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14 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Thursday, October 16, 1938 Candidate Parade (Editor's note: This is on of a series of articles con cerning candidates for state, federal and county office, up for election at the November general election. They were prepared by the candidates themselves, or on their behalf, at the invitation of the Mail Tribune.) iv SO CHARLES O. PORTER I apprecate this opportunity to, tell readers of the Mail Tribune why I hope you will vote for my re-election. My platform is my record as your congressman since early January, 1957, to date. You know something of this record already and I shall try to bring it to your atten tion in more detail before Nov. 4. Some highlights of partic: ular interest to Jackson coun ty are: 1. Service to constituents. I have tried hard to give prompt and competent service to every constituent who calls on me. I have made myself available for appointments by holding office hours in Med ford whenever Congress was out of session. My Medford office (Bernard Kelly in charee is located in the Goldy building. 2. Economic Welfare. I worked hard to secure enact ment of legislation which di rectly aided the condition of the lumber market and other legislation which meant im proving merchandising o f pears. I persuaded the Corps . of Engineers to re-commence their stalled study of the mation and power projects, and I brought this important matter before the public and the appropriate government departments. 7 3. Freedom. My efforts to change our official policies toward dictators, arising from the disappearance of a Eu gene boy in the Dominican Republic, have led to changes so that we no longer seem to like and respect the chiefs r i : OI ponce Maiea. 4. Peace. I have traveled to Eniwetok and to France in pursuit of better, more fruit ful policies in connection with our awesome weapons and with the hard road to the settlement of disputes be tween nations by law instead of force. I like the job. I d like to be allowed to continue as your Congressman. It is a great honor and a tremendous challenge. I am learning to do it better. If returned to Washington, I pledge to you that I will continue along the lines indicated by my record and to do my best to deserve your trust and friendship. Charles O. Porter Democrat candidate . for Re-election to Congress From the Fourth District. Brush Fire Burns Qui of Control Las Vegas-(ITD-A brush fire that has blackened 16,000 acres 70 miles northwest of here still was burning out of control today as a force of only 23 fire-fighters battled for containment. Because of the rugged ter rain on the vast bombing and gunnery range access can be made only with four-wheel drive vehicles. The fire started Tuesday from an unknown cause in the area covered with scrub oak, cedar and wild grasses, used by deer as a winter range. Fire crews said containment was expected late today. The fire area is some 15 miles west of the Yucca Flat prov ing grounds of the Atomic Energy Commission. TOO MUCH SWEETS New York -4UPD-- Magistrate A. Lawrence Acquavella on Wednesday ordered Miss Yet ta Klausner to stay away from the Central Park zoo. Zoo officials complained that she was throwing their orang utang Katy off her diet with offerings of cupcakes, French pastry and chocolate bars. NO RISK INVOLVED Manila -4'PD- There were no winners Wednesday night at the National Press club's 'bingo night" when a S25 prize was offered to any man who had a picture of his mother-in-law with him. PAUL E. GEDDES Southern Oregon is rich in God-given resources, many of them undeveloped, but a ma jor factor in the economic life of the area is the fact that the federal government owns ov er 50 per cent of the land and most of the resources in this congressional district. The Fourth district of Oregon is, in effect, a colony of the United States and Uncle Sam is our landlord. For this rea son alone, no section of the United States needs effective representation in Congress more. Paul E. Geddes, Republican candidate for Congress, agreed to run for Congress from the Fourth district because he is convinced that the district is not properly nor effectively represented now. To check the drain-off of our resources into the Federal treasury and to return a fair share to the people who live on this land and hope to develop it, re quires single - minded atten tion to the problems and the potential of this district. Paul Geddes has lived, studied, and worked in Rose burg, Ore., for 46 of his 51 years. A highly successful at torney, a past president of the Oregon Bar association and a member of its board of gov ernors he is one of approxi mately - Six' Oregonians honr ored as a Fellow of the Am erican Bar association. Des pite a busy law practice and a life filled with civic, chari table, and church activities (Exalted Ruler of Elks, past president of- Kiwanis, Salva tion Army; Advisory Board, various boards of the Metho dist Church and others), he still found time to serve Ore gon in the house of represen tatives In 1949 and 1951 and the senate in 1953 and 1955. In both House and Senate, he gained a reputation for his knowledge, practical approach to difficult problems, his non partisanship, and his leader ship and general effectiveness. He was elected the outstand ing member of the House in 1951, by newspapermen cov ering the session, in the only poll of its kind ever taken. He was chairman of the commit tee which drafted and guided into effect the first water re sources law passed in any state. In addition to his legis lative work, he has served on a long list of committees and commissions having to do, especially, with natural re sources as vice-chairman of the Columbia River Compact commission, Oregon Interstate Cooperation commission, the "Little Hoover commission," etc. But despite all honors and accomplishments, he still takes most pride in his six daughters ,-. an .accomplish ment which he must share with his wife of 20 years, the former Esther Miller. Paul Geddes believes that the most important single is sue' of ' the campaign is the definition of a representative and his responsibilities. He himself believes wholeheart edly, with Benjamin Frank lin, that a representative is '"a man of the people . . . sent to do the people's busi ness." He has no personal po litical ambitions and his only "crusade," either inside, the U. S. A. or out, will be a cru sade in behalf of the "colon ists" of the Fourth district. He realizes that in Wa'shington his first duty will be to win the respect and cooperation of his congressional colleagues and administrative leaders alike, and to work to regain local control of our resources and to return a fair share of the wealth produced by those resources to the people of the Fourth district. No man in the district is better suited for this task by temperament, ex perience, or maturity of judgement. Submitted by Geddes for Congress Committee V. E. Johnson, Chairman Vice President Heads for Rocky Mountain Stales By JAMES C. ANDERSON United Press International Los Angeles-fUPD-Vice Pres ident Richard M. Nixon head ed for the Rocky Mountains today after a successful mis sion in California to raise money for and the hopes of Republican candidates in the November election. Nixon, a native of Califor nia, climaxed the second of two swings through his home state by delivering a fighting speech to a rally of GOP faithful which paid about S300.000 to hear him at a S100 a plate banquet at the Hollywood Palladium. Nixon's aides estimated the vice president raised more than S600.000 in his thump ing through California plus another $100,000 in a single shot appearance in Oregon a fortnight ago. Into Mountain States Before he returns to Wash ington Saturday, thie Republi can Party's No. 1 campaigner plans to address rallies in Salt Lake City and Provo in Utah; Casper and Cheyenne in Wyoming, and Denver. Nixon made it clear at his Palladium speech that in the final three weeks of the cam paign he intends to come on swinging against the Democrats. "From now on," he promis ed, we are going to answer every charge that is made made against us because that is the only way you can win." The Democratic party, Nix on contended, has nothing to offer the voters in November "but the same old crackpot economic programs which would raise taxes and sky rocket the cost of living." No Issues Left "They haven't a single issue," he said. "The Sputnik issue is dead. So is recession. So is inflation. So is the issue of corruption in government and so is the issue of our for eign policy. "The Democrats cannot overlook one simple fact the last six years under the Eisen hower administration have been the greatest years in our history." Nixon said that in the past few weeks he has been in Indiana,' Ohio, Illinois, West Virginia, Oregon, California and in key East Coast states. "And I can tell you we've seen an upsurge. Republican chances and prospects are on the way up. Democrats think they've, got it made but we aren't playing it safe like they are, we're playing to win." Hew Bull Market Developing in Recess in Talks 1959 Model Autos, WalzerSavs Averts Strike ... . ' M By ELMER C. WALZER UPI Financial Editor New York (LTD There's a new bull market developing a bull market in 1959 model automobiles. That's the way the automo bile experts'size up the situa tion. The only thing tat's hold ing up the show is a rash of strikes which the industry hopes soon will be out of the way. General Motors' new chair man, Frederic G. Donner, consumer confidence is reviv ing, and Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., honorary chairman of GM, noted that the company has spent S500 million on the equipment to turn out brand new cars. Buick recently made its ap pearance and its dealers sold every car they could get their hands on. The company built 28,000 cars before hit by strikes and sold 39,000 in the first 10 days. Dealers reported their orders running 10 times finds tangible evidence that those of 1958 models. Evidence to Back Charges Lacking Police Captain Says Georgia-Pacific To Cut Production Portland - (UPD - Georeia- Pacific Corporation said to day it was cutting back im mediately its production in Douglas fir plywood plants by 15 to 20 per cent. The plants are located at Co- quille, Springfield and To ledo in Oregon and Olympia, Wash. The cutback is a result of an expected slowing of the building market, the firm said. It probably will be ac complished by elimination of Saturday overtime shifts and may not result in much re duction to the work force. Robert B. Pamplin, Georgia-Pacific president, said the move was made to avoid rep itition of last year's glutted market. Fsubus Nominated For Honor Medal Little Rock, Ark.-(0PD-Gov. Orval E. Faubus has been nominated ,for the $5,000 Gtorge Washington Honor Medal awarded annually by the Freedoms Foundation of Valley Forge, Pa. Robert B. Snowden, wealthy Memphis planter, nominated Faubus as a "champion of states' rights against the fed eral government." Faubus said he was "honored by the confidence in me expressed by the nomination." President Eisenhower is honorary chairman of the foundation and former Presi dent Hoover is honorary presi dent. There usually are sev eral nominees for the medal. No gray horse ever won the Kentucky Derby until Deter mine, the 1954 champion, broke the jinx in the 80th run ning of the classic. Salem-tLTB-Capt. Farley E. Morgan, defense officer for a state policeman accused of dis respect of his superiors, con cluded a hearing into the case Wednesday afternoon by say ing there was "not a shred of evidence to substantiate the charges." PFC. Robert H. Wampler, Milwaukie, was charged with two instances of airing griev ances about the state police with a fellow officer and the wife of another officer. This is against state police rules which require an office to present grievances to su perior officers. A disciplinary board head ed by Deputy Superintendent Lee Bown will take the case under advisement, but Bown said he did not know how soon a decision could be rendered The board may acquit W a m p 1 e r , reduce him in grade, suspend him or dismiss him from the force. An ap peal to the courts is provided. Has Been Suspended Wampler has been suspend ed from duty since he return ed from a recent vacation and the suspension will continue until the Board's verdict is known, Bown said. In summing up Wampler's defense, Capt. Mogan said that testimony was presented that was unrelated to the spe cific charges and that he did not consider this testimony valid. Wampler maintained throughout his two-day hear ing that the charges against him were flimsy and that many officers talked over grievances against higher of ficers and the way the depart ment was run. Exact nature of Wampler's grievances was not divulged. However, testimony indicated he was dissatisfied with the administration of the state po lice, Superintendent H. G. Maison and other commission ed officers, uniforms, duty as signments and other matters. One of the charges against Wampler, was that he ap proached fellow officer Wal lace Ummel at the West Slope station near Portland during June and asked him for a statement of his grievances. Ummel testified that he had no grievances and that if he did he would take them to a superior officer. However, Ummel congratulated Wam pler for having the "guts" to express himself, testimony revealed. Phone Calls Mystery A mysterious part of the case was two phone calls Um mel said he had received both threatening and urging him not to testify against . Wam pler. The other charge involved critical statements allegedly made to, Mrs. Marvin Atche son, Coquille, wife of a police officer who was injured in the line of duty. Mrs. Atcheson said Wam pler told her he was circulat ing petitions trying to get offi cers to air their grievances against me department. Linked with the case has been State Rep. Richard Groener, Milwaukie, who has recently been critical of the state police for using an al leged "quota system to force arrests. Wampler, who conducted his own defense,, with help from Capt. Mogan, said he agreed with Groener's charges but had urged him not to print them. Journal Writer Dies After Illness Portland -(UPD Fred Lock- ley, 87, who interviewed more than 10,000 persons fof his column in the Oregon Journal, died here Wednes day at Belmont Convalescent hospital. He had been in poor health for about a year. Lockley was known as "The Journal Man" through the years for his column "Fred Lockley's Impres sions." He first joined the Journal in 1911 and had been a part owner with C. S. Jack son of the Pendleton East Oregonian. During his career he had interviewed such notables as President Woodrow Wilson, Thomas Edison, Booker T. Washington and Eamon de Valera. Survivors are one son, Dr. Lawrence C. Lockley, dean of the school of commerce at the University of California, and one grandson. Aly Khan Does Not Have Immunity Reno, Nev. -(UPD- A Nevada district judge has ruled that Moslem playboy Prince Aly Khan has no diplomatic1 im munity, despite his seat in the United Nations. Attorneys for screen star Rita Hayworth, a former wife of Aly, are seeking $21, 000 from him. Judge A. J. Maestretti held Wednesday - as he has sever al times in the past that the suave prince has not proved any reason why he should be entitled to immunity. Ford reports an order back log of $1 billion and plans overtime as soon as it can get the necessary parts. A spurt of orders is foreseen when the new Fords go into the show rooms Friday. A Dodge official reports that "our first day sales (of new models)- are even better than we dared hope for." Swivel seats ' drew the crowds for the Dodges when they were put on display last Friday. Dodge's 18 regions through out the country reported sales higher. Increases ranged from 20 per cent over last year to a rise of 200 per cent. The company's New England man ager reported showroom traf fic double that of last year. Similarly enthusiastic re ports came from the com pany's dealers in Augusta, Ga., Charlotte, N.C., and Langhorne, Pa., among others. Dodge officials note that car sales have been inching up for the past two months and this, coupled with .reduced production in Detroit, has cut dealer inventories to the low est level since 1954, under 200,000, the second time the figure has been that low since the outbreak of the Korean War. 'The big-three "bread " and butter cars"-Chevrolet, Ford, and Plymouth all come out this week. De Soto will make its public announcement a week from Friday. Mercury, Edsel, and Lincoln cars will be previewed next Monday. The small car talk goes on space with the big three auto makers said to be ready to turn them out if they see a de mand sufficiently large. American Motors Aims High Meantime, American , Mo tors and Studebaker-Packard are steaming up for big sales in their lines which are small er than the standard makes but not midgets like the for eign models. American-Motors is set for a big market for its Rambler and Studebaker is banking on its Lark which is to go on sale in about a month. The steel mills already are feeling the impact of orders for automobile steel. Shutdowns of many auto plants over local labor issues are tending to be a drag on the market, but not enough to slow the upward trend, says Iron Age. That authority reports that more steel companies report a growing backlog of orders, reflecting increasing demand from the appliance , farm equipment and automotive in dustries. If the auto demand holds up as the experts think it will, the whole economy should get a gigantic lift that could boost employment fig ures and send national in come figures soaring. Septem ber industrial productions, it is noted, was. retarded some what by the changeover to new models. The subsequent months are expected to re verse this trend with a ven geance. 1 Pittsburgh - (UPD - Westing house Electric Corp. and the International Union of Elec trical Workers (IUE) Wednes day agreed to a two-week re cess in negotiations, averting a threat of an . immediate strike. "'" " The union, which was free to strike last midnight under terms of a five year contract, had asked for the delay in talks centering around job se curity issues. Westinghouse had been negotiating separate ly with four unions represent ing about 66,000 workers. The recess granted to the IUE and. the independent United Electrical Workers (UE) virtually wiped out the strike threat. Neither union had issued a notice of intent to strike. Three of the four unions rejected a Westinghouse pro posal for an employee secur ity plan including savings, loan and retirement provis ions. The plan called for the unions to forego part of sched uled wage increases this year and in 1959 to finance the opening of a savings program. Under the recess agree ment, either management or the IUE may reopen bargain ing during the two -week period. . UE, representing 9,000 work ers, recessed talks for the rest of the week after joining the IUE and the 'Federation of Westinghouse I n d e p e ndent Salaried Unions in rejecting the company proposal. The fourth union, the Inter national Brotherhood of Elec trical Workers (IBEW), re mained to be heard from on the Westinghouse security proposal. niis QTDSQ mm It's the balance of ingredients -in baking powder that govern its leavening action. Only when thesearescientificallybalancmf can you be sure of uniform ac tion in the mixing bowl plus that final rise to light and fluffy tex ture in the oven . . . That's the tory of Clabber Girl's balanced . Double action. GIRL Ngp Incendiarisls Are Blamed for Blaze Portland (UPD Police again blamed incendiarists to day for two fires which broke out Wednesday night on, Port land's east side. ' ) The first blaze, shortly aft er 9 p.m., was reported at the McCraken RiDley Buildine Supply company on North Interstate.. Less 4han 90 min utes later a second, fire . was reported in a vacant aoart- ment house less than , three blocks away.. Several fires have been blamed on arson here in re cent weeks. Among large industrial firms maintaining their head quarters in New. York City are Chicago Pneumatic Tool, Philadelphia and Reading, Lone Star Cement and Texas Gulf Sulphur. CATTS GO, RATTS SORRT " Gbldsboro, N. C. - (UPD - The Catts have moved from Cen ter St. and the Ratts are sorry to see them go. Until the move, Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Ratts and Col. and Mrs. Har old J. Catt (along with nine little Catts) were next-door neighbors here. HERTZ TRUCK RENTAL Available at HOPKINS RICHFIELD SERVICE -McAndrewt at Court SP 3-9061 IT LEAVES YOU BREATHLESS! mttrnatr 11 v -sk f r p lip . I ' et on the vodka wagon with Smirnoff? It blends comperey with any mixer, soft drink or fruit juice. It 1 100 Nil. liitilM hi pita. Sti. Finn Smirnoff fit. (Dif. it Hiubiiii), Hirtteri, Cut, gnjD : ? J C- MB Folks in New England would rather nave a bowl of chowder than a bowl of chilL But in New Mexico it's just the opposite. Where you live has a lot to do with what you like. ' ' ; : 7'7 In news-tastes, too. So besides its reports of the' rest of the country and the world beyond United Press International brings you every day a heaping helping of news of this particular section of the nation. It's news that you and everybody here and hereabout specially goes for. And it appears daily in Medford Mail Tribune Capital Airlines Mechanics on Strike Washington - (UPD - Nearly 2,600 Capital Airlines me chanics went on strike early today and a federal mediator initiated action to try to settle the dispute. Francis O'Neill of the Na tional Mediation Board called union and company officials to 'a meeting at the board's headquarters. The Cuban Telephone Co. plans to install more than 100,000 new telephones dur ing the next four years at a cost of more than 100 million dollars. '59 PLYMOUTH NOW ""y) ltj5 On Display! Parsons Motors 315 E. 5th Phone SP 3-3687 TABLE ROCK ROAD AT 4 CORNERS PHONE NO 4-151 1 CENTER CUT BEEF ROUND STEAK ,U.S. GRADED GOOD . ' . 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