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
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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. Eakin, rs.
Ray Hooper. Mrs. Frank Can
trill, Mrs. Frank Boone, Mrs.
Paul Fullmer, Mrs. Audrey Rob
erts, Mrs. Harold Colver, Mrs.
Dwight Houghton, Mrs. Herb
Gifford, Mrs. Ralph Matthews,
Mrs. Daniel Kidd, Mrs. Harold
Gordon and Mrs. R. L. Feebler.
Mrs. Reter said each of the
colonels and captains have con
tacted additional women to as
sist in their sections.
BIRD HAS LAST WORD ;
Muskego, Wis. (U.R) : Two
brothers fired at the same
pheasant simultaneously, then
disputed each other's claim
when the bird fell to the ground.
Jule and Lloyd Erno of Hales
Corners broke open their guns
to show each had fired and fi
nally agreed to split the bird.
But the bird had the last word.
During the argument it dashed
for the safety of nearby corn
stalks.
linois. Thursday he will return
to his plane, the "Dick Nixon
special" and campaign for the
remainder of the week in Mon
tana, Washington, Oregon, and
California.
Nixon ended his second cam
paign tour one which cover
ed 10,000 miles on Friday
night and spent the week end in
Washington relaxing.
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