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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PLANS NEW SYSTEM
Washington-(UPD-The Army
plans to put in a new officer
rating system, giving more
importance to current per
formance than to future po
tential, into effect Sept. 30.
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.
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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.)
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