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Newspaper Page TextFRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1960 MEDFORD, Tribune "Kvurune In Southern Oregon Reeds The Ml-.ll Tribune" fuhfished Daily except Saturday by MEDrujtu f Hin j mu y-KJ 33 North Fir St., Ph SP 2-6141. RORFBT W RUHL. Editor HERB GREV Advertising Manager GERA1.D T LAlHAfll UB iwgr ERIC W ALLEN JR.. Mng Edltot EARL H ADAMS City Editor iia hdv PUIPMAN lliff Editor DTrnmn IP-WFTT Knnrta Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Women's Editor DALE EKlUK&u 1. uircuianun ' Si An Tnrinonrlent NeWSDaOer Entered as second class matter at Medford. Oregon, unoer ci m March 3. 181)7 etmcrmpTtriN RATES Ily Mail In Advance. Copy 10c Dally ana sunaay i y Dally and Sunday 6 mos 8.00 nnllv and Sunday 3 mos. 4.25 ca.nnu rnv flni. vear S4.20 Tt .. in Arivnnre Medford Ashland Central Point Eagle Point. Jacksonville Cold Hill Phoenix Shady Cove. Rogue Rlv m- Tsi. ait4 in motor routes Dally and Sunday 1 vear tlB.M) rtn'lu .nil RxnrinV 1 mt l.SO Carrier and Dealers copy 10c All Terms Cash In Advance "fjf'lclal Paper of City of Mr rtford Official Paper of Jackson County United" Press International Full Leased Wire TJ.P.l. Telephoto Kewsplctures &EMBErl OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative: WEST HOLIDAY CO.. INC Of tiana in Fjsu, vrlt. Chicago. De troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles, Seattle. Portland St. Louis. At. lanta. Vancouver, B.C. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITOR I Al A SIS 0 WAT I O h zi yj j jfU.linil.'iHi'ilIil Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Dec. 9, 1950 (Salurday) Preliminary steps were tak en at a meeting in Sams Val ley yesterday to form an inter-county all-embracing or ganization to study the order ly development of the Rogue River basin. Mcdford's second traffic fa tality of the year was record ed this morning when a 26-year-old man died of injuries sustained in a Friday auto accident on North Riverside ave. 20 YEARS AGO Dec. 9, 1940 (Monday) Medford could become the center of an industry produc- ing alcohol from cull pears, it was predicted nere toaay by E. II. Wlegand, of the stale department of food industries. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Coin menlators hold the ever-po tent campaign slogan 'Kept us out of war will fail to fool the voters in the future and will need revising. It should run: I will keep you out of war for six months after I am elected, if I have no bad luck." 30 YEARS AGO Dec. 9, 1930 (Wednesday) A recount of the city's bal lots for election of the mayor was begun in circuit court today. The county court has an nounced plans to register all job seekers. 40 YEARS AGO Dec. 9, 1920 (Friday) The interior department has given Copco the right to build a dam on the Klamath river. Jacksonville defeated Phoe nix yesterday In a basketball game 55 to 2. SO YEARS AGO Dec. 9. 1910 (Friday) The Rogue River fish bill passed by Oregon voters al the lust election, has gone into ettect and from this day on, commercial fishing Is pro hibitcd in the river. What's Your I.Q.? Nina or ten correct is superior; liven or eight is excellent; five or in is good. 1. Should an apostrophe be used in the form "Yours sin cerely"? 2. The moon is sometimes visible from the earth's poles; true or false? 3. Name the author of the novel "Main Street 4. Seoul Is the capital of which country S. If a London housewife refers to a "pram" what does she mean? 6. Which ex-boxer Is nick named "Slapsic Maxic"? 7. Is the process of com bustion fundamentally t h e same for coal, wood, oil and gasoline? 8. In 1G09 which of the colonies moved Its seat of gov eminent from St. Mary's to Annapolis? 9. Is the highest peak on the North American continent located in California, Alaska Colorado, Montana, or Can ada? 10. For what offenses may a civil officer of the U.S. Gov ernment be impeached? Answers: 1, No. 2. True. 3. Sinclair Lewis. 4. Republic of Korea. 5. Baby carriage. 6 Max Rosenbloom. 7. Yet. 8. Maryland. 9. Alaska. 10. Trea- kb. iu. irea- i son, bribery or olher high crimoi artf mitdeameanort. J Church Merger The proposal to merge four of the larger Prot estant denominations leaves us with mixed feel ings. On one hand, we have long had the feeling that the diversity within Protestantism is fully in keeping with our pluralistic society, and with the freedom of conscience guaranteed by the Cnnstir.iitinn. On the other hand, within Protestantism would make it a moie ei- fective force, and would, to some extent, lend weight to the counsels of the more responsible religious leaders of the nation. ASA practical matter, we rather doubt that such a merger will take place, soon, anyway. Dogmas, creeds, forms of worship, church organization, traditions, habits, attitudes these are sn diverse and so well established, that even the best-meaning church ficulty in reconciling them at the nignest levels, let alone in everyday observance. The experience of the Church of South India, which has been ecumenicalism at the practical level, is an examnle of But at the same time, widespread Christianity development, and aid centuries of tradition and rivalry. rESPITE all this, we cause we believe it should be talked about talkimr and thinkiner do Religion is a very live It is of the most intimate personal importance to many people, and of importance to others. Only by intelligent discussion and thought can the nation arrive at a set of attitudes a "con sensus," if you will, in the sense of a common purpose which will give the nation continued unity in diversity and freedom through a variety of disciplines. E.A. Good Appointments Up to this point, we have been favorably im nressed exceedingly so by the quality of the appointments made by Some or them nave been surprising, ana specu lation has centered around his reasoning. But the fact remains that, surprising or not, they make considerable sense when reviewed. The most surprising of the lot was the naming G. Mennen Williams as under secretary of state for African affairs, and for several reasons. "NE was because it was no real secret that Wil lifiiiiQ l-oiillir urtinterl education and welfare, and, as a strong ana val ued supporter of Kennedy, had some claim to preference. Another was because preparation for a foreign But those who know who have heard him during his several speeches in southern Oregon,) know that he is a very able person, has a sense of dedication to public service, and the capacity to grow and adapt. A BR AH AM Ribicoff of Connecticut is regard ,ed by many observers as one of the ablest young governors in the nation. He has been ex ceedingly popular in his home state, is a modest and unassuming sort ot executive leadership, and is another person with a feeling and flair for public service. He has been talked about as attorney general, but his appointment to the huge and rambling governmental edifice with many and varied tasks responds to the need for an able administrator rather than a specialist. TTHE other appointments up to the moment this is written have been less surprising but equal ly gratifying. Stewart David K Hell, tor Budget, are both of them young men who have made their mark in the fields for which they have been tapped. Gov. Luther Hodges, for Commerce, brings a high-ranking Democrat of great experience and moderate views into the cabinet. The appointments reflect neither far-left lib eralism nor immobile conservatism. They do reflect a search for ability, dedica tion, intelligence, and open-mindness if the "New Frontiers ' is to mean anything at all. We hope, and now expect, other appointments to be ol similar caliber. E.A. Bobby forAG.? Should Bobby Kennedy be named attorney general? Save only for the selection of his secretary of state, this is probably Mr. Kennedy's most d il ium it cabinet decision. Since the able younger or brother of the chief executive-to-be, the cry nf "nannlium" miirVif )m 1, !,,, IJ 1. t. uwunui iiiiut uc named. And yet, why should tomatically barred from ii ..i - .i. . , , it--i itiuiie uie accident IN ENGLAND, nepotism in governmental circles. And in the great families which ran EiiP-hinrl so well for so many hundreds of years, kinship was no bar to appointment of good men.. If John Kennedy believes his hmfhor is thn , ., , , ., avciiiiiuic iur uie JOO, ne snoilld name him J if not, SOmeoiltf else. E.A, the ecumenical movement! leaders would have dif how it could be successful one must remember that in India is a fairly recent not nave to contend witn welcome the proposal be- is the sort of thing that and thought about, and not oecur in a vacuum issue in America today. urgent though impersonal President - elect Kennedy. fn lie sprTpfnt'V nf hefllr.h. he has had little formal affairs post. Williams, (and those person with a talent tor HEW department a Udall, for Interior, and Kennedy is the voung iiccuu Oliuum lie an able nerson be au any Dost, for anv reason , ., " 01 Dinn r is a word seldom heard Ability is what counts. . . . . Dennis the Menace tgieft,TWlWTOtiE.I).Tf!) AN' MAKE Mff A GOCO SO. AN'MAKE f?UFFA (300D DOS. AN'MAKE MOM A (3000 Atom .AN'AWKE WD. , ... Communications . Letters to the Ediior must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves 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 contrary is often the case. God Help Us All To the Editor: A grave charge should be entered and announced ... an interefer- ence of colossal proportions took place in the election Just as a judge will declare a court procedure null and void because there was tam pering with the jury, so we have to report that the elec tion likewise was subject to intervention. It became a farce, a falsity, a complete miss, a departure from poise and legal sanity. A much touted mechanism, the so-called "brain," caused millions to switch their votes during the closing hour in the East and even the daylight hours In the Central and Pa cific zones. This supposedly sporting device became unex pectedly heinous. It led mul titudes to believe that a "land slide" was taking place. This, of course, prompted a "get-on- the-band-wagon" effect. B u t others, utterly aroused, arose phoenix-like and voted to STOP the band wagon. It be came confusion doubly -con- founded. The basic of the Aussie ballot is that it must be secret. Not even in a pre cinct has it been allowable to sum the votes aloud while the voting is going on. We, the democratic precep tors of the universe, must not let this disclosure slip by UN ACTED upon. Congress, the new one, must get into con tinuous session until a his toric task is accomplished. Our very national life is at stake, because the cold, evaluating world will impinge upon us and the load will break us. It is never too late to do something, something consti tutional, of course. It will have to be Ingeneous. Certain ly brand new candidates will be brought into the arena, be cause, certainly, the pair who ran" were spewed from pre arranged conventions and hence did not pose the moral ly proper master-alternative to free Americans. No matter what is being done toward the formality of. an inauguration, our great supreme legislative body, Congress, (as it has done before) must get its grip, democratically, upon the situ ation. God help us all! Walter Gabriel Howclls, Nebr. Facet To the Editor: At this happy season of the year most of us are occupied with preparation for home, church, school and community Christmas celebra tions. And that is good. But uncounted thousands of our fellow Christians and others, homeless refugees in many parts of the world, will know very little joy. It is a contin uing and desperately urgent need and I take this means of addressing an appeal to your readers to remember the world's homeless by including them in their Christmas giv ing, through the relief agen cies of their churches, C.A.R.E., or others minister ing to them on our behalf. Hong Kong is one of the acute areas of need. Despite great efforts by the public au thorities and private charities, especially the churches and the YMCA. to meet the most urgent needs of relief and re habilitation, the plight of many remains desperate. In Germany, a tragic story Is repeated week after week, of people who have been will ing to leave home, relatives, friends and possessions at the risk of their lives, to breathe again the air of freedom and to seek opportunity to build a new life in a more hospit able environment. In 1945-46. it was my priv ilege to help in organizing and supervising "YMCA YWCA Service- to Displaced k Per- MEDFORD necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the sons" in Germany. After one unforgettable experience ministering to the needs of the children in a center for D.P. orphans, I made the fol lowing entry in my diary: mose faces! Can 1 ever forget them, . there in that boisterous reception (when I arrived) or later, tense, excit ed, or laughing more heartily than at any time since they become displaced persons, as they sat at the edges of their seats at the movie I was show ing in their camp dining room, lost in another and happier dream world for a couple of all-too-brief hours? Faces such as only rarely, if ever, any comfortable, well-fed, rela tively want - free American movie audience could have. Faces. Yes, often heart-breaking in the deep tragedy they reflect, but also heart-warm ing in the joyous and grateful response to our ministry. Faces I shall never forget as long as I live." So, good friends of this beautiful and bountiful Rogue valley, remember these home less, uprooted people as you join with your families and friends in your celebration of God's greatest gift to mankind -Christ, our Savior, who said, "Inasmuch as you have done it unto the least of these, my brethren, you have done it unto me." Arnold Eugene Jenny Rogue Valley Manor Medford Oh, me! Oh, my! To the Editor: The Portland Journal of Dec. 6 staled that Ike has banned the use of $400,000,000 dollars in foreign aid to financially strong coun tries. This, my friends, is the first time I have ever known that we used foreign aid funds to aid FINANCIALLY STRONG countries. The same news item states that, instead we may use the aid funds to buy goods from less developed countries, OR last but not least - from the United Slates. Aren't w e lucky? Oh, me. The same paper has a head line which says, "Starvation Case Nabs 3," then states that the parents and grandmother of a 2-month-old child were arrested on the suspicion of murder when the child died of apparent starvation. Also, that the father is unemployed and the family's only income is the grandmother's Social Security check. Oh, my. The Portland Journal of Dec. 5 carried an item which stated that an Atlas or some other rocket blew up after launching. It cost approxi mately $4,000,000. That would purchase a lot of milk. Oh, me. Oh, my. And - Dec. 5 a jet fighter f-lU2, crashed. Loss, one pilot and also $1,000,000 . . . and the baby starved? Oh. me! Oh, me! Oh, my! Oh, my! Malemute Slim. White City, Ore. Shark Net, Anybody? To the Editor: The New port Jaycees have run into a problem in which your pa per, quite possibly, could lend a hand. As you know, the Junior Chamber of Commerce is a non-profit organization, and operates on a very slim budg et. To help the Newport Jay cees in their civic and youth programs, a local fish com pany has donated to us a million square feet of shark fish net, due to the fact that commercial use of this net is limited to only large game fish, such as shark, and ,thc need for shark is long past. MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. Lumumba's Capture Of Gravity By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst Man in the news: Congo lese strongman Joseph Mo butu. The Place: Leopoldville. The Quote: "Hit (deposed Premier Patrice Lumum ba's) health is satisfactory. He does have a swollen foot. After all, he was brought in by the soldiers and he was bound hand and foot." Mobutu reacted defiantly this week to United Nations Secretary General Dag Ham- marskjold sre quest for in formation on L u m u m ba's health and to 3 United States urgings that he be given "humane treat ment" and a fair trial. In i'iiil nkwsom me united States , and the U.N. there were fears that the Lumumba The Jaycees are faced with the problem of how to sell this net and yet make money for aid in carrying on more needed youth activities. We have been selling small quan tities through local and state wide advertising on a small scale. Since we have no budg et for large-scale advertising could your paper help us? This fish net has a four inch weave and comes in rolls 26 feet wide and any length desired. We have been selling this net for 75 cents a run ning yard, plus 25 cents for mailing, or any orders over five yards, we will sell al one-half cent per square foot. All purchasers are requested to pay in advance. This net has been purchas ed for such things as decora tions, climbing flowers, gar dens, fences, swimming pool covers, and many other uses. We would appreciate it if you could run this in your paper. Dave Lonergan Publicity Chairman Newport Jaycees Box 1307 Newport, Ore. 1961-Upside Down To the Editor: I received this little clipping taken from the Illinois Valley News, and thought it was rather an interesting observation which has possibly escaped the at tention of most of us. Mr. Phillips i.- my father and has spent many years as printer. He lives at Cave Junction, he and my mother, and, as you can see. is right on the ball. No matter how we usher in the New Year-which is not so far away-it is inevitable. And right side up or upside down-inescapable. Mrs. Eugene Stevens, Route 1, Box 64E, Central Point, Ore. Editor's note: The cliDoine sent by Mrs. Stevens follows: No matter how one will look at it, right side up or wrong side up, it will still be 1961 come New Year's Day. The figure 1961 is one of the very, very few combina tions of figures that when in- verted remain the same. Try it. Turn the page upside down lr necessary. It will still read 1961. This little fact was disenv. ered here this week whrn Linotypcr Homer Phillips pied a stick of type. He look ed twice, then called in Pub lisher Jim McDermott, who immediately got out his fic- uring pencil and started work ing various combinations. For the results of this com- puting sct-lo with pied type, it has been estimated that this phenomenon will not occur again for almost 4000 years. Here's how it looks: 1961 1961 Let's Have Benches To the Editor: I have been touowing with interest the Mail Tribune stories concern ing the bus bench proposal currently up for consideration by the Medford city council. Some months ago I was con tactcd by a member of the Crater Lions Club and asked for an opinion on the desire- ability of putting out benches. At that time I voiced a very resounding affirmative. I have subsequently learned that over 600 other valley residents did the same. Why then, does the council prolong their approval? We need courtesy bus benches, not only for the benefit of those awaiting transportation, but also to help the bus lines give more and better service. I formerly lived in Port- OREGON To Future arrest might blow wide open a brewing new crisis over the Congo, with perhaps fatal re sults to the U.N. mission there. Mobutu indicated it would be an eye for an eye. Of Hammarskjold's message he said: "He said it would have in ternational conse q u e n c e s. That's rich. Other deputies and senators were whipped by Lumumba men and one of them lost an eye right under the U.N. nose. "They are being tortured. But for the United Nations that does not count. Well, it counts for me." Cordiality of JFK-Ike Recalls Less Pleasant By LYLE C. WILSON Washington - IUPU - The sweetness-and-light nature of t h e Elsenhower - Kennedy White House conference is a reminder to old timers that it was not ever thus. In the im- m e d i ate ac counts of this week's meet i n g of the President and Lyle : Wilsuo (he Dresidcnt-elect, the cir- pumstances most ofUn were put in contrast with the pre liminaries to the 1953 change over from President iruman to President Eisenhower. That was a chill occasion. Candidate Eisenhower and the Republicans had campaigned on the issues ot corruption and communism, with empha sis on "the mess in Washing ton." HST resented that. He continues to resent it. iru man is on record that he would not sit at a table with Eisenhower nor enter a room if Vice President Richard M. Nixon were present. HST is a good hater. Hoover to Roosevelt The chill of the Eisenhower- Truman change-over, howev er, was no match for the in credible situation which pre vailed after the election of November, 1932, and until Franklin D. Roosevelt suc ceeded Herbert Hoover on March 4, 1933. The United States then was on the brink of economic catastrophe. From the moment of his defeat in November until near midnight of March 3, 1933, his last day in office, Hoover sought, begged and pleaded for FDR's cooperation in leg islative and policy action. FDR would have none of it. In his memoirs, Hoover made this judgment: "The unwillingness of Mr. Roosevelt as president - elect to cooperate in meeting the situation finally culminated land and I know from ex perience that bus benches are already doing a good job in that city. Eugene. Springfield, Albany, Salem, etc., also have benches. Even though I would not be using the bus benches myself, I have, when driving, been completely confused by groups of people standing at street corners. I didn't know wheth er they were waiting to cross the street or waiting to ride the bus. Benches would elimi nate this driving hazard and driving confusion by provid ing a safe, designated area for bus passengers. In short, I was very much surprised to read of the coun cil's 3 to 3 deadlock on a matter, which it seems to me, should be unquestionable. A first class public transporta tion system must be a primary consideration of any city. Let's have courtesy bus benches! Kenneth Peterson 1724 Stratford ave. Medford Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF pHARLES RICE found a first edition of a children's dic- tionary that defined "skirts" as "outer reaches" and gave as an illustrative sentence, "Mr. Smith lives on the skirts of the town." For subsequent printings, the editors deemed it expedi ent to substitute a sen tence with less racy over tones. Mr. Rice also found an old English dictionary whose editors must have had a sense of humor. As an illustrative sentence using the word "damn," they offered, "Damn this dictionary." Louis Untermeycr, one of America's cleverest and most Indefatigable punsters listened impatiently to a recital by a derivative young composer, then dismissed him with, "Rather an American Debussybody, don't you think?" Untermeyer also deplored a contemporary writer's heavy handed badinage as "elcphantasy" and headed his review of a Boston author's bouk about the nether regions, "A Yankee Doodle Dante." . O I960, by Bennett Cerf. Dutrlbuttd by King Feature Syndicate Brings Consequences of Peace Repercussions came quickly. The Soviet union, seeing propaganda windfall, demand ed Lumumba's release as the head of the Congo's "legiti mate government." It accused the United States of financing Congolese unrest and charged that President Joseph Kasa vubu "has betrayed the Con golese people." The United Arab Republic whose diplomatic representa tives were ousted by Mobutu was considering withdrawing its troops from the U.N. emergency force from the Congo. Other African nations who have supported Lumumba in a bank depositors' panic in February, 1933 . . . There was little an out-going admin istration could do while hand cuffed by a hostile Congress and an uncooperative president-elect. Plea for Cooperation "I refused to declare a bank holiday but constantly proposed, up to the last mo ment (11 p.m. of March 3) of my presidency, to put into effect an executive order con trolling withdrawals and ex changes if Mr. Roosevelt would approve. That would have effectively prevented practically all the banks from closing and given time for the panic to subside. At this last moment I called Mr. Roo Washington Report By WILLIAM INEPTITUDE Washington -The small, quiveringly earnest band of Democratic ultra - liberals is being painted - and is earn estly painting itself - into a corner even before the new Kennedy administration has begun. The coming William I. " e w oenaie Whic. party leader ship would in itself have tend ed to isolate these passionate Iy self-righteous fringe men For with the moderate Sen Mike Mansfield at the lop of mat leadership and the sensi bly liberal Sen. Hubert H nunipnrey as nis wo. I man, the ultra - liberals will have lost at the outset their main previous guarantee to public attention. While Vice-president-elect Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas was Senate leader they could always present themselves as bravely suffering under the heavy yoke of "southern lead ership." But not all their genius for loud martyrdom can now make Mansfield of Montana out to be some 19th century plantation overseer. A ND not even their talent A for making it appear that no one else is really concern ed with civil rights can over come this fact: Humphrey was an effective advocate in this field before they were much heard of nationally. But amid all these realities, what have the ultra-liberals -as led by Sen. Paul H. Doug las of Illinois and Sen. S. Clark of Pennsylvania now done? They seem to have settled upon two policies for uie new Congress - and the new administration - which would set a high mark in political ineffectualily of their group. Senator Dougbs has indi- in Congo were reported considering similar acuun. The result could be collapse of the U.N. force, with the accompanying possibility of independent outside action either by one or more of the African nations or by the So viet Union. To execute Lumumba al. most surely would have vio. lent results. To release him would mean he then would be free to mass his forces for a direct challenge to Mo. butu and Kasavubu. Lumumba's capture had in creased the problems of both his captors and the United Nations. Meeting Ones sevelt on the telephone and he again declined." To all of this there is a shocking footnote: James Rand, an industrialist, told Hoover of a conversation 10 days before the inauguration with Professor Rexford Guy Tugwell, of the Roosevelt brain trust. "Professor Tugwell, advis er to Franklin D. Roosevelt, had lunch with me," Rand told Hoover. "He (Tugwell) said they were fully aware of the bank situation and that it undoubtedly would collapse in a few days, which would place responsibility in the lap of President Hoover." In the end, FDR gained for himself the whole credit for the rescue operations after he closed the banks. S. WHITE cated he wants the Senate to go at once into a disruptive fight over the filibuster rule. The first effect would be in definitely to delay President, elect Kennedy's real legisla- , tive program. The second would be unnecessarily to di vide the Democrats at the moment they were putting into office a new president -elected by a most narrow popular margin. i T'HE third would be to re. A ward the moderate south erners, who made Kennedy's election possible, with;a smack in the face from a wet sack. Now, other people don't want to do this right off - not, certainly, until more impor tant business has been done. But these are, after all, only such unimportant Democrats as President-elect Kennedy, Vice-president-elect Johnson, and Senators Mansfield and Humphrey. Senator Clark, for his part, has proposed a kind of loyalty oath, a measure for forced conformity, upon Sen. Harry F. Byrd of Virginia, for not having supported the Demo cratic presidential ticket. Sen ator Douglas - naturally - is reported also interested in such a procedure. The end purpose would be to oust Byrd from his chairmanship of the Senate finance commit tee. This absurd witch hunt from the left-wing would lay down the amazing principle that Senate committees are not the instruments of the Senate itself but rather of some partisan group - or sub group. It also assumes that Douglas, Clark and company are the sole cuslodians of the true faith, the sole deter miners of who is entitled lo what in the Senate. AND it has one other small Hnfo,1 Tf -ll. j T-..rf. -v.... via, n nuu juu las should push their effort at revenge - as Byrd has public ly invited them to do so. they would be fortunate ,to find one-fourth of the Senate in their support. ' Xow Byrd's political views arc not in the views of even one-third of the Senate. But at least four-fifths of the Sen ate admires the integrity of Harry Byrd of Virginia. And at least four-fifths of the Sen ate has read the Constitution. It provides that each state shall select its own senators. It does not - not yet at least -say that those Senators and their actions must have the approval of Paul H. Douglas or Joseph S. Clark. Have you ever wondered why it is that the ultra-liberals are so depressingly inept when it comes to perform ance? For answers, see above. (Copyright, 1960, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) CALLS ELECTORAL MEET Jackson, Miss. - IUPD - Gov. Ross Barnett has called a meeting of Mississippi's un pledged presidential electors here Monday. One of the 14 electors said the group may choose a candidate to vote for in the Dec. 19 Electoral Col lege ballot.