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.
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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. . -
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Woman Dies in Wreck
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A 29-year-old Santa Paula, Cal.,
woman, on her way to visit her
soldier, husband at Ft. Xwis,
Wash.j was killed "last ; night
when the motorcycle on which
she was riding collided with a
pickup truck on Highway 24
near the Courtland bridge.
The Highway Patrol said Mrs.
Wanda L. Aaite, 29, was riding
on a motorcycle operated by
Donald W. Wells, 25, Elk Grove.
It struck a truck driven by Glen
S. Kunkel of Courtland as the
truck pulled onto the highway.
kunkel told officers he did
not see the motorcycle until "it
was too late." Wells and Kunkel
were not injured. .
Mrs. Aaite, .the mother of two
small children, died at Sacra
mento County hospital two hours
after -the accident.
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. She said
she would try again in either
August or September. ;
. : Muir, 36, has been turned back
twice by leg cramps. -.
Martin, 35, said he would at
tempt theswim from the Ameri
can side at Port Angeles, Wash.,
in August. ,
Day said he would make his
attempt during the last two
weeks of August :
ONION TRADING
CONTROLLED '.
Washington j(UJJ- The Sen
ate passed and sent to the White
House yesterday a bill making
trading in onion futures subject
to regulation under the com
modity exchange act '":.'.
Oregon Woman Killed
In Nevada Auto Wreck
: Tonopah, Nev.' ' (u.R) Mrs.
George Mil wain, 87, Portland,
Ore., was killed and three other
members, of the same family
were injured Sunday- afternoon
when their car blew a tire and
crashed off Highway 95 south
of here. '
Mrs. Hazel Holt, daughter of
the dead woman, was in critical
condition with injuries suffered
in the accident. -
Less seriously injured were
the husbands of the two women,
Lindell Holt and George Mil-
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