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16 A Nedford Airport Ranks Second in State Operations Medford's municipal air port held its second rank in Oregon in all types of opera tions during 1960, the federal aviation agency has reported. In total operations Med ford recorded 55,539 flights (both landings and takeoffs) to rank second in Oregon be hind Portland's 139,890 flights. Medford ranked 190th nation-wide among the 229 airports for which FAA fig ures were compiled. Klamath Falls was the third ranking city in total operations in Oregon with 54, 8BR flichls. and Pendleton was fourth with 29,335 flights. Chicago's Midway airport was first nation-wide in to tal operations with a total of 376.030 flights during the year. Portland ranked 58th Aircraft operations throughout the nation de clined for the first time since 1952 with 25,774,000 landings and takeoffs reported. This is four per cent less than the total of 26,906,000 recorded in calendar 1959.- -Itinerant Operations In itinerant operations fair port to airport) Medford re corded 37,660 flights, good enough to rank . 186th among the nation's airports. Port land was 37th nation-wide with 125,518 itinerant flights'. Klamath Falls had 33,331 and Pendleton 23,920. Medford recorded 9,977 air carrier flights during the year, to rank 156th in the nation. Portland was 28th with 65, 555 air carrier flights. Pen dleton had 9,650 such flights, and Klamath Falls, 5,273. In general aviation itiner ant operations (airport to air port, excluding air carriers) Medford recorded 27,142 flights to rank 142nd nation ally. ' Portland recorded 31, 820 such flights for a 119 ranking, and Klamath Falls recorded 17,358. Pendleton had 13,987. OUT OF UNIFORM Chattanooga, Tenn. (VJPB- A youth who admitted stealing a police car might have gotten away with it II he hadn t lor gotten the accessories. A pa trolman pulled up beside the stolen police cruiser Sunday to give his "fellow officer" a friendly warning that it was a violation of regulations to drive without a police cap Sitting in the driver's scat was capless Grady Smith, 19, who confessed he stole the car after ditching another police cruiser earlier In the day. o ... ... b o The choice coffee beans in Boyd's come in assorted colors red on the tree, green after drying, brown after roasting. They come from assorted countries - the hills of Central America, the mountainsides of South America, the coastal shores of Hawaii. And they come with assorted flavors the deep, hearty rich . . . but, frankly, you don't need to know beans about how Boyd's is blended. That's our particular stock in trade and we've been hard at it all this, century. What we'd prefer you remember about Boyd's (besides that it's time you stocked up again) is that peo ple like it. Almost all people. Including true coffee lovers like you and me. Four thousand restaurants prove it - they serve a million cups of Boyd's every day. PC Samnnt tiktti if thai million chii WWm rtfilh. Il in. , O I'll if 'tm. Thai 'i uby ut'rt urt yon IH, As),',. GET BOYD'S IN THE BIQ TUESDAY, MARCH 7. 1961 STATEftoasn; At Lobbyists are spending half a million dollars to influence legislation at the Oregon Leg islature this session. That is about half the amount of money that the Legislature itself is costing taxpayers. There are nearly twice as many lobbyists, representing special interest groups, as there are legislators, repre senting the public. . The lobbyists' outlay of bourbon, beefsteak and bun combe is accompanied by thoir distribution of factual information which, they claim, legislators need in or der to make wise decisions throughout the lawmaking process. Is this bad? House and Senate members, spurred by Rep. Ed Fadeley (D-Eugene) who has intro duced a bill to require lobby ists to register and make fi nancial reports, are taking a closer look at the "Third House" - and, perhaps, at themselves in relation to it. t This is good, even if the only result is better public knowledge about lobbyists and what they do. Too many people erroneous ly think "lobbyist" is a dirty word. Legislators are quick to ex press their respect for the pro fessional honesty of most lob byists. A lobbyist basically is a public relations expert more than an influence peddler. Often he Is a lawyer, working on behalf of one or more clients, in which case his own personal views are beside the point. Or a lobbyist may be like a ribbon clerk In a de partment store or a Madison ave. advertising man, hired to sell a specific product or an idea. Or he may be like a missionary, all fired up with zeal for something in which he personally believes. Of course, a lobbyist can be a crook, just as a real estate dealer, used 'car salesman doctor or minister can be t crook. But in Oregon's pres ent atmosphere of purity, a crooked lobbyist wouldn't last long. He would be treat ed with contempt by his Third House colleagues and Ignored by legislators. This is a "clean" lcglsla turo. It Is always risky to gener alize, but lobbyists I've talk TWO - POUND TIN.. k. sail By Marguerite W. Wright ed to are agreed that, unlike some in the past, thesi legis lators can t be bought. Of course, when the session first starts, there is always speculation about each mem ber: "Can he be had?" The speculation is for purposes of information, so that lobbyists will know how to deal with each individual. Most lobby ists would rather deal with an honest legislator, because they know that it a man would sell his vote for a case of whiskey to .one side he would sell it again for two cases to the other side. Lobbyists are, of necessity. as tough and cynical as they can be smooth and charming. They respect money, power and success a great deal, in deed; but they recognize and respect an honest man and courageous legislator more. Any lawmaker who would sell his vote, who "can be had," would be regarded with secret ridicule and contempt by lobbyists even though they may pay off generously for favors given. What is the payoff? Nothing so crude as money changing hands would be likely at the Statehouse. En tertainment provided by lob byists during the session is more a matter of personal friendship and tradition than a quid pro quo. Every night in Salem - at the Marion and Senator ho tels, at Chuck's Steak House or The Ranch - you will see legislators being wined and dined by lobbyists,- and the lobbyists being attentive to lady lawmakers and legisla tors' wives. This routine is almost as formalized as the mating dance of the penguins, and has as little real significance. Lobbyists reward their friends in more substantial ways: campaign contributions either directly or through dummy committees, or jobs after the session is over. A legislator-attorney who "votes right may find himself awarded a handsome retainer by a firm which profited from his actions in the legis lature. A legislator-insurance- man may get himself some profitable insurance clients by voting right. And so on But such cases are no proof that a lawmaker sold out Chances are he voted his own POUR YOURSELF ALL convictions which coincide with the interests of, for ex ample, the insurance lobby or the utilities lobby. To do so would be reprehensible only if the legislator knowing ly subverted the public's best interests. On the other hand, lobby ists are quite adept at trying to convince lawmakers that the public's Interest coincides with the lobbyists program. One technique Is to get the lobbyists' information and point of view to the legislator indirectly, through a third person. Instead of a medical society lobbyist talking to a leery lawmaker, the lawmak er's own doctor may explain legislative matters to him. Or the lawmaker's own banker may explain financial matters -using information provided by some lobbyist. One danger in this tech nique is that the unwary law maker may think he is listen ing to "the voice of the peo ple," when, in fact, he is lis tening to the voice of a lobby ist, once removed. This explains why lobby ists are interested in konwing who a legislator's trusted friends and associates may be. and it also explains why many legislators are somewhat sus picious of apparently organ ized letter-writing campaigns or "mob scenes at public hearings. They know perfect ly well that special interest groups - not individual spon taneous action - are behind these attempts to apply pres sure and exert influence on the legislature. Fadelcy's proposal to re quire lobbyists to register and report expenditures is not welcomed wholeheartedly by the Third House. Lobby ists already print an unoffi cial list of members of the "Capital Club" including names of 103 representatives of various groups and organi zations, but not including the many more part-time lobby-L ists that appear every session. A good, experienced, full- time lobbyist may cost his client around $10,000 for the session, including salary, room and board. His expense ac count for entertaining legis lators would run into many hundreds of dollars. Then there are costs for secretar ial help, printing, supplies, telephone, etc. Some lobbyists get as little as $1,200 (about $10 a day) for the session; some work for nothing. Some have no ex pense accounts and can't even buy a senator a cup of cof fee. (They still get their mes sage across.) Does lobbying pay? If It did not, we wouldn't have lobbyists. Oregon schoolteachers can credit part of their steadily THE REFILLS YOU WANT Expenditures at Two Lakes Is Reasonable Investment in Area City-County Parks Director Robert Haworth told a Med ford Chamber of Commerce roundtable luncheon group Monday that expedltures for the development of recreation facilities at Emigrant and Howard Prairie lakes "is cer tainly a reasonable Investment in the future of our economy, Haworth said expenditures of $100,000 at Howard Prairie and from $60,000 to $75,000 at Emigrant are being consid ered by the county for the next fiscal year. This would provide "necessary" and "basic" recreation facilities at the two lakes, he said. Haworth reviewed past and future development at the lakes, and explained the need for establishing a charge for use of recreation facilities there. Diicun Advisability Haworth and County Judge Earl Miller went to Portland last week to discuss with fed eral officials the advisability of charging for use of park rising salaries and better working conditions to the de termined lobbying of their professional organization, the Oregon Education association. Expenses of this lobby come out of teachers' membership dues, just as expenses of the labor union lobby and the medical society lobby come out of members' dues. Insurancemen and other businessmen chipped in some $40,000 this session for ex penses of lobbyists trying to pass the "Three-Way Bill" re lating to workmen's compen sation. If this bill passed, it might be worth a million dol lars in increased business for private insurance companies well worth the $40,000 gamble. Much lobbying activity is not directed at specific legis lation, but part of a continu ous campaign to create a cli mate of good will, just as newspaper, billboard or tele vision advertising does. In this category are the re ceptions, teas and dinners by medical societies, dentists. farm organizations, chambers of commerce, etc. Junkets for legislators, wives, and press corps to bas ketball games and dinners at University of Oregon and Ore gon State college campuses sponsored by the State Sys tem of Higher Education are also a form of institutional lobbying, designed to create good will. Some legislators consider attempts to influence legisla tion by state boards and com missions to be more insidious than ordinary lobbying. These are as much special interest groups as Is the powerful rail road lobby, but their quasi public character makes their appeals harder to judge ob jectively. Chief stock in trade of all lobbyists is not money or favors; it is information. Their ability to provide facts and figures and whys and where fores to legislators is their only plausible reason for being. Legislators appreciate this information. They could dig it out independently by using state library facilities or other research sources. But that takes time. So they use what lobbyists give them and eval uate it as best they can. Is there a better way? Is there a way to make sure lob byists won't exert undue in fluence on the people's elected representatives? Two governmental leaders, both with experience with lobbyists as legislators and in the governor's office, have suggestions for Improving the present system. Former Gov. Robert D. Holmes believes that the leg islature should set up its own legislative reference service, just as it has set up its own fiscal office. Adequately staff ed and financed, this service would provide legislators with objective information, there by making lobbying Informa tion superfluous. Gov, Mark O. Hatfield be lieves that possible abuses could be corrected by requir ing legislators to report their receipts from lobbyists as well as lobbyists report their expenditures. He says he re ports his receipts on his in come tax returns. Enforce ment of this proposal might be nearly impossible, how ever: How would a legislator report his share at a big din ner or party thrown by a group of lobbyists? Hatfield said his yardstick for accepting favors is wheth er they place him under moral or political obligation. Most legislators similarly feel that acceptance of certain courte sies docs not necessarily Im ply a debt has been incurred The safest rule for every one, it seems, is to pay your own way. This applies to the taxpayers, too. If they want to be sure their legislators are really Independent they will have to pay their legis lators a living wage, and pro vide for some means of belter education and Information for lawmaker I MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. facilities. Haworth said yester day it is felt that a charge is necessary in order for the user to be paying for park develop ments, and not the non-user. The county's investment in the lakes will be amortized from this charge, he said. Haworth pointed out that picnics and overnight camp ing areas have already been developed at Howard Prairie lake. These are located in a 200-acre area at the lake, call ed the "controlled area." There are a total of 3,900 acres of recreation area at the lake, Including the lake, he said. In addition, there is a park ing area, boat ramp (which is being lengthened) and a boat basin at the lake. Needed Next Year Needed during the next year, he said, are boat docks and moorage facilites and a $50,000 store, coffee shop and living quarters complex. Future development at the lake will include a trailer park, a motor court, a swim ming beach and expanded pic nic and overnight camping sites. Among these, according to Haworth, the dock facilities are the biggest need. These are being built in sections, he said', and should be ready for use by the opening of fishing season, April 2z. At Emigrant, Haworth said, there is a parking area and a 600-foot long boat launching ramp. ; Lake Should Be Full The parks director said Em igrant lake should be full by irrigation season, but that it will be at least a year before Howard Prairie is full. He pointed out that the county parks and recreation department in its first year of operation last year had a bud get of only $20,000. The ex penditure this year at Howard Prairie alone will be $100,000. Although recreation is . a secondary function at the ir rigation lakes, Haworth point ed. out that it isn't so incident al to those who use the lakes for recreation purposes. He. I1AMPH0JEL 12 OUNCE 771 2 GALS. -AIRWAY EASTERN ' SOF PLY MSfpj!& iflfil 18 rH i MOTOR OIL FACIAL TISSUES (O, "! 0 lEr" 19c.- yA BATH g 1 1 69 rr inSSP Wf toweis H g 2.05 VALUE j - "" J 9' 1 fcj ' fciiitif CLOTHS ISm rTj LTj LIMITED QUANTITIES IN STOCK "J J i,?.. ylV fSt I W mm 1.69s- v 6y l i silex JiT" PLUGS ' 11 Ed ADJUSTABLE . S .u.hh, r vie34 portfolio E-OQlw ra1 o" x I ioc o lye iJ rV- T jr-m ' ' 9 1 t ' tB M,LK CH0C0LATE L'Tj'"'- reg. 7.77 ySnf TTSIIIir " v clusters J&'FjZ AT PAY LESS " MM 12 '"'H) B mm estimated that an average of 2,500 overnight campers alone per month will use Howard Prairie during the coming summer months. Done By Guesswork During the county's first year of developing and oper ating recreational facilities at the two lakes, he said, much of it was done on guesswork, because "it's a new thing for all of us." But, he said, with the first year's experience behind them, and having some idea of the . potential use of the areas, "we should be able to America's Preferred Bourbon THE OLD CROW DISTILLERY CO., Ui:VflVijii;ii.Hi):Vflj:ill:i):VW:HJ move ahead properly, with the proper budget." He indi cated that the county might not be able to afford all of the capital expenditures being contemplated by the parks and recreation commission. Replys in Negative Asked whether warm-water fishing would be available at Emigrant this year, Haworth replied in the negative. , He did say, however, that the state game commission is in terested in Emigrant as a warm-water fishery and It could be ready for such fish ing by 1963. He pointed out that the lake will be stocked this fall. In answer to another ques tion, Haworth said the county will "push" the idea of How ard Prairie lake being a year round recreation facility. Such FRANKFORT, KY., KENTUCKY STRAIGHT things as ice-skating, tobog. ganing and sledding will ba encouraged during the winter months when it is possible, he said. Asked if he thinks the re. striction against private own ership of summer home sites at the lake will be lifted soon, Haworth said he hoped not. Noting that it is his personal ' opinion, the parks director said: "I would like to see that whole lake shore available now and forever for publia OFFICIAL FISH Salem - (UPO - The Oregon Senate Monday passed a res olution to make the Chinook salmon the official fish of Or egon. BOURBON WHISKEY. 86 PROOF
