MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1960
Washington Report
By WILLIAM S. WHITE
G.O.P TRIANGLE
Washington - Three Repub
lican presidential hopefuls for
1964 are already preparing
to mount three wholly dif
ferent and competing pres
sures on the new Congress.
Each man
looks upon
this as the
place of crisis,
for his own
& hopes and for
lite i u l lire
White
help shape,
tone of the
hopes of the
G. O. P. itself.
Each will try
to control, or
at least to
the actions and
Republican side
of that Congress.
One, Sen. Barry Goldwater
of Arizona, will sit in Con
gress and so may have a small
operating advantage, simply
that of being on the scene.
The other two, Richard M.
Nixon and Gov. Nelson
Rockefeller of New York,
must exert their influence
from afar and through con
gressional friends and sup
porters. .
THUS the wheel of circum
stances now turns full cir
cle. A year ago, with the
White House in Republican
hands, a solitary Republican,
Vice President Nixon, held
a monopoly on the 1960 presi
dential nomination. It was
then the Democrats who -
on the outside looking in -
had a large, restless group of
aspirants.
Then, Senators John F. Ken
nedy, Lyndon B. Johnson and
Stuart Symington were ma
neuvering as rivals toward
1960. Now, beginning in Jan-.
nary, Nixon, Rockefeller and
Goldwater will become the
maneuvering rivals - this
time for 1964. They take the
old places of Kennedy, John
son and Symington in the
great game of musical chairs.
What is most strikingly new
in all this is the proof it of
fers of a revolutionary change
In the realities of power in
American politics. It used to
be that senators and members
of the House of Representa
tives rarely achieved decisive
stature at presidential nomi
nating conventions.
The big wheelers and deal
ers were the governors. But
1960 changed all that. The
overwhelming victor at the
Democratic convention, John
Kennedy, was a man of Con
gress. The runner-up, Lyndon
Johnson, was, too.
NOW, the one governor
among high G.O.P. pros
pects for the presidential prize
in 1964, Rockefeller, will run
his real search for that prize
In the national forum of Con
gress - not in his home state,
elcctorally powerful though it
is.
Mr. Rockefeller's friends
have already made it plain
that he will take a major hand
in attempting to commit the
congressional Republicans to
liberal programs. He is de
termined to stamp the name
"Rockefeller" on this Congres
sional Record, from the left-
wing of his party. Goldwater
is equally resolved to stamp it
with his name, from tne rigni
wine of the party.
Nixon is thus left holding
the middle of the party, the
spokesman for its center. His
purpose will be to support, me
development of a moderate
Republican line similar to that
on which he so very nearly
won the presidency last
month.
HE IS, moreover, in simple
fact the titular leader of
the party, though neither
Rockefeller nor Goldwater
rushes to concede him that
distinction. He is also some
thine more. For Nixon is
greatly assisted by. the deci
sion of his two rivals to cnai-
lenge him in the halls of Con
gress.
He has more friends there
than either of the two others.
They have chosen to contest
with him on his home field.
It is a long time to 1964 and
"maybe" is a safer word than
"certainly." But, as for prob
abilities, there is this:
In this jockeying for place
Nixon is going to be very hard
to outdistance, particularly in
this arena. And, as for cer
tainities, there is this: No Re
publican membership of Con
gress wilt ever have been un
der more presistent court
ship from three sides.
(Copyright, 1960, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
II
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Around
By Lynn M. Watkins
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They'll Do It Every Time
By Jimmy Hatlo
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Ever Hear of Ions? There
Are Good Guys and Bad Guys
Tell the average person
there are two important kinds
of ions, and he naturally will
assume you mean male and
female.
But not so. They are nega
tive and positive. With every
breath you take you inhale
something more than oxysen,
dust and gasoline fumes. You
also receive several thousands
or millions of "ions."
Ions are electrically charged
particles generated by a wide
assortment of agencies. Even
two grains of sand, blown to
gether by a gentle breeze, gen
erates a tiny number of ions.
Other billions of them are cre
ated by the friction of running
water around a rock, or by
cosmic rays from outer space,
or by a thunderstorm.
An electrical storm gener
ates the "things" by the zil
lions. The right kind of ions,
namely the negative ones, en
tering our lungs rapidly en
ters the bloodstream and then
into our body cells.
Nature, by various and
often complicated means, al
ways has been adding ions to
the atmosphere, that enter the
bodies of all living animals,
and helps them or depresses
them, depending on the pre
ponderance of which kind
The little things may be so
important to our lives that we
couldn't live without them.
Life itself is probably the lib
eration, generation or the
functioning of electricity in
body cells.
Source of Refreshment
We become actually refresh
ed and exhilarated when there
is a preponderance of nega
tive ions in the air. in re
verse, when we take on an
over-abundance of positive
ions we may become depres
sed; we may feel aches and
Dains in our bones or muscles
or our corns may hurt. Some
people even may become so
depressed they will fight with
their neig'.bors, or may reach
a DOint where they may hang
themselves from the ratters in
the garage.
If your bunions suddenly
becomes painful, or you feel
"low down and mean, it may
mean there is a change com
ing in the weather. The super
abundance of positive ions in
the air is really "getting
you down." What you need is
a super amount of negative
ions.
You may feel "like walking
on air," or on your hands, or
velline for joy. or dancing
across the front-lawn- n spite
of what the neigbhors might
think at the near approach
of a thunderstorm. The reas
on: You have inhaled a pre
ponderance of negative ions.
As far as humans are-con-
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riders of Life Found To Be
n Multiple Division of Cells
Editor's note: This Is the sei-ond
of four dispatches by Itelos Smith.
UI'l Science Editor, on science's
fforts to expose tne secrets 01
life. -
By DELOS SMITH
UPI Science Editor
New York - il'PD - The won
der of DNA is nothing less
than the wonder of the fer
tilized germ
I ...
i
cell. Any life,
no matter its
form, begins
with one such
cell.
They shade
downward in
size from a
I'.'.v. ' . dot to in
jlm lie simal
llelos Smith specks.
Snelled eggs are the ex
ception, of course. Yet each
one is packed with a finely
detailed recipe for the mak
ing of an organism which will
be a replica of whatever or
ganism produced and fertil
ized the germ cell.
When the cell divides, life
begins. The first result is two
cells precisely like the orig
inal. Uiesc two divide and
then you have four, all alike.
By this multiple progression
you could soon have millions
of cells, all identical.
But there is design, and
that is the wonder and mys
tery of it. Specialization sets
in among the dividing cells.
Some become nerve cells;
others, the cells of liver, hair,
muscle and blood. Thereafter,
they divide only into those
kinds of cells. If the recipe
calls for wings or for two legs
or four legs or many legs (as
in some insects), the properly
specialized cells appear.
What is it that causes each
cell to do the right thing at
precisely the right moment?
DNA Is Answer
DNA is capable of explain
ing this wonder, of showing
exactly how all forms of life
"breed true," of giving science
free access at long last to the
chemistry of heredity.
Science has known for a
long time that these recipes
were in the chromosomes and
genes of cells. Gregor Johann
Mendel (1822-1884) establish
ed that in his celebrated ex
periments with peas which
produced the "Mendelian
Law."
But what he established
was the mere existence of
units of heredity which later
were located in the chromo
somes. He had no idea of the
chemical constituents and or
ganizations of these units, nor
how they worked to unfold
their recipes. Nor did genera
tions of his scientific heirs.
Now science knows. DNA
molecules are the stuff of
chromosomes and genes.
These "queen bee" mole
cules of life are close-packed
in them, along with a com
plex of protein molecules of
unknown nature and number.
There are around 800,000
DNA molecules in every fer
tilized human germ cell.
The recipes for life are con
tained in the molecules in the
form of a chemical code. Each
molecule is constructed chem
ically somewhat like a spiral
staircase. The stair steps num
ber in the thousands; each one
is made by varying combina
tions of four compounds.
Each a Unit
Each compound is a unit of
a code. Thus, each stair step
spells out a particular bit of
Mrs. Kennedy Eyes
White House Role
Palm Beach, Fla.-IUPD-Mrs.
John F. Kennedy hopes to
spend a quiet week in sunny
Palm Beach making her
augural plans and giving
some thought to her White
House role.
Now that she has seen her
future home, she can make
her plans accordingly. But
she will be doing it solo until
her social secretary, Letltia
Baldridge, comes on the scene
after the first of the year.
Jacqueline remained at this
winter resort with her baby,
John Jr., 3-year-old Caroline
when the President-elect flew
back to snowbound Washing
ton Monday night. Since her
arrival Friday evening she
has been in seclusion at the
Spanish-style villa facing the
Atlantic Ocean, owned by
Kennedy's parents.
the recipe. That leaves two
very large questions-how this
coded information is passed
on, generation by generation;
and how the code gets "read"
and put into action.
The first question is an
swered by the phenomenon
of cell division. Just before a
cell divides, its chromosomes
flatten out, then they rip
apart and the halves move
to opposite sides of the cell
Then the cell divides into two
cells. Each of these "daugh
ters" have the same chromo
somal constitution of the orig
inal cell.
Return now to the DNA
molecules and keep in mind
they re built like spiral stair
cases. If these staircases split
right down the middle in the
splitting of the chromosomes.
you d have halves of stair
cases. Each daughter cell
would have its complement
of halves of DNA molecules.
These halves could then
serve as molds. Cellular chem
istry could assemble and
"press" raw substances
against these molds. As the
result, the halved molecules
would be restored to whole
ness. And each half would
contain the same full recipe
and each would pass it on to a
"daughter" the next time the
cell divided.
Christmas Scenes
At Portland,
Salem Criticized
Portland-IUPD-The American
Civil Liberties Union has pro
tested the placing of nativity
scenes in Salem at the Capitol
Mall and in Portland at the
Pioneer Post Office.
Charles Davis, chairman of
the Oregon Civil Liberties Un
ion, in a letter to the Salem
Chamber of Commerce and
Secretary of State Howeil
Appling Jr., pointed to the
Constitution in the protest.
'The U.S. Supreme Court
has said that the first amend
ment of the federal Constitu
tion requires "the state to
be neutral in its relations with
groups of religious believers
and non-believers," Davis
wrote.
Appling gave his permis
sion for placement of the tra
ditional Christmas decoration.
Davis said, "To use the
Capitol Mall for a religious
display aids and endorses re
ligion, which the state of Ore
gon is not permitted to do."
Appling criticized the stand
and asserted the scene would
slay on the Mall until the
Christmas observance is over.
He said, "I am dismayed
that you should prolest. on
hyperlegalistic grounds, the
placing, at no public expense,
of a Christmas scene on the
Capitol Mall."
Appling said he believes
there is more than ample au
thority in tradition, national
heritage, precedents and con
stitutionality for having the
Christmas scene on the Mall
A similar letter sent to the
Portland office of the General
Services Administration at
the Pioneer Post Office drew
this reply: "We do not plan
on rescinding our permit."
Counsel With . . .
Mr. Insurance Fred Brennan
i t f
Fred R. Brennan, C.I.A.
Mrs. Giroud B. Davidson,
Office Manager for Med
ford Insurance Agency, has
earned ihe professional
designation of Certified In
surance Agent, being one
of the six successful candi
dates in a class of twenty
seven. This is the only
agency in Medford staffed
with two "Certified Insur
ance Agents."
cerned, as well as all living
things, it might be better if,
instead of being positive and
negative, ions were male and
female. That way the bad ions
could be so interested in the
good ions that the positive
ones would never exert a de
pressing influence on anyone.
(Released by The Register and
Tribune Syndicate, 1960)
University Named
In Vacation Suit
Portland-dJPD-A suit charg
ing the University of Oregon
with failure to grant adequate
vacation time to a carpenter
will be filed within two weeks
in Marion County Circuit
Court, the Oregon State Em
ployees Association has an
nounced. Darryl Storm, OSEA presi
dent, called the suit a test
case and said its outcome
would affect about 18 other
persons.
The controversy involves
journeyman carpenter Delbert
Wilson, 44, who applied for
a third week of vacation on
the basis of 10 years of uni
versity service. The school de
nied the request on grounds
that Wilson's pay scale ex
ceeded his civil service classi
fication. Following an opinion by
Attorney General Robert Y.
Thornton, the Civil Service
Commission upheld the university.
Wednesday:
code is "read.1
How the DNA
PGE To Relocate
Cove Palisades
Salem - HJPI) - The Oregon
Highway Commission Monday
approved an agreement with
Portland General Electric Co.
whereby the company will re
locate Cove Palisades state
park in Central Oregon at a
cost of $350,000.
The park will be flooded
by PGE's proposed Round
Butte dam. The new park site
is on higher ground nearby
between the Crooked and
Deschutes rivers.
The commission added a re
quirement that PGE be re
quired to further guarantee
"suitable water supply" in the
new park.
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