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o O O O o Q q THURSDAY. JANUARY 5. 1961 '..V-'iY- .-; MEPFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE. ' - ; Q J Q r- r sr : : - K : w O . , . . m ' 6 6 unicia s Among tx es vwam-m$m nm Cuban taietfsity Many Affile Wifhoift Legal Entry Paper? Edltor'i note: Thli li the irrond of Ihrre dlspatrWs on the Cuban refugee problem in Miami. By RICHARD W. HATCH Miami - (DPI - Two swarthy men, one tall the other short, stood in the dirty, rugless ho tel roojn and wolfed down canned ham and scrambled eggs as they talked. The smell of the meal and eggs, fried on a hot plate, was stifling in the unventilated, nine-by-12 room. The "chef" was Dr. Vhi centc Hernandez, former mathematics instructor at San ta Clara university in Santa Clara, Cuba. Sharing the meal was Philipe Lastres, a certi fied public accountant and former vice president of San ta Clara university. "We eat eggs because that is all I can cook, said HQ nandez. "If the egg is broken, it is scrambled. If it is not, it is fri!." The two men are Cuban exiles - among the 45,000 in Miami. They are among what Federal Aid Administrator Tracy Voorhccs called "a few extreme hardship cases." Fled In Small Boat . They, and Dr. Pedro Oliver, who was president of Santa Clara university, fled to Flor ida Nov. 17 In a small boat. Like 1,700 of the 44,000 Cu bans who arrived In Miami from Cuba in 1960 up to Dec. 5, they came without legal entry papers. Some of the 1,700 managed to slip in on airliners, a few hundred came in small boats, and a very few in stolen airplanes. Of the 44,000, U. S. (mi gration said, 32,400 arrived on tourist visas. Roughly 12, 000 arrived in other categor- O ies of admission, ' Including) those who formally asked pr litical asylum. qI Almost all arrived by senea- iQ'd airliner. O The three Santa Clara uni versity faculty members es caiftd Cuba on the pretext of "going fishing. They had protested the fir ing squad execution of Por firio Ramirez, president of the student body at (Santa Clara. Ramirez was one of five Cu bans executed Oct. 13 after being captured with a coun ter - revolutionary invasion band in the Cuban hills. Wore Shirts, Shorts They reached Miami with the shirts and shorts they wore. Each has been given $125 by the Cuban Democrat ic Revolutionary Front (FRD). All this money has been ex hausted on clothing, toilet and cooking supplies, the hot plate and food. Anthony de Varona, head of the anti-Castro FRD, said his organization puts out $8,- is? a iP77Mv'- CUBAN IN MIAMI - Pedro Oliver, former room where ho lives In Miami, Fla. He Is rector of Central University of Las Villas . one of the many Cuban leaders who are Province In Cuba, is shown in a small hotel "political refugees. (UPI Telcplioto) Capitol Memo Huge Legislature Housekeeping Job Said Under Control By DOUGLAS GRIPP Salem- IUP1I -Getting ready for the Oregon Legislature is a mammoth housekeeping Job and all Is In readiness for the 1001 ses sion which convene Mon day. Bulk of the physical prep aration falls on the secre tary of state noueiai Gripp and Secretary Howell Appling Jr. announces these new wrinkles in the Capitol: 1. Fiva more committee conference rooms, three on the first floor and two in the basement. 2. A Legislative mail room In the basement, newly done over. 3. A car parking system In front of the capltol. 4. Press facilities for week ly newspapers off the house gallery. ' Lack of space has always been a problem during the legislature. To make room for the new conference and com mittce rooms, three state ag enclcs were moved to other buildings in the capitol group, They are the Governor's Na tural Resources committee, Welfare Recovery division and Marine board. Appling said cur parking near the capital last session amounted to "organized chaos." Legislators were given windshield stickers but other wise It was a free for all. This vear each legislator, key legislative employees and members of the working press will have personally-assigned parking slots. Because of this Annlina intends to cut the po- Ilcina lob in half-from six parking attendants to three. The two conference rooms provide for the first time an exclusive space In the capltol where legislators can meet privately with their consti tuents. All committee rooms have been repainted green and the house lounge has been moved from the fourth to the third iloor. Appling Bid the main rca son for the latter Is that the private elevators for legisla tors only go to the third floor and each session there are a few elderly lawmakers or some with heart conditions. , By legislative resolution each legislator will start the session with a miantily of state-furnished supplies in cluding 100 sheets of letter head stationery plus enve lopes, three pencils, a ruler, box of rubber bands, paper clips, pair of scissors, cello phane tape, 50 four-cent stamps, copy of the Oregon revised statutes and 1050 laws, a wastepaper basket and a dictionary. Other supplies Include a clip board, filing cabinet, cal endar pad, scrap books, desk pad, scrap book, desk pen, six blotters and a letter opener. Also by resolution, each legislator is entitled to sub scribe to five newspapers of his own choosing during the session. Ninety spittoons are in readiness-one for each legis lator, a holdover from Ihe old days. But one will be put beside a legislator's desk only on request. As late as 11)51 it was rou tine to have a spittoon by each desk in both houses but several sessions ago the "by request only" policy went into effect. In 11)511 there was only one request. If a senator orders a spit- loon, it will be black with a chrome top. To avoid a mlx- up, spittoons tor House mem bers are painted green. 4-K NEWS Slilch-in-Time The Stileh-in-Timc 4-H club met recently at the home of Margaret Carnegie. Mothers of club members were invited to the meeting. The members told plans for the coming year. Refresh ments were served and the members sang Christinas carols. Another meeting was held I U. ....... VUl.M.K.nn ,r,l..rl DE president at the business meet ing. Members worked on gar ment protectors and should be finished by the next meet ing. During the Christmas holi days the club had a skating party at the new skating rink. Margaret Carnegie, Reporter. 1 Busy Bsei The Busy Bees 4-H Sewing club met Dec. 10. 'Ihe meeting was held at Sandra Iluftellng's house, 141)7 Beall lane. The club lender, Mrs. John Truly, said it would be nice if the club members could sell mistletoe to gel some money in the club treasury. But it was raining Hie Saturday we planned to sell mistletoe. Jeanne Ann Johnson, Secretary Swim Club The Central Point 4-H Swine club had a skating part at the Guess What skating rink recently. Over 20 members partici pated. Late in December club members were Invited to Ihe Midway Meat company hog feeding lot where they were instructed on their feeding program. Donald llerzog, Reporter 'Lights' Program Tonight at Jr. High A "Lights on For Educa tion" program will be held at 7:30 o'clock tonight In the McLnughlln Junior High school cafeteria. Topics to be discussed will be extending the legal driving age from 10 to 18. by Mrs. Richard Melum, MdLnughlin PTA president; youtrremploy ment, by J. V. McGondwin of the Medford legal firm of Van Dyke, Dellenbaek and McGoodwIn; school tinnn,e.s, by F. C. Bash; need for voca tional education in Oregon, by Mrs. Louise Davis, Mr Loughlin Junior High school t teacher; lowering of compul sory education age from 18 to IB. by Alex McDonald, dean of boys, Medford High school; understanding t h e ideology and Democratic process of the United Slates, human rights and responsibilities, by Dr. D. Klrkland West, pastor, Med ford First Presbyterian church. Each of the speakers wil talk five or six minutes, then a general discussion will be held. 000 to $ni,000 a -month in this kind of emergency aid to refugees. The mony is con tributed by AmeHcans and by Latins here and in Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Argen tina, he said. 'Vie wives of FRD mcn-30 'or 40 women - have organized what they call the Anti-Communist Foundation to help refugees. They collect money, food and clothes for the des perate refugees - like a refu gee barber who needed $57 for a license to work in Flor ida. Exiles lucky enough to have jobs, and members of the per manent Cuban population hOe, give the hardshQi cases Y in t 'if mi fntim-V "Urimr iirfTTT- ,,VW" . SEDAN CRUSHED - A 1961 sedan is crush ed by the tank of a trailer-truck near Para mus, N.J. The tank broke loose from its cab while traveling along a highway and wound up in a parking lot atop the sedan which was traveling in the same direction. The driver of the car, Martin Levine, 44, of Long Island, N. Y., was killed. (UPI Telephoto) some canned food here, a few dollars there. Live in Crowded Hold The three university men sleep in adjacent rooms on the top floor of O.e twotory Monroe ootel - one or five or six near downtown Miami where refugees are put up by various welfare agencies. There are 52 Cuban refugees in the 40-room Monroe hotel. The International Rescue Commission pays the $4 week ly room rgnt fcr 49 of them. Thj FRD pays the rent for three others. There are no rugs on the floors and no pictures on the windows, i- The lights are naked electric bulbs. There are two bathrooms - one for men and one for women. Professor Hernandez sleeps on a single bed with sheets and a pillow, but no spread or blankets. In his room is a straight wooden chair, a wick er rocking chair, a bedside table, a stand for the hot plate, and a bureau. There is a tiny lavatory - with cold water only - and a mirror. Looking for Jobs All three spend the day walking the streets looking for jobs, a nearly hopeless task since none siiks English well. Of the first 2,875 Cubans to register at the Emergency Cuban Refugee Center set up here by the U.S. government, 56 per cent could not speak English. And like the three university men at Monroe, 36 per cent of the 2,875 were membc of profession UUDa 6 mi iKna haua 1!vpH OH handoul9 from other Cul sigfe their FRD money ran out. O O The meat and eggs they were eating at 2 o'clocfl in the afternoon was a gift from a nearby automobile firm which distributed food bS kets in the hotel. . It was their first meat tmcqp the previous day. Irish potatoes are grown in every state of the Union. oo SILVER DOLLAR STAMPS O SILVER DOLLAR STAMPS O SILVER DOLLAR STAMPS Ul I to a. I- u -1 O a 7) O Cl a. o Kl i SUPER MARKET V , 1202 No. Riverside I j Open Till Midnight . I , , 7 .Dayi .Week I I Silver Dollar Trading Stamps I All Specials Are Good J , Thru Sat. W on all food heeds POUK SAUSAGE Armour's Jack Frost or Del Monte ONLY SLICED BACON Swift's Toppy Brand f -lb. FRYERS Soran's Oregon Grown 2'j to 3Vi lb. Average Midwest Pork -Lean & Meaty $1119 OKY FAMOUS LOCKER BEEF Vi Beef 49 Hind 59. 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