October 24, 1962 (8 pages)

* _ tions to subversive groups, and by preventing ‘to question because its effect could be to invade OP rae TD ——— TO pete ~~ = os" . tee ye wad-A.! wae el Wee maa“ SMALL TOWN SMALL WORLD dba OW eses: Pa4-As! pate TW enee! rad-A,!y eoaas NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET Published Every Wednesday By NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET, INC, 318 Broad Street, Nevada City, Calif. Rana Alfred E, Heller, Publisher--R. Dean Thompson, Editor -Manager Second class postage paid at Nevada City, Calif. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, 1960 Decree No, 12,406, Printed by Charles Allert Litho, Nevada City. Subscription rates: One year, $4; Two years, $6; Three years,' $8, aac EDITORIAL Brown Deserves Re-election Governor Edmund G. Brown deserves re-election at the polls Nov. 6 because he has done a good job during four years as California's chief executive, and gives every indication of being able to do a better job in the future. Brown's record of accomplishment, topped by the master plan for higher education, four balanced budgets andelimination of previous deficits, and the water plan, is well known to the voters. We are also impressed by his intentions for the future, and note with pleasure that three points oi his ten point program are concerned with appropriate planning for California's future, especially with reference to recreation and natural resource development. These issues were virtually ignored in the Governor's 1958 campaign. As they havecome into! focus as subjects of concern to many Californians, he has been quick to recognize their importance-a measure of his readiness to respondto the needs of this growing state. Mr. Nixon, we feel, has done a masterful job during the campaign of avoiding discussion of the problems which will be faced by state government in the next four years. We suspect, frankly, that he is boredby mere state problems, and would continue to avoid facing up to them if he were elected governor. We hope that voters of both parties will see fit to vote to re-elect Gov. Edmund G. Brown. Proposition Analysis (QMEVADA COUNTY (M66 ET DEFENSE PLANS.As a special service tothose who suddenly this week have found a desire to know something about shielding against nuclear attack, we'll pass this word along: The Pennsylvania State University offersa new correspondence course "Fallout Protection For Family, Food and Farm” in which all types of nuclear explosions are discussed. . Anyone can get the course ($2.75) by writing Correspondence Courses, 202 Agricultural Education Building, University Park, Pennsylvania. The entire course will come by return mail, exams are optional, OVERHEARD.We heard it at the Marine Band concert in Grass Valley. Twochildren approached a member of the Women's Marine Recommedations Oi» BOBveNS 0.0. SF DONT CARE +. Zr RYMING AWAY FROM HOME AND YOU TRY TO OREAN/ZE THE DUME THEY UIANT (OWE OF {Te Pao C.\ OWE PEM; YY a CLULAS Branch,.,"Are you a Marine?" oo. Yes". ¢°."Do you fight?” »++."No".,. "What do you do?” .» IT work ata desk".,."Do you always wear those shoes?" (high heels). ., "No, not always" .++. You don't fight?"."No” .'Can't be a marine.” an ordinance that makes it illegal to transport refuse into the county from outside, Placer County has a similar ordinance.,Both counties wink at the law as they see Nevada County residents carry refuse into Placer County to use the Colfax dump and Placer County residents carry refuse into Nevada County to use the Truckee dump.But the City of Colfax feels this service toNevada County residents is worth $200 per year. After all, it takes money to run Lath THe PAE UNCEAS/M (7. THBLE . [E00 IGGH «+ TM LEAVIN} (// SF YOU COULD CALL ITA HONE; 70,000 B/RPS GOBBLE, G0BBLE COULDA STAND /7. ME /(DIOTS SEEM TO THINK THEN HWWE SOME SORT OF MORAL. OBLIGATION 7-0 SOME BODY'S D/MWER rd a city dump. Nevada County supervisors agree that the $200 charge is reasonable and are pre= pared to pay the charge. So far,. so good.Butthe story does not end there, Bill Cassettari, attorney advising Nevada County's supervisors, has ruled that county money cannot be paid without a proper contract. Joe Grossman, Colfax city attorney, has refused to draw up a contract because it w ould be a contract “to violate existing law" since Nevada County residents would be required to cross the Placer County line from their homes in order to make use of the Colfax dump. Before the problem is solved, we may see attorneys suggesting that the respective ordinances be taken to Colfax or Truckee. That might be one way to "dispose" of the problem. For the guidance of our readers, we print here a brief analysis of and voting recommendations for state ballot propositions which we believe to be of particular importance. Voters interested in studying the pros and cons of all propositions carefully, are urged to write to the League of Women Voters of California, 355 Grand Ave., Oakland, and ask for the League's impartial summary of the 1962 ballot measures. This booklet, together with ballot arguments mailed to each voter by the county clerk, is a useful source for the voter faced with a confusing number of propositions on a lengthy ballot, Proposition 1A is a $270 million bond issue to support. necessary building, equipment, and land acquisition needs of state colleges, junior colleges, and the University. One-fifth of the sum may be used for forest fire fighting, narcotics control, and mental hospital facilities, Both Gov. Brown and Richard Nixon support the measure. VORr YES. Proposition 4, introduced by Assemblyman Paul Lunardi, allows agricultural land to be assessed on the basis of agricultural use alone. The effect of this measure will be to save the state's best farm land from needless urban sprawl. VOTE YES, Proposition 11 gives the legislature authority to require assessors to tax property in officiallydesignated historical landmark areas according to use. The effect ofthis measure could be to protect important historic areas and landmarks from assessments which make preservation impractical. VOTE YES; Proposition 23 reapportions the state senate Ps creating 10 new senatorial seats, most of them in the Los Angeles area, This measure, if passed, would upset California's bi-cameral legislative system, in which both population concentrations and geographic areas are fairly represented. VOTE NO, Proposition 24 is intended to control subversive activities by denying party status and tax exempPROPOSITIONS The Commonwealth Club of California last week announced approval of nine issues on the November ballot and opposition to the remaining 16. The club members voted (in parenthesis) to support Propositions 1A (830-794); 6 (1133-410); 7 (1225-340); 91071-4792); 14 (1174-365); 16 (1465-108); 20 (1153-391); 21 (1035-516); and 22 (1308 -248), The club's members rejected the other propositions by the following votes: 1(321-1290); 2(1931416); 3 (285-1313); 4 (651-931); (155-1407); 11 (429-1124); 12 (226-1365); 13 (669-903); 15 (655-868); 17 (259-1341); 18 (561-942); 19 (274-1272); 23 (243-1378); and 24 (441-1153), eee ee EDMUND G, BROWN Governor Edmund G., Brown last week claimed that his opponent “must be speaking of some other state” when he charges that there is a threat of a breakdown in law enforcement in California. The governor cited a comment by Chief Justice Earl Warren that law enforcement in California is the best in the nation. Governor Brown said that Department of Justice figures show California last year reduced the crime rate by two per cent while the national figure rose by that percentage, California has been so successful in its war against the evils of heroin and marijuana that traffic in those drugs has leveled off, the candidate for re-election said. In another campaign move, a 77-man farm committee to reelect Governor Brown was formed, It includes Everett Bixler, Grass Valley, and Farrell Wrenn, Auburn, liad Md RICHARD M, NIXON California cannot afford four more years of the Brown Administration, Richard M, Nixon, Republican candidate for governor claims, Nixoncalled the current admembers of such groups from holding public office or employment. This proposition is seriously open constitutional rights of innocent citizens. Both Gov. Brown and Richard Nixon oppose this measure. VOTE NO, : 5 (314-1239); 8 (423-1114); 10. ministration “the most expensive state government in the history of our country" and said it "has imposed on Californians the greatest additional state tax burdens known to man", Nixon said his opponent is promising no new taxes next year, while his administration is considering three proposals to increase taxes, "Right now state planners are looking into the advisability of soaking Californians with a statewide property tax, a rise in the cigarette tax, and a state withholding tax. I oppose all three moves." Nixon said. SeReean MAX RAFFERTY Max Rafferty, candidate for state superintendent of public instruction, accused his opponent of “glossing over the many weak points in his experience and background and of belittling the importance of administrative experience for the office he seeks. " Rafferty pointed out that his opponent's background has been mostly political. “I donot believe that the people of California want to entrust this important educational post toa politically -committed and polit-ically -involved superintendent, " eeeae RALPH RICHARDSON Dr, Robert Gordon Sproul, president emeritus of the University of California, has endorsed the candidacy of Ralph Richardson for superintendent of public instruction, =. Richardson, on leave from his duties as associate professor of speechand English at UCLA, said he is honored to have the support of Dr. Sproul. eee¢8 ROBERT WYCKOFF Robert L. Wyckoff, Glendale candidate for governor on the American (Prohibitionist) Party ticket, told the Los Angeles Press Club his party is “dedicated to the return of government from Sacramento to the local communities”. Political Prospecting YES ON 22 T he California Nurses Association has endorsed the professional merger of California Osteopaths and Doctors of Medicine, Proposition 22 on the November ballot. Letter To The Editor Gentlemen: The fashion show of the Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Auxiliary wasa real success financially, For your contribution toward the filling of our coffers, we sincerely thank you. Very truly yours, Mrs. E. H. Spoor Corresponding Secretary ilverware Diamonds Watches Clocks AND MANY OTHER GIFTS JEWELRY our Gold Nugget Makes Lasting Gifts & Appropriate Souvenirs Of The Gold Country EXPERT WATCH & JEWELRY REPAIRING . ————— ‘Grass ( Valley ewelers Since 1875 124 MILLST., GRASS VALLE Phone 273-3039 and Quartz Jewelry MARTUNG'S en by Alfred Heller I see where nobody spoke up in defense of women a couple of weeks ago at the annual convention of the California Real Estate Association, It isn't often in this age of Equal Rights that you see women maligned as a group, but that is what appears to have happened at the convention, Where are the suffragettes? Are they all gone? Andwhat about mankind? Are men no longer willing to spread their cloaks across the mud, for the ladies to walk across in their spiked heels? Be Clearly, somebody has to take arms against those who are mounting an attack against half the world's population, It seems that at the real estate convention, held at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, no lessthan two speakers in one day argued that women are not qualified to be members of local planning commissions, DeanA, Gay, a Bakersfield realtor, had particular doubts about the kind of lady commissioner who is "a housewife six and a half daysa week". And Max Livoni, a Long Beach realtor, complained, “Ihave seen more women on planning commissions that never pushed a doorbell or owned a piece of land," Frankly, I can't see where being able to push a doorbell qualifies you for much of anything, except possibly playing pranks at Hallowe'en, But that is neither here nor there, The two speakers, to do them justice, were trying to make a case for having more realtors on planning commissions. Their argument wasthat planning commissions and departments are overloaded with women and “graduate theorists" and "dreamers", "They are not capable of determining zoning by an economic basis," said Gay. Of course, one man's economics can be another man's (or woman's?) poison. Certain realtors, for instance, have been fighting against the creation of the "uneconomic" Point Reyes National Seashore, And now that its establishment has been approved by Congress, they are pressing forward to build houses on private land which will eventually be purchased for the park. And who will pay for this kind of “economy”? All of the dreamers, women, and ordinary citizens of America, Realtors, of course, have legitimate interests which should be understood by planning commissions, They also have as much right as anyone to serve on the commissions, and many do so with distinction. Some realtors, on the other hand, probably make very poor commissioners. I am thinking especially of those who are anti-women, Anyone whowould exclude housewives from planning commissions might try to zone them out of whole neighborhoods, The female race must be defended. For who likes to live alone? WASHINGTO CALLING MARQUIS CHILDS s Ae 5 hee . eee (Editor's Note: The following column was written prior to President Kennedy's announcement on the Cuban crisis, It appears, however, to still be relevant. ) WASHINGTON ---The stinging nettle that is Cuba, only 90 miles off America's shores, has stirred up in this campaign year an emotional charge greater than any other issue. That Moscow has been able to establish a Communist-style dictatorship, complete with Soviet. weapons and military technicians, right on our doorstep is for most Americans both infuriating and frustrating. But what to do about it is another matter with the prescriptions running from "let them collapse of their own inefficiency and discord” to naval blockade and armed attack. And with just about every mistake having been made, beginning with long before the Batista dictatorship fell to Fidel Castro and his bearded mountaineers, most of the prescriptions seem to compound the mess, For several reasons the Kennedy Administration has thus far said no to the demand for military intervention. One obvious reason is that such action would be sternly rejected in most of Latin America, Any chance that the Alliance foi Progress might succeed would almost certainly be foreclosed, Another reason is the conviction that Premier Khrushchev would use the uproar over.a Cuban invasion as a distraction covering a new move on Berlin, This is a conviction widely shared by America 's European allies who are fearful of some rash action that could set off a new Suez-Hungary-type crisis. Still a thirdreason, which may be compelling, is what military intervention would involve, first, forthe United States and, second for the Cuban people. No one today harbors any illusions that the job could be done with a division or so of Marines. The White House estimate is that it would take seven divisions at least. But that would be only the beginning. Whatever the degree of loyalty among the 200,000 Cuban militia and the civilian population--some on-the-spot observers have put it at 25 percent-continued guerrilla resistance to a regime imposed by American arms would be certain. American forces subject to unrelenting underground resistance would have to occupy the country for several years, Even with a prolonged occupation the odds would be against a stable government with popular acceptance, Most Americans want to know what this country can do about a Communist dictatorship directed by Russians and Chinese in Cuba. The Administration is clamping stringent rules on the ships of Western nations totry to stop the flow of goods to Cuba and further reduce the country to hardship and economic chaos, These measures, unpopular with certain of America's allies, are of limited effectiveness, LOS A NGELES--Having been for eight years the No, 2 man in Washington and before that a Senator and highly controversial member of the House who made himself a figure known around the world, Richard Nixon iscampaigning for governor as though he were running for sheriff. And his biggest problem is how to get the attention of the people of California who are preoccupied with their own problems and. with the problems related to this state's fabulous growth and who seem on the whole contented with the relatively high prosperity prevailing here, Now and then when he has the right kind of audience Nixon delivers a homily on the importance of government and the need for men and women able and willing to carry the load. But if, as he tells them, the public's business should be everybody's business they are apparently paying very little heed to his admonition. Governor Brown has been talking about the accomplishments of his administration--the finest school systeminthenation, two out of every three young people given -free education all the way through college, $750, 000,000 a year spent on freeways, a balanced budget four yearsin a row, California 31st among all the states in tax burden. He is answering the charges of "a mess in Sacramento" made by Nixon andinhis oratorial style, far less skillful than that of his opponent, it has a defensive sound, Yet, ifanyone is listening, therecord in a state growing at the rate of 650,000 a year is impressive. As Brown likes to recite, California by the end of the year will be first in population, first in industrial wealth, first in farming. The Governor is doing nine or 10 telethons around the state--an hour and a half on television with questions from allcomers. Nixon is doing eight that last three hours. No one needs to be told that this is costly,

* _ tions to subversive groups, and by preventing ‘to question because its effect could be to invade OP rae TD ——— TO pete ~~ = os" . tee ye wad-A.! wae el Wee maa“ SMALL TOWN SMALL WORLD dba OW eses: Pa4-As! pate TW enee! rad-A,!y eoaas NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET Published Every Wednesday By NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET, INC, 318 Broad Street, Nevada City, Calif. Rana Alfred E, Heller, Publisher--R. Dean Thompson, Editor -Manager Second class postage paid at Nevada City, Calif. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, 1960 Decree No, 12,406, Printed by Charles Allert Litho, Nevada City. Subscription rates: One year, $4; Two years, $6; Three years,' $8, aac EDITORIAL Brown Deserves Re-election Governor Edmund G. Brown deserves re-election at the polls Nov. 6 because he has done a good job during four years as California's chief executive, and gives every indication of being able to do a better job in the future. Brown's record of accomplishment, topped by the master plan for higher education, four balanced budgets andelimination of previous deficits, and the water plan, is well known to the voters. We are also impressed by his intentions for the future, and note with pleasure that three points oi his ten point program are concerned with appropriate planning for California's future, especially with reference to recreation and natural resource development. These issues were virtually ignored in the Governor's 1958 campaign. As they havecome into! focus as subjects of concern to many Californians, he has been quick to recognize their importance-a measure of his readiness to respondto the needs of this growing state. Mr. Nixon, we feel, has done a masterful job during the campaign of avoiding discussion of the problems which will be faced by state government in the next four years. We suspect, frankly, that he is boredby mere state problems, and would continue to avoid facing up to them if he were elected governor. We hope that voters of both parties will see fit to vote to re-elect Gov. Edmund G. Brown. Proposition Analysis (QMEVADA COUNTY (M66 ET DEFENSE PLANS..As a special service tothose who suddenly this week have found a desire to know something about shielding against nuclear attack, we'll pass this word along: The Pennsylvania State University offersa new correspondence course "Fallout Protection For Family, Food and Farm” in which all types of nuclear explosions are discussed. .. Anyone can get the course ($2.75) by writing Correspondence Courses, 202 Agricultural Education Building, University Park, Pennsylvania.. The entire course will come by return mail, exams are optional, OVERHEARD..We heard it at the Marine Band concert in Grass Valley. Twochildren approached a member of the Women's Marine Recommedations Oi» BOBveNS 0.0. SF DONT CARE +. Zr RYMING AWAY FROM HOME AND YOU TRY TO OREAN/ZE THE DUME THEY UIANT (OWE OF {Te Pao C.\ OWE PEM; YY a CLULAS Branch,.,"Are you a Marine?" oo. Yes". ¢°."Do you fight?” »++."No".,. "What do you do?” ..» IT work ata desk".,."Do you always wear those shoes?" (high heels). ., "No, not always" .++. You don't fight?".."No” ..'Can't be a marine.” an ordinance that makes it illegal to transport refuse into the county from outside, Placer County has a similar ordinance..,Both counties wink at the law as they see Nevada County residents carry refuse into Placer County to use the Colfax dump and Placer County residents carry refuse into Nevada County to use the Truckee dump..But the City of Colfax feels this service toNevada County residents is worth $200 per year. After all, it takes money to run Lath THe PAE UNCEAS/M (7. THBLE .. [E00 IGGH «+ TM LEAVIN} (// SF YOU COULD CALL ITA HONE; 70,000 B/RPS GOBBLE, G0BBLE COULDA STAND /7.. ME /(DIOTS SEEM TO THINK THEN HWWE SOME SORT OF MORAL. OBLIGATION 7-0 SOME BODY'S D/MWER rd a city dump. Nevada County supervisors agree that the $200 charge is reasonable and are pre= pared to pay the charge. So far,. so good..Butthe story does not end there, Bill Cassettari, attorney advising Nevada County's supervisors, has ruled that county money cannot be paid without a proper contract. Joe Grossman, Colfax city attorney, has refused to draw up a contract because it w ould be a contract “to violate existing law" since Nevada County residents would be required to cross the Placer County line from their homes in order to make use of the Colfax dump.. Before the problem is solved, we may see attorneys suggesting that the respective ordinances be taken to Colfax or Truckee. That might be one way to "dispose" of the problem. For the guidance of our readers, we print here a brief analysis of and voting recommendations for state ballot propositions which we believe to be of particular importance. Voters interested in studying the pros and cons of all propositions carefully, are urged to write to the League of Women Voters of California, 355 Grand Ave., Oakland, and ask for the League's impartial summary of the 1962 ballot measures. This booklet, together with ballot arguments mailed to each voter by the county clerk, is a useful source for the voter faced with a confusing number of propositions on a lengthy ballot, Proposition 1A is a $270 million bond issue to support. necessary building, equipment, and land acquisition needs of state colleges, junior colleges, and the University. One-fifth of the sum may be used for forest fire fighting, narcotics control, and mental hospital facilities, Both Gov. Brown and Richard Nixon support the measure. VORr YES. Proposition 4, introduced by Assemblyman Paul Lunardi, allows agricultural land to be assessed on the basis of agricultural use alone. The effect of this measure will be to save the state's best farm land from needless urban sprawl. VOTE YES, Proposition 11 gives the legislature authority to require assessors to tax property in officiallydesignated historical landmark areas according to use. The effect ofthis measure could be to protect important historic areas and landmarks from assessments which make preservation impractical. VOTE YES; Proposition 23 reapportions the state senate Ps creating 10 new senatorial seats, most of them in the Los Angeles area, This measure, if passed, would upset California's bi-cameral legislative system, in which both population concentrations and geographic areas are fairly represented. VOTE NO, Proposition 24 is intended to control subversive activities by denying party status and tax exempPROPOSITIONS The Commonwealth Club of California last week announced approval of nine issues on the November ballot and opposition to the remaining 16. The club members voted (in parenthesis) to support Propositions 1A (830-794); 6 (1133-410); 7 (1225-340); 91071-4792); 14 (1174-365); 16 (1465-108); 20 (1153-391); 21 (1035-516); and 22 (1308 -248), The club's members rejected the other propositions by the following votes: 1(321-1290); 2(1931416); 3 (285-1313); 4 (651-931); (155-1407); 11 (429-1124); 12 (226-1365); 13 (669-903); 15 (655-868); 17 (259-1341); 18 (561-942); 19 (274-1272); 23 (243-1378); and 24 (441-1153), eee ee EDMUND G, BROWN Governor Edmund G., Brown last week claimed that his opponent “must be speaking of some other state” when he charges that there is a threat of a breakdown in law enforcement in California. The governor cited a comment by Chief Justice Earl Warren that law enforcement in California is the best in the nation. Governor Brown said that Department of Justice figures show California last year reduced the crime rate by two per cent while the national figure rose by that percentage, California has been so successful in its war against the evils of heroin and marijuana that traffic in those drugs has leveled off, the candidate for re-election said. In another campaign move, a 77-man farm committee to reelect Governor Brown was formed, It includes Everett Bixler, Grass Valley, and Farrell Wrenn, Auburn, liad Md RICHARD M, NIXON California cannot afford four more years of the Brown Administration, Richard M, Nixon, Republican candidate for governor claims,

Nixoncalled the current admembers of such groups from holding public office or employment. This proposition is seriously open constitutional rights of innocent citizens. Both Gov. Brown and Richard Nixon oppose this measure. VOTE NO, : 5 (314-1239); 8 (423-1114); 10. ministration “the most expensive state government in the history of our country" and said it "has imposed on Californians the greatest additional state tax burdens known to man", Nixon said his opponent is promising no new taxes next year, while his administration is considering three proposals to increase taxes, "Right now state planners are looking into the advisability of soaking Californians with a statewide property tax, a rise in the cigarette tax, and a state withholding tax. I oppose all three moves." Nixon said. SeReean MAX RAFFERTY Max Rafferty, candidate for state superintendent of public instruction, accused his opponent of “glossing over the many weak points in his experience and background and of belittling the importance of administrative experience for the office he seeks. " Rafferty pointed out that his opponent's background has been mostly political. “I donot believe that the people of California want to entrust this important educational post toa politically -committed and polit-ically -involved superintendent, " eeeae RALPH RICHARDSON Dr, Robert Gordon Sproul, president emeritus of the University of California, has endorsed the candidacy of Ralph Richardson for superintendent of public instruction, =. Richardson, on leave from his duties as associate professor of speechand English at UCLA, said he is honored to have the support of Dr. Sproul. eee¢8 ROBERT WYCKOFF Robert L. Wyckoff, Glendale candidate for governor on the American (Prohibitionist) Party ticket, told the Los Angeles Press Club his party is “dedicated to the return of government from Sacramento to the local communities”. Political Prospecting YES ON 22 T he California Nurses Association has endorsed the professional merger of California Osteopaths and Doctors of Medicine, Proposition 22 on the November ballot. Letter To The Editor Gentlemen: The fashion show of the Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Auxiliary wasa real success financially, For your contribution toward the filling of our coffers, we sincerely thank you. Very truly yours, Mrs. E. H. Spoor Corresponding Secretary ilverware Diamonds Watches Clocks AND MANY OTHER GIFTS JEWELRY our Gold Nugget Makes Lasting Gifts & Appropriate Souvenirs Of The Gold Country EXPERT WATCH & JEWELRY REPAIRING . ————— ‘Grass ( Valley ewelers Since 1875 124 MILLST., GRASS VALLE Phone 273-3039 and Quartz Jewelry MARTUNG'S en by Alfred Heller I see where nobody spoke up in defense of women a couple of weeks ago at the annual convention of the California Real Estate Association, It isn't often in this age of Equal Rights that you see women maligned as a group, but that is what appears to have happened at the convention, Where are the suffragettes? Are they all gone? Andwhat about mankind? Are men no longer willing to spread their cloaks across the mud, for the ladies to walk across in their spiked heels? Be Clearly, somebody has to take arms against those who are mounting an attack against half the world's population, It seems that at the real estate convention, held at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, no lessthan two speakers in one day argued that women are not qualified to be members of local planning commissions, DeanA, Gay, a Bakersfield realtor, had particular doubts about the kind of lady commissioner who is "a housewife six and a half daysa week". And Max Livoni, a Long Beach realtor, complained, “Ihave seen more women on planning commissions that never pushed a doorbell or owned a piece of land," Frankly, I can't see where being able to push a doorbell qualifies you for much of anything, except possibly playing pranks at Hallowe'en, But that is neither here nor there, The two speakers, to do them justice, were trying to make a case for having more realtors on planning commissions. Their argument wasthat planning commissions and departments are overloaded with women and “graduate theorists" and "dreamers", "They are not capable of determining zoning by an economic basis," said Gay. Of course, one man's economics can be another man's (or woman's?) poison. Certain realtors, for instance, have been fighting against the creation of the "uneconomic" Point Reyes National Seashore, And now that its establishment has been approved by Congress, they are pressing forward to build houses on private land which will eventually be purchased for the park. And who will pay for this kind of “economy”? All of the dreamers, women, and ordinary citizens of America, Realtors, of course, have legitimate interests which should be understood by planning commissions, They also have as much right as anyone to serve on the commissions, and many do so with distinction. Some realtors, on the other hand, probably make very poor commissioners. I am thinking especially of those who are anti-women, Anyone whowould exclude housewives from planning commissions might try to zone them out of whole neighborhoods, The female race must be defended. For who likes to live alone? WASHINGTO CALLING MARQUIS CHILDS s Ae 5 hee . eee (Editor's Note: The following column was written prior to President Kennedy's announcement on the Cuban crisis, It appears, however, to still be relevant. ) WASHINGTON ---The stinging nettle that is Cuba, only 90 miles off America's shores, has stirred up in this campaign year an emotional charge greater than any other issue. That Moscow has been able to establish a Communist-style dictatorship, complete with Soviet. weapons and military technicians, right on our doorstep is for most Americans both infuriating and frustrating. But what to do about it is another matter with the prescriptions running from "let them collapse of their own inefficiency and discord” to naval blockade and armed attack. And with just about every mistake having been made, beginning with long before the Batista dictatorship fell to Fidel Castro and his bearded mountaineers, most of the prescriptions seem to compound the mess, For several reasons the Kennedy Administration has thus far said no to the demand for military intervention. One obvious reason is that such action would be sternly rejected in most of Latin America, Any chance that the Alliance foi Progress might succeed would almost certainly be foreclosed, Another reason is the conviction that Premier Khrushchev would use the uproar over.a Cuban invasion as a distraction covering a new move on Berlin, This is a conviction widely shared by America 's European allies who are fearful of some rash action that could set off a new Suez-Hungary-type crisis. Still a thirdreason, which may be compelling, is what military intervention would involve, first, forthe United States and, second for the Cuban people. No one today harbors any illusions that the job could be done with a division or so of Marines. The White House estimate is that it would take seven divisions at least. But that would be only the beginning. Whatever the degree of loyalty among the 200,000 Cuban militia and the civilian population--some on-the-spot observers have put it at 25 percent-continued guerrilla resistance to a regime imposed by American arms would be certain. American forces subject to unrelenting underground resistance would have to occupy the country for several years, Even with a prolonged occupation the odds would be against a stable government with popular acceptance, Most Americans want to know what this country can do about a Communist dictatorship directed by Russians and Chinese in Cuba. The Administration is clamping stringent rules on the ships of Western nations totry to stop the flow of goods to Cuba and further reduce the country to hardship and economic chaos, These measures, unpopular with certain of America's allies, are of limited effectiveness, LOS A NGELES--Having been for eight years the No, 2 man in Washington and before that a Senator and highly controversial member of the House who made himself a figure known around the world, Richard Nixon iscampaigning for governor as though he were running for sheriff. And his biggest problem is how to get the attention of the people of California who are preoccupied with their own problems and. with the problems related to this state's fabulous growth and who seem on the whole contented with the relatively high prosperity prevailing here, Now and then when he has the right kind of audience Nixon delivers a homily on the importance of government and the need for men and women able and willing to carry the load. But if, as he tells them, the public's business should be everybody's business they are apparently paying very little heed to his admonition. Governor Brown has been talking about the accomplishments of his administration--the finest school systeminthenation, two out of every three young people given -free education all the way through college, $750, 000,000 a year spent on freeways, a balanced budget four yearsin a row, California 31st among all the states in tax burden. He is answering the charges of "a mess in Sacramento" made by Nixon andinhis oratorial style, far less skillful than that of his opponent, it has a defensive sound, Yet, ifanyone is listening, therecord in a state growing at the rate of 650,000 a year is impressive. As Brown likes to recite, California by the end of the year will be first in population, first in industrial wealth, first in farming. The Governor is doing nine or 10 telethons around the state--an hour and a half on television with questions from allcomers. Nixon is doing eight that last three hours. No one needs to be told that this is costly,