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and 50 yum ooo.
10 YEARS AGO
April 28, 1833 (Sunday)
Eighteen persons suffered
injuries in series of fix
traffic accidents In Jackson
county over the week end.
State police said today that
human bones found Friday
near Willow Creek dam have
been positively identified as
those of a Medford man who
bad bem mining since IMS.
20 YEARS AGO
April 28, IMS (Monday)
Medford City Judge Wil
liam Allen levies II tinea tor
violation of the dog control
ordinance.
From Arthur Porry'a "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "States'
men of various calibers report
now is the time to attack
'post-war problems.' Some of
them sure need attacking."
30 YEARS AGO
April 26. 1833 (Wednesday)
Fans roit after wrestling
match at Medford Natatorlum
building.
Shorter school year in of
fing for Medford unless more
taxes are paid, Superintend
ent E. H. Hedrlck warns.
40 YEARS AGO
April 28, 1923 (Thursday)
Oregon IWWs threaten vi
olence In logging strike set
for tomorrow.
Medford church services
scheduled to be broadcast on
radio lor first time.
SO YEARS AGO
April 26, 1913 (Saturday)
Pcrpnratory work on pav
ing of East Main street bridge
over Bear creek started
by contractors.
Smudge pots fired aa tem
peratures drop to 28 degrees
in some sections of Rogue val
ley. What's Yoir I.Q.?
Nino or ton correct is saporier;
evert or oliat is eicelloat; five or
six h good.
1. John Is four and his fa
ther Is 28; In how many years
will John's father be four
times as old aa John?
2. Arc Hibernians Scots
men, Spaniards, Irishmen or
Swedes?
3. What was the last name
of Priscllla, who told John
Alden to speak for himself?
4. What Is a "Hangman's
Choice"?
3. A government controlled
by men of wealth, or ruled by
them, is called a p o y?
6. In what professsion Is
an instrument called a theo
dolite most used?
7. What Biblican king ate
grass like an ox?
8. The breed of dog known
as Dachshund originated in
what country?
. What is meant by the
"heel" of a boat?
10. What Is the capital of
Albania?
Answers: 1. four. 2. Irish
men. 3. Mullins. 4. A choice
between two evils. S. Plutoc
racy. 6. Surveying. 7. Nebu
clutdnossar. I. Germany. 9.
Its list, or leant Of to eno aide.
10. Tirana.
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VjJ'ASSOCiAT.ON
FRIDAY, APRIL 26. 193
What Education Is About
Education is in the saddle in this country to
day as it has never been before.
Our college and university campuses can
barely be expanded quickly enough, or dormitor
ies erected with sufficient haste, to handle the
steadily increasing influx of students.
State legislators all over the nation are discov
ering that education budget requests have, like
defense appropriations at the national level,
reached the sacred cow status, and may be cut
only at considerable political peril.
Teachers' salaries have made encouraging
advances, and the occupation shows signs of at
taining sufficient prestige that it may someday
actually qualify for socio-economic professional
status.
Scholarships, fellowships and foundation
grants are available as never before, and it's a
rare worthy student now who cannot find financ
ial assistance of some kind to pursue his educa-tion.
DUT IN THE midst of all the hurly-burly, with
education's star at last on the ascendancy, we
have grown, it seems, increasingly forgetful of
the true purpose of the
Time was when Aristotle could master all
knowledge. Centuries later, the Renaissance man
could boast proficiency, even excellence, in an
astounding number of areas.
But now, heaven help us, there is simply too
much data and information in virtually uncount
able fields for a human
and assimilate.
It is this, to over simplify, that has forced us
all, willy-nilly, into our
zation.
Unfortunately, our
nave begun to succumb to
alogues of curricular offerings now exhibit major
courses of study in unimaginable specialties.
ine net result seems
higher learning" is nothing more nor less than
glorified job training.
OLEARLY, the holder
"of necessity an "educated man, any more than
someone without a degree is therefore unedu
cated.
What a college degree may now signify is
mat tne noider nas some
ly restricted area, while being abvsmallv ignorant
aDout everything else. This seems particularly
true with some of the time-honored professional
occupations.
We do not deplore specialization as such. If
one contracts an unusual illness, for example, his
very life may depend on the narrowness of the
area of study to which a
voted his energies.
But the threatened loss of communication in
the world, as each of
deeper in his own little
of serious concern.
THE PURPOSE of education should be to make
a man more aware of his fellow man, and not.
as is so often the case, more removed from him
and his problems, more isolated, as it were, from
the concourse of humanity.
The end result of years of schooling should be
not only a human being who has mastered a
sufficient number of facts and skills to guarantee
proficiency in a particular vocation, but someone
who is sensitive to, and interested in, a wide
variety of areas of human endeavor; in short,
someone who is aware (that's the key word) of
wnat s going on in worlds other than his own.
We recall a professor of ours a number of
years ago who, after he had just introducted us
to a particularly useless fact, or an idea which
seemed to have little relevance to the contempor
ary scene, would smile benignly at us and say,
wen, now, tnai s just another piece ot turniture
for the mind."
What he meant was
have little .immediate utility, individually, but
when it is stored away and allowed to accumulate
over a 'period of time with other thoughts, its
ultimate eitect is to subtly broaden one s intel
lectual horizons just so much.
THE "mountain-top"
the world's greatest
able to achieve is denied
us.
But to know that we
we do not see, is perhaps the most salient fact to
be confronted and accepted.
Important, too, is the realization that since
the world is in flux, ever changing, education
(that is, becoming aware) must be a continuing
process, must go on with increased vigor and
intensity long after the years of formal, disciplin
ed schooling have ended.
One should seek to lav himself open to as
many experiences and challenging opportunities
as circumstance can otter.
viation from the deepening rut most of US live !
in can this be achieved.
If total awareness is unattainable finally (the
Holy Grail was never found), the pursuit of it is
its own reward, and life will grow richer and full
er with each step. G.H.B.
Helpful Phrase
If adjusting to daylight savincr time, as we
will do early Sunday morning, confuses you, re
member this phrase: "Spring forward; Fall
back."
This means in the spring you set the clock
forward an hour; in the fall you set it back.
And uh good luck. E, A.
I i
educative process.
mind to begin to grasp
present age of speciali
colleges and universities
the trend, and their cat
too orten to be that
of a college degree is not
competency in a narrow
given a doctor has de
us burrows deeper and
hole, should be a matter
that an idea mav seem to
perspective that some of
nhilosouhers have been
to the- vast majority of
do not know, to see that
Only bv conscious de
"First Let's Get Htm
... Communications ...
Letter to the Editor must
certain circumstances the use
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condensation. Loiters submitted .'or publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters
printed in this column do
contrary is often the case.
Not Slanted
To the Editor: On Dec. 10
1961, the 46 civilian doctors
of E 1 1 s a bethville, Katanga,
sent the following telegram
to U.N. Acting Secretary-General
U Thant:
"We regret your shameful
lie that your mercenaries do
not shoot at Red Cross ve
hicles. You will have a right
to talk about such things when
you have spent nights with us
in our hospitals bombed by
your faithless and lawless
ruffians."
Another telegram sent to
Dr. Paul Harper, John Hop
kins School of Public Health
Baltimore: "Please contact
your congressmen to stop mur
der of civilians by U. N. Or
ganization troops in Elisabeth
ville. This vicious aggression
is supported by American dol
lars. Sent in the name of 46
civilian physicians of Elisa
bethville." The tenth telegram was sent
to President Kennedy. These
doctors sent 30 telegrams to
influential people and groups
to try to get the inhuman
deeds stopped.
I have the book "46 Angry
Men" written and signed by
the 46 civilian doctors of
Elisabethville denouncing the
United Nations violations in
Katanga.
The pictures in the book are
worse than those shown in the
film "Katanga - The Untold
Story," and were taken by
Associated Press and United
Press International photog
raphers. If the United Nations Or
ganization has been unjustly
accused it should be the first
to present itself unreservedly
to such investigation.
The film was not "slanted"
nor misrepresented and the
atrocities were not "exagger
ated and emphasized" as you
say in the 42463 Medford
Mail Tribune.
I think that we should he
very grateful to D. B. Lewis
for having this film made.
We should write to Con
gressman Thomas Morgan,
House Office Building, Wash
ington. D. C . and ask that the
bill HR 427 introduced by
Representative James B. Utt
on Jan. 9, 1963, to get the
United Slates out of the Unit
ed Nations, be taken out of
committee and passed. Then
write to our Oregon congress
men and ask them to support
this bill.
Mrs. G. S. Jennings
21B Saginaw dr.
Medford
Who's Old?
To the Editor: In M.T. April
22. Delos Smith had an
article, "Nature Unfair to
Elderly Women, Doctor Main
tains." What elderly women has
Dr. A. Wilson been studying?
Certainly not the ones I have
the fortune of knowing.
I imagine a few women
over 50 may start to decline
mentally and physically, but
I believe it's caused by what
little they have contributed
tu society and themselves
from the beginning.
I believe a person (man or
woman) has to have a great
interest in life and each detail
of life from the age capable
of "nowledia of these things
through out their life span.
Never becoming bored with
all things.
I know a woman 80 years
young, an artist, raise beauti
ful flowers and recently is
learning ceramics.
Dr. A. Wilson better study
elderly women a little longer
before judging all by a few
Mrs. Delbert Casey
Route 1, Box 358
Central Point, Ore.
Obssrvod
To the Editor: Afte
read-
j ing "Anniversary of
Canby
.Massacre Is Observed
In the
April 14 Medford Mail Trib-1
une. it will be refreshing. 1
stimulating, enlightening, to I
read Doris Palmer Payne " I
i
MLOFORD MAIL TRIBUNE,
Out Of That Black Box"
-Jftfj MAtiaintt f"
bear the name and address
of a pen name or initial
not necessarily represent the
book, "Captain Jack, Modoc
Renegade." Then read A. B.
Meacham's "Wigwam and
Warpath." Read of the Sene
cas, Seminoles, Pottawatta
mies; of the life and death
struggles between all Ameri
can Indians and white men -one
to cling to the land they
loved, their homes, from gen
eration to generation through
eons - and not despoiled. The
other to kill and rob, sieze
the land, exploit both Indians
and the land for the dollar's
worth.
Meacham was shot and
wounded eight times at the
Modoc (Canby) massacre,
about to be scalped when
Wincma, Captain Jack's own
cousin, saved him. She, Jack
and most Modocs wanted
peace; peace with justice, not
"peace" under white man's
murder and pillage law.
Meacham gave the rest of his
lifetime and efforts striving
to bring about better under
standing, reason, fair dealings
by white men.
Yet, as we follow white
man's blood and plunder
trails from 1776 through the
1860s and '70s, to 1963, we
find white man still taking
by force or trickery, the In
dian's property, ignoring and
violating every sacred treaty,
from George Washington's
1794 with the Scnecas to the
Klamath Reservation - now
part of the Wincma National
Forest - and others.
Read of the Indian boys' ob
servations and experiences at
Custer's last stand; "After
while I tired looking around.
I could smell only blood. I
got a scalp for a smaller boy,
that he wanted. I did not fcei
sorry. The Wasiahus came to
kill our mothers and fathers
and us, and it was our coun
try." When you sing "Land
of the Free and Home of the
Brave" do a little thinking
about the American Indians'
side of it. Think a bit into
the future. How secure are
we in this "Land of the
Free"?
Read of the Indians' kind
nesses to the early pilgrims,
of Sacajewea's untiring help
to the Lewis and Clark ex
plorers, and other Indians'
kindnesses.
What has white man done
to this continent physically
in one or two generations, and
to two civilizations in less
than, seven generations?
Man's greed for wealth and
and power, high position and
ease - pleasure, amusement,
entertainment, has rotted oth
er civilizations. What is it do
ins 1 ours'.'
John E. Gribble.
139 Kenwood ave.,
Mediord
No Cure
To the Editor: I have been
thinking that there is no time
like the present to announce
the establishment of the Mc
Cabe psychiatric clinic lor
fishermen who go fishing
when a blizzard is blowing.
Seems to me a sad case of
piscatomania. Unfortunately,
while 1 may be able to diag
nose the disease, I haven't
found a cure.
Floyd R. McCabe
Ml. Pitt Star rt.
Butte Falls, Ore.
Tokyo Time
To the Editor: Some good
friends of ours from Indonesia
nao ine icrriiying experience forget evcrvihing but the gas
of living under Japanese OC-lpedaL He wouldn't have time
cupation during World War!l0 cnjoy this peaceful color
II They told us that one of
the first changes the Japanese
made when they took over a
country was to torec everyone
to set their clocks to Tokyo
time, regardless of what the
time differential actually was.
This Story has such a fa
miliar ring that I couldn't
help sharing it with my fel
(low sufferers who arc going
to be forced this week end to
go on "Tokyo time". The
only difference is the Jap
enses did it with bullets and
MEDFORD. OREGON
Shah of Iran's Land Reform Program
Meets Resistance by Tribal Chieftains
By JOSEPH A. MAZANDI
United Press International
Tehran, Iran - OJPD - Shah
Mohammed Reza Pahlevi's
land reform program is run
ning into opposition from
thousands of roving tribes
men who do not want to turn
in their guns and give up
their lawless way of life.
Most Iranians enthusiasti
cally support the program,
and since its introduction last
winter many large estates al
ready have been split up
among the peasants who for
merly worked on them.
But officials trying to car
ry out the land reform in
some tribal areas have been
greeted with gunfire, and
troops sent to enforce the law
have had serious clashes with
the tribesmen. Eight gen
darmes and 32 tribesmen
were killed in one recent
rifle battle.
For the average peasant,
there can be no quarrel with
of the writer, although under
for publication is permissicie.
views of the paper; in fact the
bayonets, while our ruling
class here did it with propa
ganda, lobbying, and all the
underhanded tactics which
have made Madison Ave. ad
vertising men rich. Actually it
is a little more honest to do it
the way the Japanese did.
By deliberately disobeying
the legal time voted on by the
people, our ruling class made
it so miserable for everyone
that after several years of this
sort of thing, the people in
despair chose the lesser evil.
Dr. Byrnes of the Ashland
college made a talk last Sun
day as reported in the Trib
une, saying among other
things that Americans seemed
unable to have original and
creative ideas anymore, the
rest of the world was forging
ahead in this respect, while
Americans seem able to do
little more than develop the
ideas other countries have.
Could there be any connec
tion here between this lack of
creativity and the driving
urge to conform which seems
almost a sickness in America
today? This one small case
where Oregonians were given
no peace until they were driv
en into conformity with Cali
fornia and Washington, could
be an indication of a deep
and basic problem. What
would our pioneer ancestors
think of us, afraid to be dif
ferent from another state,
when they were not afraid to
conquer a continent?
Well, friends, a dead rat by
any other name smells as bad,
but let's call it by its proper
name anyway here's to
Tokyo time!
Marie Ottosen
109 Geneva st.
Medford.
Better Usa
To the Editor: It seems to
me that with all of the other
problems around the town of
Butte Falls, the rabble rousers
there could find better uses
for their energy than to sling
mud .at the more conscientious
and dedicated citizens.
To voice an opposing view
sanely and openly is more
than proper and is guaranteed
in a democracy. However,
mud slinging, snide remarks
and behind the back gossip is
sheer idiocy
I, for one, extend to the
members of the School Board I
and any other person quietly i
suffering "the slings and ar-!
rows of outrageous fortune"
my deepest
sympathy and
support.
Allan E. Pingle
P. O. Box 7
Butte Falls, Ore
Bulldozing Jacksonville
To the Editor: "They
took
and bulldozed a small
little
Western town under.'" That is
the picture I get, if the high
way goes through Jackson
ville. Well, before anyone jumps
down my throat and says,
"I'm against progress", I
guess 1 am, because for the
life of me, I can't see any
advantage for Jacksonville by
having its heart cut out. This
slow, easy-going historic pio
neer town should be left
alone
I'm quile sure you can find
another route for your break
neck speed way or highway,
for the Speed Demons that
ful western town anyway and
I do
Mrs Irma Henderson.
729 Dakota ave ,
Medford
History Lesson
To the Editor- As a native
of this valley it distresses me
to read of hf rritirism !h-
people around Eagle Point are
receiving They are being ac- convinced that the greatest
cused of unfriendliness to 1 fault of our federal govern
new comers, intent at this time is that the
To understand you should antiquated machinery by
the Shah's unprecedented de
cision to restrict individual
ownership to 75 acres, nation
alize all forests, and offer
the lands around religious
shrines to peasants on 99
year leases.
Thp Shah showed the wav
by giving the Ministry of
Agriculture 3.5 million acres
of his own forest land, valued
at more than S200 million, to
be split up among the peas
ants. The reforms were sorely
needed. In the past, 90 per
cent of Iranians working the
land were tenant farmers who
paid four-fifths of the harvest
as rent and for seed, live
stock and equipment.
But the migratory tribes
men do not have the same
problems. They like their
way of life and fiercely resist
change. The tribal khans or
chiefs own vast estates and
command the firm allegiance
of their men.
Many tribesmen rob travel
ers; others supplement their
income by raising opium pop
pics. To stamp out this lawless
ness, the government decided
know a little of our history
here. In early days the far
West, including our valley,
was settled by many people
who, for one reason or an
other, came here to escape
their past. Therefore, people
were accepted on their face
value and to try to pry into
their personal affairs was con
sidered nosey, viewed with
suspicion.
As a result everyone "mind
ed his own business," to the
extent that it became a way
of life and folks gradually
became very clannish. How
ever, everyone helped a neigh
bor in case of trouble.
There is one thing that I
must warn you - a good share
of the people "on the creek,"
which includes the length of
Butte creek, arc related, and
anything said in a derogatory
manner against one is like
shaking one tendril of a mel
lon vine - it shakes the whole
vine.
I know whereof I speak,
for I have lived at Browns
boro. 1 know many of the
folks in the Butte Creek area.
1 will never forget the con
cern with which the reserved
valley folk greeted the influx
of "Oakies" some years back.
They poured in here penniless,
friendly and voluble, with an
almost child-like trust that
they would be accepted. They
proved to be industrious, re
sourceful, and God-fearing.
To them this was a Garden
of Eden and they had never
known such plenty.
Often the temptation was
too great. As a result for the
first time valley residents
found it necessary to put
locks on their chicken houses
and cattle feed-lots. Now these
same people have become one
of us and are some of our
best citizens.
However, they came not to
be critical but with a friendly
open desire to be liked and
accepted on our own terms
and in our own time.
You know you can lead a
horse to water but you can't
make him drink.
Leila A. Morrow,
531 North Bartlett st.,
Medford
Joust, Anyone?
To the Editor: In regard to
a letter published in your
Communications column
Anril J IOC : .,
l,",n lnc
TV show of April 21 on Ka-
ianga' 1 wish1,t0 mment that
fF one wlU Place my usl
ln the ,U' S: Government, the
P.rcsn' administration and
tne .UN" 'ar abovc the propa-
ganda which is dumped on
the public communication out
lets by a wealthy dog food
peddler and his stooges.
Anyone for jousting wind
mills? William A. Hoxic
24'; South Grape st
Medford.
Fear of Fascism
To the Editor: I note that
you criticized my letter, In
which I objected to certain
provisions of the proposed
new Constitution for Oregon,
by asking why the President
is not criticized for the same
reasons. As I remember, no
President has been more fre
quently and bitterly assailed
than Mr. Kennedy, and in my
opinions for the wrong rea
sons I did not support Mr.
Kennedy willingly but be
cause I could see no other
choice for me. And my great
est criticism of him is because
he has followed too much in
the footsteps of Ike Eisenhow
er and has appointed to his
cabinet too many of the same
lype of men.
I believe his so - called
"crack down " on the steel
companies has been greatly
exaggerated and that they
would have ignored him if
Kaiser and ReDublir had inin.
ca" 'he other companies. I am
to disarm and resettle the
tribesmen as well as parcel
out their chieftain's land.
For the average tribesman,
the resettlement plan would
Dear Government:
Thanks For Nothing
By Arthur Hoppe
I know you're going to
think I'm a starry-eyed ideal
ist, a Utopian dreamer, an
impractical Do-Gooder. But
I've formed another organiza
tion to save us all. It's called,
"The National Committee for
a Do-Nothing Government."
The need is acute. For the
basic trouble with Govern
ment, if you ask me, is that
it tends to govern. We elect
a nice, likable politician who
pledges "decisive leader
ship." And the next thing we
know he's trying to lead us
all around decisively. Cuba?
which Congress operates has
largely paralyzed the progress
of law making and that ifvwe
are to save the Republic we
must take drastic action to
streamline the operation of
our national Congress. I be
lieve the President should be
nominated by the people in
some form of primary elec
tion, and as I said regarding
the Oregon Attorney General,
I am quite sure that if we had
had the election of the Attor
ney General of the United
States we could have made
better choice than Robert
Kennedy.
I thoroughly agree that
Oregon should have a new
Constitution, not a streamlin
ed copy of the old, but I re
serve the right to criticize any
part of it with which I do
not agree. I do not believe
the National Municipal
League has any "sinister mon
ster" in view when it advo
rates legalizing a form of
Metropolitan government for
such areas as Portland where
a city has grown to entirely
encompass the county and the
people arc forced to support
two governments where one
could do the work and avoid
conflict.
Having studied the philos
ophy of Socialism quite thor
ougniy in tne days of my
youth, I am positive that our
government is not being sub
verted by socialistic ideas or
that such ideas are being
taught in our schools. And I
have no fear that a Commu
nistic conspiracy will over
come our government from
within. In fact, with all the
John Birch type fanatics run
ning loose and well supplied
with corporation money, I
have a much greater fear of
Fascism. The methods being
used are very much the same
Hitler used to destroy the Wei
mar Republic,
D. Ivan Fritts
794 Fortner Lane
Ontario, Ore.
Farewell Romance
To the Editor: It is really
too bad that man one day will
land on the moon.
All the dreams and songs
inspired by that planet will be
shattered, as we learn what a
barren waste it really is. Who
then will write about the man
in the moon: of the silvery
moon; of moonlight and roses;
and implore it to shine on
"for me and my gal?"
What is to take its place in
the hearts and minds of those
in love? All the romance as
sociated with the moon will
disappear. Progress can be so
disillusioning.
David Frisch
P. O. Box 292
White City, Ore.
"Frankly. I'll novor understand how anything gels
dono in the business world after . . . uh . . . 'lunch'!"
I
be a better deal. But distrust
of the government, loyalty to
his chief, and attachment to
his rifle seem to exert a
stronger pull.
Vietnam? Berlin? He has this
awful urge to Do Something!
Which is usually a terrible
mistake.
Domestically, it's no better.
Every elected leader has a
fixation on passing laws or
issuing executive orders. And
the laws and orders keep
mounting year after year, in
exorably constricting our
freedom. So, obviously, some
thing must be done! Or, to
quote our battle cry: "Noth
ing Must Be Done!"
Not only do we have a bat
tie cry, but I've spent the
past couple of months draw
ing up blueprints for a vigor
ous program of hard-hitting
political action. To stir up
public lethargy.
The Committee, I figured,
will throw its weight behind
selected candidatSS pledged
to indecisive leadership, vac
illation and, when the chips
are down, complete inertia.
Front groups will be formed.
Such as the Committee for an
Ineffective Congress, which
will work to elect Southern
Democrats. And the National
Commission to Restore the
White House. As a parking
garage.
Annual awards. I decided,
will be given to our public
servants who best represent
the virtues of boondoggling,
fence - straddling and buck
passing. These will be pre.
sentcd at our gala testimonial
dinner to the Legislator who
has met the fewest number of
roll calls.
So then. I said to myself,
let us who see the danger to
our lives and freedom in a
vigorous Government, unite
under (he immortal words of
Mr. Thomas Jefferson: "He
governs best who goes fish
ing." And so it was. my head a
buzz with plans for kick-off
lunches and drum - beating
press conferences, that I ar
rived In our Nation's capital
to launch, at long last, this
desperately needed crusade.
Oh, with what zeal it was
that, seeking Congressional
support, I marched over to
Capitol Hill. Where seven of
our Senators were in session.
Six of them reading news
papers. And ah. how my dedication
burned undimmed as, hoping
for Presidential backing, I
hurried over to the White
House. Where Mr. Kennedy
had gotten so disgusted with
his lethargic Congress that
he'd gone off to Florida for
a week.
Well, I've mulled the mat
ter over while calling on sev
eral friends in executive agen
cies. Who were out at the ball-
game. Again. And I've de
cided to form the National
Committee for a Do-Nothing
Government anyway.
Because our system of
checks and balances isn't per
fect. I mean it doesn't do
nothing. It just doesn't do
very much awfully slowly.
And the older I get. the more
1 m for that.
But it needs our support.
Of course, after a week in
Washington. I've made one
change in our Committee's
plans. I've rewritten the ban
ner under which we will
fight. It now savs: "Let'
Keep Things the Way They
Are."
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