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O O O oo TN MEDFORD IOREGON) MAIIj TRIBUNE e : IN THE FAMILY Glendtte, Mont. (U.R) As one justice of tin? pnce to an other. Sidney Merseth soleyinlj: forfeited a S1 bond to Robert Toppins here. Merseth, who holdso justice court at Hincs, Ore., was cited, for crossing a eolidrenter line which indicated "no crossi.i';." " . Monday, November 5. 195B Use Tribune Want Ads srt . Middle East Crisis Overshadows Issues in Final Week of Campaign More Than 25 Million Americans Drinking Fluoridated Water 'BY RAYMOND LAHR United Pre'is Correspondent The Middle East crisis over shadowed pocketbook issues and domestic affairs in the final week nf the 195R political camoaiEn. Already confident of victory in the presidential election. Repub licans believed it would win more votes for President Eisen hower because the country would want a man with his sta ture and military background to deal with the threat of war. Dem ocrats, who . have been hungry for more effective issues, view ed the crisis as an issue which would stir public interest and sustain their arguments that the administration had bungled for eign policy. Republicans Because of the Middle East fiehtine. President Eisenhower cancelled one campaign trip set for last week and called ott one tentatively scheduled to Boston . ' We Believe MEASURE No. 4 Should Be Approved! The following is. a reprint of an editorial published in the Oregonian, Saturday,- Oct. 6, 1-956: e yVhither Coroners, Surveyors7 Measure No. 4 on the state ballot, which would remove miiilv survevor and county coroner from the list of elec tive countv officers prescribed by the state constitution, is the outsrowth'of a 1953 state Supreme Court decision. The hieh 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 off ier 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 vevor 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. on Monday night, the eve of the election. Before the outbreak, he flew to Florida and Virginia for speeches Monday, and he kept a speaking date Thursday night at Philadelphia. His cancelled trip would have taken him to Texas. Oklahoma and Tennessee Wednesday. On his southern swing, the President spoke in general terms of the racial issue without get ting specific about the question of school segregation. He said the achievement of racial equal ity should be handled mostly on a state and local basis. Allies Criticized In a television address billed as non - political Wednesday night, Mr. Eisenhower criticized the action taken by the British, French and Israeli in the Middle East and pledged there would be no U.S. involvement in hostili ties. In his Philadelphia speech, he voiced confidence that the U.S. alliance with Britain and France would grow stronger, despite the current disagreement. And he promised that his own actions and decisions in the crisis would be taken as president of all the people, not as a candidate. In a jab at the Democrats, Mr. Eisenhower said he was "undis turbed by the strident voices of those few Jf. ho seem to be seek ing to turn world events to poli tical profit." At Philadelphia and in his southern tour, he continued to hammer against the proposals of Democratic nominee Adlai E. Stevenson for seeking an end to H-bomb tests and the draft. He called these proposals a "design for disaster." And in the South, Mr. Eisen hower boasted of the administra tion record of prosperity and chided the Democrats for sug gesting that this prosperity is less than it appears. Stevenson Called 'Unfit' Vice President Richard M. Nixon concentrated this week on piotal states, first in California, then New York and Pennsylvan ia. He accused Stevenson of a "crude attempt" to inject poli tics into the Middle East situa tion and said Mr. Eisenhower can provide he leadership needed in time of crisis. In Hershey, Pa.. Nixon Friday night accused Stevenson of mak ing "untrue" and "irresponsible" charges in his attacks on the ad ministration's Mideast policies. He said Stevenson is unfit to be president. This week: Both Mr. Eisen hower and Nixon will make election eve TV appearances Monday night. Nixon spends Monday in Boston' and speaks from there. The President will be in Washington. Democrats Democratic presidential nomi nee Adlai E. Stevenson gave most of his attention last week to big eastern and midwestern states New York. Pennsylvania, Michigan and Massachusetts. Throuhout the week he flailed the administration for develop ments in the Middle East. He said the administration had told the American people less than : the truth, that it had committed blunders contributing to the cris 1 is and had alienated the principal U.S. allies, Britain and France. Stevenson asked for and got j free television and radio time i to reply to Mr. Eisnhower's speech on the Middle East. He said a "bankrupt" foreign pol icy of the administration for that area had failed because the re sults had benefitted the Com munists and cut this country off from its Democratic friends. Program Outlined In a speech from Boston Tues day night, Stevenson said the GOP wants the country to "just trust Ike" because it does not dare ask that the Republican party be trusted. He said the nation cannot afford another four years under a "part-time leader of a party which will not plan, which will not create, which will not dare to see the vision of a new America and make that vision come true." He referred to Vice President Richard M. Nixon as Mr. Eisen hower's "hand-picked heir." In Detroit Friday night, Ste venson charged that Mr. Eisen hower had not said a "word' about how to settle the Middle East crisis. He said there were steps "a determined American government" could take to "stop the war and strike a blow for peace" and outlined a five-point program. Stevenson also released two campaign documents last week. One was a defense of his pro posal to seek an end to H-bomb tests and a point-by-point reply to Mr. Eisenhower's statement rejecting the plan. He said the President had shown "hopeless defeatism" and hostility toward 'constructive thinking" on ways to save the world from H-bomb warfare. Deterioration Revealed In the second document, Ste venson said the social legistla tion he has promised can be fin anced from increased tax rev enue from a growing economy even while tax rates are being reduced. Sen. Estes Kefauver, Steven son's running mate, also kept to the large eastern and mid- western states last week Illin ois, Ohio, Michigan, Pennsyl vania and New England. He, too, pounded on the argument that administration policy con tributed to the events in the Middle East. He said Mr. Eisen hower himself had revealed tbe deterioration of VS. influence in world affairs. This week: Stevenson goes to Minnesota Sunday night for a final crack at this doubtful state, where Kefauver also was spending the weekend. Both candidates will make TV appear ances from Chicago and Ke fauver from Washington. FOOT TROUBLE Detroit (U.R) Edward F Gross' aching feet cost him S2 He paid that fine in traffic court for crossing a street against a red light after explaining: "It hurt my feet to stand still and wait for the light to change They don't hurt too much if I keep moving." Use Mail Tribune Want Ads Dead line Sunday Classified u at noon Saturday 10 a.m Monday tor Mnndav: otiier davi 5:3C orevious day o MANY PUBLISHERS SUPPORT HIM TSt Oregon Journal. On. t. 756 said :ha of Mark Hatfield: This boar (Board of Control) . . . is art essential part of state government and one in which . Hatfield a exceptionally quali fied. In his legislative 'career, HatjcJd sranwed himself so be alert to state needs, mildly lib eral in his approach and above all. a ian of personal and pflsiUcaJ uaegrity.' HIS EXPERIENCE FITS THE OFFICE A large part of the Secretary of State's wort it with stale institutions and with efficiency in government. Senator Hatfield's administrative experience with tbe budgetary and personnel problems of Willamette Uni versity on boards, committees and so political science is invaluable. HE HAS ENTHUSIASM AND VISION Mark Hatfietd does not view the office as simply a political post. His enthusiasm for bringing efficiency lo bear and his understanding of the long-range beneficial effects of the office will not be found in any other candidate. HE FIGHTS TOR HUMAN RIGHTS Mark Hatfield has no prejudices as regard race, creed or political party. He fought for civil rights and teacher's minimum pay. standards. His fairness has brought him support from both political parties. HE IS A FINE INDIVIDUAL The personal background of a man H as much a qualifi cation for office as his official acts. Mark Hatfield has been a man dedicated to the service of other people m his community, his county, his state and the nation. His common seme, his honesty and hrs intentions have always been above reproach. We feel this is the kind of a man everyone would want in public office. REPUBLICAN N. Hat&tM fr See" o uif Lommmw. E. Ciiiwn, US O-yo Btdfr. Stfaa. Org. ELECT A MAN WHO KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING! x , r.T j'.wa -Ra (Editor's Note: This is the last in a series of articles on fluoridation, being published in cooperation with the Ameri can Dental association and the Jackson County Dental asso ciation. Residents of Medford will vote Tuesday on fluori dation of city water. The fol lowing is an article recently published in the Eugene Register-Guard.) More than 25 million Ameri cans are drinking fluoridated water today. Government officials in Wash ington, D. C, drink it. Philadel phia lawyers, fishermen in Flor ence, housewives in San Fran cisco and commutors in Salem Heights drink it. Fewer Cavities In Newburgh, N. Y., nine-year- old children drink fluoridated water. They've been drinking it all their lives. And they have 58 per cent fewer cavities than children in nearby Kingston, where the water isn't fluori dated, t Another 4'4 million people. who live in communities where appreciable amounts of fluorides are naturally present in the water, have also been drinking fluoridated water for years. They used to wonder why they had so few cavities. In areas where the natural fluoride concentration is too high up to 14 parts per million some people have stained teeth. In areas where it's just right. their teeth look fine. And they're seldom bothered by tooth decay. Even in the areas of highest fluoride concentrations, careful scientific research has shown no harmful effects to people who have been drinking the heavily- fluoridated water for more than 70 years. Opponents of fluoridation do not accept the results of this re search. Ominous Picture In rebuttal, they offer an ominous picture of what hap pens when fluoridation is adopt- J ,. 'Ik Allen Curry has lived In Jackson County over 30 years. He knows the people and their problems. He has' had over 15 years of experience in county governmental de partments was for three years a township assessor in Kansas. Allen Curry has the experience necessary for this important office. ELECT ALLEN D. GURRY COUNTY ASSESSOR Pd. Ad.-Jackson Co. Rep. Central Comm. ed. Goldfish die, the stories say. Waterpipes corrode. Chinchillas fail to reproduce. People develop strange symptoms. There were alarming reports in Newburgh, N. Y., for instance. after the city fathers announced they were going to fluoridate the city's water. People complained of sore throats, dizziness, stiff backs. Somebody's false teeth cracked open. A pop bottler said the water wouldn't carbonate. At this point, the people who operate the Newburgh water plant revealed that a delay in delivering equipment had held up the plans. The "fluoridation" alarms were coming in while ! people were still drinking ordin- j ary, unfluoridated water. ! Program Underway By the time the fluoridation ' program actually got underway a few weeks later, there were no more alarms. Many other cities have had waves of similar stories after adopting fluoridation, and these are solemnly reported in the pub lication put out by opponents of fluoridation. But the experience of cities where fluoridation is now in ef fect contradict the alarming stories. People down in Florence still have happy, robust goldfish that make their homes in fluoridated water. Grand Rapids, Mich., residents find that their plumbing fixtures are as good as ever after 11 years of fluoridation. Ice cubes still freeze in the refrigerators of Astoria. Forest Grove has had no increase in in sanity, cancer or hives since it adopted fluoridation. The Com munists haven't taken over Cor vallis. These reports just don't jibe with the stories of the anti-flu-oridationists. But the stories keep coming. They'll be circulated in Eugene until Nov. 6, dressed up in the screaming typography favored by the opponents of fluoridation." FOR MAYOR - 2 YEAR TERM i28xPAULj.SELBY Pd. Pol. Adv. Selby for Maor Commirte o o i0 O ELECTION AATIQN INFQRA o O O O For Information on where you should vcftep hov$ to o get there or for transporation tg and from the polls o call any of these numbers o Election fve or ElcKtion o Day . . . o o o o 0 o o O Medford u u sj 2-7615 "kv vi Republican Headqwfllers q q Rogue River, Gold Hill, Sams Valley . " GtfW Hill 5-9033 Jacksonville, West Side 124599 o Applegate : . PrveIt 2534 Howard, Central Point . 3-5120 o 84621 Republican Headquarters 98 1 1 L Talent, . Phoenix Aslana? -0426 Shady Cove Ashland TR City of Medford: Ward Ro. 1 v . 2-4611 o Ward No. 2 . '.' ?-8041 o Ward Ho. 3 . . o " 2-2090 Ward Ho. 4- . 2-9662 Pd. Adv. Jackson Cty. Re pub. C Comm. Can you find the "guarantee" in this picture? . . I o O O You buy a refrigerator only two or three times in your lifetime. Yet you don't hesitate to buy one without getting so much as a look at the intricate "works"' that makes it run. How do you dare make such an important purchase without having an expert check it over for you? What makes you so sure you're getting your money's worth when you say, "I'll take that one"? The answer's obvious. You look for the brand name on the refrigerator your "guarantee," You've learned to follow th;a first rule of safe and sound buying: A good brand is your best guarantee No matter what kind of product you want to buy, you know a good bran4 won't let you clwfi You know the maker stands back of it guar- 0 an tees it. And so, whe'rvyou buy 8 good brand O you know you're right o Read this newspaper, to find0out whiSh are 0 the good brands (and the stores that sell thefm.f The more good brands you know, theurer you are about all your-shopping. ." . 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