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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE O "politically to Germany. Th French stressed that the an nouncement prevented the pro German Saar government from making a unilateral decision to return to Germany. Thursday, December 15, 1935 Neuberger Asks Dismissal of Jordan as Columbia Negotiator INDIAN CHIEF IMPROVES The Dalles k'U.R) Chief Tom my Thompson of the Wy-am In dian tribe returned to his home yesterday after he was hospital ized at The Dalles with a minor back injury. Attending physic ians, after a routine check, said the chief apparently had suffer ed a broken back twice in past years but had not received medi cal attention. ICANAD AMIKTCA'I BCH RBO i THIS IS IT! CANADA DRY WHISKEY! TAKE A BOTTLE HOME TODAY! q America's Fineit O Ktnlucky Straight Bourbon Whiikty Years Old -.86 Proof Distributed by: Canada Ory Ginger Ale, Inc., New York Some Gl's Defaulting on Home Loans Left With Government Debt Washington 'U.R) Relatively few GI home loans have gone sour. But in 40 per cent of re cent cases in which the Veterans Administration has had to fore close, the property has sold for too little to pay off the balance. The veteran home buyers, obviously in financial hot water and having already lost their houses, then have been stuck with deficiency claims by the government averaging $805 per loan. Cause for Concern House investigators who re ported this today termed it a cause for "great concern," since the upset sales were made in a booming economy and on a ris ing real estate market. Their study was made at the direction of the House Veterans Committee, which will consider next year whether legislation is needed to throw new safeguards around the GI loan procedure. The investigators obtained from each VA regional office re ports on its .100 most recent fore closures on homes bought by vet erans with the help of govern ment loan guarantees. A total of 5504 cases was considered. The study showed that in 2275 cases the government sold each defaulted home for less than the veteran owed on it, leaving the veteran in debt to the government for the amount of the deficiency. "In some instances the re gional offices managed to con duct the appraisal activities in such a maner that on every fore- Mr. 'X' Added To Revenue Puzzle Buffalo, N. Y. U.R) Until recently the big mystery at the Internal Revenue Service's dis trict office was an anonymous taxpayer who used the name "Richard T. Roe." Now IRS district director George T. McGowan has a new puzzle Mr. "X." McGowan recently received a letter containing 10 $20 bills and a hand-printed note, signed with an "X," which read: "Enclosed some bills for your office. I do not believe that I owe it, but your way may be different than mine. I have a copy of the numbers." Mr. X will have to go some to equal the returns of Mr. Roe. The mysterious- taxpayer sent in $8,375.25 to the IRS office here over a 12-year period, but no tax return ever accompanied his checks. The payments stopped a year ago. closure or default, there was a loss to the veteran," according to a staff report prepared for the committee.. Little Or No Excuse "In our estimation this is in excusable, because we are and have been on a rising real estate market for the past several years. In most cases there is lit tle or no excuse for a deficiency claim in the case of a fore closure." The Veterans Administration had no comment on the staff survey. However, VA in the past has pointed with pride to the low default rate on GI home loans. Of 4,134,866 such loans made so far, only 23,577 have gone sour. For veterans of World War II and Korea, VA will guarantee repayment of up to 60 per cent of a home loan, with a maximum guarantee of $7500. This helps the veteran get favorable financing. 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It urged adoption of the prin cipal of merit increases in pay rather then negotiated, across-the-board increases. Salary Guide Praised Dr. Hummel wrote, "It is my belief that until teachers accept this premise, they will fail to reach the status of other pro fessions." The educator praised an Ore gon Education Association guide to salary scheduling, but he pointed out that "nowhere do we find mention that teachers should concern themselves with improving the quality of the education they transmit to chil dren." "On the contrary," he added, "we find an oft-repeated theme, 'We need money and we all want the same monies regardless of our ability.' " Serious Question Dr. Hummel described the across-the-board increase request as the labor union or civil serv ice approach to salaries. He said "there is serious ques tion that all teachers can justi fiably ask for the salaries of the master teacher, and greater doubt that the American tax payer can indefinitely continue to raise salaries for all in order that those who may be deserv ing get their rewards." Pasteurizing Secret Near 1800 Years Ago Los Angeles U.P.) Pliny the Elder, Roman scholar and sol dier, was close to the secret of pasteurizing milk 1800 years be fore Louis Pasteur, according to Dr. Arthur Patch McKinlay, Uni versity of California Latin scholar. McKinlay, whose hobby is finding interesting parallels be tween antiquity and today, found that in 77 A. D., Pliny had written on pharmacology that "milk is most harmless when boiled," adding that "it is gen erally admitted that all water is more wholesome when it has been boiled." "If," asks McKinlay, "Pliny was so close to the secret of bac teria, isn't it strange that man kind had to wait 18 centuries for a Louis Pasteur?" Chairman of U. S. Section Declared To Oppose Plans Washington (U.R) Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.), called today for dismissal of for mer Gov. Len B. Jordan of Ida ho as chief negotiator for inter national development of the Columbia river. Neuberger said Jordan, chair man of the U.S. section of the International Joint Commission handling the negotiations, has "a record of unrelenting oppo sition to the federal program for developing the Columbia river." He also said the "policy mak ing executive departments," should start handling negotia tions because Canada is consid ering plans for works on the river that could have "crucial" importance to Pacific Northwest states. He called Jordan's com mission section an "advisory committee." Statemenis in Report He made the statements in a 54-page report to the Senate In terior Committee submitted at the request of Chairman James E. Murray, (D-Mont.). Jordan promptly announced he welcomes a difference of op inion with Neuberger. "If the senator agreed with me," Jor dan said, "I would have to re examine my position because I'd figure I was wrong." Jordan said statements he has made about U.S. and Canadian plans have been based on con clusions reached by a commit tee representing federal agencies which "included the -best en gineering talent in the govern ment." 'Honest Difference' He said there could be "an honest difference of opinion" over the value to this country of upstream reservoirs constructed by Canadians. At first, the value would be large, he said, but he added "every study shows" they would diminish rapidly as new dams are built in this country. Jordan said nothing he has done since he was appointed to the commission has affected ne gotiations for construction of Libby reservoir on the Kooten ai river or Canadian plans for diversion of the Columbia. When he went on the com mission, he said, Canada already had announced it wanted to study the situation. The Cana dian study and its "evaluation," he said, probably will take at least another year. Investigation Urged The Oregon senator said the interior committee should de termine whether Jordan should be disqualified for "profound bias and prejudice on issues of federal power policy." He also said the committee should in vestigate an "impasse" over de velopment of the Libby reser voir site lying on the border. Canada has not yet built any hydroelectric plants on the river, while the United States has more than a dozen dams in the water shed and dozens more are au thorized or planned. Neuberger said a "key issue" in Canadian plans for the river is whether to divert a large share of it to the Frazer river which does not leave British Co lumbia. He said Canada has au thorized a $250,000 study of the diversion plan. Storage Plant Farored .He said the provincial gov ernment apparently favors plans for storage dams financed by American capital which would get returns through increased electric production at present and future plants in this coun try. Neuberger said Jordan has minimized the benefits of up stream development on grounds the. Northwest states must turn soon to steam power. He also criticized Jordan for opposing a federal dam in Hells Canyon on the tributary Snake river. He also said the interior com mittee should endorse immedi ate construction of Libby reser voir on the Kflotenai river in Montana and the Mica, project near the Canadian source of the river. Construction of the Libby reservoir, which would flood into Canada, is blocked by a commission deadlock, he said. France, Germany To Open New Negotiations Paris (U.R) France and Ger many announced today they would open new negotiations in January to decide the future of the coal and steel rich Saar territory. 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