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Where it will eozte front... ' r .. ; : :r BUDGET rf; , I ircmm , DOLLAR S4 v " r ' Bl,,,,r ,,tt j BUDGET DOLLAR This Is the division of the U. S. tax dollar and its expenditure as outlined in President Eisenhower's budget message to Congress. President's Budget Closely Scrutinized By Congressmen 'Washington flJFD President Elsenhower's precariously bal anced $77 billion budget came under close scrutiny today in a Congress conscious of grow ing debate over government spending and taxes. The House Appropriations Committee began a study be hind closed doors of the new budget for the fiscal year be ginning July 1. Treasury Sec retary Robert B. Anderson and Budget Director Maurice H. Stans were summoned to testify. Democratic congressional leaders were openly skeptical of the administration's budget proposal. It envisions a $70 million surplus for the 1960 fiscal year. The government is expect ed to set a record peacetime dficit of $13 billion this fis cal year. President Eisenhower, , meanwhile, sent his annual , economic message to the House. It followed Monday's budget message which called on Congress for another pos i tal rate .hike and higher gaso- line taxes for the nation's 80 million motorists ; - Blast Tax Proposal The gasoline tax proposal ran into a concentrated bar rage of criticism today from organizations representing road users. But even before - the ' fresh attacks, there seemed to be virtually no chance Congress would enact the proposed Hi cent a gal lon boost proposed by the President. - Motorists now pay three cents in. federal tax for every gallon of gasoline purchased. - The House Ways and Means Committee, which must ori ginate all tax legislation in Congress, began closed-door hearings on a bill revising up ward the taxation of life in- : surance companies. This pro posal also was a part of the administration's program. Democrats pressed ahead with plans for early congres sional action on welfare spending than proposed by Eisenhower for housing pro- ' grams and for economically- depressed areas. Scrutinize Defense Program The Eisenhower defense program was a subject of in quiry before the Senate Armed Services Committee. At the same time, Chairman Carl Vinson (D-Ga.) of the House Armed Services Com mittee said he would "have to be sold" on the need for mak ing sizeable cuts in the Army National Guard and Army Reserve. The entire. Senate Republi can membership met in con ference to settle a wrangle over committee assignments. The 34 GOP senators each must get one Tnajor com mittee assignment, and some veteran Republicans have re fused to give up seats. Sen. John F. Kennedy CD Mass.) opened the 1959 drive for labor reform . legislation by Introducing an anti-racketeering bill which, he said, would virtually put Teamster President James R. Hoffa "out of business. The administration was -ex pected to submit its own la bor , legislation. later ; this week. Its proposals are cer tain to be stiffer than those embraced in Kennedy's bill. IDENTIFYING body of nurse who burned to death near Livermore, Calif., as Lt. (jg) Barbara Ray Mitch ell, U. S. Navy investigates mystery of her strange death. Autopsy showed her pregnant. Suicide suspected. DAG TO VACATION . United Nations, N. Y. (DPD U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold leaves today for a brief vacation in the Ba hamas. New York -(DPD-Arthur D. Eggleston, 59, chief of the New York Bureau of Ontara, the Indonesian national news agency and former San Fran cisco newspaperman died Sunday of cancer. 100 Attend First Meeting of Local Gospel Mission More than 100 persons rep resenting 20 county churches attended the first annual meeting of the Medford Gos pel Mission held at the Girls Community club Monday evening. Fred Robinson, Glenn Mc Cullough, William H- McKin ley and Helmer Tinseth, for merly elected as temporary officers for the mission at an organizational meeting last October, were elected unani-. mously to continue as execu tive board officials. Three members-at-large to serve on the executive board were also elected. They, in cluded Mrs. Grover Corum, Clarence Wilson, and Ken neth Lawrence. , Dedication Set RoDinson announced that the dedication for the mission, now being remodeled at 33 South Front st., has been ten tatively set for March 15. It is planned to follow the Paci fic Northwest conference of the National Association of Rescue Missions' which will be held in Klamath Falls March 13 and 14. Mrs.' Corum was appointed by Robinson to head a com mittee in charge of obtaining needed items for the mission. During the past three Sat urdays between 15 ' and 30 men have worked on the re modeling of the South Front st. building. It was reported that the majority of the par titions in the old hotel had been removed and the kitch en,, chapel and dormitory areas were taking shape. Vol unteer workers are still need ed, it was explained, with construction starting each Sat urday at 8 a.m. John Pederson, superin tendent of the Klamath Falls Mission, told of th first 11 months of that mission. He stressed that the mission must be "kept Christ-centered" and commented on the great need for prayer. The missions operate for the purpose of reaching the "unfortunate" with preaching of the gospel, and to assist in the feeding, clothing, and lodging of those who are in need. .' Pederson mentioned that at the Klamath Falls mission 11,099 men had attended its services, it has provided lodg ing for 9,897, men, and dis tributed . 5,218 articles ;, of clothing. . He stressed the cooperation Anti-Picketing Bill Repeal Seen Blow To Small Business Salem (DPD Fear that small Oregon concerns would be driven out of business if the 1953 so-called anti-picketing law were repealed was ex pressed by several representa tives of employer groups in a hearing on Senate bill 3 Monday afternoon. The bill, introduced by Sen. Dan Dimick and Rep. Al Fle gel, both Roseburg Democrats had the support of union la bor representatives at the hearing before the Senate La bor and Industries commit tee, of which Dimick is chair man. , W. F. Marrish, represent ing the Association of Oregon Industries, said his group was not opposed to peaceful pick eting by unions. It feels the anti-picketing law has not been oppressive, he said. Would Harm Laundries Merle Saunders, Eugene, representing the dry cleaners of Oregon, told the commit tee he felt repeal or the law would result in a great deal FINDING $2,500,000 in gold bars near Corsicana, Tex., D. E. Jones smiles, refuses to tell where his treasure is. between the mission and the Klamath Falls city officials, particularly the police de partment. He added that as the general rule three nights was the maximum length of time that a man could remain at the mission. He concluded that mission work is full of many discour agements and quoted from Galatians, "let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due season we shall reap, if we do not lose heart." of harm to his industry. For four and one-half vears he testified, his establishment had been picketed and this action by unions 'was not stopped until the anti-picketing law was enacted in 1953. ReD. Fred Meed, a Port land druggist, said he thought repeal oi tne law would hurt small drug stores. Called 'Hodge-Podge' Principal argument In fav or of the bill was made by Donald Richardson, attorney for the Oregon AFL-CIO who said: "I disagree with some of the other witnesses on the effect of this anti-picketing law. It is not a labor relation!! law. It is simply a hodge podge piece of legislation." Richardson contended the bill repealing anti-picketing was needed and called atten tion of the committee to- the extension of jurisdiction of the National Labor Relations Board in labor management disputes. "Every situation wherein interstate commerce is affect ed, the National Labor Rela tions Board is empowered to take jurisdiction. The area of state control -of labor rela tions lias been narrowed con siderably," Richardson con tended. South Dakota is nicknamed the "Coyote State" and "Sun shine State." , , MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Tuesday, January 20, 1959 J CALLING CARD Tokyo-4UPD-Japanese police today arrested a 17-year-old youth who sent an extortion note to 13-year-old movie ac tress. Tomoko Matsushima, de manding $239 (500,000 yen). Police had little trouble locat ing the sender. He included his correct return address on the note. BOMB SUSPECT Jack Silver, a San Diego druggist, is jailed on a charge of attempted murder after the post office found a home-made bomb in the mail for an El Cajon, Calif., woman. The bomb, wrapped as a Christmas present, lay in the post-office for 17 days because the woman had not left a forwarding address. How to Get MRU from your'Airline ticket to EUROPE For full details, call or visit George Lewis ROGUE TRAVEL SERVICE We Reserve and Sell Airline and Steamship Ticket PHONE SP 2-6779 111 E. 8th 1959 EDSEL HITS LOW-PRICE FIELD ! Here's a car that makes sense. Priced with the lowest. Operates on regular gas. Simply, but elegantly styled. Compact and easy to handle. TJie 1959 Edsel! MEDFORD MOTORS 225 S. Riverside Alaska Governor In Seattle Hospital ; - Seattle, Wash. IPD Alaska . Gov. William A. Egan was re ported in fair condition after a flight here from Juneau . for observation and treatment as the result of recent sur ; ery. Egan, accompanied by his wife and a physician, arrived ; here at 5:55 pjn. (PST) Mon day and was taken by ambu lance to Virginia Mason hos pital. Attendants said Egan would ; undergo a series of -tests be fore any decision was-made on further treatment. No ex planation was given as to .why Egan was moved here .from Juneau. Egan had been confined to the Juneau hospital, since an operation Jan. 6 for removal of his gall bladder and a bile ' duct stone. SEAS SWAMP TRAWLER Castellon De La Plana, Spain CPD Very heavy seas swamped the Spanish trawler Concha and sent the rescue vessel Riblas drifting out of control with a smashed rud der Monday. The Spanish ves sel La Vincenta rescued the crews of both vessels and took the Riblas in tow. CIVIL RIGHTS MAN DIES Washington -CPD-J. 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