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Durno Takes Look Backward At Congressional Experience Dr. Edwin R. Durno, speak' tag as a "private citizen," took a brief look backward at his congressional experience Monday, then cast a searching eye over a number of this country's current problems. In an address to the noon luncheon pf the Medford Chamber of Commerce Roundtable, the former con gressman from Oregon's fourth district, said politics was an "interesting, exciting and some times rewarding business," and that he was "happy to have served." But Dr. Durno expressed concern that the last three ad ministrations have "spent loo much money," with the tell tale danger signal of the un balanced budget. 'Horrible Climate' He termed Washington, D.C., as a city with a "hor rible climate," a "great hodge-podge of people," a con tinual construction and re modeling boom, and a higher per capita increase in crime and juvenile delinquency than any other city in the United States. Turning to the composition of the House of Representa tives, the speaker said the intermediate bloc of southern Democrats - posed midway between the Republicans and northern Democrats - holds the "balance of power" in congress. He said press talk of a "coalition" was inaccur ate. "The southern Democrats do not participate in any coalition unless it suits the purpose of the south," he said. Dr. Durno sketched out a number of the major prob lems which this session of congress faces. Sweeping Changes Forecast In Federal Landlord Rules By ELMER LAMMI United Press International Washington - (UPD - Sweep ing changes in the rules un der which Uncle Sam plays landlord over vast expanses of public lands in the west may be in the making. Western senators, swamped by complaints from home, have become increasingly crit- PENNIES WANTED WE PAY 1.00 2.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 1.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 3.00 3.00 S.00 6.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 1911- S 1912- S 3.00 1.50 .25 1.25 .25 1912 - D 1913- S 1913-D 1914-D 20.00 1914-S 1.50 1S69 . 1870 . 1171 . 1872 . 1873 . 1874 . 1913- P 1913-D 1915- S 1916- D 1916-S 1921- S 1922 1922- D 1923- 5 1924- D 1924-S 1926-S .15 .10 1.25 .10 .10 1875 . .10 3.00 1.00 .10 3.00 .10 .50 1876 . 1877 40.00 1878 ...... 1.50 1884 75 1885 75 1886 75 1908-S .. 8.00 1931-D 1.00 1909-S .15.50 1931-5 18.00 lfOf-VDB .25 1t09-SVDB 67.50 1932 .10 1932- D 1933 1933- D 1938- S 1939- D .10 .10 .50 .05 .10 110 5 .. 1.25 111-0 .. .25 Cleaned, scratched, or badly nicktd coins accepted at lower prices. HIGH PRICES PAID FOR MANY OTHER U.S. COINS MAIL REGISTERED TO GERSON'S STAMPS & COINS 522 S.W. YAMHILL Portland 4, Oregon SAVE 50 OR MORE! ECON-O-CLEAN Professional Dry Cleaning With Coin Operative Economy! 38 ib. Cleaning one) DUMAS DOMESTIC LAUNDRY & DRY CLEANERS 30-32 North Riverside GRESSETT'S DRIVE-IN CLEANERS 702 Wast Main NU-WAY CLEANERS 601 East Main CRYSTAL WHITE LAUNDRY & DRY CLEANERS 811 North Central In the area of foreign pol- icy, the speaker pleaded for more support for President Kennedy, "the only man in the country who knows all the facts, who has all the available information" about a particular situation such as Cuba. The speaker said he "felt sorry" for the president be cause of the enormous pres sures and responsibilities of the office. "But I do not feel sorry for those persons around him," Dr. Durno said. "Many of the people close to the president are outright Socialists. I won't call them Communists, but they are Socialists." Urges Charter Revision Dr. Durno urged revision of the charter of the United Nations, which he said has be come a "forum for talk." He said he did not agree with the charter provisions which give equal vote to all mem bers, regardless of size or the literacy level of its popula tion. The speaker objected, too, that the "United States is paying 50 per cent of the UN's bills." The nation's foreign aid program he criticized as being "inefficient, corrupt and wasteful, a program which provides money for poten tates, with little of it trickling down to the people." "The Peace Corps is a good thing because it exports Americanism," he said, but he warned that some of Presi dent Kennedy's advisors want to see it transformed into an "international" organization, and he urged the Roundtable members to write their sen ators and representatives to oppose such a move. He also ical of the way the lands are administered and are prepar ing to take a hard look at the antiquated public land laws. Pressure for an overhaul also is growing in the house. Most of the criticism is fall ing on the Bureau of Land Management, a branch of the Interior Department which reigns over 477 million acres of public land. Counting lands no longer owned by the fed eral government but in which it still retains mineral rights, the BLM has responsibility for some 800 million acres about one-third of the entire area of. the United States. Western legislators - pres- surcd by angry constituents - are complaining that the agen cy's administration often is capricious, arbitrary and snarled by red tape. Bible Announces Proba Thus it hardly came as a surprise when Sen. Alan Bi ble (D-Nev.), chairman of the Public Lands subcommittee, announced that his committee would make a "sweeping in vestigation." "I concluded it was high time we had an investigation of the administration of the agency and the land laws themselves," he said. A hard look at the BLM and land laws also is expected to be taken by the House In terior committee, where an other Nevadan Rep. Wal- ter S. Baring heads the Public Lands subcommittee. Their studies could lead to junking of laws dating back to horse and buggy days and their replacement with what Bible, a lawyer, said would be "modern, streamlined laws." Bible's announcement came soon after western senators had protested an Interior De partment decision to raise grazing fees by some 50 per cent. Bible and other sena tors, under pressure from stockmen, had asked that the increase be put off pending more study. Hike Angers Stockmen The fees were raised after Assistant Interior Secretary John A. Carver Jr., and BLM Director Karl Landstrom ap- MINIMUM ORDER $1.90 Spotting Onlyl said he was against formation of a domestic peace corps. Assistance Needed Dr. Durno agreed that some form of medical assistance for the aged was needed, but strongly urged that it not be instituted as part of the Social Security program. "It would be much better under a private system," he said. He warned that such a program would undermine Social Security and "make it more insolvent than it already is." America is a "mature na tion," he said, and its people have an abundance of ma terial goods. But its "golden years may be over," he said, unless certain drastic changes are effected. "We must curtail the grab for power, reduce the bu reaucacy, balance the budget, cut down on spending (par ticularly foreign aid), and close loopholes in the tax structure," he warned. Expresses Concern Dr. Durno also expressed concern over the "matching funds" procedure, which he said is being employed in nearly all government agencies and programs. "Matching funds are the bait which catches the fish," he said, "and you and I are the suckers." The speaker said flatly there is a "managed press in America." He said news is managed not by distortion or necessarily quoting out of context, but rather by what the newsman leaves out of his story. "Things have been left out of reports of talks I have given right here in this com munity," he said. peared before Bible's commit tee to say that fees were "in- defensively low." And despite the outraged cries of western stockmen, some legislators privately agreed that the fees -lower than those of any state for state lands-could stand up ward revision. However, Bible - stung by the department's failure to hold up the fee increase-said the first phase of his investi gation would deal with ad ministration of the Taylor Grazing Act of 1934. The act provides the rules under which western stock men are allotted public lands for grazing cattle and sheep. Even more galling to cattle men than the increase in graz ing fees are what they consid er often arbitrary cuts in al lotments. After disposing of the graz ing problem, Bible said, the committee probably will move on to the general land laws- including the Homestead Act, the Small Tracts Act and des ert entry laws. All of them, according to Bible and other critics, are bogged down in red tape and confusion. Sen. Gruening Upset Attention will be turned, among other things, to what Bible called cumbersome appeals procedures, which have aroused the ire of Sen. Ernest Gruening (D-Alaska). Guening, angered by what he has called "dictatorial ac tions of BLM officials in deal ing with Alaska homesteaders, has again introduced legisla tion to set up an independent appeals board. Appeals now are handled within the inte rior department, and many citizens have spent years in frustrating efforts to gain benefits. Landstorm, hard - working and unassuming head of BLM has defended the agency but admits there are shortcom ings and that the public land laws need modernization. In fact, he told congress the agency itself will suggest some changes. Library Approved At Portland Stale Eugene - (UPD - The State Board of Higher Education's building committee today ap proved of a new five-story li brary for Portland State Col lege. The building committee rec ommended architects go ahead with plans for the li brary. It would be located two blocks south of the lone Plaza and occupy more than half a block on S. W. Harri son st. between 10th and Park aves. If the legislature approves funds construction is sched uled to start next winter. The library would supple ment Portland State's existing ! library. The present one has a seating capacity fur only 700 of the school's 5,500 stu dents. The new library would be planned to eventually rise to 11 stories. Enrollment Portland State may reach 20, 000 in 20 years, officials have said. MEDFORD Death of Eugene Pilot May Have Hastened the Downfall of Trujillo By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Washington Correspondent Washington (Special) - The mysterious death of a young Oregon flier in the Dominican Republic six years ago is be lieved to have contributed in the end to the downfall of Gen. Raphael Leonidas Tru jillo, the dictator who had him liquidated. This is the latest ironic twist in the tale of intrigue which began in December, 1956, when Gerald Lester Murphy of Eugene, Ore., van ished in Ciudad Trujillo, the capital of the Dominican Re public. In the months that 10I lowed, the insistent protests of a freshman Oregon con gressman, Charles O. Porter, plus detective work by gov ernment agents and a nation al magazine story built the case into an international in cident. Last week Porter, a Eugene attorney no longer in Con gress, attended the inaugur ation of the first freely elect ed Dominican president in 38 years, Juan Bosch, whom he had met in 1958 when Porter was busy denouncing the friendly attitude of the Amer ican government toward the Trujillo dictatorship. Tragic Events After 10 days in the Do minican capital interviewing persons still living who knew young Murphy and were eye witnesses to some of the tragic events before and after his "disappearance," Porter returned with this account: Murphy, as a flier in the service of the Trujillo govern ment, was fatally connected -but perhaps innocently - with the sensational abduction of Prof. Jesus de Galindez from the Columbia university cam pus in New York in March, 1956. Murphy told friends in Ciudad Trujillo subsequently that he flew the plane in which Galindez was taken to Trujillo's Caribbean strong Portland Officer To Discuss Check Cases at Law Class James E. Matteson, Port land, detective in the Mult nomah county sheriff's office, will discuss the investigation of bad checks in the first ad vanced class for law enforce ment officers in Medford Wednesday, March 13. A native Portlander, Matte son has been with the detec tive division since July, 1951, and has served in the sher iff's office for more than 20 years. This is the first class In the 1963 series of advanced training programs for law en forcement officers through out the state. Classes will be held in 15 Oregon cities. The classes are sponsored by the Oregon Association of City Police Officers and the Oregon State Sheriffs associa tion in cooperation with the federal bureau of investiga tion, the Oregon state police, the League of Oicgon Cities, and the bureau of municipal research and service of the University of Oregon. The school will be held twice a week for three weeks and will be attended by all Medford police officers. Two sessions daily will be held at 12:30 to 3:30 and 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Hedrick Junior High school. Other classes will co ;r such subjects as courtroom case preparation, demeanor and procedures, auto theft, interviews, confessions and signed statements, practical photography, and dangerous drugs. Russia's 'Buzzing' Charges Rejected Washington - (UPD - The State Department Monday re jected new Moscow Radio charges that U.S. Air Force planes have "buzzed" Soviet ships at sea. Spokesman Lincoln White said U.S. patrol aircraft rou tinely "identify" vessels in international waters, "par ticularly in the ocean ap proaches to the U.S." But he said, "the pilots of these air craft are under explicit in structions not to approach closer than is necessary for this Identification purpose.' TAX WORK MADE EASY Rent or Lease Adding Machine Typewriter Calculator VOIGHT'S at! Ith ft Grape Cat? Pirkirtf 772-4100 Grtn Stamp MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, hold. The professor, whom Trujillo hated because Galin dez had written a caustic bi ography of the dictator, was lured into a trap in New York, drugged and put aboard Murphy's plane in the guise of a sick person. This much of the story was deduced several years ago r o m fragmentary informa tion skillfully pieced together by Life magazine. After Porter in 1957 set off ruckus in Congress about Murphy's disappearance, the Trujillo government manufac tured an explanation that the Oregon boy had been killed by Octavio de la Maza, a fel low Dominican flier with whom he was alleged to have quarreled, and de la Maza then hanged himself in re morse, leaving a note explain ing how it happened. Suicide Not This, says Porter, was an absolute hoax. According to information he gained last week, Murphy was murdered by Trujillo's henchman after talking too freely around Ciudad Trujillo about his role in the notorious Galindez kidnapping, which had gained substantial publicity in the American press. Galindez met the same fate after insulting the dictator to his face. A Dominican woman who help ed bait the trap for the pro fessor in New York was also said to have been liquidated. A lot -of Communist eyes are watching the financial strength of our government and of our people like hawks. That's because 1 their leaders have said they would "bury us" economically ' and they're waiting for it to happen. It must be a continuing dis appointment to them that, year after year, U.S. savers put or leave so much of their savings in the hands of our government, in U.S. Savings Bonds. This stake that Savings Bond OREGON De la Maza, instead of hanging himself in remorse, was tortured in prison by secret police who wanted him to sign a "suicide" note "con fessing" to killing Murphy. He refused, was killed, and the signature was forged, Porter said he was told. When Porter as a congress man and the State Depart ment refused to accept the suicide story, the Trujillo government tried hush money. An American attor ney who represented the Do minican government suggest ed to Porter that a suit for damages in behalf of Mur phy's parents might bring $50,000. He was right. A lawyer retained in the Do minican Republic took $10, 000 of it for his fee, the American lawyer took anoth er $5000 before the balance was sent to Porter, perhaps with the idea that the con gressman would take a cut and stop protesting. Porter sent the $39,000 to the flier's parents, who at first refused to accept it but later relented. How did Murphy's death figure in the downfall of Tru jillo? Octavio de la Maza, the flier sacrificed in the heinous coverup of Murphy's murder, had a brother named Antonio - and Antonio was one of the key men in the 1961 assassina tion of Trujillo. He who lived by the sword, died by the sword. Money that stands up to be counted Keep freedom In your future Plans (or Sale Of Fish Lake Resort Announced Negotiations are under way between Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Dance, Rogue River, and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Morris, own ers of the Fish Lake Resort, for the purchase of the resort, it has been announced. The U. S. Forest Service is in the process of formulating a new special use permit for the Dances, forestry officials said today, but it has not been completed. It was noted that the permit could cither be a term permit, specifying a cer tain number of years, or could be for an indefinite period. Mr. and Mrs. Morris, 2514 Country Club dr., Medford, also operate the Willow Lake Reservoir resort. Pacific Power and Light company plans to construct a power line to Fish Lake some time this summer. Right of way through both the Rogue River and Wimena National forests has been arranged and two timber sales for clearing have been made. It was re ported that right of way clear ing is nearly completed. The power line will connect with the line to Lake of the Woods. With the completion of that section of the Winnemucca-to-the-Sea highway to Highway 62, the resort will be changed from a summer resort to full year operation. It includes 11 cabins, a lodge, store, restau rant, boats, campgrounds and trailer facilities. owners now have in the strength ' of our country is more than $45 billion an all-time high. And because savers can get their money back, with accumu lated interest, when they need it, that's financial strength for mil lions of U.S. savers and their families. Your dollars in Savings Bonds do stand up to be counted by freedom's friends and foes alike . as a measure of the strength of our country and our people. U.S. SAVINGS BONDS with TAe V. Gernmnl ittt rut pay fr thii f tiertiainir. TAa Treasury Department V"5r tktnkt Tk4 ativertuw Council mi tkit newspaper lot IW ftnatu support. TUESDAY. MARCH '9 - ! THE CP SOUNDCONDITIONER Ouiet? How to Achieve It Silence has been defined as the lack of sound; quiet as the lack of distraction. Psychologists say that quiet is preferable, since some sound is necessary to our mental health. Research indicates that sound is present at all times. However, there are many sounds that irritate and disturb us. These include office machines, traffic, voices, crying babies, distracting night noises, and many others. An electronic instrument has now been introduced which conditions objectionable noises and creates a tranquil en vironment for the subconscious mind. Called the CP Sound Conditioner, the new instrument shuts off disturbing noises with soft, constant sounds that relax and provide acoustical privacy. One of the most effective sounds is called white sound. This is a composite of all sound frequencies audible to the human ear, blended at equal intensities. The unit offers a choice of white sound, modified white sound, rain and surf. There are many places where the CP SoundConditioner is useful ... in offices, in homes, or when traveling. In fact any place where noisy conditions exist. Students find it use ful for studying in noiscful surroundings. When exasperating noises occur during the sleeping hours it can mean the differ ence between restful sleep or sleeplessness. It is especially de sirable for those away from home when subject to strange or unusual sounds. The CP SoundConditioner is transistorized and operates on flashlight batteries. It is small in size, easily carried, and ideal for use when traveling. , , , Be sure to see these attractive instruments at The Acorn Press, 325 North Bartletl, Medford, Oregon. Adv. Help keep yourself and your countrystrongbyregularbuying of U.S. Savings Bonds, through, the Payroll Savings Plan where you work, or from your bank, Quick Acta about U5. SAVINGS BONDS You get $4 back for every $3 when your Bond matures Your Bonds are replaced free if lost, or destroyed You can get your money anytime You can save automatically on Payroll Savings. 12. 1963 A 1 mm
