Head Of Legion Applauds Stand Of Ford Criticizing Fund For Republic's Action
DETROIT m The national
commander of the American Le
gion Thursday applauded Henry
Ford II for criticizing some ac
tions of the Fund for the Republic,
but an industrialist who heads the
fund defended its activities.
Legion Commander J. Addington
Wagner, a critic of the fund, said
Ford's criticism "strikes a reas
suring note for every American
who is concerned with the na
tion's security."
Industrialist Paul G. Hoffman,
who is chairman of the board for
the fund, issued a statement in
Lou Angeles declaring an exami
nation of the record of the fund
Ply Production Hearing Record
TACOMA m The Western fir
plywood industry will set a produc
tion record of nearly 4 9 billion
square feet in 1955, its 50lh year,
W. E. Difford, managing director
of the Douglas Fir Plywood Assn.,
announced Wednesday.
Nearly all of the output came
from the coastal states, which
turned out nearly one billion feet
more than last year. Difford said
that the industry has set produc
tion records each year beginning
with 1947, when the government
lifted controls on plywood.
He predicted another record next
I '
year. He said reports of new mills
under construction and a study of
market conditions indicate an out
put of 5.6 billion feet.
Eleven new plants opened this
year. An additional 11 are under
construction and 12 more are in
the planning stage.
While the industry has had a
record year, there have been a
number of reports of cutbacks in
sheathing production in recent
weeks, Although several mills have
reported laying off workers be
cause of this, most spokesmen
nave called it a seasonal problem.
Sheathing is not in demand when
winter brings a slackening of construction.
Some mills, faced with a weak
sheathing market, have turned to
better quality sanded plywood
which has continued to have a firm
demand.
ILL Buster Keaton, frozen
laced comedian of silent
films, is in "very grave" con
dition at Sawtell Hospital in
Hollywood suffering from a
astro intestinal ailment. He
is shown as he will appear on
TV show "The Silent Part
ner," Dec. 21, in which he
re-enacts slapstick routines of
yesteryear.
Criticism Voiced On Way
Committee Ended Hearing
PORTLAND i.fl Criticism was
voiced Wednesday by two women
on the way the congressional sub
committee ended its hearing on the
Hoover Commission report on pow
er and water resources.
The hearing was held here Mon
day and Tuesday.
Mrs. Margaret von T.ubken, vice
chairman of the Oregon Republi
can Committee said it was "poli
tics" for Monroe Sweetland. Pern
ocratic national committeeman, to
appear as a witness.
Mrs. Louise Humphrey, coordin
ator of the Hoover citizens' com
mittee, said the subcommittee
counsel arranged the final day so
that seven of the last eipht wit
nesses called, including Sweetland.
were opposed to the Hoover Com
mission report.
shows it has ."made important
contributions" to the country.
Wagner said in New York that
Ford has made a "necessary and
commendable move in the right di
rection." tn deploring some ac
tions of the fund.
The Ford Motor Co. president
is chairman of the trustees of the
Ford Foundation, which is sponsor
I of the fund. Ford made his cnt
jicism in a letter to a Syracuse,
N.Y., American Legionnaire. He
said he acted "as a private cit
! izen."
The Legionnaire, John K. Dun
! gey, chairman of the Antisubver
j sive Committee of Post 41 and the
Onondaga County African 1 Le
: gion, wrote Ford tipt the fund
was "only helping those who would
I like to see this country of ours
under communism, socialism or
I . . . one-world government."
i Ford's answer, written Monday,
'was made public yesterday.
I The fund was set up in 1952 by
I a 15-million-dolIar grant from the
Ford Foundation to promote prin
ciples laid down in the U. S. Con
stitution and Bill of Rights.
Operations of the fund have been
1 criticized in some circles as left
I wing.
'I have not as yet heard any
denunciation of the Fund for the
Republic from you." Dungey said
he wroie. "Certainly you don't go
; along with their thinking." g
I Ford's letter emphasized that his
post with the foundation gives him'
''no legal right to intervene in the!
affairs of the Fund for the He- j
public." !
"Nevertheless," he added, "I
have exercised my right as a pri-i
vale citizen to question the manner!
in which the fund has attempted to,
achieve its stated objectives. Some '
of its actions, 1 feel, have been!
dubious in character and inevila-j
bly have led to charges of poor:
judgment ..."
Ford Foundation trustees have
no control of fund activities. i
Paul G. Hoffman, chairman of
the board for the fund, said in a !
statement in I)s Angeles:
"Everyone who has examined,
the record of the fund agrees that j
it has made important contribu-
tions toward (1) the acquiring of1
knowledge which will enable us.
better to combat the Communist
menace (2) promoting understand
ing of the vital role which civil
liberties play in our country (3)
making a reality of the 'equality of
opportunity' through its studies in:
the area of racial relations." I
Fund headquarter In New York
declined comment, Robert G. Hut
chins, fund head, was not available
for comment.
In New York, J. Addington
Wagner, national commander of
the American Legion and a critic
of the fund, said that Ford's state
ment "indicating his belief that
the actions of the Fund for the
Republic reflects discredit on the
Ford Motor Co. strikes a reas
suring note for every American
who is concerned with the nation's
security."
Fri. Dec. 9, 1955 Th Ntwi-RWtw, Rouburg, Or:
Hearing Slated Jan. 20 On O&C Market Change
64 Paratyphoid Cases Reported; Called Epidemic
PORTLAND if) A hearing on:
whether Clatsop County and parts
I of three other counties should be
added to the Columbia River Mar
keting Area for O&C timber wdl
1 be held here Jan. 20.
jiii it's r. uuyie, nureau 01 j.ana
j Management administrator, said
the tiatsop County Court had
asked that industries In thai coun
ty be permitted to bid on O&C
limber in the area. In addition to
considering this, the hearing will
take up the question of including
all of Columbia, Washington ana
LANCASTER, Pa. (ft-An out
break of 54 reported cases of para
j typhoid here was termed an
j epidemic last night by the head of
I the Slate Department of Com muni
cable Diseases. He ordered a mass
inoculation program to start today
i among 35,000 persons.
I It was believed there may be at
'least another 25 unreported cases.
I Dr. W. D. Schrack Jr., head of
the Communicable Disease Depart
ment, said 16 cases were reported
yesterday. He told a meeting of
'Lancaster City and County Medi
cal Society and the State Depart
'ment of Health that the outbreak
is "a catastrophe every hit as big
'as the Stroudsburg flood."
He referred to the August floods
which took more than 70 lives in
the Stroudsburg area alone.
Most of the victims of the dis
ease are children. Several have
been reported in critical condition.
Paratyphoid is similar to but
milder than typhoid.
PRICES UNCHANGED
NEW YORK I Wholesale food
E rices as measured by the Dun &
radstreet index remained un-
changed on balance this week.
The index stood at $5.99 the
I same as a week ago.
Typhoid vaccine and antibiotics
are to be made available without
charge to patients.
Dr. James Appel, president of
the society, said the inoculations
would not be effective in control of
the present epidemic for at least
10 days.
With the first outbreak of para
typhoid, investigators said only one
common factor could be found
that all persons affected use milk
from the same dairy. The dairy
voluntarily closed down pending
an investigation.
Specimens taken from some of
those stricken are undergoing ex
amination to determine the exact
cause of the disease.
Tillamook counties. Parts of them
as well as other counties am. in
the area now.
Under marketing area require
ments, timber cut within the area
must receive primary manufactur
ing thorn hifnr hointf thmnaH nit
Cities in the Columbia River area
range from Oregon City and Mo
minnville to Tillamook and Camas.
Wash.
Willie Hartack rods IS winners
in four days the second week of
the Laurel meeting.
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Power Demand) Increase
Cited By General Electric
PORTLAND 1 Demand for
power m increasing so fast that
this country will have to double its
power-generating capacity in the
next decade, a General Electric
Co. official said Wednesday.
O. B. Falls Jr., marketing man
ager for the atomic power equip
ment department of the firm, said
nuclear energy will be important
in meeting that demand.
He told the Oregon Society of
Professional Engineers that nucle
ar energy cqsts probably will be
cut to a level about as low as
steam power by 1980.
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