Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, March 20, 1961, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextIn the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Let's go back to Douglas ' William Johnson, the Los An geles colored man who found the money bag containing $240,000 that bounced un noticed out of a Brink armor ed car. He tells a reporter: "It has been one grand headache. I can't eat. I'm sick at my stomach. The money wasn't mine. I just happened to find it after it was lost. If it happened all over, I'd do the same thing." DEOPLE, he says, won't give him any peace. Strangers knock on his door to compli ment him. He has received somewhere around 125 letters, three-fourths of which com mend him. The others have said, in substance: "You should have been hit on the head with a 2x4." A stranger on the street . told one, of his three sons: "Here's a knife. Go home and cut your fool dad's throat." And so on. TUT- He keeps his balance. He tells the reporter who inter viewed him: "You have to remember, af ter all, that these are the crackpots. You have to allow for ignorance in people. But I'm not a showman. I'm not looking for movie contracts. I just want to do my job.. The scholarship for my son, of course, is a wonderful thing: He concludes: "I've always figured: Treat a man like you'd like to have him treat you. That's all I ' did. All in all, if somebody ever finds a big sum of money again, I hope it happens to the next guy, not me." WHO is this man Johnson? What does, he do for a living? ; Well, he is' a self-employed REGISTRATION vTlhE " SPUING TERM' Starting March 27, 1961 ROBERTSON SCHOOL of BUSINESS 40 North Riverside Medford SP 3-4264 tijc Ml ml . M bpa . m fast tftoi asl raw D r I " Fresh Sliced from OSSl LIVCl bonder young beef. Beef-HeirtlS'-"- 29c JIFFY jg HUNT'S - g Biscuit Mix 1 9 Fruit Cocktail S 1 5 Margarine still Dog Food 4sBqJ ITgMjjmMFjiffTHT-TI ' . . m mil f 1"W1U IM,IMBga1 GROUND LEAN KEEP SOME IN THE FREEZER FOR A QUICK MEAL' j ALTA lf (f?P LIBBY DRINK fnffpp -49 -9 1 PINEAPPLE 1 1f lUhtfU cnkW - V H GRAPEFRUIT 46. ean W THUNDERBIRD WEIGARDT'S FMfJ Fresh 1 Pound Cello Bag maintenance man who washes windows, hauls away trash and does other jobs connected with the maintenance of prop erty. He is said to earn about S100 a week. The depression doesn't seem to have been bothering him too much. He keeps busy. His customers like him and keep calling for him. AS to the crackpots who have been making life miserable for him, we must remember that it happened in Los Angeles-where the crack pots tend to gang up. Let's remember this also: If there were more people like this Douglas William Johnson and fewer like the crackpots who have been making life miserable for him, we'd have a better world. . And Probably FEWER DEPRESSIONS. Unemployment Checks Issued Show Decline Washington - (UP!) .-. Both the number of workers draw ing unemployment checks and the number applying for them declined for the second con secutive week in early March, but officials Saturday noted that the total was still a rec ord high for the period. The Labor department re ported Friday night that in sured unemployment went down by 62,300 for the week ended March 4. The previous wr?k it had gone down by a thin 13,000. . : The 3,346,500 persons draw ing jobless benefits at the., be ginning of March' was still a record high for that lime, of year. It was pointed' out that during the depression; the job less insurance program cover ed only a fraction of the work force it now protects. SAVE ON THESE Carrots . r !i",B Maple Bottle U ,WiWI IVI1 j2?19 Sew If in a Day . I1 ; 9104, SIZES 10-20 -rrr . Whip up this breezy beauty in less than a day! No fitting problems - just button shoul ders, cinch waist with belt. Gay for work or play in flower-strewn cotton, silk, or drip dry blend. Printed Pattern 9104: Miss es' Sizes 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20. Size 16 takes 42 yards 39 inch fabric. Send FIFTY CENTS (coins) for this pattern - add 10 cents for each pattern for first-class mailing. Send to Marian Mar tin, ; Medford Mail Tribune, Pattern Dept., 232 West 18th St., New York 11, N. Y. Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS with SIZE and STYLE NUM BER. , 100 FASHION FINDS-the best, newest,' most beautiful Printed Patterns for Spring Summer, 1961. See (hem ail in our brand-new Color Cata log. Send 35c now! PREVENTIVE MOVE London - IUP1I - Prime Min ister Henrik Verwoerd said Saturday that South Africa withdrew from the common wealth to prevent some olher nations from quitting in pro test over his nation's racial policies. ECONOMY SPECIALS! u 38c Beef Tongue Oxtail XhLcr:'". :..:..u. JELLO Reg. Size Pkg MfcOr'OMD MAIL 'IrtlriUM:. MtuCOhO, OHtl. Made In A Jiffy! fr. n ni mitt uawJu Sewn in a jiffy; embroider ed in 6-to-the-inch cross-stitch quickly, this will be a favor ite. The halter takes liltlc ma terial. Pattern 7172: pattern pieces: misses' sizes small 10 12; medium 14-16; large 18-20; directions; transfer of embroi dery. Send THIRTY - FIVE CENTS (coins) for this pattern - add 10 cents for each pat tern for lst-class mailing. Send to Alice Brooks care of Medford Mail Tribune, Nee dlevraft Dept., P. O. Box 163, Old Chelsea Station, New York 11, N. Y. Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS, PAT TERN NUMBER. JUST OUT! Our 1961 Nec dlccraft Book. Over 125 de signs for home furnishings, for fashions-knit, crochet, em broider, weave, sew quilt -toys, gifts, bazaar items. FREE - six designs for popular veil caps. Quick - send 25c TO DAY. TO STUDY PLEA Washington - (UN) - Chair man Kenneth A. Roberts said Saturday his House health subcommittee will study a scientist's plea for federal laws to speed production of a polio vaccine that can . be swallowed instead of injected. MISSIONARY DIES San Francisco - (UPfl - The Rev.. John J. Tierncy, a Ro man Catholic missionary in China for 22 years, died Sat urday from cancer" at the age of 69. Cold boiled tonjjue and horse-radish, Go-ood! LB. N L 'J LI fj o y All Gelatin Flavors All Pudding Flavors o2r R b2 7172 WN ' few ' nv:-m$$x 1 SPECIAL' ; . Is Oregon s Legislature an unconstitutional body? If some legislators hold their seats illegally, would the laws they have acted upon be void? The mind boggles at the prospect of the . chaos that would result if someone tested the constitutionality of the present Legislature in the Oregon Supreme Court, and the Court ruled adversely. . The possibility is not as far fetched as it sounds. An Indiana county judge has ruled that Ihe Indiana Legislature is an illegal and powerless body because it dis obeyed constitutional m a n- dales to reapportion itself. The dilemma this poses undoubt edly will have to be resolved in higher courts. A similar question -has aiisen in Oregon. Our existing apportionment of legislators might be uncon stitutional except for the sav ing fact that the present re apportionment law was voted by the people in 1952 as a con stitutional amendment. The situation in Indiana shows how Important il is for reapportionment according to constitutional provisions, and why legislators are biting their fingernails over this problem right now. If they don't do a good job this time, the senators and representatives elected at the next election might find their seats challenged in court, and the 1963 Oregon Legislature would be in the same awk ward position in which the Los Angeles Blaze Razes Warehouse Los Angeles - IUPII - Damage was estimated at $500,000 in a spectacular four alarm fire which swept through a paper storage warehouse in an in dustrial downtown area Fri day night. The wind-fed flames spread through an entire block bounded by Mateo, Sacramen to, Wilson and Bay streets and completely destroyed the-one and two story brick and cor rugated iron structure housing the Solomon Mill Division of tho Comco Paper Stock corpo ration of San Francisco. Firemen said there were no serious injuries. 18s ! 7-UP r. & m WILDERNESS pis SijJf it By Marguerite W. Wright Indianans now find them selves. The Oregon Constitution makes it the duly of Ihe Leg islature, at the session follow ing a federal census, to reap portion (or redistribute), the senators and representatives among the slate's 36 counties according to the population in each. Oregon's total population (1,768.687) has increased by 247,346 in the past ten years, but seven counties (Clatsop, Columbia, Grant, Malheur. Wallowa. Wheeler and Yam hill) have Inst residents. Representation in the Leg islature legally must be based on population but the Legis lature is legally limited to 60 representatives and 30 sena tors. Counties which have gained population are clamoring for more legislators; counties which have lost hate to give up any seats. Obviously, some counties have to share their legislators thus the contrast: one senator (Ben Musa, D-The Dalles) represents six coun ties while one county (Mult nomah) is represented by seven senators. One big issue in reappor tionment is how to divide up the stale inlo districts so that each legislator will represent about the same number of people. The ratio of legislators to people is determined by dividing the number of legis lators Into the total popu lation. The senatorial ratio now is 58,956 (dial is, each senator represents 58,956 per sons), and Ihe representative ralio is 29,478. Counts as Wholo Number The number of senators and representatives for each coun-ly-or district is determined by dividing the population of the county by the two ratios given above. When a fraction of more than 'i results from such division, that county or district is constitutionally en titled to a legislator for that "major fraction." In olher words, a major fraction counts as a whole number - just as you pay a wholo penny when the price comes to a halt a cent. ' When dividing the state into districts for the purpose of electing senators, whole counties can be joined to gether but a county cannot be split up. When forming representative districts, coun ty lines do not have to be considered, however. EVER BLOOMING Rose Busks Hybrid Tea Rose Climbers Reg. 79c Pay 2 99 SAVE 59c LIQUID $139 METDEPAI Vanillu, Chocoliilc, 8-o can B MtlHfcbflL Butterscotch Pkg.ofR U POWDER . $yf 79 M"TPCnKI Plain, Chocolate, Orange, mS CI hCuML Butterscotch 3'Hb. Can MEADOWBROOK U5H51C CREAMERY BUTTER i,N.d5" SOUTHERN MAID SALAD OIL WlH!:.... Quurt '9T THUNDERBIRD Oftr MAYGNHAISE Rich r'resh Quart THUNDERBIRD 9C SALAD DRESSING JUart OR fUlfM Pflll ft Nesbilt Oraniic Hires UWUM UVhH If loot Beer. 28-0.. CIGARETTES Be,. 17C ctn. $1.S9 Kin, rn i im A", cmnn or Italsln PILLSBURY PUDDING CAKE MIX S:.,,,, n Prices Effective Monday Thru Wednesday The big factor is the loca - lion of Hie population, and that's where politics comes in. It's a political rule of thumb that urban population lends to register Democratic while rural population lends lo reg ister Republican or have con- servative leanings favoring Republicans. So, in reapportioning Ihe state, each party would like lo split up the geographic areas in such a way that its party membership would be likely to out-number (he opposition. That is how the word "gerrymander" came into our common language. It derives from Gov. Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts whose party (the Jeffersonians) in 1812 divided Essex county into a salamander-shaped district for its own benefit. Since then, dividing a district in an unfair way to benefit a political parly has been called gerry mandering. Task for Appling A valuable aid to legisla tors pondering this problem of rearranging the state's politi cal future is Ihe "Do-ll-Your-self Legislative Reapportion ment Kit" produced by Sam Haley, legislative counsel. In 27 pages of maps, charts, sta tistics, history of past reap portionments and exerpts from the laws, Haley has provided lawmakers with everything they need to know except a reapportionment plan that would please everyone, Demo crats and Republicans alike. lMhe Legislature doesn't do its duty, then Secretary of State Howell Appling is legal ly charged with tho task of reapportionment. Meanwhile, several plans have been put forward but none have met the test of legality. A Republican - sponsored "preferred" plan, which (with a minor change) had been ap proved by the House Elections and Reapportionment Com mittee is considered uncon stitutional in a formal opinion by Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton. He pointed out that this plan would have limited Multnomah county to the present 16 representatives al though the major fractions provision entitles It to 18 Another plan, suggested by House Speaker Robert B. Dun can (D-Mcdford) gives Mult nomah another scat, and puts Polk county inlo a district with Lincoln and Tillamook The "preferred" plan joins Polk with Yamhill. And so it goes As a result of the attorney general's opinion, an assistan attorney general, Louis Bon ney, has been asked to advise the House committee as it re writes its reapportionment recommendations. Can't Write Law The attorney general, ' al- NORTHRUP KING Grass Seed Special Mixture Bulk Reg. 49c lb. Pay 3-lbs. Oft (2 for 07 SAVE 58c for S" but. plus dep. 1 8C Cln. $1.79 19 19' No. 2 Can MONDAY, MARCH , though he may be called upon again to give his opinions and ni a k e suggestions, cannot legally write, a new reappor tionment law himself since the Constitution gives that job lo the Legislature. Thorn- Ion s opinions are not binding either. Only the State Su- preme Court has th final say on constitutionality The final reapportionment plan passed by the Legislature will likely be a compromise plan - a compromise between the political interests involved but no compromise with Ihe Constitution of Oregon. As a footnote, readers may he surprised to know that leg islators are seklnm concerned enough about the constitution ality of the laws they are writ ing to seek a formal, official opinion from the attorney gen eral. Of Ihe more than 1.400 bills introduced at this session, less than half a dozen have been studied for constitutionality by Ihe attorney general at the formal, written request of leg islators. No one knows how many new laws will be passed this session that are not constitu tional! A law may stand on the state's statute books for years PERL VIM MtAMlRiD JfU C.OII) TV nin by Wv.oonfN fy$rWaf CELLOPHANE Easter Grass Yellow, Pink Green Reg. 29c Pay 19' SAVE 10c FACIAL TISSUES VI CCMCV Assort IVl.bE.llbA Colors MEADOWBROOK miDM i neri n 3.8 Milk Gal. REG. $4.98 GALVANIZED GARBAGE CAM REG. $2.98 ORTHO DO,Ef ntJST Controls Major IVWt. UVVI Rn Rose I'csts REG. $2.98 CRAFTSMEN HI-FI RECORDS 33 b REG. 19c SAV-T-SPOT ASPIRIN TABLETS REG. $4.98 COLUMBIA STEP LADDER 5.1-0.1 REG. $2.98 BOYS' SPRING JACKETS bWi,0! REG. 69e WHITE OX WORK GLOVES REG. $21.95 " TflftCTCSl General Klectric, I UHO I bit kuv Automatic We Reserve) the Right to Limit. 20. 1961 A 5 I before someone questions its constitutionality, lhcres no law lo force lawmakers to be more careful about making lawful laws! Example Given Ail example of a law which may or may not be constitu tional but has been followed for years is the law which permits tho state to sterilize mentally ill and feeble-minded persons. Ron. George Van Hooinissen (D-Portland) wants to abolish the state's steriliza tion board on the ground that this law is unconstitutional. The attorney general says tho law is constitutional, Theru has been no court lest. Many Oregonians have been sterilized, legally or illegally, and if a court test should de termine the law is unconstitu tional '.here is no way to re verse surgery although a sub sequent court may reverse an opinion! At any rate, the wisdom oC consulting the attorney gen eral about the reaportionmcnt law becomes apparent. And the time may come when tho Legislature will gel official opinions on constitutionality of important laws dealing with life and death - as a matter of routine before the laws go into effect. SYMPATHY 'We are here to serve. You will appreciate the thoughtfulness and consideration of our staff, during your difficult period. A beautiful service .. 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