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Time Now Seen Right for Norblad To Introduce Bill Curbing Speed A. BY A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington The fullness of time has finally arrived for Rep. Walter Norblad (R-Ore.) to in troduce that speed limit bill that has been gathering moss on his desk for over a year. When he an nounced that he favored a 70 MPH national speed limit en- Robt smith lorcea d y mechanical g o v e mors on all . cars, NorbJad last year got letters by the hundreds from speed-fear-i ing citizens everywhere many i more than had ever responded -, to his periodic economy brain "y sjorms, such as chiding the Army for putting suspender buttons on its suspender-less britches. No one knew just why the congressmen never i n t roduced his bill, popular as it was with the people. He said he'd get " around to it but never did. ' Now it's all pretty clear. Cop Blundered As a member of Congress, he 0 is privy to confidential informa . tion whispered by top govern .: ment officials. Authoritative in- formed sources in a position to know, as we always say, report that the secret is out now because a blundering local cop in Rock ville, Med., a law-abiding one horse town near here, dared stop a car in the commander-in-chief's high-speed autocade to Gettys burg last week end. The incident disclosed the hitherto unknown fact that Ike likes a driver with a lead foot. Now obviously to be fair in the great American way, the Norblad bill would have to hold down the president just like the rest of us. So imagine the pickle the president would be in, . not to ; mention Congress, if N o r b lad pushed his bill. Every bill that comes up for hearings requires a report from the president to inform Congress whether or not the purpose of 1 the legislation is "in accord with - the program of the president." High-balling up to Gettysburg for the weekend is plainly an in tegral part of the president's pro ' gram. And since newymen who -' try to keep up with Iiim report that sometimes his powerful limousine barrels along at over 90 MPH, holding it down to 70 would substantially impair the program. Grave Question ' There is, too, a grave con v stitutional question. Can a gov ' ernor, as the Norblad bill would provide, in any manner restrict, limit or frustrate a president? On constitutional grounds, the president surely would have to report adversely on the bill. If that would be bad publicity for Norblad, it would be a battle call for the states righters in Congress to filibuster against any inroads on their doctrine that the federal government has only what authority is specifically granted to it by the states. They'd secede before they'd con ceded that a governor even Norblad's mechanical one can not tell the president when to slow down in the states. Northern Democrats, led by Sen. Wayne Morse, who'd rather ride his horse anyway, would rally to the side of their southern brethren just for the pure love of letting some air out of Ike's tires. Bill Would Pass Republicans, torn between their love of Ike and their fond ness for faraternizing politically with the states righters, would be hopelessly split. Those oppos ing the president would do so only in the name of small child ren and dogs, to whom speed is a tragic menace, as any mother knows. The bill, then, would pass over whelmingly, even over the pre sident's veto if he tried to use it, and the auto age would final liy have sanity imposed upon it. The White House, of curse, would drop the Norblads from the executive social list, stop ap pointing the postmasters he re commends, direct all GOP cam paign groups to cut him short of funds next election, and find a likely New Republican the pres ident could be photographed shaking hands with before he challenges Norblad for his con gressional seat. All of which is undoubtedly why Walter Norblad won't in troduce his speed limit bill and ruin what was just a good gim mick in the first place. Building Programs for State Institutions Cover Minimum Needs Salem (U.R) The State Board of Control has decided to inform the Joint Ways and Means Com mittee that its operational and building programs for state in stitutions covers only minimum needs. The action was taken after Secretary of State Mark Hatfield reported on visits he made to all state institutions in Marion county. Hatfield said inadequate care of state wards and a hazardous pile-up of building needs would result from reduction of the board's building program or operating budget requests. Would Delay Needs "Many of the requests for in creased services," Hatfield said, "occur in the mental facilities where new techniques, new drugs and more broadly trained staffs make it possible to return the patient to his community at an earlier date than was former ly possible." "To set aside the building pro gram for another bennium would result in the delay of a number of needs which would be more costly to construct later on," Hatfield said. He is particularly concerned about talk of forego ing a start on the Dammasch Portland State hospital, which was twice voted by the people. Reporting on his inspection of institutions during the past 12 weeks, Hatfield said he found these needs under the Board of Control "imperative:" A start on the Dammasch Portland State hospital. Teen-Age Facility Expansion of facilities at Fair view home. Provision of a teen-age psychi atric facility because none now exists except in amalgamation with adults at the state hospital. Alleviation of hazardous hous ing conditions for children at the schools for the deaf and the blind. Re-evalution of planning for MacLaren school for boys, pro vision of additional dormitory space, a full-time chaplain and chapel. ' A tart on the intermediate correctional institution previous ly voted by the Legislature. Addition of geriatrics at the Eastern Oregon State hospital at Pendleton. And a separate facility for wo men now housed in the state penitentiary and additional facil ities there. " The United States meat in dustry's output is 25 billion pounds annually, the world's largest. U. S. CUTS IRAN AID OVER SLAYINGS Bodies of two Internation Co-operation Administration officials, Kevin Carroll of Issaquah, Wash., and Brewster A. Wilson of Portland, Ore., are removed from U. S. Navy plane at Tehran after flight from Iranshaar where they were am bushed and slain by Iranian bandits. The body of Carroll's wife, Anita, 35, has been found near the ambush site, i The U. S. has shut off all aid operations in southeast Iran until the bandit gang that killed the three Americans is caught. Bennett Released On Bribery Charge Portland (U.R) Former Portland .bootlegger Clifford O. Bennett, 34, was free on $1000 bail today after his arrest yester day on a grand jury indictment charging him with bribing Mayor Terry Schrunk while the latter was Multnomah county sheriff. The bribery indictment charges that on Sept. 11, 1955, while operating an illegal estab. lishment at 8212 North Denver ave. in Portland, Bennett offer ed Schrunk a "gift, gratuity and valuable consideration, a sum of lawful United States money of unknown amount, with intent to influence' the vote, opinion, decision, judgment and official conduct of Schrunk, who was then sheriff." The indictment followed an earlier true bill returned against Schrunk by the same grand jury, accusing him of accepting a bribe from Bennett in exchange for immunity from arrest. Both Schrunk and Bennett have denied the charges. Bennett, who was indicted last week for perjury, also faces a charge in Prineville for oper ating a house of prostitution. He is scheduled for trial on the prineville charge April 16. New Book Available On Float Building Participants in the Pear Blos som Festival will find assistance in float design offered by a re cent addition to the Medford Public library, Miss Helen Web ster, librarian, said to day. Leroy F. Vaughn, a man who has built up a flourishing busi ness in the field of parades and floats sets down the techniques of his self-taught craft in his "Parade and Float Guide." Bgienning with a brief history of parades, he explains in detail how to stage one and how to de sign and build floats, Miss Web ster said. While some of his floats are highly elaborate and expensive to construct, he also gives careful attention to parade problems peculiar to small towns; and the elements of the designs are so clearly outlined that they can be easily- adapted to less ambitious construction, she said. Wednesday. April 3. 1957 MEDFGRD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE 10 Indicted on Housing Racket Detroit (U.R) A federal Grand Jury indicted 10 persons Tuesday in connection with a veterans housing racket. Seven of the 10 had past or present af filiation with the Teamsters Union. Six of those named in the in dictments, all members of Pon tiac Local 614 of the teamsters, were described as linked to the alleged frauds, but were not listed as defendants. Assistant U. S. Attorney! Dwight K. Hamborsky said the two federal indictments were not j thp rpsnlt nf an investigation of ' the teamsters. Rather, he said, the six union men listed are vet erans whose names were used on allegedly fraudulent GI mort gage documents. Named as defendants in the conspiracy indictments were Louis S. Linteau, Pontiac, form er secretary-treasurer of Local 614; Leo Stein, 42, building com pany superintendent from De troit; William N. 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