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12 MAIL TRIBUNE. Medford. Or.. Candidate Parade (Editor's noie: This is one 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.) J. ;' m M FRANK CHRISTIAN (Democratic candidate for County Commissioner) Friends of Jackson county May I urge you to study the . issues, acquaint yourselves with the candidates' , qualifi cations, become an informed voter ... then vote! , er, believe with all my heart that I am qualified for this important office. I know county business is big busi ness, and I firmly believe it should be handled bv men who have been successful in their own business. I submit that I have had the wide and the varied experience which is needed to properly take care of such a job. I know the importance of working as a team with our other commissioners, and I know it is the duty of all elected officials to listen to all groups and all individuals who are interested in the wel fare of the county as a whole. But all proposed projects in volving expenditures must be weighed carefully. Ridiculous proposals must be politely but firmly rejected, and raids on the county treasury by special" pressure groups must be nipped in the bud. To do all these things, a man must be capable of mak ing true and honest apprais als, and quick decisions, and he must have the strength of character to do what he knows is best for the county as a whole." Making up the budget is a difficult and tedious job1 of the county commissioners. My accounting experience will enable; me to 'assist in making budgets which are honest and practical, and to give the people a true pic ture of our county , finances, and how and why our money is spent. , ' Planning for the future is a most important function of our county commissioners. Jackson county is strategical ly located, and is rich in re sources and natural beauty. If our potential parks and recreation areas are properly and adequately developed they will bring wealth to our county, and happiness and joy to our own citizens, as well as thousands and thou sands of tourists for genera tions to come. We must keep pace with the progressive counties of our state:? We need new and better facilities to inaugurate a county fair of the same calibre as our 4-H and FFA fairs. To do these things economically and speedily will require careful planning by qualified and prudent men. In the voters pamphlet you will find the facts concerning my business experience and personal history. I trust you find them satisfactory, and will pivt mo vour vote and support in the coming elec tion. I promise you I will do my best to perform the duties on the county court compe tently, efficiently and eco nomically. Frank Christian. II. Jf I fl..J I. meaiora jiuuems . Named to Choir Portland Richard Arnold and Carol Hussong of Med f ord have been named as two of the 60 members of the Lewis and Clark college a cappella choir. During the first two weeks in March the choir will make a tour on the west coast as far as San Diego, Calif., and return inland for concerts in Carson City and Reno, Nev. Arnold, junior, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Ar nold, 1011 Reddy ave. A sophomore, Miss Hussong is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hussong, 56 South t-. - i nii. : isarneuurg ru. duiu are music education majors. HTnTA fl-lsn . l f 1 III III AnAVl cans sutler irom multiple sclerosis. Wednesday. October 22, 1958 ML CHESTER H. WENDT (Republican candidate for County Commissioner) Chester H. Wendt has made an enviable record during the last four years while serving as a Jackson county commissioner. This Jackson county native son came into public office with a fresh approach gained from years of practical expe rience as a successful farmer and businessman. His thrift, integrity, cour tesy and non-partisan attitude towards administering Jack son county business has won him county-wide recognition. People from all walks of life in all parts of the county are realizing more and more that Chester H. Wendt, in his modest, unassuming way, is serving our . county with a special brand of competency possessed only by dedicated public servants. Chester H. Wendt's many years as a farmer has imbued him with a sense of thrift, which combined with his in timate' knowledge of Jackson county's people and its prob lems, has ideally equipped him to assist in the manage ment of the largest business in our county, which is the business affairs of Jackson county. In addition to assisting in the operation of the county's business, Chester H. Wendt has a record of performance, during his four years as coun ty commissioner which will withstand the most critical inspection. t The following are only a few of the commendable and forward looking projects which he has assisted in es tablishing: 1. He assisted in effecting a reduction of the bonded in debtedness of all school dis tricts in the county by apply ing $685,000 of O. & C. funds against the debts of the school districts: : ' 2. He assisted in establish ing a badly needed county park and recreational pro gram. ... -V 3. He participated in the planning and building of the Jackson county detention home in a response to a man date by the voters. 4. He played an active role in the purchasing and estab lishing of the new agronomic and horticultural station. 5. He aided in establishing a 40-houF week for county employees to make the coun ty competitive with private business and therefore se cure and hold more compe tent employees. Chester H. Wendt is mar ried, has two grown children and six grandchildren. He is a member of the Elks lodge, is a Granger and is a mem ber of the Medford Kiwanis elub. Presently he is serving as president of the Jackson County Civil Defense organi zation and likewise is the su perintendent of the Jackson county courthouse building and grounds. Chester H. " Wendt has grown in stature since taking office as one of your county commissioners. In addition to integrity and ability, he has added four invaluable years of practical experience in the administering of the county affairs thus enabling him to better serve all the people of all the county as county com missioner. -. ' Vote for Commissioner Chester H. Wendt for con tinued, competent, courteous, county-wide service. Wendt for Commissioner Committee. SLAB WOOD Green & Dryk i immediate Delivery Phelps Fuel PHONE SP 3-5878 Organized Labor Has Little Success In Overturning Right-To-ftfork Laws Editor's note: Following is the last in a series of three dispatches by Raymond Lahr, United Press International political writer, con cerning the election year contro versy over state right-to-work laws. The dispatch discusses organized labor's record in seeking repeal of such laws. By RAYMOND LAHR UPI Correspondent Washington - (UPD - Organ ized labor has met with little success so far in its campaigns to overturn right - to - work laws in states which have adopted such statutes. PickiiV Pears By SID HOLLINGSWORTH A program of voluntary as sistance has been in operation at the,.VA domiciliary, provid ing entertainment and a host of special services for the handicapped and disabled vet erans living at Camp White. Some 50 or more organiza tions, including churches, lodges, schools . and patrons generally from southern Ore gon have joined the effort conducted regularly through out the year under sponsor ship of the Veterans admin istration. This special community ac tivity known as the VAVS. Service organizations, togeth er with the Red Cross, were virtually alone in "remember ing the sick and disabled vet erans in the VA's 172 hospi tals", before the establishment of the VAVS nationally dur ing Gen. Omar Bradley's adT ministration. 400 Organizations Today there are. more than 400 different organizations, some with national affilia tion and others that , are pure ly local, assisting the VA Vol untary Service program, ac cording to a recent announce ment. "During 1957, an average of 90,000 volunteer workers each month ' assisted in the program. They provided a to tal of six million hours of val unteer aid in VA hospitals," it is stated. . At Camp White, a group of workers has been on the job since the domiciliary was opened in 1949. Many per sonal services are performed for the members in need at Camp White other than the shows and the distribution of gifts conducted regularly, ac cording to Frank Glonning, chief of special services, who is chairman of the group ..They meet each month dur ing the s e a s o n to arrange their schedule so that all are represented. At Camp White, this is the toughest assign ment the chairman has to per form. The number of helpers participating is relatively large and their record has been outstanding as a means of bringing the community to the installation itself. Special Reason . ' There is a special reason for the interest shown in Camp White which is not found in other projects where a hospital mission is involved. The volunteers at Camp White have contributed to the over all project of rebuilding and decorating the bare buildings and grounds left after the war. " This story has been told ef fectively and now the VA is calling upon the many in the VAVS to let their light shine When you want the very best .. ... CALL DAVIS! Davis your dependable Bekins agent . . will move your precious belongings quickly, safely and, economically! IMU IS Medford-1 39. South Fir Ash!and-240 4th St. BEKINS AGENT FOR MEDFORD AND ASHLAND The laws .still are in force in 18 states. In some cases, the momentum behind repeal apparently has become pro gressively weaker as time wears on. Union leaders are fighting to block enactment of such laws this year in California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Ohio and Washington, where the issue will be on the ballot for the Nov. 4 election. They also hope to help elect an Indiana legislature to re- News and Notes From Camp White through their public relations efforts. . The VAVS story is the story of home town people working with their government and their community to help hos pitalized veterans get well again," it is pointed out in a "fact sheet' recently issued. . "To a veteran traveling the long, hard road to recovery, the world can slip dangerous ly far away. In the hospital, he lives a protected life. Un less he can be brought into touch with activities of the outside world while in. the hospital, his recovery and re turn to normal life may be delayed. ' Speeding Recovery : ' "By bringing the commu nity to the hospital, volun teers are daily speeding; the permanent recovery of 1 pa tients," it ie explained. "The vast size of the VA medical program indicates the tremendo'us community re sponse that is needed. Many volunteers are meeting that response. More are needed. "You have it in your power to bring this ' need to the at tention of the American peo ple. Please tell them" . The vacancy caused by the retirement of Chaplain A. S. Feller will ' be filled by an other veteran of the chaplain cy service, Rev. Roger A. Pryor, who is being transfer red from the VA hospital, Al buquerque, N. M., effective Nov. 16, 1 Acting Manager Banks I. Paul has announced. The Protestant chaplain's duties have been filled in re cent months by Rev. Perry M. Johnson, Medford minis ter, on a part time, basis. Chaplain Pryor has ' filled posts at Sheridan, Wyo., as well as Albuquerque, and has been in the VA service sinde 1946. Elmer J. Binker has been named chief of physical ther apy and is coming to Camp White from the new hospital at Sepulveda,' near San Fer nando, Calif. He is expected to arrive here Nov. 16. Domiciliary members, per sonnel and friends learned with regret the news of the death in Medford of Milton Pacassi, whose cover art for Dominews was an outstanding contribution to the camp paper. Pacassi, a professional ad vertising artist in Fresno, Calif., before becoming dis abled and moving ' to Camp White, was a master of the silk screen process. His'pos ter work was also effective. Bjarne Odegard will resume this, work, having been in structed in this specialized art by Pacassi before he left last summer. Sooner er later it's your move Call DAVIS for the best move ef your life! TRANSFER AND STORAGE CO. Crating & Packing Phone SP 2-6273 Phone MU 2-8552 peal a law enacted last vear and legislatures in other states to repeal or block enactment of rightto-work laws. Such laws outlaw union shop contracts and other la bor - management agreements which require employees to belong to hold their jobs. Among the states which adopted full-blown right to work laws, only Louisiana has put through a repeal. The Louisiana legislature enacted a law in 1954 and repealed it in 1956 after labor as serted it had played a ' part in unseating some 70 mem bers who originally had voted for the measure. After repealing the general law, the Louisiana lawmakers passed another applying only to agricultural and certain processing employees. Supporters of the general Louisiana law said $481 mil lion ( was invested .in new in dustry during the first five months of 1956 while1 the statute was in force. Foes of the law countered that in vestments ran as high- as $900 million a year when there was no right to work law. The Maine' legislature ap proved a bill in. 1947 to out law the closed shop, Under which : new : employees must be union members when hir ed, but to permit the, union shop, under which new mem bers must join the union with in 30 days. This lawtwas not enforced pending, a referendum vote in the 1948 election, when a right-to-work proposition also was submitted to the voters. Both were defeated. Repeated in Delaware ( Delaware enacted a bill in 1947 declaring merely that union, security agreements were against public policy and that is was not an unfair labor pracice for an employer to refuse to grant a closed or union shop.' This law was re pealed in 1949. . . . The New Hampshire legis lature passed in 1947 and re pealed in 1949 a bill outlaw ing union security agreements for firms with five or less employees. It also set up cer tain conditions to be met for such contracts in larger com panies,. Besides Maine, right-to-work measures were defeated in referendum votes in Cali fornia in 1944, Massachu setts and New Mexico in 1948 and Washington in 1956. They also have been introduced in the legislatures of 17 bther 4-H Club News Desert Pegasus The 4-H Desert Pegasus are sponsoring' a dance and pie social at 8 p.m. Oct. 25. It will be held in the Eagle Point gymnasium. All the ladies be sure to bring a . pie. The public is invited. - Carolyn Hackney, Reporter. CLEAN ELECTRIC HEAT Electric Heat Radiates Warmth like the rays" of the sun . . . occupants of, a room in a home heated electrically are kept warm as if standing in direct sunlight .... . and no unit of heat is wasted! Electric Heat Is Healthy Heat ... no oily soot or messy flame by-products ,tb damage, walls, drapes and furniture or to con tribute to head colds and sinus trouble . . . liVE BETTER LIVE BETTER rmcpY' states, which failed to pass them. Both Arizona and Nevada have approved right-to-work laws three times. In each case, the first vote was favorable and the law was supported by increased majorities in two later repeal efforts. The Tennessee law, enacted in 1947, has not become a major political issue. Repeal efforts have grown progres sively weaker and no serious repeal effort was made in theMast legislative session in 1947. In a number of other states, repeal drives have foundered and in some of them labor leaders have abandoned hope for action in the near future. Complaint Seeks $1,518 from Firm A complaint asking $1,518 79 from the Oak Street Tank and Steel company; Ashland, has been filed in Jackson coun ty pircuit court by Frank M. Booth, Ashland. Amount asked, according to the complaint is to cover the cost to excavate, repair and reinstall a 10,000 gallon steel tank constructed for the plain tiff by H. R. Morris, owner of the Tank and Steel company. According to Hhe plaintiff, he made an oral agreement with the defendant Jan. 25, 1955, to manufacture and sell him an underground steel fuel tank to be used in the insallation of a heating sys tem at the Shasta county courthouse, Shasta county, Calif. 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The only actual violence re ported this week was attacks on two trains, in which one person was killed and five were injured. However, the travelers say sizeable rebel bands have been sighted on the heights surrounding the city and that more than eight miles of tele phone wire have been stolen, presumably for use in the rebel communications nets. Hair Spray Ad Complaint Target Washington -(UPD The Fed eral Trade commission today accused Max Factor & Co. of Hollywood of falsely claiming j that its "natural wave" spray i would make straight hair nat urally curly. The; FTC complaint cited as false advertising a television commercial claiming that the spray "penetrates through the hair, changing the structure of each individual hair. . .giving you a natural curl." The complaint said "natural wave" will not change the structure of the hair nor change naturally straight to naturally curly hair. The com pany has 30 days to answer the charges. 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