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History from tne files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and SO yean ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Sent. 12, 1953 (Saturday)
It will be school Monday for
Medford boys and girls, with
the exception of the high school,
which will open Sept. 21.
Jackson county health depart
ment today reported four more
cases of polio, bringing the total
in the county to seven so far
this year.
20 YEARS AGO
Sept. 12, 1943 (Sunday)
Coach Lome Arnold starts
nightly drills for Black Tornado
football team; Yreka to be first
nnnonent.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "S. Gan
Inn Sherwood, former P. 0
clerk, now a 'mail specialist' in
the Navy, home on furlough, is
seasick from wmriing in
social whirl."
the
30 YEARS AGO
Sept. 12, 1933 (Tuesday)
Bosc pear packing to be re
duced to aid market.
Medford National bank is re
organized. 40 YEARS AGO
Sept. 12, 1923 (Wednesday)
Mail Tribune to broadcast
Drmpscy - Firpo fight in New
York.
Pear shipments now total 1,250
cars.
SO YEARS AGO
Sept. 12, 1913 (Friday)
Slim crowd sees Bud Boyd and
Frankic Edwards fight to draw.
Largest crowd ever to attend
a business house opening here
crowds Snarta building for open-
inc of C. E. Gates' Overland
agency.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nina o ten correct ii wearier;
seven or eight Is eicellent: five or
six is good.
1. Turtles do, or do not, pt'
scss teeth?
2. Who painted the Mona
Lsa?
3. Are Concord grapes white,
dark blue, or green?
4. Fleas, tapeworms, mistle
toe and ringworm are all what?
5. In the account of creation
In Genesis, on what day was
the land created?
fi. Name the woman who had
the face that launched a thou
snnri shins.
7. For how many months has
the United States been a mem
ber of the European common
market?
8. At the present time, Is the
U S. Navy more interest in
building battleships or subma
rines? 9. On what river did Huckle
berry Finn's adventures take
place? . . . ..
10. Name the capital of Mis
souri. Answers: 1. Do not. 2. Leonar
do da Vinci. 3. Dark blue. 4.
Parasites. 5. Third day. . Helen
of Troy. 7. Not member. .
Submarines. S. Mississippi
Jefferson City.
H ALSTON HONORED
LOS ANGELES (UPD- Den
nis Ralston was chosen Southern
California athlete of the month
for August by the Helms Ath
letic Foundation today for lead
ing the U.S. team to victory
over Mexico in the North Amer
ican Davis Cup tennis eliminations.
SEPTEMBER 12. 1962
We spent Tuesday
joint meeting of the state Board of bducation
and the State Board of Higher Education, We
wish every voter in the
there.
We came away with a sense of awful urgency
of the necessity to convince Oregon voters that
if the tax measure is defeated next Oct. 15, Ore
gon education will suffer drastic setbacks, and
that the educational future of thousands upon
thousands of young Oregonians will be imperiled.
Members of the two boards, and, of course,
the professional educators who comprise the
staffs, are fearful not for themselves, for they
personally have nothing to lose but fearful that
Oregon education, which they are responsible
for, will be decreased,
in many cases, denied.
IF THE tax measure is
alternative in sight
funds.
Thus, the budget must be cut, and cut up to
$60,000,000.
There is nowhere in
be cut without vitally
educational costs comprise
state operating costs.
The most recent estimates indicate that some
$20,000,000 will have to
Education, and $15 to $19
ets of local school districts, through reduction in
the state-provided Basic
The rest of the cuts
selectively from other areas of government, in
cluding welfare, institutions, special programs,
and so on.
X7HAT would the State
" cation do if forced
levels BELOW those of 1961-63, while still try
ing to maintain quality in education?
It would be forced to do these five things:
1. Limit Future Enrollments. This would deny
a college education to some 3,000 students who
otherwise would qualify. The limitation would be
effected by raising entrance requirements.
2. Increase Tuition. This would be done to in
crease income. But it, too, would have the effect
of barring many youngsters from college who now
are barely able to meet already-high costs.
3. Reduce Non Instructional Services. This
would include maintenance, repairs and rehabili
tation of buildings and grounds, effecting short
range savings, but ultimately costing more.
4. Reduce Other Public Services. This would
require a reduction in the number of patients at
the system's hospitals and clinics, including the
tuberculosis hospital and crippled children s divi
sion : radical curtailment of agricultural and for
estry research; reduction
including those on the
5. Reduce Buiding- and Land Acquisition. At
least six major classroom and instructional build
ings, now needed, would be eliminated; so would
purchases needed at several campuses for expan
sion to accommodate increased student bodies.
XHAT ABOUT the local school districts?
" A cut of 11 per cent in Basic School Sup
port would slash about $15 million from funds
distributed to local school districts; a cut of 14
per cent would mean about $19 million off. These
are the two percentages most discussed as prob
able if the tax measure is defeated.
If the cut is $15 million, Medford School Dis
trict 549C will lose about $195,000; if it is $19
million, the loss to the Medford district will be
about $250,000.
Could the school district s operating budget
(of some $4,683,000) be
million dollars.' home
made. But it is a tight budget an "austere" one
to begin with. And some 71 per cent of it is
m teachers salaries, which are on a contractual
basis and have to be paid even if the teachers
are laid off.
-TOO, the budget was approved by a vote of dis-
trict voters, and the
wish to diminish what is
with few if any "frills.
So what would happen? The district could,
and probably would, continue its present pro
gram and pay for it by warrants which are
simply promises to pay, and which are negotiable.
Thus it would run into debt for the rest of the
fiscal year.
But the debt would have to be paid, and the
outstanding warrants would have to be added to
the 1964-65 school district budget. They would
thus increase property taxes for that year by from
3.5 to 4.3 mills.
The effects will be similar in each of the
state's 450 school districts.
IN SOME districts, where Basic School Support
is a larger percentage of the budget, taxpayers
would pav more in increased property taxes than
they would save in reduced income taxes, if the
tax measure is defeated.
More serious than that, however, would be
the demoralization of the school systems, the in
evitable loss of teachers (who already are receiv
ing an avcrge of 25 per cent LESS in salaries than
California teachers), and the deterioration in the
teaching programs.
It is a grim prospect.
If anyone tells you those Hie "scare tactics"
or "threats," they aren't. They simply are a rea
sonable and logical forecast of what will happen
to our schools and colleges and universities if the
Ux law is vbiih next month. E.A.
afternoon in Salem at a
state could have been
curtailed, limited and,
defeated, there is no real
to provide the budgeted
the budget that this can
affecting education, for
some 60 per cent of all
be lopped off Higher
million from the budg'
School Support Fund.
would have to be made
System of Higher Edu.
to cut back to budget
of extension services
county level.
cut by up to a quarter-
cuts probably could be
school board would not
already a basic program
"Basically There Are Three Governments
Involved The Diem Government,
The U.S.A., And The C.l.A."
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Communications ...
Letters to 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 ii permissible.
The Mail Tribune reserves the tight 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. .
Names
To the Editor: In my last let
ter to communications I talked
a little on pagan rites and cer
emonies, and I used the word
"heathen." My intention was
not to call anybody a heathen
but only to point out what Yah
weh says about following the
heathen ways (Jeremiah 10:2
4, 5, 6).
This I'd like entitled "Is Je
sus the name?" Acts 4:12 "Nei
ther is there salvation in any
other: (name) for there is none
other name under heaven giv
en among men whereby we
must be saved." From this
name spoken of here is very im
portant and not to be passed
off lightly.
The Hebrews were very care
ful of their names, and the
name of the supreme was of
ten used as a part of the name
of Israelites, such as Eli-YAH
Jercmi-YAH, Dani-El Jo-El, etc.
The same idea prevailed among
the heathen religions, and the
worshippers of Baal, Zeus, and
other deities, were careful to
affix the name of their diety to
their children, and so we find,
Jezebel (Jose-Baal), Nebuchad
nezzar (Nebo Chadnczzar), Ball
iada (Baal-knows), etc.
Among the Greeks we find
this same rule prevailing, and
it was adhered to when the He
brew Scriptures were translated
into the Greek.
The Greek practice was
changing names of persons, re
moving the abbreviated forms
of rival deities and replacing
them with the abbreviated
forms of their supreme dieties.
Zeus is readily seen in such
prominent changes as that of
the Hebrew prophets: Elisha
(El of supplication) became Eli
scus (my El cs Zeus). Other
prophets, as Jeremiah, had the
Yah ending changed to "S," the
(.rccian terminal referring to
their deity Zeus, Elijah (my
El is Zeus).
The plan of the Greeks was
simple. They merely dropped thp
Hebrew deity, and substituted
the name, or letters referring
to the name of the supreme
deity. Zeus, thus Eliakim be
came Alcimus, Elisha became
Eliseus, which Yahshua became
Je SUS lesous.
When the name Jesus is bro
ken down into comtiosite parts.
... ,
rJ ?uC.ry namcs.can "': .
we find that it is made up o
two words, "Ie" and "Sous" i
now called in English. Jesus.
Studies on the subjects and
other subjects can be had at 413 '
Ash, Central Point, 2 p m Sal
urday afternoons.
' Thomas N. Bostwick
P. O. Rox B01
Medford
Early Bird
To the Editor
Well
pro-
. .u.
. J.
nnances i inicnu 10 aain ue
a candidate for County Commis
sioner. I have one very serious
problem to overcome known as
stage fright. This can only be
cured by habit I think. And
fTpeopieon any
which may be suitable i
the method is to make talks to
subject
suitable OFTEN.
Another problem, which I do
i not plan to do anything alwut
and which may be the deciding
lacuir in me minus 01 ine vot
ers, is the very bad habit or
very good habit, take your choice
of saying what I think and
letting the chips fall where they
may.
I shall, however, avoid some
mistakes 1 made in l!H2 the
worst of which was directly due
to the fact that I waited until
the last dog was hung before
I filed. I want to file as early
as possible next time.
Floyd R. MeCabe
Mt. Pitt Star Rt.
Butte Falls, Ore
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD.
Mosquitoes
To the Editor: 1 received a
letter from my sister-in-law,
Betty Poole of White City, say
ing in effect that you had lack
ed sympathy in your reply to
the article she had sent in to
communications on mosquitoes,
and which you printed, and I
read, but missed the reply.
Having been one of the "visi
tors" she mentioned, I can cer
tainly verify all she said and
could add much more. We went
out to look at her garden, and
fought for our skins for the
few minutes we were able to
stay out, and this was on a nice
hot sun-shiny day. Even her
baby boy has learned to fight
with both hands and feet when
the door is opened.
As we drove away our car
was full of the little vermin,
their numbers being limited
only by the space in the Vokcs.
I suggested she write in and
bring this to the attention of
those in a position to investi
gate, as it seems to me it is
as much a problem as a num
ber of things that are given a
great deal of space and discus
sion. If you doubt the existence
of this circumstance, would sug
gest you spend 30 minutes in
her yard, and entertain your
self scratching for the next
week, as I did.
Mary M. Poole,
Prospect, Ore.
O
Editor's note: We did not
doubt the facts set forth in
the letter, nor do we lack sym
pathy. We merely pointed out
that the mosquito problem has
not been as bad this year as
some other years in some parts
of the valley. It certainly re
mains a problem.
Paul Pays Peter
To the Editor:
Premiums with your cigarettes?
Well, here's my observation:
Save all the coupons vou ran
get,
For that cancer operation.
George Distell
33 North Fir st.
Medford
Cnimminirahlr Disease
Tn the Editor: The casualties
of the cold war are mounting.
Wealing the Purple Hearts of
Ihic rnnflirf urn h ht
- 'nr unn- III, ,n-
gers, the witch hunters, the John I
Birehers. and others nf similar
in, Th ":' .,,j i;i. ,L ,
ev,0(,s ;s psvchoORcal '
,. ,,. A ,.., 1 . . .
,.,.,.,.,, i ' "Z v.Z Z "J
.l-,etiri..rt k.- h
some form of paranoia i To the Edl,orA AmonB oie
The wound, in this case, is 1 arriving for the Stephen P. Tay
communicahle. It attacks and lor Family reunion at TouVelle
corrodes the minds of the men-1 Par,k Sund"'-, SeP'- Li.nH
aii k . ir .. Kathcnne Hurler of Portland.
con.roibhly;
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v i.. ,i
llll.-Mltl.-M Ul lllll- U'llUW lllilll.
: the n:,i,o nf his .Hn,i th f.
-
i iiii ii'ii mi ikcs n u i viciously
i against an imagined enemy. The
.traditional victims of these at-!
tacks are minority racial and re-
' ligious groups, the
existing SO-
, , imiin .mementos of former gatherings,
a threat to their twisted views. Enterainmcnt was enjoyed
As the problems confronting bv hc jackson Creek 59'crs.
this psychotic personality in-lwjth SPVeral songs by cowboy
crease, he frequently will act in sinwr Bm Holman.
a suicidal manner, believing Tnosc proscnt were Mr. and
that one simple but dangerous Mrs Rav Harnish, Mr. and Mrs.
act is all that is needed to cor- im,,,. Harnish and children,
reel his problems i blow Cuba off Lynda and Koger; Mr. and Mrs.
the map or kill all the Jews). ! Rj0k Wolgamott and daughters,
As this highly communicable Rjkj and Carla; Mr. and Mrs.
disease spreads, it ceases to be pcnnis Boren and children, Mi
a problem of the individual and'chael and Lisa: Ethel Cov. all
becomes a disease of society. If 0f Eagle Point: Jesse M. Tay
it grows enough it can destroy 0r. Central Point: Mr. and Mrs.
a society; just as it can destroy j Edwin Tavlor, Mr. and Mrs.
the individual if not caught in Aubrey Taylor and daughter
time A disease of this nature Ivbhie of ' Table Rock road
will trigger a war lor a nuclear ' pickle farm; Mr. and Mrs. F. J.
tipped missile), it will anmhil -
ntr 6.000.000 Jews, it will attack
and imprison a neighbor, or
burn alleged witches at the
stake
OREGON
Who Will
Problem in Spain, Now Seeking Stability
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPl Foreign News Analyst
MADRID, Spain (UPI)-Ask
almost any politically minded
Spaniard what he believes is
Spain's greatest
internal p r o b-
lem, and the
reply will be,
"the s u c c e s
sion." Spain,
officially is still
a kingdom, but
the phrase,
'the succession,'
applies to only
one man and
fZ cwsom
that is Generalissimo Francisco
Franco, in all respects Spain's
chief of state.
Today's Spain, 25 years after
the civil war, is a nation mould,
ed by Franco and ruled by his
decisions.
Franco resents being called a
dictator, preferring rather to
regard himself as a man who
fulfilled a national need and
still is answering to it.
Whatever the definition, Spain
has found tranquility after 100
years of civil war, enjoys a ris
ing prosperity and once more
Fortunately we are finding
cures to this disease as it occurs
in the individual. By taking
away his imagined fears, by
making him analyze himself and
the forces he imagines are
working against him, we can
successfully decrease the ten
sions that cause the conflict.
In attacking the problem on
the social level, our problem is
monumental and more complex.
Here again we must analyze and
eliminate the unreal fears, so we
can see and evaluate the real
ones. If we don't do this the cas
ualties will undoubtedly in
crease. The walking wounded
will continue to spread their
dread disease to those made sus
ceptible by improper or inade
quate education, or an unaware
ncss caused by apathy, when
diligence should be the order of
the day.
P. M.
(Name on file)
Medford
Augie
To the Editor: Augie is just
a fat Beagle pup and she be
longs to two youngsters who
live below the golf course in
Medford. Augie is a square, she
measures 14" by 14" by 14".
All she ever done all her life
is cat, sleep and ride around in
cars. She got so fat they put her
on a diet.
Now when they put Augie on
a diet, they didn't know she was
part beaver, maybe she can't
fall a tree, but she can chew a
hole 14 by 14 by 14 in one day.
When Augie got out, she didn't
head for a hot dog stand, she
goes up, sits down in the middle
of the golf cousse and watches
the tournament. She soon heard
about the good eats they are
serving at the Country Club, so
that's where she was when the
paddy wagon drove up. She
thinks the paddy wagon was a
snack wagon and she climbs
aboard. Ain't nuthin' like ridin'
and catin' at the same time. She
never knew no different until
she awoke behind bars. It cost
$3 to get Augie out of jail, but
she ain't no better.
1 saw her yesterday in her
pen, and I said; "Augie, I hear
you are on a real diet now."
She sorta raised her head, look-
A n thA kill at tha fniintrV
ru U UIC Mill a. .w.... j
Club, and says: "OH YEAH!
(hit's what vou think."
Everett Acklin
Ashland, Ore.
Kenninn
was the niece of Elva
Wheeler Person, daughter of
Rachael Taylor Wheeler, who
I . ., f ,U
wrote me nisionc uiary ui me
i Preacher wagon train to Oregon
m H53.
I Thirty-one relatives and
friends were present to enjoy
the day. Ancient cooking uten-
I silc n-nra rlicnfavnH nn fl snAT-0
' .. . ' ...h- ,u nirtiir-H
1 Clifford. Sam Cov, Forest
Acres; Mrs. Katherinc Huyler of
i Portland, Mrs. Alfreds Wheeler,
! Talent; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cor -
bin and sons, Leonard and
Succeed Franco Seen
is looking to the world beyond
the Pyranees.
Even Franco's home critics
admit there is no one in the
country able to match him in
national prestige.
There is opposition to Fran
co in Spain, said one knowledge
able American.
But is an opposition upon
which it is hard to place your
finger, he pointed out to this
correspondent, who flew to
Spain aboard an Iberia Airlines
plane to be shown the situation
close-up.
Except for the Communists
and the anarchists, no one is
plotting against him. The mini
mum wage has been raised to
a dollar a day, and the little
man about to raise his standard
of living with a new apartment
or a television set is not willing
to risk it in a new revolt.
Most of the opposition simply
In the Day's News
By FRANK
From Washington:
President Kennedy in effect
has exempted married men from
the draft in a move that will re
lieve an estimated 340,000 young
husbands from military service.
He issued an executive order
Freddie of Applegate; Mrs.
Nellie Poling, Medford.
Prizes were given to the old-
ets descendant, also youngest.
Jesse Taylor being the oldest
was given a vase. Baby Lisa
Boren received a monkey doll.
We have all enjoyed the sum
mer time of picnicking as all
too soon. Fall and winter will
appear.
Mrs. Nevah Taylor Clifford
Route 2, Box 200F
Central Point, Ore.
Keep the P.T.A.
To the Editor: Re: "Is the
P.T.A. Outmoded"?
Not yet; but if the teachers
and administration have any
thing to say about it, it soon
will be.
What other organization of
mothers and parents has any
voice in our great democracy
all the way across the U.S.? As
soon as all voice in public mat
ters can be squelched, then the
people can be completely domi
nated and a few can rule.
The Senior High school turned
down the P.T.A. some years ago
"because the children need to
grow up." Do you know any
group of children at any age
that need their parents more
than teenagers in their high
school years? Why do we have
child delinquency growing at
such a rapid rate? It could well
be because we have no common
meeting . ground for parents,
children and teachers, and no
civic responsibility toward our
citizens of the community. It
might do something for child de
linquency and "drop outs" if the
schools would see to it that each
child gets a thorough back
ground in the "three R's". Mak
ing sheep and drifters in our
schools makes good gun fod
der for the armed services but
it does not develop the full po
tential in the individual or
make responsible future citizens
tor our country.
Yes, the administration has
been known to use the P.T.A.
Every parent who puts a child
in school is certain that their
child will be a child prodigy.
They want the best for that
child; so when tax time comes
around the administration is
right in there pitching telling the
parents to get out and vote for
a budget for new schools, teach
ers' and administrators' salar
ies. What good are the schools
going to do us if we aren't able
to keep homes over our chil
dren's heads because of the high
taxes forced upon us by gov
ernmental demands?
Our teachers are trained to
teach, but the parents know
what they want their children
to gain from the knowledge they
get through their education;
and since the parents are Dav-
ing the taxes to support this
education, they should have a
voice in the kind of education
that is molding the lives of
their children.
Let us keep our P.T.A's. Thev
are a medium of communica
tion for our society. They don't
answer an tne needs put upon
them because the P.T.A. offi
cers are elected and come and
go every year; but the school
administrators and the teach
ers are in their positions until
they retire or are disabled.
Barbara Cameron
H03 West 11th st.
Medford.
Biggs Rapids Bridge
Shows $14,506 Profit
OLYMPIA. Wash. (l'PI)-The
new Biggs Rapids toll bridge
snowed a net profit of $14,506
last month, a figure only 23S
less than the profit for the span
j during the first seven months
' of this year, the State Toll
1 Bridge Authority reported
Wednesday.
is waiting for Franco to get out
of office or die.
Approaching 71, Franco shows
signs of neither.
But neither has there been
a decision on the succession, the
man or system which will en
able Spain to continue its era of
stability.
Franco himself has said he
cannot be expected to continue
in office forever. Up until a
short time ago, it appeared he
was grooming the young Juan
Carlos to take over the Span
ish throne for a resumption of
the monarchy. Highly placed
Spaniards believe that idea is
fading in the face of mounting
public resistance.
Whoever is to rule in Spain
must have the support of the
army. Filling that requirement
is Vice President Capt. Gen.
Agustin Munoz Grandes, the
only man whose military rank
equals Franco's own.
JENKINS
providing that husbands of draft
age from 19 through 25 will be
called only if the pool of eligible
single men is exhausted. Since
there is an ample pool of single
men, the White House order
said, what it actually means is
that married men will be draft
proof except in the case of a
national emergency.
I'LL bet everybody thinks of
-1 the same crack at the same
time, to wit:
The President thinks married
men have fighting enough as it
is without having to go to war.
TllORE from Washington:
"a President Kennedy says
the U. S. faces a dilemma in
South Viet Nam and risks criti
cism, whichever way it turns.
He implied in a radio-TV inter
view that if we stay we'll have
to fight. . .and pay. . .and if we
run we'll be called a quitter. He
added: "It is true the U. S. gov
ernment occasionally gets lock
ed into a policy and finds it
difficult to shift gears."
HE IS undoubtedly right.
And in this particular case
he inherited the situation and
didn't create it.
But, for heaven's sake, let's be
cautious about getting into any
more messes like that.
HEADLINE:
Circus Lion Bites Keeper.
THAT violates the dictum of
the famous city editor of
the New York Sun who said that
when a dog bites a man it isn't
news because it happens so
often, but when a man bites a
dog it IS news.
But let's be thankful that in
this case the keeper didn't bite
the lion. We have enough screw
ball goings-on in the world today
as it is.
WHAT brings us around to John
-L Gronouski, who has just
been nominated by President
Kennedy to be Postmaster Gen
eral of the United States, to suc
ceed J. Edward Day, who re
signed recently.
Mr. Gronouski holds three Uni
versity of Wisconsin degrees, in
cluding a doctor of philosophy in
government. He grins and ad
mits that when news of his nom
ination to be postmaster reached
him, he was still carrying
around a letter his wife had
given him two weeks before to
be mailed. His associates say
he smokes a pipe and can get
good and mad in the pinches
when things go wrong.
AND-
He confesses
He doesn't yet even know his
ZIP code number so that he can
recite it instantly when ques
tioned. T0 Y6U reckon he knows his
J Social Security number?
And, by the way, do YOU
know yours? I don't.
Anyway, the new postmaster
general sounds like a regular
guy.
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and ifie high point of my summer 'aj whrn
I joined the march on Washington"
Pressing
Another alternative is the
council of the realm, a council
which would be composed of
representatives of labor, thn
Catholic church, the universi
ties and professional groups,
who would suggest a form of
government and submit it tn a
plebiscite.
Finally there has been a sug
gestion that Franco himself
might retire, giving the coun
try an opportunity to reach its
own peaceful solution but hold
ing himself ready to return to
office in case of need.
Within Spain political groups
except the Falangist party are
barred and the right of assem
bly limited. Efficient police
quickly subdue opposition dem
onstrations. In some govern
ment circles there is a hope
that a gradual relaxation of re
strictions will develop within
the people themselves a senso
of political responsibility.
But meanwhile the question of
the how, who or what of "the
succession" remains un
answered. Strictly
Personal
By Sydney J. Harris
(c) Field Enterprises, Irw.
PERSONAL PREJUDICES
We respect Washington, -wn
admire Jefferson, but we ven
erate Lincoln; the differencn
being that the first was a great
American, the second a great
mind, but the third a great hu
man being. In the perspective
of history, it is always the total
personality that counts for -thn
most.
Young women who are lin
snccessful in finding husbands
comfort themselves with the
belief thai their successful
competitors have employed
some "scheme" to ensnare
the male: in this way, thev
convert their defect of appeal
into the asset of "honesty."
No phrase in politics is morn
dangerously inaccurate t h"a n
"middle-of-the-road," which con
stantly changes as the road
winds left and right. Today's
"middle-of - the - road" Republi
can, for instance, is almost a
Socialist compared with his. po
litical ancestor a quarter-century
ago.
A man who has thoughtless
ly taken up your time recog
nizes no obligation, as he
would if he took your money
yet the former debt can
never be repaid.
If we took the trouble to learn
the jargon of philosophy, as we
learn the jargon of an automo
bile, we would soon find that
much of what we consider "diffi
cult" or "intellectual" reading
is no harder than understandir.i;,
at least roughly, how a trans
mission or differential works in
a car. Most incomprehension is
laziness, not lack of sense.
Why is it that the people
with the most wind generallv
have the worst memories, so
that they can't tell a five
minute anecdote without re
vising and amending it for a
half-hour? Nothing is more an
noying than the person who
tries to remember the name
of someone, when the name
has no relevance to the story.
The most important lesson for
efficiency (and for peace : nf
mind) was expressed by Josiah
Quincy, when he said: "When
you have a number of disagree
able duties to perform, always
do the most disagreeable first "
The flounderers and the flubher
reverse this order, and thin
have no energy left for the most
disagreeable task at the end.
Nothing makes a liar out nf
a man faster than being in
debt.
No woman can be said to b
poised unless she can use a
cigaret holder as a natur al ex
tension of her hand rather than
as a strange appendage that is
likely to go off at any momenl.
The tersest admonition to
the juvenile smart alerk was
made by Fuller, when he oh.
served: "No one can lie a
wit of the first water who
Isn't dry behind the ears."