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Ike Dedicates .
Monument To Taft
Washington (LTD President
Eisenhower Tuesday dedicated
a lofty bell tower of white
marble as an enduring monu
ment to the late Sen. Robert
A. Taft, a man who gave him
self unstintingly "for the good
of all America."
The President, standing be
fore a 10-foot bronze statue
of Taft at the base of the
fluted bell tower rising more
than 100 feet above a small
Capitol Hill park, said the
late Ohio Republican was
"many things to many peo
ple." While Taft described
himself as a "politician," Eis
enhower said, "an admiring
nation now acknowledges that
he was infinitely more."
Eisenhower, who defeated
Taft for the Republican presi
dential nomination in 1952,
said his one-time political foe
who later became a staunch
friend was a "vital link" in
his own relations with Con
gress in the early days of his
administration.
HEADING toward Australia
where he plans to live, Stan
ley Yankus, Michigan farm
er, waves at San Francisco
Airport to photographers.
He objects to U. S. wheat
acreage controls.
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Move To Reconsider
Timber Taxation
Bill Fails in House
Salem-dTD-After an hour's
debate, the Oregon house has
failed to reconsider the vote
by which it defeated House
Bill 14, a measure changing
the formula of timber taxation
in Oregon.
The motion to reconsider
failed by a 31-29 vote.
Rep. Clarence Barton (D
Coquille) said that the bill
was of extreme importance to
the state and that to let it die
would be to continue a tax
penalty against sustained yield
logging.
The bill would raise the
taxes on operators who cut
and -get-out, he said.
No Arm Twisled
Barton said he had been
out of the state since the house
defeated the bill by a 29-29 tie
vote last week and "had not
twisted any arms" to get sup
port for it.
Chief opposition to the bill
came from Rep. W. O. Kelsay
(D-Roseburg) who said it
would give tax relief to the
big operators who need it
least and would penalize the
small operator.
Kelsay favored forming an
interim committee with indus
try representatives on it to
study the entire timber tax
of the,bill on small
timber owners was questioned
by Rep. Keith Skelton (D-Eu-gene).
Barton told him a small
owner could either sell his
timber or hold it for as long
as. 50 years and that his major J
tax would be paid when the
timber Was cut.
Some Tax Relief
Farmers and homeowners in
Lane county would get some
tax relief under the bill ac
cording to Rep. Carl Fisher
(R-Eugene).
Editorials in Portland, Eu
gene and Coos Bay newspap
SHARPER
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ers were quoted by Barton in
support of reconsideration of
the bill. House referred the
State Power Commissioner
bill back to the Judiciary Com
mittee to amend it so it can
be referred to the people for
a vote.
The motion to refer the bill
back was made by Rep. Al
Flegel (D-Roseburg), a major
sponsor of the legislation,
yote on the motion was 34-26.
The bill would set up a
three-man Power Develop
ment Commission to buy, sell,
generate and transmit electric
power.
The Family Council
Editor's note. The K-mily council consists ot a Judge a psychiatrist,
three clergymen, a newspapei editor a women's editor and two writers.
Each article is a summary of an actual report. The Family Council does
not give advice; it merely reports on problems that have been dealt
with by responsible aencie ana eonnIora
Jane N. - She wants to take
care of the baby herself.
Gloria S. - If he doesn't
know I'm his mother he'll re
sent me.
Jane N. I am 23 and the
mother of two children. I also
take care of my kid sister's
8-month-old baby while she
a business course.
My sister, Gloria, is only
16. She got involved with a
boy not much older and they
had to get married. Then he
deserted her after about four
months of marriage.
I want to help Gloria get
on. her feet again. I would
really like to adopt hej baby,
but she doesn't want that. I
am perfectly willing to take
care of the kid while she goes
to work - if only she would
trust me a little more. She
worries all the time about
whether I am treating the
baby right and is afraid that
the baby will think I'm his
mother. She's very jealous
about that and says she wants
to take care of the baby her
self and live on charity. That
way she'll never get a chance
to marry again.
Gloria S. Ever since they
found out I was pregnant the
whole family was down on
me telling me to give my baby
out for adoption. Well, I'm not
like that. I love my baby and
I want to bring him up - and
'T want him to know that I'm
his mother.
I guess I'm this way because
of my own childhood. My
mother never wanted any of
us. My father was an alcoholic
and only complained about
how much he had to spend on
us. It took money from his
alcohol budget.
Anyway, I always wanted
to make a different kind of
home for any children of
mine. I know I've gotten off
to a bad start, but I'm trying
to make up for it. But if my
baby doesn't know I'm his
mother, how will I ever be
able to be the right kind of
mother? He will resent me.
He'll love my sister as a moth
er.
I feel it's no disgrace to live
on charity if you can't help
yourself.
The Council: Jane and oth
ers in the family made a mis
take in trying to pressure
Gloria . into giving up her
baby when she wanted so
much to keep him. Now Gloria
feels threatened about any
outside influence coming be
tween her and her child.
Gloria should recognize that
she is very young and fright
ened and that she will need a
little help in bringing up her
child. Nobody can take the
child from her if she doesn't
want this. But she must not
bind the. child to her with a
grip of steel! This can do him
just as much harm as the
kind of treatment she had in
her childhood. The baby will
LAW PARTNER DIES
New York -flJPD- Adrian J.
O'Kane, 56, senior partner in
Burlington, Hupper and Ken
nedy, one of the oldest admir
alty, law firms in the nation,
died Monday.
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Distressed Areas
Aid Program Voted
Washington -UPD- A House
banking subcommittee over
r o d e presidential objections
Tuesday and approved a 251
million program to aid eco
nomically distressed areas.
Father Forces
Whiskey Down Son
Los' Angeles-(UPD-A father
on a drunken spree forced
his seven - year - old son to
drink a half pint of whiskey
because the boy refused to
eat, police reported Tuesday.
The father- was identified
as James R. Sams who alleg
edly fled with his wife after
beating his son, James, and
forcing him to drink the
whiskey. The boy is one of
six children.
He was found retching from
effects of the whiskey in the
family apartment and taken
to his aunt, Mrs. lima Lawson.
Mrs. Lawson said her broth
er, Sam, and his wife, Ethel,
were on a drunken spree fi
nanced from the insurance
money received after the
death of a son of Mrs. Sams
by a former marriage. He died
while in the Marine Corps.
James was taken to Central
Receiving hospital where doc
tors pumped his stomach and
treated bruises and contusions
on his cheeks, temple and
back.
know that she is his mother as
soon as he Is old enough to
understand her special smile
and touch without her hav
ing to make a big issue about
it.
Jane should give her sister
some assurance that she has
completely given up the idea
of adopting this baby and
should make every effort to
see that Gloria has plenty of
time alone with the child and
a chance to do things for him.
Bathing, dressing and feeding
the baby will give Gloria a
chance for the close contact
she wants. These things may
set the schedule haywire, but
it will be worth it for mother
and child.
Gloria should think about
the future. Living on a miser
able charity pittance," she will
not be able to give herself or
her child the kind of life she
would like. If she is able to
keep her independence, she
will have self - respect and
pride in her ability to bring
up a child under difficult con
ditions. (Copyright 1959,
General Features Corp.)
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Too Many Cases, Few Judges
Main Causeof Court Congestion
Editor's note: This is the second
of three dispatches on the problem
of court congestion in the U.S., and
what is doing to the traditional con
cept of speedy justice.
By LOUIS CASSELS
UPI Correspondent
Washington -flJPD- The basic
cause of court congestion that
is depriving thousands of
Americans of prompt justice
can be summed up in a few
words:
Too many cases, and too
few judges to try them.
Britain, France
In Broad Agreement
London -(UPD- The prime
ministers of Britain and
France . have reached broad
agreement on major issues in
Europe, the Middle East and
Africa, authoritative sources
said Tuesday.
Prime Minister Harold Mac
millan and French Premier
Michel Debre wound up their
cold war talks here with a
final one-hour session at Num
ber 10 Downing Street this
morning.
The Macmillan - Debre dis
cussions Monday dealth with
the Berlin crisis, German re
unification and European se
curity. Spokesmen for the two
delegations said this morn
ing's talks included continued
Soviet penetration in the Mid
dle East, French and British
African colonial problems and
trade issues.
Migrant Sanitary
Facilities Voted
Salem -(UPD- The Senate has
passed a bill setting up sani
tary facilities in migrant labor
camps.
The bill which now goes to
the governor provides that
three state agencies-the La
bor Bureau, Department of
Health and Employment Service-will
have joint jurisdic
tion over inspection of labor
camps.
- A number of .senators ob
jected to what they called
overlapping authority of the
three agencies and there were
seven votes against the bill.
The bill is one of six bills
recommended by the Interim
Committee of Migrant Labor.
It is the first to pass both
Houses.
FUNERAL SERVICES SET
West Los Angeles, Calif.-(UPD-Funeral
services will be
held Wednesday at St. Martin
of Tours Roman Catholic
Church for James (Jimmy)
Gleason, 75-year-old veteran
actor who died Sunday night.
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In 1941, there were 38,447
civil cases filed in Federal
district courts. Last year,
there were 67,115.
In the same period, the
number of Federal district
judgeships increased from 198
to 248.
The increase in civil cases,
on a percentage basis, was
three times as great as the in
crease in judgeships.
Population growth accounts
for only part of the increased
litigation glutting the courts.
The biggest single factor has
been a 400 per cent jump in
personal injury lawsuits grow
ing out of automobile acci
dents. Slight Increase
Warren Olney III, adminis
trative officer of the U. S.
Courts, points out that the
number of automobile acci
dents has increased only
slightly since 1941. The main
reason for the sharp rise in
lawsuits, he suspects, is that
juries have been granting
larger verdicts to accident vic
tims, thereby making this
kind of litigation more attrac
tive to plaintiffs.
Personal injury cases land
in Federal courts only when
there is "diversity of citizen
ship" - that is, the parties to
the suit come from different
states. This situation may oc
cur even in an accident be
tween neighbors if one of
them is insured by a company
whose headquarters are in an
other state.
In an effort to reduce the
workload of Federal courts,
Congress last year passed a
law raising the minimum dam
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53,000 to 510,000. This law
has had some effect. The num
ber of .civil cases filed in Fed
eral courts during the first
three months of fiscal 1959
was 15,501, compared to 16,
627 in the comparable period
of the previous year.
To Improve Efficiency
Efforts have also been in
recent years to improve the
efficiency of the Federal court
system, by use of time-saving
procedures such as pre-trial
examinations, and by tempo
rary transfers of judges from
districts where dockets are
clear to those where many
cases are awaiting trial.
These measures also have
been of some help. U.S. dis
trict judges last year disposed
of an average of 232 cases
cch, compared with 169 cases
each in 1941.
But all these reforms have
merely scratched the surface
of the problem. The number
of new cases filed in Federal
courts last year exceeded by
nearly 6,000 the number of
cases disposed of in the courts
during the year.
Backlog Getting Bigger
Thus the backlog is getting
bigger all the time. It now
amounts to more than 80,000
cases - enough to keep the
entire Federal judiciary busy
for nearly a year and a half,
even if not a single new suit
were filed in that time.
Leaders of the bench and
bar see no hope of relieving
the congestion unless the Fed
eral court system is expanded.
But Congress has so far turned
a deaf ear to their pleas for
creation of additional Federal
judgeships.
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