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On* Year -— ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON REQUEST Higher Hospital Costs Explained “A hospital needs to be frank with the public if it expects to be understood," Lester Wehner, administrator of Lutheran Hospital in Omaha, said in an interview. “One out of eight persons will spend some time in a hospital during the next year,” he continued, “and about the only reaction he carries away is that the service was either good or bad, and that the bill was too high.” Doctors and hospital officials are concerned about mounting costs and the public is entitled to know the reasons why hospital costs have risen. Figures from the American Hospital Association show that in 1946 the average cost to the hospital of caring for one patient for one day was $9 39. In 1954, the figure was $21.76. Why the big Jump? * “Part of the answer is inflation,” Mr. Wehner said. “Your living expenses have risen sharply since 1946—so have hospital expenses. The rest of the answer lies in the nature of hospitals and the more complex role they play in the national health picture,” he said. A hospital is an intensely personal institution. It takes a great many skilled persons working around the clock to give you the care your doctor prescribes. The machine hasn’t been Invented yet to prepare special diets, compound drugs and, in general, give you the tender, loving care you need. Hospitals are fully staffed at all times, regardless of the num ber of patients, and the advances made by modern medicine require more persons on the payroll. This is a highly important factor, sine the payroll accounts for some 65 per cent of hospital costs. For example, Mr. Wehner cited payroll figures of the Lutheran Hospital. Lutheran’s 1951 payroll totaled $293,461. Four years later, in 1955, the total was $504,988. Lastly, said Mr. Wehner, every medical advance means added hospital expenses. Equipment rapidly becomes obsolete, new drugs are more costly and more intensive care is needed. In 1951, phar maceuticals edit Lutheran Hospital $34,691, as compared with $44,510 In 1955. X-ray supplies cost about $19,000 in 1951. In 1955, the total was nearly $28,500—an eight per cent increase in each case. “Yet, if such a thing could be found, you would have no part of bargain basement hospital care,” Mr. Wehner said. “Modern hospital care results in speedier recoveries and fewer deaths, and no one would be content to settle for anything else.” Anti-Bias Committee Asks That Complaints Provide Full Detail Washington, D. C. — The complaint process, one of the methods by which the President’s Committee on Government Contracts works toward the elimination of racial and religious discrimination in em ployment on Government contracts, cannot be fully effective unless the complaints are carefully prepared and documented, the Commit tee pointed out today. The Committee was established by President Eisenhower in August, 1953. He named Vice President Richard Nixon as Chair man and Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell as Vice Chairman. Other members represent Government agencies and the public. The Committee reported that many of the complaints it has re ceived in the past year have not been carefully enough prepared for it to act upon them. In these circumstances, the Committee said, it must ask the complaint to provide further information before any action can be taken. Complaints that consist merely of a letter which states that a i specific company is practicing discrimination do not provide sufff cient on which the Committee can request an investigation or toh* effective action, a spokesman pointed out. The President’s Committee does not investigate complaints, but asks the Government agency which has a contract with the company involved to make the inquiries. A letter of complaint may be sent to the President’s Committee by any individual or organization which has knowledge of the failure of s Government contractor to comply with the nondiscrimination clause in a contract, but care should be taken to make the complaint detailed and specific, the Committee said. The letter should include the name and address of the persons or persons against whom discrimination is said to have been practic ed, and the name and address of the Government contractor or sub contractor which is charged with discrimination. It should state in detail the manner in which the discrimination was practiced; wheth er it was in recruitment or recruitment advertising, in upgrading or promotion, in rates of pay or other forms of compensation, includ ing vacations, medical care or other benefits, in selection for train ing, including apprenticeship, or demotion, transfer, layoff or ter mination. The complaint also should provide specific evidence supporting the charge, including the names of persons involved, the date and actual place in the factory or plant where the discrimination was evident; and the fullest possible description of ail the circumstances of the case. When the Committee receives a well-prepared complaint, it first determines which Government agency has a contract with the accused contractor. The complaint is then sent to that agency with a re quest that the entire matter be investigated and that a report be made to the Committee. The Committee aaks that the contracting agency make every possible effort to correct the discriminatory situation at the time at the investigation, If one is found to exist. The Committee then reviews the investigative report and the report of any corrective action taken to determine whether further action should be token. Occasionally it requreto further investigation by the contracting a gsary. or suggest* steps tbs agency may take to insure compliance by the contractor. Tbs Committee reported that some at the moet completely pre pared complaints it has received have been filed <m behalf at in dividual workers by such organisations as the Bureau on Jewish Em ployment Problems, the National Association far the Advancement ot Catered People, and the Urban League. The Committee baa printed s pamphlet which describes ‘be ptofor procedures far ffltof eompUinto under the Equal Job Op. I From Around Nebraska The state’s weekly newspapers devoted a lot of space to activities for the polio drives last week, describing *H sorts of benefits, most of which have been heard of before. Among the unusual activities was a stunt which the pep club used at Lexington High School. At a basketball game, the girls secured a large blanket. They stretched it out like a life net | and walked along at the foot of the bleachers. Spectators tossed their coins into the blanket and by the time the collection was over the girls had gathered $42.00 in small change. The Dawson County Herald showed a picture of the girls carrying out their stunt. The Garden County News at Oshkosh revealed that all of the town’s restaurants had offered to turn over the receipts of one day’s coffee sales to the March of Dimes. The News was urging its readers to drink lots of coffee. • • • Ogallala has passed an ordinance which bans house-to-house selling, the Keith County News has revealed. It puts an end to the work of peddlers, solicitors, and itinerant merchants going from door to door selling their wares in competition with the local merchants. The Chamber of Commerce at Ogallala, also last week, adopt ed holidays for the stores to observe in 1997. Six holidays were approved with November 11th, Veterans Day, being dropped from the usual list. Stores will close on the recommended six days. • • • The City Council at Crete let ita insurance out to bids last week and picked out an agency on the basis of bid, service and company offered. The Crete New* revealed that the accepted bidder was not the low bidder. • • • The College Heights Country dub at Crete has lowered its dues to $30 per year, according to the News. Formerly, members had paid $48. A special rate of $20 per year is maintained for out of town members. The club is hoping to double ita member ship by the new low rate. • « • • The Atkinson City Council has ordered a crack-down on the uae of air rifles, the Atkinson Graphic has stated. The action followed the Injury of a small Atkinson lad who was struck in the head by a pellet. The city haa an ordinance which prohibits the use of firearms within the city limits and the crack-down will enforce the ordinance. • • • The Central City NonPareil stated last week that the sale of license plates there is very slow. Additional help which had been hired in tte County Treasurer's office has little to do, the news paper said, and they will be laid off unless business picks up. Only about 30 percent of the county’s registrations had been pur chased last week. e • • The school at Loup City has purchased a bus which will be used to haul athletic teams, the school band and other groups wherever the organizations have occasion to go. The bus holds forty persons. It is painted in the school colors and has already been used to haul the basketball team, the cheer leaden, pep club and others to Central City. The Sherman County Times, printed at Loup City, forecast that the new bus would be an economy measure. • • • The demand for irrigation wells in Saunders County (Wahoo) is booming, reports the Wahoo Newspaper. The county now has nearly 100 irrigation wells and drillen report they are 29 wells behind in their orders. An irrigation meeting held at Wahoo re cently was attended by hundreds of farmers who learned the po tential which they have under their aoil if they but dig for it. • • • Toll takers at the Decatur bridge are decked out in new uni forms, the Onawi Democrat stated last week. Until now, the toll takers wore civilian clothes. • • • 1100 farmers attended an irrigation clinic held last week at Al bion. The farmers learned that there is plenty of ground water there which can be secured by wells. They also learned bow to handle the soil, how to use the water and other details of the new method of production. There was great enthusiasm about chang ing over from dry-land to irrigation fanning. • • • Turn your coat collar up before you read this one. Five members of a Boy Scout troop at Pierce attended a two day winter camp at Jackson Lake, near Battle Creek, Nebraska, during the cold weather a week ago The Pieree Leader revealed that the boys did their own cooking, enjoyed a turkey shoot and a hike. • • • phone users had put through 140,000 long distance calls in that The Banner-Press at David City revealed last week that tele community during 1956. The calls had increased 5000 over 1955. Normal days find about 5000 local calls placed per day, but in stormy weather the number jumps rapidly, the newspaper stated. Will "Mrs. America" Be Nebraskan? State-wide attention is focused this week on the “Mrs. America” Contest as many Nebraska towns and cities announce they are searching for contestants. En thusiasm for the “Mrs. America” title has run high since two years ago, when Nebraskans awakened one morning to find that Mrs. Ramona Deitmeyer had won the coveted “Mrs. America” title. Last year’s Mrs. Nebraska. Mrs Delores Schmadeke, won the title only after eliminating many capable homemakers at the State Contest held in Beatrice. The site of this years' State Contest will be announced soon, accord ing to the Blue Flame Gas As ociation'g State Chairman, Dale Johnson. The opportunity to become j Mrs. America” for t)>e coming j year is open to every Nebraska hofn?m2K?r, i*vpti in tni? remotest area. The "Mrs. America” Con test, sponsored by the gas iddus try, is open to mwriwl wofiw*ri j 21 years of a$je and over, with j Mrs. America” selected pnn-i fipally for abilities as a home maker and meal planner, and while it is not a beauty contest, personality and appearance are considered. Contestants from citiea, towns and rural area* via with each other at a State Contest to select Mrs. Nebraska. The lucky home maker who 1* named Mrs. Ne braska” will win an all expense paid trip with her husband to Fort Lauderdale. Florida, to compete In the gram) finals of ih# Itth annual Mrs America Contest _ je Contest official* f^dlet Is record number of applicants ptieaUe* blanks are available at •II gaa appplMMa dealer* and at the Ural gaa company office* Samuel Young Mr. Samuel L. Young, 58 years, 2202 Pinkney Street, passed away unexpectedly Monday night Jan uary 21st. Mr. Young had been a resident of Omaha thirty five years. He was a retired Swift U Company butcher. He is survived by his wife, }4rs. Temple Young, daughter, Mrs. Maxine Bryant, Richmond, Cali fornia, two sons, Mr. Kenneth Young, Omaha, M r. Eugene , Young, Brooklyn, New York, Cunningham Writes of Washington By Rep. Glenn Cunningham NEWS FROM HOME ... We have already had several visitors from Nebraska. Some who drop ped by our office were Mrs. C E. Fisher, Lynn Parsons, Anne Hruska, A. D. Frank, Henry C. Winters, R. C. Harris, Jack Lid dell and Jack Allen. Mr. Par sons is the son of Omaha's libra rian, Arthur Parsons, and Miss Hruska is the niece of Senator Hruska. Both of these young peonle are students at Grinncll College In Iowa and are com pleting a semester of specialized study in government at Ameri can University here. FAMILY NOW ON HAND... Mrs. Cunningham and the child ren arrived Tuesday, January 15. My sister and her husband, Ches ter Pearson, came with Mrs. Cunningham to help with the children and to attend the In a u g uration Ceremonies. We i have a home in the northwest corner of Washington, just four blocks from the Potomac River. Paralleling the river is the fa mous Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, which was used in the early days to transport coal and other commodities from the Cumberland Mountains to Wash ington. This was the only means of transportation, and barges were drawn by mules which walked along the shore. (I sup pose they had some way of keen ing the boats from crashing into the banks, but I don’t know what it was.) VISITORS TO CONGRESS ... The first five days of the 85th Congress have been exciting. This was especially true during the two times President Eisen hower addressed Congress in joint session. Whenever the President appears .Senators come to the House of Representatives because it is a larger chamber. Also attending these joint sea sions are the Vice President, Su preme Court Justices, Ambassa dors and Ministers, and members of the President's Cabinet. Gal leries are always packed, and among the guests in the galleries is the President’s wife. With her are wives of Cabinet mem bers and Mrs. Nixon. When the President spoke to us on the Middle East problem I noticed Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt was in the gallery. 3,500 BILLS AND RESOLU TIONS ALREADY . . . Legisla tive wheels have not really be gun to churn yet. Sessions have been short and routine. No leg islation is ready for action at this early stage. Bills introduc ed so far have been referred to committees for study, but most of the committees are not fully organized yet. After committee organization is finished, bil's will be studied carefully and then reported out to the floor, whom th«»v will be debated and acted upon. To date about 3,500 bills and resolutions h’v« been introduc ed, and I would guess the num ber will reach 15 000 before the session is ov*t. The seems like about 10.000 too many to m». We have too many laws on the books now, and I would like to see the Congress stop introduc ing so many. COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT brother, Mr. Harleigh Young, Washington, D.C., four grand children. T e ntatively funeral services have been set for ten o'clock from the Bethel Baptist Church with arrangements by the Thom as Funeral Home. HADE ... I have been appoint ed to the House Post Office and' Civil Service Committee. This is not the most sought-after com mittee, but it is very desirable as far as I am concerned. I have always been interested in problems and working condi- j tions of people, and I know our postal employees have many problems with which they need help. While serving as Mayor of Omaha I always took an in terest in the welfare of our fire men, policemen and other city employees, and I would put our postal workers in that class. They are hard-working people and always give us good service. 1 am sure you will agree. Of course, there will be many other important matters before the committee, and 1 know I will find it worthwhile. WDIA-TV For Negro Audience NEW YORK, N. Y„ Wednesday, January 16, 6 PM EST - Radio station WDIA, in Memphis, Ten nessee, is the first station in America to devote itself entirely to a Negro audience. Owned and operated by white people, says the current issue of Coronet magazine, WDIA is the principal source of information and communication for the Negro communities throughout the Mid south. WDIA has earned its faithful listenership by supplying a real service to its audience as well as entertainment! It helps them to get jobs, solve personal and family problems and sets up talent shows and benefits to col lect funds for the underprivi leged. “We’re in business,” says Burt, Ferguson, Manager of WDIA, j "but I guess it pays to be nice U people." The station’s revenue is now at an annual 8600,000 and s^mch^o7u5TT^^ooo' growing yearly. Although WDIA is not on a crusade, nor can its personnel be categorized as professional “do-gooders," the Coronet article states, “It has undoubtedly help ed race relations in the Sauth." Through such programs as “Brown America Speaks” and Hallelujah Jubilee” WDIA is able to discuss many of the South’s -.-. ^^ . . ■. ■..... ~ hot relations matter* without taking part in any of the con troversy. Because the station moved into a profitable market long neglect ed after the advent of television, j WDIA has built up a command ing position as the biggest and most profitable radio station in the Midsouth—-providing the greatest services to its audience. MERCHANTS INVESTMENT CO. Automobile, Furniture and Signature lean* Automobile Financing 819 First National Bank Bldg. AT 60fc(> iiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiM Astrology & Psychology How to Get What You Want SECRETS OF THE MASTERS Not Fortune Telling Ph. 3-1956 or 3-6839 Co. 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