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Legion and VFW Say Vet
Hospitals Operating Un
der Increasing Handicaps
Washington, June 12 (U.R)
The American Legion and the
Veterans of Foreign Wars to.
day demanded immediate and
drastic reforms in the Veterans
administration to avert an im
minent breakdown of veterans'
hospitalization. ,
In separate reports to the
House Veterans Affairs commit
tee, the two major veterans or
ganizations presented exhaustive
i documentary evidence of the
steadily increasing handicaps
under which veterans hospitals
have been operating.
Now Inadequate
"Hospital treatment and care
should be at the same high level
as that in the famous Mayo
clinic and Johns Hopkins hos
pital," the Legion said. The
VFW agreed and said 47 per
cent of the veterans' hospitals
now give Inadequate treatment.
Actually, the reports of both
groups revealed, standards in
veterans hospitals can be com
pared favorably only with those
in state, county and municipal
institutions in the same areas.
An VFW investigator in Mon
tana observed "That's nothing
to brag about."
In individual reports on vet
erans hospitals from coast to
coast, the Legion and VFW
found service being impaired
almost universally by over-
.. crowding,, staff shortages,' low
salaries and red tape. These
conditions were hindering claims
and legal services as well as
medical care.
Many Complaints
rney found. In addition, a
wide range of complaints from
the type of pajamas issued to
patients to building . sanitation.
"Disgraceful," "terrible," "de
plorable" were frequent adjec
tives.
The Legion, on the basis of
Its investigation of 80 of the 97
veterans hospitals, proposed a
10 point reorganization plan
which would establish a new
post of deputy administrator.
Also proposed was a realign
ment of authority under six as
sistant administrators instead of
the three now functioning.
The Legion called for a com
plete overhauling of the medical
division under an outstanding
medical man with the title of, or
status equal to, assistant admin
istrator. The other adminis
trators would handle insurance;
finance, loan guaranties, read
justment, allowances; vocational
training, rehabilitation and edu
cation; adjudication of compen
sation, pension and retirement
claims; construction, supplies
and contracts.
"Our first recommendation,"
the report said, ". , . is for this
(house) committee to set in mo
tion an undercover probe" into
allegations of maltreatment and
neglect in several facilities. Par
ticular mention was made of the
Northport, Long Island, N. Y
neuropsychiatry hospital, where
complaints have been "numer
ous." The VFW put Northport high
est on its blacklist.
SHERIFF'S CONDITION
REPORTED UNCHANGED
Condition of Sheriff Syd I.
Brown, who has been under the
care of a physician for the past
several months, was reported to
day to be unchanged. The sher
iff was a patient in Medford and
Portland hospitals at various
times and is now at the family
home, 504 South Holly street.
SIDE GLANCES
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TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Fireman Earl Harrison whis
tling merrily as the time for hit
vacation approaches.
Gene Thorndike arranging
golfing date and leaving instruc
tions for his partner not to for
get his pocketbook.
Horace Bromley tripping down
Sixth with a load of freshly
cleaned wearables.
Thelma Wood flaunting very
Mrhing veil on downtown
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Medford
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mteen persons were Injured, two seriously, In this wreck of a Portland-Astoria passengc train and a Seattle
freight train when they collided on outskirts of Portland, Ore. The trains crashed when they met at an interlock-no
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Little Nation Opposition To Veto Power
Dwindles As Big Five Seek Early Ballot
San Francisco, June 12 Little I
nation opposition to big power
veto rights in the World Security
Council dwindled today as the
Big Five confidently sought an
early vote on this last major is
sue at the United Nations confer
ence. The committee on the Yalta
voting formula scheduled two
meetings today in an effort to
compete debate and begin voting
on amendments. ---
Only six little nations have
spoken against the voting formu
la during two days of debate.
Others will speak today. But the
big powers are confident of mus
tering the necessary two-thirds
majority for writing the formula
into the charter.
Adjournment Goal
The conference itself, mean
while, virtually leaped toward
adjournment. Another commis
sion will hold a public meeting
today to approve the sectioon of
the charter which will provide
the new league's "teeth" the
chapter on enforcement arrange
ments and military agreements
for providing the Security Coun
cil with armed forces when need
ed. That charter is designed to
prepare the organization for
armed intervention to keep the
MI-POLL TAX
BILL APPROVED
Washington, June 12 U.R)
Republicans and northern Demo
crats overrode southern opposi
tion again today and approved
legislation to outlaw the poll tax
as a voting requirement in fed
eral elections.
The bill was passed by a roll
call vote of 251 to 104 and sent
to the senate, where two earlier
house-approved anti-poll tax bills
have died.
The house action came short
ly after the southerners had
scored a major victory in pre
venting rules committee ap
proval of a bill to create a per
manent fair employment prac
tices commission. The south
erners had opposed both meas
ures, but had conceded house
passage of the poll tax bill. They
believed, however, that the bill
will be talked to death in the
senate as were its predecessors.
SERIA AGAIN SCENE
OF BRIEF FIGHTING
Beyrouth, June 12 (U.R)
Fighting again broke out In
Svria yesterday when 30
were
wounded in a clash between
Syrians and native troops under
the French, dispatches from Da
mascus said today.
The brief battle occurred at
Jisr Elchagour. halfway between
L'Attaqule and Aleppo. Two
British tanks intervened and re
stored order, the dispatches said.
Seventh
War Loan Drive
"E"
Salts to Date $422,231
Quota $1,067,000
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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE
Trains Collide Near Portland;
peace. Another chapter de-
signed to eradicate some of the
economic and social causes of
war was tentatively approved
by a commission yesterday. It
would create an international
council to promote solution of
economic and social problems.
Several other committees are
ready to report to their parent
commissions, the one on regional
arrangements having approved
its report late yesterday. Con
ference officials are leaving no
stone unturned in their effort to
complete the work by June 20.
Big Five Meet
The Big Five met late yester
day for one of their last meetings
in the Nob Hill apartment of
Secretary of State Edward R.
Stettinius, Jr. They agreed to
oppose mention in the charter of
the right of withdrawal of a
member from the organization.
They contend the right is im
plicit and that introduction of it
at this late date would have a
bad psychological effect on
world opinion.
The Big Five also stepped in
formally into the job of speeding
conference work. They created
a subcommittee of five technical
experts to try to expedite re
maining committee work.
The official conference com
munique on the last three hours
of debate on the voting issue set
the tone for the vote which may
come tonight on the voting for
mula. It said:
"The note which became
stronger as discussion progressed
through the three-hour long de
bate was the insistence that, al
though the Yalta formula had
many imperfections and might
even be regarded as harmful, it
was politically and morally
necessary to adopt it.
Must Trust Big Powers
'Over and over it was pointed
out by delegates representing
Latin America, Western Europe,
and the British Commonwealth
that it had taken the four spon
soring powers and France 10
days to agree upon their inter
pretation of the voting proce
dure, that this effort undoubted
ly resulted in the best possible
formula now obtainable; and
that, under these circumstances,
OPEN TO TRAVEL
Stale Highway No. 62, cros
sing Crater Lake National Park
between Union Creek and Fort
Klamath is open for public travel
today, Park Superintendent E. P.
Lcavitt announced here. The Na
tional Park Service snow crews
broke through the snow drifts on
the road with a one-way road on
June 10.
The snow crews start snow re
moval on the road from Annie
Spring toward park headquar
ters today, Leavitt said, but the
snow drifts on this road are
known to be very heavy, and no
statement can be made as to
when the road to the rim of
Crater Lake will be open. The
superintendent estimates that
this may not be lor about two
week,
15 Hurt
the smaller powers must trust
in the good faith and good inten
tions of the great powers."
Czechoslo vakia, Norway,
France, Peru, Canada and China
spoke in favor of the veto, while
Belgium, the Netherlands and
Cuba opposed it at last night's
sessidu.
Canadian Delegate L. B. Pear
son expressed the sentiments of
many of the little nations who
dislike the veto buwill voto for
it. The conference, he said, was
at a point where it must make a
group decision and forego the
right to make a gallup poll de
cision in order to' make a politi
cal decision.
. Canada Comforted
Canada is not happy about
having to accept the veto prin
ciple, Pearson said, but finds
comfort in these facts:
1. If the veto is expressed in
the Security Council, the vetoed
issue is then thrown into the as
sembly which will be free to dis
cuss it publicly and to make rec
ommendations on it.
2. Faith that the good judg
ment of the big powers will gov
ern use of the veto.
3. Anticipation that the Se
curity Council can build a sort of
code of international "common
law" to govern the relations of
nations.
FOOR SHIPS LOST
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Washington, June 12 Two de
stroyers, an auxiliary transport
and a landing ship were lost off
Okinawa with a total of 469
killed, missing or wounded, the
navy announced Monday night.
The destroyers were the Long
shaw with 179 casualties, and
the Drcxler with 209. The trans
port Bates suffered 60 sacualtics,
and the LSM-135 suffered 21.
C. W. CRARY NAMED TO
APPRENTICESHIP BOARD
C. W. Crary of Medford was
named by Gov. Earl Smith to
day to serve a three-year term
on the new state apprenticeship i
council, which was authorized j
by the recent session of the !
state legislature. '
Others named to serve on the
council are H. R. Kreitzcr and j
C. E. Holzer, Portland, one year
terms; William Krucger, Oregon
City, and Ralph Waggoner,
Klamath Falls, two year terms
and Fred C. King, Portland,
three years.
BASEBALL
AMERICAN
Washington 5
New York 3
12
10
3 ,
Leonard. Wolff and Ferreli;
Dubiel. Turner and Cromplon.
' NATIONAL
New York 4 7 2
Brooklyn 7 9 4
Mungo. Emmerich. Adams and
Lombard!; Loinbardi and Dan
tnnio. Philadelphia 0 4 1
Bovton 10 12 0
Wyatt and Manrusco, Scmill
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12, 1945
IN REQUEST FOR
House Rules Committee Re
jects Plea For Considera
tion of Bill In 6 to 6 Vote.
Washington, June 1 2 (U.R)
The House Rules committee, re
jecting a plea by President Tru-1
man, refused today to permit the
House consider a bill for estate
lishing a permanent fair employ
ment practice commission.
Committee Chairman Adolph
J. Sabath, D., 111., said the vote
was six to six. He would not say
how the votes were divided
among the eight democrats and
four republicans on the commit
tee. Sabath said the committee's
action would not "foreclose" any
future action on the bill. But,
he added, "nothing will be done
about it for some time."
Hard to Dig Out
It would be possible for pro
ponents of the permanent FEPC
bill to try to bring it before the
House through a petition dis
charging the rules committee
from further consideration of it.
This is a long procedure, requir
ing 218 signatures to the peti
tion, but it was effective in the
case of the anti-poll tax bill on
which the House will vote today.
The FEPC bill has been bot
tled up in the rules committee
since March. Last week Presi
dent Truman in a letter to Sa
bath urged that the House be
given a chance to vote on it.
TO
T
Washington, June 12 U.R
Harry L. Hopkins returned today
from a special mission to Mos
cow for President Truman. He
went immediately to the White
House to give the chief executive
a firsthand report on his confer
ences with Marshal Josef Stalin.
Hupkins looked very tired as
he stepped off the air transport
command plane that brought him
from Europe. He said he felt
"all right" after his long aerial
journey back to this country.
Hopkins' wife went to Russia
with him but did not return. He
explained that "the army has
her visiting hospitals in Europe."
Hopkins would not comment
on his mission to the Soviet capi
tal or his conferences with Sta
lin. After he receives Hopkins' re
port this afternoon, Mr. Truman
is expected to discuss several
international situations at his
press conference tomorrow, prob
ably including Russian relations
in general as well as the specific
Polish issue.
With Hopkins was Charles E.
Bohten, state department Rus
sian expert and political adviser
who was In Moscow with him.
Bosc Pear Growers In Favor
Of Strong Promotion Effort
A large majority of orchardists
in this district growing Bosc
pears have signed an agreement
designed to put marketing of
this variety on a sound basis, it
was announced today through
Shelby M. Tuttle, member of the
Bosc Promotion committee.
"Rogue River Valley Bosc
pear growers are not going to sit
idly and wait for the post-war
pear depression to bring them
the not yet forgotten red ink
days again," the pear committee
statement declares. "A large ma
jority of orchardists that grow
this variety have signed up for
the plan that will put marketing
of Bosc pears on a sound basis
that should insure the popularity
of these pears In the years ahead
and insure themselves a fair
profit for their work.
Program Planned
The plan provides that each
grower, besides contributing five
cents a box for advertising and
promotion, shall agree to the
marketing of his Bosc pears dur
Nig the period Hint tlipy eve in
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ection
Medford residents may still
cast a vote in the special bond
election being held today,
since polls will be open until
8 p, m.
First ward residents vote at
the Roosevelt school, second
ward, courthouse; third ward,
Fichiner's garage; fourth
ward, city hall. Any regis
tered voter living within the
city limits is eligible to vote.
Results of the balloting will
be tabulated by the boards im
mediately after the polls close
and the office of the city re
corder will have full results
tomorrow morning. Informa
tion will be available at the
Mail Tribune by 8 a. m., Wed
nesday F
SOLON PAY HIKE
Washington, June 12 -(U.R)
President Truman today advocat
ed an immediate salary raise for
members of congress consistent
with the Little Steel formula of
wage stabilization, which would
limit the increase to $1,500 an
nually. In a letter to House Speaker
Sam Rayburn, D., Tex., and Sen
ate President Kenneth D. Mc
Kellar, D., Tenn., the President
said that once government salary
controls are lifted, congressional
salaries should be increased to
at least $15,000.
The House already has voted
itself an annual "expense ac
count" of $2,500. Mr. Truman
said last week that while he
thought congress should take a
more direct approach than, this
to increase its Income, he would
not disapprove such a measure.
150 SUPERFORTS
Guam, June 12 (U.R) One
hundred fifty Supcrforts making
up the entire 58th bombardment
wing of the 20th army air force
has joined Marianas-based B-29s
after an historic 3,600 mile mass
flight from India to Tinian with
out the loss of a single plane,
It was officially announced to
day. , '
The 58th, oldest of all the B-29
organizations, joined Maj. Gen.
Curtis Le May's "Japan Ex
press" forces in the Mariana:)
and has been taken into the 21st
bomber command, it was reveal
ed on the first anniversary of
the inauguration of B-29 combat
against Japan.
Simultaneously, It was an
nounced that the Marianas-based
sky giants are now divided into
four bombardment wings.
New York, June 12 (U.R)
Five women postoffice employes
wire held in bail of $250 each
today on charges of rifling pack
ages returned from overseas be
cause the servicemen they were
addressed to were either dead or
missing in action, .
states. Committee members
point out that getting the pears
to the consumer in such condi
tion that he will enjoy eating
them and want more is the most
important part of the program.
For that reason they are anxious
to get 100 per cent approval
from the Bosc growers and
strongly urge the few growers
not yet signed up to take this
action so work can be started at
once on this project.
Bosc Finest
The Bosc pear plan will have
the cooperation of the Winter
Pear committee that promotes
all fall and winter pears, it is
stated. A member of the local
committee further states that the
Hood River growers are plan
ning an active campaign to fully
publicize Bosc pears marketed
frm that district.
"It has long been an accepted
fact that Southern Oregon Bosc
pears arc the finest grown," the
statement concludes." For that
reason it is important to keep
theae f'ic fruits and the story
behind them ill Uie best wurlil
piarketa."
NO. 69.
CAFES, BAKERIES
MAY BE CLOSED
BY LACK! OF FAT
Medford Establishments Are
Facing Emergency
C. of C. Wires Ellsworth.
Medford restaurants and bak
eries face the necessity of clos
ing unless additional shortening
supplies can be obtained in the
near future. Chamber of Com
merce officials and restaurant
operators stated today. A poll of
these establishments made yes
terday by the Jackson County
Chamber of Commerce showed
that one bakery has already been
forced to close, others have
ceased making pies and cakes
and are conserving fat supplies
for bread and rolls and most res
taurants reported shortening sup
plies very low
Chamber officials have confer
red with Congressman Harris
Ellsworth on the emergency and
it was reported that an effort
would be made to have addition
al supplies released. The short
age is not due to points, but to a
lack of supplies at the wholesale
level, it was said. Calls to whole
sale and retail establishments
yesterday found but about 500
pounds of shortening on hand in
the city.
Pork Lack Blamed
While the shortage of fat is a
problem in all sections of the
country, locally it is thought the
present emergency has been
brought on by low pork produc
tion. Jack Burris, restaurant
owner working with the Cham
ber of Commerce gathering facts
for OPA and Chamber of Com
merce officials, stated that many
restaurant and bakery owners
here had formerly purchased
large quantities of lard from
valley producers and that this
supply has dwindled In recent
months. This leaves the Medford
operators without outside con
tacts from which fat supplies
may be purchased, he said.
Burris and others are of the
opinions that recent steps taken
by the government to Increase
pork production will eventually
solve the problem, but in the
meantime hope that by some
means a carload or so of shorten
ing can be released from army
or other supplies for local sale.
The bakery and restaurant
business is closely allied, Burris
pointed out, since the restaurants
and cefes for the most part de
pend upon the bake shops for
their bread, pastry and cake sup
plies. Closure of any one estab
lishment throws upon the ones
remaining open, and any estab
lishment forced to close for any
considerable ' length of time
might not be able to re-open, he
said,
FEW MEXICAN LABORERS
ARRIVE FOR FARM WORK
Mexican farm workers are ar
riving here in small numbers for
orchard work, County Agent
Robert G. Fowler reports. They
will not be here In full force un
til just before the pear harvest
season, it is assumed. They are
now being employed in the pea
and sugar beet fields of eastern
Oregon and Idaho, and are ex
pected to be assigned to this val
ley with others when jobs there
are completed.
The county agent also stated
application had been made for
German prisoners of war for
farm work. The sugar beet fields
have the first priority for farm
labor.
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FIGHT TO DEATH
FINAL CHOICE OF
10,000JAPANESE
Surrender Ultimatum of Lt.
Gen. Buckner Rejected by
Foe; 96th Division Active,
Guam, June 12 U.R) Amer
ican troops, scaling the Yaeju
Dake escarpment on rope lad
ders, opened a general assault to
day against the Japanese sur
vivors on Okinawa who rejected
a surrender ultimatum and chose
to fight to the death.
Massed artillery blasted a path
for Marines and Doughboys as
they swarmed up cliffs and at
tacked with flame-throwers, bay
onets and grenades.
The Japanese radio said that
the Americans landed reinforce
ments at Minatoga, a small port
on the southeastern shore of Oki
nawa. "The Americans have opened a
general assault against our po
sitions," Tokyo said.
Only six weary, bleary-eyed
Japanese accepted Lt. Gen. Si
mon Boliver Buckner's offer of
surrender. The remaining garri
son of approximately 10,000 men
elected to die in a hopeless cause.
When Buckner's offer expired
at 6:30 p. m., Tuesday (Okinawa
time), orders were flashed to all
U. S. artillery and warships to
resume fire. They blasted inter
lacing Japanese fortifications
and caves atop the plateau in the
kick-off for the final, all-out
ground offensive.
Mai. Gen. Pedro DelValle's
1st Marine Division advanced
across rice paddies and fought
upward along Kunishi Ridge,
western arm of Yaeju-Dake pla
teau. The Leathernecks battled
to close the enemy's southern es
cape route and trap thousands of
Japanese In their "lost world"
stronghold.
Maj. Gen. James L, Bradley'
96th Division attacked the es
carpment frontally from the
north. The 96th systematically
sealed caves with special flame
throwers, fed through long noz
zles from tanks below the es
carpment. The first battalion closed ap
proximately 50 cayes. It halted,
a force of Japanese streaming
from a cave, chased them back;
inside, then sealed them in es
carpment cliffs with explosives.
JAPS RECAPTURE
T
Chungking, June 12 (U.R)
Counter attacking Japanese
troops recaptured Ishan yester
day in a rear guard battle de
signed to protect major with
drawals of enemy "forces from
Liuchow and Kweilin, air bass
cities in Kwangsi province, the
China Combat Command an
nounced today.
Under heavy ground assault,
Chinese troops withdrew to the
western outskirts of Ishan. But
other Chinese forces by-passed
Ishan and reached the environs
of Liuchow. 43 miles eastward,
and threatened to envelope the
city.
Ishan, situated on the Kwel-chow-Kwangsl
railroad, was the
farthest point of Japanese with
drawal from the Hochlh salient,
which once posed a threat to the
American air base at Kweiyang.
Elliott Roosevelt
Loan Charged Off
Danville, 111.. June 12 (U.R)
Caruthcrs C. Ewing, New
York attorney said today that
Elliott Roosevelt, son of the late
president, settled a $200,000 loan
with John Hartford president of
the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co..
for $4,000 in 1942.
"The loan was written off by
Mr. Hertford in his 1942 Income
tax report as a bad debt," Ewing,
attorney for the A, & P. Co.,
said.
S, Pltn Office.