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FORMER ENEMIES Touring Japanese officers visit U. S.
sub Silversides, moored in Chicago, that played havoc with
the Japanese Navy in World War EL They are looking at
the sub's score with flags at top denoting ships sunK.
Lower flags list ships damaged. Left to right: Capt Yoshio
Takahashi, Capt. Susumu Tshiguro, Rear Adm. Mitsugu
Ihara and their escort, American Lt. Stuart Johnston.
Over 300 Congressional
Investigations Since 1789
Washington U.PJ Well over
300 congressional investigations
havo been held since 1789 the
first year of the United States
under the constitution.
The constitution doesn't grant
specific authority for investiga
tions and hearings. Congress
just assumed it had the right to
make them and started right of
at its first session.
It was not until 30 years later
that Congress was challenged
by the courts. A citizen, who was
arrested by order of an investi
gating committee, took his case
to the U.S. Supreme court. Con
gress won its first test wherTthe
court upheld the action.
Power Challenged
Since then, the power of law
makers to investigate has been
challenged many times. The
courts, except for a few cases
where they found Congress had
overstepped" its bounds, have
held that Congress had the right
to investigate and recommend
for prosecution.
The first important probe was
In 1792 when a committee want
ed to know why a general's
forces had been so badly routed
by Indians House investigators
cleared him of all charges, but
the publicity nearly ruined him
Andrew Jackson, who later
became the seventh President,
was another general who drew
the fire of a committee wben he
chased Indians into Spanish ter
ritory. It was contended that
Jackson's maneuver might have
led to a war with Spain.
The early committees dealt
with some of the same questions
that crop up today. They investi
gated corruption in government
over 100 years ago. A Senate
committee examined and weigh
ed the evils of "Communism 34
years ago.
In the 1920's, '30's and '40's
the big investigations were cen
tered around corruption in high
places, the economic situation,
and the war effort, respectively.
To Help Lawmakers
Congressional probes may
also focus the public spotlight
on situations that call for correc
tive action such as crime, cor
ruption and Communism. The
purpose in this case would be
St might er Road
At Zigzag Sought
' Portland U.R) A proposal
to straighten out the Zigzag
creek curve on the Mount Hood
highway between Zigzag and
Rhododendron was submitted
Friday by the Oregon State
Highway Cpmmission to the fed
eral bureau of public roads.
The commission recommended
that the federal government
spend $500,000 available in for
est service funds on the proj
ect. R. H. Baldock, state highway
engineer, said the curve pre
sents a hazardous condition in
the already realigned highway
from Government Camp to Zig
zag creek. Baldock said the proj
ect could be started next year if
the forest service and bureau of
public roads can agree.
to gather and publicize the facts.
In many ways an investiga
tion may bear some resemblance
to a court proceeding. It can sub
poena witnesses and cross-examine
them but can not make a
binding decision after evidence
is presented. Prosecution and
punishment is left for the law
enforcement officers and courts.
Last year congressional com
mittee spent about $4,000,000
probing everything from the
conduct of a senator to housing
scandals. Some congressmen
thought the cost to taxpayers of
mushrooming inquries was head
ing for and all time record. They
felt that this was the time for a
congressional investigation of
the congressional investigations.
Manslaughter Charge
In Yreka Auto Dealh
Yreka, Calif. (U.R) Alfred E.
Furshaw, 54, of Vancouver, B.
C, has been charged with man
slaughter in connection with the
auto death of William G. Green,
29, also of Vancouver.
Green, an employee of Fur
shaw's was killed Wednesday
when Furshaw's auto crashed
headon into a car driven by John
R. Savage, 46, of Yreka. Both
Furshaw and Savage were hos
pitalized here with serious in
juries. The warrant, issued by the
Siskiyou County sheriff's office,
alleged Furshaw was driving on
the wrong side of the road when
he collided with Savage.
Dead line Sunday Classified is at
noon Saturday: 10 a.m Monday for
Monday: other days 5:30 orevious day
ARGENTINE LEADER Gen.
Eduardo Lonardi (above) has
been named to head new gov
ernment of Argentina accord
ing to official radio announce
ment from Buenos Aires. The
Argentine rebels won an un
conditional surrender . from
the ruling generals, who took
over power from fallen Presi
dent Juan Peron.
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Hurricane Janet
Roars Westward
Across Carribean
Miami !U.R) Hurrioane Jan
et, which took at least 24 lives
and left thousands homesless in
the hard-hit Windward Islands,
roared across the open Carib
bean with ever-in creasing force
Saturday.
The killer storm, already pack
ing 115-mile-an-hour winds and
still growing, appeared to be
the most powerful hurricane of
the season. The San Juan, P.R.,
Weather Bureau said it was head
ing on a general westward course
across the open sea and was lo
cated early Saturday almost
due south of San Juan.
Authorities at Bridgetown,
Barbados, in the.. Windward
Islands, estimated property dam
age in the millions of dollars
and declared a state of emerg
ency in the wake of the hur
ricane. Relief work was put on a 24
hour basis when the big storm
first hit Thursday. All major
highways were reported cleared
of debris early Saturday and the
island's only airport was in limit-
Sunday, September 25, 19SS
MEDFOHD (O1M0V) C4A 0E HIKE
F... , , , - mmmmmm I imil . n m . i k
THE CREW GOT OUT This ax-engined KC-97, used for midair refueling of jets, burns
after crashing at end of Dow Air Force Base runway near Bangor, Me. All 12 crew
members escaped death although three were seriously hurt
ed use.
Power and telephone lines
were down across the small
island, a British colony, and the
government issued urgent
requests for food and building
materials from the
world..
The storm's west to west-north-west
course was along
miles of open water but storm
warnings were ordered raised
outsideon Curacao, Bonaire, Aruba and
the Farangua Peninsula.
The weather bureau warned
small craft along the coast of
Venezula and the Netherlands
Islands to remain in port.
PSC Enrollment
Hears 3,000 Mark
Portland (U.R) Officials at
Portland State college said Sat
urday that the new school was
running out of instructors even
before fall term classes started.
Registration through Friday
passed the 2500 mark and the
school predicted it would reach
or exceed 3,000 by the end of
next week. Classes start Mon
day. The school's budget is based
on an enrollment of 2,720. V
The 1955-56 school year will
be the first as a full-fledged four
year member of the Oregon state
system of higher education. ...
More than SO per cent of In
diana's ceal is obtained from
surface mines, compaejd with
the national figure of 23.6 pr
cent.
Chicago's newest electric gen
erating station consumes about
6,500 tons of coal daily, and 80
per cent is delivered by barges.
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