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TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Speakers Tell Recommendations Of Children, Youth Conference Eight speakbra who reviewed the recent Governor's Confer ence on Children and Youth here Monday indicated that the many trained leaders and lay men at the conference Believe in general that prevention, rather than correction, must Da me Key word o future child and youth programs for this nation. A lack of love, harmony and stability in the home are at the basis of most of the problems of children and youth, they said. Mrs. Marjorie Hopkins acted as chairmen for the meeting, called by the Mcdford League of Women Voters, the Junior Serv ice league, PTA units of the city and Medford branch, American Association of University Women. Mrs. E. Kanclier, Ashland, eave background material on the numose of the conference explained the eight sections into which the conference was divided. Education Talks Stormy One of the stormiest sessions was that of the education sec tion, according to E. H. Hedrick, superintendent of schools, who attended that division. After spending almost one whole day arguing the philosophy of edu cation, he said the section mem bers finally recommended high er requirements for teachers, particularly elementary; more "in service" training, decided more money, should be spent on instruction material and equip ment. Discussing finances, he said there seemed to be a trend away from federal aid to education in the thinking of the education section, and it was indicated that Oregon is in a good position to support its own schools. The section also recommended more consolidation of schools and was "strong for the children's school bill." Too Liltl. Planning Alone the lines of curricula he said the section thought there was too little "over all nlannine" for the school system, recommended a study of "drop outs," and thought Oregon s kin dergarten program should be enlarged. In special education there should be more and better edu-, cation for mentally and physic ally handicapped children, -and. iiiore empnasis on eaucmiuu wi the mentally superior child, he1 said the section indicated. Miss Elizabeth McGalliard, county public health nurse, re ported on the "family life" sec tion and said discussion there was to the effect that the fam ily should be strengthened as a social unit and pointed out that in the matter of church counsel ing of young couples, the Catho lic and Jewish faiths are far ahead of the protestanl church es. She discussed the effect of economic changes on the family, and insurance safeguards. Adop tive procedures were given much consideration, she said, with the section acknowledging that fully legal and formal adop tions are the answer to much of this problem. "Realism" Advocaiad Another phase of the family life section was discussed by Mrs. Henry Padgham, represen tative of the Jackson County Public Health association. She said her group thought there should be more "realistic" edu cation for those who do not go to college, and pointed out that one-third of the least privileged educationally produce t w o thirds of the nation's children. This section stressed that more NATIONALLY KNOWN Sf)l&i& QUALITY tvonftmeoih tnt china has and ftiuat. g rat thirty tprd with iUMtiit aft-lik im. IU.I4JK gold mm md bright Moral tmai midalltoa Plvattd tkadt ol t toil-mutant pa k holt m, with f tipt mi looking mining m thokt ol lorn tcdon. Avigundy or Rtgal Bit. Vma Giran or Gold u 100 OTHER STYLES AND nzii ill COLORS FROM WHICH TO CHOOSE 56.95 -$8.95 and $12.95 Price Lower By the Pair E- ..I , f tast mtw j.Mamii:ii harmony, love and understand ing in the home are absolutely nwfsarv to Droduce a happy. adjusted child who will be able to face the worm, sne saia. Reporting on the public health section, Miss Frances Clink, nurse, said her section dwelt on the need for more trained ped iatricians in Oregon, more hos pitals for children, such as Doernbecher hospital, and bet ter resources for children with special needs. She said her sec tion believed it was vital that the entire community cooperate on every public health program and ended by saying that "as far as family health is concern ed, it is ultimate responsibility of the family itself." Picture "Not Bright" Mrs. Blanch Frisbie, public health nurse, reported on the mental hygiene section's find ings. She said the picture of the care of the mentally ill is "not bright," and since half of all the hospital beds in this nation are occupied by the mentally ill, these people constitute one of the nation's most pressing prob lems. The conference section, she said, agreed that most of the emotional disturbances of children stem from unhappy and insecure home life. She reported the section agreed that adoptions must be in the hands of experts, tnat low IQ children need help, not de tention, that the slate and nation's marriage laws are poor, and adoptive laws and psychiat ric services are inadequate. It was further stressed in the men tal health section that Oregon should have facilities to train its own social workers and that so cial workers and teachers must be better trained to recognize early abnormal attitudes in children, especially in the pri mary grades. Cil.s Emotional Problem In her section it was said that half of all illnesses have an emotional basis and consequent ly emotional disturbances are at the bottom of much absenteeism from employment. It was stress ed that there must be a "posi tive attitude" about mental ill ness. Mrs. Ethel Tennant of the Medford Nursery school, spoke of the child welfare section, say ing it stressed that adults must be taught to "understand chil dren." Discussing services for children, the section made such of the fact that $9 million is ex pended for . aid to dependent children, and $29 million for aid for the aged. She recieved day care for children of working mothers, said the section thought the lostcr home situa tion needed improvement in Oregon and that adoption trends needed more study. She said this section spent considerable time discussing the need for fed eral aid, but said in her personal opinion "the community can meet its needs without state or federal aid." Juvenile Work Argued John Richard, county juvenile officer, said his section also proved controversial, with police officers and juvenile workers ar guing over the philosophy be hind the treatment of juvenile delinquents. He said the section agreed that Oregon's courts, laws and probationary services are "inadequate, confusing and con tradictory" and that they must be changed. He said the section recommended a law modeled on the Juvenile court act of the fed eral children's bureau, that juris diction over Juveniles be put en- i "Jin a Wednesday, May 3. 1930 tirely in the hands of circuit judges sitting as a juvenile court, and recommended estab lishment of a department of do mestic relations for circuit courts. Further recommendations were for one trained social worker for each court or the courts of two adjoining counties, better coop eration between police and social workers, and detention homes in counties where the juvenile care load warrants. Jackson county was one of these.' Sound Warning Note He said a warning noie was sounded to the effect that "if the counties don't meet their juve nile court needs, they will find one day that the entire system has been taken out of their hands." Richard said he believed these matters should be handled on a local level. Richard said there was discus sion of a youth authority plan, and transfer of the juvenile pro gram to the public welfare com mission, but no recommenda tions were made on these. More Asthma Cases In Older People San Diego, Cal., May 3 (U.R) A Philadelphia doctor says there are more cases of asthma among older people today because the life span has been lengthened and doctors recognize the al lergy quicker. "We are not seeing more peo ple with asthma who are past 50 or 60 than we used to." Dr. Louis Tuft told the California Medical association conventior yesterday. "This is because more peopl live beyond 60 than in the pa couple of decades," he said. Dr. Tuft said it was importai "To determine if we are dealin with asthma or some heart co dition" because some older pc pie often suffer heart or lui. conditions whose symptoms at similar to asthma. Freeze on Russia Would Wreck UN Lake Success, N. Y., May 3 (U.Ri Fleet Adm. Chester w. Nimitz warned today that fiie Hoover plan to freeze the Rus sians out of the United Nations would wreck the world organ ization. In a rjrlef talk fo a visiting group of wounded veterans from Valley Forge General hospital Nimitz said: "The League of Nations failed because the United States, one of the groat countries ol World War I, failed to join or support it. "With that remark, you can guess what my answer is to Herbert Hoover's suggestion to GARDEN BOOSTER POWDER ft t u i r 1 I CURMN , MAKER V1UA.1I onoinit HUMUS FIRTIUZIR isX.. Mlllw'i Oorda COMPOST Molar eomomi all rh oiicnlial and hoc Itminti Inown to oltact Hont giowih li w.ll p'ochico lor you Yatuabl Organic Hutnui r miner , . . con tam"o Ni"ogan. PtttgiH. 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Nonetheless, federal spending for the first 10 months of this fiscal year totaled $32,908,705, 121 compared with $29,655,915, 888 for the corresponding date a year ago. Receipts for the 10-month pe riod were $30,320,519,179 com pared with $31,533,573,590 a year ago. reorganize the UN and leave the Russians out. It just wouldn't be the UN; it would be some thing else again . . . the strength of the UN lies in the fact you can get representatives of all members here to discuss their problems. ...and It's Real, All-Grain Beer-f" HlM , for Mildness, Smoothness mV j ; ;.l its, get Lucky... first choice of the West! One look at clear, foaming W. S-AsSfl ' '-'$-4 h' ' ' f LUCKY LAGER ... one sip of its deep-down, all-grain goodness y TusSJy jXf i I and you'll know why more bottles of LUCKY LAGER are sold in . --Sjvj ' - f the West than any other hccrljust nothing else like LUCKY LAGER, V V7jqGIV - ' 1 the beer that's brewed just right for you. You'll agree it's extra Wt'UCWEOl ,'. 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In the first three months of 1950 liquor sales picked up slightly but were still trailing the records for the first three months of 1949. Sales totaled $5,419,371.30 for the first three months, this com pared with $7,625,538.78 for the first three months of 1949. But costs of sales have been reduced so that, despite the drop in sales, the commission actually showed an increase in revenues of $1,204,830.88 over revenues for the similar period of a year before. Permits decline Not only is volume of liquor sales down, but the number of customers show in the nine months a total of 271.595 per mits were sold. 20,497 less than were sold in the similar period of a year before. Total earnings of the liquor commission since its inception have reached $97,520,090.96 and that represents a lot of high balls. 53 Summit Avenue in Oregon Of this amount $73,543,740.25 was transferred to the public welfare commission to aid in paying old age pensions. Under a law passed by the 1949 legis lature, all surplus liquor com mission revenues now go direct ly into tne state s general lund, with the welfare commission drawing from it for the old age grants. Since last July 1, the commission has transferred S8, 929.843.65 to the general fund. Funds Transferred In addition, the commission has transferred $3,604,177.52 to cities and counties of Oregon, $1,672,168.50 to incorporated cities and $1,094,942.10 to coun ties in the last 15 years. The remainder of the surplus revenue of the liquor commis sion is carried in three accounts: cash surplus, $1,165,786.74; working capital reserve, $7,211, 696.13, and surplus invested in fixed assets, $297,736.07. Hillon Proves Age; Gets Marriage Permit Santa Monica, Cal., May 3 (U.R) Hotel Heir Nick Hilton had to go back home for his driver's license to prove his age today before he and Screen Ac tress Elizabeth Taylor were is sued a marriage license. 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