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TEK MEBrORD (OHE60N) MAIL TRIBUNE Mcm Ttlephalo) FLOOD DANGER AREA-Arrow spots Cairo, HI., and Indicates It dangerous position at the junction of che swollen Ohio (background) and Mississippi Rivers. More than 900 families have fled the "Swamp East" area of Missouri (foreground), where engineers plan blowing up the new Madrid -Birds Point levee to reduce pressure along more vital bulwarks of the Mississippi. Broadening Of Social Security Coverage Called Gigantic Task Washington, Jan. 23 (U.R) Chairman Walter F. George of the senate finance committee which is considering adminis- txaton proposals to broaden so cial security coverage saia to day he is not "rushing" toward any conclusions. "This is one of the biggest problems before the country to day," the Georgia democrat said. "I don't want to be rushed on it." Ha said the present system is "discriminatory" to some who are and are not covered by the social insurance system. He said "serious problems" remain to be worked out. The finance committee began another week of hearings today on the house-approved bill to expand coverage and enlarge social security benefits to those already covered. State public welfare commis sioners were here to testify on the bill. In the main, they favor the bill. For one thing it cuts down the cost load to the Individ ual states. Edwards brings you cnmatliinrr now in flavor i ...coffee that's actually fresher by days ! Edwards' exclusive "Speed-Fresh" method guarantees you the full, natural coffee richness and aroma! ffCUfit. s 1 0rV 0 f Dr. Ellen Winston of North Carolina. Brouchton Lamberth of Alabama, and Bill Child of Idaho were those called today. .Also on tap were Ben Huitt, commissioner of labor for Geor gia, and Miss Lulu Dunn, di rector of the American Public Welfare association. Would Add 11 Million The house-approved bill would add 11.000,000 persons to the 35,000,000 now covered by the social Insurance program. The house bill would add, among others, about 4,500.000 self-employed city dwellers and 3,800. 000 state and local government workers. But Social Security Adminis trator Arthur J. Altmeyer last week asked that another 10,000 000 also be added. These would be mainly farmers, farm labor ers and certain types of domes tic workers. Altmeyer also recommended that congress consider changing the basis for federal grants to the states for public assistance programs. A state's income and zr 1 Here's how "Speed-Fresh" works: 1 Edwards Is roasted ONLY TO VOln GROCER'S ORDER. ..IN SMALL BATCHES. IVERY POUND UNIFORMLY RICH. ..UNIFORMLY FRESH get it fresh It SUBWAY Monday, Januiry 23. I8S0 ability to pay should be given some weight in making the grants, he said. During the hearings last week, Sen. Eugene D. Millikin, (R., Colo.), demanded to know why employers were "Junking" old er workers. The question fol lowed a statement by Altmeyer that employers were "reluctant" to hire old persons. . "What are you doing to en courage the employment of these people?" Millikin asked. Altmeyer said it was not his job. But increased coverage by insurance benefits would help, however, by cutting down the risk to the employer, he said. Reserves Set Aside M i 1 1 1 k a n also questioned whether the social security trust fund is not a "temptation" for extravagant government spend ing. The trust fund amounts to reserves set aside for payments in future years. "The trust fund may become a pawn for general treasury fis cal policies," Millikan said. Altmeyer said the trust fund now totals more than $11,000, 000,000 of which $2,228,000,000 is invested back into government issues. "The congress and the presi dent may be tempted by this easy-come, easy-go money, Mil likan said. w Edwards is rushed by truck to your store. No long weeks in a ware house. Your grocer gets It FASTER YOU GET IT FRESHER . . . BY DAYS ! Every pound Is fresh when you BUY it. Never stocked, never sold, unless at its peak freshness. That's why Edwards Is so rich and fragrant always FRESHER BY DAYS 1 OutofthcOjods Couple winters after they got politics to going in Paul Bun yan's logging camp a bunch of the new breed of government men hove in on him one day and put up to him a plan they called the Rabbit Relief Administra tion RRA, for short. The spokesman was an ex-bull-cook called Double Jaw Murphy. "Mr. Bunyan," says Double Jaw, "the rabbits have run out of panthers. So it's up to you to join with us to put the rabbits on relief. We've got the plan, you've got the money. Simple, hey?" Rabbits had always looked out for themselves. They were big, tough and bloodthirsty. Never bothered to eat loggers, for they liked panthers better. Hunting panthers, a r abbit would wait in ambush, then noose the first one that came along, the rabbit using his pow erful rope of a tail. Choking the panther down, the rabbit would kick the life out of him in no time. They had feet like Iron and hind legs like spring steel. They thrived for generations on pan ther meat. "Now they've run out of pan ther meat," said Double Jaw Murphy. 'So there is nothing for it but the Rabbit Relief Admin istration." Ruin Of The Rabbits Paul Bunyan was having a big bother logging a stand of conky timber, so he told Double Jaw and the other government boys to go ahead, so long as they didn't worry him or tap him for too much of what it would take. By spring Paul Bunvan found he'd been stuck for more monev on RRA than he'd ever dreamed could happen. Besides, a pile of men nad been taken out of the " Economy-wise truck buyers moke FORD NO. 1 IN SALES GAINS! No other truck can match this trend of user preference! PROOF OF FORD LEADERSHIP 1949 new truck license registrations as reported by R. L. Polk & Co. total for the latest available 3 months period of 1949 (August, September, October) compared to 1st quarter show; FORD TRUCKS. Truck Increase 24,683 AM Other Trucks Combined Truck Increase 15,382 TRUCK "B" r. Increase 9,884 TRUCK "C" Increase 3,835 TRUCK "D" increase 2,179 TRUCK "E" Increase 3,026 ALL OTHERS decrease 3,342 TOTAL........ 13,382 Smart Truck extra value Smart Buy JfJf woods to do the work of fencing , the rabbits in. But Paul Bun yan had to admit that the job i had been done. Fenced up .on the bottoms of Round river, the ! carnivorous rabbits had learned to live on wild hay, and to like it. Nearly all of them came through. "Well, you boys did a job," Paul said to Double Jaw Murphy and the government men. "It put a hole in my bankroll, but I won't holler. "Next phase of the plan will make up what it cost, Mr. Bun yan," said Double Jaw Murphy. "This is to plow up a lot of the hay land and put in carrots and lettuce. That's the diet the rab bits really need carrots and lettuce, some spinach maybe." "How'll that do me and my logging any good?" Paul Bun yan asked. "Seems to me that plowing and carrot-putting-in will only cost more money." "At first, at first," admitted Double Jaw. "But in the end there'll be oodles of rabbit meat. This trouble you've been hav ing from the men wanting prime ribs of beef and big steaks morning, noon and night will be over. They'll go for the new kinds of rabbit meat in a big way. And all it will cost you is the growing of carrots and lettuce. Leave it to us, Mr. Bunyan." He did. still having his own troubles in the woods, and the government men went on a-whooping with rabbit relief. Now it was a project. The RRVA The next thing Paul Bunyan knew the Rabbt Relief Admin istration had grown into the Round River Valley Authority plan called RRVA, for short. When he did wake up to it he LBDGGEK SA0.ES GADMS THARl ALL TTIH1EEES TiTO)CSS MBDFJEB) MfE LRE DS ACVJGRDGA'S n mum values No other truck can match this increase! Buyen recognize They know Today's is the '50 Ford I - CRATER LAKE MOTORS, Inc. MEDFORD, OREGON Ford Trucks Cost Less because Using let.il rtt'ttration dU on 6,106,000 (rucks, lilt nsur.nc. experts prove Ford Truckt last lonMrf GOP Asks Explanation Of Denfeld Dismissal Washington, Jan. 23 (U.R) Republican members of the sen ate armed services committee to day formally demanded a "full and complete" explanation of the dismissal of Adm. Louis E. Den feld as chief of naval operations. The demand was made in a let ter to Committee Chairman Mil lard E. Tydings (D. Md.). The let ter, signed by five of the six GOP members, asked that Secretary of Navy Francis P. Matthews be called to a closed committee session. Los Angeles, Jan. 23 tU.R) Police today arrested nine men on gambling charges in a raid on the AFL labor temple. was into the plan so deep that he could see nothing else to do but go through with it. If you want to know what it was all about, how all its angles and chart curves run, don't ask me. All I know is that it brought Paul Bunyan to spending more time with Double Jaw Murphy and the other government men than he was spending in the woods, and Timekeeper Johnny Inkslingor had more men mak ing out forms than were falling timber. And I do know that the rab bits were scarcely what you'd call improved by the Rabbit Re lief Administration and its plans and doings. Not much. From a rip-snort ing, up-and-at-'em creature of the I woods who could lick (and eat; three times his weight in pan thers, the rabbit came to be a poor, trifling beastie, with no tail on him, no fight in him and no appetite for anything but let tuce and carrots and such. And Paul Bunyan never did get the loggers to take the rab bit stew in place of prime ribs and sirloins. Soon he quit try ing. Soon after that he just quit everything. Will he ever come back? Oh, ho, ho I 1 iT High School Students Alleged 'Shoplifters' Oklahoma City, Jan. 23 (U.R) Police today began rounding up members of a high school "club" devoted to shoplifting. The 10-member ring was bro ken up yesterday when a de partment store detective caught two of the girls, 14 and 16, trying to get away with some clothing. At their homes, Juvenile de partment officers found clothes and other items worth more than $300. The girls implicated the other "members." Major North California Highways Reported Open San Francisco, Jan. 23 (U.R) All major highways in northern California were open to two-way The 9 and 9 CAFE and TAVERN REOPENS TODAY! Completely Remodeled and Redecorated We Sincerely Appreciate your generous patronage which has made this im provement program possible. We'll welcome you back with 90 and 9's usual hospitality, friendly service, fine foods and beverages. 1258 South Riverside Telephone 3-909S v Economy-wise truck buyers know FORD IS NO. 1 IN VALUE! 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