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Medford and Jickson County
History from the filei ot Tht
Mall Tribune. 10. 20, 30.. 40
end 50 veers ag.
10 YEARS AGO
Oct. ,31, 19S0 (Tuesday)
' Storm damage in the court
ty during the paat few days
has amounted to about $50,-
000. most of it in the Evani
creek area, according to Coun
ty Engineer Paul Rynning.
The' Jackson county Com
munity Cheat drive will, be
extended an extra two weeks
in hopes that this year's $75,-
000 goal can be reached.
20 YEARS AGO
Oct. 31. 1940 (Thurid.y)
With the hobgoblins and
ghosts roaming through the
night tonight, Halloween,
Medford Police Chief Clatous
McCredle advised the city's
youth to "have a good time
but be careful and don't de
stroy property,'.''. ;: '!' '
From Arthur. Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot", column: "The
nnplnfl u.Aothnt, thla raslnn has
been having this fall, sudden
ly turned too much like
spring and was welcomed by
the fair sex, with new fur
coals."
30 YEARS AGO
Oct. 31, 1930 (Friday)
A Medford man, convicted
of the armed robbery of the
Farmers and Fruitgrowers
bank, yesterday was sen'
fenced to 20 years In the state
prison.
A record number of car.
loads of1 pears, 4,218, has been
shipped irom tne KOgue vai-
ley this year.
40 YEARS AGO
Oct. 31, 1920 (Sunday)
J. C. Mann has been named
chairman of the Jackson coun
ty YMCA committee.
The city campaign closed
yesterday with a rally at the
Natatorium. , :
50 YEAB.S AGO
Oct. 31, 1910 (Monday)
A 13-year-old g 1 r 1 w a s
burned to death this morning
when her parents' home on
North Central ave. burned to
the ground.
The Rogue Magazine has
seen Incorporated by the pub
lichers of the Central Point
Globe newspaper and will
erve to boost the Rogue val
.y.
What's Your I.Q.?
41m or Nn cerrect it luwrler;
oven or laht ! txcilltnti five ei
n li good.
1. What do . tht English
all kerosene?
2. What is the name of
lie soft fatty substance en
slosed in the interior of
tones?
3. What is the piudal of
'solarium?"
4. An ounce ot preven
Ion is worth what?
5. What mid-west city
las "k" for its middle letter,
he first three letters and last
hree letters being the same?
6. If neither Kennedy or
Jlxon receives a majority of
he electoral votes, who will
lect a president?
7. What is the literal
leaning of '"soviet?" '
8. Is a woman eligible for
lection as U.S. president?
9. Does a live oyster move
bout in the water?
10. What Is the largest de
omination of U.S. Postal
loney orders?
Answers! 1. Paraffin, 2.
Marrow. 3. Solaria, 4. A
pound of cure. S. Oshkosh.
6. Houst of Representatives.
7. Council. I. Yes. I. Yes.
10. 1100.
Peace
One of the reasons the Port Umpqua Courier
is supporting the reelection of Charles Porter for
congress is his stand
specifically on peace.
In dealing: with the
approacnes is mar, conaiuonea Dy iear. wnen
t j.1 i
you are afraid of something vou tend to lemore
it, have nothing to do
mind, or Duiid up a defense acrainst it. The rea
son we are stockpiling
a great measure to iear.
MOW WHETHER we want to face the fact or
- nrt. there iq nn lnntrot 'anu ' alfopnativA fs
- w aw w
peace. David R. Inglis, senior physicist of the
Argonne National laboratory, cnairrr.an of the
Federation of American Scientists and a former
editor of the Bulletin of
''It isvery difficult to grasp the horrible destruction
which would come with nuclear war. We seem to have
a mental barrier that protects us from the unpleasant
ness of contemplating human grief on so vast a scale.
We should at least be aware that the scale of pain and
death and desolation would be vast indeed, and that it
cm happen here. It would not be like the bombing of
England or Germany in the last war, when in two or
three years as much explosive energy was delivered as
woyld be carried today In a single medium-sized H-bbmb.
Those raids were terrible enough, but they were small
and innocuous compared to what would happen today."
XHEN the editor of a paper who is against the
reelection of Porter says he doesn't want to
be represented by a man who shakes hands with
Communists and talks with them, how does he
think we are going to
armament with the Russians 7
Anyone who is eoinjr
PREVENTION of a war
munists. He must understand them, psychological
ly, and not be blinded by fear of the Russians.
We must not be afraid to enter into disarmament
agreements, with proper safeguards, but these
agreements will be reached by people who are
not motivated by fear but bv couraee and vision
of a better future. .
ECONOMICALLY, Oregon could benefit great-
How many wooden
o yt- . i.
sue i now mucn money is put into war toois now
that could be used to build houses and roads and
schools? Houses and roads and schools use raw
materials and manufactured products that Ore
gon produces, v
(
THE VIEW of the two
arguing before the entire nation about wheth
er or not to defend two islands is; to say the least,'
disappointing. , What they should be arguing
about is the best way to bring peace. I believe
that many times politicians are behind the times.
They think the people want thus and so when
the people in their native and intuitive wisdom
have moved forward into new areas.
The challenge of the, 20th century is peace.
The people are ready to tackle this problem. Why
are so many politicians unwilling?
I believe that Charles Porter is unafraid of
the Communists and unafraid of peace. Earl
Sykes in Port Umpqua Courier.
Smith in a Fog
.... We like (Elmo) Smith, but we do not
think he is in any way the political equal of Mrs.
Neuberger. He seems not to understand some of
the most important issues
In the first television
and Mrs. Neuberger, Elmo
bles or the lumber and plywood industry have
nothing to do with home building. The problem,
he said, is overproduction.
That brought an outcry. "Then Elmo discov
ered tight credit and high interest rates and f orth
wifti made a speech proposing legislation to do
away with tight credit
tnis is a matter ot administration and federal
reserve board policy, of executive action, not
legislative.
If Smith ever gets into that sort of fog while
flying his airplane, we would advise him to call
air traffic control and get help immediately.
Portland Reporter
Necessary
. . . (Kennedy) has
grasping the nettle of all
He has not hesitated to
uuL'uiiuui uiuie, tne uispieasing line ...
He has resisted the temrjtation to use emo
tional arguments in Duttinz across the difficult
case ne teeis impelled to present to the public.
Instead, he has had the courage to trust the native
good sense of the American DeoDle. Thouo-h dos-
ocotcu ui an auuuak magic quality io SOU ClOWUS,
he has insisted on talking to them about the hard
facts of life and on describing his program as one
entailing sacrifice instead of easy satisfaction.
A successful President must have a worthv
program to present to the nation; but he must
aiso nave tne personal persuasiveness, the magne
tism to attract support for measures that lack ap
peal in their own right. A stronc President mnsi
often wage and win a
cause.
Senator Kennedy has demonstrated the nec
essary qualities. Louisville Courier-Journal.
Or Else
on international affairs,
Russians one of the worst
i; Tin.
with it, put it out of your
atomic weapons is due in
w . 4 MIST HIVVI 1W T
Atomic Scientists says
get an agreement on dis
to tret anywhere in the
must talk to the Com
Darts are there in a mis-
.i .a - . , .
presidential candidates
in the campaign.
debate between Smith
declared that the trou
only to discover that
Qualities
shown rare courae-e in
the most difficult issues.
take the unpopular, the
fight for an unpopular
Dennis the Menace
HALLOWEEN! Tf?lCK
... Communications '.
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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 Utters
printed in this column de not
contrary Is olten tne ease.
Essential .
To the Editor: In recent
weeks I have become more
convinced that the elections
of Charles Porter and Mau-
rine Neuberger are essential
for America's survival.
These are strong words, but
the threat of nuclear destruc
tion faces us daily. Porter's
and Mrs. Neuberger's oppon
ents, along with the vice pres
ident, apparently support the
late Secretary Dulles' policy
of "brinkmanship." A policy
we can no longer afford.
Soon Red China and Ger
many will Join the nuclear
club. Eventually small na
tions will have hydrogen, co
balt and germ bombs. Unless
America and Russia can solve
their problems before addi
tional nations get bombs,
mankind will destroy itself.
Both Durno and Smith indi
cate that they are willing to
work for a peaceful world.
We can no longer afford the
ostrich policy of recent years.
Despite military victories,
democracy always loses after
a war. America must find
new ways to seek agreement,
understanding and the broth
erhood of man. We must take
imaginative leader ship in
world affairs.
I prefer candidates willing
to think and search for solu
tlons rather than blindly fol
lowing old formulas which
failed. The Republicans ap
pear to be primarily concern
ed with flag waving and face
savings.
I hope my three children
have a chance to live healtny,
happy lives free of nuclear
fear. I think Charles Porter
and Maurlne Neuberger will
try to give them this chance,
Jopathan Marshall
2188 University st,
Eugene, Ore.
tame Tactics ,
To the Editor: Well, here
we are againl Some of us had
hoped that the old McCarthy
tactics of politics by smear
and innuendo were on their
way out. Unfortunately, these
same tactic - using guilt by
association, attempts to make
traitors of patriotic citizens
who have long served their
country, are being used by
supporters of a candidate for
public office In Oregon.
This is an Insult to the In
telligence of the voters of
Oregon, and a travesty on the
democratic processes.
For this reason, I shall
never vote for the present
secretary of state - the man
who has not disavowed these
low-slung, last-minute efforts
on his behalf.
Thanks for this chance to
express my view which are
shargd by mjny decent vo
ters. v i
Eleanor Tomlinson
231 S.E. 52nd ave.
Portland 14, Or.
Inconsistency?
To the Editor: Is not your
editorial supporting Eve Nye
the classic example of Incon
sistency, when her votes in
the 1959 legislature against
a minimum wage of a dollar
an hour, federal aid to educa
tion, prohibition of racial ind
religious discrimination In the
purchase of homes, and tax
relief to the aged are diamet
rically opposed to your views
expressed in past editorials?
Norma L. Purcell
439 North Front st.
Medford.
Valina Raeard
To the Editor: Have y-WSieen ruuy. mmsien-
ever read ine voting recora
of Eve Nye in the 1959 legis
lature? j .... ... . i
C. W. Tlmmons
1S8 Tolman rd.
Ashland. Ore.
T&KMe. '
necessarily represent the views of the paperi in fact the
Republican for Gregory
To the Editor: I am a Re
publican who is going to vote
for John L. Gregory for state
representative because he is
the only candidate who has
the courage to let the voters
know his stand on legislation.
I . have been acquainted
with John Gregory for a num
ber of years. John has been
working in Jackson county
since 1948, which is prior to
the arrival of other candi
dates. John's background in
education is far greater than
Mrs. Nye's. It is apparent
from your editorial on legis
lative candidates that your in
formation on John Gregory is
limited to inaccurate hearsay.
It would not surprise me if
you had never interviewed
John concerning his back'
ground or legislative pro
gram before writing your edi
torial.
' . Clarence L. Smith
826 Grant ave.
Medford.- 1
Plywood ,
To the Editor: On October
19, 1960, our Congressman,
Mr. Porter, speaking in Jo
sephine county, said that the
imports of Japanese plywood
have had no effect on the do
mestic plywood -market. He
stated,- however, that if the
domestic producers wanted to
go before the Tariff Commis
sion, he would make the ar
rangements. Mr. Porter has
consistently slated his oppo
sitlon to any curtailment of
imports of foreign-made ply
woods. What chance, for suc
cess would we have if our
spokesman, from the begin
ning, tells us we are wrong
and have no case?
For over three years, Mr.
Porter has argued that the
Japanese will voluntarily re
strict imports to protect the
market. However, in this re
gard, he has never denied that
since he has been in office,
imports of plywood have in
creased 88 per cent and In
1959 reached 1 billion 330
million feet.
In many recent speeches he
attempts to give the impres
sion that he had never receiv
ed complaints from domestic
producers or workers regard
ing imports.
In 1958 the Lumber and
Sawmill Workers Local 3009,
Grants Pass, adopted a reso
lution which stated:
"RESOLVED, that Senator
Morse, Senator Neuberger,
and Congressman Porter take
such action as to either re
strict Japanese plywood or ad
vance tariff rates on Japanese
plywood, imports to the basis
whereby the domestic manu
Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERF
IF SWINGnr SAM SNEAD erer loses his soperb golfjjig
touch, he cen always make a good living eat of telling
stfties on TV a la George Burns or Herb Sbrinec.
Snead swears he was
matched against a gorilla
one day. Thi gorilla wore
plus fours, a fancy golf
shirt and cap, and watch
ed calmly while Snead
boomed a driv 264
yards down th first fair
way, then took two puttc
for a regulation par. The
gorilla's 380-yard drive,
however, left him right
on the apron of the green.
Be studied the lay of the
ed finger to test the wind,
,n . , : I
then thoughtfully pulled a patter out of his bag.
"You know what that gorilla did then?" avers Sneadl "He
took a nice, smooth swing with that putter rd smacked
sae putt another 30 yardtr
Foreign Desk: Polaris Controversy in
Britain; De Gaulle's
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Forogln Editor
From the foreign editor's
notebooks.
Look for, a major political
storm to burst over Britain
as result of negotiations to
give the United States a Po
laris subma-
'"iJv -J rine base in
Scot land,
Fourteen La
bor MPs have
';Vl m-ntarv de
Ibate and
I c 1 a i m the
t""V K I d a s e woum
'y,-- J Present "Kreat
PHIL NEW BUM i iiKc.a lu
the United Kingdom.
An announcement is expect
ed next week of ' British.
American agreement to base
the nuclear-armed submarines
in the Firth of Clyde, near
Glasgow. Most opposition
comes from Communists and
factured plywood would have
a competitive market.
A similar protest was filed
with Mr. Porter by the Jose
phine County Democratic Cen
tral Committee. Both of these
pleas, however, were reject
ed by Mr. Porter in 1958
when he stated that theri was
no evidence to support this po
sition,
The above mentioned pleas
were called to Mr. Porter's
attention on the floor of Con
gress by Representative Mac
of Washington who was and
is an advocate of curtailed im
ports. Mr. Porter, then as he does
now. advocated imports of for
eign-made plywood and de
nied that such imports had
any effect - on the domestic
market.
Therefore, since Mr. Por
ter has never changed his po
sition and apparently never
will, people, earning their
livelihood from the produc
tion of plywood in the 4th
Congressional District must
support State Senator Durno
who will lend his efforts as a
spokesman in their behalf.
Robert G. Davis
. . 1238 S. W. Fifth st.
' Grants Pass, Or.
Libel and Slur
To the Editor: Enclosed Is
a photocopy of a document
entitled "Monroe Sweetland-
His Real Record." Several of
these documents were brought
to my attention this week. I
am informed, although I have
been unable to verify it, that
15,000 of these pamphlets
were mailed in Oregon on Sat
urday, Oct. 22, i960.
Most of the statements in
this pamphlet are so prepos
terous they do notneed refu
tation. Many ar clearly libel
ous. They relate to alleged
events of a quarter of a cen
tury ago. Many of the charges
can be readily disproven by
facts which are recent and
ascertainable, such as th out
rageous libel and slur upon
Senator Sweetland's family
relationships.
Responsible Oregonians who
are familiar .with Monroe
Sweetland's record know that
he was active in the fight
against Communism long be
fore most people realized
there was such a thing as a
Communist threat to our civil
liberties.
To set the record straight,
you might be interested to
know that because Monroe
Sweetland has held responsi
ble positions in government,
he has been carefully scruti
nized by federal security
agencies and has received top
level security clearances, in
cluding the FBI (twice), U. S.
the left .wing of the Labor
Party.
Algerian Plans
French President Charles
de Gaulle is under heavy
pressure to announce news
plans for Algeria without de
lay in an effort to end the
war . .there before th Rus
sians or Red Chinese inter
vene. De Gaulle, however, is
not likely to be hurried.
Meanwhile, French officials
in Algiers are Increasingly
disturbed by rumors of early
Communist intervention in
the Algerian war. One theory
is that they may attack
France's immensely rich Sa
Army and Navy intelligence
and the U. S. Secret Service.
These charges have been
used against Monroe , Sweet
land in previous campaigns
They have been thoroughly
discredited.
Nevertheless, their circula
tion In this campaign consti
tutes an outrageous and alto
gether unfair offense to Sen
ator Sweetland, to his family,
and to those of us who have
volunteered to help in his
campaign.
It is a source of dismay that
Senator Sweetland's opponent
has, indeed, joined the chair
man of the Oregon Republi
can party in charging in a
widely publicized Roseburg
speech that Senator Sweet-
fland has attacked America's
economic system (which is not
true) and they hive insinuat
ed that he is, therefore, some
how unpatriotic. .
The only effective antidote
to unfounded smear tactics is
enraged public reaction.
Monroe Sweetland has en
deavored to wage a hard-
fighting and completely fair
campaign. He has not im
pugned his opponent's patriot
ism or his motives. Monroe's
campaign has been forthright
and affirmative. He has dis
cussed the issues confronting
the office of secretary of state
and public affairs generally.
In fairness to Monroe
Sweetland, who has made dis
tinguished contributions in
the service of his state and
nation, these smear attacks
should be repudiated. Wheth
er or not one agrees with his
liberal views, I'm sure all re
sponsible Oregonians agree
that this type of campaign
material has no place in Ore
gon politics.
Mrs. Dan (Rusty) Goldy
Executive Secretary
e Sweetland for
Secretary of State
Committee
2491 S.W. Sherwood dr.
Portland 1, Ore.
Election Anagrams
To the Editor: In playing
anagrams with a local candi
date's last name, we came up
with 62.
Able, cable, end, -den, cab,
ate, lend, land, blend, nab,
ace, dell, lead, bed, bead,
backed, blend, blank, can,
band, bake, led, bell, ball,
bank, dance, call, knee, lace,
lane,' kale, lake; cell, a, deal,
an, called, bale, keel, bled,
bleed, cake, deck, cane, decal,
blade, bleak, black, neck,
candle, lance, bean, lad,
need, knead, bad, bald, balk,
leak, and, all, back, Dellen-
back.
Tom and Elva Tepper
Star route, Box 825
Shady Cove, Ore.
Editor's Note: No. 63, lack;
64, be; 65, beck.
H Complies
To the Editor: A local cor
respondent requests me to
write you another letter to
enlarge upon the one pub
lished Oct. 27, by "propound
ing your reasons for voting
as you did (for Kennedy-
Johnson). I am glad to comply.
Ambassador Lodge, while
an able spokesman for our
country at th U.N., has had
nothing like the administra
tive and legislative exper
ience of Senate Leader Lyn
don Johnson.
As for Mr. Nixon, he has
too many counts against him.
To cite only a few: his lov
level campaigning with un
warranted and slanderous at
tacks in 1952 upon President
Truman and Democrats gen
erally; absurdly implying then
and again now that the
Korean War was a "Demo
cratic war" - as though it had
any lest support in Congress
or the nation on the part of
Republicans; his record in
Washington in which he op
posed, and even voted against,
aid to education, medical aid
through expanded Social Se
curity (as advocated by Gov
ernor Rockefeller and other
leading Republicans as well as
Democrats), and other urgent
ly needed legislation; his long
dodging of issues until prod
ded by Governor Rockefeller,
and even in th recent debates
with such hedges as "I'll have
a speech on that" or "a white
paper" later (while Kennedy
never dodged but replied
forthrtghtly and with facts to
all questions put to him); too
much boasting ot "talking
tough" to Khrushchev, as if
th". were going to liquidate
th cold war and really get ui
Plans for
hara oil fields which ar just
beginning to . yield sizeable
quantities of petroleum.
Philippine Economy
In Manila, It' Is widely ru
mored, that the Philippine gov
ernment is preparing some
sweeping moves to improve
the naUon's economy. Some
business " circle's believe the
government will remove all
controls on the peso by the
end of the year or, at the
least, drastically cut or elim
In at the 25 per cent tax on
foreign exchange.
Police Protection
Japanese police ar urging
Washington Report
y WILLIAM
END OF AN ERA
Washington - On the big
question - who is winning the
presidential campaign - there
can be no more sense of as
surance than there was two
months ago or
w o weeks
ago. But from
many sources
- talks with
all sorts of
p o 1 1 1 icians,
personal ob
servation on
whistle stop
and other
wait ' trips with
both candidates, and so on
on th way toward enduring
peace.
- Kennedy's position is as de
termined in defense of Amer
ica and the free world, also
more realistic and statesman
like: for continued negotiation
- and negotiate we must, or
face the awful alternative of
mutual annihilation, as Nixon
well knows but evidently
lacks ihe courage to say with
equal honesty.
Finally, Nixon seems to me
to fall far short of the intel
lectual and moral stature of
Kennedy as evidenced by the
latter's whole career, his Pul
itzer Prize winning "Profiles
in Courage," and in his own
present campaign. -.
I also voted for Senator
Kennedy because he consis
tently has worked and voted
for progressive legislation, a
stronger national econ o m y
and more positive world lead
ership'than we have bad un
der - the ' Republicans or- are
likely to get if Mr. Nixon is
elected - and make no mis
take about it, we HAVE lost
prestige all around the world
as anyone who can read news
papers should know by now;
I hope this may help our
inquirer and others as weu.
Arnold Eugene Jenny
(Long-time Methodist and
independent voter)
Medford hotel,
. Medford
Three Categories
To the Editor: Does one ac
tually find it proper as an
act to prove to one's young
ones, the wickedness of all
forms of narcotics, alcohol,
etc., by the encouragement of
forcing to partake of such
things?
In many states as early as
1937, Communism Instruc
tions were begun; when some
people raised their eyebrows
over this, they were inform
ed that it was a preventive
action course. Never did make
any more sense to me than
would the question above.
During 1935 it was written
that fully sixty-fiv per cent
oi "an people" In these United
States were of three categor
ies: members, fellow travelers
or sympathizers of totalita'ri-
ans, subversives, Nazis. Com
munis, etc.
I could write her a lone
list of specific schools, clubs
and organizations that are
designated by the United
States Attorney General as ad
vocating or approving the
commission of acts of force
or violence to deny others
thc:r rights under the consti
tution of these United States,
or else who seek to alter the
form of government of these
United States bx legal consti
tutional means.
For my writingthem and
tne Editor to print them
would be cause for libel or
imprisonment, because these
groups have much control
over some mighty influential
power over a surprising num
ber of agencies that control
Our very livelihood.
The Rev. A. Gilman
322 South Riverside ave
Medford.
HowT
To the Editor: How does
Dr. Durno expect to get th
elderly people to vote for him,
as long as he refuses to con
sider the medicfl bill for the
aged to be placed in the So
cial Security system and take
the pauper oath out of it?
Arthur C. Lewis
. Assistant State
Director, Townsend,
Inc.
Apt. 4, ' ' v "
244 South Central
Medford. i
Algeria
politicians to permit the pret
ence of uniformed policemen
at political rallies as a pro
tectlon against assassination.
Since the slaying of Social
1st Chairman Inejirmo Asa
numa, police have warned
that plain clothes detectives
cannot furnish adequate pro
tectlon.
Baseball
Japanese fans are disap
pointed with the perform
ance in Japan of the San
Francisco baseball Giants
who managed to hit only one
home run In their first four
games.
I. WHITI
some other Important things
at least now seem very clear. '
The prespect is that a stag,
gering total vote will be cast
in this election. The nation
al decision, whether it shall
favor Democrat John T. Ken
nedy or Republican Richard
Nixon, will have been a de
cision taken by the people
themselves with a degree of
voting participation w have
never seen before.
There is the reverse of
"apathy" among the public.
To know this one has only to
see at firsthand the Immense,
patient crowds drawn up in
.the snow for Nixon, drawn
up in the rain for Kennedy.
rpHERE is far less automatic
partisanship than in past
presidential campaigns. - Old
line habitual Republicans ar
not necessarily and unthink
ingly Republican this time.
Ditto old-line and habitual'
Democrats.
There is much anxiety in
the country. Wherever and
however one meets people -on
a campaign train, an air
liner, a restaurant in town -or
city - this concern quickly
breaks through the conversa
tion. What troubles people?
No single answer can be glv-.-en,
for the worry and con
cern seem a many-sided thing.
Some vaguely fear war
some thinking Kennedy might
bring it about, some thinking .
Nixon might. Others fear re
cession. This correspondent's guess, '
however, is that what basic- '
ally troubles most people is -not
really fear. It is rather an
awareness that we are enter
ing a new and unknowable
era, leaving th comfortable
yean of Dwlght Eisenhower
and walking toward New
Year's with a new man -whether
it is to be Nixon or
Kennedy' - easily young
enough to be Eisenhower's
son.
A N enormous number of vot
ers either have not mad
up their minds; are changing
inconclusively back and'
forth from day to day; or ar
simply unwilling to Indicate
their choice if they have actu
ally made it.
No really vast number
seems to back either candidate
in the deep, emotional way
that people used to back
Roosevelt or Eisenhower or
Truman or Thomas E. Dewey
for that matter. Neither can
didate is Idolized; neither
candidate, but for scattered
exceptions, is hated.
Both are widely thought to '
be competent; but neither is
widely .thought to be an indie
pensabl man, or a genius.
Both ar seen as good fight'
era, fair fighters on th whole,
who ar giving the publle a
good show.
It , does not follow, how
ever, that the people think of
tnis campaign as a jolly
game. They think of it as a
deeply serious contest, in
deed. It is as though they be-
lieved time has run out on
the old strictly emotional po
litical atUtudes in which a;
voter's own favorite was sev-.-"
en feet of nobility and his op- '
ponent a dreadful fellow who
probably ought to be in jail.
. -
THIS remarkable process of
coolly weighing up one'
man against another goes so
far that you will run occasion
ally into a great phenomenon..
It is possible sometimes to" '
hear even an associate of .
one candidate say a reason
ably fair word about the other -.
candidate.
There is a great deal ofO
public sympathy simply for
the immense exertions being
made by the candidates, th
sacrifices they are so demon
strably making in terms of
physical exhaustion. The sen
timent among many ordinary .
voters, even in desiring the -defeat
of the other side's can.
didates, is: "Don't cheer, boys, '
the poor devils are dying."
ferhaps what we are doinf
now is saying goodbye to a -whole
political era in which
simply love for one candidate
and simple malira toward
another formed th Voting '
standard of millions. f
(Copyright, 1110. by United
feeluf trntUeate, Ine.) ,