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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago. .
10 YEARS AGO
July 1, 1349 (Friday)
. An organ recital and band
concert mark the opening of
the new Butler memorial
band ihell in Lithia park,
Ashland.
The state highway commis
sion awards to Western Golf
Course and Supply company,
Seattle, a contract for land
scaping at the Big Y inter
section. 20 YEARS AGO
. July 1, 1939 (Saturday) .
A spectacular fire destroys
. the spray sheds at Bear Creek
Orchards. .
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Horse
back is again intriguing the
social set, and groups are
gaily cantering over the lea
and heather, and through the
manzanita brush. There is
some talk of forming a hunt
club."
30 YEARS AGO
July 1. 1929 (Monday)
The Ray holdings on the
Rogue river are sold to Cali
fornia capitalists.-
Tourists at Crater Lake Na
tional park are thrilled by the
antics of a bear cub.
40 YEARS AGO
July 1. 1919 (Tuesday)
Scores of valley residents
motor to Hilts and Hornbrook
for" a final drink before pro
hibition is clamped on Cali
fornia. Attorney and Mrs. George
M. Roberts return from a trip
' to Shasta Springs, Calif.
50 YEARS AGO
July 1. 1909 (Thursday)
Excitement rises as resi
dents look forward to July 4
festivities including auto
races, horse races and a pa
rade. -
Post office receipts here are
reported way up.
VhaPs Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct is superior;
seven or eight is excelient; five or
six is good. -
1. How many feet are in a
mile?
2. What was the name of
the other man who rode with
Paul Revere? :
3. How many guns are fired
, in a Presidential salute?
4. Is a thick glass, quickly
filled with a hot liquid, more
likely to crack than a thin
one? "
5. If one could stand at
the exact geographical South
Pole, in what direction would
' he face? " "
, 6. Which State is nick
named "Cornhusker State"? -
7. Does the U.S. Govern
ment maintain one of its mints
in Washington, D.C.?
8. Ceramics is the art of
basket weaving; true or false?
9. Whose arrow pierced
Achilles heel? ' '
10. Which two of . these
countries border on Tibet;
Thailand, . India, Pakistan,
Nepal, Burma?
Answers: 1. S.280. 2. Wil
- liam Dawes. 3. Twenty-one.
4. Yes. 5. North. 6. Nebraa
' it a. 7. No. 8. False. 9. Paris'.
10. India and Nepal.
NAVY MAN DIES
Bethtsda, Md. - UPB - Rear
Adm. William Francis Diet
rich, U.SJi. (ret.), 65, died
here Monday. He was a vet
eran of 32 years' commission
ed service in the U. S. Navy.
Notes on a Trip
II La Grande
The high point of the week-and-a-half long
trip being recorded in these columns, for, this
writer, was the privilege of accepting, on behalf
of our boss of 11 years, the Oregon Newspaper
Publishers association's highest award for jour
nalism, the Amos E. Voorhies "roll of honor
plaque.
This award is presented for distinguished
service to the highest ideals of journalism, either
for a single event or series of events, or for long
and outstanding work in the field.
Seventeen men have received the plaque,
which is not necessarily awarded each year, only
when there is a meritorious recipient.
. v
IF A personal note will be allowed, the privilege
of receiving the award on R.W.R.'s behalf
was doubly affecting, for about a decade ago
this writer accepted a token of the same award,
posthumously, on behalf of his father.
We told the O.N.P.A. convention that it was
impossible to say on which occasion we were
more proud for the award to our father, long
time and well-respected dean of journalism at
the University of Oregon, or for the award to
our boss, one of Oregon's outstanding editors.
We hope we don t get fired for our temerity
in thus expressing our private feelings for two
wonderful men.
III La Grande to Seattle
MORTHWARD from La Grande the Grande
A Ronde valley stretches, smooth and level,
for perhaps 15 miles until it narrows into the
gorge which takes the river by a circuitous route
to its confluence with the Snake. It separates the
Blue Mountains and the Wallowas.
The road runs through the fertile farmlands
of the valley, and at Elgin turns to the northwest,
i again crossing the Blue
here yesterday, but at this point higher and some
what more rugged than at the Pendleton-La
Grande crossing. . ,
From the higher points (the summit is- just
under a mile in elevation), one can look down
across the rolling wheallands to the southwest
arid the north, and across the green, timbered
slopes of the mountains themselves.
The western slope here is rather gentle, and
the descent is a gradual change from semi-alpine
country into wheat and pea fields, as the highway
swoops up and down and around the foothills.
AT MILTON-FREEWATER (one of the bright
est, cleanest little towns in Oregon at least
from a quick traveler's view), one is back again
in f armng country, which continues flat and
level into Washington.
Thus, the change of states is merely nominal
a sign by the side of the road, a change from
yellow to white of the highway center-line, and
a slight shift in the driver's outlook as a new
set of state, highway laws became operative.
Washington has a flat 60-mile-per-hour speed
limit, which, on some of the wide, smooth and
straight highways, with little traffic, seems a
trifle unrealistic.
..
"THE highway commissions of the two states
could profitably take a tour together, we be
lieve, for each has ways of doing things which
seem more sensible than the other. Washington,
for example, is better about letting the traveler
know where, he is going, and how far it is, than
Oregon. Oregon, on the other hand, is better at
forewarning of curves, at banking turns, and
delineating center strips and medians.
Generally, the roads we traversed in our
sister state are excellent. ' ,
From Walla Walla west to Wallula, then
north and west around the big bend in the Co
lumbia, now full from the waters backed up by
the dams downstream, to Pasco and across the
Columbia again past Richland, the roads are
smooth and many of them new. ,
The Hanford atomic works near here are, of
course, a tremendous influence on the growth and
economy of the area," but to the casual tourist
there is' little to be seen of them.
WESTWARD, along the valley of the Yakima
v" river, to Yakima itself, the country is more
farmland flat, green valleys with the Horse
Heaven Hills on the south and the Rattlesnake
Hills on the north, both ranges brown and dry.
North of Yakima, the road to .Ellensburg
winds through the gorge of the Yakima river,
which here separates the Ahtanum ridge from
the Saddle mountains. One sees the river, and
on each side high walls, in some places cliff -like,
and besides that; only the sky.
Approaching Ellensburg, however, the valley
widens and flattens into more rich farming
country, and one catches the first breathtaking
glimpses of the spiny, rugged, snow-capped peaks
of the Cascades to the west.
PROM Ellensburg to Cle Elum the country grad
ually assumes a more mountainous character,
but the climb is almost imperceptible.
Shortly past Cle Elum, the good two-lane
highway changes into four-lane freeway a
freeway which sweeps over the summit of the
Cascade range and down into the heart of met
ropolitan Seattle with hardly a pause:
The summit country is, of course, lovely. But
one wonders, a bit nostalgically, if perhaps the
freeway, which makes the mountain grades so
easy, hasn't robbed the traveller of some sense
of participation and appreciation of the peaks,
the timber, the lakes, the patches of snow, which
slower driving seems to bring. E.A;
(To be continued).
Mountains, mentioned
Dennis the
Dennis told us to msr
Communications
Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer,
although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial
for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right tc
edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters
submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters
printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the
paper; in fact the contrary is often the ca.
His Predictions
To the Editor: Man will
land on the moon in 10 years,
monkeys in five. Satellites
full of peoples will collide
with saucers full of monkeys.
Peoples is such kwazy drivers.
Everett Acklin,
Ashland, Ore.
Wrong Criterion
To the Editor: Oregon news-
papers have quoted Senator
Morse's administrative aide in
Oregon, Charles Brooks, as
saying: "I am guided in my
support of a Democratic' can
didate for office by this rule
of thumb. If a candidate has
the support of the reactionary
newspapers of Oregon his
course of action andor re
marks are contrary to the es
sential creed of liberalism."
This is evidently a refer
ence to the fact that some
leading Oregon newspapers
have,, at various times, sup
ported and commented favor
ably upon certain legislative
programs sponsored by Sena
tor Neuberger. One editor
said, "It's obvious he is criti
cising Neuberger." Inasmuch
as Mr. Brooks' statement has
been distributed for publica
tion, comment by me seems
appropriate.
As a former wire-service re
porter and publisher myself, I
believe such an indictment of
the Oregon press is unfair.
Moreover, use of guilt-by-association
against any candidate
who enjoys some degree of
newspaper support is an un
wise and perilous political
credo, in my judgment.
To begin with, Senator
Morse himself had widespread
press endorsement during his
successful senatorial cam
paigns of 1944 and 1950-far
more press support, for exam
ple, than Senator Neuberger
ever has received.
Secondly, many Oregon
Democrats have been endors
ed by prominent papers in
their campaigns. Congress
woman Edith Green was rec
ommended for reelection last
year by both Portland daily
newspapers, The Oregon Jour
nal and The Oregonian. Does
this automatically rule her out
as a liberal under the rule of
thumb suggested by a mem
ber of Senator Morse's Oregon
staff?
Among other Democrats
who have had considerable
newspaper backing at various
times are Congressman
Charles O. Porter, Congress
man Al Ullman, Mayor Terry
Schrunk, Sheriff Francis Lam
bert, Treasurer W. W. .Camp
bell, State Senator Harry Boi
vin, State Senator Bob Straub,
State Senator Alf Corbett,
State Senator Walter Pearson,
Speaker Bob Duncan, State
Senator Ward H. Cook, State
Senator Jean Lewis and
many, many others. I doubt
many Democrats want to be
told that these prominent par
ty members deserved defeat
because of newspaper backing
which they received.
At any rate, wholesale
abuse of the Oregon press is
not deserved merely because
some editors have looked with
favor on -D'ck Neuberger's
work in the Senate.' From my
observations-in and out of the
profession-Oregon is blessed
with a high caliber, of jour
nalistic ethics, compared with
many other areas of the na
tion. I will continue to hold
this view whether or ' not
newspapers endorse his ac
tions. My attitude is not likely
to change his political for
tunes, however, because Ore
gonians have demonstrated
time and again that they do
not vote on the basis of any
rule of thumb dictated by oth
ers. They are likely to con
tinue the historic practice of
making up their own minds.
Menace
r - 4
him vsrs. okay ?
I think you will agree that
this is the best way for public
officials to be selected.
Lloyd Tupling
Administrative Assistant
to Senator Neuberger ,
Washington, D.C.
Handicapped League
To the Editor: The National
Handicapped League was
formed by a group of handi
capped persons in the fall of
1958 for the object of securing
legislation in the states and
federal governments for a
minimum pension of $125 per
month, plus $50 for each de
pendent, for all handicapped
persons with a 65 er cent or
over permanent disability at
age 21 or over. Also, the aged
for 60 years or over, whether
handicapped or not.
The league was formed as a
charitable, non-profit, non-
political and non-sectarian
league.
The joining fee for the
league is $3 . for a life time
membership card with no fur
ther dues or assessments at
any time. We feel this is nec
essary as many of the handi
capped are not able to pay
dues regularly. There is no
salary paid anyone in the
league as all work is donated
by members.
Due to so small an income,
we accept donations from any
one, large or small. We do
have expenses such as paper,
printing and postage which
runs into quite a sum of
money. We, would also, thank
you able bodied who read
this to clip this out and hand
it to some handicapped or
aged person.
The adult handicapped of
over five years standing re
ceive very little help either
through D. P. A. or Social
Security; as the Social Securi
ty law for the handicapped is
very discriminating.
Also, it is required for a
person to be handicapped at
least six months before they
can make application for So
cial Security and then have
to wait six months more be
fore they receive an answer
which usually turns them
down, and then they must ap
ply again and wait another
six months for an answer.
In order for a handicapped
person to receive Social Se
curity he must have paid , in
five years out of the last ten,
as compared to the able
bodied which needs only 18
months paid in, and is allowed
to make up to $1,200 per year
and still draw his Social Se
curity. The handicapped are
not allowed any substantial
gainful employment and at
the same time draw Social
Security.
This leaves many handi
capped entirely out of Social
Security.
The D. P. A. eives the han
dicapped from $20 to $30 'per
month in this region. This is
not enough for anyone to live
oh in this age, as we all know.
In closing, I hope all of you
write us a letter even if you
are against our plan, let us
hear from all of you. We want
thousands of letters. We thank
you one and all.
National Handicapped
League
Joseph C. Shields,
President
275 East Main st.
St. Clairsville, Ohio.
Would Like Visitors
To the Editor: This is ad
dressed to- my- many friends
in Medford. I'd like to an
nounce that I am still here
in Central Point at the McCue
Home, 134, Laurel' st., and I
would be pleased to have any
of you caU at any time. I
lived at 215 West Jackson st.
for over 20 years and that was
my home for so many years
Franco Finding Difficulty in Control
Of Spanish People; Succession Problem
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Editor
Generalissimo Franci sco
Franco is finding it increas
ingly difficult to control the
restless Span
ish people.
His govern
ment has dis
closed that the
Spanish par
liament soon
will be asked
to pass a
drastic new
law dealing
with crimes
against the state or public
order" which on government
command can abolish all liber
ties, either in business or pri
vate life.
The sweeping law establish
es penalties for crimes on a
front ranging from an iUegal
rise in prices to possession of
arms at public meetings and
gr-i.t3 police powers ranging
from the right to enter pri
vate homes without a search
warrant to seizure of fac
tories. There is no' hint at the mo
ment ' of any organized at
tempt to oust Franco from the
firm control he has exercised
over Spain since the end of
the bloody Spanish Civil War
20 years ago.
Spanish Future Uncertain
The restlessness which now
grips the Spanish people
arises from circumstances
which find their present un
satisfactory and their future
uncertain.
Internationally, Spain no
Governor Long
Given Oxygen
Covington, La. - (UPD - Gov.
Earl K. Long talked so long
on the telephone he "ran out
of ureatfi" and had to have
an oxygen tank set up in his
motel room, it was reported
today.
State troopers took the tank
to him about midnight. State
Rep. Jessie McClain of St
.Tammany's Parish told news
men the oxygen was released
into the room instead of be
ing given directly to the gov
ernor. Long later left the motel
for a wee-hour snack. He rode
off in his air-conditioned lim
ousine with a parting "good
luck" to photographers.
The governor moved today
to make his estranged wife
take her separation suit to a
court near his "little pea
patch" farm in north Louis
iana. Mrs, Long has filed both
her answer to an earlier sep
aration suit begun by her 63-
year-old husband and her own
counter-suit in family court in
East Baton Rouge Parish,
where the state capital is. She
charged that Long threatened
to kill her a month ago.
He wants a divorce but they
must be separated for at least
a year before he can file for
one.
Dennis Crosby
Gets Trust Fund
Los Angeles -(UPD- Lindsay
Crosby received $227,662
Tuesday as his share of a
trust fund set up by his par
ents, singer Bing Crosby and
Dixie Lee.
Lindsay, youngest of the
crooner's four sons by. Dixie,
was awarded the money by
Superior Judge Burdette J.
Daniels as part of the final ac
counting of his guardianship.
He became 21 in January. His
three brothers also received
more than $200,000 on be
coming adults.
that I hope my many friends
will remember, it and will
come here and see me.
Most sincerely,
Mrs. Martha Hill,
134 Laurel St.,
Central Point, Ore.
Try and
i 5
Phil Newsom
-By BENNETT CERF-
TIMID LITTLE WOMAN from Des Moines, whenever she
checks into a strange hotel, always locates the fire escape
the moment the bellboy has deposited the bags in her room. One
day she couian t una any
such exit, and when she had
reached the last door at the
end of the hall, jerked it
open to see where it led.
There, majestically seated in
the bathtub was a red-faced
Englishman with a walrus
mustache.
"Pardon me!" exclaimed
the timid little.woman, flus
tered beyond belief. 'Tm
trying to find the fire es
cape." She had gotten back as
far as the door to her own
dripping wet and with a towel ineffectively draped around his
middle, came paddling up behind her. "Where," he gasped,
"where is the fire?"
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Texas tale concerns an oil magnate who gave his 6-year-old son a
toy space helmet made of stained glaac
-. C UN, IT Ti CerC Matrcboted ky Xxag Fvatares Sywticata.
longer is m the diplomatic
deep freeze into which she
was plunged after World War
II as result of her connections
with the German-Italian-Japanese
axis. She is a member
of the United Nations, and
U. S, Strategic Air Command
bombers take off from bases
on her soil.
She has received in the
neighborhood of $1 billion
from the United States in dol
lar loans, food, raw materials,
tractors and agricultural and
power development.
But Spain is in the midst
of a severe economic crisis.
She has overreached her
self 'in an attempt to speed
industrialization. Her nation
al budget is running into the
red at the rate of $300 mil
lion a year. An accompany
ing condition has been severe
inflation which is the imme
diate source of the growing
Travelling Congressmen Find
News 'Unfair' About Junkets
By FRANK ELEAZER
Washington-flJPD-The notice
said this was a hearing on
whether congressmen should
have to make
public what
they spend on
overseas trav
el.. But this
must have
been wrong.
It turned
out to be an
inquiry on
why we news-
Frank Eleaz.r paptniicii aic
always picking on Congress,
asking questions about mat
ters like that.
if"1
In the Pay's News
By FRANK
From the Corvallis. Gazette-
Times:
t "W o n d e r how strangers
driving south on the Baldock
Freeway near Salem know
when the highway changes
back from one-way to two-
way. There are no markings
and traffic is slowed down
Building Gutted :
By Springfield Fire
SDrinufield - (DPD - A half-
block building in the heart of
Springfield was gutted by fire
Tuesday night as firefighters
from four towns battled tne
blaze for more than . two
hours.
Tenants of six apartments
and three sleeping rooms on
the second floor of the build
ine were routed from bed
about 11:15 p.m. when the
blaze broke out in the kitchen
of a restaurant on the first
floor.
No injuries were reported,
although Cleo C. (Tex) John
son, fire chief of the Mc
Kenzie department, was treat
ed for inhaling smoke. No
estimate of damages has been
made.
Destroyed were Kim's Res
taurant, Town Tavern, and
three vacant offices on the
ground floor and the apart
ments on the top floor.
Springfield Fire Chief
Harry Krieger said the blaze
started in the kitchen of the
restaurant and then spread to
a false ceiling in the lower
level and flashed quickly
through the building.
RETAIL PRICES CUT
Moscow -(UPD- Retail prices
on certain mass consumer
goods in the Soviet Union
were reduced by an average
of 21 per cent starting today.
The government action af
fected such items as bicycles,
clocks, cameras, toys, wines,
and combination radio-record
players, Tass, the official So
viet news agency, reported.
Stop Me
restlessness throughout the
country.
That is the unsatisfactory
present.
Heir Not Named
The uncertain future arises
from Franco's refusal to desig
nate an heir.
Franco formally has ac
knowledged that Spain is a
monarchy. But who the incom
ing monarch will be and when
he will assume the throne re
main unanswered questions. ,
Aside from the Commun
ists, most Spaniards seem
agreed that a monarchy is the
best solution to the problem
of national stability after
Franco goes. Receiving chief
support is young Prince Juan
Carlos, son of Don Juan of
Borbon and grandson of
Spain's last king, Alfonso
XIII, who died in Roman ex
ile. -
A council of the realm has
I hadn't realized how ob
noxious reporters can be, al
ways nosing around, demand
ing to know which of his rela
tives a congressman has on his
payroll, whether he rents his
front porch to the taxpayers,
and-lately-how much coun
terpart money (that's U.S.
owned foreign, currency) he
spends when he travels
abroad.
Rep. Samuel N. Friedel (D
Md.), the chairman, opened
up by saying the press hasn't
been fair. He 'contended we've
led folks to believe that Con-
JENKINS
considerably because of a re
luctance of some people to
pass.
"Speaking of that stretch of
the road, there must be a per
fectly reasonable explanation
for it, but to the layman it ap
pears strange that they would
finish the two-way system out
in the sticks before they finish
it around the state capitol
where the traffic is much
heavier."
TTMMMMMM.
AA As the Corvallis papers
say it's interesting.. But what
I'd like to know about the
Baldock Freeway, along with
all the other freeways, is how
when you get off one of the
darned things, you're going to
GET BACK ONTO IT-i-at
least, in the same day.
IJIOR example:
A Coming south on the Bal
dock Freeway recently, I
swung off it inadvertently on
one of these gradual -inter
sections. I knew what I had
done. I knew where the free
way was. I knew in general
where I had to go to get there.
But it took me 27 minutes
by my watch to get back on
the freeway, headed in the
right direction,' without going
the wrong way on a one-way
street and landing in the
hoosegow. That is true not
merely of the Baldock Free
way in Oregon, but of all free
ways everywhere.
THAT brings up an interest
ing point in connection
with tourist traffic, which all
states are seeking to attract.
Except in the case of metro
politan cities, location on a
multiple-lane major freeway
route is coming to be accepted
as a handici p in stopping tour
ists. Once they get started on
such a route, their tendency is
to roar through from one
metropolitan center to the
next, with NO stops in be
tween. The reason is obvious. The
tourist fears that if he gets off
the freeway, by even so much
as a block or so, he'll waste
goodness knows how much
getting back to it. So he tends
to stay on the freeway route.
This tendency is bothering
all cities of less than metro
politan rank.
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Mrs. Litwiller has served as lady assistant, organist and vocalist
for many years without added cost to our patrons. A sub
stantial saving on every service and is appreciated by the
many who call us.
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Funeral
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Mountain View Chapel
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ASHLAND
We Never Close
than to
been set up by Franco to de
termine his successor after he
dies. But the fear is that, the
longer the decision is de
layed, the greater the risk of
a leftist-inspired eruption. The
Communists, although small
in number, are the country's
only well-organized opposi
tion force.
While Franco seems in no
hurry to speed a decision on
the monarchy, the need for
speedy measures on the eco
nomic front is admitted and
plans aimed at stabilization
of the economy are under
close study.
But, if they are to succeed,
the country will have to cut
back on some overly-ambitious
industrialization plans
and it will have to receive
hundreds of millions addi
tional dollars in foreign aid.
Devaluation of the peseta is
also expected.
gress has been secretive about
some of these matters.
Rep. Wayne L. Hays (D
Ohio) said it seemed funny to
him we reporters don't spend
more of our time looking for
thievery in the executive
branch of the government.
Says News Distorted
Rep. George M. Rhodes (D
Pa.) complained that news
sometimes is distorted and
slanted.
. And Rep. Frank Smith (D
Miss.) intimated that when it
comes to padding expenses,
newspapermen do pretty well
for themselves. -
They pretty near had me
shedding a tear for the Con
gress. Fortunately, though,-Ren.
H. R. Gross (R-Iowa) kept re
minding us why we were
here. Namely, to consider
Gross' bill, "by number H.R.
5401, to' stop free-wheeling
counterpart spending, if any,
by junketing congressmen. .
Friedel said he hadn't heard
of any abuses. Gross said he
had, but if the rumors were
wrong, then surely nobody
could object to passing his
bill, which would relieve us
reporters from having to won
der. Gross' bill was Introduced
last March 9, and I almost
said it had been -. "gathering
dust ever smce. But I guess
Friedel wouldn't like that
kind of reporting. - He said
somebody already had writ
ten that Gross' bill was "pig
eonholed," and he couldn't
understand where they got
that impression.
Friedel Favors Bill
As a matter of fact he Is for
it, Friedel said, but he isn't
sure it will work. Hays seem
ed to think maybe the idea
was a good one, too, and
Rhodes came right out and
said he would vote aye despite
the fact the press hadn't been
fair.
Hays said he has quit wor
rying what the newspapers
say about him.
"One paper in my last cam
paign," he recalled, "ran 16
or 17 editorials calling me
the Marco Polo of the 85ta
Congress. They said I must
have spent $5,000 on travel. I
told 'em it was nearer $10,000.
"When the election returns
came in they called up to ask
to what I attributed my great
victory. I said, 'I can't make
up my mind-whether it's your
lousy newspaper, or that peo
ple like Marco Polo.' "
Gross said he already had
inquired about Hays' flight,
which cost over $5,000. So
what about the, other ex
penses? Hays, who got up the trip,
said things like hotel bills for
the five-day session were to
be paid for by a private com
mittee. Gross said this sound
ed odd.
"Well," said Hays, "since
the gentleman is worried
about it I'll just call London
today, and have it paid out of
counterpart funds."
So there went another
$2,000. Whether anything else
comes of the hearing remains
to be seen.
Mrs. Litwiller
'It is better to know us and not need us.
need us and not know us."