MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
Welfare
MONDAY. AUGP8T 12, lUi -
Commission Pleased
With Local Pilot Project
Both the state liicio..
mna me welfare commission
are pleased with the results
of special caseload programs
siarcea as pilot projects a
year ago in Jackson county
ana part of Multnomah coun
ty. it was reDorteri
The new program is being
instituted in Lane countv now
and is expected to spread to
oiner uregon counties in 1965.
The new program here was
siartca under former Jackson
uounty Public Welfare Ad
nunistrator James Pullman
who is now with the state
welfare commission in Salem
"Under the intensive
gram each worker had about
35 families so he could do
little things like talking to
ne doss to iron out employee
difficulties." Jacksnn rvinntv
Public Welfare Administrator
Dave Kuhnz explained. "Be
sides rehabilitating the wel
fare recipient, the case wnrk.
er kept after him . or her
aoout getting a job. It also
revealed that cooperation is
required from a number of
public agencies. Welfare can't
go it alone."
Instruction Counts :
The local welfare commis
sion hopes to place some wom
en later in formal instruc
tional courses such as beauti
cian training or in a work
and learn program. This
would mean welfare recipi
ents would be assigned to the
library or to some other coun
ty office to develop work
skills. Other agencies would
be called on to help, too.
Spade work to prepare for
the pilot program started ear
ly last summer.. The entire
caseload of the Jackson coun
ty welfare. commission was
carefully reviewed according
to a plan devised by the Ore
gon state welfare commission
staff.
"Generally, the idea was
to identify the basic problem
of a family, assess the fam
ily's strengths and weakness
es, and then come up with a
realistic set of goals and plans
to satisfy these needs," Pull
man had explained at the pro
gram's inception.
No Additional Caseworkers
Families needing extra
services by social workers
were assigned to caseworkers
who were responsible for a
fewer number of cases. Yet
no additional caseworkers
were hired due to this pro
gram. The family received
more attention in hope prob
lems could be worked out and
self support accomplished.
The local commission had
been giving services on this
basis for some time, but this
was , a better organized and
better supervised plan. ,
Pullman earlier felt there
was an urgent need for this
program for young 'adults.
These are the people who quit
high school, marry, then dis
cover they have no real train
ing for a job.. For a while
their families may help them.
By their ' mid-twenties the
young men and their families
are on welfare rolls.
At the same time, the wel
fare commission proceeded
with extensive ' on - the job
training and educational pro
grams for caseworkers which
helped improve their services
to people'.
Classification Work '
During the' first four
months of this year, case
workers maintained their reg
ular jobs and completed a tre
mendous- amount of work in
extensive classification and
planning.
Pullman estimated he spent
240 hours on. the road travel
ing to and from the slate wel
fare commission headquarters
in Salem. Each of the case
workers, involved averaged
about 30 hours of extra work.
A minimum total of 400 hours
was spent on the program by
the local staff.
Specific advantages of the
new program have meant bet
ter use of time, better organ
ization of caseloads, better
emphasis on casework serv
ices, better supervisory con
trol of work, better consulta
tion on casework plans, and
more regular . review of
problems.
Example Cited
A good example of how this
new system has worked is the
case of a woman we will call
Elsie B., now moved out of
the state.
She was 39 years old with
fourth and fifth grade young
sters. She had applied for aid-to-dependent
children because
her husband had been drink
ing continually . since their
marriage, - was - unemployed
and later deserted her.
She was living on a ranch
in a remote part of the coun
ty, had never worked out of
the home. Her appearance was
poor and a musing tooth made
her self-conscious and reluc
tant to seek job interviews.
Contacted Employer
After a caseworker insisted
she find some work she did
some ironing at home. She
was put in a special caseload
and rehabilitation was stress
ed. She received dental work.
Then, following more encour
agement found . a part time
dishwashing job in a nearby
restaurant. Although she was
not completely self-supporting,
her grant was released.
- Later the caseworker found
she wasn't being paid regu
larly and had to contact her
employer. At the same time
the proprietor was given her
background so he could work
with her and teach her some
thing about the restaurant
business. After Elsie B. gain
ed new confidence in her abil
ity to support herself, the lo
cal welfare commission began
working closely with the dis
trict attorney's office.
The husband was located
reciprocal non-support action
brought, but the couple was
reconciled when the case
came to court. He claimed he
had stopped drinking and El
sie and her youngsters moved
to California with him where
he is working as a caretaker.
Whether the husband has
licked his drinking problem
or not, Elsie now knows she
can support herself and chil
dren. She continued working
in California. -
"Many of these people and
families under - the special
case-load program are multi
problems. We don't really
know if we can change the
adults in this generation. But
next generation of these fam
ilies will be less of a commu
nity problem. We learned
that money alone won't solve
the welfare problem. Case
workers have been convinced
of this for a long time, but
now we have shown the pub
lic what - we can do with a
properly administered reha
bilitation program," Kuhnz
said.
Pesticides Found
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In Tests on Eagle
Washington - IUMI '- Traces
of pesticides have been found
in research tests on the bald
eagle, America's vanishing
national symbol, the Interior
Department reported today.
But the department drew
no conclusions about whether
the pesticide - DDT - is ac
tually harmful to the bird,
which numbers only 3,807 in
a January, 1962, survey.
Specimens of 25 out of 26
bald eagles tested by the Fish
and Wildlife Service con
tained DDT, frequently used
to kill mosquitoes, the report
said.-
It said that "A marked lack
of- breeding success in costal
areas , . . has led some peo
ple to suspect that these areas,
which are frequently treated
for mosquito control, are pro
ducing contaminated fish that
make up a large part of the
eagles' diet.
The department said it is
continuing, its research into
the effect of DDT on the de
clining eagle population.
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Five Drug Firms Accused of Fixing Tetracycline Prices
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Washington - (UPD Five
leading U.S. drug manufac
turers have been charged by
the Federal Trade Commis
sion with conspiring to fix
prices of a widely-used mira
cle drug.
The commission Saturday
ordered the companies to tear
up all price lists for tetracy
cline, a drug used to cure a
great variety of bacterial in
fections, and publish new
prices independently..
-A basic ingredient of the
drug is Aureomycin, the FTC
said.
" The five - man commission
also claimed, in an unprece-
Appointments Are
Announced for
Red Cross Chapter
Dr. Elliott D. Becken, 1211
Queen Anne ave., vice chair
man of the Jackson county
chapter of the American Red
Cross has been appointed one
of the fund campaign con
sultants for the Cascades dis
trict- by Frank Holmes Jr., na
tional fund vice chairman for
Oregon.
Dr. Becken will assist Jack
son, Josephine and Douglas
counties, according to Dr.
Elmo N. Stevenson, chapter
board chairman. The appoint
ment was announced at a re
cent monthly luncheon busi
ness meeting.
Mrs. Lillian Salade, 140
Greenway circle, has been
appointed volunteer chairman
for the coming year and Mrs.
John Winton, Eagle Point, as
Red Cross representative to
the United Crusade board.
A "friendly visitor" service
to convalescent and nursing
homes and homes for the
aged has been started, accord
ing to Mrs. Frank Fairweath-
er, 3013 Dark Hollow rd. The
Red Cross will be responsible
for orientation and training
of volunteers in cooperation
with the state board of health
and public welfare. First
training session is scheduled
for Tuesday, Aug. 13, at 10
a.m., at the Mcdford First
Methodist church, 607 West
Main st.
Bloodmobile Visit
The Red Cross Bloodmobile
will visit . Medford Monday
and Tuesday, Aug. 12 and 13.
There is a severe shortage of
blood available in the Port
land center for state distribu
tion, according to Mrs. Joe
Burba, 2543 Old Military rd.,
bloodmobile chairman.
Jackson county chapter
helped sew over 700 hooded
winter capes for Algerian
refugees which were sent by
the Portland chapter.
The Red Cross home nurs
ing film will be shown again
this fall, il was stated. Com
munity courses in mother.
baby and home nursing care
will start in September.
Arthur Flemming, Univers
ity of Oregon president, will
be guest speaker at the an
nual meeting Thursday noon,
Sept. 12, at the Red Cross
building on Hawthorne ave.
Those wishing to attend
should call the office for reservations.
Alfred S. V. Carpenter
thanked Dr. Stevenson for
three years of service as a
board chairman. His term ex
pires in September.
Three students of the re
cent youth aquatic school
talked briefly of the skills
and knowledge they had
gained.
Arms Delegates
Return to Table
Geneva - HJPII - Disarma
ment negotiators returned to
the bargaining table today
with little expectation that
the nuclear treaty would lead
to further East-West arms ac
cords immediately.
Delegates to the 17-nation
disarmament conference
scheduled a resumption of
talks this afternoon following
a recess auring wnicn me
partial nuclear test ban
agreement was signed in Mos
cow. The western acicgaiions
met privately in the morning
for strategy consultations.
The atmosphere was rela
tively free of the tens! n
which often has marked the
disarmament talks here in the
past, but informed sources
said the delegates ruled out
any new moves until at least
after the next meeting of the
foreign ministers of the
United States, Britain and
Russia.
The three foreign ministers,
who initialed the nuclear
treaty for their governments
in Moscow last Monday, are
expected to meet again at the
United Nations General As
sembly opening Sept. 17.
dented move, the authority to
lane action to limit or com
pletely halt enforcement of
drug patent rights held by
two of the firms. Chas. Pfizer
and Co., Inc. and American
Cyanamid Co.
The FTC charged they had
obtained the patents unfairly
by withholding important in
formation from the U.S. Pat
ent Office.
The other three firms chain
ed were Bristol-Myers Co. and
Bristol Laboratories. Inc.; Ol
in Mathieson Chemical Corp.
(Squibb), and the Upjohn Co.
The FTC said it considered
Bristol Laboratories a subsidiary-
of the Bristol - Myers
Co. . ,. j ,;,.ti.
Deny Charges
Pfizer and Bristol - Myers
promptly denied the charges),'
ana along with Cyanamid,
said they would appeal the
order in federal courts.
The FTC said that Pfizer's
17-year patent on tetracycline
could yield potentially more
than a billion dollars in sales..
Sales of the drug, "probably
the leading antibiotic on the
market today," it said, have
run more than $100 million
annually.
Deputy Sheriff
Accidentally Shot
Mapieton tUPU Lane Coun
ty Sheriff's Deputy Dean Lin
gafelter was accidentally shot
in the leg while attempting to
serve a subpoena here Friday
afternoon.
According to the . sheriff's
office a youngster ran up to
the deputy, grabbed his pistol,
and it discharged.
The bullet entered Linga
felter's leg at the top of the
calf and emerged about five
inches below. No bones were
damaged. .
The deputy was released
from a hospital at Mapieton
after undergoing emergency
treatment.
The FTC order, which over
ruled its examiner's recom
mendations made after two
years of study, told the com
panies that new price lists
must be based on individual
manufacturing and overhead
costs, desired margins of
profits and "other lawful con
siderations." The regulatory agency gave
each firm a deadline of 60
days from the date of its final
order, which was not speci
fied. An FTC attorney ex
plained that the commission
would tirsl study and issue a
second order dealing with the
Pfizer and Cyanamid patents.
As the basis for its author
ity to prevent a patent's en
forcement, the FTC cited Su
preme Court decisions and its
own powers inherent in the
Federal Trade Commission
Act. It said it used this power
to prevent the public from
being "classed anion,- the
mute and helpless victims of
deception and fraud."
Charge Conspiracy
The commission charged the
Try and Stop Mo
By BENNETT CIRF
"Tl f ILTIE," a script writer asked Milton Berle, "would
J-'-- you give me another autographed picture of yourself?
This one is rather dated." Berle noted that the picture re
ferred to was inscribed,
"To Marty, a great writer
with a fantastic future,
May 23, 1940." He
promptly inscribed a new
photograph for his friend.
This one read, "So what
happened?"
A very popular middle
aged farmer's wlfa in a
mid-western town was
asked her secret for making
and keeping friends.
"There's no secret about
It," she explained. "I'm
just always careful to taste
my words real good before I let
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OVERHEARD:
Bob Hope, driving past an abandoned schoolhouse, with all Its
windows broken: "Somebody in there must have flunked chem
istry!" A hen-pecked husband,- asked how lie had met his wife: "I
was working in a travel bureau. Bhe came in looking for a place
to spend her vacation. I was the last resort."
The producer of the year's most gruesome horror film: "I got
the idea from my wife seeing her hair every morning in those
confounded curlers."
An ex-cowboy: "No more of that life for me, pardner! Home
on the range, I guess the deer and the antelope was playing, all
right but all I seemed to hear waa them discouraging words."
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firms conspired by having
frequent contacts, including
exchange of up-to-date price
lists, issued uniform price
lists; identical bids to pur-,
chasers and identical dosage
forms. .';...'.
Pfizer, in a statement, said
"We have not fixed prices. We
obtained our tetracycline pat
ent in good faith and without
any impropriety."
Dr. Philip I. Bowman, pres
ident of Bristol Laboratories,
said his firm would appeal
"with confidence that our po
sition will be ultimately vin
dicated." W. G. Malcolm, chairman
and chief executive officer
of American Cyanamid Co.,
said his firm's lawyers "assure
us that the examiner's initial
decision exonerating Cyana
mid and the other defendants
was well founded."
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Johnston, 66, was admitted to
George Washington univer
sity hospital June 17.
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