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MARCH 23. 1961
Capitol Memo
Crime Prevention
Like Motherhood;
Don't Criticize 'Em
B7 DOUGLAS GHIPP
Salem fUPO Crime preven
tion is like motherhood, virtue
and the flag.
Don t criti
cize 'em, bus
ter. And if you
are a politi
cian, you can't
I go wrong if
you're all for
I them.
Crime pre
' ventlon, then,
is good not
Dublic but for
those who promote it, and It is
interesting that a quiet but
firm struggle is on in Oregon
government to see who out
prevents whom.
Last year Atty. Gen. Robert
Douglas Grlpp
nnlv for tne
Persian Cat Is
Seeing Financial
Status Increased
New York-ffiPC-'Cat people
are all a little nuts," said
Loiselle Adams. "They'll buy
anything for their pets."
Mice Adams who is the de
voted owner of a platinum
Persian cat named Nicodemus,
is planning to work on that
theory to improve Nicodemus'
financial status. She's got him
incorporated, in a manner of
speaking.
Nicodemus, a silvery, long
haired animal with big green
eyes and a thoroughly indol
ent manner, earned about
$5,000 last year posing for
advertisements for such things
as eye makeup, diamonds and
luxury furs.
Miss Adams, who can pam
per a cat with the best of
them, is now trying to mar
nf Nicodemus' fav
orite luxuries his golden
castellated carrying basket,
for instance, with "a little
bubble like the President's"
for bad weather.
Other items she hopes to
sell in Nicodemu's name to
'.the fanciers of the nation's
estimated ?7 million cats, in
clude perfume Feline Fatale
' and Glamor Puss, naturally.
She has a doctor working on
such things as a "feline-izer"
for untranquil cats and a
"feline-atric" pill for those
who are feeling their age.
Lying Down
Nicodemus is taking the
whole thing lying down.
"He's a very lying down cat,
his mistress said. "He won't
stand up for very long."
"That's fnr sure." mutter
ed a harassed photographer
who was trying to get mm io
stand up for just one more.
TV!;,, AHnms said she had
hoped to make Nicodemus the
nation's first incorporaveu t,
but New York State law pro
vides that corporations may
be organized only by citizens,
which cats aren't. So she's
the president of Nicodemus
Enterprises, Inc. She's had a
signature paw print made for
Nicodemus, however, over the
title "chairman of tne Doara.
Socially, the 7 - year-old
pedigreed Persian has little
use for his own kind, his mis
tress said. "He loves dogs,
monkeys, birds, everything
but cats," she said. A Russian
wolfhound is a particular
friend, and he had some cor
respondence with the dogs
mascot of the atomio subma
rine Triton "just before they
dunked, or whatever they call
Nicodemus also likes to go
to the park and climb trees,
and when she takes him to
the movies, Miss Adams said,
nnH nnrrs. He doesn't
always look at the movie, but
he loves it."
im: a Hume rsn't imagine
-
her life without a cat around
the house. "He's so loyal and
sensible," she said of Nico
demus. "He makes me feel so
silly."
Y. Thornton, a Democrat, es
tablished a crime prevention
division. He hired a director
and formed an advisory com
mittee. Teen - age advisory
groups have been formed in 46
high schools plus the Portland
school system.
Meanwhile, State Sen. Carl
Francis, Dayton Republican
has introduced a bill for crea-
tion of a state criminal law
commission, a new state with
11 members - six of them leg
islators - and a life span, of
10 years.
One of its primary functions
would be crime prevention.
Francis, who was defeated
by Thornton for attorney gen
eral a second time last Novem
ber, said his bill is "not in
tended as an answer" to
Thornton's proposal, "but in
a sense it might have that
effect."
Gov. Mark Hatfield, on the
other hand, favors crime pre
vention as an aspect of a pro
posed advisory board on po
lice standards and training. H.
G. Maison state police super
intendent, submitted an
amendment to this effect re
cently to a pending bill.
A number of Republicans,
nnns nf them Francis or the
governor, say privately that
mormon s nroKram is nog-
wash," a clever vehicle for
nlihlintfv
Thornton's reaction io this
is "political high-jacking" and
"muscling in. Me says it was
an "afterthought" by those
who criticize his plan.
Francis admits the crime
commission and Thornton1
division enniri rlunlicate each
other and the legislature isn't
likely to go for this.
Both ask appropriations in
tne neigiiboriiood ot sau.uuu.
Francis says the crime com'
mission would give the gover
nor a "strong voice" in crime
prevention since he would ap
point five of the 11 members.
Hatfield denied Thornton's
request to include $52,958 for
the division in Hatfield's 1961
63 budget. He remarked that
crime prevention is not prop
erly in the attorney general's
bailiwick.
Thornton disagreed.
Demo Opponents
Of Boardman
Bill Criticized
Salem - (UPD - Rep. Carl
Fisher, Republican legislator
from Lane county, Wednesday
criticized the seven House
Democrats who voted against
HB1600, one of the measures
allowing the state to acquire
the Boardman Industrial
park.
Thp House nassed the bill
and one other for a necessary
conn nnn nnnrnnrintinn and
shipped them to the Senate
where passage is also expect
ed. Fisher singled out Rep. Ed
ward Fadcley, Lane county
Democrat, and charged h i m
with joining a "legislative
vendetta" against proposed
leasing of Boardman by Boe
ing Airplane Co.
Efforts To Kill Work
Fisher said it was "an ef
fort to kill more than 15
months work" by Gov. Mark
Hatfield and the state depart
ment of planning and develop
ment.
Joining Fadeley in voting
against the bill were Reps. Ed
Benedict, Phil Lang and
George Van Hoomissen, all
of Portland; Sidney Leiken
of Roseburg; Thomas McClel
lan, Neotsu; and Wayne Tur
ner of St. Helens.
"The world is stepping into
the space age, ' iisner saia
"Omonn ran ioin. even lead
but if legislators forget the
practical politics and potential
nf 1963 and con
centrate on the positive prob
lems of today."
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