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.
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