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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD, OREGON Opponents of Wildlife Refuge Failed To Have Much Chance TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 26. 1963 B? A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Washington Correspondent Washington (Special) - The opponents of the federal gov ernment's plan for creating a F new wuame I ' didn't have a chance. Per haps some of them knew 1 t h a t in ad- ; vanpp nf the decision o f the Migratory Bird Conser vation commission last Tues day, but they kept writing their congressmen and sen ators from Oregon in hopes oi getting some help to block the proposal. They wrote in vain. Rep. Walter Norblad, in whose district the refuge will be located, told those constit uents who wrote him that the decision was for the Commis sion, not Congress, to make. Sen. Wayne Morse said vir tually the same thing. Sen. Maurine Neuberger didn't hedge her enthusiasm for the idea, although she didn't make any effort to in f luence the decision of the Commission. Needed No Pressure The Migratory Bird Com mission, it is fair to say, need ed no congressional pressure to act favorably on the idea of establishing a 5,371-acre ref uge for Canadian geese and ducks in the Willamette val ley. Its chairman is Interior Secretary Stewart Udall, wno strongly favors such develop ments. The other cabinet members are Agriculture Secretary Or ville Freeman, who is prob ably happy to get a little more farm land out of production, and Commerce Secretary Lu ther Hodges, who is probably delighted at the thought of stimulating tourist services in the area. The other four members are from Congress Sens. Lee Metcalf of Montana, Roman Hruska of Nebraska, and Reps. Leo Gavin of Pennsyl vania and Frank Karsten of Missouri. Others Set Aside It is clear that the Oregon congressional delegation might readily have Influenced I refuge plan. Two other pro the Commission to postpone posed refuges on the Commis approval of the Muddy Creek ! sion's agenda were set aside he CHATS WITH BETANCOURT New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller uses his hand to emphasize a point while chat ting with Venezuelan President Romulo Betancourt at press conference at Governor Rockefeller's Pocantico Hills home in New York Friday. The Venezuelan Chief Executive is winding up an official visit to the United States. (UPI) until another meeting at the request of members of Cong ress from the states in which they were to be located. One was the proposed Wabash wildlife refuge in Indiana. The other was the proposed Pee Dee wildlife ref uge in North Carolina. In both instances the cong ressional request was based on the claim that there was inadequate information local ly on the implications and de tails of the plan. Local opposition to the Muddy Creek refuge was based largely on fears it would cause an increase in property taxes in the area, judging by letters sent to Ore gon congressmen. Would Close Season A Corvallis doctor, who said he was an active sports man, said in addition to the tax issue that it was unreal istic to think that more ref uges can provide enough ad ditional birds to take care of "785,000 or more happy hunt ers in the state of Oregon each season." He advocated closing the hunting season as long as necessary for natural increase in bird population. Sen. Neuberger and the Izaak Walton League backed pending legislation to increase the federal contribution to counties in lieu of taxes to make up for loss of property taxes due to creation of fed eral bird sanctuaries. Most of this increased revenue to counties would come from oil production royalties the gov ernment collects on a refuge in Louisiana. The 'Kennedy Administration supports the bill. Not all property owners were against the refuge by any means. As one Corvallis citizen wrote: "As a property owner, any increased tax tee arising from establishment of the refuge I shall regard as the cost of admission for see ing these wonderful birds." Vandals Break Info Service Station Vandals broke into the Standard Service station op-1 erated by Richard Scott Ham ilton at the corner of Stewart ave. and Holly st. about 4 o'clock this morning, state police reported. Vandals broke six windows and the glass in a door and damaged extensively a car parked in the service station lot, police said. Full extent of the destruc tion had not been determined by Hamilton, who resides at 68 Oak dr., Central Point, of ficers said. The car, owned by Robert D. Stochr, 2555 Old Military rd., Medford, had tjroken headlights, door window, ra dio and antenna. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS NOW SEE WHAT'S NEW AT YOUR CHEVROLET DEALER'S From Salem: Senator Wayne L. Morse spent $154,000 in his cam paign for reelection, a printed report released by the secre tary of state's office last week shows. The report was a com pilation of campaign expenses and contributions in the Ore gon 1962 general election. Morse's rival, Republican Sig Unander spent $135,991. Morse listed total contribu tions of $185,011.52, and Unander's total contributions were $136,445, the report shows. Four kinds of sport all super Want to make spring come in a hurry? Just pick a new car with whatever you hanker for in performance and sporty trimmings like bucket seats, 4-speed shift, lots of horses and start driving it now. Chevy's got a lot of sport in four entirely diirerent kinds of cars. First, the Jet-smooth Impala Super Sport with your choice of 7 different engines that range up to 425 hp and that include the popular Turbo- Fire 409 with 340 hp for the ultimate in smooth, responsive driving in modern traffic. Optional equip ment, including new Comfortilt steering wheel that adjusts to your convenience, makes it as super a sport as you'd like. Jf SUPER SPURT f x" J There's the Chevy II Nova, also available in an SS version. Special instrumentcluster.Frontbuckets. All-vinyl trim. Distinctive SS identification. Fourteen-inch wheels and tires with full wheel disks. Three-speed shift or Powerglide with floor-mounted shift console. Or the Corvair Monza Spyder with complete instrumentation, special identification, and an air-cooled Turbocharged Six. And for a real wallop, see the stunning Corvette) Sting Ray, winner of the "Car Life" 1963 Award for Engineering Excellence. All told, four beautiful convertibles, four handsome coupes. You'll get a four-barrel kick just looking them over and a whole lot more fun out of driving one! 'Optional al extra cost. the term for which he is elect ed is $70,000. Nor is it here desired to In timate that Oregon is alone in heavy spending in political campaigns. In the recent gub ernatorial election in our neighbor state of California, Mr. Nixon and Mr. Brown spent in their campaigns more than the office of governor of California will pay in salary in nearly seven decades. w HEN tabulated, the figures look like this: Morse spent $154,000 Unander spent 135,991 TOTAL $289,991 AU. S. Senator's annual sal ary is $22,500. A U.S. Senator is elected for a six year term. His total salary for the six-year term for which a Senator is elected is $135,000. Which is to say: Both Mr. Morse and Mr. Unander spent more in their campaigns for the U. S. scna- torship from Oregon than the job will pay in salary in the entire six years of the sena torial term for which they were campaigning. T DON'T want to harp too 1 long on one string. The Or egon election at which all this happened is long since over. Nor do 1 wish to inti mate that Mr. Morse and Mr Unander did anything illegal Or that they were alone in heavy campaign spending. According to the report from the Secretary of State s office, Governor Hatfield spent $98,231 in his campaign for reelection. The salary of the governor of Oregon is $17,500 a year. The term of office is four years. The total salary of the governor during m i mv:- w x r I NOR- For lhat mnllnr Is there any purpose here to contend that campaign spending ought to be limited. It can be logically argued that so long as the people know how much is being spent and who spent It and where it came from no harm is done. The laws of both Oregon and California require the re porting of campaign expenditures. BUT It does seem to this writer that if candidates for office are to spend materially more in their campaigns than the office for which they are campaigning will pay in sal ary during the ENTIRE term of the office, disclousure of the amount spent during the campaign, along with who contributed it, ought to be re quired BEFORE election day. 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