MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE.
4 Friday, October 3, 1958
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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Oct. 3, 1948 (Sunday)
A gold lode in the old Miller
mine on Foots creek is being
developed by the Greenhorn
Mining company.
A plea for men to try out
for the Civic theater's produc
tion of "Male Animal" is re
ported. 20 YEARS AGO
Oct. 3. 1938 (Monday)
The 1938 Community Chest
campaign opens tomorrow.
TTrom Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "A ma
jority of Oregon communities
have staged 4-H club livestock
sales, and are now eating jun
ior bull, while listening to the
senior bull."
30 YEARS AGO
Oct. 3, 1928 (Wednesday)
A total of $728.50 has been
collected here so far for hur
ricane relief in Florida, Puerto
Rico and the Virgin Islands.
A box social and spell-down
has been scheduled by the
Jacksonville PTA.
40 YEARS AGO
Oct. 3, 1918 (Thursday)
Medford subscriptions to the
liberty loan bond campaign
have passed the $200,000
mark.
The Crater Lake rim road
has been completed.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct is superior;
even or eight is excellent; five 01
six is good.
1. Complete the names of
three American frontiersmen
whose first names were Davy,
Daniel and Kit respectively.
2. The author of "Tom Saw
yer" was O. Henry; true or
false?
3. The capital of Nebraska
is Omaha, Lincoln, or Has
tings? 4. In which Asiatic country
is Mt. Ararat?
5. How many is eight score?
6. Which common garden
vegetable was formerly called
"love apple"?
7. Who was known as the
"Man of Destiny"?
8. A unit of weight for
pearls equivalent to one-quarter
of a carat is known as a
g ?
9. Dale Carnegie is most
noted for his course in steel
technique, public speaking, or
soilless farming?
10. Is the nickname desig
nation "Beehive State" applic
able to North Dakota, Utah or
Wyoming?
Answers: 1. Crockett. Boone
and Carson. 2. False. (Mark
Twain.) 3. Lincoln. 4. Turkey.
5. 160. 6. Tomato. 7.Napoleon
Bonaparte. 8. Grain. 9. Public
speaking. 10. Utah.
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Nothing
Air just air is so all-encompassing that
most of the time we think of it as "nothing." i
But it is something. And that something is a j
iascmaung element winch actually is a part of
us all, which nourishes and sustains all life, and
which forms the shallow "sea" of atmosphere
wrncn permits us 10 live at all.
Air is life. It is weather. It is a protective
blanket which shelters us from murderous
radiation.
And only now are
understand what it is,
behaves as it does.
IMAGINE the earth
uiauicici. ah Duv-n a, case, uic uuiiv uj. uic aunuo-
phere (the troposphere, which comprises about
90 per cent of our blanket of air) would be one
tenth of an inch thick.
And yet this thin covering weighs somewhere
around six quadrillion (6,000,000,000,000,000)
tons. At sea level, the weight of the air pressing
on a square inch of surface weighs about 14.7
pounds. We do not feel it, for our bodies are
constructed to withstand
it, we would literally blow up.
It is this airy mass of gases most of it nitro
gen and oxygen, with smatterings of hydrogen,
carbon dioxide, argon, ozone, neon, helium,
krypton and xenon, and differing amounts of
water vapor which forms "the mysterious broth
of life, as it is called m a series of articles in
the current Saturday Review.
THE study of this gassy ocean in which we live
1 has long colored man's thinking, ever since
Aristotle considered it some 23 centuries ago.
it provoked man s
that same curiosity which has led man to ail his
discoveries.
Why does the sky look blue, he asked. What
makes the stars twinkle?
originate and develop
which today provides us
scopes and eyeglasses.
Why does thunder
Why does sound travel
weather than in others?
in acoustics.
WHAT about the mysteries of electricity in the
are the northern lights? These stimulated re
search in what is now the science of physics.
What causes dew to form? Where do the
clouds come from, and what are they? What
makes it rain? Why do winds blow? These led
to meteorology (still an infant science), and to
discoveries in chemistry, mechanics and thermo
dynamics. .
And the challenge is still there, with more
questions unanswered than there are those with
answers.
rjR. THOMAS M ALONE, one of the authors of
the Saturday Review articles, provides some
of the answers we do know or think we know.
The sky is blue because the blue component
of sunlight (it can be seen with the aid of a
spectroscope) is widely scattered in the air. Stars
twinkle because of small fluctuations in the den
sity of the air through which their light passes.
Lightning is seen before thunder is heard because
light (travelling at 186,000 miles per second) is
seen, and sound (travelling at 1,100 feet per sec
ond) is heard. Sound travels faster through dense,
cool air than it does through thinner, warm air,
and better through still air than moving air.
Lightning is caused by the separation of posi
tive and negative charges in masses of air. The
northern lights are caused when particles from
the sun strike and react chemically with atoms
high in the atmosphere. Dew forms when there
is sufficient moisture in the air, and when the
surface of the earth becomes cooler than the air,
permitting the water vapor to condense. Clouds
form from water vapor drawn up from bodies
of water or the surface of the earth when the
vapor pressure of the air is less than that on the
surface. Rain is caused when the right conditions
of temperature and pressure and vapor combine
with tiny nuclei which form the center of rain
drops. Winds blow because pressure is greater
in one krea of the atmosphere than another, and
the air "flows" to equalizethe pressure.
rAN man contiol the weather which is, basi
y cally, the complicated movements of this thin
film of gas which covers us?
To a very limited extent he can, at present.
But so far this is confined to increasing or stimu
lating or limiting precipitation, through the intro
duction of new elements to the "broth" of the air.
But any widespread control is predicated on
a far greater degree of knowledge than we now
possess, knowledge which will enable us to pre
dict with far greater accuracy the movements of
tha masses of air.
These movements, in turn, are caused by the
power of sunlight, the warmth which beats
unevenly on the surface of the earth, nr is
reflected back into space, or is absorbed as
energy by the gases of
There are complicating, factors in each stae-eJ
i v i ,. -.
wmcn maKe attempts at
standing a present impossibility. Much more will
nave to De Known before
widespread or large-scale
Which is probablv
world the way it is. Any nation which really
could control the weather effectively could rule
the world. E.A.
But Air
scientists beginning to i
how it circulates, why it;
I
a I
as a globe four feet in j
this pressure. Without
curiosity, and it has been
These questions helped
the science of optics,
with telescopes, micro
?
follow a lightning flash?
better in some kinds of
These led to discoveries
the atmosDhere.
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more than limited under
we can hoDe for anv
control of the weather.
.lust as well, with the
Dennis the Menace
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'iVHATfe WROMS WITH HIM RUNNING AWAY FROM HOWE?
Washington Report
By William S. White .
NIXON MOVING IN
Washington-Vice-President
Richard M. Nixon is now mov
ing all but openly, in fact if
not in form,
into the top
operating
leadership of
the Republi
can party in
succession to
President Ei
senhower. This is not,
however, an-
Williara S "white Other of those
"new" Nixons so often dis
cerned. For there never was
any "new" Nixon. There has
been only one Nixon-but a
Nixon whose progressing
skill as a professional politic
ian has taught him when to
be "tough" and when to go
along with the essentially un
partisan line of the Eisenhow
er tenure.
It has been Nixon's actions
in these various non-tough
periods that have caused many
to view him as a "new" man.
The truth is that he has been,
and still is, simply a man of
varying tactics to suit vary
ing situations, as are nearly
all highly capable politicians.
INDEED, the Nixon who is
now out on the campaign
trail in aid of the Republicans
in the November Congression
al elections is more nearly
the basic Nixon than at- any
time since he .undertook a
similar job in 1954. He is re
turning, that is to say, to his
"tough" side. And the face of
the party he is presenting is
more nearly its basic face
than it has been since 1954.
What the Vice-President is
now undertaking, as the al
most certain Republican Presi
dential nominee in 1960, is
just the sort of many-sided
and subtle task that appeals
to his great-and earned-sense
of expertness.
First, he'wishes to cut the
Republicans' prospective loss
es in November. He has no
serious hope of actually bring
ing about a Republican Con
gressional victory. This is one
o the most coldly objective
and realistic politicians of our
time, and he knows perfectly
well what is possible and what
is not.
At the same time, he is a
cool and steady-handed poli
tical gambler who is aware
that seemingly imminent dis
aster can sometimes miracu
lously be arrested and even
reversed-as has happened in
his own career. So if a mi
racle should befall and the
Republicans actually regain
Congress "that, of course,
would be a welcome extra
dividend.
NEXT, Nixon wants to make
himself the indispensable
leader to those Congressional
Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERF
THE THEATRE GUILD once received a play script whose
opening curtain rose on a little old French lady knitting in
her rocker. Her husband entered, visibly fatigued, and placed
his black instrument bag on
the table.
"Ah, Pierre," said the
lady. "You have been away
all night Was it a difficult
delivery?"
"Yes," answered the
weary doctor. 'But it was
worth it History was made
last night The baby's name
is Victor Hugo."
Of course the author
wasn't able to maintain that
pace all evening.
Henry Morgan Bays his
favorite melody was composed by the Russian master, Shostakovich.
Its title, of course, is "Shostakovich Small by a Waterfall."
.
"There are really only two things a dedicated writer cannot toler
ate," observes Noel Coward. "One is failure; the other success."
O 1938. by Bennett Cert. Distributed by King Feature Syndicate.
I
Republicans who do survive
with his help. He thus-and
understandably so - would
bind them unusually close to
him as President, if and when
he himself reaches the White
House.
Third, he is presenting him
self as increasingly the spokes
man for the orthodox part of
the Republican party. That
section is still the party's au
thentic heart. It has been
wholly overshadowed in the
Eisenhower years. But the
most fundamental of all facts
for all Republicans is that the
Eisenhower era is drawing to
a close and with it is ending
the heretofore unique party
influence of Mr. Eisenhower
himself.
By 1960 the Republican
party will be in no sense ' an
Eisenhower organization. It
will have reverted to some
thing closely resembling its
old pre-Eisenhower structure
-and Nixon will be identified
with that kind of structure
Undoubtedly, too, a part of
his present campaign design
is to try to ' neutralize what
has been perhaps the most
damaging single criticism of
him. Many have long felt that
while he has an almost-matchless,
litmus-paper ability to
sense public -feelings he has
tended merely to reflect
rather than to lead and create
these public feelings.
IN THIS lies at least a par
tial explanation of his re
cent harsh - and indeed ex
treme denunciation of State
Department subordinates for
alleged "undercutting" of Sec
retary John Foster Dulles by
disclosing that public mail has
been running against our Chi
na policy.
Nixon has been hurt by this
episode in the eyes of those
who regarded it as a denial of
the democratic theory of gov
ernment. Yet-and apart from
the fact that what he said on
his personal responsibility was
demonstrably caring, how
ever unwise-his net gains in
this affair will exceed his
losses, from where he stands.
For it has helped to refute
he old charge that he only
follows and never riskily
leads. And, even more impor
tantly, it has strengthened his
status among the orthodox
Republicans. Their deepest
convictions-and Nixon's too
are engaged in the present
China policy. They .will not
willingly stand for the slight
est softening toward the Chi
nese Communists. Here Nixon
beyond doubt was speaking
their language-just as he is
unarguably speaking it in his
renewed thrusts at what he
calls the "radical" kind of
Democrats.
(Copyright, 1958. by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
Diplomatic Exile of
No Surprise to Few
(Editor's note: The United Press
ternational Correspondent Her
bert G. Spencer was in Baghdad
following the July coup that
overthrew King Faisal's regime.
In the following dispatch, he
analyzes the reasons behind the
latest shakeup in the Baghdad
revolutionary government).
By HERBERT G. SPENCER
United Press International
Beirut, Lebanon (UPD The
diplomatic exile of Abdel
Salem Aref, the rabid pro
Nasserite who was Premier
Abdel Kerim Kassem's right
hand man in master-minding
the Iraqi revolt, came as no
surprise, to some observers of
the Baghdad scene.
These observers had fore
seen the strong possibility of
his downfall more than a
Decisive Answer to
South's Integration
Problem in Voting
By LYLE C. WILSON
United Press International
Washington - (UPD - Not just
around the corner but far
down the road there appears
to be one decisive home-grown
answer to the South's problem
of racial integration of its
schools.
That answer would be a re
sounding "aya" in favor of
integration. It could and may
come from increased political
activity by Southern Negroes.
The Negro vote already is a
political powerhouse in the
United States.
James A. Farley always
was easy in his mind during
FDR's campaign when he
could figure that he had the
Negro vote going for his can
didate. Farley estimated that
the Negro vote was the bal
ance of power between parties
in 17 substantially industrial
states outside the South.
Negro Vote in South
Southern Negroes are more
numerous actually and pro
portionately than are Negroes
in the North. Disinterest, dis
enfranchisement and one
thing and another, however,
so diminished voting activity
by Southern Negroes that they
had practically no political
impact. That situation began
to change some time ago and
the change continues at an
accelerating pace. The federal
Civil Rights Bill of 1957 was
intended to speed the move
ment already under way.
The National Association
for the Advancement of Col
ored People is campaigning
to register three million
southern Negroes for the 1960
election. That registration in
1956 was about 1,300,000.
It is calculated that in 10
southern states plus Texas
there are about 9,100,000
Negroes and 27,500,000 white
persons, 75 per cent of the ag
gregate population being
In the Day's News
By FRANK
From Washington:
Qualified informants be
lieve the state department
will restrict the flow of for
eign policy information to the
public.
A stir over releasing infor
mation began with a pub
lished report that most of the
department's current mail op
poses the administration stand
on the Formosa cr4sis.
T DOUBT if restricting the
flow of foreign policy in
formation to the public is the
right way to go about it. A
better way would be a foreign
policy that the people of the
United States will under
stand, will accept and will be
willing to support "with their
lives, their fortunes and their
sacred honor" to use the in
spiring language of the Decla
ration of Independence.
We haven't had such a for
eign policy since the Monroe
Doctrine.
THE current ruckus over
how much to tell the peo
ple arises out of the Formosa
situation. The reason the mail
is 80 per cent against what
we appear to have in mind to
do in the case of Formosa is
that our people are at least
80 per cent against what we
will be letting ourselves in
for if we stand pat on what
seems to be our determina
tion to GO TO WAR unless
the Red Chinese quit shooting
at the little nationalist-held is
lands that lie within cannon
range of the Red Chinese
mainland.
To the bulk of our people,
that doesn't make sense. So
they have taken their pens in
hand to tell their government
they are AGAINST it. That,
it seems to me, is what the
people should do.
It is interesting to note
that as the people have made
plain what they think about
this situation that they don't
like, the government appears
to be around to a milder posi
tion that the people will
s jport. '
month ago when he was re
lieved of his position as dep
uty armed forces commander.
Fiery tongued and violently
anti-American, Aref was too
extreme an Arab nationalist
to fit the pattern of the repub
lican regime's determination
to get the best of all camps
East, West and Arab.
"Nasser of Iraq"
There was also a strong
possibility that - Aref, now
shorn of his posts as deputy
premier, deputy armed forces
minister and minister of the
interior, had personal ambi
tions which clashed with
those of Kassem and Gui
dance Minister Sadiq Shan-
white and 25 per cent Negro.
The percentage of Negroes in
these states is calculated as
follows:
Virginia 22 per cent; Ten
nessee 16; Arkansas 22; North
Carolina 26; South Carolina
39; Georgia 31; Florida 22;
Alabama 32; Mississippi 45;
Louisiana 33; and Texas 13.
It is obvious that if Negroes
in any of those states other
than Texas and Tennessee
voted their potential strength
and voted together, they
would become a political pow
er of tremendous possibilities.
Real Two-Party System
That is what may come
about and with it, perhaps,
pressures on the Southern po
litical structure so severe as
to bring about a real two
party system. Moreover, in
local elections voting Negroes
might put into state capitols
and county courthouses of
ficials as enthusiastically in
favor of intermingling the
races as some of the present
office holders are opposed.
News stories occasionally
come out of the South indi
cating that Southern political
leaders are beginning to give
serious thought to the likely
coming role of the Negro in
southern politics. The left
wing or liberal wing of the
Democratic Party in the North
is firmly tied to the Negro
vote although Republicans
have begun again to share a
bit of it.
November, '1956, election
returns showed that the Ei
senhower-Nixon ticket had
improved its situation over
1952 in significant New Yotk,
Chicago, Philadelphia and De
troit Negro districts. A ma
jority supported the Demo
cratic presidential ticket but
a larger proportion in 1956
than in 1952 went to Eisen
hower.
JENKINS
UT enough of war and ru
mors of war. Let's turn to
less serious subjects.
International Society (note
the capital S) "hooped" it up
at New York's Astor hotel
last night. The hoops were
passed out to SOCIALITES at
the climax of a ball that net
ted $25,000 for the New York
Herald Tribune's fresh air
fund for under-privileged
children.
HMMMMMM.
That raises an interest
ing question in these modern
and highly practical days.
What is a Socialite?
rC MAY interest you to
know that Webster's Inter
collegiate Dictionary doesn't
include the word.
Why?
I suppose it is because the
Intercollegiate is a condensed
and practical dictionary that
defines only words that are of
interest to busy and practical
people. So why, in the cen
tury of the common man, in
clude such words as "soci
alite?" .
TURNING to
the Webster
1
Unabridged, we find this
definition: "A person promi
nent in high society; especial
ly one who is entered in the
Social Register." The Un
abridged dictionary defines
Social Register as "a book
containing the . names of so
cially prominent people."
I
T IS at least interesting
and it may be significant
that in this , modern age
Socialites are not above such
things as getting inside a plas
tic jigger that has come to be
known as a Hula Hoop and
wiggling their hips in such a
manner as to make the hoop
spin around and around.
In the bad old days, about
all Socialites could find to do
was to walk around in fancy
clothes witn their noses held
disdainfully high. Maybe
we're mak'4 g progress toward
a better world.
Aref Is
Observers
shal.
Impressed by Aref's ability
to excite crowds with the Nas
ser type oratory he perfected
day after day while barn
storming the Iraqi country
side, many correspondents
and even some diplomats be
gan tagging him as the "Nas
ser of Iraq."
They supposed Aref would
eventually unseat Kassem
much as Nasser had removed
the more moderate Gen. Na
guib in Egypt in 1952. -
But diplomatic observers in
Baghdad w'ho seemed to have
the surest knowledge of Iraqi
army matters were confident
that Kassef rather than Aref
had the Army's real confi
dence. Army Ail-Powerful
And in Iraq he who has the
army has power.
It also became increasingly
apparent by late August that
Kassem and Shanshal were
at the point where' it was ne
cessary to take steps to tone
down Aref. His anti-Western
tirades were painfully embar
rassing to the new govern
ment, which wanted to please
everybody.
By then, in private conver
sations with the highest Iraqi
officials Aref got no stronger
occolade than "he's a good
army officer."
Aref's heavy-handed man
ner of dealing with delicate
international problems proved
embarrassing.
For instance, while Kassem
and Shanshal advocated clo
ser ties with the United Arab
Republic and there is no
doubt the revolutionaries
wanted a close-knit alliance
with Nasser Aref was open
ly plumping for union with
the UAR. .
Eisenhower Ready to
Take Active Roll in
Political Campaign
By FRANK ELEAZER
United Press International
Washington (UPD Republi
can National Chairman Meade
Alcorn reported today that
President Eisenhower is ready
to undertake the most active
political role since he came
into office in behalf of this
year's GOP congressional
candidates.
Alcorne said after a cam
paign strategy huddle with
the President that the
stepped-up schedule an
nounced by Eisenhower
Timber Sales Up,
Benson Declares
. Eugene - (UPD - Secretary
of Agricuture Ezra Taft Ben
son told an audience in the
heart of the timber belt here
Thursday night that sales of
national forest timber have
been expanded during the Ei
senhower administration and
the program will continue.
Benson spoke earlier at a
luncheon meeting in Salem
He said here that "new
sales of national forest timber
the past year were increased
sharply to 2,828,000,000
board feet, slightly more
than a billion board feet
higher than .-- . in the pre
ceding fiscal year."
. Sales this year, he said,
will be at approximately the
same high rate as was attain
ed last year."
The secretary repeated his
pediction of continued steady
gains for agricultue and de-
plared that "the farm bill
passed this summer is a long
step toward freedom for our
farmers and away from con
trol over farming by rigid
government formula."
Glue Developed
To Mend Bones
Chicago - (UPD A Phila
delphia physician has reveal
ed development of a glue
which unites broken bones so
tightly that the affected limb
can be used in 48 hours.
Dr. Michael Manderino,
assistant professor at Hahne
mann Meaicai uonege in
Philadelphia, discussed the
material Thursday at a meet
ing in advance of the Ameri
can College of Surgeons con
vention which opens Monday.
Manderino said the sutH
stance, called polyurethane,
had been tested clinically for
the past two years on both
animals and humans.
The material is plastic
which foams when mixed
with a catalyst. The foam is
poured into" the fracture and
solidifies, Manderino said.
He said the glue knits the
bones so effectively that in
most cases the patient can re
sume use of the affected area
without splints in two days.
U.S. to Enter
Nuclear Test Ban
Tallrr in Faith
iuiiu in i mill
Washington OIFi) The Unit
ed States will enter nuclear
test ban negotiations with
Russia Oct. 31 "in good faith"
despite uncertainty over So
viet testing policy, official
sources said today.
Russia confirmed Thursday
night it had resumed testing
of nuclear weapons after it
had anonunced last March 31
it was halting such experi
ments. The new Soviet an-
nouncement accused the
United States and Britain of
forcing the resumption be
cause the Western countries
refused to follow the Russian
lead.
Official sources here said
the United States plans to
stand fast by its offer to sus
pend tests starting Ocl. 31
when negotiations are sched-
uled to open at Geneva, Swit
zerland, on a nuclear test ban.
In Series Now
They said the TTnitpri states
was srarrelv in a DOti.. ---
protest the Soviet resumption
vigorously since this country
is in the middle of a test se
ries of its own at the Atomic
Energy commission s Nevada
test site. These tests are siatea
to be completed by the end
of this month.
The AEC announced Friday
nigm rcussia nau caiuu;u
two more nuclear weapons of
"moderate" size at its prov
ing ground north of the Arc
tic circle. The tests were the
third and fourth reported by
the AEC in the last two days.
Sources here have pointed
out that this country ana
Britain have reserved . the
right to resume their tests if
Russia does not follow .sun
after Oct. 31.
Thursday would be expanded
still further to give him 'a
very active and very aggres-
ci7o nart in thp ramnaim."
He also served notice that
Republicans were prepared to
meet the Democrats head-on
if they wanted to make an is
sue of the administration's
TTftrmnca nnlinv
Alcorn accused top Demo
cratic campaign speakers of
"preaching appeasement." He
expressed the view that such
Democrats as isn. ueorge A.
Smathers of Florida and Sen.
jonn j!'. ri.enneay ot Massa
chusetts showed evidence of
being willing to "write off"
the Philippines and Aleutian
Islands as a "few dots of
land."
Alcorn and Howard Pyle,
administrative assistant to the
President, took up with Eisen
hower a heavy expansion of
his announced campaign
plans. As of Thursday Eisen
hower had booked nine coast
to coast appearances, but Al
corn said this schedule would
be increased materially.
Alcorn said the President
would step up his activity not
only in the East, but in other
areas.
"There has been an in
creasing desire on the part of
the President to pitch into
this campaign vigorously." '
Huddle Monday
Asked whether this meant
that "-e President was taking
a rnvrxt active leadership role
than he had in past cam
paigns, Alcorn said I think
that is a fair conclusion."
The GOP chairman sharply
attacked the Democrats for
"shifting their position" al
most weekly on the major is
sues. He said "they are win
ning to see us through anoth
er Munich . . . another Ko
rean mess."
Alcorn and Pyle also took
up with the President plans
for the big GOP strategy
meeting at the. White House
Monday during which the
plans for new attacks on .
apathy in Republican ranks.
Medical Examiner
System Suggested
Portland (UPD - An .interim
committee on coroner qualifi
cations Thursday recom
mended a state medical ex
aminer system in place of the
elected coroner system for .
Oregon. .
The committee headed by,
State Sen. Monroe Sweetland
(D-Milwaukie) voted 7-1 to
recommend adoption of two
bills towards that end. The ex
aminer would be under the
State Board of Health.
One committee member, Dr.
Arch W. Diack,, Portland,
withheld his vote. He said he
felt the medical examiner
should be under the office of
of state police.
Fred S. Buell, Springfield,.
the Lane county, . coroner,
voted against the majority..
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