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The News- Review, Roseburg, Nov, 7, 1959 County Welfare Setup Improvements Noted In State Dept. Report BY BRAD SLACK Nows- Review Staff Writer Most weaknesses in Douglas county's public assistance grain, pointed up early this spring, already have been plugged, welfare commissioners said today. A full scale investigation into eligibility of recipients has just been reported by the Division of Held Services of state, Public Welfare Department. Douglas County Welfare Commissioners received the report this week. State agency reviewers criticized several facets of the local program, emphasizing particularly public assistance and child welfare cases.

However, the report said lack of personnel and large turnover of employes in the past several years has been largely to blame for errors the program. Attention was focused on the wel-24 fare program last spring when Douglas fierunte Grand Jury members, reviewing dozens of cases involving welfare payments, scored procedures. One case in particular resulted in a Grand Jury indictment and a fraud conviction Circuit Court involving a woman who was receiving regular claims while earning $200 to $300 some months. The state review of county operations was started here by field service representatives. Four were sent to Douglas County in June to make a sampling of cases and determine weaknesses underscored by the Grand Jury.

were three objectives in the study: (1) evaluation of county conformity to state elibibility determination, (2) evaluation of the county's administration process, and (3) to look into case work procedures. the basis of cases reviewed," field officers reported, "it is evident that more consideration be given to both county staff and field staff for filing more complete forms in determining eligibility." The report recommended development of facts surrounding potential and actual resources, excess property, potential elibibility for social security programs and use of other government agency resources for both income and services to recipients. The sampling resulted in ing five public assistance cases where payments were "clearly Three general assistance cases were found in which income old survivors disability infrom industrial accident or gerthed surance was sufficient to render the applicant ineligible, and one case where aid to a dependent child was given after the person reached 18 years of age. At the same time, however, state field, welfare representatives supervisor noted: position "The has not been filled since May of 1957; casework consultant positions in public assistance have not been filled consistently; one child welfare case worker position never has been filled; and there has been 50 per cent turnover in case workers in the last two years and 100 per cent turnover in clerical staff against statewide percentages of and 20 per cent respectively." Personnel Lack Stressed Charles W. Lynch, county welfare commission chairman, said today has been virtually impossible to keep trained people because of the competition from surrounding states particularly that of California, because of the salary differential." He pointed out, also, supervisory direction regarding child welfare case investigations has been lacking, causing an abnormal load on staff personnel.

Mrs. Lois Baker, county agency administrator, said steps were taken as early as last June to shore holes in the local program. There was some staff reorganization done and new personnel hired. Meanwhile, she pointed out, the Douglas County Court made it possible for the district attorney's office to begin action scores of cases where parents were failing to support their families. "Last month alone, more than $2,100 in rebates were realized through court action," the administrator said.

"We have received the finest cooperation from the County Court and district attorney's office in these matters." Americans spent $75,000,000,000 for food in 1958, Food and grocery advertisers invested $148,966,000 in daily newspapers last year to tell consumers about their products. Natural-ly It's Gas! LOOK TO THE FUTURE Look at BOTH and you'll buy GAS BURNER regulates flame automatically, pot watches thermostatically. Foods just can't burn! BUILT- IN ROTISSERIE turns automaticallybrings the fun and flavor of outdoor cooking right indoors. dial perfect meals with Gas VISIT OUR DISPLAY FLOOR OR CALL ON YOUR GAS APPLIANCE DEALER CALIFORNIA- PACIFIC UTILITIES COMPANY YOUR PARTNER IN WESTERN PROGRESSES PACIFIC Bldg. OR 3-7526 Disk Jockeys, Song Pluggers Due Next For House Inquiry WASHINGTON (AP) A House subcommittee is ready to sweep its searchlight from the tainted world of TV quiz shows to another phase of show businessdisk jockeys and song pluggers.

Charges of skulduggery and bribery in promotion of records, particularly on disk jockey shows on TV and radio, have been received by the House Legislative Oversight subcommittee. charges have been made to the subcommittee and we shall look into chief counsel Robert W. Lishman told a reporter Friday night. He refused to say whether this is one of the things Chairman Oren Harris (D-Ark) had mind when he announced the inquiry, will be extended into other television one report SO far unconfirmed had it that disk jockeys and sales promotion of popular music records will be the chief target of the new inquiry. Lishman confirmed that, among other things, subcommittee investigators plan to look into allegations bribing of disk jockeys to promote new popular records.

The subcommittee also is expected to take a penetrating look TV and radio advertising commercials and at the practice of undercover cash payments for plugs of persons or products on TV shows. Vital Statistics Divorce Suits Amy vs. Walter Kruse. Married in Douglas County on March 5, 1935. Cruel and inhuman treatment charged.

Divorce Decrees Grace Boles from Kenneth Boles. Custody of two minor children awarded defendant under terms of agreement. Plaintiff received property settlement. Child custody erroneously stated as being ed to plaintiff in prior listing. GOP Club Offers Glass Elephants WASHINGTON (AP) If you donate $1,000 to the Republican party you can become a charter member of a new club called Associates.

National Republican You'll get a glass elephant desk ornament too. The Republican national committee said Friday letters have peens $1,000 sent contributions. persons The asking aim is to raise a million doliars by Jan. 1. Half of it already has been subscribed.

The Republican club outdoes a Democratic $750 club, started about nine months ago to pay off a $750,000 deficit left over from previous campaigns. So far about per cent of the deficit has been paid off. The Republicans will accept donations of less than $1,000, of course. But that's the amount needed to join club. Members of thin Democratic club don't get glass donkeys, but they do get two tickets each to the Democratic national convention and admission to a special convention club room.

Markham Resigns Director Position Elton V. Jackson, president the First National Bank of Roseburg, today announced the tion of William E. Markham from the board of directors. Markham is now associated with the investment firm Foster and Marshall. Because of the time required in connection with his new work, Markham stated, he would not be able to devote the time necessary as a member of the bank's board of directors.

Jackson it was with sincere regret that he was accepting Markham's resignation. Markham expressed his appreciation for the cooperation har. mony exhibited by the board during the formation and initial phases the development of the new bank. He was one of its original organizers. He has also been a director since its Jackson said inceptipressed the wishes of the board in saying that the members fully enjoyed Markham's services and judgment.

while associated with the bank and extend their best wishes to him for success in his new endeavor. Jackson said the board is now considering a replacement. Band Parents Schedule Meeting Monday Night The Roseburg High School Band Parents Assn. wiil meet Monday at 7:30 pm. in conjunction with the school visitation scheduled that night, said president Floyd Wilson.

It was necessary to postpone the regular meeting last Tuesday, he said. so it was decided to meet on the school visitation night to acquaint more people with the band parents' aims. The meeting will be brief, he said. 2 Oregon Men Killed In Collision Of Cars PORTLAND (AP) A two-car collision in the northeast Portland suburbs early today claimed the lives of two Central Oregon men. They were identified as Harry Fisher, 58, Warm Springs, and Robert Downs, 65, Bend.

A third man in their car. Alvie Hill, 46, also of Bend, suffered surious injuries. The occupants of the other car also suffered injuries. They are two young Portlanders, June Stark and George Cloud. These deaths raised Oregon's traffic toll for the year to 409 in the Associated Press tabulation.

Seven have perished so far this month. Assn. Official Opposes Wilderness Area PORTLAND (AP)-The execuvice president of then Industrial Forestry Assn. told Oregon Wool Growers Assn. Friday its members would be damaged by creation of a proposed national wilderness area.

The timber group's official, W. D. Hagenstein of Portland, said multiple use of some 50 million acres would be banned under a bill now before Congress. He told the growers grazing would be banned on acreage withdrawn for the wilderness area. and that would harm Oregon's sheep and wool industry.

Hagenstein noted that nearly 1.9 million acres in Oregon are dedicated to single use. And, he added. "Prohibition of multiple use of most federal lands is as uneconomically unenforceable as the 18th Amendment was legally The convention wound up Saturday with committee reports and a talk by William McGregor, president of the Washington Wool Growers Assn. At another, meeting Friday the Oregon Growers Auxiliary elected as president Mrs. George Woodworth of Ontario.

Named first vice president was Mrs. George Ward of Shaniko. Mrs. Averill Hansen of Junction City was elected second vice president. The auxiliary elected Mrs.

Clint Lewis of Pendleton as director its "Make it Yourself with Wool" contest. Party Of 32 Lost On Mountain Climb KATMANDU, Nepal, (AP) "My husband has climbed mountains for 20 years," said the wife of Hideko Kato. "'He would not lose out a blizzard." But while Mrs. Kato refused to believe the worst couple's home in Japan, Nepale officials held out little hope the veteran climber and 31 members of his Gauri Sankar expedition. They vanished more than three weeks ago while trying to scale the forbidding face of the foot Himalayan mountain named for the Hindu god of destruction.

Gauri Sankar, which straddies" the Nepal-Tiber border 22 miles northeast of this Sherpa village, never has been conquered. It was feared that Kato, his two Japanese companions and 29 Nepalese porters perished in blizzards and avalanches that swept the mountain last month. Kato's party has not been heard from since leaving its base camp 18,000 feet up the mountain. Two porters were left at the camp and one of them brought word here Friday of the disappearance. A ground search got under way immediately but Nepal government officials said it might take 10 days to reach Gauri Sankar.

Sherman Plimpton Sherman William in Plimpton, of 1053 W. Nebo died a Roseburg hospital this morning. Plimpton was born in Portland, attended Reed College and graduated from University of Washington. He came to Roseburg 12 years ago from Mineral Wells, and for the past five years was employed by Orchard Auto Parts here. Prior to Texas, he had lived in Seattle.

Wash. He was an army captain in World War II and was a member of St. George's Episcopal Church and the Elks Lodge in Roseburg. He was also a member of the Chi Phi fraternity at University of Washington. Surviving are two children.

Sherman William Jr. and Shelley; a sister, Mrs. Janet Corkrum; and his mother, Annabelle, ail of Roseburg. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at St.

George's EpisChurch with the Rev. fred's. Tyson, officiating. Cremation will follow at Rest Haven Memorial Park in Eugene. Long Orr Mortuary will handle ar.

rangements here. lieu of flowers, friends are asked to contribute to the Cancer Fund through St. George's or Long Orr Mortuary. FIRE DAMAGE LIGHT Winston Dillard firemen were called out at 2 a.m. this morning to extinguish a chimney fire at the D.

J. Geddes home in Winston. The fire department reported damage to the area around the chimney. Soil Conservation Group Opposes Dunes Park Plan SALEM (AP)-A resolution expressing opposition to a proposed Oregon Dunes National Park on the Oregon between Florence and Reedsport was adopted Friday by the Oregon Assn. of Soil Conservation Districts.

Some 150 supervisors representdistricts said in the "the area is already well developed for recreational use including federal, state and county facilities." elected were Elmer Peterson, Portland, president; James McCrea, Wallowa, vice president; and Ben Christensen, Harrisburg, treasurer. The group, which decided to meet in 1960 at The Dalles, also named as directors LeRoy Rue, Silverton; Marvin Pangborn, Bay City; Ray Duncan, Ontario; and Andy Hempenius, Sutherlin. Other resolutions adopted expressed: Opposition to any legislation that would create a wilderness that would interfere with orderly land and watershed management or would reserve the area for minority use. A recommendation that Con-4 gress establish soil and water re. search field stations and laboratories in the Pacific Northwest.

A request, that the state Legislature money to pay ing expenses of state soil conservation district supervisors, and that $1,000 be appropriated annually to pay yearly clerical and other assistants. PANCAKE PATTERS These four gentlemen, members of the Roseburg, Kiwanis Club, are practicing for a pancake supper scheduled burg Armory. Toiling from left to right are Feldkamp, publicity chairman; Bill Campbell, Aunt Jemima of pancake fame will be on hand Local talent will also perform. All proceeds go Roseburg youth activities. Tickets are on sale at the door, (Photo Lab) Kennedy Answers Morse's Rap On His Labor Bill Vote, Also Religious Faith Query By GORDON MACNAB COOS BAY, Ore.

(AP)-Massachusetts' young Sen. John F. Kennedy carried his case for political support right into the stronghold of one of his severest critics. He came off feeling good about it and headed today into the income-troubled farm area of Oregon. Kennedy.

is here looking for support in his Democratic presidential aspirations. In late weeks Oregon's Democratic Sen. Waynel Morse has toured the state assailing Kennedy for voting in support of the labor bill passed by the last Congress. Friday Kennedy turned up at the Longshoremen's Union hiring hall where Morse strong everywhere in Oregon -has some of his greatest admirers. Kennedy made no bones about his difference with Morse and said he was as certain now as he had ever been that he took the right course on the bill.

He told 55 longshoremen waiting for calls to cargo work that Morse had wanted to take the House passed Landrum-Griffin bill to the floor of the Senate and beat it there. But, said Kennedy, it was his judgment that the bill might carry in the Senate and it would be better to soften its restructive feaures in conference than to take a chance on the unchanged bill becoming law. Because of this difference, litical foe next May's primary Morse has tore become his bitter poelection. A union official said he doubted that Kennedy would get the long- Tuesday evening, Nov. 17, at the RoseM.

C. (Mike) Deller, vice president; Jerry food chairman and Ed Wyatt, president. for the feed which will run from 5-8 p.m. to the Kiwanis Youth Fund for support of now from Kiwanians or may be purchased Electric Co-Ops Ignore Warning On Intreest Rate LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) -The Western regional convention of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn. called for continuance of the 2 per cent interest rate on REA loans Friday.

In other business before adjournment, the 270 delegates from seven states also: Gave support to the U. S. Senate bill proposing a five-year moratorium on construction of dams on the Middle Snake River. Called on Congress to adopt a capital budget which distinguishes and investments, such as self-liquidating REA loans and federal power investments. Endorsed a bill which would prevent anything less than full development of the Columbia River Basin.

The convention went on record favoring the 2 per cent interest rate on REA loans despite a warning from David A. Hamil, national Rural Electrification Administration chief. Hamil told the convention that if the cooperatives continue to "insist stubbornly on a rate of interest that is below the going rate of money" they may lose public support. Hitch-Hiking Owl Joins U. S.

Navy SAN FRANCISCO (AP) A hitch-hiking joins the United States Navy today, sort of. He applied for enlistment two weeks ago by landing on the flying bridge of the radar picket ship USS Interceptor when he was 150 miles off Vancouver Island. "This bird was really said the ship's public information officer, Lt. John Frohnhofer. The Interceptor docked at Treasure Friday.

"He could scarcely hang on. We caught him and ver fed him. Now he's tame. We've got 200 Boy Scouts coming aboard today. There'll be a drill and we thought that'd be a good time to have the owl join the crew.

fellows think this bird would make us a good mascot because he can see in the dark, like radar. They even call him the name they use for the ship, 'The Big I' "We've looked through all the Navy and quarantine and other regulations and can't find anything against having an the Big I means the Keeping, giving him freedom of the decks- matter how far at sea. "He bates seagulls and we don't dare let him fight them." the lieutenant reported. "He might get killed." Bank Robbers Use Stool In Grabbing Money LOS ANGELES (AP) Two bank robbers took a stool to work Friday. They strolled into a downtown branch of the Security First National Bank and put the stool beside a teller's cage.

Then one of the men climbed on ton of the stool. reached over the cage and picked up three sacks of coins. When a teller tried to stop them, the other man waved a gun. The pair fled. Loss was estimated at about $330.

But it wasn't a total loss for the bank. The robbers forgot their stool. DATE CORRECTED The scheduled for "Battle Lindy's of on the U.S. Bands" way 99 BR, will be held from 8 to midnight Sunday. A previous story in The News-Review had erroneously listed the date as Saturday.

TRADE PACT SIGNED MOSCOW (AP) Holland and the Soviet Union have signed a new trade agreement calling for the exchange of 750 million dollars worth of goods during 1960. STOCKINGS SEIZED TAIPEI, Formosa (AP)-Police bave seized 57 dozen pairs of nyIon stockings smuggled into the south Formosa port of Kaohsiung aboard a south Korean freighter. The stockings had an estimated sale value in Formosa of $5,000. Justice Douglas Explains Dissent In Steel Ruling shoremen's endorsement over Morse's objection but, he added, Kennedy probably had won some favor by his talk and the handshaking session that followed. Religion Injected Twice Friday the question of Kennedy's Roman Catholic faith was brought each time by a high school student.

Each time Kennedysaid he doubted that it would be a major factor in his vote getting. "In my judgment it will not have a significant effect," he said at Marshfield High School here, where 1,301 students cheered him. He told a luncheon group that the question of whether the world is to be free or under Communist domination will be the important one for years to come. He told a dinner meeting the principal issue in next year's election will be which party can best save freedom. But the greatest domestic issue, he said, is the swift decline in agricultural income.

Kennedy headed today into central Oregon where irrigation has created rich farm land, and then into the vast wheat lands around Pendleton. Before going there, he said the farm program should be one of compensatory payments as now made to wool growers, plus a curb on production based on bushels produced as well as acres cultivated, and high support prices. Kennedy's pretty young wife was at his side through the day and together, they smiled, shook hands, with some 725 persons and gave autographs by the score. Consumer Buying, Credit System Burgeoning Despite Steel Industry's Paralysis By JACK LEFLER Ink estimated advertisers would AP Business News Writer spend more than 11 billion dollars NEW YORK (AP)-Americans are buying as if the store doors weren't going to open again. Cash registers jingled a mer.

ry tune this week with the only somber notes coming from areas hard hit by the steel strike. Retail trade's dollar volume, running strong all through 1959, registered gains of 2 to 5 per cent this week over the like period of 1958-the record buying year Dun Bradstreet reported. The automobile reported its sales set a new high for Oetober of 527.000 cars elthough dealers ran into a shortage in the final week because the steel strike was shutting down assembly lines. Highlights of Trade Here are some reports ill trating the buying surge: Sears, Roebuck Co. said its sales topped three billion dollars in the first nine months of this year -the highest for a comparable period in its history.

May Department Stores Co. said it expects to do 675 million dollars business this year. 70 30 millions from last year despite slower sales in the industrial centers of Pittsburgh, Youngstown, Cleveland Akron. Expensive items were going fast. Cadillac reported it solo more cars 120.736 in the first 10 months of this year than in any other year in its history.

A New York jewelry store sold out its limited supply of 14-karat gold golf putters at $1,475 each. The trade magazine Printers INSURANCE BE SURE TO CHECK WITH US! WE OFFER SOME UNUSUAL FEATURES! LEHMAN REAL ESTATE INSURANCE 368 S. E. Jackson St. Phone OR 3-6193 Irv Klein, Agent WASHINGTON (AP) Justice William 0.

Douglas, dissenting from the eight other justices of the Supreme Court who upheld the steel injunction, favored returning the case to District Court "for particularized findings as to how the steel strike imperils the 'national health' and what plants need to be reopened to produce the small quantity of steel now needed. "There the would national be for inopen quiry and findings any questions pertaining to 'national health' in the narrow sense in which the act uses those words," Douglas said. He said he thought that Congress used the words "national health" in emergency provisions of the Taft-Hartley Act, it was "safeguarding the heating of homectiothe of delivery hospitals of milk, and the the like." Douglas said he did not feel the broad injunction could be SUStained when it rested solely on "national safety." "I am unwilling," Douglas said, "to take judicial notice, that it requires 100 per cent the workers to produce the steel needed for national defense when 99 per cent of the output is devoted to purposes entirely unconnected with defense projects." "Health" word He said that President Eisenhower, in invoking the Taft-Hartley injunctive procedures, construed the word "health" to include the material, well-being or public welfare the nation. Douglas said the lower courts also construed "national health" to include the economic well-being or general welfare of the country. Then he, declared that to read "welfare" into "health" gives that word such a vast reach that the court should do this only under most compelling necessity.

then a footnote to the majority opinion, Justices Felix Frankfurter and John M. Harlan said that they intended to file an amplification of their views on the case. They said that while they agreed with the majority decision, they could not prepare their explanatory opinions "within the time limitations imposed by the necessity of a prompt adjudication of this Three secret conferences of the nine justices, the latest one a seven-hour meeting Friday, preceded the ruling. trying to make 1959 a record buying year, Credit System Zooms Buyers are using their credit at a great clip to satisfy their wants. The Federal Reserve Board reported that in September consumers increased their outstanding installment credit by 485 million dollars, bringing the total at the end of the month to $37,500,000,000, up $4,100,000,000 from a year ago.

Leaders in the installment credit field, meeting in New York this, week, said if tight money conditions continue into 1960 may be necessary to be more selective and to require bigger down payments on automobiles and other durable products. But all wasn't serene on the business scene. The auto industry's joy turned to gloom as the steel strike clamped a heavy hand ou assembly lines this week. With General Motors at a virtual standstill and Ford and Chrysler cutting back, auto output was way off. Ward's automotive reports said production this month will be cut 000 units.

Railroads were hard hit be. cause of loss of freight due to the strike. Briefly around the business scene: Corp. is considering Chrysler, rivals, General Motors and Ford, in the car financing business. The Senate Housing subcommittee 15 studying a proposed program to make it easier to buy a home-perhaps lower down payments and longer term loans.

Kaiser Steel Corp. is expected to ship about Nov. 20 the first steel produced since it settled with the steelworkers. Auto dealers are getting desperate for used cars to sell when their new models run cut. General Electrie Co.

plans to start construction soon on a 14. million-dollar Philadelphia center devoted to space technology, research and development. A California company has come up with a home tracking station so space enthusiasts can chert satellite orbits. Want a cow tor Christmas? A Dallas store is offering live wrapped the best we can." DANCE PLANNED Members of Umpqua Unit No. 16, American, dance Legion Monday Auxiliary at will the Veterans Hospital Recreation Building at 8 p.m.

President Mary Ferche announces that all contributions for the Veterans Hospital Gift Shop for Christmas may be left at the MidOregon Printing Company before Nov. 15. PLAIN TRUTH By Glen W. Lundy: Gospel Evangelist "Let us do evil that good may come." While this statement of the Apostle Paul was written in irony and amended by the assertion that it was slanderously attributed to Paul; (Rom. 3:8) many are directing their lives by this principle.

The wording is changed to read, "the end justifies the means." If it appears that SOME GOOD may be obtained then any means is justifiable SEEMS TO BE THE REASONING. This is the theory that motivated some of those recently investigated concerning the quiz shows on T.V., it seems. Knowing that the things being done was DECEITFUL AND DISHONEST they EXCUSED their actions by thinking of the GOOD THEY COULD ACCOMPLISH with their winnings. Certainly this is demonstrated to be BUILDING ON THE SAND. This practice is not limited to material things but has been evident in religious movements as well.

An early religious movement used the SWORD to COMPEL obedience to their doctrine. Present religious movements use many means, contrary to God's commands, to draw people to Him, justifying their practices on grounds that, "good comes of The proverb writer declares that a PRU. DENT MAN FORSEETH EVIL. Pro. 23:3.

GOOD does not emerge from FOUNDATION OF EVIL nor can GOOD BE sustained on the SANDS OF EVIL. The Scriptures are able to FURNISH US TO EVERY GOOD WORK. Tim. 3: 16-17. The SCRIPTURES DO NOT CONDONE EVIL OF ANY NATURE hence that which is evil or questionable cannot be excused on the grounds that "good comes We invite you to study and worship with us at your earliest convenience.

Lord's Day, Nov. 8, at 6:30 in the evening, Lester Brittell, Gospel Evangelist who has spent a number of year in Africa will speak concerning the "GOSPEL IN Mr. Brittell will also show some pictures of the WORK OF THE LORD in Africa. We would like you to attend. CHURCH OF CHRIST 211 W.

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