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10 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Tuesday, May 13, 1958 Humane Slaughter Decision Hearing Washington (CQ) Fred Jfyers of the Humane Society at the U.S. was telling about the time he became ill while Iduilding up a case for hu mane slaughter legislation. "I was up in New York Stete watching them slaugh ter hogs in the usual way. I flt sick and dizzy at the same time. I had to get out of there. Somehow, I made it out to the' parking lot before I started getting sick. And yet even then I knew I had to watch slaughtering opera tions again and again." That was seven years ago. Since then he has visited cores of slaughter houses as xecutive director of the 21,-000-member Humane Society. He has kept down his lunch by telling himself that only eye - witness information would convince Congress to pass humane slaughter legis lation. The next few weeks will show if he was right. Basic Issue The basic issue is this: Should Congress pass a law telling slaughterers how to kill animals or trust the in dustry to work out humane methods by itself? Congres sional offices have been swamped with mail on the issue, most of it in favor of humane slaughter legislation. The House Feb. 4 passed a humane slaughter bill. Now it is up to the 15-man Senate Agriculture Committee to de cide whether to send the bill to the Senate floor for a vote. Senate hearings on slaughter bills ended May 1. Chairman Allen J. Ellender (D-La.) of the Senate Agriculture Com mittee said it is probable his committee's decision will be made May 21. "I want it clearly under stood that I'm not sitting on this humane slaughter bill," Ellender said. "I'm for humane slaughter as much as any body. But I'm not convinced the House-passed bill is strong enough. . 'Why shouldn't all slaughterers, be required to slaughter humanely, not just the ones who sell to the Gov ernment?" House Version The House bill would apply only to those slaughterers who sell meat to the Govern ment. Myers and other hu mane slaughter proponents admit the bill is a watered down one, but feel it will bring widespread humane practices because so many slaughterers want to sell meat to the Government. They see Senate passage of the House bill as the quickest and surest way to get humane slaughter rules into law. Ellender, who has received more mail on humane slaugh ter than any other issue since he came to Congress in 1937, predicted his Committee will report out some kind of ' a humane slaughter bill. Myers said "I'm sure we have the votes to pass the bill once it gets out on the floor. But it's pretty even-steven right now on the Senate Committee." Thirty Year Fight. Myers organization, other humane groups and the Gen eral Federation of Women's Clubs insist that the meat in dustry will not adopt hu mane slaughtering methods on its own. They say it has been promising to do so for the last 30 years. They point to a few packing plants like George A Hormel & Co. which have worked out humane methods and to countries like England, Holland and the Scandinavian countries which require them. Meat packers, chiefly through the American Meat Institute, contend they too favor humane slaughtering. But they say there has not been enough research to de I AM SUPPORTING JUDGE EDWARD C. CI Because of His Fine Work with the r i . Young in Our Juvenile Court H. Dewey Wilson Chairman Jackson County Juvenile Advisory Council I Urge You to Vote for Edward C. Kelly for Circuit Court No. 3 termine the most humane methods. They say following methods prescribed by Fed eral law will cost them money and therefore raise the price of meat to the consumer. They want to be allowed to work out humane methods on their own. The agriculture Department also is against the humane slaughter legislation. The De partment says it would be hard to administer the House passed rules requiring the animal to be "renedered in sensible to pain by a single blow or gunshot or an elec trical, chemical or other means that is rapid and effec-. tive" before being hoisted up for stabbing. The Jewish community is split on the House bill. Ortho dox rabbis oppose it on grounds it infringes on re ligious freedom while other Jewish groups do not object because the bill says they can still use the Jewish ritual method of severing the ani mal's jugular vein. Slaughter Telhod Humane societies term pres ent slaughtering methods as "cruel, barbaric and im moral." The Senate Agriculture Committee refused to watch a sound film of this slaughter ing process. Hormel has worked out a system humane organizations endorses. Animals are driven into a tunnel filled with car bon dioxide. This knocks them out painlessly before the slaughtering process begins. Some other plants use special hammers and gun devices which knock out the animal instantly. (Copyright 1958, Congressional Quarterly Inc.) Last Rifes Held For Skelfon's Son Hollywood (IP) Funeral services were scheduled to day for Red Skelton's 9-year- old son, Richard, who died Saturday night after a long battle against leukemia. Actor William Lundigan, a close friend of the red-haired comedian, was to deliver the eulogy at services conducted by Dr. Vista Stewart of the Beveraly Vista Community church, at Forest Lawn's Church. of the Recessional. Skelton, who swore after his son's death that Richard shall not have died in vain, asked that donations be made to leukemia research in lieu of sending flowers. The comedian pledged him self to devoting all the time he can in the future to fight ing cancer. "It is something I have to do," Skelton said. "Richard's death shall not be in vain." Richard's death came at the UCLA Medical Center, about a year and a half after the red-haired boy was stricken with the disease. Skelton took him to Europe to seek treatment and to let his son see some of the things he had read about in books. Visiting Day Slated At Phoenix School A children's visiting day will be held at Phoenix Grade school Thursday, May 15, for all children who will be start ing in the first grade next fall, according to John E Myers, principal. Parents are asked to bring children to school at 1 p.m. and pick them up again at 2:30 p.m., he said. The visit makes it possible for the chil dren to familiarize themselves with an actual school situa tion, the principal explained. LILY Try and By BENNETT CERF- ART VAN HORN relays a story about a traveling salesman who got lost in the feudin country near the Blue Ridge mountains and found refuge with two hillbillies who never had been more than a mile from their primitive shack. When the salesman left the next day, he gave his hosts a portable radio as a token of appreciation for their hospitality. That night one of the hillbillies, out of curiosity, fiddled with the radio dials. After fumbling with them, he tuned in a speechmaker at a political rally. At bedtime the politician still was roaring over the radio and the mountaineers didn't know how to turn it off. In desperation one of them picked up an ax and struck the set The voice stopped. How ever, it had only jarred the set and the next morning the second hillbilly was awakened by organ music from tie radio. He woke his paL "You know that guy you killed last night?" he said. "Well, they're burying him today. O 1968. by Bennett Cert Distributed by King Feature Syndicate. Children Declared Being Exploited In Summer Camps New York (IP) Summer camps exploit children for money, says a veteran camp owner. "Camping has become big business. But it should be a profession, not a business. To day, it exploits children1 for a dollar," said Mrs. Fannie Spectorsky, who has been in camping for 41 years. She is 80 years old and still runs Camp Lenore, the first girls' camp in the Berk shire Mountains near Tangle- wood, Mass. She and her late husband founded the place in 1917. "Too many camps are run by persons who visit them only on week ends. They don't know the children and they don't hire dedicated counsel ors. They think they can run a camp because they can run a kitchen," she said in an in terview after a meeting of the American Camping Asso ciation. It represents all camping interests and ap proves camp standards. 11 Per Cent Attend More than five million boys and girls, or about 11 per cent of all school children in the United States, are expected to attend camps this summer, the association said. There are 13,00 organized camps in the country, worth $400 million. Mrs. Spectorsky taught kin dergarten and English, studied singing and lived in Paris nine year. She took up camping because she felt DRAPERIES costom-mmade m . plains 1 scenics 1 florals Low Price of Yardage Includes Labor Cost! Yes, for just 1 .77 yd. you get draperies, made to your exact specifications any width, any length ! Lining, if desired, only 79c yd. USE ONE OF OUR LIBERAL CREDIT PLANS . . . Stop Me counselors could contribute to children's development and overcome their feelings of in adequacy. "No mother ever sees her child the way a counselor sees him. We have the whole child 24 hours a day spiritually, mentally, morally, and physi cally," she said. "Camping gives youngsters so many outlets that those who feel inadequate can be come outstanding in at least one thing. Camping should be more than staging cook-outs. It should prepare children for life. We teach youngsters about the outdoors and ex pose them to good music and books. When they grow up, they won't always be camp ing out, but they will need in tellectual stimulation," she said. Said the spry, attractive di rector: "How few people have the good fortune to see the results of their labors as I do. One of the most rewarding experi ences in the world is to see my 'children' grow up into happy wives and mothers and have them say, 'I was so shy, but your camp really made my life. I might have been lost if not for that.' " Does working with young people help keep Mrs. Spec torsky young? "I keep young because I am young just 80 years and two months old. Men may come and men may go, but I go on forever," she said. OO FABULOUS DECORATOR made to sell for prices up to 3.98 yard ONLY provincials moderns all one price! Sf. Helens Boy Found Unharmed By Search Group Goble, Ore.- (IP) A 7-year- old St. Helens schoolboy, Jimmy Helton, was found, safe and asleep, by searchers Monday afternoon after being lost some 23 hours. The youngster, although bleary- eyea ana admittedly hungry, was in good condition. Up to 500 persons took part in the search. Bloodhounds were pressed into the hunt Monday morning. Wants to Go Home Jimmy was found by two teenagers, part of a group of more than 200 high school students in the search, who came upon him lying on the ground fast asleep. When the two, Bob Kraus and Frank Merritt, both 15, awoke the boy the first thing he said was "I'm hungry and I want to go home to my mother." The boy was found about 3 p.m. He became lost about 4 p.m. Sunday. Helping With Cattle The boy's mother, Mrs. Rosemary Helton, had taken Jimmy and her two other chil dren, Sandra, 5, and Clyde, 4, to visit her parents on Moth ers Day. Several cows strayed out of the feed lot during the afternoon and Jimmy became lost while helping round them up. Jimmy told searchers he was unable to find his way back. He was found in a gully about a quarter of a mile from a farmhouse and three quarters of a mile from his grandparents' home. V Five in Family Die In Head-on Collision Indio, Calif. (IP) Five members of a family, includ ing three little girls, were killed Monday night in a head-on crash with a semi- truck and trailer. Officers identified the dead as Mr-, and Mrs. Walter. Ben nett and their three daugh ters, aged 6 months, 4 and 5 years. A fourth daughter, 7-year-old Carol, was in serious condition in a local hospital. - Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport FABRICS yd. on Fish Conservation Depends Upon Use' Of Three (Editor's Note: This is the first in a series of articles concerning Cons ervation Week, being observed in the county this week). By COLE M. RIVERS, Fishery Agent, Oregon State Game Commission Basically, conservation of fish is dependent upon the orderly use and respect of the three chief natural resources; namely, soils, waters and for ests. Wise use of our fishery re sources does not start with the angler on the stream or lake. It must begin with all related uses of the ground, timber and the varied uses of the water that is produced from the watershed. Why Fish Disappear People often wonder why some of our fish disappear so rapidly when it is so obvious all couldn't have been caught by fishermen. Research and fishery science has recently found that unorderly logging, road construction, poor farm practices and indiscriminate use and abuse of water has had a great deal to do with that decline. In many places throughout the nation, this was realized too late. The rush of people to the Rogue valley was compara tively late in history, and coincidental with learning what we have to do to keep our important fish species, the picture for. the future is not as black as it may seem. As more people become conservation-minded with re spect to activities affecting our natural resources, they also become more interested in conservation and manage ment of fish and game. Economic Value Only recently have people of the Rogue valley realized an economic value to its fish ery. 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Fewplaces in the United States have so many recreational features includ ing fishing as the Rogue val ley. Their development has a tremendous economic possi bility. Continued expansion and development of the Rogue basin will create not only a greater need for fishery pro tection but will present more problems that will limit maxi mum recreational benefits in the way of fish to the angler's creel. With a better educated public and more respect for the three basic resources of soils, waters and forests,, the problems that develop will not be insurmountable. Voter Registration At Record Heights Portland (IP) Organized labor Monday night was cred ited with a major role in boosting voter registration for Friday's primary election to record heights, even though it is an off-year election. George Brown, political di rector for the ' Oregon State Labor Council, told the Mult nomah county council that la bor is "sitting all right, if we get out the vote" Friday. 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