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0 SI MEDFOD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Expectation Electrifies Room At Senate Racket Investigation BY A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington E x p e ctation electrified the atmosphere here as the senate investigation of laoor -management rackete ering entered its second ex plosive week on capitol hill. Under t h e beaut ifully elaborate crys tal chandeliers that adorn the A. Bsbt. smita senate caucus room, an cast of characters ap peared Hluring the past week that has been at once shabby and vastly informative of life in the rackets. The expectation that is felt among senators and the sizeable press corps that is covering these hearings stems not from their lively entertaining aspect, but from the map being drawn there which shows roads of commerci alized sin leading straight to Seattle and the doorways of the Teamsters" top men, Dave Beck ant Frank W. Brewster. So if there is some impatience among senators and newspaper men over the frequent detours that witnesses lead them on, it 0 is made bearable by the anticipa tion that before this trip is over, the millionaire boss of the Team sters will be summoned into the kleig-Iijitf arena provided he returns from Europe to within reach of the committee's sub poena power and be asked to tell why he and his lieutenants have taken such an interest in the success of various questiona ble enterprises. The crowds that have been jamming the caucus room have been mostly ladies and young ((iris, possibly because they can drop household duties for an afternoon to watch the hand some young chief counsel, mop haired Robert F. Kennedy, younger brother of Sen. John F. Kennedy of Mass., who was the ladies choice at last summer's democratic Tlational convention in the vice presidential com petition. Although something of a mat inee adol. Bob Kennedy is no grandstander. With terrier-like tenacity, he hunches over his notes and bores in with careful ly developed questions, increas ing his speed when a witness 1 Pt '"'.'.v 4 (.': i Priced, from ' J O Q it i It . ,s .9- TROIUBRIDGE & ELECTRIC 214 West Main succeeds in covering his tracks . and causing Kennedy moment- j arily to lose the scent, McClel- lan. like a tough old bloodhound. 1 pounces down upon the scene with amazing speed to show the shadowy path the witness has '. sought to obsecure. : Has Resources of Own I But this 31-year old Boston at- , torney is not without considera-1 1 ble resources of his own, as is ; demonstrated by the string of I S triumphs he can count over men , 1 of greater sophistication and j power than any likely to be en-1 countered in these hearings. Most j i notable among these was the late i I Harold Talbott. former Secretary ! : of Air Force who quit under the ', ' heat of discourses dug up by i Kennedy and company about his ; i pressuring Air Force contractors to do business with a firm in isMf V V n FOREBODING LOOK Mrs. John Foster Dulles, wife of the secretary of state, wears an expression that would seem to warn the hord of newsmen clustered on her lawn in Washington to stay off the grass. Actually she was listening as Israeli Amb. Abba Eban reported to the ; press on his long parley with Dulles on the Middle East i situation. To Buy or Sell - Use EXCLUSIVE .mmi, Silver Safeeuard Charf m L. assurance of lonper-lanino jA.' ..kl. r V J&mjBk$ circuits 'hat can't wear out; voo'can tt sjJjMitrr1iV,estihhouseN Tuesdiy. March 3. 1937 which Talbott was a partner. One little game among report ers and sightseers is to try to tell the good guys from the bad guys who are sprinkled through the audience. As one lady was heard to exclaim, "Point out some racketeers to me." Whet Ann Thompson, . a Seattle and Tacoma madam took the stand, the game took on extra spice among those wondering which other women in the crowd might be of her profession. One thing that brings wry smiles to senatorial faces is the matter-of-fact way in which wit nesses speak of their methods of persuasion. One witness, telling of how he convinced several gen tlemen during a road-side con ference with them later recalled that, come lo think of it, he was holding a shotgun at the time. Tribune Classified Ads 1956 Models Westinghouse TV SETS 21" Consoles & Table Models EASY TERMS r mm bum FLYHFJ CO. Phone 2-5211 The Medical Roundup 1 Group Medicine ! A while ago Consumer Reports Association commissioned Albert i Deutsch to study group medicine that in this country there are upwards of 800 medical groups in which work some 12.000 physicians. Some of the clinics are owned by a single physician who employs several other phy sicians, while other clinics are organized as partnerships. The "rst such clinic to be organized the Mayo Clinic is still the largest, with over 300 perman ent members, and some 500 post graduate students working as Fellows, usually for a period of three years. In this way they are trained in a specialty. The Clinic is a nonprofit organization which serves as part of the grad uate medical school of the Uni versity of Minnesota. Many persons have the idea that the Mayo Clinic is housed is a hospital, but it isn't. The Clinic does not even own a hos- pital. Most of the work is car- ried on in a ten-story building which covers a city block. Lab oratories, executive offices, edi torial offices, a large library, a splendid department of path ology, a large statistical depart ment, and other educational ac tivities are housed in two large buildings that used to contain the Clinic. In Rochester, Minn., there are several hospitals which altogether have some 1600 beds. One is owned by Catholic sisters, and others are owned by the Methodist church. Medicine Probably Better Off As Deutsch concluded, Ameri can medicine is probably better than that found anywhere else in the world, and he thinks the best form of it is to be found in group practice. He points out that even the most enthusiastic admirer of the general practi tioner must admit that no mat ter how brilliant he may be, he just cannot know enough about all the phases of medicine that are now being developed in some 36 specialties. Although I spent most of my life studying the diseases of the digestive tract, there are many phases of this specialty about which I know little. For instance, I would never think of treat ing a patient with a serious dis ease of either the gullet or the rectum; for such troubles I would send the man to a spe cialist. At a place as large as the Mayo Clinic, one can find specialists for diseases of the gul let, the stomach, the gallbladder, the pancreas (the big digestive gland back of the stomach), the colon, and the rectum. One can find also surgeons who specialize in operating on certain parts of the body, such as the thyroid gland, the heart or the brain. Can Treat Expertly The man with a very rare dis ease will often do well to go to a big clinic because only there is he likely to find physicians who have seen so many cases like his that they can treat him expertly. Another advantage of a big clinic is that under one roof he can quickly be examined as thoroughly a? need be. Only for special tests need he go to one of the hospitals. The exam inations and tests will all be made by men who are expert because of their fine training and ', huge experience. Also, in a big clinic the doctors consult free ly without worrying about any extra cost to the patient. A fine feature of the life of a physician or surgeon in a big clinic is that he can travel far at any time to learn a new method of diagnosis or the tech nic of a new operation. A great advantage of working in a clinic is that, during daily consult- i ations with is fellows, such man is constantly learning about the advances in medicine in the other men's fields. One great advantage the phy sicians and surgeons have in a fine clinic is that since they work for an adequate salary they need have no concern about the patient's ability later to pay. If a millionaire's problem can be solved in two days, he can then be sent on his way; while, if the child of a poor widow needs a month's study and devoted care, he will get it. It all averages out. The physicians in a clinic are never tempted to make work or to order an operation that might perhaps be avoided. Hu man nature being what it is, this PILES (HEMORRHOIDS) Fistula, Colitis, Prurftue (itch ing). Prolapse. Treated without surgery, or lose ot time from work, rt will pay you to invest igate aey problem of thie a tura. DR. HERMAN WEXLER Chiropractic Physician 44 E. Moi Pioneer Bids. Ph. 2-3391 AshloiHi, Orea. Dr Alvarer Emeritus Consultant In Medicine, Mayo Clinic Em.rlroi Professor of Medicine, Mavo Foundation j is good. Moderate Charge Made When, in a clinic, the work on i a patient is all done, he or she as it exists to- goes to the business office where day in Amer- a moderate charge is made for ica. In Deut-leach examination and consulta sch's first re- j tion he (or she) has had. These report he says charges are added up and the sum is the basic bill. If he has had an operation, there is an ad ditional bill for this. If the charges are too large for the man's purse, an effort is made to scale them down. If the pa rent does not know how he can pay, an expert in social service will see him; she will talk over his financial problems with him, and will see if help can be ob tained from some source. No one . J ., cannot pay. Many a time the Social Service department lends money to a stranded person so he can get back home. All people will do well to learn the huge difference be tween a fine, able and idealistic clinic, like that at Rochester, Minn., and some so-called clinics and hospitals which ad vertise widely that they will cure piles or arthritis or cancer. j Even vicious quacks are now j cashing in on the prestige-value j of calling their clip-joint a clinic. j In case of doubt don't go and get gypped: ask your doctor to look up the reputation of the place. Dr. Alvarez hopes his readers will understand that it would be impossible for him to answer requests for information or to attempt to diagnose by mail. (Released by The Register and Tribune Syndicate. 1957) 30 Persons Killed Rangoon, Burma ftl.P.) A report reaching here today said 30 persons were killed and 40 injured Monday when a train was sabotaged at Pyinmana, 220 miles north of here. The reports said the train's 16 coaches overturned after railway spikes were removed, allegedly by Communist rebels Quick, friendly service... You'll enjoy every visit to a savings window at First National. Smiling, alert tellers give you a friendly welcome every time. It's fun to watch your First National savings grow. Bible Thief Freed; j Samaritan Fined Washington 'lU.P.) A Bible thief got off scot-free, but a good Samaritan didn't Monday in municipal court. Willis L. Richardson, a 26-year-old good samaritan if there ever was one, was fined S25 for operating an automobile without a license. The Washington man told a lady judge that all he was do ing was pushing a friend's car to a garage. He said the car's battery was dead. Police said he steered part of the time through the front window. The judge said the price of friendship besides the S25 was an extra S5 .for not snowing the car's registration and $10 more for operating a car not bearing a front license plate. But a 30-year-old Bible thief, Robert W. Feeser of Hanover, Pa. made out a lot better when ria Y"l 1 r "1 l-J -J rtiiiKu In T-rtrt-i rtiri r rt I the Good Book from a depart ment store without benefit of payment. The judge a man asked with appropriate old testament sternness: "Don't you know it's wrong to steal even a Bible?" "Yes, I know," Freeser said. piously. "That's the Eighth Com mandment. I don't know why I did it." Norblad Objects To Fashion Expert Washington (U.P.) Rep. Walt er Norblad (R-Ore.) thinks it is fine for Air Force wives to keep up wjth the latest fashions, but not at taxpayers' expense. Norblad wrote Air Force Sec retary Donald A. Quarles Mon day protesting the employment by the Defense department of a woman "fashion coordinator." He said he had learned that her job is to fly among overseas air base "to interpret the prevailing mood" of stateside styles to wives of men stationed there. "In this day and age of high budgets and high taxes, it seems to me that this is about as use less a job as could be created by the Defense Department, Nor blad said. . Jx G0axv3rjjOOo in Extra convenience . . . Handle ill your banking needs . . . including savings, checking, safe deposit, and many other services ... with just one visit to Oregon's favorite bank. And. ..wherever you go in Oregon, there's a First National Branch nearby ... to serv e you better. On The Side (Distributed by King we are face to face and between i m here Is the love we thoutht could never die Why has it only lived a year? Who has murdered it you or I? Our love is dead, our hope is wrecked So what does it profit to talk and rave. Whether it perished by my neglect Or whether -our cruelty dug Its crave. Phoebe Cary. No longer does the delightful aroma of coffee on the fire get her day off to a good start. The coffee is on the fire every morn ing as usual but the aroma is missing. So complained a femi nine subscriber who added the query, "What has happened to the coffee lately?" This com plaint was reported here and immediately aroused the sympa thetic interest of J. Alex Zehner, well-known Pittsburgh newspa perman. "Tell the lady," says J. Aelx, "to purchase her coffee in the whole bean and buy one of those wonderful new electric coffee grinders. Then she will have her coffee fresh each meal. And that delightful aroma she craves will be ever present." Asides Frenchmen get along better with their mothers-in-law than husbands of any other nation It was Philip D. Armour, who said, "Anybody can cut prices but it takes brains to make a better article." . . . The six words most overworked by women are: 1. Cute. 2. 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