FRIDAY, DECEMBER It. 1960
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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
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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."
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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.
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