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6 A SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1M3 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON President Johnson: To the People of the United States J Weeping Solon Denies Conflict of Interest WASHINGTON (UPI) - With tears streaming down bis face, Rep. John W. Byrnes stood be fore bis colleagues Thursday to "swear before my God and this Mouse" that no conflict of in terest was involved in his deal ings with a Milwaukee insur ance company. At the end of his speech, his colleagues, some visibly touchedstood and applauded. The Wisconsin Republican, a potential favorite son presiden . tial candidate in his . native state, said he would sell the in i surance company stock he owned arid give the profits ; estimated elsewhere, at about j $25,000 to charity. j Irreparably Damaged He categorically denied "any ' unethical conduct or . . . any : conflict of interest" in his deal. i ings with Mortgage Guaranty i Insurance Co. of Milwaukee. He said he had been "prosecuted, judged and hung by powerful parts of the public press," his ! character and reputation "per haps Irreparably damaged" be cause of the incident. The galleries and the House : were hushed as Brynes, his i voice choked with emotion and ; his eyes brimming with tears, detailed how and, why ho in 1 vested $2,300 in the stock of the : insurance firm, which was linked to the investigation of former Senate official Robert ; G. (Bobby) Baker. 1 Halleck Defends Byrnes i House GOP Leader Rep. Charles A. Halleck, R Ind., strongly defended Byrnes as "one of the ablest, decent mem bers on either (the Republican or Democratic) side." "I have complete confidence in his integrity, Halleck said. Brynes said he helped Mort gage Guaranty solve a tax problem which he said threat ened to drive it out of business. He said the intercession in the tax matter was undertaken as part of his duty as a con gressmen and in the interests of fair administration of tax law. He said his purchase of the stock was as a result of ad vice from Paul Rogan that it would be a good investment. Rogan Is a former Wisconsin insurance commissioner and an official of the company. I state categorically that I had no understanding, expecta tion or desire for any reward or favor of any kind for my participation in the (tax) case," he said. Will Sell Shares Byrnes said he knew that he would be criticized now wheth er he sold or kept the stock, but he has decided to divest himself of all his shares in the company and keep only the money. Involved in his original investment. I will donate the remainder to Scholarships, Inc., of Green Bay, Wis., a charitable organi zation which provides higher education for- deserving stu dents in my hometown who could not otherwise afford to go to college," he said. bumming up his personal fi nances, Byrnes said he owned no other stocks or bonds, had no outside connections or finan cial interests, no savings ac counts and a few thousand dol lars in checking accounts. . Two Injured in Three Accidents Richard Melvin La Fleur, 17, of 505 Edwards St., was slightly injured Saturday when the car in which he was riding collided with the center guard rail, on Interstate 5 in Medford, city police report. The driver. David William Stratton, 804 Bennett St., was cited by police for violation, of basic rule. , Josephine Marie Sleight, 68, of 117 Tripp St., was slightly in jured Friday in a two car col lision at 12th Street and River side Avenue. She was treated by a private physician. She was a passenger in a car driven by Joan Rector Kounz. 805 Taylor St., which collided with one driven by Richard Arthur Cox, Minneapolis, Minn. Cox was cited by Medford police tor detective praxes, A two-car collision Saturday at West Main and Fir Streets resulted in no injuries. The cars driven by Joseph James McCallister, 3259 Bellinger Lane, and by Margaret P. Turner, White City, collided. No cita tions were Issued. f J J a . t - vj JOHN F. KENNEDY Oregon Funeral Plan PRE-ARRANGED FUNERAL PLANNING Endou. by the Oregon Funeral Director Assc. FOR INFORMATION WITHOUT OBLIGATION PHONE 779-2631 for an Appointment OREGON FUNERAL PLAN Name............ Address....!.... Phone.....: -g I""""" Or Mail In This Advertisement to: 2900 Barnett Rd. Medford, Oregon please care ... So others may eat every 81 delivers a Food ! Crusade package to hungry -people ucroos the world s ' f ' . :: More than half tha penpla on 'earth do , not hv enough to eat. 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As he did not shrink from his responsi bilities, but welcomed them, so he would not have us shrink from carrying on his work beyond this hour of national tragedy. .He said it himself: "The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it and the glow from that fire can truly light the world." Now, therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, do appoint Monday next, Nov. 25, the day of the funeral service of President Kennedy, to be ; a national day of mourning throughout the United States. I earnestly recommend the people to assemble on that day in their re spective places of Divine worship, there to bow down in submission to the will of Al mighty God, and to pay their homage of love and reverence to the memory of a great and good man. I invite the people of the world who share our grief to join us in this day of mourning and rededication. Waltonian Critical Of Fish Commission SALEM (UPI) -Allen Kelly, president of the Oregon Izaak Walton League, Thursday criti cized the State Fish Commission for voicing opposition to the plan to bar the state's inland waters including the Columbia River to commercial fiishing. Kelly also is president of have Our Salmon and Steelhead, Inc., which is spearheading a drive to place the commercial ban fish ing measure on ine oauoi next year. Keliy praised tne state uame Commission for remaining neu tral and admonished it to "keep straddling the fence." He said the Izaak Walton League was not out of character in backing the Initiative movement. He said "it is our job to protect the sport fishery. This resource is in Jeopardy." More than 200 persons attend ed a public hearing on the con troversial issue nere tociay. At a meeting in September, Fish Commission biologists said eliminating commercial fishing In the Inland waters would not benefit tha fish population. At that time Game Commission spokesmen refused to take a stand on the isue. Initiative Measure Gov. Mark Hatfield then crit icized the Game Commission for not making recommendations. Hatfield said Thursday "our re sponsibility is clear for the de velopment of information rela tive to the Initiative measure and to make recommendations based upon such information." Kelly said that promotional material now being circulated by opponents of the initiative, Salmon for All, Inc., declared the Fish Commission had voiced "strong opposition" to (he Initi ative. He said, "We are con cerned and deeply disturbed that the Fish Commission's stand is being used by opponents." firm Defendenf In Patent Suit PORTLAND (UPI) Georgia Pacific Corp. is the defendant in a patent infringement suit filed in U. S. District Court here by Clupak, Inc., of New York. Clupak's complaint charged Georgia-Pacific with infringing on a patent by making and sell ing extensible paper, a product with a built-in stretch that re sists rips, tears and punctures. The complaint asks for in junction against the alleged in fringement, an accounting and judgment for profits, triple dam ages and attorneys' fees. Public Hearing Set On Conditional Use A public hearing to consider a conditional use permit to al low a trailer house in the South Talent Interim Zoned area will be held at 3 p.m. Monday in the conference room of the Jackson County Planning Commission in the courthouse. The hearing was called by the Board of Adjustment of the commission. Seeking the conditional use permit is Le Roy W. Adams, who wishes to park the trailer on the property approximately 600 (eet southwest of the inter section of Creel Road and Old Pacilic Highway during the con struction of a house on the,land. Education Costs Are Discussed County School Supt. Alf B. Mekvold explained local and state taxation as related to the cost of education when the Jackson County Property Own ers Rental Association met re cently in the Medford High School. Local property taxes support two-thirds of Oregon schools' costs, he said. Before 1940 most school support was from local funds. Property taxes were the original source of these funds and still contribute two thirds of Oregon school costs. The property tax was stabilized in 1947 when Oregonians voted to give back $50 to the individ ual toward education. The school support fund was raised in 1951 to $80 by a vole of the people. Mekvold pointed out there is a need now for additional sources of revenue to support education. It is unfair to prop erty owners to carry such a large percentage of the cost, Mekvold admitted, A working man may have several children in school and pay no property tax or a very small property tax. 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