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Hoffman Says Combining Forestry Functions Will Be Bureaucracy1 By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribun. Correspondent Washington A Republican congressman who participated in a congresional investigation of federal timber sales policies thinks consol idation of all forestry func tions under one g o vernme n t agency would create "just another bu reaucracy." n 1 Rnh! Smith IKU. , i t i K Hoffman (R-Mich.) said there is no doubt but what there is waste, overlapping and duplication un der the present setup, as re ported last week by a joint com mittee on federal timber in back ing up its recommendation that all forestry functions be turned over to the U. S. forest service. "Centralization is alright," de clared Hoffman, "but not if you are going to make a political ma chine out of it." Congressman Hoffman was one of the committee members who traveled through the Pacific Northwest last fall during the hearings that were held on tim ber sales policies of the forest service, bureau of land manage ment and Indian bureau. He said he thought the reasons for con ducting the investigation were "fine." "But the committee muffed its opportunity," Hoffman said in an interview, "and. we wasted Uie taxpayers money. Hoffman said it was fine to study the problems of marketing area restrictions, timber inven tory, the amount of annual al lowable cut and salvage sales, and the need for access roads. r "But who did they sond out there a Philadelphia lawyer (Rep. Earl Chudoff (D-Pa.), Sen. (Richard L.) Neuberger (D-Ore.), who talks a lot about timber and is a good writer but doesn't know anything about it," Hoffman went on. ! "The striking thing is that neither Chudoff nor I know a damn thing about timber," said (Hoffman. i "Then they got a committee -t-.ri t . . . .1 . ow" Midi, act uui tu uruve Uletl public ownership is best," con tinued Hoffman. He said he was referring specifically to Arthur Perlman. tff rfimrlnr ef ihm public works and resources sub- m. 11- f . Operations committee, and James A. Lanigan, subcommittee "Perlman and ' Lanigan be- llmmm in nil alivotSnn ' ' nhni-naJ the outspoken Michigan law- maker, who is regarded as a con- than those two fellows," Hoff- servative Republican. Hoffman is the ranking Re publican member of the Govern ment Operations committee and would become its chairman if Republicans gain control of the House once more. "If Republicans win the elec tion," he said, "the. committee will go back and give the people a chance to present their views." He said he thought the com mitlee hearings in the North west last year were rigged, men tioning the fact that two Repub lican congressmen from the area Reps. Harris Ellsworth (R Ore.) and Russell V. Mack (R- Wash.) were not permitted to sit in on the hearings and cross- examine witnesses. 'Probably nobody in Con gress knows more about timber Forest Industries Add Billion to State Portland The forest indus tries of Oregon are adding more than $1 billion annually to the state's wealth, according to C A. Gillett, managing director of American Forest Products In dustries, Washington, D.C. Gillett, whose organization Is national sponsor of the tree farm program of private timberland management and the Keep America Green forest fire pre vention campaign, said the de partment of commerce's recent census of manufacturers shows iTest industries of the state in 1954 added nearly $662 million in value through manufacture, paid out $359 million in pay rolls and spent $53 million in capital improvements. The $662 million value added through manufacture represent ed an increase of 60 per cent since 1947, Gillett said. Oregon's forest industries, the report shows, employ more than 8s,000 persons. Forest industries are those which manufacture lumber, furniture and fixtures, pulp, paper and other paper and wood products. Holdup Man Hits Girl, Escapes With Receipts Portland U.R) A holdup man struck a 19-year-old girl in the forehead with a revolver and escaped with $80 from a studio here yesterday, police reported. Donna Turman told police she was dazed by the blow and did not see the mar, leave. The man was described as young, about six feet tall and weighing about 160 pounds. sO t uuqtrs irom me News Br UNITED PBESS Moscow soviet premier Nikolai Bulganin, venturing out as a pundit on American politics, on his doubts Adlai Stevenson will win the forthcoming presidential election: in tie very surprised if he is elected." Horn Mrs. Helen Subbaqh, 27, who fled to Rome with her Infant son from an Arabian nightmare marriage with a Moslem in Iraq, on a woman's status among Arabs: a woman u so mucn curt on ine zioor. New York Adlai Stevenson on Averell Harriman's conten tion that he (Harriman) is an expression of the tradition of presi dents rranKiin u. Roosevelt and Harry Truman: "I should like to ask the governor who Mrs. Roosevelt is sup porting, one supports oievenson. Moscow A eab drWer on the government decree banning norn-oiowingt "Our hospitals will be- full of pedestrian and our jails full ot drivers. a1auhJw 1 : n : -3 a ilj.i 1 . . country's determination to hold on to the recently seized Suez Canal: "Egypt will fight to the last drop of blood to retain this owner ship. Washington President Eisenhower on Vice President Nixon as still his choice io retain the second position on the Republican ticket this fall: "I see no reason io draw such a conclusion ... but you may.' Washington Maj. Gen. Howard McC. Snyder, President Ei senhower s physician, on the Chief Executive's health after a checkup Wednesday: "I think he will be able to do as much as he would have without this (ileitis) attack." op let LONG DISTANCE keep family and friends close to you typical lew rates from Modford Boston ; . . $2.00 Chicago 1.75 Salt Lake City 1.05 Seattle .85 Station to station rates, not indoding tax, tor 3 mi notes after 6 p.m. weekdays and ad day Sunday Enjoy a family reunion tonight by telephone man added. Hoffman declined to take issue with the recommendations of the majority on the committee, explaining that he simply thought the work of the commit tee had not been adequate to per mit making such recommenda tions. Committee aides indicated that Hoffman was the only dissenter on the joint Senate-House com mittee which conducted the tim ber probe. Hoffman said he had prepared a written report which had not come from the govern ment printing office yet, , but would be circulated later. Oregon Treasury Surplus $28,000,000 Salem (U.R) The state of Oregon will close the books on this biennium with a surplus of approximately $28,000,000, Gov. Elmo Smith said yesterday. After conferring with the State Tax Commission, the governor said that tax revenues would provide a margin of about 7 per cent over expenditures for the two year period ending June 30, 1957. "The healthy condition of the state treasury again assures tax payers that no state property tax levy will be necessary for the coming year," the State Tax com mission reported. : Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday: 10 a.m Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 previous day. Albacore Tuna Seen Off Coast of Oregon Astoria (U.R) Albacore tuna, not seen in coastal waters of Oregon and Washington since the 1940s, have appeared in small numbers about 300 miles west of here, according to the local office of the Oregon Fish Commission. Two craft searching the Pa cific for albacore reported that 45 of the fish have been caught in an area generally 270 to 300 miles off the coast from Willapa bay to off Cascade head. The boats were due here tomorrow to refuel. THE SMITHS Nashville, Tenn. (U.R) A Mrs. A. V. Newman attended a "Smith" wedding. The bride and bridegroom were both Smiths, Thursday, August 2, 1958 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUHB XTXM Stockton Becomes Link In Ore Shipments Stockton, Calif. ' Port of Stockton this week joined as the middle link in a production chain that will carry nickel ore from Riddle, Ore., to Santa Rosalia, Mexico. The ore is the first nickel to be shipped through the Port's bulk handling facility. 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