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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Monday, February 14, 1933 hoover Cgmossdohh Calls (for Sgbbdoo Covii Service off 1500 IPoBitScaDDy Neutral OffticiiaDs Washington U.R The Hoover Commission called today for a "senior civil service" of 1t.tn -AlUlfollu mautrsl PVPfMl- iOUV AJAlliLauj ,vi.- j tives to keep the government running at top efficiency re gardless of switches in party power. The commission, headed by former President Herbert Hoov- Motel in Ashland Damaged by Blaze AshlanJ Fire Friday after noon damaged the living quar ters and office of the Best in a West motel on Siskiyou boule vard. - '. . Damage to the motel was - estimated at $10,000 Dy owner Gordon LeManquais, who said e the loss is partly covered by insurance. The blaze destroyed ' the furnishings and personal be longings in LeManquais home and office. 'Ashland firemen said the blaze apparently started from an unattended blow torch being used in a plumbing operation under the house. It made great headway inside the building be fore it was discovered at about 3 p.m. . Bill Would Make Alaska, Hawaii Part of States Washington (U.R) Rep. Craig Hosmer (R-Calif.) plan ned to introduce a bill today to make Hawaii a part of Califor nia and Alaska a part of Wash ington as an alternative to state hood for the two territories. Hosmer is a member o the House Interior Committee which is considering legislation to give statehood to the two territories. . He said neither territory so far has come up with "a clear and convincing argument for statehood, but each has shown that continued territorial status is not to their advantage." Incorporating th'e territories j lnto existing states, Hosmer said, would give their people "a measure of the self govern ment they seek." ' er, made the recommendation in the first of a series of reports to Congress on its year and a half government reform study. Additional Executives In addition to the "senior civ il service," the commission also proposed an unspecified addi tional number of administration picked executives to carry out and defend official policies. At the same time, a "task force", created by the commis sion denounced the practice by present and past administrations and members of Congress of both parties requiring political clearance for federal jobs. It accused the Eisenhower admin istration of weakening the civil service program and urged abo lition of the patronage or "spoils" system of giving feder al jobs as political rewards. Security Program The same task force called Umpqua Plywood Mill Shifts To Sheathing Myrtle Creek (U.R) The Umpqua Plywood corporation mill here will be idle today as the plant starts a shift from the production of finished ply wood to sheathing. . . . Company officials said the changeover would mean a reduc tion in the ranks of some 400 workers currently employed. Management said the quality of logs in the South Umpqua for ests were suitable for sheathing and unfinished grades of ply wood. Whether the plant would continue in production at all, officials said, would be deter mined by the mill's ability to compete in the production of sheathing. The mill is the largest single operation in Myrtle Creek. OMITTED FROM LIST The name of Mann's Depart ment store was inadvertently omitted from a story in Sun day's issue which listed Medford firms cooperating in the annual luncheon and style show given last Wednesday by Reames So cial club. The store provided children's clothing for the show. for creation of a "distinguished panel" to investigate the admin istration's personnel security program. It said the program has "raised many questions" and "depressed morale." The commission itself did not allude to the task force charges in its report but sent them along to Congress without comment. The commission and its task force split on the issue of vet erans' federal job rights. The task force, headed by President Harold W. Dodds of Princeton university, called for heavy re duction or outright abolition of most veterans' privileges. The commission recommended much less severe trimming. Informed sources said the 12 member commission, which in cludes four members of Con gress refrained from stronger recommendations on this score because it knew Congress would not adopt them. Ask Pay Increases The commission was created in mid-1953 to study and make recommendations for reorgani zation of the executive branch of the government. It is a second edition of a commission, also headed by- Mr. Hoover, that made a series of government re form proposals during the Tru man administration. Many now are in effect. In today's recommendations, the commission called for higher pay, for top-level gqvernment managers; placement of more jobs under civil service; elim ination of political clearances for some 32,000 rural mailmen; and an end to political appointment of U. S. marshals and field of ficials of the Customs Bureau and U.S. mints. It also urged a review of "con flict of interest" laws that for bid men to hold government jobs while they still have cer tain business and other inter ests. It said "competent men" may be willing to take a tempor ary pay cut to work for the government but are reluctant "to give up their lifetime accum ulations of investments and pen sions and other rights . r ." S " ' CAN SHE FILL THEM? -Shirley MacLaine measures the shoes she'll try to fill while playing VonmJ uled for actress Bettv Grable on the Hollywood TV show "Shower of Stars" Feb. 17. Miss Grable seriously sprained her ankle and had to cancel her appearance. Shirley will do all of Betty's dances. Youngster Survives The Dalles (U.R) A 3Vfe year-old boy today appeared to be fully recovered from the ef fects of swallowing strychnine poison which killed two dogs. More Liberty Ships Will Store Wheat Astoria (U.R) . Seventy-five more Liberty ships in the re serve fleet mooring basin at Cathlamet bay will, be loaded with surplus wheat, the U. S. Maritime Administration an nounced today. ' , Capt. Elmer E. . Thorne, re serve fleet superintendent, 6aid the project would be only slight ly less in scope than the opera tion a year ago when 87 ships were loaded with surplus Pacific Northwest grain. Thorne said dredging to ac commodate the ships would be gin immediately so that loading could start in May. A total of about 15 million bushels of grain will be loaded on the 75 ships. Value of the grain will be about $35,000,000. . s changed America's mind about filter cigarettes! WINSTON TASTES GOOD -ft : r s - VV I TUi i'.B Fg&w. S mis m ? -s n "mams i UKE M t qgarette WINSTON - the cigarette that brought flavor back to filter smoking! It didn't take America long to make the great discovery about Winston ! It's got real flavor the full, rich, tobacco flavor real smokers want No wonder Winston's getting the warmest welcome of any new brand in cigarette history! Besides bringing flavor back to filter smoking, Winston also brings . you a finer filter. The exclusive Winston filter works so effectively, yet lets the flavor come right through to you! Easy-drawing that's Winston! There's no effort to puff! Thanks to Winston's finer filter, Winston's finer flavor comes through to you easily and smoothly. The; full, C rich flavor is all yours to enjc n. WINSTON jte eascz-diawu fofr&i Ciqaretfe Strychnine Tablets Doctors here credited the quick action of the parents of little Dale Kielbprn, for saving his life. " The boy was visting with his parents at the home of relatives Friday night when he found a bottle of strychnine tablets kept to kill gophers. He swallowed a handful and fed some more to two pet bulldogs. Moments later, his mother, Mrs. Norman Kielborn, saw her son with the bottle. She poured an antidote down his throat and called a doctor. Within 10 mfnutes the boy was at The Dalles hospital hav ing his : stomach . pumped. Five minutes later, the two dogs died. The boy was dismissed from the hospital Saturday afternoon. Many French Families Live in Ancient Homes Others HaVe No Homes at All Paris U.R)So you think you have a housing problem. 'Well, take a look around Francer More than 2,000,000 French families live in houses built be fore the battle of Waterloo (1815).. 1 About 175,000 families live in houses built under the reign of Francis I (1515-1547). Only one-third of the 20,000,- 000 rural population of France live In homes with running wa ter. An estimated 180,000 Pari sians live in dwellings officially declared "unfit for habitation." They have no running water, no toilets, no gas,: no electricity. Another 2,000 Parisians have no homes at all. They sleep on subway gratings which throw up a continuous draft of warm air. . These facts are a startling reality behind the elegant boule vards, restaurants and fashion houses of Paris. . . - r, Thanks to the foresight of Na poleon III, Paris still ranks as the : most beautiful city in the world.- But Paris has rested on its laurels too long. The average age of its buildings is 83 years. In the provinces of France the average age of buildings is 120 years. ; ; ' . As far as building is1 con cerned, Paris has let the rest of the world goby. For every seven housing units built in France since World War II, the British have built 21 and the Germans 24. A' report to the National Assembly on the housing prob lem says France ranks 15th among "modern nations in build ing activity. Why? Frenchmen, according to the economists, spend too much money, for food. They lavish 60 per cent of their income on it. They just aren't willing to cut down food bills to pay more rent. - . , The, government froze vrents after 1945 in an effort to keep down the cost of living. But food prices were allowed to; soar. Landlords with fixed-rent apart ments say they can't afford re pairs, much less put up new buildings. ' ". . Most desperate is the plight of newyweds. The National Assem bly was told: "Twenty-five per cent of all couples who married in 1948 are still looking for shelter. They either live with their par ents or they are forced to stay in hotels or furnished rooms without kitchens." Fight Promised on Airline Decision Washington (U.R) Sen. War ren G. Magnuson (D-Wash.) promised a congressional fight today if Pan American World Airways is authorized to fly the "Great Circle" route between Seattle and Tokyo. "If the President - puts Pan American in he will step into a real hornet's - nest on Capitol Hill," Magnuson said. .. Northwest Airlines has been the only American carrier serv ing the Orient via Alaska, and the President ' recently ordered the Civil Aeronautics Board to continue its authorization for seven years. . Newlyweds wanting to build a "dream house" are forced to dream a long time. They can ask for a government loan to build it, but they have to figure on a 15-month wait while the application goes through a doz en departments. If their dossier isn't lost alto gether, . they may finally get their loan. Then the real wait starts. The smallest building x - : a ...i at . 1 project is carnea uui uiiuugn a. multitude of sub-contractors. .It may take two and a half years to get their house com- SNIDER'S ICECREAM TAKE COMMAND... Gtf th Thrill First Hand a nev 111(8 E! 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