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JWO MTDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, July 17. 19SS Favorable Advances Made by State FEPC In Last Six Years "Salem U.R) The sixth year of fair employment prac tices act in Oregon ending Satur day marks favorable advances in the elimination of discrimination FEP Administrator Mark A. Smith of the State Bureau of Labor said. The principal achievement of the year, Smith saM, is a record of no discrimination charges against the departments of state and municipal government. It . is the first year this has hap pened since the enactment in 1949 of the state's fair employ ment practices act prohibiting discrimination in employment because of race, creed, color or national origin. , Unfavorable Sid On the unfavorable side of meeting FEP objectives, Smith reported, are no visible changes of policy among numbers of establishments "w here non white workers are lonely figures on the job or missing altogether. He said some firms in such em ployment areas as that of retail trade, textile industries, banks and public utilities have not de veloped equal employment op portunities for minority workers. - Labor Commissioner Norman O. Nilsen's review of the year's FEP record particularly compli ments government agencies-that "have taken their rightful place as leaders of democratic employ ment practices in Oregon." Nilsen said "not only are they .meeting obligations to the full intent of the day but also they are creating a favorable climate of public opinion which will fa cilitate acceptance of all workers on the basis of individual merit rather than group favoritism." Need for Apprenticeship There is a definate need for apprenticeship and other job training opportunties in Oregon to qualify minority group mem bers for all job levels, Nilsen aid. The common concept of the FEP law as a simple prohi bition on refusal to hire because of religion, race of ancestral or igin is the biggest roadblock in opening equal job opportunities to minority groups, Nilsen said. Too few consider that FEP gov erns methods of personnel re cruimtent including the use of application forms, promotions on the job, dismissals and other fair conditions of employment In respect to FEP's continuous educational program for preven- tion of discrimination, the FEP report notes it is toeing broad ened through cooperation of ad ditional community groups, 321 organizations participating in the 1955 forum on intergroup rela tions. The first change in FEP's ad ministrative structure will take place Aug. 3 when the labor commissioner by act of the 1955 Legislature is authorized to set up local, regional and statewide advisory agencies and intergroup relations councils to replace the advisory committee under gov ernors' appointment. Key Senators Differ On Foreign Aid Cuts Washington (U.R) Key Sen ators differed sharply Saturday over heavy house .cuts in the administration's foreign aid ap propriations bill. Sen. Allen J. Ellender (D-La.), a member of the Senate Appro priations committee, said he thought the Senate should go along with a $627,900,000 slash voted by the House and also "prune additional funds." Sen. John J. Sparkman (D- Ala.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations committee, said the House cuts are "entirely too deep" and "almost ruinous" to the aid program. And Sen. H. Alexander Smith (R-N.J.) told the Appropriations committee .the House action is a "critically serious mistake." He said in a letter to Chairman Carl Haydeh (D-Ariz.) of the ap propriations group that "this hasty reduction might well threaten the success of the en tire program." The House voted to reduce actual funds for the program to $2,685,000,000 far below the $3,285,000,000 authorized in a compromise House-Senate bill. .. JUL 1 SOP n L 'IMJU p iiiii jFfi)i,'ni i a-rawyJW 1 M m i -Imfiimi I ff i M&rr nr nfi r il ij-Tr Tin J it, nilt.1-- " ' gv TANGLED N TWISTED At Bridgeport, Conn., a New Haven railroad Washington-to-Boston express train jumped the tracks near the station and went over the banks with the spectacular results shown in above aerial view. One person was killed, 20 injured. Portland Trio Held In Extortion Attempt Portland (U.R) Portland police Saturday disclosed a $30,- 000 extortion plot against an elderly Portland contractor. Three men were apprehended late Friday night as they picked up an envelope authorities had planted as the payoff for Samuel Olimansky, 72, a native of Russia. The trio, whose arrest culmin ated a month of investigations by secret police, were identified as John Wesley Cor bin, 24, a laborer; Roy Lawrence Bower, 44, a machinist, and William Clif ford Hook, 18, unemployed. Cor- Eisenhower-Zhukov Meeting Expected Geneva, Switzerland .'(U.R) Russian delegates said Satur day they were confident Presi dent Eisenhower and Soviet Marshal Georgi Zhukov will meet for an "old soldiers" infor mal chat during the Big Four conference. . - Russians here for the summit talks also said Communist party boss Nikita S. Khrushchev will play second fiddle to Premier Nikolai A. Bulganin. .' Soviet officials and newsmen who came out of their seclusion in the Hotel Metropole, then- delegation headquarters, point ed out that Russia will be pre pared to make important on-the-spot decisions here. With Bulganin as "board chairman," Krushchev represen ting the party and Zhukov the military plus veteran Foreign Minister Vyacheslav M. Molo tov the power ruling the Soviet will be together at one time. WEATHER Br United Press Northern California: Mostly fair Sunday and Monday except few scattered showers near Ore gon border Sunday. Variable low clouds on the coast. Wanner Monday. bin and Bower were charced with an extortion attemot sM held under $10,000 bail. Similar charges were pending against Hook. Police Keep Which Police said they had been keeping a close watch on the case since June 20 when Oli mansky received threatening telephone calls from someone posing as an immigration officer and demanding $30,000 to keep Olimansky from being deported to the Soviet Union. Thursday night, Lt. Bard Pur cell said, the caller told Oli mansky he was tired of stalling and that the money had to be made available immediately "or it'll be your funeral." The extortionist was told only $5,000 could be raised at that time.. Olimansky was told to 4-H Club News RuckeMes The Ruckettes sewing club had a meeting July 12 at Bonnie Ward's house. We had a short business meeting then went on to sewing. The next meeting will be at Romell Fossen's house July 19 at 7 p.m. Linda Wells, Reporter. MM MM MM c,ose IWr&rm 4 a All at Big Discounted Prices! Chairs - metal and canvas - Chaises Tables Metal Umbrellas We Must Clear Our Stocks! You Have Time To Enjoy Every Piece! Everything in Furniture Goes! SAVE! SAVE! SAVE! This is your opportunity NOW to get the outdoor furniture you have always wanted! Close Out! 3-n 303 North Bartlott Street to leave that amount and any thing else he could raise at the will call window at Southwest Broadway and Oak street to be picked up by a "Claude Poore." Caller Identifies Self The envelope was deposited by Olimansky Friday morning and pickup was made at 11:30 p.nii Police said it was Bower who took the envelope, identifying himself as .Poore with a liquor permit and social security card. Officers traded. Bower to a car occupied by two other men. When stopped at gunpoint, Hook was driving the vehicle, which was registered in his name, and the envelope lay unopened on the seat beside him, officers said. The Friday night stakeout was the second of the week. An other Wednesday at Union sta tion, was futile. Senator Urges Ridpay Testimony Washington U.PJ Sen. Henry M. Jackson (D-Wash.) urged the Senate Armed Services committee yesterday to call Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway as a key witness in a "review of our en tire defense posture." Jackson said Ridgway should be asked to elaborate on his statement in a letter to Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson that the United States may be play ing into Russia's hands by put ting primary emphasis on air power and atomic weapons while reducing ground forces. Ridgway, who retired June 30 as Army Chief of Staff, said in the 4,000-word letter recently published that present U.S. military- forces are . "inadequate in strength and improperly propor tioned" meet the Soviet threat. He indicated he felt that de fense policy is based more on "administration demands" for a balanced budget than on actual military considerations. Ridgway said there may be a "common refusal'fto use atomic weapons in any future war. There is little doubt, he said, that Russia would prefer to avoid use of atomic weapons and rely ' instead on its massive ground forces. Jackson said the Ridgway let ter confirmed the Democratic argument that .."the budget and not national requirement is the inal test", in administration of policy. . ; In view of Ridgway's position, Jackson said the former army chief would be a valuable wit ness. CARS COLLIDE . : , : Cars driven by Ellen Louise Childers, 38, route 2, box 54A, Jacksonville, and Lester Logan Moser, 39, 65 Winema Way, col lided on Highway 238 west of Medford at about 4:26 p.m. Fri day, according to state police. Damage was caused to both cars, officers said, but no injuries were reported. There were no citations. . Human eyes can see a candle light 14 miles away on a clear night. HOW CHRISTIAN SCIENCE HEALS Station KWIN 1400 K.C. Sundays 10:15 TODAY! P. 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