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History from the tiles ot The
Mall Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40
and 50 veare ego.
10 YEARS AGO
Jan. 25, 1951 (Thursday)
A petition asking in, city
administration to take a stand
favoring the reactivation of.
Camp White was being wide
ly circulated in downtown
Mcdford today.
Jackson county dairymen
yesterday adopted a resolution
upholding the state milk con
trol law In its entirety.
20 YEARS AGO
Jan. 25, 1941 (Saturday)
Ashland High school, with
Charlie Jandreau dumping in
14 points, edged Medford In
a district 4 basketball game
last night 30 to 28.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pol" column: "There
is still considerable complaint
locally about the uneven dis
tribution of the wealth. It sure
Is uneven, but better than
none at all." .
30 YEARS AGO
Jan. 25, 1931 (Sunday)
The ruthless murder of an
Ashland police officer is
thought to be an act of re
venge by gang of rum
runners, and there Is a hint
that the killer was hired by
them to do the Job.
40 YEARS AGO
Jan. 25, 1921 (Tuesday)
Larry Evans, a Southern
Pacific watchman, saved a
woman from being' run over
by a train at the Main st.
crossing In downtown Med
ford yesterday.
Work has been started on
an addition to the Medford
city hall. ,
SO YEARS AGO
Jan. 25, 1911 (Wednesday)
City Treasurer Lee Jacobs
this morning announced the
appointment ot G. H. Samuels
as new assistant city trasurer.
Mayor W. H. Canon has
named George Tranna, a
steam fitter, to succed M. M.
Gault as city water inspector.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nina or tan correct la iiiperler:
ajven et eight ia excellent; five ei
ix la good.
1. What kind of animal Is a
pachyderm?
2. What fate befell John the
Baptist?
3. Are whales mammals,
crustaceans, or fish?
4. The Isle of Wight Is off
the north or south coast of
England?
5. The United Slates and
Slam exchange Ministers, or
Ambassadors?
6, What is the general com
mon name of a class of fea
thered, warmblooded, ovipar
ous bipeds?
7. is 11 true that there are
white orchids?
8. How many of the eight
parts of speech in the English
language can you name?
9. Which radio news com
mcntutor begnn his program
with the words, As yes,
there's good news tonight."
10. Who was the "Sultan of
Swat"?
Answers! 1. An elephant. 2
He was beheaded by Herod
3. Mammals. 4. South. 3. Am
banedori. 6. Blide. 7. Yei.
(Among the tnoit valuable
and rare,) 8. Houm, pronouns,
verbs, adjectives, adverbs,
prepositions, conjunctions, and
interactions. I. Gabriel near
ler. 10. George Herman (Babe)
Ruth.
4
JANUARY 25. 1811
Politics and
Gov. Mark Hatfield may be a smart politician.
but he has a funny way of
In recent months he
some of the most influential citizens of Oregon.
Now this is no crime, certainly, but it is not neces
sarily smart politics.
His reorganization
people very irritated people who command a
large following among special interest groups.
UE HAS, for instance,
battle with the state
sion. This could react to
run, if he is right, and proves it, in his desire to
move the commission offices to Salem from Port
land, and in his expressed wish that members
of the commission appointed before his term
resign.
But he has, additionally, caused a good deal
of irritation among some fairly influential folk
that make up two important advisory committtees
to the highway commission, dealing in the state
parks field and in the tourist promotion field.
DOTH committees are composed largely of
newspaper men, several of them early Hat
field supporters. Their enmity could do him po
litical damage.
State parks he would divorce from highways,
and put in a new department of natural resources,
a move bitterly opposed by those who have watch
ed the state parks system grow to be one of the
best in the nation.
Tourist information and promotion he would
put in a new department of commerce, a move
strongly opposed by those who have watched the
outstanding accomplishments of the division
working through the highway department.
LIE HAS also caused concern among fish and
game interests, by his proposal to consolidate
the fish commission and the game commission
and put them, also, into
partment.
The Oregonian, in
organization plan, commented as follows yester
day:
"In explaining tne reorganization plan to tne Ore
gon Wildlife Federation . . . Finance Director Freeman
Holmer made the flat statement that directors of the
seven divisions of state government to be appointed
by the governor would; of course, be replaced by a
new governor. This would be sound government prac
tice, he said, because the governor thereby would be
able to carry out his programs with men of his own
choice.
"This was vastly disturbing to many In the audience
who had worked for years to reduce political manip
ulation of fish and game programs and had achieved
reorganization through the legislature which has sub
stantially accomplished this,
"If programs for resources are sound, some observ
ed, why should they be put In peril of change on the
basis of a Democrat replacing a Republican as govern
or, and vice versa? If a division director proved to be
effective in his position, why should he be replaced?
And If the director were replaced, would not there
be shaky tenure for department heads under him
whose authority under the Hatfield program would be
increased1, while appointed commissions which now
give continuity to programs would be made advisory?"
TO THIS we would add:
WVtn amnno tVinco niirarnnrtino' fMf.i7.pns nf trip
state, who now serve on
sions on a non-partisan,
willing to serve on purely advisory committees,
once their policy-making function is removed,
and the departments get
haulmer of partisan politics I
Who would furnish
Who would provide the
and knowledge?
We can agree with
Governor Hatfield, "that many improvements
can be made in the organization of state gov
ernment.
But "more is at stake
blueprint for efficiency,
eludes.
Indoed there is.
What is at stake is one philosophy of govern
merit, which calls upon
service, against another
Ulic iiiau o fiuuij itciioiuiio iui iuwc ui tii w ii j
E.A.
Wilderness
Sen. Clinton P. Anderson of New Mexico, a
former secretary of agriculture, has introduced
a new streamlined ' version of the much-discuss
ed Wildnerness Bill.
It has been changed
was first submitted, and many of the objections
voiced toward earlier versions have been met.
It is to be hoped that it will meet with the
approval of the many
terested.
Few people, indeed,
principle, as such, as part of the multiple-use coiv
cept of public lands management. Such objections
as there have been have centered on specific
details, or on the amount of land involved.
THE idea is simply this:
Population is growing rapidly. And so are
the incursions of civilization highways, airports,
farms, timber cuttings, reservoirs, cities, subdi
visions, and so on and on.
America has a long and valued heritage of
wildnerness appreciation. It offers values found
in no other manner; advantages of recreation,
science, inspiration, interest.
And, before the wildnerness is all gone, steps
should be taken to preserve at least a small por
tion of it (and this bill suggests about 5 per cent
01 an leuerally-owncd land) for this purpose.
Government
showing it sometimes.
has acted to alienate
plan has made a lot of
engaged in a running
public welfare commis
his benefit in the long
a natural resources de
discussing Hatfield's re
the boards and commis
unpaid basis, would be
into tne pusmng ana
the valuable continuity?
broadly based experience
the Oregonian, and with
than the adoption of a
the Oregonian con
the state's best minds for
which would substitute
Bill Again
in many ways since it
agencies and groups in
object to the wildnerness
Dennis the
(
With au it? soAAj.oEieraserjrs, antiseptics mv deodorants,
American industry has yet to cope with the American kh
Communications
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paper; In fact the contrary is often the case.
Why Penelite, Law-AbidersT
To the Editor: This to the
members of the Oregon Game
Commission. In regard to a
proposed bill to prohibit bait
fishing, from an anchored boat
in Diamond Lake I hope the
game commission will take in
to consideration the penalty
the bill would place on a large
number of sportsmen, women
and children that enjoy this
form of fishing.
I oppose chumming in any
waters of the slate of Oregon.
The state law prohibits the
use of chum in all waters of
the state. These laws are en
forced to the best of the abil
ity of game officers; but a few
poor would - be sportsmen
think they have to chum to
catch fish, which is not true.
Instead of placing tnis
penalty on all sportsmen, I
suggest the game commission
place officers In unmarked
boats, and in plain clothes as
fishermen. This would make
chummers think twice before
putting anything in the lake.
The proposed bill would
strike a mean blow to our
young fishermen. Tf they were
forced to troll, a large num
ber of youngsters would be
left on the bank, due to the
fact that trolling takes a lot
of attention on the part of
everyone in a boat to avoid
accidents and to keep lines
free of entanglement. The en
tire family can enjoy a day of
wholesome recreation while
fishing from an anchored boat.
Children can be safely watch
ed. I have fished Diamond Lake
most every week end since 11
was poisoned and replanted, i
go fishing to relax and en
joy a day of leisure stretched
out In my boat, and have had
a lot of good fishing.
1: Is possible that some
trollers string chum in a giv
en area and troll back and
forth. But why lay all the
blame on the still fishermen?
I hope those persons who
have brought this threat to the
rights of all sportsmen, in
cluding our law-abiding ones,
will refrain from doing those
things that may take more of
our rights away. As it Is, our
rights as fishermen are get
ting fewer each year with the
closers of different streams
and new deadlines.
Wilmer W. Bailey
P. O. Box 4
Gold Hill, Ore.
What's Next?
To the Editor: Now that
UFO's have been "ruled out
as a mystery of beings from
other planets, and the abom
inable snowman of the Htm
alays Is a. proven myth, there
Is no man In the moon yet.
We are admonished there
Is no "Sandy Claws" at Christ-
mastidc, nor can one hold to
the premise that eternity has
limitation. One philosopher
asks us, "why we were here"?
His pithy answer was Be
cause we were not all there"
Which goes to prove to us, we
all live to learn.
The other specific reason
too, is self Improvement In
cosmic consciousness. Yet,
there Is nothing new under
the sun according to Holy
writ. But still, we are always
eager for the next thrill in
the realm of action and pro
gression,
Bert Kisslngor
920 Boardman St.,
Medford.
An Atheist. Huh?
To the Editor: Frequently
there Is a letter in your 'Com
munications' signed by one
who declared he is an atheist
As I read these letters 1 de
tect some errors In- thinking.
I perceive a misunderstanding
of the meaning of 'Atheist'.
A real atheist is one who
sincerely, honestly rejects all
belief in any sort of a creative
ruling power higher than hu
.nan reach thai it responsible
Menace
for the existence and behavior
of our universe. If you believe
that the orderly, consistent
rotation of this planet is the
result of an intelligent pur
poseful power, you cannot be
an atheist.
Another thing I see. It is
evident that the writer has
drawn his conclusions by look-
ing not at God or His book
but at his neighbor, who hap
pens to be a church member,
and usually a weak one at
that. To learn about God he
looks at a weak representa
tive instead of a strong faith
ful Christian, There are some
to be found.
Faults are easy to find
They are all around us shout
ing, "Here I am. Look at me."
Christian virtues are more
modest and less evident.
The Indian says, "Let me
not condemn my brother till
have walked three days in
his moccasins."
L. G. Weaver
108 South Ivy st.
1 Medford
Poetic Plaint
To the Editor. Doggerel to
Ye Editor:
We had a doggie In our yard;
A'wearlng a big muzzle.
And as I hunt my shovel out,
I'm in a perturbed puzzle,
Why did we ,vote the doggie
tied?
Or keep him In a pen'
By far, we missed our
measure:
To conclude the rightful
end!
Mrs. Howard Glascock
233 Beatty St.,
Medford.
Logic and The FPA
To the Editor: In his reply
In Tuesday's MT to my letter
In Sunday's edition, Robert J.
Howard seems more confused
than ever. He either failed to
get the main point of my letter
or for obscure purposes of
his own - chose to ignore it,
That simple point was, and is
that the Foreign Policy Asso
ciation's "Great Decisions'
program is In the true Ameri
can tradition of free associa
tion and discussion, with each
participant reaching his or her
own INDIVIDUAL opinion
Communism, or any other
totalitarianism, imposcs-along
with other evils-thought-con
trol and compliance with its
"party line." Both of these are
wholly alien and obnoxious to
FPA and its "Great Decisions'
groups.
Mr. Howard plays loosely
with the word "logic" which
one of my dictionaries defines
as follows: "The science of
correct and accurate thinking;
the science of the principles
governing the comparative
and constructive faculties In
the pursuit and use of truth."
Logical or not, if Mr. How
ard respects and is devoted to
the American tradition of free
Inquiry, discussion and quest
for truth, I renew my invita
tion to him to Join, or at least
visit, one or more of Jackson
County's "Great Decisions"
group meetings. It might help
to dispel his confusion, cor
rect his logic, increase his
knowledge and understanding
- perhaps even Improve his
sense of humor.
Arnold Eugene Jenny,
Secretary
Jackson County "Great
Decisions" Committee
Rogue Valley Manor,
Medford.
Skiing Conditions
To the Editor: This week of
exceptionally warm weather
has lowered the snow level In
the meadows near the site of
the proposed ski lodge only
three or four inches, and sur
prisingly, the surface condi
tions have Improved over
those of the Sunday before,
when we had packed powder
under a breakable granular
crust in tlte area. Last Satur
day the prevailing condition
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEOFORD,
Wilson Terms I rrffaftMP The Grandest
Larceny7; Recounts Rotting of Dollar
By LYLE C. WILSON
Washlngton-flJPD-The grand
est larceny ever committed
against
citizens of the
United States
took place
during the 16
years from
1938 through
1954. We wuz
robbed.
The thieves
were so nu
merous as to
be face less.
events as well as men brought
about this grand theft, the
most important event having
been World War II.
To understand the enormity
of this thing, it is necessary to
accept for purposes of calcu
lntion that the U. S. dollar in
1030 was worth 100 cents in
purchasing power.
Durinil the 16 years afore
mentioned, ending on Dec. 31,
the
Bobby Kennedy's Appointment
Seen Key
By WILLIAM B.
DICKINSON, JR.
Washington - Appointment
of Robert F. Kennedy as at
torney general in all probabil
ity heralds an exceptionally
vigorous drive against organ
ized crime.
At Senate Judiciary com
mittee hearings on his nomi
nation, Jan. 13, Kennedy dis
closed that an arrangement
already had been worked out
with F.B.I. Director J. Edgar
Hoover and Commissioner of
Narcotics Harry J. Anslinger
for a coordinated anti-crime
drive.
New legal weapons against
the crime bosses almost cer
tainly will be proposed by the
35-year-old attorney general.
The Justice Department's
criminal division, in a report
issued Dec. 19, called for en
actment of 10 new federal
statutes "designed to bring to
bear the full force of the
federal government's power
to regulate interstate and for
eign commerce and its power
to tax to crush the lawless
elements in our society." De
tails of the proposed legisla
tion were not outlined, but it
was learned that one of the
major objectives would be to
strike at the underworld's
large revenues 1 from illegal
gambling.
Crime Commision Doubtful
It Is not clear yet whether
Kennedy plans to push ahead
with his proposal to establish
a national crime commission
as an aid to attacks on nation
wide crime syndicates. He ac
knowledged before the Senate
judiciary committee that
F.B.I. Director Hoover "has
not been enthusiastic about
the idea." In fact, Hoover, in
the past has strongly berated
such proposals. On one occa
sion he charged that those
who favor federal centraliza
tion of law enforcement are
"blinded by the urge of em
pire building."
But Robert Kennedy, in his
best-seller, "The Enemy With
in," wrote: "If we do not on
a national scale attack organ
ized criminals with weapons
and techniques as effective as
their own, they will destroy
us."
He apparently can count on
the support of his brother,
the President. John F. Kenne
dy said last March 28 as a
member of the Senate Rackets
committee, of which Robert
in the meadows (future novice
slopes) is that of two or three
inches of settled powder over
the packed base. This was ele
gant skiing! I can't imagine
what combination of wind and
temperature could transform
granular "spring" snow into
powder, but I can only testify
that it happened.
The steep glades of the
northern exposure (future ad
vanced runs), where the pro
posed poma lift will run, were
softly covered by several
Inches of very light dry snow
over a base that could not
be measured by a four-foot ski
pole. There were no wind
blown cornices, such as ap
peared occasionally on the
more exposed eastern mead
ows. It was still and lovely,
and the snow looked as if it
had not been disturbed since
it fell so many weeks ago.
Even an Alaskan would have
to confess that this was pow
der snow.
Cynthia Lord,
588 Beach St.,
Ashland, Ore.
Questions
To the Editor: As a voter,
and in order to be better in
formed why did the governor
veto the federal food -sur
plus bill? Maybe the editor
of this paper, or any of the
politicians who were scream
ing for votes not too long ago,
can explain. I am especially
interested as the governor
says he plans to run for office
again. I wonder if he will
veto a bill for an extra eight
to ten thousand increase for
his salary.
J. L. Bodak O
BA 318
Central Point, Ore.
ORESON
1954, the value of that beauti
ful buck rotted to just more
than 50 cents. By the end of
1954 the dollar had lost 48.3
cents of its 1939 purchasing
power.
Fixed Incomes Hurl
An individual who put $100
in the bank in 1939 had only
$51.70 in the bank by the end
of 1954 although the depositor
and the banker both referred
to the sum as $100. The in
come of a $100-a-month pen
sioner likewise had rotted to
$51.70 in that period. Any
one's life insurance policy
was hit the same way. The
man or woman on a fixed in
come of any kind was robbed.
That is why this inflation of
the currency, this rotting of
the dollar is the grandest lar
ceny. There is no other lar
ceny to compare with it.
By the end of 1954, World
War II was almost 10 years
in the past, the Korean War
to Anti-v-rime unve
Kennedy was chief counsel,
that a "separate federal agen
cy should be established, or
an appropriate existing feder
al agency be expanded or
modified, to act as an intelligence-gathering
agency on or-
gamzea cinmua.
Methods Attacked
The methods by which fed
eral agencies coordinate their
activities against the criminal
syndicates has come under at
tack from former Justice De
partment officials. Milton R.
Wessel, who headed the de
partment's "Special Group on
Organized Crime" until its
disbandment in 1959, has de
scribed the situation as he
found it in 1958: "There was
no single source where the
Special Group, or any other
government agency, could get
a fairly comprehensive anal
ysis of current criminal oper
ations. No bureau had author
itative information on syndi
cate leaders." Gerard L. Goet
tel, deputy director of the
Special Group, made even
more serious allegations last
November. He charged lacit
of cooperation from the F.B.I,
during the Special Group's
short life and called the na
tion's law enforcement ma
chinery "chaotic, fragmented,
and totally unequal to tne
task."
The Justice Department in
sisted later that the record
showed "effective prosecu
tion." Moreover, Attorney
General William P. Rogers
asserted that the top ranks
of the nation's criminal heir
archy were being "decimated"
by the Justice Department's
intensified crime drive, cut
a few weeks after that, a U.S.
circuit court in New York
reversed the conspiracy con
victions of 20 underworld fig-
Ray of Hope Seen
In Congo, as Top
Leaders To Confer
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Newe Analyst
For deposed Congolese Pre
mier Patrice Lumumba, this
was where he came in.
In the same maximum se
curity jail into which the Bel
gians once tossed him as a po
litical agitator
he rested again
this week,
placed there
by his own
people.
From Leo
p o 1 d v i 1 1 e ,
U n ited Press
Internatio n a 1
Correspondent
v.w.nn, WJlllUm mi-
derson cabled:
"The past week may well
prove to be one of the most
important for the Congo since
the army mutiny in July last
year set central A'-'.-ablaze."
Anderson said the transfer
of Lumumba to prison in Ja
dotvile, Kantanga. had done
more to raise hope that the
Congo's problems can be
be solved than anything in the
past six months.
Optimiitic Viewpoint
Perhaps the assessment was
overly optimistic. Lumumba
was down but not necessarily
out. In the six months since
the Congo received its inde
pendence from Belgium and
immediately plunged into
chaos there had been other
moments of hope.
But the Congolese, emotion
ally unstable, politically illit
erate and split by bitter tribal
wars, had shown a remarkable
ability to defeat themselves.
In addition, the United Na
tions force sent there to help
the Congolese find peace. It
self was split between govern
ments siding with Lumumba
on the one hand or President
Joseph Kasavubu ogd strong
man Joseph Mobutu on the
other.
But this time, it seemed for
once Kasavuba, and Mobutu
O
2
was merged Dy an uneasy
truce into the Cold War. With
these conditions going for him
and a sincere desire to protect
the value of the citizens'
money, Dwight D. Eisenhower
was able to apply effective
brakes to run away currency
inflation.
Ike held the dollar line
pretty well. From the end of
1954 through May of 1960,
dollar rot was limited to 4.7
cents. The Eisenhower admin
istration inherited a 51-cent
dollar from the Truman ad
ministration and bequeathed
to the Kennedy administra
tion a dollar worth about 47
cents.
These facts and figures
seem to bear on a partisan
political dispute which ran
through the campaign and
continues. The dispute was
whether the Eisenhower ad
ministration was leaving the
United States in good condi-
ures who had participated in
the "gangland convention in
1957 at Apalachin, N. Y. The
court held that the govern
ment's evidence failed to
prove that the alleged con
spirators had entered into an
agreement to lie to investiga
tive bodies about the purpose
of their meeting.
Authority Limited
Federal law enforcement
agencies have authority to
prose cute racketeers and
gangsters only for violations
of federal laws. About 10 per
cent of all crimes are offenses
subject to federal action,
based on the constitutional
power to regulate interstate
commerce or to levy taxes.
As Assistant Attorney Gener
al Malcolm Wilkcy pointed
out: "This means that the fed
eral government must some
times march obliquely in its
effort to restrain the profes
sional criminals in our soci
ety." There is evidence, however,
that federal criminal statutes
carrying stiff penalties may
have a decidedly inhibitory
effect on activities of organ
ized criminals. The White
Slave Traffic (Mann) act of
1910 virtually put the syn
dicates out of business in that
field, and recently strength
ened narcotics laws are be
lieved to have made the drug
traffic less attractive to the
underworld's hierarchy. On
the other hand, gambling and
the illicit liquor traffic con
tinue to provide lucrative re
turns for the Interstate mobs.
Some officials favor making
it a federal offense to use the
facilities of interstate com
merce to violate state laws
against the crimes which give
the underworld's barons a fat
living.
had beaten Lumumba to the
punch.
Only a week before, west
ern embassies had been pre
dicting gloomily that Lum
umba would be back in power
before the week was out.
Bloodbath Feared
Europeans were shipping
their families across the Con
go river to Brazzaville in an
ticipation of the reign of ter
ror Lumumba would unleash.
With Lumumba now out of
the way at lqast temporarily,
Kasavubu began moving to
consolidate his position.
One move was to establish
an axis between himself in
Leopoldville. Albert Kalonji
in the south Kasni and Moise
Tshombe in the Katanga.
O" .hat was secure, the
pi i was to squeeze out the
,io-Lumumba regimes in Stan-
leyville and Kivu by negotia
tion or force.
By mid-February, it was
hoped that Congolese leaders
could meet in Elizabethville to
work out the nation's multi
ple problems.
Agriculturists
Discuss Surpluses
Corvallis -IVPD- A 12-man
delegation of the Oregon
Washington Farmers Union
and five Oregon State agricul
ture economists met here
Tuesday to discuss farm prob
lems. The discussion centered
around surpluses.
F. E. Price, dean of agricul
ture at Oregon State College,
said extension units could de
velop a plan of action but
adoption would be up to the
people. The extension service,
he said, cannot say what to do
or not to do.
The Informal conference
ended with no definite recom
mendations, but a decision was
made to meet again n the
near future.
tion or bad condition, strong
or weak.
Good Indicator
That is one of those who-killed-cock-robin
questions to
which no generally acceptable
answer is likely. A similar
question now will be asked
about the administration of
President Kennedy. The ques
tion will be this:
Is the Kennedy administra
tion making the United States
stronger or weaker?
The answers to that ques
tion will be politically parti
san. Few U.S. citizens will be
competent to make a judg
ment. For those who may be
interested, here is a sugges
tion. Keep tab on the purchas
ing power of the U.S. dollar.
Know for yourself whether it
is rotting or thriving under
the policies of the Kennedy
administration.
Write to your congressman
from time to time and ask him
how much the dollar is worth,
compared with its 1939 pur
chasing power. The foregoing
figures were compiled by the
Senate Finance Committee.
They precisely measure the
nation's economic health.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
The news as this is written
isn't very exciting-for which
let us be duly thankful. BIG
news tends to give us the
shivers.
FIDEL has called off his dire
ful predictions of an im
pending Yankee invasion of
Cuba. ? ? ? ? ? Maybe some
body had given him a copy of
the fable of the shepherd boy
who cried WOLF once too
often.
MIKHAIL Suslov, one of tha
Soviet communist party's
top theoreticians, calls again
for immediate adoption of
Premier Krosh's plan for "uni
versal disarmament to abolish
every possibility of waging
wars."
Note:
There is no relaxation of
the Soviet demand for NO
SAFEGUARDS in the way of
checks or inspections, such as 1
the West demands, to make
sure that nobody hides out a
gun.
T7IROM Baltimore:
- The city's proposed new
civic center will have seats
designed to fit the growing
size of the American poster
ior. Architect A. C. Odell ex
plains: "The new seats will
be 20 inches wide, wherea.i
18 inches used to be big
enough. We find in these days
that many people have diffi
culty in getting in and out of
anything smaller than 20
inches.
WHY are people's fannysi
pptt.inff hi?eer?
Here's a guess:
We're using 'em to SIT ON
more than our busier ances
tors did.
FROM Washington:
President Kennedy, mov
ing about in the unpredictable
way that has become almost
routine since his inaugura
tion, popped into the White
House press room for a sur
prise visit. He was accompan
ied by his wife, Jacqueline,
looking like a fashionable
teen - ager as she strolled
through the White House lob
by, wearing beige riding pants
and a three-quarters length
sports coat.
White House guards, the ob
servant reporters relate,
stared GOGGLE - EYED.
Mamie didn't wear that kind.
Nor did Bess Truman.
Well . . .
We voted for a CHANGE,
didn't we?
SPEAKING of First Ladies,
Queen Elizabeth, accom
panied by her royal consort, is
visiting at Jaipur, India
where the fashion reporters
appear to be as active as in
Washington.
She and Philip made a visit
of state to the rose-colored,
palace of the Maharaja of Jai
pur. Ornately dressed ele
phants carried them there. A
wheeled platform resembling
the ramps by which one
mounts into the big jet planes
of today simplified Elizabeth s
boarding of the four-seat how
dah on the biggest and best
elephant in the Maharaja's
stables.
The queen was wearing a
dress and coat of beige faille
trimmed with pearls and gold
embroidery and sleeves
trimmed with blonde mink.
T ATER she went for a tiger
hunt with the maharaja.
The fashion reporters went
along. Thev confide that
Elizabeth, WEARING BLACK
SLACKS AND A BUSH
JACKET, waited patiently for
hours atop a wooden platform
25 feet high while the native
beaters sought and eventually
flushed a tiger out of the
jungles of the Sawaimad
hopur. The reporters were so busy
describing the clothes she
wore that they forgot to tell
us whether or not the queen
loot a .ot at the tiger.
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