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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20. 1980
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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mall Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Oci. 20, 1950 (Friday)
The Jackson street bridge
will reopen to traffic some
time this week, City Council
man Elmer Chllders said to
day. , .
, A member of the interstate
commerce commission will
visit Medford this week end
to get first-hand information
on the cause and effect of
the severe freight car short
age in southern Oregon.
20 YEARS AGO
Oct. 20, 1S40 (Sunday)
Ft.. Lewis. Wash., officers
and construction crews rush
ed Drcnaratlons today for ar
rival next month of the first
wave of Pacific northwest
conscripts.
- From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column; "GOP
nominee Wlllkle has invited
the President to share the
olalform with him at Baltl
more October 30, and take
chances with him of getting
hit by an egg, wastebasket
or tomato.
30 YEARS AGO
Oct. 20, 1930 (Monday)
Medford will meet Klam
ath Falls at Klamath Falls
In a football contest for the
second time this season.
The county budget commit
tee has boosted funds to pro
vide for road oiling in rural
areas next year.
40 YEARS AGO
I Oct. 20. 1920 (Wednesday)
Most wood sidewalks in the
. city are now being replaced
with cement ones.
Jackson county how leads
the state in total pear acreage
SO YEARS AGO
Oci. 20. 1910 (Thursday)
The special water commit
tee appointed by the city
council three years ago, was
discharged last night by the
council with an expression of
gratitude; the committee saw
the successful completion last
month of the city s new $500
000 water supply system.
Southern Pacific railroad
has announced that it will
make the area surrounding'
Its new $50,000 passenger de
' not into a nark and will also
provide for maintenance of
the property.
What's Your 10.?
Nine or fen correct Is superior:
wn or eight ts ncellenti five er
six Is goerf.
1. Is the knot a unit of
ipeed or of distance?
2. What Is the name of the
long whose chorus begins,
"Just a song at twilight . ."?
3. In baseball, what is the
keystone sack?
4. From whom did the Unit
ed States purchase Alaska?
5. How many dozen in a
gross?
6. Name the author of "Cru
sade In Europe."
7. Who was the last Czar of
Russia?
8. What is the "spice of
life"? ...
9. For how many days were
the banks closed during Roo
gevelt's bank holiday in 1933?
10. What measurement of
time is reckoned by the length
of time it takes the earth to
circle the sun?
Answers: 1. Speed: 2.
"Love's Old Sweet Song": 3.
Second base: 4. Russia: 5.
Twelve doien; 6. Gen. Dwight
V. hlsenhowen . 7. Nicholas
1I 8. Variety! 8. Three daysj
10. Th. yeas'.
The Two Men
. Last Friday Mr. Nixon made a speech at Bev-
erly Hills on "The Gravest Problem Confronting
America, which is how to win the struggle for
peace and freedom."
. But there is not one word in the speech say
ing what Mr. Nixon intends to do to win the
struggle. The whole speech is devoted to describ
ing the machinery by which Mr. Nixon hopes to
find out how to win the struggle.
The machinery consists of a series of commit
tees and conferences, and of two individuals, Mr.
Eisenhower and Mr. Lodge:
THERE is to be first of all a committee in the
Defense Department consisting of all the Sec
retaries and the Chiefs of Staff who will tell him,
presumably unanimously, what he should do
about defense. No mention is made of the fact
that what the defense establishment and the
country need most of all is not another confer
ence and more investigation, but decisions bv the
President, decisions about how much to spend,
decisions about which of the services is to do
what.
This proposal to sit
by the Secretaries and the Chiefs of Staff is a
promise that we are going to have more of the
very same executive
wnicn we are now suiienng irom.
This passivity pervades all the rest of Mr.
Nixon's proposals. He wants to have Mr. Lodge,
not the President himself, act as Supreme Com
mander in all the non-military aspects of the cold
war. Between the President and the Secretary of
State, between the President and the Secretary
of the Treasury, there is to be Mr. Lodire. He will
have no legal authority whatsoever to conduct
the foreign policy of the United States. This is
a recipe for building into the Administration
jealousy and confusion.
MEXT, Mr. Nixon would convene an "extended
11 meeting with perhaps a hundred men and
women representing a cross section of American
me." This mass meeting would be supposed to
review and survey and assess the nation's foreign
policy which, says Mr. Nixon, "would have a
significant impact on the global struggle !"
Next, with an insatiable aDDetite for commit
tees and conferences, he would have a series of
regional conferences of all the free nations of
Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Their
task would be to strengthen the United Nations
and the free nations "politically, economically,
socially, and militarily."
Next, he would ask the NATO states to
strengthen NATO and to coordinate and direct
aid to the under-developed countries.
Next, he would have a conference of the heads
of government of the American republics.
Next, he would have a conference with the
heads of the new African states.
, Next, he would have a conference with' the
heads of the Asian states.
To make all this fruitful and constructive and
devastating to our adversaries, he and Mr. Lodge
would participate in all these conferences, and
so, too, would Governor Rockefeller if he can
find the time.
THIS is the way Mr. Nixon proposes to find
out what his foreign policies ought to be.
It is a bad way. For committees and confer
ences do not propose policy. At best, they pro
duce the proposals, the issues, the choices, among
which the genuine executive makes his decisions.
It is highly significant that never once does
Mr. Nixon face the fact that the foreign policy
of the United States is formed by the decisions
of the President.
- This extraordinary
conferences is a device
ing the real task of the
judge and decide. The oldest and most hackneyed
device of a weak government is to appoint a com
mittee and call a conference.
THIS revealing speech confirms the . impres
oi'nn that, has ornwn strnncrpr sinpp the TV
debates began. It is that Mr. Nixon is an inde
cisive man who lacks that inner conviction and
self-confidence which are the mark of the natural
leader and governor of men.
This has appeared most clearly in the Que-
moy-Matsu affair.
Mr. Nixon has exhibited a lack of knowledge
of the facts of a trreat Question of war and peace,
about which he is supposed to have had first hand
knowledge. In the second debate he did not know
what the Eisenhower policy was, and he had to
be re-educated for the
This is most significant because it reveals
such a weak, infirm, inaccurate grasp of a great
issue.
THE CONTRAST with Mr. Kennedy has be
nnma vow; ahnrrv
( V.UI11V IVIJ uiv j-re
' It has been truly impressive to see the preci
sion of Mr. Kennedy's
mand of the facts, his instinct tor tne crucial
Doint. his sintrulavslack of demagoguery and slo
ganeering, his intense concern and interest in the
subject itself, the stability and steadfastness of
i i i-; i i u .-
nis nerves anu ins tuuiuess
And throueh it all have transpired the recog
nizable marks or. tne man wno, oesiaes Deme
highly trained, is a natural leader, organizer, ana
ruler of men.
(Copyriiht Use Maw York
back and hope to be told
passivity and . weakness
array of committees and
for postponing and evacl
President which is to
third debate.
mind, his immense com
aim ins tuuirtge.
Walter Lipumann.
Herald Tribune, Inc.)
Dennis the Menace
I KNOW 1 10OK TERRIBLE. BUT TWAtS THE WAY W
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... Communications ...
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contrary is often the case.
The City's Airport
To the Editor: In reply to
Mr. McLeod Maurice's remark
that "it looks as if Medford
just went out and bought the
property .without consulting
the county" (Mail Tribune,
Tuesday, 101860), I would
like to say if the city had not
provided us with an airport,
our air transportation facili
ties would be as non-existent
as our railroad service.
Back in 1952 our airport
facilities were sub - standard,
and the landing strips were al
most obsolete with the com
ing of the Convairs and other
large, four engine craft, but
when government funds were
available on a 60 per cent
40 per cent (the city's portion)
basis, a farsighted city .coun
cil could not sit around and
wait for the county to decide
whether it would help with
our airport needs.
Thanks .to the late Mayor
Diamond Flynn and Council-
men Dwight Houghton, John
Snider, Harold Fry, Stanley
Jones, Earl Miller, Frank
Runtz, Paul Selby and the late
Elmer Chllders, our airport
facilities were modernized
and functional.
Now with the advent of jet
airliners, our air strips again
face the problem of obsoles
cence, and again the city (or
county) will be called upon
to Improve it. I do not know
whether the city will solicit
county aid, but certainly the
county should be considering
the problem and should have
an answer if it is called upon.
Being now better informed,
perhaps Mr. Maurice will do
some "missionary work.
Marina Gardiner
3777 Old Military rd,
Medford
The Word Is Out
To the Editor: Republicans'
expectations have been re
duced to the desperate hope
that they can win only one
statewide office in Oregon
this year - secretary of state.
The word is out that State
Senator Monroe Sweetland
the Democratic nominee for
secretary of stale, is their
number one target.
The voters of Oregon should
prepare themselves for a bar
rage of campaign advertising
- billboards, TV, radio, news
paper ads - for Howell Ap
pling Jr., the Republican can
didate. Some of it is already
evident.
No Democratic candidate
can hope to match the high
spending Republican advertis
ing campaign which will be
waged against Monroe Sweet
land. The only thing to do is
to put voters on notice that
they can expect to see every
Madison Avenue advertising
trick in the trade used to de
feat Senator Sweetland.
This desperate effort should
be recognized for what it is -an
attempt to buy a public
office with a big advertising
and promotion budget.
I don't think the voters of
Oregon will be fooled. They
know the sorry record of the
appointed secretary of state
whose operation of the office
has caused more confusion
and waste of taxpayers'
money than any administra
tion in recent memory. And
they know, too, that Senator
Sweethmd Is an experienced
public official whose distin
guished record of public serv
ice In Oregon makes him
uniquely qualified to be Sec
retary of State.
C. Girard Davidson
Democratic National
Committeeman for
Oregon
Portland, Ore.
Catholic for Nixon
To the Editor: The papers
and magazines are full of
talk how people are just vot
ing their religions in this
lection. Especially a lot oi
visit ytofit.
articles are that Catholics are
backing Kennedy.
I am a Catholic and proud
to be, and I am 100 per cent
back of Richard Nixon. Many
other Catholics feel the way
I do but do not speak out
openly, but there are some
who do so.
One of Vice President Nix
on's earliest backers in Ore
gon was Secretary of State
Howell Appling, and also Nix
on's campaign manager, who
is a state senator, Anthony
Yturri of Vale, Ore. I am sure
there are many, many others
who are also Catholics who
would be proud to be counted
in back of , the Republican
candidate.
Maybe some others will
write your newspaper when
they read this letter.
Peter F. Connally
Route 3
Grants Pass. Ore.
What's He Hunting?
To the Editor: Mr. Wirth's
letter, Monday, Oct. 17.
Mr. Wirth, you seem to
have an uncanny insight into
affairs with which you have
apparently had little expert
ence (i.e. hunting). I'm one of
the "favored few" .who in
dulges in the sport.
The woods are literally
strewn with bodies. Those
who are not dead are dead
drunk. Ghastly, isn't it? So
far however, due to poor
marksmanship, I ve missed
every one of my enemies.
And the number of children
who aredestitute because we
hunters deprive them for our
own selfish pleasures is heart
breaking.
No. Mr. W., don't go hunt
ing. It would be a sheer waste
of your valuable writing time.
Besides, your mind is obvi
ously too full to be able to
absorb the vast beauty and
tranquility that the forests
have to offer.
Next year, as I huddle in
my protective foxhole watch
ing a glorious sunrise, I'll
think about you whose pen
is more vicious than any rifle
manufactured. As I chick the
safety catch on my own. weap
on, 1 11 be hoping that some
one shut off your ammunition
too.
Five dollars Is a meagre
price to pay for a few days
of relaxation, deer or no. And
the clean, healthy atmosphere
surrounding sportsmen surely
beats the foible hunters at
home.
For what are you hunting
besides gripes. Mr. W. - a
medal?
G. Farfan
723 South Newtown st.
Medford.
Thornton Cites Record
To the Editor: Your recent
editorial leaves the impres
sion that the overall record of
the attorney general's office
in the supreme court during
my administration is highly
unsatisfactory.
This is erroneous. Actually,
this office has been upheld in
better than two out of every
three cases referred to the su
preme court In the 7V years
that I have been attorney gen
eral. This is a slightly better
average than the combined
average of the circuit judges
of the state. The fact that we
won is rarely mentioned in
the press. The reversals are
well publicized by my politi
cal opponents.
viur revei sais uwve i-uiue
mainly in the cases "with
political overtones, as ex
Governor Charles A.
Sprague, respected editor and
publisher of the Salem States
man, aptly expressed it Fri
day. For example, we were
reversed In the Elmo Smith
case where the question was
whether Mr. Smith had filed
his Voters' Pamphlet mate
rial within the time allowed
by law.
Assassination of Japanese Leader Keeps
Treaty With U.S. in
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Editor
A Samurai sword in- the
hands of a fanatic, 18-year-
boy has changed the complex
ion oi japan s
current polit
ical campaign,
with possible
far - reaching
and unfortun
ate effects on
the d e fe n s e
treaty be
tween Japan
and the Unit
ed States.
The sword took the life of
Japanese Socialist leader Ine
jiro Asanuma, who had been
a vociferous opponent of the
treaty and a strong supporter
of demands for closer rela
tions between Japan and Red
China.
The ruling Liberal-Demo
crats had hoped the treaty
now was a dead or at least
dormant issue.
But instead, when young
Otaya Yamaguchl ran scream-
In this case the Supreme
Court split 4 to 3, with three
justices agreeing with our in
terpretation of the law. Yet I
hear no loud hue and cry
from the governor that these
three justices who agreed
with me are "incompetent,"
(although he said I, was in this
case) or that the circuit
judges are "incompetent"
whenever they are reversed.
It would indeed be a sorry
day for Oregon if the attor
ney general and the judges of
the state were to be intimidat
ed by this type of name-calling
by Governor Hatfield
over decisions he did not
happen to like.
These systematic ' attacks
are all part of an organized
plan by an unscrupulous lit
tle group of power-minded
young men in the state house.
Their plan is to "purge" any
Democratic officeholder who
stands between them and
complete control of the ex
ecutive branch of Oregon's
government. The governor
has already appointed the oc
cupants of three top state
elective offices and 12 cir
cuit judges. Only the attor
ney general ' stands in the
way.
This is the real issue here.
It is not just a matter of Re
publicans versus Democrats,
or Democrats versus Republi
cans, but an attempt by this
little group to take over lock,
stock and barrel.
I do not think the people of
Oregon want one-man. con
trol of their government, and
I do not think they will buy
these smear tactics.
Robert Y. Thornton
Attorney General
No Time Confusion
To the Editor: This is my
first time with a letter to the
editor and it concerns day.
light saving time.
I was raised in Butte, Mon
tana. In Montana every year
they opened businesses, held
organization meetings and
church services one hour
earlier starting in the spring
and returned to the other
time in the fail, There was
no changing of clocks what
ever and no confusion in
time. Transportation lines
did the same by changing
their schedules in the spring
and fall. !
If this could be adopted
throughout the nation there
would no be confusion what
ever in the time for any
thing.
Bliss Heine,
116 South Ivy st.
Medford
The Closing Door
To the Editor: It s just an
old brick building on top of
the hill. It served its commu
nity and it served it well, but
due to the lack of funds we
are ready to shut the doors.
In doing so, we forgot to look
inside, to see what, else we
were doing.
I have been a patient and
also an employee at Sacred
Heart hospital. As a patient
I had the best of care and it
never failed, every morning
I'd have a visitor-a little Sis
ter with a sweet smile and a
"good morning, how'are you
today?" Her leaving words
were "God bless you."
Yes, this little sister who
loves humanity, poetry and
plays the organ well, has ded
icated the biggest part of her
life to us, this community. It
makes no difference to what
faith you belong, to little sis
ter we are all God's children.
and we're treated the same.
She never seems to tire, al
though her hours are long.
and never, never once did lit
tle sister speak a harsh word
to any of us her employees.
When we needed her she was
there at 3 a.m. or any' other
hour.
Yet, and for these) many
PHIL NEWSOM
ing across a speaker's plat
form in Hibiya ' Hall and
plunged the' foot-long sword
into Asanuma's chest, he gave
the Japanese left wing a
martyr and restored the treaty
as a central issue in Japanese
politics.
Japanese elections are ex
pected to take place late next
month. Premier Hayato Ikeda
and the Liberal - Domocrats
had hoped to maintain or even
increase their strength in the
Diet where they now hold 286
of the 467 seats.
In the last general elec
tion, Japanese voters over
whelmingly demons trated
their preference for close ties
with- the United States.
Even as riots against the
new defense treaty erupted
throughout Tokyo and in oth
er Japanese cities last spring
and summer and Premier
Nobusuke Kishi's government
fell, it was felt that the vast
majority of Japanese either
supported the treaty or recog
nized it as a necessity.
But there is in Japan a
strong feeling of neutralism
and the recent swift turn of
events has given the neutral
ists and the left wing a rally
ing cry.
The treaty signed and rati
fied by both governments,
would be in no immediate
danger even at the hands of
an anti-treaty majority in the
Japanese Parliament.
hours of hard work, through
the many years that little sis
ter has made her home at Sa
cred Heart hospital which we
know she loves, we show our
appreciation by sending her
out, and breaking her heart
Somehow, somewhere, we
will have to work hard for
the money which is needed to
keep the doors open, and also
prove ourselves worthy . of
this sister's faith in human
nature.
Mrs. Irma Henderson
729 Dakota ave.
Medford
Tie Down the Load I
To the Editor: As a resident
and property owner on Table
Rock rd., I wish to call to the
attention of the readers of the
Mail Tribune a problem I
have never seen discussed in
this column.
Table Rock rd. seems to be
the main route traveled by
those wishing to dispose of
garbage, trash, etc., by dump
ing at the Camp White dump.
Anyone driving along this
road can see the results.
Trash is strewn along the
roadside by those neglecting
to properly secure their
loads. Seems as though after
leaving the city limits they
speed up, causing the trash to
be buffeted by the wind. By
the time they reach our prop
erty, cardboard boxes, paper,
rags, mufflers, tin, tail pipes,
limbs from pruned shrubs
and trees, and other articles
of trash too numerous to men
tion are being scattered all
along the way.
In order to keep a neat ap
pearance . for our property.
the property owners must
pick up and haul to the dump
other people's trash. The
state police have informed us
that it is a misdemeanor, pun
ishable by fine, dumping or
allowing trash to scatter
along public roads or private
property, and if a license
number can be secured a
complaint can be lodged.- We
do not wish to resort to such
drastic measures.
So, please, dear people, tie
down those loads and watch
as you drive that your load
is not falling off, or if it does,
please stop and pick it up, so
that we, too, can present a
neat appearance. -
Oralee Montgomery
3479 Table Rock rd
Medford '
We Need It
To the Editor: I'm sure
that many people will agree
with rhe when I say that we
need the Sacred Heart hos
pital very badly. Rogue Val
ley hospital can't possibly
handle all of the people, that
have to have hospital care.
even though they are adding
on a new wing.
What would we do in case
of enemy attack? We might
be able to use what's left of
private homes and businesses,
but we still would need more
than one hospital.
The federal government is
sending missiles and rockets
into space which we do need
for national tlefense. They
loan billions of dollars to oth
er countries and even plan
on sending a hospital rocket
into space with doctors and
patients.
Instead of shooting a hos
pital into space why don't
they "shoot" some of that
money they will spend for
that rocket to Sacred Heart
to keep its doors open?
This all-important hospital
takes care of charity cases,
too. These people get the best
of care including x-rays and
expensive medicines and doc
tors they need, even though
they can't possibly pay for
that care. Maybe this is one
of the reasons why they must
Political Forefront
It has, however, covering
clauses which are subject to
modification. These clauses
deal with privileges accorded
to American military forces
based in Japan. They could
be modified to the point of
making them unworkable.
Japanese who favor - the
treaty do so both because of
Matter of Fact By Joseph Alsop
IN SUNRISE TOWNSHIP
Sunrise Township, Minn.-
You would have to go a very
long way to find another
stretch of
count ryside
more glorious
than Sunrise
Township, in
Chicago coun
ty, on a fine,
bright - aired
autumn day.
This a gen-
rolling
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broad fields, and many wood
lots full of pheasants, and
small white farm houses with
big red barns. In autumn, this
land borrows the colors oi ns
own cock pheasants - the
bronzes and red browns and
sharp reds of the oaks and
other hardwoods marvelously
mingling with the tender
greens of the feathery pines.
So much beauty, you feel,
must bring with it a good life.
Except for the most indus
trious and the most fortunate,
this land is not providing a
good life. You do not notice
it at first, because the houses
and barns have not had time
to fall into decay; but a good
many of the Sunrise Town
ship farms have actually been
abandoned in recent years. To
many more farms, the farm
families can only cling by
close. Many people prefer Sa
cred Heart because of the
good care they get.
Are we going to let such
a wonderful hospital close?
Couldn't the people of t h e
valley help pay off that "door
closing" debt? Let's try!
We need Sacred Heart hos
pital! 1 Mrs. Chester Stevens
' 504 Edwards st.
Medford.
Tie Up the Kitties
To the Editor: Remember
the Reciprocity act one, of
our presidents tried to enact
between Canada and USA?
Well, it didn't work.
It is somewhat like" the
dog and cat situation in Med
ford. You can't make friendly
feelings there either. .
I have a dog tied up in
my yard with a 50 foot leash.
I have no trouble with him
as long as cats keep away
from the premises to eat his
food, etc.
Two times he chased them
and broke his leash. The first
time I caught him very quick
ly, but the second time, be
fore I could get to him, he
came home without his col
lar and license tag.
You know, I think you
folks with pet cats should
keep them confined on their
premises like we do our pet
dogs.
It could be done, you know.
Remember the kitty with the
collar and bells on? Well,
just tie a pretty ribbon to
the collar and hitch it in your
yard. Just try it folks and
see how you like it.
That would keep it from
causing trouble and being a
nuisance to other people and
dogs who are tied up.
Mrs. Mary Morgan
618 East Ninth st.
Medford.
Ten Commandments
To the Editor: Recent his
tory has shown how man, cre
ated by God in His likeness,
born to this earth to live with
out sin and given the Ten
Commandments to follow to
achieve that way of life, has
failed. The Jews were perse
cuted by the Germans; the
Catholics by the Russians and
their satellite nations, and
now the Amen"-- notists
persecuting American Cath
olics. And yet thf 3"-'';t
leaders, know the Ten Com
mandments and how in the
eyes of God they are violat
ing them by continuing to
preach religious persecution,
They are also violating the
very concept of our constitu
tion which gives every Amer
ican the right to worship in
his own manner. Believe me,
readers, you and you alone
are responsible to God for the
way in which you lead your
life. Remember the Ten Com
mandments. How many are
these Baptist leaders break
ing? God has said, I am the
way of Life, Believe in Me
and you shall have Life ver
lasting. Don't let wrong thinking
leaders influence you on elec
tion day. If you believe, that
Mr. Kennedy is the right man
for president, vote for him, if
not then vote for Mr. Nixon.
I believe they are both hon
orable men and Americans.
Vote for the man you believe
in, and not his religion.
W. A. Hall
823 Pennsylvania ave.
Medford.
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the flow of U.S. dollars
brought by the Americari for
ces there and because ffhey
feel that a militarily weak
Japan cannot afford to stand
alone.
It remains to be seen how
much recent events have
caused their numbers to
dwindle, if at all.
taking city jobs to swell their
incomes. Behind Sunrise
Township's surface loveliness,
in truth, there is the wide
spread tragedy of the Ameri
can family-sized farm.
"We used to get by pretty
well," the people tell you,
over and over again. "But
everything ,we have to buy
costs more now, and every
thing we have to sell brings
less. So "there ain't many that
get by anymore."
THE friendly Sunrise Town
ship people are also pretty
bitter; and the bitterness is
all the more impressive be
cause most of these peopla
are visibly tough and self
reliant. But in Sunrise Town
ship, the pull of religion is
at least as strong as the pres
sure 1 of economic circum
stance. This is a region oi
stern, church-going Protestant
ism. The farmers' resentments
are not being converted into
anti-Republican votes, because
of Sen. John F. Kennedy's
Catholic faith.
"I can't vote Republican be
cause I'm a farmer. I can't
vote for Kennedy because I'm
a Protestant. So I'm just not
going to vote at all," says
wiry Harold Olson, a Demo
cratic member of the Town
ship Board, who gave his vote
to Adlai Stevenson in 1956.
There were others like Ol
son among the Stevenson vot
ers. And among the Eisen
hower voters, there were
parallel cases-farmers too dis
gusted with conditions to vote
for the Republicans another
time, but unwilling to vote
for Kennedy because of his
faith.
OVER all, Eugene Newhall
and Eugene Malott of the
St. Paul Pioneer Press and
Dispatch, and, this reporter,
talked to 39 Sunrise Town
ship farmers and farm wives
in the course of a long day's
driving along the Township's
sandy roads. In 1956, these
people had . given 18 votes
to Eisenhower and 17 to Ste
venson, with four not voting.
In 1958, they had cast 18
votes for Gov. Orville Free
man and only 13 for his Re
publican opponent. They now
gave 16 votes to Vice Presi
dent Nixon and 16 to Sen.
Kennedy, with the rest unde
cided or actually determined:
not to vote for President this
time. Even if you passed over
the rock-ribbed Republicans,
who were voting first for
their party and only sec
ondarily against a Catholic,
the votes of very nearly a
quarter of all the people we
questioned were in some
measure influenced by religi
ous feeling.
A good indicator of the in
fluence was the high vote for
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey,
who ran a mile ahead of his
Republican, opponent among
the people we talked to. As
most of the religiously influ
enced farmers also said they
liked Kennedy as a man antl
preferred theDemocratia
farm program, Kennedy would
probably be getting a Humphrey-size
vote if he were
not a Catholic. At the same
time, resentment of existing
conditions was badly hurting
Gov. Orville Freeman, al
though he is a Democrat.
Where Humphrey ran well
ahead of Kennedy, Freeman
ran well behind.
TlHE peace Issue, which the
- Republicans have allegedly
patented, had little apparent
importance in Sunrise Town
ship. To be sure, there was
old Victor Ranberg, who, de
clared belligerently: "I'm vot
ing Republican like I always
do, because I went for that
Wilson in 1916, when he prom
ised to keep us out of war;
and he had me in uniform
before I knew what had hit
me
But the main Sunrise Town
ship drama was the conflict
between economic discontent
and religious feeling. It is both
preventing the big gains the
Democrats might have made
from the farmers' plight, and
limiting the Republican gain
from dislike of Kennedy's
Catholicism.
'Judging by the reports oi
expert local observers, this
conflict is producing much
the same sort of result all
over Minnesota's predomi
nantly Protestant farm areas.
President Eisenhower's Min
nesota majority in 1956 was
by no means enormous. The
Republicans can still lose this
state, if Kennedy does much
better than Adlai Stevenson
in the big cities and in the
German Catholic farm coun
ties. These other voting groups '
will give the ftaal answer
in Minnesota, if SoSfrise Town
ship is at all indicative.
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Herald Tribune Inc.
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