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EOsworth o Vote With SGnie leSyctance for Federal Aid To Education Measure By A. Robert Smith Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington - Rep. Harris Ellsworth (R-Ore.) said he is "going to vote with some reluc tance" for fed eral aid to ed ucation, which he fears "is a very danger ous proposi tion." In a confer ence with ' a group of 18 Oregon' school a. Robt. smith adminis trators, Ellsworth and other members of the Oregon . con gressional delegation outlined their viewpoints on this contro versial issue. " "Maybe I'm seeing a goblin which isn't, there," Ellsworth said, "but I think this will lead to the states shoving the prob lem of school construction over on to the federal government. And every time we do that we weaken the republic and the 48 states." Democratic leaders in con gress are pressing for House ac tion on a bill reported out of the House Education committee last session. President Eisenhower has asked for approval of a dif ferent aid plan. Oregon would get about $1,500,000 more each year tinder the Democrats', bill. Supports Highway Bill ; ' When Ellsworth expressed his reluctance to support aid for ed ucation, Don Campbell, superin- . tendent of Park Rose district hear Portland, asked if he was just as reluctant to vote for fed eral aid for state highway con struction. - The congressman said he fully supported federal highway aid, which he regarded as quite dif ferent from school construction aid. - When Rep. Sam CoonR-6re.) told the group that he was plan ning to vote against the aid bill for reasons similar to those ex pressed by Ellsworth concern ing the philosophy of federal aid for education, Superinten dent Tom Powers of Eugene said he couldn't understand how members of Congress could take that attitude when they have al ready approved a number of federal plans, such as school lunch aid, under which local public schools are assisted by the federal government. ; Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) said he thought federal ALL THE MY ; .. . . . and with us it COSTS LESS - fo get there from here Seattle .........$ 9. 15 San Francisco $ 6.40 Los Angeles ..$10.70 plus tax 3-1853 148 North Front mom ASK ABOUT MONEY-SAVING FAMILY PLAN RATES aid was needed because "the vast wealth of the country is concentrated in about eight hea vily industrialized states, and only the federal taxing power can distribute that wealth. So the only way Oregon schools can lay claim to part of that wealth is through some sort of federal distribution." Congressman Ellsworth re plied that "if we were doing that in this'school bill, I'd like it all right. But I think the bill merely collects the money and then turns it back to the states." Ellsworth scoffed at the argu ment that this was slated as an emergency program to last less than five years, contending that once it was started it would .be difficult to terminate it at any time. "I think we. are playing with dynamite," he told the school men. ' - ' Reps. Edith Green (D-Ore.) and Walter Norblad (R-Ore.) joined Neuberger in announc ing their intent to vote for the aid bill. Mrs. Green said the Democrats' Kelley bill protect ed local school districts against federal control by allocating funds directly to the state, so that state officials would decide how it should be spent . among the various districts as they do with state funds today.. All the members except Neu berger said they would vote for the - proposed Powell amend ment, which would forbid use of funds by states which had not abolished racial segregation in their public schools. Neuberger said if the Powell amendment is adopted, he thought the educa to'n bill would be filibustered to death in the Senate by. Southern Democrats. The school men said they, too, opposed the Powell amendment for the same reas Dulles', Optimistic Statements Said Endangering Foreign Policy Washington ttl.R) Sen. Mike Mansfield (D-Mont.) warn ed today that Secretary of State John Foster Dulles may be en dangering the foreign aid pro gram with overly optimistic statements about success of U.S. foreign policy. Senate Democrats showed no signs of letting up their intense attack on Dulles. Sen. J. Wil liam Fulbright (D-Ark.) carried the attack to a new height Mon day when he accused Dulles in a Senate speech of trying to show that "Soviet triumphs are really defeats and western de feats are really triumphs." Dulles Gets Chance Some Republicans were pre paring to answer Fulbright. But they appeared to be waiting un til Dulles got a chance to make his own answer at a press con ference today. v Mansfield supported Ful bright Monday when the Ark ansas senator challenged Dulles to tell the nation the "truth" about foreign affairs and "not treat us as cmiaren, reaay to clap in delight at every fairy story, however fanciful." -Most of the attack was cen tered on Dulles' testimony Fri day before the Senate Foreign Relations committee. , Dulles maintained then that Russia has changed its tactics in world af fairs because of the success of Eden Says Soviets In for Discussion London -IflJ.R) Prime Min ister Anthony . Eden served no tice, today that the Soviet lead ers are : in for "serious discus sions" that, may dispel some of their "fantastic" illusions when they visit Britain in April. Eden cut loose with a series of acid comments on recent So viet speeches last night as he wound up House of Commons debate on foreign affairs. Par liamentary observers called it today one of the best speeches Eden has made since he became Prime Minister Former Prime Minister Win ston ChurchilI sat in his back bench and grinned in apprecia tion as Eden warned Soviet Pre mier Nikolai Bulganin and Com munist party boss Nikita S, Khrushchev that the Commun ist camp was not invincible. Eden backed up an earlier speech by Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd in which Lloyd confirmed ihat the invitation to Bulganin , and Khrushchev to visit Britain still stands despite their series of , anti-Western speeches. They, arrive April 18 for eight days. Stevenson Suggests Racial Meeting New York iaj.P. Adlaf Stev enson suggested last night that President Eisenhower use the prestige of his office to call a meeting of southern white and Negro leaders "before the situa tion gets out of hand." : Stevenson, who is campaign ing for the Democratic presiden tial nomination, told newsmen he has been "very disturbed by mounting tensions in the South" and said "I think the situation merits the prompt , attention of the President" to avoid further disorder and damage to the na tion's reputation abroad." Stevenson was iri New York to meet campaign workers and to plug his new book, "What I Think," a collection of his speeches and articles since his unsuccessful presidential bid in 1952. WRONG NUMBER ' Grand Rapids, Mich. U.R) For several weeks, Mr. and Mrs. Albert'. Heemstra of suburban Cascade' probably received more telephone calls than any couple in the Grand Rapids area. Their new telephone number was the former number of the state police post at nearby Rockford. MOVIE FAN Memphis, ., Tenn. U.R) Bill Kendall, this city's champion movie-goer, saw 154 films in 1955. That's 21 more than the previous year, and ' brought 1 bis 25-year total to 6,327. U. S. foreign policy. Democrats immediately took exception. Weakening of Support . Mansfield said he thought the most unfortunate results of Dul les' remark would be a weaken ing of congressional support for the already embattled foreign aid program. " , Fulbright charged that Dulles "misleads public opinion, con fuses it, feeds it pap, tells it that if it will suppress the proof of its own senses, it will see that Soviet triumphs are really, de feats and Western defeats '. are really triumphs." . There was no reply from the state department pending Dul les' news conference. Tuesday, February 28, 1956 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE IN GOOD SHAPE A smiling President Eisenhower shoul ders his gun as he starts off on a full day of quail hunting with Treasury Secy. George Humphrey in the Piney Woods of South Georgia. 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