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.
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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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They're trapping squirrels
again in the shadow of the White
House but this time Sen. Rich
ard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) isn't
expected to complain about it.
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.
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