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2 g FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1963 . ; MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON . ' ' ' Peace-and-Prosperity Campaign by Kennedy Could Be Shaky Strategy By LYLE C. WILSON United Press International There would be some formid able chance taking if the Ken n dy administration conducts (he President's re - election campaign on the theme of peace-and-prospcrity. The appearance or the Small Worlds Around Us "WO" Iwnn W Wtkln Worm Will Turn Or Else Direction Would Be Straight "The worm will turn," is i truism when applied to the real worm: it would have to, otn wise it would always be going in a straight line, and could never return to its starting place. But, even in turning it must exercise some restraint; too sharp a turn, and continued circling would bring its head up against its own rear end; a disconcerting experience, even for a worm. It must have been an earth' worm that inspired the expres sion, but it was rather apt, for wo can use it now in referring to a very meek person finally rebelling and turning on his tor mentor. But applied to a worm, turning is meaningless. Mr. and Mrs. Earthworm, (and they are one and the same, for every carlhworm is both a hoy-worm and a girl-worm, and at the same time), often meet an obstruction while burrowing. Pushing along in the gritty darkness, they run into stone, a tree root, or some other ob struction. They must make a decision, to go over the object, under it, or around it. Pushing along, helped by their natural slipperiness, and the bristle-like hairs on their underside, they turn and turn. They eat their way in the turns and the straightaways. ' Vertical Mouth Mighty funny characters, the earthworms. They have a mouth that is vertical, and the jaws work sideways instead of up and down; a mouth that is ver tical is unique among animals, as most are horizontal. The worm's muscles are of two dis tinct kinds; those that run lengthwise of the body, and the other set that circle the bodv. The worms can telescope or tnny can stretch out until they are only a fraction of their for mer diameter. This is a great help in getting in between rocks, or pushing through moist earth. You are sadly uninformed if you believe earthworms are only good for baiting a fishhook. Actually earthworms are mighty important to the bus iness of agriculture;' in ' fact, their value is immeasurable. They make the penetration of water in to the earth possible, and easy; they bring vegetable humus up from the depths to the surface where the plant roots can feed on it; the cast ings of earthworms, . very rich in nitrogen', enrich the soil, feed the plants, and make possible many crops that would fail with out the help of these lowly, blind tunnclers in the gritty darkness of the underworld, Without' the earthworm, agriculture would be in a pretty bad way. Baby Like Adult In rich, moist soil, made more rich because of their pres ence, the earthworms lay the eggs that will hatch into baby worms. A Baby worm is exactly the same as an adult worm, only smaller. Many worms, grubs, and maggots, are the larva stage of insects; these change their structure and their hahits, but not the earthworm; it is always the same; once an earthworm always an earth-j worm. The larva form of many other ' worms turns into a beetle, a; butterfly, or a fly, but the baby j angleworm- will only turn out ! to he a larger worm; an angle-j worm, or more correctly, an' earthworm.' Poor things, they have no eyes but do know whether tho sun or the moon is shinning over head, for only at night do they ; venture up into the upper world to feed on organic matter. And at night, as well as day, it proves the truth of the saying ine worm win turn. r-ality of peace in 1964 will de nend very much on the unpre dictable Nikita S. Khrushchev. The Soviet Union's formal promises have proved before this to be all too slender reeds tor leaning. The peace part of the Democratic campaign theme will be vulnerable on a day-to-day basis. Some wild words or wild ac tions by Khrushchev might de stroy the idea that peace actually prevails and that President Kennedy should be paid off for it at the polls. Ken nedy, of course, is not a help less captive Of the Russians. The President is a pretty smart operator himself. Discovery of the wrong kind of missiles in Cuba during the I960 congressional campaign could have wrecked Democrat ic chances. But Kennedy's strong action did more than merely to cause the Commu nists to back down. Kennedy's actions also proved to be ef f ;tive vote getters for Demo cratic congressional candidates. New Opportunity Possible Some hard-nosed Communist maneuver next year might of fer Kc edy a splendid oppor tunity to make some more po litical hay at the expense of the Republicans. The hazard to NEBRASKA NATIVE J. Sterling Morton, U. S. sec retary of agriculture under President Grover Cleveland, was the originator of Arbor Day. Morion was a native of Nebraska City, Neb. Kennedy is that the chips are I erly at just the right time and as likely to fall against as to the right place, he might pre- fall with him in such a situa- vent Kennedy's re-election. It tion. If Khrushchev chose the was a near thing for the Dem- right sabre and rattled it prop- ocrats, in fact, last time. Hearing Scheduled On Interim Zone The Jackson County Court has scheduled a public hearing re garding the South Talent interim zoned area at 8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 2, in the courthouse audi torium. The matter was discussed dur ing the County Court's session Wednesday. Twelve petitions, signed by 164 persons, had been submitted to the court last month by tl.. South Talent Vot ers Association, but the lawyer for the group asked that the court delay action until after Nov. 4. In the letter to the court from Russell DeForest, lawyer for the group, he requested that the present interim zoning ordi nance be referred to the voters in the area. . Judge Earl Miller explained that under the new law the court is not required to call an election unless they feel it would be in the best interest of the The prosperity plank of Ken nedy's re - election campaign platform would be equally a political hazard, if not more so. The President is well aware of that. It would not be fair to him to suggest that Kennedy proposed tax reduction legisla tion merely to bolster 1964 re election prospects. But the President and his associates have been plugging the bill as a measure intended to enable the United States to avoid a business slump, further unem ployment, industrial stagnation and the like. Kennedy was telling the tax cut story to Ohio newspaper editors last week when they were White House guests for lunch. He said the country would avoid a recession if the tax bill were enacted. If the bill is rejected, Kennedy said, there might be a recession. If it came, this recession would hit in the summer of 1964. It Surface of Moon Hard, Soviet Scientists Say MOSCOW (UPI) - Soviet sci entists have reported that the surface of the moon is "hard and extremely porous," accord ing to Tass, the official news agency. It said the report was based on radio soundings con ducted by physicists at Gorky. Other theories have stated that the moon is covered with a thick powdery substance that could hamper spaceship landings. is not necessary to oe a pi at tiring politician to understand what a mid -summer recession would do to a President who was campaigning just then for re-election. It would lick him. Focus On Tax Bill So the foundation of Ken nedy's prosperity plank must be laid on a tax bill which is stuck in Congress although likely to pass in some form next year. Kennedy's own words reflect the urgency with which he needs to get that tax cut through Congress to pro tect his re-election interests in such states as Ohio, Pennsyl vania, Michigan, Illinois and Massachusetts. The President thinks those states would be hit hardest. Tax bill or no tax bill, there are some cracks in Kennedy's prosperity campaign plank; Un employment has not responded to what the Democratic Presi dent and Democratic Congress have been able to do about it. Some 1960 campaign promises about unemployent remain to be redeemed. The jobless and their friends are likely to doubt the validity of 1964 prosperity. And the Re publicans will ask embarras sing questions. i "Oil To Burn" S&H Green Stamps MEDFORD FUEL CO. Phone 772-2111 Huge Titan Missile Fired into Pacific VANDENBEUG AFB, Calif. (UI'I)-A 10-story-high Titan-l intercontinental ballistic missile rumbled from its silo Thursday and streaked toward a target 5,000 miles across the Pacific. 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