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J J ft J p THURSDAY. JULY 1. . SomeState Legislators Would Like to Have Convsstficn Soon kJUIIIC . ,0,Conaress-Arkansas Florida. tion in the moderate and lib-, relationship between the Fed-; s.ocrort clear of the 'isms, the -Washington -(Congressional menti and their success 10 Jho, Illinois, Indiana. Okla- Lral state legislatures. jcral and state Cvcrnn-nlvcDns councils, that type of MtUr'OhD MAIL IKiiJUH Quarterly)- The last time the United States held a constitu tional convention was in 1787 when the founding fathers gathered In Philadelphia to draw up the Constitution of the United States. But if a group of conservatively ori ented state leolKl their way, there will be an- uier national constitutional convention soon. ine constitution provides IT" "icmoas 01 amendment. omy metnod used so far 1 .ufn.Ior me Congress, by two-thirds vnio in knu -u : bers to approve a new amend ment, after which it is Sub mitted to the states and be- . mciii i amy. The Constitution i aisu per- .1 ?, the slates. by passing -"""""". m require Con- sress ui can a constitutional ;; lu siaer a spe cific amendment. If the con vention should approve such an amendment, it would then be submitted for the approval of three-fourths of th fa. The second method has nev er succeeded in the past, eith er because the legislative me morials to Coneres larlrori uniform wording, or because me memorials were passed many years apart, destroying their effectiveness as a single juauuuLe 10 congress. Memorial Method UncUar Backers of a limit on the Income tax, for instance, claim that three-quarters of the states have submitted some type of memorial on this subject. But the record shows that the memorials date back as far as 1038, contain widely differeing wording and pro visions, and that some states have even attempted to re scind their resolutions. Congress has never set down a policy as to how many years apart memorials must be, whether states can rescind memorial resolutions, how a constitutional convention would be organized, who would sit in it, and the like. But some Congressional com mittees are currently con sidering calling hearings on the subject this summer. The specific Impetus for a fresh Congressional look at the second method of amend ing the Constitution comes irom the campaign recently initiated by the General As sembly of the States, a group of state legislators affiliated with the Council ol State Gov ernments. This group is seek ing to persuade two-thirds ol the states to memorialize Con gress to call a constitutional convention to consider three states' rights amendments, Progress Report The General Assembly ap proved the three amendments at its Dec. 6, 1962 meeting in Chicago and recommended that "to the fullest extent pos sible" all state legislatures be in session in early 1063 for the purpose of pausing the memorials in identical form, thereby avoiding the past de fects of the little-used amend ing process. The three proposed amend- date: -Prohibit the U.S. supreme Court or any other federal court from exercising jurisdic tion in any case "relating to apportionment of representa tion in any state legislature." This amendment is intended to nullify the effects of the March 1962 Supreme Court decision in the Tennessee ap portionment case (Baker v. Carr), which has resulted in court cases in jo stales ana reapportionments - almost all benefitting urban or suburban areas at the expense of rural counties - in 17 states. The reapportionment me morial resolution was ap proved so far in 11 states -Arkansas, Idaho, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wyo ming. It was also passed in Nebraska but vetoed by Gov. Frank B. Morrison (D) who said it would weaken the U.S. Constitution. -Establish a "Court of the Union" composed, of the chief justices of the supreme courts of the SO states, with power to review and reverse decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court "relating to the rights re served to the states or peo ple." Four states - Alabama, Arkansas, Florida and Wyo ming - have asked Congress to call a constitutional con vention to consider this amendment. -Change the amending pro cess of the Constitution so that two-thirds of the states could directly propose con stitutional amendments with out obtaining, as is now re quired, the approval of Con gress or a constitutional convention. This amendment has been endorsed by the legislatures of 8 states in memorials to Employees Receive Pins for Service Among 13 state highway department employees from the Medford area to receive service pins was John M. I s h a m, district officeman, Medford, who received a pin for 35 years of service. Other employees to receive service pins from R. L. Lam- m e r t, district maintenance superintendent, were Lyle E. Springer, Siskiyou section, a 20-year pin, IB-year pins to Stanley G. Rising, Charles W. Dennlston, Ray C. Jones, John A, Strahan, all Grants Pass sect'on; Burse H. Cathey and Harold A. Klngery, both Eagle Point section; and 10- year pins to Jack L. Rose, assistant section fore man; Prospect; Kenneth A. Brown, Cave Junction section; Don ald Force, bridge mainte nance. Grants Pass; George F. Guthrie, parks depart ment, Medford; and Mrs. La Murle Farrar, secretary to Lammert. homa. South Carolina, &oum Dakota and Wyoming. Chances of Approval Since most states are now completing their legislative sessions for 1963, prospects for early two-thirds approval of any one of the states' rights amendments now seems quite dim. Moreover, the states which have ratified to date are all conservatively oriented states that would be most likely to ratify any conservative amendment. The proposed amendments are likely to en counter much stiffcr opposi- Concerted liberal opposition to the proposed amendments is just forming. The most sweeping condemnation of them to date came recently from Prof, Charles L. Black Jr. of Yale Law School who said they were "radical in the extreme" and "constitute, col lectively, one more attempt, so late in the day, at con verting the United States into a confederation." Chief Justice Earl Warren recently said the proposals "would make profound changes in the judiciary, the and even in the the Constitution.'' H ycrs had fjiikci to public to a move ! of Hie ilitv of y.M law alert the r Israel Con.-t:tu- amenriment lion. States' rights defenders, however, say that resen'ment about encroaching federal power is tati iltrlin up in the states and that the proposed amendments cannot he dis missed as a concoction of reactionary groups. George Prentice, staff man of the National Legislative Conference, says "wo ' have hin?." Backers of the move ment, he tavs, "sincerely be lieve in it us a matter of state ' in-.;vncif nee.-' S'.i'e Rep. Warren Wood i;R-ii!.i. who or.fjinally pro 'posed the "Court of the Un ion" amendment, says he sup ports it because the 10th j Amendment, which reserves j to the s'.atcyor the people all powers not delegated to the Federal Government in the 'Constitution, has been "raped twice a day for ten years." (Copyright 19S3, ' Congressional Quarterly Inc.) Knights of Columbus Hold Installation Alex Austin was installed grand knight at a recent meeting of the Knights of Columbus council in their building on Black Oak dr., Medford. Also installed oy Robert Herbage, district deputy, and Stephen Ferche, grand Knight, Roseburg, were Rob ert Howard, deputy grand knight; Charles Moore, chan cellor; Donald MacPherson, warden; Wilson Edinger, ad vocate; Iven Allen, recording secretary; Robert Messer, treasurer; Lee Pendergast, in- Residents Warned Of 'Notice' Mail The Medford Chamber of Commerce has warned resi dents about the use of official looking "public notice" mail ings to sell so-called "dis tress" merchanaise. nnn McNeil, manager tho chamber, said public notice of that the headings are similar in style to legal no- side guard; and James Dziar maga, outside guard. In addition those appointed were the Rev. Carl Mai, Sa cred Heart parish, chaplain; Michael Altobello, financial secretary; and Leonard Kuc kleman, lecturer. tices and auction and bank ruptcy announcements. The implication is that the mer chandise is being sacrificed at a fraction of its worth to satis fy the claims of creditors. In a typical example the mailing notes that several tons of brand new cookware with a "list price" of 199.50 must be sacrificed for S35, implying the need to satisfy creditors claims. The merchandise is being regularly sold throughout the country in large volume for $35 by means of this gim mick, McNeil said, noting that the list price of $199.50 is "wholly fictitious." Texas has more farm wood land acreage than any of the other states. The Medical Roundup t C VfMBPiiiB fan Emtruui ConaulUnt In Medicine mayo runic Emtiitui Professor ol Medicine Mayo Cltnlo (Rtflittr and Tribune Syndicate. 19S Anti-Tubtrculoiii Drugs Given Free Dr. J. Arthur Myers of the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, one of the coun try's experts on tuberculo sis, said In a recent re lease that tu berculosis is now costing t h e United States $740 million a year, primar ily because we are neglecting to use the methods of diagno sis and euro that we have available. Tuberculosis is still killing 10,000 of our people each year and In 1962, 55,000 new and active cases of the dis ease were reported. Sad to say, some 43,000 of these were in an advanced stage, in which a cur is difficult to obtain What Is most distressing is that a large percentage of the infected people have not yet had the proper diagnosis made and they constitute tremendous danger to their families and to the nation as a whole. As Dr. Myers says, we should begin right away skin testing all children with tu berculin (like a vaccine) to see If they are infected. The menace of tuberculosis will not be eliminated until one generation of children after another has gone through life iree from Infection with tu bercle bacilli. Such a cam paign will cost money, but it will save us many millions of dollars In hospitalization alone. A skin test provides infor mation about the infection but it does not tell us whether in the individual there Is active tuberculosis, Free Drugs The Municipal Tuberculo sis Sanitarium In Chicago is going to distribute free to Chicago patients with tuber culosis, the valuable and very helpful drugs lsoniazid and aminosalicylic acid. This looks like a good idea, be cause people on a very low Income might fail to be treat ed because they cannot af ford the medicine. It is extremely important that all patients wlh tubercu losis be found quickly, and then be well treated. What is so unfortunate is that many an old person with a chronic cough doesn't worry about it he docs not know that he has tuberculosis; and he docs not know that if he has grand children living In his home, he is very likely to give them his disease. It only the old man knew that he was handing out death to his adored grand children, he would promptly leave the home and go to a hospital. 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