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Mcdloid and Jackson County
History from tht files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Oct. 11, 1952 (Saturday)
The Rogue valley's pear
harvest will total an estimated
2,550,000 packed boxes -about
a half-million boxes be
low the 1851 crop.
Slate police said today that
Gerald Macombcr, the con
vict 'with the "charmed life"
apparently has escaped from
the Upper Applegatc area
where he has been sought
since shortly after his escape
from the Oregon state prison
Sept. 15.
20 YEARS AGO
Oct. 11, 1942 (Sunday)
Medford Community Chest
opens drive lo reach 11143
goal of S17.000.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "The
treasury department reports
that everybody In the United
States has Slon in his Jeans
give or take $!)!)."
30 YEARSAGO
Oct. 11, 1932 (Tuesday)
Glen Fabrick Sr. killed in
deer hunting accident in I
IjOtlge i-uie (iiauiLi.
Annual Jackson County I
Teachers Institute opens in
Medford with about 200 teach
ers and 67 school administra
tors In attendance.
40 YEARS AGO
Complete registration fig
ures for general election show
9,725 Republicans and 4.024
Democrats in Jackson county.
157 register as Socialists and
120 as Prohibitionists.
II. J. Jewell, Central Point,
and George A. Briscoe, Ash
land, named to executive com
mittee of county division of
Oregon State Teachers asso
ciation.
50 YEARSAGO j
Sen. George A. Chamber
lain attacks Col. Theodore
Roosevelt. Bull Moose candi-
date for president, as "man !
who would lead us into warj
wilh Mexico," in Medford
talk. i
New walcr pump installed .
at county jail in Jacksonville. I
will operate at com of S3 a :
month "or a distinct saving of
$7 a month over the old
pump." ,
Whal's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct is superior:
seven or aiqkt it eicellcnt; five el
is it good.
1. Is Smics liihlicis." in
troduced during Ihe reign of
Charlemagne, a rclorcnrc fur
fortune Idling, reclasiaslical
prayer, or law,'
2 Over whal rnuntry did
the House of Plautagi-ncl
once reign''
3. Is Ihe ungual Rialtu in
Venice. Wyoming, or London,.'
4 Does an aloni or uranium
have a diameter of one-hundredth,
one millionth, hi oik--hundrcd-milliniilh
of an inch '
5. What Polish General was
a hero of our Revolution;!! v
War?
li. Name the author of "The
Gold Hug."
7. .Moslems shave Ihe xalp
but leave a tuft of hair Why
the luff.'
8 Does sound Havel faster
In water or air?
9. What is the opposite of
climax?
10. In what village in
France was Joan of Arc born
In 1412''
Answers: 1. fortune-telling.
Can gin n u. o. veimv, uaiy.
4. One - hundred millionth.
2, England. 3. Venice. Italy
j. vinmu ruuiai. . tosjn
Allen Poe 7. For the angel
to grasp lo carry Ihe body j
heavenward. 8. Water. 9.1
Anticlimax. 10. Domrenmy. I
OCTOBER 11, 1962
The Controversial Dr. Teller
Dr. Edward Teller
scientists of the day. He was also a leader in the
great debate as to whether a hydrogen bomb
should be built, and remains a leader in the de
bate as to whether nuclear test explosions should
be continued by this country.
On all three counts and on a fourth, as
well, which will come a bit later he is a highly
controversial figure.
He is often given the title, "Father of the H
Bomb," although he disclaims it, pointing out
correctly that hundreds and thousands of others
participated, and that without their participation
the H-bomb never would have been created.
BUT IT IS certain that without his persuasive
nocc anrl Vii sr-ipntifif fniPfHst that, the H-
bomb could be built, President Truman would
never have given the go-ahead. By the same
token, without his scientific genius, the bomb
would not have been created at all, or surely not
so soon.
In a talk in San Francisco the other day
(which we were privileged to hear), Dr. Teller
pointed out that there is much similarity -between
the arguments against creating the H-bomb in
the first place, and against continued testing.
The "atrainst" arguments boil down to these:
That we have sufficient
stroy Russia, so why test to build more ; if test
ing is not stopped,' more and more nations will
acquire this dangerous knowledge and the catas
trophe in the end will become unavoidable. .
pO THESE Dr. Teller
"My first answer is this: Not lo be prepared in the
nuclear age with nuclear weapons, lo rely in the nu
clear age on conventional weapons, is as sound a
policy as lo slick lo the bow and arrow after fire
arms have been introduced. Only thorough and de
tailed knowledge, not only on Ihe weapons but on
all the effects of these weapons, will allow us lo use
nuclear weapons in Ihe right way . . ,
"My second answer is, you cannot turn the clock
back. You can no more prevent additional nations lo
acquire nuclear knowledge and nuclear weapons lhan
you can prevent your teenagers from finding out
about the facts of life by keeping secrets from them
and telling them to behave. We live in the nuclear
age and we had belter gel accustomed to the idea
that power In this nuclear age is unavoidably inter
twined with and unavoidably rests upon the use of
the most powerful and the most easily transported
sources of energy. And this Is true for war and, as
Plowshare shows, It is true for peace equally.
"And my third answer is this. Yes, the nuclear
age is dangerous. It also is full of opportunity, in a
rapidly developing, dynamic situation, negative atti
tudes, turning back the clock, setting up prohibitions,
which can be violated at will by Ihe bootleggers, will
not pay. The only thing that will is a positive policy,
the only thing that docs help is the type of behavior
which we adopted shortly after the Second World War,
where he helped Europe rehabilitate itself."
THESE ARE Dr. Teller's answers to the Dan- j constitutional rights that they
A the-bomb and slop-the-tesl arguments. They!""
are convincing, even to those of us who view the
dangers of fallout, radiation, nuclear weapon
rattling and the prospect of small and irrespon
sible powers with atomic weapons, with concern.
We suspect they are
. . - , 1
""u c,ye niiui iieiuiiiu uiauiAciuunn ciiiti ayiuu-
ments with suspicion, and who believe America
should depend wholly upon her own armed
might.
But Dr. Teller has one more argument in
store, and it will not sit well with the anti-UN,
total-victory shoutcrs who think America can go
it alone.
CTILL talking about the H-bomb, and what to
do about the incalculable dangers it poses, Dr.
Teller added:
"The only thing that will help is to set up a wider
authority, a super-national authority on this contract
ing globe, lo save the peace, to guard the freedom,
and to guarantee the rapid development of nil the
people, certainly the people who are willing to co
operate with us.
"It is dangerous lo withhold from our allies nuclear
weapons, because that will cause them to stop being
our allies. We cannol hold them in a dependent state
forever, and it is obvious to any common sense oh-.
server that they will not stay in thai state. We must
at least get together with our good friends on the
other side of the Atlantic Ocean. We must build a
free world community.
"Yes, as suggested by Governor Rockefeller, we
must work toward Ihe rapid establishment of a Fed
eral Government of the free nations for the purpose
of making a solid foundation for a later and even
more important step, a step designed lo lead toward
a free and lawful world. Closing our eyes, turning
the clock hack, will surely lead to disaster. Progress
ing toward more knowledge and toward greater
unity are the only ways in which an all Western
Free Progressive World can save what we believe is
valuable in our lives and in the lives of our children."
ONE CAN sec why Dr.
mv. uu'r inn ituis",ii( Lilt
He dot's not satisfy
people.
He does not satisfy
tin- v. iiuutt .Nations, and omy me unueii iiaiuuis, i
is the Itest hope for eventual peace. I
He does not satisfy those who wish to live ;
, , . i - . i
in a peaceful and untroubled past, nor those who:
want to jump into a future brotherhood of all
lllen oVel'lliu'lU j
n t ii i ti , . I
Dr. leller is, in short, an unorthodox and in -
dependent thinker, whose patriotism and hatred 1
.of tyranny (he was born a 1 Unitarian and is now
., i , . -.-
in American citizen) leads hun to strong con-!
victions.
His opinions are worth thinking about.
Power of Words
Lcft-wineers for a eeneralion have been cor
. . . . .
1'ti l 1 1 iijLi line words like
inn. till. im iook HI
,..,(Jjt.., nVU ;il c doine
. . ,
-"" "" v m iMi.in. L.iiene nei.-vi-.
Guard
I ' .1
is one of the foremost
atomic weapons to de
posed these answers:
also convincing to those
i I
Teller is controversial.
niiu-.v-Miuj i:wn..
the Fortress America i
i
those who .believe that ,
'
"freedom and "democ
WKU U1C ZaiUCS Ot melius war against us or an
wilh oood words like '"T h-eiislieric country.
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MEDFORD
"Once More Unto The Brink, Once More"
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More Understanding
To the Editor, and L. C.
Powell: I do not know what
your nationality is but what
would happen if the slate of
Oregon decided they didn't
like people of your national
ity and you were kept out of
schools, lunch counters, ho
tels, housing projects, jobs of
anything more than servitude.'
In spite of being a U.S. citi
zen, if the state decided
against you, would you then
want the federal government,
which is over all. to step in
and take your side? We are
not 50 separate governtncnls,
but must have one head. As
you say, the federal govern
ment represents all people,
black, white, red or yellow.
If we, in Oregon, flaunted
the laws of our land, the rest
of the states would have the
right lo judge us for the peace
of the whole people. The "will
of the people in Mississippi
is very evident - keep the
slaves! It seems queer to me
that the people of the South
trust their precious children
to the care of black "mam
mies but don I think mey
are human nor have the same
If men like Gov. Burnett
can gel away with defiance
of government then our young
men should be able to refuse
to obey and fight. They would
be called "traitors" and treat
ed as such.
America Is the melting pot
of all races and they should
be treated equally. Why
should a few make our whole
U.S. the laughing stock of the
world when we need a united
front now more than ever?
Let's have more under
standing for our fellow citi
zens no matter what na
tionality. Mrs. Ray Doran,
Route 2.
Central Point, Ore.
Cuban "Threat"
To the Editor: On Sept. 13
our Senator from Oregon,
who Is the chairman of the
subcommittee on Latin Amer
ican Affairs, delivered a
speech In the Senate which
I have just read witli endur
ance and disappointment.
Except for alibiing some of
the unsavory acts which we
have committed since 1B2.1,
his speech lacks much in
point. However the last few
paragraphs need no Daniel to
interpret the hand-writing.
He simply means that if we
suspect that Cuba is doing
what we have already done
along the borders of the Coin-
munisl countries we will rf
lilt' lll.M lIllftMli;. 11 llll? MIIHIIU
liflt'lX-ll II WIPUlll (illlllJM UI j
i hi ii iy mean hip ntsii uciinn
of material life upon this
planet
Arc the Oregon voters naive
enough to return such a per
son to a position of power?
Is there one in whom we caa
la...! t. An U.,,t--. U, iKinb
that we know one but he is
water over the political dam.
JJ"
.sidcratlon to his views about
Cuba we. not Khrushchev,
;' in :
guide Ihe destiny of that u:i-
fortunate country, it seems
hard for people io grasp the
truth that Communists are
not born but are made that
t,v having to live in an
unjust' world, which is what
"'wened to cm-a
Mr. I'nandcr. if von are
a ,,.,.d-reader and hurrv. o-,
will have time to read this
'speech bv the lion Wayne
j Morse before Nov. 6 and let
us know if you would be
I w illing to destroy this world
j with all its potentials over
I the silly supposition that a
handful of people on ; n island
90 miles from our sbo.e could
achieve their survival by wag-
Vt Vaw as'teady
show n
(ll.v. ......
'fiv'f f.e in constant
''V CVtiO .'i'sw e ready
y:'. .o
MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD,
to defend themselves if. again
attacked. Can you honestly
tell us that you think that an
attack by them upon us or
any other country would
contribute to their security
or survival?
Bert Harr,
Route 2,
Jacksonville, Ore.
Forgotten People
To the Editor: Wonder who
the small voices are attached
lo, that come from White City,
pleading for real medical care
for the service men? Why
aren't all ex- and active serv
icemen getting good care?
They shouldn't even have to
ask. My opinion is that it's
a dirty disgrace if all of their
pensions aren't raised to $200
a month.
The serviceman who is in
Rocky Butte prison because
he was refused entrance to
the hospital wouldn't have
done a thing wrong had the
doors of While City been open
to him. I don t believe any
thing I'm told, but have heard
that this soldier in Rocky
Butte prison was a prisoner
in Germany for four years
and has a silver plate or two
in his skull. What kind of
people are we if we don't
staff those nice buildings at
While City wilh all kinds of
doctors, except women? tf
there's anything I despise its
a woman in uniform, when
they should be rocking a
baby.
Now where do we write,
or do we take up petitions to
ask for an active hospital staff
for Camp White.
When I think that but for
these men and millions of
others I'd be in a rendering
lard vat, I would do almost
anything for the men in uni
form and out of it. Now
where do we write? And let's
all help them. Not to be for
gotten people.
Ilarrictte Gibbs,
1375 South Columbus avc.
Medford.
Help and Cooperation
To the Editor: This is a let
ter of commendation for out
standing help and cooperation
by our southern Oregon
neighbors. On Sunday, Oct.
8. 1962. during a terrific
windstorm, a dead tree was
blown down over the power
and telephone lines in the lit
tle Applcgate area, three
miles up from Yale Creek
road. This incident caused a
bad fire lo break out. We
were notified of the fire by
itnH ,-iti,m hitnt.it- M t-
oward of DcMa Wa!
tl (J
the forestry service.
Copco and tue Telephone
Co. Mr. Howard remained in
company with the undersign
ed for 6' 5 hours fightin., the
fire. Mr. Howard Is a splendid
citi.en and a most courageous
man.
We people of Ihe Apple-
I gale area also wish to thank
I Mr. Kurt Gerhardl of the for-
Hl
service and his good
wife. Dana, who performed
wonderfully, remaining on
the job for seven hours un
til all danger was eliminated,
truly good citizens.
Thanks also to Pacific Pow
er Co. (Copco) for a splendid
job by their crew. This is only
one of the reasons that we
love to live in Southern Ore
gon. For no where in this
great land of ours can you
find such outstanding cooper
ation and friendlinos. Truly
these fine people are living
up to our state slogan. Keep
Oregon Green.
Michael C. Loftus.
Houte 2. Box 34.
Jacksonville. Ore
PS - Also thanks to Mr. i round characters are "reallv"
Francis Lea Wright, an em-! like, for they are likely to IN SERIOUS CONDITION
ployce of the Jackson County j surprise us in moments of. Driffield. England - IFf -Parks
and Recreation serv- crisis; but we can at least Mrs. Eliza Brown. 80. was 'e
ice. who happened on the agree on their basic elements, ported in serious condition
scene, for pitching in at great When it conies to the angular today alter falling into an
personal danger and doing a I people, all w e can say is open grave whi'e placing flow
splendid Job. ' "From w here I Hand ..." ers on her husband's tomb.
OREGON
'Supermac' Attempti
Tough Opposition to
By PHIL NEWSOM
UP! Foreign News Analyst
Among some not wholly
overawed by his high office,
Britain's poised and articulate
Prime Minis
ter Harold
Macmillan has
earned the
n i c k n a me,
"U n flappablo
Mac." He also
has been call
ed "Super
mac," and, by
those not . so
friendly,
1 and "Gim-
m
Newsom
"Macmothballs'
mick Merchant.
Macmillan, who took over
his present job in January,
1957, at a time of low ebb
in British fortunes just after
the abortive Suez invasion,
has been prime minister long
er than any other Conserva
tive in this century.
Now, by perhaps a combina
tion of the qualities of "Super
mac" and the "Gimmick
Merchant," he is attempting
to overcome the challenge of
one of the greatest problems
to face Britain in this century
and the greatest of all to his
own career.
That problem is the ques
tion of British entry into the
six-nation European Common
Strictly
Personal
By Sydney J. Harris
tc- Field -Enterprlsea Inc.
ROUND AND ANGULAR
"Do you know so-and-so?"
I am sometimes asked, and
when I answer that I do, the
second ques
tion is com
monly, "Whal
is he (or she)
really like?"
To give a
true and hon
est answer lo
this second
j question, I
houp Innt-ni.H
have learned
Hiria that It is nec
essary for us to divide the
people we know into "round"
and "angular" characters.
The round characters are
the easiest to define and de
scribe. They are the people
which includes the majority
who present a rounded ap
pearance to all who know
them. With minor variations,
they are the same viewed
from any angle of vision
like a circle.
Ask a dozen different ac
quaintances abouth them, and
you will receive a unanimity
of opinion: Joe is a good
scout, Sam is a well meaning
blowhard, Ernie is tough and
slippery, Mike wouldn't hurt
a fly.
Where most of us go
wrong, however, is in our
estimate of the angular
characters, in failing lo rec
ognize their angularity.
These are the people who
are many-faceted de
pending upon the angle of
acquaintance, they assume
different shapes, siiei and
textures.
With an angular charac
ter, one cannot say "This is
what he is really like"; all
one can tay It "This It how
he reacts lo me, and I to
him."
The angular personality
li riewed in one way by hit
wife, in another by hit bus
inest colleaguei. in yet an
other by hit tubordinatet.
and in still another by his
close friends. Hii personal
ity glints with different
lights, refracting the etmos
phere he happens to be in
at the time.
Of him. one person may
ley "He is terribly con
ceited." and another that
"He ii really yery modest":
one may call him "aloof
and superior," and another
describe him as "friendly
and humorous." And these
are no contradictions for
the angular character ii all
these things, depending on
the stimulus he receives
from hii environment.
None of us ran know what
he is "really" like, for his
essence is determined by the people have been eager to
particular mode of existence sloP in Portland this summer
we see him in. Work brines t0 st"0 Just ONE elephant
out one side of him, family : baby, think how many we
life another: at one kind of can logically expect to come
party, he Is shy and stiff, at j to Oregon to see FOUR ele
another he is relaxed and vi- phant babies next summer,
vacious.
When two acquaintances
TZZ uThard "o? them i S''eS Adm'"ed
to believe that both may be To Fisheries Agreemenf
right - for they are discus-1
sing an angular character in Washington - -l PI- - The
terms of a round one. and are President Wednesday signed
much in the position of the into law a bill allowing Alas
blind men touching different Ka- Hawaii and Idaho to join
parts of the elephant.
In a deeper sense, we can-
not even know what the
Market, at present composed
of France, West Germany,
Italy, Belgium, The Nether
lands and Luxembourg.
In the Common Market
countries, France has proved
to be the toughest negotiator,
determined that Britain shall
fulfill all the political and
economic agreements reached
by the six themselves, thai
not one period nor comma
shall be altered in the Rome
Treaty binding the six, and
that French agriculture shall
be protected against the
In the Day's News
Ir FRANK JENKINS
Big news in Portland,
where this is written:
Rosy, matriarch of the
Portland zoo, presents the
city with an elephant baby.
It's a girl, described by- the
papers as a "dainty brunette
with red eyes and a pretty
pink proboscis."
The baby's weight is 182
pounds, height 33 '. inches at
the shoulder and a flat three
feet at the highest point -which
In the case of an ele
phant appears to an average
observer to be about the mid
dle of the back.
The exciting part of this
happy event, which was big
front page news in Oregon's
metropolis, is that added to
little Packy, born to Belle
last April, it makes Portland,
the papers proclaim, the un
disputed pachyderm capital
of the world.
Now isn't that something!
BUT it isn't a
It never
all.
rains but it
pours, you know. Tuy Hoa, a
third member of the Portland
elephant family, is expecting
and the interesting event is
due some time after Novem
ber. And-
It appcars-
Pct, another of Portland's
lady elephants, is looking for
ward to a son or a daughter
some time early next year'.
HREGON, after all these
years of comparative ob
scurity, is GOING PLACES.
Our lumber industry is ad
mittedly in a bad way at the
moment, but the elephant
family of our metropolis is
on the way to pull us out of
the slump.
TTOW, you ask?
1 Well, all this summer,
tourists have been pouring
through Oregon, headed for
Seattle. They have been in a
hurry to get there. Pushing
down on the gas pedal. Driv
ing early and late. They
haven't been stopping as long
as we of Southern Oregon
would like to have them stop.
They have been rolling in late
and getting out early.
And they haven't been
spending very heavily in the
interval between their ar
rival and their departure.
Especially at the better places.
On their way north, they
have been conserving their
cash to be spent at Seattle.
Viewing the wonders of na
ture and science and indus
try that are collected there.
Taking the elevators up to the
lop of the Space Necdie for a
fancy lunch and a view of the
city and the Sound. Riding
the Monorail. And so on.
And, on the way back
home, after the big binge,
they have been short of cash,
because they spent all their
money at the fair. The big
hit along the road seems,
from all accounts, to have
been the 19-cent hamburger
places.
nuT-
" At lcast-
Thcy have been stopping in
Portland to see the elephant
baby. So many of them have
wanted to sec little Packy and
his mama that special buses
have had to be put on all
summer to handle the crowds
of zoo visitors.
ITOPE springs eternal in
the human breast.
If so many thousands of
the Pacific Marine Fisheries
agreement.
ng To Overcome
Common Market
"cheap food" policy of Britain
and the Commonwealth.
At home, the British Labor
Party, out of power since
1951, has served notice after
a period of indecision that it
will not follow Macmillan
blindly into the Common Mar
ket. Laber leader Hugh Gaitskell
has dropped his demand for
immediate elections so that
the British people can express
themselves directly on the
market issue, but at its an
nual conference in Brighton,
the party served notice that
hereafter it would be the
watchdog on negotiations for
British entry.
The two, the Labor Party
at home and the unyielding
French stand, could present
Macmillan with an impossi
bility. At Brighton. Gaitskell laid
down five conditions for La
Matter of Fact
(c) New York Herald
PRINCIPLE PLUS
ONE DIME
Washington On a fateful
afternoon not long ago, the
astute Secretary of the Dem
ocratic Major
ity, Bobby
Baker, passed
the word
among the
anxious mem
bers of the
Senate:
"On this one,
principle plus
a dime will
buy you a cup
Alanp
of coffee. Berlin was on the
boil; Cuba was in ferment;
and many another national
and international problem of
awful magnitude called for
the grave attention of the as
sembled Senators. But Baker's
delicate but stern warning
concerned a bill to construct a
$10 million aquarium in the
District of Columbia.
Among the liberal Demo
crats, especially, there was a
strong feeling that the prin
ciple of the thing forbade ap
proval of a "fish palace," as
Sen. Wayne Morse of Oregon
had put it, when money was
badly needed for schools and
hospitals and other projects
more directly bearing on the
welfare of the human popu
lation. BUT THE aquarium was,
and is, the highly per
sonal venture, the proud, pri
vate contribution to the cul
ture of the nation's capital,
of the formidable Rep. Mich
ael J. Kirwan of Ohio. As
second-ranking member of
the House Appropriations
Committee and chairman of
the Subcommittee on Interior
Department Appropriations,
Mike Kirwan is the master of
the pork-barrel. For Senators
interested in pork for their
states, the conflict between
pork and principle was plain
to see.
Nonetheless, Bobby Baker's
warning was disregarded by
the hot-headed Senator Morse
and the imprudent Sen. Frank
Church of Idaho. The effect
on Rep. Kirwan can be
gauged1 from a passage from
his own past, which he tells
with relish in this connection.
The Kirwan children, it
seems, were sometimes per
secuted by the neighboring
young, event to the point of
being stoned.
luy inuuiei, mrwan re
calls, "always told us, 'Never
throw back a crabapple if
someone throws a rock at
you."
'piIE WORKINGS of this rule
of reciprocity were soon
observable when the Interior
Department appropriation bill
passed the Senate and was
sent to conference. Senator
Church's beloved Idaho in
stantly lost the Burns Creek
Project, estimated to cost S52
million.
Senator Morse's cherished
Oregon also lost the planning
appropriations for the Colum
bia and Willamette River
EVERY AMERICAN'S SHAME
bor Party approval of British
entry into the Common Mar
ket. Strong and binding safe
guards for economic interests
of the Commonwealth.
Guarantees for British
agriculture.
Britain's right to pursue
its own foreign policy.
Fulfillment of Britain's
pledges to its partners in the
European Free Trade Associ
ation - Sweden, Norway, Den
mark, Portugal, Austria and
Switzerland.
Britain's right to plan its
own economy.
Four of those conditions
would demand that Britain
surrender no part of its sov
ereignty, a "must" under the
Treaty of Rome which looks
forward to both political and
economic unity among the
six.
By Joseph Alsop
Tribune Syndicate
Channel Projects, estimated to
cost an eventual $20,700,000;
the appropriation to begin
construction of the Yaquina
Bay and Harbor Project, with
an eventual estimated cost of
$23,600,000; and appropria
tions to begin study of pro
jects in the Willamette River
Basin and for reclamation at
Pendleton, Oregon, with even
tual costs as yet beyond
estimation.
As chairman of the House
conferees, Rep. Kirwan had
struck these items from the
appropriation bill. His com
ment was that he had already
voted countless hundreds of!
millions for Oregon and
Idaho, and if Sens. Morse and
Church did not choose to re
ciprocate to the extent of a
$10 million aquarium, they
could take the consequences.
The consequences may be
fairly serious, for both Morse
and Church are up for re
election. Both are now
thought to be running behind.
And until Mike Kirwan, re
membering his mother's warn
ing against crabapples, duti
fully met rock with rock, both
Church and Morse were using
their power to get pork for
their home states as prime
selling points with the voters.
CENATOR Morse has already
J reacted with considerable
violence, demanding an aud
ience with the President him
self, and clamoring for a pun
itive veto of the Kirwan
aquarium bill. It seems doubt
ful, however, that the Presi
dent will want to join the
Senator in throwing rocks at
the redoubtable Kirwan,
when this will do no good, in
any case, in the Oregon elec
tion. So the District of Colum
bia will get its aquarium.
The American Legislative,
as can be seen from the fore
going, has marked idiosyn
cracics. Every Congress ends
with some such drama as the
great aquarium drama; and
every President has to take
time off to deal with such
matters. The first Kennedy
Congress, which is now com
ing to an end, has been rather
more productive of such
dramas lhan most of its pred
ecessors. To this Congress, however,
it would be wrong to say fare
well in too mocking a spirit.
It has been called obstructive
and sterile by a great many
people, including the Presi
dent himself. It is true that
the President asked this
Congress to pass a gigantic
program, and only got a lim
ited share of what he asked
for.
But if you look at the whole
record, you find, sandwiched
among the aquarium bill and
other comparable measures,
such great innovating statutes
as the new trade bill, such
useful steps forward as the
area redevelopment bill and
the housing bill, and much
else that has been solid and
constructive. This has been a
Congress that got a lot done,
in short, even though it re
fused to do a lot more.