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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.
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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,
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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.
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