EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Monday, February 14, 1933
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Washington U.R The
Hoover Commission called today
for a "senior civil service" of
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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 ."
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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. .
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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-
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