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Capita! Punishment Subject at Recent Meeting of WCTU Capital punishment, laws against obscene publications ; and use of sobriety tests were i discussed by Medford At-! torney Frank Van Dyke at a recent meeting of the Wom en's Christian Temperance Union here. Van Dyke predicted legisla tion to modify the statutes providing capital punishment in Oregon for first degree murder probably will be on the ballot during the next election. The question is whether the present law is morally right, he said. Under the present law every person convicted of murder In the first degree shall be punished with death except when the trial jury recommends imprisonment. Some people believe that capital punishment is an ef fective deterrent to those who might commit murder, he said. Others believe a person has no right to take a life under the social order; especi ally when coupled with life imprisonment or a system where the individual faces loss of freedom for a sub stantial period of time. The latter is considered by a num ber of people just as effective a deterrent to murder as a death penalty. Van Dyke quoted Walter D. Nunley, former Jackson coun ty district attorney, and James Alger Fee, U. S. district court judge, who both believe capi tal punishment effectively calls a halt to possible crimes of murder. Speaking on what to do about indecent or obsence ma terial. Van Dyke mentioned a recent Loretta Young TV show which showed what two mothers could do to campaign against sale of indecent liter ature. As mentioned in that show, such literature is in clined to "trigger off vio lence" in people whose minds easily receive such sugges tions. Plants Seeds "Such literature quickly plants seeds of violence as surely as a farmer plants seeds for wheat and other crops," Van Dyke said. Van Dyke suggested vigor ous prosecution of all offend ers distributing this literature. Such offenders should be given trial by jury, coupled with a law similar to the ha bitual criminal law or laws on drunk driving which pro vide for severer penalities for additional offenses. "To invoke such processes of the law an alert public and alert law enforcement will be required," the attorney said. "The recent trial involving Confidential magazine in Cali fornia is probably the first of its kind. We should ' also strengthen application of stat utes applying to conspiracy against the law. This would regulate operations under the same management or owner ship but which use different ed. Speaking on sobriety 'tests, the attorney advocated laws similar to those in force in New York state. These require all applicants for driver's lic enses to sign statements say ing they will submit to. blood tests if they are suspected of driving while under the in fluence of intoxicating liquor. "After all, operating a ve hicle on a public highway is a privilege not a right," the attorney insisted. As a footnote, the attorney mentioned a recent ruling of the attorney general which stated the Liquor Control commission could not prohibit sale of alcoholic beverages on property, within 500 feet or less of a church or school. Of course, local authorities must approve such sales of alcoholic beverages, the at torney pointed out. Sunday, January 26, 1958 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE Applications Being Taken for Civil Jobs The civil service commision has announced that applica tions are being accepted for shorthand reporters, account ants and auditors. Additional information may be obtained from Chester W. Silliman in the Medford post office or write to the commis sion at Washington 25, D.C. CHAPTER MEETS Ashland The local chap ter of the American Associa tion of University Professors met last week in the Britt center at Southern Oregon college to discuss a report of the December Federation meeting, committee appoint ments for the year, budget ap propriation and the national campaign to make economic welfare a major objective of AAUP. Station KWIN 1400 K.C. Sundays 10:15 A.M. Practices Queried In Fund Drives For Vet Charities Washington W) House Investigators said Saturday they had discovered "very questionable practices" in some veterans charity drives including high salaries, big exnense accounts and plush offices for fund-raising offi cials. Chairman Olin E- Teague (D-Tex.) of the House Veter ans Committee said Ameri cans would be "shocked" at the inside story of some fund raising drives, both, in the veterans field and for other charity causes. 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