Medford mail tribune., November 15, 1960, Image 9

Appling Emerges as One of Strongest Voices in Oregon Politics
Medford
Tribune
SECTION B MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15
, 1960 PAGES 1 to 8
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KOGAP DONATION A model of a wooden
climbing hill to be donated to the city of
Medford parks and recreation department
by Kogap Industries, Medford, is pictured
above. The hill will be erected in the Union
street park by Charles Forrester, Ashland
artist, who also designed the play item. The
hill will be built of log peeler cores sunk
in concrete. The wood will be treated to
eliminate the threat of splinters.
First Moon Rocket May Carry
Tent to Prevent Contamination
Washington - (UPD-The first
U.S. rocket aimed to hit the
moon probably will wear a
fumigation tent on top during
the final hours before launch
ing. The tent will be a plastic
gas chamber designed to de
stroy bacteria, spores, or any
other kind of living organism
which might contaminate the
moon biologically.
Space scientists agree that
such contamination, f either
the moon or planets, must be
avoided. It would spoil inves
tigation of extraterrestrial life
and the possible existence of
"pre-life molecules" in space.
How to sterilize a payload
of scientific instruments atop
a rocket vehicle towering 120
feet or higher is being studied
by the Army Chemical corps
at the request of the National
Aeronautics and Space admin
istration.. Dr. Charles R. Phillips and
Dr. Robert K. Hoffman of the
chemical corps' biological
laboratories, Fort Detrick,
Md., say the job can be done.
They discussed ways of doing
it in a report published by
the American Association for
the Advancement of Science.
The Russians scored a rock
et hit on the moon with Lunik
II on Sept. 13, 1950. They say
the .instrument payload and
last stage of the rocket were
carefully sterilized so that no
organisms imported from
earth could confuse future
scientific study of the moon.
They did not, however, give
details of the method they
used.
What Is The Law?
This column is prepared as a public service by iho
Colleqe of Law. Willamette University. Salem, to
explain basic legal principles, not Jo provide legal
advice. The reader is cautioned not to apply these cases
to his own problems without an attorney's advice, for
differing facts may change the outcome.
Political Activity by
Government Employees '
Lawford, an attorney, spent
75 per cent of his time work
ing at h'is own private law
practice. The remainder of his
time was devoted to furnish
ing legal advice to the state
department of public welfare.
In every state the public wel
fare department not only pays
out state money, but also re
ceives federal money to help
finance the various welfare
programs, such as Old Age
Assistance, Aid to the Blind,
and Aid to Dependent Chil
dren. Under the so-called "Hatch"
act, federal employees are for
bidden to take an active part
in political activities, other
than voting and expressing
their opinions. The "Hatch"
act also forbids political ac
tivity bv any officer or em-
nloyee of any state agency
whose "principal employ
ment" is in connection with
any activity financed in whole
or in part by grants from the
federal government.
Speech in Opposition '
Lawford made a radio
speech in opposition to a can
didate for the United States
Senate. The U.S. Civil Serv
ice commission then ordered
him discharged for violation
of the law prohibiting politi
cal activities. Lawford filed
suit in federal court to get his
job back.
The court held that even
though a person subject to
the "Hatch" act is entitled to
express his political opinions,
he cannot express them in
such a way as to take an "ac
tive" part in a political cam
paign, as Lawford had done
by making a radio speech just
a few days before the elec
tion. However, the court held
that Lawford was entitled to
get his job back because his
government job was not his
"principal employment."
Activity Prohibited
Many states, counties and
cities also have statutes pro
hibiting political activity by
their employees, even though
their activities are not fi
nanced by the federal govern
ment in any way. These stat
utes have been held constitu
tional, although they have
been bitterly criticized as
making second class citizens
of government employees' by
denying them the rights of
freedom of speech and of the
press, inose in ravor 01 sucn
statutes argue that they are
necessary to protect the gov
ernment employee from polit
ical pressure by his boss.
This country hopes to put
instruments rugged enough to
survive a crash landing on the
moon in 1961 and 1962 and to
achieve soft landings of in
struments on the moon and
planets late in the decade.
Phillips and Hoffman rule
out sterilization of spacecraft
with r.idiation or heat. It
would be extreme' ' difficult,
for one thing, and it could
damage the instruments.
But chemical , sterilization
with a' deadly gas called ethy
lene oxide would be compara
tively easy, they say, and
would be safe and effective.
Their plan, in essence, is to
seal a plastic bag around the
part' of the rocket to be fumi
gated and introduce ethylene
oxide gas into it.
The job. would take about
six hours. To avoid reconlam
ination while the rocket is
still in the atmosphere, the
fumigation would have to con
tinue through liftoff.
Might Become Nuisances
Details remain to be work
ed out, as do plans for steril
izing spacecraft of the future
that might go to the planets
and return to earth..
Scientists have warned that
germs or other forms of life
on Mars, say, might become
scourges or at least nuisances
if introduced to the earth. Just
as ships are quarantined be
fore entering harbors, space
craft may have to be isolated
and inspected before return
ing to earth.
"In the not too distant fu
ture," according to Phillips
and Hoffman, "interplanetary
quarantine regulations may
become even more necessary
than present national and
regional regulations."
GOP Expected To
Eye Secretary
For Governorship
Salem IUPD ,'- A tall, trans
planted Texan without a
drawl has emerged as one of
the strongest voices in Ore
gon politics.
He is Republican Howell
Appling Jr., who was elected
last week to a four-year term
as secretary of state, succeed
ing himself.
Appling, appointed to tne
job in 1958 by Gov. Mark
Hatfield, was untried at the
polls. He ran in the primary
last May without opposition.
The surprising thing about
Appling's victory over Demo
crat Monroe Sweetland was
how pronounced it was.
Billed as a tight race, it
wasn't close at all. Unofficial
figures show appling defeat
ed Sweetland by nearly 68,
000 votes-this is the face of
a Democratic voter registra
tion lead of 75,000.
It was a crushing defeat for
Sweetland, a state senator
from Milwaukle, and he lost
even in his own i;iacKamas
county by a decisive margin.
In 1956 Sweetland came clos
er to beating Hatfield for sec
retary. Appling, a native of Carth
age, Texas, settled in Oregon
after World War II and found
ed a wholesale farm equip
ment business in Portland.
He is 41.
Appling will now be con
sidered in the GOP councils
for the governorship in 1962
-provided Hatfield docs not
run-and even as a possible
foe two years from now for
Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.)
Appling lives in Salem but
maintains a legal residence in
Washington county, the first
congressional district. He
would not be considered con
gressional material unless in
cumbent Republican Walter
Norblad, who was reelected
last week, decided to seek
some other office in 1962. But
Norblad in the past has indi
cated no such interest, includ
ing the governorship.
This week Appling is in Los
Angeles, relaxing from the
campaign, and also to ad
dress ' the California Imple
ment Dealers association.
He feels it is too early to
chart any new political goal
but Oregon Republican of
ficials regard him as a bright
star, second only to Hatfield
himself.
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Oregon GOP Calls
Caucus for Dec. 3
Sale m IUPII Republicans
have called a caucus of their
Oregon Senate and House
members for Dec. 3 at the
Marion Motor Hotel here. '
Purpose will be to choose
party leaders for the 1961
legislature. . 1
The Republican Slate Cen
tral Committee will conduct
a meeting the same day at the
hotel.
Wally Hunter, executive se
cretary of the Oregon Repub
lican party, said the central
committee has asked state
senators and representatives
not to commit themselves to
any candidate for Senate
president or speaker of the
House before the caucus.
Hunter said Goy. Mark Hat
field will attend the caucus.
Oregon Democrats have
called a similar caucus for
Saturday here.
KEEPS HER PLACE
Mobile, Ala. -flJPD- Officials
administered first aid to a
woman who fainted Monday
while standing in a long line
to buy 1961 automobile li
cense plates. Her first ques
tion when she recovered:
"Did I lose my place in line?"
She didn't.
John Coates, the great Eng
lish tenor, who died in 1941,
began his music as a choir
boy.
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What are the Social Security Survivor! Paymenlif
In case of death, certain members of the family can
get monthly payments from Social Security if the de
ceased had worked long enough under the law.
In addition, a single lump-sum death, payment can be
made to the widow or widower If they were living In
the same household. Otherwise, the lump-sum can go
to repajJhe person who paid the burial expenses.
The lump-sum death payment is 3 times the amount
of the monthly retirement benefit, but it tannot exceed
$255.00
What Is meant by ". . . worked long enough under the
law? How much work is required?
Payments may be made to a widow with a child In her
care, and to the child, if, at the time of death the
worker was either "fully Insured," or "currently In
sured." The amount of work needed to be fully Insured" at
death is always at least I 'j years, and never more
than 10 years. Within these limits the exact amount
required depends on the date of death and on the aga
at death.
A person Is eurently insured at death If he has credit
for at least I Vi year work In the 3 years before his
death.
''For more complete information on the above sub
jects, contact the local Social Security Administration
office, PO. Box 1068. Medford, Oregon.
HOWELL APPLING JR.
May Bt Morst Foe
Attempt Seen To
Burn Grade School
St. Paul, Ore. -WPII -Marion
county sheriff's deputies said
Monday vandals apparently
tried to burn down the St.
Paul grade school over the
week end.
The school custodian this
morning found burned match
es under the steps of the
school and also on the steps.
The building, was not dam
aged. D e p u t i s were investigating.
Large Numbers of Voters Found To Cross Party Line
Washington - IUPU - An enor
mous number of voters criss
crossed party lines In last
week's election to vote for the
presidential candidate of one
party and the senatorial or
gubernatorial nominee of the
other parly.
In a flood of ticket split
ling, sixteen states gave
their electoral votes to the
presidential contender on the
ticket opposing the man they
elected senator or governor.
Nixon Chief Beneficiary
Vice President Richard M.
Nixon was the chief benefi
ciary of this split ticket vot
ing, even though he lost the
election. He carried 11 states
that chose a Democratic gov
ernor or senator.
President-elect Kennedy's
home state of Massachusetts
provided the largest number
of ticket splitters. Kennedy
carried the state by 530,387
votes while GOP Sen. Lev
erett Saltonstall won re-election
and Republican John A.
Volpe was elected to the gov
ernorship now held by a Dem
ocrat. Saltonstall won by a mar
gin of 299,193 votes. This
meant that about 800,000 out
of 2.4 million Massachusetts
voters split their tickets.
217 East Main
4 well-known "facts" about Oregon
: none of which is true!
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1. "It rains all the time" Not so! It only rains on
the day of the company picnic. Actually, Portland's 40
inches of annual rainfall is less than Houston or Nashville
or New York or Washington, D. C. Sure, Oregon gets
plenty of rain on the coast, but it trickles down to a
tiny 12 inches in the interior. (You just can't generalize
about 96,981 square miles of varied topography!)
' It's never too hot or too cold, either. Oregon's average
temperature is a near-ideal 53. Portland enjoys pleasant
summers (average July, 66) and mild green winters
(January, 38). Eastern Oregon is less temperate, but
compared to the humid summei;' and freezing winters ot
the East and Midwest, every one of us Oregonians lives in
an air-conditioned paradise!
2. "It's isolated too far away" sez who? More
people "found" Oregon last year than live here almost 2
million visitors. (Some of them are still here.) We're a
focal point on the great circle air routes to the Orient, and
the new polar air routes place us smack between Europe
and Disneyland. We're catered to by 10 airlines, 5 railroads,
50 steamship lines, and 63,000 miles of superb highways.
The dcep-waler Port of Portland is the 1 dry cargo tonnage
harbor on the Pacific Coast and 250 miles closer to the
Orient than any California port.
With neighboring California destined to be first in popu
lation, and nearby Hawaii and Alaska ready to boom, and
an expected half-million more Oregonians by 1970, being
"isolated" isn't one of our problems. . :
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3. "No industry just tall timber" Sure, we
got trees. A mere 30 million acres. Why, just to see the view,
we cut down 9 billion board feet a year, or 25 of the
nation's needs. But with 21 million acres of rich farmland
and a big chunk of the nation's potential hydropowcr, don't
overlook our cheese and textiles, wheat and furniture,
peppermint and electronics, frozen foods and machine parts,
pears and plywood, potatoes and nickel, onions and alumi
num. (We're even the first state for snap green beans. Try
that on a Texan.)
However, our greatest resource is people. Oregon workers
are skilled, permanent (65 own their homes), happier,
better paid, more productive than the national average.
We havo a balanced state budget, too. Oregon's the only
state that reduced the per capita tax the last two fiscal years.
And most important we have a state government that is
working -hard to continue this great diversified growth.
Cut this out and mail it to one of
your misguided Eastern friends
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4. "No culture just pioneer wilderness"
Hardly. Oregon is about as wild and uncultured as Man
hattan, including Central Park. Ask any of the "pioneers"
in busy, bustling Portland. Or visit Salem, Eugene, Bend,
Pendleton, Corvallis or the other "Trading Posts" ! .
How do you measure culture? Oregon schools rank in
the top three stales in scholastic excellence. Oregon's liter
acy rate is one of the nation's highest. We boast 24 colleges
and universities, and one of them Reed College has
supplied a higher ratio of Rhodes scholars than any other
'American school.' Wc support art festivals, museums, sym
phony orchestra, ballet, flower shows, opera, the theater
(Ashland's Shakespearean Festival, for example) and,
by cracky, don't forget the Pendleton Round-Up, the Mt.
Hart anlclope refuge, the Albany Timber Carnival, and the
Rogue River National Rooster Crowing Contest! . 1
Astoria was the first American settlement on the Pacific
Coast. Jacksonville claims the oldest Protestant church west
of the Rockies. And, on the new side, Portland's amazing
50-acre shopping center is the largest in the world !
If that isn't enough culture for you, just come out and
we'll show you where the fish are biting.
Other than home town pride, why should you care if
the rest of the world has the wrong "facts" about Ore
gon? Simply this: Oregon is long on resources and short
on industry. We're bursting with potential. We must
broaden our. industrial base with more and different
kinds of industry if we are to remain a first-class state.
Every increase in our economy every new industry
every family who moves to Oregon benefits you 3 ways:
. More diversified industry means more people and more
jobs a higher standard of living for everyone in Oregon.
2. More jobs mean more job security for you, more op
portunity for advancement, better wages.
3. More research-based industry means more job oppor
tunities for our science and engineering college graduates
in their home siat:.
Why is the Telephone Company promoting Oregon?'
We're proud to be part of the team of private industry
that's working to help Oregon achieve its ultimate
growth. We're second only to Georgia-Pacific in the
number of employees. We're first in total capital invest
mentover 260 million dollars! tike you, our future is
invested in Oregon. Like you, we are working to make :
Oregon the most rewarding, the most prosperous state
in the nation. , - -
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