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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:
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' 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.
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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
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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."
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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
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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.
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