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Roseburg Air Crash Fatal To Texas Man Eugene U.R) The crash of a imall private plane at a private air strip near here yes terday took the life of a 61-year old Texas man and injured two Roseburg, Ore., men. Dead was James Walter Reeve of McAllen, Tex. Police said he died outright when the plane struck a power line and flipped over when coming in for a landing. Pilot of the craft was May nard Engle, 40. He and another passenger Gus Reynolds 56, both of Roseburg, escaped with non critical injuries. Operations of Juvenile Office Here Described At Committee Meet Economic Aid To Poland To Be Problem Washington-(U.R) The Unit ed States will face a major pol icy decision on whether to give economic aid to the new regime in Poland on the pattern it has followed with Communist Yugo slavia. Poland asked this country some months ago for wheat. Pre viously, the two nations had failed to work out an agreement. Poland is expected to press its request, howeve, using the ar gument that, like Yugoslavia, it no longer is under Moscow domination. Problems faced by the juve nile office of circuit court, both as to work done and personnel needed to do the work, were discussed this morning at the weekly meeting of the com mittee on government operations of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. Mrs. Kay Crowel, juvenile of ficer, and Sgt. Clyde Fitchner of the Medford Police department, were the speakers. Work Explained Mrs. Crowell explained the type of work done with both de pendent and neglected children and with juvenile' delinquents, citing specific cases and how they are handled such as run aways, (91 handled last year), unmarried mothers, dependency cases and the necessary coopera tion with the welfare office, shoplifting, burglary, settlement of martial difficulties, "peeping torn" cases, forgery, and others. She declared that special train ing and experience are required to work toward the best solution for these varied cases coming before the Office, some of which are not strictly under the de partment's supervision, but which must be in the process of handling juvenile problems. She called the number of call- Stevenson Charts Whirlwind Windup To Election Campaign Chicago (U.R) Adlai E. Stevenson, still hammering away at the H-bomb issue, took stock of his Democratic presidential campaign today and charted a whirlwind 15-day windup. Stevenson was devoting most of a 2-day "breather" to staff conferences and new touring plans at his country home at Libertyville, 111., 40 miles north west of here. He will leave by plane Tues day for New York City where he will spend two days courting voters in ihc- city and its sub urbs. Then he flies back to Illi nois for two more days, and to the West Coast for rallies in Los Angeles and San Francisco late this week. To Hit Big Cities Next week, Stevenson will concentrate most of his fire on big cities in the northeastern sec tion of the country Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and others. He will be on the go al most continuously right up to election day Nov. 6. The presidential nominee took time out Sunday to fire another salvo in his battle with Presi dent Eisenhower over his call for steps by this nation to bring about an end to H-bomb tests. Russian Premier Bulganinsent a note to the President saying Russia was. ready to consider halting atomic tests. Stevenson issued a statement which said there seemed to be "nothing new" in the Bulganin note, but the move looked "encouraging" to him nevertheless. "Nobody can say at this point how sincere the Russians are in this matter," Stevenson said, "but I do know that we cannot afford to let them continuously appear before the rest of the world as more devoted to peace and disarmament than we are." Stevenson, who has pushed the matter of a moratorium on H-bomb tests to the point that it has become one of the cam paigns biggest issues, went on to say the White House appeared to have "dismissed the Russian offer out of hand." Stevenson recalled that after the Geneva Conference, Presi dent Eisenhower said the So viet leaders "desired peace just as much as we do," and com mented the present White House attitude was "hardly consistent." We Believe MEASURE No. 4 Should Be Approved! The following is a reprint of an editorial published in the Oregonian, Saturday, Oct. 6, 1956: Whither Coroners, Surveyors1 Measure No. 4 on the state ballot, which would remove county surveyor and county coroner from the list of elec tive county officers prescribed by the state constitution, is the outgrowth of a 1953 state Supreme Court decision. The high court ruled that the legislature was powerless to establish qualifications for the constitutional county offices (clerk, treasurer, sheriff, coroner and surveyor) other than the single qualification noted in the constitution: That the officer be an elector of the county. The case had come to the high court on the appeal of Peter W. Welch, whose election as Multnomah county sur veyor had been invalidated in circuit court on the basis of a 1949 statute (ORS 204.015). which read: "A person is not eligible to hold the office of county surveyor unless he is registered under the laws of this state as a registered pro fessional engineer or a registered professional land sur veyor." "The law is well established that, where a state con stitution provides for certain officials and names the qualifications for such officers, the legislature is without authority to prescribe additional qualifications." the court ruled. Mr. Welch was confirmed in the office he still holds. The argument of the proponents of Measure No. 4 is that the duties of both offices require a technical compe-. tence which can be assured only by the statutory require ment of qualifications for office. But it should be noted that the amendment does not provide for such qualifica tions. It merely eliminates the constitutional status of the offices of county coroner and county surveyor and leaves the specification of qualifications, if any, to the legislature. This is probably a good idea, whatever one thinks about the need for qualifications. Both offices are in a sense outmoded, and in many states their duties are per formed quite adequately by administrative technical per sonnel. There is no good reason why they should be elective, and the passage of Measure No. 4 could be the first step in removing them from the ballot. Should that be done, the question of professional qualification for office would be settled. That would be the responsibility of the appointing authority. No one suggests, for example, that the office of county road master a much more exacting one than that of either the coroner or the surveyor be elective. Nor would we expect it to be occupied by any but an experienced engineer. Measure No. 4 should be approved. Vote X 4-Yes! FRANK & BILL PERL FUNERAL HOME Pd. Political Adv. ers at the office who must be seen, in addition to casework, preparation of court cases, plac ing of young people in homes or institutions, and the many other demands of the office. In 1954, she said, the office handled 383 referrals; in 1955 there were 524, and so far in 1956 the total has been 486. All this is too much for one person, she declared, saying that to handle them properly four full-time people should be em ployed, two in the office and two in the field. Lack of person nel is causing the efficiency ..of the office to decline, she said. Many Cases Mrs. Crowell reported that be tween 55 and 75 per cent of all police agency work deals with those under 21 years of age, and that many of the cases wind up in her office. The salary which can now be offered an assistant juvenile of ficer is now only $350 per month, she said, and the indi vidual should have had both col lege training and experience to do the needed work. If an assist ant could prevent just two boys from being sent to McLaren school for boys he would have paid for his salary, she reported. Some 24 boys from this county now are at the school, Mrs. Crowell stated. She said that in the long run, it costs more to do "half a job" than it does to do an adequate job with adequate personnel. If the boys and girls who first get into trouble are not helped and "straightened out," they will be come "loads on society," -both financially and criminally, later on. Salary Said Inadequate She said her own salary of $375 per month is totally inade quate to compensate for the du ties performed, and she agreed to stay on in the job only until after the next budgeting period She pointed out that with the completion of the new detention home, the responsibilities of the office will increase. Her salary compares with more than $550 in Klamath county and more than $700 in Lane county for similar positions, she said. The department will present an adequate budget to the county budget committee next spring, providing for additional personnel and adequate salaries. she said, and she indicated she hopes many people will take the trouble to make themselves fa miliar with the needs and duties of the office. What the office does is a mat ter of public record, she stated. only excepting the court appear ances of juveniles and their rec ords which are protected by law and custom. Survey Not Done It was pointed out at the meet ing that the county budget com mittee last year was requested to obtain a professional salary survey, but that this has not been done as yet. Sergeant Fichtner gave a brief outline of the history and growth of the juvenile office, pointing out that virtually all those employed left after only a short time, most of them for better-paying positions. He prais ed the work done by Mrs. Crow ell and her cooperation with the police agencies, pointing out that as "juvenile officer" she is not a "police officer," but rather an officer of the court who must take over when the police work is completed. With the lack of personnel, he declared, the office just cannot do the job it is set up to do. He pointed to the tremendously in creased caseload, and reported on FBI predictions of big in creases in juvenile delinquency in the years to come. Trouble Threatened "If we don't do something about it, there is trouble ahead," the sergeant said, with, the type of thing larger cities are already experiencing, mugging, purse snatching, juvenile gangs, peep ing torn cases, and others. The police, already somewhat short handed, cannot handle the cases from beginning to end, he stated, and must depend on the juvenile office to take over the processing of the cases, particularly the more serious ones. A general discussion of the problem followed among com mittee members and the speak ers, during which it was pointed out that the problem youngsters come fram all walks of life and from all types of families, and that families themselves cannot, or will not, always cope with their own children, throwing the burden on to a social agency. The committee will invite Dr. A. Erin Merkel, county health officer and head of the county health department, to appear at its next meeting on Monday, Oct. 29. The gatherings are at 7:30 a.m. in the Jackson hotel. Monday, October 22, 1956 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE Plans for UMC Home Crusade Completed At Meeting; 300 Volunteers in Drive Use Tribune Want Ad when you drive the '57 PLYMOUTH suddenly it's I960 Plans for the Home Crusade of the United Medford Crusade have been completed, according to Sam Hersch, general chair man. The Home Crusade will be held Wednesday, Thursday and Friday this week. An organizational and training meeting for all city area and section heads was held last week by Richard House, training chair man of UMC. He was assisted by Hersch, Mrs. Raymond Reter, chairman, and Mrs. Thomas Cul bertson Jr., co-chairman of the Home Crusade. Secure Contributions The Home Crusade is designed to secure contributions of home makers and retired persons who are not contacted through busi nes firms, and who would like an opportunity of assisting in the work accomplished by partici pating agencies, Hersch said. About 300 volunteer workers will be needed to complete the solicitation. The goal for the Home Cru sade is 53,500, Hersch said, and expressed hope that since solici tors are volunteers, they receive courteous reception during the campaign. Since the Home Crusade cam paign comes near the end of the UMC drive, Mrs. Reter urged em ployees and others who contrib ute "on the job" to post stickers on windows or doors to home solicitors will not call on homes where contributions have been made. Five Major Areas The city will be divided into five major areas, Mrs. Reter said, with five sections in each area. Among women who have vol unteered to assist in the Home Crusade are Colonels Mrs. Eu bene J. DeVoe. Mrs. J. W. Barn ard, Mrs. Clyde Fichtner, Mrs. Earl Bigalow and Mrs. Glenn L. Linn. Captains are Mrs. George Sta- Nixon Will Use Train on Midwest Campaign Jaunt En Route with Nixon (U.R) Vice President Richard M. Nixon headed for the Midwest today on his third and final cross-country campaign swing. Part of his trip will include "whistle-stopping" by train the first and only time either of the major Republican candi dates will campaign from a rail way car in this year's presiden tial contest. Nixon began his trip by plane, flying from Washington to Al pena, Mich., for a morning speech and then on to Saginaw, Mich., for a noon rally. After his Saginaw appear ance, Nixon will board the GOP campaign train. He will make trainside speeches at Pontiac, Lapeer and Imlay City and fi nally will roll into Flint, Mich., for a night address. Nixon will be aboard the train again Tuesday and Wednesday, making more speeches in Michi igan and then crossing into II- cey, Mrs. William Bartlett, Mrs. Lawrence Clark, Mrs. B. L. Nut ting. Mrs. W. H. Prentice, Mrs D. E. Fosbury, Mrs. J. C. Dona hue, Mrs. H. F. Nordwick, Mrs. A. K. Morse, Mrs. Ray Bostwick, Mrs. E. Branchfield, Mrs. H. W. Morrow, Mrs. V. I. 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