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TWK.TT MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday, July 12. 1955 Bridges Renews Denial of Being Commie Member San Francisco U.R) Harry Bridges, leftwing West Cfcast labor leader, returned to the stand today in the Government'; civil trial which seeks to strip him of his United States citizen- shiD. ': The 54-year-old president of t h International Longshore men's and Warehousemen's Un ion took the stand as a defense witness yesterday to reiterate his emphatic denial that he had - ever been a member of the Com munist Party. . He was called as a Govern ment witness earlier in the trial, but denied any connection with the Communists as he has done through, four other government attempts to have him deported to his native Australia. Reasons Offered However, during yesterday's session, Bridges offered some reasons why he did not join the Party, although he admitted having invitations on several oc casions. "From the time I was first asked, there were certain as pects of their program that disagreed with they were or ganizing aspects and their preachments," Bridges said. - "Then, I was an alien and had been a member of the iww (in dustrial Workers of the World). I knew people had been deport ed and well. I was busy." he added. The bulk of Bridges' three- Iwrnr testimony before Federal District Court Judge Louis E Rnodman was a definitive his tory of the waterfront labor movement during the turbulent 1930s. Only briefly did Bridges assault the Governments charges by frontal attack - The labor leader answered with a simple "No" when asked if he had ever attended a meet ing of the Communist Party, in November, 1933; had ever paid dues to the Party; had ever held membership book; had ever been a member of the Party's District Committee" or had ever been known as "Comrade Rossi." -. This testimony was in direct contradiction to that of the Gov ernment's key witness John Schomaker. an admitted ex- Communist who testified that Bridges was not only an active Party member, but took orders fforo the Party in union affairs. The trial resumed yesterday after an 11-day recess. The de fense unsuccessfully argued for a dismissal of the suit, charging the Government had not pre sented sufficient, evidence to tupport its case. The Government charges that Bridges obtained his, 1945 citi zenship by fraud when he swore he hrd never been a Communist Party member. - - . - , . , . m TOP MODELER! John Foley, (upper right) of Central Point won first place honors in annual Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild junior division model car competition for Oregon. His sleek' styled efforts took $150 cash award. Winner in the senior division was John Willam Bennet of Eugene (below). , Restraint Urged in Use of Hardware for Repair of Fractures Grange Upper Roguge Grange 1. Upper Rogue Grange met in regular session Thursday, July ?l with Worthy Master Herb Carlton presiding. Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Smith of Central Point Grarige and Mr. and Mrs. Dens more of Phoenix Grange were guests and Mr. Smith gave a talk op the history and habits of the bees. After the business meeting si supper was served by Mi and . Sfrs. Ted Shimik. By DELOS SMITH United Press Science Editor New York (U.R) The Ameri can College of Surgeons has told its members that "vast quanti ties of dangerous metals" are be ing buried in human bodies, and it's high time for surgeons to practice self-restraint. These metals are like "unex- ploded firecrackers," according to Dr. Harold A. Sofield, of Northwestern University Med ical School, Chicago, and edi torialist in the college's scien tific organ, "Surgery, Gynecol ogy and Obstetrics." Metal pins, rods, and screws are widely used to hold broken bones while they knit together by natural processes. Sofield re minded surgeons that with most broken bones, splints held the ends together quite effectively and so with those fractures the old ways are still the best ways. They are Foreign Bodies No matter how inert a metal may be, it still is a "foreign body" to human tissues. Metal will hold bone-ends all right, but metal has no other "desir able features whatever and it possesses the undesirable quality of irritability, , he" said. On the other hand, "The world knows no more prejudiced evan gelist than he who invents a mechanical gadget, and, as the hardware business is a fairly profitable commercial enterprise the pressure conies' not alone from the inventor." Dr. Sofield was by no means an anti- Tnechanical gadget man in the repair of broken bones. He based his sermon to surgeons on a dictionary defini tion " of conservatism "within safe bounds Adhering to sound principles believed to involve little risk." Sometimes Best Where metal pins and rods represented the soundest prin ciple and involved the least risk, he was very much for their use. Then they stood for "conserva tism" in bone-setting. Otherwise. operating on a patient in order to pin broken bones together with metal was "radical" and he was against radicalism. inereiore, nis editorial was a "warning" "that the vast major ity of fractures does not need operative attack and buried metal is not- required in the bulk of fracture work. Far too many operations are performed. Bone-setting surgeons must re member, he said, that the treat ment of a broken bone must be designed to fit the broken bone the fracture must not' be "adapted to the treatment." American Motors, CIO Resume Talks Detroit (U.R) American Mo' tors-Corp. today resumed major contract: talks with the CIO United Auto Workers for the first time in almost three weeks. xne company and the union adjourned talks June 23 on a central contract covering 22,000 employees m Michigan, Wiscon sin and California. During the recess the company bargained with local units of the UAW and two other unions at plants in Detroit and Grand Rapids. Mich.,; Milwaukee and Kenosha, Wis.,-and Ed Segundo, Calif. The central contract covering the bulk of AMC's employees expires Aug. 12. ine union is seeking , a con tract closely resembling those granted , by Ford and General Motors recently. Such a contract would include some from of guaranteed wage. . - GOT ANY- TO CLEAN and SELL MM Our superior cleaning facilities are ready to go. Bring your crop to us if you want the best possi ble job. 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Wyoming Forest Fire Control Seen Shortly i Laramie, Wyo.- -0J.PJ Hun dreds of tired men, with the aid of wet weather, expected to gain control today of two unruly forest fires which have burned off 4,000 acres of timberland in Medicine Bow National Forest west of here. The big factor was the weath er and the stamina of the 800 men, many who have been on the lines since last Thursday when the Bock Creek fire erupt ed 30 to-40 miles northwest of here. Showers yesterday enabled them to stop .the forward prog ress of both fires. Fire in the Brush Creek area, located 20 to 30 miles southwest of the major blaze at Rock Creek, broke out Saturday. Both were believed to have been caused by careless campers. ' Medford Men To Attend Osteopathic Convention . Drs. J S. Heatherington and G. A. Dierdorff have been select ed members and Dr. W. W. How ard an alternate in the house of delegates during the 59th annu al American Osteopathic asso ciation convention to be held in the Biltmore and Statler hotels in Los Angeles this month. The house of delegates is .the policy making body of the asso ciation, and will convene July 17. The Medford men will repre sent the .Oregon Osteopathic as sociation. : - Air Force Cadets Begin Drilling At New Academy Denver (U.R) History's first 306 U.S. Air Force academy cadets, still aglow after yester day's impressive dedication cere mony, began today the less dra matic four-year course designed to -educate them for leadership of a future air age. The "order of the day" in eluding drilling, preventive shots and more drilling outside the news spotlight that shone so brightly yesterday -when the nation's third "military academy opened its interim site on Lowry Air Force base. Actual class room work won't begin until Sept. 15. Airmen Grounded They won't be, allowed to leave the 135-acre temporary academy this year, unless es corted by parents or officers, and they'll be in "quarantine" for two weeks. Marching, train ing with firearms and a general Air Force indoctrination will keep the cadets from every state in the United States busy for the next two months. This class and the next one will begin their training at the Lowry site, but the permanent, $126,000,000 ultra-modern acad emy north of Colorado Springs will be ready for the 1957 class. Each cadet was required to bring $300. It will be used for uniforms, books, laundry, clean ing and incidentals. The base pay is Sill a month. No Hazing Allowed There will be no hazing at the academy if Lt. Gen. Hubert R. Harmon has his way, and he should, for he is the superin tendent. Harmon "abhors" and "won't .allow" hazing such as sometimes is practiced at the Naval and Army academies. ' ' The academy will have 15 athletic endeavors, including a football team which will play eight games this fall against other freshman teams. 13 Coses of Measles Lead Disease List Thirteen cases of measles led the list of 18 communicable dis ease patients in Jackson county reported to the health depart ment for the week ending July 8. Other diseases and number of cases were chicken pox, two, and infectious mononucleosis, in fectious hepatitis, and trench mouth,, one each. Four Plan Assaults On Victoria Strait Victoria, B.C. (U.R) Four persons today planned assaults on the , Strait of Juan de Fuca which has been conquered only by Bert Thomas of Tacoma. Pat Russell, a coned from the University of British Columbia; Bill Muir, surveyor from Saan ich, B.C., Bigerstaff Martin of the Queen's Own Rifles and Charles P. Day, Long Beach, Calif., will be out to beat Thom as' record "of 11 hours and 17 minutes. . Miss Russell swam nine miles out from Victoria on her first try before giving up. 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