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HERALD
Strength Of A Republic
The true strength of a Republic has
been exhibited to Ihe world during these
past few Iragedy-filled days.
The strength of the free nations of the
world never shone more brightly than in
these tearful days of sadness and grief.
One can review the events and feel a
deep sense of shame that a young, vigorous
leader could become the victim of an assas
sin's bullet in this nation and in this age.
But on the brighter side, one can re
view the orderly transfer of the reins of
government that so quickly moved another
elected leader into the void that the affairs
of the nation continued in competent, or
derly fashion.
When one contrasts this with the dis
order, confusion and terror that has
marked the passing of autocratic rulers in
other countries, one can be proud of the
workings of the Republic.
When Joseph Stalin died, it was many
months before any single person emerged
as the head of (he government. It was ruled
by a committee and gradually Nikita
Khrushchev fought his way to the top post
over the bodies of the other members of
that committee.
Americans are a great, proud and re
sourceful people. They have not endured
under years of slavish rule to a cause nor
Most American Holiday
The very name Thanksgiving conjures up
an Image of a table heaped with an abun
dance of different foods. One can almost
taste the dark, rich turkey gravy and breathe
the smell of steaming hot chestnuts.
This is as il should be, for Thanksgiving
is the day to remember the special blessings
we as Americans enjoy, and surely one of
them has always been a plcntitudo of food.
In this respect, Thanksgiving is the most
American of our holidays.
Kor chances are that most tables across
the nation are set almost exclusive with
foods that were known to the Indians long
before the white man came and which they
taught settlers to use.
They range from the traditional turkey,
potatoes (while or yellew), different kinds of
beans, cranberries, squash, pumpkin and
corn right through to the after-dinner to
bacco. Other grown in-America foods are tap
ioca, chocolate, pineapple, avocado, peppers
and various nuts.
To be reallv authentic, our menus
Mayflower Reaches America
(Taken from "A Relation of Journal of the Proceedings of the Plan
tation Settled at Plymouth in New England," published in London
in 1622.)
Nnv. Ill, HiiO i Nov-. 11 in tin-nld-sl;le
rlmclnr After many
difficulties in boisterous storms,
at length by Cod's jjikhI provi
dence wo espied land, which liy
break of day we doomed lo he
I ;iie Cod. . . . The appearance
ol il miu'h comforted us . . .
We made mr course S S.lv. pro
posing In co I" liver Ion
leagues lo the south of Ihe capo.
Hill at nixlil, Ihe wind being
ctnitrary, we put round iiim
tor Cape Cod Hay.
Nov. 21 -We came lo an ;ni
clior in Ihe hay, which is a
good harbor . . . wherein a
thousand sail of ship may sale
ly ride. . . . This day Ivfiiro
ve came lo harltur. ohservini:
that some wore not will at
fectcd lo unit y and nmonrd . . .
it was thought Rood that there
should Ik1 an association and
agreement, so lliat we should
cumlime together m one body
and Milinnt to Mich government
and governors as we shmild hy
common consent agree lo make
and choose. We I hero-hue sot
our hands In this 'the May How.
er Compact'.
Nov. 2J Monday, we un
shipped our shallop ' small
boat stnted hetwoen docks' and
drew her on land to mend and
AMI NLWS, Klamath Falls, Oregon
have they had their freedoms suppressed
or their ambitions crushed.
In this country, a man can still rise
above his station in life, if he desires. What
he can accomplish depends to a great ex
tent on his desires, his abilities and his op
portunities. This, too, has become almost a unique
characteristic of the free nations of the
world.
While yesterday there was a grief and
deep sadness at this warped juncture in our
history today we have buried our Presi
dent among the heroes of our nation and
have turned our eyes to the present.
We have pledged our continuing sup
port to our new President, Lyndon Johnson,
and have equally vowed that partisan bicker
ing and the schism of politics will be stilled
for a time.
It is also a time that all causes which
serve to pit American against American,
black against white, conservative against lib
eral be muted and silenced for a time by
the calamity which has befallen us.
It is a time for national unity, not dis
unity; a time for harmony not discord, a
lime for praise not accusation, a time for
calm, orderly reason not chaos.
Kor only in this manner lies the strength
of a Republic formed by free people to en
able them to govern themselves.
should include these dishes which the Pil
grims also enjoyed: pigeons, partridges,
venison, fish, clams and oysters. Our tur
keys should be wild and stuffed with beech
nuts. Speaking of the noble bird, our domestic
slorc-boiighl fowl are not descendants of the
Pilgrim's bird but are immigrants from Eu
rope of a stock which was developed by the
Aztecs and was carried over from Mexico
by the Spaniards. So the turkey is doubly
American.
It originally got its name from confusing
il with the guinea cock, a bird that was
raised in Turkey. (In Turkey, the turkey is
known as "the American bird.")
There is probably one further similarity
between a modern Thanksgiving and that of
the Pilgrims: Undoubtedly more than one of
the partakers of that first feast staggered
away from the groaning board absolutely
convinced thai be would never want to eat
another morsel in his life.
This, while bis good wife sat with head
on hand contemplating a monumental clean
up job and what to do with Ihe leftovers.
repair hor. . . . Our vcple
wont on shore to relresh them
selves and our women to wash,
as they had groat need.
While Ihe women and ohil
dien remain on Ihe Mavtlowor,
tin- men begin exploring the
land, i
Nov. !" About Hie space o(
a mile hy Ihe sea. wo espied
live or six coplr Willi n dot:
coming toward us. . , . YVlten
lliev saw us they ran . . . and
so we knew them to he savages.
Nov. 2t As we wont nilo a
vallev, we found . . . some
signs whore the Indians had Inr
meily plained tlieir corn. . . .
Tncic was also a heap of sand.
. . . This wo disced up. and in
it wo tound a little o'l basket
hill of Indian coin ... a very
goodly siglH.
IVc. 7 VUwn our shallop was
lit . . . some Jt of our men
woie attainted and aimed to go
and make a moie full disoov
ety. 'Tlie shallop piocccds along
Ihe can', landing at inls as
the Pilgtims so.uch for a good
place tu soul,. The explorers
(omo acioss many suns of ihe
Ind.ans hm are unable lo make
ci'iiiait with the elusive na
tives ' 0
Thursday, Nnvrmhrr M,
lice. IS About live o'clock ill
Hie morning we began slirnni;.
. , Anon, all of a sudden, we
he. ud a cieal and strain;? civ.
. . One of our company ho
ur.; abroad came running in and
ened, "They are men! Indians!
Indians:" And wilhal, their ar
rows caino living amongst us.
Our men ran out with all spoed
to recover Iheir arms . . . Thus
it pleased tiod lo vanquish our
enemies and give us deliver
ance. ... Wo called this place
tin1 first encounter.
'Tin1 shallop i-onliiuies to ex
plore the coast and is driven b
a slorm into a strange harbor.
This prnol to be Plymouth,
named for the P! mouth Com
pany on a map m.nlo in ltU h
Caix.iin John Smith 1
IVc. 21 On Monday wo
sournhxt the haivor and lound it
a very coil hai"tv.r for our
shipping . . . So we relumed
to doc ship ng..un with the gisni
news to the rest of mir people,
which did much locomlort Iheir
heart
!oe 2i-T1io next d.tv, Jvmg
Saturday. Ihe w.nd came fair,
and we put to sea again and
cano sately into a s,ile harbor
. . . This hay is a most net
ful place.
In the Same
What Can Secret Service
Do To Protect President?
My KltlCK HIOSSAT
Newspaper Knterprise Assn.
WASHINGTON (NKA i-Presi-(jenf
Kennedy's assassination
stirs strong pros)eet.s that
vastly tighter Secret Service
safeguards and new limits on
presidential freedom may quick
ly lie in order.
The assassin in Dallas had a
clear shut from a high vantage
point along the crowded route
Ihe late President followed.
The bullet-proof bubble tup on
(he presidential car, flown tu
the Dallas scene al considerable
expense, was down exposing
Kennedy to just as much dan
ger as if he had used an ordi
nary convertible,
Nol only Kennedy bill at least
Iwo of his predecessors oflen
chafed at Secret Service re
strictions, and sometimes over
rode (heir precautions. Iteporl
ers, including the writer, have
frequently commented on the
risks.
Only a few days ago Kennedy
refused the customary local po
lice escort on a New York City
visit, exposing himself to all the
hazards incident lo rush-hour
(radio delays.
In New Yurk a young girl,
camera raised high, raced past
all harriers, right up lo the
window of the presidential lim
ousine, and snapivd his picture.
Commented a Secret Service
man sharply:
"It could just as well have
been an assassin."
Months ago the late President,
slinking hands with a well-wisher
as he rode in an open car.
was pulled off his feet as Ihe
man failed lo lot go.
Again and again veteran White
House reporters watched Kenne
dy on tour as he shook hands
al close range with citiens
along fenced areas at airxirts
and other points.
Secret Service men. in the
judgment of many, would have
been mwerless to pt event the
(puck flash ot a gun.
Dec. 26, 1620 Pilgrims finally
chose site for their colony and
come ashore from the Mayflower.
I
new
PLYMOUTH
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Route ol the Mavllower
Route ot the shallop t V
Spirit, But Each in
mm.
Kvon around the While House,
generally thought of as the
most impregnable security zone,
presidents now and then are
subject lo unreasonable risk.
Kennedy had a habit of mingling
with veritable hordes of visitors,
any one of whom could have
shot him or thrust a knife inlu
him.
Newsmen traveling with pres
idents in recent years have been
stunned at Ihe ease with whicfi
would-lie assassins now and then
have had access to them.
Ground routes seldom are fully
protected at surface level. High
vantage points, unguarded, are
common along such routes as
Kennedy used in Dallas.
It was not always so. tn the
tight security of World War II
high spots were patrolled vvilh
extraordinary caution. W hen
Franklin D. Hoosevelf paid a
wartime visit lo Chicago. I nut -ed
I lint every overpass and high
building was lined with guards.
Washington observers foresee
now that far stridor regulations
will govern such points. They
believe also that the Secret
Service may he given sliffer an
Ihorily to control Ihe president's
movements no matter what his
personal urge for freedom.
Police escorts supporting these
ellorls in olficial tours and cam
paigns may have lo develop
Thoughts
Convinced nf this. I know thai
I shall remain and continue with
you all, for -your progress and
joy in the faith. I'hilippians I :".'.".
How calmly may we commit
ourselves to the hands of Him
who hears up in the world .lean
Paul Hichter.
For now we live, if you stand
fast in Ihe l ord I Thess. .1:8.
The beginning of anxiety is the
end of faith; and Ihe beginning of
line faith is tlie end of anxiety.
George Muller.
'r ATLANTIC
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His Own Way
mm
sharper leclinicjues for keeping
all people, including the throng
ing well-w ishers, away from the
presidential entourage. A presi
dent's public appearances may
hereafter also be mure limited
in number.
But veteran newsmen suggest
lhat, even with stricter con
trols on all sides and more en
oK'rative public behavior, no
safeguards are totally foolproof.
There will always be Ihe risk
that some fanatic will work
his way through Ihe protective
Letters To The
Appreciation
To the voters in Ihe Enter
prise Irrigation District, I would
like to thank them for the sup
Hirl they gave me in the recent
election for board mcmliors.
L. W. Hutchinson
Bow Technique
Due lo a picture of me as a
violinist with the Community
Symphonetle, which appeared in
a recent issue of your paper,
may I Ik- granted space to cor
rect lhat which might have cre
ated a wrong impression?
Most teachers of Ihe violin
know tlie importance of slraight
bow lines and I am relentless in
my insistence of this as my pu
pils will attest.
However, in my own case, be
cause of an exceptionally short
aim. I must cither avoid the
upper part of the bow, or in
the case of long sustained tones,
resort lo a curve. Incidentally,
several other great artists also
sillier Irom this handicap. This,
together with other handicaps,
one of which all those who saw
my picture will clearly under
stand, has caused me to avoid
all public apix'aranccs. and it
OCEANj
No. 19, 1620 Pilgrims approach
land 65 days out of England.
They head south but shoals and
winds force them back to Cape Cod.
Gafie God) $afi'Z
.
Khrushchev Seeking
Johnson Conference
Bv Pflll. NKWSOM
I'I'l Foreign News Analyst
A terse announcement issued
simultaneously in Washington.
Moscow and Londun on May 19.
Iflfil, disclosed that the then
President Kennedy and Soviet
Premier Nikita Khrushchev
would hold their first face-to-face
meeting some two weeks
hence in Vienna.
For Kennedy, the timing was
not especially propitious.
The position of U.S.-supportcd
forces in Laos had deteriorated
steadily to the point where Ken
nedy and his advisers had de
cided that a neutral Laos pro
vided Ihe best way out of an
impossible situation.
In April had occurred the dis
astrous Bay of Pigs invasion of
Cuba.
And nut of that somber meet
ing in Vienna came another se
vere test lor the new President.
The Soviet leader laid down a
new ultimatum on Ihe Berlin
and German question either
agreement to a separate ponce
treaty for East Germany and
the transformation of West Ber
lin into a "free city" or the So
viets would proceed on their
own and give to Ihe East Ger
mans control over the access
routes to West Berlin.
Khrushchev also demanded a
nuclear test ban treaty on So
viet terms which included a
built-in vein over its control
commission.
In neither was he successful,
and in succeeding months Khru
shchev came to have a trudg
ing admiration for Kennedy.
Wants Another .Meeting
Over the weekend. Commu
nist diplomats let it he known
that Khrushchev, disturbed by
the death of President Kennedy
and fearful of a switch in U.S.
policy, would like a meeting
with new President Lyndon B.
Johnson.
Whether or not the meeting
occurs, the possibility remains
lhat one of Johnson's early
tests may come from Soviet
probing attempts tn determine
both his strengths and his
weaknesses.
But this will be only one facet
of the burden suddenly thrust
upon Johnson. Throughout the
world for many months ahead
events will be colored by the
sudden change in U.S. leader
ship. was only upon Ihe insistence of
my many admirers that I reluct
antly agreed tn help out in the
Symphonetle.
Also, due to insect control,
flies are now very scarce, and
because nf this, horses have
ceased to grow tails long
enough (o properly rehair bows,
all nf which has added more
grief to long suffering fiddlers
- who have already suffered more
than Ihose who must listen to
Ihem.
Pardon me, is my bow on
straight?
Yours in affinity with a horse's
tail.
Harrv Borel,
50." Alameda.
Bill Protest
Since the press has Riven mi
iiitnrmatinn regarding the three
land bills pending in Congress,
we feel it our duty to pass on
the latest information which we
have.
The Wilderness Rill has al
ready passed tlie Senate and is
likely to pass the House of Rep
resentatives unless it pels a lot
of opposition. If you don't want
hiiL:e chunks of our state turned
into wilderness areas where no
roads mav he built, no mining.
V
GRAMPUS x
1
A
Firsr encounter
with Indians.
News-Gropiic
When Ihe black Africans of
Kenva wept over Kennedy's as
sassination, their was an emo
tion which swept the world. And
part of it, whether or not in
tangible form, was fear which
came from the knowledge that
for however brief a period of
time, tlie leading nation nf the
free world itself stood leader-Ic-s.
In ellect. il was creating a
worldwide crisis of confidence.
Reassure Germans
Bui al Ihe same time, West
German leaders felt it neces
sary to reassure Germans that
there would he no change in
t'.S. policy and to remind West
Meiliners thai Johnson himself,
had pledged tn Berliners "our
lives, our lorlunes and our sa
iled honor."
As Britain approaches its gen
eral elections, a campaign
which was to lie hased primar
ily on domestic issues already
is taking a turn as Britain stud
ies anew its future role in world
aflairs and its relationship with
Ihe new President.
In Franco, the passing of
President Kennedy undoubtedly
will reinforce President do
Gaulle's determination In re
main in nfltoe al least until 1T170
in order tn preserve for the
West an image of unchanging
leadership.
From South Vietnam In New
Delhi, and from Moscow to
Paris, a pressing task for the
new President will be tn slill
I lie waves of fear and prevent
a crisis of confidence.
Al
manac
Hv Cniled Press International
Today is Thursday. Nov. 2S.
Ihe :l::2nd day of 13 with .It
to follow. Today is Thanks
giving. The moon is approaching its
full phase.
The evening stars are Jupiter,
Saturn and Venus.
On this day in history:
In 1520, Ferdinand Magellan
entered Ihe Pacific Ocean on his
way around Ihe world, the first
European In sail that body of
water from the East.
In 1811.1. Ihe United States ob
served the first Thanksgiving
Day set aside by national proc
lamation. Editor
logging, grazing or any other ac
tivity may lake place, except,
possibly hiking if you are young
and slrong enmigli for that, you
had hotter get husy and voice
your opposition to your Con
gressmen. A simple letter. evt?u
written with a pencil is jusl as
good as a typewritten letter. We
need a thousand letters in hy the
end of next week, so please do
your share.
We just received a copy of
II It. :t!lW. tlie so called land
and water conservation bill.
I'nder this hill you can he
charged a fee of seven dollars '
per year to enter lands enn
Irolled hy National Park Serv
ice. Bureau of Land Manage
ment. Bureau of Spurt Fisher
ies and W ildlife. Rurenu of Re
clamation, Knrest Service.
Corps of K n g i n e e r s.
Tennessee Valley Authority. This
seven dnllar fee doesn't assure
vnu that ynu can enter all of
these areas. The President can
make exceptions so that yon
might have to pay an additional
sum in any area he might
choose.
The purpose nf Ihe hill is not
to conserve either land or wa
ter, hut to raise money to huy
more land or improve recrea.
tinnal facilities. Over fitty-two
per lent ol Oregon is already
owned hy the Kederal Govern
ment and it is trying to grab
more.
The Kederal t'tovernmenl will
put up sixty million of our lax
dollars and kindly loan it lo Ihe
state on a or capita basis. The
states with Ihe larger popula
tions will receive the most mon
ey. However, the stales must
tax then- citizens to raise an
eriial amount. So we pay lor the
money loaned us. we pay (or a
matching amount, we pay for
the roads to these recreational
areas. w0 pay additional proper
ty taxes because nf more land
being taken off the tax rolls,
and we pay a seven dollar fee
to enjoy the facilities which our
lax money has alreaclv bought
and paid for
It will cost ynu to hunt, nr
My or (amp, 0r nist to pie
ne "n public l,-,nk i Uj
"st us moie than Kasterners
becaii-c we have already paid
for ti'cso facilities and must
Pay aa.n to i10 H,cm i, ls
'ie a man having lo pav a ho
tel hill to sloop in his own home.
Tins bill ,s a ,. Hiscrimma
'im again.) ihe West and all
"e-trrno:s have a dutv to fight
it Plea-e write vour letters im
mediately. We note. w,ih gratification,
t.'.il t:ie Willie ( lln,., ha,
'"me out against all three bills.
H . the Wilderness Bill
and the I ,!;
l.illie txuis,
Ceorgf Lewis.