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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.
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either party, although over the years the editorial
Luiuiuuo may iccm iiiui
In the past we have
dowi parties, ana expect
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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
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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
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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. .
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j ''j "v' ' "in ue maue to allow me
widest possible expression of. opinion.
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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
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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
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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.