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MONDAY, KlDrORDjKtTlIBUNI "'Everyone li Southern Oregon RMdiJThMail'IWbune:' fubT'ihed" nally except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 23 NorthJir Jjt.Pri77a-6m ROBERT W RUKL. Editor HERB GREV Advertislnl ! Manager GERALD T LATHAM, Bus Mjr ERIC V. ALLEN JR.. Mn; Editor EARL H ADAMS City Editor HARRY CH1PMAN, Telej Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sporu Ed or OLIVE STARI.'HEK Women'! Editoi DMRICJtNirouJaUon M$r An Independent Newspepel Entered as iecond class matter 11 Medford Oregon under Act 01 March 3, 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mall In Advance Daily and Sunday-1 year 111.00 Daily and Sunday a moa 10.00 Dailv and Sunday 3 moa. 5.00 Sunday Only-One year 5.00 Sinsls Copy IMalledl tOc By Camel And Motor Route. Jally and Sunday 1 year $2 00 Pally and Sunday 1 mo ina Sundjy Only 1 mo. Carrier and Jfendors jCopy loo Ol'llclaf Paper of City of Med'or Official Paper ol JkionCounty UnlTed Press International Cull Leaied Wire U P 1 Telephoto Newsplctures WmBETToF AUDIT BUREAU Advertising rl;rtfcsentatlve. NELSON ROBERTS i ASSOCI ATES Oi'lcee In New York, Cm nun. Detroit. San rranclico, Los Ansel". Seattle. Portland. Denver. 0 NCWlrAPIt UlUSHIftS ASSOCIATION NATION At EOlTOKIAt Mflmher California Newapapr PublUhcri Association Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from tne tiles of The Mall Tribun. 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 yean ago. 10 YEARS AGO Dec. 9, 1053 (Wednesday) The habeas corpus hearing in the case o( Gerald T. Macomb er, 30, will open in circuit court here tomorrow. V. O. Walker and James Ash er Netf have been elected to terms on the board ot the Med ford Rural Fire Protection Dis trict, 21) YEARS AGO lire. 9, 11)43 (Thursday) War Production Board bans use ol community Christmas tree for Medford. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: 'The Older Girls have a crow to pick with Mother Nature. The sweet pea seeds they planted in Oc tober, with orders to come up in February, are now doing it." 30 YEARS AGO Dec. 9, 1933 (Saturday) Glon Fabrick elected presi dent of newly formed Winter Spoils Club. Attorney Frank DeSouia, Lew is Ulrich, J. Frank Wortman and Sid I. Brown prominently men tioned as candidates for Med ford postmastership. 10 YEARS AGO Ilec. 9, 1923 (Sunday) Newly elected officers of Jack son Countv Bar Association in clude Willinm BrlBBs. president: Rawles Moore, vice president, and lion Ncwburv. secretary. A. C. Allen, a member ol state board of horticulture, re turns to Medford from stale meeting at The Dalles. 59 YEARS AGO Dec. 9. 1913 (Tuesday) Pol l land - Beaver Cement Company has (15 men working on construction of new plant at Go d l . Mcdtord's Star theater bills "The Girl and the Tiger," with "Ihrce reels of thrilling and sen sational wild animal produc tions." What's Your I.Q.? Nina er tan correct II superior; even or eight il aicellentf five or tit It good. 1. Name the Chief Justice of the United .States. 2. Lower California Is I part of the Republic of Mexico; true or false.' 3. Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution authorises in come taxes? 4. Correct the following: "He Is a backwards pupil. 5. Is a sea horse a fish, mam mal, or reptile? A. Is tetanus another name for diabetes, tuberculosis, lock jaw, or arthritis? 7. What is genocide? 8. Are dates produced com mercially in the United States? 9. Does Champagne contain i maximum of 4, 14, or 24 per cent alcohol? 10. Do you connect the name Marquis of Quecnsbury with the rules of auction bridge, boxing, tennis, or canasta? Answers: I, Earl Warren. 1. True. 3. Sixteenth. 4. "lie Is a backward. . ." 5. Fish. 6. Lock jaw. 7. Destruction of a race of people. 8. Yea. . 14 per cent. io. Boxing. 4 A- DECEMBER S, IMS' Responsibility Abdicated Members of the Oregon Legislature have closed up shop for the time being. Most residents of the state, one gathers from the street-corner comments, are perfectly happy to have the legis lators do so. The lawmakers, just as they did in the regular session earlier this year, managed to drag out their chore for a longer time than was felt neces sary. By no means all of the exta length was caused by the Boardman hassle. The Legislature, in one regard at least, ab dicated what many feel was one of its prime responsibilities in the special session. This was the job of drawing up a sales tax proposal by the Legislature, to be submitted to the voters next year. A FTER the Oct. 15 special election, it was obvious some sort of sales tax proposal was in the works. A considerable portion of the vote against the Legislature's tax program was predi cated upon the belief, perhaps mistaken, that such a vote would make a sales tax election mandatory. Prior to the time the special session convened, it was known that at least three different groups were preparing sales tax measures for possible initiation. Each was busy grinding its own axe. Each exempted different things, and each treated the income from the potential tax in a different manner. THE only possible way to make sense out of the whole thing would have been for the Legislature to write a sales tax proposal itself. The Legislature is not perfect. But it does represent a wide variety of geographic, eco nomic, and political differences in Oregon. Its membership was far better equipped to draw up a reasonable sales tax measure tor submission to the voters than was any single pressure group. It is unfortunate it did not take that oppor tunity. The Bulletin, Bend. Compassion Appropriate In the anger, frustration and rededication fol lowing the events of last month, it is under standable that the fate of Marina Nicolaevna Oswald, mother of two babies and widow of Lee Oswald, has been forgotten by many. It is less embarrassing to our ignore her. Yet in this vast tragedy, she too deserves sympathy as does the mother of the alleged assas sin. Oswald's widow is in a strange country. She cannot understand our language. Her husband died accused of an unspeak ably, cowardly crime. She is the alien widow of a miserable man. Her tragedy seem to have but a legacy of shame. As we know, President Kennedy was a com passionate man. We are sure that he would have wished that this unhappy woman, and her two babies (blameless and frightened victims of this great tragedy) should share some place in prayers of this humbled nation during this time of national mourning. The Reporter, Portland. Lode of Knowledge Fundamentalists in education would take us hack to readin', 'ritin', and 'rithmetic period. Certainly these fundamentals require the most attention, and probably educators have neglected them to some extent in recent years. But there is a real need for more than funda mentals and learning by rote, and it is a need which goes beyond the abstract. This need was expressed well by Laurence B. B. Johnson in Gladly Learn and Gladly Teach (Scott, Foresman, 1!H51), letin of Salem Public Schools: "If we believe that Ihe prime value of education in our fast-evolving world Is its power to enable students to invent and to create new learnings, to prepare them to test, ab sorb, and use In the future things which nobody knows today, then the goal of the 20lh Century teacher must be, more than ever. In implant a love of knowledge and the desire to expand it, and to create in the student a climate of receptivity (or knowledge that does not yet exist." Capital Press, Salem. Peace Pageant One of the trustworthy harbingers of Christ mas is the arrival in Washington of the giant national Christmas tree for the Pageant of Peace, The tree, a gift which was cut at Pickens, W.Va., will sit on the Ellipse, south of the White House. It is hoped that President Johnson will throw the switch to light the tree about Dec. 18. He performed a like task two years ago when Presi dent Kennedy was out of town. Lighting a tree is an annual custom that has been observed by the White House since 1JVJ3, when President Calvin Coolidge officiated. Ten years ago it was decided to make the observance a Pageant for Peace. Last year President Ken nedy told the nation at the nationally-televised ceremony that the world's hopes for peace were "a little higher" and that the nation could "enter the Yuletide season w ith more than usual joy in our hearts." Though prospects for world peace remain about the same this year, little joy can attach to the holiday season. The words "Peace on Earth Good Will to Men" become full of bitter irony in the context of recent events. E.R.R. consciences simply to children involved in this nothing ahead of them quoted in the last bul "Did He Say 'Let Us Continue' Or 'Let U Work Continuously'?" P6CEMBt?R C Strictly Personal By Sidney J. Harris (c) Field Enterprises. Ine. THE RIGHT TO BE WRONG You have to cam the right to be wrong. This statement would strike most modern ears as peculiar, if not perverse. Yet I believe that unless we understand and respect what it means, we cannot approach the works of the mind or the spirit with the proper attitude. Two qualified historians might disagree about the causes of World War II; one might be right, and the other wrong. But the wrong one has earned the right to his opinion, for he has studied the subject earnestly and at length. - Two musicologists might argue about the respective merits of Bach and Beethoven; one might be right, and the other wrong. But here again, the wrong one has earned the right to his opinion, for it is based on love, diligence, and seriousness. And (lie right In he wrong can be won only In this way. The works of the mind and the spirit history, philosophy, literature, Ihe arls arc much more than a mere matter of taste and preference. They demand our active collaboration, oti;' objective study, our willingness to lay aside our precon ceptions and open ourselves lo new possibilities and com binations. The person who says, "I know what I like." almost always stigmatizes himself as an ignoramus. We like what we are used lo; what we expect; what reassures us and makes us feel comfortable; what massages our egos and confirms our good opinion of ourselves. That is all that "1 know what I like" really means. Every man. we say, Is entitled to his opinion. But "opin ion" is a tricky word; il should mean a "reasoned view" or a "judgment," and not just a prejudice. When a judge hands down an opinion, it is based on something more than his personal preference, it rests upon a tradition and an orga nized body of knowledge in I ho field of jurisprudence. Not everyone, of course, can be, or should be, an expert. But all of us have an obligation to refrain from passing off our prejudices as "opinions." If we go to a football game, and do not understand what is happening on the field, we will not pre tend to judge the teams or the players; but if we attend a play, a concert or an opera, we are quick to ventilate our prejudices, defending them as our "opinions." They are not opinions, because in most cases they are not based on anything but subjective preference, like choosing vanilla over chocolate ice cream. ,,nd it is the most profoundly uncon scious arrogance of the common man that he can evaluate uncommon works without even the minimum of expertise he would bring to a sporting event. Who Did It! -- fjh Who Really Did It? JQSfl By Arthur Hoppe iSxS M How strange the mood of the country seems. "Let's not talk about it," people say. And then they talk about it. "Who did it?" they ask. "Who do you think really did il?" And each, with increasing ex citement, contributes his the ories, his tid-bits of informa tion, his growing conviction of who did it. Of who really did it. "They'll never convince me Oswald could fire three shots in five seconds with a bolt action rifle and hit a small, moving target like that." "No, he must have lud help. And if he was just a psycho path who did it (or attention, how come he denied il when they caught him?" "Yes, and then he was si lenced. Very convenient. How come Ruby' got thai close lo him? Tell me that." "Yes. and what happened to that fellow Weisman who put the anti - Kennedy ad in the Dallas paper and then mysteri ously disappeared? I'd like to know where he fits in." Yes, people say eagerly, yes it must have been a conspiracy. No one man like you or 1 could i have done it alone. It must have been a conspiracy, a vast con spiracy. But then they grow un-j easy. Who was behind il? Who reaily did it? j "There's no question Oswald was a led winger." "Maybe, but who had Ihe mo- live? Who really haled the : President? And in Dallas, too. : I'm not at all sure Oswald hadn't been elaborately set up by those right wing nuts as Ihe fall guy and then silenced." "Yes, but those years he spent in Russia. How do we know what ha was really doing there?" MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. "But where does Ruby fit in? He doesn't look like a political fanatic to me. Actually,. I read where he may be connected with the Costra Nostra. It isn't so far-fetched. They had no love for the President." "Do you think the Dallas cops were in on it? Letting Ruby get so close? Why wasn't the FBI watching Oswald? And the Secret Service? And . . ." And the uneasiness grows. There must be a conspiracy existing among us, a vast con spiracy. But how vast? Who did It? Who really did it? "He was such a great Presi dent. Such a great man." "Yes, I'm convinced he would have led this country into a new era of greatness." "I may have disagreed with him sometimes, but I always knew he had true greatness." "Yes, I'll admit I was against some things he did. But 1 al ways loved him when he was alive. Nobody loved him more than I." "We all loved him. No one was more loved than he." And so. now that he is dead, we all ask. who did it? Who really did it? How important it is lo all of us who (ailed in our duties in some small w ay and all of us sometimes fail to find some vast conspiracy lo blame. How very important. And how very sad. EXTRADITION EYED LISBON (LTD - The Portu guese government will ask for the extradition of former army Capt. Henrique Galvao when he arrives in the United States to he heard as petitioner by the United Nations, an official spokesman said Saturday. , OREGON Foreign News: Christmas Visits To Be Allowed in East Berlin; De Gaulle Alone By PHIL NEWSOM UPI ForelEn News Analyst Notes from the foreign news cables: Christmas Spirit: An East German agreement Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letter submitted tor publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of tj paper, in fact the contrary is often the case. Bowed in Shame To the Editor: America, as a nation, stands before the world today, head bowed in shame. And "shame" will sit upon the doorstep of Dallas and the state of Texas, in bold relief, down through the ages. A Pandora's Box of crass commercialism s u p p 1 i e s the roots from which spring such tragedies as the murder of Pres ident Kennedy and the killing of his murderer. We have, as a nation, nurtured "acts of vio lence" in the form of adult pre occupation with, and childhood indoctrination in, amusements and play of types such as "cops and robbers," "quickdraw," "cowboys and Indians" and "junior Tarzans" activities, that leave their imprint permanent ly. John Steinbeck recently ask ed: "Are the children practicing quickdraw with cap-pistols, the same ones who later are shooting-it-out with the cops, to use their skill?" Driving through Dallas recent ly I was impressed and de pressed by the recklessness and belligerence of auto drivers, by the surly and discourteous atti tudes of the people, by the un kempt and littered condition of roadsides, hotel rooms and res taurants and by several items in the newspapers. One such item told of a group soliciting money to permit the entertain ment of the children in the Or phanage by taking them on a deer hunt! Bitter words will not now heal wounds. But Americans now want to know whether American Legislators can see the light, as a result of the pres ent tragedy, for the need to pre vent the continuing pushing of lethal weapons into the hands of the incompetent and the lu natic fringe? Are we to be for ever deterred by the loud and infantile breast - beating of the National Rifle Association and similar groups of grown-up chil dren who like to play with their guns? Are we to continue to be fooled by such devices as "hunt er safety programs" that es sentially are more sales pro motions than actual safety? Are we just asking for "more of the same lawlessness and mur der" if we fail to provide leg islation to solve this national problem, of the magnitude of a national disgrace? From a concerned citizen. Henry M. Weber, MJ., (Commander, Med. Corps. USN-ret.) 62259 Miles Ave. Indio, Calif. Not Fatalism To the Editor: In her letter published on Dec. 2, Mrs. Rob ert E. Ellis of Rogue River says that if it had not been Presi dent Kennedy's "lime to go," he would have escaped as Gov. Connally did. This is fatalism, the belief that whatever one docs and in spite of all precau tions, nothing can avert the ex pected disaster a prear ranged fate. The essence of the fatalist doctrine is that it as signs no place at all to the in itiative of the individual or to rational sequence of events. The idea of an omnipotent fate overruling all affairs of men is present in various forms in practically all religious sys tems. If the fatalists are right, the time had come for all the people killed in traffic acci dents, airplane crashes, earth quakes, cyclones, hurricanes, drownings, and other mishaps, including among the victims in fan ; and young children. Noth ing could be more absurd. If everyone accepted the doc trine of fatalism there would be no point in our trying to solve the traffic accident prob lem caution everyone to drive carefully and observe the rules of the road. If anything is common sense, it is not the doctrine of fatalism. There are those also who be lieve that losing one's life in a cyclone, earthquake or volcanic eruption is a form of retribution (or sins committed. This like wise is faulty reasoning. Such upheavals of nature are natural phenomena. Human beings have . not a thing to do with their oc-1 currence If there were no life whatever on Uiis planet, the ele- j ments would go on a rampage 1 just the same from time to time. Scientists know that the earth is a minor planet in an unim portant solar system, perhaps of a second rate galaxy, in (he to permit West Berliners to visit friends and relatives on the East side of the Berlin wall during Christmas is seen as the result of economic pressures. Trade between East and West Germany now amounts to about $220 million annually each way, a drop in the bucket to West Germany but vital for the East. It is based entirely on barter which the West Germans cut off at will whenever East Ger man deliveries fall behind schedule. Recently, the West Germans indicated they might vast expanse of the cosmos. Man. in perspective, has shrunk tn a biological incident in the form of life which has been favored by the conditions hap pening to occur on that planet. Such a cosmos cares nothing for man's fate. This is shown by the natural disasters that assail him and by the diseases which afflict him. Dr. Albert Einstein, the noted physicist, spoke of an intelligence, but said it had no regard for man and did not concern itself with what became of him. This disposes of the nonsense that it was President Kennedy's "time to go" when he was bru tally assassinated. Lydia Burnham 814 Warne St. Prescott, Ariz. The True Alternative To the Editor: In the issue of Dec. 1 of the Mail Tribune is a letter by a Clarence M. Crews in which he refers to my question, "Can you imagine (George) Washington advocat ing peaceful co-existence with Communism?" He writes, "Yes, Mr. Weaver, I can. No sane informed person in today's cir cumstances could advocate any thing else ... But today the alternative to peaceful co-existence is NUCLEAR WAR." I wonder where he heard that. I heard it from Nikita Khru shchev in a public speech about the time the U. S. Senate was debating the Test Ban issue. It sounded like a threat. As to being sane and inform ed: Who is perfectly sane? I had a teacher who said, "We are all smart in spots and fools everywhere else." Maybe I am spotted like a leopard. Inform ed? Much depends on where and how you get your information. I believe it was Mark Twain who said something about "More people who know more things that are not true, etc." The rumors of the past week, for instance. Mr. Crews infers that I advo cate nuclear war because I do not advocate peaceful co-existence with Communism. Since he and Kroosh declare there is no other alternative, ergo the inference. I have lived long enough in this, my native land, to see this nation go through four wars into which we were drawn with out being prepared. I did not advocate war, but I tried to do what 1 could to support my country. Once in our history, viz 1867. our nation prevented a terrible war by being prepared and willing to stand by the Monroe Doctrine. No, Mr. Crews, nuclear war is not the alternative. The alter native is prepared prevention. It has already been proven. Go back to October, 1662. Why did Krooch agree to get his missiles out of Cuba? Was it because President Kennedy advocated peaceful co-existence? Or was it because he saw a brave young president of a strong prepared nation stand up and say, "If one bomb falls on the United States we will smother Moscow with all our power"? This may not be the exact wording but it is the content. Referring to Wash ington's Farewell Address, we read. "Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence , ... the jeal ousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake . . . Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosper ity in the toils of European am bition, rivalship. interest, hu mor or caprice?" No, my imagination is n o t brilliant enough to think of Washington being weak or fool ish enough to advocate peaceful co-existence with Communism. I do not hate people, but I hate the isms that lead people into wrong. I hate Communism be cause it is the most heinous conspiracy of evil the world has known in a thousand years. A word from our new Presi dent Johnson: "We must be ready to defend the national interest and to negotiate the common interest. Those who (est our courage will find it strong and those who seek our friendship will find it honorable. We will demonstrate anew that the strong can be just in the use of strength and the just can be strong in the defense of justice." L. G. Weaver m Haven St. Medford .( be prepared to grant the East German Communist regime long-term credits in exchange for an improvement in the lot of the East German people. Of ficially, the East Germans scoffed at the idea. However, the Red decision to let West Berliners visit East Berlin at Christmas may be the first down payment. No Substitutes: President Charles de Gaulle is said to have vetoed once and for all a plan to create a post of vice president to take over in the event that he should fall. De Gaulle re portedly told leaders of his ruling Gaullist political party (UNR) that he wouldn't know what to do with a vice presi dent who would have no other function than to sit around wait ing for him to die. Johnson vs. De Gaulle: De Gaulle can be expected to take his time about setting a date to meet with President Lyndon Johnson. Insiders say the crusty French leader wants to see first whether Johnson is likely to be as tough on such matters as nuclear sharing as the late President Kennedy was. A showdown rapidly is ap proaching between France and West Germany on Common Market farm price policies. In the German view this could mean the downfall of the Com mon Market and, at least tem porarily, the dream of a united Europe. The French are in sistent that German farm sub sidies be cut to the same level as that paid to French farmers, and that French agricultural products receive preference Farm Home Use To the Editor: In the discus sion concerning the welfare pro gram and the operation of the county farm home (Mail Trib une of Nov. 27), Judge Miller remarked that some people think the farm home should be turned over to welfare patients. Is that asking for something to which they are not entitled? Suppose we go back to the pe tition of the County Judge (Cole man) and the Commissioners (Lytle and Morthland) to the voters for authority to build the farm home. They said their rea son for requesting the home was "that it was needed so that more and better care might be given to county patients." The accept ed definition of term "county patient" is a person whose sup port as a whole, or in part, is paid for by the county. In the face of these facts are they ask ing for something to which they are not entitled? If the County Court and the Commissioners in their petition had asked for authority to build the home as a general nursing home, as has been the case, in competition with privately op erated homes, there is serious doubt that authority would have been granted. This controversy has been go ing on for several years, and will probably continue indefinitely unless some steps are taken to find a solution fair to all. As this is a matter that affects all taxpayers, I make the sugges tion that such steps as may be necessary to place the question on the ballot to be submitted to the voters for decision. The farm home belongs to all of the taxpayers. Let them as a whole say who shall or shall not be admitted to the farm home, and not leave the decision to the whims of the county officials. A decision in this manner would correct a multitude of evils. As to Mr. Faber's statement that relatives be made to care for the patients at home such statement shows only how bad ly informed Mr. Faber is as to what is required in the care of a sick person. Would suggest that he volunteer his services to one of the nursing homes for just one day and he would be surprised at the things he would learn. I hope sincerely he is more closely in touch with other business of the county than he is with the nursing busi ness. Be careful, Mr. Faber, some of these relatives may each have a vote. A. J. Curry 906 West Main St., Medford. Moritorjum within the Common Market, composed of France, West Ger many, Italy, Belgium, The Netherlands ' and Luxembourg. The Germans are resisting on both counts. Chancellor Ludwig Erhard's Christian Democrats drew their strongest support from German farmers. Japanese Elections Japanese Prime Minister Ha yato Ikeda's Liberal-Democra tic party Won a major victory in last month's elections, but there are indications that Ikeda may face a fight for his politi cal life when the party holds its convention in July. The party is divided by factionalism and party rivals may be willing to blow it apart to prevent Ikeda's serving a third two-year term. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS From Dallas (Texas): Police here predict that dona tions to the family of slain policeman J. D. Tippit may reach $200,000 when a mountain size stack of mail is finally processed. "It's getting more amazing every day," Police Lieutenant V. K. Hipskind told reporters, TN FORT Worth, 30 miles west of Dallas, a young housewifo reports that a fund for the wid ow and small daughters of ac cused Presidential assassin Lea Harvey Oswald has grown to more than $6,000. The young housewife referred to is Mrs. Shirley B. Williamson, age 25. She says she never met Marina Oswald, the blond Russian-speaking widow of Oswald, but communicates with her through the Secret Service. HOW did she come to do what she is doing? She says that after Oswald was shot by Ruby she looked at her own four children and this thought came to her: "What will happen to his little kids?" So she decided to start a fund for them. She adds: "I'm glad to do what I can that girl and her children need help." QUESTION: It is WRONG lo help the wife and children of an assassin? For a possible answer, let's turn to John, VIII, 7: "He that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stono at her." ET'S get closer home: J This comes from Salem: piVE of Oregon's 90 lcgisla- tors refused to accept frill payment of expenses (or I'e special session of the Oreg n Legislature and one voluntar 'y cut his $250 monthly pay to $130, the secretary of stale's office revealed. Earlier this year the legisla ture increased its pay to $250 a month plus $20 per diem while the legislature was in ses sion. Oregon lawmakers w e r a formerly paid $50 per month. Representative Edward Elder announced earlier that he was cutting his pay by $100 a month. He also refused to accept any of the $260 expense allotment for the special session. REPRESENTATIVE John R. " Dellenback of Medford re turned all of his $260 per diem allotment. Representative Wil liam Gallagher of Portland, who was hospitalized and didn't at tend the session, also returned his per diem check. Senators lom Monaghan of Milwaukie and Alfred Corbett of Portland returned $60 of their per diem allotment. Both were absent for three days of the session. SHOWOFFS? I don't think so. These are all good men. They probably had the sincere feeling that since Oregon is traveling a pretty rough financial road at the present moment they'd feel better about it if they turned back a reasonable part of their increased pay and expense ac count. Oregon is a good state, and it has a lot of good people in it including most of those who serve in its legislature. on Politics 1964 m as Wf i i
