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MONDAY. OCTOBER 17, 19(0 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE. 5 Washington Report By WILLIAM IT'S "ONE WORLD" En route with Kennedy The great "sleeper" of the presidential campaign has turned up over the little islands of Quemoy and Matsu off Free China stronghold of Formosa. The G.O.P. p r e s idential Willi, a - v a u u u mc, whit. Rich ard M Nixon, and his principal ad' visers have reached a basic decision - and a fateful one to press the swelling issue to me end. . Mr. Nixon has left an im pression that if he should be come president he would fight to defend those offshore islands from any Red Chinese conquest - not concede "an inch of free territory" any' where, as he puts it, to the Communists. Sen. John F. Kennedy has refused to accept in advance any such policy of implied com mitment of American forces. So Nixon now accuses Kennedy of a "woolly think ing" attitude just short of ap peasement. Kennedy now ac- cuses Nixon of a "trigger- happy" attitude which might put this country into nuclear world war over two dots of land and 'rocks not in and of themselves vital to the de fense of Formosa. Formosa it self, he too, would defend at all cost. i i NO GREATER political gamble has ever been un dertaken - by both sides -. in any presidential campaign over bits of ground so small and so far away. Nixon's peo ' pie privately concede that heretofore he possibly had been running a bit behind Kennedy. They see the new Issue as a chance to recoup. They sense an opportunity here to take and to exploit a "tough" line leading the pub lic to conclude that the Re publican ticket would best maintain "peace through strength." But Kennedy's people, too, see the thing as a great op portunity; and they, too, will not flinch from its dangers. They have always been aware that Nixon had a certain edge in his claim of greater exper ience in dealing with cold It's Here! West Main Pharmacy 135 West Main u-B SP 2-2330 S&H GREEN STAMPS ORIGINAL mm CALL US FOR COUNSELING When o family is overwhelmed by grief, it is hard to face practical realities. Ease the burden for your family by making complete arrangements before the need 1 i i TTtl. 1 S. WHITE war problems. But here, thev think, Nixon has let his foot sup in such a way as to open himself to the belief that his experience has led him into recklessness. "THUS somebody is surely going to turn out to be wrong, terribly, about it all The only answer of any value will be given by the voters on election day. There is not yet a cnemical trace of reliable, dispassionate evidence as to what a majority of those voters think now or will think In the polling booth. Over simplifying - as, of course, the Kennedy .- Nixon argument itself is being over simplified in the suddenly rising partisan passions - it comes to this: does the public believe Nixon s position is al together too "tough? Or does it believe Kennedy's position to be far from tough enough? And through all the vast uncertainties lying here, one ironical fact, at any rate, gleams through as clearly as the sunshine of this achingly beautiful early fall: those who said in August that there was "really no difference" be tween the candidates spoke a bit too soon. MOST of the things -which most of us were talking about only a week ago - farm prices, civil rights and all that are still being mentioned, of course, in this campaign cara van, and in Nixon's as well, which this torresp o n d e n t himself shortly will join. But how much do these old and homely things now really weigh in the great balance now so silently, almost secre tively, being drawn up by the American public? Have we reached a point where a presi dential election is really to be settled, to a degree never be fore known in history, not in the East but the Far East, not in the Middle West but in the middle of a world struggle, not in the vast stretches of this continental land but on rocky pinpoints across the world whose very names are still unspellable to millions upon millions? One world. Is it? It is, indeed. (Copyright, 1960, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) Training Center Dedication Set The Army Reserve train ing center at 701 North Co lumbus ave., will be formal ly dedicated., on Veterans Day, -according to Maj. Ray E. Stewart, area commander. The training center has been occupied since June this year and is home station for nearly 200 Army Reservists who make up seven units, Stewart said. Maj. Gen. William F. Dean, retired deputy commander of the Sixth Army, will be prin cipal speaker for the dedica tion, to be held at 12:30 p.m. Nov. 11. General Dean serv ed in Europe during World War II, and was captured and held prisoner by Chinese Communists during action in Korea. General Dean has also been named marshal of the pa rade which will move through downtown streets beginning at 11 a.m. Representatives of the various armed services, along with civic organiza tions, will participate in the parade. Organizations desir ing a place in the parade line may telephone Charles Meyers, SPring 2-8878. ;3 FT- PERL Funeral Home SPACIOUS PARKING LOT HECKLER REMOVED A United Nations soldier from the Ghana detachment, is shown marching an' anti-Lumumba heckler away from the former premier's residence in Leopoldville, The ' Congo, Saturday. U.N. Durno (Continued from Page 1) I believe in orderly proces ses of government. I shall hold fast to my own convic tions and fight for them, but if I am overruled by my as sociates, I shall use only my ability to win friends and al lies by persuasian. If my ideas are not always accepted, I shall not proclaim that "ev erybody is ' out of -step ex cept Eddie and "take my Dat and go home." I do not believe that mav ericks in the United States government accomplish much for the people they repre sent nor for this Nation. . While I am a Republican, I believe that the most impor tant issues facing all of us today are non-partisan and should be treated as such. Kept Out of War . This Republican admini stration, with the help of many sound members of the opposition party, extracted us from the tragic Korea conflict and has' kept us out of war in the most perilous time in our history Our foreign pol icy must remain positive and unshakeable, our. defenses strong, and our people unit ed against a common enemy. He wno attempts to divide the American people for person al and partisan political gain is criminal in fact, if not in intent. i. Our population is constant ly growing older and the problems of our senior citi zens more acute. As a physi cian, I have been in an ex cellent position to see their needs. This problem is one to be solved on the local level wherever possible, with federal assistance when the proper local action is not possible.' Washington, D.C., is terribly far away from a se nior citizen in the Fourth Congressional District' of Or egon. Our 1 senior citizens should not become statistics in a federal bureau. Control when Necessary I am for federal control of programs to aid senior citi zens,, when necessary; for in stitutions of higher learning, research, fellowshms and grants; to support agriculture, and to promote various -other social and economic pro grams only when. such, pro grams are beyond the reach of local government and lo cal people. Because the fed eral government owns so much of our Oregon land now, we regularly send more money to the federal treas ury than we can ever hope to get back in services from a government thousands of miles away, controlled, so of ten, by the large populations of the East. It is in the best self-inter est of every, Oregonlan, and j in the best interest of an eco-'i nomically-stable America, to work for the suppression of the federal super-state, to in tensify our struggle for local control and the dignity and freedom of the individual, to fight for the integrity of the family as the basic political unit. This is the philosophy on which my actions in Wash ington will be based. Edwin R. Durno Republican Candidate for congress in uiaum, State of Oregon. Duncan Attends Interim Committee Robert Duncan, Medford, speaker of the house of rep resentatives, recently attend ed a meeting of the legislative consul committee in Salem. The committee reviews pro posed legislation intended to facilitate legislative business and permit the legislature to operate more efficiently and economically. Also on the agenda was the budget, final planning for the orientation program for new legislators and a progress re port on efforts to secure addi tional work space for legisla- Porter (Continued from page 1) The Rogue river project which was dead when Porter took office has been revived and is now being actively worked on. Porter has long protested administration policies favor ing dictators, the administra tion's dead-end "containment by. isolation' China policy and its failure to meet the challenge of disarmament. ' His condemnation of Dicta tor Trujillo has at last been echoed by the state depart ment 3V4 years later. 1 Porter maintains year-round offices in Medford and Eu gene and makes frequent trips home during sessions nine in 1959-1960. Some of his achievements are: a new Medford federal building, relief for cranberry growers, heavier penalties to insure safer transportation of explosives, full hearings on the Dunes Park proposal and he - conceived and helped found the Oregon Coastal Ports federation. . He supports medical care of aged through the social se curity system, federal aid to schools, housing legislation to make loans more widely avail able, minimum wage increase and common site picketing Porter, 41, was born in Klamath Falls and grew up in Eugene. He won a scholar ship to Harvard and was graduated with honrs. He practiced law- in Eugene be fore his election to congress in 1956.. He served in World War II and is a major in the Air Force reserve. He and his wife, Priscllla, have three sons; Don, 16; Chris, 11; Sam, 8; and a daughter, Anne, 5. Robert R. Van Lear, Eugene, Campaign Manager for ' Portei . NEVER TOO LATE Sutton, England -fllPB- Mrs. Mary Tearle makes her stage debut here Oct. 29. She is 92. Means MORE Savings! FRESH TOMATOES 2 ibs. 15 FANCY HANDS BANANAS 2 ibs. 25 SWEET SPANISH YELLOW ONIONS 5ii. soldiers have surrounded Lumumba's resi dence to protect it from Congolese troops whp have orders to arrest Lumumba if he tries to leave. (UPI Telephoto) Tshombe May Be Brought Into Congo Regime Leopoldville, The Congo - (UPU- Col. Joseph Mobutu s sur prise trip to Katanga raised speculation today that seces sionist Provincial President Moise Tshombe would be brought into the central gov ernment to keep the Congo from splitting up. Mobutu flew to Elizabeth- ville Sunday to confer with Tshombe, an arch-foe of de posed leftist Premier Patrice Lumumba. The army strong man returned to Leopoldville Sunday night. Before boarding a jet for the return portion of the 2,000-mile round trip, Mobutu said, "I asked President Tshombe to receive me for a broad survey of Congolese problems. The atmosphere of our talks was very cordial." Asks Support ' He gave no details but promised to see newsmen to day. Some Congo political sources believed he made the visit to ask support from the eight deputies of Tshombe's Conakat party when he re calls parliament, possibly Tuesday or the day after. Although Katanga has de clared itself independent of tne Congo, the Conakat depu ties possibly could still lend their weight to a majority in parliament since their seces sion has not yet been officially recognized. SCREEN FIGURE DIES Hollywood-dlPD-Clara Kim ball Young, 70, who reigned as one of filmland's most beautiful leading ladies in the first decade of motion pic tures, died Saturday. Bridgeport, Conn. - OIPD - Brunette Annette Driggers, Miss Ne wYork City, has won the Miss United States title. She will represent this country at the Miss World pageant in London Nov. 2. Shop United Buying Power 608 E. MAIN Open 8 a.m. to SALAD Erie, DLW Lines Start Operation As One Company New York-OIPD-Two money losing eastern railroads - the Erie and the Delaware, Lack awanna & Western - formally tied the corporate merger knot today and immediately set Out to demonstrate that two can operate more cheaply than one. The board of directors of the new Cleveland-based com pany, known as the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad Co., holds its first meeting here to map strategy to make good on the boast that the merged car rier will achieve annual pre tax savings ot more than $13.5 million within five years. The Interstate Commerce Commission order approving the merger became effective Oct. 15. The merged carrier, of which Erie is the surviving company, expects to get back on the earnings track through elimination of parallel freight and passenger lines and other duplicating facilities. Many May Lose Jobs One problem that still must be resolved is the fate of some 2,000 employees whose jobs were to have been abolished under the merger plan. Last week a federal judge In De troit ruled the merger could go through as scheduled, but issued a temporary restrain ing order -enjoining the rail roads from laying oft or transferring union workers. A three-man federal court in Detroit will rule on the issue which grew out of a suit brought by two rail unions that seek a four - year Job "freeze." The case will be argued Nov. 15. According to the timetable of the new road, the llrst year of joint operations will see savings of more than $1 mil lion and -more than $6 million at the end of the second year. Two Men Appear in Circuit Court Here James Hary Conlon, route 1, box 228G, Medford, Friday waived right to a grand jury hearing and pleaded guilty in Jackson county circuit court to contributing to the delin quency. Conlon was ordered sent to the state hospital for observa tion. Thomas Weaver, 2681 Mer- riman rd., Medford, Friday in circuit court also waived right to a grand jury hearing,; was arraigned on district - attor ney's Information and Ervin B. Hogan was appointed his attorney. He is charged with obtaining money under false pretenses. : 1 Reserve Officer Attends Course Lt. Col. Thomas A. Culbert- son Jr., air force reserve, 2615 Hillcrest rd., left Med ford recently for Chanute Air Force Base, 111., where he is attending a two weeks man agement and material course. and KNOW You're "T.N.T." POPCORN Yellow or White 2,215, DEL ROGUE - FREESTONE Peaches 5 .H00 SISKIYOU Pear Halves 5 ..M00 NUCOA MARGARINE 5 H.S.D5 Quotes From the flews BY UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL New York Bruce L. Felknor, executive director of the Fair fnmnnlffn PrantlAa onmmlHaa u. - ' - - vv..,,t.,blbc, warning iiicti a iasi- minute anti-Catholic campaign is likeljj before election day: in ti j muivn cuiira oj uiny campaigning, the worst lies always appear at the last minute." Miami William O. Fuller, vowing he will go to Cuba to avenge the death of his son, executed by a Cuban firing squad after conviction as an "Invader:" "I'll go back to Cuba. I'll go back with one of the ex peditions. They wouldn't let me ga last week because they think I'm too old." Havana Revolutionary prosecutor David Dlza Rocha, at the trial of two Americans charged with taking part in an ill-fated invasion of Cuba: "I accuse th U.B. government of aiding these men to invade Cuba trying to overthrow the revolution." Mount Vernon, N.Y. Police Chief William McDonald, ordered to round up the pet ocelots, jaguars and snakes which the Town Council termed a menace: "We've chased pags and goats and raccoons and starlings and the only thing the Council hasn't asked us to round up are pink elephants." Candidates Night Set for Thursday Band music,' massed flags, campaign posters, pictures and bumper strips will pro vide the background for the Candidate's Fair sponsored by the Medford League of Wom en Voters set for Thursday, Oct. 20. Local central committees of the Republican and Democrat ic parties will decorate the Hedrlck Junior high school gymnasium for the regular election season event, accord ing to Mrs. Thomas Rutter, voter service chairman for the league. . Background for the Durno- sorter debate on a congress man's role in foreign affairs will be massed flags of the United Nations provided' by tne state's united Nations or ganization through the local chapter. Campaign booth decorations will include photographs, posters, platform statements, and other campaign materials for the state and county can didates appearing at the fair. The Hedrlck Junior high school band will provide the pre-falr entertainment, Mrs. Rutter said. During the social hour fol lowing the debate and candi dates' speeches, each candi date's table will -be identifid by his "bumpr strip" on a raised standard. Coffee will be served by members of the Medford 20-30 club. One Injured in Two Vehicle Crash One person was injured In a two car collision on West Main st. between Holly and Grape sts. at 9:33 a.m. Sat urday, police reported. Judith Gail Watts, 16, of Eagle Point, was treated at Rogue Valley hospital for in juries received when her car collided with a car driven by Lorraine Jeanette Livesay, 37, of 1012 Murray it., Med ford, police said. Police said the Watts car struck the rear of the car 9 p.m. Daily SP 3 JUMBO i driven by Mrs. Livesay as the Livesav vehicle wan ore- paring to back into a park ing space. No citations were issued. See UB" J Page 132-133 I October 25th Issue Saving! 1 Mtnday, Tuesday, j m w jj Wadntiday Specials Plus Silver Dollar Stamps - 8221 PORK SPARE To Bar-B-Q or ARMOUR'S BANNER 1 -lb. Pkg. SLICED BACON U.S.D.A. CHOICE r-BONESTEAKS PAY TOO LOW New York-IUPB-The head of a policemen's organization re ported Sunday that 60 to 70 per cent of New York City policemen hold outside jobs in violation of the law. John J. Cassese, president of the Patrolmen's Benevolent asso ciation, said 14,000 to 17,000 policemen were forced to take the jobs because their police pay was too low. r Com mtet and htar your can didittsf Frot rtf rtihmontt . and musical tntertainmant Spontortd) by Jackson Co. Young Rap. Club. RIBS Bake 2 Gov. Mark f I Hatfield - v Old Fashioned t I POLITICAL I I RALLY : 1 I Sat., Oct. 22 f - I 6:30 p.m. . lm rs.
