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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1960 .
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3 of 4 Oregon Representatives
Favor Data on Birth Control
By YVONNE FRANKLIN
Mail Tribune
Washington Bureau
(Editor's note: This is the second
of two articles on the views of
Oregon congressmen on whether
the U.S. should provide birth con
trol information, on request, along
with foreign aid.)
Washington - Three of Ore
gon's four representatives
think the United States should
provide birth control informa
tion to any foreign country
that asks for it, but the fourth
thinks it is none of our busi
ness. ,
Each was asked: If and
when a foreign country with
a population problem requests
financial assistance under our
foreign aid program for a
birth control program of its
own selection, do you believe
U.S. government officials
should deny or accede to such
a request?
Rep. Charles O. Porter
would accede.
Astounding Figures
"Nobody is advocating any
drastic or radical program
The question is whether we
should encourage and finance
such programs when the re
cipient governments are will
ing. Anyone who shrugs off
this problem should take a
look at the astounding (popu
lation increase) figures for
these last few years, and the
very conservative projections
for the next decade," Porter
said.
Porter supports free techni
cal assistance, if requested,
and feasible financial assist
ance, if necessary, which
should be given in the form
of loans, at a low interest
rate.
"In Oregon we have plenty
of room, but I've seen Japan
recently, and I know what is
happening in many parts of
our own country,' he said.
"It is plain to most Ameri
cans that we are a part of the
world. Our business is to
maintain peace, freedom and
prosperity for our citizens.
This can't be done without
reference to the rest of the
world and its problems, one
of which-is overpopulation," .
Porter continued. !
The congressman feels that
decisions with respect to birth
control programs are the pro
vince of local governments.
Rep. Walter Norblad said,
"Frankly, I do not know too
much about the birth control
controversy for I was out',of
the country on a private vaca
tion at the time the contro
versy took place, and had no
opportunity to read anything
about it."
Each Country's Business
It is Norblad's feeling that
while overpopulation is con
ducive to communism taking
over, such a matter as birth
control is each foreign coun
try's own business, and we
should not try to force it on
anyone.
"In some of my overseas
visits I have felt that in many
ways we had gone too far in
tring to tell other people what
to do and how to live, and I
think this would be an ex
treme additional example of
that," Norblad concluded.
No government official has
as yet advocated initiating a
so-called birth control pro
gram, or has suggested that
economic aid be tied' in with
such a program.
The President's Draper
Committee did suggest in its
report dealing with our eco
nomic aid program, "that the
U.S. assist those countries
with which it is cooperating
in economic aid programs, on
request, in the formulation of
their plans designed to deal
with the problem of rapid
population growth."
President Eisenhower sub
sequently said at a news con
ference that it was not a prop
er governmental responsibili
ty or activity.
May Go To Congress
However, the issue may be
before Congress again when
an economic aid bill comes up
next week - especially aid to
India, which is struggling to
develop economically while
faced with an expanding pop
ulation which threatens to
negate gains made.
Rep. Al Ullman said. "The
U.S. is in no position either
morally or legally to dictate
to the world on population
problems. However, upon
specific and official request
from foreign nations, scien
tific information should be
made available."
Rep. Edith Green supports
the use of aid funds for this
purpose, but only if under
developed nations seek it.
Substantial Evidence
She believes that although
we are faced with vast food
surpluses now, "there is sub
stantial evidence that within
the lifetime of people now
alive, the capability of the
presently cultivated areas of
the world to produce suffic
ient food to sustain the
world's population will be
outstripped."
The birth control contro
versy had its origin in various
scientific world popula t i o n
projections for the future. In
a detailed analysis of this
problem, Life Magazine put it
this way:
"Whereas it has taken the
first 5000 years of civilization
to raise man's number to a
billion, it took less than 100
years to double this to two
billion, the mark reached in
the 1920s. To double this
once again to the four billion
expected by 1980 will have
taken less than 60 years. If
the present rate of increase
(1.6 per cent a year) is main
tained, the figure will begin
doubling every 40 years, bil
lions upon billions in an ex
plosive chain of human fertility."
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Grange Notes
Lake Creek Grange
Lake Creek Grange will
meet Feb. 12 at 8 p.m. Guest
speaker will be a FFA boy
from Eagle Point High school.
Also appearing will be Bob
Lonzway, who will speak on
"soil conservation." The pub
lic is invited.
EXPLOSION-FIRE FATAL Six persons were killed and
four were injured in an explosion-fire in a Wichita, Kan.,
residence, caused when one of the residents was cleaning
automotive parts in gasoline. A Wichita fire inspector is
shown inspecting a dishpan which contained the gasoline.
One of the car parts is shown at lower left. (UPI Telephoto)
4-H NEWS
Tea Timers
The Tea Timers had a new
commer at their last meeting,
Miss Whitehead. The group
made custard.
4-H Brush Busters
The Brush Busters held
their monthly meeting at the
home of W. R. Bagley, Jan
2. James Scott gave a demon
stration on how to mount a
plant. Games were played and
refreshments served.
. Billy Bagley,
Reporter
MacArthur Walking
Around Hospital
New iYork-(UPD-Gen. Doug
las MacArthur is responding
favorably to treatment of a
urological disorder and has
been walking around his hos
pital suite, it has been re
ported. MacArthur, 80, was hos
pitalized Jan. 29 in serious
condition caused by a urinary
blockage from an enlarged
prostate. Tests show MacAr
thur's condition has im
proved. Station wagons accounted
for 15 per cent of U. S. auto
mobile production in 1958.
Shady Cove Grange
The Shady Cove Grange
met Saturday in the Shady
Cove school music room with
Master Cecil Kee presiding.
All officers except two of the
executive committee were
present.
Mrs. Beatrice Browder.was
given the obligation in the
first and second degree.
The charter was draped for
Mrs. Edwin Strother, who
had died.
Mrs. Bert Clark, HEC chair
man, reported on - the HEC
meeting of January. The
February meeting will be at
the Louis Dusenberry home
in Trail. There will be a dist
rict HEC meeting at Gold
Hill February 11.
Agriculture chairman Mrs.
Ed Houston, gave ,a talk on
planting strawberries.
Legislative chairman re
ported on the Rogue River
Water Resources and Wild
Life project.
Roads Chairman Phil
Motsenbacher told of the new
bridge on Long Branch. He
also talked on the new taxes
for house trailers and boats.
The guest book is to be
taken care of by Mrs. Reed
McKay and Mrs. Phil Motsen
bacher. Insurance agent Cecil Kee
explained the insurance re
fund checks received by
those who had paid their in
surance. This was accom
plished by the forming of the
Shady Cove Fire district.
Mrs. Edward Houston was
presented her pin as past HEC
chairman and Ed Houston
was presented his past mas
ters pin.
The lecturer program was
put on by the lady officers of
the Grange.
At the March 5 meeting,
the men officers are to pre
pare numbers for the Lec
turers program.
The Feb. 20 meeting will
be a practice meeting as there
are a number of new officers
in different stations, -
Refreshments were served
by Lloyd Davis, Mrs. Isabel
Wanderlie and Mr., and Mrs.
Travis M. Littlefield.
1903 Legislature Far-Sighted in
Creating State Bureau of Labor
REALLY INDEPENDENT
Jackson, Miss. -UPD- Missis
sippi Democrats, having al
ready threatened a ' possible
bolt from this year's Demo
cratic National Convention,
apparently intend to be as
independent as possible. Gov.
Ross , Barnett has ' made his
own arrangements for hotel
accommodations for the 68
man delegation independent
of National Chairman Paul
Butler.
The 1903 legislature creat
ed the Oregon bureau of la-
Dor Deiore there was any
serious need for it, according
to Roy Smith, southern Ore
gon representative for the
wage and hour division of the
bureau of labor.
ine legislature tnat year
was far-sighted enough to see
that the labor-management
problems resulting from the
s o c i a 1-economic revolution,
which were already embroil
ing the eastern part of the
country in labor disputes,
would some day reach Ore
gon, and it would be best to
be prepared for them, Smith
said.
Smith spoke to the Medford
Chamber of Commerce round-
table luncheon at the Jackson
notei Monday noon concern
ing the bureau of labor and
its- application in southern
Oregon.
Long Been Leader
Oregon . has long been a
leader in ' labor- management
legislation, Smith said, citing
several examples of pioneer
ing in this field.
"We are one of the first
states to. adopt an apprentice
ship plan, legislate in child
labor fields, experiment with
minimum wages, adopt a Fair
Employment Practices act,
anr1 be concerned with mi
grant labor," he said.
When the bureau of labor
was created, Smith said, with
one employee, there were
three specific laws with
which it had to deal, a child
labor law, a 10-hour work
day for women and a factory
inspection law.
Since 1903, the department
has grown to 10 major divi
sions regulating hundreds of
different laws, he said.
However, the motto of the
bureau has always remained
the same, he pointed out. It is,
"to promote justice, harmony
and safety on the job."
10 Divisions
The 10 divisions of the bu
reau, are administration, ap
prenticeship council, boiler
inspection, electrical inspec
tion, conciliation and arbitra
tion, senior worker, FEP, re
search and information, wage
and-hour, and the outdoor ad
vertising division.
This division, which pri
marily pertains to the regula
tion of billboards on state
highways, Smith said, was
probably given to the bureau
because there was no other
convenient place to put it.
Smith's own division, the
wage . and hour division, is
concerned "with enforcing
laws pertaining to women and
minors.
Almost all law enforcement
by any division in the bureau
is done by education and per
suasion and there are few oc
casions when they have to go
to court to gain enforcement,
he pointed out.
Probably the greatest detri
ment to obtaining compliance
with the bulk of the labor
laws in Oregon is that em
ployers are not acquainted
with them and are not really
sure what they can and can
not do.
Law Violations
In the majority of labor i
law violations, all the depart
ment has to do is to point out
where such and such a prac
tice violates a law, and the
er.ployer will readily comply,
chances being he had not
been aware he-was violating
a law m the first place.
One of the more important
laws with which Smith is
concerned is one prohibiting
employers from working
women and minors more than
eight hours a day or 44 hours
a week at regular pay.
Over these hours, the em
ployer must pay time and a
half, but even at this rate he
canot work them more than
10 hours per day or 60 hours
per week.
Nor can a woman or minor
work more than six consecu
tive days, he added.
There is some elasticity to
this law for harvesters and
pickers and in cases of chil
dren working for their par
ents, but they are the excep
tion and not the general rule.
There are also minimum
standards and working condi
tions which must be observed
when employing women and
children, he pointed out.
Smith said that not all la
bor law violations are by em
ployers, because they have
Treasury Issuing
Tax Refund Checks
Washington -OJPD- The Trea
tury already has started
sending out tax refund checks
to early bird filers.
The department reminded
tax-payers that they can file
returns now if they have re
ceived a W-2 form from their
employer telling how much
they earned in 1959.
The closer a return is filed
to the April 15 deadline, the
longer it takes to get a refund
check, officials said.
They also pointed out that
most people owing taxes for
1959 must send in a check
with their returns. The only
exception is the taxpayer who
files the short form and lets
the government compute his
tax.
occasionally found empoyees
trying to take advantage of
their employers because of
the laws.
His division conducts regu
lar studies and investigations,
handles complaints, answers
questions and helps the em
ployer or employee with indi
vidual labor problems.
Welfare of Youth
Smith said his division is
particularly concerned with
the welfare of the youth and
is constantly on the alert for
situations where they, will be
able to assist them.
The division has distributed
a pamphlet, entitled, "Teen
Wage Earner," to most high
schools which helps make the
students aware of what they
can and can not do when
working, and how and how
not to seek employment
under the laws of Oregon.
They have also gone to
many high schools and talked
with seniors about to take
jobs and in this manner elimi
nated many misunderstand
ings, he said.
Although there are a few
exceptions, it is generally the
rule that a minor under 18
cannot be employed without
a special permit from the bu
reau, nor may a 16-year-old
youth be employed before 7
a.m. or after 6 p.m., nor may
minor girls be used for curb
service work at drive-ins, be
peddlers, or work as maids in
motels or hotels, until an in
vestigation by the division
has been made.
School in Session
No youth under 14 can be
employed during that part of
the year when school is in
session, except for paperboys
and a few other similar jobs,
he pointed out. .
Smith said the division
firmly believes that the
youth's primary effort should
be expended towards getting
an education and not making
money.
It is the labor bureau's at
titude, he said, that economic
and social progress are in
separable and it is the bu
reau's job to help coordinate
the two when conflicts arise.
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