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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Not. 1. 1946 (Friday)
Medford's war price and ra
tion board, in operation since
the first rationing of tires and
sugar early in the war, will close
Nov. 4.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: Fears are
felt in some circles the state will
go to' "crack-pot" next Tuesday.
20 YEARS AGO
Not. 1, 1936 (Sunday)
County dramatics committee
meets at home demonstration
agent's office to prepare rules
for Jackson County Rural Dra
matics contest.
Warning to Rogue valley tur
key raisers to be wary of their
selling arrangements this year
is issued by the Jackson County
Chamber of Commerce.
30 YEARS AGO
Nov. 1. 1926 (Monday)
An Ashland citizen presents a
petition to 88 business and pro
fessional men today asking them
to favor the removal of the
county seat to Medford.
Mary Stanley of Central Point
High school wins first prize in
Jacksonville anti-county seat re
moval prize contest
40 YEARS AGO
Not. 1, 1916 (Wednesday)
J. D. Skinner returns from
two month visit to Texas cattle
ranch.
A Republican rally will be
held at the Natatorium today at
8 p.m.
SO YEARS AGO
Not.. 1. 1906 (Thursday)
P. W. Waschau, who with his
brother has been conducting the
Owl Pool room, sells his half
Interest to S. I. Brown.
P. M. Kershaw returns from
a business trip through northern
California.
What's iha Answer?
Can You Get 4 of the 7?
Copr. 1955 EditoruOReMmrM
Report
1. Most Halloween rites in the
U.S. derive from the British
Isles, Scandinavian lands, Ger
many or Africa?o
2. Many more city traffic ac
cidents come at or between street
intersections, or is it about 50
50? 3. Adam C. Powell. Negro Rep
resentative from N. Y. now out
for Eisenhower, calls himself a
Democrat, Republican or Inde
pendent? 4. A man is said to die intest
ate when he leaves no widow,
children, real estate, insurance,
or will?
5. California voted for Eisen
hower over Stevenson in 1952 by
a relatively wide or thin mar
gin? 6. The million Arab refugees
from Israel are generally agreed
to have left it voluntarily, or to
have been forced out, or is it in
great dispute?
7. A uxoricide kills his wife,
children, parents, in-laws, girl
friend, rival for her love, or
king?
The Answers: 1. British Isles,
specially Ireland; 2. About 50
50; 3. Democrat; 4. No will: 5.
Wide margin; 6. In great dis
pute; 7. Wife.
MAIL TRIBUNE
"Anything to
If Senator Morse is defeated, it won't be beeause
of the "Big Money" campaign made against hiffi, but
in SPITE of it.
For flagrant misrepresentation, mendacity, mis
interpretation and .all-aroimd "silly business," this
"anything to beat Morse" drive has established a new
low in the political history of this state.
In the latter category take this claim that when
ever our senior Senator has ariseii to speak in the
Senate, all the members "have walked oat," so he
has talked to an empty chamber.
This absurd contention has been supported by a
'photograph, showing Senator Morse speaking in thg
Senate entirely surrounded by empty seats.
IT NOW develops that this photograph was taken
from "Life Magazine" and doctored up to elim
inate the figure of "Senator Knowland with whom
Oregon's senator was debating at thj! time in other
words it was a "fake" along theoline of the notorious
Joe McCarthy fake photograph used in Maryland
to defeat Senator Tydings four years ago.
According to "Life" this reproduction also vio
latesUts copyright, and no one who has followed the
anti-Morse campaign at all would question the will
ingness of the "Old Guard" to descend to that level
if they thought it woiild give Douglas McKay few
more votes.
. o
DUT what a ridiculous charge to make and equally
nonsensical the claim that Oregon's Senior Sen
ator has been a "Do Nothing" senator distinguished
by his roll-call absences and his failure to get favor-
! able action on the measures he ias introduced.
The plain truth is the Morse record of attendance,
i except when he was seriously injured, and f orce8 to
be absent for several weeks, is far above the average
far better in fact than that of Oregon's last Republi
can senator. No the real objection to Wayne Morse
aside from that unforgivable sin of leaving a party
in which he no longer believed is thathe has done
TOO much, been too activS, and effective jn the
Upper House rather than thg reverse.
What the "Old Guard" opposition really wants
is someone to represent Oregon in the senate who
will do nothing but follow orders from the party
"GHQ", join in the chorus that all is perfect in the
Republican party and all
and while looking wise, keep his mouth shut except
when told what to say and fcow to say iL .
YXTE GRANT, that othis basis, Moise is NOT their
v man!
But that does not justify tlrefr full page Js
headed by this sneaking smear, quote :
"Morse backs Scheme Russians favor for Halting Bomb
tes?s."
What follows insinuate our senior Senator is not
1 1 A 1. . ...1.1. .1. 1 i . ?J5 1
a loyai American" Decause ne nas aarea 10 criticize
the Eisenhower administration when he has believed
it wrong, justas he ha's favored it when he has believ
ed it right: whereas all the lovalty, honesty and patri
otism rests in "Dougu McKay because he can be de
pended upon to' go down the line for the present adj
ministration no matter what he believes or rather
he won't have any beliefs
can do no wrong, issues
votes, and so all fe well
world as long as the GOP
How many voters are
vicious and intemperate
The '"Anything to beat
i . it
a very low opinion 01 me average taste ana intelli
gence of the Oregon electorate to waste their meney
on such McCarthy stic and
must believe m it or they wrould not do it.
As indicated above the Mail Tribune believes that
such a campaign as the Morse-hate have conducted
has taken more votes away from their hand picked
candidate than given him.
And there is evidence heire in Jackson county to
support this belief. We have received reports of
registered Republicans who have no great love (or
hate) for Morse but who are going to vote for him, as
a protest against the sort of campaign that has been
waged against him. They have no use for "McCar-
thyism" in either party, and they resent being told
by outsiders how they must vote to save the country
from communisni. Tlfey consider themselves quite
competent to make that decision on thir own, and
that is what they are going to do come the first
of next week. .
TN ANOTHER and le3s reprehensible category, but
still showing how desperate the McKay forces
must be in their all-out effort. to put just another
"Yes man" in Wayne Morse's seat for six long years,
the Oregonian recently conjured up what it called
a "give away" by Oregon's senior senator. It was
called the "Big Deal at Big Meadows" and was so
far from any "give away" like Al Sarena, that even
one of Senator Morse's most vigorous opponents, and
well known Republican attorney, Robert Maguire of
Portland couldn't "take it."
So he answered the Oregonian's long insinuating
editorial with a long but, to any impartial observer,
convincing reply of which the following is an extract,
quote:
Over 42 years ago, on February 13, 1912, the state of
Oregon sold this land to Hugh Johnson as it clearly had
the right to do. The state collected taxes for nearly 20
years, when there being a default in the taxes, it was fore
closed by a tax sale. Curry county on July 7, 1949, sold the
land to J. F. Kronenberg. who sold it to Bradley and Leon
ard in May, 1951. The forest service first asserted title in
July 1951.
The West Coast Title company relied upon these records
and issued its title insurance thereon, and it would be most
unfair and unjust, after 40 years of acquiescence, for the
government to assert title.
There is no provision in the law by which the purchasers
Thursday, November 1, 19S6
Beat Morse
is evil in the Democratic
of his own for the "King
con t count it is just the
with the country and the
is in absolute control.
going to influenced by such
stuff and nonsense? ?
Morse" crowd must have
,, i j it
low brow tactics. But they
o Editor's note: The pre-election
volume of letters to the
editor has become so great
that it obviously will be im
possible to puKish them all
prior to election, day. An at
tempt is boing made to select
those of greatest interest, and
on Subjects not previously and
repeatedly discussed. Letters
which are brief and o the
joint will have the best chance
of being published.
Scents Another "Give Away"
To the Editor: I Relieve that
many Tribune readers have
never heaW of the Big Meadows
Case and if they have, kncey
very little about it.
My information is that private
interests purchased 560 acres of
Oregon timber now Valued at
S300.000, many years ago for
$4,200, the title to whiSh is
clouded involving man? legale
questions too complicated to at
tempt an explanation here. I un
derstand that Mr. Morse, in order
to avoid having these legal ques
tions determined in our, courts,
admits he introduced a bill or
resolution in the Senate o enact
aSPECIAL LAW to "give away"
this $300,000 timber tract to
thee private interests for $4,200
and if elected again would atJ
tempt tf pass such a special law
BECAUSE if he is wrong. Con
gress would have the right to
turn hii down and th President
could veto it.
If a law student would have
given such an excuse or answer
while Mr. Morse was dean of the
law school, he would have flunk
ed such a student evt of school.
Mr. Morse eiows the proper
place for these private interests
to have their rights determined
is in 3our osjurts of law. If these
private interests cannot sue the
JJnited States without its con
sen0, then why doesn't Mr. Morse
introduce a resolution that
oufd give the consent of the
United States to be sued by these
private interests? Such resolu
tions are not uncommo in the
State Legislature and in Con
gress. Special iSws ehould never
be used until it eias been deter
mined that claimants have no
remendy in our courts. For in
stance, if "A" claimed "B" owes
him SjlOOO and "B" claims he
has paid it, should our legisla
tors pass a special low deter-
imining whether or not "B" owes
"A" $1,000?
I believe Cftregonians have
more confidence in the judg
ment of our courts 6s to whether
or not these private interests
are entitled to a S30,800 timber
tract for $4,200 than by a SPE
CIAL LAW made by legislators,
some of whom are more inter
ested in the political weather
vane than in the State of Oregon.
How can Mr. Morse pretend
tq be against, "give away" and
at the same time try to "give
away" $300,000 of the taxpayers
money to private interests for
$4,200? We should not worry too
much, however, because based
ujponMr. Morse's record of suc
cess, the resolution only has
three chances out of 97 of be
coming adopted.
J. F. Fliegel
32 North Central ave.
Medford, Ore.
The g losing Spasms
To the Editor: In the last days
of an election campaign, almost,
any kind of statement nriay be
made or stunt tried, but the at
tempt to describe the two Demo
cratic candidates for the legisla
ture as subservient to the S.P.
because they did not appear
against the S.P. at the recent
hearings, and because in the case
of Bob Duncan the law firm of
which he is a member was
among those representing' the
S.P., is characteristic of this
stage of the campaign. But when
the further attempt is iade to
portray the two Republican leg
islative candidates as the peo
ple's last hope against the S.P.,
it is novel indeed even for the
last gyrations of the closing days
of the campaign.
Tle truth is that all four can
didates are men of integrity and
are deeply interested in the wel
fare of this community. How
ever, there will probably be sev
eral more days of irresponsible
from the state can sue the government to establish thtir
title. The other remedy was to have a bill introduced into
the congress and thereby get an opportunity to appear be
fore a congressional committee and set out the facts, as to
which there is no dispute, and urge the pasage of a bill
confirming title. Under these facts Senator Morse agreed
to submit such a bill, and I think all good citizens will be
compelled to admit that he was right in so doing.
ROBERT F. MAGUIRE
723 Pittock block
Portland.
Now there is absolutely no "give away' involved
here, all that Senator Morse did was to draw up a
bill to correct an apparent injustice on behalf of
two of his constituents, the entire proceeding being
above board and the final decision not being up to
Oregon's senator, but the proper committees of the
senate and house, with the certainty of a presidential
veto if the President and his advisers should not ap
prove of it.
The fact that the timber-land involved along with
all other timber land in Oregon increased in value
fabulously in the past 42 years had nothing to do
with the case. It was solely a question of clearing the
title. But apparently the Oregonian thought here was
a chance to perhaps take a few more vote from
Wayne Morse, so along with the other Morse-haters
the paper hopped to it. R.WR.
Communications
betters to the Editor must bear the name and 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 cotQlensation.
not exceed 400 words.
statements, charges ana) accusa
tions. Possibly before next Tuesday
we shall hear that the Demo
cratic party is the party oS big
corporations and that the Re
publican party is compse sole
ly of Joe Smiths!
Fortunately the Jackson coun-
ry electorate is too enlightened
to be mislead by such charges.
Bruce J. Manley
21? Leverette Bldg.
Medford, Ore.
Big Money Talks
To the Editor: It sems to me
that the Democrats hgve given
a most excellent reason for elect
ing Republicans. The Democrats.)
have loudly cSmplained that the
Republicans were able to give
so much more monejj for the
election, campaign than the Dem
ocrats could do. . 9
So evidently there are many
more men in the Republican
pasty 'w&d have pftived thenv
selves able to handle large sums
of money successfully, and it
would seem good sense to choose
such successful financiers to
manage the great financial Qaf
fairs of the nation, rather than
a group gf men with a lot of un
proved theories. England with
her own socialist grogram was
in a mess.
Why fol?ow her mistakes with
a lor? of Democratic socialistic
mistake, such as bfg govern
ment ownedand operated dams?
Horace . Thompson
3642 Hillcrest rd.
Medford, Ore.
ForoNunly; Against McKay
To the Editor: It hasl been my
firm intention not to crowd the
already-too-much-so fcommunica
ti&n space of the very generous
Mail Tribne, but som happen
ings at the airport reception of
Vice President Nixon and wife
should be brought to piblic no
tice. The worth of a man can
not be judged by the big &ing
he takes on, which is well
thought out aso a rule. It is the
little things he does unthinkingly
on the spur of the Sioment.
Douglas McKay is now just an
ordinary citizen, his main worth
while distinction, if any, having
been politely but firmly eased
out of his eabinet post, as his
give-away record woujd hardly
be of Help to his party in the
present election. Yet, here he
Aras, putting himself ahead of
Pregon's governor, mayor of
Medford aijd all others in glad-
handing the Nixons. Just as n
tffat wasn't enoueh. here he was
wedging himself between theml
for picture taking; grinning ex
ultantly as if to say, "there, you
Oregonians, y a k e t y - yaketing
about me and what I did as sec
retary of interior, see how well
received I am."
Ihe obviously tired look on
the faces of our vice-president
and his wife shows plainly what
they have to go along with, un
der dictation of politics, in such
small personal matters.
Another thing that gets me
down is this insidious whispering
campaign against the most fair
and honest district attorney we
have had in many a day, Walter
Nunley. The smirk, sly wink,
along with forked-tongue talk,
is mean, low-down and unfair.
If his traducers can dig up any
thing in Nunley's record as dis
trict attorney that is not what it
should be, then let them drag it
out and have a look at it. As a
rule all these political orations
mean little to me. It's a man's
record by which we must judge.
An honest mistake can be con
doned. But when a man's public
record shows it to be as fair and
worthwhile as Nunley's does,
that should firm up our deter
mination in voting.
F. J. Clffford
1211 West Main st
Medford, Ore.
He Sees "Way Out"
To the Editor: If you vote for
Eisenhower or Nixon or Steven
son or Kefauver the result of
your vote will be that you are
no longer a free man but a serf
Letters submitted for publication must
you will be just a number to
produce more and more gold for
centralized gang lusting for
power while you squirm under
a centralized police Gestapo from
Washington, D.C. You already
are a5 number, try to get a job
without your commy social so-
called security number. You
can't geS one that is commu
nism get it? You are a serf
the gangsters must get there in
come tax plunder or you don't
eat? Do -oi get that? Soon as
anyone of this gang is voted in
a bureaucracy will be set up in
each state of federal Gestapo to
see you t?ave rjp state constitu
tional rights or bill of rights
what happiness then? It's easy,
the blood bath Americans will
fill every telegraph pole in the
U.S. with red rats anff there co
horts. There is a way out if you
are not apathetic and dead in
mind and body jVote American
the men I mentioned don't like
the declaration of independence
do you? or do you like being a
serf? if not vote for Coleman
Andrews for president Thomas
H. Werdell for vice president
and conservative Ellsworth and
l,JlcKay and Smith about thto
only others I would say to. vote
for is the dog catcher that ar?
in favor of America.
George S. Reilly
0 338 North Laurel S3.
. Ashland, Ore.
For America Consti
tutional party.
Idiots Delight o
To the Editor: If as they say
Ik will be elected agai because
th$ American people lnok c
this election as a "Queen for a
16iy,"0or "Jfitlantic City Bathing
Beauty contest," not on the i
sues and what the parties stand
for, Aid by fate we are drawn
into a ear to protect our way of
life, would all registered Demo
crats be excused because then
it would be a Republican war?
Then we could keep making
H-bombs and tell our enemies
pto go ahead and start a war.
We'll use this bomb, even if it
kills us. Of what use is a weap
orpthat ien you pull the trig
ger you kill yourself or deform
generations to come?
George Rockel
901 West Harbeck
. . Grants Pass, Ore.
Will it Hurt TB Fight?
To the Editor: I just read Janet
Guches communication to your
paper, and it left me with such
an empty feeling that I had to
air my views.
First of all let me go on record
as being in favor of a good pub
lic health program, in favor ol
fluoridation, and a good dental
program, but the attitude that
has been rendered in recent
weeks as to the use of Christmas
Seal money, and its general dis
tribution has left me cold. If this
money were to be spent for a
general health program, why
have they hid behind the skirts
fof Tuberculosis, and why haven't
they come out in the open be
fore? If you were to meet 100
persons on the street, and ask
them what their Seal money goes
for, 99 will tell you Chest X-rays,
and tuberculosis research. They
have never been given any rea
son to believe otherwise until the
recent fluoridation issue.
I would like to ask Mrs.
Guches if the County Public
Health Association was interest
ed only in dental health, why
did they wait until just before
an election to provide expert,
informed and authoritative men
to give these facts regarding
fluoridation? Why weren't they
educating us about fluoridation
a year or two ago?
I'm wondering how the pres
ent attitude "so be it" will affect
the over all county health pro
gram this year. Yes, it may pro
mote fluoridation, but what will
it do to the ground that has
been gained toward defeating
Tuberculosis and how far back
will the Christmas Seal cam
paign slide because of the pres
ent attitude of the Public Health
Association?
Lea Jenkins
2548 Starlite lane
Medford, Ore.
A Doctor's View
To the Editor: I wish to take
issue with an assertion that fluo
ridation of the municipal water
supply endangers individuals as
a "cumulative protoplasmic poi
son.
That 'expression implies there
is a build-up of the chemical in
the body. Whoever is responsible
for that "catch-phrase" has little
acquaintance with studies done
on fluoridation.
At 1 part per million, intake
and output is practically bal
anced; only a minute amount of
fluoride ingested stays in the
body and that goes into the
building of strong teeth. This is
not hearsay or assumption, but
scientifically proven fact. Stud
ies on the actions of fluorides
in animals and man are volumin
ous. A fine compilation of many
of these studies is published in
a monograph by the American
Association for the Advance
ment of Science entitled "Fluori
dation as a Public Health Meas
ure." Further, if there were any
"cumulative protoplasmic" ef-
fects from drinking 1 ppm fluo
ridated water, they would have
turned up in the generations of
over 3,000,0000 persons drinking
this substance or, certainly, in
the large populations drinking
water which naturally contains
fluorine at many times this level.
Reputable scientific literature
does not bear out any hazards
ttributed to drinking 1 ppm
fluoridated water for any length
of time.
The doctors of our community,
just as in other areas, support
fluoridation on the basis of these
recognized scientific findings of
its proven effectiveness, safety
and economy and not because
the A.M.A., or the U.S.P.H.S.,
tells us to do so; and not because
of some "calculated gain."
Do you know why we want
fluoridation? It's because at our
house we have four little sets
of uppers and four little sets of
lowers and mother and dad want
the teeth in them to grow strong
and not have to be fitted.
Ralph E. Hibbs, M.D.
1032 West Main st.
Medford, Ore.
She Wants Prescriptions
To the.Editor: One could hard
ly make a mistake in voting for
any candidate among those pres
ent at the Fair, but I am still
in doubt about the fluoridation
issue. It is not logical to put
digitalis in a water system be
cause some people have a heart
condition. According to your pa
per, prescription filling demands
specialized knowledge. Why
then how could it be safe to dose
everyone with fluoride because
some have sick .or decayed teeth
It is an established fact that
each individual absorbs, digests,
rejects and reacts differently to
the same substances taken into
the body. So how can any au
thority say that the same per
centage of fluoride will e help
ful or harmful? Would it not be
safer to have a prescription to
meet the individual child s
needs?
Mrs. C. J. Moore
f&40 Wabash
Bedford, Ore.
An Attorney's View
To the Editor: Much has been
written on both sides of the
fluoridation controversy, and if
was certain that the addition
of fluorides to our drinking wa
ter was truly beneficial I would
be shouting loud for it. However,
after studying both sides of the
matter, I feel that it is a matter
on which we should go slow. At
least 87 cities have given fluori
dation a fair trial and have dis
continued its use. Sheridan
Wvo.. is one of these. John F
RaDer was city attorney of
Sheridan in 1951 when fluorida
tion received a favorable vote
of the people. Mr. Raper voted
for the measure. Later, he was
asked by the mayor to investi
gate the matter and obtain all
the information possible on the
question of fluoridation.
Mr. Raper writes: I have m
mv possession hundreds of pieces
of literature on the subject of
fluoridation, most of which have
been written by reputable chem
ists connected with leading uni
versities of our nation, and med
ical clinics." Here are the results
of Mr. Raper's two-year re
search:
1. "It is the biggest fraud that
has ever been perpetrated on
the American people."
2. The concensus of these peo
ple (the chemists to whom he
wrote) . is that municipalities
charged with the responsibility
of furnishing clean, pure and
palatable water should go slow.
3. After fluoridation of water
commenced in Sheridan, scores
of older people were suddenly
stricken with various ailments,
relating to the urinary tract and
kidneys. When fluoridation was
discontinued, the condition of
many of these patients cleared
up.
4. An epidemic of bursted
water pipes and water equip
ment following the addition of
fluorides. Also, an epidemic of
bursted hot water tanks.
5. Sheridan residents com
plained of a nauseating taste of
the water.
6. "We are invading and abus
ing the sacred and solemn rights
of millions of people who do
not believe in such mass com
pulsory medication."
I have in my possession Mr.
Raper's complete letter avail
able for any one wishing to read
it.
Mrs. J. R. Sides
926 Murray st.
Medford, Ore.
Is It Safe?
To the Editor: Is fluoridation
safe? The following is quoted
from Dr. Adolph Weinzirl, M.D.,
professor and head of the de
partment of public health and
preventive medicine. University
of Oregon Medical school, Port
land: There is no need for anyone
to feel uneasy about fluoridation
of a city's water supply. This
method of preventing tooth de
cay has been proved highly ef
fective and entirely safe. Its cost
is extremely low.
The evidence of its effective
ness, safety and low cost has
been carefully gathered over a
period of many long years. This
evidence is now so complete
and convincing that no one need
feel any uncertainty in voting
to join the ever-increasing num
ber of progressive communities,
large and small,, that aru pro
ceeding to fluoridate.
This means that a vote for
fluoridation is a vote for dental
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health for our children and the
adults they will become. A vote
for dental health is a vote for
economy, for progress and for
human betterment. How can
anyone vote against fluoridation
because he is in favor of the
unnecessary and excessive tooth
decay of our area, and the pain
and high costs of dental repair?
For 30 years I have been fol
lowing the careful research that
has led, step by step, to our
modern knowledge of the rela
tionship between traces of fluo
ride and prevention of tooth cav
ities. Fluoridation of the water
supply is the most completely
validated method we have ever
had for the improvement of den
tal health.
Mrs. JoAnn Townes
913 Newtown st.
Medford, Ore.,
Porter Qualified
To the Editor: I have read the
Oregonian's loving editorial
"three experienced congressmen
are running for re-election in up
state Oregon against three Dem
ocrats who have no legislative
experience whatsoever."
It is as logical to say we'll not
have new teachers, doctors, law
yers, or editors tomorrow be
cause those taking time to earn
degrees have not had "the ex
perience.
Ellsworth has been instru
mental in solving timber prob
lems which are of paramount in
terest to his district," says the
Oregonian piously.
Presumably that means he
solved the Al Sarena knot for
the McDonald Brothers of Ala
bama so well that the National
Forest now has 166,000 like
claims against public forest land
just waiting to see if the Ells
worth-McKay Giveaway play
can get away with it.
That the Oregonian should en
dorse Ellsworth's high pressure
help to aid big money interests
and monopolistic grabs of our
precious timberland is a revela
tion that worried Portland edi
tors feel the GOP machine must
be saved at any cost.
Charles O. Porter is first of all
QUALIFIED as no congressional
candidate has ever been in Ore
gon history. For 15 years he has
studied law-making. He was
serving Uncle Sam for four years
in Europe and earning three
battle stars and a distinguished
citation.
Porter also served with the
U. S. Court of Appeals, the
American Bar Association's sur
vey of the legal profession, and
is a member of bars of U. S.
District Court, U. S. Court of
Appeals, U. S. Supreme Court,
U. S. Court of Military Appeals,
and has been a prime help in
Oregon to reorganze and revital
ize the Democratic party.
Porter will work and fight for
federal aid to education, the
United Nations, protection of
our great national forests, more
small tract timber sales, abund
ant low-cost power, peaceful ap
plication of atomic energy, an
impartial labor law, aid for the
family farmer, social security
liberalization, better housing,
and see to it that Southwest Ore
gon gets a better break than the
disheartening results we've been,
given to date.
I know Charlie Porter, his
wife, Priscilla, and the children.
I know that he teaches Sunday
school in the First Congrega
tional church of Eugene. I know
a lot of things about Charlie
chat the Oregonian ought to learn
because come November we're
going to have a man in office
that the Great Newspaper of the
West will have to introduce for
the first time to an awful lot
of readers.
Ronel M. Paddock,
P. O. Box 122,
Oakridge, Ore.
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