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o o o ffl'PAY. AUGUST 5. 1960 Q O MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. oo B 5 Hatfield Lists Three Reasons For Not Committing Himself By YVONNE FRANKT.IN Mail Tribune CorresDondenl Salem-Gov. Mark Hatfield, GOP convention master of the alliterative phrase, wasn't talking this week about th titanic tensions that test our times. But he was properly peppery afoout his party's po litical prospects, and a mite plaintive in explaining his personal political plans: to wit, will he run against Sen. wayne Morse? He sighed when asked, and listed three reasons why he cannot commit himself about his political future before the day of decision arrives. "I feel that I have to give a qualified answer. If the de cision were to be made as of today-and I hope the situa tion will be the same in 1962 -as of today, I would be seek ing a second term as governor. The reasons are personal and public. Have Young Family "Personally, as you know, we have a very young family, and I think this is a very im portant factor. Living in Sa lem in a home we have almost literally built ourselves has an emotional and sentimental tie. We have made many friends in Salem; and then there is the convenience of living in Salem as contrasted with Washington, D.C. My parents and my wife's parents are here. We are both only children. Our parents are getting older, and. they are especially enjoying their grandchildren very much. This weighs heavily on any decision that would be made." Hatfield's second reason for not committing himself to run against Morse was, he said, his keen interest in the reor ganization of the state gov ernment. During a lour of his offices, he enthusiastically talked of his plans. He envisions a fu ture in which the cabinet sys tem wrfuld be set up, under the governor's office, with cabinet officers appointed by the governor, like that of the federal government. On a wall chart he pointed out the myriad boards and commissions which now must report directly to the gover nor, resulting in a lack of coordination among agencies and inadequate supervision of the agencies themselves. About Ready "It appears to me that Ore gon is just about ready for this reorganization plan," Hat field said. "Former Governor Robert D. Holmes and Charles A. Sprague are members of the advisory committee inter ested in the proposed plan which we will submit to the legislature next year." "But I am a realist loo," he continued. "Reorganization doesn't come all at one time. It will take years. If we're lucky, we may get a depart ment of natural resources this time. I am certainly not going to get it through in the next session of the legislature. It Is of such keen interest to me that I should like to see it through to a greater degree of accomplishment than 1962 can bring." Hatfield gave his final rea lon for slaying in Oregon and running for a second term as governor. Vital Concern "Rebuilding the Republican Party in this state is of vital concern to me. We have made major strides, but there is a long way to go. I would like to see, if and when that time comu and I were able to be elected to Washington, that I would have a Republican state behind me," he said. "Nobody seemed to believe me when I said I wasn't going to run against Dick Neuberg er. I couldn't. It would have left the state in Democratic hands." When asked if he saw any sign of Republican Party re surgence in Oregon, Hatfield replied: "It depends on how you measure resurgence. If you measure it in terms of regis tration, it doesn't necessarily show that there has been much resurgence. Public Response "On the other hand, if you mease-re it in terms of public response to ideas, programs, policies that we have tried to establish in this administra tion, I feel there is a tre mendous resurgence. "There has been a tremen dous response to our economic development idea. We have had praise from the ultra-conservative wing of the party, which has never been enthusi astic about me. We even have had statements from George Brown of the AFL-CIO, and Robert Straub, chairman of the Democratic party in Ore gon, and other community leaders. "We have used a bi-partisan approach on this; it is not presented as a Republican program. But this cannot help but be identified with the Re publican party. Our reorgan ization plans, our push for national resource develop ment and recreation and park kevelopment-these all creQe favorable Impression and Image which I hope will be transferred to the candidates of my party." Hatfield said that he had been working hard on party reorganization, especially in the area of continuing finan cial support for a party organ ization so that candidates would not be scrambling for funds six weeks before an election. Heretofore, Hatfield said, each individual candi date had his own organization. ine empnasis now is to or ganize right down to the pre cinct level. Results of Primary iiauieia was ecstatic over the results of the primary election in Lane county. "There we had a real labora tory experience in what can be done. We got out 83 per cent of the Republican vole. Organization and leadership did it. It wasn't the flamboy ant kind that gets all involved in public spectacle; this was just sheer hard work. We had very effective people - men and women working at the local level to get out the vote," he said. The governor was enthusi astic about the future devel opment of such organizational strength throughout the state. "We need fighting, intelligent chairmen who will be willing to give their time and effort. What has been missing in the past has been their ability to give time to the job." When asked, "Who will it be, if you don't run against Morse?" Hatfield named How ell Appling, secretary of state, among many possibilities. Cannot Shut Doors But he didn't slam any door on the possibility that he may change his mind, should op portunity rattle the doorknob. "One can never completely shut any doors as to what he will do. I have been asked if I would accept a cabinet position. My personal answer would be 'No,' but if a president-elect calls you on the phone and asks you to assume a cabinet position, you just don't say 'No' and hang up- you give consideration to this," he said as he discussed his and his party's future. "We are developing candi dates, young leaders in the party who, say, in 1962, '64 Air Show Planned At Local Airport An air show sponsored by the Medford 20-30 club with proceeds going to the National foundation will be held at the Medford Municipal airport Aug 21, it was announced recently. The show will feature a dis play of new aircraft, a Mercy 1 lights plane display, smoke jumpers, a show queen from this area, and a demonstration of fire fighting from air planes. Time for the show is to be mid-morning. Although the show itself is free, "a penny a pound" will be charged for an airplane ride over the valley for a spe cified length of time. If a per son weighs 150 pounds, he would be charged $1.50 for a short airplane ride. Proceeds from the show will be given to the Founda tion, commonly known as the National Foundation for In fantile Paralysis, which pro vides patient care, research and professional education in polio, birth defects and rheu matoid arthritis. Cochairmen of the show are Gordon Stephen and Bill Brew. and '66 will really clobber the Democrats in those years. T?iis is something we haven't done in the past, and we don't want to be caught like we were in 1956 and 1958." School District Reorganization Plans Approved Salem - UIP1I - The slate Board of Education late Thursday approved school district reorganization plans in Benton, Hood River, Lane and Washington counties and deferred action on the Glad stone proposal in Clackamas county pending clarification of a legal question. The latter involves estab lishing Gladstone as Admin istrative School District 115. Such designation would mean the area would provide ed ucation from grades one one through 12. The legal problem involves secondary education. Gladstone has no high school, and most Gladstone teen-agers attend West Linn High on a tuition basis. Building Must Exist Attorneys for the Oregon Education department have determined that a high school building must exist before an area may become an admin istrative district under state law. This conflicts with an opin ion of the Clackmas county district attorney, who says the high school can be built later. The board referred the mat ter to the attorney general and said it hopes to have his opinion before the board's next meeting Sept. 13-14. Annrovals Listed Plans aporoved by the board include, by county: Benton - consolidation of the districts of Bellfountain, Irish Bend, Monroe, Monroe Union, a"d Alrjire. including parts of Linn and Lane coun ties. Hood River - formation of administrative district 1 and 3. including Hood River and the county unit school dis trict, completing district re organization in the county. Lane - consolidation of the districts of Latham, Blue Mountain, Cottage Grove, Silk Creek, London, Lynox Hollow, Culp Creek, Dorena, Mountain View, Disston, De light Valley, Cottage Grove Union, and a part of Cres-well. Combine Mangles Legs of Worker Salem - (UP!) - The legs of Karl Lang, 75, were mangled in a combine east of here late Thursday and it was more than 30 minutes before he was discovered. He was rushed to a Salem hospital where doctors ampu tated the right leg. Lang was described in "good" condition today'. He was operating the com bine by himself in a grain field on the Warren Creech properly when the mishap occurred. Lang was discov ered by Carl Raetz, son-in-law of the owner of the farm. Salem first aid workers had to use crowbars to extricate Lang from the equipment. Council To Study Parking Meters 0no Private Land The Medford city council last night elected to study fur ther the legal implications re suiting from city-owned park ing meters located on private property. Parking meters was but one of a number of items dis cussed during the meeting which lasted just over an hour. The matter of parking me ters on private property was brought up during discussion of a request from the Jackson County Federal Savings and ! Loan association. Ttie com- j pany requested city acknowl-! edgment that parking meters i located on their property are permitted there by permission of the property owner. This brought up the ques tion of whether or not the company could force the city to remove its meters if it wanted. City Attorney Joel Reeder was of the opinion that it could. It was pointed out that similar city acknowledgment has been given to the First National bank and Crater Lake motors for meters locat ed on their property. City Manager Robert Duff said that no problems have result- ed from the agreement with these two firms. Councilman Fred Robinson also pointed out that the sav ings and loan firm is allowing just five or six meters to be installed on the west side of Front St., from Main to Eighth sts., and none at all on the Main st. side of their prop erty. Alleging that the company would be eliminating too many parking spaces Robin son said, "I think it's ridicu lous." Reeder pointed out that the company could not control parking on a public street even though their properly line does run right to the edge of the street. Councilman Donald Hansen said that by not permitting parking meters along certain portions of their property the company would be regulating the type of parking that they want. Hanson then requested that the city manager ask the firm to give the city an casement for the placing of parking mc-1 lers. If they refuse to do this, he said, he would like Duff's opinion on the feasibility of instituting condemnation pro ceedings. ' Councilman Jimmy Dun levy was in favor of this and said the firm is eliminating a lot of downtown parking by building on a former parking j lot and they should allow as much "on-slreel" parking as possible. The matter was referred to , Duff's office for further study, j 15 Indicted by" ; Multnomah Jury Pn,-ilanri-(llPli-Fifteen indict ments were returned Thurs day by the Multnomah Coun ty grand jury. Five of the indictments were the outcome of arrests in ; Portland several months ago , of an alleged ring of burglars ! and check passers. Named in j these indictments were Clar-j ence Moss, 31, Portland; and Otha C. Bailey, 25, Robert E. j Walker, 28, and Danny Par-i rish, 25, all of Seattle, ine , five indictments two against I Bailev charged burglary not in a dwelling. I Publication Center At SOC Inspected Ashland - Mrs. J. K. Kah- Qananui. Eunene. director of publications for the Oregon state iyrtem of higher educa tion, inspectftl the Southern Oregon college publications department this afternoon and consulted with the vari ous officials on the campus concerning publication. She was accompanied by her husband and 13-year-old daughter and will attend this evening's performance at the Oregon Shakespearean Festi val. The Kahananuis will be guests of Hugh G. Simpson, director of information at SOC. and Mrs. Simpson. The family will return to Eugene Saturday. Gasoline Price War c Breaks Out in Salem Salem - IUPH - A gasoline price war broke out Thurs day morning in west Salem and spread to most of the service stations in the area by Thursday evening. Regular gasoline was down general six cents to 30.9 cents per gallon. Premium was selling for five cents less than usual. Young Farmers Award Scholarships Jackson County Youns Farmers have awarded $200 scholarships to Russell El more, Applcgate, and John Caster, Central Point, accord ing to Robert Damon.o Med ford, president of the Young Farmers club. "Elmore is a graduate of Grants Pass High school and active in 4-H work. Caster has been active Tn both 4-H and FFA activities. Both boys plan to attend Oregon State college. Elmore plans to major In veterinary medicine and Caster in agri culture education. The scholarships are based on scholastic achievement, need and citizenship. To qual ify applicants must start col lege in some field of agricul ture or related study. 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