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Story of the Pony Express (3)
By Don Oakley and Ralph Lane
Texas Representative Raps Submarine Cut
Early in 1860, eastern newspapers announced a
new letter delivery service to the West. Many could
not believe it. Thirteen days from New York to San
Francisco! On March 31, letters from Washington
and New York were entrained for St. Joseph, Mo.,
the westernmost terminus of the telegraph.
On the afternoon of April 3, a crowd assembled
In St. Joe amid flags and bunting while a brass
band entertained. But word was flashed that the
messenger carrying the special mail had missed a
connection in Detroit. He would be two hours late
leaving Hannibal.
The men of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad
were well aware of the urgency. Orders were issued
to clear the main track and close all switches. A
nervy engineer, Addisun Clark, was selected to
drive the special train and told to set a record that
would last 50 years. Clark covered the 206-mile
run in four hours and 51 minutes, averaging over
40 miles per hour, a feat thought impossible.
At St. Joe, the mail was quickly stowed in the
cantinas 49 letters, five telegrams and some special-edition
newspapers ail at $5 a half-ounce
(later reduced to $1). They were written or printed
on tissue paper and wrapped in oilskin. Maximum
weight for the mail had been set at 20 pounds.
Records divide the honor of being the first Pony
Express rider to leave St. Joe between two men,
Johnny Frey (or Frye) and Johnson William Rich
ardson, though late evidence seems to favor the
latter. At any rate, about 7:00 in the evening, the
impatient rider was off to the sound of cheers and
cannon shots on the first leg of an adventure that
would carry the precious mochila 2,000 miles to the
Pacific.
NEXT: When Mountains Fell.
Democrats Get Chance At West Virginia Meet
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP-I
Those Democrats who are hont on
flopping Son. John F. Kennedy
ID-Mass or at least slowing him
down before the .luly 11 national
convention will (jet Ihcir next big
chance in West Virginia.
But the result either way will
be largely psychological since no
delegates will be bound.
Campaigning begins this week
end in a rematch boluecn Ken
nedy and the man he topped two
days ago in the Wisconsin presi
dential primary. Sen. Hubert H.
Humphrey iD-Minni.
There Kennedy won 2n'i and
Humphrey lO'-i of Wisconsin's 31
convention voles. But results of
West Virginia's May 1(1 primary
election will not be binding on the
delegates who will cast this stale's
25 voles.
There aren't many known sup
porters of either Kennedy or Hum
phrey among those running for
delegate. And political observers
say they don't expect that situa
tion to change, regardless o( the
outcome of the May 10 voting.
Humphrey will go on the road
first. His campaign bus is due to
leave here early Friday morning
for a swing through southern
West Virginia.
Kennedy will begin stumping
Monday, also with a series of ap
pearances in the southern part of
the state. But already his two
brothers, Robert and Ted, are
meeting here with campaign
workers. Flying in from Wisconsin
Wednesday, Robert Kennedy said
his brother would consider "a
bare majority" as a major vic
tory in West Virginia.
The nonbinding race here after
the Wisconsin verdict would he
like having batting practice after
the crucial game, except for two
things:
1. The prospect that overwhelm
ingly Protestant West Virginia will
furnish a truer test than Wisconsin
of the religious issue which arises
because Kennedy is a Roman
Catholic.
2. The fact that (his is the next-to-last
big chance his party foes
will have to upset the Kennedy
bandwagon in a primary. Not un
til the Oregon voting May 20 will
Kennedy again go against serious
opposition. Entered in the Demo
cratic primary there along with
Kennedy and Humphrey arc Sen
ate Democratic Leader Lyndon B.
Johnson of Texas, Sen. Stuart
Symington of Missouri, and Sen.
Wayne L. Morse of Oregon.
Here, as in Wisconsin, both
candidates undoubtedly will stick
to the position that religion should
not be an issue. But they can't
keep it from being discussed. lis
possible effect already is being
discussed wherever people gather
to talk politics in West Virginia.
A solid Kennedy victory here
might do for him what his Wis
consin victory did not. 11 mighl
dispel the fear felt by some party
professionals that Kennedy, as a
Catholic, could not win in Novem
ber against the Republican nomi
nee, almost certain to be Vice
President Richard M. Nixon.
Catholics account for just over
15 per cent of church membership
in We-st Virginia and not quite 5
per cent of the total population.
The percentage nf Catholics may
he higher among Democrats, who
will do all the voting in the Kennedy-Humphrey
contest, linlike
Wisconsin. West Virginia does not
permit cross-over voting in prima
ries. The Catholic imputation is heav
iest upstate, especially in the steel
tow ns.
Rural West Virginia is practical
ly all Protestant, mostly Metho
dists and Baptists. Southern West
Virginia is overwhelmingly Prot
estant, hut there are Catholic
parishes in some coal-mining sec
tions there.
Although opinion is not unani
mous, many West Virginia politi
cians think religion will work for
Congrcgntionalist Humphrey and
against Catholic Kennedy in the
areas of almost complete Protes
tant sw.iv.
If so, another factor could work
in the opposite direction in rural
West Virginia, where Democrats
tend to vote for men of somewhat
conservative stamp. This is Hum
phrey's reputation
militant liberal.
As belwecn Kennedy and Hum-
phrey, the stale leadership of both
the AFL-CIO and the United Mine
Workers is officially neutral. I
The president of one of the
stale's three big UMW districts
Raymond O. Lewis of District
17 said that as an individual he
favored Humphrey, although as
district president his policy would
be hands off. A few UMW locals
are reported to have taken a stand
for Humphrey.
Twelve delcgates-al-large to the
Democratic National Convention
and 12 congressional district dele
gates will be elected in the West
Virginia , primary. Rounding out
the state's 25 convention voles
w ill be one-half vole each for the
national committeeman and na
tional committeewoman.
Right now Lyndon B. Johnson
appears to hold the strongest
chance for support in the West
Virginia delegation.
COMKS WKI.I. HKlOMUKSDKI)
I FORT LKE, N..J. (ITU-An
dre Porumhcanu, who married
of being ai The state's two U.S. senators, Irunaway heiress Camhlc Bene-
.,,.,, , . , diet, was ottered a job Wcdncs-
...., ... .. .. ...,. dav hv pauses Amusement
dolph, are for Johnson. So is JohnjP,.k j,.,,S(eni rv-mft Bosenlhal.
E. Amos of Charleston, the stale's The job is managing the park's
national committeeman. I tunnel of love.
WASHINGTON (API Navy
plans to step up the Polaris
missile-firing submarine program
while cutting back construction of
attack submarines brought criti
cism loday from Rep. George H.j
Mahon (D 'l'ex1.
Mahon is chairman of the House
Appropriations Defense suhcom-:
miMee. which is considering the!
defense hudget revisions approved
Wednesday by President Kiscn-,
hower.
"It looks like a compromise
package and 1 personally believe
it's a poor package." Malum
commented.
He said he favored expansion
of the Polaris submarine program
hut "I wouldn't give any serious
consideration to eliminating the
attack submarines, which are
maior antisubmarine weapons."
He said he believed most mem
bers of the Defense Appropriations
subcommittee feel the same way.
Senators of boih parlies gener
ally applauded the missile pro
gram changes announced Wednes
dav. H'Te's what is involved:
The Defense Department asked
Congress lor million dollars to
starl building sx more Polaris
(submarines. This was a policy re
versal on the part of the Penta
gon. And Secretary of Defense
Thomas S. dales Jr. told Congress
the Navy is willing to put oft get
ting fuiuls for two of three planned
nuclear attack submarines al
ready included in the new budget
Earlier in the day. President
Eisenhower also gave formal ap
proval to increasing the sie ot
six Atlas intercontinental missile
squadrons and improving the bal
listic warning system. The Penla
gon disclosed the last six of the
13 planned Atlas squadrons each
would have a total of 13 missiles
three more than under present
plans. Earlier it had been thought
thai the squadrons which will be
in plate by the end of next year
might gas as many as 15 missiles
and pads.
Mahon voiced preliminary ap
proval of the revised Atlas pro
gram. I Senale Democratic Leader
Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas, ex-"It Is unfortunate) tnat w did Dot
pressing pleasure at the Atlas and 'throw the world Into blgh fear
Polaris speedup decisions, said: 'some time ago."
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