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FOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Monday, February 28, 1955 Somnii Fettara me Eiloover Medica tsioir i . : . ; ; L Ex-Servicemen's Program Would Face Curtailment Washington (U.R) The Hoover Commission angered some organized veterans and stir red sure controversy in Congress today with a proposal that the government revise and curtail its vast medical programs, particu larly those for ex-servicemen. The commission said the gov ernment through the years has obligated itself to give full or part medical case to 30,000,000 persons. It said ii found "a great deal of waste" in the numerous medical programs. Among other economies, it recommended closing some vet erans administration hospitals as inefficient or unneeded. It pro posed new restrictions on free hospital care for veterans whose ailments are not due to military service. It said monthly govern- incut, jajrmc:iiba lu vciciana u;a" abled in service should be more realistally related" to their loss of earning power. Legion Shocked Seaborn P. Collins, national commander of the American Leg ion, protested the commission's findings. The American Legion is shocked and disappointed by Hoover Commission proposals which would place government services to disabled veterans on a purely dollars-and-cents basis," Collins said. "The Hoover Commission rec ommends the closing of 19 vet erans administration hospitals. We find it impossible to recon cile this move with the fact that the existing number of VA hos pital beds is short of the total authorized by Congress. "The Hoover commission ap parently wants to make ability to earn the single criterion for determining the veterans' enti tlement to disability compensa tion. To do this would be totally unrealistic and a reversal of the present fair standard." 'A Long, Hard Look Collins said he is sure Con gress will take a "long hard look" at the commission propo sal. This seemed assured. The report touched on issues which in the past have proved unfail ingly controversial. Key lawmakers took a cau tious approach. Chairman Olin E. Teague (D.-Tex.) of the House Veterans committee declined comment. He ordered an analy sis of the report prepared by the committee staff. Rep. Chet Holifield D.-Calif.) member of the commission as well as of Congress, filed a stiff dissent. He said commission pro posals to cutrail medical care for non-service connected veter ans cases and for dependents of military personnel were "wholly unrealistic." He opposed any curtailment of hospital and medical facili ties " in the face of impending civilian defense needs." Outlandish Costs The commission, in one of a series of reports to Congress on government reorganization, said federal medical programs are costing $4,000,000,000 a year and that the cost will mount un less something is done. - It submitted recommendations to save vmore than $250,000,000 a year by meshing some federal medical activities and abolishing others. The commission's report was based on the findings of a medi cal services task force composed of 16 leaders in the medical pro fession and headed by the late Chauncey McCormick of Chica go and Dr. Theodore Klumpp of New York. The commission itself is headed by former President Herbert Hoover. In addition to wasting money through disjointed operation of medical and . health programs, the government also drains off physicians and dentists from pri vate practice, the commission said. In 1954, it said, more than six per cent of the country's ac tive medical personnel was em ployed by the government. Antarctic H-Bomb Jest By British Rumored London U.R) The Daily Sketch says Britain will test its first hydrogen bomb in the Ant arctic. British officials refused to comment on the report. k "Plans are going ahead to find a suitable site," the Daily Sketch said. "When it is found British warships and planes will speed to the area to reserve it from Argentine and other ex peditions in the area." The Sketch said the House of Commons will be told next week of Britain's progress toward the H-bomb, which was first dis closed week before last. It said the "heavy guard that will be put around the Antarctic site will recall the recent dis putes with Argentina and Chile over the British Falkland Islands." ilus Tested In Atlantic XAIav III HimilllL iTaicia Groton, Conn. (U.R) The USS Nautilus, the Navy's first atomic - powered submarine, knifed through Atlantic waters "somewhere off the coast of Maine" today for final diving tests before assuming position as a first-line warship. The Navy said yesterday it ex pected the craft's ' skipper, Cmdr. Eugene T. Wilkinson, to begin deep water dives late in the day. The results were not oypected before the craft re 'ums to port there late today or '.morrow. Many vital details of the Nau tilus' performance were still listed as. secret by the Navy. However, the craft was ex pected to be able to drive deeper and stay under longer than any previous underseas craft. PT&T Creates New Advisory Board For Oregon Area The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company has created an advisory council for its Ore gon area. The council at present consists of five Oregon business, industrial, and financial leaders, and two company officials. When fully organized it will have two additional members, and it is hoped at that time that both sides of the Cascades will be represented. The advisory council will meet once a month to consider Oregon Telephone construction activities and operationar mat ters and to make recommenda tions to the company's manage ment. Names Members In an announcement Monday F. A. Dressier, vice president and general manager, named the following as having accepted his invitation to serve as members of the council: E. C. Sammons, Portland, president, U. S. National Bank, and member of the board of di rectors of Pacific Telephone. Raymond R. Brown, Portland, president, Standard Insurance company. Frank E. McCaslin,. Portland, president and general manager, Oregon Portland Cement Co. Edwin C. Dwyer, Portland, vice-president, Dwyer Lumber Co. George F. Chambers, Salem, president, Valley Packing Co. The company officials are Dressier, who will serve as chairman of the : council, and James Redman, assistant vice-president. Trailer Owners Select Mitchell For Regional Job W. R. Mitchell, of the Valley Center Trailer court, Medf ord, was named southern Oregon di rector of publicity and member ship for the Organized Trailer Owners of Oregon at a recent meeting of the organization held in Roseburg. ' Other Officers Other new officers named at the Roseburg meeting were Mrs. Florence Pitts, Roseburg, presi dent; Richard Firman Sr., Rose burg, vice-president; Raymoi tt Neves, Roseburg, secretary-tret - urer, and E. P. Teeter, Portland, director of publicity and mem bership for northern Oregon. Firman also was elected co ordinator of publicity and mem bership for the state. He will serve as director for central Ore gon. It was decided at the meeting that the state offices of the or ganization will be moved from Portland to Roseburg. . Among the topics for discus sion at the meeting was the pres ent tax law which is being op posed by members of the Organ ized Trailer Owners of Oregon. Business agents of two labor or ganizations were present, and voiced their support of the trail er owners in opposing the tax law. Local Delegates Delegates to the meeting from Jackson and Josephine counties were Mrs. Alice Sukow, Shady Oaks Trailer court, Central Point, who is president of the local group; W, R. Mitchell, and Paul Grimes, Valley Center Trailer court, Medf ord. A meeting of Jackson and Jose phine county trailer owners Will be held Saturday, March 5, start ing at 7:30 p. m. at the Valley Center Trailer court, 3410 North Pacific highway, Medf ord. - Earthquake Listed In New Zealand Area San Francisco U.R) A two hour long earthquake that could have caused tremendous damage rumbled through the South Pa cific some 440 miles north of New Zealand yesterday. Report so far have been scan ty, but Don Tocher, ' University of California seismologist at Berkeley, said the temblor reg istered an intensity of 7 to 7 Vfe on the Richter scale of 10. Dr. Charles F. Richter, seis mologist at the California Insti tute of Technology at Pasadena, said his instruments showed a magnitude of 7.8. The maximum ever recorded was 9. Elizabeth Taylor Gives Birth To Son Hollywood U.R) Actress Elizabeth Taylor received her anticipated birthday present right on schedule last night with the arrival of a 5-pound, 12 ounce boy delivered by caesar ean section. . She and her husband, former British actor Michael Wilding, named the infant Christopher Edward. Mother and child were report ed in "very satisfactory" condi tion. ; Klamath TV Station Gets Transmitter Klamath' Falls Negotiations with national television net works for a new television sta tion in Klamath Falls are how being carried out, according to Alan K. Abner, manager of the station. The letters for the sta tion are KFJI-TV. A General Electric 5,000 watt transmitter has arrived in Klam ath Falls prior to being install ed in a transmitter building on radio hill, site of the present KFJI radio transmitter. When the station will begin operation depends on a number of factors, according to Abner. Engineers have estimated that the coverage of the station prob ably will include the Rogue val ley. The antenna will be approx imately 1,000 feet above the av erage terrain surrounding Klam ath Falls. The station is licensed for Channel 2 and will radiate an ERP of 13,600. Boy's Shouts Attract Police To Auto Trunk New York 4U.R) Robert De Joanis wondered why police were trying to force the lock of his automobile trunk when he arrived after a shopping trip. He discovered that his 11-year old son, Eugene, had accidental ly been , locked in the compart ment and that the boy's shouts had attracted a passerby who summoned police. SAVE MONEY on GARDEN TILLERS No high overhead. Compare our prices. 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