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Newspaper Page Text; "Everyone in aouUiern Oraion n.., J. 1U- Moll THhiinin frubliahed Daily except Saturday by S3 North tlr St., Ph SPSgMl HEHB GREY Adva-tiilng Manager GERALD T LATHAM Bui Mgr ERIC W ALLEN JR., Mng Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN, Teleg "ior RICHARD JEWETT Sportl Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Woman's Ed.tor DALE ERICKSON. CirciilaUon Mgr An Independent Nawipapar Entered as second class matter at Medlora. wegon. unaw w v. March 3. 1897 ffMnK.n !TVTr1M P4TWS ' . Uy Mall In Advance. Copy 10c Ljauy ana ounai i r i a uauy hu on""" " ...... - .n.llv and Sunday 3 mat Aihland. Central Point Eagle Point. Jacktonvtlle uold Hi" Phoenix Shady Cova, Rogue Rlv - ' . J .... ,Mnn rn 1 it Daily and Sunday J vear I1B 00 Da ' ly and Sunday 1 mo I JO Carrier and Dealara copy 100 "Official Paper of City of MedfiifJ Official Paper of Jackson County United "Prei International Full Leaied Wire rj Pi Telephoto Newplcturei "MEMBER OF AUDIT BIjfcEAB OF CIRCULATIONS . Advertising Renreientative: WEST HOLIDAY CO.. INC Of fice, in New York Chlcaffo Do. trolt. San Francisco. Los Angeles. Seattle. Portland St Louis At- lapta. Vancouver. a.- NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION cnirngisi .. j y v Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the tiles of The Mall Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Oct. 11. 1950 (Wednesday) Most of Jackson county's eight incorporated towns out side Medford and Ashland this week were having diffi culty finding candidates to fill city, offices. Congressman Harris Ells worth will open his campaign for reelection from this dis trict when he arrives here Monday. 20 YEARS AGO Oct. 11, 1940 (Friday) County Clerk George R. Carter completed plans late yesterday for registration of Jackson county men for pos sible military service under the draft law, which will start next Wednesday, From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge .Pot", column: "Ben Mussolini, premier of Italy, faced 200,000 Italians at Pa ri,, o xnri failed to make a speech, though scheduled to do so. It seems the Italian peo ple are not gluttons for vocal punishment like they used to be." ''-' 30 YEARS AGO Oct. 11, 1930 (Saturday) ' A Mail Tribune straw vole showB Sen. McNary will win. Mayor Pipes again demands retractions of allegations of graft in the city administra tion by the city's morning newspaper. , ; 1 40 YEARS AGO Oct. 11. 1920 (Monday) The Gagnon sawmill will start production as soon as few more men can be hired. "The Flying Squadron" of . the Republican party will vis it all sections of Jackson county next week, making speeches along the way. SO YEARS AGO Oct. 11, 1910 (Tuesday) Enrollment in Medford pub lic schools increased from 801 last year to a record high of 1,102 this year-an increase of 24 per cent. What's Your I.Q.7 Nina or ten correct is luperlor; liven or eight Is excellent) five ti lla Is flood. 1. Which State flag has a replica of the Union Jack In corporated in tt? 2.: What does an octagonal shaped highway sign always mean? 3.. What are the national legal holidays? 4, Who was Van Gogh? 6. Is snow or ice heavier? 6, In relation to Japanese tradition, what was unusual about the present Crown Prince Aklhito's marriage? 7. Name the National Chair man of the Democratic party 8. Name the National Chair man of the Republican party D. Name, the Prime Minis ter who was heckled by Nlkl ta Khrushchev while mak ing a speech to the United Nations recently. 10. In its last session the Congress, for the first time in twelve years, passed a ma jor tax, labor, or conserva tion? law? Answers: I. Hawaiian, 2 Full stop. 3. There are none -states declare them. 4. Dutch painter. 6. Ice. 6. Married commoner. 7. Henry M. Jack inn. 8. Thruston B. Morton. 9. Prime Minister HarolcO Macmillan, England. 10, Lt' bor. NATION A I Election Getting Close The general election is four weeks away. Between now and then, the Mail Tribune, in this column, will discuss the 15 ballot measures and make known its recommendations. It also will discuss the 30 candidates who will appear on the Jackson county ballot, and give its rec ommendations on them, too. It should be understood that we are NOT trying to "tell anyone how to vote." But in this dialogue of democracy which goes on before the polls open, paper should be expressed. fXNE other thing should be understood. We are not "trying to pick a winner." ' We would, of course, happen to coincide with the voters, all down the line. But we do not ex pect it, and would be exceedingly surprised if sucn were to nappen. ' We have supported losers so often that we tend, to become philosophical about it, and the inevitable ribbing which accompanies it. However, we shall editorial neck, say what we think about the mea sures and candidates, and then await the results of the balloting with interest. - A ni?nn u u Wuuno milium note, aisu, mat, ine man 4 ., , j I xiic uauci io nut, either party, although over the years the editorial Luiuiuuo may iccm iiiui In the past we have dowi parties, ana expect ' TaAa nffwiv- 1 .-. ri o aiwcmy!, vu imae we know, and have observed, of the candidates, and our. assessment of them as individuals and public servants. . i. One hopes that all voters will do the same, and not be swept away by any silly "my party right or wrong'f sort of thinking. E. A. Diversity of Views Tv, AA1H i l ... . - . ii. ii- C,"U1"U" matting us own views known, the Mail Tribune will do its best td report the views of the various candidates, and of the suPPorters and opponents of the ballot measures. The communications column will be open, munis DUOV.C luiiitauuiiB, io an comers oetween now and election day,, and if past performance la arm pi'if ai'irw U ,ill K ..,li 1 j vMwiiuii, 11, win uc 'Weii-LlbtJU. As a roonlf an l,nn,timA nfi it v .wuu.v, mm uEvauoc UJ. BlllljJie lclCK OJ. space, it may become necessary to give prefer ence to short letters over long ones, and to those irom new contributors over some of the "habitual"- letter-writers. . Pllf AVQl'u affnt.t- i.,,n U . 1 - n j ''j "v' ' "in ue maue to allow me widest possible expression of. opinion. I a. JN addition, next week Muwiivowuii ui a ociitJB ui Biai,e!nenr.s iiir nished by the candidates for local offices. No charge is made for publication of the rnnrli'rlnfoo' afafatnanfo n enn ...nuj .1 owbi,ju5uio, lu uuy wuius me al lowed, and the statements will be run exactly as presenoea. v 10 nuijcu who wui jjiuvme an auuea msignt into the people seeking public office, and their aims, objectives, experience, and philosophy. by the League of Women .Voters, also will be given space. THE number of registered voters jn Jackson be8Deaks both a DTfiWhh in - I O jujiUiMVlWlii UI1U C IVjHI interest in the election itself. ine siignt edge on registration totals held by the Democrats over the Republicans is insig nificant, insofar as forecasting the outcome of any race is concerned falthouo-h the prnwt.h nf the margin may be indicative of a trend). For one thing, the number of those registered as independent or miscellaneous is more than the Democratic margin. And for another, there are enough people in both parties who are registered-only "nominally," Mt.i th ,vic CIO tlicy piCctBC, tu LlCLiUe uie outcome of any of the races. Some people vote a "straight party ticket," but we suspect they are ui a minority. Cj. a. Information As to the 15 state measures, and the single county-Wide one, some of them are largely rou tine, "housekeeping" measures, which generate no particular controversy. Others, however, are highly controversial. The two which probably will create the most heat are those to make Oregon a daylight saying time state, and to regulate billboards on interstate highways and throughways. The Mail Tribune has already stated its views on some of the measures (including the two mentioned above), and will do so again. IN short, this newspaper will do what it can to insure that no voter need go into the polls ignorant of the candidates and issues. Voters also will have much information avail able to them on radio, television and in other publications, notable among which is the Infor mation Sheet of the League of Women Voters, which is herewith commended. Despite all this wealth ple "just won't bother" to vote at all, and others Will show up on election day with only the haziest ,idea of what it's all about. Which is a sad commentary on what we Doast, is uie world s greatest democracy. E. A. we feel the views ot the be delighted if our views the majority view of continue to stick out the , i . . j i. i ,t n r i ji. uiuiicneu any way Willi c ujic way umu an u unci. supported candidates of to ao so tnis year. . . .. J . i i uui uecisions on wnai p m . , . . the Mail Tribune will nnnnlpfiAn onA o vanl Available of material, some neo- MEDFOHD MAIL Dennis the 'Listen j TMOym 1 oionV wwr td piav 'fbucw we LcacerY .. . Communications . . . Letters 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. - Get Behind Durnol To the Editor: There are a few morsels of wisdom in your Porter vs. Durno edi torial with which I can agree. First, "Porter is erratic." Agreed. He has "a quick and incisive mind." His mind is so quick and his decisions so erratic that he constantly finds himself running for a touch down without the ball, lie calls his own plays, uses his own field but still manages to attract the attention of quite a crowd. a He will, "when shown he is wrong, admit, and then un daunted (great word) seek new solutions." Again agreed. If it's possible to show him he's wrong, he'll gladly go off in a new direction (and quickly), and again admit he's wrong. However, he has many times pledged himself to the philosophy that if the vast ma jority of his constituents want him to do one tning ana ne disagrees, he'll go the other way. Still he maintains he does a good Job o represent ing his district. You state Dr. Durno is an "innate conservative." Through the years, the word "conservative" has through abuse by non-conservatives gained a connotation of "do nothing" government. That it is part and parcel of a fat, penny-pinching, slave-driving industrialist. Conser v a t i v e government, sir, is govern ment dedicated to the protec tion of individual rights and freedom. Conservative govern ment believes and trusts its people to build and maintain their freedom with individual initiative and with less rather than more federal control. You are correct when you say the "world is crying for courage, brains, and the abil ity to seek new solutions, new answers . . ." But not new approaches. The basic approach should always be the same-the individual man and his freedom. Mr. Porter's approaches are always through the magic of federal control and the inexhaustible basket of public funds. This is the surest way of submerging our selves and our identity. Dr. Durno is quite aware of this and fortunately, a growing number of Oregon citizens are also aware of it. v I'm sure Mr. Porter is ac tive, industrious, sharp, but I'm afraid if we give mm me ball on the next play, he'll run for the goal line we're defending. Hal Hardin, . 2460 Spring Blvd., Eugene, Ore. "Comic" Drivel To the Editor: If parents valued their homes and their children's welfare as they should, they would take more care than they are at present to surpervise the literature the youngsters read. Into almost every home to day there is filtering the most pernicious reading matter for children that ever rolled off a printing press. Calling it a "national disgrace," Sterling North wrote this stirring de nunciation in the Chicago Dally News: "Virtually every child in America," he said, "is read ing color comic magazines- a poisonous musnroom growui of the last few years. Ten mil lion copies of those sex horror serials are sold every montn, One million dollars are taken from the pockets of America's children in exchange for eranhic insanity . . . The bulk of these lurid publications de pend for their appeal upon mayhem, murder, torture, and abduction-often with the child as the victim. Superman heroes, voluptuous females in scanii' attire, blazing machine gunJr hooded justice and TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. Menace cheap political propaganda are to be found on almost every page. "The j old dime novels in which an occasional redskin bit the dust were classic lit erature compared to the sa distic drivel pouring from the presses today. ' "Badly drawn, badly writ ten, and badly printed-a strain on young eyes and nervous systems-the effect of these pulp-paper nightmares is that of a violent stimulant. Their crude blacks and reds spoil the child's natural sense, of color, their hypodermic injec tion of sex and murder make the child impatient with better though quieter stories. Unless we want a coming generation even more ferocious than the present one, parents and teach ers throughout America must band together to break the 'comic' magazine." Henry Johnson Jr., 2400 Highway 66, Ashland, Ore. Naivete To the Editor: How naive can you get? I'm referring to your recent editorial "Who's Shocked?" In expressing the same opinion as the "Blond girl with a pony tail hairdo" in Stewart Alsop's article which appeared in the Satur day Evening Post and the lat est issue of the Reader's Di gest, you reveal a shocking inability to grasp the signifi cance of the lesson so pain fully learned at Munich. You cannot sate the appetite of a power-mad aggressor by giving up your rights and principles piecemeal under the threat of war. The statement attributed to Mrs. Neuberger is almost iden tical to a statement released by the State Department in regard to Korea, which many believe to have precipitated that costly and agonizing struggle. Probably nothing we could do would so surely make a major war inevitable, as a cowardly retreat from our position in Berlin. We have the choice of insisting on our full rights anywhere in the world or resign our selves to abject and complete surrender everywhere. Howard Wilson, Route 1, Box 280, Central Point, Ore. Partisan View To the Editor: Although a temporary n o n-resident of Jackson county I have been reading, with considerable in terest, the editorials and let ters about the dog control measure and the attempts of those within the District At torney's office who are asked to "clarify" the matter. Permit me to s u g g e s t another conclusion to be made from this "serio-comic drama", namely, that this epi sode brings into brilliant fo cus the sort of statements that the public need NOT ex pect from the District Attor ney's office after the Novem ber election. I refer, of course, to that time when Alan B.- Holmes (who is opposed by Mr. Scan nell) has assumed the duties of this office which so obvi ously demands much better public relations. Ron James Willamette Law School Salem, Ore. Somebody's Craty ,. To the Editor (and Game Commission): S o m e body is crazy! Opening a special deer season in designated areas as late as November 0 com pletely wrong. After all, here it is only the first week in Oc tober and even in the high hills the bucks are sparring. What will they be like in another month? How many of you so-called sportsmen and city hunters U.N. Assembly Meeting Thus Far More Than Oratorical Orgy; Actions Listed By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign Editor It would be wrong to dis miss the first three weeks of the United Nations Gen eral Assembly as just an or atorical tread ni i 1 1 or . so much sound and fury, sig nifying noth ing. There have, in fact, been some rather notable pm!' mswsom developments. An attempt to set up a score sheet to' date must in clude these: The admission of 17 new nations to the U. N., bringing its membership to 99. In the United . Nations this is the "Year of Africa." It also is the beginning of an era in which the small nations have it In their power to wield, by joint pressures, influence ri valing that of the big powers. The head-on clash between would eat an over-ripe beef steak? Did you ever stay in the kitchen long enough to enjoy the odor of a 'fresh buck steak frying? Quite en joyable! Did you ever try to stay in the kitchen or even in the house while a run-out steak was frying? Well, it just plain stinks! Each year more and more people have taken to the woods with their trusty shoot ing irons, so, why, when so many more deer are being killed, shot at or wounded, does the game commission figure certain areas such as the Applegate are over populated? How about our grand children? Do you suppose we can preserve a few tasty mor sels so they will know what a good buck tastes like? Any one originating a recipe with in the means of the ordinary housewife, pease remember to send it to us. . Cliff and Ellen Chllders Route 2, Box 55E Jacksonville, Ore. (Upper Applegate area) Billboard Questions To the Editor: Some ques tions I. would like answered before I would vote to outlaw outdoor advertising: Is this the beginning of government regulation of com munications? Who is to assume the bur den of taxes now being paid by those who will be adverse ly affected by this curtail ment of their rights to adver tise their products and serv ices? Will our many tourist at tractions situated off the main highways be visited as often and enjoyed by as many when they become difficult to find? Do the investments in Ore gon's Interest represented by the garden clubs and Izaak Walton Leaguers equal the investments represented by the people depending on this means of presenting their pro ducts and services to the public? Are the newspapers back ing this proposal honestly trying to serve the public in terest, or do they see in the hue and cry of the minority pressure groups a golden op portunity to put a competitor for the advertising dollar out of business? ' When we' hear absolutely no adverse comment from tourists concerning billboards who assumes that our visitors are offended by them? When we are engaged in an almost frantic effort to find new sources of public funds, is it wise to eliminate any legitimate stimulant to com merce? Who in hell gave our law makers the power to offer us bribes with our own money? It could be argued that these are not the most intelli gent of questions, but, the answers ought to be interest ing. E. E. Carpenter, Route 1, Box 435B, Gold Hill, Ore. Resolve The Problem To the Editor: It was with great interest that we read County Clerk Madden's ex planation of the potential re sults of the November vote on the doc control measure. Mr. gladden may not be confused, as he so stated m the article, but plenty of us are.. The statement in question is the following, which is quoted di rectly from the newspaper ar ticle. , "If dog control is repealed in the county and approved in each of these precincts, then it may bw-ENFORCE IN EACH PRECINCT. If dog con trol is approved in the county and repealed in any of these precincts, then dog.'ontrol 7 Soviet Premier Nikita Khru shchev and U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold. This Was certainly the most dramatic event of the opening Weeks, and it marked an out-and-out attempt by the Soviets to' remold the U.N. into an in strument of their own foreign policy. Closely related to these events have been others which promise to influence not only U.N. policy but U.S. foreign policy as well for years to come. One of these was President Eisenhower's offer to channel U.S. aid to underdeveloped na tions through the United Na tions and to furnish the Unit ed Nations with new muscle through contributions of men, material and money. In sharp contrast to Eisen hower's vote of confidence in Hammarskjold was Khru shchev's unbridled attack on the secretary-general and his drive to extend the U.S.S.R.'s Yeto power. The stands taken by the two men sharply underlined the fundamental differences with which they regard the U. N. From this stemmed the un comfortably close-up view given the new members of the pulls and tugs of the cold war, including attempts by both East and West to pin "colonial" tags on the other. Khrushchev's tirades won little sympathy from the new nations. They had expected greater dignity in the world parliament. But, similarly the United States, too, came in for criti cism for its roughshod tactics opposing the five-nation neu tral proposal for a resumption of face-to-face diplomacy be tween Khrushchev, and Eisen hower. ' Perhaps the greatest and most far - reaching develop ment was the new awareness of small nations of their po tential power. Hammarskjold underlined it when he said the United State and Russia could take care of themselves. The Unit ed Nations, he said, was the refuge of small nations. would BE ENFORCED BY THE COUNTY because of Its greater authority." I wonder if Mr. Madden would mind explaining why the precinct apparently be comes the greater authority it it votes for control and the county repeals it, but when the reverse is true then' the county becomes the greater authority. -This is not just quibbling over technicalities -there is a definitely one-sided interpretation of the law here. We who circulated petitions to allow this measure to be decided on a' precinct basis were under the impression that our votes would decide the matter at least in our own neighborhood. Now we find that, on a precinct basis, our votes will count only if we approve control. This is like marking a ballot that has but one choice. 1 I wonder" if the revenue po tential of this measure is be clouding somebody's judg ment. After all, each dog who steps over his own property line for a moment represents $10 on the hoof, and even al lowing for the cost of addi tional force Mr. Hagler deems necessary for enforcement, there probably would be a great deal left over for that bottomless pit known as the general fund. If control, not revenue! is the honest objec tive, proper enforcement of the present licensing regul tions would accomplish the purpose. Let's hope the matter is resolved once and for all by a resounding "Yes" vote on dogs running at large in the county, come next November Mrs. Donald G. Stuart, Route 4, Box 348-B, Medford. Let Them Howl To the Editor: Every child learns with his oatmeal and toast that the Republican party is the party of big business. Now what is the goal of big business? It is to in crease the efficiency of man power and plant to the point that a huge exportable sur prVis is created that could com pete in foreign markets. This constant artriving for efficiency and lower costs has brought on automation. With autonation . has come in creased unemployment. Who is going to care for the dispossessed? That is, create new jobs or help tide them over until they can provide for themselves. No doubt about it. It is the Democratic party to whom they musf and will turn for assistance. Now let the Republicans howl! uavia 1 risen, p n nv 2sl2. Whiten,. Or.. Matter of Fact bv j.Ph ai.oP A VAUNT, YE AD MENI Washington Vice-President Richard M. Nixon pulled even with Sen. John F. Ken nedy in th second round of tneir joim or deal - by - tel evision. Such was this re porter's opin ion, at any rate, for what it maybe worth. It probably is not worm much, since this reporter also judged the first round was a draw, as n (nmiri nut. this was a minor ity view. The majority view of the first round was ex pressed by the numerous tte publican leaders who bom barded the Vice - President with dire warnings that ne had "looked awful" and had "sounded like Tom Dewey. Maybe, therefore, the opin ion given above underesti mates Nixon's second-round performance, and maybe it underestimates Kennedy's. In any case the most important and immediate result of the second round was a result helpful , to Nixon: The signs of panic, the sense of slump, have vanished from the Nixon camp. '. T-kESPITE the huge crowds that have turned out to hear the Vice-President in the days just before the debate, there were plentiful signs of incipient panic in this period. There was a sharp, quite open disagreement about the kind of campaign tactics that Nixon ought to employ. There was a bombardment of the Nixon safari by the Republican lead ers already mentioned. There was open glumness and lack of self-confidence. . Above all, there were the extraordinary, openly panicky scenes enacted in Washington in preparation for the second television show. Grandees of the Republican Party spent days arguing about the tech nicalities of lighting, the ef fects 1 of different kinds of back, drop, and the drawbacks and advantages of different kinds of pancake makeup. Nothing quite like this has ever been seen before in American politics. IN THE outcome, the light ing was kinder to the Vice President, and his make-up, whatever it was, proved more successful. Though it sounds silly to say so, it is a fortun ate thing, - healthy for the country,, that the Vice-President, looked better the second time than he did the first. For the discussion of Nixon's wan appearance during the first debate had reached the stage of being discreditable and ridiculous. To date, in truth, a good deal of the public and private In the Day's News By FRANK From United Nations: The drive in the U.N. As sembly to bring President Eisenhower and Premier Khrushchev together at the conference table finally fail ed, and five neutralist nations withdrew their resolution urg ing a U.S.-Soviet SUMMIT meeting. TS THAT a calamity? - Personally, I doubt it. Our experience with "sum mit" meetings hasn't been particularly happy. We held one at Tehran back in 1943. It was participated in by Britain's Churchill, America's F.D.R. and Russia's Joseph Stalin. It wound up with a declaration that stated in part that the three nations repre sented "shall work TOGETH ER in the war and in the peace ... to BUILD A WORLD OF DEMOCRATIC NATIONS." Russia's chief job now is to DESTROY the democratic na tions. THERE was another "sum mit" meeting at Yalta in 1945. It agreed upon the split-up in Eastern Europe that resulted in the carving up of Germany in the manner that is now causing so much troubleein Berlin and in giv ing to Russia the hopeful little' nations of Czechoslo-'akia, Po land, Estonia, Latvia, Hun gary, etc. - all of which now have their necks under the heel of Russian communist despotism. i ' THERE was another summit meeting away back at the beginning of the 1800s. It was participated in by Napoleon Bonaparte and Czar Alexan der I of fc'ssia. We all know what Boflaparte was - if, that is, we haven't forgotten our history lessons. Czar Alexan der I was a fuzzy sentimental ist who was fond of saying that "he would gladly have MONDAY, OCTOBER 10. I960 comment on, tnis campaign has suggested that presidential candidates are like dogfood. The packaging has got all the attention; the contents of the packages far too little. The "image" has been exalted, the program downgraded. So it is time for somebody or other to cry "Avaunt," or even shout, "Go to the devil," to the "im age" - merchants who hava seeped into American politics from Madison Avenue. IT WAS only just that the physcial aspect of the Nix on "image" was improved, by such vast efforts and after such weighty debate, for his television appearance on Fri day night. For Nixon has been the chief victim of the "im age" theory of politics. Fur thermore, the effort to present a politically saleable "image" has done worse things to him than were done by the tele vision makeup artist who chose to smear the Vice-President's face, for the first de bate, with a product called "Lazy Shave." Until the second round on television, at least, this cam paign's "image" Nixon has been simple, folksy, elabor ately humble, constantly plati tudinous and full of marsh-mallow-type optimism. The real Nixon, as anyone knows who has studied the Vice-President in action, is quite dif ferent. He is complex, not simple. He is withdrawn, not folksy. He is ambitious, not humble. He is intelligent, not platitudinous. And -he is a rather somber realist, and not a marshmallow optimist. THE real Nixon, in other words, is a vastly more interesting and impressive and formidable fellow than the "image"-Nixon who' has appeared on the campaign platforms. But apparent ly it was felt that the real Nixon was rather too formid able, too controversial (that ghastly word), too un-bland and too un-homogeOnized to appeal to the mass taste. Symptoms of the abandon ment of this theory were hap pily observable in the second round of the ordeal-by-television. In addition, the re stored self-confidence of the Nixon camp is a result of very real meaning. If Nixon's candidacy had not got a lift on Friday eve ning, the consequences would have been pretty awful. But there was a real lift. The dis couragement and disarray that were so obviously setting in were overcome in an hour.v The break-through the Kenne dy people were hoping for was also prevented. The contest ants have now started the next lap running hard, with no visible gap between them, (c) 1980, New York Herald Tribune Inc. JENKINS everyone free - if everyone was PREPARED to do freely what he wished" and adding that he would "gladly abolish serfdom in Russia, even if it COST HIM HIS HEAD - but civilization was not yet far enough advanced to make abolishment of serfdom feas ible." : .. And so on. fTiHE two imperial sum miteers met on a raft in the middle of the Niemen river near a place called Tilsit and carried on their foolish ness for 11 days. Among other things, A-l e x a n d e t struck an attitude and said to Napoleon: "What is Europe? WE are Europe!" They had themselves a ball. If the world had had TV in those days, the TV boys would have gone to town in a big way. If there had been newspapers that were free to print THE NEWS and free to make honest profits big enough to send their special correspondents to Tilsit, they would have done so and their editors would have written hifalutin' editorials about the importance of SUMMIT meetings. HISTORIC note: After the big SUMMIT meeting at Tilsit, EUROPE WENT TO POT AGAIN. So O I think It is perhaps just as well that this much - publicized meeting between Ike and Kroosh has fallen apart again. Visitors To State Capitol Total 12,769 Salem - (UPD - The Oregon state capitol building had 12. 769 visitors this summer, 261 more than In 195,9 and a new record. The 1959 summer fig ure was 12,508.