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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Feb. 28, 1946
(It was Thursday)
George C. Flanagan, manager
of Elk 'Lumber company, an
nounces plans to construct eight
foot band sawmill west of South
ern Pacific tracks on Highway
99 north of Medford. .......
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column:, The first
local parking meter has been
bent askew in the night by a
speeder. It was a test crash to
determine if the contraptions
can be uprooted as a "stop sign,"
long a favorite target.
20 YEARS AGO
Feb. 28. 1936
- (It was Friday) -
No filings of candidates for
county offices since Feb. .17;
William Bruin of Talent filed as
Republican candidate for coun
ty commissioner, and School
Superintendent C. R. Bowman,
filed for reelection prior to that.
James A. Coomes of Trail an
nounces candidacy for represent
ative in United States congress.
30 YEARS AGO
Feb. 28, 1926
' (It was Sunday)
Joe Hillis and Madeline Mor
gan win first prize in American
Legion sponsored Charleston
contest here
Heavy rain again falls in the
Rogue valley.
40 YEARS AGO "
Feb. 28. 1916
(It was Monday)
From Table Rock Tablets:
Countrv roads are in the best
shape since last fall," and rural
people once more can go to Med
ford in their cars.
Contractors put final touches
. on new post office building
here; expects to be ready for oc
cupancy in a month.
What's the Answer?
Can You Get 4 of the 7? ?:
Copr. 1955. Editorial Research Report
1. New minimum wage for
workers in interstate industry
is 75c, 85c, $1.00, $1.15 or $1.25
an hour?. ,
.2. Which has the most stock
holders: General. Motors, Du
pont, Standard Oil of N.J.? U.S.
Steel or American Telephone &
Telegraph?
3. Under the Administra
tion's soil bank plan more mon
ey would go for reducing ma
jor or minor crops, or about the
same for each?
4. The population of Canada
is about (a) 15, (b) 30, (c) 45 or
(d) 60 million?
5. Pakistan is now considered
to be in the democratic or Sov
iet bloc of nations or a neutral?
.." 6. Greco-Roman rules are
used in court, skating, architec
tural, beauty, wrestling or. TV
quiz contests? , . ,.;.. ,
7. The U. S. Military aca
demy at West Point is or isn't
on the Hudson river? -. L
The answers: 1. $1.00. 2.
American Telephone and Tel
egraph company. - 3. - More for
reducing major crops. 4. 15 mil
lion. 5. In the democratic bloc.
6. Wrestling contests. 7. Is. -
HURRY CALL
Iona, Mich, (U.PJ Ernest J.
Banghart, 50, Saginaw, who was
on his way to Ionia County Hos
pital to visit a relative, got there
in a hurry in an ambulance
after his car collided with a sta
tion wagon.
MAIL TRIBUNE
The Lobby Probe
Those "who expect to get much satisfaction out of
the bi-partisan committee probe of . lobbying are due,
we fear, to disappointment. ,
As has been often remarked, this is a presidential
election year. Not only will the members of the com
mittee be more interested in votes than in informa
tion, but as they are divided 50-50 between Republi
cans and Democrats it will he difficult if not impos
sible to reach any decision at least on important is
sues. '.
The Republicans will undoubtedly try, to ' make
a "Big Bad Wolf" out of the Labor lobby, and the
Democrats will undoubtedly press the American
Manufacturers and the US Chamber of Commerce
lobbies, into the same role.
In other words, there are two things almost cer
tain to happen as a result of this probe, namely: it
will go on for the duration of the campaign, and it will
have no material, effect upon the lobby system now or
in the future. " " . "
PVEN IF the unexpected should happen and a def
inite non-partisan verdict should be reached, it is
highly doubtful any such decision would materially
change the system of lobbying.
And for a very good reason. Lobbying as a prac
tice is necessary to the proper functioning of our mo
dern democratic system. When is is honestly
conducted it serves a necessary and useful purpose,
for without it, the facts concerning legislation, could
hardly be secured by our representatives in congress.
There is another kind of lobbying which is bad,
which deals in bribery and various and sundry forms
of corruption, but the type No. 1 is legalized so it is
difficult to see how type No. 2 can be outlawed ef
fectively at least. ; " ;
i. I The- task would be somewhat similar to the un
scrambling of J. Pi Morgan's eggs, the lobbying sys
tem being such a mixture of the good and bad, and the
job of separating them so difficult
TTHE undersigned in this realm can speak from some
experience one, at least. For not so many years
ago he acted as a respectable front and chaperone arid
bodyguard for one General Glenn JacksonJ on a mis
sion to Washington to secure an army camp.' We don't
know how the General came out but it cost us over
$200, although the Medford Chamber of Commerce
paid half our expenses. (We were overpaid at that!)
But at any rate that experience taught us some
thing about the lobbying business from the inside. The
net result was to get Camp White.
And the sole objective on our part was to give cer
tain key figures in the army camp picture, the reasons
why the Medford area would be excellently fitted for
such a project, etc. etc.
E DON'T know how
ture had to do with the final result (our guess is
General Jackson later did the' job pretty much single
handed) but we do know that this "junket" in a small
way was typical of what is going on in Washington in
a larger way all the time, not so much as a dinner tab
or a bottle of Scotch involved, all on the up-and-up,
nothing but an earnest effort to sell a proposal to the
powers that be, on the basis of the facts. .
.-.
AS REMARKED there is lobbying on a large scale
in Washington just as free from objectionable
features, and there is lobbying by professionals . on
an even larger scale that is full of them.
-How to separate the good from the bad get the
wheat from the chaff is the problem.
We wish the bi-partisan committee of investiga
tion all the luck in the world but we seriously doubt
if in this direction they accomplish enough to justify
the time or the expense. R.W.R
The Greater Consistency
Inconsistency is to be one of .the major charges
against Senator Morse in the approaching campaign.
And if reports reaching this office are correct, not
only is the same charge to be made against Senator
Neuberger, but. the latter is to speak against his senior
colleague, to drive the charge home.
It seems there was a time when Mr. Neuberger
was very critical of Mr. Morse, and characteristically
he was not backward about coming forward to ex
press himself.
TX7HETHER a tape recording was made at the time,
" or only quotations of his remarks are now avail
able, our informant is certain,, some of the sharpest
verbal barbs directed- in the direction of Oregon's
senior Senator, will be fiom his party colleague and
now loyal supporter.
. Well if this is true it should add to the general
excitement and gayety of the senatorial campaign.
OOWEVER, it. is doubtful if the voters of the state
will be greatly concerned about the issue of con
sistency, applying either to Senators Neuberger or
Morse. - '
It was Emerson who called consistency "the hob
goblin of little minds," and the verdict of history has
supported him. - "
It was Abraham Lincoln who was, politically in
consistent when he left the Whig party and joined
the GOP; it was Teddy Roosevelt who in the same
sense of 100 party regularity was inconsistent when
he not only left the Republican party and formed the
Progressive party,, but repudiated the Republican
candidate he had selected to be his successor.
DUT HISTORY never condemned them for these
" actions, for in both cases while such rievintfnns
were admitted politically,
neia justuiea, oj a greater consistency namely be
ing consistently true at all times to what they be
lieved to be best for their people and their country.
" R.W.R,
Tuesday. February 28, 1956
.....
much that particular ven
in both cases they were
Matter of Fact
By Joe and Stewart AJsop
COUE AND DULLES -
Washington In his appear
ance before the Senate Foreign
Relations committee, Secretary
of "State John
has now ele
vated the
p r a c tice of
C o u elim
to the - status
of a major
technique - of
American for
eign policy.
Stewart Alsop For t h O S 6
whose memories do not go back
so far, Dr. Coue was an ami
able, bearded pseudo-physician
who brought a new panacea out
of France in the 1920's.'By tak-
B inr thnuffht.
a o j
said Coue you
could cure
y era r s 'e 1 f
of anything
from a hern
ia to the blind
staggers. All
you had to do
was to repeat
often enough,
Joseph Aisop - with enough
loud conviction, that "every
day, in every way, everything is
getting better and better."
The fad caught on for a while;
but after a bit it was observed
that the blind staggerers went
on staggering and the hernia
sufferers could not do , without
their trusses. Now, however, the
Coue cure-all has been resur
rected from obscurity, with the
august endorsement of the Sec
retary of State of the United
States. .
llfHAT Secretary Dulles told
' the Senate Foreign Rela
tions committee in brief, was
that the Soviet-Union was now
losing the cold war. "One thing
is certain," he declared with ex
alted conviction. "The unity of
the free world has caused the
Soviet policy to fail, and right
today they are trying to figure
out a better one ... . At this
moment in Moscow, they are
having to revise their whole
program. If we in this country
had to admit that, we would be
advertised all over the world as
having failed. .They have fail
ed." ' ' C
These statements are truly re
markable, for, y several rather
simple reasons,; they are whoUy
unsupported by a shred of intel
ligence data.; They are not be
lieved by, any of Secretary Dul
les' own ambassadors. They are
not believed, either, by - any
member of the higher staff of
the State Department, with the
possible exception of, one or two
courtiers who have a knack of
believing what is currently ex
pedient. And they are not be
lieved, finally, by any leader
among our major allies. -.
:
EXCEPT FOR John Foster
Dulles, expert opinion un
animously attributes the impor
tant changes in ' the Kremlin's
policy lines to a new self-confidence,
derived from the great
improvements in Soviet v mili
tary posture and gains in heavy
industry which Dulles himself
mentioned to the Senators.
Before he became a minority
of one, even Secretary Dulles
used to hold this same view. In
earlier briefings of the press,
Dulles himself has frankly stat
ed that the Kremlin's abandon
ment of the rigid - and brutal
Stalinist line in favor of a more,
flexible and less doctrinaire 'pol
icy had greatly increased the
dangers and risks of the free
world. It would be interesting,
then, to know what has changed
the Secretary's mind.
Certainly the hard facts of
the world situation do not offer
any support to the new Dulles
view that "every day, in every
way, everything is getting" bet
ter and better." Throughout al
most all of Asia, the Commun
ists are making such rapid and
disturbing progress that two
warm Eisenhower-supporters
and extremely acute observers,
John Cowles and Paul Hoffman,
have just retuned from Asian
journeys to raise the alarm in
this country. ! ;-
F: THE Middle East, the out
look is so dark that leading
members of Secretary Dulles'
own staff have been quoting the
odds on an Arab-Israeli war as
about 50-50 either way. Even if
the war danger is surmounted
this year, moreover, it is univer
sally admitted that the new
Communist - political offensive
in the Middle East has already
scored brilliant successes. It is
also becoming clear that Com
munist infiltration in certain of
the Arab states is now very far
advanced. V
Even in the citadel of ' the
Western ; alliance," ' in Western
Europe, the situation shows
signs of grave ; deterioration.
France is in " chaos, and will
hardly emerge from chaos with
out the loss of the position ; in
North Africa that makes France
a major power. Britain, too, is in
the midst of an acute economic
crisis. Moreover, Far Eastern
and Middle Eastern "revenues
are all that balance Britain's
books, and thus the Communist
pressure in those areas now
threatens Britain with irretriev
able bankruptcy of a sort that
would destroy Britain's . great
power standing.
Sr
L,U. MMI
r 1 Z"1?
EVEN IN West Germany,
American nolicv 'rests sole-
fly on the frail foundation of a
wonderfully brave but very old
and very ill man, Chancellor
Adenauer. The future German
army is not shaping well. And
almost every American observ
er on the spot agrees that if
anything happens to Adenauer,
Germany will move rather ra
pidly towards a neutralist posi
tion, probably leaving NATO to
buy German re-unification.
Altogther, it is not a pretty
picture. But perhaps the Coue
method really will work in for
eign policy, although it was a
dud in medicine.
Copyright 1956, New York
Herald Tribune Inc.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
About 30 miles north of Gau
dalajara is an interesting vil
lage. Its name is Tequila. Wheth
the liquor takes its name from
the village or the vUlage takes
its name from the liquor I don't
know, not having investigated
the historical back grounds. -
At any rate, a large tequila
distUlery is located there and. it
provides a livelihood not only
for the village but for the sur
rounding country..
Tequila is as clear as gin or
vodka or really good white
mule. Its flavor varies kaU the
way from awful to pleasant and
satisfying, depending on 'how it
is made and who makes it. The
tequila sold in the border honky
tonks scratches like a cat as 'it
goes down and taste something
like the residue from an oil re
finery, but that distilled at the
clean and modern looking plant
at Tequila is above reproach. ;
It is made from the sap; of the
magney, a cactus - like plant
that looks very much like iris.
Its leaves are thick and fleshy,
and when pressed yield the juice
from which the liquor is made.
It is fermented and then dis
tilled, 'v. :'
THE resulting product has con
siderable authority, but isn't
explosive in its effects. It is a
very popular drink in Mexico
One reason for its popularity is
that it is good. . .- . r, ,
Another reason, I suspect,
that it is cheap. It seUs in hear-
by Guadalajara for six and a
half pesos a quart, which is the
approximate eqtiivalent of four
bits American.
THE , tequila plantations ex
tend for a dozen miles or so
along the highway on either side
oflthe village. The plants are
set out in rows and are carefully
tended. ' .- '
At the proper time, the leaves
are cut and assembled into bun
dles. The bundles' are then load
ed onto burros and transported
by burro power to the plant.
. There are trucks in Mexico.
Plenty of them. The roads are
full of them, ranging all the way
from pickups to huger trailer
affairs. It is inconceivable to an
American that trucks wouldn't
be used to haul in the maguey
and the sugar cane and the corn.
But so far in this part of Mex
ico I haven't seen a single truck
being used to haul in crops from
the fields to the processing
plants of the villages. .
T WOULDN'T go so far to say
- that they are . never used.
Maybe they, use 'em at night.
But as yet, in hundreds of miles
of travel along the roads, I
haven't seen any trucks . being
put to such a use. The job 6f
hauling the crops in from the
fields seems to be reserved for
the team composed of the peon
and the burro. -;
rpHERB is1 of course a reason
-- why this might be true. ' The
economy of western Mexico is
still practically a feudal econ
omy. There are many, MANY
Mexicans in the bottom layers
of the Mexican population.
If they ate to EAT, they must
have jobs. The lesson of history
is that over the LONG PULL
machines create jobs instead of
destroying them. Machines cre
ate jobs by the process of cheap
ening the product so that it can
be more widely consumed.
At the same time, the machine
increases the . productive capa
city of the worker so that he can
EARN a higher jwage, which in
turn enables him to buy MORE
OF THE PRODUCTS ; OF IN
DUSTRY, thus - creating still
more jobs. ;.
"OUT in between the advent of
the machine and the end re
sult of the machine there is a
gap. During this gap there are
more workers than jobs. The
western part of Mexico is still
in this gap and I suspect that
there . is presently considerable
dread of the machine (such as
trucks for hauling crops in from
the fields) because for a while
the use of the trucks would
throw the peon and his burro
out of a job.
Without a job, the peon
couldn't eat, and that would be
bad.
FOR REMEMBRANCE f
Boston (UJD Massachu
setts motor vehicle licenses wttl
expire on the operator's date of
birth after July 1, 1957. The new
law was adopted to make it
easier for motorists to remember
when to-renew their licenses. :
Communications
A Strange Breed .
To the Editor: In reading aU
the controversy about flood con
trol, fluoridation of our water
supply, etc;,. etc., I am amused
at the rest with which we south
ern Oregonians tackle our prob
lems. Often with more "heat than
light," we "think on" situations
confronting us. But give us time.
They say you can . "lead a
horse to . water but . you can't
make him drink." We here in
this valley can't even be led
No sir-ee!
We want to stumble bur own
way. Perhaps it takes a little
longer to reach the water but
we reach it!
We mutter about taxes and
loosing our "elbow room," but
managed to give our kids and the
kids of the new people coming
in the best educational opportu
nities we can obtain.
We are stricUy individualistic,
often to the dismay and frustra
tion of our brothers up state.
But is this bad? I think not.
No one can tell us what to do.
The Union organizers found that
out long ago.
A strange breed, with strong
loyalties, .. descendants of pio
neers that had to work hard and
fight for what they got. "
Perhaps the new people mov
ing in will temper us. I can see
signs of it already, and it : will
work if they don't let us know
they are doing it.: : .-;
I . often smile when I put
money in a parking meter to
think how hotly I once resented
them.
. All we ask is a little time.
Name on file. r
.- ' - Medford, Ore.
No Bouillabaisse?
To the Editor: I first read of
fluoridation some six years ago
and was duly impressed. Being
of an inquiring mind, ' even
though a conservative nature, I
read all I could on the subject.
My first impression and opinion
changed . from one of approval
to extreme doubt and has so re
mained. - ' ;
( . The per cent of Improvement
isn i enougn, not nearly enougn.
Even 65 per cent, which is the
highest, figure I have seen, isn't
impressive enough when you
consider it to mean only im
provement, not that 65 per cent
of the children were free from
caries.1 1 keep thinking that any
change- should be greater , than
that.
"After careful , consideration,
and a little research, I have
come up with a program, which,
if adopted, will possibly - result
in a much higher improvement;
for example We are deficient
in our diets in the following, ac
cording to eminent nutritionists:'
calcium, phosphorous, and io
dine, all essential for strong
Ed i toria I Comment
LULL BEFORE THE STORM
The Multnomah County Me
dical society's riendorsement of
the fluoridating municipal wa
ter supplies to reduce tooth de
cay , should encourage those
groups working to win this ben
efit for Portland children. Five
years ago the society indorsed
fluordiationand now, on the ba
sis of impressive new evidence
of results of experiments in oth
er U. S. cities, the city's physi
cians again have given it their
okeh.
This clear stand, coupled with
with ; the results of the re
cent scientific poll which show
ed 52 per cent of Portlanders
want fluoridation and another
20 per cent, are undecided,
ought to persuade the reluctant
members of the city council to
give officials attention to the de
sirability of fluoridating Bull
Run water. Statistical proof of
the harmless and beneficial na
ture of fluorides is at hand, and
the opinion survey sponsored by
The Oregonian shows that es
pousal of fluoridation does not
necessarily mean political . sui
cide. So there is no longer any
excuse for the council to duck
the issue.
Although matters have not
progressed this far, now may be:
as good a time as any to remind
proponents of fluoridation that
their battle may not , be wonJ
when the council finally shows
a disposition to introduce and
pass an ordinance for the treat
ment of city water. The foes of
fluoridation, while they may be
in the minority, are well- organ
ized, resourceful and vocaL In
more than one city they have
come from behind to steal vic
tory i from health authorities
who thought their fluoridation
campaigns had been successful.
An article in a recent issue of
the magazine "Medical Econom
ies" points out that where U. S.
communities have voted on the
question, fluoridation has lost
more often than it has won, de
spite the support of the Amer
ican Medical assocaition, the
American Dental association
and the U. S. Public Health ser
vice. '
An example is Cincinnati,
where the city council in 1952
approved fluoridation after a
series of public hearings ' when
the issue was thoroughly thresh
ed out. Only a few days before
fluoridation was to begin, its
enemies launched a bitter at
tack" on if The city was flooded
with scare literature which ac
bones and sound teeth. About
90 per cent ef iciest. Copper,
iron, manganese, magnesium,
and cobalt also needed. Research
could determine just which were
needed in each locality. All we
would then need to do is work
out the formulae to be added to
our water supply and there you
have it. The cost would be very
little.
There would probably be a lit
tle opposition from the few fa
natical conservatives on this, but
just bear in mind that all social
advancement has had some
opposition.
I forgot to .mention the vita
mins. There is every reason to
believe that, they would be of
benefit if added to our water
supply in the proper quantities.
Just to be on the safe side we
would want to add the proper
amount of chlorine, if for the
smell and flavor alone.
On Tuesday we could have pea
soup and on Friday clam
chowder.
Well
' Paul Elgin
1221 Withington st. ;
Medford. Ore.
'Don't Be a Birdbrain
To the Editor: I have stop
ped studying Spanish, German,
French and such worn-out lan
guages and am now - learning
parakeet. Willy, the, better half
of Nilly, is teaching mei
"Human," said Willy the oth
er day, "the story of my family,
the bird family, is a long, sad
tale. You humans are just John-ny-Come-Latelys
on the world
scene. My family was here
when the dinosaurs were. Great,
great, great, great (and more
greats) grandfather was Archae:
opteryx. His name comes from
Greek archaios, meaning 'an
cinte, plus pteron, meaning
wing. Now.Archy was about the
size of a full-grown crow, with a
smaU head (not much brains,
even for a bird) and very large
eyes. There was no toothless
beak, such as modern birds pos
sess but instead both jaws were
set with small sharp teeth,
which means the guy was '- a
meat-eater. Archy, unlike , Hit
ler, was a real German. .
. "Arcby, like you humans to
day, had a wonderful chance
but he muffed it and so all us
birds today suffer for his mis
takes. ,
"Now, you humans are losing
your teeth very rapidly. You've
nearly lost your sense of smell
and your eyesight is getting
bum. And iny gosh, you've al
ready lost nearly aU your . hair
and even that on some heads is
going, going; gone What would
a bird be like if he lost all his
feathers? There was a judge's
wife who" found out once, when
she had chickens that were too
cused focaT doctors of joining a
Communist . "poison plot." With
advertisements, radio speeches
and door-to-door - tactics, the
idea was hammered home that
fluorides are a menace to health.
In a referendum. the confused
Cincinnatians : rejected fluorida
tion by a 7 to 5 margin.
Profiting by this example,
pro-flouridation forces in Palo
Alto prepared for a violent bat
tle, and were ready for it when
it came. They didn't spend their
time trying to refute the charg
es of the opponents, realizing
that new "charges could be fabri
cated as fast as the old ones
were riddled. They took a posi
tive educational approach, and
when anti-fluoridators brought
in food fadists and professional
agitators from Seattle and San
Diego to help, they were met
w.it-h the slogan: "The mer
chants of fear send their sales
men to Palo Alto but we don't
scare easily!" '
That did it. Fluoridation won
the election, 7500 to 6000. ;
Groups backing fluoridation
in Portland should be ready to
fight They can't expect to win
solely on the basis of scientific
evidence. The oppostion will be
usng time-tested poltical tactics,
and it will take forceful meth
ods, employed with even greater
effectiveness, - if we ,. are to
achieve better dental health for
Portland's children through the
fluoridation route. Portland
Oregonian.
P fJ
WITH
(:1
Slo-Simmered
Home-.
France Increasingly
Unhappy Over U.S.
Viet Nam Policies
. By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Correspondent
France is getting increasing
ly angry over the United States
policy in the Indochinese state
of Viet Nam, -N
The situa
tion could de-:
velop into i a
serious quar
rel. Prei ident
Ngo D i n h
Diem of Viet
Nam is build
ing himself up
Charles McCann to the status
of a dictator. .-. .
He is not only strengthening
his personal authority but is
steadily squeezing France out of
his country, ' which was . a
French protectorate for 70
years.
The United States strongly
supports Diem. France, which
named him Premier in June,
1954, did so only at American
insistence. " ..
Since then Diem has succeed
ed in ousting playboy- Empor
er Boa Dai and making himself
president. -
France now is accusing the
United States of helping Diem
to eliminate all French influ
ence in Viet Nam.
French Foreign Minister
Christian Pineau made the a
cusation openly in a speech to
the French Senate in Paris last
Thursday.
U. S. Mistake
"I believe the United States
has made a mistake in trying to
eliminate France from Viet
Nam for its own benefit," he
said.
Pineau intends to take up tha
issue with Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles during the
conference of the Southeast
Asia Treaty Organization mem
bers which starts in Karachi
Pakistan, next Tuesday. . -
He has been instructed by hit
government to protest strongly
against American policy; He
will hold--: that "anti-French'
sentiment by the United States
is weakening the whole allied
position in Southeast Asia.
finely bred they lost their fea
thers and the judge's wife had
tj knit them sweaters to keep
the poor chickens alive. You hu
mans lost .your hair and now
you have to go to allthe'trouble
of wearing clothes. ' -'A
"Well, to cut this long, sad
tail ' shprt-T-Archaeop.teryxv. and
his buddy Archnaeornis claimed -their,
drinking water was -perfectly
pure and they flatly re
fused to fluoridate their drink
ing water - .' .'
"And now aU us birds have to
swallow gravel and rocks : to
grind up our food. , . 3-
"And so the birds aU lost
their teeth and not one bird in'
the world has a tooth in ,his
beak today. --
"Oh, human," wept Willy as
he flew up on my nose and
reached around to try to bite my
left ear, "oh, human DON'T
BE A BIRDBRAIN." ; t
Mrs. Edith Ingle
338 Bessie St.
Medford,' Ore.
MR.
INSURANCE
. FRED
BRENNAN
I'm installing safety belts
in my car because I know
they can be the difference
between life and death in an
auto accident. Is it true that
your agency allows a 10
discount in auto insurance
rates on cars with safety
belts instaljed? ;
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