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Tribune 10, 20, 30 m4 40 yean
10 YEARS AGO
June 6, 1942
(It was Saturday)
' TJoVioT-t MouflanH fnrmer Merl
InrA ritoh arrinnl alar Athlete and
member of University of Oregon
track and DasKeirjau teams, en
lists In marine corps.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Fot column: The senior
class of Old Medford were hand
ed their sheepskins Thursday
evening and turned out on a
cruel, cold world, now in a rec
ord state of messiness.
20 YEARS AGO -June
6, 1932
(It was Monday)
Early morning earthquake
shakes Medford; quake believed
to center near Eureka, Calif,,
where one person was killed and
three injured.
Meeting of Medford jobless
scheduled; unemployed men and
their wives to discuss relief meas
ures.
90 YEARS AGO
June (, 1922
(It was Tuesday)
Ex-trainer for Jack Dempsey
arrives here to establish Med'
ford Athletic club; to set up open
air gymnasium for amateur box
ing.
Local weather bureau reports
last three days of May were
hottest in years here; tempera
tures oi hi, ua ana by recorded
40 YEARS AGO
June 8. 1912
(It was Wednesday)
Four men killed, four others
injured in explosion at Jackson
vllle quarry; powderman smok
ing cigarette blamed tor acci
dent.
Southern Pacific rnllrnnH in
nounces plans to send first re
frigerated car to Rogue valley;
car to carry local eggs, butter
no otner perishable products
on last run to Portland.
Foots Creek
Foots Creek Howard Steven
son moved last week to the Snel
ling property which he recently
bought. It is known as part of
tne lormcr ihamplln property,
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and family.
who have been living there have
moved to Cave City.
Visitors at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. R. L. Miller on Deco
ration day were Mr. and Mrs.
W. C. Myers of Dunsmuir. Calif..
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Eddings of
Oakridge, and Mr. and Mrs. Don
Cameron of Cottage Grove.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Hope and
on Lance, of Medford, visited
Decoration day with Mrs. Hope's
grandmother, Mrs. George
Lance.
Friends here of Mrs. Lee Kile
of Rogue River were sorry to
learn she is a patient in a Med
ford hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Thomas,
Mrs. V. Cook, of Medford, Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Christensen and
Mrs. George Lance were dinner
guests Monday of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles McLallcn.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Lukawoski
and son and two daughters of
Portland, spent the week-end
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Perfontaine.
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Dunlop
and family of Medford, spent
May 30 with Mr. and Mrs. Ver
non Salmons and ions. .
1. 1.
Editorial Correspondence
En route to Washington, D.
The paper at the Ferry Building
Declared Illegal."
That was as predicted, but the line-up of the Judges was NOT.
In fact, the most satisfactory thing about this Supreme Court
verdict was this extraordinary
The three most conservative members supported the President
and labor. The three most liberal members did not. They sup
ported that collossus of the capitalist world, United States Steel.
Well, as far as this department is concerned, when ultra
liberal Supreme Court Justices
Douglas, turn down labor and uphold a billion (guess it's a 2 or
3 billion dollar corporation now)
And it also removes all doubt
and can be accepted as FINAL.
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The next move on the agenda
But with the presidential campaign on, the chance of any
satisfactory legislation this year is practically nil. The rabid Re
publicans will try to outlaw any
of private property whatever the loyal Democrats if any! will
try to legalize it when the safety and security of the country is
threatened. Unless some miracle occurs this will result in a lot of
oratory for vote-getting purposes
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Another good thing about the
other five to four decision.
Six to three makes it two to
only the change of ONE vote, but the general moral effect will
be so much more than that.
As this is being written nothing has been heard from Presi
dent Truman. Perhaps he will have something to say at Thurs
day's press conference and we hope to be there. We hope, also,
that this time his "Supreme Excellency" will look BEFORE he
makes his verbal leap not afterl
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Around Roseville, where so many cars of Medford pears are
routed for the East, the foothills are beginning to dry up and irri
gation ditches are full, but as the train climbs to 7000 feet every
thlngs is wet and green, the Truckee river far down below, a tor
rent of green water with angry white caps, and in many places
the water over the banks and swirling through valley gardens
and around fruit trees. In other words, the snow has started to
melt, and as the recent winter broke all snow records up here the
acres and acres of deep snow, as June starts,' are surprising. Plenty
of water this year and we fear in some places too much!
The good old "Overland" has
hair-do and has taken to rouge.
Too bad in a way and yet trains
passion for speed or ELSEI Not so very long ago it took the
Overland 74 hours from S. F. to Chicago, now it it only takes a
few minutes over 48. The "City of San Francisco" is, of course,
much faster. It leaves Oakland five heurs after this train and
reaches Chicago three hours before. The City is only around 100
miles back of us now and when we reach Cheyenne late tnis aner
noon it will pass us. (This is being typed near Green River, Wyo
ming.) Well, wno cares wno wins tne race; it iouk us wet uic
lost time we motored the same route and we didn't exactly
saunter. So this is fast enough, thank yout '
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Because of the reduction in time, the "Overland" doesn't stop
more than a few minutes anywhere between Sacramento and
Cheyenne. As a result a group of four women, who played Canasta
all the way In the apartment next to ours, nearly missed their
divorce-dates if that was the purpose of their Reno visit and
we suspect it was. This was largely the porter's fault he shows
about as much zip and zing as "Stepin Fetchlt" in his most languid
role. (He might BE Stepin Fetchlt, or has "Step" returned to the
screen?)
The gals finally tumbled off with hats In their hands, and
their luggage strewn all o"er the deserted platform. Just as the
train started, and as your correspondent swung aboard (well, make
it CLIMBED!), one of them looked about her, north, south, east
and west, then shrieked: "Where ARE the red-caps?"
"Where WERE they?"
It reminded us of Dunsmuir during the darkest days of the
war.
Another member of the quartet
threw her pretty head back and
cried:
"I never HEARD of such a thing!" .
Well, if this is her first visit to "the biggest little city In the
world," she will see and hear many things she has never seen or
heard before, ere the divorce papers are secured assuming, again
that IS the purpose.
The rivers and creeks along
near the flood stage here in Wyoming as they were in Nevada.
And to make matters no better It is raining. Nice and warm and
cozy in the train, however, glad we are not out there on the slick
highway straining at the wheel of a 1040 motor-car.
Wyoming is about all that is
for Cheyenne which is larger, the
least changed practically none
been crossing it. The same treeless hills; the same sagebrush mile
after mile the same little shacks, sod huts and little frontier
towns, and now and then a few cattle, perhaps a chuck-wagon and
a cowboy in the distance. It always has had a special interest for
the distaff member of the household, however, for her mother
secured a large cattle ranch near
ago, and lived there with two daughters until her death,
e e e e
Just to show what a tremendous role "Lady Luck" plays In
human affairs particularly in the material realm had that ranch
NOT been sold when practically all the alleged experts advised
its sale, well hold everything! with porterhouse steaks at their
present price and with oil wells gushing next door what a dif
ferent life a certain group of American citizens would have led
and still be leading! Oh, what MIGHT have been!
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At this point some "Kill Joy" arises to Interject the Inevitable:
"So WHAT? It would all have to go to Uncle Sam ANYwayl"
But, of course, it WOULDN'T!
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Nothing makes the undersigned more irritated than the people
fortunate enough to have large incomes (on which, OF COURSE,
they must and should particularly in times like these pay
large Income taxes), weeping and wailing over their tragic fate.
They should be ashamed of themselves!
How about the people who have no Incomes to pay taxes ON;
and more Important, the people with small incomes who do have
to pay incomes taxes which leave them with barely enough to
live on?
To hear some of these higher-bracket birds carry on, one would
Ihlnk they hardly know where their next meal is coming from
and they are also the ones who are all the time playing that old
moth-eaten record, how the U.S.A. Is only half a step short of the
abyss ol socialism. HORSE-FEATHERS!
If a few more of them could be deported, Instead of so many
honest foreigners who want to come over here and WORK for
a living, being kept out of the country by the McCarran type of
hard-shelled and reactionary bigots the cduntry would b the
better for it. MUCH better!
e e e e a . .
Income taxes are high of course, why shouldn't they be?
Especially when a war is on, and the country's unavoidable
expenses are so tremendous?
And why Is It so manv of these fat buvi at the weenlnc wall
of self-pity can't see the plain fact,
wo u. s. citizen is asked to pay a LARGE Income tax who
HASN'T a LARGE Income! And the larger the tax Is. the larger the
income HAS to be!
We have Just FLASHED by Rock Springs and note the citizens
of that famous coal town can (if
Mitchum, the droopy-eyed dope of
utiuaw women!" who says Wyoming is getting too rapidly
civilized? R.W.R.
Salem (UP.) Richard Eoff.
whose wife attempted to shoot
him while he wan in Marion
county Jail in downtown Salem
Friday. June . IISS
C, via "The Overland," June 3
had the banner "Steel Seliure
alignment.
like Black, Frankfurter and
that's NEWS! .
the majority decision was correct
e
is up to the Congress.
presidential powers of seizure
only and nothing else,
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result was the absence of an'
one and that is so MUCH better
had its face lifted, has a new
have to keep up with this U. 5.
made the same survey and then
addressing the heavens above,
the right-of-way are almost as
left of the real Wild West. Except
state has from a car window at
at all in the 40 years we have
Buffalo, Wyoming, many years
to wit:
they wish), go to see Robert
darkest Hollywood, tonight In
four years ago, died this week
In Oregon State penitentiary.
Warden Virgil i. O'Mallry said
Thursday.
Crosstown
"I can tell you what they're
yellah
Singman Rhee's Plan
To Retain Presidency
Returns Him to News
By PHIL NEWSOM
United Press Foreign Analyst
The man who is South Korea's
greatest hero and at the same
time one of its most exasperat
ing figures is
back in the
news again.
He is Syng-
man Rhee
p r e s i d ent of
of the Repub
lic of Korea.
His heroic pro
portions and
h i s exasper
ating qualities
are indivisible
since they are
I'hil rtewsons
expressions of the same idea
an Independent and democratic
Korea. He has fought for it for
nearly 60 years and not even
physical torture has swerved
him from it.
As a result, the Communists
have promised to hang him if
they catch him.
Even as a man with a Com
munist price on his head, Rhee.
has not hesitated to hurl thun
derbolts at the United Nations
who are his best friends.
Threatened Lone War
He once threatened to carry
on the war against the North Ko
rean Communists alone if the
United Nations compromised
with the Reds on a plan which
would leave a divided Korea.
It is Rhee's singleness of pur
pose that has brought him into
the news again.
In the Day's
By FRANK JENKINS
Governor Warren, as most un
prejudiced observers expected,
sweeps his own state and will go
Into the Republican national con
vention with 70 California dele
gates at his back. In the tight
race that has developed between
General Eisenhower and Senator
Taft, that will make him a fig
ure to be reckoned with.
In Tuesday's primary election,
he defeated a pro-Taft slate tech
nically pledged to Representative
Wcrdel, who quarreled sharply
with Warren's espousal of pro
gressive policies.
His decisive victory he Is
leading the Werdel slate by ap
proximately two one as this is
written indicates that Cali
fornia Republicans lean toward
instead of shying away from
moderate and intelligent liberal
ization of the GOP.
SOUTH DAKOTA, at the hour
when this is written, is a
REAL race. At the moment (the
lead has been seesawing back
and forth all morning between
Taft and Eisenhower) Taft Is 521
votes ahead in the tussle for dele
gates. Partly because the campaign
has been bitter and partly be-
cause South Dakota is the last !
of the really interesting primar-l
ies before convention time, the !
primary there has been regarded 1
as hiRhly significant. South Da- '
kola has been generally looked
upon as Taft territory, and it has I
been conceded that if the Ohio i
senator should lose to Ike it I
would be a body blow.
In view of the closeness of the j
vote, about all South Dakota j
proves is something that every-!
body knew already that the Re- j
publican national convention in j
July will be an exciting affair, j
BOTH California and South Da
kota lend emphasis to some-1
thing that has been obvious for :
some time. j
Watch Kefauver. I
It is about as apparent as any-
thing can be that Kefauver is the i
choice of rank and file Demo
crats the country over. In pri
mary after primary, that conclu
sion has stood out. Even in Flor
ida, where he tort a technical r!e
cision. he won a moral victory hy
getting a lot more voles than he
wii expected to get.
mi
eUU
By Roland Co.
goin' for, mister tie on a
jellybean!
He wants to take the election
of a Korean president out of the
hands of Parliament and put the
decision up to a popular vote.
Parliament opposes him and
the result is a political crisis, of
concern to the United States,
Britain and all nations partici
pating in South Korean defense
and the current Korean truce
talks.
Most Popular Figure
Underlying factor in the dis
pute is the fact that Rhee still is
easily South Korea's most popu
lar figure. On the other hand,
his high-handed actions in what
he believes are the best inter
ests of the country have won
him many enemies in the As
sembly. If the vote is left to the As
sembly, Rhee cannot be re-elected.
Rhee's ancestry stems from
Korean royalty, but throughout
his life he has been both a revo
lutionary and a missionary.
Can't Forget Tortures
The tough old president can
never forget his hard days as a
revolutionary or the tortures he
underwent in jail, and it doesn't
make him easier on his political
foes now.
At one point in jail, his tortur
ers mashed his fingers and drove
lighted sticks beneath his finger
nails. . .
Today, while deep in thought,
he frequently blows absent
mindedly on his damaged fin
gers. News
IT SEEMS to me that Kefau
ver's popularity among Demo
crats is a healthy sign. It would
be discouraging if after all the
corruption that has been reveal
ed in Washington the Truman ad
ministration remained over
whelmingly popular among
Democrats grows out of the be
lief that fie is the young knight
in shining armor who will slay
the dragon of cynical political
corruption.
It is good to know that our peo
ple still cherish ideals.
I THINK Republicans, especial
ly the 1206 Republicans who
will go to their party's national
convention to choose a candidate
for President, will do well to
keep an eye on this young fellow
from Tennessee.
It will take a mighty good man
to beat him come the first Tues
day after the first Monday of
next November. Not only that, it
will take UNITY among Repub
licans. If the GOP convention
winds up in a bitter feud that
sends one faction home to sulk
In its tents, it is reasonably cer
tain that the next President of
the United States will be a Demo
crat. That is about as much of a i
foregone conclusion as anything
can De.
WISE CRACK UNWISE
Fort Worth, Tex, HJ.P.) A
Fort Worth man, ticketed for
speeding, failed to give his full
name of the officer. When traced
to his home by police he told
officers: "Don't get personal."
He landed in jail.
Memphis, Tenn. (U P.) Long
Pllro ia one nt Memnhis' short.
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rai sui-tris, na uniy ouu UTi
long.
Court Records
msTRirr coi-bt
Jack C. Wolcamott. ene headllihL
$10.
'.imra P McCoy, two failure to stop
at stop slfn, 925. no operator's license.
7 .10
Joseph L. Hendrlcksen. patslnf with
Insufficient clearance. 97.
Clifford R. Castor, no operator's 11
cense, court costs only.
John D- Skyrman. no motor vehicle
fender, court coats only.
i-mrt'tT roier
Clarice V. Prince v
Prince, complaint
Harvey T.
Louella M . Burrlahl vs.
Burdatu, divorce complaint
Leonard
Taft and Eisenhower
Expose Methods for
Political Campaign
Br LYLE C. WILSON
Washington (U.R) In the
same week, Sen. Robert A. Taft
and Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
have exposed their campaign
methods to the voters. They are
as different as black and white.
Eisenhower told Abilene news
conference questioners that he
would not name names in his
campaign for the Republican
nomination or for the presiden
cy. If nominated.
Taft Names Names
Three days earlier in a major
speech Taft said, "There must
be no hesitancy in attacking the
foreign policy of Mr. Truman
and Mr. Acheson."
Eisenhower said he could not
identify any individuals with
the loss of China to Commun
ism. Taft consistently has held
FDR, President Truman, Secre
tary of State Dean Acheson and
Eisenhower's friend and asso
ciate, Gen. George C. Marshall,
largely responsible for that.
To a question whether he ap
proved of Truman-administration
foreign policy, Eisenhower
replied, in part:
"Of course to start with, I
have never been part of any ad
ministration, and therefore have
never been either part of any or
ganization that has helped make
the total foreign policy of the
Babson - Warning to Women
By Roger W. Babson
Babson Park, Mass., June 6
(Special to Mail Tribune) There
is an old proverb which states
that he who
laughs to ex
cess will event
ually undergo
an equal strain
of tears. In Its
way, the pro
verb is restat
i n g Newton's
law of action
and reaction
an extreme in
one direction is eventually bal
anced by an extreme in an op
posite direction. This carries a
warning to women.
Cycles exist in every phase of
living. There is a cyclical pat
tern in the role of women in in
dustry. Women rose from "hew
ers of wood" to positions of im
portance as homemakers; and
then back again. Today women
are active in all phases of busi
ness. Homemaking now appears
secondary. This change was
brought about by a recognition,
during wartime, that women are
equal to men in production.
But tins temporary change in
the position of women has oc
curred at times in the past. In
days of Ciuen Greece, society
centered around the household:
but later women took charge of
the businesses of fathers and
husbands who were away at war.
Ancient literature reveals that
women were regarded alternate
ly with great esteem, having a
high degree 'of personal free
dom, and then as slaves. Women
may again lose their present
freedom.
Cycles in Styles
Noted Through Years
Styles have passed through
similar cycles. Originally, wom
en wore as little as possible;
later they loaded themselves
with a dozen skirts. Now the
changa is turning back to as few
clothes as the law permits. Short
dresses are followed by long
dresses, and then back again to
short dresses. Gloves, hats,
shoes, colors and hair styles
likewise change by cycles.
Readers whose businesses are
affected by styles should re
member that present styles are
only temporary. Future styles
will change as much as past
styles. Merchants should realize
that their ability is best shown
by their adaptability. In fact, the
greatest profits come from
change. Most business failures
are due to an unwillingness to
change in time.
Troubadours Idolised
Women for Beauty
What then caused the swing
from a time when women were
doing only drudgery? It was the
age of chivalry, brought about
by gracious living and more
courteous manners. Troubadours
idealized women on the basis of
youth and physical beauty not
for ability or achievement.
More changes came about. The
industrial revolution found wom
en entering factories and again
seeking freedom. Political revo
lutions in Europe and America
emphasized "liberty and equal
ity." Women again discovered
they could not depend upon
beauty to develop careers or to
vote.
Interests Again Found
Not Coniined to Homes
Women have again found that
their interests are not confined
within four walls of their
homes. Florence Nightingale and
Jane Addams have their modern
counterparts in every area of
public and home life. Many
women now skillfully combine
business careers with homemak
ing. This is shown by the fact
that while women in industry
have increased, nearly 4.000.000
babies .re being born annually.
Services of women are needed
United States. The only thing I
have supported is this: The ba
sic conception that if we allow
Western Europe to fall within
the Communist orbit, the danger
to us is so highly increased that
our expenses will raise up so . . .
as to be backbreaklng and it
will be a mortal danger."
Far Apart in Methods
In this week's speech, Taft
said: "I hope all Republicans can
combine on a platform and cam
paign condemning the incompe
tence and lack of judgment and
pro- Communist sympathies of
those who have guided our poli
cies from Yalta and Potsdam un
til today."
On many general party poli
cies the two men were in sub
stantial agreement. But they are
far apart in the methods by
which they would present them
to the voters in a presidential
campaign.
On some questions they were
equally pessimistic.
Eisenhower: "I do not believe
in the present situation there is
any clean cut answer to bringing
the Korean war to successful
conclusion."
Taft: "The war in Korea con
tinues without visible results.
We could have won if we had
followed the advice of General
MacArthur."
in every phase of modern life.
To hold their present position,
however, women need much
more physical, business, politi
cal and economic education. At
this mid-century mark, women
now stand as equal partners of
men; but how long will men per
mit it? Based on past history,
women are now enjoying their
peak of freedom. The untrained
are now headed for another per
iod of drudgery or unemploy
ment. Table Rock
Table Rock Ed Robinson has
purchased a new hay baler and
is kept busy tieing up hay for
himself and neighbors.
The Ray Doran family accom
panied by Ray's father, Dan Dor
an and Mrs. Doran's mother,
Mrs. Williams, were week-end
visitors in Portland going one
way by the coast highway and
the other on Highway 99.
Mrs. Geo. Loftin of Sams Val
ley was a visitors here one day
last week working in the inter
est of the Antioch Cemetery as
sociation. Ted Morava, an old hand at
sheep shearing, finished shear
ing the' community sheep last
week.
Letters from the Pacific Wool
Growers to members here state
that they are advancing thirty
five cents per pound on this
year's wool, compared to $1 a,
pound advanced a year ago.
The Hull orchards are now
among the many local orchards
and farms using sprinkler sys
tems to help keep the soil moist.
Norman Higby of the Eagle
Point district has bought the
first cutting of alfalfa on the
J. S. Richardson farm, also the
vetch and barley crop on the
Sage place, which they are cut
ting and putting into silos.
Sam Glass of the U. S. Marines
in training at San Diego, Calif.,
is home for a week's leave of ab
sence and is spending a good
part of it helping with the hay
ing on the John Nealon farm.
Clyde Halfhill of the Navy is
also spending a few days vaca
tion at his home here.
Born May 28 to Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Richardson at Portland,
a nine pound and nine ounce
baby girl named Debra. Judging
from the names or the family
members Donald, Doreen, Di
ane, Dennis and Debra the
Richardson's must be partial to
the letter D. N
Graduating at Crater High this
week from this community are
Miss Betty Blackwood and Miss
Marsha Doran.
Three large culverts put un
der the road north of Bybee
bridge by a county crew are
carrying overflow irrigation wat
er from the east side of the road
on to the Hausler property and
causing considerable damage to
crops according to Mrs. Hausler.
A pre-nuptial shower was giv
en one day last week at the home
of Mrs. Fred Smith in honor of
Miss Thalia Doty who is leaving
in a few days for South Dakota
where she will be married and
make her home.
Also, a shower of a different
kind was given recently by Mrs.
Ed Robinson at her home for
Mrs. Aubry Taylor.
The last meeting of the local
community club for the season
at the school house was attended
by a rather small crowd who
were entertained by one of the
best programs put on here for
some time. Among outstanding
features was the singing of the
so-called Three Notes from Cra
ter High and a play put on by
a cast of six young people who
did a fine job of acting, the hon
ors going to Jimmy Halfhill for
his physical contortions and ad
libblng with the proper words at I
Just the right time. I
Congressional Quiz
QuesUons and Answers on What
Goes on at the Capital. Furnished
by Consresslonal quarterly Nwa
features.
Q I've heard about a lax
deduction plan to help Congress
man make; ends meat. What's it
all about?
A The House May IS ap
proved and sent to the Senate an
amendment to let Congressmen
deduct Washington living ex
penses from their income tax.
Rep. John W. McCormack, D.
Mass., said this would remove
a "discrimination" against Con
gressmen, since other taxpayers
can deduct expenses while away
from home on business. Senate
GOP leader Styles Bridges, R.,
N.H., believed most Senators
favored the provision, but with
a limit "so a fellow couldn't
write off a $500-a-month apart
ment." Q Has Congress aver set
tled the civil rights controver
9y? A No. The issue of equal
rights for racial and religious
minorities has been simmering
for nearly a century. .Some of
the legislation Congressmen
have debated and voted on, with
out final decision, would ban the
poll tax, lynching, job discrim
ination, and segregation in the
armed services. Two of the is
sues were settled to an extent
when the President ordered a
no-discrimination policy for fed
eral job hiring and a military
anti-segregation policy.
Q What sort of a controls
bill did the Senate Banking
committee approve?
A The bill it approved May
21 would permit wage and pries
controls until next March 1 and
extend credit and rent controls
and allocations of scarce mater
ials until June 30, 1953. It would
continue the Capehart and Her
long amendments providing for
upward price revisions, set up a
new wage policy board, relax
curbs on dairy product imports,
and advise the government to
end controls as soon as possible.
Q Does a Congressman hare
to live In the district he repre
sents? A No. The only require
ments for a U. S. Representative,
as set forth in the Constitution,
are: Residence in the state repre
sented, U. S. citizenship for sev
en years, and 25 years of age,
Q Just what does Con
gressman do?
A A first term Congress
man, Rep. Edmund P. Radwan,
R., N.Y., sized up his job this
way. He should study bills
(there are thousands each ses
sion), listen to House debates, at
tend Committee meetings, and
take care of a large volume of
office work. Also, his vast
amount of mail some taking
sides on bills, some making re
requests requires study, re
plies and often visits to govern
ment agencies. In addition, he
tries to help many veterans who
bring him their problems,
Q Why didn't a pension in
, crease for the old folks past May
19 when more than half the
House voted for it?
A The 149-141 House vote
was on a motion to "suspend the
rules" and pass the bill. Approv
al of this shortcut, by-passing
the Rules committee and cutting
debate time, requires a two
thirds vote. Sponsor Robert L.
Doughton, D N.C., said he
wanted to hurry the bill so the
Senate would have time to con
sider it before Congress ad
journs. The bill still can be
brought before the House under
the usual rules.
Q What was the House's ob
jection ta granting an eld-age
pension increase?
A Rep. Daniel A. Reed, R.,
N.Y., leading debate against the
bill "blocked" May 19 by the
House, said he favored the pen
sion increase, but opposed a pro
vision which would let the gov
ernment determine disability.
He read an American Medical
association telegram saying such
federal authority would amount
to "socialized medicine." The
Bill would raise payments, in
crease the amount a person
could earn without losing bene
fits, and give disabled personi
full benefit rights.
Q How much is the Korean
war costing the U.S.?
A About $5 billion annually,
Rep. Robert L. F. Sikes, D. Fla.,
told the House May 20 before it
approved a $1.4 billion appropri
ation to pay part of the cost of
the Korean campaign. Sikes
heads a military appropriation!
subcommittee.
Q How many votes does It
take to expel a Senator?
A Either the House or Sen
ate can expel one of its members
by a two-thirds vote. In past ex
pulsion cases, this has been in
terpreted to mean two-thirds of
those present and voting, provid
ed a quorum (more than half
the membership) is in the cham
ber. Thus, in the Senate, if all
96 members voted, expulsion
would require 64 votes. With
only a quorum (49) present, ex
pulsion could carry on 33 votes.
MAKES CAR LAST
Shelby, Miss. (U.R) Mrs,
Lottye Turney s automobile is
16 years old but she's never
spent a nickel for motor repairs.
She's driven only 31,000 miles
and never been more than 65
miles from home.