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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
10 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Jan. 8, 1946
(It was Tuesday)
Mrs. Dale Stephenson installed
president of the Medford Lady
JayCees; Mrs. Don Stansell in
stalled vice president.
. From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: Older Girls
are weighing plans for repaper
ing the whole house. The wall
paper in the kitchen where the
J 1945 calendar hung is a brighter
hue than other areas.
20 YEARS AGO
Jan. 8, 1936
(It was Wednesday)
Medford city council agrees to
provide employment for 16 per
sons between 16 and 25 under
the national youth administra
tion program.
League of Oregon Cities sched
ules Southern Oregon regional
conference at Medford.
30 YEARS AGO
Jan. 8, 1926
(It was Friday)
Jacksonville city council asks
ordinances b drawn up prohib
iting dancing after midnight Sat
urday night and prohibiting mo
tor vehicles on streets with the
"cut-out" open.
From Foots Creek news: Joe
Woodcock and wife have taken
possession of their new home on
Evans creek and called at the
Carle place Monday to get their
cow. The cow decided not to go
home that day, but consented to
go when they came again on
Tuesday.
40 YEARS AGO e
Jan. 8, 1916
(It was Saturday) .
Residents of Phoenix will vote
next week in annual election;
E. G. " Coleman, candidate for
mayor. '
Rain which began less than ..8
hours ago and has continued in
termittently since is hailed as a
welcome change in the weather.
What's the Answer?
Can You Gei 4 of the 7?
Copr. 1955. Editorial Research Report
1. Racial segregation has been
banned by the Interstate Com
merce Comm. after Jan. 10 in
interstate or intrastate travel,
or both or neither?
2. More babies were born in
the U. S. in 1955 than in any
other year; right or wrong?
3. Most married men on death
do or don't leave most of their
estates to their widows?
4. Which U. S. crop has the
highest annual dollar value:
cotton, wheat, tobacco, corn or
hay?
5. Which country in western
Europe is controlled by a man
whose first name would be
"Feancis" in English?
6. Most U. S. labor unions do
or don't in their constitutions
require an affirmative vote by
members to call a strike?
7. The name of Dr. James A.
Naismith is associated with what
sport?
The answers: 1. In interstate.
2. Right. 3. Most do. 4. Corn.
5. Spain under Gen. Francisco
Franco. 6. Most do. 7. Basketball.
TALLY-HO! .
De Smet, S. D. (U.R) Clar
ence T. Jensen, Erwin, S. D., was
fined $10 and costs for driving
on the wrong side of the high
way. Jensen told the judge he
was chasing a rabbit with his
vehicle.
MAIL TRIBUNE
A Partisan Session
The US congress starts out true to form. The
President's message is given 3 rousing cheers by the
Republicans, and approximately the same number
of sneers by the Democrats. , ,
This strictly PARTY division promises to con
tinue throughout the session.
For this is a presidential election year. The presi
dential candidates will be selected in 7 or 8 months,
and the fate of the nation
be decided two or three months thereafter.
.
CO WITH a few rare exceptions the representatives
of both major parties in Washington will not be
so much interested m what might be best for the
country, as what will be best for themselves and their
party.
There is nothing unprecedented or unusual in this.
Congresses in election years, have always been less
concerned with principles
concerned with what they
than wnat might benefit them.
TT IS too bad. For the great need of the country at
A this particular time is not more partisanship but
more statesmanship.
It is true we still have "peace and plenty" the sun
of prosperity for the majority is shining brightly in
a clear blue sky, but in all directions there are ap
parent to observing people clouds on the horizon
some VERY dark ones and what George Washing
ton said about war and peace is equally true of good
times and bad ones the time to prepare for the latter
is during a period of the former.
jDUT that very little time in either House will be
- spent in this direction is indicated by the reaction
of the Republican leaders to President Eisenhower's
opposition to any tax reductions until we have a bal
anced budget. They don't dare oppose their popular
party leader directly, but reading between the lines
it is readily apparent that in their opinion the pressure
for lower taxes from the upper brackets will prove
too strong eventually for the present administration
to resist.
It is equally doubtful if anything really construc
tive will be accomplished to benefit the lot of the
farmer. Leaders of the two parties will stage a wild
free-for-all in-promising more. and more to the hardy
tillers of the soil, with the sole purpose of garnering
the rural vote ; but if any of these panaceas work out
satisfactorily AFTER the votes are counted or even
enacted it will be a surprise to most impartial stu
dents of the problem.
CO THE Poor Pedestrian might as well prepare for
a partisan Kilkenny affair in Washington, from
now until adiournment Tt is one nf the inesotmohin
penalties "we the people"
That has been, except in
pattern of US congresses
past, mere is no reason to
year. R.W.R.
In The Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Ho! Hum! We're less than a
week into the year of the big
wind and here's what dominates
the news:
TAemocratic congressional lead
"ers including Oregon's not
quite dry behind the ears yet
Democrat, Senator Morse disa
gree with Ike's report in his
State of the Union message yes
terday that America's outlook is
bright with promise.
Morse says:
"President Eisenhower is look
ing at the world, at home and
abroad, through rose-colored
glasses."
Senator Richard Russell of
Georgia a statesman except for
occasional lapses in campaign
years when his party is out of
power and wants to get back in
says he is not quite as opti
mistic as President Eisenhower
as to the adequacy of our de
fenses. Consider the Democrats' situa
tion; If they concede that America's
future IS BRIGHT, they haven't
a very good argument for getting
back into power. People will then
say "Don't change horses in the
middle of the stream."
Under the circumstances, the
Democratic politicians just
HAVE to be pessimists.'
So much for the Democratic
politicians. Let's now take a
look at the Republican side of the
fence.
GOP Senator McCarthy let fly
with a haymaker at the Eisen
hower adminstration, asserting
that it would have a much bet
ter record if it would get rid of
"the Paul Hoffmans, the Harold
Stassens and the Milton . Eisen
howers." This morning he blasts Fed
eral Judge Bailey Aldrich of
Boston for acquitting a former
Harvard research assistant on
charges of contempt of congress.
He says the judge's decision is
"ridiculous to the point of be
ing ludicrous."
(Judge Aldrich ruled that Mc
Carthy acted beyond the powers
of his sub-committee two years
ago in a one-man probe of sub
version in defense plants. The
man acquitted as a result of the
decision had refused to tell Mc
Carthy whether he knew any
communists in defense plants.)
W
hat's biting McCarthy?
Well, a year or so ago he
Sunday, January 8, 1958
politically speaking will
than -with politics, more
think will please the voters
must pay for the luxury of
timp nf war. flip nnfoiiino-
in presidential years in the
expect an exception this
.
was a block-buster. New he's
a dud. He comes up for re-elec
tion a couple of years hence
and he realizes that unless he
gets backinto the spotlight he's
a goner.
T think I'd like to close this
rather cynical piece with a
little advice to voters who want
their country to be wise and
great and prosperous down
through the generations:
If you are a Republican and
face a choice between a states
manlike Democrat and an any-thing-Lord-to-get-elected
Republ
ican, VOTE FOR THE DEMO
CRAT. If you are a Democrat and
face a similar choice between
a GOP statesman and an any-thing-for-votes
Democratic poli
tician, VOTE FOR THE REPUB
LICAN. We NEED statesmen.
We have too many politicians.
Fire Extensively
Damages Dry Kiln
Prineville U.R) A fire
fanned by winds reaching 55-60
miles per hour Friday caused
considerable damage to a dry
kiln of the Hudspeth Pine Lum
ber company mill here.
The fire, of undetermined or
igin, broke out about noon, and
was burning under control five
hours later.
No lumber was in the kiln
when the fire started. The blaze
destroyed the kiln's roof and
spread through the structure's
interior, causing extensive dam
age to equipment. Damage was
estimated at about $25,000.
Company officials said it
would take three weeks to re
build the kiln. Production of the
mill was not hampered.
No Decision Yet On
Milwaukee Armory
Washington (U.R) Rep.
Walter Norblad (R-Ore.) said
Saturday he has been informed
that no decision will be made on
location of an armory in the
Kellogg Park area of Milwaukie,
Ore., until after Feb. 1.
A letter from Assistant Secre
tary of Defense Franklin G. Flo
ete said Army officers were sur
veying sites and would not rec
ommend one until the survey is
completed, Norblad said.
I
Matter of Fact
THE DECLINE OF SAC
Washington Within a rather
short time, the American Stra
tegic Air Command will be
measurablv weaker than its
Soviet compet
itor, the Stra
tegic Air Army
of the Red Air
Force.
It may sound
a bit nightmar
ish to say that
SAC is now
losing the
p r e d ominant
strength that
has been the
Joseph Alsop
heart and cent
er of the free world's defense
for the last decade. But no other
conclusion can be reasonably
drawn from the American gov
erment's own intelligence fore
casts, as agreed and approved
by the Nationtal Security Coun
cil itself.
The melancholy contrast be
tween Soviet and American
rates of production of advanced
aircraft types
was disclosed
in the last re
port in this
space. It was
disturbing
enough. But
the really dis
t u r b i ng fea
ture of the
present situa
tion is the way
these produc
tion rates must
Stewart Alsop
inevitably change the balance of
air-atomic power.
As the Russian air production
program indicates, the Soviet
Strategic Air Army is being
lavishly re-equipped. Its slow,
short range TU-4 bombers are
being sloughed off. Their places
are being taken by excellent jet
bombers, the medium range
"Badger" and the long range
"Bison," which are comparable
to our own B-47 and B-52.
YIITHIN about 24 months, the
" Soviet Strategic Air Army
will consist of somewhere be
tween 600 and 800 long range
"Bisons" and somewhere be
tween 800 and 1,000 medium
range "Badgers." These manned
aircraft will be importantly sup
plemented, moreever, by the
medium ballistic missiles, cap
able of reaching any European
target, which the Soviets are
also turning , out in quantity.
In the same time period, the
American Strategic Air Com
mand will retain its existing
medium range force of 1,500
B-47s. The only improvement
will be made in SAC's 11 long
range groups, which have a total
of no more than 330 aircraft.
In these groups, obsolete B-36s
are being replaced by B-52s, but
this replacement is going so slow
ly that it is unlikely to be fin
ished within 24 months.
By the end of 1957, therefore,
the Soviet Strategic Air Army,
with its "Badgers" and its guid
ed missiles, will have medium
range striking power at least
equal to the power of SACs
1,500 B-47s. Meanwhile, with
600 to 800 "Bisons," the Stra-
Editorial Comment
FLOODS AND THE
ROGUE RIVER PROJECT
The Grants Pass section of
the state suffered about as sev
erely as any in the December
floods when the Rogue river
overflowed its banks and caus
ed extensive damage, particular
ly in the vicinity of the Savage
Rapids dam. As the Grants Pass
Courier points out, local dis
agreement on plans for improve
ments in the Rogue River wa
tershed has effectively delayed
a project which would have
yielded substantial benefits in
flood control.
The Legislature of 1939 ap
propriated funds for water sur
veys of streams around Grants
Pass. The object then was to
store water for reclamation. The
state enlisted the cooperation of
the Reclamation bureau which
spent a great deal of time and
money obtaining the necessary
engineering data on the Rogue
river watershed and finally
came up with alternate plans
for multiple purpose improve
ments: water for irrigation and
power, and flood control. Hos
tility of sportsman groups and
recreationists caused Oscar
Chapman, secretary of the in
terior, to put the project on
ice. The Fish and Wildlife Ser
vice was asked to make a study
and report on the consequences
to fishlife of dams in locations
proposed, but after five years
it still has made no report.
Some attempts have been made
to obtain an agreement on a
compromise plan, so far with
out success.
The late floods have stirred
renewed ' interest in a multiple
purpose1 project. It is reported
the floods by scouring out the
river bed seriously damaged the
spawning grounds below dam
sites, probably doing far more
injury to fish life than the dams
would cause. The Courier sums
up the situation quite accurate
ly when it says:
"The heart of the Whole argu
ment is in the matter of a dam
or dams on the main stem of
the Rogue.
"Without local agreement on
that issue, we can expect plenty
By Joe and Stewart Alsop
tegic Air Army will have at
least twice the iong range strik
ing power of SAC and the dis
proportion may be considerably
greater. On a straight plane-for-plane
basis, the Strategic Air
Army will then have the edge
on SAC.
.-'
TUT SAC's brilliant command-
er, General Curtis LeMay,
and the Soviet Strateigic Air
Commander, Lieutenant General
V. I. Aladinski, will not just be
counting planes and missiles as
they measure their relative
strength. They" will be thinking'
a great deal, for example, about
their relative freedom of action.
General Aladinski - will have
absolute freedom of action. Gen
eral LeMay will have none. For
his big punch, General LeMay
will still have to depend on his
medium range force; and this
force of B-47s will still be utter
ly dependent on its bases over
seas. In fact, denial of those
bases will have the effect as
the total destruction of about
two-thirds of SAC's airplanes be
fore the' shooting even starts..
In other words, General Le
May will be in pawn to the na
tions that control those overseas
bases the nations that may so
easily deny those bases to SAC
under threat of Soviet H-bom-bardment.
That was of course
why General LeMay asked this
year for an urgent program to
provide SAC with 1,900 B-52s.
General LeMay's request was
refused for the usual budgetary
reasons. Thus SAC's future in
feriority to the Soviet Strategic
Air Army was by implication
accepted by the Administration
policy-makers. And in another
area of defense budget-making,
this future inferiority of SAC
was doubly assured.
!
IN BRIEF, the U. S. Air De
fense Command now has al
most no fighters fit to intercept
the new Soviet jet bombers
American fighters of advanced
type, F-102s, F-lOlBs, and F-104s,
are good enough to do the job
But mere trickles of these ad
vanced fighters are being or
dered under the current defense
program. Thus this country will
still have no interceptor force
worthy of the name, when the
Soviet bomber force reaches full
strength.
Meanwhile, the Soviet Air De
fense Command is being very
rapidly re-equipped with the
remarkable "Flashlight" night
fighter and "Farmer" dayfight
er. The "Farmers" and "Flash
lights" must be expected to im
pose heavy losses on General
LeMay's bombers perhaps half
the planes engaged in each at
tack. But General Aladinski,
with slightly more strength than
General LeMay, will need to
fear only the most trifling loss
es. This, in itself, will drastically
alter the balance.
If you can add up these facts
to any other conclusion except
the one stated above, you must
employ the peculiar mathemat
ics that can only be learned on
the highest level at the Penta
gon.
1956, New York Herald Tri
bune Inc.
of storm and fury and more
expense and no practical ac
complishment."
If the recent flood damage
doesn't force concessions from
the various interested groups so
an improvement program can
be started, then that part of the
state seems doomed to suffer
continuing losses from floods
and from wasted waters that
might be harnessed for power
and reclamation. The writer has
had a continuing interest in this
development because as Gover
nor he approved the launching
of the studies back in 1939. He
hopes that the rule of reason
can be invoked to obtain early
action for the general benefit
of the region. Oregon States
man, Salem.
German Children Send
Two Dolls To Area
Two dolls, dressed as German
natives, arrived at the Red Cross
office in . the courthouse this
week from the Junior Red Cross
of West Germany. They are be
ing circulated in the county
schools.
The boy is dressed in black
pants, hat and coat, with a green
vest and white shirt and the girl
is in a black dress, apron and
shawl, with a colorful hat. The
clothing was made by hand by
German youngsters, according to
word from a Red Cross official
in San Francisco.
They are "symbolic and tang
ible proof of the unhibited good
will which exists between child
ren and young people in dif
ferent parts of the world," the of
ficials wrote.
Light Earthquake
Felt In Japan
Tokyo (U.R) - A light earth
quake was felt Saturday in
northern Honshu Island, the
Kydo News Agency reported.
The agency said the shock
came at 7:25 a.m. 3:25 p.m.
PST Friday. There were no re
ports of damages or casualties.
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Defends Mrs. Lyman
To the Editor: I am writing in
behalf of Mrs. Blanche Lyman.
I have been a foster parent
for the past six years, and have
had constant association with
the welfare office and Mrs. Ly
man. Having worked in the pub
lic some 12 years I have never
found a more loyal, conscienti
ous person to her responsibilit
ies. I believe that , the fact she
has served 21 years in the wel
fare office is commendable in
itself. There are many better
paying positions I'm sure she
could have had and with less
responsibility and grief.
Unless a person has had as
sociations with such organiza
tions they cannot ' realize the
many, many problems that con
front a person in Mrs. Lyman's
position.
It would take a very loyal
and understanding person to ful
fill such a responsibility, one
who, after all the years of deal
ing with people's problems and
having to make decisions if
they were eligible for help or
just trying to receive some
thing for nothing, can still re
main Christian enough to want
to help a fellow member who
was at that time suffering from
a family tragedy.
True that Mr. Huebner made
a grave mistake, also that Mrs.
Lyman may have made an error
in judgment. But she no doubt
felt that maybe, in some small
way, she could help a person
under great mental stress.
Are there any of us who, at
sometime in our lives, has not
used poor judgment?
I think not. Certainly that
doesn't mean we are disloyal
in what ever the position might
of been. .
I sincerely hope that anyone
reading this who are -foster par
ents or that have had any con
nection with Mrs. Lyman all
these past years will send in
their appreciation of a loyal
public servant.
If a person can't say anthing
good about a person it s far bet
ter to say nothing at all.
Mrs. B. R.,
Route 1, Box 590,
Talent, Ore.
Hearing Aids Needed
To the Editor In connection
with the Junior Service League
Kindergarten for Hard of Hear
ing Children, we have . become
aware of the need for securing
hearing aids for children.
Unused, unwanted adult hear
ing aids can be repaired for
use by hard of hearing children
whose parents are unbale to
purchase new aids.
It has come to our attention
Today and
By Walter
DEMOCRACY IN TROUBLE
The French voters have elect
ed a parliament in which one
third, of the members . may be
counted as hos
tile to parlia
mentary gov
ernment. Out
of about 600
deputies some
150 are Com-
- munists and
about 50 are
Fascists of
sorts. The re
maining two-
W'alter Llppman
thirds are di-
vided in two
tinns. neither
unstable coali
of which com-
mands anything like a majority
of more or less like-minded dep
uties. 1 Yet under the French system
the executive power in the gov
ernment is the creation of the
parliament. The executive is de
pendent for its existence on ar
rangements and combinations
and deals among the factions
in the Assembly. The executive
impotence which results from
this has now progressed to a
point where there is no govern
ment strong enough to write an
election law and to organize an
election under which a true and
effective majority can be elect
ed. The timing of this election
and the conditions under which
it was fought are the direct
product of the importance of
the executive power of the pre
vious government.
The crucial question is wheth
er constitutional and electoral
system can still be reformed by
democratic means by a coali-
ton of the democratic parties. If
this is to be done, the members
of parliament who still believe
in parliamentary government
will have to lift themselves out
of the morass by their moral
boot-straps. Perhaps they will.
For otherwse there would seem
to be a choice between an auth
oritative restoration of the ex
ecutive power and a fatal degen
eration of the French system of
government.
"CiRANCE is the victim of a
of a political disease to which
all democracies are susceptible.
It is that the popularly elected
legislature will become all-pow
erful, thus reducing the execu
Impartiality .
To the Editor: Each year we
spend many thousands of dollars
to train and maintain our various
law enforcement agencies. We
equip these organizations with
the most modern equipment to
be used in the detection of of
fenses against the laws of our
country.
After being trained and equip
ped our police officers are fully
capable of performing their duty
which is preservation and en
forcement of the law. A pari
of that duty is to file complaints
and to aDtear as witnesses in
cases of which they have per
sonal knowledge. This is of great
importance since they are train
ed observers and investigators.
It is not conducive to good law
enforcement procedure if our
not suDDort our
police officers. Our courts must
realize that they are a part 01
a system which not only penal
izes violators of our laws but
that they also have a responsi
bility to assist in the prevention
nf further violations. This can
be accomplished locally when
our courts realize that people
no longer fear minimum fines
anJ susnended sentences to con
finement. Our courts must get
tough and they will receive only
as much respect as is due them.
Our courts must not select a
case occasionally of which to
make an example. Each and
every case must be an example
of impartiality and when guilt
is established the sentence must
be of sufficient severity to pre
vent further offenses of like
nature.
Dan F. Krotz II,
Chairman for
Community Service,
Steelhead Post, VFW,
Shady Cove, Ore. -
that there are children in our
community who need hearing
aids in order to keep up their
school work or to preserve their
remaining hearing. '
Anyone having any type or
Darts of hearing aids can donate
them by t calling 2-5406. After
the hearing aids are put in wont
ing order, they will be available
to hard of hearing children of
any age, recommended by their
physician or the Public Health
Department. There will , be no
charge for the use of the hear
ing aids. . ' ""
These hearing aids will be
available to any child whose
parents are financially unable
to obtain them any other way.
Medford Junior
Service League -
Tomorrow
Lippmann
tive to impotence. Experience
seems to show that the demo
cratic system ' is extremely un
stable, and liable- to fall down
into dictatorship, if the executive
is wholly the ' creature , of, is
wholly dependent upon, the leg
islature. It is almost certainly no ac
cident that excepting ' only
Switzerland which has a special
and ancient tradition the suc
cessful Western democracies are
either constitutonal monarchies
as in Great Britain, in the lead
ing members of the Common
wealth, in the Low Countries
and in Scandinava, or are like
the United States, where the
executive is separately elected
and has a popular mandate sep
arate from that of the legisla
ture.
. The French system, which has
been described as that of the
"enthroned legislature," lacks
the essence of executive auth
ority an executive possessing a
legitimate mandate of its own.
-
ALTHOUGH our own system
wnc rlici an&A n arrti trip
dangers of the enthroned legis
lature and the impotent execu
tive, we cannot take bur own
system for granted. Between
1950 and 1954, in the last years
of Truman and the first years
of Eisenhower, this country suf
fered a much milder but none
theless a painful and. debilitat
ing attack of the same disease
which afflicts France.
During this time the Presid
ent's constitutional powers to
conduct foreign relations were
gravely impaired by a Congress
ional usurpation of which Mc
Carthy was the spear-point. It
was not until after the elec
tions of 1954 that the President
recovered most of his constitu
tional powers.
It has been since . then, and
only since then, by the way,
that the country has thought of
Mr. Eisenhower as a successful
President. The last two years
of Truman and the first two
years of Eisenhower were an in-
glorous and dangerous period
in . our history. They were a
period of what Woodrow Wilson
called Congressional govern
ment, by which he meant Con
gressional usurpation of the ex-
POTLUCK
(By M-T Staff and
Contributors)
ECF
The compilers of Potluck, in
cluding the regular rrfem'bers of
the Mail Tribune's news staff
and friends of the paper who .
send in amusing or interesting
items from time to time, find
it improssible, this week, to con
tinue as if nothing has happen
ed. Fergie died last week, and
Fergie was somebody special to
each of us. He was a friend and
counsellor as well as a boss.
It was he who originally start
ed this Potluck column and kept
it going as an outlet for the
hunderd and one little, off-beat
items which found no other log
ical resting place in the paper.
It was his sense of humor and
balance which in large measure
was responsible for the fact that
the Mail Tribune's news room
is a" friendly place operating as
a team.
When illness made it impos
sible for him to come to the
office, we were the losers. Now
that death has come for him,
we know it will never be quite
the same again.
$25,000 Budgeted
For TB Treatment
An appropriation of $25,000
has been budgeted by the state
board of control for purchase of
anti-microbiol drugs for treat
ment of tuberculosis, according
to Dr. Ambrose Churchill, direc
tor of the tuberculosis division.
Dr. Churchill told a meeting
of the Oregon State Health Of
ficers association the drugs are
for post-sanitarium persons who
have been discharged to live at
home under close medical super
vision. Distribution will be made
locally through the ; Jackson
county health department and
should cost the taxpayer much
less than hospital care, Jackson
county health officer Dr. A. E.
Merkel, said.
He praised the Jackson County
Public Health association for its
part in providing patient care
and finding facilities for chest
x-ray at the two local hospitals,
all of which is financed through
purchase of Christmas seals.
Salem Has Third Of
Sfafe Employees
Salem (U.R) A third of
Oregon's 20,654 state employees
are stationed in the Salem area,
a survey by the State Civil Ser
vice commission showed Satur
day. Portland, Corvallis and Eu
gene ranked in that order as
centers of state employment af
ter Salem. .
Other cities had a scattering,
including 121 at Oregon City,
128 at . Albany and 73 at Mc
Minnville. In the Portland area are 2,749
full-time workers and 796 part
time workers.
In Corvallis, there are 1,505
full-time state workers and 1,261
part-time workers.
Eugene has 1,064 full-time
state workers and 995 part-time
employees.
Judge Crawford To
Sit On High Court
Salem U.R) Chief Justice
Harold J. Warner said Saturday
that Circuit Judge James W.
Crawford of Portland has been
appointed to sit as a temporary
member of the Oregon Supreme
Court. -
The action was taken by the
court under authority of an act
passed by the 1955 Legislature
to expedite the court's business.
Judge ' Crawford will assume
his duties at once and will con
tinue for a limited time. The
court will soon call at least two
more circuit judges to act con
currently with Judge Crawford.
The chief justice said the cir
cuit judges called to Salem un
der the program will be replaced
by judges pro tem selected from
members of the bar.
ecutive power of government.
rpHIS BEING an election year,
the fundamental question be
fore the country is whether and
how and by whom the Presiden
tial office is to be maintained
in its full powers within our
system. A weakness in the Pres
dency, a vacancy in the Presid
ential office, threaten that bal
ance between the Congress and
the executive which is the inner
principle of our constitution.
The role of the President in our
system is such that, insofar as
human beings can take precau
tions for the future, it is their
duty not to gamble and not to
take imprudent risks.
For, as we can see by looking
around the world, democracy
is a difficult form of government
and in its future is not yet as
sured. It is more than ever nec
essary that in America demo
cratic government should be
able to govern effectively. See
ing to that is the main business
before the American people.
Copyright 1956,
New York Herald Tribune Ins.