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. Gilmore, 40,
Birmingham real estate apprais
er, and Joseph Pollina, 46, Pon
tiac maintenance supervisor.
To Elect Officers
The Central Point Junior
Chamber of Commerce will elect
officers at a meeting at 8 p.m.
Thursday evening, April 11, at
the Jaycee building.
Candidates are John Smock
and Homer Billups, president;
Dale Bartley and Bill Esselstyn,
first vice president; Bill Colley
and Gay Hallet, second vice
president; Chet Ayres, treasurer;
and Lee Collingsworth, secretary.
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