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FOUR iMEOi'OBD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Tuesday, December 13, 1955
$503,000,000 Alloted by Ford
Foundation in Record Single Act
O New York .'y.B . A record
O:00,000,0tK) allotted today to
more than 4.0J of the nation'
privatP colleges, rpitals nd
medical schools by the Ford
Foundation. " -
The grants, the iarget single
philanthropic get in history,
oughtQto almost SI, 000,000
OuO the monies deaH cut by the
foundation since it was estab
lished in 1936 from the profits
of the great Fo!3i Motor empire.
An announcement issued as
(-jhe foundation's trustees con
cluded a three-day quarterly
meeting here said:
"To supplement oand encour
age the efforts of the American
people in meeting problems af
fecting the progress of the svhole
nation, the trustees of the Ford
Foundation have approved spe
cial appropriations of $500,000,
000 for privately supported insti
tutions in communities all over
the land."
ion of Money
The record sum was broken
downQis follows:
$210,000,000 for grants to 615
"regionally jcredited, privately
suorted liberal arts and sci
ence college;oand universities in
the United States to help them
raise teachers' salaries.
$200,000,000 for approximate
ly 3,0Qrivately supported hos
pitals) to help them improve and
extend their services to the pub
lic. $90,000,000 for privately sup
ported medical schools to help
them strengthen their instruc
tion, ri
Specific grants for the medical
schools have not yet been de
termined. Thfej colleges and uni
versities will receive variously
from S31,000 to So, 000,000, while
grants to hospitals range from
$10,000 to $250,000.
To Sell Ford Stock
The sums will be paid out dur
ing the next 18 months.
The foundation, the nation's
largest, has capital of S2.500,
000,000. It owns about 88 per
cent of the Ford Motor Com
pany's stock and plans to offer
a portion of it to the public next
year under a plan to diversify
its investments. The sale is ex
pected to bring the foundation
about S420,000,000.
H. Rowan Gaither,. foundation
president, has said the founda
tion would meet whatever needs
confronted it, even if it had to
draw on its capital.
The grants for colleges supple
mented $50,000,000 appropriated
last spring for the same reason
to help raise teachers' salaries.
At that time, a foundation Ad
visory Committee was asked to
consider the salary program on
the assumption an additional
$210,000,000 might be available.
Aid -To Hospitals
Thirty-six colleges and univer
sities received $1,000,000 or
more,, the largest of S5,000,000
going to New, York university,
the maximum limit set by the
trustees. The smallest grant, $31,
000, went to the California
School of Fine Arts, San Fran
cisco. The grants for some 3,500 of
the nation's voluntary non-profit
hospitals were made with recog
nition of the "heavy burdens"
that have been pla'ced upon their
facilities in recent years, the
trustees said.
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Ford Foundation background
Established in 1936 by Henry
Ford and his son, Edsel, who
gave foundation initial grant of
250,000 shares ... on their
deaths the two willed the foun
dation additional 1,440,000
shares ...
Foundation now owns about
88 per cent of Ford Motor Co
stock . . . capital amounts to
S2,500,000,000 . . . next year
plans to offer part of its stock
to public to diversify its invest
ments ...
Until today's grant to colleges
and hospitals, had given away
350 million dollars since 1936
without touching capital . . . may
have to dip into capital to com
plete today's grant but willing
to do so . . .
Foundation's early grants went
mostly to Michigan charities, but
after receiving additional stock
from wills of Henry and Edsel,
Ford Foundation expanded scope
of its grants . . .
In 1950, foundation announced
would attempt to advance human
welfare through following pro
grams: International, public af
fairs, economic, educational and
behavioral science ...
Under public affairs program,
Dick Haymes Wishes
Happiness for Rita
Las Vegas, Nev. . (U.R)
Crooner Dick Haymes sang with
tears in his eyes last night when
informed that film star Rita
Hayworth's divorce from him
had been granted in Reno.
"What can I - say?" asked
Haymes when told at the Dunes
hotel here of the divorce. "All
I wish for her is happiness."
Haymes and the actress were
married here at the Sands ho
tel in a lavish wedding.
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MEDFORD BRANCH
Foundation made 15 million dol
lar grant to set up Fund for Re
public, perhaps its most contro
versial activity to date . . .
Fund, now headed by Dr. Rob
ert M. Hutchins, criticized as left
wing by American Legion and
number of congressmen . . .
Ford Foundation has stressed
that fund is independent of foun
dation as are colleges and hos
pitals now getting grants but
Henry Ford II recently criticized
some fund activities as "dubious"
in what he said was his capacity
as private citizen.
Singer MacRae Held
For Drunk Driving
Van Nuys, Calif. (U.R) Sing
er Gordon MacRae, 34, was ar
rested on a drunk driving charge
early today after he was in
volved in a four-car traffic acci
dent, police reported.
Patrolmen Chester Daly and
Robert Thomas said the televis
ion and film singer failed to
halt for a stop signal and ram
med into the rearmost of three
cars waiting for a signal at an
intersection in nearby North Hol
lywood.
No one was injured in the ac
cident, but MacRae's Cadillac
and the three other cars were
damaged, police reported. The
singer was released when he
posted $250 bail.
Daly and Thomas said they
gave MacRae an intoximeter
test at the scene of the accident
after he had admitted "having
a couple of drinks.'" The patrol
men said he flunked the test.
Maritime Unions
Prepare Conlracf
San Francisco (U.R) Three
unions representing 6000 West
Coast maritime workers pre
pared today to sign a master
contract.
The unions are the AFL Sail
ors Union of the Pacific, Marine
Cooks and Stewards and Marine
Firemen.
Sam Bennett, vice president of
the Marine Firemen, said his
union will accept the shipown
ers' original offer on vacation
pay. It was his union whose no
work policy tied up eight ships
last week.
Bennett said this offer pro
vided for two weeks cf vacation
pay prorated on the basis of
months worked during the year,
and figured on the monthly base
pay.
Sailors and culinary workers
had previously agreed 'to terms
of the contract, but delayed
signing while the firemen settled
their dispute over vacation
terms. -
Dorothy Warren To
Marry on Monday
Santa Monica, Calif. (U.R)
Miss Dorothy Warren, 24, second
daughter of Chief Justice Earl
Warren, said today she and Dr.
Carmine E. Clemente, 27, UCLA
professor, plan to be wed at
Wayfarers Chapel in nearby
Palos Verdes next Monday.
Miss Warren and Clemente ob
tained a marriage license yester
day at the office of the county
clerk here. They declined to dis
cuss honeymoon plans, but said
they would make their home in
West Hollywood.
Clemente is a professor of
anatomy at the UCLA medical
center.
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WINNING over five finalists,
Diane Dawson, 18, City Col
lege of San Francisco student,
is named queen of the Shrine
East-West game. Diane is the
first queen ever picked to
rule over grid classic in San
Francisco. (International)
Norway's retail sales value in
the first half of 1955 was six per
cent higher than in the corres
ponding period of 1954.
History of Turncoats
By UNITED PRESS
Background on Turncoats
The fighting in Korea had ended
in June, 1953, when first news
came of .the "Turncoats." . . .
Peiping radio announced that 23
American prisoners of war did
not wish to be repatriated . . .
instead, the Communist radio
said, they had chosen to become
"peace fighters" ...
The news dismayed the men's
families . . . some mothers said
they wished their sons dead . . .
pleas were relayed to the men
to comj home . . . two changed
their minds while still in Korea
. . . Cpl. Edward S. Dickenson of
Crackers Neck, Va., and Cpl.
Clyde J. Batchelor . . . both con
victed by courts martial of col
laborating with Reds . . .
Mrs. Portia Howe, mother of
Pfc. Richard Tenneson, flew
7,000 miles from Minnesota
farm to Tokyo to try to inter
view son and change his mind
. . . her pleas rejected ... friends
of the turncoats sent pleas to
the Communist prison camps
pleas rejected and prisoners
went to Red China where one
died ...
In July, 1955, three of the
Americans in Red China chang
ed their minds and were freed
at Hong Kong . . . ex-Cpl. Otho
G. Bell, Olympia, Wash., ex
Cpl. Lewis W. Griggs, Jackson
ville, Tex., ex-Cpl. William A.
Cowart, Monticello, Ark. . . .
today Tenneson crossed the
border to Hong Kong . . . prais
ed Communism . . . said other
turncoats might come later.
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Doncaster, England (U.R)
The Doncaster Women's Volun
tary service decided today to
start a baby sitting service for
wives of American airmen sta
tioned at nearby Lindholme Air
Force base.
"An excellent idea," was the
immediate comment from Mrs.
Bella Lanzoni, wife of base com
mander. Col. S. B. Lanzoni. Mrs.
Lanzoni has a five-year ' old
daughter, eight-year-old twins
and three-year-old triplets.
RECIPE FOR LONG LIFE
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birthday and contributed his
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