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.
Kennedy said today.
The changes were announced
during the closing session of the
five-day conference yesterday.
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