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6 E Babbling in Washington Trap Doors Under Witness Chairs Might Curtail Flood of By DICK WEST W?shington-IUPD-The recent controversy over alleged "muzzling" at the Pentagon has a counter part on Capi tol Hill which might be de fined as "bab bling." It in volves the tend ency of congressional w 1 1 nesscs to open the floodgates of prolixity when they are in vited, or obtain permission to testify at committee hear ings. TO SEE THE WORLD Equitable Representative JIM METZ 1310 Ridge-wty Medford, Oregon Phont 772-4294 ' To see the world tee the man from Equitable Savings. He holds the magic carpet to faraway places . . . money! From London to Bangkok or anywhere else in the world there's no better, surer, safer way to save money than at Equitable. But don't take our word for it. Call in the man from Equitable Savings. See for yourself how generous earnings and careful planning can create a size able cash reserve fund lo let you enjoy the things you want to do. P tV 1. 'v VJfe S&ml SKrMV! MAM THURSDAY, JUNE 7. 1962 The problem has become so acute as to induce one toy company to design a "wit ness doll." You wind it up and it bends your ear. It is my theory that many witnesses work on space rates. That is, they are paid to present the views of vari ous groups under a scale based on the number of words they can get into the printed record. Be that as it may. there is no doubt that babbling is burdensome to the commit tees. Over the years, some of the best minds in Congress have grappled with the ques tion of how to curtail it. Suggestions have been made for building trap doors under the witness chairs and for installing de vices that would automati cally signal a fire drill when testimony exceeded a certain length. These proposals, however, seem inconsistent with the ba sic right of a citizen to exer cise his tongue, and none has been adopted. Now along comes Sen. Eu gene J. McCarthy, an ingeni ous Democrat from Minne sota, with what I regard as the legal cure for galloping verbosity. While talking with a group of reporters the other day, McCarthy noted that the Sen- ale Finance Committee, of which he is a member, is pre paring for hearings on Presi dent Kennedy's trade pro gram. Past experience indicates that the hearings will run for several weeks. But McCarthy has devised a plan which, if adopted, undoubtedly would shorten them by as much as 75 per cent. Simply staled, it would require each witness to sit through the testimony of all the other witnesses. McCarthy figures that if witnesses were forced to lis ten to each other they would voluntarily begin to fetter their vocal cords out of a mu tual desire for self preserva tion. U n f o r tunatcly, however, McCarthy's plan doesn't deHl with the related problem of committee members who ques tion witnesses at great length and then disappear. To be truly effective, U Testimony would have to be expanded to require that each member sit through the questioning by all the other members. You can bet that would make a member think twice before asking a question, which could improve brevity by as much as 200 per cent. Under present conditions, some of them don't even think once. Special Summer Program Planned A special summer program for "tiny tots" will be offered at the Mcdford Young Men's Christian association swim ming pool this summer, YMCA officials have an nounced. 1 Boys and girls between 5 and 7 years old may enroll for swimming classes, which will be held on Monday and Thursday for boys and Tues day and Friday for girls. Classes will start June 11 for boys and June 12 for girls. Starting time is 0 a.m. Classes will be kept small so each child may receive in dividual instruction, YMCA officials said. This year is the first time such classes have been offered for five-year-olds. Three class levels beginners, interme diate and advanced are planned, and each child will be placed in a class according to his ability. Registration for the classes may be made at the YMCA. Coffee Break Is no Breakfast Substitute Washington -llPD- Scientists at the University of Iowa Col lege of Medicine recently conducted a series of tests with office and factory work ers. They wanted to answer this question: "Is the coffee break an efficient substitute for an adequate breakfast?" Citing the study, the U.S. department of agriculture said subjects who ale a" adequate breakfast were more produc tive during the late morning hours, were quicker in their reactions and did not lire as easily as those who relied on coffee alone. The altracliv. old brick courthouse that houses th. Jack tonvill. Museum is, itself steeped in the history of th days before the turn of th century. The former seat of Jackson County government, dating from 1 883-1)4, this venerable old structure was scene of many bitter court cases, the most sensational being the trial of th D'Autr mont brothers, train bandits, and the trial of alleged Ku Klux Klan members for an attempted lynching. To accom modate the growing number of exhibits, th Southern Oregon Historical Society has ladded buildings adjacent to this eld courthouse all open to the public ... all freel Three Buildings For Employment Offices Approved Salem - fliPP - New Oregon Employment Department buildings in Salem, Klamath Falls and Baker have been authorized by the State Emer gency Board. All will be one story structures to house local offices of the employment de partment. The action came over the protests of Senate President Harry Boivin, board chair man. The Klamath Falls Dem ocrat, and several other legis. lators on the board, called for more time !to study the plans, but the board finally approved them after the em ployment department said if the go-ahead wasn t author. ized now, federal funds would be lost July 1. The vote was 5-1, with Boi vin voting no. The board authorized the department to spend $486,018 in federal money for all three projects, and state funds aren't involved. Salem Building Biggest David H. Cameron, State Employment Commissio n e r, said he isn't certain yet how much each of the three proj ects will cost, but the Salem building will be the biggest, with 10,000 square feel. The Klamath Falls building will provide 7.500 square feet, and the Baker building about 5, 000 square feet. As for estimates, a fiscal committee analyst said it .las estimates given earlier by Employment Department of ficials for two of the proposed buildings - $129,379 for the Salem structure, and $141,703 for the one at Klamath Falls. There was no available esti mate for the one at Baker, but the balance left from the $486,018 would apply $53,924 to a start at Baker. Preliminary work on all three will move ahead imme diately, Cameron indicated. Tax Revenues Lost Boivin said the legislative delegations in the counties should have been contacted first, to check their views and those of their constituents. Boivin has lone been on rec ord opposing construction of new state buildings in local communities, because they take property off local tax rolls, and because private loasors are denied slate rentals. June is Jacksonville Museum IHieMv the colorful days of J MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD. OHECOK -rnmmrn p,yeM gie'i -iiiii wsweMiw,?, v,immmrm i hil i' - vv H - i ON BIKE TRIP - John Worlund, left, a student at Graceland college in Iowa, and Malcolm Hodge, a University of Texas student, are shown in Odessa, Texas, as they take a break on a bicycle trip from Dallas to Tuston, Calif., "for the fun of il." They have been making about 100 miles a day on the 1,4(10 mile trip. (UPt) Man on Trial Gives Judge Wrong Answer Dillingham, Alaska-WrD-Jo-seph Doloukuk, on trial in Magistrate's court for drunk enness, was asked by the judge if the charge against him were true. "I don't know," Doloukuk replied. "I was passed out." He was sentenced to 90 days in jail. THE DANMOORE HOTEL 1217 SW. Morrison Sf. PORTLAND, OREGON AH transient guests. All those who come, return. Rates not high, not low. Free garage, TV's and radios. Reputation for cleanliness. Children Under Seven No Charge West... the thrills of the gold rush and Indian wars! YOU CAN when you Visit the . . . acksonville Museum i family and especially eut-of-lown guests will delight in the mor than 6,000 individual collections. Among its most popular exhibits are the Britt Gallery, a replica of Peter Brill's Photographic Studio, one of the earliest in the Pacifie Northwest, the Indian Room, containing artifacts and relics made and used by th valley's first inhabitants, th Gun Room, mineral displays and fluorescent room, a children's room, parlor, collection of wedding dresses and a Civil War exhibit. The Southern Oregon Historical Society administers and 'maintains this museum-one of th finest In the West and approximately 466,000 names appear en the regis tration book. So, with JUNE JACKSONVILLE MUSEUM be sure to make a date to visit the museum . . . you may spend all the tie you wish and it is all FREEI Visit YOUR Jacksonville Museum - T ' ri' I T iT 'if mail -'Hifiniil NOTICE EFFECTIVE JUNE 10th THRIFTY GREEN STAMPS REDEMPTION STORE OPEN 1 HOUR LONGER PER DAY NEW HOURS 10:00 to 4:00 CLOSED SUN. & MON. 26 So. Grape The entire Rogue River Valley is rich in the ro mance of the old West, and there's no finer, more enjoyable way to relive those days than lo visit YOUR Jackson ville Museum. You, your Slips of Paper Important for 'Stock Trades New York -IUPD- Some of the "paper work" which ac cumulated last week after trading averaged over 10 mil lion shares a day on the New York Stock Exchange, was quite literally dealing with little slips ol paper. The slips are used every day as trading is conducted at the posts on the exchange floor, and it followed that when volume shot up, so did the number of slips. They form the written re cord of a sale and purchase of stocks at the time it is made. They are handwritten by the floor brokers, who jot down the name of the other man in the transaction, and his floor number, taken from the button which he wears on hi? jacket. Whenever you get the average man, whose hand writing is less than Spencer ian, writing on a pad of paper in the hurly-burly of the na tion's leading stock exchange, he's likely to stumble once in Providence, R.I. - IUPD - The National Boxing association today named light heavy weight Harold Johnson Fighter of the Month, and it continued to recognize Ed die Cotton of Seattle as top contender. Johnson was tab bed fighter of the month be cause of his impressive vic tory over Doug Jones of New York at Philadelphia May 12 A few of mort than 6,000 IT nejf " i -s . ,mf fc!tfS8JWf Ft I j s in ufjgiilll 'fl ; collections awaiting your visit to the Jacksonville Musuem this month ... an joy a visit this month, bring your family nd friends it'i FREE! THIS MONTH while, or write something that he can't read later. This is not an indication of slip-shod operation; one of the features of the New York Stock Exchange and the American Exchange, too, is the care which is taken at all times to make sure that a transaction goes through ex actly as it should. At the end of any day's operation, any of the slips whereon the information is not cleared is labeled a "d.k.," a "don't know." It may be then subjected to a recheck with the floor brokers in question; or the matter may be ironed oul in the order rooms of the brokerage houses. A .1 ,e' ,535 Bowler hats and Gordon's Gin... how are they linked fh in English history? $ Both jre native inventions that Englishmen still hold dear. Surprisingly though, the V IR Bowler did not make its arinearance on' ! JP-ir" London streets until 1 855,a full 86yearst(prAlexanderGordon introduced his remarkable gin. The Gordon s you drink today harks back to Mr. Gordon's original 1769 formula. We've never found reason to tamperwith such unique dryness and delicate flavour.Why would we? Gordon's is the biggest selling gin in England, America and the world. 4 if $970 Pint Qt. PRODUCT Of U.S.A. OiSTiutO wntion Otrctv.ioox ncutotl SPitTS OiSllUtO ItOU Hill. 90 PROOF. GORDON S ORV CIN CO. LTO, UMU. R.J. individual Under no rmal circum stances, this could be dona during regular working hours in plenty of time for the trans action to be cleared up with in the exchange's time limit on execution -of orders. But when one add'i up a blizzard of trading like that of a week ago, with 14.750, 000 shares, or Thursday's with 10,710,000, capped by a Fri day which was more than half the Thursday volume, etc., it was understandable why a good part of the bustle on the trading floor lasl Saturday centered around the slips of paper; at the trading posts, men thumbed through long stacks of them, making sure. mm 1 & 4 ' , i c i Distilled q v LondonDry L m, Gin 'A VcM Month the old MMaMrd hoto hv Bob Vroman
