8 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Sunday, October 19, 1958
Oregon's Four House Members
Showed Harmony Last Session
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Br A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Washington
, Correspondent
Washington While the oft
times fiery feuding of Sens.
Wayne Morse and Richard L.
Keuberger highlighted, and
ptX p o s s i b ly to
auine extent
h a ndicapped,
the work of
the Oregon
c o ngressional
d e 1 e g a t ion
during the
85 th Con
gress, Ore--o
n's four
a jm smith nouse mem
bers made one of the most
harmonious records in years.
Despite their party differ
ences, Oregon's three Demo
cratic and one Republican
representative not only did
not cross swords oratorical
ly but they, on occasions,
teamed up to tackle the same
"problem for the state.
What is perhaps more sig
nificant, they-Edith Green,
Portland Democrat; Walter
Norblad, Stayton Republican;
Charles O. Porter, Eugene
Democrat; and Al Ullman,
Baker Democrat-voted alike
on most of the momentous
issues facing the 85th Congress.
May Be Surprising
This might be surprising to
those who are conscious, of
the different points of view
these representatives most en
joy expressing both in Ore
gon and in Washington, U.
Congressman Norblad's stress
on the need to effect econo
mies in government through
elimination- of outdated post
offices and military waste, on
the one hand, and Congress
woman Green's stress on the
need for the federal govern
ment to spend more to eradi
cate such social problems as
crowded schools and juvenile
delinquency.
They find themselves on
the same side frequently be
cause, in the broadest sense,
they view the world, situation
from the common vantage
point of the American inter
nationalist. Hence all four
voted for continuation of the
mutual security (foreign aid)
program and voted against efc
forts to kill the reciprocal
trade program. Norblad, Por
ter and Ullman all supported
the Eisenhower doctrine reso
lution for the Middle East,
but on this issue Mrs. Green
disagreed and opposed it.
On the domestic front,!
Oregon has i liberal delega
tion in the context in which
that term is used in both par
ties. That is, Norblad is es
sentially an Eisenhower Re
publican who seldom finds
common cause with the more
conservative, Midwest-dominated
element of the GOP.
And Mrs. Green, Porter and
Ullman are all decidedly in
the left wind of the Demo
cratic party, as opposed to the
right wing conservatives from
the South.
Civil Rights Bill
Consequently, all four vot
ed for the historic civil rights
bill when it passed the House
last year.. They all voted
against the successful move
that killed the school con
struction bill last year. They
all voted to admit Alaska as a
new state. And they all sup
ported the resolution which
Eisenhower subsequently ve
toed designed to prevent for
one year reductions in farm
price supports and acreage al
lotments for basic commodi
ties, except, tobacco. They
all opposed an - unsuccessful
move to kill the national edu
cation bill, the" first general
federal aid to 'education bill
Congress has ever'passed.
Norblad and' the three
Democrats did part company
on some major issues, how.
ever. This occurred twice
near the end of the recent
session when the Democrats
brought up two bills under a
controversial suspension of
the rules which banned any
amendments. Both the hous
ing bill, with slum clearance
funds, and the Kennedy-Ives
labor reform bill were de
Community Service
Awards Announced
Corvallis - (UPD - The 12th
annual Oregon Town ' and
Country thurch conference
on the Oregon State college
campus here Friday an
nounced its community serv
ice awards given each year to
churches that do the most in
service programs "or building
improvement. :
In the open country divis
ion, the Merlin Community
Baptist church and the Shan
Creek Community church
near Grants Pass tied for the
first place award. In the di
vision for communities under
2,500 population, the Clear
Lake : Evangelical United
Brethren church of Salem
won the top prize.
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feated under, this procedure.
Norblad opposed both, the
Democrats supported both.
Reorganization Bill
Earlier in the session, a De
fense Department reorganiza
tion bill was brought out of
the House Armed Services
committee, on which Norblad
sits, but not precisely in the
form recommended by the
president. Norblad voted to
send it back to committee for
changes, the three Democrats
opposed this successfully.
They all supported the gen
eral intent of the legislation
to bring about less bickering
between military services.
Two anti-recession meas
ures divided them. One was
to provide local communities
with vastly increased loan
funds for construction of va
rious public facilities. Nor
blad opposed it, and the bill
was killed in the House. The
other was a difference be
tween the administration and
Democratic leaders in Con
gress over the form of a pro
posal for extended unemploy
ment compensation benefits.
Oregon's three Democrats
supported a bill making out-'
right grants to the states to
extend jobless payments 16
weeks. Norblad supported a
modification of Ike's plan for
loans for 8 weeks extra.
: At the outset of this last
session, Norblad, Porter and
Ullman all voted for a sup
plemental defense money bill
of $1.2 billion which ear
marked $150 million for Ac
celerated missile develop
ment. Mrs. Greerf didn't vote.
Increased Ceiling
The whole delegation then
also voted to increase the na
tional debt ceiling from $275
billion, first to $280 and later
at $285 billion, with a tem
porary increase over that fig
ure to $288 billion.
They all supported a pay
increase for members of the
armed forces; but only Nor
blad opposed a bill authoriz
ing $4 million with which
members of the armed forces
were to build a sports arena
for the 1960 Olympic games
at Squaw Valley, Calif.
All four voted for the tax
bill by which the 10 per cent
transportation tax and sev
eral other minor excises lev
ies were repealed, while ex
isting corporate taxes were
extended. They all supported
the bill giving aid to the rail
roads through government-
backed loans, and one rais
ing social security benefits.
Minerals Stabilization
A minerals stabilization
bill to give subsidies to cop
per, lead, zintf and chrome
mining operators was defeat
ed at the close of the session.
Norbladand Mrs. Green op
posed it, Porter and Ullman
favored it.
They, all four favored the
rivers and harbors authoriza
tion bill containing the Ya-
quina Bay and Siuslaw River
channel projects, but Nor&iaa
in a preliminary vote favored
trimming the bill down to the
president's recommendation.
The president got what he
wanted in the end by vetoing
this larger early version.
Finally, thev all voted tor a
resolution at the end of the
session expressing the sense
of Congress that the UN Gen
eral Assembly should con
sider creating a permanent
UN observation and patrol
force for handling explosive
international situations; such
as in the Middle East, where
antagonistic nations share a
common border.
Foster Home Role
Movie, Talk Set
The role of the foster home
in a community will be ex
plained during a meeting of
the Jackson County Juvenile
Advisory Council starting at
8 p.m. Tuesday in the county
courthouse auditorium.
Miss Celia Walker of the
Jackson county public wel
fare department, and Mrs.
Kay Crowell, county juvenile
department director, will tell
how the foster homes help
with their work.
A movie, "Deep Well" will
be shown also. This film tells
of tie problems of a working
mother with two children, and
her husband in a mental in
stitution. The children's emotional
problems make it necessary
to place them in a home with
another family temporarily.
The film illustrates how such
homes aid social workers in
their rehabilitation work and
the families with whom they
work.
The public is invited, Mrs.
Crowell said.
The tracking range of the
Air Force Missile Test Cen
ter at Cape Canaveral, Fla., is
5,000 miles long, extending
through the Dominican Re
public to Ascension Island
halfway between Brazil and
Africa.
Grange News
Phoenix Grange
Phoenix Grange met in reg
ular session Oct. 14. Master
Charles Johnson presided.
Visitors were Jackson
County Deputy Roscoe Rob
erts and Mrs. Roberts. Rob
erts administered the first and
second degree obligations for
Mabel Johnson. Later he told
of his trip to Seattle and of
the new $43 thousand electric
machine to be used by the in
surance company.
Dee Hendrickson reported
on horticulture that this was
a bad year for blight and dry
rot.
Agriculture Chairman
Charley Hocksmith said the
GOP Committee
Sets Meeting
Jackson County Republi
can; Central committee will
hold its last meeting next Fri
day prior to the general elec
tion Nov. 4.
The meeting is scheduled
to start at 8 p.m. in the Girls'
Community club.
Poll watchers will receive
instructions at the session and
members of each precinct
telephoning committee are
asked to attend also.
Refreshments willfbe serv
ed by members of th'e execu
tive board and their wives.
spotted aphid which feeds on
alfalfa has been reported
found in the northern part of
the state.
Legislative Chairman Mel
vin Lattie read a paper ex
plaining the 13 measures on
the November ballot.
It was voted to enter the
community service contest for
1959, to serve the Town and
Country Breakfast Nov. 12,
and to adopt the centennial
resolution.
- The application of Mr. and
OMrs. Bob Wilcox for member
ship was read.
Lecturer Dorothy Perl an- i
nounced Booster Night will be
held next Grange meeting
Oct. 28. The public and other
Grangers are invited to the
program which will start at
8 p.m. One number will fea
ture a skit by the League of
Women Voters. A potluck
dinner will precede the pro
gram starting - at 6:45 p.m.'
HECL Chairman, Coral
Schroeder reminded members
to bring their table service
and generous amounts of food
for friends ancLinvited guests.
Serving committee in charge
will be Mr. and Mrs. Lester
Carr and Mr. and Mrs. Andy
Stevens. -
At the close of the evening
meeting coffee and cookies
were served by the HECL
chairman, Mr. and Mrs. Willis
House on committee .and vol
untary helpers, i K
Home Economics club met
at the home of the chairman,
Mrs. Alfred Schroeder, assist
ed by Mrs. Charles Lewis on
Oct. -5. Plans were made for.
the pemocrat dinner Oct. 27
and the Town and Country
Breakfast Nov. 12, both to be
held at Grange hall.
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