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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (April 22, 1960)
i2; MAIL TRIBUNE, Mtdford, Or. Friday, April 22, 1960 Portland Man Under Indictment By Federal Jury Portland - UPD - Earl C. Corey, a former Agriculture Department official here, was named Thursday in a federal grand Jury indictment charg ing conspiracy to defraud the government. The grand Jury also in dicted Laurence M. Smith of Waterville, Wash., who the government said was Corey's partner In a grain storage business. The case was aired earlier before a Senate subcommittee headed by Sen. Stuart Sym ington (D-Mo). The indictment charged that Corey, while director of the Portland commodity office of the Commodity Stabiliza tion Service, joined Smith and Willard A. Richards in partnership for the purpose of storing government-owned wheat. The firm was known as the Three State Warehouse Co. Richards, also of Portland, was not indicted. Conflict of Interest Corey and Smith were in dicted under a number of fed eral statues, including conflict of interest, making false state ments, and conspiracy to de fraud the government of Corey's services. Corey was named in two conspiracy counts and one count of conflict of interest in the 11 - count indictment. Smith was indicted on two counts of conspiracy and eight counts of filing false documents. Corey resigned Jan. 22 from his $14,000 per year job. He had no comment on the federal Indictment. Aspects of Family Counseling Presented at Public Hearing FORMER SCOUTER DIES Madison, N. J. - IUPI) - Dr. George J. Fisher, 89, former deputy chief Scout executive of . the Boy Scouts of America, died Wednesday night. Whether the county should enter the field of family coun seling was discussed at a pub lie hearing this week. Pur pose of the hearing was to whether the county should contribute $2,000 to the pres ent program of the county's child guidance clinic to add a family counseling service. About 40 people attended the meeting, with a major portion of them favoring the service. Some opposition, led by John Niedermeyer, Jack sonville, was expressed by residents from rural areas. Harold Snodgrass, Medford, is president of the Southern Oregon Child Guidance clinic. Answers Questions Answering the first of a series of questions by Nieder meyer, Snodgrass said parents bringing children to the child guidance clinic for help would be helped themselves through family counseling since much of the children's trouble comes from family troubles. Married couples without chil dren would also be helped, he said. Answering another of Nie- dermeyer s questions, Circuit Judge Edward C. Kelly said half of his juvenile cases have been "due in part or wholly to broken homes." Dr. Thomas Rutter, Med ford physician, added that family counseling has become a big service in Portland wuh an annual budget of $70,000. There 10 case-workers serv ed 770 families last year, and S20 families called for ap pointments, but could not be interviewed. From 50 to 70 per cent of those counseled were helped, he said. Too Many Variables There are too many vari ables to determine what per centage of the cases counseled ended in divorce court, Dr. Rutter said, replying to an other Niedermeyer question. Jackson county each year spends $300,000 for aid to dependent children, according to County Welfare Adminis trator James Pullman. He was PARK FREE Downown and BE CARE FREE Shop these merchants . member . they'll gladly give you a Park & Shop Stamp. 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Rath's Robinson Brothers Scarlett Auto Supplies Sewing Machine Center Sims Cycle & Hobby Shop Dr. Mlton R. Snow Swcm's Gifts The Toy House Trowbridge & Flynn Van Lee's Wainscott's Pharmacy Weeks & Orr Furniture Weisficld's Inc. Western Auto Supply Western Thrift Dr. Frank M.Wilton Werolworths replying to a question from Mrs. Dunbar Carpenter, wife of a Medford peargrower. Two-thirds of this goes to children of broken families and one-third to those whose father is dead or incapacitat ed, he said. To this can be added general assistance to talling $50,000 to $00,000 a year which helps similar fam ilies. This means the county welfare program spends a to tal ct $350,000 each year on such families. On an average, 210 families are on ADC each year for an average length of Vi years, Pullman added. Of the total of 15 case workers, two work full time on ADC and three work on child welfare problems. These workers do not see the fam ilies until the home is broken Pullman explained. Caseworkers Successful When caseworkers have time to work with them they are successful in "healing a large number of broken homes, he added. "In the last two years we have been able to have a more stable staff," Pullman said "This is due mostly to better pay which attracts higher caliber personnel. In six months we have been able to save the county $40,000 by getting mothers to work by reconciling fathers and mothers." Snodgrass said the associa tion would like to add anoth er psychiatric social worker to the one they now have for the child guidance clinic in order to establish family coun seling. Pullman added that such a service in an area this size would be unlikely to have more than two or three such workers over a period of years. Help Marriages A member of the audience pointed out that a family counseling service would help marriages under strain as well as the more serious cases which could develop child de linquency. Dr. Rutter said In Portland such a program is devoted 50 per cent to married people, 15 per cent to parent-child rela tions, 20 per cent to person ality problems, and 15 per i cent to economic difficulties. I Actually, he said, this is a much larger field than mar riage counseling since It helps people to become better ad justed and happier, and may even help them with in-Ia j problems and family budget difficulties. Leading child guidance clin ics In Chicago refuse to help children unless they can work with the parents at the same time, another member of the audience Said. I She explained she used to Snodgrass said the child guidance clinic only helps children up to 16 years old. Pullman said he agreed, but such school programs would bring a lot of criticism, and the schools are not prepared to teach such Drnerams. Judge Kelly noted, how- ever, that Medford does have such classes in high school. Pullman urged use of visit ing teachers or social workers who could spot any child problems before they became serious. Dollar for dollar the taxpayer would get more for his money through such a sys tem, he said. Answers Question Answering a question from Mrs. Ben Day, Mrs. Virginia Brookwcll, clinic social work er, said cases are referred ! from many sources. Better co operation is obtained when the people come to the clinic on their own Initiative, she explained. A public health nurse added that legally, par ents' consent is needed. The Rev. Thomas McCam- ant, of the Medford Congrega- tional church, said less than 50 per cent of Jackson county ; adults belong to a church, so naturally would not seek counseling from ministers. "It's not so important that ! we have it (counseling) so It1 will save money. It is more important to fix people than roads. And people must really fix themselves. We are mere ly showing them how," he remarked. Counselors can help minis ters, it was explained. There are a lot of different kind of ministers, Mr. McCamant added, and some use the au thoritative approach which does not help. Day added that both medi cal and legal profession would refer many cases to the coun seling service. Sums Up Arguments Summing up his arguments against the county contribut ing tax money toward a coun seling service, Niedermeyer said: "I am opposed to family counseling as a function of government. This thing could mushroom as it has in Port land. Like any function of government once the people become used to it they de mand it. No exact statistics can be given on the number of cases helped, so the results are nebulous. "It was pointed out that all the doctors, lawyers and min isters In the county do some counseling now," he con tinued, "but the problem be comes worse. Portland has a large counseling service but juvenile delinquency incidents have become worse there. From recent figures I have seen the worst incidenls in crease In direct proportion to leach in Chicago and referred the amount of money spent a number of children's cases to such clinics. Those clinics which Insisted on working with parents achieved satis factory results while another clinic, which worked only with children, insisted on re moving a problem child from the troubled family environ ment. Results there were not so outstanding, she said. Splendid School Syitem Why should the commu nity create another office?" Dewey Penrod, Talent, want ed to know. "We have a splen did school system why not place more emphasis in the schools, on marriage relations, how to live, etc?" There should be classes In good family relations for young adults and sponsored by the schools, Penrod added. Wall Street Chatter New York -IUPD- A reassur ing earnings performance is expected of the major steel companies this year, says Goodbody & Co. Looking ahead, the firm adds, "we would expect that i for steel as a product, fav- , orable competitive results will come from the present in tense effort to lower the basic costs of steelmaking." As steel activity veers to ward a probable low late this ! quarter and during the third I quarter, investors would be well-advised to look with re newed Interest at the steel issues, now so unpopular, the advisory service points out. in such counseling. Then such a program gets into family budgets, into the in-law prob lem. If this overall problem is so great just one family counselor is going to be snow ed! This is just another step forward in the encroachment of government in family life. This thing can, and has to be handled in other ways," Nie dermeyer stressed. Accept Programs Judge Kelly replied that if Niedermeyer could accept co operative research programs of county, state and federal governments which help the farmer, then he would have lo accept a cooperative pro gram which would help people. Niedermeyer replied that the judge was talking about two unrelated subjects. One ; is basic research which the i community is not equipped to handle. The community isi equipped to handle family counseling; farming is an ex act science while counseling is not, he said. Ohio Oil Co. is one of the few domestic oil concerns whose production and refin ing operations are about equal, Paine, Webber, Jack son tt Curtiss reports. The company Is in excellent finan cial health and its common stock is down nearly 30 per rent from last year's high, the firm says. The current stock market story is shot full of frustration and basic uneasiness, says Thomson & McKltmnn. 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