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THURSDAY, JANUARY 24. 1963
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
R!ks. CCemiiniedv Speaks Up omi Tvo
Years
in -White ;Hoiise
Editor'i notei Two y.ars
go illm riiiryld
young woman moved her
two small children into the
White Home, openly earful
ol ill possible influence on
their lives. In the following
exclusive Interview with
Helen Thomas, who covert
the White House for United
Press Inter national, Mrs.
Jacqueline Kennedy assess
es what has happened since.
She also tells something of
what she expects for the
next two years.
By HELEN THOMAS
United Press International
Wash ington - ll'Pli - Mrs.
Jacqueline Kennedy feels the
private life of the First Fam
ily has been overemphasized
and that "people must be as
sick of hearing about us and
Macaroni as I am,
The thing she enjoys most
about living In the White
House is "seeing my husband
be a great president."
She will not write a book
about her life as First Lady.
Mrs. Kennedy spelled out
these and other attitudes
in an exclusive inter view
with United Press Internation
al as she marked her second
anniversary in the White
House.
It was one of Mrs. Ken
nedy's rare public expressions
on the role that has made her
world famous. She wrote an
swers to 20 of 21 questions
submitted to her (omitting one
which asked her favorite
sport).
Since she was thrust into
the spotlight because of her
husband's election, the 33-year-old
Mrs. Kennedy has
tried to lead two separate
lives - a personal one as a
wife and a mother, and a pub
lic one as First Lady of the
land. -Children
First
The first, however, domi
nates the second, and she
made that clear in her com
ments. Asked what she hopes to
achieve in the next two years
of President Kennedy's term,
she replied: "More time with
my children, for they are
at an . age where it is impor
tant tliat their parents be with
them as much as possible."
Her desire is to keep Care- i er reassuring whenever one
line and John Jr. unspoiled,
and to give them a normal
family life. Nothing annoys
her more than to see their
pictures in the papers.
It was partly this and partly
because of the mass of pub
licity surrounding the First
Family that prompted her re
mark that the public must be
as tired as she is of reading
about the Kennedys and such
accomplishments as Macaroni,
Caroline s pony.
True to Form
In this same vein she re
plied rather tartly but phi-
losophically when asked her
views on stories appearing
about her in movie magazines.
"In this changing world,"
Mrs. Kennedy said, "it is rath'
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PREFERS HOME LIFE Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy at 33 is
First Lady of the nation and a mother to two small chil
dren. Here, she holds son, John, Jr., while President Ken
nedy leads daughter, Caroline, in Palm Beach, Fla. (UPI)
Small Worlds
Around Us
By LYNN M. WATKINS
(Register end Trlbuno
Syndicate, 19631
What's Answer to Question:
What Good Are BluejayS?
The man was Indignant. He
bought peanuts for the squir
rels that daily visited his gar
den but the btuejays stole the
nuts; the birds, being some
what more active than even
the frisky rodents, .got the
"lion's share" of the peanuts.
The question the man wanted
answered was, "What good
are the Jays?"
The same question, with
variations, can be asked about
a countless number of living
creatures - even of plants,
weeds, reptiles and fish. The
answer has to do with ecology,
a word which probably will
become more Important as
time goes by and mor and
more living creatures are de
stroyed, many killed off be
fore we know enough to know
what definite purpose they
really do serve.
Ecology means the relation
ship between seemingly unre
lated beings as they pertain
to the overall plan; we used
to call iv "natural balance,
and whether we believe It or
not, it is going to become
increasingly important.
It might seem far fetched,
but it is believed to be true
by many thinking people,
that Just about everything has
a definite place and purpose,
that each is a cog in the wheel
that helps the entire plan
function. Unfortunately, we
have not progressed quite far
enough along the unfamiliar
road of biological science to
know what is really impor
tant and what is expendable.
Two Sides
Take the gentleman's ques
tion, "What good is a blue
Jay?" Naturally, there are two
sides to the question. On the
debit side is the noisy habit
of screaming and rcolding this
perky bird in the policeman's
blue coat is famous for. We
must agree, too, that the jay
steals objects, and has been
known to rob the r-sls of oth
er birds. As far as human rea
soning is concerned the Jay
has no place; it serves no
purpose.
On the credit side arc sev
eral questionable nualitiej,
some of which are still hidden
behind the biological veil.
This much is certain: the jay
does eat come harmful In
sects. His scolding and scream
ing warns other birds of the
approach, or presence, of dan
ger. Probably he does not
in;end to alert others so they
can escape, but his loud yell
ing rometimcs warns others
which may be Insect-eating
birds. At the Jay's incessant
scolding, a prowling cat or
a tree climbing snake is often
put to flight, and the insect
eating bird is saved.
Fittest Survive
True, the jay will at times
kill other birds, but in Na
ture's plan the natural preda
tor is beneficial inasmuch as
the weak, sick or diseased
become the easy prey, and in
a round-about mnnner, only
the strongest and most alert
live to fight another dny and
become parents. If only the
strongest survive, their chil
dren will be better prepared
for the task of making a liv
ing. "Natural selection"
means about what it implies
The same system ras pro
duccd better livestock, and
poultry.
Naturally, we would say
that Nature achieves this end
in a haphazard manner, but
allowed to operate, her sys
tem seems to attain the de
sired result. And who can
say but what the noisy blue
jBy in the blue coat with the
black and white piping is
fulfilling a definite purpose.
It would be a pretty stupid
person who thought that ev
erything on this earth that
was not good to cat or that
yielded a profit was worth
less. There arc a great many
things that are pretty worth
while and cannot be meas
ured in dollars and cents.
Speech Tourney
At Southern Oregon
Ashland - Southern Oregon
college met College of the
Sisklyous In a speech tourna
ment recently on the Ashland
campus in a series of speaking
events, conducted largely for
purposes of criticism and
practice.
Four non-decision debates
on the national question, "Re
solved, That the Non-Com-munlst
Nations of the World
Should Establish an Economic
Community," were conducted
by Burton Weast, Bill Davis,
and Linda Priddy of OS. Rep
resenting SOC were Barbara
Gysin, Phoenix; Jim Manuel,
Myrtle Creek; and Bruce
Lattin, Klamath Falls.
In the other event, extem
poraneous speaking, conduct
ed on "The American Politi
cal Scene," Jim Manuel
placed first. Other speakers
from SOC in this event In
eluded Al Sherman, debate
manager, Douglas, Ariz.; Dav
id Desmond, Antelope Valley,
Calif.; and Faye Palmcrton,
Rogue River. Burior. Weast
represented CS In the event,
and John S. Scroggins of that
institution accompanied the
group as advisor. Dr. u -old
Barrett is adviser to the SOC
team.
On Feb. 28 and March 1-2,
the squad will travel to Lin
field to participate in the an
nual tournament of champions.
Confusion Reigns
Over Bank Robbery
Jay, Flu. -ll'l'li- Two neatly
dressed gunmen took about
$00,000 from the only bank
in this small town in north
west Florida Wednesday.
There was classic confusion
among witnesses.
Several persons said the
men escaped in a black car.
Others said the getaway ve
hicle was light colored.
Some of the witnesses said
the car whs headed east. Oth
ers said it went west.
Police threw up roadblocks
"all over the place," accord
ing to ono officer, "but we
couldn't find anything.''
The highway patrol thn
began making "checks nn any
thing that looks suspicious"
and authorities hopefully
broadcast an alert in Florida,
Georgia and Alabama for the
men, "either traveling in a
light colored Falcon or a
black Studcbaker or Valiant."
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WET RECEPTION
Fort Worth, Tex. - (UPD -
Someone sneaked into the
darkened baptistry of the Pol
ytechnic Church of Christ and
fell into 4V4 feet of water. The
Rev. Leroy Brownlow said he
found a stack of wet newspa
pers Wednesday outside the
baptistry but nothing of value
was missing from the church.
Newspaper Pickets
Invited Inside
Cleveland, Ohio-IUPU-A note
of accord was struck today in
the eight-week-old newspaper
strike which has shut down
the Cleveland Press and
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Louis B. Seltzer, editor of
the Press, a Scripps-Howard
newspaper, invited Teamsters
Union and Newspaper Guild
pickets, on duty in below zero
temperature in front of the
Press building, to take posi
tions inside the building.
Pickets from both unions
accepted.
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finds a fixed element. The
movie magazines - in the
calibre of their stories - re
main true to their expected
form."
In her early days as mis
tress of the historic White
House, she viewed the loss of
her anonymity as "frighten
ing." Against heavy odds, she
tried to maintain her privacy
and' personal identity. She
tried to draw lines that the
public and the press should
not cross. But to her dismay,
their interest in her was
total.
Today, through sheer de
termination and vast success
in her pet projects to restore
the White House to a new ele
gance, she has gained new
stature and an authoritative
poise. Her travels to some 12
countries, reaping a bounty as
an ambassadress of good will,
has added to her confidence.
Her popularity is renown
ed. When she is not with the
president for his public ap
pearances, crowds are disap
pointed and apt to shout,
"Wheres Jackie?"
Horn Important
The reason she does not
accompany him more, she ex
plained in the interview, was
because "the official side of
my life takes me away from
my children a great deal. If
I were to add political duties,
I would have practically no
time with the children, and
they are my first responsi
bility. My husband agrees
with this. If he felt I should
go on these trips, I would."
Similar first ladies have
felt these pressures in the
past. Mrs. Kennedy said that
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she personally feels "the
most affinity" for Mrs. Harry
S Truman.
"She brought a daughter
to the White House at a most
difficult age, and managed to
keep her from being spoiled
so that she has made a happy
marriage with lovely chil
dren of her own. Mrs. Truman
kept her family close togeth
er in spite of White House de
mands, and that Is the hard
est thing to do," she said.
One thing Mrs. Kennedy
said she found was that she
is now able to be with her
husband much more than
when he was conducting his
year-long campaign for the
presidency.
"That," she said, "is the
best thing about the White
house."
Held Press Teas
During the 1960 presiden
tial campaign Mrs. Kennedy
held press "teas" and capti
vated reporters with tier
frankness and wit. She re
sponded in turn by saying
she would occasionally hold
press conferences "if they are
all like this." She has not
done so.
The reason, she explained
in the interview, was because
"the press always covers my
official engagements and is
kept breast of my projects
and I prefer not to answer
personal questions, so that
leaves little for a press con
ference." Although she also said that
she believes the non-official
side of her family's lives has
been over-emphasized, she
added that "the press has been
very interested in my offic
ial projects and has helped
such things as the restoration
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By her project to put the
executive mansion on the
level of splendor it deserves,
she has aroused a new nation
al pride in the White House.
A familiar sight in the capital
Is the long line of men, wom
en and children waiting to get
their trip through the public
rooms of the mansion.
The public responds to the
restoration project, she said,
has been wonderful. She
added that "I have worked
harder on this project than I
ever have on anything, and so
it has been especially grati
fying." With the exception of 6ome
third floor guestrooms, all the
rooms are finished that the
fine arts committee planned
to do, Mrs. Kennedy said.
"Now we can relax and
look for great paintings and
objects of historical signifi
cance, and work on filling the
libary with appropriate
books."
Mrs. Kennedy had a suc
cinct answer to one question:
"How would you describe)
your first two years in tha
White House."
She replied: "Busy".
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