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f One of Every Six Employed Persons on Government Payroll Washington-flJPD-One of ev ery six employed persons in America is on a government payroll. This statistic is one big rea son why federal, state and local budgets-now so much in the news-are so high. The latest official figures how that nearly 11 million men and women are currently engaged in defending the country, passing laws, teach ing schools, delivering mail, collecting garbage or perform ing other tasks for which they are paid with tax dollars. The total includes 2,600,000 in the armed forces, 2,400,000 civilian employees of federal agencies, and 5,900,000 state and local employees. What does it cost to main tain this large force of public servants. The U. S. Depart ment of Commerce says that Cecil IB. EfeMlDe, Foflm Figure, IDaes Hollywood -IUPD- Cecil B. DeMille, 77, pioneer movie maker and producer of many of filmtowrfs great epics, died of heart seizure at his home this morning after a week's illness. "He died almost in his sleep," a friend said. At his side when he died were his daughter, Cecelia, his son-in-law, Joseph Harper, and his physician, Dr. Hans Schiff. Producer of "The Ten Commandments," and scores of other movies, DeMille was bedded last week following a heart "condition" and circu lation problems, according to Dr. Schiff. "It was a case of true heart failure," he said. "It just gave up." DeMille had been in deli cate health since his return Dec. 23 from a two-week tour to New Orleans, Atlanta and New York plugging his com pany's most recent picture, "The Buccaneer," which was directed by another son-in- Finch Elected VP Of Richard V. Finch, 37, of 223 Bradford way, was elect ed vice president of the Na tional Appliance and Radio Dealers association last week at' the association's conven tion in Chicago. .Finch, -proprietor of HomH Appliance ' company at 115 East Main st. and 303 South Front st., and of stores in Ashland and Klamath Falls, also was named to a second three-year term on he asso ciation's board of directors'. SACK TIME Two Cuban NT - ; j '.,- - -2 -j i i: :;si ' f ' "v ', I 1 1 in 1 J!". " ' I " 'tNkkMii TTSi V'lii 18 viaiii(jwr, ) H w iJ ctt beds in the -chapel of the La Cabana military prison at Havana, Cuba. The chapel is being used as a temporary barracks for the rebel garrison in Havana. Note sub machine gun on floor under far bed. Castro has invited U. S. congressional critics to visit Havana with 350 for eign newsmen to see for themselves the dispensation of justice under his revolutionary regime. " PS Jl " f . . . CZr , y ' on en,ire morrtn- And all it I " Nt y,;,iu costs you is $1 per package! payrolls at all levels of gov ernment totalled $40,119,000, 000 in 1956. The 1958 figure hasn't been computed yet, but it will be somewhat higher because of pay raises granted during the past year. Defense Biggest Activity What do tney all do. Na tional defense is the biggest activity of government, re quiring the services of about 35 per cent of all employees including, of course, all of those in uniform. Education is second. Nearly 25 per cent of the composite federal state and local gov ernment payroll consists of persons who are hired to each, administer, clean and otherwise service public schools from kindergarten through college. Hospitals and health serv ices account for about 7 per law, Anthony Quinn. His widow, Constance, who is considerably older than her husband, was ill and in bed at 5:30 a.m. when DeMille died. Members of the family said they would seek her doctor's advice before telling Mrs. De Mille of her husband's death. They were married 56 years. Scout Film Started Only last week, when ask ed what his plans for the fu ture were, DeMille said, "an other picture or another world." He had begun work on a film titled "On My Hon or," a history of America's Boy Scout movement. Services will be conducted Friday at St. Stephens Epis copal church with private in terment to follow. The family requested that contributions be made to the Hollywood Studio Club for Young Ac tresses, Los Angeles' Chil drens hospital and the Amer ican Cancer society in lieu of flowers. Association He is chairman of the asso ciation's committee responsi ble for the Institute of Man agement at American univer sity, Washington, D.C. The association is 12 years old, Finch said. - He said a number of appli ances exhibited at the conven tion showed the influence of missile technology. He men tioned radios the size of foun tain pens and portable televi sion sets weighing only 10 pounds. rebel guards relax on their please care hunger hurts! Send a personal gift of food . ond friendship to the hungry in other lands. A 22-lb. CARE Food Crusade package ... delivered in your name helps feed four persons SEND $1 OR MORE TO JOIN THE FOOD CRUSADE CARE New York 16 or your local CARE office Medeford Mail Tribun cent of the payroll postal services 6 per cent, highway c- struction and maintenance, ' per cent. The rest are 1 scat tered among hundreds of dif ferent kinds of jobs, from pro viding police and fire .pro tection to embalming bodies, blowing glass, classifying cot ton and burning worn-out dol lar bills. Although the government payroll has had its ups and downs, reflecting the tempo rary impact of such things as wars and economy drives, the lang range trend has been steadily upward. Tremendous Payroll Increase Since the turn of the cen tury, non-government employ ment has increased 660 per cent. The federal government has done its share toward this result. Its civilian payroll to day is 12 times greater than it was in 1900 and 216 times greater than it was at the peak of the new deal. But in the past few years, federal employment has tend ed to remain stable or regis ter a slight decline. The 2, 369,000 federal civilian work ers reported in the latest Civil Service Commission report compares with 2,486,000 in 1953 when the Eisenhower ad ministration took office. The big increase in govern ment employment in recent years have been at the state and local levels. On Jan. 9 1954 state and local governments had a total payroll of 4,500,000 persons. Today they have 5,900,000, an increase of nearly one-third in just five years. Grange News Upper Applegate Grange Of special interest to resi dents of the Applegate Valley will be the open house to be held by Upper Applegate Grange next Friday, Jan. 23, at 8 p.m., featuring Colleen Hope and her dance troupe from Medford in a presenta tion of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" ballet.. Ethel West and her Grange program unit members, who are sponsoring the event, are also arranging several other numbers for presentation dur ing the evening and refresh ments will be served. This will be the last of four open house programs planned by the Grange, and is open to the public without charge. Grange members attending are reminded to bring home made cookies or cup cakes for the refreshment hours. The program will take the place of the regular Grange meeting. Grace N. Pearson Publicity Chairman SOUNDPROOF CELLS Manchester, England DPD Prison commissioners 'have approved plans for sound proof cells for , shreiking women in Strangeways jail here. 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He is robbery-kidnap suspect Quotes From the News By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL East Orange, N.J.-Poet Carl Sandburg, in an informal talk at Upsala college where he was given an honorary doc tor of letters degree: "The most important thing in acquiring an education is developing good reading habits." Washington-Rep. Charles Porter (D.-Ore.) in accepting an invitation to fly to Cuba to witness trials of Batista support ers by Fidel Castro's new government: "I think the new Cuba government deserves a warm em brace and a little more sympathy and understanding . . from this country." Chicago-Evangelist Billy Graham, commenting on the kind of candidates needed in the 1960 elections: "We need men offering themselves for political life who have moral guts and faith in Christ." New York-Kings County Judge Nathan R. Sobel, in com mitting Mrs. Jean Iavarone to a hospital for psychiatric ex amination after her indictment for kidnaping the infant Lisa Rose Chionchio: "If I credit the Information in the press, this is a stupid crime, committed for the most commonplace of motives-the love of a woman for a man." .i. j: - m nil it W'&lji PLEADING FOR LIFE, Corporal Jose Cipriano Rodriquez hears Commandant William Galvez order him executed for slaying of two brothers at Matanzas, Cuba. tmurn jour turn n tnm nni at jour local airrnerwaw 4 OlL-DSlVaOISIL-ls DARRELL MILLER CO., 415 S. RIVERSIDE TUNt IN THI "NIW OLDS SHOW" STARRING PATTI PAGE EVERY WEEK ON AECTV rt 1 1 . 11 24 II 4 f-1 . ?! 1 V Quality Dialer's News Conference Inlogh.Sghts (Continued from Page 1) The President also pro vided these other news high lights: -The Navy Department and the Department of Health, Education and Welfare are looking into the possibilities of providing public school education for at least some of the more, than 5,000 children of armed forces personnel in Norfolk, Va., where the schools are closed in an effort to prevent court-ordered in tegration. Would Repeal Amendment -In response to a question, Eisenhower said he would like to see the constitutional amendment limiting presi dents to two terms repealed. This would not apply to him, but he said he though Ameri cans should have the right to choose whom they please for the presidency. ' -He said he despised the prospect of economic controls to combat inflation, but that if the American people did not exercise discipline and a mounting inflation resulted, something would have to be done. He said, however, he had no specific , controls in mind. -He reported being assur ed Tuesday night by one of the most important Senate Democrats that Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas I. Mikoyan was told forcefully on Capi tol Hill that there was no division Detween Congress and the Executive branch in the field of over-all foreign policy. -As an aftermath of the Churchill's Son Seeks Election London - (UPD - Randolph Churchill, son of Sir Winston Churchill, got himself a map of England today and sallied forth to do battle for the Con servative seat in the House of Commons from Bournemouth East. Churchill's campaign got off to a false start Tuesday when he started politicking in the wrong district. He called a press confer ence at the Five Star Royal Bath Hotel at Bournemouth to announce his arrival to "test the political tempera ture." He said he hoped the local voters would call on him to discuss the state of things in Bournemouth East. "They won't come here," a reporter told him. . ' "Why not?" asked Church ill. "Well, this is Bournemouth West." "Well," replied Churchill, "I must get a map and sally forth." SPIRITLESS COMPETITION Chicago -(UPD- The Univer sity of Illinois said competi tion was less than spirited for the construction of a harpsi chord for campus use. Of two American companies which manufacture the instruments, only one submitted a bid, the university said. The bid was for $3,650. Mikoyan visit, he said the lamed States stood ready to explore any proposal at any time if it advanced the cause of peace. But he said this country would not accept without question a proposal by the Kremlin simply be cause Russian leaders insisted it was, the only avenue to peace. -He expressed the opinion that a federal conciliation agency proposed by Sen. Johnson to help solve civil rights disputes would not, be fruitful at present as a new division of government. But be added that his mind was not closed on this matter. -In dealing with legisla tion passed by. a heavily Democratic Congress, he said he would not hesitate to veto a bill he regarded as bad for the nation in its overall ef fect. He said he would do his best to approve all legislation which, in his opinion, ad vanced the welfare of the na tion. Regarding his meeting with Mikoyan, Eisenhower said the United States in its rela tions with Russia was will ing to match reasonableness with reasonableness, but simply would not be pushed around. 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