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Democrats More Laws Through By Congressional Quarterly Washington - A group of about 120 Northern and West ern Democrats in the House of Representative have organ ized to push more liberal leg islation through Congress in 1960. Although the group says it is not in conflict with the Democratic leadership in the House, the move presents a direct challenge to the firm grip of Speaker Sam Rayburn (D-Texas) for two principal reasons: First, the liberal Democrats feel that Rayburn's assurance that certain legislation fav ored by them would not be held up unduly, has fallen in to question. Two such bills a n aid-to-school-construction measure and a civil rights bill have been stuck in the conservative House Rules Committee since the middle of last year's session. Second, Rayburn s an nouncement last September that he favored Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson (D-Texas) for the Democratic Presidential nom ination has persuaded the Northern Democrats that they must pursue their own legis lative program even harder. Study Group Formed The new developments con vinced the group's leaders that a more formal organiza tion was needed to make their weight felt. On Sept. 1959 they formed the Democratic Study group, which claims about 120 members. Whereas these House Democrats were loosely organized in the past, communicating generally on a personal basis, the DSG has officers, a policy board, more regular meetings and "whips" to round up strength for vot ing action on the floor. "This is not an anti-Ray-burn or an anti-leadership group," Rep. Lee Metcalf (D Mont.) chairman of the DSG, said, "We merely feel the need of better communica tion." Another member put it this way: "Metcalf's district is a mountainous, watershed area half owned by the Federal Government. Thompson's is all under concrete. These like-minded members, seek ing a unified point of view on liberal legislation, want to be informed about each other's specialties and problems."" Rep. Frank Thompson Jr. (D- N.J.) is secretary of the Dem ocratic Study group and one of its chief backers. Stronger Efforts Since organization in Sep tember, the use of the term "study group" has developed into an understatement. The exchange of views and in formal meetings among the Members involved has pro duced more militancy among them. Their efforts to develop a legislative program for 1960 accordingly will be more forceful. These are some of the areas where the Metcalf group will concentrate: Aid to Education-Efforts to produce a compromise bill providing Federal aid to edu cation will complicated by the DSG's determination to get an aid-to-school-construction provision which is unaccept able to the Administration and Republicans in Congress Civil Rights-Most Mem bers of the DSG have signed a discharge petition to get a compromise civil rights bill, now lodged in . the. House Rules committee, to the floor. Depressed Areas - The DSG will support area rede velopment legislation which almost certainly would be ve toed by the President. Minimum Wage A bill to raise the minimum wage from $1 to $1.25 an hour also will receive the group's sup port but this, too, is opposed by the administration. Farm Program-The lib eral Democrats are not com pletely unified on farm legis lation but attemps are being made to outline a program ac ceptable to most of the group Social Security -. Among other improvements in Social Security, the DSG will sup port the Forand bill, opposed by the Administration, to in corporate health insurance in the Old Age and Survivors Insurance program. Frequent Meetings The group's position on leg islation will be molded during the session at frequent meet ings. One of the jobs of the "whips" will be to maintain a unified position on major is sues. Another job the DSG plans to concentrate on this year is aiding their members and new candidates with similar views in getting elected in November. In 1958, the Met calf -Thompson group provid ed campaign literature to many liberal Democrats which, they claim, greatly helped in increasing their numbers in the 86th Congress. Vice chairmen of the DSG include: Reos. James Roose velt (Calif.), John A. Blatnik (Minn.), Frank M. Coffin Organize (Maine), William J. Green Jr. (Pa.) and Abraham J. Multer (N.Y.). All three of Oregon's Dem ocratic representatives have participated in the group's ac . jj " "its X 11 ON GOTHAM TOUR Actress Kim Novak took an un usual sightseeing tour of New York which included riding in a press car and responding to police calls. Here she attempts to console Alfredo Colon, 19, a prisoner at the police station accused of driving a stolen automobile involved in an accident. The Family Council Editor's Note: The Family Council consists of a Judge, a psychiatrist. three clergymen, a newspaper editor, Each article is a summary of an actual case history. The Council reports on problems that have been dealt wl u by responsible agencies and counselors. Laura J.-Jean is too timid. Jean R. - I'm not sure it's the best thing to do. Laura J. - I am trying to be of help to a friend who has become seriously depress ed because of a love affair. Jean is in her late 20s and the man is in his mid-30s. They plan to be married, but his mother, a widow, has been seriously ill for the past two years. The doctors say there is no hope, but they don't know how long she'll last. Keith can't leave his mother now and it seems that mar riage is impossible in the im mediate future. Keith has asked Jean to have relations with him. She is not religious and has no objections on those grounds, but can't overlook her tim idity about such a relation ship. I think she is very frus trated. Jean R. - Laura keeps tell ing me that physical relations are just what I need and that it will be good for me phy sically and emotionally. She may be right because I know I certainly do feel awful. In Eagle Point Cubs To Meet Tuesday Eagle Point-Plans for local observance of the Cub Scouts' 50th anniversary will be dis cussed at Pack 48's meeting at the Eagle Point Grade school gymnasium at 8 p.m. Tuesday. Scheduled for Feb. 16 in conjunction with Scout Week is a jubilee banquet for active Cubs, former Eagle Point Cubs and former Cubs from other areas who now live within the Eagle Point Grade School district. Highlighting T u e s d a y's meeting will be the first Lion graduation ceremony to be held by the pack since it reorganized a few years ago This also means a new Webe- los den will be formed. Pack 48 will meet in the school gymnasium on the third Tuesday of each month until the end of the current school year. Interstate Bridges Placed in Service Portland - ICPD - Interstate bridges between Vancouver and Portland have been place in full service. Traffic began moving on the old interstate span, which has been reconstructed to brin; it up to modern standards as part of a $14, 500,000 improve ment program. Jury Returns 'Not True BUI' in Death Roseburg - (UPD - The Doug las county grand jury has re turned a "not true bill" in the incident in which Lawrence Isom, 18, shot his father to death Christmas day. Isom admitted to police that he shot his father after he found him beating his mother with a pistoL To Push in 1960 tivities, including Charles O. Porter of the 4th district, Al Ullman, of the 2nd, and Edith Green, of the 3rd. Mrs. Green also is on the DSG's policy committee. a women's editor and two writers. spite of that I find I can't get over certain feelings of fear and disgust at the idea of sex outside the marriage relation ship. Keith also assures me that physical relations will cure my depression. At times I am almost convinced and then I start thinking again and I just don't know if it's the best thing to do. My parents keep bothering me about when I'm going to get married. They think I ought to give Keith up and go out with others. The Council: Amateur doc tors who make prescriptions for others about delicate, highly complicated matters ought to be put out of busi ness for practicing without a license. It is just possible that Jean's depression could be cured by more vitamins, sleep or exer cise. It is also possible that she needs treatment for a glandular disturbance. W e don't know. We are, however, fairly positive that an affair with Keith is just what she doesn't need. Depression can come about as the result of prolonged frustration, but according to the best medical evidence we can find, sexual frustration is borne far more easily by most humans than a lot of other frustrations. We don't doubt that Jean is deeply frustrated in many ways at this time, but she must do some serious thinking about the root of the problem, and not grab at makeshift and dangerous prescriptions. Jean probably has many doubts about her own feeling toward Keith and his toward her. If these doubts did not exist the couple would be able to arrive at a better solu tion of their problem. They would decide either to mar ry and accept the difficulties involved at this time or wait, accepting this unhappy period witn as good grace as pos sible. They would know that they want more from one another than momentary thrills. Jean seems to feel the pres sure from others more than she should at her age. She should not feel the need to discuss these matters with Laura and to seek boosting from her friend to do some thing she claims she doesn't want to do. Her parents' pres sure, also, would not affect her deeply if she knew what she wanted to do. If she were sure of her feelings and of Keith's, the waiting period would be accepted with a lit tle more calmness. .We suspect that Jean has lost confidence in the future of this relationship but lacks the courage to make the break. What may be needed here is not more together ness, but more apartness. 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They said if they knew by the 10th of each month what the potential western Oregon loading would be for the fol lowing month, "it would ma terially assist moving the proper cars into position." Both men denied that the SP's program of tearing up trackage on sidings would re duce car-storage facilities in Oregon. Lamprecht said that, last year Southern Pacific hauled the largest volume of timber, paper and wood chips over its Oregon lines in the history of its operations. Oregon Not 'Island' Lamprecht told the commit tee that Oregon "isn't an is land by itself" in respect to car needs and that shortages occurred throughout the na tion. The meeting was attended by Public Utility Commission er Jonel Hill and members of his staff who produced fig ures indicating the possibility of an acute shortage in wood chip rail cars in 1960, with an estimated 623 cars needed to augment the normal sup ply. The SP officials said that continuance of an incentive loading program whereby near-capacity loads are ship ped at lowered volume rates will tend to ease tight car situations. Salem Schools Picked for UNESCO Salem - (UPD - The Salem school system is one of five districts in the United States chosen to contribute to an in ternational library which the U.S. Education office is pre paring for UNESCO. UNESCO - United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural organization - will receive Salem teacher-developed writings including the Oregon Story, The Salem Story, Oregon Picture Set, Our Indian Friends and Salem Children in Action. Coroner's Jury Says Death Natural Salem (0PD The death of Robert Otha Niemi, 37, Gates, was natural and no violence was involved, a Marion coun ty coroner's jury has ruled. Niemi was found dead last Tuesday in his home. He had complained earlier of being beaten in a fight, and Dis trict Attorney Hattie Kremen called the inquest. 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