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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.
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violation of regulations to
drive without a police cap
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capless Grady Smith, 19, who
confessed he stole the car
after ditching another police
cruiser earlier In the day.
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STATEftoasn;
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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