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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Monday. March 14, 1955 OA Voices Favor for Ion-Partisan Study of Government Security Program Move Said Needed To End 'Abusive' Investigations Washington U.R) Ameri cans for Democratic Action said today a non-partisan study of government security is neces sary to put an end to "abusive congressional investigation and take the "Communist question" cut of politics. ADA also suggested that pro tection of national security ac tually has been hindered by the government's personnel security program because it has become so all-inclusive. The FBI, it said, may have be come so preoccupied checking the security of government em ployees that it has been diverted from its vital counter-intelli gence operations. " ADA suggested that the gov ernment personnel security pro gram be limited to government employees who have a hand in determining national defense policy or whose positions give them access to secret mforma tion. Joseph L. Rauh Jr., ADA vice chairman, outlined the organi zation's position on the govern ment security program in testi mony before a Senate Govern ment Operations subcommittee. Tha subcommittee is considering a proposal by Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey (D.-Minn.) to estab lish a non-partisan commission to study the problem of internal security. ADA led off a group of 13 pri vate organizations testifying on government security procedures. The testimony of four govern ment agencies last week led Humphrey to conclude that there is "significant inconsist ency and lack of coordination" in the government's security program. Meanwhile Humphrey an nounced that hearings will be broadened to determine wheth er the security program is be ing "misused to clamp an un necessary lid of secrecy" on gov ernment news. Rauh endorsed Humphrey's idea for a commission on secu rity. He said there is a need, "as never before in our history, for a reevaluation of the proper de mands of internal security and their impact on our fundamental liberties." Such a commission study, Ttauh said, "might suggest meth ods of eliminating the abusive Congressional investigations of recent years, with their harmful effect upon our national secu rity." A commission study, Rauh said, might also find means of removing the "Communist ques tion" from the political arena. "A basis for a political morato rium in this field must be found before the low level of political debate of the 1954 campaign be comes the standard operating procedure in American political life," he said. Ike's Praise of Belatedly Seen ixon at Capital Dinner Possible Presidential Plug Deer With Strange Characteristics Found Keene, N. H. (U.R) Biologist James Lee of the New Hamp shire fish and game department tells of a deer that could be a "close relative to Satan, once removed." It was shot by R. C. Cameron cf Keene and brought to Lee at a checking station here. Lee said the deer had some external characteristics of a doe. others of a buck, "while still others were lacking entirely." Most prominent among the odd features, the biologist" added was a pair of "antlers" which had never been shed, poked up under the skin of the deers head and carrying the hide with them. y W. i iB : P-4- I TV'S BEST Comedian George Gobel clown with the Emmy award he received in Hollywood after being named e most outstanding new per sonality in television. - By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Correspondent Washington (U.R) The worst reported story of the month is ji,ct hpninnjne to get around as the capital press corps re flects on Pres i d e n t Eisen hower's latest expression of great admira tion for Vice President Richard M. Nixon. The occasion Lyle C- Wilson was the an nual dinner of the White House correspondents association at the Statler Hotel 10 days ago. Hundreds of newsmen and their guests were assembled there. It is dawning on some of them now that Mr. Eisenhower chose that very public occasion to give Nixon a pheer calculated to knock down the idea that he might want to abandon him now or as a running mate in 1956. A Plug for Nixon Moreover, it seems now that Mr. Eisenhower might have been giving his yong friend and as sociate a plug toward the presi dential nomination itself. Mr. Eisenhower spoke briefly and in a light vein as the dinner ended. It is not customary to record nor to make news of his remarks on such occasions. No record was made this time. But as those present recall it, Mr. Eisenhower spoke of being gratified that Nixon was here to take his place if anything hap pened to the President. He lik ened war to public life in Wash ington with himself as the com manding officer. He was pleased that Nixon was here to take over if the commander should become a battle casualty. Nixon's Stock 'High' All this was before an audience which included many of the high ranking officials of the Eisen hower administration as well as top drawer Democrats who have declared war on Nixon personal ly for his bare knuckled use of the Communist issue in last year's political campaign. They hope to drive him out of public life. No interpretation of Mr. Ei senhower's remarks seems pos sible other than that he deliber ately chose an occasion when all hands could be informed that Nixon's stock was very high at the White House that he backed Nixon and his campaign tactics 100 per cent. ;j WflAA, rf;if WW IMS h a f' -i sJw' ' $ i -'ft it M PS in.. ORIGINATING IN CIGARETTE, flames light sky at San Rafael, Cal., as old mansion converted to guest house is destroyed by fire with loss of at least eight lives, injuries to 8. (International) Last Survivor of Chief Joseph Band Dies in Accident Colfax, Wash. (U.R) The last known member of Chief Joseph's fighting band of Nez Perce In dians died here yesterday of in juries suffered in an automobile wreck Thursday night. She was Minnie Yellow Wolf Poween of Nespelem, where she had lived since the Nez Perce returned" in 1885 from their eight-year exile in the Oklahoma Territory. She had suffered in ternal and other injuries in the head-on crash which killed Mrs. Nancy Broncheau. Mrs. Poween was only six years old in 1877 when Chief Joseph defied the United States cavalry and refused to move his small band from Oregon's Wal lowa valley to the Nez Perce reservation in Idaho. She stayed with the Nez Perce band as it fought the Army across corners of Washington and Oregon, through Idaho and into Montana. She was on hand when Chief Joseph finally surrendered to Col. Nelson Miles at Bear Moun tain, Mont., Oct. 5, 1877. The surrender came after a long Nez Perce retreat that has become a classic of military tactics. Final tribal rites for Mrs. Poween will be held Wednesday morning at the Nez Perce ceme tery near Nespelem. Her body will be buried only 50 yards from where Chief Joseph is entombed. University Student Has Busy Schedule Rochester, N. Y. '(U.R) Rob en re. (Kooin) tsarrett, a senior at the University of Rochester, is to put it mildly a busy man. When he isn't studying or at tending classes he's apt to be found digging graves, selling vac uum cleaners or writing about college sports for the Rochester Times-Union. Barrett is working his way through college and do ing so well at it that he made $3,000 last year. Barrett, who lives at nearby Pittsford, begins a typical day at 6:30 a.m., driving after break fast to the newspaper to drop off his sports copy. Then he goes to classes until 1:30 p.m., on to Pittsford Cemetery to dig a grave or two, more study, dinner and house - to - house vacuum cleaner selling until 10 p.m. He maintains an average of C plus. Foreign Aid Pumped Info Retarded Areas Washington (U.R) President Eisenhower reported to Congress today that the United States now is pumping the bulk of its for eign aid into economically re tarded areas, especially Asia, as the best way to build up the free world's security and prosperity. In his semi-annual report on the mutual security program covering the last half of 1954, the President indicated this shift in emphasis to underdeveloped countries will continue. "The underdeveloped coun tries hold the bulk of the world's population, occupy the largest part of its land area, constitute the major, source of its key min erals and raw materials, and contain many of its most valu able military bases," he said. Puerto Rico Plot To Kill Engle Revealed Washington (U.R) A House member's projected trip to Puerto Rico last fall was called off when the FBI learned three assassins had been assigned to kill him, it was disclosed today. Chairman Clair Engle (D- Calif.) of the House Interior Committee disclosed the inci dent. He said committee mem bers still plan to visit Puerto Rico but "not very soon." He im plied the delay is to let the FBI make security arrangements. Puerto Rican Nationalists at tempted to shoot their way into Blair House residence of Presi dent Truman Nov. 1, 1950, and Nationalists shot up the House of Representatives chamber March 1, 1954, and wounded five congressmen. South Bird Island, Texas, is the only white pelican nesting colony on the Gulf Coast of the United States. When You SEE GEORGE LEWIS At ROGUE TRAVEL SERVICE A FREE SERVICE We Reserve wid Sell Airline and Steamship Tickets " LOBBY HOTEL JACKSON . PHONE 2-6779 Report on State's Taxation Problem Given Committee Former State Rep. Bob Root, who returned last week from a visit to the state legislature at Salem, discussed the problem of, state taxation and finance at the breakfast meeting of the legisla tive committee of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce ths morning. Root said that, judging by present indications, the legisla ture wil probably act to elimi nate the "skyscraper clause" ex empting real estate holding com panies from corporate excise taxes, and on other minor items of taxation, an d will depend largely on increasing income tax rates to raise needed state money. Other Plans Lacking There are no present plans for an increase in real property taxes, he said, nor is there senti ment for passing a sales tax. But the legislature may enact a cig arette tax, he said. Root suggested that the legis lature should initiate a special study of sales tax legislation, to work out the best possible for mula for such a tax, in the event such a proposal is every brought to a vote. Oregon has never had a chance to pass on a really good, equitable, and well-thought-out sales tax, Root indi cated. If this were done, and such a bill prepared, sales tax proposals which might be made in the future would not reflect the interest of special groups, he said. Four Minimum Rales The committee also went on record in favor of Senate Bill 121, which proposed to require all carriers, including railroads, to have minimum rates set by the public utilities commissioner, and voted to oppose House Bill 105, which would remove all minimum rate requirements. A wire from the Corvallis Chamber of Commerce asked the committee for support for Senate Bill 356, which would regulate auction sales through out the state. The committee voted in favor of the principle behind the bill, but voiced ob jection to some of the phases of the bill itself. The committee also voted to take no action on the national proposal for a $20 income tax cut. J vl SAVE MONEY! DO IT YOURSELF! RESTORE BEAUTY TO YOUR FLOORS WITH A RENTED SANDER Easy to Operate Clean and Dustless Low Rental Rates We handle everything yea need for floor refinishing I SPECIALISTS IN HOMEWARES CENTRAL POINT MEDFORD TALENT SCHOOL VACATION Talent Spring vacation in the Talent schools will be for three days, March 16, 17 and 18, according to Superintend ent Roy B. Parr. A two-day vacation for the schools was in correctly announced in a list ing of vacation dates for other county schools published Sunday. Dead line Sunday Classined is at noon Saturday: 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 orevious day. Rock, Mineral Show Plans Discussed By Roxy Ann Club A number of reservations for space at the third annual South ern Oregon Gem and Mineral show, scheduled to be held in the Junior High school here June 18 and 19, have already been received, it was reported Friday. Members of the Roxy Ann Gem and Mineral club, which is sponsoring the event, were told by L. A. Mentzer and L. P. Crocker, co-chairmen for the show, that it is anticipated that practically all the space avail able in the school gymnasium will be filled, and that the show will be of a quality better than ever before. Fifty-four members attended the meeting, which was at the Girls Community club. Other Chairmen Other committee chairmen for XT 1 ... me snow appointed so tar in clude Chester Fitch, for the agate slide show and fluorescent minerals; Jack Crump, informa tion and public address system; W. A. Hastain, grab bags; Trea- velle Turpin, Indian artifacts Clark Anderson, advertising and publicity; Lloyd Smylie, field trips, and Mrs. George Renaker, signs. Crump, who is also chairman 01 me program committee, in troduced Dr. Paul Olsen of the Rock market, who showed some of his new fluorescent minerals from New Jersey and New Mexico. Women members of the club served home made pies, and sev eral pies were auctioned for the benefit of the club treasury. MedfordSpeakerWins Toasfmasfer Contest Foster Hibbard, Medford, was named "outstanding speaker In the Area 3 speech contest of Toastmasters International held at the Medford hotel Saturday evening. Some 95 Toastmasters and their wives attended from Medford, Ashland, Grants Pass, Klamath" Falls and Yreka. Hibbard, with the Medford of fice of J. Henry Helser Co., spoke on "The Salt of the Earth." Second place winner was Adair Wilson, mayor of Yreka, speaking on "You and Your Neighbor." Other speakers participating in the contest were, Chet Flory, Grants Pass "The Bible and To morrow; Parker Hess, Ashland, "Juvenile Delinquency," and Walt Dalois, Klamath Falls, "Let's Live It Up." Toastmaster for the evening master was Carl Francis, Yreka; and critic was Dave White, Grants Pass. Also speaking were Carlton Abbott, Ashland, Governor of Area 3, and Al Surrett, Madras, lieutenant governor for District 7, which includes the 68 Toast casters clubs throughout Oregon. Hero's Role Seen For Sen. McCarthy Washington U.R) Sen. Karl E. Mundt (R.-S.D.) predicted to day that Sen. Joseph R. McCar thy (R.-Wis.) will emerge as "sort of a hero, for sticking his finger into the hornets nest," of the Army's handling of former Maj. Irving Peress. But Mundt said new public hearings on the case, beginning tomorrow before the Senate Per manent Investigation subcom mittee, probably will produce no "villain" except Army's red tape and buck-passing. ' Mundt said the hearings "will point out what was wrong, rath er than who was wrong" in the Army's promotion and honora ble discharge of the New York dentist who refused to answer questions about Communism. The proportion of women among all persons at work in the United States increased from 17 per cent in 1890 to 24 per cent in 1940 and was close to 30 per cent in 1952. USE FUEL FROM TIMBER PHONE 2-8086 For the Right -Wood Fuel For Every Purpose Timber products Company 117 S. 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