Welch Defends
Controversial
Birch Society
Hollywood - (DPI) - Robert
Welch, founder and leader of
the John Birch Society, spoke
out in defense of the contro
versial group Sunday night
by saying its long term aim
. was to halt the "disease of
collectivism and the flight
tq amorality."
Welch, 61, retired candy
magnate from Belmont, Mass.,
specifically denied he was a
Nazi or had complete control
over the members of the na
tional group. ,
Welch announced the soci
ety's primary effort this year
was to stop the Communist
conspiracy and "educate as
many of our neighbors as pos
sible as to what's happening
and why it's happening."
Warren Target
Another aim is to impeach
Chief Justice Earl Warren, he
said.
Welch denied the group was
secret or even semlsecret, say
ing, "all our beliefs are in our
publications." , -
He declined, however, to
make public the 'number of
. the society's members or their
.identities. r-
- But Welch promised that
none of the members would
decline to testify by pleading
the Fifth Amendment if they
were called before a govern
ment investigating committee.
JHe said he -would welcome
such an investigation.
J6w Red Hands
"I was born a conserva
tive," Welch said. "I got into
, the fight after World War II
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE.
THIEVES GET JEWELS
New York-(UPD-More than
$30,000 in jewelry was stol
en Sunday night from the
home of composer Oscar Ham
merstein's widow, Dorothy.
Mrs. Hammersteln was not at
home, but an automatic bur
glar alarm in the six-story
town house alerted police.
MONDAY, APHIL 10, 19B1
Woman Missing
As Boat Overturns
Astoria OJPB - A Coast
Guard search was under way
for Mrs. Edna Krippendorf,
Warrenton, who disappeared
when a 19-foot cabin cruiser
carrying five persons tipped
over Sunday night in the Co
lumbia river near the Astoria
Port Dock.
The other four occupants of
the craft wurp rpRpnpri Thou
are Arnold Krippendorf and
mr. ana Mrs. Dallas Alsman,
all of Warrenton, and Gerald
Johansen, Astoria.
The fishing vesse.1 "Jimmy
Boy" rescued two of the per
sons while an unidentified
craft picked up the other two
wno were washed into the
river. .
ABOUT COUNTY HOME RULE
A 5
Committee Members Give
Reasons for Their Vote
1 (Editor's not: This is the second in a series of statements by members of the Jackson county home rule study
commitee. Today's statements are those of W. E. Davis, Eagle Point, and Earl Day, Medford.
(The committee recently voted to draw up a proposed home rule charter for the county for submission to the
voters.)
. . . I began to find Commu
nist conspiratorial hands un
der . . . socialism. The more
I studied, the more I saw these
hands.
"I gave up my job . . . I
was forming my thoughts and
the conceptions of the John
Birch Society came to my
mind. I worked for several
months on it and held a meet
ing in 19B8, inviting n peo-
pie. At the end of the day
they agreed with me and we
formed the John Birch Socie
ty." .;
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EARL DAY
' "My reasons for favoring a
home rule charter for Jackson
county result from my person
al experiences as county judge
from 1933 to 1940, and from
my belief that it would be
helpful in solving problems
arising from rapidly changing
situations which are totally
different from many other
counties," County Home Rule
Committee Member Earl Day,
Medford, explained.
"When I was appointed
county judge I found the coun
ty finances and the county
budget in such bad shape that
neither the district attorney
nor the attorney general could
give any helpful suggestions.
The county court therefore
had to operate in spite of state
laws, and wait until the next
legislative session to confirm
our actions," Day pointed out.
"We had serious trouble
with three of the most impor
tant county offices," Day re
lated. "We could get no com
prehensive and regular state
ments from the treasurer as
to county finances; the sheriff
wrecked the budget of the tax
collecting department by hir
ing inefficient help; and on
account of a lack of coopera
tion by the county clerk, we
had to set up a real estate
operation in our own offices
to handle the many sales of
county-owned lands that had
reverted to the county
through tax delinquency.
"All of these matters, I be
lieve, would have been ad
justed quickly if- the county
court had had the authority
given by a home rule charter.
"Our county is a fast grow
ing community which de
serves and could well use a
more business-like administra
tion of our county business,"
the ex-county judge stated, i
If and when Jackson county
should lose the $2 million
plus dollars from. O and C
and forestry receipts it will
have to move fast in making
drastic readjustments to avoid
a ruinous increased tax levy,
Day pointed out.
"We cannot look for any
help from a sympathetic legis
lature which might meet in a
year or two because three
fourths of those legislators
will be from counties that get
little or no O and C money,
and are the ones that are now
actively trying to get us to di
vide with them;" '
"I, have no Illusions about
this being an easy and smooth
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W. E. DAVIES
. W. E. Davles, county home
rule committee member from
Eagle Point, favored drafting
a charter proposal during the
committee vote, but said he
couldn't answer if Jackson
county should have a charter
by a simple yes or no.
The term "charter"- could
mean so many different things
to different people, he pointed
out, that it needs definition.
"This charter committee
must choose between five dif
ferent kinds of county govern
ment organization, three of
them under a charter and two
under general law. Each of
these different kinds of or
ganization is capable of great
variation in detail," Davies
explained. "They aren't equal
ly desirable hence it becomes
a matter of which if any of
these five options we want."
- Continuing the present sta-
transitlon from the present
operation of our: county, but
I believe it is worth a try,"
Day concluded. -
tus quo Ignores the fact that
county government should be
more amenable to the will of
the people. Decisions On local
matters should be made by a
governing body here rather
than a state wide legislature
in Salem. The state legisla
ture is too slow and unresponsive.
Operating under "general
law" would mean the county
would still lack the power to
make organizational changes
in Jackson county govern
ment or to operate fully In the
public utility field.
This proposal would allow
the county to operate under
state law, but additional pow
ers would be requested from
the legislature to allow Jack
son county to- operate effect
ively as a county.
Davies recommended the
council-administrator form of
charter with modifications to
fit Jackson county conditions,
and rejected the council-man
ager form.
Davies . listed these advan-
Small Worlds
Around Us
By Lynn M. Watkins
(BasUtar and Tribune Syndicate
181
Robins Had Rough Home
Life With Meat of Iron
The old neighborhood had
drastically changed during
the four years Mrs. Robin
had lived in the vicinity. She
had been born here in a soft,
grass-1 i n e d, mud-plastered
nest in a plum tree. The tree
had been cut down, the en-ti-e
landscape altered, and a
factory built. A noisy factory
that roared and often shook
the entire area.
But it was still - home
ground to Mrs. Robin. And,
too, there happened to be a
suitable location, a crevice in
a building, a secure place to
hold a nest. But there was
a terrible shortage of , nesting
materials.
With typical male ego, Mr.
Robin brought a long strand
of steel shaving to the select
ed nest sight. Mrs. Robin
looked at It with trepidation
if not actual disgust. Prob
ably the only reason she ac
cepted it and gathered more
by herself was only because
her stupid husband insisted.
She allowed him the satis
faction of thinking he was
a man of some judgment.
Some of the steel shavings
were bright and shiny; some
were red with rust. The rob
ins, by mutual consent, se
lected only the bright curls.
Mrs. Robin wove the springy
stuff into a nest-a fuzzy look
ing job, but a reasonably
good imitation of what her
ancestors had alwys iconsid
ered a suitable nursery for
baby robins. .
Appeared .Proud
When the job was finished,
Mr. Robin appeared proud of
the work, especially of the
material used. It reflected his
judgment and wise selection,
so he strutted and blustered.
Long before the eggs hatch.
ed, Mrs. Robin, in despera
tion, lined the bottom of the
nest with a few shreds of
dried grass. But the entire
circumference of the inner
surface was just as rough and
prickly as ever. In fact It was
worse than ever, for the shav
ings had turned red with
rust, and they were very brit
tle. Pieces kept breaking off
and pricking her in the most
unexpected places.
Silent Suffering
The baby robins, never hav
ing known any different con
dition, suffered in silence.
They accepted their lot with
resignation, They were phi
losophical. Never having rest
ed tneir naked bodies on any
thing - softer, the accepted
their bed of pain, but they
were anxious and willing to
leave the parental nest early
NOTHING! TO IT
, Pittsburgh - IUPD - Catching
a burglar is as easy as board
ing a streetcar for Patrolman
John McMahon. McMahon got
a tip Sunday from a passerby
that a man with a bundle of
stolen clothes from a nearby
store had just got on a trolley.
McMahon ran to the next trol
ley stop, boarded the street
car, and arrested Joseph Hut
chison, 33, who was carrying
merchandise from the clothing
store.
in life. They were almost
eager to face the world
which could not possibly be
as painful as their early baby
hood. Mn. Robin was justifiably
angry. She had every right
to be. She had Jreeiv over
t n f 1 u e n ced. Improvaatlon
and imitation had just about
punctured her ego. She had
been trapped into building a
nest of iron shavings. What
made her furious was that
she had listened to her dumb
husband who, with typical
male conceit and know-it-all
attitude, displayed once again
that his judgment was badly
warped.
tages over general law!--.
It can change the manner
of selecting key officials as
clerk, assessor, treasurer and
sheriff. It can provide for the
interchange or . consolidation
of departments which general
law wouldn't allow. It would
make possible the transfer of
administrative power to - a
county administrative officer.
A reserve or sinking fund
could be used for long term
Dlannlng and development ol
programs with accompanying
financial programs protected
against diversion of capital
funds to the operating -budg
et. And counties can act in
I areas of local control where
I general law falls to act.
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Today, as from the very begin
ning, we devote ourselves to
maintaining the highest stand
ards in every funeral which we
conduct. The responsibility for
final arrangements is one that
we honor as a most sacred trust.
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