SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 30. 1962
MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOMu. OREGON
Walking Shoes Are Best for Day With Mark Hatfield
By GEORGE H. BELL
Mail Tribune Staii Writer
If you are going to spend
a day on the hustings with
Gov. Mark O. Hatfield - as I
did a week ago last Wednes
day - wear your walking
shoes and be prepared to pick
them up and lay them down
at a near trot all day long.
And be prepared for this
blow to your ego: At the end
of the day, when you are dead
tired and preoccupied with
thoughts of stretching out
with yolir feet up and some
thing tall and cool in your
hand, the personable, 40-year-old
Hatfield will appear to
gain strength with every step
he takes and every band he
shakes.
His day began about 6:25
a.m. when his Medford cam
paign chairman, Mayor John
W. Snider, called for him and
his wife, Mrs. Antoinette Hal
field, at a downtown motel
to drive them to a Buckaroo
Breakfast at the Roxy Ann
Grange.
Walk Was Brisk
His walk was brisk as he
came up to the little group
wailing for him. His hand
shake was firm and his greet
ing cordial.
He was dressed In light
slacks and a handsome, per
fectly fitting, three-button
spnris jacket, set off by a
narrow, striped tie.
A stranger might have tak
en him for a rising business
executive, or perhaps a bright,
young university Instructor
(which he whs). But he cer
tainly did not square with
the conventional, popular
Image of a state's governor.
The party drove to the
Grange hall In two cars.
Though we arrived exactly on
time, the hall was already
crowded with perhaps up
wards of 300 persons. They
stood and applauded as he
and Mrs. Hatfield entered.
Th-e-Pice Combo
A three-piece combo (saxo
phone, accordion and banio)
belted out some of the old
snncs In one corner of the
room, and during a break the
pnvernor called nut to them
that he would have to see
about having them nlay in the
canitnl rotunda during the
second Inauuural ceremonies.
His snecch, following the
breakfast, was energetically
and lucidlv delivered. The au
dience listened to him atten
tively as he reviewed eco
nomic progress in the state.
He spoke for about 20 min
utes. Afterwards he met In an
adjoining room with a group
of about 10 "Marksmen," a
political fraternity of young
men dedicated to assisting
GREETS BLIND MAN - During his walk
ing tour of Ashland, Gov. Mark Hatfield
and his wife encountered Al Kinser and
his secing-cye dog, Timmie. Kinser for years
has delivered the Ashland aDily Tidings.
Hatfield shook Kinscr'j hand, and Timmie
got his head patted.
him In his campaign. He out
lined some of his plans for
them and went over a num
ber of points he wanted them
to cover as they spoke in his
behalf at various places dur
ing the weeks to come.
Paisei Personal Comment
As he left, he shook hands
and passed a personal com
ment of some kind with each
of them. It was apparent most
of them were involved in his
campaign for something more
than party loyalty.
Right on schedule, the gov
ernor and his party left for
Ashland about 0:15.
Together with Mrs. Hat
field, and trailed by two
Marksmen with a Polaroid
camera, the governor started
down Ashland's main street,
shaking hands, posing for pic
tures, stopping for brief chats
and making rapid tours
through some of the larger
stores.
His manner as ho went up
to someone was friendly and
altogether disarming.
"My name's Hatfield, he
would say, hand extended,
"I'm very glad to see you."
Expressions Noted
The expression that came
over people as the face and
the name clicked with them
was something to see. In most
cases, they heamed with de
light. In the lobby of the Mark
Antony hotel, the llnlfields
paused to look over the wares
in the gift shop which fea
tures souvenirs of the Shake-
I M THE 1
;pink
g PEG I
Hiway 99 At The Talent Junction
SPECIAL I
J. H. Hales I !
BRING tfamkt? AN
OWN ILQlMlV ORCHARD
CONTAINER W LUG
mm montgomeryward
- .
i! s i paw- w.i at u
I if, J ar . v vn
spcarean theater. Later, the
proprietor sent Mrs. Hatfield
a present from the shop, cour
tesy of Tudor Guild.
In front of a realtor's office,
he and his wife posed for pic
ture with the realtor's grand
son. The governor held the
baby while the Infant's father
snapped the shutter of his
camera as fast as he could.
A brief visit with Edd E.
Rounlrce, editor of the Ash
land Dally Tidings, and more
picture taking and hand-shaking
with employees of a main
street car dealer, concluded
the foray.
Arrive at Packing Plant
The party arrived at Harry
and David's fruit packing
plant at 11:15 o'clock in time
for the governor to make
short addresses to two groups
of employees just before they
took their lunch break.
He told them that Oregon
was coming to he known for
its quality products, such as
the fruit they helped produce
and market, and thanked
them for their role in im
proving the stale's economy.
lie spoke without notes,
varying what he had to say
slightly each time so that it
appeared fresh and spontane
nnc Hi tnlkfi uprA snrinklod
with f nets and statistics that ' ly "pushing for
were impressive, if only from and better safety
the point M view that he was
able to recall them so easily.
Following a short stopover
at the county fairgrounds,
where he visited a building
occupied by the Commission
for the Blind and saw a num
ber of blind persons assem
bling ballpoint pen parts, the
governor and his party drove
to Jack's Drive-Up restaurant,
911 North Riverside ave., to
have lunch.
To Meet People
The drive-in restaurant had
been chosen to allow him an
opportunity to meet more peo
ple and shake some hands. He
took advantage of it, and
Jack's patrons that noon hour
had a personal greeting from
the governor of their state
along with their lunch.
Vive teen-age girls at one
table looked up in astonish
ment as he approached them,
and then burst Into a fit of
giggling. lie joked with them,
commented on this and that,
and left them In a state of
bewildered, euphoric bliss.
No sooner had he finished
a glass of iced tea and one
of Jack's burritos, which he
pronounced "tasty," than an
old acquaintance of his, John
North, owner of N o r t h's
Chuck Wagon, walked across
the street from his restaurant
carrying a luncheon tray.
After greeting North, whom
he had not seen in some time,
the governor sat down and
went to work on a drumstick.
Onlookers were convulsed at
the incident.
Leave for Gold Hill
At 12:45 o'clock, the gov
ernor and his party left for
Gold Hill to tour the Ideal
Cement company. At the
firm's office, everyone was
fitted out with safety glasses
and hard hats. Hatfield shed
his coat and began the tour
in his shirt sleeves. It was a
hot, dusty affair, and some of
the party elected to stay with
the cars at the office.
But with his characteristic
energy, Hatfield strode rapid
ly through a number of the
buildings in the plant, paus
ing at one point to bend down
and peer into the white hot
interior of a lime smelter
through specially treated
glasses.
In one building he found
n group of about a dozen em
ployees involved in h safety
training session. He was in
vited to say a few words to
them.
Butler Safety Program
He reminded the men that
his administration is constant-
stronger
program"
in the state.
"It has been found," he
said, "that safely programs
work better when employees
take an integral part in the
formation and operation of
the program.
"Safety is not just a matter
of rules and regulations," he
said, "11 is an attitude. We
are our brothers' keepers. We
must be careful not only for
ourselves, but for each other."
Still right on schedule, the
group left at 1:45 o'clock for
While City for a brief visit
to the administration office
at the domiciliary, followed
by a tour of a number of the
mills in the vicinity.
Talk About Topics
For the afternoon tour, 1
had transferred from Snidcr's
car to the governor's car.
Driving between stops, we
talked about a wide variety
of topics. It was a rare op
portunity for a reporter, and
the governor spoke freely on
topics ranging from Demo
cratic Senator Wayne Morse
to Mississippi Gov. Ross Bar
nett, from the Winnemucca-to-the
Sea highway to college
teaching.
Yes, he occasionally missed
the classroom, he said, but
mostly only when he came
back into contact with it.
He spoke with real enthusi
asm about his contacts with
students and said he particu
larly enjoyed meeting young-
there was to see, and shaking
every hand in sight. At one
point, he even climbed up a
ten-foot ladder to shake a
stcrs from foreign countries I man's hand and say hello to
from time to time.
About Governor Barnett
(who at this writing is still
defying federal attempts to
force integration at the Uni
versity of Mississippi), he had
nothing good to say. Barnett
had once called him a "nigger-lover,"
Hatfield said,
when he refused to extradite
a Negro from Oregon to Mis
sissippi, where he was wanted
on a charge. Hatfield's posi
tion on racial equality was
made implicity clear by what
he had to say about Barnett.
Surprisingly, conside ring
the long history of political
feuding between them, the
governor spoke of Senator
Morse in objective terms and
without any noticeable ran
cor. The most damning thing
he said was he felt "the Morse
ego" had ruined what had
been potentially a brilliant
career of service.
At the Veterans Domicili
ary administration building,
Hatfield was ushered into Di
rector C. T. Jackson's office,
where about 15 division and
department heads had gather
ed to meet him.
He told them that they,
and other federal profession
al and technical people like
them, enhanced and immeas
urably benefitted the state.
The next hour and a half
was the most exhausting, and
from a reporter's point of
view, the most impressive
part of the whole day. Hat
field was due at Jackson coun
ty GOP headquarters at 4:15
o'clock. In the meantime, he
was determined to visit as
many mills as was possible.
The whole party shifted into
high gear, and away he went.
He managed to tour about
a half-dozen mills in the time
available, seeing everything
him.
Misses Three Men
Another time, just as he
was leaving a mill, he was
told by the foreman that he
had missed three men who
were working on a dock at
the far end of the plant. He
turned back instantly to go
greet them.
As he walked along, he
tossed off bits of political
wisdom to members of his
group.
"Those men are paid by the
piece." he said, pointing to a
machine where three or four
men were assembling the lay
ers of a section of plywood,
"and they won't want to take
time to shake hands." He call
ed and waved to them instead.
At another mill, he arrived
just as the shifts were chang
ing. "Never stop people when
they are on their way home,"
he advised, "they're in a hur
ry and don't want to be both
ered then." Again he just
waved. But he carefully took
time to shake hands with
members of the oncoming
shift.
Meets School Friend
In the office of one mill,
he ran into an old school
friend, Doug Gordenier, and
the two stood and chatted
familiarly for a time before
Gordenier showed him
through the plant.
As 4 o'clock approached
and Hatfield was still touring
mills, seemingly unconcerned
about the time. I turned to
his aide, Sgt. Bill Newell of
the state police, and reminded
him that the governor was
due in Medford at 4:15 o'clock.
"Don't worry about that,"
he grinned, "he's already got
all the votes that will be
down there. He may not have
these."
There is no way of reckon'
ing how many votes Hatfield
gained during that hour and
a half, but if exposure and
effort count, his Jackson coun
ty vote in November may
have been improved by sev
eral hundred.
At GOP headquarters (we
arrived on schedule), Herb
Partridge, a Marksman, hand
ed me a copy of the afternoon
Mail Tribune. The banner
headline across the top said:
"Jeannace Freeman Sentence
Upheld."
In the story, it said: "If
no rehearing is granted, Miss
Freeman's only hope of escap
ing the gas chamber is with
Gov. Mark Hatfield."
I took the paper up to the
governor and asked him if he
had seen it.
He took one look at the
headline and his face fell. He
read the story all the way
through, and then stood for
a minute just staring at the
floor.
Asked for Comment
"No," he said quietly, "no,
I won't have any comment un
til I have read the court's
decision."
The knowledge that he
might be the governor to al
low the first woman in the
history of the state to go to
the gas chamber obviously
rested heavily with him.
A few minutes later he left
to go back to his motel, paus
ing only long enough to talk
to and sign autographs for a
mother and her three children
who had made a special trip
to GOP headquarters to see
him.
That night following his ad
dress at the safety awards
banquet he and Mrs. Hatfield
came up to shake hands and
say goodbye.
"Well, I hope what you saw
today hasn't weakened your
enthusiasm for politics," he
said with a smile.
It hadn't.
finJtmiy -rwiiiti.tin.f! '. m l' 1 ... il I 1
NEW OFFICERS-New officers of the Rogue
Valley Insurance Adjusters, Inc., discuss the
change with outgoing president Del Lew
cllyn, at left. Others pictured are R. A.
Schmidt, new vice-president: William G.
Johnston, new president; and J. L. Krucger,
new secretary treasurer.
Adjusters Install New Officers
New officers for 19B2-t3
were elected by the Rogue
Valley Insurance Adjusters
Association Inc., al a recent
meeting.
William G. Johnston was
elected president, R. A.
Schmidt was elected vice pres
ident, and J. L. Krucger secretary-treasurer.
Johnston is a partner in
THIS WEEK ONLY
Oct. 1 -Oct. 6
tXtv-puEllKMII
MON. Thru SAT.
ONLY
You Will Also Receive Your
Child's Portrait On A
DESK CALENDAR
BIG 11" x 14' PORTRAIT
SEMI-LIFE SIZE BUST VIGNETTE
UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED
William G. Johnston Insur
ance Claims Service, 30 Goldy
building, and resides at 409
Willamette St. Schmidt is as
sistant manager of the Med
ford office of General Adjust
ment Bureau, and lives at 208
South Barneburg rd. Krucger
is a member of T. C. Groomes
and company, and lives at
1216 Murray st.
only
Bank Debits in Area
Increase in August
Bank debits for the south
western Oregon area includ
ing Curry, Jackson and Jose
phine counties, increased in
August, 19H2, compared to
August. 1981. the University
of Oregon bureau of business
research has reported.
Debits for August. 1962. to
taled S117.41fi.350. For July,
1962, the total was $104,083.
3tifi, and for August. 1961, the
total was $107,107,866.
Oregon, with 243 banks re
porting, had an increase in
bank debits in August. 1962.
of 10 per cent compared to
July. 19S2, and an increase
of 9 3 per rent compared to
August. 1961
Total debits for Oregon in
August. 19K2. totaled $2,429.
019.233. For July. 1962. deb
its totaled $2,207. 157.131 and
for August. 1 961. the total
was $2,223,169,984.
Members of the association
extended a formal vote of
thanks to the retiring officers,
who were instrumental in for
mation of the organization.
Leaving office are Del Lew
ellyn, president; Ted McLean,
vice president; and Joe Miko-
lavich. secretary-treasurer.
Three new members were
welcomed into the organiza
tion. They are Bob Fast,
Grants Pass; Lou Williams,
Medford; and Wayne T.
Browne, Medford.
Mineral Industries
Board Sets Meeting
Frank C. McCulloch, chair
man of the governing board,
state of Oregon department of
geology and mineral indus
tries, has called a meeting of
the board Oct. 5 in the office
of the department at 2033
First st., Baker, at 9:00 a.m.
It will be the third quarter
ly meeting of the board dur
ing 1962. Members of the
board are McCulloch. Port
land, chairman; Harold Banta,
Baker; and Fayette I. Bristol,
Grants Pass.
DIGNITY IMPAIRED
Portland - ilTI - Constable
John Bain has asked the coun
ty commission to replace the
compact cars assigned to his
office with standard size ve
hicles. "The official dignity of
my office is impaired by cars
that arc too small," he said.
UNMOUNTED SUITABLE FOR FRAMING
Mge a weens to i Tears i Pu, 50( H.ndim,. wpP,, ,d nlUrnc
LIMIT: 1 per Child 2 per Family
Family Groups Taken at 99c per Person
Open 9:30 to 5:30
Open Friday Night 'Til 9:00
You Will Receive a Nice Selection of 3"x5" Silk Finished Photographs From Which To Choose
HATHAWAY
VIYELLA
SHIRTS
are now in open stock
OPENEVERYNIGHTBARKERS
Don't Miss These Terrific
Hurry! ONE WEEK ONLY!
LVIcagi
All-Transistor
Radios
Pocket Size
The Packet-Male . . AM 60
Was $24.95
SSa-S-TW NOW
I I1
J II $1195
3llli
The Weekender . . AM 62 6. . 7 s. 10 12, i4T lj
Was $26.95 j
Personal Size
The Safari... AM 64
Was $27.95
uniu $"1 Q95
nun a 1
FM AM
The Surfside . . . FM 93
9 Transistor
Was $69.95
NOW $59
95
The Diplomat . . . FM 90
10 Transistor
Was $99.95
Sftfl95
nun uJ
PLUS MANY OTHER MODELS
AT
PUEIUCKER
MUSIC HOUSE
111 North Central Phone 773-7538