Medford mail tribune., April 21, 1957, Image 5

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State Legislature Is Entering
Final Weeks, Bills Increasing
By STATE REPRESENTATIVE
ROBERT DUNCAN
Salem This will doubtless be
my last newsletter for this ses
sion. I am sorry that there have
not been
more, but the
work has left
very little
time, and I
have had to el
iminate much
that I would
have liked to
do.
The letters
Bob Duncan from Jackson
county have been very helpful.
I hope they will continue, and
that if they are not acknowledg
ed from here on out, you will
understand that nevertheless
they are being carefully consid
ered. The Legislature is entering its
final weeks. The many long
hours of careful work in com
mittee, taking testimony, draft
ing, and re-drafting the bills, is
now bearing fruit; and they are
coming to the Floor in increas
ing numbers. While many of
them, it is true, are of minor
consequence, each is important
to some group of citizens and
should be carefully considered.
It may seem that the session has
been unduly long to some. To
me, it is amazing that so much
has been and will be accomplish
ed. Budgets Reviewed
In Ways and Means, budgets
for many, many state agencies
have been reviewed in detail.
Agencies such as the Highway
Department, the Board of
Health, Industrial Accident, and
Unemployment Compensation,
are multi-million dollar business
es. Their budgets have been con
sidered in detail, working for
economies that will not impair
their efficiency. It would be
easy to make "across the board"
cuts, or to approve them as sub
mitted. The first alternative is
not intelligent; the second is not
what we are here for. Major de
cisions will soon be forthcom
ing. Many of these decisions will
be compromises, the product of
the give-and-take of a vibrant
democracy.
Judiciary's work, while less
spectacular, is nevertheless im
Editorial Comment
PARTY LABEL
DOESN'T COUNT.
Labor in Oregon is wondering
whether it really makes any dif
ference which political party is
in power in the state govern
ment. For more than 80 days now
the legislature has been in ses
sion. The total of its accomplish
ments as far as the working men
and women of the state are con
cerned is exactly nothing.
Labor did not expect that just
because the Democrats swept
Oregon in the last election that
labor was entitled to a blank
check. All labor wanted and
asked was that the welfare of
the working people receive con
sideration. For the many years that the
GOP controlled the state and the
governor's mansion workers got
very little consideration. A
change for the better was ex
pected with the shift to Demo
cratic control.
That change hasn't been very
noticeable. As a matter of fact,
it's non-existent.
The Democratic administrat-
tion has refused to repeal the
anti-labor ban on picketing. And
there has been no action on many
other labor - backed proposals
having to do with workmen's
compensation and other labor
bills.
It's proof again of the wisdom
of the advice to "vote the man
and not the party." Some of
labor's strongest supporters in
this session of the legislature are
Republicans. Some of its strong
est opponents are Democrats
No party in Oregon deserves
to think that it is the "working-
man s friend because the evi
dence just isn't there.
Party labels mean nothing
these days. It's the individual
who counts and labor should re
member this, the next time po
litical parties come to it for
blanket endorsements and sup
port. "Oregon Teamster."
EXCESS OF PARTISANSHIP
Elections to county offices are
not just an endorsement of party,
They are also a sorting of the I
candidates. We don't believe the j
people of a county want a poorly j
qualified person to be named to j
succeed another simply because i
he wears the same party label.
There may be some justification j
for the law in the case of legis
lators where party affiliation is
of greater significance, but as far i
as district attorneys are con- I
cerned the main thing is to get a
good man to take the job. There ,
are counties where it isn't easy
to do that the salary is too low
to attract and hold a competent j
lawyer. The governor should not ;
be restricted to a party replace
ment. This law represents an excess j
cl partisanship. ' It should be
amended or repealed to give a ;
wider latitude in filling vacan
cies in district attorneyships. i
Oregon Statesman, Salem. I
portant, dealing as it does with
the laws which regulate the set
tlement of disputes between citi
zens and the State. Many bills
this session have been referred
to the legal committee for the so
lution of legal problems con
nected therewith. At last count,
some 90 bills had been disposed
of by the committee, after de
tailed consideration. Eighty
some odd remain, including bills
from the Senate.
Taxation, of course, is a big
issue. During the campaign last
fall, I promised no tax reduc
tions. I announced my hope that
an equitable program could be
worked out within the frame
work of the income tax, based as
it is upon what I believe to be
an equitable premise: namely,
taxation according to ability to
pay.
Increases in rates in the low
er and middle groups cannot be
avoided but will be, I think, off
set by a raise in dependency ex
emption from $500 to $600, a
considerable benefit to people
with the expense of a family.
Thii new income tax structure
will be more equitable and less
regressive than the alternative
offered in the form of a sales
tax. Contrary to many peoples'
belief, a sales tax does not offer
Communications
Kindness UnWersal Need
To the Editor: It is true, some
parents do not set a good ex
ample for children. On every
hand individuals and groups are
seeking to deprive others of their
rights for purely selfish pur
poses. The proposed highway
through our park is a good ex
ample of this. Since this is of
such vital importance to all of
us why not have a special elec
tion before it is too late?
Then in regard to combating
delinquency a sports program,
manual arts classes are fine. But
there is an old Oregon law all
but forgotten making humane
education compulsory. This was
not designed just to teach chil
dren to be kind to animals and
to recognize their rights as liv
ing creatures, but, while chil
dren are learning this they are
developing character, responsi
bility, unselfishness and especi-
SCENIC WONDERLAND
Is Oregon a "scenic wonder
land?" Of course it is. But it is
not necessarily THE "scenic
wonderland." Many states can
join us in this claim, a claim
that likely will be made by Ore
gon motorists who visit other
states. The words "scenic won
derland" will be added to Ore
gon license plates, if a recom
mendation of the House highway
committee passes the rest of the
way through the Legislature.
We've always taken a dim
view of these license plates that
tout the spuds or the wheat or
the rutabagas that grow back
home. But if Oregon must adopt
this lame method of getting
publicity, we wish the state
would think of something more
original to advertise. Eugene
Register-Guard.
WHAT PRICE COMPETENCE?
Oregon legislators want to in
crease their salaries from $600
to $1000 per year and would
like authority to regulate their
salaries as the Congress does,
without referring the matter to
the people. You will have an op
portunity at the next general el
ection to express your opinion
on the proposal. '
It is not right that men and
women should serve their state
as legislators for as little as $600
a year. The cost of living in Sa
lem through a legislative session
is far more than that. A legisla
tor must have other income or
must borrow money in order to
get through a session.
People who think $600 is suf
ficient will argue that nobody is
required to be a candidate for
the legislature; that a man seeks
the job with his eyes wide open.
They disregard the important
point that a financial bar keeps
many competent people out of a
field of public service where
competence is sorely needed.
Pendleton East Oregonian.
The highest single span con
crete arch bridge in the world
is the Bixby Creek bridge near
Big Sur, Calif.
NEW LOCATION
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2287 WEST MAIN ST.
Corner West Main, Ross Lane and Lozier Lane
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PLENTY OF PARKING SPACE
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an inexhaustible reservoir of
money to which no one 'has to
contribute. Taxes must be paid,
and this Legislature is seeking
the least undesirable solution. It
is seeking, also, to avoid "soak
ing the rich," an expedient but
riot always wise solution; for
when we discourage investment
in Oregon, we lose employment
which our state vitally needs.
Many have expressed fear of
a collection of taxes on property
by the State. If the budget can
be held down, as I am confident
that it can, there is no more
reason to fear this now than
there was in the past. Holding
the budge down means that all
will not get as much of an ap
propriation as they would like.
This Legislature, nevertheless, is
trying to and will make reason
able increases in support for our
mental institutions, our schools,
salaries for our state employees,
including the academic staffs
and the state police.
The decisions which we are
called upon to make are diffi
cult. They are being made sin
cerely? Mistakes are inevitable,
but this is democracy. I am hap
py and proud for the small part
which each of us, be he in Salem
or Jackson county, can play in
it.
ally "kindness." A word of such
force that its application will ex
ert an unlimited influence in
later life. Think what this would
mean if all of us had a kindly
attitude toward one another
so let us teach more of it in home
and school.
Let us not forget this Easter
time that bunnies, baby chicks
and ducklings are not toys but
baby things not to be squeezed
to death. -Terry
Addison,
1040 Childers Ave.,
Medford, Oregon.
No Charge for Blood
To the Editor: The paper of
Friday, April 19, carried a letter
by D. W. of Central Point anent
a possible solution to the blood
donor problem. .
I should like to say that D. W.
does not have his or her facts
straight. Hospitals in this area
do not charge their patients for
blood given them, since it is
blood donated to the Red Cross
which is used and no charge is
made. The small fee collected
by the hospital is for administer
ing the blood. Time was when
donors were paid $25 for a pint
of blood, and the patient was
charged accordingly. But that
was before the many uses oi
whole blood and plasma were
discovered. Nowadays, many ac
cident victims, for example, re
quire a dozen or more trans
fusions. Think of -the bill that
patient' would have to pay.
D. W. would do well to read an
article in the April issue of RED
BOOK, entitled "Every . Day
Someone Saves My Life." Jim
Garner, a hemophiliac, leads a
normal, productive life because
and only so long as he re
ceives a daily transfusion of
blood plasma. He has already
had some 1500 transfusions. This
is arranged for through a privately-run
blood bank in Cali
fornia, on the basis of replac
ing the blood used at the rate of
two donated pints for each trans
fusion given. Friends of-Jim, and
their friends, and other citizens
with a pint of blood and an hour
every two or three .months to
spare, are donors, and are paid
no" fee, so, that Jim can have the
blood he needs at no cost. One
donor is to replace the blood
used, and one to offset the $8.50
cost of processing the blood.
Just stop and figure up, D. W.,
what the cost of these daily
transfusions would be to Jim
at $10 or even $5 each. He's' 27
now. I know Jim, and I know
what this plasma is doing for
him and his family.
I agree that the idea of a lo
cal permanent blood bank, with
donors paid $5 or $10, might sup
ply the needed blood. But if the
patient couldn't pay for it, who
would? The only pay for the
blood itself that is now expected
of the patient or his family is
thatthe blood be replaced. But
even if it is not, the patient gets
the blood.
The Red Cross Blood Program
has never included a payment
for blood nor a charge for blood,
which all ties in with the fun
damental purpose of the organ
ization, "People Helping Peo-
Today and
By Walter
SOME IMPRESSIONS
Rome One of the things
that has impressed me in Great
Britain and again in Italy is
that in foreign
affairs there
are no clear
and sharp is
sues. There
was, of course,
a .deep divis
ion of feeling
over the Suez
a f f a ir. But
that the inter
v e n tion has
Walter Lippmann
failed and has been liquidated,
there does not seem to be any
where a definite difference of
view as to what the Western
world or the United States
should do next. .
My impression is that here in
Italy there is a feeling of solid
arity with the British and the
French but that this feeling is
checked by a strong practical
sense that it is the national in
terest of Italy to go along with
the United States.
TN MOVING and talking
to a
A variptv of TieoDle from the
countries of Western Europe I
have found a remarkable amount
of agreement, almost a consens
us, about the Soviet Union,
about the Middle East, and about
the United States.
I -have seen no one who
thinks the Soviet Union is plan
ning and is preparing , for a gen
eral war. For that, reason the re
sounding declarations of the so
called Eisenhowe? Doctrine are
received with puzzled incredul
ity. Some think that the Presi
dent and Mr. Dulles are living
in an unreal world, emphasizing
dangers that will probably not
come and not dealing with dan
gers that do in fact exist. Oth
ers think that they must mean
something deep, so deep that
nobody understands it.
I have seen no one who thinks
that the Soviet Union is at pres
ent willing or able to negotiate
a general German or European
settlement. The commonly ac
cepted view is that the Soviet
Union cannot afford to withdraw
the Red Army from Eastern Ger
many and from Poland. This
means the fall of the East Ger
man Communist Regime, and
along with that a turning of
Poland and Hungary against
Russia.
Some whom I have seen think
that there is nothing for the
West to do but to back up Dr.
Adenauer and accept the fact
that Europe is partitioned. Oth
ers, who are, I believe, offering
the Soviet Union terms . which
Moscow, were it less frightened
and suspicious, could find reas
onable. There is a general view, I
found, that in the rivalry for the
so-called uncommitted nations
of Africa, the Middle East, and
South Asia, the Soviet Union has
an easier hand to play than has
the United States. - There is a
feeling that the Soviet Union
has won the game in Nasser's
Egypt. Certainly it would be a
pleasant surprise in Europe if
Eisenhower and Dulles are able
to hold their own in the game.
ALTHOUGH I have not en
countered it myself, there is
obviously wide anti-American
feeling. There is, on the other
hand, a big distaste for the man
ners and the bearing of Ameri
cans traveling abroad or talking
to the outer world. The comforts
and the conveniences of the Am
erican way of life are popular.
pie." .
I don't know the answer to
keeping the program going here,
but I do know that we will all be
the losers if it is not.
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Medford, Ore
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But the talk that goes-with
them, be it from tourists, itiner
ant Congressmen, or other offi
cials is definitely unpopular.
There is in the anti-American
feeling a general disillusion
ment with President Eisenhow
er himself. There is an extraor
dinary lack of confidence in
Secretary Dulles. There is a gen
eral underlying anxiety that the
fate of Europe should so much
depend upon them. The feeling
seems to be unanimous as one
learns not only in private con
versation but also in blunt cor
respondence in the responsible
European press, that the Presi
dent is a tired man living in a
kind of semi-retirement.
ALL this tends to strengthen
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psojects, like the common mar
ket, of European solidarity. I
have no doubt that the brilliant
reception of Queen Elizabeth
in Paris reflects in some consid
erable measure this new feeling
of European solidarity.
Yet I am unable to judge, nor
is anyone I have talked with,
whether the general feeling of
European solidarity is strong en
ough to overcome the national
feelings and the vested interests
which keep Europe divided.
It will be years before we
know. But in the meantime the
common effort to work at these
common projects is in itself a
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VO-AG BANQUET Guest speaker at the annual Vocational
Agriculture parent-son banquet in Eagle Point Thursday was
state FFA President Roy Chapin, left. He is shown above
talking with Nat Etzel, center, Eagle Point Vo-Ag advisor,
and Eagle Point FFA President Robert Hayes. About 200
persons attended the banquet. Adults receiving honorary de
grees for their work in the FFA program during the year
were Bill Bigham and John Ousterhout.
N.Y. COYOTES INCREASING
Ithaca, N.Y. (U.R) Prof. W.
J. Hamilton Jr., Cornell Uni
versity zoologist, says the coy
ote, in time, -will become estab
lished throughout the farmlands
of New York State. The animal,
common in the Adirondacks, has
now invaded many of the west
ern and southern tier counties,"
he said.
healthy manifestation of Euro
pean solidarity.
Copyright 1957 New York
Herald Tribune Inc. .
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