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4 MONDAY, JANUARY 30. 1961 Medford, TBIBUNB v "Everyune in Southern Oregon Readi Th Mall Tribune' Published Daily except Saturday by MEDFOHD PRINTING CO ja North Fir St.. Ph SP 2-6141 ROBERT W RlftiL.. Editor HERB GREY Advert. iln Manager GERAM) T LATHAM Bui Ml ERIC W ALLEN JR MnR Editor l A 1)1 U A fl A KAQ rM iw EMItnr HARRY CHIPMAN Tele Editor nirHARn jrwett Snnrti Editor OLIVE STARCHER Women's Editor DALE ERIUKHON .ircuiaiion mgr An" TinH nnpndnt NeWRDaner Intend as econd clans matter at Mediora, urcRon. miner nvi 01 March 3. 1BH7 SMRSmiPTION RATES Hy Mail In Advance Copy 10c Daily and sunany i v-ar nallu anil flitnrinv A moB 8 0(1 nnilv and Sunday 3 moi 4 25 CnnHnu nnlv On vear 54.20 B., fnrrla- In A rt unnCft Mod ford Ashland Central Poini EaBle Point Jacksonville Gold hiii Phoenix Shady Cove. 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Two youths in a stolen taxi cab surrendered to Medford police last night after an officer fired two warning shots at them. 20 YEARS AGO Jan. 30, 1941 (Friday) Approximately. 250 couples danced to the music of Steve Whipple's orchestra last night at the President's bnll, held in the Oriental Gardens here. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "There was a beautiful sunrise this niornliiK. Unfortunately, It oc curred while a goodly portion of the population were still In bed. so only a small crowd was on hand to see it." 30 YEARS AGO Jan. 30, 1931 (Saturday) A total of seven feet of snow now lies on the ground at Crater Lake National park. The Jackson county grand Jury begun taking evidence to day in the case of a man who is aecurid of murdering an Ashland city policeman. 40 YEARS AGO Jan. 30. 1921 (Tuesday) The mayor of Gold Hill has promised a "moral cleanup" 'after an Illicit still was found in that city near the Rogue river. The Greater Medford club, a women's service organiza tion here, is planning a grand bnll in February. SO YEARS AGO Jan. 30. 1911 (Monday) A $100,000 appropriation for construction of Ihc pro posed Crater Lake highway lies Idle In the offices of the slate treasurer, and will soon revert lo the state unless a highway bill can be agreed upon thai will be acceptable to the U.S. Supreme court. The state legislature is now considering a bill that would create a stale forestry bureau and a forest fire patrol sys tem. Whal's Your I.Q.7 Nine or ten correct Is superior: liven or eight is excellent; five e tlx It good. 1. The ports of Colombo and Trlncomalec are on which Island In the Indian Ocean? 2. Complete the proverb, "Beware Ihe fury of a man." 3. Does the phrase "bib and tucker" refer lo the rigging of a yacht, species of fish, clothing, or a kind of mental condition? 4. Name Ihe new Secretary of the Air Force. 5. How many legs do house centipedes have? 6. From where did the Moor emigrate . to Spain? 7. Paganinl was a composer of opera, a famous violinist, or an orchestra conductor? 8. Which of these does not grow on bush or tree: wal n ti t, butternut, doughnut, hazelnut? . B. The Armed Forces have denial charts of every person in the services; true or false? 10. In which field of art was Mrs. Harry Payne Whit ney notable? Answers: 1, Ceylon. 2. Pa tient. 3. Clothing. 4. Eugene Zuckert. S. IS pair. 8. North Africa. 7. Violinist. I. Dough nut. 9. True. 10. Sculpture. Pull man If the possible consequences weren't so seri ous, the hassle between Gov. Mark Hatfield and the State Public Welfare Commission might al most be classed as comic opera. But, in the exchange of unpleasantries, one aspect has been largely ignored that of the career people who do the real work. Jim Pullman, administrator of the Jackson County Public Welfare Commission, last week stuck his neck out and wrote to the Governor. It took courage for him to do this. Because of the forthright nature of the letter, and the interest the situation has generated, Pullman's letter is printed almost in full: Dear Governor Hatfield: It is will) great discouragement that I read of the plan to eliminate the Public Welfare Commission as the admin istrative welfare agency in Oregon. The Commission, with a sincere interest in the needs of indigent persons, has estab lished one of the most stable, realistic, fiscally responsible and humane programs in the sion has effectively carried out the intent of the stale and federal laws within the funds available, although sometimes limited by lack of skilled staff. It is my opinion that politics has no place in a public welfare program except to establish laws, establish broad rules and policies which can be carried out fairly and uniformly, and to require accountability that these are carried out. If we assume the goal of the public welfare program is to provide financial assistance to those who apply and are eligible and that we also have a respon sibility to encourage self-help and rehabilitation, .we will need money, a skilled staff, adequate staff, and an attitude by the administration, legislature and commission that these are desirable and necessary. I am deeply concerned regarding the civil service plan as It relates to caseworker positions and casework super visor positions. The recommended salaries by the Civil Serv ice Commission arc not adequate nor do they compare fairly with similar jobs and responsibilities in stale employment. I am even more concerned allocated by the Department The caseload of 150 that they worker is unrealistic and unreasonable if the intent of the legislature is that public welfare carry out an aggressive program to insure that all applicants and recipients are eligible and that we offer services that promote rehabilita tion and self support. The casework staff of the public welfare agency carry out the basic tasks of determination of eligibility and pro viding services. These people are expected to carefully eval uate and verify resources and give financial aid only to those eligible. Each worker is responsible for approximately $120,000.00 of expenditures each year. He is expected lo contact all legally responsible relatives in the county lo devel op support. He must report all trict Altorncy and work closely port. The caseworker is expected lo answer many requests from other welfare agencies, Motor Vehicle Accident Fund, State Mental Hospitals, Slate TB Hospitals, and others. These usually require interviews, verification of facts, and letters. We expect the caseworker to have an attitude of disciplined compassion toward all people. He must give aggressive case work services to hard core families. .We expect him to actively help employable men and women find jobs. Case workers interview an average of seventy persons weekly in addition to paper work, travel lime, supervisory confer ences and coffee breaks. They, are busy dedicated people. In Jackson County we have spent five years lo achieve Improved flscl responsibility plus improved casework serv ices. Turmv ' staff has been reduced from 50 per cent to 15 per c aft hits an average of 3'.t years of experi ence. Service, mvc improved to the point where we can show examples of physical rehabilitation and examples of people, once considered helpless and hopeless, who are earn ing a living. We have many all or part of their needs. Support from fat has increased We can show many happier families. We ? kept families together by counseling services. We have a consistent medi cal program and offer better tight control on hospilal patients and nursing home patients. We have promoted -"friendly visitors services" in nursing homes. We helped promote the Rogue Valley Council on Aging and Ihc Fifty Plus Club. . . . Our expenditures for General Assistance are consider ably lower than other counties. We operate an aggressive system of helping people search for work with exceptional success. Our ADC expenditures have been reduced consid erably and are maintained at a lower cosl and a lower number of cases than counties of similar or smaller popula tion. We hope that we have helped all those whom the laws and rules and regulations intended for the agency to help. We have accomplished this fiscal responsibility and with from recipients. It took guts, cooperation of County, State nation and experience. We have public assistance casework supervision and without a badly needed child welfare supervisor. We hear and read much program but we receive very little thanks, remuneration, help and understanding. Although a basic social work con cept Is to treat the client with respect and dignity we are seldom accorded this respect. . We are not Interested In need a conviction that Ihe basic needs of Indigent people need attention. How many material needs can be met de pends on the legislature and administration. The quantity and quality of service depends on lite legislature, the ad ministration, the Department of Finance and. Administration and the Civil Service Commission. We cannot produce re sults In rehabilitation, self-help and services, with caseloads beyond our ability to handle and without adequate salaries to hire and keep good staff. We certainly make many often Inexperienced and unskilled and sometimes not quali fied for the Job. Our plea is - give us adequate staff and salaries. We will accept the criticisms and the problems and continue to care for the needy in a humane way, encourag ing them to do much more to help themselves, and promote an active program of rehabilitation. . . . James I,. Pullman Administrator Jackson County Public Welfare Commission Why Should They Resign? Oregon's governor, Mark Hatfield, this week demonstrated one of the mixed up attitudes that sometimes beset the young in office. Some members of the state welfare commis sion disagree with the governor. They are oppos ing some of his policies! Therefore, Gov. Hatfield said, "I wish they had the courage of their con victions to resign." That seems a peculiar, twisted way to live up to the courage of one's convictions. By resigning, these welfare commissioners would leave the road open for the governor to accomplish things which the commissioners believe are wrong. Br staving in office, they can fight for their beliefs, at tlje nsK oi personal loss and personal criticism. They are to be commended for having courage of their convictions. A major reason for (commission is to allow it sure irom an sources. Uov. Hatfield should re examine his political ideals and personal philos ophy. Perhaps he chose the wrong profession. , Portland Reporter Welfare on United Slates. The Commis about the number of positions of Finance & Administration expect us to carry per case nonsupport cases to the Dis with that office to obtain sup ADC molho-- earning cither services to recipients. We have by developing an attitude of a goal of maximum self-help hard work, a lower case load, Commission and staff, Imagi operated without adequate criticism of the public welfare . . creating a bureaucracy but we mistakes. Casework staff are aving the havinir an independent to resist political pres Dennis the Menace "DID VA BUY ANY SLUE THAT FIXES A 6ROKEN LAMP? ' Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of Ihe writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or iniial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves Ihe right to edit all letters with a view lo clarification and condensaton. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words .The letters printed in his column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the contrary is often the case. Criticism Balanced To the Editor: In view of the letter published recently in your Communications crit icizing your stand regarding the Un-American Activities Committee, I would attempt to balance such negatives by a word of appreciation. You are criticized 'by the "slatus-quoers" but in my opinion your positions are us ually supported by facts and reason. Also, you have the courage and the conviction to support what you believe. Gerald Q. Gardner. Star Route, Box 355, Trail, Ore. The JG Show To the Editor; This has nothing to do with your fine paper. It's about an experi ence I had last night that was so revolting that I have to uncap my safety valve. What I did I watched the Jack ie Gleason Show on TV. When I want to see a chubby, con ceited (undoubtedly) guy sit for that length of time and prattle and drink coffee (slop pily) and blow cigarette smoke in my face, I can go lo any off-street cafe or bi stro and see one. One that might be interesting or amus ing, evi?n. I'd heard so much about JG thai instead of go ing for a drive with my hus band in the-beautiful night, (to mail some letters and have maybe, an ice-cream cone) I sat through Ihe whole JG Show growing more dis gusted by the minute the ride I gave up for this, and the ice cream cone! Was il above my head? Was he talking to mental giants, maybe? Or what do TV pro ducers think the public is made of? The JG Show is an insult to normal sensibilities, and it is not the only one, unfortunately. Advertising is fine, it makes dollar-sales for manufactur ers. It gives thousands of people employment and makes money go round and round. Some of the nauseat ing, infantile commercials make something else go round and round too, as far as I'm concerned. I wouldn't buy some of those products if they were. Ihc only things available The cutest guy on TV sells Bitrgic. Mrs. John Hall 046 Park Ave. Medford Sore Losers and Tax Money To the Editor: Well, I see Ihe Republican losers are gel ting in their licks to the now administration, l'he Senator Irom N II. must have been ricked at some time to say such things he said in Frida's paper. It seems awfullv funny (hat President Kennedy cm do a couple of things in a few days, that the Eisenhower ad ministration and a few of his so called big shots couldn't do in eight years. Where are those Republi cans thai said Nixon was rob bed? Oil, what a bunch of sore tosers. Another thing, how come Eisenhower gels $25,000 retirement pay and also $50, 000 besides'1 They say the $50,000 Is (or his staff. I thought when a person retired they were on their own. Of course Ike does need a golf caddy and a few farm hands, but all the farmers around here have to pay their own hired hands out of Ihe money their crops produce. Eisen hower in eight years made $800,000 and that Is not hay. Of course the small $68. IS that the World War 1 veterans get, and I may say he has to be very, very sick in order to get that little pension. It seems that all the money ihc govern ment is spending fur foreign aid and a tew million dollar! rockets that are blowing up in, order to get to the moon. Well, I MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOHD, ORE. the least they could do is to give these veterans a decent living pension in their late years. At least they did give their lives up to whatever emergency, for the U.S. flag and country. At least 7 out of 10 countries that have gotten foreign aid have gone communist. I and a few thousand other people are wondering just what are they going to do when they get to the moon. From what I have read in several maga zines, a human being could not survive on the moon at all. So, why waste millions on rockets in the first place? B. F. Smith 136 South Holly st. Medford Dick: Don't To the Editor: A word of caution to Mr. Richard M. Nixon. Don't plan to run against President Kennedy in 1064. Nuf ced. David Frisch P.O. Box 292 White City, Ore. The Other Side To the Editor: During the last two years, thousands have read Leon Uris' novel "Ex odus" and during the coming years many more will see the movie version of the same book. It is, of course, natural for Mr. Uris, a Zionist Jew, to nraise Israel. But his unwar ranted attack on tie Arabs and distortion of tacts are un justifiable. To Uris. the Arabs, the English and others are all bad; the Jews all good. This black-and-white analysis, cow-boy-story-stylc, has a great ap peal to those unfamiliar with the facts and the historical events. Of course, there is no room here to analyze the book and present the full picture. Should you be interested in a critical review of "Exodus" to show the other side of the story, you are invited to write lo the address below. Mohammed T. Mehdi, Ph.D. Director Arab Information Center World Trade Center San Francisco 11, Calif. No More Satire To the Editor: Some weeks ago I wrote a letter to the MT on the subject of Com munism and the hysterical response in the Medford area. It was quite absurd and through the use of satire 1 hoped to point up the foolish ness of the reaction - I recom mended that we abolish schools, etc. Since my letter was pub lished, several letters with the same viewpoint - and just as absurd - have been published. However, these other letters are evidently intended to be serious! I'd like to assure my friends In Medford that mine wasn't, and that I haven't gone out of my head, just yet. The previous letter would have been clearer if the fol- lowing quotation marks were removed: in calling Franco, Trujillo. and Chiang Kai-shek "dictators"; in saying lhat our power supporting these Chris tian leaders keeps people In "poverty"; in the sentence de claiming people who call HUAAC, ;onator Eastland, and the McCaiihyites blind, greedy, proud who call THEM Un-American by virtue; of their "intolerance and I iiicir mo.eiauce I losed minds ; and in calling I the John Bii'o' Society "fa-l ' 2. Aff.1 a president who is natics". Mr- Kennedy by no means : ,,, pa5V with com;ri,ss wjU If in the future 1 express , Promises to stay out of con-1 kl(, mucll of jl5 TvjtpCQX mvself in Communications i Sressional disputes which in-j and much of his program -coiumns I shall try lo be!v,,,, e legislation as distin-; however largelv he mav g am straightforward and accurate Buished from congressional j jn lts Senuine affection - although In that area E A ! Thus Mr. Kennedy intends needs little assistant j Democratic country fallen no "give 'em hell" attitude The farts show that when j from within. toward congress And equally Communism has come into ' I've got more on m.Omind he has no ir ntion to lie country by revolution, lhat il but that's Sll for now. down and let congress walk has been a revolution against tyranny and rxploilalion; and that never has a truly liberal- President Kennedy's News Conference Performance Likened To Rooseveli-'s By LYLE C. WILSON Washington - IIPB - Repub lican Sen. Styles Bridges of New Hampshire recognized the weak spot in P r e s ident Kennedy's first live TV news confer ence. This weak- ness-develop-"?s3 ed near the wV 1 end o 1 a s 1 gj w e a nesaay s Wilson coiuerence. ii was related to the President's announcement that the Soviet I Union had released two mem bers of a U. S. Air torce RB47. Subsequent questions and answers revealed that Kenne dy had forbidden f u r t h e r I flights such as that of the U2 ST" I roreian news: vnmna wost, Destroyer By PHIL NEVSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst From the foreign news ca bles: China Unrest Leading Japanese experts on Communist affairs in China say that secret anti- Co m m u nisi o r ganizations are springing up on the Red h e 1 d main land. The slo gans used by these g r o ups feature refer ence to "cut ling hair" or Newsom 'removing hair. The Chinese word for hair is mao. sur-name of Communist boss Mao Tse tung. German Destroyers Despite support from Gen. Lauris Norstad, the allied su preme commander in Europe, West Germany's request for permission to raise the ton nage ceiling on its destroyers from 3,000 tons to 6,000 tons has been shelved by the West ern European Union, but it probably will be resubmitted under more favorable circum stances this spring. The Ger mans appear to have missed out on their first bid because they coupled it with a request for permission lo manufac ture influence (magnetic or acoustic) mines. Every other WEU member opposed the mi Washington Report By WILLIAM KENNEDY AND CONGRESS Washington - In his attitude toward congress. President Kennedy has takeni up an early position about midway between that j of Franklin D. j Roosevelt and j Dwiglit D. Eisenhower. He will lead It""5 Jj but not harsh ifeApVf l.v drive con- tmrM Roosevelt. He U'MSr.f will cooper wmif ate with con gress but he will not let con gress overshadow him, as oflen it did Eisenhower. Mr. Roosevelt treated con gress always as though it were properly his servant -and sometimes as though it were his enemy. Mr. Eisen hower, at the other extreme, treated congress most of the time as his rightful master. He never used the word "must," and rarely tried to lay down just what congress should do on this or that issue. Roosevelt never hesitated a moment to give congress pub lic instructions to the last semi-colon. Kennedy has decided on what might be called a cool position of informed respect meaning thai he knows both the strengths and the weaknesses of thai insti-iwas tulion - toward congress. He has committed himself per- sonally to stay out of all strictly Internal eongression- al affairs; for example, the fight.s over rules and pro cedures. The outer form of this Ken nedy policy has superficial similarity to that of Mr. Eis enhower. It differs greatly in substance, however. For Mr. Eisenhower tended to restrict himself to the role of outsider not merelv on internal con- gressional rows but also on congressional strucgles deal-1 , it, nili,ij i0'i.i,iin Truman O Price. Jr. L'H:l:l !4th avr . West Seattle 99, Wash. , 1 over Soviet Union territory. The RB47 was not engaged in' such an overflight when the Communists shot it down. The newsmen returned to ward the end of the confer ence to Kennedy's order that TT9. nvnrflkrKts should not be resumed. Thev wanted toisvver to that one and, being know whether that order wrs;a persistent type, he may gel part of a deal to obl'im re lease of the two Americais. Kennedy preferred not to an swer precisely. The second of two questions was the most direct, as follows: The Questions Q. "Did they (the Commu nists) request reassurance of nn mnrp overflights in ehanee for release of the A ..: i,nreiM """""'. i-v.-. , , A. It is a fact tnai l nave, 1 ordered that the flights be . r 'I. Size; Trade Rift mine plan, and France is against any increase in me size of West Germany's war ships. However, Norstad still thinks West Germany needs 6,000 tnnners. so eventual ap proval is likely. Planned Obsolescence Students of Soviet affairs say Russia's race to fulfill its S3ven-year plan is making it difficult for the country lo keep up with technical im provements in industry. There have been complaints in the Soviet press about the fact that many proposed improve ments never get off the draw ing board because the time necessary to install them would cut into the required quotas of factories where quantity comes before qual ity. Low-paid workers also ob ject to plant modernization because the time required cuts into their bonuses. European Rift Prime Minister Harold Mac millan may seek the help of President Kennedy in his ef forts to bridge the rift created in Western Europe by the ex istence of two rival trade blocs. France has so far block ed British efforts to achieve an alignment with the "com mon market" group, apparent ly because President Charles de Gaulle feels it would en danger his plan to make France a leading European power. British ministers are known lo believe Europe is too small to be able to afford 5. WHITE procedures. Thus, he proposes to be less masterful wilh con gress than was Roosevelt and far more masterful than was Eisenhower. rpHE new President's choice -1- of this middle course re flects the central political lessons he has learned to date. As a young member of con gress first elected in 1046 he watched from the back bench es of the House one of the great, avoidable tragedies of American politics. On the one side, a Republi can congress, in power again after long years' of frustra tion, set out to avenge itself for all the slights, real or imagined, inflicted on it by Roosevell. On the other side, the Roosevelt successor in the While House. Harry S. Tru man, took a line of "give 'em hell" toward congress, which would end in the almost-total repudiation of his very dubi ous domestic programs and in grave and largely needless harm lo his brilliant foreign programs. rpiIE consequence was a long era of bitler partisan clack and clamor which hurt the country and benefited nobo; :;. as lnose who werc ,lu-'rr observers will now mostlv ! lcslll-v- lr- Kennedy, too, ! "'ere, if as a politician j rather than an onlooker. And i ne nas noi lorgouen what tie saw. At the core of the les- i sons he learned are these facts: j 1. A president who is ar-. rogantly demanding of con- gross may gain his Immediate objectives. But he will surely do so - for a while - only if he lifts the unique power of a Franklin Roosevell. And such a president will build a great kennel of leashed animosity, toward himself or his party. At the instant his hold weak V nuunas lH j hostility will leap upon him. ens the waiting hounds of over him. (Coovriaht. 1961. hv tlnit. Feature Syndicate, Inc not resumed, which is a eon-i predecessors had made limit tinuation of the order for sus-j ed. very limited, use of tha pension given by President news conference technique. Eisenhower in May." j Harding, publisher of an O'Mo That is inrV-d a fact. But. j newspaper, brashly :t""o d what ab-iu: !' l u e s t i o n ! on taking office thai vj-'id which rUi have been an- hold regular pres." -on -so swore;! ye or no, but which Bridges wants an il, i The avoidance of direct an- swers or of any answer at all lo news conference questions is a device well established by custom for the protection of presidents of the United States. Some presidents need- cd protection more than om- ers. For example, warren ua- maliel Harding ! Hardinq Weakness ,,.7 ,,mrrJ. ... ridiums wis u w i once innovator. His recent. I S,uw I rival groupings within the Western camp. Macnullan is expected to use this argument in seeking U.S. help when he meets Kennedy this spring. UN Closeout Sources in Vientiane say Secretary General Dag Ham marskjold favors "phasing out" the UN "presence" in Laos, created lo forestall re ported threats ;of Communist invasion in 1953. They say Edward Zellweger, Hammar skjold's personal representa tive in Laos, probably will not be replaced when he leaves next month, making the UN technical aid chief the world organization's chief representative in the country. By FRANK Andrew G e n z o I i, who writes an interesting column that he calls "R F D" in the; Humboldt Times over in Eureka, gol off the other day j on the subject of how travel-' ing salesmen, in the olden ; golden days, came to be called DRUMMERS. He says: "I. have often wondered i why old-time 'traveling sales-j men were called 'drummers.' I had never thought about looking it up in a dictionary because I di:in"l ihink there would b:- a satisfactory cleli nition of it Ihe-re. "But I tried it the other day. My copy of Thorndykc Harnhart simply says: '1. A person wiio plays a eirum. 2. (Colloquial.) Traveling sales man.' Webster, however, -iocs a little beyond this to explain mat early salesmen some times attracted attention to Iheir wares with the beating "' llsed to stay in a hotel at of a drum." ; Ferndale. For two bucks I ' j got my supper. n-,v all night TTMMM.MM. overstep and for breakfast 11 Mr. Webscr lived quite the next morning I got (along, a while ago. One wonders if, probably, wilh ham and eggs, when he put that definition hot cakes, fried potatoes and together, he might have been so on) whipping cream in my thinking of what at one time coffee and on my dessert. Boy, was quite a sales institution-' how I'd ladle it out." Ihe old - fashioned medicine show. 'TWO dollars for supper, The old medicine shows lodging and breakfast! In used drums - and how: They'd : "''s clay and asc. two dollars set up their itinerant riisplavs i W'U Just about pay the tip and then they'd get out the:'i,r having your bags carried drum - a good, loud hass. ol1' drum that could be heard And -over about a half a township, j Al that -The people flocked in lo n-e 1 1 'U hot Hie old-timer ate at the show, and when Ihe show : vvllal VVf,s then called tha was over the barker would o into his act. When he had finished with his soilim; pitch. Ihe amount of horse liain cut (good for man or bea-!i that he had passed out would have floated a good-sied nmior boat - if there had been any motor boats in those days. 1UT thai ri " satisfaclon! es'i't explain ' 'he old ' ' ! s- U snian ! . drummer, interesiin- to came ; 1' - iry car 5y BENNETT CEPvF' 4 HOPEFUL SPECULATOR bought a champion bull for" $25,000. bin s-.-m discovered the bull had no interest whatever in cows. To realize even a token return on his in vestment, ne wasii-.iucca to exhibiting the hull at state fairs, chargiiu; a quarter for admission. In Utah, one prospec live customer boa ;u d to the hull's owner, "I've got more wives and more children than any man alive in this state." "How many child; en?" asked the ov.no" "Ninety-;:-;' ..iM ;he man. trn:o in ard h look at n-v lis bull." rccc-d -he o- :;ve a care whether c see you!" A t!:.!A-.r l'..u?y to ::.- mai-a it weak ; o r. t ences and answer u- to oral questions. He didn't lssl long. A question relating to Pa cilic area and Asian matters i came up in an early Harding j conference. The President i glibly. gave the wrong answer j and (bore was instant troub'e in interested capitals, notab'y Tokyo and London. Charles Evans Hurdles was secretary nf state. Hughes forbade fur- !her oral questioning. T h a device of the written news conference question then was born. , t,0onage rix Calvin Coolidge made the written question stick. He would stand before us in his office sometimes, with our written questions in his hand, some of them identifiable io ns by potior color or the man ner in which the paper had been folded or torn. Coolidge would examine Ihe questions. If he didn't care to answer any he would remark that "I have no questions today," and we would file out of his of fice. Herbert Hoover also was a written question president. When FDR came along he an nounced that reporters could fire at will, orally, Roosevelt almost always knew what ho was talking about. He enjoyed Ihe sworelplay with the news men and almost always licked 'em. Kennedy is more in the j Roosevelt pattern than in that i of Coolidge or Hoover. He is j not at all like Harding, who I didn'l know much. JENKINS ! Can anybody tell us? milE nlft-time drummer had i ,,is ,roublcs. Columnist Genzoii, quoting an old-timer in the business, tells about them. He says: "Back in 1913, I had a good customer in Bandon. I needed to call on him. Bui 1 also had a good customer in Marshfield . . . and the only way to get lo Bandon from Marshfield in those days was by the Steam- ; cr Elizabeth. It look me all day to get through with my Marshfield customer, and by that time the boat had left. The next boat left FIVE DAYS LATER." They had their problems in those days. TtL'T- Tiler.-- were compensa tions. Mr. Geiizoli's old-timer tells about them. He says: 'commercial table." The com mercial table had a while elotJi. whereas the other tables normally had red-and-wlve checked cloths. Otherwise it w,ls lo he U 'he same. Bui At the commercial table the fond ,-ost just TWICE AS MUCH - which was apt to ba four nils inslea:! of two bits to the home folks when they ot extravagant and came down to the hotel lor a niaht on:. Ah: Those were the days! i,,-.-n ,. tr.?' ; f fJ0MErV- : -.-'s n- e!i:.:ze. I really don't .' c.d'. I wuiit my bull to ir'n r Ivr air! w:vtr(T"l a il.viKc n.aitim, oH man, but I l-y K.ne Ffatarci Syndicate O
