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Medford and Jaekwn County
Hlitory from the files of The
Mall Trlbunt 10. 20, 30, 40
and 50 vein ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Oct. 25, 1950 (Wednesday)
Pacific Pine Products Inc.,
Medford, filed articles of in
corporation in Salem today.
: Medford's Hawthorne park
swimming pool, with an in
come of $10,369 and disburse
ments of $11,238 incurred an
operating deficit of $669 dur
ing its first season of opera
tion this year. . .
20 YEARS AGO
Oct. 25, 1540 (Friday)
A northbound passenger
'train struck a semi-traller
truck and killed both its oc-
-V, cupants at the Helman st.
"crossing.in AsMana tins morn-
Fromt Arthur, ferry s "xe
Smiiricp Pot" ' column: "A
t, Washington, D.C., report com
pliments congressmen and
senators on . 'showing more
backbone.' Be this as It may,
none of the Oregon delegation
are wearing evening gowns."
30 YEARS AGO
Oct. 25, 1930 (Saturday)
A record load of pears-25
; carloads-left Medford for Eu
rope today.
The Lake Creek Grange
adopted a resolution yester
day opposing the proposed
cattle law.
40 YEARS AGO
Oct. 25, 1920 (Monday)
The first local apple cider
and mincemeat of the year
was placed in markets here
this week.
Fred Wahl has been named
new cashier of the Farmers
and Fruitgrowers' Bank here
50 YEARS AGO
Oct. 25, 1910 (Tuesday)
- Total voter registration in
Jackson county is 4,848, 300
less than last year; of this
Medford has 1,804 and Ash
land hns DR7.
Democratic candidate for
governor Oswald West told an
Ashlanrf audience this morn
ing that he is in favor of
normal schools.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine at ten correct It superior:
even or sight is eicellenl, fir M
lis It good.
1. Name the three cities
that have served as capital:
of the United States.
2. Who is Mary Livingston's
husband?
3. What famous painter is
credited with inventing the
wheelbarrow?
4. What movie won the
Academy Award for 1960?
5. Where are genuine Pan
ama hats made?
8. The 1960 census shows
that there are 8, 10. 18, or 28
million more people than ten
years ago?
7. What famous character
did not want to grow up ac
cording to the story?
8. How many sides does a
snow flake have?
rA. What is the shortest
psajm in the Bible?
! 10. When was the American
flipper Ship Era?
' ' Antwersr 1. Washington,
D.C., New York and Philadel
phia. 2. Jack Benny. 3. Leo
nardo da Vinci, 4. Ban Hur. 5.
fcfluador. 6. 21 million. 7. Pa
tar Pan. Six. I. 117th. 10.
.J550 to lffSO.
To Strengthen 'Home Rule
, If you are in accord' With the idea that coun
ties should be able to adopt "home rule" charters
if they wish to do so by vote of the people, you
should vote "yes" on ballot measure No. 11 in
next month's election.
A "home rule" provision in the constitution
was passed by the voters of the state a few years
ago. This one is a minor amendment to it, broad
ening the powers of home rule counties to finance
necessary improvements.
' The ballot title reads, "Financing improve
ments in home rule bounties," and the purpose
is stated thus: "To amend Constitution to require
home rule counties to pay for local improvements
by taxing only benefited property unless other
wise provided by law or charter."
THE NEW matter comprises the last seven
words above "unless otherwise provided
by law or charter."
This would makp it nnssihlo for a hnmo iulo
county to build a bridge, for example, or develop
a recreation area, without heinc Hmir&i-I in as
sessing "benefited property" for the cost. .
it, io a minor wiaiige,
one, u tne principle oi
effectively. It makes no
We recommend a yes vote for No, 11.
E.A. '
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Governmental Continuity
Ballot measure-No.
amand the Constitution
to set up machinery whereby state and local gov
ernment, cuum oe conunuea in case oi an enemy
attack. '
One hopes such machinery would never be
heeded. But if it ever were needed, it would he
neeciea Daaiy. . '
bucn governmental
porary in nature, and for emergencies only, "in
: .1 -c j: l ii!
periuua ui uisaster resuiunjr irom enemy attacK.
CUCH machinery would
a seat of government other than Salem if
necessary, procedures 'for succession in office if
incumbents were killed, and similar emergency
provisions.
There is no known opposition to the proposal ;
we know of no reason why there should be any.
we recommend a
12. E.A.
No Contest
" None of thV judicial
election ballot have) any
i They include William
T. Goodwin, both justices
court, Circuit Judge Oval J. Millard, of Grants
Pass) and justices of the peace in the Ashland
and God Hill districts. .
. mere is no ooudi inai tney.wui. oe elected.
But as a matter of courtesy, and of good govern
ment, it would be a line idea to take the extra
few seconds needed to mark an X by their names.
. Judicial offices are among the most important
we have, and a "vote "of confidence" in the in
cumbents and unopposed candidates will do no
harm at all. E.A : . ,
Goblins and Health T
Halloween is next Monday. '
Ten years ago, a small Sunday school class
decided to try something new in the way of the
traditional "trick or treat." They asked for small
contributions for the United Nations children's
agency. That year, they raised $36.
The idea caught on. The following year some
$9,000 was raised. Increasing amounts were
raised in each succeeding year until in 1959 the
amount donated was about $1,500,000.
THE MONEY is used by UNICEP-'in coopera-
'Hon with other U.N. agencies to provide sup
plies needed to control and eradicate mass dis
ease, improve nutrition, and to equip maternal
and child health centers.
Even small donations are significant,, for one
cent can provide five glasses of. milk for an un
dernourished child in one of the underdeveloped
parts of the world ;, five cents buys enough vac
cine to protect five children from tuberculosis;
ten cents enough antibiotics to cure two children
of the disease of yaws.
It is a worthwhile endeavor. And if a small
goblin displays a UNICEF identification tag, and
asks for a few cents for UNICEF in addition to
the traditional "treat.'.' may we ask that you help
him help others? E.A.
Deadline
Deadline for the Mail
letter-writintr contest for
this area is fast approaching.
letters must be received on or before Oct. 29
next .Saturday.
Any high school student in the newspaper's
circulation area is eliirible
support either Mr. Nixon
tor the presidency, be limited to 300 words, and
bear the name, age, address, parents' names, class
and school of the writer.
A $25 savings bond
two letters judged the best,, one in support of
Nixon, one in support of Kennedy. The winning
letters will be printed. E.A. . -
uud rainer an important
nome rale is to be used
changes in taxes as such.
12 in the election would
to permit the legislature
machinery would be tern
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include provisions for
yes" vote on Measure No
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But Vote '
officers on the'Novmber
opposition.- - .. .s.:
C. Perry and Alfred
of the Oretron supreme
Nearing
Tribune's presidential
hieh school students of
to enter. Letters should
or Sesator Kennedy
will be awarded to the
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THE PATTERN IN DULUTH
Duluth, Minn. - (UPD - "Ken
nedy's my choice, even if he
is a Democrat. I've always
been a Repub
lican -1 voted
for Eisenhow
er, naturally,
too. But the
Democrats are
for the little
people, and
we need help
now." . .
. "Kennedy is
just as well
qualified as Nixon, and we
need a change. The Republl
cans are always for big busi
ness, the Democrats are for
the working people. I'm vot
ing for Kennedy.
"Kennedy's a bit young, but
he's a fine man, and he's a
Democrat. That's what counts
with me."
The first speaker was Mrs.
John Arneson, the big, jolly
wife of a Great Lakes sailor;
The second was W. C. Grubb
a quiet spoken dental tech.
nlclari. The third was Chester
Sieverson, a crane operator.
All three are Lutherans. And
all three are in every way
outwardly similar to the rath
er numerous Lutheran work
ing people in Minneapolis and
St. Paul who told this report
er that "they couldn't vote for
a Catholic." - !
IN DULUTH, however, it is
different. When asked if
Sen. Kennedy's religious faith
troubled her at all, smiling
Mrs. Arneson suddenly looked
grim, and all but snapped out
her answer: "Not one bit!"
The two men quoted reacted
in the same manner, and so
did a great many more Duluth
people like them. There is
nothing mysterious, either, in
this quite marked difference
of reaction between other
wise similar voters in Duluth
and the Twin Cities.
Duluth has suffered far
more from the current busi
ness slowdown than the Twin
Cities have suffered, at least
as yet.. Production on the iron
range Is down. Steel output
is down, Great Lakes shipping
is down. Economic issues
therefore predominate here,
even though Duluth people,
like people everywhere else
in the country, say the first
and biggest national problem
Is keeping the peace.
In particular, economic is
sues have very largely over
shadowed the so-called relig
ious issue, at least in the low
er Income brackets nf the
electorate. The result has
been a surge toward the Dem
ocrats by the people in these
brackets. And this may well
be strong enough to produce a
fairly dramatic vote in Duluth
on election day.': . 7
. a
fliHIS Is the conclusion that
- emerged, at any rate, from
a long day of pavement
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Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERF
DANNY KAYE, attending a party outside Washington,
D. C, was shown through the house by his young and
lovely hostess. The tour completed, she asked, "Well, did
you liks it?" Danny re- - .
plied sincerely, "What I.
liked best was your beau
tiful kisser." i
The young hostess mis
understood Danny. She
thought he had said "kit
chen." "You should have
seen it before it was fixed
up." she laughed gaily.
"What a mess!" i
e mm
Overheard on the fathers'
bench at a seaside fathers-and-sona
Softball gams: "I ,
would like to live long
enough so's I could be as ... . ; '
much of a nuisance to my children as they have been to ma,
e e e
"Any maa," opines Wise, Old Owl Jack E. Leonard, "who
thinks he's mora Intelligent than his wife is married to a. dan
smart woman."
ma, Hr sVumitt out wtmhutsd tu imtun inim
pounding and doorbell ringing
by Bob. O'Keefe and Dick
Jacobs, of "The Duluth Her
aid" and "News-Tribune," and
this reporter. We talked to 96
Duluth people in all, mainly
in the 18th and 19th precincts,
with a foray into the suburban
2nd precinct to balance our
findings. All three precincts,
it should be noted, gave
majorities to President Eisen
hower in 1956.
In the prosperous 2nd pre
cinct, the houses remind you
of an Ideal home exhibition
Even there, we found that
Vice President Nixon was not
doing as well this year as the
President had done four yea.s
ago.
Of the 26 people we inter
viewed there, 18 had voted
for Eisenhower, only 5 had
voted for Adlai Stevenson,
and 3 had not voted in the
last election. Today, 14 were
backing Nixon, 7 plumped for
Kennedy, and the remainder
were still undecided. In this
precinct, moreover, expres
sions of religious feeling were
very common indeed.
In the lower-middle-to-mid
dle income 18th and 19th pre-
cincts, on the other hand, ex
pressions of religious feeling
were "relatively rare, and Ken-.
nedy was- really swamping.
Nixon. " Economics 'had trans
formed . a slight Eisenhower
lead into a commanding Ken
nedy majority.
TO. BE specific, we talked to
.no less lhan. 70. voters 'in
these two neighboring pre
cincts. Of these, people, 30
had chosen Elsenhower, 29
had chosen Stevenson, and 11
had not voted in 1956. Today,
the same people gave 37 votes
to Kennedy and only 21 to
Nixon, with 12 undecided. In
sum, the shift towards the
Democrats is very strong
indeed.
In Duluth as a whole, and
in Minnesota's iron range, the
shift should be vastly stronger
than in the 18th and 19th pre
cincts. This neighborhood is
Rppublican than the Duluth
iron range average. Partisan
solidification, when it occurs
at all, always goes furthest in
places where the party al-
more prosperous and more
ready predominates. Thus the
Republican minorities in Du
Iuth's naturally Democra tic
districts, which were substan
tial in 1956, may all but van
ish in 1960.
Up here, in sum, you have
a situation like the situation
at the close of the West Vir
ginia primary. The people
have more serious - and more
painful - things to think about
than Senator Kennedy s
church. And their thinking
about these things has led a
great many of them to choose
Senator Kennedy despite his
church.
(c) 18(0 New York Herald
Tribune Inc.
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British Labor Party
As Kesult
By PHIL NEWSOM '
UPI Foreign Editor
The British Labor Party
held its annual conference
earlier this month to chart
means of re
storing itself
to favor in the
eyes of voters
and to recap
ture the gov
ernment from
the Conserva
tives of Prime
Minister Har
old Macmil
lan. , IS
PHIL NIWSOM
The result, even in the eyes
of party leaders, was a near
disaster.
It left the party split be
tween the issues of neutralism
Washington Report
y WIIUAM
CLEAN CAMPAIGN
Washington - The emotion
al partisans are beginning to
howl, as emotional partisans
always do
that the other
side's p r e s 1
dential candi
date is becom-
ins unduly
:t;1M nasty, i
". V U . SI m , . ,
i n e extra
ordinary and
happy truth,
how ever,
William i.
White
that this cam
paign is actually one of the
cleanest and most nearly re
sponsible, at every visible
level at least, in recent his
tory.
Everything, in politics is, of
course, relative; and this great
race is surely no contest be
tween political pacifists ad
dressing some ladies' semin
ary. It is a real fight, and no
mistake. All the same, there
has never been a race in this
correspondent's memory when
so many people - beginning
with the candidates them
selves - were acting in so
nearly adult a way and trying
so hard to keep out the sheer
est of the nonsense and the
worst of the rubbish.
THIS, in short, is not really
so "tough" a campaign as
many, are suggesting, for often
the suggestion comes from
men having no genuine stand
ard of comparison, fQr lack, of
experience In past campaigns,
They assume that hard. fight
ing is ine .same ining as ugly
fighting, , , .
Now, many, no doubt, will
be at once tempted to but-but
these genial observations.
Supercharged Democrats will
say: '.'But what about Nixon's
claim that Kennedy is 'naive'
toward communism? Isn't
that charging the Democrats
with appeasement?" Answer:
No, it is close to that charge
But even an open cry of "ap
peasement" would be still an
Infinite distance, for example,
from the widespread Republi
can charges of 1952 that the
Democrats under Harry Tru
man were deliberately killing
American boys in Korea while
deliberately being kind to
subversion at home.
Supercharged Republicans
will say: "But what about
Kennedy's accusaUon that
Nixon is trigger-happy? Isn't
that pretty rough?" Answer:
Yes, it is ' pretty rough; but
still a thousand light - miles
away from past Democratic
charges, beginning with Her
bert Hoover in 1932, that the
Republicans were cold-blood
edly unconcerned with hunger
and starvation and only want
ed a federal license to rob the
poor, i
a
QJUPERCHARGED Democrats
wlll;sav: "But look how
the Republicans are deliber
ately fanning the 'religious
issue' against Kennedy." An
swer: No Republican of any
national standing is doing
anything of the sort; if only
because he would be monu
mentally foolish to do so. And
even if he were, he would
still be a model of propriety
compared to the vast, naked
use made in 1928 of the Cath
olic religion of another Demo
cratic candidate, Alfred E,
Smith.
Supercharged Republicans
will say: "But look at Harry
Truman saying certain people
should 'go to hell'." Answer:
If he did - and the point seems
debatable - this is pale tea,
indeed, compared to Truman
charges of 19S2 suggesting
that Dwight Eisenhower was
profiting from the support of
pro-Fascist groups.
NO, THE plain truth is that
though we have the
youngest pair of presidential
aspirants on record we also
have one of the most mature
campaigns. Why? Simply be
cause this time we have two
strictly and teetotally and ab
solutely professional politi
cians seeking the office, men
whose whole adult lives havaj
twfn tnunt In mihlin rrlpst
Each, though desperately
wanting to win the election.
also desperately wants to have
a decently united country to
lead afterward. For, true po
liticajgpros are nearly always
rYW
ot Kecent
and the nuclear deterrent, and
the clear impression that the
party which swept to power
in 1945, now is a party with
out a platform, colorless, with
out either the will or the de
termination to create one.
Further, i t placed party
leader Hugh Gaitskell in the
position of trying to lead a
house divided. Among the la
bor members of Parliament,
it has been estimated that
Gaitskell can count on the
support of perhaps 180.
Support For NATO
These will follow his line of
support for NATO and the nu
clear deterrent and a go-slow
attitude toward further na
tionalization of British indus
try. S. WH1TI
far shorter on hate and far
longer on tolerance than their
amateur supporters.
And the amateurs are tak
ing their cue from the com
parative tolerance and reason
ableness of the pro candidates
at the top. Bloodied combat
troops barely "hate" the
enemy so loudly and so vehe
mently as do the fellows back
in the supply corps. They
haven't got the time.
(Copyright, 1180, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
in the Days News
Br FRANK JENKINS
' Reno. The. Biggest Little
City in the World. That's what
the sign that hangs over the
the Virginia Street entrance
on the north says. The slogan
has been Reno's proud boast
for lo these many decades.
I suppose it's true. But one
some times wonders if
shouldn't be changed to read;
Reno, the Luckiest Little
City in the World.
Since its founding Reno has
been shot with luck.
THERE was the Comstock
Lode, for example. Its dis
covery was a case of pure
luck. A miner was wander
ing around on the mountain
that rises more or less in
Reno's back yard: He was
looking for gold. He was un
believably annoyed ' by
black sand. Finally, he had
some of it assayed. It turned
out to be HEAVY with silver.
and in the , tracing of this
black sand the fabulous Com
stock lode was discovered.
It made Virginia City as a
mining town and it made
Reno as a mining supply town.
Trading in its stock shares,
incidentally, made a lot of
San Francisco's early wealth,
THERE came eventually the
J- first bust at the Comstock.
It petered out. But the lode
was rediscovered, and pro
duced more fantastically
than ever . . . and again
Reno prospered. But there
came the final exhaustion of
the Comstock, which left Vir
ginia City a ghost town and
seemed to foreshadow the end
of Reno.
There came then the di
vorce boom, favored by Ne
vada s laws. It made iteno
world-famous, keeping it In
the news day after day, week
after week and month after
month. The divorcees scatter
ed a lot of money in the town,
Reno boomed.
BUT A GROWING town
can't live on the money
left by divorce hunters-even
if in the main they are a well-
healed lot and scatter a lot
of cash around. So Reno went
to work to make itself the
financial and business capi
tal of Nevada. It succeeded.
But you can't build a town
as big as Reno wanted to be
out of the banking and mer
chandising of a state as thin
ly populated as Nevada was
- and relatively speaking
still is.
There was a time when it
looked like Reno might not
be able to uphold indefinite
ly its claim to the title of The
Biggest Little City in th
world.
THEN
WHAM!
Something happened again.
Gambling was made legal in
Nevada.
That DID it. Since then,
Reno has had little trouble
in upholding its proud boast
that it is The Biggest Little
City in the World. Once again
Lady Luck has showered
down and Reno was on its
way again.
It has been on its way ever
since.
T IS STILL on its way.
At high speed. It is going
places. There can be no doubt
of that
But
There are times when one
can't help' wondering JUST
WHERE city is going and
just where a STATE is going
when th biggest business of
the city and the biggest busi-
Divided, Impotent
Lert-W ing apiir
Oonosed t o him will be
about 75 who will- follow the
neptrallst line of the left
wing labor unions and will
continue their demands for
all-out nationalization.
World War II had just
ended when the - Laborites
ousted the Conservative gov
ernment of Winston Church
ill, and under Prime Minister
Clement Attlee, embarked on
a sweeping program of indus
trial and social changes.
They nationalized British
steel, trucking and railroads.
They had pressed for full em
ployment under various gov
ernment work programs, insti
tuted care for the aged and
dental care for all.
They gave freedom to India,
Pakistan, Ceylon and Burma.
But they also supported
NATO and placed Britain in
a common front against ag
gressive communism. .
This year, behind the lead
ership of left-wing union
leader Frank Cousins and
Communications
Letters to the Editor must bear the nam and address f tha
writer, although under certain circumstances the use of I pen
nam er initial for publicstion is permissible. Th Malt
Tribune reserves th right to edit all Utters with a view
to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted fei pub
lication must not xcd 400 words. Th letters prlntad in
this column do not neceiiarlly represent th lws f th
paperi in fact th canlrary Is oftan th s. -
Porter's Voting Record
To the Editor: The current
campaign against . Congress
man Charles O. Porter has
gone so far into the areas of
distortion and outright char
acter assassination that th
facts are in danger of being
buried In political mud. For
months we have been subject
ed to editorials and "Letters
to the Editor" In the Roseburg
News - Review and other
papers, calculated to mislead
us into believing that Porter
is neglecting his duties, is
soft toward the Reds, spend
ing all his time globe-trotting,
etc., ad nauseum. -
Now the main basis on
which we judge any congress
man seeking re-election should
be his voting record. The op
position is significantly silent
about Porter's voting record.
Th voters, however, when
they examine that record,
will see that Mr. Porter has
voted favorably' on every
measure that would benefit
the majority of the people in
his district, ana tne nation..
Why do his opponents lead
us to believe that congress
man should not be active.
foreign affairs, when the ex
act opposite is the truth?
Hav we, th people, , through
our. elected representatives,
ceased to hav any voice in
foreign policy?
Mr. Porter's activities in
the field of foreign relations
have all been calculated to
bring us a better understand
ing of other peoples of the
world. How els can we have
lasting peace?
We will have sunk to a new
low if wc allow a man like
Mr. Porter to be crucified by
a whispering campaign tnat
even questions his loyalty as
an American!
Mr. P o r t e r's campaign
against dictators began with
the murder of one of his con
stituents by a Trujillo hench-
man. Largely through Por
ter's efforts we Americans
are taking a closer look at the
policy of propping up every
decadent dictatorship that we
can keep on "our side." If we
want the peoples of - Latin
America and Asia as friends,
we should all take a cue from
Porter and begin making
lot of noise about our foreign
policy.
Instead of merely currying
favor for votes, Charles Por
ter has worked very hard for
his district and for his coun
try. On the basis of his won
derful voting record in Con
gress and his labors for peace,
let's return him to office.
James H. Sherman
2778 N.E. Gordon ave.
Roseburg, Ore.
What Is A Bigot?
To The Editor: What is
Bigot? We hear the word of
ten, especially in connection
with religious belief. Webster
tells us that it is "one obstin
ately or Intolerantly devoted
to his own church, party, be
lief or opinion." That sounds
bad for anyone having an
opinion, so again, I ask:
What is a Bigot?
How about these statements
and ideas . . . "But we do
know that Senator is
disgrace to the senate of the
United States." Or this: "To
separate Church and State is
like trying to separate body
and soul." Or this: "W will
go to your churches, schools.
and lunch counters." Or this:
ness of its Stat is " GAM
BLING. 1
Gambling, you know, does
n't CREATE anything. Every
lime someDoay WINS a dol
lar somebody alse LOSES a
dollar. There doesn't seem to
be vry much futur in that
kind of business.
over the passionate objections
of Gaitskell, the labor confer
ence adopted two resolutions
which would strip Britain of
her defenses Snd leave her
alone in the world struggle. -One
would declare Britain's
neutrality. Another would
have Britain destroy all her
nuclear arms legardlesl Of ac
tion by other nations.
Thus Gaitskell found him
self pushed willy-nilly almost
to the lids of the Conserva
tives, while another larga seg
ment of his psrty moved ever
closer to the Communists.
The years slnct 1951 hava
been rough ones for the party:
Two of its most outstanding
personalities, Aneurin Sevan
and Errtest Bevin, ire dead.
Thicker pay envelopes and
prosperity have reduced so
cialism's appeal to many vot
ers. -
But food for thought is tho
vocal neutralism existing in
Britain, even though Still rep
resenting a minority.
all literature received was
"hate literature." Or this:
"Anti-Catholic Hate Campaign
declared for election." Under
the headline the article pro
ceeded to quote Dr. Giers and
Dr. Ayer, both N. Y., whos
statements can be proven as
true in any library or history.
O, yes, I don't doubt th
reader received hat litera
ture, but not all ot it. But
hate reveals itself.
Disagreements with "sum
mit meetings," "fortign aid,"
United Nations, etc., and th
desire to expose communists
in th government, are all
branded as McCarthyism.
Anyone against integration or
th ,sit-in-strike art all la
beled "Negro Haters." In th
religious field anything said
against Catholics or commun
ists in th churches is brand
ed as Bigotry. Truth arid lies
all dumped in the sam bas
ket. I will not vote for; Ken
nedy; a vote for Kennedy is
a vote for th Vatican. - Ken
nedy has said that h would
make his own decisions, that
he believed in separation of
Church and State. Catholic
laymen have said the same
thing. I will not qulbbl Over
whether they believe what
they say. I'll take their word
for it. As far as the Catholics
are concerned, though, 1 ani
waiting for on voict - I'v
waited for this certain voict.
The one that all Catholics
pledge allegience to. That
voice has not spoken, neither
have the cardinals, arclv
bishops or bishops. I'm still
waiting tor that Orit voict oi
authority. Th vole I am.
waiting for is Pop John.
from th Vatican. - '
Ella Powell,
Box 621,
Central Point, Or.
Electoral Cell? '. , '
To th Editor: In ' th Oct.
30 American Weekly there is
an article on the Electoral C.I
lege and its function, it Is
too late for anything to Ii
done this year but the method
has been outmoded for years.
Let's get rid of this middl
man.
We think wc put our mark
for President and Vic Presi
dent when in tact w art vot
ing for electors who ar gen
erally selected by state party
conventions. These men or
women do not hav to follow
the choice of th people but
can throw their votes 0h any
side they themselves should
choose to favor. This hap
pened in 1800 and 1824 snd
could happen again.
Each state's electors tquti
the combined number of its
Congressmen and . Senators.
Think how some states could
be out-voted or pressured into
voting against their will.
Aren't Americans smart
enough to select a President
by popular vote alone?
if some states should send
;uninstructed" electors to th
College with issues of States
Rights, Civil Rights, integrt
tion and even religion at
stake, anything can happen." '
in a recent edition of Satur
day Evening Post it Spokes
man for Mr. Kennedy claimed
that American common peo
ple have too much money for
pleasure boats, second cars
and entertainment, and this
money would b nut into.
roads and schools via the tax
method if Mr. K. wins. -
would takt the muni
of a bit of pleasure tvHy
from us but would h sell
n. yacht and second, third
etc.. cart to do the same? Ha
seem to believe In "th poor
get poorer and the rich gel
richer" plan. Do vou?
Ellen Doran,
Route 2,
Central Point, On. .
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