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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE. THURSDAY. OCTOBER i7. " 1 m&SS0" . hUiihed Dally axcejrt Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO - 33 M-rth ITlr St.. PB DnnpT or numl Editor HERB GREY Advertiilng Hanaiar GERALD T LATHAM Bui Mgr. fmrw ALLEN JR.. Mn Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAtJ, Teieg Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sporta Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Women a Editor PALE ERICKSON.culatlgnME , An Independent Newapaper Entered aa aecond clan matter at Medford. OreRon. under Act ol March 3. 1897 ,:. SUBSCRIPTION RATES . My Mall - In Advance. Copy toe ' Billy and Sunday-1 year 15 ' Dally and Sunday moa. too Sally and Sunday 3 moa 4.85 Sunday only-one year " y Carrier In Advance Medford Daily ana Sunday-1 vear lno : Dally arnt Sunday-1 mo I SO Carrier and Dealara - copy All Terma Cain Injwvanc "f"flclal Paper of City of Medford Official Paper Ol acnu.. jiv. UnTted Preaa International .. -r- ir..n inxpri wire PP.i Telepholojjgntouraa SjEMBER OF AUDIT Bunainu . OF CmCULATIONS . wmt HOLIDAY CO.. INC Of- flcea In New York. Chicago, pa. a i o. giH.a iiKn T.na An affile . ; Rtil Portland St. Louli At- . 1pU, Vancouver. B.C. NIWSPAM PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAI A Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from tha files of The Mall Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40 and 50 vears agay, ,t . ., 10 YEARS AGO Winds up to 60 miles an hour lashed the Rogue valley lnnt niBht and were respon- ilble tor the death of at least one man: reports ol minor damage were coming in from 11 areas of the valley. An agreement between the Far Western and Northwest fnntball conferences was reached today to stage an an nual "Pear bowl" game In Medford. ' , 20 YEARS AGO Two automobiles and a horse-drawn hay wagon col lided this morning on North Riverside ave., causing con siderable damage to. the ve hicles but no injuries to the occupants. Prnm Arthur, Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column:: "Jo sephine county will vote on local option Nov. 5. If it wins, citizens will have the option of going three different di rections for their cooking liquor. This will also improve traffic conditions on the high ways Saturday night.". . .-, 30 YEARS AGO . The local Chamber of Com merce has launched a "go to the noils" drive. .The Farmers', and , Fruit- Erowers' bank robber will face trial soon, 40 YEARS AGO . . . Oct. 27. 1920 (Wednesday) Leading businessmen of the city endorse C. E. (Pop) Gates for mayor. r '' ' V Three persons indicted, in Jacksonville bank fauurei SO YEARS AGO Oct. 27. 1910 (Thursday) Several Jacksonville resi dents captured a "wild-man" vesterday who had been ter- rorlzlnE the area west of Jacksonville for the , past month. Track for the Pacifio and Eastern railroad has been laid to a point within four miles of Butte Falls where it is again halted by bridge work. What's Your I.Q.? Nina ot Ian correct Is tuparlori seven er eight la ecellent five at six Is lead. ' 1, Which President of the United States made the short est inaugural address? - 2. Which is the smallest of the citrus fruits? 3. Do bats have feathers? i 4.: Are there any legal re quirements in the United States which require that articles made in foreign coun- tries be clearly labeled as auch? S. What is the difference in the course travelled by tele vision waves and radio waves? 6. Is ' the "labor vote," eagerly sought by candidates for public office,1 centered principally In the large me tropolitan areas or in scmi rural areas? 7. From what is dry ice . made? ; 8. In what European coun try was Adglph Hitler born? 9 Did Senator Kennedy, or did he not, agree with President Elsenhower's refu sal to . meet ; with Niklta Khrushchev recently? ' i' 10. Are there any locks In the Suez Canal? Answers: 1. Martin Van Buran. 2. Kumquat. 3. No. 4. Yet. 6. T.V. are flati radio up and down. 6. Metropolitan araas. 7V Carbon dioxide. I. Austria, t. He did. 10. No. Two for Jackson county has of representatives of the Oregon legislature. There are four candidates for the two seats, two Republicans and two Of the candidates, ified; two are far above not, in our view,: possess the qualifications we would like to see in a member of the legislature. Of the four, Bob Duncan, a Democrat, now completing his second term, is without question the ablest, most widely experienced and broadly qualified. , , - , , DUNCAN was elected speaker of the house in . liio a an tin A -faim rf r fft n a on rninvflftflfltitflrl honor and indication of respect from his house colleagues. If he is reelected, there is a g o o d chance he would again become speaker. " On the last night of the last session of the legislature, the leaders of both party organiza tions in the. house arose to give him unexpected, but heart-felt, praise for a job well and impar tially done. . As a veteran of the important ways and means committee, and as speaker of the house, Duncan has had experience in state government which seldom comes to one under 40. He is in a unique position to give valuable service to Jackson coun ty and the state. THE CHOICE for the this county is between Dellenback. .Both are Republicans. Mrs. Nye is now a member of the house, seek ing reelection. Her specialty has been education, a pursuit for which she is particularly qualified, both by long thought and study, and by experi ence on the Medford school board and the state school boards association. She also is interested and : is knowledgeable state government. .', Dellenback, a lawyer, for the first time. He is a highly intelligent; artic ulate young man, and probably would learn to become aneffective legislator, given time and an acquaintance with the He has, however, in let himself be led into statements which, if not bespeak an adequate sense of political propriety and responsibility. J) or our second choice, Nye. . . . THE THIRD candidate is John Gregory, Dem tnva a-i-P fV a Coma VallaUT qvaq " i He is smart and voluble, but portions of his efcislatiye "program" are both unrealistic and bordering on the demagogic. ' X He was, if our information is correct, a politi cal independent in California before moving here some three years aeo, and did not register as a voter (Democrat) until bemg.named a candidate by the Democratic cen tral committee. There's nothing wrong in this, surely. But it is hot an indication of party responsibility nor po litical stability, nor is it a recommendation for political office. For representative in the legislature, we rec ommend Duncan and Mrs. Nye. E.A. "No" on Tax Increase .Measure No. 14 on the is an income tax bill. It was passed by the 1959 session of the legis lature, but was upheld by a referendum petition which put it on the fall s ballot. It would increase the taxes of most taxpayers. And, despite the fact that it was held up for a year and a half, greater-than-expected state rev enues have resulted in a situation where some what more than $80,000,000 will be in the state's coffers at the end of the biennium. AS A RESULT of these facts, Measure No. 14 will undoubtedly be defeated, and probably should be not because more state revenue won't be needed in the years to come (it will, if the state is to take care of its obligations), but be cause, under the present circumstances, it is the wrong way to go about it. , The legislative interim committee on taxation is now completing an extensive study of Oreeron in i .' .1 '11 irtAciuun, aim win propose some major cnanges to tne next legislature, which meets in January. That, we believe, is the proper approach, tak ing a variety of factors into consideration, includ ing the financial position today, not as it was 18 months ago. ' We recommend a "no" vote on Measure No. 14. E.A. . Cussing and "And now he (Vice President Nixon) has raised the question of 'personal standards.' I'This Is an odd issue for Mr. Nixon to emphasize. Everybody Is bored with the Democratic cries about 'the old Nixon and Helen Galiagan Douglas and Jerry Vorhees and Joe McCarthy,' but the standards of the present are something else again. "What kind of standard is It to base a campaign for the Presidency at this time on the theory that our Influence in the world has not slipped? Nobody knows better than the Vice President that this simply Is not true ... "What kind of standard Is It to go beyond President Elsenhower's policy on Quemoy and Matsu and then try to give the impression that this is virtually the same policy as the President's? v "Maybe we're wrong, but jusslng seems innocent compared to this." James Beston in tha New York Times. i ., " K V IV the House two seats in the house Democrats. one is outstandingly Qual average; the other does . second house seat from Mrs. Eve Nye and John in property tax relief, in many other areas' of is seeking public office responsibilities entailed. the heat of the campaign, making allegations and exactly reckless, do not we shall vote tor Mrs. . . just a few days before general election ballot ' 1 of the state as it is Standards Dennis the Menace HE SAYS SOL0WS ABB JUST .. . Communications ... Letters lo Iha Editor must certain circumstances the us of a pan name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserve, 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 ottan ma ease. Ha HAS Voted To the Editor: With the New York Times as my chief source of daily news and com. ment for decades past, 1 usual ly have found press services awfully inadequate w h e away from New York. Now that I have moved to Medford to make my home at Rogue Valley Manor (here only two weeks and at the Medford Ho tel until the Manor in ready for occupancy), I was pleased to find the Times available here, even though a few days late. However, let me hasten to add that already I have be come an avid and appreciative reader of the Medford Mail Tribune. I have been delight ed, to find its coverage of na, tional and world news excep. tlonal for ,a city this size. By wav of orientation in local and state affairs I have found it most helpful, in its "ads" as well as the news.' But par ticularly gratifying to me is vour paper's able, indepen dent and fortnrignt editorial comment and its judicious use of quotes from such outstand ing writers as waiter L,ipp man. "Scotty" Heston and others. It la therefore not surprls- Ine to me, and no less gratify- ine. to read your discerning and eminently fair eanoriai comment on. and support of, such candidates for elective office as Senators Kennedy and Johnson, Mrs. Neuberger and Representative Porter. Not only Oregon, but the whole nation, needs the kind of courageous and progressive leadership and statesmanship we have learned 'to expect from them. As for other state and coun ty candidates, I of course am not yet Qualified to express opinions except to say that at the meeting at Hedrick junior High school a few nights ago, sponsored by the League of Women Voters (a fine public service), I felt that the Demo cratic candidates made by far the most persuasive case as to their qualifications. I say this as an independent voter, be ing affiliated with neither of the major parties (in New York, with the Liberal party). Unfortunately, because of mv brief residence in Med ford, I do not yet qualify as a voter here. But I have one advantage over Oregonians who already are registered voters: I already have cast my vote (for Kennedy and John son, of course!) lor .rresiaeni and Vice President, by ab sentee ballot returned to New York where I still have my legal residence. You doubtless will be hear ing from me further from time to time. Arnold Eugene Jenny Rogue Valley Manor . ; Medford Skating Complaint To the Editor: I would like to complain about the new skating rink and how it's be- ins run. The people in Medford have been waiting for five years for a skating rink and now that we have one, most of us kids can't afford going be cause of the ridiculous prices you have to pay to get in. You have to pay $1.10 for three hours if you don't have your own skates, and, 25 cents for another three hours. In "Ashland and Grants Pass It's a lot cheaper. Why so much? These people running the rink say boys can't wear jeans and most of the boys are on the floor half of the time and they're not about to wear good pants. They could n't have a good time, they'd be afraid of falling down. After waiting five years for this skating rink, for soma 'it HAPPY NAVY PAY ! A BUNCH OP bear lha name and address of kind of recreation for the kids, why can't the people running it be reasonable about the whole thing? They're losing business be cause of asking such ridicu lous prices. They're hurting themselves and everybody in Medford who likes to skate and can't afford their neat prices. (Name on file) Medford. Nixon, Kennedy and Old Age To the Editor: Numerous letters have been published in Communications depart ment . of your paper, some id favor of V.P. Nixon and some for Sen. Kennedy. Some have had merit and some are somewhat, on the abusive side, which offends common sense of many of your readers, Mr. Kennedy has tried, witting or unwittingly, to make us believe our U.S. has slid into a pool or a morass of inefficiency, at home and abroad. This does not please us, whose family lines go be- yuua me jooston xea i-ariy and have had family blood spilt in every war since, that the U.S. has been forced to enter. For your information. Mr. Editor and others who hold Mr. Kennedy's views, I would suggest for your own informa tion and knowledge that vou read the first article published in tne Uctober Reader s Di gest, taken from the Yale Re view. Also the Oct. 25 edi torial in the Oregonian. I think a policy worth pur suing is that If a town, city or state, or country does not suit a man s idea, that, if the aooved named is not ruled by vicious power, that he not knock it everywhere he goes. but leave and move to another town, city, state or country. In plain language, "stop biting ine nana mat feeds you.' (Jan you and others feel with all conscieniousness that a man who has worked manu ally and mentally, with hon esty, rubbing shoulders with wdrking men, does not know the problem of America better than a man, born not of hon est and humble status, better tnan a man fed with a golden spoon? Mr. Kennedy's stand on old age insurance is one that should protect Social Security, ratner tnan place a burden on it. The funds allotted to the benefactor by Social Se curity not enough for the old aged, and to nut an add I. tlonal burden on the DrosDec- tlve benefactor from this fund is unthinkable. I would suggest that who ever is elected President, tax of SI per year on TV sets lor incomes over $6,000 also return the tax on profes sional baseball, football, bas ketball, and theater' ticket let's say 10 per cent. This tax alone would boost Social Se curity to a livable standard, Jouett P. Bray, 317 Lozier Lane, Medford Dear Sistari To the Editor: This Is An Open Letter to Sister Mary women: There are many who know you better, and there are many others who have known you much longer than I, dear Sister, but there are few who will treasure more affection ate or appreciative-memories of you throughout the years. Lola hands may be a slsn of a warm heart, as the old saying goes, but at no time during these now-at-middle- age years of mine can I re member that cold feet did anything good for the heart. And Sister, my heart was warmed a number of times when you were concerned enough about my comfort to place a hot-water bottle at a Macmillan To Efforts Br PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign Editor British Prime Minister Har old Macmillan is running into strong Western opposition in his latest ef forts to pro mote a sum mit confer ence with Pre mier Nikita S. Khrushchev. He also is running into growing evi dence Khru shchev has lit tle or no intention of easing any of his cold war demands, from neutralizing West Ber lin to "instant" disarmament. West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer was report ed so alarmed by Macmilian's persistent efforts to organize a new East-West meeting he is flying to London next month to do what he can to stop it. . Adenauer has insisted from the beginning that only a firm iha writer, although under pair of naggingly cold feet, A small thing it was, yes, but it was voluntary on your part, and so welcome on my part, but above all, so typical of your ever present and loving concern for God's children in their discomfort; Then there was that long, dark night which would have seemed unbearable had you not stayed near to give me the explanations no nurse can spare the time for. And there was humor, too like the night you were the only one who remained calm and unruffled in all the hub bub when our third-born set out to prove that neither na ture, nurse nor doctor should predict her precise arrival time. Confusion gave way to order as you took over. Ihere Ian t room here to enumerate adequately, Sister Norbert, the countless won derful thoughts so many will retain of you. But I wonder, Sister; -what thoughts of us you will take away with you when you finally must leave us- Which of us have been blindly indifferent to the needs of Sacred Heart? How many of us have taken all you have ofefred and have given nothing in return? Who have not even bothered to pay their debts? Which of us are guilty oi spreading error and mis conceptions about the hospi tal closure? Will you feel sad about some us, Sister, because w- could have helned hut didn't? Or because someone CAN help, but DOESN'T? Aiier an tnese years von surely will go away with many things locked in vnnr heart, Sister Norbert, but it isn't likely you'll ever let them out, unless they are good, for that would be con. trary to everything vou stand and pray and work for. So we will continue to re member you with love and gratitude, and gnawing con sciences, aister, and go' on wondering about the memo ries which are yours. Marjone M. Hochstatter 924 Jasper st. Medford. Booat From "Bill" To the Editor: . Having grown up in Medford and hav ing started my teaching career with some of the finest people that anyone could know, I will probably always consider Medford my home. As a past president of the Medford Teachers association, and as one of the several coaches who were fortunte enough to work in. that wonderful com munity, I want to say a word for a fellow teacher who has served his community and state with distinction in manv fields. Eddie Durno first received recognition as an All-Coast basketball player, playing in the original Pacific Coast con ference. I first knew him when he was a teacher in the Medford school system. I was one of a host 6f youngsters of nre-hieh school age who was inspired by tnis coach of champions who were taught sound tactics and good sportsmanship. He was not only , an outstanding coacn, oat. he was recognized by his fellow teachers for his consideration of their aca demic problems and his gen eral interest in the entire edu cational program. Having completed his pre- medical requirements, he went on to Harvard School of Medicine and returned to Medford as a distinguished practitioner as well as a lead er in medicine, and to give continued service and leader ship to his community. Most recently, his service to our state has been In the Oregon Legislature. I am told by his Meeting Increased Opposition To Promote New Summit Meet stand against the Soviets can save West Berlin, and he Is said to believe that a summit conference on Berlin and Ger many alone would only wors en tne situation. Favored by Rads Adenauer got a strong boost in his belief when Paul Ver ner, first secretary of the Ber lin Branch of the Communist party, came out strongly for a new summit conference. Verner told an East' Berlin meeting there should be an East-West meeting soon after the new American president takes office. The object of such a meeting, he said, would be to rubber-stamp the Berlin decisions already taken by the aoviet union. If the West does not agree, Verner said, the Soviet Union will go ahead and sign separate peace treaty with East Germany and end -for mally the Western rights in Berlin. , French President Charles de Gaulle was reported almost as opposed to a new East-West meeting as Adenauer. When Khrushchev issued his appeal for a summit meet ing of all the United Nations members in New York for the current assembly , De Gaulle simply Ignored the invitation He stayed home even though legislative associates that his work there was of the same high' order, that one knows this man will give. . It is dificult for me to lmag me a person who has contrib uted more to a community and to his state. He offers a calm leadership and brings to all tasks a scientific approach that is neither hurried, fren zied, nor delayed. Here is man of courage, reason and sincerity. I win cast my vote for Dr. Edwin Durno in the firm be lief that the same outstand ing leadership' and under standing that he has given to au of us through the years will be ours in the United States Legislature. W, J. "Bill" Bowerman ; ;, Track Coach ; . ' Assistant Professor, ; Physical Education . University of Oregon Eugene, Ore. Kaap Our Monay To the Editor: I suppose I'll start a bon-fire or -haver some pretty rough comments shot back at me, but after reading Mr. Frank Jenkins' remarks about Reno' and gambling am going to state my opinion tool , ' Gambling, liquor, cigar ettes, etc., andor anything tne individual considers sin ful," is here to stay. . You can turn your head, hide your head, or bury like an ostrich, and it'll still be there when you "look again. (If you lookl) Let's all stay happy and let tnose that want it. have itl You probably have heard it before but I surely think it's true that anything I ore we like is either illegal, immoral or fattening. The beautiful part, is we DO have a choice. . ; We don't HAVE to do or in dulge in any of these things unless we want to. No one is standing behind us prodding us with a pitchfork, or (poker). I think everyone would be a whole lot happier if every one would worry about their own souls and be more kind or forgiving or tolerant of others' likes or dislikes faults. Usually, if a person tries. he can find a good side to anyone. , , The so-called righteous nar row people that "hate" this or 'hate" that usually "hate" all the way. If you are a Republican or Democrat or Baptist or Catho lic, you just can't please bigot or narrow-minded do- gooder. I am not recommending everyone become drunkards or gamblers but I say thi: It's here, so why not legalize it? "They" didn't stop drinking with prohibition and they can t stop gambling either! If Oregon would legalize gambling, Oregonians then could or would stop driving to Reno or Nevada to toss their money away. I say let's keep our money here in Oregon!! , (Name on File) Central Point, Ore. Billboards To the Editor: The fact that the billboard companies are alarmed at the effectiveness of the anti-billboard campaign is indicated in their spending thousands of dollars for news paper, radio, and TV adver tising to counteract it. They also are using hun dreds of their choice billboard locations in the state for pro- billboard propaganda. The billboard and sign com panies are responsible for the current anti-billboard aentl- Macmillan decided at the last minute to go himself. Same Theme Stressed The stream of Communist satellite pronouncements - all backing Khrushchev - and Khrushchev's own statements in various speeches were ex pected to harden ' Adenauer's and De Gaulle's position. The United States position toward a summit has been lukewarm, with President Eis enhower so angry at Khru shchev's insults and his break up of the Paris conference Matter of Fact By Joseph Alsop THE RELIGIOUS ISSUE Washington The Chair- man of the Republican Na tional Committee,. Sen T h r u s t o Morton, h a accused t h opposition of "bigotry-in-re- verse," which seems to mean undue preju dice against relig i o u s 1 p r e j u d iced JOSEPH voting . Senator, Kennedy's brother and campaign manager, Rob ert Kennedy, has p u b 1 i c 1 charged that certain, Republi can headquarters, in Pennsyl vania and California; for in stance, are openly circulating anti-Catholic literature. The Republicans have indignantly denied the charge, "Reformation Sunday,' which is 11 days before elec tion, is to be celebrated this year by an extraordinary out pouring of anti-Catholic lit erature. S o 1) e r newspaper stories have already reported the preparations for this spe cial effort to promote preju dice. The nature of the fi nancing is suggested by the recent revelation that the Texas oil millionaire, H. Hunt, has been paying anti-CaUiolic mailings. for HPHE foregoing items ara no -- mora than surface svmn. toms of what is probably the biggest underground fact in this election. It is a melancholy- and unpleasant fact, ment through their own neg ligence in self regulation; Tha highway between Ash- land and Medford Is an ex cellent example of creeping billboard blight. There, are over 150 bill boards and signs in this 11 mile section of highway with more being added each month, This does not include those signs advertising roadside business! The highway commission plans to construct a fine land scaped freeway between Ash land and Medford, offering many fine views of our beau tiful valley. Do the citizens of the Rogue valley want the above men tioned 150 signs moved over to the scenic freeway? Jf,the voters of Oregon on Nov. 8 fail to vote ior bill board control on our new freeways, then I predict that the new Rogue Valley free way will be the most sign blighted section of highway in our state. Janet Branson , . 11 Renault ave. Medford. Contrasting Appearances To the Editor: We too no ticed the contrasting appear ances (Mail Tribune editorial 10-24-60) of Elmo Smith and Maurine Neuberger at - the candidates' Fair last Thurs day; but outside of these ex ternal differences, there was a great degree of variation in the ' subs tance of their thoughts. Yes, Mrs. Neuberger "was calm and (collectivist?) collect ed," and while M. Neuberger called for "courage, coolness and determination in the so lution of the problems which face us, the nature of her so lutions caused us then to pray, and now we plead for the Neuberger camp to give us silence! We do disagree with your recommendation of Mrs. Neu berger for a seat in the U. S, Senate, for any length of time, Now, while you ' have al ready written of your endorse ment of Mr. Porter, we do recognize your silence on Por ter since the Candidates' Fair as being most prudent. Mr. Porter last Thursday evening met with the vibrant reaction of true Americanist feeling which necessarily opposes the views nurtured by him. In Congressman Porter we have the epitome of a politi cal, social, economic, in short, National liability. Reason demands we rid ourselves of such an unjitified risk. The alternative is Dr. Durno, and our community, our state, and our Nation will welcome his activities in the U.S. Senate as a needed asset. Robert J. Howard, 828 B West 14th St.. Medford. - ? ALSOP last April he maintained an icy aloofness when Khfu shchev was in New York. Eis enhower rejected appeals by five neutral nations for a face-to-face meeting. Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Sen. John F. Ken nedy have indicated they might attend a summit con ference as president. But they were both reluctant and made it clear they would not go unless pre-summit meetings assured a summit of soma success. - But no one who has gone out into the highways and by ways, ringing voters' door bells, can doubt that it is fact. The fact is that more votes are probably being influ enced by the so-called reli gious Issue than by any of tha real issues confronting tha country in this year of na tional peril. ' The' hope was that the re ligious issue had come to a . head and begun to subside early in the campaign. After the anti-Catholic foray and subsequent retreat , of tha Rev. Norman Vincent Peale, and more especially after Senator Kennedy's meeting with the Protestant clergy men in Texas, there wera many who believed that tha issue had been dealt with, and could now be expected to wither and die away. ' But this reporter's . just completed foray into Minne sota showed that the con trary was the case. In a farm country, fear of Senator Ken nedy's Catholic faith loomed just as large as the farmers' bitter discontent with tha present conditions. In Minne apolis, - anti - Catholic , senti ment held the polls for Sena tor Kennedy a good ten points below the poll for Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey. Only in Duluth, where economic, is-' sues are acute, was the reli gious issue truly over shadowed. ' ' V"OR are this reporter's Min " nesota findings by any means isolated phenomena. Another doorbell ringing foray into Ohio revealed tha same pattern, especially I in Akron. The influence of anti Catholic feeling in the South is still being reported by jail qualified observers. There: is no part of the country, in truth, where anti-Catholicism is not deciding countless votes, except perhaps in the northeast and in the state-of California. I The issue cuts, both ways, of course. A majority of the Catholic hierarchy is prelty well known to favor Vlca President Nixon. But great numbers of lay Catholics un doubtedly look with extra Sa vor on Senator Kennedy, be- cause they quite properly ob ject to the unwritten rule ex cluding Catholics from tha Presidency. ; But the surprise, to this re porter at any rate, is the pre valence of strong anti-Catholic feeling, not just in what H. L. Mencken used to call the "Bible Belt," but especial ly among normally Demo cratic, Protestant working people in tne large cities. These people feel so strongly, moreover, not because they hate Catholics, but because they are honestly concerned about the separations! church and state. And th'ey are wholly unaware of the strong, unequivocal stand Senator Kennedy has talcen on absolute separation. : rpHE Democratic . National Committee has attempted to solve this problem by tak ing television time to show, a film of Kennedy's Question. and-answer session with ha Texas clergymen. The Repub licans have self-righteously charged that showing this film "stirs up" the reiigidus issue. But if large numbers of voters have nuite sincero and wholly groundless doubts about the political indepen dence of their Presidential candidate, an effort to dispel those doubts is surely justifi able and proper. The truth is that the pffAi. has been inadequate. Wlen Kennedy really gets his be liefs across to a section of ma electorate, as he did in West Virginia, the concern about separation of church and state ceases to be felt. But his beliefs have not been got across to the numerous anti Catholic voters this reporter found In Minnesota and m other "reporters and pollers have found in other states r urtnermore. the onw, these groundless doubts in this election is an unhealthv and ugly phenomenon. It will clear the air if Kennedy uses his West Virginia recipe on a national scale if he takes nationwide television time he took statewide time in the nesi Virginia primary. In order to answer questions about the religious Imh. fully, freely, and frankly. Id 136U new York Herald irisuna Ins. . a. '
