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WAR FLARES ANEW A week-long Ian io free Viet Nam's
civil war is ended with widespread fighting in rice-rich
Mekon River delta area below Saigon as Hoa Hao troops
attack. Newsmap locates Sadec, Mytho and Long Xuyen,
hard-hit with artillery, mortar fire, by forces under fanatic
Gen. Ba Cut. Casualties among civilian population believed
high, according to reports from refugees straggling into
Saigon.
A Nichol's Worth of . . .
Comment On This and That
By HARMAN W. NICHOLS
United PrM FHir Wriar
mAm
Washington (U.R) A century
ago this week, Congress was in
recess, but several offices were
earning xneir
salt and sow
belly. One was
the office of
the Secretary
of the Senate.
Under a re
cent act, the
secretary was
busy buying a
lot of inter
esting things.
These he list-
Harman Nichols ed u n alpha
phabetically in the papers. Like:
Fifty reams of hardware
paper, "very tough and with a
very smooth surface."-.
Two dozen ivory handled
erasers.
. Six dozen match'boxes
equipped with wax matches.
Two dozen boxes of pencil
leads.
Ten dozen inkstands, and eight
dozen V2 pint bottles of the very
best quality ink.
And, among other things, one
dozen bottles of red ink.
Incidentally, the Secretary of
the Senate asked that all bidders
on things to be bought should
send samples to him.
Another incidental item in the
prints of 1855 reported that Wil
liam Clauncy Landon of Ken
tucky was elevated from assist
ant to Chief Examiner of Pa
tents and Jhat the raise in pay
would put Mr. L. up to $2500 a
year. New Assistant Examiners,
Amos T. Jenkens of Rhode
Island and Isaac D. Toll of Mich
igan, were to be upped to the
munificent sum of S1800 per
annum. No tax deductions.
But to get back to things
wanted and those for sale, the
Bureau of Yards and Docks ad
vertised it would offer "to the
highest bidder" such things as
250 pounds of hard soap, 15
crowbars, and 20 dozen files. Not
to mention four hearth rugs,
three office stool3, and two iron
ing boards.
The Willard Hotel, one of the
oldest in the Capital, advertised
that it was forced to increase
rates to S1.50 a day, but swore
on a stack of, that it was the best
buy in town and that baths were
"free for paying guests."
Our government office said
that for $5 a head there would
be a trip up and down the river
in the "Vessel George Washing
ton" to celebrate the landing of
the Pilgrims. The boat, the gov
ernment agency said, was char
tered by the "Young Catholic
Friends Society of Washington,
which needs the money."
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Section Two
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1955
Pagesl-6
Mrs. (Green (My Oregon (Delegate To
Vote in Favor of Statehood Measure
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Washington (Special) Ore
gon's congressional delegation
contributed or1 one vote to the
cause of statehood for Hawaii
and Alaska last week, and that
was cast by the congresswoman
from Portland, Rep. ' Edith
Green, Democrat
The House vpteu down a com
bined statehood bill for both ter
ritories by a 48-vote margin after
two days of debate, apparently
wiping out any chances the
American flag will get its 49tb
and 50th stars very soon.
Norblad Absent
Rep. Walter Norblad indicated
he would have voted for the
statehood measure if he had
been present, but he was in Nica
ragua attending an international
conference, his office reported.
Rep. Harris Ellsworth said he
voted against the bill because
he is opposed to statehood for
Alaska. Like the Eisenhower ad
ministration, he said he favors
Hawaiian statehood. Ellsworth
said he wasn't convinced the peo
ple of Alaska want statehood.
Rep. Sam Coon also voted
against statehood.
Del. E. L. Bartlett of Alaska
said the best evidence of the
prevailing opinion in the terri
tory is that the only candidates
for public office in Alaska that
' -vi. 1 4 i 41 xn : .
gel eieuiea are muse idvuiuig
statehood.
Postal Bill Backed
Postal workers got two sup
porters from the Oregon dele
gation in the House and support
from both Oregon senators last
week for their pay increase bill.
Sens. Wayne Morse and Richard
L. Neuberger voted, for the" 8.8
per cent bill in the Senate, and
Ellsworth and Mrs. Green sup
ported it in the House when it
; came to a final vote. Norblad
was out of town, as was Coon,
who was attending the Oregon
Cattlemen's meeting at Corval
lis when the bill came up.
Ellsworth, however, earlier
voted in favor of sending the pay
bill back to a House-Senate con
ference with instructions to trim
it down to a 7.6 per cent in
crease, which is in line with
what the administration wants.
In the recent battle over farm
price supports in the House
which saw the Democratic ma
jority successfully put through
a bill to restore rigid supports
at 90 per cent in place of the
current sliding-scale supports,
the Oregon delegation divided
on party lines.
Longer Chance Wanted
Ellsworth, Coon and Norblad
all voted against the high sup
port bill, explaining they
thought the flexible approach
ought to be given a longer chance
to show what affect it might
have on the nation's economy in
terms of agricultural surplus
commodities, subsidies and far
mer income. Mrs. Green went for
the high bill.
The sliding - scale approach
went into affect only last year,
but under the persuasive leader
ship of Speaker Sam Rayburn
the House passed the rigid bill
Korea Flour Mill
Fund Said Unfair
Washington (U.R) Rep. Walt
Horan said yesterday he had
learned that the Foreign Opera
tions administration is supplying
funds to furnish machinery to
Korean flour mills and said this
was "not fair" to Northwest
wheat growers.
"I strongly protest this action
since the Pacific Northwest, ag
riculturally, has a wheat econ
omy," the Washington Republi
can said in a letter to FOA Ad
ministrator Harold E. Stassen.
"Right now we are hard pressed
with our disposal programs and
have great quantities in storage."
For the first time, the North
American pulp and paper indus
try in 1954 exported more paper
than it imported.
'A daily Main Street visitor so familiar a sight you scarcely notice it. That's the
motor freight truck, with its load of things to be sold in the stores, and used in
the shops and on the nearby farms a cargo of the things you use or wear or eat
everyday.
By providing frequent, efficient motor freight service everywhere in the state,
the trucking industry helps to assure Oregon's continued economic progress.
Every Oregon city, no matter what its size, is served by at least one of the many
reliable motor freight carriers.
Many Oregon communities depend exclusively upon trucks for freight service
but they can be as confident of sharing Oregon's bright economic future as the
larger centers served by additional forms of transportation.
Regardless of where you live, you can be sure your good neighbor, the trucking
industry, is there to serve you to serve Oregon to help Oregon grow.
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Good. Neighbor in Y our Community
Consolidated
Freighrways serves
150 el Oregon's 230
incorporated cities.
Here's how we
serve you in
MEDFORD
Motor Fnfglit Servk
Pool Car Distribution
total Cartoon
Merchandise Storage
k Household Goods
Storage
k Packing and Crating
Moving Van Service
Heavy Hauling
206-201. It's not expected to
come up in the Senate this year,
if ever, due to opposition from
Sen. Ellender (D-La.), chairman
of the Agriculture Committee.
In one other issue brought to
a vote last week, Ellsworth,
Coon and Mrs. Green supported
the defense appropriations bill
which won unanimous House
backing, 382-0. Norblad was still
out of town.
Said Uneconomical
Only controversial feature in
volved the-program of . the Eisen
hower administration to turn
over certain functions formerly
handled by civilian employees of
the Defense Department to pri
vate business, such as making
paint and rope by the Navy at
established naval bases.
Something Wrong Seen
In Graham's Crusade
London (U.R) London news
papers took a long bard look at
Billy Graham's east side visit
Sunday and agreed that some
thing went wrong. Only 5000
persons turned up and 100,000
had been expected.
Some papers blamed the
weather, others public apathy
and others said the American
evangelist was trying too hard to
sell himself.
. Only one, the News Chronicle,
was optimistic about the meet
ing. It said the Sunday meeting
and the Saturday opening meet
ing at Wembley Stadium consti
tuted a "week end of fresh tri
umphs for the preacher."
Many lawmakers complained
this was unwise, uneconomical
and not in the interests of na
tional security in many cases
so the House voted 202-184 to re
quire the Pentagon to get con
gressional approval of every
such proposed transfer. Coon
and Ellsworth voted to let the
Pentagon go ahead without get
ting approval, and Mrs. Green
voted for the clearance procedure.
Red Jet Fuel Said
ilul for Attack
Taipeh, Formosa (U.R) The
Tatao News Agency of the Min
istry of Interior said yesterday
the Chinese Communists had
stockpiled enough jet fuel at
coastal airfields for a major air
effort against Formosa and its
island outposts.
The agency said fuel suffi
cient for 5000 missions had been
stored at Luichiao Airfield alone
The agency, which claims close
Nationalist intelligence sources,
said truckloads of jet fuel were
sighted en route from Shanghai
and Hangchow.
Luichiao is within easy fight
er range of Matsu and Quemoy
island and Formosa itself. The
Tatao agency said jet fuel for
the fields originally came from
the Romanian oilfields via
tanker.
Postal Pay Veto
Expected To Stand
Washington (U.R) Senate Re
publican Leader William F.
Knowland reiterated his forecast
that President Eisenhower will
veto the average 8.8 per cent pay
raise approved by Congress for
the nation's 500,000 postal workers.
The Californian made his pre
diction that a veto would be sus
tained, despite the fact that both
the House and Senate passed the
meaisure by more than the two
thirds majority needed to over
ride a veto.
Mr. Eisenhower is expected to
announce this week whether he
will sigh the bill which is out of
line with the 7.6 per cent postal
pay raise requested by the administration.
SHARPSHOOTER
Weare, N. H. (U.R) A con
servation officer," Roger Grit
wold. broke up a brawl between
two bucks with a single bullet.
The deer had locked antlers and
were unable to free themselves.
From 20 feet, Griswold took
careful air and shot off one of
the antlers. The freed bucks fled
into the woods.
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