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10 A John i J I A. ROBERT yP SMITH JLf Wail Tribune Waihinaton I3kjL&ji Carrcrpondent TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3. 1M3 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON sons Senate Voting WASHINGTON How could lyndon B. Johnson vote for the federal Hells Canyon dam bill but against the St. Lawrence Seaway? For civil rights bills but against a strong cloture rule lo stop filibusters? For the Bricker amendment to limit the president's treaty-making power but against curbs on his giving aid to Yugoslavia? While these past votes from his Senate record are not really contradictory, they reveal that President Johnson is not a doc trinaire man of either the right or left. Judged by that voting record, he is more conservative than John F. Kennedy but more liberal than Dwifiht D. Eisen hower more nearly a middle-of- the-roader than either of his two predecessors. Guidance Session Slale in Phoenix PHOENIX - Students of Phoenix High school will hear renresentatives of the Slate S v s t e m of Higher Education in a special guidance session at the high school at :iu a.m., Pec. 12. The presentation is planned 1 jointly by the Slate System of Higher Education and the high school to supplement me regu lar guidance program with first hand information about colleges, school officials said. The visitors will explain the academic offerings, specific- re auiremcnts for admission, tui tion and incidental fees, and scholarship opportunities at the various public institutions. Representatives will stress the importance of a good high school record in preparing for any type of education, training or occupation beyond high school. Of special emphasis will be the fact that retention of standards in colleges follow the pattern of higher admission re quirements and thus necessi tate adequate preparation early in the high school years. Students who have demon strated the ability to do aca demic work will be urged In consider the possibility of at tending college. Others will be encouraged lo seek training be yond high school lo he better prepared for future careers, Phoenix school administrators Said. The Slate System representa tives included on the visitation team are James Aimson from Southern Oregon College, How ard Rowe from Oregon Techni cal Institute, and J. Richard Pizzn, from the High School College Relations Committee. Preference (or Electric Heating Noted in Survey Prnforpnnn fni- use nf pipe tricity for heating their new homes, for heating water ana pnnlrino in pxnrpsspri hv house holders in a newly completed survey oi oumcrn uregon anu NnHhprn California areas serv ed by Pacific Power U Light company. "Nearly fit) per cent of all npuj dwellings constructed in the five - county area in the first nine months of this year were equipped with modern electric space heating equipment," ac cording to Sam Smith, Copco Hivisinn sales manager for PP&L. "For heating water and cook inrf ihp nprrpnlnee of new homes that use flamelcss elec tric energy is even greater in Jackson, Josephine and Doug lac r'nnnfins in flrponn and Sis kiyou and Del Norte Counties in California," he added. TWo npupr rnmnanv official said the survey is a measure of the popularity ol electric en- pi-ifv nvpr nomnelinB cnCI'EV fuels available lo tne nouse- holder who has recently con structed or purchased a new dwelling. Of the new dwellings built during the survey period in PP&l.'s Cnnco division. 688 or 5ti per cent installed modern electric space neating pntiinmpnl and fl total of 1.0811 use electricity for heating wa ter and 1,088 use electricity tor cooking. The PP&L sales manager said an inlnrnctino- tl-pnH in the 1ISC of electricity (or space heating is the growing number of dwell ings that have installed "heat pumps" for combined heating and cooling systems lor pro viding year - round lamuy com fort. A heat pump extracts Ileal frnm nuUiHp nir for winter boat ing and removes heat from in cifln nil- fnr Riimrnpr ('online. Of the 84 heat pumps installed in the Lepra division in ine pe riod, 41 are in Jackson County lip ,nn,-l,.W In .Inrlrvrtn Cnuntv. there were Ml new dwellings erecien aim WO or 56 per rent use pln'IrirMlv fni' snnrp hpnlintf. 5117 heat water and S82 cook with electricity. MM Your Medford Scour Distributor X Official Canteens-Sturdy aluminum with cover. No. Vim Two-Quart Canteen S.OO No. 3201 One-tjuart Canteen t.50 Ranger Sleeping Bag - Filled with 2' i lbs. oC )u Pont PacTon 88 filler fill, bag has a water repellent jean cover. No, 1-1 !M tlt.tS Ottlclal Cook Kit - liu Hides aluminum fry pan, Rtewpot, plale, and plastic cup. All not to fit, cloth carrying case. No. '-00 $t.7 Brats-Case Flash Has angle-head, 3-wny sig nal switch. Hulb, butteries. No. 1278 $1.98 Yucca Pack Roomy pack is sturdy army duck. Xo. 574 rius 10 federal tax $4, Official Scout Knlfo - Handy 4-blade knife will do many jobs afield. No. 1996 KKIIIItXIIIIIIX 1,71 He has shown liberal leanings on such issues as public works spending, aid to education, low tariffs, civil rights, public wel fare and farm price supports and other agricultural issues. He has revealed conservative leanings on taxation and mat ters involving government con trols over private industry. Mixed on Labor His record is more mixed on labor, housing and international affairs. He is outspokenly in' favor of strong national defense meas ures, including the American effort in outer space which some liberals have questioned. As vice president, Johnson had no voting record because he merely presides over the Senate without casting votes, except to break a tie. So while this record goes back 10 years to cover his years of Senate leadership, it cannol show whether Johnson has changed on any of these is sues in the past three years as he served in the Kennedy admin istration. Because he has traveled lo virtually every part of Ihe world as vice president, he is apt to be more internationalist - minded than when he was a Texas sen ator who had to contend with right wing neo-isolationists in his constituency. And because he was put in charge of the administration's effort to persuade business and industry to eliminate segregated hiring practices in order to im prove Negro job opportunities, he is likely to be more sensitive than ever before to the need for eliminating racial discrimina tion through pending civil rights legislation. As president, however, John son sooner or later will go on the record, in his own words, on what he wants to do, what he wants Congress to do. But for what help his past voles repre sent as guideposts to the future of Ihe Johnson administration, here is how he stood on major issues of the pasl decade: Agriculture For high price supports and against Benson's flexible supports; againsl reduc tions in conservation payments to farmers and for increases in RE A loan funds; for the two price wheat plan (favored by Northwest wheat growers) and for the program of sending farm surpluses to foreign countries under public law 480. Labor For the increase in minimum wage to $1.25 and against efforts to reduce the bill's coveragt; against efforts to tighten ban on secondary boy cotts; against letting state courts settle "no man's land" labor disputes; for the Kennedy bill requiring disclosure of un- Record Shows Mixed Leanings ion welfare and pension funds and for the labor reforms leg islation growing out of the Mc Clcllan rackets investigation; for requiring labor officials to sign non - Communist affidavits; against expanding unemploy ment compensation. Health and Welfare For ex panding Social Security to cover medical care for the aged; for increasing public assistance; for increasing Social Security bene fits and lowering the age of elig ibility for women and disabled men. Education In 1958 Johnson voted against a bill providing federal funds for public school construction grants to the states but in 1960 he voted for a pro posed $1.1 billion aid program for school buildings and teacher salaries; for the National De fense Education acl; for federal loan funds for college students; for federal scholarships; for vet erans educational benefits; for the proposed Youth Conservation Corps; against loans lo private or parocial elementary and sec ondary schools. Housing In 1957 he opposed increasing public housing but in 1960 favored more public hous ing; in 1959 opposed boosting ur ban renewal funds. Public Works For Hells Can yon dam and the upper Colorado storage project; for grants to local communities for such facil itics as sewage plants; for in creased aid to airports; for the TVA plan for issuing bonds to finance new power facilities; for the area redevelopment pro gram (over Eisenhower's veto); against St. Lawrence Seaway. Civil Rights Johnson pilot ed through the Senate the civil rights bills of 1957 and 1960, but in both cases by making con cessions lo Southern opponents which eliminated some of the toughest provisions favored by liberals, such as "title 3" which gave the Justice Department authority to sue for preventive relief in behalf of any individual whose rights were threatened or violated; against giving 18-year-olds the vote; against allowing a majority vote to stop a Sen ate filibuster but favored a slight change in the rules to per mit two-thirds of senators pres ent and voting to stop a filibus ter; for home rule in Washing ton, D.C.; for Alaskan and Ha waiian statehood. Taxes Opposed all efforts to reduce the oil depletion allow ance; favored continued excise tax on autos; opposed increase in gas tax; opposed attempt to curtail expense account deduc tions in 1959; against a $6 billion tax cut in 1958 urged by liber als; opposed measures to end passenger and freight transpor tation taxes; in 1954 tax cut bill he favored boosting individ ual exemptions. Federal Controls Against the Neuberger billboard control law in 1958; favored the tidelands oil bill providing for state con trol over off-shore oil resources; favored natural gas bill exempt ing independent natural gas pro ducers from federal utility con trol over rates. Foreign Affairs For recipro cal trade extension and against repeal of peril point section to protect injured domestic indus try; for Bricker amendment (in 1954); for the Formosa resolu tion; for SEATO treaty; for aid to Communist satellites as well as other forms of foreign aid; for authorizing President Eisen hower to use force in the Middle Easl to combat aggression if necessary. Johnson voted for the ambas sadorial nominations of Clare Booth Luce and Charles Bohlen, but opposed the nomination of Lewis Strauss as secretary of Commerce. He joined senators who voted to censure the late Sen. Joe McCarthy of Wisconsin. LOG ENDS Quick Delivery MEDFORD FUEL CO. PHONE 772-2111 S&H Green Stamps m Bruce T. Mills Registered Representative PACIFIC NORTHWEST COMPANY Investment Securities Since 1921 302-3 Fluhrer Bldg. Central and Main Phone 773-7319 Edmund E. 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