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TUESDAY. MAY IB. 1981
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON ":
Legislature Accomplishments Vlany, President of Senate Declares
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Welfare Division
Collects Funds
'Salem - (UPJ - The welfare
recovery division of the Jus
t i c e Department collected
$29,501 in child lupport and
welfare fraud payments dur
ing April, Atty. Gen. Robert
Y. Thornton said Monday.
. This wag about $5,000 above
collections for March. t
Payments collected in Mult
nomah, Clackamas and Co
lumbia counties totaled $20,
460; Marion county, $4,776;
Linn county, $1,451; Yamhill,
$930, and Washington, $855,
The rest came from Tillamook,
; Benton, Lincoln ' and Polk
counties. . ; : .
U. S. Facing Difficult Time
Historically, Chamber Is Told
The United States is
facing one of the most diffi
cult times historically, accord'
ing to Paul B. Edwards, resi
dent director of the United
Nations at Manila, Philippine
Islands.
Edwards spoke at the Mon
day noon Medford Chamber
of Commerce roundtable at
the Jackson hotel. Edwards
is en route to the islands fol
lowing his annual report to
the UN headquarters in New
York. - ; .
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Stressing the need by Amer
ican business to promote in
ternational development, Ed
wards explained that it was
difficult to get competent
Americans to take Overseas
jobs.
He mentioned that the Phil
ippine Islands do not have a
dairy industry, saying that
this area would be a good
field for American business
to enter. The United States'
Influence will Increase ac
cording to the degree of bust
ness we do with them, he ad
ded. .
He explained that it does
no good to send money aboard
and not send the heart also.
Foreigners resent a . condes
cending attitude, he contin
ued, since they are aware if
you mean what you say or not,
Speaking about his recent
visit to Washington, D.C., Ed
wards said that the U.S. is
now in a questioning mood,
which he considers a good
sign. He explained that al
though Washington "does not
have the answers, they are
asking pertinent questions."
They are curious about
what plan would be best for
the U.S. program overseas,"
he continued.
The major problem In Asia
is not economic, Edwards stat
ed. This, of course, is a prob
lem, but the basic one is an
emotional problem. He ex
plained that when these coun
tries received their independ
ence responsibility went with
it. The gloss is now gone, he
added, and said that the peo
ple have lost faith in their
leaders.
In facing the world prob
lems, Edwards stressed that
we should not be apologetic
since we did not create them,
but are trying to , do some
thing about them. '
World War II set the stage
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for many 'of these problems,
the speaker felt, saying that
an appetite was created for
many goods taken into strange
countries by troops. When
these goods were later sent
to these countries, they were
noi louowea by the techni
cians needed to operate them
Many of the leaders in the
Asian countries feel neither
concern or compassion for
their fellowmen. Community
cooperation is lacking, which
is needed to accomplish ad
vancement in sanitation, trans
portation, and other condi
tions:
During a question period
Edwards said the one force
working in Laos is ignorance.
He said that he felt any kind
of a settlement- in the coun
try would be welcome since
there is. according to Ed-
warns, no government, no
monetary system in the coun
try, giving them nothing to
build on.
Excellent Program
He considered the student
exchange program excellent
and that CARE was doing
fine lob." He thought that
the Peace Corps is "worth
risk" and encouraged a Food
for Peace program.
Commenting on the latter
he encouraged sending food
to ' colleges. He stated that
Asian college students are
generally quite poor, living
for three or four years on a
small amount of rice and soft
drinks. By the time he is
.ready to graduate he is
ually tubercular.
Edwards, the brother of
Harper Edwards, 2092 Ridge
way ave., will speak- at 8
o'clock tonight at a meeting
of the Medford chapter'. Ore
gon United Nations associa
tion at the Rogue Valley Man
or. The meeting is open to
the public.
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Editor's note: Thti li th tecond
In a lerlet of three exclusive
article evaluatlnr the 1961 legisla
ture written ay we governor, me
Senate nreildent and the Honsn
ipeaker. Today: The Senate presl-
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By HARRY D. BOIVIN
Written for UPI
Salem , - (UPD - Accomplish
ments of the 1961 session of
the legislature were many,
and to be sure, there were
failures. But above all, there
was thinking of what is best
for the state as a whole than
what would particularly
please some pressure groups.
The major accomplishments
include an increase in basic
school support, no increase in
taxes, a boost for the indus
trial climate, medicare, a tax
appeals court, the mental
health grouping plus com
munity clinics, and the com
mission for constitutional revision.
The biggest failure was that
substantial relief was not
given to real property tax
payers. Another is the lack of
an unfair labor practices act,
the Little Landrum - Griffin
Bill, which would have given
about 30,000 small employers
and their employees the same
opportunity to go to court for
determination that is given
to large employers and their
employees at the federal level.
Other Failures
Other failures include the
lack of the three-way work
men s compensation bill, a
practical broadening of the
tax base, and a solution to the
business inventory tax prob
lem. ' ' '
I don't look for too great a
criticism because there was
not an income tax cut, or be
cause the property tax on bus
iness inventories was not re
pealed. To do both 'of these
properly, we will have to
adopt a broad tax base which
would include a reduction-of
the personal income tax plus
limit on property tax which
has certainly reached a point
where it is confiscatory.
The latter is one of the
most regressive taxes we
have.'
The governor shouldn't be
unhappy with this legislature.
The Senate certainly made
every effort to create a better
business climate in Oregon.
And the legislature did, in
most instances, create this at
mosphere. This has been one
of the governor's principal
objectives.
Boardman, Oil Mentioned
In this connection I refer to
Boardman, no increase in in
come or corporation excise
taxes, pipeline easements for
industry, off-shore oil leasing,
riverbed leasing for hard min
erals, improved timber tax
laws, and others.
As far as the Democratic
party is concerned, I think it
fared very well because 1961
was a moderate, responsible
session. I do not think it was
a bitter session. There was
quite a fight with respect to
my election as president. But
many of those who fought me
hardest were very cooperative
throughout the session.
I had no problems with any
member of the House or Sen
ate. In every session there is
a difference of ideas with re
spect to legislation which
naturally results in our form
of government.
I think this was the finest
Senate in which I've served
both from the standpoint of
experience and ability, and
I've served In the legislature
since 1939, the Senate since
1955. I was particularly im
pressed Dy trie caliber of the
new senators.
The 1961 legislature will be
rememoorea as a very prog
ressive . session, objective in
its thinking.
Wtdntidayt The House
Speaker
Chiloquin Woman
Files Federal Suit
Portland -TUPD- A Klamath
Indian has filed suit in Fed
erai conn sccKing to break a
trust agreement governing her
snare of funds Da d the In
dians last month as their share
of money from termination of
tne Klamath reservation.
The suit was filed by Mary
Ada Lotchcj, 23. Chiloauin. It
seeks to break a trust agree
ment between herself and the
U. S. National Bank of Port
land negotiated in 1958. She
claims that when the agree
ment was made and since she
has not been in need of a
trustee.
The suit Involves some $40,-0C0.
RUSSIAN WARNING
Geneva ttiri) - The Soviet
Union warned Monday con
tinued French nuclear testing
might force the Soviet Union
to resume its own tests and
wreck chances of a worldwide
ban on nuclear tests.
ACTING GOVERNOR
Salem (UPD Senate Presi
dent Harry Boivin is acting
governor while Gov. , Mark
Hatfield is-in Salt Lake City
for the Western Governors'1
Conference.
TO SEEK USE
Astoria - (UPD - The Navy
has assigned Capt. Dillon R.
McMullen of the Pentagon
staff to try to find an alter
nate federal . use for the
Tongue Point Naval State. .
Clogged Highways Due To Be Opened
- Salem - lUPD-McKenzie Pass
highway and the Mt. Hood
highway were to be cleared of
snow and opened to through
traffic : this afternoon, the
Highway Department announ
ced. . .
Crews were to open the
gates on the McKenzie Pass
highway, U.S. 126, east of Eu
gene, at 2 p.m., and on the Mt.
Hood highway,. Oregon 35
east and north from Govern;
ment Camp, at 3 p.m. v
-Opening date for the' two
Cascade mountain routes is
earlier than the -average in
recent years.
The Highway Department
said - the East and West Di
amond Lake highway and the
Crater Lske -North highway,
yet to be opened this spring,
are scheduled to be cleared be
fore the end of next week
when the high, lakes fishing:
season begins.
Libel Trial Opens v
In Washington County
Hillsboro (UPD The libel
trial of Mrs. Audrey Henry of
Portland opened in Washing
ton County Circuit Court her
Monday with State Sen. Mon
roe Sweetland (D-Milwaukie)
a second-row spectator.
Mrs. Henry is accused in a
Washington county grand jury
indictment of distributing cir
culars containing false state
ments damaging to Sweet
land's character during his
campaign . for ' secretary ot
state last November.
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