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. JW " " .... ... ... . ... .... -. . THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18. 1962 MEDKORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON Celebrezze Prepared to Fight for Federal Aid to Public Schools By LOUIS CASSELS , Hp said hi- expects the ad and high schools in the next any chance of getting such , less he may be able lo pay for . Cleveland three years later, j sudden transition from city - United Press International ministration to renew its fight session of Congress. "Washington 1UPI1 Anthony for aid to public elementary Q. Do you think there is J. Celebrezze, ine new secre tary of health, education and welfare, is prepared lo fight for federal aid to public schools. But he can sec no constitutional way to include parochial schools in the pro. gram. The former mayor of Cleve land, in an interview with United Press International, fpelled out for the first time his stand on the controver sial issue of aid to parochial schools, which has brought President Kennedy into sharp conflict with Roman Catholic bishops. Celebrezze, like Kennedy, is a member of the Catholic church. When he was appoint ed to the Cabinet last July to succeed Abraham A. Ribi coff, there was speculation that he might work for a change in the administration position on parochial school aid. Supreme Court Speaks But Celebrezze said that he is convinced, after a close study of the whole question, that "the Supreme Court has spoken quite clearly." "Aid to private elementary and high schools is unconsti tutional," he said. "The court has made that clear, and wc have no alternative but lo follow its rulings." But he said the Supreme Court has not ruled out the use of tax funds to aid private institu tions of higher education, and there arc many long-standing federal programs which pro vide a precedent for such Did. An administration - backed bill to aid both public and private colleges was rejected by the House Inst month aft er opponents protested against the inclusion of church re lated institutions. Celebrezze said it was un . fortunate that the religious issue was raised against the higher education bill, and that he is hopeful the legisla tion will eventually be passed. Have to do Something "We have to do something for higher education soon," he said. "The nation has a critical need for expanded fa cilities In our colleges and universities." i P i ii n 4 'Great Imposter' Finds Self in Role Of Plain John Doe Sacramento -WPP - Ferdi nand Waldo DcMara, the 'Great Impostrr," found him self in a new role today: that of plain John Hoe. Rut it's not a part that came easily. Without an as sist from the law, he might never have marie it. DeMnra, a tall and portly man of 40, bus posed in a va riety of roles, including that of a navy ship's surgeon, a deputy prison warden, a Moscow-IL'PII-Thi. Soviet 17n. learned zoologist and a Trap- ion launched an artificial pist monk. His exploits were Russia Launches Cosmos Satellite PREPARED TO FIGHT Former Cleveland Mayor Anthony J. Celebrezze, President Kennedy's new Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, says he is prepared lo fight for Kennedy's program of federal aid lo public schools, but sees no constitutional way lo aid Catholic schools. A Catholic himself, Celebrezze said in an interview: "The Supreme Court has spoken quite clearly" on the issue of parochial school grants. (UPI) satellite Wednesday, Cosmos 10, in a continuing series of probes of the cosmos, the offi cial news agency Tass report ed. Its path ranges from 235 miles lo 120 miles from the earth's surface, Tass said. The instruments aboard Cosmos 10 "will continue the exploration of outer space in conformity with the program" announced by Tass March lti. The Cosmos 10 radio trans mits on the lfl.nil.1 megacycle frequency, Tass said, and data gathered during the orbits is sent to a Soviet receiving sta tion. The equipment is function ing properly, Tass said, and the rarth hound computers are receiving and processing Cosmos 10 data. Tass said Cosmos 10 is cir cling the earth every 110 2 minutes at an angle of (15 de grees to tile equator so extraordinary that they in spired a book entitled "The Great Impostcr," which later became a movie. Last year he arrived al the New Life Youth Ranch, a home for boys run by a religi ous organization anom miles east of here in the Si erra. In April, lie became the ranch supervisor. Aski State's Advice DcMara, who says he has now "gone straight," became Involved with the law two months later when he wrote a letter to the California At torney General's office. "May the peace of the Lord Jesus Christ he with you al ways! ! !" it began, "the un- an opinion on the following J following Long Service matter:" I L. L. Rentz. 1025 Sunset In essence, he wanted to i dr., Medfoi d, has retired fol know if the camp needed a i lowing 42 years of service license from the Stale Depart-1 willi the Nationul Cash Reg nient of Social Welfare. ! islcr company. He has spent drawing national attention. Jack R. Winkler, district at torney of El Dorado county, where the camp is situated, became edgy. Plagued by dozens of. calls and by the fact thai the law itself is not absolutely clear on the point, Winkler wond ered if DcMara and his em ployees should be prosecuted for operating the camp with out a license while the under age boys were there. To get an answer he conferred Tues day with Rudolf H. Michaels, attorney for the Welfare De partment, and Richard L. Mayers, deputy slate attorney general. No Special Treatment The three men agreed that DcMara had done his part lo avoid breaking the law, that he had acted quickly after learning that he was breaking it, and that there would be no thought of prosecution if he were an ordinary man. 'We should look at this as if he were John Doe down the pike and not Ferdinand Dc Mara, eon man extraordin ary, said Michaels as the group agreed not to prosecute. Mcdford Man Retires PROMOTED Byron W. Cordes of Rogue River has been promoted lo airman first class in the U S. Air Force while serving with the 7375th combat supporl group at Sculthorpe Royal Air Force station In England Cordes, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Williiim D. Newell. Rogue River, Is an alreralt instrument repairman. After a lengthy investiga tion, the department conclud ed that it did need a license if its iiimales included boys under Hi. DcMara learned this Oct. !) and Immediately removed Tour of six hoys who were under the age limit. The other underage boys remained the past 21 years In Meriford. which is a branch of the Chi co. Calif., office of I lie firm. Rentz, a serviceman and salesman, started as a memoer of the company in 1020. later attending repiiir school. He has worked in F.lmira, N. Y., New Yolk City, Boise, Idaho. on a technicality, but one of Stockton, Santa Barbara, and them has since left. San Diego area. In I03H he be lly this time, however, the j came senior salesman in Chi case had become public and.cn where he remaind for IVMara's past was once more I for three years. any chance of getting such legislation enacted without some settlement of the re ligious controversy over in clusion of parochial schools? A. I think it will be passed eventually. I think we die making some headway on this, and that it will come in time. Lacks Rapier Wit Celebrezze speaks slowly and deliberately, in a low, rumbling bass voice. He lacks the rapier wit of his predeces sor, Abe Ribicoff, who left the Cabinet lo run for the Senate in Connecticut. You could count on Ribicoff for a sharp quote every second sen tence. But Celebrezze's dis course tends to plod unim aginatively from subject to predicate, with no breath wasted on fine phrases. Massive sincerity is the first thing a visitor notices about him, and it is a trait that may stand him in good stead when he goes to the Capitol to plead for the bills that Ribicoff was unable to push through. Congressmen are notoriously distructful of Cabinet officers who are wit ty enough to make them look foolish. Celebrezze was born .91 years ago in Anzi, Italy, where his naturalized Ameri can parents had returned for a visit. He is the first Amer ican of Italian descent to serve in the Cabinet. The White House evidently re gards this circumstance as a political asset. It has booked Celebrezze for a cross-country speaking tour between now and election day that will take him into virtually every major U.S. city with a large Italian population. That Halo Atnericans are proud of their new representative in the Cab inet is plain from the fact that Celebrezze received more than 250 invitations to deliv er Columbus day addresses. I Sorves A Mayor When he came to Washing ton, after serving nine scan- j dal-free years as Mayor of Cleveland, Celebrezze was billed as a conservative Dem ocrat, some yards to the right of this fellow New Frontiers men. There was talk that he might have a hard lime swal lowing some of the admin istration's legislative propo sals, such as the hotly-disputed plan to provide medi cal care for the aged through Social Security. After three months in Ihe HEW department, Celebrezze has become as strong an ad vocate of "medicare" as Ribi coff. But his reasons for sup porting the program demon strate that he's still a con servative at heart. "I'm for the Social Securi ty approach," he said, "he-, cause I think it's good fiscal policy for people lo provide . for their health care in old age while they're able lo work. "The administration plan Is based on the same concept as insurance. People would pay Social Security taxes during their earning years, and would , be covered with health Insurance after they retire. Much Sounder "That is much sounder - -much more conservative, in my opinion - - than proposals for the government to finance health care lor the aged out of general tax funds. I rion'l think we can afford lo do that on anything like an ade quate scale." Q. Opponents charge that Ihe medicare plan would lead to "socialized medicine" . . . A. That's nonsense. The government wouldn't have a thing lo say about the pa tient's choice of a physician or hospital, or about the course of treatment Q. Why can't private health insurance do the job'' A. Because the insurance rates aren't fixed. The older a person gels, the more he needs the insurance, and the it, But that's just when the and during his long tenure at premiums become the high- city nan won d nil- lm est. And they can cancel the utation as an honest and clecl policy on him after his bene- icated public servant, fits run out Just at the The new secretary is a big, time he needs coverage heavy-set man, with thinning mos( black hair, enormous black eyebrows, and a grey-flecked Deep-Scaled Sympathy moustache. During the inter- In Celebrezze's approach to view, in his capacious office welfare programs, a .basic j on the fifth floor of Ihe conservatism of temperament j Health, Education and Wel is offset by a deep-seated sym-1 fare building on Independence Village Variety & Garden Sh op Hunting & Fishing Licensos lisuc-H PAY ELECTRIC BILLS HERE "Medford'i Only Independent Variety Store" Next lo "Piggly Wiggly" 2 Dy Photo Finishing Service POST OFFICE ALWAYS OPEN 771 Stewart Avenue 9 A.M. to 9 P.M. 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He laughed only once After Navy service jn ! during an hour-long interview, World War II, and a stint of private law practice, he went into politics in 1950, getting elected lo the state senate. He was elected mayor of and that was in response to a broad; almost desperate, at tempt to' levity on the part of his visitor." Q. How do you find the hall to Cabinet? A. I find this job a terrific challenge. Everything you do affects so many lives. The thing I miss most is the close ness to the people which I had as mayor. I used to en joy walking down the street and talking to people, asking them about their problems. Here I don't get much chance to talk to people except in a formal way, at staff con ferences and things like that. The Secretary and Mrs. Celebrezze her name is Ann have settled into a house in the Chevy Chase section of Washington. 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