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4 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Mon., Oct. 24, 1960
BALLOT MEASURES
f By Charles V. Stanton
Because the many initiative and referendum measures
forthcomini? on the General Election ballot will require
much study, these measures are being- discussed from time
to time in this column.
While recommendations have been made, I am aware
that nninions differ and mv recommendations should not be
accepted as the final word but are given only to promote
thought.
I favored Measure No. 1, which would fix the com
mencement of a legislator's term, overcoming a gap that
riow exists. I made no recommendation . cm Measure 2,
which would provide daylight saving time for Oregon. My
oninion is that it s "every man for himsell. l approveu
Measure No. 3, which would permit financing of urban re
newal and redevelopment from tax increases, because each
project must be considered by voters, at which time the
merits of a project may be considered. J voiced a -weak
"Yes" on Measure No. 4, which would eliminate the neces
sity for a grand jury indictment in criminal cases.
Today I propose to discuss several measures, skipping
No. 6,' state bonds for higher education, which is deserving
of discussion of considerable length, and Measure No. 8
Bonding for stale buildings.
Headed fur Reno. -Crossing
the Tule Lake basin,
not a goose or a duck is visible
in the sky. They're probably all
kcgged up in the baited reserves,
where the table is always set.
But
Who could blame a goose or a
duck for sitting tight in a safe self
service restaurant and eating free
food until his eyes stick out, in
stead of getting out and rustling
for himself and getting shot at
while doing so?
Still-
There's the fact that there are
thousands upon thousands of acres
in the Klamath Basin from which
the grain has been harvested. In
all this stubble there is a lot of
shattered grain which the ducks
and geese used to glean for them
selves. . . and get fat and happy
in the process.
Question: "
Do you reckon we might be
teaching these birds bad habits. . .
setting the table for them instead
of making them get out and hustle
for their own living?
It's a problem.
Who shall say what is right?
1 suppose if it was left to the
ducks and the geese they'd vote
to maintain the status quo. It's
the hunters who complain. They'd
like to go back to the status quo
ANTE.
But enough of geese and ducks
. . and hunters.
Highway 395 from Alturas to
Reno used to be crooked and
rough. It is getting steadily bet-,
ter and better. The California high
way department is smoothing off
the surface and straightening out
the curves. As these improvements
are made, Route 395 gains steadily
in popularity. Freeways or no
freeways, more and more people
are choosing 395 when1 heading for j
the far south Southern California, ;
the Southwest and Mexico.
That, of course, doesn't mean j
that the big freeway routes will
suffer for traffic. It means simply j
that there will be less dangerous
and nerve-shattering congestion onj
them. If we can hold down conges
tion on our highways, we will all
get more tourists. . . and more
tourist dollars to be added to our;
economy.' , j
This has been a very, very dry
year especially over here in the :
Great Basin.
Honey Lake, down below Susan-1
villc, is completely dry, its bed a
wide expanse of tan-colored soil
over which dust storms blow. This, '
of course, is nothing especially new j
in the case of Honey Lake, which
has gone dry not too infrequently
in the years of the past.
But it is not an edifying sight. !
People over in this area will feel
a lot happier when it fiils up again.
The storms of a week or so ago
dusted the high summits of the
high Sierra with a sprinkle of snow
that lends a trifle of encourage-!
ment to all the regions that de- j
pend for life-giving water on the I
snowpack in the high mountains. I
James Marlow
WASHINGTON (AP Were the
presidential candidates' four TV
debates worthwhile? They had a
special value for Sen. John F.
Kennedy and for the voters, too
in the chance they got to form
impression of the two men in ac
tion side by side.
Revision Proposed
Measure No. 5 would permit the legislature to provide
ways and means of revising the state's constitution. The
Constitution has become so overburdened with amendments
that a complete revision is needed. But the method of re
- vision provided by law is held to be unwieldy. The measure
would provide that either house of the legislature could pro
pose revisions, in whole or in part, with two-thirds of the
membership concurring. Revisions then could be submitted
to the voters. But, instead of each revision being submitted
separately, they could be grouped. Alternatives also could
be offered. Obviously there could be political -objections to
this measure, but it seems to be one way of getting some
thing done that should be done. I recommend a yes vote.
Measure No. 7 would permit newcomers into the state
tn vntp for nvesident and vice nresident. Our state laws now
prohibit a person from becoming a registered voter until Christian Church Elder
he has resided in the state for a period of six months.
' This limitation would remain as it applies to any officers
or measures other than the president and vice president of
the United Slates. As state limitations shouldn't be ap
plicable to those voting for a federal office, I believe a yes
vote is indicated.
Debate Value Questionable
On The Issues, Programs
Reader
Opinions
Retirement Proposed
Compulsory retirement of judges is the purpose of Mea
sure No. 9. The maximum age for active judges would
be made 75. Retirement would be compulsory at that age.
Furthermore, the legislature could require retirement at the
age of 70 or even before, if the judge should become disabled.
' The law, however, would permit retired judges to be
utilized for temporary services, if and when needed.
AH too often, I feel, we force retirement of an efficient
and capable person while lie still is able to give good serv
ice. Age sometimes permits, a person to do a better job
than a younger and less experienced individual. Many men
in judicial positions have been very effective long after the
age of 75 years. Chief Justice Holmes of the U. S. Supreme
Court, one of the nation's most effective jurists, served until
he was past 90 years of age.
On the other hand, many men could be deemed incom
petent at 70 years of age some even before.
An accompanying law would set up a retirement fund,
with 16 years of service and the age of 65 years as a mini
mum, promoting voluntary retirement.
I An interim committee studying judicial administration
says: "It is evident to the committee that there must be
mandatory retirement of judges and that a voluntary re
tirement system simply will not work."
For myself, I dislike compulsory retirement. I feel that
all loo often the public loses very efficient and able men
because they are forced to quit work just when they are at
their peak. On the other hand, I can see where senility
or physical weakness, often accompanying age, could be
detrimental.
In view of the report of the interim committee, which
investigated the matter thoroughly, I believe the amend
ment has a certain amount of merit and I voice a weak yes.
Hal Boyle
Kaiser Wilhelm, In Fear
Of Cats, Kept Guards Busy
NKW YORK (AP)-Things a
columnist might never know if he
didn't open his mail:
.' What is home without a can
opener? American now open 60
million tin cans o( food every 24
hours.
Practically everyone has an odd
fear of some kind. Famous folk
are not immune. Kaiser Wilhelm
or dermany, for example, was
deathly afraid of cals. He had
palace guards inspect his bedroom
The Soviet Vnion is no lax-free
paradise. A recent survey nsli.
mated that government taxes take
3.1 per cent of the national income
in Russia, compared to about 25
per cent In Uie United States.
New York has supplied the na
tion with more vice presidents
than any other state. Ha iu veeps
were Aaron Burr, George Clinton,
Daniel D. Thompkins, Martin Van
Buren, Millard Fillmore, William
a. wnccler, Chester A. Arthur.
daily lo bo sure no mcowers , tvi P. Morton, Theodore Hoose
lurked m the corners
Many man has succeeded
without the help of a good woman,
but no man ever got far in life
without a fair amount of calcium.
A 150-pound man contains about
7 pounds of calcium, 99 per cent
of which Is in his bones and teeth.
Opportunity usually knocks
more than once. Proof: The aver
age divorcee in the United Stales
remarries within three years.
Doctors Set Example
If you want to bo healthv, do as
your doctor dors. The favorite
sports of physicians are swim
ming and iiolf. Like mo.il hnsv
people, they avoid the simplest
and perhaps best of all exercises
walking.
Our quotable notables: "What
people lay behind your back is
jour standing in uie community in
which you live. K. W. Howe.
If you were born In October,
your birthstone ia the opal, which
sienifirs hope. An old rhyme says:
"October'a chill was born for woe
and life's vicissitudes must know,
hut lay an opal on her breast and
hope will lull the woes to rest."
veil and James S. Sherman.
How they got started: Polly
Bergen Became a singer after
ocing urea as a salesgirl in a
dress shop. Now, as a sideline
roily manufactures clothing and
nas a nig areas shop of her own
A footnote to fame: When Anton
Chekhov, famous Ktissian author
oi more than 700 short stories,
died of a lung hemorrhage (he
aoctor n-msrlf hut didn t
ike lo undergo medical treatment
by others), his body was shipped
u munviiv in a rcirigerator car
labeled: "For the conveyance of
oysters."
A drop of tfater is Itself a
crowded world. 11 holds R trillion
billion atoms, llvdrogen atoms are
so small that 2.SO hilhon of them,
placed shoulder to shoulder, would
make only an inch-long line.
HIGH RATING WON
CORVAM.IS AP) Th. Mih
Air Division inspection, which
lasted 10 days, resulted in a rat
ing this week of outstanding for
oair Air rorce Mation near lor-vallu.
Raps 'Hate' Literature
To The Editor:
I wish to state my views on the
religious issue in the presidential
campaign. We are not electing a
religious, but a temporal head of
our government one to guide us
in domestic and foreign affairs.
A man's religion should not enter
into it.
In 1928. the preachers told us
what dire things would happen if
we cieuieu a latnonc as I'lesideni.
We heeded them and look what we
got, more than 10 years of depres
sion. The san.e group has started
the same old hale, intolerance and
bigotry campaign.
I feel that a man who claims to
be called of God to preach His
gospel a gospel of love and who
will get up in the House of God
and preach hate, intolerance and
bigotry is mistaken. These are the
tliincs the devil would have nreacli-
cd.
Christ said that Ihose who were
not against Him were for Him, and
But, from the standpoint of sol
id information on issues and pro
grams, their value is questionable.
A lot of voters probably will 1
make their choice on what they :
thought came through their TV
screens: personality, sincerity or j
the lack of it. wisdom, forthright-
ncss or self-righteousness.
Compared with Vice President
rtichard M. Nixon who had been
in the public eye eight years. Ken
nedy was a virtual unknown until j
the donates enabled him to appear
four times in dispute with Nixon
before an estimated 60 to 70 mil
lion people.
Nixon, because he was so much
better known, had little to gain
from the debates unless he could
demolish Kennedy. No one sug- j
tests ne did. A very sketchy As
sociated Press poll indicates Ken
nedy perhaps benefited more.
But just how much solid infor
mation the voters got from the
debates is something else. After
all their campaigning and three
debates Nixon and Kennedy, when
tne lourtn oegan, were stilt not
agreed on what the issues arc.
Last Friday night Nixon insisted
the issues wero how to extend
freedom without war. and peace
without surrender while America
moved forward in defense, eco
nomic growth, and diplomatic
firmness.
Kennedy said this was no issue.
since everyone wants peace and
security, but that this was: Are
we moving toward peace and se
curity, is our relative strength
growing, and ia our prestige up
or down?
If this sounded like hair-split
ting, it was nevertheless typical of
this campaign in which the can
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Catholics are not against Him soldidates don't differ on goals but
they must be for Him. No. I am
not a Catholic. I am an elder in
the Christian Church and do not
hold that everything that the Catho
lic Church has done or does is
right, but my Bible teaches me to
judge not, lest I he judged.
1 am the holder of a life certifi
cate lo teach school and received
the same in the study of history. 1
learned that but for the Catho
lic Church during the Dark Ages,
civilization would have slipped back
another 500 years. I am wondering
if the dispensers of hate will ad
vance civilization even one hour.
1 trust that no one presents me
with any of their "hale" literature.
I would feel they were deliberately
insulting my intelligence and
would he tempted to tear it up and
throw it in their face.
These hate mongers are not
afraid of the union of church and
slate for they know that for that
to be brought about, two-thirds of
noin nouses ot Congress would have
to vole for such a change in our
Constitution and thai three-fourths
of the slate legislature would have
to concur. If they are afraid this
will hapepn, they caniuit have
much coulidence in their church
members. Of the more than 1119
million church members' in the
United States, only 39 million are
Catholics.
These preachers ot hate lake ad
vantage of the house of Clod where
they know that they cannot be an
swered before the same audience.
If anyone else should answer from
the pulpit, it would desecrate the
house of God by bringing politics
into God's sanctuary. If 1 had the
opportunity and the desire to use
the house of Cod to preach hate.
I would be deterred bv Revelations
Chapter 20, Verse 10. I feel that to
only on the means for reaching
them. Neither has really con
tributed any new ideas.
Nixon, as he told newsmen he i I
wouia ueiure me campaign ocgan,
has talked largely in generalities,
gone light on details. Kennedy has
been much more specific, some
limes perhaps too laboriously spe
cific. Both approaches can be in
terpreted as showing some mis-.
understanding of the electorate. '
It can be assumed that Nixon'
doubts the voters are interested ;
in details. Yet details are the;
bricks and mortar in building an :
intelligent understanding of a
problem.
Kennedy, by pumping out a
flood of facts and statistics and
historical references without ex
plaining background, seems to as
siime voters are as well informed
as he is.
Nixon appears to have a better'
senss of the dramatic in facial
expression and selecting ideas lo :
emphasize. Kennedy gives this
writer the impression of a man ;
who spent his life reading history,
not literature. j
This campaign has been dis
tinguished by a supreme absence
of notable phrasing. Maybe it's
because both candidates prefer
talking off the cuff to using pre-'
pared speeches. j
Neither has been able to convey
the friendliness of an Eisenhower, j
the homely humanness of a Tru-1
man, or the eloquence of a Roose- j
veil who could express the aspira
tions of a whole generation in a
single sentence.
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