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FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) Medford$&Tribune "Everyone In Southern Oregon Keada 'iMjvuiiiriuuH Published Daily E"eDt Saturday by MEDFORD PIU.sn.NG CO JT-28 NorthlrSt.jne2;ll ' ROBERT W RL'HL. Editor HTRB GREY Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM. Business Manager ERIC ALLEN JR. Managing Editor EARL H ADAMS City Editor HARRY CHIPMANT Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT Soorta Editor OLIVE STARCHER Society Editor PALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr. An IndependentjNewspaper Entered second class matter at Medford Oregon, under Act ox niarcn o, ioj i-oefDTDTTnM RATES By Mall In Advance: Per Copy IOC Dally and Sunday One year $15 00 Dally and Sunday Six months 8 00 Dally and Sunday Three moe. zs Sunday Only One year J? By Carrier In Advance Medford. Ashland Central Point Eagte Point. Jacksonville. Gold H1U. Phoenix. Shady Cove Rogue River. 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Strieker, state health officer in Mediord to introduce to physicians and health officers of the city and county Dr. A. E. Bostrom who was recently appointed as as sistant to Dr. Strieker. Several Jackson county mem-w.,-. will attend the annual venison dinner of Lane county Voiture 80. 30 YEARS AGO r, m. 192B (Friday) All women of the city and community are invited to xaite part In the Greater Medford club annual "play day." Less and less are successful ..rnrit hoard of easv China pheasant hunting in the valley. 40 YEARS AGO Oct. 23. 1916 (Sunday) Rev. John Lewtas, former war correspondent, delivers lec ture at Methodist church illustrated with 200 original color views. rrnerations at the Grants Pass plant of the Utah-Idaho Sugar company begin today. 50 YEARS AGO Oct. 23. 1906 (Tuesday) The Umatilla Indian reserva tion is a festering sore that is a blot upon the country," accord ing to U. S. Sen Charles w Fulton. Hearsts scheme to land the presidency in 1908 is disclosed by the organization of Municipal Ownership Leagues and In dependent Clubs with which he Intends to sandbag the Demo cracy. What's the Answer? Can 7oo Get 4 of the 7? Copr. 1955 Editorial Research Report 1. More Cadillacs were sold so far this year than Lincolns, Con tinentals. Chryslers and Imper ials combined; right or wrong? 2. Which have gone up more in the last 12 months, prices paid by farmers or prices paid to farmers, or have they gone up the same? 3. Orville E. Hodge, recently jailed for stealing state funds. had been state auditor of Cali fornia. Illinois, New York, Penn sylvania or Texas? 4. Which college football team is called the Spartans? 5. Before the Reds took over Russia most Russians were Or thodox (Greek) Catholics, Ro man Catholics. Jews, Lutherans or Mohammedans? 6. About 45, 60, 75 or 90 per cent of all U.S. car owners carry personal liability insurance? 7. Tne samba is considered the national dance of Brazil, Cuba, Mexico, Hawaii, Spain or central Africa? The answers: 1. Right. 2. Pric es paid by farmers have gone up more. 3. Illinois. 4. Michigan State. - 5. Orthodox Catholics. 6. About 90. 7. BraiiL MAIL TRIBUNE Support 'Wayne Morse The concerted drive, by air, TV and newspaper advertising to convince the people of Oregon that their senior Senator is not an honest man is certain to fail. And for one excellent reason it just ISN'T true! And any fair-minded person who really knows Wayne Morse, or will carefully examine his record, will agree that Oregon has never sent to Washington a man who has been more scrupulously faithful to the Shakespearean admonition than he, to wit : "To thine own self be true. And it must follow as the night the day. Thou canst not then be false to any man." We have known Wayne Morse, both as senator and Dean of the Oregon Law School, for over 20 years and there have been times when we disagreed with him, (as we do now on certain minor details), but we have NEVER known him to be anything but entirely and completely honest, true to himself and true to his convictions, popular or unpopular too strongly at times, perhaps, for his own political good, but unfalt eringly. "TAKE his change of allegiance from the Republican to the Democratic party for example, and later from General Eisenhower to Adlai Stevenson. We happened to know something about both, for we at tended the Republican convention at Chicago in 1952, and we were in Washington, D.C., when the question of leaving one major party and supporting the other was under serious consideration. We know something of the terrific inner struggle that was going on within the Senator at that time. We also know how reluctant Morse was at that time to break with his own party, and how clearly he realized and at that time said, that if he did so he might very well be ending his public career. He finally took that chance. DUT JUST as he could not be true to himself and support the late Senator Taft's isolationism against what he regarded at; the time as General Eis enhower's "liberalism and enlightenment"; so when in his judgment General Eisenhower for the sake of gaining votes and party unity, surrendered to the Taft forces, and abandoned the liberal viewpoint on both the issue of "McCarthyism" and public power, Morse felt that it was not a case so much of his deserting the Republican party, as the Republican party, under its new leadership, deserting HIM. THE QUESTION before it a innrl-if rr TfAnfr f the question is whether the senator was true to him self and his beliefs, or false: whether he was honest or dishonest, in arriving at his conclusions? As indicated above, we fail to see how any un biased person with any understanding of the man and his record could for a moment question the integrity of the former, and the basic honesty of the latter. THERE have been many sneers and cynical innuen does by the senator's old-time enemies, regarding his slogan of placing "principles above politics." But- that is PRECISELY what Wayne Morse has done. That doesn't mean he hasn't changed his mind as conditions have changed ; any more than it means he hasn't changed his parties. He had a perfect right to do either or both. It does mean that whenever the issue at the Law School or in the US Senate was between what Morse believed in and what he did NOT, Senator Morse never hesitated he ordered full steam ahead to the RIGHT, and "Damn the torpedoes." TfHAT is the type of man, this paper believes, Ore- gon "the state that flies with its own wings" should have to represent it in Washington. He has the keenest mind and the strongest fighting heart, that the voters of this state, have ever had the wisdom and the courage to select. It is hard to believe they are going to fail him at this crisis in his career. R.W.R. A Postscript As a postscript to the above the following post card inquiry appears appropriate : "How could Senator Morse claim to be a good Democrat , today when only two or three years ago he claimed to be a regular Republican? I mean how could anyone believe him?" MO ONE could if that term "regular" is used to mean 1 " a 100 percent partisanship on either side. ' But we never heard Senator Morse claim that. He was not a "REGULAR" Republican or a good one and was not so considered by Republican state lead ers when he was elected a member of the Oregon GOP delegation to the Chicago convention. In fact, the Re publican -regulars on that delegation ganged up against him, held a caucus and denied him the right of free speech and to represent the state on the plat form at any time during the session. His crime then was not only his outspoken opposition to Taft isola tionism, and his strong support of General Eisenhow er, but his all-around failure to conform and insistence on speaking his own mind. The boys then at Republi can "GHQ" just did not trust him to say the PROPER thing. Perhaps the state leaders of the Democratic party may sometime far in the future feel the same about Senator Morse, an extremely independent person. But as the Democratic party is fundamentally the liberal party of freedom and tolerance, we never ex pect that to happen, and don't believe any political commentators outside of the Union League club do. R.W.R. Tuesday, October 23. 195G the house is not whether he Vt nt'p o m n f f -. n-f Aninrn'ri Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name end address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. , Ignorance To the Editor: A prominent Chicago lawyer once said "The only darkness in this world is Ignorance." I think he is 99 per cent right. The man or woman who is eligible to vote and does not take advantage of his or her constitutional right at the polls is plain ignorant, un reliable and a poor citizen. By voting we get and keep the right kind of people running our country. J. A. Dickinson 713 North Riverside ave. Medford, Ore. I Like Ike To the Editor: Those of us who remember the days of Presidents Coolidge and Hoover must admit that President Eis enhower has held his own with the backward looking leaders of his party far better than the two former Republican presi dents did, all three good men. But I fail to see what our country is to gain by our losing our heads over the personal charm of Ike and electing him to office to try to reform the Republican party. We need two parties, but why not now elect a man with so many of the qualifications of progressive leadership for all our people, that we may go on with other forward moving countries? Let's let the Republicans have another four years to get their own house in order. Ike is a fine man, has served his country well, and has earned the chance to retire to his farm. By training and experience he is a fighting man, and as I see it is now in the position where he must fight elements in his own party as well as the opposi tion, a task suitable only for a superman. Why should we be so heart less and ignorant as to elect him to that task when there is a better and more civilized way for us to go? We have decided that nations should settle their differences without fighting it out, why not the same for our own national affairs? Have we not arrived at the time where we recognize human values with the chance for moral and spiritual growth for all. above the contest of wit and wiles for the selfish acquisition of money and material wealth? Of course we have need of the latter, but in their proper place- Ike is a fighting man by his training and his lifes experi ence, no one can stop him but the Grim Reaper, or the ballot on Nov. 6 next. I believe four years ago Ma mie said her greatest longing and wish was for a home of her own. All her married life she had moved from one Army post to another, with never a place she could call a home of her own. I feel sure when we elect a younger man to carry the load of our highest office that Ike and Mamie wiU be the two hap piest persons in our country. Happiness and Good Luck to them, they have earned it. (Mrs.) Alice R. Andrews 2495 W. Main st. Medford, Ore. The Fluoridation Campaign To the Editor: Sometimes I wonder what a man from Mars would think if he could observe the fluoridator's campaign. There has been name-calling. character and professional stand ing annihilation, suppression of the truth, deception, misappro priation of funds, and persecu tion and ridicule of those who dare to oppose. The tone for this type of procedure was set at the health conference called by the U.S.P.H.S. in Washington .in June 1951 for the purpose of in structing health leaders how to promote fluoridation. The as sumption on which the entire conference was predicated was that the individuals of our coun try and especiaUy those of the Parent Teachers rssociations are saps. A perusal of these pro ceedings would expose the falsity of the claim for fluorine. I have a copy of these proceedings and any one is welcome to read this astounding document at my home at any time. I am sure that many readers will remember the scourge of etched windshields - we had in the valley six or seven years ago. People observed the lines as they appeared on the glass but could not see what was causing them. They were caused by minute particles of fluorine air-borne into the valley from the alum inum plants near Portland. That fluorine is a very active and a very potent poison is verified by the precautions always given when it is sold as rat poison. You are urged to prevent inhala tion by wearing a damp cloth over nose and mouth. It must not be aUowed to touch the skin. It must not be stored near food or clothing. If any is spilled it must be carefully swept up. In spite of all this evidence of its violent character Dr. Dotter claimed to swallow a tablet on his TV program Friday evening But when he was presented with a real fluorine tablet in the after noon he refused. Of course the object of this stunt was to re move fear of this violent poison from the minds of our people, a most dastardly aim. There can be only one way to first build and then preserve teeth and that is by proper food and drink. This the man from Mars would dis cuss. He would deplore the deception and wonder why the U.S.P.H.S. had not stressed true health education. Miss A. Streed 36 North Peach st. Medford, Ore. Save America's Forests To the Editor: Had Oregon's Senator Mitchell realized, seen ahead, to what those political corrupters listed in "Looters of the Public Domain" Jim Hill, Weyerhaeuser, Thomas Walker, C. A. Smith, et al would do to Oregon and other Western states' forest, soil, water, wildlife, it seems reasonable to believe that for the paltry sum of $25 each he criminally OKd a ialsified Homestead Entry or Timber and Stone Act paper, that he would not have sanctioned it. Nor is it reasonable to believe that had the Oregon Legislators seen what was soon to destroy the rnncf vfln3ble her'Me of thei children, thev would have s'n"' such a memorial as thev nt o the U.S. Onn"rpss i" n port to exonerate Fnatnr Mitchell. How can the crime of such bribers against nnd ?d man ev er he aooeased??? "Hiey used their monev cower to destfnv the mond in men; they de stroyed food's temples, preen rjas tures. sti'l waters and rabh!in brooks: hev destrnved the heri tage of those thev bribed, their own. and th" eritae o future Americans. Bribers are the real criminals. Strategy of the TJ. S. Chamber of Commerce and some of those same looters is again on the march, prpoarine for another in vasion of the peonle's heritage Prettv picture noison oronacn- da is SDewed across the land bv Weyerhaeuser et al to "educate ' school children, teachers, the public, on big private ODerators' virtues in forest 'conservation and interest to "devplon." Wil liam Vogt. author of "Road to Survivial " once wrote me that such as these often put on the cloak of pietv, hut where such saints go, asbestos wings are needed. Several bills have gone to Congress the past few years. OKd by the USCC, National Lumber Manufacturers associa tion. Wesley D'Ewart. Harris Ellsworth, Douglas McKay, and a score of others, to helD land- grabbers, which if passed, would wreck America's federal guard ianship of the people's heritage, Millions of devastated forest land acres are mute witnesses to pri vate despoilation. The big looters are allowed to still hold, and do as thev like with those ill-gained millions. Yet, American Indians are now being euchred out of their paltry "allotted" reserva tions. Is American justice all swallowed by political greed? Surely it behooves American voters to guard weU their bal lots and vote for protection of America's natural resources, and justice. Reelect Sen. Morse and elect Charlie Porter. John E. Gribble, 139 Kenwood Ave. Medford, Oregon Approves The Morse Record To the Editor: The paid pitch men who make the spot an nouncements on the radio for McKay tell us that Seih Morse has "one of the most appalling records of absenteeism in the Senate." But the statistics in the impartial "Congressional Quart erly" tell us something quite different. They clearly show that Sen. Morse's attendance record is better than average, and cer tainly better than the average for Republican Senators. On the few occasions when Sen. Morse has been absent be cause of illness or necessary out-of-town committee work, he has usually been paired on the votes taken. This means that his vote cancelled out the vote of another Senator who also was not able to be Dresent. Sen. Morse has been present or paired on 93 per cent of all roll-call votes taken in the 12 years he has served. This is high above average. In 1955, the last year for which figures are available. Sen Morse was "on the record" (present or paired) for 99 per cent of all roll-call votes. In 1952, the "Congres sional Quarterly" listed him among the 20 Senators with the highest attendance records. McKay's outraged radio huck sters tell us that Sen. Morse has been absent for over 100 roll- call votes. But they fail to point out that he has only missed 100 votes out of over 1,300 roll-call votes taken in 12 years. This is an unusually low record of absenteeism and would be lower yet if the votes the Senator miss ed during his extended hos pitalization in 1951 were subr traded. The implications in these spot commercials are often inexcus ably misleading. The roll-call on giving the vote to 18-year-olds is a typical example. It is im plied that Sen. Morse was' op posed to the bill or did not care Polish Revolt Against Gives Tito By CHARLES M. McCANN 1 United Press Correspondent Poland's revolt against Rus sian domination has given Presi dent Tito of Yugoslavia a part ner in the movement to w a r d inde- Wladislaw, Gomulka, new Polish Com munist leader, is the partner. It will be Charles alccann Surprising if they do not get together soon to discuss strategy. It will be surprising also if the independence movement Totoism does not spread to Communist Hungary within a few weeks. The developments in Poland have further increased Tito's prestige as the frist man who ever successfully defied Soviet about it The truth Is that the vote was taken on primary elec tion day in Oregon in 1954 and that naturally both he and form er defeated Republican Sen. Cordon were not able to be pre sent. However, Sen. Morse was paired for the bill: whereas. Cordon was not even paired for the bill. Moreover, Sen Morse s vote in no way could have af fected the outcome since the bill failed by a large margin. The billboards tell us that we "can count on Doug McKay, but can we count on him to tell the truth? J. Michael McCloskey 1865 Villard st. Eugene, Ore. Sales Tax Scored To the Editor: How -many of the voters of Oregon realize they will be voting on the sales tax measure again this year? . The moneyed interests of the state, plus those who would benefit from lush state jobs. have been trying only to have it defeated again and again. But now they have conceived a sly way of shoving the sales tax issue in by way of the back door. And by this I mean the insidious proposal called "State Tax Laws," which is No. 1 on the election ballot. The state tax officials in Salem are so sure they have completely fooled the Oregon voters this time that they are already fight ing among themselves as to which department will get this sales tax money and which will get that. For instance, the sales tax money on new cars is already being fought over between the highway department and the state general fund. A 45 per cent surtax plus a terrific property tax was slap ped on us last year to scare us into voting for the sales tax However this excessive taxation backfired on them. By this I mean the large surplus of funds it brought into the state treasury, The various departments and agencies in the state, upon learn ing of this big pot of gold, couldn't wait to get their cotton- pickin fingers on it. They have ballooned their budgets for the coming fiscal year far beyond what would normally be needed And so it goes, as in most governments. The more they get the more they want. Let s call a halt to this ever increasing tax ation and misrepresentation Don t be misled by these back door shennanigans Vote NO on the "State Tax Laws," No. 1, on the Ballot. M. J. Olsen Route 1, Box 325 Medford, Ore. Third Step To the Editor: I certainly liked Mrs. William CarriUon's com munication Oct. 10 on "What is a man worth?" But in her state ment that "it is necessary for a man to do good and love God to enter the kingdom of heaven, it is too bad she omitted the third necessary step to entering not only heaven, but a closer walk with God while on earth. For we read in Romans, "There is none righteous, no, not one, and in Isaiah we read, "All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way, and the Lord laid on him the iniquity of us all." So the remedy for this we find in Jesus's words in St John, "I am the way, the truth, and the life; no man cometh unto the Father, but by me;" and in Acts, "NeU ther is there salvation in any other; for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Mrs. Carrillon said that m some men the spirit of God is very dormant, but it is there. And how is this dormant state awakened? By the individual re ceiving the Holy Spirit at the time of repentance and accept ance of Jesus Christ as personal Savior. For we read m Romans, "But if the spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dweU in you he shall also quick en your mortal bodies by his spirit that dwelleth in you. And this time of personal de cision need not necessarily be reserved to the. confines of the altar caU. It may be in the home, by the side of the road, or wher ever you are, preferably with the prayerful assistance of a min ister or other working Christian. Mrs. William Ziegler, Route 2, Box 104, Jacksonville, Ore. f kJif-S Pdent Com I fsrl - Ss$Si i munism. Ally in Independence domination. In Gomulka, Tito will have a valuable ally. If they work to gether, the whole trend of world Communist philosophy is due for a change. But it is important to remem ber that both Tito and Gomulka are still hard core Communists. They are both willing to co operate with Russia on their own terms. Those terms are that Tito and Gomulka must be free to run Communist governments on their own lines. Neither Tito nor Gomulka wants any interference frdm the United States or any other Western power. It is likely that, in the United Nations, Yugoslavia and Poland wUl continue to vote generaUy as the Russians do on issues which arise between West and East. The big development from the Western viewpoint is that, with the Polish rebellion, the "Soviet bloc" of countries is breaking up. Aggression Becomes Remote Any threat of Russian aggres sion against the West has be come increasingly remote. It has always been question able whether Russia could de pend on the armies of its satel lites to fight, with any spirit, an enemy which the Kremlin selected. Yugoslavia had has its own in dependent army since Tito broke with the Kremlin in 1948 THE ELECTION . And You (The following space Is made available on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays during the election campaign to the two major political parties so that they may publish, without charge, material concerning the presidential elec tion race. Offerings are limited to 400 words, must have the approval of the county chairman of the party, and must be submitted not later than 2 p.m. the day before publication on week days, at 11 a.m. Saturdays for Sunday publication.) REPUBLICAN STATEMENT The Republican platform stems from the warm ideals, the sound ideas and the confident spirit of President Eisenhower. It reflects his sincerity and his faith. It is both a record of action and a promise of action to come for the benefit of the entire econ omy, good will and good times. President Eisenhower has proved that the federal govern ment can cut taxes and deficits and yet provide a growing abun dance of both warmhearted pub lic services and . hard-headed economic programs. He has prov ed that the American people can have record job security and per sonal well-being without nurse maid government, reckless infla tion or the waste and agony oi war. Under his inspiring leader ship, business, labor and gov ernment can now and hereafter work together in getting the ut most in full power from the pri vate enterprise machine. This platform dedicates tne Republican party to the main tenance and further expansion of these achievements. It gives the American people a chance to look at the record and project it into the next four years. The record shows that we dropped needless controls and let our competitive economy do the job. We made great strides in getting the government out of competi tion with private business, and more of this had to be and can be done. We have the greatest new plant and equipment program in history the highest employment on record the highest average wage the highest standard of living the maintenance of uie Durchasing power of the dollar. Let no one be deceived, howev er. These things do not just hap pen and they do not endure with out constant vigilance. Prosper ity is never just luck. Without the right kind of government and the right kind of elfort in our free enterprise system, down can come business, labor, and all. The Eisenhower administra tion has developed a healthy and friendly climate for all business. This climate must and can be maintained. Real wealth is created when the factories and mills of our country produce in ever increas ing quantity the things whicn our people need and want if they are to continue and to improve on the highest standard of living ever known. Nineteen fifty-five was the greatest year in our eco nomic history and 1956 moves steadily to a still higher plane. Why has our gross national pro duct risen to more than $400 bil lion? Why have our people more disposable income than ever be fore? Why does practically every economic measurement we use reflect this continuing improve ment? The answer is CONFIDENCE Men Past 40! "Old"? Want Old-time Pep.Vim? Want Normal, Younger FeeOng? ryciiayyoo're "old" when weak, listless, er Blurted at 40. SO. 60? Thousands of men end women delighted t rertilu of little i "peppvn I op" with Oitrex. Contain! tonic for bodiea Ola solely became low in iron. Try Oitrei Tome Tableti for normal vim, vitality, yean younger feeling, this very day. Also contain supplement doses vitamins Bi and Bs. 7-day ' get-ao-iuainted" ana ooata little. At all druuua Russia Now Poland undoubtedly wiU have its own independent army. Whether Russia will have much confdence now in its War saw military alliance seems doubtful. This alliance was formed in Warsaw last Jan. 28 in answer to the Allied North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It provided for unification of the armed forces of Russia, Poland, Hun gary, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Bulgaria and Albania. But Poland has sort of pulled the rug from under the entire alliance. As regards Communist philo sophy, Tito announced soon after his break with Russia that he remained a 100 per cent Marxist. Gomulka, likewise, remains a dedicated Communist. Tito has disclosed that his break with Russia really started during the final stage of World War II when he started to re sent Josef Stalin's dictatorial methods. Gomulka's resentment of Rus sian arrogance also dates back to that time. It is being recalled that when the Germans were driven from Poland, Marshal Ni- , kolai A. Bulganin, now Soviet premier, was military governor in the temporary capital of Lub lin. Bulganin summoned Gomul ka, a member of the Lublin gov- ernent, to his headquarters. Go mulka refused to go. "Come over and see me some time," he sug gested. And Bulganin went. the unnaralleled confidence which the American people have in the President and in the rec ord and principles of his admin istration. This record and these high principles are reflected in the Republican platform, which points America's way to another four years of peace and prosper ity under the able, constructive and enlightened leadership of Dwight D. Eisenhower. DEMOCRATIC STATEMENT Taxes take a big bite out of ev ery man's income, but the rich can stand it much better than the rest. Yet the Republican ad ministration boosted the tax bill of the many and reduced in spite of soaring incomes the tax bill of the few. In 1954, under a Republican- controlled Congress, federal in come and other taxes were cut by $1.4 billion per year. Who got the major benefits? Corporations got 73 per cent; families earning more" than $5,000 18 per cent; and families earning less than $5,000 (four-fifths of all families), only 9 per cent. In other words, those who needed it least got the most relief; those who needed it most got the least. A key feature of Mr. Eisen- hower's 1954 tax program was an $850 million tax bonanza for corporation stockholders. But 92 per cent of American families own no stock at all; many of tnem are mortgaged to the hilt and can barely make ends meet For every dollar of tax relief for coupon clippers there was less than a nickel for working mothers, a little over a penny for families with foster children, and about a penny for consum ers buying on the installment plan. A family collecting $500,000 in corporation dividends saved $75,000 a year from the Eisen hower tax program, but a work- ingman's family saved about $2.30 a week. Democrats stand for tax relief for the many, not for the few. They propose raising personal . exemptions on the federal in come tax from the present $60 to at least $800. They will give relief to lower-income taxpayers first This is the only fair way to handle the tax system to each according to his ability to pay. Mr. Insurance FRED BRENNAN Phone 2-4940 "Don't carry all your enCT in one basket", used to be Kood advice and aUU is as far as eggi are con cerned. With INSURANCE lf dilferent. TJNIPAC make It pos sible to combine AL.L YOUR PERSONAL IN SURANCE. Let us explain the ad vantage of thil Package g Policy. MEDFORD INSURANCE AGENCY
