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TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Wednesday, Fsbruary I, 1950
Letter From Washington
l HARRIS ELLSWORTH
M.mb.r Control From Origan
The fair employment practices
bill, better know as FEPC, has
been much discussed here lately.
In fact, I think you could almost
auy that the bill has been kicked
around a bit. The fight in the
House over FEPC Is mostly on
the democratic side of the aisle.
Tho nrinelDle of FEPC having
been approved in the republican
platform, will have considerable
republican support when tlie Bill
rnmps tn the floor.
The scrap on the floor or
should sav the run
ning battle on the floor left a
iui ipan on the majority side.
About the only thing the demo
crats salvaged politically was to
put republican memuers on me
snot when the question of a
change in house rules was
brought to the floor. That Issue
was made to souna preuy ms
v,, nrlimllv it was a tempest in
a teapot. The opponents to the
rules change insisted that unless
the suggested cliangc was aeieHi
ed, members would not get a
chance to vote on the FEPC bill.
Well, the rule was not changed
but a day or so later when the
chairman of the labor committee
Bought recognition under the
rule, he was ignored by the
speaker who recognized another
committee chairman to present
other legislation. Five other
chairmen were eligible for rec
ognition at that time. It is ob
vious that the so-called 21-day
rule, which the house voted to
retain, was of no benefit at all
to the FEPC proponents. The bill
can never come up under that
rule, The FEPC bill can, and
probably will, come to the floor
under the regular calendar
Wednesday procedure which has
been a rule of the house for many
years. The labor committee
chairman will have his right to
bring up the bill under that rule
In about five weeks. Also the
bill may be brought to the floor
by petition before that time or It
niay finally be brought to the
floor By the rules committee
THE POINT OF this discussion
Is that the FEPC bill, or any oth
er legislation, can always be
brought to the floor under the
Calendar Wednesday rule or by
petition. These rules have been
the protection of the house
against an autocratic rules com-
mittce since that committoo was
created as the result of a revou
against Speaker Canno.i some
40 years ago. The new 21-day
rule has clearly proven to have
Jittle value. Nevertheless, the
fight on it made mighty good
political hay for the democratic
members who were thus able to
mbarrass republican members
who voted for it. The great game
?f politics is sometimes wondcr
ul. The fight on the 21-dav rule
helped some members political
ly, hurt others, furnished a lot of
newspaper copy but, as was
demonstrated on the floor almost
Immediately, the outcome of the
tote was of very little Import
ance to the country.
BEFORE THE WAR Oregon
people contributed money and
provided a supposed final berth
for the famous Battleship Ore
gon, It was to be set permanent
ly in the Portland harbor and
used as a museum and place of
acenie interest. Then tho wnr
eame along. The Navy, which
had decommissioned the Oregon,
again took possession of it. The
ship was sold for salvage because
ot tne need tor war material
Here is the rest of the story: The
navy received $35,000 for the
warship. The government then
turned around and paid the sal
vage firm, Edward M. Ricker &
company, $101,731 for material
from the ship. Still later, the
navy took the hull back from the
company and now faces a suit
from the company for compensa
tion for the old hull.
America On 'Drunken
Binge,' Pastor Says
Oklahoma City, Okla., Feb. 1
(U.R) A liauor-hatlng Baptist
minister says the United States
is on a drunken binge."
The Rev. H. H. Hobbs, pastor
of Oklahoma City's first Baptist
church, told the final session of
the United Dry's first state as
sembly last night that "The
United States has more respon
sibility than any other nation,
but the nation is on a drunken
binge."
"Our capital city has the high
est liquor consumption per
capita," he said. "Our nation is
floating off in a sea of alcoholic
beverages.
Hobbs remarked that other
great nations in the history of
the world were "swept down in
a flood of aiconoi."
The Rev. Roy S. Holloman
secretary of the United Drys
discussed linking his organiza
tlon with the anti-saloon league
and the recently-formed national
temperance league.
John Conner Found
Insane At Hearing
Alexandria, Va. Feb. 1 John
S. Conner, 39, West Point honor
graduate, was judged insane on
Monday and therefore will not
stand trial in the shotgun deaths
of his three children as they pre
pared to leave for school on De
cember 7.
Conner was a civilian con
struction engineer at Fort Bel
volr. Mrs. Connor, mother of the
slain children, wept silently as
the verdict was given. The san
ity commission, composed of a
judge and two physicians, de
liberated but 17 minutes. Con
ner's father, Guy Conner, Port
land, Ore., was by his son's side
throughout the hearing.
Mr. and Mrs. John Conner
formerly resided in Medford and
have relatives living in the val
ley. COPCO REPORTS
company reports unaudited net
The California Oregon Power
Income for the 12 months ended
December 31, 1948, totaled $2,
111. 7S9, 5.09 times preferred
stock dividend requirements, and
after deduction for such divi
d e n d s, equivalent to $2.12 a
share on the 800,000 .shares of
outstanding common stock. Net
Income for the 12 months ex
ceeded that for 1948 by 7.43 per
cent.
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New Packing Plant
To Be Built By
Myron Root & Co.
The Myron Root and company
fruit packing plant, now located
at 46 South Fir street, will be
moved to a new plant, construc
tion of which begins today, ac
cording to Myron Root, presi
dent of the corporation.
The building, which will be
erected by Bessonctte and Graff,
contractors, will be on Monroe
street between Fir and Grape
streets, in the light industry sec
tion of the city. The building
permit, issued the firm today, es
timates the cost of the building
at $25,000, exclusive of equip
ment.
Of New Type
The building will be of a new
type, an open-ended shed on a
concrete base, 250 feet long and
60 feet wide. The sides will be
movable doors, which during
packing season can be swung out
and up, forming a canopy on
each side of the building 14'i
feet wide. This will permit use
of 21,600 square feet of working
area during the busy season. A
pumice block office 80 by 24
feet will be centered on the west
side of the structure. The build
ing will be mill construction with
a truss roof, covered with
phaltic shingles.
Fruit wili be handled with
pallets, using lift trucks in both
receiving and storing packed
boxes.
Hope For Efficiency
"It is our hope. Root said,
"that this building will be one
of the most efficient fruit pack
ing plants in southern Oregon,
and that this efficiency will re
sult in savings. While it is a re
placement of our present facil
ities," he added, "it should ac
tually increase our capacity."
The firm will continue hand
ling their sales through Simons
and French, Inc., of Sacramento
and New York, "who have a
good reputation for nationwide
and export distribution," Root
said.
He added that the firm has no
Immediate plans for the present
location of the packing plant.
The new structure will be com
pleted by approximately April 1
this year, Root said. Don Root is
manager of the company.
Father Of 5 Spends
Week-Ends In Jail
Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 1 (U.R)
Elmer M. Thompson, 29, a bar
tender and father of five, must
spend every week-end for the
next year in the Pierce county
ail.
Thomnson admitted accepting
four unemployment checks aft
er he had begun working as a
bartender here. He pleaded guil
ty on four counts of fraud.
Superior Judge Bartlett Rum
me rilled yesterday that Thomp
son should continue to work and
support his family, repay the
money received lor unemploy
ment compensation and spend
each week-end in jnu.
.Thomnson will be put in Jail
each Saturday at one a.m. and
released each Monday at 7 a.m.
If he.should lose his job he must
spend all his time in jail, the
Judge ruled.
Dog In Mourning
Refuses Food, Water
Pasadena, Cal., Feb. 1 (U.R)
A springer spaniel named Tim
ray refused food and water to
day, mourning for Cocoa, the
canine pal fee tried to save from
drowning by barking for 10
hours.
Cocoa, a poodle, fell Into Capt.
C. L. Arnold's swimming pool
yesterday as the dogs played to
gether. Timmy helped desper
ately as Cocoa struggled to stay
afloat.
It was not until the sad-eyed
spaniel gave up his vigil and re
turned to his mistress, Mrs. Cor
nelia Vannccourt, that humane
society officers found Cocoa's
body.
Comments Made On
Building of H-Bomb
Washington. Feb. 1 (U.R)
Here' is the reaction of Amer
ica and the world to Presi
dent Truman's announcement
that he has ordered the construc
tion of the mighty hydrogen
bomb:
Bernard M. Baruch "It was
wise decision necessary for
the peace of the world. It em
phasizes anew the need for a
truly effective international con
trol of every form of atomic en
ergy and mass destruction."
Wise Decision
Lt. Gen. Leslie R. Groves, for
mer head of the Manhattan A-
bomb project "I think it is a
very wise decision. I do hope it
will be possible to do awav with
atomic weapons and with war
altogether."
Ur. Harold C. Urey, one of the
Greta Garbo Offered
Italian Film Role
Milan, Italy, Feb. 1 (U.R)
Greta Garbo has been offered a
leading role in an Italian film
version of the classical Greek
poem, "The Odessy," it was an
nounced today.
Austrian Director C. W. Pabst
was scheduled to leave for Hol
lywood to offer Garbo the part
of Penelope, wife of Ulysses.
'If Miss Garbo will not accept
our proposal, Pabst has instruc
tions to contact Katherine Hep
burn or Greer Garson," it was
announced by Giorgio Ventur
ing manager of the Industrie
Cinematografiche E T e a t r a 1 i
(ICET) company.
Informed sources said the film
would be budgeted at about
$960,000, with a possible ceil
ing of $1,600,000.
Vcnturini said Ulysses, hero of
Homer's epic poem, would be
played by an Italian actor who
has not yet been chosen.
Sfudebaker Decreases
Passenger Car Prices
South Bend, Ind., Feb. 1 (U.R)
Studebaker corporation reduced
the prices on all its passenger
cars from S82 to $135 today.
n. b. Vance, president and
chairman of the board of the
company announced that the
price reductions resulted from
lower production costs.
We are now in a position, for
the first time since the war, to
reduce prices even though we
know that some of our costs will
ncrease in the months ahead.
Vance said.
The price cuts were effective
today on the list prices of the
cars.
Dind line Sunday
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Photographer Sued
For Failure To
Take Wedding Photos
Muscatine, la., Feb. 1 (U.R)
bride of four months sued a
photographer for $5,400 because
he didn't show up to take pic
tures of her wedding.
Mrs. Norma King charged
that John Gundy failed to ful
fill an oral agreement to record
the ceremony on film.
Her petition asked:
$200 for the cost of preparing
lor the pictures:
$200 for re-enacting the cere
mony later;
$1,000 for mental anguish:
$4,000 for future mental
anguish.
Long Search Ends In
Finding Of House;
Now It Isn't Needed
St. Cloud, Minn., Feb. 1 (U.R)
For more than a year, Store
Manager Deryck Cawthorn
tramped the streets looking for
a house for his family.
He found one yesterday a
couple of hours before he was
ordered transferred to Marshall,
Minn.
FLYING, ANYWAY '
Elma. Wash.. Feb. 1 (U.R)
Herbert W. Jones of Elma today
said "flying saucers" reported
yesterday by Aberdeen, Wash.,
residents were flying swans.
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PLSM YOU KNOW
Mil i i. ii i i t ttfitwmia
nation's top atomic scientists
I don t see now the president
could have arrived at any other
conclusion. We must make the
bomb, and we must continue to
achieve a unity of the west."
Mayor Shinzo Hamai of Hiro
shima, scene of the first A-bomb
explosion "We can only pray
that neither the old atomic bomb
nor the new hydrogen will ever
be used again. You saw Hiro
shima. It (the hydrogen bomb)
can wipe out 1.000,000 people at
once. This is the most horrible
thought that ever came into my
mind."
Gen. Omar N. Bradley, chair
man of the joint chiefs of staff
"I cannot say how this will af
fect U. S. military strategy as
yet. I do not know and I do
not think anybody knows Just
wnat tne nydrogen Domo can
do."
Public Discussion
Chairman Brien McMahon (D..
Conn.) of the joint congressional
atomic energy committee "We
should have a public discussion
on the subject of armament
races and how they can be halt
ed in the interests of the peace
oi tne wona.
Chairman William Z. Foster
and General Secretary Eugene
Dennis of the U.S. communist
party "No one man or group of
men had the right to by-pass the
American people and commit
them to a decision to manufac
ture the hydrogen bomb .
every thinking person in our
country is appalled by this blitz
against world peace and our
country s national security."
The Very Rev. Hewlett John
son, the "Red" dean of Canter
bury "I regret to hear it."
Possible for Russians
Dr. Arthur Jaffee of the Ar-
gonne National laboratories in
Chicago "If it's possible for us
to make lt, it will be possible
for the Russians. They repeated
the job we did on the atomic
bomb, and that is an indication
that they are -as capable as we
are."
W. R. Hodgson of Australia,
former member of the UN atom
ic energy commission "In view
ot president Truman s an
nouncement, I think it impera
tive ana urgent that renewed
steps be taken to reach some
agreement for an effective sys
tem of international control."
Dr. RudolDh Peierls. nrofessor
of mathematical physics at Bir
mingham university in Britain
"If blowing up the world Is the
only risk with the hydrogen
bomb, I wouldn't lose any sleep
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Song Writer To Face
Charges On Morals
Dallas. Tex.. Feb. 1 (U.R)
Song Writer Harry Revel today
faced prosecution on morals
charges following his arrest in a
uaiias notei room.
District Attrney Walter Cllie,
who accepted the charges, said
two . leen-age dovs were in
volved. One was in the hotel
room when officers made the ar
rest last Monday.
Each charge of sodomv carries
a top penalty of five to 15 years
imprisonment upon conviction.
Revel, who had no comment,
was freed under $1,500 bond.
The Hollywood tunesmith col
laborated with Mack Gordon on
such hits as "Did You Ever See
a Dream Walking?", "Stay As
Sweet As You Are," "There's a
Lull in My Life," and "Never
in a Million Years."
Jean Wallace Marries
Ex-Soldier By Proxy
Tijuana. Mex., Feb. 1 (U.R)
Jean Wallace, blonde former
wife of Movie Actor Franchot
Tone, has married ex-GI Jimmv
Randall by proxy, a lawyer here
conrirmea today.
Attorney R. C. Adnujo said
Miss Wallace, 25, and Randall,
who listed his occupation as a
clerk, signed marriage papers in
his office Saturday. The proxy
documents were forwarded to
Ciudad Juarez for recording.
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