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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON Straub Backs CCC Program of 1930s MONDAY. APRIL 1, I9S2 Albany "Revive the CCC camps to provide healthy out door work for the many young people who are out of school and unemployed so they can earn money, learn needed manual skills and help de velop our resources," State Sen. Robert W. Straub said in a speech to the Linn Coun ty Democrats. Straub spoke at the Linn county courthouse in Albany, recently. He is a candidate for the Democratic nomina tion to Congress from the Fourth District. "The best program Roose velt started was the CCC camps during the 30's. These camps should never have been stopped. We still are benefit ting from the work these boys did in our national forests," Straub said. ' "If I serve in Congress, I will work to re-establish the CCC camps to give employ ment to boys between the ages of 16 and 22. Approximately one million young men each year find themselves out of school and out of work. In Oregon, recent statistics show that twice the number of young men under 21 were un employed than was true of the labor force as a whole. It is very important that we put these young men to work at healthy, useful jobs." 4 'L A 4 I 1 I 1'& i ml : i mm mm:' rr Medford, adv.. Ore. Srithos for State Senator, R. Rickerts, eh.. HOME DAMAGED - This scene of destruction resulted at the home of Anna Straughn in Portland when vandals broke into the residence while Mrs. Straughn and her daughter, Betty, were at work. Furnishing, including a hi-fi set, tele vision and piano, were damaged and record and slide col lections were strewn over the living room. Fire was set in a bedroom. Loss was estimated to be $1,650. (UPI) THE COURT HEL a public service oy ine COLLEGE of LAW WIIMMETTE UNIVERSITY Editor's note: This col umn is to present general principles of law. It is not to be taken as legal advice. Slight changes in the facts may change the outcome of a case. If you have a prob lem, see an attorney. Mary sued the defendant city for personal injuries sus tained when her rayon dress came in contact with an un protected gas heater and caught fire in the ladies' pow der room of the City Commu nity Center; The defendant city acquired the premises from the county by deeds which provided that the property was to be used "exclusively as a community recreational center." Plaintiff ihad come to the premises to attend a dance given by the Havana club, an organization of Spanish speak ing people which had made arrangements with Mrs. Jones, an employee of the city who had the immediate supervision over the recreational program and activity for the use of the hall. They paid her $15 as hall rental" and the club was charging 75 cents per person for admittance. Before pur chasing her ticket, the plain tiff went into the "powder 1 Reg. $289.95 q m aaa r ( SAVE $90 J) j O (U1 model 19K14 E' H if I ! i H N0 0OWN PAYMENT V B i ' g Terms at low as I S if .-Jl 20 " Mon,h H I CSs?. W Available in Cherry Wood or ll Walnut Veneers. 19" overall I fj PJ3.-i:-fJ'jS.Si diagonol meai.i 172 tq. in. I El QgySSs--"' J ll picture viewing area. I C:e7 1 Year Guarantee I ll ASK ABOUT NEWBERRY'S " Par" V1 l . 90-Day Guar, on labor I L. W EASY CREDIT TERM$ ) Shopping Center Only room" in the other wing of the building to make last min ute preparations for the dance when the unfortunate accident occurred. The court stated that a city may act both in a public and private capacity and that when performing in a public or governmental function it is not subject to tort liability for ordinary negligence. The most general test of governmental function relates to the nature of the activity It must be something done or furnished for the general pub' lie good, that is, of a "public or governmental character. such as the maintenance and operation of public schools, public parks or recreational facilities. In addition to the general test these supplemen tal ones are also applied: (a) whether there is special pe cuniary benefit or profit to the city and (b) whether the activity is of such a nature as to be in real competition with free enterprise. THE COURT HELD: The Dlaintiff could not recover, and the court dismissed the case. The center was intended to be, and was used as a pub lic service for. the common good of all, and maintained solely for the entertainment, pleasure and benefit or tne general public, and that the arrangement with the Havana club was in accordance with the general purpose of the recreational facility. Where the activity is otherwise con sistent with the governmental function, the fact that a nomi nal charge is made does not change its character. (Ramirez v. Ogden City, 3 Utah 2d 102, 1955) Lowell Stockman Happy in Business Role After Shedding Political Life r? By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Washington Correspondent Washington -(Special)-Fun-ny thing happened to me on the way to the Capitol the other day. Met a fellow who had be- rS come com. - fv 1 pieieiy curea of that com- t - J inon ana ouen T"WP 1 !n.Mi I iii.iutuua mal ady around here, Potomac Fever. The man is Lowell Stockman, for mer Republi can congress man from Pendleton. It's been almost a decade since Stock man did what so very few men nis age do voluntarily retire from public office. Many are involuntarily re tired by the voters, and many of these disappointed fellows stick around Washington rath er than go "home" to the places they used to boast of loving so greatly. The fellows in this latter category, for the most part, have contracted Potmac Fe ver. The most noticeable symptoms are a tendency to ward name-dropping, a rising anxiety at the cocktail hour if the patient is not milling through a socially-correct "re ception," and a dogmatically voiced notion that Washing ton is the center of the uni verse and that the rest of the globe is flat. Nibbled for Appointment Tiny Stockman, who earned his nickname simply by being the biggest man in Congress when he was here, appeared to have a touch of the fever in his last years here before bowing out in 1952. He fre quented the fashionable Burn ing Tree Golf club, later made famous by President Eisen hower's afternoon recreation there, and he nibbled around for an appointment to the Federal Reserve board, which offers its members 14 - year terms. That hope never materializ ed. But something better came along. Lowell Stockman dis covered the joys of trailer life. He and his lovely wife, Dor cas, hitched a trailer to their Deposits Rise at Central Point Bank Record highs for springtime deposits and loans were post ed by the First National Bank of Oregon, Ralph J. Voss, president, has announced. D e p o s i t s of $893,760,887 were reported compared with $866,423,020 in April a year ago. Loans outstanding in the statewide 88-office banking organization totaled $502, 072,518 for a gain of $18,959,. 569 over the April, 1961, figure. The Central Point branch of First National reported first quarter deposits of $3,- 477,074 and loans outstanding of $3,353,777, according to Branch Manager F. C. Ayres. Comparable totals for the branch a year ago were $3,- 2ol,bJ4 in deposits and $2, 412,807 in loans. car and traveled back to Ore gon one year, liked it so well they used it while campaign ing all over Oregon's huge eastern district which he rep resented for 10 years. When he quit politico, he decided that wheat growing didn't offer as much promise for the effort expended as running a trailer court. He talked his son out of a long held ambition to run the ranch, bought him a trailer court in Portland, sold t h e ranch and bought himself a trailer court in Seattle. "1 don't do much, but I manage to keep busy," Stock man said with a happy grin. "And Dorcas goes to adult education classes. She makes hats and things and wishes she had learned to sew 20 years ago." First in Four Years Stockman's visit to Wash ington was his first in four years. It was a business trip. He didn't plan to stay around long enough to get involved in the social whirl. He visited with old colleagues and lunch ed with Rep. Al Ullman, his successor whom he praised for being a hard-working con gressman. Having developed an immu nity to the fever. Stockman could have stayed longer with out risk but the big man A 3 with the big western h a t seemed more anxious to get back to the peace and quiet of hig trailer court than to endure the stimulation of pan demonium on the Potomac. CARDS IOR SUNDAY, APRIL 22 When you care enough to send the very best Cuiam'e 211 E- Main OnclU a Medford i mm You May Win $100 in Groceries at the Store of Your Choice FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF APRIL No Obligation if Ask Our Driver for Details or visit our Table Rock location FREE PICK-UP I DELIVERY BIG Y CLEANERS 1928 Table Rock Road SP 3-1919 Adlai Stevenson's Sister Quits DAR Southern Pines, N. C. -(UPD- Mrs. Ernest L. Ives, sister of United Nations Ambassador Adlai Stevenson, has resigned from the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), saying she does not agree with its policies. Mrs. Ives, a granddaughter of a founder of the DAR, said an increasing number of DAR j policies "are wholly out of line with the policies of the United States of America as formulated by both the Re publican and Democratic par ties, and B9 overwhelmingly endorsed by a majority of American voters." She said this trend reached Its climax when the DAR "was unable to support the children's fund, the UNICEF program of the United Na tions. " Ex-Central Point Man Takes Position Corvallis Richard L. Pur dy, a civil engineer, has Join ed the staff of Cornell, How- land, Hayes St Merryfield, re gional engineering firm with offices at Corvallis, Seattle and Boise. For the past two years, Pur dy has been an engineer with Eugene To Open Offices Earlier Eugene -IUPD- The Eugene city council has decided to open city offices an hour ear lier when other parts of the state go on daylight saving time April 29. The Eugene Chamber of Commerce earlier had urged the council to consider such a move. Last year the council also urcrprl rpairlpnt.il to set their clocks ahead one hour, but it did not make that request Thursday. Eugene businesses have not yet announced whe ther they will set their clocks ahead, or simply open and close an hour earlier this summer. the Bechtol Corporation, San Francisco. He will be station ed in the Corvallis office. A graduate of Oregon State university, Purdy also attend ed Oregon Technical Institute, Klamath Falls, and Southern Oregon college, Ashland. He is a former resident of Central Point, where he attended Cra ter High school, Money tor the We make prompt, private cash loans for any worthwhile need from auto repairs to paying off your old bills. And your one new monthly payment can be as much as 50 less than you're now paying. $25 TO $1500 CITY FINANCE COMPANY 185 E. Main St. Phonei 482-2431, Ashland lift imuranc evflilabU en all leant at lew flreup retti GOLDEN RIPE HANDS U SPRECKEL'S Powdered or Brawn ..1-LB. PKG. 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