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By BENNETT CERF
Tl TRS. SMITH just loved spiritualists, and usually dragged
111 her young daughter Rosie in with her when she spotted
a new one. On the boardwalk of Atlantic City she dis
covered a spiritualist who
rashly accepted Rosie's
challenge, "I wanna talk
to my Uncle Harold." A
light flashed, a gong
sounded, and a sepulchral
voice announced, "Hello,
Rosie, I'm your Uncle
Harold."
"Uncle Harold," cried
Rosie. "What are you do
ing up in heaven? You
ain't dead yet!"
Morey Amsterdam tells
about a daring vaudevilllan -
who made a living by div
ing from the top of 'the Empire State building into a plate of
chicken soup. One dive just about ended his career. A careless
assistant left a matzoth ball in the soup I
Sign outside a brand-new Chinese-American eatery: "We chou
cur own suey." v
D 1961. by Bennett Cert. Distributed by King Feture Syndlctt
Nominations Are Made for Officers
George B. Robards was
nominated for commander of
White City Post, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, at a meeting
at the Veterans Administra
tion domiciliary, White City,
last Week.
Robards is a former city
clerk of Alexandria, Minn.,
and a former employee of
the U.S. Army's Corps of En
gineers in Oregon.
Other nominations included
John C. Walker, senior vice
commander, and Jim Gillan,
junior vice commander. Eu
gene Barnett was nominated
for chaplain, a post he now
holds.
The meeting also welcomed
VFW District 7, department
of Oregon, Comdr. George
Connell, Gold Hill. He was
accompanied by District In
spector Glen Hutchinson,
Rogue River.
Refreshments served by the
Ashland auxiliary included
home made cakes and coffee.
Mrs. Edna Laffcrty, chairman
of the auxiliary's hospital
committee, was assisted by
Mrs. Ida Crosslin, Mrs. Eve
lyn Pcabody and Mrs. Velma
Conklin.
Entertainment for the meet
ing, provided by the auxil
iary, VFW, Ashland, includ
ed a guitar trio headed up by
Jim Conklin, commander of
VFW Post, Ashland, and Mr.
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and Mrs. Duke Prothiet, Ash
land. The March meeting of the
While City veterans will elect
officers for the coming year.
Installation of officers will
follow in April with stale
VFW officials attending.
Local Dog Owner
Takes Top Honors
Top honors at the dog show
sponsored by the Chintimini
Kennel club in Corvallis re
cently went to Alpha Gay
Dusky Dinah, a Shetland
sheepdog, owned by Margret
E. Jones, Medford, it was re
ported last week.
"Dinah" was selected as the
best female in her breed and
received her first major points
toward a championship, Mrs.
Jones said.
Other dog owners from the
Medford area who had en
tries in the Corvallis show
and a show in Roseburg the
day before include Mrs. Leon
ard Nelson, Mrs. George
Stacey and May Brown.
Mrs. Nelson entered her
collie, Kay-Nels Keller, CD.:
Mrs. Stacey a collie, Har-
brook's Rob Roy; and May
Brown, a Shetland sheepdog
Alpha Tobin O'Tad, CD.
Only! MONDAY AND TUESDAY!
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recruiting office has an
nounced. Under the program men be
tween 17 and 28 years of age
may enlist now and return
home to complete their educa
tion or employment. About
120 days from the enlistment
date, a recruit is called to ac
tive duty or he may go on any
date within that period.
Additional information about
the program may be obtained
by calling SPring 2-9128 or
visiting the Marine Corps re
cruiter in the Medford post
office building.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
From Washington:
President Kennedy warned
Russia against any attempt to
ntervene unilaterally
(meaning intervention by Rus
sia alone) in the Congo. He
said it was the duty of the
United States AND OTHER
UNITED NATIONS MEM
BERS to oppose any such in
tervention.
The President, opening his
Wednesday news conference
with a statement on the Congo
crisis, did not specifically
name Russia, but said he was
seriously concerned at what
"appears to be a threat of uni
lateral intervention."
The President also de
plored any attempt to "de
stroy" the United Nations
again an evident reference to
Russia's demand Tuesday for
withdrawal of United Na
tions forces from the Congo
and for ouster of Dag Ham
marskjold as U. N. secretary
general." N EFFECT, President Ken
nedy seemed to be saying
to Premier Khrushchev:
"Keep your hands off the
Congo. It will be the duly of
the United States as a United
Nations member to oppose
any attempt (on your part) at
(military) intervention there.
OFFICIALS
in Washington
" exDlain
that President
Kennedy is relying on small
nation defense of the U.N. to
preserve the Congo operation
and help to discourage Khru
shchev from trying to force
through Soviet demands and
threats. He is said to be hope
ful that a serious East-West
conflict over the Congo (with
its resulting dangers of war)
can be averted.
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Matter of Fact
THE KENNEDY TEMPO
Washington-The difference
in tempo between the hus
tling Kennedy administra
tion and the
Viang uid, all
uongr ess is
fSjV: c a u s i n g de
m served com-
n ?! mcnt. Events,
T3W such as a
i to, na
tional crisis
arising from
Aisop the grim Con
go problem, may yet wake
up the Congress and spur it
into action on all fronts. But
as of now, this difference is
an important political fact.
As an interesting sidelight,
India's Nehru has made the
statement that if the United
Nations operation in the Con
go becomes effective, he will
send Indian combat troops
there. That is quie a departure
from Nehru's long-established
policy of neutrality.
WHAT will come of it?
" Time will tell. Much
will depend on how other
Western nations and the so
called "neutral" nations re
spond to Mr. Kennedy's bold
challenge.
rkNE thing is certain
the
v' Congo is a mess.
Why?
There are many answers.
Perhaps the answer closest to
the truth is that in this stra
tegic mid-African region
many nations (if they can be
called that) were turned loose
from their former colonial
masters with very, little (if
any) preparation for inde
pendence, self-government and
liberty to do as they please.
All the news that has come
from the Congo seems to back
up that conclusion. The native
tribes that have been turned
loose more or less on their
own have had no training in
the responsibilities of self-government.
In some of them can
nibalism is still practiced. In
much of the area, the popula
tion is very little removed
from raw savagery.
1M1AT brings up an inlercst-
ing point.
Of the great colonial em
pire s, only the British seem
to have done even a fair job
of preparation of the people
of their colonies for the diffi
cult job of self-government.
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Interesting enough, the fact
was foreseen and allowed for
by President Kennedy, who
is both intuitive and highly
pragmatic. He well knew that
the mood of the Congress
would be the mood of the
country, which listened to his
warnings and Vice President
Nixon's smooth reassurances
and then divided almost ex
actly equally. He knew fur
ther that the mood of the
Congress would only change
when the country's mood had
changed.
Long before he took the
oath of office, therefore, he
abandoned the classic Presi
dential strategy of the first
hundred days-the strategy of
trying to get as many big
things done as possible in the
early, honeymoon period in
the White House. He adopted
instead a longer-range strat
egy without any real pre
cedent in the annals of the
active American Presidents.
AS A RESULT, 1961 is be
ing treated as the year of
the legislative washing list.
The rather numerous meas
ures to which Kennedy has
long been committed, such
as medical care for the aged
and aid to education, are to
be got through Congress if
possible. The way has largely
been cleared for them by the
recapture of the House Rules
Committee. If they pass this
session in fairly satisfactorv
form, the session will be con
sidered a success.
But the year of the washlne
list will not be considered a
success unless something else
is aiso acmevea. Beeinmne
with bis inaugural address.
the new President has been
urging all the gigantic educa
tional powers of his office
to alter the mood of the coun
try. That, really, is the pri
mary aim this year.
If the national mood is
changed as Kennedy hopes,
me ioi congressional ses
sion will be remembered for
the big, innovating measures
sponsored by the new Admin
istration. rpHE existence of this Inlcr-
- esting strategy may be de
duced from several siens,
among which the status of tax
reform as probably the most
striking. To begin with, Pres
ident Kennedy's intention to
undertake a radical reform of
the tax system is clearly re
vealed by the appointments
he has made in this policy
area. The new Commissioner
of Internal Revenue, Morti
mer Caplin, the nominee for
the Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury in charge of tax
matters, Stanley Surrey, and
the chairman of the Presi
dents Council of Economic
Advisers, Waller Heller, are
all men known for their ad
vocacy of radical tax reform.
All three of these men, to
gether with the able chair
man of Ihe house -ways and
means committee, Rep. Wil
bur Mills, have repeatedly
made the same points about
the tax system. These may be
summarized as follows:
First, the existing schedule
of income tax rates is wholly
unrealistic, because of Ihe
simultaneous existence of an
immense variety of tax-shelters.
These are so numerous
that incomes in the highest
bracket, supposedly liable to
91 per cent taxation, are in
fact paying only 48 per cent.
Second, the existence of
these tax shelters is in turn
deforming the whole Amer
ican economy, because the in
vestment policies of both cor
porations and individuals are
so largely influence by the
search for tax shelters. This
deformation inhibits eco
nomic growth.
THIRD, if all the lax shelters
were eliminated at a
stroke, the income-tax-yield
would be increased by a third
or more. The increase in yield
will still reach about 20 per
cent, even after retention of
socially desirable tax-shelter
ing features like the income
tax credits for donations to
charity and for interest pay-1
ments on private house-mortgages
up to a reasonable sum.
Therefore it is possible to
destroy most of the tax-shel
ters, including such sacro-1
sanct ones as the oil-depletion
allowance and the tax ex
emption for state and munici
pal bonds; to offer in rcturrn
a 20 per cent across-the-board
cut in everyone's income tax i
rate; and to maintain rev-j
enues at the present level. !
The kind of lobbyists' hor-j
nets' nest that this will stir
up, if it is attempted, can
be loo easily imagined. But
if the President presents the
tax reform as an omnibus
bill, on a take-it-or-leave-it
basis, Ihe dilemma of the
Congress will be painful in
deed. Either the howls of the:
tax-sheltered will have to be
ignored or the broad tax-pay- i
ing masses will have to be
denied substantially 1 o w e r I
rates. !
Something of this sort is;
very likely to be attempted, i
If many such attempts are i
made, the 1982 Congressional
session will be far from som
nolent. (c) 1961 New York Herald
Tribune Inc.
The first world's (air to be
held in the United States was .
In Njw York in 1853. 1
SGD Speaker Listed
By Local Elks Club
Dr. Kenneth II. Baker, vice
president in charge of re
search and market develop
ment for the California-Oregon
television company, will
be the featured speaker at
the 13th annual Student Gov
ernment Day banquet at Hed
rick Junior High school,
Thursday, Feb. 23.
The banquet, starting at 8
p.m., is the climax of Student
Government Day which is
sponsored by the Medford
Elks lodge for high school
students studying local gov
ernment. Dr. Baker received his doc
torate in general and social
psychology from Ohio State
university in 1934. During his
career he has been assistant
or associate professor at
Northwestern university, Ohio
State university and the Uni
versity of Minnesota.
Title of Address
The title of his address
Thursday night is: "Some Do
and Some Don't."
The schedule for Student
Government Day Thursday
begins at 8 a.m., when stu
dents holding city and county
offices will register and at
tend swearing-in ceremonies.
The remainder of the day will
DR. KENNETH BAKER
Banquet Speaker
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be spent in the offices of their
senior counterparts observing
first-hand the functions and
activities of local govern
ment. At 6 p.m., prior to the ban
quet, a got acquainted meet
ing of students, their parents,
city and county officials,
school officials and guests will
be held at Hedrick school.
Phoenix Names Its
Officers for SGD
Events Thursday
Phoenix - Student Govern
ment Day under the sponsor
ship of Medford Elks lodge
will be held Thursday, Feb.
23. Under this program, each
year a given number of elec
tive and appointive offices are
received by each school.
Tbose elected to serve from
Phoenix High school are
Sheriff Gerald Sloper; Con
stable James Tompkins;
County Assessor Barbara
Gysin; and County Surveyor
Karen Mocabce.
Appointive offices selected
by a committee of teachers
are Tax Deputy Sheriff Gene
Holt; Assistant Juvenile Of
ficer Frances Kievet; County
Agent Ernie Bolz, Water
master Bill Oldham; Superin
tendent of 4H Boys Mike
Consbruck; and Supervisor of
Nursing Virginia Johnson
John Kuchlcr, American
Problems and German instruc
tor, acted as adviser for the
election. Kuchlcr appointed
election committee members
which consisted of Barbara
Gysin, chairman; Karen Mo
cabce, James Tompkins and
Gene Holt.
A regular polling place was
designated to comply with
election standards. Posters
and campaign speeches wore
presented during election
week.
Student officers are sched
uled to take the oath of of
fice in the court house audi
torium, and then fill their
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spective offices. I
A banquet will be held at
Hedrick junior High for stu
dents and their parents, Feb-1
A Volkswagen, obviously.
It's easy to spot o VW. It's the one that keeps
moving through the snow.
A VW will go up icy hills when other cars won't
go at all. The engine is in back, where it gives the
rear wheels much better traction.
And because the VW engine is cooled with
air, not water, there's no need for anti-freeze.
No chance of the block cracking. (No boiling
over in summer.) No draining. No flushing. No
rust. You can park a VW outdoors in sub-zero
weather and it's ready to roll as soon as you
turn Ihe key.
If there isn't any ice and snow around when
you try a VW, don't think you can't judge Ihe car's
extraordinary abilities. Just come in and take a
VW for a run. Through some sand or mud.
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