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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 21, 1960 "Everyone In Southern Oregon Readl The Mall Tribune" t Published Dally except Saturday by 33 North Fir St., Ph SP 2-8141 ROBERT W R1TW1. RHttnr HERB GREV Advertising Manager GERALD T LATHAM Bus MgT ERIC W ALLEN JR., Mng Editor ftAitu ti AUAMa, city Editor WARRV PH1RMAN B-l- 1 RICHARD JEWETt Sports Editor -OLIVE STARCHER Women'i Editor uftLE jskiukson, circulation Mgr An Independent NewRoaner Entered as second class matter at ; meaiora. Oregon, under Act of .1$-. . March 3, 1807 - y SUBSCRIPTION RATES -t By Mai) In Advance. Copy 10c , Daily and Sunday 1 year SIS.OO uany ana Hunoay o mos a.ua Dally and Sunday 3 mos 4.2S Sunday Only One vear 84.20 By Carrier In Advance Medford " Ashland. Central Point Eagle 1 Point. Jacksonville. Gold Htn Phoenix. Shadv Cove. Roeue Rlv- :f: jr. Talent and on motor routes, Dally and Sunday 1 vear SlB.no Daily and Sunday 1 mo tJO .. Carrier and Dealer copy 10c ' ' lcrma &n in Aavanc? Official Paper of City of Medford" JJfflclal Paper of Jack won Copnty U,'. United Press International Full Leased Wire P.P.I. Tclephoto Newsptcturea i .MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU" OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising Renrpftentntlve: -,; WEST HOLIDAY CO INC Of- 1 flees in New York. Chicago De trnlt. Kan Frnnclkco Los Amrelefl. . Seattle, Portland St Louis At lanta. Vancouver, o.iz NEWSPAPER ERS ASSOCIATION EDITORIAI Flight o' Time Medford and Jaokson County History from th files of The Mall Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Oct. 21, 19S0 (Saturday) Medford Mayor D. L. Flynn has proclaimed Tuesday as United Nations and Crusade for Freedom day here. ' Many hundreds of people here witnessed the VFW-spon-tored Defense day parade through downtown Medford -yesterday-held to focus at tion on the recruiting needs of the armed forces. 20 YEARS AGO Oct. 21, 1940 (Monday) Oregon's union control law, passed by- the- voters two years ago, was declared un constitutional today in a 5-1 decision by the state supreme court; the, Ja,w; is commonly called the "anti-picket law." . From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot", column: "It ap- pears the old-fashioned hunt er,' who used to pull a shot gun through the fence busi . ncss end first, now gets the ' same results by slamming the "car door oh the trigger." 30 YEARS AGO Oct. 21, 1930 (Tuesday) Service clubs in Medford -Will launch a "Business Con ' fidence" week in connection with National Prosperity week. : Oregon Sen. McNary denies rumor he has bolted the Re ; publican party and thrown his support behind Julius Meier for Governor. .40 YEARS AGO Oct. 21, 1920 (Thursday) The state highway board - plans to open bids for work i on Crater Lake highway work ' Nov. 6. .. The main campaign contro versy here is the 'proposed transfer of the courthouse from Jacksonville to Medford. 0 YEARS AGO Oct. 21, 1910 (Friday) A number , of Woodville residents have filed an appli cation with the state to char ter the Woodville State Bank. - A "Jim Hill" day is being planned to celebrate the com pletion of the Pacific and Eastern railroad from Med ford to B-itte Falls which Is expected to be finished about Nov. 15. What's Your I.Q.7 Nina or ten cornel is superior! liven or eight Is eicillent; five or lis Is good. 1. Did George Washington sign the Declaration of Inde pendence? 2. What is the wake of a ship? 3. ' What was the greatest amount of home runs Babe . Ruth hit in one season? 4. Who laid the cornerstone of the White House? 5. How many millions are there in a billion? 6. Who wrote "The Fall of the House of Usher"? ' 7. Did Marie Louise, Na poleon's wife, remarry after his death? ... 8. In what theater was Lincoln shot? 9. How many men were on a dead man's chest in the song? 10. Of what kind of tissue is the heart principally made up? . Answers! 1. No. 2. Tht track it loaves in the water. 3. Biltty. 4. George Wash ington) 5. One thousand. 6. Edgar Allen Poe. 7. Yes, twice. 8. Ford Theater, Washington, D.C. 9. Fifteen. 10. Muscle. - NATIONAL Sweetland Merits Election . .,A week, ago, State Sen. Monroe Sweetland spoke to a student assembly at Linfield College. He did so, as part of his campaign for secretary of state. : i . . He. issued a press release covering the theme of his talk ("When we do right at home, we add to Americas luster abroad. When we fail to correct bad conditions in our states and locali ties, we tarnish our national reputation and jeop ardize our international relations ) which was mailed out to newspapers, standard practice for most office-seekers. A PORTION of that press release we quote " verbatim, as follows: ." '.These remaining blemishes on the American scene give aid and comfort to our enemies,' Sweet land said. 'The question is asked: "Why, if Ameri cans believe all men are created equal, are Negroes and other minorities denied equal opportunities? Why, if America is the richest nation in the world, are its schools overcrowded and its teachers underpaid? Why, if free enterprise is the best economic system, do we have depressed areas of chronic unemploy ment? Why, if we profess concern for future gener ations, do we allow our streams to become polluted and our fish and wildlife jeopardized?" 'Until we attend to our unfinished business, these questions will be asked and America's leadership of the free world made difficult,' Sweetland asserted." THESE questions ARE V 11 Ifllt IV Ul lUl And it's up to the vide some answers. They are not only debate in an election; if America is to retain its position of prestige and leadership through out the non-communist world. So what happens? So Peter Gunnar, state Republican chairman and hatchet man for the of the Grand Old Party, so badly out of context nizable, and alleges that Sweetland is attacking the "great American free enterprise system." CWEETLAND yelled "foul." And we don't blame him. It was a foul, low blow. It's dirty politics, '. - , . , And Howell Appline didate for secretary of state, on whose behalf Gunnar pulled this sneak attack, not only failed to repudiate it, but added insult to injury when, in Roseburg Tuesday night, alleges that Sweet land is attempting "to cover up a brazen attack upon the free enterprise system." s Later, in Medford, he blandly ignored the first vicious charge (after it had been shown what Sweetland's press release REALLY said), and switched to an unconvincing allegation that Sweetland had attempted to lie out of it during a public appearance in Portland. In our view, he has thus disqualified himself from any consideration of support for the office which he seeks. - X7E decided some weeks ago that we would " support Sweetland for secretary of state, and this incident merely confirms and streng thens that decision. A little story out of Salem last month, which reported that David O'Hara would support Sweetland against Appling, is one example of the reasons why we support Sweetland. O'Hara, a rock-ribbed Republican who pre sided over the elections department (part of the secretary of state's office) -with skill, integrity and authority for 43 years, also served many years as a conservative Salem alderman. , He was Ex-Gov. Bob Holmes' appointee as secretary of state, when Hatfield's was Appling. The court decided the legal conflict in favor of Hatfield. "VHARA'S failure to support Appling in this election was the most damning thing we could think of, for O'Hara knows the office like the back of his hand, and if in his mind Appling has made mistakes and blamed them on others (as has been alleged), that settled the matter for us. More, O'Hara gave positive support to Sweet land. He said: - "I have known Senator Sweetland for many years and regard him as a dedicated and re sponsible public official. He has won the respect of members of both political parties. He is fair and impartial. I am convinced that Senator Sweetland will make an admirable secretary of state." DY temperament, disposition, ability, experi u ence, and by the respect he has earned over many years as a legislator, candidate, newspaper editor and publisner, businessman . and fair minded politician, Sweetland is fitted to the of fice. He would be a liberating influence on the board of control, now dominated by Gov. Mark Hatfield and his two appointees, Appling and State Treasurer Howard Belton. He is a fine citizen, deserving respect and support. o Appling, through his pettiness in political ex changes, the mistakes he has made and attempted to palm off on others, and, finally, his partici pation in low-blow politics, has forfeited the re spect he once could claim. E. A. being asked of us, all American people to pro legitimate subjects for they MUST be debated (some would say regain) cave-dwelling branch wrenches one question that it's barely recog Jr.. the Renublican can Dennis the Menace WFlsm I n owe! You 8ET! in & mm ... Communications ... Letters lo the Editor must bear the name 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 ttie case. '.-. No Wiichhuniing To the Editor: We were glad to see your editorial of Oct. 14 on the case of Dr. Linus Pauling, and wholeheartedly agree with your viewpoint. In answer to Mr. Robert Howard's letter, on the same subject I should like to make a few remarks. We have read the statement by Sen. Thomas J. Dodd, is sued on Sept. 30, s 1960. No doubt this is the statement to which Mr. Howard has refer ence. We have also read the complete bulletin printed by the U. S. Government Print ing office of the Testimony of Dr. Linus Pauling at the June 21, I960 hearing before the Senate Subcommittee on In ternal Security headed by Senator Dodd. After a quick reading, Senator Dodd s state ment appears to be quite log ical, and the Senate Subcom mittee's request something to which any reasonable person might agree. But a second thought brings to mind a different picture What would they need to do in order to determine if the Communist party participated in organizing Dr. Pauling's petition? Dr. Pauling gives as part of his reason for refusing to fur nish a list of helpers names that he wishes to avoid for them harassment by the com mittee, or possible loss of jobs In order to find any possible Communists among the names, the entire list would need to be subjected to investigation, either by the committee itself or by the F.B.I. This would mean the questioning of their neighbors, employers, and fel low workers; the scrutiny of their mall to see who writes to them and what periodicals they receive, etc., etc. (This does not imply that , mail is opened.) During the heyday of Mc- Carthyism all these things were common. At that time, being investigated was con sidered by many as equivalent to guilt, and today it is still that in the minds of some people. Dr. Pauling is well justi fied in his fear! It seems to me that such in vestigation could prove far more valuable to the Commu nists as propaganda material than the original petition to the United States ever was. I, for one, do not wish to return to the hysteria and witch hunting of the McCarthy era, Louise B. Hamilton, ' 144 Fourth St., Ashland, Ore. Sickening Articles To the Editor: Enclosed please find a cutting from the Orcgonian which might ex plain in part some of the thinking of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Internal Se curity. It is written by the man who . you charge with poor judgment. I cringe every time you write your sob ar ticles on such people as Paul ing and others. In' the past some of your articles have been SICKENING to say the least. Some time ago your editor ial on peace through interna tional law was also demoral izing. You speak of American sovereignty as something that came CHEAP, for your Infor mation it did NOT come cheap. According to you and oth ers (even the Oregonian, a so called Republican paper, had a disgusting article some time ago on the World Court) we should turn over our sover eignty to a group of foreign Judges, many of whom would have Communist backgrounds to let this group decide what Is or what is not domestic af fairs. I think that this as a far cry from what our forefathers would expect from their pos terity. Your opinion on admission to the UN and recognition of Red China is in the same vein of thinking. Should we listen to men like Porter and Morse (a couple of over-educated dreamers, intellectuals if you please) or certain Evangelic als like Walter Judd, Dick Hillis, Bob Pierce and others who have actually been in China and worked in this field. From my postion choose to believe these men rather than some of the fuzzy-thinking infidels. I serv ed in the Armed Forces for 22 years and know some of these things by direct contact, Frankly, I am not interest ed in politicians, politics or personalities, but more espe cially in principles. Expedi ency in the long run does not pay off. The U.S. has been Euilty of this in many in stances in the past and now we are reaping the whirlwind Principles are hard to come by these days as the American people have grown soft In every way, morally, spiritual ly and physically. And until we the American people in a majority return to where we should be in all our relation- shins. God will use Russia and any other nation to drive us in that direction. Laurence E. Cuffel, 909 North Central ave. Medford. Issues of Merit To the Editor: As election day gets closer I sincerely hope that the two candidates for the Presidency abandon trifles and get down to issues of some merit. I also appeal to the voters to do the same, By trifles I refer first to discussion of Matsu ana yue moy islands. Whoever is elect ed as President is bound by oath to respect these commit ments or negotiate new ones, this must be done only with consent of two-thirds of the members of the Senate, as with all treaties and commit ments with other nations. Secondly, I refer to t h e question of religion in t h I s campaign. To question one's religion is illegal, inconse quental and wholly unAmer ican. One of the cornerstones of Americanism is the right to worship God according to the dictates of our own con science. To curtail or restrict one church or person is to endanger all by removing this conception from our code of freedoms. As to religion having any bearing upon the performance of duties by the President, it is prejudiced opinion, spon sored by bigotry, intolerance and ignorance. Our foreign relations? We must have reached a new low in prestige when our Vice President was so scornfully treated in South America. The cold war has left us with such frazzled nerves that every time Khrushchev turns his head we go into a new fit of jitters, which has grown steadily worse during tnis present administration, in which Mr. Nixon has gained his much touted experience. I don't like it. Here is America, the stock market jumpy, mostly down, steel and auto industries oper ating at little over half ca pacity, building slowed down to a crawl, lumber mantel so poor many mills are closed down right here in the north west, and railroads laying off thousands of men. The Farm program? Its in such a tangle that even the administrate do not under stand it. O This 10 otprestige, this case of national jitters, this contusion and frustration, is all uncalled for. These things are man made, manipulated, Ambassador Wadsworth 'Man For Tough Minded By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign Editor The man of the - week: James Jeremiah Wads worth, United States Rep resentative to the United Nationi. The place: UN Headquar ter.. New York. The quote: "The United States maintains its arma ments and its armed forces for one purpose alone: To avoid war by deterring ag gression." , For affable Jerry Wads that worth was a familiar p o s i tion. He was back bat tling the So viet Union in Jj the diplomatic wars. When he took on his new assign- raiiNEwSoM m e n t at UN Headauarters last Sept. 3, Wadsworth had a long bacK- they do not follow fixed cy cles like the seasons of the year or the tides. There's only one answer-we need a change. C. R. Burrill 122 Vilas rd. W. Central Point, Ore. Pied Piper To the Editor: Are we possessed of a modern pied piper? It looks that way, as ordinarily intelligent people go happily dancing after youthful John Kennedy, trustfully singing praises and promises to his properly blessed tuneful piping, fol lowing him blindly to the shimmering - surfaced sea ahead. Doing this as weather wise trained pilots like Nixon and Lodge, Eisenhower and others alike, look on with amusement and worried won derment, knowing full well that the smiling but unpre dictable waters can never be trusted. Mind you, if by rare chance Kennedy and home-state dis owned Johnson are elected, then goodbye to all that Ei senhower, Nixon, Lodge and loyal helpers have fought for in keeping strong the United Nations, the Marshall plan helping war-wracked nations' recovery, fighting almost alone for small nation survi val and far too much we hold dear In our homeland. For it will give full leeway to Khru shchev, henchmen Castro, Mao and others, to howl to the world how the American people have repudiated all the present administration has struggled for. This has long been in mind but not fully clarified and confirmed until reading the U.S. News and World Report Oct. 17 editorial by veteran writer David Lawrence. Read it please, and be careful how you vote, if you value this blessed privilege of letters-to- the-editor, the God-g i v e n right of free religious wor ship and your very own life and happiness. F. J. Clifford Route 2, Box 200F " Central Point, Ore. Response and Ideas To the. Editor: The response to letter (in behalf of retaining Sacred Heart hospital was overwhelming, everyone Wanting to help with raising funds, asking what plans had been made, etc. Primarily my letter was written hoping some qualified person would take over the idea and carry through. First - "Self deprivation" instead of "self indulgence," being well acquainted with "deprivation" . because of an invalid husband who has had five visits to Sacred Heart, all by ambulance, one trip for myself for two weeks of oxy gen, in three years. Taxes alone average $10 per month on our home. Our income is a railroad pension and minimum Social Security. We owe no one a penny. Estimating county popula tion at 50 thousand would mean $5.75 per individual to pay present indebtedness. Prohibitive for a man with family, many of whom are out of work. Could he donate a dollar? Surely there Is a more m 6 n i e d family who could donate much more to make up the difference? Ideas? Why not forget the planned expensive holiday, parties? Estimate the cost of refreshments, gifts and send amount to Sister Luke. The elementary schools have a "spending day" each week. The principal of each could collect the pennies for Sacred Heart as a charity. Donate "double for Hal loween "treats." taking half for the hospital. All . clubs could follow along similar lines. Sacred Heart hospital mm I ground of tangling with So viet representatives. . For the previous 22 months he had been the U.S. delegate to the Geneva nuclear weap ons test ban parley. In that time, along with Britain s Sir Michael Wright and Russia's Semyon Tsarapkin, he had helped whip together bits and pieces of a treaty on a nuclear test ban that may never be completed. But when Henry Cabot Lodge stepped out as U.S. Ambassador to the UN to run for vice president on the Re publican ticket, Wadsworth stepped in to succeed him and continue his verbal fencing with the Russians. A giant of a man with the look of a friendly bear and the warm personality of a cocker spaniel, Wadsworth is a tough-minded and brilliant adversary whom the Soviet spokesmen have come to like and respect - albeit they must fight him in the various gath ering places of diplomacy. He more than held his own Negro Vote Building Power; Question Is Debated By LYLE C. WILSON Washington -0JPII- From the surprise issue of Matsu and Quemoy, the presidential cam paign detours now to the matter of Negro in the Cabinet. Census fig- ures, past and present, sug gest why the question of a Negro in the lvi. c. wiitoo C a b i net has heated up the campaign. It is a hot question. The manner of its discussion and answer by the" presidential candidates would persuade Negroes to vote for or against one or the other of those candidates. The question of political re wards for members of minor ity groups is not new in U.S. politics. It long has been the practice in New York City, for example, to balance the major party tickets with rep resentatives of minority groups, notably Jews, Catho lics, sometimes Negroes. The balance also may be by- na tionality rather than by race or religion. The balance usu ally is there, and quite deli cate, too. Republican vice presiden tial nominee Henry Cabot Lodge has made what sounds like a solid commitment that there would be a Negro in a Richard M. Nixon Cabinet. Nominee Nixon has not im mediately confirmed that com mitment. Democratic preside n t i a 1 nominee John F. Kennedy condemned Lodge's commit ment as an example of racism in reverse. His running mate, Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson, has not taken much part in the public discussion. Some Ne gro leaders, such as Rep. Adam Clayton Powell, (D N.Y.), who supports the Kennedy-Johnson ticket, have con demned Lodge. Powell called his proposal "dirty politics of the lowest order." It evidently is the position of Kennedy, Powell and oth ers that Lodge's talk is bait to obtain Negro votes for the Republican ticket. Lodge con tends that he simply proposed what he thought was right, more especially because of the effect a U.S. Negro cabinet officer would have on Afri cans in the United Nations. Whatever the motives may be, it can be considered that any candidate who seriously offends Negroes in the current discussion is likely to be hurt badly on election day. No can didate outside a . Southern constituency would dare of fend Negroes, else the candi date likely would become po- should never become a re ligious issue. If so, then equal amounts donated by Catho lics and Protestants to Rogue Valley hospital building fund should also be given Sister Luke. Our interest is personal -we are not affiliated with any church. Sacred Heart is solely for the patients it serves and would not the prestige of Med ford be given a black eye when information reached outlying communities, that after 50 years of "charity to all" the sisters were forced to leave town? Who wants Sacred Heart hospital without "The Sisters" in charge? Prayers will help. However, 'tis the material most impor tant now. Cash donations. small or large, to Sister Luke will not only help with the debt but prove the valley needs Sacred Heart hospital a sisters for their excellent wurk. Trusting city council does not consider this soliciting without a license nor the edi tor consider it a classified ad. Mrs. L. A. Diamond 520 DeBarr.ave. I Medford. I Battle With Reds with them in Geneva, and thus far at the UN he has been ahead of the Russians. His feeling is that the Rus sians now are tougher than ever, that they are probing for weaknesses, and "we have to be ready for any eventuali ty at any time." He's always been ready when the Russians moved. A major Congo crisis came up shortly after he took over at the UN. He trapped the Russians into a special session of the General Assembly just three days before Soviet Pre mier Nikita- Khrushchev ar rived. This was a move that skimmed the top off the pub licity buildup for Khrushchev and planted ideas of Soviet subversion in the minds of the new African and uncommitted nations. When Russia tried to ram the question of Red China's right to be in the UN into the agenda, Wadsworth led the U.S. fight to keep it out -and won. When Khrushchev shouted, litically dead. .' A 1959 population study projected that the Negro and Puerto Rican population of the 22-county New York met ropolitan area would rise by 60 to 75 per cent by 1980! Washington, D.C, . was the first large U.S. city to come Washington Report By WILLIAM THE KILLING PACE Washington-It begins to ap pear that the job of actually being president-a job long known among politic ians with ghoulish candor as man killer" - m a y s e e m naraiy tougn er than a win ter vacation to the winner of this presiden tial campaign, It is not easy to see how the White Houses for; all its pressures, can be too great a burden to the - man who emerges victorious from this incredible trial-by-fire of 1960. For, after all, a "sitting presi dent" can, sometimes, really itand alone. . Since circumstances have plunged the contenders into this mauling, this savagely de manding contest, the country is fortunate beyond belief that both are young and healthy. Otherwise, we might find we had killed both our candidates before electing either. THE people who read the dispatches of this or that as pirant's appearances here and there can hardly realize the true story of personal effort and sacrifice behind all these scattered little stories. For either candidate a fairly re laxed day will run to 18 hours, a fairly brisk day to 20 hours. There are speeches in the early morning chill, in the clamorous noonday, in the small, exhausted hours long past midnight. There are the ceaseless en counters with the local poli ticians; the urgent telephone calls at all hours between candidate and Washington headquarters. There are the unending crises . . '. the lost schedules . . . the foul-ups along the line . . . the "meals" of clammy-cold fried chicken, of ham sandwiches having all the zestful flavor of damp cardboard . . . the interviews with the traveling national press and the local press everywhere. AND -S-of ND beyond all this much which is pretty stand ard procedure except for the Try and Whit -By BENNETT CERF- INTRIGUING restaurant signs recorded by Maxwell Drake: In Topeka: "Strictly fresh eggs: we lay them in your plates." In a Chinese eatery in London, England: "Special Chinese dishes and men with ladies only served upstairs." In a beanery at Juneau, Alaska: "Large bowl clam chowder: 50 cents; Texas size: 25 cents." ; ' ." - Jim Backus has sent his wife to a U.S.C. specialty school to improve her cooking; The name of tha course she's taking is "ad vanced defrosting.' Another definition of ; pessimist this one by R&- O chel Brand: "a fellow who , carefully looks both ways before crossing a one-way streetl Neighbor to a very dirty little boy to the yard next door: Tv read about the soil bank, but aren't yon overdrawn?" , C ma, by BuuuU CvS. Distributed b Kis restarts aruileita 'J of Week- pounaea on nis aesK ana toon s off his shoe to bang away in rude interruptions during the) current general assembly de- s bates, Wadsworth cooled him . off with precise diplomatic nicety. Yet, Wadsworth's pleasant exterior and huge frame - ha stands six feet four and ad mits to 240 pounds - keeps the Russians bemused. The late Andre Vishinsky called him "Monsieur L'Ele phant," and Khrushchev even tried to give him a friendly bear hug when he showed up at a Soviet reception. Wadsworth has been too big for the Russians to handle, and for most people most of his life - although he's been affable in the process. ' He is now 55 years old, married and has one daughter and four grandchildren; He was a fine plunging back for Yale. Later, he starred in golf, semipro baseball, hockey and tennis. These days, he's starring against the Russians. Explosive up with its white population in the minority. That was. on the basis of 1958 census data. The Negro vote is building up to explosive political pow er. It may decide the ldBO election winner. Small won der the candidates are talking about Negroes. S. WHITE appalling lengthening this time of the hours of work and struggle much has been ad ded. There are the frequent and hurried "spot" television appearances and, overshadow ing all else, the "great de bates" on TV. Toward the.se, each man points and plans: in every waking hour, and in such .dreams as he is allowed to have. On any one of thesa each man knows that a single tired slip, a fragment of a thoughtless phrase, could cost him the highest office in this world.. , .. It is enough to incline any onlooker who really likes pol iticians anyhow (as this cor respondent admits he does), to have more sympathy for what the candidate does right than to be critical of what, at a safe distance, he does , that seems to be wrong. And it is not only the top men John F. Kennedy for the Demo crats and Richard M. Nixon for the Republicans who are running this long and brutal gantlet. ' . rpHE second men are hardly less battered by demand J upon body and mind and i nerves. This is notably true of the Democratic vice-presi- ! dential candidate, Sen. Lyn-i don B. Johnson, who . faces . dire struggles in his native I south to "carry the ticket for i Jack." Henry Cabot Lodge, f Nixon's running mate, has 'no f special problem. , ' : t In five recent days in tha south Johnson campaigned.' in eight states; put 'his head to- gether with 1,247 Democratia officials aboard his campaign f train; was photographed 1,047 ! times and made 57 speeches at 49 stops. When he return- ed here for his first "day off" in, three weeks of days and f nights, this was the scene at his home: The baggage lay upon tha f floor. Johnson himself was i on one telephone while two i others rang angrily. "Where you heading now?" asked a questioner, when Johnson ' turned a moment from the phone to swallow a sip of ; coffee. "Hawaii, I think," ha replied. "Will know in 20 , minutes where to next." (Copyright, 1960, by United ; Features Syndicate, Corp.) Stop Me I two eggs, I
