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FRIDAY, DECEMBER , 1963
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
Capitol Memo
r"""" ' I By Zan Stark
jpv? MOH Turns Tables
llJ On Capitol Press
SALEM (UPI) -In what could
be a major change in his pub
lic r e 1 a t i o n s program, Gov.
Mark Hatfield has turned the
tables on the capitol press
corps.'
At two recent meetings with
newsmen, the governor has
asked almost as many ques
tions as newsmen.
Veteran statchouse reporters
cannot recall anything like it in
Hatfield's first five years as
governor.
Normal practice has been for
the governor to hold scheduled
press conferences during legis
lative sessions, and then hold
them only when requested by
newsmen while the legislature
was out of town unless he had
some special announcement to
make.
First Hint
First hint of the new ap
proach came after the Oct. 15
tax referendum election.
Hatfield invited the capitol
press corps the handful of full
time reporters who cover the
state capital year around to
his office for an informal brief
ing. That was an informal, off-the-record
session where coffee was
served, and t h e governor and
reporters exchanged ideas.
When the special session con
vened, Hatfield did not hold any
press conferences. He granted
only one interview during the
session an exclusive 30-minute
session with United Press Inter
national. The day after the special ses
sion ended, Hatfield announced
he would meet with the press.
While there was no effort to
invite reporters who did not
regularly cover the statchouse.
only one of the legislative press
staff was still in Salem. He was
Douglas McKean, political edi
tor of the Oregon Journal, who
joined the regulars in Hal
field's office.
Coffee Served
Coffee was served as news
men peppered a series of ques
tions at the chief executive.
When the flow of , questions
slowed, Hatfield indicated he
wanted to chat a while.
He then reversed the tables.
and asked reporters for their
views on current topics.
As was the case after the tax
referendum, Hatfield seemed un
usually relaxed and at ease with
newsmen.
Some of the replies to Hat
field s questions were sharp, and
not necessarily flattering to the
governor. If Hatfield was of
fended, he didn't show it.
It was a precedent-setting
style for a Hatfield news conference.
Travis Cross, Hatfield's press
secretary, said the governor has
commented he sometimes learns
more from the kinds of ques
tions reporters ask than they do
from his answers.
Hatfield now appears to he go
ing one step farther, and ex
pressing his concerns by asking
questions he previously put only
to his staff and advisors.
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Monday, Tuesday
The Red Cross Bloodmobile
will be in Medford at the Red
Cross chapter house, 60 Haw
thorne Ave. from 2 to 6 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 9, and from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 10.
It will be located at the Elks
Club in Ashland from 1 to 6 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 11.
This month, hospitals are op
erating at near capacity. Beds
are filled with pateients await
ing surgery, victims of burns
and traffic accidents, sufferers
from seasonal respiratory ail
ments and other illnesses, Red
Cross officials noted.
Accidents increase, due in
part to increased use of the
highways, with a resultant de
mand for additional supplies oi
blood.
But at a time when the po
tential demand for blood is
high, the supply slackens, ac
cording to lied Cross officials.
Most people are preoccupied
with Christmas plans and over
look the need for blood.
It takes only 30 to 45 min
utes to give blood, officials in
dicated. Shoppers wishing to
schedule their blood donations
to coincide with their shopping,
may do so by calling the Red
Cross office at 773-3813.
Appointments assure donors
that they will be taken in with
out a wait. Appointments are
not necessary, however, and
drop-in donors will be welcom
ed, they added.
Persons between 18 and 59
years old arc eligible to donate,
but those between 18 and 21
years old must have a written
consent from their parents or
guardian.
Transportation and baby sit
ters will be available for per
sons wishing these services.
Donations may be made in
the name of any individual or
organization, officials stressed.
Protestants Rally Support Behind Civil Rights Bill
PHILADELPHIA (UPI) -
Protestant church leaders from
all parts of the nation moved
today to muster public support
for a discharge petition to pry
the administration's civil rights
bill out of the House Rules
Committee.
A resolution urging millions
of church members to write to
their congressman, supporting
the discharge petition, was pre-
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The resolution, endorsed In
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nations, voiced strong support
for prompt passage of the
stalled civil rights bill, and
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all possible public pressure to
members of Congress to insure
its speedy enactment.
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discharge petition which re
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House members to bring the
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Indianapolis, Ind., took over as
president of the National Coun
ccil today with a pledge to
"make more prominent" in the
group's activities "the basic
purpose of the Christian faith."
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wants churches to put more
emphasis on their basic mission
of "bringing people into encoun
ter with the living God."
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He added that there should
be no "subtracting" from any
of the council's past concerns
for social issues. He said he
plans to "continue and inten- wealthy industrialist and the
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C o u n c i l's Commission Rcli- council,
gion and Race, which is seek- The new president, who is
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today for George Eli Whitney,
101, inventor of the first steam
powered automobile and grand
nephew of Eli Whitney.
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President Wednesday night at
the group's triennial General
Assembly here to succeed J. Ir
win Miller, of Columbus, Ind.,
will serve a three-year term as
chief spokesman for the Nation
al Council, which represents 31
major Protestant and Orthodox
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