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Deafh Sfrikes Bishop Baxter
Of Methodist Church During
Annual Conference, Portland
PORTLAND, Grp., .Tune 21.
ter, 54, of the .Methodist church
hour after finishing a daylong
Oregon Methodist Conference.
BTSHOP B. R. BAXTER
Dies During Conference
Aid to Iran Spells
Clash With Soviet
LAKE SUCCESS, June 21 VP)
American financial aid to Iran
to block Communist expansion
at the very holders of the Soviet
Union raised speculation here to
day that Russia might reopen the
Russian-Iranian case in the
United Nations Security Council.
Some U. N. delegates suggested
that Russia would use the se
curity council to protest a $25,
000,000 American surplus prop
erty credit to Iran, granted for
the same purpose as the aid to
Greece and Turkey to block
Communist expansion.
Although the Russians with
drew their troops from Iran's
Azerbaijan province after an
Iranian protest to the security
council, the Russian-Iranian case
vas kept on the council's re
served agenda subject to re
opening at any time.
The council's action in refus
ing to drop the case outright has
galled the Russians over the
months, but they said little pub
licly. But now that the U. S. has
announced it would supply Iran
with surplus Army supplies in
cluding light tanks and some
combat planes, Russia was not
expected to remain silent much
longer.
Iran's 25,000 Dolice are seeking
a separate U. S. credit of $5,000,
000, mostly for transportation
and communication equipment.
They are trained by an American
mission headed by Brig. Gen. H.
Norman Schwartzkopf, who is
presently in the United States.
Socialist Leader Through
Running for President
TAMIMENT, Pa., June 21 UP)
Norman Thomas says he's
through running as the Socialist
candidate for president because
"it isn't good for a man to run
so many times."
"Two or three times is all right
but after that it gets to be a ges
ture" he told the 13th annual
Tamiment Economic and Social
Institute last night. Thomas was
the Socialist candidate five times.
In the Day's Mews
By FRANK JENKliSS
IN this column yesterday, this
writer went far out on a limb
in an effort to put Into simple,
plain language what SEEMS to
be our government's newest pro
gram for putting hungry, des
perate Western Europe back on
its feet again and incidentally
checking the spread of commun
ism clear to the English channel,
and perhaps across it.
It ought to be explained that
what was said here yesterday and
is touched upon again today is
pure guesswork on this writer's
part. Governments seldom, if
ever, speak -to their people in
simple, plain language about
grave problems of state especial
ly if these problems have to do
with foreign policy.
Almost never do they pull the
curtains back and give the people
a clear view of the picture in
ALL of its details. Usually they
draw them aside for only a brief
instant, affording a mere glimpse
of ONE detail of the picture.
THAT is what was done in the
case of the Greek-Turk "aid"
bill, which was shown to us
hastily as a sort of Lady Bounti
ful proposal to feed, clothe and
otherwise resuscitate the batter
ed, hungry and much-put-upon
little nation of Greece.
The Turkish part of the "aid"
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WBishop Bruce Richard Bax
, collapsed and died last night an
session presiding over the annual
The Bishop for the Portland
area complained of a chest pain
several times in the afternoon,
but refused to leave his duties.
He succumbed to a heart attack
shortly after reaching his apart
ment. Dr. Baxter formally was presi
dent of Willamette University
and assistant to the president of
the University of Southern Cali
fornia. He held honorary de
crees from a number of colleges,
includine Whitman College,
Wnlla Walla.
He was named bishop for the
f63 Methodist churches in the
Portland area in 1940.
Survivors include the widow,
who was with him at death, and
his mother, Mrs. John Baxter,
Hollywood, Calif. Funeral serv
ices will be held in the First
Methodist Church here Sunday
at 2:30 P. M. Burial will be in
Forest Lawn Cemetery, Los An
geles. Of Humble Birth
Born at Rock Run, Ohio, Aug.
8, 1892, in humble surroundings,
he rose to scholastic prominence
and high church position. He was
a graduate of Oberlin College
and Boston University, and re
ceived honorarv degrees from
College of the Pacific, Chapman
College, Whitman College, Los
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Spokane Murder
Suspect Caught
SAN FRANCISCO, June 21
OP) Harry Kimball, FBI chief
here, announced today that Del
bert Francis Visger, 34, had been
arrested here in connection with
the slaying last August of Dr.
Rudolph A. Hahn of Spokane.
Kimball said a murder charge
is on file against Visger at Spo
kane. The FBI arrested him on
a charge of unlawful flight to
avoid prosecution.
Dr. Hahn was found dead in
his apartment in a Spokane hotel
Aug. 6. He had been stabbed 5
times wifh a French bayonet and
had beeri choked.
The FBI chief said Visger
signed a statement saying he
made an appointment with the
doctor for the evening ot Aug. b,
ostensibly lo check a hearing aid
he had sold the physician.
The statement, as quoted by
Kimball, said Visger tried to bor
row $1,000 from Dr. Hahn, that
the physiican became angry at
the suggestion and a quarrel fol
lowed. Quoting the statement, Kim
ball said Visger next recalled see
ing the doctor's body on the floor,
a bayonet in the chest.
Visger then went to his hotel
room. The statement said he
found a large diamond in his
pocket and assumed it had come
from a tie-pin the doctor had
worn.
Leaving his wife and child, he
went to Portland, sold the dia
mond for $300, and, the state
ment said, continued to San Fran
cisco where he worked as janitor,
odd-job man and clothing sales
man. His wife and child are at Cou
lee, Wash.
Visger is held in the city jail
here.
Oregon VFW Demands
Listed in Resolutions
GRANTS PASS, Ore., June 21.
(P Universal military train
ing, full citizensh'p rights for In
dian veterans. Social Security
coverage for military service, sup
port of prisoner of war claims,
creation of national cemeteries
in every state and territory, and
provision of a 5-year iverage
earned income for income tax
purposes were approved by the
veterans of Foreign Wars, De
partment of Oregon encampment,
here today.
The convention declined to act
on a resolution dealing with the
proposed sales tax.
i Oregon Realtors Launch
i Campaign for Sales Tax
PORTLAND. June 21. UP)
I A campaign by the Oregon Asso-
ciation of Real Estate Boards in
' support of the proposed 3 per
cent state sales tax was under
j way today.
I Fourteen real estate boards
I from over the state had delegates
; here yesterday for the kick-off
j meeting in which Rep. Earl Hill
! of Lane County, campaign man
1 ager, urged them to "go home and
organize tor tne uct. I election
on the tax.
Trailer House Razed by
Stove Explosion and Fire
Fire, caused by explosion of a
stove, razed a trailer house and
destroyed all personal belongings
of the occupant, William Holboro,
at the Government Trailer Park
on the Dixonville Road this morn
ing shortly after 3 o'clock.
Upon arrival of city fire depart
ment equipment the tral'er was
a blazing inferno. Only the frame
could be saved. Holboro was loan
ed clothing and quarters for the
remainder of the night by neighbors.
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Public Enemy
Of Past Slain
In His Home
BEVERLY HILLS. Calif., June
21 (IP) Gangland bullets late
last night snuffed out the life of
Benjamin (Bugsie) Siegel, 41-year-old
gambler and one-time
fiuonc enemy, as ne sai quieuy
n a home here reading a news
paper.
Police Capt. William W. White
said an unidentified gunman
sneaked up to an open window
shortly after Siegel and a party
of friends returned from dining
at an Ocean Park beach, and
fired through the curtains.
At least four shots entered the
body of Siegel as he sat reading
the paper on a divan. Beside him
sat one of the guests, Allen
Smiley, well known sporting
world figure here.
"I heard the glass scattering
and I ducked," Captain White
quoted Smiley. "I don't know how
many shots were fired, but when
I looked at Siegel, I could see he
had taken most of them."
White said the shots pinned
Siegel to the divan. When offi
cers arrived, they found his body
still erect, the newspaper lying
In his lap, smeared with blood.
Branded by Dewey
Siegel who, While said, had
been active in the sporting world
in this area for about 10 years,
once was designated a "public
enemy" by Governor Thomas E.
Dewey of New York while the
latter was district attorney there.
The slain man was a witness
before a New York grand jury
that investigated former public
enemy No. 1 Louis (Lepke)
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Split Vote Cast on
School Union Plan
Only three of nine school dis
area voted last Saturday in favor
of a proposal to consolidate, Mrs.
Lula C. Gorrell, county school su
perintendent, reported today.
Sutherlin's vote was 174 to 5
in favor of consolidation. Fir
Grove, adjacent to Sutherlin,
voted unanimously tor consolida
tion, with 39 ballots being cast.
Nonpareil approved consolidation
by a vote of 9 to 7.
The vote in other districts was
not favorable, Mrs. Gorrell said.
Oakland rejected consolidation
101 to 82; Wilbur turned it down
7 to 34; Umpqua voted 41 to 23
against it.
Since the Sutherlin and Fir
Grove school districts are con
tiguous, they may consolidate. Di
rectors of the Fir Grove district
may protest the election, however,
if they are dissatislied with the
results.
Mrs. Gorrell said she believed
another attempt to consolidate
the nine districts into a first class
district will be made. The vote in
Oakland, she pointed out, indi
cates that a large number of per
sons there lavors consolidation
with Sutherlin and other nearby
districts.
The newly-created Umpqua Dis
trict, No. 45, which was included
in the consolidation vote, Is itself
a consolidation of three rural dis
tricts: Coles Valley, Millwood and
Fair Oaks. A board of directors
for the new district will be elected
Wednesday evening at the Coles
Valley Grange Hall.
Although Fair Oaks, being the
most populous of the three dis
tricts, was privileged to retain at
least two of its board members
following the recent merger, the
board members resigned so that
the entire district may vote for
the new directors.
The special election was called
by Mrs. Gorrell as acting district
clerk.
Two Oregon Tots Meet
Death by Drowning
EUGENE, June 21. UP)
James O. Goodwin, Jr., 2, drown
ed in the Willamette River here
yesterday. He apparently had
wandered to the river from his
nearby home. The father is a Uni
versity of Oregon law school stu
dent. PORTLAND, June 21. W)
Four-year-old William Brant fell
into Johnson Creek and drowned
here yesterday.
Congress Cautioned on
Cashing Gl Leave Bonds
WASHINGTON. June 21. JP)
The Treasury cautioned Con
gress yesterdav that turning some
$2,000,000,000 of GI terminal leave
bonds into cash now "would add
considerably to Inflationary pres
sures which still threaten the eco
nomy of the country."
Nevertheless Republican House
leaders went ahead with plans to
push through at this session a
bill which would make the bonds
redeemable immediately Instead
of five years after the issue date.
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CHILD BEATEN Brutally beat
en flaxen-haired girl, about
three years old, still unidenti
fied, was being treated at
Yreka, Calif., hospital six days
after she was found in bushes
behind a dance hall. Scars show
that beatings were administer
ed over a long period of time.
Child has uttered few sounds
since her discovery, leading
authorities to assume that she
has been trained to remain
silent through repeated mis
treatment. Tragedies Claim
4 Northwest Lives
(By the Associated press)
Four persons met violent death
in the Pacific Northwest yester
dav and three others were miss
ing on plane flights.
Elwyn I-ong, 30, Grand Coulee
dam rigger, was killed when he
fell 90 feet from a construction
skiff to the concrete floor of the
dam's pumping plant. Jack Per-
row, bureau of reclamation safety
investigator, said the skiff over
turned when a cable came loose.
The bodies of Maiiene and
Marcella Schilling, young Sand
point, Ida., sisters, were recover
ed from a slough near that city.
They drowned while swimming.
Four-year-old "Widgie" Smith,
son of Mr. and Mrs. George Van
smith ot san Francisco, appar
ently either drowned or burned
to death when a cruiser exulod-
ed on Lake Coeur D'Alene, Idaho.
His body was sought today. Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Loomis of San
Francisco, the youngster's grand
parents, and a brother, Jeffrey,
5. escaped serious injur".
Civil aeronautics authority
f ilancs and the Idaho state police
aunched a search last night for
Weymouth McGrew, 29, of Spo
kane, and Clifford Whealdon
Cox, 15, of Raymond, Wash., after
their two-place plane failed to
reach Mackay, Idaho, on a flight
from McCall, Idaho. The CAA
said the light plane took off from
McCall at 4:30 P.M. into windy,
threatening weather.
The CAA also reported at
Boise that army search and res
cue pilots failed to sight any
wrcckane in their hunt for
plane oiloted by C. T. Welton of
Dallas, Tex., missing for 12 days
on a flight from Boise to Spokane.
Supposed 'Grade A'
Butter Found Inferior
PORTLAND. June 21. W)
Fifty supposedly "Grade A"
brands of butter sold in Oregon
do not come up to State Depart
ment of Agriculture standards.
The department reported in its
publication, "Agriculture Bulle
tin," that 46 brands scored only
as Grade B, three as Grade C and
one as "no grade "
A department official explain
ed, however, that the department
rarely attempts court action, since
butter tests depend to an extent
on opinion. He said score was
based on such factors as flavor
and yeastiness. It is done periodi
cally bv a board of six with the
department attempting to help
the dalrv industry improve but-
ter quality.
Grade A bufter requires a score
of 92, Grade B 92-90 and Grade C
90-88.
Girl Asks 'Iffy' Question
Then Jumps to Death
BALTIMORE, June 21.
Elwee T. Harris told police
today he was strolling along
Pier 8ix with his girl friend,
Adele Roberts, 22, when she
asked:
"If I jumped In would you
save me."
Harris said he would, but he
explained he wasn't a very
good swimmer. Adele jumped
Into the harbor. Harris jumr5d
after her.
Two patrolmen tossed Harris
a rope and pulled him out.
They recovered the girl's body
half an hour later.
Rodeo Saluted bylParade
Spirit of West
Displayed in
Maze of Color
Gaily-dressed riders and. pran
cing horses led a colorful parade
through Roseburg's downtown
streets this morning as a pre
lude to the 3rd Annual Douglas
County Sheriff's Posse Rodeo to
c'uy and tomorrow.
Although there have been sud
den showers during the week and
dark billowy clouds covering the
sun, Weatherman J. c Mccal
lister said this morning, "There
won't be a drop of rain tdoay
or tomorrow. It'll be the finest
weather you've ever seen!"
The Sheriff's Posse blossomed
out today in their new muronn-mid-gold
riding shirts, which
thy've kept from public view lot
the past few weeks until the dav
ol the big show.
The Junior - Sheriff's Posse,
composed of teen-age boys, also
took part in the parade and will
present drills during the rodeo,
while wearing maroon silk shirts
with yellow ties. The Junior Pos
se Is directed by Johnny Spencer
and Clltt McKay.
Lane, Coos Represented
Other groups in the colorful
street march included the Trail
Dust Saddle Club, the Umpqua
Riders, and other riding clubs
Irom Douglas, Coos and Lane
Counties.
Several civic organizations and
business houses were represent
ed by gaily decorated floats and
cars. The Knights of Pythias
Girls Drum and Bugle Corps li d
tne paraue and tne h-lKs isam.
also marched.
Two hours before the parade
began, horses and riders converg
ed, on the triangle on N. Jackson
.St'., where the parade was form-
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Rodeo Contestants
Following is a complete list of
contestants in the Douglas County
Sheriff's Posse Rodeo today and
tomorrow, as furnished by Chris
tensen Bros, et the close of en
tries at 5 P. M. yesterday.
Saddle Brono Riding
Jack Sherman, Wilaon, Wnnh.; Herb
Dence, Angels Camp, Cal.: Tom Hender
son, Yuma, Ariz.; Gus Bartley, Henti.
Nov.: Fred Berry. Kneelnnd, Cnl.; Robs
Dollarhide, Lake view, Ore.; Jack Kara,
Sonoma. Cal.; Manuel Enos, Fort Worth,
Tex,; Sonny Oden, Hoseburtf: Kenny
Madland and Pnt Madland, Eugene.
Bareback Bronc Riding
Bob Rltches and Earl Hoppes. Prlne
vllle, Ore; Lcn Top pi nit and Joe Marlon,
Madera, Cal.; Herb Dence and Jim
Egftn. Angela Camp, Cal.; Dtkemun,
Halfway. Ore.: Bill Hart man. Seattle.
Wash.; Gus Bartley, Keno, Nov.; Fred
Barry. Kneeland, Cal.; Howard Baker,
Llvermnre, Cul.; Jack Hara, Sonoma,
Cal.; Manuel Enos. Fort Worth. Tex.;
Sonny Oden, Roseburg: Pat Madland,
Eugene: Jim Wilson; Buck Abbot, Rich
mond Beach, Wash.
Brahma Bull Riding
Bob Hitches and Earl Hoppes. Prlne
ville, Ore.; Ken Jones; Lcn Topping,
Joe Marion and Paul Topping, Madera,
Cal.; Jim Egan, Angela Camp. Cal.; Gus
Bartley, Reno, Nev.; Howard , Baker,
Livermore, Cel.; Pete Clayton. Sonoma,
Cal.;Manuel Enos, Fort Worth, Tex.;
Shorty Somerville, Oakland. Ore.; Dick
Stevenson, Dorr is, Cal., and Pal Nletum,
Eugene.
Calf Roping
Dan Poore. Yuma, Ariz..; David Stout,
Tucson, Ariz.; Marlon Gctzwlller, Ben
i son, Ariz.; Glean Shaw, Escnlon, Cal.;
Stanley Gomes, Napa, Cat.: John Bow
man, Oakland, Cal.; Bayltss Harriss,
Tucson, Ariz.; Barney Willis, White
Salmon, Wash.; Allen King, Powers,
Ore.; Hugh CI I tinman, Wickensburg.
Ariz. ; Billy Rogers, Patterson, Ariz.;
Harry Anderson. Hoseburg, and Buck
Abbott, Richmond Beach, Wash,
Steer Wrestling
Jack Sherman, Wilson, WnHh.; Orvllle
Thomas, Phoenix, Ariz.; Dan Poore,
Yuma, Ariz.; Marion Getzwiller. Benson,
Ariz.; Ike Edison. Sacramento, Cal.; Roy
Schmidt, Merced, Cal. Glenn Shaw,
Rscalon, Cal.; Stanley Gomes, Napa,
Cal.; John Bowman, Oakdale, Cal.;
Barney Willis, White Salmon. Wash.;
Dill Hartman. Seattle, Wash; Bob
Henry. Portland, Ore.; Gene Kitnkle,
Billings, Mont.; Bill Kunkle, Srappoose.
Ore.; Tom Henderson, Yuma, Ariz.; Bill
Mark ley, Eugene; Walt Gardner, Mo
desto, Cal.; Ross Dollarhide, Lakeview,
Ore; Dee Hinton; Manuel Enos, Fort
Worth, Tex.; Don Law, Starbuck, Wash.;
Hugh Clingman, Wickenburg, Ariz., and
Bill Rogers, Patterson, Cal.
Steer Roping (Rooe, Throw, Tie)
Dan Poore, Yuma, Ariz.; Marion Getz
willer, Benson, Ariz.; Glenn Shaw, Es
calon, Cal.; Stanley Gomes. Napa, Cal.;
John Bowman. Oakland. Cal.: Barney
Willis, White Salmon, Wash.; uce Jlin
lion. Don Law and Hugh Clingman.
Chinese Reds Gain One
City, Menace Another
NANKING, June 21. fW The
government was reported today
to have virtually abandoned
Szepingkai, and observers pre
dicted Changchun, Manchurian
capita city to the northeast,
might fall easy prey to a strong
lied assault.
Mukden dispatches said 6,000
Chinese Communists were bat
tling government defenders in
Szepingkai, vital rail hub mid
way between Changchun and
Mukden.
Observers here said Chung
chun was faced with a shortage
of men and munitions.
The Weather
Clear tonight and Sunday;
warmer Sunday.
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RODEO CONTESTANTS SIGN UP Somo of the 50 cowboy
contestants in the Douglas County Sheriffs Posse Rodeo are
shown, top photo, at the main entrance of the fairgrounds, where
they signed up yesterday to participate in the events. At left,
lower photo, is Henry Christensen, rodeo stock contractor, arena
director for the show, and right,
2 More Hot Bills
Sent to President
WASHINGTON, June 21. UP)
Two more controversial bills,
for which opponents have urged
presidential vetoes, reached the
White House today.
The measures, dealing with
tariffs and price support for wool
and extending rent controls,
were pased after stormy con
gressional debate.
Hie wool bill authorizes the
president to increase wool tar
iffs or impose import limits when
ever foreign wool shipments en
danger the domestic price sup
port program for wool. The bill
extends t h e support program
through VMH.
The second measure extends
federal rent control until March
1, 1UI8, and permits an increase
in rents as much as 15 per cent
if landlords and tenants agree
on a lease running through next
year.
Kent bill proponents believe
the president will sign the mea
sure, though perhaps reluctant
ly, because? otherwise there will
be no federal controls after July
1 when the present law expires.
The White House said the pre
sident has until midnight, July
2, to act on both bills.
Lost Curry County Girl
Found After Eight Days
imOOKINnS. Ore., June 21.
UP) Sixteen-year-old Darlene Ho
gan, daughter of a blind goat
lancher, Is In a Gold Heach, Ore.,
hospital today recovering from
the effects of eight day's expo
sure in the rugged Southwest
Oregon mountains.
Three searchers, whose bark
ing dog drew their attention to a
clump of bushes, found the girl
within them yesterday. During
the time she was lost he had
plenty of water but had eaten
nothing.
A widespread ground and aerial
search had been under way since
her father, Bob Hogan, reported
she had not returned home eight
days ago after taking a herd of
goats to pasture in a mountain
meadow of the Chetco Creek
country.
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Rodeo Program
Following is the rodeo program
lor today and tomorrow:
MAJOR EVENTS
Saddle Bronc Riding.
Brahma Bull Riding.
Bareback Brone Riding.
Steer Bulldogsing.
Calf Roping.
Steer Roping (Rope, Throw.
Tie).
SPECIAL EVENTS
Sheriff's Posse drills; Cowboys
pig carrying race (mounted); ex.
hibition drill by Trail Dust Sad
die Club; Sheriff's Posse stake
race.
ADDED ATTRACTIONS
Trick and fancy roping; lady
trick riding; men roping and rid
ing acts.
COWBOY DANCE
Roseburg Armory tonight, un
der sponsorship of Police Re
serves.
Post Office at Drain
Advanced to 2nd Class
Postmaster C. M. Sawyer of
Drain announced that the Drain
post office has been advanced lo
second class rating, effective
July 1. There will be little im
mediate change in operation, ex
cept that two clerks will be on
duty Mondays through Fridays,
and until Saturday noon. One
clerk will be on duty until 4 P. M.
Saturday.
Youth Electrocuted by
Movie Projector Wire
JUNEAU, Alaska, June 21.
UP) Owen Alvin Lewis, 16, was
electrocuted here this week as he
was adjusting a moving picture
theater projector. His body is
being taken by his parents to Eu
gene, Ore., their former home.
O'DAY GIVEN LIFE
PORTLAND, June 21. UP)
Patrick Raymond, alias O'Day,
was under a life imprisonment
sentence today for the January
slaying of Sea Capt. Frank B.
Tatum, 53, Billerlca, Mass.
The sentence for the night club
operator was mandatory under
the jury's conviction on a first
degree murder charge.
Morse Blocks
Vote By Hours'
Long Talkffesf
Senate Will Follow Hause
In Overriding Labor Bill
Veto, Prediction of Byrd
WASHINGTON, June 21 UP)
-Frazzled senators still were far
from agreement today on fixing
a time for a vote on President
Truman's veto of the Taft-Hartley
labor control bill. An end to
their all-day, all-nignt wrangling
was nowhere in sight after near
ly 24 hours of continuous session.
As a small band of veto sup
porters continued their desperate
effort to delay a final judgment
until next week, senate KepuD
lican Leader White of Maine said
an effort will be made to reach
an agreement for a vote Monday.
This announcement came after
White conceded it would be vir
tually impossible to force a vote
anytime today on the veto which
tne House easily overroue yester
day almost immediatel after it
had arrived from the White
House.
Morse In Talkfest
Senator Morse of Oregon," one
of the group determined to delay
a vote until the nation has time
to react to Mr. Truman's radio
address of last night supporting
nis veto message, sttu neiu the
floor this morning.
There was no opportunity for
the Republican leaders, dead set
in their hopes of overriding the
veto and making the bill law, to
dicker for a vote Monday until
Morse quit talking.
There wus a possible chance
that once Morse gave up, the
Senate might agree finally on
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Truman, Taft in
Debate on Radio
WASHINGTON, June 21. (,f
President Truman and Senator
Taft (R.Ohio) laid before the
nation In final round radio de
bates last night their blistering
arguments for and against en
acting the Taft-Hartley union
control bill Into law.
While the Senate was warming
up lor a rare and angry all-Jiicht
session, Mr. Truman took to the
radio with a followup to his veto
message, overriden by the House.
Calling the bill "shocking," the
president said It would increase
industrial strife, and sow "seeds
of discord" that would Impair the
country's unity and strength. 1
He declared the message was
"loaded," and "filled with hlddc,n
legal traps," and said employem
as well as unions would "regret
the day that it was conceived."
Taft, one of the bill's authors,
replied with a broadcast a half
an hour later.
He said Mr. Truman had
"completely misrepresented" the
character of the bill In his veto
and had attempted to set his
judgment up over that of House
Democrats.
"His veto message shows that
he knows practically nothing
about the bill Itself," Taft de
clared. The Ohioan contended that the
president had "adopted the pre
judiced arguments of the labor
leaders," and asserted that the
veto message followed the point
by point outline of a previous op
position statement by Lee Press
man, CIO attorney. Taft said
Mr. Truman had criticized "every
provision designed to make un
ions responsible."
Garden Valley Sanitary
District Hearing Set
County Judge D. N. Buircnbark
announced a public hearing July
7 for the proposed Garden Valley
Sanitary District. Petitions for
the hearing were presented to the
County Court yesterday after
noon. The Garden Valley Sanitary
District would Include the area
north of the city previously re
ferred to as the proposed River
side Sanitary District.
Firestone Heiress to Wed
Henry Ford's Grandson
AKRON, O., June 21. (JP)
Tire Heiress Martha Parke Fire
stone, a fair-haired, 21-year-old
girl with a happy smile, be
comes the bride today of William
Clay Ford, 22, grandson of the
Late Henry Ford.
The socialite-studded event is
expected to be one of the most
elaborate weddings of 1947.
BUDGET HEARING SET
A public hearing on the Non
High School budget will be held
at 10 A. M., Monday, June 23, In
the office of Mrs. Lula C. Gorrell,
county school superintendent.
vlty Fact Rant
Bjr L. F. Relxauula
What Congress and the
White House need to end their,
wrangling and carry on team
work In a spirit of good fellow,
ship is a humdinger rodeo fav
ored by Umpqua Valley weather.
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