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TWO MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Oregon Said Gaining Unsavory Publicity From Rackets Hearings BY A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington One thing is al ready certain about the affect of the current investigation by the Seriate into r a c keteering in the past two weeks it has put Ore g o n on the map in a most unsavory wa'y. Virtually all of the nation's major news- i i A. Robt Smitb papers, uiciuu ing the staid New York Times, are giving the tale of vice front page treatment. Editorial writers and cartoonists are having a field day depicting the senators as men in Sherlock Holmes garb burrowing into the nests of the nefarious. The nation's most widely read magazines, especially the picture and news weekly magazines, are relishing the sordid disclosures the committee is making about tieups between racketeers. Ore gon law enforcement officials and certain Teamster leaders. Over the week end, the largest newspaper in the nation's capital, the Washington Post and Times Herald, asked editorially: Why does Oregon appear to be so little concerned? Said Admirable Job "The McClellan committee is doing an admirable job of prob ing into the sordid mess in Port land, and it has ample reason for doing so because of the eminent part the Teamsters Union has played in the drama," the Post said. "But the Oregon legislature shouid have a more basic in terest in these goings-on than any committee of Congress. Are the authorities at Salem afraid of what they might find? That con clusion is likely to be drawn by an increasing number of peo ple unless Oregon shows a great deal more vigor than it has dis played to date in cleaning up its own house." On the front page of Satur day's edition of the Post was a big, bold black headline stream ing across the top of the page: -Mayor Told of 35 'Joint's." The day before the other big news paper in the capital, the Even ing Star, had put a bold banner headline on the fact that a Port land night club operator, Nate Zusman, had flunked a lie de tector test on the issue of whe ther he had been in cahoots with a madam who kicked back 20 per cent of the take from custom ers he referred to her high- brow "call house." And the tabloid Washington Daily News jMaster ed a picture of Zusman taking Buttermilk Flakeel vitft elelen kits of' real fcotter oslicious flavor many health giving properties rich in minerals and vita mins . . . Perfect for reducing diets filling SNIDER'S GOLD AWARD WINNING MILK "NOT STUPID" Mayor Terry D. Schrunk of Port land, Ore., resumes his testi mony before the Senate labor rackets committee in Washington. He said he is "not stupid enough" to ac cept the $500 bribe he has been accused of taking. He added that he was willing to take a lie detector test on his denial Hungary Refugees Earnestly Tackle English Language St. Louis (U.R) Embarrassed but determined Hungarian refu gees have tackled the English language with sheepish grins and dictionaries in the kindergarten atmosphere of a St. Louis school room. Repeating after a teacher no older than they, the "pupils" chant '"she-ees-uh-wo-man-he-ess-uh-man" after studying the words above two stick figures representing a man and woman on the blackboard. Or they repeat the alphabet again and again, struggling to give it the American sound rather than the European "ah" for "A" and "bay" for "B." The two-hour daily class was the idea of a St. Louis adult educator, Arnold Zopf. He ob tained the teacher, Mrs. Mildred Jaspar, who has been teaching English to foreign-born for years. And she recruited her son, Henri, who teaches English to foreign born at Washington University. The Unitarian Church pro vided the classroom in its unused mission free school and Catholic workers gathered the "students." 40 Hungarian refugees ranging in age from six years to middle age. At first discipline was a prob lem. The students got so excited over a textbook with pictures and English words that their teacher had to call in help. The Rev. John de Gyarmathy, pastor of St. Stephen's Hungarian Cath olic Church, gave the group a stern lecture in their own lan guage. Then he assured Mrs. Jaspar, 'They promise they will be good in school." A six-year-old and a 40-year- old have one thing in common in this classroom. Both know three phrases in English "How do you do?" "Thank you" and "Goodbye." And they use them at every opportunity. A Hungarian textile plant executive trained as a lawyer is one of those back in school to learn English. Paul fought be hind a barricade in Budapest streets until a Russian tank broke through. Then he and his wife, Ilona, walked to the border to escape. His 'tale of revolution and es cape Is no more hair-raising than other histories among the pupils in this classroom. But the teach er does not let any hint of the past take up class time. Dead line Sunday Classified la at noon Saturday: 10 a m. Mondav for Monday: other daya 5:30 pravioua day Announcer a voids cough ing on air At the slightest threat of a cough, this announcer uses Creo- mulsion Cough Syrnp for two reasons. First, it relieves coughs due to colds with spectacular ef fectiveness and speed. Second, it contains no thoupht -aalling narcotics or an tihistamines. LjJl P th. tickle. cominris raw membranes, clears breathing pass aces, relaxes tension. Creomul sion works hard and fast to bring you welcome relief. Get CREOMULSION Wedn.adaT, March 13. 1957 the lie test across half its front page. Treatment Not Untypical This is not untypical of the treatment the Oregon vice story is being accorded elsewhere here in the. big eastern cities. Such conservative and r e s p e ctable newspapers as the Baltimore Sun, New York Herald Tribune, New York Times, to cite a few, have staff correspondents cover ing the hearings and are giving their dispatches page one pro minence. Presumably, if this were simp ly an account of local vice con ditions in Portland, these news papers would be all but ignoring the hearings and leaving them to their more sensational com petitors. But the fact that the unraveling tale has entangled one of the nation's biggest and strongest labor unions, the Team sters, gives the vice hearings their national significance. But at the same time, Oregon isn't getting off Scot free, at the Washington Post editorial sug gested. Under the heading "Ore gon's Soiled Linen," the Post declared: "What's the matter with Ore gon? Why did the Beaver State fail to wash its own dirty linen? Why did it allow racketeering and corruption to become so flagrant that a select committee of the United States Senate felt it necessary to attempt a clean up job under the international spotlight that plays on the Sen ate caucus room? And, why now that a parade of witnesses is un folding sordid tales of bribery, vice, uncontrolled gambling, racketeering and political cor ruption, does Oregon appear to be so little concerned?" Portland Defended In Speech by Morse Washington' (U.R) Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) defended Portland, Ore., in a Senate speech yesterday against what he called false impressions that readers may be gettingg from news reports of the Senate Rack ets Committee hearings. Morse said Portland "is not a mire, a filthy city." He attacked "trial by press," and urged sen ators to withhold final judgment until juries have rendered ver dicts in court cases. Morse spoke "in defense of my state, not the individuals" in volved. He said he was not re flecting upon the committee. But he said the hearings had pointed up the need for "great revision" In Senate investigation pro cedures. OLCC Assistant To Testify in Washington Portland (U.R) Thomas J. Sheridan, assistant administrator for the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, left here last night for Washington. DC, to testify at the Senate Rackets Commit tee hearings. Sheridan was called on the telephone yesterday by a com mittee member and asked if he knew Clyde Crosby and James B. Elkins. Elkins has testified he took Sheridan to Crosby's of fice in 1954 to interest Crosby in helping Sheridan who was then under suspension. Sheridan said he was told he would be ques' tioned today. NAM Olficial Calls For Anti-Union Drive Hollywood Beach, Fla. iU.R) A National Association of Manufacturers official called on management Tuesday to fight the AFL-CIO's drive to organize some 12 million white collar workers. S. L. H. Burk, industrial re lations director of the NAM, told 200 businessmen attending the NAM-sponsored Institute on In dustrial relations: . "We have lost the battle of the production worker and. we can't afford to lose the battle of the white collar worker. It's a matter of pro-management as against anti-unionism." INVOKING the fifth amend ment. Tom Maloney, gang chief of Seattle, refused an gers in teamster probe in Washington. (International; I? xVv 1 I A A... 1 ILLINOIS VALLEY Club Holds Silver Tea BY HELEN BOTTEL Cave Junction Some S25 was raised for local charity at the Illinois valley Federated Wo men's club silver tea Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. George Simmons in Cave Junc tion. Assisting hostesses were Mrs. Art Kellert. Mrs. Jack Spitz and Mrs. Hugh Foster. Pouring for the affair, which drew over 50 guests, were Mrs. Frank Rauber and Mrs. Frank Knight, president and vice-pres ident of the club. A rnnm devoted to the displav of antiques from local homes was an outstanding attraction. ODen -face sandwiches, hors d'ouvres, a variety of cookies, tea and coffee were served dur ing the afternoon. Out-of-t own guests included three Federated Women's club district officers from Ashland, Mrs Carl Peterson. Gladys Do oms, and M a e Russel; Zepha Pierson and Eileen Sellers from Grants Pass; and Edna Conover, Portland. The Women's Society for Chri stian Service of Immanuel Meth odist church will serve fried chicken, hot bisquits home made pie and everything to go with them at a dinner set for Friday, March 15, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the church. In less than a year the Society has raised nearly half of its $2,000 pledge toward the church building fund. Members have also purchased dishes to serve 100 with money from rummage sales and dinners. Election of officers is planned by Western Star Chapter 64, Order of Eastern Star, at its regular meeting Tuesday, March 19, at the Masonic hall in Kerby. Future Farmers of America and their guests will hear Donald G. Donahoo of the Regional of fice of the Fish and Wildlife Service in Portland at a meeting Monday, March 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the vocational agriculture building. The speaker, who is with the rodent and pest con trol division of the Service, will talk on trapping and poisoning of predators. Included on the program, which is open to the public, will be a 20-minute film, "Hunting the Puma." Donahoo will explain the pol icies of the federal agency in its effort to eliminate predators and other pests, and will describe the work of Government hunters em ployed to . control marauding animals in stock raising dis tricts. The meeting is expected to draw a number of valley res idents because of the recent movement here against the use of "10-80 poison in the control of rodents, and strychnine in the control of larger predators. Ray Frost, Mary Buckles and LDex Riggan Jr. were named on a nominating committee to select candidates for next years ! offices at the S e 1 m a Parent- j Teacher Association meeting Thursday night. ; Cubmaster Bob Brackenndge of Pack 20 talked on the pos sibilities of forming a Cub Scout den at Selma. A meeting to make further plans for Cubbing in the Selma area was called for March 21 at 7:30 p.m. at the school. A Dad's night is set for March 12, beginning at 6 p.m. when local men will assiset in paint ing basketball lines in the school gymnasium, and in landscaping and planting grass in front of the school. Though the ladies are not invited, they will bring chili for a 'feed early in the evening. Appointed on a committee to plan the annual end-of-scnool party were Glenn Plumlee, Bob Hines and Bill Love.- A potluck dinner preceded the business meeting. Mr. and Mrs.. R. F. Mead of Compton, Calif., have bought the former Clyde Runyan ranch on the Westside road from Nettie Sowell, and they and their three children moved to the valley Sat urday. Mead, a railroad engineer working out of Los Angeles, is her on a 90-day leave to get his family settled. The well-traveled Gilliam brothers, Bob' and Chester are just about as far apart as they'll ever be. Bob Gilliam reports seeing moose walk the streets of Fairbanks, Alaska, while Chester Gilliam, ME3, crossed the Equator last week on his way around the Horn. He will be reunited with his bride, the former LaVerne Greenough, at Bremerton, Wash, on April 10. Bob's wife, Virginia and their small son are with him in Al aska. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Bowman and children, of O'Brien, left Friday for Eugene where they will spend the weekend with Mrs. Bowman's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Lang. Their two daughters. Carole and Linda will remain with their grandparents through spring vacation. The executive board of the Josephine County Rural Educa tion Association will meet at Evergreen school March 19 at 8 p.m., to plan a program for the regular meeting to be held March 27 at Evergreen. Each school in the county is represented by one member on the, executive board. An epidemic of chicken pox has depleted classes at Selma school during the past two wceki. Appearing on a special KBES- TV show Saturday afternoon were the six Scoutmasters of the Crater Lake Area Council who have been selected to serve at the Boy Scout Jamboree in Val ley Forge this summer. Bill Clary of Grants Pass showed souvenirs from the Santa Ana Jamboree, while Gene Pul ley of the Illinois Valley demon strated the compact Scout "yucca" pack to be used on the train. The itinerary and other details of the trip were given by Jack Thompson, Duke Gladfelt er, and Bob Church of Medford and Bob Laverty of Yreka. At the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Simmons in Cave Junc tion is Mrs. J. L. Conover of Portland, who arriyed last Wed nesday for a two-weeks visit with her friends. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Johnson of Siskiyou Mountain Camp were called to Gold Hill Sunday even ing by the death of Mrs. John son's aunt, Cloa McDonough who succumbed last week at an Ashland nursing home. Funeral services were held Monday at 2:30 p.m. at Perl's Funeral home, Medford. mourn rocket as CHECK THESE BIG-CAR EXTRA-VALUE FEATURES ...YOU GET THEM ALL AT NO EXTRA COST 1 locket T-400 Inglne 8.50 i 14 Ttre Custom Trim Ofl Ftttor Turn Signals Foot-Oporatod Parking fcrako Four-Sorrel Carbureter! 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