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Communist Files Said Los Angeles - (UPD - The Home Un-American Activities Committee has charged that secret files of the Communist party show it has picked Southern California as a prime target for the spread of its influence among labor groups and Mexican, Jewish and Negro minorities. , Rep. Donald L. Jackson (It Calif.), said the files showed a number of defections from the party but that these de tections have actually strengthened the party by eli minating "those who might have argued or disagreed with THE EDSEL- INVADER THE LOW-PRICE ' PLYMOUTH WITH THE BIG DIFFERENCE . . . the hard-core dedicated Communists." The committee said the Southern California district was set up in 1947. . Special Target Southern California became a special target for the Reds, the committee said, because of its strategic aircraft and mis sile plants, its booming popu lation, its multimillion dollar entertainment industry, and its growing importance on the national political scene. A speech of the new district chairman, Dorothy Ray Healey, and talks by other THE LION-HEARTED CHRYSLER FOR 1959 ALL - NEW BUICK LeSABRE INVICTA ELECTRA OF FIELD RAMBLER BIG CAR ROOM SMALL CAR ECONOMY Your to yon to Show Southern Cali Red leaders were carried in the committee report. "This report has and will create additional turmoil in the party," said Jackson. "This will not tend to give confidence to persons sitting next to one another at future meetings." "The party naturally has decreased in point of numbers with its present estimated strength throughout the na tion as probably 20,000 mem bers," Jackson declared. Party Now Stronger hard-core dedicated Commu nists since the party has di FORD friendly see, try. MEDFORD vested itself of uncertain, vac cilating fringes . . . the faint hearted . . . those who defect ed because of" Hungary and those who will defect because of Tibet. Actually in function ing the party is stronger be cause of the defections. They have eliminated those who might have argued or dis agreed with them." At the oganlzation conven tion here April 13-14, 1957 the committee said, a 62-member southern district council with an equal number of alter nates, and a 10-member execu tive committee were set up. THE EXCLUSIVE IMPERIAL . . . BUILT FOR PEOPLE BUILT FOR SAVINGS YOUR BEST ilii O BIGGEST TRADE-IN ALLOWANCE that means the biggest sav ings in town for you. Compare! No trade-in? comparable allowances made! ONE-PRICE POLICY -We fee! that quoting a different price to different buyers is a form of cheating. We always deal honestly! FINEST AFTER-SALE SERVICE includes full factory guarantee . . . check-up and repair work done in our own excellent, au thorized garage. FAIREST FINANCING . . . EASIEST TERMS ... You may use your own bank or credit union . . . or we will budget financing to suit your needs. COURTESY AND INTEGRITY that is proven time and time again through repeat customers. Deal where you can always be sure. Bedford Automobile' Sealer invites buy the AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION as The committee said the dis trict was broken down into 28 sections corresponding to po litical subdivisions and then clubs based on common ac tivity of members-physicians, nurses, teachers, screen writters, etc. The report also listed four groups as currently active Communist front groups in Southern California; the Los An average lawn is mowed 20 times during the growing season with a total of about 30 iches of growth being cut from each plant. i BUY-BY FAR DESOTO -THE PEOPLE-SIZE CAR ear of your Target Angeles Committee for Pro tection of Foreignborn; the American Russian Institute of Southern California; the Citi zens Committee to Preserve American Freedoms; and the Downtown Club. Tokyo - (UPD - Lt. CoL Charles H. Piatt, cleared by the U. S. Air Force of charges he bumped seven men on emergency leave from a mili tary transport, said he has given up plans for a Hawaii vacation now. "We have no plans at present," Piatt said through a spokesman. ' PONTIAC WITH WIDE-TRACK CHASSIS ilium i-t aiutuiSBiiiiagiauj 1 1 1 : i M laMBBtiBiaiBiaiSaiBBBBBBiBiail I I 1 I i I I iilliyii - IS HERE! Dulles Has Quiet Day Under Sun Hobe Sound, Fla.-flJPD-Sec-retary ot State John Foster Dulles spent a quiet day un der the Florida sun Sunday, joined by his brother, Allen W. Dulles, director of the Cen tral Intelligence Agency. The secretary, recuperating from radiation treatments for cancer, was reported in good spirits by his aides. 'Another week end visitor was Vice President Richard M. Nixon, who spent an hour with the State Department head Saturday. THE MIGHTY LINCOLN and Continental CHEVROLET WANTED FOR ALL ITS WORTHI OLDSMOBILE WITH THAT EXCITING DODGE MERCURY- TOTALLY-NEW FOR '59 choice . MAIL TRIBUNE, Medfori, Green Tint on Highways Urged New York - (UPD - An eye specialist suggested Sunday the nation's highways be tint ed green and divided with yel low lines to rest the eyes of the nation's drivers. Dr. Alden N. Haffner, ex cutive director of the Opto metric Center of New York, said the "lack of color in black" tends to make it fa tiguing to the eyes. Combined with white, it causes more fatiguing glare. Mark III CADILLAC - STANDARD OF THE WORLD "OLDS" FEELING -WITH AMAZING SWIVEL . B B10lnJ ! Oregon, Monday, April 6, 19S9 3A MISSILE CONTRACT Huntsvile, Ala.-(DPD - West ern Electric Co. has been awarded a $9,950,000 contract for production planning of the Nike -Zeus anti-missile system, it was announced Sunday by the Army Rocket and Guided Missile agency at Redstone arsenal. Electrical Wiring & Repair Industrial Commercial Residential Call Jack Henbest ROGUE ELEC. SERVICE SP 2-6603 104 S. Grape SEATS 4
