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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1962)
o Iroup Approves Plan to toe 'Governor Appoint All Judges Candidates Step Up Campaigns as Election Nears By United Press International Oregon's primary elect 1 o n field headed down the home stretch Saturday with a step , ped-up slate of appearances scheduled by most candidates during the final six days of the campaign. In the U. S. Senate race, Republican Congressman Ed win Durno readied for a final campaign effort in the Port land metropolitan area. Durno, who only left Wash ington, D. C, to start his cam- - oaign a few weeks ago, has traveled some 2,000 miles throughout Oregon in the past ten days, ranging from Tilla mook on the coast to Nyssa on the Idaho border. Generated Sparks In the hotly contested fourth district Democratic congressional primary, where a Red China argument be tween Charles Porter and Robert Duncan has generated sparks this week, a third can didate spoke out Saturday at a rally in his honor. State Son. Robert Straub called for medicare for the elderly under social security He said It would "take a great burden off the shoulders, not only of the aged, but also of their children and other close relatives." The Associated Oregon In dustries came out against a proposed ballot measure to make it easier to tax above the six per cent limitation. Portland State college an nounced that two major an tagonists on the subject will debate Wednesday on legis lative reapportionment, al though that subject won't be on the spring ballot. Taken Into Account The debators will be Mult nomah County Democratic Chairman Frank Roberts, who wants legislative representa tion based on population, and State Rep. George Annala, a Hood River Democrat, who wants land area taken into ac count as well. Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) Saturday took credit for ob taining a large share of fed eral public works construc tion in Oregon. The Oregon Democrat, who faces an election test th i s November against one of a slate of Republican hopefuls, also took sole personal credit for the beginning of construc tion of The Dalles dam at a time when new construction had been halted as a result of the Korean War. Mad Claims Morse made the claims in a radio broadcast prepared for release In Oregon today. He noted that the Army En gineers alone had spent more than $600 million on water projects in Oregon since he entered the Senate In 1945. Mursc said that funds (or The Dalles dam and for the Talent irrigation project near Medford came as a result of a conference with then Presi dent Truman in 1951. Yreka Firm Bids High for Timber Yreka The J. F. Sharp Lumber company of Yreka submitted the highest bid for 1.470.000 board feet of pine and fir timber in the French Gulch unit of the Scott river working circle, Klamath Na tional forest. Total advertised value was $25,910 90. The value based nn the highest bid was $34,131.20. Other companies submit ting bids were Pine Mountain Lumber company of Yreka, Reynen - Cowning Lumber Corporation of Yreka, and In ternational Paper company of Weed. Foreign-Bound War Surplus Planes Seized Newark, N.J. - lUPli - Two U.S. war surplus medium at tack bombers headed for "a foreign destination" have been seized by order of the State Department and two more are expected to be seiz ed later today Lawrence Fleishman, sup ervising customs agent (or Now Jersey and New York, said the planes were seized to "prevent thoir illegal export from the United Stales to a foreign destination." ATTENTIVE LISTENERS - Col. John H. and Space Administration building at the Glenn Jr. is an attentive listener as Vice World's Fair in Seattle. Sitting next to President Lyndon Johnson gives the dedi- Glenn is Joseph Gandy, president of the cation speech for the National Aeranautics fair. (UPI) Public Library Budget Not Being Favorably Received The $139,711 budget re quested for the Public Library of Medford and Jackson Coun ty is not being received fa vorably by cither the city of Medford or the Jackson coun ty budget committee, it was reported to the library board Friday afternoon. The county budget commit tee has not yet fully consid ered the $81,735 requested of the county for its share of the overall budget, Librarian Omar Bacon noted Bacon Speaks at Librarian Meeting Omar Bacon, librarian of the Public Library of Med ford and Jackson County, spoke at a meeting of the Jackson County Association of School L i-b r a r i a n s at Hoover school recently. He told of his trip to Pen dleton during the state li brary convention there. New officers introduced are Mrs. B'arl Rogers, presi dent; Mrs, Alt Mekvold, vice president; and Miss Gladys Owen, secretary-treasurer. Host for the meeting was Jerold Martin, Hoover school librarian. The library has requested $30,666 in the Medford trans fer and the $7,600 from the Medford tax levy. Compara ble figures for the current year are $32,666 and $7,760. "The printed city budget Indicated the city administra tion recommended that no in crease be allowed for 19H2 83" (over 1981-62, or $4,000 less than originally request ed), Bacon wrote in his agen da sheet to the board members. Without Consultation "The library was not invit ed for an interview before this decision was made. (The county budget committee has held two interviews with the board representatives.) Esti mates for the anticipated in come for 1961-62 were made without consultation with the library and fall short of rea sonable expectations." A meeting with Cily Man ager Robert Duff, Library Board President Roy Gilbert son and Board Member Mrs. Moore Hamilton, and Bacon was held Wednesday, t n e problem seems to be that the city budget committee cannot get firm figures on the li brary budget so cannot follow it through, Board Chairman Gilbertson remarked to fel low board members Friday. Half a Step However, City Administra tive Assistant G. J. Gutjahr gave a good audience, Bacon added. The library staff is be hind city employees in salary range just half a step, he added. Bacon said the cily admin istrative assistant contends that the library will have a deficit of $246 at the end of the current fiscal year June 30. However, this will be made up easily by July 1, the start of the new fiscal year, Bacon told the board. Planners Continue Request by Smith The Medford planning com mission Thursday voted to continue until its next meet ing June 14 a request by Ben ton Smth for a change of zone for property located on the northeast corner of Mc Andrews and Biddle rds. Smith told the commission if the zone change is granted, he would lease a section of the four acres involved to Signal Oil company for the construction of a service station. Eventually, Smith said, he would plan to build a shop ping center, containing vari ous buildings and stores, on the property. Salem - (I'm - The so-called Missouri plan vgiereby all judges would be appointedliy the governor instead of elect ed by the people has been ap proved by the Oregon Con stitutional Revision commis sion. The vote was 9-6, a bare majority. The 17 member commission is rewriting Oregon's 104-year old constitution, making it more lean and austere. It is now considered a crazy quilt document by constitutional law experts, packed with fat ty and archaic material. If the new document the commission comes up with gets through the 1963 Legis lature with a two thirds vote in each house required it will go on the 1964 bal lot. No Opposition There are various refine ments to the Missouri plan, and the one approved here would have all judges appoint ed by the governor, all for two year terms. Then, at a general election, the appoin tee would go before the voters but he would have no opposi tion on the ballot. The only issue would be retention of the judge, or rejection of him. If the people voted to re tain him, then the governor would appoint him for six years. The judge thereafter could stay in office ad infini tum, but facing the "yes" or "no" test at the polls every six years. If a judge was axed by the voters at either his first elec tion, or at successive ones, the governor would then ap point a successor. At present in Oregon, the governor appoints a judge only when there is a vacan cy between elections. Plan Said Popular One version of the Missouri plan creates a state law com mission that gives the gover nor a list of names from which he must make his judi cial appointments. Oregon commission didn't faver this. Some form of the Missouri plan is being used in Missouri, California, New Jersey, Alas ka, and Kansas. The commis sion also noted that such a plan has been approved in Iowa and that is is "becoming increasingly popular" in oth er parts of the nation. Proponents here argued, among other things, that judges shouldn't be subjected to fears of reprisal by the vot ers for "unpopular but neces sary decisions." Former Gov. Robert D. Holmes of Portland led the proponents, saying there is no connection between a man's judicial capability and his vote-getting powers. Leading the opposition was slate Rep. Clarence Barton (D-Coquille) who favored re tention of the present system. Too Much Power Both Barton and another legislator - eommil sioner, State Rep Stafford Hansell (R-Hermiston) said many peo ple in their areas are "alarm ed" over the plan, feeling it would give the governor too muA power. Besides Barton and Hansell, those voting no were former Gov. Charles A. Snraeue. Sa lem; William Sweetland, Klamath Falls publisher; State Rep. George Van Hoomissen (D-Portland) and State Rep. George Layman (R Newberg). Besides Holmes, those vot ing yes were: Supreme Court Justices Kenneth O'Connell and Alfred T. Goodwin; Mult nomah Circuit Judge Herbert Schwab, Portland; Robert W. Chandler, Bend publisher; State Sens. Donald Husband (R-Eugene) and Thomas Ma honey (D-Portland); Mrs. Es ther Lewis, Portland house wife, and Law Prof. Hans Lin de, Eugene. Items Approved In addition to the selection of all judges by the governor. other items approved here by the Oregon commission on constitutional revision last week included; - A new provision that would allow urban areas of the state form metropolitan districts, merging cities and adjacent unincorporated areas to provide common services Page 2A Medford. Tribune MEDFORD, OREGON. SUNDAY. MAY 13, 1962 Mr. and Mrs. William H. Manning, Son Bill and Daughter Marcia Vote for William H. "Bill" Manning, Republican rurnirp man w'1 wan,s a sound, dependable FOR SHERIFF Sheriff's department for his family and yours in Jackson County." Pd. Adv. Manning for Sheriff Comm., G. A. Cottingham, Chmn., 1329 Queen Anne, Medford and help attack "megopolis." - Retain the state's anti lottery law. The vote was 9-6. a bare majority. State Sen. Thomas R. Mahoney (D Port land) led a move to delete the provision, saying it is meaningless and adding that it makes as much sense as laws forbidding any woman from prostituting herself hard to enforce. Dr. Stevenson Returns From Chicago Meeting Ashland - Dr. Elmo N. Stevenson, Southern Oregon college president, has return ed from the Chicago meeting of the Advisory Council of the Associated Organizations for Teacher Education for which he is national secre tary. While attending the meet ing, Dr. Stevenson served as chairman for two discussion groups which were conducted on the topics of "Teaching of Values in Teacher Education," and "Education of Teachers for Teachers." EDWARD BRANCHFIELD For State Representative REPUBLICAN Dedicated to Jackson County Interest! Pd. Pol. Ad. Sam B. Harbison Chm., 201 U.S. Natl. Bank The best car air conditioning value on J2 the market MITCHELL mark ascj r OPEN SUNDAYS THE STORE WITH 10,000 ITEMS AUTO SUPPLY mli J ii'lip LlmtiTl 111 mmmmmmm Medford, 801 N. 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