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
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fied with it. Yet what of the
potential candidates who can
not afford the financial sac
rifice at all? There was a
time, in the history, of parlia
mentary government, when
legislators were not paid at
all - and that means, at least
not by the public. Certainly,
candidates could nevertheless
be fourid, as could private in
terests only too glad to sup
port legislators while in office
i and to make legislative serv
ice worth their whUe. But
who today would suggest re-
! turning to such a system?
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.)
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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.
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