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Unwritten 'Personally Obnoxious1
Senate Doesn't Always Bring Abo
By LYLE C. WILSON
United Prest Correspondent
Washington !U.P; That old
one about the U.S. Senate being
thn vnrld's most rxclusive club
i mostly hok
um, there be
ing usually in
the Senate one
or more indi
v i d u als who
couldn't buy
their wav into
the Loyal Or
dcr of Musk-
rats. The Sen
LMT t UMID
ate does have
its traditions, however. One of
them is the unwritten ''person
ally obnoxious'' rule. Obnoxious
is a rough word meaning, vari
ously, evil, offensive, objection
able, odious, hateful. When- a
senator says an individual nom
inated for high office by the
President is personally obnoxi
ous to him. that senator has said
a mouthful.
So. six senators jointly sent
a letter to their 90 colleagues
saying that the nomination of
Solicitor General Simon E. Sobe
loff to bp a federal judge on the
fourth circuit bench "is obnoxi
ous to our states and to us." The
senators, all Democrats, were
Scott and Ervin, N.C., Woffard
SPORTS
Hillman Leads
Coast Hill Men
With .733 Mark
San Francisco U.R' Dave
Hillman (11-4) of Los Angeles
paced the Pacific Coast league
hurlers today with a winning
percentace of .733 while Cloyd
Boyer (6-5 of Sacramento had
fashioned a 2 41 earned run
:mark which stamped him as the
loop's most effective pitcher.
Elmer Singleton (13-5) of Seat
tle continued to lead with the
most triumphs while Eddie Er
autt (6-15) of San Diego had suf
fered the most defeats.
Dick Drott (10-6) of the first
; place Los Angeles Angels stayed
ahead for the most strikeouts
having fanned 135 batters. Pete
Mesa (5-9) of San Diego had
given up 92 bases on balls to
lead in passes and Bill Werle
(10-9) Portland shoved ahead of
- Sinuleton for workhorse honors
with a loitgu'-leadiiig total of
139 innings pitched.
Grants Pass
Squeaks Win
Grants Pass cubs slipped home
with a run in the extra inning to
heat Medford 3 to 2 in a junior
'. baseball game played here yes-
terday.
; The teams were tied 2-all at
the end of regulation seven in
; nings. Grants Pass pitcher Hayes
. singled in his team's half of the
; eighth to bring in Patterson.
third baseman, with the winning
: tally.
Batteries for Grants Pass were
Benner, Hayes who relieved in
' the fifth inning, and Dierks and
Martell who came in to catch in
the fourth. For Medford. Pond
, went the distance with Turner
catching.
Both teams committed three
errors. Grants Pass was cred-'-
iled with seven hits. Medford
with four.
Dixon Annexes
Jockey Mantle
Portland Glen Dixon won
seven races in the final week of
the season at Portland Meadows
to win jockey honors for the
1956 season. The Caldwell. Id.,
lad rode 326 mounts for the sea
son with 49 wins. 46 seconds,
and 52 thirds for a total of 146
times .-in the money.
A. J. Brandenburg took the
; season's trainer honors despite
;a fast finish by George Dimick.
J Branenburg finished the season
1 with 18 wins. 14 seconds, and
12 thirds. Dimick had 13 wins,
; 16 seconds, and seven thirds.
Total handle for --i- 1956
I horse racing season a. -iv Mea
'. dows set a new record lur the
track. A total of Sb. 664. 606 went
; through the pari-mutuel mach
; ines. an average of S133.292 per
. day for the season.
I Attendance hit 196.418 despite
! a threat of flood during part
of the season. This was an avcr
' age of 3.928 persons per session.
ARCARO RIDES
New York iU.R' Jockey Ed
die Arcaro rode four winners on
the eight-race program at Ja-
maica race track Monaay. in
cluding Blue Banner SI 1.90 in
the S6.000 Henry Hudson Han
dicap. His other winners were
Cooks Tour S8 60. Eternal Flame
?5 30. and Ho-Chi-Minh S12 20.
CENTER SIGNED
" New York iU.R' Ray Wie
techa. offensive center and line
backer, has signed for his fourth
.season with the New York Giants
of the National Football League.
' Wietecha has not .missed a sin-
gle minute since becoming the
Giant's regular center in 1954.
MAIL TRIBUNE
and Johnston, SC., Byrd and
Robertson, Va.
Accused of Prejudice
The Fourth Circuit comprises
those three states with Mary
land and West Virginia. The six
senators declared Sobeloff to be
j acgressively prejudiced against
I the Southern point of view on
' race relations, especially segre-
: gation in the public schools
I They said he would not be fair
to the white citizens under his
jurisdiction in their three states.
But in the Sobeloff case the
"personally obnoxious'' rule did
Cot apply and the Senate con
firmed his nomination.
In the unwritten fine print of
that rule it says that the objec-
ing scnatorand the nominee to
whom he applies the deadly ob
jection must hail from the same
state. That is to protect a sena
tor against a President who
might deliberately name a pow
erful political or personal enemy
to office in a Senator's back
yard. Strong Maryland Support
Sobeloff had three of five
states against him. But he's a
Maryland man, and the Mary
land senstors were for him
strong. He stood well enough in
West Virginia, too. If either
Maryland senator could have
been induced to declare Sobeloff
personally obnoxious to him.
the nomination doubtless would
have been withdrawn.
Even though the six objectors
did not prevail, they were given
Sobeloff a bad start in his career
on the bench. His judgments
will be under unusual scrutiny
among the people with whom
he must live and work much
of the time. He is likely to en
counter a suspicious, even hos
tile reception, in the Southern
tier of the Fourth Circuit.
The last time a "personally
obnoxious" nominee was defeat
ed for confirmation was Aug. 2.
1955. Sen. W. Kerr Scott (D-N.C.)
Veterans Gel Tracts
On Hyatt Lake Shore
Portland (U.P.! Names of 15
veterans were drawn yesterday
for recreational tracts on the
northeast shore of Hyatt lake
in southern Oregon at the bu
reau of land management's Ore
gon land office here.
Mrs. Maude Turnbow, Eugene,
a visitor at the office at the
time, was called on to draw the
names and tract cards of the
successful filers.
The lucky 15 included:
Howard R. Lockwood, Talent;
Fred R. Sullivan, Selma; Leon
N. Boese. Medford: Charles F.
Ellison, Medford: Ben Edward
Rackley, Grants Pass; Charles H.
Delsmen, Ashland; Chester C.
Garden, Portland; Edward M.
McAlbage. Grants Pass; Phillip
H. Stansbury, Ashland; Law
rence C. Adams. Grants Pass:
Gordon E. Williams, Central
Point; Jacob A. Toews. Medford;
Mrs. Jack S. Stovall, Grants
Pass; Thomas E. Winn. Grants
Pass; and Dale Pierson, Ash
land. Pickets Picket Pickets
At Eureka Restaurants
Eureka, Calif. ;u.R; Eur
eka restaurants that had pick
ets picketing their pickets said
today that business has never
been better.
The double picket line started
last week end when the North
Coast Restaurant and Tavern
Owners association set up man
agement picket lines in front of
restaurants that had signed with
striking cooks, waiters and bar
tenders. These pickets carried signs
calling the new contracts a
'sweetheart agreement," be
cause they granted the strikers
a 10 per cent wage increase, but
carried a clause saying that if the
unions eventually settle for less,
they will revise their contract
downward.
The unions involved rushed
out pickets to picket the man
agement pickets.
The second picket line carries
signs reading:
"Fair to Organized Labor."
HalibutCatch
Predicted High
Washington U.R) The U. S.
Fish and Wildlife service pre
dicted yesterday that commer
cial fishermen can expect a
"banner catch" of halibut and a
good seasonal shrimp catch in
the July - August - September
quarter.
The service, in its commercial
fisheries outlook report, said the
quarter would mark the open
ing of the oyster season and the
marketing of increased supplies
of canned tuna. Alaska salmon
and Main sardines.
The report said that the tuna
catch to date is 5C per cent
above the mid-year mark of last
year and that the pack is up 44
per cent. Mid-August will see
the American marketing of a
new Alaska salmon pack which
is expected to equal the below
average-pack of last year, the
report stated.
Tuesday July 17. 1958
made the objection against Mar
garet E. Smith, named to be
postmaster at Montreat, N.C. She
lost on a voice vote.
Other 'Obnoxious Nominees'
Sen. Paul H. Douglas (D-Ill.)
used the unwritten rule to pre
vent confirmation of President
Truman's nomination of Joseph
J. Druckcr and Cornelius J.
Harrington to be U.S. district
judges for northern Illinois.
They were rejected Oct. 9. 1951.
Sen. Harry F. Byrd and the
late Sen. Carter Glass, both
Virginia Democrats, said Presi
dent Roosevelt's 1939 nomina
tion of Floyd H. Roberts to the
federal bench was "personally
and offensively obnoxious." FDR
wa powerful but his man lost.
There are exceptions, how
ever. Sen. W. Lee (Pappy)
O'Daniel (D-Tex.) declared a
judicial nominee obnoxious in
News About
Servicemen
COMPLETE TRAINING
Thomas E. Malot. son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry G. Malot, 3009
Table Rock rd.. Medford, and
Ronald W. Richey, son of E. W.
Richev. route 2. box 195-A. Cen
tral Point, completed recruit
training July 6 at the Marine
corps recruit depot, San Diego,
Calif. The 10-week course in
cludes instruction in all basic
military subjects and the firing
of all basic infantry weapons.
FINISHES TRAINING
Army Pvt. Bernard W. Muel
ler, 24. whose wife, Carolyn,
lives at 1445 King's hvy Med
ford, was recently graduated
from the military police train
ing center at Fort Gordon. Ga.
He entered the Army last Febru
ary.
ABOARD DESTROYER
Robert P. Graham, chief quar
termaster, USN, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. P. Graham. 175 Jeanette
st., Medford, is serving aboard
the destroyer USS Buck, which
is now on its seventh tour of
duty in the Far East. During
the tour, visits are scheduled
for Midway, Hong Kong, the
Philippines and several ports in
Japan.
RECEIVES TROPHY
Sgt. 1C William E. Godden.
son of Mrs. B. L. Godden. 145
West Hcrshcy St.. Ashland, re
cently received the Kakata In
vitational Open golf trophy in
Japan. Sergeant Godden won the
open as a member of the Kamp
Kure team. A construction fore
man with the 8098th Army
unit's station complement, the
sergeant entered the Army in
April, 1946.
Births
JOHNSON To Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph. 854 Stewart ave., July
16, 1956, a girl. 6'i pounds, at
Rogue Valley (Community) hos
pital. McCOY To Mr. and Mrs.
James, 1018 West 10th St., July
16, 1956, a girl. 7',j pounds, at
Rogue Valley (Community) hos
pital. ROBERTSON To Mr. and
Mrs. Dean, 20 Mistletoe St., July
16, 1956. a boy, 6'i pounds, at
Rogue Valley (Community) hos
pital. SPENCE To Mr. and Mrs.
Perry, Ashland, July 17. 1956,
a boy, 71; pounds, at Sacred
Heart hospital.
ROZELL To Mr. and Mrs.
Elton, route 2, box 220, Medford,
July 17, 1956, a boy, 81 2 pounds,
at Sacred Heart hospital.
KENTON To: Mr. and Mrs.
Elwood, route 1, box 410M, Med- !
ford, July 16, 1956, a boy. 7J,i
lbs., at Osteopathic hospital. !
BUCHER To Mr. and Mrs. I
Ernest J., 1003 Murray st., July I
16. 1956. a boy. 81.: lbs., at Oste- !
opathic hospital. j
LOZDEN To Mr. and Mrs.;
Paul A., Shady Cove, July 16, j
1956. a boy, 8' 4 lbs., at Oste-'
opathic hospital.
TWO VESSELS COLLIDE
Vlissigen, Holland U.R)
The Costa Rican steamer Maeda '
and the Norwegian tanker Sal-1
saas collided in a heavy fog off j
the shore of Zeeland Monday
night. The Maeda sank almost
immediately, but her crew was
rescued by the Salsaas before
Dutch and Belgian tugs arrived
to offer assistance.
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Rule in
ut Defeat
1947. but could not stop him.
Veteran Sen. Tom Connally
(D-Tax.) supported the nomina
.ion and it went through. The
late Sen. Theodore (The Man)
Bilbo (D-Miss.) tried to block an
other such nomination with the
unwritten rule. But the late Sen.
Pat Harison (D-Miss.) voted the
other way and the nominee was
confirmed.
It depends mostly on who is
obnoxious to w hom.
Hundreds Vaccinated
In Chicago Epidemic
Chicago U.R' Hundreds of
mothers today lined up with
their children at emergency in
noculation centers here as the
number of cases in the city's
early outbreak of polio con
tinued to cilmb.
Dr. Herman N. Bundesen.
president of the Chicago Board
of Health, said 18 new cases
during a 48-hour period pushed
the city's total for the year to
169. The death of a two-year-old
boy increased one year's death
toll to four, he 'said.
This contrasted sharply with
last year when 34 cases and two
deaths were reported during the
same period. Sixteen of the 169
victims this year had received
Salk polio vaccine.
Bundesen reported about 66
per cent of the polio patients
were children five years old and
younger. He called this the
"least innoculated" age group.
Detours To Mitchell
Hearing Completion
Salem Detours to accommo
date truck traffic into the flood
damaged town of Mitchell
should be completed by tomor
row night. Slate Highway En
gineer R. H. Baldock said today.
Detours around bridge wash
outs to handle light traffic were
completed Sunday morning and
work on detours for heavier traf
fic was started immediately.
Highway engineers and crews
have worked 24 hours a day in
shifts to restore Highway 26 to
normal traffic after Friday
night's flash flood cut it in sev
eral spots. Baldock said "every
effort is being made to restore
the highway to full usage at the
earliest possible moment."
Chicago (U.R) The first
tiger cubs ever born at the Lin
coln park zoo here caught of
ficials totally unprepared Mon
day. No one knew a recently
arrived tigress was expecting.
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New law Provides
Education Benefits
For Vet Survivors
A new law, recently signed
by the president, makes educa
tional benefits available to more
than 150,000 persons of deceas
ed war veterans, S. T. Brannock,
officer in charge of the Medford
VA office, said today.
Oregon will have about 1.400
boys and girls whose fathers
lost their lives as a result of
World War I. World War II and
the Korean conflict who may be
eligible, Brannock said.
Persons between ages 18 and
23 are eligible, and education
may be taken in colleges and
universities, as well as below-college-level
schools. Regular
high school training is not in
cluded, nor ar3 on-the-job train
ing, on-the-farm training, and
correspondence courses.
The new law also provides
for special restorative training
for children with physical or
mental disabilities which would
hinder pursuit of a regular pro
gram of education.
Government allowance of $110
is paid to ;..udents if attending
full time; S80 for three-quarter
time: and S50 for half-time train
ing. The allowance for special
restorative training is S110
monthlj', which may be increas
ed if not sufficient to meet the
cost of fees and tuition, Bran
nork said.
Monthly payments for school
will begin Oct. 1. 1956. Exact
mechanics of making applica
tion have not been set up yet,
Brannock said.
The youth's parent or guardi
an will file application with his
nearest VA office. The person
will have educational or voca
tional counselling, arrangements
for which must be made through
the VA, to help determine a
suitable objective. The VA also
will help develop a program
of education and an estimate of
how much the program will
cost.
Students will be allowed up
to- 36 months of training.
'Nothing New' on
Weinberger Kidnaping
Westbury, N. Y. (U.R) A
Nassau County police spokesman
reported "nothing new" today in
the Peter Weinberger kidnap
case nearly two weeks after the
month-old infant was snatched
from his buggy at his parent's
home here.
The FBI, which entered the
case last Wednesday, continued
silent concerning its investiga
tion of the Fourth of July kid
naping but informed sources said
there had been no new leads.
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Democrats Confident
in Liberalization of
Security Benefits
Washington (U.R! Democrats
in the Senate were confident to
day of racking up more victor
ies in their drive to liberalize
social security benefits.
The Senate met two hours
early to continue debate which
began last night on the contro
versial social security bill. Dem
ocratic leader Lyndon B. John
son (Tex.) said he hopes to com
plete action by tonight or
Wednesday.
Approval Predicted
Democratic sources predicted
almost sure approval of a com
promise amendment by Sen.
Robert S. Kerr (D-Okla.) allow
ing wives of retired workers and
working women to start collect
ing retirement benefits at 62 in
stead of 65 years. The benefits
would be somewhat lower than
if they waited until 65 to collect.
They also anticipated victory,
but by a close margin, for anoth
er compromise by Sen. Walter
F. George (D-Ga.) lowering the
retirement age to 50 for totally
disabled workers. George's
amendment increases social se
curity payroll taxes to finance
the disability benefits.
Both parts of the compromise
plan are opposed by the Eisen
hower administration.
The Senate handed the admin
istration a setback last night by
approving another amendment
hiking public assistance pay
ments to 3.000.000 needy aged,
blind and disabled persons by
at least So a month.
Amendment Approved
The amendment, by Sen. Rus
sell B. Long (D-La.) was ap
proved by a 62 to 21 vote, with
21 Republicans to oppose it.
The Long amendment in
creases federal contributions to
the federal-state public assist
ance program by about $208,-
000.000 a year. It requires states
to "pass along"' the increase to
the needy aged, blind and dis
abled persons on public assist
ance rolls.
Through a change in the federal-state
matching formula, the
Actress Cathy Downs
Will Marry Executive
Hollywood (U.R) Actress
Cathy Downs, 29. and business
executive Bob Brunson, 34, will
be married Saturday at Com
munity Presbyterian church in
nearby Beverly Hills.
The couple took out a mar
riage license Monday. Miss
Downs, who divorced Joe (Pa
looka) Kirkwood last year, said
only family members would at
tend the wedding.
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Louis B- Mayer in
Hospital for TreormenT
Hollywood (U.R) Film
producer Louis B. Mayer, for
mer head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
studios, is under treat
ment at Good Samaritan hospital
for a "slight case of pneumonia,"
it was disclosed today.
Mayer, who entered the hos
pital Sunday, was reported in
"fair" condition.
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