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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-
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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
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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:
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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-
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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
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Feb. 25, 1958, to Oct. 31,
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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.
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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.
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