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FRIDAY, DECEMBER It. 1960 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON IBUNI "Everyone tn Southern Orecon D.n. Tt Mall Trlhunft" Published Datly except Saturday by MEurUHU cmn i iflu i-u 33 NrthFtr?l' sp a-6141 BOBEHT W "RUHlI "Editor HERB GREY Advel'tisina Manafar GERALD T LATHAM But Mgr. ERIC W ALLEN JR.. MnR Editor EARL H ADAMS, City Editor n&nnv rmPMAN. Telee. Editor BrnHARn JF.WETT Soorts Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Women's Editor DALE E RICKSON .CI rc u iation war An Indenendent Newspaper Entered as necond class matter at Medford, urexon. unoer aci oi March 3. 1897 SITRRPHIPTTON RATES By Mail In Advance. Copy 10c uany ano aunnaj i yr.mi v,.,. Dally and Sunday B moa S.on Dallv and Sunday 3 moa. 4.25 finnri.v nnlv flm year S4.20 r-nt-Hr Tn Advance Medford Ashland. Central Point Call Point. Jacksonville. Gold Hill Phoenix. Shady Cove. Roue Rlv mr Tolnt mid nn motor routes. Dally and Sunday 1 year 100 ua;iy ana ounaay j row Carrier and Dealers copy lOo All Terms cssn in Aovanc Official Paper of city of Medford Official Paptr of Jack-on County United Press International Full Leased Wire tP.LjreJephotoNewsplcturea "TtEMBER OK AUDITBimBAtT" OF CIRCULATIONS AdverilslnK Representative: WEST HOLIDAY CO.. INC Of. flees in New York. ChlcaKO. De. ' trnlt Ron FrnnrlKoo. Lna Anfeles. Seattle. Portland St. Louis. At lanta. Vancouver. B.C. NEWS PA tit A UillJHUI ASSOCIATION N ATI O N A I t-DITOHIAI Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of Tha Mall Trlbunt 10. 20, 30., 40 and 50 v' ago. 10 YEARS AGO Dae. 16. 1950 (Salurday) A 16-year-old girl and her teen-age boyfriend,' wno naa been reported missing from Medford and were the object of a four-state search, were found to have been married recently in Phoenix, Ariz. Medford and Grant Pass national guard companies Fri day displayed their weakness es to the public and appealed for 135 volunteers to bring the units up to strength. 20 YEARS AGO Dec. IB. 1940 (Monday) A Los Angeles truck driver was held up at gunpoint and robbed of $15 last night when he stopped his truck to check the tires on Sexton mountain. From Arthur Perry'a "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Cold water bath before breakfast enthusiasts -have ; shown up, declaring there is nothing bet tor. Another school holds there Is nothing better than no cold bath before break' fast." Medford. 30 YEARS AGO Dec. 16. 1930 (Tuesday) ' , Medford voters yesterday approved a $265,000 school bond issue to finance a school building program. The city council last night turned down a proposed city anti-noise ordinance and let the contract for the Cottage it. bridge. 40 YEARS AGO Dec. 16. 1330 (Tuesday) Turkeys are selling on the local market lor 35 cents per pound. There is now seven feet of tnow at Crater Lake. 50 YEARS AGO Dec. IB, 1910 (Friday, ' Ashland's Mayor Snell, probably the most progressive mayor that city has ever had, has declined to run lor re election; Mayor Snell survived a special recall election last summer. City Engineer Foster sub mitted a report to the city council last night which noted that almost one-fifth, or 8.42 miles, of Mcdford's 45 miles of city streets are now paved. What's Your I.Q.7 Nina or ten carrtct ft lupcrJae: iQven or tight it tictlltntj Hv or iti it good. 1. How many acres would there be in the Northwest quarter of the Southwest quarter of a section of land? 2. How many square miles In a township? 3. Why are red, yellow, and blue called primary colors? 4. Are pure metals gener ally better or worse conduc tors of electricity than their alloys? 5. What territory did the United States acquire from Denmark? 6. Who wrote the novel "The Last of the Mohicans"? 7. What is the scriptural al lowance for the duration of a human life? 8. Was the British govern ment more friendly to the North or to the South during the War Between the States? 9. What is the lightest ele ment? 10. In cattle raising regions what is a "running Iron"? Answers: 1.' Forty acres. 2. Thirty-six. 3. Can't be formed by mixing other colors. ,- 4. Better. 5. Virgin Islands. I. James Fenimor Cooper. 7. "on witk which any brand mtfht ka drawn. I Grab for Power , There have been a sufficient number of ru mors about Gov. Mark Hatfield's state reorgan ization plans so that they came as no particular surprise except in their scope. He has long advocated a "cabinet" form of government, in which the governor wields far greater powers than he But there was some question as to whether he would advocate such changes in long-established highly-successful boards the highway commission, board of education board of health, welfare trol commission, and fish and game commission . All these, and others, would be abolished as policy-making bodies under his plan, and become mere advisory boards, .. . a Al ARK HATFIELD is and an aggressive leave his mark on Oregon s government. If his plans succeed in getting through the legislature (and we foresee a terrific fight in a few instances), he certainly will change the face of Oregon government. For many, many years Oregon has had one of the cleanest, most effective state governments anywhere. In no small fact that its boards and the best brains and abilities in the state at no cost to the state, have ciently run, with no hint "PHE highway department, to mention only one example, run by career employees under poll' cies set by an unpaid, three-man commission, has set standards, both in administration and in high way building, acknowledged as superior through out the nation. Similar records have state boards and commissions. They have had very little interference from the partisan political arena, 'in no small part ate independently, because overlapping terms provided for a continuity they were manned by top m a spirit or service to and with only the welfare of the state at heart. Hatfield would junk orable service, demote the commissions and boards to an advisory status, and gather into his own hands the reins of power. TTHE cabinet form of government, in the ad- ministration of a good governor, probably would be just as effective, if not more effective, than the present system, where power is diffused. By the same token, such concentrated power in the hands of an unscrupulous governor (and we need only glance at a few other states to see they Sometimes do get elected), could open wide the doors for graft, partisan infighting, spoils- type patronage, the Joss loss of volunteer public type, the Joss of experience and continuity. . We would hate to see Governor Hatfield suc ceed in his grab for power. E. A. Park Playground Equipment The VFW post here is to be commended for its gift of $1,500 to the city parks and recreation commission for use in purchasing playground equipment for the Jackson park. ;, .Not only is the gift generous. It is also' needed. And we heartily concur with the post spokes man who said that it was their feeling that some thing useful constitutes a far better memorial than, say, a statue. A NUMBER of other praise for other gifts sible the imaginative, yet eauinment in Hawthorne lheir designer, bculptor Charles Forrester of Ashland, has created pieces which will delight generation alter generation of children, and which at the same time pleasing additions to the They give the park a distinction and an at tractiveness in the playground area which is unique, and an object of pride. E.A. Phil Reports: It Was Venus Phil Brogan of the Bend Bulletin is Oregon newspaperdom's outstanding science "amateur," having an acknowledged expertise in geology, meteorology, astronomy, and several other olO' gies and onomies. The other day he wrote: WHAT IS THAT BRIGHT OBJECT IN DUSK SKY? That brilliant object in the south-western sky these December evenings apparently is attracting attention and causing some concern. A resident of southern Oregon recently sighted the thing and said It "took cover" when an aircraft ap proached, reports the Medford Mail Tribune. The object was described In the Medford paper as being too large for a star, too motionless to be an earth-circling satellite. What is it? . The planet Venus, of course. It is now by far the most brilliant object in the evening sky as it moves eastward through the late-fall constellations. Already Venus had outdistanced its fellow planets, Saturn, now In the realm of the sun, and giant Jupiter, near the horizon at deep dusk. Venus will continue to be an object of beauty as the Christmas holidays approach. In its role of Hes perus, Venus will be Oregon's yule "star" of the 1980 season. 1 il Is too bad that so many fail to recognize lustrous Venus, one of the most beautiful of all objects In the satellite-Infested heavens. - It's good to have Phil on deck to keep us in formed on those things which should be common knowledge, but which too many of us tend to neglect. E. A. ' now possesses in Oregon and commissions like commission, liquor con a determined young man one. He fully expects to part this was due to the commissions, calling on been effectively and effi of scandal been compiled by other because they could oper of service, and because - flight people, working the state, without pay, this long record of hon of career, personnel, the servants .of the highest organizations deserve which have made pos utilitarian playground nark. are graceful and eye- park itself, Dennis the Menace 'IF A MOTHER REPORTS A LOST THE TOV DEfiARTMENT. A. Communications ... Letters to lha Editor must bear tha nam and address certain circumstances tha usa of a pan nam or initial Tha Mail Tribuna reserves the right to adit 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. Beef and the Bible To the Editor: It is refresh ing to learn that we still have few persons in high places who do not think the "tail should wag the dog." I refer to those who refuse to have the Nativity scenes removed from public places because a few atheists want it done. We boast of our "democ racy." A democracy is a coun try which is ruled by the majority, regardless of what a few citizens might want. But the United States is fast be. coming just the opposite of that. We are permitting the country to be ruled by minor ities, regardless of what the majority wanta. For example, all the patrons of a school district may desire to have the Bible read in their school. But in comes a nit wit, who doesn't like the Bible because it condemns his dirty life, and he can put the Bible out. And he will be upheld by the Supreme Court, and, if need be, by federal soldiers armed with rifles and bayo nets. ; Another example,' in the South, neither the black peo ple nor the whites want school Integration. They want their children to go to separate schools. What happens? A few radicals, with strong Com munistic leanings, have form ed the N.A.A.C.P. and have forced their will upon the un willing majority. Is this democracy? Is it in any sense majority rule? If we do not wake up we may be rudely awakened some day to find our meat markets closed, and be unable to buy a pound of beef any where. People are coming to this country who consider the cow a sacred animal. To kill cow or eat her flesh would be an abomination in their sight, and would greatly of fend their religious sensibili ties. When they become nu merous enough in this country to Influence our Supreme Court, they can get a decision that it is unlawful to sell beef - at least In communities where these persons choose to live - because it offends the religious beliefs of a minority group. They would have as much right to put beef off the market as they have to put tne bible out of our schools We better wake up and tell any group that wants to come here and run our country, to shut up or go back to where they came from, if they don't like the good old U.S.A. John C. Stille Shady Cove, Ore No Criticism To the Editor: Mr. Woll- hoff's letter regarding the films of the hearings in San Francisco of the Un-American Activities committee is un knowingly a help to the Com munist cause and his state ment that there are only 10, 000 Communists in the U.S. at this time does not take into the fact that most of them have gone underground In their work against this gov ernment. The greatest help they get, just like the riots in San Francisco, is from students and others who knowingly or otherwise aid in the cause by Communism by their liberal statements, which In many cases are openly against their own government. Why should this committee have to either affirm or deny that they may have assisted In the editing of the films, if such be the case, which we doubt. The films were prepared by a professional movie com pany. If the students had not eausyi the riots the films could not have been taken. This is one place where the Communists who incited these LITRE 80 I'll 0E UP IN necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the - riots did not protect them selves. They did not think these films would ever get to the public, that is, a public who might not fall for their tricks. It is heartening to note that in many of our colleges the students are finding out for themselves what Communism is and docs, and their liberal professors Would do well to follow suit. Perhaps this an swers partly where so many of them have disappeared to in recent years. I would remind Mr. Wolt- hoff that the Congressional Record is only a record of what is said in congress and docs not mean that the state ments there are either true authentic. Many of the things in the Congressional Record are statements with which I find it hard to agree. Seems we ought to get be hind the Congressional com mittees who are striving to save our government rather than criticize their every ac tion. Beverly Gulches, 6119 Crater Lake Hwy. Medford. Better Placa To the Editor: This great land of ours, with its progress in modern machinery, house hold equipment, etc., has nev- as far as some people's minds are concerned, develop ed far from the stone age. The trouble in the southern states is a good example. People like Mrs Brawn. who reads in books the mean ing of words that perhaps no 14-year-old, without the adult giving him the shady inter pretation, would ever read in the book himself. With most 14-year-old boys I know, their main interest is athletics and food. Could be that boy in the book was thinking about food, when he saw those pink checks that looked so like ripened peaches. We could take the Bible and put a lot of nasty interpreta tions to it. The song of Sol omon, where the church la ments for the Lord, would be to some people real spicy reading and something to complain about, if they had no understanding while reading it. If people would use the op portunity to advance in their education and keep the sweet mind of a child, our world would be a better place to live in. Mrs. Delbert Casey Route 1. Box 358 Central Point, Ore. Threat Underestimated To the Editor: Masterful! Your editorial of Dec. 13 was a masterful example of "beg ging of the question ; though you did manage to pay ap propriate lip service to the threat of "totalitarianism." By giving you the benefit of the doubt, you necessarily fall into the category with those who exhibit an absymal ignor ance of what communism is. Name the subject, govern ment, politics, economics, de mocracy, peace, theater, art, journalism, education, relig ion, ethics, morality, business, family life, all these fields we see becoming permeated by communism, and for one purpose only, lo destroy them! Small wonder there is a grow ing part of our population "concentrating" on eliminat ing this singularly pervasive danger. ' Strange you are so anxious to discredit opposition to com munism. Stranger yet, you choose to align yourself with those who have been so suc cessful in destroying anyone who dares to take part in any 'Good Morning Mr. Hiya, Jack1; Kennedy's Views By LYLE C. WILSON Washington - HIPD - Out of the files of the National Press Club has emerged the text of a year - old speech b y young fellow with a mop of hair who prop erly was greet ed by one and all at the time with a "Hi'ya Jack." "Hi, fella Jack would re ply. It was as casual as that, Now. of course, it is "Hello Senator." It won't be long be fore this young man whose hair-do still resembles some body's mop will be answering up to the formality of "Good morning, Mr. President.1 Times change! They could n't have changed much more for young Sen. John F. Ken nedy than in the change re corded since Jan. 14 of last year when he spoke in the National Press Club auditor- of lha writer, although undar for publication is permissible. open opposition to commu nism. We have no fear of com munism; rather a great con cern for our civilization, a concern that is greatly aggra vated when we observe the shallow rationalization of such as yourself, who deliberately, without justification, under estimate the poison of com munism, what it claims to do, what it has done, and the means it has used, and is us ing to accomplish these ab horrent ends. Robert J. Howard, 828 B West 14lh st., Medford. His Tribute To the Editor: The year 1960 will be remembered in Jackson county political his tory as the year of the also rans, in which the appointee was chosen, not by how many were supporting him, but by who the supporters were. The latest action of the county court in making an appoint ment to the stale senate was a fitting climax to the dismal series, being unique only in that the three county court members acted with bipart isan unity. My humble tribute to this great institution: "The Magnificent Three," "I Looked Under a Lug Box, and I Found You. I think that gold has never bought A government like our county court, Upon whose conscience lightly weighs, The load of intramural frays, A court that weighs prospects in turn With open mind and readiness to learn, A court that seeks forensic grace Without regard to creed or race, That boldly overrides the choice Of committees with unan imous voice, Rejects with sovereign majesty' Experience, wisdom and maturity, And picks the candidate who eti , ca, Who's worth his weight in sickle pears. Down with grass-roots de mocracy, Long live packing-house autocracy! George W. Rode, Fluhrer Bldg., Medford. Corrupted at 14 To the Editor: To the ladies of Tigard and Mrs. Brawn of the so-called blue-nose groun Thank you for pointing out to me from where my down falls in life must have stemmed. As a 14-year-old had the misfortune of being taught that an era of true lit erature masters was mine to behold. Curses to the someone who let me read Shakespeare, a dreadful scoundrel who let his character "Kate" receive a pat, and Amy Howell, who witn a stroke of her pen placed a nasty mind on paper wncn sue dared insinuate 'And the softness of my body will be guarded from embrace By each button, hook and lace For the man who should loose me is dead . . ." Oh my, I can't go on and mention more, I'd faint for sure. By all means, ladies, get your scissors and onward to the ninth grade. But be pre pared to do a bit more sniD- ping than you counted on. Try smashing TV sets, and watch out, your husbands might give you a peck on the cheek In front o( the children. We may in time be able to completely do away with those suggestive, influential ium. It equals the Senate and rivals the White House as sounding board for political and other opinion. Many Famous Speakers Members and their guests assemble there once a week at regular and frequent inter vals detouring to arrive by way of the club bar, for luncheons to hear distinguish ed persons speak. When it comes to luncheon speakers. the Press Club is tops. You name 'em and we've had 'em A British Prime s Minister and a Pope-to-be Tiave been among the speakers. Presi dents, sometimes, politicians beyond counting, a m bassa dors, foreign ministers, even the formidable Khrushchev Secretary of State Dean Ach- eson ruled Korea outside the Free World defense area in a press club speech. That in vited the Korean War. Six hundred and more can be assembled for lunch to hear such as those. And after the speech is finished the members ask question, good questions. That was the part of the show which the Soviet Union's Mr. K did not like. things called "kisses,' 'or ai least keep them secret until our 14-year-olds reach 15. If I'd only known what these past authors were doing to my innocent mind at 14, I never would have gone about loving the words of people who sensed life as it was, rather than repressing it. Were my mother only alive I could blame her for all this, but then she was a woman, a lady who gave herself credit for raising her children properly. I don't believe she feared the masters could influence me differently. Let me only say this: Tis well Lady Godiva rode when she did. Today there are just too many so-called ladies who would have peeked and made that sweet old legend inde cent. (Name on file) Medford. Germany as Ally To the Editor: Someone (I cannot remember whom) re cently wrote you a letter con demning the Federal Republic of Germany for not giving us, outright, $600,000,000 in gold. The reasons that this was turned down are: it is a bigger demand for gold than the cost of all British, French and American occupation troops from 1945 to 1950 (which Germany had to pay for); the socalled "piles of gold" are quite necessary to the present German economy which would collapse without sufficient gold for a flourish ing foreign trade. The German government countered the proposal of Sec retary Anderson with a pro posal of a "package plan" gift of $1,000,000,000 in gold. The German government feels that the current gold crisis is a temporary one, and that a billion dollar grant would help us out until we, our selves, can solve our prob lems. The Federal Republic of Germany is our staunchest ally in Europe, and, if it feels that we are really in trouble, we can count on it for help. Richard Coulter, 900 Murphy rd., Medford. Chowder 10 me tailor: There arc several dishes that even trained Paris gourmet would enjoy if visiting Everglades National park. Characteristic is attending a catfish fry. Also are hush-puppies, lime pies, finally conch chowder. This latter equals in flavor the quahog chowder we used to get on Nantucket when one still could hear old whaler captains yarning. Conch chow der can be had where the Gulf Stream warms the south tip of Florida. This, so thor oughly, cocoanut palms thrive there. The big pink conch shells used to be favorite ornaments on grandmothers' mantels. A shell, held to the ear, gives the roar of the ocean. They have been prized over the cen turies. Great quantities are ground for fine porcelain Some of the best are carveu into cameos. With the top clipped, they were used for the "come-and-get it" call on Dixie plantations in slave years. Writers described his finding conchs as badges of office among the Redskin al caldes of the Upper Amazon in his book "Geogardening" (now out of print). As to chowders. Dioneer Californians used also to make a savory dish of our now extinct freshwater clams. Writer, in his boyhood, had specimens of their shells in his home museum. In New Zealand, under signed once had a clam dish cooked by Maoris over a hot spring. It was made of their freshwater clams, plus the greens we call "New Zealand lettuce." C. M. Goethe 3731 Tea st. Sacramento 16, Calif. President' It always is a politically savvy audience, salted by the town's political writers who for a living call balls and strikes on the political pros. Thus it was last Jan. 14 when the young senator was the Press Club's speaker guest. Not many in the audience that day gave Kennedy much, if any, chance to be nominated for president and less to be elected. Now, however, we have dug up the text of his speech because we have re membered that on last Jan. 14 a bold and confident Sen. John F, Kennedy told us pre cisely what kind of a presi dent he intended to be. Strong President Urged Here are some selected re vealing quotations: "Our next president . -. . must above all be the chief executive in every sense of the word . . . prepared to exercise the fullest powers of Washington Report By WILLIAM ONE TO THREE Washington - The end of a legend of unexampled person al leadership of the United States Senate is at hand in th e coming elevation of a triumvirate of chieftains to replace the one-man oper ation of Lyn don B. John son of Texas. In the o 1 d days "Lyndon,"- personally. did what was to be done. what had to be done, to direct the affairs of the Scn?.te. Now, in the cominj new Congress, "Mike and Hubert and George" together will do it. It will be a great change. and most of all in the human sense. Johnson, who now leaves the Senate to become vice president, as of Jan. 20, ran the Senate out of his own hat and through his own in tuitions. Sometimes tough and demanding on the outside, he was on the inside a curiously sensitive political artist, play ing by ear. And, like all artists, he worked best in working alone. Outwardly sociable, he was, at the end, a solitary man in any crowd. He would faith fully consult his party asso ciates, yes. But at the last decisive moment of every leg islative crisis he convened the ultimate and critical caucus within himself, though he nev er admitted as mrch. . QENATOR Mike Mansfield of J Montana, the new Senate Democratic leader, does not wish to exert and will not exert this kind of personal leadership. Johnson's old and loyal deputy, Mansfield never theless is more than a "John son man." He is also Mike Mansfield's man. He, is infinitely more relaxed than his former chief. He is incomparably less driv en by hurry-up and by the perfectionist ideals which would cause Johnson to burn in anguish at the smallest fail ure anywhere in the long line of communications within the Democratic majority of the Senate. Johnson always was a star player; he could not help be ing such. Big, commanding, always dramatic whether or not he always meant to be, he was doing the passing, the running with the ball, the blocking and also the line backing. Mansfield, tall, thin, but far less intense, will be only part-not all-of the new Senate backficld. TIE DID not seek, and truly " did not want, the cap taincy. He will, therefore, cheerfully pass much of the Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF COME SAMPLES: J 1. "Who is that poor old beggar tottering over there?" "That's an economics professor who put his theories to a practical test in the stock market." 2. SHE: I'll have you know I am a Woman Nature's Crowning Piece o f ArchitectuVe. And you? HE: I'm a build ing inspector. 3. "Papa, where to all the bugs go in winter?" "Search me." "No thanks, papa. I just wanted the informa tion." a a Richard Armour, an ob servant imbiber, writes: "How cunningly the Ice holds back And lingers underneath And lets you raise Then smacks you In the teeth." C iWfl. by SsoatU CuL DUtrlbutad by Klcs raaturaa IrslKaMo To Replace of Office his office - all that are speci fied and some thatare not. "The president is alone at the top. Woodrow Wilson dis covered that to be a big man in the White House inevitably brings cries of dictatorship. So did Lincoln, Jackson and the two Roosevelts. How much better it would be, in the turbulent 60s, to have a Roose velt or a Wilson than to have another James Buchanan cringing in the White House, afraid to move. "The Constitution envision ed a chief executive who is the vital center of action in our whole scheme of govern ment. "It is the president alona who must make the major decisions of foreign policy. That is what the Constitution wisely commands." There can be no doubt about who is going to run the store in the Kennedy, administra tion. S. WHITE total task of leadership to hi chief assistant, Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota, and to the third man in tha new triumvirate, Sen. George Smathers of Florida. It used to be Johnson, and Johnson, and Johnson. Now it will be Mansfield, and Hum phrey, and Smathers. Johnson, as leader, felt obliged lo com mit his personal prestige to every single problem. Where he would labor many hours personally to persuade every Democratic faction into a uni fied position, Mansfield in tends to share the work. Humphrey, an Influential liberal, will be asked to take major responsibility for keen- ing his fellow liberals in line. Smathers, a moderate south erner, will have a mission to do likewise among his own kind. Mansfield, himself, will play the rest of the field -including such non-regular Re publicans as can be recruited from time to time. yiCE PRESIDENT Johnson, now to become umpire of the Senate as its presiding officer, will be much of tha time above the battle. Mans field, however, intends to ask his old chief, Johnson, to sit in as a non-voting observer (and advisor-when-asked) on meetings of both the Demo cratic policy committee and steering committee. There is probably no prece dent for this - but then there is surely no precedent what ever for Lyndon Baines John son. He made of the Senate ma jority leadership a position of power it had never been, not even in the hands of such predecessors as the late Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio. He will very likely do the same of the vice presidency. For this, all civics books to the contrary, is a government not of positions but of men. (Copyright, 190, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) Girard Davidson Not Seeking Post Washington - (UCD - Oregon Democratic National Commit teeman C. .Girard Davidson of Portland said Thursday ha was not a candidate for a post in the Kennedy administra tion. Davidson, a lawyer, had been mentioned as a prospect for appointment as undersec retary of interior. Davidson said he did not want to be away from Oregon for any great length of time. He is a former assistant un dersecretary of interior. and tilt the rla. I
