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Stato GOP Chiefs Said Ready . ;
To Oust Democrats From Topi
Federal Jobs Where Possible
By A. ROBERT- SMIllI
, SUtesm&n Correspondent
. WASHINGTON-rOregon Republican leaders have been burning
the midnight oil over federal statutes since inaugration day to deter
mine how many and which Democrats they can hoist out of office in
Oregon to make room for their own friends. j ".
The number is relatively small, compared to depression days when
make-work assignments were handed out each morning alter break
fast by former Senator Alfred E.
Reams during his brief appointive
term in 1938 and by former gov
ernor Walter Pierce in the early
thirties while he was still in favor
with President Roosevelt as
Congressman. , 1 . .' "V
Prosperity and civil service
have cut down both the appeal and
the number of federal jobs that
automatically . change hands with
the advent of a new administra
tion. Biggest, plums are federal
3 udgeships but today mere are
no vancancies on the bench, and
Republicans will have to await
death or retirement of present
Judges before appointing ' their
own. Ironically, there is a Re-
mblican appointee sitting as sen
or Judge of the U. S. . District
Court of Oregon at Portland. He is
James Alger Fee, who was ap
pointed by President Hoover in
1931. The other two judges were
Democratic appointees Judge
Claude McCulloch in 1937 and
Talbot t to Face
Questioning on
Air Force Job
WASHINGTON UPi The Senate
Armed Services Committee Satur
day called Harold . Talbott to a
public hearing Monday for further
questioning on his nomination as
secretary of the air force.
Sen. Kefauver (D-Tenn) said he
wants to ask Talbott about two re
. ports that "raise questions of pub
lic policy which are important to
have clarified.
Kefauver said he voted against
Talbot's nomination Thursday
when the committee overwhelm
ingly approved . it, because he
wanted time to study several documents.
Among these, he said, are two
he wants "clarified" by Talbott,
65-year-old executive of Chrysler
and other corporations, who 'has
agreed to sell his stock in govern-
men t-contr acting firms. His nom
ination is on the Senate calendar
for a vote on confirmation Mon-
' day.
Kefauver identified the two re
ports as:
1. A 1951 House report by a De-
fense Investigating Subcommittee
- headed by Rep. Hardy (D-Va). He
said it charged that questionable
price and trade agreements in the
automotive industry -forced the
?;overnment to pay 305 million dol
ars extra for automobile parts
from 1949-51.
2. A World War I report which
raised many questions about the
Dayton Wright Co., then making
aircraft for the government. Tal
bott was then president of Dayton
Wright Co., later acquired by Gen
eral Motors and liquidated after a
long court battle with the govern
ment over profits and taxes.
When he appeared before the
committee, Talbott was questioned
about the aviation report, made
by the late Charles Evans Hughes.
He said there was nothing im
proper in his or the company's ac
tion on the World War I contracts.
ICELAND POWER
NEW YORK (INS)- Iceland's
housewives, long plagued with
that country's shortage of wood
and coal, soon will be provided
with more abundant electric pow
er. Generators capable of produc
ing nearly 55,000 horsepower, are
being Installed at two new major
hydro-electric power plants how
under construction at the cities of
Bogsvirkjun and Laxavirkjun.
Judge Gus J. Solomon in 1949.
Judgeships pay ? 15,000.
Aim at Hess Job
In the next most vital spots
there will be a handful of vacan
cies in the U. S. attorney's office
for Oregon. Attorney Henry,-X
He,ss was I appointed in 1950 for
a four year term at $9,600. Al
though his term isn't due to expire
until next year, Republicans have
found that the law says he serves
at the pleasure of the President.
The Justice Department itself in
terprets this to mean all U. S. at
torneys can, be removed immedi
ately at the discretion of Presi
dent Eisenhower. A newly ap
pointed attorney can then pick his
own assistants beyond the realm
of civil service.
The same discretionary removal
is allowed in connection with IT.
S. marsh alls and customs collec
tors. Oregon's marshal!. Jack
Caufield, will be out of office,
however as of Feb. 1, when his
four year term is up so without
a hitch Republicans can fill this
$8,360 vacancy pronto.
The marsh all must choose from
civil service-approved applicants
in selecting his deputies.
Biggest controversy may devel
op over the position of customs
collector at Portland, a Job held by
Mrs. Nan Wood Honeyman for
nearly 11 years. Customs collec
tors serve for stipulated four-
year terms with no clear cut pro
cedure which allows their re
moval by a new party in power.
But Republicans have been re
viewing court cases that date back
to 'FJXR.'s administration when
he succeeded in removing certain
collectors in order to make new
appointments.
Seek Replacement
Mrs. Honeyman's term is to ex
pire June 30, 1954, but Republic
ans with their eyes on this $9,600
post hope to effect a replacement
long before that.
These are the few choice jobs
at the moment. Farther down the
list of openings are the more
anonymous positions with various
federal agencies having field of
fices in the state. Civil service
ratings are not required for many
legal jobs the boon of budding
politicians.
Still cloudy are the exact chan
nels through which patronage ap
pointments will be made. Senator
Gut Gordon will quarterback
Oregon GOPers on Capitol Hill
but whether the signals for each
blav will come to Cordon from'
the state or go to the state from
the senior senator remains to be
determined.'
Though the party's bigwigs
were all in town for more than a
week during the inauguration pe
riod, there were more important
things occupying their time-
chiefly getting their tlelines se
curely fixed to key posts in the
White House.
Storm Flago
Stffl Flying
SEATTLE (A Southwest storm
warnings were continued at 4 p. m.
Sunday by the- weather j. bureau
from Tatoosh, Wash., to Astoria,
Ore. ....... . '
South t6 southeast winds 25 to 40
miles an hour were forecast for
Sunday night, becoming 2545 miles
an hour from a west-southwest di
rection' Monday. . -
At the same time the weather
bureau continued small craft warn
ings for the Strait of Juan tie Fuea
Inland - waters of Washington and
south of Astoria to Cape Blanco,
Ore." - 'v -r-;- "1
South to southeast winds increas
ing to 15-30 miles an hour on the
coast were ' forecast for Sunday
night. Inland waters of Washington
and the Strait were slated for 2545
mile winds lata Sunday -night
The storm and small craft warn
ings originally were posted at 4 p.
m. Saturday.
Warden, Guards :
Quell 'Women Cons
VANCOUVER, B. C. tf-It took
Warden Hugh Christie and four
male guards to quell a disturbance
at Oakalla prison In suburban
Burnaby.
It all happened in the women
section, Thursday, but it warn'
made public until Saturday.
Two .teen-agers and an older
woman staged a day-long distur
banco during which they barri
caded themselves in a room,
smashed - several small windows
and turned on water taps.
The rebels wielded putty knives
and brooms Saturday to clean up
the mess, Warden Christie re-
ported.
Raise Offered
To Carpenters
PORTLAND UR A wage boost
of 10 and 25 cents an hour has
been offered to most of Oregon's
11.000 AFL carpenters.
An hourly wage of 2.55 'was
offered by the Associated General
Contractors to the carpenters. That
scale would mean a 10-cent boost
for building construction workers
and a 25-cent increase for heavy
construction.
The 900 carpenters working for
the Portland Home Building Asso
ciation are not Included in the
offer. They are expected to also
seek a 10-cent hourly increase
from the present pay of 2.45.
Moscow, Idaho
Fire Under Control
MOSCOW. Idaho It) A fire
which threatened to engulf a block
in Moscow's business district by
mid afternoon Saturday was
brought under control at about 2
p. m. (PST) after raging for six
hours.
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a 14-ton coal pile in the basement
of Shorty's Place, a pool hall and
tavern, spread before noon to en
velop three other establishments
and damage three more.
There was no official estimate
of damage, but first reports indi
cated that damage may rise as
high as $200,000.
Ages 60 to 85
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BOTH MEN AND WOMEN
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ages 60 to 85. Hospital Insurance
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Would you bo forced to use
your savings or borrow money if
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you! St covers both accidents and
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A policy will be sent for FREE
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