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History from the dies el The
Mill Tribune 10. 20. 30. 40
and SO yurt loe.
10 YEARS AGO
Oci. It, If SO (Wednesday)
Tbc Medford city council
last night passed an ordin
ance authorizing the leasing
of city-owned ; property at
Camp White ior limited graz
ing privileges.-
The boxcar shortage that
has crippled the lumber in
dustry here all summer now
appears to be casing off, ac
cording to lumber spokesmen.
20 YEARS AGO ''
Oci. IS, 1940 (Friday)
. t Draft registration in Jack
son county last Wednesday
totalled 3,581 men, between
the ages of 21 and 35 years of
age; this figure Includes 1,640
In Medford and 515 In Ash-
. land, ..,-.' .' -.- . .
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "All
the straw vote takers consid
er the 'Don't Know' vote In
their prognostications. As
they have .only had about
three years to make up their
minds, it is highly probable
they are also the Don't Care
vote. There Is also the Never
Will Know vote."
30 YEARS AGO
Oci. IS, 1930 (Saturday) .
The Rogue river fish sltii
aiion is tense with charges
and counter - charges being
thrown by opponents and pro
ponents of the river fish bill.
Dr. W. W. Howard return
ed to his home in Medford
last week after killing a
moose in Canada:
40 YEARS AGO
Oci. II. 1920 (Monday)
A Talent hunter walked
lately out of the woods in
the Wagner creek area yes
terday after wandering around
lost for four days.
The first snow of the sea
son fell in the hills around
the valley yesterday and fog
blanketed the valley floor.
SO YEARS AGO 1
Oci. IS, 1J10 (Tuesday)
The Mail Tribune did not
publish today as the city's
source of power at Gold Ray
was shut down for the entire
day so new machinery could
be Installed - at the power
plant.
What's Yonr l.Q.?
Nlae er Nn correct Is superior:
Sevan er eight h eatallser; five or
hi Is ioeeV
1. Who was the woman in
"The Tale of Two Cities" who
always knitted?
2. Name the capital of
Kansas.
' 3. How many children did
Brigham Young have?
4. Who was the first wife
of King Henry VIII?
5. What Is the color of cor
roded copper?
6. On what day did God
create man?
7. What river flows
through Paris?
8. Who was Becky Thatch
er's sweetheart?
. 9. How many cups of but
ter In a pound?
; 10. What kind of acid is
formed in milk when it sours?
; Answers: 1. Madame Le
farge. 2. Topeki. 3. Fifty-iix.
4. Caiberine of Aragon. S.
Green. I. The sixth day. 7.
Seine. 9. Tom Sawyer. 9. Two.
10. tactic acid.
i America's ( I r it World's
Fair was held In New York
City in 1833. A huge Crystal
Palace was built on the site
of Bryant Park behind today's
New YOrk Public Library on
42nd St.
No. 6 An Important One
Ballot Measure No. 6 is, in some ways, prob
ably the most important of any of the 15 state
measures which will be up for decision at the
general election.
On its success rests, in large part, the capa
bility of Oregon's university and colleges to
meet the demands of the crucial years ahead.
And, unfortunately, there is a good chance
for misunderstanding of
it would do. We hope
marking their ballots on
.
MO. 6 would increase
' which can be borrowed for the construction
of dormitories, cafeterias, sports facilities, and
so on, at Oregon's institutions of higher educa
tion.' ; ' . '
This will be a continuation of the present,
and historic, practice of
ings, which constitute
buildings. . . ;
These bonds are NOT
they are paid for from
by tnose using tnem.
And, with school enrollment expected to in
crease by more than two
ade, many more such buildings will be needed.
e
IT cannot be stressed too heavily that this is NOT
a tax measure : it is instead a TAX SAVING
measure, for if these buildings cannot be built
with borrowed money
users' fees, then they will have to be built with
tax money.
That much should
voters. i ,
.The chances for misunderstanding arise from
a poorly-worded ballot
phasize that it is not a tax levying measure, and
the fact that another measure, close to it on the
ballot, is worded similarly, and IS a taxing
measure. .
The key words to watch for are ."Higher Edu
cation .in the ballot title. It reads:
-."State bonds for Higher Education facili
ties." - '
THE purpose is spelled
'.'To amend Constitution to permit the state
to increase its bonded indebtedness to construct
additional self-liquidating higher education fa
cilities." Again, we emphasize the importance of the
measure important not only to the big Univer
sity at Eugene and College at Corvallis, but also
to Southern Oregon College in Ashland, and to
the others.
It is badly -needed. It had the unanimous
support of the legislature. It has no known oppo
sition amon informed people.
: Arid it will save taxes in the long run. -E. A.
Francis for Attorney General
In the editorial above, we mentioned that
the ballot title for measure No. 6 . is poorly
worded. i
; It is the responsibility of the attorney gen
eral's office to write the ballot titles. i
This is one of the reasons '(but only one) that
we will not support Robert Y. Thornton for re
election as attorney general this year.
. We supported him four years ago, but this
year our endorsement goes to Carl H. Francis,
his Republican opponent.
THORNTON has had a stormy career some of
it not his fault. Some of his problems have
arisen from the fact that he has been a Demo
cratic official in a state administration which has
been dominated by Republicans during much of
his two terms.
But some of his difficulties have been of his
own making. He has not worked harmoniously
with the governors who have served during his
term, Republican or Democratic alike.
And, while he claims that his record of re
versals, when his opinions have been tested in
court, is good, the frequency with which this has
happened leaves his claim open to question.
UIS record, in short, is not one to inspire confi
1 dence, and, despite a personal liking for the
man, we cannot recommend that he be returned
for a third term.
His opponent has an excellent reputation,
earned by long years of service in the legislature
(both houses), and in other areas of public
service.
If elected, we would expect him to spend
more time doing his "homework" on the state's
legal affairs, and less time than Thornton has
in organizing crime prevention conferences
worthy projects, no doubt, but of questionable
relationship to the office.
The Mail Tribune's endorsement goes to Carl
H. Francis for attorney general of Oregon. E.A.
"Yes" for No. 7
Every qualified voters in the United "States
should have an opportunity to cast his vote for
president, regaiTiless
quauncauons.
Ballot Measure No. 7 would permit anyone,
qualified in all respects but six months residence,
to do so. .
It merely would mean that no one would be
disenfranchised on the Presidency solely because
he had recently moved from one state to another.
We recommend a "yes" vote for No. 7. E. A.
the measure and what
voters will be careful in
this one.
the amount of money
financing these build
about half of all campus
paid for out of taxes :
the fees and charges paid
- thirds in the next dec
which is paid back from
be remembered by all
, ,
title, which does not em
out on the ballot thus
of arbitrary residence
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contrary is often rue case.
The Nlxons' Church
To the Editor: During the
week of September 25, 1960
you printed a letter from
Mildred E n g m a n accusing
Vice-President Nixon df not
standing by the "church of
his faith", and 'hypocritically
trying to straddle the fence.'
At that time I had a Quaker
relative visiting me from
Richard Nixon's home town,
Whittler, Calif. Upon return
ing home, she verified the
following facts by talking to
members of the Nixon family
his pastor at the-time they
were living in Whittler, and
active members of the church,
First, Vice-President and
Mrs. Nixon have been and
still are faithful members and
in good standing of the East
Whittier Friends Church and
attend services whenever they
are there and it is at all pos
sible to do so.
Second, there Is no Dastoral
Friends Church in Washing-
ion, u.u. which obviously
makes it Impossible for them
to attend the church of their
faith. There is a "Conserva
tive Friends Meeting" which
is an entirely different form
of service. Nevertheless, they
did attend this for awhile,
but not having a background
of silent worship, they did not
feel at home and felt the need
of pastoral ministration.
Quakers are small in num
bers and are found all over
America worshipping in other
Protestant churches when
they are in communities
where their own denomina
tion is not represented, Thus,
with their fellow-members,
Vice-President and Mrs. Nix
on c h o s e the ; Methodist
Church as the one that
answered their spiritual needs
while they are away from
home. However, the most im
portant point is that on Sun
day they and their family
worship together in the house
of God "in sincerity and in
truth."
Mrs. I. C. Williams
511 King st.
Medford.
GOP Rally
To the Editor: We are de
sirous of informing Jackson
county voters, regardless of
party affiliation, about the
Republican Rally sponsored
by our group on Saturday,
Oct. 22, at 6:30 p.m.
This event, which will be
held on the Courthouse lawn,
will afford the people of
Jackson county an opportu
nity to meet as well as hear
the Republican candidates tor
state and county offices.
Gov. Mark Hatfield, who
has been a featured speaker
throughout our nation, and
Dr. Edwin Durno, candidate
for congressman, will be the
main speakers of the evening.
Eve Nye and John Dellen
back as well as other Repub
lican candidates will also be
heard from.
We urge the voters of Jack
son county to wear football
game clothing and to be on
hand the night of Oct. 22 for
the Young Republican rally.
Hot coffee and other refresh
ments will be served.
Thank you for this oppor
tunity to tell the readers ot
your column about this
unique event.
Mrs. Lloyd R. Bishop,
Chairman,
Jackson County Young
Republicans
Mrs. Robert F. Wilcox,
Secretary,
Jackson County Young
Republicans
A "Second Home"
To the Editor: After having
read the article' In-recent is
sue on the proposed closing
of Sacred Heart hospital, will
the people far and near sit
wringing their hands saying
"How sad," "What a shame,"
yet do absolutely nothing to
TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE.
IF THIS IS A REAWT
NISHT?
ward an attempt to remedy
the situation?
True, there is a huge in
debtedness. Why not? What
other hospital or any institu
tion would continue to give
unlimited charity as they do?
There are hundreds of ex-
patients owing thousands of
dollars. Most of them do not
deprive themselves of the
price of a carton of cigarettes
to apply on accounts. A drop
in the bucket but enough
drops soon would fill it.
What hospital other than
Sacred Heart would put
table outside the kitchen door
to feed transients day after
day. not one meal but all
three?
Many have fallen for the
idea of one community hospi
tal to serve all. Have they
considered the rigid visiting
hours adhered to by all ex
cept Sacred Heart?
Do they realize that only
The Sisters" are on hand
to welcome wife, husband,
relative of the patient any
time during 24 hours? If nec
essary an extra couch is put
in the room so a member of
family may spend the night,
when critical illness is in
volved. My personal experience at
Rogue Valley hospital - I was
Invited to visit a patient in
private room-was to be given
a visitors card, then the desk
clerk watched the clock. At
exactly 2 o'clock she said
You may go up now, visit
ing hours end at 4 o'clock.
Return your card to desk as
you leave. Jail??
There are some excellent
businessmen in town who pro
fess to be A-l campaigners at
raising funds. Why not get
together with a dollar for
Sacred Heart hospital? Or
would not the Idea fit in with
local politics?
Last, what has become of
the babies Sister Mary Nor
bert has assisted into this dis
trict over a period of nearly
50 years?
Are not any of them will
ing to see that her one desire
be granted?
She recently remarked "I
hope I will be permitted to
remain in Medford all my
life."
Surely some solution can
be made to put Sacred Heart
hospital in the black, per
suade Sister Luke to stay so
that many of us may continue
to have our "second home."
Mrs. L. A. Diamond
520 DeBarr ave.
Medford
Friendly, Again
To the Editor: One nice
thing running for office the
runners get friendly again.
For years If you didn't have
a coat and white collar you
were politely (?) overlooked.
I'm quoting the remarks I've
heard, as well as my own ob
servations. The following are
also not only my own ideas.
If Dr. Durno, as he says,
wants to do so very much for
the people in this area, we
believe he should do it in the
field he knows and the one
that has made him wealthy
and a leader in the field
medicine. If he would work
as hard and spend as much
for a free clinic for those
children and folks here, who
cannot have the services of
surgeons (I hear he is the best
in town) and other specialists
with their high prices, he
would be truly doing as he
says: "I want to help you
people."
I believe he could save the
Sacred Heart hospital from
closing by working for it as
he did the other one. If he
were not a doctor and was
really qualified, I'd vote for
him, but he has spent years
in the field of medicine and
belongs to It by his oath and
his own words in speeches.
W need to keep him here.
Americans Absorb Rude Shocks During
Postwar Era; Democracy Not Automatic
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Editor
In the 15 years since the
United States began putting
together again
-anJ with men,
Ul oucv a ii u
mate rials a
world ripped
a s u n der by
World War II,
public o p i Ir
ion has had to
absorb many
a rude shock.
phil newsom ine rirsi or
these, and perhaps the hard
est, was the realization that
foreign aid poured out by the
American people did not nec
essarily generate friendship
for the United States or even
gratitude.
A second, of which realiza
tion has come more slowly,
is the discovery that democ
racy and political stability, as
it is known in most Western
nations, receives only lip serv
ice or still is far in the fu-
We think, he wants to get
in there for the prestige he
thinks it will get him. A doc
tor is neveri forgotten for his
good deeds, and he will fight
any bill on medical help that
comes up. '
This sounds like I'm for
Democrats. That isn't so. I'm
for our country and its future
for our children. I believe
we'd not have had' the messy
U.N. meeting if Mr. Lodge
had been in his usual place.
We believe that his part at
these meetings is far more im
portant than as vice presi
dent. '
I'mnot a Catholic, just a
working person. After study
of both candidates I am vot
ing for Kennedy, as I believe
he would be fairer to us. My
friend who is Catholic will
kill my vote though, as she
puts party first regardless. So
I guess Rome doesn t say
vote this way or that, as 1
used to think.
. N. D. Baker
General Delivery
' Ashland, ure.
P S. Am out of job along
with more other folks than in
last six years in this area
Mills closed.
(Wt can't think of a till
for this one.)
To the Editor: Did you see
der Chimpanzee being inter
viewed on telewision? Every-
ting vas hunky-dory, until
dey showed der Chimp a pic
ture of Khrushchev talking
to the U.N.
Dey shouldn't hafe done it,
Dot vas yust like pinning a
paper sack full of Los Ange
les Smog on a monkey's tail,
Dey tink dey vill hafe der
telewision station in opera
tion again, in about 2 veeks.
-Everett Acklin
Ashland, Ore.
Football Views
To the Edior: Congratula
tions to Mrs. Barnes for the
remarks in her letter on foot
ball on Oct. 13. I am a senior
at Ashland Senior High
school and the editor of our
local paper and I seem to
have very' different views
when it comes to football,
Medford-Ashland relations
have been better in the past
years than ever before, and
am certain that students of
both schools -would prefer to
keep it on that basis. For ex
ample, last year Ashland was
beaten by Medford by the
atrocious score of 56-0. Yet,
when Medford played Jeffer
son, Ashland, was pulling for
Medford. -
The editor of the Ashland
paper stated, "After all, high
school boys are still boys and
it is cruel to put them under
such heavy pressure to win,
win, win." I don't know how
long its been since he has in
spected our school system,
but our school system is built
on competition. Competition
builds pressure, so you can
say that school itself builds
pressure, (especially on nights
before exams).
Another statement that did
aggravate me to the point
that I decided to write this
was : "Where they apparently
begin grooming their high
school teams is the fifth
grade."
The schools that are oeren-
nial favorites to cop the state
football crown, or most of
them, start building their
material early. I think that
it's high time that Ashland
wised up to that fact.
Ashland has a fine coach
and team this year and I
know that the students at
Ashland High are very proud
of them and their achieve
ments. Best of luck to the
schools In the Southern Ore-,
ture among other nations also
listed as U.S. allies.
So, in Korea a regime
grown old and dictatorial
was suddenly toppled in the
midst of an internal explo
sion wnose echoes still rever
berate.
The aging Syngman Rhee
had believed in democracy as
a philosophy but obviously
a is trusted it for his people.
The Korean people, who had
never known it. became im
patient with its processes and
substituted rule by riot.
Japan, under a constitution
imposed by Gen. Douglas
MacArthur, switched with
amazing speed and enthusi
asm from a harsh military
dictatorship to democratic
processes which were carried
out in practice as well as
theory.
Yet in Japan, too, in a mo
ment of crisis, the democratic
theory faltered. ,
Under the whiplash of
tightly organized but small
minority which opposed the
U.S.-J a p a n defense treaty,
mob rule took over the streets
of Tokyo, a visit by President
Eisenhower was canceled and
a government fell,
In Japan, also, the rever
berations still echo. Last week
a leftwlng politician was stab
bed to death on a speaker's
platform, touching off emo
tions still to be measured in
Japanese elections.
In the Nationalist Chinese
stronghold of Formosa, the
leader of an embryo opposi
tion party to President Chi
ang Kai-shek's Kuomintang
party was sentenced to. pris
on for sedition.
Regardless of his guilt or
Washington Report
Br William S. Whit
FACE OF THE CROWD
En Route With Kennedy -It
is the face of the crowd
which is really the true mys
tery. It is the
face of the
crowd which
is the strang
est and most
readable of all
the enigmas
of this enig
matic p r eys I
dential cam-
n a i tin nam.
White ' paign In which
we all must turn again and
again to the tired cliches of
nonpredictlon: It looks very
close . . . very close.
Here, for example, at a
place in Michigan, the Demo
cratic candidate's plane and
the accompanying press plane
come rather limply down at
2 or 3 o'clock in the morning,
Nearly all aboard are beaten
by fatigue; nearly all aboard
have long since decided that
it matters little whether the
country is going to select
Democratic candidate John F,
Kennedy or Republican can
didate Richard M. Nixon. The
gon Conference for a ' fine
football season.
Judy Walter
' 635 Glenwood dr,
Ashland, Ore.
More on Football
To the Editor: For those
who think football is good
for the lower grades, I sug
gest they read an authoritive
account in October issue of
"Good Housekeeping" maga
zine, and learn the facts,
Mother of a football player,
Please, don't use my name.
The last- time I wrote I re
ceived calls and letters, abu
sive and threatening. .
(Name on file), - .
Central Point, Ore.
Dellenbick's Views
To the Editor: I read with
considerable Interest Mr. Nor
ton's letter which appeared
in last Friday's issue of the
Mail Tribune in which the
writer criticized John Dellen
back, candidate for the state
legislature, for failure to dis
cuss the issues involved in
this campaign. This was par
ticularly interesting in my
opinion, in view of the article
which appeared on the front
page of that same issue of the
paper in which Dellenback's
stand was made clear on two
fundamental Issues.
Last Wednesday evening,
Dellenback and Duncan had
appeared In a debate in Ash
land and at that time Dellen
back made clear his position
on ballot measures 8 and 14.
He stated clearly that he was
against the state further
mortgaging the future of our
children by moving into an
other deficit spending pro
gram on a statewide level
without initial need to do so
having been shown, which is
what ballot measure 8 would
do, and that he was against
the unnecessary raise in state
Income taxes which ballot
measure 14 seeks to slide past
us.
Dellenback has stated a
number of times that the only
promises he will make to the
voters are ones which he
knows he will be able to keep
if and when he is sent to
Salem as our representative.
C. R. Mickelson,
17 Ross Court,
Medford
m
innocence. Chiangs oppon
ents were quick to cry foul
and to charge that the theory
of the irreplaceable man had
taken the place of democracy
in Formosa.
As the global cold war be
tween the Communist bloc on
the one hand and the United
States and its allies on the
other has intensified, there
also has come a perceptible
change in U.S. foreign policy.
In the years immediately
Matter of Fact y
A JOURNEY TO THE WELL
Washington - On the stump
in the South, Sen. Lyndon B.
Johnson of Texas frequently
and emphatically extolled
his Democratic running-mate
as "a man
you'd go to the
well with.
This de
scription - o f
Senator Ken
nedy for a
long time
mystified just
about every
body. Mem-
fLlbt bers of the
Johnson staff were only able
to report that "it was the
highest complement you
could pay another man in
Johnson City, Texas." But at
the end of Johnson's southern
safari, the mystery was
plumbed by antiquarian re
search, which was in turn
confirmed by Sen. Johnson.
' Indian warfare, so remote
from most of us, is close to
being a living memory for
Lyndon Johnson and Johnson
City. Still standing there, are
the stone forts the Senator's
grandfather built. And
"man you'd go to the well
with is a man with tne cool
ness and courage that were
needed to lead a sortie to the
well when' the home-place was
vital thing is to find a bed
in which to rest a while.
: But, out under the pale
lights of a post-midnight air
strip -the loneliest sight in
all the world save for a single
freighter crossing an empty
and endless sea - stand pa
tiently the people, the voting
people. .
1
IT IS extraordinary - and
no sage of politics has yet
begun to explain it - that
these voters, the men and
women of the crowd,- will
stand so long and so quietly
to see so little - two aircraft
circling and landing: one
seemingly tireless presiden
tial candidate, Senator Ken
nedy, emerging to "say a few
words, as it is always put
in the political trade.
Crowdmanship-the science
of inflating the size of the
audience and thus trying to
outpropaganda the crowd es
timates of the opposition can
didate - has become a way of
life in this campaign. But no
matter how much one may al
low for these exaggerations,
no matter how much one is
aware that a powerful party
organization has been draft
ing the faithful to turn out,
the fact remains that the peo
pie do really turn out for
Kennedy.
BUT - and this is the really
curious thine - thev do not
rally round in the way they
used to do, shouting and sing
ing and carrying on at a great
rate. They press around Ken
nedy not as hero worshippers,
not as men and women hold
ing out hands for pie from
the sky; they press around in
stead as a sober and worried
people.
They do not howl the old
partisan howls one remem
bers from the campaigns of
the past. They do not scream
at all -except for the teen
agers here and there who
have taken up the notion that
Kennedy is some sort of po
litical Elvis Presley.
For the face of the new
crowd, the crowd of 1960, is
quite different from all the
crowds of past election years.
It is an anxious and expect-
Where does the fear really
lie? Has it to do with the pros
pects for business and jobs?
ant face. It is not an assured
face, and not necessarily
either a Democratic or a Re
publican face. It is a face
which seems to look with a
brooding spirit upon the fu
ture and with a spirit of only
very qualified pride in the
past.
IT SEEMS not exactly afraid,
but lost and groping. The
great, the central, desire of
the crowd can be easily sens
ed if not so easily explained.
The crowd wishes to know
not what has happened or is
happening but rather what
will happen.
Is it a fear of war and Soviet
rockets? Or is it a far more
complicated fear -a fear that
we confront an unknowable
world of strain and peril?
Nobody can give any real
answer. It can only be said
that the face of the crowd, in
this campaign, is a fact we
have never known before.
(Copyright, 1960, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
TUESDAY. OCTOBER IS, 19(0
following World War II, there
was the Idealistic belief, that
colonial or oppressed . Deo.
pies needed only the oppor
tunity to remold themselves
in the image of democracy.
As that theory -fell by tha
wayside, so also did another.
That was the theory that in
the cold war there could bet
no neutrals. Today, neutral
Ism is as recognized as the
fact that democracy does not
come overnight.
Joseph Alsop
besieged, and water had run
short, and the braves of the
war-band were lying in wait
for their last attack.
"kNCE you understood it,
" hearing this echo of tha
infinitely distant American
past was an oddly agreeable
experience. It had its own ex
tra shade of modern meaning,
too, because of its hint of
Johnson's conception of his
partnership with Kennedy,
which almost no one expect
ed him to accept.
At the mid-point of the
campaign, a final assessment
of the Kennedy-Johnson part
nership is of course impos
sible. But it is at least pos
sible to make the point, which
badly needs to be made, that
Kennedy's decision to form
this partnership was one of
the wisest decisions of his
career.
The wisdom of the offer is
proven by Johnson's motives
for accepting the offer. He
accepted, in fact, because this
was the only way to prevent
a sanguinary civil 'war be
tween the North and South
within the Democratic party.
If he had not accepted, the
civil war would have broken
out immediately, and Johnson
himself would have been cast,
quite unavoidably, for the
role of the new Jefferson
Davis. ,
TEING a nationally-minded
A man, Johnson did not
want that role. Being a nationally-minded
man, Ken
nedy did not want the civil
war. In addition, Kennedy did
not want to make the kind of
extreme, A.D.A.-style cam
paign that he would have had
to make after a north-south
civil war had broken out. So
the partnership was formed,
with the senior politician
generously taking the lesser
place.
No one who watched John
son in action in the South
could doubt that the partner
ship has already borne good
fruits for the Democrats. The
crowds, the speeches and the
other surface aspects of his
whistle-stopping - tour from
Virginia down to Florida and
across to New Orleans were
not the indicative features. To
find the indicative features,
you had to elbow your way
into the two club cars hitched
on to the train next to John
son's own private car. - -
From early morning until
late at night, the-e two cars
were continuously receiving
and discharging groups of lo
cal politicians ranging in
rank from Senators and Gov
ernors down to sheriffs and
County Commissioners. John
son worked over them all in
the famous Johnson manner.
His message for them was.
"The band-wagon is rolling;
get with us." And they under
sood'the message.
PACH day of the trip
" brought someone into line.
In Florida, it was Sen. Spes-
sard Holland. In Alabama, it
was the Democratic National
Committeeman, Eugene Con
nor. But the count of individ
uals mattered much less
than the central fact, which
is curious Indeed.
The fact is that despite the
strongest Democratic ' civil
rights plank any party has
ever offered, the Democratic
organizations of the Southern
states are now more solidly
united in support of the Dem
acratic ticket than in any na
tional campaign since 1944.
Former Gov. Allen Shivers of .
Texas is the solitary southern
politician of any note who is
actively working for Vies
President Nixon. Even Sen.
Harry F. Bird of Virginia,
while himself refusing to in
dorse the ticket, is not work
ing against it, as he has dona
before. Instead, he is allow
ing the Bird organization
county chairmen to go to
work for the ticket if they
choose.
This result would not have
been possible, if the leaders
of the Southern Democratic
organizations did not scent a
chance of victory. The great
turn came after the first tele
vision debate, and the subse
quent indications of a trend
in Senator Kennedy's favor.
Hence Senator Kennedy has
made his contribution. But
Senator Johnson is still the
real architect of this south
ern organizational unity,
which promises a big pay-off
in southern electoral votes.
(c) 1960. New York Herald
Tribune, Inc.