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Anti-Subversive Legislation
Will Be Taken Up by Committee
By LYLE C. WILSON
United Press Correspondent
Washington (U.R) Senator
James O. Eastland (D-Miss.) told
frr;.w Press today that his
Internal Secur
ity Subcommit
tee would take
up again anti
subversive leg
islation which
died when Con
gress adjourn
ed last year.
Eastland suc
c e e d e d Sen.
William E. Jen-
Lyle C Wilson n e r (R -1 n d),
committee chairman in the 83rd
Republican Congress. There
were five anti-subversive bills
hanging when Congress broke
away in 1954 for the congres
sional campaign.
One of them directly affects
an employer who finds a Com
munist employee on his hands
and cannot get the offender off
the payroll. This bill was Senate
No. 23. introduced by the late
Sen. Pat McCarran (D-Nev.),
who was chairman of the Judi
ciary Committee of which East
land's committee is a part.
Trade Union Protection
S. 23 undertook to protect
trade unions from Communist
infiltration by making it unlaw
ful for party members to hold
union office and similar restric
tions. It spelled out authority
for an employer to fire a Com
munist employee or any other
subversive without being held
accountable for an unfair labor
practice.
Eastland said this bill would
be among those to be considered
again, all such bills having died
with the 1954 adjournment. Two
others by McCarran would pre
vent U. S. citizens of question
able loyalty from accepting em
ployment by the United Nations,
and suspend the statute of limita
tions during the period an offi
cer or an employee of the federal
government is in the public
fervice.
On Covers Veterans
A bill by Sen. Barry Goldwa
fer (R-Ariz.), would authorize
Housing Market
May Be Saturated
Washington U.R) The gov
ernment is concerned over the
possibility that the home-building
boom may saturate the hous
ing market. . -
Albert M. Cole, federal hous
ing chiefs, made the disclosure
in secret testimony made public
today by a House Appropria
tions Subcommittee. He testified
March 9.
"We are concerned," Cole said,
but "we have no alarm about
the situation."
He said "we think" the mar
ket can support a continued high
level of housing construction.
Nevertheless, he said, housing
officials are watching the mar
ket very carefully because "we
must be aware of the possibility
of saturating the market."
Cole said it is possible that
hous ng construction this year
will reach, and may even sur
pass, the 1,300,000 units fore
cast last November by the Com
merce and Labor departments.
Moreover, he said, "we think"
that upwards of 1,200.000 or
1.300,000 units will be built in
1956.
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discontinuance of veterans' edu
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whose pursuit of such activity is
not in the best interests of the
individual or the government.
Former Sen. Homer Ferguson
(R-Mich.). offered a bill to au
thorize the government to bar
from strategic defense facilities
individuals who are subversive
A Nichol's Worth of . .
Comment On
By HARMAN
United PrtM
Washington (U.R) My
friend who has been watching
bombs bursting in air over the
Nevada desert
has come up
with a .nice
little behind
the scenes
yarn.
It seems that
the Las Vegas
gamblers are
laying odds on
when an atom
ic bomb will
riarman lucnois be fired. Las
Vegas is 70 miles, or in seeing
and hearing distance, of the
proving grounds where the tests
are being held.
Well, there is one gambler in
a Las Vegas spot who is going
to think again before he puts
up.
The weather has caused a
number of delays in the tests
this year. Some have been call
ed off only minutes before a
nuclear explosion was sched
uled. An Army lieutenant from
Camp Desert Rock had picked
up some change on the first 10
delays. Well, some time back
the Army man found himself
in possession of a leave slip on
the day a bomb was to be set
off. So he went to Las Vegas to
try his good right hand on the
slot machines.
No Payoff
It was early in the morning,
just an hour before a scheduled
atomic shoot. He pulled and he
hauled at the one-armed bandit,
but the critter was stubborn.
Nickel after nickel was gulped
in. Finally one of those cheroot
chewing gamblers in a purple
vest sauntered up.
"Say," said the soldier, "what
are the odds this shot goes to
day?" Apparently the gambler Jiad
learned the hard way that you
can't trust an A bomb.
"Ten to one she doesn't," he
said.
"I'll take 10 of that." said
the lieutenant, dropping another
nickel into the machine.
Half an hour later, the lieu
tenant, who still hadn't licked
the iron robber for more than
five or 10 nickels, turned to the
gambler again.
VWhat are the odds now?"
"Five to one she's no go."
' The shavetail put up another
sawbuck. t
Both watched their time
pieces for the big boom that
might or might not come.
Even Odds
With the zero hour seconds
away, the lieutenant spoke
again.
"What now, man?"
"Even."
"You're on for $100" said
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Thursday, March 24. 1955 I
or who may be dispised toward
sabotage, espionage, or other
subversion.
The McCarran, Goldwater and
Ferguson bills passed the Senate
in the 83rd Congress but died
with adjournment of the House.
S. 23 had not been acted on in
either house when Congress ad
journed. .
This and That
W. NICHOLS
Future Writer
the soldier, fishing in his pock
et. A nonce later, a brilliant flash
lighted the countryside for miles
about. There also was a thund
erous boom.
The gambler turned the color
of his vest, and started peeling
off fives and 10s and 20s, con
siderably reducing the size 'of
his green bundle.
"How the devil did you hit
it? You know something? The
oddsmaker asked."
"Sure," said the soldier, wad
ding the bills into his pocket.
"I know this was the 11th time
the shot was scheduled. This is
the seventh of the month. Seven
come 11. And thanks, sir."
Just for luck, the lieutenant
put another nickel in the slot
machine to take a five nickel
winner.
Out came almost $10 in nick
els from the jackpot. He put
the jitneys in his cap, bid the
gamblin man adieu, and headed
back for camp.
LAKE CREEK DANCE
Lake Creek There will be
a square dance and modern
dancing at Lake Creek Grange
hall, Saturday, March 26. at 8
p.m. No admission will be
charged. A door prize will be
given. Refreshments will be
served for a nominal charge and
the public is invited.
Medfo
Tornado Cinder
Gang Won't Have
Meet This Week
A short-distance track meet,
tentatively scheduled by Med
ford high with Crater and
Ashland, won't be held this Sat
urday, Tornado Coach Bob New
land reported.
Crater is having meet with
Rogue River instead and the
Medford mentor chose to have
time trials within his squad
alone rather than a suggested
joint time trial session with Ash
land. Concentration will be on
the Medford invitational on
April 2.
Newland reported that Eldon
Francis has hurled the javelin
171 feet, considerable farther
than at the stage of the season
last year when he was a ninth
grader. He said that Wilcie Win
chell, Les Lingscheit and Jack
Pool are looking great in half
mile workouts and that Don
Crowl is impressive in his prep
arations to run the quarter-mile.
Ned Garver Has Edge
In Duel With Gromek
Tampa, Fla. (U.R) Ned Gar
ver and Steve Gromek are con
ducting an interesting duel for
the honor of serving as the De
troit Tigers' opening day
pitcher this season.
Garver appeared to get the
jump on his rival Wednesday
when he pitched five innings in
leading the Tigers to a 5-1 vic
tory over the Cincinnati Red
legs. The veteran right-hander
scattered five hits and gave up
one run.
BOLLING HURT
- Sarasota. Fla. (U.R) The
Boston Red Sox are trying out
shortstop replacements for
Milt Boiling, definitely lost for
at. least six weeks with a frac
tured bone in his left elbow.
Boiling, a .249 hitter last season,
had nailed down the starting
shortstop job. But in the third
inning of Wednesday's 5-4 exhi
bition loss to the St. Louis Car
dinals, he was injured making
a diving tag on Dick Rand of
the Cards in a play at second
base.
PIN MEET TO START
Fort Wayne, Ind. (U.R)
This summit city, not yet over
its high school basketball fever,
becomes the "nerve center" of
the nation's bowling Saturday.
For 71 days pins will tumble in
Memorial Coliseum in the an
nual American Bowling Cong
ress. Between March 26 and
June 4, ABC Secretary Frank K.
Baker . estimated $430,000 In
prize money will be awarded.
MOORE COACH OF YEAR
.Philadelphia (U.R) The
Philadelphia Basketball Writers
association named Coach Don
ald (Dudley) Moore of Duquesne
university coach of the year
Wednesday night at its ninth
annual award dinner.
Negro Family
Unable To Obtain
Home in Portland
Portland (U.R) A young
Negro navyman said today he
and his family are having a dif
ficult time finding a home in
Portland's northeast district.
Steward 3-C George J. Hunter,
who is stationed at the Astoria
Navy Base, said he has found
several suitable homes but he
has been unable to buy them,
even though he has $2000 for a
down payment. He said real
estate agents are reluctant to
close a deal with him. The
homes are in white neighbor
hoods. Two Children
Hunter and his wife, Frances,
have two children, an adopted
son, Steven, 5i, and a daugh
ter. Georgette, 14 months. Fran
ces is of Mexican and German
descent. The 10-year veteran
sailor said his family wants to
live permanently in Portland.
He plans to make the Navy his
career.
Hunter said they found one
home in a housing project east
of the city but the real estate
agent warned them "You'll just
have trouble out there. I
couldn't take the responsibility
for approving a deal for you."
The Hunters said they have
run into the same attitude a
number of times.
Attitude Not Understood
"We don't understand the at
titude we've been running into,"
said Mrs. Hunter. "We feel we're
respectable. We have no debt
on our 1954 model car, and can
make a good down payment on
a home. We want to settle where
we can send the children to a
Catholic school.
Charles Paine, president of
the Portland Realty Board, said
the 360 realtors in the organi
zation have a code of ethics
which prohibits them from sell
ing houses in white districts to
colored persons without the con
sent of neighbors.
Tribune
RalSy by Lakers
Beats Pistons
By UNITED PRESS
An overtime triumph in a
punch-marred game kept the
Minneapolis Lakers' hopes of
keeping the National Basketball
Association championship flick
ering today. -
The Lakers, trailing by nine
points at half time, rallied to beat
the Fort Wayne Pistons, 99-91, in
overtime at Minneapolis Wednes
day night. The victory cut the
Pistons' lead in the best-of-five
Western Division finals to 2-1
in games.
The Lakers and Pistons clash
again in Minneapolis Sunday.
Jim Owens Causes Stir
By 11 Shutout Innings
Clearwater, Fla. (U.R)
Rookie right-hander Jim Owens
was causing quite a stir among
the Philadelphia Phillies today
as they returned to their home
camp for a game with the Wash
ington Senators.
Owens held the Milwaukee
Braves hitless during a four
inning relief stint Wednesday as
the Phillies triumphed, 3-1. The
21-year-old youth from Gifford,
Pa., has 11 shutout innings to his
credit thus far this spring.
Furillo, Reese Hitting
Ball at Torrid Rate
Vero Beach, Fla. (U.R) Carl
Furillo and Pee Wee Reese were
hitting at a tremendous clip to
day as the Brooklyn Dodgers
broke camp and headed towards
Florida's west coast for a final
series of exhibition games be
fore moving northward.
Furillo upped his aveage to
.372 and Reese was hitting .438
following Wednesday's 15-4 vic
tory over the Kansas City Ath
letics. New York Yanks Happy
St. Petersburg, Fla. (U.R)
Officials of the New York Yan
kees today were happy they
talked relief pitcher Johnny
Sain out of his latest retire
ment plans.
Sain made his spring debut
Wednesday against the Washing
ton Senators and allowed only
one hit in three innings as the
Yaks won, 10-4, on an eight-run
rally in the eighth inning.
Daily's U-Drive
Medford Airport
Brainwashed KVIedicaS Student insists
He Speed on toi Ghana; Family Tearful
New York U.R) Malcolm
Bersohn, brainwashed victim of
almost four years of Chinese
Communist imprisonment, se
cluded himself with his heart
broken, bewildered family today
still insisting he spied on Red
China.
Bersohn, 27, a former medical
student, arrived home Wednes
day night with a five-page, hand
written "confession," he insisted
Auto Parking Problem
Prevalent in Sweden
San Francisco (U.R) Sweden
like the United States, has its
parking problems, according to
Swedish Ambassador Erik Bo
heinan. "We increased the number of
cars in Sweden 60 per cent last
year," Boheman said, "so bow
we must limit the number of
automobiles imported until our
road building program catches
up."
"You may think you have a
parking problem here, but to
me your streets look like wide
open spaces."
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on reading at New York's Idle-
wild Airport despite the tearful
protests of his relatives.
"I am guilty of military es
pionage," Bersohn began nerv
ously, claiming he spied on Red
China for the U.S. Office of Stra
tegic Services.
A 'Sick Boy'
He was interrupted by his sis
ter, Mrs. David Elkin, of Fresh
Meadows, N. Y., who pleaded
with reporters.
"This is obviously a sick boy,
and you are doing harm by doing
this," Mrs. Elkin said.
Bersohn shook off his sister's
grasp.
"Keep your mouth shut," Ber
sohn warned. "You'll be sorry
for saying that."
He began reading his state
ment which he held in trem
bling hands:
"In July, 1945, in China I
worked for the United States
government Office of Strategic
Services. This was the beginning
of espionage against the forces
of peace and democracy every
where. I did some secret work
for ... a part of the'U. S. espi
onage organization and a part
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of the Central Intelligence
agency."
A reporter interrupted to ask
if his confession had been beaten
out of him.
Blasts Capitalists
"No," Bersohn said emprat
ically. "That is forbidden in the
Chinese People's Republic."
Then he began bitterly criti
cizing the "capitalistic war
mongers" who are plotting for
"a new world war." His mother,
Mrs. Jessie Bersohn, of New
York, finally cut short his tirade
by shouting at him. "Keep your
mouth shut," she said. "You
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don't know what you're talking
about."
Bersohn's relatives edged him
toward a waiting car, a gray Cad
illac. When he left the micro
phone he was saying something
about the atom bomb.
Bersohn was released in Hong
Kong last Feb. 27 after three-and-one-half
years of imprison
ment on charges of spying.
A former student at Peiping
Union Medical College in Peip
ing, Bersohn made similar state
ments when he was released by
the Communists at the Hong
Kong border.
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