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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The'
MaQ Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40
and SO years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Not. 27, 1946 (Wednesday)
The Alley brothers, Dick and
Bob, have joined the ranks of
the flying lumberman, in the
Medford vicinity.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: Thanks
giving, (never abbreviated to
Xgiving like Xmas) is over.
From all reports the nation had
enough of turkey, and John I
Lewis.
.20 YEARS AGO
Nov. 27, 1936 (FrMay)
With Thanksgiving over, the
Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce takes stock of its "eat
more turkey" campaign and
finds results. gratifying.
Medford business men as
semble at a luncheon at Medford
hotel to honor P. G. Denson man
ager of that hostelry who is leav
ing this city Monday.
30 YEARS AGO
Nov. 27, 1926 (Saturday)
Crater Lake park, with a bliz
rard raging and 51 inches of
snow on the ground, appears to
be having the only real winter
of this section.
Contract for the building of
the temporary new courthouse,
to be constructed at the corner
of North Central ave. and Fifth
St., will be let soon.
40 YEARS AGO
Nov. 27, 1916 (Monday)
The series of winter concerts
to be given by the Medford under
the direction of Bandmaster
Rowland will be inaugurated
Tuesday. s o
, War office in Berlin announces
that the whole tine of the Alt
river is in the hands of the Teu
tonic troops.
50 YEARS AGO
Nov. 27. 1906 (Wednesday)
An exploHon of 75 pounds of
dynamite at the Branden mine,
two mites from Gold Hill occurs
. at 3:30 p,m. today.
President MulSey of Ashland
Normal school will lecture on
Shakespeare before students of
the blind school at Salem soon.
What's the Answer?
Can Too Get 4 of the 7?.
Copr. 195S Editorial Research
'3 Report
1. Less" than half, about half
or more than half of all public
elementary school teachers have
had at least two years of college?
2. John L. Lewis is or isn't
rdy to put Uis United Mine
Workers Into the new labor body
uniting the AFL and CIO?
g . Avowed Socialists have
been elected to the U.S. House
of Representatives in the past;
right or wrong?
9 4. Average earnings of 'rail
road engineers are about $4,500,
58.000. $7:500 or $9,000 a year?
X, S.Vhat" tfie British call
"ijfauf hts" is called in the U.S.
chess,, checkers, bingo, darts,
roulette, ot duplicate bridge?
6. Many more men than wom
en are federal civilian em
ployees, or many, more women
han ren, or aboutthe same
nsimter of each?
7. Standard Brands puts out
Chase Sanbom, Maxwell
House, Sanka, Bokar or Nescafe
go&ee? e "
The answers: 1. Less than half.
2. Hn't. 3. Right (two).' 4. About
irT.500. 5. Checkers. 6. Many
Qore men 7 Chase & Sanborn.
MAIL tribune
Beware the S.P. Lobby
It would be a pious idea if the members of the
1957 legislature, particularly the new ones would
take a "refresher course" in the fine art of lobbying
before they leave for Salem.
The lobbyists ever since the election have been
working on the member list of the new legislature; it
is only fair that the legislators should start doing
some work on the lobbyists, and their methods.
VES, the final returns were no sooner in than the
lobbyists started some skillful researching on the
new membership. They will soon have them separat
ed the sheep from the goats before the session
opens. The- boys who can be depended upon to go
down the line for their own special interests, will be
put on one side of the company ledger; and those who
can't be, will be put on the other.
' Then the latter group will be most carefully
screened and if any of them have a weakness for stud
poker, Porterhouse steak or Bourbon-on-the-rocks,
etc., etc., such vital statistics will be carefully tabulat
ed and the plans for attack meticulously prepared in
advance.
THE most adroit and best prepared as well as the
rich&st lobby will be the highly trained and re
sourceful lobby of that "barefoot boy from Wall
Street" officially known as the "FRIENDLY South
ern Pacific."
The Oregon branch of this "billion dollar public
utility" will have their legislative experts pay special
attention to any measures thrown into the hopper af
fecting rail transportation, and particularly anything
that might subject them to the sort of utility control
in'THE INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE, that prevails,
for example in that wise and more sophisticated state
of Galif Qrnia.
THEY will break a leg, even two of them, if nec
. cessary to keep the situation in Oregon just as
it is, with, the Public Utility Commissioner denied any
real power to tell the railroads what they must do and
not do, in the public interest, but giving the railroads
complete freedom to cheapen their service, reduce it
or abandon it entirely, and let the public be damned
and whistle dirges through the days, weeks and
months, probably the years, for any relief.
At least that is the way it has worked here in Ore
gon as everyone knows and probably throughout the
SP system, for that matter, wherever, as in Southern
Oregon, a rail monopoly exists.
WE can't predict all the
aigumtiita utat wnx uiuugiiu uj laic kjj. iuu-
byists against any change, but we believe there is no
reasonable doubt, the desireability of profits and the'
sanctity of private enterprise will be among them. The
horrors of creeping socialism will probably not be
overlooked, but we imagine the chief talking-point
will be the terrific losses the SP suffers through its
passenger service particularly in Southern Oregon,
and how dose bankruptcy would be, if the SP follow
ed the example of such prosperous and public spirited
railroads as the Santa Fe, the Union Pacific, the Hill
lirtes and other common carriers, who instead of
weeping and wailing over their losses in passenger
traffic, set about to reduce them by improving and
modernizing the service, instead of abandoning same.
TO answer that "bankruptcy" sob-story one needs no
argument except to cite the financial record of this
transportation collosus over the past few years.
If it is losing so heavily on its operations as
claimed, how come the value of its stock has raised
from 8 to .54, it has not missed a dividend in over
10 years, has a stupendous cash reserve, and pays
'altitudinous salaries to all of its top-brass?
More than that. Only four years ago its stock, was
split two for one, and considering this fact last year it
earned $16 a share!
CO we trust that when the "Friendly" SP wipes the
. tears from its pink and well-nourished cheeks and
starts in on its inability to do what its rival railroads
have done, members of the legislature thus approach
ed will show that they are not as dumb about high fi
nance as the'SP "slicker approach" would indicate,
and proceed to come up with a few figures from the
company's own financial statements to refute such
nonsense.
Finally it is to be fervently hoped that the repre
sentatives of Jackson County and all other counties
in the state for that matter
lobbyists to the fact that after all, they don't represent
the br corporation or any other corporation, but the
people of their districts and the state, and their con
stituents are interested in
the promotion of public welfare FIRST and the in.
crease cf profits and selfish interest of the SP comes
in a poor second, if not an
Not that they the people or their representatives
have any objection to legitimate profits, but they
do object to a public utility,
the. quality of its service to
higher protits K.VV.K.
Lyle Wilson Urges Cabinet Testimony
Topeka, Kan. (U.R) Lyle C.
Wilson, United Press Washing
ton manager, said Monday night
better government would result
if cabinet members were re
quired to defend and debate ma
jor legislation before Congress.
Addressing the Topeka Press
Club, Wilson said there were
some Instances when the "sep-
Tuesday, November 27, IS5E
plausible and persuasive
call attention of the "SP
better railroad service and
"also ran."
that persists in sacrificing
the public to its greed for
i aration of the Executive and Leg
islative branches of government
operates to invite executive Ir
responsibility."
Wilson said such an example
occurs when "a president sub
mits to Congress an impossibly
complex and numerous program
for speedy disposition, or sub
mits a single proposition merely
for its political effect.
Nasser Fails in Big Objective
Of Leadership in Middle East
By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Corespondent
The Middle Eastern dispute
has failed to bring about one
development for which Presi
dent G a m a 1
Abdel Nasser
of Egypt has
long hoped.
' That is the
unity of the so
called Arab
world'of which
Nasser wants
to make him
self the leader.
charm Merino tvents since
Israel attacked Egypt and Great
Britain and France moved into
the Suez Canal have emphasized
the disunity, rather than the
unity, of the Arab countries.
The nations of the Arab
League, and the three Arab
countries of French North Afri
ca, are united in their enmity
to Israel and to British and
French "colonialism."
Iraq, Syria ai Odds
But their interests are di
vergent in some important as
pects. And when the present
situation cools off, Nasser may
find himself farther than ever
from realizing his ambition.
The latest development is a
serious dispute between Iraq and
Syria, both members of the Arab
League.
Iraq is being accused of trying
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Well, the Nagy mystery is at
least partially solved. (Nagy, you
will remember, is the Hungarian
communist who turned Hungari
an PATRIOT to an extent that
earned him the bitjer hatred of
the Kremlin communists.)
Although the Kremlin commu
nist regime that runs Hungary
with tanks and bayonets had
promised him safe conduct if he
would leave the Yugoslav em
bassy where he had taken sanc
tuary after the collapse of the
Hungarian rebellion, the Rus
sians kidnaped him at gun's point
as soon as he left and whisked
him off somewhere.
Just where they took him is
obscure as this is written. One
account says he was taken to
Romania. Romania is another
communist satellite that borders
directly on Russia.
LET'S pause here to make a
point that is EXTREMELY
important to us.
The communists had promised
Nagy safe conduct if he would
leave the sanctuary of the Yu
goslav embassy in Budapest. As
soon as he stepped out of the
door, they broke their promise
and grabbed him.
Suppose we entered into a
solemn agreement with Russia
to ban nuclear warfare and de
stroy our stockpile of atom and
hydrogen bombs. Suppose we
destroyed them.
What would happen then?
Y"OU answer it. ,
-- Answer it in the light of
what has happened in Hungary.
I think we all know NOW
what would happen.
LET'S turn to the- Middle East
and to the United Nations,
which is facing its supreme test
as a world organization to keep
the peace.
The other day Arab Syria
charged that massive concentra
tions of Israeli troops had ap
peared on the Israeli-Syrian fron
tier. Syria stands revealed rather
clearly as Russia's stooge in the
Middle East. If Russian "volun
teers" are sent to the Middle
East to back Nasser in Egypt, it
is in Syria that they will land.
Syria has large airfields where
troop-carrying Russian planes
can come down. She has ports
on the Mediterranean where Rus
sian ships coming down the
Black Sea through the Darda
nelles a short and direct route
can land troops and heavy mil
itary supplies.
Syria's purpose in charging
that Israel was concentrating
"massive" military forces on the
Syrian-Israeli border was obvi
ously to make It appear that
Israel was getting ready to at
tack Syria, thus giving Russia an
excuse to begin pouring "volun
teers" into the Middle East.
A United Nations observer was
sent to the spot. As this is writ
ten, he has just reported that lie
saw NO EVIDENCE of military
concentrations along the Syrian
border.
THIS is the point:
If in situations such as this
Syrian charge that Israel was
preparing to attack the Arab
countries the United Nations
can ESTABLISH THE TRUTH,
it will have done a great service
to the cause of peace without
ever firing a shot.
In touchy times such as these,
when false -rumors can inflame
peoples and nations to the point
where they are willing to go to
war, FACTS are all-important.
Without facts, it is almost im
possible to form accurate judg
ments or reach sound conclu
sions. In a propaganda-ridden world.
nothing can be more important
than the TRUTH. If United Na
tions can command the services
of able and dedicated men who
will provide us with the truth
and the facts it will have made
a great contribution to the cause
of peace.
mL.
to stir up rebellion against the
government of Syria. Dispatches
talk of the possibility of an open
break between the two coun
tries, and of the possibility that
Iraq may move more troops into
neighboring Jordan.
But the real point at issue is
Iraq's fear that Syria may be
taken over by its strong pro
Communist faction, led by Lt.
Col. Abdel Hamid Seraj, chief
of army intelligence.
This fear is fully shared by
the United States, which sees
no way in which it can do any
thing about it.
Nasser is more and more link
ing himself with Soviet Russia.
He started out by getting arms
from the Soviet bloc to use
against Israel. Now he has made
Russia his ally against Britain,
France and Israel.
If a pro-Russian government
managed to seize power in
Syria, the situation in the Mid
dle East would become even
more serious.
Matter of Fact
ANOTHER FEW BILLIONS
Washington The double cri
sis overseas is strongly and use
fully influencing the course of
the annual and
bloody battle
at the Penta
gon over the
defense budg
et. A rise of
$4.5 or even $5
billion in de
fense spending
is now quite
possible,
Stewart aisop whereas any
thing of the sort would have
been inconceivable six weeks
ago.
Curiously enough, the massive
prospective increase in the de
fense appropriations the Presi
dent will ask from Congress wiU
not permit a proportional in
crease in modern combat units in
the American armed forces. The
reason for this
seeming anom
aly lies in the
way "defense
e c o n o m ies"
have been
made in the
last four years.
One high
authority has
remarked, per
haps too sar
donically, "that if Charley "Wil
son and George Humphrey had
managed their corporations as
they have managed their depart
ments of the government' they'd
probably be in the dock this min
ute." Maybe that is going rather
far: yet it certainly promotes un
derstanding of the defense prob
lem to use the corporate analogy
that this cynic used.
TN BRIEF, when the Eisenhow-
A er administration came to
power, the American defense
and foreign policy machinery
was like a corporation, with an
enormous surplus. The surplus
took the form of many billions
of forward appropriations voted
by Congress. The Administration
at once began to make "savings"
by spending these long term ap
propriations for current pur
poses. Last year, therefore, an
increase in foreign aid spending
had to be requested, in order to
replenish the aid program's de
pleted working capital.
In corporate terms, in other
words, the management has been
steadily running down the sur
plus. It has also been declaring
handsome dividends to the stock
holders in the form of tax cuts.
And by asserting that these tax
cuts were made possibly by
"economy," the management has
also in effect been claiming that
the dividends came out of prof
its instead of surplus.
As would happen with any
corporation that followed these
peculiar practices, the day of
reckoning has now been reached
at the Pentagon. In order to re
tain the existing armed forces
and to provide them with mod
ern weapons (which of course
will cost more than the now-obsolete
weapons cost), Secretary
of Defense Charles E. Wilson
would probably have to ask Con
gress for nearly S8 billion more
this year than last year.
LAST year,' Wilson asked for
and got $36.9 billion of de
fense appropriations. He spent
about S1.5 billion more out of his
dwindling surplus. He deferred
all sorts of immensely costly and
now desperately urgent re-equipment
programs, in the Navy and
Air Force, particularly, which
cannot be deferred any longer.
And he was lucky, too, in that
the fabulously expensive guided
missile projects were only bare
ly entering the stage of large or
ders for hardware.
It can be seen, therefore, why
Wilson now needs something like
$8 billion more this year unless
he is willing to reduce our de
fense forces.
Reducing the defense forces,
and relying more completely
than ever on the absolute weap
ons was of course the first ad
ministrative impulse. It lay be
hind the furore over the so-
mIIdiI T aAfnvA rl;n Tt Viarl tnnoh
to do -with Secretary Wilson's re- !
peated insistence on armed force j
manpower cuts. Secretary of the ,
Treasury Humphrey is still driv-
ing for a reduction of forces. For j
the sake of Humphrey's budget,
One factor in the Middle East
ern line-up is that Iraq is
member of both the Arab
League, formed against Israel,
and the Baghdad Alliance, which
was formed as a barrier against
Russian aggression in the Mid
dle East and Southwest Asia.
League Is Moslem
The Arab League is an alli
ance of Arab countries, all Mos
lem. The Baghdad Pact is an
alliance of Moslem countries,
with the addition of Britain.
Britain's fellow members are
Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Pakistan.
The United States tried hard
to get other Arab countries to
join the Baghdad Pact. They
failed, largely because of Nas
ser. He saw the pact as a threat
to his own dream of making
himself Mr. Big of the Middle
East.
When the present situation
cools off, it may be found that
Turkey, not Egypt, will emerge
as the dominant Middle Eastern
country.
By Joe and Stewart Alsop
the Pentagon is actually seeking
to hold defense spending to $40
billion $3 billion more than last
year but still less than half
enough to cover the gap.
rpHE betting is strong, however,
that this current target will
be missed, and that the final fig
ure of requested defense appro
priations will be $41.5 to $42
billion. The main reason for'
thinking this is the President's
own reaction to the rising dan
gers of the world situation.
It is being dramatically whis
pered about, that , the President
has at last begun to argue with
his Secretary of the Treasury's'
stand on the budget. The able
and persuasive Humphrey al
ways compares the federal fi
nances to a house wife's budget,'
and claims that the government
runs into trouble by overspend
ing just as any housewife must.
But on a recent occasion, the
President is reported to have re
plied to Humphrey that even the
most prudent housewife might
borrow money to pay the doc
tors, if her only child got polio.
And this Presidential answer,
'though mild enough in form,
reveals a change of outlook that
might almost be called a great
event.
(Copyright 1956, New York
Herald Tribune, Inc.)
Moroccan Strike
Threatens U.S. Lines
Casablanca, Morocco (U.R)
A wildcat dock strike by Mo
roccan workers threatened to
day to cut the supply line to
three U.S. Strategic Air Com
mand advance bases.
Western . observers feared the
strike might be a forerunner of
political pressure to withdraw
American atomic bombers from
this advance position within
striking distance of inner Rus
sia. The dock tie-up follows de
mands by the powerful Istiqlal
independence party, which holds
a majority of the posts in Pre
mier Si Bekkai's coalition cabi
net, to oust the U.S. bases from
Morocco.
Iowa Democrat To
Contest Election
Des Moines, Iowa U.R) t,ie-
ven V. Carter, a Leon, Iowa,
Democrat, has announced he
will contest the Nov. 6 House
seat election he lost to Republi
can Rep. Karl M. LeCompte by
1,621 votes.
Carter notified Gov. Leo A.
Hoegh officially of the contest
Monday. The contest will in
clude a recount of the ballots
which the official vote canvass
showed Le Compte received 58,
031 votes to 56,409 for Carter.
It is up to the House of Rep
resentatives to determine who
shall be seated in such contested
elections.
Portugal Cutting
Security Forces
Lisbon. Portugal U.R) Por
tugese Minister of Interior Dr.
Trigo de Negreiros said Monday
night that Portugal is practically
free of Communism and is cut
ting down its security police
force.
The minister told the Foreign
Correspondents Association that
in the nation of nine million per
sons, there are only 76 political
prisoners. He said Portugal's
comparative immunity from
Communism deserves emphasis
as being instinctive.
Hemorrhoids
(Piles) Fistula Colitis Prnri
tus (itching) Prolapse. Treat
ed without surgical operation
or hospitalization or loss of
time from work. If you have
health problem of this nature
it will pay yon to investigate.
Dr. Herman Wexler
Chiropractic Physician
44 E. Main Pioneer BIdg.
Ph. 2-3391 Ashland, Ore.
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Wanted Change in uex Policy
To the Editor: To think clear
ly, so as to' winnow away the
chaff of loose 'thinking that
brings to light the grail kernel
of truth and reason, is quite
some accomplishment. To my
most studied and earnest belief,
it is not being done by the headS
of our government concerning !
the Britain-France-Israel inva-
v
cinn nf FtJvnt. Whllp Our Own I
policy-makers were at their
usual watchful-waiting and hope
ful thinking, . Israel aware of a
Soviet - schemed ."Korea" in
Egypt, and with Arab flepredS
tions along her border, charged
in and opened up the stinking
mess for the world to see. Eng
land and France, tired of diplo
macy's start and hasty retreat,
barged in ad brought things to
such a head that something
practical had to be done.
Despite the fact that such
moves showed up immense Sov
iet' war supply dumps in Hitler
like Nasser-land and contiguous
ones with hordes of Russian
trained war personnel who scamp
ed out or tried to like so much
vermin, the UN and too miny
others seemingly forgetful of
the terrible rape and murder of
Hungary, doing little If anything
about it, are now renting their
wrath on Britain, France an
Israel for doing semetljing, show
ing, plainly at least the strangle
hold the Russians have been sec-
Tetely but surely clamping onto
the free world.
"Just bne threatening rfiote
from. "Bulg & Crdsh," Europe's
nickname for Bulganin and Khr
ushchev, was handed our admin
istration chiefs, not a word ap
peared to be said to Russia of
her completely unwarranted a-
tack on Hungary, but instead,
the heat was put on Britain,
France and little Israel to get
out of Egypt forwith, and is still
being demanded under threat of
economic retaliation. When, not
only the lives of others, but our
own existence as a free people,
is hanging in the balance, will
we ever be able to think and tict
clearly?
F. J. Clifford,
1211 West Main st.,
Medford, Ore. '
New Meter Rule Scored
To the Editor: The funda
mental purposes of parking me
ters presumably are 1) to facili
tate shopping, theraby inereasing
the volume of sales for the
merchants, and (2) to raise
reventie for the city.
It seems to me that enforce
ment of the - ordinance calling
for a $2.50 fine for feeding a
meter, will slowly strangle the
"goose that lays the golden egg,"
the goose being out of town
trade. Consider a typical family
of three shoppers who save up
errands for a weekly trip to
Medford. They park as near to
the . stores -as possible, then
separate to shop with one being
responsible for feeding the me
ter. Large bundles are carried
to the car. When all have fin
ished, they meet at the car to
go home. . .
Under the new ruling, one
must each hour play "Pussy
wants a corner" with dozens of
other cars, each seeking a new
meter to feed. How shall the
driver notify each member of
the family. as to the new loca
tion? What of'the increased traf
fic hazards and the nerve strain,
not to mention the extra blocks
of walking?
There may be others like me
who will be forced to do Christ
mas shopping by mailorder cata
logs. Here's a suggestion: if you
value our trade, why not issue
courtesy cards to bona fide
shoppers, which would allow a
reasonable time limit at one
meter? The cards could be fas
tened to the steering column.
Let's try to find a means of
solving the parking problem
other than by driving trade
away.
Ethel M. Thompsor
3642 Hilsinger rd.,
(Five miles from
Medford.)
watt'
Mf. Insurance
BRENNAN
Phone 2-4940
' See What Can Happen
One out of six drivers
needing visual care i& un
aware of it. The percent
age of drivers wearing
glasses increase? with
age. 13 of 30 year old
drivers, 18 of those
40, and 50 if you're
in the 50 yjsar bracket.
We can't correct ypur
vision but we'll be glad
to SEE if ycu're adequate
ly covered by insurance.
MEDFORD INSURANCE
AGENCY
Hearty HaH of Bills
la Congress Said
'Private' In Nature
Washington (CQ) Capitol
Hill continues to devote much of
,ts tifne and energy to little
kiowi individuals and obscure
patches of land, no matter what
thanewspaper'headlines say.
Almost af of the laws en
acted by the 84th Congress (1955
56) were private laws; they dealt
wit! specific persons and places,
notwithoverall public policies. ,
And unless Congress revises
its procgdures 1957, threats of
, " " ,v.
tional tensions will not change
:ii
this ratio arsareciably.
t)f the 1.028 bills enacted In
1955 and 1956, 893, or 46 per
cent, were private bills. Of the
16.782 bills introduced, 5,786.
or 35 per cent, were private bills.
Three Types
TIjpsa nffvafo Wlls fall nin
three general c?tories: claims,
immigration oand naturalization.
and land titles.
Claims bills grant monetary
relief for property damage or
personal injuiSr for which the
federal government lis) been re
sponsible. Immigration and nat
uralization bills grant aliens res
idence or citizenship, or prevent
tjieir deportation. Land bills is
sue and transfer titles to public
lands.
Generallyereports Dr. George
B. Oayoavay of the Legislative
Reference Service, Library of
Confiss, claims 'bills account
for about one-half of all the pri
vate bills introduced, immigra
tion and naturalization measures
about one-third and claims bills
about one-tenth.
During 1956, Representatives
sponsored 1,203 of the 1,736
private bills, introduced. Only
533 were introduced by Sena
tors, but the House generally is
responsible for weighing most
private bi. The Senate usually
ratifies House action.
The heavy load of private bills
led President Eisenhower to sug
gest last Feb. 8 that the Attorney
General be given "limited dis
cretionary powers" to grant re
lief in alien cases. He said the
immigration bills alona had
placed upon him and Congress
"undue and largely useless bur
dens." The President must sign
or veto the private bills passed
by Congress. In 1956, he signed
403 of them and vetoed seven.
Three major suggestions have
been made to stem the tide of
private bills. One would estab
lish a joint committee or special
committees in each chamber to
handle nothing but private bills.
Another suggestion would be the
most simple banvall private
bills. A third suggestion, and the
one President Eisenhower seems
to agree at least partially with,
would be to delegate immigra
tion and deportation cases to the
Immigration and . Naturalization
Service and land title cases to the
Bureau of Land Management.
But opponents of delegation
fear the combination of fact
finding, prosecuting and judicial
authority in an executive agency.
They warn the agency might
lose sight of individual rights.
(Copyright 1956, Congressional
Quarterly)
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