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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 10, 1960)
TrujBDIlo Under Close Guard as Regime Faces Most Severe Test in EDecades Editor's note: The following dis patch presents an authoritative ap praisal of the present political situ ation within the Dominican Repub lic. It is based on on-the-spot re ports of trained foreign observers. The report can not be attributed because of swift and sure reprisal against Dominican sources. How ever, all sources questioned for the material in the report are regarded as of the highest order. San Juan, P.R. IUPD For the first time in more than three decades of undisputed rule in the Dominican Repub lic, strongman Generalissimo Rafael Leonidas Trujillo to day is under heavy guard in Ciudad Trujillo. There is a "watch and wait" atmosphere in the Dominican capital. The Trujillo regime is regarded as facing its most severe crisis. The 68-year-old Generalis simo moves cautiously these days. The army and national police watch over his every movement. Foot police patrol every block around quiet Cesar Nicolas Penson st. where the Generalissimo lives. Recently, tanks appear ed before the big white house. Soaie-Church Crisis Trujillo has not abandoned his yes-long custom of a nightly stroll along city dou levards. But now the entire area is blocked off to traffic and prowl cars stalk the neighborhood. A crisis in state-church re lations has aggravated the Dominican situation. It was touched off by a pastoral let ter read in all churches on Jan. 31. The public reaction was immediate and dramatic. Women wept as they put their jewelry in the collec tion plate. Trujillo's reaction also was sudden. The controlled press the next day urged closer state-church relations and praised the concordat govern ing them. Previously, the same means had been used to criticize it. The present opposition movement to Trujillo ranges from business and profession al men and the upper classes in general and these are men acing factors which threaten continuation of the Trujillo regime. 2.000 'Detained' The opposition of the church-90 per cent of Domin icans are Roman Catholics -and a business slump are other factors threatening the re gime. On his side, however, are control of the . armed forces and the continued fierce loyalty of the country people. More than 2,000 Domini cans have already been "de tained" in the new plot against Trujillo. It is not known how many are still held in prisons or stockades. Forty persons a week ago were summarily tried and sen tenced to 30 years at hard labor. Most of then were promin ent citizens and eyewitnesses said their courtroom appear ance, for the one-day trial in dicated they had been sub jected to prison abuse. The same sources said more po litical arrests and trials may be expected momentarily as the movement against Trujil lo gains ground. Male and female prisoners alike have been subjected to brutal treatment to obtain "confessions," sources in Ciu dad Trujillo said. Albany Selects First Citizens Albany -(UPD-Floyd Mullen, seed store owner, was named Senior First Citizen of Al bany for 1959 Tuesday night. Bill Gwinn was named Al bany Junior First Citizen. He is part owner of a plywood mill. rt r A- HOMES DEMOLISHED Battered by rag ing surf off Pedro Point, near Pacifica, Calif., these homes and autos were damaged beyond repair by this week's storm. Be longings were tossed around like match sticks. (UPI Telephoto) "Mobilheat" The Oil to Burn established 18 green lSTAMPS, MEDFORD FUEL GO. Court & McAndrewt Tel. SP 2-2111 Hearings Planned On New State Law A public hearing on rules for administration of the new Oregon law prohibiting dis crimination in employment because of age will be held in Medford, Labor Commission er Norman O. Nilsen, Salem, has announced. A date for the hearing will be set later. The hearing here is one,, of a series scheduled throughout the state starting Feb. 17 in Ontario. Other hearings will be held in Baker, Pendleton, Bend, Klamath Falls, Rosen burg, Coos Bay, The Dalles, Astoria, Eugene, Portland and Salem. All hearings are expected to be concluded by mid- March. Nilsen said the public is in vited to the hearings to ex press views on administrative rulings interpreting the law. They deal with questions raised by employers and wage earners as to who is subject to the law, the law's effect on various hiring policies and retirement plans, who' can file complaints and similar problems. He said he hoped the hear ings would give all interested individuals and groups an op portunity to voice their views on enforcement of the law, and acquaint employers and workers with it. ' y"" i .... I JJIIJI J.I v,m fil ,M..,I III,,, M,,l. W J V ..IUU Ilil.l .1, 1,1 ,,..., """ -...l. .WW. ,1,1,, , l-fjF j Vdiw,MUJ. ii..W'J4. J I 5r m T,"T. I; trz: 12 MAIL TRIBUNE, Midford, Or. Wednesday, Feb. 10, 1960 HOW SMOOTHLY 7 CROWN ENDS A DAY After the hard day, join the millions who welcome the twilight tradition of 7 Crown. Whether you're where home fires burn, or out with friends, relax and savor smoothly America's most sought-after, satisfying whiskey. OR BEGINS AN EVENING $60 H Qt. CODE 265B wPint CODE 265C SAY SEAGRAM'S AND BE SURE De Gaulle May Issue Decrees Paris -(UPD - President Charles de Gaulle called a cabinet meeting today to launch a new phase of his hard-hitting drive to smash rightist subversion and clear the way for a solution to the Algerian problem. De Gaulle was expected to announce his first decrees un der the emergency, near-dictatorial powers he was grant ed as a result of the Algerian rightist insurrection. The de crees would tighten up the penal code to permit more government freedom in deal ing with suspected subver sives. At least 30 rightists in met ropolitan France and Algeria were in jail or being sought on suspicion of subversion or other crimes against the state Tuesday in Algiers, the city's newly-appointed public prosecutor, Robert Schmelck, warned that the government would relentlessly pursue its intention to punish those re sponsible - for the tense days of the uprising that began two weeks ago. The prosecutor vowed "ju dicial action will be pursued firmly against those who took an active part in planning, directing and carrying out the insurrection." If some honeybees produce no honey, they are still valu able for pollination services. Puzzled Taxpayers Bring Questions to Revenue Officials Washington (UPD "I don't know what form to use." "Can you deduct eyeglass es?" Listen to the taxpayers the trim blonde with a Swe dish accent, the young auto mechanic wearing heavy black boots - as they tell why they have come to the Internal Revenue Service for help in filling out their tax returns. About 500 of them showed up in one day at the IRS of fice here, a heavier than normal turnout. Most were working people clutching W-2 forms, telling how much they earned last year. IRS officials in Dallas de scribed the parade of puzzled taxpayers there as "extremely large." The San Francisco IRS of fice received 13,432 phone in quiries last month. The Kans as City, Kan., office said it had been bombarded by a "heavy" number of tax ques tions. The Kansas City, Mo., office has received more than 200 queries a day since it opened early last month. Why do they come and phone? "I couldn't figure out my own tax and I couldn't find anybody around who could. I can't afford to pay anybody to," Kenneth E. Fleet, 22, a garage mechanic, told the IRS here. The 7,000 Treasury agents assigned to the taxpayer-assistance program politely de cline to fill out the tax forms for people. They explain what questions mean and how to read the tax tables. But ex cept for the information the taxpayers must fill out their own forms. Some Too Lazy "We're trying to teach them the self-help program. That's why we don't do it for them," an agent explained. The revenue service be lieves a drop in the number of persons seeking assistance shows that its taxpayer edu cation program is working. In 1956 about 11,700,000 peo ple visited or phoned for aid. By 1959 the number was down to 10,100,100. Despite the service's ef forts, however, loads of peo ple just will not fill out their returns, even the short forms, unaided. "They're looking for a free ride. They're too lazy to read the instruction," commented one weary agent. HERTER TO TESTIFY Washington-(UPD-The House Foreign Affairs Committee will begin month-long hear ings a week from today on the new $4,100,000,000 for eign aid bill. Secretary of State Christian A. Herter will be the first witness. Long-Time Critic of Federal Waste Dies New York -flJPD- The body of Eugene W. Castle, 62, film executive and long - time campaigner against govern mental waste and inefficiency, will be flown to San Francis co for burial Thursday. Castle died Tuesday in Doctor's Hos pital, which he had entered a week ago. The author of "Billions, Blunders and Baloney" in 1955 and "The Great Give away" in 1957, Castel was particularly critical of waste in U.S. foreign aid programs. Oregon City Man Files Candidacy Salem-flJPD-Former Oregon City Mayor Richard W. Long filed Tuesday as a candidate for delegate to the Democra tic national convention from the 1st congressional district. He is a supporter of Sen. 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