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6 MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE. THURSDAY. AUGUST 18, I960 II NEW BRASILIA BUILDING Looking like a giant bowl emitting steam-is part of the House of Deputies of the Brazilian Congress in the new capital of Brasilia. Congress already is functioning in the building. In the left background are new government min istry buildings being rushed to completion. The bowl-like structure of the House of Deputies is typical of the ultra-modern architecture that marks the capital, (UPI Telephoto) Brazilian Version of Pioneer Old West Soon Will Be Missing Capitol Memo Reorganization of State Government Will Be Difficult Fdltor'i note: Gov. Mark Mat. field's plan to reorganize Oregon s government, preferably into a cab inet system, will be a hot potato In the 1961 Legislature. In this guest column from the state rapltol. the Oregon Senate president takes a look at the Issues. By WALTER J. PEARSON Written for UPI ' Salem - UPD - Most people believe the governor of Ore gon is responsible for all ad ministration in the state. He isn't. He isn't, because Oregon is unique among the states in the administration of its laws. Administration is divided in many ways, and actually he has little control. Besides the governor, we have two constitutional ofli cers, the secretary of stale and stale treasurer. We also have a labor com-1 mission and a superintendent of public instruction, both cre ated by statute, who also are the final word in their do mains. The' governor's authority is split even further by boards and commissions over which he has only a little authority. These boards and commissions administer most of our laws. Their members are usually appointed by some governor, but for a certain term of of fice. Many times these terms overlap different governors. They cannot be removed un less they are willing to resign or are forced to quit for cause. In addition to this, there are so many members of these boards and commissions it would not be feasible to re place them all at once. Some become almost a gov ernment within themselves, responsive and responsible to no one not the governor, not the legislature - and cer tainly not to the people. True, many have done out standing jobs and provided a certain continuity in gov ernment. But often they are slow to catch on to a fast changing world and so, though well-intentioned, they become the slowers of progress. I have long felt tlml Ore gon would be better off to have a cabinet form, or some thing similar, in its executive branch of government, direct ly responsible to tile governor. This would not entail a wholesale housecleaning ev ery time a governor were elected, it might involve the changing of eight to 20 peo ple in the state government so that they could carry out the pledges of the elected gov ernor. If the people did not like what their governor or his party did, they would know what to do about it at the next election. As it is now, even a change of governors does not often accomplish what the people want. It will be difficult to ac- CP Girl Is 4th In National Event Central Point - Marcia Jo Miller, 8-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Miller, 118 South Ninth St., won a fourth place medal in the United States Twirling association national baton twirling con test Aug. 12 in Elkhart, Ind. A total of 200 girls from throughout the nation compet ed in' separate age' groups of solo and strutting contests. Marcia Jo won state honors earlier this year to qualify as representative of Oregon in the primary division for those eight years of age and under. She had not expected to at tend the national contest, be cause of distance and cost, un til Mrs. Sylvia Blair, Oregon baton teacher and national judge, invited Marcia Jo to travel with her. Selita Smith, Sharpsville, Ind., won first place in the pri mary division in her second year of national competition. Penny Sue Welch, Dayton, Ohio, 10, juvenile champion, won the grand national solo championship trophy. complish a reorganization of state government because the legislature will be high-pressured by each board and com mission and . their friends to keep thing as they are. If all members of the legislature will gird themselves against this and face up to reality, they can accomplish what many say is impossible. It may involve a temporary hurt for some of their friends, but would be of such great bene fit to the majority that the people would say, "This is a job well done." I have been asked if I, as a Democrat, would vote for such a program to give a Republican governor these additional powers. The an swer is definitely "Yes." In the first place, I do not con sider that it is giving the governor much additional power, but certainly more re sponsibility. It would apply to a Republican or Democrat, whichever may be elected in the future. Today one cannot campaign, nor can a party campaign, against a governor for the way he enforces and admin isters the laws because he ac tually has very little to do with their administration. It is difficult to campaign against -a board or commis sion. Certainly if such a program of direct responsibility should be enacted by the legislature, then the governor would bn directly responsible to the people for the administration of all laws. Library Stocked By "Book Brigade' Dallas, Tex. - The Dallas Theological seminary used a student bucket brigade to move 35,000 books into its new $400,000 Mosher library. The seminary said about 150 students passed books from the administration building to the library. PERFECT PAIR . Milwaukee - Napoleon and Josephine were married here. They are Napoleon J. Martin and the former Josephine V. Nesla. Brasilia. Brazil OfPD If you hurry, you can still cap ture the spirit, sights and sounds of a Brazilian version of the pioneering Old West of the United States. But it won't last long. Each day that workmen push ultra modern Brasilia toward com pletion, a little more orderly civilization takes over at the expense of the pioneer spirit. just by stepping off the Varig Airlines jet In this new capital eight hours away from New York, you sense the ex citement and urgency. The airport is both modern and raw. All around, construc tion machines kick up clouds of dust adding new runways and taxi strips against the background of an up-to-date terminal. Hug Building Look in any direction and there's building of one kind or another going on - huge multicolor apartment build ing standing on slanted legs, looking every bit like giant hi-fi cabinets, gracefully curv ing highway cloverlcafs, steel and aluminum and glass gov ernment buildings, The spaciousness of the American West is matched on the Central Plateau on which this all new city is being built. Groups of buildings are set far apart, linked by multi laned roads that still have little traffic other than con struction reticles and jeeps. The planners jay tiwjr never will aa-i a trafiic or parking prafciemv of straw-hatted men, stripped to the -waist, digging in the reddish soil that resembles the earth ' in Alabama and Tennessee. Billboards pro claim that this embassy or that bank or some apartment building will soon rise on the site. Center of Government Swing up another road and you'll wind up in the Square of the Three Powers, the cen ter of government. Stamp the red dust from your shoes and walk into the almost unbe lievably modern building that houses the congress - resem bling nothing so much as a table topped by an inverted bowl and another one right-side-up. There, 575 hard miles from the sophistication of the old capital of Dio de Janeiro, the senate and house of deputies meet even though their capi tal city isn't sufficiently com pleted to house all the gov ernment agencies. Not far away in one direc tion is the soaring and curv lng cement spikes that mark the new cathedral, bringing to mind a huge Christmas tree holder. In another direction is the air-looking Alvorada palace, home of the president, Maybe the striking, modern architecture makes it hard to conjure pioneer visions. But it isn't hard in "Roughtown, the nearby construction city that sprung up to house and serve the thousands of work ers building this capital. It's straight out of the Old could pass for TV's Dodge City. But "Roughtown won't be there long. Once the homes and apartments and shopping centers of Brasilia are com pleted, "Roughtown" will be torn down - the planners don't want an eyesore of a ghost town haunting Brasilia. And when Brasilia is fin ished, and thousands more move in, .that. levered air. of something being born will gradually change to the cos mopolitanism of a world capital. Hotel rooms are scarce, and there's a ' shortage of night life and frills. But there's ex citement. So you'd better hur ry - if you can overcome the obstacles because the Bra silia of today and the Brasilia of the future will be as a frontier town of the IROOs compared, with,. say, the. Kan- sas City of today. nun grniTittnT, iiifir Vacant. (Vest - jerry-built wooden cnUinif fuirvmit Ianu M5d , structures, red mud streets wuik tramMd- srw. cdbes J and teeming crowds jostling are Sur as Si 7 nn s. t in front of the Alabama bar, Ecuii aias j aa V tie-j or a wooden fronted bank, or iranai mper itimj seem-1 an open front fruit store. If iintSf 5za sriiie of no- it weren't for the trucks and 't aaif ytiali m bands ' electric lights, Roughtown r""""1 -insiimiVri !LUial'L"J 1j A rr'w ",v1'1 , ' hhYT --I Get a bigger slice of living . . . open a savings account with us! Slice your income any way you want ... but put one slice, regularly, In a savings account with us. Here your money will earn more money for you . . . and get you more of the good things of life. Twenty-five million savers are getting a bigger slice of living the Insured Savings and Loan way. Why don't you? CURRENT DIVIDEND RATE 4 PER ANNUM FIRST FEDERAL Savings & Loan Assn. of Medford 29 North Ivy Street Robert F. Kyle, Manager Oregon Pilots to Hold Convention Salem - The first annual convention of the Oregon Pi lots association will be held Aug. 20 and 21 in Salem. Res ervations are being filled at Salem's Marlon Motor hotel and the Salem chapter of OPA will act as host. Over 200 pilots and others interested in flying are expect ed. Activities will begin at 1:30 p.m. Saturday with panel discussions on subjects of in terest to all persons connect ed with the aircraft industry and related governmental works. A luncheon and style show for women will be held Sat urday afternoon. Pete Hill, vice president of the national aviation council trades association and chair man of northwest aviation op erators council, will be the main speaker at a Saturday evening banquet. Aircraft and equipment dis plays and awarding of the state championship spot land ing trophy are planned for Sunday at the airport, . . . Old Timers Car Club Plans Annual Rally The first annual rally of the Old Timers Car club will be held Sunday. Aug. 21. Members of the club, who are advised to wear old-time cos tumes, are to meet at the A and W Root Beer stand, River side ave. and Jackson St.. at 10:30 a.m. to get route assign-1 ments. Del Clifford has arranged I routes for the drivers, with I full Instructions, and a picnic lunch will be held at the end ' of the run. A tronhv will hi 1 awarded high point winner. Participation ribbons will ho ! given to all who attend. j Old Timers also have xphrwl. uled a visit to the Kerbyvillc 1 "ffhnet Intun" n K ,' I Jack Sowcll and cars . will j leave the A and W stand at 9 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 4. for the drive and camp-out that night at Kcrbyvllles grove. They win auena me Cave Junction 1 parade and iubllpo the nvi day. The regular met-tintr nf lh club will be at 8 p.m. Wednes- i oay, sept. 7, at the Westside nre station. Dr. Doctor Helps Short Youngsters Stretch Jersey City. N. J. Philip II. Hrnncman of the Seton Hall University College ; of Medicine has made it pos sible for a few dwarfed young- : stcrs to gain an Inch or two ! in height. I Dr. Henncman administers! shots gleaned from the pitui tary gland. He Is engaged in research here, hoping to ex pand the program, It MEDFORD'S FINEST MEATS SINCE 1940 Fresh Pork SPARE RIBS Small sides from lean tender porkers. FRESH Not Frozen AW FRESH GROUND STEER BEEF 9C lb. 10 lbs. $3 75 FIRM RIPE All Center Cuts Choice Steer Chuck All blade cuts. Delicious cooked as pot roast or use tenderizer for an economical steak for the outside bar-b-q. '-- English Cuts 79 lb. Sirloin Veal Steaks Sweet and Tender (o)(mc Pure Pork SAUSAGE ' OUR OWN MAKE mi k i-n i i in u Boneless Pork Loin Roast LEAN - NO WASTE (o)(yc MOCK Chicken Legs Made from ground veal and pork . . seasoned for perfect eating. BANANAS Pounds SOLID HEAD 3 Heads LETTUCE GREEN BELL 3 lbs PEPPERS Stuffing Size EXTRA FANCY LARGE CAfJTS B for Fancy Light Meat TUNA $1100 jumbo family size tins ; PREM LUNCH MEAT 12-oz. tin 39' WYANDOTTE SELECT PITTED RIPE OLIVES 4 1 "SWIFTNING" SHORTENING 3 b 59f MAXWELL HOUSE INSTANT COFFEE Large 6-oz. Jar SANDWICH COOKIES Jumbo 2-lb. 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