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MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE.
THURSDAY. AUGUST 18, I960
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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
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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,
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