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History from the files of The
Mall Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Oct. 24. 1952 (Friday)
Wounded Gerald T. Macom
ber, 29-year-old escaped Ore
gon convict, gave up this
morning to a state police de
tachment, ending a 40-day
earch lor him in the region.
The 40th annual convention
of the Oregon Reclamation
Congress will open in Med
ford Monday.
20 YEARS AGO
Oct. 24, 1942 (Saturday)
IvTorifnrrl Set. Dan J. En
heart receives three decora
tions (or bravery and gallan
try in South Pacific fighting.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot column: "A num
ber of former spirited aulo
jsts were caught driving down
the Main Stem the past week
s if they were going by the
state police headquarters."
30 YEARS AGO
Oct. 24, 1932 (Monday)
Gov. Julius L, Meier en
dorses candidacy of Herbert
Hoover for reelection as presi
dent; urges Oregon voters to
cast ballots for GOP.
Breakfast meeting opens
campaign to raise $4,000 to
back Boy and Girl scout or
ganizations in Jackson
county.
40 YEARS AGO
Oct. 24. 1922 (Tuesday)
Attorney Evan Reames de
clares Ku Klux Klan is "still
the main issue" in the politi
cal campaign In talk sponsor
ed by Independent Voters'
league.
Jacksonville Juvenile court
studies case of 18-year-old boy
who Is accused of stealing car
owned by Medford Postmas
ter William J. Warner.
SO YEARS AGO
O'.t. 24, 1912 (Thursday)
Even money is being offer
ed in Medford on election of
Frank TouVelle as Jackson
county judge; no takers re
ported.
James J. Fryer, 84, known
V the "father of Eagle Point,"
dies after 60 years as resident
of Rogue valley.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nina or ten correct is superior;
seven or eight Is eicellent; five ei
sis is good.
1. Over what river Is the
famous London Bridge?
2. A short ton equals 2,000
pounds; how many pounds In
long ton?
3. What is the capital of
Belgium?
4. Is a ycllowhaimner a
carpenter's tool, an Insect, or
bird?
3. Is hominy made from
oats, wheat, maize, or barley?
6, Is the Grand Coulee Dam
higher or lower than Niagara
Falls?
7. Name the dally publica
tlon that contains the pro
ceedings of the Congress.
8. How many of the four
TJ. S. Presidents sculptured at
Mount Rushmore can you
name?
9. Which of Shakespeare's
plays ends with a fourfold
wedding?
10. Will food cook more
quickly In water that Is boil
ing vigorously, or boiling
gently?
Answers! I. Thamts. 2. 2,
240 lbs. 3. Brussels. 4. Bird.
S. Maiio. 6. Mora than Iwico
s high. 7. Congressional Rec
ord. 8. George Washington,
Thomas Jofforson, Abraham
Lincoln, Thtodora Roosevelt.
9. "As You Like II." 10. The
sama. t
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OCTOBER 24. 19B2
United Nations Day
This United Nations Day the 17th is being
observed during a period of crisis a crisis which
could conceivably shatter the United Nations as
an effective international entity, or, equally con
ceivably, could strengthen it and make it a more
effective world force for peace than ever before.
Those of us who are concerned with the prog
ress of international peacemaking organizations,
with world peace through law, with the eventual
lessening of tensions, should all be grateful that
President Kennedy chose to take the Cuban crisis
to the United Nations and to the Organization
of American States, rather than acting only un
ilaterally. Sometimes it takes a crisis, or a series of
crises, to strengthen and toughen and make more
effective an organization.
e
"llE MAY well hope that the United Nations
" will withstand the pressures sure to be gen
erated by the Cuban affair, and its world-wide
repercussions. We may well hope so not only
idealistically, but as a matter of self-interest.
The world is in the midst of a revolution, and
if freedom and law and order and decency are
to survive, it will take more than simple good
luck. It will take guts and skill and good will and
patience and, above all, the organizational
channels where these qualities can be channeled
most effectively.
With more than 100 members, and with the
number increasing rapidly, the United Nations
presents a fairly accurate microcosm of the world
today, a world which is predominantly non-white,
non-Christian, non-democratic in our sense of the
word, and under-developed industrially, educa
tionally, and governmentally.
IF WE manage to avoid a major conflict with So-
viet Russia as an outgrowth of the Cuban in
cident, we will still be faced with a long and
frightening array of subsequent crises India
and China, the ferment in Latin America, the
ambitions and nationalism of. the new nations of
Africa, the instability of many of the new mid
Eastern and Asian nations.
Each of these, anv of
tinder to set off a conflagration from which civil
ization could not emerge as we know it.
Our best hope of avoiding just such an eventu
ality is to work for a sense of common purpose
as the race of mankind, forgetting petty national
istic jealousies, and this requires an organization
al framework. We have such a framework in the
United Nations, but up to this 17th United Na
tions day, the framework is a mere skeleton, a
skeleton which will have to be' fleshed out and
made meaningful, not only to the so-called civil
ized lands, but to the others too, whose experi
ence with civilization is a brand new and some
what heady adventure.
T17E LOOK back on 17 years of slowly but con
" stantly improving effectiveness in the work
of the United Nations. It is not the same organi
zation today that it was that October day in 1945
when the charter was signed in Sah Fransisco.
It bears the imprint of many men, such men as
Trygvie Lie, Dag Hammaiskjold, U Thant, and
the hundreds who have served as delegates or
officials.
It bears the imprint of the Korean war, which
was the impetus for substituting the General As
sembly for the Security Council as the major ef
fective force for keeping the peace.
It bears the imprint of Suez and The Congo,
of a decade and a half of work for world health,
for world nutrition, for world narcotics control,
for world literacy all in addition to 17 years
of providing a forum where talk, not mutual de
struction, has become a way of settling disputes.
We are grateful for the last 17 years, and
look forward with mixed hope and apprehension
to the next 17. If we are still here to celebrate the
34th United Nations day, we will be well on our
way to achieving those ideals and hopes that
have inspired men of good will since the race
began. E. A.
Nilsen for Reelection
Norman 0. Nilsen, the present Oregon labor
commissioner and the Democratic candidate for
reelection, this year is opposed by Fat Blair, Re
publican challenger.
Nilsen is a quiet, unassuming man, and is
no great shakes as a politician, but from most
reports we have heard, he has been an excellent
labor commissioner.
His major emphasis has been in the field of
extending opportunities for work for older peo
ple, improved conditions for migrant workers,
and quiet but effective administration and
(when necessary) enforcement of civil rights
laws.
In the more technical aspects of his work,
such as boiler and elevator inspection, and sign
board administration, he has garnered few com
plaints. ASA matter of fact, the only complaints we
HAVE heard concerning Nilsen's job have
come from Fat IUair, and we find them consider
ably less than persuasive.
The positive side of Blair's campaign has been
principally concerned with his recommendations
for the writing of new laws, and less to the more
effective administration of the ones we now have.
On the basis of Nilsen's excellent record, and
because we are not at
alternatives Blair has offered, we support Norman
O. Nilsen for reelection
sioner E.A.
these, could serve as a
all impressed with the
as state labor commis
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Going To Change
To the Editor: "By God, I'm
going to change my vote and
vote for Fisher."
So profound an effect did
Representative Carl Fisher
have on the voters attending
the recent League of Women
Voters Candidates' Fair that
this was only one among the
many favorable comments I
overheard.
Contrary to his opponent,
who spent his entire 10 min
utes lauding the Constitution,
quoting Jefferson, and telling
us that we should not vote
against a candidate because
we didn't agree with him,
Carl Fisher took a strong
stand on the vital issues of
today.
Carl Fisher stated that the
voter should know what his
position is on the important
issues since he is asking for
their vote. His opponent evi
dently believes that he can be
elected by evading issues and
merely showing the public
that he is patriotic and sup
ports the supreme law of the
land. Most of us assumed this
to be true of candidates for
such a high office.
Carl Fisher stated that he
was opposed to the King
Anderson Medicare Bill be
cause it didn't cover 25 per
cent of the people that need
aid, it is compulsory, and cov
ered such people as Nelson
Rockefeller who certainly
didn't need its benefits.
Carl Fisher opposed the
present Farm Program be
cause it put entirely too many
restrictions on farmers. It
told the farmer what to plant,
how much to plant, and when
to plant. He favored a lifting
of these binding restrictions
and a return to freer enter
prise. He favored a strong stand
on Cuba even If It meant a
blockade.
In regard to federal aid to
education, he felt it was en
tirely unfair to ask the peo
ple of Oregon to pay for edu
cating the children of other
states, when these states were
unwilling to pay their fair
share for educating their chil
dren in grades 1 through 12,
such as Oregon has.
Oregonians like independ
ent thinkers who are not
afraid to take firm stands. I
believe that Carl Fisher is
an independent thinker and
deserves the bi-partisan sup
port of all the voters in the
4th Congressional District.
Mrs. L. R. Bishop
2525 Argonne ave.
Medford.
No Suspense
To the Editor: Your recent
editorial in which you so
judiciously balanced the rec
ords of the Congressional can
didates, had about as much
suspense as watching a pro
fessional making a ceremon
ious toss of loaded dice.
More eloquent are the
things you did not say. One Is
that following the election
there will be a report of cam
paign expenditures, including
one which will rend some
thing like this: "COPE, umptv
thousand dollars to the Demo
cratic Congressional commit
tee." They are not a charitable
group.
Pear growers have not for
gotten the session of the Legis
lature and Senate Bill 502:
"An Act to Prohibit Picketing
of Sites where Perishable
Farm Products are being Har
vested " It was first provided
that pickets must be bona fide
employees for 30 days, later
this was reduced to three
days, but your favorite, to
gether with the captives of
the Portland bosses, still op
posed it, and used all his in
fluence to defeat it. although
it passed 4115. Then there
was the bill to allow public
power groups to Issue revenue
bonds, "without a vote of the
people," which he favored.
Just now a small group Is
MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD.
trying to form a PUD in Jose
phine county, to bond us $15,
000,000 to buy out PP&L. But
they have to submit it to the
voters.
Remember that definition
of a "liberal," someone who is
liberal with somebody else's
money?
In all the meager reports
of his campaign speeches,
there seems to be an ana
chronistic obsession with some
version of WPA which ht
peddles from Grants Pass to
Coos Bay, inviting a dip into
that "slush fund" of almost a
billion of red ink dollars.
From him nothing about the
menacing national debt which
eats up $9,000,000,000 a year
in interest alone.
Our 4th District should con
sider itself complimented that
the administration has trained
its biggest (pop) guns at its
voters. It must still be as im
portant as some ten years ago
when they even "planted" a
stooge from Washington to
run for Congress. He did not
make it to first base.
VP Johnson went half way
around the world to tell the
islanders that an adverse vote
would be a "repudiation" of
the President. Well, his own
party did just that In Con
gress. Many people disap
prove strongly of the.spectacle
of their President desecrating
the Lord's Day in his frantic
campaigning.
John Q. Stewart
933 NE 12th st.
Grants Pass, Ore.
The Race Goes On
To the Editor: Ralph E.
Lapp, in pointing out Uncle
Sam's present power to hit
Russia, is just repeating what
scores of our leaders, civilian
and military, have said in the
past few years, namely, that
we have the power, within a
matter of minutes, to totally
destroy Russia. Whether that
power is singular or multiple
makes little difference.
Shortly after Sputnik One
rose in the sky on Oct. 4, '57.
Hearst with his 'Task Force'
of reporters went to Moscow
and investigated, then made
his report to America, which
was not cheering. However,
Hearst did not know what was
in Uncle Sam's cards and even
if we were, at the time, some
what behind Russia, it did not
lake long to catch up. So that,
as of now, Ralph E. Lapp's
statement about U.S.A. mili
tary nuclear strength may be
quite true.
The incongruous state in
which the race has brought
our country is the apparent
fact that if the bomb making
and bomb testing should be
discontinued, millions of
breadwinners would lose their
jobs and, as neither Republi
cans nor Democrats would
like to take the blame for un
employment, the arms race
will go on. Amen.
John E. King.
1049 West 11th St.,
Medford.
Candidate Opposed
To the Editor: Saturday
night I was in attendance at
the Phoenix Grange for the
purpose of listening to both
sides of the views of those
who are seeking political
positions on Nov. 6.
I wish every voter in Jack
son county could have wit
nessed the performance o'
one of the candidates tor the
office of sheriff. I.erle Steph
ens. Mr. Stephens professed
his honesty and Integrity an,t
then immediately proceeded
to take credit for the Medford
PAL club It is a fact thai
Stephens did not organize the
PAL club. This is honesty
and integrity?
Stephens is centering his
political platform on three
major planks: Experience.
Honesty and Integrity, and
the PAL club. At this puint
OREGON
Chronology of a War
Underestimated by Indian Prime Minister
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
How a war is born: ,
Sept. 4, 1958: Indian Prime
Minister Jawaharlal Nehru
tells his Par
liament that
"fairly consid
erable parts
of Bhutan
have been in
cluded in a
map pub
lished by the
Chinese Peo
ple's Republic
Newsom as the approx
imate borders of China." The
Indian government requests a
correction.
Aug. 7, 1959: Nehru reports
a "strange silence" on the
part of the Chinese Reds on
the subject of Communist
maps showing sections of
Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, the
Indian Northeast Frontier and
Ladakh as part of China
proper.
Aug. 28, 1959: Nehru says
I will not question Mr. Steph
ens' experience, although 1
must stop at that!
Secondly, and very impor
tant, Mr. Stephens has dem
onstrated that he cannot
maintain self-control-he loses
his temper. Childish, isn't it?
(Keep in rnind that if elected
he would be armed with
power and authority, as well
as firearms.) After the meet
ing Saturday night he ap
proached one of the central
committee chairmen and
proceeded to "fly off the han
dle" while trying to express
dissatisfaction . . . someone
had called him on his honesty
during the meeting. Is this
the kind of man the people
of Jackson county want for
their sheriff?
I urge you to seriously con
sider the candidates before
casting your ballot for the
office of sheriff on Nov. 6.
Wally Davenport
Southern Oregon college
Box 28, Siskiyou Hall
Ashland, Ore.
Hunting No Sport
To the Editor: This is ad
dressed to Gov. Hatfield:
Dear Governor: I have
hunted deer for over 50 years
and have never shot a doe.
As you well know, thou
sands of does are shot every
year and left in the woods to
rot. It is my opinion if one
deer of either sex were legal,
most of those does would be
tagged and brought out.
1 protest these special doe
tags where a favored few can
go out and shoot a doe after
they have already shot several
and left them in the woods
to rot.
I have always hunted for
the much needed meat.
I do not consider it sport to
shoot a deer.
Please conserve our deer
for our children and grand
children. C. W. Corey,
Phoenix, Ore.
Fantastic Claims
To the Editor: Many fan
tastic claims are made about
Ballot Measure 9, including a
statement that "acres will be
represented, not people." To
prove how wrong these
charges are, let's make a com
parison between Multnomah
county and Harney county.
Multnomah county's 271,360
acres will be represented by
17 members in the House, or
1 representative for each 15,
962 acres. Harney county's
6.484,480 acres will have but
'.j a representative, or 1 rep
resentative for each 12,968,
960 acres.
So actually an acre in Mult
nomah county is equal to 812
acres in Harney county under
Measure 9.
Responsible citizens will not
be taken in by such claims.
When the dust and smoke
screen of our Opponents Is
laid to rest, Oregon's fair
minded voters will vote "Yes"
on Measure 9.
Paul R. Nordstrom,
1024 Cans St..
Lake Oswego. Ore.
What's tht Difference?
To the Editor: We have
seen, it is generally agreed,
statesmanship on the part of
President Kennedy with his
recent speech and actions on
Cuba.
People are always asking,
"What is the difference in po
litical candidates?" and
awareness of the Cuban situa
tion is an excellent current
example This campaign has
found Democratic candidate.
Duncan, maintaining Cuba is
not an issue or problem, and
candidate Morse suggesting
nothing more positive than
U N. or O A S. action. Mean
while, Republicans Carl Fusti
er and Sig Unander, both in
formed and alert to the sig
nificance of the military build
up in Cuba, have advocated
positive and meaningful step
Red Chinese troops have pen
etrated Indian border regions
at two points opposite Tibet in
a "clear case of agression."
April 26, 1960: Nehru tells
Parliament he met a "hard
rock" in his discussions with
Red Chinese Premier Chou
En-lai and there was "no
meeting ground at all."
Nov. 5-8, 1961: In the Unit
ed States, Nehru describes re
lations with Red China as
"somewhat strained" . . . But
"peace and peaceful methods
of approach to problems for
us is a passion not only a
passion for something which
all our logic and mind drives
us to as essential for our
growth."
Oct. 22, 1962: With the
Indians falling back under a
reported human wave Chinese
attack, Nehru says, "We face
the greatest menace to our
liberty."
As the fighting reached new
peaks amid the peaks of the
all but inaccessible Himalaya
Mountains, there seemed gen
eral agreement that the Red
Chinese had initiated the new
action.
It also seemed clear that be
ginning clear back in 1954,
Nehru either had misunder
stood or had underestimated
Chinese intentions.
When he signed his non
aggression pact with the Chi
nese in 1954 there was spec
ulation that the maneuver
had gained for him 5 to 10
years before he would have
to face the threat of a Chinese
southward push.
Then in 1959 came the Red
Chinese conquest of Tibet,
closely followed by claims on
neighboring Sikkim and
Bhutan, tiny Himalayan pro
tectorates to whose defense
India was pledged.
Three possible reasons have
been advanced for the Chi
nese timing. One is to estab
lish themselves firmly before
winter really closes in. An
other is that they hope to force
to prevent further deteriora
tion of the situation.
The President's action Is
precisely what the Republi
can candidates have been call
ing for, while the position of
the Democrats has been either
nebulous or ineffective. The
difference is clearly evident.
Oregon's citizens should be
proud to send both Carl Fish
er and Sig Unander to Wash
ington to provide effective
and urgently needed leader
ship in Congress.
It is interesting to note that
Morse did not receive a call
When President Kennedy con
vened the effective leaders of
both parties of Congress to
discuss this momentous for
eign policy decision concern
ing Latin America.
Fred VanNatta,
2154-14 Patterson dr.,
Eugene, Ore.
Editor's note: Senator Morse
is now in Washington at the
request of the Secretary of
State.
Camping Costs
To the Editor: What do you
campers think about what and
how they are charging for
over night camping at How
ard Prairie? The sign on the
counter at the store says,
"Camping fee from 12 mid
night to 12 midnight or any
portion thereof is $1.00. By
order of the County Court!"
It costs $2 to stay one night,
if you go up there at 6 in the
evening you pay $1 to stay
till midnight then you have
to pay $1 to stay from mid
night till the next midnight.
Who is going to go up there
at midnight or leave at mid
night? We do a lot of camping and
any camp we have ever been
in they come around every
evening and collect. No one
minds paying $1 a night for
camping but as it is now, it's
$2 for one night. It looks like
they are out to hook the one
night camper.
If all the county business
is run like it is at Howard
Prairie, we need new officers
in the county court, and right
now is the time to start. Elec
tion is only a couple of weeks
away. Let's do something
about It.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Lehman
1518 Bryant St.,
Medford
Not Smoothly
To the Editor: t do believe
the public should know that
in the past four years the
election boards have not al
ways functioned smoothly,
especially in the setting up
process. The election boards,
I am sure, gracefully acknowl
elge Mr. Madden's apprecia
tion of our help. However, in
certain precincts these past
few years, we have had to set
up our own tables, chairs and
even arrange the booths prop
erly at times.
This Job should be done be
fore election board arrives for
duty. This delays the opening
of the polls. 8 a.m.. and causes
the disorganization which we
want to avoid. We did have a
smoother set up in this last
primary, but it Is the very
first time In four years.
Marjorie Orr
3658 Old Military rd.
Medford.
Chinese
Nehru into talks and into con
cessions. A third is that they
need a victory to offset
troubles at home.
At any rate, Nehru is out-
Strictly Personal
By Sydney
(c) Field Enterprises, Inc.
PROFESSIONAL
VS. AMATEUR
Some of us at dinner were
discussing the defference oe
tween "amateurs" and "pro
fessionals," and we agreed
that it was not so much a
question of money, nor even
so much of basic talent, that
distinguishes the one from the
other.
The mild contempt that the
professional, in almost any
field, feels for the amateur
is based on the latter's atti
tude rather than on his abil
ity. This is equally true in
the crafts, the arts, or sports.
A professional writer, for
instance, is first of all a work
man. So many hours a day
are spent at his job, as much
for pleasure as for profit. Ex
cept at rare intervals, "in
spiration" to him is a mean
ingless word.
.
The amateur writer has
to wait until he is "in the
mood." The weather has to
be right, the time propi
tious, the exact materials at
hand, the Muse delicately
nudging his elbow.
Nothing of any conse
quence is ever produced
this way. The greatest pian
ists practice many hours
each day. whether they
feel like it or not; first-rate
artists are incessantly
sketching or painting; the
tennis pro works on his
service and his backhand
drive on the chilliest, damp
est afternoons.
Yet. although the ama
teur is out for "fun," and
In the Day's News
By FRANK
Mishmash in the news:
The U. S. Census Bureau
reports that real property
valued for local tax purposes
totaled $271 billion last year
(1961) - up 33 per cent from
$203 billion in 1956.
The report adds that local
governments get nearly 90
per cent of their tax revenues
from property levies.
THOUGHT: -
If ALL the real property
(land, buildings, etc.) in the
U. S. A. were sold at tax sale,
the sum realized from the sale
would lack nearly $30 billion
of being enough to pay the
national debt of the United
States of America.
Question:
Isn't it getting to be about
time to quit spending with a
free and liberal hand and
PUTTING THE BULK OF IT
ON THE CUFF?
rpHE OTHER day the U. S.
J-Senate passed a bill to im
pose higher mail charges, in
cluding a penny rise on let
ters and air mail, and at the
same time to give pay raises
to about 1.6 million federal
employees, including postal
employees.
Additional revenue from
the higher postal rates in
cluded in the bill Is estimated
at about $603 million a year.
The estimated cost of the pay
raises is about $1,049,000,000
a year. The resulting DEFICIT
would amount to $448 million
- or about a half billion dol
lars. The bill passed the Senate
by a vote of 72 to 3 - indi
cating its popularity as a vote
getter at the election in No
Try and Stop
By BENNETT CERF
rUTSIDE OF BUSINESS hours, old John D. Rockefellei
occasionally betrayed flashes of a certain sly humor.
There was the evening, for instance, in the twilight of hit
life, when he was taken
lor his first look at an
edifice he had authorized:
the then brand-new
Radio City Music HalL
Mr. Rockefeller was
taken to the back of the
very top balcony a spot
from which the mam
moth stage looks some
thing like a postage
stamp. A herd of trained
elephants was going
through its paces when
John D. focussed his at
tention on the perform
ance. He shook his head
after a moment and chided his general manager: "What do
you mean by putting mice on the stage of my beautiful new
theatre?"
e e e
Carl Reiner likes to recall tht very first world's fair, which, ha
insists, was held about six thousand years ago. The attendance,
in fact, rarely exceeded thirty paying patrons all plthecanthro.
poid, of course. And the stellar attraction was a fast ride at th
rate of thirty-two feet a second. They called It falling.
Reds
manned and outgunned. If
the Chinese manage to pierce
the Himalaya barrier, then all
of Southeast Asia lies before
them.
J. Harris
the professional works
grimly, the latter's pleasure
is by far the greater-in
the same way that a sus
tained love affair is more
satisfying than a series of
flirtations. The amateur, be
cause he makes no real in
vestments of his personal
ity, is unable to draw out
any deep emotional divi
dends. . What the professional most
resents is the unconscious ar
rogance of the amateur in as
suming that enthusiasm and a
natural flair are any substi
tute for years of hard work,
practice, patience, and the de
votion that is gradually able
to surmount failure and frus
tration. During the flourishing
Elizabethan period in the Eng
lish theater, for example, doz
ens of noblemen of great wit
and erudition dabbled in writ
ing poetry and plays but
none of them, no matter what
natural gifts he may have
possessed, succeeded in pro
ducing a body of work to
rank anywhere near the
works of Shakespeare, Mar
lowe, Jonsorr and Kyd.
In the theater, the attitude
of the professional toward the
amateur is typified by the
French tale of the broken
down tragedian who sat him
self down on a Paris park
bench next to a faded and
bedraggled streetwalker. "Ah.
madame," sighed the trage
dian, "Quelle ironie! The two
oldest professions in the world
ruined by amateurs!"
JENKINS
vember.
A S FRIENDS and neighbors
. . . and thinking very
highly of them as individuals
. . . and appreciating the good
service those of them who live
in our home town give Us .
we are glad to see them get
their raise.
Inevitably -
However - ;
The thought must occur to
them that they are working
for an employer who is up to
his ears in debt. That is never
a pleasant thought. When one
knows one's employer is going
deeper and deeper- into debt
every day, one can't help
wondering how long one's job
will last.
TN THIS case, of course, their
employer isn't going broke.
He is different from the com
mon run of us. When he needs,
money, all he has to do is to
reach into OUR pockets and
take out what he needs.
Still -
When one's employer is
running heavily into debt, go-"
ing deeper into the hole every
day, one can't help having
qualms.
lyTORE on the same line:
Sen. Clinton P. Anderson
of New Mexico checked in
the other day at Bethesda
Naval hospital in the edge of
Washington. To inquiring re
porters, his office explained
that he "just went in for a few
days of examination after ex
periencing a series of DIZZY
spells." :,
Hmmmmm. Maybe he look
ed down unexpectedly from
the summit attained by our
national debt.