MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Sunday, March t, 1959
Political Opponents Attempt to
Discredit Governor Hatfield
By EVELYN NYE
RepresentaliT from Jackson
County
It would defeat the purpose
of this column to use it to car
ry on a political "hassle with
the paid pub
lic informa
tion director
of the Demo
cratic party,
Ken Johnson,
and I don't
-f propose to do
it.
There seems
to be a frantic
effort on the
part of two or three of Gov
ernor Hatfield's political op
ponents to discredit him in the
eyes of the voters and makes
one feel that there must be
some personal political motive
behind it. It is easy enough to
confuse the over-all issues by
the almost vicious tactics be
ing used.
The voters of Oregon elect
ea uovernor Hatfield by a
very large majority and I
think the average, fair-minded
individual is willing to give
him a reasonable length of
time to demonstrate his good
faith with the people of Ore
gon.
Mail Directed
Right now a large percent
age of my mail is directed
against two tax bills which
are part of ex-Governor Holm
es' tax proposals. I am suggest
ing to the writers of these let
ters that they remember that
the final tax program will not
be written until the budeet
has been recommended by the
Ways and Means committee
and aDDroved bv the legisla
ture, "rms is not, mf esti
mation, the way it should be
done, but apparently we are
n't ready to reverse the pro
cedure andadopt a budget
tailored to fit a reasonable
and equitable tax program.
May I suggest that anyone
Interested in the various tax
programs being proposed get
a copy of the Feb. 14 Oregon
Voter which devotes several
pages to a detailed comparison
of the taxes and tax rates now
in effect and as proposed by
Governor Hatfield and ex
Governor Holmes.
The anti-picketing law is
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now a dead duck. Many peo
ple in southern Oregon wrote
expressing their concern over
repealing the law. We heard
some impassioned, but re
strained oratory in the House
before passage of the bill, but
it was mostly for the record,
since everyone knew how the
vote was going to go.
To provide some protection
for both employers and em
ployees in the field of collec
tive bargaining, Senator Ytur
ri and Representative Elf
strom, Republican leaders of
the Senate and House respec
tively, have introduced Senate
Bill 369 which is being refer
red to as the Anti-coercion
bill.
The bill provides that em
ployees shall have the right to
select or reject without coer
cion or intimidation labor or
ganizations seeking or claim-
Housing Measure
Said Exiravagan!
Washington-IUPD-An admin
istration spokesman said Fri
day that a multi-billion-dollar
housing bill approved by the
Houe Banking Committee
last week is "extravagant and
inflationary."
Housing Administrator Nor
man P. Mason, plugging Presi
dent Eisenhower s economy
drive, said the measure still
would be costing the taxpay
ers in the year 2000.
He told reporters that the
$2,100,000,000 price tag Demo
crats put on the bill is only
"half the truth."
Counting public housing
subsidy costs over the next
45 years, he said, the bill
actually adds up to 55,800,
000,000. Mason said some of the con
gressmen supporting the bill
do not realize its full cost.
He declined to say whether
he would recommend a presi
dential veto if the measure
reached the White House in
its present form.
But he indicated he expect
ed the House would cut the
bill and that it would be
trimmed still further by a
house-senate compromise.
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ing to represent them in bar
gaining collectively with
their employers, except to the
extent that such right may be
affected by a closed shop
agreement existing between
the employer and a labor or
ganization which requires as a
condition of employment
membership in such labor or
ganization. The bill defines "corecion";
provides for secret election re
lating to the representative as
the bargaining agent.
In asking for repeal of the
Anti-picketing bill, Labor rec
ommended a two-year study of
labor-management relations,
which would (hopefully) pro
duce a better law than the
present one. We opponents of
repeal said in effect, "Let's
see the new law before we re
peal this one."
Three-Hour Hearing
On Tuesday night the edu
cation committees had a three-
hour hearing on House bills 59
and 60. Briefly, House bill 59
would make mandatory the
establishment of classes for
mentally retarded children in
all school districts where
there are 12 or more mentally
retarded children, by the year
1964, and House bill 60 would
provide scholarships to assist
teachers in preparing
themselves to teach these
classes, since extra training is
required for certification.
Wednesday afternoon the
House Education committee
held hearings on House bills
157, 158 and 159. These bills
have to do with tightening and
extending teacher tenure
laws.
The Oregon Federation of
Teachers, AFL-CIO, testified
in favor of the bills, which
was a bit puzzling since their
group is small and they do
not have any members in dis
tricts not fully covered now
by tenure. The OEA remain
ed neutral on the bills, while
the School Boards association
and a number of administra
tors opposed them.
One lone classroom teacher
testified that he felt that in
the long run teachers would
be better off, and certainly ed
ucation in general would, if
three-year contracts were giv-j
en instead of life tenure.
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MEETING newsmen in
Washington, President Ei
senhower says outlook on
Berlin crisis is not hopeful
in view of Russia's rejection
of West proposal for foreign
ministers' conference.
Centennial Group
Can Meet Payroll
Portland-(UPD-T h e Oregon
Centennial Commission has
plenty of money to meet its
payrolls despite a report
earlier last week that it
lacked funds to pay employees
in some departments, Fiscal
Officer William Gaarenstroom
said Friday.
"The problem is not inade
quacy of money, but distribu
tion of the allocation as orig
inally set up," he said. "But
we have enough latitude to
operate within the money al
located by the Legislature."
Using a blackboard to ex
plain the Centennial budget
breakdown, G a a r e n stroom
said there were two major
categories the general fund,
subject to the same strict con
trol as the funds of state
agencies, and the operating
account.
The general fund consists
of the $1,790,000 allocated by
the Legislature. The operat
ing account now contains
about $125,000 from advance
space sales for the Exposition
and International Trade Fair
opening June 10 and other
revenue sources.
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It Was Painful for the Pup,
But She Learned Lesson
It turned out to be an un
fortunate episode, caused by
lack of judgement or. intelli
gence on the part of one of
the individuals involved, and
too much curiosity on the part
of the other.
The wasp lacked judgement.
It over-stepped itself when it
Elew down to the water in the
glass dish, slipped off the ver
tical side and couldn't get out
of the water.
The other actor in the silent
drama was a Boston terrier
pup who depended on the
glass dish for her drinking
water. The pup's curiosity and
playful antics had plunged it
into all kinds of predicaments,
so far unpainful, giving her
the idea that everything was
fun.
On the day of her painful
adventure Pixie had been flat
on her back in the sun. She
awoke, thirsty. She made
straight for her water dish.
In the water the wasp was
beating its wings, unsuccess
fully trying to get off the
water into free flight. For the
pup here was something new
and mighty interesting. She
watched the insect buzzing
angrily beating its aimless
way around the dish.
Forgot Her Thirst
Finally Pixie, completely
forgetting her thirst in the
light of this new discovery,
put one fore paw into the
water trying to hit the wasp.
Several times she did push
the angry insect under water.
It was great sport.
The wasp made an entirely
different noise when its wings
were wet. Then the buzz be
came almost liquid-sounding
until the water was whipped
away. The dog became so ex
cited she could hardly contain
herself. She circled the dish
barking excitedly.
She discovered she could
see the wasp by looking
through the side of the dish.
It looked funny. Distortion
threw it out of focus. So far
she had avoided using her
muzzle. The only time she
tried is she got water up her
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nose, but she found it was
much more fun to push the in
sect with her mouth than the
paw. Under her muzzle the in
sect twisted and turned trying
to get itself into position to
use, its stinger.
Only One Result
There could be but one re
sult. The wasp got herself in
position just as the little dog
pushed. The wasp drove" its
stinger into Pixie's lower lip.
The dog yipped, jumped back
and up, throwing the wasp
into the air. It took off for the
far distance. The dog ran for
just anywhere at all. -
By the time she had ex
hausted herself, her lip, as
well as her face, was painfully
swollen.
We live, they say by actual
day to day living; we learn
by experience. The child
learns, by burning himself,
not to touch the stove again.
By hurting himself he learns
a lesson. This we would like
to thing is intelligence. Wheth
er or not the wasp learned is
doubtful but the little dog did.
She learned that things can be
dangerous or painful, even
though they happen to look
pretty or exciting. Since she
"got it in the lip" she has pass
ed up many a needed drink
because once there was a wasp
in a water dish.
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A total of 11 contractors
submitted bids for construc
tion of the U.S. Army Reserve
center here, according to the
Army Engineers' office in
Seattle, Wash.
Lewis Kowolowski, Madras,
was apparent low bidder
when bids were opened Wed
nesday at the Seattle office.
His bid was $268,229, com
pared to a government esti
mate of $257,346.
The contract is expected to
be awarded soon, according
to the Seattle engineers. No
date for starting the construc
tion has been announced so
far.
Other bidders listed in
clude Waldo S. Hardie and
Son, Eugene, $275,228; Vik
Construction company, Eu
gene, $281,114; Lord-Carroll,
Portland, $285,337; Salter and
Klein, Grants Pass, $286,717;
A. "V. Petersen company,
Portland, $289,416; Ausland
Construction company, Grants
Pass, 8291,810; H. Barnhart,
Medford, $299,384; Wiley
company, Ashland, $300,750;
Cummings Construction com
pany, Grants Pass, $310,089; '
and Teller Construction com-
pany, Portland, $382,017.
The center is to be situated j
on the proposed extension of!
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Jackson st. and McAndrews
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Hiring of Relatives
Washington - (UPD - House
Democratic Leader John W.
McCormack said Friday it's
perfectly proper for a Con
gressman to put a family
member on his payroll - if
the relative is qualified for
the job.
McCormack said that while
he has no relatives on his of
fice payroll, he sees nothing
wrong about lawmakers who
do, so long as the relatives
can do the work well.
"It would be just as wrong
for a publisher or editor of a
newspaper to refuse to give
a job on his newspaper to his
son or daughter, if there were
an opening they were quali
fied to fill," the Massachu
setts lawmaker said in an interview.
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Local Youth To Go
On Concert Tour
Portland - Richard Arnold,
1011 Reddy ave., Medford,
will appear wtih the a cappel
la choir at the First Presbyter
ian church at 8 p. m. on Fri
day, March 20. The concert
will be the last program, on
the choir's annual spring con
cert tour agenda.
Under the direction of L.
Stanley Glarum, the 61 chor
isters will present 25 concerts
in 16 days, mostly in Califor
nia. Arnold, first tenor, is a jun
ior music education major
and a member of Phi Mu A1-"
pha, national men's music dor
mitory. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Wilbur Arnold, Medford.
Leoncavallo wrote only one
successful opera, "Pagliacci."
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