Medford mail tribune., July 27, 1962, Image 4

"Everyone in Southern Oregon
Rca.ln The M ail Tribune'
Published Daily except Saturday by
MKWOIID PRINTING CO.
33 North Fir St.. Ph773-0U1
ROBERT W RUHL. Editor
HERB GIIKY Advertising Manager
GERALD 1 LATHAM. Bus. Mgr.
ERIC W ALLEN. JR., Mng Editor
EARL H ADAMS. City Editor
HAHRV CHIPMAN Telen Editor
RirHARD JEWKTT. SDorti Editor
OLIVE srARCHER. Women'! Editor
DALE EHICKSUN, uircuiauon mgr.
An Indenendent Newipaoer
Entered second class matter at
Medlnrd. Oregon, unner aci 01
March 3. 1897
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
By Mail In Advance. Copy 10c
Daily and Sunday 1 year JJ15.00
Dally and Sunday 6 mot 8.00
Datlv and Sunday 3 mot. 4 23
Sunday Only One year $4 20
By Carrier In Advance Medford.
AihUnd. Central Point. Eaflt
Point Jacksonville, Gold Hill,
Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue Rlv
er Talent and on motor route!
Dally and Sunday year f 18.00
Dallv and Sunday 1 mo. 1 SO
Carrie' and Deal en Copy 10c
All Termi Cah in Advance
Official Paper of City of Medford
jOlllflal Paprr of Jackson County
United Press International
Full Leased Wire
U P I IVlpphoto Newsptcturea
MEMBER OF AUDIT IJUKEAU
OP CIRCULATIONS
Advertising Rrnre.tentatlve:
NELSON ROBERTS & ASSOCI
ATES, Offlcei In New York, CM
cago Detroit, San Franciico. Lot
Angeles Seattle. Portland, Denver
NEWSPAPER
BUSHERS
ASSOCIATION
NATION At EDITORIAL
A
tmrnrn
If'.l u U
Flight o' Time
Medford end Jackson County
History from the tiles of The
Mall Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
July 27, 1952 (Sunday)
A $57,500 Improvement
project for the Medford Mu
nicipal airport has Been ap
proved by the Civil Aeronau
tics administration.
The Cralerian theater sign,
a Medford landmark for many
years, has been taken down;
traffic on Central halted for
about two hours while huge
over-the-street sign was re
moved. 20 YEARS AGO
July 27. 1942 (Monday)
Construction of 10 defense
housing units on Haven st.
near Summit st. to get under
way shortly.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "The
homliesi wrestler in the world
will cavort at the Armory to
morrow night, and a great
outpouring is expected to see
this scenic eyesore."
30 YEARS AGO
July 27, 1932 (Wednesday'
Local labor bureau re
quests permission to grant
work slips only to persons
who are local residents In ef
fort to aid local unemploy
ment first.
Price for extra large eggs
reaches 18 cents a dozen
here; highest price since Jan.
12.
40 YEARS AGO
July 27. 1922 (Thursday)
Large number of tourists
from all sections of United
States register with Medford
tourist bureau.
Bureau of labor statistics
show cost of living down 23
per cent from 1020.
50 YEARS AGO
July 27, 1912 (Saturday)
Baseball funs reserve 15
railroad coaches to travel to
see same between northern
California and southern Ore
gon all-stars.
Vandals cause much dam
age at Crater Lake lodge;
holes chopped in floor, din
ing room tables cut and food
eaten.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ton correct it superior;
seven or eight It excellent; five or
sis it good.
1. Burma borders on Thai
land, Laos, Pakistan, India,
and what other country?
2. Are llrhl nuts grown In
Italy, China, or Brazil?
3. Do members of Congress
receive extra salary for at
tendance at special sessions?
4. What Island continent
lies entirely south of the Equa
tor? 5. Correct the following:
"Of the 30 plane passengers,
none were Injured."
6. Which disease has the
highest death rate in the Unit
ed States?
7. What Is the Arabic num
ber equivalent to MCDXC1I?
8. What Prussian drillmas
trr had a great part In train-
ing George Washington's ,
troops as fighting men? I
ty-prny or &
on fact? j
io. what arithmetic opera-
tlon Is Implied by the term i
Answers! 1. Red China.
2. China. 3. No. 4. Australia.
S. It is correct. 8. Heart dis
ease. 7. 1492. I. Baron von
Steuben. 9. Based on lact.
10. Multiplication.
FRIDAY, JULY 27. 1952
Political
The general election is still more than three
months away, but already political growlings and
snarlings are heard, at least in some of the races,
most notably that for Governor.
They have not, up
ticularly edifying.
The Eugene Register-Guard comments wryly
that so far it has been "less a battle of wits than
a battle of spleens." And the Oregon Statesman
characterizes it as a "grudge fight" between At
torney General Thornton and Governor Hatfield.
It confesses itself appalled at the prospect of
looking forward to three more months of "name
calling."
A CTUALLY, the exchanges between the two
"candidates thus far has reminded us a bit of
two young brats, yelling "You are! !" and "I'm
not! !" at each other.
To add to the interest, if not the articulation
of genuine issues, has been the role played by
Secretary of State Appling, who has received
some lumps for accepting the chairmanship of
Hatfield's campaign.
The Capital Press in Salem questions the
propriety of his taking time from a public office
to campaign for another office-holder.
But Appling is not one to remain quiet, and
he has loudly used the podium of his office to
assail the record of the Attorney General.
'"THE Capital Press also questions the astuteness
of the Appling appointment. It points out that
Democrats nave a superiority in the number of
registered voters in the state, and that Appling's
strongly partisan approach has done nothing to
endear him to Democrats.
And it adds that, while Hatfield has gone out
of his way to woo labor, Appling has not infre
quently taken positions inimical to organized
labor's interests.
But all that is merely political chatter, with
little or no real significance in the areas of im
portance, namely, which candidate would make
the better governor, and which one advocates
programs and policies which will best meet the
needs of the state and its people.
THORNTON'S record
avirl Via cn!a it'o errrA
field say it's bad) has no real bearing on whether
he would make a good governor. The jobs are
largely dissimilar. As a matter of fact. Thornton's
abilities as a political leader and an administra
tor are untested, despite his many years in public
office.
Hatfield's record as Governor, however, is
germane, for that is the job that is at stake.
Also decidedly at issue are the positions the
two men hold on such matters as tne future of
Oregon education, industrial growth, natural re
source development and protection, economic
well-being, local government, and many more.
IET THESE two men, aspirants to the state's
highest office, stop bickering like ill-manner-ed
children.
Let them address themselves to the issues;
let them face the many and serious problems
confronting the state ; let them tell the truth to the
people about what they would do if elected; let
them cite their own philosophies of government.
Then let the people decide in November be
tween these two men, both of whom are highly
personable, both of whom have large followings,
and both of whom have rendered good service
to the state and are capable of rendering more.
Politics too often has been lowered to the
level of a grudge fight, or battle of spleens in
stead of wits. Let Mark Hatfield and Bob Thorn
ton keen the dignity of the Oregon governorship
above that level this year. E. A.
Motorist s Memo
Memorandum
To: Medford Police Department
From : Outraged motorist
Subject: Illegal parking, Two Items
Item One: The Medford City Council, in its
wisdom, has seen fit to ban parking on certain
parts of certain streets between the hours of 4 :o0
and ( p.m., to alleviate jam-ups during the peak
traffic hours of the day. This works, but it works
only so long as the rule in enforced.
When it isn t. and illegally-parked motorists
are allowed to remain in
anes, traffic is unduly snarled, and Gosh knows
it's bad enough anyway.
Respectful suggestion:
an eye out on the south side of Eighth st. between i
rront and Central between -1:;!0 and 6 p.m.
ITEM TWO: In the
business district.
only parking places available for those who work
downtown all dav. (and where the wild-eved
yellow-paint wieltlers have eliminated many j
narking places by illogical prohibited areas j
out that's another story and not your fault) the
parking stalls are laid out so that, theoretically,
no car need ever to be boxed in so it can't move. !
However, in some areas, illegally narked cars!
hi e pei mined lo remain so a legally parked car i
cannot get OUt. '
, , 0 "'e recent hot noontide, this resulted in '
12 or 14 backing-and-tillings to get a car impark- i
oil with six inches of maneuvering space, and ,
.,, l,l,'cl.l (;. f ., ...
kespeetlul suggestion
f. ....... ,.,. : . . . i.
ivm I'lin-iii iiiiu t'i hi
around the areas mentioned.
Sincerely but heatedly,
Snarlings
to this point, been par
as Attorney General
nA A 1 1 v nnl TJof
the rush-hour turning
Ask an officer to keep
streets around the central
which provide about the
ask your parking en-
er to take an occasional cruise
"How Soon Do You Think We Can Get Away
From Here And Still Come Back Next Year?"
COMMUNICATIONS
Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer,
although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial
for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to
edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters
submitted tor publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters
printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the
oaper; In fact the contrary Is often the case.
EDITOR'S NOTE
Recently in this column a
letter signed "J. R., Long
Beach, Calif.," appeared. The
original letter bore a name
and address, but It was re
quested that initials only be
printed. The letter, though ac
cepted and printed in good
faith, apparently was a hoax,
for a subsequent letter sent to
that name and address was re
turned unclaimed.
The letter contained some
allegations potentially damag
ing Jo the 50 Plus Club of
Medford. Subsequent investi
gation, later confirmed by a
vote of the club's membership,
showed that proper proced
ures were followed in the mat
ter mentioned.
The Mail Tribune regrots
publication of the letter, and
extends its apologies to the
club.
Subject Closed?
To the Editor: The follow
ing letter just received seems
to close the subject of estab
lishing a hospital at White
City. 'Ibis writer cannot help
wondering, however, what the
people of Jackson and Jose
phine counties do when need
ing the services of specialists
not available in southern Ore
gon. David Frisch,
P.O. Box 292,
White City, Ore.
o
Dear Mr. Frisch: We appre
ciate your further comments
concerning the possibility of
getting professional staff to
operate a hospital at White
City. However, our surveys
have shown that it would not
be possible to obtain all of
the specialists required. There
fore, it would not be feasible
to undertake such a project.
Your Interest in this matter
is appreciated.
Linus A. Zlnk, M.D.
Acting Chief Medical
Director, Operations
Department of
Medicine and Surgery,
Veterans Administration,
Washington 25, D C.
Seek the Truth
To the Editor: In regard to
Wayne Howard, communica
tions, M M. Tribune, July 22:
I feel that it is my duly as
a Christian boy of 20 years
old to straighten out this teen
age boy and others.
The duty of any child Is
to listen to his parents. Why?
Because they have been In
this world longer and have
had much mine experience
than we, as young people have
had. I agree that young peo
ple are human beings and so
does God; but, I believe God's
word. He says "Withhold not
correction from the child, for
it thou beatest him, he shall
not die. Thou shall bent him
with the rod. and shall, de
liver his soul from Hell."
(Proverbs 23:1314.)
The trouble with the young
people today is that they
never get punished for any
thing, but rather expert for
their parents to sit down and
talk about it. I know one
thing for certain, young peo
ple who are punished love
and respect their parents.
Maybe religion won't solve
the world's problems but
Jesus Christ ran. What do you
call an overdose? If you mean
going all out for God, 1 dis
agree wilh you with all of
my heart. I felt the same way
about religion as you do. un
til one blessed night the Lod
Jesus Christ saved my soul.
He comforts me when I'm
weary, heals me when I'm
sick and he keeps me from
all harm. I lc;m on Jesus not
with one crutch, as you put
it. hut. 1 lean on Jesus with
all of my soul
If you go by the Bible and
believe in God's word, you
will have I different outlook
MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
fore. Parents, I say, punish
your children and then tell
them not to do it again. Par
ents, remember that your
children owe you their re
spect for God gave them
to you to teach until they
are old enough to face the
world and God.
Wayne, have you ever look
ed at a real Christian family?
I have. I see freedom, no
juvenile delinquency, iove,
understanding' and respect.
Just think; God gave his only
son, who died on the cross for
our sins, that all might be
saved.
In summing up this reply.
I challenge anyone who feels
the same way as Wayne does,
to seek the truth which is In
Jesus Christ.
Richard Gary Morgan,
618 East Ninth St.,
Medford
Meditation
To the-Editor:
I spent an hour reading verse
And time raced down the hill;
I spent an hour fighting pain
And time stood still.
The hour spent with poetry
Held thought in its embrace;
The hour spent with pain
Sent me to seek God's face.
Mildred Jeffrey,
521 Mayette St.,
Medford.
The Answer
To the Editor: Mr. Wayne
Howard, who calls himself a
"teenager," has written (M.T.
7 27) such a learned treatise
on how to raise children that
I am going to suggest that
every parent, and everyone
who expects to ever become a
parent, cut out the article and
preserve it -or better still,
commit it to memory. Would
further suggest that a copy be
placed in the Library of Con
gress. It represents years of
study, experience and obser
vation.
In commenting on my re
cent letter about "delinquen
cy and the Sunday School," he
wisely observes that "reli
gion" is not the answer. He is
right. "Religion" Is not the
answer. But Christianity (if
given a chance) is the answer,
as proven by the records of
Juvenile Judges over the coun
try. If put into practice it
would prove to be the answer,
not only to the juvenile crime
problem, but to most of our
other problems.
John C. Stille,
Shady Cove, Ore.
"Beauties" Liked
To the Editor: Returning
from an extended visit In Cal
ifornia I found a stack of my
Mail Tribunes that had been
saved by good neighbors, and
front page pictures of "The
Beiuties of Scenic Oregon."
These revealing pictures are
being sent to friends in Cali
fornia and Michigan and I'd
also like to send a set to that
southern California real estate
salesman who advised us 19
years ago not to move to Ore
gon. That was the year we ig
nored his advice and came,
despite hi warning we'd bog
down in the mud. li d happily
bog down in some right now.)
I'm not caught up yet with
my picture clipping but I'll
gleefully clip 'em as long as
you print cm.
My sincere thanks to those
responsible.
Dorothy Swan,
L. B. Slar Kt . Box 55,
Eagle Point. Ore.
SAFE SAVING BONDS
Pierre. S D -'VPt-lbe town
of Goodwin has it $1,400
worth of U.S. savings bonds
in real safekeeping, state
comptroller John Pennc re
ported. The bonds are in a
safe deposit box and the key
I has been lost.
New Hydrociectric Power Developments
To Add to Finnish Economic Resources
By PHIL NEWSOM
UP1 Foreign News Analyst
Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland
- For 400 miles the Kemi Riv
er hurries southward through
this land of
reindeer and
pine - covered
n u .
nia near the
ging run is al.
most over
""" now. but t h e
logs still float down by the
thousands.
This is Finland's green
gold, providing 79 per cent
of its national exports.
The green gold of Finland's
forests represents its inherited
wealth. The Kemi is the means
to transport this wealth to the
mills at the river mouth. Now
the Kemi itself is producing
a new kind of wealth.
Huge cranes, earth moving
equipment and men's muscles
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Sad news from Algeria:
Dissident Vice Premier Ben
Bella (who seems at the mo
ment to be on top in the
struggle for power) says he al
ready has received approval
from the rebel Algerian parli
ament for a plan to create a
SINGLE POLITICAL PARTY
to control the newly independ
ent nation.
Poor Algeria!
A SINGLE political party!
Mussolini had a single po
litical party. Its members
were known as Fascists.
Hitler had a single political
party. Its members were
known as Nazis.
Khrushchev has a single po
litical party. Its members are
known as Communists.
LET'S cite a little history.
Mussolini and his Fascists
led Italy into a war that Italy
had no business getting into.
It's too long a story to be
told in detail. Suffice it to
say that the whole one-party
adventure was a tragedy for
Italy.
What of Mussolini?
Well, in the end, he and
his mistress Clara Petacci
were shot to death by enrag
ed Italians who had been
duped, and their bodies were
hung by the heels in front of
a garage to be scorned and
spit upon.
HITLER led his Nazis into a
war that ultimately involv
ed the whole world and left
Germany in rubble and ashes.
The world is still suffering as
a result of what Hitler did.
What of Hitler himself
He and his mistress Eva
Braun. whom he had married
the day before, came to their
end in a bunker deep down
under the German Reich
chancellery. Both are believed
to have committed suicide.
After destroying Germany
and crippling much of the
rest of the world, they came
to their end as ignominously
as did Mussolini.
WHAT of Khrushchev?
That remains to be seen.
But history tells us it is a
rough road that Algeria will
travel if she goes in for one
party government.
IN CONCLUSION:
In our own country, the
Republican party may never
get back into power.
But
Let's hope the GOP remains
at least a POWERFUL MIN
ORITY powerful enough to
keeD TOO MUCH POWER out
of the hands of the majority,
thus preventing our nation
from becoming a nation gov
erned by ONE PARTY.
One-party government is
dangerous.
Jinxed Vessel
Leaves Portland
Portland - H'Fll - The tragedy-plagued
German Freight
er SS Carl Fritzcn was on her
way to Pucet Sound today
with new officers w-ho hope
her 10-day agonies as a death
ship are over.
The trouble started in San
Pedro. Calif., when the ship's
master hanged himself in a
cabin. The steward discover
ed his body. A couple of days
later the steward had a heart
attack.
Then the chief engineer
died suddenly. The chief male
couldn't stand the misfor
tunes which engulfed the ship
and was relieved of com
mand. Then the boatswain
had a heart attack.
A new master and a new
chief engineer were flown
from Germany and 'he ship
headed for Astoria. Ore. At
Astoria the second officer
was relieved of duly.
Troubles continued when
the ship reached here, though
on a minor level. The ship's
master, G. Lehman, waj -j-
)
are building dams and cutting
tunnels through miles of solid
granite to provide Finnish in
dustry with millions of kilo
watts of new electric power.
when the Kemi program is
Strictly
Personal
By Sydney J. Harris
le- Field Enterprises Inc.
ENVIRONMENT
VS. HEREDITY
Some dreams die hard
like the dream of the "breed
ing" people, who for many
centuries have believed that if
society could only mate to
gether men and women of in
telligence and character, then
the human race would im
prove enormously.
The latest dreamer who
should know better is Sir
Julian Huxley, the biologist.
In London recently, Huxley
proposed that a few "enlight
ened" British couples choose
"admired" men to be the fa
thers of their children,
through artificial insemina
tion. Apart from moral and so
cial considerations, the basic
flaw in such a proposal is that
we still know so little about
hereditary factors in human
beings. When we breed dogs
or horses, we breed them for
specific characteristics; but
what would be the goals of
human breeding?
Intelligence? There is no
reason io believe that intel
ligent people are any "bet
ter" than those less intelli
gent; and, moreover, so
called intelligent people
quite often produce average
or sub - average children.
Character? There is abso
lutely no evidence that
what we call "good char
acter" is the product of
hereditary factors. Too
many great and good men
have had disappointing off
spring for us to perpetuate
this myth.
Indeed, modern science
seems to be moving away
from the biological and to
ward the environmental as
pects ot family life. For in
stance, studies show that en
vironment influences neur
otic tendencies among chil
dren more than heredity
does.
A recent report by Prof.
Raymond B, Cattell of the
University of Illinois' Group
Behavior Laboratory told
the results of a study of 600
normal children. It was
found that early family in
fluences were of great im
portance in the develop
ment of neurotic tendencies,
Cattell told the American
Institute of Biological Sci
ences, A few traits, of course,
seem to have some hereditary
basis such as families in
which musical or mathemati
cal talent courses through the
generations. But no matter
how much intelligence or
character the parents seem to
have, if they provide a neu
rotic environment for their
children, the children will
grow up crippled in a moral
or emotional way.
The human race will not
improve itself in any biologi
cal manner, for our chief
problems are environmental.
The most intelligent people I
have known have not often
been conspicuously success
ful in managing their person
al lives, in terms of marriage
and child rearing If a child
is given enough of the right
! kind of love, it will become
a splenoirl human neing: u
not, all the brains and "char
acter" in its parents will not
make a whit of difference.
Pact Signed for
Shipyard Workers
Sun Francisco-HTT-A three
year labor contract was signed
Thursday covering 12.000
shipyard employees and 143
Pacific Coast employers.
The contract, retroactive to
July I, covers 10 unions. It
has been ratified by partici
pating locals from San Dirso
to the Canadian border, ac
cording to Executive Secre
tary Thomas A. Rotell of the
Pacific Coast Metal Trades
District Council.
He s.iid the contract covers
boilermakers, electricians, la
borers, machinists, moulders,
metal polishers, painters, op
erating engineers, sheet metal
workers, teamsters, plumbers
and steamfitters.
titled that the vessel's cargo
! w,is not stored bore, but in
Seattle.
j The ship, its shaken crew
j honing the seeming jinx was
! over, was en route to Seattle
I today to pick up the Korea
I bound cargo. A
completed, nine new power
stations will be pouring pow
er southward to a growing in
dustrial complex which cen
ters 600 miles away around
Helsinki.
This is the land of the mid
night sun and the contrasts
that come when one season
has 24 hours of daylight and
another 24 hours of darkness.
Now the work on the dams
goes forward in shifts 24
hours a day. In winter, when
darkness comes and the freeze
goes deep into the ground, the
work still goes on but it will
be slower.
Today, in Rovaniemi, it is
possible to read a newspaper
by natural light at midnight.
By 1 a.m. the bright sun
light of a new day will come
pouring through the windows
Washington Report
By William
fc) United feature Syndicate
THE TWO KENNEDYS
Washington-In the opening
phase of' the congressional
election campaign, the true
contest at this early stage is
not so much between Presi
dent Kennedy and the Repub-
j lican party. It
j is far more a
i contest be-
sxtfglf tween the two
very aiiiereni
men who are
President
Kennedy. The
Kennedy who
is at heart a
moderate - to -
1,. c " ii aeivauve
mar. is at war with the partisan-minded
man who is party
leader John F. Kennedy.
The Kennedy who is presi
dent of all the people is per
sonally not very partisan. He
does not gladly take up strict
ly partisan attitudes as Roose
velt and Truman did. Nor
does he really relish drawing
exact lines between the good
guys-those willing to go along
with all his program-and the
bad guys, or those who are
not.
BUT the Kennedy who is
head of the Democratic
party is urged, by the rules
of the game, to make at least
some such distinction between
the fellows in the white hats
and the fellows in the black
hats. This process comes
easily to some political lead
ers; to men like Roosevelt and
Truman on the Democratic
side and Barry Goldwater and
Richard Nixon on the Repub
lican side.
But it does not come easily
to John F. Kennedy-any more
than it did to his immediate
predecessor, Dwight D. Eisen
hower. It is precisely for these
reasons that President Ken
nedy still draws back, and to
the end will draw back, from
any total "commitment"-a
favorite word of his more lib
eral advisers-to total partisan
ship in a congressional elec
tion year.
Still, some such "commit
ment" is being insistently
urged upon him by these
same liberal advisers and by
a custom which demands that
a president be a "strong"
party leader in an election
year. It therefore follows that
to some degree he will bend
to this pressure.
Try and
-By BENNETT CERF-
TT'HEiNr VETERAN newspaper man John Wheeler was a
' young sprout, he met the great John L. Sullivan,
world's heavyweight champion and a man of inordinate
vanity. Sullivan reached
over and pulled a big
cigar out 1 Wheeler's
mouth. He took three or
four puffs of it, then
handed it back with a
grin. "There you are,
young feller," he boomed,
"and remember I would
not do that lor every so
and so!"
e
A minister In Evansvllle
had fallen Into the habit of
placing his sermons on the
pulpit about an hour before
the church service. One
young rascal discovered this
habit, and one day, before the congregation convened, he neatly
detached the last page from the manuscript.
The minister delivered his sermon In ringing tones, and read
the last line of what was now the final page: "So, Adam said
to Eve " Searching In vain for the following page, the
minister made ft mental note to give his secretary what for,
cleared his throat nervously, then concluded his sermon weakly,
"So, Adam said to Eve there seems to be ft leaf mlssingl"
If the American Dental Association la on the ball. It will give
senous attention to John Fuller's suggested slogan for the tooth
pullers ot our nation: "Nothutg dentured, nothing gained."
There's ft Hindu fakir down Pakistan way who cannot get over
ft childish habit of biting his nails. It's costing him ft fortune
in new beds,
e
Poet HilaJre Belloc remlnna vs.
The vulture eata between his meals.
And that s the reason why
He very, very rarely feels
As well as you and I.
His eye Is dull, his head is bald,
His neck is growing thinner.
Oh, what ft lesson for us all
To only et at dinner." t
C Ij Banaett Cert. Cu buted bjr King Features SysUesu)
of the new modern Polar Ho
tel. At the Polar a Spanish or
chestra plays "Mack the
Knife." A Lapland girl may
dance the night through in a
dress straight from Paris, pur
chased through the wealth of
her father's reindeer herd.
The coming of the dams and
Finland's rush toward full use
of her water power have
brought few other changes in
the lives of the Laplanders. A
man's wealth still is counted
in the number of his rein
deer. The tax collector is an un
friendly person, and to ask a
Laplander how many rein
deer he owns is a breach of
etiquette comparable to ask
ing him about his bank ac
count. S. White
WHAT in this columnist's
opinion also follows
though the president probab
ly would not concede it even
privately and though his ad
visers certainly would not-is
this: the greater the presi
dent's submission to this
pressure, the lower will fall
his popularity with the peo
ple. It is no accident that Mr.
Kennedy's slippage from an
unexampled high popularity,
as reported in the Gallup
polls, has precisely followed
the more partisan attitudes
he has taken up in recent
months. He himself has pub
licly acknowledged this, to a
point.
He acknowledges, too, that
the capacity of any president
to turn congressional elections
his way is most doubtful.
What he has not said is that
while a president can never
be sure of affirmatively in
fluencing congressional elec
tions, he can very much in
fluence them in a negative
way-against his own party's
fortunes.
rrms basic political truth is
now illustrated in what is
incomparably the most im
partant iitiding yet made by
the poolsters, the Gallup re
port that Republican pros
pects in the Middle West have
improved spectacularly since
March. In March, 61 per cent
of those interviewed favored
Democratic control of the new
Congress. Now the two par
ties are running neck and
neck.
What this means is that the
more the President has in
volved himself in debatable
domestic issues, the less he
has maintained on the people
for the only thing that is
now really vital - his foreign
policy leadership.
What it also means is that
on the outcome of the present
debate between the two Kennedys-President
Kennedy and
party leader Kennedy - will
depend whether his popular
ity and that of his party fur
ther slips. Even in purely par
tisan terms, from the Demo
cratic party viewpoint Presi
dent Kennedy had better win
in clearest way that argument
with party leader Kennedy.
Stop Me