TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Commissioner Says
He Agrees With
Supporting Letter
County Commissioner Ches
ter Wendt said Monday that he is
in complete agreement with
letter supporting Mrs. Blanche
Lyman, Welfare administrator
who was discharged last week
Mrs. Lyman was ousted by the
state welfare commission fol
lowing investigation of the local
welfare department arising out
of the arrest of Harley Heubner,
a former department employee
On Vacation
Four members of the Jackson
county public welfare commis
sion signed a letter sent to the
state commission protesting Mrs.
Lyman's dismissal. Wendt, also
a member of the commision, was
vacationing in Albuquerque, N,
M., at the time the letter was
written.
"If I had been here I would
have gone along with the other
members of the commission,'
Wendt said.
Wendt stated that he had ear
lier refused to comment on the
case until he had read the state
commission's full report but that
since reading the report he feels
that there was not sufficient rea
son for Mrs. Lyman's dismissal.
She may have used a little
poor judgment in this one case,
Wendt said, but that is a poor
reason to discharge anyone.
Tiie Clocal commission chair
mariT Alfred S. V. Carpenter, yes
terday indicated his endorse
ment of the commission's letter
in a cablegram from the "Virgin
islands, where he is vacationing.
He said he was "shocked" by the
letter of dismissal, which he
termed "inaccurate and vindic
tive." A HANDY LEG
Windham, Me. U.R) A Hol
stein milking cow on the farm
of Stanley V. Hall has a 16-inch-long
extra leg, small hoof
and all, attached to her neck.
Hall says the cow swings it to
chase away flies.
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Ex-Welfare Employ
Here Attacks State
In Lyman
The former child welfare su
pervisor of the Jackson county
public welfare department today
attacked the state public welfare
commission for its recent dis
charge of Mrs. Blanche Lyman
as administrator of the local de
partment.
Roy W. Tibbetts, now of Alta
dena, Calif., who recently resign
ed to accept a social work post
in the California city, wrote the
Mail Tribune about Mrs. Ly
man's discharge was "the cheap
est kind of petty and political
insult," and came to her defense
as a courageous and able admin
istrator. Excerpts from Tibbett's
lengthy letter follow:
'Petty Insult'
I am writing because I sin
cerely care about what happens
to people who are served by pub
lic welfare . . ., because I feel
Mrs.. Lyman's dismissal is the
cheapest kind of petty and po
litical insult, and because I feel
the game of picking a "scape
goat" for what represents the
state administration's inadequa
cies has been too often success
fully played by the state public
welfare commission
If her management were so
poor, why had not the state con
sultants . . . been aware of it
before she had given 21 years
of service? ... I was able to ob
serve how little help was given
then to the public assistance de
partment. What I observed over
the past year was typical of the
state's failure to given construc
tive help and leadership over
many years . . .
Made Choice
Under the current state ad
ministration, one has a choice
of working under undue strain
and pressures ... or quitting to
join a progressive organization.
I made my choice recently. For
those who continue in Oregon's
public welfare, there is a choice
of resigning themselves to plod-and
Tuesday, January 10, 19S6
Dismissal
ding along with mass lethargy
of the state administration, or
of trying to .become a progressive
leader.
In the event that one chooses
the risk of leadership ... he sets
himself up for becoming a scape
goat for the state's inability to
accept persons capable of more
than average performance . . .
I no longer have to be silent,
and I will say what needs to be
said. I feel the pushing and the
projection of the state adminis
tration's ills upon county admin
istrators of Mrs. Lyman's cali
ber has gone far enough. Hav
ing worked in three Oregon
counties over five years, and
having found Mrs. Lyman an
administrator without equal in
ability to see the larger mean
ings of problems, with rare com
passion for the public's welfare,
and with the courage to speak
of reality and act upon it, I
fiercely resent the fact that one
worker's inadequacy . is being
used as the reason for dismissing
her from office ...
'Look Over Fence'
... I feel that if this is the
time to hang the dirty wash, it
is also time to look oyer the
fence to see what is behind such
drastic action. I hope that the
Jackson county commissioners
will have the courage of their
convictions, use their commend
able capacities to view the inci
dent in its proper perspective,
and that they will repeal this at
tack which seems to involve
much personal, rather than 'ob
jective, viewing from the state
office ... I hope further that
my frankness wui summaxe
other Oregon county welfare de
partments to band together and
join Jackson county . in a pre
sentation of the state administra
tion's inadequacies. .
I realize. I cancel any chance
of returning to public welfare
in Oregon . . . but I am relieved
happy to have said what
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Expected To Set
Ail-Time Record
' New York (U.R) The Repub
lican party, in firing its 195.5
fund-raising guns, is expected to
set an all-time record here with
a $100-a-plate dinner that may
gross almost $1,600,000.
Similar political gatherings
known as "Salute to Eisenhower
Dinners" will be staged simul
taneously by the GOP on Jan.
20 in 63 cities. But the gather
ing of an expected 16,000 Ike
admirers in Madison Square Gar
den here will be the granddaddy
of them all. ,
The Garden rally is being
staged by the Republican state
committees of New York and
New Jersey. Douglas M. Black,
business and professional divis
ion chairman of the rally, said
it will be "the largest political
dinner in history."
For his $100, the Garden diner
will get a box supper with a
single lobster as the main course,
tossed green salad, stuffed cel
ery, seedless grapes, cheese cake
and a glass of orange juice. The
specially designed box opens
into a tray so each diner can
juggle it easily in the Garden's
theater-type seats.
In addition, the Ike fans here
will be entertained with an ice
show, singing by six choral
groups of 1000 voices and
enough political oratory to last
them for months.
needs to be said. I certainly hope
that my letter will be presented
to the public because I care what
happens to people far too deenlv
to disregard what is happening
to public welfare m Jackson
county and Oregon, and to a
most outstanding county admin
istrator.
Roy W. Tibbetts,
760 Mountain View ave.
Altadena, Calif.
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Jim Bond Films
On 'Unfair' Lis!
Portland (U.R) The Port
land Central Labor Council last
night placed the Jim Bond ad
venture films on its unfair list.
Bond and the films have been
appearing at Benson high school
under the auspices of the West
minster Presbyterian church.
Russ Phelan, secretary of the
theater employees local, said
Bond had refused to hire union
cashiers, ticket takers and ush
ers. He added that the films were
doing a good business and that
Benson appeared to be "the bus
iest motion' picture theater in
town."
A spokesman for the Bond
films said many persons had do
nated their services so that the
Presbyterian church could real
ize as much as possible in' its
drive for Sunday school funds.
Further talks were scheduled
for later today.
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Massachusetts Ends
Polio Vaccine Ban
Boston U.R) The Massachu
setts Polio Advisory Committee
Monday night ended a six-month
ban on mass inoculations with
the Salk anti-polio vaccine and
said there was "no evidence"
that the vaccine caused last
year's polio epidemic.
The committee said it still
does not believe that the present
vaccine assures "total freedom
from live virus" but said in
stances of the vaccine inducing
the disease would be "rare."
Six Hour Meeting
The decision by a board, of
19 experts was reached after
a six-hour meeting in the office
of Massachusetts Public Health
Commissioner Dr. Samuel B.
Kirkwood. The board includes
Nobel Prize winner Dr. John
F. Enders.
The recommendation that the
health .'department resume the
vaccmation program left Idaho
the only state in the union still
refusing to accept the Salk vac
cine: It was in Idaho last sum
mer that a batch of vaccine pro
duced by Cutter Laboratories
was found to contain live virus.
Massachusetts discont i n u e d
mass vaccinations when an epi
demic of polio broke out last
spring. At least 128 deaths were
reported among some 3,385
cases.
The committee voted its rec
ommendation on the basis of
"evidence that the more-recent-ly
produced vaccine has a suf
ficiently greater level of safety
than that previously available
to warrant its use."
"However," the statementlsaid,
"the committee also believes
that total freedom from live
virus cannot be assured in this
vaccine and that the vaccine may
possibly on rare instances induce
the disease in those vaccinated
or in their contacts.
Search Continues
"Furthermore, it recognizes
that the search still continues
for a reliable substitute for the
virulent Mahoney strain."
But, the committee said it ar
rived at the decision to recom
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mend resumption of mass vac
cinations "on assurance from
Washington that the vaccine
now available to the state from
the federal government would
comply with the new methods
of production and- additional
safety tests introduced in No
vember, . 1955."
Chamber Directors
To Meet Thursday
The board of directors of the
Jackson . County Chamber of
Commerce, including newly
elected members, will hold its
first meeting of 1956 at noon
lnursday, Jan. 12, at the Med
ford hotel. -
Otto Ewaldsen. elected Dresi-
dent of the chamber last month
succeeding John " Pletsch, will
preside.
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' New York (U.R) Police
searched with a vengeance to
day for the thief who burgled a
sate Monday and escaped with
$112 and $5 worth of stamps.
The safe is located in the clerk's
office of the fourth district mu
nicipal court. Some well-armed
Navy shore patrolmen are head
quartered in the same buildine
and next door is the West 54th
Street Police Station.
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Articles Filed for
Local Feed firm
Articles of incorporation have
been filed in Salem foP Morton
and Marsh, Inc., of Medford, a
grain, feed and seed firm. Arti
cles were signed by R. A. Mor
ton, L. J. Marsh and O. O. Mor
ton. ..
Officials said the firm wai
formed for the purpose of merg
ing the two firms, Cascade Sup
ply company, 1228 North River
side ave., and the Big Y Seed and
Feed company, 1948 Pacific high
way, north. The firm wil have
offices and store at the Big Y
location.
The firm will continue to han
dle all feed, seed, fertilizers,
power equipment for lawns and
gardens,, outboard motors and
boats. Both firms have been es
tablished here for about four
years. ,, " '
R. A. Morton is president of
the new firm with L. J.' Marsh
as vice-president and O. O. Mor
ton secretary-treasurer. R. ' A.
Morton will be general manager
of the store, and Marsh will be
in charge of operations.
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