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Newspaper Page TextFRIDAY. KEDFORDilTliIBUM "Everyone in Southern Oregon d...,. TO.. Mail THhnnn , Published Dally araeot Saturday by S3 North TIT St. Ph SPMlfl ROBERt W RUHL. Editor HERB GREV Advelti.ini Manager CERAUJ T LATHAM Bui Mgr. ERIC W ALLEN JR.. Mng Edltoi EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAlJ, Telei I Editor RICHARD JEWETT, Sporte Editor OLIVE STARCHER Womtn'i Editor An tadependerTVewipaper Intend aa second claaa matter MeOIOTa, vrcaon. March 3. SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mall - In Advance. Copy 100 Dally -nd Sunday 1 year I1S.00 Dally and Sunday J moe boo - Dally and Sunday 3 moe. M Sunday Only One vear By Carrier In Adenc Medford A.hland, Central Point Bagla Point, JaokaonvHle Gold Hill Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogui i Rl er. Talent and on motor Dally and Sunday 1 vear SIS JO Dally and Sunday 1 mo 1,80 - Carrier and Deaiara copy lOo - AllTerrnaCaehjndvMrt. Tifftclat Paper oTclty of M'drord OfflclalPaprof Jackaon CoontT United Praia International full Leaeed Wire O.P.t Telephoto Kewnplcturea MBEHTf55BmEAtr OF CIRCULATIONS Adverrtiing eprjientatfve! WEST HOLIDAY CO., INC Of , , flcoe ln New York. Chicago Da. troit, San Franclnco. Loa Angelea Seattle. Portland St tenia At. lpita ViTiffOuver Br. NEWSPAM USIISHERS ASSOCIATION NATION At E 0 1 TO RIAL 5Ef;c6T'tw Flight o' Time Medford nd Jackson County History horn th flm J Ma" Trlbun. 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 vaa'a 0- 10 YEARS AGO Feb. 10, 1951 (Saturday) Costly government require ments for the pay care and feeding of imported farm la bor may result in one of the most acute farm labor short ages in years in the Rogue valley, according to the Jack son County Fruitgrowers leaflue, Mark O. Hatfield, member of the Oregon house of repre sentatives, will be the fea tured speaker at the Jackson County Lincoln Day banquet Monday. ' -. 20 YEARS AGO Fc-b. 10, 1941 (Monday) . mL. waVi Prnienta admin tstratton today Issued a call i.. 'uM. fni- the navmu of the main and cross runways at From Arthur Perry's J Ye n j- trti-'. . nnlumn: A Washington, D.Cj correspond ent reports "ine wurm , " has started politicians Inff.' Anyhow, that's some- -thing."'':: ":,!" ' 30 YEARS AGO Feb. 10, 1931 (Tuesday) The confessed slayer of an Ashland city policeman has been sentenced to hang in the state prison next April 3. Plans were announced to day to connect North Central ave. with the Pacific highway. 40 YEARS AGO Feb. 10. 1921 (Thursday) A bill to raise the pay of Jackson county officials has passed in the state legislature, A state bonus bill for sol diers has passed the Oregon house. - 50 YEARS AGO 'K t Feb. 10, 1911 (Friday) Governor Oswald West said today he will veto a bill per mitting net fishing In the Rogue river; the bill, passed last week, overrides a peo ple's initiative measure to close the Rogue to commercial fishing. A special examiner of the Interstate Commerce commis sion startod taking testimony here today on a petition by the Medlord Traffic bureau for reduced rail freight rates between Medford and San Francisco. What's Your I.Q.? Nina oi ten coiraet Ii mpeilon lavan or eight ii eicellenti Hve ei la la good. 1. In the Bible, is a "Sab bath day's Journey" a long or lmrt Inurnev? 2. During W W II where was the Pacific fleet rieaa- quarters? , ' . i n ronttorade thermom eter's, what is the boiling point of water? 4. Correct the following sentence, "He cannot go with out he gets permission." 5. Is the carotid artery In the arm, neck or thigh? 6. Saccharin is a coal-tar product; true or false. 7 Thp T.patmp nf Nations had its headquarters in which city in awi-zenana? 8. Which State is called "KAunrri'a lrphnx?" 9. Name the Baltimore law yer who was Inspired to write our National Anther, while detained aboard a British ship nont Ft MrHpnrv. 10. Cleopatra was born be fore or after Christ? Aniwerii 1. A very short Journay. 2. Pearl Harbor. 3. 100 degreaa. 4. "He cannot go unless n gais permission. 5. Nack. B. Truai. 7. Ganava Alaska. 9. - Francis Scott Key. 10. B.fore (61 B.W FEBRUARY 10, 1961 Hpw About It? We haven't taken sides, editorially, in the pro and con discussions concerning a proposed at the fairgrounds'as part of an eventual activity nontoi' wViir.li nlh'marohr wnnlH inpliirlp an andi- W ........ - torium. We haven't taken sides simply because we don't know whether or not the idea is feasible. To find out, to get a good idea of whether if ii-a-M .li-l la noArl avifl ir Titif ormino whof-ViPr t.h expenditure of public money would be justified, will take considerable time and effort. -., IT'S easy, to say, "If the promoters want it so badly, let them build it themselves.' JDUl an OU1U. US DUIWI Ulln. UOVVCKU juilli.-u uu. yesterday, there are other things involved than . , ,1 " 1. il 1L 1J . just tne question 01 wneiner it woum pay xui ji. if i. juseii. ur nut. iilC I1CW CAlCJlDXUll giuuiiuo, iui msuaiiuc, selves," but the county ail cotiiiiatcu ipiuu,vvv "Hintertamment, cultural ana- community spirit, enthusiasm and pride values" are listed 1 T It -J! 11.. J1;U1 J-Uot- oov,lf Dy jewett as SUIIie Ui. be measured in dollars WE DO not blame the county court for be-lioirinn- fVlof nnUr Q vnlo nf tVlO nofinlp shnillH decide whether or not a . ... . ,i (although no vote or tne restricted purpose, and as mucn as tne Dasic T"l . 1 11 1- 1 cut we ao rauier uianie inein iui oamg, m effect, "This whole job is up to somebody else. A lot of study is needed. But we won't even ad vance funds to make a study possible." fVl mil it. li n ita wiertMrtniril 4-Vt n of n -liiim VtQXm J.JJUOC W11U liavc lUpuOGU WC DWCiL4ii a.t rlrtna on Di'mnlir V.aionaa fVioir fV.ir.lf if WnillH ViP a good thing for the community to have, not because they have anything to gain personally. And the v can no loncer afford the costs of con tinuing an investigation. ml ,V ,1 l. inus tne court s aecision virtuauy ciubbh wie door on any possibility of a stadium being built. AT THE same time, it has been proposed that fVio noorl -fnv an QiiHifni'inm in this nnmmnnit.v w v v.w . . is greater than the need for a stadium. Starcher declared in her .a i. ago, there isn't any reaiiy now for. concerts, plays, j...:..ii.. 1 a...... privaieiy-uwiieu uicai,BiB. (,une suggestion mamng tne rounas last year was that the ,city buy the Craterian theater, and 1 tumnlr a i4- !vtt- n aiiiSi V-ii 1 A i t-lflfVi n 1TO i'i ftf IT r-p 1. UlimiVVi U atawv v. I V Pv va v l 13- mv mi wa. avvj pnr,mmh(iafif.na fnr a vovipt-at nf Qt.trnfHftT,R. Tint. notning ever eauie 01 iu; Al !L WITH air this talk of f Y of lira of ill rlni-.'f excent insofar as each idea. - 1Xrii rMillvi'f if t sub-committee to explore feasibility, the degree of s rv. it si f A .rl i-v- i-f V -v -l n r-p vi CACVICU, JIlClllUUS UJ. XJIlCVllltl. lytic CACl IVllVt- with such facilities in other communities of like 1. e 1 ,1 size, population projections, ana so on, ana men make public their report? ' - A city-county civic center, including ample torium,. and perhaps even 1 1 t i- Ji 1 gooa, out up to now it nas naa a son vi ui eaiu like aspect. . . ; v A deilnitive stuay couia crystanze a lot 01 thinking, change, claims into documented facts, rv - VM-viri A ft n V0 flici -Pc1t I'll O I i af 1 rt Q TM1VQ 1QQ 1 1'QfVlOl than the rather ill-tempered discussions we have I 1 1 11 . neara up to mis point. XilCll, W1W1 OUlllctlllllg people could decide. How about it? E. A. No Money ml, ln n,.rli'ln,.i,iVM I'oAiisM'ftn lino x lit; Biai-iiuiii-auuitui iuiii uiouuooiuit ncic nao had its counterpart at the University of Oregon in Eugene, where recently-announced plans for a stadium have had much the same sort of reper- cuoBiuno uicy nave nau iicic. ' Need, feasibility, cost, relative advantages all of these are being debated there, sometimes heatedly. ' The only trouble, of course, is the same old one. No money. E. A. Art and Utility The reactions to Sculptor Charles Forrester's model for a new war memorial-play structure sound a little bit like some of the reactions to the proposed Franklin D. Roosevelt memorial in Washington, D. C. The FDR proposal consisted of a number of irregularly placed slabs, and won from the Washington Post the dubious title of "Instant Stonehenge." - Whether or not one likes "a particular work of art is an entirely individual affair. But the idea of incorporating both attractive, imaginative arid abstract design and the utility of ;play appar atus in the same thing has strong appeal. We commend the parks and recreation com mission, the donor organizations, and Sculptor ForKester for their part in this forward-looking .Bvoict,-r-C. X 0XyW VlAiVU v win nun pJ " w.w. court is willing to pay w uuhu tuvui. WIV miailgiuiCD umi yon and cents. stadium should be 'built i i .1 j people was neeaea 101 which will cost almost staaium pian;. AT. J? .. nn4r,vi 1 .1 .1 11. column a few weeks i i i r i gooa piace in meaiora and so on, except the . ; "the need" for this and rnriT whof wo nOfl individual has his own n vl--1 Jrl n frtu fVi1 rtifir the various ideas, their support which might be r vi rtl V V f Vl r nvilftl'lonnfl other facilities, sounds 1. J L J ; UCXlllltC W J Vll, VI. w : Dennis the Menace 'Peaches are eis, sbe?6ut f&cgrsAgB ...Communications . . . Laners lo the Editor must bear the nama nd address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial iox publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the contrary is often me case. The Weight-Mile Tax To the Editor: Your recent editorial regarding the PUC weight-mile fees needs an swering, if only to clear up some popular misconceptions regarding this tax. It is gen. erally assumed that only pub- lie utilities or 'ig truck in- tests" are affected by this tax. However, every businessman who operates a truck in the course of his business pays a weight-mile fee. If you think these costs are not reflected in the form of higher prices on goods and services, you are being naive. The trucking industry or those who use trucks in the course of their business are not "trying to get out of pay ing a fair share" of highway costs. But can it be consid ered a fair share when the weight-mile fee on heavy trucks is seven times higher than a' similar charge in Cali fornia, which, incidentally has far better roads than Ore gon? It is no wonder that Medco can build and main tain a private road on the money saved on PUC fees. ' In the course of my busi ness I could handle many com modities which are produced in the Portland area, but the prohibitive freight, which is often higher than the cost of the commodity Itself, forces me to make most of my pur chases in California. Driving my truck in California is one seventh as expensive as driv ing It in Oregon. If Oregon's weight-mile tax were more reasonable, my purchases, and those of many other business men, -would be contributing to its economy rather than to that of another state. The potential monetary loss mentioned in your editorial would, be gained back many times over with the enact ment of a reasonable tax in place of the present system. No industry can exist without satis factory transportation, and the constant discourag ment of trucking that this state practices is a great detri ment to its economic growth. Our legislators profess tb be Interested in improving Oregon's economy and Its business atmosphere but they should realize that taxing the businessman to death, wheth er he is large or small, is not the way to accomplish their objectives. In my opinion the only thing ill-timed about this proposed reduction In weight mile fees is that it wasn't passed years ago. , Donald G. Stuart Rt. 4, Box 348-B Medford On Shortening Letters To the Editor: You edited the very heart out of my let ter. I am ashamed of you. I would rather you hadn't printed it at all than leave out any except possibly the names of Jesus. I am not ashamed of any part of It. I would rather be a fool for Christ than Just a plain "crackpot." I know it was too long, but what are rules when something so precious as this is involved? I see this same kind of editing In TV programs. They hold the precious mysteries of God up for the people to sec, veiled in words that makes everything reasonable, refusing to let the Lord come close enough to just ordinary people for them to cling to and use. Refusing to believe and admit that the Lord works, with simple and or dinary things and takes ugly, dirty, confused people and makes them beautiful and clean. Sets them on the "right track" and keeps them there. An example sits in my liv ing room. A boy 1 know loves to work with driftwood. For my Christmas present he chose two tueces at drift MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. wood, fastened them together, varnished them, added three seals, three shells and what was useless became a beauti ful ornament. It is in this way- that the Lord works with people. Etna Ragsdale 1214 West 10th st Medford Tax on Cigarettes? To the Editor: While I have no way of knowing whether you are a tobacco user, my husband and I both smoke cigarettes, as do most of our friends. As smokers, we feel absolutely no qualms about paying an extra 3c per pack- age, or 30c per carton ... IF we are assured that the addi tional money goes strictly for schools. We are in the same boat as the non-smoker when it comes to the rising state income tax and personal property taxes . . . we can't afford it! And they will rise unless we tap another source. We believe that the majori ty who smoke would not mind being taxed for a product they Know tun wen is not a neces sity, even though the non-user would automatically be ex empt. To go along with this added revenue, which most states al ready utilize, we highly rec ommend that a state sales tax along the lines of the Califor nia system be worked out. This would cover all the residents, regardless of their minor vices, plus the million or more tourists which pass through our state each year. we are familiar with all the arguments against such a sales tax, but sincerely believe that a plan acceptable to the ma jority of Oregon voters could and should be worked out im mediately. Maybe this letter will encourage more people to express their views on this im portant subject. T.F.R. (Name on file) Ashland, Ore. Pear Tree Exemption To the Editor: For several years our county assessor has conducted a campaign to recti fy what he considers an in justice in the tax laws, the ex emption of fruit trees in the property tax field. This injus tice is not to the assessor, but to every property taxpayer noi owning orchard oronertv: and certainly the support of this campaign has been less than widespread. In the latest consideration of this matter by the legis lature, the tightly organized orchard interests have aban doned their impassioned cries of 'l hey 11 tax your shade trees!" (which they relied on several years ago) and have gone to, "The Industry cannot afford It." Obviously the in herent evil in a property tax is the fact that it bears no di rect relation to income pro duction. How then can the fruit Industry justify an ex emption on the grounds of slim profits when non profit corporations, other farm prop erties losing money, and cur rently unprofitable lumber in terests are all subject to prop erty tax? As an extreme exam ple, which of us has shown an income profit on his home recently? I can certainly appreciate these people not wanting to pay such a tax, but I have yet to hear convincing arguments as to how you can consider fruit trees as other than "prop erty." The property tax as a major source of school funds is, in my opinion, in great need of adjustments, but cer tainly any exemptions such as this in the property tax structure can only increase in equities and serve to raise taxes for all others not so priv ileged. It would seem appro priate for such a well-organ ized and financed (roup as the Equity To Levels Discussed by By LYLE C. WILSON Washington- IUPD -The most easily remembered and like ly the most quickly forgotten line in iresi d e n t Ken nedy's inaug ural address was this: "Fellow A m e r 1 c ans, ask. not what your country will do for you -ask what you wiuon "a" uu your country." President Cleveland ex pressed the same idea many years before President Ken nedy was born. Cleveland told the voters that It was not ror government to support the DeoDle but for people 10 sup port the government. The idea. didn't eaten on. If the idea now prospers under the Kennedy adminis tration there will have to be a reversal of a mammoth fruit growers to pay their equitable share of property taxes and work toward cor rectlons in this entire tax field rather than privilege for a small group. It -will be interesting to see if Mr. Newbry turns out to be a "pear appointee," since fa voring this exemption is hard- ly a clear issue for general county benefit. (Name on file.) Secrecy and Weapons To the Editor: I, for one, ob ject to secrecy on the part of public officials, whether city, county, state or federal. When secrecy is used in business concerning the public there are many opportunities for dishonesty, graft, etc. I am not interested in being a public official, principally because I am sensitive about my ignorance concerning the functions of government. How ever, if I were, I would insist that the doings of my office be made public and in situations such as the granting of an over-width permit to a firm such as that granted to Med ford Corporation for the Fish Hatchery grade east of Butte Falls. The proposals by each party should have been publicized in advance in order that the county's residents could have the opportunity to protest if they so desired, or at least would know whether either party to the agreement was complying with the conditions thereof. I am wondering whether the big city of Jacksonville can get away with an ordi nance which is definitely in violation of the constitution of Oregon and the United States of America. I'd suggest the city council of Jacksonville check on the wording of Ar ticle 1, section 27, of the Ore gon Constitution and sections 166.210 through 166.330 of Or egon Revised Statutes. I am under the impression, subject to correction, that any citizen may carry either a rifle or pis tol or hunting knife or other weapon which is NOT con cealed. May we hear from the district attorney on this mat ter? Floyd R. McCabe, Mt. Pitt Star rt., Butte Falls, Ore. Sitting in Truck To the Editor: Why do peo ple "goof-off" so much? I am referring to the men who are supposed to maintain the streets of Medford. - The other day I passed a city truck (which was parked along the roadway). Two city employees were sitting in it. I imagine they were chewing the fat or killing time until their time to go home was soon to come. Is this what the citizens of Medford are paying taxes for? (Name on file) Medford. Free" Enterprise To the Editor: Occasionally we see an article or a letter to the editor where the words Free Enterprise" are used in relationship to the business world and "Private Greed in speaking of the workers. The people who write about "Free Enterprise throw the term around as if they knew what it meant and that it was what they desired. I am cer tain that this would be the last thing in the world that business would want. Recently steel firms were charged with conspiring to eliminate competition in the sale and fabrication of con crete reinforcing bars (rebars) in Arizona, California, Ore gon, Idaho, Utah, Washington and Nevada. Fifteen plead guilty. In fiscal 1959, 86.7 per cent of the defense contracts were awarded without competitive lIl States in Taxation trend. The February letter of the First National City Bank of New York illuminated the situation somewhat in the fol lowing quotation: Federal Spending "There is no confirmation in the federal budget record of the claim that is so often made that, while people are 'affluent,' the public (or gov ernmental) sector of the econ omy is being starved for money. "The most striking acceler ation in federal spending since Korea (1951-53) has been in benefits considered as gov ernmental services flowing to the public under the functions of commerce, housing and space, agriculture, labor and welfare; natural resources and veterans' services and bene fits. "Since fiscal year 1954, budget outlays for benefits have climbed 78 per cent, twice as fast as the gross na tional product. Over these years, benefits have expand ed from 17 per cent of the total budget to 26 per cent at present." . The New Jersey Taxpayers Association comes up with some figures related to the foregoing but more specifical ly Intended to answer two Matter of Fact REPUBLICAN PROSPECTS New York City - Though temporarily snow - strangled, New York City is still a good place to i n - vestigate Re publican pros pects at the beginning o f the e r a of John F. Ken nedy. Here abouts, at any rate, the out look for the Aliop R e p u blican party seems far from des perate. The point is that the Demo cratic party In this most popu lous and most crucial state in the Union is not just a basket of eels. It is a panier of vipers. And Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller, the vigorous Re publican chieftain of New York, is plainly preparing to profit to the utmost from the disarray of his opponents. Two particularly grisly features stand out in the Democratic - situation. First, the Democrats have so far failed to develop even the shadow of a moderately sale able candidate to run for the Governorship against Rocke feller. And second, they are in a mess in their main strong. hold, here in New York City, which only a trained herpe- tologist could describe really adequately. , THE Tammany boss, C a r mine TlpSnnin. In nnHpr nf. tack on all fronts, but de fending himself furiously. The Mayor, Robert F. Wagner Jr, has just joined the attack on DeSapio after prolonged hesi tation. Wagner's'move has al most certainly prevented the Democratic reformers and the Liberal party leaders, Alec Rose and David Dubinsky, from joining a movement to elect a new Mayor on a Fusion ticket. It is hard to bidding. Negotiated contracts lead to such waste as the gov ernment paying $21.10 each for a lamp socket that could be purchased at a store for as little as 25 cents. General Electric, Westing- house, Allis Chalmers, I-T-E and others, including 47 ex ecutives were indicted for criminally conspiring to "rig bids and fix prices in viola tion of the Sherman Anti- Trust Act. The alleged con spiracy involved billions of dollars and covered every kind of electrical equipment sold to the federal, state and local agencies, as well as to private industry. In December the electrical firms pleaded guilty or refused to defend themselves. In the matter of fringe benefits, what about subsidies to railroads, shipping lines. and a form of a subsidy to Saturday Evening Post, Read ers Digest, and many others, in a postal subsidy? What about tax write-offs? The Congressional Record, Febru ary, 1960, page A1580, has a heading titled "Private Power Companies Cashing in on Their Share of $15 Billion Federal Subsidies From Rapid Amortization." I note the name of California Oregon Power Company at $8,791,- 000; Portland General Elec tric $2,783,000; Pacific Power & Light Company $11,273,000 and Idaho Power Company $4,388,000. Workers receive no subsidy form of tax write-offs, a side of beef, milk, cabbage, or anything else. They do not even get credit for their body depreciating with age and with excess work. W. L. Harris Reedsport, Ore. I.J ss I v5f 1 Wilson questions about federal aid to state and local governments. Who Helps Whom? "Who," the association in quired, "is aiding whom?" "Who's selling these federal gold bricks to New Jersey?" The association reports that New Jersey taxpayers put up $2.47 in federal taxes for every $1 returned'in federal aid, a loss of $1.47 on each dollar's worth of assistance. There are 14 others among those classified by the associa tion as "aid-ing" states. Dela ware, for example, pays $2.09 in federal taxes for each $1 of federal aid received; Con necticut, $1.82; Indiana, $1.69 and so on. Virginia is last among the aid-ing states, with a $1.10 tax to $1 aid ratio. The others are aided states. Proud Texas, for example, gets $1 in federal aid for each 94 cents of taxes. The associa tion does not challenge the idea that this is a good deal for the 34 aided states. It argues, however, that the "aid-ing" states are being had, with New Jersey taxpayers getting the worst deal of all. If the record of past ex perience is a useful guide, there will be more of this, instead of less, despite Presi dents Kennedy and Cleveland. By Joseph Alsop imagine a straight Republican victory in the Mayoralty race. Yet if Wagner is success fully re-elected in the end, the New York City vipers will still be rising, hissing, and striking at one another all over the place. Thus both Governor Rockefeller and his ally, Sen. Jacob Javits, can reasonably count on winning new terms . with generous state-wide majorities, sweet ened by impressively good showings in New York City. This is just the kind of result that Governor Rocke feller needs, of course, in or der to achieve a more com manding position at the Re publican convention in 1964. But this Rockfeller-Republi-can story by no means ends at the borders of New York state. IN NEW JERSEY, particu larly, Sen. Clifford Case and most of the ot)ier Repub lican members of the state's Congressional delegation have got together to back former Secretary of Labor James Mitchell for the ., Governor ship. And here again there is no obviously saleable Demo cratic candidate, since Rep. Frank Thompson Jr. has de cided not to seek the place now held by the fading Demo cratic Gov. Robert Meyner. If the liberal-minded Mit chell is nominated and elect ed, it will be another gain for the Rockefeller brand of Re publicanism. Mitchell is not only close to Rockefeller in viewpoint. He is also on bad terms, since the last Presi dential election, with former Vice President Richard M. Nixon; and he is one of the pet targets of the Barry Gold water Republicans. The ques tion really is whether Mitchell can win nomination against the Bergen County leader,! State Sen. Walter Jones, who has powerful support from the local New Jersey organiza tions. In Connecticut, again, the removal from the scene of former Gov. Abraham Ribi- coff gives the Republicans a greatly improved chance to recapture the State Capitol. In Massachusetts, they already hold the Capitol, since John A. Volpe won the Governor ship despite the Kennedy tide. And they have a chance to pick up the Massachusetts Democratic Senate seat now held on an interim basis by f r e s l a e n t Kennedy's old friend, Benjamin A. Smith Jr. TN THE vote-heavy indus- Republican prospects for the immediate future are very good indeed, providing the other state parties can only imitate the New Vnrlr ctato Republicans', defiance of the iron law of Republicanism. This is the law that the Re publican candidate mncr Ilka. ly to be appetizing to the voters are also the candidates most likely tJ repel and alarm the party organizations and the party fat cats. If Rockefeller wins as pncilu as now seems likely, and the iron law is successfully over come in two or three of the other states In this corner of the U.S.. the nnlinnnl Hom,k lican outlook will be unavoid ably and quite sharply af fected. This is thp course, why former Vice President Nixon is already moving away irom his earlier plan to remain far above the battle for a whilp Wivn',, alternative is to run for the Governorship of California in 1962 against the hapless Pat Brown. Nixon will nepri a lni i. tory, in order to balance the effect Of Victories hv RnnL-p. feller and other men of his stripe in this part of the coun try. And if Nixon adds a Re publican success in California Washington Report By William S. White DEMOCRATIC SPLITS Washington - The political situation in the country's two most politically p o w e rf u 1 s ta t e s, New York and Cal if o r n i a, is deeply worry ing the Demo crats, just re turned to na tional power though they are. The source of anxiety lies in the presence in both states, in large and righteous num bers, of the good, good, good Democrat. This is a fellow so terribly "liberal" and in fallibly right on every ques tion that it hurts-hurts all others, that is. . ' President Kennedy himself is trying to stay out of what in each state is a prolonged hissing match set off by the good, good, good Democrats against nearly all other Dem ocrats who happen to be in elected office or in positions of party leadership. It seems clear, however, that he must shortly dip into these rancorous pools with a brisk exercise of his own au thority. If he doesn't, the loss of one or both states to the Republicans in 1962-and may be even in 1964, when he seeks a second term-is most plainly probable. FOR in both the Democrats are showing a bickering ineffectuality. The public gets the impression they are hard ly competent to carry on any enterprise beyond clawing at each other and shouting shrill and weird epithets. Frustration is the word for the national Democratic poli ticians as they gaze sadly at what ought to be two great state strong points-and ara instead both wide open to Republican capture. California, where Demo crats vastly outnumber Re publicans, nevertheless went last November to G.O.P. Pres idential candidate Richard M. Nixon. True, New York was carried by Mr. Kennedy; but the future is dark for the Democrats there, too. Republican Gov. Neison Rockefeller seems practically certain of re-election next year. The Democratic mayor of New York City, Robert Wagner, goes for re-election this fall as the alleged head of an alleged Democratic party which is really in bro ken fragments. In California, Gov. Edmund (Pat) Brown, also up for re election next year, is in the same fix. There, according to sound private estimates among Democrats themselves, Brown can hardly hope to survive if Nixon challenges him. .. IVHY all this, in both New ' ' York and California? An swer: These two presumably sophisticated states have de veloped a back-biting cam paign by the good, good, good Democrats which must be heard to be believed. In New York, "reformers" headed by former Sen. Her bert Lehman and Mrs. Frank lin D. Roosevelt endlessly de nounce the ablest professional their party has, Tammany Leader Carmine DeSapio. In their eyes, DeSapio's crimes are manifold. The outsider has some trouble to determine what they are-except for the capital crime of disagreeing with the "reformers." If in New York there are now several Democratic par ties, in California there are several more. Governor Brown, if not the ablest man ever to breathe the Califor nia airs, did reclaim the state for the Democrats in 1958. But other Democrats gave him far more trouble than did the Republicans. THEY are still giving il lo him. To hear what is real ly wrong with Brown, you need only meet one of the good, good, good California Democrats. These fellows, as in New York, are in the happy position of having no responsibility. So, their situa tion permits them to operate what they would call a hit-and-run politics-if, that is, it were being practiced by conservatives. All men having some hu man feeling should have a bit of sympathy for the poor chaps who have had the mis fortune to have some real power and responsibility in both states. President Kennedy himself though not yet taking sides-is bound to feel some sympathy himself. For there was a time when the good, good, good Liberals, especially in New York, did not well love John F. Kennedy himself. (Copyright, 1961, By United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) to a string of Republican suc cesses on the Atlantic coast, the Democratic problem in 1964 can become fairly for midable. In these quite likely circumstances, in fact, the Democrats can only hope for salvation by one man, Presi dent Kennedy. (c) 1961 New York Herald Tribune Inc. J i