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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30 and
to years ago.
10 TEARS AGO
June 5. 1948 .
(It was Wednesday)
Medford's tax levy for the fis
cal year 1946-47 will be $147,129,
according to the budget adopted
last night by the city budget
committee following adjourn
ment of the city council session.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: Auto indif
ference at the crossings this
morning caused a passenger
train engineer to "skin the cat"
five straight times on the whis
tle cord.
10 YEARS AGO
June S. 1936
Ot was Friday)
Two directors for Medford
school district. No. 49, will be
elected Monday, June 15, it was
announced by Superintendent E.
H. Hedrick.
Charles E. Clay, former well
known business man of this city,
has returned to Medford to be
come associated with Snider
Dairy and Produce company
here.
30 YEARS AGO
June 5. 1926
Ot was Saturday)
Preparations for the observ
ance of "All Kiwanis Night" are
underway by the Ashland. Klam
ath Falls and Medford Kiwanis
clubs.
The Codco Dublicity depart
ment has arranged a special
showing of the new Copco mov
ies at the company's building on
West Main st. tonight
40 YEARS AGO
June 5. 1916
(It was Monday)
Reports filed with Medford
police Monday morning tell of
six auto accidents on the Pacific
highway Sunday, none serious
From Local and Personal col
umn: J. H. Carlton, of Central
Point, spent Monday in this city
attending to business matters.
What's the Answer?
1. Cyprus is the third largest
island in the Mediterranean; the
largest and second largest are
(a) Sicily and Sardinia or (b)
Crete and Malta?
2. Social security is compul
sory or voluntary for a self-employed
businessman, or isn't
available?
3. The Steelworkers are ask
ing Big Steel for 26 or 52 weeks
a year of supplementary unem
ployment benefits?
4. When a do-it-yourselfer
"boxes" his paint, he pours it
from can to can for thorough
mixing or puts the cans away in
a fireproof box?
5. Wines are transported in
tankers from California to East
Coast parts; right or wrong?
6. Heart disease, leading cause
of death in the U.S., is the big
gest or next to biggest killed in
Japan, or way down the list? .
7. The 18th (Prohibition)
amendment was repealed by the
19th. 20th, 21st, or 22nd amend
ment? The Answers: 1. Sicily and
Sardinia. 2. It's compulsory. 3.
Union demand is for 52 weeks.
4. Pours from can io can. 5.
Wrong, but a wine tanker is
scheduled for service next
spring. 6. No. 5 killer in Japan
(60 per 100,000 population
against over 500 per 100,000 in
U.S.) 7. 21st amendment. i
MAIL TRIBUNE
McKay Politics Repudiated
Word comes to us from Washington, D. C, that
President Eisenhower did not accept Secretary of the
Interior McKay's resignation with such alacrity solely
because he believed he was so "sure-fire" to defeat
Wayne Morse. The President also opposed retaining
him in the administration, for he believed him and his
"Give-Away" record to be a definite political liability.
In other words while the President and his advisers
did believe Secretary McKay to be the logical oppon
ent for Morse, they would not have exerted so much
pressure and so suddenly, had they not believed also
the sooner they got rid of McKay as a member of the
administration, the better for their 1956 campaign.
'IXT'E HAVE been given no absolute proof this is cor
rect. But from the first we suspected it. And we
fiimly believe that if the administration had really
wanted Mr. McKay and his "give-away" doctrine
retained, "Dear Doug" would still be having his pic
ture taken with that most august body, the cabinet.
e a
COMPARING the records of Secretary McKay and
that of his successor, strengthens this assump
tion. For if the President had searched his party for an
anti-McKay type, he could scarcely have been more
successful than his choice of ex-Senator Seaton of
Nebraska.
Here we have the GOP antipodes politically
speaking McKay the Ultra Conservative, Seaton the
Genuine Liberal ; McKay the Big Business worshipper
who believes and we think sincerely that what is
best for General Motors IS best for the country; and
the "Gentleman from Nebraska" a public power state,
who believes that what is best for the country should
come first.
IT WAS rather pathetic in fact when the Seaton ap-
pointment was announced to hear that still small
voice from Salem claim that the appointment was a
confirmation of Secretary McKay's views and record.
The only evidence presented was the Seaton en
dorsement of the power - partnership plan. But former
Senator Seaton did not endorse it as a ruse to block
public power development for he believes in public
power, he only gave his ok when public power was im
possible or impractical either for financial or engin
eering reasons.
Quite a difference!
e e e
A FEW of the important issues involved in the ad-
ministration of the Interior Department show a
similar fundamental difference.
Tidelands oil for example. This notorious "give
away" of billions to 3 or 4 states and passed on (by
lease) to half a dozen of the largest oil operators,
when it should have gone to the people of the country
as a whole.
Secretary McKay was for this deal 100, while
Senator Seaton spoke and voted against it.
Mr. Seaton also was for Alaska statehood, which
Secretary of the Interior refused to favor. He likewise
was in favor of Niagara Falls power development by
the state of New York, McKay, of course, wasn't.
TN SHORT the administration of the Interior De-
partment under Secretary Seaton regarding oil and
timber conservation, public vs. private power, wild
life development, Indian lands administration, etc.,
etc., practically everything of importance but the
single item of partnership-power, promises to be as
different from that of former Secretary McKay as
black is from white. '
Whether it is literally true or not, that one of the
main reasons for selecting Secretary McKay to take on
Senator Morse in the Fall, was to get rid of a definite
political liability we don't know, but there can be no
denial that the selection of the former Senator from
Nebraska was and is a complete repudiation of the
basic political philosophy of his predecessor.
Finally lend an ear to this, quote:
"The Republican party must be a positive party . . . We
Republicans will find success in the solid middle ground be
tween a spendthrift left and reactionary right ... It does us
no good whatever at the polls to cry 'socialism' every time
a measure is offered to combat or correct an evil . . . Cer
tainly it is not socialism to abolish the sweatshop, to regulate
hours and put a floor under wages. Neither is it socialism
to regulate the stock exchange or the dealings in agricul
tural commodities, to assure the farmer of parity between
the prices of what he sells and the prices of what he must
buy. Nor is it socialism to conserve our natural resources,
to build dams for flood control, for irrigation, and for elec
tric power, or to bring electricity to the farmers . . ."
Shut your eyes and try to imagine that being part
of a speech ever delivered by former Secretary of the
Interior Douglas McKay.
Hard to do?
Exactly.
But it is an extract from a speech delivered by his
successor in Topeka, Kansas when he was a member
of the U.S. Senate ! R.W.R.
Labor Heads Gather To
Washington (U.R) Tha
AFL-CIO top command gathered
today for possibly week long
talks on a series of thorny prob
lems including whether to en
dorse a presidential candidate.
The 29-member AFL-CIO Ex
ecutive Council scheduled the
first of the top level talks as the
AFL and CIO completed their
first six months as a merged
union.
Both national labor organiza
tions endorsed Democratic pres
idential nominee Adlai E. Stev
enson in 1952. But both AFL
CIO President George Meany
and AFL-CIO Vice - President
Walter Reuther, former CIO
president, have criticized both
the Republicans and Democrats
this year.
The Executive Council will
Tuesday. June S, 195B
Discuss Problems
consider the possibility of call
ing a special convention of dele
gates for the purpose of endors
ing a presidential candidate this
year. The delegates would rep
resent the AFL-CIO's 16 million
members.
'Work Do Called
For Antioeh Cemetery
Mrs. Belle Loftin was elected
to the board of directors of the
Antioeh cemetery association at
a recent meeting. J. W. Bigham
was reelected chairman of the
board.
The association called a "work
day" for Saturday, June 9, at
the cemetery. AU members and
friends are urged to participate,
board members said.
Important Developments Seen
Forthcoming in Cyprus Dispute
By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Correspondent
There may be some important
developments soon in the Cy
prus situation.
Great Britain is now review
s'! ine its policy
on the Mediter
ranean island,
which it has
made its prin
cipal military
base in the
Middle East.
It seems to be
1 n c r e asingly
likely that out
Charles Metana review
will come new proposals for ne
gotiations on the future of Cy
prus. These negotiations, it is indi
cated, would involve Britain,
Greece, Turkey and the Greek
Cypriot islanders who demand
that Britain hand over Cyprus
to Greece.
It is indicated also that the
United States be invited to play
a part as a friendly observer.
Negotiations on Cyprus have
been suspended since early in
March, when talks between
Britain and Greek Orthodox
Catholic Archbishop Makarios,
the Cypriot Nationalist leader,
broke down.
Force With Force
Since then Britain has em
barked on a policy of meeting
force with force.
Archbishop Makarios has been
deported to the Seychelles
islands in the Indian ocean, ac
cused of direct complicity in
Greek Cypriot violence. Two
rebels have been hanged. But
violence has continued.
Greece is bitterly angry over
California Primary
Today
Seen As End
For Adlai or Estes
Washington, D.C. Now
comes the Big One. Preferential
primary elections to date have
clearly identified the two men
now leading for the Democratic
presidential nomination. Today's
primary in California is expect
ed to put one or the other of
them out of the race. There is no
guarantee, however, that the
winner In California wiU finally
be named as the party's standard
bearer.
s The close division of the popu
lar vote in Florida last Tuesday
51 per cent for Stevenson, 49
per cent for Kefauvcr left the
race still wide open.
An Associated Press summary
after the Florida primary
showed that Stevenson had 174
pledged and committed conven
tion votes to 133 for Kefauver.
But there will be 1,372 votes in
the Chicago convention and
686 'i are needed for nomina
tion. 68 Convention Votes
At stake in California are 68
votes in the Democratic conven
tion. The primary there is the
last of five in which Stevenson
and Kefauver have met head on,
with both names on the ballot.
Each aspirant has campaigned
long and vigorously in the Gold
en State.
Perhaps the trickiest element
in trying to guess 'the California
result is the relative appeal of
Stevenson and Kefauver to the
state's senior citizens. The Ten
nessee Senator has the backing
of the California Institute of So
cial Welfare, generally consid
ered the most powerful old age
pension organization in the state.
But for what it's worth as an
omen, Stevenson ran surprising
ly well in the Gulf Coast areas
of Florida where many oldsters
have gone to retire.
Civil Rights Issue
Civil rights early became an
issue in California. Kefauver in
Fresno on Feb. 4 departed from
a prepared text to declare him
self against racial bias and for a
federal law against "mob ac
tion." As for the Supreme Court
ruling on schools, it was "the
duty of public officials and the
President to uphold . . . and de
fend the Constitution. Several
Negro leaders swung over to
Kefauver after a secret meeting
in Fresno. He conspicuously
spurned the anti-integration
"manifesto" issued by Southern
members of Congress in March.
Stevenson may have been
hurt by his advocacy of gradual
ism in school desegregation. But
his backers in California have
been pointing out that in 1940
Kefauver voted against an anti
lynching biU; in 1949 for a re
vision of the Senate cloture rule
which was supported by South
ern Democrats. They have been
telling the voters that in 1950
Kefauver had opposed the Tru
man administration program on
integration in the armed forces;
in 1948 he had opposed a com
pulsory Fair Employment Prac
tice Act.
Stevenson has most of the
pro's among California Demo
crats on his side. But the state
wide Democratic organization
can hardly be called highly ef
fective. Despite a heavy pull in
voters registrations about 3 to
2 at present the Democrats
hold neither of the state's two
seats in the Senate, only 11 of
the 30 California seats in the
House.
Editorial Research Reports.
-v4 ft
the deportation of Makarios and
the execution of the rebels.
Greek Foreign Minister Spy
ros Theotokis has been forced to
resign because of accusations
that he took a lukewarm attitude
toward the demand that Britain
give -up Cyprus.
There have been serious riots
between Greek Cypriots, who
make up 80 per cent of the
island's 500,000 population, and
Turkish Cypriots who make up
the other 20 per cent.
Turkey is showing increasing
interest in the situation. It says
that the rights of the Turkish
minority must be fully safe
guarded in any settlement. It
Matter of Fact sy stewan ai$oP
MR. SHEPILOV
Washington Now that V.M.
Molotov's head has been offered
to Marshall Tito on a platter.
the name of
Dmitri Shepi
lov, Molotov's
sue cessor as
Soviet Foreign
Minis ter, is
certain to be
come sadly
f a m i 1 iar to
news paper
Stewart aisod may inus oe
worth recalling an interview
this reporter had with Shepilov
in Moscow last summer.
The interview took place in
a big room in the plant of
"Pravda" the Communist party
newspaper, of which Shepilov
was editor until last week. This
reporter and William Worthy of
the "Baltimore Afro-American"
were ushered into a long, brown
ish, dark room, fustily dreary in
the indescribable Soviet manner,
decorated with the inevitable
huge, heroic pictures of Lenin
and Stalin (one wonders if Sta
lin's picture is still on the waU).
AT ONE end of a long table sat
Shepilov. He is a very big
man about six foot three with
a tired, handsome, strong face,
tousled greying hair, and huge,
hamlike hands. He was flanked
by two younger men, one of
them an English - speaking
"Pravda" reporter. Their man
ner towards him was all obse
quiousness. They laughed when he
laughed, a little louder, and
when a tactlessly inconvenient
question was asked, the English-
speaking Teporter would inter
pret it to Shepilov with a de
precatory, half - embarrassed
grimace, as though to remind
the boss that the question was
none of his making.
That was the first impression
of Shepilov that he is a born
boss, a hard-driving, ruthless,
fiercely ambitious, highly intel
ligent, immensely able man. The
interview started with the ob
vious (fuestion was it true that
Shepilov was slated to replace
Molotov as Foreign Minister.
.
THE question was interpreted
with a special, smirking ob
sequiousness, and it obviously
angered Shepilov such delicate
matters are not publicly dis
cussed in the Soviet Union. The
talk about his becoming Foreign
Minister was "nonsense," he
said, "the usual irresponsible
speculation in the foreign press."
On this frosty note the inter
view began. It lasted for two
hours, perhaps three. It quickly
became apparent that , no real
news would result Shepilov
brushed off aU questions about
the forthcoming Geneva confer
ence and other matters of cur
rent interest. So this reporter
tried, instead, to sense the an
swer to a single question. Did
this coming man, representing
the new, upsurging generation
which had never known any
thing but Soviet life, really be
lieve the rigid doctrines of the
regime he served?
The long interview was a curi
ously baffling experience. Some
times in the Soviet Union, in a
chance encounter at a restau
rant or while traveling, it is pos
sible to make contact with a hu
man being, and to sense, even
across the language barrier, a
personal and individual re
sponse. But aside from that just
buU flash of anger, talking to
Shepilov as to any high Soviet
official, was a wholly automatic
experience.
mm
YOU ask your question and
back comes the answer, as
predictable and impersonal as
though you had dialed for the
time or the weather on the tele
phone. Did Mr. Shepilov agree with
Lenin that a "series of fearful
clashes" must occur between the
Capitalist and Communist
worlds? "It is inevitable as night
follows day that the Capitalist
system wiU be replaced by the
Socialist system."
Did Mr. Shepilov agree with
Mr. Malenkov that nuclear war
might destroy civilization. "Civ
ilization will not die. Instead,
the more bases the Americans
establish, the more quickly will
capitalism die, because the peo
ple will rise against American
inperialism."
And so on. In one way, the In
terview was a futile experience,
since it would have been simpler
to get the current party line
from the pages of "Pravda." But
it was useful in another way.
For, as the automatic, predi-
gested responses followed each
H "t " '
says also that if Britain gives up
Cyprus, Turkey must have it. It
seems prepared to back up its
position with force if necessary.
It looks, on the surface, as if
there is an almost hopeless
stalemate.
Demands Policy Review
But for some weeks now,
there have been growing de
mands in Britain, in which
some of Prime Minister Anthony
Eden's conservatives join, for a
review of Cyprus policy. v
The review seems to be what
might be called a positive one.
That is, that Eden intends to find
a new approach to the whole
situation. .
other, over vodka and wine and'
delicious fruit, this reporter be
came more and more certain that
Shepilov really and deeply be
lieved what he was saying.
HE REALLY and deeply be
lieves that the Soviet system
and the American system are in
herently and totaUy hostile, and
that the only possible outcome
must be and will be the utter de
struction of the American sys
tem. He will take this convic
tion, which he shares with all
the Soviet leaders, into his new
role as Foreign Minister, and it
will be the base line from which
he operates.
In this era of the Soviet smile,
when hopeful voices are being
raised that a true peace settle
ment may be reached with the
new Soviet regime, it is worth
while occasionaUy reminding
oneself of that fact.
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New York Herald Tribune, Inc.)
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Gas-Bumer Danger
To the Editor: The cost of get
ting a modern freeway by a city.
large or small, is getting near
the prohibitive level, measured
in taxes that must be paid. The
wrecking of fine old homes
whose workmanship is not and
likely cannot be duplicated by
today s builders, is grievous in
deed. But such costs and penal
ties, hard to bear as they be, are
actually secondary ones. The
main concern, which has come
to my attention but once in the
M-T, is that of our health. The
lethal gases, including deadly
monoxides, from the exhausts
of car and truck, is heavier than
air. Seeking the lowest levels
it is blamed by tests now being
conducted for the rising inci
dence of respiratory ailments
and lung-cancer. Drastic laws
are being studied to keep auto
motive equipment off the city
center streets of our larger cit
ies, especially during the many
windless days of late summer
and fall when smog becomes a
real issue.
Neither our local planning
commission nor state highway
officials seem to have given any
comment to this part ot the prob
lem, which would rule out both
the Genessee and Bear Creek
routes. Surely, the health of peo
ple is not going to be measured
against the price of pears or any
other commodity?
There , were hopes that the
trackless trolley would solve the
growmg vehicle exhaust gas
problem. But they seem to have
as hard a time of survival as
other means of mass-transporta
tion.
So, a letter was mailed to the
Ford Motor Co. at Dearborn,
Mich., suggesting the manufac
turing revival of the battery-
driven town car, a three-wheeled
vehicle carrying two passengers
and power applied to the steer
ing front wheel, which would be
able to park two where one gas
burner parks now. A coin-ln-the-meter
plug-in would allow the
batteries to be recharged. The
low speed of these small vehicles
would eliminate much of the
city traffic accidents, and all of
the gas menace in proportion to
their numbers. Fords answer
was about the same as the two
word turndown of the west-side
freeway suggestion by the state
highway commission. But it is
my prediction that the battery-
driven town car will soon be a
reality, a most necessary one.
F. J. Clifford
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Medford, Ore.
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GOP Administration's
Grants-in-Aid Higher
Than Democrats Were
Washington (CQ) The Eis-I
enhower administration has paid
out about $250,000,000 more in
grants-in-aid to state and local
governments in the past three
fiscal years than the Truman ad
ministration distributed -m the
previous four years.
At the same time, federal
grants paid o individuals over
the last three years only added
up to one-third as much as was
paid out during the four Truman
years.
These and other facts concern
ing grants-in-aid were revealed
in. Congressional Quarterly's an
nual survey of federal grants
and their distribution among
the states.
The survey showed that total
grants, which averaged $5,000,
000,000 a year during the 1949-
52 period, dropped to $4,100,-
000,000 in fiscal 1953, then
climbed to $4,300,000,000 in
1954 and $4,600,000,000 in 1955.
Budget estimates indicate grants
will total more than $5,000,000,-
000 for 1956 by the end of the
fiscal year June 30.
Crants to state and local gov
ernments, which totaled more
than $8,700,000,000 in the Tru-
jnan administration's 1949-52 pe
riod, amounted to slightly less
than $9,000,000,000 m the fiscal
1953-55 period of the Eisenhow
er administration. Grants to in
dividuals dropped from an $11,
400,000,000 total in the 1949-52
period to $3,900,000,000 in
1953-55.
All signs point to further in
creases in the years ahead. Pas
sage of pending federal high
way and school construction
legislation would add several
hundred million dollars a year
to the sums turned back to the
states in the form of grants.
In the 1949-52 period, grants
averaged 10 per cent of all fed
eral tax collections. This ratio
fell to 6 per cent in 1953 and
1954, then rose to 7 per cent in
1955 when tax cuts lowered to
tal collections. In all probability
the ratio will remain at 7 per
cent in 1956, since tax collec
tions as well as grants are ris
ing.
Treasury figures for fiscal
1955, just released, show that
the Department of Health, Edu
cation and Welfare alone dis
tributed nearly $1,900,000,000
in grants, or 40 per cent of the
$4,600,000,000 total. Largest of
HEW's grant programs was old
age assistance, which amounted
to $920,000,000. Another $388,
000,000 went to the states as aid
to dependent children.
VA Payments Big
Second largest federal grants-in-aid
program was the Veter
ans' administration's readjust-
m e n t benefits $680,000,000.
That sum topped the $670,000,
000 distributed by the Depart
ment of Agriculture under a doz
en programs. Grants of $595,-
000,000 for highway construe
tion, administered by the Com
merce department, took third
place. Thus, grants for old age.
dependent children, veterans
and highways added up to about
$2,600,000,000 or 56 per cent of
the $4,600,000,000 distributed
under 92 different programs.
California led all states in the
allocation of grants, with a total
of $396,000,000. Five programs
accounted for 70 per cent of that
total: old age assistance, $113,-
000,000; veterans' benefits, $58,
000,000; aid to dependent chil
dren, $43,000,000; highways,
$39,000,000, and emergency
school construction, $25,000,000.
These sums placed California
first among the states in grants
for old ags, veterans and schools
and second (after New York) in
grants for dependent children
and highways.
Next in order of total grants
were New York, $316,000,000:
Texas, $273,000,000; Pennsylva
nia, $212,000,000 and niinois.
$173,000,000. With 30 per cent
of the nation's estimated 1955
population, the five leading
states got 30 per cent of all the
grants-in-aid.
While federal grants often are
distributed to states on a match
ing basis, to meet jointly the
costs of what are considered es
sential programs, allocations
vary widely in terms of the re
sources and needs of individual
states. Thus, while the grants
amounted to' only 7 per cent of
federal tax collections national
ly, in Mississippi where taxes
came to $139,000,000, total
grants of $86,000,000 amounted
to 62 per cent of collections.
Only IS of the 48 states paid
proportionately more in taxes
than they received in the form
of federal grants-in-aid. Lead
ing taxpayer was New York,
which contributed $12,700,000,-
000 or 19 per cent of total fed
eral tax collections of $66,800,
000,000 in fiscal 1955. Grants of
$316,000,000 to New York
amounted to only 7 per cent of
all federal grants.
By contrast, the 13 southern
states, with 27 per cent of the
nation's population, together
collected $1,500,000,000 in
grants or 33 per cent of the to
tal, while paying in $10,100,000,
000 in federal taxes or 15 per
cent of the total.
$28 Per Person
On a per capita basis, grants
averaged $28 per person nation
w i d e. Wyoming's allocation
however, amounted to $88 per
capita, highest in the nation.
Reason for this was that Wyo
ming received $8,000,000 of the
$22,000,000 distributed as shar
ed revenues under the Mineral
Leasing act. This was almost
one-third of Wyoming's total al
location of $27,000,000 in grants.
Six other states received
grants which amounted to $50
or more per capita. They were
Nevada, $60; New Mexico, 58;
Idaho, $56; Oklahoma, $56; Mon
tana, $52; and Colorado, $50.
Although sparsely settled, the
western states nevertheless re
ceived proportionately large
highway construction grants.
Lowest per capita allocation
was New Jersey's $14. Other
states with less than $20: Indi
ana and Connecticut, $17; Illi
nois, Maryland and Ohio, $18;
Michigan and Pennsylvania,
$19.
(Copyright, 15.
Congressional Quarterly)
Oregon's Payments
Of Federal brants
Above U.S. Average
Washington (CQ) Feder
al grants-in-aid to state and
local governments and to in
dividuals in Oregon added up
to $64,977,000 in fiscal 1955.
With en estimated stale popu
latlon of 1.689.000, this
amounted to $39 per capita, in
contrast with a national per
capita of $28.
In the preceding year, fiscal
1954, federal grants to this
state totaled $59,424,000; in
fiscal 1953. $56,185,000. and
in the four-year 1949-52 pe
riod an average oi $58,310,000.
Federal tax collections in
Oregon in fiscal 1955 totaled
$429,231,000. This amounted
to .6 per cent of total federal
tax collections of $66,300,000,
000. By contrast, the state's
share of total grants of $4,
600,000,000 was 1.4 per cent.
Only 13 of the 48 states paid
a larger share of federal taxes
than they received of federal
grants.
Grants distributed in Ore
gon under Department of Ag
riculture programs totaled
$10,709,000. Of this sum $lv
511,000 was for conservation.
Health. Education and Wel
fare programs contributed a
total of $15,452,000. Of this
total, old age . assistance ac
counted for $7,825,000. aid to
dependent children another
$3,072,000.
Other major grant allot
ments to Oregon included $9.
024,000 for highway construc
tion; $2,254,000 and $1,155.
000 for regular and veterans
unemployment compensation
programs and $5,720,000 for
veterans' readjustment bene
fits. (Copyright, 195S,
Congressional Quarterly)
Dental Tradition
Says:
"Never Retire"
I have never done better
work than now and I have
no intention of retiring.
Dr. S. Ralph Dippel,
D.M.D.
MR.
INSURANCE
FRED
BRENNAN
We have $15,000 in "accounts
receivable." If our account files
were destroyed by fire, we
wouldn't know who owed us
money, or how much, and
would certainly go bankrupt.
Can we get insurance on our
"accounts receivable" to pro
tect us from such a loss?
CALL
MEDFORD INSURANCE
AGENCY
Phone 2-4940