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.
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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.
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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.
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