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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.
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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
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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.
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Reputation for cleanliness.
Children Under
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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
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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.
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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
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$970
Pint
Qt.
PRODUCT Of U.S.A. OiSTiutO wntion Otrctv.ioox ncutotl SPitTS
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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.
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