FRIDAY. MARCH 17. 1961
A DAY WITH KENNEDY
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE.
Foreign Aid Budget Approved During Meeting;
rs. Kennedy Evades Reporters at Office Door
(Continued from Pane 1)
10:03 - Kennedy walked
into the Cabinet room for a
meeting with Secretary of
State Dean Rusk, Treasury
Secretary Douglas Dillon,
Budget Director Bell, Under
secretary of State George Ball
and others. At this meeting
the foreign aid budget was
approved in final form and
Ball said goodbye before leav
ing on a mission to London
and Paris
10:20 - Mrs. Kennedy, cover-girl
chic in a pale lime
suit anct matching pillbox hat
with wind-blown tassel, ar
rived at the door of the Presi
dent's office with Caroline,
spotted reporters and fled into
another office.
10:25 - The President re
turned to his office from the
Cabinet room, called a cheery
"Hi, Frank, how are you" to
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., who
had come to ride to an Ital
ian ceremony at the State De
partment with him. Roosevelt
is eastern distributor for the
Fiat, an Italian-made car. With
him was the grandson of Giu
seppe Garibaldi, the famed
Italian patriot.
Gulped Orange Juice
Kennedy gulped down a
glass of orange juice, then
walked to the porch outside
his office and called, "Let's
go, Jackie" to his wife who
was standing a few feet away.
The President headed down
the walk to his wailing lim
ousine. At the State Department,
the President made a brief
speech in praise of Italy and
her contribution to American
culture.
11:40 - Kennedy returned
to the White House, let Mrs.
Kennedy off at the south
driveway entrance and con
tinued on to his office. He
had removed the small plaster
bandage from the cut at the
Italian ceremonies and the cut
seemed to be increasingly red.
1 1 :46 - Rep. Wright Patman
(D-Tex.), chairman, and Sen.
Paul Douglas (D-Ill.), vice
chairman, of the Congression
al Economic Committee, ar
rived to discuss steps to com
bat the recession. They noted
his formal morning attire and
Kennedy boomed, "Oh, this
is the way I dress every day."
He liked this joke so much he
used it on several other vis
itors until he changed clothes
during lunch.
12:10 - West Virginia's two
Democratic senators, Jennings
Randolph and Robert Byrd,
entered to discuss federal fuel
policies on coal versus resid
ual oil.
Meeting Interrupted
12:17 - Mrs. Evelyn Lin
coln, his secretary, interrupt
ed the meeting with a written
message. She went back in
aaain at 12:20. at 12:21 (the
President wanted a copy of a
letter), at 12:28 and at 12:40. !
12:55 - Ncwsrccl and still;
photographers were called in j
to make pictures of the two !
West Virginians with Kenne-j
dy. The senators left immcdi- j
alcly thereafter.
1:02 - Kennedy headed for.
the house and lunch. As he
walked, he read from a mem- j
orandum that disturbed him.
One of his staff cited the feel-
iivj "by some" that informa
tion on what .the government j
is doing is not as free today
as it was in the days of the
Roosevelt New Deal. Kennedy
thought quite differently.
1:06-At the elevator again.
He told his physician. Dr.
Janet G. Travel, whose office
is iust across the hall, that
he'd see her later. A hand
some gray-haired woman, she
smiled and nodded knowingly.
The President said he planned
to have lunch and read in his
study.
2:58 The President return
ed to his office, sporting a new
and much more substantial
bandacc over his eye. He ex
plained. "I had to be stitched
up a bit." He said a Navy
doctor, a captain named Con
nolly, took five stitches. There
was some swelline over the
eve. but the President said he
fell fine. He also had changed
from his diplomatic clothes
into a single-breasted Oxford
gray business suit.
Eastland Arrives
3:00-Scn. James O. East
land (D-Miss.), chairman of
the Senate Judiciary Commit
tee, arrived with great gravi
ty and entered the President's
office slowly.
3:30 - Eastland left, even
sterner looking than before.
3:43-Kennedy went out into
the rose garrfen to observe the
49th anniversary of the Girl
Scouts by accenting a doll for
Caroline and flowers for his
wife from Sonia Algren. 17.
Silver Spring. Md.. and Ellen
Hooton, 15. Chevy Chiisc. Md.
He told the airls in behalf of
Caroline, "I'll look forward
to her becoming a Girl Scout."
3:47-From the rose garden,
Kennedy moved to the Cabi
net Room for a highly secret
conference dealing with na
tional security and a matter
which he later described as
being urgent. A similar meet
ing was held the dav before
and not announced. Willi the
President were Rusk (his sec
ond trip of the day). Vice
President Johnson, Defense
Secretary Robert S. McNa
mara, McGcorge Bundy, spe
cial assistant to the President
for national security matters,
and others.
5:20-The President return
ed to his office with McNa
mara and Johnson. The Presi
dent seemed to be growing
fresher as the day lengthened.
At a conference around a fire
place. Kennedy. Johnson and
McNamara put their final seal
of approval on the defense
budget. A message will go to
Congress in the next week or
10 days.
Jovial Social Hour
5:37-The President walked
over to the executive mansion
for the "coffee hour" with the
55 House members in the din
ing room.
The social hour was moder
ately jovial. The President
moved around, shaking hands
and chatting. There was cof
fee served at one end of the
room, but more of the con
gressmen favored highballs
served- from passing trays.
There were small sandwiches
and cakes, too.
6:25-The party, all men ex
cept for Rep. Edith Green (D
Ore.) buraed with excitement.
Why? The President darted
out into the hallway and
brought - in Mrs. Kennedy,
stunning in a pale pink sheath
with bare arms.
Rep. William H. Ayrcs (R
Ohio) had joined with Rep
Silvio O. Conte (R-Mass.) in
bringing a rather large, red
tricycle to the White House
for Caroline and they had
wheeled it into the dining
room. Spiritedly, Ayres jump
ed aboard and took a whizzing
ride out into the cetner hall
way past the entrances to the
Red and Blue rooms.
Posed for Pictures
6:27-Mrs. Kennedy having
departed, the President went
into the Blue Room and posed
for a series of pictures with
various state delegations. At
one point. House Republican
Leader Charles A. Halleck
found himself in the picture
lineup with Kennedy.
No one seemed to mention
the prominent bandage over
the President's eye. With most
of the photographs out of the
way, he walked into the cen
ter foyer to bid his guests
adieu.
6:40-He went to the second
floor by elevator alone to join
Mrs. Kennedy, former Secre
tary of State Dean Acheson
and an uncle of the First
Lady. Prince and Princess
Radziwell also were there.
The princess is Mrs. Ken
nedy's sister, Lee.
7:23 - Kennedy emerged
from the elevator on the
ground floor, heading back for
the office.
7:25-Back at his desk, he
called to Mrs. Lincoln through
her open office door to get
Rusk on the telephone. There
was a quick conversation
about the plans for the forth
coming visit of President Ha
bib Bourguiba of Tunisia.
Kennedy autographed a color
picture for Eastland and then
tackled another bunch of pho
tos. He also signed a lot of
mail, standing at the desk and
bending over to affix his sig
nature which can be decipher
ed only by close friends and
blood relatives.
Dictated Letters
7:35 - Kennedy's business
suit seemed as well pressed as
it did when he donned it at
lunch time. Finishing for the
moment with papers on his
desk, he went into his secre
tary's office and began dic
tating letters. He stood beside
her desk and whipped through
several letters rapidly.
7:41-Back into his own of
fice to look over the latest edi
tions of Washington afternoon
newspapers.
7:43-Ducked into a small
private office, originally in
tended as a resting room for
Eisenhower, closed the door
and made a super-private tele
phone call.
7:46 - He emerged from his
inner sanctum and said. "I
guess we're about through."
He walked by the glowing
globe to the couches in front
of the fireplace. He reviewed
the day quickly. All in all, he
said, an easier day than most.
Removed Carnation
As he talked informally, he
suddenly remembered that he
still was wearing the green
carnation loft over from the
congressional reception. Si
lently, he jerked it out of the
button hole and threw it over
on his desk.
7:55-He told his press asso
ciation shadows goodnight, ex
plaining that after dinner he
planned to read a few reports
and hit the hay by 11 o'clock
or shortly thereafter. He open
ed his porch door into the
brisk night air, but Mrs. Lin
coln called to him. Would he
take one more call? With no
complaint, he walked back to
his desk quickly over the
thick green carpet, picked up
the telephone.
7:56 - He started "home"
again, swinging down the
walkway between the steamy
windows of the While House
swimming pool and nodding
goodnight to a policeman.
T Develops New
Membership Plan
The membership committee
of the YMCA has developed
a new plan for group member
ship called the "Firm Plan."
The plan allows Firm man
agement to arrange a monthly
payroll deduction for those
who voluntarily wish mem
bership in the YMCA. It also
allows firms to help out on
their employees benefits.
This Strategy of payment
for membership is one which
corresponds with the payment
plan most people use in buy
ing many other services by
the month.
This plan enrolls individuals
and families as members of
the Y with full privileges in
all of the ongoing programs
and firms who desire to par
ticipate.
Medford firms enrolled in
the plan are the A. L. Nash
Sand and Gravel and the Nash
Ford Tractor, both enrolling
100 per cent of their employ
ees. Further information may be
had by contacting Bob Jones,
general secretary of the Med
ford YMCA.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Among the anti-recession
measures that are being con
sidered by the congress is a
bill to provide help for chron
ically depressed areas. It
would authorize 300 million
(approximately a third of a
billion) dollars in loan funds
to aid in bringing job-creating
industries to communities that
for one reason or another
have LOST the industries
upon which in the pasl they
have depended for their sup
port. The bill provides thai the
major proportion of the mon
ey would be provided by
treasury BORROWING, ra
ther than by direct appropri
ations, added to the budget
and raised by taxation.
Which is to say:
It would be added to what
is already ON THE CUFF.
IN other words:
By our INFLATIONARY
programs, including the wage
price spiral, we have been
pricing ourselves out of world
markets.
And
Al the same time
We have been contributing
foreign aid in sums running
into the billions to make
available Cor foreigners,
among other things, new and
modern industrial plants with
which to compete with us.
Installation of
Water Main Starts
M. C. Liningcr and Sons
company started work Wed
nesday on installation of a
six-inch water main on North
Riverside ave., from Ohio si.
to Crater Lake highway.
City Water Superintendent
Robert Lee said the project
should take about two weeks
to complete. Liningcr and
Sons submitted a low bid of
S7.186 on the project.
rpHAT brings up a stalcmenl
made recently by Sam
Dawson, an Associated Press
business news analyst.
He says:
"Among our depressed
areas, one particular type is
perhaps MORE RESENTFUL
of its fate than the others.
That is the community where
a chief industry has been hurt
by LOSING ITS MARKETS
TO FOREIGN IMPORTS. 11
resents both the economic toll
in jobs and incomes but also
what it believes to be the in
justice of its plight.
'Some companies that have
been badly hurt by foreign
competition even charge that
their foreign competitors are
now using new and modern
plants made possible bv past
MONETARY AID FROM U.S.
TAXPAYERS. Other compa
nies complain of the compe
tion from lower paid foreign
labor.
TT doesn't seem lo make
sense, does it?
It is little wonder lhal com
munities whose principal pay
roll industries have been bad
ly hurl by foreign competi
tors (whose production costs
are lower than ours) are com
plaining about the injustice of
it all.
QUESTION:
What shall we do about
it?
Shall we subsidize these
communities-will! BORROW
ED money that will be added
to our already staggering
debt, with its interest burden
that presently amounts lo
about nine billion dollars a
year?
Or shall we go lo the ROOT
of the trouble and take intel
ligent slops to reduce our
high production costs which
are being reflected in prices
so high that they are begin
ning to shut us out of a lot
of foreign markets and in ad
dition are enabling foreigners
to undersell us increasingly
in OUR OWN markets?
These are questions lhal de
serve a lot of careful study
by our VOTERS, as well as
I by our lawmakers.
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