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Bishop Oxnam Dies;
Target of McCarthy
By GEORGE W. CORNELL
Of the Aisoclilrd rre
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y.
Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam, 71,
dynamic liberal leader of the
Methodist Church for many
years, died Tuesday night.
The bishop, retired from ac
tive service, had been a pio
neering figure in the ecumeni
cal movement for Christian un
ity. He was one of the first presi
dents of the World Council of
Churches, formed in 1948. It in
cludes most of the Protestant
and Orthodox denominations.
An outspoken advocate of
Christian involvement in social
issues, Bishop Oxnam often
came under fire from conserva
tive critics.
Ten years ago, he challenged
attacks on him before the
House Committee on Un-American
Activities, attacks that pic
tured him as pro-Communist.
He demanded a hearing.
After an extraordinary 10
hour session, he emerged with
this statement, unanimously
adopted by the committee:
"That the records of this com
mittee show that this commit
tee has no record of any Com
munist party membership oi af
filiation by Bishop Oxnam."
It was a dramatic affair, in a
period of widespread charges of
Communist infiltration of the
churches, and Bishop Oxnam,
one of the main targets of the
attacks, made his head-on re
buttal. "I am fundamentally opposed
to the whole Communist move
ment," he thundered. He as
sailed investigative procedures
of the late Sen. Joseph R. Mc
Carthy, Wisconsin Republican.
The bishop's fiery collision
with the House committee was
sparked by accusations by Har
vey Matusow, .! lormer Com-
Recaptured Trusty'
Faces Assault Count
A charge of assault with in
tent to kill was filed Tuesday
against Thomas Edwin Elliott,
the 30-year-old trusty who
walked away from the Lane
County Courthouse Monday and
was recaptured, Tuesday morn
ing after a short exchange of
shots at Goshen.
Elliott, who had served five
months of a one-year term in
the city-county jail for petty
larceny, was charged in district
court, and he waived a pre
liminary hearing. He was bound
over to the grand jury on the
charge, which carries a maxi
mum penalty of life imprison
ment. Bail was set at $10,000.
Elliott, assigned as a trusy,
to the sheriff's department, was
reported missing about 2:45
p.m. Monday. Police said El
liott told t!.."m he spent Mon
day night under the Springfield
Eugene overpass on P'ranklin
Boulevard.
Sgt. Robert Baker of the state
police office in Eugene said El
liott told him after his capture
that he obtained civilian cloth
ing from a washroom in the
sheriff's office. He said he
walked along old Highway 99
fiom Eugene to Goshen, where
he was captured. An earlier re
port said he followed railroad
tracks on the four-mile hike.
Elliott was first heard of
after his escape at 5:30 a.m.
Tuesday, when a man using that
name called the Eugene police
department to say he "had
kicked in the Oregon Outfit
ters." Police found a pistol and a
box of shells were missing from
the outdoor supply firm, located
at 61 E. Broadway, Eugene.
Later Tuesday morning, state
policeman Russell Marsh spot
ted Elliott at Goshen, and a gun
battle ensued, with three other
state policemen eventually join
ing in the exchange of shots.
Elliott finally surrendered, and
no one was hurt.
Professor to Speak
Edwin G. Ebbighausen, pro
fessor of physics at the Univer
sity of Oregon, will be a speaker
at the Northwest Conference of
Teachers and Students at the
University of Minnesota, Du-
luth, March 23. He will speak
on "The Exploration of Space."
munist and FBI informer, and
also by McCarthy.
Matusow subsequently ad
mitted in a court hearing that
he had lied in associating the
bishop with communism.
The bishop spoke out often
on public issues, often defend
ing labor, civil rights for mi
norities and the economic have
nots. Bishop Oxnam was bishop of
the Omaha area from 1936-39;
of the Boston area, which in
cludes almost all of New Eng
land, from 1939-44; of the New
York area from 1944-52, and of
the Washington area from 1952
to 1960, when he retired.
Bishop Oxnam also was presi
dent of De Pauw University,
Greencastle, lnd., prior to his
election as bishop in 1936.
Death followed complications
from surgery last December, a
spokesman for the Methodist
church said.
Surviving are his widow, the
former Ruth Fisher, who he
met at the University of South
ern California where he was a
football player; two sons, Robert
F. Oxnam, president of Drew
University, Madison, N. J and
former president of Pratt In
stitute, Brooklyn; and Philip H.
Oxnam of Kenmore, N. Y.; a
daughter, Mrs. Robert McCor
mack of Scarsdale; and eight
grandchildren.
Eugenean Given
Prison Sentence
A 24-year-old Eugene man,
Charles F. Demarest, was sen
tenced to 15 years in the Ore
gon penitentiary Tuesday night
by a Corvallis jury.
Demarest. who gave his ad
dress as 13251? W. Fourth Ave.
Eugene, when he was arrested
last December, was convicted of
the armed robbery of a food
market in Corvallis Dec. 1, 1962.
A second Eugene area man,
Marccllus P. Winters, 38, of
3815 River Rd had been ac
cused along with Demarest of
taking $1,400 from the store
safe. Winters is in custody in
Clackamas Cottnty and being
held for trial in connection with
a previous armed robbery there,
according to Benton County
sheriffs's deputies in Corvallis.
Both Demarest and Winters
were arrested shortly after the
Corvallis robbery by state police
from Eugene,
3 Doctors Offer Views
On Sex Offenders Bill
By ANX H. PEARSON' . Dr. Dean Brooks, superintend-
ti",fti'J'"u I ent of the Oregon Slate Hospt-
.SALh.M-Three psychiatrists u! ,lr, j Treteaven, admm
testified Tuesday rnght that tis!(nr of the State Mental
would he difficult to identify Hnhh j),visi((lti snd Dr GeorRe
"sexually dangerous' persons SasloWi heii at lhe pmh.atrv
and there would be a margin tor j department of the University of
err?r- . ,. . ! Oreqon Medical School, testified
If such persons could h? : bef(,re ,he House Jmficary Com
weetted out and committed, the mjitee
doctors saia, u wouia cos? sev-1
cral hundred thousand dollars
Safe
IAI" Wlrrphoto)
West Virginia National Guardsmen take
children rescued from flooded homes
to higher ground at Logan, W. Va.,
Wednesday. Behind Guardsman, young
boy clings to his father's leg while
father holds baby of the family.
Suits Against Restaurateurs
Total More than $500,000
Four damage suits seeking a
total of over 5500,000 have been
filed in Lane County Circuit
Court against the partners in
Bev's Steak House, the estate of
former partner Rowland H.
Bcvans, and an employe of the
restaurant. John W, Moorehead.
The suits are based on an ac
cident last June on Highway
58, in which Bevans was killed
and five persons were injured.
Three members of a Sacra
mento, Calif., family and a Che
halis. Wash., woman are seek
ing $25,000 apiece from the
estate and $100,000 apiece from
Fire Delays Edition
PORTLAND (m Fire broke
out in the press room of The
Oregoman Tuesday evening.
Newspaper officials blamed
short-circuit in electrical wir
ing. They estimate damage at
$1,500. The fire was controlled
quickly, delaying the printing
of one edition about 20 minutes.
the partnership for the injuries
they say they received.
The four are also seeking
medical and other damages to
taling $8,263 from the partners.
Moorehead, one of those In
jured in the crash, is alleged
to have been the driver of the
car. The suits claim Bevans was
negligent in allowing Moore
head to drive the car when both
men knew the latter was sleepy.
Moorehead did m fact go to
sleep while driving," the suits
charge.
The suits were filed bv
George Allen Tambara, his wife
Toshiko, their son Tommy, 5,
and Irene H, Sato of Chehatis,
Named as defendants are
Moorehead, Virginia Bevans
administratrix of her husband's
estate and three partners: Mrs,
Bevans, Corydon H. Jensen and
Angctine Jensen.
The accident happened on the
morning of June 28 about two
miles cast ot Goshen. The Tam
bara car was east-bound and
the Bevans car west-bound at
the time of the mishap.
just to try to treat them.
in spite of the unknowns, the
psychiatrists agreed that an ef
fort to learn how to treat the
sexually dangerous would be
worthwhile.
Package of Bill
They discussed a bill provid
ing for civil commitment of sex
ually dangerous persons, one
of a package of five bills before
the committee aimed t sex of
fenders. The other four deal
Committee Clears
Revenue Measure
SALEM (BPS The House
Tax Committee Tuesday night
completed work ro a 'one shot"
$11 to $12.5 million revenue
bill which would require em
ployers to make withholding
tax payments monthly instead
of quarterly.
The accomplishment was a
turning point in the 1963 legis
lature. It was the first revenue
measure to be completed dur
ing the session.
When the final amendment
was made to the bill H81076,
Chairman Richard Eymann, D
Mareola, asked the committee
to hold it for release in pack
age with other revenue meas
ures being considered.
The bill would apply to about
7,035 employers who withhold
more than $100 a month tn state
taxes.
In addition to the "one shot"
revenue gain during the 1B63
65 biennium, the measure would
produce more than $117,000 a
year in added interest pay
ments.
Herbert C, Hardy, represent
ing the Oregon Food Council,
was the only person to oppose
the measure st the committee's
hearing. He said it would be eh
added burden on employers.
Tax Commissioner Fred
H o e f k e suggested several
amendments which were adopt
ed by the committee to make
the proposal parallel federal
tax laws.
Hoetke pointed out that Ore
gon in 1848 became the first
state to withhold income taxes I
from wages.
A proposal to tax sales of real
property also was considered.
Witnesses spoke for and against
the bill, and hearings were con
tinued to allow the committee
more time fur study.
The measure, similar to laws
in 17 other states, would tax
real property sates at 55 cents
per $1,000. It was estimated the
measure would net the state
about $1 million a biennium.
R. P. Walker, 73,
Dies in Eugene
MAPLETON A native of the
Mapleton area, Raymond P.
Walker of Box 496, Maplefon,
died Tuesday in Eugene,
Walker, "3. was a retired mail
carrier for western Lane Coun
ty. He was born at Mapleton
Sept. 15, 18B9. In 1912, he mar
ried Ethel Pettit, who survives
him.
Other survivors include a son,
Roy C. Walker of Mapleton;
three sisters, Eva Bixhy of Mtt-ton-Freewater,
Grace Wilson of
Seattle and Mildred Patterson
of Arkansas, and three grandchildren.
Funeral services will he Sat
urday st Poote-Larsen Funeral
Chapel, Eugene, with interment
following at Lane Memorial
Gardens.
Dividend Approved
with court procedure.
The commitment bill prsvidea
for a court hearing, Commit
ment would he based mainly on
the findings of two psychiatrists.
The definition in the bill in
cludes "propensities to commit
any kind of sex art which physi
cally threatens barm to a child
of the age of 12 or ender."
There would not have to be any
previous offense,
"I would have an awfnly dif- -ficult
time," said Ir. Brooks. "I
would have to go by rule of
thumb,"
"In roost cases of mental ill
ness you cart see . . hear some
thing peculiar," Dr. Treleaven
said, "The sexually dangerous
person . , . only looks peculiar
if ymt follow his behavior aver
a long period.
'"Taking away liberty . . . war
rants a thorough and complete
investigation."
lie suggested temporary com
mitment for study.
The two doctors agreed, how
ever, it would he of value 6s try
to treat the sexually dangerous
"if we take every precaution
to see that we put the finger
an the right ntatt.,
Trelravrn estimated that a
"bare minimum . , . ns frills'
program of treatment would
cost $285,000 for 30 mett, Brooks
estimated $200,908 for 40, He
said the State Hospital bow hat
90-100 patients per doctor.
"We don't know how to treat
these people yet, but I think
it's high time we try," Brooks
said.
He said a sound program
should include research both
on the patients and tit their
communities.
Tneteaven said custodial fa- 5
cilities would be needed for the
unbeatable.
IIef About Drivers?
Committee Chairman Berks
ley Lent, Il-Porlland, questioned
several aspects of the bill. H
asked whether motorists who
work out their aggressions ait
the highways couldn't he iso
lated and treated ta a fashinn
similar to that proposed for th
sexually dangerous.
"I think that would be s
possible if not mere passible
than this," Treleaven Teplted.
Rep, Jamea Redden, B-Med-fsrd,
also questioned commit
ment. Buring a discussion et
treatment, he remarked, "what
a lot of us are concerned about
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be payable April 1. sags of the bill.
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