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The Fearless Congress men
New House Rule Would Eliminate
Burdensome Travel for Lawmakers
By DICK WEST
Washington -Wli- As public
servant?, members of Con
gress oftentimes must perform
duties that
are burden
some and pos
sibly even
I d a n R e r ous.
Among the
onerous tasks
that can be
fall the law
givers are as-
i g n m e 11 Is
vnt from congres
sional committees to make
post - adjournment trips to
strange and distant lands.
Most congressmen would,
of course, prefer to spend the
entire adjournment period in
their home districts, familiar
izing themselves with the
problems of their constituents.
But when there arc matters
overseas that need their at
tention, they seldom shirk.
Their credo in this regard
might be stated as follows:
"Ask not only what we can
do for our country, but what
country we can do it in."
Some of lhem even have
been known to expose their
wives and children to the
rigors of foreign travel,
which reflects a dedication
By
Small Worlds
Around Us
LYNN M. W ATKINS
(Register and Tribune
Syndicate, 19631
Strange Plants, Indeed, Art
Members of Fungus Family
There was always supposed
to be a very fat little toad or
ling silling under a fungus
plant thai resembled an open
umbrella.
Just who started the idea
In I lie first place is not
known. Probably it was a
fairy slory for the amusement
of children at bedtime. Of
course, any careful observer,
walking in a quiet woodland,
might have seen a toad
nibbling on a totadslool, for
toads do eat parts of certain
kinds of fungi.
Squirrels, garden slugs and
termites, as well as deer and
tattle, nil show a preference
for cerlaiu kinds of mush
rooms. Just how the animals
know which kind to eat and
which ones to leave alone is
not loo well understood eith
er by students of plant culture
or exports in animal behavior,
(.liven a choice, animals have
been observed to avoid cer
tain kinds which later were
found, by careful chemical
tests, to be poisonous.
Strange plants, indeed, arc
the members of the family of
fungus. There are hundreds of
varieties, of which about a
dozen kinds are poisonous. It
takes an expert to tell which
is which, and even the ex
perts make frequent mistakes
in identification.
Retain Poison
Kxperuneiits with the poi
son variety of mushrooms
have found that they retain
their poison for as long as 11)
years. The blushing amanila
is one of Ihc cup-shaped toad
stools. Its cape is covered with
warts and it is dangerous.
Mushrooms do not contain
chlorophyll - the green pig
ment of most plants - ami as
they cannot manufacture their
own food, they must depend
on animal or vegetable mat
ter. Fungus requires very little
light or oxygen, thriving beot
in a warm, moist temperature
above 70 degrees. Under suit
able conditions, their growth
is rapid , , . so fast, in fact,
that there are records of fun
gus breaking sidewalks and
rocks.
Underneath the umbrella
or cap of many toadstools are
the rather neatly arranged
gills, each knife-thin, from
v. hieh cuine the spores.
From these dust - sized
spores come the toadstools of
tomorrow. Threads, which
grow around the roots at the
base of the stem or shall, also
produce new stalks.
'Hour' Soil
Usually wt think of soil in
which toadstools grow ns
highly sour. Rotten leaf mold
of the forest floor is an ideal
environment, especially after
a warm, spring rain when the
soil is wet and the air of the
woodland is moist and hu
mid. Mushroom wralhcr, the
ol:t timer used to call sm h a
il.iy.
On mm h n ririy, he growth
of Hie toadstool is humeri. It
is possible, if one is in the
right place, to actually see the
cap raise up above the litter
of the forest floor and open
its typical umbrella shape.
Look at the same one a few
hours later and it will have
collapsed, turned from snowy
white lo a black mass of rot
ling vegetation. The life span
of most toadstools is short
and sour.
These lowly plants play an
important part in Nature's
plan by reducing organic mat
ter into soil as food for cer
tain animals. Some members
of the family that contain the
molds, rusts, yeast and mil
dews are used in the manu
facture of sonic drugs, peni
cillin being one of the im
portant ones.
Future studies will prob
ably reveal many more uses
in which fungus members will
cnntribulc to man's welfare .
over and beyond the call of
duty.
Along with numerous other
citizens who have the inter
ests of our lawmakers at
heart, f have long felt that
something should be done to
relieve them of this obliga
tion. I was pleased, the. -fore, to
note that the House Rules
Committee, which is known
for the quality of its mercy,
lias moved to eliminate some
of the hardships.
The committee has propos
ed new rules which would, in
effect, restrict journeys by
House members to those who
might conceivably have some
valid reason for going abroad.
In addition, the changes
would lift from their shoul
ders the onus of helping
to dispose of foreign cur
rencies that the U.S. gov
ernment has accumulated
under its aid programs.
These currencies, known
v a r i o usly as "counterpart
funds-," or "play money,"
would no longer be spent with
unsalcguardcd vigor. T hey
would be listed on a con
gressman's expense account,
just like the real stuff.
I think the committee's ac
tion is to be commended.
From time lo tiine. reports
have drifted back of members
of Congress overexerting
thems-elves in Iheir zeal to re
duce Ihc counterpart surplus.
The new House rules would
not, unfortunately, provide
any protection for members
of the Senate, who have per
haps been even more selfless
and courageous about accept
ing duties across the seas.
Ast taxpayers, let us hope
they will decide lo spare
themselves, loo.
Wolves Driven Out
By Cold in Hungary
London . -iL PI Kurope's cold
wave today drove herds of
sheet! hunting wolves inlo
the Hungarian plains.
As in Hungary, the freezing
weather remained m Switzer
land, Austria, Italy and else
where. ISul Britian's slo.v
thaw continued. The cold had
killed at least five persons in
the past 2-1 hours, with anoth
er seven missing and feared
dead.
Budapest liadin said the re
mains of Kill sheep wire
found on the plains near
Theiss river in Fastein Hun
gary. The wolves apparcnllv
were driven from the Carpa
thian .Mountains by the ex
treme cold and snow. So lar,
hunters on their trail have
been unable to get close
enough to destroy any of
them.
List
Kirk,
Medford Youth on
11 1 1 n ,
vviiiomerre ucan s
Salem Charles H. 11
son of Col. and Mrs. Charles
Ci. Kirk of Mcdfnrd. a first
year law student at Willam
ette university, has been nam
ed lo the Dean's list
The Dean's list is made up
of the law students receiv ing
the highest grades following
the midyear final examina
tions Seven students of the
75 enrolled in the first year
class were named to the list.
Dr. Sheppard Tells
Marriage Plans
Columbus, Ohio - il Hi - The
case of Dr. Sam Sheppard,
convicted of murder in the
bludgeon slaying of his preg
nant wife. Marilyn, look a sur
prise turn on the eve of his
lalest bid for freedom.
Sheppard's Boston attorney.
Fee Bailey, said Monday night
the doctor is engaged to a
German divorcee.
The .state Pardon and Pa
role commission Tuesday was
scheduled to act on Shep
pard's application for com
mutation of his life sentence
for the !I54 slaying in the
couples Bay Village home
near Cleveland
Bailey said Sheppard he
came engaged to Mrs Ariane
Teliben ii'hanns. ;'J. iif Dussel
ilorf. tin niany, alter a court
ship by mail, lie said the cor
respondence began three
years ago after Mrs. Tcbhctv
johauns. the mother of a nine-year-old
daughter, became in
terested in Sheppard s case.
ONE SLIPUP
Springfield. HI .1 PI Slate
Auditor Michael llovvlelt told
t h e budgetary commission j
Monday he made a mistake in I
his proposed budget It omit- i
led llowlrtt's S'Jll.lllill-a v ear
salary.
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