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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mall Tribune 10. 20, 30 40
and 50 years aoo.
10 YEARS AGO
Dec. 20, 1950 (Wednesday)
The city of Mcdlord has en
tered into an agreement with
other Jackson county cities to
iurnish men and equipment to
any city which is threatened
with the loss 01 me anu piuK
arlv
Plans are being made by
the slate highway commission
in rolnnnte a rjortion OI mgn-
way 99 so that it will no long
er pass througn uoio. nm.
20 YEARS AGO
Dec. 20. 1940 (Friday)
The Jackson county court
i session yesterday took
steps to eliminate the office
f rtonutv district attorney.
Prnm Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Let
ters are now pouring, in upon
Santa Claus, at both his North
Pole and Washington, jj.i.,
addresses." .
30 YEARS AGO
Dec. 20, 1930 (Saturday)
Pacific coast states, includ
ing Oregon, have been allo
cated $22 million by the fed
eral government for relief
work.
Several youths have been
arrested by city police and
charged with auto theft after
they admitted stealing seven
different cars last night.
40 YEARS AGO
Dec. 20, 1920 (Sunday)
Paul B. Rynning has been
named muster of the Med
ford Masonic lodge.
The price of turkeys lias
Jumped to 40 cents a pound in
Portland. ,
SO YEARS AGO
Dec. 20, 1910 (Tuesday)
Construction is expected to
start soon on two new grade
schools in the city -one on
West Jackson st., and the oth
er on the east side in the
Ouccn Anne district.
The First National Bank of
Medford has recently pur
chased property at the corner
of Main st. and Central ave.,
and rumor has it that a new
business block will be erected
there in the near future.
What's Your I.Q.7
Nina at ten correct is superior.
oven oi eight Is excellent, five ai
in it good.
. 1. Is "JATO" the name of
a fuel, a device to assist take
off of cargo planes, or a new
international language !
2. Bible: What was the most
Important political movement
during (he period between the
O. T. and the N. T.7
3. Male kangaroo do, or do
not, have pouches?
4. Name the capital of
Maryland.
5. What fur of royally
comes from the stoat?
6. Is Pegasus known In my
thology as a winged cow,
horse, or lion?
7. Is a flamingo a bird, in
sect, or Siberian wolf?
8. Which state is nicknamed
"Wolverine State"?
. I). Was Anna Pavlova a not
ed Russian dancer, painter, or
poet?
10. Is the topaz, amethyst,
or ruby the blrthstone for
February? .
Answers: 1. Device to assist
takeoff of cargo planes. 2. The
rise of Greek (Alexandrian)
power and culture. 3. Do not.
4. Annapolis. 5. Ermine. 6,
Winged horse. 7. Bird. 8.
9. Noted Russian dancer. 10.
Amethyst.
Secret
How many people know what the state land
board is? Not too many, we'll wager.
It has the same membership as the better
known board of control governor, secretary of
state and state treasurer and is charged with
the administration of hundreds of thousands of
acres of land in the state, either in state owner
shin or in trust for schools.
This was the board which very quietly entered
into preliminary negotiations with the Shell Oil
company recently, looking toward the lease of
some 600,000 acres of offshore lands for oil ex
ploration.
1XHETHER or not
T T secret may be debatable.
But Ken Johnson, the editor of the weekly
Capital Press in Salem, who first broke the story,
said they were, indeed, secret. And he makes a
good case, citing earlier
the subject, both Ar and
6 used the word ' secret
unnamed oil exploration
But neither followed
copyrighted story held
heated denial irom Governor natheld that se
crecy was involved.
A ND the wire service stories about the Shell
"negotiations, while they quoted Hatfield as
denying any secrecy, were based on Johnson's
story as to the details or
Probably the story
the light of clay sooner
to Johnson s journalistic
that he was the first to
And the question of
How can the state land board justify dealing
in secret with one hrm on property which is own
ed by all the people of the state?
"THE question has been made academic by the
ruling of Attorney General Robert Y. Thorn
ton to the eriect that existing laws do not author
ize the land board to make an oil exploration
lease for offshore properties.
But, under an interpretation of law onlv
slightly different, the board could have gone on
and concluded a lease arrangement, secretly, with
a single firm, without bids, public hearing or any
of the other safeguards erected for use in a gov
ernment which rules by consent of the governed.
They might have felt they were acting in the
best interests of the state. And perhaps they might
have been, as far as the provisions of any actual
deal are concerned.
DUT the fact remains that the public's business
is the business of the public. Secrecy should
have no place in it.
. And, granting that Governor Hatfield, Secre
tary of State Appling and Treasurer Howard
Belton are all honest men
fact that they might have bargained away im
mensely valuable rights, to public property smacks
of the old scandals surrounding the dissipation
of school lands earlier in Oregon's history.
We hope the legislature, which will convene
in three weeks, will take a . close look at this situa
tion, and erect some safeguards to protect the
property ot the people Irom deals, however well
intentioned, which are conducted secretly. E.A.
Come Back,
Faith McCullough,
an who writes a column
m the state, recently put
one of the things that irritates us about the Christ
mas beason.
Namely, phoney Santa Clauses.
She says, in part:
""Someone should start a nationwide movement to
' save Santa Claus. The venerable saint of song and
story has so many spurious imitators that his reputa
tion suffers in consequence at least with those who
count the most, the children.
"Everywhere lurk Santas fat ones, lean ones,
masked men, painted zombies. Bewildered small fry
stand mute or retreat terrified before each confusing
version, as parents prod fatuously, 'Tell Santy what
you want him to bring you.'
"Dicky peers skeptically at flapping mask and
phoney whiskers and is dragged off to encounter
another version In another store, there to be embraced
by an odorous old character with grimy hands and
booming voice.
"Politicians, once coined the phrase, 'You can't kill
Simla Claus,' but we've come mighty close to finishing
off the old man for the kids.
"It's about time the public boycott the pseudo
Santas and demand a return to that old-fashioned un
seen mystery man who is loo busy at Christmas time
. to loaf around street corners and toy departments.
and who comes but once a year and that after all
boys and girls arc sound asleep ...
"The uniform of Santa Claus is not one lightly to
be assumed. It carries with it a grave responsibility.
Let us restore the Christmas saint to his rightful place,
and relegate his imitators to carnival sideshows."
A HEARTY Amen! to you, Mrs. McCullough.
We, too, at Christmas time, like to have those
"occasional sentimental twinges" and agree that
that "even the most cynical have their mellow
moments."
One of these is the recollection of the mystery
and excitement of Christmas eves long gone, when
"Santa Claus" was a story half-believed and half
disbelieved but never sullied by the dozens of
phoney Santas one cannot avoid today. E.A.
, The United Medford Crusade has collected
99 per cent of its goal. All it needs to go over the
to)) for the eighth consecutive year is $1,469.90.
It would be too bad if it failed this year for lack
of the equivalent of about six cents for each
Medford resident. E.A.
Oil Deal
the negotiations were
wire service stories about
Url dispatches on Dec.
in describing certain
leases.
up. Johnson did. And his
up well, too, despite the
the proposals.
would have emerged into
or later, but it is a credit
skill and determination
break1 the story.
propriety remains.
of integrity, the very
Santa Claus
Ashland newspaperwom
for several weekly papers
her linger squarely on
Dennis the Menace
' I'LL TELL HIM SOU BEEN OOOO, AN' VOL!
TELL HIM J BEEN GCOD.OW?'
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contrary is often the case.
Dim Prospects
To the Editor; I want to
compliment you for your re
cent editorial concerning the
indecision of the present
county court. On numerous
occasions, particularly in the
field of county zoning, I have
observed them in their agoniz
ing search for the "right way"
and it is, as you state, enough
to make a strong man cry.
Unfortunately, the prospects
of future improvement seem
to be rather dim.
However, in my opinion, a
far brighter aspect , is the
clear, simple fact of your edi
torial. As one who, over the
years, has tended to feel that
your editorials have lacked
decision, I am now extremely
pleased to voice a solid vote
of encouragement. Whether it
be in the area of government,
public welfare, or just plain
human interest, yours was the
kind of "call-them-as-you-see-
them expression for which
there is currently a howling
need.
May we have more of the
same.
Ronald M. James,
1748 Cottage S.E.,
Salem,
Depression Lesson
To the Editor: "Where do
you get your wide range of
lettcrs-to-the-eidtor?" is a com
mon question coming my way,
from friend and foe alike.
Thanks be, they appear to be
evenly divided. It's a fair
question and deserves a fair
answer. There is no lack of
material, far more than the
space-concious editor could
allow, realizing there are
many others wanting to be
heard.
One example: We were
happy receivers of Christmas
cards from the Al Bates and
Max Wopschall out Eagle
Point way, with the near
petal-perfect cadenced verse
of the feminine membership.
We fell to speculating at our
early morning breakfast, just
how much inheritance there
would be In the Wopschall
three girls and boy of such
outstanding talent that Dr.
Alvarez points out so factual
and graphically via the Mall
Tribune. For there is also Al
Bates, retired engineer of the
Hoover corporation back east,
and last but far from -least,
Max.
Max Is ot that enduring sur
vival type you could never
possibly imagine being among
the "I give up" down and
outers. We well remember of
his pictured relating of de
pression days in Manitoba,
Canada. He was Inveigled into
a job for a large wheat ranch
er who was "depression sick-
abed," as Max put it. Now
Max Is not of large stature
but he docs have what it takes
to get things done, and there
was much, much to be done.
So much so that Max found
daylight hours near the lesser
part of the day's work. Being
iong hardened to that, he kept
grimly on, till shaky weak
ness warned him he was ncar
ing nature's limit. He had
gotten into the habit of chew
ing on wheat from the big
bins. But It wasn't enough to
make up for lack of food on
the meal-time table.
So, in an ultimatum to the
depression-sick wheat ranch
er, he stated. "I don't mind
doing two men's work for a
questionable one man's pay.
But by the great horn-spoon,
1 do want and demand table
feed for one man at least."
To which the sick man agreed.
Max proceded to dress out a
beef, also a hog and sheep,
deep-freezing It in the zero
temperature wheat bins. Four
horsed a load Into town and
traded for ground feed for
stock and groceries for the
family. This, with easing o'.
depression days, gave a new
lift and life to living. All of
which constitutes quite a
guide-post to Max, also to
yours truly.
F. J. Clifford,
Route 2, Box 200F,
Central Point, Ore.
Christmas Present
To the Editor: All Jackson
county taxpayers got a half-
million dollar Christmas gift
last week when the county
court rejected that fool-hardy
plan for a white elephant sta
dium. If this proposed stadium is
the 'pregnant idea the spon
sors say it is, why don't they
build it themselves and we
taxpayers will be happy to
let them harvest these fan
cied fantastic profits they
rave about?
This stadium plan is in the
same category as the Medford
off street parking plan of two
years ago. This also was a
half million dollar plus idea
and fantastic profits were
promised if only the Medford
voters would underwrite the
plan. A few of us exerted our
selves and brought the truth
to the voters and they reject
ed the plan at the polls. With
in 30 days, experts made a sur
vey of this so-called "plan"
and announced that the voters
of Medford could thank their
lucky stars that they voted it
down.
These egg-head plans of get
ting their hands in the tax
payers' pockets are becoming
more frequent, therefore it is
suggested that future wise
guys with big money making
ideas of spending tax dollars,
back up these plans by under
writing and guaranteeing the
results with their own funds.
After all, if they believe their
own propaganda they have
nothing to lose and the tax
payers will be protected. With
this plan in force our county
court would seldom be both
ered with Idiotic get-rich
schemes.
M. J. Olsen
Route 4, Box 325
Medford
P. S. On second thought,
why leave four and five hun
dred thousand dollar ideas up
to three men? Its our tax
money so let's let the tax
payer decide any expensive
future ideas at the polls. Any
way county court thanks for
the Christmas present.
Thank You, Ladies
To the Editor: -That there
are many wonderful people in
Medford and vicinity is prov
en by the hustle and bustle
of activity throughout the
long halls and sections of the
V.A. Domiciliary these days
as the Ladies of the Volunteer
Corps (God Bless them all) go
on with their decorations for
the Holiday Season.
It can never be said that the
Veteran has been forgotten by
these wonderful women. They
have made hundreds of beau
tiful evergreen sprays, each
one an individual beauty, dec
orated with a green, red, yel
low or blue bow ribbon and
pine cones, spruce cones,
shells, bells and a grand var
iety of flowers.
It is hard to visualize the
great amount of work this has
entailed making and placing
these about, and these Vol
unteer Ladies deserve every
praise and the thanks of every
veteran.
It- is easily seen that these
ladies are out to make this a
Merry Christmas for every
veteran and I speak for all
veterans when I say God Bless
you all and please accept our
thanks and appreciation.
Happy Holidays to you
Ladies!
Malcmutc Slim
While City, Ore.
Businessmen's Responsibility
America Cited by Executive of Oil Firm
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
An American businessman
recently took a look at the
social and economic up
heavals cur
rently sweep
i n g Latin
America and
came up with
a solution
which he be
lieves is both
a responsibil
ity of business
and an an
swer to ' en
croaching communism.
The man taking the look is
no stranger to international
industrial relations. He is L.
J. Brewer, president of Esso
Standard Oil S.A., Ltd.
He delivered his findings at
the 11th annual Conference
on the Caribbean at the Uni
versity of Florida.
On the decisions which
emerging populations will
make between a free or totali
tarian society, Brewer places
Last Days?
To the Editor: I doubt that
any of your Tribune readers
would say that we are not
living in a perplexing and be
wildering age. Each day news
headlines proclaim new trag
edies or that some new satel
lite encircles our planet.
The writer of these lines
has, according to some of your
subscribers, assumed the title
of "Amateur Preacher," "Rev
erend," and to top it one
gentleman wrote a letter ad
dressing me Holy Reverend,
For clarification, I am not
a graduate of any Divinity
school. If I were I'd prefer
the word Reverend" to be
applied to God alone.
However, with my limited
education, I am thankful that
we can turn in all of our per
plexities to the Word of God.
Our Lord through divine
revelation has spoken by His
Holy Apostles and Prophets.
His unchanging words echo
down through the ages and
point with unerring accuracy
to the fact that we are living
in the last days.
Many may scoff and ridi
cule the idea but never the
less the greatest event this
world will have ever known
is soon to come.
Permit me io quote several
passages from Holy Writ. I
possess a Douay version as
used by my Catholic friends.
It was given to me by a priest.
"Know also this, that in
the last days, shall come
dangerous times."
"Men shall be lovers of
themselves, covetous, haughty,
proud, blasphemers, disobed
ient to parents, ungrateful,
wicked, without natural af
fection" (ever see poodle dogs
loved in place of children?),
"without peace slanderers, in
continent, unmerciful, with
out kindness, traitors, stub
born, puffed up, and lovers of
pleasures more than God." (II
Timothy 3, 1-4.)
Go to most any church on
Sunday and compare the num
ber . in the pews with those
out involved in their pleas
ures. The above paragraph is in
no wise intended to convey
the idea that I am promoting
enforcement of legislation to
change the picture. Instead
would it not be far more ef
fective if men who claim to
be shepherds of the flock
began to search their own
souls. If the sheep are wander
ing into forbidden paths per
haps their pastures have be
come parched. Is it not high
time that our eyes were turned
Heavenward? Only in obed
ience to God's unchanging
law will that real love enter
our hearts.
"Great peace have they
who love thy law and noth
ing shall, offend them." The
psalmist David wrote these
words.
Henry Johnson Jr.,
2315 Highway 66,
Ashland, Ore.
Problem
To the Editor: Perhaps we
should be philosophical about
an ever recurring problem:
The Napkin draped across
the knee
Even though with care:
Is almost always sure to be,
Found beneath the chair.
H. W. Robertson
103 North Central ave.
Medford
Portlander Killed
Portland-d'PO-Robert Cairn
cross, 56. a Portland carpen
ter, fell 25 feet to his death
from the Multnomah County
Courthouse Monday after
npon. The coroner's office said
Cairncross fell from a scaf
folding. He was dead on ar
rival at a hospital.
himself on the side of the
optimists.
On Practical Side
Speaking specifically of
Central America and on the
practical side, he says:
"We intend to remain in
these areas. So it is up to us
to understand, as best we can,
what Is taking place here and
try to determine how we
might contribute more to or
derly economic develop
ment." With that summation, Brew
er recognizes two important
sources of conflict in Latin
America.
One is that poverty-stricken,
illiterate populations seek
ing blindly for a better way
of life now have before them
the successful example of Fi
del Castro's Cuban revolu
Matter of Fact y Joseph am
ON GREATNESS
Paris-Variety is the essence
of the itinerant reporter's ex
perience. Between the bore
dom of the
plane to
F r an kfurt
few weeks
ago and the
boredom of the
plane now go
ing home, the
emotions that
Berlin always
provokes, the
Alsop
fantasmagoric
spectacle of Secretary Ander
son in Bonn, the wild crowds
in the streets of Algiers, and
the last gasps of the Eisen
hower administration's diplo
macy, have followed each
other in swift and somewhat
lurid succession.
But among these alternat
ing experiences of fury and
of folly, of courage and of
decency, of political comedy
and political exhaustion, one
sort of experience is very
rare indeed. Once, twice, per
haps thrice, each generation
of men is permitted to experi
ence the sight of human great
ness. When you have seen
greatness close at hand, as
this reporter saw General de
Gaulle's greatness in Algeria,
it fills the heart and demands
to be celebrated.
It seems a thousand years
since that first meeting, in
the obscure and rather squalid
office which de Gaulle used
in Paris in his years in exile
from power. The gigantic
figure, towering over his in
terviewer, all but intoned his
forecast of the future. As this
forecast then seemed almost
comically irrelevant to the
facts of the late forties, the
meeting left the impression
of a visit to an ancient oracle
prophesying for an age long
past.
rpHE joke (played on how
-- many other people too) was
that the prophet s seemingly
strange, seemingly unreal
forecast has now been realiz
ed in exact and practical de
tail. This strange man who
seems, in modern France
prehistoric and improbable as
a surviving mammoth majes
tically marching down a
superhighway, lias none the
less been called by history to
do the work which he fore
saw that France would need
from him.
Wherein, then, docs his
greatness lie? Its foundations,
surely, are the same on which
Winston Churchill also built
his greatness - a clear histori
cal vision and the courage to
remain true to that vision at
all costs. Churchill in the
thirties, foreknowing the com
ing disaster and being called
a superannuated drunkard be
cause of his foreknowledge,
Thornton Enlarges
HS Crime Committee
Salem IUPD Attorney Gen
eral Robert Y. Thornton an
nounced Monday that five
Riddle High school students
have been selected to serve on
his High School Advisory
committee on crime preven
tion.
They are Mike Patrick
Jean Armagost, Diane Foster,
John Brown and Steve Gad
dis, all of Riddle.
The Riddle High school
committee joins similar
groups in High schools
through the state in Thorn
ton's experimental crime pre
vention program.
December Is Worst
Month for Crime
Salem 0!P The crime pre
venion division of the attor
ney general's office Monday
issued a reminder that crime
takes no holiday. -
Division director Phil Ave
rill said statistics show that
December is the worst month
of the year for burglaries and
other crimes and said it was
particularly true during
Christmas time.
Averill called for residents
in the state to exercise in
creased vigilance.
tion, which professional Cas
tro or Communist agitators
hope to spread throughout all
of Latin America.
The other is ingrained
Latin American suspicion of
the United States which ex
presses itself in outright con
fiscation of U.S. property as
in Cuba or in legislation mak
ing a fair return on foreign
investment difficult if not im
possible. Business Responsible
How the Latin Americans
proceed in their attempts to
break through from the mid
die ages to a modern society
Brewer believes, depends in
large measure on the business
community.
Brewer goes on the theory
that, while large industry
helps to strengthen a nation's
was like de Gaulle in the
years of the Fourth Republic,
insisting on his own foresight
and being called a superan
nuated mystic for his pains.
But vision and courage and
carelessness of conventional
opinion are not enough to
make a truly great man. To
these, must be added other
things. For one, there is need
for that strange power to cap
ture the imagination and re
store the confidence of other
men, which one saw de Gaulle
using so dramatically in Al
geria.
rpHE men who accompanied
- him on his painful journey
- General Paul Ely, Louis
Joxe and the rest -were not
trivial, or inexperienced,
easily frightened or impress
ed. Yet you could all but see
hope, and resolution, and en
ergy to act flowing out from
de Gaulle to these men around
him, like a powerful electric
current.
In the same manner, though
necessarily more faintly, he
appears to communicate with
the nation he leads. Part of
his power of communication,
one suspects, is precisely that
quality of being a total in
dividual, of having no style
but his own, which so strong
ly marks de Gaulle. Again,
this is a quality that also
marked Churchill; and in the
case of both men, it has its
comic side.
The Churchillian comedy is
hearty, almost rollicking.. The
comedy of de Gaulle is iron
ical and olympian. Think of
the famous story of one of
his adherents in the years of
exile, who had taken a few
glasses too few and was angry
witn the world.
"Death to all fools! Death
to all fools!" he began to shout
again and again. Whereat the
door of the adjoining office
opened. The towering figure
appeared upon the threshold.
The strangely carplike mouth
opened. Three words, "An am
bitious program!" fell into the
silence. And the door closed
again,
fR consider the classic en-
v counter between de Gaulle
and a somewhat vain subor
dinate to whom an important
post was about to be given.
Expecting all sorts of agree
able reassurances, the new
appointee pleaded, somewhat
verbosely, that he was not
"big enough for the job." De
Gaulle replied, with perfect
solemnity, "No doubt you will
grow bigger.
This irony and skepticism
this courage and this faith
and vision, are not the whole
story, either. Gigantic, pre
historic as de Gaulle always
seems, he can also seem
warmly, even touchingly, hu
man. In his speeches to the
groups of officers he address
ed in Algeria, for instance,
he spoke with an intimacy, a
frankness that is rare in pub
lic discourse.
"You know, gentlemen,
that a man of my age" - thus
began one paragraph of his
superb speech at Blida. From
this start, in phrases at once
marmoreal and deeply person
al, he went on to explain his
own nostalgia for the easier
world into which he was
born; his enduring preference
for the ways of that time; and
the pain which it sometimes
cost him to face the harsh
facts of historic change. Thus
the great old man seemed to
offer his own most private
experience as a kind of sacri
fice, to instruct and to ab
solve the young men who
heard him.
rPHE sight of de Gaulle in
- action not merely fills the
heart. It also fills notebooks;
but the time has come to set
a term to this essay, there is
only one more thing to say.
In the time that is ahead,
there may be disagreements,
irritations, even sharp divis
ions between Charles de
Gaulle and his allies. But
America and every other
Western nation must none the
less be deeply grateful for
de Gaulle, as a man who
greatly serves, not France
alone, but the whole commu
nity of free men.
(Copyright 1960. New York
Herald Tribune, Inc.)
in Latin
economics, basic stability and
economic health depend upon
active and growing small
businesses in the hands of a
prosperous middle class.
He reasons that since
Latin America suffers a seri
ous shortage of trained tech
nicians and business man
agcrs, it is part of the respon-.
sibility of big business to sup
ply them through training'
programs and with invest-'
ments to help Latin American'
nations diversify.
"We are," he says, "not'
just guests of a , country j
abroad. We are corporate'
citizens with the full respon-1
sibility of citizenship except
the right to vote." i
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
President-elect Kennedy has
named all of the members,
of his cabinet. He completed,
the job by appointing J. Ed-'
ward Day of Los Angeles to
be postmaster general.
He had just previously ap
pointed his brother Robert to
be attorney general and C.
Douglas Dillon, a Republican,
to be secretary of the treas
ury. Day is a business man,
an insurance - executive, with
no particular political back
ground other than that he has
been a friend of Adlai Steven
son. His job will be to man
age one of the biggest busi
ness institutions in the world
-the U.S. postal service.
Dillon's job will be to keep
our nation solvent.
f)F ALL President-elect Kcn
" nedy's cabinet choices, tha
selection of his brother to be
attorney general probably in
volved the most soul-searching.
T.Parlinc- Tinmnnrafc i ..
" - nu p.c Buy
ing privately they think he
may nave indue a mistake.
Ganalni. ai.n11 0l i
Democrat, goes a little farther. ,
Boya; - III not opposing the ,.
appointment. I merely nues- '
Ttfpnntism utiinh io tliDn.nn.
tice of giving political or busi
ness positions to members of
one's family, became common
centuries ago, especially dur-
ing me Middle Ages. Rulers
appointed their nephews (tha
word nepotism comes from
the Latin word for nephew)
nnrl nlhai. nlatiimD , v.n-!-
tions of strategic importance,
..,. .imcaaiug uiuir own
power and influence. .
Pnr that hictnin nnr.n
the practice is still regarded
with considerable suspicion.
A nPAVF. rocnpneihilil., '
uiiaiwunj LLl-
tainly rests on the shoul
ders of young Bob Kennedy.
(He is in his middle 30's and
looks at least ten years young
er than he is.) He HAS to be
good. If he slips . . . ANY
WHERE alone the line in the'
years to come ... it will ba
rough.
There is little doubt that
he IS good. He was chipf .
counsel oi tne senate rackets
ivillllll ncc, UL WIUUU Ills OI 0111--
nr ,nn n u II. J IJt -
Enlnnin inV, Un ....... nUI. II
tm ism iln, uc wcta eni:i:--.
t u , t i:i:
live, in me tuuciiy .aiia poilll
pallv rlnniiprniic Unffn Huci-
ness that occupied so much
of the senate racket's com
mittee s time, hp nullprl n
punches. Because of his dili-
apnnp ha annnipiul In, '
powerful enemies, who will
remain nis enemies.
It took political courage to
appoint nis oromer, out prcsi-
guutrini in tne years to come,
inuai iihic auiuuuiit: ill
whom he had COMPLETE -
cuiiiiuence.
IT TOOK some courage to ap-"
point a Republican to tho
post of secretary of the trcas-'
ury. Dillion has been a rca-'
cnnshlv ni-nminpnt RnnnKli..
can. He has been an assistant
secretary of state. He and his
will UUUll lUULUU d lllldl UL
$9,550 to the Nixon campaign.
But ... he is a former!
investment banker. He was
Dorn a bwiss-and the Swiss.
lend to be hard-headed in
business matters. For too'.
uiuiiv years, wp nnvp nppn -
putting out more dollars than
we have been taking in. Tn the '
future, for quite a while, wo-
must take in more dollars than -
we put out.
Presumably, President-elect.,
Kennedy feels that Dillon is
the man to do the job, even '
if he is a Republican.
OF THIS much, there can be
no doubt-
We are entering a period
in our history when politics
must be subordinated to oa-
triotism. Grave dangers face i
our country. These dangers
are both military and fiscal.
We face a powerful and ag
gressive enemy who is dedi
cated to our destruction. Fir
reasons it is not necessary to '
go into here, our financial
house is not in very good.
order.
in me liiuilc ui nis caoi-:
net, President-elect Kennedy ,
seems to be seeking to meet .
this trying situation with a
minimum of politics and a
maximum of common sense,