Strong Chance Seen
For Stalemate on
Health Care Plan
Washington - (CQ) - Despite , damentally in philosophical
the fad that health care foriaPPrach that they are diffi
the aged has aroused as much,cult t0 reconcile,
attention and controversy as ' ,hTh Democrats want 10
any current issue on Capitol
Hill, and the Administration
has now come up with a plan
of its own, there is a strong
chance of stalemate on the
issue this year.
By now, Congress is swamp
ed with such a welter of con
flicting proposals that it is
not going to be easy to tailor
any one of them into a legis
lative package sufficiently
appealing to assure passage.
And even if passage is achiev
ed, the battle will not be over.
Road Blocks
The plan most favored to
get through the Democratic
controlled House and Senatc
compulsory health insurance
for the elderly under the So
cial Security system, along the
lines of the Forand (D-R.I.)
bill - would very likely be
stopped dead by a Presidential
veto. President Eisenhower
ays compulsory insurance is
a "very definite step in so
cialized medicine" and "I
don't want any of it."
On the other hand, labor un
ions and liberal Democrats
are so convinced of the sound
ness of the Social Security ap
proach that they may refuse
to accept any uther solution in
1960, counting on a better
climate for Forand-type leg
islation next year. Presiden
tial hopefuls Hubert H. Hum
phrey, John F. Kennedy and
Wayne Morse all have intro
duced bills embodying the For
and concept, and Stuart Sy
mington has endorsed it.
Proposal Hit
The Administration, after
several months of study, an
nounced its own proposal May
4, but the plan for federal
state grants outlined by
Health, Education and Wel
fare Secretary Arthur S. Flem
ming created almost as much
uproar as was generated earl
ier by the Forand plan. Al
though there was much favor
able comment, a significant
bloc of opposition to the plan
quickly developed, both
among Forand bill supporters
and within the GOP's own
ranks.
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller
of New York (R) said the plan
could result in a "very serious
fiscal situation." Rockefeller
said he favored a program un
der the Social Security sys
tem. Sen. Barry. Goldwater
(R-Ariz.), spokesman -for an
important group of GOP con
servatives in Congress and
the nation, said the Flemming
plan could be "dressed up,
painted, pictured as volun
tary" but it was nevertheless
"socialized medicine."
Meanwhile, AFL-CIO Pres
ident George Meany said the
plan evidently had been
"shaped to meet the political
demands of an election year"
and was not a sound solution.
President Louis M. Orr of the
American Medical Assn. said
neither the Forand nor Ad
ministration proposals met the
needs of low-income aged.
The question remains, there
fore, whether something can
be worked out that is palat
able both to the Democratic
Congress and the White
House. For both parties, the
answer has large political im
plications: the Nation's 16 mil
lion aged represent a sizable
potential voting bloc in No
vember that might not be sat
isfied with the explanation,
"We tried."
Bills Compared
The Administration and
Democratic plans both would
run up a federal or federal-
state bill in excess of $1 bil
lion annually, which is ample
recognition on both sides of
the magnitude of the problem
However, they differ so fun-
ism on grounds that it makes
the most efficient use of the
dollar and provides a long-
term solution, self-sustained
by specific payroll taxes lev
ied for the purpose. They
point out that the return per
dollar premium from commer
cial policies is only 48.6 cents
in benefits, compared to 94.7
cents from nonprofit plans.
The difference reflects adver
tising, taxes, profits and sales
men's salaries and commis
sion. The Forand bill would pro
vide necessary hospital sur
gery, up to 120 days of hos
pital and subsequent nursing
home care with the hospital
portion limited to 60 days. It
would be financed by an in
crease of one-quarter of 1 per
cent in Social Security pay
roll taxes for both employers
and employees. Those receiv
ing benefits would include
11.6 million oldsters eligible
for Social Security and 4.2
million others less than 65
years old but also covered by
Social Security.
The Administration fears
the Democratic plan would
effectively kill all private in
surance efforts in the aged
category, and proposes instead
a two-part program that
would throw part of the bur
den on the states and leave
room for private Insurance
and perhaps stimulate it.
The Administration plan
would require, as one part of
its program, that states which
chose to participate set up a
"Medicare Program for the
Aged." under which eligible
persons would pay a $24 year
ly fee and in turn would be
entitled to a comprehensive
program of benefits, including
180 days of hospital care, a
full year of nursing home
care, surgery, doctors' and
dentists' fees, drugs and a
number of other services.
All these benefits would be
subsidized directly by federal
and state grants, except that
the plan would not cover the
first $250 of expenses ($400
for couples) and would cover
only 80 per cent of the cost of
the various services provided.
Aged persons on public as
sistance would be given free
coverage.
In addition to this plan, par
ticipating states would be re
quired at the same time to
give eligible persons the alter
native of buying a private in
surance policy meeting speci
fications set up by the state,
in which case federal and
state grants would be used to
subsidize half the premium
payments up to a maximum
subsidy of $60 annually.
An estimated 12,000.000
persons all those over 65
who did not pay taxes the
previous year, or whose com
bined incomes (including Gov
ernment retirement pensions)
did not exceed $2,500 ($3,800
for a couple) would be el
igible under the Administra
tion program.
(Copyright 1960, Congres
sional Quarterly Inc.)
Oregon Grs Given
Nisei Scholarships
Salem - 1TD - Jerry Norio
Uyeda of Roosevelt high
school in Portland and Janet
Allison, Sherwood high school,
have been awarded $150 Ore
gon Nisei war memorial schol
arships for 1960.
Two such scholarships are
awarded annually. The schol
arship fund was established
by Japanese - Americans in
memory of Oregon Nisei sold
iers who died in World War
II.
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MODEL RACER This is a model of tne $3
million gas turbine car in which Donald
Campbell will attempt to set a new world
land speed record. Campbell, world speed
champion on water, will try for the land
record at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah. The
announcement said the car, named the
"Bluebird," was capable of speeds up to
500 miles per hour. The current world land
speed record is 394.196 mph, set by the late
John Cobb at Bonneville in 1947'
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Littli Chefi
The last meeting of
Little Chefs Cooking
was called to order by Terry
Calhoun, president, at 9:30
a.m. Saturday.
The meeting was held at
the home of Suzie Elliot. Af
ter the meeting five girls
went to Linda Pickell's home
and five girls stayed at Suzie s
home.
We all made a one layer
white cake and judged them.
Judy Murphy's cuke took first
place. Marlene Muguicr's
cake took second plpce, and
Dianne Davy's cake took third
place.
The meeting was then ad
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Reporter.
vn, Oregon Urged To
r I ; Get Off Defensive
I : Portland 'VP! Gerald W.l
m Fr;nk r!virm;n of the gov
ernor! advisory committee to
the Department of Planning
and Development, says Orc
gonians shorld stop going on
the defensive the moment
they note the population of
neighboring Washington.
He told the Oregon Colleges
Foundation Tuesday that the
slate's inferiority complex
has been a stumbling block
in its drive to promote indus
trial expansion.
Frank said there were too
many people who looked
down thrir noses at the re
cent sharp growth in Ore
gon's expanding distribution
operations and too many who
class think that with a mere 1.8
million population the state
will "maybe in a few years
have a market."
j 'HANG' KHRUSHCHEV
Porter j Cedar Rapids, Iowa WP
of the i Soviet Premier N'ikita Khru-
' MAIL TRISUNE. MeJof4, Ox,
Wednesday. Mjy 18, 1960
MARINE MAN DIES
New York - L PI - f.
Gore. 74. chairman
board of Francis C. Carr-Fox 1 sl'chev was hanged in effigy hanging from a signpost. An
Pier Inc . Marine Insurance I Tuesday. Police said a "well-1 attached placard read: ''Death
Co., died Tuesday. 'stuffed ' dummy was found ' to Khrushchev-the fat man."
Portland - rtfL - Northwest
Natural Gas company has an
nounced plans to issue l),0U0
shares of preferred stock with
par value of $100 a share to
finance expansion.
Ryegrass Growers
Defeat Commission
Salem ilTPh The Slate Agri
culture Department said to
day that Oregon ryegrass seed
growers have lost their hid to
form a commodity commission
by a slim margin. 1
A little more than 62 per
cent of the vote was in favor
of formation of the commis
sion but two-lhirds are re
quired. The vole was 522 for
and 312 against.
The department conducted
the vote by mail ballot.
Los Angeles - ll'Pr - Beverly
Aadlund, 17. startled a quiet
juvenile courtroom Tuesday
by renouncing her mother and
saying she wanted to "go on
the ro..d" as an entertainer.
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ru'is White House press secretary James C. Hagerty,
discussing the reaction of the Western Big Three to the col
lapse of the summit conference:
"I would say the mood not only of lh President but of
all the Allied leaders it on of complet disgust at th atti
tude of the Soviet delegation here in Paris."
Los Angeles Beverly Aadland, quoted by her attorneys j
as testifying she does not need to be placed in a county '
home for wayward girls:
"I'm a good girl, not a bad girl. If I knew two years ago
what I know now, none of this would have happened."
Hollywood Screen writer Irving Samson Geilgud, arrest
ed on charges of making a false bomb report on an airliner,
protesting that all he meant to do was tell a stewardess his
valise was full of photo equipment:
"I said: 'Be careful. That's loaded with sensitive instru
ments.' Then I'm suddenly arrested."
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Frankfurt, Germany U.S. Army Sgt. Jarvts A. Wheeler,
rescued after being lost for a week in the Libyan desert:
"I knew that someplace in the world you could go up
and drink at much water at you wanted to. It wat good to
be back in the world again."
Other Conferences
Hurt by Failure
Paris -WPD- Soviet Premier
Nikita Khrushchev's summit
wrecking may jeopardize the
two East-West arms confer
ences at Geneva, top Ameri
can authorities said today.
They said the West would
make every effort to continue
the three-power nuclear test
ban and the ten-power disarm
ament talks, but a successful
conclusion will be far more
difficult now.
British and American offi
cials said Khrushchev's sab
otage of the summit cost him
heavily because they are still
convinced he wants a nuclear
test ban and some form of disarmament.
Elmo Smith Sees
Enthusiasm by GOP
Salem (UPD Former gover
nor Elmo Smith of Albany, a
candidate for the United
States senate, said here Tues
day night at a political rally
that the Republicans in Ore
gon have shown more enthus
iasm and willingness to work
during this year's political
campaign that he has ever
seen before.
Smith has visited more than
two-thirds of the counties in
Oregon during this year's
campaign.
Highway Commission
To Open Project Bids
SaleirMl'W'-The State High
way Commission today added
another project in a call for
bids on projects costing more
than S7.300.000. Bids on 21
projects will be opened here
June 1.
The project added today is
one for dredging the Astoria
ferry channel. About 3.000
feet of channel dredging is involved.
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Oregon Teachers
Get Fellowships
New York -(UPD- Summer
fellowships in journalism have
been granted 21 high school
teachers in Oregon, Montana,
Idaho and Washinton.
Tlie fellowships were under
a SI 60.000 donation by the
Wall Street Journal to pay
grants for 340 teachers in 49
states.
The Newspaper Fund, Inc.,
announced the grants today.
The program was Initiated
in 1959. It is designed to
bring more talented young
people into Journalism.
Those from Oregon include:
Melvln Albert Jones. Camas
Valley, University of Oregon.
Willard O. Mohn, Coquille,
University of Oregon. Gene
Rosaschi, Glide; University of
Minnesota. Joseph Thomas
Kovach, Portland: Madison
high school. University of
Oregon. Keith A. Pierce. Port
land; Jefferson high school.
University of Oregon. Harry
W. Linker. Rockaway, Univer
sity of Oregon. Robert J. Mc
Wheeters, Sandy, University
of Oregon.
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today dispersed S00 to 600
student demonstrators deman
ding the resignation of Pre
mier Adnan Menderes. Eight
of the students who formed in
front of the governor's office
were detained.
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