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TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Monday. June 13, 1955 Hoover Commission Urges Shrinkage of U.S. 'Realty Empire' Washington OJ.R) The Hoo ver Commission recommended today that the federal govern ment shrink its "vast realty em pire" and run it more efficiently to save the taxpayers $185,000, 000 a year. In addition to that annual sav ing it might be possible, the commission said, to return Sl, 225,000,000 to the treasury "through disposal of plants and other properties which might be determined to be surplus if all occupied space were fully and efficiently utilized." In a report to Congress on real property management the com mission found that the govern ment: 400.000 Properties Owned 1. Owns 400,000 properties, buildings, and facilities con trolled by 27 different agencies and representing 2,475,000,000 square feet of floor space "the equivalent of 1250 Empire State buildings." 2. Uses 370,000 federal em ployees to operate and manage these holdings under a "decen tralized and wasteful system." 3. Has $40,800,000,000 tied up in original acquisition and con struction costs. The Defense De partment alone has $21,400,000, 000 worth of "working space." The report recommended that the Budget Bureau be "staffed and strengthened to carry out its full function" of coordinating agencies and advising the Pres ident on management within the executive branch. The commission, headed by former President Herbert Hoo ver, was set up to look into all activities of the executive branch and recommend better and cheaper ways of doing them. It concluded in today's report that there is "little in the nature of modern property management in the government." No Central Agency Since no one agency is charg ed with overall real property management, the report said, "new property is acquired with out consideration" of what'may already be available in the gov ernment. The commission's real estate report was prepared by a task force, headed by John R. Lotz, former board chairman of the Stone & Webster Engineering Corp. of New York, which urged that management control of fed eral holdings be largely central ized in the General Services Ad ministration. The GSA, it said, should con duct a comprehensive and con tinuing inventory to keep track of service and maintenance costs, condition, type and extent of occupancy of all these buildings. Funds should be appropriated directly to GSA for this purpose. Soldier Speared By Javelin Thrower Kentville, N. S. (ll.R) Doc tors battled today to save the life of a Canadian soldier who was drilled through the breast bone to within a hair's breadth of his heart by a six-foot jave line. Pvt. James Strickland, 24, of Mill Cove, Nfld., was speared Saturday afternoon as he walk ed across the sports field at the nearby Aldershot military camp, base of the Blackwatch Highland regiment. A soldier shouted to Strick land who turned around and a javelin hurled by another sold ier acidentally' struck him in the chest. Before Strickland could be moved to hospital medical or derlies sawed four feet of the etsel-pointed javelin off. Two civilian surgeons removed the rest in a delicate operation. Dr. Vernon D. Schaffner said the steel point stopped just on the lining of the pericardium of the soldier's heart. "It's a miracle he is still alive," Shaffner said. "The jave lin entered the sternum and did everything except actually pierce the heart." The victim was reported making progress. Walter Hampden Rites To Be Held in New York Hollywood (U.R) The ashes of Walter Hampden, well-known Shakespearean actor who died Saturday in Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, will be shipped to New York with no funeral services here. Hampden suffered a stroke last Thursday while riding in a taxicab to Metro-Goldwyn-May-er Studios where he had started work in the film "Diane," star- Dead line far Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday German Airline Grants Cause Stir By U. S. Officials Washington OJ.R) Admin istration officials denied today the charges of some U. S. air line officials that American ne gotiators went overboard in granting air routes to W e st Germany in a still-secret inter national agreement. The agreement was scheduled to be signed Saturday, but has been held up for possible modifi cation because of sharp protests from some segments of the do me stic airline industry. Airline Rights According to industry sources, the agreement as originally ne gotiated would have given the West German airline Lufthansa rights to fly from Germany to New York, Boston and Philadel phia; from Germany to Chicago via Montreal; from New York to South America; from New York to the Caribbean; and from Germany over the Arctic to San Francisco and Los Angeles. It was the Carribean route, on which Lufthansa would com pete with several domestic air lines for passenger traffic orig inating in this country, that ap peared to be the chief cause of complaints. One airline trade association spokesman, who declined use of his name, told reporters that the State department, in negotiat ing the agreement actuallly gave West Germans "much more" than they requested. He suggest ed that U. S. diplomats had "gone overboard" in an effort to please West Germany, which is currently being wooed by Rus sia. U. S. Rights Said Ignored Government officials, who similarly refused to be quoted by name, said the industry com plaints of a "giveaway" ignored valuable rights which American carriers would receive from West Germany under the agree ment. While these have not been officially disclosed, it is known that both Pan American and Trans World airlines have ex tensive routes to and through West Germany, and have been seeking still others. ring Lana Turner. Born June 30, 1879, in Brook lyn, N. Y., Hampden was famed for his portrayals of Hamlet and Cyrano De Bergerac. His recent films included, "All About Eve," "Sabrina," and "Sombrero." French Automobile Race Will Continue Despite Disaster Le Mans, France (U.R) The greatest disaster in automotive history will not stop the jinxed 24-hour "endurance" race of Le Mans, its sponsors declared to day. Death failed to flag down the racers in France's motor classic Saturday when a trackside trag edy killed 78 persons. The race ground on until Sunday when an ashen-faced Briton won and said he was sorry he had. There still were 77 persons in hospitals today, some of them hot expected to survive injuries suffered when a Mercedes-Benz racer plunged into the crowd. But the automobile club which sponsors the annual "Prix D'Endurance" Prize of Endur ance said there will be no halt to the annual affair. Mostly Spectators The dead were mostly spec tators who were cut down in a terror-filled Saturday afternoon when the Mercedes driven by Piere Levegh of France hit an Austin-Healey and sailed over the track, exploding in midair over the tightly bunched spec tators, who had been laughing and drinking champagne while watching. The race never stopped, but the crowd of 250,000 had been so horrified by the tragedy that only about 50,000 spectators were on hand to watch the Jag uar driven by Britain's Mike Hawthorne and Ivor Bueb win Sunday. The crowd was too stunned to cheer and Hawthorn himself said "It was the most tragic race of my life; it could have been my greatest." Today women with tear-stained cheeks and grim-faced men waited in silence at hospitals where the moans of the "injured could be heard above the quiet padding of nurses and doctors. The gay music that had filled the cafes of Le Mans had disap peared, and customers listened only to the news programs. Reports Studied The prosecuting attorney of Le Mans, accompanied by a magistrate, studied reports on the tragedy, but there was no announcement immediately whether an official investiga tion will be made. A spokesman for the Ministry of Transport and Public Works, which authorized the race, said the tragedy posed two questions: "Should such races be forbid den? Probably not since they are very useful to the progress of the automobile industry. "Should security measures in examining automobiles be strengthened? Certainly, particu larly in examining the relation ship between the weight and speed of the cars." Bloodhounds Pick Up Scent of Lost Man Eugene (U.R) Bloodhounds early today picked up the scent of Leo Hibbs, renewing hope that the 78-year-old Blue River manmissing since last Thursday near McKenzie pass would be found alive. The scent was picked up at what state police believed was used as a bed by the missing man. The bed was in four feet of snow. The hounds followed the scent southeasterly from the resting place, on a line toward North Sister. The scent was picked up at 4 a.m. Within two hours, ac cording to Sheriff Ed Elder, the search had been resumed earnest." in Hibbs was last seen about noon Thursday by Arnold Allen of Springfield. He had gone to a lake to fish. ENROLL NOW Secretarial & Accounting Courses Special Class in Beginning Typing for Jr. & Sr. high school students and adults REGISTER NOW Classes Start July 5 ROBERTSOTI SCHOOL of BUSINESS 40-42 N. 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