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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. ORE TUESDAY. APRIL II, 1961 Oregon Congressional Delegation's Mail Asks Warren Impeachment By A. Robart Smith ' Mail Tribun ' Washington Correspondent , Washington (Special) - Ore gon's congressional delegation is receiving a steady flow of letters from citizens who want this year. There has been no r '"() Supreme 1 rl Court Chief justice tan Warren im peached. The anti Warren cam paign is not new but it seems to have gained some m o m e n turn mention of the John Birch So ciety by any of these senders, but the assumption is being made that members of this or- ganization or like-minded citi zens are behind this effort. '' Another favorite cause is . repeal of the federal income tax. A number of envelopes bearing these urgent messages carry a standard printed stamp which say, "This is a Republic, not a Democracy. Let's keep it that way." : Oregon offices are receiv ing a smattering of this mail from many states, ; notably California, Texas and Illinois. But most of it comes from jOregon residents, chiefly from 'the Portland ' metropolitan area. . Along with the letters which are hand written, often there is a printed document. 'One of the -more artistic crea tions shows an octopus with 12 tentacles under the title "Devouring Man's Freedoms." The head of the octopus is let tered "international dollar" and the tentacles are collect ively called "dupes" and "Communist International Fellow Travelers." The ten tacles are individually labeled education, news media, arts sciences, churches, labor un ions, international commerce oil, world bank, income tax and foreign aid, national banking houses, one world government, urban renewal and public housing, infiltra tion of the armed forces., Warren Shown Another familiar document coming through the mails to the Oregon members of Con gress is a slick-paper leaflet which : shows Chief Justice Warren in a friendly benign pose under bold black letters which! say, WANTED1 FOR IMPEACHMENT. , , ft The charge against Warren is stated as follows: "For giv ing aid and comfort to the COMMUNIST CONSPIRACY, the mortal enemy of the United States and the Ameri can people." : . , ' Inside this leaflet it lists as "co-defendants" Associate Jus tices Brennan, Black, Clark, Douglas, Frankfurter, Harlan and Reed. Only Justice Potter Stewart gets off without being charged. This leaflet is printed by the Cinema Educational Guild, Inc., of Hollywood, Calif. The tract sells for $2 per 100, it says on the back. One Oregon sender of these tracts is C. R. Weede of Port land. I Sen. Maurine Neuberger (D-Ore.), upon receiving a let ter from Weede opposing War ren and several other pro posals, replied crisply that she disagreed with him on all these issues. Neuberger's Answer ' However, Mrs. Neuberger usually answers mail on the Warren matter with the fol lowing non-commital stand ard acknowledgement: Dear Friends: Thank you very much for your letter telling me of your desire -to have Chief Justice Earl Warren impeached. The Constitution provides , that Mr. Justice Warren shall hold his office during good be havior. It is further provided that an indictment for an im peachment trial is to be brought in the House of Rep resentatives. At the moment, there is no active effort in the House to bring impeach ment proceedings against Mr. Justice Warren. With best wishes, I am Sincerely, Maurine B. Neuberger Company Workers Share Firm's Profits Eligible employees of the Pacific Gamble Robinson com pany, locally known as Pa cific Fruit and Produce com pany, now own $4,735,636.37 in assets in their profit shar ing trust fund. According to Bill Bulger, local manager, 1,482 employ ees are sharing in the com- pany's profits through the fund. All employees are eligi ble to participate after com pleting five continuous years of service with the firm. The company makes annual con tributions to the fund based on a percentage of net earn ings before taxes. The em ployees make no monetary contribution to the plan, Bul ger said. Sen. Neuberger said when she began getting this anti Warren mail in January she sent a batch of It to the At torney General's office and asked whether the Justice De partment had any record on any of the senders, so as to indicate who was financing publication of the literature. She received a negative an swer. "It's kind of pitiful," she observed. "Most of these peo ple are little people who are sincere but are frightened. Of course, most of them are Re publicans. The worst mistake this -John Birch group did was to attack Ike." Morse Getting Mail . Sen. Wayne Morse is receiv ing much the same material. The leaflet attacking Warren emphasizes the contention that the Supreme Court's school segregation decision "aids and abets the plans of the Communist Conspiracy to (a) create tension between Negroes and whites; (b) to transform the South into a black Soviet Republic; (c) to legalize and encourage inter marriage between Negroes and whites-and thus mongro lize the American white race." It goes on to argue that the Communist figured all this out SO years ago and have been working at it ever since. ' The second charge against the Warren court deals with various Supreme 'Court de cisions' which "shatter the FBI as a barrier to the se curity of our nation." It men tioned the Watkins and the Jencks cases and contend that the court's decisions "open wide the FBI files to all the shysters who defend the Reds and renegade American trai tors." "They clear the way for the destruction of our country and the conquest and enslavement of our people by the Commu nist conspiracy," the tract de clared. Morse's Reply Sen. Morse sends out a standard letter offering a stout defense of the Chief Jus tice. His letter usually starts by thanking the sender for his "views on the work of Earl Warren." It goes on from there as follows: "May I say only that in my personal opinion, Chief Jus tice Warren is one of the greatest Chief Justices this country has ever had. It should be remembered that many of the controversial de cisions for which he wrote the opinion of the court, were de cided the way they were only because a majority of the court shared Warren's views. "Throughout our history there have been times when the decisions of the federal courts have proved unpopular for one reason or another. It is for this very reason that we have lifetime tenure for our federal judges. That some Americans may not agree with the opinions of the court, is no ground for impeach ment, and I am convinced that history will vindicate and honor Warren for his great leadership on the Supreme Court. "It is not true that it is im possible to convict Commu nists of conspiracy in this country. I have asked the Li brary of Congress to furnish me with a report on such con victions, and when it is re ceived I shall be glad to for ward it to you. Sincerely, Wayne More.!' (A lubsequeni article will cover the mail and reaction of Oregon members of the House.) House Committee Tackles Money Bill Washington - IUPD -The House Armed Services Com mittee Monday prepared to enter closed sessions to tackle an $11.9 billion bill to buy new missiles, warplanes and ships. It is the largest money au thorization ever introduced in Congress. It would only au thorize spending the money. Another bill would have to be passed to raise the money. Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara was expected to be the first witness before the committee. The bill, introduced by Chairman Carl Vinson (D-Ga.), would provide for 10 more Polaris nuclear missile sub marines, bringing the total to 29. Itrdoes not give a break down on how many ships, missiles and aircraft would be built. .. A Financial Headache Jet Noise Suppression Costly Editor's note: This is the second dispatch in a series about let air craft noise problem, how it affects communities and what Is being, done to solve it. By ROBERT SERLING Washington - IUPD - It costs money to suppress jet aircraft noise. Literally millions of dollars. Suppressors cut power. They increase fuel consumption and flying time. They add weight and drag. They mean reduced payloads. The National Air craft Noise Abatement Coun cil estimates that the use of sound suppressors is costing the nation's scheduled airlines nearly $2 million a month in increased operating expenses. Just one carrier lists ( the additional monthly operating costs for its 24 jets as follows: Increased operating costs in level flight-$181,690.83. Increased operating cost in clmb-$29,458.98. Payload loss due to suppres sor weight-$23,458.16. . Payload loss due to fuel weight-$4,191.52. Repairs and maintenance $2,000. Total monthly cost - $240, 032.49., i This does not include the initial cost of the suppressors themselves-$60,000 per engine or $240,000 per aircraft. Long before the jets entered serv ice in '1958, engine manufac turers shelled out $50 million for sound suppression re search which still is going on. And as of Jan. 1, 1961, the air lines had paid $49 million for equipping their jet fleets with suppressors. 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Previously, performance and potential have been given equal weight. The Army said Monday experience has shown that a determination of per formance is more reliable than an estimate of potential. Patronize Thit PARK & SHOP MEMBER DON'T FORGET TO USE PARK & SHOP WHEN YOU SHOP AT . . . 117 South Central SP 3-7301 a jet engine isn't a financial headche, ponder these figures from the Boeing Airplane Co. To compensate for the pow er loss caused by the sound suppressors, a Boeing 707 uses about 500 gallons of extra fuel on a coast-to-coast flight. Such fuel weighs 3,250 pounds -which means the extra fuel is taking the place of about 15 paying passengers. The Douglas' Aircraft Co. has figured out that over a 10-year period, the additional cost of using sound suppres sors amounts to nearly 20 per cent of the aircraft's original purchase price. The airlines cite these fig ures whenever annoyed citi zens charge that "nobody's do ing anything about noise be cause no one wants to spend money." Actually, a lot is be ing done about noise and all of it involves money. . For example, longer run ways help reduce noise be cause they enable jets to fly higher over noise -sensitive areas.' It costs about $1,000 per foot to build' a runway. A runway extension adds up to 3,500 feet. That's $3.5 mil lion dollars to make jets less noisy. Another, weapon against noise is an acoustical barrier fence, in use at several air ports and located at the edge of runways bordering residen tial areas. Cost per fence: $200,000. At least 15 cities with jet noise problems have special industry committees working with local civic groups. They handle complaints, meet with protesting organizations and try to solve as many i:.Mse problems as humanly possi ble. The airlines foot 90 per cent of the costs of operating these committees; local air ports supply the other 10 per cent. So expensive is the whole problem of reducing noise an noyance, the aviation industry is ready to ask Congress to help share the burden. Spe cifically, thef industry wants the Federal Airport Aid Act amended to make these items eligible for government aid: Funds for the purchase of property for clear zones off the ends of runways used in the conduct of interstate commerce. Funds for building acous tical barriers and ground noise suppression equipment to protect already established noise sentitive areas. Intensified Research Funds to allow intensi fied research into the basic causes of jet noise. All of these moves, of course, apply to reduction of noise at the source. The other anti-noise weapon is to move people away from the source. In almost every case, the peo ple raising the most cain about the screaming jets bought their homes near airports after the airport already was there. There isn't much anyone can do about homes already built near airport. But the aviation industry is bluntly warning that future airport planning should involve care ful zoning restrictions; in oth er words, don't zone the area around an airport as residen tial. (Next: Some blunt facts about Jet noiia.) NOT ENOUGH EGGS Swansea, Wales-WPD - I hundred dock workers staged I cause there were only 12 eggs Five I a one-day strike Monday be-1 at the company canteen. Owners Acclaim Chevy Corvan! C5 tj. . Hera's what Mr. Korner of Sims Valley says about his new Chevrolet Corvan: "I deliver eggs from my farm In Sams Valley to retail outlets as far north as Roseburg. Naturally, I have to have a truck that la of sufficient slit to carry a full pay load and maintain road speed over the Sextons. The Chevrolet Corvan fills all of my requirements. It not only gives ma the Inside load spaca and the horsepower the smooth ride certainly protects my fragile loads. 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