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' MONDAY. OCTOBER SI, 1910 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. A 9 Kennedy Supporters Smell Victory; Nixon Convinced He's Even or Ahead Sltor'a not.: Two UP! eorre- . cpondtnu who covtrcd tho prest- SsnUal candidates last week have ' returned to Washington. Here are their Impressions ol the campalrns and a report on how each candi date'! camp feels about the out-sens, Br WILLIAM THEIS Washington - (UPD - Demo cratic political leaders think they smell victory for Sen. John F. Kennedy and lome of them e':en talk "landslide." But the Democratic presi dential candidate and his top aides still say it's a "close" fight against Vice President Richard M. Nixon, even though they think they are moving steadily ahead. If Kennedy needed encour agement to assume ne was out in front, he got it last week. Among the developments fall ing his way were: Record crowds in Demo cratic strongholds like New York City and surprising turnouts in many heavily Re publican c o m m u nities of doubtful states like Illinois and Pennsylvania. - A series of endorsements. Cfc y WINTER'S HERE Bruce Nett of Augusta, Maine, gets New Hampshire where snow has fallen to a depth of six in some early skiing on the slopes of Mt. Washington in to eight inches. (UPI Telephoto) 'Hate' Literature Is Topic Of Human Rights Council Ashland - Ashland Human Right council launched the fall season of general meet ings with a panel discussion on "hate" literature last week irj Wesley house on Southern Oregon college campus. Following a welcome by the president, Mrs. Virginia West erfield, .three speakers dis cussed the subject from the literary, psychological and ethical standpoints.' Duplicate copies of a couple of actual tracts were distributed for study. , ' Walter Arron, asociate .pro fessor of English at SOC, be gan the literary analysis. He said that the propagandist Is probing for the switch which may be Inherent mechanism within each one of us sand which can incite us to react in the very way he wants us to. Such a writer uses colored words as tools of his trade. These words carry built-in connotations, good or bad, which help carry out a rhet oric of distortion. He added that the propagandist employs assumed - premises and the highly motivating use of words in place of facts. Francis Kelly, associate professor of psychology at SOC, listed the points that a good propagandist adheres to. The latter must study the tar get group that he is trying to reach and then he must use words that appeal to their basic needs, beliefs or weak n e a s e s. "fne propagandist makes effective use of stim ulus words such as "our way of life" and "those foreign ers." He also makes frequent use of repetitious statements on the theory that anything repeated often enough will be believed. . Dr. Kelly admonished that the most effective way to meet propaganda is with counter propaganda and con cluded that since it is geared to appeal to the dissident and the failures, if the needs of most of the people are met most of the time, bad propa ganda will not be so effective. The Rev. Ed Wulfekuehler of the Ashland Congregation al church discussed the ethi cal aspect and announced that the program for the next meeting would pursue the sub' ject into the legal angle. Following a discussion pe riod, refreshments were serv ed for the social hour. Guests attending from Med' ford Human Rights council were the Rev. Thomas Mc- Camant, chairman; Dr. George G. Roseberry, the Rev. Bob Dowrey, Charles P, Champlin and Henry DeVoss Among the newspapers was the New York Times, which has not backed a Democrat for president since it support ed FDR in 1944. - A shift in Pennsylvania's registration, which late this week showed the Democrats leading the Republicans for the first time in modern po litical history. Nevertheless, there are two things still bothering the Ken nedy camp. They appear to be the great uncertainty of how the religious issue will affect the people's decision. and how Kennedy can cram the maximum "exposure into the windup campaign. As a result, Kennedy has concentrated his main effort in Pennsylvania. New York, Ohio, Illinois and Michigan. These five have more than half the 269 electoral votes needed for victory. Staggering Schedule Kennedy is going from ear ly morning to early morning in days of staggering sched ules, numbing exhaustion and whiplash pace. . His campaign managers have a cenirnl objective; "Ex posure." It shows up in the nomenclature of the motor cade "briefing" sheets. Ken nedy advance men note cer tain stops as providing "max imum exposure or ' medi um exposure.'' But when the sentor, like Nixon, sees a spe cial kind of small crowd, where no stop was intended, he stops anyway. There-seems to be no dis pute among reporters travel ing with Kennedy that he is striking sparks with the crowds. Whatever the 43-year-old candidate's appeal, it produces a volatile reaction which goes beyond that of the teen-age girl "jumpers and squealers" who press forward at every rally. the campaign thus far. fThe final week before elec tion must, in his opinion, be still more active and more ef fective if he is to win. This view is reflected in his 18,- 000-mile final campaign swing starting today. The GOP candidate last week acquired a cold, a few tossed eggs and tomatoes and more than his share of fa tigue, but he also had the larg est dawn-to-dusk audiences of his campaign and made a lot By MERRIMAN SMITH Washington - (UPD - Vice President Richard M. Nixon is convinced that he is even or ahead of Sen. John F. Ken nedy in seven important states with the largest electoral vote. But Nixon's mood as he ap proached the final week of the presidential campaign was that of a determined crafts man with a vast amount of' work to be done in a short space of time. He thought that last week, devoted largely to railroad whistle-stopping in Pennsyl vania, Ohio, Michigan and II' linois, was the best week of of Republican state leaders happy. Nixon is known to feel that since his fourth debate with Kennedy on Oct. 21, there has been a highly perceptible surge in his nationwide po litical strength. But he feels the ingredients of final vic tory must be put together in the time remaining beforefj' election day. After a period of some rath er pronounced concern in top GOP circles about California, the vice president now re- Labor Editor Tells Policy on Political Ads Portland - (UPD - The editor of the Oregon Labor Press says it's been a long-establish ed policy not to accept politi cal advertising from candi dates whom the newspaper opposes. The editor, Jim Goodsell, was commenting on a com plaint in Baker by Secretary of State Howell Appling that he was unable to buy space In the labor paper, and thus was denied the opportunity of pre senting his views to union members. Many Good Reasons Said Goodsell:, "The board of directors about 15 years ago established the policy of accepting ads only from can didates we endorse, or from both sides in a contest where we have not endorsed either. "There are majy good rea sons for this," Goodsell added. 'but in every election cam paign some candidate tries to get some political mileage out of it." Goodsell Mid the policy was adopted after the paper endorsed a candidate - with little or no money for cam- Economists See Mild Recession New York - (UPD - A sirable majority ofhe nation's lead ing economists foresee a mild recession between now and the end of 1961, a survey showed today. At least two-thirds of 327 economists canvassed said they expect a downturn in business activity In th next six to nine months with a majority of these seeing a re bound late in 1961. The other economists poll ed look for the economy to hold its own through next year. The annual survey was made by F. W. Dodge Corp., a construction and market ing statistical agency. IKE'S COUSIN DIES Indianapolis -(UPD- Mrs. Fan nie B. Richardson, 58, a fifth cousin of President Eisenhow er who compiled the only major genealogical study of ihe Eisenhower family line age, died Sunday. paign expenses, and his op ponent bought large blocks of space In the Labor Press. "This," said Goodsell, "made It hard for some readers to know where we stood." Vote for Proven Ability ELECT JERRY SCAMNELL DISTRICT ATTORNEY Scannell for Dirt. Atty. Comm., Mary Moroaret Mullen, Sac, Campbell Rd., Medford, Or. gards his home state as a bright spot. Among the larg er states, he thinks he is in the best shape in California and Texas. Up for Grabs As for the other key states of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois and Michigan, Nixon regards the election as up for grabs or, in other words, 50-50 for either man. The vice president feels his strength in Texas and Cali- fornia began rising about three weeks ago and has com tinued. 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