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1 4 The Nwi-Revlfw, Roieburg, mum ntiiATis . nH.M Mnvin Gates. 250-Dounder called "Tht Shirley Tempi, ot Cafe Society " takes time out from her current film rola In Hollywood to adjust a garter. Then Its on with the tfance. White Man's Political Rows, Taxation Cause Thousands Of Indians To Spurn Voting Right By ROBERT E. GEIGER WASHINGTON On June 2 Indians celebrated the 25th -annl- versary'of the date on which they gained lull citizenship. Although they have been citizens for 25 years many ot them did not win the right to vote until laHt year. The 1948 presidential election waa the first In which many could legally cast ballots. The U. S. Constitution excluded Indians from the census that determined, , on a basis of population, each state's representation 1 nthe House of Representatives. Many states later Interpreted this as exclud ing Indians from elections, The 14th Amendment, adopted In 1868, gave citizenship to all persons born or naturalized In the United States. But still many In dians were excluded from elec tions. Then In 1870 the 15th Amend ment provided that the right of citizens to vote should not be denied by any state on account of race, color "or previous condi tion of servitude." The 1924 law extended citizenship to Indians born In the United States. But as late as 1936 seven slates Arizona, New Mexico, Idaho, MASTER OP Shown her art a few of the 100 crops that can be suc cessfully harvested with the All -Crop Harvester. Notice the range of sizes. ..from tiny, fine-screen sand drop grass to giant, thick-podded lima beam . , . feathery Rhodes grass , . , hard to open flax bolls . . . wheat . . . lespedeta .. . soybeans , . . sorghums. The All-Crop Harvester, year in and year out, success fully handles mora different crops under more difficult con ditions with greater Influ ence on the trend of agriculture .-than any orher harvesting machine. t.UUn tm th "Mutual Nwirl ot the Atr" en KPNB, Monday thru Friday at fl.lS p.m. i Farm and Industrial Equipment Co. Hlway 99 North Phone 1539 ri roi your aaeuctioN-aoTtup in caiireaNiA at wini Or. Thur., June 9, 1949 Washington, South Dakota, Colo rado and Utah withheld voting rights. They did this on variouu grounds the most common being that the Indian was not taxed. Before the November election last year, Ari zona and New Mexico wore the only states excluding Indians from the ballot booths. About one fourth of all U. S. Indians now numbering around 400,000 live In these states. The Arizona slate supreme court overruled an earlier deci- HARVESTS SAND DROP oaass SEIDI LIMA ilANS WHIAT RHODIf CRASS LAX ROUS ...C0 tD' LISrIDEIA CI 3 LOSS f OTMANS I0R8HUMI fiLLISCHflLMERS SALtS AND SERVICE Make friends with uil&Wine Advice- to daring smort to matt friends o n friend s papa Port. Dte tea in flavor that appeals llu'f roit, Ooep reo in color . . . ir nat a 'ltnif"Tk Supreme Court Reverses Itself In Damage Suit SALEM. June 7. (P) A Vancouver, Wash., man, Merton C. Dunning, lost a $20,000 dam age suit against the Northwest em Electric Co. The State Supreme Court, re versing ttsell alter giving the case a second hearing, ordered Dunning s suit dismissed. Dunning said he was Injured tne nignt or Dec. 21, i4o, wnev his car struck a fallen power pole owned by the power com pany. He was driving on the Mill Plain Road near Vancouver at the time. But the company claimed he knocked the pole down with his car. The Multnomah County Circuit Court of Judge Martin W. Hawkins gave Dunning the $20, 000 damages. Then the supreme court upheld mat decision. Today's decision by Justice George Rossman reverses the su preme court's previous decision. In another damage suit lor per sonal injuries, Peggy L. Doty col lected $5,881 damages from the Southern Pacific Railroad, whose passenger train struck her auto mobile at the Sixth Street cross ing in Grants Pass on Nov. 28, 1945. She said she crossed the tracks In the dark when the train ran Into her car. She charged the company was negligent because it had no warning signals, and necause another engine was smoking and making a lot of noise. I his, she said, made it im possible to see or hear the train. Today's opinion by Justice J. O. Bailey upheld Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna of Josephine county. Justice James T. Brand dis sented, saying that she also was negligent. The supreme court ordered a new trial today In the $21,000 Lincoln County damage suit of Frederick M. Neal against Dan Haight. Neal was struck by a truck owned by Haight. Neal lost the case In the cir cuit court of Judge Carl E. Wlm berly, and the ludge ordered a new trial. Haight appealed this oraer, out toany s decision ny jus lice Brand upholds the order al lowing the new trial. cislon that denied the vote to "a person under guardianship." This had been applied to reser vation Indians because they are, In some ways, wards of the gov ernment. Thus the new decision cleared the way to the ballot box for Arizona Indians. In New Mexico a federal court ruling prohibited election clerks from refusing to register Indians who are not taxed, ho this cave New Mexico Indians the voting privileges. U. S. Indian Service officials say Oklahoma Indians probably are the most influential In poli tics. They have had voting rights ever since Oklahoma became a state. Not Eager to Vote i But these officials do not ex pect other Indians to take on an influential part in the politics immediately. This goes for the stales Arizona and New Mexico where full-blooded Indians are the most numerous. For one thing the Indians have strong tribal councils. Thev are more inter ested in tribal politics than in tne white mans pollttlcs. Many Indians also fear that If they vote they will lose special privileges that have heen granted them, such as freedom from land taxes, the right to live on reser vation lands and enjoy govern ment, services like schools and hospitals. Indian Service officials say all these tears are unfound ed, and they are urging tne In dians to vote. The Indians also fear that If thev become entangled in the white man's politics It will cause Irlhal dissension. Despite these fears, many Indians participated In the primaries and the national elect Inn of 1948. For Instance, the all -Pueblo Council in New Mexico, which for 300 years has been the organlza lion through which 20 Pueblo villages threshed out common problems, sent a questionnaire to each of the candidates In the election. It asked written views on many questions, such as wheth er the candidate believed that In dlans should receive social securi ty payments. Indian Blood In Conareis However, Manual Lujan, the governor of the 'laos rueblo, vug ed Ills people not to take part In the while man's politics. There are about 35.000 Indians in New Mexico and onlv about 3.000 reser vation Indians were registered in the 19-18 elections. Several persons with Indian blood have been members of both the U. S. Senate and House of Representatives. The late Vice President Charles Curtis was of Kaw Indian blood on his mother's side. There are Indian tribes In 26 states, but Indian Service officials sav the greatest concent ration of full-blooded Indians Is In the sec ond congressional district In Ari zona. The district contains 40.000 Na valos on the Navalo reservation. hut the total population in the young mom It's with the bots or tho witft owiia (.anromio color ... it Hat a rich . to vtryono. wi una. Eddie Kirk Band Dated June 18 At Kennedy's Mill mill., i Ty-'pilBRfW Eddie Kirk, above, singing sen sation in the western field, will appear in person for a show and dance in Roseburg Saturday, June 18, at Kennedy's Dutch Mill. Kirk has gained national rec ognation with three big Capitol hits in a row "Candy Kisses," "The Gods Were Angry With Me," and "You Sweet Little You." Eddie has long been familiar to western fans having appeared In over 25 motion pictures. He was featured over CBS on "Holly wood Barn Dance," appeared on the uene Autry show for almost a year and toured the country with the Andrew Sisters on their "Eight To The Bar Ranch Show." Kirk now heads his own group of top musicians. His appearance here is being sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. district, Including whites, is more than 300,000. Even Long Island has an Indian tribe, the Shinne cocks. Their reservation Is near Southampton and its yacht-studded waters. For a delicious punch for a warm day, mix tea, pineapple juice, orange juice and a little lemon juice. Sweeten to taste and chill. Just before serving, add gingerale. Whirs ttdewoll ttrL fflu!tro4, ovalloble al THE day is bright and the com pany good. Long ribbons of road, smooth and inviting, spread their challenge. Giant power purrs under a long bonnet. Your wheels coil spring ing mounted all around step lightly over dips and bumps. Your foot on the throttle controls the silken luxury of Dynaflow Drivef surging, slowing, even halting completely with never a need Standard on &MDMA3U, optional ol txlra cost on SUM moat'l. Voui Ktrto CtAtt VAlUf Rest & Washington NLRB Counsel Overruled In Court Decision WASHINGTON. June 8. UP) Federal District Judge Edward A. Tamm ruled Tuesday that under the Taft-Hartley law the Nation al Labor Relations Board must hold hearings on charges of juris- ditional fights between rival labor unions. The decision was contrary to the opinion and practices of the INL.KB general counsel s omce. A. Norman Somers, associate gen eral counsel, contended it was discretionary under the law for the NLRB to hold such hear ings. Judge Tamm's decision will have a lar reaching effect. Som ers Indicated the NLRB may ap peal it. Somers told reporters that the NLRB already had dismissed without hearing about 90 per cent of the jurisdictional cases it has received so lar under the I alt Hartley. The law says the NLRB is "empowered and directed" to hear jurisdictional dispute cases and render binding decisions on union feuds over job rights. Somers argued in court that to make jurisdictional dispute hearings mandatory -would flood the NLRB with such cases. However, Judge Tamm said: "The Court cannot subscribe to that argument. Whether 3,600 or 36,000 cases arise, cannot influ ence the court." Judge Tamm said the United Telephone Organization, an Inde pendent union, is entitled to an NLRB hearing on Its jurisdic tional dispute with the AFL's In ternational Brotherhood of Elec trical Workers over installing electrical conduits. The dispute concerns job rights at New York Idlewild Airport and a number of major New York housing projects including that of the United Nations. There are more than 120 species of asparagus. m $i mv m mm silro corit lll'lVK Sfft-rmoohS DYNAAOW DftVI WU . VIIW VISION rVom mforg gton art JWtNO-Mir BOOM emf m ocnii "UVINO SMCf" INmtfOM will, Dm. 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Ihe battle against the crickets is centered in the border area fair IT for clutch work or lever shifting. Is the breeze a bit strong? A finger touch runs up the door windows. Is the seat just right? Another con trol corrects it as easily. Does a cloud show? In seconds you can swing up a snug top if it's needed. So you're free. Free to make the most of fair days and pleasant com panions. Free to take it easy, find adventure in thrilling pace or the alono has all these features CliARLY THAN M ROSEBURG MOTOR Mormon Crickets where Grant, Adams and Frank lin counties meet. Washington State College Ex tension Entomologist David Brannon said the problem of con trolling crickets this year is less serious than in any other recent year. This, he said, is because of ifftrSfHSSm solid content in loaf-along gait. Free to have fun! So what's keeping you out of a Buick Convertible? Is it price? Is it delivery? Or is it just not look ing into such things? Correct the last by seeing your Buick dealer and you'll find demonstration yours for the asking, the price easier to manage than you thought and deliveries so prompt you'll quickly get an order in. CO. " 1 ' w By J. R. Williams the continued efforts to destroy the pests and because of a new, deadlier bait being used for the first time this year. The bait is a dry mixture of' toxaphene, bran and deodorized kerosene. The new mixture Is less bulky than other baits used previ ously and ito strength stands up longer, Brannon said. I 7m In MFNrr i. unOt. Phone 14 7 . . . J -