Medford mail tribune., June 14, 1944, Page 2, Image 2

TWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday. June 14. 1944
Wendell Willkie Advocates
Social Security Tightening
The following article, on ocil se
curity. 1 the third o( eight rluen by
Wendell Wllllile on the position he
think! the Itcpubllcen party ibould
take.
Br Wendell Wlllkle
A free economy, by Its nature,
entails a certain amount of fluc
tuation hnd risk Aa a matter of
fact, much of its strength and Its
very freedoms nre dirertly re
lated to Its risks. But one cannot
enjoy the freedoms of such a
society without a minimum of
economir security Therefore the
risks must be spread sufi'icicntly
to guarantee that all members
of society are protected against
the final economic disaster of
going without the bare neces
sities of life. This is the function
of the social insurances.
Both Factors Needed
We have too often been led to
regard the social Insurances as
the opposite rather than me sup-
clement of our enterprise sys
tem. We have been presentd
with them as alternatives. Do
you want securiiy or initiative?
Do you want protection or ad
venture? This is a fictitious is
sue. We need both. Indeed we
cannot have one without the
others. We cannot have security
in terms of at- advancing stand
ard of living without enterprise,
We cannot have the Initiative
and energy we peed for an ex
pending economy without pre
serving and increasing the vigor
of our human resources.
Laws Regarded Inadequate
Our present social security
laws are inadequate for this pur
uose. The proposed Wagner-Mur-
ray-Dingell bill contains some of
the essentials of an inclusive so
cial security program. But unfor
tunately it is in many respects
poorly conceived and perpetu
ates the inequities of the present
law. Taxes still fall most heavily
upon the lowest paid workers,
while benefits are largest to the
most highly paid. Coverage is
still Incomplete and eligibility
rules are con-plicated.
Need knows no rules of eligi
bility or coverage. Protection
against old age, Illness and eco
nomic misfortune must be a right
for everyone. Benefits must be
adequate to provide a minimum
sustenance In health and decen
cy, regardless of a man's previ
ous earnings. This Is Important
not alone to the Individual, but
to assure the relative stability of
our consumer industries and ag
ricultural production and the
well being of our whole security.
Care Asked (or All
Complete medical care should
be avallab'e to all. But any plan
adopted today should be suffi
ciently flexible to allow for ex
perimentation and growth, and
in any program of public medi
cine the value if the practicing
physician's relationship to his
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patient must be recognized. Ade
quate provision must be made
for building facilities where
none now exist, for developing
health and diagnostic centers
and for funds Cor research and
medical educMtion.
Another form of Insurance
that Is of outstanding Importance
for the relatively stable function
ing of our free economy is an
adequate and uniform system of
'edcral unemployment insurance.
Today, we have 51 separate laws
governing unemployment com
oensatlon. Our economy is too in
terdependent to allow this divi-
ion of responsibility to continue.
The present tax collection ma
chinery, federal for some Insur
ances, state for others, with du
plication of records, Is wasteful
costly and time-consuming, And
benefit rates vary widely and
are inadequate.
Uniform Standards Vital
The post-war reconversion
strain will fall unevenly on the
states. In this crucial period we
shall need the stabilizing Influ
ence of uniform standards and
procedures, and of adequate ben
efits fixed, not according to for
mer wages, but on the basis of a
regional cost of living, to cover
ba'e necessities.
- For a long time our society left
the education of children to the
Individual parent's ability to pay.
Then it made a decision which
changed civilization. It decided
that all children should be edu
cated, regardless of their parents'
Income.
Child Care Illogical
We are now faced with anoth
er decision as logical and as
necessary, about which we must
begin to think. We have left the
feeding, clothing, shelter and
medical care of our children to
be determined by their parents'
Income alone. It hasn't worked
and can never work for a man
whose skills may permit him to
earn only the 'minimum wage.
No wage or income based upon
the value of the economic con
tribution of the Individual can
ever be made to take Into proper
consideration the needs of his
dependents.
The children of America are
the future of America. The prin
ciples of self-preservation, no
less than those of humanity, de
mand that we place squorely on
society the responsibility of mak
ing citizens of tomorrow healthy.
energetic and educated. We
should begin the moment the
war Is over to see that every
child In America grows up with
the Basic necessities of educa
tion, good food, adequate cloth
ing, medical rare and a decent
home.
We whose faith Is In a freely
competitive society have the
special obligation of seeing that
all "start fair," physically and
mentally, as well equipped for
the- race as their natural endow
ment permits.
Formulas Must Change
There Is nothing new in pro
viding men with minimum pro
tection. When our society was
p r e d o m Inantiy agricultural.
Abraham Lincoln's homestead
laws offered to the people of the
United States what was then
necessary protection land and
a chance to build a home Today
when our society Is predominant
ly Industrial, the formulus must
change. And all the resolutions
for the preservation of the enter
prise system will not do one
fraction as much to preserve H
as the assurance to men and
women of the protectionb which
they are rightfully demanding,
protections which are basic to
their time.
The Republican party should
see to it that they get them.
Gold Hill
Gold Hill, June 14 Miss
Jane Anderson and sister, Mrs.
T. H. Robelot of Greenville.
South Carolina were recent
guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. W.
Martin and daughter Jill, Miss
Anderson is the fiancee of 1st
Lt. Jack Martin, who was
stationed In Greenville, prior to
being sent to the South Pacific
for combat duty, where he was
recently awarded the Air Medal.
The sisters visited in Portland,
with Lt. Martin's relatives and
will also visit in San Francisco,
before rettiring to the east, via
the southern route, stopping in
Los Angeles and New Orleans.
Mrs. Hazel Holderness and
Mrs. Joe Borsky spent Monday
and Tuesday, in Grants Pass,
where they took the training
course offered for scout leaders.
Mrs. Borsky will be the new
scout leader here, replacing
Mrs. Holderness, who resigned
recently, after several years
work with the girl scouts.
Miss Bonnie Livingston of
Redmond, Ore. is a guest of her
aunt, Mrs. Leon Wise and Mr.
Wise.
Mrs. Edna Arbuckle and two
sons have returned to Weaver-
ville. Calif., after spending sever
al months here, residing in the
Winona Steelman home, on the
cement plant road. Mrs. Arbuck
le is a niece of Mr. and Mrs.
James Clement.
Champ! in Garrison, who grad
uated this month, from the Uni
versity of Oregon at Eugene,
has returned here with his
mother, Mrs. Eugena Garrison.
He left June 8 for San Fran
cisco, where he expected to be
employed.
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Mccuire
returned here June 6, after
spending several days in Port
land and vicinity, transacting
business.
The city fire truck and fire
chief, Delos Walker, were called
to put out a grass fire, near city
pump house, June 5.
Mrs. Arthur uornam ana
daughter Donna left Saturday
for San Martin. Callf. to Join Mr.
Gorham and to'make their home
there. They bought a chicken
farm and orchard, near San Mar
tin recently.
Harry Steelman of Portland is
visiting his mother and sister.
Mrs. Winona Steelman and Mrs.
Ed Shoemaker and family.
Bill Betts left June 9 for in
duction into the army. His wife
and their three small children
will remain at their home here
for a short time, after which
they expected to stay with Mrs.
Belts relatives In Ashland.
Past Noble Grand club met
June 8, at the home of Mrs.
Pearl Ferguson. Entertainment
was In charge of Mrs. Ruth
Lewis. The club will serve sup
per, at the Odd Fellow dance
June 17. It was decided to hold
club meetings once a month
during the summer, Instead of
discontinuing. Next meeting will
be June 13, with Mrs. Ethel
Martin as hostess.
School erection will be held
June 19 in the gymnasium.
Terms of one director, Donald
Ferguson and the clerk, Mrs.
Hazel Holderness, are expired
and it is understood that both
will accept their re-election for
another term.
John Williamson, who has
made his home with Mr. and Mrs.
A. A. Walker, for several years,
has gone to Washington, where
he formerly resided.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Moore and daughters, Yvonne
and Nadra are Cpl. and Mrs,
Derwin Mapel from Camp Pen
dleton, Caiif., who were ac
companied by Mrs. Ray Hall
and small daughter, from San
Diego. Mrs. Maple Is a daughter
of the Moores' and Mrs. Hall is
a sister-in-law of Mrs. Moore.
Mapels will visit relatives in
Portland, for a few days.
Miss Weegle Dungey, who
graduated from the local high
school last month, is employed
in a Medford bank.
Mrs. Myrtle Cameron of Cot
tage Grove Is a guest of her
sister, Mrs. Daisy Gilchrist and
brothers, Ppl. LeRoy, A. A. F.
and Elmer Dungey and family.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Claude
Scott are the latter's grand
daughter and great grand-son,
Mrs. Antoinette Swanson and
son of Eureka, Calif.
Mr. and Mrs. Olney Edlngton
and two sons of Grants Pass,
formerly of this city, spent Sun
day here with relatives and
friends.
Harry Foley and son " of
Eureka, Calif, came Saturday to
visit the fomer's mother, Mrs.
Alice Foley and family. Mr.
Foley returned to Eureka, Sun
day, where he is employed.
while his son remained to visit
longer with his grandmother and
other relatives.
Dan McKeen was mong local
men to leave recently, for in
duction into armed forces.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Pilkington
and daughter, Miss Phyllis Ross
of Ashland, visited friends here,
recently. Mrs. Pilkington was
formerly Mrs. Rebecca Ross of
this city.
Recent guests of Mr. and Mrs
George Dorman were their son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Lloyd Dusenberry and son
Gary of Talent.
Recent guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Noel Kellogg and son Jimmle
were the former's mother, Mrs.
Katherine Kellogg of Medford
and Mrs. Harry Frederick and
baby daughter of Klamath Falls.
Mrs. Frederick Is a sistcr-ln-law
of Mrs. Noel Kellogg.
Home extension unit met In
the school lunch room June 9
when home demonstration agent,
Marian Farrell gave a demon-
r
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Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Medford
stratlon on freezing and drying
of foods and also a clinic on
prevention of spoilage in food
preservation.
Mrs. Ward Neville of Albany,
Calif, is a guest of her parents
and brother, Mr. and Mrs.
Vaughn Quackenbush and Bart.
Mrs. Neville Is the former Miss
Eugena Qackenbush of this city
and her husband is a lieutenant
In the A. A. F., stationed in
India.
Amethyst Rebekah lodge met
June 7. On the program com
mittee were Mrs. Effle Wyatt,
who gave i reading and a skit
was presented by Mrs. Willie
McLean, Mrs. Evelyn Thompson,
Mrs. Pearl Fergerson and Mrs.
Ellow Mae Gail.- Mrs. McLean
was appointed as good of the
order chairman, for the coming
year. Mrs. Ellow Mae Gail gave
a report on part of' meetings of
Grand Lodge, held in Portland,
recently.
. MONTGOMERY WARD
It's Dad's turn! W
FATHER'S DAY IS JUNE I8TH
Sure, yog love Dad . ; . he's a grand guy
So why not fell HIM so, on Father's Day, wifh a
gift from Ward's. Maybe a "drcss-up" eifi
a crisp white shirt or several gay ties. Maybe a
gift for COMFORT casual slacks or a
cool sport shirt. Maybe even a gift
for WORK Dad will appreciate COMFORT on his
Job as much as on his time off!) a
roomy work shirt or work-or-play
pants. These are ust a few of
Ward's many, many gift Ideas to
make Father's Day a BIG day for HIMI
REMEMBER i. .THE PLACE TO BUY
DAD'S GIFTS IS, OF COURSE,
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117 South Central.
Telephone 3930
ontgomery Ward
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