WASHINGTON MERRY-GOROUND
Adam Powell's expenses
raising some eyebrows
By Drew Pearson Va.
WASHINGTON - When Adiim ! But government attorneys also
Clayton Powell's income tax trial j had a hard time with her. She
opened in New York, the federal had a very bad memory. On the
courtroom was crowded with min- i Hrst day her memory seemed
isters of the fiospel who had moderately good. But after spend
come to defend and help their : '"g a night away from court with
congressional colleague who is ! time to refresh her memory, Mrs.
pastor of the largest Baptist Oodson came back with literally
church in the world. n0 memory at all. It had been
But as the government prosccu-, rofresl,ed in Powcll' favor
lor recited the details of Powell's I Time after time as the govern
luxurious living - two boats, merit questioned her, Mrs. Dodson
three cars (a Cadillac. Jaguar.' woud fllmble through records for
and Chrysler l. two servants, two 10 or 15 minutes before answer
homes (one in Mount Vernon. N. i '"g: "1 don't remember. It could
Y.. the other in Washington i. the ; have happened, but I don't re-
gathering of preachers gradually member.
melted away.
What seemed to sour (hem most
was the charge that the handsome
congressman from Harlem had
tried to deduct from his taxes a
total of $757 for clerical garb as
She could not even remember
several changes in Powell's tax
returns made in her own hand
writing. Despite her repeated "don't re
members," however, the govern-
Hold if here come a few more'
THE BEND BULLETIN
4 Friday, March 25, 1960
Phil F. Brogan, Associate Editor
Robert W. Chandler, Editor and Publisher
Leren E. Dyer, Mechanical Superintendent
An Independent Newspaper
Jack McDermott, Advertising Manager
Lou W. Meyers, Circulation Manager
William A. Yates, Managing Editor
Glenn Cushman, Executive Editor and General Manager
TM'"I SVrnnd Lla.a Mallar. Jiiimarr I. II7. al We I'iMt llllli'o at Bend, Urrion. under Act ul March 3. HSU. PuMuhed
daily atrept feundar and certain iMillduyi by 'I ha Rend Hnllelln. Inc.
Why doesn'f Jimmy lay off congressmen
and find more parking for his trucks?
Jimmy Hoffa's at it again.
This time he's taking on some 00
members of the Congress of the United
States. He wants to purge them be
cause of their voting records on union
legislation.
The rule is, we bear, that if you
"don't vote Hoffa's way, you get on the
Teamster purge list.
; We also read that not only are
these 00 congressmen happy about Hof-
fa's "endorsement," many more are
rlamoring to get on the list. They fig
ure this is tantamount to election. May
be so, maybe not. But the labor climate
has changed considerably in the past
two years.
Unhappily for Hoffa, however, he
has not been getting the attention he
would like. Some of his rallies have
been sparsely attended.
Probably the worst fiasco occurred
Entire new pageanf
A pageant that is entirely new will
bo presented on Bend's far-famed Mir
ror Pond of the Deschutes over the
Fourth of July holidays.
Missing will be the arch of blazing
auroral colors. Taking its place on the
dark river, fringed by pines in Drake
Park and homes on the west side, will
be a colorful show with spraying water
(lancing to musical notes.
Also missing will be the fairyland
flotilla of floats gliding down the Mirror
Pond along a boom with its trolley
contacts.
There will be those who will pro
test that a Mirror Pond show without
flaming arch or moving floats will not
be the pageant that has won for Bend
recognition as the home of one of the
top water attractions in all America.
Put the majority will agree that
the river pageant of floats and arch
dating back to 1!,".' has outlived its
drawing power in the Central Oregon
community. Hundreds in recent years
have refused to pay admission. They
have watched the show, over the fence.
As a result, the l!Ci!) Mirror Pond
in New York's Madison Square Garden
when he recently tried to fill the hall's
18,(HK) oeats. Only 9,000 showed up, in
cluding many wives and children. There
are nearly 200,000 Teamster members
in the New York area.
"Simmy apparently was trying for
the verbal giant slalom record held by
Sen. Wayne Morse. He talked for 90
minutes. Nobody is sure exactly what
ho accomplished.
It is just possible that thousands
of rank and file Teamster members rec
ognize the oddity of floffa making him
self the principal antagonist against
legislation aimed directly at him.
Only time and next fall's elections
will tell if he had any effect.
Now if Jimmy wants to mount the
rostrum and call for more parking
space for his t nicks, he might draw a
full house.
pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist ; mcnt has developed quit an ar
Church. This seemed far too much ray of Powell's personal expenses
to his tax adviser, James W. subsequently transferred to the
Johnson, who persuaded Powell to ' tax-deductible column. Thus pay
reduce the deduction to $2:17. ments to Sardi's restaurant, The
The government prosecutor j Embers, Cito's in Hollywood, 21,
charged, however, that the real j The Plaza and Ambassador hotels
amount should have been $2..'!7, were transferred from the col
that actually Powell only spent J umn headed "amusements" to a
$2.37 for some butlon-in-thc-back , column headed "publicity and ad
collars. ; vertising."
The congressman from Harlem j as0 transposed were items to
has been raising part of his de- tilling $255.05 for whisky, while
(ensc money by appeals made ai "pharmacy" charges were cli
through Negro churches in Har- rccted by Powell to be placed un
lem. It now looks as if he may jcr a c0mn headed "hair and
have difficulty getting the coopera-, osmetics" to be deducted from
tion of his fellow preachers in rais- J (1e income of Powell's wife, sing
ing more. At the end of the first er Hazel Scott,
two weeks of courtroom proceed-1 Anothor serif,s of deductible ex
ings, however, Powell told the t e i(cms was labe,ed ..m,lsiCi
press that his defense funds are , ,,ooks e(jucationi Riverdale." Un
running out and he is considering ' dcr ,hjs tujtjon (ees and books
a new drive for funds to be organ-
for Powell's son, "Skipper," were
izecl under me direction oi nis as-, ,ri..,H at the fashinnahle Riv.
sistant pastor. j eWe Sehooi
Reluctant Witness I Also deductible under the head-
One of the most important wit
nesses in the Powell trial has been
Mrs. Hattie Dodson, secretary to
the congressman in Washington,
herself sentenced to four months
for income tax evasion in lfljfi.
Part of the deal by which Powell,
the most powerful Democrat in
Harlem, came out for Eisenhow
er in 1956 was that Mrs. Dodson
be released as soon as possible
ing "charity, church, and dues,"
were Powell's magazines plus
$100 for the Democratic state din
ner in New York, plus contribu
tions to various political clubs.
The interesting fact was that the
congressman listed all these items
in a personal memo to Mrs. Dod
son directing her to transfer
them.
Just how the government got
from the Alderson, W. Va., peni-1 these memos no one in Internal
lenliary for women. Revenue is saying. However, the
Mrs. Dodson became eligible
for parole on Sept. 25, ltfiB, and
on the very same day her hearing
was held and parole granted.
There was not one single day's
delay. On Oct. 17, l!5f, just before
Ihe presidential eleciion, live po
litically minded Justice Depart-
congressman from Harlem me
ticulously dictated directions to
his secretary on a recording ma
chine, and they were then trans
cribed. This would appear to be iron
clad evidence that the congress
man did direct changes in the in-
ment carried out the White House i come tax returns for himself and
agreement with Powell to the very his wife, and highlights more
letter and released Mrs. Dodson 1 clearly than ever the pull Powell
pageant suffered a serious deficit. A
"buffer budget" of $3,000 had to be ob
tained this year before a l'.HiO show
could be considered.
The river fete Pageantarians have
approved for the early July days of
lihSO certainly has top talent and acts.
Bountiful "Miss America" of lOliO, Lyn
da Lee Mead of Mississippi, will take
part. It is also expected that Richard
Hoone of "Have Gun, Will Travel" fame
will be present, with members of his
cast.
There w ill be varied entertainment
on a stage anchored in the Deschutes.
And out in the stream, will be the color
show, of European origin, known as
"Dancing Waters."
Definitely the show arranged for
presentation on the Minor Pond on
July 'J, 3 and I is one strikingly differ
ent from those of past years. It should'
be a crowd pleaser.
It should bring new fame lo the
picturesque Mirror Pond of the Des
chutes, a man-made lake that took
shape 50 years ago.
on parole.
Since then Mrs. Dodson and her
husband, both working for Powell,
have reversed their positions.
When she went to prison, her hus
band was put on Powell's con
gressional payroll. Previously he
had been only on the payroll of
Ihe Abyssinian Baptist Church as
minister of music. Now she is on
the Abyssinian Baptist payroll as
secretary and business manager
of the church, while her husband
remains on both payrolls.
Poor Memory
On Ihe witness stand in N e w
York, Mrs. Dodson did not have
had with the White House and the
Justice Department when the lat
ter directed the assistant U.S. at
torney in New Y'ork, Thomas
Bolan, to sidetrack the grand jury
which was bent on indicting him.
CLAIMED BY DEATH
SALEM (UPll Death Wednes
day claimed William H. Hender
son, 78, publisher of the Salem
Shopping News and former circu
lation manager of the Oregon
Statesman.
Henderson, a native of Roches
ter, N.Y., was a newspaperman
in Canada and Portland before
as easy a time as she did with coming to Salem about 40 years
the parole board in Alderson. W. ago.
Field trip taken
by youngsters
Special te The Bulletin
FORT ROCK Fort Rock up
per grade pupils and their teach
ers, Hubert Wagers, made a field
trip to Bend this past weekend.
The group visited the Bend City
Police Department, the fire sta
tion and radio station KBND.
Police Chief John Truett explain
ed the process of law enforce
ment from the booking desk,
through finger printing, photo
graphing, arraignment and con
finement. As the pupils visited the jail he
stressed, "We do not put people
in jail: they put themselves in
jail by committing misdemeanors.
Al the fire station John Schulke
explained the work and schedule
of firemen. The group viewed the
living quarters and learned about
the regular training program.
Most of the men are veteran fire
fighters, they learned.
The six contestants in the speak
ing contest earlier this month at
the annual meeting of the Fort
Rock-Silver Lake Soil Conserva
tion District made tape record
ings for broadcast on the KBXD
(arm program. Kessler Canon,
program manager, was in charge.
These were Clark Hallgren and
Douglas Clark of Summer Lake;
Marvin Markus and Jim Michel
son of Silver Lake as well as
Marilyn Ward and Bill Parks of
Fort School.
The Summer Lake and Silver
Lake boys joined the group for
the day's trip.
Other pupils were Bobbie Lee
and Tom Morehouse. Douglas Her
gert, Alan Parks. Walter and
Howard McGee, Jr., Jonn Heil
meyer. Michael Mattis, Wanda
Zvir and Pa,ul Allison. Tlie trip
was made in the Fort Rock school
bus.
Memorable day
for Hall Lusk
WASHINGTON CUPII It was a
busy, memorable day Wednesday
for Hall S. Lusk. the 76-year-old
Oregonian appointed to succeed
the late Sen. Richard L. Neu
bcrger (D-Ore.).
Lusk and his wife, accompanied
by Gov. Mark Hatfield had a pri
vate talk with President Eisen
hower at the White House in the
morning.
At noon he was sworn in, then
attended a lunch in his honor
given by Sen. Wayne Morse D
Orei and later presided over the
Senate for a brief spell.
"It's been a day I'll never for
get," he said as he strolled to
ward the Senate office building.
Mealing A 'Thrill"
Packing tobacco down in his
pipe and speaking in a low voice.
Lusk said his meeting with the
President was a "wonderful
thrill."
"I only thought we'd stay for
a minute or two. but were there
for 20 minutes." Lusk said. "The
President was very gracious. You
would have thought we were the
only ones he had to think about
today."
The former Oregon Supreme
Court justice said that although
he was born in Washington. D.C.,
a'd had visited here many times
"it never felt like this."
Nation's economy growing,
and so are its people
By Elmer C. Waller
UPI Staff Writer
NEW YORK 'LTD The
nation's economy is growing
more than a half trillion dollars
in size in 1M0 and so are its
people.
Makers of latex foam cores for
super-steed mattresses reported
a six-fold rise in big mattress
demand since VM7, and wondered
why.
The I-atex Foam Rubber Coun
cil thereupon launched a survey
which showed that while in 1M0
only one out of every 25 Amer
ican men measured 6 feet, today
in the 20-2!) year age bracket, one
of every five is fi feet tall.
Also it showed that more than
18 per cent of the American wo
men between the ages of 20 and
29 are 5 feet 7 inches tall. At
the turn of the century fewer
than 4 per cent of the American
women attained 5 feet, 7 inches.
Edward Welch, chairman of the
Latex Foam Rubber Council cited
a specific case of a hotel trying
to cater to its toller guests.
The new Denver-Hilton speci
fied that 10 per cent of its 1.200
foam rubber mattresses be made
60 inches by R0 indies in size.
Purchases of home makers con
firm this trend of the hotels.
Large-sized sleeping equipment,
once only available on custom
order, can now be found in most
bedding departments and in many
standard brands.
On The Move
Welch also related an interest
ing finding of his council's sur
vey. The average sleeper changes
position 20 to 45 times a night
and hence needs more room for
normal body shifting.
Sleep experts, he says, recom
mend that mattresses be six
inches longer than the height of
the user and provide at least 36
inches of width for each sleeper.
The latex council found the de
mand rising also for longer sofas.
Where the six-foot sofa once was
pretty much standard, today s
orders are for king-size installa
tions for hotels sofas 8-feet, 10
feet. and even 12-feet long.
Big people need big towels A
large hotel chain is substituting
bath towels of 26 inches by 32
inches for ones that measured 24
inches by 44 inches.
Architects report that homes
akn are beine made larger for
I big people. They find new home
I owners demanding higher door-
ways, elevated sinks, and longer
bathtubs.
j To accommodate the larger di
mensions of students, schools, ac
cording to a recent study of the
U.S. Oflice of Education, are
having to install wider desks and
work benches as well as loftier
washroom facilities.
On the collegiate level, new
dormitories at Cornell, University
of California and several other
institutions of higher learning are
being equipped with beds 7 feet
long.
The international institute of
clothing designers brings in an
other dimension in which Ameri
can males are growing. It finds
that the average suit now sold
ranges between size 41 and size
42, against a 38 some 30 years
ago.
Women's dress manufacturers
report a rise in extra-length
orders. A department store esti
mates that 10 per cent of Ameri
can women now fall into the 5
foot, 8-inch or taller category.
In other words, production
sights of manufacturing and
service companies are being
raised vertically to keep the com
fort q a "growing" America in
focus.
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Oregon cavemen oufdafc ancient Canucks
While r;tminin '") mounils (f
r-iirlh dolling ;t Riiissy vjilley on V;m
i:oii(T lsliind, K.il hciiiu- Ciii's, hn
iircli.ii'oldi.st ninth' a lisc ci v imlii'iil
i:r; wostt'in Otn;itl;i w.is inli.thitod
!..'!( years up).
The mounds ;ip;u-en'ily were cte
i i on plols.
In one of the mounds, Miss I'.ipes
I' 'v:l .in iinimal slmc outlined in
ne. I'ene.ith this fornuition whs (lis.
r.r, eied ;i chunk of ehareojil. A radio
I'.vhnn test dated the carhon hack to
the year of L'.MH) U.C., Kive or take a
century or two.
The discovery even made news in
distant Ottawa, and found space In
Anicyican new spapers.
Shucks, w hy all the fuss?
Those prehistoric Canucks of l,.i(Kl
years a',ro were mere carpel haters
compared with Dic:;on'.s early inhahi
lants There it evidence thai ancient
l)ier;oni,ins were "at home" in caes
of Lake county and on sandhars of Ihe
Columbia thousand of years before the
ancient buried (heir (lead on Vancouver
Island.
O
Consider Central Oregon's Kort
Hock cave, in Lake county: I v. Luther
Cressman, I 'Diversity of Oregon anthro
pologist, and his associates have dis
covered that tribesmen lived in that
shallow shelter about !,KX) years ago.
The Vancouver Island people were
moderns, compared with the Fort Rock
hunters.
Humor from others
Two partners ran a prosperous garment-center
industry, and hired a new
model. She was a beautiful girl from
the country, but extremely innocent.
"Look," said one partner to the
other, "because, she's so young and
pretty and innocent, she might he taken
advantage of by some fast-talking fel
low. I think we ought to take it upon
ourselves to leach her what's right
and w hat's w rong."
"You're absolutely right," said the
other partner. "You teach her what's
right." Cncle Mat's Monthly Letter.
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