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Medlord and Jackion County
History from the files of Th
Mall Tribun. 10. 20. 30, 40
and 50 years S.o.
10 YEARS AGO
on ia9 falurdavl
ftua, ,
civ inlurorl in week end
traffic accident; many persons
jailed for being drunk in pub
lic and being drunk on a pub
lic highway.
Portland's Bob Atkinson
and Mcdford's Eddie Simmons
are finalists in annual South
ern Oregon Golf tournament
here.
20 YEARS AGO
Aug. 30. 1942 (Sunday)
Assessor's levy on cities In
Jackson county is announced:
Eagle Point is lowest with
39.8; Jacksonville's 61.9 tax
is county's highest.
From Arthur Pecry's "Ye
Smudge Pol" column: "The es
teemed Oregonian in a recent
Issue editorially discussed pol
itics and war, without staling
any conclusions as to which
was worse or which caused
the other."
30 YEARS AGO
Aug. 30. 1932 (Tuesday)
Holly theater celebrates Its
second anniversary with third
Edition of "Holly Follies"
vaudeville show.
Jackson county government
moves Into new courthouse in
the midst of "impressive cere
monies"; Engineer Paul B.
Rynning and Assessor J. B.
Coleman among those making
the change.
40 YEARS AGO
Aug. 30. 1922 (Wednesday)
Mail Tribune campaigns
editorially for crossings of the
Southern Pacific tracks at
Fourth,' Fifth and Sixth sts.;
favors extending Sixth si.
under tracks for fire protec
tion. Miss Flo Thompson assumes
charge of the Jacksonville
post office; she replaces John
Miller who was temporarily
appointed following the resig
nation of Louis Ulrich.
SO YEARSAGO
Aug. 30, 1912 (Friday)
Lone fisherman struggles
more Ihiui an hour to land
20-pound salmon on swaying
foot bridge over the Rogue
river at Cold Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Humph
ries appear at Medfurd's Star
theater ill end of firsl lap of
proposed tandem motorcycle
trip around the world:
Humphries bet theater mag
nate Oscar Hiimmerslein he
would rover OS, 000 miles In
100 days.
What's Your I.Q.7
Nine or ten correct it superior;
seven or eight i etceltcnt; five or
six ii good.
1. Does two-thirds of the
area of Africa lie north or
south of the equator?
2. How often must Congress
mert?
H. What was the pen name
used by Samuel L. Clemens'.'
4 What is another name for
punishment by drain?
.". What is the Kohinonr?
fi What is a tester bed?
7. What is another name for
smear case'.'
B In South Africa a group,
band, or flock of lions is call
ed a what'.' '
II. Is jade all of Ihe same
color;
III. Was the first printing
press of the New World lo
cated in Mexico City. St. Au
gustine, Plymouth or Charles
town? Answers: 1. North. 2. An
nually, 3. Mark Twain. 4, Cap
ital punishment. 5. Large dia
mond. 6. Canopied bed. 7. Cot
tage cheese. 8. Pride. 9. No,
it varies greatly. 10. Mexico
City.
Who Would
The Eugene Register-Guard, in discussing the
threat of war, the other day had this to say:
"The real threat to world peace lies not in countries
like the United Slates and Russia. They are rich coun
tries, with abundant resources, educated people, every
thing to look forward to. They have so much to lose
that they dare not be reckless, ideology or no
ideology."
While in today's world we more or less agree
with this observation, nonetheless we wondered
about it.
Say the date was 1913, and the same para
graph appeared, changed only in that "United
States and Russia" were changed to read "Ger
many, France and England."
IN THAT ERA, those three countries, by stand-
ards of that clay, were rich, with abundant
resources, educated people, everything to look
forward to.
Yet they were plunged the following year into
the worst war in history up to that time.
Still, we agree with the R-G's thesis. It added:
"The real threat lies in the 'have not' nations, the
frustrated nations, the nations with overwhelming
internal problems, the nations with reckless leadership,
the nations with a grudge against the world. China is
the largest of these and the one that probably has the
least to lose."
What is it that makes the situation of 1913
and that of today different? It is, we believe,
atomic weapons.
HPHE day is past when a rich nation, with abun-
dant resources, educated people, everything
to look forward to, can afford to start a war in
hope of "winning" as, in effect, Germany did
in 1914 and again in 1939.
No one would "win" a nuclear war. One or
the other might or might not "survive" such a
holocaust, if the word survive can have any mean
ing when half or more of the population, indus
trial plant and social organization is wiped out.
No no so-called "civilized" nation could
afford this. But, and this was the Register
Guard's point, some nations might have no hesi
tation to begin such a war, figuring they had
more to gain than lose.
Israel is determined to become the fifth nu
clear power. So is China, and it has been pre
dicted that it will within months. And the day is
not far off when Yugoslavia, or Ghana, or Indo
nesia you name it may have nuclear capa
bilities. A bunch of drunken and suspicious gunmen
in a darkened saloon make for a dangerous situ
ation. Translate that into international terms and
it could mean the end of things. E.A.
Plague!
If three-score people had died within a month
from, say, polio or tuberculosis or influenza, there
would be luiRc headlines proclaiming an epi
demic; doctors would be giving advice how to
avoid the plague; public health authorities would
be besieged with demands to "do something,"
and many people would be panic-stricken.
So what happens when more than people
die in traffic "accidents" on Oregon highways in
less than a month?
The most violent reaction (except from
friends and families of the dead and maimed) is
a shake of the head, or a muttered "tsk, tsk!"
"OREGON was headed for a "safe" year on the
highways up until August started. Then the
slaughter began.
No single cause can be named for the deaths.
Too high speed, sleepiness, carelessness, reckless
ness, mechanical failure each of these played
a role in one or more of the fatal accidents.
In highway driving, each individual is not
only responsible for himself. He is also, in a very
real sense, "his brother's keeper." Those who are
not are little better than potential suicides and
murderers.
This is one fatal plague which could be cured,
permanently, by universal application of the
Golden Rule. -K.A.
Sailing
A convert, thev saw
his religion than is one born to it.
Likewise, those who are long-experienced in
some sport or recreation are less vocal in its
praise than one newly indoctrinated.
Well we went sailing for the first time last
week end, and with the ardor ol a convert and
New Hoy, let us record that it is a sport without
peer.
Hill Harker has been telling us this for years,
so last Saturday when his son Tom offered to
take us out on Howard "Prairie lake, we jumped
at the chance. It was all Hill had said, and more.
w
ITU a brisk breeze
), with the proper
water slapping vA tho bow, with the sun shining
;lown lmm a blue sky, ami glaring up trom the
bright water, the tensions ami eont'liets of tkiv
i to-day oft'iee routine seem a million miles awav.
Ducking the boom as the boat swings onto a
new tack, ami giving an inexpert haul at the jib
sheet, gives one the feeling of real participation.
And tlie skill of the young helmsman at gauging
the wind, jockying the boat over the dancing
wavelets, and giving his quiet orders to a neo
phyte crew, was something to admire and to
envj, too, jut a bit. MA
Start a War?
!
is often more ardent in
filling the mainsail and
heel to the boat and
"I Think Them Feds Got Me, Boy, But I Know
You'll Carry On"
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Committee's Value
To the Editor: No Mr. Al
len, your hostile feeling (MT
8-28-62), about the "Un-American"
part of the House Com
mittee probably has some
merit. Un-American may be
a poof choice of words. How
ever, because of previous com
ments you have printed and
(Tuesday), continue to print,
one can only hold that your
hostility runs somewhat deep
er (read superficial), than the
mere title of the House Com
mittee. Now as before, we consider'
your ideas on this matter al
most entirely un-founded -
meaning not or non and we
wonder at the precise timing
of your latest criticism of
HCUA. It has already been
suggested a renewal of the at
tack on our national internal
security system was to be ex
pected this fall. There has al
ready been an attack on J.
Edgar Hoover for his state
ments about t h e internal
strength of communism.
It could prove to be inform
ative to yourself and all oth
ers to read a new report re
cently released by HCUA, a
report on their investigation
into the National Security
Agency. It is significant that
during this investigation,
NSA's hostility toward HCUA
disappeared. And in turn, the
Committee lauded the De
fense Department and NSA
for "an outstanding job of cor
reeling the deficiencies"
brought out by this investiga
tion. This latest release again
demonstrates the great value
of the House Committee on
Un-American Activities.
Robert J. Howard
702 Beekman
Medford
Young Pickers
To the Editor: 1 have been
seeing and hearing stories to
the effect that all the pickers
available are working - I
wonder if you know aboul a
group of local teenagers who
were fired from their picking
jobs last week to allow a I
group of transients to have the !
positions?
I know one of the hoys j
personally and he is a good i
industrious worker, and a i
good picker, picking from 75
10 80 boxes a day. Another
boy, I understand, could pick j
an average of 100 boxes a day. I
And they did not "goof-off". I
The reason given by their
foreman was that a group of
transients were coining in and
was lo be put to work.
I think this is an injustice
lo our local people especially j
as at, and just before, the
season began the paper and j
Ihe other news media vrp
Idling aboul the "shortages" ;
m Hie labor field. I believe
lhal our local people should
be allowed lo work if they are :
available, and like my friend ;
able to do a good iob and a :
good days work l.el the Irnn
slcnls, whn are usually too
shiftless lo hold a job for long.
move on lo some oilier place.
if our
full.
Mis. Eric de Place
l:!2 Poplar dr.
Medlord
I can give ihe name.
r s
and phone number of
Itic one hoy.
JuvemU Delinquency
To the Km tor Inr porl
doctor usually iinitlycs he
n.i! tirr, i, ha r.iiMrr mid i,;otc
of a dio;iso bo fore attomptnin
to apply ; suitable romoclv
lie does not euro ;i m.UiKn.int
die,ie i;h soothm. m rup.
Neither will juvenile delin
quency be e i.i aj w p. h tap
on the wns! or remand. the
def impieM lo Ihe euslodv of
delinquent parents for disci
pline Nor will the me be
cured wtth a lack of punish
ment j Several years azo the law
in many sUtrs uj? applied i
as follows: Children under
eight were presumed incap
able of committing crime. Be
tween eight and 12 they were
presumed incapable but that
presumption could be re
moved by proof that they
knew they were doing wrong.
Raising the criminal respon
sibility age to 18 is one of
the main causes of juv-mile
crimes, second only to de
linquent parents. Another
cause is the lack of a parental
responsibility law. In stales
with such a law parents know
where their children are and
what they are doing and de
linquency has been reduced,
in some cases, more than 50
per cent.
According lo a report by
J. Edgar Hoover, director of
the FBI, while the population
was increasing about 40 per
cent crime increased 100 per
cent and more than half of
the crimes were committced
by boys under 18. The Orefcjn
legislature missed the boat,
when they failed lo make: the
aulo license age 18 to curb
crime and save lives.
It is no recommendation for
home discipline or school ed
ucation to have the children
under 18 without the knowl
edge of the difference be
tween right and wrong.
One of the first duties of
government is to protect the
people from any and all form
of aggression. Of what avali
is law if the people and their
property are exposed to dam
age and vandalism by juven
iles without any recourse or
protection by the law? The
effect of crimes on the peo
ple or the community are of
the same degree wjicther com
mitted by an adult or a juven
ile. The present setup handi
caps law enforcement offi
cers in protecting people and
their properly.
Some of the main causes of
delinquency are lack of dis
cipline, delinquent parents,
lack of a parental responsibil
ity law. failure to punish and'
publish Hie names so the peo
ple would know them to pro
tect Ihemsclves from depra
dation and vandalism. e
knowledge that no punish
ment would result if crimes
were committed. Idleness is
another cause. J
Cure for the di.si-a.se, old j
fashioned toil. Rehabilitation!
farms similar to Hoys Town
of 1'alhcr Flanagan type thai
put many boys who had stray
ed from Ihe paths of rectitude
back on the road lo respected
cit izenshlp.
Ed Rlaek
2573 Camp Joy id.,
Grains Pass. Ore.
Johnson Heading
For Cyprus Talks
Istanbul. Tm ke ! I'm Vice
President l,ndon IV Johnson
concludes a four-day visit to
Turkey and flies off to newly
independent Cyprus today for
talks Willi leaders,
On behalf of President Ken
nedy. Johnson wv? expected
hi trv lo further convince
Archbishop Markarios. pi esi
dent of Ops us, of the need
for economic eieveiopmcm
projects lo uct the nation tno
it.. forward .
Cyprus, which won inde
pendence fro; i P.rPain. is
phiiaicd not on!v bv ec
difficulties hnt' by
dittVivni es be i rn t r
no's and the Turks
In aueition the Com
parly has made si rens
in Cyprus
Johnson, on a :
tour of vit.ii Miora:
Mediterranean ratio:
ready ha :sMcd bv
vine
ona!
in and
non !o
Lebanon and m add
Cyprus will aUo stop
Greece and paly
off m
South Vietnamese Operation Success
Militarily,
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
In mid-August, big Sikor
sky helicopters with U.S.
Marines at the controls and
some 4,000 South Vietnamese
troops aboard lifted from
fields below Saigon for the
biggest attempt yet to clear
Communist Victcong from
South Vietnam's southern
delta.
Drurnmond Reports
(Walter Lippmjnn ii on vacation. Roscoe Drurnmond reports from
Washington in his absence.) (c 1962 New York Herald Tribune Inc.
CASTRO NOT DYING
ON THE VINE
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad
No where in Latin America
have I encountered any sup
port for the wishful thinking
in Washington that Castro is
going to die on the vine or
that the Cuban dictatorship
will soon fall from its inner
weaknesses.
The prevailing view in the
Latin American capitals I
have visited is that while con
ditions in Cuba are getting
steadily worse, the Castro re
gime itself is becoming stead
ily more entrenched.
One South American news
paper correspondent, who had
spent considerable time in
Cuba and left only recently,
put it this way: "Fidel Castro
is proving himself totally in
competent to manage the af
fairs of his nation but extra
ordinarily skillful in manag
ing the apparatus of a police
state."
This raises a question of
acute importance to policy
makers in Washington who
are rather counting on wak
ing up some morning and
finding that Castro has dis
appeared in the dust.
The question is whether
any Communist police state,
holding all the weapons of
terror and repression in its
own hands, can ever be over
thrown by a popular uprising
armed with jittle more than
sticks and stones?
SPHERE is no doubt that con
ditions are deteriorating
inside Cuba. There is clearly
developing an angry, resent
ful, frustrated, and humil
iated people who, while still
passionately supporting the
"Castro revolution," are
hearl-sick over what Castro
has done to the revolution.
The evidence is mounting
that there is hunger and un
dernourishment. Cuba used to
produce food for export and
now cannot supply the needs
of its own population. Private
farmers have no incentive to
increase their crops, and the
peasants on the slate collec
tive farms ' are wondering
when Ihcy arc going to re
ceive "their land" as prom
ised by Castro. They still can't
quite realize that Castro's
Communist slate has taken
over both the land and the
peasants to work it.
The situation is so out of
hand that you have the upside-down
condition of farm
Strictly Personal
By Sydney J. Harris
to Field Enterprises, inc.
PERSONAL PREJUDICES
No person is hopeless until
he has lost his capacity to de
spise himself for being less
than he ought lo be; in this
sense, self-contempt is the lasl
bastion of human dignity.
Hardship strengthens
character, up to a point; be
yond that, it weakens char
actor and it is the greatest
arrogance lo prescribe what
degree of tolerance another
person can endure, when
we scarcely know our own.
People who are inordinate-
j !y proud of their "common
sense" usually have little else
to bo proud of.
The rrost wonderfully I
peculiar talent o! a woman !
i 15 her unfailing ability lo j
j redress the balance of na- j
lure: she can immediately
perceive the flaws in a '
bright man and the virtues j
in a fool perhaps be- !
cause this is the only way j
she could comfortably live j
w,!h either.
There is no use in coins lor j
advice to a man who has not j
had your kind of troubles, for i
he will inevitably translate
them into his kind of troubles, !
and Hive you hichly inap
pronri.ne advice.
When parent says to a 1
child. "Don't let me catch ;
Klamath Falls Hotel
In Hands of Receivers
Klamath Fall? - m - Two
e Cvp- otiict r of tiie Washington
Mutual Savings Bank in Seat
:nuim tie took possession of the Wil
nroads lard Hotel m downtown
Klamath Falls Wednesday
o-wrek when a one-year waitina pc-
and nod for ledemptton of a tore
s, a:- closed ir.oil tae on the bn'.td-
ir.c and property expired
They s.ud the bank is dcfi-
mtoy looking tor a buvcr tor
! lie hole !.
Question
This week impressive early
successes were being report
ed, including the severe maul
ing of two Vietcong battal
ions. The campaign also was un
earthing impressive new evi
dence of the depth and frus
trations in this political mili
tary war to which the United
Slates has committed itself.
ers appealing to the cities to
send them food.
Economic aid from the
Soviet Union and Red China
is failing to live up to prom
ises even as Fidel has
failed to live up to his prom
ises. Castro is finding that
Communist bloc assistance
except arms is not only
doled out very carefully but is
also costly. Cuba's slim re
serves of foreign currency are
steadily being drained away,
largely because Cuba no
longer has the exports it can
sell to the hard-currency
countries.
UT LATIN American
sources on the continent
are convinced that Castro is
steadily tightening his grip on
the Cuban state and on the
Cuban people with so much
Soviet help that he is both
ally and captive.
Castro's armed forces seem
to be all that he needs and
more to prevail over any op
position that might develop.
The Soviet Union is stepping
up its shipments of arms and
thousands of "technicians."
Castro has recruited the
forces in ample volume. There
is every reason to assume that
the army is loyal to Castro's
bidding. While the regime has
been unable lo feed his people
properly, it has taken care to
see that its troops are a fav
ored class. This means that
the Castro army is massively
armed, well-fed, and heavily
disciplined for its duty lo
keep the dictatorship in con
trol at all costs.
A distinguished European
liberal who has recently visit
ed Latin America contends
that Cuba ought to be liber
ated by the Organization of
American States. These are
the words of Salvador de
Madariaga:
"The argument that 'Castro
had better be left alone and
given enough rope to hang
himself is worthless. The ex
perience of other nations fal
len into the unscrupulous
hands of the Communist party
allows of no such optimism.
Time could only make of
Cuba an impregnable base for
communism to spread all over
Latin America. The Latin
governments who shilly
shally over it are only pre
paring the rope with which
they will be hanged. Castro
must go soon."
But wishful hoping will not
free the Cuban people. Castro
will fall only If he is
pushed.
you doing that again," ihe
child resolves not to let the
parent catch him, and so
learns stealth rather than
honesty.
The person who complains
thai "you lose your friends
when you're down and oul"
never really had any when he
was up and in.
Loafing is as much an art
as business is; and more
businessmen have died pre
maturely by not knowing
how to loaf, than loafers
have died prematurely by
not knowing how lo work.
Those who think it is use
less for a woman to have a
higher education. beeaiiMi
"she's oiiiiT to get married
anyway.'' should ponder the
incisive comment by Richard
Melver that "When you edu
cate a man you educate an
individual; when you educate
a woman you educate a whole
family."
"Logic" is what we ap
peal to when the facts are
on our side; "intuition" is
what wi sppeal lo when the
facts are against us.
More persons have perished
by persevering too long al the
wrong things than by quitting
too soon; there are so many
maxims about the value of
perse erance. and so few
about the necessity for ruth
less self-scrutiny.
A woman can forgive a
man for his infidelities
much more easily than she
ceuld forgive him for being
indifferent lo her own.
Why 15 il that the person
who can't keep a secret al
ways expects you to?
Engraved over the doors
of most offices should be
the piercing words of Sen
eca: "A man who hat taken
your time recognises no
debt; yet it is the one he
can never repay."
Mark Politically
The French could not con
trol this area when they held
Indo-China, and it never has
been under the control of the
present government of Presi
dent Ngo Dinh Diem.
Military Success
When, in the current oper
ation, the soldiers dropped
from the helicopters into the
waist-high mud and water of
the canals and paddies, they
moved into tiny villages
whose huts displayed prom
inently garlanded photos of
North Vietnam's Communist
president Ho Chi Minh.
As in the past, most of the
Vietcong guerillas had faded
away before the sound of the
I approaching choppers, but
some were caught and killed
in the muddy waters of the
paddies.
Then, the villages "cleared"
the regular South Vietnamese
troops withdrew. Militarily,
the operation was a success,
politically a question mark.
The frustrations are many
in this dirty little war in
which some 7,000 American
"advisers" risk their lives
and sometimes die.
President Diem does not
take kindly to criticism, as
the Americans have found
out, and has been known to
act summarily against critics
among his own people, wheth
er military or civilian.
U.S. Advice Attacked
Pledges to relax his au
thoritarian rule largely have
gone unfulfilled. American
advice is attacked as an in
fringement of Vietnamese
sovereignty.
Matter of Fact
(cl New York Herald
By LAURENCE BARRETT
(Joseph Alsop is on vaca
lion. During his absence
his column will be writ
ten by reporters expert in
national and international
affairs.)
NEW YORK'S DEMOCRATS
A HOUSE DIVIDED
New York - One year ago
in New York, a small group
of Democrats did a wondrous
thing. They gave Tammany
Hall a lovely drubbing. In so
doing, the rebels, or "reform
ers," toppled the party'r in
ept rtate leadership, its suc
cessful New York hierarchy,
and that model modern ma
chine chief, Carmine De Sap
io. The victors excited the im
agination with their "wit, en
ergy, and attractive girl war
riors. More important to the
parly's state and national
prospects, the deform faction
appeared to offer an antidote
to Governor Rockefeller.
Mr. Rockefeller, in his po
litical debut four years ago,
routed the Democrats with his
own fresh vitality. Lickety
split, he was a possibility for
the Republican Presidential
nomination in 13B0. Now his
candidacy is a probability for
1964, provided he can make
a strong showing at home this
year.
A year ago, it seemed, at
least to some of us, that the
reform Democrats had the
charm and intellect to form
their party's cutting edge in
this year's content. They are
not doing so. The reasons for
this disappointment merit
scrutiny. They point up the
difliculty in converting sue-; party. He has not been gen
cessful rebellion to effective ' crous to them with patronage.
rule, and provide, l ocncvc,
the major reason why Gov
ernor Rockefeller has no com
petition just three weeks be
fore the state nominating
conventions.
rpHE reform movement real
ly operates on t u levels.
Firsl, there is the corporate
entity, the New York Com- of ihe regulars, particularly
mitlep for Democratic Vol-! Rep. Charles A. Buckley of
ers. This organization opcr- j the Bronx, were early Ken
ales on a practical scale. , nedy supporters,
seeking to win minor party j If Buckley survives the
and public office for it? mem-1 primary Sept. 6. he will owa
j bers. it to President Kennedy's
Above this there is the party regularity. Not only did
vaguelv defined coterie thai ! the President publicly an
orbits Herbert II. Lehman, the I nounce his approval of Buck-
former Governor and Sen -
ator, .Mrs. cicanor rtoosevcii,
and a few others of their ecn
cration. Here we come to the firsl
paradox The younger mem
bers on the working level arc j
more radical than the elder
statesmen. There has been
considerable disagreement
especially over which old
time regulars tn forgive and
which to behead.
Another problem is still
more serious It is the failure
of the movement thus far to'
secure a broad-based member
ship. C'DV has established
about 50 clubs in New York :
City, none to speak of out of
the city. More important, the
membership is too homogen
eous to constitute an effective
political force. It is composed
mainly of upper middle class
professionals. Probably the
largest ethnic group m it is
Jewish.
IJOLITICS in New York City
revolve lo a mauir decree
around racial, relig'ous. and
nationality groupings So far
Ihe reformers have oern un-
Early this summer, in- a
well guarded military com
pound near the outskirts uf
Saigon, this correspondent
talked to a Vietnamese officer
who was perhaps more frank
than wise for his own goQd.
To use his name now sim
ply would expose him to re
prisal. He is an officer "in
South Vietnam's psychologi
cal warfare section and thia
is the gist of what he had '.to
say:
The government has made
mistakes. It has had poor ad
ministrators and village chiefs
often have not acted in the
interests of the people.
The Vietcong gained fame
and admiration as resistance
fighters against the French.
Now they have the same a'cl
miration as resistance fight
ers against the Saigon gov
ernment and the Americans
who are presented as invad
ers. Twenty-five thousand hard
core Vietcong have perhaps
one million supporters among
the people who provide sup
plies, carry messages aDd
sometimes fight.
The government has not
won the confidence of the
people. Young men flee Hio
government-supported strate
gic self-defended villages out
of fear of being drafted.
The young officer offered
what seemed to be a self-evident
conclusion:
"If we get the people wkli
us, then this war is over.".,
As of now, it is far from
over.
By Joseph Alsop
Tribune Syndicate
able to attract large numbers
of Negroes, Puerto Ricails,
and Italians - three segments
of the community vital 'to
long-term political success.'
Organtecd labor also Iras
been cool, and in some cases
hostile, to the new wave. This
is understandable, given tha
fantastic pluralism of poli
tics here. The left-win , un
ion leadership has a political
mechanism already, the Lib
eral party. More conservative
labor chiefs disdain the ideal
ism of the reformers.
These difficulties would be
negligible, however if tho
reformers had managed .'to
gain the affection of Cit Hall
and the While House.
Mayor Wagner had been' a
regular Tammany Hall man
for 2.t years before a num
ber of circumstances forced
him to break with the old
ways. But he never joined
the reformers' organized
branch, relying instead on 'a
tenuous relationship with flie
movement's mystique-ma kei's.
He grabbed the reformers'
"anti-boss" banner lasl year
and waved il frantically - and
successfully. Back in office
for a third term Wagner
found a vacuum where the
party leadership should have
been, and moved into that,
also.
fTUIE younger rebels like
Wagner. They accepted
him only on the say-so o
Lehman and Mrs. Roosevelt.
Now Wagner got even. In
stead of treating the reform
ers as worthy supporters, ha
relegated them to the status
of just another faction in tha
Nor has he given strong sup
port to their Congressional
candidates in next week's
party primary.
Still further up the ladder,
the White House again shows
its elephantine memory -in
matters of political loyally.
Most of the reformers were
! Stevenson men in 11)60. Soma
j ley. but he fnghtene-' Mayor
Wagner away from a logical
embrace with Buckley's op-
poncnt, a nice chap who
might make a pretty good
Congressman.
riniE upshot is lhal the Dcm
- ocrats are going into tins
year's state election campaign
in terrible shape. It need riot
have been so.
The Democrats ha , a regis
tration advantage of 400. Odn.
While Governor Rockefeller
remains a strong contender,
higher taxes, his divorce. and
normal wear and tear liaVe
reduced his popularity, at
least a little
Ail lite Democrats needed
to make a good showing vs
an early decision on a good
candidate and a fro.-h. offen
sive stance. The Ptcsid;t
and the Mayor coulti ha-.s
supplied tile forrnei and ;h
rrf 'Tiers the ia'.'er t r, s lc" I
tile Democrats ar? dr. nd o i
canrt ds-e iri , far i:o
offering no r . ' .utfr.!.
me o Ro. Kr;'.l'e. j poh'.t-.
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