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.n n if hiiii lv P m lusk ms utiae rcenuianon vor Abilaty To See ABB Snides off Dssue By United Press International HalL Stoner Lusk, a dis tinguished Oregon jurist for 30 years, goes to Washington, D.C., his birthplace, next week as a member of the United States Senate. He was appointed Tuesday to serve until general elec tion day Nov. 8. The Oregon judiciary is nonpartisan, but Lusk, 76, has been a life-long Democrat and his appointment conforms with an Oregon law requir ing that an appointed succes sor to a U.S. Senator must be of the same political party. Lusk had been a member of the high court since 1937 and is a former chief justice. Five Daughters He is married to the for mer Sara Catherine Emmons, to whom he refers formally as "Mrs. Lusk." They have five daughters, three of them married, one a Carmelite nun at Santa Clara, Calif., and one in Sacramento, Calif. Lusk is short in stature, wears glasses, combs a mat of gray-black hair sharply to the right side. He has a deep voice and a dry sense of humor. His passion for objective tends often to make him speak of himself in the third person as though looking at himself through another's eyes. He has established a wide repu tation for sound legal opin ions and the ability to see all sides of an issue. Popular for Patience He is popular among attor neys for his patience on the bench. His questions are sharp but not biting. But he is impatient with the red tape that benefits criminals and has advocated speedier jus tice. His humor and feel for the niceties of fact were blended in a widely reported decision when he was a circuit judge in 1935. He acquitted a man charged with using dynamite to kill fish. The fish in ques tion was a whale in the Wil lamette river, and Lusk ruled it was a mammal, not a fish, and thus was not a violation. Was Precinct Worker He is a defender of consti tutional liberties but recog nizes that the clock can't be turned back to "the good old days." While he believes that too much power in Washing ton could threaten individual freedom, he has said "we do not meet this danger by vain ly wishing that we could re turn to simpler days. We are faced with a situation with which we must deal." Lusk never held party of fice, but served as a Demo cratic precinct committeeman for several years as a young man, and twice ran for the . , -i i - 1 1 i ' state legisiaiure-m ine eariy 1920s when Portland and Multnomah county were sol idly Republican and no Dem ocrats were elected. " Lusk is a law graduate of Georgetown University in Washington. He came to Ore gon in 1909, eventually joined his father-in-law's law firm, and was first appointed to cir cuit court in Portland by Gov was appointed to the state supreme court in 1937 ana nas served continually since. He said that while he would be in the Senate only a short time, "there will be heavy duties and responsibilities and I intend to discharge them to the best of my ability." His appointment was praised by Mrs. Maurine Neuberger, widow of the late senator, who will run for the full sen ate term in this year's elections. - Section B Medford Pages 1-6 Tribune MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1960 SOVIET FLAGS Made busy by the forth- Russian leader. Khrushchev was scheduled coming visit to France of Soviet Premier arrive March 15 for a two-week tour of Nikita Khrushchev, these women make So- France as the guest of President Charles de viet flags to be displayed in honor of the Gaulle, but the trip has been postponed be cause of Khrushchev's illness. (UPI Telephoto) East Germany (Beginning To Take on industrial Look Editor's note: West Germany's booming prosperity has made an impact throughout the world, but less is known of how Communist ruled East Germany is faring. The United Press International chief correspondent in Germany recently went into the Communist state to see things for himself. In the fol lowing two dispatches he reports on his findings. By WELLINGTON LONG Bonn - IUPD - The smell of absolute poverty that used to permeate East German com munities isall but gone now. Its young women are begin ning to dress with a bit of style. No one goes hungry any longer. . Even the beer tastes pretty good. Compared to economically booming West Germany, East Germany still seems a little grim. It's a place where po lice always patrol in pairs and where you rarely get a napkin, even a paper one, at the dinner table. May Buy Car But there's butter on the table, and it is even possible A. W. Norblad", father of Rep. I now to buy a domestic car Walter Norblad (R-Ore.). He I called the "Wartburg" - a three-cylinder job. It ranks well below the West German Volkswagen and retails at an expensive 15,000 marks, the equivalent of $3,570. Repair parts for the car are almost imnossible to eet. Still, it's a symbol that things have been looking up behind the German Iron Curtain. There are other shortages. There are few bicycles be cause bicycle parts are hard to find. As in all communist countries shoes are poorly de signed and made. Even East German vice premier and real boss Walter Ulbrieht has admitted "a thousand little things" that make life comfortable are missing. Partly the things that are missing is a result of cen tralized state planning and maldistribution, partly it's be cause the communist regime in East Berlin is spending every spare pfennig on heavy industry. The communist-run part of Germany used to include the nation's breadbasket. But the communists intend to trans form it into an industrial cen ter. And they are well on their way. Steel is being made in factories using Russian ore and Polish coke. Industrial production rose about 12 per cent in 1959, and foreign trade went up about 13 per cent. But whereas pre-war Germany's trade with Russia was only roughly three per cent of its total, 60 per cent of East Germany's foreign trade today is with the Soviet Union. House and apartment con struction is running at a rate less than half that in West Germany, but it is well up from a year ago. Democrats swept Alaska's first state election last No vember, taking the five major offices at stake and control of both houses of the state Legislature. The Family Council Editor's Note: The Family Council consists of a Judge, a psychiatrist, three clergymen, a newspaper editor a women's editor and two writers. Each article is a summary of an actual rase history. The Council reports on problems that have been dealt wt h by responsible agencies and counselors. ' Mrs. R. R. - My daughter shouldn't work. Beverly Z. - It would make make me a better companion. Mrs. R. R. - I am trying to influence my married daugh ter to stay at home where she belongs and take care of her children instead of going out to work. Beverly doesn't have to work. Her husband is making a good living and her children need her at home. I'm afraid Beverly is copy ing me. I went to work - but mainly because I had to. We couldn't make ends meet on my husband's salary. Yet to day I regret it. I feel we could somehow have squeezed through and I missed so many valuable, wonderful hours with my children.! am still working and I wish I could quit and stay home with some lovely children. But we can't retrace our steps. , Beverly Z. I'm giving Mother a chance to retrace her steps, but she won't take it. I'd love it if she'd stay home and look after my chil dren while I work. She says she'll do nothing to cooperate with me. Actually, I feel my children are able to take care of them selves. I have a girl of 15 and two boys - 12 and 8. My daughter Ann is very reliable and the boys are quite inde pendent. Ann can keep an eye on them after school. I had a good career in busi ness before my daughter was born and I miss it. I feel I will be a better companion to the children and my husband if I get a fresh point of view. My husband doesn't take sides. He wants me to do as I please. The Council: The "compan ion" idea in family life has been considerably overdone and distorted. The fact that a woman lives the same sort of life as a man doesn't necessarily make her more companionable. Many career women are social duds, but an alert woman who spends her days at home can bring the enrichment of a dif ferent point of view and a dif ferent pace to the harried breadwinner. It is sad that Beverly feels she has little to offer her fam ily unless she goes to work, but she should analyze her situation a little more care fully to see where she might be able to freshen her view point without the drastic step of going to work. Yes, we do think that a mother's going to work is a drastic step. Beverly's chil dren are not of a suitable age to be left alone. The teenage girl needs time and attention. She shouldn't be burdened with the care of two brothers when this isn't necessary. And the two brothers are too old to be bossed by a sister. Chil dren are willing to accept such a setup when it is essen tial for mother to go out to earn money, but they, under stand and resent it when she simply wants to get away from the home and them. However, a woman who sticks to her duties as ' wife and mother in a resentful spirit is doing no great serv ice to her family. If Beverly cannot reconcile herself to her present role, she should face the fact and recognize that if she goes to work it will be because she wants to very much. It will not be to make a good companion of herself. Incidentally, the silence of the husband in this case may be rooted in hurt feelings about the fact that his wife has not found sufficient satis faction in her present role. (Copyright 1960, General Features Corp.) Federal Stocks Claimed Valued At $16 Billion Washington - (LTD - A Con gressional committee has re ported that three government agencies have amassed $16 billion worth of stockpiled materials, including $127 mil lion worth of diamonds. - The holdings were listed by the joint Senate-House com mittee on non-essential federal expenditures headed by Sen. Harry F. Byrd (D-Va.). Diamonds Essential The report showed that as of Dec. 31, the Agriculture de partment had $7,452,451,000 worth of farm surpluses and strategic materials, including diamonds valued at $35,397, 000. The General Services ad ministration held a stockpile of strategic and critical ma terials worth $8,333,185,000, including $91,823,000 of dia monds which are essential for many defense industries. The office of Civil and De fense Mobilization has built up $201,570,000 worth of sup plies, most in-medical needs. The report, first of a month ly series, said the cost value of leading surplus commodi ties held by the Agriculture department were as follows: More than 1,100,000,000 bushels of wheat worth $2, 900,000,000; more than 1,200, 000,000 bushels of corn at a cost of $2,200,000,000; more than 7,500,000 bales of cotton at a cost of more than $1,300, 000,000, and more than 269 million hundred weight of grain sorghum costing $702 million. Industrial Stockpiles Another breakdown showed these industrial stockpiles: Nearly 4,900,000 tons of aluminum, bauxite and allied products; more than 84 mil lion tons of tungsten; more than 4 million tons of man ganese; 28,000 tons of titan ium; nearly 150 million pounds of nickel, and more than 9,900,000 carets in diamonds. distinctive ... Olympiads , distinctive good taste makes every round a pleasure? Active Westerners find that Olympia's reliable quality and distinctive character, matches their own thirst for perfection. 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