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O o o 4 A ItoFCRDiWrBIBUNI ""Everyone tn Southern Oregon Rea(VheMaU Iribune KbTlThtd Dally except Saturday b MEOKOHD PRINTING CO 33 North nrSt.PhSP 2-8141 ' ROBERT W RUHL, Editor HERB GREY Advertising Manager fiERALD T LATHAM Bus Mr. ERIC W A1XEN JR. MnR tdltor EARl. H ADAMS City Editor HARRY CH1PMAN Telef Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sports fd.tor OLIVE STARCHER Women's Editor DALE ERICKSONirculaIollMgt AlTTndependent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford. OreK- under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance. Copy ,0c Dally and Sunday 1 year 1J Daily and Sunday mos sou Dally and Sunday 3 mos 4 35 Sunday Only One year 14.20 By Carrier In Advance Mediord Ashland. Central Point Eel I e Point. Jacksonville Gold Hill Phoenix. Shaay Cove Roguo H'V er Talent and on motor routes. Daily and Sunday I vear 118 00 Daily and Sunday I mo so Carrier and Dealera copy IOc All Termiash InAdvanca "offlciaTPaper of City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County ' United P-ess International full Leused Wire i O.P.L Telepiioto Newsptetures ""MEMBER OF AUDIT BimRAU Of CIRCULATIONS Advertlslnlf He nrewht'itlve: NELSON ROBERTS ASSOCI ATES Offices in New York. Chl caao Detroit. San Francisco. Los AnVeles Seattle. Portland. Denver NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION 'NATION A I. EDITORIAL ViV I A5bc(rATlSN Flight o' Time Mcdlord and Jackson County History from the files of The Mall Tribun. 10, 20, 30. 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO May 11. 1952 (Sunday) Medford Mnyor D. L. Flynn has scheduled several mcet inos tn discuss proclamation of daylight savings time here Monday. , i Slate Senator Ben Day has given his support to Walter Nunlcy in his race lor the Republican nomination as dis trict attorney. . 20 YEARS AGO May 11. 1942 (Monday) Local loggers charge that small government allotment of tires for this area is jeop ardizing fulfillment of govern ment lumber contracts. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot" column: "The unsmiling gas silo attendants report that motorists, who are not smiling either, bark 'Slip me a gallon, pronto,' Instead of 'Fil 'or up,' ol yore." 30 YEARS AGO May 11. 1932 (Wednesday) Joint graduation exorcises for 350 Jackson county school (students slated at Medford Junior High school; .largest combined group in county history. , State public utilities com mission approval given aban donment of Southern Pacific railroad station in Central Point. 40 YEARS AGO May 11, 1922 (Thursday) Attorney Herbert Hanna se verely burned when oil stove explodes in his Jacksonville home. Jackson county court de cides against using double election boards In forthcom ing primary election; this Is first year double boards have been allowed in Oregon. SO YEARS AGO May 11, 1912 (Friday) White slavery and opium den uncovered in raid on Chi nese settlement on Riverside ave. in Medford. Team of horses owned bv Deer Creek rancher drowns in attempt to ford Applegnle river: driver jumps to safety. What's Your I.Q.7 Nina or ten corroct It superior, even or eight it tacellent; ti.e Ol sis is good. 1. In bullfighting w h I c h one kills the bull - the pica rinr nr the matador? 2. what kind of coal was first discovered n Carbon j Qu,. ,r,.eatest aIUJ nU)st aclltt? medical Ul ob- nwoUw..bmHrinpcr,.i-1-,m1s sti11 uiu;onquoivil are mental health, heart ing at a depth of 6o feet beiaml artery ailments, and cancer. Ihe amounts affected by a storm? being raised by the voluntary agencies to combat 4. who founded the Amcri-hileS(? are insignificant in comparison to other can Hrd Cms.? , 5. If you wished to visit the Isle of Capri would you go to Manila Hay, Bay of Naples, or Hay of Biscay 6. What is the only element that docs not sulidify when subjected to temperatures ap proaching absolute zero? 7. In what city is George town University? 8. Into what sea does Ihe Iihine River empty? 3. Of what kind of tissue Is Ihp heart principally made? 10. The dark meat of a chicken contains mure vita mins than does the light, true or false? Answers: 1, Matador. 2. An thracite. 3. No. 4. Clara Bar ton. S. Bay ot Naples, 6. Heli um. 7. Washington. D.C. 8. North Sea. 9. Muscular tissue. 10. True. FRIDAY, MAY 11. 1962 A Balance One who drives the covered "high desert in central and eastenf Ore gon is bemused by the sheer distances one can see over the rolling hills, green sage which reaches to the sky. In his mind's eye, he can see the wagon trains of the hardy pioneers lurching along the primi tive tracks through the sage, and the Indians rid ing;, single file, amid the The only trouble with is that it isn t true. 1 he sage most or it, anyway is a relatively recent development. Sage grew only along edges of rimrocks and in gullies in the days of the pioneers. The rest was grass. DUT a combination of conditions range fires, drouth, overgrazing was destructive to the grass. And old Mother Nature moved in, with sage brush. ' Now sage brush is pretty to look upon, it tends to protect the soil from erosion, and, in the words of one eastern Oregon editor, "it will boil the best cup of coffee in the known world." But sage is good for little else. An acre of sage will grow two or three pounds of beef. The same acre, in grass, will produce 10 to 20 pounds. In this lies the reason for experiments under way for the past 14 years to eliminate sagebrush from the hundreds of thousands of acres of po tential grazing land east of the mountains, and reseed them to grass. "THE potential of such an undertaking is stag- gering. It could increase the wealth-producing capabilities of the high desert fabulously. It would convert the sage desert into a sea of grass. And "grass is gold" to the livestock rancher. The range improvement experiments have I been pilot programs so ing made to obtain larger appropriations to ex pand and carry on the work. Granted success, instead of there being talk of reducing grazing allotments, it would permit very considerable increases in the numbers of livestock which could be raised. rTHE lesson of the sagebrush and the vanishing grass is one which has some application on this side of the mountains, too. When nature is left alone, eventually she strikes a balance. But when men come along, with their plows, their fences, their herds of cattle and all the other appurtences of civilization, the natural balance is disturbed. This is just as true in the plains, on ranges as on prairie 'ands. Any where the natural balance is disturbed, a new balance must be achieved often with the help ing hand of man. TVIAN still has much to learn about the man A ' agement of the soil, of the forests, of grass lands, of watersheds. But, slowly, he is learning. Range improvement whether it be on the bare and rolling hills of central and eastern Ore gon, or whether it be in the scrub oaks and firs and pines of southern Oregon is merely an at tempt to restore a natural balance which was first upset by man's herds and machines. Whatever can be done to restore a balance, and to restore or improve the productivity of the land, is of ultimate benefit to all. E.A. Health Agencies' Role It may be that the time has come for a re thinking of the role of the voluntary health agen cies those which raise funds for research and treatment of a dozen different diseases. For instance, the National Foundation is more responsible than any other single agency for the near-conquest of polio. It was through research largely financed by the March of Dimes that the Salk anti-polio vaccine was discovered. Today, the National its funds and attention to birth defects and rheumatoid arthritis, as well as polio. In doing so, it is duplicating others' work. X7E APPLAUD heartily the work of the local chapter ot the National foundation m spon soring the Sabin oral polio vaccine clinics to be held lieie tomorrow and Sunday. And it occurs to use that this may be a more productive type of activity for the future than flC Collection of IIIOIU'V collection of money. Whv: Because the government has, in recent years, become the largest financier of medical research by far. And, therefore, funds are being channeled more logically and productively than ever before, ; where thev are the most IN liHiO, it was estimated that $715,000,000 was spent on medical research in the U.S. An in- formed guess broke the Government . $4110.0110.000 Sri',. Private industry 'J:!!!. 000. 000 32 'V Nonprofit foundations, Hospitals, etc. 50,000.000 7r,. National Health Agencies 30.000.000 5 It is estimated that in fiscal liHil!, the govern ment will increase its health research budget, to some $780,000,000. I Perhaps the volunteer agencies should con centrate on local education and such worthy ac tivities as this week end's cHnics, rather "than trying to cojiiete in the raising of funds, then allocating them on a basis of subjective motiva tion, rather than on where they are most needed. -E.A. of Nature vast reaches of the sage- and by the sea of gray- sage over the next rise. this vision into history far, but attempts are be the forests as it is on Foundation is devoting a variety of ailments needed sources down as follows: Dftfetvi ' THATiJ THE BOy 1 VMS TEUINS 0rJ A60UT. THE ONE WHO JUST yelled 'BRIWOt7HECAKe'. ... Communications ... Letters to Ihe Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Lc'iers submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in tact the contrary is otten tne case. Forest Fire Danger To the Editor: I see by the papers that the Rogue River National Forest fought and won their first battle of the season against fire, which re minds me that we are getting closer each year to the one that we cannot win. What I mean is that the Upper Rogue basin is in one heck of a mess, from Cascade gorge to Diamond lake. The accumulation of 100 years of protection and misguided log ging has brought this area to the point of no return. Unless our public servants stop their policy of trying to wring every dollar out of the forest in the shortest time, and put some money and elbow grease toward lire proofing, we shall one day awake to find we have no forest. There is enough fuel upon the ground in this area that under proper conditions, low, humidity, low fuel moisture, and a high wind, a fire can travel from the gorge to Diamond lake in 2 hours. There could be hun dreds of people trapped in a fire of this kind. If it takes every dollar of a limber sale to fireproof the area, it should be done. For the price of our timber sales in the next 10 years we could fireproof the basin, and from a policy of fire protection go to flreproofing. We could for get about summer fires. In the autumn when the sap is down fire docs little damage to the evergreens. (Rangers please note). It is not a question ot if, but when the basin burns out. Then if the Rogue river dam Is completed, heavy rains will fill it to overflowing with rocks and mud from the bar ren mountain sides. And may I remind you that this forest does not belong to the supervisor and a few rang ers, but to you the people. If you don't like the way they are handling your forest, let out a squall. If enough people began to holler there will be some changes made around here. A committee of one for a change of policy. George Drown, Box 259 ' Prospect, Ore. For Kinq-Anderson To the Editor: Approxi mately 10 per cent of older people, eligible for medical assLsliinrp nnripr tho Kprr. I Mills Act in Oregon, are tak ing advantage of this pro gram. In my judgement, the fact that the figure is so low proves the basic defects of the Kerr-Mills Bill. To take advantage of this aid, people must place themselves on the welfare rolls and sign a "Prior Lien' claim which, in effect, places a mortgage on their small estate. Older people are proud. They have been self-supporting all their lives; they have paid their taxes: they have sent their children through school; and they don't like to spend their last few years relying on welfare and mort gaging their home. The King-Anderson Bill. putting medical care under i Social Security where it be longs and approaching this basic social problem from an insurance point rather than welfare, is the only adequate and decent solution, in my opinion. , For approximately $1 a month, a worker can Insure his future medical care needs and can, at the same time, provide for the medical care I of his parents. This relieves j him of two heavy responsi- bilities. The administration of the j Social Security program has proved extremely efficient andQifter 25 years 9l change iand improvement, ol$rs the J most economical w ay to ad minister this vast health car. O 0 63 JtEDPORD mm program. It is estimated that only 2 per cent of the bene fits disbursed would be con sumed in administrative costs through this efficient system. On the other hand, the Kerr Mills Bill involves a whop ping 8 per cent administra tive costs. I saw a release in the paper the other day saying that the Kerr-Mills admini stratlve costs in Oregon were larger than the benefits paid out. The administrative costs were $121,000, and the benefits paid out were $113,000. This is terrible. It is no surprise to those of us who felt that a welfare approach was wrong and medical care should be handled on an in surance program approach un der the efficient Social Se curity System. Robert W. Slraub, State Senator, Lane County Eugene, Ore. Property Tax Relief To the Editor: Mary Lub bers' letter to the editor in regard to my property tax re lief proposal was appreciated. Her concern is that if Oregon were to adopt a sales tax with food and services such as medicine exempt, we might not receive property tax re lief. This Is a concern that any thinking individual interested in our tax structure would have, and one that I have con sidered in my proposal. The property tax relief would be part and parcel of a sales tax law. The law would be writ ten so that the State Legisla ture could not change this. This would guarantee the property tax relief to the voters which no one could ever change except the voters. This would be true property tax relief. Some $11,000,000 would have been collected just from the tourists visiting our state this year if Oregon had a sales lax. These tourists al ready pay a sales tax in Cali fornia and Washington. Property tax relief would go a long way in helping busi nessmen in Oregon and home owners. In addition property tax relief would help stimu late our business climate and create new payrolls and new jobs. Don Slathos 314 East Sixth st. Medford Advice from Grants Pass To the Editor: I've been told that, if Jackson county adopts "Home Rule" govern ment, Josephine county is next on the list of the fast talking Metro boys. Before they start gnawing away like termites on our traditional county government down here, I have a question for them. Since they have no confi dence in the ability of the voters to elect wisely on the local level, are they going to trust them to elect the infin itely more important state of ficials? Wouldn't they want to go whole hog. all the way, and have our President ap point all governors, and the governors appoint all other state officials plus county and city managers who in turn would appoint everyone else? Of course there is one verv bad feature to this setup. We would still have a "horse and buggy'' President elected by stupid, incompetent people who cannot even be trusted to elect their own sheriff. In this "fast moving space age" noth ing but a "trained expert" would do. in the most respon sible position of our govern ment. And that poses a problem. Who in the world could w'e possibly get who is qualified to appcit our President? There is only one man in the world that I can tMnkOof. Khrushchev ot con.-. Who O MAIL TrAmiNE. MECrrytD. Dfitrob Bock Workers Sfcihe tftfaiftcaf; Their Leader Tough, By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst It has been more than 35 years since Great Britain has had a nationwide dock strike. But dispatches from L o ndon this week gloomily were predicting that B r i tain's 72, 000 dock ers once again would close down the na tion's ports at Ntwsom midnight Sun day. The issue involved both wages and hours, the dockers demanding a boost of about $2 over their present weekly average of $42 and a 40-hour work week. When govern ment attempts to bring the two together collapsed at mid week, employers were offer ing a raise of about $1.26 and a 42-hour week. For a nation which must ship to live, the effects of a would be better fitted to ap point a President to the abom inable Soviet type of govern ment, which we have just described above, than Mr. Khrushchev, himself? Voters of Jackson county can t you see that you are being sold "a bill of goods" on the deceptively named "Home Rule" that will deprive you of your right of local self gov ernment? And that isn t all. If you adopt this alien type of government, your county will be used as a "pilot county, regular Judas goat, to lead the rest of the Oregon counties to the slaughter. Personally, I blieve that one of the things that Amer icans are most proud of is that the people of this nation are sovereign, and that only the voters have the ultimate right to make policy decisions. We don't need or want "trained experts" to tell us what to do. And we are partic ularly proud of the fact that we elect our own government officials. Let's keep it that way. Tony Galli, 1720 S. W. Bridge St., Grants Pass, Ore. Detention Teacher Needed To the Editor: The Minis terial Association instructed me to send you a copy of this letter addressed to the Jack son County Court. Thank you ior including it in your column. Dear Sirs: After careful consideration upon hearing presentations by Mr. Chester Wendt, County Commissioner, Mr. Charles Henry, member of the Juven ile Advisory Council, and Mrs. Kay Crowell, director of the Juvenile Department, the Medford Ministerial Associa tion voted unanimously at to day's (May 8) meeting to recommend to the Jackson County Court that in the light of the needs of teacher serv ices at the Jackson County De tention Home, the County Court give serious attention to the moral responsibility of at least initiating this pro gram by sufficient allocation of funds. Melvin W. Dixon, President Medford Ministerial Association Medford Tribute To Helen Smith To the Editor: Dear Helen, we will be missing you in your regular place this year. The sorters on machine No. 2 at Rogue River Orchards will be wondering where you are. We will be missing the pleasant smile and greetings when you come to work. You had a great many friends, Helen, some were loud and some were silent, but they all loved you just the same. Have peaceful dreams and we all will be seeing you. sometime. It is time to say Good-by now, forever. Till we meet again, I'll be loving you always. Lillian Green. 2411 Sunset Court, Medford. Bucking for Rank To the Editor: In the edi torial column you state that the voters are entitled to know how Jackson county candidates feel on the pro posed charter. I have by no means kept my position a secret, having aired my views at candidates' nights at Eagle Point Grange, Applegate Grange. Central Point Grange and Ashland Chamber of Commerce, also on radio KDOV and KMED and KBF.S TV and KMFD-TV. I have stated that I j not belong t and am not sponil sored by, or subject to. anP presura-, group Hhthcr ("Jinan- SU 'ft eiafo political or rellgis. ThaTincludes the group doTiig OREGON prolonged dock strike could be disastrous. It is not the purpose of this dispatch to attempt to discuss the merits of the case, but rather to take a look at the man who would give the strikers their go-ahead. He is 55-year-old Yorkshire man named Frank Cousins who has been called the most powerful man in Britain next to the prime minister. Cousins is head of the Transport and General Work ers union, which, with a mem bership of nearly a million and a half, is the nation's larg est. He also is a member of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress repre senting a combined member ship of more than eight mil lion. In the latter role, he speaks with a powerful voice in Brit ain's Labor party. As a labor leader he can call the dockers out on strike, disrupt rail traffic and inter fere with the passenger and its utmost to make us believe that to get "Home Rule," which is of course a very good thing, we must give up our right to vote. There is no basis in law reason or fact which makes it mandatory that we adopt the first charter presented as our only chance to get Home Rule! The charter as presented is not good. I will not vote for it! I believe in citizen control of government by direct vote -the real American system of government. Any candidate in this elec tion who is sincere in his be liefs, firm in his convictions and feels qualified on a per sonal merit basis, cannot fa vor the charter. Art Savard and several oth ers are playing a "heads I win tails you lose" game. Try to get elected, if you win, and the charter goes in you have made points to get appointed. If you lose, and the charter goes in, you still have made points to get appointed. In my opinion that isn't "Political Courage," that's hedging and (to use an Army expression) "bucking for rank." Tim J. Horn, Republican Candidate for Sheriff, Box 146, White City, Ore. The Right to Bear Arms To the Editor: In regard to an editorial published in the Medford Mail Tribune of Sun day, April 29, the question arises concerning a bill before Congress to register all fire arms with the FBI, sponsored by Rep. Victor Anfuso (D N.Y.). It is our suggestion that all firearms, new and used, that are sold by dealers and dis tributors hereafter, to have th factory number registered, the name of the purchaser registered, also model and caliber, of firearms sold and turned over to all state law enforcement officials, includ ing county, state and federal. In case any firearms are re sold same shall be re-register ed by owners. Bert Kissinger 520 Boardman si. Medford. Duncan's Record To the Editor: Re letter signed by one Kenneth Poole of Eugene taking Bob Dun can to task for his "failures" to (a) spend enough money and (b) raise taxes while serv ing in the Legislature: Mr. Poole neglected to men tion that he is presently Charles Porter's law partner. We might expect, therefore, that Mr. Poole would not sup port Mr. Duncan for Congress from the 4th District; how ever, his unsubstantiated charges demonstrate some thing like panic in the Porter camp. For the record: Under Bob Duncan's leadership, state employees were given in creases in '57, '58 and '61, in cluding faculty in higher edu cation; the Oregon Correction al Institution was started, putting Oregon in the fore front nation-wide; a commu nity college program was in stituted to help alleviate the pressure of increased enroll ments in higher education and, for the first time, money was appropriated for res search into new teaching techniques; community men tal health clinics were set up to prevent the need for fur ther building of mental Insti tutions in Oregon; basic school support was increased twice with a further increase to take effect this year. These are just some of the benefits that have come to Oregon's citizens during Bob Duncan's term as State Representative and Speaker of the House. Anj, with all this, there has been a reduction of 19 per cent in the income tax rates in our state. This is the record that Mr. Poole criticizes fs "do-nothing." The people of Jackson county and the 4tiO District know better. Democrats should look at Bob Duncan's I record as it really is and cast Powerful, freight movement on the high- ways. As such, he is in a posi tion of power over every seg ment of British industry. He is the toughest, most outspoken and most militant of British trade union leaders and he has totally rejected the government s appeal for wage restraint in the battle against inflation. It is not, he says, in the in terest of labor. Within the Labor party, Cousins has emerged since the death of Aneurin Bevan as one of the chief left-wing an tagonists of party leader Hugh Gaitskell, who has accused him of being both a pacifist and a fellow-traveler with the Communists. their votes for a winner in the primary election on May 18 by selecting Bob Duncan as their candidate for Con gress. James A. Redden Jr. Jackson County Manager Duncan-for-Congress Medford Friendly Chat To the Editor: With my little pamphlet distributed by the Jackson county clerk, and my bij ears, I have listened and have read, but still hope to keep and exercise the same rights here in Jackson county as in the latter part of President Lincoln s Get tysburg Address: "That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom and that govern ment of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.' Now your mam stand on the newly proposed County Charter is that you will col lect delinquent taxes. Well, I have a question. How do you expect to get blood from a turnip? - Do you believe these peo ple who are delinquent enjoy being late, and paying the high rate of interest which accumulates? You couldn't know of the many sleepless nights and the worry that go along with de linquent taxes, due to the lack of steady employment business failures, or other misfortunes. Then there's this business of the speakers who are in favor of the charter. Each will admit he does not want the job. Where's this boy gen ius that does? No, I still prefer to be able to sit and have a friendly chat with the mayor, rather than stand at attention to the commissioner. Mrs. Irma Henderson 729 Dakota ave. Medford. A Vote for Duncan To the Editor: In spite of allegations by his opponents in the Democratic primary that there are "no issues" among the candidates for Con gress in the 4th District, Bob Duncan has pointed out on television and in speeches that there are very real dif ferences. The most significant, it seems to me, is the attitude taken by former Congressman Charles Porter on Red China and on Cuba. He has repeated ly stated that he favors recog nition of Red China, trade with Red China, and admis sion of Red China to the United Nations. Bob Duncan has repeatedly expressed him self as opposing these meas ures. Porter was one of the last public figures to withdraw his endorsement of Fidel Castro. He declared that Castro was attempting to conduct fair trials, when it was obvious that the opposite was true. He visited Castro's Cuba and came back, still not convinced that to deal with Castro was to deal with -a butcher and a dictator as bad as Batista. Porter's judgment has been poor on these and other im portant issues. We need a man in Congress who will support the sensible issues. We need a man in Congress Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF SADDEST PRIZE FIGHT story of the month comes from Red Smith who overheard a battered, about-to-bc-knocked-out preliminary fighter gasp to his manager be tween rounds one and two, "If I had that bum's right hook I'd moider him!" Overheard at a Holly wood cocktail party: "My husband and I were going to see a horror movie to night, but we decided to come here instead." And at the same part)-, two upcoming starlets met for Sie first time. Asked one. "Are you married?" Answered the otl.r, "I don't know. I was away for the weekend." 0 On Charles Denton wntesTj.at he isn't trying S hurry BrlgitU BardoLJnto retirement, but he'd sure like to be there when she thnWsMn the towel. q C 193. br BCuntu Crf. Distributed by Kini rtsrurei Syndicnis 0 Vocal Cousins makes no secret of his political and conomic views and Harold Macmillan's Conservative government knows it can expect no mercy from him. who will support the sensible policies of the Kennedy ad. ministration. As a Democrat concerned about my country's welfare and future, I will certainly cast my vote for Bob Duncan for Congress. Ike Eisenstein, 1216 Leland, Medford. " A Recommendation ' To the Editor: I have no ticed that individuals have ex. pressed their opinions favor ing one running for office, so if I may would like to put in a recommendation to the voters that a good look be taken at a candidate for sher iff. The one I refer to is Mr. Jack Sides. He is not well known outside of his business line, which is Rogue Towing Service and Richfield Service Station, but he has been a resident of the county for many years with a reputation for honesty with integrity. Politically or otherwise he owes nothing to any one, thus free of any interest group. He is dedicated, if elected, to do ing the job as sheriff to the interest of the county, at all times keeping in mind the rights of the individual, yet on the other hand protect the people from unlawful acts of an individual. He promises services to the people of the county for each hour of the day or night seven days a week. He will give favor to no one, yet all acts to be tem pered with consideration and justice. Beyond that he makes no promises. He is qualified for the. of fice in that he has h 1 train ing in police work and ad ministration in the armed forces of the United States and is successful in business here in Jackson county. ; : Would you except my recommendation for sheriff? Ray O. DeMarrs, , 708 West Second st., ' Medford. Why He's for Porter To the Editor: I agreed to serve as Fourth District cam paign chairman for Charles O. Porter because I felt that he was head and shoulders above the other three very able candidates for the Demo cratic nomination. Here is why I think so: i 1. He is experienced, hav ing served four years as our Congressman. He can go to work for us immediately. 2. He has an outstanding record, one that has been re peatedly endorsed by all his opponents. He carefully an swered all letters from Ores gon, held office hours throughout the Fourth Dis trict. When necessary he fought for his constituents as in the case of Gerry Murphy, the young pilot from Eugene who was murdered by Dicta tor Trujillo of the Dominican Republic. 3. He accomplished a lot for the District. To mention only a few: Legislation to pro tect Waldo Lake and to pre serve the scenic shores of the Rogue River; he obtained a $15 million increase in forest access roads; he revived and gave new power to the Rogue Basin project; he started the Oregon Coastal Ports Federa tion, and the annual federal timber policy conference at the University of Oregon. When I was Mayor of Co quille and afterwards, I saw for myself how hard and per sistently Charlie worked. I respectfully recommend that my fellow Democrats cast their votes for Charles O. Porter. We know what he can do because we know what he has done. George F. Burr, Chairman, Re-Elect Porter to Congress Committee, Coquille, Ore. 0
