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Medford Tribune SECTION B MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 17,-1961 PAGES 1 to 8 Congressmen Urge Probe of Birch Society --Washington -UPI) - Eighteen Democratic congressmen, all opponents of the John Birch lociety. have suggested inves tigations to determine wheth erdhe society is abusing postal or' tax privileges extended to nonprofit organizations. .The suggestion was made public Tuesday when Rep. Edith Green (D-Ore.) released the text of a letter to the con gressmen sent to Chairman Howard Smith (D-Va.) of the House Rules committee. Committee Opposed The letter opposed creation of any select committee to in vestigate the controversial right-wing society. However, it suggested that the Post Office and the Civil Service committee investigate whether the controversial so- "I'll Be a Monkey's Uncle" I VERSON'S DO MAKE FINE PAINT Whatever your need may be for the finest quality paint at REASONABLE PRICES! That's IVERSON PAINTS Home Decorating Centre O 1 aVv v 4th & Bartlett , Medford Phone SP 3-7072 ciety and other groups "are abusing the postal rates made available to nonprofit organi zations." It recommended that the Ways and Means committee investigate whether the socie ty is using tax privileges granted to nonprofit and non political organizations "to sub sidize political activity." Among those signing the letter were four Californians, Reps. Chet Holifield, Jeffery Cohelan, Clem Miller and James Roosevelt. Others included Al Ullman, Ore. Race Issue Seen In School Bill Washington - (UPD - The segregation issue was expect ed to rear, up today in the Senate debate of the $2.5 billion aid to public . schools bill. .... , Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said he hoped there would be an early vote on a proposal by Sen. Strom Thur mond (D-S. C.) which would bar any withholding of funds from segregated schools. The proposal appeared doomed. Senate strategists have ap parently reached agreement on the problem of aid to paro chial schools. The plan seemed to be that aid to private and parochial schools would be tucked into expansion of the National Defense Education Act, rather than hung on the public school aid bill. The House- Education and Labor Committee was still working oh its version of the aid program. It would also provide $2.5 billion for class room construction and teach er pay, but the formula for allocation would differ slight ly from the Senate bill. Durno, Norblad Cast Numerous 'Nay' Votes Against Kennedy's Proposals llin. i I Franklin By YVONNE FRANKLIN Mail Tribune Washington Bureau Washington (Special) - Ore gon Republicans Walter Nor blad and Edwin Durno have given Presi dent John Kennedy a re sound in g "nay"' on measures which he has termed a "m u a t" for this congres sional session, but they have backed him partially on some w e 1 fare and appropriation bills. They did not support him on the minimum wage bill, the depressed areas bill, the feed grains bill, the federal judgeships bill, or in the early House fight to give liberal Democrats control of the key rules committee. The Democrats in' the House supported Kennedy, and can be expected to vote for other "must" .legislation. How Dur no and Norblad will vote on these bills is a question mark. Durno makes it a practice not to indicate how he w.ill vote until- the measure is before the House for action. , Scheduled for action this session is the inflamable aid to education bill (which Con gress has tried but failed to pass since 1950, although they have passed peripheral bills such as the National Defense Education Act and aid to im pacted school areas). Also on tap are the medical care of the aged bill, tied to social security, a new housing bill, with emphasis on hous ing for the aged (politicians are discovering that older people, too, can vote in blocs), and, among others, the mutual security funds bill. Passage in the House, with its narrow Democratic margin, is prob lematical. Vole Record Given On major new bills passed in the House since January, the members voted as follows: MMtiajrir tft'.V yjnrii r in " i r - " 111 ' y ; I3 tin Store-Wide Clearance! We Must Reduce Stocks! HURRY1 LOTS OF VALUES STILL LEFT! Minimum Wage: As origin ally passed by the House, Norblad and Durno supported the amendment (a Kennedy defeat) which raised the minrmum wage to $1.15 in stead of the requested $1.25 an hour, and which covered only 1,300,000 additional workers. Ullman and Green voted against this, however. voted for final passage of the bill as did Durno and Norblad. The Conference Report (which is a compromise bill worked out by Senate-House conferees, and which must be voted on again separately if the measures differ) accepted the more liberal Senate bill, raising the wage to $1.25 in stages, and which covered 3,624,000 more workers. Laundry workers, who make 65c an hour were par ticularly excluded to obtain Southern votes. The bill mostly affects retail workers and businesses doing $1 mil lion in sales and who buy $250,000 in goods which move across state lines. (Sen. Wayne Morse refused to sign the conference report because of the exclusion of laundry workers). . Norblad and Durno voted against accepting the confer ence report, however, voted for final passage of the bill. The Democrats voted for both. Area- Redevelopment: Au thorizes' federal loans and grants totaling $394 million for depressed areas, industrial and rural. Ullman, Green and Norblad voted for, and Dur- Choose y4l$, From The IjlC Largesl : lf Stock of PA Quality lJO Home Pfk Furnishings lftj In Southern Oregon r ALL REGULAR STOCK ' MARKED WAY DOWN iZ BUY HOW 1 .1 SAVE : 5 591 A. -J MANY OTHER VALUES! QUICK CLEARANCE PRICES ON Carpets Sofas Sectionals Bedroom Sets Hide-a-Beds Mattresses Decorating Studio Clearance HO DCi'Jfl PAYMEHT-2 YEARS TO PAY! -YOUR FAMILY FURNITURE STORE" steir s Corner 6th and Bartlett no paired against (he was in Oregon; a pair means he ar ranged to cast his absentee vote with a congressman who voted for, thereby canceling one another's vote) the bill as originally passed the House. Norblad "and Durno both voted against accepting the Conference Report when It was returned to the House. It now calls for financing $300 million in loans directly from the Treasury instead of by Congressional appropriations. This is the so-called back door financing objected to by House members who resent any administration financing which is not first approved by the conservative House Ap propriations Committee. Con gress jealously guards the purse. $600 million in aid to Latin America. Durno voted against, Norblad, Green and Ullman for. Federal Judgeships. A pa tronage plum which the Dem ocrats held back until they had elected a Democratic President, 'who would nomi nate the judges. Creates 10 new Federal circuit court judgeships and 60 new district court judgeshiDs. Democrats for, Republicans against. Rules Committee fight, which the Democrats barely won, 217-212, centered on whether the ultra - conserva tive Howard Smith of Vir ginia or Majority Leader Sam Rayburn would control what legislation got to the House floor for a vote. Durno and Norblad voted against Rayburn, Ullman and Four Persons Appear in Jackson Circuit Court Four persons appeared in Jackson county circuit court yesterday. One man was sen tenced, and pre-sentence re ports were asked on two cases. Wilburn Dell Crawford, 39, of Modesto, Calif., was sen tenced to three years and six months in the Oregon state penitentiary for uttering and publishing a false check. He had pleaded guilty. He is charged with issuing a false Governors Approve Mining Resolution Salt Lake City (UPD - A mining resolution calling for a national minerals policy and inventorying of free world mineral resources was ap proved Tuesday by Western governors. They passed the resolution after delaying action on a motion asking for increased shares for the states of monies received from federal con trolled minerals. Gov. Jack Gage of Wyoming asked that the state's share be increased from 37.5 per cent to 90. The governors ordered a standing economic commit tee to investigate the matter and report to them at the National Governors .Confer ence next month in Hawaii. The mining policy state ment specifically asked that the National Minerals Ad visory Council be re-established to facilitate adoption and implementation of a national minerals policy. check to a Medford drugstore. Myrna Lee Addington, 23, of route 1, Talent, pleaded guilty to unlawfully taking away children, and a pre sentence report was requested. She is charged with taking her three minor children with the intent to detain and con ceal them from the Jackson county public welfare depart ment. Alice May Phares, 39, of route 2, box 207A, Central Point, pleaded guilty to charge es of unlawfully obtaining public assistance, and a pre sentence report was request ed. She is charged with lawfully receiving public Green supported him. Bills which chairman Smith held from a floor vote, last session, such as minimum wage, and area redevelopment because he opposed them, have been disposed of. Other Kennedy legislation is expected to have ne trouble sailing through Rules; trouble will come in the House Itself. On less controversial wel fare and appropriation bills, Durno and Norblad have sup ported the President. Aid to Dependent Children Bill. Grants money to chil dren whose fathers are un employed, providing they are j nui niau icvt-ivuijj umer com pensation. This was an un recorded vote, and Durno and Norblad's votes are not known. Green and Ullman support the legislation. Supplemental Appropriation Request to Aid Impacted School Areas. Norblad against, Ullman and Durno supported, Mrs. Green not recorded. The Federal Gov ernment contributes to the support of schools in areas where there are federal instal lations, or where there is a heavy concentration of gov ernment workers. This is a popular bill with Congress, and the new Senate Aid to Education Bill, coming up for debate in the Senate this week, extends the life of this program further, although Kennedy asked that it be halved. Extension of the Sugar Act, Gives the President new dis cretion to deny the Dominican Republic the Cuban sugar quota. All members voted for. Military Construction. . AH voted for. Social Security Amend- ments. Increasing minimum benefits for retired workers, permitting men as well as women to retire at age 62 with reduced benefits, in creasing widows' bene fits, liberalizing eligibility require ments, and providing an in creased payroll tax. AH voted for. Feed Grains Bill. Provides for a rise in price supports for feed grains for farmers who reduce corn and grain acreage. Ullman and Green supported, Durno and Norblad voted against. Extension of Unemployment Compensation. Aid to workers who have exhausted their un- pmnlnvmimt hene fits. All un" voted lor. 1 Their votes indicate that n M ITS Continue to offer you, due to popular demand the opportunity to Buy At Your Own Price! MAC A REASONABLE Mi : ...i-ii i . i ,-ni ,i- ir . Norblad and Durno generally t,vbiriii5 mi' iuv,uiiic ill) in Feb. 25, 1958, to Oct. 31, I960. Stephen Allen Love, 65, of r.oute 1, Rogue River, pleaded innocent to charges of at tempted rape. No trial date has been set yet. 2 Youths Aoprehended In Stolen Vehicle Two 17-year-old boys, one from Salem and the other from Grants Pass, were appre hended in a stolen car at Til ler by state police Monday. They were released to Doug las county juvenile authori ties, police said. The car be longs to Hazel Brown, of Milo, Ore. GAS OFFICIAL Portland - (UPD - The new vice president and general counsel of the Northwest Nat ural Gas company is Francis F. Hill, Portland attorney. ' vote together; however, they did split their votes on aid to Latin America and aid to im pacted school areas. Norblad is flatly opposed to aid to i schools; Durno's views are not known. The welfare measures Dur no supported are unemploy ment benefits, social security and impact area school aid. Norblad supported the social security changes and unem ployment benefits extension. Green and Ullman voted for them all. Oregon's two Senators, Wayne Morse arid Maurlne Ncuberger, are recorded as having voted for the Mini mum Wage, Feed Grains, De pressed Areas, Unemployment Benefits and Judgeships. They voted for the Columbia River Treaty with Canada, and to allow the President more dis cretion in giving aid to coun tries behind the Iron Curtain. New Idea at Mann's Style Show Especially for Career Girls! Coffee 'n' rolls ... informal, stay 10 minutes or an hour .... 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