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TEH MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Thursday, December 1, ItM
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To Beport Achievements of Party To iation
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GOP Committee
Receives Message
From Presided
Chicago U.R) President
Eisenhower told the Republican
National Committee today that
"I shall do everything in my
power next year" to help report
to the nation the record of party
achievements.
The President's message was
in the form of a telegram to the
committee, meeting here with
three Cabinet members. Ezra T
Benson of agriculture, SinMair
W-jeks of commerce and James
Mitchell of labor, in attendance.
It was a message of four para
graphs and about 300 words. It
said in part:
"You have a splendid record
to submit to the voters in 1956.
I personally am proud of Re
publican achievements for the
peace and the prosperity and
the security of the American
people.
"I shall do everything in my
power next year to help you re
port the record accurately and
fully to the country.
"Of course, we must not stand
still, absorbed in the contempla
tion of what we have c&ie. Con
tinue progress in the healthy ex
pansion of our economy, even
more equitable sharing of the
productivity of that economy,
rising levels of health, educa
tion and welfare for all, and un
tiring search for a just and en
during peace, must remain our
goals."
The message did not elaborate
on how the President proposed
to go about helping the Repub
licans report their record to the
nation.
It came at a time when Re
publican hopes that the Presi
c dent would seek reelection had
been strengthened by remarks
of National Chairman Leonard
W. Hall and of Vice-President
Richard M. Nixon.
Hall said yesterday that an
announcement of the President's
future plans toward reelection
might not come until March, and
that it would not matter if it
were delayed until then. Nixon
sent a message that the people
will seek the same "leadership"
in 1956 that they had been ac
customed to under Mr.. Eisen-howt
Mr. Eisenhower s message
came as the three Cabinet secre
taries, in addresses to commit
tee members, set forth what ap
peared to be the GOP campaign
line for 1956.
Benson charged the Democrats
were concocting a "witch's
brew" of untruths in an effort
to make political capital of fall
ing farm prices. Weeks and Mit
chell, in addresses prepared for
delivery, predicted a sweeping
Republican victory In 1956 be
cause American "never had it
so good."
Weeks predicted that pros
perity "will rise to even higher
levels in the first six months of
1956."
Mitchell predicted that by
1956 there will be 74,000.000
jobs compared with todays total
of more than 62,000,000.
Names of Congressmen Who
Take Cruises at Taxpayers'
ense Said Part of Probe
By XH ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Washington A congressional
investigation that is underway
junket and who hasn't.
When the congressional in
vestigation into secrecy in gov
ernment was begun, the com-
into9 government suppression ofj mittee sent questionaires to all
legitimate news won t be com
piete until or unless it lifts the
curtain of secrecy on the names
of members of Congress who are
taking balmy ocean cruises at
taxpayers' expense.
A House Government Op
erations subcommittee has been
probing into the ways in which
federal agencies under the Eisen
hower administration have
blocked the press from obtaining
information which the public
has a right to know about.
But up to now it hasn't gone
into the fact that the goveri
ment-owned Panama Canal Co.
keeps secret the identity of
passengers using the luxury
liners of the Panama Line,
which runs weekly cruises be
tween New York and Haiti and
the Canal Zone.
Wife on Cut Rate
Every congressman knows
that he can have a free trip to
the Caribbean on one of the
Panama Line's three luxury
ships, and he cag take his wife
with him at the cut rate of $110
for the round trip. The same
voyage by commercial liner of
comparable trappings would run
up to $1000 per passenger.
Some but not all Northwest
lawmakers have taken advan
tage of this cruise, which hits its
peak in popularity about this
time of year in the weeks just
before Congress reconvenes. But
because the federal agency
which runs the line keeps its
passenger list closed to report
ers, there is no way to Know
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federal agencies, including the
Canal Co. To the question
"what type of information pos
sessed by your agency is not
available to the press?' the com
pany replied: "Classified de
fense information and informa
tion which is for official use
only."
Sincethe canal is regarded as
a military installation in many
respects which is guarded by de
fense installations in the area,
there is a great amount of in
formation which applies to the
agency's operation that would
be legitimately classified as "de
fense information."
Theunwillingness of the ag
ency to release the names of
congressmen who've cruised
down to Panama and back ap
parently comes under the head
ing of self-defense, since it is
Congress that each year exer
cises control over "the operations
of the Panama Canal Co. by
putting up the funds to finance
it.
It isn't as though the Panama
Line takes on congressional pas
sengers reluctantly. It publishes
an inviting brochure which sug
gests why the cruise is popular
with the wives of senators and
representatives.
Luxury Imports
"Panama offers you a breath
taking selection of luxury im
ports at unbelieveably low
prices," the brochure states,
listing French perfumes, Eng
lish and Swedish crystal and
china, Irish and Italian linens,
German cameras, Chinese silks,
Peruvian silver, Colombian em
eralds and English leather.
"Variety is the spice of life
on your 15-day cruise of Haiti,
Panama and the Panama Canal
Zone, with dancing, swimming,
games and sun on the spacious
decks . . . Here perfect food,
imaginatively prepared, adds the
final touch of gracious modern
living." -
There is nothing new about
this offering to congressmen. It
has been going on for years. But
now that a committee is investi
gating the protective uses of
news suppression by federal bu
reaus, it remains to be seen
whether it will lift the curtain
of secrecy which now protects
its own members.
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EARLY START Patsy
Cumtz, 16, already the moth
er of a year old son, snuggles
twin boys born to her in Min
neapolis. Married at 14, Mrs.
Cunitz is the wife of a 19-year-old
sailor, David Cunitz'
stationed at San Diego, Cal.
Slereofyper Strike
Closes Detroit Papers
Detroit (U.R) Detroit's two
afternoon papers missed their
first editions today for the first
time in history because of a
strike of sterotype workers
which has hit 'all three dailies.
Allen Neiber,' city editor of
the Detroit News, said the paper P
would not hit the streets for its
first editic "6r the first time
since the paper began in 1873."
Ernest Rapalle, assistant ctiyk
editor of the Detroit Times, said
that paper also would not be
able1 to turn out its first edition.
The 120 members of the AFL
Detroit sterotype workers struck
the News and Times and the De
troit Free Press, a morning
paper, this morning. Pickets ap
peared at entrances to all three
newspaper buildings a short $
time later. The Free Press had
made its last Thursday edition
run before the strike began.
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News and Notes
From Camp White
By Bill Hurn
VFW Auxiliary, under Mrs,
Helen Lusk, Assistant Depart
ment Hospital Chairwoman, was
host to a goodly turnout at VJj w
hall Friday afternoon with- a
variety show. Joy Russell sang
to her own guitar accompani
ment. Rita Johnson and unrisiy
Allingham had an unusual gym
nastic lump-rope routine; ne
Bob Aires instrumental musical
combo, and the program was
closed by De Ann Abbot and
Barbara Kilpatrick, singers and
guitarists who specialized in
close harmony offerings. . '
Coffee, cookies and popcorn
were served.
Blue Star Mothers of Medford
hosted the wheelchairs Friday
p.m. with .a games party, win
ners drawing a package of ciga
rettes. Ladies in charge and
serving were Mrs. Mary Note,
Mrs. Fred Middlebusher and
Mrs. Olaf Severson of Medford.
The ladies brought home made
cakes to go with the coffee pro
vided by special service.
Friday night, the Oregon State
PElks association group under
Emil B. Kroeger, state district
chairman for the Elks veterans
service commission, held a
games party which drew a full
house. The auditorium was ring
ed with wheel chairs and the
side ando rear jammed with
standees awaiting seats. 0
Canteen books were the
awards to the winners. Commit
tee helpers from Ashland lodge
944, BPOE, were Ralph Foster
and Bud Hartley of the lodge
and lady volunteers Mrs. James
Madison, Mrs. Tom Carter and
Mrs. "Cliff Culver, also of Ash
land. Donuts and coffee fol
lowed. It was announced by Chair
man Kroeger that the Dec. 17
Elks billing to Camp White
would bring a variety show di
rect from the Portland entertain
ment circuit.
Mekvold Says Schools
Should Receive More
Revenue From Timber
A larger share of revenue
from timber lands should go to
school support, County School
Superintendent Alf B. Mekvold
said yesterday in a talk to Ki
wanis club members at their
luncheon at Rogue Valley Coun
try club.
Mekvold presented school cen
sus and attendance figures to
show the growth of schools in
the county and to indicate the
reasons for larger school budgets
and increased taxes.
Timber Receipts
On the timber matter he re
ported that schools receive only
, 6V per cent of federal forest
receipts in the county but no
regular revenue from O and C
revested lands. The "windfall"
this year from previously im
pounded O and C funds was an
exception.
In advocating a larger share
of government forest land re
ceipts, the superintendent rea
soned that lumbering and log
ging is a principal industry of
the county and that the schools
have the responsibility of edu
cating the children of workers
in the industry.
Mekvold told Kiwanians that
the 1930-1931 scho census in
the county was 9,696 youngsters
and that for 1955-1956 tentative
figures show 1$387. The total
represents a 1,078 increase over
last year. In 1930-1931, Mekvold
said, Medford schools had 2,300
average daily attendance. Now
they have 4,256. The superin
tendent also pointed to an in
crease of high school enrollment
of better than 15 per cent this
year over last.
Tuition Costs
On tuition costs in high
schools of the county Mekvold
reported a rise from $216.99 in
1945-1546 to S589.16 perCpupil
now. In first class districts the
cost has gone up from $199 to
$567. He said that in Medford
the cost, of education per pupil
has gone up from $180.38 to
$439.
Mekvold mentioned that
school districts are one of the
types of taxing bodies still
largely dependent on property
taxation. He said that about 70
per cent of the money for
schools is from property taxes
with tfaje rest largely from in
come and corporation taxes. He
remarked that city, county and
state governments have other
substantial sources of revenue.
The superintendent reported
that school taxes amount to 12V2
per cent of all taxes in the state.
He added that school dollars are
"pretty well spent." Most mis
takes are made in lack of total
planning, not in overspending,
cjie reported.
The First Baptist church
Youth choir of Medford present
ed a sacred hour Sunday after
noon, coming to Camp White
under the sponsorship of Mrs.
Mary Randall, past hospital de
partment chairwoman of VFW.
The choir was under the direc
tion of Glenn Lamb and pro
gram was of solos, choir and
chorus numbers, and congrega
tional singing led by the choir.
The program was interspersed
with three appearances of the
Landers twins, Ned and Ted,
trumpet and trombone duets of
hymns. Choir members0 were
called upon for impromptu per
sonal testimonies of Faith.
An effort is under considera
tion to have this group make
the fourth Sunday of each month
theirs for regular services at
Camp White.
ELECTED NOBLE, GRAND
Central Point Ellsworth J.
Robison was elected noble grand
of the Central Point IOOF lodge
recently. A. E. Trautman was
selected as vice grand; Neil
Glenn, recording secretary;
Francis Marshall, financial sec
retary; C. J. Thomason, treasur
er; and Forrest Thomason, three
year trustee.
An appreciative audience was
entertained Sunday evening at
the- regular auditorium service
by Dr. and Mrs. Bert Elliott of
Medford with pictures and lec
ture relative to their four
months tour of the Holy Land
this summer. Introduction was
made by Lynn Nesmith, boy-1
hood friend of Dr. Elliott. Mrs.
Elliott explained the pictures
and identified the shrines and
sacred spots with the particular
Biblical reference as to the indi
vidual and event in scripture.
Pictures of inner Jerusalem with
the sharply divided areas of na
tive and Jewish occupancy were
given special 'emphasis - by Mrs.
Elliott.
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Interest in Camp White and
Medford of the approaching nup
tials of John L. Sullivan, one
of Camp White's longtime veter
ans, and Mrs. Ducy' Ford, of
long service with the dining
room staff, was the motif for
a reception held at the commu
nity house on North Bartlett
st., Medford, Nov. 28. A turkey
dinner was served to the 30
guests from Medford and Camp
White at this announcement
party and they were the recipi
ents of many gifts.
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