Thursday, September 19, 1957
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
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10 DIE IN AIR CRASH Rescuers probe
wreckage of Northeast airlines DC-3 which
crashed into a wooded swamp near New Bed
ford, Mass., killing 10 of the 24 persons
aboard. The plane was trying for a landing
when the crash occurred.
Reference To 'Tunnel
Therapy' at Hospital
Interrupts Hearing
Portland W A reference to sharply by Democratic members
"tunnel therapy" at Oregon
state hospital Wednesday inter
rupted a congressional hearing
into management of Morningside
mental hospital here.
"Tunnel therapy," not a recog
nized psychiatric term, was de
scribed to congressmen here as
the "emotional relationships" in
an Oregon state hospital servica
tunnel that sometimes result in
pregnancies.
Dr. William W. Thompson,
former medical director at
Morningside and now on the staff
of Oregon state hospital, dis
closed the existence of such try
sting places at the Salem insti
tution and added they "were
sometimes a source of embarrass
ment to officials."
Treatment Not Advocated
Dr. Thompson was questioned
U. 5. Ambassadors
Discuss Foreign
Policy at Meeting
London (W U. S. ambassa
dors from nine nations including
Russia assembled here today for
secret talks on American for
' eign policy, new Soviet moves
and Germany's post-election out
look. The meeting is the State De
partment's annual Northern Eu
rope conference. Assistant Sec
retary of State Walter Walmsley
flew to London to preside.
Moscow envoy Llewellyn
Thompson, NATO Ambassador
George Perkins and envoys to
Canada, Iceland, Ireland. Brit
ain, Sweden, Norway, Finland
and Denmark joined in the two
day session at the U. S. Embassy.
Comment Refused
Officials refused all comment
on the agenda except that "mu
tual problems" would be dis
cussed. However, authoritative sources
said two major regional subjects
would come up for study:
The Baltic, where Russia is
busily waging a diplomatic and
propaganda offensive against
NATO unity. Some segments of
Scandinavian public opinion are
considered particularly vulner
able to Moscow's alternating
threat-and-peace offensives.
Germany, where pro-Western
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer
has just won a new. four-year
term and where Russia has re
cently hardened its attitude to
reunification except on Com
munist terms.
Somebody Didn't
Coordinate Defense
Raleigh, N.C. HP) Every
body agrees on one thing: Some
body was not coordinated dur
ing Raleigh's civil defense "take
cover exercise" this week.
Civil defense officials say the
test was only a "moderate suc
cess" and they claim the rea
son was "lack of coordination"
in the police department.
The police don't quite agree.
They maintain it was the CD of
ficials who weren't coordinated
and they have a letter to back
up their contention.
The letter, written last month
by defense officials, said the
drill "will be during mid-afternoon,
Wednesday, Sept. 18."
The drill was called during
mid-afternoon, Tuesday, Sept.
17.
OCCIDENTAL FLU
Milwaukee UP Pride in the
home town is first even when
it comes to a virus. Mayor Frank
Zeidelr, in bed with-what he
diagnosed as influenza, said "I
don't think it's Asian it may be
the Milwaukee variety."
SPORTSMAN DIES
Cold Springs Harbor, N. Y.
(ii" Benjamin T. Fairchild, 74,
sportsman and former chemical
executive, died Wednesday of
leukemia.
of the government operations
subcommittee regarding his ref
erence to "tunnel therapy" and
his statement that "it may well
be . . . that such activity going
on in the tunnel is actually help
ful to the patients involved and
is actually a part of their moti
vation to becoming well and
leaving the hospital.
Dr. Thompson was accused of
advocating a radical departure
from public policy in regard to
mental patients. But the psychia
trist insisted "I do not recom
mend such treatment
Wednesday's testimony at the
Morningside hearing included a
statement from the North Paci
fic branch of the American
Psychiatric Association in which
Morningside was credited with
an "exceptionally" good job of
caring for Alaskan mental pa
tients. Politics Mentioned Again
The report said, "In respect to
medical programs, we were im
mediately aware of the diversity
of the problems the institution
is expected to solve."
The psychiatrists who exam
ined the hospital also reported
that "the hospital is expected to
care for acute and chronic men
tally ill, including some crimi
nally insane and tuberculosis
patients, as well as mental de
fectives, both infants and adults,
and a progressively increasing
number of patients with behav
ior problems."
The report commented on "a
most wholesame atmosphere"
which it said pervades the entire
institution.
The Wednesday hearing was
again marked by denials from
Democratic members of the sub
committee that the investigation
had political motives. Rep. John
Moss (D-Calif.) said it was
"false" to assume that Demo
crats on the subcommittee had
come to Portland with pre-con-ceived
opinions about Morning
side. He said the group had the
solemn responsibility to see if
Morningside were living up to
its government contract.
Morningside hospital here
cares for mental patients from
Alaska.
Steering Engine
Switch Turned Off,
Coast Guard Told
Portland (IP) The Coast
Guard today called other wit
nesses from the Norwegian
freighter Thorshall as it con
ducted a hearing here into the
sinking last week of the Army
Engineers' dredge William T.
Rossell in Coos Bay with loss of
four lives.
Switch Turned Off
The master of the Thorshall,
Capt. Mathias Mathisen, testi
fied Wednesday. He testified
that after the Thorshall had col
lided with the Rossell the elec
trician on the Thorshall found
a switch which starts the steer
ing engine on the vessel had
been turned off.
Capt. Mathisen told the three
man board of inquiry that the
failure of the switch was the
probable reason why the col
lision accurred. He also testified
that a new starter for the steer
ing engine was installed in the
ship during a recent drydocking
at a Vancouver, B. C. repair
yard.
Other Witnesses Due
Other witnesses scheduled to
be called include Rolf Wiig.chief
engineer; Bernard Anderson,
electrician: Egil Rogne, helms
man, Jan Johansen, second engi
neer, and Fritjas Olsen, chief
mate.
Capt. Mathisen said that as far
as he knew the ship's steering
equipment was in good condi
tion when the vessel left Coos
Bay. But he said the Thorshall
failed to answer the pilot's call
for "hard starboard" and that
the ship swung gradually to port
and toward the dredge.
Logger Crushed To Death
In Mishap Near Estacada
Estacada OP) Kenneth Ralph
Vaughan, 39, of Eagle Creek,
was crushed to death at a re
loading platform east of here
Wedresday.
Vaughan was helping to re
move a log from a truck when it
slipped and fell on him, Esta
cada Police Chief Jim Bordon
said.
AntD-CMffa Prove Pushes Ahead After
Sizzling Report by AFL-CDO Committee
Washington HP
Hoffa- drive in the embattled
Teamsters Union spurted ahead
today on the jpasis of a sizzling
report on Teamster corruption
by the AFL-CIO Ethical Prac
tices Committee.
Labor sources said highly
placed Teamster officials now
have joined the campaign to
block the bid of James R. Hoffa,
Midwest Teamster boss, to be
president of the 1,400,000-mem-ber
trucking union.
The committee report charged
Hoffa, a Teamster vice-president
"associated with, sponsored and
promoted the interests of notor
ious labor racketeers" in viola
tion of trade union morality.
A Sweeping Indictment
The report said the Teamsters
Union as a whole is dominated
by corrupt influences and does
not measure up to AFL-CIO eth
ical standards. If adopted by the
AFL-CIO Executive Council at
its New York meeting next
week, the report will undoubt
edly lead to a clean-up-or-get-out
order to the Teamsters.
The 64-page report was seen
as a blunt warning to the Team
sters that election of Hoffa at
their forthcoming Miami Beach,
Fla., convention will assure their
expulsion from the AFL-CIO.
The anti-iHoffa is currently the leading
contender' for the presidency
being vacated by Dave Beck,
who is not seeking reelection.
The report said not only Hof
fa but Beck and Teamster Vice
President Frank Brewster also
"extensively" used union funds
for personal purposes. The find
ings amounted to a sweeping in
dictment of the present Team
ster leadership and a warning to
the Teamster membership that
no cleanup will be acceptable
while the. present hierarchy re
mains in power.
Report Excluded Members
The committee specifically ex
cluded rank and file members of
the nation's largest union from
its indictment, asserting they
"want and are entitled to have
a clean union."
The report said Hoffa violated
trade union morality by misus
ing union funds, borrowing
money, from employers with
whom the union dealt and bene
fitting personally from settling
a strike.
'JULIETTE DAY' DIES
Northport, N.Y. OP) Mrs.
Juliette Day Whitney, who ap
peared in several Broadway pro
ductions as Juliette Day in the
1920s and 1930s, died Wednesday.
Its strongest language was re
served for Hoffa's connections
with New York mobster Johnny
Dio and other "notorious labor
racketeers."
"The list of many of Hoffa's
proteges and friends reads like
a rogues' gallery," the commit
tee said. "We do not accept Hof
fa's explanation that these asso
ciates were an attempt to reha
bilitate juvenile delinquents."
ARTY ANNOUNCED
London (IP) Buckingham pal
ace has announced that Prime
Minister John Diefenbaker of
Canada and British Foreign Sec
retary Selwyn Lloyd had been
invited to accompany Queen
Elizabeth II during her six-day
visit to the United States next
month. The Queen and her hus
band, the Duke of Edinburgh,
are due to arrive in Jamestown,
Va., Oct. 16. Prior to that, they
will spend five days in Canada.
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