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History from tht files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and SO years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Feb. IS, 1953 (Fridiy)
: Protection offered by the
new Medford rural fire dis
trict will soon mean a reduc
tion In fire insurance rates for
most residents of the district.
. A group of bureau of recla
mation officials Is in the
Rogue valley this week, mak
ing investigations on several
pending projects in the area.
20 YEARS AGO
Feb. 15, 1943 (Wednesday)
Ivan Jacobson, escapee
from Nazi prison in Norway,
scheduled to speak In Med
ford. From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "There
will be an eclipse of the moon
at 0:03 p.m. tonight. Unlike
the southbound passenger
train, it won't be late."
30 YEARS AGO
Feb. 15, 1933 (Friday)
Washington sources "in
close touch with the Soviets,"
predict overthrow of Stalin
"in the near future."-
Work scheduled to start
soon on construction of new
section of highway north of
Ashland.
40 YEARS AGO
Feb. 15, 1923 (Saturday)
Circuit court convenes; first
"nighttiding case" scheduled
to go to trial next week.
Unknown person grounds
experimental Medford "radio
phone" set to telephone lines;
operators of set can hear all
telephone conversations In
50 YEARS AGO
vFeb. IS, 1913 (Monday)
Medford city council passes
ordinance placing a speed
limit of 10 miles an hour on
all bridges.
Representative Wcsterlund,
in Salem, reports proposed
Medford armory building will
probably cost $50,000, instead
of previously announced $85,'
000; halt of cost, or about
$25,000, to be raised by city
of Medford.
What's Your I.Q.?
KJ i n . ... ......I 1. ma..!.. '
seven or eight li excellent; five er
six is good.
1. Which President of the
U.S. made the shortest inau
Rural address?
2. Which is the smallest of
the citrus fruit??
3. Do bats have feathers?
4. Arc there any legal re
quirements In the U.S. which
require that articles made in
foreign countries be clearly
labeled as such?
3. What is the difference
in the course travelled by
television and radio waves?
6. Is the "labor vote" gen
erally centered around large
metropolitan areas or emi
rural areas-?
7. From what is dry ice
made?
8. In what European coun
try was Adnlph Hitler born?
9. In the early days of
America l he famed twenty
mule teams were principally
used to haul what across the
desert?
10 Are there any locks In
the Sue. Canal?
Answers: 1. Martin Van
Buren, 2. Kumqual. 3. No.
4. Yes. 5. T.V. are flati radio
up and down. 6. Metropolitan
7. Carbon dioxide in solid
form. g. Austria. 9. Borax er
borate ores. 10. No.
It
FEBRUARY II. 111
About 'Communications'
All those benighted individuals who supervise
editorial pages of daily newspapers know full
well that, just before election, an upsurge can be
expected in the numbers of letters to the editor
received.
There are some other occasions when the
number goes sky high, too, and the reasons are
not always immediately evident.
This is one such time, at least as far as the
Mail Tribune is concerned. We have been receiv.
ing letters for our "Communications" column in
greater volume than at any other non-election
period in recent memory.
XE ARE, of course, delighted. For we feel that
" the column is one of the best-read in the
paper, and that it offers a "safety valve" for
many people to get opinions off their chest.
It poses problems, too, however. For we sim-
Cly haven't had the space to print all that we
ave received in the past several weeks. We have
a bulky file-folder full of letters. One individual
has four letters there awaiting publication, anoth
er three, and several others two.
During this period of more letters than we
can print, we have given preference to those from
people who have not written to the column be
fore at all, followed by
so recently. As space
all, or most, of the ones
this moment cannot be sure we 11 be able to do so.
THE letters column has come in for some criti
Al'cm ffftm fl-VIA flmA l,VlinVl nnt-f.illi, nil
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njfiii wiwi us. it, is a
criticism.
Some feel that we
letters concerning religion. Others object to the
occasional bits of verse that creen in. Others ob
ject to individuals riding
projects in letter alter letter.
One friendly critic had this to say :
"For some time I have tried to understand just
what it is I do NOT like about the "Communications"
section . . .
"(Many of) the letters are so unpleasant, argumen
tative, combative and stubborn. No one ever says T
wonder' or 'I've often thought . . ." or 'I just realized
. . .' or 'I would like to know . . ."
"Somehow the grand privilege of blowing off steam
hag been refined into the fine art of blowing off an
opponents head. There is no interest in new knowl
edge. Table-thumping seems to have taken over. And
mean table thumping, I might add.
"Most of the letters have an educational 'style'
usually associated with spitting five-year-olds or bar
room drunks.
"These people abuse your kindness. And they have
no kindness . . .
"I realize the dilemma: people who are kind,
anxious to learn, compassionate, tolerant of and with
their fellow-men, do not write letters to the editor!
And so, because of their absence, this section docs not
fully reflect the community. And because something
is out of balance, It has become something of a bore.
"My act of kindness is to tell you I feel awfully
sorry for you having to receive this barrage (this in
cluded) of letters every day ..." .
OUR friend need not feci so concerned. It is
roif fVi inl-. Av.,-1 ..... it
fnm vi lug juu. i-vuu a Jat u null, we UIUI-
oughly enjoy, as a matter of fact. Even the let
ters which take us to task ("ultra-liberal," "asin
ine," "stupid," and a few even less complimen
tary) are m the grand old American tradition of
writintr to the editor "Drmr Sir vnn nm-.
Still, our friend flora
feuding in the column
tnough the multitude may read and cheer on its
favorites. Long lists of Biblical citations take
up a lot of space, and we have endeavored to
cut down on these in the past.
Ana acrimony tlocsn t take the place of reas
oned argument.
WE DO not propose
letters.
This has been :
We will print all letters received, as space
permits, so long as they arc no longer than 400
words, legible, within the limits of good taste
(this one has been bent a bit on occasion), and,
in our opinion, not libelous.
Obviously, we shall
sume tun responsibility
prnueci or not printed.
to say, "The buck stops
"THE Mail Tribune has,
mm:, jniiiii-u idi mine ii'iii'ra man pi actually
any other paper in the state, and far more than
nnj ll juujjvu Ull a yci lcljllit Ul 111 l UlcUlUU UHMS
We should like to continue doing so.
Moreover, we would welcome letters from
thouchtful people who have not written in the
column before. We would welcome new and in
teresting subjects. We would welcome fresh
ideas, and fresh controversies.
Our column is called siniplv "Communica
tions." Other papers have such titles as "Editor's
Mail Bag," "The Safety Valve," "The People
Speak," and so on. Aii of these are descriptive
of what we would like to see continue.
We arc convinced it fulfils a real and valu
able need in the community. We hope a majority
of our readers agree. E. A.
A A
those who have not done
permits, we hope to get
on hand in type, but at
legiumaie suDjeci ior
shouldn't print so manv
their pet peeves or pet
have a nnint Pprsnnnl
is questionable, even
to make any immediate
have to continue to as
for the Iettei-s which are
As Harry Truman used
here."
over a long period of
MEDFORD
"Whiff Thu Talk About A Fitne.s Program?"
Communications
Letters io the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under
certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible.
The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and
condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters
printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the
contrary Is often the case.
Labor's Role
To the Editor: In reply to
your editorial of 2663,
"Strikes, Courts and Automa
tion," I fully agree with most
of your conclusions, yet there
are some phases of battle be
tween labor and capital that
were not brought out.
You are right that unions
have done much to elevate
standards of the general pub
lic, but 1 think it proper that
your readers know that if it
were not for efforts of or
ganized labor men would no
doubt be still working for
$1 to $1.50 per day, the day
consisting of 10 to 12 hours
yes, I have worked these
hours for such pay.
I had my first experience
with labor unions when I
helped to organize the Port
land, Me., local of the Broth
erhood of Railway Clerks in
1908. Sure I was very young
and my part was small, but in
the years since I have held
some quite good positions in
labor, in this time I have seen
labor come up from the under
dog to a colossal giant in its
own right, in spite of its
natural enemy. Speaking of
giants of labor vs. capital,
some of our greatest hassles
we have ever had in the so-
called labor field have been
capital vs. capital. This means
that some where along the
line some with money have
bought voles, backing and
positions of Influence in
unions until we now have big
business vs. big business, yet
labor gets the blame.
We read much of the depre
dations of labor, but the gen
eral public hears little about
the underhanded schemes, of
closed door sessions, collu
sions, gentlemen's agreements
lawful or otherwise. Why
have we so little about "busi
ness" failing to negotiate in
good faith? Why so much
lament about high wages and
no mention about high inter
est rates'.'
Labor Is the life blood of
the nation, it creates wealth
and a majority of the small
businesses across the land
find their survival hinged
upon the paycheck. To install
automation and curtail the
paycheck of any locality is not
in the best interests of the
economy. Remove the lumber
industry and the fruit, with
their payrolls, and we would
have another ghost town, sev
eral of them, with gophers in
the park and bats in city hall.
The time is near when
labor should be accorded its
rightful place as one of scg
ments of economy and march
side by side with producers,
transportation, merchandising
and the rest that go to make
mini1 1
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"Oh! Ohl Looks like he's really going to blast
the administration! foreign policy!"
MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
up our way of life, and must
receive its rightful share of
the production.
C. R. Burrill
834 ',i Cherry si.
Central Point, Ore.
Pity Them
To the Editor: I would
shudder to think of the con
sequences were everyone to
think as do some people.
Where would we be if it were
not for the imaginations of
the great thinkers in history,
those who were not content to
sit and tend violets or to just
exist, but wanted to find out
more about the universe and
its secrets. We have them to
thank for many of the com
forts we enjoy today, as well
as a place to live in which to
enjoy them.
The trouble with some peo
ple is it is too big an effort
for them to try to think any
thing out; they prefer to sit
back and pass judgment on
others who do think, or make
fun of them. It seems to give
them a great delight to ex
ploit their ignorance for all
to see, and to make them
selves just as revolting as
they can, and with these folk
no amount of shaming or
reasoning will help. But it is
nice to know that they are in
the minority.
It is ridiculous to even
think that Ihcse men of sci
ence witli high intelligence
would go about thinking up
stories to tell for pastime and
want of something better to
do, and the fact that U.F.O.
have been seen by so many
of high intelligence in such
widespread places would in
dicate that there is something
to the stories and not figments
of wild imaginations. 1 think
the day will come when it
will be proven to all that
these things do exist and their
purpose for being here, and
the men like Mr. Fry can Inke
the credit for our enlighten
ment. Meanwhile wc will
have lo tolerate the inane
ramhlings and jokes that ire
an insult to the human in
telligence. We can pity these
people, they need it badly.
(Name on File)
Eagle Point, Ore.
Be On Guard
To the Editor: Recently I
submitted an article re the
U.F.O. and White Sands inci
dent which suggested that if
these .supernatural tilings hap
pened t ho cause could be de
monic forces, as the Bible savs
Satan will "work miracles"
(Rev. 16:14) when that serves
his purpose. I was taken to
task by a gentleman who de
plored my calling devil, devil
and suggested 1 read the New
. Hi'
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Kennedy Can Apply Khrushchev Saying to
Cuban Situation A Bone in His Throat
BY PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
For much the same reasons
that Nikita Khrushchev de
scribed West Berlin as a bone
in his throat,
President
Kennedy can
apply the
same descrip
tion to Cuba.
Viewed in this
I I light, Cuba vs.
I JaI I Berlin, Soviet
I laTl strategy be-
.. comes clearer
and Cuba
takes a natural place on the
cold war chess board.
In this light, the actual num
ber of Soviet troops in Cuba
takes on lesser significance,
whether it be 5,000 or 20,000.
It is the Soviet "presence"
that counts.
A handful of 10.000 or so
Allied troops in West Berlin
could not hope to stem the
Soviet tide were it to be un
leashed. One reason that it is
not unleashed lies not in the
Testament and learn of
Christ's superior power.
Fearing I have been misun
derstood, I would like to state
that I have no misgivings as
to what Power will triumph
in the great controversy be
tween good and evil, believing
as 1 do in God's omnipotence
and mercy toward His earth
born children.
More recently an Eagle
Point lady suggested that
one should really be acquaint
ed with the man who claims
to have had this experience
before challenging its having
happened under the auspices
of the forces of good. How
ever it is possible to be sin
cere and still be deceived,
especially in view of the fact
that "we wrestle not against
flesh and blood but against
principalities, against powers,
against the rulers of the dark
ness of this world, against
spiritual wickedness in high
places" (Eph. 8:12).
So may we all be on our
guard remembering that "He
that hath the Son hath life;
and he that hath not the Son
of God hath not life." (1 John
5:12).
Harold J. Reith,
Briggs Bldg.,
Shady Cove, Ore.
Offers Proposal
To the Editor: Since the
paramount issue before the
American people today is tax
ation, which, be it remem
bered, was the spark that set
off the revolution in 1776. it
is interesting to note how the
government evaluates its in
come and expenditures.
The graph published not
long ago, analyzing the budget
dollar coming from the execu
tive office of the President,
lacks, in my opinion, any sem
blance of relationship lo po
litical economy.
Granted that half of the
tax money must be spent as
a "war debt," 1 offer in a
purely academic sense, a
breakdown which 1 feci is
more consistent with needs
and purposes.
I suggest 25 per cent allo
cation to defense, 12 5 per
rent lo foreign aid, and 12.5
per cent to veterans aid,
which is sorely needed. I note
tliis amount 'low is small
i5 per cent). A clear look at
this evaluation would relieve
the headache caused when we
think of half the income go
ing down the drain.
Sid Hollingsworth.
VA Domiciliary,
White City. Ore.
Giving Blood
To the Editor: Today. I did
something I have done several
times before-I gave a pint of
blood to the American Red
Cross Bloodmobile unit visit
ing our town. I'm in good
health, as is the majority of
our population, but I failed
lo sec the majority of the pop
ulation there at the Red Cross
building.
Yes. 1 have been helped to
a cot a time or two after giv
ing "my pint." with a light
feeling to my head and my
knees a little wobbly, but
with no more of a dizzy feel
ing than I have had from
raising up too fast after bend
ing over to clean up spilled
milk.
I'm not any more a humani
tarian than most people, so I
must bo selfish to feel such a
satisfaction in donating blood.
Wc know that our healthy
bodies quickly replace a small
amount of blond land the ARC
takes every care to see that
potential donors arc healthy).
I hac a small child and
am what I would call a busy
mother and wite. but when
iransiHirtation and babysitting
problems are taken care of by
the ARC. what other excuses
keep people away? Jobs?
When 1 was employed our
business gave us time off lo
donate. Previous diseases.'
number but in the Allied
"presence" which would
guarantee a world war In case
of Soviet attack.
When the world receded
Washington Report
By William
(c) United feature Syndicate
PARTISANSHIP It SAFETY
Washington For the first
time since he entered the
White House two winters
ago President
Kennedy has
been thrown
upon the de
fen s i v e by
h i s Republi
can oppoisi
tion. He is
now feeling
two things
which, as
WtalU presiuem, lie
had never known before
the awareness of having lost
political initiative to his crit
ics and the blasts of a planned
and all-Republican attack up
on his leadership.
The inner realities of the
whole national political posi
tion have been turned upside
down within recent weeks,
even though such fragmen
tary evidence as is available
here gives no indication that
the president's popularity in
the country itself has sunk in
any large way.
WHAT had been an extra
ordinarily strong con
gressional bipartisan backing
for the President in foreign
policy is being heavily
shaken. What had actually
been a good Kennedy rela
tionship with Congress on the
vital domestic issues such as
taxes and economic policy
excluding those secondary
welfarist issues on which he
never has had a favorable
congressional consensus is
being eroded. His tax reduction-tax
reform bill, for one
sharp illustration, is daily
getting into deeper water.
As to foreign affairs, there
is profound significance in the
circumstances that Repub
lican assaults upon the Presi
dent have been immeasurably
broadened.
For two years, the only real
G.O.P. challenge in this field
had come from a small right
wing group headed by Sen
ator Goldwater of Arizona.
Now, challenge is coming
from the moderate and even
the liberal wings, from such
moderates as Senators Dirk
sen of Illinois and Saltonstall
of Massachusetts and from
such liberals as Senators
Kucliel of California and
Cooper of Kentucky.
WHEN, the other day, the
11 top G.O.P. leaders in
both houses of Congress
joined in a formal statement
accusing President Kennedy
of not providing "the kind of
leadership so vital to keeping
the free peoples united," they
signaled nothing less than the
end of a long armistice in
world affairs.
Their critique went far be
yond Cuba. In words striking
ly similar to those use previ
ously by the leading G.O.P.
presidential aspirant. Gover
nor Rockefeller of New York,
they charged the President
with having made unneces
sary trouble for us with the
British, the French and the
Canadians, among others.
That their manifesto had
some shortcomings, if looked
at impartially, is obvious.
The President did not provoke
our recent spats with these
three countries. And the in
sistent hunch of this column
ist is that the people are far
less likely to be angry at Mr.
Kennedy for speaking out at
last against Allied foot-dragging
and irrationality than
they are to be dipleased with
him for not having done so
much earlier.
BUT ON Cuba the G.O.P.
has plainly got something.
The President's determined
stance against the Soviet mis
siles of last October will not
save him from coming to
grips with the undeniably
large Soviet military estab
lishment whatever may be
its ultimate purpose that
yet remains in Castro Cuba.
Infinitely more important
Maybe since your doctor told
you not to give blood, you
have been cured or a new
way has been found to use
properties from your blood.
Time difficulties? Every
couple of months the mobile
unit spends several days at
the Red Cross building in
Medford and then travels to
nearby communities.
Sure, you can frighten up
donors by saying. "You'll
never know when ou might
need it yourself." (which i
true) but. why not donate it
because it gives you some
thing. Mrs. Elice Skirvin.
1002 West Fourth st .
Medford.
flu
from the brink of nuclear war
last October with Khrush
chev's promise to remove his
offensive rockets, it naturally
was assumed that he now
S. Whit
than any and all of this, how
ever, is the towering fact that
the foreign policy armistice,
as well as the old half-armistice
on the more important
domestic affairs, has come to
a close.
The Republicans are en
titled to exploit the new situa
tion and Die administration to
defend itself. But the line de
fining legitimate attack and
counterattack in the cold war
area is thin and wavering. If
the Republicans cross it by ex
tremist assaults on the Presi
dent they will endanger this
nation. If the President cross
es it by extremist counter
assaults he will endanger this
nation.
We enter now the most del
icate problem for a free
country facing foreign perils:
how to balance the just but
limited rights and duties of
political partisanship against
the imperative demands of na
tional safety.
Strictly
Personal
By Sydney J. Harris
(ci Field Enterprises, Inc.
HYPOCRISY & LANGUAGE
"Hypocrisy," said La Roch
efoucauld a long time ago,
"is the homage that vice pays
to virtu e.
And so it is
with language
-for those
groups which
are the most
ruthless in
their acts are
also the most
devious in
their speech.
Harris Totalitarian
governments do not "kill" dis
senters and heretics: they
"liquidate" them. Goering
did not speak of "gassing" the
German Jews; he spoke of
"the final solution" to the
Jewish problem.
The fine art of double-talk
has been raised to the ulti
mate degree by modern com
munist and fascist govern
ments; and the more vicious
their policies, the more they
seem to feel the need to use
the soft word.
If one carefully examines
a speech by a totalitarian
official, it will be filled
with words like "truth,"
"peace," "liberty," and "the
will of the people." And
all these words, on furinet
examination, turn out to
mean something quite dif
ferent, and much uglier,
than their accepted defini
tions. "Truth" means the dog
ma of the ruling clique;
"peace" means acquies
cence in the party line;
"liberty" means the right
to stir up sedition; "the will
of the people" means ex
actly nothing.
In a sense, such euphem
isms ars customary in all
diplomatic and political ex
pressions: but t;ie uncon
scious sense of guilt that
seems to haunt the iotali
tarians compels them ts
find the most tortuous and
abstract phrasing to con
ceal their grim and single
minded intent.
We find this same psy
chological tendency among
criminals: the more hein
ous the crime, the more re
luctant they are to call it
by its proper name. A thief
will cheerfully admit he is
a thief - a burglar, a pick
pocket, a safe-cracker.
But a killer is never called
a killer, by himself or by his
confederates. There are a doz
en euphemisms for this, the
currently most popular being
"hit." A man who is murder
ed is "hit" by a "hitter."
Some nagging vestigial con
science prevents even the
professional murderer from
uttering the true name of his
occupation.
The worse the deed, the
more the need to dress it in
taffeta phrases. An aggressor
never goes to "war"; he "de
fends the boundaries of the
fatherland." or he "takes pre
ventive action." Likewise, it
is the awful enemy who
"brainwash" our soldiers;
what we do is "indoctrinate"
theirs.
The more a person has to
conceal and the more he is
ashamed of - whether he is
aware of his shame or not -the
more pressing becomes
his need to find another word
(or the right one, the plain
one, the true one. Simplicity
of speech is always the ene
my of injustice. ,
would look elsewhere for a
means to re-establish damaged
prestige and to recapture the
initiative.
One of these assumptions
took in the possibility of new
Soviet pressure on Berlin.
Instead, he has reversed his
field, facing the United States
in Cuba with exactly the same
risks he would face in an
attack upon Berlin.
There are other stnkintf
similarities.
Just as West Berlin is a
foothold within Communist
territory, so Cuba now is a
foothold in a traditionally
U. S. sphere of influence.
Copycat Method
Just as the Western powers
have been willing to pour rniU
lions of dollars into West Ber
lin to help maintain it as a
free world symbol, so Khrush
chev apparently is willing to
pour millions into Cuba to
maintain it as a beacon for
Communist sub version
throughout Latin America.
Khrushchev could take
other pages from the book of
Allied experience in Berlin.
The allied airlift broke the
back of the 1948 Communist
blockade of Berlin and demon
strated the futility of trying
to starve out even an isolated
city without measures sterner
than the Communists were
willing to undertake.
A Communist sealift can
continue to supply Cuba, al
though at enormous expense,
unless the United States is
willing to take similar stern
measures.
In the Day's News
ly FRANK JENKINS
Hats off to the nation's lat
est fad-this marathon walk
ing craze.
If enough people will do
enough ' marathon walking,
there won't be time enough
left for so much hcll-raising-which
is responsible for a lot
of our modern troubles.
QUICK recall test:
Right off the bat
Without looking it up
Whence came this word
MARATHON, as applied to
long distance walking or run
ning feats?
IT DERIVES from the plain
of Marathon, about 20
miles from Athens, where in
490 B.C. the Athenian general
Miltiadcs defeated the mighty
army of Darius the Persian,
who was bent upon the con
quest of Greece. When the
two armies came to grips, the
superior weapons and bodily
strength of the Greeks were
decisive, although they were
greatly out-numbered. The
Persians lost 6,400 men, whilu
the army of Miltiades lost
only 192.
Miltiades chose his swiftest
tunner, Pheidippides, to carry
the news of the victory to
Athens, 20 miles away. He
raced the 20 miles and reach
ed the city stumbling and ex
hausted. He gasped out "Re
joice, we conquer," and fell
dead.
COMEHOW or other - al
& though we still call it a
marathon-we've raised the
distance from twenty miles to
FIFTY-which is probably a
bit cocky on our part.
It just might be, if you're
thinking of tackling one of
these marathons that seem to
be so popular, you'd better
cut the 50 miles to 50 yards
-at least for the first try.
lOOK review note:
u In Washington, the latest
edition of the Report of the
Secretary of the Senate, a
960-page volume listing the
expenses of the United Rtatea
Senate, is just off the presses.
It's quite a book-as you can
Judge for yourself from the
fact that its compilers spent
$3,411,197.44 (note the 44
cents, which is an example
of the meticulous accuracy
with which its authors work
ed in their labors of compila
tion). Every item of Senate
expenditure during the year
is lisied-including a ten-cent
phone call to New York by
one of the Investigators.
A LL in all-
The book reports
The U. S. Senate spent
$27,346,411.11 (note the 11
cents) in the 1962 fiscal year.
The total was UP $158,233
from 1961. in spite of the ef
forts of the Joint Committee
on Reduction of Non-Essential
Federal Expenditures,
which spent $26,967.52 in its
patriotic efforts to hold down
non-essential spending.
IV'HAT to say in reviewing
' the book?
Let's put it this way:
There arc 100 members of
this exclusive club that is
known as the U. S. Senate
two members from each ot
our 50 states.
If you will get out your pen
cil and paper and divide the
Senate expenditures of S27,
346,411.11 by 100 (the num
ber of members of the Sen
ate), you will discover that
the COST PER SENATOR
came to the rather consider
able figure of $273,464 1!.
It's little wonder that taxel
re high.