MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. ORE.
SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 5. 1961
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OLD FRIENDS MEET Two "old" friends make their second
trip to the Orthopaedic Hospital in Los Angeles and enjoy a
reunion. Tracy Patrick, left, and Sylvia Oropeza, both 2,
became acquainted lost fall when they were at the hospital
for treatment of birth defects. This time both will undergo
surgery and rehabilitation. The two little ones are among
75,000 handicapped children cared for at the hospital.
(UPI Telephoto)
Rep. Durno's Mail
Opposed Changing
Rules Committee
By YVONNE FRANKLIN
Mail Tribune Washington
Correspondent
Washington (Special) - Ore
gon's two Democratic and two
Republican members of the
House of Representatives split
their votes Tuesday on the
question of whether the Rules
committee should be enlarged
to insure that President Ken
nedy's program comes before
the House for a vote.
Mrs. Edith Green was ju
bilant over the 217-212 vote.
, "This is a great day for
freedom and the rule of the
majority," she said. She and
Rep. Al Ullman voted with
the majority.
Rep. Edwin R. Durno and
Walter Norblad voted "no" to
the resolution to enlarge the
committee. Both said that the
problem was strictly a Demo
cratic one and should not have
been brought to the floor. Said
Durno:
"They could have taken off
Colmer (D-Miss.) and inserted
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a man of their own choice in
stead of getting into this vi
cious fight." He said that he
has no objection to the Kenne
dy program coming to t h e
floor for debate.
Durno 1 a u g h e d ruefully
about being awakened during
the night by telephone calls,
one at 4 in the morning, most
ly from his former colleagues
in the State Legislature urg
ing him to vote for the resolu
tion. His mail was running 20
to 1 in opposition to changing
the committee. Norblad had
35 letters, 34 in opposition,
one in favor of the change.
Norblad also said that the
resolution was a "packing"
measure, which Mrs. Green
heatedly denied. She said:
"If they felt this was a Dem
ocratic problem, then they
C'.uuid have refrained from
voting. It is inconceivable
that anyone who understands
government and politics
would not say that the Rules
Committee should be respon
sive to the leadership of the
majority party whether it be
Democratic or Republican.'1
Norblad also said that he
did not think the Rules Com
mittee was obstructionist In
moving bills to the floor. Once
again, Mrs. Green disagreed.
"The record is full of in
stances when the Rules Com
mittee has been obstruction
ist. They held up the educa
tion bill when it came back
from conference and would
not let the House vote. Con
gress adjourned and it died.
They held up my juvenile de
linquency bill, and many ma
jor bills." ,
The Rules Committee was
never set up to vote on the
substantive nature of bills. It
was set up as an instrument
for the leadership of the ma
jority party to move bills to
the floor in orderly procedure.
Howard Smith (chairman of
Rules) decided he would make
it a committee on which he
passes judgment on what his
conscience tells him is good
for the country. The people of
Oregon never voted for How
ard Smith to be the represen
tative for, Oregon."
Representatives Durno and
Norblad said that no pressure
had been applied by party
leaders or by lobbyists here
in Washington. Durno said:
"I will certainly work to see
that Mr. Kennedy's measures
have ample consideration on
the floor of the House. I will
probably not agree with him
in the domestic field, but I
certainly agree with free dis
cussion and free debate.
Off-Dufy Period
For Teachers Bogs
Salcm-IUPD-Two bills to pro
vide better pay and an off-
duty lunch period for teachers
got bogged down in the Ore
gon senate today after heated
debate over one of the
measures.
The bill to give teachers a
30-minute minimum duty-free
lunch break failed by a vote
of 15-14. However, Sen. Wil
liam Grenfell Jr., (D-Portland)
changed his vote so the bill
will be reconsidered Monday.
The measure to raise sala
ries of teachers with bache
lor's and master's degrees by
as much as 5600-700 a year
was sent back to the senate
education committee.
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Government Food Stamps Seen as Poor
Substitute for Weekly Envelope
Editor's note: The tettinc grounds
for President Kennedy's new fed
eral food stamp tnrludes sections
of Kentucky, West Virginia. Penn
sylvania and Illinois. In each area
there are many jobless men. For
them the problem of dally bread
has become a day-to-day strutele.
The reasons may vary from state
to state but to provide a close-up
picture of the problem and the
people in one of the affected areas
I'nited Press International has as
signed a team of three veteran re
porters to southern Illinois.
Here Is their report.
By DAVID SMOTHERS,
FRANK L. SPENCER
and SAM HANCOCK
UPI Special Reporting Team
West Frankfort. 111. - (UPII-
The triangular tip of southern
Illinois that is known as
'Egypt and what once was
the old frontier's land of milk
and honey needs more than
food stumps today.
The emergency program of
food for the unemployed an
nounced by President Ken
nedy Wednesday will make
life a little brighter in south-
Cheesecloth, diapers, flan
nel or wool cloths are rec
ommended for dusting. Shun
coarse or open-mesh material,
synthetic fabrics or new
cloths that may be full of lint.
Never use an oiled or treated
cloth on waxed furniture be
cause oil softens and smears
wax and makes it sticky.
era Illinois - even though few
cupboards are bare and no
body is starving.
Housewives no longer will
have to settle for the sur??lus
powdered milk or dried beans
which the federal government
has been handing out for
years.
But the housewives' hus
bands will still be out of work
and the relief rolls will still
be full, no matter how many
grocery bills Uncle Sam picks
up.
For what southern Illinois
needs is new ideas - new
ideas to found new industries
and put its men back to work.
The same probably may be
said of West Virginia, Penn
sylvania, eastern Kentucky
and any other areas named by
Kennedy as victims of chronic
unemployment, and eligible
for the experimental food
stamp program.
Economists call these places
"depressed areas" - a phrase
which makes any southern
Illinoisans wince. They point
out that many towns in the
area are prospering and bank
deposits keep rising.
They feel that all might yet
be well if only the coal mines
would open up again and the
men of Egypt could go back
underground.
Coal is still king in West
Frankfort and the rest of
I cgypt. out lie is a King wno
nas iosi nis power to rule.
Venerable Town
West Frankfort is a vener
able town of 9,000, astride the
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
tracks 70 miles north of Cairo
and 320 miles south of Chica
go. It is not the most needy
city in Egypt. But it is not
wealthy. Not well.
The town is in the center
of Franklin county and in
Franklin county there are 4,
000 unemployed of a total
population of 38.000.
Police Arrest Man
On Check Charge
Medford city police Thurs
day arrested Larry W. Ritchie,
29, of 3423 Madrona lane on
a check charge after Ritchie
admitted in a signed state
ment to cashing approximate
ly $150 in bad checks during
the past few weeks.
Ritchie was formally charg
ed with drawing a bank check
with insufficient funds to pay
same in full. He told police
he cashed the checks because
he is unable tj find work
and has a wife and two chil
dren to support.
He was confined in the
county jail.
From 7.000 to 8.000 men
went down every day into
Franklin county's mines at the
end of World War II.
Today, only 500 to 700 men
work in Franklin county's
mines.
The town once was known
as a center of the world's rich
est coal fields and still is ex
cept that now not so much
coal is coming out of the
ground. Today, only one mine
near town-Old Ben No. 9-is
in full-time operation. It em
ploys 350 men.
Throughout Southern Illin
ois, mines arc still operating.
But automation - a vastly
mixed blessing which has
come early to Egypt - enables
two men to do the work
which once required four full
teams of miners of from two
to four men each.
Along with West Frank
fort's main street, few persons
got overly excited about the
food stamp program.
Will' Take Long Time
R. H. Chapman, a cement
finisher, wasn't sure he liked
the idea.
"Handouts have ruined a
lot of good men," he said.
E. A. Bennett, a former
coal miner, who now serves
as night clerk at the Dimmick
Hotel, said, "Automation is
the thing that hurts this area
I -it's taken a long time to get
in this condition. It'll take a
long time to unget it."
Other West Frankfort folk
didn't want their names used,
but this is what some said:
"Politicians have hurt us
by talking about relief all the
time. Industries begin to think
this is tobacco road country."
"Some of these people on
relief are third generation re
liefers." "We don't need any Santa
Claus."
Matter of Dispute
West Frankfort is close to
the center of the storied coun
try known in Illinois as
Egypt.
The nickname's origin is a
matter of dispute. Some say
it stems from the della land
where the Ohio and Mississip
pi rivers meet at the foot of
the state. The Egyptian names
of Cairo and Thebes grace the
map of this region.
It is a proud land. It is a
land which has grown used
to hardship in the last 15
years ever since the coal
mines began closing.
Today, according . to Rep.
Kenneth Gray, D-lll., of West
Frankfort, at least 54,000 per
sons are in immediate need of
the government's food stamps
-34,(100 of them in his own
25lh district.
Other towns are In deep
trouble. Rosiclare's fluorspar
industry finds it difficut to
compete with foreign imports.
Cairo is a victim of agricul
tural recession and mechani
zation. In McLcansboro, tex
tile industries are battling for
markets against Japanese im
ports. The troubles of the au
tomotive industry are reflect
ed in Herrin's car furnishings
plants.
Specials Announced
Today the newspapers which
carried dispatches on the food
stamp program also carried
grocery advertisements an
nouncing this week's specials.
Practically every housewife
in West Frankfort checked
them carefully and matched
the prices against what she
had in her purse.
Too often, the gap between
price and cash could not be
bridged.
Within a few weeks the gov
ernment food stamps will nar
row the gap a little. But they
can never be a substitute for
a weekly paycheck. ;
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