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4 WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 8. 1961 MEDFORDSj&iUTRIBUNB 'Everyone in Southern Oregon Reads The Mail Tribune" r'uolished Dully except Saturday by , MKUr-tlllU PKINTINU LU JJ3 North Fit St, Ph SP 2-8141 ROBERT "W RUHL. Editor HERB GREV AdveUising Manager ULKALU T LATHAM BUS (ttgr ERIC W ALLEN JR.. Mng Editoi EARL H ADAMS, City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN Teleg Editor , RICHARD JEWETT SoortS EdltOI OLIVE STARCHER Women's Editor DALE ERICKSON, Circulation Mgr An Indeo'endent Newspaper Eitered as second clans matter at Med ford. Oregon, unaer nc 01 March 3, 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATE9 Uy Mall In Advance, Copy 10c Dally -nd Simony yar sisuu Daily and Sunday 8 mos 8 0(1 Dully nnd Sunday 3 mos 4.25 Sunday Only One venr $4 20 By Carrier- In Advance Medfr.ra Ashland. Central Point Eagle Point. Jacksonville Oold Hill Phoenix Shady Cove. Rogue Rlv er Talent and on motor route Deiiv and Sunday 1 veai flBOO Da'lv nnd SundPV 1 mo 150 Carrier and Deb. irs copy 10c All Terms Cash In Advance "0'''cnl Paper of Cttv of MedfoVd Official Papr of Jackson Count United Ptass International Full Leased Wire J P 1 Telephoto N-wopjctures MEMRFR OF AUmf BTTREAO" OF cmcm.AToNS Advertising Renresontnlive: WtTST HOT.IOAV CO. INC W Mcob In Vpw York Chicago De trolt Snn Franrlvco Los Angeles Seattle P'irtlflnd 5 I.mit At,-' o"l Vnr.iuver B (! NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL Ricjhlo'Time Medlord and Jackson Countv JJCai. T.ibuna 10 20. 30 40 and 50 vearj ago. 10 YEARS AGO F.h. 8. 1951 (Thursday) Forty -one Boy Scouts re ceived 100 merit badges at a court of honor held to ac knowledge Boy Scout week in the junior high school here last night. The Ashland city council is considering a plan to add fluorine gas to the water sup ply there. 20 YEARS AGO Feb. 8. 1941 (Saturday) Rubinoff, the foremost vio linist of these times, will be in Medford Feb. 12, and will pre sent two concerts. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Ash land was visited by a high wind Wednesday evening that travelled 20 miles slower than its outstanding speed idiots. A blustery wind blustered here." 30 YEARS AGO Feb. 8, 1 93 1 (Sunday) The city is observing Boy Scout week this week. There is a hint that Gover nor Meier may veto the Rogue River fish bill which prohibits commercial fishing in the Rogue. 40 YEARS AGO Feb. 8. 1921 (Tuesday ) The dozen or so local China men in this area are observing the Chinese new year. Butte Falls is the first rural community to gain its quota for the European relief fund. 50 YEARS AGO Feb. 8. 1911 (Wednesday) Represen t a t i v e s of the Rogue River Fish Protective association argued in Salem yesterday against a proposed bill to reopen the Rogue river to commercial fishing. The Medford city council Inst night voted to set aside $2,000 for library purposes in the city. 1 Nine or ten correct n superior flvcn or eight ll excellent; five Of t:i li good. 1. In tennis, what is the term for no score? 2. Name the parents John the Baptist. of 3. Is a pintail a deer, wild duck, or western saddle horse? 4. About whose life did Plato write in "Apology" on the future life? 5. Upon what two articles of food and drink were the Greek gods supposed to have lived? 6. What is the customary fuel of rural Ireland? 7. What type of naval ves sel is an E boat? 8. Is an armadillo n biped or a quadruped? 9. What river flows for 1,765 miles through Alaska? 10. Name the Postmaster General of the United States. Answers: 1. Love. 2. Elisa beth and Zachary. 3. Wild duck. 4. Socrates. 5. Nectar and ambrosia. 8. Peat. 7 Motor torpedo boat. 8. Quad ruped. 9. Yukon. 10. J. Ed ward Day. QUOTE IS RIGHT Detroit-IUNI-Convlcted Pat rick Henry Daniels, 28, told Judge W. McKay SklllmRn he knew what the man he was named after was famous for. "Give me liberty or give me death," Daniels quoted the original Patrick Henry. "That's right," Judge Skill man said, " but I can give you neither." He sentenced Dan iels to two to four years in prison. k . Emigrant Dam We have a great deal of respect and admira tion for E. M. Tucker, whose invention of the Sno-Cat has brought fame to Medford. But we think that in voicing publicly his private fears about the safety of Emigrant dam, without adequate engineering background, train ing or experience, and without giving any notice to documented, detailed reassurance from quali fied experts, he has done a grave disservice to this community. Since he has done so, however, perhaps it would be just as well to reassure those living m the valley that highly competent, qualified and experienced engineers have drawn the plans for tne dam, followed it through the construction period, and have pronounced it completely safe against any possible hazard. ' flR. TUCKER has cited such disasters as the x Texas Tower and Vanport. There is no similarity whatsoever. And Mr. Tucker has rrom the Bureau of Reclamation which answered his questions and fears in Life is, of course, full of uncertainties. One literally takes his life in ventures on to the highway, or into the anianes. But still more people die else. If there is one thing other, it is that bmigrant dam is as safe and secure as human ingenuity, skill and experience can make it. KA. "Why Under the title, "Yes, but Why Not?" an editorial writer on the Salem Capital Journal gets in a few free-swinging blows at a number of matters of topical interest. Taking a deep drag off his dream-pipe, he asks : "Why not make it a misdemeanor to ride in an auto without wearing a safety belt? . . . Why not give state police all criminal law enforcement duties outside incorporated cities? . . . Why not do away with the remaining constables in Oregon and give their duties to the sheriffs? . . . And . . . why not move over into : archaic courts . . . why not shift over entirely to district courts? .... In fact, why not simplify the structure which is the foundation for so many of our outmoded offices? Why not combine about half our counties? . . . Why not?" . The answer, of course, is that change in a government by consent of the governed moves exceedingly slowly ; there is always resistance to change ; there are always interest m the status quo. And, sometimes, though not always, the status quo happens to be a better way of doing things than the chances nroioosed.' So, while some of our as though they might be Ave have now, it will be a before all of them are placed in effect. E.A. Just As to seat belts, yes, tisically that car drivers safety belts are far safer Jiut just try to legislate it! People would be far better off if thev didn't drink or smoke, too, but to attempts to legislate these things. People, oddly enough, otten pay more atten tion to laws which are for the protection of the other fellow than laws which are for their own protection, presumably on the theory that "It can't happen to me." E.A. Police Enforcement The state police force outfit, and getting better. score is excellent. And, is friction between a local state police detachment and the local sheriff's office, to the detriment ot law enforcement. We have long thought lapping and duplication of effort in this field, even when the two get along as well as they do in dacKson county. But seriously propose a law to wipe out the sheriff's law enforcement duties, and listen to the howl that would go up. It would come from sheriff's, their deputies, the deputies' wives and children, their friends, and those who just plain line mings tne way tney are. CTILL, it should be talked about. The best way for such well be on a county - by - graciuai coming ot home rule. But it would mean giving up one more symbol of local autonomy from the county to the state, Olli-l f -tr tn f-... C 1 J? . ! i lilt mm wcic io a Buuug teeung or resistance to tnis. As a matter of fact, the one best hope of ob taining well-thought-out home rule charters in the various counties is that ernment snouici oe Kept as close to home as possible. E.A. There is logic in the idea of abolishing the anachronistic position of constable, and to end the justice court in favor of the district court. But the consolidation of counties, while it might make for some tax savings and administra tive einciency, is long way off. There just isn't enough demand or real need for such a reform to overcome the inertia which confronts such ideas. E.A. i 1 chosen to ignore replies detail. his hands each time he in bed than anywhere that is as certain as any Not?" those who have a vested friend's reforms sound improvement on what long, Jong time, if ever, Try! ! it has been shown sta- and passengers wearing: than those who don't. look what's happened in Oregon is a trood Their law enforcement m too many cases, there there is a certain over a change to come might county basis, with the very feeling that gov Dennis the Menace 'BO.' IT SURE TAKES WATER A BATHTUB.' I BET THAT rVNCOW'S ... Communications ... Loiters la ma Editor must certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves lhe right to eail all letters with a view to clarification and conaensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not contrary is otten tne case. She Thanks Medco To the Editor: I feel I would like to' attempt to point out that there really is another side to the Medco logging truck private road story, and perhaps help some people to feel less fearful of it. If any one in the valley has reason to feel deep concern about log ging trucks, it is my husband and myself, because it was a logging truck which caused us to lose our little girl in an ac cident on Highway 62. As I see it, there are four alternatives: Shut Medco down, keep using the train, use logging trucks on High way 62, or use the private log ging truck road. Of course, nobody wants Medco to shut down. Every one of us profits from the ac tivities of this corporation, either directly or indirectly. I don't see how we can in sist that Medco use a logging train and allow other com panies to use trucks. If Medco feels that it is desirable to abandon the train, it seems to me it is entirely their affair, lust so they do it with the ut most . consideration for the public welfare. If we are to choose between a private trucking road as pro posed by Medco and their trucks using the public high way, my husband and I feel strongly that a private road is infinitely safer, more desir able and will have far less of a nuisance value. We do NOT need any more logging trucks on Highway 62. If these trucks j are kept on a private road, they will affect regular high way traffic only at relatively infrequent intersections. But when they are on the regular highway, they are a hazard every step of the way. I feel that Medco is doing us all a public service by refus ing to add another logging truck to the public highway and I for one want to thauk them from the bottom of my heart. A big company like Medco keeps its trucks prop erly equipped at all times with mufflers in working or der and other nuisance-reducing and safety-insuring fea turcs. If we are going to have a lumber industry, we are just going to have, to resign our selves to the fact that the logs are going to have to be trans ported somehow or other, and no matter where it, is done, it will of course inconvenience someone. The only thing to consider is to reduce the in convenience to the minimum. Marie Ottoscn, 109 Geneva St., Medford. High Climber v To the Editor: Now Char ley, don't you go to "mister ing" me. We've waggled our old heads together too many times over problems and perils of the day. You know full well it's not my way to square off in wordy waste of high-cost space and printer's Ink. But, you must be re minded, both of us have work ed the full ten hours and at the same number of cents per hour. But it bought us the same whercwithall then that the high wage buys today. And what of that other re ward, Charley? The big ob jective? The sum total of all our efforts: happiness? Seems like we had it a bit easier. with less tension, than now. Happiness: that which many a millionaire and union men are vainly seeking. But my interest in your letter is that natural artistry you employ in word phrasing. So remindful of Ben Hur Lampman of the Oregonian, master artist. "Like stringing beads in happy pattern," he once told me. Yet, like Ben. you are pretty much self- schooled, uninhibited by sheepskin quest You, n frail state-of-Miiner IONS TIME TO FREEZE W THE BEEN OPEN A WO HOUR ' bear lhe name -nd address of necessarily represent the views of the paper; in tact ine lad seeking health on the sea, shipping out on the Glengarry Castle, or one of the Irish Castle Line, as cabin boy Soon monkey - shinnin' shrouds, spar, foot-and-brace ropes, hand-hauling to sailor man chanty on stren-spanker, t'galiant. and bow-sprit bal looning kite and on up to first- mate status. Restless - footed found you here, a husky six - foot - two west-coast logger, taking vital part in lifting the skid - road logging to the high-lead and skyline way. The steel-climbers were then in use but the spur wan dangerously short for the deep creased Doug fir bark. So you, Charley Burrill, stood on your five inch wide five foot plus long spring board and axed in the notches for the steel-heeled spring board, kneeling on that skimpy strip of wood to reach the one below to the notch up above, on up, 40 feet, 50, 100 feet to set your ring of powder, light the fuse from a match handy on each ear, then hot-rope down to hit the ground running from the fall ing top of the spar-pole, i . All this we tried to promote to radio and TV for a change. But a top official finally and firmly told me such reminis cences send their listening- line into nose-dives. Sorry, such Is the way it is. Be seeing you. ' x F. J. Clifford Route 2, Box 200E Central Point, Ore. Thx. Shemale To the Editor: "Is it a male, or shemale?" Asked the small boy, of the bird. In staid old days of long ago That seemed a curious word. But, as I watch the ladies flit In fashions weird and late, I wonder if that "shemale" term Is inappropriate. Jack Finel 3710 Hilsingcr rd., Medford. Tribute To the Editor: In tribute to Miss Charolctte Daily, de ceased, staff member of the Jaekscn County Farm Home, a group of her colleagues in nursing and other departmen tal personnel, accompanied by Mrs. W. H. Hoffman, co-superintendent of the domiciliary, observed funeral services, 1 o'clock, Monday afternoon, at the Hillcrest Memorial Chap el, in observance of her pass ing and to express ... in medi tation . . . Uieir individual thoughts-of one so highly es teemed. A wreath of flowers and foliage, carefully arranged, dedicated to her memory and placed at her bier by the en tire staff of some 23 Mcsdamos who, by their attendance, con veyed in prayer the condo lence from patients, all of whom will remember the many kind and attentive serv ices rendered to them in their moments of need. E. Cozad Howard Jackson County Farm Home Phoenix. Ore. Square Dancing To the Editor: We want to go on record agreeing whole heartily with the letter in Sunday's paper, referring to the square dance jamboree at Ashland college. We attended as square dancers, and agree a good time was had by all, meeting square dancers from all parts of Oregon, and other states as well. We would like to see more families, from teenagers to grandparents, enjoying square dancing. We are looking for ward to the day our children will participate, keeping MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE. Violence, By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign Newi Analyst Cali, Colombia - 0IPB - The headline in the Cali news paper said: "Armed Band As- s a s s i n a tes Twelve." Only the day before, at a roundta b 1 e briefing for visiting Amer ican newsmen an official had remarked: "Once Co lombia's sec ond export next to coffee was violence." Although driven deep into the mountains now, violence by murderous small bands still is a Droblem. Colombians blame only themselves for these bands of murderous men who swoop down on small villages or lonely vehicles and seldom leave their victims alive to tell of the attack. The violence occurs mostly in the coffee-growing districts and officials lay it to Colom bia's massive health and edu cation problem as well as to the writer, although under closer family relationship. One important thing most families must consider is the family budget. We find square dancing very inexpensive, compared to other family en tertainment. We would like to see the young and old alike enjoying this wholesome family enter tainment. Bea and Willis Morrison, White City; and Betty and Elbert Hefley, Dot and Duane Lemon, Jean and Jim Martinson, all Eagle Point, Ore. The Lost Is Foundll To the Editor: Please straighten out something of an empty error, will you? Last year you publisned a drawing of the proposed Med ford Motel with the west line shown as Oakdale ave. Re cently you outlined the start of construction, and again placed the west line on Oak- dale, thus wiping out four bus inesses located on Mr. Huson's property. Pruett's Lunch, Boyer & Holmes, Gatter's Insurance and Lady Medford Beauty Sa lon vanished without a trace! Perhaps our neighbors were not embarrassed, but Lady Medford has had to go back into the "Lost and Found to reassure our clientele that, while lost by thev M-T, we have been found, right at 32 North Oakdale, along with our good neighbors! You have done us a great disservice, sir, and right on the front page! Lady Medford Beauty Salon, 32 North Oakdale ave. Medford. Stamp for Robert Burns To the Editor: The follow ing verses, together with a Burns 'stamp,' were sent to the American P o s t m a ster General, and due to this, the United States Postal depart ment has added the name of Robert Burns to its list of candidates who are to be con sidered for inclusion in their stamp issue 'Champions of Liberty.' The British Empire wadna prent A stamp tae to be his mon ument; It didna rate' him worth a cent Or farthin' bit; Although his poems repre sent The best o' it! But noo TU tell ye o' a plan Tae circumvent this foolish ban An' thwart "the best-laid schemes o' man" Tae skelp our doups; I'll sen' his portrait owre the lan' On envelopes! Postscript to the American Postmaster General: Since Burns was Poet o' the free An' loved the Land o' Liberty Americans should heed my plea An' prent a stamp Tae honour him, for surely he Was Freedom's champ! Wallace G. Kerr 105 Scollard St.. Toronto 5, Ontario, Canada P S. Upon receipt of a self- addressed and stamped en velope. I will affix a 'Burns Stamp.' which I have had printed, and send it on its way. Admirers of Burns are enthusiastic about the stamp. A Scottish friend would wel come a gift of a letter mailed with such a stamp. Crime Investigation To the Editor: The other day our phone rang. Just for few! Poverty Still Plague Colombia it. ...iaanronrl use was I of numerous eastminti land reform. No other industry in Colombia is as much a family affair as the raising of coffee. Profit Vanishes A family may live for two or three generations on a sin gle plot but the profit van ishes as it is subdivided among the sons. Finally, seven to ten persons may take an improverlshed living from as little as seven acres. These are the families hit the hard est by falling coffee prices. Today, their income is less than ?1 per day and debts continue to mount. The younger sons, illiterate and incapable of holding an other job, may turn to the roving gangs, most of whose members are under 20 years of age. A further complication is alcoholism. The liquor indus try is a state monopoly here Wilson Speculates on Kennedy Program By LYLE C. WILSON Washington - IUPD - Putting two and two together you get some idea of what President Kennedy has in mind re garding taxa tion. For exam ple, the Dem ocratic p 1 a t form said: "We will close the loop holes in the Wilson luA i o w a ujr which certain privileged groups legally escape their fair share of taxation." In his second news confer ence, Kennedy said: We will suggest to Con gress a source of revenue with every program for new spend ing." The AFL-CIO research de- partment is out now with its Washington Report- By WILLIAM THE "COMER" Washington - Every cabinet eventually develops a "strong man." who by some seemingly ine v 1 1 a b 1 e process be comes the big, clear voice next to that of the Presi dent himself. The Ken nedy cabinet is already turn ing up such a mus White cular figure, very early in the game though it is. Much less than a month in office, Robert S. McNamara, the new secretary ot defense, is not only comfortably astride the vast Pentagon. He is also -by that word-of-mouth report which informs the Washing ton world outside the cabinet room - being identified as "the comer in the Kennedy outfit." He is the first of the new cabinet to take a public step of the first magnitude. This is his urgent plan to build up our troop air transport so that by July - rather than four years later - jet troop carriers will be available to hujl our infantry upon any brush-fire war anywhere. BUT previously he had taken important private steps, too, which established in a matter of day two points other defense secretaries had not al ways been able to establish in years. One was that the civil authority - McNamara's - was to be unarguably final at the Pentagon. The other was that the general and admirals were to stop disagreeing in public with the high policies laid down by their constitutional superiors, the civil authority. And McNamara in a cabinet meeting is described as "some thing to see." One source puts it this way: "You watch that young fellow (44) only a little while and you no longer won der how he got to be presi dent of the Ford Motor com pany." An unimpressive figure, his gold-rimmed glasses glitter ing, his hair slicked back in the fashion of 30 years ago, he looks rather like a small town insurance agent. But he stirs an impression, indeed, by the quality of the pleasant ly firm, cool decisions he makes for the President's ap proval and for the somewhat amazed attention of his cabi net colleagues. HIS power of concise ex pression is described - by people who know something about expression-as unmatch ed in a cabinet which, after a joke I picked up the re ceiver and I said, "One man crime investigation headquar ters," and lo and behold, who do you think was on the other end of the line? None other than the "one woman crime investigating committee," Mrs. Ann Todd. Leo J. Townscnd Route 1, Box 620 Eagle Point, Ore. i and its widespread use was encouraged by tne govern ment, a situation which now is being reversed. Contributing also to Colom bian violence was the political war which raged at its peak for five years between con servatives and liberals begin ning In 1948. A fast gun be came the order of the day. It began with the assassination of a Colombian labor leader on April 9, 1948, in disturb ances in which Fidel Castro is supposed to have had a hand. " With political warfare large ly eliminated, the problems of health and illiteracy re main. 1 In Colombia it is estimated that 60 out of every 100 chil dren will die before they reach the age of ten years. Death may come from small pox, tuberculosis or any one For Added own estimate of how much new revenue the 'lreasury would obtain by means of tax reform to eliminate loopholes. Big Labor estimates the ad ditional revenue at $18 bil lion. These loopholes, Big La bor contends, are, in fact, special privileges. Oil Allowance Rapped Organized labor wants tax reform in the rate areas where business, industry and capital are most acutely interested. Big Labor takes dead aim on the oil industry's 27V4 per cent tax depletion allowance, and lower allowances enjoyed by other extractive industries. The AFL-CIO News tags ex cessive depletion allowances to the oil and mining indus tries the most flagrant among all revenue law special priv ileges. It is significant, how ever, that Big Labor does not propose outright repeal of the S. WHITE all, has ,some other pretty articulate men. The least "political" and far the least - known of the cabinet when he came into it, he is rapidly becoming the best known of all. Already, his unpartisan, undoctrinaire attitude is serving him well, at the Capitol as in the ad ministration. As secretary of defense, he must deal in Congress with the two least-partisan commit tees it has, those on military affairs. And, as it happens, both these committees are headed by conservative Demo crats who will not be happy with , every aspect of Mr. Kennedy's New Frontier but are still very happy that an old frontier, national defense, is in the hands of McNamara's band. Now, to repeat, he is "not a politician." But in one of the central political skills, the handling of men, he may be more of a politician than he looks. ' For one of his first acts was to relieve an embar rassment of the chairmen of these two powerful Congres sional committees, Sen. Rich ard Russell and Rep. Carl Vinson, both of Georgia. TT HAD been incorrectly re A ported that Russell and Vin son, both highly reserved and highly correct old - school southern gentlemen, had been "pressuring" President Ken nedy to appoint the Georgia governor, Ernest Vandivcr, to a Pentagon post. McNamara picked up his hat, went to the Capitol, and told Russell and Vinson he would be glad pub licly to affirm that this was untrue. They declined his offer, with thanks. But the fact he made it didn't exactly do him any harm anywhere in Con gress. (Copyright. 1961. by United Feature Syndicate. Inc.) Try and Stop Me ; By BENNETT CERF TTOW OLD, inquires Cleveland's Bill Feather, is the story ,a Passenger in the crowded washroom of a Pullman car who picked up a toothbrush and began brushing. An indignant fellow-passenger, suspenders danelini yanked the brush away and hollered, "Confound it, that's mine!" "Sorry," apologized the appropria tor. "I thought it be longed to the railroad." Well, it's pretty old, Bill, but it's still funny! An inebriated gentleman found his way into a bar with three entrances. He staggered into the first door and the bartender refused to serve him. He left in . thTsaT. MeV,r m'mber Confronted once more by Iv Z b" bartend. drunk asked indignantly, Say. do you own every Moon in this town?" C 1961. by B,nrt, cerf. Distributed b,- Kin Fw.ure. Syndlc.t. of numerous gastrointestinal ailments brought on by poor sanitation. More than half of Colom bia's population is illiterate. In education and health, as in its industrialization program. Colombia is a nation in a hurry. ' . Twenty per cent of Colom bia's public income now is being set aside for schools. Special emphasis is being laid on vocational training and upon local conditions. Physicians are being train ed with special knowledge of the communities they will serve. With United States help and advice new roads are being built to open up rich new land. The Rockefeller Founda tion and other groups are aid ing the education program. Co lombians are grateful for this help. They hope to have more. Revenues entire depletion allowance but only that portion of the al lowance deemed to be exces sive. "The effect of these special exclusions and deductions," says the current AFL-CIO News, "both as to individual and corporate taxes, is to treat income differently ac cording to its source. That is, income from wages is taxed at one rate, income from divi dends at another and income from oil wells at still another. "The special treatment for capital gains, the special tax credit for dividend income, the continuing existence of tax-exempt interest are but a few examples," the depart ment of research said In ciling tax situations Big Labor de sires changed. Platform Promises These tax objectives of or ganized labor fall generally within the pattern of the Dem ocratic platform to which the Kennedy . administration is committed without any quali fications whatever. The lan guage may vary but the mean ing and intent are the same. Where labor demands repeal of excessive depletion allow ances, the platform promises repeal of allowances which are inequitable. Neither is a proposal for outright repeal. In short, labor and the Ken nedy administration dcfintelv seek or are committed to re duce depletion allowances but not necessarily to repeal them This somewhat fine distinc tion was not much emphasized when the party platform was presented to the Democratic Convention last July. Some left wing elements of the Democratic Party may be ex pected to resist any interpre tation of the platform to limit the pledge to mere reduction of depletion allowance repeal. This may lead to a consid erable hassle within the Dem ocratic Party when the time comes if it, ever does to make good on that part of the Democratic platform. Ameri cans for Democratic Action, tr- example, would be expect ed to protest. Either way, business, indus try and capital stand to pay the tab. National Committee For Arts Proposed Washington -IUPII- Rep. Car roll D. Keams (R-Pa.) has pro posed a National Committee for the Arts with Mrs. Jacque line Kennedy and former President Dwight D. Eisen hower as honorary co-chair men. Kearns made public Tues day a letter to the new First Lady asking if she would be willing to be honorary head of a bipartisan committee to work for cultural legislation. Kearns said he was confi dent the committee could be organized quickly if she agreed to serve. He said gov ernors, civic and cultural lead ers in all states would be glad to join. L t s
