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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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. .
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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. Thrilling. 3. Darling.
4. Adorable. 5. Smart (referring
to clothes). 6. Attractive.
Asking
Queries from clients. Q. How I
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beth of England when she fell
in love with the Earl of Essex?
A. Elizabeth was 53 at that time
Robert Devereaux, the Earl of
Essex was then 19. Q. Is "The
Rosary" a church song or hymn?
A. The song referred to cannot
be classed in manner you men
tion. It is a poem by Robert
Cameron Rogers set to music by
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So They Say
Men born under the sign of
Cancer (June 21-July 22) are us
ually very successful financially
and live to a ripe old age. Or,
so say the stargazers. (Note
John D. Rockefeller, who lived
to be 98, was born under Can
cer. So was John Wanamaker,
who reached the age of 84. Also
George Eastman, who was 78 at
the time of his passing.)
Sidelights
How about the first dog you
ever owned? First pup I had,
when I was seven years old, was
a black and tan female named
Wee Wee . . . The British worry
considerably about being buried
alive. In London there is an or
ganization known as The Socie
ty for the Prevention of Prema
ture Burial.
Passing By
Mae Murray. Known In her
hey-day as a cinema star as
"The Girl with the Bee Stung
Lips." Mae first attracted atten
tion as a member of the cast of
"The Ziegfeld Follies of 1909."
That edition of the Follies also
included in its cast Eva Tan
guay, Nora Bayes, Jack Nor- ,
worth, Gertie Vanderbilt,. Bes
sie Clayton and Lillian Lorraine.
Briefly
The motto of the New York
City police department is "Faith
ful Unto Death." And down
through the years a number of
gallant members of the "Finest"
have proved it.
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