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8 B MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1961 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. 11..1.-J incunnnrtable. as it re- sponsible, conscientious em ployees of the company." Last in a Series sianaaoie sympamy ior uks i-i------- mistakes of a few is unfair! fleets on the thousands of re- Judge's Mail Applauds Punishment Meted in Electric Antitrust Case A- - - fk v. -M. i ' 4 ' ,t LUNCHEON MEETING-Sccrelary of Stale Dean Rusk lights a cigarette for Hclnrich Von Brcnlano as Ihe West German foreign minister arrives at tne aiaie Department for a lunch eon meeting. Von Bentano is in Washington to discuss U.S.-German financial differences with top U. S. officials, including President Kennedy. ' (UPI Telephoto) Report of White House Conference Set Thursday '' A rcnort on the White House Conference on Aging will be given by Mrs. Mar shall Comett, Klamath Falls, nt the third annual meeting of the Rogue Valley Council on Aging Thursday at 2:30 p.m. in the Red Cross audi torium. . Mrs. Cornell,, a member of the Oregon State Council on Aging, was a delegate from Oregon for the community services and organization com mittee. She will talk on four of the 17 different sections which in clude health, free-time activi ties, housing and social serv ices. A question and answer session on other issues cover ed in the policy reports and recommendations will follow the talk. Frank donning, chairman of the local council on aging, will preside. Committee Activities Committee activities in this area will be given by Dr. Frank Roberts, recreation and Fifty Plus clubs; William Hox ie, housing; Col. Clarence Williams, employment; Mrs. Chester Guchcs, health; Mrs. Fred Rankin, senior activity J center; and Mrs. Harry Fullerj, research project. Plans will be made for ex tending the council's services further to meet the needs of the local senior members, a spokesman said. Special emphasis will be given to the new year's pro ject, "to secure a larger and more adequate building for a senior' community center which an house all senior ac tivities including the ever growing social Fifty Plus clubs, the cultural and educa tional and hobby groups de veloped the last two years in the present one room center, and an information and coun seling service to assist retired persons to find the help they need to live a full and satisfy ing life." Preceding the annual meet ing, the senior activity center orchestra under th.c direction of. Edward Root will play. Editor's note: Thli I thr lt of three dispatches on the electrical industry antitrust case. UPTURN FORECAST Washington - IUPII - Com merce Secretary Luther H. Hodges Saturday forecasted an upturn in employment in April, aided by President Ken nedy's anti-recession program. GIVES UP .Lakevicw-IUPIl-Humble , Oil Co. has given up in its second attempt to find oil in Lake county. . By JACK V. FOX UPI Correspondent In his chambers at the fed eral courthouse, six blocks from Independence Hall in Philadelphia, U.S. District Judge James Cullen Ganey shook his head and said: "I'll bet I got more mail today than Zsa Zsa Gabor. Ganey has received between 603 and 700 letters since he sent seven executives of the nation's electrical Industry to jail, gave suspended prison sentences to others and levied fines of $1,924,500 in the gov ernment's antitrust prosecu tion of the top manufacturers of heavy electrical equipment, Ganey says the mail has run 100-1 applauding his severe punishment. The individuals pleaded guilty or no defense to charges of fixing prices, rigging bids and slicing up the $2 billion annual business. Ganey, 21 years on the fed eral bench, emphasized in pri vate his concern at the impli cations of ethics and morality in American industry. In a pre-sentence statement, he said: 'This is a shocking indict ment of a vast section of our economy, for what is really at stake here is the survival of the kind of economy under which America has grown to greatness, the free enterprise system." Bear Responsibility Ganey remarked that the defendants had mocked the image of the system offered as an alternative to state con trol and dictatorship. While the Department of Justice has acknowledged that they were unable to uncover probative evidence which could secure a conviction be yond a reasonable doubt, of those in the highest echelons of the corporations here in volved, in a broader sense they bear a grave responsibili ty for the present situation, for one would be most naive indeed to believe that these violations of the law, so long persisted in, affecting so large a segment of the industry and, finally, involving so many millions upon millions of dol lars, were facts unknown to those responsible for the con duct of the corporation." General Electric, which re ceived the heaviest fines, has taken sharp and complete ex ception to Ganey's statement. Its position is that not only did its top officers and board of directors have no knowl edge of the antitrust practices, but that they were in specific violation of a company direc tive going back to 1946 order ing compliance with such laws. GE has demoted, cut sal aries and transferred the men involved as having violated a trust kept by its other 275,000 employees. Engage Former President The company has engaged its former president, Charles IC. Wilson, to confer with its customers to settle cases in which purchasers believe they suffcrd financial loss in buy ing electrical equipment. Another defendant, West- inghouse, while it has so far Pickin' Pears News and Notes From Camp White By WALTER TOWNSEND Friday, Feb. 24, will bring the Volunteer Turnabout Par ty at 8 p.m. in the station theater. A message of welcome has been issued by the mana ger, which states: "Recognition Day for volun teer workers is the ceremon ial occasion to pay tribute to those organizations and indi viduals who have served our members so faithfully and loy ally. Our members all express great gratitude for the warmth and personal interest you have shown in their wel fare, that was manifested throughout the year. "For the staff and personnel of this Domiciliary, I welcome this oportunity to express our grateful appreciation for your outstanding services and con tributions to our domiciled veterans. "Your efforts are deeply appreciated." An Annual Event The Turnabout party for the White City volunteers is an annual event, a gesture of appreciation and recognition of the many fine things that have been done by so many good people for the disabled veterans. -The party will feature en tertainment by the members, but more important will be annual award of certificates of appreciation to those volun teers who have given so un stintedly of their time and de voted services. Henry C. Herzog,' Domicil iary manager, will be intro duced to the guests by Frank J. Glonning, deputy chairman VAVS advisory committee Charles I. Gustafson, admini strator of the Rogue Valley hospital, will speak on the voluntary service program. With reference to the party, Herzog paid tribute to the vol unteer workers, and expressed the appreciation of the staff and members for the many fine services rendered by the volunteers as part of the "Domiciliary Team." Will Stress Help At the Turnabout Party, Herzog will stress the help and cooperation which has been so instrumental in estab lishing the bond between dom iciliary members and the com munity. Also he will state that the need for volunteer help will increase with the advanc ing age of . hospitalized and disabled veterans. As the percentage of aged veterans increases, Herzog said last week, more help is needed in the interpretation of planned living and other programs in giving these vet erans motivation to achieve a feeling of being wanted and a part of outside society. Receiving a certificate of recognition Friday night, will be Polly Offut of the Ameri can Legion, for 2,500 hours she put in at White City, for which she will receive the Silver Emblem. Many other volunteers will receive outstanding ceremon iaj recognition, . for the fine work, they have done to Driguien tne lives oi many members at White City. punished none of Its em ployees involved, has taken action to insure there will be no repetition of price-fixing or antitrust actions. President Mark W. Cresap Jr. announced establishment of a new antitrust division in Wcstinghouse. "Under no circumstances should any Westingliouse man engage in any act that de viates from our policy - even though he may think that by doing so he is assisting the company in one way or anoth er," Cresap said. "Such a thought is nothing but a delusion . . . any such action is - and will be con sidered to be - a deliberate act of disloyalty to Westinghouse, and it will be dealt with in the future by appropriate disci plinary action." Judge Ganey, a quiet-spok en man with white hair neatly parted In the middle, says he hopes the case will be a lesson and deterrent in all American industry. Were 'Organization Men' He sticks to his opinion that the individuals were organi zation men" who thought they could advance their careers and insure security in the corporation by illicit practices that brought their companies undue profits if not directly to themselves. "This has been a very dis tasteful case," he remarked. "I'm glad it's behind me." The question left in the wake of the antitrust suits is Whether the individuals' pun ished took the brunt for their companies. Edwin Rome, attorney for several of the GE defendants, said his clients were "bitter" about being castigated hy their bosses. But GE has taken an un bending stand on the subject. It denies its guilty employees were "conformists" as Ganey labelled them. 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