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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.
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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.
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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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paid for recently when only $4.58 had been paid.
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