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Iroup Approves Plan to
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'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
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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
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