HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falli, Oregon
Sunday, November 17, 1963
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LincolnAnd Many Of His Contemporaries,
Considered Gettysburg Address Flat Failure
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (UPD -"In
my position, it it sometimes
very important that I should not
say foolish things. It very often
happens that the only way to
help ft is to say nothing at all.
Believing that is my present
condition this evening, I must
beg you to excuse me from ad
dressing you further."
.Those words were spoken one
evening 100 years ago by Ab
raham Lincoln at Gettysburg.
On the following day Presi
dent Lincoln had something to
say. Before a throng assembled
on an autumnal battlefield, he
began:
"Four score and seven years
ago ..."
This Tuesday marks the cen
tennial of a live-minute, seven
paragraph speech in which the
tall gaunt man from out of the
Illinois wilderness spoke words
that have evoked the spirit of
human freedom ever since.
"The world will very little
note nor long remember what
wo say here," Lincoln told his
audience at the dedication of a
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FACE IN THE CROWD No photograph of Lincoln
speaking at Gettysburg exists. This one shows him seated
on the speakers' platform.
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"Almon, that 6peech won't
scour. It Is a flat failure and
the people are disappointed," he
told a friend shortly after de
livering the address.
Lincoln was wrong, of course,
in his evaluation of what had
been billed as "appropriate re
marks." iBut there was reason
for his mistaken judgment.
Gels ate Notice
His first notification that cere
monies would be held at Gettys
burg was a printed circular
that was not sent him until Nov.
2. more than six weeks after
Edward Everett of Massachu
setts had been asked to deliver
the main oration of the day. A
member of the arrangements
committee acknowledged that
Lincoln was an afterthought.
On the day before the cere
monies, Lincoln boarded a
special four car presidential
train for the trip to the little
Pennsylvania town that had
been slashed by the terrible
swift sword of war four months
earlier.
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At Gettysburg, Lincoln took
residence at tiie home of David
Wills who had sent him the be
lated invitation to speak. He
dined with Everett and Gov.
Curtin of Pennsylvania. When
the crowds that packed the
town swarmed in front of the
house urging a speech, he dis
appointed them with his three
sentence dcmurral that it was
"sometimes very important that
I should not say foolish things."
Retires To Write
At 10 o'clock that night, he
retired and sent for writing ma
terials. At 10 o'clock the next morn
ing, Lincoln, astride a chestnut
horse, rode in procession to the
battleground. Attired in his fam
iliar stovepipe silk hat, white
gloves ana a black suit, he
seemed in a meditative mood.
The scars of battle were still
there at Devils Den, Little
Round Top, the peach orchard
and in that cradled valley where
Pickett had led his Virginians
in then despairing charge.
There was a prayer and then
it was Everett's turn. The New
Englandcr was a classic orator.
He spoke from a background of
having been governor of his
state, U. S. senator, secretary
of state, ambassador to Britain,
former professor of Greek, and
president of Harvard. Three
years earlier, he had been the
vice presidential candidate of
the Constitutional Party which
had picked up the electoral votes
of Virginia, Kentucky and Ten
nessee. But Abraham Lincoln
had won.
To a throng variously esti
mated at from 15.000 to 50,000
Everett spoke give or take a
few minutes for two hours.
In his rich voice and white mane
of hair, he touched all the bases
President Introduced
When he finished, there was
a special ode sung by a glee
club. Then with the simple in
troduction, "The President of
the United States," Lincoln rose
to give his "appropriate re
marks." In five minutes, speaking in
his high-pitched but clear voice,
he had said what he had como
to Gettysburg to say. It was
The dedication of a portion
for President Lincoln's now
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over so quickly that a photog
rapher with his cumbersome
gear failed to get his picture.
Charles Hale of the Bos
ton Advertiser succeeded in
writing down the words as they
were uttered.
Other newsmen were not so
perceptive. A New York re
porter merely wired his paper
that "the dedicatory remarks
were then delivered by the
President."
A Harrisburg, Pa., paper pass
ed this judgment: "We pass
over the silly remarks of the
President; for the credit of the
nation we are willing that the
veil of oblivion shall be dropped
over them and that they shall
no more be repeated or thought
of."
Paper Blasts Remarks
A Chicago newspaper editor
ial commented: "Mr. Lincoln
did most fouly traduce the mo
tives of the men who were slain
at Gettysburg." It assailed the
speech as in bad taste and as
"silly, flat and dishwatcry."
But a reporter from a rival
newspaper, the Chicago Tribune
messaged in his story: "The
dedicatory remarks of President
Lincoln will live among the an
nals of man."
Others also listened from the
heart. The Springfield Republi
can rn Illinois told its readers:
"His little speech is a perfect
gem; deep in feeling, compact
in thought and expression, and
expression, and tasteful in every
word and comma ... it has the
merit of unexpecleness in its
verbal perfection and beauty."
The Providence Journal said
of Lincoln's words: "they nad
in our humble judgment the
charm and power pf the very
highest eloquence."'
And Everett kaicw. He wrote
Lincoln this note the day after
the speech:
"I should be glad if I could
flatter myself that I came as
near to the central idea in two
hours as you did in two
minutes."
And the man from the log
cabin country wrote in reply to
the one-time president of Har
vard: "In our respective parts
yesterday: you could not have
of this field was tha occasion
famous Gettysburg address.
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been excused to make a short
address nor I a long one.
I am pleased to know that,
in your judgment, the little I
did say was not entirely a failure."
Texf Of Lincoln's Talk
The text of Lincoln's Gettys
burg Address
Fourscore and seven years
ago our fathers brought forth
on this continent a new nation,
conceived in liberty and dedi
cated to the proposition that all
men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a
great civil war, testing whether
that nation or any nation so con
ceived and so dedicated can
long endure.
We arc met on a great battle
field of that war. We have come
to dedicate a portion of that
field, as a final resting-place for
those who here gave their lives
that that nation might live. It
is altogether fitting and proper
that we should do this.
But in a larger sense, we can
not dedicate we can not con
secrate we can not hallow
this ground. The brave men,
living and dead, who struggled
Students Who Gulp Down 'Pep Pills'
Before Tests Kidding Themselves
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (UPD -Students
who gulp "pep pills"
before examinations in the hope
of improving grades are just
kidding themselves.
Dr. G. Kichard Wendt, pro
fessor of psychology at the Uni
versity of Rochester, reports
such pills actually may have
the opposite effect. Why? They
tend to impair the student's
judgment both while he's study
ing and while taking the tests.
Wendt, who has conducted
cxtcnave studies on the psycho
logical effects of drugs for 25
years, also finds that students
don't realize the potential ef
fects of overdosages of pep
pills.
"Like most people, they ap
parently are not aware that if
they take more (than the pre
scribed dose, they can suffer
far more harmful effects than
the hoped-for benclit such pills
are supposed to offer," he said.
Becomes Overconfident
The scientist noted that a stu
dent who habitually takes pep
pilles while cramming for ex
ams is likely to overrate the
effectiveness of his studying
and to become overconfident.
The crutch tends to make the
student think less clearly and
to express himself less ef
fectively during exams.
"In an oral test," Dr. Wendt
said, "he may become extreme
ly talkative, egocentric, and ag
gressive, and may seriously
misjudge the examiner's reac
tion to his answers.
"Benzedrine, for example,
produces qistc evident person
ality changes In some people.
DAIII, IN KISSES
HOLLYWOOD (UPD - Arlene
Dahl. well known as a screen per
sonality and glamour expert,
plays a career girl in the movie
"Kisses For My President.
The film co-stars Polly Bergen,
playing the nation's first lady
president, and Fred MacMurray
the female chief executive's hus
band.
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was taken just four days
before the President spoke
at Gettysburg.
here, have consecrated it, far
above our poor power to add
or detract.
The world will little note, nor
long remember, what we say
here, but it can never forget
what they did here.
It is for us the living, rather,
to be dedicated here to the un
finished work which they who
fought here have thus far so
nobly advanced. It is rather for
us to be here dedicated to the
great task remaining before us
that from these honored dead
we take increased devotion to
that cause for which they gave
the last full measure of de
votion that we here highly
resolve that these dead shall not
have died in vain that this
nation, under God, shall have a
new birth of freedom and
that government of the people,
by the people, for the people
shall not perish from the earth."
Unfortunately, it's very difficult
to persuade those who have
been taking it that any such
change has occurred."
Lack Understanding
Noting the increasing avail
ability of such pills without a
physician's prescription, Dr.
Went said that many people
don't understand the "build-up"
effects of certain of the so
called "sustained release"
drugs.
"The action of such drugs
lasts for many hours," lie said.
"Thus, even if a person takes
only the recommended dose, re
peated dosages within, say 12
to 24 hours, can produce the
same effect as a direct over
dose with results that may
Squeaking And Creaking Floors Demand
By MR. FIX
Written for
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
Squeaking floors and creak
ing stairs don't indicate that
your home is falling apart. Yet,
these annoying conditions
should be corrected. They won't
get better if left alone, simply
louder.
Squeaking floors can occur
in cither an old or new house.
Causes include subflooring pull
ing away from joists, subfloor
ing and finish flooring pulling
apart, nails loosening through
out the flooring, shrinkage of
wood, warping, poor workman
ship and general wear and tear.
As you walk across the floor,
you push it down. It bounces up
as you remove your weight.
Then, too, a loose nail may
move, causing a squeak.
Such recommended cures as
powdered graphite, soap or lin
seed oil used as lubricants are
temporary and cure only the
symptoms.
First FVwr
First floor repairs are com
paratively simple when t h e
Protest Brings
Policy Change
WASHINGTON (UPD - The
Agriculture Department has
canceled its three-week-old po
licy of selling grain two cents
per bushel cheaper it it is ex
ported from California than if
it leaves Northwest ports.
The announcement was made
Tuesday by Sen. Maurine Ncu
berger, D-Ore., who said she
had been advised of the deci
sion by the office of Agriculture
Secretary Orville Freeman..
The Commodity Credit Corpor
ation established the prices on
hard red winter wheat for ex
port Oct. 22.
Northwest shippers protested
that the government was openly
subMdizing less economical port
and elevator operations in Cali
fornia. Rep. Walter Norblad. R
Ore., sent Freeman a strong
protest last week.
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York next year for her Broadway ,
musical debut in "Side Show." I
Former Vice President Garner
Regrets Day He Took The Job
UVALDE, Tex. (UPD - For
mer Vice President John Nance
Garner, who will be 93 years
old on Nov. 22, tells visitors to
his small white frame house
that he regrets taking the job.
' Garner refers to his giving up
his post as speaker of the House
in 1932 to become the running
mate of President Franklin D.
Roosevelt as "the worst dam
fool mistake I ever made."
"I left the second most im
portant job to become a waiting
boy to the President in case
anything happened," Garner
said in an interview. "The vice
president doesn't amount to a
hill of beans."
A visitor soon learns why the
bushy-browed old man was nick
named "Cactus Jack" during
30 years as a congressman
from south Texas. Garner still
has some of the old fire he
was known for in politics.
Garner gets his way, from
the time he wakes up around
5 a.m. until he turns one of two
television sets off at night. He
has two sets, so he can watch
two baseball games his fa
vorite programs at the same
time.
Son Tully Garner lives next
door to the one - story house
where the former vice presi
dent stays. In front is the two
story brick mansion Garner
gave to the city of Uvalde in
1948. After the death of his
vifc, Ettie, that year the old
man decided the house was too
big for him to live in alone.
Uvalde citizens turned the home
into the Garner Museum.
A maid cooks and cleans
range from merely uncomfort
able to medically dangerous.
Dr. Wendt said science has
known since 1913 the effects of
caffein frequently used in sustained-release
pep pills can
last for 36 hours.
Of course, people frequently
drink coffee to help them stay
awake. But Dr. Wendt said
you'd have to drink a lot of cof
fee in 24 hours to take in the
amount' of caffein that would
produce a harmful reaction.
"Caffein taken via the sus
tained - release capsule is an
other matter," he said. "It's
very easy to lake too much.
That's why, to me, such pills
seem an open invitation to
overdose."
floor's underside is unfinished
and forms the basement ceiling.
Locate the squeak before you
start repairs. Have someone
walk on the floor while you ob
serve from below. Mark the
noisy areas.
A better method is to drive a
l1 2-inch finishing nail into the
trouble spot from above. Then
the nail will serve as a mark
er from below. Nail can be
counter sunk and filled if de
sired. Thin wooden wedges shin
gles work well can be driven
between joists and floor to keep
the floor boards from moving.
Drive them in carefully. Too
TAKE SQUEAKS
Push Eoords Up
by Driving Thin
Wooden Wedges
Between Floor
and Joists
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Pull Boards Down
by Screwing Through
Clearance Holes
in Wood Strips
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house for the former vice presi
dent, and an elderly male
comes over at night to be with
Gamer. In a sample of his hu
morous outlook. Garner likes
to joke that he is the "only 90-year-old
man with a 70-year-old
babysitter.','
Many visitors stop by Gar
ner's house, and they find him
in the best mood after a late
afternoon nap. Women are es
pecially welcome. Garner sel
dom lets one get away without
kissing her.
They may sit and chat with
the still spry Garner in straight
backed metal lawn chairs in the
yard, or be invited in to a small
living room with red-flowered
wallpaper adorned with photo
graphs and political memen
toes, Birthdays are usually obser
ved quietly, and there may be a
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FORMER VEEP John Nance Garner, vice president
during the early Roosevelt days, will be 95 years old next
Friday, Nov. 22. File photos show Garner (top) celebrat
ing his 93rd birthday in I96I, and (bottom) with Presi
dent Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1 939, UP Telephota
much force may push, up the
floor.
Another method of raising
loose boards is to nail a wood
strip along the top edge of the
joist. Fit it tight against the
floor before fastening. That
may do it.
Persistent Squeaks
If squeaking persists, try pull
ing the loose boards down.
Drive screws through the wood
strips mentioned above. A clear
ance hole must be drilled into
the strip, however, so that the
screw will be able to pull the
flooring down. The screws
should be just long enough to
reach into but not through the
OUT OF FLOORS
Drive More Nails
Through Boards Into
Joists; Countersink
and Fill
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few special guests with a cake
next Friday. A big party was
held five years ago, however,
as 3.000 well wishers included
Vice President Lyndon B. John
son, former President Harry S
Truman and the late Speaker
Sam Rayburn, a long-time col
league of Garner in the V. S.
House of Representatives.
During his 46 years in public
life. Garner developed a repu
tation as the poker- playingest,
whisky-drinkingest man ever to
hold the nation's second highest
office. The salty congressman
was an adept politician, but no
longer likes to talk about those
years that ended in 1941 when
Garner left the vice presidency
for Texas with a vow never to
cross the Potomac River again.
"My life in Washington is
past tense," he said. "That
comes under the statute of limitations."
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Attention
flooring. Tightening should pull
down the boards.
Angle irons can be used for
the same purpose. Install them
just below the top edge of the
joist so that screws through the
portion parallel to the flooring
will draw the boards down.
Pulling down the subfloor
ing may not be enough, howev
er. It may be necessary to pull
subfloor and finished floor to
gether. Use screws from below
but make certain that they
aren't so long that they go all
the way through. Clearance
holes through the subflooring
are important here.
Top Job
If the basement ceiling is
closed or if you are working on
the second floor, it will be nec
essary to make repairs from
above. Try an easy cure first.
Use a wooden block and ham
mer to pound the floor back
against the joists. The block
will prevent the hammer from
marring the surface.
If this doesn't work, you will
have to add more nails to hold
floor to joists. Locate the joists
by pounding with your fist or
a mallet until you hear a solid
sound. You can also try to look
for nail marks where the
boards were nailed to the joists,
but the holes will be covered
with putty and it may be diffi
cult. Magnetic devices for find
ing joists are also available at
hardware stores.
Drive three - inch finishing
nails at an angle to form a
"V," drawing the boards and
joist together. Sink the heads
with a nailset and fill the holes
with wdod filler. You can also
use wood screws. Drill holes
first and counterbore the holes
so that you can hide the screw
heads with wood plugs.
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