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MONDAY. OCTOBER 10. I960
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Flight o' Time
Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mall Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Oct. 10, 19S0 (Tuesday)
Thirty Mexican nationali
are being held in the Jackson
county jail for illegal entry
into the United States.
The U.S. soil conservation
gervice this week will begin
installation of instrument sta
tions that will collect precipi
tation data this winter in a
200-mile area of tht valley's
watershed.
20 YEARS AGO
Oct. 10, 1940 '(Thursday)
Coach Bill Bowerman said
that ' Medford high's Black
Tornado will have its first
string intact when it meets
Eureka next week, for the
first ' time since the season
started.
,'ErOm Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smu'dge Pot" column: "Noth
ing happened yesterday on
the international front, to
cause American voters to
duck an 'emergency,' and
crash into a 'crisis.' The cam
paign is expected to reach the
' conniption fit stage ' around
the 20th."
30 YEARS AGO
Oct. 10, 1930 (Friday)
Plowing and fall seeding Is
now underway on Rogue val
ley farms.
Pear shipment from the
valley now total 3,305.
"Electricity without cost to
taxpayer" lures Oregon vot
ers. 40 YEARS AGO
OttTlO, 1920 (Sunday) '
"Medford defeats Klamath
Falls 29-0 in the first football
game between the two schools
in years.
50 YEARS AGO
pel. 10, 1910 (Monday)
! John F. Stevens, right hand
hiati of empire builder James
3. Hill, said here today that
the Pacific and Eastern rail
road' will be extended from
Medford across the Cascades
io connect with the Oregon
Trunk line "just as soon as
possible."
.Die District Attorney's of
fice here has served noticed
Jhat.lt will prosecute any vio
lation of the fish and game
. bet In this district, whether or
hot the office regards the
Jaws as fair.
Whal's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct It superior;
even or eight Is ncallentf five n
l It good.
; 1. A diamond shaped high
way sign always means what?
! 2. With what does a carto
grapher deal?
; 3. In skiing, is downhill
facing or jumping more dan
gerous? ; 4. In what sport is the Da-
Vis Cup awarded?
I 5. Australia is a member of
he British Commonwealth of
Rations; true or false?
; 6.' What was the name of
the bomber, lost In W.W. II,
which was recently found in
the Libyan desert?
j ;7.j What is the capital of
Indiana?
8. Who Is President of the
United Arab Republic?
I 9. How far apart are the
ppposlte goal posts of a col
lege football field? .
I 10. In which house of Con
gress do revenue bills origi
nate? ... '
Antwiru 1. Slow danger
io yourself. 2, Mips. 3. Jump
ing,' 4. Tennis. 5. Truo. I
"L'i'dy Be Good". 7. Indian
apolis. S. Gamel Abdol Nat
ton 9. 120 yards. 10. Moutt of
HtpitOIttMTa.
Why Planning?
Some people seem
1 ! - - ll- - 1 -
planning is uie uane or,
In a narrow sense and
it may be.
But those who object to all planning forget
the immense benefits they enjoy as the result of
planning done for and
county roads, state and federal highways offer
one type of example. Planning, and the modifica
tion or even supersession of individual property
rights, was necessary to' provide rights-of-way
tor tnese roads.
A T EVERY hand there are other examples of
"the necessity of planning to promote the gen
eral interest, where individual rights must be sub
jugated to the greater good.
Yet many who accept the fruits of community
planning and cooperation still argue that plan
ning is, per se, impractical or even dangerous.
Thev ODDOse ulanners as addled eeirheads.
They forget that pioneer ancestors who plat
ted the towns in which
sometimes much more visionary than any of to
day's breed. They forget that in pioneer times
bold visions of tomorrow were incentive for com
munity actions that insured progress. They forget
that bold vision is necessary today more than
ever beiore. Eugene Kegister-Uuard. ,
Too High
The Texas Cn maL
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has lOinen tnp npf-rnlniim iv,-li,of,.,,c ,u... r
rni-f tn mir nff 5fo
v vu L,uu ii i a i.n ii
. Enclosed with current credit card bills is a
m,we pampniec entitled,
Too High."
iOO hlf?h for what?
er, the gasdhne maker
reduced, and it implies
ui viegun snouia De cut Dack too.
piNE. But the petroleum industry, along with
the rest of us, is constancy pressuring both
the state and fprWnl immiinma.i w,..
- - o'"""ku iui muic anu
Detter hiphwavs. Wa a,,a nffinn. i u.ii...
,. v mt ' , gowning muic anu uewei
highways. That's why gasoline taxes are averae-
cijwj a gauon over
to exactly that figure in
uoes me lexas Lo.
or not?
Lowerinc the taxes nn
, ------ jjvuuuiiv it aii nut I tOU.lt
in an increase in gasoline consumption, as the
gasoline people argue, especially when 'you take
into account a dark suspicion that the tax reduc
tm will be promptly absorbed by an increase in
gasoline prices at the manufacturer's level. A
good case can be made, in fact, that gasoline
taxes have no effect on gasoline consumption!
LL that a decrease in .the gas taxes wiu do is
'eliminate revenue used to build roads.
These new hichwava avo. fav
ideal schedules now. To delay the construction
pace would be inconvenient to the point of fool
hardiness. .
Actually, the oil industry's campaign against
high gasoline taxes" should not be taken serious
ly. Amost Pertainlv the nnmnoirrn ia Knoarl nv, u
j a , , v w
idea of taking the heat
."6-. iii.a ui acuuiic a uiaine uiey may
not deserve, but which they'll avoid at any rate.
Coos Bay World.
A Place to Leave No Mark
Among a normal man's higher ideals is the
uiieu expressea nope mat ne wiu leave the world
a better place for having passed this way. The
wilderness advocate is an odd ball, his chief hope
is to pass and leave no mark by which those who
follow will know he has gone before.
There is an increasing clamor by these people
that a small
wilderness be given guaranteed protection against
loggers, road builders and others who would
"harvest" the wildnerness or scar its face. This
clamor grows as more and more people realize
how rapidly our true wilderness areas are shrink
inghow little land is left in which a man can
travel and find no sitrn that man has o-nno thia
. - o
way before.
we can sympathize
men cause iur uicoc uava uicv nave no leuay
Roosevelt to lend a helping hand. Portland
ivepuilel.
View From
Frankly I am delighted that football here in
Ashland has not reached the hysterical level it
has in Medford.
Where they apparently begin grooming their
high school teams in the fifth grade.
Winning a state championship can't be as im
portant as all that.
Many states, by the way, have long since
abandoned state chamnionshiDs in hiarh school
football and I predict it
in uregon.
After all, hicrh school
it is cruel to put them under such heavy pressure
to win, win, win.
Football is supposed to be a gamwhere 22
boys have fun with a lop-sided ball.
When it becomes such a savage business that
the high school coach is paid a higher salary than
the science and English teachers, then something
is rotten upstairg.jAshland Daily Tidings. t
to think that community
P .V T 1 1 L
men lnuiviuuai rigms.
in particular situations,
before them, fjity streets,
they live were planners,
For What? '
- oi - a nf Tv.. .
- J
"Taxes on Gasoline Are
Tnn rnVVi
argues, and it urges that
that state taxes 6 cents
tne country, and amount
Oregon.
want highway expansion
o-nanl
' iJ "-fj 11 o fcfnocu uil LUC
off the oil companies for
e,-..-
with these people and
Ashland
will happen in due' time
bovs are still bovs and
Dennis the Menace
'OHyes.Mf.s.AlrrcMeu.j'VE utim
...Communications ...
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condensation. Letters submitted for publication mutt not exceed 400 words. The letters
printed in this column do not
contrary is often the cate.
Count Your Blessings, No. 2
To tne Editor: I see our
Southern Oregon neighbor
has been at it again. He says
the communists will make it
interesting for our next Presi
dent. No doubt they will. But,
how, is what I'd like to know,
Certainly not by being peace
ful.
Our neighbor says the com
munists have free swinging.
Just how does he mean? The
communist controlled people
don't have anything free, So
he must mean the Communist
government. All they can
swing is lies, death and des
truction. Just like they swung
in Korea. By swinging their
guns and bombs into the lives
and ihomes of the free South
Koreans. What did the South
Korean people do to get such
a surprise attack? They re
fused communism.. The com
munists showed their desire
for peace by murdering thou
sands of people who wanted
only to be left free. .
As for the communists beinc
honest, they aren't. For ex
ample, some years back the
government of India signed a
peace treaty with Red China.
It wasn t many years after
the signing of this treaty, the
Red Chinese showed their
honesty with armed aggres
sion against the India border.
The Russians showed their de
sire for peace by furnishing
me norm Korean aggressors
with arms and war materials.
Again the communists showed
their honesty by breaking the
Berlin treaty.
I certainly would like to
know something good about
communism.
If communism Is so great
and wonderful, why are the
East Germans leaving home
by the thousands and moving
to west Uermany? Why have
all the millions of Chinese
peasants escaped and come to
Hong Kong? Why did the
Hungarian people try to free
themselves?
With all this evidence
against communism, how any
one can want it for their kind
of life is beyond me.
All I can say about the com
munist - leaders is they are
power crazy fanatics, who
have no concern for other
human life or property. Just
like Hitler was. .
I think some people better
quit feeling sorry for them
selves, and, as I said before,
count your many, many bless
ings. Don Turnbough
Box 18A
Applegate, Ore.
Realittlc Policy
To the Editor: It Is easy to
throw brickbats at elected
officials who have initiative
to think and courage to speak
out. The Republican candi
date for Congress and his sup
porters have been throwing
wild generalities at Charles
Porter because he is not con
tent to let America lose the
battle for men's minds.
Porter's opponents claim he
is "soft" on communism be
cause he once supported Cas
tro, and weak because he had
the courage to change his po
sition. Their attacks show no
knowledge of Cuba or the
reasons Castro gained power.
I visited Cuba twice during
dictator Batista's reign. It
was a country without democ
racy or freedom, of midnight
arrests, torture, graft and cor
ruption. Batista did nothing
to build the country's econ
omy or alleviate terrible pov
erty. HrQvas hated and feared
in Cuba but honored and sup
ported by our government.
When Castro wi power he
visited Amcca seeking aid
for Cuba's economy. He was
not seen by our President or
Secretary of State. He was
given no aid. Only after the
failure of his visit did Castro
become belligerent t o ward
puthim to eea six rw$i'
necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the
. ,
our government, Only then
did he turn to the Russians,
A different attitude in Wash
ington might have changed
history.
For years our policy has
been to support Latin Ameri
can dictators. Our great
corporations have reaped huge
profits in these countries
while the people have lived
in squalor. Is it any wonder
that America is unpopular in
Latin America?
Too many congressmen sup
port an ostrich foreign policy
of sUcklng America's head in
the ground and assuming
everything will turn out well.
They believe America can do
no wrong and righteously
close their eyes to diplomatic
defeats. Apparently the Re
publican candidate supports
the ostrich approach.
We are fortunate there are
some congressmen like
Charles Porter who recognize
the existence and aspirations
of other people and are will
ing to challenge old concepts.
Unless we treat other peoples
as equals, we will find our
selves alone in a hostile world.
Perhaps if we had listened to
Porter two years ago Cuba
would be friendly.
No man is perfect, but at
least Congressman Porter has
courage to think and fight for
a realistic foreign policy
which is our hope for survival.
Jonathan Marshall
2186 University st.
Eugene, Ore.
Letter Evil
To the Editor: I am happy
to see that you and your
Newsy Newspaper have final
ly decided to get out of the
middle of the road.
In answer to the lady from
Lozler Lane, Mr. Kennedy
and his brother keep bringing
up the religious issue to show
that they are not afraid of it
and to beat others to it.
When I quote from a news
paper clipping I have before
me, "The current farm sup
port program is costing the
taxpayers. $1,000 PER MIN
UTE," I am not too pleased
with the past performance of
either of the entries in the
race.
Even though I have been
raised as a Protestant, I am a
Democrat, and of the lesser
of two evils, I choose The Hon.
John Kennedy, believing that
he can work better with his
prcdomlnatly Democratic con
gress. Owen C. Gearhart Sr.
White City, Ore.
Who's Next?
To the Editor: A few months
ago I inquired of the Jackson
county sheriff and state police
office as to having our resi
dential area posted for speed
and was told I would have to
contact the state speed con
trol board.
I wrote the state speed con
trol office in Salem and re
ceived an answer.
"Dear Sir
"In reference to your letter.
you will have to contact your
local sheriffs office for infor.
motion on this matter.
"State Speed Control Board"
Who do I see now?
Hope you print this.
W. B. Burge
2537 Robin Lane
Central Point, Ore
P.S. - Maybe some of the
prominent1 speeders out here
will slow down.
Seriously Speaking
To the Editor: It was for
my good that a friend warned
we against writing lightly in
these troubled times when
serious thoughts should be up
permost. She made me a chanced,
wuiiiuu, uiuuKii I uu icret mihi
tl U T J- t , . 1.
I should help Nicekitty
Khrushchev to learn our
ways. He simply shouldn t
shake his pudgy little finger.
pound doublefisledly, oriml-
Foreign Notebook:
Tired Princess; French-German
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Editor
From the foreign editor's
notebook:
Midwest Trouble
Fresh trouble is looming in
the Middle East. The surprise
reconciliation last week be
tween King
Hussein of
Jordan and
Premier Ab
dul K a r i m
Kassen of Iraq
when Jordan
r e c o rgnized
the Baghdad
r evolutionary
governm e n t
PHIL NEWSOM
caught United
Arab Republican President
Gam; Abdul Nasser napping.
The alignment between
Jordan and Iraq spells, poten
tial danger for Syria Iraq
never has abandoned its am
bitious plans for an alignment
with Syria and has reiterated
them several times since the
overthrow of- King Faisal.
tate monkey-shines. Too, he
should not say "Everyone in
the UN had his nose in his
hand." He wasn't looking
straight. We Americans use
handkerchiefs.
In Sept. 26 Mail Tribune, I
read that Mr. Khrushchev
ranted. Away back when I
used to rant. It got me no
where. . '
I could have told ol' Funny
face that, but he wouldn't
have listened. Anyone who
ever did listen to me, got no
where, also.
I am for Mrs. Eaton. She
had a perfect right to visit
her foreign friends if she
likes the ones who kowtow
to her while hating her coun
try and all its other citizens.
- With me, "It's love me, love
my dog."
. Personally, I like our land
of sunshine and high taxes
even better than I like our
three purps. I sure do like
Democrats! I kinda like Re
publicans too, but I won't let
on 'til after election.
We gotta have the high
taxes to raise money for shoot
ing equipment, for if the
blamed Russians send a man
up to the moon, we good
neighbors will have to help
him back down to earth. We
are good Samaritans if ever,
and whenever, needed. We'll
raise that tax money if we
have to rake up leaves and
sell 'em -for tobacco. Yes sir,
there's no moss on our roofs.
I sure showed my friend,
Ena, that I take life seriously,
for everything I have written
is important! Don't answer
that.
Meet me at the polls.
Gram,
Jacksonville, Ore.
Nehru Naive?
To the Editor: I heard that
great sophomore debater
Tricky Dick call Senator Ken-,
nedy naive, and I was sad,
then suddenly I remembered
that he called the great Nehru
naive many times.
If this man who is surely
one of the giants of the cen
tury Is naive in the book of
this secret funder, the "naive"
truely must fall like a bene
diction upon this uncommonly
gifted senator.
Lou WUhelm
2905 SE Franklin
Portland 2, Ore.
No Legislation
To the Editor: In Portland
Oct. 6, Lodge gave a magnifi
cent speech. It was like Wood
row Wilson and F.D.R. rolled
Into one - but without the
enabling legislation.
Jim Harris
Box 187
Tualatin, Ore.
Early Bird
To the Editor: TV and peo
ple, wake up! Mothers who
get up at the dawn's early
morning would like some
thing to enjoy with their sec
ond cup of coffee. I would,
any way.
, The world news would be
a good starter early.
A show may be to enjoy
before working very hard"."
The main thing I want too
know is this:
Why are we trying to get
another channat in here when
the one we have isn't awake
until noon?
Husbands will say the wom
en will never get anything
done if TV is on early.
Well, this is a question to
them.
-Why should we women that
stay at home and never leave
the house do &e same thing
every day without a break?
Some will say, I don't have
time to watch TV early. Well,
there are a few whogyould
'"(8) (5 hav( their days
changea' a little, and if you
never leave the house, what
do you do for a change?
Why have another channel
Diplomats believe Nasser now
will tighten his grip on Syria,
and this could mean real
trouble.
Japanese Princttt
They say Japanese Crown
Princess Michiko is "worn
out" from her hectic tour of
the United States with Crown
Prince Akihito. Palace of
ficials in Tokyo have order
ed a "complete rest" for the
pretty young princess before
she and Akihito leave in No
vember for state visits to
Washington Report
By WIlllAM
UPSIDE DOWN -
Washington -This might
well become known to history
as -the year of the upside-
down, presi
dential cam.
paign.
I t abounds
with the odd
and the in
c o n g r uous.
Little has
gone accord
ing to old
form. And if
we do not
know exactly where we are
going, we certainly know we
are going somewhere new.
Long tradition gave a Vice
President nothing to hope for
later, unless his chief, the
President, should die. Having
been a Vice President was, in
fact, an excellent way never
to be deliberately chosen for
President. This time, the Re
publican presidential candi
date, Richard M. Nixon, is not
only a sitting Vice President
but one who reached the top
nomination with no real chal
lenge,
LONG tradition had it that
vice presidential candi
dates should be far more seen
than heard - and not even
seen overmuch. This time,
the vice presidential candi
dates, Sen. Lyndon B. John
son for the Democrats and
Henry Cabot Lodge for the
Republicans, are campaigning
with a no less loud vigor
than their chiefs. They are
stirring a public interest not
incomparably smaller.
Long tradition has it that
vice presidential nominees
were in every way junior to
the heads-of-ticket. This time,
the older and more exper
ienced men are running hap
pily in second place. They are
reversing the old order in
which the younger were al
ways crowding the footsteps
of the older.
Cabot Lodge was powerful
in the very senior Senate
when Nixon was an unknown
freshman in the very junipr
House of Representatives.
Now Lodge takes every cue
from Nixon. A year ago Lyn
don Johnson, as Democratic
leader of the Senate, had a
relationship to Sen. John F.
Kennedy like that of a presi
dent of a large corporation
to jits newest third vice-president.
.
NOW Johnson, the erstwhile
unchallenged leader, fol
lows in every way the lead
of his erstwhile follower,
Jack Kennedy.
Yesterday has become to-
in here that doesn't come on
until noon?
Or this is the main question,
are we being forced into it
by our own channel coming
on late?
Some won't like TV to be
on early. Well, there is an
off and on, on my TV set and
I hope there is one on your
set too.
Iris Huff
Route 3, Box 186B'
Medford
Try and
Whit
-By BENNETT CERF-
A N INGENIOUS SOUL leased the languishing men's hat
department in a big store and soon had the dismal sales
figures perking up. He would edge up to every hatless man
in the store and say, "Get
on the job; stop stalling."
"What do you mean?"
the indignant gent thus
accosted would splutter.
"Tra a CUSTOMER here."
"Pardon me," the hat
man wQuld murmur re
gretfully. "Without a hat,
you look like a CLERK."
Three times out of
four, the customer would
hurry right over to the
hat department and buy
at least one hat to im
press into immediate
service.
Sudden thought by Clif Trevor: "What holler would entue,
if people had to pay the minister as much to marry them aa they
have to pay a lawyer to get them a divorce!" ,
' '
"Flattery," warns William Inge (author of "The Dark at the
Top of the Stairs") "is like perfume. The Idea, is to tmell it, not
wallow it"
Mideast Troubles;
Iran, India, Nepal and Ethi -
oDia.
Outbursts are expected lat
er this month when 3,000
West German troops go into
Eastern France to train in
areas allotted by the govern
ment. Victims of the Nazi re
gime are expected to join
with the Communists in viol
ent anti-German demonstra
tions. But the French police
are likely to crush any dem
onstrations swiftly before any
real trouble starts.
When, as, and if U.S. Gen.
S. WHITE
day and tomorrow. Nixon
used to hold the copyright on
the "tough" campaign line.
Now the elegant Lodge of
yesterday is surely quite as
"tough" - and often "tougher
- as he barnstorms for the
G.O.P. '
A little while ago Johnson,
from his place of great power
in the Senate, could disdain
to speak at all. And when he
did speak on any important
matter he usually read from
a . carefully prepared text
while Kennedy listened and
ad-libbed from the back row,
Now it is Johnson who is
ad-libbing his way across the
country, sampling the pas
trami in delicatessens, patting
startled tots on the back,
throwing away the written
addresses and "giving .'em
hell" like Harry S. Truman,
e
TN THE PAST, the wives of
A candidates were not "is
sues," but for the exception
of Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt
Now Pat Nixon and Jackie
Kennedy are each reckoned
to be a political force hardly
less formidable than a na
tional committee.
Finally, the most unassail
able proof that we are indeed
in changing times comes from
the west. In a recent foray
into Oregon Richard Nium
was brought up short by a
sign, held by a small boy,
reading "Dick and Hank."
"Dick," of course, Nixon
knew pretty well. But "Hank"
he had not thus far run across
until realization came that
Lodge's first name was in
truth "Henry."
It used to be said in Boston
that the Cabots spoke only
to the Lowells and the Low
ells spoke only to God - or
perhaps the other way round.
Here is surely the ultimate
change wrought by the cam
paign: The patrician Cabot
Lodge has now become just
good old Hank.
(Copyright, 1960. by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
Students To Hear
About NROTC Plan
Naval representatives from
the various regular naval re-
service officer training corps
units and naval recruiting sta
tion will visit high schools this
month to speak about the
NROTC program.
According to Chief Murray
J. Emmerich at the Medford
Navy recruiting office, the
students must make applica
tion for the program prior to
Nov. 18, the date by which all
applications must have been
received at the educational
testing service, Princeton, N.J.
The regular NROTC is
government college sponsored
program in which the student
takes a regular four year
course including one naval
science course per semester
and participates in summer
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Stop Me
Training
1 Lauris Norstad steps out next
year as haiu uuiiuuiiiiaer,
there is bound to be trouble
over his successor. French
President Charles de Gaulls
is reported planning to de
mand the job for a French
man, possibly retired Gen.
Jean Valluy.
West German Chancellor
Konrad Adenauer appears set
to support De Gaule. How
ever, U.S. military men are
not likely to let ' this plum
get away from them without
a terrific fight.
In the Days News
By FRANK JENKINS
What of the second debate?
Well, a professional TV
measuring service (American
Research Bureau, Inc.) says an
estimated 62 '4 million per
sons viewed it - about 12 mil
lion fewer than saw the first
one on Sept. 26.
It adds that about 25 per
cent of the sets turned On dur
ing the period were NOT tun
ed to the debate and 40 per
cent of all TV sets weren't
turned on at all.
That is to say: The novelty
tends to wear off.
THE Associated Press mada
another 100-person check
immediately after the debate
in ten cities from coast to
coast.
It found that, in the vast
majority of cases, Kennedy
supporters REMAINED Ken
nedy supporters and Nixon
supporters REMAINED Nix
on supporters. Only 20 of the
hundred reported that they
had been influenced in any
way by the debate, and none
of the 20 changed from one
candidate to the other.
IIERE ARE three opinions,
1a reported by United Press
International:
Former President Truman:
"I think Kennedy got the best
of it."
GOP National Chairman
Thruston Morton: "Nixon was
the clear winner."
Mrs. John Smith, Denver
housewife: "I was making
grape jelly, and didn't watch
them too closely."
A NOTHER interesting opin-
inn?
John Roosevelt, Republican
Son Of FDR. camnaiffninr fnr
the GOP ticket in Oregon,
said in Portland: "The basic
issue of this Prpairlpntial tiV.
et is which nartv pan tin the
better job in foreign relations.
i minic vice-r-resident Nixon
is well equipped to handle for
eign policy."
He didn't nrM hnf nrnlrl
have, that Nixon has the ad
vantage of h&vinff ne his run.
ning mate Henry Cabot Lodge,
wno is growing rapidly in
statesmanship stature. Kenne
dy has as his running mate
Senator Lyndon Johnson, who
was a pretty big man before
he gave his strange and un
expected allegiance to Kenne
dy, but doesn't seem to have
grown much since.
INTERESTING sidelight:
oeurev a e r v i c e agents
checked t h p vlrp
DRINKING WATER. Studio
officials assumed a similar
check would be made to pro
tect Mr. Kennedy's drinking
water, but when questioned
the Secret Kprviro calH tho
law assigns them only to the
president . and the vice-president.
HMMMMMMMMM.
We'vp all hpnrrl nf rinnincf
horses before a big race, but
wno would nave supposed the
time WOnlrl rnme urhpn nnliti.
cians would be suspected of
doping a Presidential candi
date's drinking water before a
debate?
What's politics coming to?
QPEAKING personally, i t
3 seemed to this writer that
Mr. Kennedy had the edge all
the way through. .That isn't
Unnaturalr Ha is tho r-hnlloncr.
er. Mr. Nixon is the defender.
The challenger always has the
advantage in such a case. He
can soar arnunrl in tho unnpr
blue, with no restrictions. The
defender is restricted by his
record.
These are trnuhloH timoc . .
in our country and in the
world. Few people are happy
and contentorl ulth tho wav
things are going. In such cir
cumstances, tne challenger be
comes the knlrjit in shining
armor whose task it is to lead
the people out of the darkness
into the light.
That adds interest tn hia
proposals.
W rJ
CO FAR in these debates, fis
13 cal polios of the cflfdl-
dates and tholr nartios hovo
scarcely been mentioned. To
many ot us, tney seem impor
tant. Our total debt, public
and private, is getting within
shooting distance of a TRIL
LION dollars. That , a lot of
debt. HnV aro ! anninn tn
handle it?
One can't help hoping that
in the two debates that remain
fiscal nollrioa mill hoxnmo
major subject of discussion.'