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Kennedy Said By MERRIMAN SMITH UPI White House Reporter Washington -UIPU- An ob servant Iriend of President Kennedy remarked the other day that he is starting to look his age. Considering the mon umental problems the Presi .dent has laced in the last year, it is little wonder. Next week, on May 29, Ken nedy will celebrate his 45th birthday. The problems he faces are much the same as a year ago: negotiations over Berlin, crisis in Laos, politi cal warfare with Congress. But the man is different. He has changed significant ly in several respects, and if these could be put in cate gories they probably would line up like this: Minor, Noticeable Results Personally -The physical toll of a year in the White House has produced minor but noticeable results. He seems a bit heavier around the jowls than when he was elected, but his weight has remained fair ly stable. The back ailment, which flared into headlines after a tree-planting ceremony last May in Ottawa, still continues to bother him occasionally. But essentially the recovery has been satisfactory, largely because of a muscle-building regimen of daily exercise and swimming in heated pools. He appears to have become more sensitive to criticism apparently natural in White House occupants. This takes the form of being nettled about broadcast and printed critiques which he feels do not fairly or accurately por tray administration policies. More Controversial Domestically - He has be come a more controversial figure on the home front. Po litically this has been because of his handling of such issues as the steel strike, or his pro motion of his plan for medical care to the aged through so cial security. Some more conservative op ponents see him as an enemy of businessmen and the rich, and a friend of radicals. Some more liberal supporters see him as being too conservative, a man who must be nudged more to the left of center. But political feelings aside, the American public seems to believe he's doing a fine job; so much so, in fact, that pub lic opinion polls show him to be at the peak of his popu larity. Internationally Kennedy has increased appreciation, based on a year of explosive experience, of the difficulty of getting things done the way he would like them to be. Now much more than a year ago today when lie was pre paring for his Vienna meeting with Nikita Khrushchev he feels the tedious chore of trying to do business with the Russians. But the frustrations of in ternational diplomacy have not dimmed his conviction that it is better to "jaw-jaw than war-war," as he quo'cd Winston Churchill to a recent news conference. It was at this same news conference that the President cracked he was "reading more and enjoying it less." Al though the same might be ap plied to his job, it has not diminished his enthusiasm for taking on problem after prob lem, and working long hours Jn an effort to solve them. Rapid Reading He usually is up about 8 ing His Age MEDFORDJIipTRIBUNE SECTION a MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 21, 1962 PAGES 1 to 8 l I i 1 i -a r nil LOOKING HIS AGE An observant friend of President Ken nedy has remarked that he is starting to look his age. Con sidering the monumental problems the President has faced in the last year, it is little wonder. Next week, on May zb, Kennedy will celebrate his 45th birthday. The Chief Execu tive is shown here in a picture taken May 11. (UPI) a.m. Roughly an hour later, after a rapid reading of sev eral newspapers and a light breakfast, he is in his office. For a midday break he of ten takes a swim and has a light lunch. Rarely does he leave the office before 6 p.m., and frequently he is there un til 8 o'clock. Then in the evening he may attend one of the glittering parties by which he and his wife Jacqueline, have trans formed the White House into one of the gayest places in town. These affairs have been known to last until 5 a.m., but the late hour doesn't seem to deter the President from reaching his office about his usual hour. On week ends, he usually takes his family out of town. Largely this is because he and the first lady are deter mined to maintain a sem blance of family life for their children, Caroline and John Jr. Political Business On other week ends like this one, for example he may be conducting political business. There was the Sat urday night birthday party at Madison Square Garden where Democrats paid $100 to $1,000 a ticket to join him. Then tonight there is a ral ly where he will speak on behalf of his controversial medical care plan. The President is convinced that in the "medicare" con troversy he has one of the most powerful and attractive issues of his career thus far. With congressional elections coming up this fall, he intends to continue pushing for it. Despite the enormous in ternational burdens on his desk, Kennedy has the con summate politician's appetite for grappling with domestic issues. But so far his batting average with Congress has not been as good as he would prefer. One setback was on his plan to provide federal aid for sec ondary schools. On the other hand, the outlook is fairly good for his big drive to get a liberalized foreign trade program through. As a man who has studied history to the extent he has, Kennedy knows his future is bound to be rocky; that his personal popularity docs not necessarily equate with suc cess or achievement. But as he nears his 45th birthday, his knowledge of history helps him keep his sights on the main targets. He knows that today's mountains may turn out to be tomorrow's mole hills. And it's quite obvious that he doesn't regret his decision as a "young" 43-year-old to run for the presidency. Real Estate Week To Be Observed COURT HELD BB a public semes bv l h COLLEGE of LAW tVIUAMETTE UNIVERSITY Editor's note: This col umn is io present general principles of law. It is not io be taken as legal advice. Slight changes in facts may change vine outcome of a case. If you have a problem, ee an attorney. The Medford Board of Real tors, which is currently ob serving Real Estate week in conjunction with hundreds of other boards of the National Association of Real Estate Boards throughout the coun try, has designated today, May 21, Homestead day, ac cording to Keith Bates, presi dent of the Medford Board of Realtors. "We think it is singularly appropriate for realtors to take part with the Depart ment of the Interior in mark ing the passage of the Home stead Act in 1862," Bates said. Virtually all historians have described the enactment of this legislature as a turning point in American history. Briefly, the Act made it pos sible for thousands of citizens to establish homes and farms on public lands. The only re quirement was five years of residence on the land to which they later acquired full title. Largely as a result of the Homestead Act, many million acres of vacant land were transformed into homes and farms by the end of the last century, the Realtor president recalled. As of today, more than six out of 10 families own their own homes, and many of the purchase trans actions were c ompleted through realtors. 7TlJlhiM MEDFORD I I fcTlTl tfjlWlTW SHOPPING CENTER VAiil STORE ONLY MULTI-STRIPED FOLDING CHAIRS A graduate student was awarded a scholarship by a private university that would cover all of his tuition and fees for an academic year. In addition he was awarded a fellowship that would pay him $700 for the year. The stu dent replied to a notice of these awards with a lengthy letter protesting the inadequa cy of the awards. He also ac cused the university of acting in bad faith with respect to promises he claims they made to him at the time he was admitted to the school. By a subsequent letter the student accepted the awards offered "under protest" and said that he "reserved the right to ac cept employment elsewhere." Shortly after receiving the second letter the university withdrew the awards previ ously offered and informed the student "there cannot be renewed registration by you for further work at the uni versity. This recommendation of the Graduate Committee was unanimous and has been approved by the Administration." The student brought an ac tion seeking to enjoin the uni versity from withholding the awards and to compel the uni versity to permit him to regis ter and continue his studies. THE COURT HELD: The student's action was dismiss ed. The court pointed out that where a private university, by a regulation set forth in its general catalog, reserved the right to sever connection of any student with the uni versity, for an appropriate reason, the authorities charg ed with the duty of maintain ing standards and discipline of the school are the only ones who can determine what actually constitutes an "ap. propriate reason" for dismiss al. (Dehaan v. Brandeis Uni versity, 150 F. Supp. 626 1957) Exclusive uith Seuberrys! Sturdy tubular steel frame with enamelled finish. Sun -fait nylon and vinjjj sc9t and back in turquoise- green-iavonrier inuiu-sinpcs. Scout Officials Attend Council A number of Medford peo ple attended the 52nd annual meeting of the National Scout Council May 17 and 18 in Portland. The National Lorillard Spencer silver cup was pre sented to officials of Region 11 during the event. Won in competition among the 12 Boy Scout regions in the nation, the award to Region 11 in cludes Oregon, Washington Idaho, Western Montana and Alaska for the district's out standing record of growth in Scout membership, retention of members subscriptions to the Scout magazine, "Boy's Life." Each of the 29 Scout coun cils in the region received a bronze plaque and photograph of the award in recognition of their efforts in helping to win the award. Delegates attend from the Crater Lake council, which Includes Jackson and Jose phine counties in Oregon, and Siskiyou county in California were Judson W. Compton Medford, Scout executive; N H. Gladfclter, Medford; Dr Elmo N. Stevenson, Ashland Dave Franklin, Medford; An drew Schmidt, Medford; J. A McDougal, former Medford man, and council commission er who lives In Portland; Jim Grlgsby, commissioner. Crater Lake council repre sentatives attending were George L. 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