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About Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1953)
2A Rrgister-Guard, Eugene, Ore.Mon., Dec. 21, 1953 fry- "rfex AFTER WHITE HOUSE SESSION Sen. Joseph Mc Carthy (R-Wis) grins as he leaves the While House after discussing the issue of subversives in government and elsewhere with President Elsenhower and top Repub lican legislative leaders. Anti-Depression Program Drafted WASHINGTON UR President Eisenhower will forecast contin ued prosperity in Jfl54 when he ends his annual economic mes sage to Congress In January, his aides say. , But they also expect him to outline the defense his adminis tration plans to throw up against any possible recession, The President's Council of Ec onomic Advisors has been work ing up a stabilization -program since last spring. It calls for four main anil-depression steps ranging from fed eral action to encourage mainten ance of high production and em ployment to a federal public works program that would be: called into play only in a dire emergency. If the public works project is needed, officials say, only those that would contribute to the country's long-range productivity and economic growth would be built. The phases in the anti-depression program: Strengthening of some of the "built-in stabilizers" against de flation: Social security extension broader unemployment compen sation coverage, increase in the minimum wage from 75 cents an hour. Some immediate action is anticipated in this field. Contin ued high farm price supports al so might come under this head ing, if Eisenhower and Secre tary of Agriculture Benson adopt that policy. Measures to give consumers and business firms spending in centives: Lowering of interest rates, encouraging business in vestment by federal reserve and treasury moves affecting bank reserves and national debt management. Tax adjustment: An over haul of the federal tax structure already is underway with stress on removing obstacles to busi ness investment and consumer purchasing .Administration offi cials made it plain budget bal ancing would have to slop aside if it looks as though lax rcduc- Hostage Says Convicts Treated Her Courteously The following story was told by one of two women taken as hostages on a night-long escape flight by five Southern Michi gan Prison inmnlrs. By MARY I.OU WATTS Al Told lo Kii Smith, of The Jtrkion ntlien.PiUrlot JACKSON, Mich. W It was a little after 9 p.m., Saturday when these men barged right into our house. One of them held a gun and the others had knives. They told us no one would be hurt and then proceeded to ransacked the house. All we could do was sit there. My husband, (Joseph Walls), Helen (Miss Helen Gilbert). Don (Don reek), Mary (Mary Bobe, 14, a baby sitter) and I couldn't believe it. They took three of Joe's suits, three pairs of his shoes, even the ones he was wearing, and one of his shirts. Don's Cadillac was parked oulside, full of gas. It was just like an invitation for them. We were scared. Little Mary was terrified and began to cry when the men got ready to leave and said they were tak ing her as a hostage. We begged them not to take her and they changed their minds. They ordered Helen and me into the car. Before we left, though, they asked my husband the way to Indiana. They promised that we wouldn't be hurt. Then Ihey tied the others afler collecting about $30 from all of us. But they left one dollar with my husband. Then we started out. The man named Dowllng (Robert Dowling) was driving. I sat in front with him and another man. Helen was in the back seat with the other three. We headed south on M60 at about 70 or 80 miles an hour. We ran into the first road block about 15 miles from home hut Ihey saw it In lime and backtracked to the first sido road, Then Helen and I really were scared. We were in constant fear not of the convicts but we were afraid a stale police car might come along and open fire. Then, too, we thought we might get in trouble for helping them escape because we were sort of giving them directions when they asked us. From then on it was just one set of back roads after another. We finally ran out of gas near Climax (southwest of Battle Creek). There was a filling station open and we pulled in. "You'll be okay if you don't make a sound," they told us, and we kept quiet. A stale police car passed as we pulled away from the gas slation but they didn't nolice us. Then it was more back roads until we drove almost to Flint and then headed for De troll always on the side roads. It was funny. All of them except the one called Uslondek (Roman Usiondek) were almost kind. One time I sort of bowed my head trying lo slay awake and one of the convicts asked if I was sick. Once they talked about the break and one of them said he felt like turning himself in after they were outside. He said Leaburg Youth Held On Larceny Charge Ross Stanley Phibbs, 19, of Lea burg, entered a plea of guilty Monday in Circuit Court to a charge of larceny from an auto. He is being held under $1,500 bail and will be sentenced Tues day. He is accused of taking about $40 from a parked car. Also in Circuit Court, John Harbaugh, 29, Roseburg, was ar raigned on a charge of taking and using an automobile with out the owner's permission. He will enter his plea to the charge Tuesday. there wcro too many lo be sue ccssful. Whenever Ihey wanted to talk about Iheir plans, though, they slopped Ihc car and talked out side. Once wo skidded inlo a ditch because there was ice on the road. Then Uslondek went wild, screaming about Dowllng'.' driving and waving a gun. H seemed as it they all wcro afraid of him. Wo reached Detroit about 8:20 a.m. Neither Helen nor I know mush about it but we stopped at Wyoming and Joy Roads on the northwest side of the city. There was a con sultation and two of them got oul. Then the olher three lefl, but not before they gave us two dollars lo use for food and phone calls. They told us not lo turn in an alarm for a least 15 minutes. We slarlcd to drive away but ran out of gas There was a filling slation open and wo went In In call. We called the Stale Police and then called home to let them knew wc were safe. We hadn't ealen since Sat urday afternoon. Even though the convicts offered to stop and get us hamburgers and coffee during the ride wc were too nervous and keyed up to think of fond. Neither one of us slept, cither, although one of the men in the back slept on the floor for a while. When Ihe Detroit, police found us, we both found It hard to believe we were still alive. All I want to do now is sleep. 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