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Communications Slart at Home To the Editor: occasions recently we have read in your paper letters from Mr. Stathos criticizing the fact that Representative Charles O. Porter is wasting the taxpayers' money sending out literature for campaign purposes at their expense. I do not know if there is merit to his claim or not, but even If true, it is only a drop in the bucket compared to the loss to the taxpayers of Ore gon in the give away of the Tidelands oil engineered by the Cordon-McKay combine, on the Al Serena case engin eered by the McKay-Ellsworth combine. Where was Mr. Stathos when these took place? Or has he such a short ! memory? If Mr. Stathos is really worried about the waste of the taxpayers' money, why not start closer at home? We have a beautiful county farm home in Jackson county pro vided by the voters for county patients, yet since it was first opened it has been operated by the county commissioners only partly for county pa tients and the other part used for those with sufficient pull to get in, to the exclusion of county Datients for which it On several , was faujit. The rates charged for these private patients is so much lower than rates paid by the county welfare commission in many cases that it actually results in the taxpayers act ually subsidising these pri vate patients. Mr. Stathos, if you are really concerned about the waste of the taxpayers' money, here is an excellent opportunity for you to go to work. How about it? It might be that Mr. Wendt who is up for reelection could give you some help. A. J. Curry 906 West Mam St. Medford Neuberger. on Pay To the Editor: As former members of the Oregon legislature, we would like to urge all of your readers to vote "Yes" on Ballot Measure No. 3, to permit a modest and long-overdue increase in the salaries of Oregon's legisla tors. This is a completely non partisan measure. No vote on sn issue on the ballot can make a more essential contri bution to good government in our state than -No. 3, Yes. Oregon legislative pay is now S600 a year. When con sidered in connection with expenses of attaining a legis lative session, and the loss of other income during that pe riod, this sum is of course Only a token payment. Actually, it means that we ex pect honest members of the state senate and assembly to represent us at a substantial financial sacrifice out of their own pockets. Is this either democratic or consistent with good government? The pittance Oregon now pays those we elect to govern us is among the lowest in the nation. It is less than that paid in any of our neighbor ing states. Undoubtedly, opponents of this measure will include some of the same people who, inconsistently, are cynical about "politicians" and down grade them for being acces sible to lobbyists and special iSlerests. The argument is thought lessly made that legislators "know the salary when they run" and thus should be satis- Washington Report By William S. White THE HELPFUL WIVES Washington Profoundly subversive and un-American though it is, a terrible thought som e t i m e s I c i o s s e s the I minds of nnli. ticians. This is that woman s suffrage has perhaps not been in every possible c i r- cumstance the soundest pos White sible reform of this century. No politician would dare utter this heresy without first pulling down the blinds and testing the room for wiretaps. Yet, this correspondent is able wr-'M mi i ... 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With the widespread con : cern in these times about I lobbying and conflicts of in terests, do we not want to bolster the independence of legislators at least to the point where they can break even on the actual costs of their public service? It would cost about $54,000 more a year to pay a decent salary to our legislature, who control a biennial state bud get approaching $300 million. Could there be a sounder in vestment in competent hand ling of our taxes and govern mental affairs of that magnitude? That is why we urge our fellow voters, of both parties, to vote "Yes" on Ballot Meas ure 3 on election day. Richard L. Neuberger, U.S.S. Maurine B." Neuberger 326 New U.S. Courthouse Portland, Ore. Political Football? To the Editor: After listen ing to Mr. Bristol on TV Tues day afternoon I wondered how he can accuse Charlie Porter of using the Rogue River Val ley flood control for' a per sonal motive, and if he ex pects the voters to swallow his statement that Porter of his own volition is promoting the development of that project. The devastation caused by the Rogue River flood a few years ago will not soon be forgotten, especially by the people of the Shady Cove and Trail areas where property damage was so extensive. Those people as well as hun dreds of others in Jackson and Josephine counties were so much concerned that they quickly held public meetings for the purpose of taking ac tion which soon resulted in the revival of the Rogue River Valley Flood Control program with the possibilities of re viewing the feasibility of its various aspects which would prevent re-occurrence of such damage as they had recently experienced. Now Mr. Bristol certainly cannot' imply that none of these many people did not ap proach Congressman Porter with a request to act in their behalf. If so, I just cannot be lieve it. The Rogue River Valley Flood Control was just an other dead horse, exactly what I believe Mr. Bristol wanted it to be, although now he is expounding on its vir tues, especially so when he tries to depict the qualifica tion of Porter's opponent, who as he states, has such a vast knowledge of flood control in this area. Now, if Mr. Bristol and Mr. Geddes, and even former Con gressman Ellsworth, were so familiar with flood controls, why have they not done some thing about it instead of al lowing such programs as the Rogue River Valley Flood Control to stagnate, or come up with some other solution that would eliminate the pos sibilities of damage caused by flood conditions on the Rogue river. To me it is just another case of GOP do nothing. They talk and make promises, but do nothing. And as far as making a political issue out of this important matter such as Mr. Bristol implies Charlie Porter is doing, just what is Mr. Bristol doing when he is trying to tell us how good a job Mr. Geddes will do hand ling flood control problems if he is elected? You had a po litical football Mr. Bristol for while when you appeared on TV, but I believe now that you have lost it. D. A. Peterson, 376 Crowson rd., Ashland. to report, from deep "inside, that such a dangerous notion currently is being secretly nourished by many friends of Sen. William F. Knowland. Not all these friends want Knowland to win his desper ate battle in Calif ornia - not all of them are fellow Repub licans. Some are only fellow husbands; and no doubt able to pass the severest Democra tic loyalty, test. Nevertheless, these, too, now have a special sympathy for this large, grave, highly decent and high ly correct man whose life Helen, calls him "Billy," in a diminutive as wildly -inap propriate as it is engagingly fond. "C'OR Knowland, who had troubles enough anyhow, for the second time has cause to paraphrase the epigram that a man can take care of his- enemies if only the Lord will take care of his friends If the enthusiastic assistance of friends sometimes goes dangerously far, the help of a fond wife may well go mor tally far. A lady politician de fending her own - place and party will hit hard enough. In politics, as in other things, women believe in total war. But a lady whose husband is a politician has a spirit of combat so disconcertingly clear-eyed as to make the most bellicose male partisan j look like a conscientious ob jector. It is in this spirit that Mrs. Knowland has written a brisk public commentary up on Mr. Knowland's running mate. Gov. Goodwin Knight. Knight seeks to replace Know land as senator; Knowland seeks to replace Knight as governor. Mrs. Knowland's remarks upon Governor Knight's "macaroni spine" have follow ed her earlier endorsement of an extremely tough right wing pamphlet by Joseph Kamp. Mr. Kamp's good wish es for. Mr. Knowland were about as useful to him as a hearty endorsement from Gov. Orval Faubus of Arkansas would be to Gov. Averell Har riman of New York. SIMILARLY, her present de nunciation of Knight, who is in unhappy tandem with Knowland on what is, after all, a single ticket, could bring joy only to the Democrats. Her estimate of Governor Knight is no different from that of many, many regular Republicans. But the point is that a woman in politics tends to adopt a candor that is a bit excessive. The late Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio was no panty waist in a campaign; but his devoted wife, Martha, some times made him appear al most a pacifist. It is sad but true that in politics, and es pecially in an election' year, it is possible to be altogether too faithful to intellectual honesty. Moreover, not many men in the United States of Amer ica can control their wives in a political campaign any more than a wife can be controlled at a cocktail party for a de tested boss whose favor her husband is nevertheless not anxious to lose once and for all. MRS. ELEANOR ROOSE VELT raised her clear, untroubled voice many times to the pain of her distinguish ed husband. But nobody ever heard of any husbandly effort to silence her. Indeed, a pow erful Texan once wrote Old' VOTE ELECT FRANK CHRISTIAN Democrat FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER . . a man who will work with all departments for the benefit of all. VOTEI d. ad. Frank Christian for Co. Commissioner, Jackson Co. Dem. Central Com., Jim Red den, Chmn. 2246 Aloha Ave. Cactus , Jack Garner, then vice president, to complain of Mrs. Roosevelt's pronounce ments. He demanded that Garner tell FDR to "do some thing about it." Garner sent back to Texas a single sen tence: "When did you last con trol your own wife?" And, finally, if politicians' wives are sometimes made to "see reason," there is yet an other peril. This is the formid able and ungaggable madame chairman of almost any politi cal community. These excel lent ladies are sometimes call ed "chairladies," though the sheltered types of male who have never been whistle-stopping will hardly' credit this. To the chairladies, no Harry S. Truman, no Richard M. Nixon, would for a moment deny the palm of the ultimate in fighting determination. (Copyright, 1958. by United Feature Syndicate. Inc.) MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Friday, October 31, 1958 S Special Sign for 'Wise Guys' Urged Grand Rapids, Mich. - (UPD -Commissioner Robert H. Blandford suggested today that the city put up a special street sign for "wise guys to turn to their heart's delight." Blandford made the sugges tion after City Engineer Cecil L. Simmons said it takes a special crew most of Monday to correct street signs that have been turned around to confuse the public. Blandford said the ideal spot for a special sign would be at the intersection of Cres cent and Ottawa right in front of police headquarters. CHIFFON FACIAL TISSUE 4 box, 400's 88c ASPIRIN U.S.P. 5 Grain ALCOHOL SSSSSSim COMPOUND Pint 200 29c 29c Soothing Vapor in Seconds 8 HOUR List Price $5.93 Now $3.88 12 HOUR List Price $7.95 Now $4.98 ran Lj 8 IN I UPJOHN UMICAP VITAMINS 80TTU J ii 100 J- : IMPROVED 0NE-A-CM MULTIPLE . 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