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History from tha tiles of Tha
Mall Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 yean ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Oct. 15, 1952 (Wedneiday)
The city of Medford fire
protection contract with the
Medford Rural Fire district
became effective today.
A crowd which jampacked
and overflowed the circuit
court room in the county
courthouse last night heard a
two-hour discussion and ex
planation of measures which
will appear on the Nov. 4 bal
lot. 20 YEARS AGO
Oct. 15, 1942 (Thuraday)
Movie Actress Ginger Rog
ers arrives in Medford to take
part in war bond and stamp
sale.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Re
ports from many Pacific
const points say several for
mer inmates of poor houses
have gone over the hill to the
shipyards.
30 YEARS AGO
Oct. 15. 1932 (Saturday)
"Buckshot rattles off homes
In Siskiyou Heights district"
as hunters fail to get outside
of city limits on opening day
of pheasant season.
United States District At
torney George Neuner ad
dresses meeting of Medford
Women's Hoover and Curtis
club.
40 YEARS AGO
Oct. IS. 1922 (Sunday)
Medford civic group spon
sors appearance here of Thur
low Lieurance and his com
pany in an interpretation of
American Indian music.
O. C. Boggs elected presi
dent of new Medtord city
planning commission.
50 YEARS AGO
Oct. 15, 1912 (Tuesday)
Chicago man arrives In
Medford to give stercoptlcon
lecture to group interested in
building $75,0110 mausoleum
here.
Medford Fire Chief Eugene
Amann requests that fire es
capes be installed on schools
in the cily.
What's Your I.Q.7
Nina or ten correct it superior;
seven or eight is excellent! five or
all is good.
1. What did Currier and
Ives make?
2. Which of the following
Books are In the Old Testa
ment: Mark. Luke. John?
3. Name the first four let
tcrs of the Greek alphabet.
4. Correct the following
sentence: "He don t know as
he can come."
S. Willie Mays plays base
ball fur which major league
team?
6. Name the Governor of
Mississippi.
7. The monetary gold stock
of the U.S. is deposited in
the Federal Reserve Bank in
New York City; true or false?
8. What Is raoulchoue?
0. In baseball, which base
Is called the rubber?
10. How many fluid drains
to a fluid ounce?
Answers: 1. Prints (engrav
ings). 2. Nona. 3. Alpha. Beta,
Gamma, Delia. 4. Ha doesn't
know if . . 5. San Francisco
Giants. 6. Ross Barnett. 7.
Falsa. 8, Rubber. 9. Home
plate. 10. Eight.
CHEERU.S. SINGERS
Moscow - fllfli - A Russian
concert audience went wild
Sunday night over a rendition
of "Dry Hones" and three Ne
gro spirituals whico the Rob
ert Shaw Chorale nam; as e.t
cores in the Tchaikovsky Con
servatory. It was a triumphant
opening for the American
group, here for a Soviet tour.
OCTOBER 14, 19S2
Rogue Project OK'd at Last
The last-minute accomplishments of Congress,
squabbling until the end, were obscured both by
the confusion in Washington and by the great
storm on Friday.
But this much appears eminently clear:
The charges that Sen. Wayne L. Morse is "in
effective" and "never does anything for Oregon"
are just so much poppycock, and can now be
relegated to the realm of fairy tales.
MOT only did the Rogue Basin project author
ization get through, in the omnibus Rivers and
Harbors bill, but some $100,000 in planning and
pre-construction funds were approved for the
project in another bill. This is almost unheard of
in legislative circles. Usually it is a full year or
more before any substantial funds at all are ap
propriated for a newly-authorized project.
More than that, the charges of Morse's inef
fectiveness, based on the lopping off of several
Oregon projects at the instance of Rep. Mike
Kirwan (D.-Ohio), will backfire.
This is even closer to a legislative miracle,
for the projects were added in the Senate, then
lopped off in the House, but three of the five were
added to the bill in a final conference committee.
How this was done we don't know, but we do
know that it was tougher than pulling a rabbit
out of a hat.
IN THIS area we have more interest in the
Rogue Basin project than in the others. It is a
major, multi-purpose river development bill, esti
mated to cost some $107 million when completed.
It is the final result of nearly 40 years of plan
ning, and of more than 14 years of active work.
There are many people, some of them no
longer living, that deserve credit for the enact
ment of this legislation, more people than can
be named.
The history of the legislation is also a history
of local cooperation, of long and arduous studies
designed to satisfy all interest groups, and a final
compromise of the differences which, in 1948,
killed any major river development on the Rogue
for what' looked like, at that time, forever.
A FTER the public hearing of 1948, which found
irrigationists, re-creationists and other inter
ests so badly split, the dreams of river develop
ment lay quiet for several years.
Finally, as a compromise, the Talent division
was "split off" from the original basin plans, and
was authorized as a separate project. At a cost of
some ?22 million, it was designed to provide
power, irrigation water, and recreational bene
fits. It is now virtually completed, with only
minor finish-up touches to be done. The best
known effects have been the creation at Howard
Prairie lake and the enlargement of Emigrant
lake.
It was the serious flooding of the winter of
1955 - 56 which breathed new life in the Rogue
project. The Rogue River Flood Control and
Water Resources association was organized, and
since that time this group
in carrying on the plans,
eration from various interests.
pORMER Congressman Charles O. Toiler de-
serves credit for getting the legislative train
on the tracks again, lie introduced a Rogue Basin
bill, not in the hope of obtaining immediate au
thorization, but as a means of allowing the vari
ous federal agencies to resume their studies of
the basin.
The work has progressed steadily since then.
The main compromise to
tween the fishing interests and the other groups
involved.
A major change in the thinking of the fisher
men occurred during this period, when continued
low flows of the Rogue in the summer time be
came a factor in fish survivial. It began to be
evident that the sacrifice of some few spawning
beds tipriver would bo more than offset if higher
minimum flows of the Rogue could be obtained
through the high-country dams.
DLANS were revised and after detailed studies
of the river were completed, they obtained the
enthusiastic endorsement of the fishermen. That
tlwi l.nv odd Slump
n 11 ' . lji.i r ! To the Editor: Some 40 "dd
Others playing a part included the Oregon years ago when the cham.vr
Water Resources department, the Corps of Army of Commerce building was
Engineers, the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, j luc"?,-d by ,hp, s ""
.1, i .... e t i . i .i tracks near where the new
the bureau of Reclamation, and the irrigation : Kil.st National Bank now
districts and ranchers involved. isuunis. there was on dispWy
Each of these, in addition to the others nien-; wni, o:,k Uvc "'"'"p "!'0,,t
tinned earlier, deserves great credit for hard work ; ; IXlteClio haH
Well (lone. j.,.,t a new tree had grown
This project is no pork-barrel boondoggle,''"'1" f"n"'r slump. Tne
despite what some eastern Congressmen 'liiav l'1'1,'"' "7 '"'"T TV"1,
,. - , ., -n , to have been cut olf abort
think, it, will become a major economic resource ,.,. (m,t above the ground a
to the people of Southern Oregon, and will also t.-g on the freak specim-.-n
provide immense recreational' benefits, without ""' n:"m ,f the owner
major destruction of present values. Z'nT".Z
MO ONK in Southern Oregon will remain un
A affected by the Ko.mie llasin project, although
they will be affected in tl if ferine ways.
Vast new acreages of now-drv land will be
placet! under irrigation,
g;oing- to lands now partly
mer stream! lows will be
only fish life but also other outdoor recreation
enthusiasts on the lower river.
Campers, picnickers, boaters and others will
benefit from the new reservoirs. There will be
some added electric energy potential available.
Adding all these together, the project wilT.,,,. M-iking a
provide an important economic resource, spread-
1112: its benefits throuehout the area to be tell bv
everyone.
It is a dav to celebrate. E.A.
has been instrumental
and in obtaining coop
be worked out was be
with supplenienta
Water
under irrigation. Sum
increased, to benefit not
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contrary is often the case.
The Cause Eludes
To the Editor; Why not ask
the kids?
Undoubtedly this will be
one phase of the proposed
study on juvenile delinquen
cy by Lane county. ,
We all remember how Tom,
Dick and Harry acted, when
they were our classmates and
we remember, too, that we
were pretty sure what caused
them to act that way.
Perhaps, if we should dis
tribute questionaires to every
student in, say, 10 four-grade
high schools, "or their equiv
alent" picked at random
throughout the stale, the re
sults would be revealing.
The questionaires could list,
say, ten possible causes, such
as loo much money, not
enough money, working moth
ers, etc.
Of these, three would be
picked by the student, in or
der of their importance.
The causes could be stag
gered on like number of cop
ies, and student's name wouid
not necessarily be required.
T'would be real interesting
to read the results of some
such survey.
The cause is what eludes us.
But surely there's no harm
in bringing at least part of
the act home to roost.
It seems that if and when
we find the basic cause, the
"almighty dollar," as we know
it, is almost sure to be found
lurking nearby.
Paul F. Wilson
P. O. Box 222
Talent, Ore.
Throe Parties
To the Editor: I disagree
with the following statement
made by former President
Dwight D. Eisenhower:
"I don't thing the President
should he going around the
country asking for a greater
majority in Congress. He now
has a 2-to-l majority in the
Senate and a 3-to-l majority
in the House."
Actually, there arc three
major political parties in the
United States: Republican,
Northern Democratic, and
Southern Democratic. The
President is anxious to have
more Northern Democrats
elected to safeguard his pro
gram. David Frisch
V. O. Box 2!)2
While City. Ore.
We have often wondered
about where or what became
of the oddity in the interven
ing years. Perhaps there are
some people living in fie
valley who mav have mo.e
information on this bit of
natural history ami will t.ll
all about the slump'.'
licit Kissiucer
:i'JJ South Kivcrsuie a.e.
Medford
re Verse
To the E.iiior I Have a nut- j
folio of vcro, for the pnoli- j
cation of which my fneiwis i
ponsor;
" ' to impossible to
u' '"'' lw"k "'s"v; ,l!
t ' 'l dll tiliilM' II I 1 H I
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Ken For .irui Kiphni; utvi-
MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
Anything Personally
ommunications ...
dized their own first volume.
When shown to some of our
English instructors, this col
lection was criticised for its
lack of modern free verse So
I append my first and so
help me, my last free verse.
THOS
This is a poem. You don't
believe that? So what?
Neither do I.
But I am told, by those wno
Know? that a bit of prose,
Having depth or
Beauty or pathos, and
Strung into poetic lines, Is a
Poem.
Now this has depth, for
What is deeper than an
Oil well? And beauty too.
For, like the well, it is
Dry as the Painted Desert.
And what is more beautiful
Than The Painted Desert?
It even has pathos. The
Promotors got the pay, the
Stockholders the thos.
Which ends my poem?
With the usual amount ol
Sense and beauty found in
Free verse
Jack Finel
380 North Second st.
Central Point, Ore.
Christian Unity
To the Editor: This letter is
not on fluoridation. The pros
and cons of that subject have
been tossed around until those
on bolh sides, I fear, almost
feel like giving one big dose
of sodium fluoride lo the op
position. I have been repeat
edly asked to write on the sub
ject. I did. to both valley pi
pers, but so far never saw it
printed.
As far as the writer is con
cerned, this is an important is-
sue, but other earth-shaking
events dwarf the fluoridation
problem into insignificance.
The spread of Communism,
the heinous crimes being com
mitlcd. unrest, dissatisfaction
everywhere, yes even the
great council now in session
in Rome, these should make
us ponder and think.
Tile latter mentioned item
was not intended to be class
ed with the others of the list.
The ecumenical council I
believe is a sincere effort on
the part of some to iron out
the world's difficulties. We
should all pray with sincerity
of heart t hat those present
will focus their eyes on the
only true source of peace, our
Blessed Lord.
Many sincere men are try
ing desperately to bring about
a union of all religious faiths.
This on the surface sounds
good to some. Yet let me say
BELOW OLYMPUS
m1
"Brilliant ldp
you
manager
whore'd you
3 M'm
Foreign News: Chaing Kai-shek's Health
Good; De
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
Tha "Gissimo"
On Oct. 31, Nationalist Chi
nese Leader Chiang Kai-Shek
will be 75 years old. Trusted
associates say
he is in fairly
robust health
after a long
recovery from
a n operation
last spring.
The subject is
a touchy one.
During the hot
summer
Chiang made
New.om
no public appearances, al
though he did receive a few
selected visitors in his resi
dence from time to time.
But early this month, on
China's "Double Ten" national
holiday, Chiang, his cheeks
full and his uniform fitting
smartly, stood on the review
ing stand for 90 minutes with
no sign of fatigue. The fol
lowing day he stood through
a tea party for an equal par
iod of time.
that as well and good as this
may appear, there are thou
sands, yes millions who upon
looking back upon past his
tory, tremble at the thought of
a united church here on this
earth. It would be wonderful
if such an achievement could
be accomplished, if it were
not for one thing. Would such
a union change human hearts?
Would sin conceived in Luci
fer's heart at the beginning,
be eliminated?
The writer of these lines
fondly looks forward to that
day not far distant when our
Lord Himself shall appear as
He promised. He will on that
glad day effect the reunion so
long promised.
The righteous ones, so long
held in Satan's prison, the
grave will be raised from
their dusty beds. What a long
awaited joyous occasion that
will be as loved ones long
parted clasp hands once again.
Little ones long torn from
their parents by death's cruel
hand are borne to their moth
er's arms by angels. Then, on
ly then. Christians from every
walk of life will be united,
never to part again.
Henry Johnson, Jr.
2315 Highway 66
Ashland, Ore.
if I " Vi'A
Strictly Personal
By Sydney
(c) Field Enterprlaea. Ino.
HAPPINESS AND
INTELLIGENCE
Are stupid people "happi-
Pr lnan intelligent ones?
This seems to be the general
opinion among laymen, who
are fond of
t$ fT-x" i pointing
. to some stu-
J, pid acquait-
H t a n c e and
xi s a i n g "He
r I doesnt ' have
'enough
. sense to let
j things bother
nun lie a
Harrla just like an
animal grazing in the field."
I would tend to take issue
completely with this judg
ment. Not only do I disagree
with the opinion that stupid
people are "happier" than
more intelligent ones; I also
happen to think that much
of what seems to be "stu
pidity" is a form of neurosis
in itself.
The way some people re
treat from their problems is
By Interlandi
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re a
brilliant campaign
get tha trick dog
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Gaulle Diplomatic Coup Seen
. . ... . T- t ...ill ,jiU ..n-l.
De Gaulle Strategy
Persistent rumors among
French officials say that Presi
dent Charles de Gaulle is
lining up some big diplomatic
coup for announcement short
ly before the Oct. 20 referen
dum vote.
The referendum Is to decide
De Gaulle's demand that fu
ture French presidents be
elected by direct vote of the
people. It is opposed by the
rebellious French Chamber of
Deputies and the final de
Today & Tomorrow
By Walter lippmpnn
(c New York Herald Tribune Syndicate
NOVEL AND DANGEROUS
Washington - Something
novel and dangerous has been
added to this year's congres
sional campaign. It is becom
Blia.) il. I ;.), I mg a peiauiiai
& , i relevant con-
J test between
a silting pica
ident, John F,
I W '-it!
Kennedy, and
a former pres
ident, Dwight
er. neither of
Lippmann whom is run
ning for any office.
What the voters here, there
and yonder may think of ei
ther Kennedy or Eisenhower
is no proper guide as to how
they should mark their bal
lots for partly local offices
in the House of Representa
tives or basically state of
fices in the U. S. Senate.
All the same, these two men
who are not up for anything
in this election are wholly
overshadowing those who are
up. It is commonplace now
to see decisive comparisons
made not as between Repub
lican Congressional Candi
date Jones and Democratic
Congressional Candidate
Smith, but rather between rel
ative size and warmth of the
crowds which greet Kennedy
here, Eisenhower there.
ON THE Democratic side,
Kennedy is in effect de
manding a national referen
dum on his own administra
tion two years ahead of the
proper time, which will be
in his own stand for reelec
tion in 1064.
On the Republican side,
Eisenhower is in effect de
manding a national vote of
confidence in an administra
tion long since ended his
own. What Kennedy seeks
here is premature. What Ei
senhower seeks is unneces-
J. Harris
by becoming more stupid
than they really are, by dull
ing their senses and blunting
their responses to life. This
reaction itself is a symptom
of unhappiness that can cope
only by withdrawing in a
bovine way.
We can see it beginning
more clearly in a child:
when a certain type of
child is emotionally trou
bled, he will act stupid. He
will shake his head at sim
ple questions, he will seem
thick and uncomprehend
ing, and will retreat into
a shell that seems to be
stupidity, if we did not
know him better. If persis
tent, this emotional upset
can turn the child into a
stupid seeming adult.
It is axiomatic in the field
of psychotherapy that, all
things being fairly equal,
the intelligsnt patient will
recover faster and more
fully than the less intelli
gent. An intelligent person
seems to be unhappier be
cause he can articulate his
discontent, and because he
is more obviously sensitive
to hit environment; but this
very sensitivity is what en
ables him to change, to
grow, and to heal tha psy
chic wounds.
I happen to believe firm-
ly that most people are much mercial planes that were corn
more intelligent than they ! ing in beforehand,
give evidence of being; that Persons aboard the Presi
a great deal of what we call dent's plane noted no prob-
.-.i.ii.n, ,a it-.tuy an eitio-
iiuiuu ueieiisc against pain;
it is simply the wav a partic
ular kind of personality han-
dies its problems. 1
I In an article 0:1 Sonny Lis-1
j ton in a sports magazine a 1
I few weeks aco, the writer 1
! shrewdly observed, during an I
1 interview with the fighter,
, that Liston was smarter than
: the public impression he has 1
j given in the past. The writer
j went on to observe that: j
; -Liston is not stupid, but ,
;Ns insights are impeded 'jy
his neurosis. Emotionally he :
1 a child stubborn, oh. j
idiirate. aid completely lack-,'
;ins in f.exibility" , of him is true of millions of
. even his dreadful bark-! other, who live angrily be-
j ground. ,h: is reman, the : hind the ,ro curtain of the
ionly way the boy could have'mmd.
cision could determine De
Gaulle's own political future.
De Gaulle might seek to im
press French voters with an
announcement of a De Gaulle
state visit to Washington n.sxl
year.
New Powers for Bishops
Church sources in Vatican
City say one result of the cur
rent Ecumenical Council is
certain: that, with Pope Jonn's
specific sanction, the 3,000
bishops attending the council
sary; his own vindication came
amply in his overwhelming
reelection to a second term
six years ago.
The voters thus are being
put in a very difficult posi
tion. Factors that are not real
ly germane to deciding the
right makeup of the next
Congress are shouldering
aside those factors on which
decisions really should be
made. Whether Kennedy or
Eisenhower "0 u t d r e w" in
Minneapolis is not the point
TiHEY are intervening too
-a- much, too strongly, and
at a bad time, considering the
state of world affairs. To the
degree that this confuses the
process of choosing a Con
gress, it is a pity. But a far
greater pity is that while this
contest should be only a short
term and limited operation
it may mushroom into an
enduring national division.
It has long been obvious
here that beginning next year
great and possibly fateful de
cisions, notably over Cuba
must be taken by the Ken
nedy administration. The net
tle simply must be grasped
The problem will not go away
through wishful dreams that
"internal troubles" for Fidel
Castro will destroy a Soviet
lodgment in Cuba. Once the
Russians go in, they never
go out. iheir investment is in
Cuba; they can always find
another puppet Castro.
It has also long been obvi
ous that these hard decisions
cannot be successful unless
they involve willing Republi
can cooperation and consent.
And "Republican" in this con
nection quite simply means
General Eisenhower. He is
the only elevated Republican
with true national following
wno is not involved in person
al ambitions for the presiden
cy in 1964. Only he can rally
a majority of the GOP rank-
and-file to support that all-
national policy concerning
Cuba which must come.
TT IS fitting for yet another
reason that he should be
come the GOP spokesman.
for Soviet Communist infil
tration of Cuba began in his
own administration, though it
nas Decome far more open and
perilous in the Kennedy ad
ministration. Until lately, at any rate.
Kennedy and Eisenhower
nave been joined in common
awareness and agreement that
this country could not afford
harsh divisions of foreign af-
iairs at mis hour in history,
however much they disagreed
on home matters.
The kind of campaigning
in wmcn tney are now engag
ed could tear apart this reluc
tant but incomparably impor
tant Kennedy - Eisenhower
comradeship on this vital se
curity concept. This is the
greatest danger of all.
Precautions Taken
In Kennedy Landing
Washington-dTP-Extra safe
ty precautions were taken for
President Kennedy's arrival
at Washington's National Air
port today from New York
because of concern that his
Air Force DC-6 had hydraulic
trouble.
Five fire trucks sped to
stations alongside the runway
just before the aircraft land
ed at 1:32 a.m.. EDT., but the
plane larked safely.
It appeared, however, to
have touched down farther
along the runwav than mm.
lenis aitnougn tney reported
neanng squeaking sounds
when the landing gear was
. lowered
Five MacLaren ScflOof
r
tSCapeeS Captured
Woodburn - OTP - Fiv- of
eight boys who escaped from
the MacLaren Schoo' for Bov
Saturdav night were takea
into custody Sunday
The bovs took advantage of
a power blackout caused oy
Friday night's storm and fled
after overpowering a guard
, ...
developed. And what u tm.
will emerge with vastly in
creased powers, both adminis
trative and religious.
There even is talk that they
may extend the dogma of
papal infallibility to their
own pronouncements on faith
and morals. The last church
council a century ago pro
claimed the infallibility dog
ma for popes, that Roman
pontiffs could not err when
talking strictly on matters of
faith and morals.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
A citizens committee ap
pointed to study proposals for
changing the salary and re
imbursement (for expenses ad
vanced out of their own funds)
of Oregon legislators has re
ported back to Oregon Senata
President Harry Boivin.
The report recommends a
salary of $130 a month, and
$15 per diem every day the
legislature is in session .up to
a maximum of 110 days. Tha
committee recommended elim
ination of all present expensa
allowances with the excep
tion of one round trip from
the legislator's home to Salem
at 10 cent per mile.
AS TWO primary goals to
be achieved, the commit
tee suggested:
1. That compensation ba
sufficient so that any public
spirited Oregonian should ba
able to enter public servica
(as a member of the legisla
ture). 2. That the amounts be low
enough so that no one will
be encouraged to run for tha
legislature as a full 'time job
thus becoming what tha
committee terms a "profes
sional politician."
The overall objective is to
get Oregon's ablest citizens .
into the Oregon legislature.
HOW much will it cost?
The committee recom
mending the increase says:
"The maximum p o s s ibla
compensation at the present
time (under the existing sys
tem of payment) for a legis
lator over a 24-month period
is $4,500, and our recommen
dation involves approximate
ly a 17 per cent increase on
this figure."
rpHAT is to say:
The present maximum pos
sible compensation for a mem
ber of the .Oregon legislature
for a 24-month period (a bi
ennium) is $4,500. The com
mittee recommends an in
crease of 17 per cent which
would amount to a total of
$5,265 for the biennium, or
about $220 a month for tha
two year period.
It doesn't sound unreason
able. T ET'S look now for a com--
parison.
In California, at the coming
election, there will be two
proposals on the ballot de
signed to increase legislative
salaries. One would increase
legislators' compensation from
the present $6,000 a year (not
a biennium) to $11,250 and
tag them permanently to hal(
the salary paid U. S. congress
men ($22,500).
The other proposal would
grant the California lawmak
ers up to $10,008 a year but
would force the legislators to
return to the electorate if they
want more money at a later
date.
If both measures should ba
approved by the voters, tha
one with the largest vota
would prevail.
QUESTION:
If either or both of these
proposals should be approved
by the California voters, how
much would a California leg
islator get?
The Property Owners Tax
Association of California, ar
guing against BOTH propos
als, estimates that the pay
boosts proposed in either case
would mean an actual income
to California lawmakers ol
from $16,000 to $17,000 a
YEAR or about three times
the salary proposed for Ore
gon legislators for two years.
The California legislature
meets every year. The Oregon
legislature meets every two
years.
lrHY the committee report?
" In 1981, Oregon voters
approved a referendum au
thorizing the Oregon legisla
ture to set the salaries of its
own members, and imposing
no restrictions on the amount.
The modesty of the recom
mendations the committee has
just made justifies the confi
dence indicated by Oregon
voters last year in the integ
rity of the members of the
Oregon legislature.
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