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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Friday, September 27. 1957 Spectacular Record of Voluntary Insurance Achieved in 25 Years Editor-! note: Following ! th last of fivp articles on voluntary health Insurance. By JACK V. FOX United Press Correspondent New York 1? The United States has achieved in 25 years a spectacular record of insuring its people against medical costs and under a completely volun tary program contrasted with Britain's compulsory and social ized medicine. The facts are, however, that there are still approximately 55 million Americans without any health insurance whatsoever. There are about 75 million without surgical insurance, 110 million without insurance on medical expenses outside hospi tals. Three-fifths of all our peo ple who live on farms have no health insurance at all. About half of the people aged 65 and over have no medi cal insurance nor do two-thirds of our families with incomes under $2,000 a yjpar. Welfare Secretary Concerned These figures come from Ma rion B. Folsom, secretary of health, education and welfare in the Eisenhower administration. Folsom is deeply interested in health insurance and pioneered a Blue Cross plan some years ago when he was with Eastman Kodak. The federal government these days is contenting itself largely with urging private enterprise to extend and improve voluntary coverage. This largely passive role came after several sharp congressional rebuffs. President Truman, during his administration, fought for a com pulsory federal health insurance program to be financed by pay roll taxes, like social security. Congress rejected it as "social ized medicine" in a long and bitter wrangle. Eisenhower, during his first term, came up with a plan to set up a federal fund which would '"reinsure" insurance companies that were willing to pioneer in extending coverage to catas trophic illness, comprehensive policies, insurances for groups not now covered. That proposal was defeated overwhelmingly in the House of Representatives. The current ad ministration proposal is to ex empt smaller insurance com panies from anti-trust ,laws so they can pool their resources and undertake more venture some plans. Folsom has been pushing mainly on these points: Cover age of catastrophic illness; de velopment of comprehensive, one-package plans; Coverage of older persons; Coverage of pa tients outside hospitals; Higher ceilings in surgical plans; Better coverage of rural families, those not members of organized groups and those with low incomes. The federal government also has intervened in policing mis leading advertising on health in surance. The attitude of the medical profession has been of prime im portance. From an initial resistance to any outside pressure which would interfere with the tradi tional relationship of doctor and patient, most of them realize that the alternative is some sort of government plan. For a sec ond, many doctors are now get ting bills paid and paid quick lv as never before. Is That So? By EUSENE BURNS Ranger-Naturalist To the observant woodsman, tracks left around by animals in dust, mud, sand and particular ly fresh-fallen snow tell many stories the common expression is that they can be read like an open book. But even without leaving his i chair, a man with a pen in his hand and a scratch pad can make tracks which also speak volumes but mostly what goes on in his mind, Helen King a recent visi tor to San Francisco told me. Doodle Expert King she re cently wrote Your Doodles and What They Mean (Fleet, N.Y.) holds that the doodle is some thing of a dream, made by the hand unconsciously while the mind is occupied with other thoughts. As such, the doodle she states can reveal drives and long ings that shape the person's per sonality and reveal it even more accurately than handwriting can. These "artistic" efforts, she HI-LO-OFF ss HEAT CV - CONTROL jNNJ the NEW '58 " v : f " SPEED QUEEN I ELECTRIC DRYER M 1- L j vhoot'opertecl the GREATEST dryer TERMS of all time! TRADE Stainless S'eet Drum m HI-IO-OFF Heaf Control 111 ln-A-Door lint Trap Yrtlir Germicidal lamp I OUT j, Drum stops and light floods rtlfl Hrvar interior when door V,U 7 i. opened NOW1 i' NY Quiet Running 1 ' w T 1 L I R Fast Drying " "" YTM ONLY DRYER WITH 2 TEAR GUARANTEE V Cl OPEN J(Q MONDAY said, need not reflect an unhap py state of mind at all. Often, in fact, they express worthy inter ests and aspirations. By looking at the mental tracks, she says, she can often find hidden tensions strains re lating to business, social or fam ily life. Once you are on the prowl for them and Helen King has been hunting them down for more than 22 years and has thousands of samples you'll find them al most everywhere. On scratch pads, table cloths, important cor respondence, unpaid bills, tele phone booth and public wash room walls, ithe dusty sides of trailer trucks. And one can even go back to the primitive doodles of cavemen. Miss King refrained to ex press herself on the caveman's longings. Work of Reformed Smoker In analyzing the complicated doodles of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, Miss King said that they are the work of a reformed smoker with a bad case of frayed nerves despite his will power and determination. (He gave up smoking five years ago on the advice of his phy sician and has -thrown himself into doodling, says Miss King, as a release of energies formerly soothed by the nicotine habit.) The danger of possible securi ty leaks first focused attention on Dulles' doodles he decorates whole pages of notepaper with artistic designs and patterns dur ing Security Council sessions, Presidential talks, diplomatic conferences, or when appearing before Congressional commit tees. Usually his doodles have a de cidedly geometrical flavor, a tip-off says Miss King that he is a forceful, aggressive planner. Sometimes even though his ex terior may appear relaxed, he is furious inside and may make a doodle of an axe or a hammer a dead give-away to a diplo mat sitting across the table from him, providing he knows how to interpret it. Indication of Tension Occasionally Dulles shades, pointed out Miss King. This she said is generally an indication of tension, especially with these geometric designers. The degree of shading varies for example during a recent committee hear ing when his budget was raked over the coals, the shading was heavy and revealed considerable tension and hostility. Perhaps the easiest read doo dle occurred last year in Lan sing, Mich. There a burglar broke into an office and after pocketing all the available loot, couldn't resist sitting down and making a doodle and then blotting it. "The police didn't even need a specialist to figure Grange Notes Phoenix Grange Phoenix Grange met Tuesday, Sept. 24, at 8 p.m. Master Dee Hendrickson presiding. This being a social, only urgent busi ness matters were attended to. The names of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Whiteside were presented for Grange membership. Mrs. Olin Poe of the hospitality com mittee welcomed Jackson coun ty Pomona Master Bob Bitter ling and Mrs. Bitterling, and sev eral of our own members who have not attended meetings for some time. The chaplain reported George Drake as recuperating at home following surgery in Sacred Heart hospital, and that a phone call had been received from Mrs. Drake stating that he was im proving satisfactorily and wished to thank the Grange for the flowers received while he was in the hospital. Display Table On the display table were sev eral pieces of hand-made lace, some more than 100 years old and a glass bread-plate bearing the inscription "Give us this day our daily bread," which was also more than 100 years old, all keepsakes of Mrs. Al. Schroeder. The secretary said the sales slip project was gaining and that the amount derived from that source last quarter amounted to $6.90. 1 Mrs. Cox reminded all those having sales slips for this quar ter to turn them in to her as soon as possible in order to get them to the State Grange before the deadline. The secreetary read an invi tation from Upper Applegate Grange to attend the dedication ceremony of their new hall Sunday, Oct. 13, at 2 p.m., and requested that they be informed of the number from Phoenix Grange intending to attend. Ten members present signified their intentions. If there are others who wish to attend please inform secretary Lesbia Lattie. Nominations for State Grange officers were held. Speaks Briefly Pomona Master Bob Bitter ling and Mrs. Bitterling each spoke briefly. Bitterling thanked Phoenix Grange for the invita tion to hold the Oct. 26 Pomona meeting at Phoenix, Lake Creek being unable to be host this quar ter, as had been stated in the Grange bulletin. This will be an all day meeting, and the canned fruit and jelly judging will be held. Grange council will meet Sat urday, Oct. 12, at Eagle Point. Phoenix HEC will meet at the Grange hall for a clean-up day with a potluck 'dinner at noon, Wednesday, Oct. 16. The program included games arranged by The Three Graces, Mrs. Sol Cox, Mrs. Vaughn Quackenbush and Mrs. Myrtle Ferns. Meeting adjourned at 9:30 and refreshments were served by Hillcrest Girls Stage Disturbance Salem fW Twenty-three girls were confined to segrega tion at Hillcrest school for girls here today following a disturb ance in which the school super intendent was held at bay for a time with a fire extinguisher. The disturbance was Tuesday night. It was revealed Thursday following an investigation by the State Board of Control. Several window panes were broken, and damage was done to dishes, chairs and other fix tures before the ruckus was broken up. Superintendent Marjorie Mc Bride, who was held at bay for a time by a girl with a squirting fire extinguisher, said the dis turbance began in the kitchen of the administration building. It then spread to Scott cottage. Miss McBride said not all the girls were confined to segrega tion for direct participation in the disturbance. Six girls were segregated because of "loyalty" to-the girls first involved. Damage was estimated at $100. Most of it will be taken out of allowances of girls involved. Gov. Robert D. Holmes and Secretary of State Mark Hatfield said everything was under con trol at the institution today. Wall Street Trying To Determine Depths Of Market Decline About Time Grafton, Mass. OP) For the first time, this 222 - year - old town recently adopted a set of traffic regulations. Mr. and Mrs. Olin Poe, Mrs. Gladys Sloan and Charles Setch ell. HEC chairman Coral Schroe der announced that at the next Grange meeting Oct. 8 there would be no serving committee appointed and requested Grange ladies to bring cookies. By ELMER C. WALZER United Press Financial Editor New York (IP) Wall Street is trying to determine the depths to which this decline will carry 1 the stock mar ket. Many ob servers believe that the worst has been seen temp orarily. But they look for further tests of the lows, and some p r e d ict that Elmer Waizer the bottom of the decline will be much nearer to the 400-level than the present figure. The market Wednesday touch ed an intraday low of 459.19 in the industrials. That was more than 2 points below the 1957 low of 454.82 made at the close on Feb. 12. On that day, how ever, the low touched was 453.07. In the previous session, the industrials came back more than two points from the low and closed at 456.95, still off 5.92 points on the day. Rails and utilities also made small recov eries from their lows. Helped Along by Bears This upturn came just before the close. It was helped along by covering by bears who had anticipated possible market strength around 455 and want ed to be out of their commit ments near that level. Despite the decline which has eroded by $32 billion or 14 per cent, Wall Street isn't discour aged. The long pull outlook is bull ish, says Eldon A. ' Grimm, analyst for Walston & Co. "No one knows exactly how low the stock market may go," he adds. "But here's one com forting thing the market al most always makes its low be fore business turns up." Someday, , Grimm says, the Federal Reserve will just have to allow sufficient credit for an expanding economy. Partial Squeeze On "Right now," he concludes, "a partial squeeze is on. But remember this, we are witness ing a tremendous advance in in ventions and technology, and the future must bring new highs in a lot of things." Gerald M. Loeb, a senior part ner of E. F. Hutton & Co. be lieves it win take time to cor rect both the fundamentals and the technical situation. In the meantime, Loeb says cash should be kept on hand to take advantage of buying oppor tunities that should develop later. L. O. Hooper notes that the 450-460 level has been a sup port area for a long time: 458.21 on Jan. 3, 1956; 460.41 on Nov. 29, 1956; and 453.07 on Feb. 12, 1957. There's also a triple top: 521.05, April 6, 1956; 520.95, Aug. 2, 1956; and 520.77 on July 12. Use Mail Tribune Want Adi The Low Cost Way to Sell wwsiOH or Mcme PACIFIC 'A 9tUU- INDUSTRIAL 1 6 S. Central Phone SP 3-5308 Drug Store Gier's PHOENIX, OREGON To Our NEW LOCATION ACROSS THE STREET 104 SOUTH MAIN Skinner Building Watch For Our . . GRAND OPENING! out this one," said Miss King. 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