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From Oregon's Press Oregon's newspapers are, generally, vigorous and well-edited. The following are editorials, articles or column comment from various Oregon papers, quoted either in full or in part, and selected because of their general interest. Their publication does not imply either approval or disapproval on the part of the Mail Tribune of the opinions given. Dear Congressman Bev, sharpen your pencil and get an asbestos notebook There's a letter that cries to be written. Ready? This is to the Honorable Charles O. Porter, House Of fice Bldg., Washington, D. C. Dear Charlie. No. Make that Dear Congressman Porter, This is far from a friendly letter. On today's editorial page of the Register-Guard, A. Robert Smith writes that you are go ing ahead with your idiotic scheme to run a chairlift from the rim of Crater Lake down to the water. Go bother Trujillo, why don't you. Go junketing off to Formosa. Threaten somebody to a debate. Resurrect Al Se rena. Find something else to do. Write letters to your con stituents, if need be. But in the name of all that's sacred about our national parks, leave Crater Lake alone. It isn't even in your dis trict. It's in Al Ullman's. Sign that, "Formerly yours." Register-Guard, Eu gene. Wishful Wonderland It's funny how tired you can get of something after seeing it once. We've glimpsed only one of the new Oregon license plates, and already we feel as though we'd been staring at them for years. These are the plates with that inspired slogan, "Pacific Wonderland," ordered crowd ed onto the plates by the last Legislature. The idea, of course, is to convince people as you pass them at 90 that they should spend their dollars here. If this works, we have sug gestions for license plates of the future. "Crowded but Quaint" should do for the mid-60s. "Lovely If Littered" might be just the thing for the end of the decade. Ana a simple "No Vacancy" will suffice for the 70s. Actually, this license plate slogan idea is so great there's no reason why it should be limited to the states, and the provinces of Canada. Why not countries? i ou n Get a Boot Out of Italy." "Laos, Jungle Wonderland." "Malaya, Land of Enchant ment." Or islands? "You'll Want to Come Back to Baffin." "Tierra del Fuego It's Not Far." Send Mom to Guam." "Come to Attu." "Get Your Kicks in Kiska." "Every Day's a Holi day on Easter Island." Since we can't leave Oregon right now to work on these campaigns, we'll busy our selves setting up a test case. ' Js it illegal to use tinsnips on a license plate?-Capiial Jour- nal, Salem. Morse in Lead For Primary Vote Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) will walk away with the Dem ocratic presidential primaries in Oregon if The Statesman's Ballot Box participants have their way. Of Democrats who voted, 50.37 per cent choose Morse, with Sen. John Kennedy of Massachusetts next. Republicans who voted gave 30.76 per cent of their votes to Kennedy, with Stev enson next, Morse third. The Republicans can't vote in the Democratic primaries but their opinion will have a con siderable bearing on what happens at the general elec tion in November. Of the combined Democrat ic and Republican votes tal lied by The Statesman Ballot Box, 38.31 per cent were for Morse, with Kennedy next. Percentages Given Here's how the vote tallied percentage-wise: Demo- Repub- Total crats licans Vote voted voted Humphrey.. 4.51 6.43 5.96 Johnson .. 3.01 14.10 7.66 Kennedy 21.80 30.76 25.12 Morse 50.37 19.23 38.31 Stevenson.. 18.05 25.64 19.57 Symington 2.26 3.84 3.38 100.-100. -100.- The vote was in response to The Statesman's Ballot Box question broached last week: "Whom among potential Democratic candidates do you favor for president?" The six listed were Sens. Morse, Kennedy, Hubert Hum phrey, Lyndon Johnson, Stu art Symington and former Gov. Adlai Stevenson. All except Humphrey and Johnson received second choice votes, too. Oregon Statesman, Salem. die rich. I believe they would prefer to go to work in a Lark than to their funeral in a Cad illac. . . I am sure they would prefer to pay more taxes, if necessary, than to default to the Soviet Union. . . We spend far more on motorcars, cos metics and advertising than the Russians but less than they do on education, power plants and factories." Senator J. W. Fulbright, chairman of the Foreign Re lations Committee, in speech in Senate, quoted in Oregon Education. Premature Applause One is inclined to be grati tied by the conviction in a New York federal court of 20 underworld leaders on charg es of conspiracy. Beyond a reasonable doubt, all of the defendants richly deserve the stiff sentences imposed, and nrobablv more. Even so, there are aspects of the case that are disturbing Despite the scarlet characters ascribed to the 20, tne gov ern m pnt. was forced to ac knowledge that it could not pin an overt, indictable or fense on any. The prosecution was forced to break new ground in indicting, in effect, for a conspiracy of silence with respect to the purpose of the celebrated meeting of un derworld chiefs at Apalachin, N. Y., in November, 1957. A defendant cannot be forc ed to testify against himself because of the provisions of the Fifth Amendment. But it now appears that he may yet be brought to book along with others if there can be shown to have been a conspiracy to withhold testimony. Well and good in this par ticular instance, but we shud der to think how that same principle might be employed by an unscrupulous govern ment. Nor does there appear to be adequate reason for the bou quets passed around among law enforcement officers for the denouement of the Apa lachin case. What it means is that law enforcement-local, state and federal-failed over a period of many years to ar raign these men for their un lawful acts. We do not doubt the existence of such acts, but they have not been proveH court. One recalls the sorry fact that multi-murderer Al Ca pone finally had to be brought down by" the income tax law. Now his successors are tripped on a technicality that may not stand up on appeal. No, it's far, far too early fo.- America to congratulate itself on its control of orga nized crime. - Portland Ore-gonian. A New University A new University of Ore gon seems to be emerging. This is the word from the Eugene campus from both fac ulty and students. The "new university is more inclined to the intellectual than the old. After the influx of veterans following World War II, the university went into an en rollment decline, contrasted by Oregon State's constantly climbing number of students. Low salaries cost the univer sity some outstanding profes sors, who left for better paid positions, mostly in Cali fornia schools. This out-flow of brain pow er from the faculty was halted at least temporarily by the pay raise granted two years ago by the legislature. After a low point in enrollment in 1955, the number of students gained steadily every year. But, this year has seen an explosion. Enrollment jumped to over 6,700 students (while Oregon State dropped in num bers), causing a housing short age and also stimulating com petition. Bright new faculty members have joined the ranks of old timers, causing a new exciting intellectual air. But what is even more im portant, is that the students are taking their university work seriously. Study facili ties are crowded every day and evening. The good stu dent has joined the ranks of campus wheels. Administration, faculty and students are all excited by the new atmosphere and the promise it holds. After stand ing still for a while, the uni versity is once again progress ing. And finally, Oregon is los ing its reputation as a "play boy" school, a name which has never really deser .. Any student can play a' al most any college, if he wianes. All this is most pleasant for the taxpayer of the state to note. An average of 43 per cent of all high school gradu ates in the state of Oregon go on for some type of higher education (a record which al most equals Russia's and is one of the highest in the na tion.) It's reassuring to know that Oregon is providing a great university for its stu dents. Argus - Observer, Ontario. 'Fattest, Most Smug.. "We are not bankrupt, but we do look as if we are de termined to end up the rich est, fattest, most smug and omplacent people who ever failed to meet the test of sur vival. In air-conditioned splen dor, we may be heading for the last roundup. The real hope and expectation oi the Soviet Union, Mr. President, is not that the U. S. will spend intself into bankruptcy but that it will suffocate in its own fat. "If the American people really understood their pre dicament, I believe they would prefer to survive poor than to Good Government Hit By Ruling of Court The Supreme Court ruling of yesterday, in the test case involving the right of the leg islature to raise its annual pay is-although we are sure it was not intended to be-a blow at the cause of good gov ernment in Oregon. There is doubt the court had any choice in the ruling. Be tween the state constitution and the results of a number of attempts to get the people to raise the pay scale at elec tion time, tne course was fixed. This is true even though members of the court, as in dividuals, must have known the effect of the ruling. The decision means that Oregon will continue to be served by subsidized legisla tors or rich men. And this is not right. Oregon pays legislators $600 per year. On this amount a member of either house is expected to live in Salem for four or five months every oth er year, at the same time maintaining his regular home He also is required to take ad ditional time off from his job or business between sessions, to serve on the interim com mittees which do much of the state's legislative studying. The 1959 legislature had at tempted to improve this situ ation by raising pay of mem bers to $2,100 per year. The bill was allowed to become law without Governor Hat field's signature, and Secre tary of State Howell Appling refused to pay the increase until the court ruling. Other than the rich, about the only men and women who can serve the state in the leg-, islature are those whose em ployers are willing to keep them on the payroll, or those who can be subsidized by some special interest or the other. Wealth does not always connote ability. In this area, each political party has had frequent trouble getting a good candidate for ballot va cancies in legislative spots. And, with what seems to be the inevitable annual increase in the cost of living, combined with a substandard, but fixed, pay scale, the situation does not seem likely to improve. Bend Bulletin. Sunday, Jan. 24, 1960 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. 5 Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF - ON his hundredth, birthday, spry old Jed I. Abernathy told reporters. "See no reason whv I sTirmMn" live another hundred years to boot" "You'd be about the first human since Methu selah to make it," a re porter said. "I know," nodded Jed, "but there's one thing' in my favor: I feel a dang sight strong er starting my second hundred than I did my first!". ". Three cellmates fa a Soviet hoosegow compared notes. "I was jailed for coming late to work," mourned the first. "Me, I came too early," recalled the second. "They said this proved I was a capitalist spy." "And rm here," nodded the third, "because I arrived exactly on time. They accused me of owning an American watch." One more evidence of inflation: Today, when yon tell a girl friend she looks like a million dollars, she thinks you're insulting her! 5 . I960, ly Bennett Cert Distributed ly King Features Syafltart VA Budget Reflects Relative Balance in Benefit Programs Holmes Elected Director oi Bank David H. Holmes, president of Harry and David, Medford, was elected to the board of directors of the Rogue Valley State bank recently, Clarence H. Young, president of the bank, has announced. Bank officers, in addition to Young, include Ron E. Cor don and Pierce, vice presi dents; Raymond E. Rieger, cashier, Gertrude F. McCor kle, assistant cashier; Glenn Lusk, manager, East Medford branch; and Robert A. Flora, assistant manager of East Medford branch. Reiger was promoted to cashier' to replace Neal A. Curry, who resigned recently. Flora was promoted to assist ant manager of 3ie bank's branch in the Medford Shopping Center area. Young's report to stock holders noted the satisfactory growth during 1959 and he expressed optimism for con tinued growth and good busi ness conditions for the county this year. Earthquakes Rock San Diego Area San Diego, Calif. -UPD- Two sharp earthquakes rocked the San Diego area Thursday but caused no reported damage. Seismologist Fred Robinson said the first temblor hit at 2:21 p.m. followed by another shock at 3:53 p.m. Both quakes registered less than three on a scale of twelve. It was estimated they were cen tered 55 miles northeast of here. We Give t GREEN STAMPS ELLIS MARKET 820 Crater Lake Avenue The Veterans administra tion budget request for fiscal year 1961 reflects a relative balance between expanding and declining veterans bene fit programs, -according to Sumner G- Whittier, admin istrators of veterans affairs. ine loiai va ouaget re quest for the new fiscal year is $5,463,845,000, he said, and represents ' an increase of slightly less than 6 per cent over the $5,156,721,000 appro priated last year. After reaching a peak of $8,352,909,655 in 1947, sums appropriated for veterans ben efits and services declined gradually to a point during the last five years when ap propriations ranged between $4.8 billion and $5.5 billion, he said. Largest Single Item The largest single item in the new budget request, he said, is $3,840,000,000 for compensation and , pension payments to - veterans and dependents, an increase of $435 million over the 1960 figure. The increase is attrib utable to the addition of vet erans and dependents to the pension rolls, including some 277,000 veterans, widows and children expected to become eligible under provisions of a new pension bill enacted last August, Whittier said. The administrator noted that ! the estimated total re quirements in the field of readjustment benefits will be $175 million less than the cur rent year because of a declin ing workload forecast, which current trends indicate to be realistic. Among these, he said, is an estimated decrease of about 100,000 in the number of Ko rean conflict veterans in vo cational rehabilitation and ed ucation programs. The read justment benefit requests in the new budget is $410 mil lion compared to $585 million a year ago. Operating Expenses General operating expenses have been reduced more than $12 million as a result of re duced workloads and man agement economy, including the application of automatic data processing equipment in the veterans GI insurance program. The budget request is $154,054,000 this year, com pared to $166,190,000 in 1960. The amount requested for general operating expenses, Whittier explained, is a little less than 3 per cent of the to tal VA budget. The recommended appro priations of $903,502,000 for inpatient and outpatient care reflects about a 2 per cent increase. This will make pos sible some increase in the av erage daily patient hospitaliz ation load, he said. A significant feature of the requested medical funds per tains to improved staffing ratios in veterans hospitals which directly relate to an improvement of the veterans administration medical care, Whittier said. Last year the proposed requirements were $882,271,000. Veterans Insurance Another program expected to show a decline involves veterans insurance and in demnities. This program is ex pected to reflect a reduction of $4.2 million compared, to last year, Whittier said. Pres ent request is $48,800,000, while a year ago it was $53 million. The veterans administra tion budget foresees the need for funds amounting to $75 million for the planned and orderly modernization and replacement of some existing obsolete VA hospitals. This proposed figure, he said, re flecting $43 million more than construction funds a year ago, is part of a long range $900 million plan to be extended over a 12-year period. This year's request, Whittier add ed, would initiate the program. YMCA Open House Set This Afternoon The annual Young Men's Christian association's open house will be held between 2 and 5 o'clock this afternoon at the Medford YMCA. Demonstrations of the Y's facilities will be given, and social functions are planned throughout the afternoon. A music program will be pro vided, as will refreshments, square dancing in the social hall and free swimming. Robert L. Jones, secretary of the Y.-said the purpose is to encourage persons to be come acquainted with the people and facilities that are provided through the YMCA, and entire families have been invited to attend open house. Greeters and ushers will be available to meet and guide visitors through the building and discuss activities. Growth Illustrated By Real Estate Sales The growth of the western state was illustrated in 1959 by Strout Realty sales rec ords, according to K. H. My ers, president. The western states division of the firm set a new high record with sales volume ,of $25,324,485, he said. The increase was about 37 per cent over the 1958 level, and was the largest gain shown by any Strout terri tory, Myers said. The Strout Realty office here is at 938 South Riverside ave. 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