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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1953
Paget 1-6
Secretary of State's
Subdivisions Operate
At Substantial Saving
Salem U.PJ Despite the tre
mendous increase in the volume
of business following the boom
of business and population of
Oregon, the office of secretary
of state's several divisions show
ed a savings of $604,483.71 for
the biennium ended last June
SO, by employing 34 fewer em
ployees than authorized by the
Legislature.
Secretary of State Earl T.
Newbry has issued a tabulation
showing that while the Legis
lature authorized a budget of
$5,062,319 to employ 807 per
sons, only $4,457,835.20 was
spent to employ 773 workers in
the several divisions.
To Continue Practice
And the secretary said: "The
economy practiced during the
last two years to bring about
this saving will be continued
and strengthened wherever pos
sible." Substantial savings were made
in the division of adults, due in
part to the fact that it was found
difficult to hire competent audi
tors at the salary scale offered
by the state. Several other de
partments have found similar
difficulties in getting competent
men for important auditing posts
because of the more attractive
salaries paid by private indus
try. 55 Auditors Aulhorixad
The Legislature authorized em
ployment of 55 auditors but only
32 were on the payrolls, result
ing in a saving of $166,734 in
this division alone.
Another $86,881.76 was saved
In the secretary of state's office
in the Portland state office
building during the two years.
And $32,327.15 was carried over
in the budget for capitol mainte
nance and care of grounds in the
capitol area.
Work Consolidated
Newbry said in many of the
divisions it had been possible
to consolidate work through in
stallation of labor saving devices
and other innovations making
for more efficient operation.
As an example he pointed to
the motor vehicle department,
where a saving of $245,798.97
was made in salaries and wages
where a far greater volume of
work was performed than had
been thought possible, with the
resultant savings, largest in any
division.
Assistant Secretary of State
William E. Healy, who compiled
the figures, said they represent
ed "actual dollars ana cenis
savings."
Noisy Muffler, Empty
Billfold Brings Trouble
Corvallis U.R) This is what
happened because Niclous John
Bardenhagen, 20, had a noisy
muffler on his car and an empty
billfold.
He was arrested by Corvallis
police and charged with creating
excessive noise.
His wife and a friend, James
Melton Clark. 24. went to Philo
math to get $10 bail money for
him. Clark was arrested for
driving without a license and
held bv state police for previous
traffic violations.
Mrs. Bardenhagen drove back
to her husband in Corvallis,
but she was arrested for driving
with only learner s permit.
Russian Papers
Failed To Play Up
Hydrogen Bomb
M o s e o w U.R) Foreign ob
servers searched the Soviet press
today for some supplementary
remark about Soviet possession
of the hydrogen bomb which
Premier Georgi M. Malenkov an
nounced so dramatically and un
expectedly. Rut th finvipi vu one of the
the few if not the only country
in the world whose newspapers
did not proclaim the news which
must have had a far-reaching
impact everywhere else.
Had to Search Print
Moscow front oases simply
bannered one headline. "Session
of the Supreme' Soviet of the
USSR, under it was "speecn
G. M. Malenkov. nresident
the council of ministers of the
USSR."
Readers then had to look
tVirnneh thre and one-half nages
and tens of thousands of words
of solid print analyzing the
SnviAt Union's internal economic
situation and a brief discussion
of foreign affairs before discov
ering the calmly worded state
ment about the bomb.
Courageous Women
Subdue Vale Viper
Vale (U.R) A snake In
the grass almost broke up a
meeting of the local women's
dub.
The viper sent some IS
women scurrying from an out
door meeting on the lawn of
Mrs. George McLaughlin. Two
of the most courageous club
women, however, stood their
ground. One pinned the rattler
with a shovel and another
decapitated it with a hoe.
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DULLES REPORTS ON KOREA Secy- of State John Foster Dulles
(right) confers with President Eisenhower on the Korean peace
situation shortly after his return from the Far East, where he met
with South Korean President Syngman Rhee and observed the
prisoner exchange. Dulles talked with the President for 70 minutes
in the summer White House at Lowry Air Force Base, Denver, Colo.
Portland Records 34th Traffic Death for 'S3
Portland U.R) A Ridge
field, Wash., man became Port
land's 34th traffic fatality of
1953 Monday when he was
struck by a truck.
The victim, Lloyd Groat, 53,
walked in front of a truck going
about 10 miles an hour, the
driver, Ray Valdez, 26, Salem,
said.
Groat was dead on arrival at
Portland General hospital. Phy
sicians said he apparently died
of shock.
The greatest known depth of
the South Atlantic ocean is
26,575 feet.
Atomic Weapons
Seen Biggest Part
On Russian Budget
Washington Ujg American
officials estimate the Soviet Un
ion is raising its military budget
about 25 per cent this year with
the biggest share of the Increase
probably going for development
of atomic weapons.
The category of atomic weap
ons would include the hydrogen
bomb, but these official sources
declined to speculate whether
Russia actually has the H-bomb.
Based on Close Analysis
The appraisal of Russian mili
tary spending, given to news
men by sources which insisted
on remaining anonymous, was
based on close analysis of the
new Soviet budget. Soviet Pre
mier Georgi Malenkov's analysis
of the new Soviet budget, Soviet
Premier Georgi Malenkov's Sat
urday speech claiming the U.S.
monopoly on the H-bomb is bro
ken, and probably other intelli
gent sources.
Defense Spending Cut
The budget iself, announced
last week, claimed a reduction
in Russian defense spending for
the 1953 calendar year from
$3,000,0000,000 to 110,000,000,
000 rubles, a cut of about three
per cent.
But U. S. officials said Mel
enkov actually disclosed in his
address to the Supreme Soviet
that the Russians spent only
108,000,000,000 rubles in 1952
for announced military purposes
and the publicized 1953 expend
iture therefore, will amount to
an increase.
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