Nothing Startling
In Opening Senate
Payrolls to
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Washington
' Correspondent
Washington - When the
Senate finally opened iti pay-
roll lor public inspection lasx
week i or tne
first time in
over a decade,
nothing more
startling was
a p p a rent to
inquis i t i v e
eyes than the
fact that
about 20 sen
ators had rela-
A Bokt. Smitk tivfx on thoir
office payroll.
Neither Sens. Wayne Morse
or Richard L. Neuberger were
engaging in any of this nepo
tism. But the report did show
that the Oregon senators have
the fattest payrolls - each one
tops $100,000 a year - of any
senator from the West, outside
California.
Each state, according to Its
population, is placed in one of
several categories which de
termine the' amount the sena
tors from that state can spend
on staff salaries. Oregon, like
the other western states with
the exception of California, is
in the bottom category. Cali
fornia, along with New York,
is in the top category.
Mors Next Highest
The California senators each
ring the cash register for
about $133,000 to pay their
employees. Morse's payroll is
next highest in the West,
$104,705, with Neuberger
close behind at $104,357.
Sen. Henry M. Jackson (D-
Castro's Brother
Accused of Plots
m
Washington (DPB The
brother of Cuban Premier
Fidel Castro and another high
Cuban official have been ac
cusedjOf plotting with a
group of Communists and
. left - wing revolutionaries to
overthrow the government of
Guatemala.
The charge was made , by
Guatemala in a note read to
the Oregonization of Ameri
can States (OAS) by the Gua
temalan represenative. Dr.
Guillermo Saenz de Tejadar.
Saenz named Paul Castro,
chief of Cuba's armed forces,
and Ernesto Guevara, presi
dent of the Bank of Cuba, as
I having given financial and
1 arms aid to a left-wing group
which allegedly .is setting up
Ian armed force to invade
Guatemala.
Cuba rejected the charges
completely false and as
terted they were made pri
narily to influence Guate
n a 1 a congressional elec
ions. ,
Saenz averted that his gov
t rnment is prepared to deal
v rith any assault and was not
a sking the OAS to take ac
ti on.
But he said Guatemala was
0 Eficially informing the OAS
t see if the Castro regime
'ill take steps to prevent the
p lans from being carried out.
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Wash.) came next with $101,
600, while his colleague, Sen.
Warren G. Magnuson (D
Wash.) showed a payroll of
$86,400.
Greatest disparity between
payrolls of senators, from the
same state was in' Arizona,
where Sen. Barry Goldwater,
the Republican, required
$101,200 and Sen. Carl Hay
den, Democrat, required $70,
000. Sldaho's senators were the
reverse. Sen. Frank Church,
Democrat, spent $97,200,
while Sen. Henry C. Dwor
shak, Republican, spent $72,
400. The size of senatorial staffs
varies widely. Morse now has
16 on his staff, Neuberger 19,
including part - time workers.
Several eastern senators get
along with as few as eight
staff members, notably Sen.
Harry Byrd (D-Va.), the cham
pion of economy in govern
ment. Largest staff shown by
the report is for Sen. Jacob
JaviU (R-N.Y.), who lists 35
employees. The California
senators, Clair Engle (D) and
Thomas Kuckel (R), list 26
and 2 employees respective
ly.
The interest in these pay
roll facts was heightened by
the fact that for . years the
Senate kept them secret, giv
ing rise to suspicions that pay
rolls were being padded or
loaded with kinfolk. The sen
ator who embraced nepotism
most warmly was Sen. Olin
jonnston iLKS.t;.), who em
ploys four relatives two
nephews, a cousin and a son-in-law
- according to one re
port. Only one of these was on
Johnston's office staff, how
ever, which raises the ques
tion that is hard to answer:
How much padding of pay
rolls is done by the Senate it
self and it various committees
and subcommittees?
Associates Scattered- .
Many senators have politi
cal associates from back home
scattered about in jobs on
committees or subcommittees.
Some use this method for em
ploying relatives.
There is, however, some
justifiable resentment among '
congressmen 'at all, the finger
pointing in their direction
concerning " employing "rela
tives. Rep. Lee Metcalf (D
Mont.), with a straight face
but with tongue - in - cheek,
even had drafted a bill that
would bar all federal subsidies
to any business or farmer or
other group which indulged in
nepotims.
The issue in all this is not
so much the identity of the
employee, but whether he and
his government salary are
genuinely needed by the Sen
ate. There is all the appear
ance of a boondoggle in the
payrolls of some committees,
such as the 38-member inves
tigations staff of the Joint
Economic Committee whose
payroll is more than $200,000
a year, or the so-called policy
committee of both the Repub
licans and Democrats who be
tween them employ 36 per
sons on payrolls aggregating
$200,000 a year.
The Senate, of course, deals
with the whole range of hu
man affairs, so it has 15 em
ployes working on "problems
of the aged and aging" ($60,
000) and 14 dealing with
"juvenile delinquency" at a
cost of $94,000.
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Twining, Other Officials Entertained
Bn Bahamas by Missile Contractors
Washington -UPD- House in
vestigators have released testi
mony showing that Gen. Na
than F... Twining, chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was
among high military officers
entertained by a big missile
contractor at a plush Bahamas
resort. - ,
The Martin Co. of Balti
more, told a House armed
services subcommittee that it
spent $18,000 on gay week end
golfing parties for nine gen
erals, nine admirals and other
guests.
Air Force Secretary James
H. Douglas and Elwood R.
Quesada, head of the Federal
Aviation Agency, also sampled
From any Agle Squash
Is a Remarkable Object
M u s q u a s h, or askuta
squash, are both Indian words
for what is ridiculously, but
botanically, a large, hollow
"berry" that often has to be
split with an axe.
A section, or a half, of this
giant "berry" is usually
baked in an oven, later flav
ored with milk, butter and a
little salt; then mashed up
until it is exceedingly
"squashy," and eaten as a
vegetable. Everyone is fam
iliar with this "berry," . but
we call it a squash.
The squash is closely re
lated to the pumpkin and
the gourd. It's a homely
vegetable, growing on a vine
that runs along the ground.
It may be of an unusual size
or shape. Some are covered
with "bumps" or warts; some
have a skin, or more correctly
a rind, that resists the sharp,
est knife.
'Crookneck.
There are varieties . of
squash that develop a iQng,
crooked neck,- called aptly,
the "crookneck"; others
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the defense firm's hospitality,
although Douglas paid his own
expenses. Quesada, a former
Air Force officer, was serving
as President Eisenhower's
aviation adviser at the time.
Company Defends Practice
Martin, which produces the
Titan missile and has about
$800 million worth of defense
contracts, was host for the
outings at the exclusive Cot
ton Bay club on the island of
Eleutheria.
George. M. Bunker, Martin
board chairman, told the sub
committee there was nothing
unethical about entertaining
military brass. He said he
couldn't believe "anybody is
Small Worlds
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By Lynn M. Watkins
reach maturity and have no
neck at all. One, the so-called
"patty-pan," is flat like a
pie tin, round as a dollar, and
has beautifully fluted edges.
And of course there are
the two different classifica
tions - summer and winter
squashes. The so-called "run
ning" variety being exceed
ingly large and heavy fruits.
The Hubbard is one of these.
They are considered "keep
ers" or "winter" squash.
Most of the "summer" vari
eties, mostly smaller fruits,
are eaten shortly after be
ing removed from the vine.
Like a freshly moulted crab,
these could rightly be called
"soft-shelled."
Early pioneer history
makes no mention of the
early American Indians us
ing squash for a pie filling,
but the red-man did cultivate
squash and pumpkins for
food. . They probably intro
duced these fruits to the ear
ly pilgrims. ... .. v
New Characteristics
Since then, plant experi
menters have developed
some new characteristics in
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going to think" they are unduly
influenced because they play
ed golf with him.
But the subcommittee chair
man, F. Edward Hebert (D
La.), commented, "I dare say
90 per cent of the American
public immediately thinks
they are being influenced."
Hebert said it may be all
right for a business to enter
tain private customers but the
practice is "highly improper
where the government is con
cerned." He said the govern
ment is Martin's only custom
er. Hebert also noted that the
company, after picking up the
tab for the Bahamas trips,
Salem Men Arrested
On Burglary Charges
Salem (UPD - Marion county
sheriff s "officers arrested two
Salem men in connection with
the burglary of Dinehart's
service station here.
Kenneth Woodrow Spry,
26, was charged with burglary
not in a dwelling. Roger Wil
son Bechtold, 21, was charged
with possession of stolen prop
erty. this vegetable, as well as
methods of controlling the
"squash" and the "stink
.bug" that chew on the leaves
and vines.
Nature. really accomplished
a near miracle in the growth
of a squash. It takes her al
most a hundred years to
grow an oak tree, but she
can produce a squash, in a
few months. In fact, any way
you want to look at it, a
squash is a remarkible ob
ject. With a boost supplied
by artificial feeding, with
extra moisture, plant food,
or even milk, a squash can
become a powerful force.
Through the chemistry of
growth-the result of warmth,
moisture and nutriments a
steady, relentless pressure,
pushes outward with an un
believable power, so strong it
actually can break a heavy,
encircling iron band. ' .
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and Tribune Syndicate. 1959)
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tried to write it off as a busi
ness expense for tax purposes
but was rebuffed by the In
ternal Revenue Service.
Appeared Before Committee
Bunker explained that the
purpose Of the trips was to
promote the kind of "intimate
relationship" needed among
government and- industrial
leaders who were working in
a joint effort to keep Ameri
ca strong.
Bunker appeared before
the subcommittee this summer
in connection with a general
investigation of possible in
fluence peddling on detense
contracts.
Among Air Force guests of
the Martin Co., besides Twin
ing, were Gen. Emmett (Rosy)
O'Donnell, Far East command
er; Gen. S. E. Anderson, head
of the Air Materiel Command,
and Gen. F. F. Everest, of the
Tactical Air Command.
.In addition, the company
frequently took along detense
industry big - wigs, including
some retired officers and
former government officials.
One of them was former Navy
Secretary Dan Kimball, now
head of Aerojet-General Corp.
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Vaccine Sent to
Flooded Valley
Frejus, France (UPD The
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rushed anti-typhus vaccine to
the flood-wrecked Reyran
Valley to head off the threat
of an epidemic among the
survivors of Wednesday's dam
burst.
The five cabinet ministers
sent here to investigate the
disaster ordered the vaccine
flown to Frejus and planned
mass innoculations for the
thousands of rescue workers
and valley residents.
Thirty-eight more bodies
were recovered from the mud
and wreckage Saturday to
bring the known dead total to
257. At least 90 persons were
officially listed as missing.
Officials fear the missing may
total as many as 200 persons.
Frogmen searched the sea at
the end of the valley for them.
Crosby Boys Deny
Family Feud Exists
Los Angeles (UPD The
four Crosby brothers, sons of
groaner Bing Crosby, have
brushed aside talk that a
family feud caused them to
cut short a night club engage
ment in Montreal.
The three younger brothers,
twins Dennis and Philip, 24,
and Lindsay, 22, who arrived
here , from New York Friday
night, insisted there was noth
ing serious about a reported
flare-up with their older bro
ther, Gary, 26.
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hot tempers," they explained.
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