May 20 primary election wording
which stems from an old, old Oregon law which
should have been amended and brought up to
date long, long ago.
Next there was the
by whom, the new measure was to be enforced
Next there was the
tions seeking a re-vote
THE MOST recent
1 from the district attorney's .office to the effect
that it is open to question whether a clarify
ing paragraph will be on
when county voters are
again.
Deputy District Attorney Ueralci bcannell Jr.
is quoted as saying:
"I would also state . . . that I do not feel that it
would be legal, or at least the matter would be open
to question by persons who would be displeased by
any measure passed at this election as to any narrow
description being inserted as to what a 'yes' or 'no'
vote would accomplish."
MR. SCANNELL takes
rlnnhla-tallf
He adds insult to injury by stating: that "it
is the feeling of this office that proper news re
leases to all news media would be the best way
of approaching the problem which obviously ex
loucu ab bilC nine Ul line
For Mr. Scannell's information, the issue was
explained, over and over and over again by the
"news media." And voters still were confused,
and we don't blarfie them.
Mr. Scannell also terms "perhaps premature"
a list of questions asked by the county clerk con
cerning tne complexities of the various measures.
"Premature"?! Holy Cow, they should have
been spelled out before the primary election.
And he s calling them premature with tne No
vember election little more than a month away!
IF THIS gobbledegook is what we must expect
A from the office which is supposed to clarify
egai issues ill we turnip, we ic in uau onopc.
No one knows, apparently, exactly what the
situation regarding dog
they won t say.
All we know is this:
If vou want doers leashed or muzzled in the
ounty you vote "For dog control, yes."
If vou DON'T want docs leashed or muzzled
iii the county, you vote "For dog control, no."
Voters of the county will be faced with the
question. So will those of a number of differ
ent precincts.
BUT WHAT happens,
ni. falTa?
What happens in Medford (which passed a
similar measure in May
arately in November)
fails? What happens in
in the county if they vote contrary to tne county
wide vote? What happens in the single Medford
precinct voting separately, if it votes similarly,
or contrary to, the county-wide results?
The answers to these questions, legal ques
tions, haven't been provided.
Either the district attorney's office doesn't
know, or won't tell. And either way, as Amos
;iised to say, "I'se regusted." E. A.
P.S. There was a post script on Mr. Scan
nell's letter to the county clerk. It said :'
"P. S. It would be the feeling of this office that It
would be wise to advertise the measures of the city
of Rogue River and the precincts which passed this
measure at the original election in the spring be
fore those measures would be attempted to be en
forced by the dog control officer and various police
agencies."
Now we know. Don't we? E. A.
Election Bet
We are looking forward with interest to see
ing, some day after the election, either a copy
of (a) the Corvallis Gazette-Times, or (b) the
OrfiP-nn State Barometer. .
Recently Gwil Evans,
dent publication, a Democrat, issued a cnauenge
to Robert Ingalls, editor of the Corvallis daily
paper, a strong Republican.
The gist of. it was that, if Kennedy won, In
galls would edit the Barometer for one day; if
Nixon won, Evans would edit the Gazette-Times
for one day. :
Boy!! The possibilities! The grousing, election-losing
editorial possibilities!
IF KENNEDY is the victor, Ingalls can take out
his spleen on the students on the campus.
Otherwise. Evans will have a wider audience to
voice his disappointment to the newspaper
readers of the Corvallis area, who are used to
reading about the virtues of Eisenhower, Nixon,
and the G.O.P. generally.
Mr. Intralls. in accentintr the challenge, says
he thinks it isn't quite
have odds. ,
But even so, he bravely accepts the challenge.
And in doing so agrees with the Barometer
editor that the result "should nrovide an inter
esting experience for whomever is the loser."
It surely should. And
papers, too. E. A.
Unanswered
confusion over how, and
confusion about the peti
on the measure.
event is the intelligence
the fall election ballot
to decide on cne matter
today's gold star f o r
lievmuii iw xwve.
control is. Ur it they do,
and where, if it passes
but will not vote sep
if vthe county measure
the separate precincts
editor of the OSC stu
fair, and that he should
for readers or tne iwo
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when justified in the
editor's opinion, nom da
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will be shortened or re
turned. TVA
To the Editor: In the tele
vised debate between Vice
President Richard Nixon and
Senator John Kennedy, Mr.
Kennedy spoke very enthusi
astically about the Tennessee
Valley Authority. He was us
ing it as an example of how
his type of program would
provide jobs and prosperity
by furthering certain key
projects.
A recent statement by
Frank T. Bow, member of
Congress, whould shed much
more light on this subject.
'The Tennessee Valley Au
thority is a billion and one-
half dollar federal project
bought and paid for by all
the taxpayers of the country
to control floods, conserve re
sources, develop hydroelectric
power and bring the blessings
of commerce, industry and
general prosperity to the peo
ple of the Tennessee River
valley. This has been going on
for 27 years. One would ex
pect that any part of the val
ley not flooded by the tre
mendous reservoirs is now a
land of milk and honey.
This is the way it was
planned, anyhow.
"Apparently It has not
worked, for 1 find now that
Tennessee is one of the prin
cipal areas of distress and de
pression that would receive
federal assistance under the
proposed $350 million Area
Redevelopment Act. This is
the bill, passed by the senate,
that would put the federal
government into the business
of redistributing industry and
redeveloping rural counties.
"Seventy of the 95 counties
In Tennessee are lusted as
areas of distress where a fed
eral redevelopment is needed.
The cities of Knoxville and
Chattanooga, the very heart
of TVA, are listed as major
areas where chronic unem
ployment requires the federal
government to encourage in
dustrial development. And the
smaller Tennessee cities of
Bristol, Johnson City, Kings
port, LaFollctte, Jclllco and
Tazewell are also In need of
federal handouts to stimulate
industry.
"I should think that the
sponsors of government eco
nomic planning might take
these facts into account be
fore they propose that we
spend hundreds of millions
more to provide artificial
stimulation to various special
areas of the nation."
It was Introduced as a 150
million d o 1 1 a r project. Ac
cording to "Human Events"
it has cost approximately 3,
750 millions with reinvested
revenues, 2,500 per cent over
original estimates.
Dorian F. Woods
Star Route, Box 191
Prospect, Ore.
New Dimension
To the Editor: The other
day Mr. Khrushchev gave us
the definition of Peace, Free
dom. Security, and many oth
er long sought goals, vainly
sought after In this tyranical
system of ours.
Then, a Mr. Mason Ander
son explained why the so
called Al Sarcna scandal was
not a scandal and In particu-
' NO!
often the case.
lar not a timber steal.
You see it was being done
lo promote the mining of zinc,
copper, lead, etc.
I take it that if the land
is sterile of minerals, give
some of the boys a break oc
casionally, and give them
some timber or perhaps a few
thousand acres of grazing or
farm land.
Then there was the dog con
trol law last May.
When the smart boys got
around to analyze the thing,
they discovered that most of
us didn't understand, "because
of the language they had used
in wording the measure" just
what we" were voting for (or
against). So they arc going
to give us another chance "at
whatever the cost" to vote
again and see if it won't come
out right this time.
Not long ago the California
Oregon Power Co. was grant
ed permission to raise some
of their rates.
Many people think it was
so they could improve their
service or build some more
facilities or buy back some
stock, so the company would
control a larger per cent. "You
see It isn't healthy for the
company not to have full con
trol." But that wasn't the reason.
You see the company feels
anyone having an old electric
stove or water heater, should
have a $25 bonus if they will
get rid of it. They use too
much electricity and the com
pany is selling that stuff, and
if they make too much mon
ey, they will have to pay more
taxes and that would mean
the politicians might be tempt
ed and things would be bad
all around.
But the old fogie way of
wording, and figuring is not
only out of style, but in no
way correct.
Like teachers' salaries. I
know I'm not too well posted,
but I know two' poor, "dedi
cated" individuals who only
get $600 a month, 12 months
out of a year, and have to
spend part of their three
month vacation flagging on
highway Jobs or as a ranger
in the parks.
You sec there's a new di
mentlon to things.
Submitted in the hope that
we old-timers may have an
awakening to a more modern
and up to dntc understanding.
J. D. Bowdish
1016 Reddy st.
Medford.
Theme Song
To the Editor: After listen
ing to a number of Dr. Dur-
no's rallies it seems to me
that they need something to
pep them up, and I'd suggest
the adoption of a rousing
campaign theme song, prefer
ably "Too Old to Cut the
Mustard," and with everyone
present singing it, each meet
ing would be a howling suc
cess.
Claude M. Hall
2860 Hartley Lane
Grants Pass, Ore.
Skid-Road
To the Editor: "Get it
right," has been my guide
post since the day Rufus
Woods, owner-editor of the
Wenalchoe Daily World,
Washington, warned me in my
embryo writing for his news
paper. W. J, Cameron, editor
of the Dearborn Independent
t Dearborn, Mich., repeated
those words, adding, "when
lacking factual evidence, use
good common sense, based on
logical reasoning."
My wish is to relay this as
a compliment to Old-Timcr
Rcece o'own Gallce way. For
he did spell out rightly that
term so viiol to our early
northwest economy: skid-road.
Generally over schooled or
Ambassador To Germany 'Shows Flag'
In East Berlin, Insists on U.S.
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Editor
The Man of the Weeks
Walter C. Dowling, U.S. am
bassador to West Germany.
The Place: The Branden
burg Gate, border between
East and West Berlin.
The Quote: "Al American
ambassador, I am responai
sible for the American sec
tor of Berlin and I have the
right of free travel in the
whole city. In any case, I do
not recognize your right to
control movements across
the border. We regard the
border as open and we have
the right of free access."
With that, Georgia born
"Red" Dowling settled back
in his heavy limousine with
t he U n 1 1 ed
States flag
fluttering
from its fend
er, and began
a tour of Com
munist Fast
Berlin.
His conver
s a t i o n with
the East Ger-
piuLNKWs'oM man police-
man at the Brandenburg Gate
had been short and to the
point.
The United States was serv
ing forceful notice on the So-
off-center writers lacking in
grass-root learning, use the
meaningless and bastard term,
skid-row, born of the seamy
side-streets of cities. So write
it 'rum-bum-row' and not in
sult western - logging's skid-
roads.
Lacking the. dependable
snow-road that northeast lumber-jacks
used to get their
white-pine to the river log
jam (log-dump here) and on to
the mills, the western logger
was hard put to get the big
No. 1 selects yielding Doug
fir logs to the mills here. As
told me by old Pete Cowan
up Reedsport way who had
two of the wooden-frame jacks
that were first used to hand
roll the big fir logs to the
mill or -water where they
could be best handled. But
river-bench fir - stands were
soon hand-rolled away. Then,
how to gpt the big up-land fir
logs to mill or wk'.er. Some
unknown logger with brains
as well as brawn, hit on the
plan, chopping (no saws them
days) the long log-pole ways
(the logs had been rolled over)
into 6 foot lengths, more or
less, bed them in the ground,
snipe off the bark to the
slick white cambium layer.
Then figuring out the "ride"
and slicking it off of the big
fir logs, they were bull-team
ed over the new skid-road to
mill and water.
As the skid - road pushed
deeper into timberlands, the
cook and bunk-house follow
ed. And like the blood-sucking
leech, the saloon hitched onto
the skid-road side, waiting for
the logger with pay in pocket,
so often determined to put it
to good use. But sound of
hilarity and wish to give his
brains and brawn a rest, lured
him in for just a drink. Two
or three days finds him hunch
ing his bed-roll back for an
other go at savings.
Such was the misuse of the
old skid-road. But it still
serves, though today's bel
lowing iron-ox has no need of
the skids.
F. J. Clifford
Route 2, Box 200F
Central Point, Ore
Who's To Blame?
To the Editor: We, the
undersigned, would appreci
ate it very much if someone
would correct us if we are
wrong about the following:
Much has been said about
the southwest sewer situation
We have been told that the
soil is wrong for properly
draining spetic tanks.
However, it seems to us that
if the Medford Irrigation Dis
trict would put in ditches and
laterals that would not sub-
irrigate the area in which they
run, our septic tanks would
have a much better chance of
draining properly. A good
question may be, which situa
tion is the prime offender?
We all know there are a
few cases in the area that do
not have proper septic tanks
or drain fields but: why should
the most of us, having proper
sanitary facilities, be made to
pay the high cost of annexa
tion to the city of Medford?
Why shouldn't the county
health department go to those
people who are polluting the
area and show them how to
properly install their equip
ment? We are not talking about
what amounts to a blanket ac
cusation that the district it
torney sent out by request of
the Medford Irrigation Dis
trict. We do not understand how
the district attorney can
prosecute all the people that
received letters merely on a
"visual inspection"; whereas
a more thorough check might
show Uie irrigation district to
be the chief offender. Soil
saturation can be caused by
other than drainage fields.
We also think that the Med
ford Irrigation District should
make an effort to relievt the
viet Union's satellite that it
refused to recognize any Com
munist claim to control Allied
travel between East and West.
It was another of the moves
and counter - moves which
have accompanied the Com
munists' latest harassing cam
paign against the divided city.
Rights Tested
The Communists already
had ruled that West Germans
seeking entry to East Berlin
must present visas okayed by
the East German government.
Now they, were testing Allied
determination to retain their
rights as occupation forces.
Negro Vote Seen Decisive In
Close Elections; Power Grows
By LYLE C. WILSON
Washington tUPH James A.
Farley was easy in his mind
during political campaigns if
there was evi
dence that the
Negro vote
was going for
his candidate.
Farley was
chief engi
neer of the
New Deal po
1 i t i c a 1 ma-
(Aline created
Ln. c wllion "f riaiin.uu
D. Roosevelt. He estimated
that the Negro vote was the
balance ot power between
the major parties in 17 sub
stantially industrial states
outside the South.
Political managers in this
presidential campaign go
along with Farley's estimate
mosquito situation by clean
ing ditches more than once
every 14 years.
Among those more directly
concerned.
Lee Hobbs
West Main st.
Edwin A. Olsen
190 Clover Lane
Wayne A. Wilson
2122 West Main st
Fred A. Gardner
2127 West Main st,
Medford
Suspicion Confirmed
To the Editor: One of our
worst Democratic suspicions
was confirmed when a Re
publican candidate announced
he had opened an office in
Hell (see the UPI release page
IB, M-T, September 28). Nor
will It come as a surprise to
many Oregonians that Hell is
located in California.
E. B. Antley
1495 Oregon st.
Ashland, Ore.
The Great Debate
To the Editor: After listen
in' to both candidates, I must
say I shore am ashamed of
my ignorance. I had no idea
I am as well off as they said
I am.
And the best part is, I'm
even gonna do better after
the election-no matter which
man wins!
And ain't this the grandest
country in the world? Full of
so much private enterprise.
Shucks! I hadn't realized we
are that industrious.
And prosperous? Gosh! I
don't understand why folks
as rich as we is, has such a
hard time livin' from payday
to payday.
I never seen two more per
lite fellers. How nice they
talked to each other! If we
talked to the Rooshians like
that, they'd know we prob
ably mean business. Whereas,
they know the names we call
'cm, and our stickin' our
tongue out at 'em, is meant
only to propagandize our own
citizens. It don't frighten or
dissuade the Rooshians a bit
but it shore does fool some
Americans!
Both of these young sales
men are so sympathetic to the
old people. Both, they say,
are in agreement that there
is need for help to the aged;
they disagree only in the
MANNER in which this help
should be given. One party
feels that next time the aged
should save a little money in
their youth. The other is
much more practical,
knows that what's done
aone, ana nobody can go
back and re-live his profli
gate, spendthrift youth. He
suggests that the aged should
start saving even NOW, or
go out and buy theirselves
some private health Insur
ance!
One of these candidates
concedes that a week's time
is sufficient, and a month
more than enough, in which
to think of at least one good
thing he has done for the
country; but he can't mention
one after all, because thev
is all confidential and hit's
not for him to say!
I should be more confi
dent than I am after these
pep-talks. But I'm Jist con
fused. However, they're gon
na talk again on television
soon, and I shore aim to take
II my family over to my
neighbor's and listen. This is
the goldernest most eddica-
tunal thing I ever seen!
H. B. Amackcr,
5090 SW West Bay Rd.
Lake Grove, Oregon.
It was not by accident that
the East German pressure on
West Berlin coincided with
the 15th meeting of the Unit
ed Nations General Assembly
in New York.
' This week, in their efforts
to seal all of Berlin firmly be
hind the Iron Curtain, the
Communists brought a new is
sue into the cold war.
Graham Provocative
That issue was American
evangelist Billy Graham. East
Berliners defied a Communist
ban and sneaked across the
border to attend Graham's
"Crusade for Christ." This,
of the strategic importance of
Negro voters. A shift of Ne
gro voters from the party of
Abraham Lincoln to the
party of Roosevelt was basic
in 1936 when FDR won all
states but two, Maine and
Vermont. The Democratic
congressional victory was
equally impressive.
Ten States Affected
Roosevelt and the Demo
crats would have lost the
1944 election but for the Ne
gro vote. Political statisti
cians here calculated that Ne
gro voters determined the
1944 winner in 10 states
New York, Pennsylvania,
Missouri, Michigan, Indiana,
Illinois, West Virgina, Ken
tucky, New Jersey and Ohio.
Negro votes are likely to
be equally decisive this year
if the politicians are correct
in their belief that this will
be an unusually close elec
tion. A bloc vote becomes a
decisive balance-of-p over
vote only in close elections.
The farm vote used to get the
most attention. ( The Negro
vote gets the most attention
now, at least in terms of plat
form promises.
There is not much the
politicians could have pro
mised Negro voters this year
which is not pledged in one
Washington Report
By WILLIAM
TV SIDE-SHOW .
Washington - There is, aft
er all, no miraculous way to
ride the electronic waves to
the presidency; no gold mine
of easily ex
tracted votes
in the TV sky.
Tel evlsion
has not by a
long way sup
planted - and
may never
supplant - the
campaign
handshake in
WUllim 8.
Whit
towns, the
the small
big parades in
the open convertible in the
big towns. "Image projection"
on millions of screens has not
yet outrun the old, dull politi
cal business of grass-roots or
ganization and yet more or
ganization. No matter how many voters
may watch candidate confront
candidate on that vast magic
lantern, there is much that is
missing here. In short, the
running "great debate" over
television between Richard
M. Nixon and John F. Ken
nedy is not going to be nearly
so decisive as many had
thought it would.
HPHESE are one observer's
" conclusions from tne first
nationally televised go-round
-and from talking to a good
many politicians about it. No
one would deny that it was
highly instructive, apart from
setting a historic precedent in
our national life. But it also
seemed to disclose certain
built-in limitations and weak
nesses. The very nature of the for
um, the very fact of appear
ing jiore so many voters all
once, made both candidates
so nervous as to present them
selves not merely as properly
cautious but as so careful as
almost to seem afraid-of each
other and of tht public as
well.
The original reason for a
widespread belief that these
appearances might be make-or-break
lay in the supposi
tion that one or another can
didate was likely to make an
irreparable mistake in man
ner or words. But if this first
of the joint discussions offers
any reliable forecast, any
blooper of any such catastro
phic nature Is extremely un
likely, to say the least.
Carefulness reigns abso
lutely supreme. And It may
well be that the stakes out in
front of the television cam
eras are simply too big-too
big not only for comfort, but
too big to allow for any real
ly creative contention among
the candidates. I
FIS impossible, In any dc
InrhcH anfllv.l, in n ,.
won" the first appearance.
It is not tven easy lo say who
Rights
the Reds said, was another
Western provocation.
Dowling, whose "show-the-flag"
tour through East Ber
lin forced the Communiiis
once more into retreat, is a
man used to tonga assign
ments and one used to quick
decisions.
Previous assignments have
included the ticklish job of
ambassador to South Korea
and deputy U.S. high commis
sioner for Austria. In the lat
ter, In scores of meetings, ha
witnessed Soviet foot - drag
ging tactics delaying the
peace treaty for Austria. .
or- both of the major party
platforms. The suspicion that
more has been promised than
can be delivered is in
escapable. The parties are
committed, however, and an
effort will be made.
Little Difference
There is not a great deal
of difference between the
platform promises of the
Democrats and Republicans.
The differences mostly are in
degree of emphasis or in the
extent to which the planks
are specific.
Negroes numbered more
than 15 million in the 1950
census. The Negro vote is
concentrated in large states
which cast a substantial elec
toral vote. The Negro vote is
tomorrow's political power
house, and on the order of
nuclear power to boot. Only
in a close election, however,
may such a bloc obtain full
impact.
The National Association
for the Advancement of
Colored People checked the
1952 Negro vote in 50 cities.
The survey indicated that
about 75 per cent of Negroes
voted for Adlai E. Stevenson,
the Democratic candidate.
Ike was not hurt because hi3
lead was too great in the
North to be cut down even
by a big minority opposition.
S. WHITE
came out ahead on points. For
this was really a case of
strictly defensive rather than
offensive political warfare -on
both sides and all the way.
Basically, Nixon, the Re
publican, was fighting to keep
Kennedy, the Democrat, from
running away with the do
mestic economic and "wel
fare" issues-from stamping
the G.O.P. as inept to lead us
in economic growth an uncon
cerned about medical insur
ance and all that.
Basically, Kennedy was
fighting to prevent Nixon
from running away with the
"peace issue" - from stamp
ing the G.O.P. under Nixon
as the one party able to stand
up to Khrushchev and to stay
out of war while doing it.
Each man, this correspond
ent thought, had some success
on these limited aims. But one
does not win ball games, or
political campaigns, just by
keeping the other fellow from
scoring any runs. So the net
of it was to indicate this: This
nationally televised debate de
vice is more likely to contrib
ute to the country's inciden
tal knowledge than to stir tha
country's inner convictions to-'
ward either Nixon or Ken
nedy. O DOUBT it is a useful
supplement to the tradi
tional campaigning ways. But
there is little possibility that
it is going to be THE final and
decisive technique. It is still
going to be necessary for the
candidates to do all the old
things:
To go personally to Poca
tello and Peoria. To keep
whipping up the fellows who
marshal and safeguard tha
precincts. To keep In touch
with the interest and pressure
groups which, unlike the TV
audience, will not regard this
campaign as a kind of intel
lectual spectator sport, but
rather as a savage contest
over who is to get what from
the next administration.
(Copyright, I960, by United
features Syndicate, Inc.)
Defense Awards
Missile Contract
Washington -(UPH- The De
fense Department today
awarded a $199,125,000 con
tract for development of the
Nike-Zeus anti-missile missile.
The department told the
office of Sen. Frank Carlson,
(R-Kan.), that the contract had
been awarded to Western
Electric Company of New
York.
Carlson's office (aid the
money will continue research
and development on the pro
gram designed to defend this
country against Russian rockets.