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History from tno files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago. , -
10 YEARS AGO
Nov. 18. 1953 (Wednesday)
John Robert Lentz, Ashland,
a veteran ot World War II, early
this afternoon became the
5,000lh veteran to be admitted
to the Camp White Veterans
Administration Domiciliary. .
Do Almond Leigh, a Jackson
county deputy sheriff, has re
signed his position, effective
Dec. 1, Sheriff Howard Gault
has announced.
20 YEARS AGO
Nov. 18, 1943 (Thursday)
Medford school children col
lect 21,601 pounds ot tin cans
for scrap drive.
From Arthur Perry's "Y
Kmudsn Pot" column: "The sci-
ence of astrology reports now is
no time to travel, because the
mnnn is oDuosed to Jupiter.
There is also some opposition
between the A-card and the gas
station. ,
30 YEARS AGO
Nov. 18. 193.1 (Saturday)
Mrs. Mable Mack, Jackson
county agent, schedules radio
talks, reveals there are now 11
radio clubs with 81 memoers in
Rogue valley.
J. B. Kirk and H. Chandler
Eean winners of A. P. Johnson
golf tournament at Rogue Klver
Valley Goll course.
40 YEARS AGO
Nov. 18. 1923 (Sunday)
Craters club slates banquet
honoring Medford High School
football team, (Joacn print.
Callison, Principal O. R. Camp
bell and Superintendent Smith,
Capt. and Mrs. C. Ford, in
charge of Medford Salvation
Army unit, receives orders
transferrins them to Sacramon-
to; Ens. and Mrs. Ballington
Rodgers named to succeed
them.
50 YEARS AGO
Nov. 18, 11113 (Tuesday)
Interstate celebration planned
lo start construction of Pacific
Highway over Siskiyous, bids to
bo opened on paving ot Central
Point - Medford section and
grading of Siskiyou division.
Colony club, under the chair
manship of Mrs. Chandler Egan,
plans display of dolls for Med
ford hospital fair.
What's Your I.Q.?
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seven or eight Is oicellent; five or
sis is good.
1. Was Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow an American, or an
Englishman?
2. Caracas Is (ho name of the
capital of the northernmost
country in South America;
name it.
3. Name the largest gland in
the human bodv.
4. The Sneaker of the U. S.
House of Representatives lias
no vote except In the case ol a
tie: truo or (also?
5. In what sort of work do
longshoremen engage?
. "Old Eli" is a nickname
for which easiern university?
7. Is a Mallard a type of
pheasant, duck, or partridge,
8. For what subslonco does
V-AMOCIATION
the symbol Al stand?
D, Was George M. Cohan of
Irish, Jewish, or Scottish an
cestry? 10. An alluvial deposit at the
mouth of a river Is called a
d ?
Atikwcrs: I, American. 2.
Vmrtuola. 3. Spleen. 1. False.
S. Loading and unloading of
thipa. I). Yale. 7. Duck. 8. Alu
minum, 9. Irish. 10. Delia.
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NOVEMBER II. 1063
Long Twilight?
" Instead of bucking the tide of regression,
which rose to a crest on October 15th, some of
the leaders of the Legislature appear determined
to give it fresh impetus.
That is the way I interpret the attacks of
Sen. Walter J. Pearson on the State System of
Higher Education and his proposals for legisla
tive interference with administration of the
states' institutions of higher learning. Public
school education is also embraced in the attack.
One resolution would deny the State Board of
Eduction authority to increase the tuition charged
students or to raise the admission standards. Both
have been proposed by the board as one way to
meet the crisis which arises from the chopping
off of $6 million from its 1963-65 budget. Thus
the Legislature proposes to keep broad the educa
tion program, and maintain quantity at the price
of quality.
SINCE roughly 80 pr
Viirrhoi- orliinatinn is
is the major area where economies would have
to be made. This would entail dropping of em
ployes and cutting salaries of those retained.
Nothing, as far as finances go, could be more
demoralizing to these institutions as centers of
instruction and of learning and research than
slashing salaries. Already the Oct. 15th blow
has done the schools grave damage.
If, the Legislature undertakes now to ad
minister the institutions especially after it
for years has prodded the governing board to
raise tuition and stiffen
(particularly for out-state entrants) Oregon
becomes identified as a state indifferent to high
er education and niggardly in its support.
t
THE MOOD reflected in this move is quite in
contrast with that indicated when this same
legislature adopted SJR 8 ordering the State
Board of Education to draft plans for compre
hensive graduate education in the Portland met
ropolitan area, and submit them in 1965.
Even preparing the
it was plain when the
that the state couldn t, in
assumed burdens, take on
part ot the cost of such
Yet the resolution passed with only three No
votes in the Senate and six in the House. This
special session ought to adopt another resolution
relieving the board of the task then imposed.
ANOTHER attack is inferred in a resolution
auditing procedures by the Board of Higher Ed
ucation.This may stem from intimations that the
forthcoming audit by the
reveal faults.
It is the job of auditors to dig out all the facts
and bring error or maladministration to light.
Inasmuch as the accounts of the board have been
under continuing scrutiny of the Audit Division
of the State Department over a long term of
years it is dobutful if any
have now been discoveed.
on the previous audits.
Ot course there is always an area of spend
ing where discretion is involved. The state board
and its administrative staff exercise discretion
and assume reponsibility of how they employ it.
AS FOR the third proposal to initiate a probe
of the Department of Education, including
certification of teachers and state standards for
school buildings, that is clearly a fishing expe
dition. What it would turn up, I do not know.
This state department has grown over the
years, but almost altogether on orders from the
state Legislature, other than expansion required
by growth ot schools in number and size.
Duty after duty was added to this depart
ment, most of the additions coming before the
superintendent, Dr. Leon
AS FOR Pearson's assurance that that the ex
penditure of $55,000 for the two studies
would result in saving of millions of dollars, I
will agree, if the inquiries are made in the spirit
which he reveals and the
tions parried out.
His plan is simply the downgrading of qual
ity in higher education; and Oregon's present
rating is only "middling," with some exceptions.
The multiplication of state schools, by order
of the Legislature, has served to prevent upgrad
ing of quality, for lack of funds. Nor is there any
way to save millions in public schools save at the
cost of programs and salaries.
IT IS HIGH time for friends of education to as
1 sert themselves.
Is Oregin to be condemned to mediocrity in
its system of education from bottom to top? Or
will it continue to aim for excellence, and make
sacrifice lo attain a fair measure of quality?
If, after the voter insurirence of October 15th.
wrecking crews are to be dispatched by the Leg
islature to extend the damage, then a twilight of
long miration win spuio on the state. The state
will be drained of many of its ablest educators,
and ambitious students will go elsewhere for their
higher education and not return to Oregon.
ml. - 1 J . .1 . , . , , ...
i ue uuhi-uh oi education ana administrators
have accepted with as
muster the mandate ot the people at the election.
They are trying to live with the popular verdict.
' Instead of adding to their difficulties, the
Legislature should seek to cooperate with them,
effecting as much' salvage of real values as pos
sible. Charles A. Spraguc in the Oregon States
man, Salem.
-
cent of the budget for
fVir nprsnnal spvinps. this
entrance requirements
plans is expensive: and
resolution was offered
justice to its presently
all or any significant
an institution. .. .
secretary of state will
serious evils or errors
If so, it would reflect
Minear, took over.
ensuing recommenda
much grace as they could
"Hello Sen. Neugerger? Maurine, What Are
You Doing Next Summer?" ;
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the contrary Is often the case.
Foundations of Freedom
To the Editor: Inaugural Ad
dress, George Washington, April
30, 1789; "It would be peculi
arly improper to omit in this
first Official act, my fervent
supplication to that Almighty
Being, Who rules over the uni
verse, Who presides in the na
tional councils, and whose provi
dential ends can supply every
human defect, that His bene
diction may consecrate to the
liberties and happiness of the
people of the United States a
government instituted by them
selves. . . . Every step by which
they have advanced seems to
have been distinguished by some
of providential agency. ... We
ought to be persuaded that the
propitious smiles of Heaven can
never be expected on a nation
that disregards the eternal rules
of order and right which Heaven
itself has ordained.
Can you imagine Washington
advocating peaceful co-existing
with Communism?
Inaugural Address, John Ad
ams, March 7, 1797, "May that
Being Who is supreme over all,
The Patron of Order, the Foun
tain of Justice, and the Protec
tor in all ages of the world of
virtuous liberty, continue His
blessings upon the nation and
its government, and give it all
possible success and duration
consistent with the end of His
providence." Later John Adams
said, "The highest glory of the
American Revolution was this:
It connected in one indissoluble
bond the principles of evil gov
ernment with the principles of
Christianity.
John Adams was thus one of
the early adherents to the phi
losophy that freedom and free
government arise when men ad
here to the principles of Chris
tianity. Organized society re
quires discipline. If we do not
voluntarily discipline ourselves
in accord with the moral law
of God, we shall bring the dis
cipline of the secret police upon
us.
William Penn said, "Men who
will not rule themselves will be
ruled by tyrants."
Lately some writers have
been claiming that the Founding
Fathers were not Christians, but
Deists. Well, if Deists they were
definitely not atheists, and had
no intention of founding an
atheistic government. How judge
whether a man is a Christian
but by his character and deeds?
Bella Dodd, former communist
says there is a conspiracy of
atheists, communists and mis
led citizens who arc determined
to blot out God and the Bible
from schools, courts and coins
and turn this country over to
Godless communism. Then, not
only will be gone our freedom
of religion, but all our freedom.
L. G. Weaver,
301 Haven St.,
Medford
Factual Integrity
To the Editor: In a vicious at
tack directed at the United Na
tions appearing in this column
on Nov. 3 in a letter written by
Frank Koch of Central Point,
the allegation is made that the
United Nations together with its
Chartor was the "special cre
ation" ot our "secret govern
ment, the "Council on Foreign
Relations," whose key members
consisted) of 'Nelson Rockefel
ler and "communist agents" Al
ger Hiss, Harry Dexter White,
and 1-co Paslovsky. It seems al
most unnecessary to point out
that this is quite at odds with
historical fact.
But, nevertheless, the actual
urigln of the United Nations and
Its Charter, as briefly delineat
ed in the publication, Facts for
Fallacies, released in M.nih.
1903, by the U.S. Committee for
the United Nations (a non-partisan
committee established by
tho U.S. State Department in
1948 and whose Chairman is an
nually appointed by the Presi
dent) Is as follows (pp. 3-4):
"llalf-WBy through World War
II most people agreed with
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD,
name and address of the writer,
this column do not necessarily represent the views ot the paper; in tact
President Roosevelt that some
thing must be done to prevent
another such terrible slaughter
from ever happening again. Al
San Francisco, in 1945, while the
war was still going on, repre
sentatives from SO nations met
to work out the basie charter
. . '. Preliminary drafts . . .
had been draw up by experts
and discussed at various inter
national conferences at Dum
barton Oaks in Washington,
D.C. and at Yalta. But it was at
Sari Francisco that the final
draft was hammered out . . .
phrase by phrase, and concept
by .concept. . .
"The United States Delega
tion to the San Francisco Con
ference was composed of: Sen
ators Arthur Vandenberg and
Tom Connally; Representatives
Sol Bloom and Charles Eaton;
Harold Stassen, Miss Virginia
Gildersleeve, President of Bar
nard College; and Secretary of
State Edward R. Stettinius, Jr.,
who was Chairman. In this con
nection many people ask what
role Alger Hiss played in the
framing of the Charter. As a
staff member of the State De
partment, he did NOT work on
the original draft. At San Fran
cisco Alger Hiss served as Sec
retary of the Conference, a job
which Involved making we ad
ministrative arrangements for
the meetings; scheduling met
ing rooms, translators, anil sim
ilar facilities. He was NOT a
delegate and at no time did he
have a vote on any question."
Mr. Koch, may I suggest that
in the future you confirm the
veracity of your purported
"facts" before parading them
in the public press. The freedom
and opportunity to utilize tnis
mode of communication to
promulgate one's views carries
with it tho equal responsibility
for factual integrity.
Mrs. Betty Walters,
520 Liberty St.,
Ashland, Ore.
'Spose?
To the Editor: Whadda we
lain from others? We lam good
things 'n bad things, but itsup
ta us ta try alays t do the good
things 'nother words, t'do ar'
very best 'nail we do s'long as
we don' cause someone else t'be
hurt in the process.
We mus' larn ta think things
out t'know within ar' heart
that what we plan t'do will not
cause pain or sorrow, 'nany
way, t another person. Some
times this's a difficult task be
cause 'tmay be that if we don
do as planned we may hurt
more people than if we did it
We mus' put ar'selves in t'other
person's shoes for a minut 'n
decide if ar' plan could possibly
hurt this person. Then, if we
still aren't sure, we mus' ask
or find out in some way pus
sibly from others what they
think of ar' plan. E'en though
we may feel that what we want
tdo mus be done, now we
should do ar' utmost t'know for
sure that's bes' for all concern
cd.
This, as y'know, is the Golden
Rule which 1 believe most re
ligions teach Do unto others
as ye would that others should
do unto you. This's true Love as
Jesus taught, 'tmakes no differ
ence whether the persons in-
volved are friends or enemies
we still mus' follow this rule
I 'member when I was in the
first grade at school we were
taught the Golden Rule the
teacher had a big card with
it printed on't and I've never
(orgott.n it.
Each day, we mus' try jus'
a bit harder lhan the day b'forc
('accomplish that which we set
out t'do. 'Nother thing I 'mem
ber from my first grade is the
story of the little train tryin'
s'hard to climb a hill he
tried 'n tried t'no avail at first
'cause he was s'siu-e he couldn't
make it. Then, he began savin'
I think I can, I think I can,
I think 1 can and he did
finally get ta the top 'n on down
t'other side.
D'you have real true blue
friends? If y'do, Vhy d'ya 'spose
OREGON
Foreian News: New
All But Inevitable;
r
PHIL NEWSOM
LfisaJ
UP! roreisn Saws
Analyst
Notes from the foreign news
cables:
DISASTER:
The sort of disaster that
killed 161 persons in a railway
collision between Tokyo and
Yokohama could happen again
at any time. There is no way
to prevent it, short of bringing
the Japanese economy to a
halt. The Japanese National
Railway Corporation runs more
than 200 trains on a single
track each day. About 2,400
trains arrive and depart from
Tokyo Station daily. Even a
slight error can cause disaster.
Japan Times editor Kazu
shige Hirasawa capsuled reac
tion with the comment: "The
situation stems from the fact
that Japan's transportation ca-
although under certain circumstances
tis? Mavbe it's cause you're
a true friend back right? 'N
what about enemies? Y'spect it
could maybe be 'cause you're
one? Huh? 'Spose?
VAL
(Name on file)
Gold Hill, Ore.
Bank Rules
To the Editor: I am offering
one suggestion that might go a
long way toward reducing the
number of families on Oregon
relief rolls. That is, to see to it
that corporation banks conform
to the state and county laws in
which they operate and do not
function under what they call
Bank Rules that allow them
privileges not afforded smaller
business tirms or individuals.
Did you know that if a man
and wife secure a small loan
from a bank, giving as security
a chattel mortgage on property
jointly owned and the obliga
tion is not met on the due date
the bank is obligated to notify,
by letter, only one of the parties
involved of the default.'
Did you know that without
any further notice they may
take possession ot tne property
and sell it immediately without
notice or without informing the
parties involved that they have
done so.'
Did you know that if the mort
gaged property contains several
hund 'Cd dollars worth of . per
sonal property not involved,
that they can transport it any
place, even across county lines
and place it in storage in your
name, without notice to you. of
the articles taken or where it
is placed? This can be done
even if it is the complete house
hold furnishings, clothing, food,
etc., of an entire family. '
Did you know you would be
obligated to locate it at your
own expense, pay the storage
charges and transport it back
from where it was removed, all
at your own expense?
Did you know you are given
no opportunity to redeem the
chattel, even though you were
unaware of the default?
Did you know that any lawyer
will tell you the average citi
zen has no recourse because of
the expense involved in a law
suit, that the bank would only
appeal and appeal over and
over for years, if necessary?
I find myself in this situation,
and unless I can figure some
way to get my family's posses-'
sions out of storage and trans
ported we will remain without
furniture, clothing, or food and
Oregon will acquire another
mother and four children on its
already over - burdened relief
rolls.
(Name on file)
Eagle Point, Ore.
Car Pictures Sought
To the Editor: I am attempt
ing to find photographs of the
old interurban cars that oper
ated in your area. If any of
the readers would happen to
have any such photos, please
contact me. Some of these pho
tos may have been taken for
special occasions, such as a
4th of July celebration, special
events, or they may be just
photographs of tho cars.
They may be old picture post
cards or larger size photos. I
would greatly appreciate hear
ing from anyone that would
have any such photographs.
Charles Goethe
1108 E. Seventh St.
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Rose City Transit
Fores Hiked 5 Cents
PORTLAND (UPl)-Rosc City
Transit Co. fares in Portland
went up Sunday from 25 cents
to 30 cents.
The fare hike was approved
by the City Council Oct. 31.
Tho company said reason for
the raise was a hihger wage
scale for drivers and declining
passenger revenues.
pacity is lagging behind the ex
pansion of her economy and the
concentration of population in
big cities." It's the same story
with highways, bridges, har
bors, sewage, water supply. Un
til these catch up, Japan is
going to go right on having
spectacular and tragic acci
dents. TOUGH TALK:
The United States is handing
out some tough talk to its West
ern Allies about trade with Rus
sia and ner saieimes. mere
will be more of it this week
when U.S. Undersecretary of
State George W. Ball talks to
the NATO Permanent Council
and to the Organization for
Economic Cooperation and De
velopment (OECD) in Paris.
The United States feels the
Europeans are granting too
easy credit terms to Commu
nist bloc nations and in effect
underwriting their economies in
a rush for orders. Among those
opposing the U.S. position is
Britain. Britain, backed by sev
eral of the smaller NATO mem
bers, holds there is no reason
for further limitations of trad
ing with the Communists.
THE WHEAT DEAL:
The U.S.-Soviet wheat deal is
expected to have repercussions
in Japan, one analysis predicts
it will set off a rise in shipping
rates and commodity prices,
meaning the Japanese will have
to pay more for the food they
eat and the raw materials they
process. Japan's balance of
payments will suffer. On the
other hand, Under-developed
countries making more money
on their raw materials will be
able to buy more manufactured
products from developed coun
tries such as Japan. Some of
the pain resulting from - U.S
"Buy American" measures will
be eased. The Japanese also
believe that East-West trade
will be stimulated and that in
the end Japan may benefit.
in the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
In Las Vegas, a $21,500 COM
PUTER named LGP-21 picks
up an easy $360 in a blackjack
game. It worked like this:
The computer decided wheth
er or not to draw a card or
hit as it is known in gam
bling circles and HOW MUCH
TO BET from $2 to $42 on the
basis of information fed to it
on each play.
The boss of the computer
would indicate to the machine
on each play what his two cards
were and what card the dealer
was showing in his hand. If
nothing happened, it meant not
to draw a card. If the robot
flashed a green light, it was
time to take another card.
WHAT happened?
Well, at the end of 50
minutes the robot was $360
ahead and the Hotel Tropicana's
casino, where the game took
place, threw in the sponge and
called it quits.
TN NEW YORK, President
Kennedy calls for prompt
passage of his $11 BILLION tax
cut as "top priority insurance
against a recession in 1964."
He described senate adoption
of the house-approved tax cut
legislation as the MOST IM
PORTANT single step that can
be taken to reduce high unem
ployment. The tax cut, WITHOUT a cor
responding cut in spending, he
said, would create from two
million to three million more
jobs.
rpilE speech was prepared for
-" the fifth biennial convention
of the AFL-CIO, and the Presi
dent told his hearers that the
need for more jobs and eco
nomic security is the over-riding
issue in the United States at
the present time.
The business recovery, he
added, may be RUNNING OUT
OF STEAM and the great need
is to fire up the boilers with
more fuel and thus provide
Muim sieam.
A tax cut without a corre
sponding cut in spending, he
indicated, is the best way to
provide tne additional steam
that is needed.
7ELL, you will note that al
' ' Las Vegas the robot acted
on the information given it by
its boss. If its boss had aiveh
it the wrong information, its
decision as to wnat to do next
would presumably have been
wrong.
That suggests a thought:
Maybe President Kennedy is
giving us the wrong information
when he says that taxing less
and spending more is the way
to create prosperity.
AT LEAST, that is the way
those of us who call our
selves conservatives feel about
it. We can't help feeling that
in urging a policy of spending
more and taxing less President
Kennedy is feeding us the wrong
information.
So-
Wc're pretty sure that if the
attendant had fed the Las Vegas
robot WRONG INFORMATION
it would have lost instead of
winning.
Japanese
mmm
Tough irade lain
NATO SUCCESSOR
NATO Secretary General Dirk
U. Stikker is expected to quit
in the spring and speculation
already is rife over his succes
sor. Names most frequently
mentioned include Italian Am
Strictly
Personal
By Sidney J. Harri
(c) Field Enterprises, lne.
IDEALISMS
I bought a new suit last week.
I walked into the shop, said
to a salesman, "Let me see a
gray suit in a medium weight."
He brought out a gray suit in
a medium weight, I tried it on,
said, "It seems all right," and
the tailor came out to make
the necessary alterations.
This is how a man, on the
whole, buys a suit. I had no
illusion that it would do any
thing for me except hide my
underwear and provide pockets
for my notes, cigarets and
glasses.
When a woman buys a com
parable garment, however, it
is mostly a material purchase.
It is a moment of magic: what
she is looking for is not some
thing to cover her, but some
thing to change her. The in
volved and protracted purchase
of clothes by woman cannot
be understood unless we know
what she is really looking for.
Husbands who are impatient
and derisive and superior
about (heir wives' clothes
buying habits fail to appre
ciate perhaps the most funda
mental difference between the
male and the female. The
male Is idealistic in his be
liefs, and practical in his con
duct; the female is practical
in her beliefs, and idealistic
in her conduct.
Most of the abstractions that
men believe in, and work for
and fight for and sometimes
die for, are thought to be
Will Mr. Nixon
Find Himself! Ip 4j
By Arthur Hoppe Jjv yj
Mr. Rockefeller has eagerly
tossed his hat in the ring. Mr.
Goldwater, fire in his eye, has
his arm cocked. And Mr. Nixon
keeps going around telling Re
publicans: "Don't worry, I'm
sure we'll find somebody." Else.
It's not that Mr. Nixon has
anything against Mr. Goldwater,
who's too conservative, or Mr.
Rockefeller, who's too romantic.
Even though he implies neither
of these dunderheads has a pray
er of beating Mr. Kennedy. It's
just that the GOP must find a
candidate, he says, who will
"unite all factions of the party."
You know, like a solid conserv
atively progressive moderate.
And as a public service, Mr.
Nixon is practically devoting
full time to his one-man talent
search for this Ideal Candidate.
You can't pick up a paper or
turn on television without seeing
Mr. Nixon out there, talent
searching. Indeed, you get the
impression he spends all day
on the phone conducting person
nel interviews.
"Hi there, Al. Doing anything
next fall? Oh, you're available.
Well, I don't suppose you'd want
to run for President, would you?
1 mean it's a pretty crumby
job. long hours ... Oh. You
would.
"No, no. I admire your frank
ness, Al. And I don't think
you're being pushy. Anyway, not
lerrioiy pusny. But let me ask
where you stand on the issues.
I can't tell you how hard it is
to find a candidate who con
sistently takes a stand I can
approve ot on every issue and
. . . Oh. You agree with every
thing I've ever said on every
issue? No. ha, ha, I guess I
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nonsense by women. Abstract
concepts of duty and honor
and the dubious victories in
conflict are considered as ado
lescent foolishness by women.
They are immensely prac
tical and pragmatic and ex
pedient and personal in their
beliefs. It is in their conduct
that idealism displays itself:
and no where more so than in
the purchase and wearing of
clothes. Here, all practicality
deserts them, and they be
come the victims of abstract
delusions with no basis in fact.
What a woman wants in a new
dress, or suit, or coat, is an
other facet to her personality.
She clings to the irrational con
viction that if only she had
enough clothes, of various sorts,
then somehow life would be dif
ferent and better, new vistas
would be open, old problems be
resolved, and. her internal beau
ty would blossom for all the
world to see.
This is a rather sweet and
pathetic delusion, comparable to
the male's delusion that if his
party were only in office long
enough, or his nation were solely
supreme, then taxes would de
crease, wars would cease, and
profits would be limitless.
There is little to choose be
tween either of these forms of
monomania but the woman,
at least, does not try to imposo
her delusions upon others. Her
idealism is harmless, if expen
sive: man's is fatally dangerous
and incalculable in cost.
can't argue with you there. Ha,
ha.
"But about your personal life,
Al. I don't want In nrv hut un
know how important the image
is. It's vital. A candidate must
be well equipped. For example,
you don't happen to have a 12-year-old
cocker spaniel, do you?
Personally, I feel this a crucial
point and . . . Oh, You do. That
IS a coincidence.
"Now about the family. You
have a couple of bovs. don't
you? Not that I have anything
against Doys, mind you, but it a
my opinion a couple of girls in
white dresses handing out dad
dy's campaign buttons are worth
. . .- You do? Four girls, too?
Congratulations. But six kids,
though. I don't suppose -the pub
lic would think you're over
sexed? No, I guess not.
"As to your wife's furs , . .
Really? Nothing but cloth coats?
No, I don't thing you're cheap,
Al. Not at all. In fact, I can't
think of a single reason why I
can't support you for the nomi
nation. Not a single, solitary
reason. Not a single, solitary,
tiny little reason. On the surface,
Al, you'd make an Ideal Candi
date, one without a blemish,
one . , . Say! Speaking of blem
ishes, how's that wen behind
your left ear? Still got it, eh?
That's a crying shame, Al. Well
better luck in '68."
But, personally, I have abid
ing confidence in Mr. Nixon.
Though he must search to the
ends of the earth. I have faith
success will at last crown his
efforts. For finding the Ideal
Candidate is somehow some
thing any politician can invari
ably do. Without even leaving
the room.
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