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o TEN MEDTORD (OREGOIT) MAIL TRIBUNE x Wednesday, December 14, 195 House Leaders Agree on No Immediate General Tax Cut Balanced Budget Should Be First, Most Men Feel Washington U.R) Demo cratic and Republican leaders in the House agreed today there should be no immediate tax cut when Congress returns next month. Republican Leader Joseph W. Martin Jr. (Mass.) said the ad ministration won't know until April whether the budget out look will be such that it can recommend a tax cut for the fis cal year beginning July 1. "I think it's quite doubtful we can have any substantial tax cut," Martin told newsmen. "If there is a tax cut, it would have to be a modest one. As for the Democrats, Speak er Sam Rayburn (Tex.) made clear Tuesday that he is "oppos ed "at present" to general tax reduction. "As of now," he would favor granting tax relief to low-income groups in the next session of Congress only if other taxes could be hiked si multaneously to offset the reve nue ress. Wants President To Lead . This indicated that Rayburn wants to let President Eisen hower Hake the lead in deciding whether there should be a tax cut in 1956 a presidential elec tion year. Senate Democratic Leader OLyndon fi) Johnson (Tex.) al O ready has called for tax relief for "small income" groups." Martin told newsmen the ad ministration would announce its Two GOP Leaders Sound Note of Warning and Optimism About Relationship of Party With Organized Labor .u tax recommendations no later than April 15. In the meantime, Martin and Rayburn agreed that Congress probably will extend the 52 per cent tax on corporate income1 scheduled to drop to 47 per cent on April 1. Rayburn's stand produced im mediate opposition from Sen. Walter . F. George (D.-Ga.). George reiterated his belief that income taxescan be cut $3,000, 000,00 or more in the fiscal year starting July 1. No Support From Byrd O But George got no support from Chairman Harry F. Byrd (D.-Va.) of. the Senate Finance committee. Byrd,, who favors scaling down the national debt before taxes are cut, predicted the administration will have to choose next year between bal ancing the budget or cutting taxes. "They will gain greater po litical advanjage" for the elec tion campaign, by choosing a balanced budget, he said. A Republican leader, Sen Styles Bridges (N.H.) agreed. He aid4hat "it would be to the po litical advantage of the Repub licans to go before the public with a balanced budget rather than a tax cut sinac we already have cut taxes by $7,000,000,- 000." Washington (U.P.) Two Re publican leaders have sounded notes of warning and optimism about their party's relationship with organized labor. Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell, in an interview with Newsweek magazine, scoffed at fears of some Republicans that the merged AFL-CIO is a threat to the GOP. And Republican Gov. Goodwin J. Knight of Cal ifornia warned his party in a press conference yesterday that an all out war with leaders of or ganized labor could cost it the 1956 presidential election. Some Republicans have at tacked the AFL-CIO merger on grounds it will make organized labor too powerful. Among them is Sen. Barry M. Goldwater of Arizona, who told Newsweek he had proof union funds used for politics came from compulsory dues. Kefauver To Announce Other political developments: 1. Sen. Estes Kefauver (D Tenn.) scheduled a press confer ence Friday to discuss "what his political intentions may be." He is expected to announce his can didacy for the Democratic presi dential nomination. In a speech at San Diegt last night," Kefauver continued his attacks on the Eisenhower ad ministration's foreign policy. He said it reminded him of the pock et gopher, an animal which "can run as fast backwards as he can- forwards." day with Republican congres- 2. A report circulated in Wash- sional leaders, described Gov. ington that President Eisen- Averell Harriman of New York, hower, during a conference Mon- a possible candidate for the Dem- 6,700 Oregon Mental Patients Need Gifts Portland More than 6,700 Oregon mental patients will need Christmas gifts this year to help assure them they have not been forgotten, Mrs. Thomas Denison, jswe,0) said. us. Denison is chairman of the Oregon Mental Health association's Christmas gift committee. She said funds are not avail able for "extras" which prove valuable inQielping aopatient's attitude and will to recover. Mrs. Denison said the associ ation will receive gifts at the as sociation's office, 429 Park building, Portland, or at Oregon State hospital, Salem,0 Eastern Oregon state hospital, Pendle- ton, or Fairview home, Salem. She said gifts should not in clude items with which patients might harm themselves. Items of need include coats, dresses, nylon stockings, robes, sweaters, lin gerie, toilet articles, jewelry, cigarettes, home permanent kits, toys, unbreakable children's rec ords, books, playing cards, and light sports equipment, she said TOO LITERAL Charleston, W. Va. OJ.R) A literal-mindel thief stole a de livery truck valued at $1,000 from a used car lot here. Red faced officials of the firm told police they had placed a card board sigrr on the windshield reading: "Come in an steal this one." Soviet Chieftains Delayed by Weather Kabul, Afghanistan (U.R) Bad flying weather today forced the Soviet Union's touring chief tains to postpone their tour of this mountainous kingdom that bars the Soviet path to Pakistan. The airport in New Delhi an nounced the plane carrying So viet Premier Nikolai Bulganin and. Communist party secretary Nikita Khrushchev had run in bad weather over the snow capped Himalayas and was forced to land in southern Rus sia instead of Kabul. Radio Moscow reported that the Soviet leaders had landed at Stalinabad, in the Tadzhik Re public, and would fly later to Kabul. Stalinabad is about 300 miles due north of Kabul. The Soviets took off from New Delhi for what had been expected to be a four-hour trip to the natiop that served notice in advance it would stand by its policy of neutrality between East and West. . Before leaving New Delhi, Bulganin made one more blast against "rotten colonialism" and repeated earlier statements by Khrushchev that the Portuguese possession of Goa and disputed Kashmir belonged to India. Kashmir also is claimed - by Pakistan. Neuberger Raps Stand on Gl Bill Portland (U.R) Sen. Rich ard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) said today the administration's "aban "abandonment of the GI bill of rights makes a mockery of the recent White House conference on education." Neuberger told the Willam ette Democratic Society that the program had raised the average educational level of 15,000,000 young men and women in the armed forces from through the second year of high school to past the freshman year in college.- He predicted Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) would win re election next year "because Morse has been talking issues this fall, while the Republican leadership has thought up noth ing except plans about organiza tion and how to raise campaign funds." Driver Picks Wrong Time To Hit Bridge Abutment Muskegon, Mich. (U.R) Milton Larsen picked the wrong time to have an automobile ac cident. A car with three police chiefs was in front of him. Two cars with two state police officers and two other police chiefs were behind him. Larsen rammed into a bridge abutment. He was booked for drunken driving. When Your Child Catches Cold GIVE HER RELIEF FROM SUFFERING THAT Does More Than Work on Chest She needs Vicks VapoRub the proved medication that acts two ways at once. G When you rub it on, Vapo Rub quickly relieves muscu lar soreness. Atthesametime, VapoRub's medicated vapors bring relief with every breath. Soothing medication trav O els deep into your child's nose, throat and large bronchial tubes. Congestion starts breaking up. Coughing eases. Warming relief comes, lasts for hours. So when colds strike, de pend on VICKS V VAPORUB Aj an Refief... Breathe in Reief Vrda and VopoKub or Keg. T.-odt Mario., RETURNING TO U. S. ARMY in Berlin after being released by Russians, Pvt. Richard L. Calbert (left), Kansas City, Mo., and Pvt. Willie J. Holden, Poplarville, Mo., tell of being questioned after being arrested in East Berlin by Communist police. (International) Pension Ordered For Portland Cop Portland '(U.R) The city of Portland must pay a disability pension to Portland police offi cer Arnold W. Blalock, the Ore gon Supreme court ruled today. The high court, in an opinion by Justice William C. Perry, said a Portland police officer suffering disability by reason of a heart condition is entitled to receive a disability pension as provided in the city charter as amended. When Blalock was appointed to the police force; his physical examination disclosed a systolic heart murmur, but it was such as would not interfere with his duties and he was certified as physically fit. Five years later he applied for disability retirement when it appeared that his hear condi tion had progressed to such an extent that he was disabled from carrying on his duties. The pension was first granted but subsequently the board of trustees rescinded its order on the theory that Blalock's heart condition was not connected with his duties as a policeman. Multnomah Official Defendant in Lawsuit Portland 4J.R) Multnomah County Commissioner Jack Bain has been named defendant in a suit for $100,000 damages by a Portland youth who was in volved in a collision with Bain's car the night of Oct. 29. Lawyers of Ralph Buhr, a 19-year-old University of Portland student, allege that Bain was negligent in not having the lights of the car turned on. Buhr claims he suffered seri ous injuries in the accident. Use Tribune Want Ads Just Cail 2-6141 Smart gal, my Susie!" A lot of wives complain about housework, but not my Susie. She uses her head instead of her muscles. For example, some women spend a whole day just scrubbing and wax ing wood floors. My Susie cleans and waxes them' in one easy opera tion with Bruce Cleaning Wax. It takes only half the time and a lot less work. Yet our beautiful wood floors are the envy of her friends. My hat's off to Susie and her Bruce Cleaning Wax for making a tough job so easy. And I can't help but feel proud of both of them. P.S. For lighter waxing on linoleum and wood, Susie uses Bruce Floor Cleaner. cleaning wat 1 Price of Cement To Increase in Portland Portland '(U.R) The price of cement is going up in Portland early next month. Suppliers said today that a 95 pound sack of cement would go up 4 or 5 cents retail from pres ent prices of about $1.25 at the supplier's warehouse. Premix concrete delivered will rise from 20 to 25 cents a cubic yard. Nez Perce Tribe Sets Christmas Observance Lewiston, Ida. (U.R) The Nez Perce Indian tribe has in vited 11 other Western tribes to join it in reviving a Christmas season Indian celebration discon tinued some 40 years ago. James McConville, Lapwai, chairman of. the event, said tribes from Idaho, Nevada, Ore gon, Washington and Montana have been invited to join the observance at Lapwai Dec. 27-29. The celebration, which honors warriors of past generations, will include tribal dances such as the war dance, dance of the cow, dance of the rabbit and dance of the unknown. Tax Bureau Charged With Dictation Try Washington (U.R.) The Klam ath Medical Service Bureau of Klamath Falls has accused the Commissioner of Internal Rev enue of trying to dictate the fees charged by physicians and sur geons. The charge was contained in a petition released today and filed before the federal tax court in Washington. It seeks to throw out a federal claim of $160,177 against the Oregon hos pital organization. The internal revenue bureau had disallowed a deduction of $211,851 claimed by the medi cal service bureau. The income tax authorities said amounts claimed by the medical group were "in excess of reasonable compensation" for services per formed by the Oregon doctors. The Klamath Falls group said the medical fees charged were not excessive but were only about two thirds of the amount doctors in private practice would have charged. South Dakota beekeepers pro duced 3,450,000 pounds of honey in 1955. ocratic presidential nomination, as "a Park ave. Truman." 3. ' Rep. Timothy P. Sheehan (R-IU.) said a poll of 6,890 regis tered Republican voters in Northwest Chicago shows a ma jority of them want President Eisenhower to seek reelection. 4. Democrat John D. Dingell Jr. was elected to succeed his father as representative of Mich igan's 15th Congressional Dis trict in Detroit. Rep. John D. Dingell Sr. (D-Mich.) died last summer. Young Dingell, 29, swamped his GOP opponent, Thomas E. Brennan. Mitchell said that the AFL CIO merger "if anything may benefit the Republican party politically" when working men view the Eisenhower adminis tration's labor record. He said he took AFL-CIO Pres ident George Meany and vice president Walter P. Reuther "at their word when they say they plan no 'political pressure bloc' and don't intend to try and 'con trol' labor votes." New York Firm Signs Oregon Mine Lease Eugene (U.R) A New York firm has signed a lease with an option to buy the Black Butte mercury mine 16 miles south east of Cottage Grove, it was reported today. Richard P. Fisher of San Francisco, president of Mercury & Chemicals Corp., said the company's program calls., for spending' about $250,000 for ex ploration and production. The Black Butte mine has not been in operation for some time but over the years it holds a record of being Oregon's second largest mercury producer. Fisher said plans call for op erations to start shortly after the first of the year. Chinese Girl Gets Communist 'Education' Singapore U.R) An 18-year- old Chinese girl who ran away to seek her fortune in Commu nist China said today her stay there was a nightmare." 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