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ft' T$ yi B .mM.ir-; .1- i . ww ii ii i i ... i i in im i - Hi ii NEW OFFICERS Officers of the Oregon Asso ciation of Journalism Advisers for 1963-64 were elected recently at the annual business session of OAJA, held in conjunction with the 1963 Ore gon High School Press Conference. The meet ings were held at the University of Oregon. More than 1,100 participants registered for the Change in Political Platforms Proposed By LYLE C. WILSON United Press International The moment of truth came for the Kennedy administra tion when Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy appeared on Capitol Hill to plead for a softening of proposed civil rights legis lation. Republicans and Democrats alike have been (or years play ing politics with civil rights. The prize has been the numer ous Negro vote concentrated m the cities of our industrial states. Without that vote in 1960 John F. Kennedy certainly would not have been elected president of the United States. The acknowledged import ance of the Negro bloc vote in the great cities has persuaded the major political parties to make impossible promises in their presidential platform statements of policy. These promises are not limit ed to Negroes and to civil rights but extend to all areas of interest. It has come to be that the Republican and Demo cratic presidential platforms are commonly drafted on a somethinR-for-evcryone basis to Ihe disadvantage o( the. gener ality of voters. Promises Impossible Some of these promises are Impossible of fulfillment. The difference between promise and performance in American poll' tics is so great as to invite speculation as to what would happen If Ihe voters became aware of the hypocrisy being practiced upon them and moved to punish the practition ers. There would be some open ings in Ihe top leadership of both political parties if that happy solution were added to the problem posed by this wide spread political dishonesty. The morality of American politics is about what used to be the mor ality of American finance in Wall Street and among the big banks. That was before Judge Ferdinand Pecora and a U.S Senate committee in the early 1930s focused public attention on the termites in the financial structure. Out of that investigation came a truth-insecurities act which requires that promises made in furthering the sale of securities be matched there after by performance. If Ihe seller makes a dishonest prom ise, the chances are pretty good that he will go to jail. Reform Convrntinn Systems Perhaps we need a truth-in-politics act. A belter way, how ever, would be to reform our political convention system. The conventions now name presidential tickets and write platforms. In the furious com i:UN TOOK HIGH RO.I)-A train took the high road when It should have taken the low road when it was routed by mis take over the regular track when it should have been sty over V1UBA. CTOER 18, 1!H3 meetings. The new officers, from right, are Mrs. Genevieve Hcrrington of Central High school, Monmouth-Independence, president; Ri ley Winchell, Medford High school, vice presi dent; and Mrs. Doris Hampton, Sherman High school, Moro, secretary-treasurer. Method of petition for delegate votes and the Presidential nomination, candidates are inclined to en dorse any kind of phony plat form promise, however impos sible of fulfillment. Candidates before and after the nomination endorse whole platforms without really know ing what is in them. This ap pears to have happened in I960. The gullible voters accept the Westinghouse Job Stoppages Feared PITTSBURGH (UPI) - More work stoppages were feared to day over stalemated contract talks between the Westinghouse Electric Corporation and two unions. The International Union of Electrical Workers (IUE) said it will make a statement today concerning the negotiations. Two locals of the 36,000-mcm- bcr union, in Muncie, Ind., and Columbus, Ohio, already have staged wildcat strikes in protest over day-to-day bargaining with the firm. The IUE passed up a strike option midnight, Oct. 14 to continue talks. Meanwhile, the United Elec trical Workers (UE), represent ing 6,000 workers at Westing. house, announced its 5,000- member Philadelphia local vot ed 6-1 Thursday to strike unless The UE also extended negotia tions instead of striking at mid night last Monday. Multnomah Starts Welfare Work Plan PORTLAND (UPI) - William Moomnu was elected on t h e second ballot Thursday night as chairman of the Multnomah County Republican Central Com mittee. He succeeds Robert El liott, who resigned because of business obligations. Moomau defeated I.yle Dean 134 to 121 in the final ballot. He said he had been a strong supporter for Sen. Barry Cold water of Arizona for President but that he would support any nominee of the party. Green Peter Project Resumed; Picket Gone FOSTER (UPI) - Work on Ihe Green Peter dam project eight miles up the Middle Santiam River was resumed Thursday after a picket placed earlier in the week was re- moved. Writing promises as legitimate and thus presidents are elected. None of the test Bobby Ken nedy applied this week to pend ing civil rights legislation was applied In 1960 to the civil rights section of the Democra tic platform. Small wonder that Negroes expect more in the civil rights bill than they are likely to get. The needed reform would be this: Let the conventions nominate tickets and adjourn. Thereafter, let the party nominees and a small committee of their choice draft the party platform. The personal responsibility of the nominees for the platform promises would be complete and, we could hope, binding. Multnomah GOP Selects Chairman PORTLAND (UPI) Multno mah County welfare recipients will be put to work by the parks department and other county agencies, the county commis sion decided Thursday. Commission Chairman Mel Gordon said the program will start with 30 men, who will work not more than 32 hours a week. The limit, set by state and federal requirements, gives workers time to look for other iohs. Gordon said the program will be similar to those now in ei fect in Klamath and Polk coun ties, but will be tailored more to urban needs. If men assigned to jobs don't show up for work, their checks will slop, Gordon said. Legislative Pay Reduction Eyed SALEM (UPI) Rep. Winton Hunt, R-Woodburn, has asked the Legislative Counsel to draft a bill to cut legislators salaries. He is seeking to have t h e present $250 a month salary cut to $125 a month, and the $20 dailv expense money restricted to the first 120 days of a reg ular session only. Hunt said he helieved law makers should share in cuts being made in state government operations as the result of Tues day's rejection of the lax I n crease measure. DENIES INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON (UPI) The Justice Department denied Thursday that it was investi gating Victor Lasky, d'lthor ot a best-selling book crilical of President Kennedy. a lower track near Covington, new Chryslers, oit sports car photo shows (tiree 4 the can. MfHT Capitol SALEM (UPI) - Wholesale slaughtering of state agencies was not ordered in the wake of the public's rejection of the tax increase measure. Threats of across the board cuts made before the election did not materialize. The cuts were selective. In many cases they were far less severe than had been ex pected. For example, last month the State Library Board in a fit of panic slashed its budget by $122,000. The cutback ordered by Gov. Mark Hatfield amounted to only $68,850. Two general fund appropria tions, for orphans, foundlings and wayward girls, and for the Patton Home for the Friendless, were untouched by the economy axe. The Rogue River Coordination Board had the distingtion of having the smallest dollar amount cut $68. But that was out of a $750 budget, so it was a 9 per cent slash. While operating fund reduc tions may have been less than expected, the cuts in construc tion programs were brutal. The entire $1.3 million Com munity College construction al lotment was wiped out. With two exceptions, all other construction projects not al ready under way were elim inated. This includes the $2 mil lion science building at Port land State College which was approved by the 1961 legislature, bringing the total construction cutbacks to about $12 million. The two exceptions are a new cellblock at Oregon Correctional Institution, and two cottages at MacLaren school for boys. These projects total about $800,000. Also wiped out was $3.2 mil lion for state employes' salary hikes, and $1.5 million for high er education pay increases. The raises already have been granted, however, and the Civil Service Commission says they cannot be withdrawn. This means there will have to b e additional layoffs. The legislature, meeting Nov. 11, still holds the key to the governor's austerity program. The program is based on two assumptions: (D That the legislature will authorize a $10.8 million cut back in the $135 million basic school fund an 8.1 per cent re duction, and (2) that the legislature will re-pass the one-shot speedup in withholding tax collections t o add $12 million to the slate's income this biennium. Anticipating cooperation, Hat field went easy on cuts ordered in operating funds. I There were no 25 per cent slashes. Higher education was cut 7.6 per cent ($6.2 million from an $80 million budget); public wel fare 7.1 per cent ($2.9 million from $41.9 million); state insti tutions 7 per cent ($3.5 million from $49.9 million); and the department of education 11.6 per cent ($1.5 million from $13 mil lion). Agriculture was cut 8 9 per cent, the governor's budget 8.3 per cent. Finance and Adminis tration 7.2 per cent, and t h e tax commission 7 per cent. But when the dust settles aft er the special session, Hatfield may find lawmakers have junked his one-shot request, and instead have doubled the basic school cutbacks. Whatever the cuts are in basic school, they will even- Ky. Damaged or ruined were 23 and four new Dodge trucks. The (UPI) TlUNE, MEDFORD, Memo By Zan Stark Rogue River Board Budget Cut $68 tually be reflected in higher local property taxes. Crowded state institutions and colleges will be a little more crowded. And the real impact of t h e peoples' revolt may show u p when the ballots are counted after next November's elections. Yale Man Given 12 Years in Prison VALE (UPI) - Circuit Judge Jeff D. Dorroh Jr. has sen tenced Encarnacion Mata, 21, Vale labor camp, to 12 years in state prison for manslaughter. Mata pleaded guilty to t h e charge after it was reduced Thursday from first-degree mur der. He was accused of firing a shot that killed Juan Jimincz, 26, Vale, following a dance here. TOMORROW IS NEWSPAPER BOY DAY! h: t l-v; i .t - tM: h.',A h -V-: a : , - Y y - " l-rt Alf ; ;;f - i- - , . IVrM ,.vt .-x. , i - ' , . ,-:' - -',A-'--.P . : r; ; "'(.Ji'''"-i ' $ If it were up to me to decide the Oscars (am I kidding?), I'd give one to America's newspaperboys for their performance. I mean their day-after-day performance, fair weather or foul, delivering1 papers and good cheer to their customers. Learning how to be good neighbors and good businessmen too. But what I'm really here for is to te',1 you what a job news paperboys have done for the Treasury Department helpinpr to promote U.S. Savings Bonds and Stamps, and buying1 plenty themselves out of their earnings. UliqO.N m yk, w n HEAR DRUG BERATED Drs. Stephen Duro vic, left, and Andrew C. Ivy, discoverers of the controversial anti-cancer drug, Krebiozen, sit at a press briefing in Washington and hear officials of the Health, Education and Welfare Bob Hope (speaking for Uncle Sam) gives our newspapcrboys an "Oscar" Keep freedom in your U. S. SAVINGS n r-V' nil So this is Bob (Uncle Sam) Hope saying thanks for all of us to all you newspaperboys our Hope (if you'll pardon the expression) of the future. 1 Department declared the drug to be ineffec tive as an anti-cancer weapon. A National Cancer Institute report recommended that no clinical trial be undertaken. (UPI) They've found Bonds a great way to save for a college edu cationand as you and I know, they're a great way to keep our country strong too. : j'ly future with BONDS Nimitz To Reran In Hospital Longer SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) Fleet Adm. Chester W. NimiU will remain hospitalized for per haps another two weeks for treatment of an injured knee, Navy spokesman said murs- day. Nimitz, 78, has been at Oak Knoll Naval Hospital in Oak land, Calif., since Oct. 10, when he tripped at a federal office building in San Francisco and injured his right knee. His Droaress has been highly satisfactory, the spokes man said: Nimitz was scheduled to ap pear Saturday as principal speaker at a military ceremony in connection with San Francis co's "Festival of France," but the spokesman said the speech was cancelled. Charter Election Due at McMinnville McMINNVILLE (UPI) - The City Council here is expected to call for an election on a new city charter at its next regular meeting. The new charter would provide for a city-manager type of government to supercede the present mayor-city council form. A council committee has been working about three years on the new charter. stari Friday nights en NBC-TV O C3 o o O u o Q
