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Monday, February 28, 1955
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Ex-Servicemen's
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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.
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