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Flight o' Time
Medford and Jackson County
History from the files ot The
Mall Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40
and 50 ve ago.
10 YEARS AGO .
Oct. 6, 1950 (Friday)
State police and deputy
sheriffs raided an establish
ment south of Ashland Ana
confiscated three slot ma
chines and one dice machine.-
The traditional harbinger of
' winter in this area - the first
snowfall at Crater Lake - was
reported from park headquar
ters this morning. ;
. 20 YEARS AGO
Oct. 6, 1940 (Sunday) r.
The county budget commit
tee will meet Wednesday and
Is expected to draft the final
l oar Vuiriffnt.
From Arthur' Perry's "Yet
fimnrlso Pot" column: "A con
temporary notes feelingly
4. Ironic to note the preva
lence of W i U k i e buttons
among those wno so wuiimv
accept assistance irom w
wtnn The 'assistance' Is fl-
ini t' mnre than 'ironic'
it's ornery ' ingratitude, and
rot voting for the casn regis
ter." 30 YEARS AGO
Oct. 6, 1930 (Monday)
The Oregon Labor Federa
tion, in its convention here,
has endorsed the candidacy of
Senator McNary to succeed
himself. - . ' ,
Six persons, caught in local
moonshine raids last month,
were given sentences In Jail
yesterday. ,
40 YEARS AGO
Oct. 6 1920 (Wednesday)
A Federal court jury ac
quitted an Ashland farmer on
charge of violating the Vol
stead act. ,. V r
" The school board has an
nounced plans to move -Sams
VnU.cy chool to a new site.
SO YEARS AGO
Oct, 9,1910 (Thuraday) ;:
The declaration of the Re
publican state central commit
tee in Portland yesterday In
favor. of the direct primary
law is taken as an Indication
that the party tears defeat in
November and is doing all It
can to prevent It ,,,-.-. ,
Mat's Your LQ.7
Nine or ten corner it iudi1i
iqven or tight li xctllent) Hv i
tlx U good.
ium which city is the
vcrsity of Pennsylvania?
2:Whtch is the only U. S.
cabinet post that Is for a defi
nite tenure?
3.iWho was the last of the
prophets?
4. A lactovegctarlan would
include which beverage in his
diet?
5. Is the magpie a fish, bird
or butterfly?
6. Which is the hardest of
all Jewels?
7. Was the only child of a
U. S. president to be born in
the While House a daughter
of Cleveland, T. Roosevelt or
Taft?
8. What letter should be
omitted: "The unwleldly way
she swung the axe was amus
Ing." '
i 9, Is trudgen the name for
. a fish, an oystcrman's tongs,'
a swimming stroke,, or a slow
pace in walking?
10. Manet and Monet were
two famous French ?
Answersi 1. Philadelphia!
3. Postmaster general! 3. Mai
achij 4. Milk: S. Bird) S. Die
rrond; 7. Cleveland (Esther.
Sept. 9, 1893)t 9. "1" in un
wieldyt 9. Swimming stroke;
10. patMers,
Not TOOqSIow, Please
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The U. S. Public Health Service estimates
that air pollution in the city of Portland is cost
ing each of its residents a "minimum" and "con
servative" amount of $10 per year, or an annual
total of some $4 million,
' If the estimate were applied to Medford (and
there is reason to believe that, due to smudging
and other factors, a comparable Medford figure
would be higher), that means the total air pol
lution bill in Medford alone is in the neighbor
hood of a quarter-million dollars. ;
The estimate is based on a per capita cost
for "extra cleaning, property damage and other
direct damage, caused by pollutants in the air, ,
and does NOT include "the undetermined dam
age to health which the health service authori
ties have reason to believe is considerable . . ."
X'E are inclined to agree with Medford's able
mayor, John Snider, that a "go slow" ap
proach to air pollution control is necessary. ,
He has pointed out that unduly severe air
pollution control measures would be inclined to
damage the industries which provide Medford
people's bread and butter. s
As a result we probably don't need and don't
want a "crash program." ,
But there is another danger, and that is go
ing TOO slowly in finding put just what the
problem is, and how to go about cleaning it up.
j .
"NE of the necessary (and important) ele-
merits in a government based upon the con
sent of the governed is that a majority be con
vinced that a specific program is a erood ne,
and worth whatever it may cost.
- In the case of air pollution, we are certain
that a majority would be glad to see the city and
county governments taking concrete and decisive
steps toward pollution
lite more pleasant, and,, according to ;the PHS,
would save them money. ' 1
But minorities (in this case the lumber mill
people and the orchardists) have their rights,
too, one of which is not to be forced out of busi
ness by ; sudden and'
costly and radical new
THERE is a 'middle way. ' ,
. Many of the lumber mills in this area are
investing considerable, sums in equipment which
will lessen their outpouring . of smoke and cin
ders.' '
Many of the orchardists are converting to
orchard heaters which
on a five-year industry
How effective these
to be Been. : . .
BUT this much we do know:
If thev are NOT effective, if the same old
smude-e, smoke and cinders problem continues
year after year, the people, of this area,' residents
of citv.and countrv alike, are eroinp- to rise up
and demand that their governments take action.
And such action, , by
iiave to be immediate and
No one wants this if it can be avoided. j
The best way to avoid it is to continue to
seek voluntary cooperation from the offending
industries; to continue to explore the roles the
city and county can play in setting up standards
and prescribing safeguards; to continue bur
awaVeness of the problem and our determina
tion that it will be solved, and in a reasonable
amount of time.
LJOW much longer, after all, can Medford con-
tihue to afford putting a quarter of a million
dollars into cleaning up? How much longer can
we afford the undefined but suspicious effects on
bur health, and that of our children?
How much longer are
with an annual needless
man, woman and child
We will, for a while.
not TOO slow. E. A.
The Problem
We are indebted to
Guard for the followine'
All we did was to cross out the word "imi-
gene," and write in the
wen change the figures from those applicable to
the Eugene School district to those from the Med
Uni-uorQ school district.
neve is the Guard's
Medford:
' ."Now attending Medford public
schools are:
elementary pupils i
i k!9 iunior pupils.
1.507 high school pupils
. . "oject these figures six years. The . -junior
high and school pupils will
?!g0nnToee3556ofthem.Insix '
yeais all 4,403 elementary pupils.will be
"? e4hf f'h ool or junior high, v
v See the problem?" .......
JO note, Please, that this is an increase in the
41 number of high school students of 847 fand
this includes only students NOW LIVlNa in the
Medford district ad does not VncS ThSe
who can be expectecrco move here).
But even if the total IS only 847 more in siv
years, that means a MINIMUM of 28 new cW
rooms.
The inescapable fact: Medford
need a hew high School
talk to students and teachers at the present over
crowded one, they'll tell you the sooner the
better.) E.A.
'control. It would make
unrealistic demands for
control procedures.
.. -
put out far less smoke,,
program.
measures will be remains
its very nature, would
drastic. . '
we willing to put up
outlay of $10 for each
in the Rogue valley?
' Go slow is tine. But
the Eugene Register.
editorial.
word "Meaiorci," ana
1
editorial as adapted to
soon. (And if
Dennis the Menace
T T tf ; "
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60 IF VOU THINK MP.lVlLSON OON't LIKE TV. YA d(JSH
HEAR WHAT HE THINKS OF TV PMN0KS! ".,
. C ommunicatib ns . . .
Liter to the Editor must bear the nam and address of the writer, although under
certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible.
The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and
condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters
printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the
contrary is often tne case. . .
H. S. Students' Letters
May Win M-T Bond Prize
' 7 The Mail Tribune will award a $25 U.S. Savings
Bond to each of the two high school students who write
- the best short letters in support of their Presidential .
candidate.
' One bond will go to the writer of the best letter
in support of Richard M. Nixon, the other to the writer '
of the best letter in support of John F. Kennedy..
Letters submitted in this contest must be 300 words
or less, and must bear the name, address, parents'
name, school, class, and age of the writer. The contest
is open to all high school students in the Mail Tribune's
circulation area in Jackson, Josephine and Siskiyou
counties. Deadline is Oct. 29, and entries must be in
the Mail Tribune news room on or before that date.
They should be typewritten on one side of the paper
only, and double spaced.
Members of the Mail Tribune news staff will judge
the entries for originality, sincerity, forcefulness and
overall effectiveness. Judges' decisions will be final.
The winning entries will be published in the Mail
Tribune prior to election. ,
Creative Writing l
To the Editor: . The .adult
education department at the
Medford High school is offer
ing a course in creative writ
ing which, as shameful as it
may seem, may nave to De
dropped from the curriculum
due to lack of attendance and
interest'. ,
Dr. R. J. McGlnnis, the
founder and editor of Farm
Quarterly magazine, has kind-
lv consented to instruct sucn
a class, provided enough in
terest could be arousea. ur.
McGinnls's qualifications for
teaching such a class not only
include a background as an
educator .but also that of ( a
practicing free-lance writer,
correspondent and editor.
Dr. McGlnnis was a foreign
correspondent for United
Press from 1D21 until imzo,
then he served as head of the
Journalism department for the
University of Miami from
in2 until 1944. in 1948 ne
founded the Farm Quarterly
magazine and he is currently
serving as consulting editor of
thatpublication..Dr. Mcuinms
has also edited and written a
book, "Good Old Days," which
it; published by Harper's and
will be available in Just a few
days in Medford
Dr. McGlnnis and his wife
recently moved to the Rogue
River valley and it would in
deed be a poor welcome if the
class which he has agreed to
teach was canceled because
of insufficient attendance
It is seldom that we are
fortunate enough to have a
man with Dr. McGinnls's
background offer his services
such as he. has done to the
people of this area. If any of
the readers are interested in
creative writing, better ex
Dresslon. and having a won
derful informative time, Just
call SP 3-7220, tho adult edu
cation department at the Med-
for High school and Mr. Vln-
sel or Mrs. Barber can tur-
nish any Information requir
ed.
Time Is essential. If a tew
more people can be enrolled
before next Tuesday, the class
will continue as scheduled. If
not, It will be canceled. Let's
show our appreciation to ur
McGinnls, let's not let that
happen!
K. is. Lowe
1128 West Main st.
Medford.
Mr. K and Trash Pamphlets
Tn the Editor: Did you see
Mr. K on TV as he mimicked
the three monkeys that saw,
heard and spoke no evil?
t sav "mimicked" because
he even looked Oke 8 mon'
key while going through his
play-acting. No self-respecting
monkey could imitate mm,
for to open nis mourn is iu
speak evil of those who want
nothing more than to oe
triendly brothers to all me
world. As to seeing andAlicar-mg-ha
has more eyes"' than
a potato, and as for ears, he
brought along some spares,
Now to you, Medford per
son who sent me the book
let entitled "What About a
Catholic President?" I wish to
say that you have my ad
dress right, but perhaps you
do not know that I am quite
expert at analyzing hand
writing. Yours does not speak
well of your good sense in
sending unsigned trash to me.
I am a Protestant married
to a Catholic. We are entitled
to our own beliefs, and we
are both headed for the same
hereafter. ,
We are honest, kind and
good neighbors, and we be
lieve in Christ as our guide.
If our footsteps do not make
the same tracks in the sands
of time, nobody will know
the difference a hundred
years hence.
, If our young Democrat
doesn't keep him word when,
and if, elected-well, even a
president can be impeached.
Andrew Johnson was. How
ever we have faith in Ken
nedy. You are welcome to
yours in Nixon. I heard their
debate of Sept. 27 and
though I didn't change horses
in mid-stream, I think both
are very nice young . gentle
men We Demos will do our best,
but if your side wins - we
will carry on as good citizens
should for our country and
our flag. .
But you keep your pamph
lets to kindle fire with. Chris
tians do not need them.
Pearl Spackman,
Jacksonville, Ore.
Lethargy and Poison
To the Editor: If my good
friend Philip Lee Burns had
written his interesting letter
direct to me, I would have
answered it in that way. The
Sept. 21 paper carried it, so
I shall try to briefly answer
for the benefit of some who
might be interested in both
sides.
Thanks, Lee, for your com
mendation on efforts being
used to "jar" some into ac
tion relative to the liquor
problem.
However, sad to say, too
many well-meaning persons
feel that it is the "misuse" of
alcoholic beverages that is the
evil. I have tried to do some
"brass lacks" thinking. B u t
when was an automobile poi
son to begin with? Alcohol is,
was, and always will be poi
son. No matter how fancy the
wrap, bottle, or high class
the place that dispenses it, it's
still poison.
I believe' the minister of
your own church will agree
with me. I understand that he
has been very active in try
ing to help our city to stay
clean. In fact 1 have been
personally cooperating with
him in his efforts.
Yes, I wholeheartedly Mree
that lgnorancs end lelhirgy
Hope Glimmering for Congo; Lumumba's
Supporters
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Editor
A glimmer of hope has ap
peared that order might even
tually emerge from chaos in
The Congo.
This glim
mering emer
ges from two
sources - the
Congolese cap
ital of Leo-
poldville and
from the Unit
ed Nations in
New York.
Phil newsom irom Leo-
poldville comes word of stead;
ily mounting-, defections
among the followers of some
time premier Patrice Lumum
ba. A trickle swelled to a
stream with a report of the
wholesale defection of 29' of
the 44 senators and deputies
from Lumumba's own Eastern
Province. .
They denounced him as a
Communist attempting a dic
tatorship by terror. ,
Last July 1 when the for-
are two great evils. When it
came to the question of put
ting the facts out relative to
another liquor outlet in this
area, some persons felt "they
will get their license anyway,
why make fools of ourselves
fighting it?" What would have
happened if that had been
America's attitude toward the
axis powers during the war?
What would happen were all
of our clergymen to feel that
sin is too terrible a thing to
warn and fight against? There
would be no need to preach.
Sad to say many preachers
have just about that thinking
nowadays. Their , congrega
tions are lulled to sleep while
we stand on the threshold of
eternity. Events are transpir
ing all around us that herald
the dawning of a brighter to
morrow. The Holy Scriptures
are clear and .explicit,' The
proof is all around us that
their prophetic utterances
were! and are true. ; .
Yes, I'm going to do more,'
if I can, to help arouse my
friends from their "lethargy."
And T believe you'll agree
that alcohol has and is leth
argizing far too many into a
stupifying unawareness of our
stupendous times.
' Henry Johnson Jr.
2400 Highway 66
Ashland, Ore.
Happy Circumstance
To the Editor: A most
happy circumstance of the
many interrogations of Ken
nedy, by groups of the pro
testant clergy, is their almost
universal and unmistakable
pleasure in his forthright an
swers ,
Probably no one has ever
before so thoroughly and
carefully outlined and affirm
ed all of our constitutional
safeguards for the absolute
separation of church and
state.
If he is elected, it might
even become a sort of a
"Kennedy Doctrine," or at
least a strong precedent, tend
ing to further safeguard this
separation from any later en
croachment, by any religion
or religionist whomsoever, if
such a thing is a danger,
which I do not believe.
, Also, both Kennedy and
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
say that neither a man s re
ligion nor lack of a formal
religious affiliation should
have anything to do with his
qualification for president. I
like this much better than
Nixon's statement during the
convention that a man's re
ligion is not an issue and that
only if he had no religion
should it be an issue.
Lou Wilhelm
2905 E. Franklin
Portland, Ore. .
Porter's Real Sin
To the Editor: There's an
old saying about "man's inhu
manity to man . . ." that has
come to mind often during
our congressional election
campaign since the ridiculing
of Charles Porter has become
good sport. Gentle people
have accused him of every
thing from "not having good
sense" (Williim Tugman) to
"sanctioning murder" (Betty
Sexton) plus "oddball pinko"
(Anonymous).
What motivates it? The Car
ribean and Castro business?
Congressman Porter first
"meddled" in the Carribean
when an Oregon boy was
murdered there. His name,
Gerald Murphy, seems to have
slipped the mind of Dr. Dur
no's group. Porter did not
sanction the murder, but in-
stpaH h "meddled" until he
Ojlved it. Two years ago he
saw hope of keeping commu
nism out of Cuba provided we
worked to understand and
correct the conditions which
were fomenting Cuban-American
hate. The government,
unimpressed, adopted a walt-
Defect, U.N. Plan Ottered
mer Belgian Congo emerged
as an independent state and
Lumumba as its premier, the
capricious former beer sales
man and embezzler held his
office only by the slimmest of
margins brought about by a
shaky coalition.
Of 137 votes in the Congo
lese house of representatives,
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
: Let's take' a look today at
the Congo-which got its in
dependence a" while back, but
WASN'T READY FOR IT.
Plagued by bad leadership
and hamstrung by communist
Russia and its - intrigues, it
drove out the white man be
fore the Congolese were prepared-
to run their own af
fairs wisely and efficiently.
As a result, tragedy . has
stalked the Congo. Among
their other misfortunes, the
Congolese have gone hungry.
With their economy limping
badly, there hasn't been food
enough available to feed the
people.
UNITED NATIONS with
yeoman help from the
United States, has been doing
its best to feed the hungry,
When the white men left,
everything stopped, including
the collection and distribution
of native foods.
So
Food had to be brought in
from the outside; The United
States (having vast' supplies
of it oh hand as a result of
the surpluses arising out of
the operations of the farm
program) sent in hundreds of
tons of dried milk.
BUT
As has often been re
marked, people are funny.
The Congolese children don't
like the taste of dried milk
(Maybe they are more civil
ized than we think. A lot of
us here in this country don't
go wild over the j taste of
dried milk powder mixed
with water.) Anyway, the
children balked at it, They
preferred hunger.
The United Nations people
were equal to the emergency.
They invented what they
called a Soviet-American
cocktail. It was composed of
40 parts of American dried
milk and 12 parts of Soviet
sugar. The rest of it was wa
ter - presumably Congolese
water.
That helped. The Congolese
children tolerated the concoc
tion. , - ,
THAT suggests a thought:
J- Wouldn't it be wonder
ful if, INSTEAD OF FINGER
ING THEIR GUNS . AND
BATTLING THEIR ROCK
ETS AND THEIR : ATOM
BOMBS,, Russia and the Unit
ed States could JOIN
FORCES to alleviate the hun
ger of the billions of people
in this world who (for one
reason or another) don't have
enough to eat?
UOOD isn't the only lack
A that has developed since
tne breakdown i of govern
ment, with the inevitably ac
companying breakdown of
the general economy, includ
ing distribution of food.
and-see policy and while we
waited Russia grabbed
Those who call Mr. Porter
"pinko" should remember
this. He discussed Cuba but
he never had a voice or a
vote on foreign policy. The
day communism moved to our
doorstep, all policy decisions
were in the hands of the
party backing not Porter but
Durno.
Are foreign matters the real
target in Doctor Durno's ca:
paign? Or is it the Forand
Bill which Congressman Por
ter supports and Dr. Durno
and the AMA have pledged to
defeat? Dr. Durno has stated
on television that he is
friend to "our 15,000,000 old
folks and against the Forand
Bill because it leaves out six
million of them," and there
fore he supports contributory
insurance. Surely he must
know that the contributory
insurance plan leaves out, not
six, but 13V4 million of the
old people and helps none
without a degrading pauper's
oath. With friends like that,
they need no foes. '
In a letter to this paper Dr.
Durno suggested that the best
thing to do about old are med
ical care was to wait until an
AMA meeting next year and
see what they decide. Charles
Porter decided a long time
ago. He has worked con
stantly for the Forand Bill and
will no doubt continue to do
so until it is passed.
That is the substance of his
real political sin. It isn't for
eign meddling orneg!ected
constituents that make him a
prime target, but rather a
group of -elderly constituents
that he stubbornly and consist
ently refuses to neglect.
Mrs. Jane Gillaspie,
. 636 West Fourth St.,
Medford.
Lumumba received 74
The coalition long since has
disappeared and the mounting
opposition to Lumumba - as
sures that he no longer could
obtain the necessary majority
in parliament.
There remains another step.
This was proposed by Jri
dian Prime Minister Jawahar
There are 400 hospitals in
the Congo. ' :
ONLY 50 OF THEM HAVE
DOCTORS! v v '
w
HAT happened over there?
pened'. was that a- wild-eyed
demagogue teamed up with
the communists. The dema
gogue is Lumumba. The Con
golese appear , to ;have had
the good sense to throw him
out, and. so things are Rook
ing a little-, better.; .. ' .
Hopeful thought: ,
Maybe1, in, a somewhat simi
lar situation right here on
our own doorstep, the Cubans
will eventually have the good
sense to throw Wildman Cas
tro out. : , . I .
SAYS ECONOMY TOPS '
-. Miami r- IUPII - Frederick ; W.
Mueller, U. S. secretary of
commerce said Wednesday
that the nation's economy
"was never in a better, posi
tion" and no recession is in
sight. . .-
LATE WITH LETTER' .:. ......
( Mansfield, England '- IUPD -Mrs.
B. L. Baggaley received
a letter Wednesday advising
her it was time to immunize
her baby. The 'postmark was
dated Nov. 4, 1949. The baby
is now 11 years old. , , -
Matter of Fact By Joseph Alsop
THE KENNEDY CAMPAIGN
En Route with Kennedy -In
the, Kennedy campaign
safari, the buoyancy, the op
timism, the sense of being on
a rising curve,
are now so
strong that
they are all
but tangible.
.Maybe Sen?
ator Kennedy
and his peo
ple are delud
i n g t h e m-i
selves. Maybe
the Senator !l?.i
will fall flat on his face in
the next television debate, al
though he looks as surefooted
as a chamois.; But, the atmos
phere of a campaign entour
age is always a meaningful
fact. (Who can forget the sig
nificantly dank confusion
around Adlai Stevenson in
1956?) So this new Kennedy
atmosphere is at least worth
recording.
This phase dates from be
fore the first ..television debate-it
began with Kennedy's
triumphant reception in
Cleveland, just before he
went to Chicago. But the aft
ermath of the debate has in
creased the buoyancy, and it
has also increased the warmth
of the candidate's welcome by
the crowds who turn out for
him. ' , ...
TlHE crowds themselves
have something to do with
the buoyancy. One does hot
Want to exaggerate. A lot of
people in these Kennedy
crowds would turn out. for
any Democrat. More would
turn out for any passing
show. Yet you cannot doubt,
all the same, that Kennedy
has somehow captured the
imaginations " of enormous
numbers of " the American
people. i
The "jumpers,',' as the re
porters on the safari call the
young girls who leap up and
down in groups at Kennedy's
approach, are an odd pheno
menon in themselves; More
remarkable still are the
"touchers," the very consid
erable numbers of people,
grown-up, hard-working peo
ple, who long to touch the
candidate, as though he were
imbued with some sort of
valuable, transferable per
sonal magic or private elec
tricity One outwardly serious, sensible-looking
old lady was
even heard shrieking to a
friend, "I can't get near
enough. I'll touch you and you
touch him for me"- though
a current would thus flow
from Kennedy through ' her
friend to herself.
" .
OOME kind of current does
seem to flow, some sort
of exchange does seem to take
place between Kennedy and
the tens of thousands who
daily come to see and hear
him. The effect is most aston
ishing in one of the big am
phitheaters like the one in
Hibbing, Minn., where Ken
nedy had an audience of 12,
000 in a wn of 16,000.
The great cavernous space
is filled to the rafters, with
people. The crowd is not or
namented, so to say, witn
3
lal Nehru in his attempt be
fore tire United Nations Gen
eral Assembly to moderate the , '.
chilling winds of the cold war. '
No leader should be imposed
on the Congolese people, he "
said. Rather, he should be al
man selected by the" Congo's
own parliament. - ' ' . '"
The United Nations, he said;'
should work toward-a revlval'5
of parliament as quickly as A
possible. , - U " ' V
With a successor to Lumum-'S
ba legally elected by parlia-ij
ment, the last ground would
be cut from the Soviet claim
that Lumumba remains - the
legal premier of the Congo.
It was on the basis of that
claim that the Russians' at
tempted to by-pass the United
Nations and send aid direct to
Lumumba, who had proved "
their willing stooge.
It aiso formed the basis ot 1
their attack upon Secretary
General Dag Hammarskjold -and
of their demands that he.,
resign.. , '. . . .
It also was the basis of their '
charge that Hammarskjold: '
had supported colonialism by.
failing to use U.N. troops to I
keep Lumumba in office. ; ',
The charge was so obvious
ly 'false. nnH WammoroL-lnlrft-'1
neutrality and determination .
not to interfere in the internal ,
affairs of a state were so well
known, that the Russian,
charge received serious sup?
port only from the Communist
bloc. " '
But out of the possibility"
that peace may return to the
iuiisu, mere aisp emerges a .
bitter note...,' , '. ' ,
That is that Hammarskjold t
may fall victim Of his own
integrity and loyalty to his.
office.
The Soviets will no forget',
that he thwarted their ambi-.
tions in the Congo and, by a",
boycott, could go far toward;'"
destroying his usefulness.;
banners, streamers, and thi ,
like,, for the Democrats are ;
short of cash and have noi
dollars to spend for trim-'"
mings. The space, the crowd,
the inevitable bands', :t'hel
empty platform-that is: 'all-
there-is to, it.. .; ...
The lesser politicians fill
in first. There is an . opening i
speech or two-sometimes af
more skillful speech than the :
main speech yet to "come.--Then
though a side door,-;
with aides flanking him to''
hold off the "touchers" who ';"
surge forward, Kennedy
quietly enters. The instan-"
taneous result is a thunder of '
cheers and you find yourself,
wondering what there is in
this tall youthful-looking man
with the shock of hair ' and :
the half-embarrassed smile td!:
make him a master of men."
' "'. j
HfHAT . fnilnun " u
" curious still. Voice train-'r'
ing has cured Kennedy of hisc
former habit of speaking in a
sustained unvarying shout.
The new lower-pitched, more'j
variable Kennedy voice is not i
agreeable any more than the
sound of bagpipes is agree-,
able, but like bagpipes, it can.','
stir the blood. ., ,',
Standing rigidly erect, rare-.
ly smiling, even more rarely,
gesturing, with deadly ;ser-
iousness, with little rchange'
of rhythm, with no pauses to,
invite. applause, Kennedy:,
speaks in this near, still harsh,
but somehow stirring voice.
The speech is suited to the;
occasion and the audiences
The construction is often dis
jointed. There are repetitions
and sometimes there are
blunders of phrasing. But the
language is elevated, even
literary, for this man is some
thing of an artist with words,
who has evolved a speaking'
style as personal as Adlai"
Stevenson's, and vastly more
masculine. ... . . 7 s, ,..
rpHE themes, by now, are
all familiar. The promise
of more generous welfare
measures, the emphasis on the
need for growth at homei the
stern insistence on the need
for greater power abroad -these
notes that Kennedy
strikes are standardized by
now. Underlying! the . public
cized thevnes, however, there
are other things that havef
received less attention. ThereJ
is an intense sense of this,
particular moment in history.
There is a somber estimate
of history's possible move-
ment. And there is a desper-v
ate urgency aboithe nias
ures to assure a decenr fu
ture. , .
"These are somber times,"
he fjjs, and there is no doubt
he fffeans it. The very fact
that he means it combines
with his visible, almost overly-visible,
confidence in his
own power to find a safe way
through. It is this combina
tion that moves the crowds,
and makes the old women
want to touch him.
It is a curious way to run
for the Presidency and it may
well not be a successful way.
But It is interesting to watch,
(e) I960 New York
Herald Tribune Ine,