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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
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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!
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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future with
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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.
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