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o o o (Congress Investigations Running Into Big Money By JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON (AP) The detective business In Congress is running into big money : almost $8,000,000 spent on special investigations since 1947. This came out last week in a report by a staff of ex perts on Congress, vorking for the Senate's expenditures committ&e.They don't complain about the number of inves tigations. But they think they're needlessly exnsive. congress, lorever caning on the executive Drancn of the govern ment for more efficiency and econ- omy, acts like an amoeba itself; it multiplies its activies by divid ing and re-dividig itself. It does so by setting up com mittees to handle this, that and the other thing. Everybody gets Into the act. Congress started out with, and will always have, a num biQ of standing committees.. Divide And Create They handle the regular legis lative problems of government, like finances, commerce, foreign and military affairs, and so on. But these committees divide up special committees are created. All three kinds of committees make investigations, since that's one of Congress' most important functions: Investigations help i functions: Investigations help in " lawmaking, checking on executive branch, and keeping the public informed. Still, when you pile the subcom mittees and special committees plus all the people hired to ork (ttor them on top of the staiwing committees and their staffs, you i et quite a bundle. For example, in 1945 the House alone had 110 special or select committees, subcommittees, and standing committees. The Senate had 75. (In 1946 Congress, grown top heavy, reorganized itself. The Sen at'es standing committees, which had multiplied through the years to 33, were reduced to 15. The House's 48 standing committees were cut to 19.) Experts Explain How account for this maze of committees which had grown up? In their report the exrJSNs ex plain: w 1. fart of it was due to the For example: is food shipped abroad a problem for the foreign relations or agriculture commit tee? 2. The standing committees were not equipped with professional staff people they've hired. F err ducting investigations. So when it reorganized itself in 1946 Congress tried to define the jurisdictions of the various staffs competent to help in con closely. And each of tnem was voted money to hire permanent, professional staffs. And what's been the result? TSe report of the experts has some thing to say on that: The standing committees-handle these routine chores the Wmmit before them, with the help of the these routine chores th commit tees don't need extra help. But when it comes to investiga tions, the subcommittees and spe cial committees get into the act, they go out and hire more help, a temporary staff of professional men and clerical workers. Almost all of the $8,000,000 spent on investigations since 1947 went to pav these extra, temporary peo ple. That $8,000,000 vQ in addi tion to the salaries of thefjerman ent staff people working for the standing committees, plus $10,000 a year which each standing com mittee has for expenses. Think Solution Found Is there any solutiorWor this? The experts in their rsaiirt seem to think so: They suggest Congress cut down on hiring those temporary people for investigations and make better use of the permanent, professional men already on the payroll. Further, the experts suggest that investigations not directly con- overlapping and indefinite juris- Uected with lawmaking be given diction cQhe standing committees.jto a Qptral investigating commit- Thit mwvoloui 2 h.p. ROTARY CULTIVATOR li entirely new and different. 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(Pim JenRTns) Roseburg Lumber company, g, wnere they the erection of a roof over a considerable portion of the bleache tee. with a pejianent, professional staff UrhelpQjse congressmen. Although the experts undoubt dly put a lot of work into making up their report, that deosn't mean Congress will do anything about it. Can&s Valley By MRS. ESTHER PRYOR Mr. and Mrs. Norland YodcWf Eugene ware weekend guests of Mr. and $J)s. h. A, Pryor, Capt R..Staley and wife and son of Fort Ord, Calif., are visiting o o Mr. aritv ing to Medford this week where ihnv haia hnnirhf m nln. Thwe will be a dance July for tSe fire truck benefit. 28 Mrs. Staley's parents, Mrs. H. S. Taylor. 1 and-4Irs. Steve Tunderic of Hammond.Olnd., visited Mr, and Mis. E. Barth last week. Art Fopst is at Fort Lawton, Wash. ruATtr.nTTE rj r m Mrs. H. Long, who has been iljj) Apneal papers have been signed is reported improved. Mrs. Dons Lamm Bruce are in San Francisco. Mrs. Lamm will meet her husband, who is returning frorr(3vera duty. A barn belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Htrnk Deen burned Saturday. Airs. Minow and boys are mov- O APPEAL SIGNEdO thaHvill allow South" Carolina Ne- . Doris Lamm and ivKgroes to appeal to the U. S. su , and Mr. and MrsORofWiet'M'preme court a federal ,-ourt de cision upholding racial i segrega lion in public schools. Garden Valley - By MRS. CARL SCHMIDT Mrs. Garden Valley Sunday school went in a group Sunday morning to the First Baptist church of Roseburg to hear the Rev. John Pikrott preach. More than 30 members attended. The Rev. Parrott is the son of Mr. and Mm. Fred Parrott and grew up in the valley. He attended local schools. NCJv he is minister of the First Baptist church of Belling ham, Wash. Some, unableto at tend the Sunday morning sM-vices, attended in the evening. The Rev. Parrott's mother, Mrs. Fred-)Par-rott, who has been ill in the Mercy hospital. Is now able to be at home. Mr. and Mrs. Neil C. McClure of Richland, Wash., visited Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Love of Garden Valley. Mr. and Mrs. McClure were enroute home after a tour in southern Oregon, Crater lake and Oregon caves after going to Cres cent City, Calif., they returned via the coast highway. , Bean picking has started in the valley. Pickers (ft in the baan .it liii.ord uess, RayYoung md Mr. Iljilbert Lee. This is the in the valSy. Usually the harvest starts the first of August. Mr. and Mrs. Pete Hanson have returned to their home in Garden Valley after a trip to Klamath Falls, Bend and the McKenzie Pass. They went to the coast on the way home. John Hanson is working for the forest sopitse. RaymomV Cotton from Myrtle Point spent the weekend with his sister, Mrs. Ada Hanson. Sunday a fishing trip was enjoyed. A good boat found drifting in front of Pete Hanson's house was caught and Uvi up by Rucben Hanson. Anyoikv'having lost a boat may see this, one anv eveniniz ex- Q)cept Saturday or Sunday. p. Winston By MRS. GEORGE BACHER Mr. and Mrs. C K. Bowman en tertained Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kii) met tm tiiiiiuay. 111c iuiiim?in am newcomers in Roseburg. They moved there from Washington. H. J. Getman returned to his home and place ot4jusincss in Win ston for several 6ys this week. ' He had been in Portland with his j wife, who is hospitalized there, i Mrs. Gctman's condition is re-. ported unchanged, : Mr. and fits. L. A. Wilkinsrhave j returned home following trip along ijie coasvana to Tcnmiie lake to fish. The couple moved here last month, and Mr. Wilkins operates a l0EEinlruck. They for merly made their home in Albany.,! Mr. and Mrs. John Davidson have started building a home on property recently purchased I n Winston. -(j) Mr. aitd Mrs. Ear! Smith of'Eu- KtMiR weie imunutiy evening tan- crs W the home of An('mer sister, Mrs. Edgar TS-fryer, fM'W has been ill. Mr. and Mrs. Trayer and sons. Larry and JafV moved here recently from Coos-Bay. Mr. Monday, July 23, 1951 Th Nwt-Rv!tw, Rattburf, Or. 7 Trover is employed at Ford'i mill. Mrs. Merle Doering, sixth-grade teacher at Dillard school, spent the weekend at iier home in Green district. Mrs. Jeering is attending the Southern Oregon College.of Ed ucation in Ashland during the sum mer. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Bosworth Jr. and daughter, Nancy, have re turned from a visit with the former's sister, Mrs. Clem Myers and family, in Kansas City, Mo. They made the trip by automobile and were gone two weeks. Enroute to Kansas City they traveled through Idaho, Utah, Wyoming and Colorado. They were forced to de return trip due to flood conditions. Azalea By MRS. ILA QUIRKI Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Miles and three sons of Shelhina, Mo are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Leo Allen on Barton road. Mr. and Mrs. T. Coyle of Azalea visited her sister, Mrs. Lucy Bliss, of Gillcrest, Ore., over the Fourth of July. Mr. and Mrs. John Fieldmiller and Mrs. Paul Newman of Azalea rec'O'y visited in California. They visited Mr. Fieldmiller's brother, Walter Fieldmiller. Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Brertmer recently were Mrs. Malty Baker and son of Portland. They stopped enroute to California. The Galesville PTA installed of ficers at a meeting recently. Mrs. Nora Gaedicke is president and Mrs. Cecil wendroth is secretary. A card party, sponsored by the I'l A, wilt be held in the school house Saturday night, July 21. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Hughes of Myrtle creek were guests of Mr. and MisTtharles Dewey recently. Mrs.- Hiifra Humphres and three children of Myrtle Creek were also guests. The Rev. R. D. Hall of Rose burg heldservices Sunday morn ing at GTncsville school. He will lead services again Sunday morn ing. Aug. )9. at 1&.10 a.m. Mrs. Thelma LfWion made a trip to Roseburg July 18. She is taking sewing lesson) at the Singer taw ing school. William Qutrke returned from Portland July 17. Ha ha) been taking treatment) for an Injury received when he fell. 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Every driver involved in an accident resulting in death or injury or' property damage in excess of an allow able rrMmum, must be-f reparwto fur nish proof of finaflciarfespibility up to $11,000 Q expe to lose Mh driver's licena ajg owner's registron within 60 dj $ The owner who has in effect, At th O time of an accident, a form of lroility Insurance which covers damage claims up to. $11,000 automatically satisfies the , requirements of e nVw law. We know that the motoring public will welcome the protectio)provided by this new law. The Ovon AuiQnobile Insurance Com pany anrrits representatives throughout the State vfflj be glad to be of assistance in making sure that you arejprepared to meet all financial rewQsgwtyQsrfuire ments. Bring your insurance pro,hJems to the Oregon Automobile insurance Com pany agent. 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