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History from the files of The
Mall Tribune 10, 20, 30.. 40
nd 50 veart ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Oct. 28. 1930 (Saturday)
' Approximately 140 persons
re marooned In cars and
buses on the Diamond lake
cutoff today following a storm
that dumped from 12 to 16
Inches of snow on tne pass
Medford city firemen, who
have asked the city council
for a raise in pay, were tola
today that; they would have
to wait until sufficient funds
are found to increase the pay
of other city employees.
20 YEARS AGO
Oct. 28, 1940 (Monday)
An 18-year-old CCC Camp
Applegate enrolee on duty at
'. Medford district headquarters
was fatally injured today
when struck by ah'automobile
while crossing Highway 99
north of Medford. .
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Repeal
of the Liquor control law in
this state as proposed on the
November ballot, would sky
rocket the price of rum and
gin and hard liquor, it is
argued. The increase would
be such, it is feared, a pur
chaser would have to be
drunk before he would pay
the price."
30 YEARS AGO '
Oct. 28, 1930 (Tuesday)
A firebug is thought to be
responsible for setting six re
cent fires in the Applegate.
Fisherman oppose a pro
posed Copco power develop
ment on the upper Umpqua
river.
40 YEARS AGO
Oct. 28. 1920 (Thursday)
Local Republicans at a rally
here' last night were urged
to oppose the League of Na
tions and . vote a straight
ticket.
Registration figures show
there are 7,092 Republicans
and 2,660 Democrats in Jack
son county. , .
SO YEARS AGO
Oct. 28. 1910 (Friday)
A number of golf enthusi
asts gathered at the Commer
cial club offices yesterday
and tentatively formed a golf
club; the main item of busi
ness was whether or not the
area could support a golf
course.
What's Your U).?
Nine or ten correct fs superior!
soven or eight Is oncellent) five or
fa Is ood.
1. What can be produced
more cheaply cane or beet
sugar?
2. Is a catamaran a flower,
animal, bird or sailboat?
3. What is measured In
watts?
4. How many of the 12
Apostles were crucified?
5. With what phrase did
Ail Baba open his cave?
6. Of what is genuine parch
ment made?
7. A limousine and a Model
T leave town at 3; the limou
sine goes east at 40 miles an
hour and breaks down at 4.
The Model T travels west at
20 miles per hour. How far
apart will they be at S:30?
8. How often does the gey
ser, Old Faithful, in Yellow
stone park erupt?
9. Is carbon monoxide
heavier or lighter than air?
10. What is the name given
to brother-sister twins?
Answers: 1. Cano. 2. Sailboat.
3. Electric currant. 4. Throo
(Simon, Andrew. Poler). 5.
"Open Sesame." 6. Sheepskin.
7. 90 milos. 8. About ovary
hour. 9. Liyhior. 10. Fraternal
twins. ;
Billboard Regulation-"Yes
Measure No. 15 on the November ballot is the
billboard reirulation bill the measure which the
billboard industry brought on itself by its flat-
iooiea reiusai to go along with a more moderate
measure in the last legislature. , "
It was initiated by a
mnro than A( find untora
.. w)vwf tuuwu 04g11t.it buc JJCbltlUlIS.
It has the approval of Gov. Mark 0. Hatfield
State Highway -Engineer W. C. (Dutch V Wil
liams, both candidates
for United States Senator, and a host of other
people and organizations who want to see Ore
gon s major highways, outside of cities and com.
mercial zones, uncluttered by beer, cigarette and
oiner DiiiDoaras. -
IT HAS been assailed
billboard interests as
. "Bad" for whom?
tnem very nttie, since
u per cent or their business is inside city limits,
wnere tne measure ooesn
"Bad" for tourists?
crease the. tourist trade,
our scenic nignways clean and attractive.
THE billboard lobby
wuw, utnnpouciOj
state that it would rob
The contrary is true.
The ballot title, indeed, indicates that state in
come would be reduced
per year m license tees.
(and this we hold aeainst Attorney General
Thornton who wrote the
bring several hundreds
into the state, through the federal government i
"bonus" payment for states complying with fed
erai billboard standards.
The measure also provides for 'adequate in
formational signs, including supervised adverts
ing or businesses. And "on premises signs would
not be anected.
V- ' -
THE billboard interests have engaged in a mas
1 sive campaign of misinformation and misrep
resentation in an attempt
which is a responsible
There is a five-year
billboards would have to come down, and in that
period the legislature could amend the measure to
eliminate any hardships
(We have in mind the businesses up Sardine
(Jreek, whose opposition to the measure we un
derstand. We would support modifying legisla
tion to take care of such situations. )
But, basically, this is
legislation, and deserves to be passed. "
We recommend a "yes" vote on Measure No.
15. E.A. 'r ,
Dogs,
Once again, voters of
dogs running at large.
If the majority vote
required to be confinec'
in Jackson county.
If the majority vote "yes," dogs will be free
to inn at large throughout the county EXCEPT
in Medford, Rogue River, and those precincts
which vote on the matter
1V4EDF0RD is not voting separately on the
1T measure again, as it
ford voters are voters of
will be able to cast ballots on the county-wide
dog measure.
Since Medford has dog control now, and since
the dog-running-at-large problem is different in
the country and in the city, we plan to leave that
spot blank- on our ballot.
It should be the rural voters' choice, and
doesn't seem quite fair for Medford people to
ten rural residents what
FOR the reasons cited,
"qpo qc Tnl1nio
For Medford residents don't vote at all on
No. 16.
Foi other Jackson county voters vote your
convictions on dogs running at large (Yes) or
not running at large (No).
And don't succumb to
wording.
"Yes" is FOR dogs running at large (no con
trol). "No" is AGAINST dogs running at large (and
thus being confined, on a leash, or muzzled).
And we hope the legislature changes that old
law which recmires the mixed-un ballot wordintr
when next it meets. E.A.
Contest Deadline
Tomorrow is the deadline for high school
students in this area to enter the Mail Tribune's
election letter writing contest. Letters postmarked
by midnight Saturday, or brought to the office
by tomorrow afternoon, will be eligible for con
sideration. Some lively letters supporting Mr. Nixon and
Mr. Kennedy have been received, and the win
ning two, one supporting each candidate, will
make interesting reading when published.
,. The two winning writers will receive $25 U.S.
savings bonds. E.A. ,
petition of the people
simuul fVi r.fifJ,
(Smith and Neubere-er
by the rich and powerfu
a "bad" bill.
It would actually affect
by their own ligures some
t reach. ,
No it would -tend to in
by making and keeping
is using billboards (what
I ailU LClCViOlUll IU
the taxpayer.
- ',.,).'.
by an estimated $6,575
But it does NOT report
ballot title) that it would
of thousands of dollars
' ' .
to evade this1 measure
piece, of legislation. ,,
period before existing
if such show up. -
good, sound, regulatory
Again
the county will vote on
"no" dogs will still be
or muzzled everywhere
separately. ;'
did in May, but, as Med
Jackson county too, they
to do about their dogs.
our recommendations
confusion on the ballot
MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE.
Dennis the Menace
'It's not My mult if people dontouck wHeM I
SAY .' THAT'S WW l SHoutDA said j v
First And
Attempt on FRS Is Recalled
By LYLE C. WILSON
Washington - (UPD - This es
say will be about the presi
dential candidates, the Fed
eral Reserve
System (FRS)
and some po
litical history
dating back to
1948.
The forego
ing is fair
warning to Hp
readers to
turn now to
(. o wiiioa tne less com
plex plots of the comic page.
This essay is to point up the
fact that the presidential can
didates recently, were asked
by the Scripps-Howard News
papers this question:
"Would you attempt to in
fluence the policies of the Fed-
mm
I vVs;i
Washington Report
By WILLIAM
THE ONE REAL ISSUE
En Route With Nixon The
Nixon campaign now moves
with a quiet but desperate
lntentness, . as
winter s u d
denly falls
upon the
scene through
which
travel.
The real
problem is to
pick up the
big industrial
William S.
White
states like
Pennsylvania
and Ohio in
which we have been moving
The problem and the tech
niques are not, therefore
really different from what
they were a week ago on a
quite similar Kennedy cam
palgn train through Michigan
This youngish and darkish
man, Republican Presiden
tial Candidate Richard Nix-
speaks from exactly the
same kind of rear train plat
form on which one saw Demo
cratic John Kennedy a little
while ago.
WHAT this man, Nixon,
says, is, of course, dif
ferent in some ways from
what Kennedy had said in
the whistle-stopper in Michi
gan. For campaign purposes
the two candidates deeply
differ on foreign policy on
what to do about the Chinese
offshore islands and on Cas
tro Cuba. But though this is
billed as the "big" issue of
the campaign, it is not the
real issue at all. John Ken
nedy in the White House or
Richard Nixon in the White
House would, in fact, act
about the same way in any
foreign crisis. For our foreign
policy has in simple fact,
though not in partisan politi
cal terms, long since been
fixed in a single mold, no
matter which party might be
in control at the White House
at a given moment.
Now what really separates
Nixon from Kennedy is not
China or Cuba: What really
separates them is the only
homely gut issue of all our
politics: How far should the
federal government go in in
fluencing, or controlling, the
economy of this country?
rrttiE whole subject is, of
course, immensely compli
cated. It will not be discussed
in this campaign in such a
way- as to allow most of us
including this economically
ignorant correspondent - gen-
inely to follow it. For no
rap a r-platform performance,
national television debate,
will be long enough to per
mit this great argument ac
tually to unfold.
All the same, Nixon intends
to push this argument much
more than he has pushed It
before. Maybe, as some think.
this is the counsel of fear in
the Nixon camp. Maybe Nix
r : "
'
Last Influence
eral Reserve Board In an ef
fort to reduce interest rates?
Or for any other purpose?'.'
Vice President Richard M,
Nixon and Sen. John F. Ken
nedy each required a great
many words to answer that
one, both avoiding a simple
yes or no. Nixon did say, how
ever, that the FRS "should
continue to be free of politi-
al pressures," Kennedy said
the FRS "must bear in mind
the economic objectives of the
Administration, and I am con
fident that it would respond
to leadership by the Admin
istration.
Inflation Is Issue
Nixon, therefore, apears to
be much more committed to
keeping hands off the Federal
Reserve System than is Ken
nedy. There is not much gen-
S. WHITI
on thinks . that -his first and
basic issue his greater ex
perience in '. world affairs is
not succeeding as well as he
had thought.
' Whatever the reason, the
fact is this: Nixon, even as he
moves through areas of local
recession, is beginning to de
velop and consolidate the
economic argument against
Kennedy.
THIS is putting apart the
howlinff hnrtnln nf fhn
campaign intellectually the
best argument Nixon could
make against Kennedy. But it
is a tactic having dangers as
well as opportunities. It has
already ' somewhat ' reassured
old-line Republicans, who had
felt that Nixon was not being
"tough" enough. It appeals to
all in the nation who live on
limited incomes, whether
pensions or stock certificates.
It will draw more contribu
tions from business people
whose money has thus far
been not too quick and ready.
But it is, most definitely,
tactic also of danger. To clas
sical economists the Nixon
views - on this point are un
doubtedly "right." There
however, also the chance
that these views for
"sound" dollar may remind
many of Herbert Hoover and
Calvin Coolidge.
The Republicans on this
campaign train recognize all
of this. But they are armed
with that special conviction
which comes to men who
deeply believe something,
right or wrong as it may be.
This is their real issue no
matter if Mr. Nixon most of
the time talks of other things
altogether.
(Copyright, 1960, By United
Feature Syndicate. Inc.)
Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERF
THEATRICAL MAESTRO Sam Harris once bought a play
because he heard an outstanding dramatic star of the
period, Arnold Daly, reading it to a group, and found him
self profoundly moved by '
it It turned out to be
one of the most dismal
failures of his career.
"This has been a valu
able lesson to me," said
Harris. "This is what I
get for letting a $2,000-a-week
actor read a dra
ma for me and getting a
$100-a-week actor to
play it!"
RusscI Crouss recalls the
story of a man whose wife
presented him with eight
daughters in a row. When
the ninth baby turned out to bo a boy, the delirious father went
on a week-long celebration that broke several records.
On the seventh day somebody asked hira, "Who does It wok
Jlks: you or your wife?" "I don't know," admitted the proud
parent happily. "fa haven't looked at his face yet"
ObyBvuuUOtrt&uUiutedrKIiiarearAimBTBdlctt
French. Premier Man of Week; De Gaulle's
Aide, He Has Many Difficult Jobs
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Editor
The Man of the Week
French Premier Michel
Debro.
The place: Paris,
The Quote: "Franco Is in
the first ranks of those who
want an alliance of the free
world ovory where 'and clos'
est solidarity among the
European nations."
To emphasize that view,
the first German troops in 20
years entered
France t h i
week t h i
u lime as iriena
3 ly allies to
train at t rencn
bases, not
jack- booted
invaders.
They arriv
ed the day at
phil nkwsom ter a French
West German agreement was
signed under NATO auspices
to give the Germans maneu
ver room on French territory,
eral Interest in the FRS, in
terest rates and a financial
process called open market
operations.
Immediately beneath that
ami surface, however, is a
oreaa ana butter political is
sue,' a so-called pocket-book
issue. It is important and vi
tally SO tO PVPrv iLYnninn-
whether he lives shabbily on
a too-small wase or whnnns
it up on inherited dollars in
me Danit. This sub-surface i:
sue is money Inflation, the
rotting of the U. S.
sawbuck and of that scarcer
oeauty, the grand.
ine last - and first - time
an Administration attempted
to persuade the FRS to re
spond to its leadership was
ima-way in Harry S. Tru
man s elected term. HST and
his Secretary of Treasnrv
jonn w. bnyder, had what
was described as an "easy
money Dias." Snpcif nallv
i , .. ' r
"jey wanted tne frs tn man.
Ipulate the market in govern-
nieui oonas. some Dersons
cauea It rigging. The Truman-
snyder objective was to oh-
tain and maintain a relative
ly low level of interest
charges on the national debt
by means of open market nur.
cnose oi government bonds by
me irita, .-
Eccles Protests
HST in 1948 had demoted
Manner S. Eccles of Utah
from chairmanshiD of the Fpd-
eral Reserve Board. He con
tinued as a board member
Eccles was a big spender in
tne New Deal tradition, but
ne was a hard money man
against inflation and in favor
of high taxes to pay the gov
ernment s way
In 1949. Eccles in a- letter
to a congressional committee
accused the Truman Adminis
tration of inviting economic
disaster by its "easy monev
bias." HST, Eccles said, was
making the FRS an "enaine
oi inflation."
By making a cheap mon
ey market' for the Treasury,1
Eccles wrote; "we (the FRS)
cannot avoid making it for
everybody. All monetary and
credit restraints are gone and
under such conditions, the
FRS simply becomes an en
gine of inflation."
The showdown on HST's ef
fort to exercise leadership of
tne .ens came in February
1951.
The reserve system estab
lished that its prime job was
to control credit and the mon
ey supply. That is: To reject
leadership from anybory and
seek to maintain a balance be
tween inflation and deflation.
Note to interested candi
dates: An agency of govern
ment which could lick HST
probably could lick either or
both of you.
The advance detachments
came without much opposi
tion or notice from the
French, though undoubtedly
most Frenchmen had troubled
thoughts about the presence
on their soil of latter-day rep
resentatives of their tradition
al foe of the past 100 years.
It was one of the little iron
ies of life that the agreement
bringing the Germans to
France was signed by Michel
Debre, who had fought them
bitterly during the World
War II occupation.
Met De Gaulle
It. was during that occupa
tion and the subsequent lib
eration that Debre became
closely allied with Gen.
Charles de Gaulle, the strong
willed leader who almost single-handed
has pulled France
back to greatness - and has
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contrary is often tho case.
Holmes Sc 13
To the Editor: I sincerely
trust that you can find space
and the you will be inclined
to print the following in your
Communications column.
The Voters of Jackson, coun
ty have an oportunity to get
at least 99.44 per cent value
received on every dollar
spent in both state and county
in the office of the District
Attorney, providing they vote
for the right man - Mr. Alan
Holmes.
As to the present set-up in
this office, as well as some of
the past regimes, a great deal
of our hard-earned money has
been utterly and completely
wasted. I have only come in
contact with this waste in one
phase of the office precedure
and if all phases are handled
in much the same manner,
which we have reason to be
lieve they have been, then the
taxpayers have truly been
taken. Most of us who have
had reason to contact the of
fice have been treated as mor
ons and pushed out the door,
without even an answer as to
"why."
I have found Mr. Holmes'
honesty and integrity to be
above reproach; he has a good
educational background and
it is unnecessary for him to
ask for and depend upon out-
suae assistance.
From the pledges that Mr.
Holmes has set forth, he
proves that he knows what
the duties of the office are
and what the public has a
right to expect and because
of his honesty and integrity
plus his education and' expe
rience as a trial lawyer, the
public will get a full meas
ure.
We taxpayers have been
great deal at fault; let's get
interested and give as much
time as we can spare to the
betterment of our County,
state and, Federal govern
ments (not ust the party.)
There are many, many situ
ations that need to be clean
ed up and I am of the opin
ion that it is later than most
people like to think, but the
men who know do not be
lieve it is too late. Let's be
gin by voting for Mr. Alan
Holmes.
Also - I do not think many
people believe that a veter
an belongs to any privi-
ledged class." The Veterans'
Loan Department is unique in
that it does not cost any tax
payer as much as a penny; it
is operated on a very profit
able basis. We should be
proud to help our veterans
buy homes and businesses if
it is their desire to do
Measure 13 is a good measure
-let s vote for it.
Gail Grooms,
P. O. Box 306,
Rogue River, 'Ore.
Tho Only Men Qualified
To the Editor: The United
States has been fortunate in
having a Republican Presi
dent in the White House for
the past Vh years. Dwight
Eisenhower has demonstrated
his leadership and ability to
get along with a Democratic
controlled Congress. It is grat
ifying that during his admin
istration there has been no
shooting war develop.
The present cold war situa
tion is going to require some
real statesmanship like that of
Vice President Nixon and
Henry Cabot Lodge, who are
familiar with our national se
curity and international rela
tions that must be handled
diplomatically to avoid a pos
sible hot war.
America's economic condi
tions, brought about by infla
tion and a heavy debt, creat
ed by Democratic leadership
that involved us in two World
wars and the Korean war,' is
causing our nation much
rightful concern.
Should Senator Kennedy
become President and con
tinue with a predominant
Democratic Congress, his ad
ministration would extend the
plans for even more greatness
in the future.
In the process, De Gaulle
has begun to run into opposi
tion. As always, Debre has
been his man in the middle.
Under the Constitution of the
Fifth Republic, much of the
real power in France lies with
President De Gaulle. But the
office of premier, held by
Debre, remains technically
the implementing job.
It was as premier that
Debre signed the Franco-German
agreement on troop train
ing because it represented De
Gaulle's policies.
It was as premier that
Debre journeyed to Bonn in
recent weeks for secret dis
cussions with Welt German
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer
to reassure him about France's
intentions in the NATO alli
new and fair deal policy by
extravagent spending of tax
payer money and further
government . controlled econ
omy which would increase in
flation, cheapen the dollar,
and lead us into a Socialistic
or dictatorial form of govern
ment.
In such a crucial era in our
nation's history, each Ameri
can owes it to himself and his
family to take a careful look
at all the condidates and try
to imagine what might hap
pen to him if he had forced
upon him the stigma of apa
thy and lack of initiative.
This is what the Democrats
propose in their desire to be
all things to all people. We
can avoid the welfare state
but only through continued
competent a d m I n i s tration
such as we have had the past
7V4 years.
Richard M. Nixon and Hen
ry Cabot Lodge are the only
men qualified to lead our na
tion in this time of unrest.
Herman Oliver
John Day, Ore.
All Tho People
To the Editor: With your
kind permission, I would like
to add a letter to your column,
from the people. I enjoy it
very much, and think a town
meeting is very. fine. too. i
- Our country's condition, the
way I see it. I think we are
threatened from within
well as without, by our big
otry and hypocrisy. First
was trying to start a racial
war, and now it is. a religious
one. And to think we set our
selves up as an example
the rest of the world. We have
a lot to do, and very far to
go, to put our own house in
order. The best way to start
would be at the top.
People running for the high
est office in the land should
mean what they say, and
above all tell the truth. I was
always taught, a man's word
was his bond, and if you
couldn't depend on his word
he was not dependable, either
I have found it true. It insults
people's intelligence, besides,
when they stand up and tell
people things, that people that
read, and think, know is not
I love my country, and we
have some wonderful good
people in it. But there are a
few of the so-called higher
ups and intellectuals I'm
truly ashamed of. Of course,
I'm only a common housewife,
and my thoughts or words
don't mean anything to them
But maybe if enough of us let
our thoughts be known,
might have some bearing on
the matter.
Our country or world will
never know peace until
comes ' to the people of this
world in our hearts, and in
our minds. And we come to
the decision that God created
all men equal, and not just a
few that were better, and
were to control the world.
The men that are elected to
office, be it small city or
Washington, should be recall
ed if they don't live up to their
promises. It is high time they
understand it is the most im
portant job in the world, and
it is the people's lives and
money they are responsible
for, not a politicial football
They are the people's choice
and they are depending on
them to do the right thing by
them, and that means justice
to all the people, not just a few.
Fern Andrus
391 South Mountain ave.
Ashland, Ore.
Eddio and Edwin
To the Editor: I came to
Jackson county as a youth in
1920, and God has dealt
kindly with mtin that I have
been given the opportunity to
worn steaauy and happily in
this wonderful part of the
country.
I have not amassed anv ma
terial wealth, but have en.
joyed knowing many wonder-
tui people, some of whnm
have been real good to me and
my family. One of these good
people who I have had tho
FRIDAY. OCTOBER 28, 1960
ance. .
It was as premier that
Debre stood up in the Nation
al Assembly earlier this week
and fought back an opposition
vote of censure over De
Gaulle's plans to obtain for
France an independent nu
clear striking force.
It will be as premier that
Debre will have his cabinet
implement the orders switch
ing generals if De Gaulle de
cides to go through with his
reported plans to stage a ma
jot shakeup of the high com
mand because of opposition
to his policies in Algeria..
Now 48 years old, Debre is
a native of Paris, with all the
charm, brilliance and urban
ity usually associated with
that cosmopolitan city. He i9
married and has four chil
dren. .
privilege of knowing as a real
friend is Dr. Edwin R. Durno,
and I would like to have the
opportunity, through your
column, to tell others of this
fine man who has done much
for me and my family.
Not only has Eddie Durno
done much for us as our fami
ly doctor, but he has given us
a great deal of good sound
advice on many matters, and
I know that he is interested in
people, especially the people
of our great state of Oregon.
I know Eddie Durno is not in
terested in me for my ' fi-
nancial standing, as I most cer
tainly do not have that, but I
do know that he is interested
in me as he is in all people as
he is just that kind of a fel
low and I am sure he would
do his best for all of us in
this area if we send him to
Congress to represent us.
I have also known Edwin
Taylor for many years and
have had many business deal
ings with him. I know Edwin
to be a good honest business
man farmer who is well aware
of the needs of our county and
would do us a good job as
County Commissioner.
I think we should support
people we know to be quali
fied, honest and willing to
serve as I know these two
gentlemen to be..
' George Witler
. ' - . 843 West Second st.
Medford .
Dick and Abe
To the Editor: What has
gone wrong with the ordinari
ly fair - minded people here
abouts? By their letters-to-the
editor, their ruthless condem
nation of our vice president,
they hold that a man fighting
his way up from a Lincoln-like
childhood, winning high re
nown for bringing to trial and
jail a betrayer of his country,
a double-crosser darling of the
HST Democratic administra
tion, is still not worthy to rep
resent the poor and rich alike
as President of this nation.
Yet, near preposterous like,
the letter-writers hold that a
youthful aspirant for the
presidency with nothing out
standing to his credit for his
few years in congress, has
fully earned the right to guide
our affairs in the troubled
domestic and foreign seas
ahead.
Could it be that these letter
writers see a new wave in the
future of Senator Kennedy's
very unlike Lincoln childhood,
protected as he was from using
tne Back of a wooden fire
shovel and with a piece of
charcoal to put his first let
ters into words, barefooted in
snow, subsisting on home
grown, ground and baked
foods scantily clad in gar
ments his mother carded.
spun and wove? Yes, protect
ed irom all this and other
trials of the modern poor by
his multi-millioned father?
Has this taught this heir-to.
millions.-Kennedy to know
the ways of the poor, their
irustratlons, and to guard and
lead them 'as well as the rich
he knows so well, in the af-
iairs of state?
This vicious attack nn (ho
enduring Nixon is so like that
on Lincoln, also of Quaker
ancestry, .on and after his
reelection. Horace Greely in
his million dollar New York
Tribune heckled: "Yes Abe,
tell us a little joke like that
one of the thousands dead at
Gettysburg you so feelingly
orated about, murdered bv
your bungling of the war?"
Yes, a war that saved the
Union, freed the slaves, sent
and sold here by their own
people, reversed a pro-slavery
Supreme Court decision that
led to the war. All this tin
Democratic crack-pot, think
ing the nation was with him.
sneaked up back of Lincoln
and shot the great man down.
Let us hope, and hope is a
prayer, that Almighty God
will help us to be fair-mlnrtpH
that such a tragedy will not
be repeated ever again.
F. J. Clifford
Route 2, Box 200F
Central Point, Ore.