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4 A KDFOROtWrUBUNI ""Everyone in Southern Oregon Rea'ii The MU Tribune" Publlihed Daily except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. S3 NorthJirJl.. PrL772-6141 ROBERT W RUHL, Editor HERB GREY. Advertuing Manajer GERALD 1 LATHAM, Bui. Mr. ERIC W ALLEN. JR. Mnl. Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRV CHIPMAN. Teleg. Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sporta Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Women's Editor DALEERICKSON. Circulation Mgr; An Independent Newapaper Entered aa second claw matter at Medlnrd. Oregon, under Act of March 3. 18117 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance. Copy 10c Dally and Sunday 1 year $15 on Daily and Sunday fi mos. 8 00 Dailv and Sunday 3 mos. 4 25 Sundav Only One year $4 20 By Carrier In -Advance Medlord, Ashland. Central Point. Eafle Point Jacksonville, Gold Hill. Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue Riv er. Talent and on motor routes. Dally and Sunday 1 year 18 00 Dailv and Sunday I mo. 1 50 Carrlei and Dealers Copy 10c All TermCash inAdvance Ofn'rla! Paper of City of Medford Oil I c I a lPap erof Ja cksonC o u niy United Press International Full Leased Wire V P I Telephoto Ncwplctures "MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU Ul UKl.UliAliuia NELSON ROBERTS & ASSOCI ATES. Otflces In New York. Chi cago Delroit. San Francisco. Los Angeles Seattle. Portland, Denver NIWSAI BUSHEIS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL fOITORUl asisocimtiSn KJ ( Flight o' Time Medlord and Jackson County History from the (lies of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO June 13, 1952 (Friday) Roy Wells of Glide was killed when a tree fell across a California Oregon Power company "power wagon" op erating near Toketee Falls. Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce has acquired five acres of land in the Applegate district near Squaw creek for construction of a camp for un derprivileged boys. 20 YEARS AGO June 13, 1942 (Saturday) Wire service reports Gold Hill-Crater Lake road, run ning through Camp While can tonment area, will be closed Aug. 15. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "The Treasury department reports that tor every man, woman and child there is now in cir culation $86.94, or a full week's pay on a defense project." 30 YEARS AGO June 13, 1932 (Monday) State police start crack down on cars bearing out of state license plates in the Med ford district. Report shows City of Med ford funds used for relief dur ing fiscal year 1931-32 to taled $7,196. 40 YEARS AGO June 13, 1922 (Tuesday) Jackson County Game Pro tective association secures services of game warden to protect fish congregating be low Gold Roy dam. AJex Sparrow, superintend ent o( Crater Lake National park, reports road from Med ford to Klamath Falls by way of the park "is open and in good condition." SO YEARS-AGO June 13, 1912 (Wednesday) From Classified Advertising:' For Sale - 160 acres, eight acres in corn, three-room house and barn and outbuild ings, good team, wagon and harness, all farm machinery and all household furniture, price $900. What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct it superior; seven or eight it excellent; five oi six is good. 1. When the Gregorian cal endar was adopted, what cal endar did it replace? 2. What river forms most of the boundary between Ore gon and Washington? 3. From what port in Eng land did the Mayflowe rsaid in 1620? 4. Which continent has been called "The Dark Continent"? 5. In which state is Colum bia University 6. Natural gas can be used for domestic cooking; true or false? 7. When President Truman was a U.S. Senator, what Slate did he represent? 8. Does the total land area of continent:! United States approximate one, two or three million square miles? 9. Which Europeon explor er discovered the Pacific Ocean? 10. Whose likeness is rie- fortes picica on tne internal neve- . , i i .i i ,,, nuc stamp on packages of ' 0' hardship on the general aviation industry. e cigarettes? , do not see how it could be justified under any darVnTrcoiumbiei"n3 "pi"- t''1't'll"lst;,,u'1's. certainly not unless cost sav m'o'uih. 'England. 4 Africa, s."' ''igs would be substantial, which is difficult to New York. 6. True. 7. Mis- j believe. ouri. I. Three million. 9. Balboa. 10. None. (Cigarette! "o longer have revenue stamps, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13. 1962 A Matter of Viewpoint A physician friend has sent us a clipping from "The New England Journal of Medicine," with the notation that "I think we need a health care bill, but not the King-Anderson bill for reasons well stated below." The editorial clipping makes six points. They are these : 1. Compulsory coverage for everyone on So cial Security covers many persons who do not and will not need it. 2. Only 90 days of hospitalization . . . are pro vided, and this ... is subject to a $90 deduc tion ... . 3. Fourteen million persons now on Social Security will get this . . . care . . . without having paid for it. 4. Four million persons in the specified age group, not on Social Security, are left out and will have to be otherwise eared for . . . 5. The rich receive the same benefits as the poor, and the poor pay the rich . . . fi. The svstem leans governmental paternalism, since its administra tion . . . will almost meviutDiy uruig a mea&uie of federal control. TO these we would reply as follows: 1. Exactly. Many people who have fire in surance do not and will not need it. But all policy holders pay a small amount so that if and when they need a big amount, it will be available. The King-Anderson bill operates the way insurance does. 2. Ninety days of hospitaliziation per year plus twice as long in a nursing home will cover all but a tiny fraction of the illnesses of the aged. The $10 per day payment feature for the first nine days will prevent people from hospitalizing them selves without adequate reason. 3. If we're going to start providing hospital care for the elderly, we have to start somewhere, and those covered by Social Security are a good place to start. After the present generation of elderly is gone, all beneficiaries will have paid their own share. 4. Those four million time goes on, the number Social Security will decrease from the present tour minion until 95 per cent or more ot all are covered. Also, there are for those not covered by the Kerr-Mills act (which the A.M.A. supports) for this very purpose, as well as welfare and priv ate insurance (which the 5. Why should the poor tor tne same services; inis is one ot tne best features of the plan. Everyone is treated alike, and all can receive respect and dignity. b. there would be a trol under the program, fairly and effectively. But there would be no in surance policy cancellations, no paupers oath, no catastrophic debts for hospitalization. Which is preferable? Isn't it a lot the way one looks at it? The doc tors feel these noints are advantages. E. A. Don 't Move GSDO A small story in this ported that the general safety district office of the Federal Aviation Agency would be moved from Medford to Portland this month. The announcement has drawn strong protests from those associated with the general aviation industry throughout southern Oregon and north ern California. It appears to us the protests are fully justified, and that the FA A should rescind the order unless it can be shown to be in the pub lic interest. Such a change would impose real difficulties, if not hardships, on a large number of individuals. We doubt that it could be shown that moving the office would result in any savings, either. A letter written to Senator Maurine Neubcrger explains why aviation in this area would suf fer. In part, it said : "The GSDO has both a pilot inspector and an aircraft Inspector. Both are vilal to the safe growth and continued operation of the general aviation fleet. The former con duels flight tests for new pilot certificates, and for higher ratings. The latter personally must examine the work of mechanics making alterations to all aircraft. It the office here were closed, southern Oregon pilots, aircraft owners and mechanics would have a choice of conducting their frequent business with the Sacramento GSDO (200 miles), or the Portland office 1230 miles). The hardships ate ob vious. So is the impossibility of flying a dismantled plane to an inspection location. The alternative is to wait for the Inspector to visit here, which could well be a period ot months. "As a matter of record, the Portland GSDO office is mi swamped with work that one pilot has hern wailing more than a year to take an advanrcd flight check the local office cannot give. "... Airplanes are vital lo the everyday existence of a great many Orogonians. Mercy Flights is a good example, but crop-dusting, borate bombing, and many other activi ties could also be cited ..." TTHE GSDO was once located in Eugene, but 1 was moved to Medford the better to serve the larger area. This made sense, as Medford has the second-busiest airport in the state, and is roughly equidistant from the Portland and Sacramento offices. It has been here for seven years, and its services are in wide demand. Its movement to Portland would work a cost- We hope the FA reverses its decision, and , . , . . , . rr i . , i i t ne rtoasons n nv rnvsicians keeps this important service olfice close to thcSupporl sonai security pcopje it serves. a. virtually the same tax as too far in the direction of need care now, too. As of those over-65 not on doctors also advocate). rich pay more than the the benehts with sen degree ot iederal con to insure that it operated drawbacks. To us they're newspaper last week re "It Look Like Murder, All Right!" ii k.i' gx rri it .w.;-j i . ' i aW ... Communications ... Letters to the Editor must beer the name and address oi the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication it 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 papen in fact the contrary is often the case. Quotation Corrected to the tailor: In your "Never Surrender!" editorial comments of 6-7-62, you at tribute the famous expression of "Damn the torpedoes" to Commodore Dewey. I believe it is a historic fact that it was Admiral Da vid Glasgow Farragut who made the classic remark in contempt of torpedoes (as mines were called in those days) when, while heading the Union ships into Mobile Bay on Aug. 5, 1864, he saw one of his lead ships blown up by an exploding mine. He called out, "Damned the torpedoes! - full speed ahead. At that time Dewey was a junior officer serving under Farragut. Michael Dale 759 South Mountain ave. Ashland, Ore. -O- Editor's note: Our corre spondent is correct as to the quotation's origin. Bartlett's Quotations renders it "Damn the torpedoes! Go ahead!" Pigeons and Skunks To the Editor: After my last letter to this column an an onymous someone sent me a copy of the Dan Smoot re port. I watch his program oc casionally so it came as no surprise. Sooner or later some one is going to start a "Shoot Smoot campaign simply be cause of the terrific oppor tunities for alliteration. I'm all for it. Monday's editorial was most informative but putting Smoot in the same category as McCarthy is an unforgiv able insult to the voters of my home stale. Wisconsin has never leaned toward either extreme right or the extreme left, although as a native of the stoic north I must admit some pretty queer ducks fly up from the south at times. An old woodsman para phrased McCarthy's situa tion neatly-"It you shoot a skunk," he said, "be prepared for the stink." Anyone with any sense (smell included) knows that ,1,1ml,. U-Un .. 1 i.,.,n .... .... i i ...... arc and leave them alone. We had them nesting under our front and back porches for years without getting a whiff of their famous odor. It would have been a good idea to get rid of them but the project would have been more trouble than it was worth. McCarthy was stub born enough to give it a try and he raised quite a slink. He did accomplish one thing -he put the word Communist into tne vocabulary of everv thinking voting adult in this101"' own clldre" and genera country. A great many of j .K'ns o come with huge pub- thorn still cant define the word in its various uses but that's beside the point. (There arc several varieties of skunk too. but they all smell the same.) During McCarthy's heyday I spent a lot of time defend ing his objectives although even more of my lime was spent criticizing his methods. The evil men do lives after them and a lot of innocent people were hurt by his bull dozing ladies, but please, let him rest in peace. I'm tired ol defending nun. Smoot is poisoning pigeons in Hie park in comparison with McCarthy and if he merits a mention in the his tory hooks it will only be as a T. V. comic. Carol R. Wentcla R16 Taylor si. Medlord, Ore. Unworthy Methods To the Editor: About three weeks ago I wrote a letlcr to each one of our representa tives in Washington stating my objection to the King Anderson hill. Saturday. June 9. I received a reply Irmn Mr Al Ullman. With his reply he ;"l:los:, PnuMd entitled I Health Insurance for the, Aged." I was amazed at the title for I know that physi cians almost to a man are op posed to the bill. So I looked through the pamphlet trying to discover who these physi cians are but it does not give the name of even one doctor or medical society. After con sidering the matter I have sent the following letter to Mr. Ullman: "Dear Mr. Ullman: Your letter with enclosure was re ceived yesterday. I am amazed at the enclosure. It claims to be doctors' opinions favoring the King-Anderson bill. Yet it does not carry the signature of even one physician or of one medical society. In my opinion to claim the views of doctors without giving their names is deceit. I would ap preciate it if you would send me their names. "I also feel that the Presi dent's New York City per formance in behalf of the bill was completely unworthy of a measure so important lo the American people. Do Americans not have the intel lectual ability to recognize value if it exists? But when dishonest and unworthy meth ods must be used to promote an issue is the issue worth while?" Anna M. Slrecd 38 North Peach st. Medford Do For Ourselves To the Editor: I should like to add my views to the many who have expressed opinions on the proposed Medicare pro gram. One poinl I would like lo consider is WHY we are being told we need such a pro gram. Not too many years ago our grandparents and parents preached and practiced the virtue of thrift. A good many people of this generation have no idea of what that word means. What Is wrong with each of us providing for our own old age and its necessi ties? This idea of being told what we each must have and must do is contrary to the American way. Social Security has not solved the problem for (he aged nor will it ever. The mere pittance It provides has only given people a false sense of security whereby they are spending every cent they earn instead of looking ahead and saving. Yes, I'll grant you it's wonderful to have all the new commodities on the market in our homes but we are having them and enjoying them by not setting aside that nest egg that would have taken care of our future and are thereby burdening lie debts Medicare costs added to So cial Security costs would be enormous. Our taxes now are way out of hand. Where do people think the money to cover this type of program i will come from if not from r own pockets? No, if we want any type of Medicare program let's have it on a personal voluntary ba j sis, not one mat. is government sponsored. Everyone knows that any program government fostered is half eaten up with administrative costs by the time it reaches us at a local level. Let's all stop kidding our selves and each take care of his own responsibilities in stead of looking to Washing ton for help. Eileen B Olsen Route 4, Box 32S Medtord End of Everything To the Editor: Mr. Rov Neal's tactual background'' on the Connally Amendment in rirfen.-e of ihe World Court i it and his logic is sound be-I610-6J) left out some very j cause society has evolved and important facts as follows, j developed to that state where 1. All treaties made by Ihe V S Government have high er authority than our Con stitution and become the law of the land. 2. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON Massive Task Faces Viet Nam By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst Saigon, South Viet Nam Gen. Paul . Harkins is a square-jawed, sand y-haired four-star gen eral who com mandiU.S forces both in Thailand and South Viet Nam. He takes the firm view that the Com munists are not going Nswiom to be allowed to take over either country. In the last few months there has been evidence to support what otherwise might be undue optimism in a coun try 65 per cent controlled in whole or in part by Com munist Viet Cong guerrillas. Court is part of Ihe UN Char ier which was ratified with "treaty" status in 1945 by the U.S. Senate. 3. The only thing that is now keeping the World Court and its "De cisions" from becoming the law of our land is the Con nally amendment. 4. Senator Wayne Morse could specify in his resolution, till he was black in the face, that this Court could not have juris diction over our "domestic affairs" and it would not pro tect the United States one iota, for the UN Charter spe cifically grants the World Court, itself, the power to de cide just what comes under its jurisdiction, with no ap peal from its "decisions." For example, with no Con nally amendment in its way, if it should so desire, nothing under the sun could keep this Court from declaring our immigration laws an interna tional problem and flooding our country with Communist Chinese Reds, who are now bursting at the seams to do just that (with President Ken nedy's blessing, it seems). And nothing could stop a "de cision" that would declare our tariff laws "internation al" and drastically lower or wipe out our tariffs (another Kennedy desire). Our Guan tanamo Navy base could be laken away from us and given to Castro. Our Panama Ca nal could be put under inter national control (a polite name for Communist con trol). Our foreign aid pro gram, certainly an interna tional affair to the rest of the world, could be made obliga tory and permanent. Without the lcart sign of the so called "emotionalism" so erroneously attributed to me by Mr. Neal, I would like to calmly and matter of fact ly offer this warning: If our precious Connally is repeal ed, or nullified, or bypassed in any way, nothing in the world could prevent the World court from making a decision that would trans form the UN" inio a "One World Government." with more decisions following which, in the name of peace, would require the United States to surrender our Army, our Navy, our Air Force, and all our nuclear weapons to the UN, exactly as this treas onous plan is outlined in our State Department's Docu ment No. 7277. This would be the end of our Bill of Rights and our Constitution - Ihe end of all freedom in America - the end of everything our Fore fathers fought and died for after signing the Declaration of Independence. Yet Sena tor Wayne Morse and others of the same "World Mindcd ness" have fought for the re peal of this amendment ever since ii was added to his reso lutinn against his will in 1946. L. C Powell 316 S.E Eighth St. Grants Pass. Ore. Socialised Medicine To the Editor: I have read the article written by Charles A. McAdams. M.D.. and he puts forth some pretty sound arguments along with his bias. He asks, why confine Med ical Care to the aged? Why not everyone'1 There he docs some sound reasoning. I ad mire his logic and frank hon esty. We have socialized roads, we have socialized inland waters, we have a nco-social- Ml ized army, partially socialized I they have at least asked for schools and colleges Our post a legal opinion. Do you sup offices and postal system is nose someone is finallv reariv socialistic in nature. Why not socialized medicine? The doctor is honest about there is a need bordering on the imperative. But it is not the doctors that are the villians in this social drama, but the insur- Government Fighting What gains there have been ) against the Vict Cong may be attributed to two factors -the helicopter which trans ports government troops and their American instructors swiftly, and the strategic hamlet, which it is hoped ultimately will cut Viet Cong lines of supply and communi cation and at the same time teach their inhabitants the basic values of true democ racy. Statistics may be mislead ing but a glance at a few of them illustrate the enormous task facing the government of President Ngo Dinh Diem and General Harkins. In the past year, Viet Cong attacks, acts of sabotage or kidnapings have been occur ring at the rate of about 500 per month. It is estimated that Viet Cong kidnaps or kills at least six local government repre sentatives each day. One thousand school class rooms have been clcsed down. Out of a total of 3,000 local health centers, more than 600 have been forced to close. The malaria eradication program has been hampered seriously by the kidnaping or ance companies. The doctors are crying before they are hurt. The doctors would re trieve their dignity and pres tige under socialized medicine along with the common man, but commercialized medicine and commercialized finance well that is another story. But the nice thing about oirr political system is that eventually the majority can do things the way it chooses if it has the gumption to choose. Doctors cannot be expected lo know much about social science and economics because they have been petted and pampered to believe that they are on the same plane with God. And there are some that give the M.Ds. top billing. But the latter is Communist ide ology. No segment of world society reveres doctors to the extent that communists do. They do have some good doc tors and they do not look upon themselves as "govern ment flunkeys". They deem themselves members of a so cialist society, while doctors in the land of the free and the home of the brave like to be looked upon as "rugged individuals". There is much food for thought in Dr. McAdams ar ticle because we are at the crossroads. The King-Ander son bill is not too "hot but like prohibition it is better than no liquor at all. But Medicare from the cradle to the grave would be better. This Dr. McAdams implies, but does not say so lest the discussion become dull. So cial medicine is the only salv ation for the medical profes sion. Change is going on all the lime and we must adjust to it. Others have done it, so can we. Walter Recce 77 Matuanita st. Ashland Sladium, Again To the Editor: I was always under the opinion that our leaders were elected into of fice to take care of the needs of the public. Much has been said about looking to the future, as more and more money is poured into the recreation programs for Howard Prairie and Emi grant Lake trying to attract our tourists. What about our own community? As far as a baseball stadium is concerned the future has arrived and we are without. Due ot the lack of concern, foresight, fear of making a de cision or the inability by our leaders, Medford Legion Club will have to entertain Coos Bay-North Bend Legion play ers on the SOC field Sunday. The construction of the new football stadium at our high school diamond has even rendered this field useless. The county court might do well to study how much has been done in the Klamath Falls area to cut down their delinquency rate. A well rounded baseball program taking care of the small fry on up through the graduates has been one of their leading factors. This type of program, however, can't be launched until there is a baseball stadi um to play in. It seems a small price to pay if it would cut our delinquency even 1 per cent. The many petitions and let ters sent to our county court seem to have been ignored, but I see after two years or more of asking for some type of baseball stadium, where to get off of the fence, or could 1 his be just another means of politically passing ' the buck' To those of you who arc I supporting your Legion! teams, thanks a lot. The boys do notice and care I Mrs Bill Barnes 604 Whitman pi. Medford. U.S. General and killing of anti-malaria teams. Bridges and the coastal railway have been special Viet Cong targets. It is esti mated that at least one bridge a day Is damaged or destroy ed. In recent weeks, Vict Cong attacks forced the closing of two rubber plantations, one of them with a production of 1,000 tons annually. Vietnamese generally lump events of the last year into one word. They call it the "terror" and they place its beginnings at the time of the Communist conquest of neigh boring southeast Laos. The fall of southeast Laos opened In the Day's News By FKANK JENKINS In a contest that lasted into the wee small hours the other night, Edward M. (Ted) Kennedy won the endorse ment of the Massachusetts state Democratic convention for nomination as the Demo cratic candidate for U.S. Sen ator from Massachusetts. His opponent in the convention was Edward J. McCormack, age 38, nephew of John W. McCormack, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. McCormack held on until the balloting reached 691 to 360 against him. Then he came to the mike, listened gratefully to the cheers of his supporters and said: "I want to thank all those who had the courage to stand up and be counted in my behalf. I will now take my case to the people." In Massachusetts, conven tion endorsements are not equivalent to nomination. The actual nominating will be done in the party primary in September. IT WAS quite a battle. Ar thur Edson, one of the AP's top political writers, put it this way: "Those ambitious, ncver-givc-up Kennedys have done it again. Edward M. (Ted) Ken nedy, eager 30-year-old broth er of the President of the United States and of the Unit ed States attorney general, was endorsed by weary, hoarse Massachusetts Demo crats last Friday night as a candidate for the U.S. senate. "Even though Friday night's victory didn't prove much-it gives Teddy first place on the primary ballot, plus a note that the convention endorsed him-the Kennedys go into everythirig, from touch foot ball to conventions, aiming to win. "And . young Teddy won here (at the convention) with a technique his brother de veloped in Massachusetts and perfected in New Hampshire, Wisconsin and West Virginia Strictly Personal By Sydney (c) Field Enterprises, Inc. THE TRUE EAR I was engrossed in an ex cellent new mystery by a skillful British writer the other night, when sudden ly an Ameri can character was Intro duced into the story - and I came up with a jolt. The spell had been broken: I sinv mrm ply could not believe in the American. The author's ear, which was so true for English characters, had betrayed her abysmally. In trying to reproduce Ameri can speech, she became ab surd and fanciful-as well as hopelessly out of date with her slang terms. Perhaps the hardest task in literature is to give voice lo a foreigner. Unless we grew up in the country itself, we do not have that absolute pilch for dialog which is the mark of the born story-writer Is ewf ' "'? . . ,, V difficult than novel writing artist as Ernest Hemingway Hen j d, fnund came a cropper when he tried !,,.; ,h3, in nlavo evrv. to render Spanish as spoken by the common people in in "For Whom the Bell Tolls.' Experts in the Spanish lan guage agreed unanimously that his characters spoke a ludicrous blend of styles nev er heard in Spain. If British writers can't do American speech, Ameri can writers are equally in ept at Briticisms. We. too. use slang that is outdated, and think thai "ripping" and "smashing" and "bloody" make a character Britiih. Even in their own lan guage, some writers have a superb err lor one partic ular metier, and not for another. John O'Hara'i dia log is excellent lor a cer tain type ol raffish and low class character, but his people of substance sound stilled and manufactured. Commies up the so-called Ho Cm Minh" trail over which it is estimated that at least four divisions of well-trained guer rillas have infiltrated South Viet Nam in the last year. When the Communists of. Ho Chi Minh defeated the French at Dien Bien Phu and presumably withdrew after the agreement at Geneva, they deliberately left behind strong Communist cells. The men married and learned the language and the customs, but never forgot their mission. Among many villagers they are heroes of the resistance- first against the French and now against the Americans. -bright young men in slick automobiles, .pretty girls in crisp dresses and unremitting industry behind the scenes to make sure each delegate is reached again and again. "It has worked wonders for John F. Kennedy, and so far it is working for Teddy." INHERE was Massachusetts drama at that convention the other night in Springfield. On the floor of the conven tion hall, a Kennedy and a McCormack were battling each other for the prize of the convention nomination as the Democratic party nominee for U.S. senator from the Bay State. But that wasn't all. Watch ing from the sidelines was a young representative of a third famous Massachusetts family-George Lodge, age 34, son of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., former U.S. ambassador to United Nations, who re signed his U.N. post to be come the running mate o Richard Nixon in the 1960 Presidential campaign, and the grandson of another Henry Cabot Lodge of World War I senatorial fame. This watcher from the Democratic convention side lines the other night hopes to become the nominee of the Massachusetts GOP conven tion late this week and later the Republican nominee for U.S. senator from Massachu setts at the primary election in September. WHAT a galaxy of Massa chusetts aristocracy! One is reminded inevitably of the famous toast offered by John Collins Bossidy back in 1910 at the Midwinter Din ner of the Holy Cross alumni: "And this is good old Boston, "The home of the bean and the cod, "Where the Lowells talk only lo Cabots "And the Cabots talk only to God." J. Harris Ring Lardner had a mar velous ear for the speech of small-town people and baseball players and enter tainment figures-wisely, he did not try to capture oth er, and larger, worlds in his fiction. Likewise. Ray mond Chandler possessed a sure touch with unsavory underworld characters; but when he wrote a "serious" story, his dialog was ama teurish. Apart from ils psycholog ical appeal, a great deal of the popularity among young people of Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye" springs from his ability to reproduce the lan guage of the adolescent who is "telling" the story. On the other hand, a great drama tist such as Eugene O'Neill had a tin car; he simply could not hear how his characters sounded, and all his plays suffer from this grievous de fect. The reason, of course, that nlavwril inn ir en mnpk mntro thing mus, be done by ,peech. tn-rt, arp n. -ciHrs hv thn author, no explanations, no descriptions, no philosophic flights, no character analysis. The playwright may have mind and heart, but without a true ear he can offer us only stillborn creations. ! Sprinkler System Damages Equipment 1 Portland - l'PI - Some wa iter damage to equipment and I rolls of paper occurred at The iOregonian Tuesday night I when flames in a press pit touched off an automatic sprinkler system. Water was snowered over block-long rotary press Fire i men said the blaze apparently .started in waste paper in a loit over which a press unit is i to be erected. The World P o
