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o MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Tuesday, Feb. 2, 1960 Medfo: UNS "Everyone in Southern Oregon Reads The Mail Tribune" Published Daily except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 33 North Fir St., Ph SP 2-6141 ROBERT W. RUHL, Editor HERB GREY Advertising Manager GERALD T LATHAM, Bus. Mgr. ERIC W. ALLEN JR.. Mng. Editor EARL H. ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Teleg. Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Women's Editor DALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr On Slash Bi mmm Dennis the Menace An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford. Oregon, under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Bv Mail In Advance. Copy 10c Daily and Sunday 1 year $15.00 Daily and Sunday 6 mos. 8.00 Daily and Sunday 3 mos. 4.25 Sunday Only One year S4.20 Bv Carrier In Advance Medford "Ashland. Central Point Eagle Point. Jacksonville. Gold Hill, Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue Riv er Talent and on motor routes. Dailv and Sunday 1 year $18 00 Daily and Sunday 1 mo. 1.50 Carrier and Dealers copy 10c All Terms Cash in Advance ?micTaTPaper of City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press International Full Leased Wire U.P.I. Telephoto Newspictures "irEMBFR OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative: WEST HOLIDAY CO.. INC. Of fices in New York. Chicago, De troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles, Seattle. Portland. St. Louis. At lanta, Vancouver. B.C. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL I As(sbcuATioY i7 KJ J Flight of Timi Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Feb. 2, 1950 (Thursday) Medford's groundhog was a shivering and confused little rodent this morning with two inches of snow on the ground and a 7 degree above zero temperature whistling about his ears. Portland had 3 degree be low zero record low this morning with 300 miles of roads in or about Portland blocked by snow. 20 YEARS AGO Feb. 2, 1940 (Friday) The state Democratic chair man returned a $100 check to the Ashland Chamber of Commerce today and com mented he was "embarrassed" and "regretful." From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "A New Deal idealist urges the peo ple 'to face mounting costs of government wtih a song.' It will be no time at all until valiant Young Democrats will be running around cutting the taxes in two with a tenor solo." 30 YEARS AGO Feb. 2, 1930 (Sunday) Charles Evans Hughes will succeed William Taft, who re cently resigned as chief jus tice of the U.S. supreme court. There were 19 days in Jan uary in which snow or rain fell in Medford. The snow was 10.3 inches deep on Jan. 13. 40 YEARS AGO Feb. 2, 1920 (Tuesday) The Democratic postmaster at Portland rejects President Wilson's order to resign. Applications for 1920 auto licenses are coming into the county clerk's office at a rate of 50 per day. 50 YEARS AGO Feb. 2. 1910 (Wednesday) Mayor Snell of Ashland will go to court to prevent a special recall election against himself. Ashland Commercial club membership reaches 400. Mention at a club banquet last nipht of proposed state of Siskiyou brings applause. What's Your I.Q.7 Nine or ten correct is superior; teven or eight is excellent; five or lix is good. 1. Which Biblical character symbolizes old age? 2. Does a starfish have 2ive or six points? 3. Will sound travel faster in air, water, or iron? 4. Which country is our closest Latin American neigh bor? 5. What sort of work is per formed by a cooper? 6. Butte is the capital of Montana; true or false? T. In which country is the port of Haifa? 8. In what political party in the United States was Nor man Thomas a well-known leader? 9. Does a fathom measure 6, 16, or 60 feet? 10. In what part of the world is Laos? Answers: 1. Methuselah. 2. Five. 3. Iron. 4. Mexico. 5. Makes barrels, casks, tubs. etc. 6. False (Helena). 7. Israel. 8. Socialist Party. 9. Six. 10. Southeast Asia. The possibility of eliminating; slash-burning in our forests in the fall and spring: vas mentioned here the other day in connection with the progress being made m controlling air pollwtiOH. This mention brought from a losal forester a long letter m winch he questioned strongly wtietA er slask, burning j& advisable or necesefiry. It is, in effact, required now bo& by state and federal regulalaona. The only exception is when a logger under state jurisdicitkm takes up on himseli the risk and expense and responsibility for maintaining a closa watch over tfhburnecl slash until it has decompoaad to a point here it is safe, and he is released by fcho etata. This can be for a period ol yeara. OUR forester friend maintains that good forest managemento would eliminate filaah-burning on the basis that it is a hazard to reproduction: that it robs the soil of natural humus; feat it cre ates air pollution; that it increases the danger of erosion and soil deterioration, and that it destroys wildlife, recreational ana gasthetic values. He make a ood caaa particularly i? his statement that afcudie regrding slaSh-feuwrlng and its necessity tsave mm . inconclusive is bome out. If it is true that feere are acceptable alterna tives, and that slash-burning is as detrimental as our friend declares, then pressures should be brought for a change in the state0 law ang the federal regulations. E.A. Congre&hu peelam No one has, as yet, indicated any intention of seeking the Republican nomination for Con gress from this district, but there has been con siderable speculation that State Sen. Edwin R. Duino, M.D.,of Medford, may do so. When Peter Gunnar, state GOP chairman, was through here recently, lie wa making dis creet inquiries about Dr. uurno. 0 And in its issue of last week the Oregon Voter, ; the conservative little magazine of commentary on political and economic aTiairs, devoted a mil half-page to discussing Durno and) his chances, under the headline "Dumo Poised For Try at Porter's Seat." - "IITE TRIED to call Dr. Dumo to ask him, point blank, if he is considering this racg, but found he had left for a vacation in Mexico, and wfsn't be back until Jate this sionth still well ahead of the deadline for filing a candidacy. Republicans are looking seriously for a man whom they feel would have a chance against the fourth district s brilliant bubcontroversial mcum bent, Charles O. Porter. Many of them feel that Dr. Durno would be the man. - The Voter is most laudatory concerning him, and declares: o ". . . Senator Durno could easily have a clear field and party leaders' support in the Primary, with some Democratic followers in November." XJLTE RATHER hope Dr. Durno does decide to " " make the race, for we think quite highly of him and his abilities and attitudes. It would assure both a good race, and the election of a good man to the important Congressional seat. We consider Porter to have been a good con gressman a view which, we know, is not uni versally held. But in devoting a portion of his time to for eign affaire, he is only carrying out a campaign pledge made two years ago. In doing what he can to advance the cause of peace, he is follow ing his own deepest convictions. And, his de tractors to the contrary, he has worked long and hard on matters pertaining to his own district. DORTER is independent too much so for some tastes and is quick and bright both in and out of 'congressional halls again too much so for some tastes. : But he is a better-than-average congressman, and has earned another chance for election. If the race is against Dr. Durno, who made a good records in the last legislature, it will pit men of differing temperaments and outlooks, and will give voters of the district a clear-cut choice ; a choice, happily, between two sincere public servants. E.A. Uniform School Plans One of the "planks" in the party platform adopted by Jackson county Democrats for pre sentation to last week end's ostate convention is worth thinking over. It suggests that the state department Qof ed ucation prepare sets of plans for school buildings so that they could be furnished to local districts which are contemplating building new schools. The plans would be standard, and come in versions to meet differing requirements. THIS would permit contractors throughout the state to be familiar with0 the plans, so they could prepare bids and estimates on a more know ledgeable basis; it would speed up the time be tween a bond issue and the start of construction, and it would save the local school districts con siderable sums in the preparation of plans. There might weft be sorrife drawbacks to such a procedure, but at first glance its merits would seem to outweigh its disadvantages, and. we'd like to see the idea pursued further. E.A. 2-2 Matter of Fact By Joseph Alsop tit"' iti''. V ' J AH Mf I. "HID .Virus i l OON'T CARS M&WMOWR. TOLD YOU' J SCW nniniiminniinns S"5 9B3 g" 5 y Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a ptfi name or initial for publication is permissible.' The Mail Tribune reserves the right to ediPall letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication mustonot exceed 400 wordg The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views ftf the paper; in fact the contrary isQoften the case, Thoughtful Sniff To the Editor: Regarding your aditorial, "111 - Smelling Rose," fan. 22s. I s not play ing with semantics t all. A tramway runs on tracks. An aerial gondola hangs from wire and is sort of an enclosed chairliffc I cen!t believe that it is "outrageous" to want to dis cuss this proposal to increasa tie enjoyment and attendance at Crater Lake. You end Bob .ErazieP ctf the Register-Guard think so and say so elo quently and repeatedly. How ever. I've had less than two dozen letters on the subject from Oregon since I first pro posed consideration, they're about half for, half against On tha other hand, avery questionnaire I know f, in cluding at least two taken at the Park, shows that tha pub lic apparently is mora for than against. I agree with you that people should think the proposal through. That is why I amd having a model built. This will allow people to sea for themselves a lm o s t exactly what is proposed. As for "people who believe strongly in National Parks and in their concept of mini mum despoilment of scenic and wilderness areas," I count myself as a member of that group. Crater Lake is a su perb, unique scenic area. But it is not a wilderness area. Thousands of people drive (there every year. . Aerial gondolas in the Alps do not despoil lovely scenery. They do attract tourists. I want many more tourists to g and to return to Crater Lake. Oregon needs their dollars and will give full value fcr every penny. I could be wrong. Maybe it isn't such a good idea. I want to examine the model myself and think the matter through 08 the basis of hard facts. You, Mr. Editor, realize full well that many outdoor groups and fee National Park Service itself share your opinion. There is certainly no immediate prospect o? con struction. Whatever the name of this "rose," gondola, tramway or chairlift, let's not toss it aside without a thoughtful sniff to determine whether the smell is a stench or a fragrance. Charles O. Porter Member of Congress Washington, D.C. Clean Air Progress To tig; Editor: We agree with you that the progress that has been made in clean ing Rogue Valley air is amaz ing; howler the Citizens' Air Pollution Abatement League's position regarding the need for legislation on the matter has not been understood. None f the League's mem bers has been so naive as to believe that the day was here when the lion and the lamb would lie down together, or that ultimately some legisla tion would not have to be passed. The members did think they had a duty to be constructive, and that the first thing to do was to obtain all factual information possible and present it to the commun ity leaders with the belief that such leaders had suffic ient civic responsibility to unite in an effort to solve the problem.' Not all members agree with this procedure. Many have favored faster action in the form of more meetings, and proposed laws and regula tions. They may have been right; ' however in the past five monthS more has been accomplished than in all the time previously. Only a few months ago the mere raising of the question in this letter column brought threats of physical violence and "If you don't like this country, go bacR whera you came from.' Mr. Jack Foster deserves thanks from this community for obtaining cooper a t i o n from sources that were hostile and for furthering much of the progress that has beea made. There is stiU anough hpat in this question of air pollu tiofi to produce quite a fire If anyone wishes to proceed in that manner, he might in quire into the spraying of suburban areas0 with para, thion, chlordane, dieldrine amaizole, DDT, TEPP and other poisons. Just how many tons of such material is spray ed into this valley air every year? How far does such ma terial travel and how long does it hgng when mixed with a stagnant, soot and carbon filled atmosphere? These are questions whose -answers we have been unable to discover, If you fear, Mr. Editor, that we depend too much on soft talk, stay with us. We will do better when: we have the facts. By the way, what has hap pened to the state air pollu tion study which was an nounced last spring? Bruce J. Manley, Chairman Citizens Air Pollution Abatement League 212 Leverette Bldg. Medford. Interesting Nonsense To the Editor: My opinion is that the "Stargazer" horo scope is far more interesting nonsense' than dailv re prints from "Arthur Perry Smudge Pot which were never either humorous or in teresting; Mrs. L. A. Diamond, 520 DeBarr ave., Medford. The Third Dimension To the Editor: For the new Mail Tribune feature, -the Regional News page we would suggest: "The Third Dimensional News?" That would include all of Jackson county and of course parts of Josephine and Siskiyou coun ties. As for the continuation of the "Stargazer" feature, we would say, "let it go, gallig- her," as there are plenty of Horoscope magazines to con suit anyway. Bert Kissinger 520 Boardman st., Medford. gnow!edge?-Holy Cow- To the Editor: While doing my weekly newsclipping came across last week's letter of protest against general dis interest of Jackson county in the college extension courses offered from time to time.. At first glance it doth appear we know nothing and nothing we want to know. But have you run down the listing of the courses offered? "How to cook southern meals with northern gro ceries". "How to hem last year's dress to look like this year's style". "How to make a pair of bookends with your own little hands". Holy Cow. We are on the edge of space, about to step out into that great infinite, round, ex panding unknown which Ein stein told of. We are calmly going about our eternal hum drum duties while thousands of guided missiles somewhere stand bristling like hairs on a dog's back, each loaded with enough power to eradicate an American city, all ready to leave launching pads and zip across continents to obliterate us within seconds after one small button is pushed, if cer tain brains decide the destruc tion is desirable. We are in a time when NEW FACTOR FOR '60 Washington-Aftother (jjoud is rising on the Democratic horizon, and one that may later prove to be decidedly bigger than a man's hand. In brief, the pollsters have begun to re port clear signs that ev en the South ern states are Joseph alsop joining the swing to the Republicans wnicn started last summerd The "peace issue" may be as phony as a three-dollar bill, as most informed observers think. But in combination with prosperity, it seems to exert a universal puU. Last autumn, some time af ter the swing to the Republi cans was already well under way, the South still appeared to be safely Democratic. Vice President Richard M. Nixon did not then share the Presi dent's popularity in the South, as he had begun to do else where. Southern Democratic leaders were still happily con vinced that Nix$n would nev er be a threat to their states, since they regarded him as positively unpopular among their voters. NOW, however, this lof as . sessment of Nixon's standing in the South is at least highly questionable. The inquiring Dr. Gallup's most recent poll showed Nixon car rying the South against Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massa chusetts by a margin of 54 to 46, and running 50-50 in the South against Adlai Steven son. The states here classed as Southern are Alabama, Ar kansas, the Car olinas, 'Florida, Georgia, . Kentucky, Louisi ana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and Virgin ia. They have 146 celectoral vot& in the Rational total o 537. As the Gallup sample for these 13 states amounted to hardly more than 700 people, one might be inclined to dis miss the, results given. Bat they cannot be dismissed, be cause they have been con firmed and even exceeded the results of private, local poUs These polls, using very much larger samples, have recenUy been taken in certain South ern states. The most important was taken in Texas, the most pop ulous state in the South. This poll showed the Texan hero, Senate Majority Leader Lyn don B. Johnson, beating Nixon every human is tortured with elusive pains and symptoms of an illness which he does not have, and when doctor's long hours are lengthened by the majority who come to him for pills for paiiis they have which are not illnesses but which are protests against his fear of fear, and yet, the understanding of that fear, and the pain, and the symp tom, and a solution is avail able, and understandable to the majority of our people. We live in an age when the word 'metaphysics' is out moded, and where our belief in God is no longer neces sarily based on blind stagger ing faith alone. Perhaps the instructors of the courses would be com pletely surprised at the turn out of seekers if knowledge m cadence with our times were offered Another course which should be highly successful in this area would be "History of Southern Oregon . . Until then, many of us will have no choice but to spend time we would give to such courses, in pursuit of more current knowledge where it is available, from books in the privacy of our own homes. (Name on File) Medford Mom Rain To the Editor: And now i?s ground-hog day ag'in; If hoggie sees his shadder He goes right back for six weeks more Which makes folks sad or sadder. But we web-footers shout 'hor-ray", . Though we do like the sun, We want the rain, much more of rain Out here in 'Jefferson'. FJC Central Point, Ore. by a few percentage points, with Kennedy again -behind Stevenson. And just to prove the increasing weakness of Democratic party loyalties, this poll also showed Nixon beating both Senators Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota and Stuart Symington of Mis souri by gigantic margins close to 80-20. TN THESE figures, the first A feature that leaps to the eye is Adlai Stevenson's slight but significant lead over Sen ator Kennedy. As long as the Southern states seem to be loyally Democratic by heavy majorities, it did not matter if a small percentage of South erners were inclined to vote against Kennedy because he is a Roman Catholic. But in an even-steven race, 2 per cent of the voters changing sides means victory by a 4 per cent margin. According to Dr. Gallup, this was just what happened in the recent Nixon-Stevenson and Nixon-Kennedy trial heats. It is hard to find any other explanation butfKenne dy's Catholicism. If the South still showed the same Republican leanings, Kennedy's Catholicism can therefore handicap him with Southern leaders at the con vention in Los Angeles. If Kennedy is nominated, too, the changed situation in the South will have real mean ing. It can completely upset the Kennedy strategy, which Ras- always been based on the calculation of carrying the South plus the big Northern industrial states where Ca tholicism is a positive help. In contrast, the extension of the Republican trend to the South will certainly help Senator Johnson. Johnson is the Democratic candidate with the largest number of dele gaStes already in the bag. Ken nedy, the generally recogniz ed front-runner, calls Johnson his "real opponent." If John son appears to be the only Democrat who is pretty sure to carry the Southern states, with their quarter of the to tal electors, he is bound to look more attractive, even to Northern Democratic leaders. Unlike :m any Republicans, most Democrats have a liking for victory. fTKD BE SURE, this new talk- ing point for Johnson can never be truly effective until something else happens, . Boasting that he alone, can carry the South will get John son nowhere, until the North ern Democrats begin to think he may also have some chance in the North. Johnson has in vaded both Illinois and New York, to try to win over the chieftains of these big states. He had more than a. little suc cess in New York. Yet. one cannot imagine him being nominated unless he takes the difficult action that will un s&k his Southern label. If he really does unstick his Southern label, however, the Johnson candidacy may well become a decidedly seri ous and important affair, (c) I960 New York Herald Tribune Inc. Washington Report By WILLIAM S. WHITE TEMPERATURE UP , Washington - The official part of the city of Washington is a good deal like an Army post in that nearly every body on the reservation is in or on the fringes of a single profes sion, politics. And like an Army post on William s. '" " " wmte change in commanding generals, politic al Washington is now begin ning to seethe and boil over who is to be the next com manding general here, the next President of the United States. There are several band wagons "running around here. And there ' are thousands of people who feel acute need to get onto the right one at the right time. The whole coun try, of "course, has a vast in terest in who is going to be President. But Washington has what can only be called a feverish interest-of about 106 degrees on the thermome ter. The serried -ranks ' of the more or less permanent bur eaucrats have a deep concern not only as to who the top boss is to be but what men are going to be "close to him." THE DOZENS of women urVir crvnH thpil- livpc hp. ing hostesses have a delicate, dual problem: not to become too identified, just yet, with any Presidential aspirant whatever, lest he turn out to be a loser. Not, at the same tim.e, to become so disassociat ed from any aspirant what ever as to forfeit a welcome to the White "House should that aspirant make it, after all. Then there are the .hun dreds of professional men - lawyers, high-toned salesmen and contractors and lobbyists -who are not quite in gov ernment but are intimately connected with it. Many are themselves ex-government of ficials, mostly from the Roose velt or Truman administra tion. .These men have not only a . bread-and-butter i terest in politics. They also have- the homesick interest of those who cannot forget the years when they them selves were in the thick of public affairs. AND, FINALLY, there are th still-ar-rivo nnlitipal professionals, the advisers, speech-writers, and stalkers of convention delegates. These stout characters, whose . trade is the toughest and most spe cialized there is, are in enor mous demand. They are asked to cocktails; to tea among those hopeless reactionaries who still drink tea in the af ternoon; and, course, to the dinner party. They carry the inside word. Later they will inhabit the well-known smoke-filled hotel rooms.. These pros are in some ways like soldiers of fortune, but they are dedicated sol diers of fortune, if the terms are not contradictory. They like to turn a cynical glance to the world. But this fools nobody. It is really done to hide the unconquerable ideal ism of a strange kind, of fel low who makes a lifework of promoting the careers of other men who may or may not tnank him later on. The pros are hired fighters in the literal sense. But in the genuine sense they are anything but mercenaries. They believe in the men they back. Now shake up all this high ly political population, con sider its special interests in the campaign, and the result is an atmosphere that be comes ever more tense and brittle as November ap proaches. THE MORE : numerous the pVlWiil bV J the ' greater the excitement. Thus the tension this time is becoming just short of ulcer ous. For while Vice President Richard Nixon will almost certainly be the Republican Presidential choice, there are at least five authentically ma jor availables among the Democrats. Nearly everybody in this official Washington considers himself a political expert and usually he is. Nearly ev erybody's eyes go back and forward among the jousting candidates like spectators' heads at a tennis tournament in which not one but five courts are in play. And nearly everybody spends his time carefully avoiding any un wise cheering of his own (Gad, he might be cheering the wrong fellow in the wrong court) and trying at the same time to get the next spectator to utter cheers that will reveal ' which player he is backing. Confusing? Yes. Stirring? Yes, definitely. Wearing? Well-yes. (Copyright, 1960. by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) Newspaperman to Hear Knowland Want Own Union To the Editor: Apparently there is some misunderstand ing about why we grocery clerks in this area want to be long to the Retail Clerks Union. The answer is very simple. Presently we are members of the Teamsters Union in this area and we are tired of being second class citizens in what is supposed to be our own union. In the Retail Clerks Union we will have our own local union, our own officers, our own secretary and business agent and be able to make up our own minds about how we want to run our own affairs. F. R. (Johnny) Davis 914 Winchester ave. , Medford. Ghaing Kai-sheks Term Ends Soon; Third Term Eyed Phii Newsom By PHIL NEWSOM JPI Foreign Editor Another of the "old men" among national leaders faces up to a major decision this month. He is 72 - year - old President Chi ang Kai-shek of Nationalist China and the a question l whet her he will allow himself to be drafted for a third term, The betting now is that he will, despite the fact that such a third term is agamst the Nationalist Chinese constitu tion and his own insistence that the Constitution must be observed. As recently as last Decem ber, Chiang said he emphati cally opposed any amendment to the constitution. Won't Shun Responsibility But those who expect him to bow to a draft also quote him as saying he would not "shun my responsibilities. They reason it this way: They point out that Chiang dges not necessarily have to be bound by the Constitution. They say the nation is in an emergency situation under which the Constitution can be suspended temporarily with out actually revising it. There are few things that would make Communists throughout the world happier than Chiang's stepping down. For the past 20 years, Red attacks against Nationalist China have been directed, against Chiang personally. As for Nationalist sympa thizers still on the mainland, Chiang is the only man upon whom they depend for event ual deliverance from Commu nist rule. - United Nations interroga tion officers who served dur ing the Korean War can testi fy to this. Frequently Chinese prisoners of war demanded to be turned over immediately to "Generalissimo Chiang's army." Some even claimed they surrended only after see ing the generalissimo's battle flags at the front. Can't Match Prestige It also is an established fact that there is no ' one among the Nationalists who can match Chiang in prestige. And therefore there is no one who can take over Chiang's job without causing consider able confusion among his fol lowers. Every effort is now being made by various Chinese groups to impress this upon Chiang before the Feb. 20 meeting of the Chinese Na tional Assembly. The assembly is a group made up of representatives from both at home and over seas and it has the power to amenf" the Constitution. Un der the Constitution it must meet 90 days before expira tion of the President's , six year term. Chiang's second term of of fice expires on May 20.. A FARE RIDE Wytheville, Va. -TCPD Pas sengers 'on the Norfolk and Western's main line between Roanoke and Bristol, Va., got classier accomodations than they bargained for Monday. A rock and earth slide had covered more than 500 yards of track. The passengers were shunted around the slide by taxicab. Eugene - Former U. S. Sen ator from California, William F. Knowland, will give the 1960 Allen Memorial Address when Oregon newspapermen meet on the University of Oregon campus for the 41st annual Oregon Press confer ence Feb. 19 and 20. Knowland, associate pub lisher of the Oakland (Calif.) Tribune, will speak at a 2 p.m. session Friday of the two-day conference. Speeches, panels, and round- tables are on the program for the conference, which has been planned to bring new ideas to the newspapermen. Prominent speakers will in clude William E. Bade, man ager of the Oregon Tax Re search, Portland; Martin Schmitt, curator of special collections in the (University of Oregon Library; Dr. Hans H. Plambeck, chairman of the department of sociology,' Oregon State college; Charles V. Stanton of 'the Roseburg News-Review and Wes Sher man of the Stayton Mail; and Dr. Harry Alpert, dean of the graduate school of the uni versity. Featured will be a discus sion of the Portland newspa per strike with M. J. Frey of The Oregonian and William W. Knight of the Oregon Journal speaking. The Oregon Press confer ence, held annually on the univrsity campus, is co-spon sored by the university's school of journalism and the Oregon Newspaper Publish ers association. SEAL RETURNED Chicago -(UPC- An apparent souvenir hunter who stole Vice President Richard M. Nixon's seal of office from a lectern here has given the seal back. The plaque was stolen from a lecterti at a GOP $100-a-plate dinner that Nixon ad dressed last week. It was re turned Monday. ON TIME AT LAST Tokyo -flJPD The Tokyo dis trict court's civil department courtroom set a record Mon day. For the first time in its history it opened on time. ARTHRITIS? have been wonderfullv blessed in being able to return to active life after sufferinff from head to foot with muscu lar soreness and pain. Most all joints seemed affected. Ac cording to medical diagnosis, i naa Kneumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatism and Bursitis. For free information, write: MRS. LELA S. WIER 2805 Arbor Hills Drive-GG . P.O. Box 2695 ' Jackson, Mississippi
