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History from the files of The
Mall Tribune 10. 20, 30. 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Jan. 24, 1951 (Wednesday)
The Jackson County Frult
V. growers have not yet decided
to formally oppose reactiva
tion of Camp White, contrary
to a report In this paper yes
terday. The Medford city council
last night reaffirmed Us deci
sion not to endorse anti-firecracker
legislation now before
the state legislature.
20 YEARS AGO
VJan. 24, 1941 (Friday)
The southern Oregon-northern
California region was defi
nitely listed today as the num
ber one crash site possibility
for a missing U.S. Army
bomber carrying seven men.
Frnm Arthur Perrv'a "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Some
of the statesmen in session at
Salem, are also trying lo be
comedians, and not getting
way with that role either."
30 YEARS AGO
1 Jan. 24, 1931 (Saturday)
An Ashland city, police of
" fleer was shot and killed last
; night when attempting to halt
; a stolen car; the suspected
' killer was apprehended an
.' hour later. i
A suvey shows that the
; average farmer In the Rogue
' valley has been here for more
than 11 years.
40 YEARS AGO
Jan. 24, 1921 (Monday)
A bill has been introduced
In the slate legislature to
close all movie theaters In
tlie state on Sundays.
The Jackson County Farm
bureau has started a drive for
new members.
' SO YEARS AGO
; Jan.. 24, 1911 (Tuesday)
'.-.Jackson county spent a to
tal of $103,777 to build and
improve county roads during
1010.
The recent destruction of
an uncompleted bridge across
Bear creek near Central Point
by high water has cost the
taxpayers of the county more
than $8,500.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine ei Ian correct is sueerlan
seven et eight Is eacellenfi Nve ei
lia Is good.
- 1. Is a minaret the name of
a dance or a lofty tower at
tached to a mosque?
2. The efforts of The March
of Dimes are now directed to
what?
3. If some one offers you
some smear case, would you
be able lo wear it or cat it?
4. Sister Elizabeth Kenny is
most noted for her method of
treating what?
" 5. Did the famous Chicago
fire occur bcfoie or after the
War Between the States?
6. The first State in the Un
ion to grant woman suffrage is
nicknamed the Equality State;
name it.
7. Is gladioli or gladioluses
the plural of gladiolus?
. 8. The "Davy Crockett" Is a
new portable atomic weapon;
does It belong to the Army,
Navy or Air Force?
: 9. Upon graduation, the U.S.
Naval Academy midshipmen
are commissioned In what
rank?
i 10. Name the new Secretary
.0 the Navy.
J Answers: 1. Lofty lower. 2,
Fighting several crippling dis
eases. 3. Eat it (cottage cheese).
4, Polio. 5. After (1871). 8.
Wyoming, 7. Both. 8. Army. 9.
Ensigns. 10. John B. Connelly.
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Miller on
We have been highly critical of the county
court (and, by implication, of Judge ban Miller)
in the past.
But there's one thinir
is a man of courage, intetrritv and determination
When he makes up his
right, he sticks with it, no
And there are two
agree with him 100 per cent.
One is the crucial need for a reorganization
of county government
thority.
The other is the big, and rapidly increasing,
need for county planning with teeth in it, and
for zoning to put the plans into effect.
1VIILLER has never made any secret of the fact
that he favors home
in circumstances where
signed to make him the
year.
And, despite widespread misunderstanding of
planning and zoning, he
insistence that the only
future is to plan for it, and the only way to pro
tect existing property rights is to set up safe
guards through planning and zoning.
Thus, while we have disagreed with some of
his decisions in the past, and have wished for
a more aggressive and forward-looking county
court, we must qualify that by these remarks,
and tip our hat to Judge Miller in the process.
is. A.
Opposite Effect
The thoughts voiced above were motivated by
Judge Miller s appearance at the meeting in Eagle
Point the other night, when the Medco railroad
truck road proposal was discussed.
At that time he stated that adequate planning
and zoning ordinances would be of help in mak
ing sure that no one is penalized by new devel
opment resulting from improved technologies or
from the sheer increase in population.
As it is, the county has little if any effective
power in acting to protect residents from such
new developments.
DLANNING and zoning,- unhappily, are prob
1 ably the most misunderstood governmental
processes in the county today even more mis
understood than the process or taxation.
People, particularly rural people, tend to dis
trust planning and zoning, thinking of them in
terms of "dictatorship," and "no one can tell me
what I can or can't do with my own property."
This sort of reaction completely misses the
point which is that planning and zoning provide
protection for EXISTING developments, and only
regulate changes, many of which pose threats
to the status quo.
IF THIS truth were once well understood, the
planning and zoning would be overwhelmingly
approved in the county, as they are now in the
city of Medford.
They provide an orderly, legal safeguard, for
existing property values. And if population keeps
increasing, and light industry and commercial
developments growing at their present pace,
valley people will come to demand the protec
tion they afford, rather than decrying them as
unwarranted interference with their rights.
The first attempt at county planning and zon
ing was made in 1948. Now, almost 13 years
later, we have made progress but not enough.
FOUR years ago a planning commission was
r appointed.
It has developed a subdivision code, which
is almost complete but not yet ready for adoption.
Two areas have been zoned by petition of
the residents people who have finally come to
realize the. protection provided by zoning.
A county building code is nearly completed.
Land use maps of the floor of the valley are
completed and some of the population density
maps.
These are basic tools necessary for intelli
gent and forward-looking planning.
HTHE commission is now using the land use maps
to develop a general classification develop
ment program for zoning regulations regula
tions which would protect existing values, and
spell out in clear-cut terms just what new develop
ments can be permitted in particular areas.
But this work is all preliminary, and the plan
ning commission still needs the trust and coop
eration of the residents to put the safeguards
of planning and zoning into effect.
It's been a long time past time that the peo
ple of the rural areas came to the realization that
these procedures would have almost exactly the
opposite effect of the one they fear. E. A.
Pressure Mounting
One hopes the Oregon legislature will have
the backbone to resist the mounting pressure on
it to convert itself into a 90-member highway
commission, float unspecified millions of dollar's
worth of highway bonds for the benefit of one
part of the state, and change the present high
way commission into a five-member group sus
ceptible to regional pressures.
This, would be a rejection of the program
which has given Oregon just about the best nigh
way department, and system, in the nation, with
allocation of funds on a fair and equitable for
mula.
It would be a long,
legislature succumbs.
Planning
about Earl Miller he
mind that something is
matter what.
things about which we
and more home rule au
rule, and has stated so
that statement was not de
most popular man of the
has been steadfast in his
way to be ready for the
sad stejbackward if the
E. A.
Dennis the
I didn't think you'o heap me. 1 put
oocc in iHt rosy
Matter of Fact
THE NEW STYLE
Washington - It was the
night of the "inaugural snow
storm." as the weathermen
are said to
call that dis
rupting bliz-
"zard. The quiet
street DianKei-
M e a, sound
ly 4LU proofed, a 1 1
4 but choked
with snow.
All through
the evening,
Aliop Robert Frost
had been buoyed up by his
own gaiety and the stimulus
of admiration. But now, as
the venerable poet prepared
to plunge into the blizzard
for the drive home, his
strength quite suddenly failed
him, as their Strength will
sometimes fail all men of
87. For help, he turned to his
close friend and host, Presi
dent Kennedy's new secre
tary of the interior, Stewart
Lee Udall, who is himself
something of a poet of nature.
Into the white darkness of
the street, the young man sup
ported, all but carried the old
man, sustaining him not just
with a strong shoulder and a
strong arm, but also with the
strength of his reverent affec
tion. It was a scene to remem
ber, if only because it was
so wonderfully unlike the cus
tomary scenes of political
Washington.
fTlHE backdrop of scene two
was equally dramatic - the
wide balcony jampacked with
grandees' boxes at the inaugu
ral ball in the armory. John
F. Kennedy and his beautiful
young wife had just made
their entrance, so the whole
vast room was watching.
From one end of the balcony
to the other, there were peo
ple in the boxes whom Ken
nedy wished to welcome, but
the crowd made the passage
ways absolutely impassable.
Quite unconcerned, the new
President of the United States
began leaping from box to
box with the easy agility of
a mountain goat. It was a
creditable performance for
a man of 43. But what made
this scene memorable were
the expressions of absolute
horror, of open consternation,
on the faces of the secret serv
ice men, who were by no
moans used to Imitating moun
tain goats yet were forced to
follow their charge as best
they could.
These memories of the in
augural week in Washington,
in themselves trifling, also
help to make a point which is
not trifling. The point Is that
the new President and his
new administration have a
style of their own, quite new
in American politics, which
will delight some people, an
noy other people, and aston
ish just about everyone until
its style becomes familiar.
ALL American administra
tions have their own si'-'es.
which are almost Invariably
Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERF
SOME TIME AGO, recalls Critic George Oppenheimer, "a
ham actor decided to revive 'The Jest' with himself in
the role created by John Barrymore. Unfortunately, the
ham weighed about 210
pounds on the hoof, and
when he donned tho
tights called for by tha
part, he was quite a sight,
fore and aft.
"When he strode upon
the stage for the opening
performance, and struck,
a typical Barrymore pose,
there was a moment of
deep silence in the thea
tre. That was interrupted
by an. irreverent soul In
tho balcony. 'My God!
ho shouted, 'It's llicl!' "
A letter calling attention to an ovonhis bill must be good to
b read. It must bo more than good to spur delinquents into
reaching for their check books. Here's one that produced really
spectacular results for an upstate daily products company:
"Dear Sir: It has been said that a man who squceiea a dollar,
never squeezes his wife In looking over your account, it occurs
to us that your wife cannot be getting the attention stt dswnm
Retry, etc etc"
( K 0
Menace
end '
By Joseph Alsop
set by the President. Consider
for instance the vast change
of style that occurred when
the infinitely ' staid William
McKinley died, and Theodore
Roosevelt took over the White
House.
The chief ingredients of the
first Roosevelt's style were
his boldness, his strong his
toric imagination, his pictur
esquely strenuous way of life.
his liking for the company of
thinkers and learned men and
of course, his teeth and his
eyeglasses. And that style con
tributed, in an indirect but
not inconsiderable way. to Ihe
chief event of the first Roose
velt Administration, which
was America's coming of age
as a great power. He behaved
like the leader of a great
power, and quite suddenly we
saw ourselves as a great
power and the world saw us
that way, too.
The Kennedy style, if one
may hazard a guess, will be
nearer to the first Roosevelt's
style than to any other White
House style of the past. At
any rate, Kennedy oddly re
sembles the first Roosevelt in
at least one infinitely reveal
ing way. He is snobbish about
the same things, which make
an odd but not unimpressive
list.
T IKE TR, he is a physical
fitness-snob. All Kennedys
have this singular trait. Like
TR, he is also a courage-snob
It is not customary, any long
er, to give much weight to
whether another man has
"had a good war," as the
British put it. But this weighs
with Kennedy as it weighed
with the first Roosevelt,
whose example inspired his
oldest son to win the Medal of
Honor on the blood-drenched
Normandy beaches.
Finally, Kennedy once
again resembles TR is being
an experience-snob - m want
ing what he docs and what
happens to him to be vivid,
intense and, above all, mean
ingful, rather than cozy and
average and humdrum. The
instinct that drove Theodore
Roosevelt to undertake his
last journey to the sources of
the Amazon, which killed him,
is also quite visibly present in
Kennedy.
Why Roosevelt had these
three kinds of snobism, why
Kennedy now has them, is an
interesting subject of specula
tion. They were not common
elements in average Ameri
can success stories, even in
TR's time, and they most cer
tainly are not common ele
ments in our success stories
of today. In TR's case, they
gave the man a personal style
so singular, so unaccustomed
that the whole country gog
gled - and was then delighted.
But one must wait and see
what they will do in Ken
nedy's case. Whatever the re
sult, It should at least be In
teresting. (Copyright 1961, New York
Herald Tribune, Inc.
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Voice of a Lamb
To the Editor: It is good to
find the time to join com
munications again. This part
of the daily paper is read
with interest. I would not fear
to make a broad statement
that it is also enjoyed, being
more or less of a cryptic writ
er that speaks with the voice
of a lamb. To my own particu
lar understanding this voice
comes naturally, and being a
crusader for the Townsend
Plan, I have noted that the
most true believers, the most
loyal of our ranks, are the
ones that are oldest in senior
ity, oldest in years.
Why is this? The answer is
obvious. They have lived the
most part of their lives, they
know that time is running
out, but here in our fair land
will still be the aged, the
underprivileged and the op
pressed, long after their be
loved old hearts are laid to
rest. So they put their shoul
der to the wheel and speak
for what they believe is right
with their last breath, and I
am proud to join them and
not ashamed to let the tears
run down should one of them
be called away.
It is faith such as this that
will remove these mountains
and cast them into the sea,
and I join my faith with
theirs.
Other organizations that are
reaching out to help the old
folks to enrich and make
happy their last remaining
years are doing a good work.
I respect and admire them.
But if the Townsend organiza
tion sees the many millions
who need just a little bit
more than entertainment and
culture, pray do not hold this
against us.
Ida L. Kelly
President of Medford
Townsend Club No. 1
1141 Pinecroft ave.
Medford.
Thanks for Help
To the Editor: May I take
the privilege of expressing my
appreciation to my many
friends who came in to help
me during my recent illness.
I live alone and it takes a time
like this to make one realize
how many friends one does
have.
I am unable to thank each
individually, but to my friends
in Ashland, Grants Pass and
Medford who came in to help
me and lo the ones who sent
cards and their prayers, I
want to say a big "Thank
you."
Clara Eldridge .
607V4 West Second ave.
Medford.
Varieties of Logic
To the Editor: Arnold Eu
gene Jenny's dilemma is
sad, but his technique is ty
pical.
His logic screams of pseudo-
liberalism thus: The Amer
ican Legion booklet comes
from Georgia. Georgia is in
the South. They have troubles
in the South. Therefore the
American Legion booklet
must be rejected out of hand.
No investigation can be justi
fied (guilt by association, to
be sure!).
More Jenny logic: F.P.A. is
noted for its communist per
sonnel, front activities, party
line conformity and tech
niques; but this is only by
way of association; further
more, 250,000 America good
American citizens take part
in F.P.A.'s Great Decisions
program. Therefore, ALL who
take part in F.P.A.'s programs
are innocent, by association.
Whew! Only a true pseudo
liberal could do it.
Robert J. Howard
828 B West 14th st.
Medford.
Fitting Tribute
To the Editor: We can think
of no finer tribute to my old
friend, Fred C. Sander, for
whom the Inst sad rites are
being held today, than the
following clipping from the
Mail Tribune, Sunday, Aug.
26, 1945:
The Meek Inherit The Earth
We have given space to two
modern prophets recently.
Here is a third:
"The past two days have
been days that will be remem
bered for all time. The atomic
bomb has suddenly changed
our entire lives and will in
fluence the future of all man
kind. It has suddenly made
it obvious to EVERYONE
that another war is an im
possibility if mankind and the
world is to continue to exist.
It is no longer possible for
us to discuss the merits of
world collaboration - it has
suddenly become a necessity
with no alternative except
death and the extinction of
the human race.
"If we have finally been
shocked Into the terrible ne
cessity of cooperation, then
this terrible weapon is a boon
to progress In the world. Tru
ly the scientific man has now
outstripped the social m a n.
Now the social sciences, the
science of living with our
fellow man, must be devel
oped at tremendous speed and
O Qo
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Kennedy's
Hopes for
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
In the general acclaim for
President Kennedy's inaugu
ration speech, the phrase
which partic
ularly seemed
to catch Euro
pean attention
was this:
"Let us be
gin anew. Let
us never ne
gotiate out of
fear. But let
us never fear
to negotiate."
the mind of the
West German government
must turn inevitably to the
questions of Berlin and di
vided Germany.
Here, the imagination and
the bold new approach to
world problems which Europe
generally expects of the new
U.S. administration will be
needed. Both have defied so
lution since 1944.
Reds Stand Firm
In his statement of. Soviet
policy earlier this month,
Premier Nikita Khrushchev
J
Newsom
In Bonn.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Have you read President
Kennedy's inaugural address
-in full?
If not, you'd better read it.
It is a reassuring document.
There is nothing nambly
pamby about it. It seems to
come straight from the shoul
der. FOR example, he says:
"We dare not forget today
that we are the heirs of that
first revolution (which created
our nation). . . . Let every na
tion know, whether it wish
us well or ill, that we shall
pay ANY price, bear any bur
den, meet any hardship, sup
port any friend or oppose any
foe in order to assure the sur
vivial and sucess of LIB
ERTY." If we still have that kind
of moral fiber, the challenge
of world communism will be
met and defeated. It is up to
U.S. to prove we have it.
HE goes on:
"To those old allies whose
cultural and spiritual origins
we share, we pledge the loyal
ty of faithful friends. United,
there is little we CANNOT do
. . . Divided, there is little we
with awe-inspiring thorough
ness. We are grossly unpre
pared for the task ahead of
us, and we can only hope that
the people of the world re
alize what must be done -and
begin at once to do it.
"Not a second must be lost.
Every teacher, every profes
sor, every social worker now
has a job that surpasses in
importance that of any other
man on earth! Now we will
see if they are capable of pre
serving it. ,
"The war will be over in
a matter of days. To say any
thing else at a time such as
this would be stupid and un
necessary." The first prophecy was by
a well known financier, the
second was by a scientist, this
third one comes from a young
man at the front and w a s
written a week before Japan
surrendered.
His name is Cyril Sander,
he is an Army sergeant sta
tioned on a small island in
the Philippines. The letter
was written to his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Sander,
Medford, and we are glad to
give it space, for by all odds
it is to date the best thing
on this vitally important sub
ject we have seen. -R.W.R.
Truly, a worthy son that a
father can continue to live in.
F. J. Clifford
Route 2, Box 200F
Central Point, Ore.
Welfare Changes
To the Editor: I have been
reading your column for some
time and enjoyed it very
much.
Now I think I'd like to air
my grievances, namely the
Public Welfare Commission.
I may be misinformed but
it has always been my under
standing that our tax dollars,
in part, went toward the sup
port of this plan. If so-why
are women with children in
school refused support?
We seem to be spending
quite a lot on foreign aid
which is fine I suppose but
don't you think we should
take care of our own first?
Personally, I feci that some
changes should be made in
this area. But does anyone
know how it can be done?
Bcttye West,
6331 Table Rock road,
Central Point, Ore.
Editor's Note: Welfare as
sistance varies according to
the nerd of the individual, and
sometimes facts are not
known to those outside the
family. If you have a particu
lar case in mind, it might help
to check with the welfare
(rommission to sec if anyone is
beiosj deprived of necessities,
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'Begin Anew' Has
Berlin Settlement
made it clear that there will
be no Communist departure
from the previous tough line
on both Berlin and Germany
as a whole.
In general, Khrushchev de
mands the end of West Ber
lin's Allied occupational sta
tus, a withdrawal of the 10,-000-man
Allied garrison and
establishment of West Berlin
as a "free, demilitarized city"
under international, guaranty.
For Germany as a whole he
has demanded either interna
tional recognition of a per
manent division in separate
peace treaties with the East
and West Germanys, or, pos
sibly, a German confederation
to be worked out by the Ger
mans themselves and giving
both East and West an equal
voice in its administration.
Unequal Vote
The latter, in effect, would
give the 18 million Germans
of East Germany a voice
equal to 54 million West Ger
mans and provide a built-in
Communist veto against any
ties with the West, including
NATO.
To these proposals, Presi-
CAN do - for we dare not
meet the powerful challenge
(if we are) at odds and split
asunder."
That sounds reassuringly
like the spirit of Benjamin
Franklin when at the solemn
ceremonies attending the sign
ing of our Declaration of Inde
pendence he stood up and said
to his associates in the draft
ing of that immortal docu
ment: "We must all hang to
gether or assuredly we shall
all hang SEPARATELY."
TIE says:
- "To those new slates whom
we now welcome to the ranks
of the free, we pledge our
word that one form of colon
ial control shall not have
passed merely to be replaced
by a far more IRON tyranny.
We shall not always expect
to find them supporting our
every view. But we shall al
ways hope to find them al
ways supporting their own
freedom - and to remember
that in the past those who fool
ishly sought to find power by
riding on the tiger's back in
evitably ENDED UP IN
SIDE." That's a reference to the
"smiling young lady of Niger
who went for a ride with a
tiger." Those familiar with
the jingle will recall that
"they came back from the.ride
with the lady inside and the
smile on the face of the tiger."
There he's speaking lo the
neutrals and some of our
weaker-kneed allies who seem
to think they can play along
with communism and come
out smiling like a rose. He is
reminding them that it CAN'T
BE DONE.
rjF disarmament, he says:
'-'"Let both sides formulate
for the first time serious pro
posals for INSPECTION and
CONTROL of arms."
There he's speaking flatly
and directly to Mr. Kroosh.
He's saying: "WE WON'T
STAND FOR HIDING OUT
ANY GUNS."
TiO our neighbors in the
Western Hemisphere and to
the world at large, he says:
"Let them - know that we
shall join with them to oppose
aggression ANYWHERE IN
THE AMERICAS. And let
EVERY OTHER POWER
know that this hemisphere in
tends to remain master in its
own house."
That's a declaration that the
MONROE DOCTRINE STILL
LIVES.
TT IS an inspiring message.
Our new President got off
to a good start.
WHAT of Ike?
' Kipling described it in his
Recessional:
The tumult and the shout
ing dies;
The captains and the
kings depart:
Still stands Thine ancient
sacrifice.
An humble and a contrite
heart.
An humble and
heart!
contrite
That's the Ike who was so
often missing from his head
quarters just before a big
battle. In these cases, he was
likely to be found out around
a foxhole somewhere talking
to Ol s who were due to go
over the top in the grim ho'iis
of the next morning.
That's the Ike who for
eight years has been the
world s most loved and trust
ed ruler. Never before was an
American President subjected
to such a barrage of propagan
da designed to tear our coun
try down in the opinion of the
world's people. It failed be
cause the world's PEOPLE
trusted Ike. That's GREAT
NESS. HapriY landings, old corn-
rs'!
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dent Eisenhower said in
March 1959;
The United States will not
"try to purchase peace by
forsaking two million free
people of-Berlin ," nor will it
submit to any permanent and
compulsory division of Ger
many. President Kennedy's inau
guration speech indicated that
his administration will be at
least as firm.
Berlin, deep inside Commu
nist territory, is not militarily
defensible for long. If it really
is to be guaranteed, it must
be through reunification of an,
independent, free Germany.
This is the, problem that de
fies solution and yet eventual
ly must be solved.
Washington Report
By William S. White -
G.O.P. NOT IDLE
Washington -Plaintive
voices now understandably
ask, as though from the dark
ness tf a deep
well: "W hat
are the Repub
licans doing?"
The answer is
that they are
not idle. They
are neither
shattered i n
morale nor
short on con
structive plan
White
ning for other election wars
to follow the one they have
so recently lost.
The onset of the new Demo
cratic administration of Presi
dent John F. Kennedy has not
left the Republicans filled
with stale bitterness or with
the sole, sterile purpose of op
posing anything and every
thing the Democratic winners
may now do, just for opposi
tion's sake.
The leadership of the G.O.P.
has quietly passed from pri
vate citizen Dwight Eisen
hower to private citizen Rich
ard Nixon and public citizen
Thruston Morton. And the
truth is that public citizen
Morton - who is a Republican
senator from Kentucky and
chairman of the Republican
National committee - has an
affirmative plan with which
he hopes to put the party on
the comeback trail.
TlfORTON'S policy - and it
is also former Vice-President
Nixon's policy - is to ac
centuate the positive. With
Nixon's approval, Chairman
Morton is setting out to re
form, not the Republican par
ty itself, but rather the Re
publican party's vote-getting
techniques.
He is giving the party faith
ful an accurate summary of
last November's election. He
is saying to them that though,
they were undeniably if nar
rowly licked in the presiden
tial race they have no reason
to despair. He is pointing out
that Mr. Kennedy defeated
Mr. Nixon - but not necessari
ly the r-e-c-o-r-d of the Eisen
hower Administration. He 3
stressing that at the grass
roots the Republicans actually
made significant strides: a net
gain of 21 seats in the house
of representatives and two in
the senate; victories in ten
state legislative bodies against
only two losses there; a gain
of two governorships.
A LL this, Morton rightly ar
gues, does not mean that
the G.O.P. lies dead. Nor do
the presidential results of last
November prove that the
party was not "tough" enough
and all that. What those re
sults do mean, he is telling:
the organization Republicans,
is that the parly has a great
deal of work to do in these
areas:
1. The G.O.P. must find a
way to enter "the practicali
ties of big-city politics" - or,
in blunter words, it m ust
learn how to cut into the vast
big-city vote given to Ken
nedy. 2. The G.O.P. must develop
a "security program" for vote
counting on election day. This,
in ordinary language, means
Morton thinks the Republi
cans were out-counted last No
vember in too many places.
This is a debatable proposi
tion. For, speaking generally,
wherever tho Democratic city
slickers may give the Repub
licans a fast count, the rural
Republicans around the court
house square will be giving
the Democrats a similarly fast
count.
3. The G.O.P. must get busy
In registering its people and
then in persuading them to go
out to vote. The Morton pur
pose here is, actually, to copy
pretty much ihe urgent tech
niques of such allies of She
Democratic party as the big
labor unions.
qHIERE is nothing breath-
lessly new and terribly
dramatic In his program; but
there is a great deal of sense
in it. For melodrama in poli
tics is for the theater - or for
the birds.
The problem is just to put
one vote after another; and
that is vhtt the new Nixon
Morton ker.hip filmly pro
poses to try to do.
(Copyright. 11. by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
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