The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, June 21, 1957, Image 35

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Newspaper Page TextI) Statesman, Slem, Ore, Fit, Jane 21, "37 Byrd Aims Charges at Humphrey Br mftlPiG F. GREEN WASHINGTON. Jul -DcmocriQc s e a a t a r t today pressed Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey to answer charges that th ovemmit u "fiscal mm" and seriously vulnerable te a business slump Humphrey, testifying il Senate Finance Committee hearings oa the Eisenhower administrations money policies, retorted that the Treasury is "in much better shape" than he found it la four yean ago But Chairman Byrd iD-Va de manded particular! He read into the record a four-barreled. 509 word question, te be answered at Humphrey's leisure in writing It was actually a series of charges and assertions, pa in ting what Byrd called "a picture of the most dangerous impbcatwos ." It closed with a single hue "What do rou think jhoukl be done'" The Byrd statements were 1 Congress will not renew the three-btUiooHdoIUr increase ta the rVbtlhoa-dollar ceiling est the na tional debt, due to expire Jury 1 The debt ts within a billion of the ceiling but officials say they may get by without aa increase. "ValweraMe to Hum" 1. High taxes and mounting spending have left the country 'dangerously" vulnerable la any business slump. A decline ta the 1 level of national income. Byrd said, would cost the Trees ory U btUioa dollars af revenue nd would shake the financial foundation af thn country " 1. A continued "debasement ' of the dollar Is lorsssiable and. if srolonged. will bring "meat sen us cooseojuencea The dollar is worta eg I reoU compared with Ota 1MI value, Byrd said. 4. Higher taxes provide ae nota tion Aa increase would cause "great hardship and injury ta the competitive enterprise system " Apses to Answer Humphrey, occupying the wit aesa chair for the third straight day and running iate suffer gril ling dairy, agreed to submit aa an swer Then Byrd yielded te Sen Kerr ' D-CLa l. known as aa "easy-money man " Kerr sailed nght in Was the Wan Street Journal justified m it recent editorial declaring that the government is "in a fiscal mess that the Treasury is "short of money." and that a recent bond offering was s "flop"' Humph rwy protested that there is aa emergency "I've neon ia one crisis after another every day for four years." he told the Ok la bom an "We're not in any more crisis aow than at any time since I have been here I think It the Troas sury is in much better shape than It wae four years ago. Highest interest Offered Kerr's questions centered on the Treasury's recent failure ta dia- pose of an of four billioa debars of new Treasury notea to the bold ert of a maturing issue Although the new notes carry IS per cent buereet, the highest offered since mid-depretaioa days, holders of shout 11 X4etje of the eld is sue demand rash instead of taking the new securities Byrd had quiuod Humphrey earlier en whether this indicated the government was being squeesed by its owa policy of keeping credit tight end letting interest rates climb. fievemsneal Mast Compete The Treasury secretary instated there wss no financial jam The government he explained must compete in the free money market with all other borrowers and psj the going rate of interest. The outcome of the financing he added, was about what we had expected " He said he par tonally was reaponeshle for the terms of the offering The issue was priced "deliberately aa what was a very narrow margin " he said, la taat the market The fsll -short ia sales was ae surprise, he said because investors aowadays are interested in shorter-term securities to keep their assets liquid Byrd wants ts know If lnve ton wanted ta avttd tying up their money hi long-term bonds because they feared inflation "Well they doe t know which way the market is going " Hum phrey replied I think there s fear of inflation ia the minds of great many investors sad why shouldn't there he'" Ken- wttn It said ta he primed to grill Humphrey (or five or sn knurs which would meea twe or three more morning senmna r In only annul 1 miwutaa af ques tioning today He was interrupted hy a flash front the Senate reporting that the mil rights issue was coming t Die floor Byrd rsr ad the hear mg and the senators hastened t the chamber Much-Decorated Paratrooper Dies In 10-Foot Fall RENO Nev June J -A I Army paratrooper who won M decorations for sstor from five nations during World War II died as the resutt of a Itfoot fall from the roof of his gsrage Arthur Jackson, a n-year-old faiute Indian suffered a broken neck when he slipped and fell from the roof of the rsr port he and his brother were building st his home m nearbv Spark i la addition to numerous V J decorstions Isckson was awarded the Cresi de Guerre hy France Belgium. 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Public interest ia an early dia- " position of the case, the Justice Department said, is so great that the high court should act si soon as possible. Atty. Gen. Browne 11 and his le gal aide were pressing for a de cision before the Supreme Court adjourns for the summer next Monday. Japaa Awaits Trial Without an early ruling, the gov ernment said in its petition, "the overwhelming likelihood is that the I'mted States will be unable to fulfill its commitment to Japan (or several trying months, even though the Japanese government is very desirous of holding re spondent's trial without delay and expects him te be turned aver I promptly." Girard. 11. is sccused of killing a Japanese woman on a U. 5. Army fying range in Japan, where he was on guard duty, last Jan. JO la a decision approved by Pres ident Eisenhower, the govern ment decided ta let the Japanese try Girard But V S Dist. Judge Joseph C. McGsrrsghy ruled against it on Tuesday WeaM Vletate Rights McGsrrsghy enjoined the gov ernment against surrendering the Ottawa. In. soldier to Japanese justice, holding that to de so would violate Guard's constitu tional rights McGsrrsghy i decision was "clearly wrong. " the Justice De parlment contended in its Su preme Court petition .An appeal had been filed in the V. S Court of Appeals here but it ss decided today to go di ractly to the Suxeme Court in the interests of speed Officials ta both the J istire and Defense de partment partiripaied ia the de cision Repeating lor arguments made before .lud(f McGarraghy. the petition contended the decision hy the execute e branch of the gov ernment to wane 1 S jurisdic tion tn the Girard rase and let Japan try the soldier is not sub ject tn judinsl review la Periorwtsaee wf Daly MrGarraghv held thst Girsrd is entitled to trial by a V. 8 court martial because the death of the woman. Nsks Sskai, ' arose, out of sn set or omission done in the performance of official duty." Naka Saksi. scavenging for scrap metal on the firing range, u killed when struck in the back by an empty cartridge casing fired from a grenade launcher. Girard said he merely meant te warn the woman and did not la tend to hit her The Japanese contend he was engaging ia a prank Preparstions for s Japanese trial in Vfaeoashi District Court are going ahead, although Japa nese legsl authorities have coo- ceded that they will be unable to get custody of Girard if the Su preme Court upholds the District Court injunction Girsrd is re stricted tn his trmv post Csmp W hillinston north n( Tokyo Tlx goermnrnt s petition In the Suprrme ( ourt screed thst. un der intrrniilionsl agreements with Japan the tight to eierrise pri mary jurisdiction in particular rases is a right U the I'nited States, not of the individual sol dier ' JweVlsl lelerreaUM" ( mold and uomeasursble dam age to the foreign relations of the I'ntled States will inevitably re sult the petition stated, "if lis hands are tied bv the type of ju dicial intervention which this re spondent seeks The government asked the Su preme Court to order Girard s American attorneys to file aa an iwrr within two days It said it stood ready to present arguments at the earliest movement dale ' Girard t enlistment eiptres next tYt V skrd hv reporters what would happen if the questioa of 'rial jurisdiction had not been set tied by then. Army spokesmen ssid they believed there were twe m in which Gi'srd could be he id under Army control beyond that date If s court man al harge ia pre ferred before Ot :. they said, he rou Id he held u ibl diarmsjtjoa of the chsrge Additionally the secre'ery of the Army msy an thnrire retention of a soldier aa srtne diltv hevond the dale of es pirsoon of senior the spokesmen said Color to Divert Pentagon Patients WASHINGTON. June -To or is being emplmed in 'be newlv renmated Civilian Em ploves Health Service Dispensary st the Pentsfm ts psychologically d:ert patients from their illnesses or injuries I The reception room kaa sort shades of buff, greon-blua. pastel pink and off-whits Shades af pure white and chocolate brwwi alats used in blends combinations and eontraws Red Bid Accepted TKHRAN June M ft-Irsa kaa accepted a Soviet wrttatma ta send s military group ta Ma Ifnr the rU4 airforre a Mh I 'tvtarj ceJebratioa June JR.