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10 YEARS AGO
Nov. 15. 1952 (Saturday)
Two Medford high foolball
crs. Guard Don Jacobs and
Halfback Alton Stone, have
been named to the first team
of the Medtord Mail Tribune's
1052 Southern Oregon con
ference all-slar squad.
One of the most famous
choruses in the world, the
General Plaloff Don Cossacks,
will perform in Medtord to
night under the sponsorship ot
the Medtord Lions club.
20 YEARS AGO
Nov. 15, 1942 (Sunday)
Forty-eight nurses from
New York arrive at Camp
While; one brings 52 cakes
ot soap afler hearing no soap
is available here.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Vic
tims ot mild ('.') tlu hereabouts
resent 'the feeble jests' about
it and them. Boiled down, the
jests leave them more feeble
than the flu."
30 YEARS AGO
Nov. 15, 1932 (Tuesday)
Local residents adopt reso
lution asking that "civil tur
moil and agitation cease now
that the turmoil election is
over."
Roscburg citizens announce
Ihcy will send delegation to
Salem lo request a 50 per cent
slash in the cost of automobile
license plales.
40 YEARSAGO
Nov. 15, 1922 (Wednesday)
Move launched to boost
membership of Medford Na
tiomil Guard company to ill).
Medtord High school foot
ball team defeats Grants Pass
HO to 6 in contest at Grants
Pass. ' ' '
50 YEARS AGO
Nov. IS. 1912 (Friday)
Oregon State Hotel associa
tion starts movement for con
struction of stale highway to
Oregon caves.
J. W. Mitchell and City
Council President J. E. Watt
announce they are candidates
for mayor of Medford; C. K.
Gales and W. W. Kitert ex
pected lo announce their can
didacies. What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct ti luparior;
acven or eight ii excellent; five ot
tit ii good.
1. Were the "Seven Won- j
ders of the Ancient World''
all works of man''
2. Was Cassandra n famed
Macedonian general, a Greek '
city, or an ancient prophetess?
;i. Which department did ;
Herbert Hoover head in the ;
cabinet of Calvin Coolidgo' ,
4 Is llynophohia a dread
nl breaking a leg. morbid fear
of sleep, or desire to become
tineiHiM'ious'' I
5. Is whisky or is ti not, an I
approved medical Rttlidote tor !
snakebite? j
ti Which slate Is nicknamed i
the "Hiickcye Slate""
7. Willi equal wind velur- t
lly, would you say that tele
graph wires hum loudest m
cold or hot weather?
8 The French engineer.
Major Pierre C. LFnfanl. de
signed the original plan of 1
which l.'.S. city'.'
9 An- dragonflies harmful
to in. ill''
111 Was Old Ironsides
sloop, frigate, or corvette?
1. Yes. 2. Prophetess. 3. De
pertinent of Commerce. 4
Fear ol sleep. 5. Is not. 6
Ohio. 7. Cold weather. 8,
Washinnlon, D.C 9. No. 10,
Frigate.
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NEWS PAP I
S(ln!?V PUBLISHERS
Wji-ASSOCIATION
NOVEMBER IS. 1962
Eastern
(The Mail Tribune's city editor, Earl H. Adams, was
a member of a party of southern Oregon educators
which recently returned from inspecting schools and
educational methods in the east and midwest. His
report will appear in a scries of articles elsewhere in
the paper. Here he gives some of his Impressions of
the areas he visited.)
Winding country roads lined with small
trunked hardwoods dressed in a few scattered
brown leaves are within
ton, Mass., and Norwalk, Conn. I hey present a
sharp contrast to the Rogue valley's drives where
city and county are more distinct.
From the Lexington school administration's
office, which was housed in a remodeled school
house, to schools in the city, it was a refreshing
drive along narrow roads with trees forming the
curbs.
The colorful foliage of a few weeks previous
was all but gone, but one could visualize the
grandeur of the New England countryside after
the first frost.
THE woodsy New England look has been pre
atfmr in i h n it t .f Mr.i'if a 1 la Pnnn u n f 1
vicinity where home lots must range from a half
an acre upward, to at least an acre in Norwalk
residential areas. In the summer, it would be pos
sible in some instances
without seeing the residences nestled back in the
trees.
But not far from these country roads in the
city are the mazes of modern highways carrying
traffic to and from the metropolitan areas of
Boston and New York. There are several high
ways which compare to the West's freeways
thr'uways, turnpikes, tollways, expressways, and
parkways. All but the thruways and expressways
are toll roads.
The West's use of the term freeway has not
caught on in many of the eastern areas, and the
word is seldom used.
""THERE may be a half dozen different ways of
getting to a nearby town, and each way may be
as confusing as another unless the driver is famil
iar with the area.
Going from Boston to Lexington, the caravan
of school representatives in four cars failed to
make a turn according to provided directions. It
didn't make any difference, though. The group
followed the route directly to Lexington.
Two things were obvious throughout the coun
try during the trip, and both reflected the Ameri
can's desire to travel. One was construction of air
port facilities, the other was highway construction.
AT EVERY major city, where the party landed,
airport facilities have been improved, or are
in the process of being improved. And in every
area, heavy equipment is changing the face of the
earth to provide modern wide lane highways for
commuters, travelers, and commercial vehicles.
In Chicago, traffic on an expressway from
near the Loop to the O'Mare airport area was
three and four abreast, bumper to bumper for
the almost 17 mile trip.
The "El" and subways in Chicago, during the
morning and evening rush hours, are crammed
with people. About one million people are trans
ported by bus, subway, the "El, and automobile
to daily jobs in the Loop, an area which encom
passes about 20 city blocks.
npiIE CORNER of State and Madison sts. is
considered to be the busiest street corner in
the nation. It could be. The individual is lost in
a mass of human beings burring home, to the of
fice, to the store, or nowhere. Rain or shine, peo
ple move silently through the downtown Chicago
area amid the honking automobile and bus horns,
and the roar of the "El."
The "El" for mile afler mile passes the back
side of apartment buildings in north and south
Chicago. Many of them appeared unkempt and
the morning wash hung on tlie back torch where
inclement weather prevented it from drying.
Some of the flats, apartments or tenements
appeared to be nothing more than hovels where
the occupants have perhaps never seen a single
home on a single residential lot surrounded by
green grass, flowers and shrubs.
. "
""THE FLAT, unbroken land immediately out
side Chicago was dull compared to the rolling
countryside from Lexington, Mass., to Norwalk,
Conn. There, even in the rain, it was a pleasant
drive lo the southwest area of Connecticut with
the brown hues of fall blending into the grey aft
ernoon rain.
In the Lexington and Norwalk areas, the stu
dent of history would have a field day; some of
the buildings are older by almost a century than
the oldest building in the Rogue valley. E.H.A.
"The Music Man"
Having, on past occasions, been caustically
critical of certain Hollywood productions, it is
now our pleasure to give
tine now playing here. We refer to "Ihe Music
Man."
It is the imly film in many years that we have
gone tti see twice.
This is nut a great classic, nor a film of any
particular importance or message. Rut it is gay,
tuneful, humorous, colorful, and is a plain, relax
ing pleasure to w atch.
It is a nearly-literal film presentation of Mere
dith W'illson's Broadway smash hit, with ebulient
Rob Preston as its star, and we recommend it
without reservation. E, A.
Contrasts
the city limits of Lexing
to drive along city roads
unstinting approval to1
MEDFORD
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printed in this column do not nacestarily represent the views ol the paper; in fact the
contrary is often the case.
Parents' Fault
To the Editor: The thoughts
of many people are shared in
a spiritual crisis. The inspira
tion and special qualities' that
once were taught lo children,
such as self respect and re
spect of others, can be put
down as past history.
For all the disrespect and
spiritual failings go to the par
ents. The Bible taught us all
spare the rod and spoil the
child. The modern generation
is always on the move. They
are perplexed and adrift, hav
ing lost all bearings. This is
not growing closer to each
other, as a marriage or a fam
ily. The marriage breaks into
degradation and failure. Chil
dren are murdered because
they're in the way or left wan
dering about the streets. This
is modern America.
We call the children hood
lums, but are they? They are
destructive, critical, ignorant
of respect and faithless. Why
shouldn't they be? They are
born into a world not of their
own making, and all too soon
discover they are tossed aside
and resented.
The lacerating hurl these
20th century children feel is
released in their fast pace,
driving forces and stress
which we call destruction.
Their minds need both parents
for proper mental balance as
well as to function properly as
an American citizen, as we
would ask them to be. ff the
parents had taken time on de
mand of the child to help him
wilh his or her problems in
the light of God, or given
litem protection and under
standing that they need, we
would have more to be thank
ful for In the children.
All children have a father
and mother to honor. Bui the
honor the parents get depends
on Ihe parents. Most fathers
and mothers can be located in
the local bar having a drink
or attending the neighborhood
gossip center while their chil
dren are out on tile streets
honoring them, or parked on
a shady lane using llteir in
stincts the dear Lord gave
them. They are heading down
the wrong road because they
don't know any belter and
no one to teach them.
K. Dykes,
llox 58.
Kaglc Point, Ore.
Changes Needed
To the Editor: Wall street
must be getting pretty hard
no. when they have to bring
our news boys into this cold
war. Panhandling to keep Ra
dio Free Kurope on the air. It
Ihi-v ever broadens! the truth.
the whole tiling would col
lapse. Why not keep Ihe kids
out of this mess? Let the ones
lhal buill it finance it. The
next move will be lo ask the
kindergarten youngsters to
empty their piggy bank.
Cuba. India and Berlin lake
up most of the headlines, com
munism here, communism
there, c o m m u n I s I s every
where. I don't think there was
a man on the democratic tick
et that was not accused ol be
ing soft tn communism. Com
munism seemed to be the big
issue of Ihe day. Sig Unan
der's campaign manager said
"we were Cubanied." that is
the reason they hist. Boy Oh
Boy. whan an alibi.
Why don't these candidates
have something to otfer the
people besides being anti this
or aotl lhat? Why don't they
have a solution to the unem
ployment problem, the lax
problem, and many more that
are lacing us right here at
home '
What we need is a new par
ty, a labor party or maybe the
people's party.
The labor leaders have sold
us out, We don't have more
than one it two labor leaders
that arc any good for labor.
The big boys of thr labor
MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD.
wmmi
movement are nothing but po
litical stooges.
What have they got to offer
the unemployed? Nothing but
some more of the same. There
are over 29,000 unemployed
in the state of Oregon now.
What will it be before spring?
Our economy is obsolete.
Technology is forcing the
change. Communism has noth
ing to do with it. Our system
has to hide behind something,
so it is communism. You
know, Henry Ford was finally
forced to change his model
and that is exactly what is
happening to our economy, it
has got to change.
Ray Prichard,
414 South First St.,
Central Point, Ore.
White City Comment
To the Editor: This is about
the veterans at the White City
government domiciliary. It
recently went over 1,000 mem
bers for the first time since it
began as a Home. Like any
service camp during the War,
the average city where a V.A.
Home is located gets the
wrong impression of the mem
bers, since a few make a bad
name for all by getting drunk
in public and giving a "black
eye" lo the Home.
The average member here
is sick, either transferring
from a hospital or coming
from the outside where he
hasn't worked and needs a
place to stay. One of the re
quirements to get into the
Domiciliary is that the vet
eran is unable to work or can't
pay for the cost of food, cloih
ing, medicine, etc., which is
part of domiciliary care.
Most feel it is not an ideal
life where you have privacy
and the comforts of home. The
blowing of a whistle at 6 a.m.
starts a new day, including
week ends and holidays. There
are long lines seen at the mess
hall three times a day (pay
line, diet line, cripple line in
cluding canes and wheel
chairs), as well as medicine
lines, cigarette lines, mail
lines, check lines on payday,
etc. The day ends at 10 p.m.
with lights out and bed check,
so Ihe whereabouts of every
man can be accounted for. A
lot think this life is too much
like the service but in a place
of this size, there have to be
some regulations and order.
Otherwise, with no rules to
govern the men, things would
get out of control and no way
to slop the offenders.
At least 75 per cent are
alcoholics, some will readily
admit it, others won't. In most
cases, drinking has interrupt
ed their normal lives, jobs.
careers or marriages. The
reason the average pay job
here is only SH0 a month is
thai after the first pay cheek,
most men would go on a
drunk and lose their jobs, be
coming nndependable to their
employers. No outside super
visor in bis right mind would
hire anyone who is unreliable.
Remember that these men
are veterans of the wars, many
have no family or relative.:,
and have need of friendship. It
is up to the public to come out
to White City lo visit, not only
during an open house but any
time during the week or week
end Then they can see that
not all the 1. Olio-plus men here
are drunks or winos. that
some are hard workers and
hold jolts. As taxpayers, voti
are helping to keep this Domi
ciliary open and oo a per--manent
footing. Cet to know
these fellows as long as they i
make their home here. Show'
them that Medford is a friend
ly city and ignore the minor-:
it y who hang out on Fronl
Street whenever they so to
town.
F H Oakes
White City, Ore.
30 Yean Ago
! To the Kditor. For a emv
sidcr.ihlr time thr JIT, has
I been publishing a series o(
'historical articles chronologi-
OREGON
Indications Mounting That All Not Well
In Russ Domestic Economy and Planning
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
For many weeks, long be
fore eruption of the Cuban
crisis, unusually frank dis
patches from
Moscow have
been report
ing mounting
troubles for
Nikita Khru
shchev at
home. These
included wide
spread agri
cultural fail-
KewBom ures and a
seemingly endless list of in
dustrial snafus running all the
way from a shortage of wom
en's black lace lingerie to pro
duction of cement.
This week brought new
stories of Soviet labor unrest
which, coupled with earlier
reports of rioting against in
creased meat and butter pric
es, added to evidence of
mounting discontent among
the Sovtet people.
cally paralleling the progress
of the Civil War raging 100
years ago.
Thirty years ago, here in
Medford, a civil war was
brought to a head shortly
after the election contest of
1932, during the deep depres
sion. fnflamed by a malicious
group of agitators, masquerad
ing under the false cognomen
of "The Good Government
Congress", a large segment of
Jackson county's misinformed
or ignorant populace enlisted
in the "Congress's" effort to
take over our county govern
ment by fair means'or foul.
The turmoil and lawless ac
tivities that were rampant be
fore and after the election,
finally culminating in the
murder of Constable Prescotl
which brought on the inter
vention of the newly organized
State Police, should make in
teresting reading for the pres
ent residents of our county,
most of whom have never
seen the small stone marker
near Ihe sidewalk between
Holly and Ivy in the city park,
honoring George Prescotl.
Research the 1932-33 edi
tions of the Mail Tribune cov
ering these months and you'll
learn how the medallinn ihi.i
graces your masthead got
mere, n niignt be interesting
to present day readers also.
F. T. Fish
Box 56
Phoenix, Ore.
Autumn Days
To the Editor:
Pumpkins in the fields
glowing
as we go by.
Cornstalks faded gently
blowing
are they waving goodbye?
Tom Turkey strutting around
the place
before Thanksgiving Day,
Not knowing that he will
grace
a bountiful display.
Pumpkin pies on the shelf
will be cooling
sooner than you expect,
And Old Jack Frost is not
fooling,
the leaves he did bedeck.
Cranberry jelly red and
shimmering,
a compliment m Tom.
Whose golden goodness is rich
and glimmering
when taken from the oven
by Mom.
To be placed in honor on our
dining table:
second helpings we will be
taking.
Let's hope all will be able
to walk away, without
aching.
II. Itumpal.
PO Box 21,
Central Point. Ore
Soviet Freighter
Clears Bospfiorus
Istanbul. Turkey -HTl'- The
3.000-ton Soviet freighter Za
yarak passed through the
Hosphorus to the Black sea
Wednesday on iis relurn from
Ihe Atlantic ocean where it
turned back before reaching
the U.S. blockade of Cuba.
The 12.000 -Ion Soviet
freighter Frunze, her deck
cargo covered wilh white
cloth, passed through the
Hosphorus from the Mediter
ranean Tuesday night.
The freighter was reported
to have been carrying missiles
and other armaments
AMBASSADOR NAMED
Washington - ITI - Outer
bridge Horsey, a career for
eign service officer, has been
named new U S. ambassador
to Czechoslovakia. President
Kennedy Wednesday -ppoint-cd
Horsey to succeed Edward
T Wailes. who is reining
Hor.-cv has been counselor o(
Ihe Amine, in Emba-'sv in;
Rome.
I raKen togeiner, tnese Dis
patches gave new reason for
other Moscow reports that the
Kermlin now seeks a period of
quiet on the international
front so it can turn its atten
tion to problems at home.
Disappointing crop reports
came from virgin lands of
Northern Kazakhastan and
from the Ukraine. Only in
Great Russia, the area sur
rounding Moscow, was there a
report of a "record" grain har
vest. Industrial failures alone
would give the party Central
Committee plenty to consider
when it meets next Monday.
Last summer, reports never
confirmed by the Kremlin but
generally credited by the
West, told of wild rioting in
the southern industrial city of
Novocherkassk, near Rostov,
over the hike in food prices.
Later reports have told of
thousands of Soviet construc
tion workers walking off their
jobs in the industrial Kuz
netsk Basin in Siberia. The
workers were protesting un
satisfactory living and housing
conditions.
These same reports told of
more than $600 million tied
up in unfinished construction
projects and more than S80
million worlh of machinery
idle because of unfinished fac
tories. All this points lo new shake
up in Soviet planning agen
cies and perhaps to more belt
tightening for the hapless Sov
iet citizen.
Among those seeking straws
In the wind pointing the di
rection of Soviet nolicv. narlv
slogans accompanying the
ccienraiion ot the Bolshevik
Revolution's 45th anniversary
seemed to provide interesting
food for thought.
The slogans virtually ig-
Strictly Personal
By Sydney
io Field Enterpriser inc.
PERSONAL PREJUDICES
In fairy-tales of all lands,
the beautiful maiden kisses
a frog and finds, to her de
lighted surprise, that he has
turned into a
prince: but in
real life it
more often
happens that
the beautiful
maiden kisses
what she
thinks is a
prince, and
finds that he
has turned in
to a frog
When you face the sun,
you cannot tee your shad
ow; only those who turn
their backs on the light are
troubled by their dark re
flections on the ground.
Even the most loyal and
forthright of husbands will
customarily lie lo his wife
about two matters: how much
he lost at poker, and how
much it costs him for auto re
pairs. People who pride them
selves on speaking the truth
should ponder the distinc
tion made by Coleridge,
when he said "Veracity
does not consist in saying,
but in the intention ol com
municating truth."
The chief crime of modern
society is neither economic
nor political, but educational
in that it increases man's lei
sure without at the same time
expanding his capacity for en
joying it in a creative way,
and thus only provokes more
boredom, restlessness and dis
content. Not all the makeup,
clothes, furs, jewels, or
shape of body can make ap
Try and
'
By BENNETT CERF-
rjtHE PROPRIETOR of a small village drugstore was called
- out one sleepy summer morning, leaving the establish
ment temporarily under the
and very uneducated
porter. "Just answer the
phone if it rings. Jim."
instructed the proprietor.
The phone rang. "Hel
lo." said the porter. "Do
you have streptomycin
and aurcomycin''" asked
a voice at the other end.
The porter scratched his
head, then said. "Ma'am,
when I said 'Hello." 1
told you everything I
know!"
"I accept your proposal
of marriage." saul a maiden
coyly, "provided, of course, my pappy gives his consent. He loves
me madly, and he's mighty tough and choosy, so be rareful how
you approach him "
Thus warned, the s'utor chaigeii into pappy's study and blurted
out. "I want to many your daughtei Go ahead, and blessings
upon you. young man." beamed pappy. "By the way. what did
vou s.ty your name was?"
Lni.i Slim, coloiful British general, ordered raviar served to
h,s men one evening wnen Ins rerun. ami was m a nj:on where
that delicacy was plentiful. Not eveiy soldier appieciated the
neat. One, in fact, piotested v.corouslv, 'Sir. uv.t jam tastes
of fish! '
C IS1', t'i buin-.U Cut. L.jtiitu',cJ l) K.ns I'ealuitf Sn-li.att
nored heavy industry, indica
ting a continuing de-emphasis
on that branchof the Soviet
economy, along with curtail
ment of new capital invest
ments. Coal miners were urged to
their "utmost" to make full
use of their tools, but there
was no mention of further me
chanization or automation.
Similar omissions were not
Matter1 of Fact
' (el New York Herald
THE REPUBLICAN
TEMPTATION
Washington Now that
just about all the election re
turns are in. they make a rath
er clearer pat
tern than they
did last Wed
nesday. It is
worth having
another look
at this pattern
too, for it just
possibly fore
shadows ra'.h
e r important
basic changes
Alunp
in the shape of American pol
itics. Broadly speaking, the
Democrats did very well in
deed in the Northeastern
states. They gol more votes
than anyone expected in the
midweslern states. And on the
Pacific coast, they scored a po
tentially decisive gain in Cali
fornia, where Richard M. Nix
on's defeat by Gov. Pal Brown
may well mean a decisive
California! movement into the
Democratic column.
These are the. reasons why
the election has to be adjudg
ed a victory for President
Kennedy, despite important
Republican gains like the nar
row win of George Romney in
Michigan and the impressive
J. Harris
pealing a woman whose
mouth turns down in per
manent creases of petulance
and disappointment-a point
that nine out of ten "sir-art"
women wholly ignore in
their relentless quest for
what they think is "charm."
The most tactfully ambigu
ous reply to a bad author was
given by Disraeli to an author
of meagre talents- who had
sent him an advance copy of
his book. "Many thanks," re
sponded Disraeli, "I shall lose
no time in reading your
book."
Just as political positions
form a circle rather than a
straight line (in that the ex
treme right eventually
meets and touches the ex
treme left), so do social po
sitions form a circle, in that
the very rich share more at
titudes with the very poor
than either of them do wilh
the "respectable" middle
classes.
Every great man Is both a
repository of immortal wis
dom and a child of his own
times: and it is the task of
future generations to separate
Ihe one from the other in its
great men - for even so
mighty a mind as Thomas
Aquinas held the 13th century
belief that heretics should be
burned for their own sake,
and so profound a revolution
ist as Freud clung to the 19th
century belief in a mechanis
tic universe.
A former Bermuda town
barber became the first Ne
gro representative in the U.S.
Congress. J II. Rainey left
Bermuda afler the American
Civil War.
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sole management of a vorv old.
Q
ed in the oil and gas indus
tries.
Rapid expansion of electric
power, building, woodwork
ing and chemical industries,
according to the slogans, will
be continued.
And smacking suspiciously
of capitalism have been re
cent suggestions that an incen
tive system should be installed
for Soviet workers.
By Joseph Aliop
Tribune Syndicate
victory of William Scranton
in the contest for the Pennsyl
vania governorship.
IN ADDITION, careful study
of the results in the House
of Representatives reveals a
small net increase in the mem
bers whom the President can
depend upon to vote with him.
The gain results, of course,
primarily from the replace
ment of anti-Kennedy Demo
crates with pro-Kennedy De
mocrats. While the number of
dependable Kennedyitcs in
creased by three or four mem
bers, the Republican Housa
representation also increased
by four members.
The Republican increase in
the House exactly equals the
number of new House seats
the Republicans took in tha
South one each in Tennes
see, North Carolina, Texas,
and Florida. And this points,
in turn, to the most interest
ing element in the election's
pattern.
The South, to put it blunt
ly, was the one region vvhero
the returns indicate a substan
tial upsurge of Republican
strength. In Kentucky, with
its ancient Democratic tradi
tion. Republican Sen. Thrus
ton Morton was re-elected by
a generous majority, whereas
he just squeaked in last time,
when he was on the same tick
et with President Eisenhower,
IN THREE other elections in
the South, the Republican
nominees lost, but they gava
their Democratic opponents an
uncomfortably close run for
their money. In Alabama, vet
eran Sen. Lister Hill, one of
the most likeable men in Con
gress, was re-elected by a mar
gin of only about 4,000 votes
or 50.8 per cent of the stale
wide total.
Despite great personal
strength wilh the folks back
home. Sen. Olin Johnston ot
South Carolina won only 57
per cent of the statewide vota
against a Republican contend
er who tried, and failed, lo
compensate for his obscurity
by his shrillness. In Texas, fin
ally, former Secretary of the
Navy John Connally took the
Governorship by an unimpres
sive margin, with only 54 per
cent of the statewide vote.
Until very recently the Re
publican party in the South
simply disappeared except in
Presidential elections. The fig
ures this year therefore indi
cate a substantially further
advance of Southern Republi
can strength since 1960, when
President Kennedy lost four
Southern states, Florida, Ken
tucky, Tennessee. Virginia, to
former Vice-President Nixon,
while a Dixiecrat ticket took
Mississippi.
Suppose this Southern Re
publican trend continues and
deepens, as seems entirely pos
sible if not downright prob
able. In that case, the Presi
dent in 1964 will find himself
facing a difficulty of the grav-
esi Kina.
I
j INSTEAD of a solid remain
A ing base of Southern elec-
toral votes, the President will
j not be able to count with cer
I tainty on any Southern state
except perhaps Louisiana and
I Georgia. And he will there
j fore have to make up his do
tcntial loss in the South with
a major sweep in the North.
This is the development that
the right wing Republicans
like Sen. Barry Goldwater
have always been praving and
planning for. Under" the guise
of "state's rights." thev have
always taken the kind of stand
on racial desegregation that
pleases Southern Democratic
voters.
The Republican rightwing
ers have, furthermore, con
tended quite bluntly that it
was no use for the" Republi
cans to be generous to thn v.
gro voters because the North
lent voting Negroes were ,01
i i d I y and overwhelmingly
Democratic which tin y
once again proved to be In ibis
election. In sum. the so-called
"Southern strategy" that Sen.
alor Goldwater advocates for
his party must look consider
ably more tempting to Repub
lican leaders today than it
looked two weeks ago.
This fact will automatically
influence, or warp, manv oth
er Republican calcula'tions.
For instance, a Republican
ticket headed by Gov. Nelson
Rockefeller of New York will
be decidedly weak in the
South, unless Goldwater in
the second place balances
Rockefeller in the first. But
these fine points are less im
portant for the moment than
the main point, which is that.
Ihe "Southern strategy" will
be a major Republican temp-taiion.
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