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Newspaper Page TextTUESDAY. HDF0RDv5TRIBUNK "Everyone in Southern O:.ion Reads The Mail Tribune ' Puhllshnd Dnily except Salurday by MEDFOHD PRINTING CO J3 North Fir jit.. Ph72-6H1 ROBr.ItT W RUHX. Editor HERU GHEY Advertising Manager GERALD T LATHAM. Bus Mar ERIC W ALLEN JR.. Mns Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARR CHIPMAN. Telee Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sport Editor OLIVE SI ARCHER Women'! Editor DALE ER1CKSON. Circulation Mgr An-Independent Newspaper Entered al second class matter at Medlorri. Oregon under Act of March 3. HOT SUBSCRIPTION RATES Bv Mall In Advance Dally and Sunday i "r !"'"; Daily and Sunday 8 moi 10 00 A and Sunday a ",. , , i , , Daily and sunday-3 mm sou c- i .... riniir "inn Vfar SfS 00 B'calT.eS-And1 Motor Rouie.''""1 Daily and ""- Daily and Sunday 1 mo. 1.7a Sunday Only 1 mo. 50 c carrlei ana vendors . . Copy loo Official Paper of City of Medford Official Paprr of Jackson County United Press International Full Leased Wire tl. P I Telepjiofo Newsplcturea "MEMBEROF AUDIT RUREAU" Of CIRCULATIONS Advcrtlnlmi Representative: NELSON ROBERTS & ASSOCI. ATES OMIces In New York. Clil rriso Detroit, San Francisco, Los Ancelcs Seattle. Portland Denver. NATIONAL EDITORIAL as)Ctio;n 'Of NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of Tha Mall Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50. years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Dec. 4, 1952 (Wednesday) A small, but surprisins, de cline in the number of school age persons in the Medford s-chool district was revealed today In the 1951-52 school census. Jackson county's 35th po lio victim of the year, an 11-year-old boy, was reported today by the county health office. 20 YEARS AGO Doc. 4, 1842 (Thursday) Medford Postmaster Frank DeSouza makes arrangements with Rogue River National forest and Crater Lake Na tional park officials to have extra trucks available to han dle expected rush of Christ mas mail. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "The fair sex, department stores report, balks at red flannels. They like the comfort there of, but not (he color. No such prejudice arose last .winner in regard to slacks the redder the better." 30 YEARS AGO Dec. 4, 1932 (Saturday) Regional Christian Endeav or Union meeting in Medford elects Norman Fraley presi dent and Jerry Latham, vice president. Medford weather bureau records show November, 1932, was second cloudiest month In 22 year-!. 40 YEARS AGO Dec. 4, 1922 (Sunday) Dr. Henry Hart, prominent Medford physician, dies at local hospital after recurrent illness. From Jacksonville News Items: The ituer-urban Auto Car company has again in stalled a much need d auto state service between our city and Medford. 50 YEARS AGO Dec. 4, 1912 (Tussday) Medford Commercial club headed by William M. Col vig. Invites President - elect Wondrow Wilson to visit Med ford and Crater lake. John Retcr nominated by Socialist parly as candidate for mayor of Medford. What's Your I.Q.? Nina or ten correct It superior; seven or eight U excellent! five et six is good. 1. In what year was the first Thanksgivlni; eelrbralcd? 2. What two signers of the Declaration of Independence became President'.' 3. Which government body may bring impeachment pro ceedings against the Presi dent? 4. Under which Department does the National Bureau of Standards operate? 5. What noted man declined an appointment as Secretary of State by George Washing ton? (I. What was the last city , j l,M In- thn Monrs in Sniiln 7. what ivm Cinderella's ' coach made frr.r.i'.' ! jf neecr-SU'V enforcement I 88: whlcVmbMcidXacter', This is the matter of pollution. Without a so- lived on locusts and wild honey? : 10. What bird can fly back-: ward? j Antwttu 1. 1621. 2. John ; Adams and Thomei Jcllerson. viXn Vie llslled all SUllllliei', Used as a pk'HIC ai'OU .WecZmerrerPjalonK ''f' al"1 faV0'ite rick Henry. 8. Granada. 7. ISWlllimmg hole by some Of the J'OUllgei' gCHCVa Pumpkin. 8. Worker In prec- (Jons." en'th" b.T "Vh"": , The time has long ,i,u.e passed when action ming birjj. not just talk is overdue. E.A. s DECEMBER 4, 1SI62 Champion Congratulations to Medford High school's state football champions. Yours is a crown well earned. Medford is proud of you. You have had a long season. Hard work, long hours of tutelage under able coaches, and battles resolutely engaged have brought the title to you. It is your rich reward. You have had some easy battles. You have had them tough and have come through with fly ing colors, with poise, and with that type of pncie wmcn tioes not go 4 Your magnificent defense has been a source oi awe. i our onense nas piay ana wun uemenuous loucnaown marcnes to turn the tide and assure triumph. 17E FANS have thrilled to watch you and have " relished in your victories as you have gone undefeated and untied through 11 games. You have brought honor and glory to yourselves and to our community as you strive toward that goal of excellence which is the tradition of your school. We thank you for it you Black Tornado players and coaches. Again, congratulations, 1962 Class A-l grid iron champions. R.D.J. Rampaging Nature Once again, old Mother Nature has shown her supreme indifference to the works of man. One again she has shown that, most of the time, man must adapt himself to her moods, when her moods are stormy and violent. The storm sewers, channels and embank ments, which perform satisfactorily season after rainy season, simply weren't up to the job when Nature cascaded inch after inch of rain on us Sunday. Streets became creeks, creeks became rivers, and the Rogue became a mighty tide, swirling and crashing and plunging her way to the sea. THE Rogue Basin project, now authorized by P.nnfri'oaa lint ctill enma vnora nuratr from nm- VUlll WHY LJW.llv JYIUU WI'M "Ul" V, J , . pletion, will be able to harness much of the water that otherwise pours down the Rogue, holding it impounded and harmless, and sparing much dam age in the lower reaches of the valley. But it will not be of much assistance in the localized flooding and high water that did so much damage hereabouts Sunday. Still, one phase of the Rogue project already completed, Emigrant Darn, performed excellent ly, scooping up some 5,000 cubic feet per second for a total of some 4,000 acre-feet during the day, and holding it safe. "INE shudders to think what this extra flow v' would have meant if join the already massive estimated at 10,000 cubic height of the deluge. I he Hooding was bad high water scenes were visible everywhere, both in the city and in the surrounding countryside. But with some unfortunate exceptions, dam age was confined to stalled and soaked automo biles, and in a few cases drenched floors in homes and business which was bad enough for those laced with the task of out. E.A. Bear Creek -Flood and Sewer Bear Creek in flood much resembling an angry river is in stark contrast to the miserable, dirtv, stagnant trickle it is in the summer. With full credit to the hard and voluntary work clone in clearing its hanks in the new park area, one still must conclude that much remains to be done before Boar Creek will be a pleasant asset to the community, instead of a filthy, un sanitary disgrace, running through the middle of our attractive city. 1 no Key to it is water enough water pro vide a minimum How which will keep the chan nol clean and dilute the sewage and other ef fluents which still are permitted to change the creek into a corrupt and festering community sewer. 1VIUC1I in the way of lip-service has been given the idea of of "cleaning up Bear Creek." But lip-service, plus the uncoordinated though well-meaning efforts of volunteers, is not enough. This is a matter for the city and county gov ernments to handle, and we suggest that they get cracking. It will cost some money, first to get the stream bed cleaned up and beautified, ami second to pur chase enough water to during the hot summer months, utticient water for the purpose should be available from now on. Ml the Talent should be first time. completely full this season, for the ! i A Tllini) factor is equally important, but may take a bit more time, 1UU011 U) tills, there Will tion for Heat' Cl eek. Some I . . i . . but not enoiigh not it we COUKl ilailk Lie OSS S t i . n oeiore a ian. come up wun me ciuicn I it had been permitted to flow of Bear Creek, feet per second at the enough as it was, and cleaning up and drying keep the streamflow up I Irrigation district reservoirs I effort, cooperation and. 00 110 lOHg-rangO SOlU- j steps have been taken, ; . i ; , aie to aelueie (as. we ream of "a stream that "Thank You And Now How About Full Support" Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use cf 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. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters p.inted in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; In fact the contrary is often the lease. Brightening the Dark Days To the Editor: Disastrous conditions such as plagued the entire Rogue River valley Sunday bring with them headaches, backaches, and heartaches for the many peo ple who must contend with the problems of control Some of these people were from this irrigation district, whose entire crew was on duty from early morning till after dark, doing what they could to control the heavy floodwaters surging across this valley. But such misfortune can also generate heartwarming cooperation on the part of many individuals, and it was our good fortune to share such an incident Sunday in Phoe nix, when, despite all efforts, the main canal through Phoe nix could not carry the heavy flooding of the streams above it, and was beginning to surge over the top, and Phoenix turned out enough volunteer manpower to work with the district crews to sandbag and control the flow. Both their friendship and their labor was deeply appreciated. There were other incidents of Inval uable assistance Don House on Fern Valley, Henry Owens in Lake Creek area, and oth ers of whom we are not aware, but to these, and espe cially to the people of Phoe nix, we express our thanks. Thanks also go to every feedstore in Medford and Cen tral Point, who so obligingly made Sunday trips to their plants to secure for us, and for others, the bags so badly needed for sandbagging. These are the deeds that brighten the dark days!!! J. A. Hoffbuhr Secretary-manager Medford Irrigation District Ai the Poles To the Editor: I read with some interest the editorial on the Catholic church, also the reply by Arnold Jenny. Some time ago 1 talked with a Baptist medical mis sionary and his wife Hint were homo on leave from the African Congo. They operated a hospital in a section where there was much trouble and unrest. I told Iheni I had heard much about atrocities against the missionaries and they said the Protestant missions had nnt been touched, just the Catholics. They said that one day an army came down the road past their hospital and the officer in charge gave the men strict orders not to mo lest them, but farther down the road they demolished a Catholic mission and killed the priests and nuns and took the statues out and smashed them in the street. Later the doctor asked m h?m u , them whv they had done this' and thev told hm, the Catho-! it,-. i,o,.r..,.h,,. , niiti. : ' i eal matters In this country we have separation or church and state. The Catholics refuse to accept this here or any where in llie world, and for this reasun the Protestant and npX,re " un' "p'm as t.tMl.'i A. Morrow y North U.wtUMl st. Medford Home is home To lhe Edllov: And hello Vhaifh'iV ,,, ke laughing lately, but thanks lo Tribune on which l ' printed -Compliments of the : M,,rffin.d Tirc semoe," the, paper came to our room - i 20.1 Hawthorne Convalscrnt J Home where a careful anlbu-i lati.-e driver hrnui:ht me one! day. The nurses are as nice '. as 'those In Sacred Heart how- pit n I . so 1 in content. Mv 'roommate is ctvin.i in sympathy (or those who are MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON out in the' flooded parts, and though my heart bleeds for them, I made the fool remark that Satan thought many of them needed their feet wash ed, anyhow. That, dried her tears and now I've read the letters: I read E. Dyke's three times, and got a real kick out of his "sourcasm." He is- funnier than I ever could be when I had a good backbone. It isn't just "New Ameri ca," E D. It's the "Old World." It has speeded up beyond its capacity and is turning on nerve that it doesn't have. It will grind itself back to dust sometime and who cares? We won't be here. I wrote another letter to the Tribune and failed to put the last page in. (Wastebas ket, you done got me.) I am not on my back all of the time now. and I shall go home the 18th if nothing happens. As long as this crushed ver labrae stays in place, I can navigate, and I shall hang to God's hand with faith and all my Irish grit. I am not very brave and Christmas without John isn't a day to look forward to, but home is HOME and I don't think much of the way that day is celebrated, anyhow. Pearl Spackman, Jacksonville, Ore. Segregation To the Editor: One of these times when we dare the Rus sians to allow their con quered nationals to say who and what manner of govern ment mey prefer to live with, Khrushchev will come back challenging our administra tion to allow raising the in creasingly critical racial is sue for public decision in fr election. For the real issue is: shall we the people be forced into allowing our all-powerful central government by use of armed might in pushing the social mingling of the white and black races on through all our educational institu tions, places of worship, on into our private ways of life. For there have been threats of forcing it into our bathing beaches, places of amusement and even into our long cher ished private parties, dances and like gatherings. All this despite the out raged protests of a resistant people, including the labor unions where, it seems to mc. a Negro workman has citizen ship rights to be. Heally. the most flagrant flouting of the colored peo ple's rights was the obvious segregation in the traditional Thanksgiving Day big TV Eastern city parades. Not one black face could we see in all those colorful activities. Not ;'ven in the glee-club singing. ... i,,. ,1,. . "" ' " l"" " H,c .",c" M,ln ,,llc,r '"'Pirmg Negro spirituals, we hear no more. Not in public at least. All this was brought into sharp focus by no other than Robert Kennedy's No. 2 man, Deputy Attorney General Mchnls de B. Katzenhach in the Nov. 1S US. News and World Hcport. ! So come on OI' Khrushy, for voit do show flashes of hu man kindness at times, let's have a vote by the people, lor the people and of Hie peo ple over all this troubled earth for their one-time sov ereign rights as freemen, to at lease be able to choose with whom they wish to associate for the preservation of racial lines as all-wise Nature in tended. F. J. C!lt( -rd Uouie 2. Box HOOF Central Toml. Ore. Final Appeal To the Editor The mi. ! sionartrs of every dor.omina-1 on of the world are reaching only 2 million heathen every Politicians Trying To Measure Impact Of Elections on De Gaulle, Adenauer By PHIL NEWSOM UP! Foreign News Analyst London - iUM - In Europe at this moment politicians arc trying to measure the effects of important elections on the futures of two old men. One of these is President Charles de Gaulle of France who is in his mid-70s. The other is Chancellor Ntwiam Konrad Adenauer of West Germany who is in his mid-80s. f"W."' Strictly Personal By Sydney (O Field Enterprises, Inc. WHAT HE SAID Speaking of words and names, as I was yesterday, and the ways in which we emo tionally color our a r g u - -t'Tk 5 ments. an edi torial writ e r know said Vj t o me not long ago, "It's impossible to answer a let- J ter that d i s r . a-Js agrees with Harris what y 0 U didn't say." This is a problem for everyone who writes in the public prints. At lectures, people often ask me what per centage of my mail agrees, and what percentage dis agrees, with my daily views. Actually, there is no simple division here. About half my mail agrees with what I have said; the other half is made up of those who disagree with what I have said, and those who dis agree with what they THOUGHT I have said. I think that I write clear ly and directly. Yet the majority of the "anti" let ters do not really disagree with me - they disagree with a private interpreta tion of what I have written. They draw assumptions and leap to conclusions that are wholly unwarranted in what I have said - and then they charge me with draw ing the assumptions and making the conclusions. To take a simple and non-controversial example: in a recent column. I spoke of those "compulsively cheerful" personalities who afflict their hysteric ally high spirits upon others, especially early in the morning. I suggested that these people are just as divorced from reality as are the chronic grumps. Immediately, I received a mass of letters "defending" cheerful people, 1 was asked if a smile wasn't better than a frown. I was informed that what the world needs is more cheeriness. I was upbraided joi my pessimism and cynicism and a few year, while the world is in creasing at the rate of 50 million a year. America spent the follow ing In one year: Gambling S30 billion, crime $20 billion, al cohol S9 billion, tobacco $5 billion, dog food SI 75 million, and foreign missions SK'O mil lion. Yes. S-15 million more to feed dogs than to save souls afar. The Communists .spend S3,- 400.1)00.000 annually on the printed page. In a single year they printed two pieces of literature for every person on llie face of the earth. Commimisls intend before 1(173 to conr,ucr the world. They believe they are five years alieafl ot tneir own hedule. A week or two ago I wrote an appeal through these col umns telling of how. in a sim ple way, even more right here in this valley could be prepared to meet our soon coming Saviour. That appeal, sad to say. has apparently fallen on deaf ears. Every one who may liave read my letter was either disinterested or figured the nct one would I rally to the needed project. ! Rigiit now all that is standing j I in the way of putting the i ' truth filled messages of Pas- i lor H. Il. . Kicnards on another valley station is S5 per week. It should not be up : to any one person to carry 1 this load. Many hands make the burden lighter. Perhaps it will lake more ' than high water to awaken ! us. Church membership will ! -ave no one. It'i our personal relationship to our Blessed saviour wno gave mi an lor If this last and final appeal has reached anyone's heart write or give me a ring. I'm not collecting tune's but will let you know how to d ect your help through pr channels. per llcnrv Johnson Jr J'il.l Highway titi Asland. Ore. . 1 DeGaulle won a national election in an upset landslide that gives him a mandate to run France as he sees fit for the remaining three years of his presidency. His own office was not at stake but those of his followers in the nation al assembly were, and his vic tory was complete. Adenauer's test came in Ba varia and the victory nearly provided him with too many riches. The contest there was one of the Christian Socialist Un ion of Franz-Josef Strauss against the Socialists, the Free Democrats, the Refugee party and other splinter groups. J. Harris other isms heard of. I had never These correspondents were extrapolating from my col umn and charging me with views I did net express and do not possess. I made a modest and reasonable ob servation about certain types of manic personalities - and they translated it into an ar rogant and unreasonable at tack upon ordinary good spirits. It is this sort of reaction that makes an editorialist's task so dis-spiriting. He can stand disagreement; - indeed, he thrives upon it. But when he is lambasted for something he did not say, then he begins to worry that either his read ers cannot read or he cannot wrjte. Admittedly, some editorial writing (and thinking) is fuzzy; but in many more cases, the reader puts on his own colored glasses and then ac cuses the writer of distorted vision. Washington Report By William S. White (cl United Feature Syndicate RUSH OF SANITY Washington - All of a sud den Asia is showing that mar velously bracing thing, a rush of sanity to & J the head in $ cold war poli- ' V Sit cy, which had fe I" so r e c enlly g heartened the Western world in the American de cision to stand up to Soviet white military, com munism in China. The agree ment at long last of erstwhile neutralist India to try to ne gotiate some settlement of her wasting border quarrel with pro-Western Pakistan means that common sense has scored yet again, in yet another hem isphere. There is, of course, a long way to go before it can be said that these two key Asian powers have put together their obviously common in terests against Communist China. Much personal diffi culty lies between Prime Minister Nehru of India, a professional and rather preachy pacifist, the Presi dent Ayub Khan of Pakistan, a tough and candid former army officer. . PRESIDENT Ayub has long known that Communist China was a real peril and has stayed with tile West through storm and rain and a good deal of Western neglect. Nehru, until Communist China's invasion of his own country forced some painful second thoughts, for an equal ly long lime had played the Communist game with a "neutralism" which in fact favored both China and Rus sia over 'the West. Moreover, the border area in question, Kashmir, is em bedded and embittered in a hundred old and emotional quarrels between India and Pakistan. It may be that a good solution will yet turn out lo be impossible on any precise terms. The vital point, however, is that an immensely impor tant and desirable advance has already been made, in Ihc very tact that Nehru has finally acknowledge he needs Pakistan's good will - and that of Britain and the United Slates HPHE hard-minded diplomacy of Avcrell Harriman. rep resenting the United States, and Duncan Sandys, repre senting the British, has help- ;pd Nphn, ,0 s ',lljs ; licht w,,, h.,s a!tfjs great , ,andcm, oarncd Wash- ; sponsibility. has been the In in.wicn quaiu'15 pi nign rc- sistcnt pressure upon him of his own military people. These officer, sick with alarm over the poor show ; put up by Indian forces , against the marauding Chi- nosr, hae now re.uiicd a j tunri;ur.cntal decision which I in Itscif is bound lo com- How De Gaulle and Adenau er interpret these victories will have an effect in at least three important spheres - the European Common Market in which Great Britain is trying to attain membership, and Western Europe's position not only toward the Soviet Union but toward the United States as well. Adenauer's position was complicated by the contro versy raging over Strauss and the part he, as West German defense minister, played in the arrest of editors of Der Spiegel, a news magazine, on suspicion of treason. Leading wides p r ead de mands for Strauss's resigna tion were the Free Democrats upon whom Adenauer must depend for the success of his coalition government. The vote of confidence Strauss and his party won in Bavaria strengthened his po In the Day's News By FRANK In Salem last Saturday, Governor Hatfield called for a $405.3 million general fund budget for the 1963-65 bien nium - the highest in tire state's history. In addition, he says, he will ask for a S45 million BOND program to fi nance construction of higher education buildings. The governor explains in his budget message that pres ent programs could be streng thened and continued with a budget of S356.6 million. But, he says, the $405.3 million amount is needed to provide expanded services. IN EXPLAINING his budget request, Governor Hatfield says: The state would receive $357 million from CURRENT sources, as follows: From personal income lax, $216.7 million; from corporate income and excise taxes, $48 million; from liquor revenues, $34 million; from interest on state investments and other sources, $58.3. Total, $357 million. plete the demolition of Neh ru's old notion that neutral ism would see India through. It is their settled conclusion that India will never again be safe from Communist Chi na until the Indian forces have been greatly strength ened, not only along the Him alayan passes near China but all across India. This requires at minimum the friendly cooperation of Pakistan. Never having been bamboozled in the least by the foolish dream of "neutral ism," Pakistan has an excel lent, if small, combat-ready force. The new Indian mili tary plan also requires much help, by way of arms, from the United States and Britain. TN THIS last point lies the Climactic reason why Neh ru has consented to do what he would never do before to talk, as least, to Pakistan about the Kashmir problem. It is a notable diplomatic triumph for Sandys and Har riman. who as an assistant secretary of state has been a consistent hard-liner in for eign policy, notwithstanding the ultra-liberalism of his do mestic politics as governor of New York. Much more, it is proof that whenever and wherever this country and the West in gen eral take up a soundly-based tough line they get things done. For a decade and a half Nehru has been a new kind of Indian untouchable. Neither we nor the British had dared hefore this really to lay a finger on his pretensions to be wiser than all other men. The largest "neutralist" country in the world is. from this day forward, neutral no more. V V: ? ii V-rfM l (i ""vr-.il nL i rv i& I 13" yv-n Va n5o-raeE.Trt.s i 6$rs nr ri a i,v -r ii si-i f J i "Ht says the unii thing every yer . . . then, couple ef dys before Chri.lm.s. it'i gg nog. chestnut, rest ing on en open fire, the whole bill" sition but increased Adenau er's dilemma. For the Fre Democrats adamantly refused to participate In a government in which Strauss was a part. Strauss finally solved the problem himself by resigning. Although his government has been badly shaken, Aden auer now seems to be in a position once again to offer a solid coalition front to the outside world. On most questions regard ing the common market, ha has gone along with Da Gaulle, notably on the strict interpretation of the rules under which Britain is to ba permitted entry. He also has been close to De Gaulle in a refusal to negotiate the German situa tion with the Soviets. Both have been suspicious of U. S. and British determination to maintain contact with tha Russians on the question. JENKINS THAT adds up to this pic ture: Amount requested- $405.3 million. Due from current sources- $357.5 million. Deficit $ 47.8 million. QUESTION: Where would the deficit come from? It would come from added taxes. To finance the new and higher budget, the governor proposes: 1. A net receipts tax. 2. A tax on cigarettes. 3. Elimination of the $1 an nual liquor purchaser's permit fee and an increase of about 15 cents per bottle on tha price Of liquor. AS TO the $45 million BOND program to finance con struction of higher education buildings, Governor Hatfield points out that it must be sub mitted to the people for ap proval or rejection. He adds; "It is 'my recommendation that this election should be held during the legislative session and that the tax pro posals should be submitted for popular approval or rejection at the same time. "If this is done, the legis lature may then match ex penditures and revenues in ac cord with the people's de cision." WHAT of the governor's pro gram? Taking everything into con sideration, it is not unreason able. The amount asked is an increase of about 10 per cent over the last Oregon budget. In that time, according to a recent census bureau report, Oregon's population has in creased 5.4 per cent (the samo as Washington's.) In other words, the cost ot government, including educa tion, is increasing about twice as fast as population. But, as he points out, increasing popu lation involves increases in the cost of educating the new generation - and, as we pro vide better education, it lendJ to cost more. ONE more question: Will the legislature go along with Governor Hat field's recommendations? TT SEEMS probable that it A will. The fjudgcl requested by the governor for the 1961-63 biennium (the biennium that is just ending) was $358,830. 000. The 1961 legislature adopted a $366,779,000 spend ing program. During the past half dozen administrations, t h e legisla ture has finally approved ex penditures larger than tha governor asked in his budget.