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Bock Stairs: Problems for Kennedy By MERHIMAN SMITH UPI White House Reporter Washington-U!PI)-Baek stairs at the White House: A proud Virginian and Mid dleburg neighbor of President Kennedy threatens to put up a large sign on the edge of his property saying, '-you're now leaving the Old Dominion and crossing the New Frontier." Harry Albacker, a Pitts burgh, Pa., entertainer who bills himself as "the only dead magician alive," is adding to the pet problem at the White - House. Albacker for some time has used in his show a white rab bit named Zsa Zsa. The bun ny, however, has grown a bit too large for high silk hats and her owner is shipping the animal to three-year-old Car oline Kennedy for Easter. Albacker says the rabbit has been traines 10 play a top trumpet, which is more than can be said for the sal amander recently presented to the President by his seven-year-old nephew Robert Ken nedy Jr. Young Bobby delivered the salamander to the President about 10 days ago in a glass jar which now repose empty in the office of the President's secretary, Mrs. Evelyn Lin coln. The salamander has been given warmer and more com fortable quarters in the White House florist shop. With the advent of any new national administration, it re quired much Investigative ef fort and varying amounts of time to extend security clear ance for new appointees per mitting them to have access to classified government docu ments. The current jam of security clearance means that the green light still has not flashed for several sub-cabinet Kennedy appointees. The re sult is that these job-holders are somewhat frustrated in the conduct of their assign ments, being unable to see some of the vital papers of government which are readily available to security-cleared associates working in the same department or agency. For years, the Secret Serv ice insisted that White House automobile tags should not be distinctive or so unusual that lliey could be spotted easily by the general public. This policy, however, seems to have been abandoned. The President's tag number in the District of Columbia is JK-100 and the first 25 licenses in the JK series are assigned to ranking members of the White House staff. If you s e e anything over JK-12H, toe car probably be longs to a member of the gen eral public who was assigned the number as a matter of routine distribution. The President lias the en thusiastic approval of his phy sician, Dr. Janet G. Travell, in his preference for rocking chairs. The Chief Executive has a ladder-backed rocker in front of the fireplace in his White House office. Frequent ly he suggests to callers that they sit on couches beside the fireplace and he takes the rocker while they conduct their conference. Doctor Travell would like to see many other American executives with rocking chairs in their offices. She thinks that while the exercise pro vided by a rocker is mild, it is vastly preferable to the ultra-soft, so-called executive chairs used by many men con fined to long hours in offices. SECTION B PAGES 1 to 8 MedfordjTribune MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1961 IN LEGAL BATTLE Mrs. Dolores Hope, right, wife of comedian Bob Hope, accompanied by Mrs. Josephine Wayne, is snown as sue appeared in Los Angeies Federal Court in the legal battle over Hope's life story. The Internal Revenue Service claims the Hopes should pay taxes on money raised by the Bob and Dolores Hope Foundation, which was set up to aid crippled children and which the film couple con tend is a charitable organization and tax exempt. Hope gave the rights of his life story to the foundation, which sold it to a national magazine for 5100,000. (UPI Telephoto) The Family Council Editor's Note: The Famllj council consists of Judsc, a psychia trist, three clergymen, three editors and a women's editor. Each article Is a summary ol an aclual case history The Council reports on prob lems that have been dealt wtlh by responsible aeencles and counselors. (Copyright 1961 General Features Corp.) Mimi B, - He's careful how he talks to his associates, but not his wife. Raphael B.-She's too touchy and too fussy about manners at home. Mimi B. - I run a big house and take care of our three children, all with no help. When Rate gets home, the din ner is cooked and the place is tidy. Yet, if he happens to find me resting on the couch, he'll say, "Pretty soft!" and wonder what I did all day. Hasn't he any eyes? Any imagination? Does he think anything, even a pin, moves from here to there without me moving it? But he never asks, "How did things go? He wants tons of solicitude, consideration and sympathy for the hard day he puts in, but if I crave some of the same he acts as if I've been on a rest-cure! "What's hard about that?" is all the com fort 1 gel. Actually I know he gets a few coffee-breaks at the of fice, and plenty of yarn-swapping around the water cooler. I'm sure he's the essence of politeness to anyone who pleads fatigue or strain. But at home he acts like a boor and insist upon being handled with kid gloves. No, I want him a gentleman at home, kid gloves and all. Raphael B.-How can Mimi, home all day and her own boss, compare her condition with mine at the end of a day's work? She doesn't have the pressure of an office-manager asking her to hurry up with last week's reports and get out this week's reports within 24 hours. She can lie down any time she wants to, watch TV, or es cape with a bridge game while the kids are at school. Not me. Those coffee-breaks and yak-sessions are straight out of Mimi's imagination. Sometimes 1 don't even let up for lunch, but have it sent in. I think I'm showing her enough consideration by leav ing her free and quiet all day. with no criticism of how she keeps the house or what she does with lier ume. nm un less I keep thanking and com plimenting her, she feels I'm a brute. Mimi should go easy with me, and stop making unneces sary demands. The Council: - To settle this debate as to who deserves more consideration, a magic wand is needed. Then Mimi wouid go to the office for a week, and Raphael would run the lnuc, mmd the kids, and welcome her home. They'd probably return to their re spective "salt-mines," each thinking the other a hero who should be lionized, not criti cized, every 24 hours. But Mimi, being a member of the traditionally less-assured, more dependent sex. may need more ego-boosting and morale-lifting than Raph ael. The truth is, Rate, an in vestment of a query, "How do you feel, dear?" or "What's on your mind?" would yield a bull market of coddling for you, from a wife who merely wants evidence that you think of her and her job, too. Any sign Rate can get across to Mimi that he knows she's only human, too, will probably en title him to his own Gripes Unlimited. Also, he errs in comparing his end-of-day with hers. Sup pertime is still middlc-of-the-day for Mimi. With each male aware of the other's need lo let off steam. Mimi will be able to take Rate's snappishness and also feel free to yip back a little and act natural. She doesn't really want the sur face politeness Rate reserves for outsiders. ' All she asks is that he oc casionally inquire about her day, and then listen to the an swer, the way she commiser ates with his. Quakes Caused by Movement of Fault i Washington (Science Serv ice) Horizontal movement j along the San Andreas fault ! north of San Francisco has probably not exceeded one I and one-half miles during the last six million years, Dr. Charles G. Higgins of the1 University of California in Davis, Calif., reports. , The movement of the San Andreas fault is responsible for many of the devastating California earthquakes. Pre vious higher estimates of movement since middle Plio cene time were based on stu- dies along the fault scar south of San Francisco, which does ! not necessarily hold true for i areas north of the city, Hig I gins reported. THE DANMOORE HOTEL 1217 SW. Morrison St. PORTLAND, OREGON AM transient gueitt. All thote who come, return. Rate! not high, not low. Free giragt, TV's and radios. 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