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-
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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
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"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.
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Monday: other daya 5:30 pravioua day
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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;
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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.
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Overnight guests at the Bert
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Dr. Roland Cutts of the State
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A false alarm resulted in a full
meal for several volunteer fire
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Saturday noon.
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them is a matter of conjecture.
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TWICE WAS ENOUGH
Bristol, Tenn. U.R) Ralph
Feathers says he was not trying
to prove that "birds of a feather
stick together" when he had to
be rescued twice from his burn
ing feathered bed. Mrs. Christine
Moore said she aroused Feathers
after smelling smoke. Mrs.
Moore helped Feathers put the
fire out. Later, Joe Rudder also
smelled smoke and burst into
the apartment to find Feathers
again snoring away in his feath
er bed. Cause of the second fire
was blamed on smoldering
feathers.
Parking space was at a pre
mium in every wide space from
Idlewild to Crescent City Satur
day during the height of the
"evacuation," say Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Wieting of Siskiyou Moun
tain Camp resort, who were in
Crescent City that day.
Lee Clark, district supervisor
of the Purina company, will be
guest speaker at the Illinois Val
ley Farm Bureau meeting Thurs
day, March 14, in the high school
home economics room.
A potluck dinner at 7 p.m.
will precede Clark's address
which will be accompanied by
slides on sanitation. Guests are
asked to bring their own table
service.
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