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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30 and
to years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
April 24. 1946
(It was Wednesday)
Installation of 70 more park
ing meters begins today, City
Superintendent Frank Rogers
has announced.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: Tracy
Booth, the Red Blanket straw
berry impressario of the Pros
pect area towned and traded yes.
20 YEARS AGO
April 24. 1936
(It was Friday)
Despite a heavy rain, about
850 persons attended the motion
picture show last night in the
Medford armory by the Navy.
There will be an extensive
program for the good-will party
for all war veterans and their
families at K. P. hall on Thurs
day, April 30.
30 YEARS AGO
April 24. 1926
(It was Saturday)
With cooperation of Boy
Scouts and individual citizens,
the city clean-up campaign
comes to a close with Fire Chief
Roy Elliott in charge.
From Local and Personal col
umn: Thirty-two cars from other
states were registered in Med
ford yesterday by the local state
auto traffic bureau in the Cham
ber of Commerce building.
40 YEARS AGO
April 24, 1916
(It was Monday)
Announcement is made by the
district forester, Portland, of
final classification by secretary
of agriculture, of lands within
the Oregon national forest.
Medford's electrical inspector
earns compliment for efficient
work in his department in Mea
ford for the past year.
What's the Answer?
Can You Get 4 of the 7? .
Copr. 1955. Editorial Research Report
1 It lotir.r. r9 PrOClHpnf IS
thrown into the House of Rep-
for each member of each state,
or is election by party strength?
2. Recent elections in Ceylon
were a victory or a defeat for
the West, or a stand-off?
3. There are (a) 32, (b) 48,
(c) 64, (d) 80 or (e) 98 squares
on a checker board?
4. The state of Israel has a
inneer border with Egypt or
with Jordan, or is the border
about the same length with
each?
5. The proportion of Negroes
to Whites in the South has been
increasing, staying about the
same, or decreasing?
6. "Nymphomaniac" is a term
applied only to a man, only to
a woman, or to either?
7. Leslie Townes Hope is the
real name of which well known
radio, TV and screen star?
The answers: 1. Each stale has
one vote. 2. Defeat for the West.
3. 64. 4. Longer border wiih
Jordan. S.Decreasing. 6. Only to
a woman. 7. Bob Hope.
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rriME AND GET IT
Gurgaon, India (U.R) Post-
ntfire. officials in this village
gave up this week and told peo
ple if they wanted their mail
they'd have to come and dig it
- nf crowing piles of letters.
Too many postal workers are on
sick leave and tnere is no one
to do the sorting job.
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MAIL TRIBUNE
How About a Sales Tax?
The 1955 Legislative Interim committee has or
dered a new tax bill to be ready for passage at the
start of next year's session.
A new bill is badly needed.
For the present measure is sending residents out
of the state, particularly to California.
And Oreo-nn can not afford a tax set-up that
decreases its population
come-tax paying groups.
We need more residents in this bracket, not less.
Mpdfnrd has Inst several citizens the Dast vear chiefly
for this reason of excessive
throughout the state must be considerable.
Any tax system that works in this fashion is a
bad one and should be repealed.
THERE are two chief objections to the present meas--
ure. No. 1 is the 45 per cent surtax. No. 2 is no
limit placed on the capital gains tax. The government
limits the latter to 25 per cent of the total profit, but
Oregon places its tax on all of it 100 per cent.
As has often been stated, the Mail Tribune be
lieves in the income tax as a principle, and through
the years has consistently supported such a tax for
the state as well as the nation. But there is a limit to
what should be done in this direction, and Oregon
has passed that limit. ,
If this state hasirt the highest income tax in the
country, it comes mighty close to it. In short, unless
repealed or materially modified it will price Oregon
out of the market as far as new residents are con
cerned or retaining the older ones.
.
fF COURSE this situation offers a golden oppor-
tunity to the long frustrated supporters of a
sales tax.
The Mail Tribune has opposed a sales tax f or
many years, and the people of Oregon have sustained
this view time after time.
A sales tax, unlike an income tax, places the major
burden upon those least able to pay.
But if the only alternative is the present unfair
set-up with its 45 per cent surtax and 100 per cent
capital-gains tax, then as far as this paper is con
cerned we are ready to swallow the sales tax pill, and
like it.
We won't like the taste,
guards, including food and medicine exemptions,
some such procedure is the only way to restore the
state s financial health then we are for it.
OOWEVER, before going overboard entirely we
A " would like to have a careful nonpartisan apprais
al of the entire tax structure made, to remove any
doubt that some form of sales tax IS the only alterna
tive. A member of the Legislature whose opinion we
respect maintains the evidence is conclusive that this
is the case, and he cites.a long list of states with sales
taxes to prove it. J - ?
OK if that is the only feasible way to get rid of
the present tax injustice, then the time has come, we
believe, to forget our long cherished preconceptions
against such a tax and adopt one. R.W.R.
Another "Ifu" Question
The Grants Pass Courier, which doesn't seem very
affectionately disposed toward the Mail Tribune of
late, asks what assurance this paper can give that
Senator Wayne Morse having pulled the "big switch"
once will not if re-elected do so again.
In other words, how can a man who has switched
from one party to another be trusted not to switch
back again?
Well, it depends, of course, upon the reasons for
the "switch." If, as with our senior Senator, it was a
matter of placing principle above party then until
there is a radical change in that party and those prin
ciples, there can be every assurance that there will be
no change in the affiliation.
TIE HAVE followed the career of Wayne Morse
since he was first named Dean of the Oregon
Law School.
We have never known him to compromise with
his always strongly held principles, or lack the cour
age of his convictions, no matter how unpopular they
might, at any given time, be. ' v
We never expect him to. ,.
Win, lose or draw Wayne Morse can always be
depended upon to do what he BELIEVES to be right
best for his state and nation letting the chips fall
where they may.
The only man in public life in Oregon in recent
years, who had similar courage (and like our senior
Senator was too prone, perhaps, to lead with his
chin), was our late and sincerely lamented Governor
and Congressman, General Charles H.' Martin of
Portland. These two Oregonians represent the type
of independent and intelligent statesmanship this
paper has through all the years supported, and be
lieves is today so greatly needed for the betterment of
this state and the welfare of the nation.
"N THE other hand if some weird transformation
should occur, the Democratic party should come
out for General Motors, General Electric, and Gen
eral Reaction to name only a few of the GOP chiefs
of staff while the elephant should suddenly become
reincarnated with the spirit of Teddy Roosevelt and
the Bull Moose crusading spirit !
Well, even then we would not expect Senator
Morse to execute any "switch," but we would not
be surprised to find him taking a long walk at the
next national election, and many of the voters with
him.
But that after all is purely academic.
For the age of political miracles has passed, and
such a transformation would rank, if it ever occurred,
at the top of the list in that classification. R.W.R.
Tuesday. April 24, 19SS
particularly among the in
tax burdens. The number
but if with proper safe
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Talk Growing About Presumed
Need for French 'Strong Man1
By CHARLES M. McCANN
United. Press Correspondent
There is growing talk in Paris
that a ' "strong man" may be
needed to get France out of its
F'i'lv?:' 7 political and
economic dif
ficulties. .'
These diffi
culties stem
largely from
World War II,
in which
France suf
fered sorely,
and from the
Charles McCann surge OI antl-
colonialism which followed it.
But they have been intensi
fied by 10 years of recurrent
cabinet crises due to a multi
party political system and re
sulting instability.
Socialist leader Guy Mollet
took office Feb. 1 as premier of
France's 22nd post-war govern
ment. He leads a coalition cabinet
representing the "Republican
Front" of the Socialist, Radical
Socialist and Democratic and
Socialist Resistance Union par
ties. These parties hold only 172
seats in the 596 seat National
Assembly. Mollet depends on the
support of other left-of-center
groups and the Communists. The
Civil Rights Issue Viewed
As Important in Election
Plans of Parties in 1956
By HELEN B. SHAFFER
Washington National manag
ers of the Democratic party show
more concern about how big-city
Negroes are going to vote in
1956 than at any time since the
mid-1930s. For two decades the
Negro vote has been almost solid
ly Democratic; this year colored
voters are giving signs of a readi
ness to switch back to the "party
of emancipation."
Not that Negroes are highly
pleased with the positions on ra
cial issues of the Republican
party or the Eisenhower admin
istration. For one thing they
would like to have the President
take forceful action to compel
obedience to the Supreme
Court's school desegregation or
der in the South. And they re
gard the civil rights program
submitted by the Attorney Gen
eral on Apr. 9 as far too weak
and too long delayed to get ac
tion before the present session
of Congress ends. - ' v,
See Southern Domirialion
- But colored-voters are being
told by the GOP and their own
leaders that the Democratic
party has shown that it is domin
ated by a southern leadership
still strongly attached to white
supremacy. Also that Demo
cratic victory in November
would keep southerners in key
positions in Congress among
them Sen. James O. Eastland CD
Miss.) whose chairmanship of
the Senate Judiciary Committee
puts him in position to obstruct
civil rights legislation and to
block appointments to the fed
eral bench at a time when much
of the fight against segregation
must be conducted in the courts.
, Sen. Lyndon Johnson (D-Tex.),
majority leader of the Senate,
has proposed a constitutional
amendment to outlaw the poll
tax in federal electrons and this
has a fair chance of Senate, ap
proval, for the southerners do
not oppose submitting such an
amendment to the states. But
poll taxes are no longer regarded
as a serious obstacle even in the
five southern states where they
must stUl be paid as a prerequi
site to voting. Leaders of the
colored race are not much inter
ested in the Johnson amendment;
they say that if Congress wants
to abolish the poll tax it can do
that by a simple statute adopted
by majority vote.
Many Free lo Vote
While covert intimidation and
fancy, registration requirements
materially restrict Negro voting
in the rural South, the three to
four million Negroes of voting
age who live in the North are as
free to exercise the franchise as
any other citizen. And their vot
ing efficiency is high. It appears
to be higher than that of various
other special groups house
wives, northern farmers, trade
union members. Negro organiza
tions are now urging their mem
bers to go to the polls in No
vember in greater numbers than
ever before.
This is important to political
managers because most of the
northern Negroes live in heavily
populated states which have
many votes in the electoral col
lege. As has frequently been
pointed out, the big-city, Ne
groes, if skillfully organized and
strongly allied with other minor
ities interested in protection of
civil rights, could exercise a bal
ance of power in close national
elections.
Truman' Had Support
In the election of 1948 Harry
Truman had the almost unani
mous support of Negro voters.
He would have failed of an elec
toral college majority if a few
thousand votes in any two of
three states which went Demo
cratic by margins of less than
one per cent of the popular vote
had been cast the other way.
Democratic standing with Ne
gro voters could be improved
Communists, with 144 seats,
have the biggest representation
in the Assembly.
Mollet Faces Tests
Mollet faces a series of tests
in the National Assembly this
week. Some of them will in
volve votes of confidence. The
issues include Algeria and in
creased social security benefits.
French political experts pre
dict that Mollet will survive. But
it will be partly oecause the
Assembly does not want a cab
inet crisis while the Algerian
situation remains critical.
The long-range outlook is for
a continued period of uncertain
ty because Mollet's coalition
lacks a majority in Parliament
and also because the coalition it
self is shaky.
Hence comes the renewed talk
that a "strong man" might be
the answer.
The only candidate in sight,
if things came to that, is Gen.
Charles De Gaulle, wartime
leader of Free France. .
De Gaulle headed the govern
ment after the war, but retired
from office in January, 1946.
He remained, for a long time,
a power in politics with his
political group, the Rally of the
French People. But the party
gradually fell to pieces.
De Gaulle remained in retire-
this year by nominating Gov.
Averell Harriman of New York
as the party's standard bearer
and adopting a strong declara
tion on civil rights. However,
such action would invite a repe
tition of the southern walkout of
1948 and could lead to revival
of the States' Rights party in the
South or to a switch of import
ant southern support to Eisen
Growing West Offers
Tempting Political
Prize to Big
Washington (CQ) The Far
West with 79 electoral votes,
57 House seats, eight Senate
seats and six governorships at
stake .in ; November offers a'
tempting, .political, prize to Re
publicans and Democrats.
On the basis of the -1954 elec
tion, things are looking up for
the Democrats in the eight
Mountain and three Pacific coast
states that comprise the West.
They picked 'up Senate seats in
Oregon and Wyoming and lost
one in (jblorado, for a net gain
of one. They also elected three
Democratic governors in Ari
zona, Colorado and New Mex
ico where there were none
before.
Uphill Fight
But Democrats face an uphill
fight against President Eisen
hower in the West. The 1952
Republican candidate carried 51
of 57 Congressional districts and
all 11 states, with 57.3 per cent
of the more than , 9,000,000
votes. That was some 2 per cent
more than for the nation as a
whole.
Population shifts could hold
the key to the outcome of bal
loting this November. Census
figures show that, from 1950 to
1955, the West as a whole gain
ed about 3,600,000 persons for
an increase of 18.3 per cent, or
twice the national average. Al
most 2,500,000 of this gain was
in California alone. .
The political importance of
these gains is underscored by
the results of a special analysis
of the' population and voting
characteristics of California's 30
Congresisonal districts, based on
the 1954 election and the 1950
census the latest complete fig
ures available.
GOP Outvoted
Democrats outvoted Republi
cans in the 1954 Congressional
races in California by more
than 100,000 votes statewide.
But Democrats elected only 11
Representatives to 19 for the
Republicans. This disparity in
results seems to stem from the
relative size of the Congression
al districts, which were reap
portioned to give California
seven additional House seats
following the 1950 census.
Congressional Quarterly's
study found that 18 of the state's
30 districts qualified as metro
politan that is, almost whoUy
urban. In 1954, Republicans
won in 12 of these districts,
Democrats in six. Of the dozen
non-metropolitan districts, Re
publicans won seven, Democrats
five.
The six Democratic city dis
tricts averaged 435,000 popula
tion in 1950, or 40 per cent larg
er than the 309,000-person aver
age for the 12 Republican city
districts. Unless the GOP-repre-sented
districts have grown and
continue to grow at a much fast
er pace than the six Democratic
led districts, Democrats will con
tinue to be at a disadvantage in
Congressional contests until an
other reapportionment follow- i
ment at his country home.
Now he is starting to visit
Paris again each week. His re
cent visitors have included
Pierre Mendes-France, Radical
Socialist and co-leader of the
Mollet coalition.
French Fear Strong Men
De Gaulle certainly is the
"strong man" type. He holds
that the only way out of
France's plight is to dissolve the
National Assembly, elect a con
stituent assembly and write a
new constitution.
Under this constitution, as De
Gaulle sees it, France would
have an American-type consti
tution. This would mean a strong
executive, headed by a man who
would wield the power of both
president and premier, sup
ported by a strong parliamen
tary majority under a new vot
ing system.
The trouble is that French
people generally do not like
"strong men" leaders. They see
the threat of the rise of Fascism
in France, and a dictatorship.
Further, De Gaulle is handi
capped" by his cold personality
and his inflexibility. He lacks
the gift of being able to harmon
ize political rivalries and to
compromise when necessary.
But the present situation persists
in France, the more talk there
will be of the need of a "strong
man" De Gaulle or somebody
else.
Prospect Adds $372
To Alorcfi of Dimes Fund
An additional $372 has been
turned into the Jackson county
March of Dimes campaign fund
from Prospect, Aubrey Loper,
county campaign treasurer, said
today. Loper said" $122 of the
amount came from a dance and
$250 from a timber sale spon-
sored by the Prospect Lions club.
The amount brings the Pros
pect contribution to the polio
fund campaign to $677.83, Loper
said.
Parties
ing the 1960 census, when Cali
fornia is slated to gain another
eight seats.
Other Differences
CQ's study pointed , up other
sharp differences between these
two groups of districts. For ex
ample, the proportion of Ne
groes was twice as large in the
six Democratic districts as in
the 12 Republican districts 7.8
per cent against 3.6 per cent,
Blue-collar workers outnumber
ed white-collar workers in the
former, in the proportion of 57.3
to 40.6, while the ratio was: re
versed 41.7 to 55.9 in the
Republican districts.
By contrast, only insignificant
differences were noted between
the seven GOP-held non-metro
politan districts (average popu
lation 349,000) and the five
Democratic - held non - city dis
tricts (average population 363,-
000). Thus the greatest political
consequences of population
shifts are most likely to make
themselves felt in the highly ur
ban areas of California.
The problems of Democrats
are not confined to California.
In a total 1954 vote of about
7,000,000 in the. 11 western
states, Republican Congression
al candidates polled only 50,000
more votes than Democrats, yet
ended up with 37 of the 57
House seats.
Votes Boosted
However, 13 of the -37 win
ning Republicans won by less
than 55 per cent of the vote,
while this was true of only four
of the 20 winning Democrats,
The four "marginal" Democrats
all increased their share of the
vote in 1954, and in two cases
California's B. F. Sisk and Ore
gon's Edith Green wrested
seats from the Republicans. But
five of. the 13 "marginal" Repub
licans also boosted their share
of the 1954 vote, in one case
(California's John F. Baldwin
Jr.) winning a Democratic seat.
Democrats and Republicans
stand on even ground in the
Senate. Each party holds 11 "of
the 22 western seats and must
defend four in 1956. Democratic
seats at stake are those held by
Sens. Alan Bible (Nev.), Carl
Hayden (Ariz.), Warren G. Mag
nusen (Wash.) and Wayne Morse
(Ore.); GOP seats are those of
Sens. Wallace F. Bennett (Utah),
Thomas H. Kuchel (Calif.), Eu
gene D. Millikin (Colo.) and Her
man Welker (Idaho). All but
Bennett and Bible have an
nounced plans to seek re-election.
Each party likewise is defend
ing three governorships, but the
job may be tougher for the
Democrats since the three are all
they have. Democratic incum
bents are Ernest W. McFarland
(Ariz.), Edwin C. Johnson (Colo.)
and John F. Simms Jr. (N.M.).
GOP governors up are J. Hugo
Aronson (Mont.), J. Bracken Lee
(Utah) and Arthur B. Langlie
(Wash.).
(Copyright 1956,
Congressional Quarterly)
Matter of Fact by
Cairo Egypt's new leader,
Gamal Abdel Nasser, Is reported
to have remarked about recent
Western and
Soviet dealing
with the Mid
die East, that
he had "never
seen good peo
ple do so badly
and bad peo
ple do soweU."
C e r t a inly
the bad peo-
joseph Aisop pie, the Sov
iets, have been handling their
relations with Egypt and the
Arab world with real brilliance.
The arms deal is only part of the
story. So are the extensive trade
relations now being established
between the Arab states and the
entire Soviet bloc.
The real story is something
bigger than either of these de
velopments, important as they
both are. It is the carefully cal
culated effort by the Kremlin
and its agents to persuade the
Arab nationalist leaders that
they can have full Soviet back
ing for anything they want to
do, anytime they want to ask
for it.
A FTER the Eden-Eisenhower
x- meeting in ' Washington, for
example, strong though informal
hints were dropped both here
in Cario and in Damacus that
the Arab state could count on
Soviet military support if the
Western powers intervened in
an Arab-Israeli war on behalf
of Israel. Again, before the meet
ing of the United Nations Se
curity Council that sent Dag
Hammarskjold off on his peace
making mission, the Soviet Am
bassador here called on Prime
Minister Nasser to ask what at
titude Egypt wished the Soviet
Union to take in the matter.
Towards the Arab nationalists,
in fact, the masters of the Krem
lin are now using the phrases
of an old fashioned European
hotel . concierge "At your ser
vice gentlemen, you have only to
command and it wiU be done."
There are clear signs, too, that
these flattering attentions are
causing some Arab nationalists
to think rather longingly of any
break with the West and Soviet
alliance.
"TJURING the last week, for
f instance, Cairo rocked with
the story of an editorial pub
lished in the government news
paper under the signature of a
member of the revolutionary of
ficers council and Minister of
State, Col. Anwar el Sadat. In
this effusion, the Colonel de
nounced both Britain and the
United States in the bitterest
terms, heaped the warmest
praise on the Soviet Union, and
in effect suggested that Egypt
should look only to the Kremlin
for aid and friendship.
Prime Minister Nasser was
frankly appalled when he read
the editorial. Col. Anwar el
Sadat was ordered to publish
another editorial cancelling the
first.. But in this second effusion
he hardly went further than to
admit that after all, President
Eisenhower was not a bad fel
low.
Altogether, it will be just as
idiotic for the Washington and
London policy makers to ignore
the present Soviet diplomatic
propaganda offensive in this
area, as it was idiotic for them
to ignore the many advance
warnings that the Soviets were
about to sell arms to Egypt.
Above all it must be understood
that the Soviets enjoy great ad
vantages here in the Middle
East. "
Congressional
Quiz
(Copyright, 195S
Congressional Quarterly)
Q Congress recently passed
a biU extending for another two
years a program for brucellosis
control. Brucellosis is: (a) an or
chard blight; (b) a livestock dis
ease; (c) illegal use of "wet
backs" as itinerant farm labor
ers; (d) a common garden pest
A (b) A livestock disease
which, when transmitted to hu
mans, becomes undulant fever.
' Q The nub of the farm bill
controversy is over price sup
ports. Both sides agree on sup
ports, but not on whether they
should be "rigid" or "flexible."
Either way, supports are com
puted by relating present mar
ket prices to "parity" or a fair
price based on the average price
over a given period of prosper
ity. What period has been used
for many years as a price base?
(a) 1896-1905; (b)-1910-1914; (c)
1922-1927; (d) 1932-1937.
(b) 1910-1914 is the old par
ity base. A "modernized" parity
formula based on prices over the
last 10 years was introduced in
1950 as an alternative. Which
ever is higher is used for deter
mining price supports on the ba
sic commodities.
Q Which President of the
U.S. appointed our first Secre
tary of Agriculture: (a) Abra
ham Lincoln; (b) Grover Cleve
land; (c) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
A Grover Cleveland appoint
ed the first Secretary of Agricul
ture Norman J. Colman in
1889. The Department of Agri
culture was created in 1862, but
was not raised to Cabinet rank
until 1889.
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Joseph AIsop
IN THEIR dealings with th
excitable Arab nationalists,
the Soviets do not have to make
the bothersome conditions that
the West must make. They do
not have to say "We cannot
allow you to attack." They do
not have to say, "Leave the oil
alone, it is our lifeblood." They
can sav instead. "Take the oil
it has been stolen from you."
And with all this, they can play
the anti-colonial trumpet in a
a way that sounds extremely
convincing to Arab ears.
The real Soviet aim. of course
is to use Arab nationalism as a
weaDon to cut the oil inmiinK
of Western Europe. Thus Britain
is to be bankrupted, NATO is
to be brought down In ruin,
and the Western alliance is to
be crippled or destroyed. The
wiser Arab leaders, conspicuous
ly including Prima MinistA
Nasser, are not at all averse to
using the Soviets as levers to
move the West, but at the same
time they fully understand tha
real Soviet aims.,
ABOVE all, Nasser and the
others like him understand
that a final break with the West
would leave the Arab nationalist
movement in naked isnla tinn
with the Soviet Union. They do
nox nice to admit the fact to
Westerners, since this decrease
their bargaining power. But
Nasser and the others like him
also realize that weak powers
left in isolation with a giant
power must inevitably fall under
the giant power's domination.
They know, in short, that if
they do not have the West to
balance their relations with the
Soviet bioc, they will lose the
independence they have fought
so hard for.
But if the Western statesmen
do not find some means to come
to terms with the new Arab
nationalism, even those nation
alist leaders who see the peril
ahead will be forced further and
further towards an outright pro
Soviet policy. Even Prime Min
ister - Nasser, strong as he is,
cannot altogether resist the tide
of emotion among his followers.
And this is why this is a grave
moment of choice for the West
1956, New York Herald
Tribune Inc.
Budgets Receive
Tentative OK by
Education Board
Portland (U.R) A 1956-57
campus operating budget of $16,
774,111 and a budget for state
wide services which includes the
teaching hospitals and clinics,
extension services and agricul-,
tural research, of $7,209,861,
was tentatively approved by the
State Board of Higher Education
at its committee session here
yesterday.
Shortage of funds was one of
the main items of discussion.
Salary Matter Critical
Chancellor John R. Richards
emphasized that the matter of
faculty salaries is critical. Salary
adjustments are limited to 3V4
per cent by the Legislature and
are given on a merit basis.
About 36 per cent of the teach
ing staff will receive pay in
creases running from $100 to
$300 a year.
The tentative campus budget
is based on a contemplated en
rollment increase of 1695 stu
dents next fall. This would be
9.9 per cent over a year ago.
New Positions Due
Also 72 new teaching positions
are to be added to staffs of state
schools in line with the upward
trend in enrollment.
The board today accepted
$246,402 in gifts and grants. In
cluded was $37,003 from the
Arkansas Experiment in Teach
er Education, Little Rock, to
finance the University of Ore
gon's participation in the pro
gram. U. S. Public Health Service
grants totaling $93,175 will sup
port research work at the uni
versity medical school.
FATHER CHRISTMAS?
Marham. Eneland (U.R) Ian
Raymonds, 5, Monday asked
goateed Soviet Premier Nikolai
Bulganin, "Are you Father
Christmas (Santa Claus)?'.'
MR.
INSURANCE
FRED
BRENNAN
Our Inventory is completed. Now
that we have the actual valuation
of our stock, fixtures, furnishings,
and the replacement value of our
building, would it be wise to adjust
our Fire, Business Interruption, and
Theft policies to fit the actual
values?
CALL
MEDFORD INSURANCE
AGENCY
Phone 2-4940