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About La Grande observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1959-1968 | View Entire Issue (June 4, 1959)
It '.''''.111 ONC&-EVERY 66 YEARS Now We Can out .. . i Those Quit Worrying Dirty Books By PRANK CLBH&CK ! UPI Staff Writes WASHINGTON (UPI) We can quit worrying about those dirty books in the Library of Congress. Qur .lawmakers have acted to f lean Vm up. j You probably saw where the library, the world's biggest, ad vised Congress the other day it now is up to 37 million items on its shelves and down to two $3,200-a-year helpers to dust them. Dr. L. Qulncy Mumford, the librarian, said this resulted in a "sub - minimal" cleaning rate. What he meant was, each book on ah average could exoect to Cet dusttd only once every 66 years. TIk House Appropriations Com mittee, after considerable deliber ation on this and other problems entailed in Congress' own 130 million dollars budget, now has (old Dr. Mumford he can Mrs two additional cleaners. Cuts Down Spending But. . . The librarian believes this should enable him to give each volume the once over lightly as often as once in a decade. Thus the Appropriations Com mittee, as penurious an outfit as you are likely to find in Washing ton, has demonstrated once again it knows where to draw the line when it comes to cutting down government spending. The place to draw it turns out now and again to be when Con gress' own budget is being con sidered. However, it wouldn't be right to . jump to any conclusions. In approving the House share of the legislative budget, plus con gressional Items shared Jointly by House and Senate, the committee has knocked one big spending in crease right in the head. No Tree Surgeon Increase Capitol caretakers had proposed to double thier staff of tree sur geons, from one to two. They sought to justify this on the ground many of the 2,500 big trees on the Capitol Hill are old and ailing, and that somebody better look out for rotting limbs and the like. The committee, reporting the money bill to the House Thurs day, obviously spotted this for a case of empire building. It struck out the 100 per cent boost in tree surgeons, and said this' wiy save us $4,000 nextyear. Thnt wasn't the only place where Hie lawmakers found and slumped out potential waste. The Capitol architect wanted to spend $70,000 for better lights in the underground garage where the members park their cars out of the inclement weather, and spend another $25,000 repainting ceiling. No sir, said the committee. Go ahead with the lighting job, it told the a-chitect, and we'll see about the paint job when that's done. There were other savings, like on the members' allowance for of fice supplies. This had been bud geted at $1,800 per member. The committee caught this one right away, pointing out that permanent Observer, La Grande, Ore., Thurs., June 4, 1959 page 8 Utility Commission Dismisses Complaint SALEM (UPI.i The Public Util ity Commission Wednesday dis missed a complaint against John E. Wood, The Dalles, on grounds of insufficient evidence. Wood was alleged to have car ried no permit to cover trans por(,ation of 25 pieces of various manufactured articles from Port land to Condon in 1957. TO DONATE CARGO CAIRO (UPD The United Arab Republic has decided to donate to Palestine refugees any Israeli cargos confiscated from ships passing through 'the Suez Canal, the semi-official Middle East News Agency said Wednesday night. The agency, quoting an in formed source, indicated the UAR law authorizes only $1,200 per member and that the House so far this year hasn't passed the kind of resolution it did last year, raising the allowance by $600. Wait till it's passed, the com mittee said, sternly. apparently is determined to seize the Israeli cargo aboard the Dan ish ship Inge Toft which has been . in custody at Port Said for two weeks. Beef for Slew Tender, lean, boneless cubes of "USDA CHOICE" beef . . . I :i t u f Men go for a hearty stew! 7( u lb. Spencer Steaks All meat no waste! The 'jye of the rib." 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