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yOWRTEEW MEDFOBD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday, Juna 20, 1950, Letter From Washington Not long ago I told of appear ing before a committet to urge that the import tariff on ply wood not be reduced. I have just learned that the administra tion is attacking the people who earn their livings in our plywood industry on still another front. The ECA (European aid organ ization) has just announced that it is purchasing millions of feet of douglas fir plywood logs for shipment to Korea. Our north west plywood industry already has difficulty enough in obtain ing sufficient high grade ply wood logs for its own use. what this latest administration move means is loss of jobs for many people who make plywood. I and other northwest congressmen have voiced vigorous protests against the combination policy of aiding foreign plywood pro duction even by furnishing logs which we need and at the same time proposing a reduction in tariff rates to allow plywood made from those logs to under sell our producers on the Amer ican market. We have so many "do-gooders" running our gov ernment policies now that I have little hope of our protests being heeded. FOR 16 YEARS txccpt for three years just before the war, congress has annually passed legislation postponing the dead line for the completion of re quired assessment work on min ing claims. The practice started in the depression days of the 30's. During the post war readjust- By HARRIS ELLSWORTH Mambu of Congrata From Oregon mcnt period I have supported such "moratorium" legislation. Last year the house and senate committees extended the mora torium with the explicit under standing that there would be no further extensions. It seems to me present conditions may war rant a return to the normal ap plication of the mining laws. But the past winter has been un usually bad. The snows are deep in the mountains where hun dreds of claims are located, pre venting the work from being done this spring. Also many claim owners have become jo accustomed to letting the work go that hundreds of claims might go by default if it was required that assessment work be brought up-to-date by the end of June this year. Accordingly, I support ed a compromise proposal put through the senate by Senator Cordon to extend the time for completing the work just BO days to October 1. Following a pub lic lands committee hearing at which I spoke at some length in support of the Cordon bill, it was favorably reported. The bill carries an amendment providing that assessment work for the present and coming year may be done at the same time. I as sume the house will pass it but that remains to be seen. APPARENTLY THE adminis tration has abandoned the idea of attempting to pass the whole package of socialized medicine legislation this year. It is still endeavoring, however, to get some portions of it passed piece meal. In this connection It might be interesting to note that the British minister of health recent ly reported that in its first full year of operation, the cost to the British treasury (U. S. money) of Britain's medical plan was $17.65 for each man, woman and child over and above the reg ular payroll contributions. Just multiply that by 150 millions and you can figure for yourself what it would cost here if we were on the lower British in come basis. SPEAKING OF population fig ures 40 out of every 100 per sons are on the public payroll (census, bureau .report). In 50 years, government employment has increased more than 525 per cent. No wonder we are pay ing such enormous tax bills, Sandy Youth Killed In Motorcycle Wreck Portland, Ore., June 20 (U.R) One youth was dead today and another seriously injured after their motorcycle ripped into a field near Sandy, Ore., Sunday. Dead is Virgil Leroy Dahrens, 26, of Sandy, while Ronald E. Fischer, 25, also of Sandy, is in critical condition at Providence hospital here. According to State Patrolman Mark Dezar the cycle missed a curve at a high speed and ground itself into a farm field. Dahrens is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Dahrens, Sandy, and two broth ers. The skeleton of the oldest known horse is estimated to be 45,000.000 years old. Standing H inches high, the fossil was found in Wyoming. Brutalities Denied At Lowry Air Base Denver, June 20. (U.R) Brig. Gen. Charles H. Caldwell, commanding officer of Lowry air force base, said today "there has been no brutality to prisoners here." However, the commanding general admitted four non-commissioned officers had been punished for mistreating prison ers. He described this as "mer ely housekeeping duties." Gen. Caldwell's statement was made in rebuttal to charges broadcast by commentator Drew Pearson that prisoners at the base were so badly beaten that other prisoners were forc ed to clean up the blood. Caldwell opened special courts martial records to inspec tion by newsmen. He described this mistreatment of prisoners and the resulting courts martial of four enlisted airmen at the base guard house as "merely housekeeping duties which were promptly and efficiently taken care of by the then base com mander, Brig. Gen Warren R. Carter." Assignments Made at Methodist Conference . Portland, Ore., June 20 (U.R) Methodist congregations in 51 Oregon communities will soon have new pastors as a result of ministerial assignments made at the closing session of the 08th annual Oregon Methodist con ference here, Bishop Gerald H. 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