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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
WEDNESDAY, JAN8ARY 18, 1961
land Board Begs
tor Applicants
Seeking Loans
' talem-AM-Th Stat Land
' Board, li bagging' tor appli
cant who want to borrow
aom ' $10 million In farm,
horn and buaincai loan.
.- Th available a chunk of
money wai brought to light
by r Board Secretary E. T.
Claret Tueiday during a Waya
' and 'Means subcommittee
haaring. .
1 Plerc' . commtnta follow
ed som quizzing by Repi.
Clarence Barton (D-Coqullle),
and George Annala (D-Hood
River).
The main reason the money
It now Invested in average
1 , per cent, bonds inatead of
S.I per cent loans. Pierce aaid,
is that.the board lacks enough
applications from persons who
want to borrow.
'Safe' Lean fought
In addition. Pierce said, the
board teeka situations where
it will be sure the money is
"safely invested."
"Some people don't know
that the money is available
for loans," Pierce told the
lubcommittee.
: The money Involved is the
$15 million irreducible state
school fund, for which the
State Land Board acta as trus
tee. Barton said he considers It
mistake that only $5 mil
lion of the fund was loaned
at average 5.5 per cent inter
est rates, while some $10 mil
lion was Invested in bonds
that returned only about 3
(er cent to the state,
'tight Montr Mentioned
Barton said he waa par
ticularly concerned in view of
the present "tight money"
situation. ..
! Barton said he was Inter
ested In the possibility of lib
eralising the loan laws to
make larger loans possible.
i The loans now are granted
n 50 per cent of farm land
value, and 50 per cent of the
value of buildings and land
In cities.
Barton said the loans might
be Increased to 60 per cent.
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In the Day's News
ly FKAHK JINKINS
PENNANT WINNER - A pennant winner in the beauty
league, Dorrie Levine, 20, is a delight to the eyes as she dis
plays pennants in New York City during a session of the Na
tional College Queen contest. Dorrie, an English major and
a senior at Hunter College, hopes to gain the New York City
crown so that she can complete in the national finals in June.
(UFI Telephoto)
Legion Calls for Prayers for JFK
On the eve of the Inaugura
tion of President John F. Ken
nedy, the American ' Legion
has called upon its network
of 17,000 local posts to spur
nationwide prayers asking
"God to give the new Presi
dent the strength, wisdom and
guidance' necessary to carry
out his duties."
Lind McBeth, commander
of Centennial Post No. 100 of
the American Legion at Jack
sonville, said this measure had
been urged by the Legion's na
tional executive committee.
McBeth said that the recom
mendation was being passed
on to clergymen here with the
hope that each would include
suitable prayers in services
this week end.
"Although the American
Legion is a completely non-
sectarian organization," Mc
Beth said, "the organization
was founded on broad reli
gious principles and believes
that a deep and abiding faith
in God is basic to American
life."
Kennedy Regime May Bring
Resurgence of GOP in Oregon
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By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune
Washington Correspondent
Washington - Will the years
ahead under the Kennedy ad
ministration bring a resur
gence of Re-
ijpv Fjrl puDiican pany
f m'j ft MM s t r e n g th in
uregunr
If recent
history is any
guidepost for
the future,
there may be
just such a
p a r a d oxical
smith development.
Who would have believed
eight years ago, when a new
Republican president, Dwight
D. Eisenhower, was taking
over the White House that in
conservative Oregon the tide
would start running the other
way and bring a flock of lib
eral Democrats into power?
It didn't happen immediate
ly with Eisenhower's election
in 1952 in fact, Oregon had
an all Republican delegation
after that election, except for
Sen. Wayne Morse, who had
bolted the party during the
election campaign and was
calling himself an independent.
But in the next election,
1954, the Democrats captured
a Senate seat when the late
Richard L. Neuberger nosed
out Sen. Guy Cordon by few
er than 2500 votes; and Rep.
Edith Green won the Portland
congressional district from
the GOP. Shortly thereafter
Morse registered as a Demo
crat and Oregon's Republican
strength was badly shaken.
Held Top Offices
In the State House, Gov.
Paul Patterson had succeeded
Douglas McKay, who had
gone to Washington to be in
the Eisenhower cabinet, so the
Republicans held the top state
offices. And they retained
three of the four congressional
seats.
Came the 1956 election and
Morse defeated McKay, this
time running as a full-fledged
Democrat; Rep. Al Ullman
beat incumbent Sam Coon in
eastern Oregon, and Charles
O. Porter beat Harris Ells
worth in the fourth district.
All this happened in a state
which had given short shrift
to New Deal liberalism there
tofore, and which even then
was giving big margins of elec
tion support to President Ei
senhower. Nevertheless, dur
ing the Grand Old Party's re
birth nationally during the Ei
senhower years, it fell to its
lowest point in Oregon, losing
even the governorship and all
but one seat in Congress.
Then in 1958 the Republi
cans regained . tne governor
ship with Mark Hatfield. And
this past election, wnen Ken
nedy was elected, the Demo
crats lost one congressional
seat when Rep. Edwin R. Dur
no defeated Porter.
Morse Up for Relection
What will happen in 1963
remains to be seen. Sen. Morse
will be up for reelection once
again, as will all four Oregon
congressmen and the gov
ernor. It will be a major po
litical year for the state, per
haps a decisive one for the
ideological flavor of the years
immediately ahead.
Many factors influence the
outcome of elections - the
skills, ages, views and person
alities of the candidates, chief
among them. But there is a
mysterious kind of Informal
checks and balances system
that the Founding Fathers
may not have envisioned, but
which makes its mark never
theless. Once a new president is
granted the powers of his of
fice, he and his policies go
on trial with the electorate. At
the very next election, he is
not on the ballot but his poli
cies are. Congressional candi
dates may succeed or fail In
that election, depending on
whether they defend or repu
diate those presidential policies.
Could Blame 'Ins'
Oregon Democrats ran
ainst the resource policies
of the Eisenhower Adminis
tration in 1954 and in 1956,
and they won handsomely.
They had the advantage which
always goes to the outs -
they could flail away and
blame the "ins" for every
grievance imaginable.
In 1962 and 1964 the advan
tage will pass to the Republi
cans. With the Pandora's box
of problems which confront
Kennedy, he will have to be a
wizard to escape criticism. It
will be surprising if the GOP
does not capitalize on this op
portunity by preparing its
ablest aggressive warriors for
1962 and 1964
'MARTY' DIES
West Point, N.Y.-UPD-T-Sgt.
Martin Maher, 84, known to
thousands of West Point ca
dets as "Marty" died in Army
Hospital Tuesday. Maher be
came a legend at the military
academy for his quick wit and
friendship with cadets who
rose to high rank.
New Secretary Is
Named at Ashland Y
Ashland - At the a n n u a 1
meeting of the Ashland
Y M C A Monday, announce
ment was made of the selec
tion of a new secretary, Don
Cowan of New Westminster,
B. C.
The new secretary and his
family will arrive about
April 1.
Nine directors were also
elected during the business
session conducted by Paul
Workman, president of the
board.
Selected for the ensuing
year were Harry Wright, Dr.
John Reynolds, Ross Johnston,
Dr. Dan Engle, Fred Smith,
the Rev. James Sinclair and
Frank Plnnock. Pierre Rob
erts was elected to a two-year
term, and Arthur Peters to a
one-year term.
Guest speaker at the dinner
meeting was Dr. J. E. Ander
son, Salem, who was intro
duced by the national area
councilman, Arthur Peters
Entertainment was furnished
by seven Southern Oregon col
lege students who presented
Hawaiian dances.
Tin first attempt at mining
of potash in Canada was made
in the 1950s at Unity, Sask.,
120 miles west of Saskatoon.
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- By BENNETT CERF-
hit
A TISS CHOU CHOU HORNTOOT reports that she met a
J-'A famous writer on international affairs charging down
Madison Avenue with a bulky package under hi arm. Asked
to account lor his haste,
he explained, "I've just
finished the last chapter
of my new world history,
and I want to get it to
my publisher before some
new damn thing hap
pens." Spotted on a gravestone
In Cape Town, South
Africa: "In memory of our
father: gone to join his
appendix, his tonsils, his
kidney, hie eardrum, and a
leg erroneously amputated
by an Interne who craved
the experience."
Poem composed by a 9-year-old student at a Friends' School:
"The wind may be invisible
But it certainly can make you mlslble."
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: Aa required by law and cus
tom, outgoing President Eisen
hower sends to tlx congress
tht following budget esti
mates for th fiscal year of
10(2, which will end on June
SO, 10J, It months hence:
K Income $82,533,000,000
V Expense $80,888,000,000
' S Surplus $1,468,000,000.
1XR the current fiscal year,
which will end on June 30,
1981, approximately five
months hence, he foresees in
come, expense and surplus as
follows:
Income $79,024,000,000
' Expense $78,945,000,000
: Surplui $79,000,000'
I ACCORDING to law and
, i custom, Incoming Presi
dent Kennedy won't submit a
budget of his own this year.
But h will suggest piecemeal
changes in th Elsenhower
budget.)
SOME more figures, based on
these estimates:
, At the end of this current
fiscal year, which comes on
Jun 30, the national debt
will be $284,900,000,000.
At th end of the NEXT
fiscal year (which will come
en Jun 30, 1962) the national
debt will be $283,400,000,000.
WHICH ii to say:
At th current rat of 79
. million dollars a year, it
would take us 3,075 years to
Bay off our national debt.
fBut
At (h rat of the 1962
fiscal year (which is estimated
- to yield a surplus of $1,468,
800,000) It would take us only
195 years to pay off our na
tional debt - assuming, of
eourse, that In these inter
vening year w didn't get ex
travagant and run up a big
deficit.
PR6G-
O You se
WE'RE MAKING
RESS.
If w could keep on doing
as well as Ik piously HOPES
w can be able to do in 1962,
we could be out of debt in
less than 200 years.
IN CONCLUSION, in order
to ketD our spirits up and
eur faith In the future aliv.
let's fall back on Mr. Micaw
ber's recipe for happiness, as
let forth In Dickens' Immortal
David Copperfield:
"Annual Income twenty
pounds, annual expenditures
nineteen, nineteen six, result
HAPPINESS. Annual lncom
twenty pounds, annual expen
ditures twenty pounds ought
and six, result MISERY."
TO VISIT U.A.R.
'Cairo, U.A.R.-fllflV-Th Cat
' ro newspaper Al Mlssa said
Tuesday that Soviet Premier
Niklta Khrushchev probably
will visit th United Arab Re
public In th spring. Vice
President Abdel Hakim Amer
Invited Khrushchev during
hi visit to Moscow last month.
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