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National Capital Dome Takes On Bright Red Hue As Painters Put On First Coat By A. ROBERT SMITH . Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington The famous old United States capitol dome these days looks like a college campus scene on the morning after the night be fore the an nual home coming foot ball game. The dome has been splashed with bright orange paint. But it's not of marauding students, or juvenile delinquents or even Red spies. The Capitol is in the early stages of being spruced up for next January's presidential in auguration, which will be con ducted rain or shine down in the shadow of the dome in front of the Capitol building. This is the quadrennial task A. Robt- Smith the handiwork of the architect of the Capitol, who has to find a company with acrobatic painters who can scramble up and down the sides of the old cast iron dome and renew its surface with gleaming paint. The dome is now partly orange because the painters are using the traditional rust-resistant paint as a first coat. While everyone beneath the Capitol dome is furiously en gaged these days in pulling and hauling for and against one pres idential candidate or another, the architect has bipartisan sup port for what he is doing on top the dome to refresh the ap pearance of the halls of Con gress. Looks like the Eisenhower ad ministration has a long way to go in clearing all the New Deal ers out of Washington a mat ter which many Republicans said was a major mission of the new Republican administration when it came to power three year ago. Residents of the District of Columbia have just complet ed registering for the May 1 primary election here, which is limited to casting ballots for delegates to the two party na tional conventions in August. A breakdown of registration showed Democrats outnumbered Republicans by 31,793 to 26,610. In view of the hard fight be tween Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver, both of whom have campaigned here the past week, for the Democratic nod on the one hand and the apparent as sumption that President Eisen hower will get the Republican nomination on the other, pos sibly the primary election holds more interest for Democrats than for Republicans. But any way you look at it, there are still a lot of Demo- Medford Tribune Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1956 Pages 1-6 Family Council Betty He will not let me help. Tom I must be able to sup port her. Betty I am very much in love with a man, but he has refused to go through with our date for a marriage because he has not fared well in business and in sists on being able to provide his ideal of a home. I have faith in him and know that he will succeed in his ambitions, but I do not want to wait for hap piness until he can fulfill his exact expectations for annual in come. . I have suggested I could go to work for a few years until he gets on his feet, but he resents the suggestion. He objects to a "career woman" and emphasizes that it is his duty and right to be the breadwinner. I know his pride is deeply involved, but I am afraid that if I do not take a firm ftand, he may. go on for years, keeping me waiting and missing out on the best years of our lives. I feel we should have children toon, so we can be young parents, and I would much rather work two years towards that goal than wait an indefinite period with no definte prospect. I am about to tell him that unless we go through with our orginal plan, I will refuse to see him again, even if it breaks my heart. Subversive Control Board Orders More Communist Hearings Tom I am in a terrible fix. I borrowed money from my family to finance a new business, and things have not gone well. Dur ing the next year, I will either save the business and go ahead or lose everything. I do not feel this is a time for Betty to tie her fortunes to mine. If the business succeeds, I will be able to draw a good salary and provide a decent home. But I cannot tolerate the thought of Betty going to work to pour her money into my ven ture. I can't make her a definite promise because I can't see the business road clearly ahead, but things could take a favorable turn speedily. This is just not the time for me to make a deci sion, and Betty is pressing me too hard. The Council: Tom is not wise in keeping so much of his think ing in reserve from Betty. She evidently does not quite under stand that Tom is now abnormal ly distracted by a crisis in his Washington (U.R) The Supreme Court has ordered more hearings by the Subver sive Activities Control Board on the Communist Party's chal lenge to the 1950 International Security Act. The court split 6 to 3 on the action. Justice Felix Frankfur ter spoke for the majority. The decision remanding the case to the board for further hearings was based on a charge by the Communist Party that board testimony by three government witnesses was false. The party said it had evidence that "Crouch, Johnson and Mat usow all professional inform ers heretofore employed by the department of justice as wit nesses in numerous proceedings have committed perjury, are completely untrustworthy and should be accorded no cred ence." Challenged 1950 Act Ex-Communist Paul Crouch, Manning Johnson and Harvey N. Matusow were government witnesses at the board's hear ings. The party had challenged the constitutionality of the 1950 In- business venture. His arguments cannot make too much sense to a girl who is so down-to-earth in her expecta tions and so willing to help her husband. It is understandable that he should not wish to take her money to pour into an un certain business, but she may also be in a position to help with his business. Certainly it is desirable in this modern world that a woman be prepared to earn her own live lihood, and it would be good training and a form of social security for Betty to learn some thing about business now by helping the man she loves.' A brief postponement of the marriage may be advisable, in view of the fact that Tom thinks he is now at the turning point of his business, but there should be an understanding that, no matter how the business goes, there will be a marriage after a short interval. Tom has sharpened the issue unnecessarily by failing to take Betty fully into his confidence. Betty should have an opportunity to be of some help in this busi ness until it gets on its feet. (Copyright 1956, General Features Corp.) - ternational Security Act which requires Communist - action groups to register with the at torney general and open their books and records'. Frankfurter said the court does not decide constitutional issues if a case can be disposed of otherwise. "We find it necessary to dis pose of the case on the grounds we do, not in order to avoid a constitutional adjudication but because the fair administration of justice requires it," Frank furter said. He noted that a large part of the voluminous record in the case consisted of documentary evidence. But he said the "hu man testimony" was significant and linked the Community party to the documents. , Two Alternatives Frankfurter said the court's action was designed to make certain "that the board bases its findings upon untainted evi dence." He said the board may either: -"-v.-..a- 1. Hold a hearing on the truth of the party's allegations, and if the testimony of the three witnesses is discredited, leave it out of the record; or . 2. Assume the truth of the al-, legations and expunge the testi mony without hearing. "In either event the' board must reconsider its original de termination in the light of the record as freed from the chal lenge that now beclouds it," the opinion concluded. crats working in this GOP-dom-inated capital. Medford Joins Stale Campaign for Safety Mayor Earl M. Miller has de clared that Medford will partic ipate with the other communities of Oregon in observing the month of May as state safety month. In making the declaration, Mayor Miller said, "It is essen tial that the citizens of Medford unite in a common effort to prac tice and observe sound safety rules in all endeavors of life, including' traffic, home and in dustrial safety." The statewide campaign ' is sponsored by the Junior Cham ber of Commerce. Tom Reeder, Medford Jaycee, is state chair man. 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It was just last spring that Neuberger touched off a furor by charging the White House with violating a local law when it trapped several squirrels near the president's mansion because they seemed to be scratching up Eisenhower's golf green behind the White House. This year the trapping is go ing on across the street in Lafay ette park, where park officials observed that the furry little animals had contracted scabies. This is an itchy disease which can be transmitted to humans through contact. One of the park's attractive features is be ing able to feed the tame squir rels. But instead of trapping them for shipment to the wilds of West Virginia, as happened with the White House squirrels, park officials are taking them to the zoo in nearby Rock Creek park for treatment. U. 5. Citizens File Claims Against Russ Washington r U.R) The So viet division of the Foreign Claims Settlement commission has its work cut out for the next four years. It must decide the legitimacy of more than 2700 claims U.S. citizens filed against the Rus sian government prior to Nov. 16, 1933. The claims total more than $3,400,000,000. But the commis sion has only $9,114,000 from Russian assets to distribute. The claims date back to 1900, and the U.S. government has worked more than 20 years get ting them in shape for settle ment. Everyone proving a claim will get something. The money comes from Rus sian assets in this country which were assigned to the United States in 1933. Anyone with a claim after the Nov. 16, 1933 date has no present way of ob taining reimbursement. Under existing law, the com mission's Soviet division has four years to settle the back Salem 0J.PJ Some 1000 persons toured Oregon Stat hospital here yesterday at the) institution's annual open house in celebration of the start of National Mental Health week. Use Mail Tribune Want Ads Dead line for Sunday Classified at at noon Saturday. 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